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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-08
TIE DEAD GAME.
Baseball Is It's Name, end An Itch.
ing Palm Did Ihe Deed.
LnuisviIIe Nawa

Baseball is It's Name. End An utch.
ing Palm Did the Deed.
Louisville NeWs,l
The recent exposure of the crooked.
ness OF once trusted players has put the
finishing touch to the national game. and
it is as dead as the brown leaves that
rustic over the grounds on which games
we're bought and sold.
1t was maintained for years BY gentle
men and killed by t~reacherous PLAYERS.
The gentlemen must now step to the rear.
while the gambler and the trickster come
to the front. On ALE the grounds of re-
spectacle clubs one has been wont to see
placards prohibiting all betting on the
results OF games even by the spectators,
80 strenuous have been the efforts of the
gentlemen who have put their money
into the game to maintain its respecta.
bllity and raise it above the level of a
mere contest for a psltry stake. And
yet, while they have done this. the more
trusted players have gone on the field
with kilograms ia their pockets Offering
them brides to throw" the games, which
brides, by their y confessions, they
have accepted.
The directors of the Louisville club
developed these facts last week, and de.
veloping them, killed the game. The
League, at its next meeting, will supply
the coffin ard vestmeuts for the corpse.
People who have willingly paid their
money to maintain P game of which they
were fond, and which they deemed a fair
contest between skill and muscle, will
not, after these developments, care to
witness it, even though they could do 80
without any expense. It is very i'm.
probable that Louisville will have a pro-
t%sssional club in 1878, from the fact that
it would not be supported by that portion
of the community that has hitherto 80
willingly patronized it. The directors
will scarcely care to assume the burden
OF engaging and paying for a club that
cannot Eli the stand when it plays.
Those who remember how Louisville
had the championship fer 1877 already
secured, and how it lost it, will hesitate
for some time before they will pay even
a half dollar to witness a game between
two mines. half Of the members Of which
are probably the hired pimps of the
gamblers of New York. 1t is due to the
directors of the Louisville club to say
that they have done a good work, and
deserve the thanks of all honest players.
Now, let baseball fade away. 1t went
up like a rocket and comes down very
like a stick.
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ing force 10 msks the rspairs Of their
tracks as specified IL the petition. On
tho part OF the city the present expe.
rienced foreman of the street force was
assigned to the duty of directing how the
work was to be done. He was fully in.
strueted by the city engineer as to what
would be necessary TO be done in order
that vehicles Of all kinds MIGHT freelv
and safely pass across the lines of rails
IN all directions, The work done bv
the railroad company has been con.
lined to Main street, at various places
between Poplar and Beal straits
aad has consisted in the renewal Of
the lines Of Nicolson blocks adjacent IN
the rails, and on each side Of them.
Within these limiIs their tracks have
been rendered safer for the passage of
vehicles than formerly, but the work
here is not fully completed. On ali the
other tracks of the company they have
done nothing beyond occasional repairs.
such as would be necessary for the con-
slant movement Of their cars. On all
streets, therefore, except that part of
Main street above specified, nothing has
been done to plase the tracks Of the
company in a condition not to impede
carriage travel" No notice has been
given to me Of any other force organ
lied by the railroad company to do the
work specified in their petition than the
Main street force, Respectfully,
j. l.. MEIGs, City Engineer.
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ELF6ANT OARPETs.
Monken nrOthers' Fine stock of
Foreign ana Domestic Carpets
Selling at Low Rates.


Menken BROTHERS Fine stock of
Foreign and Domestic Carpets
Selling at Lew Rates.
At the well known house Of Menken
Brothers, on the corner Of Main and
West Court streets, h~ousekeepers will
find great bargains in carpets at the
present time. A very large stock has
been opened out, and it is offered for
sale at prices which will astonish custo-
mers. Brussels carpets from soc up;
ingram carpets, 30c; Atwood ingram,
75c. These are wonderfully low rates
when you take into consideration the
character of the goods. which are guar
anteed as represented. In the line of
hemp carpets, mattings, window shades,
oil cloths. ETC., Menken Brothers have
opened out every variety known to the
trade, and these goods are also offered
for sale at the lowest prices. This house
is known as mostrehable, one hat keeps
the very best Of goods, and a large and
varied stock. In fact it would be diff.
cult to ask for any article known to the
trade which could not be furnished you
in an Instant. Housekeepers are espe-
cially invited to call and examine the
stock of carpets, window shades and oil
cloths now on exhibition and for sale at
this establishment.
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Ihe Denth of Dr. Eve.

In the death Of DR.. Paul F. Eve, which
occurred at Nashville, Tennessee, very
suddenly, on Saturday morning last, the
medical profession loses one of its most
distinguished members and the country
a citizen of whom it had every reasoa to
be proud. he was truly a great and
good man. The following brief sketch
Of his life is found 10 Johnson's Ency.
clopedis:
Paul Fitzsimons Eve, NJ. D., was
born June 26, 1906, near Augusta, Ga.
lie graduated at the University Of Geor-
gia in 1926, graduated as M. D. at the
University of Pennsylvania in 1923, and
was a student several years in Europe,
He served as q surgeon in the Polish
revolution of 1881, and received the
golden cross of honor Of Poland that
year. he became professor of surgery
in the Medical College of Georgia in
1881, in the Louisville University in
lS49, in. the Nashville University in
1850, and in the Missouri Medical Col
lege, st. Louis, in 1868. In 1870 he &C.
cepted the chair Of operative and chem
ical surgery in the University Of Nash.
vile. Professor Eve was president of
the American Medical Association
in 1875. He served as a surgeon in the
Confederate army, He has been edi-
torially connected with professional Jour-
nslism for many years, and is the author
Of very numerous monographs upon
surgery, etc. DR.. Eve has long held a
high position ameng the surgeons of the
United States. he has crossed the At
lautic fourteen times in the interest OF
his profession. His youthful service IN
Poland was voluntary and without pay.
In the University of Georgia he deliver
ed eighteen courses of lectures. He de-.
clined professorship in New York city
and Philadelphia, and the surgeon.gen-
eralship Of Tennessee. He has had
remarkable success as a lithotomist. Of
ninety-two bilaterial operations for stone
in the bladder, eight only terminated
fatally; Of the last forty-eight cases,
forty.six recovered; of one hundred and
five applicants for relief, not one was re-
fused"
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That BAD Railroad.

At the general council meeting, held
last night, Mayor Flippin sent in a mes.
sage on the street railroad company and
its failure to comply with its contract
with the city, The message and the city
engineer report are as follows.
MAYORS OFFICE, November 7, 1877.
To the Honorable General Council:
Some time in July last the Memphis
City Railway Company petitioned your
body that said company be permitted to
repair its track under the direction of
the city engineer, said company agreeing
to furnish men, means aud material for
said purpose, free of charge, to the city. +"
Ninety days were allowed the company
for said purpose. This time expired on
the 18th of October last. How said com.
pany has complied with its obligations
and promises within said time / refer you
to the report of the city engineer hereto
appended. The question is submitted
whether legal proceedings or what other
steps shall be taken TO exact a perform.
anoe Of the charter duties of said com
pany. l would not wage upon the COM
pany any unnecessary warfare, but the
truth is if they run their cars, and take
pay for the same from The public, they
ought in the first place to discharge to
the public those duties prescribed in the
contract and charter,
Cry ENGINEERS OFFICE, November Z, 1877.
The prayer Of the petition of the rail.
road company was granted by the gene.
raj council, and the company was given
ninety days within which to repair their
tracks, This time expired October l3,
1877. The street railroad company,
within a few days after the above action
Of the general council, organized q work
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Our custom House,

The Memphis custom house has q bal
ance of $l0O,S59 TO its credit at Wash
ton, so says Supervising Architect Hill.
The work is progressing rapidly and is
being put up in a most substantial man.
ner. Already the structure is built up
to a line with the surface Of the ground.
1t is estimated that it will take at least
two years to finish the building. The
building will be l49 feet s inches by IS
feet 2 inches in size. The exterior base
ment story walls are to be of Alabama
limestone, obtained from Fossick's quar-
ries, at Dixon's Station, on the Memphis
and Charleston railroad. The walls,
where exposed above the pavements and
in the areas on the west side, are Of Mis-
souri, red granite. The interior walls and
piers will be of hard.burnt brick, the
contract being awarded to Mr.. Charles
Jones, Of this city. Up to October LIST
the sum of $l7,5l063 have been expend-
ed on the building. This includes all the
materiel used and on the ground, except
the granite. Major Pease, the superin.
tendent, expects to complete the base
ment story by the first of December, up
to which time, from the present date,
proposals will be invited for the first
floor beams and for the materials to CON.
pose the Superstrueture. These will be
only for the walls, and include every,
thing up to the roof, but nothing as to
the interior. The building is to be three
stories above the basement, which will
be used for heating purposes and the
storage Of bonded goods. The postofice
will occupy the first story, which will be
ample in size and convenient in ar,
rangement. The revenue, marshal, and
other Offices will be on the second floor.
The United States courts will occupy the
third story.
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Amusements,

MEMPHIS THEATER. - The terrible
weather last night prevented amusement
seekers from attending the theater in
numbers, consequently Barlow, Wilson,
Primrose & Vests Ministries had t. pre-
sent q most attractive performance before
only a fair audience. The programme
was excellently well rendered. 1t was a
perfect shower Of good things, an olio
OF songs and ballads, with coruscating
humors and Ethiopian excentricities.
The four big stars who head the troupe
were in their glory. and presented most
amusing songs and sketches. No better
negro minstrels can be found than
Messrs. Barlow, Wilson, Primrose and
West. Everything presented was of a
high order of merit, worthy Of most com
plimentsry criticism. Tonight the
troupe will give another performance,
and we t~rust.before a full house.
GEORGE KNIGHT AND THE WoRRELLs.-
Next Monday evening George Knight
and the Worrell Sisters reappear in the
pretty little drama of Otto at the Mem
phis Theater. knight is a Dutch come.
dian of great excellence, and the assis-
lance of the Worrells makes the per.
Torrance Of Otto very pleasing.
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lARsEsT CITY CIRCULATION.
THE CITY.
MEMPHIS:



The Public Ledger at Five Cents.
The PUBLIC LEDGER will be supplied
on all trains and at all stations on the
following railways, at FIVE CENTS per
copy, by the agents of the Southern
Railway News Company, viz:
Memphis and Louisville railway.
Memphis and Little Rock railway.
South and North Alabama railway.
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railway,
Memphis and Charleston railway.
MISSISSIPPI AMI TENNESSEE AND PADUCAH
AND MEMPHIS RAILWAYS.
Mr.. John Epperson, or employees, will
supply the PUBLIC LEDGER at, FIVE cents
on the above named railways.
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Large quantities of machinery and
copper apparatus for sugar manufacture
ing are now beirg shipped to the West
Indies. Cuban planters, it is said, de-.
cline to ship any more sugars until the
American market shows better prices.
As an instance of this fact the English
steamer Ayrshire arrived recently at
New York from the West Indies in bal
last.
james Towue, Of North Littleton, N.
d., has lived in the same house over
seveuty'fve years, has never been out
of the State of New Hampshire, except
ing into Vermont and Massachusetts,,
was never over two hundred miles from
home, and never rode in the ears but
three times. He was born in the same
house he now lives in, aud was married
over fifty years ago.
1t is said that the Chinaman is in
capable Of civilization. Facts disproye
this assertion. All Chung had been
working in San Gabriel, Cal, and re-
ceived a check for $751;. The figures
we're raised by Chung to 1851, and the
amount was paid on demand by the
Farmers and Merchants bank Of Los
Angeles. No trace of the Chinaman
has since been discovered.
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London Tneaters

A correspondent Of one of the New
York papers writing from London saws:
There is something quite amazing to an
American in a London theater in all
their essential respects. What is popu-
larry termed the pit that is, the par
quette or floor nearest the stage-oFers
the best opportunity for seeing and hear
ing, and yet is not more than halt or
quarter as expensive as the first tier or
gallery just above it. The first gallery
ls the most expensive and fashionable
portion OF the house. No woman is al
lowed to yes a hat or bonnet in the bal.
cony, Above is another gallery less
expensive and where a hat may be worn.
The galleries decrease in price until the
one next the roof is reached, which ia
for the populace. Here shirt sleeves,
lunches, bottled beer aud pandemonium
generally prevail without limit. What
is 80 very singular to an American il the
contrast between the lower gallery and
the pit which spreads out in front of it.
In the former nearly everybody is in full
dress; while to the latter the independent
Briton OF the male persuasion is Just as
liable as not to sit all through the per-
formancs without removing his hat
especially if it be a silk one and quite
new and shiny, and generally of a kind
which he fancies is liable to attract at.
tention. 1t is no uncommon thing to
see one of these gentlemen, between the
acts, rise in his seat, turn, face the audi
ence, and then go over carefully each
gallery with his lorgRette. Generally
the person who does this has a glass
screwed so artistically ia one of his eyes,
his hair is parted so exactly in the mid.
die and plastered down so tightly to his
head, his attitude is so effective, that I
always fancy he rises to be seen rather
than to see, and that he scans the audi.
ence solely for the purpose OF discover
ing whether or not ne is attracting a
large amount Of admiration. | fancy
that anyone esssying such an impudent.
i%ll.mannered performance in an Ameri-
can theater would very speedily get a
most unequivocal opinion from the audi.
ence as to what it thought of him and
his operations.
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Is IL IncOmpetsncy, or whate

Robberies are becoming alarmingIy
numerous throughout the city. The pc.
lice force must be badly handled. There
is iucompetency somewhere in the de.
partment. Police Commissioner Vac.
caro's residence was robbed q few nights
since, and last evening the residence of
Police Commissioner Frank was plum.
dered a second time. The police com
missioners should see that every man
does his duty, from the chief down to the
smallest man on the force.
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Cotton Rotnng in the Fields.

The Vicksburg Herald state that cot.
ton is rotting in the fields in that section,
and in many places the bOlls have to be
pulled, ss it is impossible to pick it. Mr..
Boyd, of Madison parish, who is inter-
ested in four plantations on which he ex.
pected to gather a crop of 1900 bales,
will he satisfied with 900, and much Of
that trashy and Indifferent.
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After the

At the general council meeting held
at the City Hall last night, the following
resolutions were adopted and referred to
the finance committee:
Whereas, 1t is we'll kaown to the mem.
bers of the general council, and to the
authorities of the city government, that
there are now, and have been all the
time, divers sporting-houses openly car.
rYing on the business of gaming in the
city of Memphis. wherein faro and other
games are played unmolested by the city
authorities, while other gaming is pro-
hibited and suppressed; now, therefore,
be it
Resolved by the general council of the
city Of Memphis, That hereafter the laws
and ordinances of the city be enforced
alike, and to the same extent only as to
kinds Of gaming, the express object Of
this resolution being to observe perfect
equality as to like ~offensos, and no dis.
elimination, as heretofore.
Resolved, That the police and fire
commissioners be, and they are hereby
respectfully requested TO modify or re.
scind an order heretofore issued by them
to the chief of police, discriminating OF
tending to discriminate upsn this sub.
ject, so far as the same is or may be in
conflict with the spirit and object Of this
resolution.
Resolved, That an official copy Of
these resolutions be transmitted to the
police and FIRE commissioners without
delay.
The police authorities suppressed
keno, bunko, lottery policy business, but
did not disturb faro, roulette and other
games which flourish exceedingly a
present. a.
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Rock River Dairy Butter,
Salmon, Red SnaPpers,
HI. Seessel, ST., a. Son,
58t Cor. Jefferson and Second.
Independent Order of wOrkingmen.

AsA
The grand lodge of Independent Order
of Workingmen is in session in this city
at Odd Fellows Hall. All the lodges
of the State are represented. The pres
ent grand officers are as follows: j. W.
Anderson, of Memphis, grand president;
William Maxwell, of Humboldt, grand
vice president; W. H. Stillwell, of Hum
boldt, grand chaplain; W. B. Phillips, of
Brownsville, grand treasurer; R. W,
Haynes, of Jackson, grand secretary;
R. H. Randolph, of Memphis, grand
conductor; John Linkhauer, Of Memphis,
grand guardian. Messrs, A. W. New
som and A. F. Davis have been selected
as representatives to the next session of
the supreme lodge,
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Psrsonal.

Mr.. W. @. Burgher, Of jamestown, New
York, is a passenger on board the steamer
James W. Gaf.
Mr.. George Mllburn, president of the
Milburn Wagon Company, of Toledo,
Ohio, is visiting the city.
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liz the LEDGER job office can be found
competent, skillful and tasteful printers,
who can give entire satisfaction in the
display of any job Of printing. I28t
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Q P-ubIicauiOns.

Wills & Wildberger, 3l7 Main street,
have Selected Poems" illustrated, as
Published by Kilbourne Tomkins, l6
Cedar street, New York; price, ten cents
per number. The poems are selections
from the classical English authors of the
past and present.
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OYSTERS AND CELERY
Received Daily by Express
BY Victor ID, Fuchs,
80 and Al Jefferson st. AT

The following is from the lady man
ayers of the Methodist festival held at
344 Main street a few weeks ago:
Having tested the Alligator cook stove
during our late festival, and being &C.
quainted with its merits, we take pleas.
ure in recommending it as the very best
of cook stoves.
MRS, P. NJ. STANLEY,
Mrs. M. d. CHEEK,
MRS, w. G. SoHwALMEYER,
l.. II. ESTES, JR.
These stoves can be found only at
John B. Ferds, 2l4 Moiu street, and 1913
Poplar, SAT
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Joe LOry's Shaving Saloon,
3S South Court Street.
Hot and Gold Baths. 80

Go TO the Memphis Iron Works, L. 7.
Risk & Co., 299 Court street, for all kinds
of castings, machinery, repairing and
reftting. Orders may be left at 800
Main street. 48.t
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The type, material and workmen Of
the LEDGER job Office are as good as the
best, and hence we guarantee frst.class
work and full satisfaction to our patrons.
1891
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HELMET.

Boys Helmet, Telescope and all other
new style hats at the New York hat store,
2l9 Main street. 63
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LADIES and misses FUR Cars" in
Seal, Nutria and Coney, very low prices,
at Wiggin & Co.'s, 3lS Main st. 5St
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LADIES and misses FUR CAPS" in
Seal, Nutria and Coney, very low prices,
at Wiggin & Co. s, 3lS Main st. 5St
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LADIES and misses FUR CARS" in
Seal, Nutria and Coney, very low prices,
at Wiggin & Co.'s, 3lS Main st. 5St
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ONE hundred men wanted at the SEN.
ATE, 80 and 30 Jefferson street. to par.
take Of a free supper tonight. 81
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The best of Norfolk oysters
received daily by Q. Quentel
a. Son, 500 Main st. 70
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DoN'T fail to 60 to the SENATE, 80 and
35 Jefferson street, tonight. a fue free
supper at 10 o'clock. 81
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New ThInr IN Hnta.

At the store Of Leidy & Co., on Main
street, opposite Court Square, the Opera
Hat attracts great attention. 1t is just
the thing to wear to the theater.
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The most complete stock of furniture
carpets, oil cloths, shades and lace cur
tains at Bryson & Camps ever shown in
the city. Prices as low as the lowest.
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. We invite special attention to the
large and assorted stock which we are
now receiving Of buggy, rOckaway,
stage and dray harness, fine
English, Morgan and MOsby
saddles, horse covers, lap
robes, etc. The above goods we have
had manufactured especially 10 meet the
wants Of our Memphis trade. Our supe.
rior advantages for manufacturing
cheaply enables US to sell all goods in
our line at prices which will defy COM
petition in our market.
GATHRIGHT, HARRISON & RAYYER,
299 Main Street,
One door North of Peabody Hotel.
wtkf-2w
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Bottled cream ale and lager
beer for family use, q special
~ at Lords e. Diehl's,
33t 2O2 Front street.
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Rough and Ready,
Log Cabin and GraveIey
Chewing tobacco always to be found at
H. ESCH'S,
27O Second ST., opp. Court Square.
AND BRANCHES
217 Main street, corner Adams.
$40 Main street, opposite Peabody.
S5t
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All kinds of small size sal.
mon and frOuG at Albert Sees.
sells market, corner of Main
and Market streets. t1t
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LADIES and miases' Fur CAPS" in
Seal, Nutria and ConOy, very low prices,
at Wiggin & Co.'s, 3l8 Main st. 5St
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Second hand guns, rifles
and revOIvers bought, sold
and exchanged at SchHman's,
Ne. Ill Beal street. 56.t
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GONDOLA.

The new style Gondola hat at the New
York hat store, 2l9 Main street. GO