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Fn,e1te County Items.
gomerville Reporter, 2S.

somerville Reporter, 2S.
st. Thomas Episcopal church was
tastefully decorated last Sunday and
appropriate Easter services conducted
by Rev. Fred. Juney. @f."@
Mrs. Betsy Boyd, widow Of the late
Kenard Boyd, died very suddenly Of
heart disease, Saturday, the 24th,
inst, at her residence four miles east
of town.
There are now twenty three inmates
at the County Poor House. Three
have died and three have left since
the lst of February. About five more
will leave in few days.
Mr.. M. Skaller will close his house
in Moscow this week and remove to
Collierville. where he will have a
wider field in which to operate. Col
lierville merchants will find in him a
live com petitor.
His Honor, Judge Livingston, or
rived Monday and opened Chancery
court, which is now in session and
business being dispatched with the
usual promptness.
Falcon, %,
On the night Of the oath, two young
gentlemen of the cOlOred persuasion,
aged IS and IA years, went through
the postoffice, getting some twelve or
fifteen dollars In cash and a couple OF
pocket books. The postmaster, Mr..
Latin, felt pretty sure that the person
or persons who had robbed the Office
had secreted themselves there and
that he had left them in the Office,
when he closed on Saturday night.
This surmise proved to be true. He
remembered having noticed, just
before he closed up, Ed. Winburn
standing in the office, but was under
the impression that he went out before
he shut up that night. On Sunday HAYS
ing ascertained the fact, tnat Winburn
had been handling cash rather freely,
he went in search of him. Winburn
was away from home at the time, SO
Mr.. Latin spoke to his mother about
the matter, who Immediately produced
a pocketbook, which she said her son
claimed to have found with one dollar
in it. Mr.. Latin recognized the
pocketbook as being part of his
stock. He sent Immediately for the
bog, who claimed that he did not steal
anything himself. but that he was
standing in front of the postofice
when Will Cloyd uubarred the door
from inside and came out and that
Oloyd gave him the pocketbook and
70 70 not to tell on him. So Mr.. latin
had Cloyd brought up and bulldozed
him into confession and a return Of
the money.
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Dangerous sheep Killed by
Some Good Dogs.
sprlngleld WON. D Kee0Td, 2

Springfield lTenn.) Record, 49,,
We learn that some dogs invaded
the premises Of Colonel Ham Izor,
last Saturday night, and killed great
many Of his old sheep as we'll as lambs.
This State needs dog law worse than
any other we know of. We never
saw the day when we could conscien-
tiously abuse the one that once had
the honor to stand on our statute
books. 1t was the best law the Ten
nessee Legislature ever passed. II
was declared to be unconstitutional
Right then the sheep raisers Of the
State should have held q mass meet.
ing and declared for an amendment to
the constitution, for the purpose Of
putting in q clause that would have
taxed dogs out Of the State. The
farmers OF our State have less pro.
lection than any other vocation, yei
many Of them opposed the dog law,
and as it was alone tor their benefit
we could never see why they did 30
The sheep killed in the above cited
instance, If but three or four, or one
if YOU please, has more value in ouI
estimation than all the dogs in Ten
nessee,
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COTTON AND TOB ACC0
WEIGHEKS.
A BIZ 90 Allow County Courts 10
Elect rhem and Prescribe
Their compensation.

SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, That the County Court of
any county in the Statea majority of
its members favoring the same-may,
on the first Monday Of July of every
year, elect cotton and tobacco weigh
srs for such county. whose duty it
shall be to weigh all cotton and to.
oacco that parties may agree TO have
weighed BY him.
Sec 2. Be it further enacted, That
said election shall be by ballot, and
the party getting the highest number,
provided it be q majority of the votes
cast, shall be declared elected.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That
before entering upon the duties Of his
Office, said cotton and tobacco weigher
shall provide himself with balances
and scales duly tested according to the
laws of Tennessee, and shall take an
oath faithfully and impartially to dis
charge the duties of said Office, and
shall give bond in such penalty as the
court may prescribe, conditioned as
set forth in said affidavit, and said
officer shall hold his Office twelve
months or until his successor is
elected and qualified.
Sec. A. Be it further enacted, That
it shall be the duty Of said cotton and
tobacco weigher to give and declare
exact and just weights, regardless of
condition Of the cotton and tobacco.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That
any cotton weigher elected according
to the provisions of this act, who shall
give or declare any unjust weight, or
who shall wilfully violate the previ-
GUS sections of this act, shall be guilty
Of a felony and, upon conviction Of
the same shall be confined in the State
penitentiary not less than one or more
than three years.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That
the court may prescribe the compen-
sation for said cotton and tobacco
weigher, which shall not be over ten
cents bale and twenty five cents a
hogshead,t to be paid by the party sell
ing the cotton and tobacco.
Passed March l6, 1888.
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PLEASANT GROVE.

Pamela county, Miss, Feb. %.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland: | hope you
will excuse my boldness in dropping
you this note, but wish you would
do me favor, and it is this: On the
morning of the 7th Of November, 1882.
gave birth to a fine boy baby and I
named him Grover Cleveland, after
your illustrious husband, who on that
day was elected for the high Office Of
Governor OF the great State of New
York. | look with pride and expect
to see him our next President. Now
for the favor. l want you to send my
baby both your pictures, large enough
to frame, and your autograph or some
present to keep as a relic flor him in
his old age. My husband is member
Of the Mississippi Legislature at pres
ent. | hope you will comply with my
request. Yours as ever,
MRS. Mop.
The Governor forwarded his picture
and autograph, accompanied by {
polite letter informing his fair cor.
respondent that he had not Jet taken
unto himself wife. but when he die
she would certainly be remembered
with picture.
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An Insurance Agent After a
Senator.
Little koek GaEette.


Senator Garland tells an amusing
story about an insurance agent, illus
trative of the enterprise and drive
that makes success. While the agent
in this case failed to carry his point,
yet the story points its moral. A life
insurance agent, whose name it is not
necessary to mention, conceived the
idea of capturing the wary Senator.
He buttonholed him and cornered him
time after time, until it grew monoto-
nous to him. The agent would pounee
on him at all possible and impossible
times, and finally it grew to be un-
bearsble. The persistence and in
genuity of the dealer in life futures
was hard to withstand. Finally. u
bright idea occurred to Mr.. Garland.
The next time the insurance agent
approached him he said:
MIR. -. / might as we'll give you
the reason | refuse to take policy.
have a chronic affection of the heart
and don't suppose you will take a risk
on me.
He thought he had bafied the
persistent man, but the latter was not
satisfied. He went to the Senator'S
family physician-he found out who
he was by some means-snd asked
him:
Doctor, is it true that Senator Gar
land has not long to live2"
What who2" said the doctor star.
ing aghast.
Senator Garland. Has he an affec.
ton of the hearth"
Affection of the heart be hanged"
replied the doctor, IF there is hick,
DRY stick in the forests of Arkansaw
that is sounder than Garland, 1 will
eat my head"
No, the insurance man had him.
Several days afterwards he met the
Senator and related his interview
with the doctor. A great laugh was
bad over the discovery, and it is said
that the insurance man was made
happy by the result Of his enterprise
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Trustees Sale OfReal Estate.


QY VIRTUE of two deeds of trust exeeuted
~ respectively ON the 18th day of June.
1913, and July Is, 1878, to John A. Holt.
trustee, and his successors in office, recorded
in the Registers Office of Shelly county.
Tenn, in book ia, rage SIS, and book 49,
page. 2S9,. the debts therein and thereby Sc.
cured being past due and unpaid, and I,
Charles N. Orosvener, trustee, being the
legally constituted successor to said John A.
Holt, who !. now deceased. and having been
thereunto duly requested by the beneficiary
in the taid trust deeds, will, on 1919
Wednesday, April IS, 1883,
at the southwest corner of Main and Madi-
son streets, in Memphis, Taxing District of
Shelby county, Tennessee, between legal
hours, offer and sell at public auction, to the
highest bidder, for cash, the following land
in shelby county, Tennessee, to-wit:
Lot 80 In the subdivision Of the lands Of the
late John Trigg, fronting ia feet on the south
side OF Nc emoIe avenue and running back
between parallel lines 305 feet to a stake. the
same being shown on the plan IF said Trigg
lands on record in the Chancery Court of said
county.
Title has been approved. but / shall sell
aud convey a trustee only. Equity of re-
demPtion waived. Sale 10 begin at IL
O'Clock N.
ca .RLEs N. GR0sVRHOR, Trustee.
M b. TroEevant, atty 2l42
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during legal hours, at the southwest cor
ner Of Main and Madison streets, In the city
Of Memphis, ennessee, offer at public auc-
tion and sell for cash TO the highest bidder q
certain lot Of land situated In the county OF
Shelby and State of Tenneesee. BEGINNING at
tho southwest corner Of Lane avenue and
Atres street and running thence southwardly
with the west side Of Ayres street $50 feet;
thence westwardy 70 feet; thence north
Wardly $50 feet TO the sou h side Of Lane
avenue; thence oastwardly with the touth
side Of Lane avenue. % feet to the place of
beginning and being tho eastern % feet Of
lots Nos. 1871, 1872 and 1873 In w Lanes sub
division of Isler's tract and part Of the same
land acquired by said John 4orman under
the decree Of the Second Chaneery Court Of
Shelby county, Tennesteo in tho case Of II.
N. Lawrence vs.. the heirs Of Mary Baxter ct
al No. 48s. N. II D Of said court and re-
corded In book No. l02. page 7s, Of the Reggie
ter's Office OF Shelby county, Tennessee.
Title believed 70 be perfect but ! Will con :
voy as trustee only. ~ ~
Memphis, March q, 1Sy3. U
b 40 sAMlL HIRSCH, Trustee.
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PREstprNr Artbur's cabinet is com

hESlDENA AAbhuk oV ebAASe 40 SNAA
posed Of Frederick I. FrelinshuyseD,
of New Jersey, Secretary of State
Charles J. FOlger. Of New York,
Secretary Of the Treasury; Robt. 7.
Lincoln, of Illinois, Secretary Of
War; VIM. E. Chandler, Of New
Hampshire, Secretary Of the Navy;
Henry NJ. Teller, Of Colorado, secre-
tary Of the Interior, and Benjamin
H. Brewster, OF Pennsylvania, Attor.
ney General. Since the death of Mr..
Howe there is Ia vacancy in the Office
of Postmaster General.
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FEMALE CLERKS.
Discrimination Against Them
In the Matter Of Promotions.
Special to the Courier. J Journal.

DpoClhl W INC NOuTloT- y OuTubis
WASHINGTON, March N.-There
are but few female clerks in any Of
the Departments who hold positions
which pay salaries above $500 per
apnum. The great majority are Of
the 5000 or $1,000 class. Should the
Civil Service Commission decide that
they can compete with male clerks,
many of them are confident Of pro
molten. Somehow, though there is
no law on the subject preventing it,
female clerks, as arule, have not been
favored with promotion, mo matter how
much ability they evince. There are
a number of cases Of young men being
appointed in Departments who were
trained ia their work by experienced
female clerks While these women
we're not allowed to secure promotion
the young men who we're instructed BY
them have always had the benefit Of
promotion to vacancies that were
brought about by resignation, death OIL
removal in grades above them. Sew
eral Of the heads OF bureaus Of the
Treasury and Interior Departments
where the most females have places
have always been free to acknowledge
that in many kinds of work women
perform it as good, and, in many cases
better than men.
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Saturday, April II, 1883,

within legal hours, sell to the highest bidder.
for cash, on the southwest corner of Main and
Madison streets, in the Taxing District Of
Shelby county, formerly Memphis). the fol-
lowing described real estate, to-Wif: An mn
diyided onc-third "a interest in a lot or par
eel OF ground wing on Jefferson street in the
CITY OF Memphis, OF what is now known as
the Taxing District Of Shelby county. being
the western tart OF lot five hundred and fifty
shree t55Sl In original OF No four hundred
and teventy-eight (478., beginning al the
northwest corner of Jefferson and Fourth
streets; thence westward with Jefferson
street, tide, teventy feet; thence nerth-
ward ard parallel with Fourth street one
hundred aud forty-eight, and one-h half feet
1850 to an alley; thence eastward with said
alley seventy l7O) feet to west side OF Fourth
streets thence southwark with Fourth street
one, hundred and forty.eight and one-half
(l4bM) feet to the beginning.
Also an undivided 0ne-third 90 interest In
| and to a lot or parcel Of land lying on Union
street in said city OF Taxing District. being
part Of country lot No, four hundred and nine
ty-two t492), beginning on the south side of
| Union street at the center of Bayou Gavo. q,
thence eastward with Union street eightv-
| five feet TO northwest corner of lot formerly
owned BY A M Hopkins; thence with Hon
kins' west line southwark at right ANGLES
with Union street one hundred and ffty feet
TO center of Bayou Gayoso; thence down the
center Of said bayou with Its meanderings 10
| the beginning. "
The title to. said property is believed to be
good but will sell and convey only as trustee.
40, A.J.. E, Il. ADAMS, Trustee.
Randolph x McHenry, Attorneys. 1879
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If your throat feels sore or uncomfort-
able, use promptly DR.. Jaynes EIpeeto.
rant. 1t will relieve the air passages OF
all phlegm or mucous, allay infamma-
ton and so give the affected parts 4
chance to heal. No safer remedy can be
had for all coughs and colds, or any COM
plant Of the throat or lungs, and a briel
trial will prove its efficacy. tIa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-30

A Kentucky girl glories in head Of
hair which is seventy inches long and
very thick, but our chief glory is in
the numbsr of cures made recently by
the use of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, the
best remedy for coughs and colds.
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Mr.. J. W. Baily, of Crystal Springs,
Miss, has been elected the orator Of
Cumberland University at Lebanon,
Tenn, to attend the Tennessee Inter
collegiate 0ratarical contest which
takes place at Nashville on the 4th Of
Nav next
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, q.
A rate meeting was held yesterday
by the representatives Of the lines
doing a freight business from the
North aud Western territory to the
Southeastern points. There we're
present in the meeting Mr.. j. NJ.
Uulp, General Freight Agent of the
louisville and Nashville; George r.
Knox, General Freight Agent Of the
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis;
B. S. Fitch, General Freight agent Of
the Chesapeake and Ohio; E.P. Wilson,
Gen'l Freight Agent Of the Cincinnati
Southern; r. M. Fraser, General
Freight Agent of the Marietta and
Cincinnati, representing also the Bal
timore and Ohio interest; w. P.
Walker, Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
and General Manager Sawyer, Of the
Continental Line. Its claimed that
rates to the Carolinas, Virginia,
Georgia and the Southeast in general,
have been badly demoralized for some
time. The trouble is alleged to have
arisen from the fact that the Balti.
more and Ohio has been carrying
freight at greatly reduced rates to the
territory named.
1t seems that they have been stand,
ing in with the Virginia Midland sys.
TEN, the latter prorating with the
Baltimore and Ohio, while they de
handed arbitraries from the Chesa,
peake and Ohio and other connecting
lines. The matter is said To have
been carried on solely to the annoyance
of the Chesapeake and Ohio, who's,
territory, it seems, has been the mos
Invaded. The meeting yesterday hat
1.-THE effect TO restore rates, aud a basi
was formed for new tariff, whicl
will 70 into effect within a few davs
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CHANCERY SALE
OF
Real Estate

Real Estate.
No. 7i55, R-ohAncery Court of Shelby coun-
ty-;Ihos A, Nelson, EIt'r Of John TriRT.
dee'd, W. Martha L Trigg ct al. ss'
Rl virtue of an intoflocutory decrea for
~ resale, entered in the above ca,iSe on the
gtn day Of March. 1883. In NJ BSs, psge "a
viii sell, At pub 10 auction. to the h1shest
bidder, in front Of the Clerk snd MasteT's
office, courthouse Of Shelby county, Memphis.
Ienn,, on p"i''
saturday, April z, 1853,
within legal hours, the following described
property situated in Shelby county, Tenn.
Lot No, 6 Of the lan's osJohn rigr.dso,d
south o. Memphis, as made by O ! Bnfks
copta ming one acre and lJing on the east
side Of IMRose avenue and bodhded on tbe
s nth by Tfigg avenue, and more "a tienlare
" described in subdyisi rof cd 10 ON fiS
herein, 70 which reference Is II Dc. -'N
Terms Of ralb Cash.
This Ma Cd Il, 1873.
~ BLACK, CLARK "a N.,,,.
~ t4esrse Mailory, u. q. An ~ f'@'''f'
YrSi Cooper. Smith / Collier, ct slt.s.
"'''V's' u IA 30 >.
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A Little too Previous.

A day or two ago, says New York
exchange, the mail carrier left with
the Governor a letter addressed to
Mrs. Grover Cleveland, person
whose existence aud identity are in
serious doubt, and much tribulation
the letter occasioned the Governor
At last he decided to break the seal,
and il read.
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FINDER and by virtue of deed Of trust
" executed to me as trustee by John Cor
man on the 9Th day Of February, 1881, and re-
corded In Book Nc. 1S5. page S51 of the Reggie
ter's Ofice of Shelby county, Tennessee, to
secure to tho Memphis Building and Savings
Association the payment of certain indebt-
odness fully described in said deed of trust,
will on
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LOng-Range Telenhono.

The Overland Telephone Company
capital 81 900, OOO-was incorporated
in New York last Saturday, to operate
the patent of Myron l.. Baxter, Of
Washington, for long distance tele-
phones. The experiments show that
conversation has been carried on over
a line for 200 miles. The inventor
has no doubt Of talking upon this
telephone between New York and
Washington on the ordinary telegraph
wire. By the early part Of the week
the New York Office of the company
will be connected with Washington
City.
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PENSIONS ! SS soId b5,. Tldo Va, Pr n.
ease. wound. injury Or death entities. In
creases bountios; back pay, discharges pro-
cured. Desertion removed. Fees, 8 .. Send
stamp for instructions, N w eFIrzaERAlDr K
Co., Pension Attorneys, Washington, D. o.
3 80&Wi
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Hand bills of all sizes, from the
smallest to a three sheet poster, done
with neatness and dispatch, at the
PUBf,fc LEDoER job printing Office.
Prices low as the lowest,
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Trustee,n Sale.

Under and by virtue of the authority
on the 18th day of July, 1881, which detd Is
Of record in the Registers Office of shelby
county, .Tenne see in Book No 1877 page 52S
default having been made in the payment OF
the Indebtedness secured by the said deed, /
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PATENTS PROcURt or no PAY

Also Trade Marks, etc. Send Model and
Sketch: VIII examine and report If patent
able. Many years practice. Pamphlet free,
N W FITzGER AID & CO., Patent Attoc-
neys, Washington. d. Q. W 6S0kw4
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THAT RUkBAND on Nine

Is three times the man he was before
he began using wells Health Re.
newer." 81. Druggists.
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f" Browns Bronchial TrOches
are excellent for the relief of hoarseness
or sore throat. They are exceedingly
effective, Christian World, London,
Eng,
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CHANCERY SALE


OF
REAL ESTATE.
No. 4762, R-Chancery Court Of Shelby county
Patrick kallaher vs.. Robert KinfWald
and Julia Rinewald.
r. virtue of an lnterlocutory decree for
~ sale, entered in the above cause on the
zotn DAY Of February, 1888, M B 81, ga, I
WA sell atpnbhc auction, to the highest bid
usIs "A tront 81 the Clerk and Masters office,
nessees on
saturday. March 81, 1853,
within legal hours, as to the following de.
scribed property, situated In Shelby county.
Ienn'' and In the Taxing District, late city
'of Memphis, to-wit;
Beginning one hundred and ten feet east
o. Shelby street at the intersection of a ten
foot alley with Mccall street, thence east
wardly With the south line Of Mccall street
twenty nve feet six inches, thence south,
wardly parallel with Main Btreet ninety feet
six inches ito an alley, thence norfhwardIy
with said alley twenty-five feet six inches 10
the ten foot alley first mentioned. thence
northwardly with said ten foot alley ninety
feet SIX inches TO the beginning, being lot No.
seven, In block No. twenty-fOur.
Terms Of Sale One third " cash balance
IN Fix az q twelve months. notes bearing in
tereSt, with coed personal security for de-
Ierred, payments, lien retained, redemption
8This March /, 1888. f
r j BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By Geo. Mallory, DC. nm. r-TT -.
Taylor & Carroll and d. A. Frayser, foIs. 6
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DR.. Pierces "Favorito Prescription
Is the debilitated woman's best re-
storatige tonic. -
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Invalids who are recevering. vital stamina,
declare in grateful terms their appreciation
Of the merits as : tonic, Of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. Not only does 1t impart
irregular acid state Of the stomach, makes
the bowels act at proper intervals, gives eass
to those who suffer from rheul stic and kid
ney troubles, and oonquers as well as pre-
vents fever and ague.
For sale BY all Druggists and Dealers gen
arallv a. F
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REMEMBER THIS.
.IF YOU ARE SICK.

If you are sick, HOP BITTERS will
surely aid Nature in making you well
again when all else fails. .a,s
If you are comparatively well. but
feel the need ola grand tonic and slim
ulant,never rest easy till you are made
A new baiDR nv tho use Of |r