Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-24

tigation of the County Insane Asylum,
Fresh can and bulk oysters at Glenn.
ent's; also, choice lot Of Reelfoot
perch.
Thirteen carloads of horses left
yesterday for Nashville and one for
Louisville.
Just received at Clements q very
choice lot Of pompano and red snap
per, from the Gulf.
Wolf river was putting out freely
last night and this morning and many
saw logs went sdrift.
During the twenty>four hours end
ing Sunday evening the rainfall al
Nashville measured sos inches.
Large shipment extra choice pom
PIANO for sale very low at Victor d
Fuchs market, 80 and Al Jefferson
street.
A report last evening in Louisville
of an accident to the flyer Drake
Carter was untrue. Drake was here
ct the time.
The necessary amount has been
subscribed for the Jockey Club
grounds, and five men put their names
down for $4,000 each.
The Quapaw Guards and Athletic
Association at Little Rock, met last
night to decide upon whether or not
they will consolidate.
The old Nicolson pavement from
Market street to Poplar on Second. has
been torn up and is being rapidly
made ready for the PAYERS.
The people of Little Rock few
days since welcomed Miss Bessie
Pierce home after an absence of sevt
eral months in New York City. The
lady is well and very favorably known
in this city.
Over twenty of our most prominent
amateurs have already volunteered to
assist at the grand entertainment for
the benefit of the Sisters of the Good
Shepherd next Tuesday evening at
Leubrie's Theater.
The deputy clerk of the State Su-
preme Court at Jackson, Mr.. d. P.
Davis, came down to attend the funeral
of his brother yesterday, and returned
home last night, accompanied by Miss
Prescott, Of Chelsea.
This is the last day to secure tickets
in the Little Havana Lottery, as the
drawing takes place tomorrow. There
are number OF valuable prizes, $4,000
being the chief one. Only 10000 tick
cts are issued at 50 each.
The trade for the new race course
is about closed. and it will be located
in the rear of H. A. Montgomery's
boulevard residence, not very far
from Olympic Park, and convenient
to rail as well as street car lines.
The Ladies Library Association
met yesterday and appointed a com
mittee to call on the gentlemen who
subscribed to the Nash library in the
beginning to see if they were still
willing to make good their offers.
The Feast of the Passover, OF
Pesash, which began last evening,
will last seven days, and it is com
memorative Of the deliverance of the
Jewish people from Egyptian bondage
some three thousand four hundred
years ago.
A stiff northwest wind drove the
thermometer here down to within five
or six degrees offrost point this morn
ing. A good many old newspapers
we're utilized to protect tender plants
in front yards, but they would not
have been nipped without cover.
1t was four degrees colder at Nash.
vile this morning than here. Up in
Nebraska the mercury went down to
Il degrees, and it was about freezing
point at many places in Kansas, Iowa
Minnesota and Wisconsin, while al
st. Louis it was only one degree above
freezing point.
By a vote Of 10 to 9 the COUNTY
Court refused to-day to levy a tax o.
l0c on the 500 valuation to build
turDpikes, but the same tax was levied
to build dirt roads in the country
country property alone to stand the
levy. A tax of loo was also levied fol
NJ. and 0. r. r. and 20 for Raleigh
K. r., all on the 800 valuation.
The funeral of Captain G. B. Davis
took place yesterday evening al three
o'clock. His remains were inferred il
klmwood and the funeral sermon wal
preached by the Rev, DR.. George
White. The pail bearers were CAP
tain james Ryan, Ad Koran, Ton
Walsh and John Flood, Of the Fir,
Department; and William G. Wilkins
FIR. Brennan, Stacker Lee and Rober
Collins, OF the Bluff City Greys.
A dirt road delegation of abou
twenty darkies and six white mel
pane in from the country yesterda,
with red ribbon badges, rode in pro
cession through the streets, and dis
tributed dodgers calling on the peopl
to rise against toll gates. They at
tended the County Court in a bod
and succeeded in having the court re
| fuse permission TO the Pigeon Rocs
Turnpike Company. ''
Messrs, Eugene Leidy, h. Lowep
stein, Sol Coleman and other bidder
this morning for the first choice =
seats at the Mozart concert exhibite
commendable public spirit, as thei
bids certified to the world their fait
in the success Of this mammot
musical entertainment. Their libeY
atty will do much to dissipate m
, popular idea elsewhere that Mem
phians only take interest in the pric
Of cotton and remain in willful ignC
rapp9 ct everything pertaining to al
or culture. =
Must be Sold,