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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-06-14

the place, and that is enough, as il is 3
good one. The editor is W. l.. Oury,
a thorough and successful newspa.
per man, public spirited and
useful citizen. The country
around produces very fine fruit,
and the people are beginning to ship
it North at a great profit. One man
has realized over $500 from q small
peach orchard already this season.
Everybody is ready to exclaim that
this beats raising cotton. III, Frank
Cash, IT,, son of the late f. M. Cash,
is telegraph operator at Forrest City:
The position is an important one and
keeps him busy, but be fills it well
and is promising young man, bear
ing a striking resemblance in SUI
aYity of manner and strict
business habits as well as in
appearance to his highly esteemed
father. He is popular with all classes
apparently and especially with the
young ladies, but if be should ever get
married it would be difficult matter
for him to get off from his Office long
enough to take much of q bridal
tour.
At Blacklist station our train, Capt.
Cox conductor, took on two lone fish
ermen, DR.. Henning and Mr.. George
Hessen. They were a pair TO behold.
They went out in the morning bright,
clean, we'll equipped and hopeful.
They returned muddy, sunburned, red
in the face, tired aud disguised, with
all their fish in a bucket taken over to
convey the ice. Still they had lots Of
fun, no doubt. Their boat must have
been a novelty in the turbid waters Of
Blacklist lake. 1t was an adjustable
frame about the size OF a
large hoop skirt, and GOV.
cred with a we'll fitting canvas,
oiled and glazed on one side. The
whole concern only weighs Al pounds,
oars, seats aud all, and can be folded
up like a camp chair. No wonder the
fish would not venture near such an
Internal machine. The thing is said
to sit on the water and skim its sur
face with all the grace Of swan, but
it is not warranted to catch fish every
time. If these gentlemen had been in
an old fashioned dugout they would
no doubt have carried home and
divided out more fish aud less boat.
However, all is well that ends well.
The trio came over on the transfer
about dark, got off the railroad track
to dodge a locomotive that was
backing down after a freight
train, clambered up through
the lumber and trash in the back yard
of Cochran's saw mill, found blue
car and landed safely at their respect
i've domiciles, hearthstones and din.
ingroom tables at a little after eight
o'clock. A trip to Arkansaw
affords healthy exercise and pleasure
able excitement, but the greatest
pleasure is alwaysreserved for the end
Of the trip, when one gets home and
begins to tell how many fish he could
have caught if it had only been in the
dark of the moon.
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Philadelphia Times.

"Clar de flo, gemmen, as de cake
walk am ready to purceedl" shouted
the hammer headed colored man who
acted as master of ceremonies during
the orgies in Bud" Harris disrepu~
table dive, at 8l7 Wall street last
night. 10 the long, low whitewashed
hall were between two and three hun
dred girls and women, boys and men,
all OF whom were more or less under
the influence Of liquor. The air was
filled with tobacco smoke, profanity
and foul language. The tables along
the walls were surrounded by drink
ers, and half dozen walters, mars
shaled by the proprietor, attended to
their wants. The rickety piano at
the end of the room was masked in
by the table, on which rested large
frosted cake covered by a piece of
mosquito netting. When the crowd
fell back in compliance with the or
ders of the master of ceremonies, four
colored couples marched up the center
of the hall.
The walkers were led by a greasy
ooking colored youth, carrying a
broom handle as baton. Each pe-
destrisn assumed a gait and carriage
which he or she considered the per-
lection of grace. The octette per-
formed various evolutions and the
crowd criticised their movements with
great freedom. The contestants
walked fifteen minutes, but the judges
were unable to decide whether the
prize should be awarded to Mr.. Hans
bury Price and bis mate or to Mr..
Absalom Hawks and his companion.
The scars on Mr.. Hansbury's skull
indicate that in his native wilds he is
warrior of more than ordinary expe-
rience. The judges respected him
accordingly. There was nothing PEI
culiar about Absalom, except the un.
natural development of his
heels, on which the other promenaders
were constantly treading. The judges
admitted that Absalom carried him
self with the dignity of a marching
City Trooper, but they held that Han.
bury's movements were the more
graceful. They accordingly called it
a dead heat and allowed Mr.. Jones,
Mr.. Hawkes. and their feminine CONS
panions fifteen minutes to recuperate
before taking a final round Of five
minutes duration. Hamburg eventu.
ally took the cake. Before, during
and after the contest the behavior Of
the crowd was disgusting in the ex
t.eme. Flower girls, newsboys and
bootblacks came and went as they
pleased, and the presence Of these
youngsters did not draw the slightest
comment from the crowd. A report
that the place was to be raided had
made many leave, but it was long
after midnight before the dive had
vomited its last crowd of booty men
and women into the street.
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General McCIelIan's Opinion OF
Southern Generals.

Interview in Fort Wayne Gazette.
who was the greatest Southern
General?"
There we're two of them-Lee and
Johnston"
Which JOhnston?"
Joe"
You have heard Of Jefferson Davis
estimate of Albert Sidney johnson.
Do you agree with him?"
Sidney johnson died 40 soon I had
no opportunity to become acquainted
with his merits as a commander. OF.
fcers of ability and judgment, how.
ever, inform me that General j ohnson
was An officer of commanding ability.
he enjoyed the friendship and conf
dence of PATTERSON Davis, and that
enabled him to display his abilities at
their best"
Which was the best soldier, Joe
Johnston or Robert e. Lee2"
Ut would be difficult to tell. Both
had genius commensurate with their
opportunities, and both deserve to be
ranked among the greatest Generals Of
the age"
Was either greater than the
other?"
1T would be hard to tell. They
were, doubtless, possessed of different
qualities. Lee was quick to plan and
Johnston matchless in performance
Lee was superb in the defensive and
Johnston was without a peer in
the offensive. Lee had grand lighting
qualities, and Johnston could equal
Napoleon planning campaign" >
What about other Southern Gen
erals2'
II think. Beauregard should rank
next to Lee and Johnston. He made
an excellent officer, and perhaps had
no equal as an officer in the army"
Where is Longstreet's placer"
He made an excellent fighter, and
distinguished himself generally as an
officer, but Joe Johnston and Robert
4. Lee were the soldiers of the Com
federaoy."
of the Union Generals"
You must get some one else to dis
cuss them with you"
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in l6l, O42 cases of birth, there were
Z4l7 cases Of twins, or about l in So,
and 36 cases of triplets, or l in 4473.
Among the French practitioners,
in $3.50 cases of birth. 1872 cases Of
twins, or about / in ITO, and 6 OF
triplets, or in $685.. Among German
practitioners, in 25l 1856 cases of birth,
1861 cases Of twins, or about in
7lS5. Taking the whole, we have
448,9S8 cases of birth, aud 5776 Of
twins, or one in 773, and AZ cases Of
triplets. or one in $751;. The arith-
metical progression between the num-
Der Of twins and the number of trip
lets is very gratifying to a man OF
limited means. As it appears above,
there is a pair of babes of every n
births, while triplets are much rarer
only one set in 1891 births. As
trologers of extensive practice observe
that there is a double or triple birth
generally when one of the bicorporeal
signs is rising; or when that is the case
aud the luminsries are in bicorporeal
signs. Ptolemy says if all
the ruling places be bicorporeal
and confgurated with many
planets there are usually more than
two at a birth, and this is found very
correct. He also says three males are
commonly born when Saturn, Jupiter
and Mars are confgurated with the
places of the ascendant and the lights
in bicorporeal signs, and three females
are produced when Venus, the moon
and Mercury are disposed in a femi-
nine manner and con6gurated SINH
larly. If Saturn, Jupiter and Venus
are so con6gurated two males and one
female will be born, but if Venus, the
moon and Mars, two females aud one
male. The bicorporeal signs are
Gemini, Pisces and the first half of
Sagittary.
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A True and Modest PhiIanthrO.
WashingtOn OOrrespondence.

Washington Correspondence.
Mr.. Corcorsn's gifts are known to
tho whole country, but few persons
understand how entirely unostenta,
tious and judicious his gifts are. Oh
the millions he has given away, not
one dollar has gone to perpetuate his
own name in any way. There are no
Oorcoran colleges or scholarships, or
asylums, and the name of the Corco-
ran College in Washington is entirely
unauthorized, and was given to it by
the people, Over the entrance is in-
scribed simply, Dedicated to Art
The trustees put up a bust and
monogram of Mr.. Corcoran over
the main door, but Mr.. Oorcoran
promptly had them removed. The
most beautiful and unique OF his
charities is the Louise Home, a fine
building in the loveliest part of the
city, for the use of INDECENT women
who have been tenderly nurtured, but
In their old age must starve or beg.
Here they have true home, full OF
every comfort, which they enjoy with
out the smallest restriction. They can
come and go at will, visit their
friends for any length of time,
and return to be welcomed. All their
expenses Of every kind are paid, ex>
cept the cost Of their wardrobe, and
as there are many among them who
have literally nothing, Mr.. Corcoran
delicately and indirectly supplies
them with clothes. They
are, almost without exception.
women of refinement, whose means
were swept away when age and infrm-
tiles fell upon them. Instead of treat>
ing them as dependents, Mr.. Corcoran
bestows upon them the most marked
and courteous attentions. His first call
on New Years Day is to them, and he
always spends his birthday with them.
This charity is particularly dear to
him, as 1t commentaries his wife and
his Only child, Louise, who became
Mrs. Eustis, and died in her youth.
leaving him three grandchildren. In
his other good deeds he has sought to
obliterate his personality, but in this
ne seems affectionately anxious that
this beloved daughter shall be remem-
bered. A charming portrait of her
and one Of her mother hang in the
drawingroom, and on every hand the
visitor is reminded of her.
For many years all applications tor
help were read personally BY Mr..
Uoreoran, but now he has an agent
who reads the innumerable begging
letters and refers them to Mr.. Corco.
ran at discretion. And this man, who
has divided all of his possessions with
the poor, and who holds the rest
merely as steward for the good OF
others, said lately to a friend; "Of
my money, that which have given
away is all that is truly mine. The
thought of this consoles me, and vet
sometimes when lie awake Mt night
| am distressed that have not given
more. | think perhaps l have omit.
ted to help some deserving person
whom | should have helped | then
take comfort in remembering what |
have given away.
Mr.. Oorcoran is hale and handsome
at eighty four, audit is difficult to be.
lieve that he is not yet tagging behind
in the sixties.
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4 Railroad to Suit Everybody.


It is probable that railroad move.
ment will be inaugurated soon which
will insure success in its simplicity
and fairness. II made at all it will be
with the distinct understanding that
it shall start at every available point
on any other railroad, run by every
stockholders house, each one of whom
will be entitled to a depot, and as it
approaches Cumming from the north,
east, south and west, and intermedi-
ate points of.the compass, it shall make
a circular detour thirteen times, each
circle approaching nearer the center
of the town with the last one
running round the square, The
depot will be erected on rbllera, 90
as TO be moved every fifteen minutea
TO places in rotation as may be agreed
upon, but every stakeholder to have
an interestin the rotation. If there
are forty stockholders in town the
depot would start at given place in
morning and get back to the same
point in ten hours. There may DO
notifications Of this plan, but there
will be no departures from its sub
stantial features. The road was a
broad and narrow gauge combination
by first constructing a broad gauge
ami then a track between for a narrow
gauge engine and cars. Double trains
will run daily, SO that these desiring
transportation oyer the one or the
other kind OF road can have their
preference. 1t is expected that the
bare announcement Of this project will
cause such fever Of excitement that
the plan will have to be submitted at
once.
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LIEUTENANT & Af.i.ssafON.
Preparing 20 Start OF into Arc
tic solitude 90 Relieve
GreeIey's Party.
Special to Commercial Gazette.

Special to Commercial Gazette,
WASHINGTON, June ll.-Lieuten.
ant Darlington left here to night. and
will sail from New York Wednesday
on the Yantic, on his relief expedition
to Lady Franklin Bay, to relieve
Lieutenant Greeley's party. BE has
very little expectation Of reaching
Lady Franklin Bay this summer, but
will 90 as far as be can, ess &c his
winter quarters, and send out sledee
parties TO meet Lieutenant Greeley.
who in September will leave his sta
ton and follow down the east shore Of
Grinnell Land until he falls in with
the relief party. In the summer of
1884 it is fair to expec. that both par.
ties will get back.
Lieutenant Darlington is q young
cavalry officer, seven years out of West
Point; one of those who received sud.
den promotion in consequence of the
Custer massacre. He is now we'll IN
to captainey. In person he is short
and slight, almost to effeminacy. His
whole appearance would not encour-
age the idea that he had the physical
endurance necessary to lead such a
party. His fellow officers, however,
have great confidence in his success.
He volunteered for the service, and in
conversation this evening expressed
himself as confident that no accident
would befall his party, which is
equipped with everything which ex.
perience recommends, and is acting
with an understanding with the Gre.
ley party. At st. Johns he and his
men will be transferred from the
Yantic to the Proteus, which carried
Greeley north in 1881, since when
nothing has been heard from him.
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during legal hours. at the southwest corner
Of Main and Madison streets, in the city Of
Memphis (now. Taxing District of Shelby
county,, in Shelby county, Tennessee, offer AZ
public cutlery, and sell for cash, to the highest
bidder, certain lot Of land in the County Of
shelby and State of Tennessee, near the city
OF Memphis, being in lot No. 80 Of e S Tod's
plan for, Willoughby Williams, which ia
described IN the quit claim deed from Viii
loughby Williams to James M Provine, duIv
recorded IN Book No rs, page 400, Of the
registers office of Shelby county, Tennessee.
The lets hereby conveyed being lots Nos, Ia
and u Of Provinces subdivision of said lot
mo- ", lying on the south side Of the La
grange or Memphis and Selma Railroad
broadway, If extended,) and between me
fernando road and Frank avenue, begin ,oinS
at the intersection Of the Lagrange RP,ilroad
AMI Frank avenue, and running Their. ce south
o3 D 100 feet; thence west $50 feat: thenca
north to the Lagrange road PSI 3.iO feat:
thence with said road 2l1 $40 feet to The he.
INNING and being part Of the lsnd vested In
SAID Sarah A Provine by decree In the Chan
Gerry suit Of Amanett vs.. Sarah A Proyine
o. al; also lot No. Is, Of sid PrOvine'e snb.
DIVISION, south Of and adjoining said lots
NOS. 10 and y and fronting 20 feet on Frank
ssyepue BY depth Of $50 feet.
% lVS SIMON 6TURN, Trustee
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BishOp-EIect Rademacher.
Special to Commercial Gazette.

ppeclal 10 commercial Gazette,
LAFAYETTE, IND, June l1.-Rey
Joseph Rademacher, for three years
pastor OF st. Mary's Catholic church.
this city, preached his farewell ser.
mon yesterday. He goes to Cincin-
natl, from whence he goes to NASH
vile, Tenn, where, on the 9th inst
ne will be 'oonseorated Bishop Of
Nashville. During his residence here
the reverend gentleman has greatly
endeared himself to the people
OF his congregation, and they re.
lqctantly part with him. Bishop.
elect Rademacher was born in Gin.
ton county, Michigan, December}
1910. He was educated at St. Wins
cent and St. Michael's College. in
Pennsylvania. He was ordained At
Fort Wayne by the late Bishop Liners
on the I'd of August, 1863. His frst
pastoral labor was aa assignment 10
the church interests in Fountain and
Warren counties, Ind, where he re-
NAMED for seven years He was then
transferred to Columbia City. remains
ing there eighteen months. From the
latter city he. was assigned to The
church at Fort Wayne, where he Ia
bored until July Is, 1880, when he
was placed in charge Of the Irish
Catholic church of this city. He i
In the prime Of mental and physical
manhood-a man Of pleasing address
and ability.
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Golden Medical Discovery" is
warranted to cleanse the blood from
all impurities, from whatever cause
arising. For scrOfula, sores of all
kinds, skin and blood diseases, its
effects are marvellous. Thousands Of
testimonials from all parts. Send
stamp for pamphlet on Skin Diseases.
Address Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, N. Y,
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Burnetts COcOaine Promotes
the Growth Of the Hair,

And renders it dark and glossy. It
holds, in liquid form, large pro-
portion Of deodorized COcoanut Oil,
prepared expressly for this purpose.
No other compound possesses the Pc
culiar properties which SO exactly suit
the various conditions of the human
hair
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Tuesday, June 20. 1853.

during legal hours, at the southwest coy,,s.
z! maih ana Madison streets. in the citv ~
Memphis, Menu, offer at public outcrv VI
lst Of land in the city Of Memp6is lam
Taxing DISTRICT, in Shelby county. TSsn0O"
being part Of Block No, SO, as shown oS SIthh, m
map OF that part Of the city known az ~ r sne
flcsS ing and designated in John q g. iVIs
sghdiERien Of said Block No. 30 az ia nsih M.
-, situated on the south side of u a. NYs
street, and having a front on said sontb LIZ
OF Georgia street Of 30 feet ana eyte on stue
back southwardly between narSllsl HiIyS nsa a
right angles to Georgia street la Sset 1 W. "
alley, being part Of land copveyed h Lo Nv isn
boek NO, 70, page 10, on the Resisteri ofy,a "a
OF shelby county, Tennessee. Also. The y va.s
9ne.n9if y lgt No. 10, Immediately a dd;o;Hss
ing SAG ~ No. is, and having front an ~
sopsA lde OF uecrgia street Of Is feet ana
fnding southwardly between parallel l;nns
NV rect 70 the above named alley, being tnes
palt 81 lot No, ~, which remains aiter mir.
,,neretrom the portion conveyed 10 NV ri n
meos eS S'Ia rsesrasd N Book No, so, page
:, SIMON STUkss Trustss
Memphis, May u, 1883, Afu't SSSA
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Trustees Sale.

TINDER and by virtue of two deeds Of
~ trust executed to me as trustee by Sarah
IL, PProvine, ON October II, 1875, and April ".
an S9f Ro Tsscp No a. IN Book No. IA
u the Registers Office of Shelby county.
tennessee, to secure TO the Bluff City Build.
ing and Loan Association the payment Of GER
Tain Indebtedness mentioned In said deeds Of
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GARFIELD, lowA-Dr A T Henak saws:
''Once using Browns Iron Bitters proves
its superiority over all other tonic prepar-
ations.l
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FrOm Eminent DIR. ". u. HOpaOn,
Memphis, Tenn,

III have made use Of COlden'a Liquid
Rect Tonic in several cases Of con-
sumption and general debility, and have
found II admirable as nutritive food,
tonic, and stimulan.." TAKE no other.
OF druggists,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-06-14

Liver disease, headache, and constipa.
ton, caused by bad digestion, quickly
cured by Browns Iron Bitters.
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THAT HUSBAND OF NINE

Is three times the man he was before
he began using Wells Health Re-
newer" 81. Druggists. st
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a OAEn.

70 all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions. Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc. :, will send
q reoiPe that win cure you, FREE Oh
SHAhdE. This great remedy was discovered
BY o missionary In South America, Send a
lelf-addresS1d envelope to the Rev. JOsEPT N.
ShAs. Station D. New York City. : =
v'vSqvvSpd
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LEWIS, IowA-Dr. M J Davis saws.
Browns Iron Bitters give the best salts
action 10 those who use H."
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ri NDER and by virtue of deed 30 ,-u.4
~ executed to me as trustee by forne srISs
Ann Ward and Thomas Ward, on 4he 5th an AN
Of July. 1873, and recorded in Book M. ~
page "a OF the REGISTERS ollce Of S6clby
fpCIihIsE, iSnaesasee to secure TO the Memphis
ment Of certain indebtedness mentionaJ =
said deed Of trust, will, on ''Vn'u III
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Pimples, blotches, or sores disappear
under the influence of Glenn's sui.
phur Soap"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-10-04

XOC&A 4H@~@@@~%s
The last opportunity Tor registration tn.
year ended on Tuesday.
We caII the attention Of our readers TO the
lpew advertisements In our present issue.
IBsad snd profit.
On Monday last, the long talked of reduc-
Nm Of letter postage went INTO eject Let
L can now be sent Sng two cents instead q
rec as heretofore. The new stamp isneai
IL pretty.
Adiutant- General Watkins win, we under
Ind. he in this village On Saturday, che
"a inst, for the purpose Of inspecting che
Iknardtown military company and muster
m. 4 into the State service. Ii Is absolute
lvlneceSsary that al the members Of the
cokpany be Punctual in their attendance.
e understand that there viii be a grand
rail Of our colored brethren On the 18th
insl The program will embrace speaking,
toukament-riding, &c. The Race Course
wllbe the place Of meeting.
ri Ibis issue appear the names Of three
new candidates. The Local Option candi-
datek as vet young man but has long
beenh faithful worker in the Temperance
eansd The two independent candidates foE
the 1mmissioners' Court are gentlemen ol
the pest character, are good and faithful
citizeIk aud would honor any position with
IN the ift Of the people of this county.
A find Of ours relates that while travel
ing on he threc-nOtch road, he met one ol
the Lkislative nominees riding IN q dead
strain, 81 abOus two hundred yards behind
him aIpher aspirant for the same position
Tho laAg gentleman asked anxiOusly u
our fre If he had seen a man 90 up the
rad. O. being told that be had, the oppo-
-sltion Cd didate put whip TO his horse and
started. The latest advises report the regII-
ar nnmhee still in the lead. HHrrah foI
PatuxentI