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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-16

RG virtue of a deed 81 trust executed to me-
y by Is; l.. Armstrong and wife NJ. b, Arm
strong, 22Gd Of April, 1874, duly registered in
BOOK 100 pages $50 and $40, OF the records of
Shelby county, to secure the indebteinass
therein mentioned, | will, on MAY I, is7s,
at the northeast corner Of UAion and Front
streets, Taxing District of Memphis, sell to
tne, hlshest biddegt for cash, the following
TsAI estate, situated in Shelby county, Tenn;
EWo-thirda Of an undivided interest Of a To-
Sere tract OF land about "a miles east of
ON the new State Line road, begin
nlng at the southeast corner of M. b. Vim
chester's 4O3-aore tract; thence north 5l-5o
sSRst 10 chains TO a stake; thence east So south
~ chains to n stake; thence south 5ko west
~ chains to a stake; thence west s. north 10
chains to the beginning point-being part Of
the old Tillman Belts homestead. Title be-
lievod good. | convey ms trustee only.
1903 ALSTON BOYD, Trusteo.
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Creditors Notice.

No $40 X. Din the Probate Court Of shelbv
county, Lenn.CMiss Georgia Bayliss, sd-
mlnistratriX OF Mrs. Lizzie Lack, deceased.
vs., John Oyerton, Sr., ct al.
1 appearing from the bill in .his eause that
4 this y a proceeding to wind IN and settIs
tue estate Of Lizzie Lack, deceased. as an IN
solvent estate, under the insolvont laws of the
Any Ii tennessee It is therefore ordered
estate come forward and Gle the same In tbis
cause and have themselves made partiss
hereto on or before the first Monday In 'Jpiy,
lsls, or they viii be forever barred, and tbiss
cause proceeded With ex. parte; aud that a
gOIp 'vi 'uis oraer be published once a week
Ledger. W " 'n0 memphls
This April Z, 1878.
2-SS-4-O OWEN DWYpp CIo,A
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NOn.Resident Nottce.

No. Sa7S-In the Chancery Court of Shelby
county, Tennessee-G. W. Mueller VS.. Car
oline NJ. Mueller.
1T appearing from affidavit in this c.uso
l. that the defendant, Caroline M. Mueller.
is II NONRESIDENT of the State of Tonnes,
see; 1t is therefore ordered that she make
her appearance herein, at the court-houss
IN. the city. Of Memphis, Tennessee, on ~
before the first Monday in June, 1879, and
bill, or the same will BIO taken for confessed n.
70 her ans set for hearing ex-parte and
that a copy OF this order be- published once n
week Tor Tour successive weeks in the Public
This 10th day Of April, 1879.
A c~Opy-Attest.
r. J, BLACK, Clerk and Master.
BY n. II. MoHENRY, d. G. andM!
Le' \; Lehman, Solicitors for complainant.
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War Relic.


chattanooga Times.
Yesterday when the men were dig
ging about five feet beneath the sur
face, in a culyert on Eighth crossing
Railroad street, a underground shell
was struck by a pick and turned out
of its bed. The she'll is of the general
pattern Of the Rodman field gun, but
was packed at the butt with lead, like
a James, and of percussion instead of
fuse arrangement for exploding. The
missile was once the property of the
Southern C~onfederacy, and was al
NEST certainly shot from a gun on
Lookout Mountain in October or No.
yember, 1868. The distance ON a bee
line from where it vas found to the
top of the palisades at THE Point,
where the Confederate batteries were
stationed, we should guess to be nearly
or quite three miles. 1t was entirely
intact except that the chemical action
of the earth had eaten away the pack
ing at the butt, and thoroughly cor
roded its entire surface. Prof. p. G..
Wilson has this relic at his glass
store.
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NONRESIDENT Notice.

No. SlsS-In the Chancery Court os sha,hv
county, ,Tenn.-Sarah j. Lockw God W.. Ed
win r. Lockwood. N
appearing from affidavit in this cause that
Il the defendant, Edwin r. Lockwood. is n
nonresident Of the State Of Tennessee; It Is
herein, at the courthouse In the eityof Man.
phis, Tenn, on or before the first Monday in
May, 1879, and plead, answer or demur h.
eomplainants bill, or the SANE will be taken
Tor confessed as to him and set for hearing ex-
RsLtei ana that a copy Of this Ordcr be pub
in the Public Ledger.
This Sd day Of April, 1879.
A ~copy-Attest:
nm 4; j BLACK, Clerk and Master.
ny Is. b; MoHENRY, D.. c. and M.
% y y foston, Soils. for complainant.
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NONRESIDENT Notice.

No. Sl4-In the Chaneery Court of sbslbv
county, Tennessee-HeRry Luehrmann et
al. vs.. Charles COrrell OF al.
1 appearing from affidavit in this cause
4 MAJ the defendants, Charles Cornell, IT.
Legler and his wife, Rieke LeeleT. are
non-residents of the State of Tennessas.
It is therefore ordered that they make tbs;r,
appearance herein, at the oourt-house IN
thhe clty Of Memphis, Tennessee, on or before
answer or demur 10 complainapt's biii. p \
same Will be taken for confessed as to them
and set for hearing ox-parte; and that \ eopv
Of THIS order be published once a week for
iopr SUCCESSIVE weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 10th day Of April, 1879.
A cOpy-Attest:
nm r; j BLACK, Clerk and Master.
BY E;B; MCHgSRY, D. G. and nj. ~
y, y; ~ ~ I; Lehman, Solicitors for complainant.
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PvBLIo LEpeEn OFFICE,

MEMPHIS, April 10, 1879.
The leading feature of the financial
market yesterday was a reduction of
interest on all commercial paper by
the Union and Planters Bank to 6 per
cent, the fixed rate heretofore having
been s per cent. This move has been
under consideration for some time
past, and the bank directory, acting
upon it at their regular meeting yes
terday, decided to make the reduction
and announce to the public that from
this date forth only 6 per cent. would
be expected of all bank customers.
The easy condition of the money mar
ket, the volume of idle currency and
the scarcity of solvent borrowers is
the influence tending to cheaper
money, and it is consoling to know
that cash, as well as other articles of
prime necessity, are gradually drifting
to a moderate level. 1t is expected
that all of our local banks, and per
haps insurance companies, will follow
in this reduction of interest measure.
In fact, for a year or more past, while
not openly done, yet prime commercial
paper has been negotiable at 6 per
cent.
AT its regular weekly meeting last
Thursday the London directory of the
Bank of England reduced the regular
discount rates to 2 per cent. This is
as low a rate as the bank has ever
given. From its establishment, in 1894,
to 1874, the fixed interest rate ranged
from 4 to 6 per cent.-never lower,
never higher. In April, 1852, for the
first time, it dropped to 2 per cent,
and remained at it until the close of
that year. Again, in 1862, the rate
was 2 per cent, though it had risen
during the previous ten years to 10 per
cent, and often ranged from Z to s per
cent. The highest was in November
and December, 1851. and again in 1866,
when the 10 per cent. rate was re-
duced. From judy 18th, 1867, to
November 18th, 1868, the rate wa
again 2 per cent. During the summers
of 1871 and 1877 the rates dropped
this low again, rising at times, how
ever, to 7 per cent. The present fixed
rate is an evidence of a large surplus
of unemployed capital and a ~stagnant
or depressed state of trade.
The sale Of government 4 per cents
is yet active among banks with a sup
ply on hand. There is no more offered
by the treasurer at Washington, so the
demand is now only satisfied by the
banks that provided a stock previous
to the closing out at Washington, The
First National Bank, of this city, yes
terday sold $4O9, 600 in one lump to a
customer at par. When Investors seek
with so much avidity to place their
funds in selid securities ranging from
4 to 6 per cent. in annual producing
power il adds to the general testimony
that there is an abundance Of money
to be had for the asking, if solvent
security can be given.
The exchange market is steady with
rates as follows: Cotton bills are taken
for sight on New York and demand on
New England at &c discount. Sight
bills beyond New York lc discount.
Cheeks on New York are ic premium.
On New Orleans &c discount buying
and par selling.
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Tuesday, May O, 1879.
On-Rsaldent Notice.

No. sly X. DIN the Probate Court NJ sbsIhv
county, Iennessee--Georgia Bgyliss' nj.
Im n@bn Of Lizzie Zach, deceased, VS..
1 appearing from the original hill in this
Isn Ga9se, which is swog0 70, that after diiis
beeasno S0ahl ahS INQUIRY, complainant has
peen unable to learn Of any heirs Of tho IN
testate, Li2ate Ieeh, deceased, and knows Of
aaones ana a9s that if any, their places Of resi-.
tSeat nj : unAhoWn, n is therefore ordered
.nGI az persons .eloiming to be heirs of The
Ss,u ueeedent, Lizzie Lach, make their an
PPJSFbSqt C nS herein q the courthouse Of the said
tho FIRST Monday in June, is7e, ma nS : Jgei Sro
swSE OF uemur TO complainant's bill herein,
~ tbe Sme sane wih be taken for confessed as to
mem an9 SGT for hearing ex-parte; and that a
copy OF this order be published once a Week
This April s, 1879. N'us'i'
A copy-Attest:
BY HuGH B. CULLEN, d. C.
&-40-4G.ba P"'""h'-
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The London Standard having stated
that there was no we'll authenticated
case OF a man or woman surviving a
century, a correspondent reminds il
that Canon Beadon, of the English
Church, is still living that he was
ordained in 1901, aud that he must
have been twenty three years of age
then, or he could not have been
ordained.
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Went South Nfter the war

Philadelphia Times.l
The pntamed fiery editor of the
newspaper at Qkolopa, Miss, who is
thanking God that tho South has can
tprcd the National capital and doing
3 great many other things too ridicu-
laus 70 mention, gets no sympathy
from the Southern press. II didn't
occur to him to loavo Ohio aud 20
South and be a Socessionist until a
long time after there had ceased to be
any demand for Seeesslonists.
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The examining surgeon at Agram,
in Austria, recently made the follow.
ing entry in his conscript register in
regard to one of the fresh recruits =:
No. 3l,4ll, six-inch long %prolonga-
ton Of the vertebr@ spinalis, IN
shape somewhat analogous to a two
yeQE-9ld pigs tail with q twist. Very
healthy youth. No Inconvenience
whatever" This should interest Oar
Win
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Tuesday, Mayo. 1879,

IN legal hours, in front Of the courthouse,
Memphis Tenn, proceed 10 sell, to the high
est bidder, ior. cash, the following described
property, tO-wit.
One lot in Fisherville, Tennessee, con
tanning, one acre, more or less, on which l.
situated q brick s%torv-hOuse, and now oecu-
pied by Said defendants, W. d. Ridout x Co.
Levied OF as the property of defendant, W,
and costs.
Memphis, March %, 1879.
p, L. MCGOWAN,
Sheriff of Shelby county, Tenn.
By JONI ii. AIsUP, d. s.
L \ J., Lehman, Atty's for plaintiff.
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
RoATs LEAVING THIS DAY.

boats LEAVING THIS DAY.
Priar's Point, C0shoma. nm
usccola, Osceola Belle, ....... ,,,,,....... pm
White river, Hard ash ....".,,,..,,.... pm
~. Louis, John A.. Scudder. ..... ...,........ pm
st. Louis. City of llolena......... ............5 pm
Cincinnati, Cons Millar..w"--........5 pm
ARRIVED.
Steamer Coahoma, Friar's Point.
Osceola Belle, Osceola.
L. P. Sehenck, New Orleans.
Raven, New Orleans.
DEPARTED.
, Steamer 0Hsohit0 Belle, Vicksburg.
Batesviii6, 81, Francis river.
Dyersburg, DyeFabEFQ,
L. p. Schenck, Cincinnati.
IN PORT.
Cons Millar, Hard Cash, Coahoma,
OSceola Belle, Raven,
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river here rose 5 inches In the
p hours ending at noon, and stands "A
feet above low water mark. At Cairo
it rose 4inches, with 81 feet 4 inches
on the gauge; at st. Louis it declined
6 inches, with II feet 6 inches on the
cause az Pittsburg the decline was 6
inches, With 7 feet 2 inches on the
gauge at Cincinnati I inches, with IL
feet 2 inches on the gauge at Louis
vile / inch, with s feet 3 inches IN the
canal at Evansville It is falling, with
II feet o. the gauge. Cumberland
river tell s inches AT Nashville. with
l6 feet 4 inches on the gauge. Ar
kansas river Succeeding, with less than
4 te9t on the gauge at Little Rock,
White rivSF is receding slowly, with a
good steamboat st9ge Of water from
J%acksonpOrt to the mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Inelcment,
Cold rains.
Dull on the levec.
Another severe storm last night.
The rain retards the handling Of
freights.
The officers Of the packets complain
Of dull times.
The Batesvillo returned to st. Fran.
els river with a good trip.
The Golden City left New Orleans
last evening for Cincinnati.
The D~yorsburg, for Forked Deer
river, had a good showing of freight.
Major John D.. Adams left last
evening for Little Rock by rail.
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srArE OF TESsEssrE, sHEIaY CouSr.

STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELaY COuNrY,O
VfficE COUNTY CoVRr CLRRK,
N. y MEMPHIS, TEyg., April 2, 1877.
10 r. Hughesi administrator Of James A.
Boyd, deceased.
LAYING suggested the insolvency Of the
Il estate Of JaMes A. Boyd, deceased' Won
We hereby ordered to give notice, BY adyer-
tisement IN some newspaper published within
the said State, and also at the cout-house
door OF Shelby county, for all persons having
claims against said estate, 10 appear and ale
the sans With the Clerk Of tho County COME
authenticated IN the manner prescribed bv
law, on or before the 81 day Of October. ISM.
ana any claim not hled ON or before said dav
or before ~ appropriation Of the funds ofsaia
ssta,s Y Waaa saall BE- forever barred, bosk
April, 1879, u
OWEN DWYER, Clara.
BY huaH B. CuLLgE, d. O.
All persons interested viii take uotiee and
govern themselves accordingly. ~
W, b, GLfssoy. Afi,v "n aam
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LE6AL
TECSTEkB SALE Oh IOTN
SRAR raj titS
On street Gar Lime.


R1 virtue Of a trust deed made to John d
Is, 1875, by 5. A.. PrOvine, and nv vis,ns -
decree OF the Chancery Court OF Shslhv
cOunty. tennessee, entered Fehruarv % fe~o
IN d. b. Is, page 4i, by which decree I VS.
appointed trustee in the place Of John b
nosinson, deceased, l will sell at public auc-
NO ~ Madison street, Memphis, Tennessee
On May 8, 1879,
the following real estate in Shelby count,
tennessee, near corporate line OF the Men,
pms IaNing District, 1t being lots lOi, l02. l0g
and lQ beginning at the southeastern corS
her OF original lot Go; thence in a westwardlv
direction along the north line Of Williams
avenue ~ feet to = stake; thence north Wifh
the west line of said lot No. 1O4, $50 feet ~ m
alley IL feet wide; thence eastYardly with the
south line Of said alley 200 feet to the east
me OF said original lot IS; thence soufh
elohg the east line of said original LOT Is. lS0
feet to the beginning. ~
Also lot No. s6, beginning at a point nm fha
south line of Aston street and Oh fast ~ e-une
the east line Of said original lot 65: thence
WestWardly along the line of said Alstos
street on teet 70 a stake; thence south 10 fest
10 an alley; thence east along the north of
s s aiiyy on ieet 70 a stake; thence north $50
feet to the place Of beginning.
The above described lots being snkdiv;s;on,
OF original lot No. IS, as appears on the nian
Burke in 1872.
Default having been made in the navmar,
81 the Indebtedness secured by said trust deed
| make this sale at the request of the benes,
ciary. 'sneh-
Terms Of sale cash, Equity of redemptior
waved and title believed to be perfect, bnf 4
sell and convey only as trustee. a plAtof
the property can be seen at my oiiee. Eo Is
Madison street.
a-5z JAMES H. MALONE, Trustee.
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Cotton.

The market opened this morning
quiet with a moderate demand, which
factors are careless about meeting.
The following were last evenings
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FOR NEW ORLEANS.
CENTENNIAL...".......,. Davidson, master
Monday, April l4th, at 10 am.
G. P. OH0UTEAU -.-. ....T horwegan, master
Wednesday, April 10th, at 10 am.
JAMES HOWARD. johannes O'NeaL. master
Saturday, April 18th, attic am.
Memphis and st. Louis Packet Company-
Anchor Line.
FOR YICKSBURG.
GOLD DUST. .McCOrd, master
Monday, April l4th, at 10 am.
GRAND T0WER-.........L eppox. master
Thursday, April 18th, at 10 am.
JOHN B. MAUDE..--.......Blake, master
Saturday, April 18th, at 10 a. m
Memphis and st. Louis Packet Company-U,
5. Mail-AnehOr Line.
FOR ST. LOUIS.
CITY OF VICKSBURG- .-.......Riley master
Monday, April l4th, at 5 pm.
JOHN A. SGUDDER. Carter. master
Wednesday, April 10th, at 5 IN.
CITY OF HELENA...........MeKee. master
Wednesday, April 10th, at 5 pm.
COLORADO. MePheeters. msstar
Saturday, April 18th, at 5 pm.
For all information apply at Memphis and
y. Louis Packet Company's Wharfboat, foot
Of Monroe street.
AID STORM. Spnar;rtardaDt
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LEGAL.
Shoriff's Sale of Real Estate.

DUBLIC notice ia hereby given that by yir-
i tue off writ Of yenditioni exponas to me
directed from the Honorable Circuit Court Of
shelby county, Tenn, in the case of II. NJ.
Loewenstine ys.W. D. Ridout 4 Co. and W. NJ
Williams Judgment rendered on the 9th day
of May, 1874, for the sum of four hundred and
eighty-ive dollars and seven cents, with in
terest and costs of suit, to satisfy said judg-
ment, ETC., / will, on e
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STEAMBOATS,.

Henry Cooper, master; VIM. Smither, clerk,
WIN leave os above THIS DAY, April 10th,
~ 0 pm. Fer freight or passage apply on
board or to 4. NJ, VINSON, Agent,
No, 4 Jefferson street.
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For White River.
For Et. Frnnnis Rivnr

Regular Semi Weekly Mail Packet. For Ma
Rama, Mittsburg and all points on ST,
Francis River. The light-draught steamer
The daily gazette., 1879-05-17

Romance Of the Frontier.

CAVALRY PRIVATE ELoPING WITH A
WEALTHY MERCHANTS DAUGHTER. .
FORT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Dak., May
8.-While the older civilization of the
Esst is excited over the eccentric tsstes
Of well-bred young women who prefer
for husbands car-drivers and cOachmen
to the men Of more polite position, the
newer and crudsr society of the frontier
hes been enjoying on its own account q
little romantic sensation the end of
which has not yet come. In the Seventh
Cavalry. there Is an enlisted uan, Charles
Mellier, whose good looks have not only
made many Of the laundresses' hearts
hutter, hut have eXerted an influence in
all Of the towns near which his troops
have been stationed. Recently there
came to Bismarck Mr. Frank q. Melville,
q prominent and wealthy merchant of Sc.
Paul, MIMI, and with mm came his
daughter, girl of eighteen, who is
spoken of as quite beautiful in person
and the possessor of many graceful ac-
complishments. Mr. Melville came to
Bismarck to start a -four mill, and while
he was engaged in this occupation his
daughter am,'sed herself with the limit
ed society that the place affords. Every
one knows what a belle an accomplished
girl can be when she is visiting at or nc ar
| a frontier military post, and Miss Mel
vile was not an exception to the we'll
proven rule, for never day passed that
| several young officers did not dismount
| In front of her door. One of these young
men, 1t is generally thought, was serious
| ly smitten and pressed bis suit with much
perseverance. Miss Melville, however,
was not captivated by the glitter of a
shoulder-strap nor died ohevron stay
her free eyes. New Years Eve q ball
was gwen at Carrollton Hall at which,
IN the characteristic Western way, peo-
pie OF many social grades met and
mingled ON the floor.
There Miss Melville met the hand
some Melher, who received so much en-
couragement that he met her secretly
afterwards, and the acquaintance ripen-
ed into an engagement which the other
day eliminated in an elopement to
jamestown, where the couple were mar
ried by the Rev. Mr. Jackson. The an.
nouncement Of the marriage created
more commotIon in the garrison than
many an Indian assault has done, the
men as a rule looking upon the affair
much as Duck Deadeye did upon Ralph
Rdckstrmo's indiscretion, while the of
ficers took somewhat the same view thai
Sir Joseph Porte, did of the fair Josephine,
detection. Melier and his wife return
ed here after the ceremony and the bride
groom WIS properly sent to the guard
house for being "absent without leave
and for conduct preiudicIal to gooc
order and military discipline" Mr. Mel
vile has taken his daughter to st. Paul
but before going he had an interview
with Mellier and, while forgiving him
promised to exert his influence to Sc
cure the discharge of his daughter
husband from the United States service
Whether this can be done or not is al
open qustion, but in the meanwhile
Mellier languishes IN "dungeon cell,
without even telephone privileges,
The daily gazette., 1879-05-17
Foreign Tclcgraphic Summary

Lublin, q fine cid city in Poland, near
Warsaw, which contains the palace Of
John Sobisski, has been partially destroy
cd by fire.--Lord Beaconsfeld. replying
to the Duke Of Argyll's structures on tho
Government, said he was Of opinion that
Russia was anxious to bring about such
a state Of affairs in the East as Great
Britain could assist to stablish.-A Paris
paper announces a change of portfolios in
the French Cabinet. M. lie Roger is to
be the Premier, while M. Waddlngton
will retain the Foreign Afiais.-lt is
probable that the motion OF censure in
troduced ip the House of Commons by
Mr.. Dillwyn, Liberal, on Tuesday last,
will never be debated.-The French
Government is to prosecute Paul de Cas-
sagnac for newspaper attacks on the Gov
ernment.-The Durham strikers are not
satisfied with the arbitration that reduced
their wages and will ask for another in
quiry.-The Beers of the Transvaal have
petitioned England for Independence
A slight eruption is taking place from
Mount Vesuvius.