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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-23

ON the ID day Of January, 1880, | will pro-
coed 70 sell, with the consent Of the exec
utrix Of j. P. Vanordstrand, deed. the per
sonal property OF the late firm Of Waters *
Nan0rdstrand, consisting Of house moving
implements. rollers, blocks. timbers, jack
screWs, capstans, ropes, wagons, office
etc, TO satisfy claims against
said firm Of Waters & Yanordstrand, at
the yard, on Poplar street, east Of themarket
house. Sale 70 commence at 10 o'clock, a. m.
THOMAS M0FFETT, admir- Of estate of John
" aters, decd. Memphis, December %, 1879.
o. IN
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His FrauduIency's Meanness.

From the kepublicl
The usual THANKSGIVING dinner at
the White House didnot come off this
year. 1t is an old time custom for the
president to give, on Thanksgiving
day, a dinner to his private secretary,
assistant private secretary, executive
clerk, the pay clerk and their wives.
1t was done last year and has not been
omitted before for the last twenty
years. The president is, without doubt
careful with his money, which is very
proper, considering that he gets only
$4,000 a year, and that his term Of
Office expires about fifteen months
from now, but it is hardly fair to saw
that he failed to give the usual dinner
on economic grounds. The president
is a very rich man; he has three or
four children who would be thrown
penniless upon a cold world if any.
thing should happen to their father.
but he would not miss the cost of 4
dinner to his clerks. Besides. all Tho
vegetables for the White House table
are furnished by the public gardener
and his meats come from the commits.
sary department at the nominal price
of a few cents per pound. The Presi.
dent gets his house rent free, his gas
free, his fuel free, and most Of his Ser.
wants free. AS he does not furnish
wine, the costliest part of an enter
tsinment, to his guests, his living ex
penses must come within $4,000 F,
year. He then has a clear saving o
$4,000 a year from his salary alone
The President has done some unwist
things, no doubt-wbo has not ?-bu
it is unfair to say hat he omitted an
old time custom, hat would not have
cost him ten dollars to follow, on the
ground Of economy.
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FrIday. December 20. Is7O.

the property described in said trust deed, as
follows, to-wit: Part Of lot No. 2, block 81, of
the subdivision Of South Memphis, beginning
at a point on the west side Of Lauderdale
street, $40 feet south of Vance street, running
thence south on Lauderdale street thence
20 feet: thence back between lines parallel
70 and 200 feet distant from each other, l20
feet to Mrs. Hillsman's west line in the Tai
bot subdivision.
Equity Of redemption barred. Sale at 70
o'clock noon. Title believed TO be good, but
/ sell rs trustee only.
90 l0l X. A. PARKER. r-rstee
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Administrators Sale.

ON the 3Oth day of December 1 will proceed
" to sell, at public auction, all the personal
property, consisting Of groceries, etc, of the
late James Taylor, contained in the grocery
store, corner of fernando road and South
to satisfy claims against the estate Of
said Taylor. Sale, 10 am.
THOMAS s. EASTON,
Admir- Of estate of James Taylor, decd.
Memphis, December 18th, 1879.
q3l5
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TrustSale.

Under and by virtue Of a certain deed OF
~ trust, executed by ]. Il. Snead and L. A.
Snead, on the Sd March, 1876, to me by trus-
tee, and duly recorded in the Office of the Reg
lister Of Shelby county, Tenn. in Record
Book No. III, page AT, to which reference is
made Tor full particulars, | will, at the re-
quest of the benefciaries therein, for the pur-
pose of paying the Indebtedness thereby So
cured,
Monday, January the 18th, 1850,
between the hours of 10 o'clock I'm. and
o'clock pm, at the courthouse door, on the
west side Of Main street, in the Taxing Dis.
trict, late city of Memphis, Shelby county,
Tennessee, offer for sale to the highest bidder
for cash the following described real estate
lying, being and situated in Shelby county,
Tennessee, to-wit: That certain tract of land
lying in section 2, orange 7 Of the 11th Surveyors
District, and in the 10th Civil District of said
county,, beginning at a point in the main
in H.. C0leman's south limo; thence east
with said road q chains and 80 linkat to Henry
Stones northwest corner, in Hurricane Creek;
thence with the meanders of said creek up
stream, south AS east, $50 links south, So
east, 1856 links south, 90o cast, 1893 links south,
s9I9D, east, 81 links north, S9Ao east, 143 links
south, SlI2,9 east, 100 links south, IS east, $50
links south, 16o west, 900 links south, 1919
west, $40 links south, 2lko west, 225 links to
Henry Stones southwest corner in said creek,
with three willow pointers; thence west Is
chains and& links to n stakein a field; thence
north Is chains and IS links to the beginning,
containing 80 1900 acres, and being the same
land which was conveyed by Joseph Graham
and his wife S.. J. Graham to saidJ r. Snead.
The right of redemption is especially waived
in said trust deed, and the sale will be made
discharged thereof. The title to said property
is believed to be good, but | will sell and con-
vey only as trustee.
R. c. MALONE, Jr., Trustee.
HARRIS & TURLEY, Atty's. AZ liz
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The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per annum and
sec per month fOrlsss than n year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
postage free.
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[R. S2O4.l
ChanCery Sale of Real Estate

In the Chaneery Court of Shelby county,
Iennessee-W. B. Williamson VS.. A. IL.
Smith.
pY virtue ofan in~terlocutory decree for sale
- entered in tho above cause on the Sd
da.yy OF July. 1873, M. b. %, page IS, | will
sell at public auction to the highest bidder,
in front of the Clerk and Masters office,
Tennessee.
On Saturday, December o, 1879.
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-wit:
Two certain parcels, or tracts of land, stu
ated and being in the Seventh Civil District.
Tract Mol beginning nc a stake the northwest
corner of Dock Carriers home tract; hence
west l6 poles to q stake near a white oak;
thence south 30 poles and 20 links 10 the mid
ole OF Fletcher creek, under the east side of a
bridge; thence in an easterly direction with
The channel of said creek to a take, said
Dock Carriers southwest corners of said home
tractj thence north with his west boundary
line 40 poles 10 the beginning, containing by
estimation, 81 acres. Also tract No. q, being
the west corner OF S. A. Munson's, all on the
north side Of Fletcher creek, beginning in S.
A. Mqnson,s west line, in the center Of the
main bed of said creek with sweet-gum point
ers; thence west 10 chains to the northwest
corner Of said Munson's tract, with maple
pointers; thence east 8 chains to a stake, with
sweet-gum and white oak pointers, the north
cast corner Of the part north. of said creek;
thence south 8 chains TO a stake; thence cast
to tho center Of Fletcher creek; thence down
said creek to the beginning; containing nine
tl acres, more or less.
Terms of sale-Un a credit of six months,
purchaser to execute note with good security.
Lien retained; redemption barred.
This NovemberT, 1879.
r ]. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
O.. X. BARTEAU, Solicitor, 5ot
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Trustees Sale.

DY virtue Of a trust deed made to me by J.
ID T.. Hillsman and his wife, Mary H. Hills
man, dated January II, 1877, and recorded in
book ll6, page II, OF the registers Office OF
Shelby county. Tenn, to secure a certain
debt due to the DeSoto Building and Loan
Association, / will sell for cash, at public out
cry, at the southwest corner of Main and
MAdisOn sLrneLa. Mamnhia. Tenn. on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-23

The German traveller. Ernst Won
Weber, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the aeoui.
sition by Germany Of certain points
on the eastern and western coasts OF
Africa. The establishment Of German
colonies in southern Africa is a favor
lite idea Of Her Won Weber's, and up-
wards OF four years ago he wrote a
MEMORANDUM proposing a scheme by
which Germany should obtain posses.
sion OF Delagoa Bay and the Trans.
yaal, the German African empire Of
the future" which he sent from
Southern Africa to the Emperor viii.
liam and Bismarck. The Prince
thanked him Cor his proposal. but
added that he could not hold ont ann
hope for the realization of his scheme
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LEGAL,
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
0FFIoE or BOARD OF FIRE AND J
POLICE COMMISSIONERS. J

~ vi WIENIVNE NEF
TAXING DISTRICT, December Is, 1879
GEALED proposals will be received by u
~ for the following work to be done and ser
vice to be rendered the Taxing District, Shell
by county, Tennessee, until Wednesday, De
cember "a, 1879, at II o'clock noon.
For publishing ordinances, orders and no
tices of the various departments for twelve
months from date of contract. By order Of
the board. D. I. PORTER, Pres't.
90 OQ
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-23

B%elchertoBn, Massachusetts, i'm
prlsoned John Brown Smith because
ne refused TO pay his poll tax (ffy
%centsl. Smith has been in Jail for ten
months, at an expense to the town Of
$40.
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EDUCATIONAL.
Miss Higb0GS School
354 POPLAR STREET.

TNHE Sisters of st. Mary having discontinued
their school in Memphis, I have leased
their large and comm0diOus school building,
and Will open therein my school Tor girls on
MONDAY, NOVEMBER IL, 1879.
The retired situation and refined surround
ings make the location a desirable one for ed
ucational purposes, while its accessibility By
the street railway and boulevard overcome ia
a measure the obstacle Of distance from val
ued patrons. The rooms are large, light,
well-ventilated and perfectly appointed, be-
ing.r efurnisned throughout with new desks,
maps and school apparatus, and for adapta-
bility to their purpose are not to be purpassed
in the city.
During the fifteen years of my work in Mem
/ phis l have been enabled by yearly visits to
other cities to. keep up with the progress Of
educational science, and, assisted by trained
teachers, | am prepared TO offer to the people
of Memphis as liberal a course for their
daughters as can be obtained in any high
school in the United States.
The course Of study will lbe 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.
Misunderstanding to age and class, SS7
50, $50, $3.50 for the school year Thirty weeks)
payable in advance in three equal payments.
No extra charge for Latin or drawing. For
circulars, with course of study, ETC., address
MISS JENNIE NJ. HIGBEE,
S65t S4 Poplar street, Memphis.
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snturday. IanuarY 3, IssO.

between the hours Of 10 Am. and 2 o'clock D..
M, At the residence house on the premises,
offer for sale the following described real es-
tate, to the highest and best bidder for cash
wit. Lying, situate and being in the county
Of Shelby and State Of Tennessee, in range 5
and 6, section 2 Of the eleventh surveyors
district and in the Ninth civil district Of said
county. Beginning at a stake in Norris
south lire 30 links west Of a walnut tree
marked &C." running thence south 1926 links
10 q stake; thence west 10 chains 10 a stake
in the center Of The Germantown road; thence
south 81 degrees west - chains and 70 links
to q stake; thence south SO degrees east 9
chains and % links to a stake; thence south
~ degrees west 81 chains and 50 links TO a
stake Spanish oak and saSsafras pointers;
thence east 20 chains and as links TO a dog
wood; thence north $40 degrees east AZ chains
70 an oak; thence north s. degrees east 5
chains and rs links TO a stake; thence north
8% degrees east q chains and 81 links to a
stake in Mrs. Jaldwells west line; thence
north n degrees IL chains and 20 links TO a
stake with black gum and redbud pointers;
thence south q degrees west Is chains and 13
links 10 a stake; thence west Is chains and 50
links 10 the beginning, containing one hum
dred and uinety-fve and one-half acres.
The right Of redemption Is waived in snid
trust deed and tho sale will be made dis
charged thereof.
Inc title 10 said roal estate is believed 10
BIO good but j will sell and convey as trustee
only. s. b. SHEPHERD, Trustee.
Taylor \ Carroll, attys, 80 l0S
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Trustees Sale.

Under and by virtue of a certain deed ex-
~ ecuted by J. A. Boyd on the first day Of
January, 1876, and duly recorded in the regis
ter's Office Of Shelby county, Tennessee, in
record book, No. ll6, page 800, to which refer.
ence il made, the said j. A. Boyd conveyed
in trust the hereinafter described property to
w. T.. Miller, trustee, and the said w. e.
Miller having died leaving the trust executed
and BY virtue Of a final decree in the cause OF
Ss6s. Chaacery Court Of shelby eonnty,,
Tennessee, to which reference is also here
made, the undersigned having been appoint
ed trustee in the room and stead Of said
W. Il. Miller. Now, therefore, l will at the
request Of w. II. Walker, the beneficiary in
said deed Of trust, and for the purpose Of
payinR the Indebtedness thereby secured on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-23

Entered at the PostOfice at Memphis, Tenn.
as second-class matter.l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-23

Governor-elect Long, Of Massaebu-
sets, tells a Chicago Tribune reporter
that the New England people admire
Grant, but there are many who do not
think a third term desirable.
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THE MYSTERIES OF SLEEP.

Tuesday Evening, Dec. %, 1879.
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Thursdnr. Innunrr s. 1sso.

between the hours of 10 and II o'clock am,
in front Of the courthouse door, in the Taxing
District of said county, sell for cash, at pub
lie cutlery, the following described real estate
IN the said Taxing District, formerly city OF
MemphisD viz: Beginning at the southwest
corner of Vance and Lauderdale streets;
thence westwardly on and with the south line
OF Vance street l2) feet; thence sOuthwardly,
parallel with Lauderdale street, 200 feet;
thence eastwardly, parallel with Vance street
40 feet to Lauderdale street; thence on and
with Lauderdale street-2M feet to the begin
ming, except the following part thereof which
Will not be sold, viz; Lying at the said cor
ner Of said streets and fronting 60 feet on the
south line Of Vance street and extending
back southwardly between parallel lines $50
feet. All rights and equities of redemption
dover and homestead expressly waived.
" III W. X. POSITION, Trustee.
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No. S2s-In the Chaneery Court Of Shelby
Charles w. Pinnix, NnnlA vs.
Sppearing from sfid@yit in this cause that
dent Of tho State of Tennessee: II is tbora
lore ordered that he make his appeap-
ancq herein at h ecourt-hous of Shelby COM
sy, n Memphis, Tenn, on or before tbe srs1
monoay IN January, 1880. and plead, an
or H. .o asmur 70 eomplainant's amended bin
IStIne same viii be taken for confessed as 10
nm and set for hearing ex-parte, y" Eng +
Inai a copy OF this order be published ma y.
Tesk LOT four successive weeks in the pnblic
AeopyEAttest:
k0BEkT J, BLACK, clerk and m,s,or
Weatherford 4 Estes, sol. for com.
IS VI % lO9.
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Trustees Sale.

PURSUANT to a trust deed executed to me
i by j. I. Hillsman and Mary IL. Hillsman,
dated December %, 1875, and recorded in
see, in book No. ll6, page l01, will, on
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Friday, December 26, 1879.

The property described in said trust decd AZ
tGiiows, tG,yis; Part Of lot No, Is of subdi-
ginning ~ feet west of the southeast corner
Of sad LOT IL on north side Of Madison street;
running thence west on Madison street 81
ieeti thence back %northwardly between lines
paIrahel and 81 feet from each other, 1ASIS
ivet 70 an alley, heing same lot on which st.
Lazarus church now stands,
All equity Of redemption is barred by tho
trust decd and the title is believed TO be good.
out l convey as trustee only.
Sale at 70 O'clock noon.
W l0l II, A, PARKER Trustoo
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LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.

w. NOLAN PublisIler of"TheS Sum. New Yorl, Az
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-23
Trustees Sale.

RI virtue of a trust deed made to me byy
~ the waardopps and yestgy Of St. Lazarus or
ONCE of Shelby county, Tenn, in book No
llo, page ivy TO secure a certain debt therein
named, l will sell at public cutlery, for cash.
az the southwest corner of Main and Madisnn
streets, in Memphis, Tenn. on
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PROVERBS.

RNEVqENTNzEEEEEs
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River Telegran,S.
SPECIAL to the LEDGER.

SPECIAL to the LEDGER.
HELENA, December Z, . pm.-
The Hard Cash will arrive Monday at
? Pun With l ,283 bales cotton, the blue
ribbon trip, and leaves Wednesday
evening with return tis fer White
river, going through to Jacksonport.
Il. c. POSTAL, Master.
PrTTsBuR,a. December S.-Rlyer G
feet ? inches and ,'1g; weather clear
and cool. Arrived-E. Ii. Durfee, s
am. Sunday; Rhodes, 3 pm; Batchs-
lor, ? pm; Salt Valley, 3 am; Mon
tana, 4 pm. Saturday. Departed-C.
w. Bachelor, y m.
LOUISVILLE, December 8.-River
rising slowly, with ten feet 10 inches
in the chute on the falls. Business
moderate. Weather cloudy and pleas
ant. Arrivals and departures: Andy
Baum, Memphis to Cincinnati; Gil
bert for Cincinnati; Wild Boy and
tow, lronton to New Orleans; Virgie
Lee, last night, Evansville to Cincin-
natl.
CAIRO, December 8.-Arrived
Fannie Lewis, st. Louis, s p. M;
Rhea, Nashville, 50. M; Clifton, st.
Louis, II a. m, Departed Fannie
Lewis, Memphis; II p. M; Annie Sill
yer, New Orleans, midni5ht; Clifton,
Huntingdon. Clear and cool.
CINCINNATI, December S.-Arrived:
W. n. Chancellor, Pittsburg, last
night; Buckeye State, Pittsburg, 10
s. m. No departures. River i feet,
rising, Clear and pleasant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08
Rrimlstnne for Editors on EnrtI,

Colonel Frantz of the Brandon,
(Nlississippi) Republican on the
fate of the editors says "The
people don't want editors in the
Legislature. They prefer keeping them
at home to do the putting for their
towns, railroads, merchants, farmers
and candidates generally. Harper and
Ross were beaten before conventions;
Wright, Horn, Hunter and Jayne
were beaten before the people. Il
served them exactly right-they had
no business lowering the dignity of
the press by running for Office. 1t
takes brains to run a newspaper, but
any kind Of a mutton-head can run for
office. We wouldn't exchange our
editorial chair for seat in the United
States senate. Editors are always un-
popular with the people, simply be-
cause they tell the truth too often.
He may puff a politician or merchant
for twenty years, without any pay ex.
cent thanks, and if he says one word
that is not complimentary of them,
they are his enemies for life, aud will
do everything they can to break him
down. We have tried it, and we know
whereof we speak. The men we have
done most for in the past are our bit
igrest enemies now
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NEW YORK.
Money to Lend on Improved Farm Lands
In the Vest Arrangements to Re-
oeive ParnelI, the Irish AgitatOr.

New YORK, December S.-The
American Freehold Land Mortgage
Company, an English organization, is
declared by its representatives here
to be formed for the purpose of loan
ing money on improved farm lands in
the West. The stock is held almost
entirely by English capitalists.
Arrangements are making for the
reception Of Charlie Stewards Parnell,
the Irish agitator. Committees have
been appointed to call upon prominent
Irish Americans and ask their co,
operation in the movement. Large
meetings are to be held some future
time te select conn ittees of grange
ments.
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A KIND worn. FOE MrmpHEs.

It seems to be the popular thing
Of late for outsiders to abuse and mis-
represent Memphis. We are down
now, and any jackass can bray at the
crippled lion A kind word, there
fore, ike the following from Nashville
Banner, while no more than just, is
worthy to be remembered:
We print the proclamation Of the
governor, c0nveniug a special session
Of the general assembly, and VIC think
we do not mistake when we declare
that the act is eminently wise and pa
triotic, and will command the public
appreciation. The emergency is crit
ical, and no time is to- be lost if it is
necessary to do anything and that
there is a necessity for speedy action
must be apparent to every one who
examines the subject.
The reliei sought is far from being
local, and had any other town or city
in the State been placed in the same
unfortunate category as that in which
Memphis is placed, an application to
the State would have to be made for
the right TO increase the rate of taxa
tion. When Chicago and Boston were
destroyed by FIRE, the legislatures oil
those States we're Immediately con.
vened and, if we mistake not, large
appropriations were made for the af.
aicted cities. Memphis asks no ap
preparation and only. seeks the privil-
ege Of taxing herself for her own pro.
lection, aud incidentally for the pro-
lection OF the people o. the State VIZ
commend the governor for the hui
mane step ho has taken.