Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-01

Choice prairie hay and Tennessee
lime in car lots. Ike A. Chase, 22O
Front.
The railroads should give excur-
sion rates for the walking match
and thus bring in thousands Of people.
Music books, magazines, illustrated
papers, etc., bound at the PUBLIC
LEDGER bindery, ID Madison street.
1t was l6o cooler early this morning
than at 10 o'clock last night. The
range Of temperature yesterday was
from 1872 to 65e.
Every variety Of fish and game can
be found at Victor D. Fuchs, 80 and
Al Jefferson. For something extra
6ue call on Fuchs.
Deputy Sheriff McLendon has de-
serted the Trustees Office and re-
sumed his desk again. Delinquent
taxes must now be paid to the Sheriff.
DR.. Porter, Mr.. Goodwin, and a
number Of other citizens, including a
representative of the LEDGER, will
leave Monday for the Atlanta EXPOSE
ton.
General Lucius e. Polk, of Column
bia; Hon. Jere Baxter, Of Nashville,
and Mr.. Rufus j. Polk, Of Helena, are
10 the city and registered at the Pea
body.
During the absence Of General G.
NJ. P. TurRer, Major ]. P. Maccabe
is acting as the Attorney General Of
the county, before the Criminal Court,
aud elsewhere.
A solemn mass Of requiem will b.
celebrated on tomorrow morning at
st. Joseph's Church. Georgia street,
at 81 o'clock, for the repose of the
souls Of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Cicalls.
In the Circuit Court the damage
suit for 5000 against the L. & N. r.
R., by the administrator Of Robert
Brown, the darby who was run over
last spring in the Navy Yard, was on
trial.
Last Sunday, at his residence, near
Senatobia, Miss, Captain J. NJ. Wood
son. formerly of Germantown, died.
The gentleman was well known in
this city, where he has relatives and a
wide circle of friends.
Mr.. M. D. Dedrick, who for some
time past has been very i'll with mala-
rial fever five miles from the city on
the Pigeon Roost road, is reported to
be improving, and in a fair way TO-
ward convalescence.
Mrs. Sallie Carr, the wife ola Bap-
fist minister Of Parsons, Southeast
Kansas, and prominently known here
in past years as Sallie Houston, after
a visit of two or three weeks, departed
for her western home to day.
A turnip weighing six pounds two
and a half ounces, grown on the farm
Of Esquire ]. S. Galloway, three miles
east Of the city on the Union avenue
road, was exhibited in this city to-
day. The Squire has eight acres Of
this fruit, and he is very proud Of his
turnip patch.
The suggestion made yesterday re.
garding the propriety of offering in
ducements to people Of the interior,
met universal approval and many bus
iness men join in the expression Of a
hope that cheap fares on railways will
be arranged for excursionists during
the ensuing walking match.
A lot of fine, ripe ounces, grown
near Hersnado, Mississippi, and
weighing nearly a pound each, have
been selling here within the past few
days, and attract considerable curios-
ity. A carload of 300 buncEes Of ine
bananas arrived here yesterday, com
ing direct from the region of their
growth, away down in the West India
islands.
The thunder reared and the light
ming flashed at a lively rate between
aud 0 last night. A rain squall
came up from the southeast and
drenched the earth for a spell, then it
cleared away, the winds blowing at a
rafting pace and the perturbed ele-
ments behaved as if in an angry mood.
This morning the air was calm, crusts
of ice covered the water puddles and
a heavy frost lay upon the earth. The
mercury dropped to 34e before sun
riso