Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-18
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FLYERS tonight.
Strawberries, Lyle & Shields.
Bath tubs, at F. j. Turnbull's.
Perfect French cersets, Lange's.
Refrigerators at Schwarzenberg's.
Water coolers at Damned Mays.
Malskoff Bitters, ]. P. Carey & Co.
H. L. Guion. agent for Estival Park.
Brown & jones. coal dealers, 2S2
Main street.
Pebble spectacles and fne window
shades, at E. Wright's, 365 Main.
Seekers after amusement should not
fail to attend Estival Park tonight.
Professor Saxby grand matineeSat-
urday at Exposition. See advertisement
The summer picnic and school
closing entertainments are next in
order as matters of interest.
Revue de la Mode, Young Lady's
Journal and Popular Monthly, all for
June, at Corwins's, No. 283 Main.
Fine carpets do not make photo
graphs but artists of skill do. There
fore go to Cottage Gallery for fine
work.
The thermometeric depression of
to day, and a day or two previous, has
had racking influence on rheumatic
people.
If the Selma railway fails to build
a eulvert on lower Main street within
the contracted time, somebody else
will do it.
A lecture is to be delivered tonight
at the Central Baptist church, on
Second street, near Beal, by DR.. AID.
Mayo. and the subject will be Amer
lean Brains in American Hands"
Kentucky spring chickens, fresh
Kentucky butter, spring lamb, veal,
fresh meats and vegetables of all kinds
at Victor D. Fuchs market, 80 and
Al Jefferson street. Leave orders for
delivery.
a public water trough will shortly
be ready for use on the bluff near that
not ornamental but very useful struc-
ture the FIRE extinguishing shanty, and
another trough is to be erected on
Beal street.
Next Wednesday regular drawing
Of the Little Havana Lottery will take
place. There are only $1,000 tickets
issued, at 81 each, and the capital
prize is $4,000, with number of val
liable prizes for lesser amounts.
There is healthy. active movement
and confident feeling of security in
real estate, in town and country. De-
mand and sales are frequent, the alb
stract, also Registers Offices are busy
night and day, and rents are frmer.
The Thomas orchestra augmented
to. 100 players, with a chorus 500
strong gave Gounod's Redemption"
at Cincinnati last night to an audience
OF 1000 people. The audiences here
were fully equal in point of numbers.
A brisk southeast wind prevailed
here all Of last night and to-day. The
lowest temperature this morning was
690, and the range yesterday 68 to 800.
There was very slight sprinkle Of
rain before and after dark last even>
ing, but it wasn't enough to count.
To night at Estival Park the FLYERS
Club, composed of some of our leading
young gentlemen. will give picnic,
and there will doubtless be
a large gathering of fun loving
people. The best of order will pres
vail, and good time is assured to all
who attend.
1t was raining this morning over
along the eastern slope of the Rockies,
in north Texas, Nebraska and Dakota;
and heavy rains fell yesterday along
the upper Mississippi. AT Keokuk
the river rose very considerably. The
forecast for to-day is rain in the West
Gulf States, the Ohio and the Mis-.
souri, valleys, followed by colder wealth
or in the latter.
The Chesapeake, Ohio and South
western railroad are to be requested
by the city authorities to complete
their levee paving work in accordance
with their contract, and the authoTi-
ties have resolved to remove the rail-
way tracks along Promenade street
unless the railway companies pave
between and along side of said tracks
within teR days.
MesSTs AiyermoFe, Burke aud Lee
are 70 confer with contractor Biper to
see il an arrangement cannot be made
to pave Second street from Poplar TO
Beal at once, so as to relieve Main
street Of a portion of the heavy traffic
now passing over that highway. The
| funds on hand are not sufficient to pay
! for the york, bat the authorities are
aiming to apply all back tax oolleo-
tons toward the enterprise, as last %
it can be collected.
In the Criminal Court this forenoon
the case Of the gamblers against the
State upon the coustitutionality Of
the recent prohibition act occupied
attention, and Judge Thomas w.
Brown spoke from half past nine to
half past eleyeH, making a pogeriul
argument ip behalf Of The State. 0n
I yesterday Colonel CAN'T made q strong
argument 10 behalf OF the gamesters
At noon to-day General Turner spoke
> on the side Of the State. and he will
s bo foIlovyad hy Hon naeo, w.. r