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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26
WHO Is sHEf
Strange InfatHatlOn OF q Memphis
Lady who Becomes EnamOFed OF n
Texfan.


Strange I%nfatHation Of a Memphis
Lady who Becomes EnAmOred Of a
Texfan.
The San Antonio (Texas) Herald Of
the 25th inst, tells the following strange
story:
Some months ago a gentleman from
Texas had occasion TO visit Memphis,
Tenn, while on q business trip north,
aud while there met a lady who report
states to be educated and beautiful. The
Texan appears to be q regular iady-kil-
Ter, for no sooner did the fair Memphian
see him than she fell deeply in love, and
in her every look and motion showed
her intense i~nfatuation. At first the
Texan W charmed by the intelligence
and beauty Of the lady, but discovering
the prize TO be so easily won he soon
lost his interest in the matter, and leav-
ing the over ripe fruit to wither on the
branch, he sought that less matured
which he could ripen only by the great.
est care and the fervent sun Of his affec.
ton.
The lady, however, had no intention of
letting the dearly loved prize slip through
her grasp in any such manner, and
learning that her Adonis had left tho
city on a southern bound train, followed
him to Little Rock, Ark, where, having
sought him in vain, she came to this
city. Here she found him; but with a
lady fair on his arm promenading Com
meree street. Following him until she
got him alone she threw herself at his
feet and confessed her strange i~nfataa-
ton, declaring that to lose him would
be her death.
Now, the Texan had no idea of sur
rendering his liberty in any such sum
mary manner, and besides there is q fair
haired German lady in this city whose
cooler blood guards her preference, if
she has any, 80 that the man who wins
her affection must first prove himself
worthy, and then seek the prize in the
orthodox manner. So, stepping back,
be told the ardent Memphian her love
was thrown way when bestowed on him,
as he, himself, was an ardent devotee at
another shrine.
The fair n was in despair, and be-
sought the Texan to alter his terrible de-
cision which would send her back to her
beautiful home 10 Tennessee heart brok-
en-, to linger through an unrequited ex.
%istence till welcome death should sum
mon her to a higher love in celestial
spheres.
Through her tears she besought and
prayed her capto-, but in yain-the ad-
smantiuc heart was true to his San An.
tonian love, and the Memphian victim
Of his charms, crushed and iorsaken,
left his presence and this city to be
known here no more.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26
BLIC LEDGER.
ONCE, 10 Madison Street.
LARG EST CITY CIRCULATION.
THE CITY.
MEMPHIS:
Thursday Evening, July 2s, 1877.
The PubIIc Ledger nt Five Gems

The Public Ledger nc Five Cents.
The PUBLIC LEDGER will be supplied
on all trains and at oil 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 AND 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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Ladies' Ice Cream ParlOr at
Bartee's, 32S Main st. lit

1t is not pleasant to learn that q man
can now call you IAN unnitigated and
unprincipled liar =" per postal card, with
out sending Objectionable matter "
through the mails. A trial in Washing
ton, Wednesday, developed the fact that
congress, at its last session, SO modified
the law as to confne the prescribed mat.
ter to the Indecent and obscene" leav.
ing any one at liberty to send abusive
and scurrilcu5 cards through the mails.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26
Outrage at Little Rock.

This morning, at the Iron Mountain
depot, q German, whose name is Sabat,
from Memphis, was assaulted by q negro,
as it Is supposed for the purpose Of rob
berry, as it was ascertaiued he had quite
an amount OF money, something like
$500. The negro assaulted him with a
coupling-pin, and beat him shockingly,
but did not succeed in getting the money,
but did succeed in making his escape.
DR.. Lenow, who is treating the stranger,
reports his wounds of q most dangerous
character. Efforts are being made for
the capture of the negro.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26
Petition for Divorce

AT the Shelby County Circuit Court
James L. May fled q petition for di.
vorce against Mary A. May, alleging that
the parties intermarried at Bolivar,
Hardeman county, in May, 1868, and
lived together until December, 1876,
when defendant deserted complainant
and took up with a man named Miller
with whom she is living in open and no.
torious lewdness. Therefore complain.
ant prays for q divorce a vinculo.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26
LIST OF PRIZES.

6972 Cash Prizes, amounting to.......... s3l0, 600
Whole lickos $40; Halves, s.; Quarters,
$3.50; Ii Tickets, 800; SSh Tickets, $50; t6A
Tickets, $500.
draft, postetiee order or 7 gisteTed letter,
made payable to @. ". Barrow & Co.
All communications contested with the dis
tributiun, or orders for tickets. and a. plea
ti0ns Of agei Is TO sell tickets. should be ad-
dressed to q. ". BARROW 4 CO.,
General N dangers, Courief-J ournal Building,
Louisville, KY.
Or No. 6 West Court street. Memphis, Tenn.
Remember Aug. 80. No time for delay.
d&wll6-l57
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$4,000 Cash in Prizes.
FARMERS & DRovvRs BANK, Louisville, KY,
Treasurer.

The public are respectfully notified that in
consequence of tho precedent established by
the former company. and not wishing to make
n scaled or fractional drawing, tho manage
ment have made a shert postponement Of
sixty days. While regret ing to ask the in.
diligence of their patrons even for this short
period. it is Oh their account that this post
ponement is made, as many have expressed
their wishes that this drawing should be IL full
one.
Tho company is Ilrassd to announce that
the courts Of Kentucky have decided that the
charter q4der Which their dti,stri6pttiSns Jake
Hence, sustained by law. and the receipts
being most encouraging, tho management
emphatical y state that this drawing will
positively take place on August Both. or
MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED IN FULL.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26
Strangers, so to COnVerse's
billiard parlOrs, 81 8. Court at.
10f
Decays EHacinE Finger

will never mar the teeth that are brushed
daily with odsriferous SOZ0D0NT. 1t
lends a floral fragrance to the breath as
we'll as protects the teeth from corresion
aad decomposition. cod
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26
Sid Cooks Peabody Billiard
Room is pronounced flrsI
class by all visitors. SS-t
The Flood

HaS subsidized. Raleigh rallies again.
The bridge on the New Raleigh road is
thoroughly completed, The distance is
short, only eight miles, shade all the way
aud no toll to pay. Come out and see
Aunt Mary; she is looking for you every
day. Rates are low. Conveyance at
Bartlett will bring you straight through.
Come and see Aunt Mary whatever you
do. lO6t
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ICE COLD BEER.
Coolest saloon In the city.
L. WOELLER,
of Main and GayOsO
I4T

TIE type, material and workmen Of
the LEDGER job Office are as good as the
best, and hence we guarantee first class
work and full satisfaction to our patrons.
1871
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LOCAL.

Under AND BY VIRTUE OF A TRUST
- deed executed to me as Trustee, by VIM.
B. Waldran, on the 18th day Of January. 1870.
and recorded in the Register office Of Shelby
county, Tennessee. in Book No. "A, page 2Oi,
to pay the Indebtedness secured thereby, and
under the instructions Of the beneficiary, l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26

In the LEDGER job Office a be foun,
competent, skillful and tasteful printers,
who can give entire satisfaction in the
display Of any job. Of printing. 1857
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26

The sociable to be given by the ladies
of Grace Church this evening, at the
residence Of Mr.. 7. Milburn, is post
poned on account OF the weather.
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OR STOLEN.

NEWFOUNDLAND DOG, barely grewn,
IN about Is months old; white spots on face,
breast and feet. A liberal reward will be paid
for his return 10 OF Beal street, near corner
of WELLINGTON. 92t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26
PERSONAL.


DR. H1NS0N, SURGEON DENTIST, $50
~ Main street, Memphis, Tenn. Office
hours from 5 o'clock IN. TO 6 o'clock pm.
All operations upon the teeth performed with
skill and care at prices to suit the times.
~dSl-t&Wl5 Is
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26


Bob Iugersoll counsels husbands to
go to their homes of an evening " like a
ray Of light"
A manuscript autograph volume of
John Locke brought S2l0 at a recent
London auction.
There are SO,249 children of school.
going age in San Francisco, 2OS2 Of them
being Chinese
Pennsylvania is having hard luck all
around. 1t is now said that the insane
asylums are o~vercrowded.
The mob: Already we have accom-.
plished more than Russia, with all her
armies we have taken Cars"
Among the recipients of Bib county
(Ga.) charity are sixteen old ladies
whose ages aggregate 1916 years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26

DERSONAL-J. M. COLEMAN, JUSTICE
L Of the Peace, Notary Public and Commits
sioner Of Deeds. Special attention given to
collections in the county. Office 294 Front st.
1874
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Beer aud Infectious Diseases.


There is no pref udice existing in Mem
phis against the black man on account
OF color or previous condition of ssrvi-
tude, but white man don't want it to
get mixed with his beer. 1t is not unu.
sual at many beer saloons, when you call
for your beer, to be handed the glass that
has just left the diseased lips of some
plague-stricken darby. All this does
away with the anticipated pleasure in
quafing a glass of the nut brown liquid,
and you begin to fear that you may be-.
come infected with some loathsome dis.
ease, ~unhsppily too prevalent among the
negro race at present. 1t might be more
prudent and clearly for the beer seller
to have two counters and two sets of
glasses for his customers, then he could
secure the trade of and gather in the
nickels from both races.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26
LOTTERY.
Kentucky Cash Distribution Co.

Authorized by an Act Of the Legislature for
the support Of the City Schools of Frankfort.
will positively have their second drawing in
the city of LOUISVILLE, KY, on August
30, 1877, or money will be refunded.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26

for the last three years, has left US to
take charge of the Office Of the Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad Company at Men,
phis. Mr.. milford, during bis stay in
Belena, made friends who regret bis de-
p%arture.
Jacob Lowell shot and killed Robert
Swan, both colOred, at the Baldwin plan
tatiOn, about eight miles below DesArk,
IN Prairie county, on the llth ultimo.
Lowell thought Swan was too intimate
with his wife. Lovel himself went to
DesArc to summon the coroner to hold
the inquest, and accompanied him to the
place of the killing. and the jury finding
him guilty of murder he surrendered, and
was placed in Jail to await the conven-
ing of the grand jury.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26

TEE regular excursion on the tug Lulu
and barge has beea postponed until Fri
day night.
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LOST.

0ST or mislaid. one Coat. dark purple,
~ containing papers of no value to any one;
also, three notes drawn by ii. Blumenthal,
payable on tho first of October, November and
December. The public are cautioned against
buying tue same, payment having been stop
ped. A suitable reward will DO paid for the
return Of the coat and contents and no ques-
tiOns asked.
l27-l29 s.. GABAY, Agent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26

TMMEDIAlELy, a number of men to break
l. stone NJ the site Of the u. s. custom house
and postcfice on the bluff l22-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26

k0 PANTS and 20 coat makers. at the Cloth
~ ing Factory of
l1S-l4S A. SPIRO, 80 North Court st.
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WAITED.

A GOOD COOK, white or colored, to cook
"A for a small family in the country. In
quire at this offi'e 1919
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26
FoR BALE.

VERY Low, ore lO-horse power engine.
' boiler and fixture s Apply at CUBB Ms
&GUNN'S Union Iron Works, Adams street
l2l-t
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WANTED-THE PUBLIC TO KNOW
w that | will not be responsible for any
bills 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
30-t E. WHITMORE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26

A MEXICAN soft Capsule Co.'S Me'allic
"A Boxed Goods now ready. Address Victor
Z. Mauger, Rev York. 6J-lS7
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26

LI0R SALE-0LD TYPE-BETTER TaAN
4 Babbitt metal fer light, fast running ma
chinory. AZ this office. 3S-T
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-29

The latest comparative statement pre-
pared by the Bureau OF Statistics, show
ing our exports and imports for the fiscal
years which ended June 30, 1875, 1876
and 1877, respectively, is an encouraging
exhibit, since 1t shows u large falling of
in imports and heavy increase in ex-
ports. The money value of the increase
in our merchandise exports since 1875
is shown to be nearly sOO,OOO,OOO, while
SSO,OOO,OOO represents the falling of in
exports since the period named. As
showing the falling of in the lmpor-
tation Of iron and steel it may be stated
that our imports Of these articles we're
in 1875 SlS475,733; 1876, SlS,l0l,6lS;
1877, sO57O,G0O. OF lax fabrics in
1875, Sl6,6OS, 242; 1876, sl4,445,O4G; 1877,
Sll,5O9,S0i. OF wooden fabrics we i'm.
ported in 1875 s44,GO9,7O4; 1876, $685..
2OS,SOs; 1877, $25, ,SOO-a decrease Of
Sl9,OOO,OOO since 1875. The statement
also shows that American watches are
rapidly superseding those Of foreign
manufacture. In 1875 We drew on Eu.
rope for watches amounting in value to
S2,2s2,O25. For the fiscal year which
ended June SOth last, the value of our
imports in this line was but S772, 1882
These figures show that we are beginning
not only to stand alone but to be abund.
nntly able to assist our neighbours across
the water to the very articles which few
years ago we were importing largely.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-29
The NJ. CIaIrsyiIle Shooting
t-t. Scfnbe,

Ii seems to us that there are two sides
to tho TrOll-PattOn-T Thompson case at
st. ClairSvilIe. II may be we'll enough
for the Troll brothers 10 shoot Thompson
rs the author Of great wrong, disgrace
and misery to their family. We shall
express no opinion on that point. But
even II Thompson were shot and killed
there is distressing feature in the case
that his killing will not mitigate in the
least, and i! is the great wrong that
was done to an innocent family by the
person whom Thompson had previous.
~ so deeply wrouged. For this
there Ia as little excuse as for
ThompSon's sin. 1t seemS by all accounts
that Mr.. Patton was an honorable sutton
OF the young lady, and every way worthy
Other hand, but she preferred Thompson,
whom her parents did not prefer. 1t
would also seem, although we can hardly
credit it, that Thompson had proposed
marriage, and that, incredible as it may
seem under the circumstances, the young
lady was induced to yield TO the wishes
Of her parents and marry another man,
instead Of insisting upon her right, grow.
ing out the urgent necessity Of the case,
to marry the man who had ruined her.
Such stupendous FOLLY, to call it by no
harsher name, seems most astounding in.
deed. And see how the egregiousneSs
other folly and recklessness has not only
availed nothing but simply served 10 ag.
grNvate every deplorable feature Of the
case. So much 30 that il her brothers
should kill Thompson hundred times
over, there would still be no diversion Of
sympathy to her. The sympathy Of the
public belongs to the one innocent victim
in the whole afFair, and for him there is
no sympathy deep enough to reach the
humiliation anbanguish of spirit that he
must suffer.
Under the circumstances it can avail
very little for the young Messrs. Troll to
go on with their threatened shooting Of
Thompson. The proper punishment for
both him and the woman in the case
would be to compel them to live together
ma man and wife as soon as the proper
divorce can be procured. This is the
nearest approach to a remedy that the
case will admit Of.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-29
The Glass Trade.


FHtA ComI Of yesterday.
OF thirteen flint glass manufactures Oh
the South Side six are now in operation
and OF the remainder three are preparing
10 resume and will probably be at work
next week. The firms now operating are:
Adams u Co., Atterbury & Co., Mckee 4
CO., Bryce, Walker & Co., Campbell, Jones
II Co., and Dithridge & Co. Those pre-
pairing TO resume operations: Duncan &
Son, Doyle Il Co., and King Son & Co.
Idle, with no prospect OF soon resuming;
Crystal Glass Works Co., Ripley & Co.,
Challinor, Hogan & Co., and Evans & Co.
The window glass factories are all idle,
and Of the bottle houses that of s,
Mckee 4 Co. is the only one in opera.
ton. Differences between employers
and their workmen have interfered
materially with their trade in this
section, and it may be said that the
lat ter, through their trade union, have
the upper hand" Lately it has not been
the question ofwageS altogether that has
caused strikes, but the employees have in.
sisted upon a.share OF control in the man.
agement Of the factories. Doyle & Co.,
whose foctory will be started up next
week, ceased work in May last, lie work.
men striking against the discharge Of two
OF their number, for failing to turn out a
certain amount Of ware, aud the employ.
ment in their stead Of non.union men.
They demanded the Reinstatement of the
former and the discharge Of the litter,
and this was the condition upon which
they would continue to work. Their de.
mand was not complied with, The firm
prelerting 10 stop their, factory rather
than accede to ii; but they have been
obliged to yield, and will commence work
with their old hands, the non.union men
retiring. Other glass firms have had
like experience. 4...rf sIr- =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-29
BuIWer's PhiIOsophy-Dr. RIcca'
bOccO on the Times.

Admirers Of the astute but kindly ItA-
Ian, the same thing We take It aSBul.
wer' . my Novel," may recall some SEN
tentious remarks Of his particularly ap.
rOpos to-day.
He Is talking 10 Jennie Fairfield q vii.
lage boy ofremarkable promise, but who,
having exempuhed misiOrtunes wicked
PeRehaHt for shining mark by the endu'
rance Of petty but undescrved and annoy.
Ing troubles, wRs ripe for the effort Of
some wretched revolutionary and COM
munistlc pamphlets forced upon him by
pestilent itinerant, The sage comes
upon him as he Ia deyouring one Of these,
for which his sense Of personal injury
makes a piquant sauce. . t.'--'l
"Very pretty reading all this to man
like me, Lenny, who can admire and
smile at 1t. But 10 you, 10 the man who
has to work for his living, to The man
who thinks 1t would be so much more
pleasant TO live at his ease in phalan.
stere than 10 work eight or ten hours 4
day; to the man Of talent Of action,
Of industry, whose future 10 invested
in that tranquility and order Of a state
in which talent, and action, and industry
are a certain capital; why, Messrs. Coutts,
the great bankers, had better encourage
theory to upset the system Of banking
Whatever disturbs society-yea, even by
a causeleSs panic, much more BY an act.
ual struggle-falls FIRST upon the market
Of labor, and thence affects prejudicially
every department Of intelligence. In
such times the arts are arrested; litera.
ture Is neglected; people are too busy
TO read anything save appeals TO their
passions. And capital shaken in sense
Of security, no longer ventures boldly
through the land, calling forth all the en-.
ergies Of toll and enterprise and extend
ing TO every workman his reward. Now,
Lenny, take this peice Of advice; You
are young, clever, and aspiring. Men
rarely succeed in changing the world, but
a man seldom fails OF success II he lets
the worldalone and resolves 10 make the
best Of it. You are in tho midst Of the
great crisis Of your life; it Is a struggle
between tho new desires knowledge OK.
cites and that sense OF poverty which
those desires convert into hope and emu.
lation or envy and despair. I grant that
It is an uphill work that lies before you,
but don't you think it is always easier to
climb mountain than It Is 10 level ii
These books call on you TO level the
mountain, and that mountain is the pro.
perry Of other people, subdiyided amongst
a great many proprietors, and protected
by law. At the first stroke Of pickaxe
it is ten 10 one but you are taken up fol-
Il tresspass. But the path up the noun
tain is right-ot-way uncontested. You
may be safe at the summit before (even
If the owners are fools enough to let YOU
you could have leveled u yard. CoypcltoI1
quOth the Doctor, ait is more than two
thousand years since poor Plato began to
level il, and the mountain is as high as
eyer.n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-29
How Much Grain America Can
supply this Year, but Cannot

RPsS aAS ASAAt bub SAuAOh
Carry.
New York World.
Mr.. Franklin Edison, one of the leading
grain merchants in this city, has furnish.
ed reporter Of the Commercial Advertiser
with data about the grain crop OF this
country, apropOS Of the information given
the State Department at Washington by
the United States Minister to Greece
about the failure OF the crop in Southern
Russia, and the consequent opportunity
presented to this country OF controlling,
to great extent, the market Of the world,
Mr.. Edison thinks that we will have at
least lO0,0O0,000 OF bushels Of wheat
alone, and that prices obtainable for this
surplus, although not likely to be high,
will be fair. He sees no reason why the
United States should not secure the Eng.
lish, French and Italian markets under
the present circumstances, but at the
same time believes it to be a great mis-.
take that We DO not secure the carrying
trade as well. He expressed himself de.
cidedly in favor OF something being done
at once toward restoring the American
commercial marine TO its former strength,
Mr.. Walker, the Produce Exchange sta.
tistician, also being asked for his views,
said that the United States would have
between 100000 and 100000 bush.
els of wheat to spare, while Europe would
want about 150,000,000 bushels. He
however, thought that while the Black
Sen HuDnlv amOuptipft 10 about Az mn