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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-31

HINDER and by virtue of q certain deed Of
~ trust, executed by j. X. Snead and 4. A.
Snead, on the Sd March, 1876, to me by trus-
Tee, anG duly recorded inthe Office Of the Reg
Book No. III, page Az, to which reference Is
made Tor full particulars, l will, at the re-
quest OF the benefciaries therein, for the mr.
cured, lT1I1G~
Monday, January the 18th, 1850,
between the hours of 10 o'clock am. and 2
O'Clock. pm at the courthouse door, on the
west side OF Main street, in the Taxing Dis.
1rlct, late city Of Memphis, Shelby county,
tennessee, offer for sale to the highest bidder
for cash the following described real estate
lying, being and situated in Shelby county,
tennessee, tO-wit: That certain tract of land
lying in section 2, range ofthe 18th Surveyors
District, and in the 10th Civil District of said
county beginning at a point in the main
f0ad IN II. Coleman south line: thence east
with said road q chains and 83 links to Henry
Stones northwest corner, in Hurricane Creek;
thence with the meanders Of said creek mn
stream, south 4S' east, S59 links south, So
east, 100 links. south, 30 east, 1893 links south,
re east, 81 links north, 6gao east, 143 links
south, 3lA'' east, 100 links south, 25o east, $50
links south, l6' west, 900 links south, 1919
west, 3i0 links south, 2l13o west, 225 links TO
Henry Stones southwest corner in said creek.
with three willow pointers; thence west Is
ohaihs ana 50 INKS 70 q stake in a field; thence
north 10 chains and % links to the beginning,
containing 81 1900 acres, and being the same
land which was conveyed by Joseph Grahara
ana his wife S. J.. Graham to said j. r. Snead.
The right Of redemption is especially waived
N said trust deed, and the sale will be made
discharged thereof. The title to said property
IS believed to be good, but l will sell and con-
yey only as trustee.
r.. c. MALONE, Jr., Trustee.
HARRIS Il TURLEY, Atty's. Isl lis
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Trustees sale.

DY virtue of three several trust deeds mada
ID to me by W. j. Saint and his wife. Susan
u. Saint all recorded in the office of the reg,
lister Of Shelby county, Tenn. the first I'M
book no. lOo, page ~, on the 18th of Ma roh
1875. the second in book No. 107, page SO, and
the third in book No. ITO. page 400, I will, for
the purpose of paying the indebtedness caused
thereby, proceed TO sell on
Monday, February 2, 1850.
az public auction, at the southwest corner of
Madison and Main street in the city of Mem.
pills. the following property situated in Shell
by county, State of Tennessee, and described.
as follows; One lot at Whitehayen. Tennes.
see. on the Mississippi and Tennessee rail
road, beginning at an iron stake 600 feet) ono
hundred feet from the center line of the tract
of the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad and
in the west boundary line Of the depot grOunds
of said railroad 40 feet from the northwest
corner of said depot grounds, running thence
southwardly on said line and parallel with
the said railroad for q distance of 3Sl feet to
an iron stake; thence westwardly and Mt
right angles TO the line Of said railroad 1850
feet 70 a stake in the west boundary line of N.
Nj. Whites land; thence n%orthwardly with
said line 3l feet to a stake; thence eastward
ly and parallel with the second line l94l feet
to the beginning stake in the ground of said
railroad, containing twelve Q2) acres more on
less, being the same land cOnveye bv r. Nj.
White to W.. j. Saint. / will sell for cash
Title believed to be good but | will convey
only as trustee.
lO2 1873 trustee
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.O
District of Wncl Tcnpng..n
DlotIlcL OF W est tennessee,
Circuit Court for said district.

Circuit Court for said district.
In equity, No. 2l6-Luke p. Blackburn vs..
The Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad
Go. and al.
pY 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.
islg, the undersigned clerk Of the said court,
duly authorized and appointed by the said
Decree. will sell at public sale, M the eourt
house in Memphis, county Of Shelby and
oIate OF tennessee, on Monday, the 22d day
OF March, AID. 1880, between the hours Of IL
m, and ppm, Of said day, to the highest
bidder Al the following described property
tOsslt' Al the Selma, Marion and Memphis
!attioadi lying between the city of Memphis,
IN the State Of Tennessee, and the CITY of
selma, In tho State of Alabama, constructed
or 70 be constructed, together with All and
singular the railways, rails, bridges, fences,
warehouses, engines, cars, fixtures, privileges,
rights, real estate OF every and all descrip-
ton, and all other property owned or which
since the 18th day OF March, 1871, the date
OIL the mortgage mentioned in the bill
IN TINS cause has been acquired by said
omPany oy subscription, donation or
purchase and including 81 bonds of
slOO0 each, issued by the 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-
anoos, oelng an entirety, will be sold alto
gether, with the benefit Of the franchises
owned and possessed by said company. The
sale will be made on the following terms. to-
wit; One thousand dollars of the purcRsse
money of said railroad, with its a%nnnrte1
nanees, equipment and rolling stock, shaii be-
paid in cash at the time Of the sale, and the
remainder shall be paid in six months after
the date Of sale, the purchaser giving his note
with approved security, payable TO complain-
ant and q lien reserved on the property. Tho
said bonds and other property will be sold
for cash to be paid dow n al The time of tho
sale. BELL W. ETWERInGEII '"
Dec, 10, 1879. Clerk and commissiaror
EsTEs & ELLETT, soils.
81 wy 10
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Probate Court Sale of Real Estate

No. 34l, r. DIN the Probate Court Of Shell
by county, Tenn. Timothy DAILY W.. Thos.
Keely ct al.
RY virtue Of q decree for sale entered in
- this cause, ! will sell at public auction to
The highest bidder, in front Of the courthouse
door, ON Main street, Memphis, Tennessee on
Wednesday, january Z, 1850,
within legal hours, the following described
real estate, towit: Lying, situate and being
in the Taxing District Of Shelby county, Ten
nessee, (Memphis) and being the east half of
lot No. 36. .Peyton subdivision, said lot SO
being bounded as follows; Beginning at the
intersection OF an alley Is feet wide with the
north side Of Mill street, and running thence
northwardly with the west side Of said alley
100 feet TO the northeast corner of said lot
IS, and TO an alley Is feet wide; thence vest
wardly with the south side Of said last men
toned alley AZ feet TO the northwest corner Of
said lot 80; thence sOuthwardly on the diyid-
ing line between lots IS and 80, 100 feet TO
Mill street; thence eastwardly with the north
side Of Mill street ~ feet to the beginning.
Terms Of sale-0n o credit of6, 10 and IS
months, purchaser executing notes with good
and approved security, and a lien win be
retained, etc.
December II, 1879.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
I. A. RYAN, Solicitor for oomplt.
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Politics FIny Years Ago.


From Forney's Progress.l
On the seventh of March, 1928 a
curious spectacle was presented to
President Adams by Mr.. Bailey, Of
Massachusetts,, who called at the re.
quest of Daniel Webster, to ask from
the president five thousand or ten
thousand dollars ito secure the cleo
ton Of General Metcalf, as governor
of Kentucky" intimating that, if
that election could be carried by Mr..
Metcalf, it would go far to secure the
reelection of President Adams in
November following.
Mr.. Adams declined the demand
first, because it was wrong to pay
money for such a purpose, directly or
indirectly; second. he had not the
amount unless he borrowed it; third,
that, if he departed from the princi-
pie, there would be no limit to such
expenditures. 81 would certainly
appropriate" he said, "$250,0OO to the
same subject, without tr~anscending
any law, with as much propriety as |
can devote $1,000 to the election in
Kentucky" Mr.. Bailey seemed sur
prised at this. He said: "Mr. Web
ster had told him that l had $50, 00O.
or 100000 lying dead in Boston,
Then the president told Mr.. Bailey
that the expenses of his family and
the education of his SOM absorbed
very nearly the whole of his presiden-
tial salary, and all his real estate was
mortgaged for the payments of his
debts that the income of his private
estate was less than $4,000 a year, and
that he was paying at least $1,000 in
terest. Such was the pecuniary CON
dition of the sixth president of the
United States. To show how they
managed things in those days, l may
add that Mr.. Adams stated:
This is a practice of all parties
together, and its tendency is to render
all elections venal r. and he dwells
upon the coincidence Of Mr.. Webster's
proposal that he should spend S $1,000.
or $4,000 upon the election of a gov
ernor Of Kentucky, with Mr.. Clay's
opinion that Mr.. Webster, if he insists
upon it, should be appointed to the
mission to Great Britain.
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A DAKOTA BLIZZARD.
The Sad Fate that Overlook a Family
Near Fargo, Dakota.
Dakota Disnntch.l


Dakota Dispatchl
1t develops that the blizzard of last
Saturday, when it blew moderately
hard. with the mercury from p to 40
degrees below zero, was the Seycrest
in human history. The particulars Of
the fate Of the German family on Elm
river was received tonight. They
were moving from a shanty into a new
house, and were anxious to get settled
in better quarters before Thursday,
and before the prevailing blizzard
grew worse and the mother was con
fined. Two little boys were bundled
up and placed in a dry goods box.
The father and mother were carry
ing things into their new house
when the over-exertion made her
sick and caused her SUDDENLY to
give birth to a child in the new, cold
house. The father stopped with her
for some time, and then went after
another boy and girl that were making
their way from the shantyto the house.
He succeeded in bringing them to
their mother, He then went after
the two little boys in the box, who
were wrapped up more securely than
the larger boy and girl that he had
piloted in first. The storm evidently
blew harder and the man got numb
and bewildered. When found he was
by the box, and apparently had tried
to carry it and the boys to the house.
In hat effort he had failed, and losing
control of his faculties, fell down and
passed into dreamland. One little
boy was found sitting upright, and the
other with his head dropping forward
into his brothers lap. The former
had bit his lips while his teeth contin-
ued to chatter. The boy and girl
were badly frozen in the legs, arms
and face, but not fatally. The father,
not returning to the house, told the
mother his fate, aud she, after several
hours of physical and mental suffer
ing, started for a neighbor, half a mile
distant. She walked part of the way
and rolled a part. How she got through
is more than she knows. The neigh
bors went in search of the father and
boys, and found them as stated, stone
dead. The newly born infant persisted.
Strange as it may seem, the mother
escaped with only a few frost marks.
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thing, possibly the Southern members,
now leading dissoluto and idle lives,
would feel the ambition to be useful,
aud devote their best powers to the
study of performing a great trust.
But despair makes men reckless and
ready to give up to pleasure the ener-
gies they would otherwise gladly de-
vote to better things. You remember
the story of the Decameron of Boo
cacio. Those Italians who despairing-
ly surrendered themselves to riotous
delights and dissipation might, under
ordinary conditions of hope and Sc
curity, have proved men and women
of noble lives. Well
WE HAVE LOST THE CHANCE
of a great Southern through line,
but something may yet come along for
the Southern cities. For example,
the Southern Pacific at least is not
controlled by Gould or the Eastern
capitalists who have fixed their paw
on the Texas Pacific; it is run by
Huntington, Crocker, Stanford, and
others. AT I'll Paso it would be as
much, perhaps, to their interest to
make a connection with a road run
ming down to Galveston. | do not
know that Galveston can ever be
made a great port; but it, sufficient
of water can be secured its
future is assured. At any rate, it
certain that the trade of the
Pacific coming over the Southern
Pacific railroad will, in large part,
seek an outlet on the Cult. 1t may
not be New Orleans. 1t may not help
Savannah, Charleston or Norfolk
cities that had, | think, a big interest
in the completely of TIE Texas Pa
ciic, but Texas, az least, the bounc-
ing, newest born and most vigorous
child of the Southern family, win be
benefited. The old States must suffer
for their folly and shortsightedness.
This is a free country so far as this,
that any State can cut its own throat
if il chooses.
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public affairs II is impossible 10 exaEgerate
the Importance Of tho political events which
II mas IN store, or the necessity of res0luto
vigilance on the part Of every citizen who
founder gave US. The debates and acts Of
congress, the utterances Of the press, the
exciting contests of the Republican and Dem
ocratic parties, now nearly equal in strength
publipsentiment. viii all bear directly and
effectively upon the twenty-fourth Presiden-
tial election, to be held in November. -Four
years ago next November. the will Of the ma
tioni as expressed at Tia polls, was thWarted
by an abOminable conspiracy, the promoters
and benehciaries Of which still hold the Of
fees they stole. Will the crime of 1875 be
repeated in 1880? The past decade of wears
opened with a corrupt, extravagant and inso-
lent 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
tney were driven by the indignation of the
people; Mili they succeed? The coming
year viii bring the answers to these moment
Gus questions. The Sun will be on hand to
chronicle the facts as they are developed, and
U, eXhlblt them clearly and fearlessly in their
relations 70 expedieney and right.
1hus, WIN a habit Of philosophical good
hHmor IN looking at the minor affairs Of life.
and IN great things q steadfast purpose to
maintain the rights Of the people and the
principles Of constitution against all agrees
sors, The sun Is, prepared to write a truthful,
Instructive, and at the sam time entertain.
ing history of 1890.
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Free Passes .rain.

Lancaster Intelligencerl
1t is a scandal upon Pennsylvania
justice that the judges of her Supreme
Court and the families ofsome ofthem
ride on free passes over the railroads
whose cases they are called upon SO
frequently to adjudicate. No indi-
vidual would like to have his case SUB.
mitted to a tribunal whose members
had in their pockets a free gift of
money value from his opponents, aud
parties litigant with corporations
should not start with these odds
against a fair Judgment. If the cor
porations cannot be brought under
the new constitution judges should at
least show themselves mindful Of the
letter and spirit of the law which they
swear to obey as well as to adjudge.
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The Sun will deal with Tho ev.s,s 81 Al.
year lod IN its y fashion, now nrettv veil
understood BY everybody. From lama ~
DscemDer 81 ~ VIII be conducted an 4 news
ppr rRs,, T for tbs NJ na onG English language, and
AZ a newspaper, The Sun believes in re,,,rr
al the news OF the world promptly, and nra,
sentlng IL In the most ineligible shape1the
shape tnat Viii enable its readers TO keen well
ABREAST OF the aye with the least unnroSnot
tive expenditure Of time. The greatest me-
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People Of all conditions Of life and MI wavs
OF thinking buy and read The Sun: and
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u ~ lot all, but OF none. II will continue Ia
praise what is good and reprobate what Il
evil, taking care that its language is In The
point and plain, beyond the possibility Of
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than, II hates unnecessary words. 1t abhors
frauds, pities fools, and deplores n"incompoons
Of every Species 1t win continue throuehout
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South American Exposition.

deneral Press Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, December 26.-The
United States consul at Buenos Ayres.
in a dispatch to the department of
state, dated Oct. q, 1879, announces
that a continental exposition will be
opened in that city on September Is.
1880, to continue until December Is
of the same year. The exposition is
to be divided into six sections. All
the nations of South America can con-
tribute to and compete in the expo
sition but the United States and
Europe are limited to one section for
machinery only. This section is di.
yided into eleven groups, consisting of
hydraulics, mining, metals, casting of
types, bookbinding, agricultural i'm
plements and several other groups.
The usual directions to exhibitors
have been published in pamphlet
form.
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No. S2S7, r.
L~InsoIvenl Notice.

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county-A.
d. Gwynn, Administrator Of the estate Of
s. D. Mangum, deceased, VS.. Y. N. Estes,
ct al.
TT appearing from the bill In this cause that
i il is a proceeding instituted 70 wind up and
settle the estate of s. ID. Mangum, deceased
as an insolvent estate; II Is therefore ordered
estate make their appearance herein az the
courthouse ofSholby county, in Memphis, on
or before the frst Monday IN February, 1880,
and have themselves made parties 10 this
cause, and hle and establish their claims, OF
tho same will be forever barred; and that a
copy Of this order be published once q week
for ten successive weeks In the Puolic Ledger.
This November 18th, 1879.
r, j. BLACK, Clerk snd Master.
BYE. 3. MoIlEgRy. D. G. and NJ.
j. M. Gregory, Solicitors for complainant.
6@ 10 81 81 $3.50 l05 III ZIG
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New Years Calls.
Washington National Republican,

Washington National Republican,
Sir Will you be kind enough to let
know through your columns if it
is customary or polite to invite your
gentlemen friends to call on New
Years." or should they do 80 unin-
.yited? Please try to answer ina day
'or two @rd oblige.
A LADY READER.
Tie custom originally contemplated
the renewal of acquaintance that had
been dropped through neglect, tempo
rary pique, or other trifing cause, but
of late years it has expanded into the
formation of new acquaintance, and
has become much more general. 1t
has also become the custom to give
notice through the local press by,
such as intend 70 give formal reecp-
lions. While all are thus invited, it
would be no real improperly in a lady
communicating the fact that she would
receive, to her gentlemen aequaint-
anees. To expect them, however, to
await such notification would lie et
variance with the whole spirit of the
Institution.
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Throwing the Slipper.

Raleigh On. CO. Observer
In the vicinity of Apex, a few days
ago, there was a grand wedding among
the colored folks. After the ceremo-
ny had been conducted in handsome
style the groom, who resided in anoth.
er part Of the county, put his bride in
a wagon and prepared to take her to
his home. At this stage Of the pro-
ceedings a darky, who had travelled,
and said that he knew a thing or two
about the customs Of elegant white
folks, stated that it was always the
style to throw shoes after the bride as
she was driven of. The idea took
Immediately. As the happy couple
moved away from the door the darkies
jerked off their shoes and hurled them
at the vehicle. One darky who was
possessor of a No. 10 foot, threw a
shoe with too unerring aim. The
great missile flew through the air, and,
striking the bride'sskull knocked her
s~enseless in the bottom of the wagon.
The groom jumped out and gave the
thrower of the shoe a thrashing, ours
ing civilized customs with all his
heart.