Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-27
Mondny Evening, Feb. a7, lsS2.
LEDGER LIHEs.

Cotton firm.
More rain drips.
Strawberries. j. P. Carey & Co.
Gloves cleaned by Mrs. Gray ,4O4Main
Francisco's nobby Derby hats for
spring.
Brown & Jones, coal dealers, 2S2
Main street.
The Menken failure was the sonsa-
ton this forenoon.
Fresh mackerel at Signaigo's, 276
Second and 80 Beal.
A lap rug found last night awaits
an owner at the calaboose.
Fresh lot roe shad at. Signaigo's, Z8
Second and 92 Beal.
The Hazel Kirke troupe arrived
from New Orleans this forenoon.
Lottie Jackson was sentenced to
eighty days to-day for VIGOROUSLY bad
conduct.
Jugs, jars, crooks and churns. Ike
A. Chase, 220 Front. Also 10000
second. hand sacks.
The case of Ed Hill has been laid
over until old Mrs. Snyder, the
woman run over, is able to appear.
Go to John Mergle's, No, $50 Main
street, for Thurber's No. 81 and Al
coffee, and their ideal coffee pots.
Celery, new potatoes, new peas, nes
tomatoes, cabbage and sweet potatoes,
at Matt Monaghan's, pa Front.
Choice pickles and kraut, cheap.
Seed potatoes. General commission
Watts & Williams, 342 Front street.
For the latest style of boots and
and shoes 60 to Voegeli & Cos, new
store, 27l Main street opposite Court
Square.
Dealing in cotton and other futures
has made many a poor man suffer
hereabouts, and some well-to- do PEG,
pie are considerably out.
Copper plate, wedding and visiting
cards, engraved and printed in latest
styles at moderate cost at G.. L. ByrC
& Co., 275 Main street.
james Donnelly, a thoroughly baG
youth, who was given three days t
leave town some weeks ago, was ar,
rested yesterday for stealing a skif.
Eight prisoners received light sen.
fences for Sunday DRINKS and othel
fragrant violations OF the law and thu
Sabbath day before Judge Hadder
this forenoon.
To-day closes the sale Of tickets il
the Commonwealth Lottery, az tn,
drawing takes place to. morrow. Every
body should be represented in tn.
wheel of fortune.
The remains Of the late land durin.
life deservedly popular) Crabtre
Beleher, who died in Alabama fou
years ago, were brought here and re
inferred at Elmwood last Saturday.
The proposed change in tn
garbage system means for folks t
dump their Stops and truck out in tn
streets or back alleys in the nigh
time, and that's exactly the way it wi
result.
A young man named j. w. Perkin
was arrested Saturday night on a tele
gram from w. A. Hill, Morristowr
Tenn, charged with theft, and a pis
toll was found in his pocket. He wa
fined $50 to-day.
A white man, name unknown, wa
sent to the hospital yesterday from til
Louisville & Nashville depot, badl
hurt about the head and body. H
stated that he had been walking alon
the track, but was struck before h
knew i by the incoming train, aboU
four miles from the city.
T. 4. DAILY, put down on the dockt
as a tax assessor, walked into the Sta
tionhouse this morning Furnishing a
] army pistol. He drew a crowd, an
! was locked up for disorderly conduc
. His fine was ten dollars (by Judl
Hadden), but would have been fifty
1t had been any other kind Of pistol.
!. Weapons we're numerous yesterds
Q and last night. Officer Conway a
rested a drunken butcher last nigl
and found an ugly-leoking knife stuc
in his belt. The butcher pleaded K
much whisky and that the knife ";
! an implement Of his profession. Il
. was fined two dollars this forenoo
3 and paid it.
The rapidly increasing business
!, the one abstract Office Of Shell
9 county has made it seem desirable
. many that a rival Office should
> established, and it is rumored tn
!, since the withdrawal Of Mr.. McOmbu
. from that office, the matter is beir
very seriously considered by sover
prominent lawyers and business me
MIR, McOmber's qualifications and @
perience in this business would insu
. a careful, prompt and thorough pros
cution Of the enterprise If left In h
hands.