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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17
MIsceIIaneOus.

Slippery on the landing.
Sleet and rain last night.
Heavy ice running this morning.
The weather deferS shipments
and the handling of cotton and
other freights.
A cold rain set in last evening,
which continued up to this morn
log.
The Phil Allin cleared for Ar
kansas Oitywith an excellent freight
trip, and was full of people.
Capt. VIM. Elliott and his crew
leave to-day for st. Francis river to
bring the Ella out.
Toe people along the Ohio from
Pittsburg down, anticipate a food
as the snow in the mountains is
melting with continuous rains and
the rivers rising rapidly. From
tn present indications we will I'M
d)ubtedly have a big rivers
The Maumelle for the Arkansas
river and toe Hard Cash for White
river, cleared with excellent trips
Of freight and people.
Navigation in Arkansas river is
improving and in a few days there
will be sufficient water in the above
stream for packets to bring out full
loads and make regular time.
The Belle of Texas returned to
Friar's Point with a splendid trip
of freight and q fair list of people.
A large number Of barges, fish
ing boats, flats and other water
crafts and the Rockport railroad
wharfboat passed Evansville yester-
day in the ice jam.
There were no arrivals or depar-
lures at New Orleans yesterday.
The ST. Genevieye left Vicksburg
yesterday for Memphis.
Tho ice sunk the wharfboat al
Hickman, Ky.
The ice in the river at st. Louis
is eighteen inches thick.
The Thompson Dean is adyer.
tisel to leave Louisville tins even,
ing for New Orleans.
Noon dispatches report another
wave at Pittsburg, which will be
likely to flood the Ohio river.
The Mollie Moore is loading al
New Orleans for Pittsburg.
| Workmen were busy yesterday in
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17
BRUDER-BUAD.

DEJrsoHER BRUDER-BUsD -lneets LIST Sunday
n each month at2 o'clsck pm, at Cochran
mann. Vice rest; W. Glaentzer, sec'y; II.
w. Schultze. I%ress'r; Aug ZWeiiel and John
HandWefksr, Sick Committee for Northern
Division; John Wendell and John Margle.
Sick Committee for southern Division.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17
Attachment Notice.

Before j.. S. Galloway. Justice of the Peace
for Shelby county, Tenn,-A. Hitzfeld VS..
John O. Braine-
IN THIS CAHoE AN ATTAOHMENTHAV-
a ing been sued out under section 34s5 of the
Code Of Tennessee, and returned by tho proper
officer, levied upon the property Of the defend
ant, and affidavit having been made that tho
defendant is justly indebted TO the plaintiff in
the sum Of 500, due by account, and that the
defendant is q nonresident of the State of
Tennessee; ii is therefore ordered that deiend-
ant make his personal appearance before
me or some other Justice of tho Peace on the
Sd day Of february, 1877, at u o'clock M,
at my office, No. 279% Main street, in
attachment suit within the time prescribed BY
law, or the same will DO proceeded with ex
parte; and that a copy Of this order be pub
lished once a week for four consecutive weeks
in the Public Ledger.
This 9th day Of December, 1876.
l03-l09-ll5-lH j.. =. GALLOWAY, j. P,
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NEW YORK. January II. 1890 p.m.-CottSa
Is quiet. with futures quiet and firm. Sales
for future delivery. 1895 bales.

LIVERPOOL. January II. 1890 p.m.- Cot
ton is easier. Uplsnds. So; Orleans. I'D.
Sales, 10.tO oales. Of which 1000 we're for ex-
port and speculation receipts. Is 000 bales. of
which $500 were American. Arrivals opened
with sellers offering l-32dd lower.
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FINANCIAL AID CoRnEROIAL.

PUBLIC LEDGER UIRIck.
MEMPHIS, TENN.. January II. 1871.

MENFHIs. IENN.. January II. ISf7.J
Banking circles are dull to-day; 10th
ing doing but routine business. Elk
change is ia good supply, as follows;
New York commercial bills, lc discount
buying and selling at par Eastern sight,
60 discount and selling at par; New Or
leans, buying at }c discount and selling
at &c premium. Money on the streets is
plentiful at 2 to 81 per cent per month.
New York gold rates are 1863; here bro
kers are paying los t. 1863. Local and
foreign securities are quiet, with but lit
tie dninr in any.
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Saturday, JannarY "a. ISL.
NOn.R Resident Notice.


Grubbs z Austin VS.. WI. Hale g. o.-Before
Geo. b. Crockett, JsP. for Shelby county,
Tennessee.
IN THIS CAUSEAE ATTACHMENT HAV.
i ing been sued out under section 3455 Of the
Code of Tennessee, and returned levied upon
the property Of the defendants. and affidavit
having been made that the defendants are
indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum Of s278. so,
due by note and account, that the claim is
just. and that defendants arc non. residents Of
State of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered,
that the said defendants make thier personal
appearance before Geo. !. Crockett, j. p, on
the list day of February 1877. at his Office,
No. &S Main street, in the city of NJ emphis,
Tennessee, and defend said attachment
suit within the time prescribed by law.
or the same will be proceeded with OK parte;
and that a COPY of this order be PUBLISHED once
a week for four consecutive weeks in the
Memphis Public Ledger.
This 9th day of December. 1876.
l0l-l07-l13-ll9 GEO. d. CROCKETT. j. p
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tie doing in any.


The market continues quiet this morn
ing, with liberal offerings, a moderate
demand and quotations n~ominally nm.
changed. Estimated sales for the day,
2O0O bales.
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Truatoa,l Maln-

by VIRTUE OF TIE POWER AND AU-
~ thority IN me yestsa by a certain deed Of
trnst executed 6y w. ID. Kilbey and Mary Z.
1915, which deed is recorded in Book b, paTe
5SS, in the Clerks ONCE Of Lee county, Ar
kansas, to secure the indebtedness taerein
mentioned. and the same not having been
paid and being requested by the benefciaries
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17

A fact we can't deny;
One halt the year it's all "friz up,
The other half-its dry.
The Ruth Is ooming out of White
river with a big trip of cotton and
other freight. She is due to-mor-
row night and returns to White
river on Saturday.
The Susie Silver, Charles Nor
gan, Atlantic and Bee and barges
and City of Chester en- route to
New Orleans, are above the gorges
waiting to get through.
The Illinois left Vlcksburg at
noon to-day for Memphis with her
cabin jammed full of people AMI
prospects of doing a heavy way
business all the way up.
The A. @. Donnally was taking
on oil at Helena yesterday and
making preparations to light out
for the Ohio river.
The Peytona's barge Parker, cut
down and sunk by the ice at Louis
vile, had 500 tons or 100000
worth of railroad iron on board
destined Ito New Orleans. It was
insured in the Etna for 1872, 600.
The barge was valued at $4,000 and
insured for $4,000.
Mr.. George H. Dean, a we'll
known steamboat clerk, went out
last evening in charge of the Office
the Fannie Tatum, Captain
Elwell, her fnancier, having
stopped off to 60 to st. Louis to
attend to some business.
A steamer is not liable for wharf
age where she puts into port in dis
ress and to repair. Such was the
case with the Greyhound. She done
no business at the wharf and was
to be moored where she
was in order to have repairs COM
pleted, and the wharfmaster should
refund the money collected from
her.
The large and commodious pas
senger and freight steamer James
Howard, Captain Pegram in com
leaves this evening at sharp
five for New Orleans, making all
principal way landings. Mr.. Chas.
sing does the honors of the Office.
Further particulars of the break.
ing up of the gorges at Pittsburg
yesterday will be found among our
kilograms.
The Fannie Tatum cleared last
evening for New Orleans with 1116
sacks Of oil meal, 69S bbls. of oil,
2S4 bales of cotton and sundrie8
and a fair list of people. She gets
in Walnut bend 200 bales of cotton
and adds at Helena 1000 sacks of
meal and 500 bales of cotton,
and will fill out at the mouth Of
White river. =.
The Greyhound went out last
night to take a tow Of coal to the
mouth Of White river. She was
compelled to pay wharfage for the
privilege of leaving several hundred
dollars with our mechanics for
repairs.
The gorge at Fort Pillow bend
and 0sceola up to last evening was
still firm, but the rain last night
and to day and rapid rise of the
river will surely break it up to-day.
There is considerable heavy ice
running, which is from the foot Of
the gorge. BY tonight or to-mor-
row morning we may look for large
fields of ice from the gorge come
rushing down.
The red tiger" packet Coahoma,
Captain James Lee, came in this
morning with SO bales of cotton,
81 sacks seeds, III sacks corn and
30 packages sundrles, and had q
large list of people and done a
heavy way business on the round
trip. She leaves this evening at
o'clock, sharp, with a return trip
for Friar's Point and the bends,
carrying the mail and doing all
way business. Mr.. Ed Thomas has
charge of the Office, and is assisted
by Messrs. Sid Humphreys and Jas.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-17

NAToNA TEMPLE OF il. AND T. EnxTE
80, 1-meets every Friday oven k4N
ing at s o'clock at Temperance E1-m
Hall, No. 29s Second street.
n. o. Milton, W, @. T.; j II. Thompsoa, w.
V. r.; G. A. S. Richardson. ". H.; q. f..
Shepherd, ". A. R.; Earle CAN'T, W. +. ~;
Bun n. Price, W IT,; r. w. thelton, W. (;
o. Olsen, W. D. UT. +. Callahan, W A;
b. Dunn, W. s.; D. G. kcDougal. P.W CT.
CHELsEA TEMPLE OF II. AND 4. No. 2 moots
overy Tuesday evening at s o'clock, at their
I'll, Brick Church, Chelsea ". NJ, Carr,
W, q. T.; r. T. White, Wv T.. Chas. II.
Lenham, W. r.: G.. r, Dawson: W; A.. r.;
j.. @. Williams, W. Y. II; l.. \. Chandler.
w. T.; II, Wheadley, w. U.G.R. J. RAWLINGS.
w. d. u; g.. K. Egnew, q; /. lsaacs,
W s.; 3. u. Colby. P. W. C. 7.
MONTGOMERY Council No 1T, A.. AND s
T.-meets FIRST and third Saturday In each
month, in Temperance Hall. at ~ O'Clock
pm. Horace u. Briggs, G. Of C.i e. A. 5.
Richardson, r.
THALKs TEMPLE OF II. AND 7. No. l-meets
every Thursday evening t7h o'clock at ball,
No. 29S Second st. U. A. johnson, W. ct;
W. II. Atkinson, W. v. T.: j i. Bourne,
W. R.; John d. Cox, IT,. W. A. R.; F. ".
Halle, W. r. q; Chas. II. McDougsl, W. T.;
7. 4. Davis, w. u; D. G.. Reahard. W. D.
o.; Chas Steward W. G.i Wm, Homan, W.
S.; Jonathan Wood. P. W. {. 7.
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[R. 2l53.l
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate

NNsA AAJNd44O
Chancsry Court of Shelby County-J. A.
Anderson, admir- Of W. W. McLemore. de-
ceased, vs.. John G McLemore ct al.
by VIRTUE OF AN INTRODUCTORY
- decree for sale. entered in the above causes
on the 18th day Of December, 1876, l will sell,
at public auction, TO the highest bidder, In
front Of the Clerk and Masters Office, Court
house Building, Main street. Memphis,
Tenn, on
Saturday, January 81, 1877,
within legal hours. the following described
property, situated ia Shelby county, Tenn.
to-wit: A lot below old Fort Pickering, haV-
ing a front Of $50 feet on the Mis- issippiriyer.
with q depth OF about 200 feet.
Also blocks X, l., j and & on the plan of
Fort Pickering, near TO and south of the city
Also iets q, %. 20 end 81 of block So, and
lots II, Is and le OF blsck 81, and lots %, 81,
% and 26 Of block 55-all in fort Pickering.
Terms of Sale 0ne-third cash; balance in
one and two years. with interest from date.
Notes with approved security; lien retained,
etc.
This January 4, 1877.
EDMUND A. COLE. G. and NJ.
By r, j. BLACK, d. @. and VI.
Vance i Anderson, Jarnagin & Frayser
Carroll x Karr. and W. Messick, Attorneys.
108- ll4-l20-l26-l
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE

BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
Friar's Point. Coaboma ..................5 pm
New Orleans, James Howard -~"".".-.. pm
ARRIVALS.
Steamer Coahoma, Friar's Point.
DEPARTURES.
Steiner Phil Allin, Arkansas City.
Hard Cash, White river.
Fannie Tatum, New Orleans.
Maumelle. Arkansas river.
Belle Of Texas, Friar's Point.
IN PORT.
James Howard, Coahoma, 0sceola.
ICE BOUND.
James D. Parker, G. B. Church, John
A. Scudder, Mary Houston, Thomas
Sherlock, Ashland, George W. Cheek.
Condition OF The Rivcrs.
The river here is rising at the
rate of six inches in every twenty
four hours, and is full Of heavy
running Ice; by tomorrow 1t will
be rising more rapidly. At Cairo
the rise yesterday was 2 feet Z
inches; at Pittsburg 81 feet; at
Cincinnati 10 feet; at Louisville 4
feet; at Evansville 5 feet. All the
tributaries of the Ohio are at flood
tide. Cumberland river rose s feet
3 inches at Nashville yesterday.
Tennessee river is also rising rapid
ly. White river is swelling from
Jacksonport to the mouth. Arkan-
sas river is rising at Little Rock,
with 2 feet 2 inches on the gauge at
Little Rock and 3 feet from Pine
Bluff to the mouth. The packets
report from 9 to 10 feet water on
the bars below here.
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rUanPLARs OF MONOs.

NAroNA TEMPLE OF j.. AND T.
80. 1-neets every Friday oven
Connecticut western news., 1877-06-29
A CRrd.


 As some persons have confourded the Florence Oil Stoves with the tin stoves which have caused the recent nu. merous explosions, resulting in loss oi property and almost of life in one or two instances. We beg leave to inform all per. sons interested. (and everybody is,) that with constant use of between one and two years there is no single instance where the Florence Oil Stove has exploded or has shown any indication of doing SO, and 8 few moments examination will convince the most skeptical that the FLORENCE On STOVES are absolutely aud entirely saft from erDs0st0n, even with the use of poor oil (but that of course we do not recon. mend, as the best is the cheapest.) We have not time or space to enumerste all its good qualities; we simply say that they are entirely and perfectly safe, beyond possi- biiity of explosion. A sale of 2,O00 of these stoves in the month of May, 1877, and a constantly increasing demand goes to prove what the general estimate of them is, by discriminating public. Find out all about them by addressing the subscribers or either of the following named gentlemen who are agents in this vicinity: MT. Cbas. Morse, of Norfolk, Agt. for Norfolk, Ga. naan, North Canaan, Co,ebrook and Barkhampsted; Mir. Levi 5. Howe, Corn wall Bridge, Agt for Litchfeld, Goshen, Morris, and Harwinton; 0. F. Peck, Ells- worth, Agt. for Kent and Cornwall.
 A. k. HEATH & Go. .
 sl Asylum St., Hartford, Genl. Agts.
 GEO. H. PRoK, Ellsworth, Ct.,
 Appointing Agt. for Litchfeld County. bltf
Connecticut western news., 1877-06-29
A 90, ,OOO-Pound Cannon.

Washington ordnance officers are much interested in the fact that on Wednesday last there was cast at tbe South Boston Foundry 12-inch rifled gun. being the first one made for the government of the United States. The weight of this piece of ordnance, when finished, will be about 5000 pounds. and will carry proiectile weighing about 700 pounds. Tue ordinary charge of powder for firina it will be from 11o to 140 pounds. with which the projec- tile will penetrate solid mass of iron from 12 o15 inches thick, at distance of 1000 yards. The gun is made of cast iron, lined with wrought iron oored tube, and when finished will be sent to the proving ground on Sandy Hook to be tested, and If found to be satisfactory, will be mounted on one of the Qualifications in New York Harbor. General Benet, chief of the bureau of ordnance Colonel Bres- pin. the ordnance constructor, and other prominent ordnance officers witnessed the casting on Wednesday. The gun is made on system which has been thoroughly tested in this country on guns of smaller calibre, which have b en found to equal any guns made abroad. The work upou it
 was commenced nearly year ago. and the greatest care was taken to select proper metal to be usod ID its construction.
Connecticut western news., 1877-06-29
Strange Things Hidden in n Tall
 Spires

All along North Main street, in Hartford. Saturday morning, people were looking at some sight alott. Far up in the air, on the spire of the Fourth Congregational church, at height of nearly POO feet from tue pavement, two men were seen-looking rather small, up there-at the top of the spire, and one of them on a ladder above the top. They were taking down the weather-vane preparatory to painting the spire and church, which sorely needs it, not having been painted for eighteen years. One of the men, painter by the name of Bullock, is said to be nearly or quite 60 years old. and is moreover a lame man {; yet not one person in ten thousand, at half his years, would be willing to ko to that dizzy height, above the highest buildings, and stand alone in the air, supported by nothing but ladder, and his feet resting on one of the upper rounds of that. The Fourth Church was erected in lS4S and 49 and was not finished before the close of the latter year. Its builder was the late New ton Moses of New Haven; the building. ol brick succeed, is of the Corinthian order, and is surmounted by circular wooden spire, shingled, and painted sort of cream-colored drab,-the general effect being perhaps uncommon, but, we think, neither unharmonious nor unpleasing. When the spire approached its completion, and the ornamental finals or hollow balls below the weather-Yane were in process of construction, certain, residents of North Main street contributed quart bottle of fine old rum, and pack of playing cards, which were placed, unknown to the church committee, in the hollow swell be- heath the vane. The bottle of liquor was duly marked with the date, 1849, but prob ably without the names of the contributors; and under these ungodly devices the relig- ous services have been carried on for near ly thirty years, without the knowledge or suspicion of the odd situation of things alott, up in the steeple. It is, for aught we know, possible that If the old gentle, man, who this morning mounted the spire, had discovered that bottle inside the sum- init ball, the church might have been dts prlved of that unsanctifed specimen of spiritual force, and he deprived of his steady head.
 As to the alleged insecurity of this stee- pie, we are assured there is no cause for alarm. Whatever swaying there may be, is not owing to weakness in the essential parts. The steeple is "keyed up," in builders language, with wooden keys, and these have probably shrunk. They can be ''driven home" and made all right, or larger ones can be used; but the man sup ports of the steeple are said to be sound and trustworthy. Times.
Connecticut western news., 1877-06-29
Brooklyn, N. r., June 25, 1877.

A railroad incident occurred recently on one of the East India lines which was startling as it was singular, and may be sad to be one of the most miraculous es- capes on record. A train was approaching bridge on 8 curve. When the bridge came within sight, 8 distance of 300 or 400 yards, the engine driver was horror struck to discover that the bridge was completely in flames. Finding his brake power totally useless in the emergency. he jumped of ,as did also the fireman, just as the train en tered upon the burning bridge, over which it rushed fortunately with unabated speed through a continuous flame that rose furi ously above the height of the railroad cars, The wooden sleepers were on fire, and parts of the rails themselves were red hot. The whole train composed of number of cars, passed safely over. and not @ psssen ger was injured or scorched.
Connecticut western news., 1877-06-29

Nor EXACTLY BLUE" GLASS. A chronic suttererer from rheumatism, at last resorted to the expedient of placing glass under each ley of his bedstead, 50 as to insulate the bed electrically. Hts rheu- matism st once disappeared. and he claim ed to have got we'll, But he kept the glass tthiok httle preserve plates, we be lieve,l under the legs of the bedstead. A month or two later bis wife, who never had any faith in the performance and thought it was "all his imagination" qui etly removed the glass one day without letting her husband know it-with view to joking him about it at some future time but the next day he complained for the frat time for six weeks or more, of partial return of hls old complaint-and by the day after that it was all on agaln. A restoration of the glass insulators again stopped the rheumatism. This wasn't i'm agination surely-for the sufferer did not know the glass had been removed and as Mrs. Malvin Mqgg sald after protracted bed bug hunt, perhaps we don't know everything that is running down or up the legs of our bedsteads.
Connecticut western news., 1877-06-29
Our Cemeterv. WrsrERN NRws

Our Cemetery. CONN. WESTERN NEWS We are all grat,fied at the improvement m the appearance of the battle-ground in this village. Thanks to the lberality of our citizens, and to the energy of the con- mittee having charge of the matter, the place has been redeemed from an unsightly swamp into 8 pleasant ground. More money and more work would of course make still greater improvement, but we are all thankful for what has been done. And now we are in some danger of thinking that the place will take care of itself! A very little work done here in the Spring and Autumn will keep it in good order, but it is essential that sonething should be done every year, or it we'll soon look as badly as it did before. The place IS getting to be quite resort, and on Sunday evenings es- pecially has many visitors. Let us all try to make it as pleasant and attractive as pos sible We know of no sadder sight than an old, neglected battle-ground, where and everything wears forsaken and dis nal look. This is something we are all in terested in. for there is hardly family in the village but has some friend whose re- mains lie there. One of the dear friends who was carried there last Summer said, s'bring me flowers" Whether or not they are cognizant of our care of the place we do not know. IL may be nothing but 8 fancy, but it is certainly pleasant thing to do, to beauhfy our cemeteries in every way possible. Let us carry flowers plant trees and ornamental shrubs, keep the grass in good order, and remove from the place as far as possible all associations of gloom and sadness. A. B. c.
 Canaan, June 26.
 Weight of Ma1ls.-We have been wait ing some days for b-postmaster ''Sarh' to make good his promise to obtain for us a report of the weight of mails of stations on the Conn. Western road, and publish the report in connection with that on the Housatonic road, but he finds himself una ble to do so, and we must give the Housa- tonic report alone.
 The weight of mails received at and sent from stations on the Housatonic road for thirty days, ending May 18th, 1877, is as follows. ..f.