Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-18


just reoeivsd-A carload Of JUGS,
Jars, crooks and shurns. Ike A.
Chase, 900 Front.
Numerous aesthetic bill collectors
carry butonieres ontheir breasts and
a bundle Of bills under their arms.
The railway between here and
Dyersburg is to be changed next Sun
day to the regulation 4 feet 8 inch
width.
The Jeans Senators are preparing to
give an open air entertainment a few
days hence, and it is likely to prove a
recherche affair.
The laying Of stone on Beal street,
from DeSoto westward, has com-
menced, and the street will o be
solid as far as fernando.
North American Review, Demo-
rest, Leslie's Fashions, Popular
Monthly and Harper's for June at
M~ansford's, 29S Main street.
Only one more day in which to get
tickets in the next drawing Of the
Little Havana Lottery. The scheme
Of the drawing is d~eservedly very
popular.
The lowest temperature this morn
ing was 53o, the wind being light from
the northeast. The range yesterday
was from 490 to zoe, with northerly
breezes all day.
Four years in State prison is the
lot of one Munroe, who perpetrated a
robbery over at Little Rock, and then
came zeal getting away after his arrest
here through the quirps Of the law.
st. moCommandery No. Is, Knights
Templar, will celebrate this Ascension
Day at the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church. Services at s o'clock pm.
The public are cordially invited to be
present.
The Cumberland Mountain plateau
enjoyed a lively looking white frost
yesterday morning as well as the ridges
of north Mississippi, but as far as
heard little or no damage resulted,
except to very tender vegetation.
Dan 0'Leary and party passed
through yesterday from Little Rock
for Chattanooga. They went by rail
but expect to foot it again ere long.
Dams profits were lighter in his Lit
tie Rock venture than the one be led
in here.
Only four military companies are to
participate in the exhibition and
match drill at New Orleans, aside
from local companies. The decision
Of the Porter Guards, Of this city, not
to take part occasioned much regret
in the Crescent City
The planting interests have been
much disturbed owing to the recent
threatening state of the rising waters,
and many planters in the vicinity of
Greenville, Miss, deeming it too late
for cotton, have announced their in
tention of going in heavily for corn.
The outside mud Jumps, SO long
p~rotruding their unsightly shapes on
the public landing, are no more. The
railway forces have leveled and hauled
away all the extra dirt, and are new
busy smoothing off the grade prepare
tory to laying a stone pavement all
over the old bluff foundation.
We drank a bottle of Barnes Soup
perEong wine last night with one of
the first physicians and judges in this
city, who. after drinking a glass, pro
nounced it the equal of any champaign
imported. This is a compliment to
home industry, as the grapes are
grown and wine made in this city.
The laying Of wooden blocks along
Monroe street should not be forgotten.
Put down cedar, post oak or something
Of a similar nature. and let the thing
be fairly tested. The street needs a
smooth surface very badly, and, the
foundation being already there, it will
cost but little to have a few squares of
good street.
The Mozart Musical Club are in
correspondence with a noted leader Of
New York, and prospects point to an
early visit to this city, with a view of
leading the club through a series Of
summer entertainments. We have
plenty Of vocal talent here, aud all
that is needed to display the same is
proper training.
The strike at the Pratt coal mines,
near Birmingham, Ala is ended. The
force went to work last Tuesday, get
ting the pay they asked, but the COM
pauy refused to yield and hence made
terms through a company Of contrac
tors. A boiler at the rolling mills
near Birmingham exploded Monday
night, and put out A. N. Wilson's
eyes.
The eclipse came IF according toll
contract, yesterday, and the sun was
Swallowed by the moon passing be.
tween IL and tho Garth at tho evoct