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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01
been contributed and many volunteer.
enrolled.
River TeIegranls.

EVANSVILLE. May L. Beauti-
fully clear and warmer. with wind
from the northwest to south. Mer-
curry, A to 660. River 14s feet and
rising. Business light.
CAIRO, May 1.-Arrived: Hick-
Ory,St. Louis, 9 p m; j. s. Mcdonald,
New Orleans, 9 pm; Golden Crown,
Cincinnati, 3 am; City of Alton, st.
Louis, 9 am. Departed: Hickory,
south, 10 pm; Mcdonald, Pittsburg,
lOp. m; Harry Brown, New Orleans,
Gam. Clear and pleasant.
CINCINNATI, May 1.-River % feet
II inches and falling. Cloar and
pleasant.
PITTsBURG, MAY 1.-River 5 feet
g inches and falling. Clear and
pleasant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01

CHATTANOOGA is one of the growing
and coming places Of the South. Those
who have not been there for eight or
ten years or even less time, would
hardly know the place, unless by the
unchanged appearance of Lookout
Mountain and the general striking to-
Biography of the place. 1t is stated
that over two hundred new houses are
going up, and population of 20, 900 is
claimed. The latter may be over the
mark, but the city is growing rapidly
and Selidly, and no mistake.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01

NAAAAA-a
PITTsBURa, April 30--River 6 feet
s inches and falling, Pleasant.
CINCINNATI, April 3O.-River "a
feet 6 inches and rising.
/ New ORLEANS, April 3O.-Arriyed:
Scudder and Future City and barRes,
st. Louis.
NASHVILLE, April 3O.-River rising
slowly, with Z feet on the gauge.
CAIRO, April 3O.-Departed: Wood,
New Orleans, am; City Of ViCks.
burg, ViCksburg, 7 pm. River 81
feet 8 inches.
LOUISVILLE, April 3O.-Riyer
rising, 8 feet in the canal, and 9 feet in
the chute. Arrived: Jas. W. Gaff,
Cincinnati to Memphis; Golden Rule,
Cincinnati to New Orleans.
EVANSVILLE, April 3O.-Departed:
Paris G. Brown, Cincinnati, 8 pm.
River 131 feet and rising.
ST. LOUIS, April 3O,-Arrived: Ste.
Genevieve, Memphis; City of PrOyi.
dence, Vicksburg. Departed none.
River has risen 2 2inches, with "a feet
8 inches by the gauge.
VICKsBURG, April 3O.-River As
feet, fall of 3 inches. Passed down:
City Of Baton Rouge, noon; Will Kyle,
2p.m.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01

The funeral of Garfield was turned
into frolic and debauch by a number
Of Congressman appointed to attend.
When the personal accounts of men,
bers submitted to sub b-committee
to be audited the other day, there was
an expression of astonishment and dis
gust all around the table. The items
are said to be of very remarkable
character, SO much so indeed that the
Chairman, Mr.. Page, of California put
the vouchers in his pocket and de-
clared that under no circumstances
should they be made public, as it
would be disgrace to this country
and humiliste us before Europe. This
was the talk of members afterward on
the outside and of course it stimulates
public curiosity. The facts will prob
ably leak out. Enough is already
known to forever disgrace a number
Of Stalwart Congressman.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01
Supreme Court.

Dp0clal 70 tue LeuGeEs
JACKSON, TENN, May THE Court
heard to- day the call Ofthe easy docket
then commenced the call of the Elev-
enth Circuit docket, and announced
that the remainder of the term will be
devoted to hearing causes on the
Eleventh and Twelfth Circuits and
Madison county dockets, dividing the
time as follows: Eleventh Circuit, FIVE
hearing days; Twelfth Circuit, four
teen days, divided as follows; 0bion
and Lake counties, four days; Carroll
and Benton counties, three days;
Weakley county, two days; Henry
county, FIVE days. Next comes the
Madison county Common Law and
Chancery docket for FIVE days.
The Thirteenth and Fourteenth
Circuits will be heard at the first of
the next term.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01

The Knoxville Chronicle gives it
out that the "repudiation Democracy
of Shelby county" at considerable
expense, controlled the proceedings Of
the late Shelby county Republican
Convention which appointed Ed Shaw
and Others to attend the Nashville
Convention, and also that the expenses
Of the delegation to Nashville we're
paid in the same way. This is de.
cidedly humorous, at least to people
here, regardless of party, color or pre-
viouS condition. The time has been
when Democrats spent considerable
money around the polls, trying to se'
cure colored votes, but that always
failed, and the job was given up many
years ago, Committeeman and ward
politicians know that the darkies were
noted for the quantities of whisky
and cigars they could get away with
and the number of hack rides they
would take at Democratic expense
as we'll as for voting the straight Re-
publican ticket early and often. This
is a melancholy fact, Brother Rule
and if any change has come over the
colored mind except that of increas.
ing intelligence and independence
nobody has been apprised of it al
Observation-Disclosures. 1t is about
all that the "repudiatiDg DEMOCRACY
Of this district can do to raise funds
to send their own delegates, and il
will not be at all surprising Il some Of
them get into the next Convention 4
little late, especially if the walking
should be bad. As to the Shaw crowd
we knew they would be kicked out
although they seemed to be regularly
appointed Their little rebellion viii
J be squelOhed, even though it breaks
out again,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01

The annual meeting of the Arkan-
saw Press Association takes place this
year at Searcy. The 23d of May was
set as the time, but change has been
made, as will be seen by the following
notice from the Dardanelle Arkan-
sian, a paper edited by DR.. M. M. Nc
CURE, who is President of the Asso-
citation:
In addition to the above, it is our
pleasure to inform our brethren of the
press that courteous invitation has
been extended to the State press
through Colonel P. r. Rogers, Of the
Chickasaw route, by his and connect
ing lines, for a grand excursion trip to
Baltimore, and, perhaps, as far east as
New York City, the excursion to start
from Little Rock on 25th of June.
In view of this fact, it is thought best
to postpone the meeting of the Asso-
citation at Searcy until the 22d of
June. Due notice of the action of
the executive committee in the prem
iseS will be published in the Little
Rock dailies, when full particulars
will be given.
The Arkansaw editors as class are
good set Of fellows, not only in
moral and social sense, but as active,
wide awake, enterprising men in their
respective communities. Their annual
gatherings make them more homo
geneous and liberal, and increase their
strength and influence for good as
journalists. We hope their meetings
will continue to be pleasant and bene,
fetal
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01
"a SINNER.
How the LeadViIle Man Won
Back the Money Lost at
Poker.
Denver News.

OouNuK NoNns
One of the aristocratic institutions
Of Leadville, says q correspondent is
the Mining Cuban organization
composed of the blue blood ofthe city,
and not exactly, as the name implies
made up of mining magnates. The
apartments of the organization include
a daintily furnished little apartment
sacred to the American game of draw
poker. Here the Club men are wont
to congregate of an evening, and some
times the game runs high. Now, in
draw poker, even among gentlemen"
the player prefers to win rather than
to lose, and consequently, some desper-
ate points are occasionally strained. A
few evenings ago, a well-knOwn mem
berthe Superintendent of a mine
east Of the city-sat down in a game
Of the hardest and heaviest players in
the camp. In about an hour he quit
$3.50 poorer than when he sat down.
Later in the evening he disconsolately
narrated the fact to a friend, and
cursed gambling and gamblers in a
loud, deep and emphatic style. 1t so
happened that his, friend was trihe
more fly" in the vernacular of the
gang, than he, and closing one optic,
told him he could assist him in max.
ing the Mining Club look remarkably
sick as far as draw poker was concern
ed. The mining man expressed his
willingness to be assisted, and the
"Ay" produced what is technically
known as a "shiner." This may be a
dark and gloomy mystery to those un-
initiated, but to old sports it is far
from one. A sinner" is nothing but
a silver dollar, on one side Of which a
concave mirror about the size of a
mans little finger nail is set. This is
brightly polished and is unnoticed in
the surrounding silver. When the
game begins the sinner" is laid on
top of a pile Of notes and coin and the
cards dealt over it, and the dealer has
q pretty accurate knowledge Of what
everybody else holds. A few lessons
made the mining man an adept, and,
armed with the sinner" he hied
him to the Mining Club. A poker
game was in progress. aud he took his
seat at the table. For the next couple
OF hours the players we're tempted 10
think that he had become gifted with
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01
WIN. DEAN & CO., l89 POPLAR ST.

the powers Of clairvoyant or mind,
reader, so singularly accurate was his
knowledge Of what they held. At the
end of that time he had the crowd in
such state of utter and complete
dead 'brokedness that they were OBLIGED
to stand off the steward of the Club
for their potations. Since then the
Mining Club has experienced season
Of financial depression which seriously
lamed their political potency in the
city election.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01

Attachment Notice.

Before s Galloway. ]. P. for Shelby county.
Tenn;=C W Harbert, administrator, vs..
Kate Waldren.
TN this cause an attachment having bean
i sued out under section 1856 Of the Code All
Tennessee, and returned, levied upon the
property Of the defendant, and afidavit hSv-
ing been made that defendant Il indebted 10
the plaintiff In the sum Of thirty dollarS. due
By account, and that the claim Is just. and
that the defendant Is q nonresident OF ths
state OF Tennessee; II is therefore ordered that
before me on the 5th day Of June, iSsz, Al IL
O'Clock m, at my Office, No. 81 Madison ~,
Memphis, Tennessee, and defend said At
tachment suit within the time prescribed b.
law, or the, same will be proceeded with ey-
parte and that copy Of this order be
weeks In the public Ledger.
This the 1st day OF May, 1889.
25s@n Us GALLOWAY, Up.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01
The Sunday Law in Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, May l.-Judge Higley,
of the Police Court, to-day, overruled
the motion to quash the information
in the case Of Ferd SChumann, charged
with selling intoxicating liquor on
Sunday, contrary to the recent enact
ment known as the Smith law. He
also overruled demurrer to the infor-
nation, holding that the facts stated
were properly set forth in the affidavit
and information, and that they were
sufficient to constitute an offense un-
der the law.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01

SAN FRANCISCO, May LA Tomb
stone dispatch says: Two men were
killed by Indians at Dragon Mountains
Saturday. 1t issuppoSod q large mum.
Der Of hostiles are in the mountains.
A large meeting will be held here to-
night to take action and raise volun-
teerS. Several hundred dollars have
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01

duty well, while the Chairman Of the
Committee Of Arrangements, General
Geo. w. Gordon, was constant and
earnest in his labors. The Floral
Committee included large number
of ladies and gentlemen, and they
worked with unremitting toll to make
their part Of the ceremony all that it
was-a perfect sea Of flowers, arranged
with that taste and skill that lovely
ladies only know how to perform.
On the whole, Memorial day was
solemnly, though appropriately, OBJ
served, and the ceremonies were wit.
messed by the largest throDg ever COL
leoted at Elmwood cemetery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01

The late attempt to blow up VIM.
FL. Vanderbilt and Cyrus W. Field,
by sending them explosive packages
through the poStofice, will make them
little careful about opening letters.
1t will not be surprising if the private
secretary or porter or Office boy find
more confidence reposed in him than
ever before.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01
ON the Strike.

CINCINNATI, May 1.-The carpon-
ter's strike is fairly on the builders
who refuse to give the extra fifty cents
per day, and the carpenters who be-
long to the Union are out. Committees
have been appointed to persuade
others who are at work to cease.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01
ADDITIONAL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, May l, 1;80 p.m.-Cotton
easier. Uplsnds, 6l1-16d; Orleans, 65Sd.
Sales to-day, 1900 bales. Receipts, ALSO
bales; American, 1850 bales. Futures are
steady.
NEW YORK, May l, 1852 p.m.-Cot-
ton quiet and steady. Ordinary, 9-l6c;
good ordinary, 10 l5-l6c; low middling,
II 13-lec; middlipg, 12Kc; good mid.
ding, l25sc; middling fair, 141sc. Flu
lures are dull but steady, at to 5 points
below Saturdays closing prices.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01

Mrs. L. ]. Arnold, of Beverly,
West Virginia, the only sister Of
Stonewall Jackson, is visiting friend
in Cincinnati, but is too i'll to see COM
pany. During the war she was a
staunch Unionist, and was noted for
her kindness to sick and wounded
Federal soldiers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01
no CONTRACTORS.

SEAIED BIRs viii Be received for BRICK
ING. and SEWER PIPkS. and WIND MIL.
for the Poor House Of shelby county. aeoerd.
ing 70 plans and specifications 70 Be- seen al
the oiieo Of EDWARD o JONES, Architeot.
Masonic Temple on OF before l2 o'oloef
' J1IEs N COLEMAN,
u0 Vhairman Of commis.se.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01
WORKINGMEN's

Building and Loan Association.
THE regular monthly meeting of this asso-
i citation, for the payment Of mes. eto..
will be held at the Office. Al Madison street.
on TUESDAY, May 2 1889. at 7;90 D m'
Payment u ay be made on or before said day
ment fines will accrue.
] W HAMPTON, seo'y. ssI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01
LOst-CertiIlcate of stock.

NOTICE is hereby given that Certificate
IN No. $50, for three shares In the first series
HOck of Workingmen's Building and Loan
esoeiation, issued March, 1873, TO Mrs. Mary
n, Eeiliy, has been lost, stolen OF misplaced,
y the public are warned against trading for
enu Vychasihg the same, as the association
IaIps II taon notified of the loss and application
9,,i' 99nEe Na@e for q duplicate certificate
uqy 10 T Mrs MARY 0'REILLY.'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01
A Call fOrIsixes.

WASHINGTON, May l.-Secretary
Folger expects to issue to-day call
for the remaining outstanding six per
cent bonds Of 1861, amounting to sll,-
20O.OOO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01
NOTICE TO LADIES.

Madame Alexander GOdart
WILL open her work rooms MONDAY,
w March 10Th The ladies who wish to pat
ronize her will find the establishment at
ESQ second st, opposite Postofioe. Ss64
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01

nREgsED Flooring, Ceiling. Siding lYel-
- low Pine end POPLAR, Rough Building
Lumber, Sawed Shingles Poplar and Pinel,
retailed at wholesale prices. Contractors will
do we'll to call on as before purchesipg.,,
VICES 4 co, Agents Tor Mills,
Or A n DR0EsCHER's,
Coal and Wood Yard, 1ls Madison Ut. ie II
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01
MASONIC NoTIcr

A NGER0NA Lodge. No. 1853, win q
~ hold its stated Communication TV-NA|
NIGHT (Mondayl, the LIST inst, al Tk/NN
o'clock prompt. VISITING brethren iraternal-
ly and cordially invited.
By order Of JOHN BEAhISH, WIN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01

PUBLIC LEDGER bindery and Job
Office. 13 Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01
Dl 66OLUTHOM.

uNuE srmt Of Jas. S. Mahafy 4 Co., and
Graves, A.ehaify 4 Co.. were dissolved BY
aava,vai of Geo. W. Cranberry. J X Graves
sna iss. s. Mab.aify assume oil liabilities OF
ne Arms and are alone authorized 70 collect
ouu'anuiHe '''@ j h, GRAVES,
JAS, s MAHAEFY, 4
GEO W. CRANBERRY
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01
ELECTION NOTICE.

THE Stockholders Of the Vanderbilt Mutuai
Insurance Ce., Of Memphis, nro hereby
notified that an election will be held on
WEDNESDAY, May 3. 1889, at No. lS Madi.
son street, between the hours II am. and 4
PM, for the purpose Of eleoting Thirteen
Dir. ctors TO servN the ensuing year
r DUDLEY FRAYSRR, Chm:
r p BOILING, see'y. 4TS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-01

Tho undsrsisned will continue The BpRti1t
pooI House and tho publication of The, Bap-
tiSt under the firm name Of Graves a A ,.s ,M.sahany'
Mu JAS. 8. MAHAFFY.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
SOUTH AND VEST.

In charge m de by the military upon
crowd at Om HI one workman was killed.
WOMAN who hll reached the extra Drdiuary
age oil 1OG years Was blrned to death il
Indiana.
AT Jacksonville, Or, deputy sheriff was
shot and killed while protecting prisoner from
wouldbe lynchers.
CAPTAIN JAMES NJ. DAVIS deputy United
States revenue collector, AMI celebrated raider
of illicit dstlIeries, was waylaid by concealed
parties and shot to DEATH about tlr9e miles
from McIinnville, Tenn. Captain Davis was
ole Of the most successful and daring men en-.
ployed in the service OF capturing moonshiners.
AS the result of notice issued by the presi-
dents of the twelve coal companies in the
Georges Creek and Cumberland OId) regions
that reduction Of fifteen cents per ton would
be made in wages, three thousand miners wen
on a strike. This strike, which is the largest
ever known in that region, left two hundred
and odd mines idle.
A JOINT resolution passed the Ohio legiala-
ture, with few dissenting votes, requesting
President Arthur to pardon Sergeant Mason
and restore him to the rank he formerly held
in the army.
EX-AIAYoR ]. NJ. THURMoND and Robert L
Cowart, prominent lawyer, both of Dallas,
Tex, who had been bitter political opponents
met in the courthouse in Dallas, and, after ali
exchange of ugly words, both men almost
simultaneously drew their pistols. Cowart
fred firs, the ball passing through his antag-
onist's head and causing instant death.
HUNDREDS of deaths through drowning, ex-
posure or starvation have taken place in the
country flooded by the swollen Mississippi.
MARY ANN Hermann, an inmate of the
asylum for the insane at Charlestown, Indiana,
died after refusing to take food for sixty-three
days and twelve hours. She drank water freely.
FIVE boys dug cave in hillside near st.
Joseph, Mo-, anG went into it to play. While
they were thus engaged the bank caved in,
crushing them all to death.
A PASSENGER coach alta ached to train ofcars
was thrown down a steep embanlment near
Wesley, Ohio. and thirteen persons were in
jured, several of them with fatal results
AT Baltimore John Brizzolara, an italian,
wounded his wife eighteen times with knife
and hatchet, and then shot himself with pis-
tol. Both were taken to hospital, where
their injuries were pronounced fatal.
A MAN and his wife, young lady and about
ten Indians, were killed by snowslide al
Genoa, New.
A PARTY of masked men took from jail al
Rawlins, Wyoming, James Lacy, Robert Red
dick and William Carter, members OF gang Of
safe robbers, transferred them to the stock
yards mile east of town, and lynched Lacy
and Reddick. Carter managed to escape.
The Garfield Monument committee at Cleve-
land, Ohio, have issued an address saying that
100000 has already been subscribed for a
monument over the late Presidents grave; that
s25O,OOO should be raised, and that to this
end the committee have perfected arrange
ments in nearly all the States and Territories
whereby all will be given an opportunity to
contribute
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
FOREIGN NEWS,

THE case of DR.. Lamson, an Americ n,
charged with the murder by poison of his
Young brother-in-law in England, has excited
great interest in that country. Upon circum-
stantial evidence the prisoner was found guilty
and sentenced to death. DR.. George Henry
Lamson took his degree of doctor of medicine
at Paris in 1870 His practice was not remu-
nerative, and while living in London he
was compelled to borrow money from his
friends. Percy Malcolm John, his wfe's brother,
was afflicted with spinal compl int lie was
nineteen years ola, and by the provisions of a
will the sum of $500 would be divided be-
ween Mrs Lamson and her sister, if the lad
lied before he came OF age. On December 3.
1881, DR.. Lamson visited his brother in-law
and gave him some wine and gelaline cap
.ules, in which he mixed what
he said was sugar. The boy died
that night af eI Dr. Lamson had gone away. 1t
was subsequently discovered that the prisoner
"a bought on November 81, two grains of
aconite, and bottle marked ''poisYu" was
found in his hotel. 1hop post-mortem examina-
ton showed that death was caused by acunte
The report sent from Panama OF the earth
make in Costa Rica was taken from an official
dispatch which proves to have greatly exaggcr-
rated the disaster.
JANIS PYErT, an American engineer, with
six Meycaus, while coming down steep grade
On a hand car on the National railroad, in
Gcyico ran over man while crossing bridge
The car was thrown into chasm Pyett and
three McXicans were instantly killed, and others
were fatally injured.
FORTY cane fields in Cuba have been de-
,iroyed ly fire.
FROM Mexico como reports of several severe
earthquake shocks in different parts OF the
country
II is stated that the decisions of the st. Pc
tcrsburg commission on the Jewish question in
favor of compelling the Jews to quit rural dis
'ric's, although ostensibly aimed at the pre-
ycntion of persecution, will have the immedi-
ate effect Of depriying a million people of homes
an rendering their lives unbearable.
WHILE band was parading the streets at
Dunmanway county Cork, Ireland, on st.
'atrck's day, the police intcriered and cleared
the streets with loaded rifles. Several persons
were arrested.
A LONDON dispatch Gays that an unus ually
large area of wheat is being sown in England
The weather has been extremely favorable an,
winter wheat is in splendid condition.
HEAVY rain storms in Brazil have causet
great destruction of life and property. Tn
| towns OF Sac Joao, Macahe, Paraty and Pirah
have been almost destroyed and many person
| have been drowned.
THE Crystal Palace theater at Msrseilles
France, has been destroyed by fire. The los
is 100000. The actors had great difficulty il
effecting their escape from the burning build
ing. A fro broke out in the theater Demidoh
| St. Petersburg, while a performance was i
progress, aud destroyed the building; bu
| thanks to the coomoss of a police official tn
audience all escaped.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-23
A FerYent and Lacnnic PraNer.

During the session of 1858, when the
Iowa legislature was discussing the
State bank bill, and prohibitory liquor
Law, fervent aud laconic prayer, which
has become historical, was offered be-
fore that body. Recently the author
ship of the prayer and its phraseology
have been disputed. Mr.. Frank Shinn
apparently settles the matter by stating
that it was his father, A. t Shinn.
who prayed, and that his petition was
as follows: "Great God, bless the young
and growing State of Iowa bless our
senators, representatives and chief Off
GERS give us sound currenc7, pure
water and uudefiled religion, for
Christ's sake, amen"