Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-07
LEDGER LIHEs.

Snowflake biscuit. Lyle & Shields.
Brown & Jones, coal dealers, 282
Main street.
One thousand pounds choice veni-
son at Clements.
Our cotton receipts are to-day sc, 1853
bales short of last year at this date.
Cotton is droopy to-day, prices in
New York having dropped of l'l6c.
Leila Scott Lodge, f. A. A. NJ, is
to work in the Master Masons' degree
te-night
The weather we have enjoyed dur
ing the past three days is as nice as
that experienced directly under the
tropics.
The city street carts and cleaning
force we're busy to-day scraping and
hauling mud from DeSoto streets
paved stretch.
The sales of tickets in the Little
Havana Lottery close to-day, as the
drawing takes place tomorrow. This
lottery is very popular in this city, as
it has paid many prizes here.
There has been a great fall in the
temperature up 10 Dakota, Nebraska
and the extreme Northwest. Up at
Bismarck the temperature was 32o
lower at sunrise than yesterday at the
same time.
A bank President and Alderman of
an interior city was before the Police
Court this morning. He had assaulted
an unoffending bootblack. and made
an effort to draw a weapon upon him,
but didn't.
Texas is threatened with local rains
and cold, westerly winds. 1t is warm
with southerly breezes there to-day.
The cold wave also threatens to watt
its icy breath over this section within
the next enty-four hours.
Mr.. George w. Naill and Miss
Annie S. Pope are to be married at
5 o'clock this evening at Grace Epis.
copal church.. on fernando street.
The fair lady is daughter of the late
Oswald Pope, and neice of Colonel
j. j. DuBOse, of this city.
Southerly breezes blow from all d.
rections to day, and no rainfall was
reported at any point in the South,
either last night or to-day. The gen.
eral impression is, however, that as we
haven't had any rain for some time
past, a good shower is close by.
Minnie Monk and Harry Hawk, of
the Fanny Davenport Company, were
members of that celebrated Kurdish
troupe of finished artists which visited
US eight or nine years ago. The Law
yer Jitt, Of Divorce" was cleverly
done By Mr.. Hawk, and Miss Monk
was conspicuous figure in the troupe.
During the Abbott opera season
next week reserved seats at night will
be 81 so, and at matinces 81; general
admission, 81 for evenings and 30 cts.
for matinees. The Abbott Company
is better provided with artists than
ever before, and they are all thorough
y trained in the operas TO be rendered
here.
1t is gratifying to merit to meet its
reward. The purity and excellent
qualities of Sol Coleman's celebrated
No. 10 cigar have commended it so
highly to the smoking public that over
a million Rave been sold in the time
since its Introduction. In another
column appears a letter from Herbs &
Spiess the New York manufactures Of
this sign testifying as to its unprece-
denied sales.
There will be an election for Magis.
trate at Collierville next Monday to
fill the vacancy caused by the death Of
Esq. Harrell. 1t is understood that the
1908 elements will rally to the sup
port Of some one who represents their
views. This being the overshadowing
question Of the coming summer and
fall canvasses, it naturally and almost
necessarily enters somewhat into the
election Of the minor Offices.
Charles Surface made very polite
speech last night between acts at the
theater, and said the theater managers,
with Mis- Davenport, had agreed to
change the bill for tonight from Ca
mile" TO "As You Like It." The
way Surface put it was very neat, his
language being exceedingly we'll
phrased. The fact Of it is, "As You
Like 1t" suits the popular taste better
than Camille" and the treasury Of
| the theater will feel the difference, by
a large majority.
Eight persons, all colored, took
| their stand in front Of the theater last
night, three days ahead Of time, to
secure front seats for certain patrons
Of the theater during the Abbott
opera season. The darkies we're there
all through last night and to-day, and
| will remain there until the box Office
opens, Tuesday afternoon. They have
arranged 10 have meals carried to
them and will sleep on blankets, like
Indians, until they secure the prize
tickets. There will evidently be a
rush and a crush during the Abbott
week, all Of which is testimony that
Miss Abbott is deservedly popular
and that when We have attractions Of
merit our people patronize them liber,
ally. I
First-elass watch and jeweIry
repairing by j.. N. BIuIfOFd e. Co.