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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08
THE CITY.
Monday RsenipE, nee. $, 1879.
GEDGER LINKS.

Seventeen days to Christmas.
Memphis Floral Co., 357 Main.
Lowering clouds this forenoon.
Our retail tradeinen aredoiRg splen-
did just nov.
The School Board meets tonight
regular monthly business.
The headquarters for bargains is the
Big Boot shoe store, @l4 Main.
lnfPenza stalks abroad and half Of
our people have the sneezes bad.
The city is iull Of strangers and the
highways are thsonged today.
Thanks to the Southern Express
Company for late New York papers.
Shorty's Jokes and the life Of Peter
Pad, Zoe. a copy at Rob Youngs book
and news depot, 3j7 Main street.
Parties desiring to subscribe for any
piptrs OF magazines, should read
Mansiords police in another column.
Holders Of the staple maintain 2
refreshing feeling Of confidence in the
situation.
The school board meets tonight,
and il ldoubtloss discuss school house
sanitation.
Blank books Of all kinds made at
Use LEDGER Office book bindery, 10
Madisoa street.
Only eight deaths from all cluses
here last week, yet the ignorant aud
Credulous won't believe il.
Phe green grass is springing up ia
front yards and hy-places under the
action Of the late genial Fegtber and
warm sanshine.
Business men will fpd It lotheiria-
tcrcst to have all their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER Office. Is
Madison street.
Southeast winds all over tie South
to day, and 30 FaiafqD at any point.
though cloudy aud Threatening IS an.
swcrcd at several places.
Memphis Floral Co., T. A. Lamb 4
Co., proprietors, 357 Main street, new
iGC sle@pt baskets and oceans o
beautiful ao~o,y this season.
\ broken down doctor 9t ever.
cross roads or river landing as a quar-
aqtige officer, is evidently the worl
sanitary D. Bell is driving at.
The LEDGER job Printing onis,
ard Book Bindory, - Madison, exc
ovtcs everything in their line as nca
and cheap as any house " this city.
The present theatrical seqgop pgom
! iscs well here aud elsewhere. II.
attractions SO far presented ia iii
: city have been we'll received, aud wit.
Que cSoeplion have proven profiabl
to ali coucornCI,
Bright aud Lovely wac yesterday
Phrauss Of all classes, especially ladie
and children attended church, On
new suits and head gear vlre as scare
a. eyer.
'Mrs ~ J. Florence exhibits a..
finest costumes that have ever bee.
: worn in New York, in her chsrac,c
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08
HATS AND BONNETS,
NOn.RosIdon Notice.

No. 1856 r. DIN tho Chancery Court Of Shell
by county, Tennesseo-Loui Selby VS.. A..
Street et al.
L appearing from the return Of the sheriff
i in the seire faeias in this cause that the
defendants, Elizabeth NJ. Brinkley (wideWi
and Bette Brinkley, r. q. Brinkley, lucille
Brinkley and William Brinkley arc not to ko
found in the county. Il Is therefore ordered
that they mako their appearance herein at
the QQnrt. house Of Shelby county in Mem
ghig, Icnpessee. on or before the first Mon
gay in January, 1880, and show cause, If
any they hayo. why toe cause should not be
reyiyod in their name and be proceeded with
Is the law directs, and that copy of this order
be published once a week for four successive
weoks in the Memphis Public Ledger.
This Sd day Of December, 1879.
ROBERT J.. BLACK, clork and master
A copy-Attest.
Humcs & PostOn, sol, Rs complainant.
81 81 or 60
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08
GARD.

To all who are suffering fromtho syrqys and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
carly decay, lass VI mqnhesd, ete., ! will
sand a noipc hat will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This gfoat remedy was discov-
srod by . missionary in South America. Send
n self addressed envelope 60 Rgy. JosEPH r..
ISN.x, station d, New York City.
~eod-2-xxx-lkw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08
InsoINent Notlce.
STATE or TENNESSEE, SngLBY Co.,
luuIEn nunLnru naunm ~. -

VPFlcE COUNTY C0unT CLERE,
Memphis, Tom, November q. 1879.
II. =, Pocai, deceased. "
HAVING suggested tho insolvency of the
IL estate Of ". Y. Pocai, deceased, Won arc
hereby ordered to give notico, by adyer.
t!soment IN som0 newspaper published within
tho said State, and also at tho eourthouso
doof OF shelby county, fot all persons having
claims against said estate, 10 appear and Gie
the .Sam9, With she clerk Of the County Conrt
authenticated IN tho manner prescribed bv
law, on or before the Cd day Of March. 1850,
and any claim not hlod on or before said dav'
or before an appropriation of the funds ~
both 10 law and equity. '"i
Witness my hand, az ofieei this 2lst aay %
p.uuonp OWEN DwYER, Clerk.
727S 81 90
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08
Buy your Shirts and
Furnishing Goods,
from 7. J; MPCARTGaV, at
MA and 235K Main 81. SSt
Running the Q%launtIet.

Qs. Hawkins an escaped oonYiot
broke from the guaFda at tho Jail last
Saturday, wrested a shot gun from
officer Kelly and though fred upon
several times by deputy sheriff Harris,
made good his escape.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08

FFPah G9Ods Just received. New
Sgg9 nOuse maIassps, Oatmeal,
Gry nnnl Flour, Cracked Whent,
y arI Barley, by q. u. EsJ AN ~ 60,
ai2 Main Oh
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08
GRUBBS, AUSTIN a BERRY,
323 Main Street. Mcu,Dhis. Tenn.

We have just received large shipments
Of fresh new goods, and now ready for tho
trade. The entire stock Qf cloIhing and
Rirnisbius goods ars offered at cost to
close out by lst January, at wholesale and
retail. Merchants are especially invited
TO look before buying-323 Main street,
Memphis, Tenn. All retail bills cnsh. 50
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08
SAVE YOUR GAS.
psg- N4LLQN's Patent Burner.

Gopdyear's Bonnet Bieacbery, 80
Second street. R%eshsping ladies felt hats
made a specially. IS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08

Imported lSrHndieS, Champagneg
sherry and Port Wines, Fine
XhisGIts OF best brands,
G.. BAUM g. 60, ;iS6 MAIN.
ne
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08

Best P%ittsburg, Csc,
Render Coal Company Kentucky
Coal soc,
Delivered 10 any part Of city.
Orders Promptly filled at $50
Second.
IS j. WALSH.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08
sTRAYED or SToLEN,

ON Decemberbth a black horse mulo, about
" seven years old, about l5N bands high,
name and tail newly reached, bud no shoes
on. cut in one cor, au inch Stars rope around
neck. keiHfn and receive s5 reward Thos.
tiaadgl, Lxch9nge and trout sts. t5s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08

The Oyster-KiDg ON hand Again,
With down goes the price, FSg the bcne-
TT Of Catholics, Jews and Gentiles, on
Fridays big fat oysters only IS cents per
can, at FARREL's, 1856 Main st. 83+
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08

Buckwhcat -four. Oatmeal,
Cracked Wheat, Mincement,
Apple butter, Graham -four.
Bnckham a. CampbelI, 30 Beal.
g9
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08

just received a large lot of fine Leaps
st. Louis bottled beqy-tbe paly pure beer
tar family USE FFita Pfomfert & Co.. 10
Wast gnArt street. ut
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08

ETICeH o. NOaI LIfUuceu!
Tow Of fresh second-pool Pittsburg coal
jwt resolved steamer Dick Fulton, and
Tor sale at reduced prices also st. Bernard
coz. Gu PR}AE co
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08

= nfap Cash Hsooi and shoe stOre
iiaracrs old stand. The best boots and
shoes at tho lowest prices, Goyer Block,
corner Jefferson and Main, No. 2ij. s3t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08
70 She Trade.

Fritz Pfemfert q Co. have just re-
ccived a large lot Of sausages and fresh
cider in half-barrcls. 74t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08
IAKEN UP.

A Stray mule, dark mUu6u-eoiufeh, with
Asaddie mark GA bio back. Tbe owner eau
have the same by applying 10 r. Reed, head
Springer street, and paying charges for keep
ing and advertising tnc above.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08

P%iTTsDURG coal IS cents a barrclat John
Walsh's coal yard, $50 Second street, be-
tween Jefferson and Adams. s3t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08

Oranges, Lemons, Apples,
Figs, RaisIns, rrunes, Currauis,
BUCkHAM q CAMPBELL, 80 BeaI
82t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08
LOST.

~ Charleston k. X. H., for 210 shares, No.
SOY. favor ". Y. G. Nlmes. dated July o,
1877. Notice is hereby giyea 10 ail persons,
not to negotiate for same, ~ Duplicate AS
been applied for,
SO TO IA. OMBE6G.
A FROSTED gold sleeve hutton, caFrayed
"A with the initial ~ ltotdm TO No. PSI
Main aud owner will pay value Of the button.
T6t
D0TNTER puppy. about 6 months old,
j white and liver, AnoFers 10 name Of
jim. Finder will be rewarded b. returning
him 10 G. b. Clarke, 5i9% Shelby street or so
Front. l0t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08
ZOE qALF.

DLANTATI0N on Norfolk Ridge in Desc
/ TO county, Mise, 2I miles from Harkle-
roads and 4 miles from Star Landing, con-
tanning 6if acres, ~ Gb0gc any overflow, 2l5
in cultivation. il. J.. Bedford, Bailey, Tenn.
81 8
nRY slab wood at our mill ip pegY yard.
~ ST. r. j. CcChRAN 4 20.
DRICk-By river or rail, lrst-class hand
ID made. Leave orders with j. j.. Busby x
Co., ga Front street, or az yarl.
53t CHARLEY JONES.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
Laughing. While Dying.

Ir. Edwards was summoned to see
Mrs. Swearengin, who lives about six
miles above Tazewell. She was not
thought to be dangerously sick by her
self or her family. DR.. Edwards found
her sitting up in bed, talking and laugh
ing with her family and some friends
who were visiting her, and she appeared
to be unusually lively for a sick person.
Soon as he warmed sufficiently he APP
preached the bedside of his patient, and,
to his great surprise, he discovered that
Mrs. Swearengin, though sitting up,
laughing and talking, was actually dying.
He gently informed her husband, who
could not realize the fact. He thought
the doctor was mistaken. DIR. Edwards
prescribed for the iovial woman, and
left her without letting her know of her
rapid dissolution. On his way home he
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13

OLIVE, leader of the Nebraska gang
which burned Mitchell and Ketchum
at the stake on the pretext that they
were cattle thieves, is said to be the
wealthiest man ever arrested in the
United States for deliberate murder.
He owns over 10000 head of cattle and
vast tracts of land, and evidently con-
sidered himself above the reach of the
law. Olive aimed to revenge the killing
of his brother by Mitchell and Ketch-
UNI, who acted in self-defense. They
were arrested in an adjoining county,
and Olive. gave the Sheriff 81 900 to
bring them where they would be in his
power. While en- route he captured the
prisoners, and, tying them to stakes,
smeared them with kerosene and then
lighted it. Next day their charred
bodies were found; and, subsequently,
Olive was arrested and placed in the
Kearney Junction jail, from which he
has been removed to Lincoln to defeat
the intention Of his friends to set him
at liberty. b sA. @ s II 0
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13

81 F4e
FIFTY thousand tea plants have been
distributed in the Middle and Southern
States, and in from three to four years
they will have attained size to permit
full picking. Experiments have been
made with leaves raised in the grounds
of the Agricultural Department and in
the Carolinas and Georgia, which were
prepared after the Japanese method,
with perfect success. Some Of the
samples were declared to be, by dealers
and experts, excellent "Oolong," and
the tea made from it "as good as could
be bought anywhere The Commits
sioner of Agriculture risks the state
ment that when the time comes our peo-
pie will invent mechanical contrivances
by which the preparation Of the leaves
will be conducted better and cheaper
than now done by the cheap labor Of
Asia. In any case, every family in the
Southern and Middle States may grow
their own tea, and that of a better
quality than that they purchase in the
general market 1aa @tff ra
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
THE Board of Indian Commission

The Board Of Indian Commissioners
are engaged in the preparation of their
annual report, and have compiled some
statistics, which, if true, are interesting.
The whole number of Indians in the
United States, except Alaska, is placed
at 25O,864, though it is obvious that the
enumeration of the savage tribes is
guess-work merely. The number of
Indians who wear citizens dress is given
as 1877 ,458. In 1868 the number of In
dams who occupied houses was 8,646.
In the decade this has been increased
to $4,000. The number of Indian schools
is 366, more than double the number of
ten years ago, and the pupils, increasing
In like proportion, number 1922. The
amount spent Ola education is given as
$3.50, 125. The number of Indians who
can read is given as Al 1909. The church
membership includes 10000. Pastoral
and agricultural products have greatly
increased within the decade For in
stance, in 1868 the number of sheer
owned was 1858; in 1878, 594,574. The
statistics were drawn chiefly from the
Indian Territory, though they profess
to cover the entire Indian population
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13

HE Louisiana House votes to abol-
the Mofitt bell-punch, but adopts
neral revenue bill in it's stead. That
libits the transaction of any bust
without the payment of a license,
then lays taxes in Wholesale fashion.
2 saloons must pay the fancy price
$500; insurance agents $1,000;
aters, shows, junk-shops, telegraph
express companies $500; bankers
private clubs $3.50, and so on down
druggists, doctors and lawyers, who
it pay $50 each.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13

British Columbia they have hit
IN O novel way to make Chinese i'm
grafton difficult. They propose to de-
re all Chinese ports infected, and sub
t vessels coming from them to such a
orous quarantine and long delay as
Il drive them to other lands easier of
3ess. The expedient is probably
opted to prevent interference by the
CHER provincial authorities, by whom
3crimination in taxation and other
9asures of that description would be
onounced illegal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
Petroleum..

The past year has been a poor one for
the oil men, for petroleum was So bar
rel year ago and has gradually de-
clined to about half that now, while the
stock on hand of 100000 barrels, with
which 1878 began, has been increased
one-half. The oil region produced
about 15,188,O15 barrels during the
year, of which about two-thirds were
shipped abroad, considerable falling
from the exports in 1877. The old fields
in Butler and Clarion counties, Pa, are
now playing out, and the new district
about Bradford, further north, is gain
ing at their expense.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
The New Premier.

William Henry Washington, who has
accepted the responsibility of organic
ing the first Parliamentary Cabinet I'M
der President Grevy, is assrredly one
Of the most remarkable men not only of
France but of the world. Scarcely less
distinguished as classical archaologist
than as "a statesman, and possessing a
thorough practical knowledge of the
Turkish empire and other regions of
the Levant, his accession to the chief
post of responsibility in the French Gov
eminent is sure omen of an enlight-
ened and vigorous foreign policy, which
will restore France to the position she
lost by the disastrous schemes of the
imperial regime
M. Washington has the advantage
of being almost equally an Englishman
and Frenchman. He was entitled to
choose either nationality, but the course
of events has brilliantly justified that
instinct which led him to designate
himself from the land of his birth rather
than from that of his education and an
cestry. He was the son of a wealthy
English cotton-spinner, was educated at
Cambridge, settled in France, and has
been prominently identified with the
affairs of the republic for the past ten
uoorC
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13

weepin, and wallin, and gnashin nv
teeth,
The cardinal principles NV the Suth-
ern Dimocrisy is
! l. Payment Nv all clames that any
Confedrit may make on the Ginral Guy
erment for property yoosed up doorin
the struggle. 4d'T
z. Penshunin Suthern soljers. in
cloodin even ,sich ez wood like to hev
gone into the servis, but didn't. !
3. A comprehensive system Of inter
nal improvements wieh wood mcleod a
Custom House at the Corners, and the
slack-water;n Nv Sucker erik.
of Mr.. Bragg can't support these
trooly consilitry measures, the sooner
he gets out NV the party the better. We
want no SIGH in our ranks. a,s4 3.4
PETROLEUM Y. NAsBY, Dimekrat.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13

he was, the newspaper having published
the document. "Then," Brother Mar
shall continued, s. decline to vote on
the question, and I object to Sunday
paper being used in any manner in this
meeting The Rev. Mr.. Snyder re-
marked, II read Sunday papers, and, if
| am not very much mistaken, I have
seen in them advertisements of Brother
Marshall's services" Brother Marshall
did not further press his objection Y !.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13

HE City of Mexico is a lazy place,
ording to Chicago Times CORE
ndent, who accompanied the visiting
lmittee from the United States.
he hotels are languid, he says, $50
the restaurants, the theaters, the
oic offices and the barber-shops, The
iness houses have an air of perpetual
ting upon Providence. The clerks
like weary anglers looking patiently
rise A generation of American
erprise might revolutionize all this
rouse the metropolis from her
nee" #~sP Hs fs-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13

Ohm II. BLANEY, of Boston, got
nix on an average of four times
r, kept so in each instance about a
* and then went into an inebriate
lum to get sober. All the rest of the
e he was a total-abstinence man.
wife sued for a divorce on the
und of gross and habitual intoxica-
l." He contested the case deter
ledly, claiming that his intemper-
e was not habitual" within the
lning of the law, since he was per-
5ly sober nine-tenths of the time, but
Supreme Court has decided against
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
IA RUSSIAN Nihilist," in the February

IA RUSSIAN Nihilist," in the February
nth american, presents graphic
ture of his country as The Empire of
Disconnected" With Gar unequal
any greatness, either good or evil,
rounded by rascally officials and a
ten aristocracy, and yet with the
rit of liberty permeating all classes
The people to degree but partly re-
led in the frequent disturbances, this
ter finds hope for Russia. He pre-
is that Czardom will soon sink be-
.th the weight of it's decrepitude,"
| the true national life of Russia
begin"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13

Hey manage these things better in
sia. A gentleman named Juchan-
(, the former Treasurer of the Mu-
Credit Foncier Company, who en-
led $1,000,000, has been sentenced
xteen years penal servitude in ST.
\. Such sentence is as good as a
h sentence, for the victim is put to
( in the Siberian mines under con-
.overseers, and no man not Injured to
most cruel hardships can survive
zen years of the treatment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
Gambetta's Speech.

In his inaugural address to the Cham
Der of Deputies, Gambetta eulogized
the great citizen whom he had succeeded
in the Presidential chair, and whose
footsteps he was to follow. He promised
impartiality in the discharge of his du-
ties, jealous regard for the freedom of
debate; that he would protect the mi
nority, and exact respect for the consti-
tuition. He said the republic has issued
victorious from party conflicts and must
now enter on an organic and creative
period. The Chamber must devote it.
self to scholastic, military, financial and
commercial reforms.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13

The June meeting Of the. Chicago
key Club will be one Of the biggest
ing events probably ever witnessed
this country. No less than $40
,ses are enlisted for the contest
yest list of entries that have ever
n made for turf meeting of any
/; in the world. There will be both
ming and trottimg races.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13

If all Yankee whittlers, the boss is
,rge w. Knox Of Cleveland, Ohio, who
exhibited specimens of his skill at
Vienna and Paris Expositions. He
worn out 800 knives and spent three
IS cutting miniature Bunker Hill
ument out of pine plank. Over
monument is an arch support
five gothic steeples, from which
: five long chains covered with
els and models Of mechanics
80 .
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13

President Grevy in his inaugural
message to the Chambers says: "The
National Assembly in raising me to the
Presidency of the Republic has imposed
great duties upon me. / shall apply
myself unremittingly to their accom-
plishment and shall be happy if, with
the cooperation of the Senate and
Chamber of Deputies, I do not remain
below the level of what France has a
right to expect from my efforts and my
devotion. Sincerely submitting to the
great law of parliamentary government,
shall never enter into conflict with
the national will, conveyed through it's
constitutional organs. In the bills
which it will submit to the vote of the
Chambers and in the questions raised
by parliamentary initiative the Govern
n1ent will be guided b. ,he real wants
and unmistak able wishes of the country.
Inspired by a spirit of progress and
appeasement it will devote particular
attention to the maintenance of tran
quillity, security and confidence. which
are the benefits France most ardently
desires and most imperatively needs.
In the application of the laws which
give to our general policy it's character
and aim the Government will be in
finenced by the spirit wherein those
laws. were dictated. It will be lib
eral and just toward all--the protector
of all legitimate interests, and the de-
fender Of all interests of the state. In
it's soicitude for those great institutions
which are the columns of the social edi-
flee, the Government will bestow large
share OF attention upon our army, whose
honor and interests will be constant OBJ
jects Of its most cherished preoccupa-
ton. Now that the two great powers
of the state are animated by one spirit
which is bhe same that actuates France,
the Government, while taking account
of rights acquired and services rem
dered, will take care that the republic il
served by functionaries who are neitho
its enemies nor it's detractors. It wiz
continue to maintain and develop the
good relations which exist between
France and foreign powers, and thereby
contribute to the consolidation of gen
eral peace. It is by means OF this lib
eral and truly conservative policy that
the great powers of the republic, ever
united and animated by one and the
same spirit, and proceeding always with
wisdom, will cause its natural fruits to
be borne by the Government which
France, taught by misfortune, has con-
ferred upon herself as the only one thai
could secure her repose and usefully
labor for the development of her pros
perity, strength and greatness"