davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26
A JUDGES
How DIR. Potts "PuIIedT Through
and How a Young Man Escap-
ed Getting "A Medal.


San Francisco Post.l
Young Gluckerson met old Judge
Van Snyder on the ferry the other day.
and, after shaking hands respectfully
with that venerable friend of the fam
lily, said, casually:
Did you hear of that terrible acct
dent up at Potts the other night"
Accident? Why, my dear young
friend, no. Nothing serious, l hOpe?'
said the Judge, much interested.
well, I'll tell you how it was
said Gluckerson, in a m%eurnful voice.
you see the old doctor was out until
about two in the morning attending
some patients, and, supposing he
would be hungry when he came in.
Mrs. Potts put a large pan of mush
and milk-the old doctors favorite
dish, you know-under the stove to
keep warm for him."
"Yesl yesl" said the judge eagerly,
as Gluckerson stopped to light a cigar.
go on-what them"
well, the doctor came in after a
while, and went cropping round in the
dark for his mush-couldn't find a
match, you know-and, as luck would
have it, he picked up instead a pan,
containing bread, put there to raise
over night. He was too tired to
notice the difference-besides, he had
taken two or three nips as he drove
round-and so he actually ate up all
the Dough-
"Graciousl' said the Judge.
Its a fact, though. Well, to-
wards morning the doctor began to
swell, and swell-the yeast was getting
its work in, you know-and pretty
soon the whole family was up and
rushing around half distracted. The
doctor kept on groaning and shrieking
and swelling, until he looked like a
Saratoga trunk. At last they found
out what he had done, and the whole
family piled right on top of him, and
sat there while they sent for a cooper"
"A COOPER"
Eyes; you see, they saw at once that
unless something was done the doctor
would burst before morning. So the
cooper started in and put nine of
those big half-inch beer keg hoops
around his stomach. OF course that
stopped his swelling, and by keeping q
tin tube down his throat for the gas to
escape, he just managed to pull
through"
oh the doctor pulled through did
he?'
"0hl yes; he's all right now, ex-
cepting-"
Excuse me-" said the Judge, grim
i, as he took out his notebook, but
viii you favor me with your middle
name in full. They are getting up a
medal for the champion liar in the
by order Of the governor, and |
think III send in your"
But the boat had landed, and the
promising young candidate had melted
away into the crowd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26

The bill Of Senator Bayard to reg.
ulate the pay and apportionment Of
deputy marshals, passed last week.
provides:
That from and after the passage of
this act the pay Of all deputy mar
shals Tor services in reference to any
election shall be s. for each dav Of
actual service, and no more. Sec. q
That all deputy marshals, to serve in
reference to any election, shall be an
pointed by the circuit court of the
United States forthe district in which
such marshals r to perform their
duties in each year at the term Of
court next preceding any election of
representatives or delegates in con.
gress; but if from any cause there
should be no session of the c@irenit
courts in the states or districts where
such marshals are to be appointed
then, and in that case, the judges Of
the district courts of the United
States are hereby respectively author.
lied to cause their courts to be
opened for the purpose of appointing
such deputy marshals, who shall be
appointed by the said district courts.
and the officers so appointed shall be
In equal numbers from the different
political parties, and shall be we'll,
known citizens Of good moral char.
acter and actual residents of The
voting precincts in which their duties
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26
Yesterday, To-Day and TO-AEOr-
row.

The war is over-the battle fields of
the recent unpleasantness are V c
grown with -four or are cultivated
tarms-the old names once so familiar
to every reader of a newspaper are
daily disappearing among the silent
majority, and yet the sun rises and
sets-new issues present themselves
and the mottled web of life is spun on
but one thing seems fixed and Ger
tain that in each June and December
in the city Of New Orleans Generals
G. T. Beauregard, Of La, and Jubal
A. Early, of Va, conduct with exact
fairness and justice the semi annua.
drawings of the Louisiana state lot
terry company, and over half a million
OF dollars are given away. For partic-
ulars write to NJ. A. Dauphin, New
Orleans, La, or same person at 3l9
Broadway, New York city.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26
InndeI Rnh.

Mslstick's Correspondence of the Courier
Journal.l
New York, May 19.-InfdeI Bob
has delivered his lecture, as he calls
it, at Booths Theater, and has gone.
The house was crowded with a fine
audience, while a number of people
anxious to be saved were unable to get
in. He told his hearers that he didn't
like preachers, because they were Sc
rious, sad, etc.; that he didn't like
christianity for an endless number Of
reasons in fact, liked nobody but
Bob. He stole from Paine, and pass
ed it off as his own in fact, scissored
his sarcasms. He says that it would
take another book of Revelations to
find out what revelations mean.
Paine more tersely says, 1t would
require a special revelation to under
stand it." A particular point made
by Bob was that christianity had done
nothing, because one person in every
six in London dies in the penitentiary
or the work-house, and that 1900
women were arrested in Glasgow in
year 1877 for drunkenness. Admit
ting the latter statement, which gives
an average of forty drunken women
arrested every weekday, the peril
nent inquiry arises, did these women
get drunk in church? And do me
sixth of the whole population of Lon
don. (who, it seems, turn out SO badly
graduate from Sunday schools and
rate themselves as christians In his
%unreasoning hatred to the church he
claims that it is the only source Of
crime. If, in glorious contrast to this
religion, Of which he is willing to
believe the devil is the founder, he
could show a large community of
infdels out from whose unbelief
had sprung all the virtues, a
community where crime was un-
known-a real Utopia, his arguments
would have some weight. If man
could rise TO a lofty eminenee through
silent skepticism. there might be some
sense in Bob's preaching. But hap
PLY the direct reverse ofthis condition
Of things can be demonstrated. New
England is to-day the very hot-bed Of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26

The English government has a
very effective way of getting at public
sentiment in the United States on any
question. The British minister at
Washington, through the news agent,
secures a copy Of every newspaper
printed in the United States, publish.
ed about the same date, say from the
LIST to the 18th ofany month. These pa
pers are collected and sent to Eng
land, where, after their p%erusal, they
are bound and placed in the British
museum. They have there also the
bound volumes of the laws of all the
states and territories. There is no
other collection like it IN the world.
The congressional library does not
possesses a full set Of these pamphlet
laws. Repeated attempts have been
made to collect them, but for some
reason unexplained the work has
never been accomplished. The law
department Of the congressional libra
ry is a very much mixed up collection
ofodds and ends, containing hardly a
complete set Of anything, and as for
newspaper files in the senate or house
library they are not worth mentioning
There might be some fund under the
general census law by which files Of
tie newspapers at least could be col
lected and bound, as by the British
government, and the law collection Of
the library could be completed in good
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26

THE fund for the Hood children. a
few days ago, had reached $l7, 1854.
The children were left by their grand
mother to the care of Mr.. j. c. Nor
ris, who has adopted Duncan and
John Bell. The two oldest daughters,
Ethet and Anna, have gone to Europe
with Mrs. Hennen, their step-grand-
mother. The twins, Lillian and Ma
rion, have been adopted by Mr.. and
Mrs. Thrasher Adams. who lives near
New York, and the other twins, Odile
and Ida, have been taken in charge
by Mr.. and Mrs. George McGee, Of
Woodville, Miss. Oswald, three
years old, was adopted by Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey, of New York, and
Anna Gertrude by Mr.. and Mrs. 10
Seph, of Columbus, Miss. They are
all under the care of the very best
people, and will grow up, no doubt, in
great happiness and contentment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26

BY JUDGE J. F. SIMMONS.

Deep down beneath old oceans briny waves,
Where, when the storm bowls loudest, silence
reigns.
And widest pillows yield to music's strains,
Which float down there, cen while the tenn
pest raves,
The Mermaids live within their coral caves,
told.
Not one, tits said. a manly lover Graves;
Because, forsooth, the Mermaids ne'er grow
old.
They fear not that reproachful term, it's
said,-
A term which man invented but to scare
The term '0ld Maid" which Ewes grand
daughters dread,
And enter-to e~scape-tOo Oft n snare.
Both these they may avoid If they will go,
And join the band Of Mermaids down below.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26

inidelity Of all kinds, and there are
more criminals 10 the square mile in
that fanaticsl country than in any
other portion of the worlds surface.
If in calling together a large audience
of intelligent people Bob had in a
serious style and with convincing logic
attempted to point out a new religion
that in hismind was infinitely better
than the old, his opinions would pro-
badly have been listened to with that
respect due to an intelligent mind
earnestly endeayoring to set forth a
new beauty of truth. Fin his attack
upon a belief which is embraced by
millions, by men in every way his in
tellectual superior-a belief that has
endured for eighteen hundred years, a
faith which has survived the attacks
OF VOltaire, Rousseau and the giants
OF the eighteenth century-which has
looked with pity. on the sneers of Glib
bon, and which will live when the
m~aterialists of the present day are for
gotten if in this attack he had shown
even the skeptic's Difference to the
majesty of the subject, he perhaps
might have done a passing injury.
Something Of the sturdy dignity of
Paul at Athens, who discoursed upon
the unknown God, would have won
respectful listeners. AS it was, Bobby
was simply
SUCCESSFUL Low COMEDIAN,
who asked the church to cast out a
devil now, for his satisfaction-"a lit
tie one for a cent" as he facetiously
expressed it. His own idea of the
proper way to be saved" was to have
something good to eat and drink and
be cheerful" This is precisely the
blind idea of being saved" entertain
ed by every fat hog driven into to the
western cities at the commencement
of winter to be slaughtered, and, like
Bob, they stick to their belief. 1t is
due to Bobby to say that no favorite
comedian of the stage was ever more
vociferously applauded for humor by
roaring pit aud bowling gallery than
he was by the highly respectable citi-
zens of New York. The business Of
p%elting the shadows of the old saints
and apostles must pay. The expenses
are light, and Bob's savory ammuni-
ton is so exhaustless that he can keep
up the fire to his last breath.
One more word to show how illogi-
cal a bitter man can be. Bob speaks
Of Christ as a good man. admitting
that there was such a person. Almost
in the same breath he asserts that the
new testament was not heard of till
the year 900, or about that time. which
is admitting that he didn't believe a
word of its history. If so, where
does his belief in the existence of
Christ come from, for outside Of the
new testament there isn't a shadow of
historical proofof his existence2 Tony
Pastor, Harrigan & Hart and Bob are
the three great variety shows of the
city.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26
Nonresident Notice.

Circuit Court of Shelby county, Tennessee
defendant. "' D. w Hlils'
I appearing from affidavit, filed in this
a cause ina the defendant, 5. r. Ellis, is a
t HbteSsloenI OF taS State of Tennessee; It is
ance herein at the courthouse, in the Taxinr
Distrlet Of Shelby county, Tenn, on or before
w tnlrd Monday in September next, 1850. and
piead, answer or demur to plaintiffs bill for
elyorce, or the same will be taken for con-
aSsseu as 10 ner and the cause set for hearing
eAIpnIteI ana that a. copy of this order be
Pubilshed once n week, for four sueeessiye
weeks, in the Evening Ledger.
A copy-attest:
40 JOSEPH UHL, Clerk.
GEo; > CAMPBELL, Deputy Clerk,
VrVille lerger, attorney for plaintiff.
70 6 50 AZ
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26
InsOIvent Notice.
OF TENNEssEr. sur1nr cnnr.,

STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHEIBY COUNTY,
Memphis, Tenn, Nav II. 1Sso
S7gaI, K. 6-TO A. Hatchett, Administrators "a
w G: g. Foster, deceased. Vi
AylNG suggested the insolvency of the
IL estate of.W. @. c. Foster, deceased'i yo \
are ar hereby ordered to give notice, by advertise
said State, and also at the Court-bonsss IdonS
81 Shelby county, for all persons HAVING
claims against said estate, TO appear and flse
the same, with the Clerk Of the County Conr tt
authenticated in the manner prescribed nv Law
on or before the 18th day of November. 1850:
and any claim not filed IN or before said day,
or 6eiore an appropriation of the funds ~
Soth estate is made, shall be forever barred,
May, 1880. NH uay OF
By II. B. CULLEN, d. G.. "i'rA'
Notice Is hereby given to creditors as re-
CURED by the foregoing order, May II, 1880.
A. HATOHETT,
co so Adm' + estate Of W. G. @. Foster, deed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26
Genuine Imported HOr's Malt
Extract.

The true health beverage. Highly
recommended for nursing mothers,
thin, cold and aged people, GONZALES
cents, etc. Owing to its wonderfully
nutritious qualities it is especially
recommended in epidemics and in
%fevers; where bodily pr~ostration is
great, and life depends upon a Jour
ishing stimulant. None genuine with.
out the label Of Tarrant & Co., sole
agents, New York. For sale BY al
druggists and grOcers. 24-102
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26
saturday. NAV %. 1850.

real estate, to-wit:
Lying and being in Shelby county, Tenn
and near to and east Of the city Of Memnhis'
beginning at the intersection OF Union ayenps
WIN I'm hGpPe walk avenue, running thence
north with the east side Of Rope Walk ayennS
ten uQ chains and forty-eighf links To tbe iDo
tsrsection Of Rope Walk with Henry aye1ns.
thence east with the south side of Henry ave.
nue. six ~ chains and eighteen igl ink ttoVoe-
stake thence 5nce south ton (lO) chains and forivaa
eiEht ~ INKS to Union avenue; thence west
WIN the north side Of Union avenue siT 99sS
chains and eighteen (lS) links to The bec;Wn l
Minimum, $500. acres.
Terms Of salo-0ne.third cash. bolano.
tMo equal payments on a credit Of one an
sMo years with interest from day Of saie, nnr
chaser executing notes with good s%ecurit,v pu III
. lien viii also be retained 70 secure detsrred
This May 4th, 1850.
Harris. McKisick & Tuley, soiieiito,SSss A ;or-
" @626SN
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26

Under and by virtue Of a certain deed Of
trust made to me as trustee BY James
Alexander. and his wife, CLARA Alexander,
duly recorded in the Registers office ofShelby
county, Tenn, in book No. lis, page 6Ii, to
a certain indebtedness and Interest
therein mentioned, default having been made
in the payment thereof, l shall, in pursuance
Of said trust deed, on
Saturday, June 9Th, 1880,
in front Of $50 Front street, at IL o'clock. in
the Taxing District Of Shelby county, Tenn,
proceed to sell, at public auction, for cash, a
certain lot of land on Aliens avenue, being
part o. lot No. 3, in the subdivision ofiotNo,
II in block AZ. South Memphis. said lot being
no. 3, being Bledsoe's sub. division of lot No.
yeyed being the part which fronts on the west
side Of Aliens avenue, having a front Of 81
feet and a depth of ITO feet, said lot being 81
feet front by 10 deep. =
The right Of equity of redemption ia ex-
pr.essaly waived, but l sell only as trustee.
e48 II. L. WARNER.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26

Many preparations, professedly
harmless, prove exceedingly dangerous
under certain conditions; but DR..
Bulls baby syrup is perfectly safe at
all times. Price % cents. For sale
by all druggists.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26
"A CARD.

To all who are suffering from tho errors and
indlscretions of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood. ETC., l will send
q. recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE, This great remedy was discovered
self-addressed envelope to the Rev. Joseph q.
Inman, Station D, New Yo-k City.
lis XXI ia eod6W
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26

are to be performed, and shall not be
candidates for any Office at such cleo
ton; and all laws and parts Of laws
inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26
Thursday, June ION. ISSO.

within legal hours, before the courthouse door
m tne CITY Of Memphis now Taxing Distriet5.
Tenn, sell for cash TO the highest bidder tbsS,
following described property, to-wit;
a lot or parcel of land, together with all the
improvements thereon and appurtenances
thereto belonging, situated IN Memnbis
Tenn, on Desoto street, aud more particular.
stake on the east side of DeSoto street S97 feet
south OF Beai street, RAINING south with De-
Soto stTeet W feet to. a stake; thence eastward
" parallel with Peal street one hundred and
MY ieet 70 a stake; thence northwardly nine
1911 toSg 70 a stake; thence westwardly
ming. ~ "esih-
Inc equity ofredemption is waived and the
sltle Is believed to be good, but l sell and con-
Memphis, Tenn, May 9Th, 1880.
O'oo j. w. FULMER, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26
Yellow Fever.

1t is confidently asserted that this
frightful disease can be prevented by
the use of Warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure. in connection with War
ner's Safe Pills. 1t is a blood poison,
keep the blood pure, this disease
will not exist. These remedies keep
the blood flterers, the kidney and
liver, in healthy action.
Sold wholesale by S. Mansfield &
Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26
Probate Court Sale Of Real Estate

No. sSS, R; DIN the Probate Court of Shell
by county, Tennessee-F. NJ. Waldran snY
others VS.. Willie Hamilton, Woodruff and
by virtue Of a decree for sale. ont.rod =
~ this cause December "a, ISIS. in winnta.
book ~, page ~, | will sell at public %anction
70 the highest bidder, in front Of the conrt.
house door on Main street, Memphis, Tenn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per annum and
soc per month fOrisSs than one year. Tho
WEEKLY LEDGER IL 81 per annum-
postage free.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26

And you are armed against disease. The
finest tonic for this purpose Is Hostetter' 8
stomach Bitters, which renders digestion
easy and complete, counteracts biliousness,
and keeps the bowels in order, and 70 genial
and benefcient are its elfct that not only IA
the body invigorated and regulated By It's
use, but dependency banished from the
mind.
For sale by all druggists and dealers gener-
ally, HT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26

Entered at the PostOfice at Momphis, Tenn,
as secondaclass matter.l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26

Chancsry Sale of Real Estate.

~Chancery Court Of Shelby county-R. No. 27o4
DIy9eo. Gillian vs.: A. M. P. DsLagutrey'
Ri virtue OF an interlocutory decree for
I'm day Of February, 1880, Nj IS, d, 1874 I
VIII sell, at public auction, to the highest
bidder, in front Of the clerk and masterjs
once, courthouse of Shelby county, Mempbis'
tennessee, now known as the Taxing Dis
trlct OF Shelby county. on N
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26
Trustees Sale.

ny virtue 0 fthe terms of a trust decd made
u e me by James Clesry. Ellen Oieary and
a rora = G y nm april 10Th, 1877. and duly re-
ty, tennessee, in book No. III, page Oh 70
secure certain notes therein mentioned. de-
ianit having been made in the m of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26

Business men will find it to their
interest to have all their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER Office.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26
Chancery Sale of Real Estate.

"
No. 2226, ~R,-Chancery Court of Shelby conn
~ Yohn Spe5lman, Guardian, etc., ct al.
IA. Anderson. ct al. "'
R1 virtue Of an nterIocutorv deorao e..
~ sale, entered in the above canse ON M
zsth March, 1877, M. B., II, %. 65s and
renewed 2th day of March, iSS6, wiIi
sell at, public auction, to the HIGHEST MI
aer, IN front Of the clerk and masteris oaice
courthouse OF Shelby county, Memphis
Saturday, june l2th, 1850.
within legal hours, the following desor;b0a
properly situated in Shelby county, Tenn.
A certain lot or tract of a lying in Shelby
county, Tenn, and described as ali Of tbSs
southeast quarter of section IL. townsbiiD1o
range 8, west, that lies in Shelby eonnt1 u
Tenn, ana containing 10 acres, more or iess
the same being the land conveyed under 4
certain trust deed by j. A. Anderson. Z"
Also, certain real estate conveyed in said
aeeu Dy Louisa NJ. Anderson, CONTAINING 4aS
acres, known as the homestead ofthe Iate NJ
eShanlel and Elizabeth Ragland, situated in
HHuhelpy county, Tenn, about I miles from
memphis IN a enthusiastically direction and
opnded thus: On the north By the land ~
Ecsles; on the east by the lands of Wendeli
ana hamilton, j. T.. Nash ami Il. @. Finnia.
on the south by the lands of D.. s. Greer anj
y. ?. ELAN, and on the west by the lands Of
T. !; Southal and Dunlap. as laid down Nv
shs,t humphrey and Sears q Greeley map Of
Terms of sale-Cashi without equity of re-
This May 7th, 1880.
K. J. BLACK, Clerk and Master
dantt q Patterson, sol. for compIt. 5aeO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26
Saturday, May 20th. ISsO-


within legal hours, the following descr;bsd
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn.
beginning at the southwest corner of n tract
~ w acres, being grant No. 2I,S15 In ranges s..
section l. Shelby county, State of Tennessee
[qnning thence east to the west side or line ~
Nash0ba avenue; thence north with the west
nne OF Nashoba avenue to the GARDEN fence
now enclosing the residence of Chas. Patton.
tnence west to the southwest corner Of said
garden fence; thence northwardiy along fbe
west line OF the garden fence and orchard
fence. and parallel with the west line of the
otg acres tract to the north boundary line NJ
sald Nashoba tract in section 2; thence west
70 the northwest corner of an 1850 acres trac9
and the northwest corner Of the Nasbobn,
tracti thence south 60-0 chains To the santI.
west corner Of said $50 acres tract, being Srs,
no. 1901; thence east 1906 chains To n sfaI
thence south $3.50 chains to the beeinnii
containing 500 acres.
Inc above may be sold according 10 n Mat a.
SUBDIVISION by the Clerk and Master. which
VIII De made known on day of sale.
Terms OF sale: On a credit ofseven months
purchaser executing note with approved se,
curltyi lien retained, redemption barred.
m }. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
~ Is E~dglngton, sol. for compIt.
This May 3, 1880,
SIS 81 CT n ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-26

"Wednesday evening May ss, 1850