Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-23

That shipment Of choice cuts Of beef
from Kansas City will arrive to-day, and
can be found on the marble counters at
Victor ID. Fuchs market, 80 and II JEFF
ferson.
Seessels market, 8Sl Main street offers
oysters, celery, red snappers, Mackinaw
trout, Reelfoot lake perch, sausage, Weiner
| Wurst, and all kinds Of fresh meats.
Leave orders for prompt delivery.
Some Of the winners of pools at the
races yesterday afterwards invested IN
tickets In the Little Havana Lottery. The
next drawing takes place Friday, and the
sales Of tickets close on Thursday.
The stage of White river is higher at
Batesville, Ark, than at any time forten
years past except in May Of last year;
Much damage has beeen done to lowland
farms along the banks OF the upper White
river.
The LEDGER is indebted to Mr., }. Ii
Mcdonald, Secretary, for complimentary
tickets and an invitation to attend the
Kerrville Fair-an invitation that is ap-
preciated and would be gladly accepted j
there was anybody to spare from the
staff
The first passenger train over thekansa.
I CITY railway arrived last night about
dark, meeting some delay at the Owen
crossing, but coming through with quick
dispatch From this time forward the
trains on the road will move on schedule
time.
A number Of people are complaining
about the open cars on the red line, and
another class equally numerous take the
open cars and hope they will not be with.
drawn until cold weather. Both sets can
be satisfied by waiting for the kind Of ear
they like best.
The fendish boy burner Albrtten, ha:
been expelled from the order Of Odd
Fellows, and the expulsion will be pro-
mulgated in every lodge Of the order in
America, so that more than half million
Of Odd Fellows may be informed Of the
mans intamy.
Over one thousand five cent packages
Of ko-ko Tulu chewing gum were con
sumed at the race course yesterday. To-
day the ladies should each have a package
Of this delightful, sweet and fragrant gum
Ask for Ko-KO Tulu. None genuine
without the signature on each pink wrap
per.
The tally no coach carried 10 people out
10 the races yesterday. The coach is near
" a fac smile OF the old stage coach in
which the last generation used TO travel
from town to town between which there
were no nayigable streams. 1t is elegant
to 60 a dozen miles in, but three day
trip straight through is agony.
On the return from the races last even
ing Capt, Carnes had a wheel knOcke of
of his carriage by stroke from passing
buggy. The ladies were dumped out in
the road. They were not hurt, and took
it good naturally, The party divided out
among friends passing in buggies and car
riages and got home all right.
The Kansas City railway train which
arrived Sunday and came into the city
for delivery yesterday, had ilfty-eight cars
Of freight, of which fourteen are for points
further south, and forty.four for this mar
ket The latter included twenty-siX cars
of meat and lard, eleven Of oats, three Of
corn, one Of bran and one Of sundries.
The bankers clearings Tor last week
showed an increased volume Of 81 per
cent over the same week last year, and
Kansas City increase was PAS per cent.
The increase at Providence, r. l., was
29.5 per cent, and the three cities namsd
led all others in the per centage OF in
crease There was decrease both al
New York and Boston.
Cotton receipts here to-day, Sli2 bales,
against 2lj7 same day last year, 2820 the
war hnfora and ngJ4 In fgSD Ranai,,fs
at New Orleans, j5ll, against 7464; at
Galveston, 2Oi2 against 1929; at Savan.
nah, 5i0i, against 1916; at Charleston
1875. against 30iS. The total receipts. SC
far this season, at New Orleans is 1906
bales ahead Of last year; at Galveston
about 1000 ahead; Charleston. 500 ahead
Savannah, 200 ahead, and Mobile is Y,
900 behind Here the receipts are 1871
bales ahead Of last year.