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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-06-21
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

CHRIsTIAEA, June 21. The StorthIng
rejected by vote of 30 to 80 the proposal
to increase the allowance of the Crown
Prince TO fifty thousand kroner The
reason given by the opposition is the un-
satisfactory political situation.
LONDON, June2I Bullion in the Bank
of England increased 9697, 900 during the
mast week. Proportion of reserve to lia-
bility, Al per rcent. l8.i ta.af
BERLIN, June 2l.-The foods in ST.
lesia are attended by water spOpts. A
large part of the toWn Of Hirsehberg is
submerged and houses. Of adjacent viii
lagos are flooded,
The railway near salzbrlmn has been
washed away and number Of cattle
persisted. ba 500. 'g sC r.a
Dispatches from Breslan state that dur
ing the last n hours the rise of the river
Neisse, at a town of that name, has
been most alarming, the water having
reached the highest mark since l829.' The
Evangelical school and church, two bar
racks and part Of the postofice ale sub
merged. i1ifgt u'af 9H6l
Disastrous floods are also reported in
Bohemia sld MoFaEia. 4he danube is
expected to overflow the banks shortly. as
the river and mountain streams are rising
rapidly The quay at Linz is flooded.
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DURING tbe delivery Of the address

DURING the delivery Of the address
of DR.. A. ". Goodpasture before the
Alumni Association in the University
of Tennessee, last Tuesday. he was
interrupted BY Colonel Fleming, who
rose from his seat among the audience
and said; "Mr, GOodpasture, there are
several of us here who would like to
hear your address, but you are uncon-
sciOusly disturbing several converse.
tions in this part of the house, and l
therefore suggest that you suspend
until they are finished" The Tribune
of Wednesday says; "Thereupon 81
lence reigned in that part of the
house, and it is feared by some of the
intimate friends Of those holding tie
conversation then referred to, that
the participants will not be able to
speak for sometime, and may be never
again"
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The Oars diond ,,,nen.

One OF the neatest yarns which have
thus far diversified not particularly
dull season is told by the Nashville
American. On the day of the Cars
coronation a night-bleoming cereus in
thescapital of Tennessee burst into
bloom. This Sudden efflorescence was
in itself somewhat surprising, for the
plant had not betrayed any previous
symptoms of what was about to hap.
pen, and, moreover, night blooming
cereus, whatever its actual habit may
be, is never expected to blossom at
broad noon. But these slight excen-
tricitieS might have been overlooked
il Mrs. Ewing, the owner of the plant,
had not made a discovery which
will immortalize every incident
and individual connected there's
with. AS the petals unfelded
they revealed in the center of the
flower an imperial crown, so delicate
and so complete as to change admira.
ton into awe. What could the symbol
mean? No one could tell; but when
the American appeared the next
morning with two columr account of
the coronation at Moscow, the mys>
terry was solved. But the strangest
thing of all remains to be told. The
plant whose blossom typi6ed the great
event in Russia has grown from slip
cut in the Cars pleasure garden at
st Petersburg many years ago BY
Rev. ?. s. Fall, formerly of Nash
vile, but now of Lexington, Ky.
That is the whole story, aud it would
be hard to find its equal in the history
OF hot weather fabrications.
The above appeared originally in
the New York Tribune, and among
other papers was copied into the Chi
csgo Tribune. Strange as they may
appear, the facts are as the American
related them, and can be substantiated
by some OF the best people of the city,
among them MIR. 10 w. Allen and
also Mrs. Orville Ewing, in whose
greenhouse the plant had been grow
ing for several years, and where the
flower developed. 1t can now be seen
in the American counting room, pre-
served in alcohol. Of course no su-
perstitious importance is attached 10
the CIRCUMSTANCES, but certainly it WI s
most remarkable coincidence.
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A Treacherous Parndise.L

An old resident of Dakota writes as
follows: .t4.
Persons East will do we'll to accept
with caution reports al out Dakota.
They appear to be mostly
written by persons who have never
raised crop or seen one raised. North
Dakota is . wheat region. South
Dakota is not, and between is debat
able land | have not seen a crop Of
wheat Of % bushels per acre; hav,
asked old settlers, and they have not
Last year the Department of Agricul>
ture made the returns for this county
at IA bushels. This was rather light.
but the crop was the best in five years.
Forty bushels of oats and 30 of corn
are good crops, and it takes five acres Of
prairie to pasture q steer through sum
mer. Flag is our main mark OF crop; 1t is
fast running lands deYoted 10 it. Many
who undertook sheep farming have
given 1t up. There is heavy immi.
grafton to this Territory, and much Of
it Of land grabbing nature. Six
months fictitious residence, then
prove up mortgage or sell for 500 to
$500, theR leave Dakota or repeat the
game, makings net gain OF perhaps
$500 for the six months is tie pro
gramme hv thousands. And many an
honest phone. r takes tie claim, tolls to
make a home, and in wear or twn
Hnds himself almost isolated from
leighboFs and debarTeG from the bles
sings of society. Any one coming to
Dakota Territory ought to be prepared
to accept the regular hardships Of ri
oneer life. Don't build your hopes on
enormous crops Every dollar you
earn ig well earned. The busiest man
in South Dakota s Shylock. His grip
is on some quarter OF more OF nearly
every section, and 6ve years will see
thousands Of farmers in his hands,
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A See Cow,s untimelH Pnte.
New York Tribune.


Fulton Market wac all agog Satur-
day over the arrival of a live manatee.
He came through in special from the
Amazon river, and seemed robust.
But ere be drew his second Whit of
Fulton Market air his gentle spirit had
taken its lark like fight to better
land. Not lost in storms nor hidden
behind q cloud, he melt:d away in the
light Of q clear sky. The air of the
market killed him. And no wonder.
The stranger Woo pokes his nose into
a stratum OF that air always regrets it
He snifs the delicate favor of the far
reaching Bermuda, inhales the aroma
OF the loud,smeIling Limberger. mixed
with the odor of bilious calls liver
80 1t was with the manatee. He
passed quietly through the onion
stratum, but on reaching the second
ne paused and painted. He had been
brought up all his life on the Amazon.
where only vegetation is rank; but TO
be suddenly transported to place
where everything was rank, was alto
gether too much for his delicate con-
stitution. He shook a sad good bye
from his dorsal fin, Topped twice, and
with mnttisd oar silently rowed 70 the
other shore. Great beads of sadness
stood on the forebeads of the fisher.
men. They packed him in the ice and
over his remains they sang a dirge and
quoted Shakespeare's we'll known line,
the hsh is oft inferred With his
bones" or words to tbs effect.
The manatee or sea COW" is nearly
extinct. This one is, anyway. There
are three varieties Of them known, and
q great many OF them known to be un>
known. The animals of the variety
that formerly lived in the Polar sea
are all dead.
1t Is said that they died in trying
to mssticate the bark thev had chipped
OF the North Pole. However that
may be, they are unanimously dead
Animals of still another variety have
been caught in the Eastern Archi.
pelago and called the dugong. They
we're caught in fog, and not in net
az has been supposed. All but one
slipped through the fog aud escaped
The one turned infOrmer and was ex.
tradited.
They are sometimes called "sea.
cows" or "cow.fsh," by ancient
mariners, who tell strange stories
about the ocean dairies sup
nhed with milk by them
They look like seals, but have
no hair Their skin resembles polished
India rubber. The specimen on ex.
hibition in Fulton Market weighed
lOl pounds and was four feet six
inches in length. 1t is rumored that
set OF false teeth was found in his
stomach. His remains we're sent to
the Smithsonian Institute at Wash.
lngton, where he will be skinned. his
skeleton extracted and set up for ex-
hlbition. Whatever ia left of him
alter this work has been done, will be
returned to Fulton Market and posi-
bly, sold for shad, roe or tripe.
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OHIO DEMOcRATs.
The Convention in Columbus At
tended bya Large Number
bs of Delegates.
A Lively Contest Between Ward
and HOadIey for the Nom.
inatiOn Tor Governor.

COLUMBUS, June 21.-The Democrat
ic State Convention convened At 10
this morning with the largest crowds ever
seen on similar occasions in Columbus.
Not more than half the people could be
accommodated in the operahouse. The
slultry weather and rain made everything
dlsagreeable. The contest between Ward
and Hoadley for Governor waged fercely
during the morning hours. The conyen-
ton was called TO order by Clark Irvine,
Chairman Of the Central Committee. and
reports OF the committees appointed last
night heard. All preliminary organiza-
ton was dispensed with, and
Hon. John McTweeny, of Wooster, was
introduced as permanent Chairman, and
received with much enthusiasm. de
spoke briefly in the line of exhortation
and predicting Democratic victory, but
touched no issue. The floor of the con-
yention became so oyerrun with spectators
that business was suspended and the Ser
geant-at-Arirs from each district was APP
pointed to get the delegates seats, and il
was about half an hour before work was
resumed. hss at.iv rft
The Committee on Resolutions not be-
ing ready to report the convention
proceeded to the nomination OF
Governor. There was ~ great
delay in the presentation of names, and
efforts were made 10 proceed TO ballot
without names, but after long wait SEN
ator Thurman crowded onto the stage
amid the widest enthusiasm. He follow
ed I. e. Powell and seconded the nomi-
nation of General Durbin Ward, and
made an able plea for the recognition Of
the services of General Ward. He warn
ed the Convention about tieing themselves
to any one issue, and announced that the
party had always been arrayed against
sumptuary legislations and should con-
tinue in that way. The names Of Hoadley
and Geddes were presented in order.
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iRY virtue Of the terms and conditions Of
~ certain deeds in trust, made 10 me as
trustee, by + Davis and wife, 4 X DSvis
one recorded in book las, page 522, and the
Qther IN book 9 page $50, of the kesis-
teris Slnce or Shelby county. fennesses. Aud
at The request Of the beneficiary, / will, on
Saturday, JuIyr2I, 1883.
at u o'clock m, at the southwest eorner of
Main and Madiion streets. in the clty of
Memphis (now known rs the Taxing District
~ phel0y county, tennessee, offor for sala MI
public outory, 10 the highest and hest bidder
t0r cash, the following described lotg of land
to-wit Lots Nos, 8. and 9. each 80 fset
tront on the east side OF Lauderdale street
north Of Vance street; also lots Nos. II. IL,
~, ~ and 10, each fronting 80 feet on tue
soutn slde OF rawlings place, of Lauder
gale rect; all of'sald lots Areas showh on
nayis' ana harkpr,s Subdivision, of record In
f,lht book N0,l, at page les, in tho Register's
Hihoe for baelby c'uniy, Tennessee, to which
flat BOOK re erence Is made for more and
greater accuracy OF description; ali being
situated In the Taxing district (ate oitv ~
Memphisl, Shelby county, Tennessee.
All equity of redemption and homastsaA
rights are expressly weived in gald de6ds {9
tust; The title Is believed 70 Do berIeet bat
soil and qopIey Only as such said trustee. ,
HEQ, HILHANt Trus ee.
n by CO., sent or parties In interest. the above
sale viii be m ade upon terms, as follows: u
mh,balance Ia three equal I'M tallments, ~
y, IL and IL months. with per cent interest
seoufeu on tue property VITA
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The PULLMAN REGATTA.
ScOIlers Improving Their Op-
pOrtuniIiPs---SixIeen Entries
-.-HanIan the FavOrile.

CHICAGO, June 2l.-The waters Of Lake
Calumet yesterday were placid, and the
occasion was improved by the sculers
how in Pullman, who contemplate enter
ing the great rowing contest tomorrow
Among the arrivals yesterday were
VIM. Elliott, ex-champion of England
whom Hanlan defeated on the Tyne
course in England In 1879, and james II.
Riley, of Saratoga who had the honor of
rowing Hanlan a dead heat at the
Barrie regatta. The prospects now
are that sixteen men will start,
and while Hanlan is the favorite
against the field. Horner, Gandaur. Lee
and Hosper, are dividing the honors for
the second place, while Parker of st.
Louis has many admirers, and it is
thought he may proves a surprise party.
Courtney has not put in an appearance,
and is not expected to show up at this late
hour. Pc .1l- 1 is.ltc ~
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Georse yashiRglon,s Coaeh.

NeN fOIk defAfQ.
On Saturday night, about 8 o'olook,
crowd Of persons collected around
horse struggling in q vain endeayor to
draw two vehicles up the hill on Fifth
avenue at Thirty'fourth street. Upon
the leading 9ns YES quantity of l1m-
Der and attached TO The wagon was an
old fashioned coach. formerly the
property OF General Washington. Il
carried a family party. The driver Of
the wagon YEA making vigorous use
Of his whip, Whea Ny. Rergb appeared
upon the scene. at ONCE th6 Vhip
ping ceased, the ropes connecting the
two vehicles were cut loose, and the
wagon containing the lumber pro,
seeded on its way to Harlem. Over
the coach Eas spread a largeAmerican
flag. AT midnight the ispjly party
could still be seen seated upon the
iiiustTiOus vehicle surrounded By a
curious crowd, while near by stood
one Ofthe society's officers on duty,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-06-21
The Wenlher.

8 W4sgINaT9N, June 2l.-For tho Gulf
Ststesl Geabrally fajt weather, With south
to west winds and slight change in tenn
peratpre and pressure, f
3. For Tennessee and the Ohio valley. Lo-
cal rains and partly cloudy weather; vari-
able winds, with nearly stationary tenn
peratuEe and stationary or lower barome-
For the upper Mississippi and Missouri
valleys. Partly cloudy weather and local
rains in the Mississippi valley; variable
winds, probably shifting to east and south
and slight rise in temperature
The lower Missouri and central Missis-
sippi rivers will rise slowly The Missouri
has overfoved its banks at Lexington.
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ADDITIONAL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, June 81, 1915 p.m.-Cot-
ton in moderate inquiry freely supplied
at. previous prices Uplands, il-l6d;
orleans . lS.l6d. Sales to-day, 10000
bales Receipts, $500 balesj all Ameri-
can. Futures dull.
New YORK, June 81, 1920 p.m.--
Cotton easy. Ordinary, a-lGc, good
ordinary, 8 l9-l6o; low middling, Sl0c;
middling, lQHei good middling, l0%c;
middliig fair, ll5ss; fair, l25sc. Fut1Tes
barely steady at ] to q points lower
than at the close Of last evening,
NEW QRLEAEs, June 81, 1880 am
Cotton quiet Middling, 9X. Sales to-
day, 200 bales. Receipts to-day, 62l; at
Galveston, lO2 Charleston, bales.
cOTTON srATRuRSr
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l&lyer Telegrauls,

AoVlsyILLb June 2l,-Rivor falling
with 0 feet 10 inches In the canal and I
feet 10 inches on the falls. Iron Age and
tow, Pittsburg to St Louis; b. d. Wood
and tow, to Cairo; Cons Millar, Cncin-
natl to Memphis, passed down. Annie
Roberts and tow, Cairo to Pittsburg;
Keith Evansville to Cipcipnatb l9sAoa
AR. R.sif .ofra 'i' fnrla
WHEELINe, June 2l.-River IA feet
and rising. Weather cloudy and warm,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-06-21

poNcobD, dune l.---Ihe Legislature in
Joint convention ballqted for Senator as
0llowsi Whole ngmber of votes cast,
S24 necessary 70 q chaice, l63; RdWin II
Rollins, 49, Harry Bingham, 49, Aaron
Y Stevens, III; James w Pattison, 30;
Gilman Marston, III; Benjamin + II
Prescott, 2scat.ering, 4. Rollins sustained
a net loss Of 10 from yesterday. Pattison
gained ., Bingham 8, and Prescott2. II
Yas voted that no ballot be taken until
next, iVlN .N'"
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Roaal Agents at WorI1.

HELENA, MONTANA, June 2l.-The
Butte coach, with eight passengers, was
gt9ppe9 by road agents this side of the
Boulder nopntlias Of f9pr o'clock yester-
day The phssehgers We're searched and
robbed Of all money ard valuable. Th9
robbGrs took the treasure box; the amount
Of Its contents Is not vet known, " "
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Annual Banquet Of q WeaIt y
Ud 'As9OcfatiOn' hC|f

BosToN, June 81. 1.-The annual banquet
ge the National Flint and Lime Glass
MalIActlrerg Association vas held ut
the Parker House Inst night. The gather
ing represented Sl2000,00O capital. At
the business meeting Charles Brockmen,
of Wheeling, retired from the Presidency
Of the Association and was succeeded by
w, L Libby, fthe New England glass
works. % 191Mll o .1I7d lltn
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CIeartngho1se Renart.
MAS MIC NOTICE,

,AngerOph Lodge, 1853, viii work ia the Q
Master Mason's Degree tonight w
MHURSDAYl 2lst inst at 8 o'clock. ~
inYited. HN'"'''
~ ordar of F.J. GRAHAM, WM
Attest: ID o. TRADER, Recorder -
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GRIFFIN SPRINGS,
WHITE COUNTY. ARK

TINHESE Springs. situated 81 miIes Nan,
Il searcy, are located amidst The hiSbost
spmmits, Of the South, eastern exianSios IN
me ozark mountains, Opened 70 tie public
enyiable reputation "a ! Oufe sor nj ~
woman's peculiar fls, malaYial poisoninSl -
iindigestiop, gTahular sore eyes, diseases az
h2 oufndry system, dropsical a6eoti6ns.
phlsy, paralysis, etc., etc, ''.VHA
hotgl accommodations perfeas. ana tha
Iap.e IS supplied with the heat thS country
tcOISs: aOISs EdTe reasonable FOR further par
e e ln Y: .: HENDERSON &oo. P,op..
street,
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trustees sale

i NDER and by virtue of deed of trust
~ executed to me as trustee by Theop6iins =
Fr ehstt, on the 2id day of December' iss0'
an9 recorded in Book l33, page 566. ReSiS'
yer otlce Of Shelby county, Tennessee' 10
tecuTe to Mrs G W Berlin the pavmsnt ~ ~
certain Indebtedness therein mentioned. snd n
upon demand Of the beneficiary In said trust
MOnday,the 2Sd day Of July, Isss
during legal hours, at the courthouse doo, os
shelby county, Tennessee, offer for ,sls a ard y,
sell Tor cash. 70 the highest bidder. ths foII
loving described real estate TO- wit. Part ne
lots and 8, block 80, in the city Of Mamnhyy ~ y
Snow Taxing Distriot, in Shelby eonpt1a
tennessee. commencing at The nnrlbvsst
corner OF Prin's lot on the south side ~ In
aen stree, thence running south with prinjs
line 8S feet 70 Co1's line; theme, W Wsst tiu "a
teet parallel with Linden street; thencs no,tb
zso ieet parallel with DeSoto strset to Iindsn
street, thence east 60 feet with the soatb IinS
OF Linden street to the beRinnins' ''-N
Equity OF redemption Waiyei and iitle
Oeisved tr.,o 70 6e perfect but sell and convey
Memphis, june 2l, 1885, uo. 2o a
w XA JT BERLIN, Trustee
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AWeII known MinstreIDead.

New YoBK, June 2l.-Charles Backus
the well known minstrel, died early this
morning. 80
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-02-22
The Crisis lTppn Us.

The people of America are approach
ing a terrible maelstrom. They are nj
ready in the grasp of its periphery, and
circling rapidly toward its relentless
and hottomlcss vortex.
The houndlcss resources Of our coun-
try, the genius and enterprise Of its cit
ixens. and the unparalleled facilities
which modern invention affords indus
try in the production of wealth. have
developed in our midst and invited to
our shores the most expert, powerful
and formidable combination of robbers
ever united for the purpose Of power,
plumber and the spelling of their neigh
hors. They have not yet, it is true,
carried their derredations and despot-
ism to the extent to which the same
have been carried in other countries and
at other periods. hut the magnitude of
their operations. the irresistible power
which they seem to control, and the
strides they have made during the last
decade of years is without parallel in
history.
The towering fortunes which these
confelerated robbers have accumulated
during the past few years. tilched from
the people, have not only added
strength to the robbers, but in a like
ratio have weakened their victims.
This is not idle talk, nor the ranting
of demagogism, but the calm express
sion of terrible facts. That consersa-
tive magazine, the Century, has the
following to say under an editorial
heading Of Thieves and Robbers
Men are plundered nowadays in
America far more frequently aud
hagrantly than in England in the days
of Robin Hood; there are men among
us beside whose robberies those Of the
brigands of Italy and Greece and the
Bedonins Of the desert are mere
pleasantries. OF nil the triumphs oi
invention none are more wonderful
than those by which the the hard.
earned gains Of millions are foreibly
conveyed to tho vaults of the robbel
princes. No business is more highly
organized, more strenuously pursued,
more successfully managed, that the
business Of robbery.
"The peeuliarity of this modern
method Of robbery is the employment
by robbers of the state as their ell
forced agent and aeeomplice.
Private greed IL sapping the sonre'
of public honor, Gigantic ani eonn
tenancel robbery IL undermining th.
] foundation Of public morality, aud cor
! rnpting the national character"
Joaquin Miller. who has served |
tso-years' term as u spy In the robbe
camps has come 10 the conclusion tia
this herd If legalized robbers, while |
draws H. it, support the brains ef tn
land, and employs In its eeaseless bat
ties the hest forces OF the republic
never gives back in return one biseui
10 be eaten, one garment to he worn
one line 10 be ead-nothing!
For the thousands ot lives spent i