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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-05
General Trade.

Meats continue to rule unsettled,
and to some extent excited. One day
they go up, the next down, and deal,
ers are bothered in many instances to
know what to do. The result Of it is
quotations are irregular and cover a
considerable range, according to the
quantity dealers have on hand, or at
which they replenish, il the 5ipplyf
Is depleted. At present smoked meats
are nearly out Of stock here and dry
sailed shoulders are quite scare. Other
qualities Of provisions are in ample
supply. At Chicago last evening crs
closed at 500, and Zoe above the
evening before; mess pork $l2 s5per
Dbl, and loo up; lard IS 82l and l0c
up; corn advanced sltc, and atSt
Louis 90; oats at the latter point ad-
vanced 10 to 29c per bu; meats also
advanced 4OC on pork and loo on
sides, while lard advanced &c. AT
Kansas City pork went up 25O psr Dbl
lard and Q 7 37le per Cwti wheat
is shade of at all points, and the
tone Of -four IS easy with sales slow
and very heavyostocks here Corr
meal advanced to % 80 per Dbl at st.
Louis, that being Che lowest st which
shipping orders could be filed during
the latter part Of the day, against 20 80
early in the morning. No new fea-
lures in fesdstuGs, except that all are
plentiful and dull, save bran, which
Is quoted at SIS to 10 50per ten and
scarce All Glasses Of game and pOul-
try are dull and the supply is largely
in excess Of the demand, the warn
weather being decidedly uufavorabl,
to this as well as other perishabll
stufis. I Eggs are unsettled with sale
as low as 26c, while some hold up fo
go, though few realized the latte
figure. The dressed poultry .marke
is Cat, and turkeys sell all the wa
from 8 to 100 per Id as per condition
andsweetbess. The value ofsugar i
quoted heavy though the movement
lia quite brisk.
blbTLoUR AND MEAL Quotations 70
four are, Family "a 30 10 "a 16i choic
and fancy s. 10 70 81 80; sxtra do 90 30 !
20 %; patents 80 % 70 81, all on ORDER
/, round lots 80 per Dol cheaper Cornmef
N limited demand With very unsettle
feeling, and selling no arrive at " 3
, per Dbl IN lots; small orders higher.
FEEDSTUFFS--Corn, 48a49c for me-
sholled ingRr Dissaeked; alc In bulk; ea
! 40c IN bulk, aud $50 m SKIS small orders
10 30 higher Oats 2aa8Sc per bu I
per quality for lots, and 8 TO DO highC
Z IN a small way, Bran sl6al6 % per 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-05
Trustees Sale.

Rt virtue Of deed Of trust made 10 me on
bS,L 1 no ~ daY OF june, 1877, By Mary Ellaa-
a. bn vhnsr9y and Charles Henry Pom0roy,
neI husband, of Shelby county, TenneSsos.
Ieeorded u n Book No, ll9, page 90, Registers
On ~ q shelby county, TENNESSEE, viii ssl
70 tne highest bidder Tor cash, on - Il :,
tuesday, December ii, 1883,
at the southwest corner of Main and Madf-
son streets, Memphis, Tennessee, at IL
CLOCK, the following described lot Of land,
ylng and being in the Taxing District, for.
merry city OF Memphis, tO-Wit:
BEGINNING at a stake on the south side OF
Linden street 225 feet and inches east OF the
southeast corner Of tho intersection Of De-
SOTO and Linden streets; thence eatswardly
along the south line Of Linden street 81 feet
and inches % a stake; thence sOuthwardiv
between parallel lines to a depth Of $50 feet
70 stakes, II being street No. l89, and the
same property conveyed to Mary Elizabeth
P0meroy BY the Life Association of America,
The equity Of redemption Is waived In said
trust deed and the title ia supposed 10 be
good, but convey only as trustee.
% 20 b WEXFORD, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-05
The Preacher and the Play PEG.
ST. Louis PoIt.Dispatch.

j. Spencer Fish, who was last out
hero with Tom Thumb, had a rough
experience. The troupe struck the
town of Rochester, Minnesota, one
Sunday and j. Spencer dropped into
Methodist Westinghouse. The
preacher opened his sermon with this
announcements; Tomorrow evening,
my brethren, the gates Of hell will be
opened in our beautiful city, and for
one dollar each and every one OF you
can 60 and receive everlasting damna'
ton to your souls Then the speaker
denounced the stage and everything
connected with il as Inventions Of the
devil to tempt men to perdition. Al
the conclusi on OF the discourse Mr.
Fish arose aud remarked that on be-
half Of his company he desired to
thank his reverend friend for his kind
announcement, that his criticism had
been somewhat severe, but that was {
matter Of opinion, and he only wished
to add that tho performances woulc
be hel d on Monday, Tuesday anC
Thursd ny nights.
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Creditors Notice.

No. 4sO7,-In the Chanoerv COM, :, q.
county, Tenn. John Walsh and John
Duffy, ex'rs Of Thomas madden sum Sonh
vs.. Vim chase ct al. ~eo9aseu'
Lappearing from bill which IA sworn 10 4,
Il this cause and from an order az ran. " ~
tered herein, that i Is proceeding institnte5
K 1 wind up and settle the estate Of ThomSs
tb siiuol, uee q, as an insolvent estate under
Is therefore ordered that all parties cIsinseI
ing 70 DO interested in said estate of Tbomas
h Msaaen' deed, make, their appearance
neIeln, on Of before the first Monday n
January, 1884, and have theSseIvss ,yod 70
RarHes hereto, and present and estabiisb
s sa demands or the same win BE-
order be published once a week. fery o,, =. .ais
eeTSslye weeks, In the Public Ledger. Wv
rms 18th day Of November, 1853
A o0py-Attest:
X ' BLACK, Clerk and Mastay.
~ M Bradley, D. @. az DAA'sef'
Taylor Carroll, soils for compPt.
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Pa1ents 10 Tenneaaeeana.

The following patents have been
granted to citizens Of Tennessee re-
Gently: John NJ. Cayce, Nashville,
sewing machine motor; Frank ID.
Paradise, Memphis, fastener for the
meeting rails Of sashes; Myrick r.
Allen, Lewisburg, car coupling; Sam
uel b. Williams, Sailors Rest, pillow
attachment.
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GONRi4()kB STORAGE CD
WHOLESALE
WESTERN DRESSED MEATS,
aoa front street.
COMMEaClM.
Mprpuia Trrr Deoamhar K. 1874.

. MRNrHis. TEsH., December S. 1858. !
The money market isessentially un-
changed, save that the volume Of
money is increasing among the banks,
insurance companies and capitalists.
Discounts are steady Ut 8 per cent on
prime commercial paper, or when ac-
OeptAble collatersls are rendered as
security. Exchange is steady at | to
90 discount buying and par selling on
the East, while on New Orleans rates
are to of buying and par selling
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RAILROAD NEWS AND PER.
SONALS.

The Erie railway New York; after
many years Of adversely and yicissi,
tude, isgradually creeping to the front
as a money making railroad. At the
annual meeting on last Monday the
gross earnings for the year were
shown to be over S23,0O0, 900. and the
net earnings trife over 81, 900 900. a
gain over the proceeding year Of 1900.
000
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-05

The PUBIC LEDGER Jsb
Printing Office and Bindery u
aov located at II Union street ana
ready for all business Offering,
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uaS December ~, 1883,
o P IfSh1 OF the courthouse door. between a
biddsr. for cash cloek p m, 70 the hishosf
Ting and being 10 the city Of MemnhiS
nsr, o5Se' So-Wit: The southeast corner and
KAT p, otiot NO Sl,ss laid of on tho an az said
az 1 H.Ine northeast intersection Of Chioka-
one tor, asuetlon streets on which stands q
~ ~ ioLoWsi Beginning at the intsrestion al
SI,tSSk ~ and Auction streets; thence north
M, MIN me east side Of ChickasSw street IA fsSt
X i.i henesi thence east and parallel Win
and nar. IIiirset ~ feet thence southwardly
beginning. '' a"u eneeto tne
Equity Of redemption waiyeI. and ,ha
m wi Deileyod TO be good, but / will seli and
oosneVsy as trustee only.
COS CIV METCALF. Trust.s.
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The PUBIC LEDGER Biadcry
and go6 Printing Office g no,c located
ail1 linton street and ready fer all
busineiis Offering.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-05

Fuller details Of the accident on
the Alabama Great Southern railroad,
at Livingston, Saturday morning were
received in this city yesterday. The
train had just passed out of cut when
the accident occurred. The engine
ran fully fifty yards before turning
over, and it vas followed by the bag
gage car and smoking car. Mr.. O'Brien,
the superintendent Of the water tanks,
was riding on the engine and was just
preparing to jump when the tender
struck him. His head was badly cul
aud in addition to internal injuries
had his leg broken and one of his feet
crushed. He was in an extremely
critical condition yesterday. Express
Messenger Guest was wedged against
a red.hot stove and his breast ant
arms we're almost cooked. He would
certainly have been burned to dealt
and was just giving up in despair wheI
the tender, which WAS partially on hi
car, commenced leaking and soon ex
tinguished the FIRE. He is in 9 yer,
serious condition. Baggage Maste
Ensign had one Of his feet slight
crushed. Some time was consume,
in clearing the wreck and laying tn
track which was torn up consider
y,-[ChattanOoga Times, Sd.
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THAN aOATR.

The PUBLIC LEDGER Bindery
and Job Printing Office Is aii0 located
at II Bnion street and ready for al
bAsiness Offering,
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
Oass: 8 and q Union Street. .

CVgH PUBLIC LEDGER u PUBLISHED
every ersFnOgpy except Sunday, 81 hos
y ne Su PunSIc Luu1Ss d served 70 city pah-
uuflbsr1 b. faithful oarfierp 1t TkN OhNIb
PhR WEEK.. otb0 oonts per month, payable
~ naii1fin adsancos Ono year, s., one
moith, 80 oents. Postage Tree,
WswrdoaloFa supplied ct cent? per copy.
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Lady, render yeur skin white with
GIann's sulphur Soap.
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MOnday, Decemher 1saa

nal, virtue so Of 49, trust deed made to me- Feb.
mi az ~ ~ tol iSoO. Of record in the Reaistorir
will All nu sn county in Book l3l, page n,
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HOW THE SILVER KING MELTED
STERN RAILROAD MEN TO TEARS.

STERN RAILROAD MEN TO TEARS,
As an evidence Of the excellence of
the acting and plot Of the drama to be
produced in this city tonight, Tues.
day and Wednesday, one of the Divis-
ion Superintendent Of the Louisville
and Nashville Failraid told an Ameri>
can reporter the following anecdote:
He said that when the Division Su-
perintendent visited New Orleans on
their late tour ofinspection, about ten
days ago, most Of them went to see the
"Silyer King" which was then having
a big run in the Crescent City. The
chiefs became all attention from the
time the curtain rolled up on the first
scene, aud before the play was over
every one of them was weeping except
one, and two big tears were running
down his cheeks. One of the "supers"
had left his handkerchief in the car,
and had to borrow from another who
was not yet crying, but soon had to
get 1t back from him when he began
to CRY himself. 1t must indeed be an
affecting play,-[ Nashville American
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-05

PiKe's ToOthache Drops cur
In one minute, ...
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srAoEs OF rHE RIVERS.


Memphis-l9 feet Q inches on the gauge,
Or 20 feet inches above low water mark
decline Of 8 inches during the past "a
hours
Pittsburg-S feet inches, a decline of
4 inches.
Circinnati-l5 feet inches, decline
Of inches.
Louisville-7 feet ! inch, decline of
z inches.
Evansville-l5 feet 10 inches, a de-
cline of II inches
Cairo 20 feet inches, decline Of G
inches.
St Louise feet 8 inches, and station
Rry.
Vicksburg-2s feet 2 inches, a rise Of
9 inches.
Nashvillo-7 feet, a decline Of II
inches.
Chattanooga feet 10 inches, decline
Of inches.
Shreveport-s feet, decline Of IL
inches.
Little Rock-7 feet 5 inches, decline
of inches.
st. Francis and White rivers are
OF a good boating stage.
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Weekly Public LEDGER,

Ct - - ~ ~ NJ" - ~ '
PublIShsd svsry Tuesday II q per annum
az months, SOC; three month";, 40 Tin ID.
DxiLY-S5 pst ysas; bOopsr month for len
commuSicationsruyon subjects Of general
interest % the public ale At all tnass Accspt-
aba. -
taIaotsd manuscript WILL HO9 b resurned'
sATRs OF ADVERTIsIN 8 IN DAILY.
first Insertion " pr square
0ubaoquont insoftions-.-...... ~ ,.tfa,,a4.
FOR one Week.............-......... ~ :,
koR two Weeks..................'.." " a, :,
For three Weeks.-...,,.,.-.,.-..-.. " -
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BATED OF ADVERTISING IN WEEKLY,
first Insertion Y pef square
Subsequent insertiQna............ ~
Displayed embellishments viii DO charged
According 10 the aPloE occupied, at above
rates-thors being eight lines Of nonpareil
sohd to the square and twelve lines 70 the
lnoh.
duosrnenka, both 81 to rates Of charges and
manner Of displaying their advertieemente.
Notices In Ledger Linoa inserted for tVbnly
cents per line for each insertion.
Deasha and marrlageas charged % other
AdVertiBemouE. .|ENH W MLN T
Notices In local column inserted for fifteen
cents per line one insertion; l2h cente iper
line per week and 10 cents per line per month
ohangeable at pleasure Of advertiser.
Ailbilla for advertising are due whsn con-
traoted and payable on demand.
An letters, Whistler on business or othsH'
". WMITMOBE, ~
puhIiuhof and propristoy.
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BLRINLEY, Ticket Agent.
a -. ass Main ssIssl .
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aIYER INTELLIGENCE,
Boats LAYING ro-pAY.

Ia BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
For Friars Point, james Lee............6 D N
" Osceola, Ooahona. ............... D m
q " White river, ChickasAw.........6 D N
Arkansaw river, Ida Darragh..6 D N
Cincinnati, Belle Shrevsport.6 ? N
BOATS LEAVING TOMORROW.
For ArkAnsAw City, Kate Adams g p m
ARRIVED.
Steamer Coahoma, Osceola
F" Ida DarAgh, Arkansaw river
DEPARTED.
Steamer + w Cole. Vicksburg
" Will S Hays, Vicksburg
i" Macready, ST Francis river
" Cons Millar. Cincinnati
IN PORT.
Chickasaw, Ida Darragh, Coahoms,
james Lee
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Ed Easton, Local Freight Agent Of
the Texas and Pacific Railroad at
Sherman, Texas, left the other day,
telling his clerk that he was going to
Galveston to interview General
Freight Agent Newman, Not return
ing, suspicious were aroused. Run
ming over his accounts q shortage Of
$4,000 was discovered. II is also
claimed that cotton shipped by firms
was reconsigned and bills Of lading
made out in his own name. His &C.
tual deficit cannot be given until the
Auditor checks up the station. Eas-
ton came from Dallas, where he had
been in freight Office for four years
past, part of the time as cashier, until
his promotion. Neither his clerks
nor any one else suspected him in the
least. He sent his wife to Boston some
three weeks before.
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HARAuAN's PROMOTION.


~ U IN"I WV o
As good a piece Of news as has re.
GENTLY been received in New Orleans
was the order Of General Bradford
Durham, Of the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad yesterday, BY which the
popular and energetic Division Su.
perintendent Of the Louisville aud
Nashville railroad here, Colonel j. T.
Harahan, was promoted to General
Superintendent. The order, a copy
Of which is given below. ex-
plains where the now General Super.
intendent has been assigned:
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE !
And South and North Alabama R'ds.
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-. -. LAkVn. ARRIVn.
WIIa AItahl - .@--s~-~--
Rk,ous NM 1nr,-s. daily III IS D, M. III rs n
HSii Il 10 4, d u .,.l..... 7.l5 am. s.6lp.m
U6merVIIl1 Accom- 'datnl
daily except bundayl.-l A.5O p.m.l Joy a.n
V11aa1 CITY, RprIngfIeld A N II Il
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Memphis ana OhaFIesIon.

(City timo.l LHLvH. LRaivS
Expfoss train, daily. ..... ll;t5 pm. S:eQ Am
Hall train, daily .......,.,.. 7;i0 am. l:l5 PEN
0QYington AQQommod'nl $50 p.m:l S:o0 Am
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POSTOFFICE, MEHPHT, TENN.

Arrival. and Departures Of Mails,
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CIRCULAR NO. s.

down q hight OF stairs, that IS to re-
move their Office at No. 81 st. Charles
street down to the ground floor. Ar
fists were applying the printing coat of
paiHt to the pillars in front yesterday
and other preparations appeared to be
in progress for other work. The Miss.
issippi Valley road will not be any
way behind the age in having q fine
Office when everything is ready for re-
moval into the lower floor.
At least fifty passengers reached the
city yesterday morning on the Miss.
issippi Valley railroad from points
above the city. The road is doing q
very good business, but this is as moth.
ing compared to what it will be when
it is extended, and the fact that pas
senger trains are running regularly
becomes generally known throughout
the country.
The wire Of the Mississippi Valley
Telegraph Line, which extended across
the jackson depot yard at Magnolia
street, was broken by freight train
yesterday morning, and for time
communication was interrupted. The
break was repaired, and the line
raised higher to admit Of the passage
Of trains underneath.
A new line Of sleepers from Mont
gomery, Ala, to Cleveland, Tenn, via
Calora, has been established. The
cars are somewhat novel in their 10.
terror arrangements, there being no
upper berths in the cars at all, They
are elegantly furnished and upholster.
ed, and were manufactured by the
Ohio Falls Mandatory. The train by
which these cars leave reach Cleve-
lard the evening following the depart
ure from Montgomery Picsyune, J.
The earnings Of all the Southern
railroads are much larger than ever
before, and the increase denotes a
steady and gratifying advance in all
Of the material interests of this Sec
tion. tl
, 1883-08-30
General William T. Sherman.

The retirement of General Sher-
man from the generalship of the
United States army, which will take
place in short time, gives promi-
nence to his name rs that of a man
OF the hour. A review of his splen-
did services to his country cannot but
awaken recollections of interest to
every reader.
General William Tecumseh Sher-
man is a native of Ohio state He
was born at Lancaster, on the Sth of
February, 1920. He graduated at
West Point in his twenty-tirst year,
and saw military service in Florida
and the war with Mexico and else
where, before resigning his commits
sion in the year 1853. Upon his re-
tirement from the army he began
business in San Francisco as a bank
er, and continued the vocation four
years, including residence in New
York city. From 1857 to 1859, he
practieed law In Leavenworth, Kan
sas During the succeeding time up
to the secession of the South from
the Union, he acted as superinten-
uci1I Vi TIC LOuIoldIld IIlllGdlN dCdu-
emy. His resignation took place in
January, 1861, and was almost i'm
mediately followed by his return to
the army.
The civil war gave Sherman the
opportunity of distinguished service,
and placed him in the front rank of
living generals. His first commission
was that of colonel of a regiment of
infantry. At the first battle of Bull
Run he commanded a brigade of vol
unteers, and was made brigadier
general of volunteers. After serving
q short time in the camp Of instruc-
ton at st. Louis, he took part in the
campaign conducted in the States
of Tennessee and Mississippi, dur
ing which he was promoted to the
rank of brigadier general of the reg
ular army. In October, 1868, he sue
eeeded General Grant as commander
of the army department OF the Ten
nessee. When, in March, 1864,
General Grant was made lieutenant
general and commander Of all the
, 1883-08-30

Union forces. Sherman succeeded
him as commander Of the military
division of the Mississippi. This
included the entire Southwest. and
his appointment gave him the com.
mand of more than Il hundred thous-
and effective troops with whom to
operate against General Joseph E.
Johnston. He began the invasion of
Georgia on the "a of May. 1864.
making his advance movement at the
sameStime with that of General
Grant in the east. His forces We're
superior in number TO those of the
Confederate general, who, however,
stUbbornly contested the advance at
every possible point. There was
much hard fighting between the two
armies, and 1t was not until Septem
Der "a that Atlanta was captured by
Major General Sherman, but then
newly promoted to this rank. He
occupied the city with his army fOr
ten weeks. when he commenced his
march to the sea. having previously
| dispatched some 10000 men under
the command of General Thomas to
repel General Hoods advance into
Tennessee. His remaining forces
consisted of 10000 men, more or less.
In less than month they had march
ed 300 miles without resistance. His
first fight was at Fort McAlhster,
below Savannah, the surrender of
which stronghold preceded that of
Savannah by eight days. In the
middle of January, 1865, General
Sherman began his invasion Of the
Carohnas. His march through
South Carolina occupied six weeks.
In North Carolina he encountered
considerable opposition, and fought
two pitch battles. Goldsboro was
occupied on the 22d of March, 1865;
Raleigh on April 18th. On the 26th
of April General Johnston sulren
dered to General Sherman Oh the
same terms as had been granted
General Lee by General Grant.
This surrender virtually closed the
war.
General Sherman continued in
command of the military division of
the Mississippi year after the end
of the hostilities, with the rank of
major general in the regular army.
He was promoted to be lieutenant
general when, in July, 1866, Grant
had been made general of the army.
His command continued as before
Sherman succeeded Grant as general
of the army in March, 1869, after the
election of the first named to the
Presidency. He spent part of 1871
and 1872 abroad, in Europe and the
East. Upon his return he made his
headquarters at Washington, but re-
moved to st. Louis in 1874 Gener-
al Sherman has contributed to the
history of the United States by the
publication of his memoirs. in 1875.
He is a well preserved man of good
presence, ready and able speaker,
and is considered to possess a capac-
ity for affairs as well as SURPRISING
military ability.