Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-21

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Ladies will find the best assortment
OF presents for gents, at May's.H
Oliver, Finnie & Co. will keep open
till 10 O'Clock every night this week.
900 boxes fancy Florida oranges in
fine shipping order, D. Canqle & Co.
5000 choice turkeys and 500 dozen
fine celery, at Clements, for Christ
mas.
Another lot Of fine Christmas tur-
keys and country eggs at S. L. Moore
& Co.
0ns hundred cases choice Florida
oranges received direct, Lytle &
Shields.
The receipts Of cotton here are now
3O,435 bales in excess of last year at
this date.
@The steamer Dean Adams was sold
to-day to James Lee, Jr., by Major
j. D. Adams, for $4,000 cash.
Steel engraved Christmas cards. The
only lire in Memphis or the South, at
MansfOrd's, 29S Main.
We recommend all persons in search
OF holiday presents for gentlemen to
visit Sam Mays establishment.
The ladies should give Sol Coleman
a call. They are cordially welcome
always at the popular cigar house.
Music books, magazines, illustrated
papers, etc, bound at the PUBLIC
LEDGER bindery, 10 Madison street.
The value of cotton in Liverpool
declined l l6d yesterday, and to day
is I'd below figures Of ten days back.
Ladies, fyou desire to buy the best
styles and latest fashions, we advise
you to go to Sam May, opposite Court
Square.
S. L. Moore & Co., corner fernando
and Vance, have the finest lot of toys
and Christmas goods Of any house in
the city.
1t was showing early this morning up
in Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin, and
it bids fair to be somewhat colder in
this vicinity.
Don't forget that Zellner & Co. are
now located in their new store, 300
Main street, corner alley, opposite
Peabody Hotel.
The Katie Putnam company arrived
from Little Rock this forenoon. Their
engagement at the Rock is said to have
been very successful.
Mince meat, jelly. fancy preserves,
oranges, figs, %raisins, nuts, candy and
full line of toys. S. L. Moore & Co.,
cor. fernando and Vance.
Business men will find it to their
interest to have all their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER job
printing Office, Is Madison street.
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
Office and blank book mandatory. 80
Madison street, executes every class of
such work in good style and at low
rates.
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
Office and book bindery is prepared to
execute work with neatness and dis
patch, and at as low rates as any com.
petitor.
A large amount Of cotton yet re.
mains unpicked in the fields where it
grew and the work of saving it has
been slow recently, owing to unfavor.
able weather.
The PUBLIC Ledger Job printing
office constantly receives new type OF
the latest styles, and the Office gener-
ally is kept up to the highest standard
Of excellence.
Hand bills Of all sizes, from the
smallest to a three sheet poster, done
with neatness and dispatch, at the
PUBLIC LEDGER job printing Office.
Prices as low as the lowest.
AS usual Zellner & Co., 300 Main
street, are in the field again with an
Unprecedented line of embroidered
slippers of new designs, for holiday
presents, at very low prices.
Letter heads, envelopes, bill heads.
bills Of lading, cards and all kinds of
commercial printing done as well and
as cheap at the PUBLIC LEDGER Office
as anywhere in the United States.
4 Only one more day left in which to
buy tickets in the Little Havana Lot.
terry as the drawing takes place on
Saturday. A Memphian drew one Of
the chief prizes in the last drawing.
Seessel's markets, ia Main and 33l
Main, will make a grand display Sat.
urday Of all the choice eatables Sc.
cared for Christmas dinner. House.
keepers will find the best at Seessel's.
The bill to donate the government
lot, at the corner Of Third and Jefer-
son streets, to this city for library pur.
poses has passed both the Senate and
House Of Representative at Washing
ton. It is yet to be signed by the
President.
The new and very beautiful steamer.
the Kate Adams, is to take her de-
parture on Ler first trip in the Arkan.