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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10
Democracy Undivided.

Nashville Danner.l
The low-tax voters are not going to
do anything themselves, nor permit
any one else TO do anything that will
ieopardize the success Of the national
democratic ticket in Tennessee.
SO says the editor of the Paris Post
And this We endorse to the fullest ex-
tent. We are soon to meet in conven-
ton, and there arc some persons who
arc already Illuminating thunderbolts
to cast in that body. 1t is the duty
Of evory true democrat to go there
with the fixed determination to let
nothing interfere with their duty as
democrats. Their fealty to party
should be unqucstioning, and no
amount of %provOcation should deter
them from this resolution. The Post
has peculiar views on the state debt
question. These views are partaken
in by a majority Of the Democrats OF
the State. But if these views are not
obtruded on the convention then will
there be no cause for rupture. The
low tax element will be responsible
for a split in the party if such should
take place. They have it in their
power to pre- rent the casting Of fire
brands in the party. Let them see to
it that none are cast. We have enough
to do without touching upon these ag-
gravating issues. We hope they will
be avoided by both factions. Nothing
is easier than to avoid them; The Ii
cense Of one will make the opportunity
of the other. If both win restrain
themselves within proper bounds
nothing is easier than to keep up the
harmony Of the party,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10
NOn.tkestdenf Nnmce-

No. S52-ln the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, tennessee Alexander Rose VS..
Catherine Rose. -
appearing from afhdaviti IN this cause that
4 the defendant, Catherine Rose, Is a non
resident ct tho State Of Tennessee; il
Is Therefore ordered that she mako
her appearance herein, at the courthouse
Oh eheipy county, IN Memphis, Tenn,
and plead, answer W demur to complainant
bill, or the Same will be taken Tor con.
tessed az 20 her and set for herring ex-
nartai and that a copy Of this order he pnh.
tshSd once, a week for four successive weeks In
This LIST day Of March, 1881.
A CODY; Attest.
BY y. B. ,MoiIESsY. D. c.&M.
VanW Fattar on, sli. ior compl't.
l7GD
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10
R~On-resident Notice.


No. 1S59-In the Chaneery Court of Shelby
county, Tennessee-The State of Tennessee
on the relation OF Charles Kortrecht Ell al
vs.. the Southern Oil Works ct al.
I appearing from affidavit in this cause,
4 that the defendants, 5 NJ Swensen, James
g Baldwin, David Parkinson, john Cole;
W f Phillips, Curtis Judson, S White and
Simonds * Glldemister, are non. Presidents of
the State of Tennessee, and it appering from
the return Of the Sheriff that the defendants,
" 5 Southwortb, Mary A Southworth, b +
Dickinson, j W Dickinson, and Williams
last three comprising firm of dickinson, VIII
liams 4 CO., are not TO be found in his coun
ty; II Is therefore ordered that all of said par
ties make their appearance herein, at the
courthouse Of shelby county, In Memphis.
Tenn, on or before the first MondaS In
April, 1880, and plead, answer or demur t.
complainant bill, or the same will be taken for
confessed as to them and set for hearing ex-
partc; and that a copy of this order be pub
llshed oncea week for four successive weeks in
the Public Ledger.
This 9th day ofFebruary 1850.
A copy: Attest.
r. j. BLACK. G, NJ.
By L. 3. McHFNRY, Deputy @. 81 NJ.
" IN. Nj. Randolph and Henry Graft. solioi.
tors for complainant. I55 10 "a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10
Good Joke.
Brownsville, Tennessee, letter to the
Nashville American:

Brownsville, Tennessee, letter to the
Nashville American:
DR.. Geo. A. Mathes, Of the States,
and Mr.. V. B. Thayer, of Memphis,
have made the Baptist church Of this
city a present ola very tinc clock. By
the way there is a good joke out about
this clock. When Mr.. Mathes was iB
Memphis he ordered the clock to be
sent to him by express. The same day
a friend there told the doctor he would
send him a present in a day or two,
but did not say what it would be. The
day after the doctor arrived at home
a box came to the Office which was
suppose, to contain the church clock.
DR.. Mathes Immediately penned a
polite note presenting his 'compli-
meuts to the pastor and members of
the church and begging their accept.
ance Of the accompanying useful aud
appropriate present" Judge Of their
surprise when it was found that the
box contained a jug of fine Kentucky
whisky, the present sent to the doctor
by his Memphis friend. The clock
was received the next day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10
\ X HORSE.
Why an Arkansas Editor Will
Hereafter Obey His Wife.

Little Rock Gazette
A man,armed with an armygun and
a butcher knife, went into a south Ar
kansas newspaper Office the other day
and remarked to a man sitting at a
table:
Are you the editJr?"
mo sir, | am the proprietor. Can |
do anything for your
II wanted to see the editor"
"On verv particular business, sir p
itNo, not very. | simply wanted to
kill him for publishing an article
about me last week.
-" Is your other business so pressing
that you have to kill him this week?'
If it's any accommodation / can
wait a few days"
81 wish you would, for | sold him a
calf some time. ago, and he owes five
dollars on it. If you kill him now I'll
never get my money"
But you could take the calf back
and make what he bias already paid
clear Of all expenses"
That's a fact" said the proprietor,
musing. "Ill send a boy after him
No, that would be taking advantage Of
him and be might not like it, Call
around next week and I'll have him
here"
The man left, and the newspaper
man remarked to himself, so much
for disobeying my wife. She told me
not to forget my pistols. If | hadn't
played proprietor that fellow would
nave shot me with that old Yankee
gun. | wouldn't be found dead shot
with such a gun. Next week, just
about the time I'm busy, the fellow
will come around again with his stall
wart field piece. III he'd only come
around with an Arkansaw pistol, !
wouldn't mind it, but it would be an
eternal disgrace to be killed with such
a gun. After this | shall obey my
wife. That woman's got horse sense
and looks into the futurelike mule"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10

fat in the water. She put off here IS
plows and l8 pkgs sundries, and added
several people.
The Thomas Sherlock passed up
from New Orleans yesterday, bound
for Cincinnati, with a good trip Of
freight and large list ofpassengers. She
put off here $50 scks salt and 81 bbls
potatoes and a few lots Of stuff.
Grain delivered to barges at st.
Louis last week Corn, $40, l53 bush
els; wheat, 1921 bushels; rye, 1898
bushels. In the elevators Saturday
morning, March 6: Corn, l,l78,75l
bushels; wheat, $685. GIG bushels; oats,
1885, O2 bushels; rye, 58,2O2 bushels.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10
SATURDAY. March On I88n
NOn-R Notice.

In the Probate Court of Shelby county, Ten
nessee-Oswell Harris ex.parte.
4 appearing from the petition of OsweTl
1 Harris 10 adopt Cora Walker, that Francis
Barnet (the mother of said Cora and her hus-
band, Barnet. are non residents Of the
State of Tennessee and residents Of the State
OF ARKANSAS; 1t is ordered by the court that
publication 10 made for four consecutive
weeks in the Public Ledger, a newspapsr nnb-
lished, In the city Of Memphis, andthat the
sad Francis Barnet and her husband, -
Barnet, be required to appear ON the Isl Mon
day IN April, 1850, and show cause, If any
they nave, why the prayer Of said petition TO
granted. " NC
This 18th day Of February, 1880.
A eopy-Attest: N''N'
By HUGH b. CULLEN, D, o.
g. W. Gordon. p. p. 17rn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10
Non-RaSIdani Notice.

No. 95-In the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, Tenn.-Maria Blackburn Va. Milton
Blackburn.
appearing from affidavit In this cause
L that the defendant, Milton Blackburn,
Is Q nonresident Of the State Of Tennessee;
II is therefore ordered thathe make his an.
pearance herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby
county, in Memphis, Tenn, on or before the
irst Monday in April, 1870, and plead an
sWer or demur to complainant bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed as TO him
and set for hearing ex-parte, and that n copy
Of this order be published once a week for four
suggestive weeks in the PUBLIC LEDGER,
This ID day of March, $780,
X. j BLACK, clerk and master.
A cOpy-Attest;
By y. j. McIESRY, Deputy C. & NJ.
w. y. Chambers. sol. for cnmnnt- 2Q1h 9I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10
COMMERCIAL
PUBLIC LEDGER OgvrcE,
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 10. $780,

MKMPHIs, Tenn, March 10. l05o.J
A fair demand is reported for money
though business in financial circles is
less brisk than ruled the first few days
of the month. Loans are in easy
reach Of all who have solvent securi'
ties to offer the current bankable rate
being s per cent, with as to III per
cent range in the open market.
Exchange moves in liberal volume,
rates being steady. Cotton
bills are in demand at
$3.50 per thousand on New
York and other points east, II
bearing no grace; also the same on
New Orleans. Sight bills on Boston,
Providence aud Fall River are ! dis
count. Checks on all points sell at
par.
Railway stock and bond speculation
loses none of its interest as a topic of
talk among financial dealers. The
following quotations rule for the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10

with notices, Home Rule for Ire
land, Fixity Of Tenure" etc. Fully
5000 tcrchbearers were in the process
sion. At the hotel Parnell met with a
perfect ovation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10
~Mon-Reaiuant Notice.

No. 3524-In the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, Tennessee-J A. Branner ct al,
VS.. WIN. Il. Thomas ct nj.
I Appearing from alidaYit in this cause that
i the de endants. VIM. ii. Thomas, James
K. Thomas and Sarah l.. Thomas are uon-resi-
dents Of tho State Of Tennessee; it is therefore
ordered that they make their appearance
herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby county,
in Memphis, Tenn, on OF before the frst
or demur to complainant bill, or the same
will be taken for confessed as to them and
set for hearing exparte, and that a copy Of this
order be published once a week, for four sue
cessire weeks, in the Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of February, 1880.
A cOpy-AtteSt:
By E. B. MoHENRY, D. c. and M.
smith aud Collier, sol, for compl't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10

The market for cotton opened here
this forenoon quiet and unchanged, a
moderate demand prevailing, and
prospects fayoring a fair days bust
ness.
Sales yeterday were 200 bales,
1900 to exporters, 700 to spinners,
the market closing firm and unchanged
as follows:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

R. S2Si-Chancery Court of Shelby comfy
Ssllie Taylor vs.. Hattie Taylor and al.
QY virtue Of an interlocutory decree for
~ sale, entered in the above cause on the
2sh day ofFebruary, 1870, NJ. % p 37I, I will
SELL at public auction, to the highest bid
der, in front Of the clerk and masters Office.
courthouse Of Shelby county, Memphis, now
Taxing District Of Shelby county, Tenn, on
Saturday. March ~. 1850.
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-wit: A certain lot Of ground in Memphis,
Tenn, fronting about so feet on st, Paui
street; and bounded on the east by lot sold bv
WIN. NJ. Smith, admir-. of S. w. Jefferson,
decd. to +. E. Asbury; said lot fronts south,
Terms of sale-On a credit ofseyen months,
purchaser executing note with approved So
curity, lien retained, etc.
This March 6, 1880.
r, J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Bigelow * Hill, sols, 612lB2}
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10
IN PORT.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.

The river here is about on a stand,
with % feet above low water
mark. At Cairo it rose 2 inches, with
80 feet ii inches on the gauge. At st.
Louis the decline was inches, with 10
feet 5 inches on the gauge. At Pitts
bdrg it 0 S 10 inches, with
Il feet 4 inches on the gauge. AT
Cincinnati it rose Z feet, with Al
feet 3 inches on the gauge. At Louis
vile II inches, with Is feet in the
canal. At Evansville it is rising,
with So feet6 inches on the gauge
Cumberland and Tennessee rivers are
falling. Arkansas river is full but on
the decline with l3 feet water on the
gauge at Little Rock, White river is
rising with i good stage Of water from
Jacksonport to the mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear.
Spring-liko.
Finest weather we have had fol-
some time.
Cumberland river is still coming
! up aud is at high stage.
The Il. o. Stanard leaves New
! Orleans to-day for st. Louis.
The river is stopping over the levoe'
at several points below here.
The Batesyille had a big trip out
last night for ST. Francis river.
The James D. Parker, from Mem.
phis, arrived at Cincinnati to-day.
The D%ycrsburg returned to The
Forbidden with an excellent trip.
The Golden Rule, from Cincinnati
arrived at New Orleans yesterday.
The Ariadne left Cincinnati las
evening for Tennessee river with
big trip Of freight,
The Cons. %Iillar, for Memphis, anC
the Golden Grown, for New Orleans
passed Evansville yesterday.
The Annie p. Silver, for St. Louis
and Guiding Star, for Cinciase.i, lef
New Orleans last evening,
The City Of Helena, of the Ancho.
line, left Vicksburg yesterday at
pm, for St. Louis, and is due her
Friday morning.
The back wator fromthe Mississippi
and recent rise from the upper Arkan
sas has overhowed the banks in tn
lower part Of the river.
The Paris c. Brown passed dow
last night, for New Orleans, loadeI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10
Trustee's SaIo.

DY virtue Of a decd of trust 10 me executed
ID by r l. Hall and L r R Hall, to secure
the Indebtedness therein mentioned, recorded
in book IS, pages l0l and l02, ofthe Register
office ofSheiby county, Tennessee, l will, on
Saturday, March 20, 1880,
on the southwest corner of Main and Madison
streets, IN the city of Memphis, Tennessee, At
IL o'clock m, offer for sale al public outcry.
aod sell to the highest bidder for cash, the
following DESCRIBED tract Of real estate, lying
and being In Shelby county, Tennessee, to-wit;
Bounded on the north by tho Memphis and
SOmeryille road, on the east by Stewards
tract, on the south by J VI Brooks and Rows.
ter land, and on the west by Registers land
containing 40 acres, more or less.
The equity Of redemption is waived Title
supposed to DO good, but l sell and convey
only as trustee.
- WD RED0UT, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-10
RIVER 1NTELL1GENCE.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
ARRIVED.

Steamer Paris G. Brown, Cincinnati.
w. j. Poitevent, Hatchie river.
Thomas Sherlock, New Orleans.
Coahoma, Osceola,
Silverthofn, Commerce.
Shields, Commerce.
DEPARTED.
J" Grand Tower, st. Louis.
4 :" John Gilmore, st. Louis.
/" Paris g. Drawn, New Orleant.
B~atesville, st. Francis river.
Thomas Sherlock, Cincinnati.
IN PORT.
Hard Cash, Hattie Rowland, Nirgie
Lee, w. j.. Poiteyens, james Lee, Goa
homa. SilYerthorn and Shields.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-12-30
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

ROME, Ga, has two of the largest
cotton congresses ever built.
New ORLEANS has organized COM
pany with 100000 to manufacture jute
bagging, which has hitherto been mostly
imported.
DETROIT is forming company to
build the FOntaine locomotive, which
some railroad men think will revolu-
tionize the construction of locomotives.
The Fontaine engine differs from the
standard engine in having the power
applied by single rod on each side
running from the cylinder to a large
drive-wheel Immediately above the front
driver on the ordinary locomotive. The
upper drive-wheel is of the same diam
eter as the lower, but it bears upon a.
fange several inches smaller than the
lower driver, and thus brings into play
the principle of large and small pulleys
in the driving Of ordinary machinery
The Fontaine locomotive also has no
dead centers, for the lower driver acts
as a huge balance-wheel, carrying the
upper wheel past the point where power
is Lost. h
A GERMAN chemist furnishes sim
pie process for testing the amount Of
water in milk, which can be applied by
anyone. All that is required is small
quantity of plaster of Paris, say one
ounce. This is mixed with the milk to
stiff paste, and then allowed to stand
With milk Of 1,030 specific gravity, and
temperature of 60o Fahr., it will hard
en- in ten hours if 25 per cent. of water
is present, in two hours; if 80 per cent,
in one and a half hours; and with %
per cent, in thirty minutes. Skinned
milk which has been standing for TWEEN
ty-four hours and is of 1,083 specific
gravity sets in four hours; with 80 per
cent of water, in one hour, and with 70
per cent, in thirty minutes. Heat
should not be applied, for then the use
of the thermometer would be required.
This test is certainly simple and not
costly.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-12-30
Foreign.

A TENANT farmer named Mullen, was
fred upon near Ballinrobe, Ireland, on the
night Of the goth, by six men concealed be-
hind wall. He died Immediately, all the
bullets taking effect. sff''
THE Norwegian ship Juno was seized
by the British customsauthorltie in the Glare
river near the mouth ofthe Shannon on the
22d, Her cargo of arms was being landed.
Three wagon loads had already been taken
OIL.
A LONDON dispatch says the entire
garrison in Ireland does not include single
distinctiyely Irish regiment. #.
The Pope has addressed recommen-
datlon to the Irish Bishops urging them to
use efforts toward effecting pacifcation of
Ireland.
FOUR THOUSAND miners In the Ash
ton-under-Lyne districtin England, struck for
an advance of wages on the 23d.
EUGENE FAIRFAX WILLIAMSON, alias
"Gentleman joe" the prosecutor of DR.. Dix,
died in the Sing Sing, N. Y, prison on the
23d
SHEIK ABDALLAH, the Kurdish leader,
is now in Turkey, and Persia demands his sur
render.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-12-30

THE following is the substance Of Mr.. Burn
sides Educational bill as it recently passed
the United States Senate:
The net proceeds of sales of public lands and
of patents are forever set apart for the educa-
ton of the people. The Secretary Of the
Treasury shall yearly appOrtion to the several
States and Territories and the District of Co
lumbia upon the basis Of population between
the ages Of FIVE ana twenty years, the said net
profits for the previous year, which shall be
credited on the books of the Treasury as an
educational fund, ON which four per cent in
terest per annum is to be paid to the States as
above; provided, that for the first ten years
the apportionment shall be made accord
ing to the numbers of the population
Of ten years old and upward who cannot
read and write; and provided, further, that
one-third of the income from said fund shall
be annually appropriated to the completed
endowment aud support Of colleges estab-
lished or which may be established under the
act of 1862, until the amount annually thus
accrUing TO said colleges in each State shall
reach $50 900, after which the whole income of
said fund shall be appropriated to the said
States, Territories and District to the educa-
tion of all children between the ages of six
and sixteen. The Secretary of the Treasury
is authorized to ada to the fund any sums
given to the United States for that purpose.
A sum not exceeding fifty per cent. Of the
amount received by any State, etc. the first
year, and not exceeding ten per cent:
in any year thereafter, may be applied,
at discretion, to the maintenance of
schools for instruction Of teachers Of
common schools, TO be entitled to the bene-
fits OF this act any State etc, must maintain
for at least three months in each year until
January |, 1885, and thereafter four months in
e,&Jh year, a system Of free public schools for
all children between six and sixteen years Of
age, Any State, etc, msapplying any Of the
money received under this act shall forfeit
further grants until the amount so misapphed
shall have been replaced by said state etc.
Nothing contained in the act shall be held to
alter any previous law regarding the disposi-
tion of public land nor to limit the power Of
Congress over the public domain, nor to inter
fere with granting bounty land to soldiers and
sailors. Tho bill also authorizes colleges
established the act Of 1862 to establish
schools for the technical education Of women.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-12-30
HOuse.Gleaning.

Mr.. GALLAGHER had tough time OF
it the other night when he went home
late. Unknown to him the women folks
had begun siege at house-cleaning and
had got about two dozen chairs set in
row in the front hall When he came
in he found no gas burning, and not
seeing the chairs, tumbled over the first
one. He made some remark in disap-
proval of the conduct of the person who
left the chair in his way, and moving
the chair, started ahead again. Over
the next chair he went. g Wei, con-
found the fool who left these chairs
here!n he said, as he rubbed his shin
and moved that chair. He was sure he
was all right then, and once more start
ed ahead. That time he scraped about
two inches of hide off his leg, and was
mighty mad. He, however, moved the
chair and then tried again to ad-
vance. As he struck the next chair and
fell over it, heels over head, he swore
bitterly, and rising put the chair aside
with a kick which hurt him more than
it did the chair By the time he had
struggled with three more chairs, he
was raving like madman. When me
came to tackle rocker, in his rage he
grabbed it up to throw it, and one rock
er raked his left ear while the other hit
his Jaw and loOsened two teeth. Then
he struggled with six more chairs, and
finally got hold Of reclning-chair, and
hurt his fingers in the machinery. That
discouraged him, and he turned to work
his way back to the door. But the
chairs he had left in his wake, upset in
all ways, were worse than those ahead,
and he fell over them, raped his shins
against the ends of legs, and when he
went down, as he did about as quickly
as he got up, he was sure to skin him
self in i've or six places, bump his head
and wrench his spine. He had got him
self so surrounded by upset chairs that
whichever way he turned, he raped
and scraped himself, and finally, when
the family was aroused and came with
lights, he had got himself so entangled
in the rocker and reclining chair and
two or three other chairs that he had to
be helped out. And the rest of the
night he spent fixing himself up with
court plaster and swearing great oaths,
and the next time his wife is going to
clean house he is to be notified in time to
let him 90 800 miles into the country
Boston Post.