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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
A TIME TO SPEAK OUT.

Now that Thanksgiving is over
and all thought Of danger from the
fever has given place to an eager desire
to go to work and make the best of the
situation as we find it, the time has
about come for holding the mass-meet-
ing which has been spoken Of and
expected to come off for some time.
The Greenlaw Opera House is in good
order, and would be a suitable place.
There are two main questions to be
considered-frst, the sanitary condi-
ton Of Memphis; secondly, her fnan-
cial affairs. A variety of views pre-
vail as towhatcan and should be done.
1t is time for an Interchange of express
sion and for action. If the people want
the charter repealed, which seems just
now predominant sentiment, itwould
be we'll to speak out so plainly that
their representatives cannot misunder-
stand the popular will. If this city is
to be severed and paved by any scheme,
public or private, the sooner such pur-
pose becomes known and its execution
inaugurated the better The country
has poured nearly million of dollars
in money and supplies into the lap o.
Memphis; our business was merely
suspended, not permanently injured
We must help ourselves from this on
and not look to the outside world
for any more aid except so fal
as a national quarantine may help the
whole country, and the trade which
legitimately belongs to Memphis con
tinues to flow in through its old chan
nels. The pluck and vitality and re
Operative powers Of Memphis sine,
the epidemic have excited the admira
tion of the country scarcely less thar
the heroism displayed here during tina
dark period. 1t now remains for us t,
utilize all our resources, and ente
anew upon the road to success ant
prosperity, Heavy sacrifices of time
money and property may be required
but we can afford it rather than lie
Memphis go backward.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
A ProbIoInaI,ong slnoe soIyod.

How TO remedy those prolific causes Of dis
ease, an impoverished circulation and an i'm.
paired digestion, was a problem the solution
of which had often bafiled medical SKILL but
which was solved over a quarter Of century
ago by the introduction Of Hostetter's Stom.
ach Bitters to public and professional notice.
Since that time, which may we'll be said tc
have initiated new epoch in the history OF
medicine, the remedy and preventive referred
to has obtained foothold in the confidence
Of the American people that each succeeding
year has only served to strengthen. II is rec.
ognized throughout the Union as tonic oi
of preventing fever and ague, and disorders ol
the stomach and bowels as a reliable means
Of reforming q disordered state of the liver
and Of counteracting tendency to rhepma.
tism, gout, urinary and uterine disorders.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
Debt Statement.

WASHINGTON, December 2.-The
debt statement shows an increase of
$3,2l4,242; amount of coin in the
treasury, 1923, ,564, 1855; currency, $14,-
$50, ,S26, including $1O,OOO,OOO held for
redemption of fractional currency
special deposits held for redemption Of
certificates deposits, S37, 100000. Pay
ments made from the treasury by war
rants during the month of November,
1873, were as follows: On account Of
civil and miscellaneous, $40, 1877, 81.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02

THE last number of the Southern
Reporter of the Knights Of Honor
states that the order lost not less than
one hundred and sixty-fve members
from yellow fever. About one hun
dred Of these were in Memphis, six in
Collierville, four or five in Moscow
five or six in LaGrange, six or seven
in Grand junction, one or two in
Chattanooga, three or four in Martin,
one at Milan, and probably some at
Brownsville. During the month Of
November fifty death benefits have
been paid by the order, amounting to
100000. The payment of benefits on
yellow sfever deaths has scarcely
commenced; one only has been re-
ported in Memphis, and that was in
the case of Ed Worsham.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
THE NEW PROPOSITION.

American, 21th.l
From publication in our advertising
columns it appears that the holders Of the
bonds Of the State propose to take as a
compromise the full amount of their debt,
with four per cent. interest, instead Of
sixty per cent. of the debt with six per
cent interest. Itwould be idle for us 70
enter into discussion of the details Of an
adjustment We can only urge thai an
adjustment of some kind should be made
ut the approaching session Of our legisla-
ture.
[The American is mistaken as to one
"detail." The -four per cent interest
proposition is not made instead of the
''sixty per cent. of the debt" proposition.
Both propositions are made, giving the
State choice Of the wo.-[Knoxyille Tri-
bune.
It makes very little difference
whether the new proposition is made
instead of the old one or not. 1t is
but another case of the camel at the
eye of a needle, which will have to
unload considerably before it can ge,
through.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
Kitlv RInnchnrti.
Louisville Courier-Journal,l


Louisville Courier-Journal.l
Miss Kitty Blanchard, now the wife
of KcKee Rankin, dozen or so years
ago was a member of the stock organi-
zation of the whilom Louisville Opera
house. She was then quite a child,
and in the entr' 'actes was accustomed
to dance and sing. 1t was at that
theater she spoke her first lines, and
on the same stage that she first met
Mr.. Rankin. At the time Rankin
was a stock actor, and happening to be
disengaged, stopped in Louisville on
his way East to pay bis respects to a
friend. He was sitting among the
audience one night watching the per-
formance of some tragedy, In those
days it was customary to supplement a
heavy piece with a farce, in order to
relieve the minds Of the audience
from the somber expression usually
left by the bowling tragedians Mr..
and Mrs. Peter White was to close the
evenings bill, and just before it came
on the manager Of the theater hurried
over to Mr.. Rankin and earnestly re-
quested him to fill one of the parts, as
the actor cast for the role was very
drunk. Rankin consented, and hastily
donned the usual habiliments, and be-
gan "cramming" the lines. He was
standing in the wings waiting for his
cue and beating the words into his
head. Mhea Miss blanchard, unaware
of the change in the cast, stepped
briskly up to him, and, in her girlish
way, exclaimed, Hello, Billy, how
your head?" Rankin glanced up with
a start, and Miss Blanchard, perceiv.
ing her mistake, dashed off with an in.
\ coherent apology aud her face all a6re
Years aftefRard they were wed, and
they have had manly a laugh over thc
ludicrous episode Of their first meeting
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
THE sPEAKERsHIP OF THE senate

The McMinnville New Era, of the
18th ult., under the above heading,
pays Colonel John H. Savage the fol-
lowing merited compliment:
We notice that several of our exchanges
have made favorable mention of distin-
guished men for the above position.
Without disparaging the claims Of any one
of their favorites, we present to the next
senate the name of the Hon. John II.
Savage as the man for the position. He
is thoroughly acquainted with parliamen-
tary law and usage, which, coupled with
quick and decisive perceptive powers,
make him eminently qualified to fill the
position; and then in the matter of COM
inittees he would be eminently safe for the
people. In looking over a list of the
members elect we fail to discover any one,
in our opinion, so eminently possessing all
the qualifications necessary to a safe and
successful speaker Of the senate as Colonel
Savage. If he will accept the position, we
hope to see the senate elect him as its pre-
siding officer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
FEMALE FREEMAsONs.
Only Two Ever Initiated and One of Them
Now Living.
Charlotte On. c. observer.l

Charlotte On. C.) Observer.l
Recently the Observer, after re-
ferring to the fact that the Hon. Mrs.
Aldsworth is supposed to be the only
female Freemason in the world, di-
vulged the fact that Mrs. B. B. Bah
ington, who was at one time resi-
dent Of this State, was also member
of the ancient and honorable Order.
The Observers article has brought
out the Shelby Aurora to the front
and in its issue of yesterday the editor,
Mr.. j. b. Darlington, writes as fol-
lows " Inasmuch as the lady re-
ferred to in the above article is
our mother, we deem it our duty to
republish it and make the necessary
corrections. The story is correct with
the exception Of places and ages. The
ladys father was native of New
York, and moved to Greenup county,
where our mother was born and raised.
The place where she was made a Ma
son was an unfinished church room.
She secreted herself under the pulpit,
going in at an entrance from the side,
and was eventually discovered while
leaving her hiding place after the
lodge had adjourned. She was about
fifteen years old when she was made a
Mason, and our father did not join the
Order for nearly twenty years after
they were married. We do not be-
long to the Order, but we have it from
men who do that she is brighter in
Masonry than a large number of men
who have passed to the third degree.
Our mother is still living, and is now
in Boyd county, KY, few miles from
where she was first initiated into the
mysteries of that ancient Order of
MasOns."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
FOREIGN.
The Great Khyher Pass Entirely
UnObstrucied to the Brit
ish Army.
The Coming Reception Of Emperor VIII
heinz --Blsmarck's Illness.

CALCUTTA, December 2.-The trou-
blein the Khyber Pass has been great
ly exaggerated. A single officer rode
the entire length of the Pass unmo-
Tested.
BERLIN, December 2.-Preparations
on grand scale are being made for
the reception of the emperor next
Thursday. Bismarck will remain in
the country, his physicians advising
perfect rest Gortschakoff will be
present at the reception of the empe-
ror.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02

TIE Winchester On. C.) Sentinel
states that Hon. Duncan X. McRae has
returned 70 Wilmington, in that State,
to engage in The practice of law. That
is his native State. but since the war
he has divided ths time between
Memphis and Ohieago.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
Warming to Bachelors.

washington UapltaI.l
We haye in our library three hun
dred and two French plays brought
out, and more or less successful, in the
last twenty years, and many Of them
have been translated or adapted to the
English stage. The plot of every one
Of this dramatic collection turns on
marital infelicity
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
River TeIegrams.

PITTsBURG, December River 8
feet 4 inches, and falling. Weather
cloudy and rainy.
CINCINNATI, December River
rising. Cloudy and colder
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
WORKINeMEN,s

Building and Loan Association.
VNHE regular monthly meeting of this Asso-
i citation will be held on the first TU ESDAY
in December, az their Office in the Planters
Insurance Building. A full attendance of the
members and the representatives of deceased
members is requested, as business of import
ance will be presented.
L. LAGRILL, President.
CHAs. i. PATERSON, Secretary. s0-Sl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02

Earl Beaconsfeld is certainly great
diplomat and statesman. He can en-
swer questions of vast importance, and
suggest weighty measures with the ut
most GOODNESS, but we don't know how
he acts when he has collar which
flies off its rear mooring, say about
seven times an hour Flying Leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
FORGERY.

BosToN, December 2.-Henry E.
Dayton, a traveller for John Dizer, a
produce dealer; has been arrested on
charges of forgery to the amount Of
about $4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02

Mr. Eggers, of Cincinnati, has sued
for divorce after Mrs. Eggers has for
twenty-two years been keeping drunk
on three bottles Of Rhine-wine a day,
at S1.25 a Gottle, and forcing him to
mend and wash the family clothes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02

a lot of boothlacks sitting on a
curbst9ne may TQt be India-rubScr
boys, though they are guttef psgchers.
III Cincinnati Saturday Night. ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02

The borrowing Gend, who Is always
a little short of change, is an enemy to
whom no quarter should be shown.
New Orleans Picayune.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02

4 nan reading up in natural histo-
ry may consider himself a base ball
player when he comes to tbs bat
[Saturday Night.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
OId EOlks of ShaIhY CountN.

DEGULAR monthly meeting of this Society
~ will be held at No l6 Madison street, on
TUESDAY, December 3, 1878, at 8 o o'clock p. m.
Full attendance requested, as business of vital
Importance demands prompt attention,
A. III. IAMB. presidepf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02

Montgomery Blair's son, Woodbury.
Blair, is said to be engaged TO Mrs
Foster widow Of the late regular
army officer who figured so CALAMITY Al
Fort Sumter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02

When Henry NJ. Stanley delivered
his lecture in Cambridge, England,
some ofthe students behaved Sc badly
that he declared that he had heard
nothing that so reminded him of the
interior Of Afriea.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02

Your life is in danger when you allow
a severe cough or cold togo unchecked.
DR. Bulls Cough Syrup is cheap,
harmless aud reliable remedy,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
MEETING.
LaW CIaaa.

TNHE members of the Memphis Law Glass
i are notified that the first regular meeting
for the session Of ls78-9 will be held at No.
Madison street next Monday evening, Deeem-
Der lst, at 1880 o'clock. 0ficers for the ensu-
ing session will then be elected. A full at
tendance is desired. Z. 4. ADAMS, Pres't.
A. W. Otis, Sec'y. 78-s9
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02

lL is remarkable how few United
States soldiers K yGs necessary to keep
in the South after the yellow fayeF be-
came epidemic. II Fat Contributor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02

Who sees more of the ups and downs
of life than the man who runs an ele-
yator ?-[New York Express,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
INSURANCE.
OFFICE MEMPHIS Cry FlRE AND GENERAL
INSURANCE CO., 10 MADISON ST.,
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 26, ISIS.

HAhNA hAoi AANNsf ANuNs AOi 1910.
HNHE stockholders of this Companv are
i hereby notified TO attend the aanhal meet
ing at the Office Of the CQmpany on Monday,
December =, sSSS, as required BY section
IA ef tho charter, for'the election OF a Presi.
dent, Vice President Cashier and seven Di-
ftelors for the ensuing year, and for the trans.
action Of any othor regular business required
tion win be held betwo0n tho hours OF 10 d. m.
and Ppm, Bg order Of ~
E. NJ. APpERS0N, President.
Henry ], LYNN, Cashier. 1880
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02

Gladstone, Ruskin and Tyndall are
among the contributors to the Noyem-
her number Of the Nineteenth Cen
Jury.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
MEETINGS.
Chelsea LOdqe, NO. 44, [. Q. NJ. "a

MEMBERS win attend a called meeting
lNl this(M0NDAYl evening, at 1850 O. clock,
order Of the President,
j. Y. NhNARLE. Rec. Sen,v.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
B. AND |. ASSOCIATIONS.
Peoples Building Co.
TUE regular monthly meeting for loans will
4 be held at the office of j. H. Malone, No.
81 Madison street, Planters Building,
Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1873, 7:SO pm

At same time Stockholders meeting, when
all Stockholders are desired to be present in
person or by proxy for the election Of nine
Directors to serve until the first Monday in
November, 1879, and also TO consider the ques-
tion Of suspending collection of dues for the
months Of September, October and November,
and for other matters Of interest to the Com
pany. DUEs, INTEREST AND FINES payable on
that day at the Office of the Secretary, No. 800
Main street. w. A. GOODMAN, Pres't.
III r. GOonr FIT Sariv N Q1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-02
SHELBY COUNTY

building and Loan Association.
REGULAR monthly. meeting for payment
IL Of dues and making loans TUESDAY, ,
the Sd inst, at pm. Office, Is Madison st.
JACOB THOMPSON, President.
w. j McDEPMnrr Secrntarv
New-York tribune., 1878-11-09
TELEGRAMs AND OYSTERS.

To the EdItOr or Ihe IFI0aHe.
SIR: Were any telegrams sent from or re.
ceved at Gramercy Park during Mr.. PelIOns absence
at BaltimUrei The trip took him tLrtyslx hours Was
the Democracy then without headl Or must We
suspect another gobetween back oi The agents aud be
fore the principal. kInd Of missing lux between
potency and fact OF fraud1 Did PeltOn open ana de-
strOy the oysters at Baltimore c. o. D.
CatSk;H, Nov. 4.
IMr. Pelton's absence from New-YOrk during the
period between Sunday night. November 10. and
Tuesday morning November 81. did not interrupt
the flow of cipher dispatches into No. 10 Gramercy
Park and ore or two kilograms also seem to have
been sent out from that establishment on the 2Oth
These, however, were messages of no great import
ance, which any clerk could have written. One
might infer from the figures of his hotel bill that
Colonel PetOn did open and destroy great many
oysters Mt Baltmore.-TaI
New-York tribune., 1878-11-09
PRINCIPAL AND AGENT.
WITH sIDE-LONG REFERENCE To GRASlrRcY PARK
70 The Edlkoro OF Ths LrLbMne.

WITH SIDE-LONG REFERENCE To GRAND RCY PARK.
70 the BdttOr or The frIbHRe.
SIR: l am Democrat and owner of a junk
shop. Having accumulated wealth in my business, de-
vote all my and intelligence to the sff irs Of my
native city, State ana country. and have for years
left my business in the charge Of my nephew md
confidential trusted clerk Both OF these persons have
at all tim been made fully Of the nigh and pure
princI"e' which form the basis OF my character, and
pervade all my dOngs. know they would under all
cumstances testify to my honorable, lHcOrrupuble and
hgh;Oued principles and professions have neyerthe.
less times been prosecuted and barassed because
stolen goods found in my place OF business, aDC, al
though sOlemnly asserted that mol Only had knowl
edge their being there but also that never had
horzed and would suffer anybody connected with
entertain the idea Of dealing IN stolen goods
yet the strength OF absurd legu prOpos that
n, We been subjected great Ddignites. NV inner con-
sciou always revOted against this legal dietum
Noy know was ana am right Your tilt against Til
den has brought out the great champion Of pure
law as the true expounIer OF Noes and tie PROJECTS
and know that the princpa Is not responsible
the dOings OF his Aud Tuen reads your
paper, urg upon hin To correct our SD ucs at
Lis earliest con rnence He mignt lay the subj rt -
he Na,iUn inaugural "a oar next Pies i'nt.
But suou ne decline O,cupy the Presde "a. Chgtr
IN 1881, he dh IN 1877, sra e2?ct I!u 10 naihe
IcaTY ever ag4in suOu.d d. hid itop0ns bic
Tor artiCc coming lut0 my premises without my O"I-
ed. 20 nj authority, tAcu intend - retain HIM ny
attorney. Although posed 10 yOu ~ politics, l am
grateful f,r your agency In 'vn great Judicial
unnci le rcinstated III it, glory, and nODe You VII!
also assist seeing IL applied IN the hummer heres ot
Commercial. ife. JUNK DEALER
Neic. York, Nov. z 1873.
New-York tribune., 1878-11-09

In the trios with Campanin and Nine RoDiat pocateo
that her sickness had not affected her a. oil seriously
In fact her friends affirmed that her long rest nad ei'
her even in better voice than she in when In Eng
land.
Nine Gerster "a Of medium height has well-rounded
figure aud face ful Of expression. Her dark-Dro""
hair was pushed back face the upper part when
Is somewhat broad, but which IN general Is we'll
formed Her eyes arc large and dark. On the
left OF sgnor Ar,liti sat Nine Rob'ati Campanini
seemed entirely indcpendent or the pr"mpt"r VINO SAT
neni by and kept NUT erug the 1t an about four
words ahead Of the singers and during The rehearsal
tine tenor walked about gesticulatng wildly or eahen
upon the piano. and. ag nlng hIms"u behind tne loot
lights cast love- ganees at the pIipa dqhns, Mno %
paid i'm IN kind. At one time trio win cnOrus was
sung and the singers entered into t1e music win an 3D.
thusiasm that delighted SgnOr Ardti. AS may DH SUI
posed Ard had biz hands full while playing the orches
trni part singing the chorus. and crcsny the singers
Campanln walked neryousiy about and 0fttlmeS ArdI
voice would ring through tho corridor, always IN me
Nine Gerster seemed master the difficulties OF the
and ba avIra passages which sbe would sing again ana
again nni they satisfied bo herself and Sgror Ardti
per Hungary IN 1857 In 1872 entered tho Conser
vatOry vi and made such RAPID oSress INA. sh1
was soon offered opportunity to 'lnt In tne mpefai
Opera Hons abe preferred 70 wait until she cOud
make b. irst appearance IN IInllan opera An oPn iIJ
IN Worlds kigoetlo," In erna. She sang this part
weuttwo times aud her popularity WAS assured am tsT6
tf" and re cved The compliments Of the composer Tor
she met Verd encouraged her and advised her to
study. In Geneva she sank " "honnhlno9Ia' Iourteen
times. with great Gester met with enthuSlas-
tic applause In Berlin where she married the manager
the npera house, slgnpr Gardini Sac subsequently
sang in Posth an in eslau-at the former place IN
italian oporn nd at the hitter Mendelssohns "E itab
Mmc. sings with Ia German Italian French
and Hungarian.
On the stage Of the Academy was some what dlhereni
sight from that in the gallery room An augmented
ballet was rehcarsn0 q piece of Ealt an hours length,
called The But critics." which Ia intended to supple,
mcnt the shorter operas ike Lucia Ill L1mmernioor'
II s likely that Iucia" and the ballet Will he gwen
uext Wednesday evening. In the foreground was
lonesO fiddler who furnished the iime Tor the dancers
4 s nglc gts.jet made tEc giOUm more apparent Al
Ough IL was cvIdeUt Casual OJs ryer % the re-
Eearsal was not sul tss," the evOlutOns Ot the
dancers seemed 10 give their leader salts action On
the stage man wrapped iu AN OycrcOat ana wear
ing a tail hat and heavy boots who occasion lily tried
10 teach fhe short skirtcd flrcs some peculiar Steps
HIS pclrauce very udcrOus wlen he was engaged
IN IIpze eff