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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04
THE ARCTIC COLONY.
Arrival from Custer, Montana, Of
Lieut. Kislingburg, of the Lady
Franklin Bay Expedition.
Plans and Prospects OfIhe Arctic
VOyagers.

N. Y Herald, lst.l
Lieutenant Frederick f. Kisling-
burg, Eleventh United States infantry,
an officer we'll known by his partici-
patton in the recent Indian campaigns
in the northwest, arrived yesterday
from Custer, Montana, and stopped at
the Astor house. The lieutenant
having given such convincing proofs
Of his ability to endure extraordinary
hardships, has been selected by the
secretary of war to serve as second
officer Of the Lady Franklin Bay
expedition, commanded by Lieuten-
ant Greely. Lieutenant Kislingburg.
when called upon for statement Of his
plans and views in reference to the
expedition, said thatas an army officer
it would not become him to be inter.
viewed. From some Of his friends,
however, the most interesting facts
relating to the expedition were readi,
ly obtained. The expedition will be
composed of the commander and sec
ond officer already mentioned, Lieu
tenant Lock wood, the third officer;
a surgeon, DR.. Pavy, at present at
Disco, Greenland, where he has been
for over a year, and twenty-one en-
listed men, selected from the army for
we'll known bravery, strong physique,
aud exceptional ability, as well as dis
position to endure the rigors OF a
three years soiourn in the polar re-
gious. The steam sealer Proteus will
sail for St. Johns, NE, on July /, with
the members of the expedition and
three years supplies on board, and at
ter calling at Disco and receiving there
100 dogs and sleds, will proceed
straightway to Lady Franklin Bay,
arriving there the latter part of Au.
gust. After landing the expedition
there the Proteus will return to the
United States, but every summer the
government will send up steamer to
provide reinforcements and new sup
plies and bring home the men who
may become disabled. The special
object of the expedition is to establish
a permanent polar colony for making
scientific observations, and in the
course oftheir explorations the officers
will aim to move their settlements
gradually further and further north
ward till the pole itself, if possible, is
finally reached. The expedition
is provided with a considerable
number of portable houses Of wood,
canvass and every possible require
ment, and Lieutenant Kislingburg, as
we'll as all the other members, are
sanguine that they will meet with
complete success. They also expect
to come across the Jeanette in their
explorations in these regions. Soon
after arriving they will have to endure
nearly FIVE months of polar night, after
which the equally monotOnous seven
months of Artic day will greet them.
The landing where the first settlement
will be made, will be about the 81 deg.
40 min. north latitude, and will be
hundreds of miles away from any hu-
man habitation-unless it be that OF
the Jeanette wayfarers. Lieutenant
Kislingburg leaves this morning on the
steamer for st. Johns, where he will
remain until the departure Of the ex-
pedition from that place.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04
Circus Salaries.

Ia Louisville Courier man inter
bwed w. q. Coup the other day.
Sup began life in Indiana, went to
entucky, worked as printer, then
came banker, drifted toward the
Ecus trade, making thirty thousand
Illars the first year, and says, the
Fcus business is worse than the
wspaper trade. Further on he adds.
IA lady rider, of course, brings the
chest salary. Miss Katie Stokes
is 1850 a week. We consider her
e best lady bareback rider in the
brld. George Melville gets $3.50 a
kek; Miss Emma Stokes, $l25; one of
lr clowns gets $780,"
f'Why do the lady riders get 50 much
pre?" a
'They are hard to get. Here in this
untry the people want style and
auty combined with pluck and dar-
!. They won't have ugly women at
tHow much do the ordinary attend
is get2'
hin our circus we manipulate every
Nv. Most of our 'fill.ups, as we
them, are also tumblers and Jump
Yand get from SIS to $40 week"
Can you give me rough estimate
a days expenses2
fWeil, it cost about &, 800 a day to
n our circus. We have a hotel along
tn us to feed our supernumeraries,
d $50 people are fed there every
v. 1t saves time. Our stock is all
Ebled under the tont, and no incon-
nience arises from it. Our men
eep in the cars, and when we are on
e move our animals sleep in the cars.
t'Do you give a performance every
W.
Eyes; usually twice day."
When the circus was in the city, Mr..
lup had at least 10000 people to see
m, in which would make his receipts
out $28,000. His expense for the
o days was 1000, and his net pro-
were accordingly $4,000 or $1,000.
is average profits must be 5000,
d it is easy to see that in one hundred
VS. he would amass quiet a fortune.
his is a more fascinating feature in
circus business than the spqngles
d wild riding. And yet Mr.: Coup
Intends that he should have been a
-Wsnaner man.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate

No. 399a, R-Chancery Court sfSheIhy county
Elizabeth Stanley ct al VS.. Ida B Stanley
and, Alice & Stanley.
/ DH virtue Of an interlooutory decree for "a 10,
ID entered in the above csase on the 18th
day Of May, 1881, NJ B 81, page 966, will sell,
at public auction, ta the highest bidder, in
front of tho Oloyk and Masters office, court
houseof Shelby county Memphis, Tennessee,
or
within legal hours, the following describe
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
tO-Wlt:
Situate on the south side of Linden street,
city Of Memphis, being lot Of the sub-diyis-
ion Of let :, block So, fronting on the south
line Of Linden street So feet and running back
|southward between parallel lines l5A feet
same purchased by Wilson Stanley April Z.
1856, Of John : Finlay, decd registered in iaid
county in book 56, part o. pages III and lis
Terms of Sale -Ope-halt 0l sh, balance in six
months, purchaser executing note with secur-
ity for deferred payment. Lien retained, etc.
This May 30, 1881.
RI BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Humes K Postol, O " Metcalf, soils.
. Is 50 50 94l0
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04

HHE state supreme court now sit
& at jackson, Tenn, nas revived
old suit of 0'Connor against the
y of Memphis, making the new or
Taxing District government de-
dants. This revival is regarded as
reat victory by the attorneys whose
les against the old city have long
q dormant. 1t also gives promise
a world Of litigation against the
sent city government. The legal
ternity will at once begin the work
ransacking musty papers and pre-
ring for active duty. Few idle
inner hours are anticipated by
,se who have unsettled claims to
k after. Meantime the unfortu-
e property owner may look on and
nder where it will all end.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

Linden street Christian church.
Pdience room being repaired, usual
vices to morrow in the basement of
church. j. NJ. Tribe, pastor.
Cumberland Presbyterian church,
urt street-Usual services to-mor
n. II A. Jones, pastor.
Grace church. fernando street.
". Edgar Organ, rector. Sunday.
pool at $50 am; morning service
II am. Evening prayer at 8 pm.
Mary's cathedral, Poplar street
Very Rev. Geo. G. Harris will
.slSte at II m. tomorrow; chill
ems festival at $50 pm.
Church of the Good Shepherd, cor.
,urth and Mill, Chelsea-Matins at
80 am. to morrow, with sermon by
". Herbert A. Grantham.
Emmanuel Church, Beal street
yensong 4:30 pm. tomorrow; SER
pn by Rev. Herbert A. Grantham.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04

The widow of the late General
aeon j, Pillow, noticing her name
print as an applicant for the post
tership, requests that the alleged
pliCation be denied. The lady de
res that she has never authorized
name to be used as claimant for
I or any other public position, and
hny friends were injudicious enough
aO so, she is of opinion that the
Fsent administration authorities
uld hardly regard her as sufficiently
al in the cause to accord her favor
e consideration. The worthy lady
bot a candidate for postmaster, and
no idea of becoming one.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04
Saturday, June 25, 1851,

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county. Tenn,
to-Wit
Beginning at the southeast corner of lot
three (8, in block ], on north street, ag laid
down on the plan of the town Of Raleigh: then
east with the east line OF said lot seven "a
chains and thirty.twO (321 links to q point;
thence north 3A degrees east tive W chains
eight (S) links TO a stake; thence north
St15 degrees east two l2' chains six y-seyen t67)
links to stake in MoKoough's line cOntin-
ued four ~ chains to o stake, said Nc
Keough' S northwest corner; thence west with
the Boon and Meacham land twelve (l2lchains
thirty-two (32l links to a stake, il being the
corner in common between M Coleman.
Harrison and Meaeham; thence south six (6)
chains eighty-two (S2O hnBs, south 4l94 degrees
west. Eve (6) chains ninety-three links; thence
south 22lz degrees west six (6) chains forty five
(45) links; thence south 3514 degrees east three
y chains ten (l0) links; thence south 52A de-
grees east eighty-eight 1885, links; thence south
T9z degrees east two (2l chains six (6)
links; thence north AZ degrees east three
~ chains ninety-six 1867 links; thence north
56H degrees east three (3) chains thirty (20)
Inks thence north S914 degrees east FIVE (5)
chains fifty (50l links to the beginning, con-
tanning by estimation tWenty-three and one
half (231z acres, be the same more or less.
Terms Of Sale-)n a credit Of seven months
purchaser executing note with good security,
lien retained, redemption barred, etc.
This June I, 1881.
r J BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Goodwin, Dix * Goodloe, solicitors.
IN 81 0Q ol fOo
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04

The state railway tax assessors at
lshville, have decided to estimate
value ofthe various railways in
nnessee at the cash value Of its
Ick added to its indebtedness.
ads not whollyin Tennessee, will be
imated, aud assessed according to its
bpOrtion of Indebtedness and cash
ok valuation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04
Mexican ATairs

CRY OF MEXICO, June 4.-Ex-
President DiaS has resigned the port
folio of public works. Whether he
will go to France or be elected gov
ernor of 0xica is uncertain. General
Pachecc, secretary OF war, viii take
his place about the 9th inst. Senior
Ramon Fernandez, government leader
in the senate, will succeed General
PachecO in the war ministry if Gen
eral Diaz goes to France.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04
Bank Statement.

New YORK, June 4.-Loans-in-
crease, 5000, 200; specie decrease,
S3,OS2, ZOO; legal-tenders = decrease,
$3,O85, 700; deposits = increase, ST.
365,8OO; circulation, decrease, S7,-
900; reserve = decrease, $5,233,65O.
Banks now hold $9,49O,25O in excess
oflegal requirements.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04
InsOIvOnt Notice.
STATE OF TEsvEssEn, sHrLrr courrr.

STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY COUNTY,
OFFICE COUNTY CoURT CLERK,
MEMPHss. TENN, June 4th, 1881.
No. 4l6l-To w II Gragg, administrator, etc.
OF Susan O Duncan, deceased.
HAVING suggested the insolvency Of the
IL estate Of Susan Duncan, deceased, you
are hereby ordered to give notice, by adver-
tisement in some newspaper published within
the said State, and also at the con1t-house
door of Shelby county, for all persons having
claims against said estate, to appear and file
the same with the Clerk Of the County Court
authenticated in the manner prescribed by law
on or before the lst day of November, 1881;
and any.claim not filed on or before said day,
or before an appropriation of the funds of said
estate is made, shall be forever barred, both
in law and equity.
Witness my hand, at Office, this lth day Of
June, 1881.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
By HUaH D. CULLEN, D. @.
Notice is hereby given creditors as directed
By the foregoing order.
This June 4, 1881. VIII dRAGG,
F,nlay Peters, soils. Admir-, etc.
SO SO IS l0l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04
Probate Court Sale of Real Estate


No. 32S, K. DIN the Probate Court of Shelby
county, Tennessee = 4 NJ Waldran and
others VS.. Willie Hamilton Woodruff and
others.
DY virtue Of decree for sale, entered in this
ID cause December "a. 1878, aud renewed
May %, 1881, will sell at public auction,
to the highest bidder, in front of the court.
house door on Main street, Memphis, Tenn.
on
Saturday, Iune 25th, 1851,
within legal hours, the following described
resi- estate, to-wit:
Lying and being in Shelby county Tenn
and near 70 and east Of the city OF Memphis,
beginning at the intersection Of Union Avenue
with Rope Walk avenue, rum ne thence
north with the east side of Rope Walk avenue
ten 10) chains and forty eight as links to the
intersection Of RopeWalk with Henry aveuuo;
thence east with the south side ofHenry avenue
siKt6)chains and eighteen (1s) links to STAGE;
thence south ten 10l chains and forty eight
(tS) links TO Union avenue; thence west tn
the north side Of Union avenue six 49, chains
and eighteen uS) links TO the beginning, con-
tanning about six and one-half acres.
Terms Of Sale-0ne-third cash, balance in
two equal payments on credit Of one and two
years with interest from day Of sale, purehl ser
executing note with good security and a lien
will be retained t0 secure deferred payments.
This June 4, 1851.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
Harris, McKisick & Turley, sol's for con-
plainants. S3Sq Q5 100
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04

The market to-day ruled unchanged
and very quiet, in consequence of no
news from abroad. Sales yesterday
were 500 bales-l00 for export, 35O
to spinners, and 80 to spectators,
closing firm. Low ordinary, 6sc;
ordinary, 7sc; good ordinary, Ste;
low middling, 91c; middling, l0ic;
good middling, lie; stains and of
colors 1c lower.
NEW YORK WEEKLY COTTON STATEMENT.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04
TiverDOOI MarI,et.

.LlyERpooL. june 4.-Hams-l. c..
sady, AS. Beel-extra India mess,
'mer, l13s; prime mess, frmer, S7s.
agese-American, steady, 54s. Tai
y-prime city. steady. 34s Sd,
gheat-winter, steady, 9s Cd. Corn
liked, dull, As 10d! for old.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04
music leader. Theodore Tho

music Ieadtr, Theodore Thorn
3 engaged to give series of
ty-two concerts at the exposition
ilding, Chicago, beginning the 1lth
next month, With an orchestra Of
~, twenty five of whom he will Sc
It in New York city. Mr.. Thomas
also engaged in completing arrange
,nts for a musical festival in Chicago
1882, Immediately after those he will
e in New York and Cincinnati, using
} same soloists
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04
WHO WANTS TO BORROW MONEY 2
LabOring Men, own your Homes.

TNHE DES0T0 BUILDING AND LOAN
L Association will issue a New Series Of
Stock this month, thus enabling those in want
of moneys to procure it on easy terms.
Recognizing the want of many applicants,
decided on this course, and II be glad to
have a large subscription to this New Series,
on which money will be loaned at next meet
ing, Tuesday, June Ii.
There is no Association that stands higher
or has prospered more.
Call on MINrER PARKER, Secretary, 2S9
Main street. and subscribe at snce. cod 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04

Mr.. james Lolor, Of Raheen, Ire
land, who was arrested not long ago
under the provisions of the protection
act, had been evicted for refusing to
pay his rent. He was queer sort of
victim, as his rent was 9l9 year for
sixteen acres, and he sublet n for
S22 a year, and insisted on being paid
two years in advance.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04
WOrklnqmen's B. and |. Assn.

VHE regular monthly meeting. for payment
l. ofdues and other business, will be held
on TUESDAY EVENING, June 7th. at
3 o'clock, at the Office Of the Association,
Room No. 2n, Planters Insurance Building
Payments may be made 10 the secretarg dur
ing business hours.
N. W. SPEERS, Jr., President.
CHAs I. PATERSON. Sec'y. 1886
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04

NEW ORLEANS, june 4, II:3O a.
m.--Cotton quiet. Middling, l1sc;
Sales to-day, 250 bales; receipts,
l47l bales; stock, l64,299 bales.
New YORK, June 4, II m.-Cot-
ton quiet. Ordinary, 713-16c; good
ordinary, 9ic; low middling, 107-16c;
middling, II 5-16o; middling fair,
12sc; fair, 1899. Futures are dull
but steady, at little change from last
evenings closing prices
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04
nr.ICTx0N,

rIlHE Stockholders Of the HERNANDO 0 ms.
1 co. arc hereby notified that the annual
election for Directors. to serve the ensuing
% Madison, dune 18th. prox., between the
hours Of II Il. m. and 2 pm.
68Ss F.M. NELSON, ssO'v,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-04
MONU M ENTS
Chancery Sale of Real Estate

No. 3729, R-Chanc'ry Court of Shelby county
W W Goodwin VS.. John Wylie ct al.
DY virtue of m interlocutory decree for sale.
ID entered in the above cause on the 18th day
of March, 1881, NJ B 30, page 5g5. will sell, at
public auction, to the highest bidder in front
Of the Clerk and Masters office, courthouse of
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-18

No invalid who values health and its blessings
should over risk Ihe Of testimony which exists
as to her ability to cure apparently hopeless
Lincoln llll) Herald.
iLe Doctor is adding daily to her already lustri-
GUS ana well-earned eputation.-Peoria Journal.
Indeed. if all our physicians to take the
same interest and work with the professional
zeal Mrs DR. keck who gives her life, her entire
time and labor. TO the grand conquest Of human
disease. then would there be less afiction and bet
ter health al large Bloomington Bulletin.
The lady is herself a renarKa BILE woman Fnca-
gng in the practice of medicine about years ago
when il was 50 difficult for woman in any public
position TO have her qualities recognized to
meet tolerance. Mrs. DR.. Keck. by virtue of rare
merit. supported by indomitably perseverance,, has
worked heroicly ana rapidly upward, until now she
stands upon ca eIinenoe. professionally celebrated
spaially respected, and financially solid.-Daven-
port Gazette.
Mrs DR. keck has shown herself to be a wonder
ful woman, and her career is 4 wonderful one loeh
at il what way yoC wi-Peoria National Democrat.
Frank, generous, and kind-hearted, she has won
the affections OF all claasss, ana is respected and
honored not alone tor er professional attainments
but for hsr hish qualities lady and upright citi-
Een.--inGustfies of Peoria.
We speak from our own knowledge, when we say
she Is of the most successful practitioners in
the treatment OF diseases made speciality by her
in this countTy.-WashingtonF Farmer,
The growth of her husiness in this city has been
steady and rapid, and her reputation for practical
skill in the treatment of chronic diseases Is widely
increasing.-Eve Peorian-
During her last visit here it wonderful te see
the vast crowd of patients that gathered around her
Lincoln Iil.) Herald
This lady has developed a eysten Of practice
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-18

hour. / know returned to my own room
and wrote dispatch to the public, especi-
ally the European public, directing it to
Minister Lowell at London. In that dis
patch / said ''At this hour, 1890 a. m."
the President beng shot about 9:20. That
enabled me to identify the time at which
the President reached the White House.
He got there about the time l reached my
house, possibly little before. These are in
brief, the circumstances connected with my
observations. When in the upper room of
the depot there was gathering around of
Cabinet Ministers vino Immediately repair
ed there for the cars. There had yet been
no report made by whom it was, but gave
the information. The man saw run and
whom went after, and whom | saw fall
into the hands of the police was Guiteau.
| recognized the man. I made that state
ment to the Cabinet, the attending surgeons
and Gen. Sherman before the police had
discovered his name. Of course the shot
being behind my back did not see him
with the pistol in his hand. He did not in
running have the pistol exposed. 81
The District Attorney then produced
diagram of the depot in which the
tragedy occurred. and at his request
witness indicated the position occupied
by the president and himself at the time
though the second shot was fired immadi-
ately after the first it did not follow it as
rapidly as shots could be fired. from a self
ocking revolver.
q. How often have you seen the pris
oner to the best of your recollection?
a. Very often. According to my recol-
lection he visited the STATE Department
twenty or twenty five times. 1t might
possibly be not more than ten, but eight
or ten visits of that kind are apt to make
an impression of twenty or twenty-five.
Naughter.)
@. Was he an applicant for office?
A. He was very persistent applicant
for the Counsul Generalship at Paris II
never gave him the slightest encourage
ment that he would receive the appointment.
Tremember after persistent and repeated
visits 1 told him there was in my
Judgment no prospect whatever of his
receiving the appointment, and that did
not want him to continue his visits. I
wanted to bring them to an end and told
him there was no prospect ofhim receiving
it.
Witness here identified a number of let
ters from Guteau and taken from files Of
the State Department and said: [ observe
these letters contain the signatures made
on them for Identification and this Gndi-
eating paper) is speech enclosed in
one of the letters which it is alleged he
made during the political campaign, and
on which he based his claim for office.
Here Gndicated} is letter that came
from the White House with the ordinary
Executive mansion blank. 1t is a mere
endorsement that Guiteau is an applicant
for the Austrian Mission that the letter
came from the White House in this enve
lope.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-18
NERvous DEBILITY.

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Sold by dealers. Price, 81 90 per single
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Fulton Street, n. Y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-18
THE DISTILLERs.

CHICAGO, Nov. 17.-The distillers con-
vention met this morning at the Grand
Pacific. whit Philip Zell, of Peoria in the
chair. Some forty delegates were present,
including representatives from Peoria,
Kansas City, Terre Haute, Shelbyville,
Chicago, Newport, K. Y, and eight Cincin-
natl firms The Chief object is to devise
means for exporting the surplus products
out of the country. Before the meeting
closed all but two of the distilleries in the
United States were represented, and these
two sent word that they would abide by
the action of the meeting. All present
signed an agreement to reduce the opera
tive capacity, to pool their funds and to
exnort all old products.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-18
A RUSSIAN OPINION.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. ia. fresh
number of Nihilish Journal Navadnaja
Yalia had made its appearance. On the
title page is an editorial paragraph. snr-
rounded with deep black lines, in which the
crime of Guiteau is condemned in the
strongest language. It says that in free
country. where the voice of the people can
ALWAYS be heard, nothing can excuse re
sort to force. Guiteau's crime is an act OF