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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-16

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ChanCery Sale of Real Estate

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county,
Tennessee-W. B. Williamson vs.. A. H..
Smith.
DY virtue of an interiocutory decree for sale
~ entered in the. above cause on tho Sd
day Of July, 1879, M. b. 2, page IS, / will
sell at public auction TO the highest bidder,
in front Of the Clerk and Masters Office,
courthouse of Shelby county, Memphis
Tennessee,
ON s0turday, December O., 1879,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
Two certain parcels, or tracts Of land, stu
sted and being in the Seventh Civil District.
tract mol beginning at o stake the northwest
corner OF Dock Carter's home tract; thence
west 10 poles TO a stake near q white oak;
thence south 30 poles and 20 links to the mid
die of Fletcher creek, under the east side OF
bridge; thence in an easterly direction with
the channel of said creek to a take, said
Dock Oarters southwest corners OF P.id homo
tract; thence north with his west boundary
line 10 poles 70 the beginning, containing by
estimation, So acres. Also tract No. q, being
the west corner OF S. A. Munson's, ali on the
north side Of Fletcher creek, beginning in s.
A. Munson's west line, in the center of the
main bed Of said creek with sweet-gum point-
ors; thence west 10 chains to the northwest
corner Of said Munson's tract, with maple
pointers; thence east s chains to a stake, with
sweet-gum and white oak pointers, the north
east corner of the part north of said crock;
thence south 5 chains to a stake; thence east
to the center of Fletcher's creef: thence down
said creek to the beginning; &C ataining nine
81 aeres, more or less.
Terms Of sale-Un a credit of six months,
purchaser to execute note with good security.
Lien retained; redemption barred.
This November, 1879.
X J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
G. r. BARTEAU, Solicitor. SGT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-16
LEGAL
Chancsry Sale Of Real Estate,

R, SSg7-Chancery Court. Of Shelby county
Paul S. Jones and James D. Jones, partners
rs Jones Brothers, vs. John II Terrell.
Elizabeth B. Terrill and al.
DY virtue Of an interlocutory decree for sale.
ID entered in the above cause on the Str day
Of March, 1879, M. b, %, p. 404, / will sell. Al
public auction, TO the highest bidder, in front
OF the clerk and masters office, courthouse OF
Shelby county. Memphis, Tenn, on
Saturday, December 20, 1879,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county. Tenn,
to-wit; A certain tract, eighteen miles in d
sOutheasterly direction from Memphis, on
the line Of the Memphis and Charleston rail.
road and bounded as follows, to-wit: On the
east by the lands Of Meacham and Perkins;
on the north by the lands Of VIM. T. Belts,
on the west by the lands Of S. A. Moore and
on the south by the line Of the Memphis and
Charleston railroad, containing by estimation
one hundred and two and one-half acres,
more or less, together with all the privileges
belonging thereto.
Terms Of sale-0n a credit of seven months
purchaser executing note with good.and suf
iioient approved security, lien retained, re.
demption barred,
This November 10, 1879.
r., J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Randolph L Hammond, solicitors for com
plainants. 1894
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-16
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
District Of West Tennessee,
narnnaL n.nnL c-....I Ia.L.-L

NlAEulA NuuIb LOT tHlu ul8lFlClf
In equity, No. 2l6-Luke p. Blackburn VS..
The Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad
20. aud al.
pY virture Of the 6nai decree Of the Circuit
- Court Of the United States, for tho West
orn District Of Tennessee. made in the above
entitled cause, on the Sd day Of June, AID,
1919, tho undersigned clerk Of the said court,
duly authorized and appointed by the said
decree, will sell at public sale, at the court
house in Memphis, county Of Shelby and
state of Tennessee, on Monday, the I'D dny
OF March, AID, 1880, between the hours Of y
m. and 2 pm, of said day, TO tho highest
bidder, all the following described property
to-Eit: All the Selma, Marion and Memphis
railroad, lying between the city Of Memphis,
in the State Of Tennessee, and the city OF
Selma, in the State Of Alabama, constructed
or TO be constructed, together with all and
singular the railways, rails, bridges, fences,
warehouses;, engines. cars, fixtures, privileges,
rights, real estate Of every and all descrip-
lion, and all other property owned or which
since the 18th day Of March, 1871, the date
Of the mortgage mentioned In the bill
in this cause has been acquired By said
company by subscription, donation or
purchase and including 81 bonds Of
5000 each, issued by the city Of Aberdeen, in
the State Of Mississippi, now in tho hands Of
the receiver in this cause. The said line Of
railroad with its equipment and appurten-
ances, being an entirety, will DO sold alto
gother, with tho benefit of tho franchisos
owned and possessed BY said company. Tho
sale will be made on the following terms, to-
wit: One thousand dollars Of tho purchase
money Of said railroad, with It's appurte.
nnnees, equipment and rolling stock, shall be
paid in cash at the time Of the sale, and the
remainder shall be paid In six months after
the date Of sale, tho purchaser giving his note
with approved security, payable 10 complain
ant, and Q lien reserved on the property. The
said bonds aud other property will be sold
for cash to be paid down az the time Of the
sale. BELL W. ETHERIDGE,
Dee. 10, 1879. Clerk and Communications.
EsTEs Il ELlEre, soils.
III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-16
A PUFF FOR GRANT.
His Rualaniam at a Chicago Hotel.


[ChicagO Cor, New York Sun.
With a party of friends, including
several ladies', General Ulysses S.
Grant dined the other evening in the
public dining hall of the Palmer
house, Of course, when his presence
became knewn, the guests of the hotel
made a point to dine at the same hour.
The room was full Of fashionably
dressed men and women. Grants de-
meauor at the table was watched with
natural curiosity, in order to ascertain
how far his mauners had been i'm
proved By travel and intercourse with
the upper circles Of European So
ciety.
The table at which General Grant
and his friends we're seated was remote
from the entrance to the room. When
the * President of the United States
had finished his dinner he tipped his
chair back, and without remark drew
from his pocket a cigar case. He de-
liberately selected a big Havana, bit off
the end, called to the. astonished wal
ter for a match, lighted the cigar, aud
sent clouds of smoke right aud left
and up toward the frescoed ceiling.
The guests at the other tables looked
Upon this proceeding with undisguised
amazement. One lady arose aud left
the room. The ladies of Grants
party we're somewhat embarrassed, and
hastily made preparations to depart.
Grant, however, exhibited perfect
u%nconcern. He got up when his
friends arose, and slowly walked the
length Of the room, his cigar firmly
held at a sharp angle between his
teeth, putting vigorously away.
As soon as the x-President's party
had disappeared, and the murmur of
disgust had subsided, a commercial
traveller, who had been sitting not far
from Grant, drew a cigar from his
pocket, lighted it, and sauntered down
the room. This is a free country
he remarked, "and one citizen is as
good as another, here or anywhere
else"
This occurrence was witnessed by
more than a hundred people, and is
still the talk Of the hotel.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-16
A~ttachment Notice.

Before P. M. Winters, j. p, for Shelby coun-
", Tenn .-R. d. Goodwin VS.. l.. Kraft.
IN this cause an attachment having beon
1 sued out under section 1855, of the code Of
Tennessee, and returned executed by at
taching the property of L. Kraft, the defend
ant, and affidavit having been made that the
defendant is indebted to the plaintiff in the
sun Of $3.50, due in part by note and in part
by open account, and that tho claim is just
and that the defendant is a nonresident Of
the State Of Tennessee. 1t is therefore order
ed that said defendant make personal ap-
penranee before me on tho. Goth day Of Decem-
Der, 1879. at IL o'clock, M, at my office, No.
l64 Main street, in the Taxing District, Shell
by county, Tennessee, formerly the city Of
Memphis, Tenn, and defend said attachment
suit within the time prescribed by law, or
the lame will be proceeded with vx-parte;
and that a copy Of this order be published
once a week for four successive weeks N the
Public Ledger newspaper published in the
said Taxing District.
This the 26th day Of November, ADJ 1879.
P. n. WINTERS. j. P.
T. Il. LoGwooD, Atty for plaintiff.
rs 80 Ss %
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-16
PerronaI and Political.

Three huadred miles Of railroad
have been built in Minnesota since
last spring.
Mr.. John w. Garrett, who has been
re elected president of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, has held the office
for q consecutive years.
Sir Edward Thornton does not seem
to grow cid. His hair and whiskers
could not turn a shade winter, nor his
clear, rosy complexion be one whit
improved.
Pierre Lorillard doubtless counts
the figures in the English turf Stats
tics, which has just been printed with
pleasurable emotions. He ranks Ia
in the list Of winners, with Z winnings
and 95,3T6 to his credit.
In 1865 writes Jefferson Davis to
the Rock Islander, Of Rock Island,
ILL.,, the secessionists, per Sc, were
few and far between they are now
fewer and further between tits, there
fore, utterly untrue that States rights,
as sometimes asserted, means secession.
In a recent speech Sir Henry Drum
mond Woolf told his constituents that
in Russia, Germany and Austria he
had nearly every day (Sir II. has been
government commissioner in the east)
seen soldiers struck in the face by
officers. No wonder they emigrate Ia
avoid CONSUMPTION.
Mr.. George Augustus Sala received
a thousand pounds on leaving England
for his volume Of American travels
and will receive another thousand on
its announcement, He has been of.
fered the seat in Parliament foi
Brighton at the next election. but
like his friend Dickens, he has no DO.
litical ambition.
The plans and specifications filed il
New York on Monday last set fortI
that there ars to o5 constructed b.
Cornelius Vanderbilt one house whici
will cost him S750,000; by William X
Vanderbilt one, the expense of whicI
will be 100000, and by William II
Vanderbilt two together, winch vii
aggregate 100000, in all 81, 650 ,0OC
The new houses will be in the vicini
ty of Fifth avenue and Fifty-secon
street.
Mr.. Ruskin writes Ny dea
Purniyall, not n nan in 1900
the nineteenth century, knows, OR eve
can know, what any line-or any wor
means, used by a great writer. Flo
most words stand for things that ar
seen, or things that are thought of
and in the nineteenth century there
certainly not one nan in $1,000 VIII
ever looks at anything, and not one i
l5,0OO capable Of e thought"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-16

The Comte dc Paris says that his
going three times 10 Spain in less than
fifteen months, once for a marriage
and twice on tho occasion of great
domestic SORROWS, has greatly delayed
his work on his history Of the Ameri-
can civil war. That work constantly
grows harder as he gets more Gocu-
ments and more information. lie
will shortly undertake Grants Chatta-
ndoga campaign.
Dean Stanley's eldest sister, Miss
Mary Stanley. died in London, in her
Goth year, a few days ago. Miss Stan
ley devoted her life to the care OF the
helpless, and won an enYiable fame as
the originator of flower missions, by
which agent so much happiness Is now
diffused. 1t is also notable that while
her father, Bishop Stanley, and her
distinguished brother figured largely
in the affairs Of the Established
Church, Miss Stanley became an
adherent of the Church of Rome.
Mckee Rankin's dramatic company
was compelled to pay a heavy license
at Savannah, and Mr.. Rankin retail
ated by issuing no freetickets to city
officials. Five policemen marched by
the doorkeeper, however, notwith-
standing the demand for pay, The
manager went before the curtain and
said that if the five deadheads insisted
on remaining, no performance would
be given, and the money would be re-
turned to the rest Of the audience.
.Gr0ans and Kisses for the policemen
finally drove them out.
During the triumphant progress to
Edinburgh and in. his speeches there,
Mr.. Gladstone has proved that al
though his age be 20 by the almanac,
it is not more than so in point of vigor
and endurance, and he has abundant
mental and physical ability to enter
on a fresh campaign as Premier of a
Liberal party. At the end of two
speeches Of three hours duration, one
delivered in the open air, during
which he discussed an infnlty of sub
%jects, his voice betrayed no tone Of
faintness, and his nervous frame was
as full Of life and fire, as strong and
bright as when he frststood up.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-16
EDUCATIONAL
Miss Higb0GS School
354 POPLAR STREET.

THE Sisters o FIST. Mary having discontinued
j their school in Memphis, [ have leased
their large and oommodious school building,
and will open therein m school for girls on
MONDAY, NOVEMBER IL, 1879.
Tho retired situation and refined surround
ings make the location a desirable one for cd
vocational purposes, while its accessibility by
the street railway and boulevard overcome in
a measure the obstacle Of distance from val
uod patrons. The rooms are large, light,
well-Vontilstod and perfectly appointed, be-
ing, refurnished throughout with new desks,
maps and school apparatus, and Tor adapta-
bility to their purpose are not to be purpassod
in tho city.
During the fifteen years of my work in Mem
phis have been enabled by yearly visits 10
other cities to keep up with tho progress of
educational science, and, assisted by trained
teachers, am prepared 10 offer 10 tho people
Of Memphis az liberal n course for their
daughters as can be obtained in any high
school in the United States.
The course Of study will be the same, with
some notifications. as that devised BY me for
use in the Presbyterian School.
A class Of boys under eight years Of age will
be received in the primary department.
TERMS-Acoording 10 age and class, SST
80, $50, $3.50 for the school year Thirty woeks)
payable in advance in three equal payments.
No extra charge for Latin or drawing. For
circulars, with course of study, etc, Addrt IS
MISS JENNIE NJ. HIGBEE,
IS hf Tf Poplar street, Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-16
SENATOR sAIIEY's BILL
the interest 81 the South ID Educating
the Negro,
New Orleans Times.l

New Orleans Timcs.l
We do not agree with those who
pronounce the bill, lately introduced
in congress by Senator Bailey, of Ten
nessee, entitled IAN act to aid the
education of the colored race a
"'humbug measure" We think the
correspondents who supposed they are
pleasing southern people by such emf
nently ~senseless abjurgation have made
a serious mistake. Why is an act of
congress designed to lift the colored
race out of their Ignorance and help
.l~essness, at the expense of the country
at large, a ''humbug m~easure2'
Certainly no man who is sound in
heart or mind can see anything like
"humbug' in making better citizens
of the colored people. Certainly
there is no better way Of making bet
ter citizens of them by educating
them. Certainly there is no sounder
proposition than that this education
ought to be given by the power and at
the expense OF thepower which placed
these people in their present unhappy
condition. Having made bad citizens
of them by comforting the franchise
before they were fit to receive it, the
next best thing is to correct the mis-
take, as far as may be at this day, by
qualifying those citizens to exercise
their new rights with the least posi-
bic damage to themselves and to their
white neighbors. The white man who
has suffered from the citizenship of
the densely ignorant negro will profit
almost equally with the negro by the
removal of that ignorance, and by
substituting instead a modicum of the
qualifications which alone can make
valuable and good citizens, We think
Senator Bailey's resolution worthy of
Endorsement in every part Of the
South.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-16
No. S287, R.
I~InS0lvent Notice.

In the Chanccry Court of Shelby county-A,
S. D. Aangum, deceased, vs.. q. N. Estes,
ct al.
TT appearing from The bilhin this cause that
i it is aprooeeding instituted to wind up and
settle the estate of S. d. Mangum, deceased,
us an insolvent estate; it is therefore ordered
that all parties claiming to be creditors of said
estate make their appearance herein at the
courthouse Of Shelby county, in Memphis, on
or before the first Monday in February, 1880,
and have themselves made parties to this
cause, and file and establish their claims, or
the same will be forever barred: and that a
copy Of this order be published once a week
for ten successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This November 18th, 1879.
K. j. BLACK, Clerk snd Master.
By .. B. McHESRY, d. G. and NJ.
j. Nj. Gregory, Solicitors for complainant.
IS So Is 81 81 g3 go los Ill 1l6
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-16
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Distri u If Vast Tnnnpsqn.

NlrculL kOuft 1Or SAID DiStrict.
In equity No. PIG Luke p. Blackburn We. the
Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad Co.,
and others.
DY virtue Of the final decree made in the
ID above cause, Cn the Sd day Of June, 1879.
among other thinFB, requiring the clerk Of this
court, as specialiIastsr, to inquire, ascertain,
and report TO the court. the names Of tho sew
eral holders Of the bonds and coupons, men
toned In tho said decree, issued by the said
Selma, Marion and MDE phis Railroad Com
pany, and the respective amounts due 10 each
holder Of the said bonds and coupons, calcu-
lating interest at seven per cent. per annum.
Now in order to enable aid clerk to make said
report, notice IS hereby s:iyen, that all holders
and owners of bonds and coupons issued by
the said Railroad Company, under the proyi-
siOns oithe mortgage in ihe bill of complaint
and decree IN the said ctuse mentioned, arc
required 70 produce the same before under
signed. Clerk and Master rs aforesaid, and TO
file the same with him for examination, allow
ance and report, on or be.sote the first day Of
April, A. ID. 1880, o|therwis,, they will be barred
Of the right TO share in theiproceeds Of the sale
Of the mOrtgaged proport ', or 10 participate
in the benefits Of the said decree.
December 10, 1879.
BELL W. ETHTRIDGE, c.. & NJ.
T-cg-Go16-11I-II7