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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-15
I've INTELLIGENCE.

BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
G~reenville, 0ueahita Belle.........5 D m
Commerce, Silverthorn ,.....m........5 pm
st. Louis, Colorado.."....."........5 pm
ARRIVED.
Steamer City of Alton. New Orleans.
" Golden Rule, New Orleans.
Ouachita Belle, Arkansas City.
Silyerthorn, Commerce.
Colorado, st. Louis.
DEPARTED.
Steamer City of Alton. st. Louis.
" Jas. Lee, Friar's Point.
" Hard Cash, White river.
d" Hattie Rowland, Arkansas river
Dyersburg, Dyersburg.
Coahoma, 0sceola.
IN PORT.
Ouachita Belle, Golden Rule, Colorado.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river here receded 3 inches
since our last report and is now
% feet 2 inches above low
water mark. At Cairo it de-
clined IA inches, with 80 feet 5
inches on the gauge. At st. Louis Z
inches with 10 feet II inches on the
gauge. AT Pittsburg the decline was
4 inches, with 4 feet on the
gauge. At Cincinnati, IS inches,
with Is feet l inch on the gauge.
At Louisville 5 inches, with s feet IL
inches in the canal. At Evansville it
is falling with II feet 4 inches on the
the gauge. Arkansas and White
rivers are declining steadily.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cloudy.
Showery.
Few boats in pert.
Quiet on the landing.
River declining steadily.
Bend business is picking up.
The James Lee had out a splendid
trip Of freight and people.
The Guiding Star from New Or
leans arrived at Cincinnati yesterday
The Coahoma is the Friday mai
packet for Osceola and the upper
coast.
The Dyersburg cleared for Dyers,
burg last evening with a fair showing
Of freight.
A new towing company for the
Mississippi river has been formed at
New Orleans.
The Golden City, from Cincinnati
bound for New Orleans, passed Vicks.
burg yesterday.
The j, w. Gaf will be here Sun.
day, and leave Monday with a return
trip for Cincinnati,
The Paris Q. Brown for Cincinnati
and G. ?. Choteau for St. Louis, leave
New Orleans to-day.
Captain Banks is at Louisville ne.
gotiating for another boat for the
UuachiLa river trade.
The Shields will have her shaft re
paired and be ready to resume bust.
ness in a few days.
The Jas. d. Parker has been dockeC
at Cincinnati, and leaves there on hel
next regular trip for Memphis.
The Hattie Rowland returned t
Arkansas river with a fair trip o.
freight and a good list ofpeople,
The W. p. Halliday and Bell,
Memphis, for st, Louis, and Robert
Mitchell, for Cincinnati, passed Cairo
The Golden Grown from Cincinnati
John Gilmore and barges, and Com
monwealth and barges from St. Louis
arrived al New Orleans yesterday.
The piIets Of the local packets com
Eplain much about the signal light a
Centennial island. 1t has not beer
lit up fog several nights.
The snag. boat G. B. Reos, whicl
has been operating in Arkansas river
passed up yesterday for Mound City
where she will tarry awhile.
The Anchor line packet City 0
Alton, passed up yesterday for st
Louis. She discharged here II hid
sugar, 40 bbls rice aud sundries, an,
added some eastern bound cotton.
The SilverthOTn, Captain s. H
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-15
Trustee Sale.

QY virtue ofa deed of trust executed to me
- as trustee by Mrs. NJ. A. Chandler and
John I. Chandler on the 2lst March, 1879. and
county, Tenn, in book No. l2s, page s, 10
secure four notes of $500 each, and the holder
of said notes having notified me that they are
due and unpaid, and to make sale Of the
property, l shall, in pursuance of said trust
dead, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-15
Trustees Sale.

IN pursuance of the terms of a deed of trust
i executed to me by j. L. r. Ray and Mary
5. Ray, his wife, on the 18th day Of November,
1877, and recorded in the Registers office o
Shelby county, Tennessee, in record book No.
III, page 100, to secure a note for the sum OF
Sl35, and interest. and default having been
made in tie payment thereof, 1 will, as trus-
tee, sell on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-15
Tuesday, the 2Oth day Of April, 1880,

~ FFA ~ AOOSl
in front Of the courthouse in Memphis, Ten
nessee, sell for cash to the highest bidder, the
following described property conveyed to me
IN the deed aforesaid, which deed is recorded
IN book No. ~, page lis, records Of Shelby
county, to-wlt:. a certain piece or parcel OF
land lying in Civil District No. 3, in Shelby
county and state Of Tennessee, containing
two hundred acres and a part OF grant No.
20, to 3, 6. and I. Blunt, and bounded as
follows: Beginning at a stake, thence Al de-
grees east, % links 10 a black oak marked j.
G. and I. B., the southeast corner Of grant
number 2io; thence west, the south boundary
line Of said grant, IL chains and q links Ia a
white oak marked j. NJ; thence north 5 de-
grees east l4l chains to a stake and the north
boundary line Of said grant; thence east s
degrees south with said line IA chains u LINKS
to a sweet gum marked H., the northeast cor
mel, Of said grant; thence south 8 degrees west
with the cast boundary line VI said grant l4l
chains to the beginning, containing by esti-
nation 200 acres.
Also one other piece Of land lying in the
same county and State and in the same Civil
District and known and described as follows:
Thirty acres ofland cut of of the north end of
a certain piece Of land purchased BY w. w,
Puryenr at a sale ordered and made by the
second Chancery Court of Shelby county
Tennessee, IN the case efJOhn Brown, admin
istrat0r Ys. Sullivan, ct. al. said deeree
yesting and diyesting title in said w. w. PnT.
year, is Of record in the Registers office of
said county in book No. 81, page 49,, and to
which reference b mad for a full description.
The thirty acres herein conveyed is the north
end OF said tract, the line cutting il off runs
east and west and entirely across the north
end Of the entire tract.
Title 70 said property Is believed to be good,
but l sell and convey as trustee.
Equity Of redemption waived,
March'1Sth, 1890. 164S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-15
Trustees Sale.

R1 virtue Of n conveyance to US made by
- Edward Coleman and regiftered in chat
tel book 9, page s52, Registers office, Shelby
county, Tenn, We will, on
Saturday, the 18th day OfApriI, 1850,
at corner Of Main aud Madison streets,
Taxing District, at II M, sell for cash one
secondhand fine silver plated Barouche and
set Of double harness, used with the same.
said carriage is known as city No. 70.
James Cunningham & Son.
B. b. ROGERS, Agent,
Townsend & Gillian Att'ys, 25 Main, S34
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-15
Trustees Sale.

IN pursuance Of the terms of a deed of trusI
1 made to me as trustee by Levi S. Hill on
the 4th day of October, 1873, to secure a GER
tain Indebtedness therein named, l will, on
, 1880-12-01

4 DA11.1FF who WIS In Charge Of a farm
from which tenant was oyfcted, near
Tra1cc, Ind Ills ears silt Alonday night, Sec
rctary Forster las ordered prosecuting attor-
neys not to bc absent from their balltw1ck for
nlore thnn twCnty-f0ur hours, md to report
NIL outrngcs to him when they Are committed.
Il reward of 5000 Inns been offered for tho
apprehension Of tie person who shot young
Wheeler III Limerick County. About 1000
additional troops were sent to ireland yester
tlay. Tho artillery force Is being very largely
Increased, and the Tippcrary people, who
have been quiet till now, refuse to pay tho
rent tic landlords want them to pay. This
Is tic latest from the ''Ould Sod"
, 1880-12-01

ONE Of the pro-Socialist orgnns of Cor
many, tiio Voss Guzcttc, makes fierce and
vcnouous attack on the Government of Ger
many for secretly conniylfig ut tho persccu-
tlon Of the Jews, and palliatfng the rascnly
and cowartlIy attacks nlat'c by the official
press nnd by tic supporters Of tho Govern
,nent on that people. The Fo1s Gtizcltc says
the nttaclz on TIM Jews Is only pursuance
Of tho policy OF repression and assault Of,
civil and religious liberty pracllccl In Ger
many for SONG time.
, 1880-12-01

, CoSTnoLLEn GuItSEr IL maturing scheme
by which citizcns of moderate uIcarlA llsay
become bonlhodors. Tlo next lonn for
city purposes will be made III city bunds ot
tho denomination of Sa5, $50, a,ll 500, md
will bc placed ln the market about Feb. I.
The rats Of Interest will be about i ler cent,
anl many mechanics, clerks, and laborcrs
will doubtless Invest their savings III thu
h0uuS.
, 1880-12-01

GEN. Mites has not yet been appointed
Chief Signal Officer, anu tha other candl-
dates, Among whom arc Col. Garrick Mallery,
who served under Gen. Myer, and Con, Fish
er, Of Philadelphia, say that ho will not get
the t}t1cc
, 1880-12-01
INDIANA STATE PRISON.

sptelaI DElpatth 10 Thu C91ta0o 7H6VNs. :
INpIANAtoLls, Ind. Nov. W.-Tho ol1oess OF
tho Northern Prison lied thetr annual report to-
day ror tho tlscul year, entnK Oct. ult l5S0 The
receipts and earnings weEo $7a,617.o0; expendl-
lures, Including suarios, repairs oto., ~, l6s
convcts III prison Oct u, Ia7o b42; received dur
Ing shs yeur. lpl; returned. .; total. s4ai dis
ohurgca, sG,; pardoned. Is; parioned BY tho
PrcsIlent, 0; rvmanlcd tor new trial. q; died. 1t
escupud, 1: In prison Oct 1lv l380, ST.
, 1880-12-01

WHILE. six members Of tic crow Of tho
British, schooner Sandny were bathing re.
Gently nenr tho shore Of one Of tic Solomon
Islands, In the Suuth Pacific. they werc nj
tucked BY the natives nnG killed. III revenge
tho survivors OF tho crew attacked tho prLll-
cipal village of tho islnnd, burned it, atltl
killed nlnny Of tho inhabitants. Another
British ship Inns since poured n few shells
iuto tho island by wny Of revenge.
, 1880-12-01

TirE financial condition OF Austrta, as
shown by tho Financo Minister'S annual re-
port, is anything but satisfactory. There Is
deficit for tic fiscal year Ut about 81, 900 oo0
ilorins, or about S10,o00, 600. The Minister
recommends duty OIL petroleum, which ho
said would yield about 81, 100000
, 1880-12-01

An English swihdlcr who passed under w.
rious arlstocratic names. such rs Lord
Courtenay, Lord Beresford, etc., and who
swindled Mrs. Col. Floyd, Of Philadelphia,
Of her diamonds, Utah bank Of $500, Nor
ton, Hiss l. Co., Of New York, Of $3.50, and
who llns had many affairs Of tho heart Mt W.
rious fashionable watering-placcs, wns ar-
rested In New York yesterday to answer
for Ills operations.
, 1880-12-01

, THE value of the exports from this conn-
try during the twelve months ending tho 3lst
OF October Of this year exceeded tho value
Of tho imports by slh5,57a, 1ao. Tho excess III
value Of tho exports over the imports III the
preceding twelve months was sa69, 25T7 To-.
During tho ycar ending Oct. 3l, 1850. the It'll
ports OF gold md silver bullion exceeded tho
exports by sG1,2l4,e21, Willie during tho pre-
yious year the excess was but 81, ,7103 31a
, 1880-12-01

S1aSoR ALAScIN1's resolution OF confidence
In the Italian Ministry WIS passed yesterday
by II vote Of I'll to 18S. The result is hailed
with great satisfaction by the Ministers, who,
contrary to their antclpations, will hold their
places for sou1e time TO .c9u,e. - -.
, 1880-12-01

JotlS D. S.Arl', saloonkccper Of Council
Bluffs, H., was murdered III Ills place Mon-
day night. Ills dead body was found yester-
day morning. Mr.. Sapp Ind considerable
money. which was taken from him by the
nlurderers, who have not yet been arrested.
, 1880-12-01

TIE money market continues exceedingly
still In New York, md there is no reason to
doubt now that Gould and Sage and their
fellows hnye withdrawals much money as
they could control from the market. Future
Developments will be looked for with keen
interest,
, 1880-12-01

SAID PASTA Is q sarcastic, sly sort OF
person. LIE Is q great joker, or at least be-
lleves he Is, allu he wants tho Sultan to
huInor Ills Joke by asking tho Powers to
exert pressure On Greece to keep her quiet
and pcaccuble neIghbor Of Turkey.
, 1880-12-01

WILLIAM DulslEss, OF Farmland, Ran-
dolph County, 1nd., shot his wife dond Mon.
day night while slu snt ut the table with ler
baby III her nrlus. 1iurress. Ind been drink
ing before tho shooting,
, 1880-12-01

Nil. 4. ". CAMPBELL. Ut tho Wheeling
I,,tel!tucncer, and Chairman OF the Vlr.
gEnia delegation to tho Chicago Convention,
WIS presented with an elegant 0!l painting
Of tl,at body, tn recognition Of Ills Services
therein. and particularly ln recognition OF Ills
yIndlcAtlon of tho right Of private juag-
mcnl. The testimonial was well desurycl.
, 1880-12-01

THE articles OF agreement were signed for
tho rowing matcl, between ltanian and Lay
cock yesterday, and half tlls money on each
sido wns put up. Tho race will take placo on
tho It'll ut Jannary naxt. 0yer the Ttatncs
championship course. III !tllo meantime
1lanan will visit SOME ot Ills klnstne1l III
Ireland, wllero lle Will doubtless bo very cor
dinlly received,
, 1880-12-01

BENTON JONES, cashier In the United
States Quarter'nastcr's Office atSt. Louis, has
disappeared. Its accounts need some OK
plalattol. There arn tllose who think that
he i,as precludetl all possibility of such OK
PLANTATION by committing suicide
, 1880-12-01

THE Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Inns OBJ
tatned IN independent entrance Into New
York City, arti will open this morning for
passenger, freight, md express business be-
tween Chicago and other Western points
aud that city. Three passengcr-traIns will
be run Oil tho road from Chicago daily. Tile
evening express from New York will lcavo
at Z o'clock, and will reach here at7 o'clock
On tho mornlug OF the second tlay after.
, 1880-12-01
SUCCESSFUL SUIT.

WIN rendered by judge Hitchcock Ia tho Tpbba-
Stower suit In tho Superior Court to-day. that
plaintiff. Fostmstrcas Mower, OF New London.
recover &4,0E damages. aud 1000 ~ lnteEo4t and
rost slnco tho Committees report The PlaIatiR
as tho widow of Gen. Mower, Corps Commander
under Sherman during the lAto War, aud was
appointed postmlstseSs at Now Londop By
I{c4ilGut 0r1ut, ,.
, 1880-12-01

THE 1lusstnn police hive discovered at
Charakoff whole nrscnnl Of .daggcrs, revoly..
crs, bullets, guns, and, worse than tho dag.
gers and guns, revolutionary pamphlets,
printing presses. passports, etc.,-and two
rcyolutlonfsts. Tho latter haye been put into
jail, md 1t may DO the Car breathes mora
frunfv
, 1880-12-01

DA1rr11E1MY ST. 111LLA1IlE, tho recently
appointed French Foreign Minister, stated
III tho French Sennte yesterday-Ear1 Grail
yille's frankness Saturday removing alI rea.
soil for further s!1cnce-that tho naval dcn-
onstrat!on wns undertaken not for the settle
1uent Of tho MolltcnegrEn question alone, but
for tho settlement Of tho Greek and Arlnc-
l,tnn questions rs we'll. lie said that France
did not withdraw prematurcly from It's orig
inal pledges iii regard to tho demonstration,
hut that 1t acted Bagac1ously iii keeping 1t
within proper limits. This does not tally
with Earl Granyll|e's declaration. n. st.
1lillairc said that France deeply sympatlized
with Greece, and thnt q lnva! demonstration
in support of trcece's claims WIS within
The bounds of possibility. 1t Is probable,
however, that Franco'ssnpporto of Greece will
no. extend beyond sympathetic expressions.
, 1880-12-01

SECHETAnr THOMPSON says TINT he Inns no
doubt that Ge,t. Len Harrison will he Senator
McDonnld's SUCCESSOR. Tho Secretary also
believes tl,at ltltltanu Is n Republican State,
ald that 1t will be represented by two Repub-
1ican Senators when Dan voorhees, term OK
f>frp8.
, 1880-12-01

House OF Representatives at Washington
Monday night, but was put out betora It Ind
done much injury. This damage will DO ro'
paired before Congress meets,
, 1880-12-01

JOSH llAlT, proprietor Of Truth, thinks
tho N ew York Titncs Inns damaged his repu
tat1on $4,000, and that George Alfred Town
send has injured it $4,000. uo wants tht
Now York Courts to shy whether they aKreo
with ltiul.
, 1880-12-01

M1t, ALEXANDER SANDS, a prominent pol
iticfnn Of Cincinnati, mid q friend Of Stanley
Alntthcws, Is authority for the statement that
Mr.. Matthews will bo OH the bench Of tho Sill
preIne Court Of tho United States In thirty
t1nFs
, 1880-12-01

TnE mal1-bag was take,s from the null
carrier ut Afuunt Clemens, Af1cll., 1ast night,
aild carried some miles, When It was opened
nild Quilted Of Its contents. Tho tlllof es-
Gained.
, 1880-12-01

TnE Duke Of Parma, the brottor-tn-law OF
Don Cnrlos, llas left SpAtu. Ills prcsel,ce In
TINT country not being acceptable to Alfonso
nnl Ills Ministers.
, 1880-12-01

Tile war between the Kurds ind Torsians
has assumed very serious stlape. Tile
Kusus are being daily reinforced, and ara
holding their own against tAe Persians. ills
strongly suspected that Russia Is lasgely ILL.,
, 1880-12-01

I[ArpoS House, II lawyer Of Henderson,
H., wlio hut BEEN Oh a prolonged spree,
sulcldeti yesterday by taking IN overdose Of
morphine. : :,
, 1880-12-01

CONGRESSMAN EvAlrrs ". FAnis. Ut New
hampshire, who wus reGlooted to succeed
himself ut the November election, died yes.
terday Of pneumonia. .rAe deceased gentle
, 1880-12-01

Fol, the Upper Lake region to-day, south.
castorly yeor[nE to south u west winds, stu
t!onary nr higher temperature, partly cloudy
or cloudy weather, with rain or suow, arc
predicted.
, 1880-12-01

hogs thIs suason, or 10000 moro than at this
tno lust ycus. indianapolis Is ambitious.
, 1880-12-01

At the e ~ AZ" and the ; nistsr mi has ia.
tcryiewed the Gar III cotf1tctlon with ths
1tintter
, 1880-12-01
Is it the Sum-:
No, it is the Moon.
is the Moon filu?
No, but the man is full.

Citizens Of Chicago and whereabouts"
the above queer heading to our ADVERTISE
1ncns is merely to far1iliasize you with tho
firm name, ViifouUh1U, Hilt &c Co., and
ifyou will only always second the thoughtcft
any wants in tho way of wearing apparel
with the name Of Wiloughby, Hill q Co..
VIC shall stand good chnncc Of supplying
such wants. We will suggest, # you please,
few thoughts, and second them, so you
can sec what VIC mean. Fer example,:
must have me an ovcfcoat, mine Is get
ting too scedy for a man in my position,
Willoughby, Hill & Co.
need new suit, Willoughby, Hill & Co.
Husband, Jamcy ought to have some new
clothes. Better take him 10 Willoughby,
Hill & Co.'s.
I've got to get new hat and some shirts,
Willoughby, Hill Co.
My shoes arc too thin for this weather,
Willoughby, Hill & Co., etc., etc.
Now, you sec what we mean, and If you
will just get In the habit Of associating VIII
1oughby, Hill & Co. with any thought of
clothes VIC believe twill be for ouE interest
nrd. yt,t1rS.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-23

ia order to attend tho exercises Ut ~ GER
tain college, where Miss Rivers grMlu.
ate,, and We also know that u wedding
took place soon after, and the brides
toilet did NOT cost her weary days aud
nights; for, like Il wise woman, she ptr-
chased il in New York, and enjoyed the
last precious days with her friends
When the bridal party went West, Dixie
joined thon,. and is now fitting himself
for his future work in life.
Mrs. Storm, noe Sallc Rivers, is also Il
professor IN the same institution with
her husband and her excellent parents
spend u portion of each season with her.
Tom married u clergymal's daughter
and lives near his sister, while lluldah
keeps house for two bachelor brothers
of his, who are making fortunes in Kan
sas. Sallie is the same bright, charm
ing little woman we knew in Pntney-
vile; and any pleasant day you can see
her cantcring by her husbands side on
spirited horse. When any of the FAM
ily Joke Professor Storm about his lover
like attentions to his wife, he always
answers, 81 owe all my prosperity to
the fact that have been her lifelong
ardent lover"
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-23

tsr."
"A1other is willing" said sallie; "She
always wanted to study herself"
"Well, wesesm to need yon here' some
how" said tho old gentleman, strok'ns
the colts neck to hide bis feelings
ayes, father, and you shall have NO.
ran work hard, and come to spend eve
~ vacation aud won't you be glad to
see me n
Mr.. Rivers led the colt away, and did
not answer.
"Wby not 2" no said to himself; "why
.bouldn't she have fair chaRce' sup
rose might sell off the meadow to old
Storm, and send my only girl away IN
GOOD shape; but it will spoil a farm, and
hate to-"
He could not think of the house with
ont her: he dreaded the long winter
evenings, and the warm summer days.
without his darling; aud at last he sat
down in one corner Of the barn on an
old griudstone, which Sallie had often
tnrned for him. He sat there a long time
irving to overcome his selfishness; and
at last, az he heard the girls ringing
voice calling him to supper, he rose up
saving, "she's my only girl; and she shall
have chance, come what will.'
The boys were delighted. They wer'
proud Of Sallie, and quite snreshe wonl'
do herself and the family credit. To b
sure, TOMS pride was hurt when d
National Republican., 1880-05-05
SPARKS Fnon rae poAr1oAL ANvn..

It is highly probable that Georgla's Chicago
OF the Republican State conventions, colOred
man, talkedlthat y.-[Augusta Chronicle.
Sherman has the State The question is,
What will ho do with it2-[Cncinnati Com.
mercial.l lie will transfer 1t 10 Grant when
the proper time comes. This is confidential,
but Globe-Democrat.
Southern Republicans arc good fellows and
honored members of the party whose voices
should be heeded when they go for Blaine but
they are utterly unworthy of recogn nition
when they stand for Grant.--[Chicago Times.
The Cincinnati Commercial has evidently
struck an idea, and says: :" The only pos
sibility of the nomination of Grant is that
sherman men may prefer him to Blaine, aud
that Blaine men may prefer him to sherman
The Blaine papers can cease their worri'
ment over the probability of Grant accepting
q mere majority nomination at Chicago. IL
will come to him as it did twelve years ago by
call of the roll of States, and the instructed
Blaine delegation from Iowa will respond
with the loudest aye in the roll call Marion
Register.
1t is II little singular that while tho oppo.
nents of General Grants nomination arc devot-
ing great deal at attention TO his weakness
with the independents at tho North be-
cause as they say, six Southern States were
lost TO the Republican party during his ad'
ministration," the more proposition Of his re-
denomination has given the only reasonable
hope of dividing and regaining portion OF
the SOUTH New York Herald.