Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-22

An enterprising citizen gets his
chickens at twenty-five cents a dozen.
He buys them shell and all.
The city still wears her mourning
weeds, and will not change until after
the late Presidents funeral.
Charles Williams got ten years
Monday for robbing ]. L. Denton, on
the corner of Main and Linden streets.
From $50 to s5A0 degrees yesterday,
with a smoky atmosphere in the morn
ing, hazy in the afternoon and as clear
as a bell at night.
A feature of the early morning is
the %querulous tone Of the economical
housewife, as she contends over a
nickel with the vegetable peddler.
The finest assortment Of fresh fish
in the city can be had tomorrow
morning Of H. Seessel, ST., & Son,
corner Jefferson and Second streets.
Rumors Of alleged strikes have all
died out. The nearest approach to a
strike now is the stroke of the black
smiths hammer on the ringing anvil.
1t seems to puzzle the New Yorker
as to how to treat Che species of gam
bling known as pool selling. In Mem
phis the evil is not permitted to take
root.
Choice fish from the Northern lakes
as well as from the gulf, and fresh
oysters and celery viii be received to-
night by Victor D. Fuchs, 80 and Al
Jefferson.
all eyes are centered on President
Arthur. MY hopes lie in the coffin
there with Garfield" will be the
despairing cry Of many an obscure
aspirant to Office.
When you start out to buy those
great Solar Tip shoes for your chill
dren, don't fail to look for the label on
the sole. marked "Solar Tip" war
ranted by Zellner & Co.
Several gentlemen in the vicinity of
the city declare their intention to
raise blooded stock, horses, cattle and
pigs. Several have already estab-
lished barnyards of fine fowls.
Superstitious persons are likely to
attach undue Importance to the fact
that a new comet was discovered
almost at the moment the breath left
tho body Of our late President.
The practice of numbering the side
walk with samples of goods for sale
within ought to be suppressed. 1t is
an annoyance to the pedestrian and a
temptation to the petty thief
On some Of the interior hill land
plantations the cotton crop is already
picked out and stored in the gin house.
A bale to six acres is about the aver
age on the majority Of small farms.
Many Of the wooden posts used by
the old city for oil lamps to illumi.
nate the path Of belated suburban
residents still exist, but the city gov
ernment has SO far failed to refurnish
them.
Miss Mary Dixon, Of this city, gave
a public reading at GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
las: night, and will give another to-
night. Tony Denier's Humpty
Dumpty troupe will be there next
week.
A lucky railroad man drew $4,000
in a lottery a few days ago. Some
other lucky Memphian may draw a
prize in the Commonwealth Lottery
on the Both. Get a tickets at the usual
place.
But for the fact that a few poor
widows support themselves from the
milk furnished by their cows, it would
be . good scheme to enforce the ordi.
nance against COWS running at large to
the letter.
The sale of little brown pitchers is
evidently increasing, 1t is becoming
a common practice among the first
families to trOt that vessel to the cor.
ner grocery for fresh beer more thar
once a day.
The Hebrew festival Of ROsh
Hashonah commences tomorrow
evening, not this evening, and the day
of AtOnement occurs on October Sd,
instead of the ID, as has been errone-
ously stated.
A fact to be remembered is that Sol
Coleman will observe the Jewish hol-
iday bykeeping his cigar establishment
closed from tomorrow (Friday) after
noon ct 6 o'clock until Saturday after
noon at 6 o'clock.
The Board Of Health should inter
view the levee slope near the foot Of
Court street. a lot of rotten garbage
dumped there when the steamer Idle
wild burned a good while back, has
never been removed and it smells
awful.
The air Nearer, Ny God, to Thee
was played yesterday during the SOL
emn services wei the body Of Presi-
dent Garfield, and also by the band in
the procession of ex. FederaIs and
Confederates at Chattanooga. A re-
markable coincidence.
The Galaxy Club did not give an
entertainment at Estival Park night
before last, the national woe causing a
postponement. For the same reason
Eviction" was not presented al
Nashville. 1t was played there last