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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24
First Edition.
2 O'CLOCK, p. n.
BY CABLE.
Search for NlhiIists Among the
Russian Troops in
ROumelia.
Drouth Apprehended in
m 1as1g Brazil. gsJ s
e3t ni1fg8m ellm .lTHds fos4
The Treaty with YakoOba Khan to
I'D bO Signed Monday -.
~ 9l BOA B5G8IHd SO 0t y fiaI
A Bulgarian Prince to Marry a Russian
Hd ,a.iioa Princess, l.tis,r.
3I1Hw TT 7T77---7- iefa8 ~
The Turkish Force in Northern
-
Drouth Apprehended in
s Brazil. gad n
The Treaty with YakoOba Khan to
.sl bo Signed Monday, -.
A Bulgarian Prince to Marry a Russian
.N' ,1,lios Princess, l.s5a
The Turkish Force in Northern
"a Bsim Macedonia. e.

PHILIPPoPoLIs, Maya. 4Gen. Staley
has ordered a search for the Nihilists
who are reported to be working among
the Russian troops in Roumelia,R n4.
Rio JANEIRO, 4 May A-4A recur-
renee of the drought in the providence
of Ceara Brazil is feared. bas 4ssb.5
LoNDoN, May 4,-A correspondent
at Simla says that the treaty with
Yakooba Khan will probably be signed
Monday next. 1.1g1lslal iu8 90 lG
A Berlin correspondent says: 1t is
stated that Prince Alexander, of Bull
garia, will shortly marry Princess JUS
sepof, a Russian heiress. m .f.
1t is said that Austria intends very
shortly to occupy the Nayi Bazar in
accordance with Austro- Turkish con-
vention. nosu.doH rfgj .ysd
A dispatch from Vinna reports the
Turkish force concentrated in North
ern Macedonia is estimated at thirty
eight battaliOns. Macedonia is so far
pacifed that the bulk of these troops
is available for Eastern Roumelia in
case of need. Hoisi8b si loll
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24

The Little Rock Gazette is kind
enough to say The Memphis PUB-
Lie LEDGER pays as much attention
to Arkansas news as though it were
published in this State. In this il
stands alone, being the only paper
east of the long river that gives our
interests so much space. We are glad
10 learn that Mr.. Harvey Mathes,
ditOr Of the LEDGER, will be present
iat the meeting of the Press associa-
tiOn at Pine Bluff, and that he will
give us a call on his way thither. Mr..
Mathes is one of the cleverest of gen
tlemen and the LEDGER one of the
best Of papers,"
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CONGRESS-
An All-Night Session in the
5.sm House.
The Sergeant-a Arms Searching
for Absentees.
The Republicans FilibuStering to
Defeat Warmers Silver Bill. %
Wild and Ridiculous Conduct at Daylight
this Morning.

WASHINGTON, May 24,-HousE--
The usual scenes attending an all
night session we're enacted last night.
At one o'clock the sergeant-at-arms
was ordered to arrest all absentees, but
at three o'clock no report had been
made by him, which called forth the
remark by Mr. Conger THAT perhaps
the absentees had captured the ser
geant-at-arms and it might be well to
call out the troops, " t
AT 3:2O the speaker stated that he
had received the report Of the ser
geat at arms that that officer had
visited the residences of twenty.eight
absehtecs, most of whom could not be
found. Some were sick and the re-
mainder were not in the city. Laugh
teri si0.I roi1stIwos b
Mr.. Atkins inquired if there was
any rule of the house which could re.
woke all pairs. 90 oae b.goF a
The speaker replied that there wa.
not, inasmuch as no rule recognized
pairs. .l.s drii Iaiism I5nto u
Mr.. Hatch asked leave to offer a
resolution reyoking all pairs, but Mr.,
Van Yorhies objected. 'HldBeb
At 4am. Mr.. Weaver, speaking fol
the center, proposed that a vote now
be permitted upon the Ryan amend
ment and that then the previous ques-
tion be understood at second upon
the bill. a1sd boa Irs.yI.L .
Messrs, Hurd and WILDER objected
AT AIS am a report was received
from the sergeant-at,arms communi.
eating the names Of absentees who
were too sick to be present. 50 pt um
Mr.. Sparks moved that all proceed
ings under the call be dispensed with
that the new call might be ordered
This motion being agreed to Mr.
Sparks moved that there. be new
call Of Che house. Agreed to. oi
Mr.. Hurd rising to the question o.
privilege, said he had been charged
by his colleague (McMah0n) with
making a misstatement when he sale
there were twenty hard money Demo
cratsii in the house. He desired t.
say he chad spoken the truth, but cries
OF regular order from the Demo
cratic side prevented Mr.. Hnrd from
continuing. 90 lrliIoo5a ir..iua9i 3
Mr.. Hurd's purpose iu rising was tC
verify his statement ip regard to the
number Of hard money Democrats
for that purpose he had prepared th,
4 following list of names, owhom yht
! placed in that category Messrs
Hps@, Morrison, Bliss, McLane, +
Wood, Gibsgp, Kimmcl, Deuster
Ross, Poehler, Martin of Delaware
o. Brien, Covert, Lonsdon, Clark, O
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24

THE sensible view of the negro
exodus has taken possession Of the
Southern people generally, and now
they say almost unanimously, Let
them CO. This was the LEDdER's
proposition from the start. A humor-
GUS planter at Holly Springs recently
said to a correspondent of the Boston
Herald: Let EN- go. We Of this
State can afford to lose 200, 600 ofe EN-.
We want white immigrants in their
places. lam willing to stand my share
to let our Republican opponents in
the North see how they like ninhux
of the negro. | will be one of one
thousand men to give fifty dollars a
piece annually to send negroes to
Massacbusett Stree. When they get a
hundred thousand there the whites
will all join the Democratic party
Also try the same thing in Vermont
give EN- fifty thousand negroes andeyen
Vermont would cease to bo a Repub-
lican State" There was truth 10
this as well as humor, yet the South
ern whites look upon this subject as a
matter of business, not politics, while
a class of our Northern brethren look
upon it, solely as a question Ofpolitics,
which they hope will result in injury
to the South and benefit in some midi
rect way to themselves. The welfare
of the negro they do not consider or
care for. Those who have gone to
Kansas are suffering for food and
shelter even in the summer time, and
have to dig holes in the ground to get
out of the boiling sun. What
will their condition be when winter
sets ia and snow falls on them from
one to three feet deep, and they have
neither provision nor fuel ? They do
not seem to look this far ahead. The
idea OF free rations for the present is
sufficient to induce some of them to
abandon their homes and go off to a
strange country where they will find
precious little O sympathy after
ali. 1t is useless to talk to
those who are determined to go,
and it is very safe to say those most
anxious to go are the most ignorant
and uselew of vagrants and can be
we'll spared, Their places can be
filed by thrifty people, both white
and black, who will introduce new
methods of agriculture, economy and
improvement. tlle nt
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FORT SMITH.
Arrival Of Boat From the Upper
.Ui Arkansas River.

LITTLE Rock, May 24.-The
steamer Cherokee arrived at Fort
Smith from Arkansas City, Kansas,
with full cargo of wheat. The river
above is reported as low, but navigable
by small boats. The Fletcher could
have gone through had she been a
week earlier. Twenty thousand bush.
els of wheat will come down from Ar
kansas City on the June rise.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24

We are pleased to notice that Col.
NJ. G. Gallaway, senior editor Of the
Appeal, has been elected to deliver an
address on the occasion Of the fifteenth
anniversary of the decoration of the
graves of the soldiers of Forests
command who fell in action at Brice's
Cross Roads on the 10th of June,
1864. Colonel Galloway served ON
General Forests staff greater part
Of the war, and this is fitting recog-
milton of a brave, modest gentleman,
who has faithfully served the South
in war and in peace and claimed
none Of the rewards that usu-
ally fall to the lot Of great
leaders. He is not an orator in
the popular sense OF the word The
methods of journalism are so utterly
at variance with those of the stump
speaker that to be good editor is a
strong argument that a man cannot be
much of speaker. The two char
acters are rarely combined in one man,
unless he comes frOm-well, say Lon
donderry or Cork. But Col. Galloway
can grace the occasion and touch the
hearts of his old comrades with words
that will burn into their memories and
make the occasion one to be remem-
berad.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24
ST.LOUIS.
Murder Added to the Crime of a
Terrible Outrage.
Bad News From the Indian Territory

ST, LOUIS, May 24.-Advices from
Taborville, Mo-, say maq named
Mcmahon, who has been working fol
Mr.. Ellis, a well-knOwn farmer near
there, raped grOwn-upa daughter Of
Mr.. Ellis, Thursday night last and
then fed. Ellis as sson as he learned
what had happened seized gun and
started in pursuit of McMahon but
failing to find him returned.
When near his home Mcmahon
sprang upon him from his place Of
concealment, wrestled the gun frem
him and shot him dead. Great ex-
citement prevailed throughout the
neighborhoOd, and a large party OF
citizens started to hunt for tbs ravish
er and assassin, and if found quick
justice will be meeted out to him in
the shape of a halter
Information has been received from
the Indian Territory to the effect that
apart of the Canadian river valley in
the Chickasaw Nation is infested with
lawless white men who are depre,
dating on the property of Indians and
violating their personal rights, and if
the government does not protect the
Indians and put a stop to the unlawful
invasion there will be very serious
trouble. '9
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24
Rank Stateuent

New YORK, May 24.-Loans,
increase, S3,188,9OO; specie increase,
S38,5OO; legal tenders decrease, 1885,.
600; deposits increase, 5000, LOO
circulation increase, Sill 200; reserve
decrease, s5,O77,72a; banks now hold
g, ,25O,9OO in excess of legal require
ments.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24

WE have found him-a man who
owns up that he came to Memphis to
hear Beeoher's lecture and had NO
other business. The editor Of the
Somerville Falcon in the course of a
column editorial says:
We had no other business in the city,
and although we are a Southerner and a
Democrat, we have no hesitancy in con-
Tossing that we went to the Bluff City for
the sole purpose of seeing and listening to
one of the greatest orators of the Ameri-
can pulpit. We speak of him as one Of
the greatest orators among American
ministers. Before we heard him we
thought him to be such, and since we lis
tened to the lecture at the Exposition
building we have no reason for exchang-
ing our opinion of him as a speaker, or
ofthe powerful intellect of the man.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24

New ORLEANS, May "a, ll.30a.m.-
Cotton irregular and nothing doing.
Middling l2bc. Receipts, 249 bales.
Stock, IS, S,498 bales.
GALVESTON, May 24.-Cotton is
nominal middling, 1899. Sales,
nominal, Receipts, 228 bales, Stock
5792 bales. .
LIVERPOOL, May "a, 1915 pm
Cotton opened fat, irregular, and
I'D lower. Uplands, 6 15-l6d; Orleans,
6 l5-l6d. Estimated sales, 5000 bales !;
for export, 1000 bales. Reeeipta, none
Futures opened with buyers Offering
I'd less, as follows; Deliveries for
May aud June, 6 29-32@6Id; June
and July, 6 1916, 6 29-32@6Rd july
and August, z, 6 31-32@6 l5.l6d |;
August and September, Z 1-16@7a ;
September and October, Tl-l6@7
l-32d October and November, Gi@
6 ll-I6d. ai
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24
kim Of Hearts.

NHlS young stallion was BY Henry Nam.
4 hgipo, end he By Membrino,Ohiof BE- Tue
sFe ~ lady Thorn, Clark Chief, WoQdford
membrino's dam was BY Pilot, Jr. Ho va
the sire OF Miss Russell, she the dam of me
great Maud S. sold . Mr.. W. II. Vandesbilf
IN 1878 for 81 900 cash, and had a record ai
three years old ot 2;ll3a. The Kings dau. was
an InEomar saddle horse.
Twill permit this young stallion 10 berve t40
twepty mares during the present season Al n
stable, No. AZ adams street. so for ths ~.
SON ia guaranteed. JOHN DUNN
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24

WASHINGTON, May A.-For Ten
nessee aud the Ohio valley falling,
precededin the former by rising bar
ometer, increasing southeast to south
west winds and warmer, cloudy wealth
er, probably followed by local rains.
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F0reign Iiems.

CAPE Town, May San advance
on Zulu will begin in few days. Col.
Wood will take the offensive directly
Lord Chelmsford reaches Kambula
hill, where he is daily expected.
ROME, May 24.-The pope is slight
ly indisposed, 'i
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24
ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL.

MEMPHIS. May "a.
Sales of cotton in this market to.
day were 90 bales, all to spinners.
The market closed quiet middling,
l2Bc. The New York market at
pm, for spots. was dull and irregul
lar; middliug, 13c. Futures at $40
pm. were steady at from ! to 90 points
higher than at the close last evening
The New Orleans market at 2 pm.
was irregular at l25c for middling.
Sales, 300 bales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24

New York. May "a, l:35 PM
Cotton opened unsettled, nominal and
lc lower to sell now dull and irregu-
lar at a decline Of &c. Ordinary,
II 9,16c good ordinary l2 5-l6c !;
low middling, ~ ll-l6e; middling,
l3c; good middling, l3 A-16; middling
fair, l44o fair, lot. Futures opened
this morning weak and 80 points be-
low last nights close, now steady
at Is to % points higher than opening
prices, as follows Deliveries for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24
Tennesseeans Taken In.

New York Herald.l f-lmlE tTlnia1r
Adam Little and j. II. Blackburn,
of Liberty, DeKalb county, Tenn,
came to this city in answer to an ad.
yertisement, and, as is alleged, ppr-
chased $4,000 worth OF counterfeit
bills. These were, so they were told,
placed in box, aud one of the sellers
went with them to Jersey City TO
2eliver the valuable package and col.
lect 1910 after the purchasers had
embarked on the train The mans
appearance was not liked by Detectives
Francis and Boyle, who saw him in
the jersey City depot Of the Pennsyl-
vania road. The three entered a car,
and AZ the transfer was being made
were arrested The box was opened
aud was found to be partly filed with
peas and a sqhare package. en the
upper side of which was y bill aud
on the lower side I n BIZ, The
package contained sawdGgt Inc man
who sold il is registered as Charles
Williams, Of this city. -.-''''' '''
The actress Modjeska sailed fer
Europe last Thursday. Her husband
has filed declaration that he intends
10 become an American citizen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24

Twenty-Five years ago Missouri
boy left his home aud started out to
become President Of the United
States, He got as far as Cincinnati.
The same boy is now man, and is
also one Of the best shoemakers in the
Ohio State prison.
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For Sale.

A STEAM Gre engine In sood o,as, "a
"a inch saw, Mandral frame ana traSl. -
better than new one, old hpilder1' mnfiriel
iron shutter, sash doors, mantols. srsfss
and store doors. Apply 10
oz-St JOHN REID, Builder, s96 Second a
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Latest Market Reports.
NEW YORK.

ra ..l. NEW YORK. .
New YORK, May "a. 4.-Money 3a4.
Sterling S7i@873. Bar silver ll0s.
Subsidiary silver coin discount.
Governments are firm. Railroad Sc
eurities are active. State bonds are
dull. Stocks irregular.
assn ..I CINCINNATI.
F, CINCINNATI, May A.-Flour firm.
Wheat, easier, at $1.O5@1.10. Corn
aud oats, firm and unchanged. Whis-
ky firm, and nominally $l.0l. Pork
is unchanged. Lard 6rm-sales of
prime steam Bulk meats are firm
shoulders, BIC; short ribs AGO bid
short clear, 4.SO. Bacon firm and
unchanged.
lgsf ~-a5lIc sr. LOUIS. EH l0
90 ST. LOUIS, May 24.-Flour un,
changed. Wheat dull aud lower; No.
2 red, 81 l3. Corn dull aud lower, at
359353e. Oats lower at 3l@30sc.
Whisky steady at $l,03, Pork quiet
at $40 delivered, Dry salt meat dull /;
IN car lots, clear ribs, 4.62!@470, out
side, delivered. Bacon quiet-olear
ribs, 5l5 , clear, $50. Lard nominal.
Hogs lower-New Yorks and Balti-
mores, 33O@360; smooth and heavy,
3. 1902 30
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-07-23
Don't Believe in Advertising.

The man who says he doesn't believe
in advertising is doing just what he
deprecates. He hangs coats outside of
the door, or puts dry goods in his win
dows = that's advertising. He has
printed cards lying on his counter
that's advertising. He sends out drum
mers through the country, or puts his
name on his wagon-that's advertising.
He labels his articles.or his manufactures
that's advertising. If he has lost his
cow, he puts a written notice in the post
office, or tells his sister-in-law, and that's
advertising too. He has his name put
up in gilt letters over the door-what is
that but advertisingP He paints his
shop green or red; or if tailor, he
wears the latest style; if doctor, he
has his boy call him out of church, in
haste; if an auctioneer, he bellows to
attract the attention of passers-by; if a
heavy merchant, he keeps huge pile OF
boxes on his sidewalk in front of his
store--and all for advertising.
A man can't do business without ad-
vertising, and the question is whether to
call to his aid the engine that moves the
world-the printing press-with its
thousands of messengers working night
and day, the steam engine adding to Its
repeating capacity untold power and
miraculous speed; or, rejecting all these,
to go back to the days when newspapers,
telegraphs and railroads were unknown
Printers Gazette.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-07-23
SehoolboY RIunders.

The Lyon County (Nev. } Times, writing
of the ludicrous mistakes at a recent
school examination there, says: AL
though the replies indicated reason
ably high degree of proficiency among
the scholars, some ludicrous mistakes
were made.
A boy was told to correct the follow
ing sentence: milo began to lift tie
OK when he was calf" The reply
was: milo, when he was an OK, began
TO lift the calf"
A little boy was asked: "What are
the principal minerals in Nevadap" He
replied, without the least hesitation:
"Gold, silver and troutN
To the question, How would you go
from New York to San Francisco by
waterp" boy in the same department
replied promptly, and with the utmost
assurance: "By boat!"
Another scholar in the same class
being asked, why do we celebrate the
Fourth of Julyp" answered unhesitat-
ingly: Because three Presidents died
on that day"
A boy in the high school, having been
required to give the plural of two,
answered: "Threer' and resumed his
seat with self-satisfied air.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-07-23
Desperate Fight with a Mad Doq.

Near Gold Greek, Faulkner county,
Ark and about seven miles from the
railroad, lives man named Rhea. a
farmer. One Mondaylevening, not long
ago, while Rhea and his wife were sitting
in front of their door, two dogs jumped
over the fence and ran under the house.
Presently terrific bowling and fighting
began, and continued for some time,
when at last one of the dogs darted out,
leaped over the fence, and ran away.
The other dog, a large brindle of de-
cidedly ugly tyLe, followed as tar as the
fence, but stopped, turned around, and
started toward Rhea with its mouth half
open. Rhea picked up an old churn
dasher, and as the dog sprang at him
struck the beast on the head. Stunned
for moment, the animal recoiled, but
only for moment, for it sprang again
before Rhea had time to prepare himself
Rhea grappled the dog by the throat and
held its mouth as tar away as possible,
and desperate struggle began. The
dogs eyes glared and its mouth emitted
the froth peculiar to hydrophobia. Mrs.
Rhea ran into the house and soon re-
turned with a case-knife, which she
handed to her husband. The blunt
pointed and dull-edged weapon went
time and again against the animals
throat without drawing blood or LESSEN
ing its fury. The strong grasp of the
man kept its teeth away, but such a grip
could not last long. Again the woman
entered the house, and this time returned
with shotgun. Cooking itand rushing
up to the floundering dog, she placed the
muzzle close to the animals flanks and
fired. There was seemingly additional
glare of the eyes, but no sound. The
gun was again fired and the animal fell
dead
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-07-23
HYDE PARK VT. WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 1879

"Ah, then, I can't let you go. must
wake up the house and get a policeman. y
Hold on. think | have little q.
"Will you lend me someP"
"How much do you want?-.
Fifty dollars, and / assure YOU on
my word OF honor I'll return it to YOU
as soon as | get a remittance from
home"
The man offered to lend him twenty,
but Fred insisted upon having fifty or
none at all. So, after deal of talking,
the man reluctantly drew roll of bills
from his pocket, counted out fifty dol
lars, and handed them to Fred, who
scrutinized them carefully.
"Umph! they seem good. Now you
may go. and don't let me catch you here
again. When I'm ready to return it I'll
put an advertisement in some paper to
that effect"
The man sulkily left the room, Fred
politely lighted him down stairs, closed
the hall door after him, and went to bed.
In the morning ne settled Mrs. Jack
sons claim and commenced study in
good earnest.
He has now one of the best practices
in New York.
Fred put the promised advertisement
in the paper several times, but as no one
came forward to claim the borrowed
money, harded it over to a charitable
society in that city.
"Itwas hardly the thing" Fred thinks
sometimes, for the robber to have been
robbed"
What do you think, readerP
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-07-23
What Energy Accomplished.
Vt do you think, readerP

The following narrative of a two
years work by Mrs. E. S. Sargent
shows what woman with brains and
energy may do:
She and her husband, barber, left
Bangor tor Colorado about two years
ago, and when the great rush for Lead
vile began they left Denver and fol-
lowed the tide. Arriving at Leadville,
the prices for shelter were so great that
they constructed cabin out of sheeting,
and in front put out signs inviting GUS
toners to each of their occupations.
In the rear portion Mrs. Sargent car
ried on the dressmaking business, and in
the front her husband piled his trade
They prospered fairly, and in their spare
time, with their own hands, chopped
trees and prepared logs for new resi-
dence.
Before their joint work began to bear
them living and comfortable income
the husband, consumptive, died, leav-
ing the wife to fight the battle of life
alone. How well fitted she fortunately
was for the work is attested to-day by
her possessions.
She invested her earnings in the pur-
chase of lots, then very cheap, and in
erecting thereon small houses, which
were in demand and at high rates of
rent.
By this means her invested capital
soon came back to her, doubled and
quadrupled, and to-day she is the owner
ofseven houses and lots in various parts
of the city.
The rent coming to her from these es-
Establishments aggregates very hand
some sum, and places the plucky little
woman on the highway to wealth. In
addition to this property she owns
controlling interest in q mining claim,
which is liable any day to make her
bonanza queen.
She is still carrying on the dressmak-
ing business, which has become large
and profitable, besides having hand
some income for her superintendence of
Frankie & Buffers Palace of Fashion,
her skill and taste in this line making
her services very valuable. .