Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-13
LEDGER LINES

Francisco's nObby feather weights.
Brown Il Jones, coal, Office 282
Main street.
Buy your coffee, fresh roasted, from
Lyle & Shields.
Pleasant northeasterly breezes last
night and this morning.
Earth boxes removed. Leave or
ders q South Court, in basement.
Turner BOlen, shot at the exposi-
ton building the other night, is i'm
proving, and has no idea Of dying for
awhile.
The receipts of cotton in this mark
ct are now 22.820 bales ahead Of last
year at this date, and 1874 less than
year before last at the same time.
Services this and to morrow even
ing with orchestral accompaniment at
the Hebrew synagogue, corner OF
Main and Exchange streets.
The political end Of our population
are all at home again, or will be by
tomorrow morning. Without this
branch of social fellows, the rest of us
feel lonesome.
A detachment Of the Adams street
Hook and ladder company bivouacked
on Main street last night, to be handy
in case Of an alarm Of fire. The en-
CINE house is in a state of blockade by
a paving force.
A hundred and fifty German emf
grants arrived straight from New
York by rail this morning. They are
fresh from the old country, and go to
Arkansas City from here by the
steamer Paris G. Brown.
The popular Commonwealth Dis
tribution Co. is in the field selling
tickets for their next drawing. Each
month they scatter wealth all over
the country to their ticket holders.
Get a ticket at the usual place.
From a dollar to a dollar and thirty
five cents a day have been paid farm
laborers during the past cotton plow-
ing and hoeing season, among the
river valley plantations, and hands
have been scarce at that high figure.
A scattering national, slightly of
color, may still be found on street
corners here and there, expatiating
upon the recent sitting down upon
they experienced, and their probable
chances for future success, by a fusion
or otherwise.
The talk is that more FIRE escapes
are needed among tall buildings along
our public highways. Tee Peabody
will proba,. ly add another of the
Cowles & Benner's pattern to hal
now erected, and which was so salts
%factOrily tested yesterday.
The low stage of the rivers above
here is a cause Of much comment in
mercantile circles and among the
travelling portion of our people. AID,
vanced freight rates and delays by
grounding on sandbars are among the
a%nnoyances encountered.
Too much grape diet is the leading
complaint among children at present
and several physicians say that, anC
an occasional sick person fresh from
the swamps, makes up the bulk q
their practice at present. A lew doses
Of castor oil, to empty IA child's stOm
ach Of its overload o. grape seed, an,
a course Of careful treatment Tor tn,
sick swamper, are all that is necessar,
to bring them around.
There are two democratic candi
dates for governor of Tennessee nov
before the people, each one claiminI
to represent the best interests OF tn.
state, and each one predicting success
at the ballot box. In the TaxinI
District there is only one candidat
for popular favor, Sol. Coleman's eel
ebrated No. 10 cigar, and it get
elected every time on account of it
purity, its favor aud its low price o
only five cents.
! Business is extremely lively a