Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-13

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Jane Austin, in Seaside form, and a
full supply of hot weather literature at
Mansiord's. 298 Main street.
The hop and dramatic performance
of the Young Mems Hebrew Associa-
ton comes of at Estival Park next
Wednesday evening.
The Bullfne safe blower eastman
is still incarcerated at our Jail, but his
two confederates have been sent to the
Nashville penitentiary.
Three military companies CONSOLE
dated last night, and the Bluff City
Grays, the Light Guards and Porter
Zouave Guards are now all one.
The moor rises tonight six min
utes before nine, and to morrow night
at half past nine. 1t changes to its last
quarter next Tuesday forenoon.
The leading topics Of the day are
the hot weather, and the probable
steep prices consumers and non-pro-
ducers will have to pay for breadstufs
and provisions.
Fine sport is anticipated hy the
sharpshooters at Oatmoor tomorrow,
when the Vienna gold medal will be
commended for by the German and
the Memphis clubs.
Jr. o. U. A. NJ. will give a picnic
Monday, August 10th, day aud night,
at Cottage Grove, north of Poplar st.
Croce'S band will furnish the muse
to enliven the occasion. Tickets fifty
cents. Ladies free.
The line of proposed railway irons
here to Holly Springs is undergoing
survey, aud in ten days or two weeks
the engineer will know the probable
outlay necessary to put the road into
operation.
The county Jail has been improved
by altering some of the inner walls
and now no prisoners are likely
to get away until the late escapes are
forgotten, which may be years and
may be never.
Sol Coleman's Mexican Plantations
bis No. Us, lis, l5s, lbs and his well
deserved celebrity, the No. los, are
now the finest five cent cigars in
America. His ice water, aud fans for
the children, are convenient commod-
tiles this hot season.
/ Half dozen carriages, filed with
personal friends, met Mr.. and Mrs.
james G. Bell at the railway depot
last evening upon their arrival and
escorted the newly welded couple to
their present quarters, at the Peabody
Hotel.
Mary citizens could not sleep last
night on account of the terrible heat.
Others claimed to have been famed
pleasantly by cooling southweSterly
breeze, and encountered no difficulty
in sleeping straight through from dark
to dawn.
The Memphis and Paducah rail-
way is now owned and will be hence
forward managed by the Chesapeake,
Ohio and Southwestern railway com
pany. In due time il is expected they
will be running through trains direct
from here to Newport News.
The cotton crops in the valleys to
the South have as yet suffered little or
nothing from worms. They have APP
peared only on a few scattering plan
tations. Perhaps the second crop of
worms to come about: the last part
Of this month may do some injury, but
it is to be hoped they won't.
The ditching Of a car or two "a
miles up the L. & N. road yesterday,
put last evenings incoming train an
hour behind time, and the north
bound train leaving here in the morn
ing was detained near the place eight
or ten hours. Passengers on the lat
ter were naturally warm and i'll hu-
mored over the mishap.
Laziness and Mother Symptoms silly
prophecies are attributed as the PAR
tial cause of the probable failure of
the crops in some neighborhoods. The
chance for the world to end afforded
an excuse for triAing people to quit
exerting their energies. If there are
any of this class destined to suffer
they do not deserve much sympathy.
Last year we had IL inches of rain
fall during the months of May, June
and July, and 3 inches in August.
This year we have had 81 inches in
May, June and July, and none during
August, SO far. Between January
and August last year our total rainfall
was 40 inches, and this year it ha.
been II inches less during the same