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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30
Kate CIazlon,. .stagen naby.

New York Herald, December 3d.
Everyone who has visited the Ly-l
ceum Theater during the performance
of the Double Marriage has been
amused by the real, live baby which
is brought on the stage during the
third act, and the ladies invariably
become ecstatic. The suggestion hav-
ing been made that the child must be
drugged to render it SO passive, the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children yesterday sent Miss Clax-
ton the following letter:
OFFICE SOCIETY FOR THE PREvEE-
TIoN OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN, New
YORK, December %, 1878-Proprie-
tor, manager or any other person in
charge of the Lyceum Theater-Sir
Complaint has been made to this So
ciety that in the play known as the
Double Marriage, now being per-
formed at the above mentioned thea
ter, a very young infant is used in a
manner to endanger its life and health;
that it is very roughly thrown about,
and is evidently kept under the in
huence of some drug to prevent its
crying. As is usual in such cases, we
respectfully call your attention to the
allegations made, and would also sug-
gest that for all purposes of the play a
dummy could be used, thereby giving
no cause for complaint. Trusting to
your we'll known courtesy to remedy
this evil, | am, very respectfully,
b. FELLowEs JENKINS,
superintendent and Secretary.
Miss Claxton was found bya Herald
reporter in her private Office Of the
theater, apparently absorbed in bust
ness.
What course do you intend to
pursue about the baby, Miss Claxton2'
Il have not as yet decided. | am
confident, however, that when the
society understand all the circum-
stances, they will not persist in this
demand"
"Tell me all about the child,
please"
1.-THE child's name is Joseph Kraus,
and he is three months old. The little
ones people are poor, and the child's
salary, which is $40 a week, is, nc
doubt, of great assistance to them.
The baby is very healthy, and, so far
from being roughly handled, is a great
pet with all of us. hold the child
in my arms, as does Mrs. Lingard and
Mrs. Dayidge, and we are all of u'
mothers, more or less. Its mother
stands at the wing to take it from u
every night"
SIS the child drugged or given any.
thing to keep it quiet?"
"No, indeed. | was particular t.
question its mother, and she assured
me that she gave it nothing of an!
kind to keep it quiet. Its cries coul(
not be heard, we all make such a row
at the footlights in that part of tn,
play. Really, l think it would be
shame to take the child off the stag
and deprive its parents of the salar.
that it earns
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30
ENORMOUS FOXES.
Tell That to the Marines.
Now York SUM-

New York SUM-
There we're three persons on a
Dyersburg stage, and they were enter
tanning each other with yarns of travel
that is, two Of them were doing the
talking. The third, a clergyman, was
rather quiet, and had little to say.
The takers had been pouring out
marvellous stories Of gigantic fish,
enormous snakes, huge mosquitoes,
etc, each trying to outdo the other in
lying-all Of which was evidently for
the detection Of the innocent and gull
lible looking parson. One had just
finished a big frog tale, and the twain
were winking at each other and
watching its effect on the preacher,
when that individual aroused himself,
and observed
Pardon me, gentlemen; do you
see that cotton-gin on the right.
there y
Yes, they saw a cotton-gin.
You notice that it is run by an
old horsepower y
Yes, they noticed il.
well, that gin was once the prop.
erty Of old Jason Sanders, a great
hunter and trapper in his day. One
autumn, right in the midst Of the gin.
ming season, an epidemic broke ouI
among the stock IN this section. San.
ders lost everything he had that coulC
pull his power, and he was forced t.
stop his gin with most Of his cotton il
the seed. Neither horses, mules no.
steers could be buy; and-well, sirs
he took 10 the woods and caught fou.
immense live red foxes-oh the,
were giants-nothing like them eve.
seen before in this country-and tn,
very next day, gentlemen, he
"Oh, yes, he made them foxes rul
his gin. Well, that is a whopper.'
Tell that to the marines, OLE
man."
was going 70 say, gentlemen tina
: the very next day he took those foxe
/, to town and got q big notice in tn
! paper. | never heard OF his runnin.
his gin with them"
And then the two travellers locke
at each other wistfully and then on
Of them proposed that they get out an.
, walk up the hill,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30
The Rnrroom Ren Pinch.

New York Herald Richmond Telegram.
The returns of the Moffet system Of
liquor taxation, embracing the whole
State, and covering the first fiscal
year, have just been made public.
They show that the registers and Ii
censes combined only produce $50, $3.50
more than the old system, a great dig
appointment. 1t was claimed for the
registers that they would yield at least
$500, 900 per annum. In many local
titles public opinion has been against
the law, and in consequence little real
earnest effort has been made to en-
force it. Dealers have in many IN
stances neglected to ring the bell upon
She sale of drinks, and have not been
reported because their customers re-
garded the law as oppressive, inquisl-
torial and unjust. In Richmond,
where the court was certainly active
enough in prosecutions, it is conced-
ed that only about half of the drinks
are now registered fer taxation that
used to be when the register was first
introduced. This is more especially
the case with small GROCERIES. Now,
as some offset to these d~iscouragine
symptoms, it should be said that the
law is susceptible of amendment that
will increase its efficiency, and that
Moifet has a much better register than
the one now in use, but as the liqnor
dealers are clamorons for a repeal Of
the law, and viii undertake to prepare
abill that will raise more money by
the simple license system, it is doubt.
full If the Mofet plan will be much
longer continued. DIR. Mofet is .
leader Of the readjusters. He is JUS
now IN an awkward position. He
would like to see his system a success
but 1t Is the policy Of his party not t,
put money into the State treasury
Between these conflicting interests h,
Is thought to wayer and, in tn,
meantime, the enemies Of the bell
puch, relying upon the years result t,
prove 1t afailure, are urgently de
manding its repeal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30
IS IT HEREsYs
Trouble Threatened In the Presbyterian
ehuroh---A Movement Started to
Brand as HerstICs All
Who Believe In Chrlst's SecORd Coming
to Reign on Earth.

Philadelphia Record
Trouble is brewing in the Presby-
terrain Church Of the United States.
1t has ;.s origin in a question Of doc
trine. OF recent years what is known
as the Pre-millennarian beiief-that
Christ, on his second coming, will
reign on this earth for a thousand
years before the final judgment-has
been steadily growing among the Pres
byterians. This fact was strikingly
demonstrated at the recent prophetic
conference held in New York, when
papers sustaining the full position of
tho Second Adyentists were read by
prominent Presbyterian c%lergymen.
The widespread discussion which has
followed the conference has also af-
forded many other clergymen of the
same faith an opportunity Of express
ing their opinions. AS a result of this
action a strong feeling is being gener-
ated in the church. A still larger
following hold to the opinion that the
teaching Of such doctrines by Presby-
terians is nothing short Of heresy.
They declare that, although the high
est body in the church has never yet
made any direct deliverance on the
subject, yet it has always been recog-
nized as the standard of the church,
based upon the general belief of Chris
tendon, that the second coming Of
Christ will be the final Judgment. The
POST illennarians, or those who hold
to this opinion, have an able cham
pion in Prof. Biggs, of the New York
Theological Seminary, who is writing
a series of vehement attacks on the
re-Millennarians, under the pseudo
nym Of Westminster in the Evan
gelist.
Although the struggle Is yet in it:
infancy, Professor Biggs and his fol
lowers very plainly intimate that the
Pre- Millennarians shouldnot be toler.
ated in the Presbyterian church, and
threats have already been made that
offending preachers will be indicted
as heretics before the next genera
assembly, which meets in Saratoga IL
May, 1879.
in this city the question is exciting
much interest among the Presbyterian.
although it has not yet been carried t.
the pulpits. Yesterday it was debated
at a meeting of the Presbyterian
Ministerial Association, Rev. DR.
Breed speaking against the pre-millen
marian theory, and Rev. DR.. Baker, 0
Camden, taking the other side. Tn
debate was considered of so much in
terest that, contrary to the genera
rule of the association, it was decided
to carry it over to another meeting
and the argument will consequent.
be resumed a fortnight hence.
Expressions of opiniOn from a mum
Der Of leading Presbyterian diviRes Q
Philadelphia tend to show that, Will
they hold that the difference of doc
trine is Of vital Importance to tn
church, they are not yet prepared {
declare that those who are deviatin
from the old and strict construction
the standards should be branded an
punished as heretics. Most of then
however, agree that the belief of tn
church on this point should be def
nitely recorded, and that action in tn
matter should certainly be taken a
the forthcoming meeting Of the genel
al assembly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30


The present funding scheme of the
city is open to this serious objection:
1t accepts all bonds compromised and
permits the holders of others to stand
aloof and demand dollar for dollar.
None of them could have been forced
in. but all could have had an equal
chance by providing hat a trustee or
trustees should register and hold all
bonds offered for compromise a given
time, say one or two years, and if at
the end Of that time the scheme proved
unsatisfactory, or had not been ae-
cepted by all the holders, the bonds
turned in should have been returned.
As it is new bonds at fifty cents on the
dollar have been issued and the old
bonds, as we understand it, have been
cancelled. This gives those who refuse
to compromise a great advantage. 1t
is usual in compromising a large pubic
or private debt to place all bona fde
creditors upon the same footing. This
sound principle was disregarded in the
city funding scheme, and now We be-
gin to realize the effect. Every dollar
funded only stiffened up those who re-
fused to fund. A large class Of city
bondholders laugh at those who ac-
cepted the compromise. and refuse to
take less than dollar for dollar. Some
of these bonds mature shortly, and
hen we will be called upon and man
damused to pay the principal as well
as the interest.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30
AN AWFUL BOSTON BRUNETTE
She RObs Her Husband, EIOpes with
His Cousin, Takes a Continental
Tour and Meets Mr.. DOran
in Dallas.
DalIas rTeEasl Herald

Dallas Texas Herald
Major joan Doran, a railroad con-
tractor Of Carroll, Mo, created a SEN
sation on Main street, neal the post
Office, yesterday at dusk, by stopping
a heavily-veiled woman whom he said
was his truant wife. Calling her en-
dearing names, he protested that he
had not only condoned her infidelity,
but would even forget her maynard
ness if she would return to his home
and their five anxious children. The
woman feigned surprise at first, but as.
he continued his hold upon her shout
ders anger got the best of her judg-
ment, and, unwilling herself, she
threatened to have him arrested as an
impostor who was attempting to black
mail her. Failing in this maneuver,
she took his arm, whispered some
thing in his ear, and they walked hur-
riedly to the corner Of Murphy street,
where they separated, the woman
going toward Elm street and Doran
returning down Main street in search
Of a policeman.
Parties here who know Major Doran
say that in June last his wife, having
disposed of his promissory notes and
due bills at a heavy discount, bagged
all the jeWelry of her daughters and
silyerware Of the household, eloped
with John Allen, a handsome, grace
less cousin Of her husband. They
went to California for a season, then
returned eastward to Denver, where
she was arrested for robbery on the
affidavit of her husband, and finally
! released on a writ of habeas corpus,
j., the Judge holding that under the law;
; Of Missouri the charge could not be
sustained, as a wife could not steaI
from her husband, all property being
community. The same old story was
the sequence of the elopement. Hav-
ing ~squandered her money her para.
q mour abandoned her. Want of money
and employment forced her into a fla.
grant life Of shame. With the winter
+ season she drifted to Denison, anC
I thence to Dallas, where she entere,
G the iniquitous house of Annie Wilson
? under the name Of Lima Ruth, Of De
t Moines, Iowa.
Major Doran served with distinction
d in the Fourth Mississippi cavalry dur
0 ing the war between the States, on tn
n Confederate side, and at its close re
moved with his family to Missouri
where, as a contractor on the Hanni
bal and st. Joe and other railroads, h
y amassed means which placed him il
Independent circumstances. Genla
and generous, his home became tn
asylum of his unprincipled cousin
n He has a family of five children, tn
eldest being a daughter in her four
d teenth year. His wife, alias Lin
Ruth, is a fascinating brunette, re
1t markedly well preserved. She was
school teacher before marriage, and
Ie native Of Boston,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30

TOMORROW night the people of
Memphis will have a fair and free
opportunity to discuss and hear dis
oussed the proposed repeal of the city
charter. Since the recent agitation Of
this subject there has been time for
investigation, thought and an inter
change of views. Therefore, the ac-
ton taken tomorrow night at the
Greenlaw Opera House will have far
greater weight than a hastily called
melting. We sincerely trust that the
question will be discussed upon its
merits, and that the main facts will
be brought out.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30
How an EIOpement was Frus
trated.

NofflhtoHu nerdlQ.I
An English girl, near Manchester,
tied . string TO her toe and let 1.-THE
string, not the toe-hang out the win
dow for a gentleman friend to pull in
order that she might not miss her mu-
sic lessons. The rector Of the church,
it is further stated, hearing Of the ar
rangement, refused the couple the
sacrament. Once upon a time a young
lady who desired to get up with the
lark in order to 60 on a shopping tour,
adopted the English girls plan, and
the lover was to be on hand at day
break to give the signal. The string
used for the pedal communication was
a stout cord, and one end was dropped
out Of the third story window into the
back yard, and the other end, Of
course, was attached to the damsel' Is
great toe. And the legend runs hat
a healthy goat Of the William persua-
sion arose early next morning to look
for the early worm, as it were, and
wandered into the yard.
After eating up all the cid tomato
cans, barrel slaves, and broken
crockery ware, he found the string
and took that in as dessert. AS soor
as the cord was drawn taut the goat
stood up on his hind legs and gave The
string an impulsiye jerk The CIR
awoke. The goat gave another sud.
den pull, ard Che maiden jumped ogl
of bed with a smothered cry Of pain
Then she stopped down to detach tn,
cord Just as the ridiculous beast gay,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30

The Vicksburg Herald Of the 18th
says: "Ex-P President Jefferson Davis
arrived Thursday night by the steamer
r. f.. Lee, and viii spend a few days
with his relatives here. We are in
formed he is in excellent health
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30
Administrator Notice.

HAVING duly qualified as administrator
IL ofDr. b. W. AYenti deceased, all portions
having claims against his estate are hereby
notified TO present them, duly authenticated,
to me within tha time prescribed by law; and
persons indebted 10 said estate are requested
to come forward and make payment or prompt
steps will be taken to enforce collections.
JONATHAN W, CURRIN, Admir-.
December q, 1878. 102-108-ll4-ll0
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30

1t was a loving but %jocular husband
who, when his wife asked him what
she was going to have in her stocking,
replied: You are just the sweetest
thing | care to see in it,"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30

Thousands and thousands Of chill
dren die each year Of dysentery and
diarrhea that could have been saved
if their mothers had given them DR..
Bulls Baby Syrup. Price 25c a bottle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30

The Boston Post wants some one to
tell it how earthquakes are started.
We'll, the wife says yes, and the has
band says no; and then the earth be-
gins to quake. II Loleveland Sunday
Voice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30

Be quick to believe good Of your
Heighbors. So may you while still on
earth enjoy the society Of angels.
saltwater Lumberman.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30
LOCAL.
Notice in Bankruptcy.

O~N~~ III DNLAAA WPVOJf
In the District Court Of the United States for
the District Of West Tennessee-In the mat
ter of John b. Tilden-In bankruptcy.
uhE undersigned hereby gives notice Of his
den, Of Memphis, Shelby county, Tenn.
HERBERT RHETT, Assignee.
Memphis, Decomber23, 1873, 9S-l04-110
NOTICE is hereby given that IhAve been
~ appointed administrator, with the will
annexed, upon the estate Of the late Mrs. r..
A.. Lonsdale. All persons having claims
against said estate will present them as re-
quired by law. Persons indebted will please
call and settle. b. RICHMOND,
Administrator, with will.
December 2b, 1878. l0l-llO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30
"Wednesday, January is, 1879,

in legal hours, in front Of the courthouse,
Memphis, Tenn, proceed to sellto tho highest
bidder, for cash, the following described prop
erty, tO-Wit;
Lots /, o, 8, as, G., 4, 70, IS and 14of VIM. r.
Jones' tract Of land located in tho Thirteenth
Civil District, Shelby county, Tenn, contain
ing each thlrty-six acres. Also lots Is and Ii
Of A. j. Hays, subdivision, fronting each
l02 5-12 feet on Middleton avenue with adepth
Of 3l516 feet In Shelby county, Tenn, together
with tho appurtenancos aud improvements
thereon.
Levied on as the property Of defendant,
David Meade, To satisfy said judgment, in
terest and costs.
Memphis, December 10, 1875.
E. l.. MCGOWAN,
Sheriff Of Shelby County, Tenn.
BY D.. q. SHELBY, DIS.
Beleher a Jordan, Attorneys for plaintiffs.
W-103-lN
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30
SherlR's Sale of Real Estate.

DUBII0 notice is hereby given that by vir-
i tue Of a venditioni exponAs to me directed
from the Honorable Circuit Court Of Shelby
county, Tenn, in the case Of b. Lowenstein
on the 3Oth day Of April, 1873, for tho sum Of
three hundred and ninety-six dollars and
eighty-one cents, with interest and costs Of
suit, 70 satisfy said judgment, etc., / will, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-30
Mondnr Rrsninr, De. 30. ls7s.

Publisher and PrOpristo
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-05-25
cREDULITY PERsONIFIED.

The Piute Indians have all the super
stition common to their race, together
with moro credulity than is generally
found in the native Americans. Their
relations with the whites have been for
SO long time of peaceful nature, that
they have ceased to look with distrust
upon their pale.fsced brothers. Such,
at least, is the case in medical matters.
A strange fact may be cited in this con-
nection. BY some means, the untutored
savage has been brought to believe that
the sex of child may be fixed at will by
it's parents before its birth. Indeed,
this is still an open question with scien-
lists, but the News does not wish to
enter into the discussion at this time.
With the Indians, this belief has been
reduced to q settled conviction. They
are also unanimous upon the necessary
specific for accomplishing the desired
object. At one drug store on the Com.
stock are kept little glass bottles, each
containing q small amount Of cologne
and q peculiar figure representing baby,
These images are supposed by our un-
improved red men to have powerful
effect in determining the sex of the pro-
spective infant. The bottles are pur-
chased by the bucks for fifty cents a
piece, and during the time that the
squaw is enceinte she is given each day
drop of the fluid contained in the
bottle. If q son ia desired, a bottle con-
tanning figure which looks like boy
is chosen, while the reverse is the case
if daughter is wanted to help in the
menial duties and drudgeries around the
family wickiup. The mother is allowed
no discretion in this matter, as the father
arrogates to himself the right to regulate
all family matters OF course the medi-
| cine fails to work, once in while. and
then the displeasure of the lord falls
heavily upon his unfortunate spouse.
He never doubts the integrity of the
druggist who pockets his cash, but
thinks upon some particular occasion
the woman has failed to swallow the dose
administered How this practice was
originated is not known. 1t was first
started, in all probability. as q good
natured jest by some waegish Doctors
clerk, and ohancing we'll the first time,
was at once received with favor by the
aboriglnes. Hill News.