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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07

"The Model Man" was the theme
of Rev. n. Nj. Longs sermon at the
Strangers church last night, and it
will be continued and elaborated
next Sunday night. He preached
with great esrnestness and made many
brilliant thrusts at the ways OF the
world in modern times, which seemed
to be appreciated if not felt. The
crowd was very large, numbering over
six hundred, and the music was ex-
oellent. Miss Minnie Hunter sang
with all the fulless and sweetness Of
her rare and sxquisitely developed
HoinA.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07

The receipt is simple. You have only
to take = violent cold, and neglect it
Abernethy, the great English surgeon,
asked a lady who told him she only had
cough: "What would you have2 The
Plague?" Beware of "only ooughsl" The
worst cases can, however, be cured by
DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for the Lungs.
In whooping cough and Group it imme-
diately allays irritation, and is sure to
prevent fatal termination of the disease
Sold by all druggists.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07

as passed by the Senate; and if be will
examine the bill be will End that the
endorsement is not in my handwriting.
called the attention of the Governor
and Secretary of State to the matter
Immediately after tie adjournment.
Senator Williamson and Mr.. Berry
will bear me out in this statement.
hope this will set the matter at
rdaf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07
Appointments by the Governor.

Governor Bate yesterday appointed
as board Of directors for the new In
sane Asylum in East Tennessee Rob.
ert ID Armstrong, Charles j. Nc.
Chung and j. Q. Flanders, all Of
Knoxville and all FIRST class men.
As visitors to the University Of
Tennessee he has appointed:
For East Tennessee-Perez Dickip
son, Knoxville; j. B. Stockley. New.
port H. B. Yearwood, Swoetwater.
For Middle Tennessee-Ben, r
Cockrell, Nashville DR.. T. B. Har.
vol, Aspen Hill, Giles county, Dor.
sey B. Thomas, Waverly.
For West Tennessee-W. P. Nor
ris, Camden; j. Harvey Mathes, Mem
phis; j. Y. Keith, jackson.
All the above are new appointment
except University visitors Dickinson
and Matbes, who have already serve,
one term Of four years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07

A scientific aud economical apparatus for
lighting for Home, Business, Office, Mining
and Manufacturing purposes. COMPLETE
In ITSELF. The Electric Current being
ratus by our adjustments. for which we make
extra charges, can be adapted to use rs
Burglar Alarm, Medical Battery, Call Bel, or
for Automatic Electric Gas Lighting Our
burglar alarm is so constructed that the in
truder is Immediately confronted with a
light and bell alarm at che same instant,
Reliable agents wanted all over the country.
Enclose stamp for circular. PORTABLE
ELECTRIC LIGHT TO-, % Water street,
Boston. Chartered under the laws of MasSa-
chusetts. Decent her. 1882.
"A Portable Electric Lighter for IS is being
extensively sold by the Portable Electric
Light Co., of u Water street, Boston. II is
an economical and safe apparatus for light
ing for home, and business purposes. Sci
eentihc American, New York. December IS,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07

SO prevalent and so fatal has eonsump.
eion become, that it is now everywhere
dreaded as the great scourge of humanity;
and yet, in their formative stages, ali
pulmonary complaints may be readily re-
lieved and controlled by resorting prompt
ly to DR.. Jayne's Expectorant, curative
specially adapted TO soothe and strengthen
the Bronchial tubes, allay inflammation
and loosen and remove all distractions
II is q certain remedy for asthma, and
also for coughs and colds.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07
Some Interesting statistics.

Mr.. Joseph Nimmo, chief of the
Bureau of Statistics. has prepared
some very interesting figures concern
ing the foreign commerce Of the
United States, and also concerning
the increase in cotton, wheat, and
corn crops of 1882 over those of 1881,
In 1881 the cotton crop 5.456,04e
bales. 1881 it was 6,700,0 900 bales. In
1881 the wheat crop was 1896. go 900
bushels, in 1882 it was SOP, 789, SOC
bushels. In 1881 the corn crop was
| ,l94.9l6,000 bushels, in 1892 1t was
| ,624, OH, 800 bushels.
For the year ending June 30, 1881,
the value Of the export of cotton was
SAT 695, TAG; for the same period, end
ing June 20, 1882. the value of cotton
exported was 1929, 8l2,644.
The value OF the exports Of bread,
stuffs for the year endingJ une 30, 1881,
was $270, 1872 5l9; for the same period
ending June 30, 1882, it was $l82, go.
528. From these figures it appears
that the value of the exports Of 1881
was much greater than those Of 1882.
For the last six months Of 1882, how
ever, there was a wonderful increase
in the exports. For the last six
months Of 1881 the value Of the ex
ports of cotton was s99, 1902. II
appears, therefore, that the value Of
the exports Of cotton during the six
months ending December 81, 1882, ex
ceeded the value of such exports dur.
ing the corresponding months of the
preceding year by 1924, 827, 447. 1t is
noticeable that the value Of the ex
ports of breadstuffs during the six
months ending December 81, 1882, ex
ceeded the value Of such exports dur,
ing the corresponding months of the
preceding year by only $5,O59, 300.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07
Trust Sale.

IN pursuance Of a certain trust deed ,esis-
i !, tered In book No. lie, page $50, Register's
once, shelby county, Tenn, executed by
tnilip I. Jones TO the undersigned, CONVEX
ing the tract Of land therein described, con.
tanning 2li acres, moro or less, in range &.
section and Eleventh Surveyors Digtrict'
beginning at the corner of Freemand and
Bryents AZ acre tract ,rurn ming west 81 chains
oS links. to stake;thence south ia chains
to q stake on John Williams north bonnd-
airy line; thence west 6 chains SIS links ~ a
stake; thence south chains SO links ~ q
stake in the middle of the Macon road.
thence along the meanderings of said road
eastwardly. 4S chains 30 links to 4 stake,
thence north 81 chains 60 links 10 the bssin,
ming. will, at tho request of the bene6cisrv
9hoS. Garrett, sell said land at public sncs
tion, to the highest bidder, for cash. NJ ne
southwest corner Of Main and Madi1on Sta tuo
Taxing District Shelby county, khown as
Thursday, May 81, 1883.
Equity OF redemption expressly waiyed. 7
soil ana convey only as trustee,
Finlsy & Peters, Attys va At as5s
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AdmInisfraior,s NofIaa

HAVING qVaIlhed as administrator q, u.
~ estate Of E. L, Jones, this therefarS I, ~ ~
n9tiy all persons having claims agaipSt ssiS
. esla.e 70 present them, duly probated, within
said estate to call and settle. '-V'' V"ink
@@ p.F. GOODYEAR, Admir-.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07
A Daughters Misery.

eleven years our daughter suffered On
bed Of misery,
From . complication Of kidney. liver,
rheumatic trouble and Nervous debility,
Under the care Of the best physicians,
But no relief,
And now she Ia restored to Us in good
health BY as simple remedy az Hop Bitters
that We had Stunned for years before using
it."-THE PARENTS.
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Thursday, May 81, 1883.

on the premises herein described, betwesn
the hours Of 10 Am. and p. m, proceed 10
sell for cash the property therein desoribed.
both real and personal, to the highest bidder
The real estate is lot No. q (tWol of the sub
division of the lands of the late A. w. Bland,
deceased, and the same vested By docree OF
the Probate Court of Shelby county in Thos
N. Bland in the case Of II. III. Bland VI
Moses d. Bland, which lot iS thus described,
to wit:
Beginning at a stake in range nine 10 and
section four az Of the eleventh III survey
or's district, with beech and poplar pointers
IN the southern line OF grant No. 10; run
ming thence west 12He north 1855 7-10 chains
70 CYPRESS. thence north 90 east II 1910
chains TO a stake. with three elmwood point
er IN, the western boundary line Of the
south half Of the said grant No. 40; thence
east D. south 1873 5.l0O chains to a stake, with
beech and ironwood pointers thence south
o. West3l 6-lO0 chains TO the beginning, con-
tanning three hundred and seventy one (S7l)
acres.
The personal property described as follows
One black marc mule, two mares, one colt
and one horse, six head of cattle, one two.
horse wagon, one buggy and harness and all
the farming implements Of said I. NJ Bland.
Right of redemption and homestead eT-
pressly waived, and title believed 10 be per-
feet. but sell and convey as trustee only.
52,W W. q. PArTEs0N, Tru1lA
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Naturday, May 5. Isea,
ChanCery Sale of
Real Estate.

No. 1868 R--Chancery Court of Shelby conn
tX-Sara P Ashbrook vs. II G Ashbrook Ell al
BY virtue Of an interlocutory decree for ale
- entered in the above cause on the 18th day
OF April. 1885,. / will sell at pnbiie
austion, to the highest bidder, in font Of
the CLERK and Masters office, Courthouse ~
Shelby county, Memphis, Tennessee, on
Saturday, May 10, 1883,
within legal hours the following described
property, situated in city of Memphis, Shsi-
By county. Tenn, to-wit:
A. certain lot or parcel of ground fronting
on Market Square and consisting of lot 278
and the west half Of lot 279, as Designated on
the map Of said city, the whole of said lot 10
be sold, being bounded as follows: Begin :.
ming at the northwest corner of said lot 27S.
and running thence east with Market street
hity-hye feet eight and one-Quarter inches
S65 eA-lZ to a stake; thence south one
hundred and forty-eieht and ora
half feet Q4819 to an alley; tbeRea
west with said alley to the southwest ooTnsr
Of said lot T8; thence north with the west
line Of said lot 27S TO the beginning, upon
which stands a brick residence.
Terms Of sale. cash.
This April l6, 1888.
RI BLACK, G and M.
By NJ Bradley, D. @. 4 NJ.
eiskel, Weatherford K HeiskeII, G, W.
Heiskell, Estes 4 Elicit ami X. M. Heath,
solcitors. 40 90
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07

The PUBLIC LEDGER Job printing
)fiice constantly receives new type Of
The latest styles, and the Office Rener.
lily is kept up to tho highest standard
If excellence.
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MOTHER SWANS wORm svp,p

Infallible, tasteless. harmless, ca
thartic; for feyerishness, restlesspess,
worms, constipation. 25c.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. DIR. J. @. Rid
dler says; Persons who use Browns
iron Bitters always speak well of II. i
Is good medicine"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07

OTTUMwA, IA.-Dr. J. N. Armstrong
says; II have used Browns Iron Bitter;
in my family and recommend its use Ia
others"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07

For lremalopspess, wakefulness, dizzi-
ness, and lack OF enargy, most valuable
remedy is Browns Iron Biiters.
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Father is Getting Well.

my daughters say:
How much better father Is since he used
Hop Bitters."
He is getting well after his long suffering
from q disease declared incurable"
And we are so glad that no used your
Bitters. "A LADY Of Utica. N. Y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07

When Howard wrote: II find a pity
hangs upon his breast" the fellow had
evidently cold and had not yet been
informed that DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
was the only safe remedy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07
Trustees Sale.

DH virtue Of authority in me vested by n
~. certain trust deed given by T. M. Bland
and wife, Mollie Bland, and recorded In
book No. l46, page SO4. Of the Register's
Office Of Shelby county. Tennessee, to secure
certain indebtedness therein mentioned, and
request of the benefoiaries therein, Twill,
on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-07
GON SuMPTT
CHANCERY SALE
Real Estate.

Real Estate.
No. 422i, R -CbAncery Court of Shelby csun.
ty-Henry " Joiner vs. VIM L Joiner.
QT virtue of an intorlocutory decree for
- sale, sentered in the above cause on the
9Th day Of November. 1882 in M IS, page $50
viii sell, at pub 10 auction. to the hiehesi
bidder, In front Of the Clerk snd Master's
4tnse, courthouse Of Shelby county. Memphis,
Tenn, on
Saturday, May 5, 1883,
within legal hours, an undivided one half
interest In the following described properly.
situated IN the city Of Memphis, now 1axire
District Of Shelby county, Tenn, to-wit:
Beginning at the northwest corner of Ex-
chaAgE and second streets, running north
With tile west line Of Second street 81 feet and
" inches; thence west IA feet and inches
thence south 81 feet and IL inches; thence
east "a feet and inches to the beginning.
Terms Of bale-0n a credit of seven months.
note with good personal security required.
lien retained, redemption barred.
This April II, 1883.
r j BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By George Mallory, D. O. 4 NJ.
b Gibson, tol. for comp1t.
"a "a u 606s
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DID she piep

mo
"she fingered and suffered along, pininR
away all the time for years"
s'The doctors doing her no good"
And at last was cured BY this Hop Bitters
the papers say so much about"
''Indeedl Indeedl'
''HoW thankful we should be for that med.
ieipe," &l1s5
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-02-17
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
They Deal with the Bond Compromise and
Insure the Safety of Prisoners.

They Deal with the Bond Compromise and
Insure the Safety of Prisoners.
The County Commissioners met yesterday,
Judge Mason presiding. The President pre-
scented the compromise proposition, offered by
the holders of the Galveston. Harrisburg and
San Antonio construction bonds, and explained
that il accepted by the Comptroller, about
SIT 900 now in the State would be paid out to
cancel the bonds and it was unanimously ''re-
solved that the Comptroller OF the State of
ton fo- ,Bexar county, either designating what
bonds shall be cancelled, or in any other way
he may deem most expedent, and the bond
holders consenting thereto, he will also desig-
Bexar county, however, valves none other
rights under the law.
Resolved further, That William Hoefling be
sent to Austin to lay this matter before the
Comptroller.
The following new rules for prisoners con
tined at the poor house were adopted.
Il The county conyicts ut the manual labor
farm shall obey all reasonable orders of the
superintendent and of the guard under him.
2. That in case of any diSOrderly conduct, or
of refusal to work or disobedience of orders,
the convict shall be fed on bread and water.
3. That the superintendent shall, when
deemed expedient to prevent escapes, put
shackles or handouts on the convicts.
1, When convict works faithfully and
obeys the prison rules, for the reward of such
good conduct the County Judge is authorized
10 commute this Gonyict's time from five to
ten days each month he nay he sentenced.
The Commissioners granted Mr. B. G.. An
drews the privilege OF opening new road from
Or. Stiles residence to the Lacoste railroad
station, provided that the written consent Of
all parties along the road be obtained and the
work done free of expense to the county.
Mr.. l.. b. Hall was appointed Justice of the
Peace in Precinct No. g.
Superintendent DearOche reports that "a
paupers and hospital patients We're cared for
in the poor house during the month o. Janu-
AIRY at q total cost of $ti2l ~
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-02-17
COLONEL FRANK JAMES CASE.
MinnesOta's Claims Set Forth but not
Recognized by the Considerable
Governor of Missouri.
Urgent Calls for the Distinguished Prisoner
The way In which He Views
Things I'm General.

Frank James is in demand. On the repre-
sentation of the authorities of Daviess county,
Missouri, that they had evidence which would
ensure his conviction the Kansas City Criminal
court issued an order for his immediate deliy-
cry to them. He will now be tried on erayer
charges than those on which he was held in
Jackson county. The Jackson county case
against the outlaw is for completely in the Blue
Cut tram robbery, but no killing occurred on
that occasion, and so the authorities are willing
to lend him to those of Daviess county for trial.
If he is not convicted in Daviess county he
is to be returned to Jackson county, war
ranted in as good condition as when taken
away. The Daviess county charge is double
one. The first indictment alleges that Frank
ames, on December 7, 1869, shot John w.
Sheets, killing him, and is for murder in the
first degree. This crime was committed on
the occasion of the Gallatin bank robbery.
The second indictment is for murder and
robbery, James being charged with killing
Frank Mcmillan and William Westfall,
and robbing Charles Murray of $1,000.
These crimes were committed at the Winston
train robbery in July, 1881. The testimony
in each case is
SAID TO BE VERY STRONG,
and the Daviess county authorities express
themselves as confident of a conviction.
though the prisoner himself says that he has
no fear. The chief ground of apprehension is
that the cell in the Daviess county Jail will
not be SO good for his health as the comfort
able quarters he now occupies at hide
pendence.
Meanwhile, the Governor of Minnesota
wants to see Mr.. James, and has issued
requisition on Governor Crittenden which the
latter fails TO observe, on the ground that they
are not through with the outlaw there Min
nesota is not Missouri, and, when the band
of robbers made their raid on the Mortified
bank, Miller, Pitts and Caldwell were killed,
the Younger brothers crippled with bullets,
captured and sentenced to the penitentiary for
life, and Frank and Jesse James chased
through different States and escaping only af-
ter one of the longest pursuits Of the kind on
record. Of the entire gang only Frank
ameS remains to be punished for the muir
derous raid, and the Minnesota authorities
think they can convict him if he is given up
to them for trial. Frank James denies, of
| course, that he was ever in Minnesota in his
life and says that he is willing to stand trial
there II assured that his trial would be fair
one. There is reason to suppose, though,
that the distinguished cut-throat is very well
satisfied to remain in Missouri, where he has
friends who lionize him and where witnesses
seem afraid to testify against him. In Min
nesota it is thought the temperament of the
people is too practical for the outlaws ardent
nature.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-02-17
AN UNDERWRITERS EXPERIENCE.
How He is Called From Ladies' SOciet.
to Handle Dead Bodies.

1.-THE first time 1 ever handled corpse" said
Undertaken Phil. Del, Jr., to an acquaintance a
few days ago. 81 couldn't eat anything for some
time afterwards but now l can strip dead
bodies and wash them without having any dis
agreeable feelings
isn't your business very displeasing? ?"
"SOme times. For instance, at the theatre
the other night where went with lady, just
as | was getting ont of a carriage l was called
away, attired as was with kid gloves aud my
best clothes on, to attend to dead man."
"Yet the business is not repugnant TO you p
mo, not now. | can look at bodies that are
rotten, see them when they are full of worms,
when pieces of flesh are falling OFF, when blood
is flowing, gaShes are numerous, frightful
wounds are apparent, and never have an un-
comfortable sensation, 1t is rather a tickfish
job to handle some Of the bodies, as when they
are rotting a fellow is liable to get poisoned by
them"
"What do you do to prevent the Odor of the
dead from remaining with your clothing, and
what do you Use as disinfectantY'
80, nothing, it's not necessary; sometimes
scatter perfume on myself"
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-02-17
cts A LIE"
The Street Commissioner Did Not Try to
Jay Hubbel His Subordinates.

For some time rumors have been current
that Street Commissioner Russ on taking
Office declined to employ any men who would
not pay a bonus for such employment. A
the matter, and he learned that an ex-city
employee named Horn was one of the origin
atOrs OF the rumor. When Intercepted all he
know nothing of the supposed unjust action.
On interrOgating Mr.. Russi he declared that
the rumor was a lie. and used big, big ID to
emphasize the denial. He said the fact was,
when he took charge of the city street forces
he found men employed upon it who were
neither able nor willing to do the work re-
qured of them, and he discharged them, being
determined only to employ men who were
willing to discharge their entire duty. Among
the men discharged was the man Horn, who
1.-The malicious and unfounded statements
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-02-17
HUMOROUS LEGISLATORS.
How Democratic SOlOns Fritter Away
Their Time by Testing.

They are humOrists, are the Texas Legisla
tors, and ironical, too, writes the LIGHTS Aus
tin correspondent. There's Armistead, for in
stance. No one would suppose that, united
with his statesmanlike qualities, he has a
capacity for approaching the ludicrous as well
hind leg But he has. Not a wit himself he
rOars at everything witty, and ne gets even
with his fellow Legislators when his forensic
aspirations show a propensity for irony. Here
is bill he introduced the other day when
Labatt's bill, providing for the surrender of the
charters of Incorporated cities, was put upon
its third reading
"a bill to be entitled an act to provide for the
protection of the bOndholders of insOlvent in
corporated cities and towns, and to authorize
the speedy collection of fraudulent claims
against said cities and towns, by constituting
the Commissioners court of the counties
wherein said cities and towns are situated the
administrators of the estate of said cities and
towns, with plenary powers to plumber said es-
tates, and to enact such ordinances and levy
such taxes as will best secure that object"
The bill needs no Interpretation.
Legislator Foster, of Limestone, is wit for
the masses. Hazelwood is another of the same
class. During the debate on the school ques-
ton to-day friday Robertson, OF Jack, said
ais people wanted more schools and better
schools, and that he would be willing to have a
:O-cent tax imposed. Then said Stagner: "
concur fully i'll the remarks made by the gen
tleman from Jack, and ] believe that if he is
not married man now he Will be shortly.
think the men who are opposed to this bill are
either bachelors or idlers, unlike myself.
Yesterday had nine children. received the
following dispatch this morning: 1t is boy"
This was too much for lakewood. WHAT
he cried, docs the gentleman mean to say that
he has baby in the HOuse?" This sally was
greeted with applause, which became uproari-
Gus, when Foster arose and gravely inquired I:
Has the gentleman been serving on the Com
mittee on improvements Of course, this is
all very funny to the Legislators, but their con-
stituents may think their time should be de-
voted to other things.