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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

watch as we'll as he, and he as alsu
satisfied as to its ownership, and yet a
replevin suit was necessary in order to
recover it.
An old gray headed m n, who stood
in the front rank of prominent Ct
zens. possessed a watch which he
valued not only Tor It's intrinsic
worth but as an heirloom. A young
son made a practice of stealing the
watch whenever he wanted money,
and was sure to realize handsomely at
my Uncle's," who soon learned its
value and bled the old man most I'M
mercilully.
WORSE STILL.
A young mar pawned a diamond
necklace for half its value, and allow
ed the time to run out, 1t was after.
ward sold to another young man who
presented it to a yuung lady who was
startled one day on the street by an
other young lady who stepped up to
her and demanded her necklace. OF
course all parties went to the pawn.
broker who was threatened with a suit
upon his refusal to return the last
mans money. No suit was brought,
however, and the pawnbroker boosted
that they knew better than to do it, as
he would bring the character Of one
ofthe young ladies into question and
let the world consider the propriety Of
receiving a diamond necklace from a
young man.
Numerous instances occur which
never come to the ears of the police,
but are hpshed up to the great glee Of
the pawnbroker.
There is a black sheep in every fam
lily, who, through the pawnbroker's
fondness for spoons and other valUa
bles, Is furnished all the means Of
guzzling all the liquor he wants, and
making his own life a wreck and those
of his family a burden. Those pawn
brokers, who may consider themselves
aggrieved, can procure the names of
the parties to whom the above Incl
dents refer upon inquiry TO the .po-
lice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

The mercury at sunrise this morn
ing stood at 80 degrees, and II degrees
warmer than yesterday at the same
time, with the breeze fresh from the
southwest, a point from which it blew
all of yesterday. The temperature
ranged yesterday from 35 to 81 de-
grees. The barometer is higher to-
day over the gulf of Mexico, and is
well up all over the southwest, with
clear skies at all points between the
quiz and the Ohio river.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
Ihur.day EvenInr, Mareh. "a, INAd.
LEDGER LINES.

Cotton market very fiat.
Roll cornsd beef. Lytle & Shields.
Lovely spring weather, this of TO-
day.
Prospects favor a fine crop of fruit
this season.
Brown & Jones, coal dealers, 'f82
Main street.
No rain anywhere south last night,
and none likely to-day.
Memphis Degree Lodge No. 3,
/. o. .. f., meet at their hall tonight.
Best homemade brick moulds for
sale at A. KohIbry & Co.'s Alligator
stove store, 3G Main.
If the Shelby county fair ground
managers don't look out the Kerrville
boys will absorb all interest in fairs in
Shelby county.
The county trustee collected nearly
$4,000 yesterday on account Of the
city. Plenty Of money in the Golfers
for the ~tax-eaters.
The merchants are to meet at the
cotton exchange this afternoon 10 talk
Oyerthe prospective curtailment Of the
river mail service.
A large shipment Of window shades,
Of the latest patterns, just received
and for sale at the lowest prices, by G.
W. NALL, 352 Main street.
Potomac river shad, Lake Erie sal.
mon, dressed turkeys and chickens,
are some Of the choice eatables at
Victor b. Fuchs, 80 and IL Jefferson.
A reception is limited at as being in
preparation by the Chickasaw Guards,
to come off at their armory next
Thursday night, alter the perform
ance.
Receipts Of cotton here this season
exceed last years receipts at this date
28,l92 bales. W. will handle very
close to 100000 bales befors the end
OF August.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
Train wrecked.

CLEVELAND, March a. - Two
trains collided yesterday on the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
road, five miles east Of Huron, Ohio.
Nobody Injured. Several rods of the
track we're torn up,twelve cars wreck
ed, and the track blocked for several
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
THREE GOLDEN BALLS.
a Magistrate Gives The SCREW
Another Twist.
A Few Of the Bad Influences
Exercised by Zoo ObIiglng
PawnbrOker.

A case came before Esquire John
Spelman yesterday which furnished
some good reasons why pawn shops
should be subjected to the strictest
police surveillance. The history Of
the case in point, as shown by the
sworn statement Of witnesses, was as
follows:
About two weeks ago, George
Thompson, a darby employed as a
roustabout on the river, pawned a
valisc Of clothing with Messrs. Simons
and Lowenstine for fifty cents, for the
use Of which Thompson was to pay
twenty five cents, or about fifty pei
cent a month. Thompson's reason fol
pawning his stuff was that he intended
making a trip to New Orleans, and
wished to store it in some safe place
during his absence. Returning from
New Orleans a couple Of days ago, he
called on Messrs. Simous and LOwen-
slime, and was told he had nothing
there, the pawn ticket which he had
handed over being
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
Fresh imported Havana and
Hey West Cigars,
DARK AND GLOSSY,
at the Wholesale ard retail cigar
establishment of
II. ESCH, 292 Main street,
Clark's Marble Block.

An unknown colored man who
boarded the steamer Idlewild yester-
day evening at 10 o'clock at Mo
dock landing, was this morn
ing, when. the boat landed at
Memphis wharf, found dead. Esquire
John Spelman being notified, held an
inquest. Verdict of the jury was that
deceased came to his death from natu-
raj causes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

all 10 not harmony in the board OF
public works it Is limited. The dis
senSion Is not so threatening, however,
butthat 1t may be healed by a proper
handling ofthe water works and the
sewers.
A note has been written to Mr.. John
Mccullough, and directed to Little
Rock, requesting him to play Damon
and Pythias' here one night. II he
consents, it will prolong the engage
ment from four to five nights.
Spring has come and the trees are
budding out. Get a ticket in the
Commonwealth lottery, which draws
on the 31st, and a prize will, bad bios
som and bear fruit for the luckyticket
holder. Call at the usual place.
From nine o'clock this morning un-
til one o'clock to-day there was a
steady stream Of ticket buyers en-
gazing seats for the Mccullough en-
gagement. One young man took an
even hundred all for friends, and at
no advance in price.
Mr.. Victor T. Walter, a student in
pharmacy at tho Maryland college,
Baltimore, has courteously favored
this Office with a card of invitation to
the twenty-ninth annual commence
ment exercises. They take place next
Wednesday evening, March 3Oth.
The librarian Of the law book col
lection in the courthouse to. day had
his left eye in chanctry, or rather tied
up in a rag. Visitors to the rooms
made considerable sport Of the matter,
but the gentleman's suffering was too
acute to permit an explanation
Fresh lettuce, young radishes and a
few youthful onions, with plenty Of
greens, make up the list o fhome grown
vegetables Of this years production in
our market. There is celery, cabbage
and other truck brought from a dis
tance, and plenty Of potatoes, turnips
and old stuff of last years growth, but
this springs growth is a little back
ward.
The recently exploded steamer John
Means was chiefly owned by Jay Gould
and Russell Sage, of New York. The
company, of which Captain H. Aourey
is president, own ffty,fve barges and
several new towboats Of fine power.
They are gradually increasing their
floating stock, and possess unlimited
The Means was insured for
10000, but it did not cover the loss
by the explosion.
Plenty of buffalo fish have been
out Of the river within the past
few days, and they sell in lots at p to
3 cents per round. Retail dealers
more. A few Reelfoot lake
fsh arrive and sell readily at 10 to IL
per POUND, or II to 10 cents at
retail. The fishing season in the sur
rounding lakes and small streams will
not open for a few weeks yet.
A crowd Of ticket buyers gathered
the alley back of the Main street
Office this morning an hour
the rear window opened for the
Iale OF seats during the Mccullough
Engagement. The demand for seats is
arge, though not as rushing as it was
or the Bernhard engagement. The
ipeculators we're not on hand, but a
was, to keep order.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
Reaching for The NTormons.

ANS18 hUA ~AC AAOAAaUAAs
1t is understood, says Redfeld, hat
a bill will be introduced in the next
congress, with the approval Of the
president, to change the form of gov
eminent in Utah, as the foundation
for the reforms which he has declared.
The bill will abolish the present form
Of appointment Of governor and Judges,
and provide a commission of probably
seven persons, who will administer
the affairs of this refractory territory,
backed by all the power necessary to
secure the reforms they will institute.
The commissioners will be named by
the president, and will be men who
are known to be sound on the poly
gamy question. The term of Office
will be continuous, under the pleasure
of the president. In this way il is
believed the evil can be reached. 1t
is proposed to pass the law disfran.
chising polygamists, men and women.
The females now vote, and the Utah
law is such that an Indian or a China
woman, II a Mormon's wife, can vote.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

New York Weekly, Family Story
Paper, Ledger and Saturday Night,
price 4 for 25; Boys and Girls Weekly,
&c each; Richter and Langhammer
harps, which we sell at l5c each.
Dickens Curiosity Shop, 2S5 Second
street, opposite postofice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

Thurber's deep sea or chicken
mackerel in Eve pound tins. Also
Thurber's deep sea homeless Goldfish:
both extra nice.
49, BUcKHAM d CAMPBELL.
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a Free Lecture to Ladlen.

AED ACDAuNO ~ AsAAsCHs
Mrs. +. L. Saxon, of New Orleans,
having been urged by many friends TO
deliver an address while in this city,
has consented to deliver a free address
to the ladies Of Memphis at Cochran
ball, Main street, between Poplar and
Washington, on Friday, 18th, at 3
o'clock in the afternoon. She desires
the members Of the Ladies Christian
association, and those interested in
temperance and all social reforms, to
meet her there, and she will place be-
fore them a subject of vital impor-
lance to the south and one that every
woman is interested in.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
PLUMBING.

Parties wishing awnings and window
shades should call on S. w. Cutter x
Co., 2G5 Main street. All work guar
anteed. 2lf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

To repress a harsh answer, to cOn-
fess a fault, to stop, right or wrong,
in the midst of self defense, in gentle
submission, or to pass by Sol Cole.
mans cigar establishment, requires a
struggle like life and death.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

Billiards reduced 10 soc per
hour at T.. COnVerse's, ~ Monroe.
f9f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

Why throw away your illustrated
papers and magazines when you can
have a nice book made from them at
the LEDGER hindary2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

Have you seen the new stove shelf
at Ozanne & Mays? l9f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

billiards reduced 20 soc per
hour at Z. COnVerse's, 10 Monroe.
1gf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

Water white headlight oil, 3Oc, at
0zanne q Mays, l9t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

billiards reduced TO soc per
hour at +. COnVerse's 10 Monroe.
III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

billiards reduced 10 SOC per
hour at +. COnverse's, 10 Monroe.
1Of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
TROUT.

NELhlrVUI IROUAs
Red SnappeFs, Salt Water MMl.
lets, Lake Erie Salmon, Potomac
Shad, fresh Baltimore Oysters. ~
j. A. SEGNAIGO'S,
q 27S and ESQ second sc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

Elgin creamery butter 4Oc.
16+ CAoEY & Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

Bracelet, Kate r, NJ. engraved on
the inside, said to have been found
about four years ago on Main street,
near Madison, was taken possession of
by the police this morning. Owner
can find the same at the stationhOuse
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

E0K SALE-An a No. l iron safe, large
! size. Halls makef in perfect order. APP
ply to NJ L. BACON.
Real Estate and Rental Agt.. 5 Madison st.
l55t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
FOR RENT

News INA, 10 10 n cana, finest ari icle.
IN. Also Ine Gard and JOB Inks, Of all c il0rs
and aoslitie.. 81 Ledger office 6i
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

Coal oil, zoe, a. Osanne & Nav. Isl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

THE Mound Place, near scanlon's. IS acres
i open land, cheap. Apply 20
1T BUHNS & co,
Ll2l ~ Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

UW FARMERS AND STOCK RAI-EKS-
J. l have about $50 acres ofland near White
Haven. Tenn, which l will rent at extremely
low figures; or / will make arrangements with
some responsible party 70 90 into stock raising
for one 10 five years. Good Improvement,
ylenty OF wa er and hne range. Address care
Of Messrs. Day d Rr0udGt.
K1y XFNO UAppTc
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24
TORN UP

before his eyes. When he asked the
meaning of this strange behavior, he
was shown a piece Of tissue paper, on
which was written an order for the
clothing, or most Of it, and purported
to be signed by him. Thompson de-
MED ever having written
any order, and failing to get
his goods, went to Esquire
Spelman and entered suit for them.
The case was tried later and judgment
rendered against the pawnbrokers for
$500, from which they have taken an
appeal.
The darby tells his story in a plain,
straightforward way, from which it
seems impossible for him to have given
the order on the date mentioned.
The law regulating the pawnbroking
business fixes the state license al SlCO
per annum, and makes a few other pro-
visions as to the rate Of interest to be
charged and the manner of keeping
the books Of such an institution. Most
of the act Of 1879 is copied below, and
will be found good reading.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

EARM-Near Mhoon's L'd'g, Miss, we'll
J. improved; go pcres in cultivation. Apply
10 JWWilke-so on, Commercial hotel Memphis.
~ %
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

NHB brick dwelling No. 49, 81. Martin
street. Apply to j. h. GREHAN, SO
Front street. sat
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at shall be the duty of all pawn
brokers to keep a we'll bound book in
which every article taken by them in
pawn shall be registered, giving a mi
mute description Of each article; also
the name, color and residence Of the
paWner, which book shall be indexed,
and the pawnee shall give to the
pawner a receipt corresponding with
The description in said register, which
receipt shall be transferable bya writ
ten assignment. The said register
shall be kept at his or her place Of
business, and shall at all times be open
to the inspection of the sheriff of the
county, grand jury and city marshal,
to whom said brokers shall give any
information in their possession at any
time. In no case shall the pawnbroker
DO allowed to charge more than the
legal rate of interest on money loaned
on articles pawned under the rrovi-
sions of this act"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-24

A FEW INCIDENTS
can be given about the annoyance
caused to persons who live in a place
where the accommodating pawn
broker hangs out his golden balls.
Thosi cited, occurred before Roth
child's establishment was opened.
A prominent merchants wife miss.
ed a quantity OF jewelry and suspect
ed her brother, a proAigate fellow, Of
purloining it, The case was laid
before the police, who learned that
the young man had pawncd the stolen
articles and left the city. Rather
than expose him, the merchant paid
the amount which the pavnbroker
claimed had been advanced.
Another merchant had a watch
stolen from him and suspected a rela.
tive. The watch was found at a
pawnbrokers, the sum demanded was
paid and the matter bushed up.
A lawyer was robbed Of a valuable
time piece and some weeks afterward
found it hanging in a pawnbroker's
window. He was certain il was his
property, but to make assurance doubly
SIRE he sent his clerk, who knew tie
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-24
Crdticising the vice President.

1t is difficult to be a satisfactory
President, and then again it is diff
cult to be satisfactory Vice Presi-
dent. We are not sure but it is
more difficult to be an acceptable
Vice President, especially under the
peculiarly distressing circumstances
that surround Mr.. Arthur, than it is
to be the Chief Magistrate himself.
If Mr.. Arthur had posted off to
Washington at every unfavorable
symptom of the President, as if
eager to step into the shoes of Cen
eral Garfield, he would have been
mereilessly, and perhaps justly, crit
icised. If he had gone to Washing
ton, declaring that the President was
suffering from inability" within
the meaning OF the Constitution,
which rendered him unable to, per-
form the duties of his position, and
insisted upon taking upon his shoul-
ders the Presidential office, he would
have been roundly censured. as he
would have deserved to be. That
he has done.none Of these things,
but conducted himself with com
mendable modesty and feeling in the
midst Of all this trouble, has gener-
ally been placed to his credit. But
how extremely difficult it is to salts
fy everybody in apparent from an
editorial in a new York York paper
of Sunday. This takes General Ar
thur to task for not being at the
bedside of the President discharging
the duties that devolve upon him.
Instead of being there" !" says the
newspaper, ready to assist him in
the duties of his Office. anxious to
relieve him of every care and re-
sponsibiliiy, he has gone a-fishing,
with list in his pocket Of the Office
holders he intends to decapitate as
soon as the telegraph informs him
that the President has breathed his
last. Ii public document has to be
signed, the President is lifted up
from his dying couch, doctor reads
oyer the paper to him, and his
scrawling signature is with difficulty
affixed, the effort bringing on an
other attack of fever 2
The talk about list OF Office
holders in the pocket of the Vice
President IS a shameful and malic-
ious fling at General Arthur, which I
his quiet and modest bearing has
not deserved. The newspaper maxi
ing it had no means of knowing it
to be true. but every reason to be-
lieve that it was untrue. Mr.. Ar
thur is Republican; no one has
ever questioned his devotion to Re-
publican doctrines, and that he will L
carry out the Republican principles
Of his predecessor, If he be called to
the head Of affairs, no one can fairly
ioubt The suspicion that one wor-
.hy of this high Office, as ue believe
ieneral Arthur is worthy, is engaged !
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-24
secretary Blaine's Return.

WASHINGTON, August is.-Secre-
ta-y Blaine arrived on the limited
express at i o'clock yesterday after
noon. and was met at the depot by
Secretary of War Lincoln, who drove
with him at once to the White
House, where he was Joined present
ly by Assistant Secretary Hit.
There he met Drs. Bovnton and
Barnes, who were at the time in the
Executive Mansion, and after a
short conversation with them. which
relieved his mind very much, he
said, he went to the Arlington Hotel
and took up his quarters there tenn
porarlly. He said that he had left
Augusta, Me, at 3 o'clock on Tues
day, and Travelled with the utmost
CELEBRITY, barely making the connec-
ton with the southbound train at
New York in the morning. Now
he will stay, however, until the dam
ger is over or the end comes. He
at once indited a dispatch to Minis
ter lowell, and in the evening re-
turned again TO the White House.
where he met and hau long con-
yersation with Mrs. Garfield.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-24

THE Presidents condition, not.
withstanding the slight improve
ment which his physicians are dis
posed to record, is far from re.assur-
ing. The inflammation Of the paro.
It'd gland may not be an indication
of blood poisoning-or at least only
on indication Of the passing off OF
the poison-but the appearance OF
this symptom is not calculate 10
restore confidence in Mr.. Garfeld's
chances for recovery. There was a
time when the surgeons claimed
that every day strengthened tie
prospects of his convalescence that
can be said no longer. The drain
on his system continues. and the
means Of repairing the loss grow
less and less. The utmost that the
medical attendants are now able TO
do Is 10 sustain life; they cannot
hope 10 replace bis wasted energies.
Yet discouragiHg as the case seems
to be, it is not hopeless. The tenac-
ity with which the President ciings
to life, his immense viii power. and
his unstampedable courage, may
yet enable nature to work that cure
which the surgeons have, SO far.
been powerless TO effect. SO long as
he himself does not despair. the
country may well cling TO the hope
of his recovery.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-24
Minnesota Republicans

ST. PAUL, Mimi, August 1.-THE
Republican State Central Commit.
tee met here to-day, and called the
State convention at St. Paul on the
2Sth ofSeptember. The following
resolutions were unanimously adop-
ted:
Resoicsd, That in the presents hour
of national anxiety and solicitude,
we express the earnest hope that
the skill of the physicians may pre-
vail, and prove successful in recov-
ering the President of the United
States to health and the discharge of
the duties ofhis great office.
Resolred, That we denounce with
feelings of the deepest condemns
ton the act by which so noble and
useful a man has been stricken
down, and earnestly demand that a
suitable punishment, so far as it is
possible, be meted out to his despic-
able assassin.
Resolre8, That we express eur
deepest sympathy for the aged
mother, the devoted wife. ard other
members of the Presidents family in
the great affliction, and pray that
they may be sustained by a kind
Providence in their prolonged trial.
Resolced, That these resolutions
be forwarded to the Sectreary of
State and Secretary Window, as an
expression which we believe is in
dorsed by every citizen Of Minneso-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-08-24

ANOTHER anxious day has gone
by, and still the patient sufferer at
the White House has been able TO
hold his own. He has even, accord
ing to the bulletins, gained some
ground. The exhaused stomach
shows signs Of recuperation, and a
little nourishment has been normal
ly taken with entirely beneficial re-
suits. Though it must be source
of great discomfort, the doctors are
agreed that the inflammation Of the
parotid gland is a natural and not a
dangerous complication, the conse-
quence of the debilitated condition
to which the President has been re-
duced. The wound itself is said to
be rapidly healing up, and has
ceased to DE the cause of apprehen-
sion, so that everything now de.
pends upon the ability of nature
and the doctors to re-establish the
natural process Of nutrition. As 10
this the chances seem TO be evenly
balaneed.-North American.