Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-20
RIA cEMTs Pc n We K.
THE CITY.
LEDGER

d0l ,nd herring. Lytle a. Dnlelus'
Comb honey. Buckham& Campbell.
Brown & Jones, coal dealers, 90
Main street.
Sauce, tomato eatsup and pickles by
the gallon, at Lyle & Shields.
The stoppage of river navigation was
an advantage to the railroad.
Russian sardines and Holland her
ring. Buckham Il Campbell.
The chilly blasts Of winter viii soon
be over. Balmy spring is close ahead.
Steamers will be coming out Of their
winter quarters by tomorrow or next
day.
Miss and the clerk of the wealth
er we're obviously on bad terms with
each other.
Dark and soggy clouds hang aloft
to-day, but seem to be unusually low
and heavy.
Good oranges, three dollars per bar
rel; choice lemons, three dollars per
box. D. Canale & Co.
Rubber coats and overshoes are at a
premium among those whose duties
take them out in the weather.
The "M'liss' party left for New
Orleans to-day, aad appear at the St.
Charles theater in that city Saturday
noon.
The longest and the seyerest cold
spell in nearly forty years is the way
many old citizens express the stu
ation.
The bayou was running out flush
and full this morning. ALI small
streams in this section are at food
tide just now.
The December sewerage tax on mer-
chants capital and all other property
is past due, and the bills will 80 into
hands Of officers for collection.
The practicability Of having a night
school for boys who are compelled to
labor for their daily bread is still dis
cussed. The scheme has plenty Of
able advocates.
%The rain drops we're heard to patter
on the housetops throughout all of.
last night, and to-day it seems to ex-
hibit no disposition to hold up; not
even for a short time.
The contract with the elevator com
paDy has been drawn up and signed,
and merchants and Others interested
in home enterprise may expect to see
the walls Of the building loom up at
any time.
Christmas, only three weeks back,
has been entirely forgotten in antici-
patton Of the coming Mardi Gras car
niyal. Country visitors eagerly peruse
the illuminated posters about the city
and mentally resolve to be on hand.
The fire at 229 Union street about
ten o'clock, Illuminated the clouds
aloft like an aurora, and the blaze was
supposed by many to be Of an extern
sive character. The house destroyed
belonged to the Rev. Samuel Watson,
and was ~unoccupied.
There are enough amateurs in the
city, Of sufficient vocal and hi%strionic
talent, to gil a house at any time. 1t
would be a good idea for them to form
themselves into a private stock com :
pany and fill in the gaps when the
theater is left vacant.
The work Of the plumber is active.
Between the late cold weather, which
burst up the pipes so numerously, and
the necessity Of complying with sani-
tary regulations to make sewer con.
nections, there has been little time Cor
play among the gas filters.
1t is reported, on good authority,
that a certain fashionable exquisite
took an accidental tumble in the Ad-
ans street conglomerate yesterday and
a bevy of his lady friends, whom he
met a few moments after, tucked up
their skirts and skipped, under the
belief that he was a Comanche Indian
or the war path.