Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-15

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dollars may gain you a fortune. Cali
at usual place.
The religious services at ElmwOod
tomorrow, arranged for equal partici-
patton by minister and people, will be
found elsewhere in to-day's paper.
The Chicks" dress parade on the
the bluff near sunset last evening,
drew a fine open air audience, and all
who saw admired the soldierly execu-
ton of the evolutions.
Owing to the decoration at Elm
wood, no concert will be given at
Estival Park on Sunday. But the
park will be open free to visitors dur
ing the day and until ten o'clock at
night.
Three barrels of spring water per
day now comes down the railway from
the spring at Covington, forty miles
north, and one is used by the express
company, while two go to the Pea
body.
Williams & Co., lumber dealers,
have lately been making large ship
ments of boxes of various sizes to
Cairo, Illinois. 1t is unusual for man
ufacturers in this section to ship to
the north, and it is hoped the pioneer
movement commenced by this firm is
but the beginning of enterprises OF the
same kind.
MANY who fancy themselves artists,
and are on the stage should be off,
and that girl should be on. She is a
fine actress and a charming songtress."
This remark was made by a we'll trav-
eled stranger, now on a visit here, at
the theater last night, and he had ref
erence to our local prima donna, Miss
Jennie Jones.
A large and we'll selected line of
new novels 10 cloth and paper bind
ing. Seasides and Franklin Square
libraries, fashion and magazines of
art, are a few of the many attrac-
lions Mansford, 29S Main street, offers
to the public.
Several attorneys with cases before
the supreme court of this state, have
IN preparation petitions for pardon to
the governor, and in the event of the
decisions being adverse to their eli
ents' interests, will solicit the sigma
lures Of the judges.
The children of the Grace church
Sunday-school picnic to-day at Fitz
gibbons grove, a few miles out the
Louisville railway, and those Of the
Central Baptist church are down the
Mississippi and Tennessee road, on
the same kind ofa frolic.
Prudent housekeepers now pack
awsy blankets, carpets, furs, etc. Ex.
perience has taught us that the use oil
Persian Insect powder insures perfect
immunity from moths, etc. Go to
Fahlen & Kl~einschmidt and get the
only true imported article.
Among the ladies seriously injured
by fire at an entertainment given in
Atlanta a few mornings since, was a
Miss Ellis, a sister of Miss Lucy Ellis1
(since married) who visited Memphis
a few seasons ago and is remembered
by many of our society people.
The efforts of our public school
pnpils sent to Nashville, have not
made a ~iattering impression. espe-
cially in the line of p~enmanship and
drawing. To them the latter feature
seems like the pupils have just begun,
while their chirograpby lacks system.
The "Belle of Saratoga and al
jacob" is the matinee programme
to-day, Cox and Box being omitted.
Mr.. W. j. Steele is to play the Mil
lionaire Bootblack, he having won the
right to do SO by tossing coppers with
Mr.. Etheridge. The young men slept
together last night.
An ext emphiau, in the person of
+, A. Tyler. jr., is to be married at
gainesville, Texas, on the ID of next
month to Miss day Hudson at the
residence Of her father. Various
friends of Mr.. Tyler in this city have
received invitations to attend. The
boys say he has severed his connec.
ton with the owl train here.
"0n the second Sabbath after the
first he went through the corn fields
and his disciples plucked the ears of
corn and did eat, rubbing them in
their hands" The foregoingis from the
sixth chapter Of St. Luke, in the new
testament, and is descriptive Of the
actions of Christ and his disciples, and
at which the Pharasees complained
very bitterly.
In the Havana lottery drawing,
which took place last Tuesday, one
fourth Of ticket 15,3O5, which drew
two hundred thousand pesos, and one
tenth IF ticket 1855, which drew fifty
thousand pesos, were held by lucky