Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-27
THE CITY
Tuesday Evening, Dee. q, 1881
LEDGER LrHEs.

Kellogg,
kellogg,
Sale Of seats
Opens tomorrow
Morning at s o'clock at
McCarthy's 293 Main street.
Mook's hop.
Oysters every style. Crystal Palace,
Hop at Mook's Thursday night
Brown & Jones, coal dealers, 28l
Main street.
Mook's hop. Friends invited.
100 doz Mallard ducks zoe a piece al
S. Clements.
Office of Scuppernong Wine Co.
No. 4 Madison street.
Chas. Turner and Harriet Payne
were licensed to marry to-day.
Faith" a new work b ythe Duchess
in cloth and paper binding, at Mans.
ford's.
5000 lbs choice butter received dali
aud for sale at wholesale and retail a
S. Clements, Sc Beal street.
An order goes forth to repair anC
lay new sidewalks on Mulberry street
between Beal and Linder, Good.
Prairie hay, red rust proof oats
Tennessee lime and cedar posts, in cal
lots, Also 10000 grain sacks, very low
Ike A. Chase.
The authorities are after the Gas
Company for not lighting their lamp,
at ~seasonable hours and failing 10 keeT
the glasses of their lamps clean.
The Strangers Church on Union
street, near fernando. is to be made
sixty feet longer, and will have a gas
lamp put on the street at its froEt.
No more mutilated coin. On and
after this date no mutiIated-or coins
with holes in them-wlll be received
for fare by the Memphis City Railroad
Company.
Now is the time to procure tickets
in the Commonwealth Distribution
Company Of Kentucky. A dollar may
make you a fortune. Don't delay, but
get tickets in time.
Nicholas Williams, Reporter, 279
Main, is ready to deliver new policies
to Memphis Lodge Knights of Honor.
Members holding old policies must
deliver them before receiving the new
ones.
The opening of Jefferson street be-
tween Orleans and Manassas is agitat.
ed, with prospects Of success, it being
understood that property owners are
willing to give the right Of wayfree Of
charge to the city.
The first shad Of the season, freshly
caught from the waters Of the Savan-
nah river, are ct Gaston's hotel and
restaurant, and they know how to pre-
pare the succulent swimmers at that
famous hostelrie.
St. John the Evangelist's Day is to
be celebrated tonight by Leila Scott,
South Memphis, Angerona Lodge and
DeSoto Lodges F. A. A. NJ, each Of
which will install their newly elected
officers.
Pieces Of money with holes punched
through them are no .longer current
Even the street car drivers refuse
them now. Owners Of such will have
to sell cut by weight, the present value
being from 81 90 to 81 IL per ounce
for silver.
The paving Of Main street from
Winchester north to the railway depot
is offered to be performed by Mr.. Piper
at 1925 per square yard, while the
Memphis Gravel Company are willing
to pave Jefferson street beyond the
Bayou at $L55 per square yard.
Andrew MoCarroll was shot il
the face on Christmas day by Ed
Aiken, the pair playing with a pisto.
at the time. Andrew is not as good
looking as he was, but while slightly
dis6gured is on hand for more fun o.
the same sort when Christmas comes
again.
Yesterday was a dismal, dreary anC
drippy day, one we'll calculated t
make folks stay in doors and enjoy thu
comforts Of home, and folks who haC
homes to go TO generally took full ad.
vantage Of their privileges and stayed
there as mnch as possible. To-day il
slightly more genial, though the ali
during the morning hours was quit,
raw and the rOadways were sloppy.
S. L. Moore & Co., corner Herman.
do and Vance streets, have a larger
and we'll selected stock Of grocerie,
and are selling goods lower than any
house in the city.
Kensett & Golfer Tomatoes, 2 ID
cans, per dOz., 81 q
BIB l 81
Yarmouth Sugar Corn, 2 10 cans.
per doz., q
Maxwell, and Marsh & Browns
Standard Peaches, 2 ID cans,
per doz., OF
ID cans, per doz., : : 3 OF
Smoked Halibut livery fne) per
ID 123c
Mince Meat livery fne) per ID 1Oc
Best Italian Macaroni, per ID : lOc
At S. L. MooRE 4 c.,
Cor. fernando and vaacs SITS.