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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28

demand. Sales Q $500 sks ear at 47650c
per bushel and 500 SKIS sbelled at 4S@48kc;
afew lots in poor sacks and a little of
sought buyers yesterday at 47c; orders 81
@5Sc per bushel.
OATS-Flat and slow sale at SOC per
bushel, a carload of choice going at that
figure; orders 42@45c per bushel.
BRAN-ln demand and scarce at $50
20 perton, for wheat and 81 per cwt; corn
do. dull at 50 per ton.
HAY-Movement light and sales slow
at $l6 for red top and SIT 80 to $40 per
ton for choice timothy; small orders Sl@
l 10 per cwt; Arkansas praitie, $40 90 per
ton.
P0TATOES-Old stock a drag at Zoe
per Dbl on landing for peachblows and
81 % from store; new, slow sale at - 500
3 per Dbl in lots, the latter for the best.
ESOULENTS-String beans 81 per
bushel box for old stock; cabbage
Sc per crate; new onions IN
light movement at So 50@4 per
Dbl, according to quality. Beans 81 Is to
81 60 for medium white to choice navy;
black-eyed peas 81 per bushel.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens
are in demand at 81 75to 81 rs per doz for
young and old; turkeys dull at $40 to So;
geese do. at 1904; ducks $S@3 so per doz
Eggs 1l@11Hc per dozen and in good de-
mand.
BUTTERFLIES weak; creamery.
32@35c per ID; western table, 20@25c
country, 10 TO Zoe; butterine, 18@20c.
CHEESE-Quiet factory llK@l2c
Y. A. 15c.
FRUITS-Apples in light movement
at 81 to S. per Dbl; dried do. " to Sc pei
ID; peaches do, 7K@8c; oranges SO 500
5 80 per box for Palermo and Messina
lemons So 75@5 per box. Bananas 81 q
to 81 60 per bunch.
PROVISI0NS-Fair jobbing demand,
with.ample stock. Dry salt shoulders, 4@
4Hc; ribs do. 65sc; clear do. 6%c; bacon
shoulders, &c; clear ribs, &c; clear sides, 79s
breakfast bacon, Sc; sugar cured hams
~canvassed, K@i9 plain, 9@9H; jowls 4c
mess pork, Sl1 so per Dbl; country shout
kers, 4Ac; do. sides, &c; do. hams, TIC
Lard, 7H@7%c for %tierces; Sc for half Dbl
and kegs, and 814 for pals; country do
6A@6Mc.
SUGAR-Market steady; fully fair, oper
kettle, Sc; prime do SIC; choice, do &c
yellow clarified, 9@911c; off whites, 9H@
9%c; hard. l0%@l1c.
O0FFEE-Fairto choice 14% to l9
according to quality.
HIDES-Dry flint, No. l., IS; No. 2
15c; dry salt do, l5c; green, No. 2, 12}9C
do sailed, 7@8c; market steady; talloW
6@6c; beeswax, zoe.
LEATHER-Oak sole, SS@40c; hem
lock, 28@S2c; harness, 96@3Sc; skirting
35@37c; French calf, $4,000 per dozen
domestic calf, $20@30 per dozen.
TOBACCO Per ID 42K060c.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 rs per car or ORA.
load; orders 81 IS sacks 81 80@1 60 70
course and fine. Rock salt 2e per pound,
BAGGING-k arket quiet; on order
fax, 9Hc per yard; jute, l0K@l1c; tie
81 1903 per bundlei Irvine, l2c pc
LIVE sToCK-Cattle supply fai
good butcher qualities in demand
~ to &c gross, the latter for the best. II
ferior a to "a; calves S5@3 each; COW
and calves $l9@35; hogs in light NOV
ment at 3H@4H gross; sheep 4@5 f
good and 81 50@2 per head for Inferior.
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Sealed Proposals.
0PEIoE BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE
COMMISSIONERS, TAXING DISTRICT,

COMMISSIONERS, TAXING DIsrRICT,
April q, 1850.
GEALED proposals will be received by Us
- until Thursday, April 10Th, 1880, at IL
o'clock, noon, for the following work to be
done-service to be rendered and material to
be furnished to the Taxing District Of Shelby
county.
For the furnishing Of the following material,
viz: 1000 cubic yards Of Bubble stone, broken
to 4 to l cubic foot, of hard and seryiceable
lime stOne,- cents per cubic yard.
1900 cubic yards Of McAdam, broken either
by hand or stone erusher, to pass through one
to ~ inch ring, to be Of hard and durable
lime stone suitable for MoAdam, - cents
per cubic yard.
5000 square yards Of hard lime stone or Of the
hardest stratafed sand stone, well shaped
blocks 8 inches deep, 5 to 8 inches thick, suit
able for cutters ana TO Oe taken in final meas
urement when laid down, " cents per
square yard
1906, cubic yards of good bond or cement
gravel, - cents per cubic foot.
The above material to be delivered on or
before August 1st, 1880, either upon the wharf
or landing, or upon cars at the several depets
in the city or upon the line Of the work at the
option ofthe bidder.
The Board reserves the right to decide as
10 the economy and advantages Of the bids.
The whole Of the above material required to
be delivered between the 18th May OF 18th
September. or sooner il required, E%xplana-
tons will be given on application to the Dis
tirct Engineer.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids
N0TE.-Ali bids must be labeled Paving
Material" and under resolution Of the Leg
~islative Council ust be accompanied with
the names of two () responsible b~ondsmen,
who are prepared to execute a bond for ten
thousand dollars, and each and every bid
must also be accompanied with a certified
check for two hundred and fifty dollars.
By order of the Board.
1852 D. I. PORTER, President.
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A Fighting Editors Work.

Boston Post.l
A western editor, whose style of
writing vas calculated to arouse peo-
pie to deeds of gore, being himself
not much on the muscle, found it ne
cessary to keep a fighting editor, and
he had a speaking-tube connected
with the heeler's room to call him
when danger required. One day a
gentleman whom the editor had re
ferred to as "a cross-eyed dromedary'
came in to request a correction, and
as the fighting editor was out, he
didn't respond to the signal of dis
tress, and while the editor and his Wis
itor were on the floor under the desk,
the former agreed to correct the mis-
| take, and theirate man left. Pretty soon
a gentleman from the rural districts
came in to give the editor a big squash
and get a notice, and about that time
the lighting editor returned, and a
boy in his room told him that the boss
wanted help. The man Of war was
quick TO respond. and dashing into the
chiefs room, ana seeing the latter in
a somewhat disordered condition, the
result of his previous visit, he thought
the countryman was the cause of it.,
and clutched him, and after %staving
up some furniture, ran the victim
across the street to where an empty
hearse was standing in front Of an
undertaker's shop. Into the vehicle
he TANNED the farmer and shut the
door. The commotion he had created
scared the horses attached to the
hearse, and they started off on the
dead run. People soon noticed the
runaway aud ran after it, and were
shocked at beholding the hearse col
Tide with a post and become a COM
plete wreck; and their horror at seeing
a human body precipitated to the
sidewalk, was only equaled by their
/, amazement at seeing it spring nimbly
to its feet and take off across the
country yelling murder. They thought
it was an attempt to burya mar alive,
and part of them went and got the
undertaken to lynch him, while the
rest pursued the farmer, who was
found hiding in a swamp. And, after
he was brought in, it took over three
hours to get matters explained, and
then the farmer went before a justice
of the peace and made affidavit that
, he hoped to be struck by lightning il
he ever entered a newspaper Office
1 again.
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Sealed Proposals.
OFFICE BOARD FgRE AND POLICE

OFFICE BOARD FIRE nj POLICE
COMMISSIONERS, TAXING DISTRICT,
April %, 1850.
SEALED Proposals will be received BY us
- until Thursday, April 29th, at u o'clock,
noon, for the following work to be done, SER
vice to be rendered and material to be fur
nished the Taxing District Of Shelby county.
For the furnishing Of stone and tne paving
Of Front street from south side Of Auction to
the bayou, 40xll50 feet. Also the paving Of
Auction from Main to Promenade street,
about &xe00 feet. Also the paving Of the
cutters about bV0 feet lineal, making total of
about 1900 SQUARE yards.
In the above work all bidders are expected
and required to bid in the following manner
/. Preparation Of road-bed and putting in of
drains, ETC., - cents per cubic yard.
2. Furnishing Of stone and laying down of
same as required (stone to be Of hard lime
stone, suitable for making ofTslfOTd and Nc
Adam pavement, - cents per square
yard. The base course not to be less than 8
inches depth and to be closely covered with 6
inches Of McAdam stone, broken to III to 2a
inches diameter.
The entire work to be fnishe complete to
the satisfaction of the DistT' .gineer on or
before July 18th, 1870. Pli nd speciica-
plioation to the District Engineer.
The Board reserves the rigiJ 70 receive bids
for furnishing Of the above mater ais, deliv-
cred on wharf anu landing, or in Wolf river,
or on the street, anu OF uOlnB tue Work
with a District force, or to reject any and all
bids for the above work.
N0TB.-All bids must be labeled "Pave-
ment; Front and Auction streets" and under
resolution Of Legislative Council must be ac-
c%ompanied with the names OF two ~ respon-
sible bondsmen, who are prepared t. execute
a bond for five thousand dollars; each and
every bid must also be accompanied with a
certified check for two hundred and fifty dol
lars.
By order of the Board.
1852 D. T. PORTER, Preident.
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Nashville Banner, 2sth.l
1t was remarkable what an effect
the Mexican veterans had upon the
spectators last Saturday while in the
procession. Though the old heroes
seemed proud enough, and stepped
out lively to the beat of the drum and
fife, it was only too apparentto all that
they were in various stages ofdecrepi-
tude. Gray hairs, sunken cheeks, dim
eyes, and unsteady steps seemed
rather the rule than the excep-
ton. The brave heart was there, and
the determined eye. But we all saw
that no longer is it for these men to
shoulder the musket or seek the tent
ed field. There were some notable
exceptions, it is true, but they were
few and far between. Only a few who
went off to that southern wal as boys
whose indomitable spirits would not
brook a delay for maturing years.
And many Of the old citizens well
remember these same veterans as
young, brave stout men, whose black
locks and fierce tread gave ample
token of what the enemy might expect
to receive at their hands. To think
only a few years would make such a
change. Where are the others who
left here under the leadership OF the
gallant Cambell? Where is the gal
liant leader himself whose tall martial
form filled the eye with pride and
delight? Well might Xerxes weep
when his million of soldiers passed in
review before him, at the thoughtthat
inafewyearsa all this mighty host would
be in the silent tomb. One by one
these brave soldiers have passed away.
Though spared by the bullet of the
willy Mexican, they have fallen at the
, touch of a fatal shaft, one whose aim
never fails, whose 10y fingers always
stop the ~pulsations Of the heart, how
; ever courageous he may be. The sad
J ness of these reflections caused the
silent tears to chase each other adown
! the cheek when we saw the few
. remaining men of that proud regi.
| ment of one thousand men, following
along younger men in that procession.
1t seemed rather a march to the be.
yond, a silent but eloquent dirge, thar
the celebration of a birth. But sucl
is life, and it was a fit emblem Of the
course of life, seeing these hoAored
representatives of a recent past, fol.
lowed. closely by the young cadets WHIT
are destined at no distant day to take
t their places not only on the tented
!. field, but by the hearthstone of the
, social circle.
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Miss Gencvieve Ward, who is said
to speak French with rare perfection.
is about 20 appear in a French play in
London, at the suggestion Of the
Prince of Wales, who admired her
pronunciation. 1t is stated that Miss
Ward intends to come to America in
September, to appear in "Forget-Me-
Not" With her will come Miss Kate
Pattison, who will take the part Of
Alice VerneSi in the same play, a part
in which she has made a remarkable
success in England. Miss Pattison is
the young lady who accompanied Miss
Emily Faithful to this country a few
years ago. Miss Faithful will make
a second visit here in the autumn,
when she will give her popular lecture
on extravaganza"
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General Trade.

A very light movement prevails in
all branches of trade. There is no
disposition to speculate in any line,
and prices in the main being droopy,
dealers have generally permitted their
stocks to run low, anticipating a fur
ther reduction in values. The jobbing
and order business is moderate, espe-
cially for plantation supplies, but all
other lines may be termed dull. The
fat state Of the cotton market con-
tributes much to the sluggishness in
general trade.
FLOUR - Steady and unchanged,
with only a light jobblng de.
mand. prices having been droopy
oIl the week. Quotations are a:
follows: X, $4; Xxx, "a 25@4 so
xxx, S5@6 %; family, SIS 10; choice, So
fancy, Sc Is; patent, $7@7 % all for round
lots; orders DC higher.
CORNMEAL-Fair Enquiry prevails
but prices are weak; sales on the landing
at 81 10 per Dbl, and from store at 81 2
for dray load lots; orders slightly higher
CORN-Prices droopy, with m0derat,
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COTTON ExCHANsE QUOTATIONS.
Istandard international Classification
Receipts Of cotton at all I'm

Receipts OF cotton at all United
States ports for the past four days
were 1913 bales, against 1888
I bales the week before, and 1859
bales same week last year.
The total receipts of cotton at all
United States ports to date are 4,e36,,
4S8 bales, against 4,z92,O42 bales at
this date last year, and 4,O67,252 the
year before. Excess of receipts this
year over last, 3l4,446 bales. The
stock on hand at this time is 63l ,O9l
bales, against 374,SC3 bales at this
time last year, and 434,352 bales the
year before. The foreign shipments
to date are 3,126,172 bales, against
3,153,4O5 bales last year, and 2,972,O52
the year before.
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at the desk and is assisted by Platt
Rhodes and Arthur Brown.
The popular passenger steamer,
james d. Parker, in command Of
Captain G. B. Russell is on berth to
leave at 5 pm, for Cairo, Louisville,
Cincinnati and all way landings, Civ
ing passengers through tickets to
points east at reduced rates. The
Parker has recently undergone a
thorough overhauling and is now as
good as new. She has excellent pas
senger accommodation andher officers
will be found sociable and accommo.
dating. Messrs. Robert Mccoy and
Chas. Colbert are her clerks.
Captain Owen Finnegan left last
night for his home in Alabama. Moth
ing definite is known in regard to his
movements in reference to the new
line Of boats from Memphis to Hele-
ma. Captain Finnegan viii be back
in about three weeks, when everything
will be settled. This is beyond doubt
a Helena institution, gotten upby the
merchants of Helena, who wish ifpos-
sible, to draw the trade below here to
that point. This line no doubt had
its origin during the days of our
troubles of '7S and 70, when boats
would not land at our port. Helena
taking advantage of this have for
some time been negotiating with sew
eral parties to place a boat or two in
the trade to work solely to the interest
of Helena, they promising the neces.
sary backing. Opposition is the life
of trade, but it takes money to make
the mare go.
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Court Sale orReaI Estate


No. 374, R. Din the Probate Court Of Shelby
County, Tennessee-George b. Hammer, OF
al, VS.. Matte n. Hammer.
DY virtue OF q decree for sale in this cause
ID made March %, 1880, / will sell, ut pub
lie auction TO the highest bidder, in front Of
the courthouse door on Main street, Memphis,
Tenn., on
Saturday, May Sth, 1850,
within legal hours, the following described
real estate, tO-wit;
Lying, situate and being IN the 18th Civil
District of Shelby county, Tenn, consisting
Of one hundred and five acres q6), known as
the estate ofW. B. Hammer, deceased, bound
ed on tho north by Vassan and others; south
by Sam Mosby; west BY r. II. Brooks; and
east by Sam Mosby.
Equity Of redemption barred.
Terms of sale-0ne. third cash; balance IN
two equal payments on a credit Of one and
two years, purchaser executing notes bearing
interest from day Of sale and o lien will DO
retained to secure said deferred payments.
This March "a, 1880.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
o. r. Barteau, sol. for eompl't
1H%@@52BH
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Sealed Proposals.
OFFICE OF Tar BOARD OF FIRE AND POuoEl
COMMISSIONERS, TAXING DISTRICT, !

OffIcE OF Tar board OF FIRE AND pOLcFl
COMMISSIONERS, TAXING DISTRICT,
SEALED Proposals will Be- received nv ma
~ until Thursday, April 18th, 1870, at ~
O'Clock, noon, for the following work 10 he
done, service TO be rendered and material
to be furnished the Taxing District of Shelby
county,
For the furnishing Of stone and gravel. and
the paving Of Vance street from Main to
walnut street, about six thousand nine hum
dred $500 by thirty-six (a6) feet between curb
stone lines. Also the Furnishing of 1900
nneal ieet stone c%urbing, more Orless, and
the setting Of same together with any and an
other curbing to be reset. In the above work
all bidders are expected and r. - Cd to hid in
the following manner:
Plan No
l. Preparation OF rOa. a filling in
behind curb lines, - + cubic yard-
2. Furnishing stone and e.. lei and LAYING
down of same block form in cutters, 5 feet
wide each - cents per square yard.
3. Furnishing stone and gravel aud laying
down Of same (Telford and McAdam form)
stone and gravel End sand, when compressed
and completed to be not less than fouteen
10 inches deep, - cents per square yard.
4. Filling up and resetting curbing as re-
quired, - cents per lineal foot.
D. Furnishing ,%ineludine the setting Of curb
ing, oxlo inches, Of good lime stone Sawed,
- cents per lineal foot.
The entire work to be finished complete,
ready for use, 70 the entire satisfaction of the
Taxing District Engineer, on Or before No
vember l, 1870.
Plan and specifications, and explanations,
will be given on application to the District
Engineer.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
N0Tg.-Bids will be received without the
furnishing Of stone curbiug, the Board reserv-
ing the right to furnish the same. but bids
mill also ka anUufHaro1 nth ov~ktnn e,-,s.I.
ed, as enumerated.
All bids must be labeled ''Vance Street
Pavement" and under resolution Of the Leg
~islative Council must DO accompanied with
the names of two ~ responsible bondsmen
thousand dollars: each and every bid must
also be accompanied with n certified check
for two hundred and fifty dollars.
By order o tbs Board.
1852 DIT. PORTER, President.
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Little Rock Gazette: Two promi-
nent citizens are on the verge of
making a very interesting wager. One
proposes to bet a large amount Of
money that the other one does not
possess the courage to stand on the
corner of Main and Markham streets
and black boots all day.
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Trustees sale.

Under and by virtue of a certain deed Of
Y trust made TO me duly recordedin bookNo.
l22, page 1889 Of the Registers Office of Shelby
county, Tennessee, to secure the payment Of
0 certain indebtedness and interest to the
Bluff City Building and Loan Association,
default having been made therein, 1 will, on
Thursday, the 18th day Of May, 1880,
on the southwest corner of Main and Madison
streets, in the Taxing District Of Shelby coun-
ty, late city Of Memphis, Tenn, proceed TO
sell at public auction for cash to the highest
bidder, a certain lot Of land in the city Of
Memphis, Shelby county, Tenn, bounded
n described as follows, to-wit;
Beginning at the intersection Of the north
side Of jackson street with the east side of
Sixth street and running thence northwardly
with the east line Of jackson street 1850 feet;
thence eastwardly parallel with jackson
street so feet; thence southwardly parallel
With Sixth street $50 feet to the north line Of
jackson street; thence westwardiy with the
north line of jackson street 50 feet TO the be-
ginning, being parts Of lots numbers u, ID and
IA, in block No. 30 Of that part Of the said city
Of Memphis formerly called Fort Pickering.
Memphis, April 18th, 1880.
SAMUEL HIRSCH,
Trustee and Secretary ofthe Bluff City
%a Building and Loan Association,
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From a w%ell-known citizen of Chicago.
CHIcAeo, Ill, Jan. ], 1880.

H.. H.. Warner & Co., Rochester, N. Y;
Gentlemen-:I have Used Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure with the greatest
satisfaction. 1t is the only remedy that l
have ever used that l can recommend to
my friends, as it has cured me of Bright S
disease of long standing, after having Wis
tied the White Sulphur Springs Of Vir-
ginia, and trying innumerable so called
remedies" of the day. Having resided
here for forty-seven years, my friends will
be glad to see this statement. The dis
coverer is, indeed, a public benefacter.
WILLIAM II. PATTERSON,
1891 Wabash avenue, near 10Th street.
Sold wholesale by s. Mansfield q Co.
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Natchez Miss Pilot: DR.. james
Foster, of this city, celebrated his
e~ighty-sixth birthday Thursday, and
is the Oldest practicing physician in
Natchez. The doctor is one of the
few surviving heroes Of Lundy's Lane,
and also served under Jefferson Davis
in the Mexican war.
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Cotton

The feeling to-day is indifferent and
demand light, prices being easy and
indications point to a limited days
business. Sales yesterday we're but
100 bales, to spinners, exporters being
entirely out of the market, which
closed dull, INTERPRETATIONS unchanged
as follows:
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a 0ARD-

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indlscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, losso Of manhood. etc., | will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
self-addressed envelope 10 the Rev. Joseph L.
Innan, Station d, New York City.
lis XXI Ia eodkw
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ChanCery Sale of Real Estate.


No. 1894, R.-Qancery Court Of Shelby coun-
ty-Mary Cornell, administrative Of P. W.
Cornell vs.. NJ. j. Laws. ct al,
DY virtue Of an interlOcutOry decree for
- sale, entered in the above cause on the
26th dag Of March, 1890, NJ. q. D. 1913, / will
sell, at public auction, to the ~ at bid
der, in front Of the clerk and masters office,
courthouse of Shelby county, Memphis, now
known as the Taxing District Of Shelby coun-
ty, Tenn, on
Saturday, May 1st, 1850,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-wit:
Part Of lot % least "a, block "a as designated
upon the plan Of John 0vertOn's tract of 1Sl
acres as surveyed by Rucker & Parsons in
| April 1857; said lot fronts northwardIy On
Calhoun street 81 feet and runs back between
parallel lines 40 feet to an alley IL feet wide,
the metes and bounds Of which are as follows:
Beginning IS feet west Of the first alley run
ming north and south, west of fernando street;
thence west 81 feet; thence south 10 feet
thence east 81 feet; thence north 10 feet to the
beginning.
Terms Of sale-0n n credit of six months
purchaser executing note with good security
lien retained, redemption barred.
This April 5th, 1850.
R. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
3. B. Barnes, sol. for compl't.
II n AZ 40 20
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Withdraws the Leadership,

OTTAWA, April 2S.-Mackenzie has
announced his Withdrawal from the
leadership Of the opposition, .