Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-22

the privilege of changing postofice.
$50 They Were Married" a new
novel by Walter Besant and James
Price, illustrated with twenty engrav-
ings, to be had in cheap series at
Mansford's, 298 Main street.
H. Seessel, ST., & Son will deliver
all orders left to-day for fresh meats,
beef tenderlOins, etc., tomorrow,
Sunday morning, free of charge, 239
Second, corner Jefferson street.
The ticket Office of the Louisville &
Nashville. railroad, corner of Main
and Madison, is draped in mourning,
in respect to the late james Speed.
The tinkle Of the street car bells on
all lines to the city suburbs, under the
present management are rarely out Of
hearing more than a few minutes at
any m time.
Several carloads of fine looking
Georgia watermelons, from two to
four feet long, more or less, passed
through the streets to-day, going to
Front Row merchants.
The opening of the fall amusement
season is ten weeks off. Patience"
afforded a most delightful interlude.
Meantime amusement lovers can ex-
ercise patience to their hearts content
during the dog day season.
The river here is nearly six feet
lower at present than it was last Sat.
urday, and declines at the rate Of nine
or ten inches daily. At Cairo the
water has fallen ten feet during the
past to weeks.
The sales of tickets in the Little
Havana Lottery close to-day, as the
drawing takes place Monday. Get a
ticket to-day, so as to be represented
in a wheel that has thrown out many
prizes to lucky Memphians.
Mr.. Sid Cook left at this Office to-
day an egg plant weighing q pounds,
aud OF a very peculiar formation. 1t
is quite a monster and curiosity of the
kind. 1t was raised in the garden Of
Wilton & Pate at Mason's Hepot.
An intimation Of probable advance
in rents has causedseYeral Main street
merchants to change quarters, and
others are thinking Of it. They nat,
urslly complain Of the grasping land
lord. and the latter replies that he
hasn't much left after paying taxes
and incidentals.
Breezes straight from the north last
night and this morning. at sunrise
the mercury marked 60 degrees, and
yesterdays range was 81 to 81 degrees.
Up AZ Pittsburg, Leavenworth and St.
Paul, this morning, the mercury was
down to So degrees, and thick clothing
was necessary to comfort.
A copy of Goldbeck's Musical In
structOr, issued by Robert Goldbeck,
2640 Washington Avenue, st. Louis,
has been received at this Office. The
desire for musical knowledge caused
By "a gradual extension Of the taste
for the art, makes this work a valua-
bic addition to the musical library.
The following personal of Mem
phians appears under head Of special
correspondence in a late Wisconsin
paper: Lake Side, July 15.-Mr. 7.
B. T~rezevant and wife returned to
Lake Side after several days Of good
fishing at Bearer Lake. Mr.. Treze-
want has caught more fish in the last
few weeks than any other person who
has 6shed here this year.
Samuel 3. Dickens, a notion trader,
sued out a writ Of habeas corpus yes
terday for Mrs. Louisa NJ. Dickens,
charging her to be improperly re-
strained Of her liberty by her step.
father, +. NJ. Cogswell, on Adams
street. Upon hearing Mrs. Dicken,
to the effect that she had left hel
husband of her own accord and want.
ed nothing more to do with him
Judge Horrigan dismissed the case.
Away back in '63, while soldering
General G. P. NJ. Turner wrote i'm.
promptu some verses which he called
"A home in your heart" 1t was in
compliance with the request Of a faii
lady Of jackson, Miss, to give he.
something on Home, sweet home
The lines have been set to music b,
John I. Rutledge, inscribed to Mis-
Matte Dunlap of Nashville, and pub
lished by Reinhardt & Rutledge, 0
this city. A copy has reached thiI
a.