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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-30
Tuesday, The Sd day Of Nav, 1881,

at the southeast corner of Madison and Second
streets, IN Memphis, Tennessee, between the
hours ofl2 m, and 2 pm, proceed to sell u
the highest bidder for cash, the certain tract
Of land lying on the waters of L0osa Hatchie
river, in Shelby county, Tenn, "a few miles from
Memphis, being the same land conveyed TO said
BridgeWater by r. L. Richards, recorded in
the Registers Office Of Shelby County, Tenn,
in record book SO, page 225, the twenty acres
Of said land conveyed by said Bridgewater to
Philip LueayinerO, particularly described
in deed in Registers Office in book So, page
226, is reserved out of the land described in said
conveyance. Said tract of land contains one
hundred and five $500 acres, less said twenty
acres. Tit equity Of redemption is waived.
The title to said land is believed to be good,
but l will convey only such title as is vested
in MT as trustee.
1884 JOHN II. CANNON, Trustee.
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n~s-RepairinF promptly attended to. 1911

In Supreme Court at JacksOn-Robert VI Drake
and d 5 Robson, late firm ofDrake q Robe
SON. and 4 Morrow for use Of " A Fitchner
VI, William Mclean, Jennie Hutchings ct al.
N pursuance of the decree pronounced by
i the Supreme Court of tennessee, at jack.
son, in this cause May 18th, 1877, and renewed
April Sth, 1881, / will offer for sale, 10 the high
est bidder, in front Of the courthouse of Shell
by county, in the city Of Memphis, on Mon
day, May I'd, 1881, the real estate mentioned
and described in said decree for sale, as fol-
lows: Situate in the county Of Shelby, state Of
Tennessee, on DeSOto street, in the city o.
Memphis; bounded as follows: Beginning al
3 stake in the west line Of DeSOto street, IFS
feet north of the intersection Of DeSoto and
Beal streets, and running thence north, with
the west line Of ueSOto street, 50 feet to a stake;
thence west at right angles with DeSoto street
l25 feet to VIM. Parks northeast corner;
thence south with said Parks east line, and
parallel with DeSoto street so feet 10 a stake;
thence west, and parallel with Beal street l25
feet to the beginning, being the same lot con-
veyed by Thomas Leonard to defendant, Jen-
ME Hutchings, by deed dated 18th November,
1858, and recorded in the Registers Office Of
Shelby county in book No. 10, pages 7 and s,
TO which reference is made.
Terms Of sale Cash.
Jackson, Tenn. April 9th, 1881.
JOHN II FREEMAN, Clerk,
II EdgingtOn. solicitor. 1854
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-30
Trustees Sale.

RY virtue Of a deed of trust executed to me
- on the I'd day Of April, 1880, by VIM.
Bridsewater, recorded in Registers Office OF
Shelby county, Tenn. in record book 1872, page
%, having been made to secure n certain note
fully described therein, and default Of pay
ment having been made by said Bridgewater,
i will, ne ~trusteA. on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-30
Wednesday, May 25th, 1851,

in front Of the law office of L. & E Lehman,
No 20 Madison street, in the city of Memphis,
now Taxing District OfShelby county, Tennes-
see, during legal hours, sell to the highe / bid
der at public auction, for cash, the following
described real estate, te-wit: A lot Of land
situated in the city Of Memphis, Shelby coun-
ty, Tennessee, beginning at the northeast cor
ner Of the line as fixed by the agreement or
deed between Watt Q. Bradford and w. B,
Wellons, recorded in book No. 20, page 6S Of
the Registers office of Shelby county, Tennes-
see. and running thence southwardly with the
said east line Of said lot as fixed in said deed
between Watt Q. Bradford and W. B. Wellops
to the north line of the alley between Poplar
and Washington streets, and running thence
eastwardly with the north line Of said alley TO
the vest line Of the lot heretofore by Charles
Sewering conveyed 10 j.. W. Crump; thence
n%orthwardly with the west line Of the lot so
conveyed to said Crump TO the south line Of
Poplar street: thence westwardly with the
south line Of Poplar street to the point of be-
ginning, being the premises intended to be
conveyed to Benjamin +. Lawrence by S. R.
Cannon, trustee, by deed bearing date the
Sd day of June, 1871, recorded in book No. n,
page 24 Of said Register office together with
the premises conveyed to said Benjamin +.
Lawrence by Catharine A.. Sohafcr, Charles
Sewering and Herman Schafer, by deed bear
ing date April GATH 1878, which latter deed
was given 10 correct an erroneous description
Of the premises intended TO be conveyed in a
deed made by Oatharine A. Schafer and Her
man Schafor, her husband. to Charles Sewer
ing, dated May 10th, 49,, and recorded in
book No. 60, part 2, page 574 Of said Registers
Office, and being the same premises conveyed
to Sallie NJ. Frankland by Louis Leubrie by
deed recorded in book No. l03, page 113 Ofthe
aforesaid Registers office. Equity Of redemp-
tion waived. i. LEHMAN, Trustee.
Memphis, April 18th, 1881. 1913
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-30

A Washington special says: Gener-
al Brady made a very large sum of
money in telephone stock, his gains
being placed as high as a quarter of a
million dollars. His friends are
forced to admit hat ifthe manage
ment of his telephone Business had
been as reckless and extravagant as
that which characterized the star
mail service his gains would have been
less. No private business could sur
vive such Management.
Brady is a wonderfully cool and
self-possessed man, neve hurried. or
excited, or elated, or depressed. The
mar who looks into his eyes and face
the evidences either of guilt or inno-
cence, will detect nothing. As well
look at the granite ia W~ashington's
monument. He is as clear headed,
and will make a successful man in a
worldly sense in whatever he under
takes. That which would throw a
less self-possesscd and evenly poised
man on to a bed of sickness, as a suf-
ferer from nervous prostration, is not
sufficient to cause Brady to loose his
usual MONDAY lunch.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-30
Saturday, May 18th, 1881,

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
tO-Wit:
/. A certain lot ofland in Memphis, Taxing
District Of Shelby county, known as lot No.
nineteen %, of block No. one Q) Of A.
Wright's s~ub-diyision, fronting 81 feet on the
east side OF Davie avenue by $50 feet
2. Also a part oflot No. 3s8 in said Taxing
District, fronting 37s feet on Commerce street
by 67% feet in depth as described ia deed from
Morris Doyle to JOHN Geoghegan recorded in
book So, page 1s0 Of Registers Office of Shelby
county, and more fully described in deed from
Sarah and John NoOnan, heirs of John Geo
Slogan to said John Leary, recorded in book
lis. page All Of said Registers office, as fol-
lows: Beginning on the north side Of Com
merce street 37H feet east ofThird street, run
ming thence east witt Commerce street S7A
feet; thence north at right angles with Com
merce street $50 feet; thence west parallel
with Commerce street 37H feet; thence south
to the beginning 68H feet.
Terms of sale-0n a credit of six months;
note with approved security, lien retained etc.
This April IL. 1881.
R. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Flippin X Flippin, j W Hampton, Atty's.
Is 46 81 S.
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Cotton.

The market here was tame to day,
advices from abroad announcing a de-
cline of l .l6d on both spots and fu-
lures. Sales yesterday were $50
bales-to exporters 500, to spinners
so bales, closing quiet and unchang-
ed as follows:
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Chaneery Sale Of Real Estate!

No. .S747, R~-Chancery Court Q fShelby county
R Black, administrator of John Leary,
deceased, vs.. L L Mivelar ct al.
"a virtue of an in~terlocutory decree for sale,
~ entered in the above cause on the Sth
day Of April 1881, NJ. B. 81, page 1871, I will
sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder,
in front ofthe CLERK and Master office, court
house of Shelby county, Memphis, Tennessee,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-30

Harry is the mail packet leaving at 5
pm. to day for Devall's Bluff, Angus
ia, J%acksonport and all intermediate
landings, attending promptly to all G.
". ID. and plantation business, and
making direct connection with the
the light draught steamers Milt Harry
and Alberta for upper White and
Black rivers. The accommodations
OF the Harry are of the first order.
Her tables are supplied with the best
In the market, and she combines
speed with comfort and safety. Cap
tain Milt Harry commands, and is
assisted in the office by John G. Wye
kotf and Fred Jones, who will be
found polite and courteous to all.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-30
Second "POstpOnement.
mind -POstpOnemcnf


DY virtue of a certain trust deed, bearing
ID date the 18th day Of July, 1874, duly re-
corded in book No. 1O2, page S72 of the Regis
ter's office Of Shelby county, Tennessee, de-
fault having been made therein, l will, as
trustee, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-30
For Arkanaas OitY.

Adams o. S. Mail Line steamer-For Helena,
Friars Point, 0oncordia, Terrene, Arkansas
City h Pine BluffR. R.-Steamer
IDaEWILD, MarkR Cheek, Ens
master; A. L.. Cummins, clerk, AllR@AN
leaves every MONDAY ands~
THURSDAY at 5 pm, connecting at Arkan-
sas City with the steamer Dean Adams for
0reenville and Vicksbnrg. 1891
J.T. WAsHINaTON. Agl " Madison q.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-30
RIVER IHTELLIGEECE

BOATS LEAVING HIS Day.
For White river, Josie Harry. ,...5 p m
" st. Francis R., Rene Macready, 5 p m
" ST. Louis, Colorado. ....... ........5 D m
Vicksburg, Commonwealth ......6 p m
BOATS LEAVING SUNDAY.
For New Orleans, Chouteau..m....,10a am
" st. Louis, Gold Dust .........1O am
ARRIVED.
Steamer Macready, s.. Francis river.
w. P. Halliday, st. Louis.
Chas. Morgan, New Orleans.
" Colorado, st. Louis.
4" A. j. Baker, st. Louis.
" Mike Davis, 81. Francis river.
DEPARTED.
Steamer James Lee, Friars Point.
4" Osceola Belle, Osceola.
+" Vint Shinkle, Cincinnati.
w. P. Halliday, New Orleans,
=" Chas. Morgan, Cincinnati.
" A. j. Baker, New Orleans.
IN PORT.
Macready, Colorado, Mike Davis,
Josie Harry.
CONDITIONS OF THE RIVERS.
AT noon to- day the reading of the
gauge was but a fraction above 30 feet,
being a decline of u inches
during the past twenty-four hours, and
is now 30 feet liz inches above ex-
treme low water mark. All the up
per streams are falling, and the de-
cline will be much heavier after to-
day. Since last report the
Ohio at Pittsburg fell 6 inches,
with Z feet on the gauge. A
Cincinnati it is falling, with %
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-30

DY virtue Of a deed Of trust executed to me
- by VIM. Brent and his wife, Guila D Brent,
on the 23d day of June, 1880, and recorded in
the Register office Of Shelby county, Tenn,
in record book No. lS9, page rs. l will, at the
request Of the beneficiary therein named, on
Wednesday, the 30th day of March, 1881,
between the hours Of II O'Clock am. and l
pm, in front ofthe courthouse door ofShelby
county, Tenn, in Memphis, now called the
,axing District, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash the following described
property, to-wit: A certain undivided one
third interest in a certain lot, parcel or tract
OF land with the Improvements thereon, stu
ate, lying and being on the northeast corner
Of Jefferson and Fourth streets, in the Taxing
District of said Shelby county, Tenn. Qate
city of Memphis), and being the east part of
lot iVe hundred and fifty-thrca $50 and the
west part Of lot five hundred and 6fty-four
h5D Of county lot four hundred and seventy
eight 47S), having a front on Jefferson street
Of one hundred and sixty-Hine Q69) by one
hundred and forty eight and one-half Q4811
feet deep on Fourth street, on which is stu
ated a large cotton warehouse, known as EN-
Apperson d Co.'S warehouse, and being part
ofsame property which was set apart and con-
drmed t6the heirs at law ofClaiborneD eLoach,
deceased, the said Guila D Brent being one
Of said heirs by decree Of Chancery Court of
Shelby county, Tenn, in the cause of lmOgene
Beaumont VS.. Z NJ Apperson, as the same
appears of record in book lis, page 300 of the
deed records Of Shelby county, Tenn. Also
lots one III and two W in block ffty-fve 1857
on Vance street, in said Taxing District Qate
city Of Memphis), each lot fronting on said
Vance street forty-seven 47 feet and extend
ing hack one hundred and forty-eight and
0ne-llalf Q4S1) feet to an alley.
Equity of redemption waived. Title believ-
ed to be good, but l sell and convey as trustee
only. + ADAMS, Trustee.
Greer & Adams, Att'ys. 6S
N. Is: At the request Of the g%rantors in the
above described deed in trust, the sale therein
advertised is POSTPONED until
Saturday, the 9Th day of April, 1881,
at same place and hour named.
1856 Ell ADAMS, Trustee.
Second POstpOnement.
At the request of the g%rantors in the above
described deed in trust, the sale hereby ad-
vertised is postponed until
Monday, the 25th day of April, 1881,
at same place and between same hours named.
S6F Eff ADAMS. Trustee.
Third POstpOnemcnt.
At the request of the g~rantors and consento of
the ben iciary in the above described deed Of
tru.t, the sale hereby advertised is hereby
p )stponed until
Saturday, May 9Th, 1881,
when sale will be made at same place and be-
tween same hours named.
+. F. ADAMS. Trustee.
April 18th, 1881. 1855
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ooIfoE 1xoHAne1 eu9TAfioNe;

Stains-Low ordinary, So; ordinary SIC;
good ordinary, TIC; low middling, SIC; mid
ding, Sc.
NEW YORK COTTON STATEMENT
For the week ending April 20, 1881,
as rer telegram.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-30

Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
tDaily.
monday, Thursday and Saturday.
Sunday, Tuesday and Friday.
Tuesday and Friday.
"wednesday and Saturday.
muesday. Th~ursday and Saturday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-30
aAILROAD M FABLES.

LRAyE. ARRIVE.
New Orleans Mail, daily 1880 pm. 1910 Am
'srdis Accommodation,
daily Except Sunday 3.6 pm. els am
Freight train daily lex
cent sundayl-.............. 40 am. 2.25 pm
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-30
Trustees sale.

pY virtue of a deed of trust executed to me
ID by VIM. Brent and his wife, Guila D Brent,
the sd day Of June, 1880, and recorded in
the Register Office of Shelby county, Tenn,
in record book No, 1888, page rs. l will, at the
Of the beneficiary therein named, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-30

N. u. At the request Of the grantors in the
above described deed in trust, the sale therein
advertised is POSTPONED until
Saturday, the 9Th day of April, 1881,
at same place and hour named.
1855 f F ADAMS, Trustee.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-06-17
Liberty lettings.

June 11.-Corn that has been plowed
is doing well.
Wheat will not be very good crop
here this season.
J. G.. Kelso has moved his saw mill
from Humboldt to this place near the
river, and will soon be ready for logs.
Quite number of horses have been
cut very badly on barbed wire, in this
vicinity, this spring.
Superintendent Root visited the
Liberty school last Wednesday.
Miss Olive Cornell started for Min
ncsota last Monday, where she intends
to visit friends for some time.
Miss Sophia Parsell, who has been
visiting here for some time, left for her
home in Illinois, last Thursday.
A. e. Chadwick has returned from
Topeka where he has been attending
school.
A. e. Newton makes us pleasant
call occasionally. He Is teaching east
of Humboldt.
Miss Ella Townsend had her right
arm broken near the wrist last Wedn-
esday evening going home from school
by climbing over the fence.
Jacob Riggs has returned from a
three months trip in Texas.
Perhaps "V." is interested in this
part of the county, that be wants us to
take up our pen and write. SCRIBE.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-06-17
Storms.

On Saturday evening small cyclone
visited Kansas City and destroyed
considerable property about the Union
Depot, but no lives were lost.
There was also on the 9th inst. quite
a severe storm in Lyon county, and
considerable damage was done to prop.
erty in and about Emporia, but no
lives were reported lost.
a cyclone passed over a portion of
Mitchell and Ottawa counties, along
the solomon valley on the afternoon
of the 9th inst, destroying large
amoant of property and several lives.
The storm cloud assumed the shape of
a letter S, and could be seen for miles.
The track of the storm was three or
four miles in width, and it frequently
deviatea from straight course, going
sometimes south and sometimes east.
On Sunday afternoon terrible storms
ragged in different parts of Kansas, and
Northwest Missouri, and in different
localities in other States as far North
as Minnesota. marking their courses
with the wrecks s0f houses, barns, trees
fences and the mapgled bodies of the
dead and dying Rlen, women and
children. In Usage, Sedgewick and
Sumner counties the storm was espec-
tally severe. AS vet tho exact num-
Der of persons killed and wounded in
these various storms cannot be ascer-
tanned, nor can anything lille q correct
estimate be made of the amount of
property destroyed. ss..s.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-06-17

In numbered the cities in the State
saloons have again been opened, and
beer and Intoxicating drinks are being
more or less publicly sold in defiance
of law, and many of those who are OPP
posed to prohibition are greatly elated
while a portion of the temperance peO-
pie are correspondingly depressed, es-
pecially as in a majority of cases SO
far those who have been arrested for
the violation of the lazy have been
acquitted. And yet If the Supreme
Court should hold that the law is con-
stitutional we see no reason why every
saloon in the State may not be closed,
including those in the larger cities.
There is such a thing as too much de-
fiance to law, and the manner in
which it is being violated in several
cities in the State will bring reaction
and the temperance people, If they
act with wisdom, will have the great
majority of the law abiding citizens on
their side to help and sustain them in
enforcing the law. The statement
that is being made by some that the
law car rot be enforced because it will
be impossible to get a jury of twelve
men but what there will be at least
one whisky man among the number
who will refuse to agree to verdict
of guilty, no matter how clearly the
violation of law has been proven, is an
unjust charge against the honor and
integrity Of our people. When public
attention Is called to this matter there
will be found but few men who will
perjure themselves that a man who
has willfully violated the law may
90 free.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-06-17

The Republicans Of Ohio, at their
late State convention, refused to make
the temperance question political is
sue and advised that the matter be
submmittei to the people, in a consti-
tntional amendment. as was done in
Kansas. In this we think they acted
wisely, as the temperance question is
not properly political issue. This,
however, was not satisfactory to many
Republicans, and it is probable that a
temperance ticket will be put in the
field. If this accOmplishes anything,
it will .be to make it possible for the
Democrats to elect their State ticket.
How Republicans expect to advance
the cause of temperance by electing
Democrats to office, We are unable
IN 600
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-06-17

The Supreme Court of the United
States, in a case that was, taken up
from the State of Delaware, has decid-
ed that the exclusion of cOlored men
from the Jury was unconstitutional.
The case was ole in which colored
man was. on trial and colored men
were not allowed on the jury because
under the laws of that State none but
white men were qualified jurors. The
Supreme Court holds that the word
white was eliminated from the State
Constitution of Delaware by the Four
tenth and Fifteenth amendments of
the Constitution of the United States.
It takes the people of some States a
long time to learn that the Constitu-
ton of the United States is superior to
their State Constitutions.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-06-17
society Items.

Some young men of lola have a
queer way of going riding and Sllow-
ing their lady to get.out and hitch the
team.
Notwithstanding the threatening
storm, Thursday evening, the fey that
were at the social had a. very PLEASANT
time. -.
Miss Rose Young is visiting relatives
and friends in town.
Don't all speak at once, but let us
know when that picnic is coming off.
The new railroad has improved the
appearance of the streets very much
by the addition of street ornaments in
the way of loafers.
Look out for a weddipg-cards will
be at your door soon.
Misses Minnie Bush and AIDA Nc
Gee have returned from a business
trip through southern Kansas, for the
purpose we understand of attending
the Normal. X. A. d.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-06-17
Ordinance No. 2O7.
published June II, 1851

ordinance entitled"An ordinance to enforce
the collection Il a poll tax in the city of lola,
Akansas."
BE it ordained by the Mayor and Copncimen
Of the city of lola:
SECTION1 That all able bodied male resi-
identS of this city, between the ages of twenty
one and fifty years shall, between the LIST day Of
June and the LIST day of August in each year,
pay into the city treasurer of said city poll
tax OF 81 90 each, uFOn said treas. rer, within
said time, giving each such person three days
notice in writing.
SEC. 2. Any such person failing or refusing
to pay said poll tax within said time and upon
said notice shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanOr and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined in sum not more than one hundred dol
lars, and upon default of the payment of such
fine and costs, shall be imprisoned until such
fine and costs are paid.
SEC. 3. This ordinance shall take effec. and
be in force from and after its publication once
in the lola REGISTER.
Approved June Is, 1881.
Attest: w. L. BARTELs, Mayor.
[sEALl Il. 3. STEVENSON, City Clerk.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-06-17

In the New York Legislature on the
9th inst. there was repeated in tame
manner the celebrated scene in the
Kansas Legislature of 1878, when Sen
atOr York rose in his seat as vote
was about to be taken for U. S. Sena-
tor and announced that he had been
paid $1,000 by Senator Pomeroy to
vote for his reelection. This resulted
in the defeat of Pomeroy and the cleo
ton of ingalls, as U. S. Senator. AS
the opposition to Conkling and Plat
began to concentrate on Mr.. Depew to
fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of Platt, Mr.. Bradley rose in
the Assembly and stated that he had
been paid 81, 900 to vote for Mr.. Depew
Instead of creating the the consterna.
ton in the ranks of the Depew men
that YOrk's announcement did among
the supporters of Pomeroy, they denied
Mr.. Depew's having any thing to do
with the transaction, and demanded
an immediate and thorough investi-
cation. An investigating committee
was appointed, whereupon a vote was
taken for U. S. Senator, and instead of
losing, DepeW gained a few votes. The
investigating committee is now at
work, and seems probable that the
Conkling and Plat men will prove to
the satisfaction of their friends. that
this was genuine attempt on the
part of Depew's supporters to secure
votes by bribery, while the admins
tration will prove to the satisfaction
of themselves and their friends that it
was a conspiracy on the part Of their
opponents to cause a stampede in the
ranks of the Administration men and
thus secure the reelection Of Conkl:ng
and Plat. In the meantime a vote is
taken daily without electing any ore,
but with Depew still in the lead.