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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-28
PROPOSALS FOR BIDS
For Leasing the Arkansas State
Penitentiary.

I N pursuance Of the provisions of an act of
J. the General Assembly of the State of Ar
kansas, approved March 2lst, 1881, the UNDER
signed, the Board Of Commissioners for the
management and leasing of the Arkansas
State Penitentiary, hereby give notice that
they will until the 18th day Of November,
1882, receive sealed proposals for the leasing
Of the Arkansas State Penitentiary and all
property thereto belonging. and the build
ings, machinery and labor of convicts. for the
1883.
The bids shall be directed to the Governor,
as the President Of said Board of Commission
ersi and shall be accompanied bya good and
sufficient bond in the sum Of ten thousand
dollars, conditioned for the faithful exc cution
Of contract and bond required by the act
azores lid, and in accordance with the stipu-
lations in each and every bid so received.
All bids received will be opened at the Office
Of the Governor Of the State, in the city of
Little Rock, at the hour of IL o'clock M, of
said 18th day of November, 1882, and the con-
tract awarded to the highest and best respon-
sible bidder. The Board reserves the right to
rel cot all bids offered.
For particulars in reference to contract,
etc., see Acts Of 1881. pages III to l2S, or adj
dress the Secretary of the Board.
~ CHURCHILL,
MOORE, 'O'''AOf'
Attorney eneral.
JACOB FROLICH,
Secretary Of State.
9Little Rock, Ark, April 3, 1882. 326l
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can live right amongst Il, where all
around him are down with it, and he
will not take it-not If he knows him
self. 1t is as though he had been
vaociuated, and very likely he has.
If you have an idea you are good
poker player, there is no hope for you
until you get the conceit worked out
Of you, and the sooner you get it out
the better. Some can get it out by
losing 500, others have to lose a farm
or q house and lot. In some cases it
can be got out in one evening. Do
not delay having it taken out, as long
as your system is in the condition to
retain the seeds Of the disease, but
hunt for games that you can get into,
till you lose enough, then call your
self monumental, colossal, eng
NAUTICAL ass. and jump the game. You
will never think as much of yourself
after it is over as you did before, but
you will be worth more to society.
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SATURDAY, May 6, Iss2,

within legal hours, in front Of said property,
in Shelby county. Tennessee, proceed u
sell at public outcry TO the highest bidder
for cash the rloperty described as fol-
loWli Being parts of lots seven. 90 70
beginning 81 a point on the west sido Of MSit
street IN the City Of Memphis tnoW Taxing
District foyty-six (46) feet south Of GayoDc
street and facing sixty nine 800 feet on Main
street and running back between parallel
Limos one hundred and fifty feet 10 an alley
and known as the jackson Block,
In said deed, and the title is believed TO be
good but sell and convey only % trustee.
JAMES =. GRAHAM, Trustee,
April ;, 1889. eff 2e5s
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FINDER and by virtue of decd of trust
~ from George Dixon TO me IS trustee, re-
corded In the Registers Office Of Shelby coun-
W Tennessee, In book 48, pages 800, $50 and
vi, TO secure certain note therein described,
there being balance Of said note past due
will, on
Monday, 10Th day of May, 1882.
between tho hours Of II am. and pm, at
streets, In Memphis, as such trustee proceed
% sell 10 the highest bidder for cash the fol.
lowing described property, to-wit: All Of the
tract Of land known as the "0ld Hen Island, |"
With its acoretlons, alluvial deposits, etc., OK
island.
The equity ofredsmption IL waived, and the
title believed TO DO perfect, but | convey only
% trustee. OF 6EAY, Trustee.
Wilson, Atty. sp@
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Trustoo'ssaIo.

Under and by virtue Of the power given
~ me In deed Of trust dated March Il, 1881,
and recorded in Record Book No 1856, page
At, Of the Registers Office Of Shelby county,
Tennessee, said deed being made 10 secure
certain indebtedness therein mentioned, and
default having boon made In the payment
thereof, Twill, at the request Of the benfoi-
airy, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-28
ID. A. DAUPHKN,
Nav nulaaua e..

or NJ A. DAUPHIN,
I2z La Sale Street, Chicago, Ills.
or N. A. DAUFHIN y = =
6O7 seventh Il Washington. ID. O..
Or 6 West Court street, Memghis, Tenn.
The New York Office Is removed to Chicago.
d. B.-0rders addressed to New Orleans
win receive prompt attention.
The particular attention of the public is
called to the fact that the entire number of
the Tickets for each Monthly Draw ing is sold,
and consequently all the prizes in each draw
ing are sold and drawn and paid. w&s5S
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LOTTERY.
Particular Notice.

All the drawings will hereafter be under the
exclusive supervision and control of GENE
RAILS G. 7. BEAUREGARD and JUBAL A,
EARLY.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
"A WIN A FORTUNEl
FIFTH GRAND DISTRIBUTION. Glass
d, ct New Orleans, Tuesday. May 3,
lSS2-lA4th Monthly Drawing.
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ChanCerY Sale Of Real Estate.

No. AVS, R-Chancery Court Of Shelby county
ID Meyers ct al vs.. N S Sappington, B K
Sappington.
DY virtue of an interlocutory decree for sale,
ID entered in the above cause on the It'll
day Of January, 1882, and amended February
Ii, February Is, 1882, and March %, 1881, viii
front Of the Clerk and Master Office, court
house Of Shelby county, Memphis, Tennessee,
IN
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CAPITAL PRIZE. aaO. OoO.

1851 Prisos, amounting 400
Responsible corresponding agents wanted
a. Al points, to whom liberal compensation
WILDE paid. ~
For Further information, write clearly, Civ
lag fun address. Send orders by express or
Registered Letter, or Money order By mail,
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Saturday, April 90, ISs2.

within legal hours, the following described
property. situated in Shelby county. Tenn,
to-wit;
Lots No. 10 and 20 in block 40 on Walker
street, Fort Pickering. each fronting Is feet
each on Walker street and running back l7715
feet and lying between Washington and SEQ.
ond streets.
Terms Of Sale Upon credit of six months,
note With approved security required, lien re-
tanned, etc.
This April6. 1882.
RI BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Myers & Sneed, and Flippin & Flippin, so
licitors 1889 as 81
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Saturday, May go, 1852,


sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for
cash the following described real property, in
the city Of Memphis, to-wit: Two lots, s and
81, Canovan's subdivision of lots q, % and %
of Williamson's division by u l. Todd, living
on the west side Of Lauderdale street and 60
feet north of the junction of Lauderdale and
jackson streets, running north with Lauder
dale street 100 feet TO a stake; thence west at
right angles 100 feet thence south 100
feet; thence east 100 feet to the beginning.
Also lot No. % in Bradford sub divi.iop, stu
ated on the south. side Of Bradford street, be-
ginning on south side of said street 100 feet
from intersection with Jones avenue; thence
west with Bradford so feet; hence south $50;
thence east 30; thence north $50 feet to begin
ming. Also, in Lanes subdivision Of abstract
OF land, as laid off and sold BY Monsarat, Du-
pree Il Co., lots al, l42, 1i3 and IA, each
fronting on Ayres street as laid off on plat Of
suh-division. 50 feet by l48h deep. Also three
lots on same plat Of subdivision, Al, AZ and
As: fronting on Monsarat street so feet each BY
1857 feet deep. corner of Monsarat and Lane
streets. Subject to the equity Of redemption.
Title believed to be good, but sell and CON
April IS, 1882. 4Ssa
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Is Court Street. ~.


DY virtue OF decree of the Probate Court
ID Of Shelby county, Tenn. appointing me
TO execute deed in trust, made by Marcus A
Allen to TIL lmas II Allen, March 7th, 1871,
and recorded in the Registers Office, book No.
", for the purpose Of paying certain indebted
ness and giving certain indemnity therein
mentioned, and default having been made, 1
will, IN conformity with the terms of the deed
and at the request of the beneficiary, at the
hour Of IL O'clock M, in froAt of the court
house door of SheIhv onuntv nm
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-07
American Silk.

New York World.l
Perhaps the craze which most frequently agi-
tates the agricultural community is that of
producing silk for home manufacture. There
is no difficulty in breeding and rearing silk
worms if one has time, patience and mulberry
trees at command, but there is no market for
the cocoons, the manufacturer wanting reeled
silk-not cocoons. The manufacture of silk
thread, Mr.. Wyckof tells US, though it has
now outgrown foreign competition, was long
time sin the wilderness" American house,
wives had prejudice in favor Of Italian sew
ing silk, and Massachusetts, manufacturers had
to humor them by affecting foreign packages
and wrappers, and commanding "Italian"
trade names. The sewing machine has COM
pletely reyolutionized the business, and brought
about the invention of machine twist. Ameri-
can sewing silk has an extremely high stan
dard of purity, fact which has naturally
helped to drive out English goods, which, by
the addition of dye, are made to yield from Is
to 25 ounces for each pound of raw SILK.
Thousands of cords Of white birch from Maine
are annually converted into spools, and many
English makers come to the United States for
these little articles which an ingenious ma
chine centres and prints-printing on the wood
minute. The cabinets given by manufacture
ers to new customers with the first purchase
cost about Ii per cent. of the total sales; one
frm has spent $50, 900 in this sort OF advertis-
ing. A $50 cabinet is nothing out OF the way,
and at times their value will reach $500 Oor $3.50.
In dress goods, plain black fabrics are the
hardest to make, as every defect In them IS
perceptible, and until very recent period
their successful manufacture was scarcely ex-
pected in the United States, principally ON ac-
count of the costliness of the skilled labor re-
uuired. Now nearly third of the plain silks
are made here and the industry is making
steady progress, thanks especially to the care
given to the quality of the article, while Euro
pean manufacturers are only too apt to load
theirs with dve. A simple test is to burn
small quantity of the theads; pure silk Will Inn
mediately crisp and leave a pure charcoal;
heavily dyed silk will smolder and leave yell
low greasy ash. Very few velvets are manu-
factured in the United States, but the produc-
tion of figured sdress silks, grenadines, satins
and the like is large and growing; American
Innings have high reputation, and American
ingenuity has proved equal to the task OF pro-
ducipg satisfactory and lasting silk for UNI
brellas. Silk handkerchiefs have come into
vogue during the last eight years and especially
since the centennial exhibition. The manu-
facture of ribbons began in 1861 as an expert
ment, there being demand for particular
shades which, it was thought, could be more
speedily met by making than by importing.
Now the business has grown to great proper
tions Curiously enough, nearly all the de-
signs for American ribbons originate in Ameri-
can factories, frequently months in advance OF
the introduction of the goods into the market.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-07

PHILADELPHIA journals are getting to be
the most ''enterprising'' in the country. One
of them tells of a lady rat that had the mis-
fortune to be caught in trap not long ago.
The day after the capture she gave birth to
five children. One of these escaped and
ran into bottle from which it could not get
out owing to the smoothness of the prison
walls. There it was found, and the old rat
and bottled one were put together in a cage.
Since that time the mother has fed her of
spring by dropping bits of food down the
neck of the bottle and quenched its thirst
by sticking into the same orifce her tail drip
ping with water from the pan provided for
her own use.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-07

THE New York Sun regards the recur-
renee of an old-fashioned commercial crash
as highly improbable, if not impossible and
says: "There will undoubtedly be fall in
stocks which have been carried by specula-
ton above their value as dividend-paying in
vestments, and in merchandise which has
been in like manner artifcially enhanced in
price. An overproduction of railroads and
of new buildings may lead to revulsion in
those departments of business and in the
branches connected with them, while finan-
cial troubles in Europe may cause rise OF
interest on money here which will hamper
enterprises of all kinds. But, we repeat,
the country is rich and growing richer every
day, and can now resist successfully shocks
which thirty, twenty, or even ten, years ago
would have prostrated it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-07
Work on the Washington Monu-
ment.

[''Gath' in the Cincinnati Enquirer.l
I went to the top of the Washington monu-
ment to-day, which is now about 220 feet high,
or 70 feet higher than when Congress resumed
the work last year A splendid elevator, which
cost about O,OOO, and is the highest in the
world, carried us up. This elevator at the top
supports on its four corner tubes the four
cranes which lay the stone, If necessary, on the
four sides at once. A little railroad brings In
the great blocks of stone, weighing from two to
six tons apiece, and places them on the eleva-
tor, with low car bepeath the stone. The ele
vator is open, and had to sit down and hug
the stone to avoid dizziness and the horrible
tumble down the stone shaft. The elevator as
cends very deliberately and smoothly, and will
carry 10 tons AS the monument is built up
ward, the elevator is mortlsed into IL, ana con-
tinues to rise 20 feet at time.
The blocks of marble, seven feet long and
two feet square, are set as easily as Dricks IN
French lime and Portland cement The block
we went up with was in its place IN ~ minutes;
The walls at the bottom are 10 feet thick and
at that point if there were no cavity, would
make a solid shaft of stone 80 feet thick. At
the point where they are now setting stone the
walls are only seven feet thick, and at the top,
500 feet above the ground, will be only loot
and a half thick. The exterior, or facing OF
marble, is only four-sevenths of the present
thickness The lining, of Cape Ann granite,
is jointed through at certain spots with the
marble to unite the two sorts of stone more
thoroughly. No iron is used for bolts or rivets
anywhere. Each marble stone, as described,
when nut into place has cost SIS. The marble
is ouarried about 60 miles from the monument
The $50 feet of the shaft finished. nearly 81
years ago is miserable work compared to tne
present, and the irregular stones OF that period
are the only suggestions of weakness about tne
edifice, The monument can be hnlsned IN
three wears. 1t will have a lantern or cupola
ON the top, of iron, so feet higher than the ma
sonrv. making $50 feet in all. Every foot OF
the Shaft has been under-pinned with a solid
apron platform Of stone, lVS ieeI square n,9s ns
ons in a barn-cote The immense fort OF stone
at that great height is beautiful in its symme-
trv and as large as a comfortable dwelling. The
view is already grand, comprising the whole
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-07

THE saying "as rich as a Jew is COM
planned of by the Jewish Messenger as mis-
leading at present, even if it ever had any
justification. The wealth of the Jews Of
New York is greatly overestimated, accord
ing to this authority, for "the vast majority
are in moderate circumstances, few only
are millionaires, and many thousands are
actually dependent on the charity of their
more fortunate brethren"
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THAT queer marriage question in Montreal
where the subject of the validity of the union
of Catholic young woman to Protestant
man by Protestant minister has been sub
mitted by the judge to the decision of the
Roman Catholic bishop under an old French
law, has become further complicated by the
discovery of the inability of the brides par
ents to prove her formal baptism.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-07

THE experiments in cotton raising in Kan
sas for the past year have been highly sue
cesfnl. One planter near Independence has
shipped one hundred bales of excellent quail
ity. As the thousands of colored refugees
who flock to the state thoroughly understand
the cultivation of the staple, it is thought
cotton growing will be largely introduced,
and that ultimately another state will be
added to the cotton belt.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-07
The Suppression of Polygamy.

A circular letter has been forwarded by
the clergymen of various Christian churches
in Utah to their brethren throughout the
Union and to the newspaper press, suggest
ing plan for the suppression of polygamy.
This plan they ask the journals to publish.
They start off with statement of facts sub.
stantialIy as follows:
Out of total population of $4,000
in Utah, about 10000 are adherents
of Mormonism. Of the anti Mormon
minority, only small per cent. render
us active aid in our endeavors to establish
Christian homes in the place of the foul sys-
tenn of polygamy which prevails in Utah.
Mormonism is no longer confined to Utah,
but already holds the balance of power in
Idaho, and has gained strong foothold in
Wyoming, Arizona, and Southern Colorado.
Although there has been strict law
against polygamy upon the United States
statute-book for more than eighteen years,
only two persons have been convicted under
it, and it is practically dead letter because
of its defects.
Therefore they recommend that the anti
polygamy law of Congress be amended,
briefly stated, in these respects:
So that the living together of the parties
or cohabitation, to use legal term-shall
be the proof of bigamy or polygamy, instead
of the ceremony of marriage, because the
latter is performed in secret within the walls
of the Endowment House, in the presence
of faithful Mormons only, and no one of
these viii bear testimony to the fact
So that polygamy shall be continuous
crime, instead of being allowed las now to
expire within three years, by statute of
limitation.
So that the women shall be equally pun
ishable with the men for this offence.
So that the accessories to the polygamous
marriage shall be equally punishable with
the principals.
So that the jury list may be increased to
400.
So that adultery, seduction, lewd and
lascivious cohabitation and kindred offences
may be punishable, as in the States and
other Territories of the Union.
This plan is in substance the one proposed
by Schuyler Colfax and District Attorney
Beatty, so widely discussed and generally
approved by the newspapers. How it will
be received by Congress is yet to appear.
1t seems sensible, and practical and deserv-
ing of trial. That something in way of
remedy for the monstrous evil of polygamy
ought to be speedily attempted is admitted
by all.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-07

Mr.. LoRILLARD furnishes some very
good reasons to establish the belief that his
contemplated fast line of steamers will
prove success. He shows that number
of torpedo boats of less than 100 feet in
length have been built, which could make
the passage between Montauk, at the end OF
Long Island, and Milford in Wales, in six
days, and claims that passenger steamers OF
equal speed can easily be constructed. He
says that the time has come when passenger
traffic can be separated from freight
traffic on the ocean just as it is separated on
land, and that the fastest boats will receive
the best patronage. The freight in the hold
of the present ocean steamers, he claims,
acts like pendulum and increases the
swaying motion of the vessels. With boats
especially constructed for speed and the con-
venience of passengers, he will do for the
ocean travel what drawing-room cars and
fast trains have done for land travel. He
has no doubt but that the three days gained,
and the other advantages, will secure suf-
ficient increase of passage money to make
the enterprise profitable. AT all events he
will risk money on it if there is any risk.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-07

THE Argus may be pleased to learn that
the fraudulent voting which is now being
punished by the courts in Philadelphia, was
committed in the interest of ''reform" and
in violent struggle to beat the machine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-07

LET us draw long breath. The final
volume of Mr.. Kinglake's "History Of the
Crimean War; will be published early in the
Spring, just eighteen years after the appear
ance of the first volume.
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THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are In
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for pubca-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preservs CON-
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-07
CumberTand NatiOnal Bank.

TEVHE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the
Il Cumberland National Bank, of Portland, will
day of January 1882, at 10 O'Clock a. m, for the
choice of Directors for the ensuing year, and the
transaction of any other business that may legally
come before them. W. Fl. SOULE, Cashier.
Portland, Dec. 8, 1881. declOdtf
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ANNUAL MEETING.

vHyHE Annual Meeting of the Todd Non-Freezng
Orvilie K. Gerrish, Centennial Block" SO
Exchange street, Tuesday, JAM, 10. 1882, at 10
o'clock A. NJ, for choice of officers for the ensuing
year. and transaction of any other business that
may legally come before said meeting.
JOHN j. GERRISH. Secretary.
Portland January 2. 1882. ian2 d1ws
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First National Bank.

TIyHE Annu Meeting of the Stockholders of the
l. First Ma nal Bank of Portland, for the choice
of Directors and the transaction of such other bust
ness may legally come before them, will be held
at their Banking House on TUESDAY, the 10th
day of January, 1882, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
W. E. GOULD, Cashier.
Portland, Dec. 10, 1881.
dec12 dtd
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ANNUAL MEETING.

fTyHE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the
Il Portland & Ogdensburg r. r. Company, will
be held at the Office of the Company, 80 Exchange
street, in the city of Portland Me- Tuesday, the
noon to choose Directors for the ensuing year and
to transact any other business that may legally
come before them.
CHAS. H. FOYE, Clerk.
Portland January I'd, 1882. jan2 dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-07

FTyRE Annual Meeting of the Presumpscot Pulp
i Ware Company. will be held at the Office of S
c. Andrews, 188 Middle St., Portland Me-, on Tues
day the tenth day of January, A d. 1882, at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon for the choice of officers and
for action upon any other business that may legally
come before said meeting.
AUGUSTUS F. MoULToN. Secretary.
,Januarv q 1899 ian2d1W