Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-13

the OnAuteIJ court. All lor account OF
cases in litigation before the court,
and the Clerk and Master has the
cash to settle every claim. NNJI
The Clearinghouse report this week
shows an increase of business Of about
40 per cent over the same week last
year. IL is about the same 10 volume,
however, IS for the corresponding
week in 1881, also in 1880.
The wet goods-no misnomer,
either--pulled out Of the. wreck in
the lowensteins mammoth cellar will
be worth as much as $4,000. A cons
siderable quantity will be found IN
hurt except With dampness.
The Adah Richmond Carrot" par
" close their engagement here with
to>night's performance, and 20 next to
jackson. Tenn, Milton MOBILES will
open Monday night, to be followed by
the Esmeralda troupe next Thursday.
The new Gsyoso House begins to
shape up handsomely. The south
wall has been covered with concrete
and limitations Of stone. aud it really
looks already better than il could
possibly have done when first erected.
An undisputed fact that Ko.Ko
Tulu chewing gum will cure ali the
ailments OF the throat, ETC., that the
manufacturer claims for it. II has
been tried, and soon testimonials will
be circulated to corroborate it.
Among the assortment Of eatables at
Sc sells market. 3Sl Main, may be
named Reelfoot lake, perch, oysters
celery. choice veal, lamb, chickens,
oorned beef, fresh meats OF all kinds,
pure pork sausage, Wiener Wurst, etc.,
etc. Leave orders for Sunday deliv.
cry. q
The price of coffee has advanced
20 per pound on all classes withia the
past six weeks. The crop 10 Brazil is
short this season. Coffee has not va
ried in value more than o cent per
pound for more than two years past
until the recent upward advancement
set in. ~
A bale Of fancy cotton passed
through here yesterday from Batesville
for the Exposition at Louisville, and
it was ginned on that unnvalled gin
down near Batesville, which never
fails to do its work in superior
manner. The gin owner charges $40
per bale to nut a bale in shane to win
q prize. tr
The cotton crop is rolling into mar
ket at an unusually lively gait, and
buyers are taking it up as fast as it
comes The crop is half gathered in
the uplands, and about one third in
the valley is picked. In the hills fifty
cents per hundred weight Of good cot
ton is the rate pickers are paid, and 10
the valleys sixty 70 seventy>6ve cents
per hundred weight.
Increased culture Of grass and grain
in the south, is recently urged by
Eastern and Southern people who do
not work the fields. Those who own
the ground aud delge therein tried the
diversified crop system thoroughly for
several successive years between 81
and 50 and they did not like it, They
raised little or no cotton during that
period aud they have raised little else
since.
Victor D. Fuchs market, 80 and Al
Jefferson street, is we'll supplied with
choice eatables. For Sunday dinner
nothing is more enjoyable than red
snapper or Mackinsw trout. Lake
Erie salmon, perch, quails, SQUIRRELS
oysters. celery, horseradish, red cab.
bage Tor picking, new Shaker pre-
serves, veal outlets, and fresh meats Of
all kinds, embrace avariety for the
selection OF housekeepers. Orders
lett tosday will be delivered Sunday
Seven killers we're hung yeterday
including Ellis Craft, who brutally
mangled the Gibbons children neal
Maryville, Ky; Carl Bach, In Bowl.
ing Green, Ohio; Mann, who killed 4
| r. Cook, his wife and two children
in Canada; Jack Radford. who killed
his wife at Cleveland; Bill johnson
who killed Calvin Williams &C Menti.
cello, Ark three years ago, and Mel.
son Cooper with Sam Daley, who on
Wednesday night killed Dick Win.
took at Russellyille, KY The two
last were hung by mob. laf
The sensitive nature of some people
is q marked feature OF an especially
character, and it is really surprising to
see how quick the tender-footed and
thoughted class imagine themselves
unkindly alluded to when they are
not hurt, and no intention Of casting
reflections was designed. The same
persons often stand any amount OF
fattery, even though it be piled on far
above season or justice, and they
never find any fault about it, but 50
swags the world along. This item is
only designed to set those to thinking
who can make an application Of il.
The Little Rock Gazette of yester
day makes the following handsome no.
tice Of the coming Memphis races
"a very handsome aud attractive
catalogue Of the fall meeting Of the
Memphis Jocky Club, to begin Mon
day, October 22d, has been received
from Mr.. Ed. Hart, Secretary Of the
Club. The Memphis races are always
the scene Of some Of the finest racing
in thu whole country, and this year
our sister city promises to Guido all
former efforts. Many Of the most mo-
ted flyers are in attendance. No doubt
numbers Of our citizens will take ad.
vantage Of the low rates offered BY
railroads and steamboats, and 20 over .