Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-10
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Brown q Jones. coal dsalerH, 90
Main street.
Prairie hay received daily in car lots
By Ike A. Chase. go Front
The sale Of tickets for the opera Of
"Patiencs" commenced this morning.
No discounts on water bills after
to-day, and water ordered of on TO-
morrow when not paid for.
The funeral Of the late Mrs. Ann
NJ. james occurred yesterday from
301 Adams street.
1t is now limited that the railway
hence to Holly Springs will be CON-
pleated on or before next Christmas.
Persons leaving the city for the
summer can order the DAILY LEDGER
at so cents per month in advance, with
the privilege Of changing pOstofhce.
To kill flies, reaches, mosquitoes, use
True Persian Insect Powder, import
cd by Fahlen 4 Kleinschmidt. Joe
Walter, agent for North Memphis.
The stockholders and friends Of the
Vanderbilt Insurance Company have
the hearty thanks of the managers for
their earnest and prompt patronage.
The river here is rising three or
four inches per day. 1t came to a
stand at Cairo yesterday, and is ID
feet belowIthe top level of the great
rise inlMarch last.
The Louisiana Lottery has sent a
large number of handsome prizes to
this city and vicinity. Another draw
ing takes place to morrow, and those
wanting tickets must secure them this
afternoon.
Oscar Wilde has drifted from Ala
bama over towards Georgia aud South
Carolina, and he wins most applause
in his lectures by complimenting the
South as the home of beautiful flowers
and women.
Menken Brothers are offering an
immense line of ladies', misses and
infants white dresses of various quail
tiles at such prices as will please the
multitude. The stock is worthy Of
an inspection by every lady in the
Taxing District.
A corner in cotton at New Orleans
is subject of gossip among staple
operators, and the leading spirit is a
Memphis dealer. The syndicate have
several millions in sight at the present
time, clear and above the amount
originally invested.
Nearly four inches of rain fell in
the vicinity of Mobile on Saturday
and Sunday. Up around Montgomery
it was reduced to a little more than
an inch. Here the light drizzle Of
the past three days measured total
of nearly a quarter of an inch.
The July number Of the Planters
Journal, "the organ Of the National
Cotton Planters Association OF Amer.
lea" has been received. This valuable
periodical is conducted by Mr.. f. G.
Morehead, and is published monthly,
at s. per annum, in Yieksburg, Miss.
The northern Office is at l35 South
Fifth street, Philadelphia.
When the sun rose this morning tie
mercury was rs and the breeze fresh
from the south. Yesterday the range
was from 81 to $50. Up at Leaven-
worth, Kansas, and in that neighbor
hood the mercury was down to $50
early this morning, and at Bismarck
and Yankton, D. T., the wind blew
from the west from.2O to Is miles an
hour.
The highest barometric area before
daylight this morning was in the
country lying between here and the
gulf, while the lowest was up in
the Missouri valley. The predictions
for this afternoon report local rains
probable throughout the west gulf
district. the Ohio and Missouri val.
legs and in Tennessee. Early this
morning it was threatening at Cairo
and down in southwest Texas.