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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15
NAILS-Unsetiled. and iobbiDqa. a a

EAILS-Unsettled and jobbiDg at 3 40
a3 so rates.
I SUGAR AND MOLASSES-Sugar
quotations are 8Xa8Kc for Y. c.;
6IsaeNc for white clarified; 81 for of
A. lOActor graduated, and 11a11Lc for
powdered crushed and cut loaf. Molas-
ses weak at 40a60c per gallon.
COFFEE-Steady at 10Kal6c for Rio
and 24a26c for Java.
SALT-Steady at 81 35a1 65 per sack
for coarse and fine Liverpool, and 81 BOA
l go for Ohio river.
CANNED 00DS-Strawberries, ctc.,
III 35a l 80 per doz. cans; peaches, 81 20
for z ID and 81 76a2 70 for BIB cans toma-
toes. 81 l5al 80 for 2 and 3 ID cans.
TOBACCO-Common plug, 33aSSc for
ll-lnch plug choice 10 fancy, 40a65c;
twist, 3oa4bc navy, 35a60l; smoking, BOA
62c for common TO fancy.
cement, 81 76c per Dbl; Rosedale, q so
Portland, 81 50a5; Plaster, 81 70. Ala
lime in large bbls, 98caSl; Tenn
do in ~ bu bbls, SOC. Brick, $40 and
$40 so per NJ fire do, 4 and Axe each.
SUNDRIES-Peanuts jobbing at 6a7c
for Tenn. red and white, and SIC per ID
for Vaj pecans, 7aSc for Ark, l2c for
Texas and lie for large La ~cocoanuts.
6a6Hc; cider s. for half and 50 for bbls. OF
Mo, vinegar; l2X to l6c per gal; mince
meat sac per ID in hf bbls and 9a9cH in
pals; grits and hominyS s. Is to- 5oper Dbl
COTTON SEED-Per ton $ll loose
from wagons and $40 to $13 in SKIS at the
landing crude oil AZ TO 45c per e.; refined
do. 65 10 Coo cake S24 10 % per
ton; do. meal S23a25.
STARCH AND CANDLES-Starch
firm at 4hc per ID; full W.T. candles l4Xc
and firm.
COAL-Pittsburg per box to river 55c;
city trade, del, Coo per Dbl; per hid "a 80
10 8 go Anthracite $40 so per ton.
HORSES AND MULES-Mules are
quoted from S125 to SOS each for IA
70 16H hands. Horses, $125 TO 500 for
driving; $40 to $225 for saddle, and
$40 o $75 for plugs.
LIVEST0CK-Choic grades ofbutcb-
or cattle are in demand at 9 10 4Hc per ID
gross poorer qualities arc in full supply
and slow at IL to &c, as per condition.
I~earlings, "a 10 7 per head. Cows and
calves, SIS TO 80 per head. Sheep are
scarce at 3 to 4Hc per ID for choice and
81 to l 90 per head, and for their lambs So
to 3 90 per head for fat, and 81 to 2 90 for
medium. Hogs 5to 8Hc per cwt gross.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15
JEFFERSON, TEXAS.
A Leading Narrow Gauge Rail-
road Re0rganlzed.
A Memphis Man Recognized and
Retained.

Special to the Galveston NeWs,I
JEFFERSON, November 2S~Th,
East Line railroad was %reorganizeC
to-day by electing the following off
GERS and directors: james A. Baker
Of Houston, President; a. A. Tai
mage, Vice-president; w. II. Abrams
Secretary and Treasurer, and also II
NJ Hoxie, l.. j. Campbell, John @
Brown, r. Q. Foster. j. T. Brown
and W. II. Newman as Directors
John 7. Flynn was re-appointed
General Manager. A vote Of thanks
was unanimously extended to Colonel
w. II. Harrison, ex-P President, and
other retiring officers for their fidelity
and management Of the road hereto
FIRE. 1t is said the road will be Wig
orously pushed TO Mckinney. I
Hon. d. B. Culberson leaves to.
night for Washington, to be present
at the reorganization Of the House.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15
COMMERCIAL.
Public LEDGER 0PTIcE,
MEMPHIS. TRNA., December is. 1871

uhLiO LhD0Ek OFtICkt
AEEPHIs. TRNA.. December IS. 1871
Government bonds closed in New
York last night at 1881 for tie 4 per
CENTS Hal for AIS; 1903 for extended
5s, and 1909 for 6s. Tennessee State
bonds are 73a74i. L. & N. stock closed
at 1861, with sales Of 1900 shares.
M. q Q. stock is quoted at II; Mobile
q Ohio is 36; Nashville 4 Chatta.
nooga, SO.
Our local market is well supplied
with capital and discount rates rule
steady at 6 to 8 per cent on prime
commercial paper and 5 per cent when
government bonds or equal solid col
latterals are offered.
Exchange is UNMARRIED, bankers buy
ing cotton bills on the East at to &c
discount, and on New Orleans at to
of. Drafts on all points are sold at par.
Substantial securities are in demand at
firm prices, the following being the
quoted local value of the various
classes dealt in here.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15

By way Of apology for allowing a
woman passenger to retain her money.
one Of the perpetrators Of the recent
train robbery in Missouri said: "Tbe
next time we undertake a lob Of this
kind We will have q lady to search
the lady passengers
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15

There recently arrived 10 Liverpool
a large Russian steamer named the
Nishni Novgorod, which was laden
with sugar, bat the cargo she will soon
take in at Sebastopol will be of a quite
different sort 1t will be 600 Rus
sian convicts for transport to Siberia,
the steamer having been specially
fitted up for the conveyance Of pris-
oners.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15

Upon a Sunday evening, when the
soul is lifted on the wings Of faith, and
a holy faith and a holy calm broods
over all nature, what tender regret
comes with the thought that the tubs
must be got up from the cellar. so that
washing may begin at 5 o'clock Mon.
day morning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15
Entered at the Postoflee 10 Memphis, Team.
as second-olass matter.

On and after JanuaryI ], ISS2, the
Daily or Weekly PUBLIC LED
GER win not be mailed as an ex-
change 10 any newspaper which
use either a patent Outside or
inside.
The LEDGER Will also, after
the above date, refuse TO publish
original poetry, no matter who
may be the real or supposed au-
thor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15

Red River Jack, an Indian medicine
man, was noted for ugliuess and igno-
rance; yet Mrs. Brandimere, Of Muske-
gon, Michigan-young, refined and
pretty-eloped with him, after being
three days his patient.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15
H~On-RasIaonI Notice.

No. 4l74-In the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, TeHn.-Mary Butler VS.. The Nash
vile, Chattanooga and st. Louis R.R ct nj.
T appearing from affidavit in this cauf .
j that the defendants, Mrs Fanny Brown,
Miss Ss'lie Turley, HOWARD Turley and Mar
garet Tutloy (of Texas), and Dale y WATSON
IRE non-residents Of theStste ~ofTennessee, and
the unknown heirs Of John Turley, deceased,
whose names and places Of residence are IN
known and cannot DO a~scerlained after dill.
gent | quiry; 1t is therefore ordered that they
make their appearance herein, at the court
house Of Shelby county, in Memphis, Tenn,
on or before the first Monday in January.
1882, and plead, answer or demuF TO complain
ant bill, or the same will be taken for con-
tessed as 10 them and set Cor hearing ex-
parte: and that a COPY Of this order be pub
lisbed once a week for four successive weeks
In the Public Ledger.
This @th day Of November 1881.
A ~copy-Attest:
r. BLACK, Clerk and MsstA-
CIV Heiskell. soPr for complt. rs sl so 80
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15
Tax Notice.

VNHE unpaid State and County Tax Bills on
l. property and polls for tho year 1881 has
been placed in my hands for collection. and
tho time allowed me by law 10 collect fane il
very limited, persons who have not paid will
pieate call at Sherif' Office at once and settle,
and save further cost and trouble.
6t P ATHY, Sheriff Shelby County.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15
Trustees ssio.

.TNpER a trust deed to me executed warch
~ 18th. 1877, by A Hilderbrand. recorded
in book III. page l9j, l win, on
Thursday, December 29th, 1881,
sell for cash, on the southwcst corner Of Main
and Madison streets, Memphis, Tenn, be-
tween tbs hours of y IN and 1p m. the fol-
lowing described property In Shelby county,
Tern situated IN the Twelfth Civil District,
and being fractional section six. township
one, range seven, west (6l acresl. together
with improvements thereon
The equity Of redemption is waived in said
trust deed, and the title is believed to be per-
feet, butI sell and convey only ~ trustee.
W NOON, Trustee
j N TreZevant, Attorney. n 100
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15
Trustees sale.

PURSUANT to tho powers conferred upon
ins ~ a dsed 10 tTns made on the 10Th
Carver, bis wife, recorded IN the cfice Of tbs
Register Of Shelby county, Tennessee, in baok
No. ", pare 3l5, at the request Of the holder
Of the note therein mentioned, | will, for the
purpose Of paying the same, and ~intsre,t, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15
Executors Sale of Land.

DY direction ofthe will ofJohn Townsend,
on record in will record book No. s, page
203, 1 will, on The
10th day of January, 1882,
between the hours of Il M. and / p.m., AZ the
southwest corner OF Main aud Madison streets.
in Memphis, Tenn, sell at public auction, 70
Tho highest bidder, the tract of land (Which was
the home place of ssid John Townsend, lying
in Shelby county, State Of Tennessee and
being lots No | and and tie west part Of lot
no, 2 of BE Norris subdivision, bounded as
BEGINNING at a stake the northwest corner
oflot Mol, from which north 1917 degrees ehst.
80 links stands q whito oak marked 3; thence
east n chains and $50 links to a stake; thence
south IL chains and n Ii ks TO a stake in kor-
rs' avenue; thence west with Norris avonue
Il chains ard $50 links 10 a stake; thence
north IL chains and II links to tho point Of
beginning, containing Is acres.
Terss Of Sale-0ne-half cash and the re-
mainder in one year, with interest. A lien
Will be retained to secure this pigment. No
redemption.
,.J D TOWNSEND, Executor.
Smith & Collier, Atty's. STiia
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Trustees Sale.


Before D @ Slaughter, J.. P. for Shelby county,
Tenn. Campbell & Co vs.. Fannie Rouse.
IN this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 1855 Of tho Code OF
Tennessee, and returned levied apon the
property Of the defendant, by punishment,
ant Is indebted 10 the plaintiff in the
sum Of eighteen dollars and twelve cents, due
by account, and that the claim is Just,
and that the defendant is a nonresident OF
the State o~fTennessee, it is therefore ordered
ance before me on the I'd day Of January,
1852, at u o'clock m, at my Office, No. 8
Madison street, Memphis, Tenn, and defend
said attachment suit within the time pre-
scribed by law, or the same will be proceeded
with eT:partei and that a copy Of this order
the Public Ledger.
This the 18th day Of Noyember, 1881.
H@@@ BCSLAUGHTER, J. P.
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r r Local and
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$50 am Gin. LOUSY. i Mem. 10 90 pm
r h through mails.
930p.m CHAT. & Mem. r r 6 % am
Local and through
mails.
l9SOp.m Chstta. 4 Hem. RR 10 80 pm
through mails.
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ump.m Mem. 81. R.RR. 400 pm
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50 am OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 90 pm
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80 Op,ms Mem. to HollySpr'g s, 6 90 amt
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Monday, January 9Th, 1882,

between the hours Of II I'm and pm, on
the southwest corner OF Main and madison
streets, Memphis, Tennessee, sell TO the high.
est bidder, for cash, the following real estate,
situated In 'helby county. State Of Tonnpssee,
and d'scribed a, follows; Near the city Of
Aemphts, better known and described as fol.
lows, to.wit: Besinning at a point whore the
nne dividing lots No. s and 9 interseots with
CooPers avenue; thence running WestWardly
from laid point on the said line ten hundred
and forty-seyen Q0D feet TO the northwest
corner OF said lot No. 9; thence s0utheastsrly
along the western boundary Of said lot on or
near the margin Of a rAvine two hundred
and forty one 24N feet; themes in an east
erly direction on a line prrall | with the sad
line dividing lots Nos. 5 and 9 TO said Coop
er's avenue; thence north with the western
boundary Of said avenue 10 the place Of be-
ginning, which survey Is I, include an area
Of i've acres Of ground by actual measure
mont, said lots 8 and 9 being part of the
plan Of subdivision Of the land Of William
Cooper, survey made November %, rs S, By
NJ A Kari. and the beginning point above
referring 10 lots Nos.S and 9, being
lots : and 9 as designated on said plan and
survey
Right Of redemption waived Title DO.
lieYed to bs good, but / sell and convey only
a. trustee. Sale subject 10 all ta-es,
81 eS JI IUS A TAYL r, Trustee.
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sMondsy. Wednesday and Friday.
tDaily.
Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
lgunday, Tuesday and Friday.
Tuesday and Friday.
"Wednesday and Saturday.
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POSTOFFICE, MEMPHIS, TENN.

Arrivals and Departures of Mails.
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my labor was oIcoodln1T huIl
the contrary, was followed -
IRON TONIC, from which A
j found that my natural rdIn
ling II have done twice the "a
"ase. Wilh tho tranquil nnI u
lftho Tonic has mt done ~
Christian Chnrth. Troy II
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Memphis and Little Rock.

JAS. SPEED, Ticket Agent.
A, Y. STEVENS, Pass. Agent.
2g7 Main Street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15

W.sslusippi and Tennessee.

Ches"peNRe, Ohio s. Southwestern.
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FOB OsCEOLA

rrl-Weekly United States Mail Packot-F,
Fulton, Randolph, 0scoola and all wa
landingr-l The elegant passenger steamer
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15
RAILROAD TIRE TABLEs.

Lo"tsviIIe a"d Nashville Railroad
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-15
RIVER I~NTELIIaEHCE.
BOATS LEAVING Toby.

BOATS LEAVING Toby.
For Arkansaw City, Dean Adams p m
" New Orleans, Chas p. Uhouteau.5 D m
a." st. Louis, Ste. Genevieye.r......5 D m
g" Cincinnati, Charles Morgan, ...8p m
ARRIVED.
Steamer w. p. Halliday, st. Louis.
Paris G. Brown, Cincinnati.
:" Golden City, New Orleans.
Dean Adams, Arkansaw City.
Ste. Genevieve, st. Louis.
DEPARTED.
Steamer james Lee, Friars Point,
Coahoma, 0sceola.
Hard Cash, White River.
Andy Baum, Cincinnati.
w. P. Halliday, New Orleans.
Paris G. Brown, New Orleans
Golden City, Cincinnati.
IN PORT.
Dean Adams, Ste. Genevieve.
CONDITION or II RTvEps
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-05-03
Broader Tires for Wagons.

We have often wondered why peonl,
persist IN the Use Of narrow wagon tire.
In any section OF the country where the
roads are OF clay aud mud. Common
sense should teach men that the narrow.
or the Tire the deeper the wheel will sink
down III tho mud. The prevailing width
of road wagon tires Is one and thrro.
fourth to two inches, when thcv should
De ut least double that. lfthc Tire worn
iollr Inches Wide, the wagon would moi
sunk one quarter ~ deep I'm soft ronds
anu those terrible ruts sron IA v',i
weather would not exist. Brond fro,
havo the clloct smoothing and improy.
lng cay loads. Tho surface of roads
WI stand certain amount Of pressure,
nut the narrow tire Of loaded wnpon
onls through II like knife; whcrens n
Orohu tiro four to i've inches wide would
roll over u without sinking. lfthc wng-
ohs ~ THIS city were all brond tire IL
would save the property -holders Mt lcnsl
hAli million n year IN the wcnr Of Inn
proved streets which are now torn ~
pieces by narrow tlrea or heavily lnden
trucks. We nnd the following on this
s,lblcct In the DowaglOc (Mlch.) Repub-
lean.
The wldc-tlre wagon Ia coming into
general use IN this Vicinity. Those who
have purchased this atty le Of wagon could
not be induced to 10 hnck 10 the DID,
The philosophy of this II readily ohaerv.
al. Tho broad iire does not cui through
either IN mud or nand, thus making tho
draught much lighter; besides thia the
roads ARE not cut up, hut TO the contrary
the hroad tire presses down the humps
nhd leaves smooth track, thus better
Ing the roads, the advantage " which l.
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Richmond Whig.
Established 1924.
DAILY, SEMI WEEKLY AND WEEKLY
DAILY.

DAILY, a prompt and reliable exponent
Of the everyday news Of tho world--State
and local nows speciality political man
ual and textbook for Virginians, AMI n
newspaper Tor the masses.
TERMS annum, S., six months,
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SENI-W EEKLY.
The Semi-Wcekly WING and advertiser
has always been u favorite with country
readers. II contains from twenty-three TO
twenty-five solid columns of reading mat
tel, including all the leading editorials aud
all the ncws from the Daily except mnor
local iteme. Its market reports are full and
accurate, being frequently aud thoroughly
revised and corrected. II il newspaper
whose acquaintance being once made W III
never be dropped, as our mailing lists for
years past will show. cit IL printed on q
clean and beautiful type, and the greatest
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pearance perfect. The Semi,Wcekly ls
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TERMS:-per annum. 81, ,ix months 81.
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TEVHOMAS
A HOUSE

Reopeped by
j AS, M. THOM,.
Main Street, Bristol, Tenn
HAVE again reopened th0 ~
L as House, on Main Street iNOS
prepared to furnish first-class ,au ~
mediation to the public. No SvC@
and no pains will be spared +,
the hotel all IL was in its " n,, i.
days. woo. ayr pam
terms. XIX, E
Being provided with good st,p.
am prepared to furnish stalls fooS
attention to horses. u,
Rail road passengers will find .
house located in easy distance ~, y
Passenger Exchange, the tables No v
furnished and lodging unsurpOsseS "
POrters regularly at the trains ~,
ceive baggage and conduct rassepso
Jan g. '74-tf 90 s.tsa.a7 !"
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WEEKLY.

The Weekly WHO having been recently
enlarged, may now ~ claim TO be the
most complete aud exhaustive Weekly pa.
per ever printed In Virginia. It lie madc
up for tho farmers uud country readcrs
cepccinlly, farming aComplelo and connect.
cd history Of tho times from week TO week.
Nothing Of importance IN omitted, eth In
local on State newa, the Inter bling mostly
In tho form of brief and pointed original
correspondence. The market reports aro
corrected to tho day Of publication, especial
attention being paid to the grain and iobac.
co markets.
The management fully appreciates the
Importance Of npsuring 10 subscribers the
prompt and uufailing delivery Of their pa.
pera, In order that the farmer who rides
five or ton miles TO his post Office for his
Weekly newspaper may he turo Of finding
II there, The mailing department of the
Wing flee " therefore organized on the
most thorough md careful basa, md tho
failure w delay Of newspaper IL an event
which M soon M reported leads 10 mn Inn.
mtdinle mud searching invcsiigntion. IN
which tho poat-oilice authorities mud post
masters generally are eyci ready 10 assist
such failure consequently never occurs
twice nj the same Office,
The price Of tho Weekly RENAME TN.
changed, md considering lie pi,c and
is by Iar the cheapest uewspn.
per published In tho State.
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cents.
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AGENTS wANTED-

Responsible and reliable agents nrs
wanted vt every post Office In the siate. =.
INC most liberal arrangements will he mads
Win oil luch persons. In some couutIos oT
we state It is we i known that perpons who
who hay devoted themselves etehslveiy
70 ihib business for n month or two bnv.
made i pay very handsomely. Asan In.
''asntal businesa II has been source NJ
profit to many. '''''' VI
The Whig is especially solioiious Of The
lIlenuiy oihces and cooperation Of Post
mch 81
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-05-03
Town Property for Sale
A Chance to Make Money.
Dwellings, and Lots
on Easy Terms.
Take Your Choice.
GREAT FALL IN PRICES.

The following described property can
now be had at bargain, or any one of the
los described. The cost of each piece is
merely mentioned to enable one to judge of
the reductions that will be made. The
owner, Mr.. W. D. Jones, is prepared to lose
largely on their cost, and any or who wish
es either complete andl furnished home,
fitted up with every conven ence, and situa-
ted in the very centre of town, or one in
the suburbs Of the town, or an unimproyed
lot. can be accommodated, ms to price and
terms. The various pieces are described
as follows:
NO. 1 Is about one acre lot, with
large 2 story frame dwelling, with ell
about 80 feet long, front portco and side
porch, good cellar, fine well of water, eta
Bile, ice house and other out buildings
Original cost a5ou, $4,000, and situated on
the corner of Shelby and 9th streets, Bris.
toni, Tenn.
NO. 3 Ia about half mere lot, lying on
the south side of the the Vineyard lot, and
fronting the e. 7. Va. and On. Railroad on
the east side and near the Tennessee Depot
and cost originally 1915.
NO 4 Is Slots containing 81 acres on
a beautiful elevation in Bosangville--over.
looking the towns of Bristol, Tenn, and
Good on, Va, and is the handGomest build
ing site in or near town and cost originally
81 500.
MO 5 Is n half acre lot in Bristol
Tenn adjoining the Brick House lot Of j.
N. Barker and lately occupied by Andrew
Galliher Eeq. Original cost about 5000.
These lots are all offered for sale on nc
terms and for further infor-
nation apply to W. D, JONES, owner,
Pa, or to W. W. JAMES and
HON. |. g. FOWLER, Bristol, Va. g. Tenn.
August II, 1897
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-05-03

easily understood. Many farmers and
transfers are having their wheels fixed
over with broad tire, which is done at
small cost, while hardly new wagon is
made here Of the old style. 1t is hoped
that the broad tire will be generally
adopted, and that none will purchase a
wagon without first considering the ben
efts arising from this style. The tire
which seems to meet with general favor
Is three and half inches wide.