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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-11
Five Thousand Copies
Are read BY at least
Twenty Thousand People

"SAOJ AnVaonBu L cOp1C
old and young. every week. It is just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to the best class Of
community.
We desire our business men to make a nOts
Of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for tho coming
season.
We use our best efforts to keep our columns
free Of all irregular and irresponsible advsr-
hSinEi for many good people seeing an ad-
vertisemsnt in paper. especially their
church paper. take it as guarantee of re-
spOnIibility. Such confidence should not ts
abused when 1t can bO helped. We want,
therefore.
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M Mixed Cards, with gaWe, lac. Agents'
~ outfit lOc. L. JONES b Co.. Nassau, N. 4 /.
OK Fancy cards. Snowflake Damaski as
81 sorted in 25 styles, with name, lOc.
Nassau Caro- Co., Nassau, MY.
&7 A day to agents canvassing for tho Fire.
PS side Visitor. Terms and outfit free. Ad-
dress 2. y. VICKRRY, Augusta, Maine.
ORGANS sSts RRsGi $3.50 p2SS S1ly ss5 s5 o6y P
a9IS5;, Great bargains. Daniel F. Beatty,
Msshlnston, ].
PULMONA. is certain remedy for Con-
sumption. Ask your druggist for ii. Cirou-
lars free Address 0. G. MOSES, Is Cortlandt
street. New York. 5S-sld1W
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I CURE FITSl

When say cure do not mean merely TO
stop them for time and then have thI m re-
turn AGAIN, mean aradical cure. am reg.
ular physician and have made the disease sf
Fits, Epilepsy or Falling SleRuess
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CENTENARY COLLEGE,

TXyILL RESUME ITS EXERCISES
w on the Let MONDAY IN OCTOBER,
with competent corps of professors.
All branches of preparatory and COM
mercial schools and first class colleges,
successfully taught. Tuition in pre-.
paratory school $45, and In college
classes. $65 per session of forty weeks.
Boarding in Stewards Hall, $40 per
month, and in private families at cor.
respondingly low rates. For particu-
lars and catalogue, address
c. 6. ANDREWS, President,
Aug. 2l-2m jackson, La.
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sAIDlORD' )
JAMAICA
eIIGIl.
SWEET
CheViing

Awarded Af9hss: prize at Centennial Exposition foo
~ eAessas qs,f'ss and ercesaes and astsag eAaT-
oaw 81 ,ess.a'a9 and fasorsas Tbs bes: tobacco
ever msda As our blue str, trade mark Il closely
initiated On infsrior goods 20 that Jaeksoas Bat q
On every Plug Sold by an dealers Send sor ssrapas
1ee. 70 U. A Jackson Co., Mrs, Petssssafg, TA
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JENKINS ANNIHILATOR
THE GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY
FOR 49,
RHEUMATISM, Gou1 L NEURALGIA.

THOSE TERRIBLE ENEMIES OF HUI.
i man happiness. Rheumatism, Gout
and Neuralgia, heretofore seemingly uu-
conquerable, have indeed found their mas
ter in JENKINS ANNIHILATOR. We
have the testimony of men of the highest
standing in Louisiana and other States,
that after suffering indescribable pans for
years, from which they sought relief in
vain by visiting the Hot and Warm
Springs of Arkansas aud Virginia, and by
using dozens of remedies more or less high.
~ praised, when, in fact. hope had almost
died out, they have found relief from pain
BY the use of the ANNIHILATOR and by
continuing it for short time. have been
perfectly cured. The ANNIHILATOR is
q preparation purely vegetable, agreeable
to the taste. and may be taken without
fear of any injurious results by the deli.
cate 90 we'll rs the robust in constitution.
B Price 81 90 per bottle. For sale by
all Druggists. Ask your Druggist for cir
cular containing certificates, or send to
N. JENKINS g. CO., ProprietOrs.
New Orleans, La.
Finlay & Thompson, Wholesale Drug.
gists. New Orleans, La, General Agents
for Louisiana. Texas. Mississippi, Alabama
Arkansas and Florida.
March 6, 1873 Tyr.
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MI k10BEA AUTH
I'm NIful Concert KHAN

$500 only $425. Superb Grand Square
Pianos, price $1100 only 1855. Elegant
Upright Pianos, price $500 only $l55.-
New Style Upright Pianos $ll2.5O, Or
gans s35. Organs 10 stops 81,
Church Organs l6 stops price $500 only
$ll5. Elegant 1915 Mirror Top Organs
only $l05. Buyers come and see me at
home If am not as represented, r. r.
Fare paid both ways and Piano or Or
gan given free. Larne Hist. Newspa-
per with much information about cost
of Pianos and Organs sent free. Please
address DANIEL F. BEATTY, Wash
tngton Nj.
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The only combination of
the true Jamaica Ginger
with choice Anomalies and
French Brandy for Cholera,
Cholera Morbus, Cramps
and Pains, Diarrhoea and
Dysentery. Dyspepsia. Fla.
tnlency, Want OF Tone aud
Activity in the Stomach
and Bowels, and avoiding
the dangers of Change Of
Water, Food and Climate.
Ask for sANDFoRD's JAM
AIcA GINGER.
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new Rich blood!

PARSONS PURGATIvE PILLS MAKE
New Rioh Blood, and will completely
change the blood in the entire system in
thfee months. ANY person who will take
! piI each night from to IL weeks NAV
ne restored to sound health, if such a
thing be possible. Sent by mail for s let
ter stamps l. s. JOHNSON & Co., Ban.
gor, Maine.
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st. Vinccnt's 1
m M
BOARDING SCHOOL.
YOUNG LADIES'
CONDUCTED BY THE SISTERS OF
CHARITY AT DONALD
SONYILLE, LA.

THIS INSTITUTION IS LOCATED
L in the above DaMed healthful lit
tie village, situated at the Junction Of
the Mississippi River aud the Bayou
Lafourche. It is accessible at all seas
sons Of the year, both by railway and
water. -,e
Parents will find for their daughters,
in this institution, all the facilities for
christian and refined education; tile
course Of instruction being the same as
that pursued at st. Joseph's Academy,
Emmittsburg, Maryland, Of which it is
a branch.
The buildings and grounds are spa
ci0us and csmmodiOus. In cOnsilcra-.
ton Of the changed condition Of the
South, the terms have been reduced to
nearly half-price.
The Academic year is divided into
two sessions Of five months each--t|.e
let commencing the LIST Of September,
the 2nd on the LIST Of February.
TERMS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
Board and Tuition including Washing,
Mending, Bed and Bedding, per SEES
SION. ----.-..-.-.....-----.$ Is %
VI per aHnum- -.-.........-.. J5O W
French Language, per annum-- 70 O0
Tapestry, Painting, etc, extra charges.
Music at Professors prices.
y Books and Stationery furnished at
Current prices.
June l9-3m.
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$500 REWARD

STATE OF LOUISIANA, EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT. {
VxTHEREAS. ON THE FOURTH
w day Of October, 1876, FRANK A.
BIossAr was brutality killed and muir
dered at Cotile, in the Parish of Rap
ides. in this State and
WAereas, JAMES LIGHTFOOT and
WILLIAM LIGHTFO0T stand ia.
dicted for said crime, and 1t has been
represented to me that they are fugi-
sives from justice;
Now, therefore, I, FRANCIS T. NJ
CHOLLS, Governor Of the State of
Louisiana, by virtue of the authority
in me vested BY law, do issne this my
proclamation. commanding the officers
Of the Law aud all good citizens to aid
and assist in arresting the said James
Lightfoot and William Lightfoot, to
the end that they may be brought to
justice and dealt with according to
law.
And do hereby offer q reward of
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the
arrest and delivery Of said James Light
foot and William Lightfoot in any Of
the jails OF this State.
James Lightfoot Is about thirty
years Of age, Ave feet nine inches high.
spare built, high cheek bones, large
gray eyes, has always q downcast look,
slow to speak, dark hair, weighs about
100 pounds; was called James White
before coming to Cotile.
William Lightfoot is about twenty.
Eve years of age, five feet seven inches
high, rather stout, weighs about las
pounds, sandy hair, blue eyes, full
face, rather pleasant, free spoken and
very quick, and makes friends fast.
Given under my signature aud the
seal of the State of Louisiana, at the
City OF New Orleans, this tenth day of
April, in the year of our Lord one
Thousand eight hundred and seventy
eight.
FRANCIS T. NICHOLS.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
By the Governor:
WILL A. STRONG,
Secretary of State.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-30

724c; kegs, S@S1fc. Bulk meats stroneeri
shoulders, 5ssc. Bacon frmer; held at 5fsG
8. 65s@71sc. Coffee frmer; Rio, cargoes'
l319@16lic. Sugar-common to good com-
mon, 81 G61c; fair to fully fair, Gao nc;
p ime to choice, 7s@S14c; yellow clarified,
sac. MoIasses-common, DC; fair, 22@
28c; prime to choice. 32(942c. Rice, 61z@
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-30
JORDAN ROCKBRIDGE ALUM

a. Springs, Rock bridge County, Va
These delightful Springs are eight miles from
Goshen Depot on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad,
from which point elegant coaches run regularly over
a good road through beautiful and picturesque
country. The Improvements are entirely new, and
embrace all the modern conveniences for the most
comfortable accommodations. The principal hotel,
~ III " "a e rs bsroomi, etc,
furnished with gas and electric bells in each Cthe
only summer resort In Virginia which has). There
telegraph offices in the hotel. Two daily mails from
all points. In addition to the Alum waters, whose
medicinal qualities too we'll known to specially
refer there is the grounds of the strongest
and best Chaybeae Springs In the country, which is
lars, terms. etc. see circulars at Messrs Mansfield
Co.'S and 6. W. Jones Co.'s, Druggists, address
by letter JOS. N. WOODWARD,
MalaQar. at the SnrinQs-
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DRY GOODS.

DI ILLIlUIiaI H.
NEW YORK, June 2S.--Business very
light with packing houses and the Jobblng
trade dull. Cotton goods quiet but fairly
steady,J except lower grade bleached shirt
ing, some of which are reduced. Prints
quiet and ginghams less active. Wooden
goods moving slowly. Kentucky jeans lit
tie more active.
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ELMO LODGE,

Lake Elmo Minnesota az miles from ST.
Paul, on the Saltwater and TaylOr's Falls Railroad
five trains daily each way. This charming summer
resort Is now completed. Building, Furniture, etc
ARE ENTIRELY VIEW, and ready for guests It is To-
Gated in beautiful and picturesque spot, and the
climate Is the most healthfuI and bracng In Amer
lea. THE ATTRACTIONS are fine, sail and row boats
plenty of game fish, billiards. bowling alleys. out
door gymnasium, swings croQuet, archery, lawn
tennis, baths, music, etc. Terms moderate
FRED. g. GUTHRIE, Manager
late German National Bank Memphis
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RIVER NEWS.

Weather and Rivers.
The table and dispatches below give Off
cial particulars concerning the weather and
rivers:
OFFICE SIGNAL SERVICE OBS. U. S. A.
MEMPHIS. June % 1919.
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OVERLOOK MOUNTAIN HOUSE

CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, Woodstock,
Ulster County, New York, IS NOW OPEN.
House is new, contains all modern improvements
and furnished throughout in the best man
ner. Transient board, So per day. Reasonable
terms for week or month Best place ON the noun
tains for those troubled with hay fever, 1t being
$500 feet above tide water Telegraphic c0mmunf-
cation with all points. For circulars, address
James Smith, Manager,
OVERLOOK MOUNTAIN HOUSE,
WOODSTOCK. Ulster county, NEW YORK
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CNTTON.

The cable yesterday reported Liverpool
l-32d better, and closed a shade higher.
New York spots were firm anu steady; flu
lures we're quiet and / 10 ) points higher,
though at the close barely steady. Our mar
ket was duil, with liberal offerings but light
demand Sales continued entirely to spin
ners, and quotations remained unchanged, as
follows:
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LTTHOGRAPH PRINTING.
CHANCERY SALES.
Chancery Sale OF Real Estate,

Cnancerg sale OF Real Estate
Chanceg Court O. Shelby eounty-George Gillian
Administrator OF John S. Kerr, decd, vs.. W. ID.
Kerr ct al.
By virtue of an introductory decree for sale en-
tered in the above cause on the 25th day of May,
1873 will sell, at public auction, TO the highest
bidder, in front of the clerk and masters ONCE court
house building Main street, Memphis, Tenn on
saturday, July rs, ISSS,
within legal hours the following described property
situated in Shelby county, Tennessee tOwit: GER
tain lot with the houses thereon situated the city
OF Memphis. and described follows: Beginning
at stake the east side or BOUNDARY of DeSotO
street, being the northwest corner of lot Nc 2, In
block No 90 thence east with the dividing line be-
tween lots and 3, 1874 feet to a stske; thence
north and parallel with DeSoto street 40 feet TO
stake; thence west and parallel with the dividing
line of lots aud B, 1874 feet to DeSOtO street;
thence with the east line of DeSoto street 40 feet
to the beginning corner.
Terms OF Sale One-fOurth cash; balance aft5 70
and Is months; notes with approved security. and
lien retained on property until purchase money IS
paid. Equity OF redemption barred June 10, 1878.
(. A. COLE, Clerk and Master
BY Z. B. MeHenry. ID. c. and n.
Geo. Gillian. Sol. for cOmpft
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Cotton Exchange Quotations.

The New York Bulletin, of Thursday, re
ports: cater a shrinkage of eight points
from last evening, there was better demand
20 cover on recent short sales, the margin be-
ing considered large enough to warrant Sc
curing accrued profits, and this gave some
what better tone for the time being. The
influence, however, was purely local, and the
average feeling among the general trade at
present is evidently adverse to handling cot
ton for a rise on any delivery, while those
who own and control the supply put it out
carefully and let the market down easy"
IBY TELEGRAPH
The following are the official kilograms of
the condition Of the domestic markets as
l.. - "a q
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-30

Tone of the market az 1905. quiet; 1858,
steady at to ) points higher; 1928, steady;
las, quiet; 2:l7, barely steady. Sales, 49,
600 bales.
New Orleans closed easy at lie for mid
ding. Sales. 1900 bales; receipts, net, 104
bales; gross, % bales; exports, none; stock,
1854 bales.
Yesterdays Liverpool kilograms reported
the market dull and unchanged; middling
uplands. 6 3-l6d; Orleans, 63sd. Sales, 5000
bales, 400 of which were American. Re-
ceipts, 1850 bales, 300 of which were Ameri-
can.
Liverpool GrTit ais opened l-32d better;
June, June July, and July-AuRust, 6 3-l6@
1921; August-September, exec 9-32d;
at 2:30, steady: at 4:30. arrivals closed
shade higher; November December, 6 7-32d.
The movement at the ports was reported
% I'll
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The following are the New York market
reports for yesterday: Ordinary, 8 g-l6c;
good ordinary 10 7-16cs low middhng,
II 1-l6c; niddling, II 7-lec; good middhng,
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HON AQUA SPKTNES

THIS charming summer resort located eight miles
L from Bon Aqua Station, thirty-nine miles from
Nashville, on the Nashville and Northwestern Rail-
road will open for the reception of visitors on June
l, 1878 The association have this year built very
nands OF its visitors The waters of these Springs
are celebrated for their recuperative effects upon
delicate men and women, shattered and exhausted
constIons, as we'll as FOR the cure of diseases of
the a.tmentary canal, dyspepsia. chronic diarrhea
constipation and summer complaints of children
diseases Of the Kidneys and skim and menstrual
disorders ETC. The elevation is 800 feet above Nash
Vile. Atmosphere, cool. dry and salubrous
BoARD-Per month. S35; per week, $40; per day.
81 Special rates for families. Children and serv-
ants, alf-price
Railroad fare for the round trip SO Co. Correspond
ence invited. Address d" Bon Aqua Springs AssOcia-
tion," or A. emmett, Business Manager
Bon Aqua Springs, Tenn.
DR.. A; Morrison, Resident Physician. For those
who enjoy horseback or buggy riding, a frst-class
cOmmOdatlOns for those who take their vehicles
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SUMMER RESORT.
TULLAHOMA

TINHE most delightful and convenient summer re-
Il sort In Middle Tennessee. Located near the
base 81 the Cumberland Mountains, and the highest
point on the N. c. and st. Louis r R. Only three
hours ride from Nashville and IL hours from Men,
phis.
Exhilaratirg climate and delightful chalybeate
water. The hotel offers all the comforts OF home
with al the luxuries OF first class watering place
and at moderate rates
TERMS $40 per week or $50 per month.
Excursion tickets from Memphis and Nashville at
reduced rates.
References-Mrs. Judge FIippin Col Leon Trous-
dale and Col. w. +. Hardin, OF Memphis.
II. CORZELIIS. PIOnriaiOr.
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AUGUSTA FEMALE SEMINARY,
STAUNTON, VA.

TNRE largest frst-claSs Institution for Young La
i dies In Virginia, with an able corps of twenty
five teachers. Opens the first Wednesday in Septem-
Der, 1873, and closes the first Wednesday in june
1879. For catalogues. containing full particulars,
address MISS MARY j. BALDWIN, Principal,
Stanton, Virginia.
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Above low /
water. =

'Below high water mark OF 1874.
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS YESTERDAY.
rlme ssr. Their wind. F ksin Weather.
E Ess E EEsE T 7 : E 81;
900 pm. 30.O2 10 ! Sc = lfalr
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WHITE CLIFF
MINERAL SPRINGS !
Mnnrna co EacA Tn.,.,nccnn

FTNHIS celebrated summer resort, for health and
L pleasure, will be opened the First Of une
for the reception of guests 1t is situated top OF
the ChilhOwee Mountain, fifteen miles southeast of
Mouse Creek, the nearest point on the East Tenn,
Va and Ga. Railroad. The hotel and springs al at
an elevation of 1900 feet above the Conasaugl Val
ley and 300 feet above sea level in dry pure and
very invgOrating atmosphere, af0rdng an extc nsye
view of the surrounding country, whose cry Is
unsurpassed. We have good band of mus &c. at
tenve servants, and all other accommodations to be
found at first-cass watering place.
THE BATES OF BOARD REDUCED, VIz-S9 per week;
$50 per month Special rates to families.
Visitors to these Springs can obtain excur, ion
tickets over all southern railroads For particulars
apply for descriptive pamphlet giving analysis, etc
j. Il. MAGILL, Proprietor
MOusa Creek and White Cliff Hotels
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ORDINANCES.

AN ORDINANCE 10 raise money to defray she cur
rent expenses OF Street Force, Carpenter and
WHEREAS, BY a resolution passed by the General
Council in March, 1878. the pay OF the street labor
cash per day; and that OF Carpenters at 81 70 In
ledger balances or 81 so cash per day. II Is there
be secured With which TO pay these enlpIoTes: and
as il is but just that every effort should be used 70
depend upon their daily labor for support of Them
selves and families; therefore
Of the city Qf Memphis, That the Mayor ia and Is
hereby authorized and instructed TO contract Win any
pay OF the Indebtedness OF the street CrDepf,sr and
chain-gang forces, as the same may nom time "a
son persons may pay OF said indebfetreEs m,
amounts advanced by them Respectively ~ issllIrt
than 500; said warrants to bear interest at rate
not exceeding per cent. per annum until paid
pose Cforesaid and under this Ordnance by ba1ng
on their face the words: Issued under Ofdina,lce
secure the prompt payment OF said Warrsnrs. 80
much Of the tax Ior general purposes for 1878 as Is
for the payment OF the amounts so to be advanced
for said purposes.
in section OF this ordinance, shall not exceed the
sum OF fifteen thousand dollars.
Passed second and final reading by General CotIr-
ell, June 2l, 1873. Approved June "a 1878.
]. Z. FLIPPiN, Mayor.
Attest: CRABTItEA BKLcHER, City Register
AN ORDINANCE regulating Hack and Wagon Siends.
l. foc q oItilaACQ Or the
II the CITY u Memphis, That every owner or driver
of public hack or wagon, who keeps his hack OF
wagon ON the street, shall have ceFtalplaee TO be
by the Chief Of Police ASSIGNED him as
mis- hack-stand or Wagon-stand and Il shall be des-
IgnateC by numbers corresponding with the num-
kers OF his hack or wagon; he shall be required to
deep swept and cleaned to the center of the street
week.
Section 2. AnJ owner or driver Of a public hack
or wagon violating this ordinance shall on conyic-
ton before the Recorder, pay fine OF not less than
five, nor more than nifty dollars for each oense and
ofiense.
Passed second and final reading BY General Ceur,
ell, June u, 1878. Approved June "a 1878
Attest: cRABTREE BRLCHKR, City Reeister.
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ike. At 1890. firm; l 100, quiet and steady.
Sales, 405 bales.
The following are the closing rates in New
York futures yesterday and day before:
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THE HYGEIA HOTEL.


Old Point Comfort. Va. Situated within 100
yards of Fort Monroe. Open all the year, with ample
capacity for 900 guests. Has all modern improve
-eevatOr,gaS and electric bells in every ROOM
water, bathrooms and closets on each floor. Six
daily mails and telegraph Office Fifteen to twenty
yards from the door. Superior beach for bathing at
dOor-steps, and good from May until November.
Boating, fishing and driving especially attractive.
Send for circular describing hygienic advantages.
Terms So to 50 so per day, according to location of
and number In room, length of stay, etc
ii. PHOEBUS, Proprietor,
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Movements ut the Levee.

Movements at the Levee.
ARRIVALS.
Mark Twain, St. Francis river; A. J. Whit
Arkansas City; City of Alton, St. Louis.
DEPARTURES.
City of Alton, New Orleans; A. J. Whit
Arkansas City; Mark Twain, st. Franc
river.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-17

BUSINESS AND LABOR a meeting oil
the stockholders Of the Crown Point Iron
Company, the other day, the following d.
rectors were elected for the ensuing year
Gen. John Hammond. Thomas Dickson, lie
Grand B. Cannon, Moses Taylor and Edwin
W. Hall. The directors then chose the fol
lowing officers: President, General John
Hammond General Manager and Treas
urer, A. l.. Inmar; Cashier, Henry L.
Reed; Secretary, Charles l.. Hammond.
Wonderful to relate, during last week
not q single petition in bankruptcy
has been fled in this District and the
faces Of the Clerk and Marshal are wofuljy
prolonged However, they know of a man
in Orange county and another in St. Al
bans who are going into bankruptcy pretty
soon, and with little economy they hope
to worry along until worse times
A movement l. on foot among some of the
Brattleboro merchants, to secure a concert
ed action in refusing to buy any goods.
whatever. Of drummers.
The report Of the Master, b. B. Smalley,
ED, confirming the composition in the
cases of j. &. Taylor IL Co, of Brattleboro,
go cents) and II. hopkins, of Montgom-
cry 30 cents), on which an appeal was
taken. has been sustained by the court.