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A WEAK OLD MAN.
HOW UNCLE SAMMY APPEARED To A SOUTH.
ERN GENTLEMAN.

EhN dENTLEhAN
Washington special: Mr.. Watterson will
be obliged to challenge or Otherwise annihi-
late distinguished Southern member who,
according to the Sunday Herald, on Last
Wsdneidly was travelling frou West Point,
where his con il a cadet, 10 New York.
When at Yonkers there came on board the
train the Hon. Samuel J. TiIdeD, who occu
pied the chair next 10 the Southern man
until they arrived in the city. As very much
has been said lately concerning Mr.. Tilden's
condition, the testimony of this impartial
witness may be interesting.
IL had never met NJ. Tildep," said this
gentleman, "0ut | recognized him at once
Nut TO be certain, L inquired OF the servant
who wss with bin, aod he verified my i'm
preston. Mr. TIden looks to me like a man
in the lsst Stages OF decay. He had 10 be
helped into the car, and carefully pu. into
his seat by his servant, who never left him.
lie seemed 10 be utterly unable to help him.
self. He spoke with sort Of sputter, which
made il almost impossible for anyone to uu-
stand what he was trying to say. He was
constantly falling into cat-nsps, aud
slipping down IN his chair, and had
to bs helped up and put straight
sg in. He wanted water about every five
minutes, ami altogether he seemed like q
very old mao, who is unable TO perform the
most ofdinSfy { Ill es Tor himeelf. One eye
49,, med entirely clio 4ed, aud the other was
dropping, and without brillisncy or strength
When we arrived at the Forty second
rect depot another servant, with
carrisge, waiting for him. / was
inttrts,ed and curious TO see all of
him l could, so | watched him go to his
carriage. The servants each took an arm,
aud slowly ami clretG!iy helped him into the
low coupe which had come for him, and he
was driven away. | was very much sur
risfd at his condition. His mind may
be al right, bat bis body is in every
condition bat good. l cannot see what Mr..
Wstterson meant by giving to the coun.
try that story about Mr.. Tilden's
health. 1t was cruel and wicked to
The extreme, aud if it was true, then Mr.
Ii den has awfully changed in The past ten
days. OF course did not speak to him. l
should have done 80 If he had shown the
ordinary signs of consciousness Of things
about him. Unless all signs fail, he is & very
wsak old man -
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CAPITAL BRIEFS.

WASHINGTON, July 3.-Contracts were to-
day awarded to J ohm Roach Il Sons for the
construction OF all the rev steel cruisers.
Adjutaui- General Drum will leave Th urs-
day ou Wis OF inspection to military posts
on the Northern and Union Pscific rsilwsys.
The decrease in The cost of the Star Mail
Land S.rvlce during June was SS374; net
decrease in the Star Mail Steamboat Service
for the came peroid, Sllo,7s7.
About S55,000 have been covered back into
The Treasury out OF the appropriations made
for salaries for employees in the Treasury
Department for the fiscal yesr.
Additional charges against Supervising
Architect Hill were received by Mr.. Murch
to-day, alleging fraud in the selection snd
purchase of site for the public building in
Denver.
The number Of claims received at the In
isrnsl Revenue Bureau for rebate on &C,
count of tobacco, snuff and cigars under the
new iEternsl revenue Law spproxima ates
100000, sggregating $2,000,000.
The Treasury Department has decided
that istie, or Tamplco cloth, not being enum.
Grated in the new tariff act, lie du table al
SIS per ton "a vegetable mater not other
wise enumerated" Islle is species OF
pAmpas gras', grosn in Mexico, used in The
msnufscture of cloth.
The contract of the Lee Marble Company
of Massachusetts, to furnish stone fer the
construction OF the Washington monument
has been annulled, because Of its inability L
meet the contract requirements. An adver
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Trustees Sale.


PY virtue of three several deeds of trust made
d by W. J. Saint and wife, Susan d. Saint to
James A. Anderson, trustee, one on the 10th day
of March, 1875. and iecorded in Book los, page :,
and one on the 29th day of May, 1875 and recorded
in Book 107 page $40: and also on the 14th day
of February, 1876 aud recorded in Book l10, page
400 and by virtue of final decree awarded in the
cause of J. W. billiard ct al w. J. Saint ct al.
No. 1891, Chancery Court, Shelby county, wherein
tee, and 1, C. E. Smith, appointed in his stead to
carry out the terms of said trusts, and upon de-
mand of the benefciaries in said trust deeds, ]
will on
Saturday, the Ilta Day OF August, ISSS,
at whitehsven, in the Thirteenth Civil District OF
Shelby county, Tenn >, offer for SALE and sell to
the highest bidder, for cash, the following de-
scribed real estate, towt: One lot at Whitehsven,
shelby county, on the Mississippi and Tennessee
railroad. and described as follows: Beginning at
iron stake 100 feet from the center line of the
track of the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad
in the west boundary line OF the depot grounds OF
said railroad 410 feet from the northwest corner of
said depot grounds; running thence southwardly
for distance OF 3Sl feet to an iron stake thence
westwardly and at right angles to the line OF said
railroad for 1860 feet to stake in the west bound
AIRY line of +. NJ. Whites land thence north
wardIy with said line for 3sl feet to o stake
thence eastwardly and parallel with the second
line lS40 feet to the beginning stake in the ground
of said railroad, containing Q2) twelve acres,
more or less, being the same land conveyed to w.
J. saint by +. NJ. White.
The right of redemption, homestead and dover
in said land is barred and the title to said land Is
believed TO be perfect, but sell and convey only
as trustee. G. E. SMITH, Trustee.
Green q Adams and Z. T. Pollard, Soils. wed
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KeiIy's Views of 1rldeu.

Says the New York World: "Mr. John
Kelly's remarks about Mr.. Tildeu at a
banquet rendered to him at Springfield,
Mass, on Thursday evening, created a great
deal of gossip 10 local political circles 10 this
city aud Brooklyn yesterday. Mr.. Kelly
returred to his Office at No. % Park row
yesterday afternoon and was called upon by
a large number of personal and political
friends. A reporter of the World saw him
for few moments. When asked about his
Springfield speech he said that he had only
reiterated what he had often said before,
and referred the reporter to an address
he issued to the Democracy of the State
few weeks after the Presidential cleo
ton of 1880. In this public address he
attempted TO show that Mr.. Til
den and his followers and not Tam
many Hall had proved treacherons to Gen.
Hancock and caused his defeat. Mr.. Kelly
said that those who knew him personally
secuted the infamous report that he had
proved false TO Hancock, while the figures
branded the foreheads OF the men whose in
difference and treschery lost this S ate and
the Presidency with letters so plaiu and in
deiib'e that hereafter Democrats who see one
of them will point the finger and say, "There
goes a traitor" Mr.. Kelly next referred TO
q tabular statement of the votes CAS-; iu each
county of the State for President in 1876 and
1880, with the Democratic and Republican
majorities and the totals, including a table
giving the votes and msjorities by Congress
sioual ricts, TO show that 1ilden and not
Kelly stabbed Hancock. In this city, he
said, the Democratic gain was over nine per
cent while in the State il was only little over
| one-half of one per cent A gain OF nine per
cent. throughout the State, he asserts, would
have elected Hancock by handsome msjor-
| ity. Oi the sixty countits in The State, he
| said, MIR. Tiiden had complete conlrol of the
Democratic rgsniz atoms in forty y-nine, and
that in some of these counties there had
grown up strong Democratic element, COM
posed of men who cared more for the party
and its principles than for Mr.. Tildep, and
in spite of the repressing Influences of Mr..
Tilden's management they showed small
Democratic gains. Against this, however,
| SAID Mr.. Kelly, there was an actual decrease
of Democratic votes in the counties under
Mr.. Jildeu's direct control. Mr.. Kelly also
claims that heavy Republican gsins were
| ms S. percepub!e in tue counties controlled
by such weil-Snown Tiden agents az Lester
| B. Faulkner and Smith NJ. Weed, and that
all the fscls demons rate that while Tam
many Hall Democrats were working TO elect
Gen. Hancock a subtle, silent and sinister
influence by slill-hunt m.thods, compassed
the great soldiers defeat. Treachery by
Tilden and mis- follower, says Mr.. Kelly,
destroyed Hancock and the National Deme-
cratic cause in 1880
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CAPT. JAS. q. FLEMING
Arrested on the Charge Of aakinx False
Entries while letting rs Folks
Chief Deputy.

LITTLE ROCK, July 3.-The Gaseae's Hot
Springs special says that this afternoon De-
tective Porter, of Nashville, with a requisi-
tion from the Governor of Tennessee, arrest.
ed Capt. James c. Fleming, late CHIEF
deputy OF Ex-S.ate Tressurer Polk,
charged with making false entries while
under Polk amounting to $4,000. Porter
left for Nashville on the evening train. He
has been several weeks in Hot Springs, and
made no effort to conceal his identity. 1t il
believed that he win prove an important
witness in Folks trial, now progressing in
Nashville
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CANCELING CHECKS.
HOW THE BANKS SAVE THEIR CHECK BOOKS


Washington special: 10 the top story
OF the Treasury Department is a large room
occupied during Office hours by about fifty
ladies, temporary employees of the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing. These ladies are
engaged in canceling the internal revenue
stamps printed on bank checks. 1t will be
remembered that the internal revenue law
passed last winter abolished the stamp tax
on bank checks- Many of the banks have
their own checks and drafts with the stamps
printed OH them. These are made into booFs,
some of which are gotten M q very eiab-
crate scale. Most CT these banks do not care
to lose the checks, and as the stamps will be
worthless after July 1st, the department has,
in many instances, been requested to return
The check-books to the respective banks after
the stamps have been cancelled and the
amount of the rebate been noted. The gov
erpmeut is not compelled to do this, yet az
an act of accommodation it is done. The
number of stamps in each book is first
counted by an expert from the Bureau OF
Eugrav and Printing, and account thereof
taken. The books are then parsed to the
ladies at the long tables in the room before
mentioned, who, with a small hand-sta MP,
print the word Cancelled" across the face
the stamp and the book of checks is ready
TO 90 back 10 the banks from whence it came
1t is said that over 100000 bank stamps
have thus far been Cancelled, and there are
probably several millions more to be dis
posed of in the same manner.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-04

The voice of lamentation is heard among
the summer resorts and bathing places on
the continent of Europe. Should the cholera
spread travelling will almost cease, and their
guests will seek refuge aud safety at home
Many American tourists will seek health
and enjoyment among the grand sceues opsn
possible risks where persons from sll quar-
tsrs Of the world coDgregate, and which are
specially fitted to become centcrs from which
infection may spread.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-04

Few as they pass up and down the Mis-
lsissippi river think of asking the where
IAbouts Of that old French settlement that
as the capital OF Illinois, Kssksskis.
Il once had 1000 inhabitants, it now has 500
pod is ruin. A curious looking two-story
|building there was the meeting place OF the
Territorial Legislature. At the one story
frame hotel Lafayette was once welcomed
and fessted. The Catholic church had an
organ Of peculiarly rich tone; il was N ,de
BY one Of the priests. la the old buryiug
ground venerable tomb,tones are crumbliug
to decay. The Mississippi, which has
washed away thousands of acres of soil in
the neighborhood, will soon swallow up
Kssksskia and take away one of the mos,
striking memorials Of the past that the West
ossesses.
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which passed the Legislature last winter, ap-
piled 10 St. Louis as we'll as ether sections OF
the State, an agreed case was made up and
presented to the Supreme Court. That
court rendered decision this afternoon that
thelaw was not only constitutional, but ap-
piled to st. Louis. This set, s,s the matter,
and hereafter dIam-shop lies .ses in this city
and State will cost about $1,000 year. 1t is
expected that under he-9seration of this
law many low doggeries, where large per
cent. Of crime ia committed, will be forced
out of existence, and that the entire traffic in
liquor will be better regulated than ever be-
fore
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-04

KNOXVILLE is entering largely into m ar
utacturing enterprises, and among its latest
panies. These have just secured contract
for furnishing the East Tennessee, Virginia
o I'D Georgia railroad with 500 standard box
csrr. The contract, including the castings,
will aggregate s250,0O0, which is handsome
sum TO keep at home and distribute smong
the Knoxville mechanics. Knoxville is only
one OF many Southern cities now coming to
the front rs manuf .cturiug ceutere.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-04

JUDGE HoADLY Is arousing immense en-.
thusissm in Cincinna'i. he is a powerful
speaker and has for thirty years been pop
ular public man. Through many scenes
such as show mans irmost disposition and
the extent of his powers, the Judge has been
in public view, and to shake confidence SO
acquired, and to destroy respect when it has
beoome an habitual sentiment, will be hs-
yond the power of Judge Hoadly's oppo-
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MASONIC TEMPLE NOTICE.

THE holders of July 1885, Coupons on Masonic
L Temple Bonds. will receive payment thereof
by presenting them to n NJ. Jones, Treasurer OF
Masonic Temple. at First National Bank of Mem
phls, Tenn, on July 10, 1888.
By order DAVID p. MADDEN, President.
Attest: r. c. WILLIAMSON Secre tarv
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-04

DURING the recent prosecutions Of the
Jews in Europe many refugees settled iu
Palestine. Their Sc,iou did not meet with
much countensnce from many OF their
brethren, as they thought the opportunity 10
gain = living there wss small. On the whole,
however, the jews have done 50 we'll in the
land OF their fathers that tusces, ia now
bringing them many iriends. The sol, of
the Holy L,rd retains lis ricbnsss. II wsols
only the hade Of trees and water 10 -four
ish ss the rose" as 1t did of ole. Tue
Turks, who are born destructive, have cut
away the trees. Were they restore', and ia
consequence the rains came more regular
the fruiifuluess Of the chosen land would be
as great as ever.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-04

The Supreme Court Of Illinois, in a re-
cent case, has decided that contract made
on Sunday is just as binding as if entered
into on any other day. The preteuse that
Sunday is not day in law, has occasionally
been made use Of in the past to subserse
rome purpose Of petty ror uery, and 1t is we'll
that even the Preteuse is now abolished. 1t
will be remembered that the bord of a de-
faultipg official Ct Lutte Rock was set aside
on the ground that il was executed on Suu-
day, and hence WAS Illegal. 1t is a good
thing 10 have the courts get aside attempts TO
make Sunday a cov,r for ch-aling
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-04

The Southern Psci6c road, under the
Huntington management, i. bringiug about
. revolution in lie traffic with the Pacific
coast This liae possesses the adv antase of
being under one mansgs msni, an presenting
the shortest route between the water tt he
Atlantic and thO'e Of the Pscif' Ii Is said
that slresdy ouc-ralf of the freight shipped
from New York TO San FrSucisco goes ty
way Of this route The Southern Pacific de-
hvers New York freight at San Frarcisco in
sixteen days, where the old lines take thirty
days. The cost of transportation by this
route is cheaper, because s. large part Of the
distance ia by water from New York to New
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-04

IT ia stated in the religious world that the
the concluding part of their arduous labors,
and tina, The work will be ready for the
printer 30 as to he published next spring.
II the work be we'll done it will correct
blunders and mist axes that give apparent
strength TO Paine's Age Of Reason, and that
have supplied Ingersoll with some of his
most pungsnt passages. The late Rabbi
Tuska once informed us that when resdirg
the English translation he frequently had 10
refer TO the Hebrew 10 know what the En-
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HE TertfO. HtllenmiAl Celebration q
SANTA Fe.

TOPEKA, KS, July "a special 10 the
Con'nonuealh concerning the second day Of
the tertio-millennial celebration at Santa
Fe, N. NJ, says: "The features of the after
noon were interesting. The Zuni Indians
had aten-mile foot-race and painted their
bodies white in honor of the Americana, who
came from the East, white being the emblem
OF the Essi or the Land of Day. AT 4:3C
O'Clock In the afternoon the Apsches sprang
to their places, robed in gsudy war .colors,
mountsa their poniep, and after race about
tue arena divided snd met on the opposite
side, where hotly-consSA,ed shsm battle oc-
Cured, mingled with the piercing yells of
the victorUand the shrieks OF the vapouis
1t was exciting in the extreme"
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The Newmarket July Meeting.

LONDON, July 3.-The Newmarket July
meeting began to-day. The race for the
July Stakes for two-year-olds was won by j.
Willoaghby's C. t. by Hermit, out of Ade-
laide, by a head; Count F. de Lsgrange's
Archidue second, Leopold de Rothschild's
Talisman third. Eight starters. The last
betting was even money on Adelaide flly, 10
to against Archiduc and II TO l against
Tallsman,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-04

A CABLE dispatch from Paris st midnight
states that the physicians attending the
Count de Cbambordl at a consultation last
night decided his case hopeless. The state
msnt is published that the members of the
Orleans family have gone 10 Frohsdorf only
TO fulfill family duty.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-04

DEAR SIR-Please publish the following in the
Police Gdsette: AS JohR L. Sullivan seems to be
the great knecker-out of all kingdoms. and since
he has knocked Tug Wilson down faster than his
seconds could pick him up, and knocked Charles
Mitchell out OF time in two rounds, and with all
other pugilsts who could be induced TO face him
be LAS done likewise; now 1 certainly think that
the name of champion has a great deal to do with
his whipping SO many, aud to prove that mean
business, will meet Mr. Sullivan at the Police
td=ette office, on July 3Oth, and arrange match
10 spar him on the same terms that he spared
Mitchell and $1,000 additional. Respectfully youY,
PATSY BURNS, Binghamton, N. Y.
Burns has hackers who are willing 10 bet
$1,000 that he can stand before the champion,
while the pugilist himself has great faith in
his ability notssonly 10 face Sullivan four
three-minute round, but defeat him. Burns
stands five feet eleven inches 10 hight, weighs
100 pounds, and is a clever and scientific
nngilisI
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The Southern Railway aud Steambo at
Association.

CHICAGO, July 3-Tne Southern Railway
and Steamboat Association, comprising Norlh
and South railway lines and steamboat lines
interested in business destined to or coming
from points south OF the Ohio river, mel
here to day for the purpose of presenting
statements of tonnage carried and other facts
10 the Committee of Arbitration appointed!
at the prior meeting 90 appor,ion percentsg ges
in the poll on that business. The day was
consumed In hearing these statements, which
were taken under advisement by the Com-
mi
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-04

New YORK, July 3.-One-half of the
psup emigrsnts ny the steamer Queen re-
main at Castle Garden. The others have
goue 10 join friends, after giving satisfactory
accounts of themselves. The company sent
a communication to the Emigration Com
missioners saying they were willing to re-
turs to Europe those emigranis not claimed
by friends and likely to bscome burden.
Ii is probable that all the emi grants will be
satisfactorily disposed of here.
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CHICAGO, July 3.-Chicagos, 81; Bufa-
lOs, z.
COLUMBUS, July S.-Cslumbus, 8; Balti-
morss, 6.
CINCINNATI, July {. 3.-Cincinnatis, II; Me-
tropolitans, /.
PROVIDENCE, R. l., July 3.-Provideuce,
4; Bostons, 0.
New YORK, July S.-New Yorks, IL:
Philadelphias s. Brooklyns, 2; Yales, l.
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IT Is Observable that among the liberals
in Europe public a a,itation takes less of
political than social tone. LAWS that IN AXE
the rich richer and the poor poorer are be-
ginning to excite more attention than the
Office in order that another set may get in.
So it should be; measures that will give men
chance to live on good food and dress ne at
ly, and educiie their children, are practical
things, and those who aim to supply them
hold the right politics. The workingmsu
and his elevation is the question OF the day.
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CINcINNATI, July S.-The NeUs-Journal to-
morrow prints sn article to the effect that a
scheme has been devised and will soou be
put under way TO build parallel road from
ST. Louis 10 81. Francisco, with branches
running to Texas aud The Indian Territory,
making it transcontinentsl Vanderbilt sys-
tenn.
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PENSIONS.
LARGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF AP-
PLICAT1oNs.

LARGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF AP.
PLICATIoNs.
WAsHINeToN, July g. Commissioner Dud-
ley, in convers itiou with Ssar reporter to-
day, said he believed the pronise made to
Congress that every pension claim would
have been considered by his department by
the close of the fiscal year would be fulilled.
There had been during the year considers-
bic increase in the number of claims fled
over that of last year, as the following fig
ures show: Original invalids-l882, 29,004;
1888, 37306. Original widows-1682, 103,.
1872; 1888, 1892 The increase in the
number OF claims filed is due 10 the increased
number of agents, who want the $40 fee.
fhe number of attorneys before the depart
ment was increased from 1000 to 10000 since
the passage of the pension law.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-04

QUESTION as to whether horses will take
fright at the sight of bicycle in motion
was answered in dissgreeable way on the
new Brooklyn bridge across the East river
on Saturday. A horse passed by bicycle
and its rider ran of. Only the management
OF the police saved the frightened people on
the bridge from smother psnic.
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Hard.Glove right.

PITTeBuRe, July 3.-A hard glove 62ht
between John Calaghsn and James Mccoy,
TWO local pugilists, was fought tonight at a
point on the Brownsville road, few miles
from the city. Both men fought hard, and
at the end of the seventh round Mccoy was
declared victor, Callsgh an being badly wind,
ed and unable TO continue. The battle was
witnessed by about 100 persons.