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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15
Good Words from a FIIppin Demo
grHl.

4VgA NVAAA " EAANDAu UtlnVa
crat.
To the Editor Of the Ledger:
Permit an earnest and sincere friend
ofthe Democratic and Conservative party
to tender his hosrtiest approval to your
timely and patriotic lesdersin your issues
Of the 18th and 18th insts. Beyond a
question the substantial interests Of all
classes of our people require that The
wAste places Of the party should be built
up, and that speedily. The snoke of the
late contest oyer the city election has
now cleared away, aud we eau now, see.
iag The errors that we're Inadvertently
made by our friends. set to work under
your liberal suggestions aud recreanize
the party for The great work in Angus,
and November next. | will also com
meud Major Hays for bis patriotic action
taken so speedily By him, aud trust that
be will be followed by others Of the ex,
e~eutiFe committee. But before they re.
sign would il not be we'll for them to cal
q grand mass Meeting Of all our friends
Tor the selection Of q new executive com.
mittee for Shelby county, Tha time fol
action is nov at hand and organization
must begin. Let ell our friends come
together in q spirit OF mutual forbear
ance and Cancellation, and under a aev
organization The party will again lead OF
10 glorious auhiegshents during III,
ysRr, A FLIPPIy DEgOCRAT.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15
I[R. 2754.l
Chanc0ry Sale of Fencing, Houses, Etc

Chancery Court Of Shelby County-R. B.
Snowden We. the Memphis Park Association
ct al.
PY VIRTUE OF AN INTERLOCUTORY
- decree for sale, entered in the above cause
on the oath day of December, 1877. / will sell,
at public a%uction, to the hieherst bidder, in
front OF the Clerk and Master s office. Court
house hui. ding, Main street. Memphis, Tenn,
On Saturday, February 90, 1873,
within legal hours, the following described
property, S tuated in Shelby county, Tenn /,
to-wit
All the fencing, posts, rails, gates, houses,
stands and improvements Of every kind stu
atsd on the leasehold described in complain
ants bill herein as the Olympic Park, with
the privilege Of thirty days in which to re-
move the same.
Terms Of sale-eash.
This February IL. 1878.
u. A. COLE, C. and N.
BY r. ]. BLACK. D. @. and Nj.
W. W. Goodwin, Attorney. 142-l5l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15

We clip the f~ollowing sentence from
the Memphis LEDGER: The State press
is on the bondholders' side, with a few
exceptions, as follows: Memphis Ava.
lsnche, Memphis LEDGER. Dyelsbure
Gazette, MeMinnyille New Era, Nash
vile Banner, and possibly one or two
others" II being on the side of honesty
and State credit places as on the bond
holders side, then we will have TO work
there, but we will have to admit that we
are out of our element, for We don't re
member Of ever having money enough
to buy a bond. We must protest, how.
ever, against the LEDGER leaving the
Franklin Review and Journal out of his
s t.-[Aaury Sentinel. rs
Very well; we viii add the Franklin
Review and Journal" although it hap.
pens not to be on our exchange list, and
we will be happy to add many others,
including the Sentinel, between now and
the meeting Of the next legislature. The
Sentinel man admits that he is not a lax.
payer, direct, though we oil pay some
thing indirectly. When be gets down to
the bottom Of the question and under
stands its equities he will cease to de.
mand dollar for dollar and fall into
line in favor Of such a compromise as
the people can stand, not only for q year
or so to enable bonlholders to unload
and legislators to get into congress, but
for twenty FIVE or thirty years to come
when the real test of State credit will
have to be made at last. II is one thing
to promise the payment of a note or
bond, but 8 very different thing to fork
over the money when It is due.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15
SPECIAL NOTICE.
CAR.n.

To all who are suffering from the errors ant
indiscretons Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood, etc., ] will
send a receipt that win cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
By q missionary in South America. Send a
self-addrossed envelope to the REy. JOSEPH
t. IEMAS. Station D, Bible House, NetO York
CIV. .xxviLS5 eodAw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15

We publish today, as one Of many re.
ceived, g Communication from a good
worker in times past in the Democratic
ranks who fsvors a reorganization and a
hearty, united effort to secure good ofi.
GERS at the August election. The move.
ment takes we'll in the city and in the
country, and we are quite sure will re-
suit in the success Of sound policy and
The best meb.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
IN signed has been duly qualified as the ad-
ministrator Of the estate Of Cornelius Griffin,
deceased. All persons indebted to the said
estate are desired TO come forward immedi-
ately and make payment. and those having
claims against 1t are hereby notified to pre-
sent them. duly proba.ed, within the time re-
quired by law, or they will be forever barred.
This the 9Th day Of February, 1878.
ou JOHN s.. SULLIVAN. Admir-,
II. @. WARRINRR. Atty. 140-146-1s3.S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15

WAsHlScToS, February l5,-For Ten.
nesSee and The Ohio valley and East
Gulf States, cloui Is, threatening weather,
With areas of light rain, variable winds.
mostly from The north, nearly stationary
temperature, and generally higher pres
sure.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15

A Stanton IVA physician tells Of a
case IN which a LADY, . confirmed epium
eater, sent two horses 10 a n~eighboriug
city for sale, the prcceeds Of one to DO
Invested Ia morphine. The sale mlscar-
ried, and in two or three days the man
returned. When ghe cav him coming
DOM the road leading both horses, she
lsll 10 iha floor IL en- agony Of di9Ap.
pointment, and dled IN a few hours,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15
The Russians in COnstaDtinOPie.
phfIadaInbin praee

philadelphia Press
After a thousand years Of effort Russia
has reached the goal OF her ambition.
The double headed eagle OF Byzantium,
which Sophia, the niece Of the last Greek
Emperor. Constantine VIII. brought in
dowry to Der husband, Ivan Ill of Rus
STA, after four hundred years of Ottoman
supremacy, again floats on the defenses
on the verge Of Constautinople. Under
the barbarian dynasty of the Varangisns
as we'll as under the Romanoff dynasty,
the possession Of Constantiuople has
been the constant object Of Russian as.
pirations. AT four different times during
the existence Of the Ruric dynasty we're
expeditions fitted out against Constants
pie. In $50 q feet Of two thousand yes.
sells traversed the Black sea, d~esoended
the B~osphorus, and forced their wey into
the Golden Horn When victory seemed
to be within reach a sudden tempest de.
stroyed nearly all the ships and forced a
retreat. 0leg, in 90T, was driven bsck
by the Greek fire, after be had anchored
before the walls of toe city. Igor, in
94l, after desperate fighting, was de.
feated with great loss, and Q like fate
happened to Yiadi mir, prince Of Noyg5.
rod, 10 l043. These ~invasions from the
North struck such terror into the hearts
Of the Greeks that they firmly believed
tia city would some day fall into the
hands Of the Russians. There vas q
superstition that an equestrian statue in
the tquare Of Taurus was secretly 10.
scribed with q prophecy, how the Rus.
SLAMS in the last day should become
mastaFs of Qonstsndnople. An equally
strong superstition Of its conquest by
the Russians has always prevailed among
the Turks. Under the Romanofs the
FIRST hos.ilities against the Turks begaa
ia 1918. They have been continued at
frequent intervals ir9m that date to the
present day. The MuscpYite encroaeh,
monts on the territory Of the Ottoman
empire have been going on for two cen
taritg until bearly ouethifd Of II has
te9a absorbed The CONCLUSION of peace
will virtually dispossess the Turks Of
their dominions is Europe, Of all Arme-
MA, aud Of the ancient citadels that
guarded the European ana Asiatie
frontiers
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15
OLD FASHIONED N D
AS Described by Bob EnEeraOiI
SuRdaysa Lecture.


AS Described by Bob InGeraOiI in
SuRday's Lecture.
The lecturer gave a vivid description
OF the horrors Of the Sabbath under the
old regime, and related how be, as a
little child, had ~shuddered and turned
pale under the loathsome dissertations
on hell.fre which has disgraced the pull
pits of that day. lie described ia a
manner which kept the house in a con-
tipual roar of laughter the teachings Of
a Puritan divine Of his native town on
this subject. Little boys this veneer
able D. d. was wont to say, "if once in
a thousand billion years a bird was to
come from some distant planet and carry
of a grain of sand 10 his bill, and at the
end Of another thousand billion years
was to come again ,aad carry Off another
grain Of sand, he would have carted off
the entire earth before it was sun.up'
10 hell" Then, after the days agony
was done, If they had been very, very
good, their parents, as q reward, would
take them down to that nice cheerful
place, the village graveyard.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15
ELECTION.
Election Notice.

nHE annual meeting Of the ~stookholders Of
H. the Memphis GsE Light Company will be
held at tho oi1eQ OF the COMPANY, AZ Madison
street, Memphis, Tenn, on FRIDAY, March
lst. between The hours " 10 o'clock am. and
2 pm. to elect eoyen Directors 10 serve the
iSs JOSEPH CRAIG. ssc'H
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15
On FridaI, Mareh 15, 197S,

within legal hours for sherihs' saler Of land,
at Carson's Landing. in Bolivar county, State
Of Mississippi, sell the following property, to-
wit;
The undivided one.half Of the following
described lands, situated in Bolivar county,
Mississippi. and more particularly described
as follows: Lots 8 and II in section q, con-
taining 81 acres more or less all of section 27,
containing 500 acres more or less; all Of Sec
tion 28. containing $50 acres more or less; all
OF fractional section ~. containing u acres
more or less all of fractional section 80 ,,on-
tanning 29l acres more or less; the r,orth half
and west half Of tho southwes, Quarter of see
ton 80, containing 400 aer6T more or less all
Of session 81, contg.ging 6ST acres more or less;
the west half az the southwest quarter OF sec
ton y, apntalping 30 acres more or less and
thq Sast half Of the southeast quarter Of sec
ti0n SO, containg So acres more or less-all in
township %, range Z and tho west half Of
section 8. containing &l acres more or less;
and the northwest quarter Of section Z, con-
talnlng 100 acres moro or less-all in town.
ship Is, range 5; containing in all 1926 acres
moro or less, together with any and all aecre-
tons or made land las II is sometimes oalled)
that may be attached or annexed thereto (tho
otAor undivided half being owned by William
N. Sledge, SRI Also the undivided one-half
Interest m all improvements. machinery,
steam power, boiler, cotton. presses, gin
stands, corn and saw mills and all too's lex
cept farming utonsils) upon said tracts Of
land Of the time Of making said trust deed.
Also 40 head Of mules and horses 70 plows
II scrapers Of every kind, and rs pairs OF
gearing. athimble skin tWo'horse wagons. one
dray and all other farming implements Of
whatever kind owned by said Bond 4 Taylor
at the time Of making said trust deed on said
premises above described.
Also All the interest Of the said Bond a.
Taylor in oil the crops grown on said lands
during tho year 1877, the same boins an undi-
vided one-half Of about 5000 bushels Of corn
and about 10000 pounds Of hay and eats.
Terms Of salo-eash. All right Of redemp-
ton waived. title believed 10 BIO good, hut |
aelf add convey only at Trustee.
Hl-13 WIN. NJ. eLEDGE. in. Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15

A correspondent Of the London World
eSclaims; Poker, poker - perpetual
pokerl 90 where ! will Of 40 afternoon
/ find that going on IN the c~ard,room It
is Q seductive game, a. which you may
lose OF win 93a OF eaQ ia a few minutes,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15
PUBLIC LEDGER
oETICE-No. Is MADIsos sTRHsR.
n 4 M H
Friday Evening, Feb. is, 1878.

The subscription price Of the PUB
LIO LEDGER is IS per Gnnum for
the Daily, and g per amman for the
Reekly-POstage tree.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15

Knoxville ChsoDisle, 18th: "rho on.
terprising journal, the Boston Herald,
which has been establiebed thirty.two
years, has just finished and occupied a
new building. siK stories bigb, Of nam.
moth proportions. and with all modern
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15
I0lB. m
DREADsTUFFS.
/, February Is
Ils8d; Milwauk


= PEYTON- Thursday, February IA, 1879,
near Lucy Depot. DR.. THOs. +. PEYroN.
Funeral tomorrow SATURDAY. from the
residence, at II am. Cars leave Memphis
depot at a m.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15
T~ELEGRAPhIC MARKETS.
O nj BONDS.


LoYDoS, February 10, 2 p.m,-Consols
for money, IS 5 l6; United States FIVE.
twenties of 1867, 1861 United States
te%n.forties. 1861; United States new four.
and-ahalfs, 1928; new ives, lO4s; Erie,
%.
NEW York, February Is, l1;5O am
United States skies of 1881, a
United States sixes Of 1881, coupons,
lO5J@lO6; new four and-a-halfs, = a
lt2t; coupons, lO3l@lOSs; fye-twenties
OF 1855, new issue, lO3}@lO4; fve-twen.
ties of 1867, = @lO5!; 6ve.twenties Of
1863, - @lOsB; ten.forties, lO48@lO4j;
ten-fortics, coupons. l07s@lO1&; new
iour6, l0l@l0lB. feIT8h
BREADsTUFFs.
L1vEEPooL, February Is Wheat, win.
ter, lsOd@lls8d Milwaukee red, los 4d
@lOs lid; California white, l2s Edo
lbs Cd; California club, Us 6d@l2s lid.
Germ, Us 3d@27s Cd. Pork, sos Cd.
Beet, s5a Cd. Bacon, long clear, 29s Cd;
short clear, sos Cd. Lard, 39s Cd. Tai.
low. 40s 0d@4Os Cd.
CHICAGO, February Is, 1850 am =
Wheat, 1854 for March. Corn, 4ls9
Ala for March; 433 for May. Receipts
Flour, $3.50; wheat, 1929; corn, 50, lao.
shipments-Flour, l4,257; wheat, 49,
0S0; corn. 42,745.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15

The robe which Speaker Sheppard, Of
the South Carolina assembly, wears is
OF silk, and trimmed with purple velvet.
II cost the State $500.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15
Trustees Sale,

TN pursuance Of a trust deed made to me rs
a Trustee, by W. =. eond and Henry l..
corded in the office Of the Clerk Of thu Chan
Gerry Court Of Bolivar county, Mississippi. in
Deed Book y, pages 4p5 to $50. and Of the
quitclaim deed o. correction made by the said
W. p. Bond and Henry j, Taylor and others,
dated the 9Th of December, 1877, and recorded
Uourt Of Bolivar county, Mississippi. In Deed
Book A a, pages 2S6, 237. 238, 2S9. $40 and al,
and far the purpose Of satisfying the indebted
ness in favor Of SledPe, Mckay a Co. secured
by said trust deed, and set out therein, / will,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15
RUsIREsS ORANGE
Dissolution Of COpartnersbip.

MENPHIs, Tenn, February 6. 1878.
TINE c%opartnership heretofore existing be-
tween tho underlined Is dissolved this
day by Mutual 55Essnt, y. @. Jonea retiring.
II. Converse assumes all liabilities. and is au-
thoiged 10 collect all debts due the firm.
Y, 9. JONES,
1919 u. CONVERSE.
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TEXAS

A RE you thinking Of going to Texas! Do
IA you want reliable information in regard
70 the Lone Star State? Subscribe for the
FORT WORTH DEMOCRAT. Brick Pome-
roy, in his " Big Trip" says "it has the rep
utation Of being the most lively and industri-
Gus Of all the papers in the State" Sub
sscription price, / year, 50; six months, 81.
send lOc. for sample copy with Texas supple
ment. Address
DEMoCRAT, Fort Worth, Texas.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15

V,llE officers aud members Of DeSoto Lodge,
j No, 30, are hereby notified 10 attend the
stated communication az o'clock, this (fRI-
DAf) evening, February IS, 1878. Members
or sister city lodges. and visiting brethren,
aro iraternally invited TO meet with US. By
order Of b. 4. PRICE, W. M,
HENRY j. lynx. gee'v. ~
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11

WHOM the gods wish to destroy they
first make mad. The machine politi-
clans of the Senate are SO thoroughly
enraged at the president for his indie
pendent course, that they can scarcely
refrain from open hostile demonstrations
on all occasions. The utter failure of
Howe to awaken popular applause does
not serve as warning to the disgrunt-
led machinists. They threaten a renew
al of opposition to the administration
within a few days. The plan is to ig-
more the president in their future scheme
"a conclusion as complimentary to Mr..
Hayes as it must be agreeable to him.
There is some talk Of change in the
New York Custom House officers. 1t
IS to be hoped that the President will be
firm and brave in this matter. Let him
make good nominations, and then stand
boldly by them. The people will APP
prove of such a course, and bear him
out in his efforts to rid the country of
mass of selfish, plotting, ring-forming
politicians. The work was properly
begun, and there is not good citizen
who does not desire to see it pushed to
successful completion.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11

BucaaoND, Va, Dispatch: We de-
precate the unkind and unjust filings at
the South which some of the leading
Northern papers are so often making.
The South can never make an appeal to
Congress of any kind that she is not
spoken OF inviduously-generally as
though she was an outsider, and had no
eight to seat at the family table-as
though she were never contributor to
the common fund, and always a dead
weight to the Government; whereas,
she has contributed more to the wealth
OF the Nation than the North. At this
time, Virginia pays more internal reve-
nue. tax into the Federal Treasury than
al the New England States put togeth-
er. She IS herself oppressed with her
own obligations, and yet pays more in
this way than the New England States,
with their cities and their millionaire
citizens. We do not desire these papers
to praise the South. The praise of
some of them we would abhor as censure
in disguise; but we might. at least, ex-
pect of them sufficient care for their
own regulations to keep them from their
vinGictive course toward the South
while the facts are daily giving the lie
to their fictitious libels.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11

The lake fishermen are greatly ex-
cited over the bill offered by Mr.. Will
iams, member of Congress from Michi-
gan. Says writer:
The bill does not allow fishing with
pound nets from Oct. Is to Nov. 25, or
after March !, and prohibits the use of
pound nets at any spawning ground.
The whole shores of the lakes, the very
places where such nets have been set
for years, are, as all fishermen know,
vast spawning grounds, and if fishermen
are not to be allowed to set their pounds
there at the proper seasons they will
have to abandon their business.
Well, let them for time abandon
their business. If they do not, their
business will soon abandon them. 1t is
useless for the States and General Gov
eminent to go Oh trying to stock rivers
and lakes with fish, when such vandal
ism is permitted upon the chief spawn
ing grounds of the fish. Lake Erie,
from Sandusky to Putin Bay. and all
adjacent islands, is so filled with traps
and pounds that a fish cannot pass to
the spawning ground. The consequence
is that where there were once millions
of fish now they are numbered by hun
dreds. There should not be O net al
lowed in the lakes between the dates
mentioned in the bill. If such a bill
passes Congress, in ten years from now
the lakes and rivers will again TEEN with
fish. Let the pound men howl. Mr.
Williams could not do a better act of
legislation for the whole people than
this. 1t is not so much the fish they
etach as the destruction of the spawn
and the driving of the fish from their
breeding grounds that is to be guarded
against.-I3ater Ocean.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11

Ex-CoNGREssMAN VANCE is regarded
as insane by his friends. And where
fore? He had purloined Chat is mild
word to use) various valuable things; he
was accused of grave, but not publish
ed, criminal offense; he had borrowed
from SO, 900 TO $4,000 and then dis
appeared like shadow, perhaps with a
music teacher and perhaps not. How
ever, his tenderly-toned acquaintances
put him down as insane and ask the
charity of the public. Such sentiment
is atrocious. If this man stole, he is
thief. lie ought TO be called such.
There is, but ought not to be, aristoc-
racy in crime. The only way to break
it down is TO decry these nandlin ap-
peals to public charity to save men who
fall from high places to the commonality
of the foot-pad, the burglar, AID the
pickpocket.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-04-11

The recent debate in the British
it shows that the speakers, on both sides,
seem to feel that England is slowly
drifting into war with Russia. It may
not come to-day, or tomorrow, but the
seeds of contention are SO deeply sown
that it will ultimately be very difficult
to avoid a collision. The ministers
averred that all the war like measures
taken were merely precautionary, but
they did not deny that if Russia refuses
in any form to accede to England's re-
quest-that the treaty of San Stefano
should be submitted to European con-
gress, war would be the ultimate result.