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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-06

Of an inch thick at the butt, and
ripened in a hundred days from the
time Of planting. With care, close
observation as to the time Of planting,
cutting, and SO on. there is every ap-
pearance that sorghum will yet be-
come one of the most valuable Of our
PRODUCTIONS.
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The surprise Of Rip Van Wrinkle
when awakening from his long slum-
Der, could not have been greater than
that Of the patient who had been trou-
bled with a bad cough for weeks upon
finding himself entirely relieved after
a few doses Of DR.. Bulls cough syrup.
Price. Is cents.
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Reeds Gilt EDGE Tonic alIays irritation


In his last letter from New York to
the Louisville Courier Journal Mahl-
stick writes: The mania among or
chestra leaders at present is descrip-
tive music, of so positive and decided
a character that no one but a deafman
could mistake its meaning. To the
barnyard fowls and their cries has
succeeded a pleasant emotional sa-
tire" called the crying baby, or some
thing Of the sort. The imitation Of
the cry of the baby is perfect, and so
also is the spanking that follows it.
The leader is always proud Of the eff
feet produced, and responds to a cry
for more with eager haste. II any one
had applauded his mother for leading
in the real thing when he was a baby,
it probably would not have awakened
emotions of gratifed pride in his
breast. He certainly would not have
accepted the encore ifhe could have
helped it," OF Sara Bernhard. he
says; Sara went up to the top of the
Equitable building and had a look at
the surrounding country. She said it
paid her for the loss Of time. It is
supposed that Equitable stock will 90
up at once. Sara put some of her val
uables in the safe deposit vault before
going aloft with the faint hope that
the custom house fellows wont get
hold of them. Several large coffee
bags full of diamonds were among
them. The government has got some.
thing over four thousand dollars out
of Sara. Uncle Sam has got down
pretty low since he has taken to pick
ing the pockets of an actress. Our
tariff in SOM. respects is a disgrace to
civilization"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-06

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county,
Tenn C%ornelia @. stout vs.. John stout.
L appearing from the sheriff return in this
4 cause that the defendant, J John stout, is not
to be found in his county; tits therefore order
ed that he make his appearance herein, AZ
the courthouse Of Shelby county, in Mem-
phis, Tenn, on or before the first Monday in
December, 1880, and plead, answer or demuI
to complainant bill, or the same will be taken
for confessed as to him and set for hearing
ox-parte, and that a copy of this order be
published once o week for four successive
weeks in the PUBLGc LEDGER.
This S0th day OF October, 1880.
A cOpy-AttcSi;
RI BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By ~. B. MCHENRY, D. G. & NJ.
Goodwin, Dix& d0odloe, sol. for commit,
52tS6t70-
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TIE republicans OF Knoxville held
a bigjnbilee last night over the cleo
ton, audit is understood hat there
will be a similar demonstration here
next Monday night.
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The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is 90 per snnum and
sec per month fOrlsSE thar one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 por snnum--
postage free.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-06

The legislature of Tennessee has de-
clared the Forked Deer river uayiga-
BILE, and very soon we will hear the
whistle Of a steam tug upon its placid
waters.
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The people Of Knoxville are highly
elated over the prospect Of direct rail-
road connections with Louisville and
Cincinnati.
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EpUCATIONAL.
ST.. MARY'S SCHOOL,
352 Poplar Street.

MEMPHIS.
A BOARDING and Day School for Girls,
"A under the charge of the Sisters Of st.
Mary, of the Episcopal church. The feventh
school year viii begin September29 th. Board
ing pupils will DO received after the Dist.
Circulars may be had at the bookstores in the
city. At
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NOTICE.

MENPHis, TIM, Nov. 4th, 1850.
uiiS c%ertihes that on october 9th, 1850, W.
Il ii. Atkinson sold his entire interest Ia the
firm Of Kirk Allen & Co. 20 Kirk Allen. who
nov owns all assets and assumes an liabilities
and will continue the business ne heretofore.
KIRK ALLEN,
" v. n. ATKINSON.
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The department Of state IS advised
by telegram from our ministers to
Chill and Peru that the conference
between the belligerent powers under
the good offices of the United States.
has closed without any result.
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WASHINGTON.
The Public Debt Statement for
November I.---Failure of the
Effort 20 Make Peace In
south America.

WASHINGTON, November 1.-The
following is the public debt statement
for November LIST.
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ChanCerY Sale of Real Estate,

No. ~, k.CCChaneery Court Of Shelby eoun-
Nv -Hl1zle Y Jordan ct al VS. E.A. Hollis.
X virtue OF an interlocutory decree for
~ SAFE, entered in the above cause on ibe
list day Of July, 1880, / will sell. M nubiic
auction, to tho highest bidder, In front of
tne Tlefk and masters office, courthouse al
shg qnFing District of Shelby county, MEM
phisl Tennessee, on
Saturday, November 18Th, 1880,
within legal hours, the following described
property situated in Shelby county, Tenn
In range 3, section 4, beginning at q cotton
Wood marked Il. and c. Ferguson and o.
northwest corner Of their 1927 acre ont- rr's
~, on the bank Of the Mlssissi- ~, No.
thenee up, said river with IL mi river;
north degrees east 81 % meandoringa
marked j.. o., John Owe ..ains 90 an elm
south with his line 20 - ION corner: thence
CYerton's corner. dains 10 o stake, said
with his limo 20 O. .,aonthwes0; thence enst
from which So !lains and IS links To n staEe'
marked w ,.dth stand a hickory. s degTees
TO n re- thence west 10 en- tins % ne,
chat 4 bud, marked W. j thence vast q
b ~ % INKS TO Ferguson and Cafr'e essf
obeeins az iHlhei thenco north with their line IA
clllns w links TO a sweet gum, Ferqnaon en5
Harrs northeast corner.thenee west Sitba ,baan9eA
my 90 osains u links 10 tho BEGINNING. con-
tanning Q acres. Also one other irassl o oon
salhlng 30 acres, and east OF The above' a.
cornor ~ aoioWS. begil ming atthe southeast
9oaneI OF entry No. 4S7 10 tho name nf ,1obn
UyertQn for l4C, acres; thence west eboSug3 Ia
pgVnioe 70 the northwest corner of an cntrr ~ ~
~ aores IN the name Of Joseph II. irshoy,.
'iTraOe.ass ang moth for compliment.
rrrsh OF sale, On a credit Of ak months
PENNEY Executing note with security; lien
This October 81, 1850.
An X. =. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
ASw@a
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RAVES 0 ADVERTISING IN WEEKLY

Fist insertion, ; . 81 90 Per square
Subsequent insertions, +; 80 /"
Displayed advertisements win be charged
according to the SPACE occupied, at above
Fates-there being twelve lines Of solid type to
the inch.
Eight lines Of nonpareil, solid, constitutes
q g.aare.
10 regular. advertisers we offer superior in
ducoments, both as to rates of charges and
manner Of displaying their fav0rs.
Notices in local column inserted for twenty
cents per line for each insertion.
Notices Of deaths and marriages, twenty
onts per line.
All bills for advertising arc due when con-
tracted and payable on demand.
All letters, whether Upon business or other
wise, must be adjresEed TO
II. WHTT1IORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.
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saturday Evenine: Nov, Q, 1850
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Attachment Notice.

Before ]. NJ. Coleman, j. p. for Shelby coun-
y, ,Tenn.-J. II. McClelland vs.. james
Saulsberry.
this cause an attachment having been
4 sued out unoer section Sl55 of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
having been made that defendant is in
debted to the plaintiff in the sum Of $4,000,
due by account, and that the claim isjust,a and
that the defendant is a nonresident Of the
state Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
pearance before me on the Oath day Of Novem-
Der, 1880, at 70 O'Clock. IN, at my Office, Nc, 1894
Front. street, Memphis, Tennessee, and
defend said attachment suit within the time
prescribed by law, or the same will be
proceeded with ex-partei and that a 0 , OF
this, order DO published once q week for four
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the 18th day Of October, 1880.
43 40 5561 j. M. COLEMAN. J.. p.
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MEDloiMAL.
NOn-Resident Notice.

No. 3l21-In the Probate Court ofeheIby crun.
w. Tenn.1J. A, Anderson, public admins
traitor Of VIM. r.. Todd, deceased.
y this cause it appearing the court from
the. PEI tiOn fled herein, by leave Of the
court first obtained, that James A. Anderson,
administrator Of W. H.. Todd, deceased, has
failed to file his inventory and settle his ac-
counts as administrator Of said estate within
the time prescribed by law, and has mnao de-
fault as said administrator, and has tft tho
state and is now a resident Of the State OF
IeGas, II IS therefore ordered that publication
law directs, requiring him to appear on ON
day, LIST day Of December, iSs and make set
tlement OF his said administration and show
cause If any he bas, why he should not be re-
moved as administrator Of aaid estate.
This November 3D., 1850.
A copy-Attest;
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
By II. B. CULLEN, D. G.
X. D. Jordan, sol. for compl't.
IS 6l-57-7s
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2enO IT,
Deputy Sheriff and General ,.ou.o,o,

valisl' Memphis,
Bnsins.s no ~ IRON : to 10 am. and stolnn
iy soiieitSd. ; .eys and merchants espeeisi''
BMansfeid ? sfoT BY permission 10 HsS1qS'
Memphis 20, Me,srs' Johnston a Vance.
Ma CAPT, Harvey Mathes, Ma ~
sttv pros, MeEerE. OBaallowavI ~ 4, LOU
rSfeody Hotel, Messrs. W Moor I n a.
w. 18f
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Attachment notice.

Before I'D. Hines, j. p. for rhelby county,
Tenn.-James 0. Harrell vs.. C. II. Dodson.
this caase an attachment having been
Iennessee and returned levied upon the prom
erty Of the defendant, and affidavit having
been made that the defendant Il indebted 10
the plaintiff in the sum Of S65 90. due by
note, and that defendant is a nor. resident Of
that the defendant make his personal an
pearance before j. d. Hines, j. p, on the
9Th day Of december. 1850, at his office, in the
Fourth Civil District Of Shelby county,
Tennessee, at ten o'clock am, and
defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed by laW, or the snme will be
proceeded with exparte; that a copy OF this
order be published once a week, during four
weeks, in the Public Ledper.
This the goth day Of October. 1880.
So n id. HINES, J.P.
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Weekly Public Ledger,

PubiAned every Tuesday at 81 per annum lin
Advanced. Postage oe.
Communications upon subjects Of general
Interest TO the pubic are at oil times accept
able.
haIected a c.ipts WILL EOF be returned.
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~ GARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors ant
indisoretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, otc., I will send
q recipe that VIII cure you, FREE Oh
SHAh9h. This atremedy was discovered
~ a missionary in South America. SEND q
self-ad lrsssed envelope To tho Rev. Joseph II,
inmah, station d, New York City.
Ibxxxi tls oOdhw
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Entered at the Postofico at Memphis, Tenn,
as second-class matter.l
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HAVING this day qualified as administra-
IL tor Of. estate offs. S. Dean, deceased, all
parties owing said estate will come forward
and settle, and those having claims against
said estate will please present the same.
Memphis. October 18th, 1880.
AZ IS $3.50 H. M. HILL, Admir-.
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PUBLIC
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u1HE PUBLIC LEDGER IS PUBLISHED
every afternoon, except Sunday at no.
Madison street.
eribers By faithful carriers at TEN ChNIe
TR WEEK, payable weekly 10 the carriers
mail lin a%dva1cel; n year Soi one
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-11-25
Snipe Hunting i'm Nevada.

One of the most interesting snipe
hunts of the sason took place at Wads-
worth one night last week. The method
of sacking snipe had been explained to
a young man who had recently arrived
there, and he was eager TO go on a hunt.
So, fully instructed. he took up his
position on the top of a big rock on a
hill overlooking the town. He carried
with him a red signal lantern and a big
dinner-bell. From dark until ten
o'clock, for more than two hours, that
young man stood on the rock waving
his lantern and holding the sack.
Sometimes he would ring the dinner
bell with all his might, and then he
would shout like one possessed. He
kept up an inccssant din. never doubt
ing for a moment that the snipe were
coming in. The boys had done their
work well, and he was fully impressed
with the necessity of patience and per-
severance to ecure a good bag of birds.
While this performance was going on
the people of Wadsworth had all turned
out to watch it. There was the young
hunter high up on the bill, in the red
glare of his lantern, his yells and shouts
ringing in their ears. 1t was too good.
The .'boys" just rolled over and over
on the flat. delirious with JOY. kicking
up theirheels in an ecstasy of delight.
They laughed so much that they could
laugh no more. But still. when the red
light would be swung and the shouts of
''Sni-p pc, sni-pe, sni-pe. O.sni-pe," would
descend from the hill. they would en-
perience fresh commissions, and double
up like youngsters stricken with collie
after n feast of green apples. Suddenly
the lantern was extinguished and all
was silent on the hill. He had .'tumbled'
and was gone.-Reno fNer.J Gazette.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-11-25
Uncle Esek's Wisdom.

THERE is nc victory SO cheap and SO
complete as forgiveness.
If You suspect a man wrOngfully you
license him to defraud you.
Luck is the dream of a simpleton; a
wise man makes his own good fortune.
Wealth in this world is Just so much
baggage to be taken care of. but n cul-
tiyated brain Is easy to carry and Is a
never-failing source OF profit and pleas
ure.
Gratitude is a debt which all men
owe and which few pay cheerfuily.
Impossibilities are scarce. Mankind
has not seen more than half q dozen of
them since the creation.
Happiness consists i'm being happy
there is no particular rule for it.
About all that cunning can do for q
man is to make him incredulous.
Too great economy in youth leads to
avarice in old age. =
All prudes were once cOquettes and
only changed because they were obliged
TO.
Experience has a very poor memory,
and true charity none at all.
A fair compensation for honest serv-
ice is the best present you can make a
man. and the best gift he a receive.
Doing nothing is the most slavish
toll ever imposed or any one.
True e~loguence is the power Of COM
pIst6fy impressihg Others with our
ideas.
The charities which a man dispenses
after his death look suspicious.
Adversely links men together, while
prosperity is apt to scatter them.
Some men seem to have a salve for
the woes of others, but none for their
own.
Extreme gravity is oftener the result
Of stupidity than of wisdom.-Scrib
ner's Mosatiy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-11-25
English Ignorance Of America.


I remember, says a writer in the
Syracuse On. " HeTdti. having a
young Englishman for a near nei.hbor
some years ayo. who used to make me
a sort of confidential counselor. He
was an agreeable. pretty intelligent
fellow, and too well bred To utter all his
thoughts aloud, but away down in the
bottom of his heart ! always fancied he
cherished u complacent notion that he
had somehow conferred Il favor upon
the United States By coming To live in
them. One day he entered my office
displaying n new silk umbrella. How
much do you suppose that cost me?'
he inquired. as he turned it around
and up and down TO enable me To in
spcct it thoroughly. About eight
dollars, 1 should say" l answered,
after examining it. Eight doilars?"
he repeated; THAT is-a-one pound
twelve, isn't it? Well, you came not
far from it. 1 paid in all just two
guineas for it," "Thcn. my friend, |
am sorry to say you were cheated.
How came you To give SO much??' at
cost n pound two ut Martins in the
Arcade, and as | knew your customs
duties here were so outrageous, | paid
a purser on one of the ocean steamers
a sovereign to get it in TO me-" But
why, for Heavens sake. did you send
abroad for it?n '.Oh. / knew that in
this country | should have 10 pay Mar
tins pri &c, and the duty, and the inn
pOrter's profit, whereas, by importing
directly myself. | had only the first
cost and a bonus pay" But would
not an American umbrella have kept
the rain of your head equally well?"
IAN American umbrella! l did not
suspect that you made them in this
country" On another occasion my
English friend sent home for Il set of
Dickens works, and was amazed to
learn that he could have bought the
same books here for half the price in
an edition authorized by the great 10Y
elist himself. Once more he met
with q like startling bit OF news in re-
gard to barometers, and again when he
took infinite pains to smuggle through
the custom house a London silk hat.
l lost sight of the young gentleman a
good while ago. but | hope, if our
paths ever cross again. that | shall find
him wiser for the lessons of Observa-
ton he has learned in the interval.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-11-25
How English aud American Women
Follow the Dictates Of Paris.

WHEN Paris starts a fashion, the
milliners of all civilized countries are
ready to import it all Europe and
America. But on us English we do moi
think French inventions sit with much
grace. We are too different from the
Erench to adapt with any success the
style which hest, suits them. The En-
glish character and mind being, as
compared with the French. simple.
vague and slow; imaginative rather
than fanciful; CONSTANT and stsbie in
feeling rather than quickly sympa-
thetic; proud. rather vain, and, though
proud, decidedly moresmodest and less
selfcou6dent than the French, we in
vent vteh we do exert ourselves, and
push out oar creative faculties on en-
trely different lines, SO to speak, from
those on which the French invent; but
too often Gun modesty, vagueless, SIM
plicity~ and slowness acting together,
ensnare us into an undue admiration of
a French quality or achievements, for
the very reason that we do not possess
the one and cannot readily accomplish
the other. FrehchSya nity, on the Goa
A1saIy. @a rule admires French quali-
ties and French achievements because
they are French. We ire apt to sur
render our National taste, not because
the taste we adopt is superior, but be-
cause the weak side Of our simplicity
is deluded into believing theoretically
in the taste which thinks SO much of
itself. That we are not discriminating
in the manner in which we follow
French fashions is shown by the fact
that we do not copy what is really Cd
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-11-25

mirabie In their work. and that We ex-
agyersie almost Ia distortion the most
fantastic inventions in French dress
Many a Paris milliner will keep an
outrc form OF the fashions for her En-
glish and American cas;omsrS. and we
in Englsnd often iniiai1 the hills and
furbeloss Of French trinming< but We
do not make n post al initiating the
n~ea,ness and ~pertsciion Of the work.
nor are we clever In fitting the wsirfny
of the garment appropriately TO the &C
casion. SO that often we see An idea
which starts from the Paris milliner IN
the form of an elaborate and artiul
piece Of needlework swept o dirty
London streets in n sloyenlv. untidy
form. Probably our power of perfect
ing the details If dress will always fail
as long as We initiate another Nations
inventions for the same reason that IN
higher kinds of art il is so rare tn Ind
a copyist Of sny work of art capable oil
rendering even the most technical
qualities Of finish with real skill of eiab-
Grafton. the interest felt by the inventor
himself being the only power sufficient.
ly strong TO inspire the patience and
ability necessary for perfect complete
ness in the detail. But we believe that
were we u sharpen Il inventive quail
tiles and overcome the vagleness
which results in an indiscriminate fol-
lowing OF fashions which in no way ut
into our National characteristics, weay-
ing into such inventions a better side OF
our modesty and simplicity than we
have shown in doing more than justice
TO another Nations taste, we might
achieve the invention of costumes At
once beautiful and English in charac-
ter.-LOndon Spectator.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-11-25
A New Attraction.

THE day is coming when some sharp
sighted man will discover that the sum-
mel season is not the season when fam
lilies most desire TO leave home for rest
and recreation. and then public a,ten-
ton will be called to the following:
"wINTER RESORT HOrEI.-Theu undersigned
takes pleasure in informing the public hat he
has opened a hotel on the North Pole plan Tor
the reception of guests during the coolest
part al winter. Come and save gus anu tntl:
and catarrh. and Ovrrcosts. and coughs. and
acre thruats. and doctors bills. No SHOW TO
shovel oil the sidewalks here. No frozen
wstcr-pipc!-no plumbers. ,hiliblains I'M
known, and Prostitutes never heard Of.
For attractions he will advertise
icicles from three to seven feet long. en-
tirely natural in design and constructed
on purely philosophical principles.
There will be a hill and hand sleds.
There will be a pond so constructed that
bows can he drowned through the new
ice with ~neatness and dispatch. Skates
will be furnished free OF charge, and
prizes offered for the new beginner who
scores twelve bumps the quickest. No
charges made for damages to the ice.
There will be a supply of hot bricks-in
every hall for use of guests with cold
feet. Jugs of hot water furnished free
on application to the Office. Frozen
poultry, toast on ice and iced milk will
be among the table attractions. Snow
balling will be the chief porch amuse-
ments, and boys will be on hand to teach
left handed women how to make line
shots. The evenings will be passed in
debates, spelling-schools, playingcheck-
ers. drinking cider and cracking hick-
ory nuts. Charges moderate. A Their
mometer in every room Greatest
chance ever offered for lying about the
weather. More snow than can be fur
nished by any rival house. Come and
be convinced.-DetrOit Free Press.