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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-23

appeal against a corporation which
pays dividends on a heavily watered
capital.
We do not think it wise in such
corporations, by over naughty and su-
percilious conduct toward their ser.
yants,to hasten the raising of the issue
between wages and water, which is
sure to come up some day. Our advice
to the managers of the Western Union
company is to come to terms with
their striking servants as soon as pos
sible.
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solid Memphis Contractors.
I. 0. Pioayune, q.

The uucompleted grading On tho
Mississippi Valley Railroad from on tbe
Louisiana line to the int ersect;on ~ Of
the Natchez and Jack Sop road am n.
braces some very heavy worI and
more than one million cubic Yards
but Captain Grant has tortnSstoIn,
closed contract for this work with
MNessrs. Duunavant & Kelley IF
Memphis, Tenn, who have lust com.
PRIIeted tA,rtY miles of grading on the
New Orleans and Northern road
Ihese gentlemen arc we'll known con,
tractors, and they will push the work
forward rapidly and successfully.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-23
RRYSON & co.

The name of BrysOn il synOno.
nous with furniture and car
pets. They handle ali grades,
from that suited TO a humble
cottage 20 that which would
adOFn a palace. Their constant
receipts Of new goods enables
them 70 keep mp with the styles
and the latest improvements
introduced by the leading fac
tories. Their prices are reason.
able and VIII stand The test OF
comparison with other dealers.
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Menkens' New House.

Work on the new store Of the Men
kens is being rushed forward with all
possible rspidity, and the commodious
structure, when completed. will be
one of the finest business houses in
the country, and surely the very finest
south Of the Ohio river. The firm
expect to occupy the new house early
10 the fall, and will have a very large
assortment Of the most stylish and
fashionable goods, which they expect
to offer at reasonable prices. The
Menkens are accomplished mer,
chants, and the immense stock theJ
expect to arrange for their patrons
inspection will be worth looking at, as
well as buying.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-23
Very Low Rates.

During the continuance of the
Southern Exposition, at Louisville,
KY, Commencing August, lst, and
continuing 100 days. the Louisville
aud Nashville railroad will sell excur.
sion tickets from any of its stations to
Louisville at one fare for the round
trip. These tickets will be on sale
every day, from L. and N. stations
and will be good ID days, allowing
ample time to visit the greatest expo.
sition ever held in the South, aud
second only to the Centennial at Phil.
adelphia. 1871
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-23
TAKE NOTICE.
Cheap Cash Boot and Shoe House
4I0 Main street.

Our fne kid button boots 81 so,
former price So 90.
Our fine kid slipper 81, former
price 81 80.
Gentlemen's fine shoes at extremely
low prices, l24t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-23
ADDITIONAL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, July %, 300 p.m.-Cot-
ton in moderate inquiry freely sunnlied
Uplands, 7-l6d; orleans, s 9-i6d. Sales
Today, 1900 bales. Receipts, 5000 bales.
American, $50. Futures are dull.
NEW York, July %, 11:ls a. m
Cotton quiet and firm. ordinary Lice.
good ordinary, 8 5-l6c; low middling
VIC; ,middling, l0c; good middlinp IOsSe.
mlddllng fair, ll%c; fair, ll%c. Futures
are steady. at 8 to 10 points above Satur-
days closing figures. 0'' ''n''''-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-23
STRIKING OPERATORS.
Inc Situation at Various Points, Al
Learned by Mail and Tele.
graph.
A MOnOpOIist Organ Heard
FrOm-EIOderate Tone Of
the New York Herald.
AT CHATTANOOGA.
Democrat, p.

-Four more Of the operators
in the Western Union Tele-
graph Office here left their desks yes.
terday, making six in all who have
Joined the strikers. An interesting
interview with one of the striking
operators, who is thoroughly informed
on all points about the strike, il
crowded out this morning on account
Of the scarcity Of space. The opera.
tors all concur in the opinion that the
Associated Press misrepresents the
state Of the strike. They say that the
strike is general. and that the West
ern Union Company cannot find com
petent hands with whom to man the
wires. They express confidence in
success of the strike. and say they
have received assurances OF ample
funds to serve them during its con-
tinuance.
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DOn't Fail 10 Attend

Hui = Ut ="
the great closing out sale at Risks,
$50 Main street, and secure the bene,
fit Of the greatest slaughter ever
known In stoves. tlnEage, lamps and
kitchen goods. This is a genuine
closing sale, as | must give my whole
time 10 the Bluff City Stove works.
viii keep open until 9 O'Clock every
night y, TIFF RISK. l29
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-23
THE SITUATION AT oHICAoo.

CHICAGO, July %. The officials in
the Western Union Telegraph Cons
pany in this city report continued
satisfactory state Of affairs this morn.
ing. A good working force has re-
ported for day duty, and all messages
are being worked off. Colonel Olowry
reports an improved condition. Some
difficulty is being Inexperienced through-
out the northwestern circuits growing
out OF atmospheric Interruptions.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-23

A GOOD cook, washer and ironer, and
n diningroom girl. to 90 u miles in coun-
wy Coed wages paid Apply at Montsn "a j,
Eorn Jake, or Kelly q Roper, 500 Main st.,
Nemphi'. 123 l2i
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-23

GITU ALTON as hook keeper by a gentleman
- haviog ten years practical experience.
first-ctass references furnished. Address
s II g. care Ledger Office. 123 l26
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-23

Ar expert needle woman at Noneonnah
IA Knitting Co. l23t
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H0AT, pants and vestmakers at thu Jeans
~ Factory, 800 Main street. II Morris a
Bro. IL l2T
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FoR aALH

RAhE chance TO buy home on easy teFnp,
~ Residence 20 Wellington street, between
vance and Linden, six rooms, kitohen, bath,
stable, etc all IN good order small cash
payment required, the remainder on month
~ ins!t .aI IRRELEVANT K CARY,
~ ~ Madison street
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-23

Cb.EAP-A neat uourbRn cottage contain.
- irih o room kitchen and servsntsi room.
stable, ca mage house and GOOD eistern, Ioi
contains Oh third Of IN acre, we'll fenced
and In good = tder, Situated on the southeast
corner Of Rand ipn road and Brinkley street,
further information 4 Oplv 10
l2lf M l. BAC0N s Madison st...t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-23

leans pantsm kers By J AAUsTIN q co,
81 823 Main street, llalN
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0l0 At old frames with our IMPERIAL PEB.
i BLES, sl.5s per pair. j N MULFORD l. Co
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a "! UBLE corner bulldog lot ia For
~, Picker ng. splendid fence. GOOD cistern,
d 4 perfect. siEs l2ixl4s. Price y ner foot.
"a great bargsini be quick and ecure II
llb M u. OUNAWAY. 2sS NJ.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-23

GRNEN HANDS, with home in the city, to
VI lean cotton spinning, in lis different
wages psi0 while learning. Apply at the
mills. loot
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-04
CONNECTIONS:

At GALVESTON with Mallory Line steamers
Tor Key West and New York Nor
gan Line for New Orleans, Indianola,
corpus Christi, Brownsville and Vera
At ARCoLA with /. & q. n. r.. r.. for Column
eia and towns in Brazoria county.
Al KOSENBERG with e., H. & =. A. Ry,
{Sunset Route) for Columbus, Weimar
HARDWOOD, Luling, san Antonio, Laredo
uValde and Western Texas and Mexico:
also for Houston and Star and Crescent
Route, beaumont Orange, Lake Charles,
the Teche Country, New Orleans and
all points in the Southeast, North and
East; with New York, Texas and Next
can Railway for Wharton. Victoria and
stations on that line.
At BRENNAN with IL. q Il. C. Ry. for Hemp
stead. Ledbetter, diddings, McDadeand
At MILANo with l, & @. N Ry. for Hearns.
Palestine, Rockdale, Round Rock,
Seorgetown, Austin, San Marcos, New
Braunieis, san Antonio and Laredo.
AZ TEMPLE with Missouri Pacific Riy.
Az MeGhEG0R with Texas and 81. Louis
ny for Waco, Corsicana, Athens, Noun
Iieasant, Gilmer and Texarkana.
Az MofGAN with Texas Central Ry. for
waco, Koss, Hico, iredeli, Cisco and all
AT ClEBuRNE, Junction of Dallas Division
of.G, c. & y. Y. R'y,
Al FORT WORTH with Mo- Pacific and Tex
as 4 Pacific Rys. Tor all points on these
ines; ior n faso,, santa Fe, san Fran
sns city, ~. Louis, Chicago, New York
ana all points North. East and West,
Az DALLAS with ii. & y. c. R'y, 4. &P. R'y
ana alias Extension OF No. z. R'y.
s-S Se tnat your Ticket reads over this line.
ss-For all information address ''''s'
OSCAR G. MURRAY,
Heneral Passenger Agent,
Galveston. Tey
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-03
Industrious COnvicts.

1t is said that the fancy articles
made by the convicts in the New Jer
sey penitentiary are numerous and Of
every description. A German, who is
in on forty years sentence for killing
his two children, has made a pretty
little bureau with many drawers Of
cigar boxes. A Frenchman made an.
other out of the heads of -four barrels
Several flower baskets, laden with
flowers, are exhibited as being made
ont of crumbs of bread. They are o
wonderful piece of work. Fine vases
of variegated colors are made from
Taper. There is no end to the variety
of pretty articles made from bone and
horn. There are tooth-picks, fancy
whistles, crotchet-needles, shoe-horns.
etc. The work is all done with small
saws and files and then polished with
alcohol. In addition, the cells are
ornamented in every conceivable style
Pictures of sweethearts, wives and
children adorn the walls. The articles
of workmanship made by the convictt
are no longer kept on salei the prison
as formerly.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-03
Middle and Southern States

John Cavanaugh, shot and killed Conrad
Remmick on train on the Pennsylvania
railroad at Bessemer. Cavanaugh had been
quarrelling with man whom he found talk
ing to his wife and was elected from the
train after firing three shots at brakeman,
Albert Kyle, wounding him badly. He
jumped on the rear platform of the train,
ran down the aisle and killed Remmick, and
then escaped.
Mr.. j. @. Wall, who is associated with u.
s. Grant, Jr., and General John B. Gordon
in the Belmont coal mines of Alabama, and
the superintendent for several years, COM
mitted suicide by drowning himself in the
Tennessee river.
The protection levee at Goodrich's, Miss,
has given way and water is now running
through at that point. The Illawara and
Edgewood breaks are about 300 yards wide,
and water from one to four feet deep is
spreading over the country back of these
points.
The Louisville and Nashville railroad depot
and freight house and a number of other
buildings at Pensacola, Fla, has been
burned. Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000.
The North Carolina legislative committee,
on its return to Raleigh from inspecting the
insane asylum at Morganton, in special
train, met with railroad accident near
Hickory. An axle broke, and the car was
partially wrecked. Senator Whitford and
Representative Crowell were painfully in
jured.
1.-The Mississippi river is rising, but thus far
there have been but few breaks in the levees.
Yhe normal condition of things is being
rapidly restored at Cincinnati, Louisville
and other places on the Ohio river. The
Boston relief committee, after raising $12,-
200 for the sufferers by the floods in the West,
has decided to take no more subscriptions
for the present.
By the explosion of kerosene lamp in
farmhouse near Bracket, Tenn, four
children, of ages from two to seven, were
burned to death, and their mother, Mrs
Michael Mcdonald, who was alone in the
house with them, was compelled to witness
the scene, the flames having cut her off from
the children'F room.
The democratic caucus of the Tennessee
legislature has decided to pay the contract
rate of interest on the State debt proper by
vote of 81 to 7, and tabled motion to re-
consider. The action of the caucus was made
binding by majority vote of both houses.
A Memphis committee offer to settle that
city's debt by giving new bonds for half the
principal at six per cent.
In response to a telegram from Bayou
Sara, requesting that tents, tarpaulins,
wheelbarrows, tools and lumber be sent at
once to Pointe Ooupee Landing, for the men
engaged in repairing the levees, the Times
+ Democrat at once ordered the material re.
quired, with a cooking range and supplies for
large force, including blankets and lumber
for quarters, and also requested loan of
tents from the government.
The flood in the Ohio is fast receding,
leaving a track of devastation unparalleled in
the history of floods.
The steamship Moro Castle, of the Clyde
line, running between New York and Charles
ton, has been destroyed by fire at Charleston.
Loss 100000. The officers and crew had
! barely time to escape with what clothing
they happened to have on.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-03
Washington News.

General Hazen, chief of the weather
bureau, in response to resolution of inquiry
offered in the House of Representatives, sent
an official communication predicting heavy
floods in the Mississippi valley.
Rerdell, one of the star-route defendants,
withdrew his plea of not guilty yesterday,
and was examined as witness for the gov
eminent, which promises interesting de-
velopments.
The Senate in executive session has re-
moved the Injunction of secrecy from the
pending reciprocity treaty with Mexico, and
the text of the treaty has been made public.
The President has nominated Messrs.
Dorman B. Eaton, of New York; John M.
Gregory, of Illinois, and Leroy D. Thoman,
of Ohio, to be civil service commissioners.
The President has approved the act pro-
viding for the erection of monument to the
memory of the Baron De Kalb.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-03
A Floral Follower of the Sun.

That the sunhower follows the sun
in its westward Journey is well known,
but when does it turn its face back
again to the east to greet the morning
sun? Mr.. G. A. White, of Washing
ton, in letter to Nature, relates an
incident which throws some light
upon the subject One evening, he
says, during a short stay at village
in Colorado, in the summer of 1881, l
took walk along the banks of long
irrigating ditch just as the sun was
setting. The wild variety of helianthus
ANUS grew abundantly there, ana l
observed that the broad faces of all
the flowers were as usual in the clear
sunset, turned to the west. Returning
by the same path less than an hour
afterward, and immediately after the
daylight was gone, I found to my sur.
prise that much the greater part Of
these flowers had already turned theiI
faces full to the east in anticipation,
as it were, of the suns rising. They
had in that short time retraced the
semicircle, in the traversing of which,
with the sun, they had spent the whole
day. Both the day and night were
cloudless, and apparently no unusua
conditions existed that might have ex-
ceptionally affected the movements Of
| the flowers.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-03

hours in little water; put in also any
nice bits of the fowl that are left, par
ticularly the neck, which is never
eaten. To this add any soup stock
you have, and with little barley or
sage you will have a nourishing
soup. Season with pepper, salt and
any herbs you choose.
A good way to keep cut flowers
fresh is to lay them in wet cloths.
Take them out of the vases at night,
sprinkle with cold water, and wrap
them with cloth made very wet. The
weight of the cloth will not crush the
most delicate flowers, while it keeps
out the air and prevents their falling
to pieces or opening further.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-03
TIE NEW S.


M. Armstrong d Co., dealers in Leather
and findings at Nos. IL, II and 10 Ferry
street, New York, have made an assignment.
The liabilities are $451, 382.74, nominal assets
$42O, 35423, and actual assets $132, 505.92.
Mrs. Cottier, of Buffalo, N. Y, confessed
to the superintendent of police that she had
murdered her child, little girl of eight
months. She said she chloroformed 1t, and
then dropped it overheard from ferryboat.
Mr.. John Gilbert, the actor, who lost his
wife in the Newhall fire, Milwaukee, is about
to bring suit for damages to the amount of
$4,000 against @. d. Nash and the Newhall
House Company at Milwaukee
The best part of the village of Bradford,
VT, has been burned. The loss is about
$4,000. The Cramer House, at Abba, Iowa,
has been burned; loss $4,000; insurance
$1,000 Valentines knitting mill, at Bur
lington, Vt, with large portion of the
contents has been burned. The loss will ex-
coed 100000. Kali .I.
The New York Produce Exchange reports
subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers
by the floods in the Western rivers to the
amount of $7,462 The New York Cotton
Exchange has collected $4,000. The Standard
Oil Company contributed $1,000. Subscrip-
tions amounting to nearly $4,000 were re-
ported by the committee appointed by Mayor
King in Philadelphia, $1,000 being from Mr..
g. W. Childs and 81 900 from Drexel & Co.
Samuel J. Medill, business and managing
editor of the Chicago Tribune, died at
Quincy, Illinois.
VIM. q. Smith, of Union, Broome county,
N. Y, an express messenger for the Erie and
New England Express Company, was at.
lacked by robber on an Albany and Sus
quehanna train, near cambridge, and was
shot twice. The robber escaped without
securing any plumber Smith had over S4O.-
100 in his care.
The State Senate of Main has passed the
constitutional prohibitory amendment by
vote of 81 to 2. 1t has also passed the bill
allow no woman to vote on school matters.
An abstract of the will of the late Edwin d.
Morgan, of New York, has been filed in the
'surrogate's Office. $750,000 was lsftto chart
ties. His estate is valued at $6,00o,0OO
A panic was created. in Catholic school
at New York by cry of fire. Sixteen
scholars were killed outright, and many
others severely, if not fatally injured. There
were two hundred pupils in the school and
the screams of the children we're appalling
Frank James appeared in court Kansas
City, Mo-, and was arraigned upon three in
dictments: one for the murder of Mcmillan,
in the Winston train robbery; second, as &C
cessory to the murder of Conductor Westfall,
and, third, for the murder of Cashier Sheets
in the Gallatin bank robbery. He pleaded
not guilty.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-03
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.


AS general thing, says a sensiple
writer, all of our farm tools are too
heavy. Generally speaking, the farm
wagon that will bear up under a ton
weight with ease is plenty heavy
enough for all practical purposes to
which farm wagon should be put. If
you want to haul two tons it is far
better and cheaper in the end to make
two loads of it. The saving in horse
flesh and feed will, in few years,
amount to enough to buy a new one
and have something left for profit. If
you are about. ordering a new wagon
have it made light and of the best ma
terial and you will never regret it.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-03
Forty-seventh Congress.
SENATE.

che United States Senate completed the
sugar, TOBACCO and wool schedule OF the
tariff bill. and took up the book schedule.
In the United States Senate report was
made from the finance committee In favor OF
the purchase of Arlington from General
GUSTS Lee. The tariff bill was taken up and
all the amendments proposed in committee
of the whole disposed of. A motion to IN
crease the duty on iron ore from nifty cents
10 one dollar q ton was voted down.
The Senate made out little progress
Saturday on the amendments to the tariff
bill, most of the session being consumed in
adebate between Messrs Sherman and Beck.
The United States Senate passed Mr..
Sherman's amendment to the metal schedule
of the tariff bill in modified form by
party vote. At 1.50 in the morning the
Senate adjourned.
In the Senate yesterday, after much debate,
the Tariff bill, as amended was finally passed
by a vote of AZ to Is. The title of the bill
was made to read Gan act to reduce internal
revenue taxation, and for other purposes.
In the Senate bill was passed appropri-
ating $25,O0Ofor monument to be erected
at Washingtons headquarters at NewburG,
n. Y. The Army Appropriation and the Forti-
fcation Appropriation bills were passed.
The bill for the termination of the articles
Senator Edmunds called up the Utah bill,
which was discussed up to the hour of ad-
iournment.
In the House, the conference report on the
Japanese indemnify fund bill was adopted.
The tariff bill being under consideration,
motion to place sugar on the free list was
voted down. At the evening session the con-
sideration of the legislative appropriation
bill was resumed in committee of the whole.
In the House an exclung session was pre-
cipitated by motion of Mr.. Haskell that all
debate on the pending section OF the tariff
bill be closed in one hour. The point of order
was made from the democratic side that the
motion was out of order, and this was de-
bated until 8 o'clock when the special order,
eulogies on the late Mr.. Shackleford, of
North Carolina, was announced, thus defer
ring action on Mr.. Haskells motion until
to-day.
In the House, after the morning hour, a
number of motions to suspend the rules and
pass bills were voted down. Finally Mr..
Kelley moved to suspend the rules and pass
Senate bill to reduce internal revenue taxa
ton. After considerable debate the motion
failed-yeas 162, nays 97-not the necessary
two-thirds in the affirmative. All the Mary
land members, except Mr.. Urner, who was
not recorded, voted in the affirmative, as did
Messrs. Randall, of Pennsylvania, Tucker,
of Virginia, and other prominent democrats.
In the House the Sundry Civil Appsopria
ton bill was considered in committee of
she whole and considerable progress made.
The River and Harbor bill was reported and
eferred to the committe of the whole.
In the House the Sundry Civil Appropria-
ton bill was considered in committee Of The
whole, several amendments were adopted.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-03-03
Household Hints.

When boiling cabbage put slice of
salt pork in the water, and an agree
able flavor with no Objectionable
grease or fat will be given to the cab
bage.
A simple but delicious dish for
dessert is madeby cutting up oranges in
small pieces and then pouring over
them some rich boiled custard. Serve
with cake
If before you put rolls in the tin to
BAKE them you rub the edges with a
little melted butter, you will not be
troubled with their sticking together
when baked, and the edges will be
smooth.
Do not throw away the bones of
turkey or of chicken. Crack them
and let them boil for two or three