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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
Strange Freah Of a Cat.

A Brussels journal relates the follow
ing anecdote of a cat in that city, aud
declares It to bea positive fact. The
mistress Of the cat having drowned all
its young on's, the poor animal suffer.
cd much from excess of milk, and was
observed for some days afterward "a
make her appearance only at meal
time. AZ !s.ss,,, an Unusual noise aav,
ing been heard 10 tho cellar. the ser.
want went down to ascertain the cause
and found the cat lying ON her sidc
and sucking a brood OF eight younl
rats, which bad apparently beer
abandoned by their dam. For a week
longer the cat continued thus to feed
Aer natural enemies; but at the end Of
that time. being no longer incom.
NODDED by her mix, she one morning
killed them all.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
Menday EvsninE nov, %, IssO

A CORRESPONDENT Of the Nashville
American, who knows what he is
talking about, dresses up a few well
known facts in the following terse and
compact sentences:
l notice that there are, as usual
an innumerable number Of candidates
offering for every position which the
legislature has to fill. | want to re-
mark that nothing has contributed
more to the disasters which have be-
fallen the democratic party, than the
wild hunt after Office by democrats.
Too many wanted to go to the Cincin-
natl convention. Too many wanted
to be presidential electors. Too many
wanted to go to congress. Too many
wanted to be governor. Too many
wanted to go to the legislature, and so
on around the entire circle Of Offices.
We have a democratic legislature, and
every Office ought to be filed by a
democrat. The partyis neither dead
nor disbanded. ItS defeat is traoeable
to the mistakes Of the managers.
In conclusion he urges the adOp-
ton Of the c .ucus system.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
The w lther.

Pie temperature at saliie III s
morning marked 10 degree above ze-o
and 10 below %eezing point, cod
Weather indeed for this latitude n
Noyember. The wind came stron9
from the mol h and at the rate Of 6
miles an hour. Northerly winds pre-,
vail all over the south, and the mer
cuiJ recorded a tlmperature Of q
along the guilt coast. Heavy ilest
doubtless prevailed last night through.
out the region Of Louisiana, as tn
mercury ranged from 20 to 81 degree
at Shreveport and Vicksburg. No
rain fell anywhere SOUTHEAST night OF
yesterday, nor is any probable to day
Rains are likely to occur in the south
Atlantic region and along the north
Pacific coast. The temperature noith
OF the Ohio will remain below the
ifeeEing point until Wednesday, bui
here the prospects indicate 0 WERNER
atmosphere than we have experience
for the IGst three or four days, so al
least the signal service bulletins in
form Us.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
Word, hid a Discount.

A little incident occurred in a Main
street store the other day which puts
morals and pertness at q discount,
A little cash boy, not much taller
than the { unter, overheard one of the
proprietors Using some vocal explos-
ives not laid doVl in the Sunday
school books and forming himself into
a committee for the suppression Of
p~rofaue language, told the proprietor
he was a low bred man and no gentle.
man. The report of the committee Of
ore was not accepted. The little fel-
low was p-id off and shown the door
aud besides being led to consider NOR.
ality at a discount, is trying to decide
which was the most i'll bred, he or hi
employer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22

ter in bright costumesafSer the fashi,n
Of Spanish senoritas, with the spark
ling music incidental to the opera,
makes a most charming entertain
ment Mrs. Seguin was a fascinating
and very coquettish Carmen, and hers
was a most praiseworthy performance
In the earlier scenes she played With
all necessaly abandon, appearing spite
al, heartless and hateful by turns,
while in the last scene her acting in
dicated intelligence, thought anG
study. The role suited her and she
suited the role. She reyeled in the
wickedness Of the part, and sung the
score 18th pleasing effect, to
the compliment of recall. in one Of
the ringing songs of the first act, as
well also as in a duett with Strini, who
sung the part of the Toreador. There
were many features Of the opera wor-
thy Of notice, but the audience was
not a large one, and the troupe will
doubtless be with US again next season,
therefore as they are now away of in
the blue grass fields of Kentucky, far
Their remarks may be very appropri'
ately postponed for further on. The
Abbott company is a good, we'll man
aged troupe, and is always sure to meet
a cordial welcome here. Mr.. Stoddard.
Mr.. Strini, Pauline Maurel and all o
s'agers have acquitted themselves very
satisfactorily in the roles they imper.
souated, and all who were fortunate
enough to attend the opera, vii wish
the company good fortune until We
can zee aud meet them again.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
Police Points.

Seventeen citiz MS were caught nap
ping since Saturday morning.
twenty-five dollars in fines and for
FIXTURES was scooped in by the city
clerks.
Deputy Foster Left the station
house to day, in charge of five prison
ers, who will work out their fin s on
the island.
Another murder case appeared on
the police court docket, to-day, fol
the third time in the last two months.
The case Of Allen Hooper, the
darby shot and nearly killed by
Officers Wilson and Randolph, is sci
for the 3C.h instant.
Mrs. Wright C'the mother o.
Ben, came - trial to-day for Jar.
ceny, but was discharged. She is q
proper subject for the philauthropist
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
Ex.PresfHenU

n. v. l. ter to Ph1ade' .h,a Ledger.t
| hear indirectly, that Governor
Cornell, II his next annual message,
Will earnestly second the proposition
that ex-presidents should have seats
as senator's at large in the United
States senate. Senator ConkllDg is
understood to be unqualifedly COM
mitted to it, and the governors views
on the subject will doubtless empha
size thoIe of the senator. The ques
sios IS becoming to be a favorite toric
at the clubs, where political public
opinion is formed, but there is a very
marked division Of sentiment on the
point Wheeler we should take care Of
our ex-presidents by making them
selatOts,er BY pacing at their disposal
an annual income. Ine tso men who
are probably the least concerned in the
matter are General Grant and Presi-
cent Hayes. For that matter it may BE-
STATE | that not a few of the personal
friends Of the latter intimate a regreI
on his part that any such question
should have been raised for public
discussion, but this is not the frs
time the general has been made t
realize that the newspapers and thu
clUos in such matters are a law unit
themselves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22

wounds are dealt with By the Cor.
regional police, which nearly always
conviots, while duels resulting fatally
are brought before a jury which nearly
always acquits. Ii thus becomes q
point Of considerable Importance Ia
the intending duelist, if Of a robust
and healthy habit, to select particu-
larry nasty weather and damp ground
for his less vigorous antagonist.
That is, no doubt, the reason why
Nj. Gambetta selected 10 fight
NJ. Fourtou in a dense fog at thirty
PAGES, for which he was I'M
Justly ridiculed at the time. The willy
dictate knew hat with the aid Of the
fog he had a chance Of killing NJ.
Fourtou, while without it he might,
by some inc%oneeivable accident, wing
him, and so have to pay a fine. II is
to remedy this paradoxical state Of
things that a new law has been pro-
poseo which viii punish all dueiing
by various degrees of fine and impris-
onment, according to the result. 1t
Is unlikely, however, that the legisla-
tive assembly will venture to deprive
the pleasure loving Parisians of an
amusement at nee so harmless and
fascinating. One of the odd features
of the proposed law fOrbids the sur
vivor of a fatal duel to venture for a
given number of years, withina certain
number of miles of his victims resi-
dence. Possibly a more %efectual pre-
tentative of the practice would be to
adopt the plan of French colonel in
Louis XV.'s time, who gave the off
GERS Of a regiment, notorious for fight
ing on every frivolous pretext, carte
blanche, with the %proviso that one or
both parties must fight until one or
both were killed. That pat an end to
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
Cheaper u XIII Thra q Mrim,

N. Y. Guph'c.l
II is one Of the be-uti-3 of our
railway le. Station hat it is cheaper
for the companies, when they do set
about having a smash-up, b kill a
PASSENGER rather than merely to MAIN
him. fhe damages TO be had against
them for the former luxury are lin
tied BY law to 5000; for the latter
they may be mulcted in any sum the
jury see fit TO award. A somewhat
similar anomaly EXISTS in the French
law against dueling-ior they have q
law against dueling there, whose chief
intent, however, seems 10 be 10 rem
der that POPULAR pastimo more entic-
irg. But It so happens that, under
the law, duols resulting in slight
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
HI OLD FARM SLED.
Sentiment anu Practical Ideas
Combined.

EDITOR LEDaER:-The pleasantess
memories Of the old farm sled and its
use belong to the older of our people.
For miles away every farmer who
owned a yoke Of oxen or a span of
horses, possessed Of his own make a
sled, seldom borrowing of his neigh
bors, on account of its constant use.
For hauling shock corn from the pas
ture over to the crib, keeping up the
winter wood, carrying from the fresh
mown meadows its cured grassesto the
barn loft, from the orchard the apples
and the cider to the cellar, in maple
sugar making time, and in winter
when it sheeted the earth with snow,
the old sled rugged up as a sleigh was
an indispensable comfort and convent
ence. Where two horse wagon stalled
in the mire and went down 10 its
axles, the old farm sled wonld glide
along scarcely leaving the impression
of its passage. The old farm sled; how
the memory Of its eheapness and man
fold ules warns up the heart On it
lovers have been mated and the bonds
Of society strengthened for even then
it was felt that we are not here on
earth to be alone.
But now for the application 10 a new
way: Our late rains, so disastrous to
our cotton picking interest, the wealth
er wise unable to know what autumn
or winter has in store, whether sun or
storm, put US all to thinking and
drawing on the invention for relief.
propose to introduce the old sled or
one lighter and quicker made for the
purpose Of securing cotton either in
deet or thaw in all seasons of the year.
Let US make a sled out of light, peeled
poles as long IS yished-thc cotton
middlc3 four and one-half feet wide
pin the under slides TO the upper stats,
nail on your floor, now hitch your
mules, put your pickers aboard and
your work will be found easy, quick
aad remunerative. Thus made it will
slide easily next to the stalk, the limbs
presenting themselves so handilY to
the operative By adding a slide .see.
tion and mules or oxen the advantages
can be enlarged to suit the demands
respectfully tender the idea to the
river bottom planters as keeping the
feel from cold and mud, thereby less
ening the distempers caused by colo
feet. A planter said the idea had
never occurred TO him before, yet il
looked SO practical that t ought to b
generally known, for verify 1t will pa,
in such disasters as the rain aud mu,
Of 1850. X. j.. b. j.. WYNN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22

The LEDGER Office book bindery,
ID Madison street, is in the same
building as the newspaper and job
printing establishment; is owned by
fthe same proprietor, embraces all
machines and material used in a first
. class book bindery. and is conducted
by competent workmen capable Of
executing work in as good and sub
stsntial a style as can be done any.
whore.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
How Happiness is Secured

Happiness IS the absence Of pain OF
annoyance, and wherever there is pain
there is disease. A pain in the lower
portion of the body indicates a disor,
der Of some kind. If there Is any
odor or color or deposit in the urine
it means disease and requires attention
at once. We have heard many Of our
friends speak Of the remarkable power
w sSaieK idney andLiver Cure
and are convinced there is nothiDg So
certain and valuable for all disorder,
Of the urinary system both male and
female.
Sold Wholesale by S. Mansfield &
Co., and W. N. Wilkerson & Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
ACnnder DneI.

Might makes right among dumb
creatures. Here is an illustration.
A tight between two geese took place
in a vacant lot on Sumner street, says
the Nashville American. A flock Of
gee7e were engaged in extracting rom
a large mud hole such d~elicacies as
are relished as food by that festive
bird, when a strange goose made his
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
MEDICINAL.
N-en-rasIdsnt Nonns.

No. Ss0l-In the Chaneery Court of Shelby
county, Tenn,-Amanda +. Roberts We
Robert X. Roberts.
TT appearing from affidavit in this cause that
il the defendant, Robert r. Roberts Is A
therefore ordered that he make his appear
ance herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby
county, in Memphis, Tenn, on or before the
first Monday In January, 1881, and plead,
answer or demur TO complainant bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed as to him
and set for hearing ex-paTte; and that q COPY
Of this order be published once a week for
four successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 9Th day Of November, 1880.
A copy: Attest.
ROBERT ]. BLACK, clerk and master.
BY g. j. MoHENRY, D. @. Il NJ.
Is b.. Barnes, sol. for compl't.
IN co 70 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
Truslae,s saIe.

PURSUANT to the terms of a certain deed
J. OF trust OF October II, 1876, executed byW.
>. McDermott aud his vile, Susan II. Nc
Dermgtt, to John A. Holt, trustee, now de-
ceased, and to his successors in Office, 10 Sc
cure an Indebtedness to the Clerks Building
and Savings Association of Memphis, which
deed Of trust is recorded in the Register office
Of Sholby. county, Tenn, in book ia, page $50,
said indebtedness being past due and unpaid,
l., I. Is. Jones, having been legally appointed
and qualified successor to said John A. Holt,
and clothed with all his powers as such trus-
tee, will, at the request Of the beneficiary, on
Wednesday, the 18th dayO { DsObr., 1880,
between the hours of IL an. and l pm, at
TIE southwest corner Of Main and Madison
streets, In Memphis, the Taxing District Of
Shelby county, lie an, offer and sell at public
out,ry to the highest bidder for cash, tho fol-
lowing real estate in said Memphis, Taxing
District Of Shelby county, Tenn, to-wit;
Lot 8 in block IS, IN South Memphis, begin
ming Mt a point on Tho south side Of POntotoc
street, and seventy-ive feet east Of the point Of
intersection Of the said south side of Pontotoc
street with the east line Of Mulberry street;
thence east on and with said south line Of
POntotoc street fifty feet; thence south one
hundred and fifty feet; thence west, parallel
with Pontotoc street fifty feet; thence north
parallel with Mulberry street one hundrad
and fifty feet to tho beginning, being the same
Charles Fox by deed, Of record II, hook "a.
part 2, page 4, County REGISTERS Sf6ce, and by
said Fox to said Susan II. McP ermott'
Sale to commence at IL o'clock. Terms
cash.
The title to this property has been carefully
examined and approved, but l shall sell and
convey In the character of trustee only.
P. B. JONES, Trustee.
N. B. Trezevant, Attorney. 1880
II. Il. Guion, Auctioneer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
EDUCATIONAL
-S0n-F0sId0aI Notice.
Boz Poplar Street.

No. SS00-ln the 0hancery Court Of 5hsIbv
county, Tenn.-Emily Wallace VS.. William
RI appearing. from affidavit IA this eause
4 that the defendant, William Waiiacs
Is a non-rcsident of the STATE of Tepnessee X
is therefore ordered that he make his
appearance herein, % the court-house Of
Shelby county In Memphis, Tenn. ON OF before
We Hrst monday in January, 1881, and
or TIE same will be taken for copfessed
as TO him and set for hearing ex-parte:
and mat . copy Of this order DO published once
Ledger.
This the 18th day Of November, 1880.
A c~opy-Attest,
r., BLACK, Clerk and Master.
BY &. B. MoHRNAY, D. @. GM.
bigeloW q Hill, sol. for compile.
"a 90 rs gt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
The Last Fashionable w Iding.

The Last Fashionable w Iding.
The most interesting social event Of
last week was the fashionable wedding
that was celebrated Wednesday night
at the Central Methodist church. The
church was beautifully decorated
with evergreens and natural flowers
gracefully arranged. lowering over
the marriage bell were two white
doves; back Of the arch was the mon
ogram &c. S." two hearts joined to-
gether and a beautiful snow white
star made Of tube roses. The attend
ants entered the well-flled church in
the following order:
Mr.. Robert Nicholson and Miss
Katie Church.
Mr.. Moon and Miss Brooks.
Mr. S. 7. Carn,s and Miss Wood
ruff.
Mr.. Henry Guion and Miss Camp
Mr.. Brown and Miss Hill.
The ladies we're elegantly dressed
and looked very sweet and beautiful
while the gentlemen made a gallanl
appearance and a fine impression
They we're followed by Miss May Lee
Hill and Miss Bette Selden, two love
". fairy-like little girls, dressed in rea.
point lace dresses, pink silk hose anG
white satin slippers. They strewed
flowers in the path Of the bridal cou.
pie, who came next. The bride, Miss
Minnie Spicer, one of the brightest
and prettiest young ladies' of Mem
phis, wore a superb white brocaded
satin dress, trimmed with point lace
and never appeared more spirituelle
and queenly. M Nathan Camp, the
groom, is q handsome Specimen Of
vigorous young manhood Together
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
a Means Killed.

Saturday night last a negro man
named jim Moore entered Mrs. Doyle's
grocery, col ler Commerce and Main
street, under the influence of liquor,
and began using insulting language to
Mrs. Doyle, who is a widow. James
Webb, a clerk, and also a sort Of fos-
ter-sm of Mrs. Doyle, about nineteen
years old, demonstrated with Moore,
when he latter turned and cursed
him. Webb then stepped behind the
counter, and, procuring a pistol, lev
eled it at Moore, firing and killing
him instantly. Webb then started
',r a policeman, and was himself ar
resi- d by Officer Logan. He will be
tried before l squire Spelman.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22

No remedy for kidney diseases he-e.
toiore discovered can be held for orc
moment in comparison with Warner's
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.-C. A.
Harvey, ID, Washington, d. @.
Sold wholesale by s. Mansfield &
Co., and W. n. Wiikeraon 8 Ca.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22

Many cases have come -nder oul
nosice where a silg.a bottle Of DR..
Bulls cough syrup relieved a suffere !
from a severe cough, which had been
treated for months by a competent
physician. o cts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
N0TIOE TO UREDIrORs.

HAVING qualified in the Probate Court Of
IL Shelby county, Tennessee, as executor Of
the last will Of William Davidson, deceased,
notice is hereby given to all creditors Of said
~testator TO present their claims within tho time
required by law or they will be forever barred.
JOHN II. PERRY,
Executor of the last will ofWilliam Davidson,
49 IS 6i Ct deceased'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
InsOlvent Notice.
STATE 6S OF TRSSIssEE SHELBY County,,

STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY CoUNTY.l
0RFIoE COUNTY CoURr CLERK,
Memphis, Tenn, November 1b, 1850.
To Jordan, administrator Of j @ Davis,
deceased.
HAVING suggested the insolvency Of tho
IL estate Of ] O Davis, deceased. Won are
hereby ordered to give notice, By advertise
ment in some newspaper published within the
said state, and also at the Court-house door
Of Shelby, county, for all persons having
claims against seia estate, to appear and ~.
authenticated in the manner prescribodh l %
on or before the 18th day Of Ma 1881.
and any claim not fled on OF before .ssia dsv
OF. before an appropriation Of % ennds ~
both 10 law and equity. oio'V' 'Siieu'
Witness my hand, al of al ,k;. 1E.h d.uof
November. 1880. w. ms i0'n u"S Vi
D-u oW EN- DwYER, Clerk.
BY hUe1 b. OuLLLR, DC. 6672TsA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22

Col, Sam P. Is;ns, the veteran dem
%ocratic editor Of the Athens Post,
gives the following information and
notice:
"The legislature elects the treasur-
er, comptroller and secretary Of state.
The governor appoints the state SUI
perintendeDt of public instruction,
commissioner OF agriculture, superin-
tendent of the capitol, superintendent
Of prisons, walden and deputy warden
of the penitentiary. We here
notify Governor Hawkins that
We cannot, on account Of IMPORT
ant private matters, accept either
Of the places named. If any one OF
our republican friends want a place,
we don't mind using our influence
with the governor in their behalf; but
LET the applications come in slowly, as
we don't propose to have our friend
Hawkins crowded. Application for
appointment under Garfield can be
fled with us at any time before the
10Th of Febru
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22

Meets the requirements Of tho raiioal nmedl.
cal philosophy which At present prevails. ii
u n perfectly pure vegetable remedy, embrae.
ing the three important properties Of a pro
yentiYoi n tonic, and an alternative. Il forti.
mes tho body against disease, inViForates and
re.vitalizos tho torpid stomach and liver, and
ELECTS n most ealutory change In tho ontire
system, whom In Q morbid condition,
For sale By all druggists and dealers renor-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22

The Texas highwayman who es-
capped when his partner, Otis Kearney
was killed, has been captured near
Dallas. His name is Henry II.
Beverly, The son of one of the wealth.
lest and most respected planters in
north Texas. he is very badly
wounded in the upper right arm and
right shoulder by fourteen buckshot.
He has been identified by one Of the
parties robbed and by a citizen from
whom he and Kearney inquired the
road to Denton. He denies his guilt,
and says be was accidentally shot by a
friend, but does not pronounce his
name. His friends can give an enor-
nous bond for him put as twelve
separate cases Of highway robbery are
already known to be available he will
probably not get out. He is about 30
years old and has a wife and child. 1t
t%ranspires that Mr.. Donaldson, now a
memoer Of the st. Louis comm, IS
company. and sheriff Of Davidson
county, Tennessee, Immediately after
the war, is a brother in Flaw of Otis
| Kearney, the dead hiehwayman.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-22
THE PUBLIC LEDGER
Job Printing OffCs
AND
BOOK BIMDERY4
SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP, GOOD Ma.
IERIAL AND LOW PRICES 6UARAN
Attachment Notice.

Before J.. D. Hiues, J. p. for shelby county,
Ienn:Ojames 0, Harrell VS.. @. 4. Dodson.
his caase IN attachment having been
u sued ont under section 1856 Of the code Of
Tennessee and returned levied upon the prop
erty Of the defendant, and AFFIDAVIT having
been made that the defendant is indebted 10
the plaintiff in the sum Of S65 90, due hy
note, and that defendant is a nonresident 81
the state Of Tennessee; il is therefore ordered
that the defendant make his PERSONAL an
pearance before j. d. Hines, J. p, on The
9th day Of December, 1880, at his Office, in The
Fourth Civil District of Shelby county,
Tennessee. at ten o'clock an, and
defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed by Law, or the same will 30
proceeded with exparte; that a copy Of this
order be published once a week, during four
weeks, In the Public Ledger.
This the SOth day Of October. 1850.
SO 59&n I'D. HINES. ]. P.