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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY

FRIDAY, March 2l-.sno,s
number of bills were int, large
Among them were the follog,;uuaceSd
repeal SO much of the revised S. s, 10
as prohibits the appointment t. r'u "
army of any person engaged in tb ~ u, NE
rebellion; providing for tho -e la'e
cation ofthe Mississippi river in, o,sanl'
ment company for deepening the ' cS0t
mel OF the river and for the protect;as lai :,
alluvial lands;to authorize tnennrc ,5I o.
OF iorelgn-built ships by citizens Of oi'' =
United States; also providing for ne
ing the trade dollar AID their rac cI ie'lf'
into standard silver dollars ''ii az
Edmunds called up the IN. M
ton heretofore offered by him nr Toolu
ing to confine the business of i ;bo wv
sion to the object for which il was ' n 'TI'
ed. On motion of Senator WallaoU"" ' !.
was laid on the tabie-yeas IS nav % =
a strict party vote, After execntiyos =
sion adjourned until Monday ''''
FRIDAY, March 2l-House. br.
mess was transacted by the house o on5
after very short session that bod "I
journed until Tuesday. AZ
MONDAY, March 24-Senate. Vie,
president laid before the senate oa ,'
munication from the postmaster-genara
asking additional appropriations far t5a
pay OF letter-carrlers also one from tbo
secretary of the interior, ENCLOSING
request from the commissioner Of a}r
cation for an appropriation of S25 Ga
for the payment Of clerks. Commnn.
tons referred. Mr.. Wallace Offered
resolution that the senate now proceed
to the election of a secretary oitbs
senate, chief clerk, executive clerk and
sergeant-at-arms. A debate lasting
four hours followed at the close 4
which the resolution was adopted bya
strict party vote. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, March 25-Stnate.-A d.
bate occurred upon Hears resolution
declaring the democratic programme
of legislation unconstitutional. After
Hoar and Beck had spoken the senate
adjourned by strict party vote, the
democrats voting in the affirmative.
TUESDAY, March % Hou@.-Nothing
was done in the house which adjourned
Immediately after converting.
WEDNESDAY. March 26th-Seate,-
Several bills were introduced, an ez. |
ecutive session was held and the senate
adjourned after very brief session.
WEDNESDAY, March 26th--Hou@.-
The house transacted 10 business, and
after a short session adjourned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02

A PROMINENT Woonsocket, II. l., sa-
loon-keeper deserted his wife and three
children in England eighteen years ago,
and, coming to this country, married
again and raised another family. Now,
however, his first wife has followed him
across the water, after working hard
and long for the money to pay her pas
sage, and he is to be prosecuted for big
any.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02

A WASHINGTON press telegram Of
March 25th announced that the house
and senate joint democratic caucus had
been held. The dispatch further states
that the caucus viii recommend the re
peal of the law authorizing the presence
of troops at the polls and that it be effect,
ed by incorporating in the army appro
priation bin copy of the clause agreed
to by the house of representatives last
session. They also recommend that the
Jurors test oath be likewise simply ato'
ished by the insertion Of repeallng
clause in the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill; and that the
provisions then incorporated by the
house in the same bill amendalory oil
the law in regard to the mode Of I'M
panelling jurors be re-adopted by mel
democratic party this session III
relation to the last named clauses they
will be recomme ended for incorporation
into the legislative, executive ana lG.
dicial appropriation bill, immedlate{,
following appropriation for expenses Q;
courts. A series of clauses are agTeeG
to, the effect of which if enacted Will pc
to repeal the existing authority lor uJ|
appointment of chief SUPERVISORS anu
deputy marshals for elections, ana "
restrict the functions and power o. Ply. VIC
two supervisors of different po, aioo,
whose appointment IN the prtssjI|
manner will continue to be autlofllsl'
to those OF witnesses and challenge,
1t will also be provided that these su ,i'f
visors must be residents and duly quar- Az
fed voters in the precincts where '. ,5o
are to serve. The jurisdiction o. Wy ny
federal courts to punish such ffauus ,. =,
elections for Representatives to cong con-, ' ~
as may be reported by superfNvloJI'1Y with
other citizens is not to be interleresu WIN
nor will the caucus be advise d to In.a
in any manner the existing law sno W.
as the enforcement act, relative 10 'u'
irage and other civil rights
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02

says tie MOVEMENT which has been in
augurated th.re among former resi-
dents at Austria and Hungary to raise
money for th, relief of the survivors Of
the inundaticn Of Szegedin is extend
ing to all clases of citizens, and max
ing satisfactory progress financially.
At their meeting the members of the
common coulcil organized themselves
into a committee of the whole, with
Mayor Black, to aid in carrying out the
relief movement. A monster benefit
German theatrical entertainment is
being Arranged for the purpose of swell
ing the fund.
A FRANKFORT. KY, telegram of
March 26h says: Judge j. NJ.
Elliot, of the court of appeals,
was assassinsted and instantly killed on
the street in front of the Capital Hotel,
at II A. M. To-Day, by Thos. Buford, of
Henry county Elliott had rendered
an adverse opinion in o case that Bu-
ford had had in court for some time.
Bufold loaded double-barreled
shot gun and waited for FL
hot to cone to dinner, and
walked up and shot him through
the heart without warning. Buford
was arrested, and is now in jail There
is great excitement, and strong feel
ing prevails against him. Buford, az
ter the arrest, acknowledged that the
other barrel OF the gun was loaded
for Judge Pryor, and he would have
killed him also, had not some children
been in the way He is brother of
Gen. Abe Buiord Of Woodiord county.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02

JOHN SwINToN, New York editor
and communist, said, the other day,
that three-fourths of New Iork's popu-
lation are sunk in squalor; that wretch
es suuander the wealth seized from the
grimy masses; that industry and bust
ness are in chronic agony; that religion
is the mask of wrong, and that there
are signs of the approach of some
dreadful catastrophe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02

THE OLD saying that straws show how
the stream flows seems TO be verified by
the fact that there has been falling of
to the amount E350,00O in the legacy
and succession duties payable in Eng
land IN 1878, as compared with the
yield to the public revenue from the
same source in 1877. Here, the chan
cellor of exchequer assured the house
ofcommons the other day, is evidence
of the public distress. The cause Of this,
he stated, was 10 be fouad in the dimin-
ished value of stocks and in the fact
that they was II decline, OF some
thousands, in the number of wills ad-
nitted to probate last year. There may
lie more than appears on the surface in
hese facts and figures.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02

WATER transportation Is remarked
cheaper than the rail- Instances of this
are the immense tows taken out of
Pittsburgh by single steamer; one re-
Gently took seven thousand tons. 1t
went to Louisville, six hundred miles,
and the cost vas perhaps $1,000. For
this amount on rail the ordinary coal
rates would be $50, 600.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02

Mr. EDWARD ATKINSON has figured up
that the annual interest on the invest
ments OF Massachusetts, in railroad en-
terprises constitutes 6per centum Of all
the taxes which citizens there pay, and
also would pay the freight charges from
Chicago to Boston of all the flour that
the people of Massachusetts, can eat in
a year, and also the freight charges on
more than one-half the meat they need
in the same time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02

THE Springfield (Mass.l Republican
says that women took to suffrage like
ducks to water in some parts of New
Hampshire at the recent school cleo
tons, and in several cases they were not
slow in comprehending and adopting
the tactics which men sometimes resort
to TO secure their ends.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02

IT is said there is large rock on the
western base Of Rich's mountain, in
West Bath, Me-, completely covered
with strange characters and hieroglyph-
les, supposed to have been made by the
Indians. Rude figures of men and an
imals can be traced, accompanied by
irregular characters not SO legible.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02

The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company are building at the Mt. Clare
shops, twenty-five engines Of " Mogul :"
pattern, for use on the grades of the
Allegheny mountains, and two Hundred
freight cars.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02

CHARLES WING, a Chinese cigar-maker
and member of the Episcopalian church
was naturalized in New York city on
Saturday. His witness was Wong Zee.
who has already been naturalized.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02

, THE physicians of North Adams
Mass, attribute the sudden death Of
Miss Leonard, who dropped dead in
that town few days since, to the dry
ing up of her blood from the habit of
eating large quantities of cloves every
day.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02

AFAvoRITE subject of discussion IN
England has been the opening up OF
trade with Africa. 1t originally grew
out of the explorations of Stanley and
his predecessors.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02
NOTES OF THE DAY.

A wINDFALL of SIS, 900 has just come
from England to Samuel Mousley, one
of Wellington's soldiers at Waterloo,
who has been living humbly at Oxford,
n. H., for the past thirty years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02
WASHINGTON

The quarterly interest on the 4 per
cent. loan falling due April amounts
to nearly 100000.
SPEAKER RANDALL fayors a snort SEES
sion.
A FEW days since the president nomi-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02

An ancient church edifics th at p p35rs
town, n. j., memorable as thrs Mus
joseph jC Bonaparte and , Madam lived j
S0 a; Rsse Tss 5o be '9y torn down Inc E.
Mace to a modern structure: Madam
oprganist of the church was Cbare
Mnrat, wife of Prince Lucien
Mnrat, nephew of Napoleon
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-02

IN Mexico the most e';'e e, ,be AZ,
the newspapers are Prlnted1s ~ he ioLo'
noon and distributed or soi' ~
ing morn ing.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-24
Wonderful Mirages in Arizona.

The excursionist in Arizona, writes
a correspondent of the San Francisco
Bulletin, in leaving his couch before
sunrise. must not be surprised to see
lakes where the maps show no water,
and mountains turned bottOmside up
ward in the air, and such other illu-
sions as aerial castles, Notifications,
railroads, forests and all descriptions
Of architecture. 1t was only a few
weeks ago, between ella Bend and
Maricopa, that | witnessed a most
marvellous and exquisite series Of
transformations reflected by the phe-
nomenon of mirage. The Sierra de
las Estrella Mountain had entirely
disappeared, and in its place was a
vailed city upon the margin Of a
beautiful lake. All at once the city
disappeared q c9stellated mountain
Foso in the middle Of the Lake and
turned into a palace, which, after
balancing itself in the air, toppled
over and sank into the bosom of the
tranquil waters. Then arose a null
tiplicity of grotesque elevations,
which rapidly assumed the character
Gf fairy %islets, with lakelets within
themselves then, owing to the
unequal densities and ~arehaoting
powers Of the adjacent strata Of
air, the islets became trans
formed into castles, cathedrals but
tresses, cubes, Notifications and other
rock systems Of architecture, which
only survived, however, to vanish on
perfect completion. Again arose an
object which resembled a magnificent
opera house, or cathedral, with the
requisite description Of gothic win
dows and domes, balustrades, imposing
arches and door-ways and mapy-eol-
ored lamps. This last picture gave
way TO an'imm6pse tube, which seemed
to be suspended in the air until
shiyered into almost i~nfpitesimal frag-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-24
LEGAL.
Attachment Notice.


In the Circuit Court of Shelby county, Tenn.
edward S. Maloney, by next friend, W.
Memphis and Little Rock Railroad Co.
IN this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 345S Of the Code Of
Tennessee, and act Of 1865, chapter 2, section
l, and returned into court, levied upon the
property of the defendant, and affidavit hav-
ing been made that the defendant is Justly
indebted to the plaintiff in the sum Of Sc 900,
damages for injuries To the person of said
Maloney, and that said defendant il a nom
resident Of the State Of Tennessee; it is there
fore ordered that the said defendant, the
Memphis and Little Rock Railroad Company,
make its personal appearance herein, before
the judge Of the Circuit Court Of Shelby
county, at the courthouse in the city Of
Memphis, on the third Monday in May next,
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.
A copy attest, this 10Th day Of April, 1879.
JOSEPH UHL. Clerk.
BY GEORGE j. C~AMPBELL, Deputy Clerk.
II. Clay King, ID. M. Scales and L. P. Win
chester, Attorneys for plaintiff. 42~-48-54tO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-24
American TrOtters in England.

Turf, Field and Farm.l
The Muswell Hill stakes of one
hundred and fifty sovereigns, for
horses Of thirteen hands and upwards,
distance about two miles, four times
around the track, was trotted at Alex.
andra Park, London, Monday, March
31st, and won by Miss Douglass, three
years old, and standing 1873. She was
given a start of three hundred and
seventy-6ve yards, and won a heat
easily by one hundred yards in 5:29l.
The first final heat was trotted Mon
day night, and Miss Douglass beat
Swansey Pat by fifty yards, in 5;29l.
The second final heat was trOtted on
Tuesday, and won easily by one hun
dred yards by Miss Douglass in $40.
A three-year old which trots three
heats of two miles each over a bad
track, does all the work that she should
be asked to do. Ia fact, it is more
work than would be imposed upon her
in this country. Miss Douglass is a
daughter OF Berlin, nine years old,
Her sire was bred at WoOdburn, in
Kentucky, and he was got by Wood
ford Mambrino out of Sue Dudley, by
Aiexander's Edwin Forrest second
dam Madame Dudley, by a Bashaw
horse third dam by Mayday. lie is
full Of the blood Of tA9 race horse;
The dam of Miss Douglass, Ss should
Judge from the name, was a daughter
of Young Douglass, a cob-like trotting
stallion in Scotland, Miss Douglass
showed so much speed al alexandra
Park that her age was questioned.
She covered a lap in l:22, a perform
ance, says the Sporting Life, that
is nearly at the top tree With English
trotters." A veterinary surgeon OK
amined her mouth, and when be ceF-
tilted that she was but three years
old, the protest was withdrawn.
"Childe II0rold, remarks the Sport
ing Life, "frOh 2 standing start, and
attached to a sulky. lid one lap in
tt3, end finished his mile, atleg being
considerably eased, in 2;34, 50 that u
we BritisheTs can only improve a lit.
tie on this form, the Yankees them
selves will have TO loo& ~ tbeir lsu-
rels-more especially over sqcL Q
ty9ck as that used at Alexandra PaFk,
wiaca is anything but an easy one.
The Amerte4R trotters are doing so
well in England asd Scotland as to
Justify the hope that pq+egous I'M
porations will soon be made IRON
this country,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-24
COTTON EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.
Sales yesterday 10 bales, to SPIN

ners. 300: TO spectators, 125. The
market closed quiet aud unchanged.
The receipts at all American ports
since Friday last have been 3.22l
bales. against 26,73i bales at the same
dime last week, and 24,44l bales for
the same week last year.
The total stock on hand at all the
United States ports is 4O9,999 bales,
against 463, 253 bales same time last
year and 5S5.978 the year before.
The total receipts at all United
States ports since September LIST as
Der cotton exchange kilograms, is
4.27O,996 bales, against 4,04i, 794 bales
last year, and 3,8l2, 924 bales the same
time the year before. Increase this
wear 2S9,192 bales, as compared with
last year. and 42S,O62 bales with the
year before.
Freight rates from here to New
York are 4Oc rail AVID river, and 42c
all-rail to Boston }2@45c; to New
Orleans SOC per bale by steamer.
Freights from st. Louis per steamers
25c per Dbl, aud l2lc per cwt. From
che Ohio 10c per cwt and zoe per Dbl.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-24
M~On-Resident Notice.

No, lis r. DIN the Bartlett Circuit Court
OF Shelby county, Tennessee-E. f. STABLES
VS.. V. II. Staples-Divorce.
TT appearing from affidavit in this cause that
i defendant, V. II. Staples, is a non-resi-
dent of the State of Tennessee, and a resi-
e of the State Of Arkansas: il is there
fore ordered that he make his appearance
herein at the courthouse in the town of Bart
lett, Shelby county, Tenn, on second Mon
day in July, 1873, and plead, answer or demur
to complainant's bill for divorce, etc., on the
grounds of desertion, or the same will be
taken for confessed as to him and set for
hearing ex-parte, and that a o p ofthis order
be published once a week for four successive
weeksin the Public Ledger Of Memphis, Tenn.
A ~c0py-Attest:
..TH0S, B CRENSHAW, Clerk.
By AR. HALL, Deputy Clerk.
John Notebooks, Atty for complainant,
A9A9-54-6O
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-24

ments, each Of which assumed a
variety Of shapes, with serrated bor-
ders, and soon vanished or became
truncated below the horizon. Then
arose an immense island, in shape not
unlike Alcatras again, it closely
r%esembled Gibraltar, lifted in the air,
all the while presenting an aspect as
threatening as either Of the strong
holds above named. Then came the
Pyramids, and, anon, the Casa Grande,
precisely as it exists fifty miles away.
Presently a great broad white scarf
seemed to have been thrown over the
last-named elevation, yet permitting a
formation like the picture of the
Rock Of Ages"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-24
NOn.Resldon Notice.

No. III r, DIN the Bartlett Circuit Court
Of Shelby county, Tennessee-James Boil
ling vs.. Jane Boiling,
TT appearing fyQm anidayit in this cause
L that the defendant, Jane Boiling, Is a
noG-r0sident Qfthe State of Tennessee and 4
resident Of the State Of Mississippi; n & there-
fore ordered that she make her Appearance
herein at the court-house Ia tho town of Bart
lett, Shelby county, tennessee, on the second
Monday in J9b, 1879, and plead. answer ar
dePpr 10 complainants bill for divorce on
will be taken for confessed az To her and
set for herring %ey-par.o, and that n COPY ol
this order be prbiished once a week for fanI
successive wooksin the Public Ledger afMem.
phis, Tennessee.
A copy-Attest:
By A. R. HALL, D. c.
lohn McsBBro9ks, Attorney fog Complainant,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-24
General Trade.

The country people are as busy IA
bees putting in their cotton. So far
this week the weather has been dry
and warm and exceedingly favorable
for the work. Corn is up and gtcva
nicely. Strawberries are getting ripe
and half a crop is promised. Ap-
pies are expected to turn out about a
half crop, while peaches are going to
be scant.. The markets arc firm for
everything except meats; a decline
of tc per pound on all grades has
qrred during the week. Hay is
X;.So, and scarce. Corn is 6rm, and
III sl.sso. OF feed as well as bread
=, find e 4y buyers at full prices
'' TIoUR-MarN ct stq;ef5yEi !. Quotations |o,s ss 9s
for Western grades !" SJ sor w SO
for X, 1926 FOR Xxx, &.,P iP 5o eor fancy
C05.75 for family aud $685.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-24

PVBLIC LEDoER OFFICE
MEMPHIS, April "a. 1879.

Money easy, with borrowers scarce
and prime commercial paper in de-
mand at 6 per cent, both in bank and
among the insurance companies.
None now have the hardihood to ask
above s per cent, and with govern
ments or other solvent collaterals a
much lower rate may be obtained.
Exchange rates have ruled steady
for the past few days. Cotton bills
offer in small amounts, while the
demand for New York checks
is free. Bills on New York
and New England rule at par
without grace and ] off for sight on
Boston and Fall River. Checks on
New York are / premium. On New
Orleans rates are steady at par selling
and ! discount buying.
The current rates for local stocks
and securities are as follows
County. warrants dull at Soc;
Memphis gas bonds strong at
95c, and stock held at the same;
Masonic Temple 6 per cent. bonds
offer at par; Mississippi and Ten
nessee railway first mortgage 113;
Union and Planters stock 100,
with no offerings fernando Insur-
ance stock last sold at III, and
Bank of Commerce at $685.
State National Bank stock is quoted
at So; Bluff City Insurance, III
Memphis City Fire and Marine In.
surance, Go, and Phoenix do at so. :
Several Tennessee State debt com.
m~issiOners, now on their way home
from New York, report a very favor.
able feeling among the State debt
creditors to settle at the proposed rate
of 80 cents and 4 per cent. Only
holders Of about 81, 900 of State
bonds have as yet signed the terms
leaving holders of over s2O,OOO,O 600 yet
to join in. Considerable opposition tt
the scheme K manifested, a number o,
b~ondholders believing themselve,
badly victimized,
The mint at New Orleans is to b.
set actively at work coming new silvel
dollars. The capacity of the mint il
$500, 900 per month, and $4,000 ounces
Of silver per week is to be delivered
there, the express companies having
agreed to carry it from Colorado a
the same rates as to Philadelphia
The only work recently performed b,
dle New Orleans mint has been tn,
recoinsge Of Mexican dollars.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-24
NoO-R Resident Notice.

No. S9 r. Din the Probate Court of Shelby
county, Tennessee-Georgia BRyliss, adj
minlstratrlx of Lizzie Lach, deceased, Va.
John Oyerton, ST., ct al -Insolyent biii.
1 appearing from the original bill In tbis
4 cause, which is sworn to, that after dili-
Eent search and inquiry, complainant has
been unable to learn of any heirs of the in
t%estate, Lizzie Laeh, deceased, and knows of
none, and that Il any, their places Of rosi-
uehee are upknoWp;. " Is therefore ordered
said deeedent, LiSAie Lach, make their nm.
Bea[ance herein at the courthouse Of tho said
Probate Court in Memphis, Tenn, on or before
the first Monday in June, 1879, and plead. an
swer OF demur To- plainant's bill herein.
OF TIE same will be taken for confessed as to
them and set for hearing ex-parte; and hat a
copy of this order be published once a week
This April 8, 1879.
A copy-AtteSt:
OWEN DWYER, CLERK.
Py HgsH B. CULLEN, D. @.
.; !, K. Ray, Jr., Sol. for complainant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-24
Non-Resident Notice.

No. 1904 In the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, Tennessee-W. B. Williamson VS..
A. II. Smith.
L appearing from sheriff's return in this
i cause that the defendant, A. II. Smith, is
not to be found in his county; it is therefore
ordered, that he make his appearance here
in, at the courthouse in the city of Memphis,
Tennessee, on or before the first Monday in
June, l5is, and plead, answer or demur
to compliments bill, or the same will be
taken for confessed as to him and set for
hearing ex-parte; and that a copy Of this or
der be published once q week for four sue
cessiye weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 18th day of April, 1879.
A c~Opy-Attest:
K. j. BLACK, Clerk and master.
G. r. BARTEAU, Solicitor for complainant.