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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04
ADJUSTMENTS.
sHAYspEARE's MACBETH.


The production OF the heaviest of
Shakspeare's tragedies by the John
Mccullough companyattractcd a large
audience at Leubrie's theater last
night, and, as usual, when plays of
merit are presented in a creditable
manner, there was no lack of apprecia-
tion or enthusiasm. The character of
Macbeth is one of the most powerful
and most interesting Of McCullough's
representations, giving him full scope
to illustrate his peculiar talents, and it
is only necessary to say that he played
the part with all the tragic strength
and greatness that it warrants. The
performance was notably vigorous and
brilliantthroughou except perhaps, as
to the details of the music in the witch
scene, and while MI. Mccullough
was the most conspicuous figure and
supplied the tragic element, yet other
characters were also well sustained.
Mrs. Augusta Foster carried the diff
cult part of Lady Macbeth with credit;
Mr.. Warde acted Macduf with force
and intelligence, and the less promi-
nent parts were fairly done. The
audience accorded to the genial John
Mccullough a warm reception indeed,
and brought him before the curtain
several times during the course of the
play. He must, therefore, be we'll
satisfied with the event, for he has
not failed to draw hat intelligent
praise which the true student of art
most desires, as his recompense, at
each performance he has given during
the present week. This afternoon,
for the benefit of the Irish relief fund,
Mr.. Mccullough and his company
will present the bright comedy of.
The Honeymoon" and the lighter
piece entitled "A CoDiugal Lesson"
Shakspeare's "Othello,"
with Mr.. Mccullough as the dusky
Moor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04
Police News.

Leon Frank will be tried before
Esquire Quigley to-day, for vagrancy,
and his pal, John Smith, who was
acquitted yesterday of the charge of
playing confidence, will go down ia
the island workhouse for four months,
to finish out an oldsentence, be having
escaped from there some time ago.
A wood stealer named VIM. Pugh
will be tried before Esquire Quigley
to-day.
Maggie Abbot paid in five dollars
this forenoon for throwing various
kinds of filth IN the rear of her prem
ises at the Mississippi hons
The charge Of being drunk, disord-
crly aud carrying concealed weapons,
was put down last night against a
country darby named Horace Carr,
who got OF for three dollars, the
court deciding that not having visited
a hotel since his arrival he was
entitled to carry a weapon.
Mary Jones and Jenny Childs
colorod, are in trouble for stealing
twenty dollars from Levy, on Shelby
street, on night before last. Mary
Jones was employed as a nurse by Mr.
Levy, who focuses her Of stealing the
money from a drawer and dividing
with Jenny Childs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04
The Memphis and Charleston.

Business has been better on the
Memphis and Charleston railroad
since the close of the last epidemic
than in any season for several years
past. Under Colonel McGhee's able
management the road has steadily i'm.
proved. Passing the depot yesterday,
a committee Of one from the LEDGER
dropped in and picked up an item or
two Of interest. The road is just now
shipping through 5000 sacks of corn,
destined for Atlanta and from st.
Louis. 1t came down the river to
this point. The road is also handling
a lot of4OOO bales Of cotton, shipped
from the Fort Smith road to New
York. These are rather unu ual
items Of freight, and indicate that
this road is regaining much Of its
former business and prestige. The
management of the road has lately or
dered steel rails for forty miles of the
track. Part of these will be received
here, and the rest will come from the
other end Of the line. Fifty miles of
the road is to be ballasted in the best
style shortly with Tishimingo gravel.
Other improvements have been made
and are constantly going on. The road
is in excellent condition, and we can
not but hope that it will remain in the
hands of Messrs. Wilson and McGhee.
They took the road when it had gone
to pieces, have built it up, ~popularized
it and made it one of the best roads in
the south. If Messrs. Wilson and
McGhee carry out their plans in Geor-
gia and hold on to this road, Memphis
will havea direct shortroute to the sea.
Other roads will be built to reach here
from the west, and Memphis will be-
come a distributing point for a vast
interior and overland trade.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04
re cEMTs Pc We *.
H CITY.
Evening. March, 4, 1850
LEDGER LINES.
Cotton firm.

Cotton firm.
Markets are now kept open in the
mornings.
From ify-siz to seventy degrees
yesterday.
Legislative council cOunsels thi,
afternoon.
Brown & Jones, coal, Office 28l
Main street.
Fifth civil districts election day
for magistrate.
-NeW sugar cured Jowls. at Oliver.
Finnie & Co.'S.
Main street is soon to be paved
from eend to eend."
Cheap and good signs, Memphi.
Steam Sign Works. go Main.
New Spring styles of wall paper al
Marcus Jones, 1864 Second.
j. B. Saint & Co. clean vaults
promptly. Leave orders at 2s6 Main
Blank books of all kinds made al
the LEDGER Office book bindery, j
Madison street.
Over orkedan broken down ami.
mails need the attention Of the hu.
name. and that speedily.
-Businegs men will find it to theii
interest to have all their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER Office.
Wolf river is reported to be
flooded, and the bridge at Raleigh wa,
the only place that persons could cross
this forenoon.
Speculation in railway stocks i
one of the features Of interest now
stirring the hearts of a number o.
people hereabouts.
W. s. War;, a merchant at Ross.
vile, thirty miles or so east Of thi,
city, has failed. He owes here to Z
considerable extent.
Light, bright, cheerful and ioll,
will be next weeks entertainment Al
the theater by the Weathersby- Good.
win extravaganza troupe.
A week from this the cotton seed
mills will only pay eight dollars pei
ton for sound cotton seed, and that il
bad order will be locked.
The clouds and the baromete,
hung low yesterday. The former
when heavy, never fail to have a de.
pressing effect on the other.
The Southern express company,
favors continue to be appreciated
They bring late New York papers
fresh aud bright, almost every day.
The loss sustained by James 4
Graham, at the fire last Tuesday, foot,
up a little over s3l 900. The concerr
have already set to work to rebuild.
The LEDGER Job Printing ofic,
and Book Bindery, 10 Madison, exc.
cuteS everything in their line as uoa,
and cheap as any house in this city. |
The paving Of Adams street witt
stone begins at the outer end TO-DAY
and the work is Of course to be pushed
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04

cents per barrel; lime, from $l.25 to
$3.50; plaster, 10 cengs; plasterers'
hair, 5 to 10 cents per bushel, and so
on: The dearness of bricks, he says,
Is due entirely to ring" manipulation.
Under these circumstance it is appar-
ent that the working men will make a
great mistake if they re sume the strik-
ing business next month, as it is semi
officially intimated they will. The
goose just now is laying them the gold
en- egg, and they had better not kill il
TIL they can see their way to some
thing better.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04
THE QUARTERLY COURT
Meets To-Day and Orders a Sell Ont.
Election of Coroner and Public Guardian,
Petitions, Etc.

The county magistrates, who max,
up the quarterly court Of the county
met this forenoon in the crimina
courtroom of the courthouse.
The following esquires answered t.
their names: Murray j. A., York.
W. P. Douglass H. E., Williams v
w, Hammontree s., Hines John d.
Spellman John, Quigley j. P, Win
tiers P. NJ, Pryor B. W., Coleman j.
NJ, Gowan, W. f., Pulliam Elijah
Kimbrough B. j., Jones Alex, Well.
born A. G., Allen j. W., Arlington
j. H., Bledsoe B. c., Harrell D. A..
Walker, W. H., HolemaR, Tom, Jr.,
Elliott, John t., Fleming, Thos., Eg.
new, G. R., Yarnell, Gray, Slaughter.
D. c., Mason, r. NJ, Ramsey, II. B..
Elan, E. S., Galloway, j. s.
RAILROAD STOCK FOR SALE.
1t was moved and carried by the
court that Chairman Holman, Attor-
ney j. A. Taylor and p. NJ. Winters
be a committee empowered to sell, at
its discretion, for the best price to be
obtained, the stock held by the county
in the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road company, provided that this order
of sale be approved and consented to
by the people of the county, at an
election to test that question, which is
now ordered to be held on the second
Monday, being the 18th day of April
1890, the sheriff of the county to hold
the election according to law. The
stock originally held by the
county was $500, 600, but some
eight years ago it was transferred to
the company for $4,000 worth of con-
sOlidated stock. The leading fnan.
ciers Of the city advise the policy to
sell out, though it is understood that
Mr.. Harrington, who is a director of
the road, deems it unwise, owing to
the fact that it will cause the people
here to lose all voice in the roads
management. 1t was argued, how
ever, hat a voice backed by the small
amount owned by Shelby county at
present is equal to no voice at all.
By reclamation this forenoon the
quarterly court chose Esquire j. S.
Galloway as coroner for Shelby coun-
ty. Esquire W. F. Gowan was chosen
poorhouSe commissioner in the place
of G. D. Crockett, deceased, and
Esquire B. c. Bledsoe was chosen
guardian. The bond of the
guardian was fixed at $4,000.
A petition signed by a large numtsv
of the members of the bar, to fit up a
room in the court house for the use of
theprobate court and Judge Eldridge.
The latter spoke at length in advocacy
Of the measure. The court voted to
fix the room in a suitable manner
Other petitions for property assess
ments and unimportant matters occu-
pied the attention of the court Up to
the hour of adjournment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04
Stole a Mule.

Four country darkies, mounted on
plowhorses, rode up 10 the station
house yesterday evening and informed
the police that a black mare mule had
been stolen from them on the road
leading from Mississippi. They met
the man once on the road before miss
ing the mule but did not recognize it
at the time, but soon afterward dis
covered their loss and took the back
track. They were chasing the thief
from stable to stable yesterday even
ing, but up to noon to-day they had
not come up witt him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04
Had Prospects tor BniIders.

New York Cor. Philadelphia Lcdger.l
In view Of the rapid enhancement
Of the prices of all kinds of buildina
material and the threatened strikes Of
the laboring men for higher wages az
soon as the spring commences, there
is but little encouragement for CAPT.
talists to embark in new building en-.
terprises. A prominent contractor
said to me this morning that he was
disposed to throw up his contracts for
the year and pay the forfeit, rather
than run the risks before him, and
this is probably the prevailing feeling
among others Of his class. He handed
moa memorandum showing that every
description Of architectural iron has
advanced since the close Of the last
business season so to 100 per cent (;
bricks from $3.50 to $1l per thousand;
lumber, from Sll to $l8; laths, from
Sis to $2,75; cement, from % to 80
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04
A Citizen.

A long and slender youth of about
nineteen years named William Gray
appeared in the police court this
morning as the prosecutor of William
Johnson, charged with being a suspi-
cious character, and prowling about
dark orners From the evidence il
was shown that about eleven O'Clock
last night, after having stabbed the
car oil which he was driver, Gray saw
a negro fumbling at the lock on the
back door of Saford's drug store.
The circumstance struck Gray as
rather suspicious, and he collared his
man and carried him to the station
house representing himself to the
culprit as an officer of the law. 1t
was rather a dangerous proceeding, as
the young man was unarmed, and
could have no idea that his captive
would submit so gracefully. He de.
serves a tribute Of regard from the
citizens in general, as a public beno,
factor. The meek prowler was fined
five dollars and given ten days on the
gang.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04
lRRiIrORG RuImnrs.
Special 10 tho Courier Toprn,1.i

" NV NNNA NA-1uulldt
ATLANTA, March 2.-To.d av tho
railroad commission, after a long e,,n-
sultation, agreed on freight and mas
senger rates. Great reductions were
made In local freights and through
treights coming into sne state. Xii
DETERMINATIONS are strictly forbidden
Passenger rates @ere reduced to four
cents a mile with tickets, and four and
a half without, The Central and the
Georgia are the only roads in
inc state now charging so little.
Sleeping car fare was reduced to one
cent a mile for each berth. The re-
auctions are greater than expected
and among railroad men caused snr-
prise. They say the action of the
commission will seriously Interfere
with the business of all lines m thu
state. Tho rates go into effect In
thirty days. ;"
THE MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD
was bought at sheriff's sale in Augusta
to-day by the Georgia, for $56000
above the claims for about 81 25Ol000
now owned by the Georgia. The Nav
meeting Of the stockholders will in
crease Ease the capital from S. 900 to
=, OOO,OOO. The new purchase adds
slS to each share, and will cause liveIw
speculation in stocks.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04
The Doctors Yielding.

Ever since Prof. Green wrote to the
Medical Record advising physicians every.
whore to use the Safe Kidney and Liver
Cue in their practice, it has been gaining
in favor with the profession. They can find
nothing which is a substitute for it. r,
Caulkins, NJ. D, of Rochester, N, Y, says
he would now practice it to all who are
afflicted with serious kidney and liver
diseases.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04

Fine Lemons, 20 cents a dozen,
at Oliver, Finnie e. Co.'s.
Oranges. 25 cents, select. IS
cents "a dozen. at Oliver. RInnie
a Co.'S.
New Figs 10 cents a pound. al
oliver, Flmnie 81 Co.'s.
The very sweetest Dairy and
Creamery Butter, at Oliver, Fin
ME a. Co.'s.
Silver Moon Flour, Royal Flour,
Oatmeal, Graham Flour, Cracked
Wheat, Boss Hams, Whitaker
Hams, Golden Hams, BnItz Hams,
Poland China Hams, at Oliver.
Finnie a. Co.'s.
1874
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04
N. a {. STOCK.
RumOrs that King Cole aud His
Friends are buying IL.

Nashville special to Loui 'ville Post and News.
1t is secret here that Cole and his
friends, Nashville men, are buying
Memphis and Charleston road stock.
Orders are going out Of Nashville
every day for the purchase of 1t. The
capital stock of this company is about
five million four hundred thousand
dollars, and the control of the same
even at the present rates can be had.
at not over six hundred thousand dol
lars; but they commenced buyjng
when it was as low as seven cents.
Cole controls the Western and At
lantic, and so his line is complete. and
not o yer a hundred miles lonser than
at first contemplated.
This is not all. Cole has been of.
fered the presidency of the Cincinnati
Southern, and he is in close alliance
with Messrs. Wilson and McGhee, of
the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia road.
It would be well for the Louisville
and Nashville managers to examine
their maps and see their d~angerahead
They have provoked the wrath Of
railroad giant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04

Parnell expects to remain in Amer
lea about two months longer. He will
visit California. In regard TO his mis-
siou to this country he says that up to
last week $4,000 had been received in
Ireland through the men who are
working with him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04
"The Cheapest Article in the
World"

This is what a grateful gentleman said
who was cured of a bad kidney disease by
the use Of Safe Kidney and Liver Cure,
after he had offered in vain $1,000 to any
doctor who would rid him of it. 1t is the
cheapest article in the world to all afaict-
cd with kidney and liver diseases.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04

A variety Of fresh Key West aud inn
ported cigars just received. A largo line
Of Cigarettes and best brands Of 5 cent
cigars always on hand, at III. Esch,
OF Main street, corner Adams, aud
276 Second street, Ayres' Building
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04

DR.. Buddeke, Eye and Ear diseases
No. Sc East Court street. 144t
Dir. A. i. Kimbro, Office 1874 Main
street. Residence, l9l Vance st. %
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04

Cetywayo's three daughters are now
on exhibition in London. Their names
are Unolala, Unqmadloza and Uno-
zendaba. The dusky maids are de-
scribed as decently attired and
possessing a taste for personal adorn-
ment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04

Avery & Berlin, 80 Madison street, sell
real estate, rent stores and dwellings. The
collection Of merchants monthly bills is a
speciality with them, making daily reports
and returns, 1857
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04

Avery & Berlin, 80 Madison street, col
lect all sorts Of accounts; even HARD
CASES DO not intimidate them. Try
them. 1861
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04
SACRILEGE IN MADRID.
The OratOry of u Famous Madrid
Church Plundered-Excite-
ment i'm the Spanish
CapitaI-Brigandage
in the Provinces.

New York Herald
MADRID, February N.-Yesterday,
in the center of Madrid, the oratory
Of the church of Spirito Sancto was
was found robbed Of its plate, holy
vases, pictures, ornaments and the in
terror Of its popular shrine. The
whole was a scene Of perfect wreck.
The altar and tabernacle had been
profaned, and the eucharist cast on
the floor by thieves. who broke open
all the poor boxes fixed in the walls.
The occurrence has caused much
sensation, as the oratory was fire.
quented by many devotees, of all
classes of society. The magistrates
and police, after taking the declara-
tions Of the venerable rector and the
beadle, closed the church, but active
investigation has not yet led to the
discovery of the criminals, who forced
the great door and altar ratings in
order to commit the robbery. This
took place four hours before the ami
mated debate in the cortes on more
acts of brigandage that have taken
place in the southern provinces, where
villages and churches were attacked.
The home secretary promised to send
troops to assist the local police in
Cindad Real.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04

Buckle at one time possessed o. 600
volumes, and, though he frequently
sold parts OF his library, the collection
was seldom short Of 1000 volumes.
1t was a common thing in London,
and by no means a very rare thing in
New York, to find a volume at book
stores bearing his book-plate. Mr..
Huth, in his Life of Buckle, relates
that it was Buckles way when com
posing to pace the room until a whole
paragraph was fashioned in his mind,
and then write it out. He was a great
reader of Milton, Burke aud the die
tionaries. Of pipe and tobacco he was
as fond as Carlyle. Once he ordered
a whole gross Of clay pipes, and he
would never accept an invitation to a
house ia which he could not smoke.
He once declared that he never would
marry until he had $4,000 a year.
Twice he fell in love with cousins.
One of them was already engaged, and
as for the other, there we're friends
who iuterfered to prevent the marri-
age OH grounds Of consanguinity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04

Band plays at 4 o'clock, and Mn,
Langtry will be present. was a notice,
recently put up at the Brighton Eng \
skating rink. f
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hIansfOPd's,
nap n
JOHN WALSH, Coal Yard.
23O Second Street. 1881

Avery & Berlin, 80 Madison, have
added to their rental department n general
collecting agency for the city. Prompt
reports and returns guaranteed. 1861
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04

A roll Of money, between seventy and
eighty dollars. on Yesterday. Return to
this Office and be rewarded. 4
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The Witches, Incantat!on In Machelh


Double, double, toll and trouble,
Fire burn and cauldrOn bubble.
Fillet Of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye Of newt and toe of frog.
Wool of bat and tongue of dog;
Adder's fork and blind worms sting,
Lizards leg and owlet's wing,
For a charm Of powerful trouble.
Like a hell broth boil and bubble.
If the witches had thrown in the caul.
dron the stump of one of Sol. Coleman'i
No. 10 cigars, the charm would have beer
so perfect that aver Macduff, who was
"none of woman born" could never have
harmed Macbeth.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04
CROQUET.

~ 80 to $500. Eight ball sets in
good boxes; make of 1880. Finest se!ec-
ton in city. At
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04

A SsIGNERS private sale OF groceries ana
"A fixtures, Of a COED retail grocery store,
situated li Beal street. Apply to
JfBUCKH m,
20 SO Beal street.
DOcKAWAY. VIII sell cheap or exchange.
~ Address -'W," this office, i5il
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04

'fHk Mckinney place in Walnut Bend.
j. Ark. Apply to MADDEN & Harrington.
~
MY two story brick residence near corner
VI Of Mill and Seventh; good %cisterns, sta.
hlos, etc. Will rent cheap to q good paying
tchant that will take good care Of the prom.
ises. Apply to D. Q. Slaughter, Tax Collec-
Tor ofioe. j. A. SLAu| ER li8t
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-01
The Republican Game Of Bluff.
Morey's Existence Proven.

New YoRK, Nov. 1.-The examination
of Kenward Philip, charged with malicious
libel upon James A. Garfield. was resumed
before Judge Davis this a. M, defense
calling to the stand S. L. Morey, He
testified. Il live in Lawrence, Mass, and
was born in Lowell. l am a common
laborer. / entered the army in 1851 and
remained until 1865, here is nay discharge.
Isknow Henry l.. Morey, he is my uncle;
he lived in New Hampshire, In Baskerville,
for some years. He afterwards travelled
for a house in Boston and also Tor house
in Philadelphia" Witness identified the
signatures on the hotel register at Lynn
as being his uneles; saw Fl. L. Morey last
in 1879
NoTE-The remainder of the Philip ex-
animation is progressing to-day. but comes
to US all jumbled SO as to make an intelli-
gent connection impossible. One witness
for the defense testified that the Republi
cans offered shim S100 to stay away. but
who he is, or what be is testifying to is
impossible to tell. We expect after the
election. the fulreport will come. but not
until then.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-01

Rosy CHECKED WOMEN. There ought
to be more of them. a rosy complexion,
if it be natural, makes the plalnest race aG,,
beautiful; for with it, we fnd the spriR1tV
mind, the elastic step. the ringing laugh
in q word. Health. The cGuse OF ilstless-
ness and sallow cheeks IN women is o'tep
unsupported even by themselves IL Is, ~
go many casee. arrangement of the
Kidneys, Bladder, Liver. or qrlnaTy T4Mai /!
Organs For these diseases, NJ :
REMEDY the Great Remedy and Liver
Mo5icine iss sure cure. HUNT :
REMEDY is safe. effectual. and pleasan
- take Try it. ladies. and bloom again
Sold by all Druggists, Trial size *
cents,