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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09
Trustees sale


z virtue Of deed Of trust to me executea
~ on the, 9TH day Of August, A. d. 1865. nv.
motifs Doyle to secure the payment OF eertsi1,
indebtedness described in the trust dead -.
record IN the Registers Office of Sheihx.
county. Tenn, in book 70, page 4l6, 1 viii. AZ,
Monday, the 22d day of August, 1881
at Y O'Clock M. in front Of tho cor, n ans. az
Shelby county, Tenn, Taxing DisSr;%, sslV ~ ~
the highest and best bidder fOT CO ~ he ~
loving real estates, Lying ia 81 elby conn =
Tenn near Memphis, beginning "a III Y,
on the. east side of the Raplslph posd' IKE
ssoukshwest corner oS the traet sold ~ az niss
70 norris Doyle thence north Sla4 nnlan
east, ~ chalnS and rs Inks To stai-ef lEegrees
nort1 A4e, thence norsn 81 tlesresSf q Sook
cham and " links t1 stakes ,6sT west, one y,
n degrees west, j SAains and = 4 ~ i sJuta o.
stage on the said road, raonce on,h naSsi1 y
s 10 H. eass WYE said 70 4d chs is and @ links
W. W re oesaanhing; eIntainir q 2 acres in he
neaYey ana Mol,emore tract being tbe
ssams i92d r'dTchased by Dsnn;s ssx Is 'o ~
pase 10 DOys by deed reg stored in book "a,
az right and equity Of redemption specially
,:alved ~ said trust Zoe i, and the title IL Be-
heTed to be perfect but sell only as trustee.
n,a,s S sSiv Is Rse un der decree Of the Su-
An HOuI' q ienne ssee, pronounced at the
hd pah term , 5Sl, 10 the case Of Sexton VS..
Aynslns gE0RGJi X POWELL, Trustee.
-4S1ssss2Sy Watson, Atty's. 100 $50
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09


The Chattanooga Times of the 9Th
contains the announcement that one.
half interest in that paper and its
job printing interest has been sold and
transferred by Adolph s. 0chs to AL
bert B. TgFel Of Nashville, and that
the business will be continued under
the firm name of Albert s. 0chs & Co.
Tnis is a good move, We take it both
fer Mr.. TaVel and the Times. Chat.
tanooga is one of the coming places of
the South, aud the Times is an enter
prising paper, which was established
in 1869. 1t has passed through differ
ent hands and changes, but Of late has
manifested q very vigorous manage
ment, quite up With its opportunities
Mr.. Tavel is or would be valued &C.
cessioR to any go-ahead neRspaper
He has been connected with printing
and journalism in Nashville from his
youth up and nc one stands higher
personally, or in his profession. We
quite agree with Mr.. 0ehs, who in
making the announcement Of tie
management says
The fact that Mr.. Tsvsps experience
and ripe judgment has made . busine
investment in the city Of Chattan1oga (.
both nattering TO the pride Of the late Gwn.
er OF the property and an earnest OF high
standing the city has taken abroad ss a
sOlidly prosperous center of trade, popula
ton and manufacture"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09
The Question Of presidential In.
ability.
sRaeiaI 10 pineinnatl oommereiall

Special to Cincinnati Commercial
WASHINGTON, August G-sone
people are very anxious to give Vice
President ArtnUr a briei experience
as PRECEDENT pro tempore. A promi-
nent official OF the Executive Depart
ment said in conversation to-day that
the work Of the Departments is SER.
ously embarrassed by the inability of
the President to attend TO business.
He says that there are urgent case :
now pendingin which the pardonine
power OF the President ought to be
exercised, and 10 which attention
must be given. There are some sixty
United States District Courts goinq
all the time, with the liability Oh
frivolous or unjust convictions, when
the only relief can come from the Ex-
ecutiye. There are in fact some men
at Fort Smith, Ark, under the death
sentence, and application has
been made for their re-
prieve. 1t ia tbought hat
1t should be granted after investiga-
zion, and the question would arse
who is to do it. There is but month
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09
Mr. VenROr's Third Attempt nj
August.

Mr.. Vennor furnishes the following
to Stoddart's Review as his forecast Of
the weather for the mouth of August.
Heat and storms Grst few DAYS
merging into cooler weather and cool
er nights. Spring wheat may hardly
come up to the average through rust.
Up to the 18th weather varying from
moderately warm 10 very warm, with
frequent severe storms of wind, rain
and hail; cool evenings and nights.
Change after the 18th to cooler and
windy weather; the 18th and 10Th
cool and cold, with frost in many sec
tions, both in Canada and the United
States New York State In particularly
About the same date severe storm
period probably through the tobacco.
growing district Of Virginia. Sultry
and warm toward the 10th. Betwee1
10th and 18th ditto, with rain and hal
storms pretty general. Cool change
about 10Th in Canada and Northern
States. Wind storms in Ontario OIL
lakes; also along Atlantic coast, and al
New York in particular, toward 25tl
or 18th. Variable. but reasonable
weather after the 18th. Cool aboul
the 18th and Both, with possibly Ugh
frosts in sections and wind storms
West. September will enter sulhg
with showers and Windstorms." q
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09
BISHOP McTYEiRE's ECUMENT-
CAL PARTY.
Gossip Of Their Travels from
Letters Received Yesterday.
Nashville American, Sunday. j

Nashville American, Sunday ...
Letters have been received from
Bishop McTyeire's Ecumenical party,
written at Turin on the 10th Of July.
They landed at Liverpool on July Is.
The Bishop remained aver to attend
the meeting of the British Wesleyan
Conference, which was in session in
that city. DIR. Wilson and some of
the party went on Immediately toaLon-
don to spend the Sabbath. In the
morning they attended the funeral
of Lord, conducted by Canon
Farrar, at Margarette's. The sermon
was a model one. In the afternoon
they visited Westminster Abbey, and
at night heard Mr.. Spurgeon preach a
sermon. which DIR. Wilson says CON
tanned arst.rats Methodist doctrine.
The party all reunited at Paris, and
were especially delighted at the Lou
vre, which would be study for years,
but they were compelled to do " it
in single day.
The ladies remarked the difference
in the appearance, features and cos
tunes, between their English and
French sisters. The women of Eng
land are angular in form, and not
what Americans call beautiful. The
prevailing dress was alapaca, made
plainly. The French women gener
ally are small and pretty, and dress in
CAV cOlOrS, trimmed with ribbons and
flowers.
The only drawback to their enjoy
ment in Paris was the lack OF ice
water, which could not be had at all.
The Bishop was especially pleased
with a hedge which surrounds many
of the villas around the city, and in
TENDS to haYe one of the same kind
around the Vanderbilt grounds when
he returns. The ladies are shopping
promiscuously. and think they find
things wonderfully pretty.
From Paris to Turin the scenery
was very grand. At Turin they found
plenty Office water and were happy.
They visited the old palace of the
Kings, which is still kept open for Wis
itors. The decorations and orna-
mlents were very gorgeous and magni6-
They spent last Sabbath in Rome,
and are to-day in Venice.
Dr. McFerrin and his party left
New York yesterday at l o'clock on
the splendid steamship City Of Berlin,
and are to-day
"0ut on the ocean all boundIess aud wide.1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09
Tribute 10 an Old and HOnOred
Citizen.

Jackson Trib6ns an9 sgp.l
The death Of Pitger Miller, of Boil.
war, one of the oldest and worthiost
citizens of the State, is announced.
For nearly if not quite half century
he hes been a leading figure 10 the
business life Of West Tennessee. Be-
fore our cigil gar be was very wealthy
and his influence was as wide as it wqs
wholesome. The war and its waste.
the period Of reconstruction and its
speculation and ruin, impaired his
FORTUNE, butneyerfor moment chilled
bis large and generous heart. Nearly
everybody in West Tenn, ssee knew
cpd esteemed him. Around his ow n
hoBe no man was ever more uniyer-
sally lOVef. He used his large mems
and great opportunities for the benz.
TT OF his feilOWmep as well as for his
own. His ohsritlesweFe mover bounded
save by his opportunity to- do good
and around his memory will cluster
forever as many good deeds as a Sim
gle life often affords. He was one oi
thQse noble men who honor life by
living. 9umbers Of mhn owe theiI
start in life to his kind help. Mum.
bers amid the tolls Of misfortune owe
their pecuniary salvation TO him
Numberless widows and orphans have
found in him kind fiiend with an
open hand. 1t does not matter whether
or not be died as rich and influential
as he had lived the most Of de wears
Of his noble life, it does not matter
whether or not he has lefc to his chill,
dren great fortune, it does not mat.
ter how those who prize wealth simpl,
for Its possession will view his career
but 1t does matter for his memor,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09

A COPY of the Twelfth Annual
and Thirteenth Statistical Report Of
the Cincinnati Board Of Trade and
Transportation" for the year ending
July, 1881, and fiscal year ending
March, 1891, has been received in this
office. 1t is handsome paper covered
book Of 1853 pages, containing, in ad-
dition to much general information, a
directory of the principal business
interests Of Cincinnati. A special
edition of 10000 copies has been issued
for gratuitous distribution. For a
copy address j. F. Blackburn, SeSre.
tary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09

how be has used bis opportunities
in this world of trials and of sorrow.
That he has used them well, used
them as God intended. used them in
binding up the bruised and disap-
pointed hearts of his fellows. is a
reward in itself far above all riches.
and the sweetest thought that ca
come to the soul in the last dread
hour, which must come to all. The
memory Of Pitser Miller will live in
hundreds of grateful hearts and 60
down in love to generations unborn.
Who would exchange for so priceless
an honor, the swift fading glories of
boarded wealth, and the ephemeral
power of money made and used by the
practice of a seltishness that leaves
nothing behind but bitterness. b.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09

OF the fashion in which the late
John Burnside. Of New Orleans,
bought his handsome house in that
city, the st. Louis Republican says
that Mr.. Burnside went to a large en-
tertainment, at which he met James
Robb, who died at Cincinnati last
week. Mr.. Robb owned one Of the
finest residences in New Orleans The
house was built by him. Burnside
asked Robb what value he placed on
his house. RObb replied: "There is
not an Irishman in New Orleans rich
enough to buy it. | ask $l85,0CJ,N
Burnside put his hand in his pocket,
drew out his check book, aud imme
diately drew his check for the amount,
and the bargain was closed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09
THE Heal Yehtordnx.

The mercury rose to 50 the hottest
part ofyesterday, and at the coolest
period it WIS down to "a. In the
morning and late last night it was
calm. In the afternoon there was q
southwest, and afer sunset a slight
northwest breeze. It was avfully
sultry, however, inside of houses and
along the streets, where the heat ra-
dated from the outer walls.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09
Extraordinary lightning Stroke.

CHARLESTON, 5. g., August GA
letter to the News and COURIER, FROM
the western part Of Darlins ton county
5. O., gives an account Of terrib z
and extraordinary casualty from LIGHT
ming. On Thursday afternoon a group
Of twenty men, all white Road hands,
were standing close tg tho house Of j
H. Clyburn, near Hartsville, when a
stroke Of lightning killed four and
wounded ten Of the number. Five Of
the wounded are desperately hurt,
end may dis. TbeEe was no storm at
the time, though a heavy rain fell
shortly aiterward.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09
PublI1hsr and PrsprIstO!

The subscription price Of the
DAILY PUBLIC LEDGER is IS pei
annum and Soc per melth fer less
than one year. The WEEKLY
LEDGER is 81 per annum-pOstage
free. Payable in advance inVaria'
bly,.
Persons leaving the city for the
summer can order the DAILY LED
GER at SOC per month in advance
with the privilege Of changing
postofice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09
BURNRTTS COCAINE
Promotes the Growth Ortho Hair

And renders it dark and glossy. 1t
holds, in a liquid form, large pro-
portion Of deodoriEed Cocoanut Oil,
prepared expressly for this purpose.
No other compound possesses the
peculiar properties which SO exactly
suit the various conditions of the
human hair.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09
Health is Wealth [!

DR.. L. q. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN TREAT
MENT; a specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Con-
vulsions, Nervous Headache, Mental Depros-
siOns Loss Of Memory, Spermatorrhea, Impo-
tency, Involuntary Emissions, Premature Ola
Age, caused by over-exerti0n, self. abuse, or
Over-indulgenee, which leads TO misery decay
aud death. OYe box will cure recent cases.
Each box contains one months treatment.
One dollar box, or six boxes for Eve dollars:
sent By m all prepaid on receipt Of price. We
guarantee six boxes 10 cure any case. With
each order receivedb by US for six boxes, accom-
panied with five dollars We viii send the pur-.
chaser our written guarantee 10 return the,
money il lie treatment does not effect a cure.
Guarantees issued only by A. RENKERT 4
CO., Whole sale and Retail Druggists, 2l5 Main
street. Memphis, Tenn. Orders By mail will
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09

Mr.. Martin Farq6har Jumpers ten
der appreciation OF his oE1 glory is
illustrated by a story, told by Mr. J a.
bOuchere. DESERVING Ga a Highland
steamer sir. g. W. Dasent, the happy
Upper pleasantly observed to him
y peFceiYa with pleasure that am
pot the only distinguished man on
beard A correspondent Of t q Phil.
adelphia Press says that ten years
or so ago Mr. Upper went to the Brit
ish Museum accompanied by hob
hledehoy Of 40 oYergrQwn hoy Of six
Teen or seventeen. The proverbial
poet asked to see the Principal Libra
rian. Admitted to that official, he
ssked that a place be made for the led
whom he had brought With him, and
whom he desired to see established
in a government Office. The PRINCIPAL
Librarian courteously responded that
he would have pleasure in entering
the lads name on the list Of applicant.
for appointment TO the Museum, but
added Chat there were some hundred
and fifty names already down, SO that
it would be some time before his turn
would come. II do not wish him to
wait any turn" said Mr.. Upper, II
desire that he be appointed at Oace.
The Principal Librarian intimated
that things must take their regular
course. but / have said that | de.
sired him to be appointed at once, =
Glid the proverbial philosopher. Per
haps you do not know who lam. ThePe
is my card again, ! am Martin Tup-
per \ 1t is needless to say that the
boys name went down on the list, but
i did not lead all the rest.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09
Trustees SaIo.

pY. virtue Of a deed of trust made TO the nm
ID dersigned trustee by John German and
Katie CORN an, March 3. 1877. and recorded
in deed book No Jig, page 40, in the Regis
ter's Office Of Shelby county, said deed being
made to secuI 2 an Indebtedness fully descrih.
cd thereini and default having been made IN
the condition thereof, / will, as truft Tee. AZ
the request Of the beneficiary in said deed. AZ
II O'Clock, q. N, on -
Saturday, August 20, 1881.
at the southwest corner Of main and Madison
streets, in M emphis, the Taxing DiEtrict' ~
Shelby county, Tennessee, sell Al nnhi;e
auction TO the highest bidder for cash. fhosS
two certain lots of land in said District known
and described as lots numbers q and ~ IN
Lane subdivision, fronting SO feet each ~,
the west side Of Monsarrat street or avenne
and running back 1881 feet in depth.
All righht OF redemption, waived. Title be-
trustee only. ~
wv Hampton, Attorney. iSi Ia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09

Iris evident that the South is entering
upon period Of prosperity and progress
such as it has never heretofore attained
II it will give the cold shoulder to bad
politics there will be nothing to seriously
hinder its sdyance.-[New Haven-Journal
(Rep.)
1t will certainly give the cold shOul
der to bad politics as soon as possible
without any bypocritical dictatiOn and
without waiting upon New England
to do so.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09

Mrs. G. 4. EleMing, State Lecturer
of Missouri and also an artist of rare
merit, whose picture of Adelaide
Nelson is pronounced by the press to
be the most beautiful portrait in the
United Stat as, in recent letter said.
81 have been troubled with kidney
disease ainoe my childhood, and II
finally eliminated In chronic catarrh
Of the bladder. 1t would be impossi-
Bile for me to describe how much |
have suffered. and | had abandoned
all hope of ever being cured. / was,
however, recommended to try War
ner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure,
and it has done Me m9re good than
the combined skill of all the physi-
clans | have ever tried during my en-
tire life." Such testimony is beyond
question, and proves the value to all
aides Of the remedy it advocates.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09

The proscenium boxes and other
choice seats for the Italian opera sea.
son in New Orleans opens in Deem
Der, with Etelka Gerster as prima
donna, are to be sold at auction.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09

Richard Wagner is fond Of his new
opera "Parsifal, preferring it even to
"Nihelungen." 1t is to be given in
Bayreuth next year, the artists having
already been engaged and orders is
sued for painting the decorations.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09

Its said that the clerks and officials
in the main Office of the Texas Cen
trail railroad company take lesson in
Spanish every afternoon from an in
structor who is paid by the company.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09
Goth day OfAugust,

at 10 o'clock, am, In front Of the Planters
Insurance Building, on Madison street, In tho
city of Mem phis, sell at public cutlery TO the
highest and best bidder for cash, the following
described property, to-wit:
All the Improvements on lot situated ON
the west side Of fernando street, between
Elliott and Vance, and fronting forty-eight
feet on fernando street, running back be-
tween parallel lines one hundred feet, It being
the first lot moth Of the lot on the northwest
corner Of Elliott and Vance, and being same
lot leased by VIM Kuhn from the estate Of
Judge Harris. I sell only as trustee, Title
Thought to be good. WOODBRIDGE,
M l48 .. Assignee
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09

ss-Repairlng promptly attended to. 1915
ChanCerV Sale Of Real Estate.

no. ~, h-ChanceX Court tf Shelby county
NJ mississippi and TennesAee Railroad W.
~ Teresa Organ ct al. w.
II virtue Of an interlocutO,y decree for sale..
~ entered in the above cause on he IStb,
day Of July, 1881, NJ 80, page 9nl, / viii sS St
a. public auction, to the highest bidder. In,
'front.' OF the Clerk and Masters office, court-.
mouse OO OF SHELBY county, Memphis, Tennessee,
saturday. August ~, 1881.
within legal hours, the following desarsans
property, situated in Shelby county, TSnN
tO-Wlt.
Lot number thirty-four (94l On HoytA ia. -
exchange street, and lot number six AZ ~ on ~,
south side Of Market street, eae,, rnnni mn =
.LIotg 70 Walnut street. beiEg a part Of
what Is KNOWN =. tre Battute addition ~
memphis ava tbHs designated On tiie plan az
Isrpls of Sale-Cash,
This July IS, 49,,
cpv ." BLACK, Clerk and Master.
VI vance, II L Avery, Atty's, IN iS2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09

Tuesday evening. August ., 1881.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09
S.!LOUlSLAWSGHGnL
Ian DEPARTMENT WASHlNcT0Df IiNlfY euOrrJ

-" DerAAimtHi HASHiNGElM tSV sRSITi.
Fifteenth Annual TeEE1 opens ootobsrg st co,,,s.
u study oomprises i've Annual GERMS '.aysn norths
n si Ms.o5PP oTa SGts e 5Gr y State us Courts
~, nation. 9orm fee, $50 polndip e-,,Sa ~ law "a
sray kddsess until Serb ~ 90 o,Ea CITY Iowa, az
s ~ dsouis NO. w HAMMOND LID
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-09
TrusIee' sale.

by virtue Of a ceItai deed Of trust exscut
~ ed to me by Win lam Kuhn on the 25th
dey OF June, 1871 az recorded in the Office
on .he 18th day of une, 1871, in chatteI book
N o. IL, page 2yS. Y > secure certain indebted
less in said deer mentioned and set forth.
and default havt lg been made in the payment
l will, on the 4
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-08-19

The swindlers 60 to q well-to-do farmer
and tell him he has been recommended as q
good man to sell their machines, and ask
him to become their agent. He is persuad-
ed that they sell rapid y, and that he can
make large per cent. profit. He is told
that he will not be expected to risk any
money or pay anything until he has sold
1925 worth of the machines. He is induced
to sign the contract above given, which, it
will be seen, sets forth this agreement when
read straight across. 1t looks fair and inno-
cent enough, and soon the farmer puts his
name in the blank space just before the
words "Sole Agent for - Company
Afterwards the scamps easily change the
document from a contract to sell into a
promissory note by tearing off that part to
the right of the line drawn through the
agreement as printed. In the original pre-
sented to the farmers of course no line ap-
pears; and it is given here simply to show
where the division takes place, and the sep
aration at which point so radically changes
the nature of the document. 1t will be
seen at a glance that this is liable to de-
ceive any one without close inspection, and
q number of Indiana farmers have been
cheated with them this summer. The last
heard of the gang they were operating ex.
tensively in Bartholomew County. After
the farmers notes get into the hands Of
"innOcent purchasers" there is no recourse
but to pay them off, as they cannot we'll 60
back on the signatures. annapolis Cor.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-08-19
A New Swlndle.

This city seems to be the headquarters Of
number Of scoundrels engaged in swind-
ling the unyuspecting and covetops Grang-
ers throughout the State. They deal most
" In patent-right frauds of various kinds,
from pitchforks to machines Of more value
on the farm. The farmers have often been
warned against these gentry by the press,
but they readily change their tactics and as
sumo all sorts of protean forms for entrap-
ping the unwary, and scarcely . day passes
that some countryman Is not made q vic.
tim Of the wicked wiles Of the ubiquitous
scamps. The latest heard of is . gang who
go about selling an alleged seeding-ms-
chine, and these have victimized . number
Of people. The Enquirer reporter has been
shown copy of an exceedingly ingenious
document which these fellows use in their
operations, and by means of which they
have caught more than one who thought
himself entirely too smart to be duped BY
any city sharp. The reader is hereby pre-
sented with fac-simile of the "contract /"
drawn by these patent seeding-machine fell
lows, which they induce farmers to sign,
and which shortly afterward turns up as
plain note of hand in the possession of
some paper-shaver in his neighborhood who
has purchased the same of the swindlers.
1t Is as follows: