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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-23

plantation business, and connecting at
Glendale with the Mobile and North
western train. The Lee has first.
class accommodations and her officers
are polite and sociable. LLOYD w.
WhitlOw is her chief clerk, and is
assisted by Arthur Brown, Mike
Logan and Platt Rhodes.
Col. j. D. Moore, chief clerk Of the
vint Shinkle, has written a letter to
the LEDGER, in which he states that
his boat left Cincinnati Saturday
evening with two barges in tow, and a
very good trip Of freight. The
Shi1kle since her retirement, has been
on the ways, where she underwent a
thorough overhauling. She has been
reprinted, aud all the old bedding and
furniture been replaced by new. The
machinery has been improved, larger
cylinders put in, and with these i'm
proyements she will have more speed,
gaining at least "a hours in the run
from Memphis to Cincinnati.
Captain Billy Tichenor's popular
packet, Cons Millar, arrived last night
from the Ohio, with 200 tons Of freight.
which included nearly 1900 packa'
ges, being the largest number Of pack.
ages brought in by either Of the pack
cts for several years. The main items
OF the cargo comprised 43O bbls of
Hour, 433 SKIS corn, 2000 bdls cotton
ties, $50 rolls bagging, 100 bags Of
meal, 100 SKIS bran, 1900 pkgs furni-
ture, 1900 kegs nails, 40 bbls whisky,
z buggies aud a big list of sundries'
She leaves this evening, with a return
trip, for Cairo, Louisville, Cincinnati
ana all principal way landings on the
Ohio river, giving passengers through
tickets to all eastern points at very
low rates. The Millar has excellent
accommodations, and being of light
draught, win go through without
trouble. Jimmy Voris presides at the
desk aud is assisted by Harry Galley.
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COMMERCIAL.
PUBLIC LEDGER OFFICE,

hAnN ANF - AaNfFN Ah0n =
The money market rules quiet, and
without features of general interest,
save the fact that a scarcity of cur
rency is noticed, and a considerable
amount of gold coin has been received
by our banks within the past few days,
to I'll its place, and supply the in
creased monetary demand. Gold and
silver coin will be likely to circulate
freely during the ensuing fall and
winter months. AT present rates Of
discount rule steady, and prime mer-
camille paper can be placed at 6 per
cent. Exchange is quiet, at par to &c
discount for eastern bills, while
checks on New York sell at par.
New Orleans rates are par selling, and
4c discount buying.
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Saturday, September 4tb. 1850.
n on.Rsslasa Nos,..

ccrnfv Tasue ~N"aneery Court Of Shelby
NceLeyg, Lenn E,rraneis White VS.. John {
tappe99ring from afidavitin this cause thai
dIiin sae ~qetendants, Thomas B Kittredge, Car.
yas; Nv hl'etedge and Ashbel Smith are non
resldepts Of the state Of Tennessee; IL is there.
lore ordered that they make their appearance
herein, at, the courthouse Of Shelby county,
" memphis, Tenn, on or before the Grsi
MONDAY IN October, 1880, and plead, nswer
Of demu[ to complainant bill, or the same
~ pc taken for confessed as to them and set
lOr nearing ex-parte; and that q copy of this
order be published once a week, for fonr sncs
ceTSlye weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of August, 1880.
A eOpy-Attest:
wun X. J, BLACK, Clerk and master.
M Randolph, sol for compPt.
142 las 1549
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NOn-rosIdenl Notice.

No. 8646-In the Chancery Court Of sbelbv
county, Iennessoe-Annie NJ LeFevre VS.. i
Z V~ledenburgh ct al.
L appearing from affidavit in this cause
4 that the defendant, Daniel D LeFevre,
is a non.residshts Of the State Of Ten
nessee; 1t is therefore ordered that he make
rs appearance herein. at the courthouse of
Shelby county, in Memphis, Tenn, on or be-
fore the first Monday in October, 1880, and
Plead. answer or demur TO the cross
bill Of 4 Yredenbprgh ct al. OF the
him and set for hearing ex-parte, and
that q copy Of this order be published once
q week, for four successive weeks, in the
Public Ledger.
This the 10th day Of August, 1880.
A ~oopy-attest:
r, ]. BLACK, clerk and master.
BY E..B. MoHEHRY, DC. and NJ.
Townsend x Gillian, Solicitors for com
plainant. l46 l52 1855
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NOTICE.
OFFICE OF tins BOARD or FIRE AYD0
POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
Aupuct 1Ttb 1900

POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
August 18th, 1880.
GEALED Proposals will be received by n;
~ until Tuesday, August Gath, at u o'clock,
noon, for constructing Eve miles-mOre or
less-of sewori the contractor furnishing All
material except the sewer pipe and tile.
The proposals should contain separate price.
for trenches 6% feet deep and less; 6% To-
feet; to u feet; and for a greater depth than
u feet; also separate prices for laying tile and
the different sizes of pipe.
Specifications may be found at the sewer
engineers Office, in the courthouse. Paw.
mepts 70 be made on weekly estimates In
cash. -
The, right to reject any or all bids Is re-
served.
BY order Of the Sewer Committee.
l4h lo2 M, BURKE. Chairman.
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q C.MEarl.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscreti0ng Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss OF manhood, ETC., / will send
\ Tegiue that win cure you, FREE on
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
~ q missionary in South America. Send .
self-ad lrsssed envelope to the Rev. joseph II.
Imam, station D, New York City.
115 XXI ia eod6w
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The Rev. Dewitt Talmage is study
ng the Chinese question by going
among the Cinnamon in San Fran
cisco. lie will visit Oregon, aud re.
urn home about the lSt Of Septem-
her.
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COTTON ExOskEoE oUoFArION5.
STANDARD Gnsernatlonal olas-.iaeatlon.
COTTON RECEIPTS.

Receipts of cotton here for the past
season to Friday last aggregate 4O9, 243
bales, against 3S6,OS7 bales during the
same time last season, an excess this
year of 23,154 bales. The routes of
its coming on each year show the fol-
lowing distribution
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ooNDITIoN on TnE RIYERs.

The river at this point is declining
at the rate Of 2 inches ner day, aud at
noon was 6 feet 8 incnes above low
water mark. Yesterday the Ohio. at
Pittsburg, rose 5 feet 6 inches, with Z
feet 8 inches on the gauge. At Gin
ciSaati itrose Z inches, with II feet 8
inches on the gauge. At Louisville
1t rose IA inches, with 6 feet 4 inches
n the canal, AT Cairo it fell 6 inches,
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Sealed Proposals.
OFEIcE BoAED or fIEE AND POLICE
COMMISSIONERS. IAXING DIsIRIcT.


Before J. NJ. Coleman, J. P. for Shelby conn
ty, Tenn.-A NJ Boyd and Son VS.. Henry
j Blake and Mary S Blake.
n this cause an attachment having been
i sueo out under section Ass Of the Code of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of the defendant, and affidavit
having been made that defendant is in.
debted to the plaintiff in the sum of slt0.65.
due by account, and that the claim is Just, and
that the defendant is a nonresident of the
state Of. Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
that said defendant make her personal an
pearance before me on the 25th day ofSeptem-
Der, 1889, at " O'Clock M, at my Office, M, 2q4
Front. street, Memphis, Tennessee, and
defend said attachment suit within the time
prescribed by law, or the same will be
proceeded with ex-parte; and that a copy of
this order be published once a week for fonr
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the 2lst day Of August, 1880.
100 ITO no J.. M. COLEMAN. J.P.
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LIVERPOOL, August q, TO p.m.-
Cotton opened active and frmer, now
1.16d higher. Uplands z 3-l6d; Or
leans, ia. Sales to-eay 1900 bales.
Receipts, $500, all American. Futures
opened quiet. Deliveries for August,
73-16d; August and September, TIC.
5-32d; September and October 6
25-32@6Sd; October and November,
7-16d; November and December,
6 l1-32d; February and March, GID,
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
For Friar's Point, James Lee.........5 p.m
" Osceola, Osceola Belle...........,b pm
Arkansas City, G.. w. Cheek. s pm
" Cincinnati, Cons Millar........5 p.m
st. Louis, Ste. Genevieve.........5 pm
ARRIVED.
Steamer G. w. Cheek. Arkansas City.
james Lee, Friar's Point.
Osceola Belle, Osceola.
City Of Providence, V~icksburg
Gold Dust, 81. Louis.
Cons Millar, Cincinnati.
o.. 6. Wagner, st. Louis.
Ste. Genevieve, 81. Louis.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Batesville, st. Francis river.
Josie Harry, White river.
Gold Dust, Vicksburg.
City Of Providence, ST. Louis.
o. g. Wagner, Ouachita river.
IN PORT.
James Lee, 0sccola Belle, G. w. Cheek
Cons Millar, Sic. Genevieve.
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eN0ndag, Wedn0sday bod Triday.

monday, Wednesday and Friday.
iDGily.
MONDAY, Thursday and Saturday.
Sunday, Tuesday and Friday.
TUESDAY and Friday.
"Wednesday and Saturday.
0ruesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Mails for the following States forwarded
by ST.. Louis Express train, Louisville 4
Nashville railroad: Illinois, Michigan, Mn
California, Colorado and all Territories.
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Sure Cure for Coughs, Colds,
Sore Throat, Bronchitis,
Asthma, Consumption,
And All Diseases Of Throat and Lunus.
Extract from Report Of the Commits.
stOner OF internal Revenue.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, !
.Qt1ce OF Internal Revenue,
Washington, D. c., January rs, $780,
Messrs. Lawrence & Martin, Ill Madison
street; Vhloago, ll.-Gentlemen: l have re-
celyed "a oertlhed formula. giving tho in
gredlents and relative proportions used In the
manufacture ofan article which you advertise
and sell under the name OF "TOLU, ROCK
n RYE. This compound, according to
your formula, in the opinion of this Office.
would have a sufficient quantity of the BAL
oAMOf TOLU TO give it all the advantages
ascrlbed to this article in pectofal complaints,
while the whisky and the syrup constitute an
emulsion rendering the compound an agree
able remedy 70 the patient.
In the opinion OF this office, an article com
pounded according to this formula may pron-
erly be .classed as a medicinal preparation
under the provisions of schedule A, following
section 3l37, United States revised statutes,
and when so stamped may be sold by DRUG.
gists, Apothecaries and other persons without
rendering them liable TO pay q special tax as
liquor dealers. Yours respectfully,
lSignedl GREEN b. RAUM,
Commissioner.
Put up in quart size BEETLES for family use.
p gGRt % d gsISIye Sb6 by ~ SP n
palm on upon you Rock and Ryein place ofour
IQLu, ROCK AND RYE, which Is the only
GENUINE modieated article made, having a
Government stomp on each bottle.
LAWRENCE h MARTIN, Prop'rs,
Ill Madison street, Chicago.
Sold in Memphis by all Druggists, Grocers
and Wine Merchants generally; nj Wholesale
by ;. Mansfield d no., q. p. Hunt n
90. and A. VaecarO q CO.. who viii @nnriv
the trade at manufacturer prices. xxxii-i6
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CnTTnN

COTTON SHIPMENTS.
The shipments of cotton from this
market for the season up to Friday
last aggregate 4Ol III bales, against
1865 bales last year, divided over
the several routes, as follows:
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Rf virtue, Of q trust deed, executed TO me
september Sd, 1877, for the purpose Of Sc.
c4Ilhg an indebtedness therein mentioned.
will, on Pase w. 1
Saturday, September 4ih, 1850,
IN front of the courthouse in tho city o SMem.
ms, between 10 a. N. and PPM, sell al rub
II Ilu a aupI wol 70 i9e busiest bidder for cash, lot
plan Of Fort Pickering. Shelby county. Ten
.nessee' having o front on the sonth side ~
ueorgla street Of seventy FIVE feet by a dentb
81 one hundred and aixty feet. Equity az re-
iemPlion waived: Title believed 10 Be eood.
Out y y5ii sell and convey as trustee only,
CIV METCALF, Trusts
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4RgAa
445 pm Gin. LOUSY. u Mem. $40 am
r r Local and
through mails.
S5p pm Gin. LOUSY. Il Mem. 10 90 pm
1AOp.m ST. LoIis e., LOUSY. 10 As pm
q Nasty. Ill. Mich,
and all States ives
$50 PPM lChatt. i Mem. r ~ 6 90 pm
Local ard through
mails.
II 45a.m IChatta. & Mem. ri 10 90 pm
through mails.
1000 am Mem. Il Gren. & n. II 50 am
{. RR.
11sp.m Mem. u. R. R R.. $50 pm
$50 am lCov'g'n & Mem. RR 3 80 pm
$40 am SomervilleAccom'd'n 4 45 pm
RIv. & OH. Mails.
100 ans Memphis and Friar's 49O pm"
Point Agent.
700 amt Helena &Friar' sPOint 4 80 pint
PostOfice.
700 amt Helena & Clarendon 80 pint
r X.
700 anthem. &Greenv. Ag't. 4S0 PINT
10 90 mi Mem. & Vicksburg 8 30 ami
Agent.
100 am s. .Loui7 & Mem .Ag't 80 ami
100 a.m Osceola&Mem Agent. 4 30 pm"
7Wa.m lSt. FFancisRiyerAg't. 4 80 p.m M
90 AMI Arkansas RiverAgentl 4 80 PM
200 ami White River Agent. 4 80 PM
800 pm" New. to H0llySpr'gs, 6 20 a.m0
Miss. Stage route.
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RAILROAD TIMETABLES.

Louisville and Nashville and Great
Southern.
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LEAvE. ARRIVE.
Mail Z PASSENGER, daily. AGO pm. $50 am
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LE4vE. ARRIVE.
Mail train, daily. ........ $50 p.m. L. 5O p.m
frght, daily Tex. Sun .).l 600 am. 5.45 pm
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EDITOR LEDGER:-In reply to an
article published in your paper a few
days ago signed Inquirer" wherein
the author came out plainly and boldly
and pronounces the cardrivers brutes,
| would ask; Why did he term us
thus? Was it because we drove mules,
or was it because in the performance
of our duty, we sometimes had to call
on the uncouth for their fare? Mr..
Inquirer should have made this a
personal matter, and not have con-
demned all the car drivers for the
deeds ofthe few unfortunate ones who
had occasionally come in contact with
such a class. | will also ask if we
are not accommodating and polite?
Are we not polite and attentive to
ladies and children and elderly per-
sons? Do we not go out of the bounds
Of rules and deliver parcels and mail
from time to time? Do we not wait
for both ladies and gentlemen while
they go into stores and bring out par
GELS and packages, all for accommoda-
ton, it not being the rules or orders
of the company? 1 will now call the
attention of those who abuse us to a
time of the past. Do you call those
brutos who, in rs and 70 kept the
wheels rolling, carrying doctors and
nurses, that they might help the
helpless. Those that stood at the
brake until they we're stricken down
trying to earn an honest support for
many who are'to-day dependent, hUs-
bandless and fatherless. l repeat, do
the citizens of Memphis term these
brutes? If so, | can't wonder at the
sad downfall oftheir once prosperous
city. A few of the vanlty-proud have
withdrawn white hands from those
that are rustic from the sun and rain,
and are now calling for conductors,
and should the company employ gen
tlemen for conductors, l think that in
carrying out the rules Of the company
they would be 50 abused by those ILL.,
bred insulters, that they would soon
become disguised and throw up their
commissions, and the company would
have to resort to the drivers again to
collect their fares-those who have
become used and accustomed to the
abuses and insults of the rufian class.
No. 81.
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in September, 1875. l was first called
TO the case on September II, 1875, and
was informed by the young woman's
mother that the patient had not taken
Ia particle Of food for two or more
weeks. l took a nurse with me from
Malone, q very trustworthy person,
who afterward told me that no form
Of persuasion could induce the woman
to take food or nourishment except
upon the day she died, as you will
find in my report in the Malone Pal
ladium. This nurse remained with
the patient-a lunatic-for thirty-two
days, until she died. She was very
.willful, and in this case the power of
the will over the body is clearly shown.
The report which | made to the
Palladium, printed on November IL.
1875, was as follows:
An interesting, if not unparalleled,
case of an insane person who lived for
fifty days without food, is reported to
US by DIR. G. Skinner, of this village.
Susan Rust, Of Chateague, aged
twenty-six years, showed symptoms OF
insanity, to which disease she was
hereditarily p~redisposed, in the spring
Of 1875. She became furious and OBJ
stinate about the middle of August,
refusing to take food, and would not
even allow herself to De undressed or
to have her clothing changed. For
the most of the time she sat up in a
chair, resting her head night and day
upon the back of another chair placed
in front of her. During the fifty days
succeeding the time she became un-
manageable, she refused to eat or
drink anything except water. She
would sometimes drink water every
day or every other day, but directly
from the pail, so great was her fear of
being poisoned. For fifty days she
could not be persuaded to take any
kind of food or n%ourishment, and dur
ing that whole period did not take so
much as a gill of milk. This little
amount was actually forced upon her.
The day upon which she died she be-
came more rational, and seemed to re-
greet her refusal to partake of food.
She was given a little wine, milk, and
other light.food. but she had been too
long fasting, and her stomach rejected
it. She became, of course, a mere
skeleton, and died of exhaustion, the
result Of starvation.
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COLONEL w. E. Travis has an.
nounced himself as an independent
candidate for congress in the con
gressional district against Hon. j. D.
.. Atkins, one Of the best members
Of congress from Tennessee. Colonel
Travis is running on a low tax plat
form, and, by appealing to prejudices,
hopes to slip in between Gen. Atkins
and Captain s. w. Hawkins, of Car.
roll county, the republican candidate.
What Col. Travis expects to accomplish
in congress toward opposing the higl
state credit wing Of the democratic
party we cannot imagine. If he re
ally desires to serve the people, VIII,
does he not run for the legislature
where he might have a chance to vot,
on the question. The state debt issu,
cannot possibly come up in congress
in any shape whatever. 1t is plair
enough to an outsider that tn,
gentleman seizes upon this issu,
because he thinks it is popular an,
that if he was elected to congress b.
would not be heard of again for tw,
years so far as that question is con
Cerned. The people of the Eight
district, however, cannot be deceive,
or misled. The very fact that the
have kept General Atkins so long i
congress indicates their intelligenc
and the estimate they place upon
thoroughly trained and competen
representative. He has a nationa
reputation as one Of the ablest an.
most useful members in congress, an.
his constituents are justly proud q
him. We too are as much intereste
in him as il he Immediately repre-
sented the Memphis district, KNOWN
that his presence at Washington com
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GEN. HANCOCK'S CALLERS.
The AIl-night Visit 10 MIR: TiIden
of u slerely Social Char
acter.

N. Y. Herald.l
ut was merely a social visit and no
more" remarked General Hancock to
the Herald reporter yesterday, when
asked to give the particulars of his
all-night visit to Greystone, the coun-
try seat of ex. Governor Tilden. "NIr.
Tilden invited me to Greystone some
time ago to spend the night, and |
made the visit pursuant to an en-
gagement already made.
1t was half-past four o'clock yester-
day afternoon when General Hancock
returned to Governors island. He
looked fresh, and had a cordial nod
and pleasant smile for everybody and
certainly there was nothing in his ap.
pearance to indicate a prolonged and
wearisome vigil with Governor Tilden
over the subject matter or phraseolog
ical dress of his letter of acceptance.
Late as the hour was there was quite
a number waiting to see him, although
many have become tired had returned
to the city. Among the visitors to
the Island we're General d. NJ. DuBose,
ex-member of congress from Georgia a;
General John T. Harris, member Of
congress from Virginia, and Judge T.
Mackey, of South Carolina. While
they were waiting the generals arri-
val they talked very freely to the
Herald reporter of political matters
in their respective states. Each gave
it as his unqualified opinion that his
state would at the next election give
a large majority for Hancock.
"Why," said Judge Mackay, "the
election of General Hancock is the
most ardent wish of the southern
people. | will tell an incident that
occurred in my town recently as an
index of the southern sentiment.
Over ten thousand people collected to
celebrate the completion of q menu
ment to Confederate soldiers killed
during the war. On the monumental
shaft fifty feet high were the names
OF $500 who had sacrificed their lives
in the great fratricidal strife, most of
whom had fallen before General Han.
cocks guns at Gettysburg. When the
services were over the meeting re-
solved itself into a Hancock meeting.
You never saw such enthusiasm.
Men, women and children gave deaf
eniDg cheers for Hancock"
There is no less enthusiasm in my
state" said General Du Bose. THE
people there like Hancock, not only
because he was a fighting man, but
because when the war was over he
was the first to extend them his
hand"
Last Fourth of July celebration
was the first one," said Gen. Harris,
that has been observed in my state
since 1860, and it was celebrated as
much as anything over jubilation at
the nomination Of General Hancock"
Among other callers were Felix
McCluskey and Charles Plastick. The
latter gentleman, who is from Geor-
gia, was fortunate enough to secure
the generals autograph.
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with harvest apples. These were very
tempting.
by George, they're nice, amt
they2" said No. l.
They are for a fact replied No,
2. Here's a hole in the fence; let's
90 for some Of 'em."
But suppose the owner
Owner be blankedl I'm going tc
have some-so here goes"
And No. 2 dropped on his knees and
scooted through the fence and had
filed his hat with the juicy fruit and
turned around to join his friend, when
to his dismay he found himself face to
face with a substantial looking grang.
er bearing a ferocious look and a big
club, and accompanied by the ugliest
looking bulldog, with the most sinister
grin on his c%ountenance. A moment
Of terrible silence ensued, when the
man with the club reared out:
What are you gOin' to do with them
apples2"
Going to put them back, answered
the man with the apples, with a sickly
smile, as he unloaded them at the. foot
of the tree and crawled back through
the fence with as much grace and dig
nifty as the circumstances would al
low.