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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-02
ADDITIONAL COTTON.

'LIvE'PooL, August 2, 4 p.m-Cotton
opened easier and Uplands are now l6d
lower. .Uplands, I'd; Orleans, I'D. Sales
to-day, 10000 bales. Receipts, 600 bales;
all American. Futures opened dull and
closed quiet.
New YORK, August 2, 1929 am
Cotton quiet and 1-l6c higher.
Ordinary, 10 9-l6ci good ordinary, II
9.l6c; low middling, II 7-16c; middling
l21sc; good middling, l3kc; middling
fair l4c; fair, IA 13-l6c. Futures are
barely steady at to points above last
evenings closing prices.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-02
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ADLER & BRO.
-F1NE-
Boots!ShOes
No. 26l Main Street.
usubrie's Old Stand,
MEMPHIS, TENN.

nsubris's Old Stand.

To MORROW will tell the tale.
There will be some scratching, but
the prospects are favorable for the
election Of the entire county Demo
cratic ticket. If Democrats will do a
good days work, it will be elected.
The prominent business houses have
agreed to shut up, SO that their en-
ployes may have fair opportunity to
vote and work at the polls.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-02
The Weather.

WASHINGTON, August 2.-For Ten
nessee and the Ohio valley: Partly
cloudy weather and rains, variable
winds, shifting to the west and north.
west, falling followed by rising baron.
ter, nearly stationary temperature.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-02
Emancipation Amusementu.

LEAvENWoRTH, KS, August a.
During the Emancipation celebration
at Reiger's Grove, near this city. this
afternoon, by a rarty of cOlOred people,
Frank Hagen and Tom Sanders got
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-02
THE RIVER AND nARBOR
BILL
Passed ia the House over the
Presidents Veto.

WASHINGTON, August 2.-House /.
Yeas 123, nays 60, which passed the
river and harbor bill over the Presi
dents veto.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-02
A HOME FOR ALL!

w call tho atteptlon OF the public TO the
w Equitable Co-operative pp{ldiny Ssso. e
ciahon " Nashville. Tenn, chartered nnder
ths laws Of the State Of Tennessee. ihiS AS
ISOLATION oilers new and attractive features 10
its members, upon the simple, unencumbered
assessment plan, givius each sum of money
not to exceed thousand dollars, at the exp,,
Iaton " Twelve mouths, for the purness Of
than three nor more than nino dollars mar
July lst. 1884, ~ ~ ''i'ie
FOR particulars Inquire Of
Capt. w. n. BEATTY.
O@ce No. "a South Court St., Memphis, Tenn
l2jlkl.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-02
Dea,Il's DOing,

New YORK, August 2.-Major Jas,
L. Leland, one of the proprietors Of
the Sturtevant House, died this morn
ing,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-02

Business men will find it to their
interest to have their job printing
done At the PpBLIq LEDGER job print
ing Office, l3 Mad street,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-02
i AS. LTvERNoRE, Prss't.
NOn.Resident Noiioe.

No 561-In the Chancery Court Of sbslbv
county, Tenn The State of Tennessee for
its own use and for use Of the Ceunty Of
Shelby ct al VI Virginia y Minor ct al.
Appearing from the bill which is swern 10
L In this cause that the defendants, virginia
U Minor and hu band, B B Minor, j p lreze-
Eant, trustee, r A Parker, trustee, B
workman, II B ortham. } ohm Merrill, James
Wilde, tphraim B Ewing, trustee, VIM Black.
maryDidlak ke and Robert Didlake are ali non
residents Of he state Of Tennessee; that the
residence of livia V joyce is unknown and
cannot be asoertained after diligent inquiry:
It is therefore ordered that they make their
appearances. herein, at the courthouse Of Shell
by county, in memphis, Tenn, on or before
the first Monday in Sep ember, 1880. and
plead, answer or demrr to complainant bill
and the petition Of the Taxing District Of
Shelby county, OF the same will be taken for
confessed as to them and set for hearing ex.
pstte, and that q copy Of this order be
'uolished once a week, tor four Successiye
weeks, 10 the Putlis Ledger.
This I'd day Of August, 1882,
A copy Attest:
Z, ], BLACK, Clerk and Master.
ny j, N. Hradley, D. @. AN.
VIM M smith aud 2 II Heiskell, sol'rs for
oOnhlalnanI. 1872 13s l44 $50
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-02
Vanderbilt Insurance
Company, of Memphis,
No. 10 Madison Street
PUBLIC LEDGER BUILDINa,.
W. N. BROWN, President;
]. NJ. SMITH, Vice. .PresIdent:
r. P. BOILING, Secretary.

". n. BROWN, of Brown & starke.
JOHN 0VERTON, IL. of eyerton & G,o,vono,
j. M. SMITH, Ofsmith. Smiley Il Co.
ID. y. MILLER, fSchoOlheld, ,Hanauer 4 Co.
" A0LDER BERRY, of Austin, Esrry a Co.
4. DUDLEY FRAYsRR, of Jarnasin& a Prayssr
JOHNW. V0EGELI, of J. W. voersIi a %.
J. HARVEY MATHES. of Public Ledger.
T. b. HAYNES, of 7. B. Haynes 4 Cs.
J. ?. DAY, off. S. Day & Son.
I. H. Chiffon. of W. N. wilksr,on 4 %
J. B. HILL. MARCUS JONES.
T%Eauity and Pr0mptness our motto.
n eIm Poneies on dwellings = speciality.
commercial risks earnestly solicited. iii 1877
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-02

PUBLIC LEDGER bindery and lob
Office. 13 Madison street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-29
TIE TafiG Commission.

Long Branch, 27.-Tbe tariff commits
sion continued its public session.. 1t first
heard q plea in behalf Of anti-Aniline
dyes, then Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury French continued his explana-
tons and suggestions. The drift Of all
of them was that the commissioners
should consult experts and eliminate az
many as possible Of the contradictions
and difficulties in the tariff regulations.
On the question between specific duties
and Gd VGLoTens duties the only raie he
thought was to determine which form was
better for each particular article under
consideration. The remainder of the
session was chiefly devoted to pleas BIZ
quinine manufacturers for duty from 10
to 70 per cent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-29
Capital Chips.

Washington, 28.-Ckarles W. OIistee
principal reading clerk of the House,
wss Frustrated by heat while ascending
the stairs Of the capitol this morning.
His condition is critical.
Washington, 27.-The attempt was
made in the House to-day to put through
the bill sppropriAtinR $40 100000 year
for the education of the iliterate of the
United States failed because of objection.
The prevailing opinion is that the river
and harbor bill will be vetoed, not on
account of the large appropriations for
the improvement of the Mississippi and
other works OF unquestionable national
importance, but on account Of the great
number of specific appropriations for
Improvements, the national utility OF
which is thought doubtful. Others say
the President will approve the bill be-
Cause the season 10 already far advanced
so that the appropriations cannot be used
up and the bill viii therefore serve for
two years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-29
Forest Fires.

{ East Tawas Mich, 2s.-The forest
fires to the north west and south ere burn
ing fercely. Fields of grain, farm
houses, fences and orchards, together
with immense tracts Of cedar and pine,
are burning. The Hemlock roads east OF
hare are impossible. and no correct list OF
Losses can be given as accounts conflict.
Brower's Camp, on Hope Creek, burned
yesterday with q lot of sleighs and lHm-
boring equipsges. Reports are received
of horses, cattle. and other stock burning
and farmers deserving their homes. At
pm. . heavy thunder storm set in,
lasting sn hot +. and it will tend to check
the fires. The fire above OscodA ia
threatening the town to-day. Kinker-
dslrs place is reported entirely destroyed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-29
TELEGRAPHIC
On Retirement.

Washington, 27.-Attorney Gen
eral Brewster has given an opinion
TO the secretary of war upon the
contract clause in the act June 30th,
1882, limiting or restricting the re-
tirement of the officers of the navy.
He says: II am OF the opinion that
in de- ermining whether the limit of
400 prescribed ~ the act of the 18th
of June, 1878. has been reached or
not, the number of officers retired
under the act 0fJune 3Vth, 1882, must
always enter into the computation
SO that no retirement can validity
be made under the laws anterir to
the act of June 30th, 1882, when the
aggregate of retirements under that
act, of or law preceding it shall at
any time amount TO 400. 1t has been
remarked there is but one retired
list for the army known to the law.
Accordingly, the act of June 30th,
'92, declared that when an officer is
withdrawn from active service IN
der its provisions, he shall be placed
on the retired list, meaning clearly
the list al. eady established by law.
and when an officer is thus placed
there he can no more be disregarded
inreceiving a number on thelist than
an officer put there by virtue of any
previous law" He continues: Con-
gress has evinced no purpose in the
act of June 10th. 50. to make a
permanent increase in the number
retired. 1t is a time list, subject to
temporary augmentation beyond
said limit by retiTements under that
act, but this excess Is exposed to
constant dIminution and destruction
by the occurrence of vacancies.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-29
Tahy for Thirteen.

New York, % Speaking Of the confr.
NJ 4tion of the Pennsy lvsnia postmaster
yesterday by the Senate the Tribune
says. Tie thirteen republicans who
stood firmly against the removal are
those the administration would be fortu-
nate to have on its side at all terms for
they represent the best tendencies of the
republican Pa -ty and tear some Of its best
names. They were MessTs Miller, of
New York, Hoar. Window Dawes, Blair,
Sherman, and Harrison. This is good
company for any republican to be in.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-29
Ala MIIltaira.

Chicago, 27-At the suburb of Elm
hurst, this evening, Lieutenant j. Thomp-
son, son Of Professor Thompson, one OF
the teachers st WestP oint, was married
to Miss Juliet Hogsns, daughter of Judge
w. B, Hogans, Of CINCINNATI who has
bis summer residence ct Rlmburst. Lien
tenant Thompson was q member Of the
last class at Westpoint and has bean
assigned to the second United States Ar.
tillery; the wedding was conducted 4 Ia
1fititGtTe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-29
Business Failures.

New York, :S.-Failures FOR the week
reported 10 New York, Ill, slight re-
duction from last week. OF these the
eastern states furnished IS, western 80,
soptbern 10, middle %, Pacific states and
territories 8, and New ! o!k City 5 The
only failure of note in New York City is
that OF w. j. Wilcox & Co., lard, With
liabilities unsecured of about $40, 1000.
TIE probability is they will pay In full,
half cash, the balance on time. A new
coreern viii be orgsnizsd.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-29

ChicSgo, 2S.-John Raper. a Young
Englishman for years in the empfov of
BeEi. Allen 8 Co., jewellers, Stats st9se y.
has absconded with about s., 900. shors.
sRa. he Was chief bookkeeDer and the
arm trusted him implicitly. BE had
lost the sight of one eye. Bis stssIincs
began when he seemed likely 70 Iosa tSs
sight Of the other. It is supposed he has
gone 70 EoglaAd where his sister lives,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-29
IT is YRULY WONDERFUL

IT Is truly WONDERFUL
To see what Improvement now exist
IS compared with railway travel
only a few years ago. To become
convinced Of this, one has only to
select for his route East, the popular
and well known :
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN R'Y.
You are landed by the Union Pacific
Railroad In the Union Depot al
Council Bluffs, where stands the G
g NV. Palace Train, composed OF
Pullman Hotel Cars, Pullman Sleep.
ing Cars, Elegant Day Coaches
Smoking, Baggage, Postal Cars, etc.
ready to convey Sts pSSsen ger
through Iowa and Illinois, and into
Chicago Gliding smoothly alOns
over the Eupe rb track Of steel rail
through thfiVi ng cities and Villages
comfortably sea ted In this train, one
scarcely discover tie high rate Of
speed which he is riding. Trains Of
this road are always on time, con.
necHons sure and pAssen9ers seek.
Ing pleasure, com fort, SAFETY sad
easy In travelling, win find the
North. Western" in excess 0f their
expectat hons, and the greatest Of 81
routes 30 Chicago and The East, IN
sist upon Ticket Agents selling Won
Tickets OiS this Road all aRenfs All
{hem. Examine your Tickets and =.
fuse to buy IL they dc not read over
this Road. II you vial the Best
Travelling Accommodation. Won
viii buy your Tickets by sAis Route,
wAND WILL TAKE NO
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-01
Coming to the Point.

Comment is often made on the Curl
osity of people in the agricultural dis
tricts, but it is only right and proper
that an honest farmer who is addressed
by perfect stranger should weigh the
subject we'll before giving away valua-
BILE information. The other day De-
troiter who was engineering horse and
buggy over a muddy highway in the
western part of this county met farmer
and called out:
"Do you folks fly when you go to
town."
The farmer put down the rail he was
lifting up, took chew of "shorts," and,
advancing nearer, he calmly inquired !:
"Want to sell that hoss"
"No."
Want to buy a mate to him?"
"No.n
"Want to trade that buggy for o
wagon?"
No."
"Buying butter to shipP"
"NO,n
"speculating in 'taters anyP"
Anything new in Detroit?"
"Haven't heard of anything"
"Traveled very far to-day?"
"About twelve miles"
"Going to the city tonight"
Yes, if I can get there. Now, then,
do you folks out here along the line OF
this Internal river of mud fly when you
go to town."
The man looked all around, heaved a
sigh, and broke off twig to pick his
teeth before answering:
"Stranger, what kind of a flying ma
chine are you peddling, and what's your
very lowest figures for cash?'-Detro't
Free Press.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-01
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The tariff commission bill passed the
Senate, March 2Sth, by vote of So to Is.
The commission, according to the bill, will
consist of nine members, appointed by the
President and confirmed by the Senate, with
salaries at $40 day.
DURING a severe gale on the 9th a
three-story brick house in Evansburg, Pa,
was blown down, and two men, VIM. Hunt
and Frank Mcdonald, were killed; John
Houser and VIM. Sharle were fatally in
Iured, and five others slightly hurt. A
frame house in Pittsburg was demolished
and John Atkinson and Patrick Gavin were
fatally injured. At Wheeling, w. Va,
hailstones the size Of walnuts pelted west
ern fronts like a volley of rifle balls. Win
dows in the State house, United States Gus
tom-house, Female College, Linsby Insti-
tute, the large hotels and factories, all the
ward school buildings, and many business
houses and residences were riddled. Hot
beds, green houses and skylights gave way
like egg-shells and many valuable plants
were destroyed. Persons who were
exposed to the storm and not
in reach Of shelter were badly
bruised about the head, and horses in many
instances became frantic and ran | away.
The street cars and railroad coaches all suf-
fered more or less damage to The windows.
Cleveland, Ohio, was swept by furious
hurricane, accompanied by vivid lightning,
thunder, hail and torrents Of rain, and
number Of unfinished buildings were blown
down. At Lexington, Ind, hail-storm
broke nearly every window in town.
THE Nichols boarding house, West
Ansonia, Conn.,, burned on the 9th. Two
boarders, young clerks, named Bassett, who
occupied a room on the third floor, were
burned to crisp. Mrs. Nichols jumped
from second story window and received a
serious confusion.
A SHOCKING affair occurred at Olym-
plan Springs, near Owingsville, KY, the
other dav. VIM. Worth had called on Pow
ell Rose to arrange about the boundary line
between their farms. In the course OF the
talk a quarrel arose and Worth struck Rose
with his fist, and before the latter could re-
cover Worth rev a revolver and fired. The
ball struck Rose on rib, glanced, and
struck his daughter, twelve years old, kill
ing her instantly.
Miss PnEBE COUZINS, of St. Louis.
has applied to President Arthur to be ap-
pointed one OF the five commissioners to
visit Utah, and petition with numerous
signatures will be sent to Washington.
The contributions toward the Garfield
memorial hospital in Washington have so
far increas ed of late that General Sherman
and Senator Wyndom have called a meeting
of tie wives OF Senators and Representatives
to arrange for a national board Of visitors
and select vice. e-presidents,
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-01
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Nearly nine millions pound of coral
nave been taken off a bank near the lit
LIE town OF Sciacca, Sicily, within the
past four years. slaW a4a# wy
When oil is heated sufficiently, in
closed vessel from which the air is ex-
cluded, it turns to gas, which occupies
many times the bulk the oil did. This is
the philosophy of popcorn, and explains
its tendency to burst into curious forpls
on being roasted.
There appears to be some truth,
after all, in the old superstition that the
toad was poisonous animal. M. Paul
Bert, a French scientific man, has col
lected liquid from the neck of the frog
which caused convulsions and death
when administered to sparrow. Nevis,
salamanders and toads possess the same
secretions.
In excavating near Tilaltepolco,
Mexico, some treasures have been un-
earthed said to be exceedingly valuable.
They consist of ninety emeralds of
immense size; a machine of gold with
teeth of obsidian stone; sandal made
Of unknown metal, and a bust which is
said to be of the last Emperor of the
Aztecs.
Iron Stag is ceasing rapidly to be a
waste product. At an English IRON
works it is employed as non-conductor
of heat. When it is ground it is nodded
into bricks of great toughness, which
are also impervious to frost and 80 per
cent. lighter than common clay bricks.
mt orts sal
are likewise made from the Stag.
1.-THE trade" distinguishes seven
varieties of sulphur, assigning the
brightest yellow to the grade of ''first
quality" In Sicily the total quantity
annually melted is estimated at about
$4,000 tons, and the value of the sui
phur when distributed at the various
ports of Palermo, Catania, Licuta, Porlo,
Empedocle and Terranova is nearly
SS,600,000.
The Spanish physician, DIR. Olive,
deducts the following conclusions from
119 observations l. The cobweb, when
taken as powder, cures daily malaria
fevers. 2. When administered by two
gramme doses to men and one -gramme
doses to children, it stops fevers, usu-
ally after the second attack. 3. Its ac-
ton is not SO rapid as that of the sui
phate of quinine, so, until further re-
searches, cobweb powders ought not to
be used in cases of pernicious fevers.
4. The powder. being tasteless, is easer
to take than quinine, especially for chill
dren. 5. This remedy is very good
preservative. To make cobweb powder,
clean the cobwebs, dry them in the sun,
and pound them in mortar. One gets
thus an ash-brown powder, insoluble in
water, and hardly soluble in alcohol.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-01
PITH AND POINT.

Gen. Hawley says: "The country
will not be safe until every American is
a politician" All right, general; sit
down. It's safe.-BurIington Hoa0beye.
"A young lady in Kansas, while
chewing gum recently, was struck with
paralysis and made speechless. She i'm
mediately had four proposals on the
spot.-Erchange.
-Bonamy Price, in an English maga-
zine, asks: "What is Money!" Bona
my is evidently publishing an eight-page
daily paper in two-page town.-N0r-
rist0Wn Herald.
A contemporary asks: SHOW shall
women carry their purses to frustrate
the thievesp" Why, carry them empty.
Nothing illustrates thief more than to
snatch woman's purse, after following
her half mile, and then find that it
contains nothing but a recipe for spiced
peaches and faded photograph of her
grandmother Chicago Tribune.
Presence of mind: A few Sundays
ago Western church was discovered
to be on fire, but the preacher, with
great presence of mind, said nothing
about it. He merely remarked: "This
building is heavily burdened with debt,
and I wish some one would lock the
doors until the amount is raised"
Everybody volunteered to do the lock-
ing, and as everybody forgot to come
back there was no panic, and no one
was hurt.-Detr0it Free Press.
Before a booth in village fair
f1aring placards announce the celebrated
woman fish-price of admission, ID
centimes. The booth is promptly
crowded; the stage-manager draws up
the curtain, and little old woman
appears on the stage and, dropping
courtesy, says: "Ladies and gentlemen,
I am woman fish. Murmurs. Yes,
ladies and gentlemen, my husband,
Isidore Fish, died three years ago,
leaving me widow, and, as you seem
to take such lively interest in my for
tunes, will proceed to take up col
LEG, The audience vanishes and
makes room for new one.-FroDl the
French.
-"Oh, mon papa,'' replied Mollie,
"il ne faut pas dire des chooses CONNIE
ca.n swell, / didn't said Mr.. ~
sssay your clothes were dear. But what
in thunder are you talking aboutP Can't
Won talk Americana" ssOhs non, papa,
ie comprend cette langue laide, mals Je
ne la parle plus" "What in thunder"
cried Mr.. j., ''do you mean, Mollie, bya
long-laid parplu on prongssP Here I've
come all the way to Ogden with two
new silk dresses for you, bought in San
Francisco, and you can't say thank you
for 'em, I suppose, except in some in
fernal foreign gibberish." "You dear,
darling old duck" replied Mollie, ''you
can lust bet don't talk no more Paree
tin them dresses is wore OUT" and the
angel hugged the old man all the way
home until she got her dresses, and then
she remarked: "Oh, France! je vous
adore! ma belle anee!'-Saas Fran
cisco Neecs Letter. 4