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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-16
General Sir Patrick MCDOugaII
Recalled to England.
Hanlan Still in Training for thu
Next Race.
The French Government to Prosecute
Paul Be Cassagnac.
Heavy Failure Of IA Rotterdam
Bank.

HALIFAX, May 16.-General Sir
Patrick McDougall, commander-in-
chief Of her majesty forces in British
North America, has been called to
England for special service.
LONDON, May 16.-Hanlan visited
Putney, sculled with Plaisted to
Hammersmith bridge and had sharp
spin back. He resumes his training
Monday at Newcastle. He appears in
the best Of health and does not antici-
pate that severe labor will be neces.
sary to bring himselfinto proper trim.
PARIS, May 16.-The government
on Saturday will demand from the
chamber of deputies authorization to
prosecute Paul DeCassagnac, a mem
Der, for articles published in his jour
nal attacking the government.
The council of states has confirmed
the view OF the minister Of the inte-
rior. that the attacks upon Jules
Ferres education bill by Monseigneur
FORBADE, Archbishop Of AK, was lille
gal. @
ROTTERDAM, May 1e,-The Trading
Company's Afrikanische Handelsver-
eniging and Commonditove Bankver-
inging has failed Total liabilities
about e750,0OO They have some
London connections, but the losses
are mostly in Holland. Z. S. Bauer
e. Co., London agent of the Afrikan-
ische Handelsvereniging, have sus-
pended.
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CHICAGO.
Action Of the Executive Committee
of the Millers---A Building Falls
on Workmen.

CHICAGO, May 16.-The executive
committee of the Millers Assoeia-
tion announce that they have made
satisfactory arrangements with D. D.
Downton on behalf of the present
members of the association and those
who become members before Sep
tember, 1879, and that all
members who purchase or use
rolls not made or licensed under
Downton's patent will not be defend.
ed by the association in any suit
brought under that patent for the use
Of said rolls.
While the workmen were pulling
down 58 Randolph street to-day t.
make room for the new Music Hall, .
portion of the building fell upon thC
wOrkmen and four were seriously but
none fatally hurt.
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DECORATION DAY.
The Floral Committee at their Meeting
Last Monday Adopted a Plan Of
Action With Reference to the
i Decoration of Confederate
Graves at ElmwoOd.

Alta meeting of the floral commit
tee held at the Peabody Hotel last
Monday morning, the following plan
for the decoration of the Confederate
graves was agreed upon: 1t was agreed
by the ladies then present to endeavor
to furnish wreaths and crosses for ff-
teen hundred graves. 1t was sug.
gested for uniformity that the wreat6s
be one foot in diameter and the crosses
fifteen inches long. These wreaths
and crosses can be made on Friday Of
cedar, ivy or other eyergreens, and
flowers added to them on Saturday
morning. The ladies who were pres.
ent proposed to furnish enough
wreaths and cross is to decorate about
seven hundred graves, The members
OF the committee not present and all
other ladies, friends of the "Lost
Cause, are most earnestly requested
to furnish enough to supply the deficit,
eight hundred more. The committed
will be at Elmwood cemetery to-mor-
row morning to receive and arrange
the wreaths and crosses, and any flow
ers which may be sent.
All persons who may not be able to
send conveniently to the cemetery,
can find some onc to receive them al
325 Main street, between Monroe and
Union, from which place wagon will
be furnished to carry them to the
cemetery, the last wagon leaving at
half-past eleven o'clock tomorrow
morning. nn rr error
The following committee was ap-
pointed by the ladies present to meet
at Elmwood on Saturday morning at
ten o'clock, aud take charge of all
flowers sent by parties not able to at
tend themselves
Mrs r w Mitchell, Mrs NJ L Woodbridge
MrS DR. Henning, Mrs Il S Hammond,
Mfs J w Cochran, Mrs II Black,
Mrs A B Vaccaro, Mrs RI Ferron,
Miss Lettie White, Misses Montgomery
Miss Belle Woodruff, Miss Dora Waldran,
Miss Sallie Finlay, Miss Blanche Speed,
Miss S Guarant, Miss NJ Summers,
Miss Belle McComb, Miss Jennie Moen.
Miss Emma Estes Miss Ida Pugh,
Miss Sallie Estes, Miss Luna Park.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-16

The Rev. NJ. B. Dewitt, of Nash
vile, will preach in, the Court street
Presbyterian church at s, oelock to-
night. .l UNA lNuV VNNiiQ Nh
Mr.. T. H. Perrin, a journalist, of
Alton, Illinois, is one of the delegates
to the Presbyterian convention, now
in session here.
Colonel John w. Burch, Of vir-
ginia, general manager of the Warm
SPRINGS of North Carolina, one of the
most famous watering places in the
country, and especially popular with
Memphians, is in the city.
Mrs, Mary N. Clardy, of Missouri,
a temperance lecturer and an active
member as we'll as vice president of
the Woman's National Christian Tenn
perance Union, is in the city, an d will
remain some days to promote the noble
cause she represents. a'H
Miss Il. c. Donnolly. of Sarnia,
Canada, left for her home on the
steamer Andy Baum Wednesday. She
was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. p. Z.
Murphy, while here, and endeared
herself to a'large circle of friends.
Mr.. B. NJ. Sheriff. is in the city rep
reseoting the old and reliable paper
mouse of Du Pont q Co., Louisville,
Ky. Mr.. Sheriff. is an indefatigable
worker, and representing such firm
as he does, has no trouble in securing
large orders from the best houses in
this city. m yp4ut n1pel1Ci
Among the delegates in attendance
at the Cumberland Presbyterian as
senlbly nowin session here, is Elder
Enos Carnes, from Strington, Indian
Nation. Mr.. Carnes is a full blooded
Choctaw Indian, of the pure copper
eoiored type; is a gentleman of educa
tion and culture, and a worthy repre-
sentative of his people.
COL Geo. Corliss and Captain
Roush, two prominent and leading
merchants Of Cairo, Illinois, are
spending a few DAYS in the city anC
were visitors at the cotton exchange
to-day. Colonel Corliss does an i'm
mense trade with 0sceola aud othel
,points between here and Cairo; anC
also has in the city 6 large circle o
friends who gave him cordial recep
zion.
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ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL.

MEMPHIs. May l6.
Sales Of cotton to-day in this mar
ket 1900 bales; to exporters 1900
bales; to spinners 1900 bales, and to
spectators 100 bales. The market
closed strong, with light offerings at
l2s for middlings, an advance Of / to
| on all grades. New York, at 3 pm,
quoted spots firm at 12Jc, an advance
of 4c. Other grades advanced from
3-16 to 5-l6. Futures closed firm at
5 to y points above opening rates.
Sales, 10000 bales. New Orleans
closed strong with light offerings
middlings, l23c; sales, 25OO bales. l2EaV
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The LonIsvilIe NTeetlng.

New YoRK, May l5,-The members
of the American Jocky Club and
many others interested in race horses
propose visiting the Blue Grass Region
after attending the races of the Louis
vile Jo5ky Club. The sporting fra
ternity will have many representatives
AZ the louisville meeting.
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An Old Man TO Hang for killing
His SOn-in.HIaW.

AUBURN, N. Y, May 16.-BrOther-
ton, age IS years, who murdered his
son-in-law in 1877, and whose case has
sisce been in the courts was to-day
sentenced to be hung July 1lth.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-16

Always keep them on hand, as delay
increases suffering; and if you feel
sickness coming upon you, take dose
Of DR.. Bulls Baltimore Pills. They
can do you no harm. and may save you
from the sick room. Price only 26c.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-16

New YORK, May 16, 12.45 pm
Cotton opened firm; now firm and
l-l6c to 3-16c higher. Ordinary,
II 5-16c; good ordinary, 12 Lice (;
low middlipg, lac; middling, II 13-16c;
good middling, 13bc; middling fair,
IA 1.16c; fair, Is 1-16c. Futures
closed last evening at 3 to l3 points
above the day before; opened this
morning strong and 6 points higher
now weak at 8 to 10 points above
opening figures, as follows: Deliveries
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JACKSON.
Supreme Court Proceedings.

Sperial to the Ledger
JACKSON, Tenn, Mag 16,-The
Supreme Court to-day heard the Ben
stein case, and on Monday will resume
the peremptory call of the Shelby
chancery docket. l8I aI8A1
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PostOmce Robbery.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 16,-The money
and registered letters stolen from the
postofice yesterday were all found
this morning among some rubbish in
the basement of the postofice build
ing. None of the letters had been
opened. No clew to the thief. l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-16

The stubbornuess with which the
seven men imprisoned in the Pennsyl-
yania mine held out to the end may be
accounted for by the fact that they
subsisted on mule floSh.-[New York
Mail.
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A COlOred Porter Arrested for
Robbery.

INDIANAPOLIS, May led Stew
art, colored porter, employed in the
postofiice for many years, is under
arrest for and has confessed to the
robbery of yesterday morning.
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THE NATIONAL QUARANTINE Bull,

WAsHINoIoN, May Is. The 'resolu-
tions Of the Memphis chamber Of com
merce on the National quarantine bill are
strong and appropriate Permit me 10
say that II would have been simple Justice.
however, If the resolutions had recog-
nized the earnest efforts to pass the bill
by Senator Harris and Representative
Young In the last congress Senator
Harris introduced the bin prepared by the
committee which visited Mempl is. Casey
Young introduced the same bill in the
house. The senate passed the bill, but the
opposition in the house. under the leader
ship Of Goode, of Virginia. Hooker, of
Mississippi and Gibson, of Louisiana, de-
feated it. Young did his utmost, and did
well.
Now there has been an impression made
in some way that Young was responsible
for its defeat. Not at all The same
elements of opposition that were arraigned
against a national quarantine in the last
congress we have in this. Conkling and
Herman opposed it; Morgan, of Alabama,
and Hoar, of Massachusetts, in the senate,
and so on in the house. Between the
members who are the friends of the
boards of health of the seaboard cities and
those who are the special defenders of So
called State rights, the measure has been
delayed and may be defeated. The fact
must not be overlooked, the seaboard
cities or the commercial class are appre-
hensive that the regulations of national
board of health may iniure their COM
merce, and hence the opposition from
them. Nothing but visitation of cholera
or yellow fever will bring them to agree
to the new policy.
In all this contest for protection against
the plague Of yellow fever, in the passage
OF national quarantine BILL Harris and
Young have worked together and worked
earnestly, and they have had the support
Of most Of the Southern members.
We publish the above letter in full
from Colonel A. j Kellar as matter
of justice to Senator Harris and Rep
resentatiye Young, An effort has
been made here to create the impress
sion that these gentlemen each had a
pet bill and antagonized each other.
and thus defeated the passage of any
quarantine bill. The chamber of
commerce was used to strengthen such
an impression, and resolution thank
ing Harris and Young for their efforts
was voted down. We believed at the
time that the gentleman who was most
active in this matter had political
purpose in view, and see no reason yet
to change our opinions, for he is too
well posted and too long-headed to be
mistaken as to the facts in the case.
Colonel Kellar, who has been on the
ground nearly all this session, knows
whereof he speaks, and does himself
great credit in promptly coming for
ward and setting right our immediate
representatives. in congress, with whom
he is not ib political accord.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-16

ribs, 5.35; clear, 5.439@5.5Oc. Lard
salable at 6Bc. Hogs fairly active /;
Yorks to Baltimores, So 55@3 65 I;
smooth heavy to Philadelphias, 50 80
@3 60; receipts, 1890 head.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-16
MISCELLANEOUS.
For Sale.

A STEAM fire engine in tood order, CO.
"A inch saw, Mandral frame and track, saw
oelter than new one; old builders material,
iron shutter, sash doors, mantels, CRATES,
store doors and two houses now occupied az
ticket office and baggage-rooms at Louisville
depot. The houses win be sold at bargain
as they must be removed to make way for the
new passenger depot. Apply TO
6387l JOHN REID, Builder, 326 gecond 81
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Latest Market Reports.
CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, May 16.-Flour firm
Grain firm and unchanged. Whisky
higher at $l.02. Pork unchanged
Lard 615c. Bulk meats strong
shoulders sold at 800; short ribs, Al
short clear, 4Bc, Bacon in good de.
mand at At, 59@5sc.
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Indications.

WASHINGTON, May 16.-For Ten
nessee and Ohio valley, northeast
winds, stationary temperature, rising
barometer and partly cloudy weather.
Rivers will generally fall except
slight rise in tho upper Mississippi.
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Forest Fires IN Nunsne.

FRTEBURa, May l6. = Disastrous
forest fires are raging about here, The
loss of timber and lumber is immense.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-16

I New ORLEANS, May 16.-Therc
are special reports Of the burning of
Farmersville, La. Loss estimated at
100000, partly insured.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-16

The portraits of the American
Presidents, painted by Mr., Healy-
many of them by order of Louis
Phillipe-have been purchased by the
Corcoran Art Gallery. All our rulers
from Washington to Lincoln are repre-
sented, except Harrison. His portrait
and those of the later Presidents will
be added hereafter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-16

The winning Of the last race was
wholly due to skillful Hanlan, Of the
oars philadelphia Bulletin,
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Suicide by Hanging

BosroN, May IS. Henry j. Cross,
city treasurer at Salem, hanged him
self to-day.
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LEGAL.
trustees Sale Of RcaI ES1a1,s.


Under and by virtue of the terms of n
l certain deed Of trust executed TO John
a. Holt, trustee, who is now deceased, dated
Noyember y, 1876, duly recorded in Book 100,
at page lQl, OF the Registers Office of Shelby
county, Tenn, the indebtedness secured
thereby being past due, l, James W. Crock
erl hayipg been duly appointed successor of
said john A. Holt, as trustee, and being
thereby vested with tho title to the land con
yeyed in said deed Of trast, and empowered
70 enforce ITS terms, will, as such succeeding
trustee, at the request Of the beneficiary, on
Tuesday, June 10, 1879,
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 l2 O'clock noon and /
O'Clock pm, sell to 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. Is
Of block No, II, of the Brinkleyand Snowden
| subdivision Of part of division No 7, Of the
John Rice grant, beginning at point on the
north line of Winter street, one hundred and
twenty feet west of the west line Of Brinkley
avenue; runs thence west with tho north N ne
Of Winter street sixty feet TO stake; thence
northwardly in line parallel with Brinkley
ayeLue one hundred and fifty feet to stake;
thence east in a line parallel with Winter
street sixty feet TO stake; thence south
Wardly in limo parallel with Brinkley ave
nue. one hundred and fifty feet to the begin
ming. Hi
The equity of redemption is waived. The
title has been examined and approved, but |
shall sell and convey as trustee only. Lot Ia
improved with cottage Of four rooms, kitchen,
servants room, stable, etc. n
=, JAMES W. OR0cKER, Trustee.
N. D. TREzEvANT, Atty.
H' L. GuioN, Auctioneer, sssI
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NEW YORK

NEW YORK, May 1926 p.m.-
Money 4c. Sterling, S7l@89c. Bar
silver, $l,O8s per ounce. Subsidia,
ry silver coin, sole discount. Gov
ernments firm. Railroad securities
active. State bonds dull. Stocks
irregular, but in the main firm and
higher. The great feature of speoula.
tiOn was the advance in Western
Union of Al per cent, which sold up
from lO9b@ll4 subsequently reacting
TO llls, aud recovering to 112.
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sT. LOUIS.

ST. Louis, May 16.-Flour is un-
changed, Wheat opened higher and
closed lower No. 2 red, 81 10l@
] lOs, closing at 81 10 bid cash. Corn
6rmer, 34c. Oats firm, 29l@29ic.
Whisky quiet, $l.03. Pork steady at
$40. Dry salt meats firm; car lots
clear ribs, 4ic. Bacon firm clear
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COTTON STATEMENT.

COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock, September l, ls7S......... SA
Received since last statement. 176 ~
Received previously 3S1 04s 3Sl, ,224
Shipped since last statement. lO4S SS2, ,l7S
Shipped 35689 35T ,943
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20

WE would politely call the atten-
ton of the Louisville d Nashville
Railroad authorities to the fact that
GAINESVILLE station, on its line to
Memphis, needs a good passenger
depot, and our people think the
company ought to have one built.
We mention this in no unfriendly
spirit towards the r.. r. Co. and its
management, but to call attention
to matter, whether overlooked or
purposely neglected, is badly need
ed. This station is of sufficient inn
portance in a business point Of view
to entitle it to at least comfortable
passenger depot building. Passen-
gers cannot be made comfortable at
the old shanty, now, while waiting
for train-and especially so when
the train happens to be behind time.
a great corporation like the L. & n.
Il. r.. Co. can afford to have good
and comfortable depot buildings,
and we trust it will attend to this
much needed Improvement at this
place.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20

1t may seem superhuous to tell
what must be patent to all who keep
their eyes open on Franklin street,
that our great grocery houses are
doing a business far surprising
what the dimensions of our city
would render probable. From
morning to night wagons and drays
are loading up with heavy bills of
groceries in bulk, which they rap
idly transport to the depot and the
wharf and speedily return for more.
The truth is that the people OF
large surrounding area nave discov-
cred that no market in the West is
more profitable to purchase in. Now
let us improve our local communion
tiOns and abolish our tolls and
make the place easier to get at, and
this may all be doubled.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20

te-sa--a - c.
The river Is f.lSS,,sz,y rs.oss:,s with
twenty-five feet iS.isscI All
fear ~ an overb6z, Ann s The. assent
rise Il abandons.s W, near 81
some corn overflowed IN the low
bottoms, but, as a general thing,
the corn in low places IS gathered
first, which makes the loss very
light.
A large raft of walnut lumber was
wrecked on the piers at Nashville,
Wednesday night. passing by here
early Thursday morning. 1t was
composed Of several hundred logs.
Usually they have been sawed at
Nashville, but the owner concluded
to float them TO Paducah and have
them sawed at that place. Loss
about 81, 800.
The Anderson and Rhea have
commenced to make regular trips
to Cairo. The b. H. Cook will
commence making regular trips to
Evansville next week. When we
are furnished with their time cards,
we will mention the time of their
:,r.is'= es. K. 81 pal 4 t1lIe.
The Matt Gracey is making reg
ular trips, leaving for Mouth of
Harpeth every Thursday at a. NJ,
and for Dover every Friday at u NJ.
Our wharf boat is filed by goods
sold by our merchants for river
points. We notice shipment of
whiskey to Austin, Texas, and to
Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20

We don't know whether our read
ers are visiting Mr.. ShacklefOrd's
studio or not, but we know that
they will be we'll rewarded by doing
so. Since he has been here he has
painted a very attractive piece of
genre composition representing a
child and ala English shepherd dog
as playmates. The wonderful ex-
preston of deep affection which
many people must have noticed
in dogs while playing with little
children is beautifully given in this
picture, and the little fellow returns
his friends love with interest. If
you have not seen the collection, go
by all means; it is much better
worth seeing than many show
that you pay half dollar for seeing.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20

See Che whole pagp advertisement
Of castnef, Beaumont q CO. We
haya observed the course of this
firm with interest, not only through
our personal regard for the young
men who started 1t, bur because we
believed. ard stiil believe, that it
fills demand which really called
for 1t. A business which makes a
a speciality Of supplying the varied
needs Of families in the way of the
necessaries aud luxuries of house
keeping is rs much a desideratum
here as the great wholesale estab-
lishments which supply a wide
area of country with staple groce-
ries. Cashier & Beaumont's Is en-
inently the ladies' grocery store,
and the ladies have found it out and
do their shopping there, much to
the mutual satisfaction Of buyers
and sellers.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20
Burnt Cork.

Another minstrel company, and
not an untried one, is to play at
Elders Hall the first week of the
new year. "Duprez and Benedict's
Minstrels'' is the style of. the firm,
and for sentimental and comic sing
ing, clog dancing, astonishing con-
undrums and all the other attrac-
lions ofthe African opera, our people
know well that they cannot be
surpassed. Shall we whisper another
secret? Early in the coming spring
Mccullough, the greatest leader in
the robust school of tragedy, is to
play an engagement here. On Mr..
Mccullough the mantle of Forrest is
considered to have fallen.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-20

A COMMUNICATION over the sig
nature of Citizen" is entitled to
serious consideration. There is no
doubt that the tell over our bridges
ought to be extinguished, though
we hardly agree with "Citizep"
that the expense of doing 50 should
fall exclusively on GAINESVILLE !;
ought it not to be divided equally
between town and country?
While talking of bridges, we de-
sire to mention another point where
one is much needed. The Peacher
Mill road, where 1t crosses West
Fork, is frequently impossible to
wagons, and much pr Iduce which
should come to GAINESVILLE that
way does not come here at all. The
attention of the County Court is
respectfully solicited.