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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
Astronomical Events for the mou,b

Astronomical Events for the Month
Our skies offer peculiar attractions to
~Stargszers at the present time, When it is
not too cloudy for astronomical obserya.
tons. Between six and seven o'clock
IN the evening four magnificent planets
are visible, viz: Venus, Jupiter, Mrs
and Saturn the last two il the south.
east and the other two 10 the west. with
the crescent moon between. The moon
is quite near Venus and Mercury now.
She will be near Jupiter on the night of
the 18th. She will be neil Mars during
the night hours Of the 10th and the NON.
ing hours Of the 2lst, and near Saturn
during the night hours of the 2lst and
the morning hours of the 22d.
The moon was nearest the earth on
the evening Of the 9Th, and will be fur.
thest from it on the evening of the 18th.
Mercury and the sun will set nearly to
gether on the 18th, aud from the 18th to
the 10th the former will set in daylight.
Venus now sets after sunset, the interval
increasing as the month advances, set.
ting on the 28th at Oh. 2Sm. pm. Mars
rises after sunset, and rises and sets
with the sun on the 18th. From the
18th until the close of the yea
he rises in daylight, being due south
on the 10Th and lea the moon on the
3lst. Jupiter sets Oh. I'm. p m. on the
2Sth, and due south on the 18th, at 5h.
5sm. pm. Saturn rises sfter sunset; on
the 18th he rises at the time Of sunset,
and from the l4th to the end of the year
he rises in daylight. He sets at Al. 2m.
a m. on the 18th. He is in opposition to
the sun now, and near the moon on the
3lst. He is due south on the 18th at
lin. 34m. pm, and on the last day at
Ion. Sim. m.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
Tornado AZ Ana,in. vs.

Last Sunday evening about eight
o'clock a tornado from the southwest,
accompanied by thunde-, lightning and
rain, passed over Austin, Miss. The
wind whirled and roared and tore up
trees along its track. At Cat Island,
opposite Austin, great damage was done
to the timber. The colored Baptist
church and some eight or ten dwellings
in the north end of Austin we're dc
stroyed the timbers, furniture, etc.
being blown away. The storm track
was one hundred yards wide and was
cut clC N through the woods. At Peters
and other plantations much damage was
done to crops, fences, etc. Cotton was
blown miles away, and fence rails were
taken up by the air and whirled into
space. A Saratoga trunk belonging to
resident of Austin was found half a mile
away from the town when the storm had
p .ssed. A Aatboat in the river was
blown up on the bank aud destroyed.
Several nel.oes who inhabited the build.
lngs blown down we're seriously injured,
and 1t is reported that sever. : persons
we're killed by the falling trees. 1t was
the most violent tornado that ever passed
through that fection of count. It's
track was traced far into the Mississippi
bottom in q northeasterly direction. The
storm was perceptible in the southwest
last Sunday evening fcom this city.
Dense black clouds, flashes of b1 .lliant
lightning, and a continuous roar OF
thunder resounded in the vest for several
hours. The tornado did moi reach Mem.
phis, although gusts Of storm wind%Rere
felt occasionally, and the air seemed
filled with noises. The barometer fell
rapidly, and it was remarked by the
weatherwise that a violent storm was
approaching.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
Amusementa.

The Fay Templeton troupe commences
an engagement next Monday evening at
the Memphis Theater, with a bright,
sparkling little attraction in the person
OF Fay Templeton, the wonderfully
piquant and fascinating child actress,
supported by talent adapted to the char
acter of her performance. The theater
this season VII be under the manage.
ment of Mr.. John Rickaby, whose
courteous manners, bright Wit and ex
perlence in management fit him for
popularity in his private or Official ca.
Messrs. Frank Grey aud John
Robh VII continue their connection
with the theater.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
Killer Arrested.

a white msn named Thompson, alias
Bunch was arrested by the police this
forenoon on the charge Of killing a man
IN st. Francis county, ARK last Sunday
morning. Bunch shot him down With a
gun and shot him again as he lay upon
the ground. The row was about some
washing, Bunch shot his man in the
head and then in the thigh. He , IL be
taken back to St, Francis county for
trial.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
Soldiers -Iseuntons.

Soldiers reunions are all the rage this
year. The Eleventh Tennessee purpose
holding a reunion at Nashville, and the
Second Tennessee General Bates regi.
ment-Will hold 3 reunion at Castilian
Springs, near GELATIN, on the 4th oil
October next. The Seventeenth and
Tweniy.third regiments will enjoy a
reunion at Flat Creek, Bedford county
on the goth instant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
4 NeEro woman Mnrhar.1

Last night two negro women we're
sleeping in bed together at a shanty in
Fort Pickering On the corner of Caro-.
lima and Fifth streets. One of them was
awakened by receiving q blow YER the
face. She got out of bed and heard a
man retreating from the room. Striking
a light she discovered that her night
clothing was saturated with blood, and
on going to the bed she saw her com.
panion dead, the blade of an ak having
been driven into her skull and brain
above the ear. The woman was sleep.
ing on the side of the bed nearest the
murderer, and the handle of the az
struck her in the face when the fatal
blsw was given to the. woman lying on
the inside of the bed. The murderer
escaped recognition, and has so far es.
capped arrest, but suspicion rests upon a
negro who was the rejected sutton of the
murdered weman. The affair is involved
ia mystery for the present.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
MURDERED IN P'S STORE.
Tragic Fate of a Merchant in uo.,
erSvlile, Tenn.

We CLEAN the following f,om q lotto.
from Brownsville to the louisville Even.
ing News: H'en'
A horrible crime was committed a,
huntersVllle, Madison county, Tennes.
see, last Wednesday night. Two brotb.
ers, the Nessrs. Wyley, we're merchants
at buntersville, a small place in Mad;.
son county, Tenn. One Of them usually
slept in the store, and the other a. ID
with his family some distance off.
On last Wednesday three Disguised
men, dressed in women's clothes went
into the store and remarked that thev
wanted to buy some goods. Mr.. Wylev
waited on them as usual, and, az he was
snow -ng an article, one OF the party hi
him a delthly blow vita an ak on the
mead. de soon expired, af,er bleeding
a good deal. The other brother, happen.
ing to come to the store that night
walked In and remarked, WHY all this
bloodY' One OF thu so.called women
said that her nose had been bleeding
Mr. WILEY, looking around, discovered
ms brothers feet sticking out from under
tue bed, and suspectiDg strongly of foul
play, he ran out of the door and locked
It, lie summoned aid and went back
and succeed i in arresting oil the num-
Der. The other Mr. Wyley was tsSen
out from under the bed, and his brosber's
suspicious did not prove groundless. IA
be had been murdered in a horrible man.
ner. All OF the party were taken To
jackson, where they will be tried.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
Ladies Felt Hats
29] Reshaped ut GOOdyear's.

DECISIONS rendered at home by those
who know, and from practical expert.
ence, is worth more to the aversge citi-
zen than all the testimonials that we
can reaG from those abroad, or all the
newspaper matter that can be put before
us. The home decisions come from those
we know, and from those who should
know that the Alligator cook stove is I'm.
equaled anywhere in this country, and is
the only cook stove seld that will give
satisfaction with the use Of coal. This
can be seen at a glance by any man or
woman after seeing its hues and its adj
vantsges. This is not a newly invented
stove, Its agency in this city is a new
thing and to this agent, JOIN B. Ford,
persons daily come, who claim to have
ordered the Alligator stove from the fac
tors because they could not get one here.
Some Of them have had these stoves in
use as long as nineteen years, and they
are in perfect order yet. This stove Is
sold, put up and warranted by JoHY B.
FORD, 2l4 Main street, near Adams, and
l23 Poplar street. 6.t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
AriinoinI nnnnne1s

Artificial button.hole bouquets, where
brightness and color fade not, are becom.
ing popular az adornments for the but
ton.hole with men of fashion in Mem.
phis. They fade not, they waste no
sweetness on the desert air, and they last
for weeks. The emily trouble is that a
blind man can tell a bogus button-hole
bouquet from the genuine article, aud
the perium, hunting world turns up its
pug uese at it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
THE CITY.
MEMPHIS.
wednesday Evening. sept. IL, 1877.


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 pei
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 AND TENNESSEE AND PADUCAB
AND MEMPHIS RAILWAYS.
Mr.. John Epperson, or employees, will
supply the PUBLIC LEDGER at five cents
on the above named railways.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
New Bale of Cotton iTOm Conway
County,. AEkRnNaH.

Messrs. Fader, Jacobs & Co., Who'll
sale grocers and cotton factors, No 3O2
Front street, received yesterday ION
Conway county, Ark, the first new bale
of cotton ifom that district shipped by
Mr.. Frawenthal. 1t was sold to N.
Schwab 4 Co. for eleven cent per
pound by Mr.. Joe Clarkson, who repr
seats the above firm this season in the
cotton department. The new bale
brought a good price, which is an e,,.
dence of the good standing of Messrs.
Fader, Jacobs Il Co. and their able rep
resentative, Mr.. ice Clarkson.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
To the Memphis Rar.

UFFIcE or CLERK SUPREME COURT
JACKSON. Tenn, September II, 1871.
| will be at the courthouse in the city
of Memphis on Tuesday, 18th of Sep
TENDER, 1877, from 9 o'clock am. to 4
o'clock pm with records in all causes
on the Shelby Chancery docket which
stand for trial before the Commission Of
Arbitra'o on on the first Monday of DC.
tober.
Attorneys who wish to prepare causcs
for trial can OBJ in records by calling at
the DON opposite the sheriff Office on
Tuesday. JOHN Il. FREEMAN, Clerk.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
PERSONAL,

Colonel Jake Frolich, of the Searcy,
White county ARK Record, is in the
city soliciting business for hia journal.
Major Willo Haywood, the well known
and popular editor of the Brownsville
Democrat, is in the city aud will remain
e day or two
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
A. 4. FRANKLANn.

Auction and Commission
House, 800 Main street, OF
pOsite Peabody. Trade sal,
all classes Of merchandise.
furniture, carpets and grOce.
ries. daily. Ii
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
$40 MAIN
Opposite Peabody,

Best &c cigars, sundry brands,
Key West and Imported cigars, Havana
cigars, Spanish manufacture,
Log Cabin, P. Gravely, b. F. Grayely,
and Ro7gh and Ready tobacco,
To be found at the branch of II. Esch,
$40 MAIN STREET,
Opposite the Peabody Hotel
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12

lion spurs, which no doubt by this time
has been filed of.
Says the Nashville American, of the
10th instant: Hon. Jefferson Davis wa.
~telegraphed &c day at Memphis an invi
tatlon to be present at the fair here
which commences the 18th instant, and
deliver an address. The reply was re:
ceived that he was at Mississippi City.
Miss, and the telegram was forwarded
to him"
AT A o'clock tc morrow afternoon the
committee on invitations and printing
for the reunion Of the survivors of the
One Hundred and Fifty.fourth and Thir.
teenth regiments of infantry will meet
at the Office Of MAJOR Irrelevant, on
Madison street. The committee is com
posed Of Messrs. Woods, Spicer, Locke
and Brennan.
AT the Police Court this morning the
following cases we're disposed of; James
Bacon (black), malicious stabbing, bond
$1,000; Hannah White (black) disorderly,
fine IS; E. N. Williams (white), fighting,
fine $40; N. Gordon (black), prowling,
fine s.; James Moran (white), diserderly,
case continued; D. Sullivan (wbite),
drunk, fine s..
A series of lively dog fights came off in
font of the Main street car stables on
last Sunday night about IL o'clock. The
street car stable boys kept the thing up
for about two hours, very much to the
disgust and annoyance of citizens who
reside in that vicinity. 1t would be bet
ter if the d~og-6ghters would take thei.
ours out 10 the suburbs or over on the
Hopefeld sand bar, where they could
enjoy themselves without committing a
nuisance, There is a time and a place
for everything, even a dog fight.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
Trouble Elsewhere than in tle
United States.
baltimore Sun

O"ANtmNI0 Jun
The condition Of England is to day
worse than for many years. Her manu-.
featuring interests are depressed almost
beyond precedent; her bank reserve is
down $4,000, 900 compared with a veal
ego. She is undergoing heavy expenses
to meet emergencies in the East; a ter.
rible famine 10 India is on her hands
wheat is up nearly twenty shillings a
quarter above last year, her boo are
CRY ing for bread by the thousands, and
the business interests of the country Al
large are almost at a st nd. The dearer
price for money abroad t. day, il was
hoped by some, might be the dawn of a
waking up from the late ~stsgnation in
business, but il is more likely to be the
result of our demoralized exchanges and
the fear of a far Ter d.t.p upon he bank
for gold
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
bitten by a hull Dog.

This morning Chief of Police Athy
had occasion to visit the residence of
Captain Weatherford, of the force. As
he entered the front gate a bull dog at.
tackled him and as he retreated he hung
upon his rear just as do the Turks when
the Russians are forced to r~etreatin Bul.
garis. Tie dog grabbed the chief by the
pants and carried off a large section OF
them, extending from the waistband to
the knee. Improving his advantage be
caught the chief where the pants dis.
played the rent and again grabbed him
as he climbed the fence. The chief had
to cit on the fence for some time until
the trusty dog was called of, and until
reinforeements in the shape of a pair of
pants could be sent for. The damage
done to the pants was some eight dollars,
to the flesh considerable, and to the feel.
ings a good deal. II a dog turns on you
you had better let him alone, but if you
turn on a dog and retreat, you get the
worst of it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
Retter Late Imam Nerer.

If your teeth are going, and you have
not yet tried the "S0ZODONT," as a
preventive try it now. Abandon all
other deutriGces and give it a fair
chance; it is guaranteed to be as harm.
less as water. cod
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
School Bags
School Baskets

Just received of our own Importation
great variety at low prices.
6f WHEELER, PICKENs h Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12

30 tubs strictly choice Butter, re.
ceiVed per reiri orator car,
20 boxes Lean Breakfast Bacon,
100 boxes Of choice mild Cheese,
New Grits, new Rice, new HOminy.
g.. A. ECKERLY a. BROS.
l55.t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
B. AND L. ASSOCIATION.
Building a. LNnn Assnninti.

A SPECIAL MEETIJC OF THE STOCK
"A holders Of the above Association WI :
Dc held at The once of the Planters IN
suranoe Co.. ~ Madison sire 1t, on WEDNFs-
DAY, September 18th, at IL 1,m.. nv tbo
purpose Of vOtin~ on a proposed amenSnsnf
70 the bylaws, va: That section2 OF Srticio
b be-. and is hereby amended so as Ia rsSd
within i've miles Of the city line" "'
II. j. WARD, Sec'y. i0s
A few more shares Of stock in thu ahoyo A.,
ISOLATION can be- had by applying a AZ onsS as %
the secretary. oyoH "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
UnsucCessru Attempts a. suic,o,

Yesterday John Hoskins and James
Armstrong printers, while indulging in a
drunk, purchased a twenty-five cent flask
'qudanum at a drug store, and divid'
the contents bet seen them, swallowed
the drug. They had agreed to commit
suicide jointly and severally, or at least
to go to sleep in Court Square. When
discovered both men were drowsy, aud it
was with difficulty that Hoskins' life was
saved. a timely emetic, a grand walk
around for several hours and a liberal
amount of iagellation brought him out
of the trouble and prevented him ..om
becoming an angel last night.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12

Sid Cooks Peabody Billiard
Room Is pronounced ssrsI
class by ALI visitors. SS-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
The new style Helmet hat at

11S MAIN.
The Custer hat at 30 Main,
The cheapest hat at 2I0 Main.
The lowest price hat store nj
$40 Main.
The best hats at the lowest
figures at 2I0 Main. 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
NatiOnal surgical Institnte.

Two of the surgeons of this notable
institute will visit Memphis, Ten2., Sep.
TENDER rs, u and %, 1877, stopping at
the Worsham House. They will have
with them a fine outfit of braces
and surgical appliances, and will
be prepared to treat all kinds of
deformiiies and chronic diseases, such
as Club Feet, Hip Disease, Spinal Dis
ease, Paralysis, Piles and Fistula, Ca.
tarrh, Private Diseases, Diseases of the
Eye, etc. For full particulars, address
National Surgical Institute, Atlanta,
Georgia. dl56w29
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-12
WARTED.

WANTED-THE PUBLIC TO KNOW
w that / will not be responsible for any
biflS bought by any one connected with the
Ledger office or out OF it. and will not allow
such bills In settlement Of my accounts unless
accompanied by my written order.
3B.f K. WHITMORE.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-11-08
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.

President Hayes has issued proclamation,
printed below, setting apart Thursday, the goth
day of November, as day of national thanks
giving and prayer:
The completed circle of summer and winter,
seed-time and harvest, has brought to the &C
customed at which religious people celebrate
with praise and thanksgiving the enduring mercy
of Almighty God. This devout and public confess
sion Of the constant dependence of man upon the
Divine Father for all the good gifts of life, and
health, and peace, and happiness, so early in our
history made the habit of people, finds in a sur
vey of the past year new grounds for its joy
full and grateful manifestation. In all
| blessings which depend upon benignant
seasons, this has indeed been remarkable year.
Over the wide territory Of country, with all it's
diversity of soil and climate and products, the
earth has yielded bountful return to the labor
of the husbandman. The health of the people has
been blighted by prevalent widespread dis
eases; no great disasters of shipwreck upon our
coasts or to our commerce on the seas have brought
loss and hardship to merchants or mariners and
clouded the happiness of the community with
sympathetic sorrow. In all that concerns our
strength, and peace, ahd greatness as nation in
Government and the benefcent institutions on
which it rests in all that affects the character and
disposition of people, and tests capacity
to enjoy and uphold the equal and free condition of
society, now permanent and universal throughout
the land the experience of the last year is conspcu
ously marked by the protecting providence of God,
and is full of promise and hope for the coming gen.
eratons.
Under sense of these infinite obligations to the
Great Ruler Of times and seasons, and events, let
us hu1nby ascrbe it to faults and frailties
if, in any degree, that perfect concord and happi-
ness, peace and justice, which such great mercies
should diffuse through the hearts and lives of our
people, do not altogether and always and everywhere
prevail. Let with spirit and with voice lift
up praise and thanksgiving to God for His manifold
goodness to our land, and His manifest care for
our nation.
Now, therefore, I, Rutherford B. Hayes, Presi-
dent of the United States, do appoint Thursday the
18th day of November next, day of national
Thanksgiving and prayer, and I earnestly recon-
mend that, Withdrawing themselves from secular
cares and labors the people of the United States do
meet together that day in their respective places
of worship, there to give thanks and praise to Al
mighty God for his mercies, and to devoutly be-
seech their continuance.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-11-08
MISCELLANEOUS eLEANINGs

Fifteen hundred Mormon converts have
been landed in New York from Europe within
the past twelve months. The last lot, some
thing less than 100 in number, arrived last
week.
John Welsh, the newly appointed Minister to
the Court of st. James, is u years of age.
Hon. A. B. Foster, Canada's railway king, is
dead.
jeff Davis and Jacob Thompson were among
the pall-bearers at the funeral of Gen. Forrest
in Memphis, Tenn.
On the announcement of the death of Sena-
tor Morton, President Hayes sent the following
telegram of sympathy to Col. W, r. Holloway,
of indianapolis:
desire, through you, to offer to Gov. Morton g
widow and family my warmest sympathy in their
great affection, Amid the general and sincere
manifestations of at the public loss of which
no one can be more sensible than myself, my long
friendship for GOV. Morton makes me wish to be
counted among those who feel in his death the
grief of personal bereavement. r. B. HAYES.
The whole country from Montreal and Og-
densburg, and east to the Atlantic, was seri-
ously shaken up by an earthquake on the MORN
ing of the 4th inst.
Ex-President Grant recently stated that but
for Senator Morton's ill-health he would have
appointed him Chief Justice at the time Sen
ator Conklng declined the appointment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-11-08
A Cry for Simplicity.

We are obliged to the New Century
Art Publication Company for one of
their exquisite chromos, but we feel
compelled to return it with the request
that they send us some less elaborate
study in it's stead. This picture, CAD
tumn Scenes on American Farms" is
beautiful enough; the atmosphere is
marked with q rare transparency, the
foreground is marvellous copy Of ma
ture, the perspective is perfect, the
high light, middle tint and background
are all good, the drawing is accurate
and the coloring delicate and natural,
and we will say the other things about it
when the company sends us the other
art slang. But we cannot hang it up in
our house. We have son, who in all
probability. will be raised in the city,
and we cannot, without doing violence
to the feelings of father, permit the
hope and staff of our declining years to
grow up, and by constant study OF that
picture, fall into the belief that Ameri-
lean farmers, in tight boots and CLAW
hammer coats, and their wives and
daughters, in Princesse dresses and
Valenciennes lace and kid slippers, go
out in the autumn with pair Of blooded
horses and basket phaeton and gather
blood-re9 and golden apples off the same
spreading, guarded and rugged oak tree,
glowing III all the flaming splendor of
the autumn-glorifed maple. Take back
your picture, and give us David and
Goliah, with green grass and red blood.
Don't put in much grass, but pile on the
blood. -B2trLinOtO1 H0aOE- EUe.