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have been in communication with
capitalists and have strong enrouage-
meut TO believe that the money can be
raised promptly TO build the road, with
a yery reasonable assistance from coun-
ties along the line, and in case there is
no uniriendly legislation this winter. i
found when in New York that the agita-
tjon OF uufriendly railroad legislation in
our State was attracting good deal OF
attention, aud causing criticism unfsvor-
able TO our State. Several ar
ticles appeared in the New
York Tribune and some other
Tito the -REGIsTER. III the Legislature is
not prudent aud wise on this subject it
will destroy all prospect OF enlisting for
eign capital for railroads in this State. /
believe there is a disposition to furnish
all the capital that is needed for meri-
torious railroads in this State il conf.
dence is not DESTROYED by unwise agita-
ton aud unwise Legislation on this sub
ject."
We do not say there are not wrongs
and injustice practiced upon our citi-
zsns by railroad corporations, and that
it woald be very desirable to have these
evils corrected, but we do say there was
no such exigency as demanded a re-
newal of the subject at this ses-
sion; and that, in fact, there has
been but little complaint on this
score among the people since the
last session OF the Legislature. Moreover
we are assured that the spirit and tone
which the agitation has taken on, is
more disastrous to the interest OF the
State than all the evils that are likely to
proceed from railroad Determinations in
the next ten years. We hope to see the
Legislature have the courage aud indie.
pendence to "set down" on this whole
movJmeut with an emphasis that will
restore our character abroad, and give
us chance 70 effectually correct the
abuses complained of by building COM
peting lines.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF A DRIED OF TRUST FROM
ID Charlotte Schaper to the undersigned trus
zee dated the LIT day OF May, In the year 1871,
recorded among the public land records OF Ohio
county. West Virginia, in deed book No. Sc, folio
soy, / will on
SATURDAY, THE nth DAY OF MARCH,
A. d. 1881,
at the front door OF the Court HOUSE In wheel.
ing, Ohio county, West Virginia, commencing at
/, O'Clock A. NJ, proceed ~ sell ut public auc-
ton. TO the highest and best bidder, the follow
Ing described real estate, to-wIt: Lot No. six
(s) IN square No. thirty seven $50, situated In
the town OF South Wheeling. now the Eighth
ward OF the city OF wheeling. and being the
same property which was conveyed 10 The said
Charlotte Schaper by Stephen waterhouss and
wife by deed dated February II, 1871, and re-
coreed in the Clerks Office OF the County Court
OF Ohio county, West Virginia, in deed book No.
S. in folio2 s..
TERMS OF SALE-0nethird OF the purchase
money, or such greater amount thereof as the
purchaser may elect 10 pay cash in hand; the
residue in two equal payments OF six and twelve
months, with interest from day OF sale and the
deferred payments TO be secured by ceed of trust
on the property sold.
The title In believed to be perfect, but selling
a. trustee will only convey such title a. Il yes
ted in me by said deed.
MICHAEL ROTH, Trustee.
WV. II. HALLKR, Auctioneer. febl7roavb
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DIED.

sNITH-At his late residence, 20 Eoff street.
on Saturday, February ~, 1881, al 4:sO ~;
GEoRGR B. SMITH, aged ~ years, IL mohths hhd
10 days
Funeral at :. 4. OIL Monday, tbs 2lst inst.
Friends OF the family invitei TO attend. Inter.
ment at Peninsula.
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RAILROAD LEGISLATION VS..
RAILROAD BUILDING.

We have no hesitation In pronounce
ing the attempted railroad legislation at
this session, the most ill-advised meas
ure that has been forced upon the at
tention OF the Legislature.
We pronounce it untimely, unproht-
able and unfortunate for the State.
We make no reference to the good or
bad features OF the measure proposed;
We do not care whether the result be
the passage OF a good or bad measure, 1t
is unfortunate for the State that this
agitation should have been sprung upon
the Legislature at this session.
1t was not demanded by any exigen-
cies OF the public business.
II was not demanded by the people
in whose interest it is proposed. The
shippers are generally averse to 1t.
1t is not demanded by the best senti-
meut OF the Legislature. The majority
OF the members openly deprecate it.
The entire press OF the State, without
ssingle exception so fac as we have no
ticed, have denounced it in the most
emphatic terms.
We fail, in fact, to find any excuse or
palliation Tor the bluuder.
We ace right in the midst OF a season
wheu railroad enterprises are having
ran; when capital is abundant and seek
ing such investments; when the whole
people Of our State are anxiously look
ing for deliverance from their isolated
condition through railroad construction;
aud When thece are several projects &C.
tualIy on foot for railroads in the State,
aud capital is being solici d for helping
them out.
Under such circumstances, we say, 1t
is peculiarly unfortunate that this agita-
tioa has been begun, and especially in
the spirit in which it has been thus far
conducted. il has been a wet blanket
10 every project in the State. 1t has
formed the attention OF the whole coun-
try to the unicieudly attitude OF the
State upon the subject OF railroads. 1t
has made capitalists shy OF US. II will
be absolutely impossible foe the enter
prises al esdy contemplated to so for
wa,d while these measures are pending.
From every section Of the State where
a railroad PROJECT is on foot, comes the
word, I'VE are waiting the result OF this
railroad legislation" From every
source interested in pending enterprises
there comes messages of regret and con-
demnatiou, that this obstacle should be
thrown in the way at this time.
We are in immediate receipt OF let
ter from one OF the most enterpIsin
citizens OF the State-one who is deeply
interested in opening mp the State by
railroads which letter We quote a
single paragraph, as showing not only
the feeling OF one individual, but oil
many VINO have expressed themselves
upon this subject:
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JUST RECEIVED.

Unity CHILDRENS' CARRIAGES, ALL
II new. Prices from IS TO $50 each, by
JOSEPH GRAVES,
febl9r % TWELFTH STREET.
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O.. MENDEL 81 CO.,
1924 MAIN STREET,
Wheeling, w. Nn.

UNDERTAKERS N0TlCE-Mr B. Zook Undertaken has re-
moved from Fourteenth street TO No. 1919 Eo street the house
below Furniture Factory He has Telephone communication
his house and will calls promptly at all hours The
careful attention given to all OF undertaking enrus
him. Parties TeIephonnp will please call No 5.
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a1W AnVERIloEMGMTs

VIrANTED - FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOL
w LARS for three years, AZ fair interest.
Fivt clss security. Apply toJ. q. Hkkvkf,
No i4O6 Market street. Npziq
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03
COURTHOUSE t

A section of bulging wall on the in
ner court wall Of the courthouse is be-
ing repaired.
Esquire j. G. Lewis will have a
hearing on the 10th on a charge Of
rescuing a prisoner from Constable
Mouahan. The CASE is to be either
tried or dismissed on that day.
Casey vs.. Stratton, suit for wages in
rs during the epidemic is on trial in
the Circuit Court before Judge Pierce.
There is little of interest on the cal.
ender Of this court for the present
term.
II. Y. Marley, a merchant Of Wythe
Depot, has made an assignment in
favor of various creditors, whose
names are not given. NJ. L. Meacham
is made assignee without bond.
Deeds were recorded to-day from
W. NJ. Smith to John Hollywood; R.
B. Howell ct al to ]. A. Sigler.
Licenses to commit matrimony were
obtained to-day by j. c. Clarke and
Fannie Barton; Saml Kahn and Til
lie Frank; Allan Gilleland and
Amanda johnson.
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Comps Circus.

But for tho inclement weather
Coup's mammoth tents would have
been thronged last night. Even the
blustery elements, however, failed to
prevent an immense gathering, and
yesterday afternoon the attendance
was very great. Many people came
forty miles to visit the great show.
Some arrived by rail and others by
wagons. The bluffs in front of the
city were thronged with teams,
all the wagon yards we're
full, and over three hundred
persons wero registered at the Peabody
and Gaston's hotels alone, while other
lodging places were equally thronged.
All day, except while the performance
went on, our country cousins Of both
sexes paraded the highway in great
numbers, and nothing short of a big
circus or a Mardi Gras festival could
have induced so many t owade through
slop and mud, as they did on this oc-
%casion. Raw weather has no terrors
for our people when Ooup's vast ex-
hibition comes this way. There
was no forenoon performance, owing
to the lateness Of the company's
burial, instead of it, the management
gave a company parade and despite
the drizzle a grand scene free to all
was presented. The various cars of
wild beasts and other attractive feat
ures formed line more than half a
mile in length, and more than came
up to public expectation. Several
cages of savage animals where men
and beasts roamed pr%omiscuously to-
gether attracted the special wonder Of
the admiring multitude. At two in
the afternoon the first show was given.
Within the huge tent were three ordi-
nary circus rings, besides an area sufi-
cient for a race course Of pArabolic
form and nearly a quarter
Of a mile round. Upon this
track the hurdle and chariot races
were run, a most exciting feature,
which aroused the enthusiasm, as we'll
as the wonder, of staid old citizens
who have been looking at circus shows
for more than forty years. The arenic
scenes included riding, tumbling, Jug
Cling and daring acrobatic perform
anoes on the ground and in the air.
Among the latter we're the fight from
a strong spring of"Lu Lu," the flying
man, a distance Of sixty feet across
the tent, and a dive by Geraldine, one
Of the female performers, from the top
of the building into a Eet near the
bottom, a distance of seventy feet.
Other Gestures were of a very enter.
tanning character, and on the whole,
despite the muddy racing ring, the
programme was rendered without q
hitch or an accident, all being done
neatly and cleverly throughout. The
antics of the clowns, the tricks Of the
animals, the queer and quaint cxer-
cises of both man and beast we're we'll
calculated to please the eye and stir
tie heart, as well as the Imagination.
On the whole, Coup's Monster Exhi-
bition is worth going a long way to
look at, and those who went to the
show yesterday were not disappointed.
Tie troupe will exhibit at Corinth,
Miss, to-day, and go thence south
ward to the gulf coast.
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POLlCE POINTS.

The usual big circus docket was
tried this morning.
Lots of our country ~neighbOrs were
rescued from tho calaboose last night.
Adolpb Simons, another lunatic
was sent to the county jail-the third
this week.
Dobbins' dog bit tho dust to-day.
He bit a boy yesterday. Dock Jones
dog bore him company on his Journey
to canine paradise.
Annie Caldwell languishes in Jail.
She is under a cloud as well as under
lock and key for stealing a pair of
sleeve-buttons from Miss Blanche
Raymond.
John Muller is in limbo for entering
the smokehouse Of W. Alexander, four
miles from the city, and a~bstracting a
side of bacon.
Leaving his team On the street, is
what Frank Millerwill have to answer
for this evening. A few more arrests
of like character would have a saluta-
tory effect.
The net proceeds from twenty-five
cases to day was $40 with about s25 in
prospect. Two unfortunates turned
their toes Islandward.
Jesse Gray, a brutal wife heater, was
sent to Jail to-day. His bond was
fixed at $500, which he could not give.
His wife appeared against him and
barred her arm, which bore CHASTITY
testimony Of his brutality. 1t was
cut and swollen to an enormous size.
Henry Powers was nabbed yesterday
for selling a lot of %''supe' circus
tickets, pronounced by tho manager as
bogus. He also had a lot of queer
contrivances in his pockets. He will
be investigated this evening.
A strange rough was seen by Officer
Hedrick yesterday evening leading a
drunken country man down an alley.
The country nan did not know him,
and the stranger, who gave his name
as John Miller was arrested as a
suspicious character and fined IS to-
day.
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Lvnnhnyen Day
Weather Items.


Aine frost this morning, one to nip
tender vegetation this time.
The mercury dropped to $50 early
this morning when exposed to the
open air. The official range yesterday
was 47e to Csc, with a raw northwest
wind last night. This morning there
was very little wind from any direc-
ton, though the smoke from chimney
tops curled slightly toward the north
east.
A severe norther occurred on the
gulf coast Of Texas yesterday, aud
this morning at Galveston the wind
blew thirty miles an hour from the
northeast. 1t also blew over thirty
miles an hour straight from the north
at the same time over Port Eads, at
the mouth of the Mississippi.
1t was raining this morning at Gin
cinnati and Pittsburg, but the fall at
both places last night was barely
worthy the name Of a shower. Rain
fell yesterday and last night at Nash
vile, Chattanooga, Louisville, Gin
cinnati, Evansville, Cairo, St, Louis
and New Orleans. No rain is prom
ised hereabouts to-day, but falling
weather is threatened to the eastward
of the Mississippi river between here
and the gulf.
The morning weather bulletins an
nounce a killing frost as having visited
Northern Missouri and Southern
Iowa last night. At 6 o'clock this
morning the temperature at Cairo was
39', and at St. Louis 56'. This is
cold enough to kill vegetation in the
vicinity of both places,
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h Game sEarhet.

Several dozen fresh venison, killed
within the last IS hours, we're seen in
market to-day, and whole ones we're
quoted at 8 to &c per ID for good, while
saddles are 10 aud 12c. In a retail
way wild Mallard ducks are selling at
75c to 81 per pair as per size; squirrels,
15c each; rabbits 25c each; venison
steak, Zoe per ID; hams, 15c; quail, 81
per dozen or for SOC. In the way Of
fish a gulf pompano off to 4pounds is
81 to $3.50 each; gulf snappers 10 to
12lc per ID; lake salmon and bass 15c
per ID; ReelfoOt trout and perch 124
to 15e. Oysters are 40 and SOC per
can of from 3 to 4 dozen. Celery 60
and 75e a bunch, and eggs p to 25c
per dozen.in a small way.
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A Tough Horse story.

New Brunswick On, J.1 Home Nows,l
A certain horse in Sayreville for
twenty years has been a cart horse in
a ~brickyard, and the habit Of going
through certain duties day after
day for eight months in the year has
enabled him to do things which seem
to indicate the possession of mental
faculties similar to some Of those pos
sessed by the human race. 1t is an
old saying among farmers that crows
can't count more than three, but this
horse has the ability to count
sixty.fve. His routine Of labor is to
cart sixty-fve loads of clay from the
pit to the spot where the clay is mixed
or ground, and then to 60 for a load of
coal dust; and now without anything
being said or done to indicate the fact
to him, when he has deposited his
sixty fifth load he turns away from
the clay pit and goes to the dock for a
load OF the dust. This is not his
only popularity, for, when he goes to
the pit he backs his cart up himself
to the right place and will take
only what he conceives to be his prop
err load. Ifmore is put on he backs
and kicks, and rattles the cart about
until the load is reduced to what he
considers a proper quantity. Having
such intellectual capacity, it is not
surprising to learn that he will not be
driven. AS soon as the lines are
touched he becomes fractions and un-
manageable, but a gentle explanation
of what is required of him usually
has the desired effect. 1t is unneces-
sary to add that such an intelligent
horse will do no more work after the
whistle for dinner or supper sounds.
All his companions in the yard have
wit enough for that, and if they are on
their way to the pit for a load when
the whistle blows, they all turn about
and make for the stable without any
orders,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03
Macbeth.

In the character Of Macbeth" to
be enacted by Frederick Warde TO-
night, an exchange says: He is
neither too much the ambitious King,
nor too much the weak and vascillat-
ing. He has a fine physical appear
ance, and the long training he has
received gives him a becoming stage
consciousness which he does not for.
get in his most passionate lines. The
scene in the third act between Mac.
beth and his wife, where she urges
him to screw his courage to the stick
ing point, is powerfully portrayed, and
again after the performance of the
bloody deed, when Macbeth returns
to the chamber where Lady Macbeth
coldly upbraids him for allowing bis
conscience to make a coward of him.
he displays the true genius that is in
him"
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PUBLIC LEDGER
LEDGER LTHEp

Best refined oil. Lyle & Shields
Oysters every style. Crystal Palace
First-claSs carpenter wanted at Pea.
body Hotel.
Brown 4 Jones, coal dealers, 28Z
Main street.
Memphis and Charleston railroad
stock in New York to-day 70.
PUBLIC LEDGER job printing of6c,
and book bindery, 10 Madison
A full line of preserves and iellie,
IN 5-pound pals at Lyle & Shields.
Oysters, oysters, fat and fne 70.
ceiyed daily by express. S. l.. Moore
x Co., corner fernando and Vance.
Mr., Julius Schloss, formerly Of mi,
city, but now Of Cincinnati, after =
pleasant visit left for Ohio to-day.
On Tuesday evening next a concert
IS to be given at St. Peters Catholic
church, the proceeds Of which will he
devoted exclusively to the purchase
OF new music for the use of tho choir
The ingenuity with which the ov.
erage sharp can conceal his spare cash
from the station house keepers and
smuggle it into the cell, is sometime
remarkable. Few arc able to do Il
s. L. Moore & Co., fancy gro'.a,.
corner fernando and Vance. arc "a
ding new goods daily to their .lyosS,
large and elegant stock. Tho 'l'
wide awake and have everythin = n a.,
in their line. HiO'
The picture Of the graceful s,o.m.,
Dean Adams, as she appears after bo'
ing photographed by Gebhsr5t & ~ ~
OF the Cottage Gallery, is hspdsom w. :,
gaze upon. A copy has been rscoiva y
rom the artist, and will bepceFor,S
ao0rn the art corner Of this Office,
E&AAAH
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03
special Session Ofthe Legislature
TO be HeId'in December.

NLSCCAhA DOsSaDh VI AAAC AAc8AoAAtuE
TO be HeId'in December.
American, 81
In view Of the special session of the
Legislature, to be held in December,
to redistrict the State, Governor Haw-
kins issued a proclamation yester-
day calling upon the Sheriff of Robert.
son county to hold an election on the
18th inst, to elect Representative in
place Of Representative John Wood
ard, resigned.
He also directs the Sheriff Of Smith
county to hold an election on the
same date, for the election of a sue.
cessor to Representative H.. B. Haynie.
resigned.
1t is probable the Governor will em.
brace in his proclamation calling the
special session, a recommendation that
the Legislature correct the mistake
made in the appropriation bill, at the
last session, whereby Sl500 only were
appropriated for the payment Of
clerks fees on land sales, whereas il
ought to have been $4,000. Unless
this is done, the clerks will have Ia
90 without their pay until the next
special or regular session of the Leg
islature.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03
RninnInr.

A rather dark looking lot Of testi.
mony for N. Levy was drawn out in
the Police Court to-day. OhastainC
saw him samplinga lot Of cotton il
front Of his place which did not belong
to him, and entered his house to in.
yestigate. He saw a colored boJ
bringing in sacks Of the loose cotton.
which we're deposited in Q back room.
Levy pitched into him for intrudinl
without a warrant and he lost biz
case.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03

The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
Office constantly receives new type Of
the latest styles, aud the Office gcner.
ally is kept up to the highest standard
of excellence.
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The DiscontInued NAH Service.

Dallas Polk co ,Ark) Pioneer, 81
An effort will be made when Colonel
Cravens goes back to Washington, Ia
have a mail route opened through the
0uachita valley. The people need
this route badly. 1t is the most pop.
ulous district in southwest Arkansaw,
containing several beautiful villages,
and is comparatively without mail "a
c%ilities. 1t Isl shame that these peo-
pie should be cut off from the world
while thousands Of dollars are being
spent for carrying empty mail bags
over trackless prairies.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03

There will be a musical entertain
ment and oyster supper at Georgia
Street Methodist Church Tuesday,
November sth, 1881, for the benefit Of
the church. Tickets can be had at
Wills & Wildberger's, Nicholas Will
liAus' and D. F. Goodyear's. so
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03

New Hams, New Breakfast Ba-
con, New Cotton Seed Cooking
OF, oliver, Finnie & Go. 45t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03

If you want a first class boot OF
shoe made, go to Yoegeli & Co., as
they only employ the best mechanics
and use none but the best material.
Solar Tip children's shoes a specially.
AOL
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03
FIre on Causey Sfreet,

A FIRE broke out in the feed store
portion Of a two.story house at the
corner Of Causey and Pontotoc streets,
between l and 2 o'clock this morning.
The premises we're occupied by NJ.
Heating, a son of the late Court
Square keeper, Edward Heating, as a
feed and grocery establishment. The
building and contents we're totally
destroyed, and also a one-story double
tenement next door. A couple Of
colored women narrowly escaped With
their lives, and were compelled to leap
from the windows to save themselves.
The buildings belonged to the
estate Of the late John H. Dea, and
we're worth about $500; no insurance.
KeatingIs stock is estimated at $1,000
or 5000, and is reported insured in
some Of the agencies Of this city to
the extent Of its value or thereabouts.
BEST REFINED COOKING OIL,
p. j. TURNBULL,
C2A Main ~ AT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03

Telephone orders for Fizh 10
ALBERT sEEsSEEss MARKET.
la Main street. Zt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03

HenryLuehrmann's ladies' and
gents Oyster parIors are now
open for the season. At
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03

silver Noon Yeast Powder
manufactured by us nj home and
known 10 be absolutely pure and
free from all authorizations, and
full strength.
45t Oliver, FInnIe g. 90.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03

+. FransIOIi, 292 Front, receives
she'll Oysters daily by express.
18t
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~self-risinE BuehWheat. Always
ready for use; no failures; can make
delicious cakes IA i've minutes. For
sale by all retail grOeeTs. ES
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03

The fAIl rains are filling your
Cisierns. Keep them pure by
using an Improved Water EIe-
Vator and Purifying Pump, made
and sCld by
kENSEyAW BrP'G CO.,
81 Madison street. rs
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03

silver Moon, Royal, Steel a
Prices and DurlEee's Yeast Pow
ders, all pure, Oliver, Finnie q
90. 45f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-03

Bird Seed, Bird Gravel, MOcklng Bird
Food, Bird RestOrer. oliver, FlnnIs &
Co,