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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-12
COMMERCIAL.
PUBLIC LEDGER OFFICE,

MhMfhiof AENN'1 NAY LIZ AooVfl
For all legitimate purposes, money
is plentiful, and a fair surplus is to
be found in the hands of investors,
ready on short notice to be used when
productive stocks, bonds, or other
property is put on the market. Now
and then a real bargain is heard Of in
the way of a realty sale, but as a gen.
eral thing property sells for about all
it is worth, while other securities, if
of prompt interest or dividend pay
ing character, find ready takers at
full prices. Prime mercantile paper
7 offers in scaut quantities, and is dis
counted at 8 per cent, with a tendency
toward easier figures. Loans, outside
of banks and insurance circles, range
from 6 to 10 per cent.
Exchange is steady at ! to t dis
count for eastern cotton bills, and t
premium for checks on New York.
New Orleans rates are par selling, and
to off buying.
Memphis clearings house report
for Wednesday, May 18th, is as fol.
lows:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-12
oRplnANcEs...RY AurHnRIry

DE it ordained that subsection u of artIeIe
- 5 Of Heiskell's Digest Of the Taxing Dis
trlct ordinances be amended so as to read
during the months Of May, June, july.
August and September"
Passed May 6. 1850.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-12

Chairman Legislative Council.
G. i. PuLLEN. Secretary. $3.50
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-12

The current quotations for uncur-
rent securities in the local market are
AS follows:
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-02
Our Choice for President.
Brentwood Sentinel


Almost every man in the Union has n
choice for the Presidency, especially those
who think for themselves; and those that do
not think for themselves submit to some other
mans thinking. SO in our style and way Of
thinking, w. s. Hancock, of Pennsylvania,
Is our choice first and last, because he will
run well and will receive the cordial sup
port of all true Democrats both North and
South. both soldier and civian-and be-
cause he is a man of the people, soldier
and statesman; honest in every sense of the
term, and will do his duty in any station.
He will have neither thieves nor robbers
around him, but will thrust them out and
bar the gates against them. If he is elected
he will not be swinded out of the position
by an electoral commission, like Samuel j.
T'ilden. and see the constitution and laws of
the nation trampled under foot by Grant and
the ring of thieves that now iniest the cap
ital, but will beard the lion in his den, and
do ii in time, defeating Grant in his king
dom, and will teach him and the Republican
party that wisdom and justice shall control
the American government, instead of bull
dog tenacity, awkwardness and main
strength.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-02

Special TO ihe Republican,,


Cincinnati, Feb. 1.-TWO towns in Hi
nois, Mt. Vernon, Indiana, and st. Louis,
Missouri, will be interested in the develop
ment OF facts at Evansville to-day showing
that David Bluford, traveller for st.
Louis tea house, has four wives living. One,
with family, is in st. Louis one in Nash
Vile, Illinois; one in Mt. Vernon, lndi ma,
and one in Benton, Illinois. The last is a
dining-room girl, whom he married Sunday
night, after nm acquaintance Of twenty-tour
hours, and who was the cause of his detec-
ton. While the wedding was being talked
over, another 81. Louis drummer said Blu
ford had wife in that city. This led to Cos
sip and inquiries, and the Nash
vile case was developed. Next
morning after the wedding he
left on his business tour and no arrest
was made. Some Evansville drummers talk
ing over the case at Carmi brought out the
fact of the Mt. Vernon marriage and q SINH.
lar attempt on fifth girl. Buford had paid
attention to the daughter of merchant at
Sumner, ILL.,, who wrote to his employers to
know f he was proper person for his daugh,
ter to associate with, when the answer came,
"Respectfully referred to his wife, No. 202l
Benton street" He has often visited Evans
vile and vicinity with his Mount Vernon
wife. All Of the supernumeraries are poor
girls without money or relatives to bring the
man to punishment.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-02

lowing would be devoted 10 the account OF
the "fprlng rise IN the mighty Mlsssslppl-
laeeralad leyeea, wounded wharyes, be-
deluged bottoms, and everything In river,
dom At the average altitude Of tho annual
high water mark
THE WATER SUPPLY SUBJECT
Speaking about probable high water To'
minds mo that lhe board ofpubllc Improve
menis yesterday had up tho Qleailo ofihe city
water supply IN what 10 called tho "meler
BILL" for consideration, and tho figures pre-
scented nro somewhat interesting, They
would, nj first glance, mark 81 Louis NJ u
strictly temperance city, using moth
ing stronger than Adams ale,
lust think OF H. ST. Louis consumes about
26,00O,000, gallons Of water u
day OF course, much Of this has
10 DO paid for by tho city, and her guar
Ila,s say economy i not practlccd rs rigidly
M II should bo-that there Is mn immense
waste Of water The advocates OF the meter
bill want registering melora introduced In all
parts Of tho city. Fears ARE
felt that tho present water works cannot
long furnish sufficient supply, The esti-
mate for 1880, whom tho works were ilrst
erected, WINS for 100000 gallons day, and
the estimate fell 80 short OF what Is really
consumed that their capacity for the
future Is being seriously doubted,
Tho highest estimate on tho fun capacity of
tho works for supply Ia 82,00O,000 gallons
daily pumpngc, with NIL things In good order
The police department Is charged with a
daily waste Of 100000 gallons,
and the courthouse, jail, In
sane afyum, etc, with 100000
gallons more lflhis increasing consump-
ton continues andtho waste Is not checked,
works of larger capacity will evidently be-.
come necessity, and tho cost of their con-
construction Il no, IN item Of desirable OK
penditure. The ubJect seems TO bo ono Of
considerable interest
There aro arguments however, In favor Of
what u called n waste Of water that Aro hard
TO controyolt, one being that 10 this, more
than my other one cause, ST. Louis Is indebted
for her uniform good health, the "wasted"
wator keeping her sewers clcNn, and conso.
quently tho air purified What is called
"sewer gNs" Is almost unknown here, and Il
Is nm actual mct that the death rate in ST.
Louis Is smaller than In any other city of Us
size in the world. one thing is certain, n
iudicious use OF water cant hurt any com
munity-tokcn MS beverage, you know.
Al
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-02
The Dead Heat.
On ,lnnatI snlu,day NIghl.

YIN 'lnnWll NhlHsuhy Nlkblt
The pictorial dead beat and the common
representative of that class In real life do
not conform. lIo figures in the artists
sketch with clothes shockingy the worse for
wear, u dlapldatcd hat, arms hanging limp,
and with hang-dog looking countcnance,
half imbccilc and hnlf cunning. There are
loalers of this school whose sole purpose is
IT, wheedle or cozen some ono out Of money
enough to procure n drink He is hardly
entitled TO notice from pencil or pen, I he
accomplished dead beat pays attention to ex-
ternals. lie enjoys at various times the con-
lidence of tho best tailors He is swell
up in all tho conycntionaltie' of social
etiquette. lie talks well and is pop
ular with men and women. Indeed there is
a certain pleasant way with him that leads
people for quito awhile to take no notice of
the fact that he never works, that he con-
tracts debts without paying them, that he
sponges on his relatives, male or female, and
that his solo philosophy Is to get the best Of
everything without giving the slightest equiv
alent. Cities are overlooking with these fell
lows. Sometimes they are driven by chance
necessity to do something outside of the
card-table for n very brief period. But II is
ntoerably irksome TO them, They hate any
form of honest and useful labor with inyet-
crate emphasis, and as soon rs they can get
supplies from any gullible quarter they
relapse again into the delights of elegant
loaferdom and the joys of pocketing some
thing which some one else has
earned. These creatures do not classify
themselves rs Dead Boats. They style them
selves gentleman, and finally delude them
selves with the idea that they are ornaments
of society. They pride themselves on know
ing actors and actresses, cultivate the gen.
ealogy OF the turf, and are especially strong
in gastronomy. They cut n very pretty fig
ure on the streets and at the fashionable
hotels, and if they have brought mother,
sister or friend to distress by their selfish in
dulgences they neither suffer remorsc nor
make atonemcnt. The Deaf Beat in rags,
who hangs around for his glass Of whisky, is
the better man of the whole school, and that
is giving him about the smallest modcum
of praise that could be bestowed upon any
thing in human form.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-02
An Ordinance Furnishing Acts In
iuriNuN TO PMblic MCnlth.

Belt ordained by the City Council of the
city Of Dallas:
Section If anyone within the city of
Dallas shall cary on any trade, business or
occupation injurious 10 the health of those
who reside In the vicinity, or shall suffer
any substance which shall Rave hat elecl to
remain on premises in his possession, or un-
der his conrol he shall be deemed gull of
misdcmeanor, md upon conviction in the
Ma, ors coul t. shall be fined not less than ten or
more than one bundled dnllars. Each separ-
alta day shalt he considered II separate ottense.
Section 2 III anyone shall leave or deposit
the dead carcass of any animal, or leave or
deposit any filth, or rutfer anyo"e in his or
her employ, 10 leave or deposit any filth in
any street or alley Of this ,ity, or anywhere
within the corporate limits of this city, ex-
eept ia such n place and manner as shall be
IL signaled by the health officer, they shall,
upon conviction, o fined In any sum not less
tnau Ave nor moro than one hundred dollars.
Section 3 That this ordinanc CO go inio I lect
from and after its passage.
Approved October 10, 1880
Attest: NJ. TbURMOND, Mayor.
j b. HENt FORD, City Secretary
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-02
HEALTH NOTICE.
HEALTH NOTICE.
HEALTH NOTICE
tt
TO the Public.

BY recommendation of the Board Of
Health the city 0utl or tiles have ordered thc
cleaning and disnfection OF your premises
forthwith, ana the keeping OF the same Ill
good sanitary condition.
Every lot or parcel of ground, occupied or
uuoccucied, Within tho city limits, must no
drni ned The drainage must be arranged No
M TO prevent any accumulation OF water.
In the business part OF the city many houses
throw HE rain wnbr to the rear of the build
irgs, In all such cases the water must be con-
ytyed to the street gutters by piping or other
suitable draiUS.
often enough 10 prevent any large accunula-
ton OF e Culeutmatter.
Whoa saud-buxes are used they must not
be allowed 10 iun over; frequent emptying Is
necessary,
Disinfcct privy sinks with Copperas soln-
ton, one and one-half pounds TO tho gallon of
water.
Dislnfect sand-boxes with dry earth or
quick sand.
Other equally good dlsInfectants will an
swer. Corbolic acid Will keep the rats
away.
When prvy vaults are made new they must
not exceed 1--WE Ieet In Gepth, ana must be
walled with brick or stone; such uepth Is
not so liable to contRminote the well water
and IL easy To empty, Large accommodations
of teculent matter cannot DO disihiected, ana
will not, therefore, be allowed. Old SINKS
must be filed up, covering viii not answer,
Committing nuisances IN nlley-ways ana
back yards Ia violation of Ordinances, and
will not be allowed
Owners, tenants or agents are equally liable
for nuisances committed on the property &C.
cupied.
Every wagon yard, cattle yard, hog pen,
horse lot or stock yard of every description,
or any unoccupied ground, must DO kept
clean.
Every meat market, fish market, or other
market, must be kept clean 30 as 10 prevent
Offensive smells
Itisunl.wful for anv one to deposit in n
privy, sink or vault dend rats, dogs, cats,
animal or vegetable matter, Kitchen slops I
any other kind of filth.
II Is unlawful to deposit stable manure on
the streets or sidewalks, or TO allow 1t to nc
cumulate any where.
Ali sweepings from the etoros must be kept
in vessels or boxes easy of access To the city
scavengere, which are TO be taken away ny
them.
No person shall keep in the city green. I'M
Rated hides fOr more than twelve hours
without permission of the Health Officer.
j l.. CARTER,
Health Officer. ONCE 5l3 Main street
oil rntt an n M fnl no,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-02
PATENTS.

+. A. Lehman, Solicitor of American and
Foreign Patents, Washington, ID. G.. All
business connected with Patents, whether be-
fore the Patent Office or the Courts, promptly
attended to. No charge made unless a patent
secured. Send for circu lar. janidtf,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-02

Geo. Coon, San Antonio; II. w. Ardinger,
Mckinney; Julius Kahn, Dallas; w. Moses,
Austin; L. Samuels, Paris; j. s. Taylor,
-Cleburne; Il. NJ. Beord, Mckinney; Ed. j.
Cheeyer, San Antonio; ard Mr.. and Mrs. 7.
]. Groves, Galveston, have been in st. Louis
during the past week on business tours.
PRooSosTIcATIso ON PLUv1Us.
The days draw on apace when wet weather
may be confidently expected and almost
positively predicted, and 1t would not sur
prise your correspondent if the principal
paragraph in his next letter or the one fol.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-20

One Of the = stalwart" organs. in IFS
headlines describing the latest phase OF
the Maine business. SAYS in triumphant
~capital letters: THE Supreme Court
AGAIN decide every point in favor Of the
Republicans Which j. equivalent 70
the familiar remark that 1.-THE Dutch
have taken Holland" II the headline
statement had been accompanied BY .
slight allusion to the political complex
ion Of the Supreme Court. the sensation
might have been spoiled. but the pub
lie could have traced the connection
between effect and cause. That a Re-
publican tribunal should decide in favor
of the Republicans at all times a
under all circumstances. regardless OF
law. evidence, or anything else-is
what everybody nowadays expects.
The opponents of Republicans, whether
Democrats. s.Fusionists.' or "Green-
hackers are as sure Of losing Their
case-nom matter how good il may be-
As If the decision were rendered IN adj
vance. They have absolutely no chance
of success. Their politics virtually
throw them out Of court.
This new feature in III political sys
tenn was first clearly revealed in III
notorious Electoral Commission, wher'
every Republican judge voted the ne
publican ticket from the bench with a.
little hesitation as he would have shown
at the polls. The Maine performance
i only a copy Of that great original,
emphasized a little by the fact h a al
the Judges were Republicans, n no
u. .,,nr.d ~ ~ n contrary to his party
wishes. The only wonder Is that Gar
celon and his followers should hav
PLAYED a game in which they knew-o
might have known-th that the cards wer
stocked against them. II is quite sal
to predict that hereafter this game WI
catch nobody. "Cut and dried dec
sions on political questions will not 3
|, asked for. There are some lessons I'M
do not need 10 be repeated more tina
, twice.-St. Louis Republican,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-20
Do Farmers Wisely Choose Occupa'
tons for Their sons!

At a late meeting u the Syracuse N.
Y.) Farmers Club Mr.. Edwards said
"A farmer has two sons: one has strong
physical development and a natural
taste for farming; 10 use the hoe and
follow the pillow day after day is both
congenial 10 his feelings and his health
his mind rests In quiet satisfaction a. he
looks out upon his fathers broad acres,
and views with maf.ly pride the grow
ing iocks and fattening herd, and esti-
mates in dollars and cents their value.
The other son lacks the physical strength
Of his brother, but has fine, sensitive
nerves, aud "A deep thirst for scientific
or legal knowledge. He goes 10 the
fields with his brother, with heavy tread
because il is his duty 10 90, but his
Thoughts are among the planets, trying
To calculate their distances from the
earth. and the influence they have upon
the seasons. Such a boy can never
make A successful farmer, no more than
the other can make a successful astron-
omer. Parents should At least be as
wise in booking after the fitness Of their
bows for their chosen business, as they
would in training their colts, But how
- liz ~ ~ 49,
anime his young horses: there is
four-year-old Dick large, strong,
close iointed, and mild-tcmpered, slow
and steady, a good horse for the team
There is young Flora, smaller, long
iointed, with deer-like limbs, and high
temper, can be made to trot in 2.2O
worth 5000. No farmer will evcl
make the mistake, and put Dick in train
ing for the r~ace-course and send Flora
to haul stone. Now, his boys are jus
A. unlike a. his colts and need rs differ
cnt training. The Judge natural.
wants his sons 10 become lawyers, too
the minister, merchant, mechanic an'
farmer too often insist that their boy
follow the inclination of the paren
!. rather than their IL is a fact tina
most Of the failures result from not put
! ting the right man in the right place
4 Had Franklin always been kept AT IN
,allow-chand!er's trade, the lighthin
: might never have been subservient
\ the will Of man in transmitting on
thoughts ffom continent TO continent !
I a momen OF time. Had Edison bee
I put upon a farm, and kept there, n
I whisperings would not now be hear
!" from eify 10 citv.f
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-20
Notes OF Department.

Keep your nails pared, and keep paired
yourself. Single lessedness i an empty
mpckery.
Part your hair neatly Part your for
tune fairly.
Toe ont. not in. Especially il you are
an employer, you would better turn out
your feet than your hands.
Keep YOU face eleanly shaved, and
stop there. Don't shave your custom
ers. ~,
Don't talk with your mouth filled with
food. And there l. 10 call for your talk
ing much under normal conditions.
Keep your clothing well brushed II
You have no brush, tell your wife how
YOU long for your mothers cookery, and
YOU will have M instanter.
See that Your collar button y secure
before YOU leave home in the morning
Else you viii lind your choier rising
before night. II.
When talking. don't keep fumbline
your face. A. though You were lingering
4 musical instrument
Don't smoke in the presence Of ladies
This does not apply % the meerschau
and brier pipes your lady friends have
given YOU from time 70 time. Smok'
in these ladies' presents a. often a. ,yo'
please.
Don't walk the streets with your can
az umbrella thrust under your arm a
right angles with your body. The police
mar may take YOU for 4 cross and tax
you up.
Don't interrupt a person IN ms talk
The natural limit Of mans life i tire
score wear and ten, and he cant 20 q
forever. \,
Never put your knife in your mouth
The mouth i a very poor place TO kec
4 knife. Apt TO made IL rusty
Don't tuck Your napkin under you
shirt collar. The waiter may think 70
would steal il.
Never say y. l WON'T even II u Z
your wont 10 feel that way.
} Don't speak % low that you have
be asked 10 repeat every thing that va
have said. The second time Of sa.yin
a thing will frequently impress you wit
7 its fatness.
Don't speak % loud that every body
! ears are outraged. II may inJnre yo'
trachea.-Bosfon Transcript.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-20

BOILED RrcE.-Make a bag thrse
fingers long, dip in hot water and put
IN your rice: tie, leaving room for the
rice IL swell: put in pot with cold wa
ter: let come to a boil (put salt in n
water) cook from half 70 three-quar.
,ers az An hour. When done, 1t will
turn out dry like a mold. Serve with
milk or butter and sugar. Turn the bag
often to keep il from sticking 70 the pot;
II i well to put a sauce-plate in the bot
tom TO prevent its burning.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-20

When | have pieces Of cold roast
pork in the house, l use in this way (:
Chop very fine, and II YOU have a little
niece Of cold roast beef or beefsteak TO
chop with il, It improves i. Season
with salt, pepper, and sage, moistcn
with A little milk or hot water, make
into little cakes like fishballs, dust with
-four. and fry 4 nice brown on both
sides in lard or beef drippings.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-20

Bob Ingcrsoll threatened to prose
cute the Rochester papers II they pub
lished his lecture entire, as il was copy
richted. He said it was worth sl25,vvo;
RE limited the space 70 q column M
4 half. into which one paper succeeded
IN getting almost the whole lecture py
using small type.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-20

The Church Of God German Bap-
t;s,). founded by DR.. Winebrcnner, will
celebrate this year the semi-centenary
N IL existence. Special contributions
for benevolent purposes are asked Tor,
and some $4,000 wanted for q classical
school.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-20

Yourself II had known how else, or
where else, l could have found more
pleasure and satisfaction from my out
lay.'f
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-20

Mr.. James l.. Forbes, an American
tea-grower residing in the East Indies,
writes that all that is needed i capital
and enterprise TO make tea-grtwsng :
| Gee in Florida.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-20

THE immigration statistics 81 the past
wear will, ii j. believed, show q total 81
arrivals at Buenos Ayres Of upward Of
10000 persons, Of which the great ma
;ority are Italians. The Rio Negro dis
tricts. however, are those in which the
Government is most DESTROYS TO estab-
fish colonists; and it is probable that
before long German and other north
Europeans will be attracted there, rs the
climate a good deal resembles that 81
Central Europe. The Buenos Ayres
merchants are taking advantage Of the
disturbed state Of affairs in Chill and
Peru TO open up business relations with
Bolivia, and il i proposed to construct
immediately n railway through Tucuman
M Juiuy, on the Bolivian frontier.