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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-09
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
MINOR MERIwETHER, Solicitor. 65-92


WadSy Thompson vs.. Woodruff & Co. ct al.
RY virtue of the decree pronounced by the
- Supreme Court Of Tennessee, at Jackson,
April p, 1871, in this cause ,'and renewed May
g, ls7S, l will offer for sale to the highest bid
der, in front of the court-house Of Shelby
county, in the city Of Memphis, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-09

Josh Billings casually inquiries
How ken you eypekt to find two
people in this world who are alike
when yu kant even find one who il
alike haf the time2"
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LtvERPooG, December 9, Y M. Cotton IS
dull and easier. Middling uplands, 5 Lied:
Orleans, Sad Sales, 5000 bales, of which 100
were taken for export and speculation. Re-
also were American. Futures quiet at l-32
Aaolfpa
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administrators sale.

T WILL sell on December 18th, from Il am,
/ toll PM, at the residence OF the Iato III,
b. Edmondson, near Gilps station, an the
personal property Of deceased, consisting OF
household furniture, horse and roekaway,
three cows and wearing apparel. Terms cash
10 the highest bidder.
REEFS b. EDM0NDSON, Adm'r.
j. NJ. GREER, Attorney.
Memphis, December 3, 1878. 6lSa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-09

In supreme Court at jackson.

VIM. P. St. John vs.. Asa Hodges, John L.
Malone, Kate Hodges, Fleming Hodges, b.
NJ. Hodges ct al.
virtue Of the decree pronounced By the
ID supreme Court Of Tennessee, at Jackson,
in this cause, June 4, 1873, / will offer for sale
20 the highest bidder, in front Of the court
house Of Shelby county, in the city Of Mem
phis, on
Monday, December 10, 1878,
the real estate mentioned and described in
said decree as follows, tO-Wit:
Situate, lying and being in Memphis, Shelby
county, Tennessee, on the east side Of Shelby
street, and beginning at the intersection Of
the south line of Butler street with the east
line Of Shelby street; thence with the east line
OF Shelby street, south, 80 feet; thence east,
and parallel with the south line Of Butler
street, 20 feet to an alley; thence nOrthwardly
with said alley 70 feet to the south line Of But
Ter street; thence west with the south line Of
Butler street to the beginning.
Terms OF sale: Said property will be sold
on q credit of twelve and eighteen months,
purchaser giving notes with approved security
Tor the purchase money, and a lien retained
On said property until said notes are paid.
Equity of redemption barred.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
HUNEs i PosToS, and MEroALF &WALKER,
Solicitors. $50
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-09
Monday, December 10, 1873,

the real state mentioned and described in
said decree as follows, to-wit:
The east half Of lot 50 of John Oyetron 3
addition to the city Of Memphis, in Shelby
county, Tennessee, fronting the south line Of
Clay street so feet, and running back 40 feet
to an alley.
Terms of sale: Cash.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
G.. W. WINCHESTER, Solicitor. IS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-09

In supreme Court at jackson.

F. W. Rosenthal ct al. VS.. Joseph Grieshaber
ct al.
DY virtue Of the decree pronounced by the
~ Supreme Court of Tennessee, at jackson +,
to the highest bidder, in front of the court
house Of Shelby county, in the city Of Mem
mia on
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Cotton.

The market this morning, owing to the
gloomy and inclement weather, was dull
and inactive, with quotations nominally
unchanged. Sales Saturday 800 bales,
export 340O, %spinners 1000, speculation 100.
COTTON EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.
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Monday, December Ie,

the real estate mentioned and deS~~ he N
said decree as follows, to-wit:
said land IS situated in Shelly County Fem
netsee, and is bounded and described &c fol-
lows: Beginning at the southwest caravI Vi
the land conveyed to E.. G. Abererombie by a..
); Abercromsie in the Memphis and Raleigh
plank road, about ~ miles from Memphis,
and running thence north with the west line
Of said land to the south line of lot No. l2of
the 2. S. Aberersmbie subdivision, about
Y lo-liO chains; thence west with said south
line about n chains to W. +. Hardin's east
line; thence south with said east line about s
chains to the southeast corner Of said Har-
din's tract; thence ives Oh Hardin's south
line about 81 chains to the east line Of the
lQA-acre tract Of land claimed by K. Weldon;
thence south with said east line to the center
OF Cypress creek; thence sOutheasterly with
the meanderings Of said creek to the center Of
the Memphis and Raleigh plank road; thence
eastward with the center Of said road TO the
beginning; containing S9A acres more or loss.
Terms Of sale: Cash. Equity Of redemp-
ten barred.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
MTVnp MUuTurnTuup 2o1tafkru or M
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CONDITION OF THE RIVERs.

The river here rose 2 feet 6 inches
in the past "a hours ending at noon
to-day, and now stands 20 feet 2inches
above low water mark. AT Cairo it
declined l inch yesterday, with 26 feet
II inches on the gauge; at st. Louis
it declined / inch, with scant 6 feet
in the channel out to Cairo at Pitts
burg it is falling, with s feet on the
gauge; at Cincinnati it declined II
inches, with 20 feet on the gauge al
Louisville 5 inches, with 10 feet !
inches in the canal at Evansville il
is falling, with Is feet 6 inches on the
gauge. Cumberland river is falling.
with IL feet on the shoals. Arkansas
river is still fallingat Little Rock, witt
20 inches on the gauge. White river
is stationary, with 4 feet in the chan
mel from Jacksonport to the mouth.
st. Francis river is rising, with a good
stage of water from the cutoff to the
mouth. 'AA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-09

J.. j.. Moon vs.. Annie Abercrombie.
DY virtue of the decree pronounced by the
ID Supreme Court Of Tennessee, at jackson,
in this cause, June 5, 1878, l will offer for sale
TO the highest bidder in front Of the court
house Of Shelby county, in the city Of Mem
Dhis, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-09

GALVESTON, December 9.--Cotton is weak
and Irregular at SIC. Sales, 1854 balesi
NEW YoET. December o, 1910 a~.m.-Cotton
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[SLnndard InternationaI ClassilcatIon

This Last TThis VIZ
Week. Week. Last y'r
Reefs since Friday..l 1858 GLIB 22,7St
Exp'ts to G.. Birth. 1884 E,6l5l S,46S
Exp'ts to Continent" go 2l,sggl S,sZ
Stock .............-."l o3l,4ool os0,99zl Izs,54o
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
THE OPERA HOUSE
FRITZ OUR COUSIN GERMAN.

FRITZ OUR COUSIN GERMAN.
Mr.. Emmett last night presented bis orr
ginal character comedy to fair audience,
in the Opera House. We noticed present
many of our most critical and cultivated
citizens who manifested their pleasure at
the acting of Mr.. Emmet. The story, and
plot are exceedingly simple, and the play
derives its whole value from the character
of Fritz. The personation or rather as
sumption of German character of hum
BILE life by Mr.. Emmett, is quite as good
as that of Jefferson's Rip Van Winkle, and
is not open to some Of the Objectionable
features of that character. From the be
ginning to the end of the play, there was
not even an indelicate suggestion all was
pure and its lessons could not fail to im>
prove, the feelings of the audience. We are
quite certain that if Mr.. Emmett comes
again to Wilmington he will be created by
a much larger attendance than that of last
night. ...a .a a..
The concluding act Of the Happy Miller
was exceedingly beautiful, showing a pict.
ure, of contentment, and domestic happiness
to be envied and initiated. The broad fur
was hearty, and honest ana produced gen.
uine peals Of laughter.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

The first day of spring.
M.s.R A. meeting this evening.
A arst-class mortgage for $1,000 for sale
Zee advertisement. ..
At Webster's Academy this evening, the
Washington Assembly Ball.
A big tide 10 expected on the l1th and 18th
instants, when the moon will be In perigee.
Elder Miles Grant still continues his lec-
ture on his prophetical chart every evening.
The weather prophets are beginning to
make their predictions for the coming sum-
mer.
John I. O'Byrne, in "Robert Macaire, -
and flaming of the shrew," on Tuesday
March the Fifth.
1t the present fair weather continues
Collins & Kennedy, contractors of the
Cool Spring Reservoir will commence work.
ing on the south basin, the embankment OF
which are very much injured, especially the
western bank, and which delays It's comple-
tion longer than was expected.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
BUILDING PERMITS.

The following building permits have been
issued from the Engineering and Surveying
Departments during the month of February
Elizabeth Floyd, one house, .. side Of
Seventh street, between King and French
streets. .rl
Edward Forest, four houses E. side of
Monroe street between Seventh and Eighth
streets. =--na
Hartman & Fehrenbach, one house N
side Of Fourth street. west of Orange street.
W. R. Il Fl. Cause, one house 8. side Of
Front street, between Tatnall and West
streets, and one warehouse s. W. corner OF
Tatnall and Front streets. Total, 8.
During the corresponding month of last
year, II permits were issued, being nine in
the excess of this year.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
AN ITINERANT.

Officers Gibbons and Bouzarth were pass.
ing along Front street yesterday morning
about 8 O'Clock they saw man at Second
and Orange streets, trodding along, leading
an old horse loaded with number OF hun
dies. The officers thinking 1t rather cul
ious how he became by such variety of
articles, kept their eyes on the old gentle
man, and when he approached he asked
them whore he could find hotel, when they
arrested him and brought him to the City
Hall, where he was given sleeping quarters
and bis horse was taken to the Delaware
House stable. The numerous bundles were
then examined and found to contain the
following articles:
Thres old single barreled Derringers,
loaded with slugs; one large six chsmbsred
revolver of peculiar pattern !; q glazier's
diamond an old-fashioned powder horn
and small powder flask, both we'll filled, a
pair Of bullet molds, two boxwooi rules, q
large shears, . seed microscope. q small
broken monkey wrench, q curry comb, two
or three pass books and several other things
besides bag containing about peck of
of oats.
He had also three discharges from the
army, one of them showing that he had
been in the Mexican war. He gave his
name as Nathanie johnson Coffin, and bis
destination as New Hampshire. From
memorandums made in his book, 1t showed
that he had been a ship carpenter on the
Polaris under Captain Hall and was with
him during his explorations in the Arctic
regions, and had travelled through Califor-
MIA and the territories. He had been living
in Washington since bis return from the
Arctic seas and had spent all his wealth in
endeavoring to secure his claim to pension
from Congress. s.-. ,
At hearing before acting Mayor O'Neil,
yesterday morning, he was discharged and
allowed to 60 his way. 1
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
THE SILVER BrLL Law.
TBE PREsIDENr's vETo-vEToED.


The President returned the Silver Bill to
Congress yesterday with veto message. 1t
was promptly passed by both the House
and Senate by constitutional majority.
This is the beginning of the end--the first
step towards the emancipatioa of the indus
tries Of the country, from the trammels Of
the money lenders of Europe, who, like
leeches, were sucking the bloed of this
country by an illegal and dishonest inter-
probation Of the contract between them and
the people of the Republic. Once
again, as in the days Of Jackson,
the money pover-of all others the most
dangerous to liberty has been smitten by
the overwhelming force of American public
opinion. The peoples representatives have
risen to the stature demanded of them by
equal rights, honesty and fair play ; and by
their vote have censured President, the
fraudulent faint of whose tenure Of Office
should have enforced him to silence, when
the people had spoken ina voice of thunder.
The anomoly of paying an untaxed bond
holder--dehors the condition OF his bond |;
gold for his interest-and paper to the Grip.
pied patriot Or widowed mother, will now
cease.
Let not the Gold Bugs, dream, that she
people will halt here. For eighteen dreary
years monicd monopolies haye been choking
the well spring of American liberty,
and regulating the commerce and industries
of the country in such way, as to profit
themselves primarily but the false sys-
TEN ffas been broken, by the vote Of Con-
gress yesterday, and henceforth legislation
will be in the interest Of industry, and oi
the prosperity of the people.
The mig ht of monopolies has passed into
q glorious tomorrow, and the advocates ol
dishonest Interpretation of the law {; If they
continue to oppose necessary legislation to
unshackle industry--and give food to the
starving Millions will have to answer at the
bar of public opinion, for their mistakes
and plumbers in legislation.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
NOTICE TO PARENTS.

For the iuformstion of the parents who
cannot get their children into the full
schools, No. 8 and No. 9, 1t may be stated
that there are vacancies in most Of the
other primary schools. These vacancies
are about as follows No. 2, s5; No. 8, 12;
No. 7, 10; No. 8, 6; No. 20; No. 10, d; No.
II, 35; No. 10, 40; No. "A, rs; No. Is, Is.
The vacancies are in tho rooms that are in
use ..
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

An examination Of ladies desiring to be-
como teachers In the public schools Of this
city will commence in school house No. l.,
Ct Q q. m, on Saturday, the and Of March
Only residents of this city, who are at least
1T}S years Of age will be examined.
.t D. M. HARLAN, Supt.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
UNIFORM DRILL.

Company G, DUPONT Guards, will give a
full uniform dress drill this evening attheir
armory, to which Mayor Whitley and Presi-
dent Lichtenstein and members Of the City
Council have been invited to witness. Every
member Of the company is requested to be
present. .,,
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The Board of Education will hold
special meeting this evening, at sio'clock,
for the purpose OF making some eight
changes In the Bylaws.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
CO-PARTNERsHIP FORMED.

L. Rigney, the wholesale and retail tea
dealer, No. 21S West Second street, has
entered into q co-partnership with Jacob
Rebman, and the business will hereafter be
conducted under the firm name Of Rigney
& Rebman.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
SKIPPING NEWS.

The schooners Gettysburg and Annie
Babcock, left this port yesterday morning,
the former for Wilmington, N. G., and the
latter for Savannah, Ga. They were both
loaded with phosphate from Walton g. Co.'s
works. ~ %
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
POLICE REPORTS.

During the month of February the fol-
lowing arrests were made by our police.
Assault and battery, 10; disorderly conduct,
30; drunkness, 10, vagrancy, "A; larceny, 4:
rape, 2; selling liquor on Sunday, l; forgery,
l; violating City Ordinance, I; resisting Off
GERS, 8; threatening, I; excentric, 1. Total,
AZ .HH' .%H '.. .'#. ~.". ."'
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01

"There Is no place like home :" but every
home should be supplied with bottle of
DR.. Bulbs Cough Syrup he great family
remedy for all cases Of coughs, colds, &c.
Pyice, rs cents
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
LOCAL NOTES.

Uncle Toms Cabin, at the Grand Opera
House next week by an excellent company.
"Wreck of the Metropolis" >" ia ballad, 1
cent at Jackson's, No. W. 5th street, all the
latest songs. r.a ..... .. hge Eg
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
FEBRUARY INTEREST.

To-day City Treasurer Vincent will COM
mence paying tho February interest on the
city bonds, which amounts to $4,4s5.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH.

Elder Kramer, Of the Household of Faith
will preach sermon in the Grand Opera
House, on the first Sunday in April, on
"The coming of Christ and the preparation
for It." ... ...,.l e,
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01
THE, HERALD.
Wilmington, Del, Mon. March 1, '7s.

TIE WEATHER ,-To-dav N sottI DO
partly cloudy and sOarsn. possibly tctth
occasional light rain.
The Morning herald., 1878-03-01

A stated meeting of City Council was
held last night, President Lichtenstein in
the chair. as@Hf#
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-26

How the Muddy River Water that Wheel.
Ing People are Drinking Can BE Pu.
rihed. Ut 70. f t'
Different waters, like different diseases,
require different treatment to purify
them; and all waters, no matter how i'm.
pure they may be, can be made quite pure
for drinking or other domestic purposes
without distillation, providing the proper
materials be used and sufficient time al.
lowed the reagents to act; but in many
samples of water have found distillation
to be the cheapest and quickest mode OF
purifying them. All filters in use that
am aware OF only purify the water from
solid impurities mechanically suspended
in the water. The following Is descrip.
ton OF filter that / have used, which
purifes foul water from organic impure
ties held in solution Us well as from sus.
pended solids. Take any suitable vessel
with perforated false bottom and cover
itwith layer OF animal charcoal; on the
top Of that spread a layer OF iron
filings, borings or turnings, the finer the
better, mixed with charcoal dust: on the
top Of the filings place layer OF fine filter.
Allow the foul water to filter slowly
through the above filter, and you will pro.
duce remarkably pure drinking water.
Before placing the iron filings in the filter
they must be well washed in hot solu.
ton Of soda or. potash, to remove oil or
other impurities; then rinse them with
clean water; tho filings should be mixed
with an equal measure Of fine char.
coal. II the water is very foul, It
must be allowed to filter very slowly. The
deeper the bed Of iron filings is the quick.
er they will act. The above Is simple,
cheap and very efficient filter, superior
to any other that l know OF, and Il has
the advantage OF being free to every one
who chooses to make 1t, have not taken
out patent for It, and l am not aware OF
any other person having done SO; think
! am the only person who has ever used
it. The fouiest ditch water, treated as
above, is rendered pure and fit for drink.
ing. may mention that have made II
practice during the last q years to boil
all my drinking water. It Is the safest
plan for man moving from place to place.
You cannot always carry filter and chem
icals with you, but you can always manage
to get boiled water. People talk about Il
being vapid and tasteless, but l am used TO
1t and like 1t.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-26

OYsrERs.-Since the termination OF the
strike OF the "shuckersn at Baltimore,
which made oysters rather scarce In this
city for couple OF weeks or so, is over, it
would naturally be expected that the oys:
ter trade would brace up, and the price Of
each individual half-can would go down,
but such does not appear to he the case.
A large dealer In the blvalpe reports the
tradein a very demoralized condition;
worse than ever he remembers 1t to have
been. Two Of the best months in the sea-
son have gone, he says, and scarcely has
there been any evidence that the season
has come. The strike caused the price Of
the wholesale lots to increase about six per
cent and it has not since dropped to its old
figure, but he claims that the same figure
is yet about ten per cent too low to allow
profit. The retail price has remained the
same throughout the difficulty.
Another dealer, selling on commission,
speaks more cheerfully Of the condition OF
affairs in this regard. The warm weather
he says, necessarily keeps trade q little
slow, but, withal, It ;s not mattOr Of spe.
olal complaint The only effect Of the
strike in his business was a little scarcity
no change was made in the price, he says,
and now that lis over he has all he can
sell, and is satisfied.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-26

TEMPERANCE Nores.-The mass temper
ance meeting to be held at Washington
Hall tonight will be held under the aus
pices Of the various Christian Unions O
the city, and will be rousing one. The
old wheel.horsc, Thos, Hornbrook, Esq.
will DO on hand.
A grand success was achieved by the
new Workingmen's Christian Temperance
organization formed at Otis Hall last night
the hall being filed with young men o.
the city, who appeared to take more than
ordinary interest in the cause. The speak
ers were quite vigorous in tliolr appeals tc
the young mon 10 abstain from drink; and
enlist themselves in cause that would
prove so beneficial to their present and fu
ture welfare. Messrs. Robt. Marshall, G. w
Baggs and John Harris spoke. William
Hastings was chosen President, and ]. NJ
Lashlcy Secretary. Several signed the
pledge. The hall will be open every day
from 10 A. N. until 10. p. N.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-26

Symptoms OF which arc moisture, like per
spiration, intense itching, particularly when
undressing, or after getting warm In bed, In
creased by scratching, might think pin worms
were crawling in and about the rectum, often.
times shows Itself around the private parts,
A pleasant and safe cure in every case !;
"Swayne's Ointment" Ifallowed to continue
very serious results may follow.
wAsA GREAT sUTEERER FROM rToHISG rLEs
Symptoms wero moisture, intense itching
particularly at night, increased by scratching
soreness, etc. "Swayne's Ointment" made q
perfect cure. ]. W. CHRIsT, 3ii North Sec.
ond street, Philadelphia.
Reader, II you are suffering from this dis
tresslng complaint, or letter, any crnsty,
scaly Skin Disease, use ''Swayne's Ointment"
and be cured.
Sent by mail to any address, on receipt Of
price, so cents box, or three for 81 Is, by DR.,
SwayneS Son, $50 North Sixth street, Phila-
delphia. Sold by all leading druggists
e0uAW
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-26
Asoelal Anxiety in washington.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
WASHINGTON, November 10. Senator
Bruce, who has been travelling in Europe
with his bride since his marriage In June.
is expected to arrive here soon, and has
engaged handsome residence on Capitol
Hill for the remainder OF his Senatorial
term, which expires on the 4th OF March,
1881.
There Is some social agitation here with
regard to the manner in which Mrs. Bruce
will be received by the swells OF Washing.
ton. She Is a lady OF fine personal an.
pearance, an octoroon, and Is, perhaps,
better educated than most OF the women
who intend to snub her II she presumes to
enter society. She was school teacher in
Cleveland, but her husband has sufficient
wealth to crafty any taste she may have
in the way Of personal adornment, and Il
Is whispered that wardrobe purchased
by hor In Europe would be priced by any
oil our bellies.
1t is q requirement Of official etiquette
hero that all the Cabinet ladies and the
wives OF Congressman shall make the first
call upon Senator's wife, and the wives
OF the older Senators always make the an.
proach TO an acquaintance with the wives
OF new Senators. -
The only colored Senator's wife who
evey attempted an entrance 10 Washing,
ton society was Mrs. Pinchback, aix yeafs
ago, and being both beautiful and accom-.
plished, she was not only treated with
ciVillty, but made quite lioneas.