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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22

ALL the Radical papers in the
country have published with mani
fest delight a dispatch sent North
stating that the probate Judge Of
Kemper county, Mississippi, had
refused to admit the will of the
late Mr.. Chisholm to probate,
thereby keeping his widow and
children out of their rights and
preventing them from leaving the
State. The Jackson Times, a bit.
ter, relentless Radical sheet, copies
the special of August 18th from
its prototype, the New York
Times, with the following start
ling headlines: "The Kemper
County White League-Cowardly
Persecution of the Widow Of their
Victim-Refusal Of the Probate
Judge to Settle Judge Chisholm's
Estate" The "cOwardly persecu-
ton" consists in nothing more
nor less than a compliance
with the law. 1t is provided by
section 11G6, Revised Code of 1871,
that an administrator shall make q
final settlement when the estate
has been fully administered, by pay
ment Of all the debts" etc. by
section l141 creditors are required
to have their claims registered in
the court in which the letters tesla
mentary or of administration were
granted, within one year after the
first publication of notice to credit
OrS 10 present their claims The
year is not cut and the probate
judge could not have settled Judge
Chisholm's estate. Still this Radi-
cal lie will answer its purpose as
well as if it were the truth. All
the papers on that side publish it,
orators will use it and people be-
lieve it, and not one of them viii
have the manliness to publish the
denial.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
The HsstlIes.

SALT LAKE, UTAH, August % Re.
ports this morning from Hole in the
Rock stage station, Idaho, recently occu.
pied by the ho%stiles, says the Indians
are all gone in the direction Of Henry's
Lake or Teteon Basin. General How.
ard was at the head of Comas creek
yesterday morning. Captain Bainbridge,
from Fort Hall. with some friendly In.
dams, left the stage station for Comas
creek yesterday. General Howard had
a slight skirmish with the Indians day
before yesterday; n man killed aud
seven wounded. The Indians stole 200
of Towards horses nipht before last.
The Montana volunteers have returned
home Disguised, many on foot. General
Sherman is at Helena, Montana.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
Indications.

WASHINGTON, August 22.-For Tennes
see aud the Ohio valley and lakes fall
Ing, followed by stationary barometer
soulherly winds and cloudy, rainy
weather, followed by northwest winds
cooler aud partly cloudy weather.
For the upper Mississippi and lower
Missouri valleys rising. followed by fall
ing barometer, northeast to southwest
winds, stationary or higher temperature,
clear or partly cloudy weather.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
AIehemet All.

Sir John Bowring, in his recol-
lections just published, describes
Mehemet Ali, whom he visited in
1887, as a man with a white beard.
soft and fair hands and a fiery eve.
The great pasha related that when
the instruction broke out in SYRIA
the Russian and French consuls
told him he should study history
in order to learn how to govern
My son wrote to me-" he said.
for orders, but | thought it best
to 60 myself, and l solved every
thing in a week. That wac lrac.
teal government, better than !
could have learnt from history"
The fact is that he went to Saifa,
and simply hanged all the leaders
of the revolt. He was fond of talk
ing Of his plans for the improve.
ment Of Egypt, and said to his
visitor, al have hitherto only
scratched the earth with a pin Of
titled it with a hoe, but | mean fc
go over it with a plow." An Eng.
lish lady was introduced to him
and asked him for a lock Of his hail
as a memento. lie refused the ia
vor, probably thinking it an i'm
proper concession to a Christian
woman, but said, mo, / canno
give you u hair now, but when
am dead my whole head shall be a
your service"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
The Presidential Party say coed
bye 90 the hIOunlHfns.

PLYMOUTH, August %. = With their
departure this morning President Hayes
and the cabinet substantially say good.
bye to the mountain scenery of the State.
The trip has been in every respect a fine
one. The weather was clear and delight
fdl, and everywhere the best accommo-
dations we're furnished. All agree that
nothing that could be done has been left
undone, aud the President and his wife
express deep regret that they must so
soon leave the hills that surround them.
At 8:45 pm. the cars will be taken for
Weirs, where an hour will be spent upon
the camp-ground and in sdmiring the
&C inery Of Lake Winuepesaukee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
rRE rRIEaRAPa1c coMBINAr1ON

The combination between the
two great telegraph companies, the
Western Union and the Atlantic
and Pacific, has been perfected and
both will be run henceforth as one
company. 1t is the old story of a
powerful monopoly absorbing or
crushing opposition. The Western
Union has the field now and can
charge any price determined on,
and the people cannot help them
selves. The arrangement is made
for twenty years; rates will be ad-
yanced so as to make sure of fair
profits, and it is believed that run
ming expenses will be reduced from
sixty or seventy per centum of the
gross earnings to fifty per centum.
The Atlantic and Pacific win re-
tain its officers and organization,
but will be virtually controlled by
the Western Union. It'cannot be
expected, therefore, that the lines
of the new company will be ex-
tended or new offices established.
Offices that can be spared will be
disposed of. If the Atlantic and
Pacific had reached Memphis before
the consolidation both offices might
have been continued, but as it is
no material change, if any, will be
made. Even if we had two offices
there would be no reduction OF
rates, but probably an advance, as
stated above. We regret that all
this has taken place. Competition
is the life of all business, and when
monopoly of any kind lays its hand
on the commerce and avenues of
traffic or communication the peo-
pie must suffer, wrongs grow up
and go unredressed and productive
industry receives a serious blow.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22

tainty Of a lucrative trade from the
st. Francis river. The bulk Of the
cotton up that stream comes here.
We can secure all of it by a little
effort by encouraging the local
packets aud sending out drummers
to look after the business, and
where people sell their cotton they
buy their groceries, dry goods, ma
chilery, agricultural implements,
etc. The prospects OF an early
and satisfactory fall trade are all
hat could be wished.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
BREADsTUPFs

L%IyERPooL, August % Wheat, winter,
l2s@l2s 4d; Milwaukee red, los sd@
l2s Odi California white, llslld@l2s Sd;
California club, rs 2d@l2s lOd. Germ,
26s Od@26s Sd. Pork, 52s. Beet, 95s Cd
Bacon, long clear, 35s Cd; short clear,
31sOd. Lard, 43s Cd. Tallow, Ais 81.
CHICAGO, August %, Il a m.-Whcat
active at ! O9l for August; 800 for Sep
TENDER; 9sl for year. Corn is steady aud
firm at 43B for September; 433@43B for
October. Pork, IL 474 for October. Lard
8 30 for for October.
New YoRK, August %, 1850 pm
Flour is quiet. Wheat is irmor at | IS
oil 38. Corn is quiet at 54@564 Mess
pork is nominal at 10 25@l3 so. Lard
is quiet at s Coos 10 Whisky is firm
and held at | 10. Receipts: Flour, l 1000
sales, 10000; wheat, 1900; corn, 2O7.
900, sales 1893, 600.
CIScISNArI, August 70 Flour is doll
Wheat is dull and heavy; white, | 2O@
l %. Corn is unchanged. Whisky il
firm and active at 10. Pork is un
J changed. Lard in fair demand at 8 80
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22

CAIRO, August % = Arrived Belle
Memphis, Memphis, 10 Anderson,
Evansville, midnight; Atlantic, Cape
Girardeau, 10 a m; Grand Lake, St.
10; Schenck, New Orleans, noo
Departed Hickory, st. Louis, 8; Parker,
Memphis, 9; Belle Memphis, St. Louis, 8
am; Garrett, New Orleans, 9. Raining
and cool.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
Thursday, September 81, 1877,
NE. 424l.l
Nom IL Notice.

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county,
Tonnessce-P. G.. Meath vs.. Chas. S. Sever
son ct al.
1T APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
L this cause, that the defendant Martha
Boddio is a citizen Of the state OF Kentucky
and non resident of the State of Tennessee :
also from Sherif's return Of scire facias that
she is not to be found in Shelby county; it is
therefore ordered that she make her appear
ance herein at the court house in tho city OF
Memphis, Tenn on or before the first Monday
in October, 1877, and show cause. if any sbo
has, why this cause should not be and stand
revived against her as the devisse of NJ Nc
Neil, deceased; and that a copy Of this order
be published once n week, for four successive
weeks. In the Public Ledger.
This % day Of August, 1877.
A ~copy-Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE. @. and NJ.
BY Il. ]. BLACK, d. G. and M.
Metcalf a Walker. Soils. for complainant.
l50 1856 4-l0
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
PUBLIC LEDGER.
M N
Wednesday Evening. Aug, ~. 1877

The subscription price Of the PUB,
Lie LEDGER is IS per Ganum for
the Daily, and 50 per sHnSm for the
Weskly-POstag free.
Persons tearing the city for the sum
mer can order the DAILY LEDGER
at 75c per month, or tsoO dollars for
three months, in GdrGnee, scith the
pririlsge of changing pOstObfes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22

MR. KEY seems to take great de-
light in being pointed out as a
show, a living curiosity from the
jungles of the South, who, unlike
his brethren down this way, has
neither horns, tail nor claws.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
CROPS UP rHR 81. FRANCIS.

CROPS Up rHE ST. FRANCIS.
Captain Randall, of the steamer
Mark Twain, furnishes us the fol-
lowing information in regard to
crops as far up the st. Francis river
as Wittsburg:
William Smith, thirteen miles
northwest of Wittsburg, has in be-
tween 200 and 800 acres in cotton
above overflow. Prospects better
than for five years.
Between Captain Randall's place
and Wittsburg cotton looks spotted
on account Of heavy rains in June,
when the creek bottoms were
drowned out. Corn is sorry and
west of Crowley's Ridge is very bad.
I. Black, in the neighborhOOd of
Wittsburg, will raise more than an
average cotton crop. In the creek
bottoms cotton and corn were
drowned out. The rest looks fine.
George Arnold, below Wits
burg, has a very good crop. Mr..
]. W. KellOugh, who has been
riding over the county in the sec
ton that trades at Wittsburg, re-
ports more than an average crop.
With a late fall the yield will be as
good as for four or five years.
Joseph Baker, on the Hunter
place, has a SPLENDID cotton and
corn crop, better than for four or
five years.
J. N. Farmer, at the Cutoff, re-
ports better crops in that neighbor-
hood than for five years.
Andrew Wood, above Alligator
Bayou, has 175 acres in cotton and
40 in corn. Good prospects for cot
ton-125 acres good for a bale to
the acre, and corn is splendid
planted in rows 16 feet apart.
Mr.. Days crop at Alligator Bayou
is good, both cotton and corn-not
hurt yet. Prospects better than for
five years.
Kile Thompson (colOred) at the
same place, has a "mighty" fine
crop; says if too much rain does not
fall will have the best crops all
around for many years. The 'boys'
have all worked we'll.
Dunn Park place: Cotton is look
ing very well; expect to have the
best crop in several years.
r. j. Campbell and j. F. Peck,
at Campbell's Landing, have the
best crops in thai section, and will
have a big lot of cotton to ship from
that point.
A. W. Newman reports crops very
good-his is the best he has ever
had. From present assurances cot
ton will be opening by the first Of
September.
VIM. H. Clark, at Mariana, says
Crops look fine. We expect to shiI
1000 bales of cotton from this land.
ing the coming season.
q. W. Warfeld (colored), at tn,
Forrest place, has 225 acres in cot
ton, $50 in corn. The cotton wa
overlooked by the heavy rains il
June aud was ruined; now has 10l
acres in cotton which is extra goo,
with a late fall will make the bes
yield in many years. Corn vii
turn out about 40 to so bushels t
the acre, and it is now made an,
crops laid by.
d. b. Fargason, at the Brow
place: Crops laid by; has abou
800 acres in cotton and $50 in corr
The corn is very fine, and he wi
have more than he will know wha
to do with. The cotton is yer
fine, not shedding, and so far is nc
hurt by the rain. Light rains wi
do it good.
The above facts were ascertaine
by Captain Randall in his inteI
views with the planters named 0
the last trip of his boat, and I'll
details noted down at the time. /
giving them to the public we col
graduate the people Of Arkansi
upon their iattering prospects an
our business men nDon the 20.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22

Convicted or Constructing the Mails.
PHILADELPHIA August 22.-Jno. Hunt,
James Bennett and William Weiss have
been convicted OF obstructing the mails
during the recent railroad strike and re.
manded for sentence
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22

HAYES took very high ground in.
New Hampshire the other day. lie
was on the top Of the White Noun
tains, and Key stood just behind
him, as usual.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
T%ELEGRAPMIC MARKETS.
srooKs AND poNps.

New YORK, August %, Il:3O M
United States skies Of 1881, - OIL;
United States sixe5 of 1881, coupons,
lll3@ll2; new four anda-halfs, lO9I@
1893; coupons, - @lO9l; fve-twenties
Of 1865, new issue, @lO6s fve.twen.
ties Of 1867. - @lOss; ive.twenties Of
1868, coupons, lll@lllI; t%en.forties,
@lO9B; ten-forties, coupons, =
@!l2l; currency skies, - @l24!; new
Ewes, 1891
LONDON, August %, 4 p.m.-Consols
for money, 95 3.l6; on account. -;
United States 6ve.twenties of 1865, 1868
United States fve.twenties Of 1867, 1917
United States new four-and.a.halfs, 1863;
United States t~en-forties, 1881; new fves
1915; Erie, %
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
s,olnren Cnh.1

New York, August 22.-Charles A
Minnie, colored, won the West Point ap.
pointment in Congressman Muller's dis.
trict, his average being 90.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
The Daily Witness, of New York

The Daily Witness, of New York,
started in 1871 as a temperance and
religious journal, appeared yester-
day for the last time, going down
under a cloud of financial Difficult.
ties. Daily journalism devoted to
specialtieS has never yet succeeded,
even when the hat was passed
around with ability. There is no
field for eleemosynary newspapers,
either in the secular or religious
world.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
TOBACCO.
Assignee's Sale.

THE ENTIRE STOCK OF CIGARS, TO.
J. baccos. Pipes. Fixtures, etc.. will be sold
out between this and the lat Of September,
the lease expiring on that day. Cash custo-
mors will do well TO call at once while the
stock is complete. 3. VENDIU,
Assignee for S. Kaufman 4 Bro,
l4f150 272 Front street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22

crowd have determined that Gin
cinnati shall not carry off all the
honors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22

PosimAster-Genera Key, late of the
Confederate army, is getting %reconstruc.
ted rapidly. 1t took oply Two doses of
New England hospitality to make him
refer 10 his associates in the war of the
rebellion as "erring brethren. "-1Pilts
burg Post.
Yes; he is reconstructed on ten
thousand dollars a year. Mulberry
Sellers likewise was RECONSTRUCTED,
shook hands across the bloody
chasm, and was for the old flag
and an appropriation"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22

THE Alamo property at San An
tonic, Texas, where Crockett fell,
is offered for sale at $4,000. 1t
should be owned by the State.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
ThnrsdaY, Anguat 9ad.

o'clock pm,
Thursday, August 23d,
of the following valuable real estate, which
we will then have the honor 10 offer. and
pUsislVety Hcia 10 the highest bidder. on
accOdnt of MIR. A. Botto, of Columbus, Ky.
No l-hlOek s. LOT As, on the west side Of
Jones avenue, n0r,h of Bradford street.
marked on .WilliamsOn's map of Memphis
q" BOtt0," which will be subdiyiled aecordinc
to diagram exhibited at sals.
No. 2-That eligible vacant lot for residence
or business. pOrth side of Alabama street.
next east the Presbyterian church, of which
DR.. Steadman is pastor, with a front of 50 feet
by a depth Of $50 feet.
fronting % feet on the west side of Second
street, by l5O feet depth to the alley between
Main and Second streets
No. The farm near Raleigh we'll known
to all old settlers as the home of John W.
Fuller, former County Clerk, about half a
mile north OF the city, containing Us acres.
mostly cleared, with comfortable buildings
large orchard, and in short walking distance
Of the celebrated Raleigh Springs.
Mr.. Botto has held this property By titles
a~nto-dating the war. which are fully euaran-
teed, and all taxes paid up to the year 1876 in
elusive the taxes for 1877 to DO paid by the
purchasers.
Terms OF Sale-Half cash and half in one
year with interest, or longer time at the pur-
chaseFs option. A deposit of ten per cent. on
cash payment required at sale.
IRRELEVANT & co,
rs i5I lea Estate Exchange. 10 Madison st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
RECEIVERS SALE.

6l-xxvi.5O

T'hE public are notified not TO trade for two
and 'g snn hUsss ior yiVOeseh, due on August ist
O9hn- Duplicates have been applied IfopS ~ d
A' T. q. SMITH.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22

THERE has already been a split
in the ranks of the Ohio labor
party and another State convention
has been called. The Columbus
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22

CHANCE FOR HOMES
Ar -
TnEI1S TRUE VALUE
THE Worth Of a Thing is what it will
Bring"

ON THIS BASIS PURCHASERS ARE IN
" vited to attend the sale at the Southwest
corner Of Main and Madison streets, MI 4
O'Clock pm,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
LEGAL.
Sheritf's Sale of Real Estate.

Sheritf's Sale of Real Estate.
DUBLIC NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN,
l. that by virtue Of q %vendNioni expOnas to
me directed from the Honorable Supreme
Court Of Tennessee, in the case of A. v allace
ct al VS.. X. Il. Rash et al, judgment rendered
on the 9Th day OF June. 1875, for the sum of
twenty-six dollars and sixty cents, with inte-
rest and cost of suit, to satisfy Viz %judgment.
ETC., | will, on
Thursday, September %, 1877,
in legal hours. ID front of the Court house,
Memphis, Tenn, proceed to sell, to the high
est bidder, for cash, the following described
property, o .wit:
Situate, living and being in the city of Mem
phis, Shelby county. Tennessee. being lot No.
3, in block 3. fronting on tho east side Ct Ten
nessee street 30 feet, and running cast l5e
feet.
Levied on as The property of defendants, r.
L.. Rash and wife, H.. s. Rash to satisfy said
JUDGMENT. interest and costs.
Memphis. August % 1877.
O.. Il. ANDl r ON,
She. i'll of Sholby county, Tenn.
l50.l564
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22
ELECTION.
NOTICE.

A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
n Of the Southern oil Works will be held
at the Office Of the works in Memphis, Tenn,
on Tuesday. September 4, 1871, between the
hours Of 2 and 5 o'clock pm, TO elect a board
Of Five Directors to serve the ensuing year.
1888 JN0. ii. CHIDESTER, Sec'y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-22

COMMITTEE ON. PROGRAMMES. ETC.
r. J. Black, WA. Collier,
II. NJ. Nelson. $50 157
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-09-06
EX-President Theirs.

The death Of ex-Presdent Theirs of France
which took place Monday evening, is sudden and
sad intelligence for the civilized world. He was
little over eighty years of age, having been
born in April 1871. For nearly half century
he has filed France and almost the world with his
fame as journalist, historian, orator and states
man. No one in France has had larger share
in moulding her destinies, and nearly all his life
has been one long battle for liberty and constitu-
tioual government His frstofice was under Louis
Philippe; his last was after the fall OF the En-
pre-. when he brought France through the dark
days Of the Commune to the present Republic NJ.
Theirs was statesman of the very highest order,
and his career, which extended over perhaps the
most important period of French history, forms .
large portion OF the annals Of his country. His
death at the present time is severe blow to the
Republic. lie Possessed the confidence of large
portion OF the French people, and in the present
crisis his counsel, moderation, wisdom and Eat
riotism were specially needed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-09-06
Ask Yourself these QuestfOns,

Are you Respondent sufferer from Sick Head
ache, Habitual Costiveness, Palpitation of the
Hearth Have you Dizziness of the Head Is
your Nervous System depressedf Does your
Blood circulate badly Have you a Cough ;
Low Spirits Coming up of the food after eat
ing &C., &C. All of these and much more are
the direct results of Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint
and Indigestion. GREENS AUGUST FLOWER is
now acknowledged by all Druggists to be posi-
tive cure. 240o. 900 bottles were given away in
the U. S. through Druggists to people as a trial.
Two doses will satisfy any person Of its wonder
full quality in curing all forms of Indigestion.
Sample bottles 10 cts. Regular size Is cts. Sold
positive by all frst-elass Druggists in the L. g.
! jn'e21 too(>f
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-09-06

The democratic papers have given up
the contest against General Common, and
engaged in a spirited combat between
themselves in regard to the fraud resolu-
ton in their platform. Mr. Williams fol-
lowed their example in his speech at his
grounds the other evening. giving the
most of his attention to the demolition of
Marcelus Emery. The great question in
the democratic party now appears to be
which is right on the fraud resolution. Jo-
seph I'll. Williams or Marcellus Emery P
The general opinion appears to be that
Marcellus is little ahead at the present
time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-09-06

According to the estim ,tes of Mr. James Card,
in his annual letter to the London Times, the
prospect Of a far demand for American wheat in
England is now pretty we'll determ ned. lie ost-
mates English requirements at l54 O0O,O 900 bush.
els, and the home crop at about sc 600 900 bush.
els, leaving $4,000 900 to be supplied from abroad
He says: ave must, therefore look to Ameri :
ca for considerable increase even on her great
exports Of the last four years, and if the war in
Turkey continues, the vast resources of the Unit
ed States and Canada will, indeed, be severely
taxed to make good the wants of this counuy and
Western Europe"