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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-27
NEW YORK, Jan. II, 1sSt

NEW YORK, Jan. IL, 1885.
My name is jacob Hardy; am an Iron Founder.
l was badly burned by hol iron In November last;
my burns healed, but had o running sore on my
leg that would not heal. / tried Hollowsy's 0int-
ment and il cured me in q few weeks. This Is oil
true and anybody can see me at Jackson's Iron
Works I'd Avenue
]. HARDY, 11s Goerch Street.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-27

This is to certify that was discharged from the
army with Chronic Diarrhpa, and have been cured
by DR.. Holloway's Pills. WILSON HARVEY,
New York, April Z, 1866. q Pitt street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18

opened his shop or office, and swept it
out who frequents taverns, bowling
saloons, prize fights, etc.; who owes
his tailor, shoemaker, washerwoman,
jeweler, barber, printer and landlady,
and never pages his debts who is al
ways talking about his acquaintance,
and condemning them whose tongue
is always running about nonsense (;
who thinks he is the greatest man in
the neighbcshood and yet whom every
one despises and shuns. We say never
marry a fellow. with all or any of these
qualifications, no matter how hand
some he is, or how agreeable he can
make himself on occasion. He will
make a bad husband.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18

sandbars and crooked channel. She
will arrive here to-day, and leaves this
evening with a return trip for Cairo
and ST. Louis, doing all bend business.
The splendid hght-draught steamer
Marlin Speed, Captain Eugene Smith,
leaves this evening for Little Rock,
and all points on Arkansas river.
Wash Floyd, a gentleman with whom
it is a pleasure to travel and do bust
ness, is her chief clerk, seconded by
Johnny Briggs.
The mammoth cotton carrier and
excellent passenger steamer Henry
Frank, Captain Frank Hicks in com
msnd, leaves this evening for New
Orleans, making all principal way
landings. Captain Aft Grissom, an
affable gentleman, controls the Office,
assisted by Billy Thomas.
The Belle Memphis passed down at
noon for Vicksburg with a big trip.
She put off here 78 bales and rs bags
cotton, l47 sacks seed, 6 head mules,
30 head cattle and 100 packages of
miscellaneous freight and added 30
tons for points below. She was de-
layed by bad weather, having lost 10
hours at Hat Island by grounding and
was delayed at several points below
there by the crooked channel and ter
rible condition of the river.
The Coahoma, Captain Henry
Cooper, came in this morning from
i the lower coast, with another big trip
of cotton and cotton seed, and also
had a good list Of passengers, and was
full of deckers. The sweet Coahoma,
! as she is styled by the bends folks,
> always gets her share of freight and
people. She is 80 punctual at the
=, different landings that they can af-
!, ford to wait for her. She returns this
evening to Friar's Point, carrying the
mail and doing all way business
Billy Smither, a prince Of good fel,
p lows, is her head center in the Office
d and is ably assisted by Frank Ellison
and Jimmy Thomas.
/ Captain AID Storm, superintendent
of the Anchor Line, and his staff
have installed themselves on the new
Anchor Line wharfboat, which il
! moored at the foot of Monroe street
u The new wharfboat is a splendid
craft, being capable Of storing a larg,
/ amount Of freight, and supplied will
a heavy stages and fitted up for bushes
in a manner to facilitate shippers ant
n consignees. Captain Storms quarter
d are furnished and fitted up in a styl
becoming his dignity and promptnes
IS of doing business, and also shows tn
liberality of the Anchor Line in Civ
ing him and his corps of clerks so fin
N an office to do business in.
"a The old reliable Arkansas river tray
i eler, the MAumelle, Captain Tho'
Darragh in command, came in thi
/. morning from Arkansas river with AZ
=. bales of cotton and sundries, and re
y shipped at the mouth 735 bales cOttor
total out of the river, 1857 bales, tn
It banner trip brought out of Arkansa
river this season, and Captain Tol
Darragh, with his old gray mule, q
the Maumelle is styled, is just tn
n boatman that can do it. She return
in the latter part of the week to Arkar
sas river. Captain j. A. McConne
and Charley Mussellman are her clerk
which is a sure guarantee for her bus
nc ness to be properly attended to.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18
AS TO THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Prof. SeeIey Declares 1t Will be the IlIu
mlnating Power of the Future.
New York World

New York World.l
A meeting of the New York Acad-
envy of Sciences was held last night in
the building of the New York Acad-
envy of Medicine, No. II West Thirty
first street. Professor Henry Wurtz
gave a description of a new mineral
from the Islet Mine, Thunder Bay,
Lake Superior district. To this min
eral the name Huntitite had been given
after Professor Hunter, of Boston. 1t
was taken out 625 feet below the sur
face Of Lake Superior and was com
posed of silver, arsenic, anthony, CO.
bolt, nickel, iron, zinc, mercury and
sulphur.
The lecture of the evening was by
Prof, Charles A. Seeley on the Elec-
trio Light" He said the electric
light is supposed by many to be among
the most recent inventions. To such
a brief history will be of interest. Sir
Humphrey Davy early in this century
exhibited the electric arc, and since
that time it has been familiar to the
professors of chemistry and their stu
dents in all the large colleges. But it
was regarded only as a curious fact or
a brilliant illustration of science. At
first the great cost and the annoyance
in its management did not give a rest
ing place for a suggestion that it would
ever become a useful light. Proba-
bly, Davy was also the first to exhibit
an electric light by the incandescence
of platinum and carbon. In the year
1919 scientific men began to have
greatly improved generators of the
electric force, so that electricity came
to be cheaper and more manageable.
In 1874 the first patent was issued,
and that to an American. From hat
year there has been a stream of pat
ents constantly increasing in volume.
The electrical generators have been
steadily improved and the conditions
of producing the light are better un-
derstood. Electricity is now cheap.
and the use of it is understood. To.
day the solid and permanent success Of
the electric light is achieved and guar.
anteed. Experience in its constant
practical use as a lighthouse beacon
extends back fifteen years. 1t is useC
and approved for the lighting ofstreets
theaters, work shops and mines, Pro.
lessor Seeley said he considered it es.
tablished also that all the desirable
qualities and properties of gaslight are
found in the electric light, and tina.
the latter has many desirable quail
tiles in addition. The relative cos
of equal qualities and %propertie.
OF gas light and electric light will gen.
orally determine which shall be used
but there will be many cases in which
the advantages of the electric Iigh
will be ESQ conspicuous that gasligh
will not be thought of. The machine
of to-day can produce the lightof 150l
candles from one lamp. Professo
Seelsy declared that in the neaF htur.
the electric light will not only tax
the place Of gas, but for many purpose
will be found to be better and cheaper
To support his opinion he read ex
tracts from the published views Q
Professor 4ypdall and Sir William
/. Thompson. Professor Seeley said tn
division of electric light could be &C
complished as easily as the distribu
! ton of gas.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18
Memphis and LittIe Roek.
COMMERCIAL.
PrR11n LEnarn Orrrnn.

PUBLIC LEDdEh OFFlCE,
MEMPHIS, December IS, 1878. ]
Gold and greenbacks are equal for the
first time in their history. Yesterday
afternoons dispatches from New York
announced the yellow metal at 100, the
same as currency. The quotation for sew
eral days past has been 1907. The event
caused cheers and waving Of hats in the
New York gold-room. When posted
here on the cotton exchange blackboard it
excited favorable comment, but nothing
more, local operations in gold having been
extremely limited fer a long period. Re-
sumption is now practically accomplished
1t is stated that the national treasury is
provided with $l95, 100000 in coin, over
and above all liabilities, with which to
begin specie payments on the first Of the
new year.
In banking circles all classes Of business
were extremely quiet yesterday and this
morning, more so indeed than any day fol
the past six weeks. There was a little stil
regarding tho city debt problem, the ar
ticle in yesterdays LEDGER regarding thu
movement to carry the Flippin funding
scheme through without delay, causing
much talk and some action. A publi
meeting to discuss the matter will be helC
at the Greenlaw Opera House tonight.
Exchange rates are steady at q dis
count or So IS per $1,000 for Eastern cot
ton bills not carrying grace, and u dis
count for sight bills on New England
Checks on New York are sold readily a
par. New Orleans EXCHANGES u discoun
buying and par selling.
No movement in local stocks. Offer
ing are 20 shares Memphis City Fire an
General Insurance, last sale being q
64Hc; 10 shares Bluff City Insuranc
Company, last sale at o5c; also 10 share
First National Bank stock; $1,000 cit
consols $1,000 old city bonds; $4,000 count
warrants; also Memphis gas stock an
bonds. A sale of fernando InsuranC
stock is reported at 81 q.
The following quotations are given f
leading securities, though mainly nom
nal:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18
N~On-Resident Notice.

No. O6e~In the Chancery Court of Shelby
county Tennessee. w. A. Bullock vs..
Carrie +. Bullock.
TT appearing from the bill in this cause,
i which is sworn to, that the defendant,
Carrie 4, Bullock, is a nonresident of the
State Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
that she make her appearance herein, at the
oourt-house in the city Of Memphis, Tenn,
on or before the FIRST Monday in January, 1879,
and plead, nsHer or demur to complainant's
bill, or the same will DO taken for confessed as
to her and set for hearing ex-parte; and that
a copy Of this order bo published once a week
for four successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of November, 1873.
A c~opy-Attest:
r. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By E.B. MoHEERY, d. G. and M.
Cant 4 Patterson, Soils. for complainant.
7B-fa-se-W
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18

Ladies' Journal
Girls, will you listen to a few words
of advice2 Do not marry if you can
not find a suitable husband, for a had
husband is infinitely worse than none.
Never marry a fellow who is ashamed
to carry a small bundle; who lies in
bed till breakfast, and his father has
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18

Attachment Notice.

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Before G. D. Crockett, J. P. for Shelby
county, Tenn.-W, d. Shipman, assignee,
vs.. Mrs. S. X. White.
IN this cause an attachment having been
II sued cut under section 843 Of the Code Of
Tenneasee, and returned, = levied upon the
property Of the defendant, and affidavit hav-
ing been made that defendant is indebted 70
the plaintiff in the sum Of one hundred and
fifty dollars, due by account, and that the
claim is Just, and that the defendant is q nom
resident Of the State Of Tennessee; it is there
fore ordered that said defendant make her
personal appearance before me on the 18th dag
Of January, 1879, at my Office, No. 2s6 Main
street, Memphis, Tennessee, and defend said
attachment suit within the time prescribed by
law, or the same will be proceeded with ex-
parte; and that a copy Of this order be pub
liShed once a week for four weeks in the Pub
lie Ledger.
This the It'll day Of December, 1875.
@-2-9S-lW @. d. CROCKETT, j. P.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18
Executors Notice.

HAVING qualified, in the Probate Court of
IL Shelby county, as executor of the last
will and testament Of Paul Oicalla, Sri, de-
ceased, all persons having claims against his
estate arc required to present the same to me,
properly verified, within the time prescribed
BY law or they will be barred; and all persons
indebted TO said estate are required to make
immediate payment to me.
BARTHOLOMEW VACOAR0,
Executor Of Paul Cicalla, deceased.
II. CLAY KING, Attorney.
December II, 1878. $3.50 O2-1OS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18
Attachment Notice.

Before g.. W. Caldwell, J. P. for Shelby
county, Tenn. Pearce, Suggs & Co. VS.. Ben
} Porter.
i sued out under section 3455 Of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned, ''leYied upon the
property Of the defendant, F" and affidavit haV-
ing been made that defendant is indebted to
the plaintiffs in the sum of forty dollars, due
by account, and that the claim is just, and
that the defendant is q nonresident Of the
State Of Tennessee; il Is therefore ordered
that said defendant make his personal appear
anoe before me en- the sth day Of January,
1879, at my ONCE, No. IL West Court street,
Memphis, Tenn and defend said attachment
suit within the time prescribed by law, or the
same will be proceeded with ex-parte and
that q copy Of this order be published once .
week for four weeks in the Public Ledger.
] This the 5th day OF December, 1878.
M-9O-96-1@ Il. w. CALDWELL, J.P.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.

BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
Arkapsas river, Marlin Speed-.......,..,~.5 pm
New 0ries9s, Henry Frank..""".".."".9 pm
Friar'I Point, Oo9boma"...,.."",..."''9 pm
Cincinnati. Andy Baum .yyya,..-..,...'',9 pm
st. Louis, Belle st. Louis. .,.,."uv.,yw Pm
ARRIVED.
Steamer Golden Crown, Cincinnati.
Henry Frank, New Orleans.
Maumelle, Arkansas river.
Belle Memphis, 81, Louis.
w. H. Harrison, Ohio river,
Robert Mitchell, New Orleans.
Coahoma, Friar's Point.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Hattie N09land, Arkansas river.
Dyersburg, DYeFsbqFg,
" Red Wing, White river.
Z" Hard Cash, White river.
Osceola Belle, Osceola.
" Batesville, 81. Francis river.
q Golden Crown, New Orleans.
Robert Mitchell, Cincinnati.
" Geo. w. Cheek, Friar's Point.
Hope, Hatchie river. =
in PORT.
Maumelle, Andy Baum Marlin Speed
Henry Frank, Coahoms,
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river here declined 2 inches in
the "a hours ending at noon to-day
and now stands p feet above low wa.
ter mark. At Cairo il declined
inches, With 26 feet inches on the
gauge at st. Louis it is declining
with heavy running ice and navigation
suspended; at Pittsburg it declined
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18
AdlnidistratOr's Sale.

A administrator Of the estate Of John b..
"A Ford, deceased, l will sell at RnDUcnD
prices for cash the stock Of Stoves, Tin
ware and House Furnishing Goods,
contained in the storsh0nses NO. l23 Poplar
street and 214 Main street. Or / will sell the
entire stock, fixtures and good will of the
house, No. 2l4 Main street, to any one desiring
$- MARY A. FORD, Administrators.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18
saturday. January 4, 1879.

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in the city Of Memphis,
Shelby county, Tenn, to-Wit;
On the north side Of Adams street, and run
ming north through to Washington street, and
described as follows, to.wit Beginning at
the southwest corner Of the lot owned by ].
Rich Wray; thence west along tho north side
Of Adams street, sixty feet to q stake; thence
north three hundred and tWenty-one feet to
w Washington street; thence east on the south
side Of Washington street sixty feet to tho
northwest corner Of said Wray's lot; thence
south along the line Of Wray's lot three hun
dred and twenty-one feet to the beginning;
being the same property described in the deed
in trust Of @. y. Conn and wife to A. W.
Young, as trustee, registered in the Registers
Office Of Shelby county, Book SO, page 1863, to
which reference is made.
Terms Of sele-0n a credit Of six, twelve
and tWenty-four months, purchaser to execute
notes With good security; lien retained, oto.
This December II, 1878.
r., BLACK, Clerk and Mast9r.
!. i. EDoINoros, Solicitor for complainant.
@--ot-1O1-lO8
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18
Cotton.

The local market opened this forenoon
with a stcadier feeling and a moderate de-
mand. Nc change of quotations from
yesterday.
Sales yesterday were 1900 balOs-fOr eI-
port 1900, to spinners 1900, for specula-
ton 100. The market was decidedly
easier than on the previous day, offerings
being free and buyers. claiming to be able
to purchase at 4 below quotations, or on
a basis of 81 for %middling. The days
sales were larger than the prevailing quiet
ness and the views of factors gave reason
to believe would result.
Receipts of cotton here are now 2l,GOS
bales behind last years receipts to the
same date, and S6,081 bales behind the
year before.
Receipts at Liverpool today were 5000
bales, American $50 bales.
The total visible supply of cotton. &C.
cording to the New York Chronicle OF
the 18th inst, was 2,l2l,50S bales, against
zoos, 2o4 bales same date last year, u de
crease Of 1924 bales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18

No. 1854 In the Chancery Court Of Shelby
County, Tennessee-RoWden G.. Tate vs..
Jesse NJ. Tate.
IT appearing from affidavit in this cause that
i the defendant, jesse NJ. Tate is a non.resi-
dent Of the State Of Tennesseei It is therefore
al the courthouse In the city of Memphis,
Tom, on or before the first Monday in
February, 1879, and plead, answer or
demur to complainants bill, or tho same
will be taken for confessed as 10 him
and set for hearing exparte, and that a copy Of
this order DO published oncea week for loul
successive weeks IN the Public Ledger. Thi'
llth day Of December, 1878,
r. J, BLACK, Clork and Master.
BY +. B. MctiHNnY,
Deputy Clerk and Master.
CIV. Heiskelli solicitor for complainant.
&-9i-llo-l6
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18
ChancerY Sale Of Real Estate,

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H. D. 2T-R. D. 24C6-Andrew W. Wood ct
al. VI. Mary b.. Hicks ct al.
DY virtue Of an interlocutory decree for sale
ID entered in the above cause on the 9th day
Of February, lS7 7, and renewed April Sth and
December ., 1873, l will sell at public auction,
to the highest bidder, in front of the Clerk
and Mastere ONCE, courthouse building,
Main street, Memphis, Tenn, on
Saturday, January 4, 1879,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-Wit; Near RoEzell Station, beginning at
tho northwest corner OF lot No. / of Warfeld's
subdivision, at the intersection of the Pigeon
RoDst Road with Locke avenue in the center
Of the Pigeon RoOst Road; thence south with
the east side Of Locke avenue IS chains TO the
northwest corner OF lot No. 6; thence east 9
chains and 5T1a links to the northeast corner
Of lot No. 81 thence north 1875 east 5 chains
and 20 links; thence west 3 chains and GA
links; thence north p chains and 80 links to
the center Of the Pigeon RoOst Road; thence
with said road IA chains to the beginning; the
same being a consolidation into one tract of
lots l, 2f5 and Il part of lot 4 Of the Warheld
subdivision, e~ontaing q 1900 acres SIS laid of
and surveyed as seen by plat made exhibit
"a" to the bill.
Terms of Sale-On a credit of six, twelve
and eighteen months, purchaser executing
notes with security; lien retained, etc.
This December II, bis.
R.. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
7. B. EDaISeroS, Solicitor for complainant.
6N9l-l00-l08
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18

NEW YORK, December Is. 1l:2i a. .-Cotton
opened quiet with no change of quotations on
epot cotton. Futures opened quiet at yester-
days closing prices; became steady AZ an nd,
vance on points, and afterwards Wenta point
or two higher. Deliveries for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18
Saturday, January 4, 1870,

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-Wit
Beginning at a point in the west line Of
Sixth street, in Fort Pickering extended,
whore il %intersect with the south line Of A lot
heretofore conveyed by Willoughby Williams
to x. I. Etehverne; thence south with Sixth
street forty feet 10 a stake; thence west, par
allel with Gaines street25 feet; thence north,
parallel with Sixth street 40 feet to a stake;
thence east rs feet parallel with Gaines
street to the beginning; being the same lot
conveyed by Il. 2: Bates to S. A. Pool and by
Pool to h. II. Becker.
Terms Of 6ale-On a credit Of six months;
note with approved security; lien retained
and equity Of redemption barred.
This December IA, 1878.
R. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
II. G. KING, Solicitor. gl-g7-103 100
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

Il. d. 1Se9-R. D. 2~34-Chancery Court Of
Shelby County-Edward Whitaker vs.. c. +.
Conn OF al.
DY virtue Of an introductory decree for sale
I'D entered in the above cause on the 10th day
Of July, 1877, and renewed December 6, 1878,
/ will sell at public auction TO the highest
bidder, in front Of the Clerk and Masters
efice, courthouse building, Main street,
Memphis, Tenn, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18
Chancery Sale of Real Estate,

l96l-ChRnoery Court of Shelby County-J. G.
Conkling ct al. VS.. g. II. Becker ct al.
DY virtue Of an interlocutory decree for sale
ID entered in the above cause on the oath
day Of July, IS 8, | will sell at public auction,
TO the highest bidder, in front Of the Clerk
and Masters office, courthouse building,
Main street, Memphis, Tenn, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18

GALvEsroS, December ls.--Cotton easy;
middling SIC. Reeeipst, S797 bales; sales,
759 bales; stock, ia, s6l bales.
opens with a moderate inquiry freely sup
Piled. Uplands, Sd; Orleans, SD; estimated
sales 10000 bales. For export 1000 bales.
Arrivales opened 1-S2d chaper. Deliveries
for December 4 Ss-S2d January and February
April 5f-isa5 i-sSd; April and May 5H@
5 t-32d; May and June5Kd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18

20 inches, with II feet 8 inches on the
gauge at Cincinnati l3 inches, with
40 feet on the gauge; at Louisville it
rose II inches with 16 feet in the
canal at Evansville tits rising, with
30 feet on the gauge. The Cumber-
land declined IA inches at Nashville,
with 10 feet 8 inches on the gauge,
The Arkansas is still stationary at
Little Rock, with 26 inches on the
gauge. White river is falling, with
feet g inches in the channel from
~Jaeksonport to the mouth. The st
Francis is in good navigable order.