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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19
COnkIing's Game.
Washington special.l

NasnlnBton opeclal.l
Conkling's most intimate senatorial
friend is authority for the statement
that, at the caucus last Friday, Conk-
ling declared that that was the last
caucus he would probably attend while
the republican party is under the
present management and leadership.
The same senator is also authority for
the assertion that Conkling expects to
be returned to the senate from New
York; that he will act Independently
of the republican caucus, aud that
he will place himselfin prominent and
intimate relation with what he be-
lieves will be a great popular move
ment against the corporation powers
of the country; in other words, that
he will become 8 champion of the
people against corporations. He be-
lieyes the present administration is
controlled body and soul by railroad
corporations and monopolies. This
narrative is even more remarkable
than COnkling's resignation, but it is
finding a good many believers among
Conkling's friends, who are going
abut exclaiming, Wait and see.
There will be great developments in
the near future"
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THE O%SCULATORY ART.
The Different Styles OfKisses Ar
raugedin the Order Of Merit.


B1Esls Tslegrnpa.I
We have noticed that WITH the Bern
h1rds craze has come a Camille mania.
owing chiefly TO the opportunities that
the play affords for displaying new and
original styles Of kiasinz. Beginning
with Bernhardt, her oscillation is de-
scribed as 4 eonvulsiVe hug. sccompa-
MED b. a kiss that seems to come
from just back Of the spine, but which
has no explosion to it. Fanny DaTen-
port has a different style. She catches
Armand just as . Western New York
girl does the fellow she means 70 marry,
gives him a tender yet robust squeeze,
and kisses him with a fervor that CAP
be heard to the customhOuse.f No
nonsense about that kiss, and If Ed
Price gets them regular in private
life he ought TO be ~contented. In the
opinion Of many Fanny's kisses dis
counts the kiss Emma Abbott carries
around with her. packed in the ice to
keep it fresh. Emma's kiss was learn
ed away in the west, but never prac-
ticed much till after she was married
to a Boston druggist. The first words
of praise Of it came from an actor
whom she nearly strangled in a luxu-
rious embrace. He never got over it,
and raves about it to this day.
How sadly different is Mary Ander.
son in her kisses! They are delivered
at a temperature of 40 degrees below
zero. Said an actor whom she had
once partly CONCEALED: when | was
a boy | was induced by false and feet
ing friends one day to place my tongue
against a lamp post. The experience
was unutterably agonizing. So wa.
that Of my kiss from Mary Anderson. D
Scott-Siddons kiss is peculiar; a
peck like a bird, and a chiFrup that
sounds like a chip" It's all ovel
with that. But she's such a dainty
body that be who is kissed aches be
cause it is over so soon. Mrs. Sid
dons is fond Of English decollete O.
low necked style, probably becausl
she has about the finest neck and bus
in the world.
Janauschek's kisses are but rare
and they are very matronly. The,
come with words that are growlec
forth from a deep imbedded diaphragm
and are mere touches, not like Sol
dene's used to be in the old days whei
she gave her stage lovers the full ben
eft Of the Mammoth cave that yawn
scross her face. There is more kiss /
the square foot of Soldene's moutI
than that Of any other woman on tn
stage. Alice Oates did some prett
kissing, especially just after her mint.
marriage, when varied experience haI
made her a mistress Of styles. Sh
could kiss high tragedy or low come
dy, and between the two extreme
ring in every known variety fror
Modjeska's stately iciness TO Paulin
Markham's smack. With her twelft
and present husband. however. sh
has got to go slow on the kiss racke.
for be won't stand it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19
A -TENNESSEAN'S Z c
James Holmes Of COvingtOn One
Of che Heirs of a Large
Fortune.

The following special from Pitts
burg to the Chicago Times gives in
formation concerning "a large fortune
in the Bank of England, awaiting
American heirs"
Blairsville and one or two other
towns in this state are excited over q
prospective fortune which is about to
tall into the hands of some of their cit
iZens. Late in the seventeenth centu-
ry a man named Holmes deposited a
large sum of money in the Bank Of
England for the benefit of his daughter
Jennie, who afterwards married a man
named Balderidge. She died without
heirs. The deposit has grown by the
accumulation Of interest, until it now
amounts to nearly 100000 600 sterling.
Shortly before the revolutionary war,
two of the Holmes emigrated to this
country.
An attorney of the heirs is in Lon
don, and in a letter just written, says
the fortune is no myth that part oft
was borrowed by the city of London
to build a bridge and make other pub
lie improvements, but that all Of the
money is available to the legal repre-
sentatives of the mar who made the
original deposit. Among the heirs are
Mrs. Joseph Patterson, Philadelphia;
Mrs. DIR. Davidson, Carlisle, Pa; Will
liam Holmes Thomson, cashier Of the
Roatmen's Bank, St. Louis; Mr.. James
Holmes, Coyington, Tenn. Abraham
Holmes, B~lairsville, Pa. J.J. Holmes
San Francisco, and several others in
this state and various parts of the
west. A prominent lawyer in this
city, who is acquainted with the case,
says he has no doubt the money will be
forthcoming as soon as the legal re-
duirements can be cOmplied with.
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New
Advertisement is
Trustees Sale.

DY virtue OF a deed Of trust, mado to mo.
ID Amos Woodruff, trustee, by Maurice d
Tobin and Mary + Tobin. on 9th day of May,
1877, and recorded in deed book No III, page
$50 Of the Registers office of Shelby county,
Tenn. said deed being made TO secure a certain
Indebtedness fully Described therein, and de.
fault having been made IN the conditions
thereof, i will, as trul tee, at the request Of
the beneficiary in said deed, on
Saturday, IuHe 10, 1881,
at II o'clock, An, at the southwest corner
If Main and Madison streets, in Memphis,
tho Taxing District Of said county, sell AZ
public auction to the highest bidder for cash,
that certain lot Of land in said District known
Is the west half Of lot No. Is in block h., Brad
ford subdivision, fronting feet on the south
side Of Bradford street between Jones avenue
and Manassas street, with n depth Of $50 feet;
together with gill appgrtenances thereto be
longing, including residence house and other
improvements. All right Of redemption waiv-
ed. Title believed to DO perfect, but | sell as
trustee only.
wv Hampton, Attorney. 1894
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19

restaurant and by Joseph Zanone's
club rooms. Many years ago it was
used by the early settlers as a Methods
list church. Through tho vicissitudes
of years it became a gambling house,
and was so used when destroyed. To
stay the progress Of the flames, and
thus save the buildings on Cherry
street, several large charges of powder
were fred, blowing up a portion Of the
place. 1t had withstood all the great
conhagrations in this quarter OF the
city, and at last fell a victim, not only
to fire, but to villainous saltpetre.
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Waiting for the Heir.

I. j. Nall, is a bricklayer, and j.
NJ. Osborne, Of Louisville, wants to
know where he is, as there il SIT 900
coming to him. He was a member Of
company B, rixth Kentucky regiment,
Breckenridge brigade, during the
late war. ANY one possessing infor-
nation in regard to him, will confer a
favor by writing to j. M. Osborne,
Fifth and Jefferson streets, Louisville,
XIV.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19
Here IL the Test.

Dizziness, nausea, dependency
jaundice, loss of appetite, infamma-
tions, gravel, female diseases and all
troubles Of the urinary organs, and
bladder are quickly and surely remov-
ed by Warmers Safe Kidney and
liver Cure.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19
The RericIdnI Drnnmile.

From the Globe, St. Petersburg.I
On April l6, in a suburb of St. Pc
t%ersburg, there was destroyed by ex-
plosion the black dynamite which has
been taken out of the mine made in
Little Garden Street. and the explo-
slve jelly with which were charged
the bombs found in the rooms of the
conspirators. Botll explosives are the
nihilist preparation. The weight of
the explosives was eighty-fve pounds.
The experiment was made on a vessel
~ feet long, which sunk during the
Crimean war. Uuder its bottom. ten
feet under the surface of the water.
were placed four charges: the 6rst
was thirty-fye pounds of the black
dynamite the second, fifteen mounds
Of the black dynamite and nine hound,
Of the cellulose dynamite the tbird
tWenty-nine pounds Of the black DIV.
Mantle and the fourth, seven mound,
Of the explosive Jelly and twelve
pounds Of the cellulose dynamite
The ice covering the surface Of M,
water was nearly three feet thick. Tn,
dynamite was exploded by electricity
In places where the water wa.
cleared Of ice huge columns of wa
ter rose, carrying along wooden de
brls OF the vessel, stones and sand
Shaking Of the ice was percep
tiblc lao feet from the place of t6,
explosion: The fourth charge. con
tanning the explosive jelly, was tn,
most powerful. The FIRST charge wa
not exploded on account of bad ar.
rangement Of the conductors. 1t wa
raised from the water and exploded
on the open space. The can contain.
ing the black dynamite wss placed II
snow on The ice, and it was covered
with a stone weighing about Coz
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19

All the major planets Of the solar
system, except Uranus, are now morn
ing stars, as viewed from the earth. A
few weeks hence they willlight up the
morning sky as brilliantly as they re-
Gently did the evening armament, and
will make even a grander display. On
the 18th of this month the moon will
be with Venus, Saturn and Jupiter,
two days before she eclipses the sun.
Early next month Venus will be at
her greatest brilliancy, and near Sat
urn on the morning of the 9th, while
thirteen days later she will be punched
with Jupiter and Neptune, and Mars
will shine above them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19

The police force Of Baltimore. in
efficiency and discipline are second TO
none in the land. Whether that is
due 10 the fact Of so many of them
using j. NJ. Laroque's Anti Bilious
Bitters, We will not say, but they
themselves Cor rather a large number
Of them do say that it is the best
medicine in the world, keeping the
system in that healthy condition which
fits them 30 well for duty. II you
feel bad, try it. All druggists sell it.
70 cents a paper. or 81 a bottle. W.
y. Thornton, proprietor, Baltimore,
Nd.
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The Nashville Fire.-A RemInis-
cence.
American 1sth,I

AmtiiNah A9thfl
The burned territory Of yesterdays
fire was, many years ago, the scene OF
another sweeping co~nhagration, when
the old Allison block was burned, and
in the vicinity, though further east,
several very disastrous fires have oc-
Cured from time to time. the most
notable being that in which the First
Presbyterian church was burned, with
the adjacent block in 1913, and that
in which the old Masonic ball was
burned, we believe in 1913. and still
later the burning Of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church, on south Cherry
street.
One Of the notable buildings des-
troyed was the two story building be-
tween Noel's block and the old Union
and American block, occupied "a a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19

Courier Journal, 17.-Hon. P. B. S.
Pinchback, of Louisiana, arrived here
yesterday morning over the o. and NJ.
He comes to attend the colored must
cal festival which commences to day.
During his stay here he will be the
guest of Mr.. w. b. Ward.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19
A Fine Hair Dressing.

Cocoaine dresses the hair perfectly,
and is also a preparation unequalled
for the eradication of dandruff.
The superiority of Burnett's Flavor
ing Extracts consists in their purity
and great strength.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19
ACARn

10 all Who are suffering from the errors and
indisoretiong Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc., 1 will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
By a missionary In South America. Bend a
lr9ssed envelope 10 the Rev. Joseph I.
Tnman, station d, New Yo-k City.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19

Hanlau the oarsman, has at last
been vanquished but it was not at
the oars, the encounter being pugil-
istic. The victor was his brother,
and the trouble arose from competi.
ton in the hotel businessmen Toronto.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19
OhancerY Sale Of Persona PropertY.

No. 1888, R%-Chancery Court tfShelby county
Josephine Ries, Administrative, VS.. J I
Frank OF al.
ID virtue Of an interlooutory decree for sale.
ID entered in tho above cause on tho 18Th
day Of Nay, 1881, / will sell, at public auction.
10 the highest bidder, In front Of The Ulerk
and Masters Once, courthouse ofShelby ooun-
ty, Memphis, Tennessee, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19
saturday, aIay 2Ist, ISaI.

within legal hours, the following personal
property. tO-Wit:
A lot Of accounts.
A claim for si20.69 against the old city Of
Memphis flr supplies furnished the city hos
pitsl And also a claim for $3.50 aRainst Tho
estate OF W II Horgel, deceased.
T-ru6 If ssle-Cash.
This May Is, 1881.
R, J. BLACK. Clork and Master.
JarDasin 4 Ffayfor, soils. 656g
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19

Why throw away your illustrated
Ia)ers aud magazines when you can
have q nice book made from them 1T
tbe LEDGER ~biodery2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19
The Downfall Of the Republic.

Aho DOHntahl OF the NeepuDllc.
Washington special to the Gin. Gazetto.l
Roscoe Conkling has resigned, and
the republic is tottering to its down
fall. AS Pompeii was overwhelmed,
and as the cities Of the plains were
suddenly smitten, so has the final
disaster fallen upon the American
nation in an unexpected moment.
This morning mp to the stroke Of
twelve the citizens of the capital were
buying and selling and gathering
gains, marrying and being given in
marriage, utterly oblivious of their
impending doom. But at high noon
the bolt fell from a cloudless sky,
and a nation passed from earth as
in the twinkling of an eye.
The situation is all clear now
to the thousands here without a coun-
try, Y as it was 10 those ancient
multitudes who laughed and giggled
over the building Of the ark up to the
very moment when the food came
and swept them away. They might
have known, these reckless Garfield
men, that if they vexed the great
COnkling, who stands at the wheel Of
the universe, until be should refuse
TO steer, the ship of state would soon
dash wildly to its destruction. But
they needed none of the warnings, and
to-day, as the sun reached the cloud
less meridian over the capital Of this
land, Conkling suddenly let 20 the
wheel, and our national ship went on
the rocks.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19
SAD SIGHT.

They had an affectionate interview,
and it was a pitiable sight to see the
actor. Booth urged him to reform
and quoted his own experience. He
showed the benefits Of teetotalism and
reminded him how on one occasion
they had both been drinking at SYRIA
cuse aud he BOOTH had afterward
reformed his evil ways and became
reunited to his wife after signing the
pledge. I've done it thousands Of
times" whined the wretched Emmett.
He seemed to be in great trouble that
his boy, who had accompanied him
before, was not with him this time,
aud he was very severe on his wife for
taking his son away. All this time he
was crying and throwing his arms
about wildly. Seeing that nothing
could be done with him, Mr.. Nc
Dougal and Mr.. Booth Withdrew. On
W~ednesday be was worse, having got
moro drink. The manager Of the
house, finding reasoning vain and in
effectual, resolved to try a ruse de
guerre. He sent a couple of sturdy
fellows to the hotel, and by a subter-
fuge induced Emmett to accompany
them in a cab to the workhouse hos
pital, where he was placed in one of
the lunatic wards. Here he received
every attention from the surgeons,
who found him suffering from Incl
pient delirium. The public knew
nothing about these facts, as the
theater people kept very close about
the affair.
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Unfortunate Fritz.

LIVERPOOL, May 13.-J. X. En-
NETS unfortunate condition excites
considerable discussion here. For the
fist three or four days after his arrival
at the Washington temperance hotel,
in this city, he kept hard at work in
his rooms preparing for his season at
the Alexandra theater. Then he be-
came unsettled and began to drink to
excess. On Monday last, just before
the performance in which he was to
open his season, he was in a condition
that made it very doubtful whether he
could appear at all. Mr.. Saker, the
lessee of the theater, and others man
aged to get him sobered sufficiently to
60 through the performance, which
he did satisfactorily. The next night
he was missing, although the artists
of the company were waiting for him.
The management was in despair. Mr..
Wilkinson, the treasurer of tho thea
ter, said that Mr.. Saker was utterly
upset, and had a bad seizure of his
old enemy, the govt. On Tuesday
afternoon MI. McDougal. the proprie-
tor of the hotel, visited Emmett in his
rooms and took him to Mr.. r. 7.
Booth, an American temperance lee
turer, who was STAYING at the hotel
prior to sailing for New York.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19
For You,
Madam,

Whose complexion betrays
sOme humiIiating imperiec-
ton, whose mirror tells You
that you are Tanned, SallOW
and disflgured in cOuntenance,
or have EruptiOns, RedneSs,
ROughnesS or unWhOlesOme
tints Of complexion, We say
use Hagan's Magnolia Balm.
Itisadelicate, harmless and
delightful article, producing
the most natural and entranc.
ing tints, the artillciaIity OF
which no observer can detect,
and which soon becomes per-
manent If the Magnolia Balm
IS jUdiciOusly used.
T-rrVrur-=4z-uuaH RE=rSEWENrUHEUYTF1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19

In proportion to population the
taxation is higher in France than in
England. In France it is $6.25 per
head in England $4.35 The interest
on the French debt now exceeds that
of the English debt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19

Mothers. wives, daughters, sons.
fathers, ministers, teachers. bT.sIneeH
mpHl, farmers. mechanics, AIL shouId
be warned against using and Introducing into
their homes NostrDm and Alcoholic Rome
dies. Have no such prejudices against, or
fear Of, "WarneF'B safe TOnje RitTers.s
They are what they are claimed TO be-harm-
less as milk, and contain only medicinal yir-
tues. Extract of Choice Vegetables only.
They do not belong to that class known ass
"Cure-Alls;S' but only profess to reach casess
where the disease originates in debilitated,
frames a. d impure blood. A perfect spring
and summer medicine. a thorough
blood paFiler. n tonic appeftzer..
Pleasant TO the taste, invigorating to the body.
The most eminent physicians recommend.
them for their curative pCoperties. Unce
used, always preferred. Trial size, soc Full
size largest in markell 81. nB-Try them.
For II kidneys, liver and urinary
organs, use nothing but "WarIer's Safa
Kidney and Liver Care" IL stands I'm
rivalled. Thousands owe their health and
happiness to il. CARVE offer Warmers Safe.
Tonic Bitters" with equal confidence.
n. H. WARNER & CO., Rochester, N. T..
lSxxxiiii AZ
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EEEzMEHEEzg
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-11-10
Trustees Sale

|
WHEREAS, John A. White nj
w N. j. White, by their desd Il
trust, dated February %, 1880, III
recorded in book p, page 1se, ut|
veyed to d. III. Mcintyre, trusie, n
secure notes in said deed dssGlhk|
the real estate situate in Mexico, Al
drain county, Missouri: q hoase I'll
lot i'm West Mexico, situate on N
south side of Love street, near N
intersection of Wade and Love II
and bounded on the north by I1xl
street, on the east by the propsa
of Rose, on the west by the propa4
of Sims and on the south by The PM
erty of Flint, it being the same ~
erty acquired by Joseph A. Bern I
the heirs of III. j. M. Doan md I
said Doan Of w. A. Roberts and VI
by deed. recorded in book q, -
$40. and by said Roberts Of ! /
Berry, by deed dated Novemba ]
1871, and by James p. GALLOWAY |
said Roberts and G.. G.. GallcvJ
n ON James p. Galloway, deed q
April 10, 1872, and Oyerton IA
from G. g. Galloway and C.. P.WA
from Overton Kicks, deed datedf1
ruary 26, 1876, in record book Nj
page 231. by deed G. p. Wade tod
A. White, September 10, 1873. aai
which l now reside and, where's
is provided in said deed that If =
trustee refuses to act, then the scdI
sheriff of Audrain county msy I
said land that said trustee has 4
fused to act; now, therefore, !, ID
Woodward. sheriff OF Audrain On
ty, will, on
Friday, 18th day Of November, lai
at the East front door of the Cest
House, in Mexico. Missouri, cell =
land for cash to satisfy said M
described in said deed, and costs
this sale. d. D. WOODWARD,
2S-3t Sheriff Audrain COUNTY, y
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-11-10
WHEREAS, John A. White |

WHEREAS, John A. Whit =
w N. j. White, his wife, BY "
deed of trust dated July 10th, ~
and duly recorded in book "P,"M
4O5, of the Recorders Office for A
drain county, Missouri, c~onyeyed Y
the undersigned all the follo.ill
real estate in Audrain COUNTY, -
souri,, viz West half lot 4, Of Boxl
square, in the City of Mexico. aips
plat, in trust, to secure the paynS'
of a note in said deed described; g
whereas, said note being due M y
paid now, therefore, at the feqss'
of the holder of said note, ane =
virtue of the power in me vested y
said deed, l will, on
Thursday, November "a, 1851,
sell, at public auction, to the hisnss
bidder for cash, at the East ~
door of the Court House in Meil0'
Audrain county, Missouri, said 49, !.
described lots, or parcel Of iaaa, '
pay off said note, interest and ~
S. M. EDWARDS, Truslc.
Mexico, Mo-, Nov. 8, 1881. u
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-11-10

The instruments for the corne,
band have arrived and arc truly 9
"thing Of beauty" They comprise
the following pieces: E fiat altos,
Sam Edwards and S. o. Lawder
tuba, NJ. j. Oliver; B fiat tenor, Will
lard Potts; baritone, Price Rags
dale B fat comets, S. S. Mills and
Julius David E fiat comets, 4. Da-
vid and ]. W. Ragsdale ; tenor drum,
Will Gregg; bass drum and cymbals,
Thomas Bell. These instruments are
the property Of the city according to
the understanding of the subscribers.
We think it nothing more than right
for the city to pay something towards
their cost.