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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21
DELlNOUENTS TAKE NOTICE,

ON the first Monday in January NEXT. I
" WI IN 'front.' Of the Courthouse, Mem
phis, sell at public auction an roai prone,fv
on which State and County taxes for isTa re,
main unpaid. Description of said prope,tv
can be seen on the tax books In my office.
GhO. b. kLEbCE,
~ los County Truatee
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21
NOTICE
TO WATER TAKERS.

DEPEATED notices have failed to prevent
IL the great waste Of water. Many persieI
m allowing Ii TO aOw continually; some Le.
eause theie stops arc out Of repair, some Ia
prevent freezing, and others from neglect,
Hundreds, even Thousands Of such i~ustance,
exit. and have been the primo cause OF weaI
pressure for tho past few months.
inspectors are now canvassing tho citv with
initfuctiQns TO turn of water from ali prem-
ises on which Il Is found runntnc I'm ,sasio
gnd the penalty will be enforced before turn
ing on again. VIZ"
10 prevent lfeeting, pipes must DO emptied
by turning the stjp and waste-eock. P
pl no W. II. UAMFK0N c..tu
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21
GOOD news
IN SIX HOURS

A new discovery in the vegetable line, a
medicine that cannot be found il any Drug
Store in the United States or Diminibn OF
Canada at present, until the druggists call for
II; and all Druggists that order my medicines,
Twill advertise their names and places Of bus
lness n me same column with my advertise
No Druggist has the genuine medicine un-
less you see his name and place Of business in
my advertising column.
This medicine is produced from q vegetable
10 spain and Portugal, called Bsllina dc Sal
utaria, an almost miraculous herb, for the cure
Of all Chronic Diseases, etc., viz:
female weakness, Dyspepsia in It's worst
form, Sore Eyes, ScrOfula, Syphilis,
ChilIs and Fevtr, Gravel, BiIousaess,
Derangement Of the Bowels and all dis.
eases arising from the lmpurity Of the
blood.
All persons afflicted with any of those dis
eases are referred to the above, and il, after
three or Tour hours time after taking the med
lclne, you DO not find it improving YOU
health, | will refund double the mount YOU
have paid for n bottle Of the medicine; andmy
AGENTS also will be instructed to refund tho
money, provided you have il pronounced by a
physician that you did not receive any benefit
w. ana l WIN also say this much, that l do
not care by what doctor you have been treated
and pronounced incurable. Do not be dis.
couraged, but some and see me. To ali pby
sicians who have cases Of this description un-
der their care l should be pleased if theg would
give It a trial. Give my medicine a fair trial
and viii guarantee a sure cure, if taken eb-
cording to directions. 40
from ~ II iAlA"S zee Of charge in my Office
rom : a am. and 2 to5p.m. All calls out
size OF these hours infide city limits free, out
side of CORPORATION Soc per mile.
ChTonio Diseases a Specially. Charges from
81 to $40. Cure guaranteed.
Price 81 per Bottle.
Call on or address
DIR
1876! Main Street, Memphis, Tenn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21
ExEcUTeR's NOTICE,

HAVlNG been appointed and qualified al
III executor of the will Of Patrick Kerns
deceased, by the Probate Court Of saelh.
county. Tenn. J hereby give s5tice 70 ali nor
sons Indebted 70 said estate "a eoms ferwsTt
ana. settle, and "a all parsons having claim
sgalnst saId estate 70 present same property
ubrenlleated 70 mo or my attorney,
AL KIMBRo, Executor.
JOhn L MOSS, Attorney. 90 rs lll l07
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21

why throw away your illustrated
papers and magazines when Won car
nave q nice book made from them ~
the LEDGER hinderyR y
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21

Advice to travellers: Buy a bottle OF
DR.. Bulls cough syrup, the only thing
to stop a hack.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21
MHpIoIMAL.


" -
NO. S09-In the Chancery Conrt NJ Shall.
county, Tennessee wv alter A. Goodman
administration Of W. Goodman. decesssd ~
A., vs., The Mississippi central RsiIIosj
company, ct. al. ~
appearing from affidavit in this capsa that
= the ~delendantl, The Misgissipni Centrsi
balltoad Company, h. s.. MeComb. .Josisb
baraWell kben ID. Jordan, Chas. II. LON.
oaIq, II. winthrop Gray. Cyrus II. Meteor.
micS, Jupigs b.. Alexander, John L. Kf,,a
pam M. FELTON,, Henry Lewis, and ,s.ikk
y; N9wSom6, TALL Of the above, ex,.snf AZ
saiu nallroad Company, being pg-ners unda,.
tne hrm name and style OF he Soutbern
halIead Assoctationl, are non.resiSents g
nc state Oh Iennessee; that aid Kississ;nDDi
SentLal h4llroad Company and said Arm tbe
soutaern Railroad AssoeiaTion arc ;mndnabttnnyg
y yne complRfhants in various amonnts evi-
uehee0 Oy notes, accounts and indgT ants
Atgtegatlng about SIS 700; and affacbment
nsIlhg peen issued and levied on tbe nrone,tv
" stlu haliroad Association, it d fherefsrS
olueIe9 mat all the patties above ms red
haAe Ineir, appearance herein, AT the conrt-
mouse OF oAelby county, in Memphis, Ter
~, OF before the hrst Monday in FeLruaTv'
leo!, and plead, answer or demur 10 eag
plalnant, BILL or the same will ne tskan To-
confessed as to them and set for bearin1
eA1PaItes and that q copy OF this erder ne
published once a week Tor four succeSs;ys
weeks IN the PUBLIC LEDGER.
This 10th day of December, 1880.
A eopy-Attest.
RI. BLACK, Clerk and Mastsr.
~ n. b.. MoHENRY, D. c. q NJ,
numes * foston, BigelOW & Hill. Wr;oht
tolkes a Wright, solicitors for comniainsnt'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21
ChanCsrY Sale Of Real Estate.


No. 3779, R~.-Chanoery Court Of Shelby conn
Ward ct al. ="
DY virtue Of an interlocutory decree for
ID sale, entered in the above cause On tba
10th day Of ID, eember, 1850, ! will sell Al pubic
auction, to the highest bidder, Ia front Of
the clerk and masters Office, courthouse of
Shelby county, Meuphis, Tennessee, on
Saturday, January ISL, 1881,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-Wit.
A. certain tract in the Third Civil District.
beginning at the southwest corner Of the SOD
acre dover tract set apart to Mrs. ? P Ward
as lower and known on the plat Of the John.
" ward estate as lot No. 10. at a stake in the
neld ana running thence south 60 degrees west
Oh chains to a large red oak tree, with sweet
gum. elm and ash pointers; thence south slL
degrees east, 80 chains and 50 links 10 a stake
on the south side Of n small branch IL links
east ofan elm with black gum. elm and dor
wood pointers; thence north 6 degrees east. "a
chains, to a stake with willow polpters In a
neldi hence north s. degrees west. 90 chains
ana ~ INKS TO the beginning, the said Villa
" ward tract being designated on faid John
"mard plat as lot No. 3, con%taininRf16 acres,
Terms Of sale: One-thid cash, one-third in
SIX months and one-third in twelve months
purchaser to execute notes with approved and
good personal security for the deferred nav
ments; lien retained, etc.
This December 10, 1880.
R-J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Flnlay * Peters, soPrs for compl't. gT 1Q5
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21
shsrltrs Sale Of Real Estate.

DUBLlC notice is hereby given, that By
4 virtue of two Erits Of vonditioni oxponas
o me directed from the Hon. Circuit Court,
No. lO,t2, in the case Of Carbery q Caseg vs..
I'd. Y Jones, judgment rendered November
ethi 1850, for Su.to, and in the case Of Feucht
a Block, No. 10, 59l, Judgment rendered April
18th, 1917, for slis.5I, making an aggregate
sum OF four hundred and nilety-one dollars
and seventeen cents, with interest and costs OF
suits, TO satisfy said Judgment, etc., l viii, on
Thursday, the 9Th day of January, 1881
in legal hours, in front Of the courthouse, in
the Taxing District Of Shelby county, Tenn,
proceed to sell, to the hiehestbidier, for cash,
the following described property, to-wit;
A certsln parcel o fland known and deserib-
ed az part of lot number nine i9i Of w p Dead
rick's subdivision, made by Burke. County
surveyor, November LIST, 1855, and duly record
ed in Registers Office Of She By county said
psrt Of lot containing forty two thousand one
hundred and twenty E2, 100 square feet. end
its specific bounds are thus defcrihed Begin
nlng az a stake one hundred and hfty-six l66)
feet rom the northeast intersection Of Csrnes
and Hamilton avenues las by plan sbove) due
north ana running one hundred and tiity-six
400 feet due north 70 o stake; thenoe due
south one hundred and & ~ six 1855 feet to a
stakei thence due west two hundred ard sew
enty.one t1IN feet to the beginning, as ap-
pear; by record book 81, page 22, in the Reg
80" NANN "a h.ANAhF NNAAAAtH ANAMNceNNs
Also a~certain piece Ofland situated, lying and
being IN the county of Shelby, State of fennes-
see, known and described as ( flows. to-wit;
Made Up of lot az sixteen and ,hirty-fve feet
V5l OF the west side of lot Q5l fifteen in block
eleven Of the Dunn subdivision. made by J II
Mcclure, near the eastern boundary of the
city Of Memphis, bounded north bv Ally
street, south by an alley, west by an alley be-
ginning at the northwest corner Of said lOtNO
J 10 in the south Of Ally street; thence with said
south boundary east seventy FIVE feetto a stake
IN SAID boundary; hence south at right angles
one hundred and seventy eight Q7s) feet to tie
alley theace west with the north boundary Of
the alley seventy Eve feet to The alley on the
west; t1ence north with the last boundary IT
said alley u the beginning as appears in record
J9ok No. 10, pages 40 and IA, in Register
Office Of shelby county, Tennessee.
Levied subject 10 an attachment issued by
Jos. Uhl, Clerk Of the Circuit Court, in iavoi
ofCarbery \ Ca ey vs.. I'd L Jones.
Levied on as the property OF defendant, u l.
Jenes, to satisfy said judgment, interest and
costs.
Memphis, 7th day Of December, 1880.
p. K A1uf,
Sheriff Of shalby county, Tenn.
L&E Lehman, and John League, Attor
neys for Plaintiff. 1894 100
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21
CAPITAL PRIZE, sao,OOs.

1851 Prizes, amounting 0.............. .slI0,4c
Responsible corresponding agents wanted
at all points, to whom liberal Compensation
will DO paid.
For further information, write clearly, Civ
ing full address. Send orders By express OF
Registered Letter, or Money Order By mail,
addressed only 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21
State Lottery COnlalV

This institution was regularly incorporated
by the Legislature Of tho state for Educational
and Charitable purposes in 1869, for the
term Of twenty-five years.to which con-
tract the inyiolable faith of the State Is
pledged, which pledge has been renewed by
an overwhelming popular vote, securing its
franchise in the new constitution, adopted
December 2, a. D. 1879, with a capital OF
81 ,0OO,0G0, TO which it has since added q re-.
serve fund OF over S350,000. Ifs Grand
Single Number Drawings will take
place monthly on the second Tuesday. Il
never scales or postpones, Look at tho follow
ng distribution;
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21

M All goods retalled at wholesale
prices. Don't buy u dollars worth
until yOu caIl and see our goods and
prices, or send for our complete price
list.
nE-All goods packed and delivered
free 10 all steamboats, and dcDOfa or
any part of The city.
VIM. DEAN & CO.,
$50 Poplar Street.
3Qxxvii2Q
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21

Is made from a Simple Tropical Leaf Of
Rare Value, and Is a POSITIVE remedy
for all the diseases that cause pains in the
lower part o. the b0dy-fOr Torpid Liver
Headaches, Jaundice. Dizziness, Gravel, Ma
laria, and sill difficulties Of the Kidneys, Liver
and Urinary Organs. For Female Diseases
Monthly ,M~enstruations, and during Preg'
nancy. Il has no equal II re. tsres the organs
that MAKE the blood, and hence IS the best
Blood Purifier. II is the only known
remedy thai cures Bright's Disease. For Dia-
oetes, use Warmers safe Diabetes cure
For sale by Druggists and all Dealers al
81 % per bottle. Largest bottle in the mar.
ket. Try il
Il. II. WARNER & CO., Rochester, N. Y
Sold Wholesale Ia Memphis by S
Mansfield & Co., and W.. N. WilkersOn &
Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21
AIabnma's New Sennior.

Rsodla en- Edge Tonio as.I.ts dlresti
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21

This is the apology Of all who PAN
der to the eyil-minded. The gaming
house keeper, the prize. fight trainer,
the betting bookseller, all offer what
the public demands, and they all aid
IN producing the very demands which
they are 50 ready to crafty for paw
Certainly such abuses as these in the
public press eannot be justified BY the
condition that "the truth, when pub
lished with good motives and for JUS
tifable ends, shall be a sufficient de-
fence"
But perhaps Mr.. Roe, in his zeal for
the purity Of the press, goes too far in
the direction Of reform. We are not
prepared 10 deny altogether that
crimes should be published as news.
or even that much good mag in many
cases be accomplished by such publ
cation. But in this, the manner is
more dangerous than the matter. II
Is the style in which they are de.
scribedi the way in which the partio.
nlars are dwelt upon; the personal de-.
scriptions Of criminals; their biogra.
phies, which are invariably interest.
ing, and the dramatic art with which
such stories are told, insidiously fss.
olnating the reader-these, in itsdeal.
lngs with crime, are the most obiec-
tlonable features of the daily press
Crime is not shown her own IMAGE
but too often is painted in the most
attractive form. This is not only an
error, but a crime Of the press.
Whitelaw Reid, in speaking of the
newspaper Of the future, hopes that
the best attainable literary ability and
skill will then be engaged upon the
daily press-that the Macaulays and
humes and Froudes will write the
daily history Of their own times. Let
US hope that this day may come. for
when it does, criminals will no lonoor
be heroes, the portraits of murderers
will no longer be published, crime,
will cease to be gloated over with
pleasure, and filth of all kinds utterly
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-21

Ply virtue Of the terms of trust deed 10 me
~ executed BY Isaac W. Bass on the 2Sth day
certain, notes therein described of me same
date the note for $3.50 being uppaid, / will,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-01-14
The Chinese Process.

The Chinese process of welding cracked
iron wares by cementing them with
molten iron is thus described; In the
case, for example, of cast iron pan re-
quiring such treatment, the operator
conIhenCBs by breaking the edges of the
fracture slightly with hantffet, so as
to enlarge the assures after which the
fractured parts are placed and held in
their natural positions by means of
wooden braces; the pan being ready,
crucibles made of clay are laid in char
coal and ignited in a small portable
sheet-iron furnace, with bellows working
horizontally. As soon as the piece of
cast-irohI with which the crucibles were
charged are fused, it is poured on a
layer of partly charred husk of rough
rice previously spread on a thickly
doubled cloth, the object of this being
to prevent the sudden cooling and hard
ening of the liquid metal While in
the liquid state, it is quickly conveyed
70 the fractured part under the vessel
and forced with a jerk into the enlarged
assures, while paper rubber is passed
over the obtruding liquid inside of the
vessel, making neat, strong, substantial
and IN every respect thorough opera
ton.
You can no more look attractive by
wearing a constitutional scowl, than
goat can make straw hat by knitting
his hrowsa
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-01-14
A Secret of Ronanarte,s Life.

The memoirs de Madame Remusat,"
lady-in-waiting to the Empress jose
phine, now being published by her grand
son in the ReUue ssdes Deilr blondes,
throw fresh light on Napoleon's welded
life. Under date of 1904, Josephine be-
ing then forty-one years of age, they
contain the subjoined extraordinary cpl
sode: " The Emperor, having tempo
rarily abandoned the divorce suit, but
still anxious for an heir, asked his wife
one day whether she would agree to &C
cept one, and to feign pregnancy cleverly
enough to deceive everybody. She was
far from refusing any of his fancies in
this respect. Bonaparte then sent for
his chief physician, CorVisart, in whom
he deserVedly placed unlimited conf
dence, and confined his project to him.
IF I succeed he said, I'm securing the
birth of boy who will be my own son,
wish you to be witness of the pretended
confinement of the Empress, and to do
all that is necessary to give this ruse all
the appearance of a reality Corvisart
considered the delicacy of his probity
compromised by this proposal; he prom
ised inyiolable. secrecy, but refused to
do what was required of him. Only
long after, and since Bonaparte's second
he confded this anecdote to
me on testifying to me the legitimate
birth of the King of Rome, as to whom
unWarranted doubts had been
raised ~
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-01-14
The Very Meanest Trick ON Record.

Lsan Francisco Post.
We have to record this week a pecu-
Garly aggravated case of misplaced con-
fdence. Everybody who attended the
recent masked ball at the pavilion re-
members the exceedingly well-executed
representation of Lotta's Fountain that
sidled its majestic way around the room.
This massive and faithfully hideous fac
rinaile, it appears was constructed by two
young gentlemen, room-mates, one of
whom has confded his tale of woe
to our sympathetic paper bosom. It
seems the arrangement was made
between himself and partner to take
turns in showing around the foun-
tain from the inside and sup
plying the spigots from the reservoir
of bucket also concealed inside, by
which arrangement the one not employed
for the moment could participate in the
outside festivities. Our informant
faithfully furnished the first hours loco
motion to the edifce, but when the time
came for his relief his chum was now
where to be found. Worse than this, he
discovered that his peridous friend had
carried off the key of the door on the
side of the structure, and as the latter
was too heavy to OvertCrn he was COM
plete prisoner. By applying his eye to
small peep-hole, he could descry his
companion enjoying himself in a distant
part of the room, but when the in6ig-
nant captive had laboriously pushed his
prison-house to the spot, no would find
that the deserter had carefully waltged
to some still remote corner. This com
tinued for several hours, the exasperated
man making occasional frantic efforts to
escape from his confinement. The spec
tators were highly amused at the manner
in which the fountain would make
spasmodic rushes across the room, knock
ing cupids down by the dozen, and caus-
ing monks and martyrs to swear horri-
bly, as their corns were sacrificed to this
new-fangled sort of Juggernaut, while
instead OF water the spigots aforesaid
uttered regular melted lava torrents of |
profanity from the true mirage and per-
spiration of the fountains motive power
was the fact that every time he caught |
! glimpse of his betrayer the latter was
engaged in flirting, neck-deep, with the |
former sweetheart, to whom, in the |
kindness of his heart, he had only intro |
luced the perjurer the evening before. |
The injured party says that he was
inally about fainting from heat and ex-
laustion when about three in the morn
ng he happily fell through ventilator-
lole, over which he accidentally wheeled
lis incubus, and was set free in body, but |
With mind whose confidence in his kind
lad been shattered forever.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-01-14
PonItu Items.

Never breed from sickly or weak con-
stitutiOned fowls, as your chickens will
be worthless and also bring disease.
Chickens with canker or roup will
communicate the disease to all the rest
of the flock if allowed to use the same
drinking vessel.
Cayenne pepper, ginger or mustard for
fowls is quite beneficial. When added
to their food it will stimulate egg pro-
dUction, increase their yigor and make
them feel well generally.
Young and quickly fed fowls have
more water and fat in their flesh, while
older and well fed fowls have flesh of
firmer touch and richer favor. and are
richer In nitrogen. The former NAV be
more delicate the latter will be more
nutritious.
When soft eggs are laid by fowls they
Intimate usually that the egg organs are
inflamed. This state is occasioned by the
birds being overfed or too fat. Spare
diet and plenty of green food, especially
lettuce leaves in summer, or cabbage in
winter is the best treatment of fowls in
such condition.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-01-14
AS to Sernents Charming.

In imitation the historical iconoclast
scientific disillusionist, writing for the
Popular Science Monthly, saws that the
belief in the power of a serpent to charm
small animals had its origin in super
stitious ignorance. The writer contends
that snake has no such power and that
what appears to be the result of a
"charm". is nothing more or less than the
sast act of a well played tragedy. The
snakes fangs being thin and retractile
he says no effort is made to retain the
prey after it is onced seized Stealthily
the serpent creeps up to its victim and
inficts the fatal wound. The sure work
ing of the virus, says the disillusionist,
constitutes the 'Echarm." Has the Gre
dulity of the world been imposed on for
centuries, or has the Popular Science
writer just begun to impose on the
world.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-01-14
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.


Even the oyster crop in America fo
1879 is larger than ever before. s
A farmer cannot work his farm safely
without knowing all about his soil.
Carrots contain a very high proper
ton, ten per cent, of fat-forming ma
tarials.
The crop of castor beans raised in
Kansas this year, is estimated at 10000
900 bushels
A liberal coat of whitewash will pro-
tect the bodies of fruit trees from sud.
den changes.
Wheat planted from fourth to half
an inch deep comes up sooner than at
any other depth.
Indiana claims to be the banner wheat
raising state this year. The crop there
is placed at 55,000,O00 bushels.
A strong decoction of peach tree leaves
is reported to be a specific for chicken
cholera. Dose, One-half teaspoonful.
During the year 1873 $4,000, 900
pounds Of cheese were produced in this
country and 96O,0O0,000 pounds of but
ter.
The application of muscle directed
with brains will cause the fields to bios
som and bloom, and focks and herds to
prosper.
Warmth and cleanliness, together with
varied and judicious feeding are essen
tial in securing a good supply of eggs
from the poultry on the farm.
A farmer can not work his farm safely
without knowing all about his soil. !
Every field should be studied as to the
effects OF certain matters with fertilizers
upon it, .,..
About $40, 00O, 900 will be made this |
year by southern planters by the rise in |
crops. fru .en
Pear blight in several instances has
been arrested in affected trees by syring-
ing them with weak solution of potash. j
ana IL has proven preventive when ap-
Piled to the healthy trees.
It's now predicted that within FIVE
years the United States will be able to /
produce all the sugar it needs, and that |