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The Portland daily press., 1883-11-09

Leon Albeit comes out of the New Jersey
election with over 5000 majority. He went
into it declaring that civil service reform
was humbug, and that the men who did
the best work for him in the campaign
would get the best Offices. 1t looks as if
civil service reform principles had not yet
taken very deep root in the Democratic party
OF New jersey.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-09

parties the city has escaped this fate, and
another year of economical and iudicious
administration of its affairs is assured. The
defeat of Mayor Low would have been dis.
astfous blow to the friends of good govern
ment in any city in the land.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-09

We respectfully suggest to our esteemed
morning contemporary that rooster with
its head cut off will much more correctly
represent the condition of The Democratic
ticket in New York than the bird it has
been using.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-09
MISCELLANEOUS.
ELEGANT SATIN LINED
OVERSACK FOR $25.

A superb garment for Gentlemen's wear
The material from which these coats are
made is heavy Kersey, lined throughout
with an extra heavy Black Satin, and fan
cy Silk Sleeve Lining. The above coat
equal in style, fit and finish to custom work
at aboqdnpe half the price, should attract
the att6sb of any gentleman in want
of a first.class OvercOat.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-09

Hallett Kilbourne has been awarded
$500 day for every day of the forty which
he was confined by order Of Congress. Most
people will think that the estimate which
Washington juries put on the value Of liber-
ty very much exaggerated
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-09
II HE p r e SIS
FRIDAY MORNING, nov. 8.

we do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable necessarily for publica
ton but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-09

A fine opportunity was given the Demo-
Gratis of Maryland to .'turn the rascals out. .
Of course they failed to improve it. The
rascals were not Republicans.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-09

New York voted decisively against the
continuance Of the contract labor system in
prisons of that State.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-09
PORTLAND WATER COMPANY.
NOTICE.

Builders and others intending TO have
SebagO water put In this season must
make application for the same before
November goth.
noyS DIV
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
why wisgius Failed,
Philadelphia Roco d,

AF'NN ~
The explanation offered by Mr.,
Virgins for his prophetic failure is
really ingenious, because it will con,
fuse most people without revealing
anything. Il is much as if mathe
matician should account for his failure
to solve an intricate problem by say
log that he made the wrong different
iation Of the value Of K. owing to
taking fly speek for a decimal point,
and having corrected the parallaX OF
the same by a due allowance for the
procession OF the equinoxes, the re
suit now reveals itself thus and So
which was to be proved. Mr.. Virgins
6nds that the Pacific ocean was the
spot where bis storm really struck.
He got the astronomical time at Lon
don mixed up with the local mean
time at TORONTO, and thus located the
storm seventeen hours too far east or
west, il doesn't matter which. Mr..
Virgins has resolved, however, to
retire from the business Of prophecy
ing in public, and tho people will
doubtless say amen"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
Reliable Garden SEED.

Our readers who want good supply Of
vegetables, will find they can be grown
from seeds supplied by Z. G. Craig & Co,
Memphis, Tenn. Ask the merchant you
trade with for Craigs seed. Take no
other. Ifthey cannot be had, send direct
to Z G. Craig q Co, Memphis, Tenn,
with the cash, and they will send you
onion sets at 2jc a quart; beans, peas OF
corn, in half-pint packages, at lOc each;
small seeds in fiat papers at &c each Ifby
mail, add Ice per ID for postage. Remem-
ber, good garden, for which seeds COS,
$3.50, will produce vegetables enough 70
savespending $1,000 for hog and hominy
NORA: Patronize and build up home
enterprise. li7-d&y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
THentY Years a Nuaerer.

r. V. Pierce, NJ, D., Buffalo, NY,
Dear Sir-Twenty years ago was
shipwrecked on the Atlantic ocean,
aud the cold and exposure caused q
large absoess TO form on each leg
which kept continually disohargiug
After spending hundreds Of dollars
with no benefit, | tried your Golden
Medical Discovery" and now, in lesi
than three months after taking the
6rst bottle, | am thankful to gay | an
completely cured, aud for the frat
time 10 ten years can put my left hee
TO the ground. | am yours.
WILLIAM RYDER,
81 Jefferson st., Buffalo. N. Y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19

The Nashville Banner saws that men
who Slept in the leaves" with Gov.
ernor Bate are rewarded with Offices
but that men who lett their homes
crossed mountains aud worked for
him are ignored. History Of politics
you know. Votes, alter the election
are not in demand, but the memory
OF the rustling leaves, when the FIRE a
few feet away made the overhapginq
branches tremble, will last forever. II
is.a great thing to sleep 10 the leaves
with a man N p)leon preferred sleep,
ing In leaves aud became so addicted
TO the practice that fresh load Of
leaves was taken to his room every
morning Oace a young rOyalist was
condemned to die. All France bowed
her head and begged that the young
mans Lille might be spared, but Napo.
leon was immoyable Just before the
execution OF the sentence was to take
place, the young man remarked. II
have slept in the leaves Tor the last
time | must now sleep under the
grasses" " Leaves" exclaimed Ma.
poleon Did you ever sleep ia the
leave,2" Yes, sir Then you
shall not die. Come in, and III seI
up the Office What'll you take9
"A Generals commission" "You
shall have it." II is said that when I
man calls on Governor Bate for ,
favor be must show his love for leaves
and that convict was recently par
doned because the fragment Of lea
was found in his hair. [Arkansav
Traveller.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
THE PuRssT AND HEST
Remedy Ever Made--It is C0tni
pounded from Hops, Malt,
Buchu, Mandrake, and
DRndeiiou.

The oldest, best, most fsnorusd sad yaiu.
able me diclne IN the world, and Ia addition
Il contains all the best and most effective Gu.
fhtive properties Of all other remedies, being
the greatest liver regulator, blood pun6er,
and life and health restodns agent on earth.
II gives now life snd yiRor 70 the aged
saa inaru. To slereymen, lawTers, litersry
men. ladies, and all whom sodentAsy enploys
menus eause irregularities pfthe Blood, stOrn-
ach, Bowels, or Kidneys, or who require an
appetizer, tonic, and mild stimulant. 1t Is
invaluable, being highly curative. tonic and
stimulating, without being Intoxicating,
No matter what your feelings or symptoms
are. or what the disease or sllment is, use
Hop Bltters. Don't wait until you are sick,
but If you onlrfeel bad or miserable use the
bitters at once. 1t may save your life. Hun
dreds have been saved By 50 doing, at mod.
cate cost. Ask your druggist or physician.
Do not suffer yourself or let y. ur friends suf-
fer, but use and urge them to use Hop Bitters
If you have lameness in the loins, with fre-
quent pains and aches; numbness of the
thigh; scanty, painful and frequent discharge
OF urine, hlied with Dus, and which will turn
red BY LANDING; voracious appetite and
unquenchable thirst; harsh and dry SKIN,
olammy tongue, often darkly furred; swollen
and inhamed gums; dropsical swelling OF u
limbs; frequent attacks Of ccougb, inabili-
~ 10 void the urine, and great fat que In
attemptmg. it--you are suffering from some
form OF Kidney or Urinary Complaint, such
as BRIGHT. DISEASE Of this kidneys, stone or
imhammation Of the bladder, gravel ~ d
renal calculi, diabetes, straneuary structure
and retention Of the urine, and Hop Bite
Ia the only remedy that will permanently
cure you.
Renember. Bop Bittsrs is no vile, druRSed.
drunken nostrum, but the pursst and best
medicine ever made, and no person or family
should be without il.
Don't risk any Of the hiehly Landed stuff
with testimonials Of great cures hut ask your
iIeighhor. druggist, pastor or physicians what
Hop Bittsrs sand car do for YOU and test il.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
How Gladstone Lost a Finger,


Like the famous Lady Anglesey's
leg, which was buried in the Belgian
village from which the battle Of Wa
terloo takes it name, Mr.. Gladstone
left his lost finger, in a sportsman s
sense, on the field of honor. Nearly
forty years ago he was staying at Rs
crick Park, near York, as the guest OF
the grandfather of the present Lord
Wenlock, who was the uncle of Mrs.
Gladstone. Mr.. Gladstone went out
shooting az one of large party, and
whilc he was loading his gun-there
were no breechleaders 10 those days
one barrel exploded and blew away
his finger. There was no hope of re-.
placing it or setting the bone, which,
indeed, was entirely carried away, aud
from that day to this Mr.. Gladstone
has always worn the black fnger-stall
to which We have just alluded. The
accident seemed TO be protest against
his further use Of fowling- piece; but
it was not until some years later that
he took 70 the amusement of cutting
down trees.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
The BOss Monkey OF the Cage.
Philaielphis Timeg.

Philadelphia Times.
Among recent additions to the
geological Garden were twenty-five
monkeys from the West Indies
They were green monkeys, Rbesus
monkeys, spider monkey, lemures,
aud macscus, and one OF them, large
Rm,us monkey. with a beautiful,
smooth, yellowish gray coat, soon won
distinction for himself. All these
animals we're put 10 the cage 10 the
monkey house, when the big Rmius
began jumping up and down in a kind
of hysterical dance, which drew the
keeper attention at once. Alter be
became a little accustomed to his
surroundings and began climbing
about with the rest his 6rst exploit
was to seize 4 bonnet monkey named
Frank one Of the Oldest inhabi-
tants, and hurl him bodily from the
top OF the cage to the floor. This was
theIsiln al for an uprear. which began
Immediately, and a big maeaeus,
which is kept fastend by a long chain
because Of his fierce disposition,
started up the railing to chastise the
aggresser The new conner met him
half way and both dropped TO the hlor
in close combat. while pretty much all
the other monkeys in tn Gag
jumped on top OF them. hor about
ten minutes there was the livelest
kind of tussle in the cage, while the
keepers could do nothing but look
n in dismay. Finally the Re1ps
whipped the crowd and from that
moment he has been known as
Sullivan" He and a big female
ma0aous are now the bosses" of the
cage, which contains about sixty
monkeys, and appOrtion cut the public
patronage to suiG themselves.
There we're evidences Of another
battle regal when the keepers opened
the house yesterday morning and a
little monkey was nursing a limb that
had been bitten almost of, but, as a
general thing, the c'go contains a
Ieaceable and apparently happy fam,
lily.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
PUBLIC LEDGER.
MoypAY rvEv1Ne, FEBRUARY 10, 1888
Wigains Explains and Retircs,

otowG, Ont, di,pssch to thsE n. Y. Herald
Your correspondent called on Prot
Virgins TO night to get bic sxplana
ton as 10 the failure Of his prophecy
of the great storm he predicted FOL
to-day. " How do you account for the
mistake in your calculations? was
asked Of, the Professor. 10
II will tell you In a few words
The astronomical day begins at noon
on the meridian at London, and our
day begins at u at night I over
looked this fact, so that the side oil
the earth presented to the planetary
force was the opposite to that to which
gave. | did not notice my mistake IN
til this evening, SO tho storm fell on
the Pacific instead OF the Atlantic. i
made a similar mistake before with
the storm oil last October, which was
so heavy on the Philippine Islands,
but corrected it, having discovered my
mistske 10 time. THIS is the first
storm prediction | ever made that did
not take place. We will get the tail
end Of the storm yet. 1t will
strike heavily on the east coast of
Africa, but will be pretty well ex
pended by the time it crosses the
Atlantic.
IL am the only meteorological whom
the world has ever produced that the
public hold to single day for the
ful6llment Of predictions, They
expect my storm 10 be over the whole
hemisphere at the same moment, aud
seem ready TO condemn one single
failure, treating me not as human, but
as divine. | based my predictions on
astronomical effects. and through the
error | referred o have miscal9u'ate1
the result. However, what is my lost
is the world gain. The failure of the
storm removes world ofresponsibilit,
from my mind, for the storm predic
ted for March has hung over me lik,
a nightmare on account OF the terror
it has struck in the public mind
throughout the world, as iostanced By
that pie of letters have received
aud, il this storm had happened, hun
ldreds anticipating the March storm
would have become insane through
fear OF its results"
"Will you nov retire from the ftld
as weather prophet, Professor
"Yes, as far as publishing letters in
thenswspapeIs
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
New Advertisements
Tx N
PACIFIC NORTHV Est
Oregon, WaSlllltnl and Idaho

Onefn the best fleld for EwiRfauRa-.
VEL y milus equable, ARD haalfhv
oIlmatej cheap lands OF great feFrfIt,
~, prooncing All VaKfeft, Of q rain.
Fruit, and Grasses IN wOnderfui
ao9naane.l an tnexhauatIbIe snn.
ply Of TImbeE; wash Coal FfeiSs. az,
otner mlneral depOsitsl chean anei
1uIck trhngp0EIRtsnn by rn1iroaTa
ana river NAVIGATION, direct com.
n.srce Win ali parts OF the vvorId.
SM .sns 20 lts PROXIMITY 20 the PacifIc
NO phoUTHs. No INSECT pRsrs M
ny kSElOANkS, WhIRLWlNDS, or 11lH II.
kh DhSThBoTIYE PHENOMENA "a
Ine lands q the Pacific Northwest show an
aysIsee yiela o. wheat per acre largely h
ITfHy;s u tnat Of any other section Of the
no failure Of crops has ever occurred,
vreg2n wheat commands q higher price
.nsp tnaf q any other country 10 the Liver.
IA AZ ad immense area of vety fertile Railroad
NE trunk lines Of the Northern Pacific r. II.
me oregon Railway 4 NHyixation- and ths
oregon California r. r. Co.'s and their
numerous branches In the great Vaileya 81
o Wy S9lumplA and rs tributaries, are now
9nered Tor sale at Low Prices, and on Easv
terms or open 70 presumption and Home.
The great movement Of population 10 the
Oolunpia region now In progress will be enor-
W Willy INCREASED ~ the completion Of the
way a Navigation Co.'S systems, This ian.
gers certain rapid increase In the value OF
Lands now open TO purchase or TO entry undei
the Y nited States Land Laws.
FOR Pamphlets and Maps, de.
scr1PIive OF the country, its re.
sources, climate, routes OF tray.
81: rates and full Information,
address "a
"A. L. STOKES.
Sd General Eastern Agent.
81 CLARK ~. CI,too.r, urr
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19

Exposure 10 drafts whom heated and
sudden changes in the temperature Of The
atmosphere, are preliic sources of colds
from which many cases Of Inflammation
Of the lpngs, pleurlsy, asthma, and Other
pulmonary affections are developed
Should you unfortunately contract . cold
resort At once 10 Dr. JAynes Expo To-
rant, remedy that will not only prompt
" cure coughs and colds, but will reliev,
and strengthen the pulmonary and bron'
chial organs, and remove All dangerous
symptoms
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
10Th day Of March, 1883,

at the Courthouse In Memphis or Taxing
District Of shelby county, in shelby county.
Iennessee, proceed 70 sell, at public auction,
70 the highest bidder. for cash, the following
described real estate or so much thereof az
may DO necessary TO pay the balance due to
the benehciaries IN said trust deed on the
notes therein described, viz: All that pIan.
tation and tract Of land known as ''tbe Chill
dre's and Brown plantation" situate In the
county Of Coahoina and State of Mississippi.
composed Of the following parcels. to-yyit /,
The northwest quarter OF section two, the
north half of section three, lots one and two
and 0ne-lhird interest in Tot elk Of section
four, all I'm township twenty eieht, range
four west, the southwest quarter Of section
twenty hit, the east halt Of the southeast
quarter Of section twenty nine; lot one, two,
Ieven, eight, nine and ten In section thirty.
Two, all OF section thiFty-three except lot
fourteen, the wet half Of the west half and
the southeast quarter Of the northwest quar-
ter and the west half OF the southeast suarter
and the southeast quarter Of the Eoutheast
quarter and the eat half Of the southwest
quarter Of section thirty-four, all in township
tsenty-nine of range four west, and the east
half OF section one Of townihip twfnty-eiaht
IN range four west, containing about twenty
three hundred and 6fty.one acros. more or
The title TO said property is supposed 10 be
good. but l shall sell and convey va trustee
only. Sale will take place between II O'clock
AIM am; and IL N. B. M. ESTES, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
Killed BY a Cup Of coffee.
statefvllle Landmark.

About six weeks ago Mrs. Dorat
Gail, living at Rock Cut, in tbii
county, was pouring out a cup o.
coffee. II was set on the table, Wher
her little boy, Arthur Alexander
aboot three years old, walked up ant
pulled it down on his head, liz
screamed IN agony from the scsld
fingered until last Menday and ther
he died.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
Eating Sins for Twosafa.1ix.
pence.


The Preacher in VIA Wales. n
The superstition Of the sin eater in
Wales is said to linger even now in the
secluded vale OF Cwin-Aman, in Casr-
martheushlre. The meaning Of this
most singular institution 81 supsTati.
ton was that when > person died the
friends sent for the sin eater Of the
district, who on his arrival placed a
plate ofsalt and bread on tho breast of
the deceased person; no then uttered
an incubation over the bread, after
which he proceeded to eat 1t, thereby
eating the sins Of the dead person; this
done, he received a fee Of tow and.
sixpence, which, we suppose, was
much more than many a preacher re.
eeiyed for long and painful service
Having received this be vanished as
swiftly as possible, ali the friends and
relatives OF the departed aiding his
exit with blows and kicks and other
indications of their faith in the service
he had rendered. A hundred years
since, aud through the ages beyond
that time, we suppose this curious SUI
perstition was everywhere prevalent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
wednesday, March :, Isss,

the property described in said deed AZ fol.
lows to-Wit.: Tho south half OF lot No. q. n
block 81, In the addition Of South Memphis
BEGINNING az a point In the east side Of Nal.
berry. Ateept, beng In the south line also Of
said lot No. 3, running thence northwardly
" between lines parallel 70 and SIX fee.
apart from eaoh other iT5 fuet 70 the Wei
side Of 81. Martin street.
EQUITY OF redemption barred. Title be-.
heyed 10 be good, but cell ~ trustee onlS.
lnb MINTRR PARKER, Trustte.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
saturslny. NIarch Ia, Iasa,

st u m ., IN front Of the lots on Second street,
Memphis, Tennessee, offer for sale at public
outcry 70 tho highest bidder for cash, the fol-
Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee. to-Wit,
Lots 3 and 10 Of tho Tolbot fue-divlsion; lot
nine lal fronts tWouty one and al.l00 (2l 81
1000 feet on the west ride o. Second street,
running back 1857 Get, and Is bounded Old
tho north BY tho south line Of the alley Ina
modlalely south Of tho dTeeplaw 0perahouse,
between Union and 6ayoso ltroetfi lot No.
ten l0) adjoiIB lot No. on the south aide Of
the lattor lot and has front Of q u.l00 feet
on Second street running back 1851 feet 70
an alley. Equity Of redemption waived IN
said trust deed. II MARTIN, Trustee.
WYC&L Humep, Attorneys.
Memphis, February u, 1885, lS9n
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
Hon. Henry WattersOn Ten.
dered "a Dinner by His Friends
at the Capital.
speolaI 10 Courier-Jourl

sDeclal to Courier-Journal.
WASHINGTON, February 13-A
dinner was given tonight at Cham
berlain's to Hon. Henry Wstterson
by Hon. Proctor Knott, l.. s. How.
lett. Representatives Phil Thompson,
Mckenzie and Phister, of Kentucky;
Flower, Of New York; l.eedom, OF
Ohio; W. R Smith, of Washington;
d. D. Lloyd, of the New York Tri.
bune; Q. o, Stealey, of the Courier
journal; 3. W. Hancock, OF the New
Orleans Times Democrat; Ben Perley
PoOre, Of the Boston journal, and
George Shanklin, Of the Cincinnati
News. Among the guests we're Gen.
Basil Duke and Carl G. Bremen, OF
Louisville. The dinner consisted a.
nine courses. and was quite an Gle.
CANT affair Responses to toasts we're
made by Messrs. Knott, Thompson,
Flower, Poore, Duke and others.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
saturday, March 81. Is09.

at II o'clock M, sell at the southwest .o-,o.
Of Main and Madison streets, In MamshIs
Tenneesee, NOV Taxing District Oh S6elhy
county, Iennessee,l az public auction to TX
highest bidder, for cash, The following rror.
erly, deaotlesd 70 said trutt deed toswit, Lotl
ton four ~, In toWnShin one az fanrs n ~,
w wet, containing IN all SIX hundred and
lorty WV acres, and also the south half N
fractional lot four ~ Of section i've iN IN
toEnsnip one u)l range nins (Dl west, con y
~ lnna hi..y-nIe o9 aere1 both Of said tracts
pineety-hyo S0sG acres, all lying and bcine m
oholoy county, TepneslOo, ana desorihea AZ
ABOVE set forth. All ri5ht Of oquity IN ~.
dempuon is waived ln ease OF sale. fitis
believed TO b gosd. bat we sell only ~
""-'Veei WYQHVNEB,
L " HUMRS,
Mompais, February u, ISIS, ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19

QY. virtue Of a trust deed made 70 mo under
ID date Of Jupe IA, 1891. aud recorded In
book 1888, page 10, " ths registers Office n
Shelby county, Tennessee. 10 secure a certain
debt due to the DeSoto Bullding and Loan
Association, | will sell for cash, at public
Madison streets, Memphis, Tenn, AZ Il
nlnlnnk nom. on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19

TrNsSOs'e 9nIO.

Rf virtue Of a deed Of trust to US executed
1885, BY George K Fleece, duly recorded In III,
hegister'g Office Of Shelby county, Teune1soe.
IN book No. 1S9, page COS, 70 seouYe Inc IN
debtedness therein set forth, which IL nov
past due and unpaid, " the reouest If Nv
beneficiary " said trust deed, We will on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19

Tested by Time. For throat dis
eases, colds and coughs, Browns Bron-
chial Trochcs have proved their efficacy
by a test of many years. Price rs cents