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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-29
ENCOURAGEMENT

T0 the Voters Of the Tenth Congressional
/ District, composed Of the Counties Of
Shelby, Hardeman and F~ayette-urged By ms
friends and called upon to do so By a unanim-
ity Of public sentiment most grateful To my
f~eelings, and which embraces all parties, /
candidacy for reelection rs your Representa-
tive in Congress at an early day, but 10 defer
ence t. che pol teal party TO which ! belong,
l deemed It proper TO defer doing so until its
sanction was obtained in som authoritative
petent authority that there win be no demo
cratic Convention called in this district to
make a nomination, / feel at liberty to an
nounce myself a candidate before the people
for reelection to the lower house Of Congress,
and to respectfully solicit the support Of my
ielow-eitizens Of every party at the ballot
box, on the third day Of November next.
l57t GigEY YOuNG
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-29
M~on-RosIdsnt Notice.

No. S7S9-In the Chancery Court of Shelby
county, Tenn.-Samuel Mosby ct al VS.. j. Il.
Goodloe, executor Of X. @. Brinkley, de-
ceased, ct al.
TT appearing from the bill and an order ST
4 Court 10 this cause that It is a proceeding
instituted 10 settle and wind up the estate Of
X. q. Brinklsy, deceased, as an insolvent es-
tate; IL is therefore ordered that all parties
claiming to be creditors Of laid estate or other
wis interested thereto, make the temperance
htr in, Il The Clubhouse Of Shelby county, in
M"mpi i and 'Nhib t thei- demands and have
tlgns VS. made pnrtiee To this eau Q on or
Def re TIE 6r { N nday In February, 1881. and
any g aim not Ill d Dn ~ before III, day fixed
or before an appropriation of the funds of
the estst is made, aud wi hin the time pre.
scr,bed by law, shall be forever barred; and
that a copy Of this order be published once 4
week, for four successive weeks, in the Public
Ledger.
This 18th day of October, 1880.
A copy-Attest:
r, J. BLACK, Clerk and master.
By =. b. McHENRY, d. g. Nm.
tinlay Il Peters, sol. for compl't.
4gb4 N &c
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NOTICE RI CREDITORS.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Non-RosIdont Notice.

No. 680-In tho Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, Tenn.-Richard II Talley ct al ".
Foster D.. Talley ct al.
1T appearing from the Sheria7s return In
i this cause that the defendants, Fletcher
r.. Talley and Harry l.. Talley, arc
not % be found his county u u
appearance herein, at tho courthouse OF
Shelby county, 10 Memphis, Tenn. on o. before
the first Monday in December, 1880, and
plead, answer OF demur TO complainant bill
or the same will BIO taken for confessed
as 70 them and set for hearing ex-parte:
and that a copy Of this order be published once
q week for four successive weeks In the Public
Ledger.
This the Goth day Of October, 1880.
Acopy-Attest,
r. j, BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By Il. B, MctiENkY ID. Q. q NJ.
Humes 4 Poston, sol. for eompl't.
B956 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-29
DISTRICT ELECTORS:

DISTRICT ELECTORS:
First District-CHABLEs r. VANCE. Of Sulli-
van.
Second Distriet-W. L. L%EDeEEwooD, Of
Knox.
Third Distriet-JoHS R. MAI, Of Rhea
oOuny.
Fourth Distriet-JoaEPH &. WAsHNGTOS, Of
Robertson.
Firth District. II. BUKSAN. Of Lincoln.
Sixth Distriet-W. A. THoyA, Of Davidson.
Seventh Distriet-E. A. TALLIAFEERo, Of
Giles.
Eighth District-A. G.. HAEE1Ss, Of Carroll.
Ninth District-T. Z. RICHARDSON, Of Dyer.
Tsnth Distnet-R. J. MoEGAS. Of Shelby.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-29

ELEcrORs FOR TIKI SfATE-AT-LAReE;
JOHN L. I. SNEED, Of Shelby.
ANDREW B. MARTIN, of Wilson.
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Drawing Room S!Ggpilg Cars
the shortestan and Quickest Route
rs The
& Pennsylvania Lime.

The management confidently invite at
tention TO its Superior Equipment,
Through Car service, and quick time.
The Scenery en- route is justly celebrated
for its variety and surprising beauty.
Dining Stations at Cincinnati, ~Indianapo-
lis, Columbus, Pittsburg, Altoona and
Harrisburg are in charge Of well known
caterers, VINO have contributed in no
small degree TO the popularity Of the
PAM Handles and Pennsylvania Line, with
the travelling public.
Purchase tickets by the Gs-Pan-Han.
die and Pennsylvania Line, -GGN on sale al
all Railroad Ticket Offices in Memphis,
Mobile, Nashville, New Orleans, and
throughout the South.
SIDNEY 3. Jones, GsnT southw. P. Ag't,
Northeast Corner 4th and Vine streets,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
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b. 4 R T
Chairman Legislative Couneil
ChanCery Sale Of Real Estate.

UlidhOoIy odle VI hoal ESIata.
No. SOL r; -Chanoery Court ofshelby county.
-Sallie r, Coffee VS.. James D. Rudin,
R1 virtue Of an interlocut0ry decree for
- sale, entered In the above cause on the
l5th day Of April, 1874, and renewed October
9Th, lSso, | will soil, at public auction, To
the highest bidder, in front Of the clerk and
masters office, courthouse building. Main
street, IN the city Of Memphis, now known as
tho Taxing District of Shelby county, on
saturday. October 30, 1850,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
and 10 the city Of Memphis, to-wit:
BEGINNING en- the northwest corner Of Main
and Pontotoe streets; thence north With the
west line Of Main street IS feet 20 a stakei
thence west lis feet to a stake On n private all,
ley 10 feet vide; thence south IS luot Ga Ponto-
toe street; thence east with Pontotoe street li5
feet TO the beginning, together with all the i'm
proYcments thereon.
Terms ofEale: 0ne,lhh cash, balance in ak.
twelve and eighteen months; notes to bear IN
lerest at six per cent from date, with approved
surety; lien retained, e'c.
r.. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
This October 5th, 1880,
humes 4 Poston, aud j. A. Taylor, Attor-
neyf. N06
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tered NJ the PostOfiee at Memphis, Tenn,
as seoond-class matter.l
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ORDlNANCEs...BY AUTHORITY.

~
DE il ordained by the Legislative Councii;
ID That section 34f. page lig. HeisEell BIZ
gest, be and the same is hereby amended by
striking out all of that section following The
word THE in the fourth line thereof, and In.
serting instead thereof the following: ''Du.
plieate number Of sid license, painted on
two tin plates, In figures, and not less than
three inches long. which said Duplicate said
licenses, shall fastan the one on 0ne side, and
the other on the other side Of said vehicle or
2 some other conspicuous part either on We
hicle or haeness, provided that in case Of ON
hl9uses, c9iehss or carriages or other vehicles
carrying glA's lamps attached to each side Of
the same tho number of the license said II
oense shall have painted on the lamps, on the
glass front or sides thereof. which lSmps shall
always be lighted when fueh vehicles are used
after da-k, and such duplicates shall, du; ing
the continuance Of such license, be kept in
their places as Aforesaid, and II shall be a
misdemoanor to displace the same or either of
thom, during such time, or interfere with the
snme, or either Of them, or use such vehicle
without having both Of the anne in place, or
to u c any vehicle without such Duplicated
fastened and kept as Aforesaid
b. 4 PORTER.
Chairman Legislative Council,
G, l.. PULLES. Secretary. FI
DE. it ordained by the Legislative Council
~ that section 3I5 Heiskolls Digest, page
l69, be and the same is hereby amended 10
read as follows; BY striking out all Of said
section after the word SHALL" in the Rfth
line thereof, and inserting the following,
commencing after the said word ''shall' in
said fifth line of said section Gin default Of
payment Of said fine, be confined at hard
labor, within or without the workhouse, until
such fine Is paid and discharged, or until such
person being credited with twenty five cents
Tor each days labor, has fully paid and dis
charged his said fine; - and ali other ordi-
nances in conflict with this ordinance be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Passed October q, 1880,
D. 7. PORTER,
Attestj
q. Il. PulLRS. Sec'y. 475l
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The Cheapest and Best
IN THE SOUTH

IT ehtcrDrisinR, fearless, reliable and
nsWSy. and the peer of any weekly newspa-
per published in wout Tennessee. cOntaipirg
ALL LOCAL EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE
in the city of Memphis and Shelby county.
No labor or o1pon0o will be spared to man
tain 1t in every department at tho high
possible standard, and to commend it
respects to the confidence and approval of tn
best classes in the surrounding country, being
'irlatly
Democratic and Conservative
but will not be unjustly partisan, aiming to
be fair and lust. as well as pronounced in Ito
political convictions.
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The accumulated evidence Of nearly thirty
years show that the Bitters is a certain remedy
for . alarial disease as we'll as its surest pre-
~Yentive; that it eradicates dyspepsia, consti-
patton, liver complaint and nervousness,
cOunteracts a tendency to. govt, rheumatism,
urinary and uterine disorders, that IT imparts
Yig0r to the feeble, and cheers the mind
while II invigorates the body.
For sale by ali druggists and dealers gener.
ally
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Friday evening Oct. 80, 1850
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National Democratic Ticket.
FOR PREsIDEyT;
W. S. HANCOCK, OF PENNSYLVANIA.
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The tenth census will prove the
most complete and accurate of any
preceding one. You may rely on
that. RoMAINE.
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FOR NIoE-PRRsIDEST:
W. II. ENGLISH. OF INDIANA,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14
The Cincinnati Star.

THE DAILY STAR is served by carriers
to their subscribers in the City of Cincin-
natl and in all important Western cities
and towns for IL CENTS PER WEEK,
payable to the carrier. Or the paper will
be mailed, postage paid, to any part of
the country for so CENTS PER MONTH,
s8 per snnum.
THE STAR isthe only STRICTLY INDE.
PENDENT NEWSPAPER published in
Cincinnati. 1t is taken and read by
people of all parties and shades OF opin-
ion, and 1t seeks to present the news oil
allkinds fairly and faithfully, with justice
to Sll and with especial favor to none.
THE WEEKLY STAR--$1 PER YEAR,
circulates in oil parts OF the country, and
isl first-class family newspaper.
ADVERTISING RATES-In Daily l2H
CENTS per line, or 81 per square Of eight
lines, agate measure. In Weekly, %
CENTS per line.
Address THE STAR,
230 Walnut Street. Cincinnati, O.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14
LAST YEARS HANGINGS.

Some statistician has amused himself
by searching up the record Of the hang
ings in the United States for the year
1879, and finds that 1Ol persons have
been legally divested of their mortal coil
through the use of hempen one, while
IA were helped on their way to
immortality by the hastily improvised
assistance of Judge Lynch and lamp
post or convenient tree, One curious
fact comes to the surface in this connec-
tion, which is, that while the South has
perhaps one-fourth the population of the
country and its administration of justice
has been frequently sneered at among
Northern States, GA, or nearly two-thirds
of the legal hangings have occurred
there, showing seemingly that convic-
tions for capital crimes are more fire.
queht and certain there than at the
North, where the punishment of infrac-
tions of law have hitherto been claimed
to be administered with greater GER
tainty.
Admitting that crime is more frequent
in Southern than in Northern States, it
is scarcely possible that one-fourth the
population should commit twice the
number of capital offcnses that occur in
the other three-fourths; hence the ratio
of capital punishment there and at the
North must indicate more efficient en-
forcement Of the laws or healthier tone
of moral sentiment against permitting
murderers to slip through the technical
loop-holes of the law as administered by
the Courts. In either case the showing
ought to be considered vindication of
Southern people from the charge of pos
sessing less respect for the law than ex-
lists in this part of the country. 1t must
be confessed that in Northern States the
conviction and hanging of murderers is
becoming yearly less frequent in
proportion to the number of
murders committed, and that
where jurors do even convict the
ingenuity of criminal lawyers in dis
covering technicalities Of law and i'm
perfections Of court procedures, some
how seem to enable criminals, especially
when they possess either money or in
huential friends, to evade with sus
picious frequency the punishment fo
their crimes. At any rate the above
record of the hangings that have oc
Cured within the past year, sectionally
considered, is a startling revelation. L
is proper, however, to add that of th'
seventy-four lynchings which Rave oc
Cured the South has supplied thirty-fvt
of the number Colorado has, however
done its duty in this respect, having ele
vated nine of its citizens Or sojournin.
| friends to positions of prominence.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14
Lynch Law in Louisiana.

Lake Providence seems to envy Amite
the malodorous reputation acquired by
the lynching which we, some days since,
were called upon to chronicle and de-
nounce. In both towns men have been
sacrificed to the blind fury of the mob,
intent on righting wrong by violent and
unjustifable methods. In both cases
the name, not of particular community
alone, but of the entire State as well, has
been stained with murder most foul done
in the sacred name of Justice. At Lake
Providence five men arrested on suspi-
cion of completely in the killing Of City
Marshal Mcclure were attacked while
lying in Jail; all were either killed OF
crippled. Such deeds are a disgrace te
civilization and no community can lei
them 60 unpunished without paying the
heavy penalty which, in some form, il
always attached to crime. Where thi'
kind of thing is to stop we do.not preteno
to say; but it needs no prophet to foretel
the disastrous results which the repetition
of such bloody scenes must produce OF
the prosperity and happiness of the State
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the people as her granite mountains to
their base. Republican and Democratic
parties are balanced so evenly that their
leaders dare not go widely astray as in
States where the Republicans or Demo-
Gratis are so overwhelmingly in the as
cendant that the political harpies flock to
the standards of this or that party rather
for the dead carcass that is to be feasted
upon than. Cor any desire to serve
their country. New Hampshire has
2,535 public schools, with a
daily average attendance of 43,91O
pupils. Three thousand and sixty-six
pupils are taught in private schools, and
3,988 children between five and fifteen
years of age attend no school at all.
For this army of young ideas there are
1852 teachers, whose average w'ges is
$94 per month for males and 1922 SO for
females. There are nearly five times
as many female teachers as males. There
are, in the State, nearly hundred high
schools, seminaries, academies and select
schools, and the public expenditure for
school purposes last year amounted to
$609,58S 13. In States like New Hamp-
shire, where popular education is SO
widely disseminated, liberty may be
pretty safely intrusted to the people with
out danger of its being abused.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14
Ceremonies and Their Animal
Origin.
1.-THE Athen9um.l

Ceremonies are prior to social, and
even to human, evolution. The little
dog that falls upon his back and holds
up his paws when he meets big dog is
performing q propitiatory ceremony.
He is as good as saying to the big dog:
"Don't bite dog when he is down; bite
one of your own weight" Now, the
majority, the immense majority, of hu-
man ceremonies are relics of a similar
process of Precipitation. The savage
who rolls on his back and slaps his thighs
to welcome visitor is not many stages
in advance of the little dog. The lady
who kisses the Queens hand when she is
presented is carrying out the practice of
the cow who licks her calf. The calf is
licked because that process gives the COW
a pleasant sense of possession in her off
spring. From licking, kissing, or shifting
as an agreeable and affectionate process
came the custom of licking, kissing, or
shifting as sign of affection, and SO of
Precipitation of superior, who naturally
likes to be liked, and of that propitia-
ton the ceremony of kissing the Queens
hand is a survival.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14
OUR BUSY MEN.
Here and There Among Our Hives oi
Industry.

Horace Longley starts for Leasen-
worth, Kansas where he intends to embark
in the hardware business.
Messrs. Beeler & Curry, the stationers,
have moved from Fourth street to one OF
the new stores In the Virgins building, in
the Fifth street front. i
A telephone will be placed in the roo ms
occupied by the Miller's international Ex.
hibition Committee, as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be completed.
The Louisville Short-line boys are now
occupying their hands" "mely furnished
office. at the corner of Vine and Fifth
streets. 1t is one of the finest railroad
Offices in the city. .'i.,
Mr.. John Doods, the veteran fireman OF
the large foundry department OF the Bly,
| myer Man ufacturing Company's establish
ment, has again assumed charge, having
recovered from his severe illness.
Jacob Thornbury, an old and esteemed
mechanic, who was familiarlv known in
| this city some years ago as Jolly Jake" is
now the owner and operator of large and
well-tilled farm near De Soto, Iowa.
| The large rolling mills situated at Iron
| ton, Ohio, are rushed with business and are
worked to their full capacity to supply the
demand. Such boom in the iron trade
has not been experienced for many years.
Messrs. Stanton & Dewine are doing some
very large forging at their shop on Elm
street, below Second. They do considera-
BILE steamboat work all the year, besides the
| forging for number of small shops in the
vicinity.
Messrs. Henry J. Reedy Il Co. built more
elevators than any other firm in our city.
Their machines are we'll known all over
the country and especially in Chicago, New
York, St. Louis, Philadelphia and other
Eastern cities.
Mr.. Lewis Bernard has openeda first-class
cigar store and sample room OH Vine
street, below Fifth, which will probably
be the headquarters for large number of
our prominent politicians and business
men,
| The two fine new stone front dwellings,
recently erected on Richmond street, are
ready for occupancy. They are the finest
houses on the square, and are built
throughout on the latest and most moderlI
style.
The new elevators from Philadelphia for
the Virgins building are expected to ar
rive in few days. Mr.. Bateman has as.
sumed charge of the heating apparatus, and
the house is made comfortable these cold
days by profusion Of steam.
Mr.. James Wilson, of the firm of Win
chell & Wilson, has returned from his In.
diana trip, having purchased large guam
tity If grist mill machinery. which they
will repair and overhaul for the purpose Of
reselling. This firm do quite large bust
ness in the secondhand machinery line.
Mr.. Dan Thomas, Deputy in the County
Clerks Office was met on the street this
morning. Dan looks as happy as ever even
though he is about to pack up his pen and
pencil, and vacate his easy chair. Dan has
the advantage of good trade, however
and is never uneasy about earning the
'wherewith" to purchase the necessaries o.
life.
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Editorial Spinnings,

Weather predictions prophet nobody.
Sections 60 gravely about their bust
ness. =. 80.
"A staff Of doctors is bad thing to
lean upon.
Coon dogs fetch SIS at Kenton, N. c.
in 81 80 poodles. ,,r... ...- .tf
1t is a sealy extravagance for lady to
buy fur sacqne s'very mild winter
Charity, like an ulster overcoat, may
be made IT, cover multitude Of sins
The British Goat Society is an organi-
zation that intends to goat while its young.
1t IS pretended that celluloid pistols
will go off whether they are loaded or not.
Oysters, now that the weather has an
r in it. are likely to feel down in the mouth
1t Is proposed to pass law in Ken
lucky declaring boils and carbuncles felony
It won't do to say quack to a Michi
gander even if he is graduate OF Ann Arbor..
! Skunk fur is worth from 81 so to 5:
per skin in New York. They may be scent on b,
| mail.
The sausage makers complain of thu
difficulty Of making both ends meat while tn,
weather is 50 uniavorable ii j..
The most natural exclamation for
man to make when his wife wants to surpris
him Is pshaw! the most usual for lady i
| (p)shawk ~s -,@#t.
| 1t is said that stockings come some.
thing higher than at the beginning of the win
ter THIS is seasonable prudence since tn
weather is cooler.
Venus has been 10 see the man il
the moon just because it was leap year. The,
were alohg time in conjunction on the mornin,
OF the 9Th. Some mystery in 1t.
Coy. Van Zandt refused to accept th'
Russian Mission because unwilling to expose Mrs
Van to the rigors OF the Russian climate. VIII
not riyor out at Paris on the way there? b.,
I It Is said that Edison's light will burr
under water same as above. so that a man ma
now carry one with him 30 as to be able to drowI
| himself with light heart in the river.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14
Sound Views ON the Currency
charleston IS. C.) News1

The talked-of financial COMPROMISE be-
tween the two wings of the Democratic
party is not much Of a compromise, as
long as it includes the proposition to al
low the Government to issue such Treas
ury notes, not legal tenders, as are re-
quised for commercial operations. 1t is
unsafe, in our opinion, to allow the Gov
ernment to have anything to do with
issuing notes, or banking, This is the
business Of bankers, not Of the Govern
ment. Any fixed amount Of currency
will be too large at one season, and too
small at another season. Convertible
notes issued by banks flow in when the
issue is in excess of requirements, and
the banks emit them when trade calls for
them. Is the Secretary Of the Treasury
or the Congress to attend to this under
the new scheme3 Either course is bad.
The functions Of the Government should
be limited strictly to coming gold, silver
and small change.