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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31
Zoo.

The Gin cinnati Volksfreund copies
from the Berlin Montagszeitung an
INTEREST," az occount Of the great Zoo
logical Garden in that city, now the
most fl NOUS animal garden" in the
world It contains a great variety Of
amin al life, from every region q tae
eartll. The habits, food and climate
9th 0 birds and quadrupeds are care
fully considered, and they are Kept IN
the midst of surroundings as nearly
ike those in their natural state as
posi- ible. Every means is tried to make
the exile of natures wild creatures as
agre cable as possible. In consequence,
the animals In the Berlin Geological
Can den are said to be healthier hand
som or and happier than those in any
9TH II similar collection in the world
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31
ATLANTA EXPOSITION.
The Part Memphis VIII PrOba-
bly, Play.

Desiring to give the public some in
formation about the part Memphis
would probably take in the coming
Atlanta Exposition, a reporter yester-
day called on one of the vice presi-
dents, appointed to represent this city,
He was found busily employed with
the intricacies Of a cotton transaction,
and with little time for conversation.
The following short talk took place on
the subject:
"Will Memphis take any part in the
coming exposition at Atlanta?n
Such is the intention.
Have the vice presidents here held
any formal meeting?"
Yes; a preliminary meeting or two
has been held, but no regular business
meeting"
Nothing definite has been decided
upon, them"
mo; we are ali so busy now, just at
the opening of the fall trade, that we
have had little time to discuss the
matter as it should be"
Have you any idea when a formal
business meeting will be held?"
In about ten days, l suppose"
What is your own individual opin-
ion about the matter?"
VI am satisfied Memphis will have
as fine a display as any other Southern
city, as the committee is composed of
the most thorough going and enter
prising business men in the city, who
only await a slack in pressing private
business to go to work at it. | find a
great deal Ofinterest manifested. and
noa5,y every merchant spoken to is
anxious to assist in the work Of max
ing a fine display"
Have you heard any special feature
spoken OFF"
NO and l don't think there will
be any special feature. Some of our
manufacturing concerns will make a
large exhibit, and all the leading fea.
lures Oftbe city will be seen in the
halls of the exposition. None of this,
however, has been talked of formally,
but is only the result Of private con
versations which | held with different
persons"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31
Buy Gas Fixtures Of Browne.
Lost Grain Barge

The barge Luzerne recently sunk in
twenty-five feet of water, while load
ing at ST. Louis for this market,
contained a cargo of grain valued at
about 10000, the insurance of which is
equally divided between the Phoenix,
Home and Bluff City companies OF
this city. Captain Harpham, Under
writer S agent, is now at St. Louis, en-
gagged in saving a portion of the
freight, which will somewhat reduce
the loss Of the insurance companies.
The barge was loading on account Of
Speed & Graves Of this city. The
accident has been announced hereto.
fore, bnt the amount of the probable
loss was not heretofore stated.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

nell will be adjudicated to-day.
Brick and stone is being almost
universally used in the building Of
new houses instead Of wood.
The late bycicle furore is on the
wane. The ordinance against the
running of the machine on the streets
did il.
A negro thief jerked pocket book
from the hands Of Miss Gertie Mckee
on Vance street yesterday evening and
escaped.
Merchants, fill your orders for Gin
Betting and Hose at the Memphis
Rubber Store, TOwner & Dixon,
agents, No. IL West Court street.
Two pugilistic females, Kate Gen
Otti and Ann Egmew, amused them
selves with tearing each others hair
yesterday. They were both arrested.
Several club rooms are being re-
fitted for the fall and winter. The
money expended by some of the clubs
for this purpose reaches a largo
amount.
The discussion of the water supply
by thirsty, dry and hot citizens has
not waned. 1t is not dead nor sleep
ing, but waiting patiently, as of old,
for results.
Though the regular theatrical season
will not open before the middle OF
October, it is expected that several
troupes will appear at odd intervals
before hat time.
One plain and disconsolate drunk
went to the island for forty days. His
name is German, and he can gourman-
die as much as he pleases on pork,
beans and hard work.
Martha Brown, Sherman Burnes
and Margaret Jones were released
from Jail yesterday. The latter is bet
ter known as the "voudoo queen" on
account of a late exploit others.
A glance over the books of the
Register and comparison between
sales of land This year and last shows
a marked and very encouraging ad-
vance in the price of real estate.
1t is pretty well understood that q
marriage which took place in South
Memphis one day last week, was more
romantic than commonplace and that
the old folks were taken by surprise.
A recent article in a late issue Of
this journal which described the pc
culiar acoustics of a house on Jones
avenue created quite an excitement
among the ignorant classes, who don't
know an acoustic from a hobgoblin.
Concerning the source, it makes lit
tie difference what name the Morning
Number applies to this journal. 1t
can twinkle the twink out of the mum
bier and have enough Alternative" to
spare to restore health and vim to its
deranged system.
To-morrow's LEDGER will be a
hummer, chuck full of good things in
the way of information our people
should be kept posted about. Mer-
chants and others desiringextra copies
would do well to leave their orders in
time to have them attended to.
Mcdonald, the gay and debon1air
horse thief, got to Corinth, Miss,
all right. Sheriff Skillman sent the
handouts back by express this morn
ing, which he had borrowed from
Mike Garvin, the accommodating
constable, to use in place of the rope
halter with which the thief was first
pinioned.
For a time yesterday it was thought
that efforts would be made to mob
Robert Ross by his own class. The of.
6cer who brought him from the Jail to
the courtroom was warned that it
would be dangerous to attempt to take
him through the crowd and reached
the Stationhouso through an alley, en-.
by a side door.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31
CannOn's TaunIs.

C%annOn's Taunts.
Salt Lake Tribuno.l
Apostle George Q. Cannon never
lets an opportunity slip, wi lere he
thinks ungOdly ears will hear him, of
prOclaiming his own and the Mormon
peoples contempt for the Law rs Of the
United States. 1t is not enough that
he and they generally eDj Sy all the
privileges Of citizens, takir q full ad-
vantage Of the liberal la ws of the
country whose flag protect them and
their nasty institutions from Interior
ence by the civilized wo rid, but they
go so far as to contuD Iaciouslg and
Systematically break such laws as do
not suit them; defy Christendom's
.scornIand hauntingly challenge the
United States government to enforce
its laws fit AN.
A few days ago the church leaders
visited Bear Lake valley, the seat of
Mormon power in Idaho, and while
there Geo. q. Cannon, in the course
Of his remarks to a large congregation
Of Saints, said substantially: Nine
teen years ago on the I'd Of last July,
the Congress Of the United States
passed a law to pSohibit and punish
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

New YORK, August 81, IL 81
a,m.-Cotton very irregular and. en-
tirely nominal and nominally lower.
Ordinary, 97-16c; good ordinary, lie;
low middlipg, IL 5-16c; middling, he;
good middling, 1870; middling fair,
l4lc; fair, 15fc. Futures are steady,
at l1.43@11.44c for September deliv-
cries, and 10.94@11.26 for forward
months
LIVERPOOL, August 81, 1870 pm
Cotton in moderate inquiry, freely
supplied. Uplands, 6Bd; Orleans,
cd. Sales to-day, 10000 bales. Re-
coipts, 11,7CO. American, $3.50. Flu
lures are dali.
New ORLEANS, August 81, ll:3O a.
Motion quiet. Middling lie. Sales
to-day, 100 bales. Receipts, lO6z
bales, Stock, 52,444 bales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

The trial of Robert Ross for the
murder of Henry Bunch, created an
excitement on Adams street yesterday.
Hundreds Of darkies blocked the
street in front of the Police Court and
eagerly sought to catch every word of
the testimony. The trial was con.
tinued over until to-day and was in
progress al noon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31
FIVE WIVES,
And All Alive, But scattered.

Like the traditional sailor reported
to have a wife in every seaport, s. Q.
Grumpy has been prowling around for
some time past trying to marry a wife
in every town. As far as heard he
has five wives, all living, and four
children in a North Carolina hamlet,
all the offsprings of himself aud one of
the wives. The latter are reported to
DO in a destitute state, bordering on
starvation.
This multiplying wife hero is in Jail
at Covington, Tenn, having passed by
rail from Paris, Tenn, to Mason
Depot, thence across the country, on
yesterday. The town of Covington is
the scene Of his last marrying exploit,
and Miss May Paris, a fair lady of
fourteen, is his last victim. The lat
ter was married last May, two miles
from Covlngton, and the brevet hus-
band lived p~eaceably with his tride
until a short time ago, when Mays
father and brother, suspecting some
thing, caused Grumpy to light out for
other roaming pastures. He was heard
of few days since at Paris, Tenn,
where he had married once, and
through j. L. Cooper, of Covington,
he was arrested by Mr.. ?, r. Orr, by
whom he was escorted to the Coving-
ton Jail.
The way it looks just at present in a
commercial point Of Wow and without
being too particular about searching
for back numbers, Mr.. S. c. Grumpy
is quoted with the following stock Of
wives on hand:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

The State of Tennessee holds the
age in point of number at least unless
the marrying genius has practiced
his tender powers of persuasion on
maids elsewhere aud unreported.
Grumpy is a bricklayer by trade and is
known at Mason Depot, where he
worked for a period some time ago.
The mammoth marrier will have a
preliminary trial before a Magistrate
at Covington to.day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31
BURNETT'S COCOAINE
Promotes the Growth Ofthe Hair

And renders it dark and glossy. 1t
holds, in a liquid form, a large pro-
portion Of deodorized Cocoanut Oil,
prepared expressly for this purpose.
No other compound possesses the
peculiar properties which SO exactly
suit the various conditions of the
human hair.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31
Buy Hose Carts of Browne, 40 Madison

A good humored Squire, who
catches a stray police case now and
then, hasn't the heart to fine a man
for fighting. 1t is such rare fun to
see the hair fly, he don't like to dis
courage the noble sport. A couple of
bloody pugilists, whose engagement he
saw with his own eyes, we're dis
charged by him this morning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

Sample Of boy Preacher" Harri-
sons style: 1.-THE horse was pale, and
the rider thereof was DEATH The rider
thereof was DEATH [Sobs.] The rich
man heard his foot on the hill. He
heard him come down the hill. He
heard him shake the door. Wife,
wife, he cries, keep him out keep
him out Less han ten minutes be.
fore the rich man had said; Soul, take
thy easel But the rider came and
put his hand on him. The rich mar
said: This must be DEATH Oh,
death, 20 away Go away until l
have said my prayersl Go away until
| am baptized Go away until l
hear John! until | get religionl
0. death, death, death, death. death,
death, death, death keep of from me
until | am savedp [Sobs and tears
throughout the congregation. But
no, God said: Thy soul is this night
required of thee God said: Re
quiredl More than that, he called
him a fool. Good God, save us from
this! [Cries Of Eyes yes, amen
There is no time now to pray, l am
going to Judge you. There is no time
to be baptized; your are coming to
judgment. You have no time to seek
religion; / am waiting to damn you
Thy soul is this night required Of
you, and he was gone"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31
OLIVER, FINNIE & co.

ULItEny FIUNlE " w.
SILVER MOON FLOUR
New Process, in use only q short
time, a great improvement on the
old process. Our sales are now
very large. Won't you try itp
Silver Moon YEAST POWDERS
Manufactured in our own store
and absolutely pure.
BUTTER
Best Creamery Butter received
daily by express.
COTTON SEED OIL
By the barrel or gallon.
Fairbanks bucket lard; always
the best.
WI ROAST
The very finest grades Mocha,
Java, Maracaibo and Rio Coffee
fresh every day.
CHOCOLATE
Cocoa, Cocoa Shells, Epp's Cocoa,
Oatmeal, CrackedWheat, Graham
Flour, Grits, etc.
OLIVER, FINNIE & co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

OdOrless cotton seed ell, re-refned
by Fahlen & Kleinschmidt, for sale by
Buckham & Campbell. 1881
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31
Mexican Plantations (!
5 for Csc.
Equal In quality to any Mexican imported
Cigar.
Ask SOL COLEMAN
For them.
o

Buy your shirts at Mays. 1861
Mr., j. M. Gregory, jr., will arrive
home tomorrow.
DR.. Arthur K. Taylor, formerly of
Memphis, is now resident physician at
Hot Springs, Ark. 1851
DR.. J.. II. Nuttall, has returned
from a sojourn at Old Point Comfort,
Va, in the best Of health and spirits.
Captain Sam Dreyfus, travelling for
Wolf & Wildberg, Cincinnati, Is in
the city, and will remain about ten
days.
Mr., G. Wagner, of Chelsea, is cred
tied with the paternity of two boys,
both twenty-four hours old at noon to-
day. Happy fatherl
Captain j. Il. Hillsman has returned
from Rockbridge, Alum Springs, Va,
where Mrs. Hillsman yet remains, and
Is improving IN health.
Miss Katie James, after an absence
of two months in Texas, returned last
evening. Miss Clara [. Cavitt is the
guest of Miss James.
Mrs. Maria Moore, for many years a
well known resident of the Pleasant
Ridge neighborhood, in the northern
part ofthiS county, died yesterday at
the residence of her son, at Bruns-
wick, Tenn, aged about rs years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31
LEDGER LINES.

Nine arrests we're made yesterday.
Brown & Jones, coal dealers, 282
Main street.
Rural sojourners are putting in a
numerous appearance.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31
Special inducements to Cash and
Short Time Buyers.
MENKEN BROTHERS.

Our Wholesale Boot and Shoe Department will be found
worthy Of inspeCtiOn. We carry an immense stock of
desirable goods, to which Mr.. G. E. TATE, a member Of
the firm, gives special supervision.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31
IMMENSE

All Fancy Goods regardless of
cost. 10 make room for new
stock.
GERBER a. METTE'S,
III 207 Aain Street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

The best and coolest beer and
best Of Liquors and Cigars, at
FRITZ Il GEORGES. 1897
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Cotton.

Our market is in a quiet and nom
inal state, buyers being Indifferent
and sellers not anxious. Sales yester-
day were unimportant, closing quiet.
Low ordinary, 81; ordinary, y; good
ordinary, lOl; low middling, Ill;
middling III.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

Miss Abby F. Goodshell, Of Cham
bersburg, Pa. has been appointed
principal Of Vassar College. She Isl
the first graduate Of the college who
has attained to a place in the faculty
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

HOple-made Buttay, schmier
and Hand KHse, at FRITZ g.
GEORGE, No. Is COurt street.
1907
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

The managers of the Memphis and
Charleston railway have advanced the
wages Of the employees of the COM
pany, 5 per cent being added to the
pay of the entire force, except en-
gineers, the addition being II! per cent.
This increase goes into effect to-mor-
row, and it was a movement unasked
by and a surprise to those interested.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

BEEF
Received daily per Express.
III. SEESSEL, SIR, d. SON.,
Cor. Jefferson and Second.
1861
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31
RnARnINR.
rOs REk

FURNISHED rooms and board. Also day
L board. at No. 81 Court street. lS9 1888
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31
Buy Pitcher Pumps of Browne.

Two loafers had a pie tournament
at a German eating house yesterday,
and the disgusting spectacle wal wit
messed by a crowd of greasy gamin.
The pies were made with a heavy
double crust filed with apples. One
of them grew sick after eating five
and was obliged to stop, while the
other ate seven before he gave it up
aud won the beer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

Mansford has a large assortment Of
baskets.
Lunch and Fancy Baskets.
An elegant and large assortment at
MANsFoRD's,
5 298 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31
WHOLESALE DRY GOODS!
MHNKHN BROTHERS,.

Having greatly increased our space, we open the season
with improved facilities for handling our growing Job
.bing business. We show the best and most complete
assorted lines of goods suitable to the trade of this Sec
ton. We guarantee our prices as low as any market.
FULL STOCKS OF THE FOLLOWING GOODS ALWAYS ON HAND:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

I N. COLEMAN, Justice Of the Peace,
y. Notary Public and Commissioner OF
Deeds. Special attention given to collections
n the county Office 294 Front st list
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

VAL. ABLATZ'S
Milwaukee ErIanger Beer,
lat AtBENRY L~UEHRMANN'S.
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Buy We'll Pipe Of Browne, 40 Madison
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advance i'm Wages.

Buy Sewer Connections OF Browne.
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Mountain Valley Spring Water.
Q. Gallina, sole agent, 80 Beal. 1887
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Buy Hoe Of Browne. 40 Madison.
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W.. ". BROOKS, DENTIST,
27Shs MAIN ST, with S. HINs0N & son.
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PROFESSIONAL.

" D.. LOOMS. D. D. S.. DENTIST,
II, s. L. corner Adams and Main.
Over Lytle * Shields.
narFeMale servant in attendance IS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-31

Standard Prints,
DOeskin Jeans,
Wool FIanneIs,
Canton FIanneIs,
Plaid Linseys,
Cotton Stripes,
Standard BPChed DOmestics,
Gray and White Blankets,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20
DALLAS HERALD, THURSDAY MORNING OCTOBER co.

alo. We don't believe II for We think ilie
governor too Innrt a. run Tug gauntlet
Coke ran, which In our JudgnNt, would
result In his defeat. Let him III out this
uncxpired term, az Coke should have done
Besides this, Coke X as able u senator M
Roberts or any other Texan would be. Let
him succeed himself Mexia Ledger.
QUITE sTiFFlsII
The north boasts Of superiority in many
things, and this Boosting Is due as much to
the tone taken by the larger part of the
southern press as aught else. A fnwning
spirit debating q cringing to that bugaboo,
northern opinion" that has had its legiti-
mate effect ia the assumption of superb
ority that has no reason for its existence
save that evolved from the widest revelings
of vivid imagination. Why need we re-
gard the opinions of the northern papers or
public men? We have our advantages as
well as the people of the north have theirs,
and if one side wishes to exhibit bad taste
and feeling, the more manly course for the
other is to disregard the petty sneers, only
striking when assailed, but doing that
promptly and effectively. Complaint is
made of northern hatred for the south, its
people and its ideas. This, too. if 1t exists,
is q legitimate outcome of this spirit; for,
as the greatest analyzer of the emotions of
the human mind said:
How like a fawning publican he looks;
/ hate him
And this hatred, intermingled often with n
contempt, is the natural result of needless
cringing.-[L ongview Democrat.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20
said to be Three centurie. Old.

Mr.. @. w. Simpson, Of Old Mackinac,
brought into our Office this week relic that
is a curious combination Of wrought silver,
consisting Of five pieces-two seals, one
watch key, one ring, and clasp that at one
time must have inclosed a watch-guard.
One Of the seals was in comparatively.good
shane. and showed the original design very
plainly, and in quite plain figures the date
1858 appeared 10 the naked eye, or 5ls
years ago. On the ring, which which CON
meets the different pieces together, is the
device of a dagger and the letter IN /" thus
Indicating that Il might at one time, posi-
bly,, have been possessed by Father Mar
onette, who founded the first mission
at Old Mackinac over 200 years
ago. 1t was found by gentle
man looking for relics inside the
old fort grounds there, and from him Il was
purchased by y. J. Simpson. Our jewel
ers think II + Of French make. lit was not
once owned BY Father Marquette, doubt
Les Il must have belonged 20 some Of the
early French settlers. Still il might have
been buried By some Of the inhabitants Of
the fort before the massacre Of 1853. Quite
a number Of interesting relics Of by gone
sges have been found there recently, includ-
ing silver bracelet, nov in the possession
OF. ID. Mcdonald; q large silver cross BY
Wrs. q. w. Simpson. and about nine yards
If bends BIZ one Of Mr.. Stimps0n's younger
ar,us. ard several fnger-rings and other
curious acknowledgement Mich In
hume.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-20
Shaving in Seven Kingdoms,

have now been shaved in seven king
doms and in six languages. They all per-
form the ceremony differently. But they
all, from Scotland to Naples, insist on sit
ting you in a plain, straight chair, and
bending your head over back until your
spine howls with agony. And they all
agree in another custom-they never wash
off the soap,they have put on. But they
bring you bowl of water, hold IL
under your chin as you are leaning back
and insist on you washing your own face
then and there. If you object to the atti-
tude, they shrug all tire upper part of
themselves and sling disdainful smile at
you; if you comply, little rivulets run
pleasantly down inside your shirt,
and some Of the .lsoap they have,
generally swoggled into your ears'
gets into your stockings. l have
seen no barber wash his victims face since
landed in Glasgow. Prices vary. In Lon
don they charge shilling twenty-five
cents for shave; in Naples they will for
fifty centimes ten cents shave you, cut
your hair, wash your face and hands,
curl your eyebrows and wax your
mustache till you ok like Victor En-
manuel, and can piss for prince on any
of the side streets. Yesterday / was shaved
for ten centimct-about two American
ceuts-but | took the balance out n garlic.
of which had a generous bath in the form
of respiration. In Verona, the city of the
loved and loving Juliet, the barber asked
me if ] would have my feet.washed and nv
toe-nails CUT That is certainly going to
extremes