Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-12
LKDGER LrEEs.

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Snowflake biscuit Lyle 4 Shields.
Brown & Jones, coal dealers, go
Main street.
Best fancy cocoanut candy, Is cts.
a pound, at Lyle 4 Shields.
Prairie hay in carload lots received
daily by Ike A. Chase, go Front.
Prof. Saxby's class for ladies and
gentlemen tonight. Hop Friday.
The best place in the city to get
your shirts made is at Sam Mays,
1854 Main street.
New potatoes, new snap beans, new
peas and new caulihowers at Matt
Monaghan's, pa Front.
Many farmers have finished planting
corn and are busy with other seeding
work, generally cotton.
The second Tuesday in next month
is the time fixed for the meeting of the
State Medical Society in this city.
Reslfoot trout, red snapper, Lake
Erie salmon and pompano at j. A..
Signaigo's, 278 Second and 92 Beal.
The peach crop has been generally
killed By cold up about GAINESVILLE, in
this State. 1t has not been hurt
hereabouts.
The Grocers' Union Of this city had
bill presented to the Legislature at
Nashville yesterday, praying reliet
from certain taxes.
Snow is reported at several points
north of the Ohio river to day, and it
is feared that serious damage has been
done to early peaches and apples.
Young spring chickens sold in the
market yesterday at sixty cents each.
1t would take two or three of the
little pips to satisfy real hungry
person.
Fresh strawberries of local produc.
ton command 50 cents per quart box
at present. Those who have patches
Of their own can enjoy the luxury at
cheaper rates.
The angling season is upon us and
promises good results, Several INSTALL
ments of Reelfoot's generous yield
have found ready takers here upon
arrival during the past ten days.
Several well known lotteries place
100, 900 tickets 10 the wheel, but the
Little Havana Lottery will use only
5000 tickets next drawing. This is
very advantageous for ticket holders.
A telegram from New Orleans went
to Nashville last Monday, stating that
the ChickasaW Guards will decide to-
day whether they will 60 to Iudianap-
oils or to New Orleans to participate
in a match drill.
The mercury dropped to 45o again
this morning, brisk north wind
tanning vegetation and out OF door
promenaders in an uncomfortable sort
Of way. We have had no frost, but tie
GOODNESS shaved the frost point very
close.
| Lawrence Barrett acted Master
Yorick at Nashville last night, and
will impersonate Caius Cassius there
tonight. Tomorrow night he will
lplay Yorick here, and the Eric
Bayley troupe present The Colonel
at Nashville.
Tender shrubs, flowers, ETC., in front
yards were protected last night by
careful housekeepers by covering Of
newspapers, old sacks, soiled linen and
the like. The chilly atmosphere
caused many to be solicitous, hence the
protection attended to.
| Thirty-six electric lamps have been
received here TO be erected 10 various
lplaces within the city. aud the wires
are now in course Of extension to
various points. At Nashville the
electric light is eKrected to illuminate
the summit of the cal itol building
within the next ten days.
The river is falling here at the rate
OF four to six inches per day.
At Cairo it is now nearly seventeen
feet below the highest level Of the
present season, and at which it stood
on the 18th of February last. The
total decline here since It began 10
fall on the 10th OF last month has been
six and one-half feet.
| A squad of aesthetic Goat Hill sa.
tirists last night chose the editor Of
this journal a member Of their scieu.
tifc order, and this morning, in honor
Of the event, sent him frowsy look
ing bunch Of primroses, pansies
weeds, etc, arranged in the most reck-
less and disorderly manner, as an eyi.
dence Of their philosophy, taste and
appreciation. The editor happens IA
be out Of the city for few days, and
the souvenir is likely to be in the mos
delightful state Of enhancing and en-.
: thusiastic lymphness BY the time hC
returns.