Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-31

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1.-THE most innocent man on the
road" at the theater tonight.
The cotton market closed generally
weak all around the circle last night.
Bruder- Bund ball at Cochran Hall
Hall tonight. Get your tickets at
George Schilly's, Court street.
Our great river is now nearly six
fathoms deep over its shsllowest places
all the way from Cairo to the Gulf.
The new year day Is recognized as
grown peoples festal time. The little
ones generally monopolizs Christmas.
The annual day of swearing off,"
turning over a new leaf" ETC., is only
one day off. How many will keep
their VOWS?
Prairie hay, red rust proof oats,
Tennessee lime and cedar posts, in car
lots. Also 10000 grain sacks, very low.
Ike A. Chase.
The Clara Louise kellogg concert,
and John T. Raymond as Fresh"
will be the public attractions on next
Monday night.
A line of telephone posts are in
course of erection along Lauderdale
street and Mississippi avenue toward
Elmwood cemetery.
There will be a watch Injecting at
the First Methodist. church tonight,
beginning at 1890 and ending with
the beginning of the New Year.
Clara Louise Kellogg called on
Patti at Cincinnati last Wednesday
then took train for Lebanon, Ohio.
where she appeared in concert the
same evening.
The annual meeting of the Cotton
Exchange directors takes place on
Monday evening next, when their
report for the year will be presented
and made public.
No Gable news to-day from the Liv.
erpool cotton market, the Cotton Ex-
change of that important port being
closed to-day and Monday for the
New Year holiday festival.
The political brotherhood have a
general attack of head swimming, the
admixture being too much for them
to unravel OF make head or tail Of just
now.
The funeral of Mrs. Kate Horn
Craig is to take place at eleven o'clock
tomorrow forenoon from the First
Baptist church on Second street,
where the lamented lady was married
six brief months ago.
1t is generally conceded that the
finest entertainment to be given in
this city during the coming year will
be the Twelfth Night ball, by the
Tennessee Club next Friday night,
to come of at the Peabody.
Vance street has a stone pavement
completed all the way from the Mem
phis & Charleston railway crossing TO
Lauderdale street, and workmen are
pushing on with the solid improve
ment from Lauderdale westward.
The only stormy locality last night
and this morning was up in the st.
Lawrence gulf region. where the wind
blew great guns" 1t threatens snow
up to the northwest of this, but is not
likely to extend to this vicinity.
The merry visiting revelers will be
out on their New Year rounds next
Monday very numerously. The bright
parlors full Of lastly costumed ladies',
to gaily greet the caller, will be an
irresistible attraction to the society
young man.
The wind swung around 10 the
southeast last night, and came up
lightly from that quarter this morning,
the mercury at sunrise marking 800,
and the same as yesterday at the same
hour. The prospects favor a warmer
atmosphere and a pleasant day to-
morrow.
Rev. N. NJ. Long having secured a
release from his engagement with the
Park avenue church, will preach
morning and evening after this, begin
ming to morrow, at the Strangers'
church, on Union street. The notice
appears elsewhere. Seats free 10 all.
Mr.. Sol Coleman is one Of the ruc-
cessful young men Of Memphis. He
deals fairly. sells the goods he adver-
tises at a reasonable profit, and ad-
yertisos literally in the LEDGER
every day it is issued in the year. He
is moreover law.abiding citizen, and
shuts up at the time required by city
ordinances. 1t is no wonder that he
succeeds. Such men can succeed
anywhere. Those who fail generally
have themselves TO blame. Nj.
Coleman is a useful. e~nterprising
citizen who has sSrned his success by
energy, iairnc,s and strict attention to
business It is a pleasure to pig him
this compliments az the eud Of the