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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04
MEMPHIS.
Views Of n Friend Up the River
Who Has Been Here,

I'VE can assure the editor of the
Tiptonville Lake County Star, who
was lately here, that the scarlet fever
has about disappeared onlyone or two
cases have been heard ofina week. He
writes the following friendly and en-
couraging article for his paper.-ED.
LEDGER.
1t is true scarlet fever does prevail
at Memphis, but not near as bad as
you may hear it does. This is a COM
mon complaint, more or less, in many
cities during certain seasons OF the
year. Because Memphis has been I'M
fortunate during the past two year,,
that is no reason why sickness cannot
exist there without it being declared
epidemic. If one were to have a re-
spectacle shake" (in other words, an
old fashioned ague) there, some ex-
tremely loose tongues would be ready
and jump at the chance to pronounce
it epidemical, of the worst type.
And most people, not being better
posted, are ready TO believe all highly
colored tales as may reach their eager
ears.
Memphis is undergoing a radical
change, and ere long, at the present
rate of progress, that city will be in
approved sanitary condition. Sewer
ing pipes continue to pass down on
most every boat-a tow-boat with sew
eral large barges loaded with them
passed down a few days ago, and when
all the work is completed surely that
city will be in as healthy condition as
any other city or town in the entire
south. Her business and enterpri>ing
men are wide awake, and are spending
thousands in carrying onthis great and
important work.
Memphis is one of the most promi-
nent commercial points in the sunny
south, and would command a fair bus
mess even if she were to be visited by
an epidemic every year for the next
ten years. She is, in business point
Of view, one of those cities that has
nine or more lives, and the more Sc
we're her Affections are, greater and
more earnest are the struggles of her
noble people for liberty, sweet liO-
erty.
We were in that city a few days
since, and from the general appear
ance Of things, it doesn't seem like
yellow fever was ever known to exist
there. Life, prosperity and good
cheer can plainly be discovered OIL
every corner and along every thor
oughfare. and in most every depart
NEXT of business. Happy smiles and
pleasing expressions are heaped upon
all that pass therein.
May Memphis continue to expand
in commercial importance. and may
the good and supreme giyer of ali
generous gifts stay further Affections
from the midst Of that city, is the
sincere desire of the Star, in common
with all that abound in the Missis-
sippi valley.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04

The Great Northern and Inter
national Texas railway is to be ex-
tended shortly from Austin to San
Antonio, a distance Of about ninety
miles, through a very fine country.
Bids for the work will be received in
New York until the 10th of March.
The completion of this line to San
Antonio will bring that remarkable
city with its old Spanish features and
modern growth of successful enter
prises nearly one hundred miles nearer
the outer world reached by rail. San
Antonio, already a growing, prosper
Gus place Of over twenty thousand
inhabitants will be greatly benefited
in various ways by this additional line
which will doubtless eventually be
extended to Rio Grande.. Should
Huntingdon's road be extended from
El Paso to San Antonio, as seems
most likely, this place will become the
railroad center, as it is now the most
charming city in the great state Of
Texas.
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AS GOOD AS A DRAGON.
A Wonderful Man Who Breathes
Living Flame from His
Month.


Paw-Paw (Mich.) Courier.l
A. w. Underwood, the colored man
whose breath sets combustibles on
fire, was interviewed by a Courier re-
porter on Tuesday evening. He says
he is twenty-four years old. When
about twelve years old be held his
handkerchief to his mouth and blew
upon it and it took fire. He says he
is unable to account for it; says that
physicians have examined him and
they are as much in the dark as him
self. He set a piece of paper on fire at
the Dyckman house Tuesday evening
last before a large crowd. A re-
spectacle citizen Of Paw. Paw says
that this fellow was out with him at a
hunting party last summer and none
of the party had any matches, and
that Underwood took up both hands
full of dry leaves, breathed upon them
a while, and set them on fire, from
which they built a fire in the woods.
He seemed much exhausted last even
ing after bis effort, and says that he
could not endure it more than twice
in one day. Parties present last
evening said they had examined his
hands, had him rinse his mouth out
and drink a glass of water, and then
saw him set a paper of cloth on fire by
his breath.
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~Non-Rcsident Notice.

No. 192, RID, Diyorce-In the Bartlett Circuit
Keck VS.. Ellen Keck ct al.
I appearing from affidavit in this cause that
i the defendant, Ellen Keck, is a non-resi-
dent of the State of Tennessee; it is there
fore ordered that she make personal appear
ance herein, at the courthouse in the town Of
Monday in March, 1880, and plead, answer OF
demur to complainant bill, or the same will
be taken for confessed ms to hei and set for
hearing ~ex-parte; and that a copy Of this
order be published once a week for four sue
ceesssiySe weeks in the Public Ledger Of Mem
A c~opy-Attest;
.TH0S. B. CRENSHAW, Clerk.
B.J Kimbrough, Att'y for complt.
1871 1~57xxxs-11
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THE TILTONS.
Elizabelh's Life---TheOdOre Often
Mistaken for IA Great Man.

indianapolis Journal.l
There is not a word of truth in the
report which interested parties have
circulated that Theodore Tilton is
again living with his wife. He has
not seen her for a year or two, and
then only once to advise about the
children. The two youngest, bows,
are, however, with their mother. |
met one of her Brooklyn acquaintance
Yesterday. How does Mrs. Tilton
live new2" | inquired.
Very simply said he, "on the
money that Theodore regularly sends
TO her. lie pays all of her expenses.
Plymouth church has not given her a
cent since the summer after the trial.
Who are her associates ?" | asked.
Mainly religious people, he an
swered. "She has a warm religious
nature. The ladies' of Plymouth
church do not recognize her al all
but she is an earnest and active mem.
Der Of a circle called the plymouth
Brethren This organization is moi
at all connected with Plymouth
church, and the members are not ever
congregationalists, but devout anC
pious persons like the Complexities
with some eccentric theological no
tons, but much given to deeds o
charity"
| met last week the gentleman VIII,
engineers TiltOn's lectures, and some
times travels with him.
"Tilton,'' said he, with a laugh. 81
often mistaken for Sam Tilden, lat,
democratic candidate for the presi
dsScy, on account Of the similarity q
their names. Out on tho Wabasl
railroad a rather intelligent man an
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The Curious Predieament of a
German Bride---A Warn
ing 70 Nome OF Our
Foreign Citizens.

N. Y. Evening Post.l
An instance of the value of a cor
rect registration of the births Of chill
dren Of foreign parents should these
children ever find their way back to
the mother country occurred to-day
in the bureau Of vital statistics. DR.,
Nagle received a letter from Mrs
Pauline Rothschild, of No. II Townel
strasse, Leipzig, containing the re-
quest that a copy of tie record Of heI
two children's birth in New York
city be sent to her without delay. She
writes that not only the happiness,
but the very existence Of the family
depended on the possibility Of obtain.
ing these documents. The daughter.
now a girl of twenty-five years. had
found an admirer and desired Ia
marry but, to the amazement Of the
lovers, the German government fatty
refused to allow the ceremony to be
performed Until the fact that the
bride had been born had been official.
ly attested and properly yOuched fol
by the registrar Of this city. The
production Of the girl in evidence
with the corroborative testimony o.
her mother, availed nothing with the
methodical Leipzig officers in the
absence of the requisite papers, and
the bride was left in the uncOmfort-
able position Of being legally unborn
to the discom6tufe of her nonpluseC
sutton.
About this time a further eompli.
cation occurred. Julius Rothschild
the son, Just twenty years old, wa!
summoned to appear at the sessions
for examination and enrolment il
the imperial army. In vain he pro.
tested that he was an American citi.
zen, born in the United States. Hi,
papers were demanded in proof, and
failing to produce them, he was or
dered.t to appear at the regimenta
headquarters. The despair Of tn,
mother may be imagined. Julius wa
her only son and only support. En-.
rollment in the army, aside from thu
hazard Of war, would take him from
his employment for three full years
and leave her desolate. She applied
to the American consulate at Leipzil
in vain. The proofs that her state
ments were true were demanded o
her. In her perplexity the widow hi
upon the expedient of writing to thu
authorities of New York, and her let
ter reached DR.. Nagle to-day, ad
dressed to THE Register of New
York" DR.. Nagle took immediat,
steps to help Mrs. Rothschild out o
her trouble by having the record.
searched, aud within two OF tire,
weeks the family will be once NOR
made happy, AMI the German bride
groom will be relieved from a mos
p~erplexiug dilemma.
The present case is one of a hun
dred which come under the notice o
DR.. Nagle in the course Of the year
The German laws on the subject 0
registration Of vital statistics are un
commonly stringent and are rigid
enforced to insure a perfect census Q
the population. The knowledge q
this fact is widely diffused among tn
German citizens ofthis city. and ha
caused the birth records OF that rae
to be far more perfect than that G
any other class Of inhabitants Of Me-
York.
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preached him. as we were lounging in
our seats, and asked the favor Of a
friendly shake Of a hand, and simply
exclaimed: You're all right YETI AS
the elusive stranger turned away
Tilton said: III bet a big apple hat
man thinks he has shaken hands with
Sam Tildenr | took him up, for
thought the man had plainly called
him 'Tilton.' The train was wooding-
up at a station, and | walked out, and
SURE enough there was the misguided
politician haranguing to a crowd Of
c%ountrymen, aud saying: What q
id shame it is that such a splendid
Rockingham should be swindled out
of his rights when he was fairly
elected"
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The Cars virtual Abdlcation,

Ny. Tribune.i
General Melikof is virtually an.
pointed military dictator of ali the
Russias. The imperial ukase just
issued establishes a supreme execu-
tive commission, but the members are
to be nominated by General Melikof,
and, as the head of the commission,
he is invested with direct control over
all political trials in St. Petersburg
and throughout the empire. All local
authorities, and even the governors Of
the provinces, are placed under the
jurisdiction not Of the commission,
but Of the military dictator himself.
He is empowered to adopt any
measures which he may deem expedi-
ent for the protection of the empire,
and whatever orders he may issue are
to be Internationally obeyed. Hence.
forth the emperor reigns by proxy.
The conqueror Of Kars, whose bril-
liant campaign in Armenia recalled
the achievements Of Paskiewiteh, isto
be the de iactO, although not the de
jure car.
'Such a surrender of authority as
this ukase implies is unprecedented
in modern history. Alexander III. has
practically abdicated. Whether the
acting czar is to escape or share the
perils of the hereditary sovereign re.
mains to be seen. He is the son of an
Armenian merchant, and is an accom-
plished gentleman, as well as a yicto.
rious soldier. Are the terrors oil
dagger, revolver, and dynamite held
in reserve for him, or will the nihilists
be content with forcing the wretched
prisoner Of Winter palace into retire
ment? RevOlutionists are seldom re-
spectors Of persons, and the czar's
double in uniform may well tremble
on the throne. But one thing is GER
tain. The terrors of the imperial
ukase have been exhausted. If a
new crisis arises, if the palace be
blown to atoms, or the city fired in q
hundred places, the government can.
not adopt any measures of repression
which will carry the people any fur
Their in the gloomy and sterile track 0
MEDIEVAL reaction.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-04

The Illinois republican convention
has been put of to the 10Th of May,
which is regarded as a damaging blow
TO the Grant movement. The plan of
the third term syndicate, formed while
the ex-president was in Philadelphia,
and promulgated early in January,
was that Pennsylvania, New York, In
diana and Illinois should hold their
conventions very early and select
solid third term delegations for the
national convention, with a view to
influencing other states. Cameron in
Pennsylvania, and Conkling in New
York succeeded in framing matters
and running the machine in those
states so as to send solid delegations
to Chicago for Grant. This, however,
was accomplished with great diff
fculty, and it is evident al
ready that TIE cause has been great
ly weakened, and that in Pennsyl-
vania especially the republicans are
opposed to Grant by an Overwhelming
majority. The New York Tribune re-
ceived responses to a circular from
county aud township eommitteemer
expressing preferences as follows
For Grant, 288 for Blaine, 1911. 1
was the intention of the third tern
managers to rush Illinois through il
the same style as Pennsylvania and New
York, but there is nobody in the stat,
to do It, or willing to undertake III,
job, therefore they have virtually com,
TO a dead standstill. The reaction ha
set in, and Grants prospects for.
nomination are not near as bright a
they were a few weeks ago. 1t is
singular fact that most Of the third
termers 10 the Utica convention cam
from democratic counties, wher
the desire for a return
power is naturally more intense
The Illinois state committee meta
Chicago the day the Utica c%onyentio
assembled, and in the evening tn
result of the convention was know
to the committee. Yet in the face
this, after the fullest discussion an
consultation with distinguished men
bers Of the party, the Illinois CONVEX
tion was put off until the 18th Of Ma
which will give ample time to CO.
off. In the meantime several 9th,
state conventions will be held.
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A SET OF TEETH FOR $40.
@79 MAIN STREET,
DR.. HINSON AND SON.
SURGEON DENTISTS.
112xxx7&W
LEGAL.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
District of West Tennessee,

Circuit Court for said district.
In equity, No. 2l6-Luke P. Blackburn Va.
The Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad
RY virture of the final decree of the Circuit
~ Court Of the United States, for the West
ern District of Tennessee. made in the above
entitled cause, on the Sd day of June, AID.
icfy, the undersigned clerk. of the said court,
duly authorized and appointed by the said
decree. will sell at public sale, at the court
house in Memphis, county Of Shelby and
state OF Tennessee, on Monday, the 22d day
Of March, AID. 1880, between the hours of II
n. ana z Pm Of said day, to, the highest
bidder, all the following described property
tO:wit; All the Selma, Marion and Memphis
railroad, lying between the city Of Memphis,
IN the state Of Tennessee, and the city OF
Selma, in the State of Alabama, constructed
or to be constructed, together with all and
slng1lar tne railways, rails, bridges, fences,
warehouses, engines. cars, fixtures, privileges.
rights, real estate of every and all descrip-
ton, and all other property owned or which
since the 18th day Of March, 1871, the date,
Of the mortgage mentioned in the bin
ID TINS cause has been acquired BY said
purchase and including 81 bonds OF
SllOO0 each, issued by the city of Aberdeen. in
the State Of Mississippi, now in the hands OF
the receiver in this cause. The said line Of
rallroaa with its equipment and appurten-
anoes, being an entirety, will be sold alto
gether, with the benefit of the franchises
owned and possessed by said company. The
sale will be made on the following terms, to-
wit: One thousand dollars Of the purchase
money of said railroad, with its appurte-
names, equipment and rolling stock, shall b.,
paid IN cash at the time of the sale, and TIE
remainder shall be paid in six months a. ter
the date OF sale, the purchaser giving his nota
with approved security, payable to con- Main.
ant, and q lien reserved on the proper ~ The
said bonds and other property viii Ic sold
IOF GHen IN ha mild dnfun 90 Aha q
sale. BELL w. ETHF eIImme1T2I inc
Dec. 10, 1879. Clerk and : $500
ESTES 4 Elicit, soils.
81 XXX 10
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NO LONGER A L
The Sad Story Of "the Most
Beautiful Woman ia
AIkansas.r


Correspondence Of the oourier-Journal.
LITTLE Rock, Feb. 2S.-The once
most beautiful woman in Arkansas is
now a beggar, and, though not liter
airy woman, has a wooden leg. She
is the daughter Of Sandy Faulkner,
the original Arkansaw Traveller"
She has been married several times,
and is now known as Mrs. Trapnell.
In the old days Of Arkansas arlstoc-
racy, when the rich planters and men
OF note gathered at the Ashley man
sion, Miss Faulkner was the belle,
petted, aattered and admired by every
one. Her wardrobe came from Paris
aud her lovers from everywhere.
Slave TO the demands Of gaioty and
conquest, she wal naughty, aud con-
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Attachment Notice.

BeforeJ M. Coleman, j. P, for Shelby coun-
", .Tenn-Sol. Goldbaum and A. Zan0ne
vs.. heirs Of George Panky, deceased.
this cause an attachment having been
/ sued out under section S455 of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of the defendant. by garnishment on
the Memphis q Charleston railroad company,
who answer they owe defendant $3.50, and
affidavit having been made that defendant is
indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of $500
due by account. and that the claim is Just,
and that the defendants are nom residents OF
the State Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
that said defendants make their personal ap-
pearance before me on the 7th day Of April,
1882, at II o'clock, M, at my office, No. 294
Front street. Memphis, Tennessee, and
defend said attachment suit within the time
prescribed by law, or the same will be
proceeded with ex-parte; and that a copy Of
this order be published once a week for four
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the I'd 9ay Of March, 1880.
39l52l j. M. COLEMAN. j.. P.
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Colonel 4. w. Higginson has been
lecturing before the Harvard students
on The Young Man in Politics, - and
this is one Of the bits OF COMMON sense
which he administered; Every young
man about TO enter a political life
should abandon the patronizing feel
ing-the feeling that he confers a favor
on the community by participating in
its affairs. Splendid careers are
brought to an uBtimely close, simply
on account Of a p%atronizing way as.
sumed toward supposed interiors. In
conclusion Colonel Higginson said.
people like an Independent man, and
life is rich in opportunities in N way
or 10 another
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InsOlvent Notice.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY Co.,

OtflCE NOUNT1 COURT GLERK,
Memphis. Tenn, February 16, 1880.
Io, James Reilly, administrator Of j. NJ.
Tomeny.
HAVING suggested the insolvency of the
IL estate Of j. M. Tomeny, deceased, you
are hereby ordered to give notice, by adyertise-
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 fle
the same, with the clerk of the County Court
authenticated in the manner prescribed BY
and any claim not fled 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 10th day of
February, 1880.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
By HugH B. CULLEN, d. G. lT iawxxx69
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Monday, the 18th day Of March, 1880,

between the hours ofl2 and 2 p.m., in front Of
the courthouse door Of said county, sell for
cash at public cutlery the following described
real estate, situated in Shelby county, State
Of Tennessee, and described as follows, to-
wit: Beginning at q stake at northwest corner
Of q seven ID acre tract heretofore conveyed
by Sehafer and Wits and NJ. @. Knapp; thence
north thirty-one chains to o stake at the
northeast corner ola % acre tract heretofore
conveyed TO NJ. g. Latrange; thence east az.
teen chains and eighty eight links to a stale
at the northwest corner of sixty acre tract
conveyed to Mrs. II. s. Ledbetter and s, H.
Gaynor; thence south with the west line Of
said tract thirty-hvo chains, ffty.eight and
one-halfl links to a stake in the Germantown
plank road, being the southwest corner Of the
Ledbetter and Haynor tract; thence west with
the plank road 20 the beginning. containing
By estimation, 6fty-two 69-l00 acres.
Also the following described tract Of land
beginning In the center Of tho Germautowp
plank road, thence north 10 chains AZ links 10
o stake; thence west 6M chains 10 stake;
thence south p chains NH links 20 q stake;
thence east with the plank road 81 chains 10
the beginning, containing twenty ae.es.
Title to same believed TO be good, but I sell
aud convey rs trustee only,
1878 ia, LAMB, Trustee,
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A shelby County Boy in Trouble.

jackson Tribune and Sun, 3D.
A youDgm man named Charles Roberts
was arraigned before the common law
court, yesterday, and pleaded guilty
to the charge Of horse-stealing The
property was stolen IRON Mr.. George
w. Pearcy. of the Sixteenth district,
on the night of February 9th, and
the thief captured shortly afterward
in Henderson county. He is a young
man of rather good countenance, was
born near Germantown in this State,
where his mother now lives. He is
twenty-one years Of age, and says he
was "beastly drunk" when he com
mitted the grave crime with which he
is charged and to which he pleads
guilty. We learn that a jury of his
c%ountrymen will fix to-day the term Of
his Imprisonment.
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THE Hill affair in Washington turns
out to have been a piece of malice or
a matchmaking scheme. The woman
in whose name the suit was brought
against Senator Hill publishes a card
in which she exonerates him entirely,
and says the suit was brought without
her knowledge or consent.