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do and little to get. She was born In
the West In 1857, and Just one year
after her birth her father, who had
beea unfortunate in business, disap-
peared and left his wife and daughter
without means of support. He never
came back again, and his wife mourned
him as dead, and SO recorded it in her
bible. 1t was supposed he had been
murdered. Years passed on, and
Lolita became a young woman, and, to
the credit of her mother and herself,
she became an educated young woman
and a person of refinement and cul-
ture. She taught in the district
schools Of her Western town for sew
eral years uatil her mothers death.
and then accepted the position which
she was filling when the news came to
her that she was no longer a poor
woman, dependent on her labor for
her daily bread, but that she was a
millionaire. Her father, it appears,
had not been murdered, but had made
his way to South America, and had
by fortunate speculation accumulated
a fortune, which was his to enjoy.
This summer she proposes to spend a
few Of her many dollars at Newport,
and | predict that she will be the
sensation of the season.
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TuesdaY. JnIY 22. IRza.

In front Of the Planters Insurance Building,
the following described real estate conveyed
in said trust deed, to-wit:
Situate, lying and being in the county Of
Shelby and State Of Tennessee, and Thir-
teenth civil district, one tract being in sec
ton one y range eight (9, of the Eleventh
surveyors district: Beginning at a stake on
the west boundary line Of grant No. 1884. the
southeast corner of d. II. Townsend's 646-acre
tract THENCE north with the west line Of
said grant No. 1854, AZ chains % links to
the center of NOneOnnaL creek, With elm
pointer marked ID, on the south bank of said
crock: thence up said creek, with the center
thereof, north 81 so, east 4 chains 80 links,
north 740, east 2 chains 65 links, north, $40 SOI,
east chains - links, south $50, east 2 chains
65 links, south co., east 4 chains Is links,
south 4S0 east 3 chains 8 links, south a. SN
west l chain, south 337, west 8 chains rs links.
south g., east 4 chains IS links, south lIo 9O,
west ! chain ~ links, south So 30, west / chain
= links, south 81, west 2 chains 8 links, south
81 west 8 chains "a links, south 81, west 3
chains, south q, east ! chain, IS links, south
~, east 3 chains s. links, south 7go, east 3
chains 70 links, south So 30, east 3 chains 10
links TO a stake in the center Of said creek.
with black gum on the south bank Of said
creek links west Of line marked I, l black
gum Y links east Of line marked NJ: thence
south 49,, west "a chains IS links to a
small blackgum; thence west 3 chains
70 links to the beginning, containing 100
acres, being the same conveyed by Peter
Mitchell to ID. IL. Townsend on the 18th day of
January, 1870, and duly recorded in the regis
ter's office of Shelby county, Tenn, in book
"a, page lS9.
Also one other tract beginning al the same
point with the tract first described; thence
westwardly lO6 chains and / link To a stake,
thence northWardly go chains and S7links To
The northern boundary line of the William
Lyttle ESQ acre tract of land; thence east
wardly with the said northern boundary line
ol chains and 5Ilinks to q stake; thence north
~ east, . chains and 50 links to a stake,
thence eastwardly with said northern bound
airy line 80 chain and 80 links To the west
boundary line of grant No. 1884
any 81 chains 81 links to the beginning;
Lyttle tract Of 225O acres, the same formerly
owned by William Jones, and on the eastern
part of which the dover Of Annie d. Jones
was laid of.
Also an undivided one-fourth interest Of
the lot Of ground situated on the southeast
corner of Main and Beal streets. in the city Of
Memphis thence south 50 feet front on Main
street to Townsend's line thence east with
said line US feet TO Mulberry street; thence
northwardly with the west line Of Mulberry
street l6 feet TO Beal street; thence west
wardly with the south line Of Beal street l75
feet to the beginning.
The equity of redemption is expresslv
waived and the title believed to be good. hut
shall sell and convey only as trustee.
7. P. WINCHESTER, trustee.
June q, 1879. 102'1SS
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A Phonographio NIistnke.

Some years ago a distinguished SEN
ator of the south was going to make a
great speech before his peers in the
United States senate; to posterity by
his great efforts, he employed an able
and efficient Photographic reporter to
take down his speech verbatim, to
publish to the world. The senator
delivered his great speech, and the
s%tenographer was duly present and en-
gagged diligently in taking down, in his
way, every word uttered by the great
orator, until he was quite through.
The able senator, in the course of his
great speech, to show his own honesty,
honor and patriotism In regard to the
question before the senate, ~rosorted to
the classic for a quotation, and cited the
celebrated Roman sentence, &" Anxious
Cato, Anxious Plato, sed major yeri-
tas,n which literally translated into
Engliah would read, Cato is my
friend, Plato is my friend, but the
truth is mightier. The senator pre-
ferred truth to friendship. The ela-
quent Grafton was duly published next
morning in the Globe newspaper, as
reported by the capable ste~nOgrapher,
and readers were surprised, and the
senator was surprised, mortified and
chagrined in reading in glariRg capital
print, his classical quotation thus, in
the p%erotati0n 81 may cuss Cato. /
may cuss Plato, said Major Veritas.n
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Trustees Sale.

Dl virtue Of a deed of trust made to me on
- the Sd day Of February, 1875, and record
ed in Book s, page liz, Record Book Of Shelby
county, Tenn, for the purpose Of paying the
balance Of the Indebtedness secured therein,
| viii offer for sale at public auction, to the
highest bidder, for cash, at the southwest
corner Of Main and Monroe streets, in tho
Taxing District Of Shelby county, State of
Tennessee, on
Friday, sth Day OfAugust, 1879,
at 10 o'clock M, the following described real
estate, lying and being in the county of
Shelby. State Of Tennessee Beginning al a
stake in the Macsn and Memphis road,
Neely's northwest corner; thence west along
said road IS chains and 10 links to a point In
Hurricane creek, about 10 links north of Cole.
mans bridge over said creek; thence with me
m%eanderings Of said creek south AZ east 80
links thence south 599 east 1888 links; thence
south So east 1893 links; thence south S9Lo
east OIL links; thence north 500 east l4S links.
thence south Slh0 east 40 links, south 25s
cast 100 links; thence south l6o west 200 links.
thence south 1917 west 80 links; thence south
"a. west 225 links to n point In said creel
with three willow pointers; thence e6st d
chains andB links TO " stake in a lane IN
Necly's west line, south So east AZ links from
a rod oak marked 81, therce north is chain
and s. links to the beginning, containg &
acres.
All right Of equity Of redemption is waived
The title Is believed TO be good, but / conve,
lO6.iSS IN. PAINE, Trustee,
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COMMERCIAL
PUBLIC LEDGER OFFICE,
MEMPHIS, July Is, 1879.

eN 49, W ~
Very little movement prevails in
the money market. The gas company
began paying a five per cent. dividend
to its stockholders yesterday. The
fernando Insurance Company is pay
ing like dividend to its shareholders.
and other institutions which some
days since declared have been doing
likewise. Currency is in ample sup
ply, while a very light mercantile
demand prevails for discounts. Loan
able funds can be obtained in any
reasonable amount at from 5 to s per
cent, according to the character ofthe
security offered. Rates of exchange
are 1c premium for drafts on New York.
Cotton bills are nominal at par with
out grace on New York and New
England, and &c discount for sight
bills at points beyond New York.
New Orleans rates are at par selling,
and ic discount buying.
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1tME-sip ss tbl IN slOFag Doc By cAl
load.
BALING STUFFs-FlaS bagsins.
to2H lbs, il@llNci hemp lOkc; hall
tute, TO ~ lbs, I@llHc; baling twine,
l2ci iron tics, 81 0@2 10 per bundle.
Rope, loo for lutte and 18c for cotton.
COAL-Pittsburg lump, delivered, SOC
per Dbl; do, slack, 35G40c; TO steamer,
4Oc per box for Pittsburg; 35c for Shot
well, and 80c for slack. st. Bernard
coal 35c to boats and 45c to city trade.
SALT-Per dray-load from store, 81 35
per Dbl; coarse, IN SKIS, 81 so.
VINEGAR-Pure cider 1Ss per gal.
NAILS-S22 5 per keg rates.
RICE-Per ID SIC for South Carolina,
FISH-Mackerel in hf bbls, Nos. l. 2
and 3, So, lac; kits, 81 10, 90@75c.
RAISINS-Per box, 81 40.
MOLASSES-Common TO choice. 2sM
Bic syrup do, 100000.
COFFEE-Choice, 17@lSc; prime.
15M9l6ci good, lSA@l4Hci common, Ii
@12Hc.
Jobbing prices: Yellow
clerihed, 7A@8Hc; whites, SNG9c;
choice open kettle, SIC; prime do, 6k@
@6c. go
LIVE STOCK-Grass-fed beeves from
good to medium, 3@3Hc gross; common
and fat cows and heifers, 2@3c; scalawags
and grazing cattle, lH@2Hc. Receipts
light; demand limited, and market
weak. Sheep and lambs are in fair de-
mand and good supply at 81 25@2 25 per
head for lambs; Sl@3 for common sheep,
and 2A@3Hc gross for MEDIUM to choice
butcher sheep, Hogs, no demand and
market held nominally 2A@4c for rough
to choice light weights. Cows and calves
Sl0@25 according to grade. Young calves
396 per head.
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Before G.. D. Crockett, j. P. for Shelby coun-
ty' Tenn.-I. Lippe VS.. Gus Jones.
n this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under Section 1856 Of Thompson
4 Stegers' code Of Tennessee, and returned
levied BY garnishment on @. P. Hunt & Co.,
who answered that they are indebted to the
defendant, Gus Jones, in the sum of S65. ei.jS
and affidavit having been made that said
defendant is indebted to the plaintiff in the
sum Of 500, due by open account, and that
the claim is just, and that said defendant and
plaintin are both non-residents of this State
and residents Of the same State, to-wit: the
state Of Arkansas, and said defendant has
raudulently removed his property to this
state TO evade the process Of law in the State
Of bis domicilj iii therefore ordered that the
SAID defendant make his personal appearance
before me On the 18th day Of July, 1879, st my
ONCE, No. 2S Main street, Memphis, Tenn.
at 10 o'clock Am, and defend said attach
ment suit, or the same will be proceeded with
ex;partei and that a copy Of this order be
published once. a week for four successive
weeks In the Public Ledger.
This the sd day of June, 1879.
S-lb-lll-ll7-l2 q. d. CROCKETT. J.
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General Trade.

The plantation order trade %contin-
ues active, dealers having their hands
full to keep up with the demands of
their numerous customers. Every
departing steamer and railway train
last evening and to-day carried out an
unusually long list of freights, Tive
steamers arrived from up the river,
one from the Ohio and the other from
st. Louis, and each brought consider
able additions to our rather short
stock Of groceries, feed and bread
stuff. There is but little fuctuation
in values, except in corn, the scarcity
of which has caused an advance of
two to four cents per buShel, and in
meal, the scant supply of which has
caused prices to be irregular, between
$2.50@3 per Dbl; the receipts yester-
day by two boats were 900 bbls, all of
which were distributed without delay,
leaving many orders untitled, Mer
chants, as a general thing, decline to
aecede to the advanced price In meal,
believing that the present emergency
will be brief. and that it does not JUS
tify the high ratas demanded.
FLOUR-Firm, with prices of round
lot ranging from SO 80 to So 50, according
to grade and quality. Small ordess 25c
higher.
CORNMEAL-SaDes yesterday were
Arm at 80 SOFAS per Dbl, With the market
irregular and poorly supplied.
CORNING large lots offer; orders &C
the landing, 47G4Sc; in store, 5O952c;
supply SCARCE.
OATS-~Sales of 200 sacks at 3Sc, a
slight advance; small orders, 42G44c.
BRAN-Quiet. a. 81 for wheat, and 70
(a75c per cwt corn do, $40 per ton.
HAY-In light demand at $l3@l7 per
ton AID 10000 per cwt prairie hay, So %
per ton. -,
POTATOES-Quiet at 81 20 per Dbl
measure and = 25@2 90 from store,
Onions g 1904 per Dbl. Cabbage duh
at So per crate.
BUTTER-gtridly choice Western,
l2<@15c; creamery. l8@22c; fEssh prairie
sells at l2K@l5c; country, Sole. Mar
ket quiet and sales slow.
EGGS-Dull. dealers being anxious to
sell at Sc per dozen. This hot weather i
bad on eggs
CHICKENS-Young chickens sell al
81 q. / 50@2 % per dozen as IN size old
50 OO92 70 per dozen. Demand better.
PR0VISIONS-Bae0n shoulders. 4Nc
ribs. 5G0(G5.85c; clear sides. 6(Q6, ice
snoar-cured bans. 100l1Hc; bPaakfast
BACON. 7H@8Ho, Dry salt meats-ShopL
ders. 4Xc; short Fibs. 5;35; clear, SIC
Mess pork, 81. The m8rket is quiet with
fair demand.
LARD-Tierces 7K@TNci half barrels
7Xe; pals, 1906 half pals, St9iooaatry
lard, &c. M
FRUIT-Fresh peaches, if choice. 81 %
per half bushel box, Apples, new, bOc@Sl
per barrel, loose. Oranges, - 90 per box.
Lemons, 80 50a5 90 per box. Dnad
fruit slow ut Ih@lAc for old and
2@2Nc for new; peaches. 2Q2Hc fol
halves and lHG2e for quarters.
NUTS-CoeOa, $50 $50 per 100. Peanuts
Go Gol red: choice white Virginia band
nieled. TIC. Pecans, l3@l4c for Texas
Arkansae and Missouri sole; Almonds
g.. Taragona. l9c. Filberts, Be.
HIDES-Firm dry flint No. l, Ia
per 10: No. 2. l0o, dry sailed, lie
green sslted, &c; green, 5ci sheeI
5kins, 25675e. Baeswax aO92lc per ID
Tallog 6@5hc per ID.
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ChanCery Sale Of Real Estate.

R, S24e-Chancory Court of shelby county
H. NJ. James vs.. A. D. Atkeson Of al.
by virtue Of an interlocutory decree for sale
~ entered in the above cause on the Goth
day Of June, 1879, NJ. b. S, page /, | will
sell at public auction TO the highest bidder,
in front Of the Clerk and Masters Office,
courthouse building, Main street, Taxing
District. OF Shelby county, late the city Of
Memphis, Tenn,
On Saturday, July 26. 1879,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated In the city OF Momphis.
Shelby county, Tenn, to-wit:
Beginning at the southwest corner Of peytoq
avenue and Safarans street; running thence
South with PeytOn avenue fifty lbO feet,
thence west aud parallel with Saharans street
one hundred and twenty-five ops feet 40 an
alleyi thence north with said avenue p~araiiei
with Peyton avenue fifty 5l feet 10 SafIa
rams street; thence east with Sanarnns strees
one, hundred and twenty. ave (i25l feet to tho
beginning
Terms Of Sale-0E a credit Of seven months,
note with security required: lien retained,
redemption barred.
This July !, 1879.
r. J. BLACK, Clerk aud Master
j.. ". Trezevant, Sol. for comniainant
; lWui III l3 Us
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Ioth Dny or IuIr. A. D. Isza-

at the southwest corner of Main and Madison
as the city of Mcmphis), between the hours
Of IL o'clock noon and ! o'clock pm. Of said
day, proceed to sell to the highest bidder, for
cash, the following property, tO-wit: Begin
ming at a stake on the north line of Linden
street, seyenty-iye l75l feet east of the inter-
the north line of Linden street; runnhg
thence east with the north line of Linden
street, seventy-hve (75) feet to a stake; thence
north, at right angles with Linden street, one
hundred and fifty $50 feet to a stake; thence
west, on q line parallel with Linden street,
seyenty-hv (75l feet to a stake; thence south
one hundred and fifty $50 feet to the begin
ming. All right of redemption is waived
The title has been examined, and | believe II
good, but l will sell as Trustee only.
w. Q. MCCLURE, Trustee.
Wright, Fowlkes 4 Wright. Att'vs. 9-i2i
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How Deeply Does the Earth
QuakeS

sRersmoRto loal.l Union.l
The recent earthquakes at Virginia
City was not noticed at all in the min
ing depths but only by people on the
surface. The famous earthquake of
some years ago, which shook down
chimneys, fire. walls, cracked brick
buildings and did other damage, was
merely noticed by some of the miners
working in tho upper levels, but it did
no damage, net even shaking down
loose stones and earth. The station.
men in the various shafts felt it the
strongest, and the deepest point where
it was noticed was by the station
lander at the 800 feet Lowell Of tho
Imperial. Empire shaft, 800 feet below
the surface. He said it felt like a
sudden faint throb or pulsation of the
air, as though a blast had been set off
somewhere alta distance-abOve, below
or In some indefinite direction. In
some of the mines the shock was not
noticed at all, even by the stationmen.
Commenting ON this peculiar fact at
the tiMo, tho Gold Hill News ro-
marked that the earthquake seemed Ia
be an electrical disturbance proceed
ing from the atmosphere and not from
tho depths Of the earth,
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NOn-Resident Notice.

No. Sl2-Ih the Chancery Court of Shelby
johnson. W"
IT appearing from sherif's return in this
Il cause that the defendant, Squire John
son, is not to be found in his county; II Ia
therefore ordered that he make his appear
ance herein, at the courthouse of Shelby
county, Memphis, Tennessee, on or before
tne nrst Monday in August, 1879, and plead,
same Will be taken for confessed as to him
and set for hearing ex-parte; ard that a COPY
Of this order be published once a week for
tour successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of June, 1879.
A oOpy-Attest:
R. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
humes 4 Poston, Soils. for complainant.
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Trustees Sale.

RI virtue of the power vested in George W.
IL Winchester, deceased, as trustee, in a
certain deed of trust made by d. H. Town
send, on the 18th day of June, 1875, to secure
certain Indebtedness therein set out, and
Of Shelby county, Tenn, in Book No. I07,
page al, which power has been conferred
upon me by decree Of the Chaneery court In
the case of Ben May ct al. VS.. 7. P. Winches-
ter ct al, No. 1914 II. D., entered on the 2lst
day OF April, 1879, ! will proceed to sell, at
the request Of the benefciaries in said deed.
for cash, TO the highest bidder. ON
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An IdYI of the Fourth.

The Springfield Union thus drops
into poetic prose. The boy stood on
the back yard fence, whence all but
him had fed, the flames hat lit. his
fathers barn sbone just above the
shed. One bunch of crackers in his
hand, two atAeps ip his hat, with pite-
Gus accents loud he cried, g never
thought of tAatl" a bunch of crack
ers TO the tail of one small dog he tied
the dog in anguish sought Che barn
and mid the ruins died. The sparks
fed wide and red and hot, they lit
upon that brat; they fred the crack
as in bis hand and exc those in his
hat. Then came Che burst Of rattling
sound-the boyl Where was he gone
Ask of the winds that far around
strewed bits of meat aud bone, and
Qerqps of clothes and balls and tops
s1q nails and hooks and yarn, the
relics Of the dreadful boy that burned
his fathers barn,
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ON EXCHANGE oUoTAT


Net receipts at United States ports
since Friday, lila bales; same day last
week, 2443; same day last year, 1749
bales.
The total stock on hand at all the
United States ports is l6O,382 bales,
against 1886 bales same time last
year and 2l2,12O the year before.
The total receipts at all United
States ports since September LIST, as
per cotton exchange kilograms, is
4,417,447 bales, against 4,2l4,250 bales
last year, and 1867 ,63S bales the same
time the year before. Increase this
year, 2O3, l97 bales, as compared with
last year, and 449,S09 bales with the
year before.
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~r4-w.
.HNDER and By virtue Of ths pswer ece-
~ Rrred on me by tNo certain deadr ~
trust executed 10 me IS ]. n. Ware and wife
70 secure certain Indebtedness Therein DE-
scrioed, the lrst Of which Is recorded h IN.
hegisters once Of shelby county. Tennessee.
70 DOOR il4i q page 20, and the other IN Book
10, AZ page q, said indebtedness romaininr
que snd unpaid, 1 viii, at the request 81 the
beneficiary on the
10th Day OF July. A. ID. 1879,
at the southwest corner Of Main and Madison
streets. In the Taxing District lately known
az me city OF Memphis), between the hours
Of II o clock am. and IL o'clock noon of said
aay,, proceed to sell to the highest bidder, for
easn, the following property, to-wit: Part Of
lot :, block 60, South Memphis, beginning Al
Z point on the east line Of Orleans street 500
ieet south Of its intersection with the south
line OF Vance street, being 50 feet from the
southwest corner Of j. II. Crafts lot; thence
sonthwardiy with the east line Of Orleans
street. 90 feet, thus giving a front of IS feet on
the east side Of 0rl ans street, and running
back eastwardly between parallel lines and
parallel with the south line Of Vance street
~ ieet 10 the lot belonging TO and occupied
ny ~, Agnes Academy. All right of redemp-
tlon T. waived The title has been examined.
anu believe il good, but will sellas Trus.
zee only. w. q. MCCLURE, Trustee.
Wright, fowlkes * Wright, Att'ys. q-lH
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Do 10 NeMnort. Young Nan.

Newport Cor. Commercial Adyertiser.I
Her name is Miss Lolita Brown, and
she Is worth not less than s., 900,
and the funny part of it is that two
months ago she was a poor governess,
living in a Chicago family, with lots to
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NDER and by virtue of the power con-
" ferred on me by two certain deeds OF
trust executed to me by Mrs. Mary e. Speed, 10
secure certain Indebtedness therein deserihaS
the first Of which is recorded in the Register's
office Of Shelby county, Tennessee, in Book
No. III, at page 537, and the other in Book
No: III, at page 23B, said indebtedness re-
naming due and unpaid, Twill, atthe request
of the beneficiary, on the
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Since the burning Of the mikado's
palace, ssven years ago, he has lived in
an edi6ce inadequate to his wants, aud
his subjects have so much regretted
this that many have sent subscriptions
toward a new house, for the erection
of which the government has called
foF estimates,
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Cotton.

The market opened to-day quiet
sales yesterday % bales-for export
25, to spinners 80 bales,