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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
Wheat GrowIng sIaxIms.
ST. Louis Miller.


Somebody has been at the trouble
of condehsing a great deal of informa-
ton about wheat growing, as follows,
into a very small compass, and some
body else has set it ahoat without
giving credit to the author:
l. The best soil for wheat is rich
clay loan.
2. Wheat likes a good, deep, soft
bed,
8. Glover turned under makes just
such a bed.
A. The best seed is oily, heavy,
plump aud clean.
8. About two inches is the best
depth for sowing seed.
6. The drill puts in the seed better
and cheaper than b~roadcasting.
z. From the middle Of September to
the last of October is the best time
for sowing
g, Drilled, one bushel of seed per
acre; il sown broadcast, two bushels
per acre.
9. One heavy rolling after sowing
does much good.
10. For -four, cut when the grain
begins to harden, for seed, not until IT
has hardened.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
narrrlnr nnder Dimculues.

In August, 1874, says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, after an extraordinary
journey overland with an OK team,
John Sullivan and his sister Mary
arrived ID Yerba Buena (now San
francisco, and in Two short months
Michael Shereback, a native of Dem
had won the hand Of the brave
girl. and they were ready for marriage.
On applying to the Spanish priest at
the mission, they were informed that
they must reside in the country one
before their marriage could be
permitted. Nos willing to wait nor
willing to forego the usual ceremony
of civilization, they were In great
straits, till a British man-of war drop
ped anchor at Saucelito. Ferry boats
did not run every hour in those days,
and in their perplexity they applied TO
Captain James Buddington, Of New
London, Just in from the North With
a ship load Of whale oil and bone,
and a boat was placed at
their service, a number OF
sailors volunteering to pull them over.
They found a chaplain on board the
man.of-war, who married them &C,
oording to the forms fthe Church Of
England, which gave them q legall
right to the relation Of husband AND
wife, but as good Catholics they were
not properly married till a year later
when the priest remarked then
according to the. ceremonial OF the
Catholic church. The husband dice
some years ago but the widow, a ven,
cradle lady past sixty years OF age, stu
lives in this city, and on Tuesday
afternoon she received a call iron
Captain Elihu Avery, master OF the
bark Legal Tender, who has not met
her since the day of the marriage
thirty eight years ago. he was theI
a sailor boy about seventeen years OF
age, and helped to row the brida
party to the man Of war and bach
again. A bottle of champagne wa
opened, and the health OF the ladl
duly toasted by the gallant captalI
and party of friends, while the RENT
niscences of the adventure were re
called with great interest.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
why II Thuudcred,

New York Letter to Philadelphia Ledger.
The Republican leaders are putting
their wits to work to explain the re-
suit Of the Ohio election. The Com.
mercial says whisky aud lager beer"
did il, and the Tribune likewise makes
the rum element" largely responsible.
Per contra, tie Democrats accept the
victory without being disposed to
inquire too curiously into the particu.
lar cause. 1T may be taken as GER
tain" exclaims the Word, that this
8 weeping victory upon the Western
skirmish line in October is but the
prelude to Republican rout when the
main columns clash together in New
York. Indiana and Pennsylvania next
month"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
Costly Furniture.
New York Times.

NNM ANAh AAAANhs
There has never, in this city, been
so great a demand for costly furniture
as now. 1t is the prevailing custom
to finish drawing rooms, libraries and.
dining rooms in carved and nodded
woods and choice tiles, and the iurni
tuIe is made to match the apartments.
Rosewood, mahogany, cherry and
other woods are used, and some OF the
designs for chairs, sofas and tables are
not only rich, but extremely novel.
Some Of the most costly modern chairs
and tete a tetes are almost grotesQue
in their shapes. Manufacturers, how
ever, spare neither expense, skill nor
labor 10 making their best goods, for,
as the head Of a Broadway firm re-
marked to the writer, 1.-THE better the
article the quicker the SALE" Within
the last FIVE years there has been an
advance Of from 80 to 100 per cent in
the actual cost Of production Of the
furniture sold to the weather. classes
Of people in this city. The advance
has been chiefly due to the greater
value of the materials used and the
increase amount Of labor bestowed on
each article. The foregoing statements
will apply equally well 10 carpets
Manufacturer say they are doing q
larger business than ever before il
their choice grades. A great many
carpets are being made TO order
and some Of them are of a very
elaborate and costly description
The prevailing taste Tor solors is FOL
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
Along Walk.

A family consisting OF father, mother
and three young children, who left
New York City two weeks ago to 60 on
foot to Baltimore, spent Thursday
night in Newark, Delaware. The man
said he had been an employe in Stein
way & Sons piano factory, and had been
thrown out Of his position by a strike
made by the laborers of the establish
ment. He had been promised work
by his father-in-law who, he said, is
foreman in a piano factory in Balti-
more. The youngest child is but two
years old, and is carried in a baby
carriage. The other two children, a
little girl four years aud q boy seven
years old, have walked the whole dis
lance from New York. AS soon as
their condition was known to our lib.
eral and large hearted citizens they
did not hesitate to open their pocket.
books to help them on their way.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
Fnfed FnmiIr.

Under this heading a special from
Des Moines, Iowa, to the Pioneer
gives the following account of a
remarkable series Of tragedies:
"a sad accident occurred here at o
late hour last night, resulting in the
Instant death Of Thomas Q. Hedges, a
prominent young business man.
Hedges, in company with his room
mate, had retired, first placing his
revolver under his head, which was
his usual custom. Afterwards rising
on his elbow be examined the instru-
ment to see if it was in working order,
when it was accidentally discharged,
the ball entering the corner of his eye
and passing through the brain, lodging
against the upper portion Of the skull.
The deceased is one of the Hedges
family, who are heir Of supposed vast
estate in England, and who recently
held a conference here with other
relatives concerning the same. His
oldest brother was killed by Indians
in Colorado sixteen years ago, and
another was accidentally killed in
Dakota by the discharge Of a gun foul
years ago. The weapon that sent the
fatal bullet last night WIS accidentally
discharged while in Hedges hand las
winter, the bullet striking a stove, OF
the other side Of which his father sat
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
A scotch Sunday.

All the Year Round.
To 70 TO bed in broad daylight,
and, waking from the first doze, to
see the hills family touched with the
blush Of dawn--such is night in Skye
in the short but brilliant summer in
these high ATTITUDES. And now it is
Sunday morning. A profound still
ness eveTywhere-the stiffness Of q
Scotch Sabbath. Even the cocks
don't crow nor do the hens cluck, as
far as one can hear, and the old colley,
who is the first to greet me on COM
ing down, has a subdued and thought.
full expression on bis honest face.
am not the FIRST down, however. A
shrewd dogmatic- looking Scotchmau
is already seated on the bench out
side the hotel, and in reply to my
greeting of "A fine morning" replies
cautiously "Yes, its fine emo, bul
I'm doubtful about It's lasting"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16

Chinese burglars have an ingenious
method of preventing all opposition
from the inhabitants of the house they
intend to rob. They prepare a com
pound Of some potent ingredients, set
Il alipht and blow it into the room,
through a hole in the wall. The drug
completely paralyzes the unlucky in
mates. who can neither speak nor stir,
although they are suficien tlyconscious
to watch the thieves coOlly carrying
off all valuables. As water is sup
posed to absorb this poison, many
wealthy people sleep with a basin Of
water At their heads.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
The Enormous Size of London.
Land

London has a larger population than
many a European State with a Sow
ereign and Parliament. AT the census
of 1881 the area Of Metropolitan taxa
ton and police contained 4,764,3l2
persons. Thus there are in London
more than double the number Of peo-
pie in Denmark, including Greenland
nearly three times as many as
in Greece; more than eighteen times
the population Of Montenegro some
thousands more than Portugal, includ
ing the Azores and Madeira; nearly
treble the population of Servia more
than double that of Bulgaria Sthree
quarters of a million more than in
Holland more than Sweden, Norway
or Switzerland. And yet this splendid
capital, the most populous and wealthy
citizen the world has ever seen, is
practically:Without a government.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
Doesn't Know His Own Chill
dren.


A Charlottesville correspondent tells
of Simmons Gap patriarch who is now
living with his ninth wife. Three
hundred Of his descendants we're pres
ent at a recent family reunion. de
has So children. He don't know all
of his own children, as they wont con-
sent to be branded; and as for his
grandchildren, none but a Napoleenic
memory of faces would be able to
recognize them. The old gentleman
is but a little past 50 years Of age.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
Fat Dividends.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.

Tie Baltimore and Ohio railroad
last Wednesday declared a dividend Of
five per cent on the main line and
Washington branch. The halt years
net earnings, after providing for this
dividend, shows a surplus Of over
$500, 900 added to the surplus fund,
which is being applied to the construc-
ton of new and additional lines and
other improvements.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
A Domestic Tragedy.

T, From Dallas, Texas comes a sad
story, John Green, a handsome,
dashing fellow, wooed and won Laura
Cameron, a beautiful young girl, and
the wedding YVES booked for the first
part of this month. A day or two
ago Green was arrested in Collins
county for horse stealing, and turned
out to be an old offender. The terri
bic blow dethroned the reason Of his
afianced, and she was taken to the
asylum by her father. The troubles
of the daughter SO afflicted Mr.. Cam
eron that he also became insane, and
occupies quarters in the same asylum
as his afflicted child.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
The Coolest Spot.

The coolest place on the earth is
not as hitherto been believed by me
teorologists, Yatusk, in Siberia, but
Verkoyansk, in the same region, lying
in 6749 north latitude on the river
Yana. Its lowest mean temperature
is 48 6-l0o below zero centigrade.
This is the cold pole of the earth in
Asia, the corresponding pole in
America being TO the northwaTd Of
the Parry Islands, and the line joining
these two places does not pass through
the north pole itself which is thus, IN
all probability, outside the line Of
greatest cold. On the other hand,
the greatest heat in the tropics is not
not at the equator, but some distance
north and south.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
NOn-Residen Notice.


No. t6S, R DIN the Probate Court Of Shelby
County, Tenn.-David I Varnell ct al VS..
Joseph II Varnell OF al.
TT appearing from original bill, which Is
i sworn to in this cause. that the defend
ants, Joseph II Yarnoll and Mary u Laugh
lin are non-residents Of the State Of Tonnes
see, saidVarnell residing in State Of Missouri,
and said Laughlin in the State. Of Texasi
It Is therefore ordered that they make
their appearance herein at the courthouse
Of Shelby county, in Memphis, Tennessee,
on or before the first Monday in Noyem-
Der, 1882, and plead, answe or demur to
complainant bill, OF same will be taken Tor
confessed as to them aud set for hearing OK
parte; and that a cops OF this order be pub
lished once q week for four successive weeks
In the Public Ledger;
This 9Th day OfOct0ber, 1882.
A copy-Attest.
Sykes g Gibson, soils for compl't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
A Marvel Of the Nineteenth Gen.
tury.
Glasgow, Wy.) Times.

NAaeBVWl AhgV AAme1s
Wickliffe Bushong, Summer Shade,
Barren county, is a model young man
of the age. He never swore an oath
in his life, and has no recollection Of
having eyer toldIa willful lie to any
one; never spoke a saucy word to
either OF his parents; never used an
unkind word to any OF his brothers or
sisters; never saw a fight or heard a
quarrel; was never in Circuit Court;
never heard o lawyer make a speech;
never saw a dance or deck of cards;
was never inside of a still house or
whisky shop; never told a smutty yarn
in his life; was never fifty miles from
home; never used tobacco in any way;
never saw a railroad until last July,
when he was at Glasgow for the first
time. This truly good young man is
twenty-five years old, belongs tC
church, goes to Sunday school, is in
telligent and well read, and is living
proof that the old saw that "only the
good die young is a lie from tn,
whole cloth.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
THE DEmOCRATIC TICKET.


THE people Of Greenville, Miss,
and about the Burn Store, on Lake
Washington, are to have a meeting
next Thursday to consider the propri-
e,y Of subscribing $4,000 TO the pro-
iected railway, of which R. I. Wilson
Is President. The people desire that
the route Of the road shall change
from its proposed courses that it will
pass Lake Washington and touch at
Greenyille.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
New sl1le orEmigrant car.

A new style Of car is about to be
introduced on the Southern Pacific
railroad, destined to be run from
California to the gulf as wheat cars,
and on their return as emigrant cars.
The interior will be like other freight
cars. Along the sides will be sleeping
hunks, lowered and suspended BY an
iron rod and hinge, but capable Of
being closed up flush when freight is
carried. There are windows,of course,
aud it is said that the car will be as
comfortable as the most luxurious
Pullman sleeping car.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
A Bridal Pair From the Back.
woods.

A couple arrived in the city from
Fort Worth on yesterday mornings
east bound train ever the Texas and
Pacific road, and were married, when
they took a bridal tour over the city,
footing it all the way. The bride was
attired in a blue dsess, with red roses
worked in the border. She wore a
straw hat, which was set off with a
red plume. The bridegroom wore his
pants in his boots, which were orna.
mented with a pair Of huge spurs, was
ooatless, wore a blue flannel shirt and
a SLOUGH, broad brimmed hat. They
munched ginger cake, and appeared t.
be chuck full of bliss.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
Monday, october %, 1882,

the real estate mentioned and described In
said decree as follows:
A certain lot or parcel ofland ly,Dgin Shell
by county, Tennessee, being nine acres and
three quarters Of an acre Of the following
tract, to-wit: 1874 acres, being a part Of the
Bradshaw and Pillow 400 acre survey, which
is bounded and described as follows, tO.wit:
Beginning at a stake at the northwest corner
Of lot No. 8 Of said sub. division, which is Is
chains SO links east and IL chains III links
south Of tho northwest corner Of the 400 acre
survey; running thence east Is chains 38 links
on the south line Of lot No. 4; fold 10 b Mer-
rill; thence south IL ch9ins III links TO a
stake, aad with the west line Of a "a acre lot
Of the same subdivision knoWn as lot No. 8;
thence west Is chains S8 links to a stake on the
east side Of q 10 foot street; thence north, with
the east side Of said street, II chains III links
10 the beginning, il being lot No. 8 in the sub
division. The part herein conveyed being "a
acres off the south part of said lot; 9acres of
the north side, having been sold TO W q
Nicholson.
Also the following lot OF land In the ounty
Of Shelby, State Of Tennessee, near the city Of
Memphis being ono OF tho ! Is surveyed and
laid out by Edward S Todd for Willoughby
williams and numbered rs lot No. "a, con-
tAining by said survey 5 62-l00 acres, lying on
Williams avenue. Terms Of sale-Cash,
jackson, Temp, September 81, 1882.
JOHN II, FREEMAN, Clerk.
q II Vauee. e~oliefior 19Ab
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
Zoo tIuch boz the Norther.

A norther came down about eight
o'clock evening before last but found
the town full Of stump speakers Of
both political parties, and in a very
few minutes either retreated or
skulked away in some other direction,
disguised at the prospect Of making a
successful blow against all the opposi-
ton to be encountered.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
AFaIr Feature.


They are to have a "roping tourna-
ment" at Austin during the fair. The
exhibition consists of starting a COW
boy after cattle, and the n who
iopes aud ties hog fashion" his steer
in the shortest time, is to get the pre-,
MUM, consisting of a $500 outfit, OF
saddle, bride, spurs, etc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
NOn.Resident Notice.


No. 1850 In the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, Tenn. Charles McNamee ct al ys.
The unknown heirs Of James McNamee,
deceased.
TT appearing from the bill which is sworn 10
i in this cause, that the residence Of the
heirs of James McNamee, deed, is unknown
and cannot be ascertaiDed after diligent in-
Quiry; it is therefore ordered that they make
their appearance herein at the courthouse of
Shelby county, in Memphis, Tennessee, on
OF before the first Monday in November, 1882,
and plead, answer or demur to complain
ant bill. or the SAINT will be taken
for confessed as to them and set for hearing
OK parte, and that a copy of this order be pub
lished once a week, for four successive weeks,
in the Public Ledger.
This 9th day Of October, 1882.
A cOpy-Attest:
RJBLACK, Clerk and Master.
By J N Bradley, DO&M.
POston a Poston, sol rs for comppt.
1890 AZ ri
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
The Bloody Shirt.
Galveston News.

The bloody shirt business in politics
is now tolerably well understood. 1t
means that the party of political as
sessments and official debauchery has
no moral besis except the slender hold
supplied by distrust of Democracy. In
proportion as Democracy represents
only present and future practical is
sues, not historical issues which have
been settled, never, it is hoped, to be
revived, the Republican party can be
put upon the defensive, and it:
present general conduct is not defen.
sible.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
AOAH1O,

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indiscroti0ns Of youth, nervous weakness
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc, i will send
. recipe that will cure you, FREE VI
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
By a missionary In South America, Send !
qelf-addrossed envelope 70 the Rev, JOaKPH 7
hNAN. Station D, New York City.
mxxxiv62d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
WIN. Penn ana IIis Lad.

When Penn appeared to receive
his charter he came into the royal
presence in his usually easy manner,
with his hat on and his hands
in his pockets. Charles at once
removed his hat. keep on your hat,
young man." said Penn, keep on your
hat, and people won't know you're
bald" 1T is the custom Of this
place." the King replied, "for only one
person to remain covered at a time"
"Then you ought TO have more covers"
said Penn. Its a queer custom; but
| don't lay my hat around loose in a
strange house unless | got a check for
it. I've travelled, l have"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
.TiIden,s Hobby.

The hobby of Samuel j. Tilden's
life is his new city palace in Gramercy
Park, New York. He intends to spend
$500, 900 upon it, to make it a mansion
that will throw Vanderbilt new home
completely 10 the shade, and SO deco
rate it internally that it will eclipse in
artistic finish anything of the kind in
the country. The building fronts on
Gramerey Park and takes in No. 10,
Mr.. Tilden's old house, which has
been remodeled throughout and united
to an adjoining building Of the same
size. This gives the new palace, which
is four stories high, a frontage OF sixty
and a depth Of one hundred and ten
feet. Notwithstanding the artistic
beauty of the exterior of the mansion,
it is the interior that will excite
the most general admiration from
the lovers Of profuse decoration.
The front rooms, a parlor and a
library flank the hallway, and one Of
the huge bay windows affords light for
each apartment. The library, which
is twenty feet wide and sixty long, is
the largest room in the house. Mr.,
Tildsn has one Of the largestand most
valuable private libraries in America,
and the 10000 volumes it contains
will fill this new apartment to over.
flowing. The book cases are of solid
rosewood, richly carved. The main
parlor is thirty feet long and twenty
wide, and the work Of frescOing it and
the library is not more than half done,
Of all the rooms in the house, how
ever, the dining hall is the most
handsome. 1t is thirty feet square
and has a vaulted ceiling. This i
believed to be the finest dining room
in the country, and although $4,000
has been expended in decorating 1t
the work is not near finished.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
Eslale OF Frank D. Ru..elI.

UHI5 Is 10 notify all persons whom Il may
i concern, that / have taken out letters Of
administration on the ettato Of Che late Fronk
b. Russell from the Hon. Probnto Court
Of Shelby county, Tenn. This Is therefore 70
notify al persons having claims against said
estate. TO present tho same for payment with
IN the the prescribed BY law or they will bo
forever barred, aad all persons owing said es-
tate arc requested 20 come forward and settle
the same. This 10th 4 y Of OCTOBER, 1882.
"a 80 JOHN A DENNIh.
Admir- Of Estate off. D. Russell, deed,
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He Has Il Already.


Saw Gould is going around the
world next year. He wants to inspect
the thing before closing in on it. He
wants to know whether he a get a
clear title. He will no doubt find it
a valuable piece Of property.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
Voting for Seventy-Gve Gov
ernOrs.
Portsmouth IN. ~ Herald.


Marx Bennett, Of Kittery, Maine,
voted for Governor on the 18th inst,
for the seventy fifth time, never hay
ing missed casting his vote for a can
didate for that Office since his first
vote. Sixty-tWo Of the votes were
for Governor Of Maine, the first thir-
teen having been thrown for Governor
of Massachusetts,, what is now Maine
having been separated from that State
at the time. MIR. Bennett celebrated
his 98th birthday on the 18th Of Au-
gust, aud is remarkably hale for a
man Of his years; he spent the seventh
inst. at York Beach with his daughter,
and evidently enjoyed the day as much
as any of the young people. One day
a week or SO ago, MIR. Benjamin Carter,
Of this city, who is himself eighty
years old, called at Mr.. Bennett
house in Kittery, to see a relative who
happened TO be there that day, and
while they were conversing Mr.. Ben.
nett looked into the room and inquired
if the lady wanted him to chop any
more wood. She informed him thaI
what he had chopped that morning
was amply sufficient Tor the day
use.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-16
another Capitol.

A commission Of exports reports in
favor of removing the vaulted stone
ceiling in the Assembly chamber at
Albany and replacing it with wood.
The change will cost 100000, but it
is TO be made.