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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-14
Court House News.

The Chancery, Circuit and Probate
Courts were all in session to-day.
The United States Court will hear
motions tomorrow. Nothing of in
terest transpired before it to-day.
Joe Anderson, for stealing jewelry
from James j. Murphy, was on trial
in the Criminal Court at noon to-day.
Among the records of trust deeds
noticed yesterday was one from NJ. &
A. i, White to j. f. Graham, the
latter being merely the trustee in the
case. The names were slightly twisted
in the first announcement. They are
all right in this.
In the case of j. Cohen and j. +.
Levy, for larceny, the former this
forenoon plead guilty and was SEN
fenced to three years in the peniten-
tiary. He stole about $1,000 in money
from A. Bernstein on the 2lst of Oc-
tober last. Levy's trial is yet to
come.
Register Hunt has recorded the fol-
lowing documents since yesterday
4. A. Cole trustee, to j. S. Men
ken, deed VIM. and G.. NJ. Wallace
to T. H. Williams, deed; H. i. and
L. d. Douglass to B. B. Barnes, trus-
tee, trust deed; Jno. w. G. Watson
to Miles Owen, deed Dennis Smith
to Mrs. Mary Babb, warranty deed /;
Chancery Court to j. r. Wray, judg-
ment Meta and A. l.. White to Jas.
+. Graham, trustee, trust deed.
Instead Of the suit which yesterday
occupied the Chancery Court being
against Mr.. Archibald Mcclellan, as
was reported, it is really against a
plantation in Mississippi, formerly
owned by Mrs. Hedges, deceased. The
place was purchased by Mr.. Mcclellan,
and the assets he now holds have been
attached by 7. II. Allen & Co. A
portion of the purchase money paid
by Mr.. Mcclellan isalso included with
the legal dispute, the purchaser claim
ing the title to the place is imperfect.
A number of fine points Of law are
involved in the suit.
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THE ADAMS LINE.
Correspondence Of Bolivar County
Miss Merchants, Addressed to
the Merchants Of Memphis.

Your merchants seem dead TO the
fact that we have two Memphis and
vicksburg packets per week, boats
that will compare with any line in
point of speed, comfort and safety .
The steamer Ouachita Belle and Red
Wing leave every Tuesday and Friday.
The trade between Vicksburg and
Greenville is one of the richest on the
river, and was formerly controlled bv
Memphis, but for want of a well or.
ganized packet line controlled bv
Memphis men and running in the in
terest OF Memphis, the trade has
been drawn away from YOU. Since
this line has been established. many
OF the merchants and planters
have expressed a desire to again
do business with their old friends
In Memphis, if your merchants will
compete with those of other cities.
and cooperate and sustain the Adams
Line, With the advantages of quick
transit and low rates this trade will
0nce more be brought to our door.
The merchants and planters are well
pleased with this line, and if the mer-
chants of Memphis will help the trade
below, we will patronize and sustain
this mail line. We know the Adams
Line. will meet the merchants half
way In fixing rates so they can com
pete with st. Louis AID Cincinnati
lines, We think it woulu be advisable
for the merchants of Memphis to call
a meeting and take some action in a
Memphis.
CITIZENS OF BOLIVAR Co., MISS.
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carriers convey the bulk Of these mis-

carriers convey the bulk of these mis-
sives.
Experimental street and sidewall
structure in the past has proven al
expensive and not very useful luxury
If those proposed do not promise bet
ter results they had better be ignored
AT all events a careful scanning of tn,
situation by experienced worker
would impart a better u~nderstandin,
of the subject.
The first soiree of the Phoenix Clul
comes off on the 10Th instant. at IN,
Mannerchor Club Hall. A lastly ar.
ranged Illuminated programme an.
nouncing the event has been issued "a
the members of the club and then
invited guests. Preparations are in
progress to celebrate their third ami.
versary on the 18th of next month in
BETTING style.
Mr.. Walter johnson carried oft the
white plume prize at the Chickasaw
Guards match drill last night His
leading competitors were Mr.. Ike f.
Peters and r, w, Harris, Mr.. John.
son will wear the plume for a month
and longer if he can Ii was carried
last month by Mr., John Henderson.
The hop of the Chickasaws was a bril-
liant and pleasurable affair.
A snow came down upon us from
the bleak north yesterday, lasting
several hours after dark. 1t crept, as
iffor shelter, under the doorways, into
the window corners, into every ohink
and crevice of retreat 1t lays upon
the roofs, posts and pillars, it covers
the budding rosebush, and shows no
sign of melting much to-day. When
the weather changes again then drip,
drip, drip, and oh the mud.
Chronic officials thirst for place,
and many manage with consummate
skill to hold on under all and every
shade of political authority. The outs
scramble, quarrel, kick and squirm
the ins cling fast, and when the whole
bunch are upset both marshal their
forces for a general onslaught. You
may talk and talk about the misman-
agement of the old set, but when it
comes. to a new deal political in
Auenza" carries.
On two occasions within the past
few months has Modjeska narrowly
escaped with her life; the last time
when her a came near pitching her
into the Alabama river the first early
in November last when horseback
riding in Central Park, New York.
1t was while passing under one of the
bridges with a groom following that
her horse ran away. Count Bozenta
followed the dashing animal with all
speed and saved her from injury.
She did not lose nerve at the time,
but managed the animal skillfully.
After it was over, however, she tainted
and barely regained her composure in
time to appear at the Fifth Avenue
that night as "Frou-Frou."
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Corpus Christi Gazette.
We learn from Mr.. Frost Allen the
following in regard to the immense
loss Of sheep: Mr.. Allen himself lost.
out Of a flock of 1000, POO Deacon
Flint, out Of a flock Of 1910. has but
1850; F%lorencio Mendoza, out of his
flock of 1900, lost 900; Elisha Decro
had 400 sheep and 200 goats. and he
has s sheep and 10 goats left c. G..
Falcon, out of a flock of ZOO. lost
about $50; Mike Lidwell had a flock
Of 1000, and his loss is Just one-third,
having lost 1000; and Mrs. Black, out
OF a flock of 5000, lost 200. Mr.. Allen
says that all this occurred in about
twelve days, during the cold snap of
December and January, and these
figures are made up from actual count.
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HOOsIER HORROR.
Shocking Murder In the Interior Of
Spencer County.
Special 10 Cincinnati Enquirer.l

Special to Cincinnati EnQuirer.l
EVANSVILLE, IND, February H.
The details of a terrible murder in
the backwoods of Spencer county,
Ind, have just come in. Last week
Littleton Hogan, aged twenty-four
years, and Nathaniel Woods, aged
eighteen years, had a quarrel about a
dog, resulting in a feud. That night
a large company of young people gath
cred at the house of a man named
Myers to celebrate the raising Of a
new frame house. An arbitrary rule
was made that none should dance save
those who worked on the frame.
Woods had not worked but insisted
on dancing, although the whole house
was against him. A row resulted, and
cries of kick him out were raised.
The crowd gathered about Woods.
and Hogan was also present. When
he saw his chance he leaped forward
and threw himself on the shoulders
of the surging crowd, climbing over
to the center of the circle, where
Woods stood, calling Woods hard
names and seizing him by the
throat. Woods drew a bowie-knife
and stabbed his assailant over the
heart and then cut him across the alb
domen, letting the bowels out, in
which condition the mar remained
six hours and until he was relieved as
far as human power could go. Woods
went to the village of Newtonville,
hard by, and gave himself up, demand
ing immediate trial. The excitement
was so high and the statements so
varied that the magistrate released
him, Woods had hardly disappeared
before a courier arrived in breathless
haste saying Hogan was dead. Woods
had crossed the river at Lewisport,
however, and has not been captured.
1t now develops hat Woods had
ground his knife in the afternoon, put
ting hair edges on both sides, and this
takes the element of self-defense out
of his crime.
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Shooting Accident.

A young mar about twenty-five
years of age, named f. P. Edwards,
while hunting near Bartlett day be-
fore yesterday, accidentally shot him
self very badly. A part of his chin
and nose, under lip, most of his upper
lip, his left eye and a part of his scalp
was shot away. His surgeon this
morning said he would be likely to
recover, though he expressed a hope
that he would not.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

MEMPHIS HEATER.-At the Mem
phis Theater last night Helena Mod
jeska gave her second representation
of Camille. A fine audience was in
attendance. 1t is in this character
That Modjeska has attained the true
limit Of her natural ability, and in
which she exhibits an art superior in
its refined and poetic methods to most
other stage arts of the present day.
The play affords opportunity for
Modjeska to exhibit her extraordinary
talent in %picturing the varied phases
of life's foiblos, almost exclusively by
acting. The lady is a complete mistress
of the art in its fullest meaning. All
that is lacking to render her immense
ly great is a better knowledge of
English pronunciation. Her elocu-
ton is all that can be desired; she
possesses a sweet-toned and well modu-
lated voice, her physique is as SYM
metrical as a sculptor could wish, and
she knows we'll how to display it in
picturesque attitudes. Her perform
ance of" Camille last night was emf
nently satisfactory all present. She
was several times called before the
curtain in response to the enthusiasm
of her auditors.
Tonight Modjeska appears in
Shakspeare's love tragedy of Romeo
and Juliet. Tomorrow afternoon
Frou-Frou will be repeated, and at
night her engagement closes with East
Tv,,
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The bank Of England.

On the 9th of the coming July the
Bank of England will be 1856 years
old, having received its charter of in
corporation at that date, and having
been projected by William Patterson,
a Scotchman. Constituted as a Joint
stock company, with a capital of e.
100000, the whole sum was lent at in
terest to the government Of William
and Mary, her much embarrassed.
At the outset it wal a servant of the
State, and has ever since continued
such, more or less. The charter,
granted at first for eleven years, has
been from time to time renewed, the
last renewal, subject to modification
or %revocationy having been in 1874.
For a while the business was done in
one room now the bank occupies, as
everybody knows, a large building in
Threadneedle street, and employs
some 800 men. Nothing less than a
e5 note is ever issued, and no one is
issued a second time. The average
amount Of notes in circulation is e25,-
O00.OO0.
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Esquire E. W. Caldwell, was in the
city to-day and also yesterday, having
recovered sufficiently to get about.
X. G. Williamson, Esq, resigned as
a director of the board of Masonic
Temple, and was elected secretary of
the board in place of A. j. Wheeler,
deceased. Mr.. John 0verton, jr., was
elected a director of the board to fill
the vacancy occasioned by Mr.. Will
hanson resigning.
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A

Three nights ago two houses, in
Guiding Knight & Moody's drug store
and T. b, Crenshaw's dwelling, were
broken into at Bartlett by a thief.
Very little loss resulted. The rascal,
a white man, was scared of, but was
captured and is now in Jail. He goes
by the name of Professor Tanning.
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Thirty Years a Stranger az Home.

-" AlNfN
Men may escape the law, but their
own consciences they cannot fee from.
Many years ago a young man was
guilty of an offense against the law. an
offense which brought social ruin upon
himself and his family. The man and
his offense are forgotten by the public,
yet he lives, and lives here in Boston.
But from the day his offense was dis
covered-although having escaped the
law, he is free to come and 60 as he
~pleases--he has never been e out
side of his own home in the daytime.
Sometimes, under the cover Of night,
he walks abroad to take an airing, and
note the changes that thirty years
have wrought, but an ever active con-
science makes him shun the light of
day and the faces of men, and he walks
apart, a stranger in the midst of those
among whom he has always lived.
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An Ugly VigarO.

The woman Matilda Woods, who
has been in Jail for some time on a
charge of drunkenness, has proven to
be a bowling debauchee of the worst
and most ungoyernable character,
The officers of the Jail write to JUS
tice Quigley and ask that some dispo-
sition be made so hat the jail may be
relieved Of her obnoxious presence.
The letter says; "She is the boss
she-devil of all. For two nights she
has kept the usually quiet Jail ina per-
feet bedlam, cursing, shrieking and
using language too obscene for human
ears. If we demonstrate we are re-
warded with curses and epithets that
must have originated with her, as they
are too vulgar for ordinary billings
gate. We cannot preserve order and
discipline with ia inmates if she be
allowed to come in at midnight to
wake the prisoners from their sleep.
Relieve us of the bag" Madame
Woods will, perhaps, get a month at
the Island for her disorderly demeanor.
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Fine Masquerade Costumes,
Ladies' and Gents,
At MAYS, 237 Main street.
John Walsh, Undertaken,
'4l Second street, next p~ostofice. IA
MOdieska's Travelling Car.


Countess Bozenta' is the name of
the palace sleeping car now at the
Louisville depot, in which Modjeska
and her party travel. 1t is an elabo-
rate affair, handsomely and tastefully
fitted up, with an attractive wine color
exterior, and a rich and sumptuous
interior. The wood work is oak,
maple and walnut, the carpets dark in
pattern, the windows have blue shades
with gold borders and a damask cur
tain beneath, while the upholstering
is done in red plush. There are silver
hooks and lamps, washing apparatus
and all possible convenien:es, includ-
ing closets, water coolers, etc. The
apartments include a sleeping room for
eight persons, that may be converted
into a smoking room a reception
room % feet long and 8! feet wide,
where 30 people may sleep, and a small
room for the manager Z by s! feet in
size. The leading attraction is Mod
apartment, fitted up in regal
style, with a toilette room 4 by 81 feet,
a corridor leading to her elegant
boudOir, Z feet square, in which are
tete-a-tetes, chairs, sleeping berths,
mirrors and everything that an aristo-
cratic and cultivated taste a desire.
1t may be truly termed a palatial car.
A number of curious people have
visited the depot to examine the beau
tiful travelling car, and the manager
has also entertained numerous ac-
quaintances within its elegant rooms.
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Not i'm the RiIIs.

In the third act of Camille, where a
pathetic interview takes place between
the heroine and "Armand's' father, a
seem occurred last night not set down
in the bills. Anauditor from the coun-
try, sitting in the parquette near the
stage, was visibly affected by the
intensity and apparently realistic rep
r%esentation, and he gave vent to his
feelings in audible expressions of
grief. Camille" was Slightly disturbed
for a moment by the occurrence,
which she evidently did not fully un-
derstand until the second exhibition
Of the %countryman's heart touch took
place. Then she seemed to take in
the situation, and in appreciation of it
threw even more earnest effort into
"Camille's" great sacrifice. The rural
gentleman quoted his ebullitions, and
the performance went smoothly on.
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FANNY's sPARKLERs.
A Funny Little Story Anent the Loss of a
Famous Actress Ear-BObs.
Special to Cincinnati EpQuirer.l

Special to Cincinnati EpQuirer.l
ST. LOUIS, February Fer the
past few days one of the city detectives
has been assiduously searching the
pawnbrokers shops for a pair of dia-
mond earrings which Fanny Daven-
port alleges she lost when she was here
a few weeks ago. The fair Fanny,
when she was here, went out driving
once or twice with her leading man, a
young actor named Edwin Price, and
on one occasion, just after she got
home, she informed the clerk of the
Lindell Hotel, where she stayed, that
in her drive she had lost one of her
earrings. The carriage was searched,
and the earring was found init. Later
on, one evening after the drama was
over, Miss Fanny again lost her earring
but it again turned up all right. The
singular feature of the story is that
nothing was heard of the final loss
until Miss Davenport reached New
Orleans, and in her letter she stated
that they were missing some three
days before she left town, though she
never informed any one, not even the
hotel clerk, of the fact. The surmise
is that the earrings have been re-
moved by some one whom Miss
Davenport esteems too highly to cause
trouble to, and all that she wants now
is to have them recovered quietly
from the pawn-shop in which they
may be lying. The prospect for their
rescue, however, is but slight, as the
detectives search has proved as yet
unavailing.
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INSURANCE
WARMING.

'hlS is to notify the public that We arc tho
AZ e Uuis persons now residing here who are
comm;ssionsd peeh ta,y authorized and
IEhs fire Insurance Company M New VorL
ana WESTERN Fire Insurance. Connany ~
Toronto, and any person or persons rsSroi
senting anything to the contrary are I'm.
P0"' w runM2Tthy OF credit.
General Insurance agents. No r MAJ.
street, Memphis, Tenn. i5dsisseSn
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CLOTHING AND FURNISHING
GnnnR

We will sell goods as cheap RS
any parties that ARE CLOSING
OUT, GOING TO STAY OR LEAVE
TOWN, upon the same terms
CASH. u. N. DRAKE e. CO.,
~. &. Ward a. Co.'s Old stand,
1927 No. 27I Main street.
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IE the LEDGER job Office can DO found
competent, skillful and tasteful printers,
who can give entire satisfaction in the
display Of any job printing. l2st
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DOMn zoe Freah OYnfera.

Extra select, doc; select, soc medium +,
25c prime, 20c; 25e extra on every dozen for
shipping at J. A. Signaigos. 27s Second. I
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Just received IA fine lot of fish.
choice Lake Erie salmon, white
fish, ReeIfOOt perch and red
snapPers. Also dressed turkeys,
celery and fresh oysters, at SIGN
AIGO'S, 27S Second st. 145
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STAFFER has the most elegant
ladies' and gontIemen's restau-
rant i'm the city. 22O Main. lat
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Choice Dressed Turkeys,
Lake Erie Salmon,
Red Snappers and Perch.
VICTOR ID. FUCHS,
80 and ii Jefferson street.

0H,dear, what can the matter be? Matter
enough, | should think when a man is tied
down hand and foot almost and kept from
his business by fever and ague, to say moth
ing Of shaking the buttons all off his coat.
That IS matter enough surely, but let him
use Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic and he will
find immediate relief. It never fails in
cases, and is equally good in all ma
larial or bilious fever.
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Ky West Cigars, 4 for 25c,
AZ HendersOn's. 1911
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Election Notice.

appual meeting Of the ~stockholders of
tbe Memphis Gas Light Company viii be
held at the Office Of the Company. NJ Madison
street, Memphis, Tenn, SATURDAY March
:, Iols, 10 elect seven Ol directors TO serve The
am. to 2 pm. "om "
JOSEPH CRAIG. secretarv
MkAPHls, lem, January Il, ls7a 10
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OdOrIess Excavating Company"

Vaults, cisterns and cellars emptied al
reduced rates. Offices 1872 Washington
and 40 Madison sts, Kit Williams Block.
l54
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Our Eagle and
Gold Dust FIOurs
SELF-RISING FLOUR,
In Barrels and Packages.

In Barrels and Packages
SELF-RISING
In Barrels and Packages.
Pineapple Hams, Breakfast
Bacon and Dried Beef: Sugar,
Coffee, MOIasses, Syrups, Crack
ers and Cheese. Western and
Creamery Butter. Agents for
Charm Baking Powder, CIymer's
JeIIies i'm eases and 5 lib. andIO Id.
buckets; also CIymer's Mince
Meat, Apple and Fruit Buffers.
Our Teas and Roasted COfFees
cannot be excelIed in the market.
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RED and black cotton ink at G. w.
Jones 81 Co.'S, 257 Main, Memphis. 1862
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Dressed Turkeys and Chickens,
Fresh meats Of all kinds,
Fine COrned Beef
All Vegetables i'm Season.
l.. SCHILLING a. BRO,
la Corner Jefferson and Third.
STEAM knife pleating at 404 Main. 4
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FOR RENT.

A HOUSE opposite Poplar street market and
n one on Exchange street extended, low TO
good tenants. Apply to PETER II. DON
NELLY, S7 Poplar street. 1914
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FOR SALE.

A NICE piece of ground just outside the
"A city limits. viii sell for city bonds.
Apply at l6 Adams street. l40-ll5
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Type for Sale.
A font of 500 pounds long primer, in
good condition, with all necessary sorts
used about one year; suitable fort country
office. For sale Cheap by Immediate
application to this office. 89-t
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GROCERY-0Orner Causey and Pontotoe
VI streets, doing a good business.
1857 JAMES REILLY, Executor
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ViWO7h octave pianos, very elegant case.
Il nearly new, and one Smiths American
large organ, for sale at great bargain at Hol-
lenbergs Music Store. 12lf
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WWO-STORY frame residence; beautiful
Il yard, large garden, near head Of Rayburn
avenue, now occupied by Mr.. Mead.
lO5t L. B. MCFARLAND, % Madison.
PESIDENCE on Union street, 5 rooms; on
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B. N. STRAT7ON ( CO
WAITED.

OK good laborers at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Irish preferred. Applyto
1914 SCPT. PHILLIPS, at North Gate.
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TN0 HIRE a good cook, washer and ironer at
i SO Pontotoc street. 1914
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A ~ Of 800 pounds long primer, in good
used about one year; suitable for a country
nice. For sale CHEAP by immediate appii-
ationt to this Office. AZ
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A GIRL to nurse and do light work,
IA AT93 MONROE STREET.
Apply at once. 1914