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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13
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CAIRO, August 10 ARRIVED u. F.
Tolle and ]. B Maude, ST. Louis, s pm;
Laura Davis, St. Louis, 10; Alvin, Lou.
%isville, midnight; Laura Davis, St.Louis.
Q a N; Julia, Ohio river, 10. Departed
stahlmau, Nashville, 8 pm; Tolle, New
Orleans, 8; Maude, Vicksburg, 10; Laura
Davis, Cincinnati, IL; Julia, south, IL.
Rained last night, bat clear and pleasant
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13

y H.
W0RKINGM MEMS
BUILDING AND LOAN
TO THE FRONT.
The Pioneer Association Memphis
Char cred Oct. L, 1871.
Fifty Man1hs' Dues PaId-ROOk)
value, Toward Mafurt1V.
\ 49, NRr &hnEa
Char. cred Oct. 1. 1877
NEW SERIES. NO BACK DUES.

+ A MAN SAYS TO HIS TENANT
mat IT he will pay him three or fonr dol
lars mere per month than he has been in The
habit OF paying, at the expiration Of eight an
nine years he would give him a deed Of the
property, the tenant would be most Iikelv M
accept the ofer. This is the principle mon
which these Associations work." f
In order to moet the emand If manu-
plioants, this Association has decided 10 ;sspa
QuArtoriy Series OF AIOch nnr s1L
scription book for the Fourth Series, dai;nv
on the Isl day of July, inst. Is now onan
The Series will be limited, and our friends are
requested to hand in their subscriptions at
once TO the Secretary at the office of iha As
soeiatlon' NO. 2sl Main street. up stairs. who
wlu be in attendance duri9g business hours To
give az desired Information as to the work.
ings Of the Association, WIN
This Association is commended 10 the work.
ingmen OF Memphis particularly, ITS history.
us success, Its present prominent rank I'M the
hnancial and business circles OF the oitv ne
good work in the past and its bright nrosnact
Tor better work in the future mark h az a
prominent example Of what The pluck perse-
yerance, stability and frueality Of the work-
lngmen OF Memphis can achieve.
Our quarterly issuance of new stock onens
up an opportunity to all classes to avail them
selves. Of the benefits which attach to mis-
ASSOCIATION by reason OF experiences.
achiSveu success and = low ratio Of
working expenses.
L. LAGRILL, President.
-CHAs. u. PATERSON, Secretary. la6-l5l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13
TENNESSEE.

Nashville will shortly have to &c
through the agony of a municipal cleo
ton.
A turtle weighing over 100 pounds was
caught near COoper's mills. in Crockett
county, last week. SO the Sentinel says,
F. NJ. Wilkinson has become one Of
the editors of the Ripley News. His
well.wriIten ~salutatory appeared last
week.
Brownsville Bee: An occasional wagon
load of old cotton struggles into town
and is disposed Of, making room for the
fall crop which is beginning to open aud
looks very promising.
The plan of A. c, Bruce. a Knoxville
architect, formerly Of Nashville, for a
new court house at Chattanooga, has
been accepted by the Hamilton county
commissioners. 1t will be one of the
handsomest public buildings in the
State.
Dr.. John Chester of Jackson, who
died on the 4th of June Of small pox,
was a member Of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen. On the 10Th Of July
his heirs received the $1,000 benefit due
from the order. What life insurance
company vns ever so prompt
Meals State Gazette: Ministers should
remember that the weather is growing
very warm, aud the same congregation
which sits delighted through two and
one-half hours OF a 6ve.act comedy can't
possibly endure more than twenty-five
minutes Of q sermon and a three min.
utes prayer. There is limit even to
human endurance.
The Tennessee Federal Soldiers Asso.
c alton will meet on the 18th day OF next
month at Maryvilie. A poster signed by
General James P. Brownlowa as president,
and Will A. McTeer as secretary, an.
the fact, and calls upon ex-Fed-
eral soldiers to come with three days
cooked rations in their hAversacks."
The taxable property Of Montgomery
county, according to this years assess
ment, is valued at $3.50 sos, which is a
of of $528,O3O from last years
assessment. OF this the Chronicle SAYS
about 100000 is in personal property,
balance to be accounted for by the
decreased rate Of valus of real estate.
Knoxville Chronicle; The quaint
town of Philadelphia, Tenn, stu.
ated on the East Tennessee, Virginia
Georgia railroad, six miles below
is one of the Oldest towns in
State, and has 2 postmaster (Mr. D.
R. Kennedy who has held the office for
over thirty years in succession. There
are no douot out very few postmasters
in the United States who can say as
much.
Ripley News; We were shown a day
two since a huge hickory stick, with
a silver head, which was presented to R.
NJ. Byrn, Eaq, one of the first settlers
Of this county, by President Andrew
Jackson. The cane was cut on the Her
Grounds, about the year 1888,
and bears the following inscription: TO
a friend from a friend-Fist Justilia. "
The stick is owned at present by Reason
Byrn, jr., a grandson of the gentleman
to whom it was originally presented, and
is a highly priced relic.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13
mo. 26Al.l
NOn-R Notice.

In the Chancery Court of Shelby CouptT.
Tenn.-James s.. Prestidge VS.. VIZ. White
OF nj.
IN APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT TN
! this cause, that the defendants, W. +
White, Nancy Fox and W, j, Walker. nre
citizens of Kentucky and non-resideDts Of
the state Of Tennessee; that complainant
bill was flod August II, 1877. alleging an In.
d%ebtodness due from defendant w. II. Wbite
to him of about 1854, as evidenced by two
prOmissory notes mentioned in said bill al
complainant; that a writ Of attachment has
been issued and returned levied on certain
property of said White, particularly a iudg-
ment of his recovered against the estate Of
Washington Bolton, deceased, ETC.. In Shelby
county.
It's therefore ordered that they make their
appearance herein. at the courthouse,
in the city Of Memphis, Tennessee, on OF
before the FIRST Monday in October, 1877.
and plead, answer or demur to complain.
ants bill, or the same will ba taken for con
fessed as to them and set for hearing OK parte;
and that q copy Of this order be published
once a week. for four successive weeks, in the
Public Ledger.
This 18Th day Of August, 1877.
AcOpy Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE, @. and N.
BY X. j. BLACK. ID. q. and NJ.
Estes X Elicit, Solicitors for complainant.
ls2-iiS-l54-2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13
UattIe-sIaughteriDg by Dynamite,
pou . n.u r.,.o,,

UattIe-sIaughieriDs by Dynamite.
Pail Mall Gazette, July 81
An interesting experiment was
made last week at a horse.slaugh-
tering establishment at Dudley.
with the view of testing a new
system of slaughtering cattle by
means Of dynamite, and thus put
ting them out Of existence more
speedily, and with less suffering
than by the ordinary pole-ax. Two
large powerful horses and a DON
key disabled for work. were
ranged in a line about half Il yard
apart under a shed, the donkey be.
ing placed in the center. A small
primer of dynamite, with an cleo
trio fuse attached, was then placed
on each of their foreheads and fas.
tened in position by a piece Of
string under the jaw. The wires
were then coupled mp in circuit
and attached to the electric ma
chine, which stood about FIVE Yards
in font. The handle of the ma
chine being then turned an electric
current was discharged, which ex-
ploded three charges simultaneously
and the animals instantly fell dead
without a struggle. The whole
affair was over in two minutes, and
the experiment appears to have
been a perfect success. By this
means, it is stated, any number,
even a hundred or more cattle, may
be instantly killed by the same cur
rent Of electricity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13
WORK OF the Fire rlond

QUINCY, Ill, August l3.-The Farm.
ers mills, owned by Crockett & Mason,
together with a large stock Of grain, was
destroyed by FIRE Saturday night. The
mill and machinery was valued at $40.
600, and are almost a total loss. Insu
rance, $500. The stock in the mill was
valued at $4,000.
KEoKUK, Iowa, August l3.-The SOAP
factory Of VIM Blenn was destroyed by
fire early yesterday morning, Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13

Mr.. BLAINE having been a prom
inent candidate for President HIM
self cannot be expected to see a
great deal tina. is commendable in
the Hayes administration. He has
intrenched himself in the Maine
Republican lines and will keep in
training for the next time, aided by
that ardent young female, Abigail
Hamilton, who will not be much
older in 1880 than she was ten
years ago.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13
o STATE PRISON.

The Chattanooga Dispatch is il
favor of moving the ~penitentiary
from Nashville and making two Oh
three out of it. This may be a very
good idea, but the penitentiary has
been entirely too much scattered Of
late. The squads may be seen in
every division of the State without
adequate guard or evidence of I'M
dergoing unbearable punishment.
Then how could Nashville do with
out a penitentiary? The people
there would feel themselves ruined,
and every boardiug-house would be
hung in mourning at such a dis
memberment of localized State in
stitutions. The Dispatch says:
Tie local reason for such removal is
that the prison, lying right on the con
fines of the capital city, has checked.
and will, il allowed to remain there, per.
manently stop the growth of the town in
that direction. The general or State
reasons are several, among which the
most important are: First-The prison
is too small to accommodate much more
than halt the prisoners now serving out
sentences. Second-The State cannot
afford to buy gronnd on which to extend
the prison where it now stands, and it
ought not to do so if it could afford it.
Third-The removal can be made now
more cheaply than will be possible a few
years hence. Fourth-There ought to
be two prisons-probably three-and this
era of cheap labor, cheap land, and
cheap building material, is a favorable
one in which to make permanent ar
engagements
There ought not only to be built here
a State penitentiary, as a means of d.
viding the older offenders, and as a mat.
ter Of economy, but we should have here,
at Memphis and at Nashville, reforma-
%teries, where boy and girl offenders, beg.
gars, Migrants of tender years and ju.
venile waits generally should be sent to
be cared for, given the rudiments of an
education and taught some useful call.
ing or trade.
Ohio, which State enforces her erimi-
nal laws much more vigorously than
Tennessee, has a less numbero Of convicts
in the peuitentiary, and mainly for the
reason that Ohio provides for the care
and reformation of the classes OF children
referred to above. Ohio has three times
as great a population as Tennessee.
Her schools and reiormatories cost four
teen times as much as ours. and Der
criminal jurisprudence costs less than
ours; and with this fact we May fifty drop
the subject for the present.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13
LEDGER
~ II; M II HIS
Monday Evening, Aug. rs, 1877.

The subscription price Of the PUB.
Lie LEDGER is IS per Gnnum for
the Daily, and 81 per annum for the
Weeky-PostGge free.
Persons lauing the city for the sum-
mer can order the DAILY LEDGER
at 75c per month. or tao dollars for
three months, in Gdvance, with the
privilege Of changing posto6iee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13

BRICK PoMERoY's second wife
wanted to go on the stage, being an
actress by profession. He objected
and they obtained a divorce by the
Utah process, by mutual consent.
He has lost no time, but recently
married his proof-reader, a Young
lady who now becomes No. 8 Of
Bricks living wives. He has
strong matrimonial tastes and may
yet live to marry several more
wives.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13

THOSE who read Gail Hamilton's
letters on Hayes, Schurz & Co. can
form a good idea of the kind of old
maid Blaine would have been il
nature had permitted him to belong
to hal sex. Gail is his sister-in-
law, and snaps out the Spitelul
things which the senator prompts
in private.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13

Three saloon keepers in OhicagI
were found guilty of selling liquo
to minors. The address of the JUS
tice when they were sentenced, a
reported in the Chicago Tribune
is original and eminently whole
some. The evils of the liquor traf
fc, and what a license involves, ar,
rare set out in a clearer light thar
in the following address by Judge
+, Reading;
"By the law you may sell to mer
and women, if they viii buy. Yot
have given your bond, and paiC
your license to sell to them, and ne
one has a right to modest YOU il
your legal business. No matter
what the consequences may be, nc
matter what poverty and restitution
are produced by your selling accord
ing to law, You have paid your mo-
ney for this privilege, and you are
licensed to pursue you calling. No
matter what families are distracted
and rendered miserable ; no matter
what children starye or mourn over
the degradation Of a parent, your
business is legalized, andnoone may
interfere with you in it. No matter
what mother may agonize over the
loss of a son, or a sister blush at the
shame of a brother, you have a right
to disregard them all and pursue
your legal calling-you are licensed.
You may fit up your lawful place
of business in the most enticing and
captivating form ; you may furnish
it with the most costly and elegant
equipments for your lawful trade !;
you may fill it with the allurements
of amuSements you may use all
your arts to induce visitors; you
may skillfully arrange and expose
to view your choicest wines and
most captivating beverages; you
may thus a raging appetite for
strong drink, and then you may
supply that appetite to the full, be-
cause itis lawful ; you have paid for
it-you have q license. You may
allow boys almost children to fire.
quent your saloon they may wit
ness the apparent satisfaction with
which their seniors quaff the spark
ling glass /; you may be schooling
and training them for the period of
t%wenty-one, when they, too, can
participate-for all this is lawful.
You may hold the cup to their lips,
but you must not let them drink
that is unlawful. But while You
have all these privileges, that of
to children is denied You.
Here parents have the right to say,
Leave my son to me until the law
gives you a right to destroy him.
DO not anticipate hat terrible mo.
.ent when | can assert for him no
further rights of protection. That
will be soon enough for me, for his
mother, for his sister, for his friends
and for the community, to take his
road to death. Give him to us in
his childhood at least. Let us have
a years of his youth, IL which We
can enjoy his innocence; to repay
us in some small degree for'the care
and love we have lavished upon
This is something you who
now stand prisoners at the bar have
not paid for-this is not embraced
in your license. For this ofense
the court sentences you for ten DAYS
Imprisonment in the county Jail,
and that you pay a fine of seventy
five dollars and costs, and that YOU
stand committed until the fine and
costs of this prosecution are paid"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13
THE BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS OF
MEMPHIS.

Inc building and loan assocla'
tions CT Memphis, of which there
are about ten in operation, have
accomplished more, revitalized and
built up the city more within the last
year or two than any other single
agency. The system has proved to
be an admirable success. Men Of
moderate means and income by
joining these organizations begin at
once to have a new purpose in life.
They find it an easy matter to save
five, ten, or twenty dollars per
month. If they do not wish to
build, they realize the profit made
by loaning the money out. But
when the stakeholder desires to
build he can borrow money, build
a house and pay out in a few years
at a little more than it costs to pay
house rent. The advantages of
such a mutual cooperative system
are obvious and well understood.
Capital is concentrated only to be
utilized and loaned out again to
members who desire to improve
property or secure homes. No large
amounts accumulate. Every month
the assessments collected are loaned
out in limited sums to members.
All cannot borrow at once, of
course, but the man who
makes the highest bid for the
privilege has the first choice.
The beneficial workings of these
associations can be seen all around
Memphis. Hundreds of men have
been enabled to build neat and ele-
CANT houses where they will raise
their families within the influence
of churches, schools and good
society. They are anchored and
have bee Inc permanent members Of
the community in which their
lots are cast. They begin at
once to plant trees and vines and
Shrubbery, to improve lawns and
make tasteful additions. All this
is so much net gain to the com-
munity, and will add to its wealth
and tone and prosperity in the flu
ture. Whatever real progress is
visible in Memphis is owing
mainly to these building and loan
associations. They are better than
savings banks or investments in
iiye-twentieS, for they keep
money in circulation, give
employment to mechanics and
l%aborers, business to contractors
and an impetus to all. our material
interests. While other places have
gone backward or stood still Mem
phis has steadily grown apace, and
whether tax assessments show it or
not has gained in wealth and popu-
lation. Many of these improvements
are made outside of the corporation
line by people who do business in
the city. Great credit is due to
those who had the nerve to start
and work up the first of these asso-
Citations in Memphis. There il
ample room for all of them to
operate for years to come.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13

LIEUT.. FLIPpER, the colored
cadet, ought to be sent out to rein
force Freedmans' Bureau Howard,
as between the two, for good, hard
fighting qualities, they are about on
a level.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13
west Point Cadet Drowned.

NEwBURcH, N. Y, August l3.-Cadet
Northrup, of the Third Class,
West Point Military Academy, was
drowned while bathing in the Hudson on
Saturday. The body has not yet been
recovered. The deceased was from the
Wast
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13
His w,fe,

FALL RIVER, MASS, August l3.-Yes.
terday, while intoxicated, Thomas Fitz.
gerald stabbed his wife in the left breast
causing death in an hour. The mur.
derer was arrested.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13
RnAinnss FniInro.

Troy, August l3-Darwin Sherman,
a most extensive merchant of Warren
county, has failed. Liabilities, Sl6O, 600;
assets unknown.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13
SatnrdaY. Septemher 5. 1S77.

within legal hours. the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tennss-
see, to.wit:
The tract of land known as the Fair
Grounds, on the north side Of the Memphis
and Charleston railroad, about four miles
east Of the city Of Memphis, containing 81 o.
acres. more or less, which was conveyed by
n. Breathett and n. j. Carroll to defendants
then the Shelby County Agricultural, Me-
chanleal and horticultural Society on June
~, 1863. and of record in Book u, page GS3,
Registers Office OF Shelby county, consisting
of two parcels described as follows, to wit:
Flrst-Beginning at a stake us inks north
Of the north rail of the Memphis and Charles.
ton railroad, and 30 links east of the west
line of the u. Hickman 50 0.acre tract, and
running thence north 81 chains and 10 links.
y llnks east OF said Hickman tract on the
west line; thence east % chains and 50 links;
thence south q chains and 63A links; thence
west 9 chains and 2435 links; tuenco south II
chains and S. links; thence west 10 chains
and 800 links to the beginning containing
S9.04 acres.
notwithstanding at the cast side of Trey
evant avenue at q point duo south OF the
southwest corner Of the race-track ground
and "a feet north of the contre of the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad track; thence
east parallel with the south line of the race
track ground l9 chains and 55A links TO
a point "a feet from the center OF said railroad
track thence south / chain and AZ links to a
point 2o feet from the center Of said railroad
track thence west and parallel with the said
railroad track, and rs feet from it, 10 chains
and $50 links to the east side of Trezevant
avenue; thence north with said avenue |
chain and "a links to the beginning - contain
ing about 2 acres.
Terms of sale On q credit of seven and
twelve months notes with approved security;
lien retained to secure the same, etc.
This August IL, 1877.
Il. A. COLE, Clerk and Master.
By r. j. BLACK, d. O.. and NJ.
Adams x Dixon, and Il. W. Gordon, Sols.
11O-wWvLT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13
ELEcTIoN.
NOTICE.

A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
q of the Southern Ill Works will be held
at the Office Of the works in Memphis, Tenn,
on Tuesday, September 4. 1877, to elect a board
Of Five Directors to serve the ensuing year.
1873 JN0. IL. CHICHESTER, Sec'y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-13
LEGAL.
Chancery Sale of Real Estate,

No. 1914, r., = 0hancery Court Of Shelby
Memphis Agricultural and Mechanical So
ciety.
RY. VIRTUE OF AN INIERLOCUToRY
- decree for sale. entered in the above
cause on the I'D day Of May, 1877, | will sell, at
public auction, to the highest bidder, in front
of the Clork and Masters office, courthouse
building, Main street, Memphis. Tenn, on
, 1877-08-18

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