Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
THE CITY.
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down to. day.
COcoanut candy l5c per pound a
Lyle & Shields.
Select oysters l21c per dozen, Sig
naigo's market, 279 Second.
Pebble spectscles and fine windov
shades, at E. Wright's, 1855 Main.
The pear and apple trees are YER
beautiful now in their full blossomet
dresses.
The posts set in the graves of tn
dead at Calvary cemetery are to b,
taken up.
The sixty>fOurth anniversary of tn,
Odd Fellows occurs two weeks from
Thursday next.
Cool weather checks the growth Of
young crops, and too much rain keep
the farmer behind.
The Kate Claxton dramatic troupe
is to open here for three nights, be-
ginning next Monday.
On the road from here to Little
Rock two passenger trains will be rur
tomorrow and each day thereafter.
Theodore Thomas has arranged fol
"a concerts in various cities during
the next three months, and three vii
be given here.
The sale Of choice and reserved seats
for the Mozart musical festival viii
be at auction, and commence on the
24th of this month.
The oratorio Of the "Stabat Mater, >
Rossini's great production, is to be
rendered at st. Peters Catholic
church tomorrow night.
The Haverly opera troupe play al
Jackson, Tenn, tomorrow night, and
first class musical treat is in store
for the play going people there.
Away down in southwest Texas
many planters have finished putting in
their corn. Up this way many have
not yet plowed their fields for it.
The remains Of Mr.. B. Aspinal,
not Aspinwall, as il has been FREE
quently misprinted, were forwarded to
Illinois for final interment this morn.
ing.
The demand for mules and horses
in this market has fallen off and is
very slack at the present time, while
large supply is in the hands Of
traders.
In the absence Of Judge Pierce at
Nashville as delegate to the Grand
Lodge X. of H. Judge Greer now &C.
eupies two courts-the Circuit and
the Criminal.
1t is expected that trains will be
running over the Mobile and N. W.
K. r. from Glendale, opposite Helena,
to Clarksdale, on the SunAower, BY
the last of this week.
A delegate to the Philadelphia land
league convention is to be appointed
tonight by the Igishmen of this city,
and meeting for the purpose takes
place at the Red Branch hall.
Esq, Winters was fined 81, 90 for tar.
diness at the School Board meeting
yesterday, aud the fine was afterward!
RENTED BY one majority. 1t would
have been Q tie vote except for hil
own.
Lowest temperature this morning
$50, and range yesterday 49, to GO
The wind was light from the south.
east this morning, and shifted from
east to northeast, then to southeast on
yesterday.
1t was raining at Nashville this
morning, and heavy rain was falling
up in Nebraska, extending as far az
the Mississippi river in Minnesota
Rain is threatened to.day in Missouri
Iowa aud the West Gulf States.
Citizens Of German origin here arc
moving actively in the work Of qettint
up a Maiiest, or marrymaking festival
The several German societies have
appointed committees and Mr.. Joseph
Uhl has been selected as thePresident
The choir Of St. Peters church will
render Che orstorio "Stabat Mater
without orchestral accompaniment TO.
morrow wednesday, night. Lovers
Of fine music will be present in large
NUMBERS.
1t is costing this city nearly 500
per week to take care of its prisoners
and the county also encounters heav,
expense in the same line. The Island
seems to have been the best, tn,
cheapest and the most profitable wa,
yet tried.
The city schools are $25,5S3.33 il
debt. and on the 18th inst, the amour
on hand in bank was only $S,229.el
The school hours were again changed
by the school board yesterday, and ar,
after this to be dismissed at half pas
three in the afternoon.