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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26
A Few Words from Col. Fleece.

EDITOR LEDGER: In your issue Of.
Saturday you reprint an extract from
the Collierville correspondent to the
Avalanche, and indulge in some com
ments thereon, which, while natural
enough, do me great injustice.
cannot reproduce my exact Ian
guage used at Collierville, but can
confidently state the idea l tried to
convey.
l tried to show that the national
party offered a middle ground, upon
which white and colored might meet
in mutual amity and confidence, that
the improved relations between white
and colored in Shelby county were
due principally to the organization Of
this third party; that antago-
nisms on the color line we're
inevitable on the basis of only
two parties, republican and demo
cratic, that every consideration look
ing to a permanent residence of the col
ored people in our midst and the
establishment of peaceful and profit
able relationship between white and
colored demanded the support of this
third party.
In proof of all this | remarked
that while a heavy exodus had oc.
Cured from all the river counties,
from Memphis to New Orleans, it was
a fact that the national party had no
organization in them. did not mean
or intend to charge that the exodus
from the river counties was from op-
preston, but that ifthe national party
had established an organization in
them, as it has in Shelby county, no
such emigration of colored people
would have occurred. This | repeat
and believe.
My remarks, with regard to Judge
Horrigan, were embraced in some
words of commentator of Mr.. Hill,
responsive to frequent very compli.
mentary notices OF myself from him.
| stated very fairly the reasonable
claims Of Mr.. Hill to support-his legal
attainments, his high moral rectitude,
his birth in our county, his perma.
nent residence here, his Identification
with the people by his investment oil
his all in a permanent home in Mem.
phis, his comparative poverty his need
of the Office, etc.-sOme Of this in con.
trast with his opponent, who did moi
want the office, did MOI
need the Office, and wal
financially 50 situated that his resi-
dence here might terminate a
any moment when interest, convent
ence or pleasure so required. / di'
not state that he paid no taxes. | die
not, could not and would not rails
the question of citizenship by appea
to that vulgar and disgraceful barbar
ism that makes a citizen an enemy o
friend according as his birth may hav.
been north or south Of Mason an,
Dixon's line. / could not speak o
. Judge Horrigan in violation Of tn
simple truth, that he is an eminen
jurist, a just judge and good citizen.
SO far in this canvass l have no
descended to personalism. l hav
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26
A Lover.

ST. PETERSBURG, July 23.-The
body of Madame Skobelof, murdered
and robbed by sub Lieutenant GU
zatis, will be brought to st. Peters
burg. The assassin owed his position
throughout his career to General
Skobeloff. He had gained the order
of st. George during the last war. The
motive of 0uzatis in the murder of
Madame Skobeloff was revenge, the
madame having refused consent to his
marrying her maid.
An evening paper says: "0uzatiz
entered the Sixty.third regiment of
Russian infantry, through General
SkobelOff's influence. His commits
sion, which he forfeited by going to
Bosnia, was restored. and he distin-
guished himself at B~restovatz, and
was appointed General Skobeloffs
adiutant and received the orders of
Vladimimir and st. George, and a
sword of honor for his gallantry.
After the war General Skobelof pro-
cured him an appointment of captain
in the Rocmelian militia. He became
dissipated, and it is believed he and
Madame Skobeloff's maid conspired
to murder and rob her."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26

General Grant would not take the
coat because be did not like it. He
is a hard man tn suit. The garment
is now in possession of an old clothes
dealer near the cerner Of .Bayard and
Baxter streets, New York, who in
duces a reporter to enter by promis-
ing to sell him the coat, recently made
for the general, for two dollars. At
ter much grouping a disreputablo-
looking garment OF a sea- green color
was produced with a ground flourish
and the remark:
Deere ish de goat"
IF yoIi made it for the president,
why didn't he take it2" asked the re-
porter.
Laying a finger on one side of his
nose in a mysterious and impressive
manner, the dealer murmured.
He ordered cotton v%elveet on der
COLLAR, und | made err meestake und
pud on seek; dat makes him so med
he Won't lake i'd"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26
People of Note.

1t cost Mr.. Gladstone 1854 to be re-
elected for Midlothian.
General Schenck is passing the
summer at Bennington, Vt, and the
price of two small pair in that vicinity
has gone up considerably.
Colonel Thomas A. Scott is yacht
ing about the New England and Cana
dian shores, and will shortly 90 to the
White mountains. He Is much better
in health.
Among the manuscripts left by the
late B. X. Junkin, ID, of New
castle, Pa, who recently died in West
Virginia, is a life OF General Hancock.
1t will probably be given to the prin-
ter soon.
Walt Whitman is lying very i'll at
the re idence Of DR.. Black, in Lon
don, Ontario.
Chief Justice Waite is spending the
summer at his boyhood home, Lyme,
Conn.
Eugene, on her return to England
toward the end Of this month, will
spend a few days at Chiselhurst, visit
Queen Victoria at Osborne, Isle oil
Wight, and then go to Arenenburg
on Lake Constance, Switzerland
where her residence is.
Robbers entered the apartments oil
the Grant family at the Beebe house,
Manitou, and stole $500 worth of Jew.
elry and money. The robbery is sup.
posed to have been committed By
sharpers, who followed the party tc
Manitou, Mayor Bacon, Of Colorado
Springs, has a detective at work.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26
HUGGING IN THE PARK.
Peck's Milwaukee Sun Has
Something TO Say.
Detroit Free Press.l

Detroit Free Press.l
The law-abiding people of this com
munity was startled last week, and the
greatest indignation prevailed, at an
editorial article in the Sentinel de-
%nouhcing hugging in the public parks.
The article went to show that the
placing of seats in the park leads to
hugging, and the editor denounced
hugging in the most insane manner
possible. We do not desire to enter
politics, but when a great cOnstitu-
tional question like this comes up we
shall be found on the side of the we k
against the strong. The Sentinel ad-
vises the removal of the seats from
the park because hugging is done on
them. Great heavens has it come
to this? Are the dearest rights of
the American citizen to be abridged
in this summary manner Let us
cali the attention of that powerful
paper to a clause in the declaration of
independence, which asserts that "all
men are created free and equal, en-
lowed with certain inalienable rights,
among which are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" When the
trainers of that great declaration o fin
dependence were at work on that clause
they must havehadin view the pastime
of huggiug in the parks. Hugging
is certainly a pursuit Of happiness. )"
People do not hug for Yages-that is,
except on the stage. To the student
of nature there is nothing more beau
tiful than to see q flock of young peo-
pie take seats in a park, after the sun
has gone to bed in the west and the
moon has pulled a feecy cloud over
her face for a veil, so as not to disturb
the Worshjpers. A couple, one male
and the other female, will sit far apart
on the cast iron seat feF o moment,
when the young lady will try to Ok
her cloak over her shoulders, and she
can't fix it, and then the young man
will helm her, and when he has. got it
fixed he will go off and leave one arm
around the small of her back. He
will miss his arm and wonder where
he left it, and in the dark he will feel
around with the other hand 10 find
the hand he left. Suddenly the two
hands will meet, they will express
aStonishment and Slasp each other,
and be so glad that they will begin to
squeeze, and the chances are that they
will cut the girl in two, but they never
do.
1t is claimed by some that young
people who stay out nights and hug
are not good for anything the next
day. There is something 10 this, but
if they didn't get any hugging they
wouldn't &c weyth a cent any time
They would be al the time looking
for it. No, good Mr.. Sentinel, 90 be,
half of fifty thousand young people
who have no organ to make known
their wants we ask you TO stay your
hand, and do not cause the seats to be
removed from the parks.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26
virginia Democrats.
% the Courier JOurnal.l

Az
WASHINGTON, July pa recon
ciliation is promised in Virginia, and
the people of the Shenandoah are
leading off in calling for a convention
which shall choose five electors from
each faction of the party, and leaves
the choice of the eleventh to the
democratic national committee. There
is a determination, so says an old Vir-
GINA politician, that all differences
shall be healed, and that the opposi-
ton to the republican party shall vote
for one electoral ticket. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY expected that a compromise
will soon be arranged, and that all
who are opposed to Garfield will have
but one electoral ticket to vote for,
barring the almost forgotten Weaver
ticket.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26
The Ross Crane Vine.

Saline County (Ark.) Digest.l
Not very far from McTudor' spring
in Saline county, Arkansas, is proba-
bly, the largest grape vinein the world.
The Saline river bottom is one con-
tinual vineyard anyway. One can
gather six or seven varieties from the
same acre of ground, which for size
and quality are superior to the tame
grape. 1.-THE common fox grape usu-
ally weikhs an ounce apiece, and as
many as four hundred Of these grapes
grow in a bunch. Other and larger
varieties neigh two or three times as
much. A year or two ago one of our
farmers I'd lhered fifteen wagon loads
from a wind of this larger variety, and
made two barrels of 1iue wine from
each wagon load which he sold readi-
ly for $2.25 per gallon. Another man
gathered fro h an adjoining vine eleven
and one-haR wagon loads which he
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26

done what your correspondent
admits. l have made long,
dry and conservative speeches
poorly adapted to win votes of the
masses.
| commend to your sympathy the
poor candidate, who, in this hot race,
runs the gauntlet between three
partisan newspapers, numerous parti-
san correspondents, many orators and
a full list of opposing candidates, all
bearing the royal seals of party con-
ventions, free passports and sacred
pledges of fealty for every voter, des-
pite his individual preferences and
moral obligations to others as citizen
or friend.
Allow me in conclusion to thank
you and the whole press of Memphis
for repeated words Of commentator,
amounting almost to Endorsement,
which, as e'er party lash had to be ap-
piled, allowed me to gain a footing
in the confidence Of the public, which
promises to bear me through the fight
triumphantly. GEO. B. FLEECE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26
IN A NEST OF WATER SNAKES.
A Lively Adventure Had by an
Auburnian Sportsman.
Auburn On. " Auburpian.I

Auburn IN. " Auburnian.I
A sportsman, whose word in every
respect can be vouched for, was spend
ing a few days at Cayuga in hunting
and fishing on Seneca river. One
morning he pulled his boat into the
rushes which line the stream on both
sides for miles to wait for water hens
to make their appearance on the clear
water, which they always do in large
numbers at early dawn. He fell into a
doze from which he did not awake I'M
til the sun began to burn his face. On
opening his eyes the object that met
his gaze was a monstrous black water
snake coiled up in the stern of the
skif. The sight of this Shiny visitant
surprised him not a little. The gen
tleman slowly reached around for his
gun, which lay in the bow of the boat,
keeping his eyes at the same time on
the snake. The first thing that his
hand came in contact with was the
cold clammy body Of another visitor
Of the same species. Like a fash he
jerked back that useful member, and
looking over his shoulder espied three
snakes apparently taking solid COM.
fort" either of which would measure
seven feet in length.
He quickly grasped an oar and
sprang upon the seat. By this time
the one which occupied the stern, not
liking these warlike preparations,
glided off into the water, but the other
three gave evidence Of sholding the
fort" They coiled and uDcoiled
themselves, and ran out their forked
tongues at him in no friendly manner
Mr.. - opened the attack by knock
ing the nearest one completely out of
time with an oar. The other crawl
ed up on the seat and
tried to encompass itself around
his pedal extremities. The gentleman
who was now thoroughly alarmed be-
gan a series Of violent manOuvers,
kicking and striking until finally he
threw his foes into the water. On
examining the spot he discovered that
he had hauled up his boat into the
place where they had hybernated
during the past winter.
An old muskrat house heal by was
literally alive with their hideous forms,
basking in the sunshine. Mr.. -
said that he soon got into position and
pulled to a more congenial locality to
watch for game.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

Chanoory Court Of Shelby coupty-R. No. 1179
Ann J Adams ct al, vs.. ] j Mitchell ct al.
DY virtue Of an interlocutory decree for
ID sale, entered in the above cause on the
18th day Of June, 1880, l will sell, at public
auction, to the highest bidder, in front of
the clerk and masters Office, courthouse Of
the Taxing District Of Shelby county, MEM
phis) Tennessee, on
Saturday, August I4th, 1880,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated In Shelby county, Tenn.
t0-wit:
Let No. l Of the subdivision Of lot No. / Of
Memphis, fronting so feet on the west side Of
Wellington street, and running back between
parallel lines 10 LaRose street, the north limo
being 1883 feet and the south line 1873 feet 10
inches.
Lot No. 3 Of sub division Of lot No. / in. city
Of Memphis, fronting so feet on west side Of
Wellington street with a depth Of feet be-
tween parallel lines.
Terms Of sale-Cash.
This July %, 1880.
r. j. BLACK, Clork and Master.
CAN'T 4 Patterson, Ats. ls lN l6 IN
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26
Campaign Gossip.
Tanner is a Garfield man.

DR.. Tanner is a Garfield man.
There are troops at the %polls-catch-
ing fab,
Cook county, ILL.,, is claimed as
sure" by both parties.
There are signs of a remarkable
speech crop this season.
The Hancock association, of New
Orleans, is alive with democratic en-
thgsiasm.
General Ewing and General Warner
have been assigned to Maine f9r cam
paign duty. '"
The Iowa state Democrat cconvep,
ton is to be heldiR pes MOines on
Thursday, Sept. g.
Chicago has not held a Garfield rat
l6cation meeting. Long John says
wait till this hot spell is over"
A Saratoga omnibus has been
named Garfield, which a democratic
exchange suggests is the next thing to
q paTtJ heNAt
About a dozen political aspirants
hope to succeed Hon. Hester Clymer
as representative to congress from the
Reading (Pa.) district.
The gr~eenbackers of Clay county
Texas, are said TO be blowing awfully,
but the democrats are sitting back
easy and confident of strength.
South Carolina republicans, accord
ing to the Outrage papers, threaten
to quit the state unless they can whiI
the democrats in November.
The Atlanta Ca Constitution call,
Carl Schurz the most leading repub.
lican in the country, and says that
YhsR Schgrz sings the bosses have to
dance.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26
Attachment Notice.

No. ~4969-Before J. S. Galloway, j. P. for
shelby county TsnA.-S. NJ, Robertson VS..
NJ this cause an attachment having been
l sued out under section 8 rs of the Code Of
Ten nessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of the defendant, and afideyit hav-
ms been made that defendant is indebted to
the plaintig Ia The sum Of sl4, due BY
acooupt, and that the claim is just, and that
the defendant IS a non resident of the
State Of Tennessee, or is about to remove. or
has removed himself or property from the
State; or has removed or is removing out of
the county privately; or concealing himself SO
so that the ordinary process Of law cannot be
served upon him; or has absconded;
or is absconding or coneeelins himself
or property; or has fgAudulently dispnra
of, or is about lyaudplently 10 dispose Of hi,
prppeeIyi " Is therefore ordered that
said defendant make his personal appear.
anee before me ON the 7th day Of August,
1850, at IL o'clock M, at my office, No. "a
Madison street, Memphis, Tenn, and defend
said attachment salt within the time pre-
scribed by Law, or the same will be proceeded
with OK. parte; aud that a copy Of this order
be published once a week for four weeks in
the Public Ledger.
This the Sd day Of July, 1880.
lO} liz IN l26 j. S. GALLOWAY, J. p.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26
lOn-RosIdont Notice.

No. l967-In the Ohancery Court Of shsTbv
county, Tenn,-F q COnnell Ell al Va. Anna
Mckenna ct al.
WHEREAS, in a certain cause pending In
w the above mentioned court. wherein y
q Cornell ct al complainants and Anna NJ
kenna OF al are defendants, instituted for az
purpose Of settling, winding up and div;diinnSS
the estate Of Eppy White, deceased. on thss
18Th Of June, 1880, an order OF court IVES en,aro
cd reciting that the said Anna McKpnno MI
departed this life leaving as her only bsirluatul
law Maud Blackstone McKenna and direntinr
sciri faeias to issue to her, commandinS has
70 appear and show cause, etc., and n an1 nSr
ing from the return Of the Sheriff that PsSsS E
not to be found in this county, ;. Il is fbS,d -
fore ordered that she make her apnearsneo
herein, az the courthouse Of Shelby connty
II Memphis, Tenn, on or before the ssssi
Monday in September, 1880, and show canss
II ans she have, why this cause should NOT N,
revived against hor as the heir-at law AZ saiig
anna Mckenna, and that a copy Of this ordsr
% puDlished once q week, for four suooessive.
weeks, in the Public Ledger.
A ~copy-Attest.
+, J, BLACK, Clerk and mastsr.
By 10; y; MoHESRY, DC. andMs ~
Geo Gillian, sol. for compl't.
ll6 LIZ 2 1A
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26
An Old Mans Blessing,

The following letter has been adj
dressed to a writer for this paper:
HOLLY, N. Y, June, 1880.
DEAR SIR am an old man, sew
enty-seven years Of age, and for three
or four years l have had diabetes,
which kept growing worse and worse,
| discharged an enormous amount of
water, the quantity seeming to increase
week after week, and my strength
growing less and less, forced me to
think that | must soon die, which |
certainly should have done had | not
taken Warmers Safe Diabetes Cure,
which l was induced to try upon
recommendation of a friend who had
used Warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure, and was cured by it. |
have used the Safe Diabetes Cure, it
has cured me, and | think it is the
best thing in the world.
Yours truly, NJ. N. SToDDARD.
Sold Wholesale by s. Mansfield &
Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26
ATTACHMENT Notice.

Before II. u. Ramsey. j., p. for shelby coun-
ty, renn.-J. j. Busby 4 Co. VS.. John Ben
ninger.
N this cause an attachment having been
l. sued out under section 1855 Of the code Of
tennessee and returned levied upon the prop.
erty Of the defendant, and affidavit having
been made that defendant is indebted to the
account. and that the olaim is Just,
and that the defendant Is a non resident Of
the state of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
that said defendant make bis personal ap
pesrance before me on the 10th day OF August,
1880, at u o'clock m, at my Office, and defend
said attachment suit within the time pre-
scribed by law, or the same will be proceeded
with exparte. and that a 0opy Of this order
be published onee a week for four successive
weeks In the Public Ledger.
This the It'll day Of July, 1880,
Ill III 1913 1923 " H. B. RAMSEY, j.. P,
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How a LllGe Boy Faced Death

A ten-year-old, whose legs we're
recently cut off by a train of cars in
this city, was too plucky to make any
fuss over the incident. When the lit
tie fellow was taken home his legs
hung limp, but he did not complain.
But the tender look he gave to those
who stood by his side, told plainly
that he was suffering great agony.
After the doctor had dressed his
wounds, he called his parents, sisters
and brothers to his bedside, kissed
one and all farewell, and LETT a tear on
their cheeks. A second time he call
ed his mother to his side, placed his
little arms about her neck and said:
Mother, | am going to die. Please
forgive me for not minding you"
With this the little fellow fell back,
and as the mother said, YES, my
angle" and took another look at his
face, she found him dead and beyond
all pain and suffering.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26

Davy Croker in Camden,

West Jersey Press.l
The venerable President Gill, of the
National state bank, tells this anec-
dote of the eccentric individual whose
name heads this article. 1t is remem
bered of Colonel Crockett hat he was
very skillful in the use of the rife,
and that he won much of his fame by
the dexterous use Of that Arearm.
About the year 1881 or 30 the colonel
visited Camden for the purpose OF
giving an exhibition of his skill in
rife shooting to a few of his friends,
as we'll as to astonish the natives by
some crack shots. The ground Sc
lected for rife practice wal that near
where the county courthouse now
stands, and in full view OF the then
Camden & Amboy railroad. During
the progress of the shooting, the first
locomotive on the read, with which
the engineers were experimenting,
passed along, and when the sight OF
1t broke upon Colonel Crockett's Wis
ion he irreverently exclaimed, "Hell
in harness." and for q moment gazed
in astonishment at the moving wonder.
Wherever he appeared Colonel Crock
EFT was lionized, but he found it I'M.
possible to withstand the growing
popularity Of General Jackson, and
going to Texas, he cast his fortunes
with that state in its contest against
Mexico, and was murdered by the
Mexicans after he had surrendered
with six survivors Of the attack upon
Fort Alamo.
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PLATFORM.

The right of trial by jury, the ha'
beas corpus, the liberty of the press,
the freedom of speech, the natural
rights of persons, and the rights Of
property must be preserved.-Ex
tract from General Hancock's order,
November 10Th, 1867.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26

The recent massacre Of eight Cuban
prisoners in hospital, by the Spaniards,
was an atrocious act, quite in keeping
with Spanish character and prece-
dents, but utterly unjustifed by the
usages of war. 1t was a piece of bar
barous diabolism, such as no civilized
people, except the S~paniards, would
perpertrate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26

sold at FIVE cents a pound. The size
Of the larger vine measures fo~rty-nine
inches in circumference, and requires
four immense oak trees to sustain its
branches. For choice grapess grape
vines, grape land, fruit land, or any
other Zig thing of course you must
come to Saline county to find it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-26

Letter heads, envelopes, bill heads,
bills of lading, and all kinds of com
mercial printing done as well and
cheap at the LEDGER Office as any
where in the United States. Mer-
chants would ave money by calling
at LEDGER Office before giving their
orders TO drummers.