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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-27

Wright, could not be delivered to
Hawkins. There is juggling going
on.
L reckon you have read the account
of yesterdays proceedings at Dickson
IN this mornings American. l have
just sent fifty copies to the good people
Of Dickson as the best Wilson cam
paign document / have seen. 1 want
the people to know of its misrepre-
sensations. l was in Mr.. Wilson's
room, at the hotel, when a delegation
of six, styling themselves a committee,
headed by a pot-bellied railroad en-
plOye, called and asked whether he
WILSON, would divide time with
General Campbell. Mr.. Wilson very
politely, but decidedly, replied that he
would not, and that be had so inform
ed General Campbell the day before.
Colonel Edwards spoke first, and was
interrupted several times by some few
on the outskirts Of the crowd, crying:
"Hurrah for Wright" which would
be Immediately drowned by a grand
"Hurrah for Wilson!'
Mr.. Wilson arose and asked his
friends 10 desist and give Colonel Ed
wards attention. When he came to
speak, the Wright men kept up
a continued noise aud confusion.
He protested against their conduct,
when they said, divide time with
Gen. Campbell and we'll hush" He
told them hal he was there to divide
with candidates for governor, and not
with every lawyer sent around to dog
his footsteps. He then invited those
who wished to hear him to another
place. Almost the whole crowd,
some four or five hundred, followed
him, leaving about twenty-five or
thirty sheepish looking Wright men
behind. They went about three hun
dred yards, the crowd carrying the
box used as a stand, and he there ad-
dressed for two hours the most re.
spectfnl and earnestly attentive audi
ence l ever saw. He made a glorious
speech, and when through the old
farmers cheered him to the echo and
gathered around him as the apostle Of
liberty, fighting for a principle as did
the 'roundheads' centuries ago and our
forefathers ofthe revolution. When he
got through the crowd moved back
to the depot, where the speaking
originally began, when Gen. Camp
bell mounted a goods box and began
to crate. The Wright men during
our absence got pretty full of bOnzine,
and after almost every word he would
utter would cry, "hurrah for Wight
which was no sooner said han the
Wilson men would drown their utter
ance with a "hurrah for Wilson r
General Campbell could not stand il
long, and quit. This was experience
enough Of this kind for the general,
and he did not go to Centerville with
Wilson.
Dickson county is low-tax, and
prominent Wright men told me that
Wilson would carry it by 800 majority
while the Wilson men say it will be
1900. And the same good news
reaches us from all parts of the state.
ELECTRIC LIGHT.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

T0 The Voters Of the Tenth Congressional
Shelby, Hardeman and Fas,eiteZHuoerIduvs Ol
friends and called upon co do SO by n nna55imms,
ity 81 public, sentiT.e nt most grateful 10 nv
feelings, and which embraces ali parties I
nave made = formal declarstion Of nv
tivn ~ y ~ reelection as your Representa-
epSs ~ the pol tical party to which | belong.
l oeemed 1t proper to defer doing so until its
sanction was obtained in some authoritatiye
way. i now having been declared by COM
possn' autnorlty mat there win be no Demo-
make a nomination, ! feel at liberty to an
nounce myself a candidate before The peoule
Tor reelection to the lower house of Coneress.
snd to respectfully solicit the support Of my
LoiIow- eitlIens Of every party at the ballot
nox, on the third day Of November next.
Very respectfully.
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Barretl's aouneers Again.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 25, 1885,

MEMPHIS, Sept. 25, 1880.
EDITOR LEDGER Il notice in tn,
LEDGER Of yesterday a publication
Indignant Car Patrons-the writer o
which truthfully speaks of the BAD
management and true condition o the
street car railroad, but is quite mis-
taken when be says the drivers re
ceive forty dollars per month. The
company pays only one dollar and
thirty cents per day, which is S33 g.
per month, aud out Of this they arr
required to pay board, from sl2 to Sl4
Furnish $40 cash to buy car check,
and make change, furnish a driving
whip, Zoe; a water bucket, 25c; a
broom, Zoe, and q busting brush, 25c
Seldom used, however,, and instead
OF putting in ten hours labor, as a
usual custom, they drive from early
dawn to eleven and twelve o'clock at
night, thus making nearly one and a
half months time for the sum ofS33.8 0
out of which amount their board and
other bills as above are taken, also
being required to hold $40 for change.
No wonder the company is shot Of
drivers, and the boys complain of their
wages, when they have nothing left to
buy their tobacco and cigars 10 smoke
on the cars). SUBSCRIBER.
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Again Endorsed.

EDITOR L%EDGER-I am in hearty
accord with your article in yesterdays
paper, denouncing the gross mis-
management Of the fernando street
car line. The fact is, your only fault
is in stopping with that line. The
whole system is as abominable nui-
sance. The owners Of this miserable
monopoly operated through the city's
streets and ostensibly for the conven-
fence Of the public, have been for
years deaf TO all criticisms or COM
plants. Their cars are filthy, the
car windows aud doors work badly,
the boxes underneath the seats rattle
Ike dry bones, and tie tracks are so
old-fashioned, out of line and badly
put down, that travel in a creaky
wagon over a corduroy road isthe only
thing to be compared to a ride in a
Memphis railway mule-box.
CITIZEN.
Memphis, September %, 1880.
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NASHVILLE CORRESPONDENCE
A Secret Move TO Deliver Demo.
cratic Votes 10 Hawkins.
A Correct Version o the Dickson
Affair.
Good News from all Parts of the
State.

NASHVILLE, TENN, September24.-
EDITOR LEDGER "It was the largest
body of representative democrats ever
assembled in the state of Tennessee.
1t was only a small body Of sore heads,
led by Office seekers, that went off and
focked to themselves. Only seventy.
FIVE, leaving 1900 to finish up the
great work. The Objectionable part
Of democracy lufing of. Who's
afeard2" So wrote and spoke the
great leaders of high credit just after
the grand fasco at the capitol last
Month. The canvass is hardly half
over when the nominee of that great
representative body. smarting beneath
the terrible c~astigations Of the bolt
ers," cries Help me, Childress, or l
sink" How Notifying it must have
been. And then Hawkins sDubbed
them so completely, refused to change
any of his appointments, and poor
Wright will have to follow him around
over the course he has just travelled.
What a miserable spectacle Where
is the great democracy of two years
ago, that dictated terms to all oppo-
nents? 1t is with the gallant young
champion that has driven the chosen
leader Of the representative" conven
ton from the field, and who goes
forward now to fill his appointments
and to certain victory.
How many democratic votes would
Hawkins get if he spoke unanswered
in every civil district in the state?
How many converts does Wright
hope to make from the republican
ranks, especially when as to the over
shadowing question in this contest he
and Hawkins agreeY There is juggling
going on, and l will expose it.
You remember that a short time
ago there was organized here
a Young Mems Democratic
central club" for the purpose of aid
ing the election Of Hancock and Eng
fish and Wright On last Tuesday a
member of hal club stated to an
honored and respected citizen of this
place, that their organization which
embraces clubs in every county 10 the
state, where a nucleus could be found.
was now engaged in taking the senti-
ment Of the state, and if they found
that there was no chance Of @electing
Wright, he would be S~ithdrawn, and
the support of the state credit element
given to Hawkins" To-day he re.
i~terates the same statement to the
same gentleman, and says that
Wright will probably be withdrawn
about ten days before the election.
Coupled with the fact that | have
heard several members of the central
club" say that they would
vote for Hawkins rather than
see Wilson elected, l believe.
that it is their intention not to with.
draw Wright, but to keep him on the
track and give the wink and as many
go for Hawkins as possible, as the
greater part of Wright's present fol-
lowers consists Of democrats who will
vote for him simply because he was
regularly nominated To use the
words Of a prominent and distinguish.
ed gentleman here, Il am on Wilson's
platform, but will have to vote for
the regular nominee of my party, Mr..
Wright And his vote, | am sure
with many others, supporters of Mr..
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Pro and Con.
Murfrussboro Free Press al

Murfrsesboro Free Press al
We take the following extracts from
the Nashville Banner Of the 10Th in
slant:
Tennessee must be saved from the
political danger that threatens her,
and the withdrawal of Hon. S. Il.
Wilson, low-tax candidate for gov
ernor, would do more to rescue the
state from the perils that surround
her than anything else. = = Mr..
Wilson is a democrat, and those who
endorse the platform upon which he
stands belong to the democratic party.
y 1t is his duty, as a Teunesseean
and as a democrat. to withdraw from
the contest and pledge the support OF
himself and that of his party to Judge
Wright, the nominee of the regular
democracy. \ y Although a very
serious mistake has been made by the
democracy, in suffering a division in
its ranks, it is not too late to correct
it. y = Let a parley be held, mu-
tual concessions made"
Hon. 5. +. Wilson has been regu-
larly nominated and is the accepted
candidate of the real democracy
of the state. He will remain
q candidate until 4 pm, I'd of
November, A. D. 1880. Put that in
your pipe. He will be elected gov
ernor Of the state, and it is worse than
folly to talk of withdrawing him from
the contest. If the splinter Of demo-
cracy which now supports John v.
Wrightw wish to withdraw him Wright
from the race, let them do so; neither
Wilson nor his friends care a CONT
mental whether he withdraws or not,
we do not fear or expect defeat with
Judge Wright on the track or off OF
it; and right here we predict that
your man John V. Wright will not
travel or speak with Wilson through
Middle Tennessee. He will see more
frightful signs in his path in the mid.
die division than Balaam's ass ever
saw. 1t is useless to go in this round
about way to make a little bed for
Judge Wright to lie down on we
know he is doomed and we know that
he knows it, and the call on Cassius is
made too late.
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palatable, fat and Juicy at this season,
farmers letting cattle. sheep and hogs
fatten in stubble fields or nut groves
at this particular season. A haunch
Of mutton, nice and eatable, will cost
ten cents per pound, and comes to
about seventy-dve cents or one dollar.
A pound and a quarter steak is worth
fifteen cents, and two pounds may be
had for a quarter; a real choice ten
derloin being slightly higher. Good
sausage, such as Seessel chops, is
worth about ten cents per pound. The
meat programme is not very extensive
Just now, and this about closes it out,
unless one wishes a roast of beef,
which will cost fifty cents to a dollar,
or a slice of ham, worth, just now if-
teen cents a pound in a small way.
Game is not coming in very freely
Just yet. A few dozen squirrels have
arrived daily, and may be bought for
fifteen cents each. VensiOn is chiefly
taken by restaurants, but a few
launches have offered. A can of
oysters will cost from fifty to sixty
cents, enough to make soup for
a small family. Celery to go with it
is 70 to 80 cents per bunch.
Red snapper fish, those delicious den
liens of the salty deep, are worth
12l cents per pound. Pom
pano, equally eatable, weighing two to
three pounds ::are rs cents each, and
these have all been offering during the
past few days. 1t is likely they may
be obtained for to-morrOw's dinner.
if wanted badly.
Now for vegetables. At present the
list is not long. Sweet peppers are II
cents per quart, Okra about the same
snap beans ditto, apples ditto, radishei
3 punches for 10 cents, or, say, 3 for 9
cent; carrots the same, onions II
cents per quart, cabbage in fine large
heads 10 and 20 cents each; sweet pc
tatoes 5 cents per quart, n otter
filling the measure lettuce, full
growth and fresh, is also to be haC
together with turnip greens, and a
moderate figures. Tomatoes, hal
green, are purchssable at 10 cents pel
quart; sickly, measly watermelons, q
to 40 cents each, and a big 10 FOUNDER
at a round d llar, or at least that was
it early tbs mlruug. Eggs sell al
two cents zee, hough round lot
are worth only II cents per dozen to
day. Butter is scarce and high; hal
a pound costs perhaps Is or 20 cents
Grapes from California, or wild from
the woods rear, are also to De had, al
are persimmons, pawpaws and mus
eadines. A few other items may b,
found, but tAis nearly covers the lis
OF present offerings.
[The foregoing was prepared for Satur
day afternoon, but a crowded issue pre-
vented its appearance
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Attachment Notice.

Before lila i Douglass, J. P. for shelby coun-
y, Tenn.-Thompson VS.. W w Daughtry,
n this caEse an attachment having mean
sued out under section 3455 Of the ,sode ~
lennessee and returned levied upon the pron.
erty OF the defendant, and affidavit having
been made that the defendant is indebted 10
the plaintiff in the sum Of 1875, due by
account, q that tho claim is just,
ana that the defendant Is a non. resident Of
tne state Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
mat the defendant make his personal an
Penarense before me on the 18th day OF October.
~, at my office, at Lucy, in the Third Civil
Dlstrict OF shelby county, at II O'Clock M,
ana defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed by Law, or the same will be
pr9eeeded with exparte; that a copy Of this
order be published once a week, during four
weeks, in the Public Ledger.
This the 9Th dAy. Of September. 1880.
LA DOUGLASS. J.. P.
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The DAILY LEDGER will be mailed
w" months, to any address, postage
paid, for one dollar. This will
cover the period of the fall cam
paign and full election returns. The
WEEKLY LEDGER, a mammoth sheet,
is only one dollar a year, or sixty cents
for six months, invariably in advance.
All who desire to keep thoroughly
posted in regard to national and state
politics and general news, and to read
a live democratic paper, that is max
ing a straight fight for the people,
should take the LEDGER during this
campaign.
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COLONEL John H, Savage, Of Nc.
A%innville. has arranged to make a
number Of speeches in West Tennes-
see. He will speak upon the state
debt question and the issues of the
day at the following places Mason's
Depot, Friday September Oath ; Bart
lett, Saturday 25th; Co~llierville,
Monday 9th Moscow, Tuesday 18th;
COvington, Thursday Both Ripley,
Saturday October I'd and will make
and fill a number of other appoint
ments in West Tennessee.
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TIE RETAIL HARRIET.
What IA Sunday Dinner Will , Ost.

A trip to the Beale street market
this evening, to lay in a supply of
provender for tomorrow will prove
interesting to many. Besides the
pleasure afforded in an opportunity 10
spend odd change, character can be
studied to an unlimited degree, col
ored chiefly, though the scions of
other lands native and foreign
can be seen scattered here and there
among the throng
Then, too, if one likes, he may drop
into a shooting gallery near, and try
his hand that way, or fling ball three
times at rag babies, and if he knocks
three down from their perch he paws
a nickel and gets half a dollar-no
counterfeit either. Then the soda and
ice cream resorts offer tempting
chances to invest a few dimes; and
the picture man with his Gamers
could be patronized without losing or
learning very much.
The most interesting features of
the market, however, are the things
We like to eat, and without further
prelude these will now come under
review. A chicken or tive is often
palatable in making soup, gumbo, or
for roasts and broils. A fair sized and
not very fat one costs twenty-five
TO thirty-Gve cents each, aud ducks,
smothered ducks, are awfully nice,
when good and fat. This kind may
be bought three for a dollar.
In the line of meats we can
,nIy see grass or mast fed
qualities just now. But it is always
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Appointments for the Electors


HEADQUARTERS DEMocRATIc STATE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, NASHVILLE,
September 7, lSS0.-Thef following
appointments are announced for the Hon,
Jno. L. I. Sneed, democratic elector for
the state-at-large, to which the Hon. Geo,
Nancy Is invited.
JEo. w. CHnDREss, sR.,
Chairman State Dem. Elk. Committee.
Purdy, Monday, September q,
Savannah, Tuesday, September %.
Waynesboro, Thursday, September 30
Lawrenceburg, Friday, October /.
Pulaski, Saturday, October ?,
Columbia, Monday, October 4,
Lewisburg, Tuesday, October 8,
Fayetteville, Wednesday, October 9.
Winchester, Thursday, October I,
Lynchburg. Friday, October 8,
T%ullahoma, Monday, October II,
Jasper, Tuesday, October IL,
Chattanooga, Wednesday, October Is,
Cleveland, Thursday, October IA.
Benton, Saturday, October 10,
Athens, Monday, October Is,
LQudon, Tuesday, October 10,
Kingston, Wednesday, October 20,
Knoxville, Friday. October %,
Maryville, Saturday, October %,
Clinton, Monday, October 25,
Morristown, Wednesday, October q,
Jonesboro, Friday, October %.
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Executors Notice.

No. 400, kD-In the Probate Court Of Shelby
county, Tenn.-J L r Ray. administTato
oh u Ray, deceased, VS.. w l. Ray ct al,
insolyent bill.
7 appearing that this is a proceeding insti-
4 tuted by. the administrator to wind up the
estate 81 said j K Ray, deceased, as an IN
solvent estate, under the laws of the sta of
Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that ali
persons having claims against said estate
come forward ant exhibit their demands.
properly agthenticated. and have themselves
Monday in January, 1881, or thew will he Tor
ever barred, both In law and equity; and that
9 copy ofthts order be published once a week
ior -four successive weeks in the Memphis
Public Ledger,
This September 10th, 1880,
A cOpy-Attest;
OWEN DIVER, Clerk.
By HUGH B. CULLEN, D. @,
Seruggs 4 Ray, soPs for compl't 10 IS 2228
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lived near Guisely, and who frequent
" employed the Blands in their re-
spective capacities. When little Mar
tina came up to London she changed
her name. The Spanish story was in
vented some years ago when she was
playing a successful engagement at
the Haymarket. A friend Of the ac-
tress wrote up a biographical sketch,
which was published in a pamphlet
form, and the Spanish bit was thrown
in to give a romantic tinge to her ear
ly life. l remember how she reared
when the author of the biography
came to the passage in question-but
it went forth to the world.
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The right Of trial by jury, the ha-
beas corpus, the liberty Of the press,
NE freedom of speech, the natural
rights of persons, and the rights of
property must be preserved Ex-
tract from General Hancock's order,
November 18th, 1867.
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The LEDGER Office book bindery,
ID Madison street, is in the same
building as the newspaper and job
printing establishment is owned by
the 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
stantial a style as can be done any
where.
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SATURDAY. OOtOber I6th. IssO.

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated In the city Of Memphis,
Shelby county, Tenn, tO-wit:
So much Of the leasehold estate heretofore
q. wit; On the 9th July, 1853, leased by VIM
Yates 70 b HaWley and Hezekiah Hawley,
said lease ending July 5th, 1903. situated on
the southeast corner of Poplar and Fourth
streets, as is (was) covered by storehOuses
Nos. l43 and l45 Poplar street and by dWelling
Nos. l04 and l06 Fourth street, being all that
part of said lease from Yates to HaWley, not
set apart to Eliza stillrhan as permanent ali
mOny.
Also-Fbe remainder Of a leasehold inter.
est for ten years, beginning January /, 1873,
in the following property: Beginning at a
point on the north side of Monroe street 65%
feet east of Third alley; thence with Monroe
street eastwardly 90 feet; thence n%orthwardly
ASla feet TO an alley;thence westWardly alang
said alley IS feet; thence s~OuthWardly 1887
feet to the beginning, being the lot leased By
John OyertOn to I X Stillman and the lease
renewed until January |, 1883, by John Over
ton TO Benjamin Coleman, receiver. There
are four tenement houses, Nos. 80. 20, % and
SO Monroe street, on the above, which belong
10 the lease and which go to the purchaser,
sold subject to the rights Of the lessor under
lease of July %, 1874.
Terms Of sale-On q credit of "a months,
purchaser executing note with security, etc /;
lien retained, etc.
This September q, 1880.
r. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Humes Il Poston, Smith * Collier, solicit
to-s. q 40
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lie Tluth Aboul Neuson.

American Registers "Londou Chat"
1t is curious that SO many fctions
should have got about respecting POOR
Miss Nelson's early life. The story
about her Spanish origin, and the
other respecting her gypsy parentaqe
are equally incorrect. Adelaide Lii
ian Nelson was simply a name as
sumed for dramatic purposes-a con-
slant habit with people on the stage.
Her real name was Martha Elizabeth
Bland, aud she was born and lived for
some years at Guisely, in Yorkshire
Her father, a ~one-armed man, was
a paper-hanger; her mother frequently
acted as housekeeper in gentle.
mems families, and little Martha Eliza
oeth, from twelve to fifteen, went n
a nurse girl. These are the exact
facts which l have from a lady who
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II~nsoivent Notice.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY CO.,

STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY con
OFFICE Q0VsTY 0ogRf CLERK,
Memphis, Tenn, September 9th, 1880.
No .S941-Io Matilda Q Hoegel, administra-
trix of w II Hoegel, deceased.
HAVING suggested the insolvency Of the
IL estate Of W IL Hoegel, deceased, you
are hereby ordered to give notice, by ad-
vertisement in some newspaper published
within the said State, and also at the court
house door of Shelby county, for all persons
and file the same, with the clerk Of the Goun.
ty Court authenticated in the manner pre-.
seribed by law, on or before the 10th day Of
January, 1881; and any claim not died on or
before said. day, or before an appropriation
Of the funds Of said estate is made, shall be
forever barred, both in law and equity,
Witness my hand, at office, this 9th day OF
September, 1880.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk,
BY HueH B. CULLEN. d. C. 01b2lM
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Muyfreesboro Free Press.l
Sure enough-and as we expected
Wright has left Wilson and gone to
Hawkins. A. w. Campbell, Of Jack
son, will be sent to bark at Wilson
through the rest of the canvass. The
election Of Wilson may now be con.
ceded. Hurrah for Frank Wilson |
And let the people whose candidate
he is, say hurrahl