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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29
"wednesday, nh nay Of june, 1879,

the real estate mentioned and described in
SAID decree as follows, tO-wit:
Situate on Shelby street, city of Memphis.
Shelby county, Tennessee, thus described:
On the east side Of Shelby street, being 4 part
Of block ~ Of said city, the same conveyed
by Frances Shoemaker to said Fannie A.
TOmeny, dated April Is, 1856, and duly regis
tered, bounded as follows: Beginning AT a
stake on the east side of Shelby street one
hundred and fifty $50 feet from the north
east intersection of Huling and Shelby streets:
thence nearly east and parallel with Huling
street one hundred and ninety $50 feet 10 n
a-foot alley; thence nearly south and paral-
lei with Shelby street seventy-fve (76) feet 10
2 stake; thence west ON q line parallel with
Huling street one hundred and ninety 100l
feet to a stake on the east line Of Shelby
street; thence north with said east line Of
Shelby. street seventy-fve (75) feet to the
beginning. =
Terms Of Sale-Ten thousand dollars cash,
balance in twelve and twenty-four months.
purchaser giving notes bearing interest Al si2
per cent, per annum for the balance, and a
lien retained on the property to secure the
payment Of said notes.
jackson, Tenn, May %, 1879.
JOHN n. FREEMAN, Clerk.
U * P0sTOH, Solicitors. 71-99
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N-on-Raslhnnf llnilnn-

No. $50 II. DIN the Probate Cont NJ Shelby
county, Tennessee-Frances finds et al. We.
Caroline Bridgeforth ct 1I.-Bil for par
titiOn. F
I appearing from the original bill in this
i cause, which is sworn to, that defendants
garoline BridgeiOrth, T. o.. Bridgeforth,
Jerry bridgetaElh, Sallie Bridgeforth and
Vharles Buchanan, heirs at law of Sarah A.
MMurrahA deceased, are non-residents Of tho
STATE OF Tennessee; ii is therefore ordered
that they make their appearance herein
az the courthouse of our said Probate
Court In Memphis, Tennessee, on or before
tho first Monday in July, 1879, and plead,
answer or demur to conf lainant's bill, or
the same will DO taken for confessed as TO
them and set for hearing .ex-parte; and that q
copy Of this order be published once a week
for four success 40 weeksin the Public Ledger.
This May 8, 1879.
A ~eOpy-Attest:
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
by HUGH B. CULLEN, D. @.
Greer \ Adams, Soils. for complainant
bQ-k6-7I-7I 4
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COMMERCIAL.
PUBLIC LEDGER 0FPToE, |
MEMPHIS, May ~, 1872,

- AA1a aAAJ ~ " J
There appears to be a hardening
tendency in the money markets of
Eastern cities within the past three or
four days, but in this city no change
is reported. The situation is easy,
with currency in large supply. Mer-
camille paper scarce and in demand,
and discount rates steady at 6 per
cent.
Exchange rates are steady at par
buying for bills without grace on the
East, and Bc discount for sight on
points beyond New York. Drafts on
the latter point sell at &c premium.
New Orleans rates steady at par sell
ing and lc discount buying.
Government 4 per cents closed in
New York last night at 1923, a decline
Of ] yesterday and a fall of { within
two days. A round lot sold between
dealers here a couple of days since at
1881. The stock on hand in this mar
ket is light, and several who recently
dealt literally in them have closed
ont. The available supply in Eastern
cities is also reduced to a few millions.
Very limited movement is reported
in local stocks and securities, holders
generally being content to await ex-
pected dividends and not specu-
late at present. Quotations are as
follows: County warrants range
from 50 to SOC buying and selling
Memphis Fire and General Insurance
stock, GA to &c; fernando do, s124.25
Bluff City do, II Union and Planters
Bank stock, los bid old city bonds.
% new do, 40 Mississippi and Ten
nessee, first mortgage bonds, us
second do, 92; Memphis gas bonds
SO; do stock offered at 80. III
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For 81. Francis River.
LEGAL.
Attachment Notice,


Before j. NJ. Coleman, J, p. Rr Shelby coun-
~, Tenn.-F. A. White Il Co, n firm COM
posed Qf y. NJ. White. H.. II. White, James
Naang aud j. w. Caldwell, VS.. .. II. Alien,
IN this cause an attachment having been
sued out under section Sl55 Of the Code al
Tennessee, and returned :" levied upon the
property Of the defendant, and affidavit
having been made that the defendant IS
indebted 10 the plaintiffs in the sun oi
S60.2a, due by note, and that the claim Is
Just, and that the defendant IS q non-resi-
dent of the State of TenneesVe; u is therefore
ordered that said defendant make his person.
al appearance hsiore me ON the LIST DAY oil
July, 1879, at NJ O'clock an, at my ogaeo, No,
2i Front street, Memphis, Tennessee, and do
fond said attachment suit within tho tims
prescribed by law, or the same will be pro,
eeeded with ex-parte; and that a copy Of !hi.
in the Public Ledger.
This the 9th day of May, 1879.
T5-@-7.93 jim, COLEMAN, IP,
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JAMES H.. MALONE, Attorney. if' sSosi
In the Supreme Court OfTenaes-
see, at jackson.

r, C. Brinkley VS.. j. M. Tomeny Ell AL. and
Jane Lawrence VS.. Fannie A. Tomeny al al.
by virtue Of the decree pronounced by the
" supreme Court OF Tennessee, at jackson,
n this cause, June 8, 1873, and renewed May
10, 1873, | will offer for sale to the Highest
bidder, In front Of the premises, in the oity
Of Memphis, Tennessee, on
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Tuesday, juno IO. Is7a.

at the southwest corner Of Main and Madison
streets. in the Taxing District Of Shelby
county, Tenn, lately the city Of MemphIS.
between the hours Of 70 o'clock noon and
o'clock pm, sell 70 the highest bidder for
cash, the following described real estate, situ-
ate, lying and being In the county Of Shelby
and state Of Tennessee, to.wit, Lot No II
OF block No, II, Of the Brinkleyahd Snowdan
subdivision Of part Of division No. 7, OF the
John Rice grant, beginning at a point on the
north line Of Winter street, one hundred and
twenty feet west Of the west line of Brinkley
avenues runs thence west with the north il ne
Of Winter street sixty feet TO a stake; thence
n~orthwardly in a line parallel with Brinkley
avenue one hundred and fifty feet 10 a stake:
thence east in Q line parallel with Winter
street sixty feet to a stake; thence SOUTH
wardly in a line parallel with Brinkley we
ming.
The equity Of redemption is waived. The
title. has been examined and approved, Lut /
shall sell and convey as trustee only. Lot IL
improved with cottage of four rooms. kitchen.
servants room, stable, etc.
JAMES w. CROKER, Trustee.
NJ. B. TREZEyANf, Atty.
II. l.. GuIoS, A~uctioneer. n 66-sT.
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A negro preacher described hell as
Ice cold, where the wicked froze to
all eternity, Asked why, he said
cause ! don't dare tell dem people
muffin else. Why, if say hell is
warm, same of dem old rheumatic
piggers be waptin' to start down der
de very fps' fros'."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

NDER and by virtue Of the terms of a
~ certain deed of trust executed 10 ,JohS
a. Holt, trustee, who is now deceased, dated
November 2, 1875, duly recorded in BookIO9,
at page l04, OF the Registers Office Of Shelby
county, Tenn, the Indebtedness secured
thereby being past due, l, James W. Crook
or, haylng been duly appointed successor of
thereby vested with the title to the land con-
veyed in said deed of trust, and empowered
TO enforce its terms, will, as such succeeding
trustee, at the request Of the beneficiary. an
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Cotton.

The market opened this morning
quiet and nominal, the inactivity being
due to the depressed state of other
markets and the short stock of unsold
cotton here. The following were last
evenings closing Ifr
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Nancy N. Scott VS.. j. Cummings Johuson
ct al.
IN pursuance of the decree pronounced In
i this cause by the Supreme Court OF Ten
nessee, az Jackson, on the 2lst day of April,
1917, l VIII otter for sale TO the highest bidder.
in front of the cOurt-houseO Of Shelby county
in the city of Memphis, ON
Wednesday, Ilth Day of June, 1879,
the real estate mentioned and described in
said decree as follows:
Lying and being In the county of Shelby.
and State OF Tennessee, in range 7, section 3.
OF the Eleventh. surveyors district, being
part OF entry 393 in the name of Edwin Hick-
man, for 5000 acres, and bounded as follows:
beginning at an elm on the east side of a 40
foot alley in the west boundary Of a 200 acra
tract of land purchased by George L., Holmes
Of John b; Rogers and Jesse fsler; thence
south ) chains and IS links to a stake; thenea
south l' west 10 chaing and 81 links to a stake
in the center of the Memphis and German
town turnpike road; thence with the oepter
OF said road south 6112' east l6 chains and 80
links; thence ia cast 81 chains and H links
TO a stake with black and red oak pointer:
thence west q chains and so links TO the be.
ginning, excepting and excluding therefrom
the IA acres conveyed by &c. johnson and
wife, Lizzie +. johnson, 10 GEORGE w. Fisher
by deed dated August 10, $500, and registered
in the registers Office Of Shelby county, Ton
neSssee, in Book ", part lst, pages 9O2 and sos.
Terms OF Sale-Said property will be sold on
u credit of seven "a months with interest.
purchaser 20 execute note, with approved
security, Tor the purchase money, and n lien
retained on the land TO secure the payment az
the purchase money, Equity Of redemption
barred.
Jackson, Tom, May q, 1879,
JOHN IL, FREEMAN, Clerk.
ESTES 4 JACKSON, Solicitor. n 40
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MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS.
Very warm.
Dusty on the wharf.
Levee rats seek the shade.
Little hustle on the landing.
Exceedingly dull in river circles.
A siege of low water is anticipated.
No arrivals at New Orleans yester-
day.
Planters in the bends are busy and
hopeful.
The City of Alton arrived at New
Orleans to. day from St. Louis.
The Maumelle has gone to the bank
aud will rest awhile.
The Coahoma, for the lower coast,
had another good trip out last night.
The Florence Meyer has laid up at
Cincinnati.
The Grand Lake and barges passed
down this morning for New Orleans.
The Natchez leaves New Orleans
Saturday evening next for Cincinnati.
The w. p. Halliday and Annie p.
Silver arrived at st. Louis yesterday
| from New Orleans.
The Vipt Shinkle for Memphis and
Golden City f6s New Orleans left Gin
cinnati last evening.
The Golden Rule for Cincinnati and
Belle Of Shreveport for st. Louis left
New Orleans last evening.
Captain Bees Pritebard, skipper o.
the Mauwelle, will return to bis home
at Little Rock this evening by rail.
The j. W. Gaf. en- roate from
Memphis to Cincinnati. passed Evans.
vile last nigt at IL o'clock.
The 0sceola Belle returned to tn,
upper coast with a good showing o
ReigAt and people.
The John 4. Maude left st. Loui.
last evening for Nieksbprg and leaveI
here Saturday morning az IN O'Clock
Tba Mary Houston, bound for New
Orleans, lcfl Evansville yesterda.
noon and leaves hAgs tomorrow noon
Mr.. Richard Brannen, t,e popula
steEard of the Hard Cash, Left las
evening by rail for New Orleans.
The Cons Miiiep. for Memphis, an,
} Thomas Sherlock, fqF &eg Orleans
ieaye Cincinnati Saturday next.
ME Ley Hajarey, late mate Of th
} Charles Morgan game out this trip a
second mate on the Golden iity.
! Captain Ed Postal has gone to Mel
Orleans to look after the raft Of hmbe
laken out Of White river by the Ira
def.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

Father Giovanni, the famous Italian
tenor, has become immensely fat, and
continues to draw wonderful crowds
70 the Roman churches whenever he
sings. 20 keep him in the church and
from accepting the offers of operate
managers, it is said that he has been
given o more than priRcely salary,
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Trustee,u sale.


PY virtue of the powers conferred upou Ee-
- bert Woodbridge aud his successor N
once as treasurer aud trustee, By a deed Of
trust made by Frank s.. VanHorn and Eliza
beth Is, VanHorn, his wife, dated May %,
lSl3, and recorded in Book No. IS, page 1888,
of the Registers Office Of Shelby county, 10
secure the payment Of = certain indebtedness
tully set forth in said deed, default having
been made in Tho terms and conditions
thereof, the undersigned successor to the said
H. W o@ldfidge as treasurer and trustee, WILL
On Saturday, June rs. 1879,
at 10 o'clock am, in front Of the Planters
Insurance Building, No. 50 Madison street. IN
Memphis, Shelby county, sell ut public auc-
tiOn TO the highest bidder, for cash, the fol-
lowing described real estate, situated In the
late city Of Memphis, in said county, to-wit (:
Lot number five in Mr.. Martha Alston's
subdivision Of lots near the southeast corner
Of lauderdale and Jackson streets, said lot
No. s fronting so 20 100 feet on the east side Of
Lauderdale street, and running back l61 t0-iOO
feet on the north line aud l5I &-l0 feet oo
the south line 10 the east boundary line N
said lot, which Il 60 feet In length. All 1ehl
Of redemption, etc., expressly waived, Tiflo
believed TO be good, but l sell and eonvey
Amos WOODRUFF, Trustee.
! WI HAMPTON, Attorney, TiW
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

A Tennessee Judge deserves the
thanks Of unmarried ladies. He has
decided that woman is not an old
maid until she is thirty Eve,
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JOSIE HARRYS
Special Notice.

DY mutual agreement of the ~
ID undersigned, the steamer h<EikSuAnH
HARD CASH withdraws from ~
the White river trade on May 2lst, and re-
sumes again on July 9TH; the steamer JOSIE
HARRY withdraws on July 18th, and resumes
on August SOth, thus equally dividing tho
dull season and giving each boat an Opportu-
nifty to make necessary repairs.
STEAMER HARD CASH,
u. @, Postal, master.
STEAMER JOSIE HARRY,
Git III. r. Harry, master.
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ftEoAL.



by virtue. Of the powers conferred un.- II
~ Z. doodlett, trustee, and IT. succersev IN
once, As trustee BY a deed Of 8usf nade 4
Mary A.. Field, dated March q. 1Me "a
recorded IN Book No. l2s, pane oil ~ Il
REGISTERS Office OF Shelby county Ia saenre
certain indebtedness fully set forth nnd5s-
seribed therein, default having been mads n
the terms and conditions thereof me nnds--
signed successor in Office to the said Il
GOodlett, as trustee, will, on
Saturday. 7th Day of June, 1879.
az y o'clock M, at the southwest corner Of
Main and Madison streets, in Memphis, Shell
BY county, Tennessee, sell at public auction
70 the highest bidder, for cash. the following
described real estate. lying in Shelby coanty,
Iennesseei and near the city Of Memphis.
and described as being partlot No. 1 of lot O.'
Kenneth Jarrett subdivision, beginning ~
stake in the center Of Old RaleiQh mAE
thence north sS14e east 3 chains and 2 linksfo
q stake in Hollywood avenue, and in TIA
center Of the Old Raleigh road; thence norfh
with said avenue Is chains and A9 links 10 a
stake; thence south $50 west 9 chains and 10
links to a stake in the west line Of the track:
thence south 2So east Is chains and AZ link Ia
more or less. 1880
All right Of redemption, ETC., expressly
waived; Title believed tn be perfect, but /
sell and convey only as trustee. ff
S. STORM. Trustee.
JAMES H.iMALONE, Attorney. 1894
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

The creditor who skips is the man
who belongs to the x owed us.
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CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.

The river here declined | inch in
the past "A hours ending at noon, aud
now stands 8 feet 3 inches above low
water mark at Cairo the fall was 2
inches, with II feet on the gauge at
st. Louis II inches, with II feet on
the gauge at Pittsburg it rose l inch,
with 2 feet IL inches on the gauge at
Cincinnati it fell 2 inches, with ID
feet 3 inches on the gauge at Louis
vile it rose 6 inches, with 8 feet in the
canal at Evansville it is rising, with
10 feet 6 inches on the gauge. Cum.
berland river declined at Nashville,
with 5 feet 9 inches on the gauge.
Arkansas river is falling at Little
Rock, with 2 feet 4 inches .on the
gauge. White river remains in good
navigable order.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-29

A man can never succeed in holding
two or three dozen pins in his mouth
as a woman does, no matter how much
he practices upon had.-[New York
Mail.
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EORARKoPoEIs
LINE

to
FOR NEW ORLEANS.
CENTENNIAL. .~-...... Davidson, master
Wednesday, May 2S, at l0 a. IN.
JAMES HOWARD. ..James 0'Neal, master
Sunday, June |, at 10 am.
Memphis and st. Louis Packet Company
Anchor Line.
FOR VICKSBURG.
GOLD DUST. .McCOrd, master
Tuesday, May q, at 10 am.
GRAND TOWER.@.v.-......L ennOx, master
Thursday, May 20, at 10 am.
JOHN B. MAUDE. ... ........Blake, master
Saturday, May 81, at 10 am.
Memphis and st. Louis Packet Company-U.
5. Mail-Anchor Line.
FOR ST. LOUIS.
CITY OF VIOKSBURG- ........Rilcy, master
Monday, May %, at 5 pm.
JOHN A. SCUDDER.............C Calvert, master
Wednesday, May %, et6Rm.
CITY OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. master
Thursday, May 29, at 5 pm.
COLORADO. ............ ..... McPheeters, master
Saturday, May 81, at 10 am.
BELLE MEMPHIS. John C. Crane, master
Saturday, May 81, at 5 pm.
For all information apply at Memphis and
st. Louis Packet Company's WharfbOat, foot
of Monroe street.
AID STORM. Superintendent.
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FOR RIvERToN.
Planters' Line.

Memphis and Riverton Tri-weekly Packet
For Helena, Friar's Point, Laconia. Concor-
dia, Terrene, and all way landings-The
elegant side-wheei steamer
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In the Supreme Court Of Tenmes-
see, at Jackson.

Nancy N. Scott VS.. J. Cummings johnson
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-07-30
MAxIMs FOR THE DAY.

No man worthy the Office Of President should
be willing to hold II II counted in, placed there
by any fraud. U. s. GRANT.
I could never have been reconciled to the ele-
walton by the smallest aid Of mine Of person,
however respectable In private life, who must
forever carry upon his brow the stamp Of fraud
FIRST triumphant In American history. No sub
sequent action, however meritorious, can wash
away the letters Of that record
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
would rather have the endorsement OF quar-
ter Of million Of the American people than that
Of the Louisiana Returning Board, or Of the Com
mission which excluded the facts and decided
the question on astechnicality.
THos. A. HTNDRIoKs.
Under the forms Of law, Rutherford d. Hayes
has been declared President Of the United States.
His title rests upon Acknowledgement Of lawful
voters, the false certificates Of the returning off,
GERS acting coruptly, and the decision Of n CON-
mission which has refused to hear evidence Of al
legged fraud. For the FIRST tim are the American
people confronted with the fact Of fraudulently-
elected President. Let II not be understood that
the fraud will be silently acquiesced In by the
country. Let no hour pass in which she usurpa-
tiOn is forgotten.
ADDRESS OF DEMOCRATIC NJ. C.'s.
One hundred years Of human depravity bccu-
mulsted and concentrated into a climax Of crime.
Never again in Eve hundred years shall they have
an opportunity to repeat the wrong.
DANIEL W. VooRHEEs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-07-30

The YANKEE PLAYING OUT.-The
fecundity of the native New England
people is thing Of the past, and the
foreign-born population, in that sec
tion, is increasing in q manner which
indicates that the native race will ere
long be wiped out. In 1874 the de.
cline IN Massachusetts was 11,760; in
1876, 11,O2O; in 1876, 1878; in 1877,
lO,53O; in 1878, 1915. The State
census of Massachusetts in 1877 show
ed the native population to be 1,233,.
OOs, producing only 1887 children,
Tho naturalized and unnaturalized for.
eigners, numbering 41S,904, produced
1901 children in the same time. In
Vermont the birth rate has fallen to
twenty-five per thousand, and is only
seventeen and a-half per thousand
among the native born population,
which number 1896, and produced
only 4,963 children during the last
year. During the same period the
47,l55 foreign-born inhabitants pro-
duced 2,O53 children. A similar de-
cline in the number of children of the
natives is reported in the other New
England States, and the fact is omi-
nous Of the future control of that sec.
ton by the new corners. A very large
immigration of French Canadians to
New England has been going on for
many years.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-07-30

FooD FOR LoYALIsTs.-C Col. W. II.
Roberts, of the late Confederacy, has
bvon appointed by MI. Hayes " vvm.
pile the orders and regulations OF the
army. 1t is a job that will pay well
and may last for several years. AT
the last Presidential election Roberts
was editor of the New Orleans Times,
a Democratic paper, and after the Re.
turning Board Of Louisiana had COM
pleted its villainy he went to Ohio to
see Hayes, and was IN influential par.
ty TO the arrangement by which the
count Of the electoral vote was not 10
be interfered with, and Hayes declar-
cd elected over Tilden, Hayes to re-
move the troops from Louisiana and
South Carolina, thus giving the Dem
ocrats an opportunity to take posses
sion Of both State governments with
out any resistance or bloodshcd. The
reward due to Roberts has been long
delayed, but Mr.. Hayes don't forget
the men who counted him into his of.
fee, and has at last discharged his
debt to Roberts. If Tilden was in the
White House instead of Hayes, and
had appointed an ex.rebel Colonel to
the position Hayes has given Roberts,
a howl of indignation would have been
uttered by the loyal Republican press
from Maine to Oregon Cambria Free.
man