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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-03

ON TUESDAY. THE lSrH DAY OF FER
" ruary, 1877, within legal hours, in front
Of the hernando Insurance Building, No. 22
Madison street Memphis, Tenn, | will sell
for cash to the highest bidder the follewing
lot Of land and premises: Situated on the
north side OF Linden street, Memphis, Tenn,
hfty feet on Linden street and running back
between parallel lines one hundred and fifty
feet 10 an alley.
Ibis sale Is made by virtue Of a trust deed
made to me by. W. T. Donaldson, and re-
corded IN Book No. l0l. page 100, Registers
otice OF Shelby county. Tenn, to which refer
enee is made. Equity Of redemption waived.
j D, DANBURY, Trustee.
l.. D. MCFARLAND, Attorney, iil.l42
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sOBLIO LEDGER.
BIHECrOBx.

~
IL ,...-. Xxx
S,urH MxMPHIs, No. lis meets I'd fridsyg
In sch month, in Odd Fellows Hall. FIN
Nelson, N; B K Pulien, Sec'y..
~SGEaoSA. No. l6s-meets lst Monday 10
Zach month, in Odd Fellews Hall. CIV
MOsby. wM; ys Locke. SeHy Wsan..d.v
~ each month. in Odd Fellows Hall. A 5
Myers, W NJ K A Lyle. See'y.
,,sSorO- M. 29 meets Sd Friday in each
,oonth IN odd Fruaws' Hall. R William
sdn, WIN; Aft II Whiie' Sec'y.., .
k~ILwINNING. No. a meets atn rriaay IN
each menth. in Odd fellSws' Hall. james 5
Carpenter. W NJ; A Knapp, sec'y.
ROYAL ARoE.
PruS OHArTkR. No. 22-meets I'd Monday Of
aaon month--st Masonic Hall. in 6eyoso
Block. Robt. Galloway, n. Il. Il. p; G. e..
%HvpsiS UHIfrER, No. s5-meets at Ma
sonio Hall. in Gay 50 Biloxi. Sd Monday OF
each month. b. X. Pullen, N. H.. h. p;
X. W. shelton, beoietAry.
q. AND @. n.
RuRHKA CoUNerL. No. 6-meets Sd Thurs-
day ot each m~onth-st Masonic hall, IL Say
oso Block. B. T. Halter, tn. Ill. 4 j.
"A quxrLARs.
CRHSH OoMAAEDERY, NO. 4-meets 9Th Mon
day Of zach month at Masonic hal., 0ayoso
mock. Ed Worsham. n. c.; z. }. barchus.
Rec.
Sd Tuesday Of each mon!n at Masonic Hall,
aayoso Block. B. +. Halter, L. c.; A. j..
Wheeler, Acting kee.
NNIGHTs OF NED Csoss OF CONSTANTINE
meets FIRST and third Saturdays Of each month
at Masonic Hall. l.. b.. Hatch. NJ. P. S.; 4.
J. Barchus, h.
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Saturday, February II, 1877,

offer for sale to the highest bidder, in trent Of
the courthouse of Shelby county, in the city
Of Memphis, the interest Of the defendant HUI
L. BriRkley in and TO tho following described
property: Lot No. % in the city Of Memphis,
IA feet by l4S11 feet, fronting 74A feet on the
east side Of Main street, and running back
between parallel lines 1881 feet to an alloy
on the northeast corner Of Madison and Main
streets. Defendant HUI l.. Brinkley has a re
mainder interest in enc undivided half of said
lot.
Lot No. 2e3, city of Memphis. a triangular
shaped lot lying between jackson street, Raj
Fish road and the alley east Of Third street.
Defendant HUI i. Brinkley has a remainder
interest in one undivided half Of said lot.
Lot No. 800, city Of Memphis. l4SM feet BY
l4SH feet on the northwest corner Of Concord
and Third streets. Defendant Hu L. Brink
ley has q remainder interest in one undivided
half of said lot.
Lot No 1893. city Of Memphis, 14sh feet BY
l4BH feet on the northeast corner of'Coacord
and Third streets. Defendant HUI l.. Brink-
Icy has a remainder interest in one undivided
half Of said lot.
Part Of q tract of land lying northeast of
the city Of Memphis, and designated and de-
scrlbed upon the Plat Book No. /, page 50,
Registers office Of Shelby county, Tennessee,
and by q partition between defendant HUI L,
Brinkley and Annie 3 Snewden, the lots col
ored yellow on said plat belonging TO said de-
named in Partition Deed Book No. Is, pages
1879, Registers Office of Shelby county, Ten
nessee. to-wit: Lots 3. 5, 6, H. in block No.
q lots ., 10, II, II, Is, 10, 20. q, % 10 block
No s; lists l.. 2, 8, 4, s, u, Is, IA, Is, is, II in
block No. 6; lotss 10, II, II, is, 10, NiR block
No. Z; lots Is, % in block Ne. 8; lots 9, ID. IL.
IL, Is, II, 10, l6, 17,2I, %, 20, so, 81, 81, Ss. *
IN block No 3; lots 3, 10. IL, u, Is, Il. rs. Is,
Il in block No. 10; lots l, 2.6, I, 10, IL is IL
Is, 10 in block. No II lot II in block No. Is;
lot in block No T.. Defendant Hp b. Brink
ley Is owner in fee, Of the above described iots.
Terms OF sale Said property will be sold
upon Q credit Of seven months, purohassTs
executing notes bearing interest from date.
with approved personal security for the pur.
chase money, and a lien retained ON the prop
demption barred.
J. d. Robinson, Sci.
Innnnru Ia 1917 rno -
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING TO
ARRIVALS.
ARRIVALS.
Steamer A. j. White, Friar's Point.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer CoAhoms, Friar's Point.
IN PORT.
A. j. White, ]. W. CAT.
nondtEfau oF no m---

IN fOET.
A. ]. White, J. W. CAT.
Condition OF the Rivers.
The river here is declining at the
rate Of a half inch per hour, and
up to noon to-day had fallen over
two feet altogether. At Cairo the
decline yesterday was IS inches,
with rs feet 9 inches on the gauge:
at st. Louis n inches, with IL feet
10 inches on the gauge; at Pitts.
burg 4 inches, with 5 feet 2 inches
on the gauge; at Cincinnati 8
inches, with IL feet 9 inches on the
gauge; at Louisville 4 inches, with
s feet 3 inches in the canal; at
Evansville 8 feet G inches, with 10
feet on the gauge. The Cumber-
land fell 7 inches at Nashville, with
2 feet 9 inches on the gauge. The
Arkansas is rising at Little Rock,
with 2 feet on the gauge and 3 feet
from Pine Bluff to the mouth.
The White is falling slowly, with 8
feet in the channel from Jackson
port to the mouth.
miscellaneous.
Another disagreeable day on the
landing.
The rain deferred the handling
of freightS; hence shipments were
light. :.
The ice in the Allegheny broke
yesterday afternoon.
Navigation from St. Louis South
is fully resumed, after being ice.
bound ffty-six days.
Inc Atlantic and barges for ST.
Louis and Thompson Dean for Gin.
cinnati passed Yicksburg yester.
day.
The Illinois left Vicksburg yes.
terday on time with a good trip.
She will arrive Monday morning
and return to Yicksburg on Tues.
day.
The Golden Rule arrived at New
| Orleans yesterday.
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,MASglAL AEu 0JnnkaOlAL
mDHIY
PVBLio LEpGRR 0FFICE.
MEHPHIs, TENN.. February 3. 1877.

PVBLIc LEDGRR OFFICE.
MEHPHIs. TENN.. February 8. lST7.I
There is more activity il banking cir
cles to day than for a month past, this
being the day of grace very little, if
any, paper will 60 to protest-so said.
Currency is abundant at 8 to 10 per cent
per annum for good paper. Exchange
is in good supply, as follows: New
York commercial bills, &c discount buy
ing and selling at par; Eastern sight,
DC discount and selling at par; New Or
leans buying at 4c ard selling at par.
Gold was a topic of much attention, it
now being lower than at any time since
June, 1862. Money on the streets is in
fair supply at II to q per cent. per
month. New York gold rates are lO5b;
here brokers are paving lO44 There is
nothing doing in local stocks and bonds,
and the market continues inactive.
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OF PYTHIAs.
rrrrr.srr LOpag Mo-. s. MesI.

rsNErSssp LopaB No. s-Meets M
everg Monday pieht at Harmony
Hall, I. o. ~. r., corner Beal and fernando
streets. G. Layton, CO; Jno. Wilson, Wei
W. Klostemeycr, p.;G.W.L. Froek. NJ. Of B.;
M. ProvenEale N. Of f.; W. n. Moyston. &.
Of K. and s.. Joe Locke, P. G.
MEMPHIS LODGE No. 6-meets second, third
and fourth Tuesday evenings in each month.
at Pythisn Hall, 26e Second street Vincent
O.; A. Mergell. P; W. IL. Atkinson, X. Of
K. and s #. w. Vigus, NJ. Of E.; Jacob
Lutz. ME-.
OauR De LION Lopez No. 1S-Msots I'd and
lth w odResdays Q cry month, at 269 Second
street, Vincent CLOCK, opposite Court Square.
Il. II. Briggs, U. O.; NJ. Cooper, il. v. CIT.
L, Wilson, r @. A. burr, N. Of g.. Ut.
Tomlinson. NJ. Of f.; D. W. ochsfer. l..
Of X. s.; j. J. Ross, P. q.
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OF HONOR.

FOUNTAIN LODGE, No. 26-meets every
Tuesday evening in Natema Hall, No. 29e
Second street. at TX O'clock. JOHN johnson,
Dictator; John Legler, Reporter.
UNITY LODGE No. 2t7-meets every Wednss-
day night OF Hall, No. 29S Second street. up
stairs S. S. Garrett, Dictator; A. B. Hill.
Reporter.
CHELsEt LODGE, No 2SO-meets I'd and 4th
Thursday in eacn month, at Brick Church.
W. q. Mitchell, D.; A.. J. Knapp. X
GRRMArIA LODGE. No. S69-meets I'd and It'll
Tuesdays in each month at 29s Second treot,
upstairs. jacob Braun, Dictator; John X.
Kleiner, Reporter.
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Alberta for Batesyille and the Nc
Arthur for Black river. The Ruth
will give special attention to all
way business. Mr.. Ed Crowell is
her top clerk and is seconded by
Willie Turney.
The A.. j. White, Captain Nat
Green, is the regular packet leav-
ing this evening for Friar's Point
and the bends, giving special atten-
ton to all way business. Charley
Smither, John Burke and Charley
Jones have charge of the office.
The Charles Morgan, en- route to
Cincinnati, collided with the Dyers-
burg packet Aggie Thursday night,
a few miles below 0sceola. Charles
McCarty, a deck passenger, who
was asleep on a cotton bale, was SO
badly crushed that he died soon
after. Another deck passenger was
slightly injured, and a third is
missing, supposed to have Jumped
overheard; name unknown. All
three were passengers on the Aggie,
1t seems that the captain of the
Aggie, who was at the wheel, after
responding to the Morgan's signal
to pass, became confused and tried
to pass on the side opposite to that
indicated by the signal and ran
across the Morgan's bow when too
late for the latter to avoid a col
lision. The damage to the boats
is not very serious.
A st. Louis telegram Of last night
states /:
The gorgeS at Arsenal island
broke this am, and the ice is now
pouring from above the city in a
steady stream, on a rise of two or
three feet. No damage has yet been
done SO far as known, and none is
apprehended. The ice is from the
Missouri, and it is thought the river
is open as high up as Kansas City.
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COTTON.

The demand this morning is moderate,
and principally for clean stains, the mar
ket for which is steady. For straight
cottons the iHquiry is light and offerings
fair. Quotations on all grades are nom
inally unchanged.
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BRUDER.BUND.

DEUTscHER BRuDER-BExD : meets LIST Sunday
n each month at2 O'clock Pm, at Cochran
mann, Vice rest; W. Glaentzer, sec'y; II.
W. Sehultze. l%reas'ri Aug Zweifel and John
Handwerker. Sick Committee fer Northern
Division; John Weadel and John Margle.
Sick Committee for southern Division.
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New YoRK. February 3, 1882 a.m.-spot
are quiet. wi b futures steady.
NV YoRK. February 3. R.2O pm. Cotton
Is firm, with futures easier. Sales for future
Il. 400 bales,

ton is fiat and irregular. Uplsuds, cd; Or
leans. SIS ID. sales, 800 bales. Of when 1000
were for export and speculation; receipts,
1000 bales. Of which 10000 were American,
Arrivals opened l-32d lower.
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udd Follows. nnn. eOrnsr Main and NOrtA
Court Streets
MHgPHIs LoDen. No. 6-meets every Tues
day. 8. 8. Garrett, n. g.; Al. Knapp
Y. o.; L.. 5. Burr, Secretary; &. l. Elisa
CaICK1sAw LODeu, No. s-mosts every Mon
day night. K. NJ, earn, Nc; A u. GID
son, v. e.; I. j. Hogan, X. s.; J0hn a
Aolt. Treasurer; Themsa Bacon. 2. ).
soHILLKR Lopez No; l0-meats sve5y VEG rs
Dohle, Y. O.; Chas. BOrRer. Secretary; John
s1SNss IasaE, No. lI7-mests every Friday
night. W.K. French, n. O.; IL. a. Carroll,
v. S.i Wm. Henry. 2. and b. B.; j. o. VII
Aus SH1rp Cry Lopez. No. IgT-meots every
7hlrsday evening az Odd Fellows Hall. Ma
con Webb. n. G.. ]. z. Young, Win ID.
Moysten, Secretary; A. Is. kenneday. ireas'
HIRNoSY LoDeE No. l9-meets every Tues
DAY night at Odd Fellows Hall, corner beai
aad hernanoo streets. X. j.; Walker; ~
e.; D. A. McOmbes, Y. o.; 7. J. walker
Sec'y. q. W. Nj Ter, Treasurer.
DKoRrs LeDaR,
MsxPHrs DEeREE LoBoS No. 9-Mects hrst
S 'turday Of each month, 3 Bingham "
NJ; D. A. Wardlaw, D.. ], -; Thomas pa
CON, A. D. NJ; l.. S. Bur- I'd A. u NJ;
Il ?. Holland, sec'yi r. W. Smith. Treas.
HEOAMPHKhTB.
GAYoso BNoANPMEST, No. S-meets on ths
lat and Sd THURSDAY nights Of each month.
D. Y. Goodyear, @. p; W. 4. French, h.f :
p. o. Smith, s. W.; Thos. Bacon. scribe; D.
Bingham, Treasurer; TT. Hogan, }. ". 4,
MRNPHIs E~EoAHFHEET, No. 5s-meets Sdeno
an Thursdsy nights Of esch month. g. W.
L. Crook, o. p; J.. ]. Ross, II. P; g. F.
Garrett, s. W; II. B. Cullen, J. W.; Gu
PHsshke, snribe; John Waynesburg. Treas
uKEERlL RELIEF COMMITTEE Us. wilkins,
chairman, go Main street; Jehn w: Wayhes.
burg. Secretary, and Treasurer. zlo Front
q, Schmidt, AZ Monroe street; D. 7. Porter,
81 Union street.
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saturday, FebruarY IL,

the certain piece or parcel Of land, situate in
see, and known and bounded as fellows: Lot
No. 10 in block No. g.. and lot No. II in
block No. 6, as designated on the map or plan
Of the city Of Memphis, commencing ut a
point on the west side of Tennessee street, 90
feet frem the southeast corner OF said lot No.
No. 10, 100 feet or thereabouts, to Chester
street; thence on and with the east line Of
Chester street northwardly ia feet to a stake;
thence eastwardly in a direct line to the be-
ginning.
Terms Of S~ale-Sevtn months credit; pur-
chaser to execute noto with approved personal
security. bearing interest from date, and a
lien retained on The property till samei is paid.
Equity Of redemption barred.
JN0. d. FREEMAN, Clerk.
Ed. L. Belcher. Sol.
January IS. 1877. 13O.146
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In Supreme Courts at jackson.

A. M. Boyd vs. Hu L. Biinkley.
QY VIRTUE OF THE DECREE PRO-
ID nounced by the Supreme Court Of Ten
nessee At jackson. November Q, 1876, in this
cause, l will. on
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states


For Cairo.
Memphis and st. Louis Packet Company
For Cairo and the Bends The fine stes
JOHN B. MAUDE .........W Ii Blake, master
r EAVES AS ABOVE ON SUM- wm
IL DAY. Feb. 4, at 10 AID. Lh3S&fHf
For freight or passage apply to sNa19A8
AID STORM,
sup't Mississippi River Elevator Co.
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BEMPHIH AND LvU EvILLH RAILROAD
Arrives. Lesyes.
An. Pm. A.. r.N.
R~4press, daily Except ,,r
n sntq TsalS ...- 40 IS, ii.sn LIB ID
AceomueJ n (ex-Sundayl 40
bepot AZ hvAI Of stHln strooh
Ticket once. is! Main street. corner Of
dadison.
MEMPHIS AMI cHAKL aston R. R.
Arrives. Leaves.
-- -
Express train daily .,..-. $50 lilo
Soinerviile train daily -
lex. Sunday .....-.--.- $40 ON
Jackson, Tenn, accom- -
mediation lex. Sandaylll.4 4IO
VI. J. ROSS, GenI sup't.
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESsER X. r.
Arrives. Leaves.
- -
Ak. p.H. An. i.n.
Y ~ NAH idAilyl ......-. l25 $50
Sardis daily ex. Sunday)9.W u'W
~s.s.sA> ,a4l.g o.. sunday o.~i t'@
,seBst at foot Of Main street. =,
Ticket 0fioe. Isl Main street, corner Of
iAdiaen. -
N. OUkhEs uth sup ts
eMpHIsA AND LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD
Arrives. Leaves.
-A- -
An. Pm. An. Pm.
NJ n Train dRily.--......~ lilo o'W
4 eight and ~Aceonmeds- -
ton daily lex. Sunday 1.Iol ew
sleepig cars on mail train. Ticket %Otices,
louisville Depot, sS7 Maiu .(eor. Madisonl
md ST8 Main street.
W. E. SMITH. Act'g aen1 Sup't.
PADUCAH AND MEMPHIS RAILROAD.
Nail Train arrives...-~.~....... .....--lo.W am
" leaves-.....-...--.........- 4 W pm
Freight Train arriyes---.. .....-----. o.W pm
leaveS......... .........-..-.. . VVa.m
The nail train leaves Covlngton for Mem.
nhis at I a. M. and arrives at COVington at
7iOO rim, The freight train leaves Coyington
for Memphis at 1.S0 p IN. and arrives at Cow
ington at u. 90 An. Trains leaving Memphis
will start from the Underwriters Warehouse.
J.W WILBUR, Sup't.
H. II. GIVEN. Asst. sur't.
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Hall, No. 298 Second street. 6aA
+. o. Milton, W, Q. T.; J II. Thompson, w.
V. r.; g. A. S. Richardson. W. H.; o. f..
Shepherd. ". A. R.; Earle CAN'T, W., +. r.;
Bun n. Price. W IT.; R. w. Shelton, ". u;
o. Olsen, W. D. U.;T. +, Callahan. W. G.
B. Dunn, W. S ; d.. c. McDougal. P. w. IT.
UHELsEA TEMPLE OF II. AND I. No. 2-meots
every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, at their
I'll, Brick Church. Chelsea. W. NJ, Carr.
W.. ct; n. 7. White, Wv T.; Chas. H..
Lanham. W. r.; G. R. Dawson. W. A. RI;
l.. G. Williams, W. r.. X; ~. Chandler.
W. T.; II. Wheadley, W. IT, R. ]. Rawlings.
W. D. u; e.. X. Egnew, W. g.; 1. Isaacs,
W. S.; E. E. Colby. ?. W. Q. 7.
MONTGOMERY COUNCIL No l. T. A. AND s
T.-meets first and third Saturday in each
month, in Temperance Hall. at TX o'clock
pm. Horace IL. Briggs, G. Of c.; G. A. s..
Richardson, K.
THALEs TEMpLR OF II. AND t. No. 4-meets
every Thursday evening at ~ o'clock at ball.
No. 29s Second st. y. 4. johnson. W. I. IT,;
W. II. Atkinson, ". Y. r.: J. L. Bourne.
W. r.; John d. Cox, IT,. W. A. r.; y. ".
Halle, W. +. ~; Chas. II. McDougal, W. T.;
I. ) . Davis. W. IT,; d. q. ReshRrd, W. D.
o.; Ohns Stewart, W. e.; VIM. Homan, ",
S.. Jonathan Wood, p. VIC Z.
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lR-l1O2 and 1885,.
Chancery Sale of Real Estate.

Chhncery Court of Shelby county-W. F.
Norton ct al, and Laura s. Fowler ct al.
vs.. Virginia d. Allen OF al.
QY. VIRTUE OF AN INTERLoCUToRY
~ decree for sale. entered in the above
causes on the I'D day Of January, 1877 / VII
sell at public auction, to the highest biIdar
in front Of the Clerk and Masters nfsee
Courthouse building, Main street, IempbiS'
Tam IN NPhet
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Saturday, February IA, 1877,
Tnsupreme Court az jackson.

Edward Mcdonnell VS.. A. Mitchell ct al.
pY VIRTUE OF THE DECREE PRO-
ID nounced November l. 1876, by the Su-
preme Court of Tennessee at jackson, in this
cause, l will offer fer sale to- the highest bid
county, in the city Of Memphis. on
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sEMPHIs AND LvU lEVILLH RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.
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TEmPEARs OF N

NATOMA TEMPLE OF II. AND 7.
40. 1-meets every Friday even
ing at 3 o'clock at Temperance
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-03

Sleepig cars on mail train. Ticket omces,
Louisville Depot, sS7 Maiu .(cor. Madisonl
and STS Main street.
W. Il. SMITH, Aot'g Gsn'l Sup't.
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the Governor must be accepted.
This view prevailed, and by a
strictly partisan vote 4 State
that gave a small Democratic
majority is counted Republican.
The Democratic majority in
Louisiana is much larger, being
at least ten thousand, but the
eight partisans will find reasons sat
isractory to themselves and their
party for disregarding all evidence,
except the returns Of the board;
having it in their power they will
count the State for Hayes. The
Oregon case may be a stumbling
block in their way, but Republican
ingenuity and audacity will most
likely enable them to claim that
Watts was au eligible elector. If
there is anything very hopeful in
the situation from our Democratic
standpoint, we fail to see or feel 1t.
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The bogus life insurance companies Of
New York city are being vigorously
shaken up Sy the newspapers. The rot.
ten institutions are being laid bare and
the solid companies are coming to the
front The New York San says:
The recent developments Of misman
agsment and fraud in life insurance com
p%anies are causing great uneasiness, not
ONLY among policy-holders who find that
they have been swindled out Of the
money they had paid in premiums, bat
also among many Of those who are in
sured in solvent institutions. The fact
that concerns generally supposed to rank
rs hrst class have been found nnsound,
naturally causes doubts aa 10 the trust
worthiness Of Others, especially amoug
the large class Of people who have no
means Of forming an intelligent jidg.
ment for themselves as TO tile relative
strength Of such institutions There are
thousands OF heads OF families who have
for long years practiced great self denial
in order to make provisions, in case Of
death, Ear those who are dependent upon
them and, in view OF this fact, all life
insurance companies that are able 10
present. proofs Of their stability should
take tho earliest opportunity TO relieve
the natural anxiety Of policy holders by
aiding ia every ayailabls way tho efforts
Of the authorities 10 give the pablo au,
thentic information as to their actual
condition"
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, February ION. Malan, Of
the Gelgian ministry, has resigned on
ccoun OF opposition to the electoral
bill. There have been several disturb
anees lately owing to the bill.
The Servians declare it impossible to
discnss the stipulation for granting
privileges to the jews ard Armenians
equal 10 those enjoyed BY the Servian
SUI jec;s. The opposition is actu4ted by
trade ard jealousy and comes from u
combination Of Belgrade merchants who
influence the clique which furnishes mir
istera for beth political parties. Servia
does not seriously o. ect to any other o.
The Turkish conditions.
Forty Yarmouth aud Love.toft fishing
vessels, with 200 persons on board, are
missing. Vessels are searching for
them.
BRUssELs, February lO-Lo Nord
says hat il Europe r%enOunces its right
of action under the treaty of 1856,
Russia will be justified in assuming the
attitude she held before that treaty.
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WASHINGTON



WASHINGTON. February 10 In the SEN
ate to-day the chair presented q commu.
nication from the president Of the cleo
toral commission informing the senate
thai it has decided upon the matter sub
mitted to il concerning the electoral
votes from Florida.
The sergealt-at-arms was directed to
request the attendance Of the absent
senators.
The conference committee on the for
ti6cation appropriation bill are the fol-
lowing; Windham, Logan ard Davis.
In the house the speaker presented a
communication similar to hat read in
the senate from the president OF The
electoral commission. II was resolved
to receive the senate in joint session at
one o'clock. Mr.. Hale ~endeavored to
fix an earlier time. but his amendment
was defeated by 100 to 80. He gave no
tice that he would call for the yeas and
nays whenever there is another attempt
to delay the proceedings.
Florida is announced for Hayes aud
Wheeler. The house objects, which will
be argued two hours.
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IndIcatIous,

WASHINGTON. February lO.-For Ten,
nesse, the Ohio valley and lake region
falling barometer, warmer southwest
winds, possibly preceded by southeast
over lower lakes, increasing cloudiness,
and at the extreme northern stations
possibly light snow.
For upper Mississippi and lower
Missouri valleys falling barometer,
warmer southwest winds and partly
cloudy weather, followed st western sta.
tioOs by rislOG barometer and colder
northwest winds
The rivers will continue falling, ex.
cept stationary in the lower Ohio, and
possibly slight rise in the Missouri below
Bonneville.
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CAIRO. February 10 -Arived--John
L Rhoad', St. Louis, 9 pm; Hillman,
Nashville, 10; Cons Millar, Memphis, 10;
Capitol City, St. Louis, 4 a N ; Golddust,
New Orleans, 8 Depsrted-scteuek
and Belle Of Shreveport, New 0cleans,
II pm Rhoad', Rittsburg, u; Cons
&'llar, Cincinnati, lli H'llnsu, Nash.
vile, midnight; Capitol City, Vicksburg,
fam 6olddGst louisville, 10; Liberty
No. 4, Cincinnati, The Howard is
Trading here for New or'elns, and vii
leave sunday. Clear.