Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-13
THE CITY.
LEDGER LINES

FORK hams, John Held, Sob Front.
Christmas corsets in %colors, Lsnge's
For bricks, telephone Jno. Cubbins.
0zanne& Nays new store, 257 Main.
Brown l. Jones, coal dealers, 282
Aain street.
Fresh oysters by express daily at
s. / Moore d Co.
Lytle & Shields prepared buck
wheat speaks for itself.
See S. L. Moore & Co.'S. fine display
of Christmas goods.
Pecans in 10 pound packages at Ike
A, Chases', 200 Front.
Finest candies, raisins. citron, nuts
figs and Mince meat. Lytle & Shields.
500 boxes fancy Florida oranges in
fine shipping order. D. Canale & Go.
Pure strained honey, mincemeat and
preserves of all kinds, S. l.. Moore
& Co.
Golden Crown -four in barrels and
halves, finest in the world, s. l..
Moore T. Co.
One hundred and forty six people
registered at four hotels yesterday and
fifty eight lodged at the Peabody.
Music books, magazines, illustrated
papers, ETC., bound at the PUBLIC
LEDGER bindery, 10 Madison street.
Our fellow citizen, Reuben S.Jones,
is reported to be in a very low state
and fears are expressed that his hou s
are numbered.
Business men will find it to Their
interest to have all their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER Job
printing Office, 10 Madison street.
The cotton receipts here are now
1856 bales in excess of last year, and
1884 ahead of the year before at this
time.
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
Office and blank book mandatory, ID
Madison street, executes every class Of
such work in good style and at low
rates.
Temperature 40 degrees early this
N rning with the breeze from the west.
Range yesterday 30 to IS degrees with
soutserly breezes. A quarter of an
inch Of rain fell last night.
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.
p%etitor.
In making purchases for Christmas
presents remember that a very appro-
pirate present would be tickets in the
Little Havana Lottery. Such tickets
have been known to draw handsome
prizes.
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.
A dispatch from Captain James
Wise, at Cincinnati, this morning, to
Captain R. W. L~ightburne, here,
says: Fifteen feet Of water here. No
trouble with ice."
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.
A very appropriate holiday present
for a gentleman can be selected among
the elegant and stylish scaris. hand
kerchief, gloves, etc., to he found at
Sam Mays, 1854 Main street.
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.
1t was from 10 to % degrees cooler
this, than yesterday morning through.
out the Northwest and at st. Louis
the mercury was down to freezing
point with a twelve mile northerly
wind blowing, while at Bismark.
Dakota, the mercury was at zero
Should these bOreal breezes come this
Tar south they'll give us another taste
Of winter. 1t was raining at sunrise
10 day at chattanooga and Cincinnati
all over the South, between here
aud the Gulf, the weather is consider.
ably warmer than yesterday.
K. j. Black, @. and NJ, will sell on
next Saturday at the courthouse. bv
Of the Chancery Court, a large
number Of lots, city and suburban.
worthy the examination Of investorsip
real estate. The list embraces in part
the old p~ostofice building ~cornor
Jefferson and Third streets, a cotton
shed on Court street, a valuable house
and lot on Madison street, opposite
the Masonic Temple, three lots corner
Of Main and PontOtoc, two lots on
Beal street, near DeSoto, a lot On
Chester street, near the river, a lot on
street, a lot in the Weakley
tract, near the Water Works. and
several lots in the suburbs.
MEERsCHAUM PIPES,
CigaFhOIders