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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-29
Attachment Notice.

Before j.. NJ. Coleman, ]. p. for Shelby
county, Tenn. benjamin Babb VS.. Rembert
TreEeYant.
N this cause an attachment having been
4 sued out under section 3i5 of the Code OF
Tennessee, and returned, "leyied upon the
property ofthe defendant, " and affidavit hav-
ing been made that the defendant is indebted
to the plaintiff in the sum of $50, due
by note, and that the claim is Just, and
that the defendant is n non-resident If the
State Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
that said defendant make his personal appear
anee before me on the 18th day of April,
IsfS, at III o'clock am, at my office, No. 2l
Front street, Memphis, Tennessee, and de-
tend said attachment suit within the time
prescribed by law, or the same will be pro-
eeeded with ex.parte and that a copy of
this order be published once a week for four
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the 18th day Of March, 1879.
]. N. COLEMAN, j. P.
SMITH & COLLIER, Atty's for plaintiff.
II I723M
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Yellow Fever and the Stnlwarls.

As the yellow fever is not likely to
wait for the regular session of con-
gress in December before visiting our
shores, we hope the stalwart organs Of
the North viii not insist too severely
upon the I" revolutionary conduct of
Mr., Chalmers, Of Mississippi, in in
sisting yesterday that congress ought
70 take up the quarantine question
during the present extra session,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-29

Attachment Notice.


Before j. NJ. Coleman, j. p. for Shelby
county, Tenn.-Porter, Taylor Il Co, a firm
composed Of D.. 7. Porter, W, +. Taylor and
y. W Mserea, Va. Rembert Trezevant.
this cause an attaehmsnt having been
Tennessee, and returned, "leyied upon the
property of the defendant" and Affidavit hay-
ing been made that defendant Is indebted
to the plaintiff IN the sum of $50, due
by note, and that the claim is lust.
and that the defendant Is a nonresident
Of the State Of Tennessee; it is therefore or
dered that said defendant make his personal
appearance before me on the nth dsy ofApril,
1879, at 10 O'Clock a. M at my office, No. 24
Front street, Memphis, Tenn, and defend said
attachment suit within the time prescribed by
law, or the same will be proceeded with ex-
partei and that a copy Of this order be pub
lie Ledger.
This the 18th day Of March, 1879.
I'M. COLEMAN, j.. P.
iii 2329
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I~nsOIvent Notice.
STATE or TENNESSEE, SHELBY COUNTY.
OPPICE County COuRT CLFRy.


STATE or TENNESSEE, SHELBY County,
OFFICE County Court CLERK,
MEMPHIS, TEEN., March IL, 1879.
10 Miss Georgia Bayliss, Administrator of
Lizzie Laoh, deceased.
HAVING suggested the insolvency of the
Ii estate Of Lizzie Lach, decensed, YOU
are hereby ordered TO give notice, By adyer-
tlsement in some newspaper published within
the said State, and also at the courthouse
door OF Shelby county, for all persons having
claims against said estate, to appear and fie
the same with the Clerk of the County Court
authenticated in the manner prescribed by
law, on or before the lith day Of June, 1879;
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 office, this nth day
Of March, 1879.
By HUGH B. CULLEN, D. C.
In obedience to the above order all creditors
Of said estate are hereby notified TO file their
claims rs above objected.
MISS GEORGIA BAYLISS, Adm'x.
l0-l6-22-28
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COTTON EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.
standard International Classification.

Sales yesterday 2050 bales; to ex-
porters, $50; to spinners 1400. The
market closed strong. A feature of
the local market for the past week has
been the total absence Of any specula-
tive demand.
The total stock on hand at all the
United States ports is 552,836 bales,
against 631, 1893 bales same time last
year and 723, 917 the year before.
Receipts Of cotton at all U. S. ports
for the week ending Friday, accord
ing to the cotton exchange reports,
6O,954 bales, against 59,869 bales last
week. and 66,499 for the same week
last year.
The total receipts at all United
States ports since September LIST as
per cotton exchange kilograms, is
4,105, 1923 bales, against 3,875,112 bales
last year, and 3,71O,1S4 bales the same
time the year before. Increase this
year 23O,22l bales, as compared with
1ast year, and 395, 149 bales with the
year before.
Freight rates from here to New
York aye SOC rail and river, and SOC
a~ll-rail TO Boston $4,000 to New
Orleans SOC per bale by steamer.
Freights from st. Louis per steamers
10000 per Dbl, and 9@1Oc per cwt.
From the Ohio Toe per cwt and zoe
per Dbl.
NEW YORK COTTON STATEMENT
For the week ending March %, as
telegraphed to the cotton exchange:
Net receipts at all United States
ports 0s'Vyt
Same week last ar...r............., bb,OO
ports TO date 4,lO5. 900
Some date last year........ .-~.."...-,S, 1861 900
Exports from all United States ports
Tor the Week.......,.... .........,..... 0Z,UUO
Same week last ar................ 5000
Total exports from United States ports
to ,ogO ,OUO
Same date last year....... ................2 ,6ll 200
Stock at all United States ports~...,. $3.50 o
Same time last year.v.................... 81 zoe
Stock at all interior t0wns...m........ 5000
Same time last year...m..-",..".-.... -7s,O0O
Stock at Liverpool $4,000
Same time last year. ....,....-.,. 7S6,OO1
BHtain SlS, 900
Same SINE last ear..."~,....,.......nO received
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Attachment Notice.

No, II, l29-BefOre E. w. Caldwell. i. p for
Shelby county, Tenn. b. j. Williams for
the use, II. &. Trader VS.. Thomas Bolton.
N this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 1855 of the Code Of
tennessee, and returned levied upOn the
having been made that tho defendant Is in
diehted TO the plaintiff in the sum Of Sl56. so.
due by account, aud that the claim is lust, and
that the defendant Is q nonresident of the
State Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
that SAID defendant make his personal ap-
nearance before me on the 18th day of April.
lSSTsg, az my office, No. IL Court street, Mem,
phts, Tennessee and defend said attachment
suit within the. time prescribed BY law. mr.
the same will be proceeded with ex-parte,
and that a copy Of this order be published
9ncea week for toar weeks in the Public
This the Ath day Of March, 1879,
h-ll-fI-& h. W, CALDWELL. I D
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This the 18th day Of March, 1879.
a-ll-7-8 E. W, CALDWELL. j. p.

R{ virtue Of a deed of trust executed to me
~ oy Is; H. Armstrong and wife NJ, b. Arm
Book 100, pGses $50 and SO, of the records Of
shelby county, to secure the Indebtedness
tAefem mentioned, | will, on May I, 1879,
az the northeast corner of Union and Front
streets, Taxing District Of Memphis, sell To
the, Highest bidder, for cash, the following
TSaI %talS, situated in Shelby. couRty, Tenn:
acre tract Of land about "a miles east of
memphis on the new State Lime road, begin
ming az the southeast corner of NJ. b. Win
chester's 4B-aere tract; thence north 5l-5o
east \ chains 70 a stake; thence east s. south
X GRAINS ioa stakes thence south So west
chains 70 the beginning p~oint-being part Of
the OLD T(llman Belts homestead, Title he.
heled coed, l convey as trustee only.
IS-S AISTON RONn V.
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LEGAL.
Administrators Notice.

HAVING qualified as administrator Of the
II estate of Mrs. Jane A. Burleson, de-
estate are hereby notified to present he same
properly authenticated, within the time nre-
scribed by law, or they will be barred All
persons indebted to said estate will make nav
ment to me-; Claims may be filed at the Office
OF Can't x Patterson, attorneys,
A.A. BURLESON,
Admir- of estate of Mrs. Jane A. Bnriesor
Memphis, Tenn, March 16, 1879.
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SaturdaY. AnriI s. I8za.

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
A certain tract Of land, left the estate of
Elijah Brooks, deceased, beginning at the
southeast corner Of that part of the widows
dover assigned her Of the Mendenall tract
thence east along the north boundary of the
i. ). Simpson tract % chains to a stake:
thence north 10 chains; thence east Z chains:
thence south 10 chains; thence east % chains
" links; thence north S6 chains Is links to the
northeast corner of said tract; thence west is
chains 10 n stake; thence south 4chains;thence
west II chains % links; thence south 5 chains
and D links TO a stake; thence west % chains
70 the eastern line of the dover; thence south
along the eastern line of the dover 81 chains
to the beginning, containing 2S S0-1O0 acres,
subject, however. to the claim of the heirs Of
TOuston Wilson, deceased, which is an undi-
ded one-ffth interest.
Second-The tract purchased Of L, d. Mul-
Inns, beginning where the eastern line Of that
part OF the dover taken from said tract inter
Eects WOLF river; thence south along the east
ern line of the dover Z chains to the north
line Of the Mendenall tract: thence east along
said line % chains 50links to the river; thence
in a nortewest direction along the meander-
ing, Of Wolf river to the beginning, contain
ing 43 acres.
Terms Of Sale-0ne-fourth cash; balance in
six, twelve and eighteen months notes, with
approved surety, bearing interest from date.
lien retained till same are paid, etc,
This March -, 1879.
R. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
T.P. WINCHESTER, Attorney.
m-AI
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Probate Court Sale Of Real Estate

No. $40 r. D.SIn the Probate Court of Shelby
county, Tennessee.
DY virtue Of decree of sale entered in this
~ cause l will sell, at public auction, to the
highest bidder, in front Of the courthouse
door, on Main street, Memphis, Tenn, on
Saturday, April 10, 1879,
within legal hours, the following doscr;bs1
real estate, belonging to the estate of Brutus
Alexander, deceased, tO-wit:
Lying. and being in Shelby county, Tennes-
see, being a oert3in 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 feet; thence north parallel with
the dover lot l6O feet to an alley; thence west
feet to the northeast corner Ofthe dover lot;
thence south along the east line Of said dover
lot 100 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
the east side Of the Pigeon Ro0st road and
being lot No. IL fthe subdivision OFF, acres 2
roods and 10 poles, belonging 10 the estate Of
the late Rt, Rev. J. II. Otey, which said lot /
IL bounded as follows: Commencing al a
stake on the cast side ofthe Pigeon Roost road,
whore the southwest corner OF tho =. Deadrick
O-acre tract corners with the southeast cor
ner Of the Otey tract; runs thence south 10
chains 70 = stake on tho southeast corner OF
lot No. s o. said 0toy subdivision. runs thence
northwo5teriy ilS5-1000 chains 10 a stake,
ryns thence aouthwerdly ten chains 10 the
Pigeon Roost road ,thence with tho Pigeon
Roost road I l&, los chains 70 the beginning,
oontainiag . acres, rood andn Sslc1.
Terms Of sale, cash.
This March 2, 1875
OWEN DWYER. CLERK.
7, = CAssEts, Sol fof Complained.
n-&-a-T
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BoArs LEAVING rnIs pAr.

ARRIVED.
Steamer Charles Morgan, New Orleans.
Geo. w. Cheek, Friar's Point.
John Il. Maude, Vicksburg.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Coahoma, Friar's Point.
a. Osceola Belle, Osceola.
Charles Morgan, Cincinnati.
IN PORT.
John b. Maude, Josie Harry, Illinois,
Katie Hooper, George w. Cheek, Cons
Millar, Red Wing.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river here rose 1! inches in the
past a hours ending at noon, and now
stands "a feet 81 inches above low
water mark. AT Cairo it declined 3
inches, with 81 feet s inches on the
gauge at st. Louis it rose l inch,
with II feet l inch on the gauge at
Pittsburg it rose 20 inches, with II
feet 4 inches on the gauge at Cincin-
natl it declined 2 inches, with 80 feet
10 inches on the gauge at Louisville
it rose 3 inches, with 13 feet on the
gauge at Evansville it is rising, with
20 feet on the gauge. Arkansas river
is falling at Little Rock, with 4 feet 6
inches on the gauge. White river is
reCeding steadily, with a good steam
boat stage Of water from J~acksonpOrt
to the mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Beautiful weather.
Very little stir on the levee.
Business is almost at a stand still.
The Anchor Line has smOthered
the Vicksburg trade.
No arrivals or departures at New
Orleans yesterday.
The U. 2. SeheDek left Louisville
yesterday for New Orleans.
The Coahoma had a good trip out
last evening.
The Golden Grown will be down
Monday for New Orleans.
Captain Reese Dugan has gone to
the wreck of the Hattie Rowland.
The Illinois will resume her regular
trips next week in the Arkansas City
trade.
The 0uachita Belle left Vieksburg
yesterday at noon for Memphis and
will arrive here tomorrow afternoon.
The Hornet, with a tow Of coal,
$4,000 bushels in all, left Pittsburg
yesterday for Cincinnati.
Sam Morrison, late mate of the c.
p. Chouteau, is in town and open for
an engagement.
Captain Tom Caldwell is now com
modOre on the Illinois with Frank
Smith as next officer,
The place where the Hattie Now
land picked up that log has been
passed over by her pilots for six years
without an accident.
The Gold Dust, of the Anchor Line,
left st. Louis last evening for Vicks-
burg, and leaves here Monday oven
ing.
Tn John 0verton blew out her lar
board cylinder head yesterday evening
and broke her shaft, and lays up for
repairs.
Captain John Cowden left last even
ing for Cincinnati TO attend the steam
boatmen's convention to be held there
on Monday.
Vanderbilt, the railroad king, has
contracted for the tunneling Of De-
troit river at Stony Island. It's an
immense job.
The Maumelle, Captain Tom OAR
ragh, will arrive tomorrow from Ar
kansas river, and leave on Tuesday
with a return trip.
The delegates selected to attend the
steamboatmen s convention at Cincin.
natl on Monday next leave this
evening. W
The City. of Yicksburg, Of the Al.
Choir Liue, left Vicksburg yesterday at
II am. for St. Louis, and will arrive
here Sunday and leave Monday.
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Trustees Sale

NOTICE Is hereby given that under and by
~ virtue of a deed of trust executed 10 d.
L. Mckay. as trustee, on the 10Th day Of De.
eempeT, lo,q, BY Mclaughlin & Co. to secure
a certain Indebtedness therein mentioned,'
which said deed Of trust is duly recorded in
BOOK X, page S5S. In the Recorders office nj
Marisn, Crlttenden county, Ark, l., the nm
aerslgAea, having been appointed trustee in
who tailed To- act, and who, by death, Il now
lncapaeitated from serving as trustee in The
premises, VIII, according to the terms of said
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Cotton.

The market opened this morning
with less tone than was felt yesterday.
Prices are unchanged, the following
being the
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FrIday, the 4th day OF Anrll. Iszn.

within the hours Of judicial sales. in front of
the Mclaughlin store in Mound City, Ark,
proceed to sell to the highest bidder, for cash
The property in said deed of trust named and
described, consisting of FIVE mules, one gray
horse and one wagon and harness, for The bur
pose CT satisfying the Indebtedness of the
said Mclaughlin q Co., secured by the said
deed Of trust, and the costs Of executing the
same. r. +. CRITTRNDEN, Trustee.
Marion, Ark, March rs. 1879 tx 90
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Sheriff' s Sale of Real Estate.

DUBLIC notice is hereby given that by viz
Il tue Of q yenditioni exponas to me directed
rom the Honorable Circuit Court Of Shelby
county Tenn, in the case of Isaiah Stephens
rs. =. Welsh and J. B. Hester, Judgment rem
dered on the 8th day Of April, 1878, for the
sun OF W hundred and ffty-fonr dollars
and nine cents, with interest and costs Of
suit, u satisfy said judgment, etc., l will, on
Thursday, April 10, 1879,
u legal hours, in front Of the courthouse,
Memphis, Tenn, proceed TO sell to the highest
bidder, for cash, the following described prop
Lot u, block IS, 60 by $50 feet; lot Is, block
90 BY $50 feet; on the north side of Linden
street, between Causey and st. Martin streets.
Levied on as the property Of defendant,
y. Hester, to satisfy said Judgment. in
Memphis, March IA, 1879.
+. L. MCGOWAN,
Sheriff Of Shelby County. Tenn.
By @. r. STEWART, D.. s.
Minor Meriwether, Attorney for plaintiff.
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Local.
Attachment Notice.

Before John 4. Elliott, j. r. for shelby conn
Y, Tenn. J. LOvin vs.. j. a. Powers
y this cause an attachment having been
4 sued out under section 1855 of the Code AZ
Tennessee, and returned LEVIED upon the
having been made that the defendant Ri in.
debted to the plaintiff in the sum Of SS2, due
by account, and that the claim Is inst. and
that the defendant is a Nonresident Of The
State Of Tennessee; it Is therefore ordered mar
sala make his personal appearance
AZ my office, No. SS Second street, Memphis
Tennessee, and defend said attachment suit
within the time prescribed by law, or the same
will be proceeded with ex-parte: and that a
copy OF this order be published once a week
for four weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the 10th day of March, 1879.
s-l5-A-H JOHN 7. ELLIOTT, g.. p.
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Chancery Sale of Real Estate.

No. 276l, N. R.-Chancery Court of Shelby
eounty-J0hn Nc. Brooks, administrator OF
Elijah Brooks, deceased, VS.. Sarah Brooks
ct al.
Rf virtue Of an interlocutory decree for sale
~ entered in the above cause on the 7th day
Of July, 1873, and modified January Is, 1878,
and renewed, etc, March Z, 1879, L will sell
at public auction to the highest bidder,
in front Of the Clerk and Masters office,
courthouse building, Main street, Mem
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-29

The legislature of Maine has deter
mined to sell all the islands off the
coast owned BY the State.
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Trustees Sale.

QY virtue of the terms Of n trust dead eve.
- eeted TO the undersigned on the Sd day Of
May, 1915, by Alexander Lyle and wife. duIy
registered in the Register's office of Shelby
county, Tennessee, in Deed Book l07. mage al
to secure tho Indebtedness thereby secured, /
Saturday, ApriII2, 1879,
~ Ne south gate Of Court Square, in tho city
81 Memphis, Tennessee, sell for cash, to Tie
highest bidder, free from redemption, The
property therein described as follows: Situ-
atod in Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee.
known as lot six of D, q. poston's subdiVis'
ION az NE north line Of Court street ex-
tended; Said lot six fronts so feet on the
north line Of Court street extended, with a
depth northward between parallel lines OF
hs$ feet. To such trust deed 10 recorded
special reference is here made.
Title believed 10 be good, but | sell and con.
vey only as trustee.
HuNEs 4 PosToS, Attorneys. S~Si
Daily Republican., 1879-10-23
whore she Revenue Comes From

Wuef6 Ahc BseNen"U S~s
The collecting Of the internal reve-
nue. for the last fiscal year affords food
for reflection and makes bad showing
for the Southern States. The whole
amount Of the revenue collected was
sll3,5 ,56l, ,6l0, and the cost of collection
of the same was SO, ,j27, 1856. That the
receipts even last year We're g., ,462, ,9s4
greater than for the previous year may
be- accepted as an evidence of returning
prosperity.
The law reducing the tax ON tobacco
did not go into effect last year, but will
materially reduce it this year, but the
general increase OF business every
where, and in all departments OF in
dustry, will probably more than make
up for the loss of the tax on tobacco.
The cost OF collecting the internal reve-
nue. was s72S, ,454 less in 1879 than in
ISIS. and while the collection through
out the whole country was trlile over
three yer cent, the cost OF collecting III
the eleven States that seeded was more
than twice that amount. A lew igures
will indicate the percentage OF costs i'll
a few of the States, some Northern and
others Southern. South Carolina paid
Sl0S,7S2 and the cost of collection was
$50, ,535, while Nebraska paid SoU, ,237,
and the cost of collection only reached
the sum of $lj, ,ss3. Now take Alabama
and Connecticut, the first Southern
and the latter Northern State. Ala
bama has eight representatives in Con
gress, representing a population OF
/, ,240, 600, while Connecticut has four
in Congress, denoting a
of $4,000. Alabama paid
$l20, SIS, the cost of the collection OF
which was 500, $50. while Connecticut
paid $500, $50, the cost Of collection be-
ing $780, $40. In Kentucky the cost of
the revenue was fourteen
times as great az in New York. In
Mississippi the amount collected was
only SIS, 249, but the cost of collection
was $40, ,735, while in Maine the sum
collected was 1906, ,6Sj, and the cost
only Sl6,725. Tennessee only paid
1912, $50, but the cost of collection was
sl05, ,j04, while in Michigan the amount
paid was sl,657,07l, and the cost of
collection was only s4l ,9j7. The total
amount of revenue paid by the whole
Of the eleven States that seeded was
Sll ,627, ,0S0. Illinois, New York and
Ohio each paid more than this whole
sum. Illinois paid SO, ,499, ,9l4, New
York SIS, ,4j0, 4l9 and Ohio $lj, j,9l9,7
The cost of collection in these three
States was as follows: Illinois $206, ,526, |
New York s252, ,422, Ohio sl9G, ,433.
Daily Republican., 1879-10-23
BENJAMIN Hunters AccOmplice.

The case of Thomas Graham, the
self accomplice in the murder
of John NJ. Armstrong, nearly two
years ago, is still unchanged. He oc-
cupies the cell he did when first arrest
ed. In appearance and health he is
considerably improved. He has always
had the best food furnished him, and,
laboring under the belief that when
ever his case is finally determined be
will not be made to suffer worse than
h- has already, he seems to accept the
situation with a nonChalance only
egualled by the hardest Of criminals.
Unless further action is taken by the
Supreme Court with regard to him, the
present term of the Camden County
Courts will have no power in his ease,
as the Attorney Genera! has control of
the matter. If he is allowed to plead
guilty of manslaughter then il is posi-
bic his case may be acted on during the
term of the Courts; if not, he must be
tried for murder Of the first degree, as
indicated, in which emergency it is not
known when the trial will begin.