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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-20
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circuit court Tor SAID district.
In equity, No: 2l6-Luke ?. Blackburn vs..
The Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad
Go. and al.
DY virture of the final decree of the Circuit
u Court of the United States, for the West
ern District Of Tennessee. made in the above
entitled cause, on the Sd day Of June, AID,
1879, the undersigned clerk of the said court,
duly authorized and appointed by the said
decree. will sell at public sale, ut the court
house in Memphis, county of Shelby and
state Of Tennessee, on Monday, the 22d day
OF March, AID. 1880, between the hours of 12
m, and 2 Pm, of said day, to the highest
bidder, all the following described property
to:wit; All the Selma, Marion and Memphis
railroad, lying between the city of Memphis,
in the State of Tennessee, and the city al
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 al descrip-
ton, and all other property owned or which
since the 18th day of March, 1871, the date
Of the mortgage mentioned in the bib
in this cause has been acquired by said
company by subscription, donation or
purchase and including 81 bonds of
$1,000 each, issued by tho city of Aberdeen, IN
the State of Mississippi, now in the hands Of
the receiver in this cause. The said line Of
railroad with its equipment and appurten-
ances, being an entirety, will be sold alto
owned and possessed by said company. Tine
sale will be made on the following terms, TO-
wit: One thousand dollars of the purchase
money Of said railroad, with its appurte-
nances, equipment and rolling stock, shall NJ
paid in cash at the time Of the sale, ara tbe
remainder shall DO paid in six months aftes
the date of sale, the purchaser giving his note
with approved security, payable 20 complains
ant, and q lien reserved ON tsis pr0perty. Nm
said bonds and other pToperty viii he soIf
for cash to be paid down al The time of tbe
sale. BELL w. FTHERTnGEg' ~
Dec. 10, 1870. Clerk and cnmm;ssi,
ESTES & ELLEFT, soils.
81 wy 10
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RnfnIo RIII.n Vieun.


Buffalo Commercial.l
Born upon the western prairies, and
reared amid wild scenes OF tumult,
taking his first scalp at the age Of
twelve, and having served his young
State in earliest manhood as a trusted
and honoredmember of the legislature,
it is probable that VIM. +. Cody is as
we'll acquainted with all that pertains
to the west as any other living man.
What are your ideas on the Indian
problem, Mr.. Cody? In other words,
what would you do to secure a better
and more economical management Of
the Indian tribes by the government"
Il think / can sum up my policy in
a single sentence. 1t is this: Never
make a single promise to the Indians
that is not fulfilled. Agents promise
too much. Men of calm, prudent de-
termination must be sent among the
Indians as agents. Those who are
sent often know nothing of the In
dams character, and either through
fear, ignorance, or dishonesty are led
into making promises which the gov
eminent cannot or will not fulfill.
Every Indian outbreak that l have
ever known has resulted from broken
promises and broken treatment by the
government"
What do you think of the peace
policy or the policy Of encouraging
agricultural pursuits by the Indians,
Mr.. Cody?"
1T has already resulted in good
and will result in still greater good if
honestly and intelligently pursued.
You cannot make an Indian work by
standing over him with a shotgun.
He must be taught that it is to his in
terest to do so, and brought into it by
degrees. Too much cannot be accom-
plished all at once.
But if a wise, firm policy is pur-
sued the indians will gradually drift.
into agricultural pursuits"
Speaking of the recent outbreak of
the Utes, Mr.. Cody said he thought
the Indians were badly treated. He
knew that for years, miners, contrary
to treaty, had been settling upon their
lands, The Utes had protested and
protested and the government paid no
attention to them, aud they had finally
taken the matter into their own hands.
MIR. Cody had been with the Fifth
cavalry fGs six years, and he was con-
se%quently well acquainted with the
Utes. He had taken the first scalp to
avenge the Custer massacre. On the
same day he also killed Red Knife.
Mr.. Cody was at Cincinnati when
he heard of the Ute outbreak. He at
once went to work to secure some per-
son to take his part as Buffalo Bill"
in his play, and telegraphed to Sheri-
dan that he was at his service, and he
will no doubt be ordered to the West
should the trouble continue. Mr..
Cody says he has no fancy for Indian
fighting, but as hal has been his life.
long profession he supposes he can do
it as well at any other man, and if he
is needed he is DESTROYS Of giving toll
the government the best service he
can. He deeply sympathizes with the
Indians, but notwithstanding all their
wrongs, he knows that they must give
way to the whites.
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public affairs II is impossible 10 exaggerate
the Importance Of the political events which
tbhas in store, or the necessity of ~resOlute
ylgilance IN tho part Of every citizen who
desires 20 preserve the government that the
founders gave US. The debates and acts Of
congress, the utteranees Of the press, the
exciting contests Of the Republican and Dem
o,cratic parties, now nearly equal in strength
throughout the country, the varying drift Of
public sentiment, will all bear directly and
effectively upon the twenty-fourth Prosiden-
tal election, to be held In November. Four
years ago next November, the will Of the ma
ZION, as, expressed at the polls, was thwarted
by an abominable conspiracy, the promoters
ana beneiciaries of which still hold the of
hoes they stole. VIII the crime Of 1875 be
repeated in 1892 The past decade of years
opened with a corrupt, ~extravagant and insO-
lont administration intrenched at Washing
ton. The Sun did something toward dislOdg-
ing the gang and breaking its power. The
same men are now intriguing to restore their
leader and themselves to places from which
they were driven by the indignation of the
people,, wan they succeed? The coming
year will bring the answers to these moment
GUS questions. The Sun will be on hand 10
chronicle the facts as they are developed, and
to exhibit them clearly and fearlessly in their
relations to expedieney and right.
humor in looking at the minor affairs Of life.
and IN great things a steadfast purpose to
maintain the rights of the people and the
principles OF constitution against all agrees
sors, The Sun issprepared to write a truthful,
instructive, and at the same time entertain-
ing history of 1880.
Our rates ofsubscription remain UNCHANGED.
For the Daily Sun, a four-page sheet of TWEEN
!y-eight columns, the price by mail, postpaid,
is 90 cents a month, or $3.50 a year; or,
including the Sunday paper, an eight page
sheet OF ttty-six columns, the price is B6
cents q NORTH, or 1870 a year, postage paid.
The Sunday edition Of The Sun is also fur
paid. ' PVs'"o
The price of the Weekly Sun, eight pages.
tifty-six columns, is 81 a year, postage maid
For clubs Of ten sending $40 we will send an
extra copy free. Address
n Of"The Sum-" New York CITY.
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'TEIE SUN for l88o.

The Sun will deal with tho events of The
year 1881 IN Its own fashion, now prelfv ,rail
understood by everybody. From Ianuarv e.
december 81 II will be conducted a. 4 newss
paper. written e,1 ! IN the English language, and
AS a newspaper, The Sun believes In ~aetting
all the news OF the world promptly, ana nra,
senting 1t in the most in~telligibie shaDeEfba
shape that will enable its readers to keen we'll
abreast OF the age with the least unproduc-
tive expenditure Of time The greatest inter
est to the greatest number-that Is the law
controlling its daily makeup. It now has a
circulation very much larger than that of any
other American newspaper, and enjoys an
income which " Is at all times prepared to
spend literally for the benefit Of its readers
People Of all conditions of life and All Ways
Of thinking buy and read The Sun; and
they all derive satisfaction Of some sort from
its columns, for they keep on buying and
reading it
In its comments on men and affairs, The
Sun believes that the only guide OF policy
should be common sense, inspired BY genuine
American principles and backed BY honesty
OF purpose. For this reason IL is, and will
continue TO be, absolutely independent Of
party, class. clique, organization, or interest.
II ls for all, but of none Y will continue 10
praise what is good and reprobate what Is
evil, taking care that its language is to the
point and plain, beyond the possibility Of
being misunderstood. 1t is uninHuenoed by
motives that do no not appear on the surface;
1t has no opinions to sell, save those which
may be had by any purchaser for two cents,
II hates injustice and rascality even more
than 1t hates unnecessary words. Ii abhors
frauds, pities fools, and deplores nincompoops
OF every species. II will continue throughout
the year 1880 to chastise the 6rst-class, in
struet the second, and disc~ountenance tho
third. All honest men, with honest conyic-
tions, whether sound or mistaken, are its
friends. And the sbn makes no bones of tell
ing the truth to its friends and about its
friends whenever occasion arises for plain
speaking.
These are the principles upon which The
sun VIII be conducted during tho year to come.
The year 1880 will be one In which no patri-
otc American can afford to close his eyes to
11RI. w. ENGLAND Pnhni.h
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Random Notes.

The Duke of Edingburgh does not
particularly like the sports ofthe field,
and does not indulge in fox hunting.
A Southern California ranchman
boasts of having killed two Indians
with the same bullet, which passed
through one into the other.
The Chinese government has sane
toned a line of steamers between
Hong Kong and Honolulu, and many
mandarins are shareholders. 1t is
contemplated to extend this line to
San Francisco.
A native baker in India, anxious at
the same time to call attention to his
loaves and to demonstrate hisacquaint-
ance with the English tongue, de-
scribes himself as a European loaf
er."
The number Of Italians in France
has steadily increased from 6 ,3O7 in
1851 TO 100000 to-day. The Italian
colony at Marseilles includes a dozen
families, occupying a high rank in the
town. Marseilles is the Franco-Ital-
ian headquarters.
Near a blast furnace at Carondelet.
Missouri, is a reservoir into which the
exhaust steam and waste water from
the boiler are sent from underground
pipes. A tramp fell into this terrible
place, and was boiled to death Sc
quickly that he did not stir or utter a
cry.
The German Walters association
includes nearly 1900 members, and
has a central Office at Leipsic, and
branches in all the great cities athome
and abroad. II publishes a newspa-
per, Of which $500 copies are issued.
Last October a congress Of the asso-
citation was held at Berlin.
1t is decreed by the Prussian mill
tary authorities that any officer who
shall be struck by a civilian must
forthwith draw upon that civilian,
though the latter is unarmed and
de~fenceless, and cut him down upon
the spot. An officer n~eglectinQ ID
perform this duty is liable TO be cash.
Tered.
The two Presidents Of the Republic
OF San Marine have issued a procla.
nation against gambling and public
corruption at large, denying that A
hell is 70 be started on their soil
1t Is not, they sententiously observe.
material prosperity that keeps ur
free States, but virtue"
Fisher and Belden were competitor
IN a footrace at Bridgeport. Conn
FISHER won a $50 prize, but the eforI
broke down his nervous system. and
Belden took him TO a physician,
oihce for electric treatment. Fisher
there fell asleep, and Belden stole the
S0O, and has not yet been oyertaker
by the rival pedestrian.
A new and novel treatment Of
drunkenness was devised and tested
by Dubuque wife. Her husband
came home moderately intoxicated
and expected TO get the usual scoldinp
lie was astonlshed therefore, wher
the woman received him smilinply
asked him if he would have som,
brandy, and produced a bottle and
glass. He promptly accepted M,
} liquor, and drank so much that h,
} was helpless. Then she tied him to
bed post and whipped him with a raw
! hide until, as the Telegraph saws h,
was tender as a good beefstoaL "
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ON the 3Oth day Of December I will proceed
" to sell, at public auction, al. the personal
property, consisting Of groceries, etc., of the
late James Taylor, contained in the grocery
store, corner of fernando road and South
street. TO satisfy claims against the estate of
said Taylor. Sale, 10 am.
THOMAS S. EAST0N,
Admir- of estate Of James Taylor, decd.
Memphis, December 18th, 1879.
93105
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ChanCery Sale Of Real Estate

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county,
Iennessee-W. B. Williamson VS.. A. H.
Smith.
RY virtue of IN inteElocutOry decree for sale
- entered in the above cause on the Sd
day of July, 1879, NJ. b. Is, page S6, / will
sell at public auction to the highest bidder,
in front of the Clerk and Masters Office,
COURTHOUSE Of Shelby county, Memphis,
Tennessee,
ON Saturday, December 8, 1879,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
tO-wit:
Two certain parcels, or tracts Of land, stu
a,ted and being in the Seventh Civil District.
Tract MOL beginning at a stake the'northwest
corner of Dock Carter's home tracts; thence
west l6 poles to n stake near a white oak;
thence south 30 poles and 20 links to the mid
die Of Fletcher creek, under the east side of a
bridge; thence in an easterly direction with
he channel of said creek to a stake, said
Dock Garter southwest corners of sud home
tact; thence north, with his west boundary
line 30 poles to the beginning, containing BY
estimation, So acres. Also tract No..2, being
the west corner Of s. A. Munson's, all on the
north side Of Fletcher creek, beginning in S.
A. Mpnson,ss west line, IN the center of the
main bed of said creek with sweet-gum point
ersi thence west 10 chains to the northwest
corner Of said Munson's tract, with maple
pointers; thence east 3 chains to q stake, with
sweet-gum and white oak pointers, the north
east corner Of the part north Of said creek;
thence south . chains to a stake; thence east
to the confer Of Fletcher's creek; thence down
said creek to the beginning; containing nine
() acres, moro or less.
Terms Of sale-Un a credit Of six months,
purchaser to execute note with good security.
Lien retained; redemption barred.
This NOvemberI 1879.
r j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
O.. II. BARTEAU. SOlicitor. kQt
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A gentleman who has been taking War.
ner's Safe Bitters says It comes nearest h
being the tabled Elixir Vita Of any thing
yet discovered. There is nothing eouslto
blood, b WV
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Thursday, January 8, 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
n the said Taxing District, formerly city Of
corner Of Vance and LauderdSle streets:
thence westwardly on and with the south line
Of Vance street 100 feet; thence southwardly,
parallel with Lauderdale street. 200 feet;
thence eastwardly, parallel with Vance street
l20 feet to Lauderdale street; thence on and
with Lauderdale street 200 feet to the begin
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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pursuing parties wa wounded slightly,
but outside OF this no harm was done
in the fight. One of the thieves and
six stolen horses were captured. The
other made good his escape.
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LEGAL.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
OFFIoE OF BOARD OF FIRE AND
Dor rru

POLICE COMMISSIONERS,
TAXING DISTRICT, December Is, 1871
GEALED proposals will be received by us
- 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.
tees of the various departments for twelve
months from date of contract. By order OF
the board. D. 7 PORTER, Pres't.
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Friday, %January ea, IssO.

in front of the Planters Insurance oompany's
building, No. 80 Madison street, Memphis,
Tenn, at IL o'clock m, proceed to sell, for
cash, TO the highest bidder, the real estate
described in said deed of trust, to-wit: 1t
being a part designated in the plan of the
survey Of the C%hickasaw nation as section IA
in township /, range 5 west, and situated in
Shelby county, Tennessee, and bounded as
follows; Beginning at the northwest corner of
said section and running east with the north
ern boundary lines $50 poles 20 a stake in said
line; thence south 612& poles TO a stake; thence
west $50 poles to a stake in the western bound
airy line Of said section; thence with the said
western boundary line TO the beginning. The
same being 100 acres of Of the tract Of land
conveyed by VIM. Edinston to John d.
Plunkett by deed dated January 10, 1888, and
recorded in the registers Office. Shelby coun-
ty, Tennessee, in book G, pages III and 1ls.
Title believed to DO good, but / sell and
convey as trustee. Equity Of redemption
waived. L. P. WINCHESTER, Trustee.
w VI
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Trustees Sale.

WHEREAS on the 18th day Of December,
" 1873, 7. 0. Anderson did by his deed,
Of Shelby county, Tennessee, in book No. liz
page l5s, convey to William Joyner, certain
lands therein described in trust to secure an
Indebtedness therein set cut in words and
figures; and whereas the said trustee, WIN.
Joyner, trustee, has since died and whereas
at the suit of W. Il. Goddard, ext,r, ETC., VS..
Chancery Court of Shelby county, Tennessee,
BY decree entered therein December Is, 1879,
l was appointed trustee in the place Of the
said VIM. Joyner, deceased. Now, therefore,
at the request Of the benefciaries in said deed
of trust, / will on
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Trustees Sale.

RY, virtue Of a trust deed made 10 mo ~
~ me wardens and vestry Of ST. LaSaTps M
Trinity. church, recorded in The reTisfer's
once OF Shelby county, Tennn in book Eo.
named, l will sell at public outory. for cash
at the southwest corner Of Main and Madison
streets, in Memphis, Tenn, on
FRIDAY, December 26, 1879,
tthe property described in said trust deed "a
glow, to-wit; Part Of lot No. l3 Of subdi-
VISION OF Iot $50 on the plan Of Memphis, be-
ginning "a feet west Of the southeast corner
OF sara lot, IL on north side of Madison street.
Tunning thence west on Madison street 81
leeti thence back northwardly between lines
parallel and 90 feet from each other, 49,
ieet to an alley, hoing same lot on which 81.
Lazarus church now stands,
All equity Of redemption is barred by tho
trust deed and the title is believed 10 be FOOD.
but | convey as trustee only.
Sale at II O'Clock noon,
WlOl r, A. PARKER. Trustae
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NOn-k esiClenf NOfico-

No. HU5-In The Ohnnoerv Oourt ~ gbolbv
Avery. A''' '' A'eno
appearing from AFFIDAVIT in this cause
mat the defendant, Irene Avery, is a nom
Iesiaent OF the State Of Tennessee; IL ia
ensIeiore ordered that she make her ap-
county, In Memphis, Tennessee. on or before
tne nrst Monday in January, 1880, and
p!iead, answer or demur TO complainant,e
pill or the, same will be taken for confessed
% ner n set for hearing ex-parte and
t uaI ooPy OF tnls order be published once "a
Ledger, '"' "NA'
A copy-Attest;
m n h y BLACK, Clork and Master.
sy w q. AGhESRy, d; o. and NJ,
0mlth q Collier, Sol. for complainant
"A 100 SO V
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IN front of gs Main street, MemphiE Tom,
coll atpublIo huetleu 70 tho hiFhcnt hidagl
for onfh, Tho undivided one. bali interest " =
j Steele A Coz IN aifnot oflnndi utnatodi n
Shelby county, Tonbeffno, u0af Shelby Depot
consisting ~ four separate uhfcflHi lhp Whnls
containing 800 aGfpai Bald land known n
tho Iaumha land and 4 fully Described N
gaid dhed NJ Just, 10 rhleh fqiafonoom maze
Faulty Of isasmti)W glkegfru r,s.,ss.
DaeamLef ll lig VI lW
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EDUCATIONAL.
Miss HigbGGS School
S54 POPLAR STREET.


VlHE Sisters Of st. Mary having discontinued
J. their school in Memphis, / 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
ucauonal purposes, while its accessibility by
the street railway and boulevard overcome in
a measure the obstacle of distance from val
ued patrons. The rooms are large, light,
wel~l-yentlated and perfectly appointed, be-
ings returnished throughout with new desks,
maps and school apparatus, and for adapta-
6ility 70 their purpose are not to be purpassed
in the city.
During the fifteen years ofmy 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, l 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 viii 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.
IEltMSgAccording to age and class, SS7
5O, $50, S225 so 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 M. HIGBEE,
4SRt 34 Poplar street, Memphis.
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PURSUANT to a trust deed executed to me
i by J 7. Hillsman and Mary II. Hillsman,
dated December rs, 1876, and recorded in
see, in book No. ll6, page lOI, Twill, on
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once: Is Madison Street.

Entered at the Postofiee at Memphis, Tenn,
as s~econd-ciass mAtter.l