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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-14

tho secretary paid tho money against
the protest Of the engineer in charge.
A contest over the will of the late
John w. Bliss, Of Hartford. Conn,
has been avoided by an amicable diyi-
sion of the property, valued at about
$4,000. Mr.. Bliss is said to have
been eccentric, and after his death a
memorandum book was found, stating
that for safety he had hidden a package
containing $4,000 in stocks and bonds
under a pile of wood in a back room
of the house in with he lived alone.
The package was found after a few
minutes search.
The London Daily News, after re-
cording the successful first perform
ance of"The Danites' in the metrop-
ais, refers to Mr.. and Mrs. Mckee
Rankin 10 these terms: "Mr. Rankin
plays the part of the hero with great
vigor and picturesque effect, and in
the part Of Nancy, Mrs, Rankin,
though too uniformly fearful and de
jected, proved herself an actress we'll
able to move and win the sympathy
of an audience" The acting, as a
whole, is praised by the London
press.
In the event Of any of the II Sun.
day performances of the Passion Play
at Oberammergau proving insufficient
to satisfy the demand for places, the
representation will be repeated on
Monday. The communal authorities
are stated to have laid out about
f20O0 on the building of the theater.
which contains 100 rows, each compris-
ing 60 seats. Besides this, they have
expended between $4,000 and $4,000
on the general expenses of the repre-
sensations, making a total expense of
something less than $4,000.
Charles II. Freeman, the fanatic.
who killed his child at Pocasset about
a year ago, was brought before Judge
Morton, in Barustable, on Wednesday
evening, and after a brief examination
was re-cOmmitted to the insane asylum
at Davers. The physicians testified
that there has been no change in his
mental condition. He has gained 10
pounds in weight and is in excellent
physical health. He is generally
cheerful and hopeful, but declined to
talk on matters personal to himself,
but, as would be expected, maintains
that he is not insane.
1t is now said hat a large majority
of the employees of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad company favor its pro-
posed insurance plan. The scheme
provides for temporary disablement,
permanent disablement, in case of
death, in case of sickness while in
discharge OF duty, and also in the case
Of death from any cause not in the
line Of duty. The assessments range
from 81 per month to s., and the
benefits from 80 cents to $3.50 per day
in case of a temporary disablement.
from % cents to SIPS per day for per
manent disablement, and in case of
death from $500 to $500.
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MAN EATERS.
What was Found in an Acapulco
Sharks Nav.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.l
DIR. Swan, the surgeon of the Paci-
6c mail steamship Colima, which ar
rived in this port a few days ago from
the isthmus, reports an incident on
the trip worthy Of mention. He states
that while the Oolima was lying at
Acapulco on the trip up, she anchored
one day close to the steamship China,
Some of the hands on the latter baited
a hook and caught a shark of the man
eater variety about ID feet long. The
sharp was pulled up and cut open, and
in the belly was found a human arm
entire. just as it had been torn
by the %devouring monster from the
shoulder. There was also found in
the nav of the shark the heel
and toes of a human foot. The re-
mains had evidently been swallowed
but a short time. The arm was the
left, and upon it were plainly visible
the initials tattooed in India ink, "A.
H. O." About ten days previous to
the taking of the shark a sailor from
a British brig then lying in the har-
Dor, while under the influence of
liquor, fell overheard and was lost. 1t
is supposed that the shark had been
feeding upon the body a short time
before his capture. San Jose Joe, the
monster shark of San Jose de Guate-
mala, was recently e by the cap
tain of the China. This shark has
been for many years the terror of the
coast from San Jose de Guatemala to
Punta Arena. He has been 50 fire.
quently seen that he is as familiar to
the marines of that coast as its most
perilous headlands. He is said to be
over forty feet in length, and is ex-
tremely terociOus, human kind
being his favorite prey. Cap
tain Seabury, OF the China,
is ready to swear to forty-two
feet and over. having once seen Joe
passing behind his vessel, WHICH is
forty two feet In the beam, and the
Lhead and tail of the shark extended
past either side of the vessel. The
captain of the South Carolina and
Capt. Witeberry bear testimony also
to the sharks being over forty feet
long. In the last few years joe as
he is known all along the coast, has
devoured half dozen men, and some
years ago the Guatemalian govern
ment offered a reward of $500 to any
one who would kill the devourer. He
has been shot a couple of times and
barpooned thrice, but survived these
assaults and still roams his old haunts
seeking his favorite moroccan.
Speaking of sharks, a report has
just come to hand setting forth the
information that one of his family,
evidently a first cousin to Joe, as he
vas thirty feet long, and probably
Weighing five tols. was oagght at
Sequel beach, on Friday, being the
largest ever caught on that coast, 1t
was a species known as the basking
! shark.
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General Trade.

The movement in general merchan-
Use is slow. Provisions, which in
Scludes all kinds of meats, lard and
the like, are quiet, with a fair jobbing
REQ uest, especially for plantation CON
sunni, ion. Grain is quiet, with only
a local aemand for bran, cats and hay,
while a liberal country and shipping
request prevails for corn. Flour is 10
moderate movement, and meal, while
weak in value, is IN good demand.
The crops Of young COTTON and corn
are still reported in splendid condi-
ton, though needing rain badly, as we
have not had a sign of a shower for
the past fifteen days. A gradual fall
ing off is noted in the receipts of all
commodities Of prime consumption,
and as the business season draws to a
close we may anticipate increased
dullness.
FLOUR-Low grades very dull; me-
dium and choice in fair movement;
n.~ices are unchanged. Round lot quo
tab,ons are as follows; X, 81 per Dbl;
Xxx. "a 25@5; xxx, So 25@5 90 fancy,
So 75@NGi patent, 1907 %; orders rs to
Soc high er.
CORNMEAL-Prices improved and
tone stronger at 81 E1G@2 20 for lots on
the landing and 10 to 2Oc higher in a small
way.
OORN-Holders firm at 4S@4Skc for
lots and so to 52c for carloads and small
orders.
BRAN-In demand at SIS rs to $l9
\ per ton; orders 81 05 for wheat corn bran
N so per ton.
0ATS-Feeling firm at 40@4le for car
load and landing lots, and 44@45c in a
small way.
HAY-Low and medium grades in.
active and slow TO sell; choice in fair re.
quest; quotations are $l6@l6p per ton for red
top, and Sl7 to $40 so for clear western
timothy; orders $l@1 10 per cwt; Arkansai
prairie, 50 per ton at the track.
P0TAT0ES-Slow sale for old at 90
to 81 per Dbl new from Louisiana, S2d
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bushes and trees set out this spring il
simply enormous. At least 100000
were set out last month alone. The
strawberry plants when uncovered a
few weeks ago looked fresh and
healthy, and are now in a thriving con-
dition. The Wilson still retains its
leadership. Throughout southern
Ulster a greater quantity of small
fruits will be raised than ever before.
In the eastern portion of Columbia
cOunty-the great apple center of
Hudson river cOunties-many new
orchards have been planted. The
%fayorite varieties are the Northern
Spy" King of Tompkins county,
'Baidwins' and the "Silver Russell
The cultivation Of the peach along
the Hudson valley is one of consider
able magnitude, the soil and climate
being especially adapted to it. Those
grown on the west shore of the Hud-
son greatly excel the Southern, Della
ware, and New Jersey species. The
late peaches from the southern Ulster
orchards command high figures in The
New York and Philadelphia markets.
In some instances as high as $50 pei
bushel has been paid for choice
picked fruit, Among the leading
varieties grown are "Smocks, "Craw.
ford's Late" Stump of the World
and "Salmay." The latter natures in
October, and is the latest variety il
the market. The peach crop as
whole promises to be the finest and
heaviest ever shipped.
Next to the culture Of peaches
comes that of grapes. Thousands Of
new vines are annually set out. This
seasons crop will be one-third larger
than ever was shipped. The bulk OF
the crop is grown on the western shore
from Cornwall to Esopus. 4, The prin.
cipal variety grown is the Concord
The Delaware and Hartfords are also
cultivated to a limited extent, as they
are not adapted to the soil and climate
Attempts to cultivate the Isabella
vine have proved unsuccessful. Lead.
ing growers ship from thirty to sixty
tons Of the Concord grape every sea.
son. OF plums, cherries, currauts
~blackberries, apricots, ounces and
every variety ofsmall fruit there are
indicationsof cropsabove the average
Altogether the prospects of an abun.
dant harvest are exceedingly encour.
aging.
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2 % per Dbl in lots, and in a small way
81 50G2 IS; sweets 7oc to 81 IS per Dbl.
ESCULENTS-Cabbag scarce at 81 Sc
as 80 per crate; onions So to 81 Der Dbl;
beans 81 % to 81 GO per bushel for white
medium 10 navy; peas 81 per bushel; snap
beans 81 soto 81 per u bushel boxes.
FRUITS-Strawberries in lots 81 20 Ia
s. per p quart crate; oranges Sc 60@7
per box for Palermo and MessIna, ac-
cording to size and order; lemons So 90
Copper box.
POULTRY AND EGGS-Chickens in
better offering and lower prices; young
81 50 to So IS per doz; old, 81 70 to "a per
DOZEN eggs sell at ll@llH 4 per dozen at
wholesale and in q small way.
BUTTER ANDCHEESE-An grades
are lower and slowto sell. Country ranges
from II to 2Oc per pound, the latter for
choice Arkansas prairie; western is to 24c;
creamery, 2S@30c butterine l7@1Sc.
Cheese, loo for Y. A, and liz to l2Lc
for N. Y. factory.
PR0VISIONS-Bacon shoulders. Sc;
clear ribs do, 7Hc; clear sides 7A@7kc;
breakfast bacon, 8&a9c; sugar cured hams
9K@l0c; bulk shoulders, 4H@4%c; clear
ribs, 61sc; clear sides, SIC. Lard, TIC for
%tierces; ~ for kegs and half bbls, and Sc
for pals. Country lard, 6Kc, and country
meats a to 10 under above prices.
LIVE STOCK%Cattle supply light;
good butcher qualities in demand at
"a to &c gross,t the latter for the best. In
ferior N to 2Xc; calves $4@S each; COWS
and calves $19035; hogs in light move
ment at 3 to AZ c gross; sheep 4@5c for
good and 81 5O@2 per head for inferior.
Market scantily supplied.
WOOL-TuD-washed, 40G47c per ID,
unwashed, 25@32c; unwashed and bury
from 3 to l0c per 10 less.
SUGAR-Market steady; fully fair, open
kettle, SC; prime do SIC; choice, do &c;
yellow clarified, 9@9Hc; of whites, 9X@
9%c; hard, l0X@lle.
COFFEE-Fair TO choice l41z to l8c
according to quality.
HIDES-Dry flint, No. l., Is; No. g,
l5c; dry salt do, l5c; green, No. 2, 12Kc;
do sailed, 7@8c; market steady; tallow,
546c; beeswax, Zoe.
LEATHER-Oak sole, 38@4Oc; hem
lock, 28@32c harness, 36@98c skirting,
S5@37c; French calf, $4,000 per dozen;
domestic calf, $4,000 per dozen.
TOBACCO Per ID 42X@60c.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 rs per car or dray
load; orders 81 IS sacks 81 30@l 60 for
course and fine. Rock salt &c per pound.
BAGGING-Ns rket quiet; on orders,
fax, 9Kc per yard .jute, l0X@11c ties;
81 76@3 per bundle; Irvine, he per
pound
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COMMERCIAL.
PUBLIC LEDGER OFFICE,
MEMPHIS. Tenn. Nav II.

NhhEhAoi AhNN'S NAds III AooVfJ
A light and gradually decreasing
business is noted ia local financial
circles. No more so however than is
usual at this season Of the year. The
monetary situation is healthy and
deed strong. Currency is in ample
pply for all mercantile require
pts, while applications for dis
dnts are limited aud rates easy,
Short dated prime paper can be readi-
|ly placed at 8 per cent, while loans
are effected in the open market at
from 6 to 10 per cent. Exchange is
quiet and steady. Cotton bills are
taken at 81 25 per thousand on New
York and New England, where nc
grace is asked, and 50 50 per thou
sand for sight on Providence, Oohoes,
Fall River and Boston. Checks on
New York sell at lc premium. New
Orleans rates are par selling, and
&c off buying.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Watkins Glen, New York, is in the
hands of q receiver, It was originally
bought ofGeorge Ct. Fgeer for $4,000,
but has been sold for 100000 and
$4,000,
Supervisor White, of Philadelphia,
has made a good beginning in ap-
pointing two women as enumerators.
There Is no reason why an Intelligent
woman should moi do the work re-.
quired as well as the average man.
The due De M~onteleone, who died
lately in Naples, was the last doscen-
Ga1. Of Hernaudo Cortez, the con
querer Of Mexico. Uortez only ii1ciHc
one legitimate son, who succeeded
him as Marquis, The dEa l,ved il
Sicily, where he owned an enormous
property. His fortune is estimated
at thirteen million francs.
Captain George NJ. Cooley is a citi-
zen Of Troy, who, in his forty.one
years of life, has saved from drowning
forty-six persons. His latest exploit
was the rescue last month of seven
young students of the Polytechnic.
whose small boat was capsized in the
river. A. romantic incident in his
career was his rescuing from the river,
while still a youth, the young girl
who afterward became his wife.
A serious charge is made against
Ex-Secretsry McOrary by the Chat
tanooga, Tenn, Times. The charge
iS that Judge McCrary paid 500, 900
on a fraudulent claim of one viii
liams, a former contractor under the
war department on Mussel Shoals
canal, The charges are specific that
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COTTON EIOHANGE QUOTATIONS.
STANDARD International Classification !
Receipts OF cotton at all United

Receipts Of cotton at all United
States ports for the past six days
were 2l,746 bales, against 1850
bales the week before, and 1904
bales same week last year.
The total receipts of cotton at all
United States ports to date are 1891
l3 bales, against 1885, 1854 bales at
lhis date last year, and Abs &c the
wear before. Excess Of receipts this
year over last, 359,579 bales. The
stock on hand at this time is 5l5,471
blles, against 295,5 l8 bales at this
time last year, and 329,273 bales the
year before. The foreign shipments
to date are 3,2S4,124 bales, against
2,245, 595 bales last year, and 3,ll5,0l9
the year before.
The visible supply Of cotton on the
9TH of May, including all stocks in
Europe and America, and amount
aAoat for Europe, according to the
New York Financial Chronicles
tables, was 2,443,045 bales, an increase
compared with last year at the same
time of AS, 7O4 bales, a decrease a;
compared with the year before Of
3s,462 bales, and a decrease of SIG,
SIG bales, as compared with the same
time in 1877.
LIVERPOOL COTTON STATEMENT.
For the week ending May 14th, al
cabled to the Memphis cotton ex-
change:
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Frult Prospeots up the Mudson.

From a Correspondent Of the World.l
KINGSTON, N. Y, May 8.-The
fruit season along the Hudson Valley
for 1880 promises to outrival its pre-
dccessors, both in the quality and
quantity Of its products. Compared
with last year, the season is from ten
to fifteen days earlier. Thousands OF
fruit trees will bear this year for the
FIRST time, The quantity Of plants,
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Cotton

The staple showed fair demand at
steady prices this forenoon, the toneif
anything, being slightly improved.
Sales yesterday 1900 bales, divided,
to exporters $50, to spinners $50 and
spectators 200, closing easy and at
unchanged prices, as follows.
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Saturday, sTay 80, 1850.

real estate. tO-wit: "0so'l"0u
Lying and being in Shelby county. Tenn
and near to and east Of the city Of Memnhis
Deglnhing at the intersection of Union avenue
WIN UH nope walk avenue running thence
norm Wlth tae east side Of Rope Walk avenue
Yen wv enalns and forty eight links to the in
,SIsection Of Rope Walk with Henry avenue:
rnJnge easl vita the south side of Henry ave.
mug SIX w chains and eighteen ClS) links fo n
stakej thence south ten uOJ chains and fo ~ q
slght ~ links to Union avenue; thence W.
WITH the north side of Union avepaS sfy fsSS
chains and. eighteen (lS) links a 80 hs@c;yn I
Minimum, $500. acfes'
Terms Of sale-0 ne-third cash, balarco -
Two eque, payments on a credit Of one ~
sEAyssrs with interest from day OF gsle. pvT.
SIgser e3so9ting notes with good seeHrity and
payments. W~'V"Ne Veiefreu
This Nay 4th, 1856
III, v,, OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
Harris. Mehisick & Tarley, solicitors for
Complainant. b6626s "a
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Probate Court Sale Of R.al Estate.

No. S2S. R. DIN the Probate Court of Ebsl-
Dy County, Iennessee-F. NJ. Waldran and
o.hels VS.. Willie Hamilton, Woodruff and
RI virtue Of a decree for sale, entered in
- tn M cause December q, 1878, in minute
70 the highest bidder, in front Of the conrt,,
mouse door on Main street. Memnhis. Tam
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within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
A certain lot or tract Of land lying in Shelby
county, Tenn, and described as ali Of The
southeast quarter Of section Il, township /,
range y, west, that lies in Shelby county
iennr and containing ITO acres, more or less
the same being the land conveyed under n
certain trust deed by j. A. Anderson.
Also certain real estate conveyed in said
deed by Louisa NJ. Anderson, Containing 4Q5
acres, known as the homestead oftho late M
tnaniel and Elizabeth Ragland, situated in
Shelby county, Tenn, about I miles from
Memphis, in a enthusiastically direction and
bounded thus: in the north by the land NJ
bekles; on the east By The lands OF Wendeii
and HamlltOe, j; I; Nash AMI 7. c. Fipnisi
on the south by. the lands Of d. S. Greer and
Y. 5. klam, and ON the west BY the Isnds ~
T.. j; SOuthall and Dunlap, as laid down SSS1
ne Humphrey and Sears 4 Greeley man Of
Shelby county. "'PVi
Terms of sale-Cash; without equity of re.
This May eth, 1880,
R. J. AAAOK, Clerk and Mastsr
danu a Patterson, sol, for oomppt' $500
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ChanCsry Sale Of Real Estata

No. 255; R.-Chancery Court Of Shelby conn.,
ty-gohn Spellman, Guardian, etc. Of al
vs.: j. A. Anderson. ct 81. "''
R1 virtue of an interlocutory decree for
~ sale, entered in the above cause on he
2Sth March, 1877, NJ. 3. II. D. SIS and
renewed 2ith day Of March, 1880, / viii
der, in front of the clerk and mastery o@ slo-
courthouse of Shelby county, Memphis
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On May 2Oth, 1850,

az the courthouse door at II O'Clock, m. in
the Taxing District Of Shelby county. Tan
nessee, proceed to sell at public auction "a,
cash. a certain lot Of lapd, near the limits Of
SnS Laxing District ofShelby county, Tenn,
hvel, Of the W. G. Lane sub-diyision. esst n
and near the corporate limits Of Inc iate city
Of Memphis, Shelby county, Tenn, f%rontinS
on Aver street in said sub. division and beins
the, same lot bought BY said Strod s. Patton
OF John M9rrissey, Of the county Of Shelby
Title believed TO be good. but 1 conway oulv
Is trustee JAMES sMYTH, Trustee.
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HINDER and by virtue Of . certain deed Of
~ trust, made to me as trustee by Strod s.
retSen, duly recorded in the Registers Office
Vi onsipy county, Tennessee, in book No. &,
~aeptedness therein mentioned, default hay-
ing been made in the payment thereof, l will,
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Vint Shinkle, Josie Harry, Jas. Lee,
Osceola Belle, Batesville, City of Vicks-
burg, Piasa. Marlin Speed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-26

for the deep love that was in her. In young Ronald
she saemed to see, perhaps concentrated, double
claim upon her affection first. fer the father whom
be so much resemhlcd and then fol his own sweet
sake.
Thus time and circumstance lent their healing in
hncnce to her great heart-wOlnd, ana though the
cicatrix was viyidly evident at times the healing
had been healthy, and with the birth OF her boy
had come about. surgeons say al the Erst ihten-
ton But tor this there was enough outside her
loss and CONSEQUENT upon il, TO crush all hope anc
ioy from ncr future. Widowed rs she had been, she
had been obliged TO return TO her parents rool, ana
foupd as the eldest of large family that the poor
pittance OF the merchants clerk her father. made
home far from bed OF roses. For, be 1t reineln-
hered. with the husband had disappeared the pro-
vision for the widow. which the uncle's Will had
insured Carried in Ronalds pocket as the doeu-
ment had been. no claim upon the old mans estate
could be established and the money, round ten
Thousand pounds in ConsOls. had passed 10 the next
of kim younger brother. John,a very d ferent man.
This John Morris refused TO acknowledge any ~
tentions that his elder brother might have had. He
knew OF none Of them, he said, ana he stood upon
his rights Would he do nothing Tor the nephew's
widow and her childf Well, why should 10! He
knew little or nothing about this nephew Ronald
That had he meant by marrying pehnlless glIi
solely upon the strength Of some ramped-up pro-
mise. made or not made John Morris said. by that
old fool nv Observation-Disclosures Matthew u The meIe
copy of the will pioduced by the lawyer might OF
mi ght not be genuine; at any rate John Morris
declared il was a worthless piece OF paper as III
meet? However. he would educate the boy, that
much he would do until he was hiteen' ana then he
should wash his hands of the whole affair.
This was rhe utmost which all the III gent appeals
that were made TO HIM would produce, and there
the matter stood.