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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21

John Hay that he is not going to
take, and has not been seeking, the
Berlin mission, which everybody had
forgotten until reminded by him that
he declined two years ago; and that
his absence on a trip to Europe will
only be for the summer; and that Col.
Hay, at bis request, but very reluct-
antly, has consented to edit the
Tribune in his absence with the stipu-
that under no circumstances
would he remain in the place OF Hor-
ace G%reeley's successor longer than
six months by the watch. This dis
closure of personal condolences is per-
charming. Colonel Hays sal
airy, if any, is not stated, nor is the
steamer in which Mr.. Whitelaw Reid
is to sail advertised along with these
two literary fellows" This is re-
served for another installment of
in the heal future. With Reid
in Europe aud Hay in the west it is to
be hoped that the equilibrium of the
two hemispheres will be preserved,
and that very little of Mother Skip
prophecy will be fulfilled. But
for the enterprise of the Associated
press agent at New York or on the
way, and the very obliging disposition
Of Mr.. Reid, We should have re-
NAMED, along with the many readers
Of the Tribune, in total observation,
as the astronomers say Of these i'm
oaulonk ouonka
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21
SheriFs Sale of Real Estate.

DUBLIO notice is hereby given, that by
il virtue Of n yenditiOni exp6nas, 20 me
directed from the Hon. Circuit Court Of
Shelby county, Tenn, in the case Of P B Lam
ngan and Catharine Lanagan vs.. Mrs. Joanna
Keith, judgment rendered Oh the LIST day Of
November. 1880, for the sun of twenty-three
dollars aud - cents, with interest and costs of
suit, TO fatisfy said judgment, etc. / will, on
Saturday, the 3Oth day Of April, 1881,
IN legal hours, in front Of 1.-THE courthouse, in
the Taxing District Of Shelby county, Tenn,
proceed a. 10 sell, to the highest bidder. for cash,
the following described property, tO-wit:
Situated, lying and being in the county Of
Shelby, State Of Tennessee, beginning at q
point on the north line Of Winchester street
l5W fifty foet from the southwest corner OF lot
l9J, running thence 40 feet TO Mrs, Fitzgerald's
line; thence east With said Mrs. Fitzgeralds
line 20 feet; thence north 50 feet; thence east
40 feet; thence south Al feet; thence west u
feet; thence sou h 33h feet to Winchester
street; thence west with the north line Of
Winchester street So feet TO the beginning
Levied on as the property Of defendant, Mrs.
Joanna Keith. to satisfy said judgment, in
terest and costs.
Memphis, 7th day of April, 1881.
P r ATHY,
Sheriff ofSbelby county, Tenn.
BY A j BCLENDOE, ID. s.
Smith 4 Collier, Att'yfor Plaintiff. 81 40 as
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21

Aneold lazzarone has just died al
Naples alter a most successful career
in matrimoDy; he was married seven
times under King Bomba, and had
seventy-six children, who are still
alive; under the Savoy dynasty he was
married six times, and raised up forty
seven children, only two Of whom
died.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21
Reeds GntEdgo Tonic prevents malaril


To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretiOps Of youth, nervous weakness
early decay, loss O. manhood, etc., Will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE 0t
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
sif-adi rsssed envelope TO the Rev. Joseph 7.
Imam, station d, New York City,.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21
Re. rs Gi Edge Tonic cures dyspepsia
FrlendIy View oINIahone.

Cincinnati Commercial
General Malone has the spirit Of a
lion, but he is {fail in body. His
physical strength is easily exhausted,
His weight is only about one hundred
pounds. This is not the result Of
disease, for he bas always been small
and delicate. The strain upon him,
however, for the past two months hes
b'en very great. He is be7ieged by
applications for Office, many from Vir-
s,nia, where his friends seem to think.
IS he holds the balance of power
that he can do anything for anybody
N the matter Of getting an office.
Then he is delugcd with advice from
all parts of the country, and with
marked newspapers containing com
ment on bis conduct, some OF it, as
may be imagined, the reverse Of com
plimentary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21

Opinion of a Baltimorean.-I have
rseo DR.. Bulls cough syrup for some
lime in my family and found it the
best remedy for coughs, colds, ETC., |
ever tried Louis Bruning, 26 Caro-
line street..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21
so ETHINC
EVERY LADY
OUGHT TO KNOW.

There exists a means Ofse-
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 disfgured face in
society when the Magnolia
Balm is sold by all druggists
for 70 cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21
Tuesday, April 26, 1881,

at the southwest corner Of Madison and Main
str. OF, In Memphis, the Taxing District Of
Shelby county, Tennessee, sell at public auc.
tain lots Of land in said district known and
described as lots number twenty.one (2D and
twenty-five (22) in Lanes subdivision, said
lots fronting GO feet each on the west side 81
Monsarrat street or avenue, and running back
1881 ieet between parallel lines, with i'm
provements thereon.
All right Of redemption waived. Title be-
lieved to be good, but l sell and convey as
trustee only.
AMOS WOODRUFF, Trustee.
wv Hampton, Attorney, 2@
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21

Under and by virtue of a deed in trust
~ made March 3, 1877, to me as trustee by
John German and Katie German, and record
Ell in deed book No, 116, page 40, in the Reg
ister's office Of Shelby county, which said deed
was made to secure an indebtedness fully de-
sccibed therein, and default having been
made in Tue terms and conditions thereof, I
will, as trustee, at the request Of the benei-
ciaTy in said deed, at ten o'clock, am, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21

The country will feel a sense Of pro-
found relief upon learning through
the Associated press dispatches that
Whitelaw Reid is not about to retire
permanently from the editOrship of
Tribune TO be succeeded by Col.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21

RY virtue Of q deed of trust executed TO me
IL by VIM, Brent and his wife, Guila d Brent,
ON the 23d day Of Juno, lsS0, and recorded in
ice Register S office q Shelby county, Tenn,
IN record book No, l33, page rs. l will, et tho
r'qdest Of the beneficiary therein named, on
Wednesday, the 3Oth day of March, 1884,
between the hours Of II o'clock am, and l
pm IN front oftho courthouse door ofShelby
county, Tenn, in Memphis, now called the
aging District, sell 1T public auction 10 the
highest bidder tor cash the following described
property, to-wit: A certain undivided one
third interest in q certain lot, parcel or tract
ofland with the improvements thereon, stu
a.e, wing and being on the northeast corner
Of Jefferson and Fourth streets, In the Taxing
Disuiyt Of said Shelby county, Tenn. Gate
ctsy. OF Memphisl, and being the east port of
LOO nVe hundred and ffty-three $3.50 and the
west port Of lot five hundred and ffty-four
$3.50 0fe0unty lot four hundred and seventy
eight as, having . front on Jefferson strr,et
OF one hundred and sixty-nine Q69) by one
hundred and forty. eight and One-half Il 4S10
feet deep on Fourth street, on which is stu
ated a lerke cotton warehouse, known. as Il NJ
ofsame property which was set apart and con-
hrmed t0tbe heirs az law OfClaiborneDeLOaeb.
deceased, the said 6usla ID Brent being one
Of said heirs by decree of Chancery Court of
Shelby county, Tenn, in the cause of lmOgene
Beaumont VS.. K NJ AppersOn, as the same,
appears of record in book lis, page $50 Of the.
deed records Of Shelby county, Tenn. Also,
lois one ID and two ~ in block hfty-fye 1857 T,
on Vance street, in said Taxing District 0ate =,
city Of Memphis). each lot fronting on sai6r
Vance street forty-seven AD feet aud Extend
lug hack one hundred and foIty-eight and
ole-half Q4SAl feet to an alley.
Equity OF redemption waived. Title beliey-
ed to be good, but l sell and convey as trustee
oplv. EFF ADAMS, Trustee.
6rer & Adams, Attys. SOS
49,
N. d. At the request Of the grantors in the
nbOyn described decd in trust, the sale therein
advertised Is POSTPONED until
Saturday, the 9Th DAY Of April, 1881,
at same place and hour n0med.
@3i L f ADAMS, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21

Keep cool and you command every.
body, remarked st. Just. lie
s,ond IN With an ice factory.-[New
Orleans Picayune.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21
Second POstpOnement.

At the request of the grantors In the above
described deed in trust, the sale hereby adj
vertised 4 is postponed until
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21
Trustees Sale.

E
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21
Truslas,s sale.

Sheriff Of Shelby county, Tenn.
BY A J bCLENDOE, ID. s.
Smith 4 Collier. Att'YfOr plaintih. 81 40 46
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-21
PrObate COurt Sale of Real Lstate

at same place and between same hours named.
MH II Y ADAMS. Trnefoa
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-20
A Flaod In Illinois.

ROCKFORD. April 2O.-Ths food Of
Rock river here il unprecedented. II
has already thrown 1900 men out Of en-
ploymsnt and 10 still on the increase.
The vater.power manufacturers will lose
thousands Of dollars. ~ they were run.
ming to their fullest capacity and this 10
their busiest season. they having large
orders ahead. The low lands on either
side Of the river are several feet under
water, and the occupants OF houses are
Obliged to leave in boats. In the city,
Knowlton's machine and wood shops are
submerged three feet. The Central
Furniture Company's basement 10 filled
up and their large piles Of lumber are In
danger OF floating of. j. P. Mannis'
shops are surrounded by water. N. O.
Thsmpson's shops are seven feet deep
in water. The barn Of Graham's distil.
lrry Is flooded. and the cattle have been
driven of. Chick & Rodd's Touring
mills are we'll wetted, and n Of the
buildings 10 in danger. Their cellars arc
flooded. and many other firms aud pri.
vate individuals mourn over %irrepsrAble
losses. There are some hopes today
that the water may fall.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-20
Miscellaneous.

LONDON, April l9.-Parnell. in an
address at Glasgow, said the Land bill
would not provide the slightest protsc.
lion for small tenants. but would rather
tend toward their destruction.
Shortly after the reasssmbling Of Par.
lament 1t 10 intended to present for sig.
natures OF members q petition praying
the Queen to release Dsvitt. Besides
the Home Rulers, several English and
Scotch members will sign the petition.
PARIS. April I9.-Ths international
Monetary Conference was opened this
afternoon by Carthelury 81. Hilaire.
Minister Of Foreign Affairs. who vel
coined the foreign delegates and said
that II the conference did not achieve
Immediate success Il would, at least,
have raised controversies. which are in.
d%ispensabls to the discovery Of truth and
to establish principles which will bear
fruit In the future.
BERLIN, April 19.-Empsror William
10 Suffering from q cold and sore throat.
LONDON. April l9.-Triokett beat Kir'
by easily in 9 rowing match today.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-20
The Power Of Senatorial Courtesy.

Nrw YoRx. April 10. "A Herald
Washington special. after describing
what 10 known 40 senatorial courtesy"
and the lopg.timsd efficacy Of IL, says:
II this report. which comes from South.
srn Senators, il correct. a. 1t probably
II. It would seem that |. will insure the
rejection. among others. Of Robertson to
the Collec.orship Of New York, whose
confirmation has been hitherto consid-
cred certain by the Administration. II
Ia held by the Senators who favor and
are part OF this combination that the
President, while he can nominate to
Office, can appoint only "by and with
the advice and consent OF the Senate"
and tina, the Senate may, II the majority
chooses, reject Q nomination at the 70.
quest Of the two Senators from the State
in which the nominee 10 to act, even
without reference 4 . committee or any
further question raised. They add that
the power over appointments given to
the Senate, In cooperation with the
President, may bs rightly referred TO the
two Senators fpm the State, because
they are supposed to Be most familiar
with the residents OF their own States
and With the wishes Of their people.
In nominating Robertson for Collector
at New York the President gave him to
understand that the Custom.h house must
not be used to create discord In the Re-
publican ranks. but to contribute to
Democratic defeat.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-20
NEVADA AND OREGON RAILROAD.
A New Company Desires the Priv.
iiege OF Buiidiug She Road.
Reno Gazette.

Reno Gasete.
The people OF Reno and the northern
country generally are looking forward to
the time when the Nevada and Oregon
Railroad will be built. and We ars anx
ious TO give all reliable news concerning
tho enterprise. A new company has
lately been formed In anticipation Of Q
failure on the part Of the original COM
pany to complete the road. The COM
pany 10 composed OF Alvaro Evans. n.
@. Lake, A. Frazier, A. Lindley, @. d.
Merrill. o. Lonkey. Z. Il. Smith. P. N.
Marker. A. ]. Hatch and other respon-
sible business men Of Washoe and Storey
and the northern country. The capital
stock 10 to be 81. soc. 900. and the incor-
poration will put In the bank $780, 600
In cash at starting. The road as planned
10 to be l50 miles In extent, care being
taken to select routes through which II
can be extended at pleasure. The new
company seems to 60 on the principle
that the road should be owned and con.
trolled here. and they do not believe that
the old company will build the road.
Friends OF the original company are
equally sanguine. and say that Colonel
Moore will proceed With the work and
prosecute It to completion. We desire
to see the road built, and - speedily az
possible.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-20
fanmany chief John Kelly.

New YoRK. April l9.-Johu Kslly's
ticket was elected last night by q ma.
jority Of nity in . total vote Of I'll. The
election was the most exciting held In
many years in the Tammsny Society.
The Times says: The Kelly ticket for
sachems was elected by some atty votes.
and when Kelly's supremacy in the
party 10 to be contested. some other
Geld Of action than Tammany Hall must
bs selected. We do not know that po-
iitical morality would have gained any.
thing BY the substitution Of say Judge
Donohus for John Kelly, and there
seems to be no particular reason to
doubt that the Taumany Society 10 the
best Judge OF the kind Of men who ought
to rule il. From Q Republican stand.
point. the perpetuation Of Kslly's power
10 anything but Q misfortuns.
The Herald says: The manner In
which Boss Kelly's majority was secured
adds another chapter to the disgrscsiul
record OF tho leaders OF Tammany for
years past. The hall was packed with
hselsrs Of the Boss, who, by . dis.
reputable dodge. at an early hour Gre
atsd Q scrimmags. which was made to
serve a. an excuse for bringing 10 the
police. contrary to all tho usages OF the
society.
The Tribune says: From /. Rspubli.
can point OF view the result OF last
nights election would seem to be for
tuuats, inasmuch a. II insures Q con-
tisuancs OF the fierce Democratic quar-
vals
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-20
Labor Strikes.

LOUISVILLE. KY, April l9.-Ths I'm.
ion railroad platform laborers have
struck for increased wages. They mum.
Der several hundred.
PIrrsBuRo. April l9.-Ths boiler-ma.
kers, numbering 500. struck today for an
agreement for one year on their present
wages. which range from 81 rs to ~ ~
per day, and for time and half time to 70.
pair jobs. double time for night work,
triple time for Sunday. and quadrupis
time for Sunday night. The contest ID
on q fixed rate OF wages.
ST. LOUIS, April l9.-Ths street car
conductors and drivers have decided to
demand Q reduction OF tho hours Of To-
Dor. They now have twelve to fourteen
hours ON short runs and sixteen to eight
cen hours on long uni. Tho conductors
get 90 and the drivers 81 90 per day.
They want twelve hours Q day at the
present wages.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-20
Travelling Notables.

WASHINGTON. April 19.-Gensral An
son McCook returned to New York on
Saturday night. It was he, and not
Representative Hiscock, as telegraphed,
that was opce a California miner. These
two gentlemen, with Hon. Nelson W.
Aldrich. were to have made Q trip
to California in company this SEES.
son, but General McCook was obliged
to defer that pleasure on his part. Mr..
and Mrs. Hiscock and Mr.. and Mrs.
Aldrich started last Tuesday, going by
the Southern route. They may pos.
sibly be joined by Representative and
Mrs. Mckinley. Of Ohio. Mr.. Hiscock
has never resided outside Of New York,
and this is his first trip TO California.
With reference to his pioneer. life, Mr..
McCook said, on Saturday, replying to
q question: Eyes; twenty.seven years
ago, when nothing but q boy. / crossed
the plains to California. I remained
there for six years. and worked with the
pick aud shovel for fsur Of these years.
doing my work we'll. / hope" General
McCook returned to Ohio. and his sub
sequent services In the war are well re-
membered.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-20
New Horsa piseaae.

CHICAGO. April 2o.-The troubles OF
the street car companies are not yet past.
A peculiar. and heretofore unknown. dis
ease has broken out among the horses.
Il begins with swelling just below the
fstlock, which after = little. testers and
becomes . d~ischarRipg sore. It yields
slowly to skillfll treatment, but unless
taken early the poisonous matter spreads
itself upward and infects the blood. u
ing death. The horses are In any case,
laid up for two or three weeks. Veter-
mary surgeons attribute the disease to
the long period OF winter. during which
the animals have been obliged to stand
and travel In cold aud vet slush. The
disease has been slowly gaining ground
for some days and today . large proper
ton Of the South Side Company's horses
are under treatment. So are 2OO horses
OF the North Side Company and seventy.
Ave OF the West Side Company. Par.
mslo's bus line reports one horse died
and forty laid up. The express com.
psniss and individuals also suffer.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-20
Tho Bourbons and Malone.

CHICAGO. April 20.-A Washington
special says: A prominent Virginisn
says that during the last Presidential
campaign the Democrats made Malone
several offers. Last May. only two or
three days before the Funder Democrats
held their State Convention, Chairman
Barnum. Of the National COMMITTEE In.
duesd Malone to meet him In Washing.
ton for q conference. Bsrnum was In hys-
terics on account OF bis fear that Tilden
would nor gets virginian delegate to the
Cincinnati Convention. He asked Gen.
eral Mshoue IL Tilden would not carry
Virginia 10 nominated. Malone replied
that be would. although he was very I'M.
popular In the State. Then Bsrnum
proposed that Malone should try to cap
turs the Fundsr Convention, and send .
set Of Tildsn delegates to the Cincinuats
Convention, and offered to furnish funds
for the purpose. Malone refused to
make the attempt or have anything what
ever to do with the Bourbon Funders.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-20
linn Currie,

LITTLE Rock. April 2O.-An admins.
traitor was appointed yesterday to take
charge OF the effects Of James NJ. Currie,
killed recently in q saloon at Las Vegas.
N. NJ. It is understood that Curris left
property Of considerable value in this
city. His identity was fully established.
completely ~refutipg the charge that be
and the murderer OF the actor Porter
were one and the same person. Currie's
friends here denounce the attempt to
confound him with that party In up.
measured terms, claiming that Porter's
assassin 10 now under arrest for murder
in Texas, and that his friends were en-.
deavoring to create the impression that
he was slain In New Mexico. in order to
keep him from falling into the hands Of
officers who are searching for him, and
defeat the ends Of justice.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-20
EASTERN DISPATCHES
ma Gar Sentenced to Death.

PHILADELPHIA. April IA Ledger
New York special says: The New York
branch Of the International Society. at
. secret meeting yesterday. are said to
have gone through the formality Of try.
ing and eondsmning the Gar. Alexander
III, for the murder Of Sophie Pisoff.
ski and her eonfsderatss. On sach DO
oasions. II 10 said. all the regular forms
Of Judicial proceedings are ~scrupulously
observed. the accused Gar being al.
lowed counsel even to plead against the
indictment. and the verdict being dc.
pendent upon the decision Of twelve
men regularly sworn, the President OF
the Society acting - Judge. Whom the
proceedings are concluded an ofaoial re-
port 10 drawn mp and forwarded to the
parent society in London or Geneva, or
wherever else IL may be located. The
same ceremony IL said 10 be observed In
all the great cities where . branch Of the
international exists. A branch society
in New York. Il may DO added. Is veil
known to the Embassy at Washington.
- we'll a. to the Russian Consulate
here. and It ID pretty certain that the
outgoing lists OF passengers for Europe
are narrowly watched by their paid
agents. with the view Of keeping track
Of whatever suspicious characters may
be on board. II any such are disoov.
cred. . full description Of his person 10
oablsd TO the Consul residing at the port
to which the steamer 70 bound, and also
to the military headquarters at st. Pc
tsrsbure. How these agents manage to
do this sort Of work without uncovsring
themselves 10 Q mystery. but some Of
the more shrswd OF our New York de-
tsotivss. who appear to know all about
Il, profess 10 be able to single them out
on the whsrvss slmost any steamer day.