Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-25

Madison street,execut ss every class Of
such work in good style and at low
rates.
Lowest temperature this morning
AZ, with light southeast winds; range
yesterday $50 to $50. 1t was showing
at Pittsburg this morning and raining
in Western Kansas.
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
Office constantly receives new type Of
the latest styles, and the office gener-
ally is kept up to the highest standard
of excellence.
Forty seven bald headed citizens
graced the parquette at the theater
last night, and the run on opera
glasses was much greater than on
either Of Mrs. Langtry's nights.
The noon telegram from New York
to day quotes Charleston railway
stock at AZ; Louisville and Nashville
at 55l; Nashville and Chattanooga
6l2; Chesapeake and Ohio l84, and
Illinois Central l45ic.
AT the Mutual Compress and Sto-
rage Company's shed yesterday Der
Groves was caught stealing cotton b.
the handfuls from bales are arrested
He was sent to Jail to-day 10 default
$500 bail.
W. G. Cannon, E. F. Golsan, S. I
Carnes, r. f. Patterson, and thu
Chickasaw Refining Company hav,
all been added to the membership o
the Merchants Exchange, swelling
the total to about 100.
Another polar wave is sweeping
down from the north. This morning
early the mercury was from l to L
degrees below zero in Wisconsin
Minnesota, Dakota and parts Of Kan
sas, with northerlY winds ranging
from 10 to 10 miles an hour.
Next Tuesday and Wednesday ",
are to have Friend and Foe" at tn,
theater, a piece written by Bartle,
Campbell, and to be presented by W
j. Scanlan and his company. Mr.. Phi
Simmons, the advance agent, is nOV
in the city, arranging the details TO
the performance.
A FIVE pound salmon vas caught b,
fisherman VIM. Webb just above th
city a few days ago. A few nice speci
mems, weighing from two to fv.
pounds, are occasionally sent here ii
fish shipments from Reel Foot lake
and those familiar with and fond o
good fish, never fail to select one 70
an evening meal when they see it.
A beautiful rainbow bent upol
the clouds beneath the western
heavens shortly after sunris
this morning and we had a little raj
i~ntermixed with sunshine shortl
after. A rainbow in the morning is
sailors warning, so it is said, but "
haven't sailors enough hereaboutS t
find out whether or not a storm j
brewing.
Simon Green, I. II. Estes, ir., job
D. Cox, T. B. Norment, P, NJ. Winter
D. Pante and Que or two others, in
Guiding George Hayden, a colore
citizen, are all spoken Of as candidate
for Magistrate for the city at large,
place made vacant by the death Of GU
late Iamented fellow citizen, Waite
Goodman. The time for election ha
not yet been Fixed.
The Hanauer OIL Mills we're illu
minated last night, for the first tint
by nice new electric lights, and tn
effort proved a brilliant success. TIL
power is supplied by a 15O-hOrs
eDgine Of the Uorliss make, situate
in an adjoining building. A hundre
and fifty lights can be supplied by thi
engine, and only one-third the n1mbe
are now in use. The electric light
are to be kept up all night from thi
time forward. Heretofore they wer
extinguished at midnight.
To Msnunscturers and MilImer
Towner 8 Co.. proprietors of the rul
Der house of our city, have just put in
stock ofthe Rest Oak-tanned LeatH
eF Betting. All millmen and otheI
would do we'll to call on Townor 4 ca
no. 245 Main street, and examine the.
new stock Of leather betting and prize
before purchasing elsewhere. We thin
We can offer youAs good goods, at as 10
price as any house in the United State
Ii22f ToWner 4 60, st5 Main 81.
A MICH NEEDED WANT