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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-25
CHINA.
DINNER SETS,
I85 pieces, fOrs$2O.
sPECIALTIEE.
Bar Fixtures. Mirrors, etc.
QuAdrupIe-plated Knives, Casters etc.
Hotel and Steamboat Ware.
O. N. ERICH.
Sal MAVE STREET, Memphis, Tenn.
SIT
DEATH OF MAJOR ROssER.

A truly good man has departed.
One who was true to every obligation
of life, and was beloved by his family
and all who knew him. Major John
Rosser, after an illness of one week,
died at four o'clock this morning, at
the residence of his, daughter, Mrs.
Maria Griffin, on the fernando road,
near the city, aged seventy years. He
was born in North or South Carolina,
and spent the greater part of his life
at Camden, S. G. By his integrity, in.
dustry and commercial tact he acquired
a handsome fortune, and removed to
Memphis in 1860 TO engage in the
banking business. The war frustrated
his plans, and swept away his fortune.
Subsequently he engaged in the COM
mission business, and led an active
life until two or three years ago, when
his health began to fail. Last year he
visited the scenes of his earlier life
and spent some months among rela-
tives and old friends, returning appar-
emily much improved. Only a
week or SO ago he was on the
streets, and spoke with pleasure
of contemplated visit to
Texas. One week ago yesterday he
attended the Second Presbyterian
church and participated in the admin,
istration Of the Lords Supper. He
went home to his daughters house
and took his bed, never to rise. Hi
suffering was slight, and he passed
away without a struggle. Mrs. JOhr
T. Flynn and another daughter ar
rived from Texas last night, just il
time to be recognized before he drop
ped off into his last sleep. Tht
funeral will take place earl!
tomorrow morning, as announced
Major Rosser was a noble character
He was the soul of honor; a brigh
Mason; devout Christian gentleman
good husband and father, and I
model citizen. He leaves widow a
thepoint of death, ten children-thre'
sons and seven daughters-all grown
and numerous grand children. Foul
of his children are in Texas, one il
New Orleans, four in Memphis an(
one in Nashville. A patriarch il
Israel has indeed fallen, and we shal
seldom look upon his like again. Hi
example, his virtues, his modest anc
self-sacrifcing disposition should fal
like a mantle upon his descendants
aud be emulated by all who fell unde.
his gentle influence.
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ST. LOUIS.
The Street Car Strike still in
Force.

ST. LOUIS, April 25.-Nothing i'm
portant to report to day regarding the
street railroad strike. No cars are
being run on any of the roads except
the Bellefontaine line, which has
every car it can muster into service
and is doiRg tremendous business.
The board Of police commissioners
will hold special meeting this after
noon, and consider the question of
granting the protection desired by
railroad managers, the police fo:ce Of
the city not being large enough,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-25
A Mystery About Artemas Ward
Scribner for May.l

lVA Ahoy-l
Among the mysteries of his life, and
they are many, none was greater than
that involving the total disappearance
of his property at the time Of his
death. Mr.. Maxfeld. his administra-
tor. states that while he did not have
as much money as was generally sup
posed, yet being in his room in
Waterford one day, just before his
departure for England, and while he
was arranging his business affairs, so
that" as Charles said, IF anything
should happen, mother will be all
right" he saw pile Of notes on the
table amounting to about twelve thou
sand dollars, which he thought was
all the money Charles had. He had q
valuable gold watch and chain. The
chain was of solid gold, a present
from the California miners, very
heavy, though plainly wrought, and
worth alone several hundred dollars.
He had also diamond pin Of consider
able value, aud two diamond rings.
Besides, his last season in London was
very successful; for some six weeks he
netted $500 a night. He was also lib
orally paid for his contributions to
Punch. But of all this his mother
never resolved a cent, and not so much
as a single relic. Previous to his
death he had cleared the old home.
stead of debt, and had willed TO his
mother small property at Yonkers
New York What became Of the
resR
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The Patriotic Lobbyists.
Nashville Herald.l

NashVllle Heralu.l
The men who lobbied and labored
80 zealously for the passage of the
1908 bill claim to have been actuated
alone by patriotic motives. They had
such an absorbing love for the wei.
fare of the state that tthey were willing
to devote weeks of valuable time and
hundreds Of precious dollars to secure
the passage of this bill. If this be
true, and there were other measures
before the legislature, they must have
Rorked with equal zeal for them.
There we're such. The matter Of reg
,ulating railroad traffic, freight and
passenger, is regarded as one of the
most IN, portant questions now agita-
ting the country. A bill was before
the legislature for that purpose. How
many of these zealously patriotic gen.
tlemen were working for its passage ?
Is itnot fact that they were opposing
its passage with as much earnestness
as they favored the other? How are
these two lines of conduct to be rec
onciled with true patriotism? A bill
was also before the legislature to ere,
ate an intermediate court, prepared
with the aid or suggestions from the
Judge Of the supreme court, and the
absolute necessity for which was fully
endorsed by them. Did the patriotic
debt bill lobbyists work for it? They
claim to have acted solely tor the wei
fare of the state. In what else have
they shown it except in finding men
to distinguished themselves by Oold
policy 10 violation ofpersOnal pledgesi
IL any at them will answer we will
gladly pnblish their answers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-25
Smallpox ON a Steamship.

New YORK, April 25.-The steam
ship Victoria, Of the Anchor line,
from London, arrived at quarantine
with several cases of smallpox among
the steerage passengers. The patients
were removed to the hospital and the
vessel detained at quarantine.
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DIED.

JONES Sunday night, April "a. 1881, at l;
O'Clock. ANA ". JOKES, aged forty-onC
years, wife of E. C. Jones.
Funeral will take place from their residence
No. col Shelby street, tomorrow Tuesday
morning at II o'clock.
Friends and acquantances are respectfully
invited to attend.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-25

X u VI
ID date the 18th day Of July, 1874, duly re-
corded in book No, lO2 page S72 of the Regis
Ter ohee OF Shelby county, Tennessee, do
iauit having been made therein, will, as
trustee, on
Wednesday, May 25th, 1881,
IN front Of the law Office Of L. & f. Lehman
No ~ Madison street, in the city Of ofMempbls,
now Taxing District ofSholby county, Tonnes
teei during legal hours, sell TO the highest bid
der at public auction, for cash, the following
described real estate, to.Wit: A lot of land
situated in the city Of Men phis, Shelby eoun
". Tennessee, beginning at the northeast cor
ner OF tho line as fixed by the agreement or
deed between Watt 9. Bradford and w B.
Wellons, recorded in book No. 2O paee e2 ~
the Register 5 office of Shelby county, Tennes-
see, and running thence southWardiy with tba
said east line Of said lot as fixed in said dead
between Watt Q. Bradford and V. B. Wellops
to the north line OF the alley between Poplar
ana washington streets. and running thence
eastWartly. With the north line Of said alloy 20
the west line Of the lot heretofore by ChsrIes
SeWerlng conveyed to j. W, Cruaip3 thence
northwsrdly with the west limo Of tho lot IA
conveyed to said ,Crump ID Che south line of
Poplar street; thence westwardIy with the
south lima Of Poplar street to the point Of be-
ginning, being the premises intended 10 be
conveyed to Benjamin +. Lawrence by S. r.
Ganinon. trustee, by deed heaEtng date tho
Sd day Of June, 1871, rec9r iea in book No, 81,
the premises conveyed to said Benjamin u.
Lawrence by Catharine A. Schafer, Charles
Severng and herman Sohafef. By deed heat.
ing date April 24th, 1873, which latter dead
was. given 10 correct an erroneous dissertation
OF the premises intended TO be conveyed In a
deed made by Catharine A Schafer and Wer-
man Schafer, her husband, to ChSfles sewer
ing. dated May 10th, 1871, ana reeorded In
book No. 60, part 2, page 57I Of said RcTi ter,
Office; and beng the same. promises conyeys d
deed recorded in book No. l03, psse iis Sftbs
aforesaid Registers office, Eauitg o rede deren ny
tion waived. L. LFHNAN Tirrstoai
Memphis, April 9th, 1881, ssSi
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Masonic FnnornI Notiee.

THE officers and members of SOUTH @
MEMPHIS LODGE ll8, +. & A. NJ, Wy
are requested to meet at their hall, Ma-/V
sonic Temple, at So o'clock tomorrow morn
ing for the purpose Of attending the funeral
of our late brother, JOIN ROssER. All Mas.
ter Masons in good standing fraternally in
vited to meet with US. B. t. HALLER, W, M.
ALEX ALLISON, Sec'y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-25
Sudden Death

New York, April 25.-The Posts
Boston special reports the sudden
death last evening Of James T. Field,
of heart disease.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-25
CIearinghOnse Report.
LiYernO0I HIarIrefs.

LIVERPOOL, April 25.-Bacon-
Long clear, dull at ABS Cd; short clear,
dull, 45s Cd. Lard-Prime western,
dull, at 57s Cd. Turpentine spirits,
London, frmer. 3ls Cd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-25
Progress ut The South.

Pittsburg Post.l
The extra ordinary increase in iron
and cotton manufacturing in the south
as shown by the census figures, takes
people by surprise as much as che in
crease in population, which caused the
census report to be challenged, but
searching scrutiny only showed their
entire correctness. The south is going
ahead at a prodigious rate. The de-
velopment in manufacturing will very
probably modify southern opinions on
the question of protective tariff, in
many localities, and we may look for
the appearance of the southern protec-
zionist in congress. The extension Of
the ireu industry is at rate of in
crease that tells its own story in a
graphic way. The production has in.
GYeased three hundred and eight ptr
cent In Delaware, forty seven in Vir-
Qinia, one hundred and four IN West
Virginia, forty three in Kentucky,
one hundred and twenty-five in Tens
nessee, two hundred AID siEty-fve in
Georgia, and seven hundred and nine-
BY in Alabama. Following this gratis
flying erhibit we have the statement
that there is a general increase in the
selling price ofsouthern lands. This
means much more than Is expressed
by mere figures. Land is not pur-
chased down south at fancy prices for
investment and allowed to lie idle
while waiting for a rising market /;
when it changes hands the reason is
that some one needs more ground to
cultivate, and when prices increase
the meaning is not only that the de-
maud Is ACTIVE, but that the quantity
in the market Is not great. 1t also
shows farmers and planters have saved
money A cotton crop is predicted
for this year of over seven million
bales. Such facts as these fepal the
stories of outrage and crime, which so
delight republican newspapers and
senators. They also vindicate the
wisdom, economy and progressive
spirit Of the way local and state gov
ernments are administered by the
democratic party.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-25
MONU M ENTS S

7 HAVE A VERY LARGE STOCK OF THE
l. hnoTt monuments Of all kinds, also fine
figure Jobs and very fine rustic mOnu.
ments, tablets, scrolls and headstOnes
Of all sises and designs, which will sell at
actual cost of material and labor On
them. You can save money BY calling on
me and see my prices before purchasing else
whess.
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FUNERAL NOTICE.

R0ssER-Thc friends and aequaintances Of
COlOnelJoH RossER and family are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral of the
former from the south gate of Elmwood, 10
MORROW, April 26th, at 9 O'clock. a IN.
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baIes tO-day. M,2O baIes.

LIVERPOOL, April %, 4:3O pm
Cotton in fair demand, freely met at
previous prices. Uplands, SD; Or
leans, 5 l5-16d. Sales to day. 5000
bales. Receipts, 1890 bales Amer
lean, 1880 bales. Futures opened
dull and easier now as follows: De
liveries for April and May, 5 25-32d;
May and June, 5 l5-16d; June and
July, Cd; July and August, 6 3-32@6
1-16d; August and September, 6Bd;
September and October, 6 3-32@6 l.
16d; October and November, 5 15.16d;
November aud December, 5 20 32d.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-25

Supreme Court--paying attention to
two pretty women at one sitting
TNeW York News. We should think
the women would call that q mock
ecoprt-Norristoyn Herald.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-25
The kEap AVID Brolher.

New York SUM-
During the last four years Mr..
Frederick Douglas has been United
States marshal at Washington. Pre-.
vious to his appointment the marshal
had, by conventional usage, acted as
sort Of chamberlain in ceremonies of
the White house, holding intimate rela
tions with the family. Indeed, he
was generally chosen with a direct
view to that service. Hayes appointed
Douglas, but he never permitted him
to exercise these familiar functions.
He followed Grants example, who
sent Douglas as one Of his whitewash-
ing commissioners to San Domingo.
When the commission returned to
Washington, all of the members of ii
but Douglass were invited to dine
with the president. The man and
brother, justly known to fame as he
is, was conspiciously omitted. The
professional patrons OF the colored
race are willing enough to give them
Offices at the public expense as token
of philanthropic affection for the ne
gro but when it comes to any recog-
milton of social equality or personal
intercourse, they beg to be excused.
Their fraternity is entirely political
They want votes and that is all. Mr..
Douglas present commission expired
on the 4th of March. Before leaving
Mentor Gen. Garfield determined,
as he had a perfect right to do, to give
this place to Capt. Henry, close
friend, and an officer who served in
his regiment during the war. Instead
of doing so promptly, be began to neg
otiate with Douglas for an exchange
to some other Office, being afraid to
displace him. Mr.. Douglas wanted
to stay in his easy, comfortf :
BILE chair, stuffed with six thousand
dollars year, and ornamented With
perquisites for his sons and for his
peculiar friends. These negotiations
have been going on ever since the in
auguration, and they are not much
further advanced now than when they
began. Meantime, the courts have
almost come to a stand still, and the
juries can not be drawn for the COM
ing term. Justice is deadlocked,
like the senate. Mr.. Douglas sticks,
and Garfield begs him to unstick. "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-25

New York, April 25, 1:35 pm. =
Cotton easier. Ordinary, 7; good
ordinary, 8 13.16c; low middling,
103c; good middling, II 7-16; mid
ding fair, IL 5-16; fair, 13 1-16. Flu
lures opened quiet, now dull at very
little change from Saturdays closing
prices, as follows: Deliveries for
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the 3Oth day Of March. 1881.

Il
request Of the beneficiary therein named, on
Wednesday, the 30th day of March, 1881,
between the hours Of II o'clock am. and
pm, in front of the courthouse door of shelby
county, Tenn, in Memphis, now called tha
iaxing District sell at public auction 10 ths
highest bidder for cash the following described
property, to-wit: A certain undivided one
third interest in a certain lot, parcel or tract
ofland with the improvements thereon, situ-
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 Memphisl, and being the east part Of
lot fiye hundred and fifty-three (553) and the
$50 Of county lot four hundred and seventy
eight (478l, having q front on Jefferson street
of one hundred and sixty-nine Q69) by one
hundred and forty. eight and one-half (i4S1G
feet deep on Fourth street, on which is situ-
ated large cotton warehouse, known as u NJ
Apperson Il Co.'S warehouse, and being part
Of same property which was set apart and CON
6rmed t6the heirs at law of OfClaiborneDeLoach,
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 M Apperson, as the same
appears of record in book lis, page 300 of the
deed records Of Shelby county, Tenn. Also
lots enc D and two " in block ffty-fve (55)
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
one-llalf (l4s1sl feet to an alley.
Equity OF redemption waived, Title believ-
ed to be good. but sell and convey as trustee
only. E + ADAMS, Trustee,
Greer 4 Adams, Att'ys. 6S
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N. li. At the request Of the grantors in the
aboyn described deed in trust, the sale therein
advertised is POSTPONED until
Saturday, the 9Th day Of April, 1881,
at same place and hour named.
1886 EFF ADAMS, Trustee,
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Second POstnOnemenf.
mind P0stpanemcnt.

Third POstp0nement.
At the request Of the grantors and consent Of
tho bon sfciarY in tho above described deed Of
trust, the sale hereby advertised is horeby
postponed until
Saturday, May Tth. 1881,
when sale viii be made at same place and he.
tween same hours named.
April 25th, 1881. sss
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ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL.
oorTur arlgEnEg7

April 25, 1881.
stook, September 16S0......... 1884
Received tO-day....-.........,....". 639
Received previously. l-........... 4S7, IA 4Ss, ,OS3
Shipped 1863 444, ,467
Shipped previously ,............. $50, ,94 SS4,5l3
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Trust Sale.

Rf, virtue Of a certain trust deed, bearing
corded in book No, 1O2, page S72 of the Regis
ter ohee Of Shelby county, Tennessee, do
iault having been made thereto, l will, as
trustee, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-25

DY virtue Of deed Of trust executed 10 m,
ID by VIM. Brent and his wife, Guila d Brent
on the 2Sd day Of June, 1880, and resorded in
the Register office Of Shelby county, Tenn.
in record book No. 1873, page 76. will, at tht
request Of the beneficiary therein named, on
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-05-04
~MM@& t%E1Sp ,
The Depressing Results OF Flying.

Hartford Courant1
Take one dream and hope that for centur-
les has vainly puzzled people, and assume
that that may be realized. What if the next
century should see aerial navigation q fact
and man should be able to fly! Very many
believe that this certainly will be accom-
plished at some time or other, and many Of
our greatest discoveries have come suddenly
when they did come. Let US have the power
Of self-propulsion through the air, with the
speed that would be involved in progress
through so light a medium, and the changes
that would follow are toe. many and sweeping
for the imagination to take in at once.
Let it be fairly accomplished and it would
bring on, to begin with, the greatest financial
crash ever seen. 1t is a little in the line of
historical irony that the first result Of the full
power TO rise should be depression. Aerial
navigation would mean paralysis to the rail-
road interests which have become such q
monstrous power in the country. Turn the
air into a highway like the oceans or the
lakes, and the day Of railway dictation, indeed
of railway business, is over. Such vast invest
ments cannot be abandoned without the
utmost financial disturbance. But the final
effect of course would be beneficial.
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ton until the country was occupied by the
whites. It is now so occupied, and to the
extent, that their rambling about among us is
an evil too great to be quietly borne as is
also the semi-annual Eruption of the Flat
heads, an Pen d'Oreilles, and allied tribes,
from their reservations in the western part of
the territory across and through the settle
ments. and ranges Of the eastern portion,
where they, too, kill cattle, obtain whiskey,
and sometimes steal horses.
All these Indians have large reservations
set apart for their sole use and benefit, and i
is rank injustice to the whites, and a positive
injury to the Indians, to allow them to roam
uncontrolled all over the territory.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-05-04

The most faithful lover in New England
was buried in Hartford o few days ago. A
severe sickness left the lady to whom he was
engaged an invalid for life. He declined her
o1fer to release him from tie engagement,
and during their more than twenty years Of
married life she was unable to assist herself
even to the raising Of her hand to her head.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-05-04

At the residence of the bride, on Thursday evening.
April 2sth. Adolph Lester and Miss Eta L. Terrell
The happy couple were united by Judge R. R. Mills,
after which the party were entertained by g sumptu-
0na sunnnr.
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Wanted 60 Trade.
BENTON REAL ESTATE TOR
LIVE d Il

The undersigned has quite a number OF choice bu-
siness and residence lots in the town Of Benton, q few
of which he will trade for dairy COWS, stock cattle or
horses WIN. II. TODD
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NOTICE,
n.

| hereby warn all persons against trusting any one,
no maLter whom, On my account, without an order
signed by myself. MARCUS VAIIY.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-05-04

All persons are hereby warned against. skinninr anv
dead cattle branded nv without a special permit from
me: and all parties are notified not to huy hides viii,
said brand. MARCUS VAUX lCapt. Nelsei.
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Cd BRAN
r. S. PRICE,

AZ R. s. PRICE,
Range-Judith Basin. Brand on either right or
left ribs. Address Fort Benton. Also owner by pur-
chase OF the following brands: q on left thigh, for
ImI on right ribs or right hip, formerly owned byJoe
Gehrett. All persons are hereby warned against using
either of said brands in any way.
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NOTICE..

NOTICE is hereby given that the business hereto.
~ fore existing under the firm and name of Doug
lass &Douglass, has this day been dissolved by mutt.
al consent. The business will hereafter be carried on
by Miss Matte May Douglass.
JAMES DOUGLASS,
TIL MAY DOUGLASS.
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RI WALSH, Oct. 28tll.
Socially speaking.


The social season is at hand and for the
next four months the Goddess Of Pleasure
will hold the scepter. The number Of vota-
ries at her shrine is always numerous. With
the coming Of winter il is natural for man
(and woman, too,) to seek the enjoyments Of
social life. The ball, the reception, the
seiree, the sleighing party, etc. come just as
naturally as the snow and the blizzard comes.
Benton has had her '.opening ball and it
was pleasant affair, good omen for the
season. Already there are two or three par
ties on the tapis and the lovers OF the Ter
psichorean art are delighted at the prospect.
These pleasant amusements should be en-
couraged, as well IS others Of q proper char
acter. Man has social side Of his nature
that needs cultivation as well as the moral,
physical, etc, and this is about the time Of
yea.fhe social schools begin active opera
tons. We trust that Benton's social season
will be pleasant one all around and that
much good will result from its pleasantries
and gayities.