Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-20
LEDGER LINES.

TO morrow.
Brown & Jones, coal dealers, SS2
Main street.
Try Boston brown bread -four, for
sale by Lyle & Shields.
The boys are preparing for fun,
frolic and fusilade on the Fourth.
The death list in this city last week
was Y, two being from sunstroke.
The intensity of the heat contin-
ues to be a very e%xtrayagant topic of
talk.
The train attaches of the Memphis
and Charleston railroad are now all
uniformed in a very attractive suit OF
dark navy blue.
A thunder storm prevailed at Gin
cinnati early this morning, and fine
showers fell all wei that section and
to the westward beyond Omaha.
That ETHEREAL kind of matter called
heat, which scientists tell us has no
material existence, still reigns intense
here. 1t started in this morning when
the sun rose. at rs degrees.
Ants and all other insects are de-
stroyed by Persian Insect Powder.
The true only at Fahlen & Klein
schmidt's, corner Second and Beal.
The Vint Shinkle has arrived and
will give a delightful excursion for
the benefit of St. Mary's Episcopal
church this evening at s o'clock,
sharp.
Considerable current now flows
down through Hatchie lake, caused
from a volume Of water passing from
the Mississippi river by way of the
lake into Wolf river just above its
mouth.
Potatoes were selling at from two to
three dollars o barrel at retail three
days ago in Cincinnati, the stock being
plentiful. This is rather di~scouraging
to our potato growers who have twenty
to forty acre patches.
Reds twenty, Eckfords two, yester-
day at Olympic park, about three hun
bred people being present. The Eek
fords are mainly boys, not more than
halfway through their teens, but they
play we'll and promise to make a good
team.
MI. j. NJ. Gregory, jr., has been
appointed agent of the Southwestern
Benefit Guild. Those wishing to be.
come members, or to- have the pur-
poses Of the Guild more fully explain.
ed, will do well to call on him at his
Office, No. SO Madison street.
Up at Bismarck early this morning
the temperature was down to within
nine degrees OF the frost point, with
the wind blowing from the northwest
twelve miles an heur. A few draughts
Of hat GOODNESS would be cordially
welcome to the heated thrOng of thii
vicinity. .
A number Of retail grocery keepers
have taken out the retail liquor
license, thus becoming practically
saloons with the same privileges Sc,
cured by law. All, or nearly all, o
these places sold whisky by the drinl
before, but under the wholesal,
license.
Sunshine for Little Children" is
very handsome picture book just re
ceived at this Office, for which thank.
are returned to the Sunshine publish
ing company, BOG and 3O8 Chestnu
street, Philadelphia. The Rev. j
Henry Smythe is the editor of tn.
attractive work.
Thunder ratified in a dense blacl
cloud hanging aloft about threeO'clocI
yesterday afternoon, and for a time i
was hoped that a shower would pas
over us, but it didn't come neare
than a dozen miles Of US. Vegetation
hereabouts is very dry and parched
i, indeed many gardens are burning up
The closing exercises of Miss Con
ways school are in progress at tn
Bethel building on Adams street
where she. has been teaching for til
a., past season. The primary department
undergo examination to-day, the jun
Tor classes tomorrow, and on Wednes
day the music classes under Mrs. c
II. Fits will be reviewed.
Various leases on business and resi-
: dence houses expiring this fall hay
been presented by tenants for renewa
and rents are frmer. A marked i'm
provementin prices is noticeable. TIL
q best evidence Of confidence in tn
future Of Memphis is furnished by th
unexampled demand for houses t
. rent, and the advance in the valu
Of real estate shown by recent sales.
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