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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-09

The Liverpool kilograms Of yesterday re-
ported the spot market easier and iractionally
cheaper.
Sales, 10000 bales, of which 5000 were
American. Receipts, 1900 bales, OF which
400 were American
At 1890: Cplands, 6gd; Orleans, 6sd.
At 80: Uplsnds, Is 9-16d; Orleans,
II-I6d.
The Liverpool market for futures at noon
was weak. February, February-March, 6 L.
32d; March-April, 6 1921; April-May,
6 11-16i; May-June, % 32d; June-July,
s 25-32d; July-August, 6 27-32d; August
September, 65d.
At 2:3O: July-August, 8 l3-16d.
At 4: April-May, 6 2I-32d.
At 3: st-September, 27-32d.
Futures closed weak, with decline of 1872
eGl-l6d on the list Of prices
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Fair supply on the market, and prices I'M
changed.
MULES-No. dray mules. 16 to 1G1%. Sl75G225;
Is, sl00dl25.
HORsES-Good driving slo5@2OO heavy draft,
none on the market; saddle horses, S1409225
pluUs S4Omz5
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LEGAL NOTICES


HAVING qualified administrator on estate
n of John Cullen, deceased, notice is here
given to all persons having claims against IL 10
present them Tor payment; and to those owing II.
TO come forward and settle.
J. D. RANDALL, Administrator.
GreUory Attorney
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A CARE

To all who are suffering from the errors and in
diseretions OF youth, nervous Weakness early de.
cay, loss OF manhood, etc. VIII send &C that
will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This reat
remedy was discovered by missionary in South
America. Send self-add ressed envelope TO tn
Rev. JOSEPH T. Inman Station D.. New York City
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PETROLEUM MARKETS,

Et fhOLEON MAfhhE
COAL oIL-wholesale lots at 10c per gallon.
BY Telegraph.
CLEVELAND, February s. - Petroleum
steady, s.w. ITO, &c.
PGTrsBURG, February S.-Pt troleum dull {;
united certificates steady, closed at So Sc; refined
SIZE Philadelphia delivery.
LIVE STOCK AND HOGS.
There has been very scant supply of all
grades of cattle on market throughout the
past week. The butchers demand is very
urgent and there is nothing decent to supply
them with. Cattle of all grades will continue
very scarce as long as the present washouts on
the railroads exist. Prices for good butchers
cattle strong and higher. No sheep on mar
ket. The demand is good. Market bare of
hogs, and prices ic higher.
CATTLE-Choiee native and Texas corr-fed cat
tie, per pound. 5@51&c; good native and Texas
Gorn-lea, per pound, 4Ag9c; medium native and
Texas corn,ted, per pound 3H@4c; smooth fat
3129i &c; rough steers and cows, in good condi-
ton, per pound, 254931&c; fat heifers and cows,
per pound; 31a@4c; choice grass cattle, 31aaI1@c;
1alr 70 medium grass cattle, 3@S14e; scalawsg and
common. l4924c.
SHEEP-ChOice, per ID, 5a51Ic; medium, per ID,
S%9tc: common, per head, sl@l 50.
LAMBS-Choice, per head, 1898 so; medium,
S2d2 so.
HoGS-Choice corn. per 10, 6949714c; medium
CSC; common, 4G5c.
COWS AND CALVES-Milch cows with young
calves, per head, Sl5935; yearlings, per head, 81
by Telegraph.
ST.. LOUIS, February S.-Hogs steady;
Z; butchers TO fancy, 81 1Oa7 A. Receipts 400;
shipments 1900
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BY Telegraph.
PELTRIEs, HIDES AND LEATHER.

hard to accomplish at quotations.
PELTRY-Hunter raecoon-No. l, 55c; No. 2,
40c; No. 8, zoe; No. T. 10e country raccoon, 10 to
40c cased mink, 10 to 5c; otter SOC TO 81; beaver
soc to 81: muskrat, to l0c; wild cat, 10 to 25c;
house cat, loo; opossum. 10c; skunks 10 to S5c;
wofskin, soc TO 81 so; fox 10 to 60c bearskin soc
0 s.; sheepskin, y to 75e; dry deerskin, per ID,
20 to SOC, decline of Joe per pound.
HIDES, ETC.--No l dry flint hides, 1561Gc; No.
dry hides, 12GI$c; dry salt hides, 1O@12c; No.
green salt hides, nc; No. green salt hides &C;
green hides. 1Iag6c; beeswax-prime yellow, 1Sc;
tallow, 6l4c; ginseng, per pound 81 50; primo
feathers, 40c
LEATHER-Oak sole, S7gfOc; hemIock, 2763Oc
per pound harness. 36giOc; skirting. 31G40c;
French calf S10960 per dozen; domestic calf, $50
945 per dozen.
WooI.-Tubwashed, 25gS5c; unwashed, 1s@eSc;
bury l0G
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FOR SALE, RENT OR LEASE

a wELLLOCATED PLANTATION IN THR
II vicinity of Memphis; in good order and OF
easy reach can be had by application to
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FreIghf-Train TeIescOped.

MILWAUKEE, February S.-A freight-train
on the Chicago, Minneapolis St. Paul and
Omaha road was telescoped forty miles from
here this morning. The conductor and
engineer were both seriously injured.
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The local market opened quiet and easy
and closed barely steady, with scarcely any
demand, at quotations tc lower. Sales, 200
bales, all to spinners.
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NOTION CARDING & SPINNING

n MachiE>ry FOR Sale Conplete sys-
~ TEN now runningl comprising Kitson Opener.
Kitson Spreader, IL Worker d Shipper Cards, 80
inches 2 Drawing Frames. Higgings's Slubber, o.
spindles; Providence NJ Co. slubber. 80 spindles:
Higginss Speeders, ll2 spindles each; Providence
Speeder, 152 spindles; % Ring Spinning Frames.
4276 spindles; Reels, Warp Mills, SPOILERS, etc.
Will be sold in lots to suit purchasers. Address
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FIiarH Point AMEs LEE, Friday, pm.
VicksbUrg. CITY OF Providence Friday, 10 N
Osceola- .CoAHoHA, Friday, pm.
White River. JOSIE HAIRY, Saturday. pm.
Arkansas River. MARLIN SPEED, Saturday, pm.
Hatchie river. FULTON, Saturday, pm.
Cincinnati ......... Co.'s MuLAR, Saturday, pm.
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De. z. G WESr's NERVE AND BRAINTREATMKEr-
A specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Commissions,
Nervous Headache, Mental Depression, Loss OF
Memory, Spermatorrhea, Impotcncy Involuntary
Emissions, PremSture Old Age, Caused by over
exertion, self-abuse or over-indulgence, which
leads to misery, decay and dJ~tE. one sex viii
cure recent cases. Each box contains one months
treatu. Mt. One dollar q box, elk boxes for five
dol =; sent by mail, prepaid, receipt of price.
We guarantee six boxes to cure any case. With
eSch order received By us for six boxes, sccomps.
med with i've dollars, we viii send the purchaser
our written guarantee TO return the money II the
treatment does not eject cure. Guarantees Is
sued only by A RESKERT & CO.. Wholesale sne
Retail Druggists. 2lS Main street, Memphis, Tenn
ar,Iara nv mail will rA'aa'se nrnrnpt attention
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HousE-suILplNe MATERIALS.


Bricks, lime and cement are quiet at for
mer prices.
NAILS-s3 70 rates per keg,
BRICKS-IIard, 5000: soft 81 thousand; fire.
brick, sIdi so Il hundred.
LIME AND CEMENT-Alabama lime, 3-bushel
barrel, 95cdSl barrel Tennessee, ~ bushel bar
rel, S5GgOc; Louisville cement, 81 709l 70 barrel;
Rosedale cement, s. 30 barrel; Portland, S..
Plaster of Paris 81 So
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PROVISIONS.

Hog products continue strong at quotations.
Fresh meats in good supply and dull. But
ter and cheese continue firm for the better
grades, but prices are unchanged.
BUTTER-ComInon, 20@22c: Kentucky. Isaac.
Western, 26Cg5Oc; fancy diary SO@34c; New York
Goshen. 765Ssc: creamery, 47G4so.
CHEESE-New factory at l09l01zc per pound;
halfcream, 112&912e; full cream, i5c; Young
America. Ij4l5Lc.
quarters, 597e: mess So per barrel; 60 so halfbar
rels. Hogs. Sc; backbones, 4g5c; spare-ribs, Sg
MESS P0RK-S20 per barrel; sugar-cured hams,
SIS 25; breakfast bacon, SIs . per cwt.
BACOS-Packed clear sides, nominally Sill:
clear rib, $40 75; shoulders 50 so; loose 11c per
cwt less.
clear nib $40 121z; shoulders, 81 %; loose, 121c
t&RP9FiGIes 81; .. kegs ST. Sc. 29Ib pals,
By Telegraph.
New YORK, February 8.-Pork heavy and
15G25c per barrel lower; old mess. sl7@l7 25 new
mess quoted at S1s9ls p. Lard unsettled and less
doiRg; prime steam, llS5Sll.4oc.
LOUISVILLE, February S-Pork quiet,
SIC 50; Bulk meats quieti shoulders, 674c; clear
i01[c; clear, lie. sugar-cured hams, EXCISE.
ST.. LOUIS, February 8. Pork lower;
meats easier but not loaeT-only peddling trade
Bacon steady, -, 101z9lO54c, Lard nominslIy
@4sc Eggs. zoe. 'S7''~' '''-''-- y %
BALTIMORE, February S.-Provisions easier
Bulk meats; shoulders and clear nib sides packed,
ssz4lOjSc. Bacon-shoulders SIC; clear NIB
sides, II &c. Hams. 1s@l4e Lard-refned, 1211zc.
Butter firIner; Western packed, 1SG45c; roll, 259
soc. Eggs firm. 2692sc; lined, 16920c-
NEW ORLEANS, February S.-Pork in fair
deInsnd; old. SIS IS: new, $40 D. Lard steady; re-
fin %, fierce 1Ise; key, 1214c. Bulk meats scarce
and firm; shoulders, loose, 65+967zc: packed
6.971%97c; clear rib and long clear, e5<995kc;
c.ear sides, Toe. Bacon steady; shoulders dull,
nc; Sdes scarce and in demand; clear rib and
long clear 1o5sc; clear, lie. Sugar-gured hams
canvased, u1@1sc.
CHICAGO, February 8.-Pork unsettled but
generally lower; SIS 46C9ts 90 cash and February,
SIS 50 March, Sis IS April, SIS IS May. Lard In fair
demand but al lower rates; ll.271%9ll. SOC cash,
II. 32IS9ll S5c March ll.471S9ll1xc April, II 6O4
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eRooMs AND eRooM-coRN.

Brooms OF home manufacture and broom
corn continue in good demand.
BRooM-CORN-Per ton, si5Oa22O, according to
grade.
BRooMS-Per dozen in wholesale lots 81 759l.
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Tennessee Southern Railroad Co
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

MEMPHIS, TENN, January S, 1859.
A MEETING of the stockholders of the Tennes-
n see Southern Railroad Company will be held
in this city on Thursday, March Q, 1852, for
the Memphis and sVicksburg Railroad Company,
the Mississippi Valley and Ship Island Railroad
Company, and the New Orleans aud Mississippi
Valley Railroad Company.
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Cotton Exchange Bulletins.
Receipts yesterday, Il, 346 bales, against
S,47S bales the same day last year.
S MaTts Of Refs. Price. stock.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS !
LETTING No. q.

CEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the
. Vicksburg, shreveport and Pacific Railroad
Company until February 49, lSS2, at II O'Clock
about Iorty-eight miles, from Arcadia 20 shreve
port, ON the line OF the ", 9. and p. r. R.. ia
Louisiana.
Profiles, plans and specifications can be seen,
and blank forms fer proposals can be obtained at
the office of f. " Dabney, Chief Engineer and SUI
periutendent, at Monroe, La, and at the office of
g. Bouscaren. Consulting Engineer 49, Vine street,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
All bids must be addressed TO John Scott Gene
raj Manager 1874 Vine street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The company reserves the right TO reject any
all bids. q. BOUSCAREN
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SEEDS.

The following list of prices covers the
principal articles, for which there is at pres
ent daily increasing demand.
CLOVER-s6 D per busheI.
GRAsS-Red top, or herd, 81 10 per bushel;
chard, 81 90: extra clean blue, 81 IS; timothy, 81
as y; German millet So; Hungarian, 81 - =
oATS-Red rust proof. S5990c; black, 65d75c.
ONIONS-Sets, 81 j0dS
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PORT OF MEMPHIS.
STEAMERS LEAVING.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

Arkansas City...DEAS ADAMS, Cheek, p u
Madison. KATE HOPPE, Rowland, p. IN.
st. Louis STE. GESEvIEvK, Vickers, p n.
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ELECTION NOTICE.

THE annual meeting of the Stockholders of The
l. Memphis Gas Light Company will be held AT
the Office of the Company, No. IS Madison street,
Memphis, Tennessee. on
"wednesday, March 4, lSS2,
to elect Seven t7l Directors TO serve the Company
the ensuing year. Election from 10 am TO ID N.
JOSEPH CRAIG Secretary.
Memphis, Tenn February . Iss2
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MEMPHIS COTTON STATEMENT.

New York.
New York spots opened nominal; at II 80,
quiet on decline of Lice; at 2:3O, nominal;
at 8, nominal, closing with decline of Lice,
and closing with sales of 95S bales; contracts,
500 bales. Price Lice lower.
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New York futures opened weak; at 10 80,
steadier; at II 80, steady; at 1890, steady;
at 80, barely steady; at 2:30, easy at $50,
barely steady, the market closing with de-
cliues ranging from to 10 points. Sales,
305,000 bales.
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New Orleans futures opened easy; at II,
steady at IL, quiet and easy at 80, unsettled
at 2:30, steady; at 3, steady, closing with de-
cline OF II to % points for all months. Sales,
209, 500 bales.
Months. Yesterday. Tuesday
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WHISKY, ETC.


No change to report in prices, and business
is quiet.
wHIsKY-Redistilled, 9Oc9sl so; straight. 81 so
a. according to age.
WINES-Imported Port, 81 50g4; sherry. 81 so
al; MISREPRESENTATION extra dry, S71S; Pr
per Heidsck, S23925; Mumm's extra dry, S25G27;
claret 80 15g7 per box; Catawba, cases, 81 509G.
BRANDIE5-Cognac, S5@l0; peach, 81 5eg& 80;
apple, s2@3 50.
BY Telegraph.
CHICAGO, February S.-Whisky steady,
s119.
ST. LOUIS, February s.-Whisky steady,
81 Is
LOUISVILLE, February s.-Whisky firm,
81 16.
BALTIMORE, February s.-Whisky steady,
81 1891 20
New ORLEANS, February S.-Whisky
firm; Western rectifed, s191 16.
CINCINNATI, February S.-Whisky firm,
81 IL combination sales of finished goods, 400
barrels, basis of 81 Il.
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TTYTc u ApEQ naay DO tutrnd on me at Geo
T01S : AZ 2kS p howell q Cos Newspapei
AaysTt,ssns g Fss s, n s WIZ aaEra''n'
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-21
BRITISH GRAIN MARKETS.

The Weekly Review of the "Mark Lane
Express"
LONDON, Nov. 2O.-The Mark Lane Ea-
press,in its review of the British grain trade
the past week says: The weather during
the week allowed some wheat sowing, but
arrears in this work are not materially
reduced. There has been large but irregu-
lar supply of mature wheat, Prices for
good samples were occasionally higher.
Foreign unchanged in price. The demand
was scarcely so good, Land business restrict
ed by the frmness of sellers.
Business in cargoes off coast
is virtually at stand still. There have
been four arrivals and two sales. The
market for cargoes on passage and for
shipped closed firm and quiet. Red
winter and Californians 3@6d better.
Flour was supplied freely, but the demand
was inactive. Prices were unchanged
Foreign dull, with labored sale. Barley
unchanged. Foreign steady, with a
hardening tendency. Oats dearer. There
was fair trade in foreign at unchanged
rates. Maize in small supply, with retail
at fancy prices. Sales of English wheat
the past week, 1896 quarters at 40s Sd,
against 41,911 quarters at ass I'D the
corresponding period last year.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-21

Frank James. the bandit who surrender
ed to the Missouri authorities, is living in
princely style in the Jail at Independence,
in that state, is treated like lord, and Wis
tied by sympathlzing friends, who furnish
his table with all the delicacies of the
season. At first anyone was admitted
to see him, but now he has grown
somewhat fastidious and requires all visi-
tors to send up their cards. He is said to be
well up in the matter of societyetiquette and
acts and talks as if he had always associ-
ated with the best people. He dresses
very elegantly and devotes great deal of
time to his personal appearance His
trial comes up in Kansas City on the 27th
inst. It is expected he will enter plea of
guilty and at once receive pardon from
Gov. Crittenden. In this event, it is un-
derstood, says correspondent, that a
number of his friends will at once apply
for his appointment as United States de-
tective.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-21
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

Special Meeting Yesterday--Street I'm
prOvemeats Contemplated.
A special meeting of the board of pub
lie works was held yesterday afternoon,
President Harrington in the chair.
The assessment for grading Wacouta
street from block 2, Hopkins addition, to
the union depot, was confirmed.
The assessment for grading Rosabel
street from Fourth street to the union de-
pot, and for grading Williams street from
Mississippi street, were also considered
and confirmed.
Objections were read from A. M. Garrison
to the assessment for grading Williams
street, and placed on file. Objections to
the same were also read from VIM. Goldfish.
The matter of the assessment for grading
De Soto street was adjourned to the 9th
last. The assessment for grading Rosabel
street from Ninth to Tenth streets. was
confirmed.
On the assessment for grading Maiden
Lane, corrections we're made on the proper
ty of Clarke, Mannheimer and Newport
A communication was read from D.
Elwell, of Sioux Falls, Dakota, calling at
tention to the merits for street paving
purposes of a large deposit of Jasper
stone, of which there is deposit of eighty
acres in area and $50 deep. Referred to
the engineer.
Estimates from city contractors were al
lowed as follows: Mccain, Babcock &
Co., Seventh street sewer, $465.5O, and
grading Ninth street, 1896; John Mullen,
building five cisterns, $1,7S5, and the
st. Peter street sewer, 1924; A.
Mullen, Sibley street sewer, 1898;
Simar q Morton, 1886, F. W. II. Colder
man, grading Fuller street, $1,25O; Warne
& Stockton, Third ward sewers, 1914; John
A. Tierney, grading Wacouta street, $132;
Peylon & Baker, grading Kent street, ST.
la. Mr.. John Somers appeard and OBJ
jected to the assessment for the recon-
struction of the st. Peter street sewer on
the grounds that it did not benefit his
property.
After minor matters had been disposed
of the board adjourned.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-21
AN INFIRMARY SCANDAL.
SCh0rOes acltich Dis0raccd q Physician Re
\ viced iN Court.

Charges sclsich Dis0raced Physician Re
\ viced ia Court.
STEuBENv1LLE, Ohio, Nov. 15.-In April.
1873, two female inmates of the Jefferson
County infirmary became mothers. One of
thenv half idiot named Rissa Imhoff. de-
clareS that the infrmary physician, DR..
AiigAsm, was the father of her child. and
nor eesNmony was corroborated by Super
1 nue., nastreng and his wife. DR..
Wlll1gman streneousiy denial tho cbor,o
but his guiltwas bea;ee.d to be estah1;sh
ed and he was dismissed in,a;so.ss W:tl
this stain upon his character 10 -
private practice and was combS,ad W
leave the neighbprhood. Director Starr
charged with tho paternity of the ot fhteS
child, whose mother was Chf1ssy Cooper, a
woman af loose character, but Stark was
declared innocent and the Investigation
was dropped. Subsequently Armstrong
removed to Medina and was secretly fol-
lowed by Chrissy Cooper, and both lived
there for some years.
A few months ago Chrissy married a
man named Enga and went to Akron. last
Saturday Armstrong followed her to Akron
and demanded and took away her child
which ihad been born in the Jefferson
county infirmary, claiming to be it's fstherr
He said that the canse of his act was tina,
his wife was barren and he wanted an heir
The woman resisted, and habeas corpn
trial began at Akron to-day. Deposition
VIII be taken here to prove the parentag'
OF the child It is now believed in Steu
Denvlie that DR.. Willigman was unjustl,
punished, and that Armstrong was tn,
father OF the Imhof child as we'll as O
Chrlssy Coopsr's. Armstrong was an act
i've member of the Methodist Episcopa
church and superintendent of the Sunday
school.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-21
National Agricultural Convention.

The third national agricultural conven-
ton of the American Agricultural associa-
ton to be held at the Grand Pacific hotel,
Chicago, December 10Th to 18th next, in
elusive. is expected to be one of the larg-
est and most interesting gatherings of ag-
riculturists ever convened in this country.
The American Agricultural association,
under whose auspices tho con-
vention is to be held, is
an organization of nearly 1000 leading
agriculturalists, and those engaged in kin
dred pursuits, in the United States. At
the convention discussions of practical
questions pertaining to agriculture will
take place, and much attention will be
given to the subject of ensilage, now at
tracing such great interest in the East,
and also TO stock breeding, dairying,
transportation and the tariff, and
action will be be taken with refer
ence to holding a national agricultural
and industrial exposition next year.
Among the Minnesota members are 81. H.
Young, secretary of the state board of i'm
migration, and R. G. Judson, secretary of
the state agricultural society.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-21
TIE SHRISTALrY.

Judge O'Gorman's Notice of Contest to
Fred. Richter--He Must Prove that He
Was Legally Elected Before He Takes
Possession of the OAice.
The first step in regard to the contesting
Of the election of sheriff was taken yester-
day by Judge O'Gorman filing the follow
notice in the district court:
To all whom it may concern:
WHEREAS. The above named Henry O'Gor-
man and Frederick Richter were candi-
dates for sheriff of the county of Ramsey
aforesaid at the late election, held on the
9TH day of November A. D. 1882 in said
county of Ramsey, and,
WHEREAS, The board of canvassers did
on the 18th day of November, A. D. 1882,
after canvassing the return made to
the auditors Office of said election, declare
said Richter to have the highest number. of
votes for said Office of sheriff and to be
duly elected sheriff of said county, and,
WHEREAS, the said Henry O'Gorman
claims and believes, and has good reason
to believe that. in and about the counting,
canvassing and returns of said votes, for
said Office of sheriff, at said election and
the canvassing thereof by said board of
cdnVdSSerS numerous errors, mistakes and
wrongs, were committed to the prejudice
of the said Henry O'Gorman, and by rea-
son whereof the said Frederick Richter
was declared duly elected sheriff as afore-
said, whereas in truth and in fact the said
Henry O'Gorman did have the highest
number of votes for sheriff at said election
and was duly elected said sheriff
and should have been SO
declared, as will fully appear when said
errors, mistakes and wrongs are corrected.
Now, therefore, be it known, that to the
end that all said errors, mistakes and
wrongs may be corrected and justice and
right done in the premises the said Henry
OGorman hereby appeals to the said dis
trict court for Ramsey county according to
the statute in such cases made and pro-
vided. HENRY O'GORMAN.