Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-27

The Barrett 4 70. circus Will exs
hibit ct Dysrsburg to day and May
field. KY. tomorrow. Mr.. Barrett Is
q kinsman Of the Sells Bros. and one
Of the latter was here with the show.
The Sells are the Company Of the firm.
The light frosts throughout Iowa
and in portions Of Illinois, Kansas,
Nebraska and Dakota, night before
last did little harm to vegetation.
The SORT crop Of that region has pref
ty well mltured, and is past being
damaged by cool weather.
Our housekeepers and others inter-
ested should not put of cleaning their
carpets, furniture, rugs, blankets. etc.
The only place where this work can be
done properly is heTennesseeRenOy
ting Company, Chickasaw armory
building. Send your orders or call.
Ever so much paint has been used
recently in adjoining business houses
and private residences. The painters
have had all the work they could att
tend to and many will be kept busy
throughout the winter. The weather
has favored them and they have lost
no time.
Choice Reelfoot lake perch, Maeki-
nav trout, red snsppers, gulf shrimps,
venison steaks and roasts, chickens,
fresh meats Of all kinds and new
Shaker preserves embrace the eata-
bles to be found at Victor. D. Fuchs
market, 80 and Al Jefferson. A ship
ment of celery will arrive tonight.
Mr.. ]. L. Goodbar, having been
very lucky on Gubernatorial election
bets, is now anxious to find some one
willing to wager a few thousands
against bin on the yield Of the ensu.
ing cotton crop. His estimates range
from 100000 to 6,25O,OOO, and be
proposes $1,000 on these and inferno.
date figures.
1t has been nearly nine weeks since
the big FIRE on Front street, near Gay
oso, and smoke still rises, while a
blaze now and then curls above the
smoking ruins. A number OF those
who do business in the vicinity are
made too sick every day to enjoy their
dinners, all on account Of the nasty
odor they are afflicted with.
The chalk marks on the Cotton TX
change blackboard giving quotations
for the local market we're reduced
per cent. on some grades at noon yes
terday, but before the day closed they
we're put up again to the prices pre-
viously ruling. The tone Of this
market was in a huetuating mood, and
cotton men we're somewhat puzzled to
know exactly how it ought to be
quoted. -
The Queen City Of the 0zarks, is
the neat appellatiOn Of Springfield,
No, with which we are shortly to be
in close trading connection by means
Of the Kansas City railroad. 1t is said
to be a handsome place, drives a
thrifty trade, and one Of its leading
business streets is named after old
Daniel Boone, the great bear hunter
and Indian fighter.
There will be a special service in
memory of Mrs. Fannie Moody (nee
Young, wife Of the pastor, ]. H.
Moody, at Georgia street church, this
evening at 8 o'clock, conducted by a
number Of the city pastors. This is
the anniversary Of both her birth and
marriage, and Georgia street church
is the place of her early conversion,
union with the church and Sabbath
school aud her marriage.
Our President, not the national, but
the incompatible, unapproachable
Hadden, is anxious to have a jamboree
Of the barbecue order for the Kansas
City people when they come. The
trouble about hal is, the visitors are
coming here to see something new and
novel, and out in the wild woods
where they have had no railways since
the food, the only kind Of fun they
could enjoy, for generations, has been
barbeeues and circuses. They want
fresh sights aud sounds, like a Mozart
musical festival, for example.
The firm of Schwab & Co, clothing
merchants, formerly o fthis city, where
it made its start, some twenty years
ago, and where in subsequent years it
established a large and lucrative BUSH
ness, have become embarrassed
through the Mayer failure in New
York. The Schwabs moved to St.
Louis from here some four or five
years ago, and later added L. Seiden-
bach to the firm. The liabilities are
reported to be about 100000, Of
which 100000 is for merchandise and
100000 endorsed paper. The prefer