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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05
GENERAL LONGsTREET.
He Visits the Old Battleflelds of
Missionary Ridge and Chick
amaugR.
Chattanooga Democrat,

General James Longstreet, accom-
panied by Colonel Frank A. Barr, Of
Philadelphia, and Z. P. Howell, OF
Atlanta, was in the city yesterday,
aud revisited the battlefelds near
Chattanooga.
They all went cut on horseback, and
when they reached the old arena of
conflict, they stopped at every little
eminence to recall instances of the
war aud note the great changes in the
surroundings. Longstreet was remark
ably familiar with every spot over
which the Confederate army had
passed, considering the many changes
that time and progress have wrought,
and when the party arrived at GER
tain point on Mission ridge he alighted
nimbly from his saddle, left horse and
quickly, but without speaking, walked
to certain tree and priced from under
the bark knife blade which he had
stuck there twenty years ago. Then
returning to his companions he said:
Somehow | feel solemnly enthused.
Here is "a relic of exciting days. l
placed that blade here just about
twenty years ago. / remembered the
spot as we'll as ifit had only been yes
terday, and the tree is as familiar as
the face of an old comrade."
After spending several hours quite
pleasantly, looking over the grounds
aud picking up relics Of various kinds,
they returned to the city and left on
the l2:45 train.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05

order to adjust the losses. We are
sorry to state that after & full discuss
sion OF the matter, no terms of settle.
ment we're agreed upon. We learn
that the directors proposed to accept
sixty thousand dollars in full payment
Of the insurance, but their proposition
was refused BY the insurance men
who wished to settle at a much lower
figure. II is also stated that the in
surance men had a meeting Tuesday
night when it was agreed to offer
seventy-6ve cents on the dollar Of the
insurance, which would amount to
fifty thousand dollars. Nothing was
done, however, towards a settlement
and the insurance fellows folded their
tents and quietly left the city Wed
nesday morning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05

DiVWhbFlne states ana Bee. q.
Five boat lOads of slaves we're sunk
In Hatchie river, near Bolivar, this
week.
The criminal docket will be taken
up in the Circuit Court next Mon
day.
Ed. and Frank Cuthbert have great
~ improved their farm. They believe
in the new departure. They have sew
eral hundred acres in grass and grain.
They expect to sell 300. hogs next
tall.
Mr.. Daniel Bond has shown us a
letter from firm at Gallatin, Tenn,
who state that they will probably come
here and look at the timber Of this
section, and if pleased will locate 4
handle factory. He also has letter,
from parties in Ohio who say they will
send an agent to look at the lands d
this county the coming summer.
The residence, with all its contents
OF Mr.. W. D. Moore, situated ninf
miles northwest of town, was destroy
ed by IRE last Sunday afternoon at :
o'clock. At the time Mr.. Moore anC
family were absent from home and III,
flames had entirely enveloped the
building before any one discovered Il
The origin Of the fire is unknown. II,
had an insurance Of $600-S3O0 on IN,
house and $500 on the furniture. Mr.
Moore started "Wednesday to rebuild
aud will soon be well fixed again. W,
regret his loss.
A meeting Of the directors Of III,
Brownsville Manufacturing Compan,
and the agents Of Insurance Gonna.
MES in which the property wa,
insured, was held here Tuesday h
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05
trustees sale.


DY virtue Of deed Of trust to us executed
- as trustees, on the 10th day Of January,
1882, by George L Fleece, duly recorded In the
Registers Office Of shelby county, Tennessee,
in book No. 1879, page sos, to secure the in
debtedness therein set forth, which is now
past due and unpaid, Vt the request of the
beneficiary in said trust deed, we will on
Saturday, March 81. 1883,
at IL o o'clock m, sell at the southwest corner
of Main and Madison streets, in Memphis,
Tennessee, NOV Taxing District OF Shelby
county, TENNESSEE at public auction, 70 the
highest bidder, for cash, the following prop
erty, described in said trust deed toswit: Lets
FIVE (5), six 10y, seven ~ al eight lS) Of sec
ton four l4), in township one d. range nine
(9) vert. containing in all six hundred and
forty (6l0) acres, and also the south half OF
fractional lot four a. Of section Ave Isl, in
township one ~, range nine (9) west, con
tanning fifty-hve 1857 acres, both Of said tracts
of land together making six hundred and
ninety-fve (699 acres, all lying and being in
Shelby county, Tennessee, and described as
above set forth. All right Of equity Of re-
dempti0n is waived in case Of sale. Title
believed to be COED. but We sell only as
trustees. w Y OHUMES,
LW HUMES,
Memphis, February 10. 1888. Iss II
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05
THE KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
What They are Doing I'm Ten.
nessee, and other Matters Of
General Interest.
Nashville American, 4.

From April l, 1882, to February 20,
1888, (nearly eleven months) there has
been reported from Tennessee eighty
deaths out Of membership of 5000, q
death rate Of fraction over thirteen
to the thousand per annum.
This makes eighty death benefits
paid to Tennessee, amounting to $780,
600. During this period, seventeen
assessments have been levied, costing
the membership Of Tennessee approx
imately $l22, 200. Difference in favor
of Tennessee, $37.800. This is a
strong argument in favor of the genes
raj jurisdiction plan and is one Of the
advantages of the Knights Of Honor.
In Union is Strength"
A comparison between Nashville
and Memphis shows Nashville to have
nine lodges, with 1854 members; cash
in lodge treasures, $l8ll.l7; number
of brothers relieved, 90; amount dis
bursed for relief, $7l3.
Memphis has six lodges, with 1896
members; cash in lodge treasures,
$l598.03; number Of brothers relieved,
Al; amount discussed for relief,
$Il35 46. Totals for Nashville and
Memphis: Members, $3.50; cash on
hand, $3389.20; brothers relieved so;
amount of relief, $l848.45. 1t will be
seen that Memphis leads Nash
vile in point OF membership, and
amounts paid out for relief Of breth-
rem, while Nashville is ahead of Mem
phis in number of lodges, number of
brothers relieved, and amount of cash
on hand.
The order loses each day, on an
average, three members by death, so
that it is paying out daily 5000, or
$iS8, 900 monthly. The smallest
amount paid out for death benefits
during any one month of the present
fiscal year (Which closes May y was
$l36,0OO; the largest, $238,000. Of
our city lodges, one OF the most wide
awake is Vanderbilt, No. 70. Last
Friday night they had grand pow
wow, initiated ten new members, and
eight of them rode the goat through
the mazes of all three of the degrees,
which proves what sturdy animal
Vanderbilt's goat is. He had to lay
up for repairs before carrying the
eighth and ninth candidates through,
the only instance on record where the
goat succumbed to the candidates.
Some of the lodges who are not using
their goat should lend it to Wander
bilt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05
Non. IIeaIdenf NOTICE.

No. i55l-In tho Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, Tenn.-rhe state Of Tennessee. fol-
he own use W. Kate q. Bell OF al,
1T appearing from an order Of court In this
i cause that Robert ]. Scott Is proper per-
son 70 bo made defendant herein; that he ie a
minor and nonresident Of State Of Tennessee;
II II therefore ordered that he make his
appearance herein, ut the courthouse Of shell
by county, In Memphis, Tom, on or before
the FIRST Monday In April, 1888, and plead
answer or demur 10 complainant bill, and
petition Of the TAXING District OF Shelby
county, or the same will be taken for con-
fessed as 70 him and set for hearing ex-parte,
and that a copy Of this order. be published
once a week, fof four successive weeks, In
tho Public Ledger,
This Nth day ofFsbruary. 1888.
A c0py-Attest;
X i BLACK. Clerk and Master.
va. N. smith, 7. ii. Hsisksll and O. W.
Hshkoll, soPs for complainant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05
WashIngtoI ..Fence. LAWYER.

Special TO the Commercial Gazette.
WASHINGTON, February % The
notorious lawyer, A. B. Williams, in
dicted for receiving stolen goods,
makes a statement to the public in
which he claims that, at the request
OF one of the District Commissioners,
he made an earnest and honorable
effort to restore to the. owner some
stolen property, bat was unable to do
so. He has excited very general in.
dignstion among the reputable lawyers
Of the District Bar, by claiming that
his conduct in this matter has been
professional. The facts as related are
that Williams, as the attorney of a
thief, received a lady's watch and
chain from the fence" with which
the thief had deposited them. Viii
liams took these, and offered to re
store them to the lady, if she would
agree on the stand and under oath to
say that she did not recognize Viii
liams' client, whom she had seen in
the act of stealing, as the thief. The
lady refused to perjure herself, and
Williams refused to give up the stolen
goods. His indictment does not in
terfere with his continued partiCipa-
ton in the Star Route defense.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05
Adyics to Consumptires.

On the appearance of the first symp.
toms-as general debility, loss Of
appetite, pallor chilly sensations, fol-
lowed by night sweats and cough
prompt measures for relief should be
taken. Consumption is scrofulous
disease Of the lungs:-therefore use
the great ant-scrofula, or blood puri>
her and strength restorer,-Dr.
Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery .
Superior to cod liver oil as a nutritive
and unsurpassed as a pectoral. For
weak lungs, splitting OF blood, and
kindred affections, it has no equal
Sold by druggists the world over. For
DR.. Pierce's pamphlet on Consump.
ton, send two stamps to Worlds
Dispensary NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Buffa,
10, n. Y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05
Found at Last-A Missing Ten
nesSee Boy.
Pine Bluff tArk.l Commercial. %,

Pine Bluff (Ark.) Commercial, %,
About one year ago Ed Q. Gwynne,
a partly demeDted youth, wandered
from his fathers home, near Lebanon,
Tenn. Mr.. Gwynn, his father, offered
rewards for his son S safe delivery or
Information of his whereabouts.
After waiting and employing many
means to discover traces of his boy,
the almost distracted father started
out in pursuit, having no particular
line marked out. For months he
travelled, making inquiries everywhere
he went, only to meet with failure.
Prompted by some preseHtiment of
success he came to Arkansaw. A few
days since he arrived in this city, and
his heart was gladdened and his
search rewarded by finding his lost
boy at work on the railroad bridge
below this city. The youth hardly
remembered his father, but memory
of early days and his home came to
him and he happily embraced his
devoted parent. The meeting is de-
scribed by those present as most pa
thetic and affectionate. Mr.. G. left
for his home Saturday after telegraph.
ing his family the glad tidings.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05
A Pension for andrew John.
sons Daughter

Washington Cor. Nashville American.
II is not generally known. perhaps
that the daughter OF ex President
Andrew johnson, Mrs. Mary j
Slower, is an applicant for a pension
The claimant was pensioned as the
widow of the late Colonel Daniel
Slower, Fourth Tennessee Infantry
Volunteers, at $50 a month, COM
mencing April q, 1860. In 1869 she
married Mr.. William R Brown, and
Of course, under the law, her nam
was dropped from the pension rolls
On the 18th OF February, 1870, She
secured a divorce from her second
husband, in Greene county, and was
restored to her former name Of Slower.
The Senate committee recommend
the allowance of the pension, and
say: The military service Of the
claimants first husband being entire.
ly established, and also from the fact
that she is daughter of a late
President :. the United States, your
committee are Of the opinion that thu
claimant should be granted a pension
as 10 other like cases, notwithstand
sng her second marriage.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05
Lower River LeHees..
Yiekskarg Hersld. Tkr-.la-

'A--@~--S ---I@l.f -.ess1ss
Captain Mitchell, United States
Engineer, in charge Of the levee work
at Omega, or Buckhorn, as it is some
times called, was in the city yester-
day. He reports the condition of the
leyee at that point as par excellence.
All the back water that had accumu.
lated back Of Omega Captain Mitchell
has been able to drain off with the aid
of two bitches six thousand feet in
length, five feet in depth and four
feet wide. The consequence is One.
ga, at one time completely submerged
from back water, is now high and dry
with three feet of bank to spare. In
three days Captain NJ. says he will
have all the main levee at that place
completed to q net grade. He
thinks when finished One.
ga could safely stand the
water OF 1882. The news from all
other points Of levee interest above
and below, indicate most encourag--
ing prospects for the valley. About
three hundred laborers were sent to
the Delta, Goodrich's aud Elleslie
levee yesterday. 1t can hardly be said
that there is such thing nov as a
dangerous levee on either bank Of the
river from Warrenton to Greenville.
The water has submerged q good pOr-
ton of the track OF the Vicksburg,
Shreveport and Pacific railroad; hence
for the present a daily train will run
west from Delta, La, to Tallulah
and east from Monroe, La, TO Delhi,
leaving a gap Of eighteen miles be-
tween, over which the mails. passen
gers, etc, will have to be transferred
in skifs.
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Eaturday, NIarch "a, Issa.

at 70 m =, in front Of the lots on Second street.
Memphis, Tennessee, offer for sale at public
outcry 10 the highest bidder for cash, the fol-
lowing described lots Of land, all lying IN
Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee. to-wit:
Lots 9 and 10 of the Tolbot gu division; lot
nine (9) fronts twenty one and 81. 100 (2i 81
100 feet on the west eide o. Second street,
running back 1881 ieet, and Is bounded on
tho north BY the south line Of the alley i'm
mediately south Of the Greenlaw 0perahouee.
between Union and Gayoso streets; lot No,
ten 10y adjoine lot No. on the eouth side 6f
the latter lot and has q front Of q 8l.lO0 feet
on Second street running back 1857 feet 10
an alley. Equity Of redemption waived in
sald trust deed. jill MARTIN, Trustee.
WYO&LW Humss, Attornoys'
Memphis, February Y, 1855. 1ao Il
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Killed in Lee County.

hpec q 70 the Little Rock Gazette.
HELENA, ARK, February a.
John Hickman, white, one of the es-
capped conylcts. was shot and killed by
Messrs. j. S Battle and Paul Ulop>
ton to day, about FIVE miles north Of
Mariana. When called upon to
halt, Hickman refused and was shot
ct by both Of the above named gentle.
men, their shots taking effect in his
head literally blowing it to pieces
The murderer of Major Gaunt is still
at large, but the sherifs posse is in
hot pursuit Of him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05

Those Pretty St. George Girls"
now in press and shortly TO be issued
by 1. b. Peterson & Brothers. Pbila-
delphia, treats of fashionable life in
London, picturing the details Of a
London season" with its aristocratic
tilrtations, followed by sketches Of liz
OF the English nobility, and those
associated with them at the ceDterS Of
English fashionable life on the CONT
nent. Glimpses of London clubs and
Glad men, also an exciting fox hunt
ana races at Ascot, give variety 10 he
development Of story, in which. n
course, there is an ele.1ent Of romance
ana ana true love, to which fashionable
!ollies serve as the foil. The dialoone
Is Is, exceedingly brilliant and Wittv'
The author Of the story is a ladv Of
prominence in New York sociotv y
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05
The Sunflower River Trade.
Yiokshurg Commercial. 81.

General Sol. Cohen, the popular
representative of the large and well
known Memphis firm, Fader, Frank
4 Co., is in the city. Sol brought out
several hundred bales of cotton from
the SunAower river two weeks ago,
and finding the market up here when
it arrived, sold it in this city, although
the cotton was consigned to Memphis
On the manifest of the SuDAower.
which arrived here yesterday, there
we're 447 bales of cotton also consigned
to Memphis. The Anchor Line
steamer Arkansas City being in port.
en- route to st Louis, Sol shipped the
cotton to Memphis. This mornings
mail brought a letter telling him to
sell here, as he had done so we'll With
the last lot. Sol is making a fine
business up the Sunhower for his firm
His shipments out of that river this
season will aggregate about 1000 bales.
and from present prospects it will be
doubled next season. Sol thinks the
prospect up Sunfower for a big trip
is splendid, vita no tears of an over
flow.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05

A Georgia paper saws: A man..
we IN Hart county has given birth -
q 81 children and has been SO uniertu.
V mac as to raise every one Of them
, we heard one Of the neishbors say
o .nal ne was at their house when q
I hionl was coming up. The old ladv
s INV .,o .uS morn Tor the children and
sue oa,, s'ooa and counted them as thew
U Oame In, Somehow she made ~
sbo "a This nystifed Fer and
she declared that s6e eonldD't I r"i
n having but ri. 10 order 70 70
satisfy herself she turned them O' ali or 70
t - 'ne storm 9m aud let them 10 one at a
, v;a;.. ohe acted as teller, while The
visitor kept the tally-shoet. '"0
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05

a baby was bora in q cemetery at
Marshsitown, lows, a short time ago,
but everywhere can be seen babies
borne to the cemetery because moth
ers. cruelty neglect to procure DR..
Bulls Couch Syrup, a sure cure for
Group, colds and coughs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05
10Th day OF March. ISS3.

At the Courthouse in Memphis or Taxing
Dlstrict OF shelby county, in shelby county.
tennessee, proceed TO sell, at public auction
70 the highest bidder, for cash, the following
described real estate or 80 much thereof AZ
may be necessary to pay the balance due 10
the benehciaries IN said trust deed on the
notes therein described, viz All that plen-
tation and tract of land known rs 1.-THE Chil.
dress and Brown plantation situate in the
county Of Coahoma and State of Mississippi.
90 composed Of the following parcels, to-wit:
The northwest quarter Of section two, the
north half Of section three, lots one and two
and one third interest in lot six of section
four, all in township twenty-eieht, range
four west; the southwest quarter of section
twenty elf ut, the east halt of the southeast
quarter Of section twenty. nine; lot one. two.
seven, eight, nine and ten in section thirty.
Two, all Of section thirty-three except lot
fourteen, the west half Of the west half and
the soutneast quarter or the northwest quar-
ter and the west half of the Southeast ouarter
and the southeast quarter of the southeaat
quarter and the eat half of the SouthWest
quarter Of section thirty-four, all in township
tHenty-nine of range four west, and the east
nalt OF section one of townihip twenty-eiRht
IN range four west, containing about twenty
three three hundred and fifty. one acres, more or
The title 70 said property is supposed to be
good. but shall sell and convey as trustee
only. Sale will take place between II o'clook
M M and IL N. B. M, ESTES, Trustee.
lU0 VI
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browne BroncbIaI Troobe. ~

Browns Bronchial TrOches for
coughs and colds The only article of
the kind which has done me. good service.
l wAntsnothing better. Rev. Il. R. Craig,
otisville, N. Y. Sold only in boxes
Price, % cents.
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SatisiactOry Ryidence

). ". Graham, wholesale DRUGGIST ~
Austin. Texas, writes / have Jha oasss OF
ling DIR. WIN. HALLS I Rar Hsaa a1
bo Un LIE LIE LUNGS for the past year and
n r'oI found y one Of the most saleable
ft ns aa..e l have ever had in NV honse
sgr s.. coughs p. colds and even Communion
Always give entire satisfactiop Piso.s
send me another gross. i'o''1e
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05
JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING

Creates many new business,
Enlarges many an old business,
Revives many a dull business,
Rescues many a lost business,
Saves many a falling business,
Preserves many a large business.
GeeurSs SusoesS in any buSlnOss.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-05

Everybody should be careful to give
promptattention and rational treatment TO
a severe COLOR a racking cough-as
these are commonly the chief primary
symptoms Of a disordered state of the
Lungs, involving seadeacy 70 develop
into settled consumption. Persons of q
delicate constitutions those,haying veal,
or unsound lungs, should be especially So
licitous to treat the earliest symptoms ola
cold in order to head off more dangerous
complications prudently keep by YOU.
therefore, Dr. Jayhe's Expectorant that
you may administer al once a judicious
curative, during the first stages of any
throat or lung disorder for not only are
the special symptoms Of these complaints
more tractable and easily controlled then
but the general strength and tone of Inc
system has not had time 10 be seriously
affected, and is therefore more amenable
to the recuperative and healing properties
OF the Expectorant A little attention 10
what may peem trifing cold, NAV save
you from the fate Of lingering consump-
tive.
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Trustee Sale.

QY. virtue Of trust deed made to me under
~ date Of July IL, 1881, and recorded In
book No. lA2 page 2S7, Of the Register's Office
Of shelby county, Tennessee, to secure a o5rl
tain debt due TO the neSOto Building and
Lean Association, 1 will sell for cash, AZ nr,h.
lie onicry, at the southwest corner Of Main
and Madison streets, Memphis, Tenn, at IL
o clock noon, on
Tuesday, March @, 1883,
the property described in said deed AZ follows.
tQ-wit; Being part Of lotNo 2, block 62, Soutk
Memphis Me-. addition. lying and being In re
oi i 81 maselm1pnls' SHELBY county, Tenn, boz
SHINING "a feet from the intersection OF TIE
nCr,h side of Beal street, with the east side az
Deeoto street. running thence east with th6
north SIDE OF Beal street ss21S feet thence
not sh icy Icy ieet' thence west s2H feet, thence
Equity of redemption barred. Title b.
leved TO be good, but sell a. truetee oniv
1875 MINTER PARKER, Trustee
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Trustees sale.

pY virtue Of the terms ola trust deed made
~ tome, as trustee, by John I Hillsman
and Mary II ! illsman, his wife, on the Nth
OF August, 1870, and on tho demand Of the
beneficiary, will, on