Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-19
Thursday Evening, August 10, 1850
LEDGER LINES.
Full moon tomorrow.


New oatmeal, Lyle & Shields.
No rain anywhere south last night
Brown u Jones, coal, Office 26l
Main street.
New crop pickles, and picking vim.
egar, received by Lytle & Shields.
Earth boxes removed. Leave or
ders q South Court, in basement.
Driving out in the cool of the morn
ing or evening is refreshing, and pop
ular with those who can afford it.
Parties wishing (Roshashanah) New
Year calling cards will please orders
at 236 Main street, with Levy & God
shaw, agents.
The high tax candidate for COVER
nor, the Hon. John ". Wright, is to
address the people on the bluff, in
front of the city, tonight.
Both bales of new cotton from
down the river are to be sold to-day
at three p. M, in front Of the cotton
exchange, at public auction.
Cotton receipts here for the past
season now exceed those of last year
at this date, 22,718 bales, and are
short of the year before 1902 bales.
The schools presided over by Miss
Jennie Higbee and Miss Clara Cor
way, are to open for their fall and
winter session about the middle of
next month.
The temperature ut sunrise this
morning was rs degrees, with a gentle
southerly wind and promise Of a red
hot day. The range yesterday was
Y to 81 degrees.
The workingmen of this city have
been cautioned, and asked not to in
terfere with cotton press laborers al
New Orleans, who are now demand.
ing an increase of wages.
The condition of Jefferson street
and the probability of again running
the street car line out that way are
matters of interest to many, especially
school children going to the Bethel.
The street car drivers have beer
swapping routes within the past few
days, their employees deeming it i'm.
polite to allow them to become toe
we'll acquainted along any particular
course.
The bridge over the bayou on Mar
ket street is out Of repair, and school
children's parents are anxious about
it. The proper steps should be taken
to save the children's lives by 6xirg
the bridge.
An excursion to st. Louis is in
preparation by the Knights of Pythias,
to witness the pageant in honor ol
the supreme lodge Knights Of
Pythias, of the world, to come off IN
Tuesday next.
The screws are tightening on de-
linquent tax payers. They must call
at Captain Fleece's Office and settle
before the close of the present mon;h,
or be prepared to pay penalties, n
GLIDING commissions and the like.
The new business a is fairly
opened. Three bales of new cotton
came in this forenoon, and several
drays loaded with unginned cotton in
bags, called snakes by the river men,
were seen moving through the streets
on their way to the gin houses.
The case Of VIM. Hunt, a former
engineer on the tug boat 1.-TWO Broth.
ers," charged with rape, will come uI
before Judge Eldridge this Afternoon.
the same being on application forbail
on a writ Of habeas corpus. The wit
nesses were partially heard some lime
ago, before Judge H%orrigan.
Mr.. Douglass new bale of cotton
moved to Front street, from the
Chickasaw gin house a little .fter
noon to-day. 1t was a coupb oil
hours behind the two bales from the
Mississippi bottoms, but is the first
from Tennessee, and the traditional
jug should be filed for Mr.. Dou,lass
Out at Braden, on the LouivillC
railway line. near the edge Of Shelby
county, there was a state credit hrbe.
cue yesterday. The leading ortions
we're delivered by Mr.. Geo. G. Dent
. John D. Martin, Hons. Holmes Jun
Minis, Casey Young, @. b. SIMON.
ton, and Mr.. Ben. Reayes.
At McEwen's Station, on the rail-