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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

1t was a great shock to the Rev. De
Golyer Garfield delicate nerves to read,
opposite his name in the hotel register
at Atlantic City, the following lead.pencil
memorandum: There is more brass in
this mans cheek than will ever be needed
for his monument"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

Charles ", asked the Duke of Medina
Cmti how many towns and villages he
owned. Nine hundred and ninety
nine" replied the grandsst Of grandees.
Why not make the number up to one
thousand2" Because, sir, the sound of
nine hundred and ninety.nine is much
more vast"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

QUERY: why will men smoke com
mon tobacco, when they can buy Mar
burg Bros Seal Of North Carolina
at the same pricef' [~eod-xxvii LAG
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

When Queen Victoria was q maiden,
gossip had it hat she was inclined to
look tenderly upon Lord Alfred Paget,
then q handsome young officer, and
thought of marrying him. Saturday, the
eldest son Of this gentleman was mar.
ried TO an American girl, Miss Minnie
Stevens, Of New York.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

A Cleveland man has invented a ma
chine that will cut 5000 wooden tooth
picks an hour. This will furnish en-
ployment to thousands Of those deserving
young men who lean up against a hotel
pillar aud chew toothpicks.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07
DneOntens az ConstantInopIs

Paris Correspondence N. Y. Times.l
At Constantinople the popular discon.
tent is at its hight; the appointment Of a
Christian governor to Roumelia, where
eighty par cent. OF the inhabitants are
Mussulmans, is considered an outrage,
and the feeling is stronger against the
English than against the Russians. With
true Oriental fatalism, they submitted to
their conquerors; it was the fortune Of
war; their empire was d%ismemtered;
they could not make effective opposition
and they called it their Kismet. But
that the British, who had promised to
protect them, should psrtake in their
spoils they cannot readily forgive, and 80
they breathe bitter curses against the
power which betrayed and sold them for
a morsel of their territory. They are in
70 way dupes of the English; they know
that by extending her protectorate into
Asia, Rngland guarantees, not Ottoman,
but English interests, and they will act
in consequence. Mistrusting alike pre-
tended friends and Rvowed enemies, they
will play fast and loose with both, hoping
thereby to secure for themselves a com
parativO we'll being by the opposition Of
antagOniStic Influences. 1t is probable
that this game will for a while be sue
c%esslul, but the future is not promising
Russia aud England will henceforward
stand face to face in Asia. The protect.
crate extended over Turkey is nothing
but a fimsy vail which at Guy moment
may be torn aside TO allow English can.
mons turned upon Russia and ready to
defend the road to India. The remains
of the Ottoman empire will be the Gelt
Of battle OF the rival powers, and the
Turks will look on at the struggle, de
testing equally those who attack and
those who defend the rights of Islam.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

Your nineteenth century miser is a
brick. Samuel Miller, who clinked his
sbekles by the tallow dip, bequeathed
$S50,0OO to the poor school children Of
.Albemarle county, Va.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

A lady writes that she plaits her hair
after making it damp, in three strands
around one strand Of cord, drawing the
cord tight; keeping it so over night, and
in the morning finds that her hair is in
waves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07
ROOFING PAINTs.

81 CO.,
tSuccessors to Lane & 0larke).
Roofing Paints
Fire and W Waterproof for Covering Metallic
and Single Roofs,
No, 800 Main street. .[9lt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

The will of the late Charles Mathews,
the actor, has just been proved by his
widow, the sole ~executrix, to whom he
leaves ell bis property. The personal
estate is sworn under 100000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

High living cannot be INDUCED Ia
without d~isagreeable consequences. II
you feel that your blood is out OF order
use Dr.. Bulls Blood Mixture,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

CARPoLIc acid-a perfect disinfeCtant,
in all forms--for sale cheap, at G. ".
Jones \ Co.'S, 2ht Main st. l42
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

Twenty thousand cabin ~passengers
have left New York for Europe this sum
mer-tLe largest number during any
single season.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

RefrlgeratOTs, ice chests,
wafer coolers and ico.cream
freezers AT cost.
n. J.
1867 234 Main sire ct.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

1s57 pr;,os amountine o.........S ll0, 400
Responsible corresponding agents wanted at
all prominent points. to whom a liberal com
pensa,iOn will be paid.
Application for rates TO clubs should only be
made to the Home Office in New Orleans.
Write, clearly stating iull address, for fur
ther information or send orders to
NJ. A. DAUPHIN,
P. O. Box go, New Orleans. la.
Or No. West Court street, Memphis. Tenn.
All onr Grand Extraordinary Drawings are
under The supervision and management OF
Generals e.. 7. BEAUREGARD and JUBAL
A. EARLY. llS-I5o-M&s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07
MANY FALsE RuMORs

about the yellow fever are being circula'
ted, and we regret to learn that some Of
these uufsundsd reports come from oiti-
gems of Memphis. The hoard of health
employs a physician especially to iuyes.
tigate all such reports, not one of which
has been found at all well founded or
even eEcusable. OF course people in
the country, and drummers from other
cities have heard and the latter have cir
culated reports that there is yellow fever
in Memphis. We hops that these reports
will not gain credence, for they are false
and in many instances malicious. Our
readers may rest assured that the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

John Walsh, Undertaken,
S4l Second st., next p~ostoaice, l44t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07
NEW FLOUR /!

200 barrels New Silver Moon Flour-~.---so 90
200 barrels New Choice Flour. ....-..~.- 8 70
so barrels Self-Rising Flour good ...-... 8 70
ITO barrels New Self Rising Flour-best... 7 50
Il barrels New Self Rising RlOur-best-. 4 90
4S-pound packages New Self Rising
Flour-best...... ....-....-.-...''...' z W
"a pound packages New self-Rising
Rlour-best......"........ .........'.''..'.'- l W
l2-pound packages New Self-Rising
Flour-best ............ .................. 80
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07
WARNING.
To the Public

OH1oE MEMPHIS WATER Co., Juns J, 1878:
IN order to more completely protect the
i patrons Of this Company, as wen as 70
shield ourselves, We here publish a list OF
plumbers who have filed bends IN our once rs
n guarantee that they do work properly IN
10 allow others than licensed plumbers, 70
tamper in any way with fixtures connected 10
the pipes of this Company.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07
%AMTID0TE.
EDUCATIONAL,
East Tenn. University

DHREE Colleges. Nine professors. Tuition
FREE TO ALL. In Preparatory Department,
so a year; to State students, FREE. About
half rates to all on Tennessee railroads; or
some, needy State students pass FREE. board,
fuel. LIGHT washing, room-rent, etc., Sl8 a
wear. Fall session opens September l2eh; For
catalogues, address TH0S. W, AUMES, Pres
ident. Knoxville, Tenn, l9-l5A
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07
AN c CHASE.

About 4 o'clock yesterday morning
Captain Bowman espied q suspicious
craft coming down the river from the
Arkansas shore. He at once followed
down the bank from the mouth Of Wolf
river to Jefferson street, but owing to the
circuitous route he had to make, the
skif, be says, evaded him, and landed
somewhere along the wharf. While try.
ing to End this boat, another skitf with
FIVE passengers landed near the mouth
Of Wolf river. These persons are said
to have come of a New Orleans steamer
which the quarantine officer, DR.. Lsu.
renee, refused permission to land here.
These passengers d~isembsrked near
Mound City and returned here in the
skiffs. Captain Bowman says that as he
has now procured a boat, it will be almost
impossible for any skiff TO run the gsunt-
let. He is an energetic man, and will
execute the health boards orders on the
river hera
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07
THROWN


Yesterday raf:smen found and caught
a lot Of bedding, pillow.cases, etc in
the Mississippi river, some miles above
this city. The men took the bedding on
their raft or aatboat. Jesse Tate re-
ported the fact to Captain Bowman, who
promptly prohibited it being brought to
the city, but stopped the same on tue
boat at the foot of Old Hen Island. 1t
is supposed that this bedding was thrown
overheard from some New Orleans
steamer on which there was & case Of
yellow fever. 1t driited down the river,
and was picked up, as allowed stated.
This suspicion is somewhat confirmed by
the rumor that a New Orleans steamer,
being refused permission to land here,
remained at the Arkansas bank all night
and put off several sick men in the
woods, just above Mound City chute.
These statements we're made to Captain
Bowman, who this morning sent q lot Of
men up the river to ascertain it there
was any truth in the report. At the
present writing the boat and Grew sent
up 10 the place have not returned.
THERE is no YELLOW FEVER
in Memphis, and we do not think there
will be- any. The city is in good condi-
lion, and the streets, as we'll az premises
of residences, alleys, privies, cutters, cell
lars, etc., are being cleansed and diam
fected in such a manner as to prohibit
the introduction Of the fever. In 1879
the Ledger was frank to announce the
presence Of yellow fever here, and should
any occur, we will be prompt to let the
public know it, We pledge this, and viii
SO act. The board of health would moi
delay a minute to announce the presence
of yellow fever here. Hence the public
arc assured that the intelligence will b.
given whenever there iSa single cas- o.
fever.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07
Iieeneod pIumbers.

MURRAY & MARTIN. 40 Madison street;
p. j. MAbL0N a co 204 Main street.
WM LUNN, 43 Madison street;
,JOHN MASSA, S7Sh Shelby street,
" X. BROWN. 2bS Second 1t.
a'RO' r. TWEEDY, 29l Second st.
WIN. HENDERSON. alH Monroe ST. ls0. 156
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07
EcR REMr.

OTORFH0UsE, $50 and 3i2 Front street, oc-
y cupieL by Hill. Fontdine Il Co., with fno
cotton Office. Al.O, two Cotton sheds, corner
Third and U ion streets, or W II open the two
119-15 NJ. l.. MEACHAM, 9 Union st.
THREE sice cottages on Second street, be-
j tween Mill and Greenlaw. Inquire at No.
81 Second street. All
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07
SANITARY MATTERS.
Meeting Of the Board Of Health this
Morning = Congressman Acklen
and ParsOn Barton Refused
Permission to Enter
the City.

The board Of health met this morning
at the Office Of DIR. Brown, secretary,
there being a full attendance.
Communication from health boards Of
different cities asking for information as
to the annual statement Of births, mar
riages and deaths in Memphis we're read
aud referred to the secretary, DR.. Brown.
CONGRESSMAN AoKLES.
DR.. Saunders, president Of the board
Of health, read q telegram from Con.
gresham ]. H, Acklen, at Baton Rouge,
La, asking permission to come to Mem.
phis and be allowed to disembark here.
The application was duly considered
and unanimously refused. The board
of health will make no exception Of the
order forbidding persons from the yellow
fever district visiting Memphis. All
persons from the country where yellow
fever prevails will be arrested and i'm.
prisoned at the quarantine station. Pres
ident'S Island, should they be caught
here.
An application from Rev. Mr.. Barton,
who lives seven miles out in the country
to 20 south from here to preach at Fri
ar's Point, and if taken sick to be al
lowed to return to Memphis, was also
refused. Again We say that the board
makes the rule absolute, and will oper
no gap by which yellow fever can BE-
brought into Memphis. 1t is we'll tC
state in this connection that it is useless
for persons to apply to the board o.
health for permission to come here frou
yellow fever districts. The board viii
adhere to the rules adopted.
THE QUARANTINE
is being as strictly enforced as it is pos
sible to be done. Captain Bowman has
charge of the Mississippi at the moutl
of Wolf river, his especial business be
ing to watch the approach of all skif.
and small craft and prevent them bring
ing here or landing passengers frou
steamers on the Mississippi river. Fo
this purpose Captain Bowman has EN-
ployed a fast skif manned with goo,
oarsmen who are on the lookout boil
night and day. He is being assisted b.
the watchmen at the coal fleets Abov
the mouth Of Wolf river. He uses
skif because it is much easier to detec
and overhaul persons who try to lar
from STEAMBOATS, or get off above her
and are rowed back to Memphis. N
persons from prohibited steamers
whether well or sick, will be allowed
land here if Captain Bowman discover
them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

6-pound packages New elf-Rising
Flour est.....-. Is
800 BOXES CHOICE LEMONS.
NTIERcEs MAGNOLIA HAMS.
LOOSE YGAsT POWDERS sc A POUND.
We manufacture these Yeast Powders in our
own house, from the b~est-knOvn materials.
using the latest improved machinery. We
know them to DO Of good strength. pure and
cheap, Ha4fN4 AL
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY co.

This institution was regularly incorporated
by the Legislature of the state for Educa-
tional and Charitable purposes in 1868, with q
added a reserve fund of $3.50, 900. ITS GRAND
SINGLE NUMBER DISTRIBUTION will
take place monthly on the second Tues
day. IT NEVER SCALES OR P0sTPONKs. Look
al the following Distribution:
CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
100 600 Tickets at 2 Dollars Each.
Half One Dollar.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07
FOR SALE.

A LII colors and prices of Job Ink, also
"A News Ink in kegs. at this Office. 1l8t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07

o100O of Bluff City Cotton Mills stock,
OIUUU at Mechanics and Traders Bank,
No. 9 Madison street, 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07
LOTTERY.

A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY 70
n WIN A FORTUNE Eighth Grano
Distribution, 1878, at New Orleans, tuesday,
August 18th.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-07-12
HARTFORD.

GIeanings From the Enterprise,
Wagon maker wanted.
M. E. church undergoing repairs.
The editor has received butcher knife
through the post office. He ought to join
Anthony's malish.
The new editor makes the Enterprise q
fierce ''greenbacker;"
An enterprlsing man subscribed eight
dozen eggs toward fixing the Methodist
church.
We found a good solid track for our
buggy on the Cottonwood bottom enroute
70 Emporia this week, but it had three
feet Of mud on top of it.
Catholic church dedicated last Sunday
week in the presence Of a large audience.
The Enterprise sports a lot Of new EN-
poria "ads."
Bro. SpangIer, the editor, married, at
the residence of our old wilmington
friend, John Darbyshire, on the 4th, Da-
vid Duckett and Lois Darbyshire; also
william Duekett and Charlotte Harper.
Bro. SpangIer has a blooded horse
which he would not swap for the Ledger
and Bro. McCune thrown in. Does Bro.
Spangler know Bro. McCune?
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-07-12

THE EMPORIA FURNITURE FACTORY
We are pleased to be able to say that
manufacturing furniture on 3 large scale
in Emporla, is an established success. 1t
has been tried by various parties for ten
years, but each successive attempt failed
to establish the business on a permanent
footing, until Arnold & Co. took hold of
It. They have now got the start OF the
eastern factories, and on q solid footing.
Their motive power is the cheapest Of all
kinds, water. Their building was espe-
clally made for their use; their machine
~ is complete and hrst-class; they buy
black walnut lumber at bed rock prices,
generally in the log, saving it up them
selves, and their management is skillfnl,
enterprising, and business like, backed
by the necessary working capital. These
are all necessary to the establishment OF
q furniture factory In Kansas, and they
combine to make the EmporIa factory 8
success. Dealers all over the State are
buying from it, saving freight. See its
advertisement to-day,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-07-12
coon THING FOB EMPoRIA.
The A. T. & ST. Railroad Propose
to make Important Improve



The A. IT, s. r. Railroad Proposes
TO make Important Improve
ments Here.
The natural advantages which EN- ooria
possesses as q division terminus on the a.
T. S. railroad are, we are pleased to
learn on excellent authority, soon to be rec
ognized in a practical manner by the board
of directors and leading officers Of that
great corporation. They have recently
concluded a contract to purchase from
Judge Ruggles 8 strip Of land one quarter
of mile wide, beginning at the west line
of the city and extending half mile west
along the south side of the trace. They
are also negotiating with Mr.. Clotfelter
for another strip half mile long and
number Of rods wide, beyond the first
strip-ma king in all a mile strip extend
ing along the south side Of the track,
from the city to the fair grounds. The
narrower and western end of this mile
strip is for the pupose of long side tracks
for trains, and the wide and eastern half
OF the strip for use as cattle yards, car
yards, round house, tanks, repair shops,
etc. The company proposes to make the
said land Its headquarters for shipping
AlSC 6SOChs 0P SA6AAOS
rolling stock, and shelterIng locomotives,
and promises to increase its operating and
resident force of men here up to some
where from 200 10 800 men, thus making
q considerable and valuable addition to
our poulation. The plan, as we are in
formed, is to get an adequate supply of
water from the Cottonwood river, If wells
will not answer, and TO lay some long side
tracks and possibly construct cattle yards
this season, and next season to construct
a round house which will hold seventy
locomotives, good sized repair and ma
chine shop, and such other structures as
the management deem advisable. 1t is
too large an enterprise to be rushed
into full operation in one season, but may
be expected to steadily grow into impor-
lance.
In consider alton of those expected en-
terprises, the city council has already
granted the company the right Of laying
additional tracks on Third avene, and 1t
is to be hoped that the crossings will be
duly attended to on every street.
Manager Strong has also instructed the
new general freight agent, Col. Goddard,
to DO all that he consistently can to lower
the freight rates at this point, and Col.
Goddard begins his duties with the most
friendly and liberal feelings toward En-
poria, and all its bushes interests. Our
people will of course manifest an intellI-
gent appreciation of all faVors conferred
and expected, and respond heartily to
every friendly sctiOn on the part OF the
road and its officers.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-07-12

The celebration Of the National BIRTH
day at Willow Valley, Greenwood coun-
ty, was one CT the most enjoyable we eV.
er attended. The exercises opened with
prayer by Mr. J. B. Hoy. DeclaI ton Of
Independence was read by Mr.. C. c..
Deweese. Grafton by ReV.MahOn, Of Eu-
reka. Select reading by Miss Ada ".
Moore. OF Chase county, which was well
rendered.
Speeches by Aessrs. C. C. Deweese, SIR.
Bullion and E. J. Moore, and an exercise
by the district school. All did credit to
themselves.
The programme was interpreted with
good and appropriate music by the choir.
At the close Of the exercises the fol-
lowing resolution IN behalf Of their teach
er, who had just closed 3 nine months
term OF school, was unanimously adopt
ed:
Resolved, That Mr.. Z. ]. Moore has
been 3 faithful teacher and an honorable
gentleman In all his dealings with us.
and we hope that health and prosperity
will 90 with him to the close Of hts life.
In the sv ening the free blackberry fes-
tival given by Mr. and Mrs. Barrett, was
3 very pleasant affair and highly nppre-
ciated BY every one present
- 1tAtt An OBsxRVER.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-07-12

LUMBER.-ThIs important article is
sold as low In EmpOria IS At any compel
ing point, and large and well assorted
stocks are carried. PrIce-Feneing is
S25 per 1000 feet; stock boards $25:to 30;
dimension lumber from S2250 upwards;
flooring $3.50 to $40; siding $l6 to $25;
finishing lumber $35 TO 900; Shingles
$3.50 to $3.50; lath $3.50. These are the
prices for useful grades, the S15 siding
being the only grade we advise letting
alone, as the $40 grade would be much
better. These are prices on small lots.
Doors, by the ways are from $3.50 up
ward, sash the same. Shutters $1.2S and
upwards. Native lumber lie lower than
pine, depending somewhat on buyers
nearness TO the mills. Fence posts cost
from i've to eight cents each on the
ground.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-07-12

To Consider the Matter OF Mscadamiz-
ing R Bed aoF Ts;d Cottonwood sssSa
day, July Q, 'zS.
Mr.. Watson being absent, on motion.
Mr.. 6. W. Frederick was chosen chair
man.
Mr.. Perley, chairman Of committee Of
five, appointed at last meeting, made YER
bal report that the committee had made
personal inspection Of both roads across
Cottonwood bottom. That those in favor
Of east road had subscribed, in money and
labor, 81 ,22O, and for the west road $1.O1S.
That the difference in distance between
Cottonwood and Dry creek on the east
and west road was 40 rods IN favor of the
east road, and the committee reported in
favor of the east road being macada-
mized.
Mr.. Perley stated that Edward Evans
had made written proposal to the commit
tee to grade and ditch the east DAD so as
to suit the purpose, the center Of the road
60 be not less than four feet above the
bottom OF the ditch, for $3.50, to be taken
out OF the subscriptions made. Parties
had offered the committee to furnish 100
cords of stone for east road free, and bal
ance OF them at twenty cents per cord.
w. B. Ross moved the adoption of the
committees report, recommending the
east road to be macadamiZed. Motion
carried.
Mr.. Soden moved that a committee be
appointed to get up plans and specifica-
tiOns and to receive bids for macadamiz-
ing the east or west road, the bidder to
take into consideration the nature of the
subscriptions, and to state for what
amount they would receive subscriptions
on contract price, and to report at next
meeting. Motion seconded. Aft er con-
siderable discussion, w. B. Ross moved
that Mr.. Soden's motion be laid on the
table, which motion was carried.
MIR. Ross then moved the adoption Of
the following, which was carried:
RESOLVED, That the chairman appoint a
committee Of three whose duty 1t shall be
to make plans and specifications for the
construction of the road which has been
selected by this meeting, and that they
receive separate bids for the grading and
ditehing and for the macadamiZing; the
bidders to state for what amount the bid
der will take the subscriptions as part
pay on contract, and the committee shall
report at the time to which this meeting
shall adjourn.
The committee appointed were Messrs.
Perley, Frederick and Halleck.
on motion John White was appointed
as committee of one to solicit subscrfp-
lions on the Verdigrls, and Mr.. Lewis to
solicit subscriptions on Phenis creek.
Adjourned to meet at courthouse on
Thursday next. at P. NJ
E. M. FoRDE, Secretary.