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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-25

The only place you ever see pri-
yate in these days is torchlight pro-
cessiOn, and carrying the torches. I've
been looking for one ever since I've
been in town, and haven't found him
yet. This was remark of Gus Will
liams, the dialect actor, one evening
last week. The Williams party left
the city by special train Saturday af'
ternoon aud appeared in New Orleans
last night.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-25
D. 7. PORTER,
Chairman Legislativa Couneil
2. D; PgLLEN. soo'y. 475l
DEM OCRACY.

There will be grand Democratic rally in
the First ward on Monday night. There will
be big crowd. The Eighth ward club will be
there on special invitation, extended ON ac-
count OF its leading position and many cour-
teSies to the First warders. .-ISunday Appeal.
MENPms, TESN., October 25, 1880.
Hoadquarters Eighth ward Democratic and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-25

A. NJ. Lambeth, our low-tax can
didate for foater, has been spending
his time very proftably in Haywood
and Crockett counties for the last two
days. He will be elected by such a
vote as will astonish his opponents =
I Jackson Whig.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-25
Sales to-day, 1900 bales.

LIVERPOOL, October 25, 1870 pm.
Cotton opened dull and easier, now
1-16d lower. pplands 6 ll-16d;
Orleans I'd. Sales to-day, 5000
bales. Receipts 400 bales, none
American. Futures opened weak,
now shade lower, as follows,
Deliveries for October 6 9-l6d; 0oto-
Der aud November, 6 10 32d; No
vember, December and January, 6s@
6 11-32d; January and February, 6sdi
February and March, 6 l3-32d March
and April, 67-l6d.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. %, l1:3O a. m
Cotton easy. Middlmg, lllc. Sales
to-day, 800 bales. Stock l39, ,293 bales
Receipts to-day, 1904 bales.
New YoRK, October % 1l:3 am
-Erchange on London quiet. Banker,
3 days sight 1881 to 4S4; do 60 day
4Sl to 1917; commercial 60 days 40.
10 4S0l.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-25

port her, love her and care for her,
she laughed in my face and called a
policeman
The court imposed a light fine on
the prisoner and he walked away.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-25

The. members Of the club are ordered to
attend at regular place Of meeting this MON
DAl) "a pm in order to accept the invita-.
tion Of the First ward. The club will then
proceed in body to the First ward meeting.
ALL Democrats and Conservatives are In.
Yited to come and Join in with the club.
u, l.. BELCHER, President.
NJ n 0ARETN goaretarv
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-25
Stock, running account.
SXPORTB.

NV YoRK, Oct. 25, 1870 p. M
Cotton weak. Ordinary, s 3 16c;
good ordinary, 8 13-l6ei low mid
ding, II 11-16c; middliDg, II 3-l6c;
good middling, II 9-l6c; middlingfair,
IL 5-16c; fair, II l5-l6c. Futures
opened barely steady, now easy, and 6
to s points below Saturdays clos
,nc nrices as fnllnMs. Delivaries for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-25
The Shortest and quickest Route

The management confidently invite at.
tention to its Superior Equipment,
Through CIR service, end quick time.
The Scenery en- route Is Justly celebrated
for its variety and surprising beauty
Dining Stations at Cincinnati Indianapo-
lis, Columbus, Pittsburg, Altoona and
Harrisburg are in charge Of we'll known
caterers, who have contributed in no
small degree 10 tho popularity Of the
Pan-Handle and PennsylyaRia Line, With
the travelling pgbhS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-25
Clearing House Report.

UIearlngs. BaIancee'
Monday Oct. 25.............. s2l7, ,sis.H 2l,3 70
Same time last week........ ls0,9j0.48 20,y3l 80
Same time w'k before last 177,605.0l 2l,9e4. 80
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-25

DE II ordained by the legislative Council;
- That section S47. page i49. Heisksll Di
gest, be and the same is hereby amended by
striking out oil Of that section following the
word the" in the fourth line thereof, and IN.
serting instead thereof the following. "Du
plicate number Of said license, painted on
two tin plates, In figures, and not less than
three inches long, which raid duplicate said
licenses, shall lasten the one on 0ne side. and
the other on the other side Of said vehicle or
IN some other conspicuous part either on ve-
h!ele or harness, provided that ia case OF ON
nlousef, coaches or carriages or other vehicles
carrying glass lamps attached 10 each siie of
the same the number Of the license said Ii
censc shall have painted OF the lamps, on the
glass front or sides thereof. which lsmpl shall
always be lighted WHEN tuch vehicles are used
after dark, and Euch duplicates shall, during
the. continuance Of such license, he kent In
their places as aforesaid. and il shall be :
mlsdomean0r TO displace the came, or either OF
them, during such time, or interfere with the
same, or either Of them, or use tuch vehicle
without hnving both Of the same in place,
70 any vehicle without such duplicsls.
fastened and kept as aforesaid"
Passed October q, 1880.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-25
D. 7 PORTER,
Chairman legislative Counei


RE, il ordained by the Legislative Council
~ that section 37S Heiskells Digest, page
lb9' be and the same is hereby amended 10
section after the word "shall,n In tho Rfih
line thereof, aud inserting the following.
commencing after the said word "shall'' In
said fifth line Of said section: Sin default Of
payment Of said fine, be confined Al hard
labor, within or without the workhOuse, until
such fine Is paid and discharged, or until such
person being credited with twenty Ave cents
for each days labor, has fully paid and dis.
charged bis said fne; and an other ordi-
nanees in conflict with this ordinance be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Passed October n, 1880.
D. 7. PORTER,
Chairman Legislative Council.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-25
ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL


October 25, 1880.
Stock, September /, 1eS0......-... 1854
Received since Last statement. 1929
Received previously. ly.............- n,6.2 D4Sl
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NOTICE 70 TAX,PAYERS.

na-'rhe State and County Tax for the year 1880
is now due. The Taxing District Sewerage
Tax for December, 1880, ia now ready for coli
lection. All taxpayers are requested to come
forward promptly and pay the same.
Il. L. MCGOWAN,
All County Trustee for Shelby County.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-25
NOTICE.

Headquarters Eigh'
Conservative club.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-09

seven a. m, the hours are struck BY
the Waterman. This is done on Sum
days also. In addition to this, the
Merrimack bell does duty as school
and church bell. With the exception
of Sundays and during vacations, it reg
ularly calls the children to school in the
morning and afternoon. Sundays it
rings, with several other mill and
church bells, at S:45 a. M, which has
always been called g the first bell"
then again at 1915 for church serv-
ices, and at 1925, the last time being
tolled; it is also rung at one. two, and
2:10 p. m, the last time being tOlled.
Upon the Fourth of July it, with most
of the other bells, half an hour at sun
rise, noon and sunset. On holidays the
hours are not struck. At nine o'clock
in the evening all the corporation bells
ring. Very few of the thousands who
hear them at that time know of the
significance of the ringing. To trace
its origin one must 90 back through the
history of England to the time of Will
lam the Conqueror, when a bell was
rung at nightfall to notify the people to
cover their fires, put out their lights
and go to rest. In word, it is the old
curfew bell.-LOUeH Mass Courier.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-09
Pneumatic Dispatch.

1t would appear from some recently
issued statistics of the French telegraph
service that the system of closed or letter
kilograms is already largely in use in
Paris. This method of communication
consists in blowing the telegram paperit-
self through apneumatic tube instead of
manipulating its contents verbally
along the telegraphic wire; and it APP
pears that the pneumatic system at
present at work in Paris has total
length of 900 metres, and that it is
worked from six sations at which are
located steam engines having total
power of 153 horses, besides six water
motors. The service comprises a main
system with double line, at which ter
inmate seven supplementary systems
with branches, trains running every
three minutes on the main system and
every five minutes on the supplement
tary systems. The system was intro
duced on the LIST of May, 1879 and it is
now possible to communicate from one
part of Paris to another and receive a
reply back for little more than half q
franc, or about one-fourth of the cost OF
an ordinary Geographic message in
London. The extent TO which the
pneumatic service is used in Paris may
be Judged from the fact that somethlng
approaching 100000 dispatches of all
kinds pass oyerthe system every month
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-09
Delights of British Railway Travel.

Two gentlemen belonging to Glas-
gov, who had been to Belfast, were re-
turning home by way of Stranraer and
entered the train, leaving there shortly
before eight o'clock. They travelled by
themselves until they reached Ayr, when
they were Joined by stalwart, gentle
manipulating man, who proved 10 be
a dangerous companion. Directly the
train moved out of the station the new
conner picked up a pipe belonging to
one of the gentlemen and threw it out
of the window. Although rather cha
grined neither of the gentlemen said
anything, wishing to avoid disturbance
and believing that their companion was
intoxicated. Soon the stranger began
to punch them in the ribs with a stick,
put himself into q menacing attitude,
talked very incoherently and amused
himself by knocking off their hats. TIE
two gentlemen began to think that mat
tiers had proceeded just far enough, and
one of them quietly informed the stran-
ger that he had better deSist. land that he
might find, if he persisted in his 6 little
game that he had met his match. The
train had passed Irvine and was flying
onward, when suddenly the stranger
produced from stylish game-bag q six
chambered revolver of large size. He
examined it for Winute or two and
then drew the trigger once or twice,
evidently Just to satisfy himself that it
was not loaded. The examination of
the revolver concluded, the stranger
laid it down beside him on the seat while
L l. h,11
cartridges hail a dozen to load the re-
volver. The stronger of the two gen.
tlemen thought that his time for action
had arrived and quietly picked up the
revolver, Ostensibly with the object of
looking at it; but when his excited fell
low-traveler requested it to be returned
his request was refused. Then a scene
occurred in the compartment. The
stranger rushed at the gentleman hav-
inc possession of the revolver, knocked
Off his hat and endeavored forcibly to
possess himself of the weapon. He failed
and was then observed looking for a
knife He was then told that il he did
not sit down and remain quiet he would
be severely dealt with, and he cOntented
himself with threatening what he would
do till the train reached tombstone.
Here the gentleman handed the revolver
to the guard of the train and informed
an official of what had occurred, and
stated that the man had as much powder
in his possession as would wreck q
train. The reply received was to the
effect, 'YOu are all alike to us and if
it don't suit you you can change your
carriage" This the two gentlemen did
and went to Glasgow in another COM
partment. thinking themselves exceed
ingly fortunate in having escaped seri-
Gus injury from one who had all the ap-
pearance of being lunatic.-EdindurgA
GG1LrnIlt
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-09
Curative Baths.

One day last week a gentleman who
was enjoying the luxury of shave in
certain barber-shop on Pine Street had
his attention directed by the barber to
\ tall. oaunt. demonstrating man,
evidently from the country, who entered
the shop and asked for bath. That
man." said the barber, - is the best
customer | have and proceeded to
tell how that was. A couple OF days
before this man had entered the shop
and introduced himself to the prOprie-
tor, with the statement that he was
from Nebraska. an invalid, and recon-
mended to this place to take baths. The
barber was rather surprised at this. as
he was not aware of any special virtue
possessed by his baths over any others
In the city, he using the same muddy
river water. But, willing enough TO
turn sn honest penny, he ushered the
stranger into a bath room, furnished
him with soap and towels and left him
70 ais pursuit of health. The man re-
raSjned in the bath for some time, and
vixen he came out was loud in his
uraise of the benefits he felt from his
wash in the solid Mississippi fluid.
=. and now continued the barber,
esfEat man comes in every hour in the
dav and takes his bath. and he says he
Is growing better and better for every
b,gfh he takes The listener expressed
It as his opinion that the man had made
a mistake. He had most probably been
recommended TO some electric bath
establishment. but seeing the sign Of
hzlhs.in front of barber-shop, had
taken it Tor granted chat was the place,
szd ne was now rubbing good river mud
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-09
A Venerable Custom.

A curious custom is still extant in the
little English village OfDunmow, Essex.
Its origin is unknown, but rs the tradi-
tions have been handed down from
generation to generation, no doubt the
details of the principal ceremony have
been faithfully preserved. 1t consists
in the presentation Of fitch of bacon
to the married couple who can prove
that no shadow of a quarrel has married
their happiness for year and day
previous to the ceremony. The happy
couple are regularly tried by judge
chosen for the occasion and a jury of
maidens and bachelors selected from
the most respectable families in the
county, who cross-question the APP
plicants for the. bacon. Every means
is taken to ascertain whether they
have by thought, word, or deed done
ANYTHING calculated to produce matri-
monial discord during the prescribed
period. In olGen times, no doubt, the
ceremony was an interesting and useful
one, and calculated to promote hap
piness in the homes of the inhabitants
of DunmOw; but lately the affair has de-
generated into circus-like performance.
something after the manner Of the Lord
Mayors show. This year the Alexandra
Palace Company had charge of the pro-
ceedings, and introduced professions of
knights in armor, and dragons on
wheels, masqueraders, hand-bell ring
ers, jumping in sacks, piebald woman
from America, tigers, and monkeys,
and other accessories of a hippodreme.
1t is pleasing to learn that the heavens
looked with disfavor on this desecra~
ton of the time-honored festival, and
spoiled the whole performance by get
ting up a tremendous thunder storm
which caused a number of the super
stitious and half-drunken spectators to
fall on their knees and attempt to pray.
Their devotions were, however, inter-
rupted BY the more hardened sinners,
who ridiculed their efforts to propitiate
the elements. The result was a free
fight, smashed hats. black eyes and
bleeding noses. The crowd then dis
persed with all convenient speed
! N. T. Sun,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-09
Building in Haste to Repent at Leisure.

Ten years ago the Presbyterian
Church of Bellefonte, Pa, felt desire
for new house of worship. The old
one, which had been in use for thirty
or forty years, was a little out of style,
and not in keeping with the ideas Of
some of the more progressive people.
So they pulled the old building down
and erected an elegant brOwn-stOne one
in its place The movement met with
some opposition from a few elderly
members, who thought the old church
good enough to last for another genera
ton. Their opposition was overruled
and the new church was in due time
dedicated. The material chosen for 1t
was brown stone from a newly-reOpened
quarry in a mountain near BellefOnte.
This stone was thought to be good, but
had not been tested. After while ev-
licences of diSintegratiOn were observed.
The stone was found to be slowly
crumbling to pieces. This has now
gone on to such an extent that the build
inc is pronounced unsafe, and will have
to be taken down. II is now closed
and nobody dares venture into it. To
take it down and rebuild with other ma
terials will be both difficult and danger
Gus work, and will cost from twenty to
thirty thousand dollars. which will be a
clear loss to the congregation. They
now wish they had listened to the elders
and kept their old building.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

Telephone experiments on large
scale have been successfully made on
the French cable.
A French physician tried to initiate
DR.. Tanner, but surrendered at the end
of week.
An aged woman died in Philadel-
phia from fright at seeing her son and a
burglar in conflict.
-ChSies Riley did some genuine
fasting in New York that did not at
tract such attention as DR.. Tanner S
starvation. Riley was found between
two piles of lumber where he had lain
for ten days without food or water. He
was laborer and homeless. He lay
down between the lumber piles sick
and helpless, and getting weaker could
not come out. He probably would have
died there had not policeman found
him.
"A Young man from Texas married
girl in North Carolina, and then pro-
posed to leave her while he worked his
way back to his Texas home, in the
hope of there earning money enough to
send for her. She said, however, that
she would rather accom- Dany him afoot.
They therefore made the journey of
1,600 miles us tramps; but their good
appearance gained for them considera-
bic help along the way, and for the last
fifty miles they rode triumphantly in a
carriage, provided by an enthusiastic
admirer of their pluck.
Opa of tho most crrioT1S thinorS in
plant life is the part which bees and
other insects play in helping flowers
perfect the seed. No seed can grow
until pollen from the stamens of the
flowers has been carried to the pistil.
lis pretty certain. too, that the seeds
grow better when the pollen comes from
the blossom of another plant of the
same species. Bees that suck honey
from flower to flower are made useful
in carrying pollen from one to another.
And a multitude of other insects do the
same thing.
-Abdurrahman, the new Ameer, is
described by correspondent at Cabul
as possessing undoubted abilities. both
military and political. His birth and
claims are incontestable, his courage
and manliness admitted by all, and his
long absence from Afghanistan removes
him out of the sphere of personal ieal-
ousieS and family hatreds and offers
him a fair chance of being regarded by
all classes of his future subjects on his
own merits and according as he may
rule with justice and mercy or the re-
verse.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-09
Take Your Hands Out of Your Pockets.

Take your hands out of your pOck-
cts, Young man. You are losing time.
Time is valuable. People feel it at the
other end of the line when death is
near and eternity is pressing them into
such small quarters, for the work of
this life Graves hours, days, weeks,
wears. If those at this end of the line,
if youth with its abundance of re-
sources, would only feel that time was
precious! Time is a quarry. Every
hour may be q nugget of gold. 1t is
time in whose invaluable moments we
build our bridges, spike the iron rails
to the sleepers, launch our ships, dig
our canals, run our factories. You
might have planted twenty hills of pO-
tatoes while | have been talking to
YOU, young man. Take your hands
out of your pockets.
The world wants those hands. The
world is not dead, asleep under the
Pyramids, mummy by the Nile. The
world is alive, wide awake, pushing,
struggling, going ahead. The world
wants, those hands. You need not
take them out of America They can
find a market here at home. The
country wants those hands, selling dry
goods in New York, grading wheat in
Minnesota, raising cotton in Alabama,
weaving cloth in Lowell, picking
oranges in Florida, digging gold in
Colorado, catching macgerel from the
deck of a Down East fishing smack.
Take your hands out of your pockets
And what laudable thing it is to
meet the wants of society and do your
best! When you are an old man, what
an honorable thing your hand will be!
| Did you ever think of the dignity in
vesting the wrinkled hand Of an old
worker? 1t has been so useful, lifted so
many burdens. and wrought in such
honorable service. Who wants hand
without a character when old age
comes-a soft, fiabby, do-nothing hand?
You are willing to work, you say,
but can't find anything to do?
Nothing to do! Do the first thing that
comes along. Saw wood, get in coal,
90 on errands. In shOrs, do anything
honest with your hands, but don't let
them loaf in your pockets Golden
DGlLS