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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-15
Trustees Sale.

DY virtue of a deed of trust executed to me
ID by VIM. Brent and his wife, Julia ID Brent,
en- the ed day Of June, 1880, and recorded in
the Registers Office of Shelby county, Tenn,
in record book No lS5, page 90, l will, at the
request of the beneficiary therein named, on
Wednesday, the 30th day of March, 1881,
between the hours of IL O'Clock am and l
pm, in front ofthe courthouse door ofshelby
county, Tenn, in Memphis, now called the
taxing District, sell at public auction to tho
highest bidder for cash the following described
property, tO-wit: A certain undivided one
third interest in a certain lot, parcel or tract
of land with the improvements thereon, stu
ate, lying and being on the northeast corner
of Jefferson ard Fourth streets, in the Taxing
District of said Shelby county, Tenn. uate
ciey of Memphis), and being the east part OF
lot i've hundred and ffty-three, bo5 ana the
west part of lot five hundred and htty-tour
65D Of county LOT four hundred and seventy
eight 478l. having a front on Jefferson street
Of ono hundred and sixty-nine ulosl by ohe
hundred and forty. eight and one-halt u4o11
feet deep on Fourth street, on Whlcn Is slt9S
ated a large cotton w~arehoule, known as Ed
Apperson II Co.'S warehouse, and being part
ofgame property viii h was set apart and con-
frmed t6the heirs at law Of ClalborneDeLoach,
dacaaaed. the said Guila ID Brent being one
OF aid heirs by decree Of Chancery Court OF
Shelby county, Tenn, IN the cause OF imogene
Beaumont VS.. Il NJ Apperson, as the same
apnears OF record in book ll5, page 800 Of the
deed records Of Shelby county, Tenn; Also
iots one ID and two W in block hfty-hve (55)
l nn Vance street, in said Taxing District Qate
city Of MomRhig, each let let f@ fronting s ! S on said
INC hack one hundred and f0rty-eight and
oneJtalf Q4s1N feet 10 an alley.
Eaiiity OF redemption viewed Title believ-
I'll =, he good. but sell and convey as trustee
only, AOAhlDi ArusIee.
N. D.. At tho request Of the g~rhntors in the
ahoyp described deed in trust. the sale therein
adyo'tiaed is POSTPONED until
Saturday, the 9Th day Of April, 1881,
at sane place and hour named.
asS EFF ADAMS, Trustee.
Second POstpOnemenf.
At the request Of the g%rantors in the above
described deed IN trust, the sale hereby ad-
vertised is postponed until
Monday, the 25th day Of April, 1881,
at Same place and between same hours named.
3j47 ADAMS, Trustee,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-15
SOM THINC
EVE RY LADY
OUGHT TO KNOW.

There exists a means of
curing a soft and brilliant
Complexion, no matter how
poor it may naturally be.
Hagan's Magnolia Balm is a.
delicate and harmless arti-
Gle, which instantly removes
Freckles, Tan, RedneSs,
ROughness, EruptiOns, Vul.
gar Flushings, ETC., etc. So
delicate and natural are its
effects that its use is not
suspected by anybody.
No lady has the right to
present a disflgured face in
society when the Magnolia
Balm is sold by all druggists
for IS cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-15

at Same place and between same hours named.
&47 Ell ADAMS, Trustee,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-15
Second

At the request Of the %grantors in the above
described deed In trust, the sale hereby ad-
vertised is postponed until
Monday, the 25th day Of April, 1881,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23
Esquimaux Carpentry.

From Arctic Explorers Reminiscences.l
The builder selects snow of the pro-
per consistency by sounding drift
with cane made for the purpose of
reindeer horn, Strengthened by steam
ing, and worked down to about half
an inch in diameter, with a ferule of
walrus tusk or the teeth of bear on
the bottom. BY thrustIng this into
the snow he can tell whether the lay
ers deposited by successive winds are
separated by bands of soft snow, which
would cause the blocks to break. When
the snow is selected he digs pit to
the depth of eighteen inches or two
feet, or about the length of the snow
block. He then steps into the pit and
proceeds to cut out the blocks by first
cutting down the ends of the pit and
then at the bottom afterwards, cutting
little channel about an inch or two
deep, making the thickness of the pro-
posed block. Now comes the part re-
curing practice to accomplish success
fully. The expert will, with few
thrusts of his knife in just the right
places, split off the snow block and lift
it carefully out to await removal to its
position on the wall. The tyre will
almost inevitably break the blocks into
two OF three pieces, utterly unfit for the
use of the builder. When two men are
building an igloo one cuts the blocks
and the other erects the wall. When
sufficient blocks have been cut out to
commence work with the builder marks
with his eye or perhaps draws line
with his knife describing the circum-
ference of the building, usually cir
Gle about ten or twelve feet In di-
ameter. The first row of blocks is then
arranged, the blocks placed SO as to in-
cline inward and resting again each
other at the ends, thus affording mutual
support. When this row is completed
the builder cuts away the first and Sec
ond blocks, slanting in from the ground
upward, SO that the second tier, resting
upon the first row, can be continued on
and around spirally, and by gradually
increasing the inward slant perfect
dome is constructed of such strength
that the builder can lie flat upon the
outside while thinking the interstices
between the blocks. The chinking is.
however, usually done by women and
children as the builder progresses, and
additional protection secured from the
winds in very cold weather by banking
up, with large snow shovel. the snow
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23
The Way of the Road.

The Scientific Farmer says one of
the anomalies IN American customs is
that of the driver of wagon sitting on
the right hand side, while he always
turns out to the right while passing
another team. 1t matters not whether
he be on broad, safe thoroughfare or
on a narrow lane or crowded city street,
his seat is the same Thus situated, it
is very difficult to see the exposed wheels
III passing, those which require the eye
of the driver. Doubtless this is promi-
nent cause of the many collisions be-
tween passing teams, and the wonder is
that more do not happen. The custom
was brought over by the pilgrims, but
like Dutch sentence, the parts got
transformed in the translation. Across
the pond the driver sits on the right but
always turns to the left. In copying the
practice we retained the useless part and
changed the essential, for some unex-
planned reason. Possibly our fathers
thought to be consistent III the matter,
and rather than be right handed in sit
ting while left handed in the driving,
changed The latter osuit. At all events,
the thing as now practiced is very incon-
venient, and is worthy subject of re-
form IN this year when reforms are SO
much In favor. And since it is easier to
change our position on the seat than
altering the custom of turning to the
right, let us henceforth hand our friends
up TO the right side of the wagon, while
we as drivers take the opposite side.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23
ObifUarV.

Maj. John w. Booth, one of the Oldest mer-
chants of st. Louis, Mo-, died on the 18th inst,
aged ID.
Miles J. O'Reilly, welI-known Detroit
lawyer, succumbed to a long and painful illness
on the 18th inst.
Princess Louise Carol ne. of Hesse Cassel. is
dead.
Il. Z. Whitsill, an old settler and capitalist,
died suddenly at Denver, Col, on the 18th inst,
of heart disease.
Gen. Phillip S. Crooke, of Brooklyn, n. Y,
died on the night of the 10Th.
Schuyler Rue, ST., one of the oldest and most
prominent citizens of Kane county, ILL.,, died OF
Inflammation of the lungs on the 18th inst,
aged IS years.
Among the deaths recently reported are those
of Colonel E. B. Alexander, q retired army Off
GER, at ST. Louis; Francis Dodge, collector of
customs, at Georgetown, d. c., and Professor
S. T. Humphrey, the scientist, of Greepboro,
&c.
Col. A. G. Hodges, one of the oldest southern
editors, died at Louisville on the 16th aged 79
years.
Daniel Bashiel Warner, president of Liberia
is dead. He was born near Baltimore in 1915,
of slave parents.
Colonel Jason Marsh, of Rockford H., died
in Chicago on the 18th inst. He commanded
the 7th Illinois regiment, and was severely
wounded at Mission Ridge. For ten years he
was city clerk of Rockford.
William Fl. Morrison, president of the Indi
annapolis First National bank, died on the 18th
inst.
Samuel NJ. Gales superintendent of tho
Memphis cotton exchange, died on the 18th
inst, of pneumonia.
Chas. II. Buck one of the wealthiest and best
known business men of st. Louis, died at Hot
Springs Ark, on the 18th inst.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23
The Care of Matches,
tFrom the American Agriculturist.

AiIieIlCdu dBrlCueullbt.J
In nothing about the household does
the injunction to have place for every
thing require more strict enforcement
than in the care of matches. What are
known as "parlor matches light the
most readily, and are as much more dan
gerous than the common matches as they
are more convenient. hegeneral stock
should be kept In tin box, which is not
to be opened or taken from except by the
master or mistress of the house. For
each room where matches do used there
should be a metal match safe of some
kind, and the matches are to be kept iii
that and no where else. 1t should be re-
garded as serious offense for match
to be anywhere, or for ever SO short q
time found "lying around loose.
In the kitchen and in the bedroom, or
wherever else matches are in frequent
use, it is better to have the match-safe
fixed and always in the same place, SO
that it can be found, if need be, in the
dark. In taking matches from the lar
ger box to replenish the safes, let that al
ways be done by one person, and it will
pay for that person to look over the
matches at the time, throwing away all
broken ones, and where, as is often the
case, two or more are stuck together by
the explosive mixture, these should be
carefully broken apart, and unless two
good matches are the result, rather than
put into the safe one with too little and
the other with ragged excess of the
mixture, throw both away. Also throw
into the fire those matches that have two
or three times as much of the mixture on
the ends as they should have.
These, in lighting, often explode and
scatter burning particles in dangerous
manner. IT. i'll lighting a match. day or
night, it breaks, or the explosive end
comes off without lighting, do nothing
else until that end is found, and put In
the fire, or where ii can do no harm. In
fact, treat matches, every match, as If 1T
were, as it really is, fire-arn, capable
of dangerous mischief to person and
property. Teach the children to care
fully observe the same caution.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23
A Novel Sounding Board.

The resonator is the name given
by Signor Bach to his new invention for
increasing the volume and power of the
human voice when singing. This appli-
ance is based upon the Office performed
by the hard portion of the palate, which
acts as kind of sounding board when
the mouth is open for singing, and it is
for the purpose of increasing the efficien-
cy of the palate in this respect that the
resonator has been designed 1t consists
of gold plate fitted to the roof of the
mouth, close above the upper teeth
much in the same way as the gold plate
of set of artificial teeth-the plate hav-
ing attached to it another gold plate,
which is convex downward in both di-
rections. A hollow sounding board, as
it may be termed, is thus formed, and is
said to have remarkable effect on the
volume Of sound producible by the per-
son wearing tie instrument It is also
stated that the apparatus has no preju-
dicial effect upon the distinctness of
articulation, and that it can be used
without the slightest inconvenience after
moderate practice.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23


at the base often being piled to the depth
of three or four feet. This makes the
igloo perfectly impervious to the
weather. When the house is completed
the builders are walled in. Then a
small hole about two feet square is cut
in the wall ON the side away from where
the entrance is to be located and is
used to pass in the lamps and bedding
1t is then walled up and the regular door
cut about two feet high and inches at
the top. 1t would bring bad luck to
carry the bedding into the igloo by the
same door it would be taken out. Be-
fore the door is opened the bed is con-
structed of snow blocks, and made from
one to three or four feet high, and oc-
cupies three-fourths of the entire space
The higher the bed and the lower the
door the warmer the igloo will be.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23
Rnhhnd-

In broad daylight on the 10Th inst, thieves
entered large apartment house in New York,
and stole from the rooms of Abram E. Simons
printer and stationer, railroad bonds to the
amount of 800, 900 and $4,000 worth ofjewelry.
The bonds are unsigned by the proper officers,
Mr.. Simons who had printed them. merely
took them home for safe keeping. In other re-
spects they are complete.
A sneak-thief secured between $4,000 and
$4,000 worth OF diamonds and other valuables
from Jacob Seasongood's house, Cincinnati, on
the 18th inst.
On the 18th inst, Lysander Tiffany, who at
one time was well-to-do citizen of Chicago
worth over $4,000, and who for the last thir-
teen years has been letter carrier in that city,
was arrested for rifing letters given him for de
livery.
the NTnssel Shoals Tmnrovement cornnanv was
robbed of $4,000 by three men on the It'll
inst
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23
wounded, and F. O. Dink slightly wounded in

wounded, and F. o. Dink slightly wounded in
both arms.
Thomas Johns, prominent dealer of Wixom,
Mich, was assaulted, and robbed of $500 on
the 18th. Johns injuries are probably fatal.
ASpanish girl shot E. P. Foster dead in the
street at Los Angeles for alleged seduction and
desertion.
John Pfeiffer and John Mcbride we're found
dead IN cell at the penitentiary at Philadelphia
on the 10th inst. It is thought Pfeiffer killed
Mcbride and then hanged himself.
Noah Sprinkle stepped up to Noah Hager, at
Hillsville, Va, ON the 14th inst, and shot him
through the heart. Cause, jealousy.
At New York on the 18th inst, Ernest
Stephen Memorath shot and fatally wounded
Emil Pauly, boarder in his house, and then
blew out his own brains. Jealousy was the
cause.
Geo. Richards was killed by blow from a
poker in the hands of Geo. Daily at Winona
MIMI, on the 18th inst. They quarreled about
a girl.
Peter Cook, with three drunken associates,
visited the house of Tony Pine on the Red
river, Texas, disguised as United States calalry-
men, IN 1866, robbed him of 81 800, ravished a
lady relative and fled. Pine saw neither of the
parties again until the 18th inst, when he and
two herders came upon Cook among some
freighters. Calling him by name and with
terrible oaths, Pine fired four balls into Cook s
body, killing him before he could draw his
pistol.
ia. Naples was shot dead by milliner at
Edwards, Miss, on the night of the 18th inst.
The woman claimed she had shot a burglar,
but note on Naples body gave evidence that
she had invited him to call.
On the morning of the 18th inst, as Tnos
Mcpherson, VIM. Old, VIM. Whiteherst and q
man named Fisher were leaving Princess Ann
Court House, Virginia. in a wagon, they were
fired into from ambush. Old and Whiteherst
were instantly killed. The murder was the re-
suit of law difficulties.
drunken teamster named John Shriever,
probably fatally shot his wife at Utica, N. Y,
on the 14th inst, and then killed himself.
John Corners perforated Dan Dugan with
three bullets at Midway, Woodford county, KY,
on the 18th inst. Dugan will probably die.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23
An Anecdote of Poe.

Johnny Bouquet in New York Tribune.l
Mr.. George FL. Boxer gave me an an
ecdote of Poe, which ] never heard be-
fore, and perhaps recollect imperfectly.
One day Mr. Boxer was sitting at a
booksellers, who also published a serial,
when Poe came in. If shabby he was
generally genteel, and had the inherent
look of man of the world out of place
and ostracised, yet with compensating
pride in his sense of finer intellect At
ter some little while, he said to the pub
Usher, "Lend me ten dollars" g can't
do it. He was already in debt to his
friend hundred or two. Lend me
five, then, said Poe. 81 can't do it,
Poei / have made up my mind not to
lend any more" "Well," said Poe.
twill you give me ten dollars forapoem?"
I" Yes, will be glad to do that" Poe
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23
Self Murder.

Amilicar Raux, of New Orleans, employed in
banking house, after taking breakfast with
his family, returned to his room, arrayed him.
self neatly, lay down Oh his bed and blew out
his brains.
Robert N. Wells, aged SO. at one time associ-
ate editor of the Troy, N. Y, Press, committed
suicide at Davenport, Ia, by shooting.
A mining Spectator named Samuel Lewis,
who formerly resided at Ann Arbor, and Ypsil-
anti, Mich, suicided with strychnine at Dead
wood, Dakota.
Brevet Major General Emory Upton, shielded
by shooting at Preside, Cal, on the 18th inst
He committed the deed while lying in bed.
An old-time Cleveland merchant named Geo.
Bierce, ended his existence by suicide at Chica-
GO ON the 18th inst.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23
Railway Wrecks.

freight train on the Texas Central railroad
went through bridge near Ennis, Tex, on the
10th inst. Three men were severely injured
and fourteen loaded cars demolished.
A yard train was thrown from Panhandle
bridge, South PittsbIrg, on the 18th inst, by
colliding wild freight train. Three gondolas
and the tender went down to the street, dis
lance of fifty feet. The conductor of the yard
train, Chas. Carmen, was instantly killed. Pat
rick Cullen, brakeman, had his skull frac-
tured legs broken and was otherwise injured
so that bis recovery is doubtful. K. Harrison,
another brakeman, had his legs broken and fin
gers cut off.
Five railway employees were seriously injured
on the 18th inst, by an accident on the Dallas
and Wichita railroad near South Denton,
Texas. construction train was derailed and
pitched down an embankment.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23
Work nf the Flames.

Bsrtlett's mills. Newburyport, Mass. caught
fire on the 18th inst. and were destroyed. For
y time great alarm prevailed and many houses
and stores were emptied of their contents. 1t
was the greatest fire known in the city for 20
wears. Fine engines were present from Salem,
Portsmouth. Haverhill and Boston. Insurance
$3.50. 600; loss not given.
The town Of ImbeIi on the Black sea, and
yelden, Austria, are reported as having been
nearly destroyed by fire on the 18th inst.
The cotton compress, Jackson, Tenn, burned
on the 18th. together with 500 bales OF cotton.
Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000.
The last fire at Toxic, swept over ten streets.
consuming 1868 houses ana % go downs, and
rendering 1882 people homeless.
The New Orleans Anchor line steamer James
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23
GhHNa.UA.

CHICAGO, March $3.50 P. M.-Wheat
Stronger at $1.023s91. "a for cash; $1O275 TO
seller April; $1.0718 for seller May. Corn
for seller April; 1870 bid for seller May and
June. Oats-Firmer at 301s@311Ic for cash
301lc for seller April; 3434@3458c for seller
May. Rye, Barley and Whisky-Unchange
Pork-Weak and lower at $15.3715 for cash;
$3.50 for seller April; 1855 bid for seller May.
Lard-Weak and lower at $10.5215 for cash;
S10.571a for seller April; 5000 for seller May.
ogs-Receipts 10000 head; slow; light at $50
@5.90; mixed packing at $5.40@5, 80; heavy
shipping at $5.90@6.40. Cattle-Receipts 2, 200
head; demand fair; exports at S5.5O@6.05;
common to fair shipping weaker at $4.25@
$50; good to choice at $49O@5.3O; butch
ers' at S2.50@3.70: stockers at So 20@390
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23

Howard, large craft of 5000 tons burthen,
was burned at the levee at st. Louis on the 18th
inst. All the passengers were saved. Loss
about $4,000. Allbaggage was lost, including
several bridal outfits.
The Tileston paper mills near Boston have
been burned. Loss $4,000.
The Wakefield, Mass, rattan works, large
four story frame building, was destroyed by fire
on the 18th inst. The first floor was occupied
by rattan weaving machinery and the upper
stories for chair manufacturing. Loss about
half million. One thousand hands were
thrown out of work by the fire.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23
French Decorated Fans.
From the Illus. Scientific News. !


Many of our readers are perhaps I'M
aware to what an extent the decoration
of fans has been carried. Such fans
were early in vogue in Paris, having
their origin in the Injurious courts OF
the Louis. The fashion is still kept up.
A fan painted by LIE Loir, the celebrated
French painter, was exhibited at the
Paris exposition, 1878. and was sold to
an American for $4,000. Some of the
old French and Spanish fans are won
ders of fine workmanship and artistic
painting. Many of them are not only
exquisitely painted, but the frames are
profusely loaded with valuable jewels
The collection of old fans of this kind
is as much the delight of art collectors
as that of old pottery. Some of the old
Spanish fans, though soiled and yellow
with age, sell for fabulous prices.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23
An Era of Assassination.

The car of Russia was assassinated by Mill
lists on the 18th inst. The imperial carriage was
attacked on Ekat Rinofsky canal opposite the
royal stables, while the emperor was returning
with the Grand Duke Michael from Michael pal
ace in a carriage supported by twelve Cossacks.
The first bomb fell near the carriage, destroy
ing the back part. The car and his brother
alghted uninjured. The assassin, on being
seized by the colonel of police, drew a revolver,
but was prevented from firing it. A second
bomb was then thrown by another person and
fell close to the cZars feet. its explosion shat
tering both his legs. Tine czar fell crying for
help. Col. Dorjibki, though himself much in
Jured, raised the emperor, who was conveyed to
the winter palace in Col. DorjIbki's sleigh. The
car fingered an hour and a half. All efforts
to rally him failed. The only name he uttered
after being struck was the name of the cZaro-
vitsch. The latter on leaving the palace after
the death of his father was hailed as the en-
peror by the crowd. He was surrounded, con
trary to his custom, by a strong mounted escort.
A cossack and passer by was killed on the spot.
The Grand Duke Michael was wounded. An
officer of the escort and a cossack have since
died.
A large wooden box containing about fortr
pounds of powder, with fuse attached,
was discovered near the rear wall of the
official residence of the lord mayor of Lon
don, on the night of the 10th. Much excite
ment was occasioned by the discovery.
Tie life of the new emperor of Russia has
already been menaced. A mine was discovered
under his residence with a gallery leading there
from to the street. Wires led to small shop
near by, where the elements of an electric bat
terry were formed. Twelve pounds of dynamite
were found in the mine.
The young man arrested at the house where
Roussakoff, the cars assassin obtained the
fatal missiles, gives his name as Michaeloff
Papers found in his possession mention both
the Catherine canal and little garden street
in the neighborhood of the scene Of the tragedy
One of the bombs found in Roussakoff's pocket
weighed 6s4 pounds. It was made in a zinc
case containing glass tubes. two Of which were
filed with vitriol and two with Ba1tholdy sails
India rubber tubes contained Illuminating mer-
curry and box contained nitro-glycerine and
pyroxyline