Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-12

water. confectionery opened to-day at
347 Main street. Homemade, pure
candies a speciality.
No camp stools or folding chairs
will be allowed to be brought into the
Exposition building by those holding
general admission tickets to theMusic
| Festival.
The Hess Opera Troupe, which
played there two weeks ago, are to
open the new Princess Opershouse
at Winnipeg, in Manitoba, next Mon
day night.
Several cart loads OF garnester's i'm
plements were publicly burned az
| Nashville on Thursday last. There
were II faro and roulette layouts,
poker tables, lot Of chips, chuek-a-
luck box and other devices known to
the profession.
In their anxiety for the good the
| city fathers seem to have forgotten the
beautiful. The grass in Court Square
has not been cut for an age and gen>
eral air of dust and desolation reigns
about the place. 1t should De atten-
ded to at once.
Lowest temperature this morning
5lo. Range yesterday 81 TO Coz. The
wind was northeast yesterday and this
morning The forecast favors SOUTH
erly winds, warmer weather and local
rains in the West Gulf States, also in
the Ohio and Missouri valleys.
A very enjoyable and quite profta~
Bile social entertainment was held at
the residence of Colonel r. T. Looney,
on Adams street, last evening, for the
benefit of the Strangers church. The
vocal and literary exercises on the oc-
casion we're highly entertaining.
Dan Griffin and Ed Turney, the two
rufians who assaulted Henry Hardee
without cause on the corner of Main
aud Monroe streets a few days ago,
we're sentenced by Judge Greer to~day
to pay foe of $50 each, and serve
80 days in the county Jail or work.
house.
POmpano, Spanish mackerel, blue
fish, for Sunday breakfast; red snaps
pers, Mackinaw trout, spring lamb,
spring chickens, fresh meats, vegeta-
bles, strawberries, etc.. for Sunday
dinner, at Victor D Fuchs market,
80 and IL Jefferson street. Leave
ordersfOr free delivery Sunday morn
ing.
The local Board of Health will hold
a meeting this evening to nominate an
Inspector to take charge of the quar-
antine station at the foot of Presi-
dents Island. He will be in the pay
Of the National Board of Health until
June End, and after that the city will
probably retain him.
Advices from the weather Office at
Washington city are to the effect that
the appropriations being nearly ex
hausted, the officials do not feel au.
thorizsd to hire civilians to assist in
the work at weather stations where
the regular observer is sick, and there
are no enlisted assistants available for
assignment.
A partyof young people from Beal
street, and vicinity, filled three omni-
buses quite early this morning, and
they went for drive to the country
for a regular picnic. The horses at
tached to the buses were decorated
with ribbons and steamers, and they
we're apparently as gay as the gsyrst of
the frOlickers.
The holders of Helena bonds are to
have a conference with certain COM
missioners regarding the city debt on
Monday next, and a special train has |
been rendered for the commissioners
use from st. Louis over the Iron |
Mountain railway. Unless the diff |
Guilty is arranged the people are to |
vote on the question Of surrendering |
the city charter on the 9th inst.
Major John 7. Burns, representing |
the Memphis Land and Timber Com, |
psny, concluded a trade yesterday By |
which the Ozark Land Company, Of |
St Louis, closes out sale OF 100000 |
acres of land located in twenty six
counties Of Arkansaw. and mostly in
the eastern part Of the State. The
money was paid over and the papers
signed yesterday.
The great cigarist, Sol Coleman,
who has been East for the past two
weeks purchasing new line OF Ha-
vana cigars and fixtures to ornament
his new store, which he will occupy
By June LIST, is expected home for the
festival. Mr.. Sol Coleman intends
making his new stand a treat to the
eyes OF his patrons, and supplying
them with the latest brands Of cigars
that can be obtained in the market.
Several instances have occurred
lately Of unauthorized persons acting
as constsbles. Many have even gone
so far as to eject ignorant tenants
from houses under pretended authori.
ty Of the law. This is grave INSIDE
meanor, and punishable by heavy
penalty. The constables have re.
solved to make an example of this
class, as soon as a suitable case is de-
iected. Some mock cheap John con
stable may expect to find himself in
the hands of sure enough officer Of
the law one Of these days.
A we'll known citizen in retail
business who can tell money as we'll
by the sense of touch as BY sight Was
rather put out this morning in toying
With what he had taken in for a quar-
ter to discover that it was only a
twenty cent piece. The smooth edge
had been carefully clipped or fled in
imitation OF the milled edges Of a
quarter. The forger, however, left a
few vacant spaces, hence the discovery
by the retailer who has learned by Wong
experience the legal number Of mills
to quarter and keeps a well shar.
pened finger nail for. the purpose.