Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-24
LEDGER LINES.

Club punch at Crystal palace.
Wanted-At Peabody hotel, one
fireman.
A dense fog and a dead calm this
morning.
Brown l. Jones, coal, Office 22
Main street.
Wanted-At Peabody hotel, two
carpet sewers.
American Health, primer series, to
be had at Mansford's.
Burlington letter files, atWilliams's
book %store-sole agents.
The FIRE works touched of on the
bluff last night we're splendid.
Mr.. Harry Nj. Hills friends favor
him for the legislature on the demo
cratic ticket.
Cleopatra's pillars Illuminated, af-
forded a striking and highly attract
i've spectacle last night.
That sign welcome" over the sta
ton house door is the most cruelty
sarcastic one ever painted.
A circus show is working this way
and isn't far Of, judging from prepa-
%rations under way to feed the crowd
of beasts aud men.
"The Widows Mite" was called
THE Widow Smith" by n Of our
country cousins as helooked at the fire
works on the bluff Wednesday night.
1t was generally remarked that the
pyrotechnic display last night and the
night before was the best we haveever
witnessed hereabouts-by a large ma
jority.
When will the exposition building
be re6tted and used for which it was
originally intended ? is one Of the
questions that agitates the Uranium Of
the intelligent Memphian.
The battle Of rival oyster dealers,
bids fair to rage until every oyster
eater a get a cheap dish Of bivalves.
despite increased freight rates and ad-
vanced values Of ice to pack them in.
Four dollars for three-quarters oil
an hour service, was the demand Of
scalping hackmen last night, and they
thought that a modest charge, it beinl
considerably below their askings on
the night before.
Fresh, bright Tennessee made lime
as good as was eyer seen burned acros,
the Tennessee river up the Louisville
railway, is selling 10 this market at 81
cents per barrel and a discount of IL
cents to dealers for round lots.
Coal is fifty cents per barrel; deliv
cred to consumers. At P%ittsburg, it,
point of production, the round 10.
price has been fixed for the fall anC
winter season at seven cents pei
bushel, or about eighteen cents pei
barrel, not delivered, however.
The election of delegates for tn,
10Th district north Of and adjoininJ
the Ninth ward) TO the democrati,
convention, will be held at Morris
corner opposite Brick church at 4
o'clock, Saturday evening. Demo
cratic voters will attend promptly.
The man who never ventures any
thing will remain at the bottom of tn,
ladder through life. Venture two
dollars in the Commonwealth, and
prize may result. The drawing is mex
week. Get a ticket at the usua
place.
The mosquitoes have been warmed
into life and liveliness by the recen
warm temperature. With the mer
curry at seventy.two and no breeze il
the early morning hours, an ordinary
mosquito gets the idea into his hea,
that he lives in or very close to tn,
tropics.
Fresh fruits from the tropics ar,
now offering in our markets. Orange
direct from the groves where the,
grew in Louisiana and Florida, ais,
bananas from Ruatan and othe
islands in the caribbean sea. Luxu
rious liyers can also enjoy ~luciOus larg
plums and mammoth juicy pears fror
the orchards Of California.
The Egyptian obelisks, and tn
gothic arch of cotton bales we're photo
graphed by MoyStOn this forenoon