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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-27
JUDAH P. BENJAMIN.
His Extraordinary Success at the En-.
.gllsh Bar.

One of the London papers, in speak
ing of the Tichborne case, which is
again before the courts, makes the fol-
lowing reference to Mr.. Judah P.
Benjamin:
The claimants solicitor is very
able in his profession, and Mr.. Judah
P. Benjamin, Q: c., has accepted a re-
tainer as the chief, with Mr.. Atherly
Jones as junior. | should add some
thing about Mr.. Beniamin's abilities,
we're it not that the admirable and
alert correspondent of the World in
London, Mr.. Jennings, had so recent
ly described Mr.. Benjamin and his
prospects Of becoming one of her mai
esty's judges-thus smoothly ending a
life Of remarkable activity, struggle
and fame. And yet allow me a short
summary Of his career: In boyhood.
Mr.. Benjamin was the clerk of a New
Orleans notary; when thirty years of
age he was at the head of advocacy in
Louisiana, and a legal author before
he was fifty he was a United States
Senator at his half century he was a
leader in a gigantic revolution he
was a queens counsel after only a few
years service at the English bar, of
which he is now acknowledged leader,
and finally he is to sit among its high
est ;saSes
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TelegraphIc Summary.

Quebec, Jan. 26: Prayers were of
fered in the churches, Sunday, fol
her majesty's troops in Afghanistan
and for the Princess Louise now cross.
ing the Atlantic.
New York, Jan. ga large fire
broke out in the shoeshop in the
Brooklyn pe~nitentiary yesterday, The
prisoners were secured.
Paris, Jan. 26.-The Cradle Club,
composed Of American writer's and
artists, gave dinner yesterday to Gen.
Lucius Fairhill, the retiring American
consul here on the occasion Of his pro-
motion of minister to Spain. The
Stanley club give him a dinner Satur-
day next.
London, Jan. 26: There is consid-
cradle anxiety in the Liberal circles
regarding the forthcoming election in
Liverpool for member Of parliament
in consequence of the determination
of the Home Rulers to abstain from
voting.
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HARDIN HANGED.
A Bedford County, Tenn, Man Hanged
Ia, Missouri.

ST., Louis, January pa specia.
from DeLassus, st. Francois county
Mo-, to the Republican, says Charles
H. Hardin was hanged there to-day
for numbering Robert Ferguson, at
locality called Hog Eye, on the night
of the 18th of last October. The cul-
prit was taken from Jail at ! o'clock.
and conveyed to the scaffold by the
officers, who had great difficulty. In
the usual prayer by spiritual adviser,
Hardin made a long appeal, in whichhe
asked that God might guide our steps;
said he was thankful he had a heart
to forgive, and hoped to be crowded
at his Makers right hand, He then
spoke nearly an hour to the crowd,
admitting he committed the murder,
but claimed that several witnesses
had treated him unjustly in their tes-
timony. He also advised young men
to pray to God hat he might assist
them in destroying their wild oats be-
fore sowing them. The moose was
then adjusted and the trap sprung,
but the fall did not break the wretch
ed mans neck, and it was thirty-fve
minutes before the physicians pro-
nounced life extinct. Fully Eve
thousand people witnessed the execu-
ton, a great many of them coming
from adjoining counties. Tho wife of
the murdered nan was also present,
aud viewed the scene with evident
satisfaction. Hardin and Ferguson
were travelling together, both having
teams, and when at the locality
named, in the dead of night. while
Ferguson was asleep with his little
son, four years old, folded in his arms.
Hardin stole upon him and cleft his
head open with an ak. He then rob
bed the body of his victim of $500,
took his son and team and started for
Columbus, Ky. He came from Bed.
ford county, Tennessee, and was on
his way back there when arrested.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. :
District of West Tpnneesae
,,,,. Circuit Court for said district.

Circuit Court for said district.
In equity, No; 2l6-Luke p. Blackburn vs.
Inc selma Marion and Memphis Railroad
r \ virtare Of the final decree of the Circr;.
~ S?art Of the United States, for the West.
eFn Dlstrlet OF tennessee, made in the ooovo.
emitted cause, on the Sd day of June. n
lof;S, the undersigned clerk Of the said conTi
duly aoteqSlzed and appointed by the said
aooree, WIZ sell at public sale, at the oonrt
house IN Memphis, county of Shelby ana
state OF Tennessee, on MondRC. tha o5d Jdnw
OF March, AID. 1850, between ihe hours oF ~
N and 2 pm, Of said day, to the biSbese
Placer, Az the following described p]ronSftv
tOi,,Nlti Al the SelIGa, Marion and Mempbis
railroad, lying between the city of Momnbis'
IN the state q Tennessee, and tbe c;fv ~
selma, in tAs State of Alabama, bonstrnc+oa5
Or 70 ~ constructed, together with ali and
slns@lar the railways, rails, bridges, fepceS
gs~LenouseS' engines, cars, fixtures, privileges.
rights, real estate OF every and an deseTins
ZION, and All other property owned or whis5
since the 18th DAY of March, 1871, The data
OF the mortgage mentioned in the I'm
II sAfs cause has been acquired Nv ssid
ioOmRany ny SUBSCRIPTION, donation OF
PURCHASE and %iAcluding 81 hands ~
$1,000 each, issesd by the city Of Aberdsen Si
NE state VI Mississippi, non in tbe bon5s -
the receiver in this oaase. The ssid 10 y
railroad with its equipment and annnrtou
anees, oslng ap entirety, will he soid alto
su.ue5' Mi'a sne Denett Of the franchises
S 0TsS WIZ 11 bs P %SSe sec by said company. The
wit; One Thousand. dollars Of tbe nnpsI ~ 30
money OF said railroad, with its spn,usSe
nances' equipment and rolling stock. az Il
PAID IN cash az the time of the sale, SSs NE Pc
tSSS N SaaS ~ snail BE paid, in six months after
WITH app 70 ySIe s,o cne purchaser giving his note
anti ana g lien reserved on tie yropertyp I'M
Soru oInas and other property viii be soIS
sale. 'NRt. NJ ~ ~ we tlme Of th0
Dec. 10, lsn. Clerk anSS nhIDGh
EsTFs 4 ELLErr, soils, SSi9ner.
81 XXX 10
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R COURT DECISIONS.
important Legal Points that We're De-
Cided Yesterday.

Amongthe opinions delivered in the
Supreme Court yesterday were some
Of which the following is a summary:
The Four-mile LAWN case of the
State VS.. Stanley it was decided in
cases arising under what is known as
the "four-mile tipping law" that the
grand jury have inquisitorial powers,
and may find indictments without a
prosecutor in case and upon testimo-
ny of witnesses subpenaed to appear
before them.
Jurisdiction Of Chancery Courts
The most important decision the court
has rendered at this term was the case
of Nimmo & Thornhill VS.. jackson.
Morris x Co., which they have had
under advisement for some time. In
this cast they decided the act of
March q, 1877, increasing the juris-
dietion Of the Chaucery Court to all
eases except those involving unliqui-
dated damages is constitutional and
valid. Under this decision the form
of proceeding by bill and answer is vet
maintained, but in all other respects
the law works a complete rev
olution "a the administration
of justice in the civil courts
of the State. The act declared con-
stitutional provides: THAT jurisdic-
ton of all civil causes Of action now
triable in the Circuit Court, except
for injuries to persons, property or
character, involving unliquidated
damages, is hereby conferred upon
the Chancery Court, which shall have
and exercise concurrent jurisdiction
thereof along with the Circuit Court.
That from and after the passage of
this act, no demurrer for want Of III
risdiction of the cause of action shall
be sustained in the Chancery Court
except in cases Of unliquidated dam
ages to persons, property or character. "
Speculation in Witness Fees.-Ip
the case of l.. II. Davis VS., State it
was decided that the act passed March
81, 1879, entitled AN act to prohibit
speculation 10 witness fees and other
fees originating in courts" was con
stitutional. 1t was also held that the
proviso that this act shall not apply to.
witness fees traded for merchandise or
hotel bills; in other woods, the trans
fers Of the fees for board or lodging.
or for goods in the ordinary course of
trade, shall not be deemed specializing
in them in the meaning Of the act,
This proyiso does not authorize mer-
chants and hotel keepers to speculate
in the fees.
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THE BOOMING BROOMsTICK.
A Bishop Beautifully BeIabOred by Z
Beautiful Woman.
From the Salt Lake Tribune.

From the Salt Lake Tribune
The other day a little furry was
created on one Of our principal streets
by the sight of a portly and digni6ed
individual, no less a parsonage, in
fact, than one of the bishops of the
church Of j. G. of l.. D..S., rushing
along the sidewalk in breathless
haste, closely followed by indignant
woman armed with a broom. Twice
or thrice in the course of the pursuit
the flying bishop received a well-di-
rected blow from this weapon, which
had the effect of causing him to break
into a mad gallop, which he kept up
until he disappeared around the near
est corner. An inquiry as to the
meaning Of this unusual spectacle de-
velOped the following facts:
A good saint, whom we will call
Brother Jones, because that isn't his
name, has resided in Salt. Lake City
for many years, and accumulated con
siderable property, but he has always
lived beneath his religious privileges.
and contented himself with one wife.
On the day referred to the bishop,
feeling called on to admonish him with
regard to his neglect OF the glorious
privileges of the Lstter-day dis
pensation, called at his house
and reproved him in the presence of
his wife, telling him that his chances
Of exaltation would be slim indeed if
he did not set about lOokingup anoth.
er spouse at once. Sister Jones only
waited to hear him finish the first
sentence Of the latter portion of his
a~dmonitioui then, Selling the broom
she exclaimed: Get out Of this, you
villain; Ill teach you to come into an
honest wOman's house and advise her
husband to take another wife. Take
that, and that"-laying the broom
handle vigorously about his head and
shoulders. The wretehed bishop
grabbed his hat and made for the
door, but before he could reach it the
blows fell thick and fast upon his de-
fenseless head. Once outside. he
thought himself safe, but he diseov-
cred his mistake. Nemesis was behind
him in the shape of that broom, and
his hight-through the gate and down
tie street-was accelerated every few
steps in the manner we have described.
When he reached home and counted
up his bruises, he registered a VOW.
Henceforth, when he c~ounsels an
erring brother, he will choose his op-
portunity more wisely, and the admo-
nitions that he gives on celestial mar
riage will be uttered far from the
hearing Of indignant wives armed with
broOms.
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Trustee Sale.

ON Saturday, the 7th day of February. 1880,
" within legal hours, in front of my office,
No; "a Madison street, Memphis, Tenn, /
will sell the following described real estate,
situated in shelby county, Tennessee, and in
Chelsea, being lot 2O4 and 205, and beeinnine
at a point the northeast intersection Of Green
law and Fifth street; thence north with east
line of Fifth street 14SH feet to an alley.
thence east 1887 feet to an alley; thence south
l483 feet to Greenlaw street; thence west with
Greenlaw street l4S1a feet to the beginning,
excepting from above lot and sale that portion
OF above described lots conveyed BY deed reg
Shelby county, Tenn, to which reference i
made, said portion so excepted being Axis
fronting on Greenlaw street,
l sell this property as trustee, under a trust
deed executed TO ma on the 18th Of Anril liza
byJ. v. and Ellen Heath, by deed registered
in book No. III, page 544, Registers office Of
shelby county, Tenn, to which reference is
made. Terms cash. Title believed to be good,
but | sell as trustee.
ll9 lSS d. II. POSITION. Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-27

Archibald Forbes regards the press
regulations for war correspondents in
Afghanistan as degrading and intol-
cradle. He contends in "The Nine
teenth Century" that the press censor
has it in his power, if the correspon.
dent peryersely declines to lie. never.
theless to make a liar out of him.
Why not prescribe the torture" he
asks, It'll he lie at first hand? Why
descend to the Hefarious baseness of
authorizedforgeryl- for virtual forgery
It IS thus to alter, to warp,to overturn.
Who, among my colleagues. could
those who professionally authorized
this Jesuitical code have imagined 50
lost to honor as to bow their necks to
a yoke so insulting and SO ignoble? |
will not retort insult on them bv 70.
garding it pOssible that they expected
to find any man base enough to have
the literary offspring for which he
stands responsible to his fellow coun-
trymen thus surreptitiously changed
at nurse. | prefer to hold that thew
desired to make the position of a war
correspondent antenable by a gentle.
man.
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Literary Workers.

There must be something about lit
erary work that is sufficiently recre-
alive to overcome a great part of its
exhaustive effect. Or is it that writers
find so much pleasure in their work that
they do not need to seek other and
perhaps more facilitating means of en-
.joyment? AT all events, they have
great success in retaining their health,
or if they have it not originally. they
seem to be equally successful in pre-
serving what they have. For instance,
Mrs. Dallas, through all her years Of
writing, says she has never lost a
week engagement. She has only
once been sick, and then sui.
fered from fever and ague, but
was able to write her regular
articles despite her i~ndisposition. And
61rs. S%outhwOrth, that prolif. mann
f~aeturer OF romanees, has never known
a day Of perfect health, having ALWAYS
had hereditary consumptive tenden.
cies to battle with. Yet she has writ.
ten constantly since she was fifteen
years old, producing sixty novels.
George Eliot aud Elizabeth Stuari
Phelps are both repated to be person,
of delicate constitution, and both ar,
among the most industrious of literar,
workers. There come times. to BE-
sure, when the task is irksome To ri,
writer obliged 10 make so much COP,
within a given time. but, as Mrs. BAL
las says, she has only to think hoy
empty her life would seem to her /
she could not write, to feel a wave Q
coutentment roll up and down he
perplexities and antagonisms.
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Attachment Notice.

Before j. NJ. Coleman. justice of the peace for
Shelby county. Tenn.-J. j. Busby x Co.,
q trm composed Of j. j. Busby and j. S.
Ioof, VS.. ID. i. Kavanaugh.
N this cause an attachment having been
4 sued out under section 1856 of the code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property of the defendant, and affidavit hav-
ing been made that defendant is indebted to
the plaintiff in the sum of $40 46, due by
account, and that the claim Is inst. and thai
the defendant is a nonresident Of the State Of
tennessee; it is therefore ordered that said
defendant make his personal appearance be-
fore me on the 10th day of February, 1880, at 10
O'CLOCK, am lat my office. No. 29i Front st., in
said attachment suit within the time pre-
scrlbed by law. or the same will be proceeded
with ex-parte; and that a copy of this order
be published once aweek for four weeks in the
Public Ledger.
This the 9Th day Of January, 1880.
10 ll6 l22 l28 J. NJ. COLEMAN I d
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tious step to the lunch counter aud
gorges himself with noodle soup,
onions, sausages, fried liver, pork aud
beans. sauerkraut and Limburger
cheese, grabs and pockets a handful of
wooden tooth-picks, reads the morn
ing paper, and steps up to the bar.
Leaning over it, he gazes for some
time at a bottle Of s%eltzer, installing
it for a barometer. Addressing the
German ~barkeeper, he asks:
What does the weather indicate ?"
"0h, aloud den cends."
DO you think we'll have rain?''
well" glancing at the well-cleared
lunch counter, mo, | drinks veil have
a famines."
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IsssOlvent Notice.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, Shelby CO.

STATE OF TENNESSEE, Shelby Co.
OFFICE COUNTY COURT CLGaK,
Memphis, Tenn, Jsasary2, 1850,
To Thomas Moflett, administrator Of John
Waters, deceased.
HAVING suggested the insolvency of ne
IL estate Of John Waters, deceased, you are
hereby ordered to give notice, by advertise
ment in some newspaper published within the
said State, and also at the courthouse door
Of Shelby county, for all persons hsylng
the same, With tho clerk Of the County Court
authenticated in the maDper prescribed by
law, on or before the 9Th day Of June, 1884,
and any claim not Bled on or before said day,
or before ap appropriation Of the funds OF
snid estate Is made, shall be forever barred,
both in law and equity,
Witness my hand, at Office, this 18th day Of
January, 1880.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
BY HUGH b. CULLEN, d. O.. 115 l21 l27 1S8
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Trust Sale.

WHEREAS, on the 18th of July, 1877, Mrs.
Nv, Q. u. Berlin and her husband, W. |.
Berlin, conveyed to Thomas Fisher, treasurer
OF the Irish American Building and Loan AS
soelatlon, and his successors in Office, as trus-
zee, the following real estate in tho city OF
A lot known as the north half of lot No. 36.
as laid down on the plan of the city of Mem
phls and fronting on the east side of Second
street 371s feet, and extending eastwardly
With the south side Of the first alley south Of
Concord street 1857 feet to another alley,
2eing the same lot John S. Claybrook s0ld TO
John >. Erwin on the 18th OF November, 1854,
and claimed by Mrs. Berlin, said trust deed
being made to secure the Irish American
Building and Loan Association the payment
OF an Indebtedness for borrowed money, ayi-
denced BY q note Of said C.. U. and W. !. Ber-
IN Of same date Tor S21DO, due one day from
GATE and SIX per cent Interest from date, pay
able monthly in advance, and the further oh
legations of the saidC. U. Berlin, to said asso-
citation, ana Whereas said parties have failed
TO pay said note or any part, Or the monthly
interest due thereon, and Likewise 10 further
comply with the obligations of said contract,
and whereas, |, \. II. Milbgrn, am the duly
elected successor in office of said Thomas
Fisher as treasurer of said association, and as
such become the trustee under aforesaid trust
OF. July, 1877, by the provision therein con.
tanned, and being so requested by the benef.
eiary Hereunder, l will, as such trustee, on
Tuesday, the 10th February, 1850,
within legal hours, commencing at e O'Clock
M in front of the Bank of Comnferce, on
Madison street. in thu taxing District, for
merly Memihis, ~ Shelby county, Tenn,
proceed 10 SELL at public sale and cutlery, Far
cash, the property described hereinkeforre.
and conveyed in the aforesaid trust deed, and
appropriate the proceeds az therein directed.
EuulfN of T~nnnmNt.An nNprausIp ru.s,aI -
said deed, and the title is considered good but
| sell only us trustee.
I. II. MfLBURN, Tt. and Trustee.
RELCHER q J0hnAN, AttS's. lI 40
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No. 4ls-In the Chanoory Copr, o. o..u
county, Tennessoe-B. Lowenste;n pIeloy
Y. S. j. Echols OF al. " Dros-
appearing from the sheria's return
u thE cause that the defendants. Sam ~
\ Eehols and Maggie @. Echois, are ' nnh
Sgds iUIad IN his c%oqntyi, It is therefore.
herein tn1 e. tney make their .appoaraHce,
memphis. Tenn, on or before ~ SuRRty
ASsuay IN March, 1880, and plssd Io aest
or pemur to complainant bill, nn ~ nsreI
slii DO taken for confessed o. TO them 1me'
order ord asbbs ~ PsS siTi,PSS5te, and shet a copy Of his
cessive weeks, In Tho Su Ssb Z Week, for four sue
THIS l2th day QS January, iSSo,
\ copy; Attest,
~ MoHsSRY, Deuuiy q. I'M q" NJ
n l' chambers, solicitor isS oompioina,,
t6 l2S l8 ia y
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NOn-IsesIdent Notice.

No. Ai8-In the Chhncery Court Of Shelby
county, Tennolsee-W N. Reynolds OF al.
". Spencer Armour Oh al.
III appearing from affidavit in this cause
j that the defendant, Bette Fink, Is a non
resident Of tho State u Tennesscei h u
therefore ordered jhat sha make her ap;
pearince hgrpln, at the cotrt-hoqse ofShelby
the frst Monday In March, 1880, and
plead, answer or demur 10 complainant
Bill, or tho same will be taken for confessed "a
70 hor Dad e6t fer hearing oY-pnrto aud
that q COPY Of this order DO published onee'a
week for four successive weeks In the Pqblt
Ledger.
THIS 9th day Of J January, 1880.
a c~Opy-Atie1t;
b j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
by y. y. MclIgsRY, D. g. and ~.
Ghnfi 4 Patterson bpl. for 9dmPiai1ant,
10 il6 l2 l5'
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Attachment Notice.

Before G. D. Crockett, j. P. for Shelby conn.
y, Tenn.-E. 7. Yancey & Co. VS.. /. A,
Forester.
N this cause an attachment having beer
i sued out under section 1855 of the Code oi
tennessee, and returned, " levied upon the
having been made that defendant is In.
debted to the plaintiff in the sum of S7O.5C
due by account, and that the claim Is
Just, and that the defendant is a non-resi-
dent of the State of Tennessee; It is there
lore ordered that said defendant make his
day Of February, 1880, at my Office, No. 2S5
Main street, Memphis, Tennessee, and de-
tend 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 weeks
in the Public Ledger.
This the 9Th day of January, 1880.
lQO llb IL l2S q. d. CROCKETT. 1 p
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The Yorktown Celebration.

Special to the Courier-JournAI.J
WASHINGTON, January 23.-The
special house committee to consider
tic memorial for a celebration Of the
anniversary of Corvallis surrende,
at Yorktown, Va, agreed UPON 4 bili
to day. The bill reccmmends The an.
preparation Of 100000 for ths rec.
tios Rf a monument at Yorktown tbe
corner. stoao of which is to be laid or
the 18TH Of October, 1881, the ami.
aSEsary Of the surrender. An ad5;.
tl2uai appropriation Of $4,000 10 "a.
fray incidental expenses in connection
Herewith is also recommended.