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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-15

The Jackson Tribune and Sun
very earnestly appeals to Governor
Marks to convene the legislature in
order that some legislation may be
enacted for the relief of Memphis,
aud sustains its position by very able
arguments. In the course of a long
andable article our contemporary says:
The argument that it is confined to
Memphis, in an extreme corner Of
the State, is met by the story of last
year when many of our West Tennes-
see towns fell under the blight Of the
merciless plague, and when it crossed
the Tennessee river and desolated
towns in the very shadow of the
mountains and villages hat are nestled
amid a thousand hills. 1t is argued
that what happened in 1878 may hap
pen again, and hence that no part
of Tennessee is safe from the fever
pestilencc SO. long as 1t has
a breeding house within the
boundaries of the State. Hence
the question of destroying the pesti-
ieaea in Memphis, Of making that city
imperyiOus to its yisitations, of break
ing up or removing the causes of its
origin and propagation, appeals to
every interest in the State. Aside
from any question Of the States duty
toward a portion of KS citizens, aside
from any sentimental emotion of pub
lie charity for a sorely beset member
Of the body polite, aside from any and
al questions or feelings save those Of
self interest and State duty, the State
of Tennessee owes l. 10 herself to re-
move this fever pail and blight from
her borders.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-15

The New York World is for Bayafd
against all candidates, and is perhaps
rather OVERRIDING its work. The Pitts
burg Post says: The Worlds candi-
date for President IS Senator Bayard.
That is all right enough; but on what
grounds of justice or expediency does
it continue its bitter assaults on Mr..
Tilden, insihpating, as Senator Wal
lace did in his Philadelphia speech,
the most d%espicable of Republican
SANDERS. All this. will do Senator
Bayard no good, He cannot afford to
go before a convention Of the PEOPLE
as a representative Of the personal
fight against Tilden. Assuming that
Governor Tilden will not be a can IL
date, we can tell the World the most
difficult task Of next year, campaign
will be to induce those Democrats
who believe in their heart of hearts
that Tilden has been foully w%ronged,
to take enough interest 10 politics to
60 to the polls. This feeling has
been ia no wise demonstrated by
the success of the Tammany
boilers in beating Governor Til
den's representative man, for such
Governor Robinson was generally ac-
cepted to be. For our part We would
like to sec a kindly aud free discus
sion of Presidential candidates but
if Mr.. Bayard has many friends as in
discreet as the World, he won't touch
bottom in the convention. Mr.. Til
den can't be pooh-poohed of the track
by Senator Bayard's p%artlEans any
more than he can be driven off by
John Kelly. If Governor Robinson
had been elected, Tilden would have
been universally accepted as the can
didate next year. A convention
would have been necessary to nomin-
ate only a Vice-President The fail
ure to elect Robinson does not neces-
sarily rule Tilden off it throws doubt
on his availability, but even as matterp
stand, what fitting man for the place
can be named certain to poll as many
votes as Governor Tildcn? That's a
question hat must be answered. We
neither advise or a~ntagonize Tilden's
denomination, but are in search of in
formafinn.n
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-15
TRUTHFUL TOMMY
On the Largtry and West Libel Suit.

The editor Of Town Talk thorough
~ deserves what he has got. A more
scandalous act than his specific and
reiterated statements respecting Mr..
and Mrs. Langtry | never heard of. |
was requested to contradict the state
ments, and l did so, on which | was
invited to 90 and consult Lord
Londesborough and Lord Lonsdale.
Of course | did nothing Of the kind.
| once bought a number of Town
Talk. What mainly disguised nc
with it was an article of the most pru
silent description, which pretended 10
be a denunciation Of vice. So l did
what, if other people would DO, would
soon put an end to the existence Of
such journals never bought anoth-
er number. The outrageous charges
against Mrs. Langtry | read in the
Paris Figaro, into which they had
been in%nucently copied as an item Of
English news.
Had | been Mr.. CORVALLIS West /
confess that | greatly doubt whether
| should have brought an action
against Town Talk. Mr.. and Mrs.
West happen to be people of large
means, and the assertion that Mrs.
West obtained a percentage upon the
sale Of her photographs was conse
%quentiy so absurd that no one was
likely to credit it. In America il is.
| believe, the habit to give actresses
with pretty faces a percentage on the
sale OF their photographs. In Eng
land no actress receives a percentage.
For the trouble Of sitting she is given
a few copies of the photograph. and
this. ! think, is reasonable.
What the law is in regard to the
rights Of q person to hinder his or her
photograph being exposed for sale
seems to be a matter open to discus
sion; but photographers are in the
main a most respectable class. and the
large shops, such as those belongingto
the London StereoscoDic company.
belong to responsible citizens. Surely.
II a husband were to convey to a pho
tographer, who has photographed his
wife. that he does not wish copies Of
il TO be sold, the photographer woull
not care to incur the disapprobation
Of the public by selling copies.
Let US, however, be reasonable.
Show me the man, said the queel
Of Navarro to the poor troubadonr
who tells nations that | am beauti.
full. Any lady who has exceptions.
charms knows it, and likes others Ia
know it. Why should she not? Beaut,
has been as powerful a factor in the
worlds history as genius, and peniu,
is more often at the feet of beaut,
than beauty at the feet Of genius
5 Eyeryage has had its beautiful womer
par excellence. They acquire a sort
of royalty in the empire where ever,
woman would be glad to reign. and
like royalty, they have to pay the pen.
atty Tor social supremacy. They ara
courted and adulated; wherever the,
appear they are surrounded. and it i,
bard to %denounce them for occupyin.
a prominent position.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-15
THE MEETING TONIGHT.

The LEDGER insists that it would
be proper aud right, in view of the
possibility Of the governor calling an
extra session Of the legislature, for the
meeting to night to indicate a rate Of
taxation for sewerage purposes which
the people could and would be willing
TO assume for a series Of years. An
expression from such a meeting as we
expect this to be would be equivalent
to instructions by which our imme.
date Representatives would be gov
erned. 1t is not possible, in our opin
ion, to stand more than one per cent
andi it remains to be seen whether this
could be SO handled, when collected.
as to carry on the work Of building
necessary ewers for three or Jour
years. Some other resources might
be made available in the course OF
time, as, for instance, the land re.
claimed along the bayou, aud it is to
be remembered that tue work can be
done much cheaper than ever before
and, we trust, under such restrictions
that there would be no fat contracts Of
Sinecures connected with it. The
very fact that we went blindly int,
the Nicolson pavement contraet ana
were terribly swindlcd, will make u.
cautious when it comes to letting on.
improvements again. The people ar,
aroused and are quite able to manae,
their own affairs, notwithstanding th.
mistakes and the apathy Of the past
Tonight, for the first time since tn,
epidemic, the people will come to.
gether 10 consider the situation
and determine what course /,
pursue. Some very wild ideas may
be expressed, but we look for common
sense, cool judgment and foresight t,
be in the ascendency. We will not
anticipate the action of the meetin.
by pressing any peculiar views Of oul
own. The people must get together
upon some general line Of policy, and
then act. Action is the word. ant
nothing but immediate. united ant
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suggestions by IA Practical Cit.
Tpn.


To the Taxpayers Of Memphis:
/. Call no extra session Of the legis
lature.
>. So far as the city is concerned.
spend no money in surveys for sewer.
aye or grade purposes, as the street
grade is already established.
3 All good housewives catch the
hare before cooking. This you un-
derstand.
T. Purchase a good stone quarry on
the Ohio river, say from eighty to ono
hundred and twenty miles above il,
mouth, where the landing Is good, and
the stone can be placed on barges b.
wheelbarrows ia sufficient size fol
paving purposes. Let the quantity o.
land be from three to twenty acres, al
the difference in cost will be but little
5. Take up by contract as fast a,
your ability will allow, the Nicolsor
pavement. and replace with ston,
pavement.
6. Condemn all buildings not ia q
good sanitary condition, aud allow nc
overcrowding in tenement houses.
Z. Fill up aud drain all ponds in
and around the city, and as youi
ability will allow, continue the good
work OF pavement Of streets and al.
leys, and your commerce will improve
and your city's health be good.
Lastly. Strengthen the hands OF
your present authorities, and they
will carry you to the haven Of safety.
A. S. WHITFoRD.
Memphis, November IL.
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Attachment Notice.


Before j. S.Galloway, up. for Shelby coun-
~ Tonn.-Cloth & HOFFMAN VS.. A. Boolcr
N this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 1856 OF the Code of
tennessee, and returned, " levied upon tho
property Of the defendant" and alidavit
having been made that defendants are in
dehtqd TO the plaintiff 10 the sum Of A63. SO
que by open account, and that the claim Is
Just, and that the defendants are non.resi-
dents Of the state Of Tennessee or are about
to remove, or have removed themselves or
property from the State; or have removed or
are removing themselves out of the county
privately; or concoaling themselves so that
me ordinary process Of law cannot be served
upon them. or have a%bscOnded; or are ab-.
scondlng or ooncealing themselves or prop
eftyi or have iraudulently disposed of, or arc
ahout ~raudulently to dispose of their prom
ottyi 1t u therefore ordered that said defend
ants make personal appearance before me on
the llth dav Of December, 1879, at II o'clocl|
m, at my office, No. g Madison street. Nom
nhis, Tennessee, and defend said n~ttnchnent
suit within the time prescribed by law. or NM
same will be proceeded with ex-narte ard
that a copy Of this order be published once
week for four weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the 9th day Of November, 1879.
"~ Us GALLOWAY, j., p,
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Monday, Ist Day Of December, 1879.
Attachment Notice.
Before j.. S. Galloway, j. P. for Shelby ooun
", Tenn.=H. Cloth Ya. A. Hnnlnr.

Before j. S. Galloway, j.. P. for Shelby ooun-
ty, Tenn.-H. Cloth VS., A.. Boeler.
N this cause an attachment having been.
i sued out under Section 3i55 Of Thompson
y Stegors' code Of Tennessee, and returned
levied upon the property Of the defendant,
and affidavit having been made that Defend
ant is indebted 10 the plaintiff IN the sum of
$500, due by notes dated January 81, 1879, and
duo u months after date, with interest, and
that the claim is just, and that the defendant
is q nonresident Of the State of Tennessee:
or Is about % remove or has removed him
self or property from the State: or has re-
moved or is removing himself out OF the
county privately or cOncealing himself,
so that the ordinary process of law cannot be
served upon himl or has absconded; or il
absconding or concealing himself or PROPER
tyi or has fraudulently disposed of. or is
about %fraudulcntly to dispose Of his property,
1t Is therefore ordered that said defendant
make his personal appearance before me on
the 18th day of December, 1879. at my Office,
No. " Madison street, Memphis, Tenn, and
defend said attachment suit within tho time
prescribed by law, or the same will be pro-
ceededl with er.parte; and that q copy Of this
order be published once y week for four sue
oessiye weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the 9th day of November, 1879.
58GOs6 J.. S. GALLOWAY, j.. p.
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The Louisville Post Dispatch says.
II is not the South alone which should
give some attention to local matters
and leave national questions to settle
themselves. Kentucky has much to
do to place herself abreast of States
nlrth and south Of her. Her states
men injure the State without help
lug the Democratic party. Take, for
instance, the Hon. J. &. S. Blackburn.
His course during the extra session
caused disasters enough to silence him
forever.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-15


NASHVILLE American "The New
York World says there Is a skull
dugery going on in the New York
couat, and the Herald says there can
be no honest reason for the delay.
The old trick, it seems, of settling the
election after the voting. Icare not who
may cast the ballots Of a people, said
or thought the lamented q. Chandler,
so that | get the job Of counting.
The vote in the cities. where the split
tickets were more numerous, was
counted in less than two days. There
il something wrong"
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continuous action viii save US. Mem
phis will not die as a cotton market
and distributing point, hut unless we
can by the blessing Of Divine Provi-
dence avert or escape epidemics
for some years to come our pros
perity will diminish, industries
will anguish or be removed to
other cities, and Memphis will
go backward instead of forward.
1t is to be determined in a few years
whether Memphis shall be a place of
10000 people or a slow going old town
Of one-third that number.
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We are q ad to know that so able 2
sanitarian as DR.. Bell, Of the national
board Of health, is to address the mass
meeting tonight. He is a gentleman
OF profound learning. greatexpericnce
and maturel views in regard to the
subject which now vitality concerns our
whole people. What he may have to
say will receive strict attention and
have great weight.
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In Supre1n Courtat Jackson-John Berrigap,
administrator of Patrick Maher, deceased,
VS.. Thomas Fleming, ct al.

In Supreme Court at Jackson-John Berrigap,
administrator Of Patrick Maher, deceased,
VS.. Thomas Fleming, ct al.
DY virtue Of the decree pronounced by the
ID Supreme Court of Tennessee Mt jackson,
on the ninth day ofJune, 1879, in this cause,
| will offer for sale to the highest bidder, in
front ofthe courthouse Of Shelby county, i'm
Memphis, on Monday, December 8, 1879, the
tract ofland mentioned and described in said
decree, as follows; Situated in Shelby
county, tennessee, in the town Of Fort Pick
erlng, beginning at a point on Main street.
extended on the west side thereof eighty feet
south Of Carolina street, at a stake; running
thence south along the west side of Main
street forty feet to a stake; thence west one
hundred and twenty seven and One-half feet
to the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad;
thence north forty feet to a stake; thence east
one hundred and twenty-seven and one-half
feet to the beginning, being part of Block No.
81. rs laid down on Fuckers map,
Terms OF sale-Said property will be sold on
a credit OF seven months, purchaser to exc
cute note with approved personal security,
and a lien retained on the land until the pur-
chase money is paid. Equity Of redemption
barred.
jackson, Tenn. November IA, 1879.
JN0. IL, FREEMAN, Clerk.
George CAN'T and p. J, Melvihill, Solicitors.
.Nbot
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Tue Nashville Banner Of yesterday
thus sets itself right in regard to the
yellow fever canard which it published
the other day MIR. Jack Lindsey,
in an interview, says that be received
no such telegram as we mentioned
yesterday, from his partner, Mr.. James
GGodbar, and he cannot account for
the manneF Of its origin. He did
write to his partner hat if the warm
weather continued he would not re-
turn, and would advise him to leave,
but that was all. We received the
item from . gentleman of undoubted
veracity and Of the highest respeeta-
bility, upon whose assertion we felt
and will ever feel justified in depend
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Diatribc Against German We.
men,
London telegraph

LONDON Telegraph.
How fierce is the ire aroused IN
russian breasts by Germanys sudden
abandonment of the traditional
Prusso-M uscovite alliance In favor of
more advantageous arrangements
with her Austro-H Hungarian neigh
bors may be gathered from the cir.
eumstance that a leading Russian
journalist has so far forgotten tho
dictates Of gallantry as to publish IN
the journal de st. Petersburg 4
furious diatribe against German wo,
men, from which we subjoin a few eS
tracts in literal translation. II \
needless to say that this ill.iudeed
and u%nprovoked attack has cxciieJ
the indignation Of the German presl
to a degree wholly unprecedented.
The writer alluded to commences his
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Trustees sale.

A s trustee, 1 will sell to the highest and
n best bidder, for cash, on Saturday, No
yember q, at Gleneo, on Memphis and Padu-
cab railroad, within legal hours, twelve
mules. two mares and one horse. Said deed
IS registered in register Office, Memphis, in
book No. IA, on page 444.
R0nT. r. PALMER, Trustee.
November 9th, 1878. so 70
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Trustees sale.

by virtue Of n trust deed made by WIN. e..
- Tomlinson to me as trustee, and recorded
in the registers office of Shelby county, Ten
nessee, in record book No. l0}, page 279, the
note secured therein being impaired, l will
Monday. list Day Of December, 1879.
within legal hours, an the southwest corner
OF Main and Madison streets, in the city of
Memphis, offer at public sale, to the highest
bidder, for cash, and free from the equity of
redemption, the following real estate, lying
In said city, county and state, and beginning
IN the south side of Court street, east OF
Third street, at the northeast corner of lot
solo by Thomas p. Aydlett to G.. S. Fenner
and running thence with the south side Of
Court street eastwardly 80 feet, more or less;
thence southwardly and at the right angle To
Court street 1851 feet; thence westwardly to
the southeast corner of said lot of G. S. Fem
ner, Q nd thence n0rthwardly, parallel with
Third street, 1857 feet to Court street.
JAS, i, G00DLETT, Trustee.
CLAPP & BEARD, Attorneys. 1918
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K. OF H..
KNIGHTS OF n

d. n resolution passed by tho Relief Board
ID Of knights Of Honor, 1t was ordered that
all members having obtained money or pas
sage TO leave the city on the outbreak of the
epidemic, with the promise Of refnnding the
same, are required TO come forward and repay
the amount To- me, on or before the Fl teenth
day Of November next, as on that day the
books will be cloaed, and the reports printed
and sent TO every lodge in the United States.
/ can be found every day, between the hour;
ofl2 and O'Clock, at Mansford's New Depot,
Gs Main street. JAMES b. COOK,
01 President X. Of II. X. Il.
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The subscription price of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is 50 per annum and
500 per month fOrlsSs than one year The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 por annum-
postage free.
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Bride and bridesmaids we're ready,
the church was lighted and the cler,
gyman stood waiting, in Galveston,
last Wednesday, but no bridegroom
appeared. August Hummorder, a
German youth, had dressed for the
ceremony, and then, in sheer despair
at the thought of facing the matri-
lnonial music, had shot himself
through the head.
Why be sick and ailing when Hop
Bitters will cure you?
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Monday, December stll, 1879.

the property mentioned and described in said
decree as follows: Situated in the county of
Shelby, State Of Tennessee, in what was lately
the city of Memphis, and described as fol-
lows: Beginning at the northwest corner Of
Des9to and Beal streets; running thence west
on the porth side Of Beal street 81 feet to a
street 60 feet TO a stake; thence east and par
allel with Beal street II feet to DeSoto street;
thence south with the west side Of DeSoto
street 60 feet to the beginning.
Terms OF sale-Said property will be sold
for cash. Equity of redemption waived.
jackson, Tenn, November II, 1879.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
j. N Hearn, ) M Gregory, Harris, McKisick
x Turley, solicitors. 65 g5
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In Supreme Court at Jackson-W Il GreenIaw.
executor OF " y Greenlaw, deceased, and
others, VS.. JR Williams ct al.
RY virtue Of the decree pronounced in this
- cause by the Supreme Court of Tonnesse.
at Jackson, on the 18th day Of June, 1879, /
viii offer for sale to the highest bidder, in
front Of the court house of Shelby county,
on Main street in Memphis, on
Monday. December Stl, 1879,
the real estate mentioned and described in
said decree rs follows:
A certain lot Of ground in Memphis, Shelby
county, Tennessee, on the southwest corner
Of Main and Washington streets, fronting
twenty-four (2N feet six 10y inches on Mnin
street, and running back ninety 800 feet on
the southern side of Washington street to an
alley.
Terms Of sale-Cash.
Jackson, Tennessee, November 18th, 1879.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
LID McKIsICK, W MEssIcK, Solicitors.
Is IS
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RAYARn,s ROOM.

saturday EveninE, Nov. rs, iv7s.
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In Supreme Court at Jackson-M A Myers BY
next friend. Geo 7 Myers, VS. H M James, ct
al, and II NJ James VS. NJ A Myers, ct al.
RY virtue of the decree pronounced BY the
IL supreme Court of Tennessee. at jackson.
on the 4th day Of June, 1879, in this cause, /
front Of the courthouse door Of Shelby eoun-
ty, in Memphis, on
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LOVELY
COMPILATIONS
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Art secures to all. Hagan's
Magnolia Balm dispels every
Flemish, OVercOmes Redness,
Freckles, SallOWness, Rough.
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BIOtches, and removes all evil
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The Magnolia Balm imparts
the most delicate and natural
cOmplexiOnal tints-nO detec-
ton being possible to the clos
est observation.
Under these circumstances a
faulty complexion is little short
Of q crime. Magnolia Balm
sold everywhere. Costs only
IS cents, with full directions.
TTv-HgYrTW-
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saturday, December g. Isz0.

The real estate mentioned and described, in
said decree, as follows: Situated in Shelby
county Tennessee, in the city of Memphis,
being lot, No. 9, on Fuckers map Of the city
Of Memphis, on Alabama street, fronting II
teet on the north side Of Alabama street, and
running back between parallel lines, lsSL
feet to an alley, being the same lot conveyed
by X: A. Moon TO said Thomas Ryan, on the
10th day of September, 1860.
Terms of sale' Said proprty will be sold on
q credit OF six months; purchaser to execute
note with. approved personal security, and a
lien retained on the land unhl the purchase
money is paid. Equity of REDEMPTION barred.
jackson Tenn; November Sth, 1879.
JNO. il. FREEMAN, Clerk.
SMITH 4 COLLIER, Solicitors. GO "a
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In supreme Court at J~ackson-Annie Loften,
CT al VS.. Thomas Ryan ct al.
Ry virtue Of the decree pronounced by the
y supreme Court of Tennessee, at jackson
on the 9th day of June 1879 in this cause [
VIII offer for sale to the highest bidder, in
Memphis, on