Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-23


day, and turned out over thrsS.qtaf.
tiers offs ton o frope, Irvine, carpet fill
ing, trot lines and similar material.
The city authorities have asked the
county authorities to quit making
wholesale reductions Of assessments
to delinquent taxpayers, because it is
unjust to those who pay promptly.
Since Frank Talbert quit the butch.
ering trade, nobody has lost a milcher.
Frank had a fashion of stealing a COW
one day and then selling a part Of the
beef next morning to its old owner.
Mr.. Young, treasurer of the Mem.
phis Theater last season, will occupy a
like position during the summer at
Estival Park. A good engagement,
for both Mr. Young and the manage
ment.
A flood OF water now covers the
lowlands, and next week the Common
wealth Lottery, of Louisville, will
food highland as we'll as lowland
with valuable prizes. Get a ticket at
once.
A requiem high mass is to be
chanted by the choir at St. Peters
church tomorrow morning, for the
repOse of the soul of the late Jennie
Msgevney Sullivan, who died four
years ago.
The electric light on the bluff, it is
now said, will be ready some time in
the near future, say about the last of
the week, after which the soldiers are
to practice the drill, under the inRu-
ence of its Illuminating power.
Union street from Main to Front
is to be paved with stone as o o as
the property holders along there sub.
scribe $500. The estimated cost of
paving the same street from Lauder
dale to Wellington with stone is
1928.
Farmers visiting the city are all
gloomy over the condition of cotton.
1t is stunted everywhere, and bad
stands are reported all around. Cotton
planted after this time is liable to be
nipped by frosts in the fall, unless
frost comes very late.
The new Chesapeake & Ohio Rail
way Company have been granted per-
mission to C~ircumlocute around the
sawmills along the bank of Wolf
river, SC as not to obstruct their log
%rollinl routes, and toenter Promenade
street near the county Jail.
The entire cotton belt from the gulf
to the Ohio river and from the Rio
Grande to the Atlantic has enjoyed
showers during the past three days.
The rain fall varied from half an
inch to an inch and a quarter over the
various districts. No rain fell any
where South last night.
The rotten cypress boards aud small
narrow strips put down for plank
sidewalks, to comply with the law, are
not in accordance with the law, by a
large majority. In one of his morn
ing rides President Hadden might
cast a side glance at a few Of these
alleged plankwalks, and cathaul those
who laid them down.
The Mississippi & Tennessee rail
way changes time of trains tomorrow,
on and after which date the mail and
express train will leave here at 5:35i in
the afternoon and arrive at 1915 in the
forenoon. The freight train is to
leave daily, Sunday excepted, at 515
am. and arrive at 2 pm. The latter
train carries passengers.
The mercury dropped to 46o here
just before dawn this morning within
three or four degrees Of the frost point
land a little later the wind came
fresh from the east. Tender truck
cannot thrive under the influence Of
such GOODNESS. Yesterday the temper
ature ranged from 50 to zoo, with cool
northerly winds all day.
A yarn is told on an employer in
this city who sets his clock back IF
teen minutes, near the close OF work
hours, every chance he gets. This
man is as bad as the one who the other
day had bis sledge hammer raised over
his head to strike an iron bolt, when
the midday bell struck the recess
time, and let the hammer down easy.
A rumor was czrrent yesterday that
DR.. james Kellar and DR.. Richard
Taylor, had collided at Hot Springs
and that DR.. Kellar was badly wounded
by pistol shot. Another rumor stated
that the trouble had been smicably
adjusted. A gentleman Of this city
received a telegram from Hot Springs
on Sunday saying Drs. Taylor and
Kellar had a fight, and the former got
the best Of it.
At the Legislative Councils meet.
ing yesterday afternoon the most stir
ring topic was a petition from half a
dozen keepers Of what is known as