Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-07
THE CITY.
LEDGER LINES.

Francisco's beautiful feather weights.
Tomorrow is the eleventh Sunday
after trinity.
Brown & Jones, coal, Office 282
Main street.
The outlook for business in all lines
is decidedly encouraging.
In the recent vote Athy's aggregate
is q nor than MCGOWAN received.
A bale ofnew cotton is expected to
arrive here before the close of another
week.
In the Jewish calendar this is Rosh
HOdesh Elool, or the first of a new
month.
The fresh, young moon, now two
days old, will set this evening at thirty
five minutes after seven.
H. NJ. H.. was not the hindmost in
the race, by a large majority. He led
Powell several dozen votes.
A joyful feeling pervades all the
merchants on Front and Main streets
at.the result of our recent local cleo.
ton.
About fifty citizens who felt inter
ested in politics are likely to leave for
Nashville between now and next Mon
day night.
From 63 to SO was the temperature
yesterday, the breeze being from. the
west and northwest from early morn
to late at night.
Our streets to-day were crowded
with visitors from the country, and a
large number of wagons came in to
get provisions and store goods.
The forthcoming crop reports are
expected to be less favorable than
issued last month. The statisticians
still stick to six millions, however.
Another section of Main street
pavement is finished. The east side
is now firm and smooth with new laid
stone from Adams to GayOso street.
The recent vote cast for Judge
Horrigan was the largest ever cast for
one man in Shelby county, where any
person received votes on an opposition
ticket.
Only two more days are left in
which TO buya ticket in the Louisiana
lottery, as the drawing takes place
Tuesday. Get a ticket at the old
headquarters.
The Collierville official returns of
the recent election were not received
at the coroner'S Office until this FORE
noon. Sh%erif-elect Athy will receive
his certificate Monday.
Some public school teachers are
said to be deeply concerned in DR..
Tanners success, owing to the fact
that during the past two years their
salary account has aggregated less
than $400 a year.
Occasional rains in the lower Mis-
souri,, the upper Mississippi and the
south Atlantic coast regions are pre-
dicted for to-day by the signal service
bulletins. No rain anywhere else in
this country is indicated.
The time between sunrise and sun
set Is now thirteen hours and thirty
four minutes, a decrease since the last
week in June of thirty four minutes.
The sun rises tomorrow morning at
5:lS and sets at $3.50.
The temperature started out at
sunrise this morning at "A degrees,
the wind gentle from the north
east with prospects Of warmer weather
just ahead. In the language of the
poet, "a slumberOus stiffness fills the
sky. The quiet August now has
COME
By means Of a steam tug, DR.. r.
w. Mitchell, Senator Isham G. Har-
ris, and City Attorney !. w. Heiskell
were conveyed to the foot Of Presi-
dents Island this morning, doubtless
going on a quarantine prospecting
tour.
Those rural ieasts termed barbecues
are over for the season, and savory
meats no longer sizsle and drip over
a pit Of glowing Goals. The next sub
ject Of engaging interest is colto