Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-12

License 70 marry vas issued to dag
to Michael Maylan and Miss Kate
Gierratti.
Fresh N. Y. count oysters at Victor
D. Fuchs market, 80 and IL Jetfer-
son street.
A corps Of engineers are busy on
the Selma railway near the suburbs
of the city.
A fine assortment Of 6sh, at Albert
Seessel's market, l24 Main, Wednes.
day morning.
The Mississippi Valley Matrimonial
Association fled application for .
charter to-day,
The Secretary of the School Board,
Mr.. Hill, has had his pay increased to
500 per month.
Cotton pickers and levee bidders
will soon be in active demand all
along the Mississippi valley.
Mr.. Henry j.. Lynn has been chosen
to fill the unexpired term in the
School Board Of Mr.. Ed Shaw, from
the Fifth Ward.
Heavy rains have fallen along the
South Atlantic coast, and the Savan-
nah river rose 2l feet yesterday at
Augusta, Georgia.
Mischievous boys in back yards and
on the public streets will have some
thing to occupy them when schools
open, and their afflicted neighbors will
be glad Of it.
Suits we're brought in the Circuit
Court to-day against G. Baum by l..
SOmbOrne & Co, for $1,000; the Leuk
Wine Company for $1,000, and H. H.
Schuieldt and others for $4,000.
Our cotton amills have their hands
full of business, and the directors are
considering the propriety of adding 40
additional rooms. There is a demand
for every yard the mills can turn out.
Sol Coleman will close his store to
morrow night, to re open Thursday
evening-the observance Of the jew
ish New Year is the cause. His Gus
toners should please make note Of this
fact.
A cyclone, which passed over Cuba
a couple of days ago, aud grazed close
to Key West, was central before day
light this morning near Atlantic
City, and severe gales prevailed all
the way from Washington to New
York.
The city schools are S405S rs in debt
over and above the cash in the treas
lry. There is 1851 81 cash on hand.
This Indebtedness will not prevent
the public schools from being opened,
as heretofore announced early next
month.
A negro named Hall was stabbed in
four places, yesterday evening, neal
Lucy depot, by another negro, whose
jealousy was aroused by Halls atten-
tons to his own particular sweetheart,
The would-be murderer has not yet
been arrested.
The grading on the Kansas City,
Springfield and Memphis railway will
be completed to Walnut Ridge, Ark,
100 miles from Springfield, in FIVE or
six weeks. When the road is COM
pleted it will be an all steel one from
end to end.
The month Of August cost the school
fund Of the city $3.50 So for rents and
wages. The double brick tenement on
Winchester, near Front street is to
be rented from Mr.. Pat Winters for
school purposes. in place of two
churches used last season,
The Jewish New Year anniversary
sets 10 at six o'clock tomorrow even.
ing and continues until the same hour
Thursday evening. During this time
all Israelites in this city and through
out the world will close their places of
business and desist from labor.
The mercury was down to SO de-
grees early this morning, a degree or
two cooler than on any previous
morning since last spring. The range
yesterday was from 60 to 20 degrees.
The wind is northeast to day, and has
blown from hat quarter for several
days past. No rain fell anywhere
South last night.
Because it was red hot all last sea.
son some folks are impressed with the
idea that the summe now drawing to
a close has been unusually cool, but
they are a little of in their reckon
ing. During the month Of August.
1879, the mercury frequently drcpped
to IS and 59o. 1t has not been down
that low 50 far this year until this
morning.