Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-06


Ckssss pekia ed knut, shssb.
seed potatoes. General commission,
Watts & wliisms, 3i2 Front street
Eheephesd, pompano and red snap.
pers from Tie gull. were received this
morning ~ Victor D. FUCHS, ~ aDd
Al Jefferson.
TrsiDs al arrived ia good shape.
last night and this mornlng, the heavy
rain Of yesterday esusing 10 Nssh0Vts
~ far as known.
Copper plate, wedding and visiting
cards, engraved and printed IN latest
styles at moderate cost at Z. j.. Byrd
q Co. rs Main street.
Madison, Main and Front streets
were washed of nicely BY the heavy
rains Of yesterday Nothing like IA
ture's seaYengef. after all
just received and will keep supplied
with Orange county creamery butter,
best In the world, price al present G0c
per pound John Mergle, Ro. 40
Main street.
The squirrels In Court Square caught
q dtenehsng, over $50 tons of water
having fallen upoa that enclosure be-
tween Saturday evening and last mid
night.
Bayou Gayos0 was reported higher
yesterday than ever before known, and
the current was unusually strong. The
rain torrents turned the bayou into a
raging water course.
Tickets for the next drawing Of the
Little Havana Lottery, which takes
place Saturday, are selling very rapid
". as II Is a very popular scheme with
buyers in the Taxing District.
Religious services will be held in
the First Presbyterian church this
evening az 1880 O'clock, conducted by
the Rev. w. j, Woodbridge and the
Presbyterian pastors Of the city.
A rack heap or drift pile, mixed
with numerous caroasses Of dead
brutes, have lodged against the bayou
Gayoso bridge at the Market street
crossing, aud the water there Is too
high 10 lot the mixture float beneath
lt.
The worshipers Of Pleasure Garden
Baptist church, located at the outer
end Of Winchester street, we're shut
out yesterday evening owing 10 the
high stage Of the bayou, the water
having covered the temporary bridges
recently located there,
A bunch of peach tree blossoms
large aud rcd, resembling Il bou.
quet Of real gard0n roses, was shown
at the Cotton Exchange "a. day, and
the odd freak ofnature attracted much
attention. The tWig and the blooms
were from the orchard Of w. g..
Burgess, on Rayburn avenue,
Mr.. j. Lindeman, the business
agent Of Blind Tom, tho celebrated
pianist and eccentric genius, arrived
in the city last Saturday, and departs
for Little Rock this evening, Blind
Tom is at OkolOna, Mississippi, this
evening, and is to appcaratthe Green.
law 0porahouse here, a week from
Wednesday next, 10 remain four
nights. IL has beon Eve or six years
years since Tom paid us a visit.
The rainfall yesterday over this city
was i22 inches, according to Sergeant
Flannory rain gauge measurement at
the Signal office. Divided into sec.
tions, there was OBS previous TO 6
yesterday morning, lao between 6
and ? pm. yesterday, 200 between 2
and bpm, last night, and 04i after
that hour. This was a good deal of
rain. Nashville also caught il very
heavy, the fall last night being nearly
an inch.
IL was showing this morning early
up at Bismarck, Dakota, and raining
lightly at Chattanooga, Nashville,
Pittsburg and Galveston. Over on
the Eastern slope Of the Rockies the
temperature was below freezing point
all tho way down 10 North Texas. At
Fort Dodge, Kansas, the mercury was
20e; Fort Elliott, Texas, $50; Fort
Sill, Indian Territory, 32e; Fort
Leayenworth, Kansas, l9o; Yankton,
Dakota, 80, ard all over the North
west il was stinging cold, the mercury
marking from g below TO l3' above
zero in the Omaha and North Platte
country.