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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07
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HERSASDo, April 8, 1882.
MEssRs. II. SEEssEL, ST., & SoX-
Gents l will ship you tomorrow fifteen
head of EXTRA SOUTH DOWN
LAMBS for your Easter market.
Z. j. BELL.
TX ADDITION TO THE ABOVE we will
have Prime Beef Veal, Mutton,
etc., also large assortment Of fresh and
new Vegetables, such as CauliflOwer,
Asparagus, Beans, Peas, new
Potatoes, Lettuce, etc. Should the
weather be too warm for Saturday deliv-
cry, we win deliver all orders Sunday
morning.
HI. SEEsSEL, SIX, a. SON,
Corner Jefferson aud Second SIS.
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POLICE POINTS.

Ten arrests were made yesterday.
Two persons we're tried for failing to
obey subpenas.
Gas lit at z and extinguished at
ll:45 tonight.
Officer Butler took Thos. Maloney,
q kitchen artisan, in out of the wet,
yesterday, for loafDg.
A bronzed and very thin farmer
named Banner was found snoring
melodiously, last night, with his form
reclining in a gutter. He was arrested
and discharged.
Annie johnson. frail denizen Of
Center alley, concluded she had ten
dollars worth Of fun and did not offer
to claim her forfeit.
A darky by the euphonious name Of
Henry Bell was caught with a stolen
silver pitcher, last night, and sent To
jail to-day.
Ben Logan, who was SLOWED TWEEN.
ty-four hours TO prove character OF
get out of town, probably took the
latter course, as he has not been seen
since.
The revenue from fines and for
FIXTURES last month was over $1,000, OF
about one-third of the expenses. The
police department is the only one
which yields any revenue whatever.
The number Of arrests made last
month-four hundred and fourteen
was larger than for some time. Noarly
all the eases, however, were for trihiDl
misdemcanors, few high crimes ant
misdemeanors, except DRINKS ant
diSOrderlics, being committed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07
Points About Those who Polish
Up the Pedals OF the Great
Big Man.

People look down on the bootblack.
They cant well avoid it, considering the
position he occupies when at work,
and still they have no reason to de-
spise him, as like more elevated and
better dressed but less respectable
gamin, he often gets government
contract. Members of the Legisla-
ture who carry the (ill) will Of the
people in their hats, and great person
ages who carry their wards in their
pockets. all paTonize him. Such dis
tinguished gentlemen usually have
distinguished feet. Their feet are
usually distinguished coming around
the corner about five minutes before
the, great man himself. These are
government contracts. There is invs-
riably something behind them though
it is not always plain at first just what
it is. In this case, however, as already
said, it is member of Congress, the
State Legislature. Board of AL
dermen, orSomething. It's true the
contractor has to carry out his con-
tract on the spot-a pretty large spot
surely, but still not much larger than
a custom house site, though a sight
larger than a Memphis custom house,
Though these government jobs are
often undertakings of no small magni-
tude, the appropriation is uniformly
five cents. The county undertaken
would, very likely, be called upon tc
plant bootblack if the owner of the
foot was careless enough to let it fall
upon him. People would pity him
but would not shud a shudder if the
custom house caved in on some con-
tractors. Of course other and smaller
men wear shoes. and in conformity
with the customs of society, must have
them BACKED. If this was not the
fact, the food of applicants for per.
mits to black boots who poured in on
Chief Davis yesterday, invested
Twenty cents each for nothing
Thirty-six badges were given
out during the evening, and
twice as many more could have
been disposed Of, had that number
been on hand. They are allowed to
stand only at the corner of streets and
alleys, three to square on each side
Of the street. All the most desirable
stands have been taken up. 1t is est.
mated that the total number of per.
mits issued will be about one hundred
and fifty. Their earnings average
seventy-fve cents per day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07
AKusxNEHTs.
Charles Z. F0rd's superb opera
Company.


Mr.. Ford's troupe, which has re-
ceived such high concentrations from
the press everywhere, is now filling a
two weeks engagement at the Acad-
envy Of Music in New Orleans, and
will open at the theater here on
Monday evening, April 18th. A diff
ferent opera will be presented each
night, and, as the company is an ex-
cellent one, we anticipate a pleasant
week Of music. The "Mascotte, y
"Billee Taylor" Patience" "Mano-
Ia, ""The Muskateers" and "0livette'
are in their repertoire for our city,
and they have the reputation Of giving
them we'll.
'sSIichaeI SlrOgOIT."
The thrilling spectacular Michael
Strogoff" had its fourth representation
in this city last night, before a mod
crate audience. The scenic, terp.
sichorean and dramatic features Incl
dental to the performancewere equal to
it not an improvement upon the even
ing previous. The piece will be rem
dered tonight and again tomorrow
afternoon, and for the last time to-
morrow night.
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PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Z. Morrow, the
lady until yesterday Miss Lizzie
Brown, have gone to New Orleans and
vicinity on an extended wedding tour.
Major w. H. Wildberger, a well
knowniaud popular young citizen, fol-
some years past connected with the
Kentucky Military Institute, has re.
turned to his home here, to stay.
A former we'll known barber and
Jefferson street eating house proprie.
tor, in the person of Mr.. w. w. King
dem, was on a short visit here yester-
day. The gentleman is now connected
with the Texas Il st. Louis railway.
Mr.. Frank Arthur, an afTable and
cultivated Maryland gentleman and 9
former shipmate Of several ex nava
officers, now resident here, on the side
that didn't win the big fight, of course
is in the city, as advance agent of the
Charles K. Ford Opera Company, now
at New Orleans, and to be here weel
from Monday next.
Mr.. II. e. Huntington, of New
York, but now located at Dyersburg
and connected with the Chesapeake 1
Ohio railway, also Mr.. Robert Meek
Of Louisville, are in this city on
brief business visit. The Chesapeake
q Ohio is likely to send its first trair
through from here to salt water abou
three months from this date.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07
BOHEMIAN BEER
Is now ON dFaught at Henry
Luehrmann's. lot
Damage DETERMINATIONS.

Some time since Stewart, Gwynne &
Co. bought Is, 900 pounds Of meat from
Hax & Bro, Cincinnati, paying cash
down with order. The meat came,
but in damaged and unstable con-
dition, and demand was made for
damages but refused. An attach
ment was accordingly sued out yester-
day and Deputy Sheriff Mason served
the writ last night on w. o. Harvey,
who has 10000 pounds of meat in hand
belonging to Hax & Co. An injunc-
ton was also served to prevent Harvey
turning over any money he might have
collected for Hax 4 Co., for whom he
sells on commission. The lot Of meat
which was consigned to Stewart,
Gwynne & Co. was also attached.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07
GIVES THEM AWAY.

Anyone buying a boys hat at
COhen's Hat Store receives a
pocket memorandum slate and
pencil ia book form. or he will
give a Chinese fan as a present.
Call early before they are all
gone. 2I0 MAIN,
SO Under WOrsham Rouse.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07
NOTICE! NOTICE.

Our stock of Embroidered
Laces, Hdkfs and Hosiery arel
DOW complete. Prices TO suit
the times. Ladies are cOrdi-
ally invited 10 examine and
price our goods before buying|
elsewhere.
GERBER d. METTE.
267 MaiB Street. 76t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07
To get your favorite brand Of Cigars.
Down Again.

Freight rates to the Eastern sea-
board went off another FIVE cents per
hundred weight this forenoon. Cotton
is now carried to New York at As
cents per hundred weight; to Boston,
Providence, Lowell and Lawrence at
So cents; to Philadelphia and Cohoes
at ~ cents, and Baltimore at A cents,
all rail while rail and river rates are
two cents less.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07

FOR FASTER SUNDAY DINNER
Albert Beessel, at I24 Main ST.,
viii have the finest Kentucky Beef
and Spring Lambs the market afforcs
also all kinds Of Vegetables in season,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07
TrYthe
Fire nfInfiian Raw.

The store Of H. & l.. Silverman, at
Indian Bay, Ark, is reported to have
been destroyed by FIRE night before
last. Insurance. $4,000, mainly in
Hirsch & Gronauer's agency here fol
foreign companies, though, it is said
part was laid in NcY Orleans. Loss
set down at $4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07
Philip Best Brewing COmpany's
BOHEMIAN BEER
Can only be had mt Henry Luehr-
mRnn's. lot

OFFICE s0UTHWEST'N BENEFIT GUILD,
No. 80 Madison st., April 7, 1882.
all persons to whom Nuptial Bene.
fits are due by the Southwestern
Benefit Guild, are hereby notified that
the same is awaiting their receipt.
Nuptial Benefits are due sixty days
after the filing Of the proof Of mar
riage. W. SPoT SMITH, Sec'y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07
Drink only
BOHEMIAN BEER,
at LuehrmamE's.

Fine Hot Lunch at Felix FraHsIOIl's,
292 Front, daily from 10 l-2 tot.
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smallpox Cases.

DA0AAhSO-A OaAoNHs
Three darkies have been arrested
and tried in the last two days for fail
ing to report cases of smallpox at their
homes. In neither case was a physi-
clan employed, and death was the re-
suit in each instance. These darkies
seemed careless and Indifferent to the
fate which had befallen their families,
and their chief anxiety seemed to be
to discover some way to elude fine.
President Hadden was inexorable,
however, and imposed fine Of five
dollars in each case, after delivering a
lecture to the three darkies, who com
posed the audience, about disregard
log the health ordinances of the city.
On this point he is bent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07

The stock of provisions on hand at
all Western points on the first of last
month, when the packing season
closed, summed up 96,0OO,O6O pounds
Of neat, and was 2l,OOO,O00 pounds
short Of last year at the same time.
Of pork the number Of barrels was
1872, goo, and $4,000 more than last
year; while Of lard the stock was
228,O00 tierces, and $4,000 tierces
more than last year at the same time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07
memorial Window.

A subscription has been raised by
Sheriff ?. r. Athy, Chief w. G. Davis
and Chief James Cleary, aided by the
school children, for the purpose of
erecting memorial window in calvary
church to the memory of the late
Colonel James 7. Leath, who was a
member of the Board of Police and
Fire Commissioners.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07
Buy Pitcher Pumps of Browne.

GOODYEAR'S
Spiral Garden Hose.
wrapped with canvas,
new thing.
durable and Light.
TOWNER d. DIXON, Agents.
GOOdyear's Rubber House.
Ii Jefferson street. 24t
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Assignee's sale

AbSABuecS ohAc
OfJewelry, Silverware, etc., commence
ing Saturday, April LIST. The immense
stock Of V. b. Thayer TO be sold. En-
tire stock to be sold at cost.
at j. j. BUsBY, Assignee,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07

Ice Cold Milwaukee Beer at
FransiOli House. cor Union a. ed
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-07
ADJUSTMENTS.
LOST.

4 5EI1BR liver solo1ed puppy, 81 month,
"A old. lhort hair. white breast anA toes
Finder Will please return absTe 70 los Madi.
son street and be rewarded. nN
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MAhrEn.

A GOOD LaundreSs. Apply at ny rsSi.
n denoe or No. 9 MadisOn street.
1874 III A MONTGOMERY
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SHINING LIGHTS.

Under WOrsham Rouse.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-29

occupy tn. >cantily-wooic"i country in
the Southern States |; i ljkrlN that
the vast forests in Northern Main" and
New York Will he in dVinamd for making
agricultural settlements before ten Years.
We have a vast amount Of land that
would be occupied and highly improved
if it were III any European country.
where the popula,ioni~ dense. and treat
difficulties exist in finding homes tn
people can own. 1t is by no means I'M
likely that there will soon he IN Eastern
movement Oh the par, Of western farm
er>. Lately there has been Il tendency
toward large farming in most of the
Northern States. Especially has this
been the case in the grca, prairie region
Farmers have coveted broad acre, and
bought many machines. brcause with
them they could raise much grain with
comparatively little labor. 1t is obvious.
however. that MANY of the farms of the
future must he small and be devoted TO
the production of the minor crops. The
land cultivated, in many instances. will
be rocky and broken. and not adapted
to the Use of labor-Saving machines.
Hand work will be required. and this is
most protitablv devoted To the production
Of root crops. small fruit. and >pccialtc~.
Ii the public land available for general
farming is all disposed Of within two
years Il great change must so,u occur in
the management of farms. -ChicdJ0
Times
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-29

It is stated that an agent from the
North recently visited our city to can
vass for the sale of a certain book. He
visited the residences of a number of our
citizens, and where he did not make
actual cash sales, as was the case In
number of instances, he asked permis-
sion to leave the book for examination,
promising to call subsequently and get
it, in the event it was not desired to
Keep the volume. Whether or not he
was prevented from calling for the book
Is not known, but the book was left with
some ten or dozen citizens, and bill
for $40 against each of them was placed
in the hands of the high constable for
collection. This officer was not aware
of the circumstances until he presented
some Of the bills, when he was informed
In each case that no purchase of the
book had been made, nor any bargain
entered into with the agent, but on the
contrary the volume had been left with
them under the promise that it would
soon be called for. Several of the gen.
tlemen against whom these bills were
presented expressed the desire to inter-
view the agent and give him a gentle
expression of their opinion of his con-
duct, but he is not in the city-having
returned to the North.-PetcrsburS
(Va.) Inder-Appeal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-29
The Mocha and Java Myth.

II the official returns of tho coffee
trade are to be trustcd-and presuma-
bly, they are not greatly IN error-the
coffee-consuming public of this country
has been for long time past very
much deluded. There are a multitude
OF people in this part of the world who
are laboring under the belief that the
beverage which they drink at break
fast, and possibly after dinner, is Mocha
coffee. The grocer tells them that the
article he sells is ''pure Mocha" and
they have no means Of knowing that he
Is deceiving them, il, indeed, he has
not been deceived himself. Some.
with a peculiar fastidiousness, in
sist upon having mixture, and
want One-half or one-third Mocha
and the remainder of Java coffee-a
request which the grocer seemingly
complies with; that is he takes the COT.
fee from two separate compartments.
Now, the last completed returns of the
coffee production of the world are made
up to the year 1873. In that year the
estimated growth was 1882, 112, 500
pounds. OF which Brazil produced 4O7,-
ROAhuSs VI Ouc-l9lI.
Next came the Dutch East indian DOS
sessions, where the crop amounted to
2O1. 500. 200 pounds; while Ceylon,
South Africa and the West Indies fur
nished nearly all Of the rest. Arabia, it
is true, appears on the list, but its total
growth. the Mocha district and the rest
OF the country combined. was only
about 100000 pounds-that is, not
quite one-half of one per cent. of the
growth of the world.
When it is considered that coffee is
extensively used in Arabia, that Mocha
comes within the possessions of Turkey.
a country peopled with coffee drinkers.
and that we have no direct communica-
ton with Arabia, one may well hesitate
before he accepts the current Mocha tic-
ton of the grocers. 1t is highly proba-
bic that not 10000 pounds Of this article
are brought into this country in the
course OF year. an amount that would
not furnish days supply for the in
habltants of New York City. We all,
OF course. know the flavor of Mocha
coffee. and hence cannot. be deceived.
though IN reality probably not one in a
thousand OF us ever tasted it.-N Y
Times.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-29
SjiIT.E AND INDUSTRY.

Brass castings shrink one-eigAth
inch to the foot in cooling.
A process by which silk threads,
shreds and pieces of all kinds can be
dissolved and coated upon cotton,
wooden or other fabric so that it will
wear the outward appearance OF genuine
silk, is announced.
A great number of analyses and ex-
periments, conducted by MIR. A. Levy,
Show tina: grapes ripened in sunlight
contain 800 per cent. more sugar and
l2i7 less acids than those matured in
darkness.
In order to make a good printing
ink, which will not give forth diSa-
greeable smell, DR.. Brackenbush, of
Berlin, dissoves IL parts of fine resin in
% parts of paralline oil by heating them
to so deg, or by Incorporating them
mechanically at the ordinary tempera-
ture, and when this latter operation is
completed 10 parts of lampblack are
added
Whether American salt meat can
convey trichin;p was question lately
discussed in paper by NJ. Colin and
read before the French Academy Of
Sciences. The conclusion arrived at was
that the meat in question, as now inn
ported into Europe, might in very rare
cases transact trichin0sis when the ami
NAL was but recently killed, the pieces
of meat large, and the process of cur
ing imperfectly conducted.
Prof. Barff, an English chemist,
has discovered a solution of boracic
acid which he claims will preserve at
slight expense all perishable articles of
food. lie has preserved pigeons, turtle,
Jamaica fruits, sardines, Holsters, her
ring, fowls, pheasants, tongue, oysters,
beef and mutton, for periods of several
weeks and several months, in none of
which, either to the taste or smell, was
there the slightest evidence of decompo-
sition. This is timely discovery, for
meats as well as game are pretty
"high" just now.
Electricity is now used in porcelain
factories to obtain a perfectly white
paste. The pastes, in aliluid slate, are
run before very powerful electro-mag-
nets driven by Gramme machine.
The poles of the two electro magnets
are placed opposite each other, and be-
tween each Of these magnetic groups is
kind Of funnel, the poles Of which act
on the mold in which the liquid runs.
Twice day the surface is cleaned Of
the ferruginous particle, that adhere to
1t. Upward of 2.003 pounds OF paste
can be purified daily by this process,
which piye3 the manufacturers an ad-
ditional value of forty per cent.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-29
PITH AND POINT.

Hope is desire melted through the
sieve of belief.
The defeated candidate is like the
old bachelor, who says he once fell in
love with beautiful lady, but aban-
dOned all idea of marrying her when he
found that she and all her folks were
opposed to the match.
Translated from the Omnibus:
Buyer-"Of the wreaths with inscrip-
tons will l one take" Selleress-
"Wish you the one with 'Rest Softly
or upon Again .seeing?'" Buyer,
somewhat embarrassed-"O, rather the
fi-st-it is for my deceased mother-in-
law?"
-"What is tho matter, old fellowp
You seem worried" Well, I AMIN
being dunned up hill and down dale by
my Internal creditors" "Oh, you owe
large sum of money!" "No, but a
great many small sums, and debts are
like children-the smaller they are the
more bother they are. ~. Y. Tribune.
Professor to classical student" If
Atlas supported the world, who sup
ported Atlas?" Student-"The Ques-
ton, sir, has often been asked, but new
or, so far as am aware, satisfactorily
answered. l have always been of the
opinion that Atlas must have married
a rich wife and got his support from her
father. IN. Y. Post.
-" Please, sir, give few cents to a
poor blind man." care You entirely
blinde" eyes. sir" 'lIaven't got
anything for you to-day" 81 suppose
you think because you wear tight pants
and have got your hair parted in the
middle you are somebody. You look
like that man who was hung in Wash
ington County last week, you long
legged, red-headed, freckled-face ga
loot!"-7eras Sifitngs.
Said the gilded youth: eyes, it's
q mighty nice thing to be engaged to
seven or eight girls. II you call on one
and she isn't at home, you can 20 and
see another, and if you find any other
fellow present, why, he's got to give
way to you. Get into trouble, breach
of-prOmise suits, etc.p Oh, no. When
q girl gets to be troublesome. turn say
agely on her and say: 'Pernicious wom-
an, I know all! Denials and explana-
tons are useless! I break our engage
ment!' That settles it. You can be
dead sure she has been flirting with
some fellow, and she'll think you've
discovered it, and either give the real
facts of her proceedings away, trying to
explain, or else say nothing and let you
60. It's dead sure thing, every time. :"
'-ChtCago Times.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-09-29

A certain Baking Powder Mandatory in
the East, by dnt of heavy advertising and
reiterated claims of purity, has succeeded in
selling their powder over the country to the
extent of s2,000,000 annually. Ii is said their
sales enable them To divide $l,000,000 as
profits, and pay the newspapers 500, 900 every
ycar-leaying 5000, 900 to cover cost of mate
rails and manufacture. People who pause to
think will perceive at once that this baking
powder cannot be made of such expensive
materials rs they are led to believe. In fact,
powder composed entirely as the New Eng
land baking powder is, of cream Of tartar OF
the highest grade of purity, and the very best
quality of hicarhonatc Of soda will not admit
of large profits. No Eastern Powder can
compare in quality with the New England.