Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-03

Victor d. Fuchs market, So and a
Jefferson, Is well supplied with seasonabls
eAtables Among The list may be named
prairie chickens, quails, squirrels, red
snappers, Mackinaw trout, Reel Foot
lake perch, oysters, celery, choice fresh
meats nom Kansas City, etc. Leave
orders for delivery Sunday morning
The Chicago Telegram TO the Mer.
chants Exchange to-day at noon quote.
low pork at 500, and l0c above last
evening; crs S6.45 and Sc up; lard. 81. %
and 21Sc down; wheat 94,< and &c high.
er corn, 4Sk. and lac higher. At st
Louis corn was 44c, and nc up; oats, DC
and Nc down, and ors 1915 and un'
changed.
&kvery drugstore, confectioner and gro
Ger should have Ko-ko on sale. 1t Is
delightful and fragrant chewing gum, and
home enterprise. The manufacturer
are expanding thousands Of dollars to
wards creatiRg a demand for the gum, and
all dealers should, with some degree Of ap
probation, make every effort In lis behalf
The report Of the past six months of the
Aid Department Of the Merchants Elk
change, made by Secretary Keeling to
day, shows 4 membership OF 1856 and ap.
plicants accepted numbering s besides
The cash receipts amount TO Sl644, The
expenditures TO SIS 05 and the cash OF
hand TO 1855 IS. On Wednesday mex
five directors for the Mutual Aid Society
are 10 be elected.
The Central Baptist church will cole
brato to-morrew morning the anniversary
Of Pastor Lamar's work among them
The First Baptist church will be closed
and Its pastor and congregation will wor
ship at the Central. Pastor Lamar viii
preach an appropriate sermon and DR.
Gambrell, Of Mississippi, and others will
deliver addresses.
Constable Mike Garvin is just al
present the biggest man in the Eighth
ward. 1t is girl cherub and represents
the exact number of Mons Garvin'i
wants. As part Of the coincidence Il
Is, Of course, an eight FOUNDER Mr. Gar
win has been Identified with the ward Sc
long il Is not probable he will move out
at least for the present
The Cal Wagner minstrel party have
turned the tables on the Corinthians, who
cut shines and enjoyed few days Of un'
pleasant reflections on the minstrel party
II appears now that the whole thing wal
cooked up by an injured innocent or tive
who wanted free admittance into the show
The way it now appears the minstreli
have decidedly the best Of the airing.
The Sells Brothers circus will be al
Meridian, Miss, next Thursday and al
Jackson on Friday The Emma Abbott
opera troupe open at st. Louis for week
next Monday. Among the features Of tn,
latter this season is Zelda Seguin Wallace
who has made up and rejoined the troupe
after two years separation, and also The
great baritone Tagliapietra. The compa'
ny is a strong one as now organized.
The unkindest cut yet is that perpe.
trated by the Yicksburg Evening Post in
copying brilliant cotton editorial from
this journal and crediting it TO another
What makes the matter worse is that the
writer Of the article is receiving nearly
i've hundred dollars months for work
ing such matter into shape for the public
edifcation, while the Journal credited
pays barely six bits a week for similar
ervice.
Our colored fellow-citizens met in large
numbers last night and through theil
most cultivated minds gave expression L
their dissatisfied feelings over the recent
Supreme Court decision on the civil right
question. The colored people may agitat,
the matter until dooms-day and It vii
not benefit their cause. Industry, good
conduct, education and the accumulation
Of property will secure them all theil
rights in social and other spheres, in The
due course of time, if anything will. but
public meetings and complaints will nevel
help them one bit.