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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-16
CHEAP ENTERTAINMENT.

On Tuesday night the Carson Reform Club
which the admission price was twenty FIVE
cents for adults and ten cents for children. As
u result the houss was packed. 1t seems as
If the time was notfar distant when cheap en-
tertainments will be fashionable During the
past year the theatrical managers on this coast
have as a rule lost large sums of money.
There are two branches of the show business
in which prices must come down; the salary
Of the star, and the rate Of admission. The
stars bleed the managers by exacting the last
cent of their exhorbitant salaries, and the pub
lilo depress the exchequer by staying away. A
woman charges $500 night for appearing be
fore the public, and the public decline to see
her because her singing and acting are not
worth dollar and half night to each indi-
vidual. The star grarples on to her salary be-
fore the curtain Uses, and the manager and
the small salnried members of the company
are obliged to go without. The managers own
the theatres and CONTROL the business, yet
they allow the profession to dictate terms
they should free themselves from the coils of
high priced people, and Gu: down salaries and
admission fifty per cent. In the end all hands
would be benefited and an actor working for
$50 week would get his money every Sat
Hrday night, instead of working for 500 and
seldom seeing much above his board The
manager of the Patti troupe has lost $40 600
on the season; Patti exacting her 30 per cent
gross, and the company going without Their
pay. The California theatre has just closed
with loss of $50 900 for the year. Itpreferred
~ charge dollar admission and have the first
four rows filed than half dollar and play to
q full house. Mr.. Thompson has played i'll
carson to q bad business, Mt the regular price
Of admission, one dollar Mr.. Thompson gives
q good show, but four bits is quite enough to
see it. The leading San Francisco theatres
will be obliged to adopt the cheap system OF
close up, from the fact that cheap anussments
are sprInging upall over the city, and drawing
good class of patrons. In London and Paris
the best operas, rendered by first class orches-
tras, can be heard for what is equivalent to ten
cents in this country; and performers who
have been glad to appear at these satertan-
ments for $50 week, come to America and de-
nand $3.50 night in advance, TO sing and
play before ali audience paying 81 so head.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-16

THs Gold Hill Ners, speaking of the Chartz
case, says: 1.-THE real truth, sum and sub
stance of the matter is just this The move
ment itself has been undertaken too soon it
was premature, and many of the best friends
of Chsrtz have so regarded it. although they
did not Withhold their support. Chartz has SO
regarded it himself, therefore the disappoint-
ment is not SO great with him as it would
otherwise have been. He may, however,
consider it AZ a well founded step toward the
object in view, for the time will come in the
not far distant future when his punishment
will BE- considered sufficient, the ends Of law
and justice answered, and Alfred Chartz will
walk forth pardonsd and fres from his prison
walls"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-16
The Truckes Republican gives the following
io,,la 90 thaf of

The Truckes Republican gives the following
particulars of the funeral of Nj. b. Ames
M. b. Ames was laid at rest in the Masonic
cemetery last Tuesday. The funeral was
well attended by friends of the parents and
those who felt closely drawn to him by fra
ternal ties. Miss Flora Fletcher, of Sierra
Valley, a cousin of the deceased, arrived on
the stage as the procession entered the GENE
terry. The lid of the casket was removed to
enable her to take a last look at the body,
which was IN a good state of preservation.
Young Ames was generally beloved by all who
knew him. At the age OF % he had attained
to the thirty second degree of Masonry This
speaks we'll for his intellectual attsinments and
also for his zeal to the fraternity. He was at
the time of his death, engaged to young lady
at Carson. Business reverses seemed to sepa-
rate him further and further from the object
of his affection, and dependency led to the
rash act which cost him his life. His parents
reside in Truckee. They are heart broken
over the death of their boy, who was the joy
and light of their lives.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-16

RBYCsED PARDoN-Alf Chartz was one
Of the Proprietors OF The Eureka, Nov, Repub
leon two years ago, and there al peared in
his paper some harmless little squlbs At the ex-
psnse of popular railroad conductor. The
conductor therenpon sent Chsrtz a threaten
ing note, oouched in the most obscene, filthy
aud insulting terms, applyings n epithet which
no man who loves his mother or her memory
will tamely bear, and threatening to whip
Chartz on sight When the CONDUCTOR who's e
name was Rlcksr, came i'll on the traiD that
night, Chartz sought him out, an alteration
snsued, and Chartz pulled his pistoland killed
Kicker. The conductor was popular, the news
paper man had many enemies, and there was a
popular clamor for the conviction of Chartz
He was convicted of murder in the second
degree and sentenced to the State prison for
life. A devoted sister set herself to work to
secure his pardon, believing him innocent OF
murder, and that he had acted only in self
defense. When the sober second thought
followed the excitement occasioned by the kill
ing, this belief was shared by many in Eureka
and throughout Nevada, and strong pressure
was brought to secure his pardon. Yesterday
the Board Of Pardons refused the petition
We hold that any man who sends to another
such note Rckar sent to ChartE is not
1T to live, and think that any man is e1eusa-
be in defending the name of his mother from
wanton and infamous assault, and that the
Nevada Board of Pardons should have taken
these extenuating circumstances into consid-
Grafton in determining the case of Chartz. -
Stock Report.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

William J. Hamilton was inauguratsd Gov
ernor of Maryland on the 14th.
Leadvills has sensation in the shape Of
an absconding High School Principal.
The skeleton of whale was recently found
at TUFTS Bar, ON the American river 1t was
forwarded to the Academy of Sciences i'll San
Francisco
A disease similar to diphtheria i. prevailing
in Deadwsod City and vicinity. Both adults
and children are stricken, and the present
weather bids fair to increase the death rate.
An attempt has been made to poison Rob
ert Clay of Panranagat Valley, the only man
who saw McLaue and McIutyre on the morn
ing when they were ON their way to murder
Walburn.
Robert Reilly, an employee of the Hillside
Mining Com .,sny, was recently found dead in
his cabin. The door was tightly barred, and
his throat was cut from ear to ear. He YVES
just getting over prolonged spree
e. A. Schultz, who superintended the Bu!-
lion mine during the past nine yeacs, was on
Tuesday superseded by p A. Humbert,
graduate Of the European aiming schools, and
a civil engineer of some reputation. Mr.
Schultz leaves the Bullion with clean hands,
and good record.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-16

The Board Of Pardons Of Nevada have re.
fused to pandon Alfred Chartz, who killed
Riekar some years since at Eureka, Nevada.
We don't think the interests of justice would
have suffered particle if the action of the
Board had been the other way Chartz has
sufficiently atoned for his offense, great as it
was. II will be a matter for congratulation,
il, in the early future, the Board shall recon-
slider its action. and open the prison gates.
Chartz is net a villful, deliberate murderer,
and he has received a terrible punishment to
himself and friends. Exchange
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-16

Two MeNoPoLIEs. The Chro'stcL, allud-
ing to the fast increasing power of railroads
and telegraph lines. says:
No statesman can safely defy the railroad
power, even in the halls of Congress Witness
the recent defeat Of Democratic Legislative
candidates in Ohio for the purpose Of pre-
venting Thnrnan's re election to the Uni, ed
States Senate. Every great railroad corpor-
alton in the land contributed money and
other influence In that contest, for Thurman
had de6ed this mighty power by forcing
through Congress a bill compelling them to
make some provision for the repayment of
certain borrowed money.
No newspaper in America can long with
stand the power of the Western Union Tc.
egraph Company, if that omniscient and ON
nipotent monopoly should desire to crush it,
newspaper cannot prosper unless it fur
nishes the telegraph news, and the Western
Union Company is free to charge what it
pleasss. Pay the tax or die, is practically
its motto.
Blinded by our pride in "modern progress
we apt to overlook the great danger that
is threatening-that the rails Of steel and
wires of iron may one day be forged into
clsnking chains and bayonets for the suppress
sion of the last vestige Of liberty. Nations
once as free. and as brave and as mighty as
ours, have been destroyed by agencies less
potent for evil than those we have referred to.
AS long as the people will allow their trail
torous representatives, to go UNPUBLISHED, SO
long will the power of these great monopolies
remain unbroken. Vanderbilt, Jay Gould
aud Stanford are to-day above the Congress
of the United States and above its laws The
heads of smaller railroads ape the imperious
ness Of their masters aud are tyrants in
small way. The same last for absolute sway,
the same petty tricks of trade and greed for
everything in sight charaterises them all, high
and low.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-16

The Trustees Of mining companies beingre-
sponsble, under the new Constitution of Ca!
ifornia, for any dsislcatioa or misappropris-
ton of the funds intrusted to them, will
secure themselves against any possible loss
by requiring their subordinates to give bonds
for the faithful performance of their duties
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-16

James R. Keene has purchased eleventhor-
oughbred brood mares in England, the nucleus
Of his future stud. lie has not yet decided
where he will locate.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-16
MAHRXBD.

At Baths Ranch, January IA, 1880, by Rev. Josiah
Ncclain Mr. Henry G. Bath to Mss Sadie H. Abraha1ns
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-28
The Cotton Crop.

New Orleans Cor. New York World.J
The cotton receipts are falling of
in comparison with those Of the same
time last year, and the prevailing
opinion now is that the crop will be
about 100000 bales, distributed
among the states as follows Florida,
10000 bales; Georgia, 100000; Ala
bama, $4,000; Mississippi, $4,000;
Louisiana, 100000; Texas. 100000
South Carolina, $4,000; Tennessee,
225, 600 Arkansas, 100000; Virginia,
Missouri, Illinois, ETC., $4,000. This
cotton will probably average to the
producer and middle men, in round
numbers, about $275, 100000 Of this
vast sum, about 5000, 000, 900 will be
put to the credit of our exchange
account with foreign countries. Add
to this the crops of tobacco, rice,
sugar and naval stores, raised princi-
pally in the same states, and many
millions more can be reckoned on the
credit side of our ledger. All this in
spite of the exodus.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-28
Non-Rosidenf Notice.

No. s54-In the ohancory Court Of sb.lbv
VS.. Vim. IL. Thomas ct al.
appearing from affidavit in this cause that
4 the de endants. VIM. II. Thomas, James
T. Thomas and Sarah Il. Thomas are non.resi-
dents of the State Of Tennessee it is therefore
ordered that they make their appearance
herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby county,
N Memphis Tenn. on or before the hrst
Monday in April, 1880, and plead, answer
or demur to complainant bill, or the same
Will be taken for confessed as to tnem and
set for hearing exparte, and that o e0py Of -
order be published once a week, for TO- ,als
ceSSiye weeks, in the Public Ledger rsuc
This 18th day ofFebfuary, 1887
A copy-Attesti
By y. B. MolIEYRy, pc. ana p Y MASTER
omi'n ana Votilr' sol, for cOmpi't.
IL 40 o O
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-28
aeturdRy, March 6th. AT 10 ~

next, In front Of the courthouse door. ON Main
street, In the Taxing District of Shoihy eovn-
W, sell for cash TO the highest kiJaor' tbe
following described real SsIate, IyiSs and
oeing IN the late etB @ Memphis, and de-
Pat VI G9pptry lot SOC. beginning on the
soNtR l,ne Of Poplar street, one hundred md
slSty. geyen feet east of the cast line of Orlesne
streets then west with the south line ofPoniaS
street hlty-six feet; thence south naSal,si
win orleans street one hundred ANA ninetv
feet; then east, parallel with. Enpinf st,est
hity-six feet; thonce pQrth Gae hundred md
ninety ieet, more NJ losg, 10 tho beginning.
oelng the latA residence Of N. D. Holt, de-
Asa lots No. 81 and 95, Of country lot Ma
oai, each having a front of so feet on Peyton
avenue, by a depth OF 1875 feet.
Also part Of lot No. 9, Of country loi Ma
Oh, having a front Of 20 feet on north sidn AZ
Alabama street, and running baeh hstSeen
parallel lines about llsh feet. N''0N'N
Equity Of redemption waived.
Title believed " be perfect, but l oeavev
only as tya9sse. bSye akstrRcts Sf said
property which / win furnish W Torsens
wishing toeSaminQ same.
plSSSS AU, ESFEs, Jr,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-28

You see, l am one of those people
who cannot bear to contemplate the
unhappiness Of their fellow-creatures.
| must always see joyous faces around
me. Besides. everybody concerned in
this transaction has pro6ted by it.
The pope has got his fee; your child
will be christened; your mind is at
ease; and | have derived three good
silver roubles from a benevolent
action and-a bad fve-rouble motel"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-28
An O'cr.True story.
somervillo Faleoa.l

Somervillo Faleoa.l
1t was last Saturday night in the
Eagle hotel. They sat around the
stove in the office and the converse
ton turned on shooting. A drummer
of a rather %loquacious turn even 70
the drummer, gave some very miracu-
lous accounts OF the prowess of the
Ballard rife. An old soldier of the
late wal who was one of the party
corroborated these statements andtold
stories even more wonderful of what
he had seen this terrible implement of
destruction accomplish in the army.
Just so, gentlemen" said another Of
that noble guild sometimes called
.commsrcisl toGrists, Who made dno of
the company. just 80, | have had
some experience with this rife my
self. On the morning Of the
18th day of September 1873,
| went deer hunting in
Phillips county, Ark. | carried a
Ballard rife. l had been out about
half an hour when saw q largo buck
at least ghree hgndred yards from me
in a thieket. I raised my rife and
fred, and the buck fell dead. When
| reached the place where he lay |
saw some distance off a Goe stretched
on the GROUND, also pieroea by the
bullet hSd Just discharged. But
this was not all; still further ON there
was a dead faEn which had como to
its death by the same deadly missile,
and full tWenty yards fFom tho iawn l
came up on the persistent bullet shas,
ing a bear around a stump
The first spokesman called for a
porter aud was shown to his room,
and the veteran Of the late unpleas-
antness was like death, "dreadfully
silent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-28
trustee y Safe.

IN VIRTUE, of q trust deed made To me as
Rlrnstee by NJ: ?. Clements, on the 18TH
gay OF January; 1873, recorded in the Regis,
yer ONCE in Shelby county, Tennessee. in
Book No, s2. p So, | viii, at ibe re-
quest OF the benehoiaries on the 2sth day of
FEBRUARY, 1880, within tho hours of to 8 nm
on the southwest corner Of Main and Monroe
streets; in Memphis, Tennessee, offer far sale
i9r cash 10 the highest bidder at public outcry,
the following real estate lying in said
county n state in section | range 7 Of the
lith surveyor district, and in Inc l6tb civil
district, beginning at a sweet gum marked
=; H., thence south 10 chains and
90 links to a stake 6 links soutb.
So west Of a black oak marked j L., tbenns
east 20 chains and 10 links to a stake. 4s links
north Of 2 small bridge; thence north along
read 81 chains and 60 INKS to a stake. thence
west q chains andes links To a s{sEe' tbence
south Il chains and Q links to a stake, thence
east q links, thence l41Sa east 9 chains md
sOnnks 70 the beglRRins, containing S2.i5
acres; The equity OF redemption is weiveI
To- ION w, ID. BEARD, Trustee
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-28

Scene. Stone steps of Warsaw ca
thedral. Dramatis persone: Philan-
thrppist and poor widow. Kind,
gracious sly, am the most %unfOrtu-
nate creature in the world. want TO
get my baby christened, but the pope
demands two roubles, and | have not
a single copeck." "lsthat all2 Take
this Gve-rouble note, go straight to
the pope, pay him his christening fee,
aud bring me cut the threa rophles
change" With joyful pFamptitude
the recipient Of bounty entered the
church, whonceaho presently emerged
with three silver roubles, which size
handed over to her benefactor, ex-
pressing her heartfelt gratitude for
his timely succor, and her surprise at
his apparently disintoretted kindness.
My good woman" answered the phi.
lanihropist, with a boaming smile,
your SSopishment is uncalled for.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-28
Trustees Sale OF Real Estate.

-
DY virtue ofthe terms of two certain deeds
Dof trust the one dated the 18th day of Ian.
1876, o~frecord in Book 10 at pagel33, and the
other dated the 10th day of August. 1877. of
record in Book ll9a page SlS, in the County
Registers Office, to John A. Holt truste and
his successors in office, to secure the PAYMENT
Of certain Indebtedness therein mentioned.
default having been made by the grautor
In his undertakings in said trust deeds
and the debts being past due
and unpaid, | james W. Crocker, the
legal successor of the said John A.. Holt.
who Is now deceased, will at the request of the
beIeiiciaries on
wednesday, the 3D. day of March, 1850
between the hours of IL am. and | nm, IN
'front.' OF the Bank Of Commerce, No. y, Mad
lson street, in Memphis, Taxing. District of
Shelby county, Tennessee, sell to the highest
bidder for cash the following real estate i'm
-helby county, Tennessee. tO-wit: Being i'm
that part of the late city of Memphis, now the
Taxing District of Shelby county, known as
Fort Pickering, and being a part Of Block 40.
fronting forty feet on Carolina street, with a
depth of one hundred and fifty feet in parallel
lines with Ninth street, and adjoining, and
east Of the Grieshaber lot, together with the
improvements, which consist of a frame COT
tage and outhouses.
Title believed to be good. but 1 shall sell
and convey only as trustee.
redemption waived and purchaser TO get
the absolute title.
JAMES w. CROCKER, Trustee.
NJ. u. IRRELEVANT, Attorney. l2S 8
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-28

PUBLIC LEDGER 0PPIcE,

uhAfhlot 1hNNs1 Icos tot looUs J
In a legal sense to-day is the last of
the month, and tomorrow is not
counted as a day in the financial cal
endar. 1t happens this way once every
four years, every time the extra day
is tackled on to this the shortest of the
years months. Parties having notes
and other maturing paper may gov
ern themselves accordingly. The
financial outlook is encouraging, and
our monetary position was never
stronger. The LIST and 4th of next
month will find all hereabouts equal
to the demands of the occasion. There
is a fair supply OF currency in the
market, and borrowers with sound col
l~aterals have no trouble to obtain the
funds they need at the current rate Of
eight per cent. Very little is doing
in the open market, but the range Of
interest is from six to ten per cent
outside of banks and insurance com
panies.
Exchange is steady with CONNER
cial drafts on the east offering freely,
Rates on cotton bills are 81 so
per thousand for sight on New
Orleans, New York and demand on
New England. Sight on Boston,
! Providence and Fall river is SO IS.
Discount checks on all points are sold
at par.
Wide fluctuations and mysterious
operations continue in New York
among railway stocks. Over a hun
dred thousand shares of Nashville and
Chattanooga have changed hands dur
ing the past week, and yesterday
forty thousand shares were sold,
the range Of prices being ron
Il110l to 1l6l and the highest
figures yet reached. In Louisville
and Nashville, prices went up to 49,
and fell back at the close to l39. Iron
, Mountain closed at 81 with sales Of
six thousand shares. The usual in.
terest is felt here in these vibrations
whether speculative or otherwise. In
\ Memphis and Charleston stock ar
active inquiry continues, and sales as
high as 37a are reported to have been
made about Huntsville. Those who
have any hereabOuts are inclined t
hold on. The following are currenr
quotations here for uncurrent secur.
IA tiles
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-28
Deadly Sewer Gas.

The Brooklyn board of health have
forwarded a report to the common
council of that city, in reference
to sewer gas and defective drainage.
The report gives a detailed descrip
ton Of the filthy condition of the
sewers in districts where diphtheria
has been most prevalent. The sewers
Of the city generally, they say, are 10
a filthy condition, and arc filed with
deposits that are prejudicial to health
and pestilent to life itself. Most Of
the sewers are constructed without
openings to the outer air except at the
mouth, and this opening is frequently
tide locked. When the water rises
the foul air is forced into the dwell
ings. Gospels and vaults are ranked
as another cause of diphtheria.
The board recommends that the sew
ers should be under the permanent
care of a person who understands the
system upon which the sewers are
built and the services they are intend
ed to perform. Contractors should be
forced to clean the streets and remove
dirt from the pavement, which is now
carried into the sewers by the storm
waters. With regard to sewer VENT.
lation the report says Provide open
ings for the free admission and outlet
of air and the sewers will ventilate
themselves. This can be easily and
cheaply done by substituting open
manhole covers for the tight ones now
in use, and there is, in our opinion, no
system of ventilation so cheap and
effective as this" A map showing the
location Of deaths from diphtheria
occurring in 1879, and the prevalence
of the disease in certain districts
where sewerage and drainage arc de-
fcctiye, accompanies the report.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-28
COTTON.

The market opened TO day with a
drAggy feeling, the drippy elements
and decline and light sales abroad
exercising a Oppressive influence, anc
prospects indicate a light days bust
ness, with a slight falling off in prices.
yesterday were 1900 bales;
10 exporters 1900, to spiuners 800,
closing east at prices the same as the
day day before. Sales during the past
week were 1O,4OO bales, to exporters
6lOO, to spinners 1850, to spectators
$50 bales, quotation during She week
showing &c. per pound lower on grades
above middling, as follows: