Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-30
LEDGER LINES.

Iolanthe.
A soaking soaker.
@. P. corsets, Lange's.
Clearly washed streets to-day.
Refrigerators at Schwarzenberg's.
Water coolers at Ozanne Il Mays.
The bayou is chock full of water.
Refrigerators, at f. j. Turnbull's.
SINNERS and Saints" at Williams
MalakOf Bitters, j. P. Carey & Co,
Gulleys plentiful on the highways.
JERSEY butter at Seessel's market,
33l Main. M tas
Brown 4 Jsnes. coal dealers, 2S2
Main street.
Those fine photos only 81 per dozen
at the Cottage Gallery.
The new Main street theater is to
cost sixty thousand dollars.
The rain set in in earnest about
half past one this morning
The sun struggled through the
clouds at II this forenoon.
The rain was needed, but not SO CO..
pious dose oft, all at once.
Pure Vermont maple sugar, in
bricks at Oliver, Finnie & Cos.
Pebble spectacles and fine window
shades, at E. Wright's, 365 Main.
Directly under the heaviest clouds
was this city during this mornings
rain.
The concert in the interest of Mrs.
Hattie Trezevant has been postponed
until Monday next.
The thunder rolled and the lights
ming flashed at lively rate in the
early hours Of this morning.
"Iolanthe" at the theater a week
from Tomorrow night. by sixty chill
dren under training by Mrs. Q. H.
Fits.
Very choice red snappers and blue
fish we're received this morning at
Victor d. Fuchs market, 80 and al
Jefferson.
The New Cotton Exchange fund
was yesterday swollen to S5l 900, and
from appearances will soon be nearly
double that.
The fellow who pounded a little
darky named Henry Hardee, some-
time ago, Dan Griffin by name, es
capped from the changing yesterday.
The trial Of James Meath, who shot
sign instead Of man, will come up
Friday next in the Criminal Court.
Judge Greer has gone to jackson to,
day. I
From three to four dozen dogs bite
the dust, or mud, every day through
police agency, but the population
could stand forty times that and then
not be missed.
A musical sOiree is to occur at Mrs.
k. G. Brinkley's tonight, and among
the singers will be Misses Sophia
Houston, Jennie Montgomery and
Minnie Hunter.
No cotton kilograms from New
York or Liverpool, or market news
from other points to day, owing to
decoration services and the general
DatiOnal holiday.
Several lucky individuals will pay
the expenses of a summer trip to the
mountains and sea shore out of a
prize drawn in the Little Havana
Lottery next week,
The N. B. H. threatened tc die on
the second of next month, but has
changed Its mind and will struggle
hungrily onward, clamoring IS it
travels for rations from the public
crib.
Very damp and dull about the
courthouse tosday, partly on account
Of the rain and partly because the
majority Of the attorneys are away at
jackson attending the Supreme
Court.
Lowest temperature this morning
go, with wind southeast. Range Of
temperature yesterday 81 to 76o, and
the wind shifted from southwest to
southeast, afterwards to the east, and
! then back to SOUTHEAST.
| Some have an idea that the change
Of the moon caused the rain clouds ia
collect over this vicinity, hut the
moon changed the same way where the
skies we're clear and where there will
be no rain for several days.
Alta quarter before 2 o'clock tli,
| mQrDing tie residence Of John l..
EichbeTg, 4l3 Poplar street, was struck
J by lightning and a CORNER was knocked
out Of the house. No one huEt, anC
he damage TO the premises is limited
Housekeepers will do we'll to call a
the Tennessee Renovating Company
Cbickssaw ArmogV, and leave ORDER
TO have their furniture, carpets snl
rugs Cleaned aud made 70 look FIX
new.
/. ] ~ ~ 80 Sy~NpNIN DECUINGu lgN
terday aud the day before ell over thl
region between the Ohio and tn,
lakes. Here it was as calm as duck
pond until early this morning. alte
which duck ponds we're literally yer,
numeJous,
About daybreak this morning
thunderbolt bolted from aloft, and /
seemed to cause houses 10 lump a
, least three Ipohes above their lounda
tons. Of course the houses did no
do 30 odd a thing, but various peopl
thought they did.
Between one this morning and sun
J, rise nearly II inches Of rain fell owe
this city, BY actual measurement, an
calculating the area Of the city at 400
acres, over million and a quartz
b. tons Of water fell within the CORPORA
tien limits during the time alluded h
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