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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-06
THE REGATTA.
A Mueh HeraIded Boat Race
that did not Come OF.


You are respectfully invited to at
tend and witness the regatta which
takes place in front Of the city, on
Monday, July 9th 1880 at 3 O'Clock
p. m. Reporters will be provided with
special seats on the referees boat. u
The foregoing was sent to the news
paper Offices and various other places,
signed John D. Kern. secretary. 1t
was to be a free show, with no high
plank walls to shut out the sight.
Much interest was worked up, and the
newspapers helped to increase it by
announcing several boats, perhaps five
or six, as likely to enter for a prize
purse ranging from fifty to two hun
dred dollars. Parties had been active
for more than two weeks past in Civ
ing out hints that the race and the in
terest therein promised much bigness.
But it was all a fasco. There was no
race. The various steamers at the
landing were crowded with expectant
visitors, many of whom we're ladies.
The bluffs showed a battalion of sew
eral hundred curiously disposed per-
sons, despite the showery elements.
They were doomed to wait until a late
hour, got several wettingS and saw,
nothing.
The secret of the affair seems to
have been the total failure ofthe river
front workers, who were energetic in
starting the movement to put up a
nickel. 1t had been announced that
they would subscribe literally and
perhaps put up several hundred dol
lars, but they failed to advance a cent,
and so the public were deceived be-
cause there was a misunderstanding
of some trivial nature, to call it by no
harder title.
Along toward sunset a pair of row
boats, with three oars on a side, start
ed from opposite the foot of Besle
street aud rowed leisurely up to the
mouth of Wolf One turned into the
bank there and the other returned to
the starting point as leisurely as it
went up the stream. This was all
there was Of the aquatic contest. TIE
spectators were disguised and went
home disappointed.
1t is understood that the row boat,
Tom Brown, had money and men
but that the other side failed
to come to time, by a large majority.
1t was expected at one o'clock to-
day that the referee would decide all
bets off, and that the horns and colors
would be awarded to the crew of the
Tom Brown, that'party having CON-
piled with the rules, while the oppos-
ing crew failed to come to time in
several particulars.
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Sights in South Memphis.

Beal street seemed to be unusually
lively last night. AT one time there
va at least a dozen street cars banked
in its vicinity along Main street,
while a man at the corner sung out,
Here's watermelon, fresh from the
ice, just one nickel for each Slice"
Another enterprising fellow run a
dissolying view show in the muddy
street, around which curious darkies
assembled, and the Snowman, for a
nickel, let people see Queen Vic.
tory" aud other curiOsities, saying
he would let a curious patron see
hell" for one nickel more. Down the
street a little way a shopkeeper sent
numerous roman candles flying from
his upstairs window, aud the show
was free to all the people of the
world. A good crowd lined the
streets, but there was no excitement.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-06

Providence journal.
Jupiter is ranked on the astronomi-
cal calendar as morning star, though
he will soon be visible in the evening.
He now rises about midnight; at the
end of the month, sOon after 10.
Saturn as morning star, follows
closely in the track of Jupiter, and
must be looked for a short distance to
the northwest. The two planets will
be in fine position for observation dur
ing August and September, though
Saturn is not an interesting object to
the naked.eye observer. Every one
who can should see this superb planet
with a telescope, fer he is coming to-
ward us, and his rings are opening to
their widest extent. Saturn rises now
at half past IL; at the end Of the
month about half-past 10.
Venus will be evening star after the
18th. She is then in superior con-
junction with the sun; the planet, the
sun and the earth being in a straight
line, with the sun in the center. She
passes then to the eastern side of the
sun and commences her role of even
ing star for the succeeding two hun
dred and ninety-two days. She will
not be visible during the month on
account Of her nearness to the sun,
but some time in August will emerge
from her temporary eclipse. On the
first of the month Venus rises a few
minutes before the sun; on the 18th
she rises and sets with the sun; on
the last ofthe month she sets about a
quarter of an hour after the sun.
Mercury is the evening star, reach
ing his greatest eastern ~elongation, or
most distant point from the sun, on
the 9th. This is the second of tie
three most favorable times during the
year for a view of Mercury. He is
visible now, and will continue to be
so until the middle OF the month,
He sets about niue, nearly an hour
and a half after the sun, and must be
looked for a few degrees south of the
point Of sunset. II will take close
observation to pick him up, and it is
useless to try unless the sky is cloud
less and the atmosphere serene and
clear, On the 3lst, at midnight,
Mercury and Venus are in conjunc-
ton.
Mars is evening star travelling rap.
idly towards conjunction with the
s% q He is now in the constellation
Leo, and about the middle of the
month passes very near the bright
star Regulus. He sets now a little
latter than half-past nine at the end
of the month at half-past eight.
Uranus is evening star, too far away
to be visible, and only of Importance
to those who wish to follow the track
of the planets from month to month.
He is still moving slowly among the
stars OF Leo, setting now about 10 al
the close Of the month about half-past
eight.
The July moon fills on the 2lst,
On the LIST the old moon the second
day after her first quarter is near Sat.
urn just after midnight. On the 9TH,
a few hours before her change, the
moon passes very neal Venus. On
the 9th the moon is neal Mercury.
On the 10th the moon passes near
Mars. and on the 18th near Uranus.
On the 9th the waning moon will be
near Jupiter, and on the 18th near
Saturn.
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Saturday, 7th August. 1850.
Attachment NOTICE..

No; 1s7O-BefOro j, Galloway, j. P, for
Shelby county, Tenn .-G. A. Eckerly K
Bros. vs.. Charles Berton.
N this cause an attachment having boon
! sued out under section 345 Of the code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of the defendant, and affidavit hAy-
ing been made that defendant Is indebted 10
the plaintiff in the aum Of 1901, due bv
account, and that the claim Is Just, and MAT
the defendant Is a 0n-resident Of the Stafa ~
Tennessee; or is about to remove, or has 10.
moved himself or property from tba SfatS.
or has removed or 70 removing himssIf ont Sf
tho county privatelyi or eonceaiinT bimSelf 40
that the ordinary gfocess Of law cannot be
seryed upon mn; or has absconded; or is alb
soondlnR Or cOncealinE himself or prop
ertyf Or has fraudulently disposed Of,
OF is about %fraudulently TO dispose
Of his property; it is therefore ordered
that said defendant make his personal APP
pteaarance before me on tho 18th day Of August,
1850. at II o'clock M, at my Office, No. 81
Madison street, Memphis, Tenn, and defend
sea attachment suit within the time pre-
scribed by law, or the same will be proceeded
with ex-parte; and that a copy Of this order
DO published once week for four weeks in the
Public ledger.
This the I'd day of July, 1880.
los ia 100 1875 j.. IS, GALLOWAY. i p
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Comanchs George in New York SUM-.
1t g%rieves me to hear of the death
Of my old friend, Texas Jack. A
squarer man never breathed the
breath of life. lie was no stage scout
no Bill Cody. He had a heart as
big as a buffalo. | first knew him in
Gladeville, Wilson county, Tenn. He
was one of Harper's guerrillas, and |
was one of Wbartau's Texas rangers.
We met one Sunday morning at DR..
Logue's house. We were calling on
Miss Betty Logue, who formally in
troduced us. We were quartered in
that vicinity six or eight months, and
became quite intimate. Gen, Payne
was the yankee commander at Gala
tin. One Of the Harpers was killed
in a skirmish near Huntsville, and the
band was dispersed.
l next saw Jack in San Antonio in
1867. He was escOrting a govern
ment wagon train across the Staked
Plains. Two years afterward we met
in Cheyenne, In Bill Cody's bar-room.
Jack had been herding in Texas. from
Eagle Pass to FL Paso, and had
slashed around in Chihuaha among
the mines for a short time. During
that time he was generally known as
Texas Jack" His real name was
John B. 0mahundra. lie was born
in Fluvanna county, Va, where his
relatives now live. His parents were
well-to-do people, and his brother
James still lives on the old farm. A
sister is married to a prominent physi-
clan in Fluyanna Courthouse.
In Cheyenne, Jack became ac-
quainted with Ned Buntline, who
wrote a novel detailing his adventures
under the name of Texas Jack. |
next saw Jack in Louisville, Ky. He
and Judson and Bill Cody were there
playing an engagement in the theater.
After leaving Louisville they en-.
gage Morlacchi to play the cart Of
Dove Eye, il the ''Scouts of The
Plains" Soon afterward Jack mar.
ried her. They yer a devoted coupl,
and it is reported that she will no
survive Jacks death.
Jack made a heap of money on tn,
stage, and spent it freely among hi
friends. At the Centennial he opened
a hotel called the Hunters Home
aud leased a variety theater. 1t wa
an unsuccessful venture, and he los
his own and his wife's fortune. Sine
then he has played short engagements
and has escorted hunting parties ovel
the plains.
Texas Jack always paid for what h
got. He was brave, generous an,
noble hearted. He has gone unde
now, and there are mighty few lief
who are like him. He could handli
a lariat with consummate skill, an,
was an expert in the use Of a pistol
No man ever had a clearer passport t
the world above.
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Another Dol hog.

Eddyyille Ky.l News.l
Three weeks ago, a fine dog, the
property of Earnest Freeman, sudden
" disappeared. Just eighteen days
after be was first seen, a son of Mr..
Steve Parent, who is a heighbor Of
Freeman, thought he heard a dog
bark or howl under ground, and re-
lated what he had heard to his
father. Curiosity prompted a search,
aud several feet under ground they
found MIR. Freeman's dog with barely
life enough left to howl. He was
taken up tenderly, handled with
care" and is doing well. The suppo-
sition is that he entered a burrow
some distance off after a rabbit or
something else, and in enlarging the
hole threw the dirt behind him, and
cut off his own retreat, or, you might
say he pulled the hole in after hin"
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Attachment Notice.

No. 4s6s-Before J. s.. Galloway, j. P. for
Shelby county, Tenn. J. Baxter & Co, vs,
Charles Berton.
IN this cause an attachment having been
/ sued out under section 1856 of the Code of
Tennessee, and returned, levied upon the
property of the defendant and affidavit
having been made that defendant Ia in
debted 10 the plaintiff in the sum Of S7S.06
due by account, and that the claim Il
Just, and that the defendant is a non-resi-
dent Of the State Of Tennessee or Is about
to remove, or has removed himself or proper
~ from the State; or has removed or IL remov-
ing himself out Of the county privately; or
cOncealing himself 10 that the ordinary prO-
cess OF law cannot be served upon him; orhas
absconded; or Is absconding or conoealinr
himself or property; or has fraudulontly dis-
posed OF, or is about fraudulently to dispose
Of bis property; il Is therefore ordered that
said defendant make his personal appear
ance before me on tho 7th day Of August,
1880, at IL O'clock M, at my Office, No. 81
Madison street, Memphis, Tennessee, and do
fend said attachment suit within the time
prescribed by law, or tho same will be pro-
ceeded with ex-parto; and that a copy OF this
order be published once q week for four weeks
in the Public Ledger.
This the Sd day Of July. 1850.
Jos ia lNl26 Us. GALLOWAY, J, p.
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How Jewen Has Risen In the
World.

Courier-Jonrnsl.l
The craftsmanship Of the republican
national committee having been con-
ferred upon Marshall Jewell, the
Grant men are not in the best humor,
for Jewell is no friend ofGrant, owing
to his bouncing him from the Office Of
postmaster general by the emperor"
in 1875. Jewell is a rich leather man
ufacturer in Connecticut and
began his political career in
1867 as state senator from the first
district. He was elected governor of
Connecticut in 1869 and again in 1871
and again in 1872. In 1873 Grant
appointed Jewell minister to Russia,
and while there he, being a close OBJ.
server, discovered the Russian secret
of preparing fine leather, which he
brought back with him in 1874. In
that year Grant made him postmaster
general, and quarreled with him the
next year. The un~pleasantness has
never been healed. Jewell was once
a telegraph operator on the Nashville
and Memphis line.
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JOHN WALSH, UNDERTAKES,
S4I Second Street. 1881
CONGRESS- WATER,
SODA and T.
q. l.. STAFFER, 22O Main. s2i


A shoemaker named John Ken
nedy, who came here some three
weeks ago from Cincinnati, fell down
stairs this morning at his boarding
house, No. IL Adams street, and broke
his right leg. The sufferer was con-
veyed to the city hospital for surgical
treatment. He has been in the en-
plOy of Mr.. FEELING, on Main street,
and is pronounced a f~rst-class work
man.
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River kilograms.

CAIRO, ILL, July 6.-No arrivals
or departures; cloudy and warm.
CINCINNATI, July 6.-River II
feet and falling. Cloudy and warm.
Arrived-Gaff, Memphis; Ariadne,
Tennessee river.
EVANSVILLE, July 6.-Port list;
DOwn-COns Millar, s a,m.; u. P.
Schenck, $3.50. Cloudy, with light
rain this morning. Business light.
PITTsBURG, July 6.-River 5 feet
and rising. Cloudy and cool,
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Attachment Notice.

Before j, NJ. Coleman, j. P, for Shelby conn
". Tenn.-L. Podesta Il Co. VS.. OK. Bryan.
N this cause an attachment having been
4 sued out under section 1856 of the Code of
Tennessee, and returned, levied upon the
property Of the defendant, and afidavit hay-
ing been made that defendant is indebted
by note, and that the claim IL lust.
and that the defendant is . nonresident
OF the State of Tennessee; II Is therefore or
dered that said defendant make his personal
appearance before me on the llth day Of Au-
gust, 1870, at. my office, No. 24 Front
attachment suit within the time prescribed BY
law, or the same will be proceeded with OK
parte; and that a copy Of this order DO pub
lie Ledger.
This the 5th day Of July, 1890.
100 1I5 1911 1877
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No. Sl2-In the Chancery Court of Shelby
Henley. ~
~ appearing from the Sherif's return in
4 this cause that the defendant, Hezekiah
Henley, is not to be found in his county;
is Therefore ordered that he make
his appearance herein, at the court-house
Of Shelby county, in Memphis, Tenn, on
and plead, answer or demur to complainant
bill, or the same will be taken for con-
fessed as to him and set for hearing ex-
parte; and that a copy of this order be pub
lished once a week for four successive weeks In
the Public ledger,
This 9TH day Of July, 1880.
r; J, BLACK, Clerk and Master.
b. u. b. MCHENRY, d. @. Nm.
l. +. Chambers and q. W. Winford sol. for
complainant. 100 liz i2i I2T
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Vacancies In the University OF
Tennessee.

Specialto the Appeal
NASHVILLE, July 5.-State Super
.intendent Trousdale has received a
letter from President Hume, of the
University of Tennessee at Knox
vile, announcing that there are one
hundred and forty-eight state scholar
ship vacancies to fill out of thesthree
hundred which the law provides that
the members Of the legislature may
appoint. Some legislators have one
vacancy to fill, others two, and still
others as many as three. All such
cadets get their tuition free.
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Central Club

VIII meet Tuesday, July 9th, at
Buttenberg's store, Second street, at 8
pm. Business Of Importance will be
brought before the meeting, and every
delegate should attend.
JAMES E. Fox, Chairman.
Appeal and Avalanche 1t. ITO
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KAHN a. FREIBERG,
Corner MAN and POPLAR.
He'd Buy a CarriagefOr He


A bright looking, dressy colored
girl, offs claybank complexion, was on
a Poplar street car going up Main
street yesterday afternoon during the
rain. She was talking to an older and
much darker female about her Teller
and was evidently on the lookout for
him. The car came to a dead stop for
fifteen minutes, waiting at one Of the
beautiful switches for some other cars
up in north Memphis to come along
and pass. TWAS pouringdownrain and
nobody got out to walk as usual.
During the lull the gushing Clorinda
was overheard to say {: La if he
dus knowed what a fix l am in he
would take me home in a carriage if
he had to buy one" But he came not,
for he he was, perhaps, arrayed in a
white apron and messing out pigs
feet in some lunch room
on Catfish alley. She rode on,
and doubtless had to hoof it
home half a mile in the mud, after
she got to the end of the street car
line. Alter this she will telephone to
her fellow to send out a carriage when
she wishes to go shopping or to take a
little fresh air. The discomfort of
riding in the street cars are a matter
of very unprOpitious remarks in arts.
tocratic colored circles.
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MIsLAIn.

VlBE party Of parties with whom was left a
l blacE rep silk umbrella with n straight,
dark brown handle, on Friday LIST, by J. W..
y. Browne will confer a favor by returning
same 10 ~ Madison street. 100 100
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To the Voters of Shelby County.

ENCOURAGED by expressions Of good will
~ and approval from every quarter, with.
out regard to party, for which / am grateful,
l hereby announce myself as q candidate for
reelection TO the Office Of County Trustee
in the past to every trust the Office with its
extraordinary responsibilities imposes.
vi GRO. B. FLEECE.
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nR srnLEM-

ANE Bay Mare Mule, Is hands high, 8 years
~ old, blind in one eye, gear marks on both
hams, white scars on back madc BY pack sad
ale. siO reward. HALL CHESTER, on Ala
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BE sure and buy a lunch basket at
sherwood's before leaving town and
have 1t filled with nice lunch to eat on
the way. OH
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KAHN & FREIBERG,

CORNER MAIN AND POPLAR,
Offer on their Sc Table this Week.
? Feather Busters for sc, remember for 8,
Sc Shirt Bosoms, &c for Linen Bosoms,
&c each.
5o for Pie Plates and Tin Dippers, &c.
&c for Ivory Tooth Brushes, sc each,
etc, etc.
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DUB CHEAP CnLnMM.

A Ii sdvertisemen ts under the head Of For
"A Rent, For sale, Wanted, Lost, Strayed,
Stolen, ETC., will be hereafter charged 5 cents
per line for each insertion, and 25 cents per
line for one week. i5t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-06

Orphans picnic again to-day and
night at Estival hall, Fireworks,
walking-match, balloon ascension, etc.
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WANTED.

A SMALL house or cottage within fifteen
"A minutes walk VI Contt Square.
HOT SAM'L MAY, 2S Main street.
A RELIABLE man for housowork and gar
IA dening. Address NJ. N. 40 1l2
A RELIABLE white girl to do light house
IA work; good wages, Apply to JOHN Il,
WILKINSON. Peabody Hotel. llO1l
A RELIABLE man for housework and gar
n dening. Address N. N. lO6 1O9
TN0 keep a set OF books in order for some
Il house not able 20 employ regular book
keeper during summer. Address p. Ledger
oiboe. act
0NO exchange q nice lot on fernando road,
i Just this size Of the curve, for a good
hqrso and buggy, Address
~ y. W., Ledger Office.
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The LEDGER Job Printing Office
and Book Bindery, 10 Madison, exc
cutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house.
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Don't forget the Orphans picnic
tonight at festival park.
Personal.

DR.. John A~bercrombie, 24O Main.8 21
DR.. Buddeke, Eye and Ear diseases
No. Sc East Court street. 144t
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FOR RENT.

nWELLlNG-23 Adams street; ten rooms.
~ In good repair, viii rent very cheap'
Apply VA. GAGE \ Bro,
H wv Front street.
IN Planters Insurance Building, very desir-
i able Offices and bed. rOoms, single or in
suits. Prices reasonable. lOl l57
NHE brick dwelling No. 49, 81. Martin
street. Apply 20 J. r. GREHAN, I9
Front street. At
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trustees Sale.

Under and by virtue Of q certain deed of
~ trust made TO me, duly recorded in book
No. l22, page ls9 Of the Registers Office Of
Shelby coounty, Tennessee, TO secure the pay
ment OF a certain Indebtedness and interest
TO the Bluff City Building and Loan Associa-
ton, default having been made therein, L
will, on
Saturday, 9TH August, 1850,
on the southwest corner Of Main aud MaaisoR
streets, in the Taxing District Of Shelby coun-
ty, late city Of Memphis, Tenn, proceed TO
sell at public auction for cash 70 the highest
bidder a certain lot Of land in the city of
Memphis, Shelby county, Tenn. bounded and
described as follows, to-Wit;
Beginning at the intersection Of the north
side. Of jackson street with the east side 81
Sixth street and running thence n~orthwaraly
with the east line of Jackson street lyafeet:
thence eastwavdly parallel with jackson street
So feet;thence southWardly parallel With Sixth
street $50. feet to the north line Of Jackson
street; thence westwardH with the north line
Of Jackson street 50 feet to the beginning, be-
ing part of lots numbers IL, ID andH. In biock
No. 80 that part Of the said city ofMemphis
formerly called Fort Pickering,
Memphis, July 2, 1870.
SAMUEL HIRSCH,
Trustee and Secretary Of the Bluff City
Jos l3i Building and Loan Assosiation
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Stevens upward filter, the only thing
that will filter Wolf river water, a
o6f 0zANNE & MAY.