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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06

The Laura Davis, Captain j. V.
Reynolds in command, leaves the r.
h. Lee wharf boat this evening at j
o'clock for New Orleans. She is a
good carrier and will make all promi-
nent way landings.
Hatchie river will soon be open to
navigation, as work has been com
menced on the draw bridge near
Brownsville, by the Louisville rail
way company.
The Anchor Line packet, Joe Kin
ney, Captain Broloski, leaves the com
pany's wharfboat this evening, at five
o'clock, for Vicksburg, carrying the
mail, doing all way business, and con-
Meeting at Vicksburg with the Yazoc
river and New Orleans packets.
The Osceola Belle. Captain An.
drews, will be in to- day, and leaves
this evening, on time, with a return
trip for 0sceola aud the upper coast.
b. o. Michel is her popular chief
clerk.
The Rapid Transit leaves Cairo te.
day, and will arrive here tomorrow.
and will Immediately resume her reg
ular trips in the Commerce trade.
The Geo. w. Cheek, Captain Henry
Cooper, is the regular packet leaving
this evening at 5 o'clock for Friar' 5
Point, carrying mail and attending to
all way butiness. Billy Smither con
trolls the Office, assisted by John Haley
both clever gentlemen.
The old reliable steamer Hard Cash.
Captain Ed Postal, will be found in
port receiving for White river and
will leave this evening on time, going
through to Jacksonport. Charley
Postal and Neil Booker, two of the
best fellows in the worl, have charge
Of the Office.
The Ouachita Belle, Captain Mark
Cheek in command, is the regular
Adams Mail Line packet, leaving this
evening at 6 o'clock for Arkansas City.
giving special attention to all planta-
ton business and making direct con-
nection with the Pine Bluff railroad.
Captain Lee Cummins has charge Of
the office, assisted by Billy Thomas
and Lee Cummins, ir.
The staunch and light-draught
steamer Marlin Speed, Captain Ed
Rowland in command, leaves the r.
y. Lee wharfboat promptly this even.
ing at five o'clock for White river.
going through to Jacksonport. She
will give prompt attention to all way
business. Captain Jimmy Thompson
has charge Of the Office, seconded by
Billy Ashford, ir.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06
ExperIments yYifh Nleel.

Considerable interest is manifested
in a series of experiments now max
ing at the forge in the Washington
navy yard, under the supervision of
j. Edwin Sherman, civil engineer,
upon large ingots furnished by Naylor
d Co., Of Boston, the result Of which.
1t is thought, will obviate entirely the
necessity for using foreign material, as
heretofore, and demonstrate the ad-
vantage Of steel over iron for heavy
forgings, such as shafts, connecting
rods, crank axels, heavy ordnance, etc.
Mr.. Sherman claims to have discov-
cred a new process by which the hard
est steel is rendered as soft and MALE
able as the best Swedish iron, and
his experiments thus far are regarded
by mechanics and engineers as OF a
most satisfactory character.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06
Strategy.

Columbus tGa.) Times.l
Several years ago Nh. Lewis Mont.
ford and his wife separated. About
two and a half years ago he married
another woman, without having a d.
vorce from his first wife. The father
of his scond wife had him arrested
for bigamy, and he was confined in
Jail for some time. He was finally re.
leased on bail, his second wife stand
ing on his bond. He instituted suit
for divorce from his first wife. and
managed to delay trial for bigamy until
last week, when a divorce was granted
him by the court. Montford and his
second wife we're on hand. ready with
a license, and were married a second
time in less than twenty minutes after
the divorce had been granted, the
ceremony being performed in Mr..
Stokes blacksmith shop. And thus
ended a perplexing and much-talked-
OF matter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06
COMMERCIAL.

MEMPHIs, Tenn, Nov. s, 1879.
The demand for money is moderate,
with discounts ranging from 6 to s per
cent. Currency is in fair supply. An
increasing request prevails in the
country and at interior towns for
money, and shipments to satisfy it are
steady. The demand runs mainly for
cotton buying aud among planters to
pay off their cotton picking forces.
The movement in Eastern exchange
is on the increase. Cotton bills offer
freely, and rates are steady at e dis
count on points East for bills without
grace and lc discount for grace. carry
ing bills. Checks on New York sell
at par. New Orleans rates are un-
changed at par selling and ic discount
buying.
The only movement heard from local
securities is III county scrip, for which
brokers offer Soc. All others are quiet
and nominal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06
Dallas Herald.l


At meeting Of the Congregation
Emanuel, held at the synagogue,
upon the recommendation of the
Rabbi, Dr.. Bien, the use of the
synagogue, lights and fuel, all free,
was rendered by a unanimous vote TO
the Lamar street Methodist church
congregation to hold their services
until such time as they can rebuild
their house of worship, which they
had the misfortune to lose by
fire Saturday morning last. The
synagogue was rendered for the churoh
services, and the school-room for the
Sabbath school. This is indeed a rare
example Of religious liberality and
good will, and our Hebrew friends are
to be commended for it. 1t cannot
fail to be properly appreciated by the
Methodists interested, We are unin-
formed if the offer has been accepted.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06
A aketch ol lIr. ChnnhInr-

Mr.. Chandler was a native of the
old Granite State, where he was born
December 10. 1913. He had a liberal
education. He went TO Detroit in an
early day, and engaged in business as
a merchant. Herein he was uncom-
monty successful, his sterling honesty
and remarkable energy bringing him
hosts Of customers and friends. He
was also fortunate in real estate invest
mentS, so that, when he retired from
active business and went into politics,
he was a man of Independent fortune.
Nearly thirty years ago he was mayor
of Detroit, and more than twenty FIVE
years ago he was the Wing candidate
for Governor of Michigan. 1t is very
seldom that men engaged in meroan-
tile pursuits are thus prominent in
public affairs so early in life. Mr..
Chandler gained his notable popular
ity by his fine success in business. his
great public spirit, his generous and
genial nature. By and by the politics
Of Michigan changed. The State
became Republican, and that by
a tremendous majority. One con-
sequence of this revolution was
that General Cass went out of the
senate and Mr.. Chandler went in.
This was in 1857. From that time
until March 4, 1875, that is to say. for
eighteen years, Dir. Chandler was
United States senator. Nearly all of
it was a period of unusual political
interest, much of 1t Of intense ex-
element, for during the early part of
Buchanans administration there was
the LecomptOn Constitution a in
which Douglas assailed the admins
t%ration, and, assisted by Broderick and
other Democrats, made one of the
prettiest political quarrels ever wit
messed in this country. Then came
secession, and then the war. This
was followed by the reconstruction
measures and the terrific contest over
the impeachment of President John
son. Then came the intestine war in
the Republican party, when Greeley.
Sumner, Trumbull, Schurz, Fenton.
Julian, Farnsworth, John NJ. Palmer.
Whitelaw Reid, Horace White,
Murat Halstead and many other
public men and public journalists
known as Radical, criticised the party
with u%nsparing severity. The Repub-
llcans were routed in 1874, the house
Of representatives fell into the hands.
Of the Democrats, and the member
ship of the Senate was greatly
changed, Among other Republicans
in Republican States, Mr. Chandler
was defeated for the senate by a coali-
ton, Il ough unquestionably the choice
OF Il great majority Of his party in
Michigan. Mr.. Chandler had not been
long in the senate till he was recog-
nized in that body and throughout the
country as a man Of ability. During
the war he was noted for his intense
patriotism and his detestation of all
rose water policies and kid glove war
fare. Not long after retiring from the
senate, Mr.. Chandler became secretary
of the interior, and he conducted the
campaign Of 1876 for the Republicans.
Senator Chandler was over six feet in
hight, well made, with light brown
hair and hlue-gray eyes. Part of his
face looked as ifit had been disfgured
by the smallpox. 1t was, in fact.
caused by a terrible burn that he re-
ceiyed in rescuing a little daughter
NOW Mrs. Hale) from a house on fire.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06

Business affairs at New Orleans. as
almost everywhere else for the time
being, il unusually brisk, one proof of
which is the fact that the Picayune.
Times and other leading journals
have been obliged to print double
sheets TO accommodate their adver-
tisers. The disappearance of the
yellow fever from Memphis and all
that region is also beginning to tell
f%avorably upon trade throughout the
whole Mississippi Yalley.-Ex *.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06

A large box shipped on a railroad
at Cleveland, was found to contain a
live man, a flask of whisky, some
sandwiches and a kit of burglars
tools; It is supposed that he intended
to rob the express car.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06
Marriage Of II Well KNOWN Au-
thOress.

New York World.l
An italian correspondent announces
that Miss Dgdu Fletcher, the only
daughter of The Rev. j. g. Fletcher.
the we'll known authOr of some useful
publications about Brazil, is to be
married at Rome in the course of the
present month to Lord Wentworth
the Oldest surviving son and heir of
the Earl Of Lovelace, and the only
SURVIVING ggaBaspp of Lord Byron.
Miss Fletchefes mother, q lady Of rare
intellectual gifts, was the daughter of
one Of the most distinguished minis
tiers of Geneva, in Switzerland, aud
Miss Fletcher herself has won a name
by her romance Of Kismet. Lord
Weptgqyth's older brother, Viscount
Ockham, was q very ecceptric and
original person, who disappeared from
London, and passed a long time as a
working carpenter at Deptford, where
he died iR 1852. Lord Wentworth
succeeded him i9 the peerage of
Wentworth as the representative of
their mother Lady Byron, who be-
came Lady Wentworth and a peetess
in her own right in 1860 as the heiress
of the Milbankes, Lord Wentworth.
WbG vas born in 1889, was married
ten years age 10 Miss Heriot, of Ber-
wick, who died in 1878, leaving him
one bhjld, a daughter. His only sis
ter, now Lady Anne Blunt, is well
known as the author OF g charming
book Of travels in the East. Their
father, the Earl Of Lovelace, now in
his seventy-ifth year, has been a
widower since the death of Byron's
daughter in 1852.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06
COTTON EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.
andord aforementioned Nlouetfootf

The present stock of cotton at all
United States ports is 592, 765 bales,
against 457 ,122 bales last year at this
date, and 5O3,8l0 the year before.
The total receipts of cotton at all
United States ports this year sum up
1887 ,038 bales, an excess of 277, O66
bales over last year at this date. The
total shipments abroad are now 654,
921 bales, against 1888 bales last
year at this date. and 2S6,265 the year
before at this time.
Receipts of cotton at all the United
States ports for the past five days
were 1861 56 bales, against 146,O49 for
the same time last week, and 1O4,O8O
for the same time last year. The
shipments abroad for the same time
this week have been 1852 bales
against 74,348 last year, and 81, 582 the
year before.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06
MANUFACTURING Cotton South.

The natural economical advantages
IN favor of the South's manufacturing
the cotton which it raises are so con-
elusive that it would be a dangerous
competitor of the North were it not
for the difficulty of SECURING suitable
labor. That difficulty has hitherto
seemed insuperable, since the handy
operatives of our New England vii.
lagos will not 90 South, and the slow
and clumsy negroes, even with the
best will in the world, cannot take
their places among the swift and in
tricate machinery. Hence, the i'm,
portaqee OF tho new process OF man
utacturing cotton yarn by what the
Southern papers call a revolution
working machine" is very great.
According to one manufacturer in
North Carolina who has made his
experience public, the new process. by
the clement attachment has an
advantage over the old of one-half.
Its especial fitness to the South ap-
pears from the fact that the machine
uses seed cotton, which is now sun.
piled to the North by the trade. More.
over, between the field and the thread
only fur machines are necessary. in
stead Of ten IN the old process. and,
hence, there is a great saving oflabor.
Indeed, the cotton does not once leave
the machine until the thread is com.
plete, Another thing which com.
meads its use tQ'a people who lack !
large means is its cheapness. The
total cost Of plant necessary to turn
out 300 pounds of yarn from 1000
pounds of seed-cottop is S6,33S. Only
ten hands are necessary, and, deduct.
ing all other expenses, the profit
actually obtained is $40 per day. A
penny sayc9 being q penny carried, tdE
this must be added the usual charges
for freight and brokerage, which the
best authorities place at from IS to $40
per bale. The manufacturer adds that
the Northern people are down on the
machine, and are doing all they can
against it" which seems sufficiently
absurd when it IS considered tlat Il i
made nPennsylvauia. The Northern
manufacturers have such a hold on
the markets of the yoylG Gas, Tor the
present at least, they viii wish the
yarn. spiniers every success,
and will regard them rather as assist
ants than as competitors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06

Verdi is rearing horses on his farm.
tie names the foals after the heroes
and heroines of his operas.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06
LOTTERY,
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY

This Institution was reRularlv ;ncornor,+od
by the legislature of the State for Fd1eatiSnai
sna OhaIlta6le purposes, in 1868, for the
term OF twenty-five Years, 10 which
contract the inviolable faith Of the State Is
RIeaged with q capital of 81, 200, 700, to which
n nas sinSe ADDED q reserve fund Of $780, 900.
a place monthly ON the second Tuesday
" NEVER SCALES OR P0sTPoNEs. Look AT The
following distribution: "V
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06

The cotton market opened to-day
with another demand for all classes.
Buyers and sellers rather apart, fac
tors holding strong for full quotations.
Sales yesterday we're 225O bales; d.
vided 900 to exporters and 1850 to
spinners. The market closed quiet at
unchanged prices, as follows
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06
N
Special Notice.

fVlE Hard Cash, Captain Ed c.. Postal. will
l. arrive at Memphis Wednesday evening.
and will leave Thursday, November 6, at 6
pm, for White river, going through to Jack
sonport. II. w. LIGHTBURNE. Aeent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06

The particular attention Of tho publie IL
called to the fact that the entire number III tbs
tickets for each monthly driving a sold. ana
consequently all the prizes Ia each dfTwin1
are sold and drawn and paid. This IL not fhe
case with any other company.
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are
under the supervision and mauaroment ~
Generals g. 7. BEAUREGARD and juBsi.
A, EARLY, @-Wt,.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06
CAPITAL PRIZE. $4,000.
1000 Tickets at So Faco uo1e
Tickets 81. List Of Fries.
APPROXIMATION PRIZES:
$1,000

1857 Prizes, amounting Sic, 400
Responsible corresponding agents wanted a.
al points, to whom liberal Compensation will
be paid.
Application for rates TO clubs should only be-
made to the home office in New Orleans.
Their information, or send orders by express or
mail addressed only to
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06
RIVER INTELLIGENCE

Steamer Golden City, St. Louis.
Coahoma, Friar's Point.
Geo. w. Check, Friar's Point.
Ouachita Belle, Arkansas City.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Paris c. Brown, st. Louis.
Mark Twain, Helena.
IN PORT.
Marlin Speed, Ccahoma, Geo. w.
Cheek, Ouachita Belle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-06
CONDITIONS.

The river here declined 3 inches in
the past q hours and now stands .
feet 2 inches above extreme low water
mark at Cairo it declined l inch, with
3 feet IL inches on the gauge at st.
Louis, l inch, with s feet 2inches on
the gauge at Pittsburg it is station
airy, with 3 inches on the gauge at
Cincinnati it declined | inch, with 3
feet on the gauge at Louisville il
was stationary, with 2 feet 10 inches
in the canal and 10 inches on the falls,
at Evansville it is falling, with lG
inches on the gauge. Cumberland
river dropped l inch, with IA inches
on the shoals. Arkansas river is fall
ing steadily, with no water for boats.
White river is receding, with a fair
navigable stage to Jacksonport.
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Sergeant HoK.

During the siege of Paris there Was
nobody more popular, and aiterwafd
there was nobody more unpopular than
Sergt. Hoff. He with his own hana
slew twenty-sevep Germans during the
first six weeks of the siege. His gailan'
try was rewarded by praise lavished 10
his regimental order of the day and IN
a general order of the da7, and the ~
gion of Honor was bestowed on him.
The Minister of War told him it was very
important that dispatch should res scn
Marshal Bazaine, and offered him Si'VV
to undertake the mission. 1t was peril
Gus. He staked his head on success.
1t was easier for him than for man!
Frenchmen-he was an Alsatian ana
spoke German well. He said to inc
Minister of War; 81 accept the MISSION,
but l refuse the money" Howl ai'eI
howl of indignation went up when II
was found Sergt. Hoff had disappear.
ed. 1t was said that he had always
been Prussian spy and was now Irs.'
tor. The Government gave the key.
note to these bowls to save Hot's lhe !
he was discovered as he passed through
the enemy's lines. He safely reacnso
Bazaine. The war over he was maui
keeper of Vendome column. The keep
er of Triumphal arch died the o.ns,
day, and Sergt. Hoff, to the delight ~ y
the Parisiars, has been appointed 70 'n'
vacant place.
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Death from TOOthachc.

A Miss Stevens of Walton, Delaware
County, died on May of toothache.
Although this is rare occurrence this
is an undisputed case of death resulting
from an excruciating toothache. The
victim, who was young American
woman employed in family in Walton,
had suffered some days with terrible
toothache, which accompanied an ul-
cerated jaw. An attempt was made to
extract the troublesome members, but
her teeth were broken Off and her face
was 100 sore to permit their removal
by the painful process of cutting away
the gums. The girl suffered an entire
nervous prostration from the extreme
pain, and gradually sank under it until
death ended her sufferings. An army
surgeon, who attended her, pronounced
her symptoms the same as those follow
ing an amputation of . limb. Middle
toWn IN. Y. Press.
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NIGNONETTE.

Who gave you your name, Little DarlingP
! wish that knew.
Such tiny sweet lovable blossom,
Ihalf think that you grew,
In the Garden of old, and believe.
You were christeued by Eve.
Was she first of all women to find you?
Did she gather and smell,
And carry cluster to Adam.
If we only could tell
What they said and they did, he and she,
How nice it would bel
Or was it some quaint little maiden
OF France, in old days,
Who spied you. and loved you, and calledy you
ooh, sweetest of praiseD
Caressingly, as to d pet,
By the name Mignon- cite!
All summer you grow in my garden,
All summer | keep
A bunch of your flowers beside me
Awake or asleep,
And your breath like voice seems to say
Loving words all the day.
So, whether in France or in Eden
IT'S all one to me,
Yours is just the best name, Little Darling,
Could possibly be,
And though no one has taught me, yet
Should say-MignoG cite
st. Nicholas for June.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

Directly opposite the opening was a
shelf, and on the shelf bag. Cynthy
grasped it eagerly. cit are heavy,
honey; 1t are money"
The old woman was right; it was a
bag of gold. When Mrs. Mason counted
it on the following day it was found to
contain three thousand dollars.
There is Fair Hill legend which ac-
counts tor the money being secreted
there, and nothing gives Cynthy greater
pleasure than to RELATE the legend and
It's sequel.
The next morning before breakfast a
note was handed Ruth. Darling" it
began" for you are my darling,
whether you will be engaged to me or
mott can not command the time to see
you this morning, so [ send you this
line. Why did you avoid me last night
Why did you 90 off without saying
Goodbye Oh, Ruth, don't give tne up!
There Is no woman in the world for me
but you" Poor little Ruth! She drop
ped tear upon these words; she kiss
ed the note; she put it in her bosom.
What was povertyP what was waiting
Youth was brave, and Love was patient.
After breakfast she learned the good
news.
They kept jubilart Thanksgiving
following closely thereupon--that year
at Fair Hill, these Marylanders having
adopted that beautiful feast from the
North. Aunt Cynthy wore turban
yellower and redder than ever. Mildred
was gorgeous in superbly embroidered
crimson scarf, draped tunic. fashion,
sent her by a friend overseas, to match
which she pinned a late-blooming rose
in Ruth's dark hair. This choice of hue
served the double purpose of propitiat-
ing Aunt Cynthy and the ghosts. Aunt
Cynthy was an exception to the general
rule with colored people, who affect
melancholy puppies now because in
slavery days Haunting scarlet was con-
sidered their appropriate color by mas
I tiers of an artistic sense.
Finally, Rosalind was radiant, albeit
in habitual green, and albeit BERTHE had
eyes for no one but Ruth. But what of
that! Rosalind was provided with a
successor to BERTHE; and with her, up to
this period, it was undeniably the lover,
and not the man.
"Hain't heerd nothin' OBJ de ole Lady
sence TUX dat ar board OUT" Cynthy
told Mildred in the course of the day
"She done say all she hab got on her
mind ."-Hdrper' BdzGr.
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THE Chinese Ambassador in Lonaop,
with his wife, his sister-in-law ana hI,le
boy, attended a reception given by Ino
Countess of Charlemont the other Gay
Only ladies were invited, in consld en-:
ton of Chinese customs. The two Um'
nese ladies were dressed much aiiks,
the underskirt of the dress being OF solns
dark red material, very narrow anu
clinging, and the overdress conslsuDs
of species of very loose paletos =.
brownish, plum-colored satin, WIN sa
plaques of beautiful embroidery DC.
tween the shoulders at the back. Vne
of them wore a superb string OF amoo,
beads; the hair was dressed very
smoothly, and plated into q sort OF n ~
tail, something like beavers tall CO ~
the back; each wore sort of Closeup
ting Golf OF gold, precious stones sn wa
embroidery. The little boy was dreS.edd
in a thickly wadded paletot OF dark i Il.
chintz over O dark petticoat; on n'
head was close-ftting cap, Win GA IA
broidery and large pompon OF iea
silk. The Ambassadors dress consl' ".
ed of narrow skirt of dark Dron IS
green satin, with an over-robe OF supe - =
yellow brocade; large red button W
his cap denoted the degree OF his rsnA'