Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-03

court throughout to-day.
The Meaken- Erich suit is still
before the circuit court. The counsel
were arguing, before the Judge and
jury at noon to-day.
The LEDGER Job Printing Office
and Book Bindery, IL Madison, exc
cutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house. t
The agricultural and mechanical
society contemplate a fair at the fair
grounds, three miles east of the city
the latter part OF next month.
Tax collections are Stacking up.
Less than a thousand dollars we're
taken in yesterday, but the weeks
collections sum up over $4,000.
An undertaker's establishment
was up for sale by the sheriff to-day
one of the best signs of the season,
according to the remark Of an Obser-
want citizen.
The claim of Mr.. Jacob Weller,
on the Main street engine house, is to
be settled by the city for $500, Mr..
W. expressing willingness to accept
that sum.
Under the present state of mind
of the city fathers, Main street will
not be reduced in width for vehicles,
nor will pavements be widened .or
wayfarers.
Fortune smiles on those who risk
something to win them. Venture a
dollar or two in a ticket in the Louis
lana lottery and fortune may return it
several thousand fold.
-Frsnt street, from Gayosot to Auc-
ton, is to be paved with stone, as soon
as property owners along that route
subscribe $4,000, only $3.50 is necessary
to make up the amount.
The board of health orders no
more privies emptie1 or filed, and re-
quests everybody to whitewash cellars,
outbuildings and fences; also to dis
infect vaults, not previously inspected.
"A fine of from one to fifty dollars
is to be imposed upon hotel, theater or
public building keepers, provided they
fail to provide safe fire escapes from
the several stories of the premises they
occupy.
Vance street is to be reduced in
width to Sc feet, and paved with stone
at once, the contract having been
awarded to w. II. Grider on yester-
day. 1t will be pushed through to an
early completion.
Andrews Bazaar for April, the
very latest in fashion. Franklin
Square" and Seaside Libraries in
abundance, with a full line Of Sunday
reading matter, can be had at Mans
ford's, 293 Main street.
Nearly $50 buildings declared un-
sanitary, have been pulled down or
otherwise demolished by the authori-
ties, and many have been cleaned, |
repaired and rendered wholesome
through the same influence.
If you fail to keep your earth
boxes in goodsaniteryorder by the non
use of dry earth or ashes, you create
a nuisance and will be dealt with &C.
cordingly, aud the garbage carts shall
not touch the boxes to empty them.
So says the board of health.
The polls for voting at the Coch-
ran hall fair close tonight, and the
time will doubtless be entertaining
and exciting. A gold headed cane, a
silver Ice pitcher in a swing, a silver
set Of seven pieces and a pair of gold
bracelets are among the prizes TO be
won.
Extra help is to be hired by the
city engineer to remove the Nicolson
on Shelby street, and Monroe street is
also to be rounded up and repaired.
The property owners of the latter
thoroughiare must repair their side
walks at once.
The ferry steamer John Overton
makes trips through to Marion, the
Of Crittenden county, Ark
to-day and tomorrow. A declining
river will doubtless prevent a contin-
uance ofthese voyages more than two
or three days longer.
Bids were opened before the leg
islative council yesterday offering to
feed city prisoners at zoe per meal;
shoe mules and horses at 81. 25 each
set; do scavenger work for S24 per
month, and supply the city with gas
at lOc on each 500 worth of taxable
property. The offers lay over for a
week.
Sol. Coleman has now on hand
over fifty different brands of imported
and Key West cigars. lie retails all
his goods on a margin of ten per cent,
and if there is a merchant who de-
serves the patronage Of the public, it
is the ~irrepressible and indefatigable
Sol. Call and see him.
When a man refuses to pay his
fare on a hack or a street railway, the