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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24
The knights TemnIar.

Chicago Times
No such fraternity has ever labored
to bring peace and good will to men
as the Masonic brotherhood, and in
no other country has the Masonic fra
ternity obtained so strong foothold
among the Masons, and kept its one
great object so free from the compet-
ing influences of politics and sects,
as in the United States. The men
who fill our streets with their busi-
ness to-day are, first of all, Masons
and after that Knights of the Tenn.
pie. They do not constitute a sort OF
aristocracy in the fraternity, nor hold
themselves above their brethren oi
the other degrees but they neverthe.
less constitute picked body Of mer
among the Masons. They are mer
whose devotion to their craft
has led them to seek out
all the good and all the beau
ty which it can offer thom, and in this
respect they are entitled to be called
the highest of the fraternity. When il
is considered tC what an extent the
Masonic fraternity is Representative Of
the best blood in the country, Of its
commerce, its industry and its thought
it appears plain that the body of men
now among ns, which is in the highest
degree representative of the best blood
of the fraternity itself, is entitled to a
warm welcome from q city which is
itself representative of the country
Chicago feels proud that it is able
through the exceptional facilities
which it offers for such a gathering az
this, to mako the present conclaye. OF
the knights the most brilliant which
they have ever held. \ n
The American Knights Templar, in
common with the whole Masonic fra
ternity in the United States, have the
honor of being the freest Of all
great societies, in all lands, from any
taint of politics, of sectarian, sec
tional, or race feeling, and of prejudice
of every sort. The effort which has
been made to attribute to the Masonic
fraternity sentiments of hostility to the
church has utterly failed, at least Sc
far as this country is concerned.
Free from any imputation Of sin
gle unworthy motive, it is able to pur
sue its course without tumblipG
block thrown in its way. 1t is moi
strange that the representatives Of tht
highest grade of a benevolent order
20 which 100000 American men be
long, should meet with a hearty vel
come in this representative American
city.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24
OUR COMMERCIAL STATEMENT.

On Wednesday, the first of Septem-
ber, the LEDGER will contain care
fully prepared statement of the busi-
ness of Memphis for the year ending
August 3lst compared with former
years. This will be condensed and
comprehensive and in a tabular form,
which will make it valuable to all
classes Of business men for reference.
In addition to this, the paper will
contain articles of interest upon the
progress Of Memphis, the outlook for
the season and the future, the con-
dition Of various houses and local in
stitutions, and the general outlook for
the Mississippi valley. 1t will be a
number of unusual interest, greatly
enlarged, and one which will attract
the attention of the public at large.
An edition will be issued sufficient 10
meet the local and general demand.
But dealers and others desiring to in
crease their orders are requested to
hand in their orders as early as posi-
BILE that there may be no mistake.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24
Wrecked on nn Ice Crenm Rnr.

Burdette, Of the Burlington Hawk
eye, tells how the scarcity of young
men work for evil at Nantucket I:
Zone evening, L don't remember when.
| introduced young friend of mine,
and he is very young and very bashful,
Mr.. Julian G. Elginbord, of Buffalo,
to young lady acquaintance. After a
few moments Of society chatter he
suggested the ice cream saloon. Then
she arose and introduced him to her
two school girl friends, her mother
the mother of one of her friends,
and an aunt who was visiting them.
Then the aunt introduced him
to her elder sister and an old
lady who was not a relative, they ex-
planned, but was as dear to them as
though she was their own mother
Then they all said III general sort of
way, We'll, are you all ready 2 and
answered themselves in the af
frmative, as they slowly followed the
horror,stricken young man to tha
door, ,sfhd the procession fled off down
the street toward TIE ice cream saloon,
stopping on the way at house to
pick up the old lady's daughter, and
calling at store for the twin cousins
Of one of the aunts-beautiful girls
they were - from Springfield.
| watched the column when it swung
by 'fours right into line in front Of
the ice cream saloon, where it formed
like line ofmen at a railway ticket
Office, the old lady smilingly and pa
tiently bringing up the rear, standing
under the dickering gaslight and the
steadfast stars awaiting her chance at
the frozen pudding. 1t was far in the
summer night when Julian Elginbord
returned to the hotel, and when |
looked out of the window and
saw his paid face and glittering
eyes, and noted the club in one hand
and the revolver in the other,
and heard him mention may name and
ask the night clerk what was thenum
ber of my room. feared that he
might feel harsh toward me and bar
ricaded the door of my room with the
lounge and the bed stead, the stove
and the trunk, just before he came
banging against it. He slept in the
hall that night, across the threshold,
and | only escaped the next afternoon,
when the landlord, aweary of his in
cesgant pounding Of my door panels
With his club, had him arrested as a
dangerous lunatie."
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An Original Love Epistle.

sussex Journal.l
The following letter was picked up
upon our streets a few days since. and
has been the source Of considerable
amusement. We have been solicited
to publish it because Of its genuine
ness and originality. The writer was
wise enough to use only the first name
Of the parties whom Cupids arrows
have so sorely wounded, and as the
parties are not known we comply with
the request.-EDs
My Dear Loveing and Charming
John [ would that my pen were
diped in the dyes of the rainbow
plucked from the wing of an angle
mended by the prayers of an infant
saint that might expect to paint that
buraing brightness of the fame wich
a strain Of thy thrilling eliquence has
kindled Thy soft moonlight of senti-
ment, soft soap of consistency, Thy airs
are as gentle as the first strings of an
infants dream. Thy steps are as the
tender footed zephyrs that plaid with
the ga5led end of paradice and thine
eyes are brillients Stole from seraphs.
Thy lips are veined rosebuds misted
by the honeydews Of affection. Thy
words are the drops of amber, and
thy teeth are snowfakes set in a bed
Of verbena. 0 Sweet spirits of cam
phor, Double distilled essence of
hartzhorn, Sour krout of my hopes,
Apple sass to my thoughts, Butter
milk and catsup to my fancy, Tiger of
Innocence, current jelly of perfection,
Dogwood of melody, Though art the
fancy Of my Dreams, Braudysmash of
my vision, Sanity cruze of my recollec-
tion, Thou art handsome as a striped
hyena, Spotted as leopard or a
creased streak of lightning, churned
to consistency in the milkeyway,
Thou art as harmless as the wolf and
as handsome as an elephant, and as
melloddyous as a lion, Omen of my
sole, Pickle punkins, Preserved crab
apples Of the garden of Macon where
your desperate lover dwells
Your Darling
BETSY. Write Soon
If you love me as love you no knife could
cut our love in to.
| love you John from A to lizard with all
my heart my soul and gizzard.
| will close hoping to see you soon.
John come next Sunday night if you
do not be sure to write
Good By.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24
An Anxious En0nirer.

EDITOR LEDGER:-"More Anon"
closes his Communication on the state
debt question in Sunday mornings
Avalanche, with a labored argument
to show that the people ought not to
have voice in the settlement of the
question, except through their legis.
lators. His whole argument is based
on the fear thatif the question is sub
mitted to the people, that they will
repudiate the debt.
Now, he and his party claim that
the republicans are in favor of paying
the debt, and that the Wright wing of
the democracy are also. That Wright's
wing is much the largest part of the
democracy, and that the only way to
beat Hawkins is to vote for Wright.
Now, if Wright is stronger than
Wilson, and Hawkins stronger than
Wright without the Wilson support,
and Edwards out of the race (as they
claim he is), how in the devil (excuse
me Mr.. Editor, | didn't mean to speak
SO loud) can the Wilson minority de-
feat the Wright majority and the
Hawkins unit republican vote on a
square fight before the people?
Now,sthere are a number of Wilson
men Gin fact, the woods is full of
them who would like to see the
"fggersp for this. Not only this; they
would like to know how many and
who, of the Wright wing now, opposed
Governor Marks on the platform on
which he was elected two years ago,
on the ground that the platform was
undemOcratic or he not democrat?
ENQUIRER.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24
shop GIRLS and ChlYaIrr.

N. Y. Herald,
With more or less energy a careful
physician has for three years studied
the case of the counter girls in this
city with view to ascertain the result
upon the health of such persons Of the
habits due to their occupation or ex-
acted by shop discipline. His OBJ
ject was to lay before the public
through the board of health the
shocking tableau Of the maladies that
result when girls are kept on their
feet for twelve hours a day, and the
presumption behind was that chival
GUS charitable societies would en-.
force barbarous employers to coddle
more daintily these gentle victims of
the retail trade. But the inquiry has
taken horrible and distressing turn.
No maladies can be found; and though
there are plenty of girls they
only laugh at the patient man
Of science as he urges them to tell him
in all confidence the story of the pains
and distresses and maladies that re-
suit from the use of their feet in stand
ing upon them. Story God bless
you, we have none to tell, sirY' say the
girls in chorus, gncopsciously eohoing
the needy knife grinder, lnasmuch
as an intelligent and capable physi-
clan on this hunt for three years, with
commission from the board of health,
reports that he cannot find that any
evil results are due to shop discipline
with respect TO girls, it may safely be
presumed that there are no such
evil results. But the chivalrous
societies which stood ready to
come DOWN upon the shop
keepers, as the Assyrians came down
upon a memorable occasion, need not
feel altogether discouraged. The doc
tor did discover something in this
connection, which was that those
whose duties in shops require them to
sit down o great Deal do suffer in
health and SO the ohiyalric can agi-
tate, if they choose, that all may be
equally kept upon their feet He also
discovered that a lunch on pie and a
juvenile exuberance of energy, which
would not permit the girls to go tc
bed at a proper hour, apparently did
actual harm to the health Of this i'm.
portant division of the community
Why not organize a society to supply
shop girls with wholesome lunches o.
roast meat and to compel them to be
comfortably tucken in by 10 p.m.2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24

THE Sparta, White county, Exposi-
tor hoists the name of S. f. Wilson,
for governor, and gives the following
reason for its course:
"IJpon the adoption Of the majority
nlatfo,tn in the convention, three
hundred delegates, representing forty
counties of the state, retired. Every
effort was mace by the low tax men
to secure harmony end to prevent a
split in the party, but all to no purpose.
They said to the high taT men, who,
bv manipulation, free railroad passes
and proxies captured and run the con.
yention in the interest OF RAILROADS, II
YOU will give us the plank in the plat
form. that any action Of the legislature
on the state debt, must be submitted
10 the people at the ballot box tor rss;
LITIGATION OF rejection, we Will yield
everything else in the plat
form; we will sacrifice our men
and will present no can,
didates before the convention, and
will support the most extreme nlgn
tsx man Won may nominate on such 3
platform. The high takers said, no no
We are afraid to trust the people. Mt
viii Weld nothing. We intend thai
The next legislature shall settle ,.e'
debt on such terms as the bondhold.
srs NAV dictate, and the people shall
have nothing to say in the matter.
Believing that such action, besides
heino undemocratic. was ia opposition
20 the expressed will Of majority Of
sovnavers Of the state. the low taz
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24
BY CABLE.


LONDON, August 24.-The Stand
ards st. Petersburg correspondent
telegraphs that competent authorities
say that the Russian harvest is the
worst since the year 1873.
The Times Geneva correspondent
announces that Bishop Herzog has
left Switzerland for the United States
with the object of promoting a scheme
for the federation of all the christian
churches in the universe.
The News Paris correspondent tel
egraphs the National, and says-and l
have reason to believe rightly-that
NJ. Defraycignet is in conflict with
several Of his colleagues on the ques-
tion Of including religious orders in
laws regulating lay associations, and
suggests dilatory policy as likely to
avail an open rupture.
A dispath from Cairo says it is be-
lieved that the Egyptian cotton crop
will be 22,5OO,OOO pounds less than
that of last year.
PARIS, August 24.-The republican
Journal, the Courier du soir, says a
violent alteration occurred between
Tissot, the French representative at
ConStantinople, aud Goschen, the
British representative, after the last
ambassadorial consultation at the res
idence Of Count Hotsefeldt, the Ger
man ambassador.
LONDON, August 24.-The radical
democratic clubs of the city and sub
urbs assembled in Westminster last
night, and urged T. P. OConnor,
home rule member for the borough of
Galway, to press his motion adverse
to the existence of the house Of lords,
to division, and to present his ad-
dress advocating the abolition of the
house of lords. 0'Connor replied,
expressing his sympathy with the OBJ
ject ofthe meeting. At meeting Of
the home rule members of the house
yesterday, Parnell said with regard to
the opposition to the constabulary
vote, that much would depend upon
the manner in which the Irish mem
bers we're met by the government. II
their proposals were rejected, it would
be necessary to resist the vote to the
last, but if the government was dis
posed to listen to the protests of the
Irish people against the manner in
which the cOnstabulary is now used,
extreme would be unnecessary. He
was resolved to place several amend
ments on paper against the votes
which will be taken tonight.
At Hammersmith j. Donovan, foot
man, was charged with sending letters
to Lord Ovanomore and Browne,
which threaten persons with death il
they engage in the cause Of the Irish
landlords. Lord 0vanomore recently
wrote a communication to the Times,
respecting the rents Of if Ireland. The
prisoner was remanded and bail re-
fused.
VIM. Thompson, formerly known as
"Bendig, the famous prize fighter, is
dead. He was latterly a revivalist
preacher.
DR.. A. G. TAFT, archbishop Of Can
terbury, is reported about to marry a
lady we'll known in London society.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24

BosToN, August 22.-At meeting
of the democratic city committee,
Colonel Isaac Hull Wright made q
statement which was received with
loud applause. 1t was that General
Butler will support the democratic
candidate for president, that he is un-
der arrangement with the democracy
of the several states where the success
of the party is of the utmost iWpor-
lance, to give his service to the cam
paign, aud that it is desirable that he
should be given fair start in Boston.
He hoped that for the reasons he had
given every member Of the committee
would do all he could to make the
Fanneuil hall meeting of the 18th
inst, at which General Butler will
speak, q complete success.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24
A COWARD'S CONSCIENCE.
Preparations TO Wreck a Pas
senger Train-A Villain Taken
Up as a Hero, and Locked
Up as a Thief.

NEWARK, o., August 14.-As an
excursion train from Columbus on the
Panhandle division of the Pittsburg
Cincinnati and st. Louis railroad was
making up time yesterday, and was
darting around a curve this side of
Walnut station, between Columbus
and Newark, the engineer spied man
pulling an ugly looking obstruction
from the track, and whistled down
brakes" ." His train came to a stand
still considerably beyond the place,
and the hero (?) was taken on board,
when forthwith many extravagant ex.
pressions Of gratitude were heaped
upon him.
But the cunning conductor tele-
graphed to Doc, Brooke, railroad
policeman here, to be on hand when
the train arrived and take the man in
charge. So when the train reached
Newark, the man was given over into
Brooke's keeping, all the while pro-
testing innocence, and demanding that
the company give him a liberal remu-
neration as an equitable return for his
service to them in averting a terrible
smash-up, as the embankment at that
place was of formidable height, and
down this gaping ditch the long ex-
cursion train would, beyond doubt,
have been hurled had the ingeniously
mounted obstruction remained undis-
turbed.
But Brooke is not easily blufed or
wheedled. He has had enough ex-
perience thoroughly to understand
the requisite methods, and in an en-
tirely legitimate way finally induced
the man to make clean confession.
1t will be remembered that this COM
pany and the Baltimore and Ohio
company manipulate the same track
between Columbus and this place.
This marvellous fend, whose name is
William HeatheringtOn, had been at
tending the reunion at the former
place, and yesterday morning boarded
Baltimore and Ohio train coming
this way. But at Walnut station
Conductor Peck ousted him from the
train for refusing to pay his fare. The
infuriated man madly swore ven
geance, and running some distance
down the track deliberately piled up
ties in such a way as to insure total
wreck and then withdrew a short dis
tance to watch the impending disas-
ter.
When he heard the train thunder
ing on the opposite side Of the curve
his conscience made q coward of him,
or rather summoned back his truant
manhood, and he ran and tumbled the
ties off barely in time to save a terri
BILE wreck. Conductor Peck visited
the city prison and identified him as
the man he had put of his train at
Walnut station. The man, though
perfectly sober when the crime was
committed, yet had a mild form of
bust head" from the previous nights
carousal.
1t was a deliberate crime, and but
for the poignancy of quickened con
science there would have been slaugh-
tered-who knows how many-inno-
cent ones2 Instead of the railroad
company making up handsome purse
for him, the inexorable law will exact
its severest penalty, for the proof
against him is conclusive and a term
in the penitentiary his inevitable fate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24

THE citizens of Shelby county, who
believe with ME. Wilson, that a set
tlement of the state debt question
should be submitted to the people tor
ratification or rejection, before It be-
comes a fnality, are invited to meet
at the county court room,
next Saturday at half past
eleven o'clock. The policy and pur-
poses of this wing of the democratic
party, and such others as may unite
with it will be explained and an or
ganMation will be effected, We trust
that a spirit Of fairness will prevail,
and that the leadership will be given
to men of GOODNESS, judgment and
sound reason.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24
Texas Items.

GALVESTON, August PA News
special from Austin says. Mat and
Bill Battep, Roll Dublin and Jim
Mulkins plead guilty Of rnbbjng the
mail and were sentenced to ten years
in the penitentiary.
Parties from the west report that
the Victorias Indians whipped Grier-
son, instead Of being whipped, and are
now in Mexico.
During Q difficulty Saturday at Lee
vile, twenty miles from here, three
little Field brothers, William, Philip
aud Houston, were killed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24

THE New York Herald insists on
Coukling, Blaine and other big guns
of the republican party coming south
to make vigorous campaign. Let
them come, by ell means. The peo,
pie will give them courteous hearing
and vote all the same in November.
Meanwhile the big guns would not be
doing any harm, either north or south.
The southern people are very partial
to great orators, and know one when
they see him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24
NOn.Resldent Notice.

No. S7SS-In the ChancOry Court of Shelby
County, Tonn.-li NJ Rumsey et al VS.. Il Ii
Martin et al.
TT appearing from affidavit in this c.use
! that the defendants, y II Martin, Emily Z
Martin, Mrs. Florida Wellbourue Florida
Melbourne, Samuel NJ Melbourne, AL.
fred Melbourne, Abram A Martin,
Elias Haiman, John Il Hayner, A A
Root TW Drury and A II Drury (Grm of John
y Hayner 4 Coz. The Western File Company,
The Beaver Falls Cutlery Company, The
Hamilton PloN Company, John Mitchell.
VIM Tranter and W II Caruthers. firm OF
Mitchell, Tranter \ Coz, The Second National
Bank of Hamilton, Ohio, phe Douelass Axe
Manufacturing Comply, The Biddle Hardware
Company. Schuyler, Maroelus Hartley
Hartley i Graham), J II Gould. jr, aud J =
0strander(frm Of Gould & 0stranderl, Thomas
) Latham and Josephl effrOys (trm ~ Latham
& Jeilceysl, Tho Meriden Brittana Company,
Hotchklss \ Sons, - Kline ant p Logan
firm of Kline, Logan & Coz, The Wheeling
Hinge Company. Peck Brothers x Co, The
Buffalo Scale Company, Richardson BrOlhers,
Hubbard, Bakeweh 4 Co, w III Minnemayer
4 Co,Ihe Bromwell Manufacturing COMPANY.
A Speer \ Son, G W and II 5 Bartholomew.
Charles Is Mixdori, The South Bend Iron
Works, The National Hardware Company,
A \ Shapleigh K Co, James Davis 4 Son, III.
Barclay. . u wilson, Merriam x Morgan
Manufacturing Company. Wendell Brothers.
Schoenberger * 20, The Marietta Stove Man
ufacturing Company, J g Conway, II Rowland
4 Sons. u A Bartlett b Co, II Momas 3 Co.
Tiffany a 90, AMI Niles and Scott, are nom
residents OF the State Of Tennessee; It Is there.
fore ordered that they make their appearance
herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby county 81
Memphis. Tenn, on or before the hrst Mebdav
in October, 1880, and plead, ans'ger q :,
dempr to complainant bill. or toe sam {,
val 10 taken Tor confessed aa to .nem and ct
for hearing OK parte, aud thnt n eonv M ~
order be published oDee 4 weak. for ioor s,l,,.
cessiye esq y oca weeks ~ .ne Public iedeer,
nls %V'" .ay Of August, ..
.opy-Attest,
h. j. BLACK, o.. snd Master.
/ By Il. B. McHENRy, y. &. s ~.
Goodwin. Dix 4 9oodloe, and Y Z kdging.
ton, soils, for compPs. lN l84l0
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24

INAsMUoH as Hon. Casey Young
has no opposition within in his own
party for congress, the formality of a
nomination would seem to be super
fuous. Being the choice Of the people
by a large majority, any convention
that might assemble would nominate
him, we presume, by acclamation,
Under these circumstances the exec
utive committee will be justified in
not calling a congressional convention
This will give Colonel Young an open
field and clear track.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24

We propose to issue on the first
ofSeptember not only complete bust
ness and trade statement for Mem
phis and the surrounding country,
but one of the most newsy and read
able newspapers in the south. 1t
will be mechanically beautiful piece
of work, and show to the world that
Memphis is one of the livest places
and situated in one Of the fairest and
richest regions on the globe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-24

VAN BUREN county voted 9 for tie
80 and A proposition and 1896 against
it last August. This year it is solid
for Hancock, Dibbrell and Wilson. If
there is man for Wright in the coun-
ty, he has not made himself known.
All the mountain counties of that re-
gion are almost unanimous for the gal
liant Frank Wilson. He