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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12

IT is claimed by the supporters Of
Daniel in Virginia that he will be
elected over the combined forces Of
Malone and the Republicans. The
Low Tax Democrats and a large ma
jority Of the Republicans will vote
together on the State debt question.
Whatever fusion has taken place in
Tennessee has sbeen just the other
way. The High Tax Democrats and
the Republicans united after the
election and passed the 1903 act, set
ting the State debt upon terms
which very few bondholders
had demanded or thought Of
asking. After charging that the Low
Tax Democrats were plotting to be-
tray the party, the High Tax Demo
Gratis did that same thing themselves
as soon as the opportunity offered.
They repudiated the ti-ooupon
plank in their platform and the pledge
to secure The very best settlement
possible upon negotiation. Without
any effort or move at negotiation, they
promptly united with the Republi-
cans in the Legislature and passed a
bill which the New York papers
stated at the time Of its passage was
prepared in that city, under the di.
rectiOn Of a syndicate. There is much
indignation and yirtuous surprise ez-
pressed by papers in and out of Ten
nessee that the Mahonists and Repub.
licans should unite in Virginia, but
all this was bottlediup when the High
Tax Democrats and the Republicans
Of this State made common scause tn
turn the taxpayers over to the Shy
locks Of Wall street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12
Reed's END Edge Tonlo allays irrltatio1
How to Secure HenIth.

II seems strange that any one will
suffer from arrangements brought OIL
by impure blood, when Seovills' Sar.
,aparilla and Stillingia, orBlood and
Liver Syrup, will restore health. 1t
is the best blood purifier ever discov-
cred, effeetually curing scrofula, syph-
little disorders, weakness of the kid
neys, erysipelas, malaria; all nervous
disorders and debility, bilious com
plants, diseases of the blood, liver,
kidneys, stomach, skin, etc 1t cor
reefs indigestion. A single bottle will
prove to you its merits as a health
remover, for it acts like a charm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12
To the Taxpayers of
the 18th District.

aW0UR Road Tax for the year 1881 is due
and must be paid before the first Of Octo.
Der or costs will accrue.
4 viii be at the Office Of ESQ. Fleming, No.
80 Madison street, rear Office In basement.
daily from 10 to II am, from now till October
LIST for the purpose Of receiving said tax.
WM P 0RNE,
September 9Th, 1871. 400
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12
A PrOgnoAllcatiOn by O'DOnOVan
ROssn-+SurPrIsed by "A Cable
Dispatch.
New York Sun }

New York suul
England will scratch before long
said O'Donovan Rosa yesterday.
How sbon?" asked the reporter.
Between now and Christmas"
PLEASE read this,p said the reporter,
handing to him a newspaper clipping,
as follows;
LONDON, September Eight cart.
ridges marked ~. s." have been dis
covered in a bale of cotton at the
Abbey Spinning COmpany's works
near Oldham. 1t is believed they
were placed there with the design Of
setting fire to the mill. The usual
Fenian reports are current"
well. now, do you see that? Dear
mel exclaimed O'Donovan Rosa,
after he had read it slowly.
DO you know anything about it2'
the reporter asked.
Not ]! This is the first l have
heard Of it."
How do you account for it?"
Il don't know. We furnish the
money and the material here, and the
men on the other side do what they
think best"
But they don't intend to burn
mills, do they?"
Il won't be interviewed. It's any
thing to hurt England"
Perhaps the cartridges we're meant
to be fou6d?"
Perhaps so; a little soaring goes a
great way"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12
How Far One Oyster WiII Go AT
a Church Festival.

Peck's SUM-
1t was along in the winter, and the
prominent church members were
holding a business meeting in the base.
ment OF the church to devise ways and
means to pay for the pulpit furniture.
The question Of an oyster sociable had
been decided, and they got to talking
about oysters, and one old d~eaconess
asked a deacon if he didn't think raw
oysters would go farther at a sociable
than stewed oysters. He said he
thought raw oysters would 20 further.
but they would not be as satisfying
Aud he went on to tell how far a raw
oyster had once went with him. He
said he was at a swell
dinner party, with a lady
on either side Of him, and he was
trying to talk to both Of them, or to
carry on conversations on two different
subjects at the same time. They had
some shell oysters, and he took one up
on a fork, q large, fat one, aud was
about to put it in his mouth, when
the lady on his left called
attention to something, and when
the cold fork struck his teeth, aud no
oyster on it, he felt as though it had
escaped, but he made no sign. He
vent on talking with the lady as
though nothing had happened. He
glanced down at his shirt bosom and
was at once on the trail of the oyster.
though the insect had got about two
minutes the start Of him. 1t had
gone down his vest, under
the waist band Of bis cloth
ing, and he was powerless to arrest
lts progress. He said he never felt
howpoverless he was, until he tried to
grab that oyster, by placing his hand
against his person outside his clothes,
then as the oyster slipped from one
place TO another, be felt that man was
only a poor weak creature. The
oyster, be observed, had very cold feet.
and the more he tried TO be cool and
collected, and to keep track Of the
conversation, the more the oyster
seemed TO walk around among
his yitals. He says he
does not know if the ladies
noticed the oyster when it started on
its travels or not, but ho thought, as
he leaned back, and tried to loosen
up his clothing 30 il would hurry
towards his shoes, that they
at each other, though they
have been winking at something
else. The oyster seemed to be real
5pry, until it got out of reach and
then it got TO going slow, as the slick
cry covering wore of, and by the time
It had worked into his trouser' leg, it
was going very slow, though it re-
NAMED cold TO the lasts He said he
had been on the anxious seat, and
proposed to a girl, and asked her
if he could have her, had gone
onward to be prayed for, had spoken
! piece in school. been set on q Ounce
had faced a battery Of Rebel
.rtillery, hadseen comrades die by his
ide and done many things that require
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12
Lolita and Her Pretty Girl Guests.

Saratoga Letter in the Cincinnati Enquirer.l
Among the guests entertained BY
Lolita, the actress, at her Lake George
villa this summer, were fifteen or
twenty young ladies from different
cities, bright, pretty girls who had not
the means TO spend the summer at a
favorable resort. So Lolita brought
them up into the green hills, and took
them riding in buck boards and row
ing in canoes, and blackberrying and
bathing aud gave them a regular good
time. Talking Of Lolita, never was
there a more deceptive creature for
instead Of being the rOllicking, frolic-
some, twinkling little atom that we
imagine her, off the stage she is the
most staid, demure and reserved little
woman you can conceive Of, and the
only time she recalls her mimic self Is
Wien some one tells a funny story.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12

Mrs. Mary Martin, of Harrisburg,
Pa, says: II suffered severely from a
complication of female diseases; that
sense Of bearing-down seemed as if it
would kill me; my habits were very
irregular; nothing seemed to benefit
me until | tried Browns Iron Bitters.
They acted like a charm, and now |
enjoy perfect health.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12
Miss COlVays School
WIN Reopen Monday, October Sd, 1881.

N order To- give themselves the bes possible
l. opportunities for the thorough study oftbe
excellent Quincy methods, Miss Conway. Mas
Lewellyn and MissAcree will spend the month
q September in the Boston andQuinoy schoolg
when they return, II will be TO bring 10 thS
Memphis people and their children the very
ing to communicate with the Principal In Ina
meantime, may do so by addressing her al 6l8
fremont Street, Boston, Macs. Circular CON-
tanning full particulars may be had al the
oookstores on and after September 10Th. 328
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12

The subscription price Of the
DAILY PUBLIC LEDGER is SIS per
annum and 5Oc per month for less
than one year. The WEEKLY
LEDGER is 81 per annum-pOstage
free. Payable in advance invaria-
bly,.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12
.eaIth is Wealth.

DR.. r.. 9. WEsr's NERVE AND BRAIN TRK,y-
xshfii = specific for Hyateria, Dizziness, Con-
sion, Loss Of Momery, spermatoyrbG. OfTpaoos-
Ieney, lnyoluntary Emissions, Premature 6id
Age. capsed BY over-exortion, seif abpss ~
orSf naplsenoe which leads 10 misery. decay
Each, box contains one monty tsestmeof-
One aonar 4 box, or six boxes for Eve dollars;
sont ~ mai. prepaid on receipt Of price. We
s~ualantee sx boxes 10 cure any case. With
panied With Eve dollar, We will sond Ne puf-
CHASER our written guarantee to return the
money II the treatment does not effect a cure.
uuarantcea Issued only By A. RENKERn h
street. Memphis, Tenn. Orders By mail will
receive prompt attention. b5xxxiiii55d&W
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12
The Complexion Of Criminals.

Enc complexion OF Crtnltnntg.
New York SUM-
In speaking of a prisoner who had
just been sent back to the cells OF
the Butler Street Police Station 10
Brooklyn, Sergeant Dyer said: II
don't Ike his color. In fact it betrays
him" When asked to explain he
said: 1--WE can nearly always tell a
newly discharged convict who has
served a long term in prison by his
color, which comes W. his face be-
cause he is denied the sunlight. Many
a man has been picked up by that fact
and detectives keep it constantly in
mind. The face gets a paid look
with a yellow cast. All Of the noted
thieves who have served for long
time in prison get this hue. Some OF
them are sharp enough to try 10 over
come it by cosmetics, and they are as
particular about fixing up their COM
plexion, under the circumstances, as a
woman going to a ball, for they know
that the detectives will spot them if
they once get a glimpse of their
color" fa VA
DO not other men than criminals
have the same complexion"
YES, night editors. That's where
we get mixed sometimes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

THE State and County Taxes for the year
i 1881, amounting 10 s. cents on the 100 dol.
lars worth Of property, and a poll tax Of 50.
are nav due and the books are now open IN
ny office for collection. These taxes will be-
come delinquent on the let day Of November
hands Of the Constables and Sherffs ali taxes
unpaid on that date. b. L. MogOWAN.
County Trustee for Shelby County
September 9Th, 1881. 5 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12

DR.. Rogers Vegetable Worm Syrup
instantly destroys worms and removes
all secretions IN
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12
Mexican WARY 4teraas
Invitation to Chattanooga Ceremonies.
CHATTANOOGA, September g, 1881.

VHNII~ANVWVA D~opIUIDtT q Io6T.
VNHb Society of the ex. Con ederate Soldiers
4 extends a cordial invitation TO the Next.
e,Sn War Veterans TO participate with them in
ne ceremonies o. September2 2d, as an organ
9l8 G. G C0NNOR, Sec'y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12
Several Family Anniversarles in

Grenada Mias. New South, TO-.
w joined in celebrating the ami
versary CT the birth and marriage of
Col. b. p. Williams on last Saturday
September 3D.. The Colonel and MS
wife were born on that day of the
month, married on that date, and. we
learn, all his numerous progeny first
saw the Eght--fye of whom died-on
the same day Of the month-Septem.
Der. A sumptE6us dinner, consisting
OF everything that was good TO eat.
was laid before quito a crowd Of
friends, and was partaken Of and rel
ished TO the fullest extent: the Colonel.
in the meanwhile, e~nlivening the COM
pany by his many quaint remarks and
demonstrations Of hospitality. Long
may ColoHel Pack live to renew and
enjoy the celebration of the happy
event.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12

Premature Loss OF the Hair
May be entirely prevented by the use
Of Burnett's Cocoaine.
Unexpectedly ofBurletts Flavor.
ing Extracts consists in their perfect
purity Of strength.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12

Bakers Pain Panacea cures pain in
nan and beast. Use externally and
internally and find relief.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12

The best strengthener of mind and
body is Browns Iron Bitters. Ii is
very soothing and refreshing in its
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12

Entered az the Postof1oe ct Memphis. Tenn,
ssennnd-class matter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12
saturday KvoninE, sept. 10, Issl.

THE American Field, the sports
mans journal, of Chicago, in the issue
Of September 10th contains this neat
and complimentary notice of the
LEDGER and Of Memphis:
Prosperity.-The sixteenth anniversary
number Of the PUBLIC LEDGER, Of Mem
phis, Tennessee, comes to US filed with
evidences Of its own prosperity, and that
of the city in which it is published.
Memphis has had more TO contend with,
during and since the war, than any city
Of its size in the world, and we are glad
that the enorgy and enterprise of her
citizens bid fair to overcome all obstacles,
and rehabilitate her, and place her in the
front rank Of Southern cities. The i'm
mensity ofthe trade Of Memphis is shown
by the fact that her cotton receipts for the
last year were four hundred and seventy
thousand two hundred and sixty-two
bales, being one-fourteenth Of the entire
crep of the United States, an excess Of
sixty Thousand four hundred and fifty
eight bales over the year previous, and
amounting in value, at the market price,
10 over twenty-three million dollars.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12
Storage ! Storage

HAVING 3 large and eommodious Ware
IL house for the storage Of COTTON, stu.
ated on the best paved street in the city, / am
prepared 70 receive and store COTTON at
lishment. JOHN @. HILL,
lB Jefferson street.
Also for rent, my COTTON WAREHOUSE,
OF Court street, next 70 the bayou. Apply as
sooYe' as
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12

80, let the world wag Must as Il a
dE,yery poor devil must nave his own say;
Thus changes may come, and people may
stare,
But IN swear by my girl that has the short
hair.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12

Now, here's a bumper TO Weaver's in asst
Three cheers for the gentry covered In brass;
But 1 shall never forget 10 the city 90 fair
The Belle Of the party with very short hair.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-08-12
Steady improvement.

WAsHlNGToN,D. c., August 4.-The
reduced quantity Of merphia admins.
tered to the President last evening did
not seem to affect his rest. He
slept as we'll as usual, and this morning
looks and feels better even than yester-
day. He has eaten a solid breakfast
and remained several hours since in
comfort. DR.. Hamilton saw the Pres
ident this morning. the first time in five
days, and expressed himself much
pleased with the progress of the case
and said the wound was in good con.
dition. DR.. Hamilton has talked freely
and frankly for the first time since he
has been in attendance. He says:
1.-The President is doing nicely. l am
most decidedly of the opinion that he
will recover" The doctor remains as
Attorney General McVeagh's guest un.
til Sunday, when Agnew returns. No
examination of the wound will be made
except morning and evening. and moth
ing but the pulse Of the patient will be
taken between these hours.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-08-12
OUR BUSINESS.

To answer the enquiries of the many
warm friends of the GRAPHIC, we will
say that our business in all its depart
ments has been gratifying surprise.
Advertising. subscription. and job work
have all kept pace and Increased be-
yond all expectation; even through the
dullest months of the year. This week
we turn out in job work alone upwards
of fifty dollars. Eight employees are
kept constantly busy, and our aggre-
gate weekly business does not run
much short of one hundred dollars per
week. A stereotyping apparatus has
been ordered and an engine will be
added soon in order to increase our
facilities for turning out work. The
WEEKLY GRAPHIC issues over r,roo
copies, while the daily and weekly to-
gcthcr aggregate nearly two thousand
copies per week. This is how the mat
ter stands at present: There is moth
ing succeeds like success" We thank
the friends for their interest in our busi.
ness welfare, and assure them their
good wishes are appreciated and re-
membered.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-08-12
RUSSIAN WHEAT.
The Crop One Of the Largest Ever
Raised in That Country.

WASHINGTON, August 9.-Minstel
Foster writes to department of State
under the date Of July IS, 1881, that
the Russian wheat crop is likely to be
one of the largest ever raised in the EN-,
pire, and that the export promises to
be much greater than usual. 1t is
stated that in the districts tributary to
the port OF Odessa, the yield is likely to
be so large that farmers think that they
could dispense with harvest for four
years to come. Advlces from the Tos-
anroy and the Caucasus show promise:
of crop equal to that of 1874, one OF
the largest ever known in Russia; the
advices from Moscow affirm that it is
thought the largest they have had for
twenty years. The harvest in central
Russia. while not so enormous, will
yield a splendid crop of excellent quail
ity. In the southern provinces the
grain is already cut; further north it is
still subject to damage incident to bad
weather and insects. From Moscow,
which is the great commercial center
of Russia, it is reported that all branche,
ofbusiness are beginning to revive and
flourish after long season of depres-
sion, solely on account OF prospects OF
an abundant harvest. 1t will not be
without practical political influence also
for much discomfort in the interior has
resulted from the hard times and short
crops.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-08-12
Complaints.

Grave complaints have been made
against the state immigration society
charges of directing all its energies
to build up certain sections of country
tributary directly to St. Louis at the ex.
pense of other portions of the state.
North Missouri for instance seems 10
be entirely ignored by the society. Per
haps the counties and people of the
neglected districts are partly to blame.
If man bloweth not his own horn.
verify it shall not be blown to anv great
extent" Self help is the surest and
best help IN the world, and if the people
of North Missouri, or any other section
wish to attract population they must
wake up and do something. The coun-
try is on the move. A vast flood of
people are pouring into the United
States; many in the crowded east are
looking for mere elbow room. If we
want them we mus. let them know oil
our advantages and location.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-08-12
It takes eight hundred full.blown ros.

1t takes eight hundred full-blown ros.
es to make a tablespoonful OF perfume,
while ten cents worth of cooked onions
will scent a whole neighborhood.-De.
troit Free Press.
There is great deal ofreligion in this
world that is like life-preserver-only
put on at the moment ofimmediate dan.
ger, and then put on half the time hind
side before.-Josh Billings.
Mean folks in this world. There are!
A South End father asked his son if he
felt too tired OF lame to go to Barnum's
circus, and when the boy said mo" told
him to so and bring up bod of coal.
And the boy couldn't say he wasn't able.
Boston Post.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-08-12
PUBLIC SALE.
TOWN LOTS.
WILL ON
Saturday, Sept. 8, 1881,

Oner at public sale the following town lot-
situated in Riclter's addition toIbe town al
kirksville. to-wii:
Lot >. Blocki
Lots { and 5. Block
Lots |, :, 3, I, ). and Il. Blocks,
Lots +. >, and Il, Block ..
l.ot"l. :. ), +, j. Il. :. 5. . and 10 Block Ia
Lots :. >. :: 4. and i. Block II.
Also Lots ), and 1. Block 10, r. X uii t.n,..d
Also, y. + s. WI, t.. lii
And the following land situated in SulIi van
county. Mo-. to-wit: ''
=. +. y. W.
y. =. W.. See /. I'll r. Is
The above lots in Richter, addition ,r-
situated near the State Normal School h,,jId
Ing and are high and rolling. and well .L,pt.
ed L" building private dwelling residences or
uoaruins houses. The close proximity In I'm.
Normal building make, thea pur,icuIarl,
desirable ior purposes of boardin. houses.
lhle VIII hr Il rare chance for max inr rnnl
investments III lois. and nt the present IL
hiahu Tor tenant houses, no Investment Will
pay letter than building house, for that r,,r
pose
\ plat uf the property can hr seen =, m.
Once "i A. L. Woods. and any information i'm
relation To title of property term. of .ai,.
ete may bc had by calling
Any Of the above lots may b.. t.u,,L, -,
reasonable price AT private sale AZ ,nv i'm.
before September. 81.
Terms of sale. Onc-ihird cash. balance. :;
and II months. per cent
'' y l.. W"pn.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-08-12

A correspondent calls our attention
to the fact that Mr.. Conkllng was the
first to resign his seat in the Senate, in
which action he was Immediately follow
ed by Mr. Plat; but that Mr.. Platt wa:
the first to drop out the contest at AL
bany, in which he was followed by Mr..
Conkling. He wants to know if We can
trace any connection between these
facts and the behavior of our late COM
ct, which approached the sun"head on,
and receded from that luminary tail
foremost. We have frequently noticed
the similarity of these circumstances
and commented upon it: but there is an
other pom: ofresemblance that our cor
respondent has overlooked The comet
and its caudal appendage have both
disappeared from the public gaze and
Will not be seen again for many. many
years The same is true of Messrs.
conkling & Platt
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-08-12
3LAINE,
Secretary

There came near being a fire in
Brookfeld on Sunday night that would
have done much damage-no telling
how much. The marshal was in his
Office during the afternoon. Several
others were, in also, Col. Strawbridge
among the rest, he leaving the Office
last night, and looking it. About nine
O'Clock or half past. in the evening, DR..
Fulcher was passing the office and
noticed bright fire within. The
alarm was given; and some one
promptly knocked in a window,
climbed in and threw out saw dust
box. used as spitoon, all a blaze. 1t
had burned slowly for hours and had
just got through the mating, and soon
the building would have been in flames.
1t is supposed that burning cigar
stump did it. Moral; Don't throw
cigar stumps in sawdus ..-Brookfeld
Gazette.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-08-12
Cure for Black Leg.

Mr.. &. Annex, of the Variety Wood
Works in this place, furnishes US with
the following sure cure" in answer to
the request published in our last issue:
Take one-half tablespo onful of finely
pulverized saltpeter; make an :ncislon
at the side of the jugular vein, insert the
saltpeter, and close up the skin and
stitch it close enough to retain the
powder. This is a, sure preventive and
will cure if disease is taken in time