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SAILING DER TIE SEA.
The GuiOn Steamer AIaskaAgain
Beats All Former Records.
speclnl to oommercinl ea1ette.

Special to Commercial Gazette.
New YORK, May 6.-The Guion
steamship Alaska, which arrived from
Liverpool to-day, made the quickest
western trip on record, beating her
best previous voyage by two hours.
She sailed from Queenstown at 1882
am. on April 20, and at noon the fol-
lowing day had logged $50 miles. Her
runs after that were: May /, 40l miles;
May2, 42l miles; May 3, 4l9 miles;
May 4, 42S miles; May 5, 4l3 miles.
She passed several large icebergs on
the banks Of Newfoundland, and she
had foggy weather the last two
days of her voyage. On Saturday
night she was obliged to stop and
take soundings. The Alaska
passed Sandy Hook at $50 am.
yesterday, thus making the trip in six
days twenty. three hours and forty-6ve
minutes. Her best previous record
was seven days one hour and fifty
minutes, but she made the trip from
New York to Queenstown, with the
of the gulf stream, in six
days eighteen hours and thirty.se
minutes.
Dwight L. Moody and Ira V.
Sankey, the Evangelists, were among
the passengers, and held a number of
services during the voyage. There
were also a number Of temperance
enthusiasts on board, and on SaturN
day ninety passengers were induced to
sign the temperance pledge. The
cabin passengers were landed in time
to attend church in the morning. Be-
fore leaving the vessel they presented
Commodore George s. Murray with a
subscription to purchase a oommo-
dious penant, in honor OF the fastest
western voyage ever made.
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The Railroad commissioners.
Nashville Americana.

NashYlile American 8.
Gen. G. w. Gordon still rem aims in
the city, but nothing Few has trans.
pired Of special interest.
Col. John H. Savage arrived yester-
day and Mr.. Turley will arrive Mon
day. The commission will meet for
the transaction of business Monday
morning.
Gen. Gordon yesterday received
passes for the Commissioners over the
Mississippi 4 Tennessee railroad. A
large number OF documents, reports,
etc., relating to the railroads of other
States have also been received. The
commission propose to inform them.
selves thoroughly on the subject.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-09
PUBLIC LEDGER.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, NAY 9, 1888
OoMpLErE returns from ll2 out Of

COMPLETE returns from III out OF
III counties in Kentucky show that
Jones, candidate for Governor, will be
supported by 1893 delegates, Proctor
Knott by 1913, Buokner l25, Jacobs
IA and 0wsley 6S. There are so un-
instructed delegates and IL not heard
from; contested cases, 4, and dele.
gates to be elected, s Total, 744. So
it would seem that Mr.. Jones has
nothing like a certainty after all. A
Democratic nomination is equivalent
to an election; hence the earnest
efforts of candidates and their friends
at tn primary elections.
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How TO ShortenLite.

The receipt is simple. You have onlv
to take a violent cold, and neglect Il
Abernethy, the great English Surgeon
asked a lady who old him she only had
a cough. what would you haye9 Tho
PLAGUED" Beware Of "oniy couehslp The
worst cases can, however, be cured nv
DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for the InnSs
In whooping cough and Group il imme.
diately allays irritation, and is sure to
prevent fatal termination of the diseasa
Sold by all druggists.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-09

So prevalent and so fatal has consump-
cion 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, a curative
specially adapted to soothe and strengthen
the Bronchial tubes, allay Inflammation
and loosen aud remove all distractions.
II is certain remedy for asthma, and
also for coughs and colds.
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THE story without an End.

Again, its great monetary value
seems almost monotonous. The 155th
Grand Monthly Drawing of ThelLou.
isiana State Lottery at New Orleans,
on April 10th, has this record: Ticket
No. 62,8S7 drew the first grand prize
OF $50, 900, of which Henry NJ. Kiess-
ling, Of No. 1873 Dearborn street, Chi
cago, Ills, and A. GARNER Tricot,
Vermillionville, La, held each one.
fifth. Ticket No. 1852 won the
second capital of $25, 0G0-collected
in one whole lump through The Man.
ufacturers' National Bank, of Troy,
for M. Connolly, Of Troy, N. Y,
Ticket No. 52,989 won the third cap
ital, $4,000, and was sold in fifths-
one to Edwin T. Eisenberg, jr., col.
lected through the Central Ma.
tienal Bank of Philadelphia;
another to II. II. Harper, of St.
Georges, Oolleton Co., s. o.; another
TO VIM. H. Hampton, Of Tracy City,
Franklin Co.. Tenn; another to R. +.
Kruger, No. 34l Fourth street, Mil
waukee, Wis. The two fourth capt.
tai prizes Of $4,000 each were sold to
holders Of tickets No. 58,507 and
26,502-two>ffths were sold to James
R. Day, Malta Bend, Saline Co., Mo-,
and to parties in Fort Wayne, Ind,
New Haven, Conn. For further in.
Formation apply to NJ. A. Dauphin,
New Orleans, La, before the next
drawing on June 18th, when the grand
capital prize will be $l5G. 900.
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HOSTILE APACHEs.
Little Charlie McC0mas Report
ed Alive, and Held as
a Hostage.

SANTA FE, N. NJ, May6-Advices
from San Carlos state two chihuahua
Apaches arrived there Friday and
report little Charlie .IcComas, son Of
Judge McComas, killed by the indians
a short time ago, still alive in care Of
Chief Bovita; that he will be brought
in alive if the Indian camp is not sur
prised and that the Indians expect to
use him in negotiating for peace.
They further state Loco's band broken
up and wish to surrender, but that
Juh, the most desperate of chiefs in
Mexico, will resist to the last.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-09

gaining popularity and patronage in
his profession. Three years ago he
was elected q member of the city
Board of Health and its Secretary,
being one OF the most active members
of the board. He is q member of the
Sumner County Medical Society, Da-
wilson County Medical Society,
Nashville Medical Society, Tennessee
State Medical Society, American Pub.
lie Health Association and the Ameri-
can Medical Association.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-09

Farmers wishing to be successful
with sheep should guard them against
exposure. But if in sheltering his
sheep the farmer exposes himself and
catches cold, he must use DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup.
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Price $500.

A scientific and economical apparatus for
lighting for Home. Business, Office, Mining
and Manufacturing purposes. COMPLETE
IN ITSELF. The Electric Current being
produced by chemical action. This appa-
extra charges, can be adapted to use as a
Burglar Alarm, Medical Battery. Call Bell, 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 the 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, December, 1882.
"a Portable Electric Lighter for s. is being
extensively sold by the Portable Electric
Light Co., of % Water street, Boston. II is
an economical and safe apparatus for light
ing for home and business purposes. Sci
entifc American, New York, December 16,
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Advertising Cheats III

"It has become so common 10 write the DO.
ginning Of an article, in an elegant, interest
ing manner,
"Then run II into some advertisement that
We avoid all such.
And simply call attention to the merits of
Heop Bitters in as plain, honest terms as pos
sihlo,
ITO induce people
To give them one trial, which so proves
else"
''THE REMEDY so favorably noticed in all
the papers.
RELIGIOUS and secular, Is
Having a large sale, and Is supplanting
all other medicines.
There Is ne denying the virtues of the
Hop plant, and the. proprietors Of Hop Bitters
haYe shown great shreWdness
And ability
I'm compounding q medicine whose vir-
tues are 50 palpable to every ones obserVs-
tioR. .A
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AdmIDistraIOr's Notice.

HAVING qualified as administrator of the
III estate OF Il. l., Jones, this therefore IA 10
notify all persons having claims sgsinst said
etate to present them, duly probated. within
the time prescribed by Jaw, and those owing
said estate TO call and settle
a06 D. 7, GOODYEAR, Admir-.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-09
One Way Of Putting II.
Hackensack Republlean

N4NVHVII1dNN NsVFWNIINuus
A resident who believes in the
mental ability of our youth remarked
recently: "Give the boys a straight
road and no favOrs and they'll come
out ahead" The misconstruer in re-
peating put it: Give the boys a
straight load and no favors, and they'll
come out with a head"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-09
Trustees Sale.

DY virtue Of authority in me vested by a
and wife, Mollio Bland, and recorded in
book No. 146, page SQ, of the Register
Office of Shelby county. Tennessee, to secure
certain indebtedness therein mentioned, and
default having been made in paymCnt,and BY
request of the benefciaries therein, will,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-09
ONE Author Of q Piece Of Poetry.

A correspondent of the Boston
journal says that a piece of poetry,
which is ascribed to President Ar
thur in his youthful days. was in
reality written by the Rev. Thaddeus
Mason Harris, of Dorchester, Tor
Edward Everett when the latter was
a small boy;
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.-Dr. J. @. Rid
dler says: persons who use Brown
Iron Bitters always speak well of il. II
is good medicine
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-09
Trust sale,

N pursuance of a certain trust deed eRis-
J. tered in book No. lie, page $50, Registers
office. shelby county, fem, executed by
Philip I. Jones to the undersigned, convey.
ing the tract Of lanI therein described, con.
tanning 2l4 acres, more or less. in range 6,
section 2 and Eleventh Surveyors District,
beginning at the corner Of Freemand and
Bryants 427 acre tract.rurning west 81 chains'
81 links to stake:thence south 81 chains
to a stake on John Williams north bound
airy line; thence west chains SIS links to a
stake; thence south chains so links to a
stake in the middle of the Macon road;
thence along the meanderings of said road
eastwardly 49 chains 80 links to a stake;
thence north 81 chains 60 links to the begin
ming. Twill, at the request Of the beneficiary,
Ihos. Garrett, sell said land at public auc-
ton, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the
southwest corner of Main and MadiIon sts.,
Taxing District, Shelby county, known as
Memphis,) on
Thursday, May 81, 1883.
Equity Of redemption expressly waived. /
sell and convey only as trustee
s. @, MADDUX, Trustee.
Finlay 4 Peters, Attys 4gTS
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MOTHER SWANS WORM SYRUP.
Infallible, tasteless, harmless, ca
thartic; for feverishness, restlessp ess,
worms, constipation. 25c.i
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-09

OTTUMwA, lA.-Dr. j. N. Armstrong
says; VI have used Browns Iron Bitters
in my family and recommend is use to
others."
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Chancsry Sale Of
Real Estate.


No. 1858 R-Chancery Court of Shelby coun-
ty-Sara Ashbrook Va H G Ashbrook OF al
by virtue Of an introductory decree for sale,
~ entered in the above cause on the 18th dsy
of April. 1888, | will sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder, in font of
the Clerk and Masters Office, courthouse of
Shelby county, Memphis, Tennessee, on
Saturday, May no, 1883,
within legal hours the following described
property, situated in city of Memphis, Shell
BY county, Tenn, to-wit:
A certain lot or parcel of ground fronting
on Market Square and consisting of lot 27S
and the west half OF lot 279, as de- ignated on
the map Of said city, the whole of said lot to
be sold, being bounded as follows: Begin
ming at the northwest corner of said lot 278
and running thence east with Market street
tiity-hye feet eight and one quarter inches
Us sA-l9 to a stake; thence south one
hundred and forty-eight and ONE
half feet Q481a) to an alley; thence
west with said alley to the southwest corner
of said lot 278; thence north with the west
line of said lot 278 to the beginning, upon
which stands brick residence.
Terms of sale, cash.
This April Is, 1883,
R J BLACK, G and M,
By ] N Bradley, D. @. Il Nj.
Il eiskell, Weatherford & Heiskell, C, W,
Heiskell, Estes d Elicit ami r, M. Heath,
SOLICITORS: 40 SO
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For tremul ousness, wakefulness. dizzi-
ness, and lack OF energy, amost valuable
remedy ~ Browns Iron Btter,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-09

The PUBIC LEDGER job printing
Office constantly receives new type Of
the latest styles, and the Office gener-
ally is kept up to the highest sta ndard
Of excellence,
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New Advertisements
G0N SUMPTTO N,

hese poslaye Eemeay Ior me above aisease ~ its
standn nave been cured Indeed 90 strong is ny faih
IN Its efficacy, that WIN send TWO BOTTLES FREE,
togcthar with avALUABLE TREATISE on this disease
TO any sufferer. Give Exnrrss md ?. O. address.
/ A nvERTIsERsl send for our Select
~ List Of Local Newspapers. Geo. P.
pnwell q 20 10 Spruce -traal. NY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-09

LEDGER Book Bindery. 10 Madison
street,
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A Daughters Misery.
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 disease declared incurable"
And we are so glad that he used your
Bitters. "a LADY of Utica, N. Y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-09

2279 Prizes, amounting .S52e 800
Application for rates to clubs should be
madeonly to the Office ofthe Company In New
Orleans.
For information apply to
N A. DAUPHIN,
or M. A. DAUPHIN,
6O7 Seventh 49, Washington, ID. q.
Or at West Court street. Memphis, Tenn,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-07
A PROPOSED RAILROAD.

Mr.. II. A. Lewis, a citizen of Wichita
Falls, Texas, was in Kansas City the
other day in the interest of new rail.
way company known as the Texas, Ok.
lahOma and Kansas, the proposed route
Of which is from Arkansas Pass, twenty
five miles distant from Corpus Christi
on the extreme southern coast of Texas
to Kansas City, a distance Of $50 miles
The railway company was incorporated
under the laws Of Texas a few weeks
ago with capital of 5000 Among
the incorporators are General Gordon
the Georgia ex-senator, who Of late has
been eminently successful rs q railroad
builder and manager In his own state
and a number of New York capitalists
Mr. Lewis called OH number Of bus
mess men in company with Mr.. w. II
Miller, secretary of the board Of trade
receiving invariably assurances Of CO
operation with the projectors Of the
new railroad enterprise. To q Times
reporter Mr.. Lewis gave some interest
ing facts concerning the enterprise with
which he is identified.
From Arkansas Pass said lie, "tht
road will run north to San Antonio, and
thence to Cisco, where 1t will cross the
Texas Pacific. Thence the route lie:
north to Wichita Falls, near the south.
ern line Of the Territory. PASSING
across the Indian Territory east OF
Forts Sill and Reno, the route lice
through Caldwell, Kansas, and thence
into Kansas City"
"IIow will you get through the Terri.
tory?"
by All act Of Congress giving us the
right Of way"
"IIas a survey OF the route been made
yet ?"
mo. 1t was expected that surveying
party would be placed in the field last
September, but this step could not be
tiken then. The survey will probably
be begun, however, in the near future
The proposed road will connect with
three separate lines leading into old
Mexico, which will give Kansas City
additional means of communication
with that country, whose development
has only fairly begun. We want line
to Kansas City by which we may send
our beeves To your market, and oul
young cattle to the ranges of the ives,
and northwest. The line will give Kan
sas City an outlet by way of the Gull
of Mexico, and open up new territory
that will prove OF immense value to the
young metropolis. TX. G. Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-07
NOMINATING ccHHnLr1oNs

"Gath" says that Justice Miller, 81
the Supreme Court, who is one Of the
ablest men in the United States, said to
him not long after the nomination Of
Hays, in 1915:
These presidential nominating con-
ventiOns are getting to be a farce. You
have two OF three strong and able men
like blaine, Morton, Bristow, Conkling
and Edmunds, each well backed by
friends and admirers, entering for the
presidency. At last one of them be-
comes so strong that the contest is mar
rowed down to him and his chief OppO-
nent. Then there appears on the scene
some man whom nobody wants, and gets
the nomination.
Justice Miller went on to say that the
same sort Of decentralization happens in
state conventions:
you held state convention, and
you bring forward your ablest man. lie
Is Immediately abandoned because OF
his strength-because Of the enemies
tina. he has perhaps made in a fearless
career. The convention picks up in or
der to be safe, some nonenity, and puts
him in the Senate or makes him COVER
ernor. Consequently, our public life is
losing the names and characters which
should belong to it. Our presidents in.
stead Of running upward are running
downward. The national conventions
meet, not to reward their eminent lead
ers, but to back somebody who Gun slip
through because he has never had an
record worth talking about"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-07

Sunset Cox has music in his soul In
q recent lecture on music he uttered the
following beautiful thought: Mature
Is song. The spheres sing together.
When the sun gives prismatic beauty to
the dewdroP, or when Ia the doves neck
or the humming birds wing, or the opal
OF the sea shell nature paints its glories,
light Is music. II Is = palette full Of
sound. II combines concord. When gay =
plumaged birds ny over the lochs and
hills Of Scotland, when the wind walls
wildly at night, or in the loftiest of An
dean elevations. when the eagle screams
nj the sun, or when the sea surgrs har-
moniously over the shingles of Kent as
King Lear heard II from lofty cliffs,
there IL, everywhere music In nature.
Even the meteOrs which hrOak upon our
upper air are musical. In the grand
drama of the universe, light IL the or
chestral overture. The universe is but
the grand mise en- scene. The harmony
Of II Is like the attuningOf a great harp
or organ. We love. as Mendslssohn
loved, nature for its melodious mar
yel,."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-07
THR IRRIoArIoN soHEnR

The Eureka Irrigating Canal Is pro-
crossing. Work has been commenced
at Howell station, eleven miles west of
Dodge, where it is proposed to construct
reservoir that will cost at least 81 500.
This ditch will not run on the first sur
Vey, but will run on the line now being
surveyed. and which Is located about
half Of a mile north of the original sur
vey, running through Dodge. The COM
pany constructing the Eureka ditch al
80 propose 10 establish n canal starting
from Garden city, and running on a
line about two miles north Of Dodge
City. II Is intended that these bitches
will be In operation about the first OF
June next. Two large ditchiRg ma
chimes have been purchased aud will be
put In Use Immediately. Gilbert Bros,
are now conducting the survey of the
new line, and have already passed
Dodge City on their way east. The
east end OF the line will strike near
kinsley. The ditch which viii start at
Garden City. and which viii run on the
divide" north Of Dodge. viii be able to
furnish water W en- immense scope of
country. eAnother railroad into Dodge
City next year, and irrigation bitches
next year viii make DOdce bOom.
Dodec CITY Titn~S
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-07


II appears to be generally understood
now that John A. Martin, editor Of the
Atchison Champion, and Judge Thatch-
er, Of Lawrence, will next year be can
didates before the Republican conven-
ion for the FIRST place on the state tick
ct, and that they will he the leading can
didates. Both arc better men than st.
John and neither is inclined to fanati-
cism, though Thatcher has always been
n prohibition man. Martin opposed st.
Johns nomination in 1882 and was one
OF the few in the convention who dared
give expression to his feelings; and
then his paper has never been a friend
Of prohibition, and has handled tie
question, when at all, with gloves. OF
course 1t would not do for Mr.. Martin
tO go before the convention rs an anti
prohibitionist, so it Is said his paper Is
slowly, almost imperceptibly, but surely
swinging around into the prohibition
circle. This, with ths large amount of
variegated taffy Mr.. Martin has been
giving the old soldiers may give him q
good-sized send-on. lie would make q
good executive, but the present incum-
bent will do for q few years longer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-07

Two gentleman from the east went
down into the Territory last Wednes-
day to take look ut our Indian school
building, and a number Of cowboys
thinkingthey would have some fun with
the green Yankees" as they called
them, took some blankets and dressed
themselves up as Indians, and started
out after them. When the "Yanks'
were about two miles the other side of
the line the cowboys gave the warwhoop
and started for them in genuine IndiSn
style, but instead Of getting Ut and
busting as the boys expected, the Yam
KEGS" stood their ground, and when
they got In range let drive at them with
their shot guns. II is said that one Of
the cowboys will have to lay up for a
time and pick bird shot out OF his back
and II Is thought the others will not be
quite so fast for another Indian raid in
the Arkansas City Democrat.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-07

The "Griugo and Greaser," Of New
Mexico, has this to say OF the cowboy ::
The cowboys of this neighborhood
drop in upon US often and we are always
glad To see them. The two
common dispositions 70 con-
denim and disparage the cowboys-to
charge them with drunkenness, discr-
der and the like, is net justified by our
experience with them, The poor fell
lows lead hard, rough life, excluded
from society and deprived Of the REIN
ing influences OF home, but as class
they are generally good fellows, though
often made sponsor for the sins Of 9TH
ers. Beneath the coarse wooden shirt
Of the cowboy beats heart generous
and quickly responsive TO the appeals
Of suffering humanity. This is much,
and we protest against the habit Of in
justice TO the cowboys."