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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-15
mo. 17oo- Rules.
Petition For OIlETIer.
In the First ohanoery Court ofsholby Count,

In the First Chancery Court ofShslby County,
MMEREAs. E. URoUHART. WIN. S
wv BRUCE, VIM X. Moore, II. Weiter, 4
y. Risk, +, M. White, I, u. Hayn % and J. u.
Petit, all citizens Of Shelby county, Tonnes
ing to be Incorporated as q body polite under
the name and style Of THE Tennessee Iron
Manufacturing Company" for the object and
purpose Of manufacturing and dealing inirou
and steel. railway rails, spikes, nails and any
articles Of merchandise from iron and steel;
also for the purpose of mining coal and iron
and vending the samei that they may have
capital stock be fifty thousand dollars. divi led
into shares Of ono hundred dollars each, " iih
power u increase the capital tom
time TO time as the business OF the
corporation may requirei that they mas sue
and DO sued; purchase. hold and sell real
estate; make and establish bylaws, rules and
regulations for the government Of the corp0r-
alton not inconsistent with the Constitution
and laws Of the United States and the state OF
Tennessee; and generally TO have all tn pow.
ers, rights and privileges granted to imilar
corporations.
Its therefore ordered that all persons de-.
string so TO do make their appearance herein
at the court house in the city Of Memphis,
Tennessee, on or before the FIRST Monday In
March, 1875. and show cause, II any thoy
have. why tho prayer Of petitioners snould
not be granted, or tho SAINT will be taken for
confessed and proceeded with ex-parte; and
that a COPY Of this order be published daily
for thirty days In the Memphis Public Ledger.
This January 9, 1875.
A copy Attest:
BY e. b. MoHEYRY, b. q. and NJ.
WILSON x BEARD. Solicitors for petitioners.
ll4-143
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Tuesday, s8d Of February, 1875,

between the hours Of II a IN. and 8 pm. Of
that day, on the southwest corner Of Main
and Madison streets. Memphis. Tennessee,
offer for sale for cash, to tho highest and best
bidder, the following property, to-wit,i situ-
ated, lying and being in the county Of Shelby,
state Of Tennessee, Eleventh Surveyors Dis
trict, range six, section one: Beginning at q
stake In the southeast corner OF said tract;
thence west thirty-eight links TO q white oak
thence west sixty links to a rod-Oak. point
ere. being on tho old Winchester line thence
north forty-tw0 chains and ninety-six links
to a black oak marked J W s and A 2; thence
north seventeen chains to a stake; whence
thirty-fOur links southwest, n Bwect-gum,
sixty-eiRht links northwest. a blaek-gum,
pointers; thence west nineteen chains and
hfty-eight links 10 a stake west side Of branch;
whence north two links a poplar, east thlT-
teen links, three rcd elms, pointers thence
south seventeen chains and eight links to n
stake; whence twelve links. northeast. a
blackjack, east fifty four links TO hickory
pointers; thence west twenty seven chains
and fifty Eight links TO q stake; whonoe south
thirteen links, a blaok-Rum, northwest six
teen links, q hickory, southeast thirty-two
links, an cim. pointers; thence south forty
two chains and eiRhty-two links 10 n large
white-oak: whence north ten links a black
gum west thirty-soven links, a dogwoOd,
north thirty-eight links, O hickory, poiL tiers;
thence east toriy.six chains and forty-eight
links to the beginning; containing two hun-
bred and thirty-three and oighty.threo hun
dredthe acres. The equity OF redemption Is
expressly waived. The title IL believed 10 be
perfect, but l sell only az Trustee,
j.. p. TREZEVANT, Trustee.
WILSON h BEARD, Attorneys. l2l.iOt
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Trustees Sale.

ON THE 26ra DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1876,
" / will sell the following property to the
highest bidder fer cash, IA. carry out the pro-
Visions Of a trust decd made By B. Il. White,
Jr and Fanny o. White, dated January 81,
1879. Wis Lot No. / Of Menken's plan Of sub
division as recorded In the Register office OF
Shelby county, containing 764xl40 feet, more
or less, situate on Manassas street. Redemp-
tion waived, and title perfect, though con-
corner Of Main and Court streets. between 10
and II I'm.
i4-l53 l., IGLAUER, Trustee.
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NEAsOxrC
LODGE.

LODaKs. wv
gorrH NkNPHrs, No. 1ls-meets Cd Friday
4, aaSh mnnth-at Odd Feilows' Hall. b.
F. Ualler, W. NJ; B. K. Pullen, Secretary.
h~FGgRoEA, No. 16e-meets Let Monday In
svery month, at Odd Fellows' Hall. corner
court and Main. John Gordon, W. NJ; u.
Richmond. Secretary.
LENA SooTT, No. B9-meets lst Thursday
" each mouth--at Odd Fellows Hall. A. II.
Davis. w, NJ; A. s. Myers, Secretary.
DxeoTO. No. 2g9-meets Sd Friday OF each
month Odd Fellows' Hall. Ed. Woreham,
". NJ; r. W. Shelton, Secretary.
RiLwrEFfge, No. %1-meets ith Friday Of
sash montb-at odd Fell0ws' Hall. J. A.
Taylor, ". NJ; Jas. y. Carpenter, Secretary.
ROYAL ARCH.
PsNR CHAPTER. No. 2-mests I'd Monday Of
a. N month-at Masonic Hall. in Gayoso
Block. A.. J. Wheeler, M. Z. Il. Pr ]. j.
NEgpafs CgIPTER, No. &-meets az Ma
comic Hall, In Gayoso Block. 30 Monday Of
each month. W. s. Matthews. ID. s. II. Pr
z. ". Shelton. Secretary.
Z. n 8. \.
EUREKA Council, No. meets Sd Thurs-
lay OF each mouth-at Masonic Hall, In Gay.
go Block A. J. Wheeler, tn. H.; c. H..
Myers. Rec.
CYRExE C~OKMASpERY, No. 4-meets 9Th Mon
lay Of each month at Masonic Hal. Gayoso
Block. j. W. Ward, x. c.; I. ]. Barchus.
Isl. ELMO C~oxNASDERY No. Is. u. D.-Mee's
Sd Tuesday Of ea,h month at Masonic Hall
Gayos, Block. B. z. Halter, Z. g.; r. W.
Shelton, Pee.
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Trustees Notice.


DY VIRTUE OF TIE PROVISIONS OF A.
ID trust deed executed 10 me on the 2dday Of
April. 1872, BY Joseph Rogers and Ellen Rog-
ers. 70 secure a certain Indebtedness therein
described, as Viii fulla appear By reference 10
said trust deed. Of record in the Registers
Office Of Shelby. county, in Book So, page 18s;
default having been made In the yme Of
said indebtedness. 1t 1.-THE request OF the beae-
hciary, l will sell at public cutlery 10 the high
est bidder, for cash. %
Wednesday,, March IL, 1875,
between the hours Of 10 a m and IL M. ON
the premises. a certain lot or parcel Of land
situate and being in the city Of Memphis, and
more particularly described as follows. to-wit:
Beginning at q pointon the west side Of Ten
nessee street, sixty feet north Of the dividing
line betweenlots Nos. 10 and II, and forty (40)
feet south Of dividing line between lots IL and
IL in block s on original plan Of South Mem
phis; thence back at right angles with Ten
nessee street, one hundred and twenty 900
feet 70 Chester street; thence north Wardly on
a line with Chester street fifty l50) feet to a
stake in T.. Gartteman's line; thence with 4,
Gartteman's line and at right angles with
Chester street and parallel with the first line
one hundred and twenty (l2O) feet TO Tennes-
see street; thence s~Outhwardly fifty (50l feet
TO the beginning making a front on Tennes-
see street OF fifty (50l feet and running back
between parallel lines to Chester street. with q
front on Chester street Of fifty (50 feet-to-
gether with the buildings and improvements
thereon and the appurtenanees thereto be-
longing. The equity Of redemption Is waived
in said trust deed. Title believed to be good
but i sell md convey only as trustee.
WI. CLAPP, Trustee,
~l43-xx-15l Is Union street.
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7 o. o. ?.
corner Main and North

Odd PsiIows6.HaIl. corner Main and North
Court streets.
MEypH1s LoDeE, No. 6-meets every Tuss-
day. go. Milton. N. g.; George walker,
Y. g.; L. S. Burr. Secretary; Z. Y. hisk,
CEIcK1sAw LnoeE, No. s-moets every Mon
day night. D T. Goodyear. N. g.. r. bud
ley Frayser. v. g.; r. j. Black. r. s.; John
a Holt, Treasurer; Themas Bacon, P. s.
SoHILLER LoDGE, No. l40-meots every We'd
assday night. Henry Schilling, n. g.;
Philip Maurer. Y. g.; Chas. Borner, Secre-
tary; P. Steinbrecher, Treasurer.
BANNER LonsE, No. 147-meets every Friday
night. j. Ross, N. g.; ]. ii. Shepherd, V.
g.; VIM. Henry, P. and R. S.;J. s. wilkins,
BIuTY Cry Lopez. No. ls7-meets every
Tuesday evening at go Second street. g. w.
L. Crook, N. g.; A. Z. Kenneday, V. g.; VI.
II. Moyston, Secretary; Q. Gross, Treasurer.
ESoLMPKEETs.
GAYoso E~EoANPNKST, No. 3-meets on the
lat and Sd Thursday nights Of each month.
John l.. Graf, G. p; Charles NJ. Carroll. II.
P. Frank Underwood, s: W.; Thos. Bacon,
Scribe: p. @. Smith, J. w.
MEMPHIS ENCAKPNREr. No. 39-meets ID and
lth Thursday nighs Of each month. Thos,
L. Risk, @. p; Joe Locke, III, p: VIM. NJ.
HOman, s. W.; II. B Cullen, Scribe; 7. 5.
Bingham, Treasurer; II. Bacser, J.W.
DEGREE LoDGR.
MEMPHIS DEGREE Lopez No 3-Mee6 first
Saturday OF each month. @. NJ. Carroll, d.
NJ; D. G. Trader, d d. NJ; Z. R. Jack. A..
D. M; Thomas S. Bingham. Sec'y; Chas.
Richmond, Treas,
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Attachment Notice.

Fred. Ruser Before John Spelman, JUS
VS.. tice of Peace of Shelby
Dennis Walsh.J county. Tennessee.
TN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT
j. having been sued out under section 3455 of
the Code Of Tennessee, and returned by the
proper officer levied upon the property Of the
that the defendants arc justly indebted to the
plaintiff In the sum Of SIC. so by account, and
that defendant is a nonresident Of the State
of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that de-
PENDANT make his personal appearance be-
fore John Spellman, j. p. on the 18th day Of
March, 1875, at my office on Adams street,
near Second, Memphis, Shelby county, Tenn,
and defend said attachment suit, within the
time prescribed by law, or the same will be
proceeded with ex parte; and that a copy Of
weeks in the Memphis Ledger. This 9Th day
Of February, 1875.
1885, 14-l50-l JOHN SPELMAN. j. p.
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Trustee's RnIe.

ONTHE 26rH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1876,
" / will sell the following property 10 the
bidder for cash, 10 carry out the pro-
visions q q trust deed made BY J9mes H. and
Nos, 4 and .. as designated on Menken's plan
Of subdivision as recorded In the Registers
Office Of Shelby county, each containing
2bxli0 feet, situate on Manassas street. Re-
domption waived aud title perfect, though /
west corner Of Main and Court streets. be-
tween 10 and II am.
lS-l55 L. IGLAUER, Trustee,
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FACTS AND FANCIEs.

A Michigan convict has been pardoned
for saving the life of a sick railroad con-
tractor. eI
A woman in San Francisco recently
paid a lawyer 10 defend her husband,
who was under arrest for cruelty beating
her.
A new form Of Boston charity is
" diet kitchen" The food is given only
to the sick poor, and tickets are distrib-
uted by the %dispensary physicians.
A pig in Wisconsin that recently lost
his leg by being struck by a locomotive
has been furnished with a wooden sub
stitute by his owner, and is doing well.
Two handsome New Hampshire girls
have this winter threshed iorty- eight
bushels of wheat with fails, set up with
beaux every Sunday night, shot a hawk
and spelled a school down.
1t is said that a surgeon may pillow
through the flesh of his victim with
white-hot iron without causing pain. A
red-hot iron, on the contrary makes the
poor wretch howl the roof of.
How different national tastes are For
instance, a bald headed mar is greatly
honored in Persia, and the Shah beck
ons him to a fat government Office and
feeds him on milk and honey.
well, how do you get along in.
quired a country landlord, one rainy
morning, of a guest whom he had put in
a top-aoor room, under a leaky roof.
Oh, swimmingly, was the reply.
Cairo isn't a very good town for the
advancement Of the colored man, but
yet the police found thirteen dead hens
in a single negro cabin the other night,
as we'll as $500 worth of stolen dry
goods.
1t is said that Bismarck's physician
has forbidden him to drink lager beer.
We should think that the perpetuity and
the glory of the German Empire would
be Of little importance to old Bis. after
such a prohibition as that.
AT the instance Of Bergh a man has
been sent to the penitentiary for three
months for killing a cat. The man had
a wife and three children dependent
upon him for support, but the cat had
nine lives.
A Trucker, California, editor quotes
from the Bible: There is a divinity
that shapes our ends, rough hew them
how we will" If there is mn divinity
that is to shape his end, it ought to 90 to
work at once
Theodore Tilton does not say whether
or not he is an expert shorthand re-
porter. He is thus the first shorthand
reporter who has ever permitted a doubt
to creep upon the public mind that he is
not the most expert man in his line to
be found anywhere.
The family Of a Frenchman of Mid
dlebury, Vt, who had the smallpox re-
Gently, tore down the red flag pat up by
the police and Loyalty ran up the stars
aud stripes. They persisted, too, in
roaming about the streets until the
authorities had to station a guard
around their house, with pretended
orders to shoot any Of them that m ade
their appearance.
When a writer on the New York Trib.
une heard that a poor woman in Eng
land who had killed her brutal husband
had been acquitted, he sprang to his
desk, seized his pencil, pushed his hair
back from his forehead and wrote:
"0nce in a while human justice gets a
havoripg Of that manly indignation that
is like a fresh breeze in a sultry zone
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Trustees Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF AIDED OF TRUST Elk
II = 6 SSStSd tS.n is1 a I55 e e. r. r. i HSm iSta day
which deed has been duly recorded In the
county Of DeSoto, tate Of Mississippi, and
in the county Of Shelby, State Of Tennessee,
default having been. made by said Edmond
in paying the debt secured by said deed,
| will, under the provisions of the same, sell
at public outcry to tho highest bidder, for
cash, at the southwest corner Of Nam and
Madison streets, in the city Of Memphis. Ten
uacuoa an
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soalO; painted, 2 40; tubs, painted, nests Of
s, / &94 b0s No. ], 10 50; No. 2. g. No. 8, 8;
churns, pine, Is to q inches. 500; cedar,
iron-bound, lf01Tc; cedar. hrass-bound. 100
zine. 2 40; ax-handles, 7592 So; measures,
uests Of 5. 10l rs.
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Thursday. February s5, 1875,

between 10 o'clock am. and 2o'clock pm. in
the city Of Memphis, Tenn essee, sell for cash.
at public outcry, the property conveyed TO me
by aid trust deed, described as follows, to-
wit: Lot IL in the subdivision Of Block GO,
Fort Pickering, said lot fronting 80 feet on
the east side of Sixth street, and extending
feet. Equity Of redemption waived. Title
believed to begood, but / will sell and convey
only as Trustee.
1A9-1ho T. O. RITSTER Trustae
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Executors Notice.

THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN
i appointed the Executors of the last will
and testament Of w. @. Byrd, deceased, By
the Honorable Probate Court of Shelby county.
u now s.se nVticS 70 .ne cIeotSors oi sal9
they request all persons who may be indebted
to the estate TO call and make payment.
CHAS. L. BYRD.
GEO. +. BARR0WS,
December 26, 1874. Executors.
mi no
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tinue dull and nominal.

LIVERPOOL. February Is, IL 80 p.m.-Cotton
opens easier. with a decline of fraction. I'M
lands. 7%@Tszd; Orleans. 77sd. Sales, 1900
bales, OF which 1000 were for export and spec
ulatioR.
[For additional and latest market re-
ports, see third page.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-15
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MONEY.
PyBLIc LEDsER 0EyIcs,

A0A
PuBLIo LEDaER 0FEIon,
AznPHIs. TENS.. February Is. 1851
Business in financial circles for the
week opens out quiet with little aHima.
ton in money circles and little doing
aside from local checking and deposising.
Money is in active demand, with the
supply of currency in the banks equal
to the demand. The discount market is
easy but working rather close; good
commercial paper rules at l0@l2 v
cent. = annum; on the streets money is
in active demand at 2@3 . cent. y
month for short loans. Brokers are pay
ing llsf@ll34 for gold, With Few trans
actions. Exchange is in good supply;
On New York and Eastern points buying
at fc discount and selling at tc premium.
New Orleans &e buying and selling at par.
City bonds, warrants and coupons
remain steady aud unchanged, with little
movement in the market. County and
State warrants are not in much request,
with rates nomiually unchanged. Rail
road stocks and foreign securities con.
tinue dull and nominal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-15
trustees sale.

DY VIRTUE OLA TRUST DEED MADE
ID by W. r. Hall on the 18th Of November,
1859. to the undersigned, as Trustee, to secure
certain notes therein described, as will DO
seen by reference to said trust deed az re-
corded In Book 70, page 39l, Of the Registers
Records Of Shelby county. Tennessee. a part
of said note being unpaid, | will, on
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SheriR's Sale Of Real Estate.

DUBLIC NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
directed from the honorable First Chancery
Court Of Shelby county, Tennessee, in the
cases Of R. W. Howes ct al. VS.. A. II. Doug
lass, judgment rendered on the Both of June,
1874, for the sun Of thirty-three dollars and
hfty;hy cents, and A. III; Douglass Us. Gar
the 10th Of July, 1874, for the sum Of three
hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy
cents. with interest and costs Of suits, to sat
isfy said judgments, etc., / will, on
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Saturday, 2Oth Of February. 1s75.

in legal hours, in front Of the courthouse,
Memphis. Tennessee, proceed to sell TO the
highest bidder, for cash, the following de-
t tSIlS stat pr 81 Teyne eSsa' cou nsln IF f sbsI XVI n ID
being lots Nos. 424, 425. 426 and 427, lying
west Of and fronting upon %Chickasaw street,
fronting together 1iS feet and 6 inches, rum
ming back in the direction Of Wolf river l4s
feet and 6 inches. together with all the i'm
provements thereon, consisting Of a large I've
story brick mill building. then known as the
Eagle Mills.
Levied on as the property Of defendant, A.,
H. Douglass, to satisfy said judgment, inter
est and costs.
@. L. ANDERSON,
Sheriff Of Shelby County, Tenn.
MEMPHIS. january q, 1875. 124-13O-l9
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Trustee,s Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED MADE
ID 70 me by John N. Gardiner. dated 0cto.
Der q. 1872. and being requested BY the bene-
iciary therein to execute the same, l will. on
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5IaIa Iha 80 0Asaa. 80.

Fem the New Orleans Trmss
Senators Deioie and Stamps last
evening succeeded III casting ii
slGr npon their betters of tha col
ored race, from Tie evil effects of
which they are not likely to soon
recover IT'D refusing with con-
tempt place It'd the SIT. Charles
Theatre which for more than
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New Orleans, they have offered tO
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portion 0f clio cDmmnnitr Il gra-
tuit0us insult, which tIey will ex-
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ina. About that time ago, Alr.
DeBar. showing that 4 large mum
her ot craoEes Of e0loF6d origin
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tending ehe theatre With their
families prepared ia rear 0f tha
paIgustle, hut sulheieatly eisvased
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Iele ElIlIe ties.

a special telegram from wash
inton to tha Coulter out " s87s.
" The Democrats afe in VERY good
spirits They saE that they have
blocked tile worst designs Of tbs
Administration, ard deprived
Grant 81 the machinery hy which
he proposed t0 deprive the people
Oh the South 0f fr election.
The plot against Arkansas IN He-
buked. and Che Morton bill t0
control the electoral college is viz
tualiy dead Ihe civil rights biIl
has been stripped az ss worst faa-
lures, aud in its present Shape
will ba resisted in tha caugts Even
the taz bilE, which they resisted
with an almost solid Democratic
vote. ia regarded as eaFtsin t0 rs-
act against tile Republican party.
Tennessee State Senate haVa
passed over Governor Portags
veto i biil to tax sths losing uarty
With jury fees III all esViA suits.
Under an act at Congress, an-
proved February s. 1875. the time
for radeeming the land hia It'd f1r
The United States under the direct
tax laws. Will expire Jnaa s, 1875,
after wlIich time they will ha sold
as the property III ahe United
States.
"a dispatch from buenns AIRES
says that ellie palace Of shs Catho-
lid Archbishop III that city was
sacked, aud Tile homes Ill the
Iasuits fired