Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-05
THE CITY.
LEDGER LINKS.

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changed, with a fair demand prevail
ing.
Fresh she'll, bulk aud can oysters at
Clements, by the barrel or dozen,
cheap.
Finest candies, %raisins, citron, nuts,
figs and Malaga grapes. Lyle 4
Shields.
Music books, magazines, illustrated
papers, etc., bound at the PUBLIC
LEDGER bindery, 10 Madison street.
The transit Of Venus comes of to-
morrow, and prospects favor a clear
day for observing the phenomenon.
The heaviest volume Of clearingsfor
any one day since the clearinghouse
has been in existence here is reported
to day.
The fall wheat crop is all in the
ground hereabOuts, and farmers are
generally turning attention to hog
killing and meat curing.
More lacerated hands and arms
from being caught in cotton gins have
occurred this season than has ever
been known in one season.
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.
a heavy constructing force is busy
on the line of the Kansas railway. but
the Esrk has been greatly impeded by
bad weather, and the muddy state Of
the bottoms.
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.
Leading members Of St. Peters
Catholie church. and friends Of the
orphans, met last night to devise
means to supply winter sustenance for
the parentless children.
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
Office and book bindery is prepared to
execute work with neatness and dis
patch, aud at as low rates as any com
petitOr.
Cotton picking Is in q state Of sus-
pension IN this vicinity because Of rain
aud mud. and hauling is also checked
BY bad roads, but the cotton gins are
tSirly buEzing with business.
The PUBLIC LEBGER job printing
Office constantly receives new type Of.
the latest styles, and the office gener-
sll7 is kept up to the highest standard
Of exeslienes.
It was raining this forenoon here,
and this morning at New Orleans,
Cincinnati, Louisville, Cairo, Leaven-
worth and Omaha, the heaviest rain.
fall being about Cairo. Up at Pitts
burg the skies were clear.
Hand bills Of all sizes, from the
smallest TO a three sheet poster, done
with neatnsss and dispatch, at the
PUBLIC LEDGER job printing Office.
Prices as low as the lowest.
Saratoga chips. Clipped beef and
pure strained honey at s. L. Moore &
Co. Please send in your orders before
3 o'clock pm, or they will have to
remain oyer until next day.
Letter heads, envelopes, bill heads,
bills Of ladiug, cards and all kinds Of
commercial printing done as we'll and
as cheap at the PUBLIC LEDGER Office
az anywhere in the United States.
At Victor D. Fuchs market, 80
and Al Jefferson, twenty-five deer
we're received to-G;g aud they will be
cut up to suit buyers. A fresh lot Of
Shaker dressed turkeys and some
choice celery were also received.
The er.popular Little Havana
LOTTERY holds its usual semi-monthly
drawing TO. morrow. The sale Of
tickets closes to-day and the rush for
them is lively, as this lottery in past
drawings has distributed valuable
prizes to Memphians.
All the old officers Of the Memphis
Fire & General Insurance Company
were elected yesterday, except Mr.
s. H.. Brooks, recently a director, who
declined a reelection. aud whose
place is now filled by Hon. John
League.
Our cotton receipts here are now
22l ,46l bales, ll,462 in excess Of last
year and 1865 in excess Of the year
before at the same time; also tho
heaviest or record. The prospects
are good for a total Of $4,000 or
more.
The Memphis Cooperage Company
Of this city pay from five to eight dol
lars per thousand feet for the timber
they uae, and are just now buying il
freely up tho Chesapeake and Chic
railway. 1t is cut from the bottoms
Of the Big Hatchie.
The attendance at the field trial Of.
dogs near Grand Junction is reported
! small, only eighteen dogs entering