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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06

POTATOES-Peachbloy in round lot
81 40 per Dbl, in a small way 81 IS
russets IN lotsSl 10, retail 81 25Gl 90 late
russets 81 80 in lots; peerless, 81 So; early
rose 81 70@l75 per Dbl; New York rose
~ 80 per Dbl; Seed grades in light move.
ment, with the demand dwindlingi new
Louisiana potatoes dull at S. per Dbl from
store.
ESCULENTS-A few Louisiana cab,
bage have been selling at $JG6 per crate
onions slow at "a 50@b25 per Dbl; black.
eyed peas 81 rs per bushel; beans 81 25@
l rs per bushel.
EGGS-Market better, with round lot:
selling at SIC, and in a small way at l0c,
POULTRY - Chickens are dull
at from 81 % To, SO 90 per dozen,
according TO quality turkeys, $40 to Sl4
per dozen; geese, So 80 to 81 90 per dozen,
Ducks $8@30 per dozen.
BUTTER-Demand active, supply
scarce, and all grades wanted; good coun-
try ranges from l8@22c, cooking l06l8c;
western 18@30c creamery, 39@40c.; but
terine DC; sales Of medium western at &c
per ID.
APPLES-Sell at 50 to "a so per
Dbl. Few sound offer.
FRESH MEATS-Hogs, Sc for
country dressed; city do. 5H@6c; beet
scarce at 3 TO 4c for fore and 6 to Z for
~hindquarters.
SOUTHERN FRUITS-Oranges, 81
@5 per box for Palermo and Mes
sina and IS 30 for extra large; lemons s.
5O@6 per box. Bananas 81 50@2 so per
bunch.
PROVISIONS Market steady, with
good jobbing demand. Order prices are
for bulk shoulders 4ss@4%G clear
ribs, 6%; G. S. 6M@6Zc; hams, S. c.,
gk9l0c; uncanvassed Sac breakfast
bacon, 9@91Sc.
LARD-Tierces, 1900; half barrels,
SIC; kegs. SIC; pals, SIC; half pals SIC,
Country lard, 7c.
SUGAR-Market firm; fully fair, open
kettle, SC; prime do sac; choice, do Be-.
yellow clarified, 9@9Kc off whites, 9A@
9%c; hard; l0H@11c.
C0FFEE-Fair to choice Az to 18c
according to quality.
HIDES-Dry flint, No. l., 10; No. 9.
1GG dry salt do, l5c green, No. 2, 12Xc;
10 sailed, 7@8c; market steady; tallow,
6@6c; beeswax, 2lc.
LEATHER-Oak sole, 5000 hem
lock. 28@32c; harness, 36Q38c; skirting.
35@S7c; French cali, 10000 per dozen;
domestic cali, $20@30 per dozen. T
TOBACCO. Per ID 4A@6Oc. .
SUNDRIES--Sauer kraut dull, 81 80
per half Dbl, and 81 for bbls. Apple
butter l0c per ID; peach do. lie.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 rs per car or dray
load; orders 81 IS sacks 81 3001 60 for
course and fine. Rock salt &c per pound.
BAGGING-k arket quiet; on orders
fax, 9Ac per yard; iute, l0X@11c; ties;
~ 1908 per bundle; grip tie, 81,
Irvine, lie per pound. I
LIVE STOCK ~ Cattle active and
firm, especially for good butcher grades,
prices ranging from - 50(a4 50 per cwt.
gross, and 81 50@2 % for inferior calves
and yearlings sos per head; COWS and
calves Sl8@25 per head; hogs weak and
SLOW sale at 50 25@4 40 according to quail
ty and ORDER sheepin fails supply at 315@
~ for medium to good, and 81 5O@2per
head for common.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06
General Trade.

Business, in both the Wholesale and
iobbing lines, showed Improvement
yesterday and to-day, and prices in
the main are steady. The grain mar
ket exhibits little variation. Proyi-
sions are quiet; -four steady, or per-
haps a shade irmer. and produce in
light movement.
FL0UR-Market quiet with a mod
crate iobbing demand for low, medium
and family grades. Quotations for round
lots are for X, 81 50per Dbl; Xxx, 50;
xxx, S. 25@5 so family, IS IS; choice,
So; fancy, S6 so; patent, SIi orders 25c
higher.
CORN MEAL-Market weak, with
sales to arrive at - 10; spot at 1920 and
inferior ut 81 %; small orders 81 30 per
Dbl,
CORN-Fair demand at 4S@49cf for yell
low and mixed, 50c for white and Ole for
ear: small orders 53@54c. per bushek
OATS-Light movement at 4lg42c per
in lots; small orders Acc German millot
a5caSl 05 per bushol to the trade.
BRAN-Scarce with sales at SlT5 81
per ton. all retail dealers being scani
Of stock; retail 9Oc@$l per cwt corn
bran dull at 50 per ton,
HAY - Feeling slightly better at
$40 to so for red top, mixed and cle0l
timothy, and 81 t0.Sl l0per cwt in asmal
wny; prairie hay 50 per ton and 60e PEI
cwt. Sales Of prime timothy ut Sl9 PEI
Ion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06

that he will receive the solid support
OF the state. Among the items brought
back by the Sherman party is the fact
that some of the prominent Grant
men In Ohio have united with the
Blaine men to oppose Sherman on the
ground that the latter is the admins
tratlon candidate. To this is added
the further statement that both
Blaine and Sherman men in Ohio de-
clare Grant cannot carry the state il
he IS nominated on account of the
great detection among toe
Germans, and opposition, on the
part OF the anti third term men.
This impression is said to have rap
idly gained strength during the last
two months, and there are few now
found to combat it. 1t is also stated
authoritatiyely by Sherman's friends
that the declaration in his Mansfield
speech, that he would not be a candi-
date at Chicago unless he had the
united support of his state, is con-
hrmed by his private ~utterances. and
that it is his settled policy. The init
nation is also given out that. if il
should happen that Sherman should
not be transferred with his consent 10
the supporters Of Blaine. 1t is posi-
lively denied, however, that Sherman
has made or contemplates any COM
blnatlon with anybody.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06
Sherman's Campaign.

Special g the Courier. Journal,l
WASHINGTON, April 4.-Secretary
Sherman returned from his visit to
Ohio this morning. Those who &C.
companied him on his trip say that he
comes back very much reassured as to
his political prospects, and that he
now has no doubt that he viii have a
solid delegation to Chicago from Ohio.
This confidence, Sherman's friends
say, was confirmed at the conference
held at Columbus with a number
of leading Republican, politi-.
clans Of the state. As a result
OF this conference, Sherman
Ossertsthat he is absolutely assured
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06
COTTON EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS..

Receipts of cotton at all United
States ports for the past three days
were 14,7Gl bales, against 1850
bales the week before, and 15,SOS
bales same week last year.
The total receipts of cotton at all
United States ports to date are 4,52O,-
600 bales, against 4,174,936 bales at
this date last year, and 3,9l5,S99 the
year before. Excess of receipts this
year over last, 345, 1853 bales. The
stock on hand at this time is 760,076
bales, against 52O,775 bales at this
time last year, and 555, 700 bales the
year before. The foreign shipments
to date are 2,9O5,276 bales, against
1885, 26 bales last year, and 2,759,Ol3
the year before.
The visible supply of cotton on the
I'd instant, including all stocks
in Europe and America, and amount
afoat for Europe, according to the
New York Financial Chronicles
tables, was 2,542,448 bales, an in
crease compared with last year at the
same time of 24S,072 bales, a decrease
as compared with the year before
of 1G3,290 bales.
The current freight rates here at
present are, on cotton to New Orleans
per rail, $1.35@1.6O per bale river,
81 per bale. TO the east 74c per cwt.
to New York all rail Tic; to Balti-
more, 72c; to Philads lphia, SIC to
Fall river, 79c; to Providence, Low
ell and Boston, rail and river, &c less.
Oil cake to New Orleans 50 per ton,
or 1926 do. alongside Of vessels. Sugar
from New Orleans per river 81 per
hid. River freigbts from st. Louis
25c per Dbl. on meal and flour 37lc
n pork 123c per cwt. on grain and
meats, and l7lc on hay.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06
THE FISHERMAN OF MERGED.
How He Caught n Hare With a
Hook and Won Forty Dollars
San Francisco postI

San Francisco Post.l
They had a grand coursing match
at MERGED the other day, aud after
two or three byes had gone by, the
human participants of the sport were
very much annoyed by the remarks OF
a lank, cadaverOus sportsman. who
had been fishing in the lake near al
hand, and who had left his angling to
watch the work of the hounds. This
party amused himself by making sar-
castle and contemptuous remarks re-
garding what he considered the stu
pidity and folly Of going to all that
expense and trouble in killing a few
hare.
What on earth, he said to the
referee, earnestly, why on earth don
You kill the hares with a club instead
OF taking the chances of the dogs
catching them. when you could save
EN- all with halt the trouble ?"
Oh, you go to blazesl" said one OF
the dog owners, i~mpatiently. 'i
but lust reason about the thing
expostulated the lean economist. Its
a clear loss Of two hares our of three.
Now, If you must use dogs, why not
put say twenty rabbits into a barrel
with a rat terrier2' o. 0
'0hl dry up and mind your own
business
Yes; but | hate to see you wasting
50 much good meat. Now, how
would it strike you to hitch the ne4t
hare to this trout line before YOU LEI
III start: 1t can't get away then, and
when the dogs fall behind all Won
have to do is to bear on the reel and
kinder slow it off. Now"
Will nobody put this man off thC
grounds yelled an umpire.
Put your Aunt MILDLY of" re
torted the practical fisherman. Fac
is, your dogs amt worth four bit.
apiece, anyway, Bet forty dollars
car; catch a hare better than they
with this line"
What's that?' said old Judge Var
Snyder, who had come up Just then
~ say" repeated the man. emphati
cally, that I'll bet forty dollars | cal
catch a hare by casting this line ever,
time"
Done y says the Judge. "Put up
and to the surprise Of everybody IN,
intruder at once covered the none,
the judge had handed to a bystander
and then began r%eeling out his lin,
and getting his pole ready for throw
while all hands crowded up to watcl
the resulto of the singular wager.
Now, thenl' shouted the scorer. a,
the hare was released, aud the nexl
moment the judges hat flew Off anC
his wig dangled out in front of tn,
crowd on the fisherman hook. Their,
was a terrible row after that. wher
the latter claimed the coin on thC
strengthen the "hair" he had caught
and i it hadn't been shortly discov.
cred that the stakeholder had lit out
with the purse, the meeting would
have ended in a free fight all around
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06
COMMERCIAL.
PUBLIC LEDGER OFFICE,
MEMPHIS. Tenn, April s, 1880.


A moderate demand for money is
reported with discounts in easy reach,
on approved security, at Sper cent.
Open market rates range from 6 to 10
per cent, according to the stability Of
the security rendered and the needs
of the borrower.
Exchange is unaltered. Cotton
bills on eastern points without
grace are taken at 81 % per
thousand, and 81 so per thousand
for sight bills on points beyond New
York. New Orleans bills are ic dis.
count buying, and selling at par.
Checks on the east are sold at &c
premium.
There is~,however,a good demand and
ready sale for all productive securities
of undoubted stability. The current
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06

A Bridgeport attorney recently
tOokstroug exception to a ruling Of
the court that certain evidence was
inadmissible, II know, your honor, ?
said he warmly, that it is proper
evidence. Here | have been prac-
ticing at the bar for forty years. and
now | want to know if / am a fool?'
That quietly replied the court, is
a question of fact and not of law, so
shall not pass upon it, but let the jury
decide :
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06
coNDIrION oP me- RIYERs.

The river here fell / foot in the
past twenty-fOur hours ending at noon
and is now 81 feet 7 inches above low
water mark. AT Cairo the fall was
S inches, with 33 feet s inches on
the gauge. At st. Louis 2 inches.
with 10 feet 3inches on the gauge. Al
Pittsburg it rose Is inches with Z feet
6 inches on the gauge. At Cincinnati
q inches, with n feet 6 inches on Il q
gauge. At Louisville i inch, with j.
feet 8 inches in the canal. Cumbtr-
land river rose IL inches at Nashville.
with IL feet 10 inches on the gauge,
Tennessee river is also rising. Ar
kansas river is still on the decline,
with 4 feet on the gauge at Little
Rock. White river is falling at
Jacksonport with a big stage o.
water from JacksOnport to the mouth
IN PORT.
Shields, Silverthorn, Hattie Rowland
Hard Cash, Grand Tower, Batesyille.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Lovely weather.
A quiet day on the landing.
The river is declining steadily.
The VIII Kyle added here 5000 SKIS
ill cake.
Freights to all points remain un
changed.
The Paris G. Brown is due down il
the morning.
The Andy Baum leaves Cincinnati
to-day for Memphis.
The Centennial is due up to-day
bound for st. Louis. I
Business in the bends will improv,
as the river declines.
The j. b. Williams with her larg
TOW of coal is due down.
The City Of Helena leaves Vicks
burg To- day at noon for st. Louis.
The 0uachita Belle cleared las
evening for Greenvillo with a goo,
trip. ..
The Belle Memphis returned to 81
louis last evening with a moderat
trip.
The Coahoma, for the upper coast
was well represented with freight an
people.
The II. G. Yeager is due up to.mor
row from New Orleans, on her way t,
st. Louis.
The Mary Louise, recently sunk i
Red river, has been raised and towe
to New Orleans,
The New Mary Houston, boun
from New Orleans to Cincinnati
passed Cairo last plight.
Captain James Kinman and Gree
Snow, pilots of the Josie Harry
passed the color test.
The Belle of Shreveport for S.
Louis, and Guiding Star for Cincir
natl, leave New Orleans to-day.
The John Means and barges fo
New Orleans, and Colorado, for Men
phis, left St. Louis yesterday.
, Captain John B. Davis, who is we.
known here, is now in command of th
Imperial, Of the Diamond Joe line,
The Annie p. Silver, from Ne
!, Orleans, and City Of Vicksburg, frol
|. Yicksburg, arrived at st. Louis We.
terday.
The Grand Lake and barges, with
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06

Mrs. Jones, how is your health thi:
morning? Thank you, madam, much
improved. | bought a bottle of DR.
Bulls cough syrup last night, and
after the first dose my cough wa.
checked. | slept well, and have not
cOughed once this morning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06
Chancery Sale of Real Estate.


Chancery Court of Shelby county-No. S2i4,
NJ. h. Roush, adm'r'x Of John A. Roush
vs. II. y. Wolf, ct al.-And No. 1923, NJ. L..
R0ush vs.. S. Beektold, ct al.
Dl virtue Of an interlOcutOry decree for sale,
- entered in the above consolidated causes
On the 18th day Of March, 1870, NJ. B. 26, D..
81, | will sell, at public auction, to the high
est bidder, in front OF the clerk and masters
office, courthouse of Shelby county, Memphis,
now known as the Taxing District of Shelby
Saturday, April 10, 1850,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to wit: A leasehold interest in tho city OF
Memphis, situated on the southwest corner
of DeSOtO and Monroe streets, fronting on
Monroe streeth 3 feet, more or less, by 1857 feet
ON the west side Of DeS0to street, with all the
improvements thereon, subject to conditions
Of lease filed herein.
Also a certain tract of land in Memphis on
the north side Of Hotel street. being lot II of
| block II, on the plan of said city as set out in
the deed of Andrew Stein, recorded in book
lO6, p 5A in the Registers Office Of Shelby
county.
Also u certain tract in said city on the east
side Of Causey street, fronting 70 feet, more or
less, and having % depth Of about $50 feet,
being all Of lot No. 4, block AZ. except the
rear part of said lot sold to one Copeland by
j NJ. James, being the same land described
~ on lnstrumenI recOrued IN register once,
shelby county, Tenn, book ", page GA, etc,
subject, however, TO the life estate of Mary l.,
Roush, which has been set apart 10 her in this
cause. beginning at the southwest corner
Of said lot No. 4; thence north with the east
line of Oausey street az feet; thence east at
right angles with said street 100 feet; thence
south and parallel with said street Is feet 10
inches, the south line Of Eaid lot. thence west
wardly with the south line of said lot No. 4 to
the beginning"
Terms of sale One fourth cash: balance on
a credit o ftwelye ~ months, purchasers exc
cutting notes. Lien reserved for payment Of
purchase money, and when paid, title ahso-
| lutte.
This March 10th, 1880.
r, j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Finlay 4 Peters, Il, o. McCan,W. W. Good
win. Solicitors. l7S6
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06
NOrdenSk;oIJ.

PARIS, April 5.-1he Scandinavia
ans gave a grand banquet yesterday
in honor of Nordenskjold, arctic ex-
plorer. and his lieutenant, Pollander.
Two hundred and twenty person.
we're present, including Prince Oscar
and Christine Nilsson.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06

To all who are suffering from the errors and
ndlscretiOns Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood, etc., L will send
q recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE, This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
S~eli-addressed envelope 70 the Rev Joseph I.
lnman, Station D, New York City.
IFS xxxi ia eodAw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06
Wednesday, April 2sfh, 1850,

at the southeast corner of South Court and
Main, in front Of the real estate office OF
Royster x Company, in the Taxing Distrio,
Of said Shelby county, sell for cash at public
sale to the highest bidder, between the hours
oflla m. and l O'Clock, pm, the following
described property, to-wit. Beginning on the
south line % a 7s12 acre tract of land, a part
OF a sub division to Thomas Love, Of thC
Murdoch Mcmillan $50 acre tract, being q
sub. division of the John Ramsey 5000 acre
grant, Is chains and 50 links east Of the south
west corner Of the said 7s% acres; thence east
with said south line on Kerr avenue 7 chains
to a stake and white oak pointer naked X;
thence north 7 chains and IS links to a stake
and white oak pointer marked a; thence west
7 chains TO q stake and poplar marked r;
thence south 7 chains and IS links to the be-
ginning, containing 8 acres, being the same
purchased by j. 4. r. Ray from s. o, Love,
executor Of Thomas Love, deceased, recorded
in book Al, page 10, and the same conveyed
BY j.. y, r. Ray TO NJ. S. Ray by deed Of
record, IN book So, prge 6Sl.i
Right or equity Of redemption waived.
Title believed 70 be good, but i soil az tfus-
tee only. i. w. R0YSTER, Trustee,
aA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06

IN pursuance Of the terms Of n deed Of trust
/ executed TO me by j. Il, Il, Ray and Mary
!. Ray, his wife,on the 2ith day Of November,
lS77, and recorded in the Registers office 81
Shelby county, Tennessee, in record book No.
VI, page lOO, to secure a note for the sum OF
made "a tho payment thereof, 1 will, as trus-
tee, sell on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06
Ibted stability. The current
nuotations afe as follows
Cotton

The market here to-day opened
quiet with a fair demand, and at ur-
changed prices. Sales yesterday were
$500 bales, divided, 1000 to exporters
and 1900 to spinners, the market clos
ing easier, but at unchanged prices as
fellows.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06
n-on-residens Notice.

No. 359l-In the Chancery Court of Shelby
county, Tennessee-Mary A.. DOlsen VS.. y.
d. DOlsen. fF
TT appearing from affidavit in this ca use
j. that the defendant, I'D. Dolsen, is a non
resident Of the State of Tennessee; it is
therefore ordered that he make his APP
pearance herein, at the courthouse of Shelb y
county, in Memphis, Tennessee. on or before
the first Monday in Nay, 1850, m i
plead, answer or demur to complainant
bill, or the same will be taken for confessed as
to him and set for hearing ex-parte and
that a copy of this order be published oncea
week for four successive weeks in the Public
Ledger.
This 10th day of March, 1880.
R{J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
A cOpy-Attest:
By y. B. M0HRERY, D.-C.&M.
I. ?. Chambers, Sol. for complainant.
IS "a 0B On
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-06
Fever and Ague.

The true antidote to the effects of miasma
is Hostetter's stomach Bitters. This medi-
cine is one Of the most popular remedies of an
age of successful proprietary specifics, and is
nent fever end ague exists. A wineRlassfnI
three times a day is the best possible prepara-
tive for encountering n malarious Atmosphere.
regulating the liver, and invigorating the
stomach. -
For sale by all druggists and dealers geher-
NlIN 1t Ef
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r~rustee,s sale.

-
n pursuance of the terms Of a deed of trust
1 made to me as trustee by Levi s. Hill on
the 9TH day of October, 1873, to secure a GER
lain Indebtedness therein named, / will, on
Tuesday, the 10th day of April, 1880,
in front Of the courthouse in Memphis, Ten
nessee, sell for cash to tho highest bidder. the
following described property conyeyed 10 me
IN the deed aforesaid, which deed is recorded
in book No. 80, PAGE lis, records OF Shelby.
county, tO-wit: 4 certain piece or parcel of
land lying 10 Civil District No. g., in Shelby
county and State of Tennessee, containing
two bundled acres and a part Of grant No.
2l5, TO b. q. and T.. Blunt. and bounded a.
follows. Beginningat a stake, thence Al de-
grees east 20 links 70 q black oak marked J.
q. n L. b., the southeast corner of grant
number 245; thence west, the south boundary
line 81 said grant, II chains and % links to a
white oak marked j.. ~; thence north 5 de-
grees east l9l chains to q stake and the north
boundary line of said grant; thence east 5
degrees south with said line a chains % links
TO a sweet gum marked H., the northeast cor
ner Of said grant; thence south degrees west
with the east boundary line Of said grant 11
chains to the beginning, containing by esti-
nation 200 acres.
Also one other piece Of land lying in the
same county and State and in the same Civil
District and known and described as folIews:
Thirty acres Ofland cut off of the north end Of
q certain piece of land purchased by W, w.
Puryear at a sale ordered and made by the
Second Chancery Court of Shelby county,
Tennessee, in the case ofJohn Brown, admin
~istrator vs.. Sullivan, ct. al, said decree
vesting and diyesting title in said ". W. Pur-
year, is Of record in the Registers office of
said county in book No. 81, page l3S, and to
Which reference Is made for a full description.
The thirty acres herein conveyed is the north
end Of said tract, the line cutting il off runs
east and west and entirely across the north
end Of the entire tract.
Title 70 said property is believed 10 be good,
but l sell and convey as trustee.
Equity Of redemption waived.
CA. YOUNG, Trustee.
March 18th. 1880. 164S