Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-19

trees hanging with icicles IS a pic
turesque spectacle.
Barton Hill is Booths leading sup
port, in place of Samuel W. PearCy,
who died a few days since.
Mr.. Il. N. Mckinney, Of the adver-
Using agency of N. W. Aver & Son,
Philadelphia, is in the city.
First-class watch and iewelry re.
pairing by j. N. milford & Co., man
ufacturing jewellers, 1913 Main.
A ffty-cent pOll-tax, collected when
voters vote, W ,uld realize more and
bear less unequally than the present
system.
Visitors from forty miles and more
away will be in the city to night, to
witness Booth as the great Cardinal
of France.
There is stir in Charleston railway
stock. heavy sales occurring yesterday,
and at noon to day it vas quoted at 50
ia New York.
Several carloads of colored emf
grants passed through here last night,
going from the east Atlantic regions
to the lands west of the Mississippi.
The County Court express anxiety
to know how many tracks the Kansas
City railway wish to run down the
Horn Lake road south Of the city
limits.
The proposed running Of the Kansas
City railway through the shooting
park south of city, is source Ofmuch
trouble to various sporting people, who
wish to practice by shooting at a
mark.
The sleet yesterday extended from
Louisville to the northeast to Shrevc-
port in the southwest, an extensive
erea for sleet. At Cairo and st. Louis
further north a heavy snow storm
prevailed.
Robert Holmes stole ham from the
rear door Of a Front street grocery
house week or SO ago, and yesterday
the culprit was sent to the county
work house for thirty days to pay for
his rascality.
The report in circulation 90 the
streets that Mr.. Booth will not b.
here tonight is positively denied By
the railroad authorities. who STATE
that he will reach here this evening a
$50 on a special train.
The rule as to anonymous commu
nications may seem hard in some case
but it is memorable, especially wheI
the handwriting is recognized as tina
of former contributor. So waltz ~
to the music, old documents are dan
gerous things
The sleet yesterday broke down
great many telephone wires, causing
severe loss to the Telephone Elk
change. Several days will elspse be
fore they cen be replaced and the sub
scribers are requested to be patien
under the circumstances.
The Magistrates Of the county form
ing the County Court, adjourned yes
terday for two weeks. A bundle o
bills for labor, supplies, ETC., were LEI
over unsettled, and creditors complain
of this delay. Having performed ser
vice, they naturally feel like grum
bling.
For the week ending Saturday las
we had nearly four inches Of raj
fall here, and since then over fou
inches additional have fallen. TIL
rain measurement about Nashville
Chattanooga and Knoxville has bee,
considerably in excess Of the same a
this point.
Constables don't like TO collect pol
taxes because it is not popular. n
bonds from special collectors enable
the latter to consume their collection
and being worth nothing their defa
cations are lost to the county as we
as those who pay.
Lolita, to play here Monday mex
will appear three successive evening
in Bob" her new play. No matine
is announced, as Lot.a is frail it'll
body and we'll enough of not to excl
herself more than once day. Sea-
for her engagement may be obtaine
Saturday morning.
Travellers desiring to reach Nc
Orleans or Vicksburg by rail were I,
day compelled to go to Corinth, Miss
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