Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-08
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Another lot fine butter. S. l..
Moore & Co.
Brown s Jones, coal dealers, 80
Main street.
Leita Scott Lodge, +. and A, NJ, is
to meet tonight.
Fine creamery butter at 45c per
pound at s l.. Moore & Co.
Mes, sOused aud broiled mackerel,
very hne, s L. Moore 4 Co.
Eight leading varieties California
canned fruits Lyle 4 Shields,
Prairie hay in carload lots received
daily by Ike A. Chase, 2O Front
The cotton receipts are now 1888
bales short OF last year this date.
A concert for the overflow sufferers
by the Mozart Society is announced
Tor Friday night
The Strangers church concert at
Leubrie's Theater will be n Of the
best musical attractions of the year.
The lowest barometric area in the
country to-day is right around this To-
cality, and farther to the Southwest.
Copper plate, wedding and visiting
cards, engraved and printed in latest
styles at moderate cost at c. L. Byrd
& Co., Z75 Main street.
Notwithstanding the frequent rains,
the drawings of the Little Havana
Lottery take place as usual. The next
drawing is on Saturday.
The outlook for the overfowed
region is very encouraging at present,
despite the fact that the weather is
damp and the skies overcast.
Calvary church will be ready for
public worship by Easter morning.
The choir is busy practicing new mu-
sic for the interesting occasion.
Blind Tom is wei among the towns
Of East Mississippi at present. He.
will be here next Wednesday, and
goes farther west after next week.
The resolutions adopted last night
at the Democratic convention appear
in this issue, minus some slight errors
which crept into the morning papers.
People over on the st. Francis have
been offering milch cow at SOC per
head, because they do not wish to see
them stand in the water or starve to
death.
Temperature 44o early this morn
ing, and a couple of degrees or so
warmer than yesterday at the same
time. The extremes yesterday were
430 to 4S0.
Just receivedand will keep supplied
with Orange county creamery butter,
best in the world; price at present 60c
per pound. John Mergle, No. $50
Main street.
Joe Emmett, to be here next Mon.
day, is now playing at New Orleans.
The Abbott Troupe presented Pa
%tience' at Cincinnati last night, and
are to repeat it tonight.
Buffalo gnats arc making havoc
among horses and cattle in the swamps
Of Southern Mississippi, North Louis
lana and South Arkansaw. Gnat oil
will now be in demand here.
Several freight cars on the track be-
tween Madison and Hopeield have
water up to their floors, and two loco
motives stand on the track with the
food halfway up the COW catcher.
The river at Cairo has declined over
three and a half feet since it began to
recede there on the 18th of last month.
The decline is noticeable all the way
down to TiptOnville, and will be felt
here within a few days more.
Mr.. Joseph Townsend has been
elected Mayor Of Covington, Tenn,
by one majority, and Ed Donahoe was
chosen constable by about thirty. three
majority. The new Aldermen are
j. A. Crawford, S. r. Shelton, G. w.
Smitheal. d. j. Wood, j. NJ. Harris
and w. N. White.
A man came through all the way
from Madison, on the st. Faancis to
this city yesterday in 4 skif. At one
point there is a ridge never before I'M
der water, and from it many high
water levels had been run, but the
skiff ran overi it with plenty of water
underneath, both for the oars and the
boat.
The tugboat Billy Ezell, Captain
Geo. w. Seaman, arrived at this port
from the mouth of White river this
morning and is to take a tow of Goa
from here to that port. The Eel
made a speedy trip up the river, bel
time to Tacoma being l hour and 81
minutes; to Helena, 8 hours and Al
minutes, and to Memphis l6 hours.
| Mr.. Fritz Aehle was the party whc
y paid S25 as a fine in the Recorder
. Court for selling liquor without
permit at Casino Hall last Saturda!
. night. Mr.. NJ. Hurst, the Presiden.
t Of the Galaxy club, says he had
proper permit from President HaddeI
to give the entertainment, with The
: understanding that no liquor shoult
be sold.
Z When an individual, or a set Of in.
: dividuals, have a grievance against
daily newspaper through inaccurat
statements or wrong differences, the.
shouldn't rush hotly to another iourna
4 with denunciations full Of "maliciOu
4 falsehoods' and like sentences. |
reads horrid, and sounds worse thar
. slang, while it looks awful in print
Nine times out Of ten il the offende,
party will visit the office where tht
trouble,originated and explain himsel
: in a calm and lucid manner, a PROBE,
correction will be made, and the falsi
z fer, if anybody has falsi6ed, will b
IS cxcoriated to the hearts content O
all hands, except the real culprit
This item is not intended az a refiec