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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08

were voters in that state, and that
round-trip railroad tickets were dis
tributed from Cobaugh's room in the
treasury to these voters. One hun
bred and three voters went from the
interior and post-ofice departments to
Pennsylvania in November, 1873.
The committee believes and so re-
ports, that the collection of moneys in
any amount, but especially in so large
a proportion of the whole, as is here
disclosed, from persons in the public
service, to perpetuate the rule ofthose
in power, is contrary to the spirit Of
our governmental institutions, and in
direct antagonism to freedom of choice
by the people. The committee says
that the statute of 1876 is a dead law
and therefore, report for adoption a
bill to prohibit officers and en-
ployes Of the United States from
contributing money for political pur-
poses. The abstract of testimony
appended to the committees report
contains the following information:
Senator's were assessed 500 apiece
and representatives 800.
Over $80,000 was collected outside
of senator's and representatives.
No direct appeal was made from
the national committee to federal
ofice-holders in New York city.
New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg
and Cincinnati were allowed to use
the fund collected from federal Off
GERS in their respective cities.
Wisconsin was allowed to retain the
amounts collected within her state of
federal ofice-holders.
In Ohio one-sixth Of the fund was
placed in the congressional commit
tees hands, one-sixth to the state
committee, and the other two-thirds
they could use according to their best
judgment in and about Cincinnati.
Gorham's committee aided nineteen
southern districts and ffty-eight
northern districts. The average to
northern districts was SIP.
"There must have been many times
the sum we collected used throughout
the county, first and last"
The subscription in the p~ostofice
department was headed by Thomas
j. Brady.
In the treasury department, by
John Sherman, secretary of the treas
ury.
In the agricultural department by
William G. LIE Due, commissioner.
The librarian of the senate vas en-
ployed aud paid for getting up a text
book for the campaign. In addition
to his salary as librarian ($222O), he
received $3.50 for aidingtbe committee
with information as above.
SALTUs MoHEGAN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
Wedding Poetry by NIniI.

A delayed letter, written by our
old friend Charley Morris, at Pacific
Place, Arkansas, thirty miles above
Memphis on the river, on the 31st Of
March, 1880, came to hand the 9TH Of
April the same year. This we men
ton particularly because those who
know how the mails usually travel up
and down the river might think the
letter was written last year. The re-
quest to publish in Mondays issue
10Th inst is rather out Of the ques-
ton, as that time has passed some
two days. The most important item.
however, shall not be lost. 1t is an
announcement ofthe marriage of Mr..
OscarSwinney to Mrs. Kate Pippin,
daughter of Mr., james R. Ayers.
The ceremony was performed by Es-
quire |. M. Cans, formerly of Mem
phis. The poetry attached will live,
whether the marriage tie holds or not.
Here it is:
Hymen, from his orchard grove,
A Pippin now hath given,
Not fruit denied to Adam once
With Eve, in ancient Eden.
o. Swinney hath no such decree,
God hath his Pippin given
From his Eden, in Ark-ansaw,
Not Eve, but Katey Pippin. essiI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
Sealed Proposals.
Beam OF FIRE AND PoLroE

VI AA0u VI Elhh AND TOIIGE
COMMISSIONERS, TAXING DIsTRIoT,
shelby County, Tenn April ID, $780,.
SEALED proposals will be received by Us
~ until Thursday, April 18th, 1880, at u
o'clock, noon, for the following work to be
done-serviee to be rendered and material to
county:
For the furnishing Of stone and gravel
and the paving of Main street-frOm Auction
to Georgla street, a distance Of about 1O,lOO
tset, oy $50 feet, making about As 900 tquare
yards, more or less
In the above work all bidders ere expected
and required TO bid in the following manner:
l., Preparation of road-bed and filling in
benin the curb lines whenever moved, and
including the removal of old pavement, -
cents per cubic yard.
2. Furnishing stone and gravel and laying
down Of same ss required-stonet TO be of gram
ne, or Of the best and hardest limestone suit
able for paving, or may be both granite and
Limestone; blocks of the following dimensions:
In depth ga to 7 irches-width, top and
bottom, Q to, i~nches-length offs to Il inches,
sample specimens of which are to be furnished
by each bidder and when laid, - cents Der
square yard.
I. Removing and resetting Of curbing as re-
quired, - cents per lineal foot.
The entire work to be finished complete to
me entire satisfaction of the Taxing district
Engineer.
Plans, specifications and explanations will
DO given on application to the District Engi-
neer.
The Board reserves the right to receive
other plans with bids and 10 reject any and all
bids. Also to receive bids for the furnishing
OF stone-or stone and gravel-together or sep
arately, the Board reserving the right to fur
nish The same 70 contractor but bids will
also be considered with all materials furnished
and the entire work done.
All contractors. as before stated, are re-
quired to furnish sample specimens Of stone.
gravel or other materials to be used with such
plans and specifications as they may offer, as
well as those specified in second section, and
all bids must be labeled Main Street Pave
ment."
By order Of the Board
40 D. 7. PORTER. Prnsident
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
Dissatisfied Southern Policy
Holders.

New York Tribune.l
A large number of holders of poll.
cies in the New York life insurance
company, who live in the southern
states, have brought an action against
the company for an accounting. The
plaintiffs claim that since 1874 there
has been a great diminution in the
amount of dividends given to policy
holders living south. Protests against
this were presented by them to the
company, and the latter then made
additional payments which it claimed
made their dividends equal to those
Of other policy holders. At the same
time the company refused to give
them any evidence of this, and they
demand an accounting to determine
the question.
The answer claims that the cessa-
ton Of dividends to the plaintiffs was
because Of the prevalence Of the yell
low fever in many instances; in others
the policies were forfeited for non
payment Of premiums. All that was
due the plaintiffs had'since been paid.
3. l.. Andrew moved before Justice
Daniels yesterday on behalf of the
plaintiffs, that the matter should be
sent to a referee to examine the ac-
counts. W. H. Hornblower opposed
this on behalf Of the defendants.
Justice Daniels sent the matter to the
special term to determine the right of
the plaintiffs to maintain the action;
an accounting can afterwards be had.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
A Hopeful Future for Chatta.
nOOga.
~OhattanoORa Commercially

Major Thomas 0'Corner, of Cherry,
O'Conner g. Co., was in the city last
week. In conversation with one Of
our business men, he made some
statements and expressed some opin.
ions of interest to Chattanooga, which
we are permitted to publish. Regard.
ing the furnaces which the company
is building at Cowan, he stated it as
his opinion that they will benefit
Chattanooga about as much as if they
we're built in the city. He says that
every furnace built within the Chatta,
nooga iron belt will bring two to this
place; that Chattanooga will develor
during the next FIVE or ten years
beyond the expectations of the most
sanguine. He further says that the
furnace at Cowan will be erected BY
free labor and operated by free labor.
He predicts that some new furnaces
will be built here at a very early date.
and upon this subject our informant
suspects that Major O'Conner had
information which he did not impart
1t seems to be universally conceded
that an era of very brilliant prosperity
is dawning upon Chattanooga.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
on-RosIdon NOlI.o-

No. S9TIn the Chancsry Court of Shelby
county Tennessee-l ohm CASTOR vs.. A. g..
~ appearing s.com affidavit in this eauss
Ihat ne defendants, A. S, Kittredso.
non-residOnts Of the State of Tennsssoo "i Il
Is therefore ordered that they make their AN
pAAfanoe herein, at the courthouse Of SheIbv
county; in Memphis, Tenn, on or botora tbs
nrst Monday in May, 1870, and plead an
same will DO taken for confessed as M MN,
aed set for hearing ox-parte, and that n eonv
Of TINS order DO published once a week for fonr
suggestive weeks in the PUBLIC LEpaKs
This Slst day of March, 1880. ~
A eopy-Attest: "u ""s'er'
~ n; u. MoHESRY, Deputy C. a M.
Harris x Turley, sol. for complt. N 40 90 AZ
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
tuesday, the goth day Of April, 1880,


No. Sss-In the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, 'Tennessee-H. I. Elicit VS.. Ben
May OF al.
T appearing from affidavit in this cause that
i the defendant. Ben May, is a non resident
OF the state Of, Tennessee; it is therefore
herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby county,
u Memphis. Tenn, on or before the first
Monday in May, 1880, and plead, answer
or demur TO complainant bill, or the same
will be taken for confessed as to him and
order be published onee q wsek, for four sue
oessiYe weeks, In The Public Ledger.
Thig 18th day o Maroh, 1880.
\, j. BLACK, Clerk and master.
A eopy-Attosts
By Z. B. MoHENRY, D. O. and NJ.
Estes 4 Elicit, sol. for compl't.
Il % % %
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
Taxation of National Bank
shares.


DaltlmOrc sum-
Great interest has been excited in
New York by the decision of the
United States supreme court in the
case Of Mr.. Williams, of the Exchange
national bank Of Albany. This deci-
sion is to the effect that the New York
act of 1866, which had been construed
by the court of appeals of that state
to refuse to shareholders in banks the
right to deduct their debts from the
value Of the shares assessed against
them, is void, because OF its being in
conflict with the act of congress Gre
ating the national banks. The SUI
preme court decides, in effect, that
states have no right to tax sharehold-
ers in national banks, except so
far as that right is derived
from the act of congress creating
those banks and regulating them.
The immediate effect of this de-
cision to leave the state of New
York without any legal provision for
assessing and taxing shares in the
national banks, and it is understood
that it affects the validity of such tax
alton also in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
In New York, however, the question
further arises, whether shareholders
who have paid taxes under the law of
1866, declared to be void, are not en-
titled to recover the back taxes lille
gally collected from them. The
amount Of taxes so paid, it is said, ex-
coed $4,000, 900, and il the state and
city have to refund that sum a terri
bic rent will be made in their finances.
1t is bad enough to have such a con.
siderable and important source of
revenue cut of, but to pay previous
collections back again for a period of
fourteen years is worse still. 1t is
expected that a very embarrassing ex-
cess of litigation will result from this
decision, and suits are understood to
have been entered already.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
NOn-Residont Notice.

No. S4l4-In the Chancery Court NJ Chalk
county, Iennessee-John 2, Mabonev w
Y Weathe'ford, administrator of ,Josnns
tombstone, deceafed, ct al. 'oanna
7 appearing from affidavit in This oorso
4 the defendant, lmogene Jobnstone ;na.
ne1-resldent, Of the State of TennesSse :
and from the SherifTs return thai IN,
= pSt TO be found in his county; II
her appearance herein, at the eouyt. b m%Se
OF shelby county, in Memphis. Tenn
on o. before the first Monday IN NAV. lSSo
bnq plead answer or depur 10 complainant
fessed ms to her and YET for HEARING oo o1-
Partej and That a copy. of this order be pub-
lshed once a week for four successive weak in
This 18th day Of March, 1880.
A copy: Attest. "''ei-
lBY \. B, MoHEERY, D. @. Am.
taylor q Carroll, sol. for compl't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
Jessie Raymond rs, NeuatOr HuI.

WASHINGTON, April 6.-The case
of Jessie Raymond against Senator
Hill came up in the circuit court of
this district to-day. Upon a motion
made by Senator Hills counsel that
the case be stricken from the docket,
on the ground that the suit was insti-
tuted BY the plaintiffs attorney with
out plaintiffs consent and against
her protest, the court took the papers.
Later in the day Mrs. Lockwood ap-
peared with Miss Raymond, and the
latter swore to the affidavit that she
had authorized the institution of the
suit, aud still authorized its prosecu-
ton, and that her claim for damages
was just and a true one. The court
took the motion Of Senator Hills
counsel under advisement.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
Genuine Imported HOH's Malt
Extract.

The true health beverage. Highly
recommended for nursing mothers,
thin, cold and aged people, GONZALES
cents, etc. Owing to its wonderfully
nutritioua qualities it is especially
recommended in opidemics and in
fevers; where bodily prostratiQn is
great, and life depends upon 4 nour
ishing stimulant. None genuine with
out the label of Tarrant 4 Co., sole
agents, New York. For sale by all
druggists and grocers, 24-lO2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
administrator Notice.

TUE undersigned having been duly quail
ned as administrator Of the estate Of DR..
indebted to said estate to come forward and
make settlement, and those having demands
against the same to present them within the
time prescribed by law.
GEO. W. RUTLAND, Administrator,
Memphis, Tenn.
snecd & Greene, Attorneys. rs So s. A
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08

No. Sg3--In the Ohancery Court of shsIbr
county, Ie9nnessee7Joseph e. Miller VS.
appearing from affidavit in this eauso
non .resident Of the State Of Tsnnnsser, Is
therefore ordered that she make her Snr ~ y
ance neTeln, at The Courthouse OF S6Sihv
county, IN Memphis. Tenn, ON or befoppSa e tP5
asst Monday a May, 1880 and plead, answer ro ap
be tSfeS SsS@ don bill, or the same viii
Nearing ex-parte; and that a conv ~ o9g' Lqr
order DO published once a week for e. tnlS
o9T4siye weeks in tho Public Ledger. "u' sue
this Nst day Of March, 1880.
Aeopy-Attest: ana m0hos-
y y =. b, McHEsay, D. g and NJ, IL
M1a0 At.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
Trustees sale.


TN pursuance Of the terms Of two trust deeds
i made by Lewis. Hill-One dated 18th DAY Of
December, 1873, and one dated the 10th day of
March, 1875, the first made to WV. Dauehtry
as trustee, in whose stead and place [ was
duly appointed trustee by decree of the
Chancery Court Of Shelby county, Tennessee.
on the petition of said Daughtry, No. 1858, K.
D., In said court, the second made to me, as
trustee, expressly subject 10 the first, [ will
sell for cash TO the highest bidder, Ia front
Of the courthouse door in Memphis, Ten
nessee. en-
Tuesday, the goth day Of April, 1880,
at u O'Clock, M, for the purpose of paying
the debts secured in said deeds of trust, re-
spectiVely, the following described property
to-Wit: A certain piece or parcel of land lying
in Civil District No. 3, in Shelby county, Ten-
nessee, containing 229H acres, bounded on the
south byW. j. Ruleman; east by X. H. Young;
north By W, II. Persons, and west BY Mrs,
Milliford, being the same purchased by me OF
Q. Q. Crenshaw in the year 1859. The same
land is conveyed in the 6rst deed to w. W.
DAqghtry, trustee, and is described by calls
and distances.
The equity Of redemption in both deeds is
waived, The title believed to be good, but /
will sell and convey as trustee only.
D. Q. MODAVITT, Trustee.
March 18th, 1880,
These deeds are recorded; the lrst in book
No. 20, page l47; the second in book No.
lb, page 6N, in Registers Office, Shelby
county, Tenn. IS Al
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08

Under and BY virtue Of certain deed of
" trust, made 10 me as trustee by Strod S.
Patton. duly recorded in tho Registers Office
page 2li, TO SECURE the payment Of certain In
debtedness therein mentioned, default hay-
lug been made in the payment thereof, | will,
On April 2Sth, 1850,
at tho courthouse door at y o'clock, M, in
the Taxing District Of Shelby county, Ten
nessee. proceed to sell at public auction for
cash a certain lot OF land, pear the limits Of
being lot No. l25 lone hundred and tw0nty-
hve), Of the W. g. Lane subdivision, east Of
and near. tho corporate limits OF the late city
on Aver gtrest IN said sub. d~ivision and being
the. sane. lot bought by said Strod S. Patton
OF John MorIiSsey, Of the county Of Shelby
and State Of Tennessee.
Title believed 10 be good, but / convey only
rs trustee. JAMES SMYTH, Trust az,
9H NN UT "f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER Is S6 per annum and
SEQ per month iorlVSS than n year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
postage free.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate

No. 1894, R~.-Chancery Court of Shelby coun-
y-Mary Connell, administrative of P. w.
Cornell VS.. M. j. Laws, ct al,
Q1 virtue Of an interlocutory decree for
- sale, entered in the above cause on the
18th day Of March. 1890, NJ. q. p. l29, Twill
sell, at. public auction, to the highest bid
der, in front Of the clerk and masters Office,
courthouse Of Shelby county, Memphis, now
known as the Taxing District of Shelby coun-
ty, Tenn, on
Saturday, May LIST, 1850,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn.
to-Wit:
Part Of lot % (eatt a, block "a as designated
upon the plan Of John 0vert0n's tract of lSl
acres as surveyed by Rucker & Parsons In
April 1857; said lot fronts northwardly On
Calhoun street 81 feet and runs back between
parallel lines 10 feet to an alley Is feet wide,
the metes and bounds Of which are as follows,
Beginning IL feet west of the frat alley run.
ming north and south, west of fernando street;
thence west 81 feet; thence south ITO feet:
thence east 81 feetithence north 40 feet to the
beginning.
Terms Of sale-0n a credit Of six months,
purchaser executing note with good security,
lien retained, redemption barred.
This April 9th, 1870.
K. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
d. D. Barnes, sol. for oompl't.
81 81 az 40 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08


Rr virtue 81 the terms Of two certain deeds
C-ol trust, the one dated July II, 1877, and
tne oyer renruary -, 1878, recorded in the
nestssyr vmce ot shelby county, Tenn, in
oooh No. iIs' page "a, and book 100, page l5i
tsspeotlyely, 70 John A Holt. trustee, and
MS successors in ONCE, to secure the vment
Of certain indebtedness therein mentIonsd
default having been made by fhe crantors i,
their undertakings, and the debts heinz past
due and unpaid, /, James w. Crocker ths
legal successor of said John Al. Holt. VIII II u
now deceased, will, at the request Of the beue-
heiariess on
Saturday, the Path day Of April, 1880,
between the hours of IL am. n l nm. At
the southwest corner Of Main and Madison
streets, IN Memphis, Taxing District Of Shelbv
county, iennessee, sell at public cutlery 10 the
highest. bidder for cash, the following real
estate IN Shelby county, Tennessee, to-wit:
In the l4th Civil District of said county, des-
ignated In the Provine sub division (which IL
duly recorded IN said Registers office in plat
BOOK No, ID as lots Nos. 1880, and 81 in block
"a, Of the Willoughby Williams tract. each Of
said lots having a front of fifty 1907 feet, ex-
tending northward, one hundred and fifty
u6Ol feet TO an alley, and are situated on the
north line Of Provine street as laid down on
SAD froyine subdivision, with residence
Title pronounced perfect, but I sell and
convey as trustee only. Redemption is
Sale to begin at u o'clock.
JAMES W. OR0CKER, Trustee.
M, Is. Trezevant, Attorney. 81 as
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
Publisher and PrOprietol

Entered at the PostOfice at Memphis, Tenn,
as second-class matter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08

II spesIts for itself; is what a lady
said Of DR.. Bills cough syrup the
other day for Q single bottle cured
my child ef a most dreadful cough.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
InsOlvent Notice.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, Shelby CO.,1
OFFICE COuNTY Comm CIFpK

STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY Con-
OFFICE County COURT CLERK,
Memphis, Tenn, February l6, 1880.
To James Reilly, administrator of j. M.
Tomeny.
III estate of J. NJ. Tomeny, deceased, you
are hereby ordered to give notice, by advertise
ment in some newspaper published within the
said State, and also at the courthouse door
Of Shelby county, for all persons having
claims against said estate, to appear and file
authenticated in the manner prescribed BY
law, on or before the LIST day Of June, 1890;
and any claim not filed on or before said day,
or before an appropriation Of the funds Of
said estate is made, shall be forever barred,
both in law and equity.
Witness my hand, at Office, this 18th day Of
February, 1880.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
By HUGH B. CULLEN. D. C. l54 lawxxx69
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
Probate Court Sale az ReaI Es1a,e

No. S74, R.D.-Int the Probate Court Of sbslbv
County, Tenn0ssee-georce n Wsmnas y
ALL vs.. Matte y. Hammer. e'
X ~ virtue Of q decree for sale in this capsa
~ made March q, 1880, / viii sell 81 q V nv5o
iio auction to the highest bidder, in front Of
NC courthouse door on Main street, Memp6is..
Wednesday. April 2Ist, 1850.
within legal hours, the following Lesser ;b.d
real estate, to-wit; N'SVii"eu
Lying situate and being in the 18th Civil
District OF Shelby county, Tenn, consistinna
Of one hundred and FIVE acres (O5j, known as
inc estate OF w b, Hammer, deceased. bonnass
ca on the north by Vassan and Others. sonth
east by Sam Mosby. i anu
Equity Of redemption barred.
Terms Of sale-One.third cash. beioDoo
TWO equal payments on a credit Of ons ana
TWO years. purchaser executing notes bear;nS
interest from day of sale and a lien viii rs.
retained to secure said deferred payments W
This March "a, 1880.
or OWEN DwYRR, Clerk.
u 81 % %
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08

Thursday Evening, April, s, 1850.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-08
EDUCATIONAL
Miss HigDGGS School
354 POPLAR STREET.

TNHES Sisters ofSt. Mary having discoptinnsd
n Their school in Memphis, / have IsaseS
thelr large and commodi0us school hu;Id;nn
ana viii open therein my school Tor girls on
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-09
EXHIBITION.

The Philomath Public School gave an ex-
hibition in Kisor's Hall, Friday evening,
June 29th, which was largely attended and
was duly appreciated. The exercises con-
sisted of declamations, essays, dialogues.
etc Excellent music was furnished by the
Philomath Band. Although the exercises
were good throughout there were some that
deserve special mention. The salutatory by
Miss Davidson was delivered in most ex-
cellent manner The recitation of Doom
ed Sentinel. by Master Fred Rayburn, was
brilliant feature of the evening The tab
leaux Mysteries OF an initiation into q
Good Templar's Lodge, was very amusing,
the goat was perfectly gentle, and the can
didate was taken through. This perform
ance pleased the averags Philomathites very
much.
Mr.. Becker, editor of the Crucible, was
called upon and male some special and gen.
eral remarks, and treated the audience to a
hearty laugh. he spoke in very eulogistic
terms of Prof. Thompson and the accon-
p,ishments of his school. Presents were
conferred by the teacher upon the several
pupils, who, by pnnctual and regular at
tendance, and application to study merited
the tokens received
The exercises closed with remarks by the
teacher, Prof. N. A. Thompson. and nu-
sic by the land. SKYLIGHT.