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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
COMMERCIAL.
PuBLIo Ledger OPFIcE,


The volume of business in the tinan-
cial market continues light as com
pared with last year, though evidences
Of Improvement are visible. The clear
ing-house figures exhibit a decided
reduction of transactions, and the
cause of it is attributed mainly to the
unusually severe winter, the suspen-
sion of navigation by ice, the inability
of interior PEOPLE to travel and make
visits ON account Of bad roads, also the
heavy losses sustained by the large
auautity Of cotton yet remaining in the
fields, together with tie unstable con
dition of country merchants. The
numerous failures and assignments OF
the latter during the past SIX weeks
has fallen quite heavily upon the mer
camille interests here, though none
tary circles have not been effected. Ii
bas, however, been a hard season
on all classes - the planter, the
merchant, the banker, and the
day laborer, alike. The 10.
cal money market rules easy W.T.
capital increasing and offerings o.
! commercial paper light. Discount
rates are 6 to 8 per cent. ExchangC
is quiet with moderate offerings at
to &c. discount buying and 3c. prem
ium selling for eastern. On New Or
leans rates are ! discount buying ant
for selling.
Uncurrent securities are in thu
main. firm, with holder unwilling t.
sell, except at full figures. An ad
advance is reported in Shelby count.
warrants to meet the tax paying de
~ -,lo ac followcs
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09

Allhna 0N4ANaN
The arrivals Of gold from Europe
have dropped off to a rather a low hg-
ure. The total at New York last
week was but s5S9,SOO, and from the
ID of Agust last, to February 4th'
$50 600 against s73,4ls. 5O for the
same time last year. All but S3,ss6'
900 Of the present season. Receipts
were foreign coin and gold.
The Philadelphia Ledger says: The
oniu;on daily strengthens that the adj
vance movement in stocks is gradu-
allv weakening and there seems to BE-
want of confidence as to the future
Of priees. The fluctuations and up
and downs which we arc almost daily
oallei upon to chronicle, have no bet
ter foundation than temporary epecu
Nations between brokers. In the al
seuce of buyers for investments th'
temporary buying between dealers 70
tbe day takes place, and q purchase 0
> hundred shares to-day yields 20
To.salo Of the same the day after, AM
and SO the swapping Of jackets bdsl
mess continues for days and weeks to
yetler."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
lam dnx of Februnry. lei,

Mt the southwest corner Of the intersection OF
Main and Madison streets, in the Taxing Dis
triet or City Of Memphis, to sell at pub &c
auction, to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described lot or parcel Of land,
situated in Shelby county. Tennessee, viz:
Beginning at a point on the south side OF
Carnes' avenue, being the east corner of lot
No. ten C0): thence eastwardly sixty (6Ol feet
10 a stake: thence southwardly between paral-
lei lines to a depth OftwO hundred and thirty
five esq and six inches. 1t being the west
sixty feet of lot No. nine () of the j. A. CarneS
subdivision.
The equity o%fredemption %isexpressly waived
BY the terms Of said deed, and the title to the
lot is believed to be good. By the provisions
Of said deed / am empowered TO make TO the
purchaser atsaid sale u fee simple deed
1928 i42. NJ. b.. BACON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
Trustees Sale.

DY virtue Of a trust deed made to me by
d John W Walker aud his wife, Annie
Walker. dated June Il, 1876. and recorded in
book III, pagetS7 Of the Registers Office in
debt due 20 toe Desoto Building and Loan
Association, l will sell for cash, atpublic out
cry, az the southwest corner Of Main and
Madison streets, Memphis, Tenn, at IL O'Clock
nam IN
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
Administrator Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that letters of adj
N ministration de bonis non have been
granted to the undersigned upon the estate Of
J M kchols, deceased: and all persons having
claims against said estate will file the same;
properly probated, within the time prescribed
By law. or they will be forever barred.
10 1S l44l51 ID CRENSHAW. Admir-.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
SATURDAY. FebruarY lsth. Is8I,

the property described in said trust deed as
fellows, to-Wit: Being lot No. 9, block 5O2, Of
side Of Court street. extended, having a front
Of fifty (50) feet by a depth OF $50 one hun
bred and fifty fee, on which stands a wO-
story frame residence.
Equity Of redemption barred. Title believed
TO be good, but / sell rs trustee only.
100 AZ r. A. PARKER, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
saturday, February 18th, 1881,

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Haywood county, Tenn,
tO-wit:
On the south side of Hatchie river, in Civil
District No. 3, beginning at the southwest
corner Of the lands drawn by the Collier heirs
In the division Of thu Brown and Collier lands;
thence west 1913 poles 10 a stake with white
oak, elm and maple pointers; thence north
800 poles to n small hickory corner with water
and post oak pointers; thence east 81 poles TO
a hickory corner: thence north l70 poles 10 a
stake; thence west 1884, poles to an elm; thonce
north 30 poles to u ANAL ash corner on the
south boundary Of the Hatchio connection
! line; thence east with said line 80 poles to the
| said Collier heirs northwest corner; thence
south with the Collier heirs ives; boundao
line 54 poles to the beginning corner, con
tanning 600 acres less 60 acres, sold to CLANCY
in 1871, and 1917 acres cold 70 } q Williams in
ls72. Asurvey and subdivision Of said land
will be made before the day Of sale, which can
be seen on or before The sale at my otice:
Terms Of sale: 0ne-fOnrth cash, the balance
in mint months with interest, purchaser exc
cutting note with good security, lien retained
etc. This January "a. 1881.
X, j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Finlay & Peters, soils for c0mplt.
1876 49, 136 AZ l47
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
Lot For Sale.

DY virtue Of the power and authority re-
ID served in a deed executed by me on 2lst
day of November, 1874, to Albert Cox, and
duly registered in Shelby county, Tennessee,
in book No. l04, page l40. and because OF de;
fault in the payment Of 10 notes described and
named therein. /, NIL. Bacon, will proceed on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
Saturday, February 18th. 1881,

the property described in said trust deed as
follows, to-wit Lot "a, block 81 OF tho south
Memphis subdivision beginning at a point on
north side Of Linden street 5l2% feet east Of
Lauderdale street, having a front of 62% feet,
By a depth ofl6O feet, on which stands a frame
dwelling.
Equity Of redemption barred. Title believed
to be good, but | sell as trustee only.
100 l47 R. A. PARKER. Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
CharcerY Sale of Real Estate.


No. 2lgl, R.-Chaucery Court Of Shelby coun-
ty-W Y Hamlin, administrator, VS.. j A
Wilder ct al.
DY virtue OF an intorl0eutory decree for
ID sale, entered in tho above cause on the
l4th day Of January, 1881. n. b. 30. page III.
! will sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder. in front OF the clerk and masters
office, courthouse ofShelby county, Memphis,
Tennessee, on
Saturday, February IL, 1881,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
tO-Wit:
Lots 80 and 81 in block six, Fort Pickering,
Memphis, Tenn each lot being 25xll6% feet,
and being ON the south side of Broadway
street.
Also IS acres of land in Shelby county,
Tenn, being Of the north half of north diyi-
sion of section 8, township /, range 6, begin
ming at the northeast corner of section 8, 10
the Winchester state line; thence with said
line west p So 10n chains TO X G. Fellows
northeast corner; thence south 43t0-lO chains
to Fellows southeast corner on division line;
thence east p 3j-l0 chains to Hamlin's west
line and ling between section D and6; thence
north TO the beginning.
TerLs Of sale-Un q credit OF and "
months, purchaser executing notes with good
security, lien retained, redemption barred.
This January p, 1881.
r.. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
w nj Randolph, soPr for cOmplt. IA III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
Trustees Sale.

DY virtue Of trust deed made to me byW L
ID Cameron and his wife, Charlotte NJ Came
ron. dated April 18th, 1877, and recorded in
book III, page as Of the Registers Office Of
Shelby county, Tenn, to secure a certain debt
due to the DeSOtO Building and Loan Associa-
ton, I will sell for cash, ut public cutlery, at
the southwest corner Of Main aud Madison
streets, Memphis, Tenn, at Y O'clock noon /,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
ChancerY Sale Of Real Estate:

10. 1920, R~-Chancery Court Of shelby county
John Y McCallun, Administrator. VS.. Saui
Minfreo ct al.
DY virtue Of an interlooutory decree for
ID sale, entered In the above cause IN the
Goth day Of January, 1881, NJ. B. 20. page
l76. / will sell, at public auction, TO
the highest bidder, in front Of the clerk and
masters office, courthouse Of Shelby county,
| Memphis, Tennesseo, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
Trustees Sale.

DY virtue of a deed Of trust executed to me
ID by W 7 Edmunds, March 10. 1879, and re-
corded in the registers Of Shelby county,
Tenn, in booRl2i, page 4SS. 70 which refer
ence Is hereby made, / will sell as trustee and
at the request Of the bonelciarlesi default
having been made In the payment OF the debt
secured, the following described property:
Tho One-f0urth undivided interest in the
southwest corner of lot No. Z, block No. 81,
fronting on Mulberry street 50 feet and run
ring through 10 St. Martin street lS feet.
known a. No. IS Mulberry street,. Also lot
Mol Of block No. Al, On the southeast corner
Of Linden and Causey streets, more properly
desc bed iD a trust deed made By James Jones
to A N Edmunds, recorded in book 25, pages
l2i and l2j, all in South Memphis, state Of
Tennessee. Also ten acres Of land known as
the Harris place, on Center avenue, described
as follows. Beginning ut an ifonwood stand
ing on the north side Of aebranch, the north
wfsl corner of % forty acre tract decided By p L
Rozzell TO VIM. B Harris; thence outb with
the west boundary line Of said tract l6 chains
and so aud y links 10 a stake on the side Of an
avenue;thence east with the south side ofsaid
avenue 6 chains and 50 links 10 a stake;
thence north 10 chains and 50H links 10 n
stake on north boundary line Of said forty
acre lott thence west 9 chains and ga links
70 the beginning, continuing ten acres, all IN
Shelby county, Tenn.
Sale will be made to tho highest bidder for
cash, at the courthouse door, in the city OF
Memphis at II IN
~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
WI e MI p Ell L.

shall flood the streets with a blaze of light,
and entrance the beholder with its pageant Of
wondrous beauty.
VIZ. As a favor to our loyal subjects scat
tered throughout our broad realm. who may
to come to greet the King on his visit. we wish
command that all Railroad Magnates and
Commanders of the Merchant Marine on our
great river shall offer safe transportation to
and from our city Of Memphis at Reduced
rates.
... CTYPHON. pEV
A PUCK. bIAs
BB-NOtice Ofthe Programme of the Citizens
Committee for Monday and Tuesday will be-
given in a few days. l25 155
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
Lot for Sale.

DY virtue Of the power and authority re-
ID served in a deed, executed by me on the
3ist day of January, 1874, to Verge Henderson
and duly registered in Shelby county, Teune.-
see, in book No. 80, page S75, ETC., and be-
cause f default in the payment of eight notes
described and secured therein / N. l.. Bacon,
will proceed on
18th day Of February, 1851,
at the southwest corner Of the intersection Of
Main and Madison streets. in the Taxing Dis
trict, or city Of Memphis, to sell at public suc-
ton TO the highest bidder for cash, the follow
ing described lot OF parcel Of land situated in
Shelby county, Tennessee, viz:
A part of lot No. 81 Of the j.. A. Carnes' sub
division, lying on the east side Of Ayers street
and beginning nc the southeast corner Of the
junction Of Lane avenue and Ayers street,:
thence s~outhWardly along the east line Of said
Ayers street sixty l61) feet 20 a stake; thence
eastwardly between parallel lines 10 a depth Of
one hundred and sixty Q60l feet. more or less.
By the terms Of said deed the equity Of re-
demption expressly waived, and the title 10
the lot is believed 10 be good.
By the running Of said deed / am empower
ed make TO the purchaser At aaid aaie deed
10 fec simple.
lS 1f2 NJ. L. BACON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
cotton.

The market continues in buyers
favor, with factors Offering freely and
generally finding it necessary to grant
concessions, especially in the lower
classes, TO effect transactions. Sales
yesterday were 24OO bales; to export
ers, 215O; spinners, $50, closing quiet,
as follows:
COTTON NxCHAEaH QUOTATIONS..
lBtapdard international Classification.
Ordinary ..........,
5000 Ordlna fy. .......- .......'.,...'s,s'' "a
Low .msddllng .....,........-'..'' .-""' d. IVA
Niddhng .sr'.''.''.- e
Good middling. "".0.", ll@4
Stains-9c for ordinary, 92c for good
ordinary, and l0lc for middling.
Receipts of cotton at all United
States ports for the past three days
we're 1929 bales, against 7S,347
bales the week before, and 1852
bales same time last year.
The total receipts of cotton at all
United States ports from the LIST of
September to date are 4,165,599
bales, against3 1929, 479 bales a this date
last year, and 8, 507 1863 the year before,
Increase of receipts this year com
pared with last, 236, 100 bales. The stock
on hand at this time is S59,284 bales,
against 1884, 1879 bales &C this time last
year, and S53, 1856 bales the year before.
The foreign shipments to date are
2,6l8, 907 bales, against 2,l95,693 bales
last year, and 2,l52,96O the year be-
fore.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
Tuesday, the 9th day Of March, 1881,

Tuesday, the 9th DAY OF March, 1901,
at the southwest corner Of Main and Madison
streets, in the Taxing District ofShelby county
late cityofMemphislTenn during legal hours,
as trustee, as the successor of Simon Sturm,
the trustee named in said deed, by virtue of
Being the secretary Of the Memphis Building
and Savings Association, he having ceased to
be such secretary, and / as such secretary un-
der the provisions of said deeds I'm the trustee
hereunder in place of said simon Sturm, pro-
coed TO sell at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash the following described real
estate, to-wit:
A certain lot ofland situated in the county
of Shelby, State Of Tennessee, and in the city
of Memphis (noW Taxing District of Shelby
county,, beginning at a point on the eastern
side Of n0rthWincbester avenue lT5 feet south
wardiy from the Raleigh rosd or johnson
avenue and being the southwest corner of
lot No. %; thence south 2O1S degrees east, 30
feet; thence north 6355 east, 40 feet; thence
north 20la degrees west, 30 feet: thence south
6g36 west. 40 feet 10 the beginning; the same
being lot Ne. "a in A Woodruff subdivision
of original lot4 s. and 5l9. and the same
premises cor veyed to Mike Stanley by A
Woodruff by decd, duly recorded in book No.
81. part list, page 1856, Of the Registers office Of
Shelby county, Ten essee.
Equity o~fredemption waived. Title believed
to be good, but | will convey only as trustee.
Memphis, February 2, 1881.
1876 SAM'L HIRSOH, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
Mardi Gras, March |

shall rest silent from the sounds Of labor and
be given up to our rule.
". The splendor of our court shan proclaim
our residence and our power, and a free license
shall be accorded to all harmless merry-mum-
mers and makers. mimics and madcaps, un-
til the lenten dawn.
vi. The revels of Mardi Gras Day shall take
breath at the fall of night, when our Grand
Order, the mysterious
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
poATs LEAYrNa TH1s pAY.

For Friars Point. james Lee..m-....5 p m
" Osceola. Osceola Belle....y.....5 p m
" White River, Hard Cash. .o.....5 p m
Cincinnati, Cons Millarm--....5 p IN
" New Orleans, Chouteau ..........5 p IN
" New Orleans, John A. Seudder,6 p m
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
Thursaay .sLarsh 81, 1851.

Equity Of redemption waived, and title be
lieved 10 be perfect, but | sell only az trustee
CBAS. n. SMITH, Trustee.
Nicholas Williams, Atty. N2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
Trustees Sale.

DY virtue Of two certain deeds of trust, duly
ID recorded in book No. 100, page $50, and
book No. l2l, page $50, of the Registers Office
of Shelby county, Tennessee, default having
been made therein, / will, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09

LEAVE. ARRIVE.
Nail train, dsily..--....- $50 pm. Il0;S5 pm
Mixed reight...."......." LAB pm. 2.D pm
Local freight..~-........" GU an. O.So pm
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09

LEAVE RJN
----- -
New Orleans Mail, daily 1885 pm. lG.i3 am
Bardis Accommodation,
daily Except Sunday 3.4 pm. 9.l am
Freight train daily lex
cent Sundayl............. 7.l0 am. 2.8 pm
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
Paducah and Memphis.

LEAVE. ARRIVE.
Mail 4 passenger, daily $50 am. S 40p.nl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
ARRIVED.
DEPARTED.

Steamer Will Kyle, New Orleans.
G. w. Cheek, White river.
Rene Macready, ST. Francis RI
w. p. Halliday, Cairo.
Is. Mercer, New Orleans.
IN PORT.
Osceola Belle, Hard Cash, Josie Harry,
Cons Miliar.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-09
eOST0FFICE, MEMPHIS, TENN.
and Departures Of Mails.

OPEN. Railroads. CLOSE.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-07-09
Elasticity and the Bicycle.

Elasticity is not bicycle, nor is bicycle
elasticity, but at n recent meeting of the
Royal Institution, Sir William Thompson
set forth q conjecture, or theory, that elias
ITCHY is due to motion of atoms compar-
able with that of the bicycle, and that elias
ITCHY itself may be liked to the curious
force which holds the rapidly moving BIZ
cycle upright. He instanced, as presenting
the same force in operation, the common
spinning-top, which holds itself upright as
long as it moves rapidly, or the child's
hoop, which, like the bicycle, maintains
itself upright as long as it moves rapidly.
A flexible endless chain, when revOlved
rapidly becomes rigid as steel, and when it
is let loose ON the floor stands stifily upright
until friction of its links on the floor stops
its revolutions. A limp disc Of India rubber
revolved rapidly becomes as rigid as wood.
If wooden ball is pushed down under
water, kept whirling, in q pail, it will re-
main down, but will come to the top when
the motion ceases. Smoke rings discharged
from box, and having revolving motion,
repel each other violently when sent into
each others neighbOrhood, without being
themselves destroyed. Thus it is shown
that in water, and us well in air, elasticity
tendency to maintain a certain p0sition--is
produced by mere circular motion; u mass
of revolving air or water acting as If IL
were an elastic solid. May not the elias.
ITCHY of every ultimate atom of matter be
thus explained ~ asks Sir William. 1t is
pet theory of some scientists that matter
itself is but a vortex, or aggregate of vor-
tees, of ether, and tho material universe
only whirl i
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-07-09
Dir. Mays Views Of the Presidents
wounds.

DR.. J. +. May, one of the leading surgeons
of New York, and for several years Presi-
dent Lincoln's family physician, said to u
reporter that 'thc popular belief that when
a person has received u severe gunsh0t
wound, and the ball is imbedded in the
tissues of the body, there is no safety for
the patient until the bit of lead has been
removed, is altogether erroneous, although
it is shared by many eminent surgeons. 1t
is not the presence of the bullet that is
dangerous to the life of the patient, but the
laceration and injury that it has done in
the course of its journey to the point where
it has become imbedded. A bullet, under
such circumstances, either produces sup
purating abcess when the inflammation has
subsidized, and thus discloscs its exact posi-
ton to the surgeon, or it becomes en-
cysted, and in this condition may remain
for years without doing any damage to the
surrounding tissues. l have seen bullets
inclosed by nature in sacs as neatly as the
work could have been done by a clever sur
gical operator; and generally you will find
the sac to contain small quantity of
watcry fluid which prevents the ball from
exercising too severe a pressure in any di-
rcctiOn, and permits it to fluctuate under
the finger. Bullets may lie for years i'm
bedded In the viscera, or even in the brain,
without seriously impairing the health OF
the patient"
DIR. May mentioned several cases to illus
trate this, notably the case of Detective Nc
Elfrcsh, of Washington, who escorted Gui-
teau to Jail on the day of the assassination,
and who has had an ounce ball in his brain
| for the last twenty-five years.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-07-09
A Cable Curiosity.

The London correspondent Of the Balti-
more SIN, in writing of the marriage of the
Marquis of Butte, publishes the following:
l was present at this marriage of the
Marquis of Butte at the Brompton OratOry
in London, and remember a cable curiosity
"sent" to your contemporary, the New
York Herald. Describing the event, pre-
sumptively by cable, but positively by the
learned night editor in the marble building
of Broadway, the surroundings and ceremo-
MES were detailed, and Father Fabre, ven.
cradle and serene, passed down the aisle as
the choir chantcd grand gloria, and the
noble couple entered, there to become man
and wife," This was somewhat of the
style, but unfortunately for all of us the
serene and venerable Father Fabre had
been at that time dead and buried some
eight or ten years But the scribe meant
his spirit, no doubt. No one, however
should spoil good story for the sake of
few facts, as brave Baltimore beau was
wont to saw.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-07-09
Whit was Their Intention.

Mr.. G. S. Moore says that on July A he
went down to the Jail to see client named
McRea, who informed him that he was
standing at one of the upper windows of the
Jail just about the time the hack containing
Guiteau was driven up to the Jail gate
McRea says that as the hack approached he
noticed buggy containingtwo men driven
toward the Jail from the direction of Lin
coin Park, and when they saw the hack
enter the Jail gate they halted on the
hill just above the jail then turned and
drove rapidly toward the cemetery. A
short time aftcrward he saw the same par
ties drive swiftly past the Jail. Mr.. Moore
thought the matter of sufficient importance
to be laid before the detectives, and he told
them OF it. They said, however, that while
they would work up the case they doubted
the theory of accompliccs.