Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-06

vice tor children Will be Reid at the
First Methodist church.
Lowest temperature here this morn
ing so degrees, with light southeast
winds. Range yesterday, 60 to 78 de-
Impounded stock are to be sold at
public cutlery next Monday in the
alley way behind No. AZ Adams street.
Spring lamb and green peas, a va
riety of fish and all kinds Of fresh
meats at seessel's market, 3S1 Main
street.
Recent oopious showers have caused
the grass to grow rapidly, and the
forests. are putting out their leaves in
handsome style.
Williams & Co. have a surplus stock
of 100000 feet of certain kinds Of
lumber which they offer at less than
regular prices. They need room.
Angerona Lodge will work in the
E. A. degree to>night, and the St.
Elmo Commandery, X. T., hold a
business meeting in fatigue dress.
The leading theme at the present
time among the sanitarian cOunsellors
appears to be how to prop and bolster
the shaky National Board Of Health.
Engine IL moves up and down the
river front in slow and measured style
now, and a man walks ahead of it
waving a flag by day and lantern a
night.
Mr.. T. s. Ayers is lying i'll at his
rooms in the Ayers block, east side of
Court Square, aud his friends are
solicitous regarding his enfeebled
condition.
The Little Rock people enjoyed LA
Mascotte" last night, by the Haverly
Opera Company, and people at Helena
will have performance of the same
tomorrow night.
A new batch of tickets in the Tues
day drawing Of the Louisiana Lottery
increases the sales very materially as
The buyer has larger number from
which to make selections.
As the guest Of Mr.. R. G. Graves, is
Miss Hannah Moore Graves, his
young lady sister, who arrived in the
city yesterday from the banks of the
Connecticut, away down in the old
Bay State.
Victor D. Fuchs market, 80 and Al
Jefferson, offers spring lamb and
green peas, dressed mallard ducks and
chickens, fresh game fish and fresh
meats of all kinds. Leave orders for
supplies. Free delivery.
Itrequired the services of two SUR
geons to attend one Of the men who
tumbled from a painters scAftold on
Front street yesterday. Yet a by
stander who saw the fall asserted that
the man was not hurt.
A twelve mile norther swept over
Nebraska, Kansas and North Texas
yesterday afternoon, and up in Dakota
the mercury was at the freezing point.
1t was 20 to 800 colder in the North
west than on Wednesday.
The racers at New Orleans yesterday
ran on muddy track. Our meeting
is now ten days of, and there is ample
time for the course to dry, and every
one wishes it may be in good condi-
ton when the races open.
The rainfall at Little Rock last
night was nearly 2! inches, and here
it was nearly 2 inches. Rain tell
heavily this morning at Shreveport,
and was also raining at Cairo, Oincin-
natl, Nashville and Louisville.
Chattanooga Democrat. 8: The
Memphis aud Charleston conductors,
who, for several months PAST, have
been changing at Huntsville, begin
again to-day to run through from this
city to Memphis, and vice versa.
The Little Havana Lottery sells
hundreds Of tickets in the Taxing
District every drawing and the sales
this drawing are larger than usual, as
it is for the Grand Extraordinary
annual scheme, with only $1,000
tickets.
The Mozart Society give a Concert
at the theater next Thursday, and the
members are working up the orstorio
festival, to be rendered the 10Th Of
next month, with earnest devotion and
a determination to make it a grand
success.
Senate bill No. 1874, published in
yesterdays LEDGER, has some rich
reading in it, remarked prominent
official to-day, "and it might be asked
if the assets of the old city will pay
for collecting same, or in other words
if the game is worth the candle"
The Trustees of Calvary cemetery
have Gled an answer to certain suits
and among them one brought by Jant
Koran to the effect that the money she
claims was loaned to the late Father
Riordan for use at st. Patrick