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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

Zach Chandler came to pay a bill Of
some 5000 which Stanley Matthews in
CURED at Wormley's last winter, while
acting as counsel for Hayes. The cor
respondent who sent the dispatch was on
the floor Of the senate Tuesday morning,
to which be has a right as q COMMITTEES
clerk, when Stanley Matthews sent for
him, and forgetting his position and TIE
privilege which protects a senator
on the floor, abused him soundly
in q way that would have been
unwarrantable if the letter was false and
was peculiarly unfortunate as it is true.
The correspondent reminded Matthews
of his privilege, and withdrew. That
same night the statements in the letter
we're repeated in an interview with W. E,
Chandler and Chief Justice Carter, and
half a dozen other prominent names are
given Of persons who have seen the let
ter. In addition, evidence as 10 the bill
and its items will be produced before the
end of the week, Of the most unpleasant
description to Stanley Matthews. His is
not the only bill Chandler paid at the
close of the electoral count. The Re-
publican national committee was then
fvs thousand dollars in debt and had
more than that amount Of subscriptions
uncollected in the departments. The
administration stepped their collection,
and Zack drew bis check for three thou
sand six hundred dollars, and the rest Of
the debt is still unpaid.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

THERE is a decided feeling in congress
in favor Of passing a law at this session
regulating the election cf the President
and Vice President. The serious defects
of the present electoral system are 80
fresh in the minds Of senators and mem
bers that it is believed that an act can be
framed at this time which will provide
against any contingency in the future
similar to that of last winter and which
will also reflect the popular vote in the
selection Of the chief executive. Both
houses have therefore authorized a ION.
current committee to inquire into the
question and report a bill.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27
nTuraer ana

CINCINNATI, October 27.-An unknown
person entered the house of E. S. Nc.
Vey, toll-gate keeper on the Circleville
pike, six miles north of Ch~illicotte, o.,
last night, shot McVey through the heart
and his wife through the head, killing
both instantly. A little girl, the only
other occupant of the house, hearing the
shooting jumped out of bed and escaped.
The murderer, after ransacking the house
for plumber, set it on FIRE and escaped to
the woods.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

A MEETING of ~millionsires, street spec.
%ulators, lawyers, importers, o~fice-holde.s
aud political sdventurers was held in
New York on Monday evening TO ad.
vance the adoption of a constitutional
amendment imposing a property quslif.
cation in municipal elections, which
would disiranchise over fifty thousand
people in the metropolis. This is a ia.
vorite idea with wealthy citizens who ne.
glect their political duties because they
don't believe politics is quite the respect.
able thing. They want to make a close
corporation of it, with themselves as the
corporators. The scheme strikes at the
root Of popular self government, and ia
entirely un.American.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

IT is rumored here that some little op
position has appeared at Washington
with reference to the confirmation by the
United States senate of the Presidential
appointment of Mr.. Il. A. Thompson,
proprietor Of the Avalanche, as post.
master of Memphis. Mr.. Tbompson's
friends are sanguine, however, that the
nomination will be confirmed almost
unanimously. Not ever the most un.
principled or vilest Radical can charge
that Mr.. Thompson is or has been a
Bourbon Democrat, or a Democrat Of
any kind, he having been of the mild or
conservative Republican type all the
time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27
Indications.

WASHINGTON, October 27.-For Ten.
nessee and Ohio valley partly cloudy
weather and occasional areas of light
rain and variable winds.
For the upper Mississippi valley partly
cloudy weather, areas Of light rain, warm
%southerly, veering to colder northwest
winds and stationary or higher pressure.
For the lowar Missouri valley partly
cloudy weather, variable winds aud sta.
tionary or lower temperature and pres
sure.
The rivers will remain stationary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

In the Chancery Court of Shelby county
Tennessee MarthaA. Mcknight VS.. Joseph
II. Packard ct al.
IT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
j this cause that the defendants, joseph H.
Piekard. M, Il. Pickard and John B. Weld,
are non-residents Of the State of Tennessee;
it is therefore ordered that they make their
appearance. herein, at the courthouse in
the city Of Memphis, Tenn, on or before the
first Monday in December, 1877, and plead,
answer or demur to compliments bill, or
the same will be taken for confessed as to
them, and set for hearing OK parte, and that
a copy Of this order be published once n
week for four successive weeks in the Public
Ledger.
This 18th day of October, 1877,
A copy-Attest:
EDMUND A, COLE, O. and NJ.
j. u. Temple, Solicitor for complainant.
37-43-49-55
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27
Progress Of Cremation.

The cause of cremation is making
some progress in the old werld and the
new. There is a society in London in
the third year Of its existence which is
laboring to establish affiliated associa.
tions and collect and publish arguments
and statistics. In Germany the idea is
very popular; a congress Of cremation
lists was held at Dresden last year, which
vas attended by delegates from England,
France, Holland and Switzerland, and
large sums we're raised for the construc.
ton at Gotha of a crematorium, on the
Siemens plan, with slight notifications.
S Switzerland has several societies, that of
Zurich with over 400 members. In Hol.
land the central association has several
branches; several legacies have placed
the funds in a favorable shape, and it
publishes a paper in advocacy OF the
cause There are two societies in Aus
tria, where, however, the subject has not
been 80 favorsbly received as in the
%neighboring nations; but little interest
has been excited 10 France. 10 Italy
since last March the incarceration of the
dead is permitted by law, the only pre-.
liminary formality being the obtaining
from the municipal authorities of a per
NIT, which is given on the recommends.
ton Of the board Of health. At the re.
cent medical convention at Milan the
Teruzzi Betti apparatus was to have
been tested with q body from the dissect.
ing school. The report claims that there
are seven societies in this country, ard
besides DR.. Lemoyne's furnace at Wash.
ington, Penn, there are crematories
building-one at Brooklyn, one at Chi
cago. The English society, it may be
added, has a full treasury, and one Of
the metropolitan cemeteries has off red
it ground for the erection of a cremato.
rum, bat the idea seems repugnant to
the ecclesiastical authorities.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27
T%ELEGRAPHIC
STOCKS mi BONDS.

LONDON, October q, 4 p.m.-Consols
for money, Sc ZIG; on account, 964;
United States new four-and-s.halfs, I05;
United States fve-twentieS Of 1865, 1864;
United States ive.twenties Of 1867, 1881:
United States ~ten.forties, 1881; new Gves,
1868; Erie, l3.
New YORK, October q, ll:50 a NJ
United States skies of 1881, l09{@ll0;
United States skies of 1881, coupons,
ll0s@ll0s; new four and-a-halfs, l04f@
l05; coupons, l045@l05; 6vc twenties
of 1865, new issue, = @lO5k; fve.twen-
ties of 1867, l08@l0SB; 6ve.twenties of
1868, coupons, = @lO94; t%en.forties,
lO7s@l073; ten-forues, coupons, lO88@
l083; currency skies, = @l203 new (;
ives, l064@l06B.
The following is the weekly bank state
ment: Loans, decrease, 1886, 400; spe-
Gle, increase, 1902, 500; legal tenders, de-
crease, $7l4,200; deposits, decrease, ST..
7l2,0OO; circulation, increase, 1896, 7C0;
reserve, increase, 1915, 500.
BREADsTUFFs.
LIVERPOOL, October 27.-Whest. win.
ter, lOs6d@lls2d; Milwaukee red, los 4d
oils I'd; California white, l2s 8d@
lbs Cd; California club, Us lld@l3s 4d.
Germ, 29S@29s Sd. Pork, Ats Cd. Beef,
92s cd. Bacon, long clear, 40s Cd; short
clear, Ais Cd. Lard, 45s Cd. Tallow,
Ais.
CHICAGO, October u, l0:45 am
Wheat, l035@l o. for November. Corn,
499@43B. Pork, IA IS for October; IL 60
OH 623 for November; II 4O@l2 423
tor seller year; II 573 for January Lard
sales at 8 573 for October; 8 1908 III
for seller year; 8 2O@8 224 for January.
Receipts-Flour, l7.77O; wheat, 64,665;
corn, 1854. Shipments-Flour, 1858;
wheat, As, TAI corr, 1872. Dry sailed
meats, boxed, quiet; shoulders, 81; short
ribs, 78; short clear, Il; long clear and
short clear, u; long clear, Il Pork
strips, I; bacon strips, a.. Second
picked hams, l6 average, lOf@ll, &C.
cording to age. Loose meats; short ribs,
rs; long clear, 7@7t; shoulders, 6;
green hams, II for l6 average.
CINCINNATI, October q, l p.m.-Flour
is dull. Wheat dull and lower to sell;
white held at 30@l 80. Corn steady
at 45@46. Whisky is steady at l OF.
Pork is quiet at l3 rs. Lard is quiet at
8 80. Bulk meats nominal; partly cured
short ribs, 1908 packed. Bacon is in
fair demand; sides, 9f@94 loose.
New York, October q, l2:l5 D m.-
Flour is quiet. Wheat is quiet at l 81;
Milwaukee, l 303. Corn is quiet at 6l@@,
6l4 Mess pork is quiet at Ia rs bid for
October; Ia 90 for November; IA 90 for
December; ID IS for seller year; ID 30
for January. Lard is quiet at s 80 bid
for October; s 80 for November; 8 10 for
December 8 70 for seller year; 8 IS for
January; 8 So for February. Whisky is
quiet at / IL.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27
I'D r. $751;
Chancery Sale of Real Estate,

Chancery Court of Shelby County,, W. JEFF
terson. admir- Of NJ. IL. Kerr. deceased, VS..
Mary +. Kerr ct al.
RY VIRTUE OF AN INTERLOCUTORY
- decree FIR sale. entered in the above cause
on the 18th day Of October, 1877, / will sell, at
public auction, to tho highest bidder, in front
OF the Clerk and Masters Office. court house
building, Main street. Memphis, Tenn. on
Saturday, November 10, 1877,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to wit:
In civil district No. 6, about six miles north
east Of Memphis, and near McConnelIs old
mill, consisting of two tracts-One tract con-
tanning IS acres. and the other 1858 acres.
Said land is a part of the original NJ. A. Kerr
tract, and is the land on which said Moses Ii.
Kerr resided at the time of his death.
Terms of sale -Dne-third cash; balance in
twelve months; note with approved security,
bearing interest from date; lien retained, etc
This October 10, 1877.
g.. A. COLE. G. and NJ.
ByR j. BLACK, d. @. and NJ.
Smith d Collier, solicitors. 42-48.5i-60
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

The usual rigid discipline that prohib
its a burial service 10 the Episcopal
church over the body Of a suicide party
relaxed in New York at the funeral Of
the late Mrs. Leroy, who drowned herself
in the Central Park, in consideration Of
the probable fact that she was deranged
When she committed the act. The musi.
cal part Of the service was, however,
omitted, and there we're no flowers aud
no regular %pall.bearers. the ceremony be-
ing Of the plainest possible character,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

ACCORDING to the full official vote Of
Ohio Bishops majority over West is
24,lS2. johnson, National G~reenback
candidate, received l6,7OS; Bond Work
ingmanl, l2,5l5; Thompson Temper
auce), 1856; scattering, 1873. The Dem
ocrsts have forty majority in the general
assembly.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions of youth. nervous weakness,
early decay. loss Of manhood. etc.. 1 will
send a receipt that will cure you. FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy Was discovered
By a missionary in South America. Send a
self-addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH
T. INMAN. Station d, B5k House, Ne,o York
ChV. 30. xxvii-25-eodAw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27
River TeIegrams.

CINCINNATI, October 27.-The river is
falling. Partly cloudy.
CAIRO, ILL, October 27.-Arrived-
City of Chester, Memphis, 8 am. De.
parted Colorado, St. Louis, 7 pm; Dora
Cabler, Evansville, 8 pm. Clear and
pleasant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

The Criminal COur; at Pittsburg has
convicted aud sentenced a number of
persons engaged in the late riots in that
city. Two persons were sentenced the
other day, one to a term of three years
in the penitentiary, aud another to pay
a line Of $1,000 and a term OF six years
in the penitentiary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

1T sometimes takes a good while for a
bill for campaign expenses TO come due,
but it is generally paid some time, and
one Of Stanley Matthews matured,
Tuesday, on the floor of the senate, in a
way which is likely to give that gentle
man a good deal of trouble. A dispatch
appeared in a New York evening paper
Itciting the circumstances under which
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

MAXWELL, a colored State senator of
South Carolina, having been threatened
with prosecution for his corrupt deeds
during the carpetbag regime, has
"'fessed in such manner az to show
quite clearly that John James Patterson
secured his election to the United States
senate through the most shameless
bribery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

ONLY once before in the history of the
State have the Democrats Of Ohio had
so large a majority as this year; that
was in 1858, when Medill was chosen
governor by 6l,s4S. Ten years later the
Republicans gave Brough, for governor,
lOl, O99, and in 1873, Allen, Democrat,
had 8l7.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

COSKLISG is credited with saying Wed.
nesdsy that unless Key, Evarts and
sehurz are put out of the cabinet within
sixty days the Republican party will be
a deiunct institution cOnsigned to the
Enition bow-wows.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

Prohibition. Between the two leading
parties there is a stiff currency fight, and
it is easy to see which will 90 under, pro-
vidsd the Greenback people do not de-
plete the one more than the other. They
will not be apt to hurt the Democratic
marty
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27
Capture of an Out,aw.

LOUISVILLE, October 27.-An Evening
News special says that Grove Kennedy.
the outlaw, was captured near Bardstown
this morning, by the United States mar
shall and twelve men. His crimes are
numerous.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.
To Whom it May Concern.

VNHIS is to give notice that application will
be made to the Clerk Of the County Court
Of shelby county, Tennessee, on tho 2O.h Of
November, 1877, for tho incorporation un1er
the name Of neyesville, Of the following ter
ritory lying and being in the county of Shelby
and State OF Tennessee, to-wit; Beginning
NJ stake in the southeast corner IL j. ii.
Young's field thence north 22a west 81 chains
and 40 links to the Memphis and Louisyi le
railroad thence north 26%o wsst % chains
and 60 links TO a dead oak in Miss Anna
Jones field; thence west 2io south II chains
and ~ links to Captain Kenneth CARROTS
line; thence south 90 east 81 coains and s
links TO q stake near the old Brownsville road
in j.. Il. Oody's field thence east 90 north 80
chains and % links to the beginning.
VANCE q ANDERSON,
a5,s5 oe.6l Attorneys for Applicants.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27
fire.

BosToS, October 27.-The Lincoln
iron foundry, owned and operated by R.
B Lincoln, Washington Village, burned.
Loss $25, 900; insured.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

In Supreme Court at jackson.


James A. Anderson, Admir- de bonis NON oF
FIN. Cash, deceased. VS.. j. o. Thweatt.
by VIRTUE OF THE DECREE PRO.
- nourced by the Supreme Court of Ten
nessee at Jackson, in this cause, June &. 1877.
l will offer for sale to the highest bidder 4,
'front.' OF the courthouse Of Shelby county, in
the city of Memphis, on
Thursday, November 22, 1877,
the real estate mentioned d. in said decree, situ-
ate IN the northwestern past of Shelby county,
and described as follows
Beginning at a stake u links east of nm
ASH w" thence north rs poles to a stake;
thence north 70 east l7.9 poles to a stake;
thence north 81 west 1874 poles 81 links TO a
stake; whence east Sc north 10 poles 10 links
is a gum marked "P NJ" thence west 81
south 80 peles 20% links to a stake; thence
north 62' west 1873 poles to a stake on the
north boundary line thence with said limo
west 6IS south 1875 poles to q sta Ike; whence
80 links is en- ash marked "R W." thenee
south l. lS east, 1878 poles to a stake; whence
west 7H links is a white walnut marked pr
thence east "a north 97% poles to a stake;
whence west 30 north is an ash LA"
thence south 49, east 1917 poles to a stake;
whence south S9o east IS links is a sycamore
III" thence east Il q west 79A poles to the
beginning containing $780, u acres, and being
the same tract of land conveyed by f. nj,
Cash to j; u; Ihweatt on LIST day Of January,
POO. 9y deed OF that date registered in the
REGISTERS off. e Of Shelby county, Record
Book No. 81, part l. pages 1853 and l5.
Terms of ~sale-cash. Equity of redemption
barred.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
kOrtrecht IL Craft, Solic tors. A0.Ti
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27
EMPHIs

The subscription price Of the PUB
LILO LEDGER is IS per Gnnum for
the Daily, and 81 per GnnGm for the
Weskly-POstGge free.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

y OR POSTERS, SHOW BILLS, CARDS
Circulars, etc., gotten up with the latest
S.yiS u 1S ana On superior paper Of any
anime stock aud prices,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27

FIVE State tickets are before the PEG.
pie Of Wisconsin-the Democratic, Re
publican, Greenback, Workingmeu' aud
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-27
HoTEL.
HoTEL.
Metropolitan Hotel
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

"GAM GLEASON, formerly of Memphis,
% keeps the now Metropolitan uotel at
Little Rock, Arkansas, on the European plan
in the South, and terms reasonable. 43.l2O
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-04
BODIE NEWS.
'enl tinkle.

We understand from Superintendent j. NJ
Harper that the Bechtel mine at Bodie has
been sold to San Francisco capitalists for the
sum of S120 900, and that they have already
shipped the necessary machinery for erecting
extensive hosting works. During the COM
ing winter work on the main shaft will be
prosecuted vigorously, sinking it from 800 to
500 feet deeper. The Black Hawk Company
having been incorporated will also go to work
in good earnest. The shipment of bullion by
the Standard Company for the month of Sep
TENDER will reach $4,000 in value. The
Bodie and Bulwer Companies are both repre-
sented to be looking much better than ever
before. Indeed, Bodie is astonishing the
mining world. Messrs. Storey, Bechtel and
Harper passed through Carson yesterday on
their way home from San Francisco.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-04
his own and that it was the lions

templating his own and that it was the lions
share.
10 Did we speak about the New Orleans
Minstrels All, yes ! Well, go and see 'em.
Not all bald headed men are bad. Fred
Turner is a very obliging oficer-to the old
and decrepid. We shall support him for a
reelection, and no questions asked.
For tinware of the best vintage and cooked
by experienced hands, go to Rails. An hon.
est tinker is Eugene.
10 The Alleghanians-did we mention the
same? Of course we did. What ram
shackle memory we have got. Go and hear
EN- tinkle.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-04

Take the good things that lie in your pleasan
path, my son, and pity those who are less for
tunate; but beware lest you confound misfor
tune with something worse and harden YOU
heart with the bitter dregs of uncharity
There were those in his time who held aloo
from Coleridge as from skeptic and doubt
err; but it was he who said
He prayeth best who loveth best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth US,
He made and loyeth all.
1t has been noted, no doubt, that this Quer-
list has fallen into moraliziug vein, of late
also that he is working with more or less per-
tinacity vein of vagabondism and Bohemian
wares He is aware of the imminence of the
saw that A fellow feeling makes US wondrous
kind. But who shall gainsay the beauties of
the spirit of charity of whose existence we
have reminded the Constant Reader .
We beg leave to repeat what we have orce be-
fore said or tried to say upon the subject of
our survival of the recent hard times and be-
ing upon the (apparent) brink Of solder
and more substantially prosperous period.
We will venture that the tax gatherer will
testify that there are more evidences of thrift
and prudence, more ready money and less de-
linquency this year than for a good while
When the mariner is on a short allowance Of
water he observes an unaccustomed careful
ness, looks with more care toward his casks
and his means of replenishing his store, and
he is better prepared for emergencies than if
there were nothing to remind him to be judi
cious, forehanded and saving. We suspect
that our rather lively experience in stock
smashing may have set us to practicing the
prudence of small savings. A realizing sense
that it is by little drops of water that the
mighty ocean is made, and by little grains of
sand that the pleasant land is heaped up, is a
profitable experience, now and again. So if |
we don't become parsimonious and stingy and |
miser- like, loving money for moneys sake,
this expe15eoce won't hurt us any. There is |
no danger of this wasteful community becom-
ING too provident But we will not antici-
pate our Chapter on the Domestic Man and |
the Virtue of his Habit of always picking up
all Nails and Pins and Buttons which lie in
the line of his Walk. This subject had bet
ter be dealt with according to its consequence
and served up whole, and not in any mere
liscursive odds and ends. 1900. By the way,
sixty thousand dollars sent away thro the
Carson Post Office in money orders during
he past twelve month is a fair fact in susten-
alton of our theory that this people have
aiken to saving since they were suddenly
ured of the stock gambling passion.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-04
EPISCOPAL sOCIABLE TONIGHT

In conformity to request lodged at this
desk reportorial last night, we make the an.
nouncement that the fortnightly Episcopal
sociable, will be held at the residence of Hon.
R. M, Clarke this evening. The usual
cordial invitation is extended to ALL We
understand that Professor Varney will pre-
side over the dancing. Also ice cream, ad
lib, also lady fingers, also lemonade, also no
charge for being let in through the hospitable
front door.
SWIFT ENGINE Co. s ELECTION The men,
bers of the Swift Engine Company will hold
an election at their hall on Friday evening
(to-morrow) at 7:45 o'clock A complement
of officers is to be elected. See notice.
Rev. J. D. Hammond has been reappointed
presiding elder of this baliwick also he has
been reassigned to the Methodist pulpit in
Carson. This will be good news to the Parsons
many friends,