Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-17

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Creamery butter In small packages,
new cabbage, celery, lettuce, at Matt
Monaghan 4, pa Front.
The Chancellor has decided the G..
W. Payne Mary j. Smith property
suit in favor of Mrs. Smith.
1000 lbs choice trout and perch, also
choice lot of wild ducks, Just received
at Clements, Sc Beal, for sale cheap.
La Mode de Art and The Seasons,
two Of the leading magazines Of the
fashion world, just received at Mans.
ford's.
About $500 worth Of double night
Langtry tickets were sold yesterday,
and single nights went off well this
fornoon.
The Dixie knight murder case has
been postponed, the testimony Of Mrs,
Hicks, a leading witness, being una.
valuable.
That check raising, sanctimoniou'
genius, T. B. Morton, is to go before
the bar Of the Criminal Court to-
morrow.
1t is rumored hal our young Mem.
phis company. the Waldran Guards
will also enter the competitive drill
at Nashville, next May.
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printin,
Office and blank book mandatory, l;
Madison street, execut IS every class o
such work in good style and at Low
rates.
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
Office constantly receives new type o
the latest styles, and the Office gener
ally is kept up to the highest standarC
Of excellence.
Another Polar wave is approaching
this neck of the woods. Up at Bis
marck this morning the temperatur,
was 139 below zero, with a twelve mil
nor'wester waiting itself this way.
Thos. J.. Stamp, Of Oak Grove
Miss. in a card, denies that he ha
been in jail, though he has beel
in this city several times lately, an,
now many wonder what on earth tn
man has been doing.
The lucky winner Of the capita
prize in the Little Havana Lotter
can afford to be In the midst Of tn
most rollicking fun at the New Or
leans Mardi Gras. Invest at once an.
you may be the winner.
At the head of an adjoining locG
column is an article, with the It'll
Mixims of Business" that will prov
interesting to business men. A ne
paragraph viii appear daily in tbs
place under that heading.
The Cotton Exchange, limited, hs
nearly $50 members, and there is onl
room for so more. Messrs. James LIE,
Jr., j. s. Menken, j. A. Post, job
0Serton, Jr., and II. L.. Brinkle
have applied for membership.
The pastor and elders of the Fir
Presbyterian church earnestly requei
a full attendance Of all the member
of the church and congregation at tn
meeting to be held in the First Metl
odist church this evening, at half-pal
seven o'clock,
A good many wagons from tb
country collected on the bluff in fror
Of the city yesterday. The state
the roads has been SO bad Of late tbs
but few have ventured forth, but We
have ever so many visitors Of this kin
when the roads get dry.
&C.,.
The ~disagreeable odOr Of gas, free
distributed through some pipe with
hole in it, contaminated the a
within the theater last night, an
proved decidedly unpleasant to mar
people. The aid Of the plumb'
should be invoked to remedy the DE-
feet.
The Mozart Society have been psa,
ticing "Oratorio" for several weel
under the direction Of Prof. Downs
anticipation of the coming Of The,
dore Thomas, to whose orchestra it
expected l50 voices will be addel
when the "oratOriO" is given to IL
public.
The elevator engineer, Geo. Youn.
was hit in the forehead with a speT
bullet yesterday, some reckless shoot,
training his gun SO that the ball struC
as mentioned. If careless gun
ners made targets Of themselvl
instead Of innocents, the results woul
be for the public good.
A heavy ice crop is in course
being housed In Northern frogpont
and streams. A new company recent
formed here, is about to introduce q
artificial ice machine which will supp.
the pure stuff, made from fresh raj
or distilled Mississippi river waters al
Of the very best quality.
A printing press delayed on IL
route somewhere, has given cause e
General G. P. NJ. Turner to enter su
for $4,000 as damages against the Che
apeake and Ohio railroad. Maj
Stewart also wants $4,000 OF such
matter FROM the same road for the lo
Of her husband, who was run Over an
killed some weeks ago.