Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-27

at the Peabody.
"A case of diphtheria is reporte,
near II Causey street. This is tn
second of the season. Five cases o
scarlet fever were reported at tn
board of health yesterday.
1T will take about $4,000 to pa,
for the citizens share oflaying a ston,
pavement on Vance street, and
promise of half has already been Sc
cured.
With machinery and steam power
capable of roasting 5000 pounds coffe,
per day, Lyle & Shields are in a posi-.
ton to furnish parched coffee at a:
reasonable prices, wholesale or retail
as any house in America.
The swelling waters of the river
have climbed an inch or two above the
January rise, opposite this point. II
will come to a stand in a day or two as
an eight-inch fall has occurred at
Cairo during the past two days.
Six end men, eight comedians,
and ever so many artistic dance ar
lists, make up a part of the Duprez
and Benedict minstrel party to appear
at the theater tonight, tomorrow
afternoon and tomorrow night.
"A considerable number of our
most popular lyric amateurs will war
bic and recite at a musical soiree to.
night for tie benefit of the First
Methodist church. The concert is to
be at the HENDERSON hall, 233 Second
street.
The reading clerk of the Arkan-
saS legislature for years past, when on
official duty, has read in the caption
Of bills, before the house the name Of
his state, Arkansas, with an emphatic
emphasis and a clear sound on the
"sas," just as it is put up.
The defunct shoe-dealing firm of
NJ. Samter & Co. have figured out
good assets worth $27, 323.17, and the
Bartlett failing concern makes an ex-
hibit through its assignee of S3,674.19,
The liabilities in both cases are CON
siderably in excess of the assets.
Mr.. Frank B. Ernest, late editor
ofthe Knoxville Tribvne, who has
been in the city several days, lett last
night for Austin, Texas, where he
will probably locate permanently and
go into the practice of law, the pre-
for which he was educated,
The Chickasaw guards in full
uniform, are to occupy one hundred
and next to front seats on Sat
urday night OF next week, at the
theater, when Mccullough plays the
Gladiator" The Illuminated pic
of the Roman appears to have
captured the "Chicks."
The man who took a book from
the editorial room of this office, with
the writer's lame printed on the back,
should return it, and that speedily. If
he wants reward, he can get more
than the intrinsic value OF the book.
-FOggy aud cloudy weather pre-.
all over the south to-day, with
rain at Little Rock and here.
Professor Lucien Marc Christol,
the champion light weight wrestler.
has not yet found any one to wrestIe
with him, although he has put up a
forfeit of fifty dollars at Harvey Rob
lnson's as a guarantee of good faith.
If no one is found in a day or two, he
will telegraph to Baltimore for a pro-
f%essional wrestler, and give an exhi.
bition before he leaves.
Mr.. John D. Cox, candidate for
of the peace in the Fifth civil
district, is a number-one man in all
respects, and his friends are pushing
claims. They believe that he is
eminently qualified, and worthy to
succeed the late lamented George D.
He is a cool, fair.minded.
intelligent man, who enjoys the re-
spect aud confidence of all who know
The sale Of land on which Camp
Marks" was located will take place to-
morrow Saturday morning on the
corner OF Main and Madison. This
land is very valuable and easy of
access, being only five miles from the
city on the Mississippi and Tennessee
railroad. Only forty acres of the two
hundred and fifty acre tract is under
cultivation, the rest being we'll tim.
bered. The value of the timber on
the laud will more than repay the cost
to any purchaser at this sale.
1t was Collins gin, not Collier 5.
as was misprinted yesterday, that was
burned on the Tennessee shore near
Cow Island, some sixteen miles below
here, day-before yesterday. There
was from t~wenty-onc to twcnty-three
bales Of cotton lost, also seed and
other property, and it was about half
covered by a policy of insurance in a
New Orleans company. The origin of
the fire is believed to have been ac.
cidental.
"A careful count of the stool NJ