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

place a lot OF Boal street, ia the resr
of the Second Presbyterian church
forty feet front by sevcnty.two deep
along the alley, and known as the
Freedman bank property was sold to
w. NJ. Randolph for $4,000 per front
foot, one third cash and balance in six
and twelve months. This property is
also unimproved. 1t was sold under
an order from the commissioners of
the Freedman's saving and trust com-
pany, Messrs. j. Al. Creswell, Robt.
Purvis and R. H. 7. Leopold. Colonel
Register, the a~uOtionser, thinks that
the price was exceedingly low, and that
the sale was not attended by that en-.
thusiasm which should have followed
the news sent from Nashville for the
good Of property holders.
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MARY ANDERsoS.
sale Of Seats This Morning.

1t was brisk at the alley window Of
the tbeater bux Office this morning,
and the only one who seemed not to
like it was George Miller, the saloon
man.
At 8 o'clock last night a solitary
darky, wrapped in a huge buffalo skin,
lit a match and with it piloted his way
and posted himself at that window.
He was armed with a flask Of cocktail
which he bought down town, and he
took nips and maps at irregular inter
walls. At 4 O'Clock this morning
ticket buyer No, 2, a white man,
strolled into the alley. lie found the
darky sound asleep and sober. The
newcomer kicked his shins, woke him
up and got him to talking,
At 6 o'clock tho crowd began 10
thicken, and later as many as thirty or
perhaps forty collected. Mr.. Miller,
of the saloon, so say those who gath
cred, liked it less and less as the
throng increased.
When the sale of tickets began at 8
o'clock the first darby arrival had
half Of his cocktail left over, though
several of the gentlemen in waiting
took draughes from it. The crowd
was evidently a very temperate one.
The first buyer took about one
hundred and fifty tickets, distributed
through the five performances. They
we're not for speculative purposes
in any sense. The second buyer took
a liberal number and got a good many
front seats. There was no excite
ment, and all seemed good Apnored
The rush was all over by eleven
o'clock, but the demand was liberal.
and indicates that the Anderson en-.
gagement will equal that Of MtCul-
Tough, perhaps exceed it.
Miss Anderson played Love, or the
Countess and the Serf," at New Or.
leans last Friday night to a crowded
audience, and closed there Saturday
She appears at Yicksburg tonight as
Partheaia ia "Ingomar, the Barba-
rian and tomorrow night IS "Ev.
adne, or the Statue" The lady openl
here Wednesday night as Juliet
She has not appeared here since Jan.
uary, 1879. The programme here il
"Love' Thursday night, "Evadne'
Friday, THE Hunchback" Saturday
matinee, aud ~"Ingomar" at the clos
ing performance Saturday s.ght.
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LEDGER LINES.

Prof. Sa1by's hop Thursday night.
Boisterous March has Tapped over
into April.
Brown 4 Jones, coal dealers 18.
Main street.
Rough, raw and uncomfortable IL
his April weather,
A new cotton press is to be put up
10 the old navy yard.
Prof Saxby select hop next Thurs
day night az Cochran hall.
The spring openings, though appar-
entity somewhat premature, drew large
audiences.
A readjusting party is the next
,hing, and people arc already talking
it up in a lively way.
The work Of r~emoleling and reju-
venating Calvary church will be com :
msBced at an early day.
Numerous new buildings arc going
up 10 the suburbs and a few within the
city. Better prospects are ahead.
During windy and boisteroug March
the breeze Travelled over this station
mainly from the vest and 4lOl miles
The sun rose in a clear sky this
morning. Sleepy-heada may doubt
but those who saw will verify thiI
statement.
"A forty mile an hour norther blew
over the west Texas gulf coast tn
morning. A gaze ike that make
things rattle.
1t was showing this morning a
Nashville. Yesterday it did the same
at Louisville, Cincinnati, Evansville
and elsewhere.
A frosty temperature prevailed las
night from a line Of latitude 200 mile
; north Of the Gulf Of Mexico, all III
way up to the north pole.
1t does not promise to be any warm
eF hereabouts to. day or Tonight, judg
ing from obseryatio as ent TO us fror
{ the Washington weather signal Office
1t averaged rather dry here durin
Aarch' the total rainfall msasurin
: but 3.& inches, considerably less tina
halt the quantity Of last year. /
March 1876, over II inchas Of raj
. fell here.
The prognosticator Vennor says v
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will have ugly and frosty weather this
month, but that it will be like May
His wise predictions are sure to hit,
when he makes them in that style.
Several persons hero arc supposed
to have cleared money by specslatiOns
in Tennessee state bonds during the
recent legislative turmoil regarding
the state debt. 1t was luck, not
shrewdness, that enabled them to
do it.
The illness of the Rev. Edmund
Organ caused a pOstpOnement of the
proposed ordination ceremony at
Grace Episcopal church yesterday.
The venerable rector Of Calvary
church, Rev. Geo. v bite, delivered 9
sermon to a large congregation in place
of tie originally arranged programme.
With the wind fresh from the nor
west at the rate offs miles an hour and
the mercury at IS, as it was here this
morning, there is no danger Of buffalo
gnats in the swamps. During the
recent W. IN weather the gnats got a
good start, but the recent coolne $ has
stiffened and laid them all out.
There will be a fashionable wedding
at the Central Methodist church, on
Union street, Wednesday morning at
1890 o'clock. The lady is a fair and
beautiful young daughter of one OF
our most prominent citizens, and the
gentleman is a member of n of the
looJ;no old families of the south.
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The Death List.

Last weeks death list in this city
footed up thirty persons, Of whom six
teen we're whites and fourteen blacks.
-Four died of pneumonis, two of diaf-
rhpa, two Of consumption, two of par
alysis, two Of hemorrhago, ono of meas,
les and the remainder from scattering
causes. Seven we're children and if
teen adults, from thirty-three Ia
eighty-fOur years old. Eight persons
died between fifty and eighty-four
years Of age.
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sunday Inquest.

Yesterday was celebrated, as usual
by an inquest. Henry Miller, a Ger.
man, supposed to DO from Nashville
fell dead on the foor OF Jacob Storz'i
saloon 10 tho afternoon, and a jury
summoned by Esquire Spolman re.
turned a verdict Of death from con.
vulsions. Tho circumstances, how.
ever, we're suspicious, and tho genera
opinion is that Miller committed sui
eide by taking poison, which caused
commissions,
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NOT BY CHANCE,
But Economically Arranged He
fOrehAnd.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Douglas 'Nent
north last evening by the steamer
Ben Franklin, destined to their home
near Fort Branch, Indiana, where Mr..
Douglas owns and manages a fine
farm, and raises stock, hlooded and
otherwise. He was married beye ON
Saturday evening last at the Peabody
hotel, to Miss upper, of Sturmville,
Bolivar county, Miss, after Q. roman
tic courtship, wholly oond ucted by
correspondence, and in the presence of
the brides father and mother. Mr.. and
Mrs. G. II. Upper. The latter
couple accompanied their daughter to
this city four or FIVE days ago, and
they registered at the Peabody as Mr..
20. Il. Upper, wi& and daughter.
The daughter had never seen her in.
tended spouse, but she knew his ma
ture, character, tastes and looks quite
well, by letter and photograph. Mr.
Douglas was equally familiar with,
his intended wife through the same,
channel of information. He arrived
here from Evansville, Indiana, on
Friday last, as a passenger on board
the steamer Ben Franklin. It no 4
all been prearranged, and ID due time
after touching port the happy gro ,om
stepped ashore, strolls2 to the Pea
body and was introduced to
his 6etg0ts.eJ, together with
her .ataer and mother, who were
c~aHperoning her. Their Arbitration
for each other engeudered through a
courtship BY letter did not have its
ardor dampened by their first viewing,
and it was quietly arranged that the
union should be uonsummated with
out delay. He wanted a wife, and
was lonesome a. home without one-
She had arrived at years Of discre-
ton, and was one too many on her
fathers Mississippi plantation. The
wedding caTAe off in a quiet way, bit
with the Wual happy accompaniD, nts.
and the couple took passaO e by the
same vessel her Douglas o me here on.
They were accompani a homo bv Mrs.
upper the brld's $ mother, going on
a Vi'l' mere'v The only unpleasant
feature Connected with the matter
cohce" ed Mr.. Douglas frame of
miS' yesterday. The boat was de-
pAined over in this city from Saturday
to last evening through a slight acct
dent to her machinery. and the newly
welded couple, it was noticed, were
very shy-kept in the shade or out Of
sight as much as possible. He had
expected to be far up the river, and
instead was compelled to face the
music to O certain extent right here,
where his bliss had been consum.
mated. The coupe are supposed tc
be all right by this time, however.
being more than a hundred miles up
the river at this moment.
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cumstsnce in this connection is that
Chief Davis received a letter from the
chief of police at Ottawa. Canada, the
other day, inclosing the pictures& a
prominent young business man. The
letter stated that it had drifted into
their gallery through an unknown
channel, and as it was taken in Mem.
phis, perhaps Chief Davis could in
form him whose it was.
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Misreprosenting Tho Major.

MlSrepFeSentAnS INC NAdIOH
The Little Rock Gazette gave
Major +. NJ. Hanks a final kick as he
passed through that classic village.
The major was bad enough and did
not bear a very enyiable reputation,
but is not quite so bad as the Gazette's
funny man paints him. The state
ment referred to is that Hanks man
aged to slip into the banqet hall Of
the Peabody hotel with the Little
Rock delegation which came over here
to assist in the reception of the great
travelling president and gorged him
self with the d~elicacies unasked. The
truth is that the genial major put VI
his last ten dollar note toward prepar-
ing that banquet.
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KAHN d. FREIBERG,
Corner Main and Poplar.

DAMAGED BY WATER ONLY
SIC, best Wachussett Domestic, 8Nc,
sc for Merrimac Prints, &c per I'D.
These goods are slightly wet only.
Kahn g. Freiberg, cor. Main and Poplar,
also offer Drill Drawers, S9c; 35c apiece,
Gents Nainsook Undershirts, 35c.
KAHN & FREIBERa, Main and Poplar.
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PLUMBING
StiIl Hanging Around.


For helping his wife, but not his
wife at the time, to steal money and
other valuables from Mr.. johnson near
Paris, Tenn q. H. Crutch6eld was a
few days ago caught and bound over to
answer before the circuit court Of
Henry county, in the sun of $1,000.
He is the same triAer who married
Miss Sudie johnson here a few weeks
ago in the Office Of the chief of police.
Crutch6eld has a bad reputation, aud
those who have known him from boy
hood express the opinion that men Of
his sort are Of no value to any com
munity.
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OVER TOE SEAS
Is the Route Our Freight Men
III Wish 10 Help.

Elevator privileges and increased
loading facilities are among the fea.
lures sought here by marine transpor-
tation agents. At the present time
Mr.. George Rea, president, and Mr.
Henry Haarstiek, yice-president o.
the Mississippi Valley transportation
company, are on a visit here, aiming
to secure privileges by which they
may load aud unload barges at the
landing in a more speedy manner than
they are able to do at present.. The
water route is a cheap channel fol
freight, as is evidenced by the fact
that several heavy cotton shipments
have been made direct to Fall River
Mass, and Providence, X. l., by the
river, Eads' %jetties, gulf and Atlantic
pathway, and at lower rates than could
be made by tho inland route. Still
lower prices may be secured by faoil
itating the handling of freights and
.Tlessening port charges, aud any plans
looking to this end should arrest Che
earnest attention Of all who have any
authority or interest ia tho matter.
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No Abiding place Yet.

No decision has yet been reached in
regard to the future location Of the
stationhouse. The bids put in for
that one in present use, and for the
kitchen of the old 0verton hotel, have
both been rejected, and a committee
authorized to select a suitable build
ing elsewhere. The present station
house is totally unfit and too far up
town.
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They Have Comet

All the leading new styles of hats;
cloth hats for spring suits, young
mems low crown nobby Derbys, and
low round crown new styles soft hats
gents light and black Oass dress hats;
children's hats, one hundred different
styles, from a baby's three months old
to any age,
Martin Cohen, the Halter,
IS 2l9 Main street.
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LEDGER JOB OFnCE
Property Sale.

On Saturday last at the corner Of
Main and Madison streets Colonel
Roystcr sold At public cutlery a lot Of
ground at tho southwest corner Of
Main and Vance for s32 50 per front
foot. c. W. Frayscr being tho pur.
chaser, and paying cath. The lot Is
City feet fropton Main By one hundred
and ton feet deep IN Vance, and Is M.
improved, At the sane limo and
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Fire This Morning.

Fire broke out in the residence Of
M. Miles Standish, 1868 Vance street,
near Lauderdale, this forenoon, and
engine No. 8 and the hook and ladder
truck were quickly on the spot. II
caught from sparks from the chimney.
The loss was trifing.
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The present cold snap has had seri-
Gus effect upon young vegetables and
fruit in the region lying between this
and the gulf. Adyices at New Orleans
on Saturday impart the information
that ice and frost throughout that
section had damaged early vegetables
in Alabama, Missis ippi and Louisi.
ana, and it is feared the peach crop
has been partially cut of. A heavy
frost throughout northern and central
Texas has had evil effect in the same
direction. North Of the Ohio river II Is
also feared much harm has been done.
10 this vicinity, while it is probable
that some injury has resulted, the
opinion is general that the fruit crop
VII nov Be severely plishted by the
cold &C far Al it has gone. Young
vegetables, however, have been sol
back and stunied by the vigorous
nature Of tho elements.
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-Courthouse NOten.

Elections have been postponed BY
the county court to tie 18th inst.
A number Of accounts we're allowed
petitions received and reports filed by
the county bosses, who met this morn,
ing.
A charter was recorded this morn.
ing to the Gayoso oil works of Mem.
pbis. The incorporators are j. r.
Goodwin, t. ]. Hogan, J. P. Jordon.
r. j. Rawlings, D. Wentz, j. Reid
and II. A. Melody.
Sheriff Athy has captured Frank
Hudson, now under Indictment in
Illinois for being a noted horsethief
Hudson is now in jail, and W. r
Jones has telegraphed that be will be
on hand in a few days.
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RotIcei

Boys Of New York and New York
Boys, Sc; Golden Days and Irish
World, 4 for DC Ricbtop and
Langhammer harps, $50 each, at
Dickens Curiosity shop, 2s5 Second
street, opposite postofice.
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Merchants and planters wanting
drive wells, pump points and pipe, can
get low prices at j. w. x. Brownies,
10 Madison street. 80
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The rogues gallery is the principal
attraction 10 the chief Of policies Of
dce. A few ofthe picturesit contains
are remarkably like some Of our we'll
known citizens, and one near. sighted
visitor was not to he sbakea IN bic be-
lief that the photograph Of . leading
burglar was not that of q leading
young society man. A curious OR
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-04

Money saved in repairs BY having
your plumbing, gas and steam work
done by j. A. Bailey, 295 End st. St
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Flowers and all kinds Of vegetable
plants for sale at J. NJ. Williamson s,
cor. Of jackson and LaRose SITS. 80
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FnnIiah FeIInWa.

Fools day fooled many people who
thought themselves too smart to be Sc
badly f,oltd. AT New Orleans they
printed a yarn about the sinking Of the
national sloop.of-war Alliancein front
of the city, leaving emily her masts
above water also the capture Of a
pirate schooner, with forty five cut
throat fellows, after they had destroyed
a vessel and made her crew walk a
plank. And here the associated press
men t~elegraphed abroad about how
the steamer Idlawild, in a storm, blew
ashore fifty miles below here, and the
rigging broke the captains arm. The
latter item was not printed by any
newspaper here, but those abroad did
not know any better.
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MAJOR r. 6. Nicholson, Of Brad.
streets commercial agency, has re
turned from New Orleans, and will
shortly remove his family to that city.
having decided TO make that his
homo
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A No. o Coal Cook Stove, with
"a pieces trimming, for SI2, at
OEanne e. Mays. 26t
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Come and see our Si5 Cook
stoves, complete. OEanne & May.
OF


Major John d. Adams is to leave
for his home at Little Rock by to-
nights train.
Mr.. Edmund 0rgill, a citizen of
Memphis and Brooklyn, New York,
is on a visit here.
DR.. A. l.. Kimbro, 1874 Main.
Office hours l to pm. daily. Pure
vaccine matter on hand. 30
DR.. Reva will attend to all calls
commencing on Monday, April 4tb.
Office hours from s to II am. and 3
to 5 pm. 80
Captain John Q. Hook has been
selected by Memphis typographical
union to represent that body in the
international union, which eonvenes
in Toronto, Canada, the FIRST Monday
in June.
Kid Miller has been arrested at
Dallas, Texas, for knocking aud rob
bing an old hunter. He has been
driven out of nearly every city in the
Mississippi valley, and now operates
among the wild towns Of the Lone Star
state.
Hon. Poindexter Dunn, one Of the
most efficient and popular members of
congress from Arkanssw, is in the city.
He has entirely recovered his health
by a s%ojourn at Eureka Springs, and is
10 the best of spirits.
Ex. Governor John g. Brown, vice
president and active manager Of the
Texas and Pacific railroad, was 10 the
city yesterday just from Texas. Mrs.
Brown went on to their home at Pu-
laski, while he went south He stated
while here, that wei three hundred
miles Of track had been added TO his
road in twelve months, all in good
running order. He estimates that
during the present year one thousand
miles ofrailroad will be built in Tersr.
"Hed Adam plucked the apple, ei
it had bin a good one, he'd never
thought Nv his wife at home, buI
would hey gobbled 1t all. Eve, snge.
that We all are, thought Nv him, anC
went hayers with him" Mar nova.
days smokes cigars, and in aceordanc,
with the above idea never divides with
the weaker sex. Sol Oolemans No. Il
cigars SIRE the most popular with mar
in this vicinity
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CALM.

Poor wanderers of stormy days,
From wave to wave we are driven; .
Fancy's fash and reasons ray
ferve but to light the troubled way;
It is nothing so calm; but
the smoke of the Cuban, sold by II.
Esch, 292 Main street.
tits n cigar OF fine quality and finds
favor wit everybody.
Received this week n very fine as
sOrtment OF MeerschRum Goods,
which will be sold Tow. H. ESCH.
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Why throw away your illustrated
papers and magazines when you can
have q nice book made from them st
the LnD0ER biudory2
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Parties wishing awningsaAd window
shades should call on s. w. Cutter e.
Co., 265 Main street. AL work guar
anteed. III
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smoke
gzo Julian,

II is the finest cigar in the mar
ket for the money; sold nt whole
sale and retail, by III. ESCH,
2O2 Main, Clark's Marble Block.
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Mat fame house and three acres Of
a ground with orchard near the DaFlgs
,iece. on Walker stIeet- Apply 70 coraer o!
sssSo'n 'D' s q. FRANsIoLI
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The Weekly PUBLIC LEDGER is
only one dollar per year. II is the
equal Of any weekly newspaper pub
lished in the south.
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JOHN WALSH, UNDERTAKER,
3Al Second Street. l4St,
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eryo = Mound place, near Seanloa's, g acres
nc.n land, cheap. Applyte
~ 'V ] 7 BURNS 4 GO,
o.. AZ Madison street.
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FOR SALE.

DICKLEs in barrels and half-barrels, Cod
Fish, bonelcss and others, will be sold
eneap at 25S and 21S y ront street.
1881 SGH00LflBLD, HANAURR co.
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Gl6ES FUScHS', 81 and Il Jefferson. q 81
AKA BDLS TIES CHEAP-We buy all kinds
LsG fold iron, rag, cotton or machinery;
secondhand bricks bought and sold. We buy
spd self anything from the sire Of a needle to
an auehor, The attention Of tne public gen.
Vrnlly, and country libraries especially, is
gaiifd h The fact that / have a great variety
~ second.hand B00ky. S. GABAY, Ag't,
Isl Nos. 4li, sls and il5 Shelby street
NOR SALE-An 4 30. ! iron safe. large
,Sy~t6 VI L. BACON,
Real Estato and Rental ACT, s Madison q.
l5t