Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-27
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Ozanne& May new store, 257 Main.
Brown 4 Jones, coal dealers. 22
Main street.
Butterick's fashions for October at
254 Second street.
The Calender Colored Minstrels
open here next Monday.
This is considered the Irresponsible
cotton ripening weather.
The Waldran Guards drill in Gin
dsrella once again tonight.
New oatmeal, cracked wheat and
Graham -four, at Lyle & Shields.
Butterick's fashion sheets for 0cto-
Der just at hand. Come and get one.
Ladies and children at the theater
last night Outnumbered the males, in
the audience, by a large majority.
The Feast of Tabernacles-Succoth
will be celebrated at the synagogue
to. night. Services commence at half
past seven.
The Memphis grand jubilee takes
place October p, hut the drawing Of
the Commonwealth Lottery comes off
next Saturday.
Mrs. c. H. Fits is working up a
concert forthe benefit Of the Pensacola
sufferers. She will be assisted by the
leading musicians of the city.
The mosquito tribe have not all
hunted winter quarters yet. A few
fly by day as well as by night, and they
behave as usual in a b~lOodthirsty man
ner.
Our cotton buyers nearly all agree
that, as far as their experience goes,
the present crop is as good in staple, if
not better than any they have ever
examined.
Tomorrow night the cast in Gin
derella will be changed and 200 other
little girls and boys will show what
talent they possess in a musical and a
dramatic way.
Parties desiring to take out matri-
monial assurance will save money by
calling upon George F. Willis, 7 Mon
roe street, who is agent for a number
Of the best companies.
Local cotton seed oil mills here are
paying Sl2 per ton for seed at present.
There are sixty bushels in a ton and
figured down the ruling value is twenty
cents per bushel.
The chills worry people in the hills
to a considerable degree. and malarial
or swamp fever weakens the vitality Of
many in the valleys. at this busy
harvest time Of the year it is not prof.
table to be sick, but sufferers cannot
help it.
Fifty-four was the lowest point
touched by the mercury here in the
early hours of this morning. The
range yesterday was from 500 to 40.
The breezes came from a northerly
direction all of Yesterday and To dav
are northeast.
The frost Of last week through
Northern Illinois and the northwest
generally is reported to have damaged
the COR crop il some localities, while
10 Others it has merely checked its
growth and put it 10 condition to ripen
more rapidly.
1t is said that responsible parties
offered to repair all broken levees to
the southwark for the amount Of money
available to be expended Tor the pur
pose. Smaller contracts are under
stood, however, to have been the
most preferable.
Every time a Waldran Guard made
a mistake in the drill on the theater
Stage last night young America in the
audience fairly howled with delight,
and their opportunities we're numer-
Gus, so there were ever so many bowls
The Guards looked splendid, conduct
ed themselves in a soldierly manner
and the drill was beautiful, barring
the errors Of a few raw warriors, and
the fact that the drill was rather long
drawn out.
The amount Of latent musical talent
aud historic ability among the young
Of this city has been a great surprise
to the accomplished Mrs. Charles
Benton, who by her wonderful energy
and capacity has trained 400 young
ones 50 admirably in a few short weeks.
We have dozens Of embryotic Mary
Audersons, Edwin Booths, Wilson's
and Emma Abbotts among us, and
time and study is only necessary 10
bring them ont in proper shape.
The absence Of rain, except in a
limited and harmless way which has
favored us here and in the cotton belt
generally, for several weeks past, has
had a good effect upon cotton. From
to. days indications, however, the dry
spell is about to be broken. The rain
predictions telegraphed from Wash
ington says local rains are probable in
the eastern end Of the Ohio valley,
while rains are probable in the near
future in the lower Missouri valley.
The barometer is falling, and the
temperature warming up all around
us, and this is also indicative Of fall.
ing weather.
MRS. T. +. PALMER,
DressmakIDg Establishment,
SOI Main ~, up-stfdrs. %
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