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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-03
General Trade.

The market was bare of wholesale
lots Of feedstuffs last evening, but the
packets Maude and Cons Millar were
at the landing this morning with 6l9
bales hay and 418 SKIS corn; also 200
bbls apples aud 800 bbls potatoes.
Flour is in ample supply with an i'm
proved feeling, the inquiry being good
at an advance of full lOc per Dbl
Corn is claimed to be worth SOC per Blu
and oats are about &c higher, with
very few in second dealers hands and
none at the track or on the landing.
The supply of bran is down to a low
point, retailers having but little,
aud bright bay is equally
scarce, while the poorer classes
are plentiful and slow, our chief re-
ceipts being Of the lower grades. The
miserable looking poultry sent into
our market continues to excite com-
ment. Vast quantities of dressed
chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks
arrive and when packages are opened
the blue, lean, wretched stuff is passed
by all purchasers except cheap board
ing house people with upturned noses.
Barrels Of turkeys are seen without a
particle of fat upon their bony car
cases; chickens and geese are in the
same uninviting condition, and yet
shippers often expect to get
full market quotations for such
trash. AS an instance Of
the readiness with which choice
stuff will sell it is mentioned that
yesterday a prominent dealer had
been Offering a lot Of dressed turkeys
at 10c. per lb. Several bbls. addi-
tional arrived by express, which the
merchant opened with a heavy heart,
expecting to parloy with a dozen OF
more four dollar a week landlords,
aud finally sell out at about Zoe. OF
what he could get. 1t happened the
turkeys were strictly choice, large
clean, fat and neatly handled, and il
ten minutes five bbls. Of dressed tur.
keys we're hauled away, the buyers
readily paying thirteen cent
per pound. The same ma!
be said of other classes Of stuff. |
in good order. and properly handled
it finds quick sale, but otherwise
drags and is slow to dispose Of. Th
overstocked poultry market has bee
a worry to dealers for more than fou
weeks past. Game is also in abundsn
supply and at reasonable prices
Many therefore prefer it to poo
chickens and such. Eggs are scare
and commandfanc prices.
FLOUR - Market steady; jobber
prices are for common 81 70 per Dbl goo
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COMMERCIAL.
PUBLIC LKDGER 0FYIcE,
MRNPHIs. TRNN., December 3, 1881.

AkANk AHLkaA WI AkNN y
MEMPHIS, TEES.. December 3. 1881. J
During last month, $2,200,OO9 in
$40 gold pieces we're coined at the
San Francisco Mint. The mint
authorities are anxious to get gold
coin into more liberal circulation,
and henceforth expect to coin a large
volume of 10 and 8 dollar gold pieces.
Government per cents closed at
1l7} in New York last evening, an
advance from 1l6} on the day before.
The AIS are 1135, an advance Of t; the
IS, 1925, and the Is, 100. M. &C.
shares closed at 70, the same as on
the day before; L. & N. at 1921, with
sales of 10000 shares, and an advance
from $50 on this day a week ago, and
Mobile & Ohio is 37i. an advance Of
q over the day before.
Local finances exhibit moderate
animation, with no change in rates Of
discount, the same ruling at 6 to 8 per
cent. Exchange is steady, bankers
buying bills on New Orleans at tc Of
and on the East at t to 20 discount.
Drafts on all points are sold at par.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-03
Trustees sale.

FINDER and by virtue Of two deeds Of trust,
~ duly recorded 10 book No. 40, p,ge 100.
and book No. l2l, page $50 Of thu Register
Office o Shelby county, Tenness e, default
having heel made therein, 9, a. trustee, and
Seereu ~ OF the Memphis Building and Saw
i IS Attoci stiOn, will, IN
Tuesday, the 9Th day Of December, 1881,
during legal hours, at the southwest corner Of
Main and Hadison streets in the city Of ' en-
phis, Tennessee, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder. for cash, the following de-
scribed real estate, to-Wit: A certain lot Of
land situated in the coufty Of helby State Of
Tennessee, AID in the city Of Memrhis, (now
Taxing District of Shelby county, beginning
at a point on the east m ide Of north Win
chester avenue l75 feet southwardly from the
railroad, on Johnsol avenue, and being the
southwest corner Of lot No %: thence south
2D1S degrees east, 80 fe I; thence 692S de-
grees Gust, 40 feet; thence north 20A de-.
grees west, 30 feet; thence south 692S degrees
west, 40 feet to the beginning. beirg lot No.
2tin AWoodrufs subdivision of o%riRinal lots
No. SIS and $40, and the same premises con-
veyed to Mike Stanley by A Woodruff.
Equity Of redemption waived.
November 9Th, 1881.
67@ SAMUEL HIRSCH, Trustee.
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On and after January I,ISS2, the
Daily or Weekly PUBLIC LED
GER will not be mailed as nm ex-
change 20 any newspaper which
uses either a patent outside or
inside.
The LEDGER will also, amer
the above date, refuse to publish
original poetry, no matter who
may be the real or supposed au-
thor.
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Os-RasIeen K0tiss.

30. 1919, RD-In tho Chaneery Court ofsheiby
county ,Teuu.-W = Cllumes ct al ". John
X Allen et al.
tho defendant, John X Allsn, is a non re3t
Of Tonrtsgee. and that the attsrhmehi
Issued herein against him has been tuly 90,
rutcd ty aiiaahing bis property and ieinrpfi
/ q court and that the debt due eQwPlaiptrt
Is eyiaonced by 0rea account. ans Hbpul lbe
fum Of slii %. ard j. Justly due. u mthcfeiD 2
.rdeIcd that re mike his rertonai ApftaiAn
he,eip AZ The courthouse 0fbbelhy e1gplii ~
Memphis, Tenn. 90 or before tbe hrt M9nf1y
In Jan airy. 1872. and plead, spsreI ~ 1sr
Ia enn.piainant bill, o. the fame vi % y
az soEfssssd - 10 him and ~ loi le.iit
..narfr. aid that a cory 81 this erdet ~
uuil hsd onte . week iaf 800 ~
.@sis in TIE Public Lcdg a ner'pafff
, uhlisbsd IN The ,itY Of Memphis. lenneltf'-
. .his isgh dsy o. AOYimbci, III
copy--Attrst
han's a Fo'''n' 20 ''P aBaa
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Trussee,s Sale.
Thursday, DeOsmhar 29th, l8eI,
Mon-RosIaent Notice.

No. 4Z22, RD-In the Chaneery Court Of Shelby
county, Tenn.-Mattie b Jones ct al VS..
John r Allen ct al,
TT appearing from affidavit in this cause
i that the defendant, John r Allen, is a
nonresident Of Tennessee, and that the at
tachment issued herein against him has been
duly executed by attaching his property, and
returned into coHrt, and that the claim Of
complainant is evidenced by open account for
tile sum Of about $685.. 40, and Is a Just debt,
il is therefore ordered that he mako
his appearance herein, at the courthouse
Of Shelby county, in Memphis, Tenn, on
or before the fret Monday in January, 1852,
and plead, answer or demur to complainant
bill, or the same will be taken for confessed
as to him and set for hearing ex-parte;
and that a copy Of this order be pub.
lished once q week, for four successive weeks,
In the Public Ledger, q newspaper published
in the city Of Memphis, Tennessee.
This 18th day Of November, 1881.
Aoopy-Attesti
R. J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
80 Is 81 81
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Attachment IoUoo.

Before j N Coleman, ]. P. for Shelby county,
Tenn.-L podesta j &c. We. ] @ King.
TX this cause an attachment having been
j sued out under section 1856 Of the Code of
Tennessos, and returned levied upon the
property Of the defendant BY punishment on
+ II Smith, who answers that no Is indebted
70 the defendant in the sum Of iorty-three
dollars, BY note, and affidavit having been
made that defendant Is indebted 10 the
plaintiff in the sum Of t~hirty-6ve dol
lars and hity-three cents, due by &C
count, and that the claim Is just, and
that the defendant is a nonresident Of the
State Of Tennessee; Il is therefore ordered that
said defendant make his personal appear
anco before me on the 10Th day Of December,
1881, at 10 o'clock am, at my office. No. II
Madison st., Memphis, Tenn, and defend said
attachment suit within the time prescribed
BY law, or tho same viii be proceeded with
ex-parte; and that q copy OF this order be
published once q week for four weeks in the
Public LEDGER.
This the 2iIt day Of November. 1881.
T2TA@ NJ COLEMAN, ]. P.
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The subscription price Of the
DAILY PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per
annum and 500 per month fer less
than one year, The WEEKLY
LEDGER is 81 per snnum-pOstage
free. Payable in advance invaria-
bly,.
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a FORTUNE AS Szsrt sF ny Man Man G Who Secure. 90 Control

A. 9 Bowen, Marion, Ohio, has cleared 5000 DIM two msnths. g6ra test package was his
first iHvetment.
Woods Brothers Lebanon, Warren county, Ohio made t6W N eggs purchased in August
81 Raymond, Morhtown, Belmont county Ohio is clearing StWa month In handling
and selling Ozone. 50 for test package was his first investment.
II. Weber, Charlotte, Eaton county, Michigan, has cleared SNOa month since Augut
50 for test package W. hk FIRST investment.
J.B Gaylord, @LaSale street. chicago, isprerviug eggs. fruit etc. for the commission
men Of Chicago ehTg ns Hc per dozen for eggs and other articles in proportion. He Is
n testp package was his brt investment
The Cincinnati Feed Co. tS West Seventh street Is making $500 month in handling
lbre6er malt preserving and shp png II as feed pal parts Of the country. Malt mpns
served sOursn "a h0us Preserved by Ozone it keeps perfectly sweet for months,
Others. Write to any Of the above parties and gtt the evidence direct
Now. to prove Nea bol te truth Of eveything w have said in this paper we prODOsa
to plce in YOUR HANDS the means OF proving for y0uTref n that W have
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Atct package Of Ozone. containing 2 Sufficient quantity to preserve ono thousand dozen
package will enable the applicant To punue any line Of ts' and experiments &c desps and
ing thus satisfied himself and had time to look the field over Ito determine what he wishes to
dc in the future whether to sell thea article to others, or to cOnfneH Oh his own ne ar an
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Don't eta day pass until you have ordered Test Package, and If you desire to seeurea a
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If you do mot care to send money in advance for the test package We will send nC O. d..
but thswn Il put you to thee expense of charges for retrn of money. Our correspondence is
vwylage; we have all we car do toatend to the shipping of orders and giving attention to
our working agents; therefore, we cannot give any affection to letters which do nO order
we GUARANTEE THAT I'll PaEsERvEH no MATTER wHAr rs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-03

11,279 Prizes, amounting to- ......,.......S 522 800
Gen. G. I. BEAUREGARD, Of La. ! com,rs
Gen. j. A. EARLY, of Va. O0"N
Application for rates to clubs should only
be made to the Office Of the Company In New
Orleans.
Write fo2 circulars or send orders to
n A. WApPHlA,
Few Orleans, La,
or NJ. A. DRuphin, at
No. 2I2 Broadway, New York,
Or No. s West Court street, Memphis, Tenn.
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Trustees saIo.
THURSDAY. Deoembsr 29tb. 1881.

Under a trust deed. to me executedB arch
" 18th, 1877, by B A Hilderbrand, recorded
in book III. page 19j, l will, IN
Thursday, December 29th, 1881,
sell for cash, on the southwest corner Of Main
tween the hours Of y m and p m. the fol-
lowing described property in Shelby county,
Tenn situated in the Twelfth Civil District,
and being fractional section six, township
one, range seven, west (6l acresl, together
with Improvements thereon.
The equity of redemption Is waived in sal
trust deed, and the title Is believed TO be Der.
feet, but l sell and convey only ss trustee.
W D NOON, Trustee
j NJ Tr%ezevant, Attorney. n 102
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-03

Entered at the Postofice in Memphis, Team.
as second-class matter
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-03

Celebraud for hne tone, finish. Italian strings, hne pegs. In
laid pearl tail-piece, hne long bow, with ivory and alvered frog,
in violin box Book Of Instruchon, with 653 pieces music.
BY express for $3.50. Satisfaction guaranteed, OF money
refunded. A better niftrannot BE- purchased elsewhere Tor nj.
q. w. BATES & co, Importer, Boston, Mas.
70 0ldkw
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MemDhis aud LittIo Roeh.

JAS. SPEED, Ticket Agent.
A. Y. STEVENS, Pass. Agent.
287 Main Street.
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GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT.

during which will take place
The I39fh Grand Monthly
and the
Extraordinary Semi-Annual Drawing,
at New Orleans, Tuesday, December Isth,
1881, under the personal supervision and man
agement OF
Gen. @. 7. BEAUREGARD, of Louisiana,
and Gen. IUBAL A. EARLY, of Virginia.
Capital Prize, 500. 600.
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THE PEOPLE ,SSG SOU fH

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TABLES

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Memphis ana Charleston.

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POCTOFFICE, MEMPHIS, Tenn.

Arrivals and Departures Of Nails.
OPEN Railroads. CLOSE.
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LEAvx LBRIvT.
Nail 4 passenger, daily -. -
Except sunday........i 4.@p.m.l 800 an
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Mr.. W. II. Butts, it is said, has
chartered the new steamer Fulton to
tow a couple Of harges loaded with
lumber to st. Louisiana Captain
Oates, not wishing to disappoint bis
friends up Hatchie river, has made
arrangements to send ont the Mike
Davis in place Of the Fulton.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-26
Gigantic Railway Consolidation.

New YoRx. April ga World St.
Louis special says: A. A. Talmsss.
General Agent Of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad. left this city on Thursday for
New York. Il 10 an open secret that be
coca East 10 aid 10 maturing . plan Tor
the consolidation OF the Missouri Pacific,
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas. the
Texas Pacific and the International and
Great Northern Railroads. A control
ling interest In the hrst-pamed railroads
IL owned BY Jay Gould and bis asso.
eiatss In New York. and II 10 rumored
here today that q sale wa yesterday
effected In New York 10 the same parties
OF the great Northern Railroad. or ut
least Of . majority OF the stock Of that
road. The importance Of this trans.
action may Be appreciated from the fol-
lowing schedule Of the length Of the
roads now about to DO consolidated:
Missouri Pacific. 1000 miles; Missouri.
Kansas and Texas and branches under
construction. 1880 miles; Texas Pacific
and New Orleans and Pacific. l449
miles; International and Great North
ern. 770 miles. Total mileage, 4499
miles. By this consolidation an IN.
broken line Of railway communication
will Be established from St. Louis to
New Orleans. Houston. Galveston and
the Mexican border ct Laredo. At La.
redo the continuous line will be con-
nected with the extensive railway system
now constructing in Mexico.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-26
Senator Miller. Of ~CallfornIa, and
thu lhinesa Treaty.

INC Uuluoo0 AEOssS
CHICAGO, April ga Tribune wash-
ipgtou special says: ssnator Miller. Of
California. Who vas elected a. an INDIE
pendent Republican. and Who 70 pledged
to use his influence to secure the rati.
fcation Of the Chinese treaty aud the
c~opssqusnt adjustment Of the ye1sd
Csiness question. has been placed In .
peculiar position In the contsst OF en-
dursnos now pending In the Senate.
Miller took part in the Republican eau
Gus and has loyalty abidsd BY Ito decree.
lint AZ time passes and nothing 10 40
eomplishsd, hs 10 reported - having be-
come very FESTIVE, particularly In view
Of the fac. that BY The terms OF the
treaty Il will fail unless ratified BY the
United States within twelve months
from the time Il was agreed to In China.
The twelve months limit 10 rapidly
nearing; and California says Miller
would and Il difficult to explain the facts
Of the case on the Pacific Coast BY any
reference to the election Of Senate on.
csrs, or to the breaking up Of the Solid
South II hs had not done what he esuld
do TO at least secure . bearing. Miller
Ia understood to have explained his po-
si,ion to his Republican associates during
the last week, and that IL 10 from him In
a great measure doubtless that the call
for the caucus proceeded. Millsr's inter-
est 10 the executive session a. not 90
much that the nominations shall be con.
Armsd a. II 10 that the Senate shall
make some disposition OF the Chinese
tPoaty.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-26
New incorporation.

The Como Eureka Gold and Silver
Mining Company has incorporated to
operate In Lyon county. Nevada; capital
stock IS. 000. 900. Directors - E. W.
Leonard. Camilo Martin, Edward E.
Poole. ]. Elliot Csndist and Lucisn Her.
msnn.-S. +. Coll.
The above IL good news for Como. II
10 understood that the company IL . sub.
stsntisl corporation, and begins opera.
lions with abundant means. A new two
compartment working shaft will DON b
started to DO sunk $50 feet. The Hrs,
100 feet will b sunk BY windlass, after
which machinery, capable Of carrying
the work 10 . great depth. will be erected.
Mr.. Harry Symonds. the superintendent.
10 now In San Francisco completing ar.
rangensnts. To the efforts OF Mr.. Sy.
msnds 10 mainly due the enlisting Of
San Francisco capital. he bad worked
the mine for some time previously and
has great faith Ia lie future. The orig.
inal looators are to receive o stock divi.
dsnd, and will participate In the future
profits Of the mine Lyon County Times,
April 23.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-26
The Nihnists in New York.

PHILADELPHIA April 26.-Ths Ld9sr's
New York correspondent says The
Nihilists, communists. etc., with which
Blsscksr. Thompson and Amity streets.
a. we'll a the East Side. now literally
swarm. may b msdmsn, Is many sup
DOS they are, but It must be admitted
that there 10 Q wonderful method In
their madness. It val only on Friday
Of last week that copies OF the
Nihilist manifesto sent to the Gear de-
mandipg q National Assembly. the right
Of public meeting, liberty Of the press,
and other reforms. reached this city BY
the English mails. yet this morning
foundations OF the document In Ger.
man, French and italian were to
be found on the little round tables
at which many OF these polyglotie
philosophers and patriots sat 10 quai
their beer and Rhine wine. Where these
translations were made. or BY whom,
are secrets which they choose 10 keep to
themselves. II 10 certain that with suoh
evidence Of intellectual aptitude these
people must have . literary bureau some.
where capable OF excellent work.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-26
Nevada Interpretations.

The following companies have fled
their articles Of Incorporation with the
Secretary Of State at Carson:
Nevada Crystal Salt Company-Ob-
kject, to manufacture and sell salt d
|INVhite Plain, Churchill county, and at
Buffalo Springs. Lewis Junction and
Battle Mountain. Lander county. Battle
Mountain 10 the principal place Of bust.
ness; term Of existence. FIFTY years;
capital stock. 800. 900, in 81 shares.
Trustsss-John Ksnnsy. Richard Amer.
man and F. w. Dunn. all Of Battle
Mountain.
Big Indian Consolidated Mining Com
Ipany-Objsct, to engage In mining,
ImillinR, ETC., In the Cora Mining Dis
|ltrict. Esmeralda county. Term Of ex.
Iistence. hIty years; principal place OF
business. Cora City, Esmsralds county.
Trustsss-Wm. Bans. E. Gallagher. 8.
L. Anak, J. B. Phiehard and George
Drown. Capital stock. Sl0.0 900, 900.
divided into 100. 900 shares Of Q par
value Of 500 each.
Eureka FIGURING Mil Compsuy-Ob.
jsos. to erect . Touring mill 1t Eiko and
carry on such business. Capital stock,
$40. 000. 900; term Of existence, 80 years.
Trustees-E. ]. Jones, E. odsll. ]. P.
Edof, John Amlsy and F. E. Drown. ..
The Directors Of the Nevada Central
Railway. which runs from Battle Noun.
tain to Austin, have increased their cap
itsl stock from $1,000 per mile, total
$4,000 o to $40. 666 66X per mile; to-
tai. 100000 The bonded debt OF
the company 10 $750. 900; their debts
snd liabilities, $50. 900. Total debt.
$1,000 The Managing directors re:
Arson Phelps Stokes. Daniel B. Hatch.
BENJAMIN B. Sherman and Robert J.
| Walker.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-26
EASTERN DISPATCHES
A salivated Greul from the New
York "fimos.n

New YoRx. April 26.-The Times has
soathing editorial on the ~reaetionary
influences al work in the last Admins
trstion and under Garfield. During
Hayes term the Treasury Department
was largely managed to al intsnts and
purposes oorruptly. to further the polit-
ical ambition OF the Secretary. The
Postofice Department, whore the old
evils Of political influence, interference
Of Congressman and Senators, the de-
basing traffic In votes and expenditures
has full swing. developed the amazing
and humiliating Star route scandals
which are nov being exposed. The
Executive, at whose hands the oonsutu-
ton places the great body Of appoint.
msnts. and Who could. at any moment.
have dismissed any cabinet officer who
refused. or neglected. to carry out his
views. In elect abdioated his Office for
the benefit OF men Who, whether In vio-
lation Of public interest or not, shaped
the appointments with little reference
to the principles that had been distinctly
announced BY their superior. There vas
sound naturalization in q department
only because the head OF that depart.
msnt vas loyal 70 the President himself.
Garfield entering on his work with . pro-
fsssedly lees elevated standard. bids fair
to fall even further below that standard
than Hayes did below his. The one
department, which under. Hayes was
distinguished for III thorough spplica.
ton Of the principles Of sound admins
t~ratiou, has been turned " to the pol
iticians. The new Secretary Of the Int
| rior seems to have Ts~-sstablished the
most vicious, wastsful aud demorslizing
methods OF the old system. Hs has
abandoned competitive examinations and
the examinations which hs has ostensi'
bly, substituted for them are, in fact.
iaroieal. New and incompetent men are
put over the heads Of men Of tried and
proved capacity. often at higher salaries.
The handspring Of discipline and EN-.
cheney. namely. the certainty that merit
and merit only would secure advance
msnt 10 broken. The best men among
the s~ubordinates are naturally diseustsd
and discouraged.