Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-07

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Seguin plays Afacsna.
Prepare for Sunday By going to
Mansfcrd's aud selecting your reading
material. The largest and best Sc
lectcd reading stock in the city.
The Abbott opera troupe .appear
in New Orleans Monday night, and
the Robson & Crane troupe close there
tonight to play here Monday night,
The little daughter of Mr.. Will
liam Simmons, at $50 Shelby street,
has scarlet fever, but is doing we'll,
and her parents are not alarmed.
The LEDGER Job Printing office
and Book Bindery, 13 Madison, exc
cutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house in this city. t
The auction sale of impounded
animals, consisting of goats, hogs,
COWS, etc., will take place at the Ad-
ans street pound No. 81, beginning at
four O'Clock.
The art exposition at the Tonnes
Q Club rooms is now complete, or
about so, aud the collection looks
tasteful aud beautiful. 1t is also
highly instructive.
Thirty people on a single street
car is a rather heavy cargo. That
number went out on a fernando one
after the opera last night. Some were
obliged to hang on by their eyelids,
almost.
Mr.. Tom. Karl has consented to
sing in Calvary church choir to-mor-
row morning. Come unto rue all ye
that are weary and heavy laden and l
will give you rest" is the selection he
will render.
"A good concert hall. capable of
holding from l 200 to 1000 people, is
much needed in this city. The Odd
Fellows might take the matter in
hand, and benefit the order as we'll as
the public.
Victor d. Fuchs, 80 and Al JEFF
ferson, has received the finest lot Of
dressed turkeys and chickens ever
brought to the Taxing District.
Fresh oysters and Red Snappers re-
ceived per express to-day.
Our accomplished musical friend,
Kirkland, was musical conductor of
the imposing ceremonies at the Ma
sonic Temple last night, and, as
usual, acquitted himself handsomely
aud to the eminent satisfaction of all
present.
Prairie hay, mOwn FROM the broad
fields Of nature in Central Arkansas,
to the amount Of one hundred and
fifty bales, vas shipped to Madison
Ind, on the Ohio, by the steamer
Shinkle last night. 1t is the first of
the kind on record.
The ballad, Let me dream again"
by Arthur Sullivan, was sung yester-
day by Tom Karl at the Tennessee
club parlor, during a brief visit he
made there, and it was one of the
rishest strains ever listened to in that
quarter, though many freartists have
warbled there in past days
The bond offered a day or two
since by the late administrator, J. A.
Anderson, has not been re-
as sufficient. and the
officials whose duty it is to accept
have required additional sureties. 1t
is stated that Mr.. Anderson expects
to have the bond in proper shape by
tnls evening.
The charge of passing bogus trade
dollars made against Robert j. Walker
yesterday appears to have been a
small affair. There was but one bad
dollar, and the incident occurred last
October, on which occasion Mr.,
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Walker remarked that he wasn't GER
tain about the purity of the dollar,
1t is stated that it is not likely that
there will be any prosecution OF the
cise.
The operate exchequer has been
enriched during the present week
more than $1,000 by our people. Count
ing carriage and glove expenses, the
outlay will perhaps exceed SIC, 1000.
the population here is not in the ag-
gregate much over 10000, and the
white portion saopt 10000 but our
community is an appreciative one, by
a large majority.
Elixir VItle.
a gentleman who has been taking War