Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-27

company, were delivered AZ TINS once
to-day.
Blue Fish, Red Snappers, and
500 dozen Fresh Kentucky Eggs, just
received per express by Victor d.
Fuchs, 30 and Al Jefferson.
Those who desire inviting their
friends to our Mardi Gras celebration
can receive invitations upon applying
to Z. Beehn, 29S Main street.
The funeral of the late venerable
f, s. Latham was largely attended
this forenoon, many old citizens being
observed in the mournful cortege.
Single seats for the opera next
week can be purchased at Hollen-
berg's on and after Thursday next;
also seats for any particular night.
The dump at the foot of Beal
street continues to be a subject of
worry to many. Even the public au-
thorities seem to feel bad about it.
The LEDGER Job Printing Office
and Book Bindery, 10 Madison, exc
cutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house in this city. t
Fine weather, this, for sanitary
work and sewer laying. Let the bust
ness so on rapidly. The sooner the
work is done the easier will uneasy
peope feel,
Clear weather was reported at all
points south this morning by the sig
nal service kilograms, but southeast
winds and a falling barometer indicate
the probability of rain.
Fortune knocks once at every
mans door. 1t is a good idea to be at
home when the knock is made. Get a
ticket in the Commonwealth Distri-
button Co.; the drawing is Saturday
next.
Cuts illustrating Mr.. Mccullough,
the actor, in the character of 0thello,
the Moor, are to be seen in the front
windows. The Mccullough party T
to be here the first week in March.
The river here has declined 3 feet
during the past six days, and the level
is now % feet above low water (also
over u feet below extreme high
water. During the past eleven days,
the river at Cairo has fallen nearly IL
feet.
Numerous spectators at the the
alter last night went off after the play
ended in high glee, and their express
siOns of commentator, as they passed
from the theater to the street, fell
pleasantly upon the ears ofthe theater
managers.
1t is said by some of the best
smokers that ashes of fine cigars is
good for the teeth. We noticed a
change in the teeth of a connoisseur,
on Sunday last. ? rhaps he used
the pale ashes of one Sol Coleman's
sixty-fve cent cigars. As a dentriGot
that cigar was a success. But awful
costly.
The American Almanac and
Treasury Of Facts, for 1880, edited by
AinswOrth r. SpOford, librarian Of
congress, is a valuable compendium of
useful statistical, financial and politi-
cal Information, including the latest
election returns in all the States aud
Territories. No business man, planter
or manufacturer, editor, politician or
professional man, can we'll afford to be
without it. Il is published by the
American News Company of New
York, and sold by dealers generally at
% cents per copy.
The steamer Poitevent which ar
rived Sunday from Hatchie bridge,
bringing q fair load of freight, will
start back to-day, and the Captain
hopes to pass through the bridge next
Sunday, and to reach Bolivar Monday
afternoon. He found the river in fine
condition all the way to the bridge,
and did not and any obstruction at
any point. The navigation Is even
better above the bridge. The boat is
splendidly built, of live Louisiana oak
for the k%eelson, and Is adapted
perfectly to the trade from Memphis
to Bolivar. We hope'tO be able to re-
port that she gets through in her next
twin