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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-21

The boiler exploded. and Mr.. Camp
bell was blown through the top Of an
apple tree, and descended into the
lint room connected with the mill. He
leaves a distressed widow and three
fatherless children.
Mr.. j.. B. Woodland, a blacksmith,
who was standing in front Of the en-
CINE, was literally blown all to pieces.
lie also leaves a sorrowing widow and
four little children.
BY the side ofsaid Woodland lay A.
j. Kennedy, quite a young man, who
was also utterly destroyed.
Nh. Wade Griffin, the fourth and
last victim, and whose name is known
to many Little Rock people, was
standing between the engine and the
boiler, and was blown at least twenty
feet, against the loft of themill house.
l am told that he was blown into
atoms, pieces Of his flesh and limbs
being found some distance from the
scene of the disaster. Mr.. Griffin
leaves a widow and six children.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
District Of West Tennessee,

" - AEnAGEhGGN
Circuit Court for said district.
In equity, No. 2l6-Luke P. Blackburn W
The Selma, Marion and Memphis R%Ailroad
Co, and al. i'"N
u Court of the United States, 3or the West
ern District of Tennessee. made in The above
entitled cause, on the Sd day of juno An
1879, the undersigned clerk Of the said conTi'
duly authorized and appointed by the said
Decree. will sell at public sale, nj the oonTt
9S1se IN Memphis, county, Of Shelby and
state OF Tennessee, on Monday, the 22d dav
Of March, AID. 1880, between the hours of Il
N, ana z Pm, Of said day, to the highest
bidder, all the following described pro5erfv
to.wit; All the Selma, Marion and Memphis
railroad lying between the city Of Memphis.
IN tne otate 81 tennessee, and the city of
Selma, in the State Of Alabama, constructed
or to DO constructed, together with All and
singular the railways, rails, bridges, fencer,.
warehouses, engines, oars, fixtures, privileges.
rights, real estate of every and all desc rim.
tion, and al other property owned or which
since inc leth day OF March, 1871, the date
Of the mortgage mentioned in tho bin
IN this cause has been acquired by said
company by subscription, dor,ati0n or
purchase and including 81 bonds ~
$1,000 each, issued by the city Of Aberdeen. in
me state OF Mississippi, now in the hands Of
railroad with its equipmont and appurtep-
anCes, being an entirely, will be sold alto
gether, with the benefit of the franchise
owned and possessed by said company. The
sale VII h2 made on the following terms, to-
money of said railroad, with IFS anpnrts-
names, equipment and rolling stock, shall bo
paid in cash at the time of the sale, and tbe
remainder shall be paid in six months after
the date of sale, the purchaser giving his note
wv apPIoxed security, payable to complain
ant and q lien reserved on the property. The
said bonds and other property viii be sold
for cash to DO paid down at the time Of
sale. BELL w, ETHERTnGEE 'no
Dec. 10, 1879. Clerk and Communicative,
ESTES y ELLETT, soils.
81 xxx 10
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Terrible Explosion.

A correspondent of the Little Rock
Rock Gazette gives the following ae-
count Of a terrible accident which
happened some days ago in Searcy
county, at the foot of Boston noun.
tains {:
It seems that Mr.. B. +. Taylor, who
was the owner ola large steam mill
and gin, and who was operating the
same, had been informed by skiifull
engineers that, in its condition, the
boiler Of the engine used in the mill
was liable to explode at any time, un-
der a high pressure Of steam. Not
withstanding this advice, he, on the
morning Of the 22d of December, had
Mr.. Wade Campbell, a new engineer,
(son Of the late Senator Campbell, Of
this State), running the engine. against
the urgent entreaties Of his friends,
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EccIesiaslIoaI OunIincntions.

The different denominations, con-
gregations and ministers can be distin-
guished as easily as regiments in a
division. Nc two denominations look
alike. Going by a church that is out.
in the morning, any one familiar with
New York can tell the denomination
by looking at the people. The Episco-
palians are dressy, radiant in gay rib
bons, flowers and %jewelry. They are
the ton" of church goers. The Pres
byterians are equally rich in their
costumes, but less gay. Their style of
dressing for church is sober and sub
dued. A congregation of these people
resembles the English worshippers.
There is an u~nmistakable difference
%betweenthe Congregationalists and the
Pr%esbyterians, yet the general outlook
and social life are the same. There is
a western look about a Methodist
congregation. However rich the gar
niture, a Methodist congregation can
be distinguished as we'll as if it were
black. The Baptists are not fashion
able. They have a comfortable look,
like well-to-do shopkeepers aud master
mechanics. There is an equal differ
ence in the style of the preaching.
The sermons Of the Episcopalians are
short, rhetorical, discursive. The
Presbyterians give their people most
thought. The Methodists are gushing.
The Baptists are exhortatory.
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Immense stones.

In the erection of the pyramids of
Egypt the immense stones used were
obtained from the quarries in the
Arabian hills, and were carried over
the river by a bridge of boats. They
were then brought by means of a
causeway, which of itself it took ten
years to construct, and which is said
TO have been a fine work, With its pol
ished stones and figures of animals
engraved on them. One hundred
thousand men were employed at a
time, and these were relieved by the
same number at the end Of three
months. A long time was spent in
leyeling off the rocks on which the
ediice stands, and twenty years for the
edihee itself. The stones were raised.
step by step, by means Of a machine
made OF short pieces of wood, and. last
OF all, commencing from the TOP, the
stones were cemented together by
layers Of cement not thicker than n
strip OF paper, the strength of which Is
improved by the age Of these enormous
materials.
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Emma Abbott's Kiss.
Kansas City Times.l

Kansas City Times.l
Well, that kissing business in Paul
and Virginia" is woefully fascinating
we must admit. OF course every
man In the audience kicked himself
and cursed his luck that he wasn't
Paul, and we timidly venture the
assertion that every girl in the audi
ence felt that it would be awful nice
It she could only be in V%irginia's place
Aha, that kiss-that long, low. Ian
gushing, limpid. liquid, lingering
kiss Twas not a tender kiss, nor q
studied kiss, nor an artistic kiss, nor a
fervent kiss, nor o boisterous kiss. nor
a p%aroxysmal kiss, moi a nervous kiss.
nor a ditfuse kiss, nor a concentrated
kiss, nor a dif6dent kiss, nor a poppun
kiss-twas a calm, holy, e%cstatic out.
breathing Of two fond and trustine
hearts, an intermingling of two gentle
souls sancti6ed by love, a communion
OF the intangible means, a blending o.
earth with heaven in which the lattel
had a manifest prepOnderance. iva,
such a kiss as Troilus, stealing by nigh
into the Trojan camp, might fain hav,
breathed on Cressida's maiden lips. Il
the melody Of the joyful niehtineal,
that sang of love, and is the sheen q
the round, red moon and the stars tho.
see but never tell,
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Attachment Notice.


Before g.. D. Crockett, ]. P. for Shelby
county, Tenn.-G. B. Thornton VS.. Howard
Ford.
N this u an attachment having been
i sued out under section 1856 Of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned, i" levied upon the
property of the defendant" and affidavit hav-
ing been made that defendant is indebted
to the plaintiff IN the sum of SIS, due
by note, and that the claim. is Just,
and that the defendant is a nonresident
Of the state Of Tennessee; it is therefore or
dered that said defendant make his personal
appearance before me on the 10th day of Feb
ruary, 1880, at my office, No. 2S5 Main
street, Memphis, Tenn, 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 pub
hshed once a week for four weeks in the Pub
lie Ledger.
This the 9Th day Of January, 1890.
ITO ZIG 1913 l2s
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A STERLING OLD Z

Who shall Judge a man from manners7
Who shall know him by his dress?
Paupers may be ct for princes,
Princes &c for something less.
Crumpled shirt and dirty Jacket
May beclothe the golden ore
Of the deepest thoughts and feelings
Satin vests can do no more.
There. are streams of crystal nectar
Ever flowing out Of stone;
There are purple beds and golden,
Hidden, crushed and overthrown.
God, who c1ants by souls, not dresses,
Loves and prospers you and me,
While he values thrones the highest
But as pebbles in the sea.
Man appraised above his fellows
OFT forgets his fellows then;
INSTRUMENTATION, remember
That your meanest kinds are men!
Men of labor, men of feeling,
Men of thought and men Of fame,
Claiming equal rights to sunshine
In a mans ennobling name.
There are foam embroidered oceans:
There are little wo0d-clad rills;
There are feeble inch-high saplings,
There are cedars on the hills.
ANNN IN ANuAAc W SUNS nNN oNNtANncf
Loves and prospers you and me;
For to him all vain distinctions
Are as pebbles in the sea.
Telling hands alone are builders
OF a nations wealth and fame,
Tilted laziness is p%ensiOned,
Fed and fattened on the same
By the sweat Of others fOreheads,
Living only to rejoice.
While the poor mans outraged freedom
Vainly lifts his feeble voice.
Truth and justice are eternal,
Born with loneliness and light,
Secret wrongs shall never prosper,
While there is a sunny right.
God, whose worldwide voice is singing
Boundless love to you and me,
Links oppression with its titles
But as pebbles in the sea.
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Attachment Notice.

Before g. D. Crockett, j. P. for Shelby coun-
ty, Tenn.-John Becker VS.. Of James NJ.
Horton.
n this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 9i55 Of the Code of
Tennessee, sand returned levied upon the
property ofthe defendant and affidavit having
been made that the defendant is indebted
to the plaintiff in the sum Of s113, due BY
account, ana that the claim is just, ana
that the defendants are non-residents of the
State ofTennessee; il is therefore ordered that
said defendant make his personal appear
ance before me on the 10th day of Feb, 1880,
at my office, No. 285 Main 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 5th day of January, 1880.
ITO lie 1913 123
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NOtIoe OF Opening BlddIngs.

No. l5S, r: DIN the Probate Court of Shelby
county, Tennessee, G.. A.. Hanson, exeou-
tor of Bernard Grey, deceased, VS.. Thomas
Horne, OF. al.
PURSUANT to an order made in this GAUGE
L on January 9Th, 1880, entered in minute
book No. 80, page 5SS, opening biddings for ten
days for the real estate purcha led by Flaherty
~ Sullivan in this cause; notice is hereby
given that l will receive advance bids on that
of flaherty y Sullivan for said real estate AT
my office, in Memphis. until 4 O'Clock I'm, of
January, 10th, 1880, at which hour said bids
will be closed.
Said real estate consists of part lot 164, Jno.
0yeTtonNs south Memphis subdivision, 'front.'
ing % 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, 6Ox90 feet.
No bid will be received for a less sun than
Flaherty Il Sullivan's bid of $500.
Terms One-fourth cash, balance in six and
twelve months, purchaser giving security, and
a lien retained.
This January 10th, 1880.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
ESTES x MOTHERHOOD, SOILS. 1l4I2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-21

Before me, G. d. Crockett, j.. P, for Shelby
county, nTenn:-F. II. Lanier VS.. Mrs. I. W.
Avis, W, X. Raney. W.
IN this cause an attachment having been
4 sued out under section 1856 Of the Code oI
Tennessee, and returned, "levied upon Inc
property of the defendant" and affidavit bSv.
ing been made that the defendant Is indebted
TO the plaintiff in the sum of $50. dne
by account, and that. the claim is lust. and
Inat inc defendant y a nonresident Of the
hat said defendant make his personalappear-
anee before me on the 9TH day of February,
1880, at my office, No. 25 hain street,
Memphis, Tennessee, and defend said at
taohment suit within the time prescribed by
law, or the same will be proceeded with ex-
paTte and that a COPY Of this order be
Public Ledger.
This the I'd day of January, 1880.
l07 1l3 l19 I5
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NOn-Resident Notice.

No. S456-In the Chancery Court of Shelby
county, Tennessee-W N. Reynolds ct al.
VS.. Spencer Armour ct al.
appearing from affidavit in this cause
Il that the defendant, Bette Fink, is a nom
resident Of the State of Tennessee; it is
therefore ordered that she make her ap-
pearance herein, at the courthouse of Shelby
county, in Memphis, Tennessee, on or before
the first Monday in March, 1880, and
plead, answer or demur to complainant'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. j, BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By E. B. McHENRY, D. G. and NJ.
CAN'T * Patterson, Sol. for complainant
ITO 1l6 100 l28
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THE PATTI CONCERN TROUPE.
Their Troubles Continued in San
Fran cisco.

The San Francisco Evening Post of
January 18th refers as follows to a mat.
ter heretofore briefly reported by tel
egraph:
The artists now with us, known as
the Patti operate Concert Troupe,
have, during their present tour, been
%unpleasantly conspicuous for broils,
and matters have at last eliminated
by an earnest fracas between Ernest
Fischof and Ernest de Munck, the
husband of the diva" Else hof is
financial secretary of the party, and
attends to Carlotta PATHS interest,
which includes 80 per cent Of the
gross receipts of every performance.
To make a longstory short, Fischof,
after chastising de Munck, was dis
charged, and has, through Colonel w.
ii. L.. Barnes, sued Patti for money
and his passage to Austria.
The great singer has made about
SIS, 900 on this trip, while Chizzola has
lost two-thirds of that amount.
Plaintiff claims that Mr.. de Munck is
of an insulting disposition and a bad,
ungovernable temper. 1t is said that
he has even slapped Chizzola at differ
ent times and treated others in the
company so badly when out of humor
as to be an unbeaarble associate. Car
lotta Patti, too, is excessively capri
cious, and a badly cooked beefsteak or
fire not lighted at the proper time
are said to be sufficient causes for her
non-appearance. Fischof claims that
NJ. de Muuek has abused every one,
including his wife, her maid, Henri
Ketten, Madame Ketten, Madame
Chizzola and himself
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How NashviIIe Wakes M.

The American of the 10Th says 1t
has been said that Nashville cannot.
with good grace. complain that a con-
trolling majority of the stock of her
only railroad enterprise should be
purchased by outsiders, when it was
the market and commanding a
price fifty per cent. above original
cost to the holders. That is very
true. It is equally true that the
corporation, in the
act Of absolute self-preservation.
should prefer, as she had the un-
doubted right to do, to spend three
million and odd dollars for the pur-
chase Of it, rather than expend four
million for a crOss-cOnnection to At
1t is true, again, that owners of
stock in the Nashville, Chattanooga
and st. Louis road had as perfect and
undOubted a right to sell their prop
erty for 90 per cent. above cost, or %
per cent. below, if they saw proper.
Nevertheless, the people of Nash
vile and of Tennessee think they
had a right to expect that they
should have had the refusal of the
stock at the price received, especially
il sold by officers of the road. The
owners Of the two or three millions OF
stock, not sold to the Louisville and
corporation, have the right
to expect that the present directory of
the road, elected partly by their votes,
shall not surrender the control of the
management, or abandon the projected
enterprises, in connection with the
road, until their successors are elected
in due course of time, and in the
regular way.
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Cheap reIegraphic Rates Prom
ised.

Cheap Topographic Rates Prom
Used.
ST. Louis Times.l
Col. Mcclure, Of the Philadelphia
Times, is understood to be very close
to Col. Scott, and would not be likely
to speak as follows, did he not speak
"by the card" Says he. 1.-THE logi-
cal result of the refusal of the Western
Union to prOffer cheap telegraphing is
now manifested in the practically
established success of the American
Union company. 1t was regarded at
first as a mere speculative venture of
Mr.. Gould. But while no one doubts
that Mr.. Gould would sell out or COM
pete as best promoted his own interest,
he has now made it so complete in its
r~amiications that it is worth more to
him than the Western Union company
can offer to pay for it. 1t is under
stood that he has fully negotiated the
American Union into all the lines of
the Pennsylvania company, and by the
first of April the facilities Of the new
company will be equal, if not superior
TO the facilities of the Western Union,
and as the capital invested will not be
more than one tenth the capital Of the
present western monopoly, it is no
difficult task to calculate the result.
There will be cheap telegraphy, and
the Western Union will be compelled
to accept half its present rates, for a
divided business, instead of securing
the whole telegraphing of the country
indefinitely by doing it so cheaply as
to preclude competition.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-21

Before G. D. Crockett, j. P. for Shelby coun-
ty, Tenn.-E. 7. Yancey 4 Co. VS.. /. A.
Forester.
N this u an attachment having been
4 sued out under section 1856 of the Code Of
property, of the defendant" and afidayit
having been made that defendant is in
debted to the plaintiff in the sum of $40. So
due by account, and that the claim il
Just, and that the defendant is a non-resi-
dent OF the State of Tennessee; it is there
personal appearance before me on the 10Th
aay. OF February, 1880, at my office, No. 285
Main street. Memphis, Tennessee, and De-
fend said attachment suit within the time
prescribed by law, or the same will be pro-
ceeded with ex-parte and that a copy of this
order be published once a week for four week.
in the Public Ledger.
This the 9Th day of January, 1880.
llO ll6 LIZ lS &. D. CROCKETT, j.. p.
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T~russee,s Sale.

WHEREAS on the 18th day of De.n
Ky leI5, y. U. Anderson did by nc ddsedI'
which is duly recorded in the re .;s,nnss uesus
OF shelby county, Tennessee, flstgr ome0
page loo' convey to Williar, UoOh No ~
lands therein described j., tpust ~ nVl, certain
haepteaness therein set emf In words on5
ITsuresi ana whereas the said trustee. Wm
az H. s,;t nS has since died and whereas
III kry2t W. II. Goddard, ext'r, etc, VS..
6bsrs aauerson' ct ais, No. $500, ii. Din the
~ adNeery court Of Shelby county, Tonnessee.
" 9ecree entered therein December Ia isTS
= ~ appointed trustee in the place of tbss
saiu WIN, Joyner, deceased. Now therecorn
as lne request Of the benefciaries In said Jno(
OF trust, l will on =" Saiu ueed
friday january 23, 1850.
IN front Of the Planters Insurance
building, Ne; ~ Madison street. MANN
Iehh', AtIs o'clock M, proceed In seIi o.
9asn, 70 the highest bidder, tho real ~
peserlpeu IN said deed of trust. to',yNt s'"Yfg
oelhs a part designated in the Man ~ ~
suttey oi tne Uhiokasaw nation as %sectior' n9
" u enwhsnlp 4, range 8 west, and sitnsted ~ ~
eoiIaSy. o3unty, tennessee, and boundsd y.
asiS sas. Deglnhlng NJ the northwest corner ~
orn kovoslYh ana running east with the nortb1
I'm boundary lines $50 poles TO a stalk ~ north1
nnvi at5nnence south 6l22 poles TO n stake. tbasssnlul
wssi ~ poles to a stake in the western ben vn
ny lhe on SAID section; thence win ,bbounY
.estern boundary line to the beRinnipau Smnlu1'
same neing lVQ acres of Of the tract ~ Inc
npyhveyea by, VIM. Edinston In .Jo ianmu
ra lddSg ~ deed dated January 10. isSS. ana
~ Teea "a tne registers Office. Shelby nonrN
'fitie bsiiiieS, Ia book &, pages III and lis
convoy rs trustee, Equity of reds ss,i anou
"''sSq III T. WINCHESTER, Trustee,
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I%nsoIYent Notice.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY County, ,

STATE or TENNESSEE, SHELBY County,
OFfICE COUNTY COURT CLERK,
Memphis, Tenn, January Q, 1gsO.
To james. A. Anderson, administrator Of
Robert MoEvoy, deceased.
HAVING suggested the insolvoncv of tho
IL estate Of, Robert McEyoy, deceased, Won
are hereby ordered TO give notice, by adyer-
tisement IN some newspaper published within
me SAID state, and also at the courthouse
claims against said estate, to appear and AZ
the same with the Clerk Of the County Court
authenticated in the manner prescFihed Nv
law on or before the 9th day Of April, 1sS6,.
ana any claim not fled on or before said dov'
or. before an appropriation Of the funds ~
sad estate is made, shall be forever barred.
both in law and equity. SN'
Witness my hand, at Office, this "a day O
January, 1880. "'
OWEN DWYER. ClsrL
By HUGH B. CULLEN, d. @. 0'orA'
10S ia 100 I9g
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Trustee,s Sale.

hinder and by virtue of a trust deed made
~ to me as trustee, September 20, 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 SS5 to 3S9 to secure the Indebtedness
therein named tc u. M. Apperson, | will on
Tuesday, February B., 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 sec
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 20 in township two,
range three west, containing 800 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:
0ne-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. E. MYERS, Trustee.
li6 l4
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M~on-Reslhent Fioficn.

No. &57 In the Chancery Court of Shelby
county, Tenn. Felicia L. Shower VS.. Sarah
q. Brown ct al.
appearing from affidavit in this cause that
L the defendants, Gertrude s.. Gist and Eu-
genla, Gist, A. II. Saunders and wife, =
Saunders are non-residents of the State Of
TENNESSEE; it is therefore ordered that they
make their appearance herein, at the court
house Of Shelby county, in Memphis, Tenn.
on or before the first Monday in March, 1880,
and plead, answer or demur 10 complain.
ant bill, or the same will be taken for CON
tessed as to them and set for hearing ex-parte,
9peea week for four successive weeks in the
Public Ledger.
This l4th day of January, 1880.
A ~copy-Attest:
By p. B. MoHESRY, D. G. and nj,
C. + Vance, sol. for complt.
III 1923 1879 1876