Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-14

Memphis aud Charleston railway
stock IS in New York at noon to. day
Boston brown bread -four in oil
packages, for sale by Lytle & Shields
AL kinds of job printing executed
at the LEDGER Office, - Madison.
The temperature climbs upward. Il
started at 81 degrees this morning al
sunrise.
The barbecue season has opened
with fair prospects of pleasant success:
during the season.
Chickens-Chickens received daily
per express by S. L. Moore & Co.,
corner fernando and Vance street.
Telephone S. L. Moore & Co., cor.
fernando and Vance streets, for
everything nice in the grocery line.
A variety of fine fresh fish, fresh
water and salt water, can be had of
Victor D. Fuchs, 80 and IL jefferson,
Butter--Choice Illinois prairie but
ter received'daily per express by S. L..
Moore & Co., corner fernando and
Vance streets.
Peaches, apricots and plums, by ex-
press from Bartlett to-day. S. l..
Moore Il Co., corner fernando and
Vance streets.
G. w. Taylor, No. Z Adams street,
is receiving large shipments of fresh
Kentucky aud prairie butter, and will
sell very low to the trade.
The thermometer ranged from "a
to "a yesterday at the government OBJ
servers Office. In several shady places
about the city it went up to IS.
The applicants for teachers places
to serve the next scholastic term in
the public schools. is to take place
next Friday at the Market street
school house.
The board Of school visitors had a
four-hour conference last night. They
worked according to the usual parlia-
mentary system, with great delibe-a-
ton and dignity.
The cooks delight, the ladies'
friend, Eureka stewpan, the finest
cooking vessel on earth. Prices %
and 80 cents, at s. L. Moore & Co.'S,
cor. fernando and Vance streets.
No rain fell anywhere south or west
last night. 1t rained freely, however,
up in the lake region, the barometric
area being lower there last evening
than anywhere else in the country.
Several ladies of our city not ac-
customed to the unshaded rays of the
sun, suffer with blistered cheeks from
exposure while working among
their flower and garden spots during
the past few days.
To defend the board Of education in
a suit brought by the owners of the old
Court street school building. who
claim S11 900, Messrs. Humes and Pos.
tine have been retained and a fee of
$3.50 has been agreed on.
Harper'S Monthly for July, and a
new supply of the comparative edition
of the New Testament, with the old
and new versions in parallel columns,
in Seaside edition, just received at
Mansford's, 298 Main street.
Memphis institute, L. G. Tyler,
principal, closed Friday, June 10th.
Attendance during the session IS pu-
pills and 3 teachers, against 60 pupils
and 2 teachers of last session. Next
session begins September 9TH, 81.
Through courtesy of Mr.. Sim L.
Barinds, Associated Press agent, a
copy ola pamphlet on American pork
has reached this Office. 1t is the re-
suit of an investigation made under
authority Of the department Of state
of the United States.
The public school exchequer shows
cash on hand $S7 81, and indebtedness
over cash $27 ,658 80. From $4,000 to
$4,000 of the amount can be extin-
guished within a few weeks from
moneys now or shortly to be in the
hands Of the tax collectors.
The mosquito tribe were numerous
last night, the recent hot weather hay-
ing limbered them up, and they ap-
pear to have started out for an active
campaign. Many were annoyed for
the first time this season. Others
have enjoyed their visits in a moderate
way for a month past.
The warm dry weather prevailing
here for the past two days bids fair to
continue, no showers being indicated
by the signal service reports for any
point in the southwest. The barome-
trio area is higher to-day down along
the gulf coast than anywhere else in
the country.
At a meeting Of the Irish Literary
Association last night, the following
officers we're elected to serve for six
months: President, Geo. B. Fleece;
vice-president, D. 7. Flannery; treas
urer, NJ. Gavin; recording secretary,
VIM. Archard; financial secretary,