Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-21

f-oAoMcHo1 Wall Aot 70 fAoAbAo Wis
side of the western boundary Of Utah.
Anything from a druggists label up
to a three-sheet poster done with
~neatness and dispatch at the LEDGER
job Office. Prices as low as the lowest.
A gentle northeast breeze, with the
temperature 60, was the state ofthe
elements at sunrise this morning, No
rain fell anywhere south during the
night.
The cotton bloom boom is on the
decline, nearly everybody's field being
full of the pretty roses so full of
promise to planters empty pocket
books.
Shoemaker, Joplin & Co. received a
cotton bloom this morning from S. G..
Mcbride, of Mississippi county, Ark.
Mr.. Mcbride is one Of the live men of
Arkansas
Parties having old magazines or
newspapers and who wish to make a
handsome book, should call at the
LEDGER bindery and see how cheap
they can get a library together.
Mr.. Arthur R. Taylor and Miss
Jimmie L. Treadwell are to be united
in marriage at the Second Presbyte-
rian church, corner Beal and Main,
this afternoon at 4 o'clock. No cards.
The compress companies have about
completed their consolidation plans,
and expect to erect their big sheds for
fall and winter business big enough to
cover one hundred and fifty thousand
bales of cotton all at once.
Local rains are predicted to-day
hereabouts and elsewhere south by
the signal service prognostics. A
shower here after 16 days of dryness
would be doubly welcome as a dust
layer and a garden refresher.
A boat race comes off on Monday,
the fifth prox. The prize to run for is
$50 in cash, a silk flag and a fine set
of gilt horns, Entrance free for all
skifs with three sets Of oars. The
Memphis river front party have made
up this purse and invite contestants.
Sunday evening has grown to be
the fashionable time for driving. All
the livery stables had their teams en-
gagged early last week for yesterday,
when the fast young man was out in
force with his inamorata, notwith-
standing the dense clouds of dust.
A school of pavementarians are
springing up, who discuss the relative
merits Of the different pavements now
being laid. 1t is generally agreed
that the Adams street pavement will
make the best drive, while those on
Main and Madison are best for heavy
draft.
1t is amusing to watch the smile of
content and curl Of scorn upon the
face of the wearied Memphian as he
tucks down the last corner Of the bar
from the inside, and dropping back
upon his pillow, listens with hungry
ears to the piercing screams of the baf-
fed mosquito.
Letter heads, envelopes, bill heads,
bills Of lading, and all kinds Of com
mercial printing done as we'll and
cheap at the LEDGER Office as any
where in the United States. Mer-
chants would save money by calling
at LEDGER Office before giving their
orders to drummers.
Our river is now three fathoms
deep and is falling a little, but is
likely to change and begin to swell by
tomorrow. The rise coming from the
upper river is considerable, but as it
will require a rise of over Is feet here
for the water to reach the banktops,
no apprehension need be felt by the
people Of the low lands.
The leading editors of the demo-
cratic papers hereabouts have all gone
to the Cincinnati convention. Col, j.
M. Heating, of the Appeal, is there
as a delegate Col. +. S. Nichols, of
the Avalanche, left yesterday for the
scene of action, and Capt. j. Harvey
Mathes, Of this journal, is also there.
watching the field with a lynx eye.
The LEDGER Office book bindery,
ID Madison street, is in the same
building as the newspaper and job
printing establishment is owned by
the same proprietor, embraces all
machines and material used in a first
class book bindery, and is conducted
by competent workman capable of
executing work in as good and sub.