Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-21
PUBLIC LEDGER
cMcss 10 Madison Street.
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THE CITY.
Friday EyeniaE, Jan. 81, 1851.
LEDGER


Beef tongues. Lyle & Shields.
Snow diggers were plentiful this
morning.
Brown & Jones, coal dealers, 282
Main street.
Large line very cheap books, at
Williams's book store.
The Lolita party are to leave here
for New Orleans to morrow evening
at 5 o'clock.
Good oranges, three dollars per bar
rel choice lemons, threSdollars per
box. D. Canale & Co.
The sluSby state ofthe highways to.
day rendered locomotion anything but
comfortable or pleasant.
1t would be dangerous work snow
balliug to-day. Pressed in the hands
the wet snow is transformed into ice.
Such a thing as storing cotton on
the streets is now unknown. 1t is all
well protected under enclosed sheds.
Lolita had a fair house last night,
despite the bad weather. She always
did, and always viii draw, as long as
she lasts.
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The wires were Frustrated by last
nights storm from New York to Iowa,
says a telegram received at noon to-
day, dated at Cincinnati.
Memphis ranks J4th of all the cities
in the country, in point Of population,
but II can cut that down a long way
when it comes to anything else.
The Mardi Gras managers are labor
ing earnestly in the cause, and promise
to get up a display well worthy Of
travelling many miles to witness.
At the bench show of dogs, now in
progress at Pittsburg, the English
setter Peep o. Day belonging to
Bryson, of this city, took the first
prize on Monday last.
Edward Shaw received one vote for
United States senator yesterday. 1t
is not probable he will send in his re-
as a member of the school
board until the boom assumes larger
proportions.
Fine Shaker dressed turkeys for
Sunday dinner can'be had Of Victor D.
Fuchs, 80 and Al Jefferson. He also
has a full supply of fresh celery. AS
agent for the Shaker preserves he
keeps an immense assortment.
Clerk and Master r. j. Black, will
have his usual weekly sales tomorrow.
This particular sale embraces pro-
perty on Front, Union, Vance and
Jefferson streets, including the old
pOstofice building, adjoining the
theater.
Straight out of the west came the
violent snow-storm yesterday after
noon and last night. This morning at
sunrise the snow was falling over
Nashville and Louisville, while it was
raining at Chattanooga. The snow
area moves eastward gradually and at
the rate Of four to eight miles an hour.
The Rice Surprise Party, now at
New Orlorns, will open at the theater
next Monday night in "Revels." The
piece is full Of musical, terpsichorean
and other sprightly and taking fea-
lures, the company being made up Of
nearly forty people of various order Of
talent.
The temperature early this morn.
ing was "A degrees, with a light west
erly breeze. Yesterday the range was
81 to IS degrees, with variable winds.
first from the northwest, then shifting
to the southwest, and last nigt about
when the snow fell heavily changing
to the west.
The theater opens at noon to.mor-
row for the matinee performance, and
the play begins one hour afterward.
This feature is only practiced here
when the theatrical troupe desire to
leave the city before night. At New
Orleans matinee performance always
commence at noon.