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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

STATE SENATOR BAILEY, of Wis
cOnsin, has been talking about wolf
hunters, showing that the industry of
wolf-raising under State protection
has developed to a remarkable extent,
in some of the Oldest counties in the
State, he said, there are hunters who
have made an excellent living by rear
ing cubs and selling scalps to the au-
thorities at ten dollars each. He
ended by Offering resolution to pro-
ride for removing this practical pro-
lection of the wolf business, the
industry having been sufficiently
fostered
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
The Hanging of Two Men To-Day
ai IndianaDOlis.

INDIANAPOLIS, January 29-The
execution by hanging of William E.
Merrick and John Achey took place
at 1920 o'clock to-day. At 1872 the
physicians pronounced both men dead.
Achey claimed that his crime was not
premeditated, and closed by saying
The people want a hanging, and /
am ready for it." Merrick asserted
his innocence to the last. Both men
displayed wonderful coolness, and
stepped to their places on the trap
without assistance and without hest
tation or tremor visible. The ar
rangements of the sheriff were perfect
and carried out without the slightest
deviation or accident. The necks of
both men were broken.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
The NatlonnI ComnInint.

Dyspepsia is the national complaint. Al.
most every other man or woman you meet
has Il, and the result is that the number Of
pseudo remedies for it is as numerous as Pha-
raoh's host. Thoy arc for the most part worth
less. There is, however, searching eradi-
cant of this distressing and obdurate malady,
one whose genuine merits long since raised il
to foremost place among the staple med-
cines of America. Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters eXtirpates dyspepsia with greater GER
tainty and promptitude than any known
remedy and is a most genial invigorant, ap-
petiaer and aid to secretion. These are not
empty assertions, as thousands of our coun-
trymen and women who have experienced its
effects are aware, but are backed up By ire
iragible proofs repeatedly laid before the pub
lie. The Bitters also promote regul habit
of body and give healthful stimulus to the
urinary organs,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

Mr.. CAssIUs NJ. CLAY has Just
given the Kentucky Historical So
ciety the oil portraits of Alexander II
of Russia and his wife, painted by
Winterhalter He has also presented
to the society more than three hun
dred rare and valuable objects, includ
ing many desirable autograph letters.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

The Louisville Courier journal, re-
ferring to the Territory of Alaska, has
the following IF nothing else can
be done with it, it would be better to
make it penal colony, and send thith-
er all persons convicted of crime in
the several States, instead of building
penitentiarieS at an enormous expense
to w-abiding citizens. Let there be
a military force and few men of war
stationed there, and the convicts could
be made to develop the country, work
in the mines, hew ship timber, etc,
and they would stand much better
chance for reformation than in the
State penitentiaries, while the States
would be relieved of an expense of
millions to maintain reformatory in
stitutionS. A penal colony in Alaska
would soon be self-sustaining."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

WASHINGTON, January 29.-For
Tennessee and the Ohio valley light,
variable winds, light rains, followed
by partly cloudy weather and slight
changes in temperature and barome-
ter.
For the lower lake region partly
cloudy weather and easterly to south
erly winds, falling barometer and
slight rise in temperature.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
AttemDied Robbery,

CINCINNATI, January % There
was determined attempt made to rob
the Gallia county, Ohio, treasury on
last Monday night. The thieves effect
ed an entrance through an unfasten-
ed window, breaking the combination
knob of the safe and drilled several
holes through the door, but were cvi-
IDENTIFY frightened off before accomp-
fishing their object. There was fifty
thousand dollars in the safe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

PITTsBURG Post; Mr.. Hayes
has made shotgun appropriation in
nominating Joseph H. Sloss of Ala
bama, to be United States Marshal for
the Northern district of that State.
Sloss is an Old Line Wing. He served
in the Confederate army during the
war and was elected to the forty
second and forty-third congresses from
the sixth Alabama district as Con-
servativs Democrat. Mr.. Sloss OBJ
tained considerable notoriety short
time ago because of difficulty he had
with his son-in-law, in which the
shotgun policy came very near being
enforced"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
LEGAL
Non-Reaident NOiice.

No. Sls2-In tho Chancery Court of Shelby
county, Tenn. Mary c. Ballard VS.. Jame,
Il. Ballard.
TT appearing from affidavit in this cause thai
i the defendant, James II. Ballard, Is a non.
resident Of the State Of Tennessee, and 4 res.
ident of tho State Of Mississippi; il is there.
fore ordered that he make hfs appearance
herein, at the courthouse in the city Of Mem.
March, 1879, and plead, answer or demnr ~
complainant's bill, or the same will be taken
for confessed as to him and set for hearing ox'
parte; and that a copy Of this order be nnh,
liihed oneea week for FOUR successive week,
This 10Th day Of January, 1879.
A oOpy--Attest
\; ]; BLACK, Clerk and Master.
BY D. B. MoHESEy, ID, Q. aud Nj.
lSO-lS6-li2-liS '''a ''
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
CITY CHARTER REPEALED
The Good Work Accomplished -
Our Representatives Faith
fuI to their Duty.

Special to the Ledgerl
NASHVILLE, January 20. - The
charter of the city of Memphis was
repealed to-day, the bill passing the
house Of representatives by a vote Of
53 against TO- 1t now only awaits the
governors signature to become a law.
The new bill for the government Of
the old city will pass to-day.
LATER.-The new government bill
passed both houses and awaits the
signature of the governor.
d. TIP.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
River TeIegrauns.

PITTsBURG, January 29-The river
is now Is feet 6 inches, and still rising.
Weather clear and cool. The ice in
the Allegheny river, below Oil City.
has broke and is now running out. 1t
is still tight in the river above Oil
City.
CAIRO, Ill, January Ono ar
rivals Or departures. Weather cloudy
and warm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

a BUFFALO Courier reporter inter
viewed the Marquis of Lorne at
Niagara Falls in regard to Lord
Duferin's idea of establishing an in
ternational park on both sides of
Niagara river, at the falls, and ascer-
tanned that the new governor general
of Canada is heartily in favor of the
project. He has read the annual
message of Governor Robinson, of
New York, and coincided with his
views in regard to the park, expressing
the opinion that the plan was perfectly
feasible, and though it would take a
good deal of money, of course, thought
the thing might be done.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

WHEN Sierra Nevada stock began
to so up, Mr. Mackay, the Bonanza
King, made an investment for the
benefit of General Sheridan's twin
babies, meaning. to surprise them with
the gift Of a fortup~>~ For a while it
kept on mounting, and the uncOn-
scious little ones were in a fair way to
become millionaires, bnt, alas the
fatal tumble came and the fortune of
the twins faded.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

Clarence Cook says that the new
Roman Catholic Cathedral in New
York City is an artistic failure. The
exterior is a clumsy repetition of forms
and arrangements to be found here
and there in Europe, while the interior
is a mass of sham and veneer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

Do YOU want to die? Why, of course
not, but the fever and ague, or some sim
liar disorder gathers in many man, and
it may take you if you don't fortify your
self against it. You can do this in no
better way than by using Reeds Gilt
Edge Tonic. It'is agreeable, wholesome
and inyigorating, and in collie, dysentery
and all disorders of that kind it proves
a mild corrective and an agreeable stimu-
liant. Its purity is guaranteed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

United States senate, having become
senator at the same time that Abra-
ham Lincoln entered upon the Presi-
dency His terms therefore have ex-
tended through the whole period of
the war and reconstruction, under the
administrations of Presidents Lincoln,
johnson and Grant, and half of that
of Hayes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

GOVERNOR WADE HAM PToN has
received so many letters of sympathy
during his sickness that he has been
unable to do more than acknowledge
them by wholesale in a newspaper.
Many Of the letters were from negroes
and small children.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

THE hundredth anniversary of the
death of David Garrick, the most
illustrious name in English theatrical
annals, occurred last Monday. Gar
rick's last appearance was made in
King Lear.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

NEW YORK, January 20, 1920 pm.
Cotton closed last evening quiet !;
day sales, 977 bales; opened this morn
ing quiet and nominally unchanged
Ordinary, Z 9-16c good ordinary. SIC 4:
low middling, 9 Lice middling.
. 7-l6c; good middling, 8 13-16c; mid
ding fair, 10Bc. Futures closed last
evening | to 3 points above the day
previous opened this morning steady
at 3 points lower; now quiet and
steady. Deliveries for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

THE Indiana Supreme Court has
decided that subscription made on
Sunday is not binding in law. The
effect of this will be to invalidate sub
scriptions made on Sunday to liquidate
church debts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

The Massachusetts, State Senators
readjusted their salaries the other
day. They refused to cut their COM
pcnsation down to $3.50, but finally
compromised on $500.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29


GENERAL WADE HAMPTON, now
United States senator from South
Carolina, has been interviewed by a
correspondent of the Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal, and has expressed his
opinion very fully concerning some
matters of interest. He frankly ad-
mits that there were Irregularities in
the Democratic household" at the
election last fall, but he insists that
there were bad men in both parties. T"
He therefore trusts that the proposed
investigation will not be one-sided
affair, but will go to the bottom, no
matter who is implicated. He de-
clares himself a hard-money man,
being unable to comprehend
the greenback policy" If he
had been in congress he would
have favored resumption. But he
would, as he declares, to use Mr.
Tilden's phrase, have not got ready to
resume" He declares himself a
Jacksonian Democrat, opposed to en-
tangling ''the business transactions of
the country without the legitimate
financial conduct of the government. y
'He thinks for the campaign of 1880
the Democracy should not assume the
responsibility of the financial ques-
tions. The Republicans having shaped
out the financial problem, he is in IA
vor Of letting them manage the mat
ter. His platform for the next Presi
dental contest is "a constitutional
rule, Self-government and no section
alism." 1t is believed that he would
not object to a nomination for vice
president, with Mr.. Tilden at the head
of the ticket.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
Steamship ArriYnIs.

New York, January 29.-Arrived,
steamships Wisconsin, from LIVER
pool, and Hart, from Havre,
BosToN, January 29.-Arriyed, Bo-
hemian, from Liverpool.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

All the world over, baby governs.
Yet often disease will overcome the
baby, and then it is that DR.. Bulls
Baby Syrup proves its worth by con-
1uering the disease. Price 25c bottle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
Clncinnnti Iroduce NInrkef.

CINCINNATI, January 29.-Flour
unchanged, Wheat steady at 9O@97c.
Corn quiet, 3l4@32l oats steady, 24@
r. Whisky unsettled, sales S1@2;
provisions stronger held higher. Pork
held 94@10 lard 81 bid, $3.50 asked
bulk 3i@4l and Al bacon 4@5l and
5I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

NEW URLEANS, january %, lI:3O
a.m.-Cotton quiet and steady. Mid
ding Gle. Sales, 1000 bales. Re-
ceipts to-day 743l bales stock. 1886.
6l2 bales. Sales yesterday 1926
bales market closing steady.
GALVESTON, January 29.-Cotton
Steady. Middling, &c. Sales, 1850
bales receipts, 29lO bales; stock,
S68n9 hales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

GENERAL GREEN CLAY SMITH,
who once ran for President of the
United States on the Prohibitory
ticket, is about to take charge of a
Kentucky hotel.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

SENATOR THURMAN has consented
to deliver an grafton during the com
mencement exercises at Chapel Hill
IN. CO. University, next June.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

State Of Tennessee, County of Shelby-ss:
l, W.. c. Mcclure, Cashier Of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best Of my
knowledge and belief.
W. c. MCCLURE, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2otb
day of January, 1879.
NJ. B. IRRELEVANT, Notary Public.
Correct--Attest: j. I. Petit, John d. Mil
burn, W. II. Moore, Directors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

SENATOR HEREFORD of West Vir-
ginia, is useful man. He is lectur-
ing in the towns of his State on The
American Farmer the Hope of his
Country"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

SENATOR How, of Wisconsin, who
has been defeated by Matt Carpenter,
will, on the 4th of next March, COM
plete eighteen years of service in the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
REPEAL on rHE CHARrER.

The dispatch from Nashville shows
that the senate bill abolishing the
charter of Memphis has passed its
third reading in the house by the sig
nifcant vote Of So to 10, andl needs
only the signature of the governor to
make it the law. Governor Marks
cannot withhold his approval. We
shall have no corporate existence in
the future but Memphis, and under the
name of Taxing District" will be
just as sweet, and we believe better
and a cheaper government is to be our
portion. We congratulate the suffer
ing and over-burdened people oe our
city on this devoutly wished consum-
nation. We especially extend thanks
to cur representatives for their eff
cient and glorious work. A future
full of promise and prosperity is now
before us. We hail its dawning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
MASONIC.
Attention. Knlnhts TamnIar

VHE officers and member Of st. Elmo Com
| mandery, No. Is, X. T., are hereby or
dcred TO attend at theh asylum, in full dress,
this WEDNESDAY evening at o'clock, for
the purpose Of comforting the order Of knight
Templar. Visiting fraters are courteously
invited. BY order of
Q. W. MoSBY, G., Acting L. C.
JOHN n. Hunk, Recorder.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

A WASHINGTON court has decided
that funeral expenses are to be regard
ed as preferred claims against the
estate Of the deceased.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

The proprietor of the Clarksville
Tobacco Leaf contemplates publish
ing it semi weekly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
NURSE.
SICK-NURSE.
MRS. CAROLINE SHAW,
No. 22l fernando Street

GERVED the Howard Association In two ep-
~ denies, and refers to them for conduct
and experience Terms moderate. Special
attention given 10 ladies in confinement. Best
references TO families who have been served.
l@l3l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
HAVING BEEN APPOINTED GENERAL
TO TAXPAYERS.
Taxpayers

WILL save money by paying their taxes by
w the first day Of February. After that
day penalties and costs will accrue.
l22-l8 GEO. B. FLEECE, County Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

THE Hon. A. H. Stephens is said to
be the best whist player now in con-
gress, He wrote the article oa that
game in Johnson's Encyclopedia.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
BOARD OF HEALTH.

A I a meeting Of the Board of Health held
a this day, the following resolution was
adopted:
and until further orders, the disinterment of
human remains Is prohibited. The remains
of persons who have died of contagious dis
eases will not be permitted to be brought 10
this city or vicinity for intermeut.
BY order Of the Board.
January q, 1879. l29-1I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
B. AND l. STOCK.
Lost Stock.

NERTIFICATE No. los for ten shares of
y. second series OF stock of Workingmen's 8
Building and Loan Association, issued Janu-
ary !, 1876, to l.. Rezzonico, having been lost
will apply February q, 1879, for duplicate
LOUIS FAzZI,
EO-Lb-l42 l4S Admir- Of l.. RezzOnico.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

TWELVE greenback newspapers
have died for want of support in
Iowa since the election last Novem-
her
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29

James Gordon Bennett has paid
Earl Roseberry $4,000 for three horses.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
State National Bank
RESOURCES:

At Memphis, in the State of Tennessee, at the
Close Of Business, January /, 1879.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
INSURANCE.
WARMING.

THIS is to notify the public that we are the
Il only persons now residing here who are
or ever have been duly authorized and
commissioned agents Of the WESTCHES-
TEX Fire Insurance Company of New York.
and WESTERN Fire Insurance Company of
Toronto, and any person or persons repre-
sentlng anything to the contrary are i'm.
posters and unworthy of credit.
MURPHY & MURPHY,
General Insurance Agents, No. ( Madison
street Memphis, Tenn 124-l59
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
iIADDTTIONAL COMMERCIAL.
MEMPHIS, January 29-l2 M.

COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock, September l, 1878 .......... q54
Received since last statement l,169
Received previously. y...-....... 243, $50 2i5, ,049
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-12-18
Cultivate Orchards.

In the cultivation of fruit trees in the
West, it is often observed that trees con
tinue to grow year alter year, but Ito not
bear. Thus apple orclla!ls will become
often fifteen years old before bearing. and
in fact, many Of them never bear good
crops. just how to obviate this difficult
ty is problem that has exercised the
ingenuity of our best cultivators all over
the west, and the reason why no conclu
sions have been arrived at by our best
pomologists, aud that will be generally
applicable, is that rs rule, the condi-
tions necessary to success are as varying
as the localities, soils and other minor
intergers surrounding each orchard plant
ed.
Shall we then neglect to plant orchards?
BY no means. But say many, there is no
money in fruit. The markets arc glut-
ted except at certain seasons. True
enough, yet this should not prevent any
farmer from planting an orchard on the
best site near his house possible, or if
the situation is not adopted to fruit,
make it so, as far as circumstances will
allow. 1t is true, 1t is better that the
soil be dry to good depth. 1t is true
that orchard trees of no kind will do
we'll on soil in which the water stands
near the surface Of the ground. It is as
true, however. that there are few farm
houses in the West, where by proper
means, the drainage may not be accom-
plished 10 the depth of at least four feet
from the surface. This will do we'll for
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-12-18

Putting her head into the postoffice
window, she shouted at the astonishea
custodian of the mails, Advertised!"
" NIarm," said he, after partially recov-
cring his sclf-possession, what did you
wish?" Advertised" she repeated,
louder than before. By force of Gus
tom he managed to ask: What name,
raarm?" Again came thai same reply,
Advertised! but this time supple
mentcd with the demand, CAN how
long wild yez kape body shtanding here
while yez be garruping loike a moon
calf in shtableq Wud yez ivcr give
me me letther, / soy?" "But what is
your name, my dear woman?" "Och,
don't yez dear woman me, yez ouid
sinner! Don't yez name to abode by
yez own dirictions cntoirely, yez otl1d
bald.headed devil? Didn't yez put
Until the papers Persons calling for
]ettllers will PLACE say "Advertised?"' -
And haven't Oh made mesi]f hoarse wid
saying 'advertised! advertised! adver
liac,l!' Give me me letther, o. soy!
That iver Bridget McShaugnessy should
l,a' been trifed wild by the loikes Of
yez!" The letter was forthcoming ere
she had done, and the Postmaster sank
back into the chair with sigh of relief,
while Bridget left the Office with q
very red face and a perfect cataract Of
RS escaping from her mouth.-Bostora
Transcript.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-12-18
HOUSE AND FARM.
The Value of Water For Cows.

The Value of Water For Cows.
Cows should have access to water at
all times, especially cows that give milk.
They want to drink often and return to
their feed. The best stable and one in
which stock do the best is one where wa
ter is always running in troughs before
tie cattle. Thus managed cows may be
kept up to tull flow Of milk either in
WInter or summer, and for this reason, if
tn pasture fails from drought it may be
supplanted With other feed, but fail
ure in water cannot be remedied. So in
winter COWS that are watered only once a
day as many do who consider themselves
good farmers, the COWS shrink in their
milk and it can never be rcgained. The
same rule will hold good in the stable;
abundant teed may be supplied, if the
water supply fails, the profit will be null.
The necessity of plenty of pure water
for stock is one Of the first importance to
breeders and feeders. 1t must not ouly
be in abundance; but it should be IN such
supply that stock may either take it at
will, or If supplied at stated times, it
should be offered at least twice day
and three times will be better. No ami
NAL can thrive properly that has access
to water but once day. Every good
feeder knows this and hence in large
feeding establishments, the greatest care
is taken to keep the supply ample and
constant. Many farmers neglect tins,
and always to their cost. II water cannot
be had near III any other way, wells
should Ike dug, and tie water raised by
wind or other power as the case may be.
Having plenty Of water, see that stock
get it as regularly as they feed 1t Will
pay.