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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11
on-Residont Notice.

No. $40 R, DIN the Probate Court of Shelby
county, Tennessee-Georgia Bayliss, Ad-
ministratrix of Lizzie Lach, deceased, VS..
John O%yertOn, Sr., ct al -Insolyent bill.
1T appearing from the original bill in this
i cause, which is sworn to, that after dill
gent search and inquiry, complainant has
been unable to learn of any heirs of the in
t~estate, Lizzie Laeh, deceased, and knows of
none, and that if any, their places Of resi-
dence are unknown; it is therefore ordered
that all persons claiming to be heirs of the
said decedent, Lizzie Zach, make their APP
Pearanee herein at the courthouse of the said
Probate Court in Memphis, Tenn, on or before
the first Monday in June, 1879, and plead, an
swer or demur to com plainant's bill herein,
or the same will be taken for confessed rs to
them and set for hearing ex-parte; and that q
copy of this order be published once a week
fer four successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This April 8, 1879.
A copy-Attest;
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
By HuGH B. CULLEN, D. C.
N-A0A AZ 70
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11
General Trade.

A packet came in from the Ohio
last night with a scant lot of produce,
aside from corn, nearly all Of which
had been sold TO arrive. The boat
from st. Louis yesterday also had but
little marketable produce. The de-
mani is active for all classes Of feed
aud breadstuffs, and prices are steady
or slightly better. This is especially
the case with hay.
FJOUR-Aetive demand. The me.
dun and lower grades are in most res
quest. Jobbers prices as follows
Western X, So rs; Xxx, 81 26i fancy.
80 O@6 25.
ORNMEAL-The market is steady
Round lots sold from the landing yester-
day at S2.l5@2.20, and 1926 on small or
der; ihe mills sell ut 500 for dtay-loads
C0RN 80 Receipts last evening, pei
.+esmer Nint Shinklc, 1925 sacks, nearly
,L 'sOid to arrive, ct Nc per bushel; the
dder Nud is active; orders from store, 4S@
Moe, : bGshel.
"GSTs'-IR good inquiry at sl@36c
smJ1 orde y 3s@40c; German millet, sl.A
also per 6dsheI Sales Of 200 sack.
NH Nortbe, u at Soc per bushel.
IRAN%Firn.' at sl5 PEE ton for wheat
$3.50 for corn bNau' ana SIC 90 orders
Saes of round lots - arrive at $40 pee toI
fol wheat bran.
HAY-Scarce and in active request al
shall per ton for Ohio river grades; nc
stictiy choice Northern has oiiefss ter
two weeks. A car load Of l,nxed, ,niahS
ifd top, sold yesterday at $40 Per ton
APPLES-Are slow at " Wde2 W PEI
hl from store.
POTAT0ES-Sales on the landing ~
2 % per bible IN lots for P~cachblows aud
lie russets. Seed potatoes are in light
rQuest at ~ 60a2per Dbl sweets are "
tlper Dbl.
fONIONS-Quiet at S2@5.25 per Dbl as
/ quality. No good offering.
SEAMS Choice navy, II % per bush
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11
A Beggar in Disguise.

Every day on the Via Toledo, the
finest and most frequented street in
Naples, might have been seen an old
woman, bent under the weight OF
years, clad in wretched mourning.
She wore o tattered bonnet on her
head, a thick black veil over her fea-
lures, and a pair of ragged gloves on
her fingers. She never spoke, but
took with a kind of growl whatever
small coin the passengers might vouch-
safe her. That old yomal's gains
were twenty francs per diem but who
was she? No one could tell, and she
never answered questions. The other
day a couple of municipal guards laid
hands on her, and bundling her into a
cab, took her off to the Mendicant' s
Home. One of the female attendants
stripped her, aud suddenly, from the
filthy, fetid envelope Of rags, emerged
Cinderella like, a lusty young woman,
considerably on this side of 30, fresh.
colored, fat and prepossessing, Her
makeup was q marvel OF effect, Her
curved spine was arranged" with !
sGrd which passed around her neck
and was fastened to the knee. Her
hump was manufactured from a ball
of rags. Her wrinkled and dirty
white face was managed with imita-
tiop pqrchment. On inquiry it was
found that CHS young woman was OF
good family, aud that tbs gains she Sc
cleverly earned were taken regularly
home to her parents.
Queen Victoria wore M her son's
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11

No. SlsS-In the Chaneery Court Of Shelby
county, .Tenn.-Sarah j. Lockwood VS.. Ed
win X. Lockwood.
IT appearing from affidavit in this cause that
i the defendant, Edwin r. Lockwood, Is a
nonresident Of the State Of Tennessee; ii Is
therefore ordered that he make his appearance
herein, at the courthouse in the city of Mem
phis, Tenn, on or before the first Monday I'M
May, 1879, and plead, answer or demur 10
complainant bill, or the same will be taken
for confessed as to him and set for hearing ex-
partej and that a copy Of this order be pub
lished once u week for four successive weeks
in the Public Ledger.
This Sd day Of April, 1879.
A copy-Attest:
r. J: BLACK, Clerk and Master.
BY Z. B: McHESRY, D. Q. and M.
% 35 Al AZ
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11

HAVING qualified as administrator of
Ii the estate of h. Janet Burleson, de-
ceased, all persons having claims against said
estate are hereby notified to present the same
properly authenticated, within the time pre-
scribed by law, or they will be barred. All
persons indebted to said estate will make pay
ment to me-, Clnims may be filed at the office
of CAN'T X Patterson, attorneys.
A. A. BURLES0N,
Admir- Of estate of NJ. Janet Burleson.
Memphis, Tenn, March Is, 1879.
l6-23-@-35
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
boats LEAVING THIS DAY.

BOATS II DAY.
Friar's Point, Coahoma .......9...........5 pm
New Orleans, Charles Morgan. .a...... "a pm
Osceola, OsceOla Belle. sees. .......... ...........5 pm
Cincinnati, Vint Shinkle .......9..........5 pm
ARRIVED.
Steamer Nint Shinkle, Cincinnati.
Josie Harry, White river.
CoahOma, Eriar's Point.
y" Oscaola Belle, Osceola.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Geo, w. Check, Ffiar's Point.
Grand Tower, st. Louis.
City of Helena, VickSburg,
IN PORT.
Coahoma, Josie Harry, Yint Shinklc,
Maumelle.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river here declined 3 inches in
the past "a hours, and now stands q
feet s inches above low water mark
at Cairo it declined s inches, with 30
feet 2 inches on the gauge; at st,
Louis it rose IA inches, with 10 feet
10 inches on the gauge at Pittsburg
it rose | inch, with 6 feet 3 inches on
the gauge at Cincinnati 1t declined
IA inches, with 20 feet 4 inches on the
gauge; at Louisville it declined 10
inches, with 9 feet 2 inches in the
canal az Evansville it is falling, with
q feet 6 inches en- the gauge, Cum
berland river rose 80 inches at Nash
Vile, with u feet 4 inches on the
gauge. Arkansas river is on q stand,
with 4 feet s inches on the gauge at
Little Rock. White river is falling
slowly, with a good stage of water
from JacksOnpOrt to the mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Good Friday.
Bad weather. TIG
Boyton to-day.
Little business doing on the levee
The Check had a good trip for the
lower coast.
The Stockdale left Cincinnati yes.
terday for New Orleans.
The Centennial left st. Louis last
evening for New Orleans.
The Centennial left st. Louis yes,
terday for New Orleans.
The Golden Rule, from New Or.
leans, arrived at Cincinnati yesterday,
The James d. Parker, from Nom
phis, arrived at Cincinnati this morn.
ing.
The U. P. soheBok, for Cincinnati
and w. P. Halliday, foF St. Louis,
left New Orleans last evening.
The G. P. Chouteau leaves St. LouiI
tomorrow for New Orleans in tn
Anchor Line.
The John A. Wood, sunk below
New Orleans on Wednesday, viii
probably be raised.
Andy Hamilton, engineer of th,
Kerr, died at the Marine Hospital D
st. Louis, on Monday last, of paralysis
Chief Engineer John Garrett, o
the Ed Richardson, j. in st. Louis il
tRe interest Of his patent,
Rates on freights from st. Louis t
New Orleans rule at % cents per BIB
on -four and l2l cents per hundred.
The Guiding Star for New Orleans
and James w. Gaff for Memphis
leave Cincinnati Tomorrow,
Mr.. a. G. Palmer, a former rive
clerk, is now travelling with the An
dess0R circus.
New 0riesls has been blessed fol
several weeks with styqgberries, new
garden truck and such stn8 that max,
gEeenias banker for.
The Golden City, from Cincinnati
and John 4. Sc4dder and barges
from st. Louis, arrived d New Or
leans yesterday.
What was the matter last night OF
the Lee wharf boat2" is the question
proppunded on the leyee this morn
! lng.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11
Creditors Notice.

No $40 Il. DIN the Probate Court of Shelby
county, Tenn.-Miss Georgia Bayliss, adj
ministratrix Of Mrs. Lizzie Lack, deceased,
vs.. John Oyertorf, ST., ct al.
appearing from the bill in This cause that
i this is a proceeding to wind up and settle
the estate of Lizzie Lack, deceased, as an in
solvent estate, underline insolvent laws Of the
State of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
estate com forward and file the same in this
cause and have themselves made parties
hereto on or before the first Monday in July,
1879, or they will be forever barred, and this
cause proceeded with ex.parte; and that a
copy Of this order be published once a week
for, four successive weeks in the Memphis
Public Ledger.
This April 7, 1878.
S2-8.A-5O OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11
Local,
Trustees sale.


DY virtue Of the terms Of A trust dead ava.
~ cuted 70 the undersigned on the sd day of
May, lo15, by Alexander Lyle and wife, duly
registered in the Registers Office OF SheIby
county, Tennessee, in Deed Book l0, page 81,
will, on
Saturday, ApriIIe, 1879,
at the south gate Of Court Square, in the eitv
Of Memphis, Tennessee, sell for cash Ia me
highest bidder, free from redemption, the
property therein described as follows: Situ-
ated in Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee,
known as lot six of d. c.. POstOn's subdiyls-
ion, on the north line Of Court street ex-
tended. Said lot six fronts so feet on shs
north line OF Court street extended, with a
depth nOrthward between parallel lines es
1851 feet. To such trust deed so recorded
special reference is here made.
Title believed TO be good, but I sell and con-
yey only as trustee.
SIMON STTRM, Trustee.
HUNEs 4 POsrON, Attorneys. All
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11
Cotton.

The market opened this morning
quiet and strong. In the absence of
dispatches from abroad and domestic
markets our dealers are working on
yesterday news. The market closed
here last evening at the following
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11
on May 6, 1879,

The following real estate in Shelby county,
Tennessee, near corporate line Of the Mem
phis Taxing District, it being lots l0l, lO2, zoe
and l4 Beginning at the southeastern cor
ner OF original lot 65; thence in a westwardly
direction along the north line of Williams
avenue 30 feet 10 n stake; thence north with
the west line Of said lot No. lC4, $50 feet to an
alley u feet wide; thence eastwardly with the
south line Of said alley 200 feet to the east
line of said original lot Co, thence sonth
along the east line Of said original lot 66, $50
feet to the beginning.
Also lot No. So, beginning at a point on the
south line Of Aston street and 200 feet from
the east line Of said. original lot IS; thence
westwardly along the line Of said Aston
street 90 feet TO a stake; thence south $50 feet
to an alley; thence east along the north of
said alley so feet TO a stake; thence north $50
feet to the place Of beginning.
The above described lots being subdivisions
Of original lot No. 6, as appears on the plan
Of j. NJ. Provinces subdivision, made by Q. G.
Burke in 1872.
Default having been made in the payment
OF the Indebtedness secured by said trust deed,
/ make this sale at the request of the bene6-
ciary.
Terms Of sale cash. Equity Of REDEMPTION
waived and title believed to be perfect, but /
sell and convey only as trustee. A plat of
TIE property can be seen at my office, No. 81
Madison street.
H-57 JAMEsH. MALONE. Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11
LEGAL.
SrATE oF TryyEssEE, SHELBY CourrY

STATE or TENNEssEE, SHELBY CouNrY,)
OFFICE COUNTY COuRr CLERE,
MEMPHIS, Tam, April ., 1879.
Toe, g. Hughes, administrator Of James A.
Boyd, deceased,
HAVING suggested the insolvency Of the
IL estate of James A. Boyd, deceased, YOU
are hereby ordered to give notice, by adyer.
tisement in some newspaper published within
The said State, and also at the com -house
door of Shelby county, for all persons having
claims against said estate, to appear and fle
the same with the Clerk Of the County Court
authenticated in the manner prescribed by
law, on or before tho cd day Of October, 1873;
and any claim not filed on or before said DAY,
or before an appropriation Of the funds of said
estate is made, shall be forever barred, both
in law and equity.
Witness my hand, at OBSe, this Cd day Of
April, 1879,
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
BY HUGH B. CULLEN, DC.
All persons interested will take notice and
govern themselves accordingly.
g. q. HUGHES, Admir-.
W. B. GIIasoN, Atty. @-4l-IT.S2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11
5-57 JAMES H. MALONE, Trustee.

RY virtue Of a deed Of trust executed to me
strong, 22d Of April, 1874, duly registered in
Book 100, pages $50 and $40, Of the records Of
Shelby county, TO secure the indebteduess
therein mentioned, l will, on May ], 1879,
at the northeast corner Of Union and Front
streets, Taxing District Of Memphis, sell to
the highest bidder, for cash, the following
real estate, situated in Shelby county, Tenn;
Two-thirds Of an undivided interest Of a 10
acre tract of land about ~ miles east Of
Memphis on the new State Line road, Begin
ming at the southeast corner of NJ. B. Win
ehesters 4OS-acre tract; thence north 51-5o
east 10 chains to a stake; thence east 81 south
~ chains to a stake; thence south 6ho west
10 chains to a stake; thence west s. north 10
chains TO the beginning p%Oint-being part OF
the old Tillman Belts homestead. Title be-
lieved good. l convey as trustee only.
1888 ALSTON BOYD, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11
Saiurday. AprIl be-, Is7s.
TRUSTEES SALE OF LOTS
ERAR THE CITY
On street Car Lime.

by virtue Of q trust deed made to John d.
~ Robinson, trustee, now deceased, on May
IL, 1876, by 5: A. PrOvine, and by virtue Of 4
decree Of the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, Tennessee, entered February 2S, 1879,
in M. b. 3, page 4l, by which decree l was
appointed trustee in the place of John d.
Robinson, deceased. will sell at public aue-
tion in front Of Planters Insurance Building,
~ Madison street, Memphis, Tennessee,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11
Sheriff. Sale of Real Estate.


DUBLIO notice Is hereby given that by viz
tue Of a writ Of yepditiOni oxpOnas to me
directed rom the Honorable Circuit Court of
Shelby cQuplSL Tenn. in the case of Johnston
y Vance vs.. I. T.. Stratton, Judgment rem
dered on the 18th day Of December, 1878, Cor
the sum Of seventy seven dollars and forty
seven cents, with interest and costs of suit,
to satisfy said Judgment, etc. I will, on
Tuesday, May 6, 1879,
10 legal hours, in front Of the courthouse,
Memphis, Tenn, proceed TO sell TO the highest
bidder, for cash, the following described prop
erty, tO-wit; ~
One piece Of land located in tho Eleventh
civil district of Shelby eOunty, Tennessee,
bounded on the east By the lands Of W. II.
Douglass 0n the south by the lands of the
estate of ]. A. Sims, on the west By the lands
Of the estate of I. j. Stratton, containing
about seyenty.hve acres. The same conveyed
by deed from 7. j. Stratton to I. I, Slrattoh ,
but not recorded.
Levied on as tho pgoparty Of defendant,
I. I, stratten, TO satisfy said judgment, in
Momphis, April g., 1879.
Il. Il. MCGOWAN,
Sheriff Of Shelby County, Team.
BY DAN'LH. SnElRY, ID. =,
Clamp Beard, Attorneys for plaintiffs,
il-.1i53
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11

Queen Victoria wore al her sons
wedding the great koh .i-noor blazing
n a brooch on her black dress.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11
saturday, April 10, 1879,

within legal hours. the following described
real estate, belonging to the estate of Brutus
Alexander, deceased, to-wit:
Lying and being in Shelby county, Tennes-
see, being q cert ain lot or parcel Of land
situated on the north side Of Linden street,
Memphis, adjoining the lot set asid as dover
to the widow Of said Alexander by the COM
missioners In this cause. Beginning at the
southeast corner Of said dover lot and run
ming thence along the north line Of Linden
street east 7 feet; thence north parallel with
the dover lot 100 feet to an alley; thence west
7 feet to the northeast corner Ofthe dover lot;
thence south along the east line Of said dover
lot l0 feet to the beginning,
Also the following lot or parcel Of land
lying and being in said county Of Shelby,
about three miles from the city of Memphis,
and bounded and described as follows: On
being lot No. / Of the subdivision OFF, acres2
roOds and l6 poles, belonging 10 the estate Of
the late RI. Rev. j. II. Otey, which said lot l
is bounded as follows: Commencing at a
stake on the east side ofthe Pigeon RQost road,
where the southwest corner Of the p. Deadrick
60-acre tract corners with the southeast cor
ner of the 0tey tract; runs thence south 10
| chains TO q stake on the southeast corner Of
lot No. 9 Of said 0tcy subdivision; runs thence
northweeterly 4l35-l0O chains TO n stake;
runs thence s0uthwardly ten chains 10 the
Pigeon ROost road; thence with the Pigeon
ROost road 1 l5 .lOO9 chains 10 the ~beeinuinE,
containing 3 acres, ! rood and u poles.
Terms Of sale, each.
This March q, 1879,
OWEN DIVER, Clerk.
4. y. CAssEts, Sol. for complainant.
J p@+a-H
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11
S2-S,A-5O OWEN DWYER. Clerk.
Probate Court Sale Of Real Estate

No. 3l2 R. DIN the Probate Court Of Shelby
county, Tennessee.
DY virtue Of decree of sale entered in this
ID cause / will sell, at public auction, to the
highest bidder, in front Of the courthouse
door, on Main street, Memphis, Tenn, on
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-07-11
Well-AuthentIcated Giants.

We read of the giant Ferragus slain by
Orlando, nephew of the celebrated Char,
lemagne, wss Is feet high. Fannum, a
Scotchman, who lived at the time of
Eugene H., King of Scotland, measured
III feet, and LaMare, in his voyage to the
Straits Of Magellan, reports that on the
18th day of December he found at Fort
Desire several graves covered with stones,
and having the curiosity to remove them,
he found human skeletons 10 and IL feet
long. Coming to more reliable evidence,
it seems certain that height of even
more than nine feet has been attained. In
the museum of the Trinity College, Dub
lin, there is skeleton eight feet six
inches in height. In the museum of the
Royal College of Surgeons of England, is
another eight feet two inches in height,
and another in the museum of Bonn
eight feet. The giant who was shown in
Rouen, in 1885 measured eight feet four
and one-half inches. The Emperor Maxi
min was one inch shorter; Skenkins and
Platerus, physicians of the last century.
saw several of that stature, and Goropins
saw girl nineteen years of age, who was
ten feet high.-Ihos. j. BoaUdiech IN Troy
| Times.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-07-11
Lobster Catching.

The lobster is often caught in a kind of
trap or "lobster-pot," as it is called. 1t is
made with narrow strips of board or lath,
nailed upon strong hoops, SO as to give it
an oval form upon the top. Inside are
placed stones to sink it to certain depth.
At each end of the hoop is network of
cord fastened to small hoopin the center
of the net. Through this hoop of six
inches diameter, perhaps the lobster
struggles to get the bait placed inside the
cage. But when once he finds himself a
prisoner; for he cannot retreat at the
same door by which he entered. The
situation ofthe trap is marked by buoy,
and is visited at intervals to remove the
game and make room for others. They
are sometimes caught with merely piece
of fish tied to the end of string-the
lobster conveys the bait to his mouth
with his claws, and will let you draw him
| to the surface, if you do it quietly, SO as
not to alarm him, but if he is frightened
| in the least he is off like flash. You
must grasp him the instant his horns are
out of the water. In this country the
| lobster is found from the coast of New
York, northward; the best are taken on
the rocky shores of New England, north
Cape Cod. Fishermen at Mansfield and
Plymouth, Mass, catch from $4,000 to
| 10O, 600 year, which are sold to Boston
dealers. Great numbers have been put
up in cans and shipped abroad. The
packing houses at Portland, Me-, send
| large quantities to England. It is said
| that the demand for canned Holsters in
| America equals the supply.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-07-11
Clothes Moths.

"Clothes moths are always worse in the
summer" writes the Rev. J. G. Wood,
" than in any other part of the year; but
there is one plan by which they may be
baffled. 1t is simple, and can be expressed
in two words brown paper There is
no such protection against the clothes
moth as brown paper. Years ago pur-
chased an enormous rug of white wolf
skin, which has been an inestimable
benefit to the whole family. Every sum-
mer I wrapped it up in brown paper, and
not moth has attacked it. Why the
clothes moth should have so great an
aversion to brown paper cannot tell, but
such is the case. find that the profess
sional furriers employ the same plan, bnt
do not disclose that very simple secret
Annually thousands of sealskin furs are
handed over to the dealers for preserva-
ton during the summer, and nothing is
done except wrapping them up in brown
paper, and letting them be until the
dawning of autumn. There are, of course,
instances where furs and other similar
articles must of necessity be left exposed
during the summer time. Let every price
of wool or fur be violently shaken every
morning, and not clothes moth will har-
Dor in them.