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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05

portion Of the married ones, considered
it their bounden duty to visit" and
visit they did. But on Monday the
ladies waited, and waited in vain, for
callers, and many a cake was put away
wholly uncut because nobody called to
try it. Scores Of ladies passed the day
in dismal solitude, and even the first
fayorites in society we're compelled TO
admit that there was considerably Less
calling than Of old.
When VIC seek for the cause of this
it is somewhat difficult to find. It was
certainly not the weather which was
ideal and beautiful beyond expression;
business, moreover, seemed generally
suspended, and New Orleans was in.
sufferably dull. New Year receptions
are one Of tho cheapest modes of re-
e%eiVing friends, and those who cannot
afford the luxury Of a party or dinner
oan always receive" on this day. II
was evidently neither the weather, the
expense, nor business that spoilt the
enjoyment of this day.
Nor is this decadence of New Years
peculiar to this city. Both at Wash.
ington and New York, whose people
formerly honored this social obsery-
anc even more thoroughly than those
OF this city, the same complaint is
made.
But a few short years ago, New
Years visiting was at its hight. That
some abuses then crept in cannot be
denied, nor isthis to be wondered at.
There raj a lively competition between
the ladies as to who would "set" the
best table and receive the most Wis.
itors. And a similar competition ex.
listed among the men as to who would
make the most calls. The Refreshments
served cost a large sum and the visits
paid became so short as 20 be ridicu-
lous. Two minutes were deemed too
long a stay, and it became the custom
to rush into a parlor, hurry through a
few words, dash off a glass of wine
and then make of in order to complete
q round Of 100 visits. Intelligent con.
yersation under such a system was
AhapNcolOlVi tuo WDmtu were ulIeIly
exhausted BIZ twelve hours of incessant
excitement, and not a few Of the men
became intoxicated with too frequent
potations.
1t is not to be wondered at that the
social observance of New Years Dav
fell Of under this abuse of a beautiful
old custom. This system Of visiting
and receiving is no more in accord with
the spirit of the day than Is the hood
lum who thinks he is properly celebrat.
ing Christmas by getting drunk and
making a beast Of himself. New Year,
calling simply means that YOU shall
take this means Of keeping alive old
friendships by visiting old friends
Business, sickness, OF family cares
may have rendered this impossible.
during the year, and you, therefore.
take this opportunity Of a general
holiday to show these friends that Won
have not forgotten them. There are
course, visits of ceremony TO he
made aud properly; but the New Years
visits ought to be paid mainly to those
who, you know, will appreciate yorr
coming, Thus paid they become pleas.
INT TO both parties, and New Years
Day, a festival sacred to frlendship'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
ERSOHA

w, W. Brooks, dentist, $50 Main.
Thos. IL. Wilson, cabinetmaker and
upholsterer. All kinds furni turore.
paired at short notice, 43 Jefferson.
Visitors admitted every Saturday
afternoon at Madam Louis dancing
school. Children not pupils % cents
admission.
Mr.. Leo i. Dreyfus. an e~nterprisiDs
young man, has opened a very choice
and we'll arranged stock Of tobaccos.
cigars, etc., at 293 Main street.
Mr.. j, A. Bishop, General Secretary
Of the Brokerage Association at Nash
vile, and Mr.. Clark Moore, Of the
W. + & @. i. Moore, Of Helena, were
in the city yesterday. They ard Mai.
GOlsan had just returned from a very
pleasant trip to New Orleans.
Mr.. Levy Manning, Of Holly
Springs, a son OF Colonel Van II.
Manning, is in the city in the interest
Of Colonel F. A. Tyler's excellent
paper, the Holly Springs South. He
is a worthy young man, with the
energy and intelligence to make aEood
newspaper man. He will remain
some days and call upon the leading
business men.
Mr.. L. e. Dyer, a formerly we'll
known attorney in this city, but for a
number Of years United States Consul
at Odessa, was recently married to
Miss Jessie Kempster, in England.
The old acquaintance and friends Of
Mr.. Dyer will be pleased to hear Of
this important event and extend their
hearty congratulations, through this
brief notice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
A PRETTY INCIDENT.
DR.. Porter Displays His True
COlOPB in Nashville.
Nashville World, 4.

ANdohfAAAo NVAlNa Il
A couple of youths we're candidates
respectively for the position of page of
the State Senate. One Of them at an
early hour OF the morning approached
DR.. Porter, the amiable, big hearted
philantrepist and distinguished Sena-
tor frem Shelby, and solicited his
support, The Doctor looked at the
boy and smiling as only good men and
true faithful Christians smile, ho prom
ised 20 give the boy his vote. The
youthful candidate thanked the Sem
ator and departed to continue his
eleotiOneering tour. AT the after.
o session the other youth APP
preached DR.. Porter, and in a most
polite and graceful manner solicited
his support for the pageship.
With a fatherly smile, Dr. Porter took
the boy by the hand, and in the most
kindly tone informed him hat he had
already promised to support his Oppo-
nent The youth seemed very much
disappointed. He said to DR. Porter
in the most earnest manner, Please,
Senator, honor me with one compli-
mentary vote" The doctor promised
to do SO and the youth went away with
a downcast look. The election came of
and the youth to whom DR.. Porter had
first promised his support was elected,
and he wore on his cOuntenance q very
natural smile of triumph, while the
defeated boy looked detected and
c~restfallen. DR.. Porter called this
defeated candidate to him, and quietly
and unostentatiously gave to him a
handsome sum of money, and told him
if he would go to Memphis he would
give him a situation in his mercantile
house, DR.. Porter is certainly a noble
hearted gentleman, and is in all re-
spects worthy of the very high esteem
10 which he is held by all who have
the honor and pleasure Of knowing
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
SOrEcE OF

The partnership heretOfOreex,
listing between n. and NJ. ROssn.
helm, under the nrm name of
Rosenheim BrOs.,is dissolved, N.
ROsenheim retiring. e. ROsen.
helm assuming all liabilities
and continuing the business at
the same Old stand, No. so Beal
street..
Il. ROaENHEIN,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
Cotton Gin ana Cotton Rurnea.

Cotton Gin ana Cotton Burned.
Last Monday morning just after
raising steam, the gin house on the
plantation Of Mr.. B. Bayliss, near
Commerce, Miss, forty miles south Of
this city, caught Ere and was totally
consumed, together with twenty. two
bales Of cotton, a lot Of baeging and
ties, sufficient to bale the remainder
Of the crop on the place, and some
COttOnseed aud other material. A
gristmill, also attached to the gin, was
destroyed. The ginhouse and fixtures
we're valued at 10000, and insured in
Murphy's agency for $4,000. The cot
ton and material, worth perhaps 1920,
belonged to Ingram& Allen the lessees,
and their labOring forces, aud was not
insured. 1t is believed that the Gre was
caused by friction, as a Jew gin had
just been started aud was in course Of
trial when tho FIRE occurred.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
CUTTTNG THE LEVY.
Some Interesting Facts Concern
Jog City Taxes.

The news from Nashville cutting
down the levy for the support Of the
Taxing District created quite a sensa-
ton in governmental circles, Some
weeks since, at the request Of the
Shelby county delegation, a bill was
prepared and signed by every member
of the Legislative Council and the
heads Of all the departments, asking
for the following levy: Police 30
cents; fire, 80; streets, sewers, bridges
aud sanitary, 80; lighting, 10; hospital,
10; parks and prisons, 8; schools, Is,
mixing a total Of $3.50, or 20 cents
more than the present levy.
The object Of the increase
was stated to be the necessity Of in
creasing the police and FIRE funds
which have been deficient for a year
or moro and the consequent necessity
for sappiug the street and sewer fund
to meet the deficit. The bill has been
changed from 81 so, recommended by
the officials, to 81 45, which is fifteen
cents less than the present levy and
the present chances are that it will
pass its final reading in this shape.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05

prospects Of many more doing the
same. We need such an institution,
and there is no reason why the enter
prise sheeld not succeed. 1t will be
q useful adjunct to our business inter-
ests in many ways too numerous to
mention. A meeting for the election
Of officers will take place next Tues
day evening.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
FRRrILIzRRS.
Organization of the Memphis
Fertilizer Company Capital.
lists and Men OF Enterprise at
the Head fthe Concern.

Among the leading and most useful
agricultural enterprises that has been
established in Memphis is that Of the
Memphis Fertilizer Company, with a
limited capital Of s75, 900. The organ
ization Of the company has been per.
fected and the following officers elect
ed: Amos Woodrof, President; John
4. Wilkerson, Secretaryand Treasurer;
j. I. Pace, Superintendent. The
organization is made up of wealthy
business men, noted for their enter
prise ani intelligence; men who
intend to make the enterprise a
perfect success in every particu-
lar. Memphis is and should be a
leading point asa fertilizer msnufac
turing center. 1t is the center Of the
great cotton belt, aud is within easy
Access Of the sections of country where
corn, wheat and other valuable pro
ducts are raised. These sections Of
country should use an immense
amount Of commercial manures, not
only upon the almost worn out hill
lands, but on the productive bottom
lands Of the Mississippi, ArkansaW,
White, st. Francis, Tallahatchie, Yal.
labusha, Yazoo and other rivers. In
a conversation with Colonel Ed Rich.
ardso1,the largest cotton planter in the
South, he stated that he used a large
amount Of fertilizer, obtained from Chi
cago, and which added immensely to
his crops of cotton on his rich bottom
lands of the Mississippi river. The
only place where he made a full crop
was that where he had used the fe1tili-
ger.
The fertilizer will be made from
cotton seed products and other mate.
rails calculated to stand the tests Of
the most scientific chemical analysis,
and compare with the best fertilizing
products manufactured in this coun-
try. The consumption of fertilizers
has wonderfully increased within the
past few years, and bids fair to become
one Of the great enterprises most
valuable to the planting community Of
the South.
The Memphis company possesses
ample capital to carry on the business
to its greatest capacity, and has deter
mined to leave nothing undone that
will bring about that success which the
enterprise deserves.
To the planters it will be Of meal.
culable benefit in increasing many lold
their crop products, and it may be
safely assumed that it will not be long
before every intelligent planter on bill
er bottom lands will use the fertilizers
layishly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
POLICE POINTS.


D. Sims will be tried tomorrow for
stealing
-Four dollars in cash was taken in
this morning.
Billy Logan paid a dollar to-day.
He promised not to do it any more.
The chain gang couldn't go out to
work to-day on account Of the
weather.
John Turner stopped at the pump
to get a drink Of water on his way in TO
tfial. Hurry upl" called the turnkey.
I'm awful dry said the plain drunk,
who gulped a Upper down and came
in to be fined.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
SPECIAL OFFER.

We propose closing Gus our
Christmas stock af Desks, Sec
retaries, Children's Ladies' and
Gents Fancy Rockers, Brackets
Baby BSggies, etc., at greatly
reduced prices.
Special Bargains I'm Furniture
and Carpets, Wholesale and re.
tail.
AMEs, BEArTIE d Co.,
1901 1868 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
TO-Night's Prima Donna.


Of Miss St. Quinten, who will sing
and act as Serpolette tonight, an ex-
change says: In the troupe is a lady
from the London theaters, who is
both an excellent actress and a good
singer-rare combination "a Miss st.
Quinten, who has made a hit so de-.
cided that her permanent popularity
in America would seem already
assured. She is at home in the light
comic operas Of the day; indeed, has
proved herself a more v~iyacioug and
attractive exponent Of their principal
characters than many better known to
fame this side Of the Atlantic. She
is pleasant faced, petite, vivacious, an
admirable vocalist, and as an actress
altogether charming and acceptable.
She has the dash Of Dolaro and the
grace Of L4ian Russell, and possesses
the rare faculty among comic opera
singers Of sinking her identity COM
pletely in the character she portrays.
Her spoken passages are beyond praise.
Miss St. Quinten is a welcome add.
ton to our stage"
Choicest steaks a ROasts, I2tolT,
Pure Pork Sausage, I5c ID,
Oysters, Fish and Game received
daily.
SEESsEL's MARKET,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05

Photograph, 90 per dozen.
first-elass wOrk.
COiiage Gallery, 40 BeaI ~, 33t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
Have Your smoky Chimneys
Guraht

Aud defective aues examined by
calling on II. LEMON. No cure no
pay. 8St
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
DIR ESSED
Ali kinds of FRESH Fish,
Ovkfers and Gallery.

POrteFhOuse and L0in steaks,
also Prime Rib ROasts trimmed
close and sold at lowest market
prices. Seessel's Market,
TSt I24 a. 33I Main, near Union.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
PRoFEssioNAI.

nR. j. ID. WHITE,
~ 22 MAIN STREET, corner Jefferson.
Memphis, Tenn,
Pays special attention 10 the Treatment ~
Piles, kistulB, structure, and otbsr
Iectal diseases. Refers to 1000 cases treated
EuccesBfully. III
y; COLEMAN, Justice Of the Peace.
y. Notary Public and Commissioned Of
Deeds. Special attention given TO collections
IN the county. Omea ~ Madison st. lIst
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
LOST.

A PoCKETBO0K containing sls easb, soma
n keys and bills. lost between POPLAR street
market and sfI Poplar street. Finder re
turning same will be rewarded. l5 los
(lN Saturday afternoon, a gold bracelet.
~ between Court and Monroe. on either
Main or Second. The Under will be reward.
ed By leayiag Il at T. J MccARTHY'S, i0S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
AZ His Old Tricks.

Officer Mcfarland this morning
arrested Andrew Sims, who had in his
possession a COW supposed to have been
stolen. Sims was locked up and Chief
Davis has the matter 10 hand. Some
months ago Sims hired a man to help
drive q stolen COW to the city, and
when the officer approached he told
his companion 10 say that the COW
belonged to him. ''They know |
haven't any money, but they
know you have and won't
givea us any further trouble
said Sims. The young man boldly
said TO the policeman that he owned
the COWS, and added in Pursuance of a
whisper from Sims, that he had EN-
plOyed Sims to help him drive. Both
we're arrested. and the statement Of
the young mar 10 the officer secured
bis conviction aud a sentence ia the
penitentiary, while Sims, the real
thief, was discharged.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-05
Fresh Grated HOrseradish'
Fresh Lot Snowflake Crackers.
SARATOGA CHIPS.
Fresh Cracker Neal,
Buckham q Campbell. so BeaI.


SOeBel1 a. OO.,
Cheap cash boot and shoe store, 40 Main
treet. Prices lower than ever. 93t
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-09
The Old Plantation Darky.

But to turn to the typical Georgia
plantation darby of ante-bellum memo
rles, who will talk to you for hours
bout ole marster" and scenes store de
war; Methinks 1 can still hear the
quaint lullaby that Aunt Patty used TO
carol in the farmhouse, when ode white
folks" were gone and left her in charge
of the household, and feel my childish
frame culver at the frightful tales of
Bloody Bones and Ketch Meddler," as
they fell upon my attentive ear from the
fertile imagination of "Old Ned" when
/ was disposed to disregard his man
dates.
Not long ago / was talking to gentle
man who, before the war, was an ex-
tensive stakeholder, and he said: did
you ever think of the fidelity of the
Southern slave to his masters family
during the war? 1t was remarkable.
The white men were gone to the field
of battle, leaving their wives and chill
dren and property in the hands of their
slaves. How easy for them to have re-
belled against all authority and begun
season of massacre and pillage too
horrible to contemplated" But they
never wavered. True to their nature,
the farm was titled as before and the
harvests stored away. "Old missus"
was the object of their care and provi-
dence, and when tidings came from "ole
marster," who had gone off to war,
way up in old Virginny," and We're
read aloud to the circle around the
hearthstone, the door was blockaded
with eager, anxious faces of the yard
niggers, standing, with uncovered
heads, listening to the welcome mes
sage; and, when it was announced that
the absent ones were well and safe, no
word OF satisfaction was spoken with
more sincerity than the old darkies'
BLESS God! Dey amt kilt ole marster
yit." If any proof were wanting of the
negroes genuine attachment for their
owners, the fidelity exhibited 10y most
of them during the war will furnish it
in abundance.
The emancipation has wrought no
material change on the old plantation
darby. The kinks of hair which i'll his
vain attempts to straighten he has
rolled up into little ropes tightly
wrapped with a cotton string, have
grown white since he first heard the
wondrous tale of forty acres and a
mule" which he has at last learned to
have been n delusion of the carpet
Dagger; and even the Civil Rights bill
no longer holds for him its painted
charms. His wants are simple and
easily supplied from the land he cult
Yates, and when the birds are singing
in the spring-time with cheerful and
contented spirit he marshals the force
of his household into the fields, the
women and children using the hoe,
while he guides the plow-share, inter
rupting ever and anon his tuneful lay
to explode volley of wrath at his lazy
mule for biting a tender shoot of corn.
whoa dar! Bitin' dat corn dis lack
yer amt had muffin ter eat III er munt
Keep on foolin' wild me | bust yer opin ~
-SoutheI71 correspondent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-09
A Novel Egg Farm.

The Farallone ialands are about thir-
ty miles from the mouth of San Fran
cisco bay, and they are the home OF in
Vulnerable sea fowls. When San Fran
cisco first began to be city, its con-
slant cry was for eggs. To supply the
lack of eggs, the project of stealing
those of the gulls and the muhrs of the
Farallone islands was undertaken, and
it proved successful and has ever since
been maintained. The birds are too
plenty to count or to estimate, rs may
be inferred from the fact that the egg
gatherers bring in often, or used to
gather, 500 dozen q day, and a great
many of the nests are inaccessible, q
great many others devastated by the
rivalry of the birds themselves, and, OF
course, large part of the birds at any
one time are not laying. The egg sea-
son is from May to August, and, if even
400 dozen is the rule, the harvest would
be pretty near 100000 eggs. The
quarreling between the gulls and the
muhrs leads to the loss of good many
muhrs' eggs, which the gulls at every
chance destroy. The egg business is
conducted by company, which has
the right. 1t pays egg-gatherers 5
cents a dozen and sells them in San
Francisco at considerable advance.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-09
Old Bob.

That white-faced bay horse you see
looking at us from among that bunch
of mares and colts is quite a celebrated
character in the neighborhood, and if
the Royal Humane Society gave gold
medals to dumb animals | am sure Old
Bob deserves one. One rough. stormy
day, after II succession of rainy days,
which had swollen the Little Laramie
river till it became raging torrent run
ming level with the top of its banks.
Old Bob, who was close TO the river,
caught sight Of little colt which had
fallen into the water and was being
rapidly carried down stream in spite of
its struggles. Old Bob trotted to the
edge of the river, and. with n loud neigh,
plunged in, swan to the poor little
chap, seized him as dog would a rab-
bit, and, after fight with the stream,
landed the little fellow safe and sound,
not much the worse for his bath
think Old Bob is entitled to unlimited
freedom and grass as long as he lives
and the happy hunting grounds here
after. LOHdOH FieId.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-09
The Understanding Weed.

During the French expedition to
Mexico, Gen. Martroy was informed by
native that plant grew in his district
which was largely used in the domestic
surgery of the Mexicans, and he adj
vised the General to lay in stock of it
for use in the French camp. Itgoes by
the name of the Notwithstanding weed"
the exact native word his n t been
placed on record. This plant has the
property, when applied after being
chewed or crushed, of almost instantly
arresting the flow of blood from Il
wound. Gen. Martroy brought home
some specimens of this plant to France
and cultivated it in his garden at Yer
sailles, where it has thriven excellently
ever since, blossoms every year, and
produces II sort of fruit. Meanwhile,
its transportation to European soil has
not robbed it of the quality for which it
was originally recommended to its in
PRODUCER. It's recognized botanical
name is Tradescantia erecta. Although
it is quite the reverse of an ornamental
plant, and is not distinguished 10y any
beauty OF shape or color in its howe s,
it fully deserves, if we may trust our
informant, to be widely cultivated, on
account of its rare medical value. The
practicability of its acclimatization is
now placed beyond all doubt. It's effect
in stanching bleeding is said to surpass
all means hitherto applied to this pur-
pose, and it is, i'll any case, to be pro-
duced cheaply and easily. Experiments
have been made with it in Vienna, and
the Nelte Freie PreSse, of that city, adj
vises its regular cultivation for medical
r1co - o)lHOl1 Globp