Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-24

this afternoon.
The tax board of equalization will
meet Monday,
Fancy creamery butter and cheese,
Lyle Il Shields.
Mr.. j. M. Harris returned from
Nashville this morning.
Keystone Easter egg dyes, 5 cOlors
for l0c, Sold by druggists.
Select oysters 124c per dozen, Sig
naigo's market, 27S Second.
The costumes in "Iolanthe" are
reported to be very beautiful.
Our city fathers consult over the
old debt problem this afternoon.
Pictures of Paris at the theater last
night were charming and edifying.
Pebble spectacles and fine window
shades, at Z. Wright's, 365 Main.
Christ has risen, will be proclaimed
tomorrow morning throughout the
entire Christian world.
The little folks will celebrate the
Easter festival in the usual way, by
smashing Speckled eggs.
1t is now Judge James NJ. Greer.
The Governor gave him the Criminal
Judgeship this forenoon.
John Cleary, at one time resident
Of Memphis, died in the Vicksburg
City Hospital Thursday morning.
Call at at 70 Monroe street and see
the most perfect buggy in the world.
Spiral spring carriages and buggies.
The art lecturer, Prof. Cromwell,
goes from here to Nashville, then to
Detroit, and after that to New York.
A block of Vanderbilt Insurance
Company stock sold this morning at
81 .35--that is. where 81 had been
paid in.
As yesterday was the gloomiest and
most solemn day in the Christian cal
lendar, tomorrow will be the most
glorious and joyful.
No reports came to the Cotton Ex-
change yesterday or to-day from other
markets, but all quarters will be heard
from on Monday next.
Captain Milt R. Harry, who has a
fine plantation on White river, wants
about ten good families to work there
this season. Apply on steamer Josie
Harry.
Cold weather and the Easter festival
season caused slight advance in the
price Of eggs, but they are still cheap
enough to be within the reach of all
except the very poorest people.
The offerings for the Easter time
are varied and numerous, as may be
readily seen by glance at the show
windows. Colored eggs of all shades
and designs are to be seen in many
places,
The Queen in "Iolanthe "a big fat
old thing with fairy wings sprouting
from her shoulders-is compelled to
stand on her head at the bottom Of a
muddy stream for twenty-five years,
all because she weds mortal of the
earth earthly.
There has been so many acts passed
by the Legislature that a good many
do not know what oficial> will go out
Of service by the repeal of IAN act to
settle the debt of the extinct munich
pality of Memphis, which passed the
State Senate on yesterday.
Among the arrivals on the ,,Vint
Shinkle was Miss Grace Irwin, one of
Cincinnati's fairest flowers. She is
visiting her uncle, Mr.. +. Underwood,
on Washington street. 1t is to be
hoped the lady will return home with
pleasant impressions Of this city and
its people.
Rev. N. NJ. Long will preach an
Easter sermon to morrow morning at
the Strangers church, on Union
street, and will continue his series
of attractive discourses on the book
of Genesis at night. The church has
been tastefully decorated by the ladies
and there will be excellent music APP
propriate to the occasion. Seats free
to all.
Captain James D. Parker, Presi
dent of the Cincinnati Chamber of
Commerce, and Secretary and Treas
urer of the Memphis and Ohio
Packet Company, accompanied by
Captain Robert W. Wise, Superinten
dent of the same line Of boats, will
leave for home by rail to- might. They
have been in the city since Thursday
evening last.
More interest is manifested in Eas-
ter observances this year, by the sew
eral Christian denominations, than
ever before. 1t will not be confined
to the Catholic and Episcopal churches
alone this year, but nearly all other
congregations will participate, either
in church decoration, in appropriate
musical exercises, or in sermons relat
ing 10 the Savior's resurrection.
A miserable frame of mule, barely
able to haul an empty dray, and with
his back raw and bloody, was stopped
on Madison street yesterday, while
attempting to draw three heavy bales
of cotton. Inspector Lane did
it, and a crowd who saw the
the animal pronounced it one
of the most aggravated cases of cruelty
ever seen here. Another dray and
mule was employed to haul the cot-
ton.
The importance of strengthening
the worn out lands of the country and
especially of the South, has long been
recognized by progressive farmers, and
many have already taken advantage Of
the latest scientific discoveries in this
particular, with the result Of much
finer crops Of all kinds. The Memphis
Fertilizer Co., with mandatory al
10 Main street, solicits orders for all
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