Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-06-26

LRDGER LINES.

Corset steels. Lange's.
Refrigerators at Turnbull's.
Zwieback at Jos. P. Carey & Co.
New filters, 0zanne, Denison & Co,
Brown 4 Jones, coal dealers, 281
Main street.
The Knights of Honor picnic next
Friday at Estival Park.
Boudoirs at the Cottage Gallery 81
per dozen. New sceneries.
One hundred and seventy-six arIi>
walls at three hotels yesterday.
New cheese, especially adapted for
summer use, at Lyle & Shields.
License to marry was issued to-day
to Robert E. Boyle and Miss Maggie
E. DAILY.
The Little Havana Lottery is again
in the field with tickets for the next
drawing.
Cotton is easy all around. In New
York it fell e-sixteenth of a cent
this forehoon, and futures abroad are
quoted down.
The Brooklyn bridge, full details
and illustrations in special edition Of
Franklin Square Library, at Mans.
ford's 29S Main street.
Sol Colemans Cigar Palace, which
is the finest in the United States, is
the town talk. None but superior
cigars and tobacco are sold there.
Railway iron is being dropped along
The Selma road to connect the Kansas
City terminus with the Charleston
route some two miles east of the city.
The largest stock in the city, the
latest styles and most reasonable prices
at Sam Mays, the furnisher of gents
Seasonable underwear, 269! Main
street.
Next Sabbath afternoon the Eek
fords and the Eagles are to play a
game OF base ball. A contest betw cen
the companies named bids fair to be
interesting, as the parties are nearly
evenly matched.
Light breeze from tho northwest all
last night and this forenoon. The
thermometer range yesterday was III
TO 539, and the lowest this morning
was CSC. No rain reported in this
vicinity last night.
The New York stock. list tumbled
lower to- day, and all leading commod-
tiles fell sharply except corn, which is
steady. Wheat for August fell 1lc
per bushel in Chicago; mess pork, zoe
per Dbl; and lard, 25c per cwt.
The midsummer dividend SEASON,
now close OF hand. renders stock and
bondholders happy, provided they
hold money earning securities, and il
is a poor kind of stock that cannot
earn something in these flush times.
A carload Of fresh Georgia water
melons LETT Atlanta for this city on
yesterday morning, and are due here
to morrow. They are consigned to q
prominent dealer on Front street, who
gives fruits and vegetables his special
attention.
Local companies lost $500 BY The
oil Dill fire at New Orleans last night
The loss here il divided between avt
companies, which hold policies rang,
ing from $1,000 to $500. The mill
burnea we're the largest 10 existence
and the loss Is estimated at$l, 600, 900
lightning caused the disaster.
Tomorrow afternoon at four O. olooI
there is to be novel and sensational
exhibition at 0lympiclPark. A squad
Of Mexican bull fighters and Texas
COW boys are to exhibit their agility
and skill in lassOing and subduin(
wild cattle. The entertainment viii
doubtless draw a large throng to tn,
park.
TIE rain of Sunday afternoon AM
night was heaviest TO the south Of this
and ever the entire country lying be
tween here and Grenada from an incl
to an inch and half of rain fall i
reported. Equally heavy rains fell il
the Tuscumbia valley region, but il
the country this side Of the Tennessee
valley the showers we're very limited
The new Catholic Bishop Of Nash
vile had purse Of gold eagles pro
sented to him on Sunday last, by hi
former Pensioners Of Fort Wayne
Ind. The conservation ceremonies a
Nashville lasted four hours, from tel
| in the morning until two in the after
noon. During the evening the nel
Bishop entertained the clergy present
sixty In number.
Before the end Of next month tn
work Of repair and alteration OF tn
Gsyoso House is to begin, and it vii
be rushed with yigor when one
started. Contracts are POW in cours
Of being closed for the rejuvenatior
1t might be safe to say that the wor
will commence earlier than the tim
named, but it may possibly be delaye
for a short time. The new hotel wi
be second to no hotel in the SoutheFi
States when It 10 Gpisbed.
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