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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-23
A Potato Story.
rom the Irish Sketch Book.I

And here let me tell potato story,
which is, l think, to the purpose, wherever
it is told. In the county Of Mayo a gen
tleman by the name of Crofton is land
ed proprietor, in whose neighborhood
great distress prevailed among the peas
antry during the spring and summer
when the potatoes of the last year were
consumed, and before those of the pres,
ent season were up. Mr.. Crofton, by
liberal donations on his own part and by
subscription which was set on foot
among his friends in England, as well as
in Ireland, was enabled to collect sum
of money sufficient to purchase meal for
the people, which was given to them, or
sold at very low prices, until the pres
sure of want was withdrawn and the
blessed potato came in. Some time in
October small nights frost made Mr..
Crofton think that it was time to take in
and pit his own potatoes, and he told
his stewards to get laborers accordingly
Next day, on going to the potato
grounds, he found the whole fields
swarming with people; the whole crop
was out Of the ground, and again under
it, pitted and covered, and the people
gone, in a few hours. 1t was as if the
FAIRIES we read of in the Irish legends,
as coming TO the aid Of good people and
helping them in their labors, had taken
a liking to this good landlord and taken
in his harvest for him. Mr.. C-ofton, who
knew who his helpers had been. sent the
steward to pay them their days wages,
and to thank them, at the same time,
for havipg come TO help him at a time
when their labor was so useful to him.
One and all refused penny, and their
spokesman said, They wished they
could do more for the likes of him or his
| have heard Of many conspi-
racies in this country; is not this one as
worthy to be told as any of them?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-23
A GOOD TRAvEsrY OF BRET HARrE
is.iloH AND JOHN HAY.
=. 1.WMALMORAs ~
Publisher and Proprietor.

yaIIN AMI SVhN hhA'
rt BULLY BLY,. .s
1t was railroad engineer,
One Bully BLY, by name,
And he was stout and six feet three,
And strong as any you shall see,
Was Bully BLY,.
A four-foot Norris he did run
All on the cid fat bar.
And on an upgrade, of her time.
You'd laugh to see her shake and climb,
a2 q And hear her soot.
The farmers on the old cross.road
Could always bet on him;
And many fast or slow Lepine
Was daily set by that machine
As she went by.
10 see him STOPPING in his cab,
His throttle plug in hand.
il was a pleasant sight to view;
For he was tall and handsome, too.
Was Bully Bly,.
Down in the cut at Briar's Hill
The berries they was ripe
And all the children, bad and good,
And birds from all the neighborhOod.
Was there that day.
And Bully's engine, here she come,
A flying through the air;
And Bully saw the danger nigh;
And SO" says Bully, must try
And hook her back"
He whistled brakes with right good will,
The gals and boys they screamed;
She wouldn't hook her backin' gear
The track was full, and death so near
What could he do?
He shut her of-spit on his hands;
He made one awful plunge,
With all his strength he grabbed her wheel
While in the e. ound he sunk his heel.
And held her fast.
But though these little ones was saved.
The engine she was done;
Her rods was bent, her tire came of,
She leaked like some old water-trough,
Her steam run down.
And all this tale tell you's true
1 knew the engineer;
Her bones was in the scrap-heap lain
She never made the run again.
My name? B. Bly,.
rf Louisville Ledger.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-23
ATowno OF Luna,ics.
.om the Washlngton Patriot. ]

From the Washington Patriot.l
When the grave-digger in Hamlet-we
think it was the grave-digger-cited
England as a paft Of the globe where
all were crazy, he had never, evidently,
heard of the village OF Gheel, in Elan
ders, not far from Antwerp, the home Of
llOO free and independent lunatics.
Rarely does anybody 90 to Gheel, unless
thet body be demented. Occasionally,
however, casual strangers find their way
there. aud bring back with them strange
stories of what ami whom they have
seen. One Of this class not long since
made q journey 10 Gheel. To reach Is
he crossed in q light wagon, a broad
track of nnproduetive moOrland, lying
brown and bare, with the wind blowing
drearily across Is. The village reached,
the houses we're found TO be mostly old
and tottering, low in size, and the vide
street, on either side Of which they lie,
is quite grass-grown. AS he drove along
this street to the shabby inn Of the
Mace q few foot passengers were met
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To be paid Immediately after the Distribu-
tion takes place.
oil the cause demands

tits earnestly hoped that this modest call on
the public for assistance will meet with
that hearty response that the just
II ness of the ennsa demands
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-23
Divorce Manufacturing In Penn
syIvan1a.

sylvanfa.
The Harrisburg correspondent of the
Pittsburg Leader graphically describes
how an application for divorce between
two unhappily mated Crawford county
people was put through the Legislature
on the eve of adjournment. Its report
is Photographic, and is as follows:
Tap, tap, of the gavel. This, "
shouts Mr.. Speaker, is the Senate bill
No. 1856, entitled an act to dissolve the
marriage contract between John and
Catherine Shuler, etc. Shall the bill
be-" rVr rhasse
" Mr.. Speaker"
The gentleman from Crawford.
Mr.. Speaker this bill is a meritori-
ous one. / have charge of it. Catha-
rine Shuler, the complainant, residedfor
many years in Meadville. She was re-
spected as a."
Aye, aye, aye, aye" from all parts of
the already bored House. NV
The gentleman from Crawford takes
the hint and sits down.
Speaker: Shall this bill be read
{ nol' } by title ?" (i.Aye, ayefD Shall
it be considered read2
Aye, ayel
" Shall the bill pass2
Ayer" (multitudinous.
" Carried. "
And Catherine and John we're twain
again as easily as rolling of log Who
wants any better free lovs2l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-23

THOMAS L. HILLs, JAMES COLEMAN,
TOBIAS WOLFE, w. D. WOODsoN.
1919 -.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-23
35l Premiums to be Distributed in
Conformity to Law.

The Board of Directors in commencing this
carried out in good faith. The high character
and standing of the managers selected will
be sufficient guarantee that perfect fairness
will control the distribution.
It's hoped and expected that this scheme
will prove a financial success, as every dollar
will be appropriated in buildings and improv-
ing the grounds, 10 such degree as to render
them source Of pride TO every citizen Of
Memphis. Shelby county, and the adjacent
country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-23
PUBLICATION.

MO PAPER IN MEMPHIS is A BETTER
~ advertising medium than the Western
nethodfsl, it having within the limits of
which Memphis is the commercial center a
very large circulation. This can be known
and read Of all who may become interested.
Judicious advertising will pay. Our Office is
Z7916 Main street, up stairs. in same building
with Boyle 4 Chapman.
sgt R.W. BLEW &CO.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-07-13

CONCENTRATED LONELINESS "A CORE
snoudpnt writes that the natives Of the
Tavipators Islands are the finest specimens
~ mankind that have been found in the
poynpsian world. They are polite, intrlli-
sent. aud hospltable, and are.gM'd Christians.
fhrr language is soft and harmonious
ihry are noted for their chastity and moral
behavior. They have Intelligent and pleasant
countpnances and modest demeanOr, and a
most noble carriage of ther person. Many
of the females are no darker than Spanish
brunette, are very handsome, with the mos,
symmetrical forms. They have never been
drawn up in machine of torture that was
never heard of among all the diabOlical
inventions of the inqui>itiOn-a machine ot
wLaI.bone and steel and cord and pullays and
levers; a machine far more ridiculous and
mischipvou> than the IRON shoe of China, a.
the body and vitasof a human being are oi
more value than the foot But they stand out
in their bpattic nudity and lov-lintss. the EN-
bIpm of the great Masters handiwOrk in hi,
happiest mood, combination of beauty
grace, and innocence. which no Christian car
look upon without the deepest sentiments o
love and admiration both toward the Creator
and the created.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-07-13

A TREASURE SEEKER AND HIS TROUBLES
Mr. smith, of Troy, n. Y, is not only foo,
Of the first water but a knave of the deepes,
dye Mr.. Smith has a regard for matrimony 80
great indeed that he has indulged in that ques
tionable luxury five several times, aud is not
sppea-ed vet rhe tltn Mrs. Smith. whom he
married some eight months ago. was widow,
with one daughter. Mrs. Smith was Il clairvoy
ant, az was also her daughter. Smith the con
nnbially inclined after inviting the latter to live
with him and her mother, turned her out of
doors short time after
Al went smoothly with the couple after that,
the wife occasionally telling fortunes, and thereby
earning much pin money, and the husband pur
suing his usua avocatlon, which was not the
pursuit of wives, as NAV he imagined. 1t came
10 pass, at last, that Mrs. Smith went into
trance, and dreamed that in a certain place in
Vermont was hidden sum Of money, and il her
husband would put 800 in the Bible, and 90 to
Vermont, he would find the money. The idiot
followed her advice, went, and came back sad
der but not wiser man, as the sequel will
show, for his wife lold him he went to the wrong
place. and he must put $40 in certain chapter
Of the Bible and go again, which he did
Smith came back without finding red cent
went to the Bible for what he had put there
but not cent was in that Bible. The $17O had
vanished, and his wife, going into another
trance, told him man named Babcock haC
taken it. wheieupon Smith turned her into tn,
street, where she died, as the coroner's inques
decided. of congestion of the brain When in
formed of her death, Smith said he wouldn'
pay cent of her funeral expenses, and that tn
county IN sht nay it. He hasn't got his none
yet which is very good thing.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-07-13
Msnory's Garden.
ZEE 0oiden hinges

Back on its golden hinges
Tho cate Of memory SWINGS
~ ~. nv heart goes into the garden.
And walks with the olden things
rhs aid time joys and pleasures
The loves that it used to Know
r, meets there In the garden'
And they wander to and iro'
II heareth peal Of laushter'
T, seeth face most fair;
II thrills with a wild. strange rapture
Az the glance ola dark eye th"re'
II ,:rayeth und' the sunset
Tn the midst ola merry throng'
And heats in tunetul IN measure
II the snatch Of floating song,
II heareth strain of music
Swell on the dreamy air;
A strain that i. never sounded.
Save in the garden there;
II vanders among the roses.
And thrills at y l0ng-l"st kiss.
And plows, at the touch of fingers.
In tremor of foolish bliss.
rut all is not fair in the garden:
There's sorrowing sob Of pain;
There are tear drops bitter. scalding;
And the roses are tempest slain.
But shut the gate of the garden.
An1walk in the presents ways;
Far its auiet paths are better
Than the pain of those vanished days.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-23
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Diseased Digesti6n.-H chronic indiges-
ton affected the stomach only it might be
mere easily borne; but it gives rise. insyita-
bly,. 70 many other diseases affecting the
liver. the nerves. the bowels and the brain.
Biliousness, nervous tremors, constipation,
headache and terrible. mental Disturbances
are among its usual Accomplishments. In
fact, every organ. every fire Of the
frame. synpathiEes with the debilitsted
and diseased stomach. What is needed
in such a case? Clearly an Alternative and
invigorant; and among medicines Of that
class Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is beyond
all comparison or estimate. the beat. Mere
purgatives only deprive the system Of the lit
tie strength that disease has left it. Salivsnts
have the same effect. The whole internal or
gsnism has gone wrong. and can only be
put right and kept right By a medicine
in which the tonic and stimulating ele-
ments predominant. but are qualified and
modified By anti-bilious aperients and blood
purifying components. Now. the truth is and
the medical faculty, as well as the public.
know the faetl, that Hostetter's Bittsrs con-
tain every ingredient requisite for the cure Of
dyspepsia and all the ailments Of body and
mind which it involves. This has been proved
in so many thousands OF instances that i.
seems almost idle to repeat the statement.
The great tonic rallies exhausted nature.
from whatever cause enfeebled. and perma-
nently recruits the vigor Of the neryes. the
muscles and the brain. It's effect upon the
brain is to give strength TO the will and pre-
cisioR 10 the judgment, and TO Danish de-
spondency and that infrmity Of purpose
which generally accompanies bodily weak
ueFa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-23
PETITION FOR INCORPORATION.
mo. 537.l
In the First Chancery Court Of Shelby
County, Tenn.

WHEREAS, G.. H. LATHAM, G. +.
w Smith, J. w. jefferson, G. Il. Curtis, B,
Hobart. W. b. Kimball and A. S. Walcott
have filed petition in the First Chancery
Court of Shelby county praying to be incor-
porated The Continental Press Company"
and by that name to have succession, to sue
and be sued, TO have and use a SEAL change
and alter the same at pleasure, TO have ali
rights, etc., as by law belong to corporations.
nessee to have a capital stock of $40, 600, with
the privilege Of increasing same to 500, 900;
the stock to be divided into shares Of S25, $50
or 500 each; to appoint such oticerss direc
tors. trustees or agents as by their bylaws
may be prescribed for their government, ETC..
TO take. buy and sell, or otherwise hold and
dispose Of all such real and personal property
as may be necessary for the operations of their
business; to negotiate loans by bonds or mort.
cages, etc.
That they be permitted TO engage in the
business of COMPRISING, storing and hand
ling cotton, or other merchandise, and the
transportation Of cotton, merchandise and
other freights East. West, North and South,
or other directions.
1t is therefore ordered that all parties wish
ing so TO do make their appearance herein at
the court house of said court, in Memphis.
Tennessee. on or before the First Monday in
May, 1872, and show cause, If any they have.
why letters of incorporation should not be-
granted as prayed for in said petition, and
that a copy eff this rule be published for thirty
days in the Memphis PUBIC LEDGER. This
April ]. 1872.
A copy. Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE,
Clerk and Master.
By X. ]. BLACK. Deputy Clerk and Master.
Randolph. Hammond 4 Jordan, attorneys.
28-58
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-23
INSURANCE.
LEGAL.
PETITION TO AMEND CHARTER.
mo. 544, RI
In the First Chancery Court Of Shelby
County, Tenn.

The Peoples Insurance Company Of the City
Of Memphis. ex-parte. Petition to amend
Charter.
UJHEREAS, THE PEOPLES INSU-
w rance Company of the City of Memphis.
a corporate body created by act Of the Legis-
lature of Tennessee, passed March s, 1867. and
having its place of business in the city of
Memphis. county and State aforesaid, have
this day filed petition in said Court praying
to have its Charter SO amended as to make
section thereof read as follows:
Section 8. BE it further enacted, That in
the election of Directors of eaid Company,
and in all elections, each stockholder shall be-
entitled TO vote upon the basis of one vote for
each share of stock that he or she may own
Shares may be voted upon by the executor or
administrator, of deceased owner. and by
proxy; and these rules shall apply to all
voting by the stockholders."
Also, that its corporate franchise may be so
enlarged as to grant it the additional power
to unite and consolidate with, or purchase,
hold and enjoy the franchises, rights and
privileges of any other fire and marine in
snrance company.
1t is therefore ordered that all persons
desiring so to do make their appearance
herein, at the courthouse of said Court. in
the city Of Memphis, Tennessee on or before
the first Monday in June. 1872. and show
cause, if any they have, why the prayer of
petitioner should not be granted and the
Charter amended as desired; and that a copy
of this order be published for thirty days in
the PUBLIC LEeGRR. This April Is, 1872.
A copy-attest: Il. A. COLE,
By E. B. McHEsRY, Dep. Clerk and aster-
Kortrecht a Craft and j. W. Scales, solicit
tors for Detiiioners 1869
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and If eran.od shall be nun and void for an

VI
Sec. IS. That any and all licenses issued un-
der this ordinance or other city ordinance,
shall be for the so.e and exclusive use ana sNi
whose benefit such license shall be issued:
And all licenses which may be Issued from and
after the passage Of this ordinance, shall not
be transferable by the owner or holder there
Of to any person. under any pretense what
aver until the owner of such license shall ap-
ply 10 the City Register to transfer the same,
which transfer may be made BY said Register
the same pay to the Tax Collector on Priyi-
leges the tax he may owe to the city from the
date Of said license up to. the time such trans.
fer Is made. and IN compnance Win Inc pond
issued for said license; and all licenses for
which specific sums are charged and not is
sued upon giving bond may be transferred by
said Register without the rendition OF an ac-
count. The fee for transfer shall IN each case
be two dollars. payable to the Register for his
use and benefit. Z. ~ hYl, lsH
Sec "a That no license which may be issued
under this or other city ordinance shall em-
brace or authorize more than one business
pursuit or ayocation; and all persons desiring
70 pursue or carry on more than one pursuit or
occupation shall take out separate and dis
tinct license for each pursuit, and pay the full
tax required by ordinance for each one.
Sec. Is. That for all licenses for which spe-
cific sums are charged, the parties obtaining
such licenses shall not give bond and security
except in cases that may be otherwise provided
sec. 20. Each and every person obtaining a
city license under the provisions Of this ofdi-
nance shall, when called on by police officer,
exhibit the same 10 him, and on failure or re-
fusal to do so, shall be fined in a sum not less
than five dollars nor more than than twenty
FIVE dollars. w n sk
Sec, 81. That the ordinances now In force
regulating the Issuance Of Licences for the ex
ercise of PRIVILEGES be, and the same are here
by continued in force and each person, cor
poration and firm exercising any one Of the
branches Of business, occupations or profe-
sions. herein before taxed as privileges, in the
city of Memphis. shall take out license
authorizing him TO do SO. and when so taken
out. such license shall be evidence OF the pay
ment of the tax herein levied upon the same.
Sec. %. Each and every person exercising
any one of the branches of business ocouIa-
tions or professions herein before taxed with
out first having paid the tax thereon, or
having obtained the license herein requited
to be taken out, shall be guilty Of misie-
meanOr and upon arrest and conviction there
of before the Recorder, shall be fined for each
separate ofense. not less than five nor more
than fifty dollars. . $500,
See 20, All ordinances in CONFLICT with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed. ~ ta ...-.
Passed second and final reading by Board
of Common Council, April 9, 1872.
Passed second and final reading by Board
of Aldermen. April 8, 1872.
Approved April II. 1872.
Attest: JOHN JOHNSON, Mayor.
L. r. RICHARDS. City Register. 3S-47
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Attachment Notice.
Walker q HOrrisanO Before P. N; Whit,

Walker & Horrigan Before P. N. Winters,
VIII. Heart. for Shelly county.
TN THE ABOVE NAMED SUIT AFFIDA-
under section 1856 of the Code Of Tennessee.
that the defendant is q NONRESIDENT of the
State of Tenne ssee. and il. Justly indebted to
the plaintiffs in the sum Of one hundred dol
lars, due by account, and that the claim is
By me, and returned by thu proper officer
levied (; it is therefore ordered taat the defend
ant appear before me at my office, No. 40
North Court street, in the city Of Memphis,
Tennessee, on the 9Th day Of Nay. 1877, at
ten O'clock a. m, and defend this suit, or the
same will be proceeded with ex partc !; and
that a copy of this notice be published once
week for four consecutive week.. in the Public
Ledger. Z. M. WINTERS, J.P. d..
36-42-4S-s4
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ORDINANCE.
An Ordinance in Relation to City
Printing.


30 il Ordained by the General Council of the
City of Memphis:
SECTION 1. That so much Of the ordinances
now in force as contemplate the election of
one City Printer be and the same are hereby
Sec. q That the Mayor aud Printing Com
mittee. with the consent of the General Coun-
Gil, be and are hereby authorized to make
several and distinct contracts with different
persons for The printing and publishing the
proceedings Of the General Council, the ordi-
nances, the advertisements, the, manufactur-
ing Of blank books, and the job work of the
city, or any Of them separately.
Sec. 3. That this ordinance take effect and
be in force from and after its passage. and
that all inconsistent ordinances be repealed.
Passed second and final reading by Board
of Aldermen April 4. 1872.
Passed third and final reading by Common
Council April 4, 1872.
Approved, April IL, 1872.
Attest: n JOHN JOHNSON. Mayor.
L. RICHARDS. City Register. 3847
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-23
mo. SO. r. d.
In the Second Chancery Court Of
Shelby County, Tenn.
E. II. Allen and Virginia Allen, his wife,

Ell. Allen and Virginia Allen, his wife,
VS..
W. P. York. administrator Of Joseph
Massey, deceased, and others, tn. heirs
at law of Joseph Massey, deceased.
TT APPEARING FROM THE BILL WHICH
il duly sworn TO in this cause that the de-
fendants Thomas breckenridge and tennessee
Massey Breckenridge, his wife, and Charles
Gray, Josephine Gray. Whitfield Gray and
Clarence II. Gray, last four supposed TO be
minors and heirs at law OF Eli and Alabama
Gray; and Sarah \. Byron, Joseph T. By
rom, William r. Byron, - Hill and Martha
Ann BYRON, his wife, heirs at law Of = Byron
and Marian Massey, his wife, are each and all
pon-residents Of the State of Tennessee; and
that the residence of the defendants Richard
B. Massey and Lucinda I. Massey is un-
known and cannot be ascertained after dill
gent inquiry, but they are believed to be non
residents Of the State of Tennessee, and that
this bill is filed for the purpose Of enforcing
the specific performances Of a contract for the
purchase and sale Of l62H acres Of land in
Shelby county, Tennessee, made by the COM
plainant Virginia Allen. formerly Virginia
Sloan, and Joseph Massey. now deceased, abd
for decree for the purchase money and for
sale of the said land to satisfy the said debt
Il is therefore ordered by the Clerk and Mas
ter, that said defendants make their ap-
pearance herein. at the courthouse Of tie
Second Chancery Court Of Shelby county,
in the city of Memphis, Iennessee, on or
before the first Monday IN May, 1872, and
plead. answer or denur 10 eomplainants' bill,
or the same will be taken for confessed as TO
them and set for hearing ex-parte; and that
COPY Of this order be published once q week,
for. four us1ccessiyeo weeks, in the Public
Ledger This April9 lS2,
A eoPy-attest; M. d; 1. STEWART.
Bye BEtosER, Deputy Clerk and Master.
Randolph, Hammond q Jordan. solicitors
for complainant. A-p46-2z