Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-29

On lee, 6 /. Meers &ce eetaes d
fernando and Vance ssreess
Investigate the tweRtS>SN natal
plan of the Memphis Mutual Ala
Society. It il new and original
r.. P. Alexander al MoaNe street.
is she agent for the leadins matsimo.
NAL insurance companies oftAe South,
Parties holding invitations 70 tAe
moonlight picnic tomorrow will
please be at the depot at : O'clock,
sharp
Seaside and franklin Square
Libraries. The only complete assert.
ment to be found in Memphis is at
MansfOrd's.
Cheap railroad tickets to Nashville,
Chattanooga and Atlanta, to-day
only, at l. Samelson + Co.'S $40
Main street.
The Democrats OF the Eighth Ward
have a rally at the Marke,hoUse on
Monday night Several well known
speakers viii address the meeting,
1t was up to 81 last Tuesday in
New York. Wewill have some OF the
same sort here before next month is
over, despite Vennor's chilly predic
tons.
A barge load ofpAving stone arrived
here evening betors last and heavy
force Of laborers we're busy yesterday
and to. day unloading it near the foot
Of Jefferson street.
Specimens Of German millet, seven
weeks old, aud nearly seven feet tall,
we're exhibited at the Cotton Ex-
change to-day by N. Dixon, a cOlOred
farmer, living near ElmwoOd Gene
terry.
A party Of three young ladies and
one or more young men contemplate a
grape arbOr festival tomorrow, but
one of the young persons interested
declines to say more until the festival
time is over.
Some men are born rich, some
acquire riches and some have riches
thrust upon them by Dame Fortune,
Get a ticket in the Commonwealth
Lottery, which draws on Monday, and
you may be one Of the lucky ones in
the last named class.
There will be a grand rally Of the
First Ward Democracy, corner Main
and Market %stIee's, at s o'clock thi.
evening. General G. ?. M. Turner,
Colonel H. G. Young, Laurence Lamb,
Colonel w. H. Carroll, Thomas r
Boyle, Hon. George B. Peters and
others will address the assembly.
An able field hand, but not an in.
dustrious one, spent the whole of yes
terday fishing in Cane creek, to the
south of the city and was seen stroll
ing homeWard with his catch near sun
set. Two snail sun-dried fish, barely
an ounce weight each, was the result
Of his toll. A raid on his neighbor
henrOOst was anticipated.
Charles Berton has sued a lot Of
people for damages alleged to have
been sustained by him when closed up
two summers ago. He sets H. Leuhr
man down for ten thousand OF the
amount, and Messrs. Zellner & Co
Buxbsum, Baxter. Eckerly, G. Taylor
and Joseph SchiItz's Brewing Com
pany for 5000 each.
Summer idlers have bad their lolling
places disturbed during the past few
days, out about ElmwOod and at the
loaing posts in the fourteenth civil
district. Capt Webb. who is acting
deputy sheriff for the vicinity, gave
warning to a number of d~o-uothings
that they would be taken up as va
grants, and they 6seuted themselves
from their usual resorts.
Mr.. Sol Coleman has the largest and
prettiest arranged cigar establishment
in this city. It is 3 pleasure to drop
in there and spend a leisure moment
enjoying the many comical pictures
which arc tastefully hung on the
walls, and note the excellent arrange
ment Of bis stock, etc. Everything
connected with bis we'll regulated
establishment betokens success, neat
ness and taste, and hundreds Of our
friends who travel North or South
testify that Sol Coleman gives a better
cigar for the money than any establish
ment in Louisville, Cincinnati, In.
dianspOlis or even New Orleans. Try
him and see If this statement is not
oorract.