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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-18

accompanied by Mr.. T. L. Moses who is
connected with the institution as an in
~structor. These children have been at
their homes during vacation, and we're
gathered from all parts of Middle and
West Tennessee. There are about one
hundred pupils in this school.
Nashville Banner: Hamilton Cuttings.
late Of Baltimore, received by the Adams
Express last evening, Derg, q red Irish
setter, and another known as q Gordon
dog. Mr.. Cuttings is superintendent Of
the Nashville Kennel Club. situated in
the Thirteenth district where finely bred
sporting dogs are reared and broke for
hunting. Derg is quite a celebrated
dog, costing two huadred pounds ipIre-
land, from whence he was shipped on
September 4th for Nashville, to be pre-.
pared for the field trial, which takes
place at Belle Meade farm about the
middle Of next November under the au.
spices of the Tennessee State Sports
mems Association.
The remains of Colonel Marcus L.
who committed suicide at Nash.
vile, we're inferred at Columbia. BE was
one of the most digni6sd gentlemen Of
the day, and no entertainment was given
in Maury in which be was mol the leading
spirit. The American says: Colonel
William Pillow, father Of the deceased,
while in the Indian war, was wounded at
the battle of Talladega, the ball passing
through his body. A silk handkerchief
was drawn through the wound, and it
was believed his death was certain. But
himself and troops had for days been on
shot r%ations, and the lack of food in this
instance proved very beneficial to him.
He recovered. he was at one time enc
Of the wealthiest men in Maury county,
and left a large fortune to his sou.
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the coronation Of herself as Queen OF
May, at the close Of the ssssional exer.
eises Of the school she attended at
Marlborough in 1918, repeating the
following verse, prepared for the occa.
sion by her old Scottish teacher, Mason:
How happy il the maiden's lot
Whom virtue calls her own,
whose hearth y nee from every blot,
Whose worth deserves a crown"
We were astouished to find how ten.
acious and strong her memory is in re.
producing the studies of her youth.
Virgirs Eneid, and Homer's Iliad and
Odyssey were freely quoted from, and a
translation Of each rendered line upon
line. Not only in the classics but in
standard American and English litera-
ture she exhibited marked and thorough
proficiency. The bible is her cherished
study, and Of its pure teachings her daily
life is a beautiful and consistent living
representation. May the last days of
this worthy matriarch be her best aud
her happiest.
Besides these there are other interest.
ing characters in this neighborhood,
which will be noted at another time,
among them we 6od Judge Harris and
the father Of DR.. Pegram, who is now
n~inety,one years of age. Hickory Valley
is a thrifty village and is in the midst Of
a community Of successful farmers whose
hospitality keeps pace with their enter.
prise, tay
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The Hey Of the Russians Posi-
ton in Shipka Pass in Pes
session Of the Turks.
Two Russian GuubOats at the Mouth
Of the Danube Captured
by the Turks.

LONDON, September l8.-The Clyde
shipwrights, who have been on a strike
for six months, have agreed upon arbitra-
ton and will resume work Immediately.
Thompson & Co., proprietors of the
Spring Garden Engine Works, Newcas.
~tleupon.Tyne, have failed. Liabilities,
$500, 900.
Fort St. Nicholas, captured by the
Turks, is said to be the key Of the Rus
sian positions in Shipka Pass, and to
command other Russian works. General
Raditzky, the Russian commander, is
supposed to have about rs, 900 men and
Suleiman Pasha 10000.
Peremptory orders have been received
at Portsmouth for the iron armor plated
steamships Triumph and Hercules to be
got ready for sea by the Both of October.
1t is expected the Triumph will relieve
the Shah in the Pacific.
A dispatch from Salsaburg says that
Bismarck and Andrassy have taken
apartments at the same hotel, and will
meet to day.
1t is reported that two Russian gun.
boats, at the mouth of the Danube, we're
attacked by the Turkish ironclsds and
n of the gunboats SO badly injured that
it had to be destroyed.
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MISSISSIPPI.

The Jackson Times still amuses itself
by insisting on Hon, A, G. Brown for
governor.
V%icksburg Commercial independently
Key2 no. That is to say no Key for US.
We prefer a Bourbon to that sort Of an
humble repentant.
The Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad
Company, among other improvements,
are now engaged ia driving spiles for the
protection Of the road on the river bank.
Mississippi Central: The csterpillars
are playing sad havoc with the cotton in
several portions Of the county. The
same report comes from adjoining coun.
ties.
The nomination OF General Furlong
for the senate ia Endorsed by the entire
press Of the State, and forms the subiec
matter Of very many paragraphs in
newspapers published outside OF the
State.
Yezoo Herald. Democrat: The cotton
worm is visible in many of the river
plantations, and he is making himself
felt as we'll as heard. The planters
expect to be troubled with this their
greatest eye-sore, though they hope to
gather a tolsrably fair crop of the aeecy
staple notwithstanding.
In one or two of the counties in the
southwestern part Of the State consider.
able lawlessness has existed. Some Of
the leaders have been captured, and
Governor Stone writing to one Of the
officials says: Such q state Of things
cannot be tolerated, and cost what it
may it must and shall be stopped"
Grenada Sentinel: Good rains have
fallen throughout the county during the
past few days, which have been Of great
benefit to the turpip, sweet potato and
pea crops. We now need, so an old
planter tells us. a few more dry, sultry
days, and the cotton crop will do it's
do" We hear good reports from corn
%raisers, and hog and hominy folks tell us
the mast is foe.
Summit Times: Dry, cold winds, pre-.
ysiling several weeks since-rust, boil
worm, army worm, wet weather, etc.,
later. have injured the cotton crop in
this section seriously. We are informed
by a friend largely engaged in cotton
growing. that the wet spell COW prevail.
log has injured his returns seriously.
Where be expected with good weather 10
have gathered ten thousand pounds Of
seed cotton, he viii not be sble to secure
more than FIVE or six thousand pounds
This ia general throughout this portion
e the State.
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Feyor.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, September H.
There were three deaths at Fernandina
last night. The fever is spreading to
Old Town, about a mile distant. Some
cases among the colored people. Physi.
clans and nurses arrived from Savannah
to-day. Two Of the resident physicians
are sick. The hospital is completed.
A call for aid in money, medicine and
nourishments has been made. Jackson.
vile is enforcing the strictest quarantine
against Fernandina. The city is guarded
night and day by volunteers to prevent
refugees from Fernandina entering the
city by land or water. The city is un.
usually healthy.
Three deaths since last report. The
call for aid has been literally responded
to. The weather continues u~nfavorable,
and the number Of cases is still i%ncreas-
ing. The citizens Of Jacksonville to-day
contributed over 5000 aud a quantity Of
medicine and provisions for the suffer
log.
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Hon. THoMAsL CLINeMAY has written
a book recently published in which he
revives the old charge hat Buchanan
sent Jacob Thompson South while still
filling the office OF secretary of the inte'
rior to aid in hurrying North Carolina
out Of the Union. This he does specih-
cally stating that Mr., Thompson told
him twice that such was his mission IN
the South and that be went at the desire
Of President Buchanan. Mr.. Cingman
claims to have sympathized With the Sc
cession movement at the time, but to be
shocked now to think Mr.. Thompson
should have accepted such a mission
while still holding Office under the gov
ernment. We allude to Cliugman's
statement, believing it to be false, and
hoping to elicit a counter statement from
Mr.. Thompson, who is still alive and
resides in Memphis.
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JUDGE HAM, of the Kenper Circuit
Court in Mississippi, at the opening Of
the regular term last week de- 'iverei a
very able charge to the grand jury, call
ing their special attention to the homi
cides that have occurred in Kemper
since the last term Of the court-the
assassination Of Mr.. John W. Gully and
the attack on the Jail the following Sun.
day by a mob in which six persons were
killed, some Of whom at tue time were
under arrest on the charges Of crime,
while others that were killed we're sus.
pected Of no ofense. He impressed on
the grand jury the importance Of the
county and State Of giving the matter o
thorough investigation aud discharging
their duties eonscientiously, impartially
and fearlessly. 1t is 10 be hoped that
the jury will do its duty aud that tie
guilty may be indicted and brought to
punishment. A good old-fasbioned
hanging or two in Kemper county
would purify the moral atmosphere like
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London Letter.l-

London letter.
doubt if Solomon ever saw anything
so gorgeous as this collection at Bethnal
Green. Fancy a whole large glass case
full Of gold and silver gems. All ablaze
with diamondsl Imagine a bedatead
whose %coyerlet, pillows aud curtains are
made Of India shawls of the finest text
ure ever turned out from the looms of
Cashmerel Couture up a dressing
gown composed Of the plumage of the
backs of gorgeous-hued humming. birds!
See for yourself q pslsnquin of tortoise
shell, inlaid with gold, with downy cush-
ions covered with strange stuffs whose
woof seems as If it we're diamonds, its
webb rubies aud emeralds. One glass
Ease is full of jeweled swords, all Of
enormous value aud great beauty. The
haudsomest came from Delhi, and with
its jeweld hilt and scabbard and waist
belt ia valued at $50, 900.
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Colonel stuTgls Taking the HOstiIes
ia Hand.

- AAAAN
CHICAGO, September l8.-Telegrams
received at military headquarters give
details oil the preliminary movements in
the recent engagement between Colonel
Sturgis and the Nez Perces. The
Indians we're well surrounded,
having Howard aud Merritt on either
side and Sturgis on the flank, sturgis,
however, being the only command which
struck the h%ostilss. The Indians at.
tempted to secure a junction with a
band Of hsstile Sioux, but wers inter.
cepted.
General Howard t~elegraphs that they
buried on the 18th inst. four unknown
citizens, probably scouts killed just in
advance Of the regulars. The stories Of
the Crows iufdelity are denounced as
sensational. The Crows are loyal, and
have done good active service with Stur
gis. The report Of the battle is not YET
complete aud no list Of casualties is
given.
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The Whitehall Review calls for light
on the following question: rs that
which We draw upon our bankers a
check, a 'cheque' or a ~'checque?' Lord
Beaconsield, who ought to know, adopts
the last way of spelling it; the Times the
FIRST; while every one else, including the
bankers, spells it 'cheque.' 1t would be
interesting to know which of the three
courses Mr.. Gladstone prefers Clearly
"checque" is muchs the lordlier and
lOftier Of the three forms, just as Smijthe
is incomparably the most stately and
surprising way Of spelling one of the
most ancient Of English names. --[New
York World.
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T%ELEGRAPHIC X
SHOCKS AND BoYps.


NRw York, September 10. 1850 am
United States skies of 1881, = @l09k;
United States skies OF 1881, coupons,
ll0t@ll03; new four-and-a-halfs, l05t@
1864; coupons, l05i@lO5l; ivetwenties
Of 1865, new issue, l05t@l05t; five-twen-
ties Of 1867, l07b@l07s; 6ve.twenties OF
1868, coupons, = 9l09A; ~ten.fortiea,
= @l01t; ten-forties, coupons, = a.
1921; currency skies, l2l@l22; new 6ves,
= @lO7.
LONDON, September Is. 4p m.-Consols
for money, IS 3 l6; on account, -;
United States new four-and ,a.halfs, los;
United States 6ve-twenties Of 1865, los;
United States 6ve.twenties OF 1867, 1913;
United States ten.forties, 1919; new 6ves,
lott; Erie, liz
The amount Of bullion gone into the
Bank Of England on balance to-day is
f44.O 900.
BERLIN, September l8.-The weekly
statement of the Imperial Bank of Ger
many shows a decrease of specie to the
amount of 744,OO0 marks.
B~READsTUFFs.
LIVERPOOL, September Is Wheat, win
ter, l2sOd@l2s Sd; Milwaukee red, los 4d
OILS Sd; California white, l2s 8d@
lbs Cd; California club, rs lld@l3s Sd.
Germ, 28s 6d@2Ss Sd. Pork, COS. Beef,
95s Cd. Bacon, long clear, 35s Cd; short
clear, 39s Cd. Lard, 46s Cd. Tallow.
Ais.
New YORK, September Is, 1915 p.m.-
Flour is steady. Wheat quiet, firm and
nominal at ! 40; Milwaukee, l 4I@l AZ.
Corn is quiet and firm at 57958. Mess
pork is quiet at Is rs. Lard is quiet at
8 50. Whisky is quiet at Ii,
CHICAGO. September IS, 1900 NJ
Wheat, | 082 for September; / 04 for Oc-
tober. Corn, 43S0434 for October. Pork
l3524@l2 SIS for October. Lard, 8 721
for October. Whisky is steady, with re-
ported sales of so barrels at l O9 Dry
salt meats, boxed, shoulders, 53O55;
short ribs, 78; short clear, Il; long clear
aud short clear, u; long clear, II.
Receipts-Flour, 1888; wheat, lSS, 2l2;
corn, 240,649. Shipments-Flour, 74l7;
wheat, 4O,369; corn, 1851.
CINCINNATI, September l8.-Flour is
firm and a shade higher. Wheatis quiet
at ! 25@l So for white. Corn is firm ut
49@5O. Whisky is fairly active at l 10.
Provisions are quiet and nominally un.
changed.
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The first bale Of Alabama cotton re-
ceived at Nashville sold there last Sun
day for eighty five cents per pound. The
bale was raised near Huntsville in a
large cotton.producing district, and the
merchants OF Nashville are determined
TO make a bid to secure its trade.
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hIanIeY enrd Yram.

L0SDOH, September l8.-The Tsle-
graph publishes dispatch from Stanley,
The African explorer, dated Embomma,
in Congo, west coast Of Africa, August
10Th. lie states that he has completely
nayigated Lualaba, aud has succeeded
in proving II 70 be identical with the
Congo.
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LEDGER.
RI GMP HIS
RTuesday Evening, sept..is, 1877.

The subscription price Of the PUB
Lie LEDGER is So per Gnnum for
the Daily, and 81 per anaum for the
Weekg-Postage free.
Persons leacing The city for the sum
msr can order the DAILY LEDGER
at 75c per month, n tpO dollars for
three months, in adcancs, Nth the
privilege Of changing postofice.'
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A q RECEPTION.

GUSHING RECEPTION.
The reception Of the Presidential
party at Louisville yesterday was an en-
thusiastic and creditable affair. The
people'of Kentucky are distinguished for
their hospitality and politeness, and
upon this occasion doubtless rendered
the President, the gentlemen Of his cabi
net and others accompanying, g hearty
Southern welcome. They recognized, as
do all Southern people and Democrats,
that Hayes is de iaeto President Of the
United States, and as such and as q gen
tleman of moral as we'll as official excel
l%encies, that he is entitled to every mark
Of respect and high regard wherever he
may appear in public, but more es-
pecially when be comes South Of the
Ohio river, where the President of the
United States has so rarely been seen for
many years. This demonstration means
a generous welcome aud a law-abiding
spirit; nothing more = in q pc
liticsl sense. Mr. Hayes is recognized
ell the more cordially because be has
eVinced 3 respect for the constitution
and the laws in striking contrast with
some Of bis immediate predecessors.
This much is Endorsed and approved in
the hope that such Presidents may not
be 90 exceptional ia the future as in the
recent past. Mr.. Hayes seems to know
bis crowd very well, and made 3 hit in
regard TO Henry Clay which greatly in
tensi6ed the patriotic capacity aud ez-
preston Of the solid yeomsnry before
hiu. BE no longer holds up David "
Key as 8 relic Of the great rebellion,
soatched &c q brand from the burn.
ing TO. sdOrn q Republican cabinet
Key himself, as be gets nearer home
and realizes that tie eyes Of his old
neighbors are upon him and the whole
nation takes his jokes, begins TO feel
embarrassed again. BE made q speech
yesterday which Tor beauty almost rivals
some Of U. s. Grants oratory, aud If be
keeps on improving until be reaches
Louisville it is likely be will not have o
word to say. Like the Publican Of old
he may smite his hsud on his breast and
whisper: Lord, have mercy on ne q
sinner" Heis engineering the process.
sion and we are happy to see that il lie
such q success. II is a satisfaction to
hear from so many eminent gentlemen,
all in a single breath, that the war is
over. This same report was brought 10
by a few struggling priyates in 1865, bat
We always had DOUBTS about it until now.
There is nothing like having news direct
from headquarters. All the gentlemen
on both sides agree upon this point, and
tits to be hoped there is no doubt about it
Tennesseesns will have their say on thii
subject to.morrow at Nashville amid tn,
boom of ~six-pounders, the blare o
trumpets aud the Autter Of banners
This jubilee OF peace comes o little lat
in the opinion Of men who quit 6ghtin.
when the war was over, but if these cerf
monies are necessary to pacify the home
titled warriors and the politicians III
old soldiers can afford to stand aside an
listen to the fnal proclamation of peac
aud unity and brotherly love, hepin.
however, that it will be no hollow true,
bat the genuine white-winsed article
gentle as the mist on the mountain sid,
lasting and deep as the granite in GU
hills.
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TEXAS has /, 100000 people and Lou
isiana only about 75O, 900. When the war
ended Louisiana was the more populous
State Of the two. Three years from now
Texas expects to have twenty congress
men.
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river TsIsgTa,ma.

CAJBo, Ill, September 10 Arrived
Maumelle, Cincinnati, 10 p m, Capitol
CITY, Yioksburg. TO- Alexandria, Louis.
vile, z AIN. Departed--CaptOl City, st.
Louis, 10 pm; Maumells, Memphis, .
am Alexandria, New 0rleausr y Clear
and cool
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WAmSGToS, September l8.-For the
west gulf States, Tennessee and Ohio
valley, stationary or higher pressure,
stationary temperature, northerly winds,
clear or partly cloudy weather, except
rain areas 10 Tennessee. The rivers
will slowly fall
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HOted People o. n West Tennessee
Village. UF

The editor Of the Bolivar Bulletin,
writing from the eBterprising village Of
Hickory Valley, 10 HArdeman county,
gives these interesting personal sketches
Of persons who are well known 10 many
Of our old citizens;
We had the pleasure Of meeting that
we'll known and most exemplary Method.
ist patriarch, Esquire David Woods
This venerable mao 10 eighty years OF
age, and now lives upon the land be
located flty.twO years ago, when be came
ihither from Oraoge county North Caro-.
lima. lie says that only one old settler
survives, who came here earlier than he
dld, and that one " our esteemed and
valuable citizen, Major Y. p. MeNsal.
Esquire Woods 10 10 ias physical health.
and his uniform temperate habits We
hope will give him many more useful
years ia the land Of the living. II Is a
real pleasure 10 commune with such solid
personal worth, especially when il links
the past with the present. His cOnyer.
sation is replete With interesting Incl.
denis Of curly pioneer life in this sec.
ton. 10 this connection we will say but
little, as we intend At 40 early day giy.
ing 10 our columns full sketches Of The
NE and timea Of the early a%attlers OF
Hardemnn county, and shall then wfite
Of Esquire Woods and other worlblss
both living aud dead, who impressed
their strong, sterling character upon the
social and material Development OF he
Western district. T
MRS. MARY CHEAlRs.
We met this venerable aud Intelligent
lady under the hospitable roof Of Rs9ben
Scots family, where We we're most Kind.
ly entertained. Mrs. Cheairs Il seventy.
one years OF age, and came 10 lhis county
in 1886 from Wa~desboroueb. Ansoy,
county, North Carolina. NM h veil
connected on both maternal aod paier'
nal side with many Of the beat psopIs In
Carolina. For Due Of her years bef con.
yersRtional v%iyacity 10 remarkable. W.
are igdebted 10 her for several bouta'
most entertaining oo%nyeraation In 70,
lerring to her early school lila In her na.
tive State she described with great sesl
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II Is estimated that there are $4,000
Bphsmisns settled q the different cOap-
tee Of TexaL
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a thunder storm, and after it was over
everybody would feel better fpr it except
the mau in the box.
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GOLD opened to day at 1920 am. at
lO25-lhe lowest point touched since the
,wsr
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HoLLE-In the 5sth year of his ago, D. H.
HOLLE.
Funeral from his late residence, 40 Ex-
change street. tomorrow "WEDNESDAY
evening at 8 O'Clock.
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B. ANp 81 AssocIATION.
Local.
TR-No. 2i29
Chancery Sale OF Real Estate.

-
Ohancery Court Of Shelby County Michael
Coonoy OF al. vs., City OF Memphis OF Of.
DY VIRTUE OF AN NTERL0CUT0RY
ID decree for sale, entered in the above cause
on the 10th day Of july .iaTI, / will sell
NJ public a%uetion, TO the highest bidder, In
front Of the Clerk and Masters office. Court
houGe, Main street, Memphis, Tennessee,
On Saturday, October 10, 1877,
within legal hours, tho following described
property situated In Shelby county, Tenn,
tO.Wit:
A certain lot and tenemsnts and Appurte-
nanoes, beine the south quarter Of lot No. II.
10 that portion OF the city Of Memphis known
as the Navy Yard grounds. beginning ITO SIS
feet from the southwest intersection 6f Jack
son and Chick abaw streets; thence west s.
feet; thence north "A feet; thenoe IS feet TO
ghiessssw street; and tEsace south q feet to
the beginning.
Termt Of sdle-Cash.
This September Is, 1877.
EDMUND A. COLE, O. Am.
By r. j. BLACK, D. @. Nm.
CAN'T, Patterson 4 love, Atty's. 1870
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-11-29
HURRAH FOR HERSEY:

HCIRRAH FOR HERSEY
A correspondent of the Jackson Re-
public. writing from Hersey, in this
county, says -
II was to town to-day and tgot our
land agents report. DIR. Gotthelf has
recently sold sections 3, II. Is, Is and
81, in the town of Hersey. and sections
10 and 20 in Alba, Jackson county,
have also been sold. Those wanting
claims had better see the doctor-he
keeps hotel, and will give all needed at:
tention. He has the agency to let two
hundred acres of cultivated land.
by the way, this Okabena creek
that heads at Worthongton and winds
it's way for twenty-five or thirty miles
to Heron Lake, is full of fish at all sea-
sons of the year, and in it's meander-
ings through the beautiful prairie
farms, Invites settlement all along in
Jackson county. Said one of the old
settlers of our State, while viewing
these same broad acres: Il do believe
in less than three years that this vast
domain will be a mammoth wheat field;
that it will need two railroads to carry
your produce out of the country; that
the Southern Minnesota Railroad will
strike not three miles east of Her
sey'.' =,