Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-14

tomorrow.
-Soul-Stirriug ballads are those
promised by Robson and Crane at the
theater tonight.
Colonel EatOn's lecture at lie
MOyne institute will be delivered
Monday night the 10th instant.
The Knights Of Pythias ball next
Thursday. Members can procure
tickets at Cohen's hat store.
Those wishing to enjoy the theatcr
will do well to pay it a visit tonight.
1t is to be closed for some time hence.
Cohen, the halter, has just re-
ceived twenty-five cases of new styles
nobby hats, of the best quality. Go
and see him.
60 to the Dickens for your Sun
day reading matter. Postofice news
depot. Chas. Dickens'& Co., opposite
pOstofice.
-Loosa Hatchic is booming and
the county bridge is in danger, and if.
it goes the railroad bridge may be
swept away also.
VIM. H. Duck aud Mrs. Elizs-
beth Mccullough we're licensed to
marry yesterday evening, and one col
Ored couple this forenoon.
"A heavy swell of the waters is
going on in the Cumberland, Tennes-
see aud Ohio rivers, as well as in the
smaller tributaries.
Our river has been swelling a lit
tie for the past day or two. 1t is full
three fathOms deep over the shallow
est places above and below here.
The t~elegraphic wires were in a
slightly pertubed state yesterday, and
the mails were also somewhat out Of
joint, all in consequence of the recent
storm.
The country roads are in better
travelling order than they have been
for several weeks; all because the
heavy rains beat their surface down
hard and fat.
The store of j. L. Blaydes. at
Atoka, OIL the Paducab and Memphis
railway, was entered by thieves last
night Jewelry and other goods to the
value Of $1,000 carried of.
No detention over the Southern
Express COmpany's route to-day.
Fresh New York papers arrived on
quick time, and a budget found its
way to this office, as usual.
-Four bills of indictment have
been found by the grand jury against
j. A. Anderson, late public admins
traitor, and a dozen others are reported
to be under consideration.
The organization of a society for
the prevention Of cruelty to animals is
to be consummated here. A
large number of good citizens are
strongly in favor of it.
There is a stir among the skid and
tarpaulin people down about the land
ing, and the invocation of the author
has been found necessary to set
tie the rivalry and arrange a tariff of
charges.
1t was a splendid time to sell
yesterday and many factors
took advantage Of the buoyant market
let their tables loose. The feeling
is less firm to-day, by a large majority.
"A unique advertisement appears
this morning, offering a reward of ten
for the return OF a three year
old boy, said to have been stolen by its
mother from the paternal branch of
the family.
The long-deiayed steamer, Poit
event, passed. the Hatchie river bridge
at Brownsville yesterday forenoon.
The vessel will doubtless be received
at Bolivar to-day with salvos of srtil-
leTy and shouts Of joy.
The ~taxeater, cormorant that he
is, grumbles that the taxpayers burden
is not made still more burdensome.
while the payer pays with humility
catches an excoriation in the
Iiyeliest way, if his voice is raised
complainingly or otherwise.
The Master of Red Leaf" by
Mrs. Meriwether new novels, Seaside.
the Pictorials, Magazines. Re-
and Dailies from all the promi-
nent cities. A good change to select
reading by going to Mans
29S Main street.
The death of Mrs. Solomon Dial
troff, mother of Louis Daltrof, an
estimable lady, is announced else
where. She died suddenly at two
clock this morning of heart disease.
She was an old resident, having been
hero twenty-five years, and was highly
esteemed.
The bayou bridge on DeSoto
street is a wreck; that on Beal street
is much injured, while damages we're
sustained to a greater or less extent
by nearly all the Gayoso bayou bridges
in the city. Those in the country
across creeks and rivers have also
been damaged and IN monv oasos