Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-17
PUBLIC LEDGER
tuesday Evenipg, Jan. II. Iss2
LEDGER LINES.

From 3l0 to 63S yesterday.
Areal atmospheric singer.
1t dropped to 200 this morning.
Gloves cleaned by MRS. Gray,4O4Main.
Oysters every style. Crystal Palace
Best roasted coffee. Lytle 4 Shields.
The ice crop will be abundant after
all.
FOgs on the river have quit for a
season.
LEDGER job printing Office, ID Mad
ison street.
Brown 4 Jones, coal dealers. 282
Main street.
Office of Scuppernong Wine Co.,
No. 4 Madison street.
Extra quality mixed pickles by the
gallon at Lyle & Shields.
Little boys had a jolly time skeetiug
on the icy sidewalks to-day.
A forty mile norther blew GOODNESS
through Texas this morning.
Memphis and Charleston railroad
stock in New York to-day. rs.
We had nearly three inches of rain
on yesterday and the day before.
Cleary is set down as sure for Fire
Chief. The right man in the right
place.
Strewing ashes on the sidewalks was
regarded as an act Of public benefac-
ton this morning.
The costumes for "O!ivcttc" arrived
from Cincinnati last evening, all bright,
new and picturesque.
Unmufled ears and fingers we're
made to tingle to-day by the force Of
old borcas' icy breath.
Arrows on the weather map all
carry their feathery tails pointed to,
ward the northwest to. day.
Many a wayfarer let his heels slide
from under him while moving ovel
the highways this forenoon.
President D. P. Hadden will sit il
Judgment at the Police Court for the
first time tomorrow morning.
First. class watch and jewelry re
pairing by j. N. milford & Co., man
ufacturing jewelers., 1888 Main.
The new Commissioners hold theil
first levee this afternoon. They hav,
their commissions from the Cover
nor.
Along the upper Mississippi an,
Missouri rivers this morning the mer
curry was FIVE to ten degrees below
zero.
No mosquitoes last night. One mai
claims to have heard faint buz, bu
he demolished the intruder with hi
umbrella
Old Prob can knock the spots out o
Vennor or any other prophet, when i
comes to f~oretelling the kind ofweath
er ahead.
1t has been two or three degree
colder here than this morning cold
est, on two occasions, during the pres
ent winter.
:, The anticipated overflow, the col
snap, the price of cotton. and la.
nights theater party were the lead
b. ing themes to-day.
The small boys were off for school /;
v least fifteen minutes earlierthis morn
ing than usual, 80 anxious we're the
to enjoy natures skating rink.
Owing to the in clemency Of tn
weather the entertainment to be give
by Anchor Lodge, L. o. G. T., is pos
poued till Tuesday evening, Jan. 3
Some extra nice smelt, a very sup
rior fish, the first ever brought to th
city, has been received from Canat
by Victor D. Fuchs, 80 and Al Jeffe
son.
AT daylight it was showing at Pitt
D. burg and raining at Vicksburg al
New Orleans. Much colder wealth
il is anticipated at oil points from Il
lakes to the gulf.
Colder and clearing weather, is Il
promise ahead, according to the no.
q weather telegram from Washingt
I'll city, where the weather-wise Gener
,Is Hazen has headquarters.
On The chief Signal Service oHic
~ made a serious blGnder last spring
on prophecying a food in the MiSsissir
sSsS valley, but he don't miss it When t
90 weather is under consideration.
Those who trudged ftom the thoat