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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17
River TeIegramls.

Louisville, February II. = River
rising slowly, with % feet s inches in
the canal, and 20 feet s inches in the
chute On the falls. Business good.
Weather clondy and chilly. Arrived
and departed JAS. Cook and tow,
Pittsburg to Pittsburg; Silver Cloud,
Cincinnati to Tennessee river Andy
Baum, Cincinnati to Memphis; Mary
Houston, Cincinnati to New Orleans.
Cairo, February 17.-Arrived An
derson, Nashville, midnight; JAS. D.
Parker, Cincinnati, 10 pm. Departed:
Jas. D. Parker, Memphis, 6 am
Thos. Sherlock, New Orleans, 6 am;
Gen. Kicker, Paducah, noon. Weather
rainy and cold.
Pittsburg, February 17.-Riyer 8
feet 4 inches, and falling. Weather
clear and cold.
Cincinnati, February l7-River 49
feet 9 inches and falling. Weather
cloudy. Wyoming arrived. Pitts.
burg unable to get under tho bridge
Departed-Dean, New Orleans.
Evansville, February 17-Arrivod:
Golden City, 1 am. Departed-Golden
City, Cincinnati, 2a.m. River rising
with 81 feet Z inches on the gauge.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17
FINE CUT ITEMS.

There are $500 shoemakers in Chi
cago. The average of wages is 81 a
day In the making Of 4 shoe there
are 64 parts.
VIM. w. f. Storey, proprietor Of
the Chicago Times, is said to have
avowed his belief in spiritualism and
to have stated that he is in constant
communication with the spiritworld. "
Mr.. Monroe D. Conway writes as
follows: 1.-The revival of hatred toward
the Jews in Germany, however artif
cial its origin, has brought on a genu-
inc epidemic Of the medi@val madness
which reddened every European river
with Jewish blood. There is no mis-
take about it. DR.. Carl Vogt, the
famous naturalist, has just written a
pamphlet, in which he says the agita.
tions can only be scientifically ex.
planned; it is phenomenon Of natural
atavism. As all animals arti6cially
bred always tend to return to the orig
inal type, and must occasionally do SO,
so do nations This agitation is a
recurrence to German barbarism."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17
CriIlae.

CINCINNATI, February ia tele-
gram reports the murder of Reed, a
negro, by a negro, Tuesday night,
near Hustonyille, Ky.
j. Marsh, editor Of the Commercial,
Portland, Ind, it is reported, was
mortally wounded on Tuesday night
by Williams, printer.
Charles Smagert, a rough, went un-
invited to country dance near Web
ster, Darke county, at the residence Of
L. Trichne, and fred a pistol into the
ceiling to create scare, whereupon
Lewis Christian shot Smagert in the
head. The wound is probably mortal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17

George Eliot first went to school at
Nuneaton when she was thirteen years
old. She was then of moderate height,
neither stout nor thin, with fair hair
and complexion. She was decidedly
not a pretty girl, but she had beauti,
lul set of white, even teeth. An old
sehoolfellow says Of her "SooD after
her arrival [ was attracted toward the
drawing room, where she was practis-
ing. by the air of Bishops Bid me
discourse, which | then heard for the
first time, and which, child as was,
| knew was being played with the
greatest taste and feeling. But what
called forth my childish admiration
and wonder the most was the amazing
rapidity with.which she mastered all
her lessons, the contents Of pages be-
ing made her own by simply reading
them once or twice over. She was
ever at the head of her class, and GER
tainly loved learning for learning s
sake: so devoted, indeed, was she to
it that, to the astonishment and per-
haps disgust Of her schoOliellows, she
always cried when the holidays came.
She learned, beside English and mu-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17

The reelection of Mrs. General
Hatton as state librarian, yesterday,
on the first ballot, looks like business,
and we hope it is the beginning of
earnest, effective work. The members
of the legislature, fresh from the peo
ple, as the saying goes, now stand face
to face with the state debt question.
They have had ample opportunity to
ascertain the feelings of the people
and to study the history of the debt
1t is too late now to make long
speeches or engage in discussion.
Both sides, and all sides, have
been fully heard, and it would be
almost impossible to say anything new
ON the subject. The low tax element
is in such a minority that its repre-
sentation could have very little inhu-
ence if they would. They will not
resort to any measures of obstruction
tr impede settlement or feel respons-
ibla for any that is likely to- be
mode,> The responsibility is on the
shoulders of those who carried the
state. The high credit democrats, and
republicans are occupying, substan-
tally. the same position. If they dc
not settle it now il will be evident that
they are either in nIueere in their
pledges or incompetent 70 handle suct
a question. We will soon see.
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Thnt Raeged-edged I.etter.

Au officer Of the Military Academy
tAlls Red6eld that there will be SEN
sstional episode in the Whitaker case
bsfore the trial is completed. 1t will
he remembered that the note of warn
ing eut a conspicuous figure in the
court of inquiry. II is the anonym
ous letter signed "a Friend" warning.
Whitaker of intended violence, and
which the expert endeayored to show
was Written by Whitaker himself,
because the ragged edges where 1t had
been torn fitted exactly into the edges
of corresponding sheet found in the
colored boys room. This officer says
that since the first trial the expert has
placed the paper under a microscope
I'D made photographs Of it, and when
coll,,d to testify this time will make
some So'rrC startling revelations. He will
SpS Jomonstr,te that the letter in CUES.
t;on was first written in pencil and
tSen % traced in ink and the pencil
marks vnS erased. The letter "a" in the
Signature that was declared not to be
Wb;ttaker's "a" it is said The expert
viii testify was made in ink over two
or three others in pencil, looking as
though the pencil letters were expert
mental, and when finally the satlsIac-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17

tory 'one was made it was traced in
ink and the rest rubbed out with an
eraser. 1t is said also that Mr.. South
worth, the expert, will show that there
are traces yet of the lead all through
the note, showing that it was first en-
tirely written in pencil. The officer
told your correspondent that Mr..
Southworth pronounces the pencil
writing evidently Whittaker's. If
this disclosure is made the case will
once more attract attention and ac-
cording to this testimony will call for
further explanations on Whittaker's
part. Meantime the tomfoolery has
cost the treasury over $4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17
RndY Found.

PATERSON, N. j., February H.
The mutilated remains of an unknown
man, about fifty years Of age, was
found on the track short distance
south of this city this morning. The
remains we're scattered for long dis
tance on the track, and frozen. There
is nothing to prove his identity, but
it is thought he must have fallen from
a passing train.
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Sales to-day, 1900 bales.

LIVERPOOL, February II, 4:30 pm,
Cotton, opened steady. Uplands,
& 7-l6d Orleans, 69-16d. Sales to-
day, $4,000 bales. Receipts, 10000
bales American, -1O,50O bales. Flu
lures opened fiat, new, as follows :
Deliveries for February and March,
67-l6d; March and April, GID; April
and May. 6 69-lG@6 l7-32d; May and
June, 6 10 32@6sd; June and July,
6 -32@6sd; July and August,
6,11-16d.
New ORLEANS, February II, 11:30
m.-- Cotton steady. Middling, III &c,
Sales to-day, zoo bales. Receipts to-
day, lO,446 bales. Stock, 272,Gl2 bales
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17
CARLYLE once asked an Edinburgh

Carlyle once asked an Edinburgh
student-who tells the story in the
Milwaukee Sentinel-what he was
studying for. The youth replied that
he had not quite made up his mind.
There was a sudden lightning flash Of
the old Scotchman's eye, a sudden
pulling down of the shaggy eyebrows,
and the stern face grew sterner as he
said "The man without purpose is
like a ship without rudder-a waif,
a nothing, a no man. Have a pur.
pose in life, if it is only to kill and di-
vide and sell oxen well, but have a
purpose; and having it throw such
strength of mind and muscle into your
work as God has given you"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17
Indications.

WASHINGTON, February l7.-For
Tennessee and Ohio valley increasing
cloudiness. and followed in tie vest
ern portion by rain and warmer east
erly winds, and falling barometer.
For the Upper Mississippi and
Lower Missouri valleys, warmer and
cloudy weather, with snow and east
erly winds backing to northerly and
lower barometer. The Ohio will re-
main nearly stationary at Cincinnati,
and rise at and below Louisville.
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The Remains OfFernandO Wood
in TransiIu.

PirTsBURG, February H. Ser
reant-at-Arms @. F. Rainey, With J.
r. Tucker. r. q. Mills, WIN. Lons-
bury. w. II. Calkips and J. T. Shella-
berger, the committee appointed by
congress to meet the remains of Fer
nando Wood at this point, arrived az
ten o'clock this morning. The body
will reach here on the 7:3O train this
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17

THE great ADVANTAGE of the passage
of ali apportionment bill at this ses-
sion of congress, lies in the fact that it
will enable legislatures now in session
to make their state apportionments.
Thirty-one Of the thirty-eight states
have adopted biennial sessions, and
these legislatures are now all in Ses-
sion. Extra sessions next winter to
apportion congressman, would involve
expenditures running up to several
millions of dollars.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17

A DOG law has been proposed in
Arkansas, and the Little Rock Ca
zette rises to remind the law makers
of the awful fate of such law once
passed in Tennessee, and of those who
passed it. The most of them sleep
that political sleep which knows no
waking, and the agile canine chases
the esculent mutton on foot over the
green sward, so to speak, at will.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17

OVER FIVE hundred bills have been
introduced in the legislature already,
and they are pouring in still. 1t is a
very easy matter to introduce a bill,
but a difficult matter to get it or any
thing like it enacted into law.
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The Pennsy Ivania Slough of Des-
pond.

HARRISBURG, February l7.-Thir-
tieth ballot for United States senator;
Beaver IS; Wallace II; Bayne SO; H.
NJ. Phillips 5; Henry 4; Schofeld 2
harmer 2; General w. S. Hancock l.
Shiras 1; McGathe !; Davis !; Thos
W. Phillips ]; Parkinson l; Hemitt /
Adjourned.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17

New York, February 1920 pm.
Cotton quiet and steady. Ordinary, 8
5 Ice; good ordinary, 8 l5-16c; low
middling, lie; middling, II 9-16c:
good middling, 12lc; middling fair,
1870; fair, 1870. Futures opened
steady, now quiet and steady, at
very little change from last evenings
closing prices as follows: Deliveries
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IhursdaY, March 3D., I88I,

upon the promises, sell to the highest bidder
at public outcry, the whole OF q sulioiency Qi
the property ia said tu.t deed, described qs
follows, to-wit: Lying and being il Fayctts
county, Tennessee, being the north half Z {
section ten Q0), township Que, ranye ne %
west. situate aloat six miles south of La
grange Tenn, and being same property upon
which said Rives has re.ided for the past p
years and vested 10 him by deed from A X
Wingfeld, dated December6th 1875, regi tered
in book S, page GIG. Also the ether tract IN
same state and county, thus described; The
northeast quarter Of section nine, towEshlp
one, range one west Of the basis meridian Of
the Chiekasaw session. Upon the 6r.t Of the
above tracts there i. deed of trust for about
$3.50, and the whole property is subject to q
homestead to I " Rives, which is expressly
reserved plat Of the land, sh0winy the
land covered by the trust deed. and upon what
port on the homestead has been assigned, will
be on hand at the sale.
Equity Of redemption barred, and the prop,
erty viii he sold subject to the homestead and
trust dued aforesaid. Terms Of sale cash
IlS lh5 D II p05T0N, Trustee.
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BY CABLE.

LONDON, February 17.-An arms
tice has been concluded with the Ba-
sutos, taking effect on the 18th. 1t is
proposed that that part Of the Trans
vaal to which the Beers have a fair
claim be declared independent and
the remaining, and larger part, continue
to be governed by the British admins
tration, and that British resident
be appointed at the capital Of the
Beers.
The president Of the Orange free
state telegraphs that he has taken
stringent precautions to preserve the
neutrality of that state.
Italy will participate in the Inter
national monetary convention, and
Premier Cairali expresses his belief
in the success of its deliberations.
The Albanian league has offered
the porte 100000 in the event of a
4
war.
BERLIN, February 17.-Count Won
Arnim Boitzenburg will decline the
presidency of the reichstag, as cleri
calist, and has been appointed vice
president
LONDON. February 1.-THE con
ference between Parnell and Roche
fort has excited much indignation
among the Catholic members Of Par
nell's party.
| CoNsTANTINoPLE, February IL
Increasing financial difficulties make
the sultan more than ever desirous for
peace.
BERLIN, February 17.-Herr Won
Fraukenstein, clerical, was yesterday
elected vice-president of the reich
stag. He is the individual who did
not accept the emperor's invitation to
be present at the ceremony of the
completion of the Cologne cathedral.
LONDON, February 1.-THE Bank
of England has reduced the rate ol
discount to three per cent.
PARIS, February 1.-THE passage
in the chamber of deputies of bill
for the introduction of scrutiny in the
De Liste system of voting at election:
: is considered certain.
r LONDON, February l7.-There is
a much more hopeful feeling in Paris
relative to the Greek question. lncon
sequence, Germany having consented
takes lead in the negotiation of Con
p, stantinople.
!, LONDON, February 17.-Captair
I Allan Henry Bellingham, conservative
5 and home rule member of parliament
from Louth, aud private chamberlain
e to Pope Leo XIII writes to the Times
!. protesting against interviews of th'
0 Irish members of parliament with The
e continental revolutionary leaders, anC
t. says he must defend himself from tn,
g sentiments expressed at such inter
!. views.
e Bar silver, 50 3 l6d.
G General Skebeloff telegraphs from
" Cock Tepe under date of the 18th
1t "PaciGcation of the country is pro
} crossing fovorably. Sixteen thousan'
/ families have now returned, amnest!
It proclaimed and the chiefs have prom
u ised fidelity"
$ Constable, the noted jockey, is dead
'e BERLIN, February 17.-Bortzen
le burg declines the presidency of tn
e reichstag.
d DURAN, February 16,-The tele
J. graph wire has been cut between New
10 castle and Lady Smith.
1T President Brand denies the rumo
r that the Orange free state Beers hav
ID formed a league in Natal to oppose tn
British.
PARIS, Februaryl7.-Parnell prom
" ised on his return to Ireland to sen
l. Victor Hugo letter on the politics
,e situation Of that country. Hugo sal
Il he would reply to such letter by
- manifesto to Europe in favor of tn
l. claims Of ireland.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17

THE following editorial in the New
York Sun of the Oh on the death Of
Fernando Wood, 4 model of breyi-
ty and direct statement. 1t would be
an admirable epitaph to follow the
date of his birth and death:
Mr.. Fernando Wood had lived the
full number of years allotted to man,
and had long been conspicuous fig
ure in politics.
In former times, swhen Mr.. Wood
made political trades with his oppo-
nents, he had the credit Of fulfilling
his bargains.
With his tall, straight form and his
snow-white mustache, he was mar
of striking rersOnal appearance.
Mr.. Wood served the city as mayor
during successive terms, and was fol
many years representative in con
gress, and has left behind him repu'
tatiOn, municipal, state and national
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17
Bank Closed In Kansas City.

ST.. LOUIS, February 17.-Private
dispatches from Kansas City say that
the Valley bank closed this morning;
that retailers are the principal depos-
itors, and that number of merchants
will be embarrassed by the failure.
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Wnrehouse Turned.

, TOLEDO, February 1.-THE exten-
siye ship chandlery, stores and ware
house Of Wilcox'& Bros, Nos. Ga and
&C Water street. was entirely destroyed
by fire this morning. loss, 100000 ;
insurance, $4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17

GOVERNOR Blackburn and wife will,
in few days, chaperone a party to
Mardi Gras at New Orleans. The
pardon business will be temporarily
suspended.
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sic, dancing and French, and was con-
sidered a good French scholar. She
was of quiet, studious habits, and,
though generally preferring books to
play, was nevertheless a fayorite
among US. :"
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DIED.

TOLLEs0N.- AT Pinkney, Critienden coun-
ty, Ark, on the 18th inst, VALLIE ELISA TOL-
LEsow infant child of Emmett D. and Annie
II. Toleson aged xix months and three weeks.
Perhaps twerc better thus; better that the
light cloud should fade away in the morning 5
breath, than travel through the weary day to
gather in darkness and end in storm-not lost,
but gone before.
GREER--At his residence, on the morning
of the 18th, DAyIDS. GREER. aged 76 years,
months and 26 days.
Funeral service at residence at 1OH am,
FRIDAY, 18th. and burial at Elmwood at
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17
KilIed by Mother EnrlII.

0AKDALE, MASS, February H.
Tim Nipham and - Kelly were
killed yesterday by the caving Of
an embankment on the Massachusetts,
Central railway.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17

SENATOR Sharon has been so long
absent from his seat that when he
returned lately he had to be intro
duced to the doorkeeper.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17

THERE are only three ladies living
whose husbands were presidents of
the United States-Mrs. Polk, Mrs.
Tyler and Mrs. Lincoln.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17

THE NewYork Tribune says; There
is no doubt about it, the brains Of the
democratic party are concentrated
largely in its southern wing.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17

evening, when the committee will
take charge of the same and proceed
on the 8 clock train to Washington
City.
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Hat Factory Burned.

ORANGE, N. j., February 1.-THE
hat factory of T. f. Brennan & Co.
burned this morning. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, $4,000.
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Trustee sale.

IN pursuance with the terms of certain
| decd of trust to me executed by ThOs W
Rives, dated November 10th, 1879, aud dug
registered in the Registers Office Of Fayette
county, Tennessee, in book Nos, pages i5i-
Sc, will, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-17

IT is said that David Davis has no
idea Of reascending the bench.
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TREMENDOUS REDUCTION
GOODS SOLD ON

Monthly and Weekly payments.
CARPETS
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-16

and instructive, and I think we will
be amply rewarded in the future
for our search after knowledge. Let
us strive earnestly to make each
meeting better than the last; also.
let us be resolved to cultivate and
practice the high and noble princi-
Piles of our Order. Let us labor
with willing hands and hearts, for
our foundation is laid broad and
strong and deep upon the rock of
eternal truth. We must constantly
strive to secure entire harmony and
good will among ourselves, and to
make our Order perpetual. No one
can expect to prosper in anything
that involves the injury of others.
If we are true to ourselves, true to
our foundation principles, discharg.
ing our every duty to the best of
our ability, and relying upon Him
who is all in all, we surely will be
elevated, socially and Intellectually
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-16
The True Test.

Success depends not so much on
Grange having a large member
ship, as in the effectiveness of its
members. Effective working is the
true test We all remember some
little people who can walk clear
around an overgrown, lubberlv
neighbor every hour in the day.
Oranges of twenty wide-awake, de-
voted members can be, and often
are, more of heart Patrons of Hus-
bandry than some similar organiza-
tons with over fifty on the rolls.
This is so in every State. and before
we begin praising the Grange with
large membership, simply because
the membership is large. we ought
to compare it with some of the appa-
rently smaller growth. The cedar
does not grow like the hemlock, but
which of the two do we prefer for
our fence posts? By the compari.
son it is not intended to discourage
the larger Oranges, but to cause
Patrons to look around and see for
once, if they have not seen, that
some of our brightest gems, as
Oranges, are the meek and humble
ones, who speak not of themselves,
but pursue an even tenor of way
altogether charming.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-16
The Horses Back.

The first thing to observe in
Judging of a horse, so far as his
back is concerned, is the length of
it. A long back is weak back the
world over, and in every instance.
BY superior excellence of structure
in other respects, the weakness of
the back may be, in some measure,
made up; but the horse can never
be the horse be would have been,
had his back been a shorter one.
We do not care how short a horses
back is; for it is a sure evidence
that he can carry or drag a heavy
weight a great distance and not
tire; neither, if he be speedy, will
two or three seasons of turf expe-
renee break him down, as in the
case with so many Of our speedy,
long backed horses Golden Rule.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-16
The Grange Movement.

The Grange movement is an or
ganization of farmers. banded to-
gether for their mutual benefit. We
might ask the question: Is there a
necessity for such an organization?
We answer, yes; and we propose
to prove it by the best argument
and the soundest logic.
First-Is farming carried to that
high degree of perfection that it
should be?
Second-Do farmers spend as
much Of their time in the social cir
Gle as they should?
Third-Do farmers beautify their
homes as they should?
Fourth-Do the farmers of Amer
lea spend enough of their time in
intellectual pursuits, or, in other
words, are they educated as they
should be?