Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-11

April, next.
II had quit raining all around us at
sunrise this morning, but rain fell at
that time along the upper Mississippi
and Missouri rivers.
Pictures of Pitchers great organ
used for the first time at the concert
tonight, adOrn public places, and
make an attractive appearance.
The charming and gifted Miss Alice
Fuchs will sing Faure's "Sancta
Maria" at the First Cumberland
Presbyterian church concert tonight.
Several dozen citizens have been
taken in here recently by a person who
has offered four dollar magazine for
81 so. He sold himself rather cheap.
The river here now lacks little
more than. eight feet of being up to
extreme high water mark, and rise
of over three feet occurred at Cairo
yesterday.
Summer is fast approaching, and
some lucky individual will pay the
expenses OF summer trip out Of a
part of prize drawn in the Little
Havana Lottery next week.
The remaining tickets for the grand
Pitcher concerts, tonight and to.
morrow night, will be sold only at the
Peabody Hotel and at H. G. Hollen-
burg's music store.
One hundred thousand feet yellow
pine building lumber at $3.50 per
thousand, delivered at depot NJ. & @.
R. R. Call quick to secure a bargain.
Wigs & Co., 36l Front.
The great match drill at Louisville
will come off several weeks from now,
and that at Indianapolis occurs four
days later. Twelve companies partic.
ipate in the latter contest.
The great organ erected by Henry
Pitcher & Sons, of Louisville, for the
Cumberland Presbyterian church, Of
this city, will peal forth its muaic in
brilliant manner, for the first time, to-
night.
Pluvius, turned loose, is a bold
sanitarian, worthy of prompt recogni-
ton and liberal applause. He has
done more toward cleaning up this
city than the dump cart force could
do in a whole month.
The cottOnshed at the river front in
the old navy yard, unroOfed evening
before last, was about to be removed
and set further inland, and the ele-
ments only aided its owners a bit, by
raising the top of.
Temperature early this morning 59o
and 300 cooler than yesterdays low
est, the range during yesterday being
81 to TO. The winds yesterday
shifted from southwest to west, and
were light from the last named quar-
ter to day.
The visiting doctors were royalty
entertained yesterday afternoon at the
boulevard residence of Colonel H. H.
Montgomery. They closed their SEES
sion last night, and most Of them
went home by late trains.
Nearly half an inch Of rain fell last
night in a succt ssiOn of showers. The
first tumbled down lively after eleven
then the skies.cleared away and to.
wards morning it thickened up again
to let us have several other good
drenching showers.
Little Rock Gazette 9th: 1T is
stated that there are ten or a dozen
cases of smallpox at Galloway Station,
on the Memphis & Little Rock rail-
road. Because Of this the Episcopal
church picnic, which was to go there,
has been postponed, and will take its
day Of pleasure up the Fort Smith
road"
Besides the grand organ selections
at the Pitcher concert this evening,
Miss Alice Fuchs, Miss Florence
Goyer, Mrs. Mcintyre, Mrs. Mans.
ford, Messrs. Gage, Cashier, Wen
eel and Refs will all participate and
contribute their musical efforts to
make the programme a success.
The steamer Cons Millar arrived
near noon to uay with 400 tons Of
freight, including 80 bags potatoes,
200 bblS do, 2j0 bbls -four, 1900 bbls
salt and a miscellaneous cargo gener-
ally. Ne feedstufs appear on her
manifest.
The fifteen dollars appropriated by
the city.suthorities for flowers around
Court Square foutain was put to good
use, and roses!now bloom there, most
beautifully. A dollar or two of the
money is still on hand. and will buy a
few more when needed
Nearly all Of Madison street is to b.
painted. The First National Bank
started the ball, the Union & Planters
freshened the impetus, the German
National is at work rolling it onward
now, and Mr.. Elder will put in few
ticks very soon. Others will follow il
their train, doubtless.
1t kept forty men busy all Of nigh