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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
TEMPLARS' TROPHIES
To Be Competed for at the san
Francisco Meeting.
St. Louis Republican.


James f. Aglar, commander Of the
Transcontinental Excursion Club, fur>
nished the following description Of the
trophies to be awarded in August next
to the best drilled Commandery east
of the Rocky mountains:
1.-THE value of the trophies will be
$500, $500, $400 and $500, in accord>
ance with the circular issued by the
committee on competitive drills.
mo, is a mounted knight, to be
made of gold, silver and bronze standing
on pedestal of California onyx. the top
of the column to be surrounded by
four shields of gold bearing quartz aud
specimens of California ores, and
four medallions in silver and gold,
representing Yosemite, Bear and Red
W God mines, and coat of arms Of the
G rand Oomms6dery. Grapevine aud
clusters Of grapes, in oxidized silver,
to be wound around the pedestal. At
the base there will be Knight Tenn
plar armor, one shield bearing the
cross and another the coat of arms Of
the State Of California. The model
ing IF the figures is to be done by
Marion Wells.
The second trophy is to be a
revolving globe of pure silver, ten
inches in diameter. On the sur
face, inlaid in gold, is to be an
allegorical design of California
There will also be a figure OF a
knight in armor, to be made of
silver and gold; fortifcation to be
made of gold quartz, and tents, ban
ners, armors and bears to be made in
silver, A base of silver and bronze
will support the whole. On this base
will be a central medallion with de-
signs of three leaders Of the First cru
sada, to be made OF silver and gold.
On both sides OF the central medallion
will be two smaller ones, with designs
consisting of Templar emblems made
Of gold bearing quartz and specimens
of California ores. The whole is to
stand on pedestal of maroon velvet.
"The other design is to be solid
silver plaque. In the center will be a
richly engraved view OF the Yosemite
valley with a border of eight medal
lions, four containing designs Of the
Knight Templar emblems, and four
with the California designs of the bis
trees, Suffers mill, a miner and q
farmer. Twined around these medal
lions will be border of grapes and
leaves of oxydized silver, in full relief
The outer border of the plaque will be
of goldbearing quartz and other speci
mems Of native ores, on the upper edge
or top of the plaque is to be a design
of a grizzly, OF solid silver and gilded
The plaque complete will be support.
ed on an easel FIVE feet high Of ar
appropriate design of native woods
All three of the above designs have
been selected and approved by the
committee" i-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
sauce for the Cooke, Sauce for
the GAnder.


Railroad Company Mr.. Farmer, ]
shall have to appropriate about ten
acres of your farm for right Of way to
locate and run my road upon, for
which | will allow you what it cost
you and fair per cent on your invest
ment.
Farmer-But, sir, | can't take that
sum. Land is worth about double the
original cost and interest. | must
have my price, or can't allow you to
appropriate it, 70
Railroad Oompany-All right; there
is a way to get it. | shall apply to
the government to exercise the right
ofeminent domain, and it will condemn
your private property to public use,
and it, not you, will fix the price.
Farmev-Then | may have to yield,
but will see you again
The land is condemned, the railroad
company appropriates it, all costs are
thrown upon the farmer and he gets
about half price for his ten acres. A
year passes; the parties meet again.
Farmer-Mr. Railroad Corporation,
| shall have to appropriate about ten
of your freight cars to haul my grain
hogs and cattle to market, for which
will pay you the cost of transportation
and fair interest on your actual in.
vestment.
r. X. C.-Why, bless your granger
soul, we cant do business that way,
We shall have to charge you what the
traffic will bear, and our rates are
established. You must pay our price
or haul your products to market with
your team.
Farmer-All right. There is a way
to make you transport my property al
fair rates. / will see that legislation il
had to compel you to do it.
r. r. O.-No, you can't interfere
with vested rights" nor can you
compel man to sell, or hire the use
Of his private property for any price
less than he chooses to ask. Can the
law set price upon your products
your labor, or your farmp
Farmer-Is your railroad private
property
r. r. U.-0f course it is; it is oul
own private enterprise as much al
farming is yours, aud we have as gooC
a right to charge all we can get fol
service, as you have for corn or pork
Farmer-Very well then; let US see
Transportation of persons and prop
erty is a public necessity, and you
franchise was granted for public use
Admit that the cars, the Locomotive
and the rails are private property.
propose to ask tho government to ex
eFOise its right of eminent domain anC
in the exercise of that right TO con
denim your private property to tn,
public use of transportation, and il
and not you, shall set the price 70
such use. 1t is poor rule that work
but one way.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
Special to the COurior.Journal.

Special to the Courier-Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-The fo,-
lowing conversation was overheard in
the lobby Of the Ebbitt House be.
tween an anxious Office holder at the
capital and an old Republican Ten
nessee stager.
Anxious Office Holder-"Ds you
regard the result of the elections this
week as very damaging to the Repub
licansl"
Decidedly SO. 1t shows that the
German vote is still against us, and
is likely to remain sol"
"Will We carry any Southern
StatesY"
Eyes, perhaps Virginia and North
Carolina; but they will not help US"
"How about West Virginia."
"Not much hope"
"And TENNESSEE"
"Too many Bourbon Republicans. y
"What are they?"
"0h, Republicans who won't let an
exsConfederate vote the Republican
ticket"
"Mauy of them2"
1.-THE Gountains Of East Tennessee
are full Of Them"
Democrats sure to elect a Presi.
dentiD 1882"
dead sure, if they don't make howl
ing idiots Of themselves next winter. y
"Serry?"
mot very"
"Why not2"
"The Republicans need a good
licking to teach them some sense"
What do you mea-"
But the old stager hurried off t,
oateh a AerdIc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
The Care Of MaehpeIah.
American Israelita


The Paris Academy has acquired
the Eudes manuscript, which consists
of FIVE parchment pages in Latin,
written in lib. The Pater narrates
that one day in the year l1l9 he pray.
ed in the church, which had been
made Of the mosque over the cave Of
Machpelah at Hebron. lie felt a cold
draft coming from below through the
assures Of the pavement, and suspecS
ted the existence of the cave below.
Informing the Prior Of the convent of
the phenomenon, he asked permission
Of Count Beaudouin, then Lord Of
Hebron, to investigate this matter,
and having received permission, the
Prior Of the convent, Pater Endes and
the Csnonicus, Peter Raoul, conduct
ed the excavation and discovered six
chambers in the subterranean rock. In
the second chamber or grotto they dis
covered a narrow passage which led
into a round hall. Around the hall
they fopHd sig grottoS, one Of them
vas covered With Inscriptions, three
of them were empty,in the fourth they
found one, in the 6fth two skeletons
and In the sixth fifteen urns with hu,
man bones. The Paters believed the
three skeletons were those Of Abra'
ham, Isaac and Jacob. The skeletons
were carried in q solemn procession
through the church and convent, and
then fetuyaei To thair former resting
places. In the year 1lH Hebrea VA
captured again BY the MohammedahS
and since then no "infdel" has beer
permitted 70 enter the hallowed cay'
and the mosque above it. The Prince
of Wales and. later, General Wallace
were permitted to proceed through tht
sTst cave, but no further; SO that, be-
sides The EndeS papHseript,no accoVn
of the interior Of the Gave Of Mach
pelah exists.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10

Star and Garter, cnee & celebrated
inn, where Shakespeare and bis con-
temporaries oft used to sup together,
and which he mentions in his merry
Wives of Windsor" The building,
with its gable roof and small windows,
the serving of the meals, the English
bar maid, all seemed to US very quaint
types of the old English style, just
suited to their surroundings.
A. M. @.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
A Deserved Tribute to Peter
Cooper.
Nau Vnrk uaroI1
New York Herald,

The late Peter Cooper had for so
many years been a familiar figure in
New York and had maintained such
enviable health that the annouice>
ment Of his death was entirely unex-
pected. Now that he is gone it would
be hard to name any one who might
not better have been spared. Some
men are richer, some have more power,
perhaps some are wiser, but New York
has not had in many years a man more
honestly devoted than Peter Cooper to
things pure, lovely, and of good report.
His name, his time and his money
have done good service in almost every
movement in the past half century for
the good Of the community and of any
particular class that was in trouble,
and, unlike most public men, he was
not afraid to take the initiative in
efforts not likely to be popular. Many
benevolent men, SO called, give only
of their abundance, but it is no secret
that Mr.. Oooper's philantkropic en-.
deavors have more than once been on
scale so large as to seriously annoy
him in his business operations. Like
all true philanthropists he was a think.
er, and consequently an experimenter
some of his experiments and
theories proved unsuccessful and
were dropped; he died in full
belief in the efficacy Of some
others, but even when he was wrong
his fellow citizens saw his mistakes
without misunderstanding his mo.
tives, for the first Of his personal
qualities to impress itself on the be
holder was absolute sincerity. Instead
of leaving to posterity the delicate
duty of erecting a monument to his
memory he prepared a lasting memo
rial while still in tile prime Of life; il
is several stories high, covers an entire
city square, and instead of being a
useless pile of ostentatious stone it is
yearly Of permanent service to thous.
ands. If, as the poet says, "'Tis only
noble to be good" Peter Oooper't
name must be placed very near the tor
Of the list of Americas noblemen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
New ADVERTISEMENTS
II H II
NORTHW est
Oregon, W&lilgtal and Idaho.

Offers tho best field for EmIgraata-
VIZ; mild, eQuable, ana healthy
climate; cheap Hands OF great fsrtiTi.
y, producing all varieties Of Grain,
FRUIT. and Grasses I'm wonderful
abundance; AN tnexhaustfbIe sun.
ply OF Timber; vast Coal Fields, ana
other mineral deposits; cheap and
quick transportation by railroads
asa river navigation; direct COM
merce with all parts of the world,
OWING 20 It's proximity 10 the Pacific
NO DR0UTHs, NO INSECT PESTS. NO
HURRICANES, WHIRLW INDS, OR 9TH.
Err DESTRUCTIVE PHENOMENA,
The lands Of the Pacific Northwest show an
average yield Of wheat per acre largely in
excess 81 that OF any other section Of the
No failure of crops has ever occurred.
=, oregon Wheat commands higher price
than that Of any other country in the Liver
pool market.
An immense area of very fertile Railroad
the trunk lines of the Northern Pacific r, R.,
the Oregon Railway 4 Navigation, and the
oregon California II. r. Co.'S and their
numerous branches in the great Valleys Of
the Columbia and its tributaries, are now
offered for sale at Low Prices, and on Easy
gtsad Entry.
The great movement of population to the
Columbia region now in progress will be enor-
mouely increased by the completion of the
Northern Pacific R. R., and the Oregon Rail
way q Navigation Co.'S SYSTEMS, This rem
ders certain rapid increase in the value Of
Lands now open to purchase or to entry under
the United States Land Laws.
For Pamphlets and Maps, de-
scr1PtiVe of the country, 1Is re-
sources, climate, routes of traV.
ell, rates and full information,
address
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
Water News.
Vieksburg Herald Z.


The steamer SuuAower arrived
from that river at one o'clock this
morning, having gone as high as
Clarksdale, at which point there had
been a fall of 20 feet since the highest
point reached, and the water was fall
ing 2 feet in "a hours when the boat
left. At Williams landing, rs miles
below, fall 5 feet was reported and A
continued decline of / foot in "a hours.
At Fasonia, 70 miles below Williams
there has beeua fall Of 4 feet, and the
river is declining inches in "A hours.
At Hollands landing, 70 miles below
Fasonia, the fall was about two feet
and declining four inches 10 "A hours.
All land above Bogue Phalia is cut
and farm work is progressing rapidly.
The high water caused no loss OF
stock and but little damage to the
plantations.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
A Zine Hair DRESSING

COcoaine dresses the hair perfectly,
and is also a preparation unequaled
for the eradication Of dandruff.
The superiority of Burnett's Fla
voring Extracts consists in their pu-
rity and great strength.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
New York Hefald,7,


Talking of the situation q member
Of we'll known firm saidi
1.-THE mill men in the South are
getting stronger every day, and the
advantages which they have are tell>
ing in the markets Of the West. All
the mills now up are running to their
utmost capacity, and the mill owners
and manufacturers are united on the
trade questions. There has recently
been some discussion on freight rates.
For instance, in selling lot Of goods
for the Eastern mills to a Western
jobbing house, the freight is added;
but if the Southern goods are sold
we send the order down to the mill
and it is filled direct, and the greatly
reduced freight bill is paid by the mill
owner, There is a positive hardship
in the tact that at present the grade
of coarse gray goods is rated as high
in the freight classification now, when
it is selling at 7ac per yard, as when
it was worth up to zoe per yard. If
the Northern trunk roads should cut
rates in order to assist the New Eng
land mills in getting their goods to
the Western market, why, the South
ern roads would do the same thing,
and still the advantage would be with
the Southern manufacturer. You see,
the goods made there are such staples
as require larger percentage of mate
rial in proportion to labor cost Thus
far, too, the mill men in the South
have been wise in avoiding any decep-
ton in the making of their goods.
Their cotton product is just what it
pretends to be, and this has a great
effect in the foreign market. The
shipments to China are growing to
be very important in the total output
from the mills Of the South.
CONTINUED PROSPERITY.
"The best argument we have for the
prosperity of the Southern mills, is
that more and more capital is going
that way, and that much of that capt.
tai comes from the East, where tie
problem is about as we'll understood
as anywhere in the country. Ii is
nonsense to deny that mills on
heavy goods cannot and are not
paying in the South. There is no
surplus of goods at the mills, and
only yesterday we refused to accept
an order for 1000 cases of heavy
goods because of the inability OF the
mills to supply the goods in the time
allowed. There is an advantage of
about ten per cent in favor OF the
Southern mills for their special line of
goods, and on them | should say that
about fifty per cent is now made in
the South There has been no special
effort at cutting out each other On the
part of the Southern and Eastern
mill men. The latter know the stu
alton too we'll to invite any such cons
test and the Southern men have too
many advantages and are too we'll
united to fear any such struggle.
There is room enough and market
enough for both, and if the tariff
could be so modified as to make ship
ments abroad easier for the class of
goods turned out by the Southern
mills l think it would be an advan-
tage. Still, with the mills driven to
their best capacity, there is little to
complain Of.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10

Oscar Wilde's new book, "Impres-
sions of America" will be eagerly read
by all who assisted to make the poets
trip so decidedly pleasant. His i'm,
preston Of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is
matter of little consequence, as the
public have already pronounced it the
remedy for coughs and colds par ex.
celIence.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
High Authoritv

DIR. w. e. Scott, President of the Col
lege of Physicians. Montreal, writes: 81
have recommended COIden's Liquid
Beet Tonic as the best preparation for
debility, indigestion, dyspepsia, fever,
sgue, and loss of appetite. (Take no
Otherl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10

To all who are suffering froIn thp eFrpEs and
indiscrotiong of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss q manhood, etc. / will SEND
q recipe that win cure YOU, FREE on
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
BY a missionary In South America, Send q
nolf-addressod envelope 10 tho Rev. JOaKPH T.
saNAH. Station D, Now York City. ~
Rxxyiv62d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
VYednesday. AnriI be-. ISaa.

at the southwest corner Of Main and Madi-
son streets, in Memphis, Taxing Dittriet Of
shelby county, Tennessee,. between legal
highest bidder, for each, the following land
In Shelby county, Tennessee, to-witt w
Lot 80 in the subdivision Of the land Of the
late John Trigg, fropting III feet on the south
side Of Moi enlore avenue and running back
between parallel lines SO5 feet to a stake, the
lands on record In the Chancery Court Of SAN
county. rHT I'V'7
Title has been approved, kut 1 shall sell
and convey - trustee only. EQUITY Of re-
dempuon waived. Sale to begin at IL
sQHxRLEs N. GROsyENoR, Trwtoe.
N D. IrezeYant, city. Qa9
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
Trustees Sale OrReal Estate.

RY VIRTUE of two deeds of trust executed
lSts, and July Is, 1878, to John A. Holt,
trustee, and his successors in office, recorded
n the Registers Office of Shelby county,
Tenn IN book l24 page SIS, and book l25,
page 2Sg,, the debts therein and thereby Sc.
cured being past due and unpaid, and 1,
ynarles N. 9rosyener, trustee, being the
legally constituted successor TO said John A y,
Holt, who !. now deceased. and having been
.hereunto duly requested by the beneficiary
In the said trust deeds, will. on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10

DR.. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear Sir-For many months was a
great sufferers Physicians could af-
ford me no relief. In my despair l
commenced the use of your "Favorite
Prescription" 1t speedily affected
my entire and permanent cure.
Yours thankfully.
Mrs. PAUL r. BAXTER,
Iowa City, la.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
Saturday, ADriII4. 1855.

within legal hours, sell to the highest bidder.
ior cash. on the southwest corner of Main and
Madison streets, in the Taxing Distriot Of
Shelby county, formerly Memphis), the fol-
lowing described real estate, to-Wit: An mn.
DIVIDED one-third 90 interest in a lot OF par
Gel OF Rround lying on Jefferson street In the
9v o. Memphis, or what is now known AZ
ne Taxing District Of Shelby county. being
the western part OF lot FIVE hundred and 6ftv.
,hree l5oS) in original lot No four hundred
ana seventy-eiRht l478', beginning al the
northwest, corner Of Jefferson and Fourfk
sueeu; Menee westward with Jefferson
ward add parallel with Fonrtb stSoat i n.l-
hundred and forty-eiaht and one'hsis s SnVV
NtfDal TO an alley; thence eastward ,Tith Ia
alley seventy C70) feet TO west side az FosstS.
nreet; thence southward with Fourtb strsst
one hundred and fOrty-eiRht and ons'hsiS
usTD toet 10 the beginning, ~ 40"
Also an undivided one-third "a inter.s, In
and 20 . lot or parcel Of land lying on Iiniaa
street IN said city or Taxing Distriot baivs
part Of country lot No. four hundrad IA r;rIs.
HS.Wo t4sS), beginning on thA sontb sidn ~
Union street at the center AZ navon oavc,o y.
thence eastward with Union street amy.
nVe ieet 10 northwest corner Of lot formeyIv
gMnea ~ 4 NJ Hopkins, thence with Hon.
kiRg west line southwark al right anSlss
VIVA Union street one hundred and ffty isee
20 center OF Bayou Hayoso; thonee down ana
s zen q SAID bayou with It's mean dorinEs 10
The title to said property Is believed 10 ba
Go0Q Dutl viii sell and convey only as trustee.
MsroS ". 1884 ~ f. ADAMS, Trustes.
Randolph 4 Mcaonry, Attorneys. 10
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CHANCERY SALE OF
REAL ESTAsT1

REAL ESTATE.
No. 1929 J .-ghsnscry Court of Shelby ooup-
y.State Of Tennessee, use etc. vs.. W. 5.
by Virtue Of an interloeutOnv decree for
~ ~ sale, entered In the above cause on the
9th day of January, 1883, m. b. 81, %. 3lT, I
VIII sell, at public auction, 10 the highest
bidder, in front Of the Clerk and Master's
once, courthouse Of Shelby county Memphis,
Tennessee. on
Saturday, April 81, 1883,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
Part of lot 81, having front of "a feet a
inches. on the east side of Front street and
running back between parallel lines, the
same being described as the lot on which the
storehouse three doors south Of Monroe ST.,
stands. "a feet, 1t being. that part of lot 81
assigned TO Georgia Q. Jones, then Georgia
Petit by commissioners in case of Petit We.
Cooper, No. 2l5o, r. D., Chancery side az the
common Law and Chancery Court of the city
of Memphis, as per decree of said court. an
tered IN IN. b. IL, p Is, and there DESIGNATED
az lot and the south part of the lot or block
therein divided and same described 10 RxB9
herein and sold MS the property of John III.
Jones and wife, Georgia Jones.
Terms OF Salo-On q credit of six and nina
months, notes with security required, lien
retained and redemption barred, -
This March 30, 1888.
r. ] BLACK. Clerk and Master.
By Geo Mallory. D Cand NJ.
II + Dix Sci 81 80 sA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10

JOPLIN, MOD. j. B. Morgan says
81 find that Browns Iron Bitters gives
entire satisfaction to all who use it,.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10

FAIRFrELD, IowA.-Dr. ]. L. Myers
says Browns Iron Bitters Is the best
iron preparation ! have ever known in
my thirty years Of practice"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10

Rheumatism, disordered blood general
debility, ami many chronic diseases pro
nounced ineurable, are often cured by
Browns Iron Bitters.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10

Glenn:s sulphur soap removes
all local eruptions, soothes all abrasion s
Of the cuticle,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
Wells, ..Roueh on Corns.,,

Ask for Wells Rough on Corns."
15c. Quick, complete, permanent
cure. Corns, warts, bunions.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
HE IL NOT SORRY.

A Nameless Tennessee RepubIi.
can Who Thinks His Party
will Get a Well Deserved
Whipping kext Year.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-10
Naturday, AprlI rs. Issa.


within legal hours, the following desoribad
property, situated in city Of Memphis, Shell
BY county, Tennessee, to-wit:
Part Of Lot No, 5, east side of Tennesaeo
street, in Butler tract, beginning nj the in
tersection Of, center alley and Tennessee
street at stake the northeast cofner Of said
lot, runs thence south with the east side Of
Tennessee street 81 feet to a stake the north
west corner Of W B Baley's lot. owned by
Shanks; thence east $50 feet with the north
line OF the Shanks-Baley lot, conveyed By w
Butler to > II Rawlings and owned bv
Lavalette;. thence north with Lavale te's
west line 81 feet to Center alley; thence West
beginning. W 'AS
Terms of SaIe.-0n credit of seven
months, purchaser to execute note with an
proved proved security and lien retained fol pur-
This March "a, 1888,
r. J; BLACK, Clerk and Master. ?
ByJ M. Bradley, D. Q. an.
VIM N Smith, Il h Heiskeli, @ W Hei,ksIl
and Shepherd, solicitors 2lm