Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-09
THE CITY.
LKDeKR LINKS.

LEDGER LINkS.
Strawberries, Jos. P. Carey & Co.
0zanne & Mays new store, 257 Main.
Lowest temperature this morning,
49o.
Creamery butter 35c, s. L. Moore
& Co.
Brown & Jones. coal dealers, 282
Main street.
Lake Erie salmon at Seessel's mar
ket, 33l Main.
Cocoanut candy l5c per pound at
Lyle & Shields.
Select oysters 12lc per dozen, Sig
naigo's market, 27S Second.
A beautiful rendition of "La Mas.
cote" is anticipated tonight.
Pebble spectacles and fine window
shades, at e. Wright's, 1865 Main.
Bullion" -four, pat. process, extra
fine, Sc 70 per Dbl, S. L. Moore & Co.
Parties are figuring on another
mask ball to come off week from
Wednesday next.
Sheriff Cannon continues confined
to his room where be has been i'll ever
since his election.
The red car line enjoyed heavy
passenger traffic yesterday conveying
people out to Elmwood and back.
The spotted veil so much worn by
ladies when out for a walk is charged
with being injurious to tbe.eyes.
1t was raining early this morning in
North Texas, and more than an inch
of'rain fell during last night at and
about New Orleans.
The Hon. james Brizzolari was de-
feated last week for Mayor of Fort
Smith, by Henry Oarnall, the regular
Democratic nominee.
The city of New Orleans has been
almost deluged with rain within the
past few days. The rainfall of Satur-
day, yesterday and last night exceeded
| 8 inches.
The number of prizes drawn by
Memphians in the Louisiana Lottery
causes the sale Of tickets always to be
large in this city. The next drawing
takes place Tomorrow.
At noon to-day the water level at
Cairo lacked about II feet of extreme
high water mark, and the total rise
since the 18th of last month, when the
swell began, has been II feet.
Asmall fire occurred Saturday eve
ming at AZ johnson avenue, in the
northern Suburbs,a one story tenement
being burned. Loss, about 5000,
insured for S400 in the Sun Company
of England.
The work of demolishiDg Asbury
Chapel, corner Of Linden and Her
nando streets, began this morning.
The inside Of the edifce looked as if
general insurrectiOn had taken place
there before the hour Of eight.
Open traps in store rooms with no
guard rails around are very numerous
10 this city, and are dangerous to life
and limb. A little attention to this
matter by the public authorities might
save few lives in the near future.
Prices Of leading articles we're of
in Chicago to-day. The noon telegram
to the Merchants Exchange quotes
. mess pork at $3.50 per Dbl, and 1Oc
below Saturday lard, 1115, and Sc
of; Q T s, 9.77l, and 2Ic of; wheat
lO2l, and 70 down; and corn 5ll, and
to up.
: The Irish citiEens here in sympathy
with the Land League, are to hold
meeting tomorrow night, the
! object being to choose delegate tC
; sttend the Land League convention
which is to be leld at the Knight o.
the Red Branch hall in this city or
r the 18th inst.
7 Victor D. Fuchs market, 80 and Al
5 Jefferson, hes received fresh lot O.
spring lamb and green peas, as we'll al
Maekinaw trout, red snappers anC
Reelfoot Lake perch and trout. The,
deliver fresh fish and meats earl,
. every morning in time for breakfast
Lesye orders for supplies.
The funeral Of Richard Taylor wa
n very largely attended yesterday after
noon by his cOlored friends from tn,
residence Of Captain JnO. +. Willins, Oh
. Cynthia street. The remains werr
escorted to Avery chapel by tn
various Masonic societies to which h,
:, belonged aud thence to Elmwoo,
Cemetery.
The markets Of this city we're sup
piled on Saturday with HON
grown rsdishes, esChallots an,
greens; while new potatoes
beets, csbbsges fresh peas an,
snap beans wero there from garden