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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-10

The Sun viii deal with the events of the
year 1851 IN its W fashion, now pretty we'll
understood by everybody. From January / la
december 81 II will be conducted as q news
printed for the people.
As a newspaper, The Sun believes in getting
all the news Of the world promptly, and pre-
senting 1t in the most ineligible shape-the
snare that Viii enable its readers to keep we'll
abreast of the age with the least unproduc-
tive expenditure of time. The greatest inter-
est to the greatest number-that is the law
controlling its daily makeup. II now has A
CIRCULATION very much larger than that Of any
other American newspaper, and eniovs an
income which it is at al times prepared to
spend literally for the benefit Of its readers.
feOple of all conditions Of life and all WAYS
81 thinking buy and read The Sun; and
!hey al derive satisfaction of some sort from
J Solumns, for they keep on buying and
In its comments on men and affairs. The
gun 9elleves that the only guide of policy
snoul9 De common sense, inspired by genuine
ameIlcan principles and backed by honesty
ol purpose. For this reason it is, and will
continue TO be, absolutely independent of
Paity, class, clique, organization, or interest.
~ Is Tor all, but of none, 1t will c%ontinne to
praise what Is good and reprobate what Is
o ooH, 'oha1s dare nat It's, language is to the
point ana pam, beyond the possibility of
Delng misunderstood. 1t is uninRuepced bv
motives that do no not appear on the surface.
II has no opinions to sell, save those which
may pc mad by any purchaser for two cents.
II mates injustice and r~ascality even mora
taan 1t hates unnecessary words. 1t abhors
frauds, pities fools, and deplores n-incomnoons
q every species. It will continue throughout
me year 1880 to chastise the hrst-class. in
struet the second, and discountepanee tho
inlrd' All honest men, with honest convic-
tlons, whether sound or mistaken, are lis
friends. And the sbn makes no bones of tell
ing me truth to its friends and about its
speaking. 'i PUN
these are the principles upon which The
Sun viii be conducted during the wear To come
The year 1850 will be one in which no notrir
QUO American can afford to close his eyes to
r Of"The Sun.: New York CITY.
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Outrage Of WOmen---Full investigation
To be Made.
Special 10 the Cincinnati Commercial.

Special 10 the Cincinnati Commercial
WASHINGTON, January 7.-Seere-
tary Schurz has information that the
Ute Commission, with 0uray and a
dozen other Ute chiefs, will be in
Washington Sunday, and he hopes
that the councils held by them Will
result in the delivery of those guilty
of the Meeker massacre. The Secre-
tary, in answer to a resolution of the
senate, has sent to that body all the
correspondence relating to the Ute
difficulties, except two letters, which
he asked permission to withhold for
the present, as their publication
might defeat the end of justice.
These letters are supposed to contain
particulars OF the r~ayishment by the
Indians of the ladies of the MeekeI
family, and the names of the guilty
Indians, allusion to which have been
made in newspaper dispatches from
Colorado.
Miss Josephene Meeker is now a
clerk in the Interior department, at a
salary of 81, 200 a year.
When the Indians arrive here, there
will be councils at the White House
with the President, and when Secre-
tary Sehurz has finished with them
they will be turned over to the House
Committee on Indian Affairs, which
has been instructed to investigate the
causes of the outbreak. 1t is the in
tention of the committee not only to
examine representatives of the tribe
who come here, but to furnish them
an opportunity to present any %grievan-
ees they may have against the depart
ment.
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KING COLE.
A Powerful Combination, Which Win
Give the South a New Outlet
to Europe.
spociaI to the oomler-Journal.l

Special to the COurier-Journal.
ATLANTA, January 7.-RailroaC
circles here are greatly agitated ovel
the news of the lease Of the Georges
Central and all its branches, with
steamship lines by President Cole, Of
the Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis railroad. A special to the Con.
stitution gives full particulars OF the
lease just consummated at Savannah,
after a conference of ten hours with
the Directors. President Brown, OF
the Western and Atlantic road, and
Cole, have long been laboring to com
plete their roads to the sea. The
terms guarantee six per cent on all
stock and bonds for six years, the in
terest to be expended in improving
the road, building elevators, and a new
line of steamships from Savannah to
Liverpool. After six years seven per
cent. is guaranteed forever. The d.
rectors Of the Central unanimo lsly
agreed to the proposition, which is
the virtual displacement of President
Wadely, whose power in Georgia has
hitherto been undisputed. Central
stock bounced from 70 to 80 to-day,
and will soon be at par. Speculation
is active here,
This arrangement gives a through
line from st. Louis to Savannah and
Liverpool. What effect it will have
on the mixed railroad problem of the
South cannot yet be told, but it will
cause powerful oppositions, combina-
tons, and possibly several new roads
Of great Importance.
To-day Mr.. Glover, engineer of the
Georgia Western, began a ride over it
to prepare for construction. The hope
is entertained here that the Louisville
and Nashville will build this line at
once, and thus take Atlanta out Of the
power Of any one combination. The
feeling here is strongly in favor of the
and Nashville, and it will
receive every possible encouragement.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-10
WANTED A FIDDLE.
A Man Who Wanted to Rattle OF His
Fathers Coffin.
Little Rock Gazette.l

Little Rock Gazette.l
A man from South Arkansas storm
ell his wagon near TIE edge of the side
walk yesterday climbed down and went
into an undertaker's establishment.
Are you the man that sells cofhns?'
he asked, as the undertaken advanced
to meet him.
Yes, sir can l do anything for
you?"
Yes, | cum in for a sort ofbusiness
transaction, but | reckon III hat to
enter into particularsin order to make
the thirg clear. My father, the old
man, was a mighty curious sort of a
teller. Long time ago he tuck it into
his head hal he was gwine to die, and
as he was a religious man and ready
for death, he thought the next best
thing was to arrange for burial, so he
made himself a coffin outen white oak
skantlin. The war cum on. and he
went, AT Shiloh he got killed and
never needed his coffin. I've got it
out here in the wagon. Shall | bring
it in?"
No sir, | don't care to see it."
You see this is a ground hog case
with me. | had intended to keen the
coffin all my life, because | thought A
great deal ofthe Oldham, and wouldn't
have consented to part with it only
Tor this reason My house burned
down night before-las and burned IN
my fiddle. The coffin happened to be
over at a neighbors, and of course
wasn't burned. This neighbor found
out that the coffin held just six bushels
OF shelled corn, and every time he
sells corn he borrows it. Now. you
see, havin' lost my fiddle | am ruined
l cant even eat. When my wife died
that fiddle kent me from the EXPENSE
Of marryin' agin. I've got to have
another fiddle, and ifyou'll get me a
fiddle LII give you the coffin. Oh.
she's a sumner, and will fit nine men
out Of ten. She's perfectly clean. for
corn don't hurt a coffin. | put down
bacon in her one year, but kept her
under the drip a long time afterwards.
Come, what do you say?
Il don't want your coffin"
III bet you haven't got g coffin in
the house that will wear as we'll
Give me a fiddle. and take her. Iron
hoop around the head, and three
spikes at the foot; cant break it."
i have too many on hand now"
And you'll always have EN- on
hand unless you get the right kind.
Nothin short Of a fiddle will get her.
No banjos or horn; nothin' but a i'd
die. Speak out. Do you want the
coffin? Iron hoop around the head
Do you want her? Holds water like a
bucket. Don't leak a drop. Fit any,
body. Got more fine points than any
coffin ever brought to Little Rock.
Do you want her?n
"No."
Won't rattle her of for me?"
OFF, ''i' Hei
mo"
Then, sir, I have no sympathy
with you whatever. You don't an
preciate a good thing. You haven
soul enough to see the beauties If
mechanical art. You haven't sense
enough to toll a hickory stump from a
dogwood saplin'."
The coffin will either be taken home
or ratified off at a fair.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-10
GRANT AND THE SOU tn.
He Seriously Considers its Business
Prosperity.

Special TO the Cincinnati Commercially
WASHINGTON, January Mr..
Keogh, secretary Of the National Re
publican committee, joined General
Grant aud his party at Greensboro,
N. c., and accompanied them to Char
lotte, N. Z. He says the General
talked very much about the material
interests and prosperity of North
Carolina and the South, and was much
interested in the manufacturing and
mineral resources of the State. He
talked as though there was a great
future for the Sounth if the people
would give their attention to manu-
featuring and developing the coal,
gold and iron and other rich deposits
in the State. He is remarkably ia.
miliar with the resources of Il e South
and has no doubt of a splendid future,
&C.; had little to say about politics;
seemed more anxious for business
prosperity than anything else.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-10
Attachment Notice.

Before me, G. D. Crockett, J. p. for Shelby
county, Tenn. r. Lanier VS.. Mrs. /. w,
Avis, W, X. Raney.
n this cause an attachment having been
4 sued out under section 1856 of the Code OF
property of the defendant, and affidavit hav-
ing been made that the defendant ia indebted
to the plaintiff in the sum of $50, due
by account. and that the claim is lust. and
tnat the defendant Is a nonresident of the
that said defendant make his personal appear
anee before me on the 7th day of February,
1850, at my office, No. 2s5 Main street,
Memphis, Tennessee, and defend said at,
taehment suit within the time prescribed by
law, or the same will be proceeded with ex-
paTte: and that a copy Of this order be
Public Ledger.
This the I'd day of January, 1850.
10Y 1I3 11g 125
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UNITED STATES OF ANePTcA ;
Il District Of West Tennessee,

" NNA 1NlannNgnn- ~
Circuit Court for said district.
IN eqtlty, No. 2l6-Luke p. Blackbprp 20
The selma, Marion aAa Mempbis BsiiroooSii
20. aud al. A'diiIVau
BY yirture Of tho Gnal decree Of the circui,
- Court of the United States. for tbe WSost-'
ern District of Tennessee. msde IN ttb ho TTest-
enJ,tied cause, on the Sd day of june. An
ioiss tne Undersigned clerk Of the soid court
9uly authorized and appointed Inv The soid
IeCree' WIZ sell at public sale, Mt the court
St".o memphis, county Of Shelby and
os9te o. tennessee, on Monday, the 23d DIV
OF march, AID. 1880, between The bours of %
m ana z pm, Of said day, To Inc bigbost
oluderi AZ tho following described pronerfy-
tosElti Az The Selma, Marion and mempbis
~ tvo lylng between the city of Memphis,
IN vac otate OF tennessee, and the city az
selma, IN the State Of Alabama, constrnctc5
OF 10 pc constructed, together with eil ana
singular the railways, rails, BRIDGES. fences
WAREHOUSES, engines, cars, fixtures, PRIVILEGES
tisnN1 I9al estate OF every and all deserinr
t!Ohi ana al other property owned or Will
since the 18th day Of March, 1871, tho dofo.
on we mortgage mentioned in the L;iI
IN TINS cause has been acquired ~ III
company by subscription, dor,oti9p N.
kIaln MN a ana including 81 bonds OF
fiuVg eaehi issued by the city Of Aber6ecn ;S
the state of Mississippi, nov In tbe HAM, ~
Ihs recover in this cause, The seid limo ~
rallrOa9 with its equipnent md onnnrten-
ances, Delng an entirety, will he soid alto.
eetne1' WIN the benefit Of the franchises
s oTeS viz Hf "a PSssessSd BY said company. The
VIII, Vne thousand dollars of tbe nnrcbeo w.
m9Aey OF said railroad, with lis annnrteD
names, equipment and rolling stock. sheii H.
paid IN cash at the time Of the sale. and tbo
remainder shall be paid in six months aftev
the date OF sale, tho purchaser eiVing he NC
WIN appFoysd security, payable to eomplaine
anu 9l9 9 lien reserved on the properfy Tbe
seId bonds and other property viii 10 scIJ
loT cash to be paid down at No lima oF ~
SAFE. ., BELL W, ETHERIDGF '"0
ESTES q Elicit, sols. Nssiohor'
81 Xxx 10
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
district Of West Tspnesse,

- " NAA ANNAAnE
Circuit Court for said District.
In equity No. 2l6-Luke P. Blackburn W.. 1he
Selma, Marion and Memphis Railgoad Co
and others. w.
by virtue Of the final decree made in Tho
- above cause, on the 3D. day of June, 1879.
among other things, requiring the clerk ofIhis
court, as special Master, to inquire, nseertain.
ana report 70 the court, tho names Of tho SOW,
eral h9lders Of the bends and ooupons. men
gQned I, tho sQid decree, issued by the said
selma, marion and Memphis Railrond Com
tany, ana the respective amounts due to each
hoider OF the said bonds and coupons caIcn-
l4tlng interest at seven per cent. Der annnm
NOW in order 10 enable said clerk to mako said
report, notice Is hereby given, thataU holders
ana owners OF bonds and eospons issued BY
we SAID Railroad p0mpany, under tho proyi-
slons OF tho meEtgSge In the bill of complaint
and defgee in the said cause mentioned, are
fsqulEed 70 produce the same before under
slEngd, CLERK and Master as aforesaid, and A
hlothe same with him for examination, alows
aince and report, on or before Inc hrst dav of
April, A. 1850 ,otherwigs they will be barred
OF the right to share in the proceeds Of the sale
Of the mofteased property, or to partieinste
" {Ae DEMENT'S ofthe said decree.
December 10, 1879.
BELL W. ETHERIDGF, @. NM
EsTEs * Elicit, Solicitors,
@-9-9a-10gt11-tt7
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Trustees Sale.

DY virtue Of three several trust deeds mad,
Ute mo by w. D.. Saint and his wife, Susan
D. Saint, all recorded in the Office of the reg,
lister Of Shelby county, Tenn. the first In
book No. 100, page, on the 18th of Mare i
1875, the second in book No. I07, page $40, and
The third in book No. ITO, page 400, l will, fel
the purpose of paying the indebtedness caused
thereby, proceed to sell on
Monday. February ,, 1850.
at public auction, at the southwest corner OF
Madison and Main street in the city of Mem
phts, the following property situated in Shell
by county, state of Tennessee, and described
as follows; One lot at W%hitehaven, Tonnes.
see, on the Mississippi and Tennessee rail
road, beginning M an iron stake Q00 feet) one
hundred feet from the confer 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 a distance Of 3Sl feet TO
an iron stake; thence westwardiy and at
right angles to the lineof said railroad 1850
feet TO n stake in the west boundary linoof 4.
NJ; Whites land; thence northwardly with
said line 38l feet to a stake; hence eastward
~ and parallel with thS second line l34O feet
to the beginning gtake In the ground of said
railroad, containing twelve Q2) acres more or
less, being she same land conveyed by Il. M.
White to w. j. Saint. / will sell for cash
title believed to be good but ! will convey
lO2 1888 hi'ooN trustee
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SUN for 1860.

public affairs II is impossible 10 exarverato
the Importance Of the political event. which
It has in store, or the necessity Of resolute
slgilance on the Pat OF every citizen who
eeslres TO preserve the government chat the
founders gave us. The debates and acts 81
congress, the utterances of the press tba
exciting contests Of the Republican ami beme
o,cratie parties, now nearly equal in strength
public sentiment, will all bear directly and
effectively upon the twenty-fourth Presiden-
tial election, to be held in November. Fonr
years ago next November, the will Of the ma
ton, as expressed at the polls, was thwarted
by an abominable conspiracy, the nromotars
and be~nefciaries of which stiIi hold tbe of
hces they stole, viii the crime of 1878 be
repeated IN 1902 The past decade of wears
opened with a corrupt, extravagant and inso-
lent administration intrenehed at Washing
!oh' Inc 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
they were driven by the indignation of the
people,: Will they succeed? The coming
year WIN bring the answers to these moment
GUS questions. The Sun will be on hand to
CHRONICLE the facts as they are developed, and
to exhibit them clearly and fearlessly in their
relations to expediency and right.
Thus, with a habit of philosophical good
humor IN looking at the minor affairs of life,
and IN great things a 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 same time entertain
ing history of 1850.
Our rates ofsqbscription remain unchanged.
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ty-elght columns, the price by mail, postpaid,
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For clubs OF ten sending $40 we will send an
extra copy free. Address
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-10
No. S2S7, X.
I%nsOlVent Mnflca.

In the Chancery Court of Shelby county-A.
D. Gwynn, Administrator of the estate Of
ct al.
appearing from the bill in this cause that
~ Is proceeding instituted to vino IN and
settle the estate Of s. D. Mangum, deceased,
as an insolvent estate; it is therefore ordered
that all parties claiming to be creditors OF said
courthouse of Shelby county, in Mempbis. on
or before the first Monday in February, 1880,
and have themselves made parties to this
cause, and flo and establish their claims, or
the same will be forever barred: and that a
copy of this order be published once 2 week
ioT ten successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This November 18th, 1879.
\: j: BLACK, Clerk and Master.
BYE. B. McHENRY, D. c. and M.
y N: Gregory, Solicitors for complainant,
63 SO 20 81 81 g3 80 los III 116
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HatcEie River Bridge.

The Brownsville States of the 9Th
says: The steamer P|oitevent is now
lying at the bridge on the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, with no pros
pect OF going any higher up before
aeSs spring. Inc commander, Capt.
bearing, announces that he will resort
to no violence to clear the river OF
distractions, but will let the law take
its course. The railroad authorities
claim that they have been unable Ia
build the draw, and that it cannot be
completed before the first of February.
if then. Much feeling exists among
the people along the river, and it has
required considerable effort ON the
part Of the cooler heads to prevent the
destruction of the bridge. We are
glad to know, however. that better
advice prevailed, and trust in turn
that the railroad officers may comply
with the requirements of the law at
the earliest practicable moment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-10
More trouble for Pafti.

Special to the Courier Journal
CHICAGO, January IA San Fran
cisco special says: A new trouble has
arisen'in the Carlotta Patti troupe.
There is a war between DeMunck.
PATHS husband, and Ernest Fischof.
her financial secretary. Saturday
night, in the diniDg-room of the Pal
ace hotel, Fischoff and DeMunck be-
came involved in a quarrel about the
impossibility Of collecting a debt in
America, Fischof, presuming to differ
from DeMunck, the latter a~ssailed
him in the vilest terms in Italian.
Fischoff r~epressed his anger in the
dining-roOm and waited until his OBJ.
ponent came out into the hall, when
he eollaFed him and gave him a good
drubbing. subsequently the pair ad-
iourned to a little street alongside the
hotel, where Fischoff so thoroughly
punished his antagonist that the latter
inoOntinently retreated. DeMunck
few straight 70 Patti and told his
story and demanded Fischoffs dis
charge on the spot. Patti complied
and wrote a letter to Fischof to that
effect. He has brought suit for the
money due him and the amount to
carry him back to Austria. He pre-
sents a diary Of rows in the troupe.
caused by DeMunck, evidently to
show what Nine. Patti has to endure
from him. This trouble is likely to
cause the engagement of the company
here to end ia disaster.
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What AsiOnishcd a Young vic

N '"lllsl
A friend Of mine, confined BY i'll
ness to the house., asked his &latoIv
married wife to call at IS Gor ~
letters; The then hall porter. one Of
the polltest Of men, expressed The ov.
IRENE regret that it was against 10
rules Of the club to give nm membero'
letters without written artsn,5A,,
But am his wife" exclaimoJ
astonished lady. VERY sorry i'I NIL o =
anlt, no doubt you are; but So monv
ladies' call here and say the sametbing
ana whom we don't know. ycplioJ'
the diplomatic official. Nv iEieDd
never uIyulged what occurred between
MN and his bride when She retnpned
home but he looked gloomy for weeks
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InsoIvent notice.
HrArE or TryxHgsEE. snELn

STATE on TESHgssER, SHELBY CGn1
OFFICE County COURr CLERK,
Memphis, Tenn, January 2. 1880.
To }. A. Anderson, administrator Of Levin
". C0e, deceased.
HAVING suggested the insolvency Of the
III estate Of Levin II. Coo, deceased. you are
hereby ordered TO give notice, by adyer-
The said Rtafe' and als6 M tbo togrtbodse
door Of Shelby county, fof all persons having
claims against said estate, TO appear and file
the same, with the clerk Of tho County Court
authenticated in tho manner prescribed by
law, on or before the 9th day Of April, 1880;
and any claim not fled on or before said day,
or before an appropriation Of tho funds Of
said estate Is made, shall be forever barred,
both In law and equity.
Witness my hand, AZ Office, this ID day Of
OWEN DWYER, Clark.
los III 100 lG
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No. S2S6-In the Chancery Court Fof Shelby
county Tenn Sallio Taylor vs.. Hattie
Taylor ct al.
I appearing from the sheriff. return in this
i cause that the defendants Hattie TAYLOR
and Silas Jefferson are not to be found I'M his
county, It is therefore ordered, that they
make their appearance herein, nj the court
ho1se Of Shelby county, in Memphis, Tenn,
on or before the first Monday 10 February,
1880, and plead, answer or demur to COMPLAIN,
ant bill, or the same will be taken Tor con.
fessed as to 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 18th day of December, 1879.
A copy: Attest.
X, J. BLACK, clerk and master.
by Il. b. McHENRY, Deputy G. M NJ.
Bigelow & Hill, solicitor compl't.
"a 100 log 116