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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING THIS pAY.

a W ~ 40AAA 0tA1 SkN - - -
+" Yicksbqrg, Grand Tower ,.o...l2 m
ARRIyED.
staemer Rene Macready, st. Francis RI.
Chgs. p. Chouteau, New Orleans.
" Common wealth, st. Louis.
John Dippold, st. Louis.
DEPARTED.
Steamer james Lee. Friars Point.
" 0sceola Belle, Os cola.
" Commonwealth. Vicksburg.
. John Dippold, New Orleans.
Grand lake, New Orleans.
III PORT.
Coahoma, Rene Macready, Manmelle,
Hard Cash, Chas. p. Ch62teau.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
Red river is the only point where o
rise is reported, both the upper Misis-
sippi and Ohio rivers continue to de-
cline and soon the larger class Of boats
will have to stand by for the smaller
craft. Here a decline of six inches
took place since noon yesterday, with
10 feet 4 inches on the gauge. The
Ohio, at P~ittsburg, fell 3 iuches, with
2 feet inches on the gauge; at Cincin
natl it fell 8 inches, with 10 feet Z
inches on the gauge; at Louisville 1t is
on a stand. with 6 feet 10 inches in the
canal; at Cairo it fell 8 inches, with 10
feet 8 inches on the gauge The Mis-
siasippi, at st. Louis, fell 8 inches,
with 8 feet 4 inches on the gauge.
The Cumberland, at Nashville, fell s
inches, with 6 feet 4 inches on the
shoals. The Tennessee, at Chattanoo-
ga, tell 4 inches, with 2 feet s inches
on the gauge. Red river. at Shreyc
port, rose 8 inches, with 8 feet Z inches
on the gauge. The Arkansas river
continues to decline, with 30 inches to
Pine Bluff. White river is falling
with yet a good stage through to
~Jacksonport.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cool and cloudy.
The Parker for Cincinnati Monday,
Eight boats advertised to leave this
evening,
The big James Howard will turn
back from Cairo.
The brand Lake did not get away
until this morning.
Five feet in the channel between
Cairo and St. Louis.
The James Gaf, for this port, left
Cincinnati last evening.
The Golden Rule leaves Cincinnati
to-day for New Orleans.
The week winds up with a good bus
mess doing at the landing.
As soon as the thaw sets in Alright
nice time will DO had on the levee.
The Robert Mitchell may, or SD.
may not. be raised. Atpresont it look
doubtful.
Heavy leo and more Of II Is runninI
by st. Louis o-day. and navigation
completely suspended.
The Centennial and John Gilmor
and barges, from New Orleans, arrive,
at 81. Louis yesterday.
} At4a. m. yesterday the thermome
tor ct Cincinnati was lower than 70
ton yearSih November. '
The bluff at the foot Of Npdispl
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COTTON HECHASaH QUOTATIONS..
aims and oif color ar0 10 lowe

NEY YORK COTTON STATEMENT.
For the week ending November 20
1880. as per telegram:
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sMonday, Wednesday and Friday.
tDaily.
Monday. THURSDAY and Saturday.
tSundl ~, Tuesday and Friday.
TUESDAY aud Friday.
"Wednesday and Saturday.
0Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday.
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Pea Wines as Food for stOck.

New Orleans Democrat.l
observer" in a late issue, gives
directions for saving and curing pea
vines for hay. | differ on some i'm
portant points, and beg to submit the
matter to your readers for their trial
and Judgment. | know of no hay
made from any matured article to be
as nutritious as from the growth when
in bloom and before the nutrition has
been deposited in seed. | admit old
grass after first seeding is cured more
readily, but | do not believe good
hay can be made of such grass. Take
the pea vine, let it grow till, so to say,
in full bloom, no pods over half grown,
therefore no ripe fruit. | prefer it
when no pods are over halt grown,
so that the vine has nutrition and is
not woody and indigestible. Cut down
by the best and cheapest mode. AS
soon as the dew is off in the morning
give it the sun until as late as it can
be raked and hauled in before dark.
Have rails at the place of housing;
make a pen, say two rails high,
and lay a floor Of small rails; hen
build up three feet; fill this with the
pea vine; lay on another floor; build
up as before; and continue as high as
convenient; then cover with four foot
boards OF planks to protect from rain
understand, no packing Of the vine.
This is much less trouble than to be
turning over and exposing to the sun
two or three days. Air passes under
and above, and there being no packing
10, the air passes all through. | have
had a house 50x30, floor seven feet
above earth, laid with three-inch strips,
the lower part for a COW stable. This
loft was filled with the pea vines
treated as above, housed on the day
cut, beginningat an end and putting
nabout three feet from end to end,
and then going back and filling, day
after day, as cut, perhaps taking two
OF three days to lay down on ties. |
have seen in Louisiana a stable about
ninety feet long and twenty feet high,
on one side ten feet,inclosed with three
inch stats, filled from top to bottom;
Of course filled slowly, as harvested.
1t was used for mules on a hundred
hand plantation.
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reach here week after next, when they
present Lucia" Paul and Virginia, =
"Maritana' and I'll Trovatore.' OF
the foregoing the only one this troupe
gave us last year was Paul and Vir-
ginia."
Here is an extract from an auto
graph letter Of Sara Bernhard, sold
at the Hotel Drouet lately. It is ad-
dressed to a well known dramatic
critic "Jesuis triste ct d~ecouragee
ct 81 je ne travaillais pas beaucup en-
dehors du theatre e me ~sauverais loin,
loin dams DIES mondes on Intrigue
nest pas connue ct GU Ia bassesse ma
pas oours."
In Dusseldorf, a town Of nearly 3d..
600 inhabitants, is handsome theater
open from September to April with an
excellent company and good music
The admission fee is about 62 cents
for stalls, % cents for the pit, and |.
cents for the gallery to dramatic en-
tertainments, II cents more for Opera
nights. On Saturday nights the ad.
mission is half price. The plays arr
Of a high order.
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SORGHUM CnItnrn-

Sorghum has not, hitherto, bro
duced the brilliant results that were
once anticipated from it, but neither
has it fallen altogether out of favor as
the traveller finds who now and then
comes upon a patch" or a whole field
OF 1t IN his journeyings. Sometimes
1t is seen in a poor, dwindling, dwarfed
condition; sometimes looking as fine
aud Hourishing as the farmer could
wish. The fact is sorghum eyen vet
presents difficulties to the c%ultiyator
for which one Of the various kinds
which is best adapted for particular
soils has yet to be learned to a great
extent, and even the time Of cutting
the can is a problem many growers
are Ignorant how to solve. The agri.
cultural bureau has done much tn
throw light on these questions, and
the result Of the experiment made BY
It is an expression Of absolute conf
depee that, ultimately, sorghum will
prove as successful as cotton did after
1t was introduced on our southern
lands, and thatin the United States an
annual production Of 10000 tons Of
sugar will be obtained. The agricul.
tural newspapers frequently detail
special instances Of extraordinary suc.
cess with sorghum raising; as the
plant, and the modes of proceeding
with the cane it produces, become
generally understood among grower
what is now considered extraordinary
will probably become everyday fact.
The New York Bulletin published. a
few days ago, a statement Of the
sorghum experience of some rover
Of Liyerton, Rhode Island. with the
kind Of seed that has obtained the an.
probation Of the agricultural bureau
the early amber" A portion of The
crop raised from this seed was fed to
COWS as green fodder and proved SUI
to corn. The cane allowed to
ZONE to maturity gave at the rate of
hundred gallons of juice to the
lcre. This produced nehundred aud
twenty-five gallons Of rich golden
yrup. The syrup crystalized readily,
seven pounds Of sugar to the
There was also a heavy CROP
Il seed, a yield equal to that Of oats.
nd as valuable as oats for its feeding
uallties. The canes averaged eleven I
eet high, we're one and three-qusrters
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The Yirtnes or MnIIein.

The Boise City Republican says
mullen smoked in a pipe will always
relieve catarrh, and patiently contin-
ued will effect a permanent cure.
1t also has the following, which may
be worth something to the afflicted:
II have discovered a remedy for
consumption, 1t has cured a number
Of cases after they had begun bleeding
at the lungs, and the hectic flush was
already on the cheek. After trying
this remedy to my own satisfaction. !
have thought philanthropy required
that | should let it be known 10 the
world. 1t is common mullen, steeped
and sweetened with sugar, and drank
freely. Young or old plants are good.
dried in the shade and kept in clean
bags. The medicine must be contin-
ued from three to six months, accord
lag to the nature of the disease. 1t is
good for the blood vessels also. 1t
strengthens and builds up the system.
1t makes good blood, and takes away
inflammation from the lungs. It is
the wish of the writer that every pub.
LEGATION in the United States, Canada
and Europe should publish this rec
lpe for the benefit Of thehuman fam
lily"
In Russia, a few years ago. a mul.
lein plant was received, and it was
considered a great curiosity. They
called it the American velvet
plant"
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Seed TO lhe Acre.

A good authority gives the follow:
ing statement as the quantity OF seed
necessary to sow an acre of land:
Wheat, broadcast, from a bushel
and three pecks to two bushels; a
bushel and a half is enough sown in
drills.
Barley, two bushels and a half,
broadcast; two bushels in drill.
Buckwheat, one bushel.
Corn, in hill, about a gallon and a
half.
Sorghum, from two to three quarts.
Timothy grass, sown in fall, to be
followed by clover in spring, from one
and a half to two gallons.
Red clover to be sown in spring on
timothy, one and a half or two gal
Ions. Sown by itself, double the above
quantity.
Red top grass, one and a half to two
bushels. A bushel is fourteen pounds
by weight.
Kentucky blue grass, same as red
top.
German millet, from three pecks tC
a bushel.
Irish potatoes, from seven to ten
bushels.
Turnips and rutabagas, one pound
ITO guard against insects, two pounds
would be b%etter).
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A chicken will require not quite an
hour for roasting; thirty five minutes
Tor boiling.
A large turkey requires three hours
Of roasting.
A turkey will not require so much
time for boiling. Put it into boiling
water. A fowl will require nearly an
hours time for boiling; an hour and a
half for roasting.
A goose requires two hours to roast.
Boil it first.
A green goose will require only an
hour for roasting.
A duck requires one hour for roast
ing.
Pigeons will roast in half an hour,
Quails, woodcocks, snipes and plov-
ers require fifteen or twenty minutes
for roasting.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-06

Nh. NJ. B. KENNEDY, secretary Of
the democratic executive committee,
has discharged the troublesome and
very annoying duties Of his Office with
a courtesy, patience and fidelity that
wei and above the general defeat and
wreck of party hopes aud struggles
rill leave a very pleasant memory.
His duties were more executive than
discretionary, yet his influence was ex-
erted and felt in behalf Of fairness,
conservatism and square business
transactions. Fine business educa.
ton and ideas have rarely been
brought to bear to a greater advan-
tage in a mixed political canvass. He
made no bills but what he was able to
psy, and in this respect commended
himself to the business COM
munity. Although a Wright man
he "toted fair" he also came out with
a square set Of books, aud the
hearty good will Of all who had trans
actions with him. So much for plac-
ing a live, thorough-going cotton man
at the desk Of the democratic commit
tee. He acquitted himself with the
utmost credit and made a record that
will not soon be forgotten. w nom
mate Mr.. Kennedy for-for-the
good will of everybody, and-any Of
e5s he may want after the 4th Of
March. 1885.
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h a Single Cent DId.

A singular financial transaction oc-
Cured in an Office a day or two since.
By some means or other the Office
boy owed one of the clerks three cents,
the clerk owed the cashier two cents,
and the cashier owed the ofice-boy
two cents One day last week, the
Office boy having a cent in his pocket,
concluded to diminish his debt and
therefore handed it over to the clerk,
who in tlrn paid half of his debt by
giving it to the cashier. The latter
handed it back over to the boy, saying
that he now only owed him one cent.
The office boy again passed the cent
to the clerk, who passed it to the cash
Ter, who passed it back to the boy, and
the boy discharged his entire debt by
handing it to the clerk, thereby squar-
ing all accounts. Thus it may be seen
how great is the benefit to be derived
from a single cent if only expended
j~udlciously.
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Attachment NoTce.

Before ]. NJ. Coleman, J. p. far sbelbv ANN,
Y, Ienn.-J. II. MoClelland vs., sam iTersop
N THIS cause an attachment having been
4 sued out under Section 1856 offhe code Of
tennessee, and returned levied upon
s w. ptoperty OF the defendant, anS
PENDANT is indebted to the plaintiff IN ne
sum OF 500, due by account, and that
the claim is Just, and that the defendant Is n
non-resident Of tho State OF Tennessee.
IS therefore ordered that the said defend.
o an ~ ms eSt hls personal appearance before me
m at my Office, No. 49, ront e., Memnbis
Tennessee, and defend said hftacb
ment suit within the time preseribe5
by law, or the Same will lie ma.
ceeaeq with ex;partei and that a copy of this
oessiye weeks in the Public Ledger. ""' 'uV
This the 18th day of October, 1850.
494Sooo Oh j, NJ. COLEMAN. J. p.
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Reeds eitEdgeT Tonic prevents malaria

There are two different ways Of con
Quoting stock business out west. The
one is to buy young steers, keep them
on your range woyears, and sell them
as four y~oar-olds. Per head the in
crease in value varies between $40 and
$50, thus enabling the ranehman to
double his capital in a short time il
his losses do not exceed 5 per cent and
he has luck, The other method is to
raise stock, buying Texan, Oregon or
Utah COWS and the necessary number
of eastern or English bulls. This,
ifyou make up your mind not to sell
a single animal in the first three years,
is in the end more profitable than the
feeding up Of stock, At first few men
went into it, the capital needed being
large, but as in the last few years the
profits Of the business became known
it is the fayorite with men tempted by
the chance o making a fortune in two
or three years.
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DRAMATIC NOTES.

Robson & Crane play in New York
Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S. Chanfrau
acted Kit" and Parted, at Louis
vile, Thursday night.
Joseph Jefferson has been playing
for the past few days in Fall River,
New Bedford and Providence.
Daniel Rochat," now being per-
formed in New York, is pronounced
the strongest new play of the year.
Grau's French opera troupe have
closed in New York, and are under
way for Havana, where it opens in a
few days.
John T. Raymond, during the week
closing to-day, acted in Danville,
Bloomington, Ottawa, Joliet and Au.
rora, III.
Mary Anderson played during the
present week ia East Saginaw and
Grand Rapids, Michigan, also in Mil
waukee.
The Keene troupe appear at New
Orleans tomorrow night Their
course from that city will be along the
south Atlantic coast.
Miss Anna Il. Dickinson is to read
her play of "Aurelian" in Philadel
phia on Saturday evening. 1t is two
years since she appeared in public in
hat city.
Frau Materua, the Wagnerian pri
ma donna, is, it is said. thinking Of
accepting proposals to sing in London.
Milan and New York. At present
she sings only in German.
Willie Edouin and his comic com.
pany play at Louisville next week.
Frank Mayo played there last night,
and the Miles Juveniles also did
"Pinaiore' in the same city.
Miss Kate Field gave her Musical
Monologue" in Boston last Tuesday
night. She had arranged to have the
election returns brought to her at in.
teryals during the evening to be read
to her audience.
The classic works Of Molliere. Cor.
nellie and Racine were presented NJ
the Theater Franchise, Paris. for nine
days, beginning with October 2lst, to
celebrate the 2OOtb annual anniversary
the theater opened.
M. Dumas is described as a tall and
vigorous man, blue eyes, a clear. pale
complexion, and silvered hair and
moustache. He is a charming talker,
and has an agreeable air of straight,
Iorwardness and frankness about bin.
The title Of his new comedy is "TLe
Princess Of Bagdad."
The Emma Abbott troupe were at
Selma, Ala, last night. They 20
10 Montgomery, then 70 Nashville, and
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Reed's END Edge , onio eures dyspepsl
A PhysicIan's Testimony.

l hereby certify that l have been a
practicing physician for twenty-seven
years, and for many chronic cases in
my practice do recommend Warner
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. 1t was
upon my advice that G.. w. Stamm,
Of the Industrial Era, Abba,
Iowa, obtained this invaluable remedy,
A. A. RAMSAY, NJ. D.
Sold wholesale by S. Mansfield &
Co., and w. N. Wilkerson & Co.
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A Phase Of The late Canvass.

aANNn
The Murfreesboro Fress of the 9th
says:
From the beginning of the canvass
through which we have passed, the
object of the high-tax party, as shown
by its organs, was negative rather than
positive. The party labored more to
defeat Wilson than it did to elect
Wright: The papers OF hal party
abused Wilson more than they praised
Wright. Many Of the party showed a
willingness to support any candidate
to defeat Wilson. Such was the known
opposition of low-tax men to Hawkins
that it was believed no one Of them
could be induced to vote for him. But
high-tax men made a scare crow Of
Hawkins, and urged low-tax men 20
vote for Wright as the only way to de-
feat his election, when they themselves
were ready to vote for Hawkins to beat
wilson. What hypocrisy
How many men were induced to
forsake Wilson, their favorite, and to
vote for Wright, whom they did not
Ike, to defeat Hawkins, to whom they
had a strong aversion, we have no
means Of knowing, but we have rea-
son 70 believe they we're many. This
deceittul appeal to low tax voters did
more for Wright than any argnment
that was employed during the whole
canvass, and yet 1t was used by men
who al the while preferred Hawkins
TO Wilson. HawkiIs was the second
choice OF the high tax party ali The
sme In iact, he vas as much a state
credit candidate as Judge Wright.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-06

School MOnse Ys. Rnr Room.

Mr.. Thomas Hughes says the only
annoying circumstance connected with
his Tennessee colony thus far was the
presence of two Tennesseeans who
squatted on a piece of ground. the
title to which was so involved that il
could not be purchased, and opened a
liquor saloon. They could not be
driven away until two Indiana ladies
started a school next door, when, in
accordance with state laws, the saloon
keepers were obliged to move.
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No. S7sO-In the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county Tenn.-Riohard IL. Talley Ell al rs.
Foster D. Talley ct al
7 appearing from the sherih's return In
1 this cause that the defendants, Fletcher
not to be found in his county, n ~
therefore ordered that they make fbeir
appearance herein, at the court-house ~,
shelby county, in Memphis, Tenn. ,on o, befors
The first Monday in December, 1850, and
pleaa, answer o., ,demur to complainant bin
or the same will be taken for fessed
as 70 them and set for hearing ex-narps.
and that a copy Of this order be published oncs
q week for four successive weeks In the Public
Ledger. "'"0
This the goth day of October, 1880.
Aoopy-Attest,
R, J, BLACK, Clerk and Mos,.,
By E. B: MoHESky d. G. Am, N"s'er'
Humes a Poston, sol for oomprt.
43 40 81
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The Swiss cantons are gradually re-
establishing capital punishment, after
having tried the l%enient policy Of i'm
prisoning murderers for life. Within
the last few weeks several crimes Of
peculiar %atrocity have been commit
ted. Thus, in one of the cantons
bordering on Germany, a man set fire
to a farm house and caused the death
Of five persons; in the canton of Lu.
cerne a child only eight years old was
murdered by some tramps, and al
Berne a locksmith shot a young man
who was guilty of no worse offense
than that Of fishing on his land with
out leave. The colonel Of a regiment
was murdered in the canton of Ticino
by a man with whom he had remon
strated in a cafe for using bad Ian
guage and though the crime was
committed in the presence of several
people, the assassin was allowed to es-
cape, All these crimes have created
a very strong feeling among the
in favor of capital punish
ment.
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Creditors NOtice.

No. 3789-In the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, ~Tenn.-Samuel MOsby ct al VS., j. l..
Goodloe, executor Of X. G.. Brinkley, de-
ceased, ct al.
appearing from the bill and an order az
i Court in this cause that it is a proceeding
instituted to settle and wind up the estate Of
X. @. Brinkley, deceased, as an insolvent es.
tate; 1t Is therefore ordered that all parties
claiming to be creditors Of said estate or other.
wise interested therein make their appearance
herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby county, in
Memphis,and exhibit their demands and have
themselves made parties to this cause on OF
before the FIRST Monday in February, 1881, and
any claim not filed on OF before tho day fixed
or before an appropriation of the funds Of
the estate is made, and within the time pre-.
seribed by law, shall be forever barred; and
that a copy Of this order be published once 3
week, for four successive weeks, in the Public
Ledger.
This 18th day Of October, 1880.
A copy-Attest:
r, J. BLACK, Clerk and master.
By d. B. MoHENRY, d. c. I'M.
finlay x Peters, sol. for compl't.
48b46066
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and they are cherished By every
larmer. from the highest to the lowest
The wool is one Of the incomes which
cannot be dispensed with, and the
soeks are SO managed that the
tees cut heavier and more valuable
aeeees than the older sheep in fact,
ter aeeces in England not only weigh
so per cent. heavier than those OF the
ewes, but make 10 or more per cent.
higher prices. There is no excuse IN
the west for the absence Of sheep on
every farm. Minnesota cannot be ex-
celled as a ool-producing state.
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The sheep Fold.

Some way or other aqrionlture
seoms incomplete without a aoek Of
sheep. They are essential 10 the
thlck-set longevity of the old grass
lend, aud all the world over and In
olden times they were esteemed AS
most important, and in the most i'm
proved agricultural country Of Eng.
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Friday, the 9Th day Of November, 1880,
Attachment notice.


Before j, M. Coleman, ]. p. for sb,ih,,
county, Tenn.-C. Arehard VS.. FdNsy3
Moss. NNNo'V
IN this cause an attachment having bssn
4 sued out under section 1856 Of lie Code or
tennessee and returned, levied upon Inc
property OF the defendant, and affidavit hay-
TO the plaintiff In the sum of SIS 10. dne Nv
account, aud that the claim Is Just. and that
the defendant is a nonresident OF me STATE
OF tennessee; it is therefore ordered that
SAD defendant make his personal appearances
~ me on neSith day OF November, 1880, at
memphis, Tennessee, and defend said nj,
taehment suit within the time prescribed by
law, or the, same will DO proceeded with OK
parte; and that a copy Of this order be
puoilsned once 3 week for four consecutive
This the 18th day Of October, 1880.
50 4h 0O oil j. M. COLEMAN + u