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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28

Hon. John Green Hall writes that
he has organized seven or eight Guilds
in West Tennessee and is meeting
with great success wherever he goes.
The Somerville Falcon of this week
has this interesting item in regard to
the Guild in that place:
The organization of the Benefit
Guild in this place last Wednesday
night was quite a success. Fourteen
young gentlemen entered their own
names as charter members and three
of them put in their lady loves, max
ing in all seventeen to begin with.
The Guild organized here is called
Hope Guild. The names of the mem
bers are as follows: George Hardin,
President; H. P. Hobson, Vice Presi-
dent; A. w. KeteAum, Secretary;
Tbos. Sparks, Treasurer; w. X. Haw-
kihs, @. L. Dickinson, Jos. III. Sneed,
Ed R. Tatum, H. G. Shelton, r. K.
Dickinson, Robert Cannon, Ed Cobb,
Henry Maddox and ]. K. Gates
members. The names Of the young
lady members are not known. These
young gentlemen are a fine lot They
all want to marry bad and we take
pleasure In recommending them to the
manageable female public. Thos.
who entered the names Of their sweet
hearts, we suppose, have doad thing
and don't need any recommendation
but all the Others ave on the lookout
and with two thousand dollars any O
them will make good average hus
bands.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28

The card of NJ. L. Selden and o. B
Parker, real estate and rental
agents, at 285 Main street, appears
again in our columns to day. Mr..
Parker is an old well known and high
" respected Memphis man who has
lived here many years. Mr., selden is
younger man who has apelt the
greater part Of his life in Memphis.
Together they make solid conbina
ton, uniting experience, judgement
and energy. They are personally &C
quainted 9Th the history and condi-
ton ofnearly every piece Of real egtate
in and around Memphis. Business
entrusted to them will be promptly at
tended to and that in a manner to give
Satisfaction to their patrons.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28
UnIaundried shirts and Gents
Furnishing Goods, full stock and
special prices this week, at
GERBER a. METTE'S,
ll4t 207 vain street.

HAT

Fred Schmidt leaves to-day on
trip through Texas and Arkausaw.
Mr.. G. w. NALL left for the East
last night to lay in stock Of carpets
for the fall and winter trade.
Mr.. d. G. Lowenstine has gone to
St. Louis with the intention Of making
arrangements to engage in business
permanently. We are sorry to lose
him as a citizen Of the Taxing Dis
trict.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28
Buy Gas Fixtures of Browne.
Cotton.


The market here is buoyant to day,
another advance having been estab-
lished abroad, while at all domesti,
points the feeling is firm Sales yes
terday, were 300 bales, all to spipners,
closing steady at se higher on grades
above ordinary, as follows: Low ordi-
nary, 6Ac; ordinary 7lc; good ordinary,
Sc; low middling, lose; middling,
lite; good middling, 11lc.
Receipts OF cotton at all United
States ports for the past 5 days have
been 10,037 bales, against 1919 bales
same time last year. Total receipts
since September LIST, sum up 5,69l,-
246 bales. Excess over last year to
the same time 795, 740 bales. Receipts
to the. date in 1879 were 4,423,859
bales. The total shipment this sea
son have been 4.4O0,752 bales against
3,740, 1893 bales last year, and 3,4l0.-
239 bales in 1879. The stock in this
country is now 269,179 bales against
2O8,273 bales last year and 13O,136
bales the year before at this date.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28

son street.
Brown Il Jones, coal dealers, 2s2
Main street.
All kinds Of job printing executed
at tho LEDGER Office, 10 Madison.
Eggs and cotton we're both climb
ing up in the scale Ofvalues yesterday
and to-day.
The next drawing OF the Common
wealth Lottery takes place on Satur-
day. Tickets can be had at the usual
place.
The northorly breeze travelled
twelve miles an hour as it waited over
this vicinity yesterday afternoon, aud
il is nearly as strong to-day.
Victor D. Fuchs, 80 and Al Jofcr-
son, will receive tonight per express
shipments Of choice FISH from the
northern lakes and also from the gulf
Three little scamps, no taller than
tho table, we're tried before Justice
Quigley this morning for general bad
ness, and given short terms on the
Island.
A fne shower favored Little Rock
yesterday in the forenoon, measuring
over half an inch 1t was doubtless
as welcome over there as it would
have been had it fallen here
NJ. Fl. Henry was fined twenty-five
dollars to-day for carrying a percus
sion pop in his pocket. He plead in
excuse that he was going to Arkan-
saw, where he would have use for it.
The place No. 81 DeSoto street has
been ordered closed by the police, and
the female boss given week to get
out Of the city. 1t is a regular den,
where men were nightly drugged and
robbed.
Mary Jones, the female pickpocket,
will have her case inquired into by
Esquire Quigley next Tuesday, and
meanwhile the coils are gathering
around her. New victims are daily
heard of.
The value of lumber has advanced
within few days past four dollars
per thousand in leading Northern
markets, and those who own choice
timber brakes in the South begin to
feel rich.
The incest and healthiest food to
eat during the heated term is choice
beef tenderloins, found only at 81.
Seessel, ST., & Sons, corner Jefferson
aud Second. They receive shipments
every afternoon by express.
Several people about the city have
hired folks working at intervals chop
ing the grass off from where it has
grown up between the bricks Of their
front pavements, and where the same
is neither useful or ornamental.
When a man is generally despised
and roundly excoriated by those who
serve him, but is praised by these he
serves, he is worthy Of being classed
as cunning fellow. He understands
how to tickle the vanity Of his supe-
riors aud make it rough for the other
class.
There isn't city in America the
size Of this where random shots can
be scattered with SO much impunity
aud freedom from arrest and fine.
Our lawful authorities, who draw sal
aries and conserve the peace, might
increase the public funds by causing
the shooters to pay for their fun.
The poor, old and much abused
Nicolson pavement, which was never
paid for nor attended to, lasted thir
teen years without repairs. The new
stone paved streets, which are paid
for and not yet two years old, are cry
ing aloud for attention. If not cared
for our streets will be horrid in veal
or two more.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28
Buy We'll Pipe q Browne, 40 Madison
Wild RhOOfpFa,

Down at the lower end of Lauder
dale street promiscuous shooting at
birds, targets and other objects has be-
come a most serious nuisance. as well
dangerous to people in the vicinity,
and the annoyance should be stopped
fin no other way, fine should be i'm
posed upon the law violators. Last
evening, charge of shot fred aloft
tumbled down on a Bayfarers head
or hat, and ratified him into a state Of
nervousness. Before recovering from
this dose another charge from the
same direction fell uncomfortable near
a lady passing in a buggy with hel
child. Such sport may be fun to the
shooter, but the neigbbors don't like
and ought not to stand it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28
The Elements.

L. was as calm as duck pond here
early this morning, and the tempera-
ture marked 81 degrees at SUNRISE
three below yesterday at the same
time. The range yesterday was from
73l to 851, the breeze being fresh
from the north and northeast through
out the day. 1t was ten degrees
warmer down along the Gulf coast
yesterday than here, and five to ten
degrees cooler in the Middle States.
No rain fell anywhere South last
night, but fine shower fell yester-
day about CoFsicans, Texas. The in.
dications do not point to rain here to-
day or tomorrow, though a falling
barometer is reported in the lower
Missouri valley, and if the northerly
winds prevailing to-day hold on we
may catch q shower after awhile
when warmer current strikes us from
the southwest,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28
ICEi

O'Neil s. Co., No. Towards Row, lake
ice at wholesale and retail. Steamboat and
railroad shipments receive special atten-
ton. Orders for city delivery lott at @. b.
Bryan & Co., No. 20 Madison street,
promptly filled. ut
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28

In the middle ages Women must have
had sorry time oft, more especially
in contract to the amount Of hattery
and adulation bestowed upon them
during tho period when chiyalry had
exalted them almost to the rank of
goddesses Perhaps a natural re,
action took place; at any rate, women
disappear from the scenes of court his
tory until the reign of Francis [. Of
France, v 10 insisted upon their pres
ence upon public occasions. Up to
this time they were kept out of sight,
and anything seems to Aaye been con-
sidered good enough for them, despite
the evidence ofhistoricsl novels. Ele-
ganoies were unknown, wooden under
garments clothed the fair bodies, and
even in The reign of Philip, the De,
b)nnair, res trictions were placed upon
the enjoyment of Injuries, and were
forbidden to ride in the two wheeled
cart, which was one Of the recent in.
ventions oil the day. In the times oil
Henry Will, Elizabeth, and even al
a much later period, the peers oI
England carried their wives behind
them on horse back when they went tC
LondOn to pay their "devoirs" to roy.
atty, and when the holiday was over
returned in the same manner, placinl
hoods o. W xrd linen over their heads
to .,car ~ NJ from injury from the
ncl,meht wcatlsr.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28
Death Of Repre- enIa.ive Hnw-
kins' Wife.

Ameri ian, q.
Governor Hawkins received tele.
gram from Huntingdon last night an
nouncing the death, at Z pm. of the
wife of Representative L. L.. Hawkins.
She had long been afflicted with con-
sumption. Governor Hawkins will
leave here this morning to attend her
funeral.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28
Buy Boz Qf BrOYne. % Mali.s99n

The LEDGER Office book bindery, ID
Madison stFeet, has good wOrkmen,
uses coed material and charges mod
crate prices.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28
AZ HKTHuk WHExTLEY,
WALKER BLOCK, 2sl MAIN STREET.

WALhEh DLOShf Iol MAIN blhEEl.
Store No 70 Exchange.
Shore Nos Isl and 5gPoplar.
Store Nos u and Is Jefferson.
Store No 28 Font and cellar.
Store No 1911 Second and rooms above.
Store No Adams.
Store No Sii Second, under Grsenlaw Opsrl
Store o 2l9 Union, corner Wellington.
OMoe No4 Madison, room basement.
On Q No4l Madison, rooms basement
Hesldence'-No 20 Poplar, rooms: 81 Or
cans, . rooms; % Orleans, 6 rooms; Orleans
near Adams, choice, rooms; 40l Adams,
u lee suite Of apartments, 4 rooms; 273 Poplar.
3 rooms: lbS Robson, nice, rooms; l23
Dunlap, rooms; 81 Third, rooms. 3; Mon
F0r, nice, rooms; II, % aud IS Causey. 1si
DesOt0 near Linden, 2fooms; 1872 DeG0to near
Linden, roomsi VS. Linden near De OTTO, 2
r0oms. Linden near Desoto, 4 rooms. 8i
Beal: sq8 Linden near Cynthia choice & rooms.
1874 linden near CBnthia. choice, 5 room,
IBl Vance, nice cottage, 4 rooms; choice mod.
en-! iesidtne nv Vance, Joining Mr. Cages.
from septembcrs nice cottage near Weliino,
ton, rooms, 90 Monroe near Wellington, a
kOOinf. Jackson, west Of Filth, choice hone,
Rooms Ejb HoTn9ndO. 3 rooms: I79 Second
fdfnishod suite, rooms; IL Madison, b (
rooms: 35G and 25S Main, second and third
hoofs: $50 aad 25S Second. second and third
floor; II Third, sacOnd hoot Bass avenue
near Hebrew Ceiaetoggi % Poplar, rooms,
i30 Main I rooms, sJeOnl and third hoors
lii Main. 2 rooms, third 6oor.
Wrirht place. kAyburn avenue, choice
Jones piece, on POplAr pike, very one, 8
acre. GOodWin's, on the Raoon road 4
acres; Beathman place, on Broadway: AC
Kinly place, corner hernand9 sud Louder
Also Main street store, a5s Main. store. col
lar and roons. near UploH,
CTORRH0UsE, Corner Poplar epd Third 4
- Apply Cloth a Ke.tmann, lbs lSS
D00MS-Fnmished or unlarnlshed. Addrol
~ H. this Office. 126 lN
OTOHEHOUsEs Nos. Is and Union At
~ now occupied by Loqrsfaf. Graham
pfoudht. L i McfAkLAhD,
w. q MndiIon street.
II ARGE ihreo stofy brick house. % End u
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28
Avery Gin 60,

Have the best and cheapest Gina in the
market, 1913 Front street. IA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28

From R. A. Saalfeld, No. 839
Broadway, New York, three musical
compositions all under one head. has
been received, entitled, Douglas,
Tender and True" song for alto,
st Was a Dream" ditto for contralto
or basso; snd "The Way Through the
Wood, " song. The three selections
are to be had for dime.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28

Go see the SUMMER cook stove at N
: chwarzenberg, go Main. ll9t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28
sIURDER NEAR COLLIERvILLE

Buy Sewer Connections OF Browne.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28
Rnsinens PersonaI.

Buy Hose Cart Of Browne, 40 Madilol
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28

Buy Pitcher Pumps Of Browne.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28
RTRAYE0 on eT0I 8 -
FOUND.
FoR SALE

A P0NY-PeTy gentle and n good order
n Apply at punn's Stable ~ Adams.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28
Cheap fo1. CasI1
COR RENT

Always the best goods for the low
eos prlees. You never tai OF
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28

sB-Roofrg, 6uttsring, and job Work. Tin
OF Copper, done % order on short notice
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-28
PUBLIC LEDGER,
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0Eesi 10 Estis0n Street..

LEDaER BindCry. " Madison.
Now books daily az Williams.
Creamery butter. Lyle 4 Shields
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-02
A Marriage and a Mystery.

Wedding of Miss Cavendish-Bentfnck
 and the Earl of StrathmOre's Eldest
 Soh-The Secret Of Glamfs Castle.
 The small and old-fashioned church in the little village of Petersham (says London
 Truth witnessed the marriage, on Saturday afternoon, of Miss Cavendish Bentinck with Lord Glamis. eldest son of the Earl of Strathmore, which was celebrated by special license. The bridegroom Is in the Second Llfe Guards, and the on-commissioned officers of his troop lined the aisle during the ceremony, and were afterward drawn up in the avenue. The church was crowded with friends and relatives, among whom jor General Burnaby and General Lord Mark Kerr. The bride arrived little after one o'clock, in the custom ary white satin and lace. Her wreath of orange blossoms was composed of real flow CTS. She wore no jewelry. The eight brides maids wore white llama, trimmed with cof fee colored lace; and white chip hats. with cream colored feathers. Broad white moire sashes were arranged over the dresses. The brides bouquet consisted entirely of white flowers. Those of the bridesmaids were com posed of pink roses and stephanotis It was pretty wedding. Some village school girls, dressed in white, strewed the brides path with flowers as she left the church. The wedding breakfast was served in large marquee behind the house, 8 delightful ar engagement on such hot day. Over the seats of the bride and bridegroom hung & large bell composed entirely of roses of every color, and when the cake was cut the bell was swung. This marriage recalls to memo ry the mysterious chamber that is said to exist in Glamis Castle. What is contained in this chamber and what is the secret connect ed with it is known alone to the head of the family, his eldest son and the factor of the estate. That there is closed chamber is unquestionable it has no window, ana it is reached through hole in the ceiling Equal ly questionable is it that there is a secret con- nected with it. For my part, adds Mir. La- bouchere, consider that mystery like this, which has been handed down from father to son for many generations, ought to be made public in order to gratify curiosity which may fairly be said to be legitimate Were I Lady Glamis my husband would have little peace until he confided the secret to me.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-02
Price Four Cents.

@ ferryman who was rowing her across the river, "are people ever lost in this river ?' "Oh, no, ma'am," he replied; i've always finds lem again within day or so.''
 The Cleveland preacher took for his text: ''He giveth his beloved sleep.'' And then he said, as he glanced around that the way his congregation had worked itself into the affections of the Lord was amazing Boston Post
 An Albany man has rented vacant lot near his residence, fenced it in, and fitted it up as playground for the boys of the neigh borhood. In other words, he furnishes playground to avoid having plague round Catch the idea ?-B0stOn Post
 An Erie young man has been turned out of church for dancing. He now wishes that he had gone to 8 Sunday school picnic and hugged and kissed the girls in the religious game of Copenhagen, and thus retained his standing in church. = -No77istoao7a He,aEd.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-02

old style of payment of monthly dues the payment of a small sum additional per share as an insurance fund. This insurance fee enables the society to guarantee to the family of any deceased member the continuation of the payment of monthly dues without cost to the widow, children, or other heirs, until the society runs out. Suppose man has six shares, on which he pays $6 per month. He also pays twenty cents extra per share per month for his insurance fee, making his en- tire monthly payment $7.2o. At the end of the year he has $14.4O for his insurance. The society has receive it, and he, as one of the members, has still an interest in it. Sup pose he buys out his six shares and receives $1 ,OSO, for which he purchases a home. If he dies week after the purchase, his widow at once becomes possessor of the home, and the building association keeps up the month ly payments.
 The lessons of the Chicago fire seem to have been forgotten by some of the inhabitants of that city who ought to have better memo ries. When Chicago was rebuilt an ordin- ance was passed forbidding the erection of wooden buildings within the city limits.
 
 Now that Chicago is rich and prosperous she is again becoming reckless. At least such is the disposition of large number of her real estate owners, and they have strong repre- sentation in the Common Council of that city. They are not satisfied with the present rapid growth of Chicago. They want her population to increase much faster in order to make customers for real estate at higher prices. To accomplish these objects their first moyeis to amend the ordinance restricting the erection of wooden dwellings and barns in the city limits. An amendment to this effect is now before the Chicago Common Council and is receiving an amount of SUD- port alarming to all cautious inhabitants of that city who shudder at the thought of an- other great fire originating, like the first one, from the abundance of wooden buildings. The advocates of the scheme claim that the privilege of erecting small, cheap houses in parts of Chicago now unoccupied would at tract many more settlers to that city.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-02

Blind Tom can play 1000 pieces by ear. The number he can play with his hands is not given. .-Boston TTGnsc1apt.
 It is a sorrowful fact that the bar-rooms are more honest with their lemons than the temperance picnic -B Boston Transcript.
 The Italians foeked Main street between the postofice and the -Neacs office, for several days of last week, waiting for their pay. It gave Danbury rare opportunity to see an Italian son set.-Dans5atay Neaos
 MT. Boatman,'' said timid woman to
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-02
BORN TO DIE.
THE MAD. MAD MUsE. After SHinburna.l

After Swinburne. Out on the margin of moonshine land. Tickle me, love, in these lonesome ribs. Out where the whing whang loves to stand, Writing his name with his tail on the sand, And swiping it out with his oogerish hand; Tickle me, love, in these lonesome ribs. Is it the glbber of gungs and keeks Tickle me, love, in these lonesome ribs. Or what is the sound that the whing- -whang seeks Crouching low by the winding creeks, And holding his breath for weeks an1 weeks? Tickle me, love, in these lonesome ribs. Anoint him the wealthiest of wealthy things! Tickle me, love, in these lonesome ribs. 'Tis fair whfng hsngess with phosphor rings. And bridal jewels of fangs and gtings, And she sits, and as sadly and softly sings, As the mildewed whir of her own dead wings, Tickle me, dear;
 Tickle me here;
 Tickle me, love, in meslonesome ribs
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-02
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Italy is proceeding toward specie payments in much the same way that this country did The premium on gold has already nearly dis appeared, months before the date set for re- sumption.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-02

Inquiries as to the prosperity of negro farmers in Louisiana were sent to all parts of the State by the New Orleans Pic0yu''e, and the replies show clearly that fit is within the reasonable ambition of any healthy colored man now to own land and to establish him self in independence.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-02

A Cincinnati judge refused to grant di- vorce to a man because, among other more important things, he had taken his wife, who showed extraordinary business qualifca- tions, from the domestic circle and launched her into the midst of iniquities which sur round the path of comedy and youthful fe- male in business life requiring travel and frequent contact with worldly people"
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-02
Attacked by an Eagle.

Mrs. H. Bolt, of Applegate. Jackson coun- ty, Oregon, was on the 18th attacked fero- ciously by large eagle. She picked up club and hit the bird on the head, stunning it, and following up her advantage, soon dis patched it. The eagle measured over seven feet between the tips of the wings
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-02

special election will be held in North Carolina on Thursday next, to decide wheth CT the proposed liquor law shall be ratified or not. The law provides that any person who shall manufacture buy or sell, either directly or indirectly, any spirituous or malt liquors, except wines and cider, or by any shift, sub- terfuge or device. dispose of spirituous hq- uors, or any liquors of which spirituous liq- uor is material or constituent part, in any quantity. otherwise than by this act provid- ed, shall be guilty of a .misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1, 900, and be imprisoned, in the discretion of the court. The exception is that druggists, apothecaries and physicians may be licensed for one year to sell spirituous liquors for medicinal, chem icai or mechanical purposes, but they are for bidden to have more than 30 gallons on hand at one time, or to sell more than one gallon to any one person, and then only on a certi- fcate from physician, chemist, mechanic or artist that the liquors are needed for the pur- poses specified.
 4 new feature has made it's appearance in some of the building and saving associations in Pennsylvania. The new plan provides for widows protection by associating with the
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-02
Teeth.

Ha.xrgA Our patrons can now find the largest ESSsss@@ stock to select from ever shown the Rcity, and ak prices to please everybody.
 Gold Foil, Tin Foil, Amalgam, Rub ber Teeth and all materials used by densisa, at man. ufacturers' price lists
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-02

ssThe Label and Trade Mark Of well-known and responsible manufactures is the best protection the public can haye.r ssDR. MOTT
 ssGoFernment Chemist"
Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-02
ELIAS STRONG, Dentist,

BOARDERS WANTED. / ITftenh h ous 6. First-class in every respect, - '' 'd ia-s, address "BOx 35,o .t,'-,i,s HarWinton, Conn.