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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-19

frozen over as in 1929 and 1857. The
Venice lagunes are frozen. In'south-
ern Italy, on the Benvenuta and Fog
gia railway, the trains have been de-
layed by snow, and by the latest adj
vices, a train which started from Fog
gia had to turn back.
Another evidence of the business
prosperity of the country is found in
the increase Of the number of regis
tered letters in the postofioes Of the
principal cities. The packages of
registered mail matter in the New
York office have risen in one year
from 100 a day to Over 1000 per day
and 1000 registered letters were re-
ceived in that city on Friday.
One Of the latest curiosities of ex-
ports from New Orleans are blocks of
ice prepared at the factory there with
large red snappers in the centre, sug-
costing the old inquiry of how the
milk gets into the cocoanut. Large
numbers ofthis delicious fish taken in
that vicinity are encased in blocks of
Ice at the factory for export in all di-
rections to fill orders for this favorite
d~elicacy.
Mr.. Wooster Sprague, of Mont
pelier, VT, and his wife cooked their
recent Christmas dinner on the same
stove on which their first Christmas
dinner was cooked, ffty-two years ago.
The dinner was also served on the
same platter, eaten from the same
table and with the same knives, forks
and chinaware they then used. Mr..
Sprague is in his SD year and his
wife is in her 10th year.
Mrs. Squeers and Fanny Squeers
were among the characters that fgur-
ed at a recent English fancy dress
ball, Mrs. Squeers wore a coal scuttle
bonnet of drawn black satin, a dress
of striped muslin delaine with narrow
skirt, leg-of-mutton sleeves and short
waist, and carried a birch rod and
a wooden spoon. Miss Fanny wore a
muslin skirt and spencer, a pink sash
and a white satin bonnet.
The open winter in many sections of
the country, and the prevalence of
mud instead of snow in Illinois, does
not extend to the extensive %pineries of
Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota.
where the sleighing is good and the
cut Of logs promises to be larger than
for many years. The boom in the
price Of lumber has given increased
activity to the market, and an unusu-
ally busy season is anticipated.
Sir Francis Hicks, ina letter on the
annexation and independence in Can
ada, says: 81 believe that our pres
ent political state is a most enviable
one. We have all the additional ad-
vantages we could have as an indie
pendent State, with the additional
one of being protected free of cost by
a nation whose influence and power
are second to none. | am firmly per-
suaded in my own mind that the nee
cssary result of any change from our
present system would result in annex
alton, and ] am equally persuaded
that it could only be accomplished
after civil war;
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-19
Notice of Opening Biddings.

-
No. 1855, R. DIN the Probate Court of Shelby
county, Tennessee, G.. A. Hanson, execu-
tor Of Bernard Grey, deceased, VS.. Thomas
Horne, ct. al,
PURSUANT to an order made in this cause
i on January 9Th, 1880, entered in minute
book No. 3S, page 53S, opening biddings for ten
days for the real estate purcha ,ed by Flaherty
y Sullivan in this cause; notice is hereby
given that l will receive advance bids on that
of Flaherty X Sullivan for said real estate at
my office, in Memphis, until o'clock PM, Of
January, 10th, 1880, at which hour said bids
will be closed.
Said real estate consists Of part lot 1874, Jno.
Overton's south Memphis subdivision, 'front.'
ing 80 feet on Webster street and running back
80 feet south.
Also the remainder interest in the dover
assigned to Hannah Grey in said lot, being
the rear part thereof, 60x90 feet.
No bid will be received for a less sun than
Flaherty d Sulliyan's bid of $400.
Terms One-fourth cash, balance in six aud
twelve months, purchaser giving security, and
a lien retained.
This January 10th, 1880.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
ESTES * W~EATHERFoRD. SOILS. 1l4123
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-19
NOn-Resident Notice.

No. &56-In the Chancery Court of Shelby
county, Tennessee-W N. Reynolds ct al.
vs.. Spencer Armour ct al.
I appearing from affidavit in this cause
i that the defendant, Bette Fink, is a non
resident Of the State of Tennessee; it is
therefore ordered that she make her an
pearance herein, at the courthouse of Shelby
county, in Memphis. Tennessee. on or before
plead, answer or demur to oompla .tnant's
bill, or the same will be taken for confessed as
to her and set for hearing ex-parte and
that a copy of this order be published once a
week for four successive weeks in the Public
Ledger.
This 9Th day of January, 1880.
A copy-Attest:
R. ]. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By L. B. MoHENRY, d. @. and NJ,
CAN'T * Patterson, Sol. for complainant
lin i1g 100 100
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-19
In a Tight Place.
ranolsco chropiclo.l

San Francisco chEoPiclel
A lady, whose husband is out of the
eaty at present, but who is expected to
return about Christmas, Thought 10
surprise and delight the returning
WaDderer with a magnigcently mount,
ed aud framed full length Photograph
of herself-snd her best dress. with
this most commendable object in view.
she dressed herself in an elegant Dew
party suit. Economically inclined.
she wrapped herself and her new dress
the ample folds of a balloon
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-19
Trustees Sale.

Under and by virtue Of a trust deed made
y to me as trustee, September 2S, 1877, BY
W. S. Taylor and his wife A, E. Taylor, which
is duly recorded in the records Of Marshall
county, Miss, on land deed book No. Al,
pages S8 to 339 to secure the Indebtedness
therein named to Il. NJ. Apperson, / will ON
Tuesday, February 3, 1850.
on the southwest corner Of Main and Madi-
son street, in the Taxing District of Shelby
county, formerly city of Memphis,) at pub
lie auction sell to the highest bidder, the fol-
lowing described tracts or parcels of land
situate and being in the county Of Marshall
and State Of Mississippi, to-wit: All of SEQ
ton 81, in township 2, range 8 west, also the
southwest quarter (S.W. qr.) and the west
half Of the northwest quarter of section
thirty-two, and the west half of the south
west quarter Of section % in township two,
range three west, containing $50 acres less the
northwest quarter of section 81, township 2,
sold to John W.. Houston, since the trust.
Said sale to be made on the following terms;
One-half cash, and the balance on a credit of
nine months, with lien retained on said land
for the Deferred payment, and said deferred
payment to bear interest from date of sale
until paid. d. Il. MYERS, Trustee.
E6 ia
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InsOIvent Notice.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY Co.,

piAAh VI AhNNhasEEf shelby Co.,
OFFICE COUNTY COURT CLERK,
- Memphis. Tenn. January g., 1880.
To Thomas Moffett, administrator of John
Waters, deceased.
LAYING suggested the insolvency of the
estate of John Waters, 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
the same, with the clerk Of the County Court
authenticated in the manner prescribed by
law, on or before the 9Th day Of June, 1880;
and any claim not filed on or before said day,
OF. 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
January, 1880.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
By HUGH b. CULLEN. D. G.. 115 III l27 1913
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-19
LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.

RY virtue Of three several trust deeds made
- t. me by W. j. Saint and his wife, Susan
ID. Saint, all recorded in the office of the reg,
iister Of Shelby county, Tenn. the first in
book No. 10, page -, on the 18th of Marc h
1915, the second in book No. 107, page $40, and
the third in book No. ITO. page 400, I will, for
the purpose of paying the Indebtedness caused
thereby, proceed to sell on
Monday, February 2, 1850,
at public auction, at the southwest corner of
Madison and Main street in the city of Mem
phls, the following property situated in Shell
by county, State of Tennessee, and described
as follows: One lot at Whitehayen, Tennes.
see, on the Mississippi and Tennessee rail
road, beginning at an iron stake 600 feet) one
hundred feet from the center line of the tract
OF the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad and
in the west boundary line of the depot grounds
OF said railroad 4l0 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 38l feet to
an iron stake; thence westwardly and at
right angles to the line of said railroad 1850
feet 70 a stake in the west boundary line of II.
M: Whites land; thence northwnrdly with
said line 81 feet to a stake; thence eastward
" and parallel with the second line 1910 feet
to the beginning stake in the ground of said
railroad, containing twelve C2) acres more or
less, being the same land conveyed by +. NJ.
White, To- W.. D. Saint. | will sell for cash.
little believed to be good but l will convey
only as trustee.
lO2 1873 trustee
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EDUCATIONAL.
Miss HigbGGs School
354 POPLAR STREET.

VNHE Sisters Of st. Mary having discontinued
Il their school in Memphis, / have leased
their large and oOmmOdiOus school building,
and will open therein my school Tor girls on
MONDAY. NOVEMBER IL, 1879.
Tn retired situation and refined surround
lngs make the location a desirable one for ed
n%catlonal purposes, while its accessibility by
the street railway n boulevard overcome in
a measure the obstacle of distance from val
ued patrons. The rooms are large, light,
well-ventilated and perfectly appointed, be-
ing, returnished throughout with new desks,
maps and school apparatus, and for adapta-
nllity TO their purpose are not to be purpassed
During the fifteen years of my work in Mem
PMS l have been enabled by yearly visits to
other cities TO- keep up with the progress of
educational science, and, assisted by trained
teachers, l am prepared to offer to tho people
OF Memphis as liberal a course for their
daughters as can be obtained In any high
school in the United States.
The course of study will lbe the same, with
some m0dlhcations, as that devised by me for
use IN the Presbyterian School.
A class OF boys under eight years of age will
be received in the primary department,
Notwithstanding To age and class. sS7
on, w; S.I25O for the SCHOOL, year Thirty weeks)
payable In advance in three equal payments.
No extra charge for Latin or drawing. For
circulars, with course of study, etc., address
MISS JENNIE NJ. HIGBEE,
95 6oI 30 Poplar street, Memphis.
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saturday, january "a, IssO.

at u m, in front Of the courthouse, Menu
bidding TO the highest bidder as to said prop
erty which is situated on Union avenue, about
~ miles east of Memphis, near the residence
Of Rev. j.. r, Graves. One tract containing
8 acres and the other containing 6 acres. For
particulars see proceedings in said cause.
Terms of Sale-0n n credit of 6 and IS
months, purchasers executing notes with APP
proved security bearing interest from date,
lien retained and redemption barred.
This January IA, 1880.
II. j. BLACK, C. and NJ.
Weatherford & Estes, sorrs. il7i26
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-19

WHkREAS on the 18th da2 NJ Ds.onko-
1873, I. q. Anderson Iid Nv NJ daSd'
which Is duly recorded in the registsrSs So9@sooss
OIL shelby county, TennOssee. in NJ NJ TY0
page l5s, convey to William 'Joynor n noSatinOo
iands therein described in trust To secnrs an
anaeotedness therein set cut In words and
44guIesi 2 whereas the said trustee. Wm,
SvpyPheti .tusyes, has since died and whereas
n sait OF W. n Goddard, ext'r, etc., vs..
III ~ hhuSerson, ct ais, No. $3.50, II. Din the
Dhancery Court Of Shelby county. ToDnessa"o'
~ uecree entered therein December Is, IS79'
! NaS appointed trustee in the place Of the
sal9 VIM, JoSner, deceased. Now. fheraforo
az me request Of the benefoiaries In said dsed
Of trust, l will on '"iuu eeu
Friday, january 23, 1850,
in front of the Planters Insuranco n
Rulaingl De- ~ Madison street, Mempbi
Ienn., atlS O'Clock M, proceed Ia seT ~
casa, 70 the highest bidder, tbe real as,a9.
SescrlDed IN said deed Of trust. to-,vit. re-
Demg q part designated in the pinn NJ tbsS
survey or the Chiokasaw nation as section Va
n n eHMhsnlp 4, range 8 west, and situated In
foiley5s. N11o a tennessee, and bounded ms
s StSSws, Doglnnlng NJ. the northwest corner 81
os,t sectl9n ana running east with the nortb-
I'm BOUNDARY lines $50 poles 10 stale in seIa
anoi S1ence south 6lzS poles To q take, thar.
nes! oO poles 70 q stake In tho Western bonnJ
aIy lne Of said section; thence will .honavS
western boundary line 10 tho borinnins III
same being 100 acres cd of the traci 81 iaannSS
ppg9nvsyea oy WIN, Edinston TO John ~
r asn 10y oeed dated January 10, IsSs. ana
KY v0gTr o IN me registers office. Shelby conn
fttia haiseo, "a DoQk u, pages III and 1Is.
convey a. trustee, Equity Of yedemutinu
wa'Ssq; TIP WINCHESTER, Trustee.
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Biddings Opened.

No. 279O-Chancery Court Of Shelby county,
w: M. Siddons ct al. VS., John NJ. Hatcher.
RY virtue of a decree entered herein Jan-
~ uary ID, 1880, M. b. Is, page ST., the
biddings on certain property sold on Satur-
day, December 20, 1879, were opened and no.
tice is hereby given that | will on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-19

I Entered at the PostOfiee at Memphis, Tenn,
as second-class matter.l
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a OARD-

"A CARD.
To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc, / will send
\ recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
self addressed envelope to the Rev. Joseph I.
Inman, Station D, New York City.
lis XXI ia eod6w
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-19

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is s5 per mum and
500 per month fOrlSss than n year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
postage free.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-19

Take Hop BItters three times a day,
and you will have no Doctor billsto pay
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VI Barton. ...-. pit Yer Rly VIII VII NEG u y" a.. Il.
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CARg.IAG res. BUGGIEs, Sc.
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OLD PENS. Pen Holders. am Pencil Cases, o.
Hty.s psD a. .sDemks's vest OF Court House.
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COUNTY TAX LIST.
FOR TAX OF 1879.

L.st Of Delinquent Lands and Town Lots, situated IA
County of Ia Sale in the state of Illinois upon which
the Taxes for the year 1879 and previous years
main due and unpaid the OF the owners 10 far a.
known the interest and coes due thereon
and the wears for which the due.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-03-31
Saving n Train.

On Sunday evening last an incident oc.
Cured on the Western railroad that will
cause surprise wherever it is spoken Of
The troin was within thirty miles OF
Montgomery, running at a rapid rate,
all unconscious of danger. The engi-
neer spied a white handkerchief on a
pole, futtering in the road some dis
tance up the track. On getting nearer
he discovered it was some one waving
the down train. The shrill whistle was
sounded, brakes put on and the train
brought to standstill. The heads of
the passengers were popping out of the
windows, inquiring what the trouble
was, no station being near.
The conductor came out, and seeing
a tramp was the one who had caused
the train to stop, inquired in probably
rather angry manner what was
wanted. This man, who belonged to
a class almost universally despised and
subjected to cuffs and kicks, astonished
the conductor by informing him that
about eighteen inches of rail was
broken out short distance further on.
The broken place was repaired, the
train about to move off, when the con-
ductor saw the tramp standing on the
roadside, asked:
Where do you want to gop"
The tramp replied:
ITO Pensacola"
Then, said the conductor, "why
don't you get on the trainP"
The reply was:
Because l have no money"
The conductor told him to get aboard,
that he would take him to Montgomery.
On arriving in the city the fact was re
porte to the general manager of the
road, who asked the man which he
would have, money or work. The man
answered he would rather have employ
ment. A position was at once given
him. At last accounts he was ut work
and doing well.-ColunabWS (Ga.) En-
naLirpr
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-03-31
Words OF Wisdom.

Twenty men who believe what they
profess, and live as they believe, are
worth more than five hundred hypo-
critics to any good cause.
The more man knows about any
subject the greater will be his charity
for and sympathy with views differing
from his own.
AS frost to the bud and blight to the
blossom, even such is self-interest to
friendship, for confidence cannot dwell
where se!fishness is porter at the gate.
Our striving against nature is like
holding a weathercock with ones
hand as soon as the force is taken off
it veers again with the wind.
The richest endowments of the mind
are temperance, prudence and fortitude
Prudence is n universal virtue, which
enters into the composition of all the
rest; aud where she is not, fortitude
loses it name and nature.
Every feature is step to success /;
every detection of what is false directs
toward what is true; every trial ex-
hausts some tempting form of error.
Not only SO, but scarcely any attempt is
entirely a failure; scarcely any theory,
theresult of steady thoughts altogether
false no tempting form is without some
latent charm derived from truth.
A ship on the bread, boisterous, and
open ocean, needeth no pilot. But il
dare not venture alone on the placid
bosom of little river, lest it be wrecked
by some hidden rock. Thus it is with
life. IT'S not in our open, exposed
deeds that we so much need the still
voice of the silent monitor, as in the
small, secret, everyday acts Of our life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-03-31
The Stevens Battery.

Speaking OF naval matters, writes n
New York correspondent, l notice the
approaching sale of the Stevens battery,
which is one of the strange features OF
this port. The building in which it is
enclosed, with the surrounding prem
ises, covers two acres, and as there is no
probability that it will ever be used its
demolition is now urged. The Stevens
family has become famous for its i'm
mense wealth, which is chiefly due to
the Hoboken property and the ferry,
both of which have become immensely
valuable. Old John Stevens was a re-
markable inventor. He not only built
a steamboat almost contemporary with
Fulton's first effort, but he was our rail
way pioneer In 1926 he built small
railroad on his grounds and operated Il
locomotive which made six miles an
hour. 1t was great curiosity, espe-
cially when he gave his opinion that "A
railroad would soon be built from New
York to Buffalo. He lived to see his
locomotive in successful operation. His
son, Robert l.. Stevens, died in 1856,
aged sixty-eight. He was a remarkable
inventor, at east in navigation, and
among his other creations was the above
mentioned iron battery. He began the
work in 1915, his plan being to con-
struct vessel which should be proof
against the heaviest shot. This work
he continued till his death, but when
the rebellion began it was not accepted
by the department, and the improve
ments of the age have rendered it really
worthless. Hence the mighty vessel in
which quarter million has been ex-
pended will be taken to pieces and its
material sold for old iron; sad instance
of work of genius becoming not Cnly
utterly useless, but also an incumbrance,
and whose removal will be an item of
heavy expense. The dimensions OF this
enormous vessel are as follows Length
AIS feet, breadth 4s feet, depth 80 feet.
She has ten boilers, eight driving engines
and nine subordinate engines. Size
is built entirely of iron, with sharp bow
and stern, and her measurement as COM
pared with merchant vessels is $500
tons. Such is the monster which is to
be torn to pieces-a task almost as great
as its obstruction,
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quickly. My pure, noble darling, I
know all your self acrifce. / am not
half worthy of you. Come to me
make me better man, be good 10 my
people. l know they will bless you
when they learn how much they owe
to you" Then in low, eager tones he
told briefly of the fever, and of the en-
tire change in the sanitary arrangements
at Brinsley, touching lightly on his i'll
ness, and passing over his bravery.
And your prophecy haunted me; all
through my illness it rung in my ears,
and hungered for a sight of your
bonny face, for touch of your hand
NoraF with sharp ring of pain in his
voice, " take back your bitter words /;
tell me you do not hate me. Even a
crumb OF bare liking / shall be thank
iul for, and if you will bless me with
your precious love / shall thank God
for it. You can make me better man.
better landlord, true Christian. Ali
these possibilities lie in your hands"
Nora's face was hidden in her hands
she was sobbing.
Won't you answer mep" he pleaded,
bending over her. "Only one little
word to put me out of suspense. MY
darling, am weary for you. Come to
the arms that are waiting for you"
And she came with a sudden swift
movement, laying her tired head on his
shoulder, while his glad arms gathered
her close, close to his heart, and ne laid
his lips on her forehead with a silent
thanksgiving for the blessed boon of this
mill-hand's" love.