Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-18
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800 4 CO., one day this wsek sent q hes
| q Uhlckasaw Guard cigars TO Pekin.
China. This brand is getting, to be
world renowned as being the finest 1Oc
cigar in the country.
In four days the next drawing of the
Little Havana Lottery will take place.
Those who semi occasionally or regu>
larry buy lottery tickets, should invest
IN the Little Havana, as the scheme
offered is good enc.
The man around town will 20 to
church to morrow to near the music
and leave before the sermon, while
the pious citizen will 20 to Horn
Lake with Demi John and rod and
line for fish to commit suicide With.
Merchants, generally, express sym
patty for the gallant telegraph strik-
ers, but are glad the delays and the
errors In kilograms will be remedied
by competent operators. The ANA
teurs will have to seek fresh fields Of
labor.
The Ko-Ko Tulu mandatory is
now working nearly twenty-five hands
This magnificent chewing gum will
soon become popular, as it possesses
genuine merit aud is composed of pure
and healthy materials.
Officer Stevenson, at noon to-day.
arrested Wesley Moore, young col
ored man, at the wharf. Moore is
wanted in Arkansaw, where he has
been pilfering clothing from people in
the vicinity Of Judge Haddsn's farm.
At noon to-day the case of George
Houston and George Martin, for COM
uniting assault and battery in Fort
Pickering, was being tried before
Squire Quigley. Sheriff Cannon, who
made the arrest, experienced the |
greatest difficulty in securing wit
neSSes.
Leave orders to day for Sunday
morning delivery of housekeeping sup
plies at Victor D. Fuchs market, 80
and Al Jefferson. The assortment in
cludes Reelfoot lake perch and north
ern lake fish, watermelons on ice,
chickens, fresh meats of all kinds, etc.
1t is said of a young hopeful from
the country that upon a recent coca
sion he saw the Mississippi for the
first time and Intercepted his mater
nal thus: Say, ma, how in thunder
was all that water spilled?" That
boy has presidential timber in his
composition.
Do not fail to see the great society
play, Good for Evil, which is in
active rehearsal by the Jeans Senators,
to be produced at Estital Park, Mon
day evening, August q, and to con.
clude with a grand hop. Everybody
that wishes to spend a pleasant even
ing, should be present. Curtain rises 8
o'clock sharp. Admission. 30 cents
Washington Miller procured a Ii
cense yesterday to marry Jennie Tate,
the ceremony was set for 6 o'clock,
but on the hour Of the tying of the
nuptial knot, Miller was arrested on a
warrant issued by Squire Quigley at
the instance of a damsel who was
married to Miller in October 1876. |
Miller will have to remain content
with one spouse.
Plenty of chills have been gathered ,
by trips to the swamps on
fishing and bathing excursions. There
8 lots of fun in two or three days '
ishing trip, and morein three weeks q
attack of the chills. The chill is cool ,
md nice if 1t comes on about the mids
lie of the day, and the fever isn't any 9
hotter than the weather, therefore a
Ease of the shakes is not bad thing to
nave, even at this season of the year. S
Ed Brannigan, white man, who ;
vas given eighty days by Judge Had
len for wife b Eating, had his first ex-
lerience on the chain gang yesterday.
At Georgia street he made a break
or freedom, but was captured by
Reub Brady, who is also doing time
IN the gang. Day before yesterday
mall lad escaped from the gang, bat
While. they were returning from work
asst evening, Guard Chss Headrick
pied the fugitive at the corner Of
Mulberry and Beal street. Alter
harp chase the lad was recaptured.