Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-22
THE CITY.
LEDGER LINES.


Brown & Jones, coal dealers, go
Main street.
Large line very cheap books, at
Williams book store.
The land league organization are to
elect officers next Tuesday.
The trains over the Louisville rail-
way came in FIVE hours behind time
last night.
Good oranges, three dollars per bar
rel, choice lemons, three dollars per
box. D. Canale 4 Co.
The Camilla Urso troupe, to appear
here tonight, arrived from Nashville
last night and this morning.
The drift ice in the river has drifted
southwark or gone to the bottom.
Little of it was in sight to-day,
Gardeners who expect to begin
spring planting next week have post
poned the work for a few days.
Five weeks from Tuesday next is
the end of the carnival, Mardi grss, a
French phrase meaning fat Tuesday.
Camilla Urso, the renowned fe-
male viclinist, is said to be a native Of
Nashville, her parents having emf
grated to that city from Italy.
Lolita began her closing performance
at one o'clock to-day. Herself and
party leave by special train for New
Orleans at five O'Clock this evening.
The proposed Geographic ~consolida-
ton, the theme of conversation among
business men of northern cities, is not
likely to create any great stir in Mem
phis at present.
The prevailing style of calendars
distributed gratuitously by business
interests who advertise in that way is
a marked improvement on the old
style'of fiat cards.
The moon changed and entered its
last quarter before daylight this morn
ing. A week from to-day we will have
a new moon. Luna will not rise until
after the midnight hour tonight.
A few snoWhakes sailed lazily
through the air early this morning,
apparently taking it leisurely 10 their
Journey from the clouds aloft to
mother earth beneath.
Something on the conundrum order
is to be found in to-day's paper under
the head Of "Watchman, what of the
night" The inquirer should ask an
easier set of questions.
If the pictures on the walls are
anything to judge by, the Rice Sur
prise party, to open at the theater
here next week, will be worth visit
ing. The cuts are funny, very.
Sol Coleman's latest effusion is on
Ranks and may be read in an ad-
joining column. 1t is the best from
his facile pen in some time, and will
be perused with interest by all our
readers. Go it, Soil
Tomorrow will be the third Sun
day after Epiphany. The weather
permitting, the young ladies can take
their choice Of flowers from the mas
culine bouquet which adorns the
church vestibule and trails about on
the steps.
While Grant, DeLesseps and others
are annoying themselves with the Pan
anna canal scheme, the mind Of the
average city pedestrian is engaged in a
nightly struggle as to how TO navigate
the Adams street cnnal, which is al
ready made to order.
A gorgeous feature Of the coming
carnival would be a procession of
those exquisites who part their hair in
the middle. They need not wear any
thing out Of the common way. and
even a placard proclaiming them
civilized monkeys would be super
1uous.
The extensive credit system has
been causing a general insurrec-
ton among country merchants during
the past three weeks, aud there is no
estimating when the trouble will cease.
Memphis merchants are considerably
interested in the failures.