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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
NEW BANKRUPT LAW PROPOSED.

A revised bankrupt law is before
congress for consideration and which
is likely to become the law OF
the land. 1t is said to be a de-
cided improvement on the old bank
rupt law, and it is to operate uniform
~ throughout the United States.
The bill was reported by a sub-com-
mittee to the judiciary committee Of
the house, one day last week, and it
embodies such changes Of the old law
of 1867 as have been suggested by ex-
%perience;~ remedying its defects and
~cheapening and simplifying its admin
istration. The original drafto Of the bill
was prepared by Judge Lowell, of Bos-
ton, at the request ofthe board of trade
ofthat city. Some of its provisions are
interesting, and are thought to obyi-
ate the chief objections to the oldlaw.
The registers are paid by the govern
ment and the clerks by fees, which.
however, are simplifed, diminished
and consolidated. The government
realized a very large revenue from
bankruptcy under the act Of October
1867, a single clerks Office having
paid into the treasury more thar
$65,0 900 above expenses. The clerks
cannot be paid by salary consistently
with the general law requiring the
Office to be ell disappearing. In theil
case the fees are simplifed, diminished
and consolidated, while they do mos
of the work formerly done by United
States marshals. A salaried officer i
to be appointed in each United
States judicial circuit, with dutie
resembling those Of a bank examiner
who will oversee the settlement ofal
estates, and the administration Of th
law by all officers, with authority t
procure a remedy for negligence an,
fraud. The amount of property ex
empted is made substantially uniform
for all traders throughoutthe country
1t is claimed under the bill that tn
honest debtor will obtain his dis
charge more readily and at less ex
pense than under the old law.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
The Republican Nominee for
Governor.

Nashville Banner
1t is very certain that Judge Haw-
kins is a good man for the purpose
desired. He is a shrewd man, a fine
and impressive speaker, and has the
peculiar quality Of aggressiveness. He
is far more apt to place his opponent
on the defensive than to defend him
self. His strong forte consists in
trumping up every charge he possibly
can against his competitor, leaving
the discussion of politics to his aide
de-camp.
For fear many may not know which
Hawkins he is, of the numerous dis
tinguished gentlemen who bear that
name, we will tell of him. He is not
the Hawkins who once represented his
district in congress, nor is he the
Hawkins who came to the legislature
in 1877 or 1879. But he is the Haw-
kins who was a supreme court Judge
Immediately after the war, who was
legislated out by the convention, and
who p%etitioned congress to relegate
the state government to the mill
tary satraps. The first named was
his brother Isaac Hawkins. the sec
ond was A. G. Hawkins, a democrat.
and the third was Lucius L. Hawkins.
the last two being his cousins. and ali
OF whom, we believe, have been judges.
They all live in Huntingdon, Carroll
county. They are all men of talent.
and have the confidence of their
neighbors. Judge Alvin is about
fifty years old, Of fine presence. six
feet high, and very handsome.
But the strange part of him is-ye
do not charge it, but we have heard it
from various sources-that he failed
to vote for the 50-4 proposition. We
do know that he comes from a county
that was, and is, for very low tax.
1t opposed the 50-4 strenously. and he
failed to vote. That would seem to
show that he either was in sympathy
with them, but did not want to put
himself on record as opposed to it. or
that he has failed to exert an influence
in his native county sufficient to save
her credit in that election.
Judge Hawkins, during his briei
occupancy Of the supreme court, es.
tabbshed a good character ac Judge.
He vas a fair-minded, impartial man.
open to convictions, and an aifable
gentleman.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11

The applications for passage to Eu-
rope at the steamer offices. | am as.
Eured by n of the best informed men
in the business, exceed those of any
previous season since the close of the
war. Several of the finest vessels to
arrive have already every stateroom
engaged, and, to-day, it would not be
difficult to transfer many of these for
a handsome premium. If the pressure
continue, extra steamers will have TO
be put on. The great majority of
the people who have recently left are
city families, but the west and north.
west, as we'll as the south are com
ming now with "a rush" some on
business and some on pleasure and
recreation. 1t is quite common "a
hear an expression Of regret from per.
sons anxious simply for recreation,
that the passenger business has fallen
into the hands Of the steamship com.
panies exclusively. If they cou &
they say they would prefer the old
fashioned London and Liverpool
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11

NEXT Sunday, the 10Th inst, will
be observed by the ex-confederates Of
Memphis and their friends as memo
rial day. The word decoration in no
sense applies, though sometimes
thoughtlessly used. The ceremonies
will be few, simple and appropriate.
Judge Sneed will deliver a brief ad-
dress, which will be preceded and
followed by sacred music and prayer.
1t is hoped that all who attend will go
in a spirit of seriousness and observe
the proprieties of the day and the
solemn occasion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11

DURING the four months of this
year 81, 1852 emigrants arrived at Cas-
tie Garden, New York, and passed
through the hands of the commission
ers of emigration. Many of these are
paupers and of no benefit to any com
munity. Others are thrifty artisans,
farmers and laborers, some Of them
bringing a little means. The tide Of
emigration goes mostly to the west and
northwest, and for the present We be-
lieve it is as well for the south that it
goes there, instead Of coming in this
direction. We have no manufactures
to speak of, and are certainly not pre-
pared to take care of the destitute
who are fleeing from starvation or OPP
preston under older governments.
We can afford to wait and train up a
generation of young, vigorous white
men to occupy and till the sail of this
rich and prosperous section.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
Trustees Sale.

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 64i, to
secure 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, 1850,
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 Allen's avenue, being
part o. lot No. 8, in the Subdivision ofiotNo.
II in block AZ. South Memphis, said lot being
No. 3, being Bledsoe's sub. division of lot No.
II in said block AZ, and the part thereby con-
veyed being the part which fronts on the west
side of Aliens avenue, having a front of "a
feet and a depth of ITO feet, said lot being "a
feet front by 10 deep.
The right Of equity Of redemption is ex-
81 81 Il. L. WARNER.
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DE it ordained by the Legislative Council,
ID that the House Connection Ordinance be

DE-. it ordained by the Legislative Council,
~ that the House Connection Ordinance be
amended as follows:
Subsection 4. To use or allow to be used
any soil pipe or extension of the sewer CON
nection whatever use II mayterve, which does
not extend at least SIX inches above the caves
or parapet or dividing walls of the house or
building in which the same is constructed,
and all v%entilating pipes, for sewer connec
tons or water closets, are hereby reQuif ed to
be extended ~ least 6 inches above the caves,
parapet or dividing walls Of every house or
building in or near which there is a sewer con-
nection.
Subsection S. To use or allow to be used
any bell trap or any other trap depending for
its seal on an easily movable part, or to con-
struct or use or cause or allow to be construct
ed or used any water closet, which has an
unVentilated space Of more than one hundred
cubic inches capacity between two water seals
or which has such unventilated space of any
capacity in which any p ut Of the mechanism
moves, or the walls.O which are not flushed
at all points at each use of the closet,
Subsection 6. To fail or refuse TO connect
all wash stands or slop stands in the house or
yard with the sewers or to allow any slop, wash
or waste water Of any kind to flow over the
pavement or under the pavement, on or into
the street.
Passed May 6, 1880.
D. T. PORTER,
Chairman Legislative Council.
Y. b.. PULLEN, Secretary. 1888
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
ARACE FOR A BRIDE.
The Man Who Came in Last. But
Who tainted at Her
Feet, Winning the
Prize.

A novel wedding was celebrated at
Pollockville, North Carolina, on Mon
day. 1t seems that Moses John Mil
Ter and Alexander Bib, two well-to-
do young farmers, were in love with
the same girl, Leonora Lloyd, of that
place. She was not able to decide
which she liked best. On Sunday
morning Bib walked home from
church with her and left her under
the impression that she said she would
marry him. Sunday night Miller
went to see her and understood her to
say that she would marry him. Both
men on Monday morning went to the
courthouse to get out the license.
Each procured the necessary docu-
ments and started off with a IL
cense to marry Miss Lloyd. They
met at the courthouse door,
and, after some talk, agreed that
the first man who reached the
lady's house should marry her. The
residence of Col. Lloyd was one mile
distant, and both men started on the
race for the bride. Bib o o quit
the main road and dashed into the
wood, expecting to make a short cut
and reach the house first, but Miller
kept the road, and got in on the home
stretch eight minutes before his rival.
The men were in sight of each other
going up the lane to the house. Bibb's
effort to overtake his rival was almost
superhuman. When they reached
the house, Bib, from sheer exhaus-
ton, tainted on the porch, falling
almost at the feet of his lady love.
When the situation was explained to
her, she said she had come to the con-
clusion that she liked MIR. Bib the
best, and therefore she would marry
him. Her sympathies were won over
by seeing him faint. She said she be-.
lieved that both loved her, but that
he who faints at the danger of losing
a bride must love her more than he
who is cool and u%nconcerned in the
midst oft all. The Rev. Aaron Jas
per, the well-kuown Baptist minister,
married Mr.. Bib and Miss Lloyd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
Kidney and Liver
CURE.
Another Proof that
Bright's Disease in its
worst form is durable.
RogHEsrER, N. T.. Nov. 81, 1879,


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Genuine Imported HO0,s Mali
Extract.

The true health beverage. Highly
recommended for nursing mothers,
INN, cold and aged people, GONZALES,
cents, etc. Owing to its wonderfully
nutritious qualities it is o@speeially
recommended in epidemics and n
levers where bodily prostration Is
great, and life depends upon 4 nour
ishing stimulant. None genuine with
out the label Of Tarrant X Co. sole
agents, New York. For sale bv ali
druggists and grocers. A.l02
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
A WakefuI Waterman.

A faithful night Waterman in a Sac
ramento warehouse was recently made
the victim of a practical joke. Six
alarm clocks were locked up in the
drawers of six desks along the wall.
They we're so arranged that the first
should begin the racket about one
o'clock in the morning, and the others
TO chime in at intervals Of a half hour
each. AT the appointed time, as the
watchmen was resting his feet on the
stove, the heretofore noiseless little
instrument in one of the drawers
fairly turned itself loose with a noise
resembling the ringing ola half dozen
dOor-bells, mingled with the roar of a
steam engine. The startled Waterman
Sprang to his feet and rushed to the
windows, but, gazing out could see
nothing, and again taking his seat.
was beginning to imagine he had been
mistaken, when clock No. 2. wen
through a like performance. This
time the location was suspected but
the cause not understood. WhenNo
3 began there was new cause for won
der, as the noise had changed from
one desk to another. The matter nov
became too perplexing for rest, an,
No. 4 and No. 5were listened to witt
equal establishment. When the las
one had ended the nights entertain.
ment the Joke was seen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11

Our of 4,74O,65 votes cast in the
twenty northern states at the elections
of 1878, 2,252,3l0 of them were repub-
Iican, and 2,4S8,3 4l were opposition,
giving the opposition to the republi-
can party a majority of 236,03l. The
republican party was therefore a mi
nority party in the northern states
two years ago. Even at the election
of 1876 the republicans had a majority
in the northern states of barely one
per cent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11
The MelbOrne international Ex.
position.

The international exhibition of
1880 at Melbourne, Australia, is To he
on a very imposing scale, as we indge
by a circular addressed to the Times
by the executive committee. The
building alone is to cost S4g5. 900. and
the exhibition is to continue for six
months, beginning October /. The
circular states that Australia now
ranks third among the export markets
OF the United Kingdom. Exclusive
OF Canada, it holds almost as Ligb a
position among the export markets Of
the United States. The sale for
American agricultural implements in
Australia is large, and ifanytbing ike
the usual American enterprise is ex.
hlbited, the market there can he in
d%etinately extended. All the snace in
the Exhibition is free, and ninety
thousand square feet ha5e been re-.
served for the use of the United
States.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-11

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per annum and
SOC per month o. lsss than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
postage free.
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Thnrsday, June IOtI. IssO-
Trustee sale.

by virtue ola deed Of trust oxecrtod >.
- as trustee by Mrs. NJ. A. CbsndiorV ny
Jon 4 handler on the 2lst March. 1870 md
Ieoorneu IN the Registers office of SbelhS
county, Tenn, in book No, 1913. naen q y.
secure iour notes OF $500 each, and The boiasyy.
~ saiu NOTES having notified mo that thew sra
srons az IniPamIu' ana to make sale OF the,
deed, on Vi sala trust
Tuesday, nth day of May, 1880.
at the southwest corner of Madison and NFo;,,
streets, between the hours as n spad inp Maih
puDlcly oner Tor cash tho following nroosHtn'
sltua'eu IN the county and State afoyesa;dr
pglnS m me city Of Memphis On Taxine nisSY
Ilotl, lying ON the north side al Msdisnn
speet aho east Of Fourth street, Beainninr
apout twenty-five feet east from tho nerthaast
corner OF Fourth and Madison streets tboneS
ehstWaIuly along the north side Of MSdison
street twenty hve ieet to n corner: thence
one hundred and ffty-six 90
anu = nalI 70 a corner; thence westwa. AZ.
twehIy hVe ieot TO n corner; thence , ontLy
waIuiy 20 tne point of beginning. This Sa-
scriRtIVM Is intended TO embrace the bniid;rr
"a VIZ Nnahuler block, designate NV stroaf
humpers i4g and intended To embrco streee
half the division walls between. SNmraIcse ono
lao and between No. 140 and 40 ~ y 100 d
Same property bequeathed by will ooSWy ne q
manure 70 his wife foy life. ram; ~.
ns son Theodore, the undersionSd TnaSSsSr 70
x~nNnnier oelng the Theodore desiencta5 4.
mn M WIN. recorded Will book 6, mage llSN i~i
Inc right Of equity of edsmnf;an
prossly waived, but l sell only as frrsIaa as'eA-
April 7th, 1880. DAHNAS' Trustee;
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Friday, May IAN. IssO.

between the hours of 10 O'Clock am. and 4
O'clock pm, on the premises, in the Taxinc
District, city of Memphis, sell to the biehsst
bidder the following lots Of land in said fSS NV
lng District, city of Memphis, Shelby county.
l. Lots l2 and 123 in block No. % os tha
batture addition to the city ofMemphis, escb
lot fronting Is feet on Water street and mn
nlng back 1851 feet to Promenade straet end
comprising also the last part of lot No I5S
supposed to be 651z feet in the sam biock on
sara Batture addition to SAID CITY: the sawe
pelng az the corner of Jefferson and Proms-
streets with a front of % feet on promS-
maze street, on the west side of said straat
ana running back with the north line Of .1esS..
leIson street about $50 feet, more or lessE
Al OF said property being covered by whats q
known as the Elliott block of buildinys
z; one lot OF. piece of land fronting il fe.,
on the north side of Beal street, in said IT,
ing District, city of Memphis, and r%nnninr
pack 100 feet, and upon which LOT or rieca ~
~ Beal street. Nos' on ana
Terms of sale-Cash.
y sale Of this property DOSfnouod
10 Friday, May 18th, 1850.
JAMES Il. GAINES.
Tow Uo,vv T. Comptroller Of Tenn.
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RY virtue Of the terms of a INST doc !
~ 70 me by James O. cary. Filen maue
hd. \ Quincy April 10th, 1877. and 'oIary ana
corHed IN the Registers office Of ~ al July re-
W, tennessee, in book No. Ill! netc O eSun-
seepre certain notes therein ment pasu d'V, TO
iauit having been made In the noyn'a, uef
Thursday, June 10th. IsSO.
WITHIN legal hours. before the courthouso doo,
I'm ono oie{ q memphis now Taxing DistricyNV'
hfenn., sell for cash to the highest bi G1tSssriep,
Ioii9Wing described property, to9wit. uuer tne'
lot or parcel ofland, together yvitb al A.
improvements thereon and Spn mIsn all the
T TOnS belonging, situated In Memnb;SS
Tenn, on DeSoto street, and more narii mphi
y 1escrl2ed as follows: Commenc;ns at
sum on me east side of DeSoto street s9rH 80
SCUM OF Beai street, running sontb VIZ Ins et
y parallel with Beal street one bvrasSS ara5,
NY ieet 70 a stake; thence n~orthwssdiv ninnt
ty,Lour Ieet to a stake; themes westuardiv
ming. A'VI eel 10 the tegspit
The equity ofredemption is woivsa and AZ,
s.se is believed to be good, but sell ana co ope
emSShls IennY May 5th, 1880
-J ). W. FULMER, Trustee.
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Trustee,s NaIe.

Under and by virtue of a certain deed of
~ trust made to me duly recorded in bookNc.
l22, page 1889 of the Registers office of Shelby
county, Tennessee, to secure tho payment of
o certain Indebtedness and interest to the
Bluff City Building and loan Association,
default having been made therein, 1 will, on
Thursday, the 18th day of May, 1880,
on the southwest corner of Main and Madison
streets, in the Taxing District of Shelby cOun-
ty, late city Of Memphis, Tenn, proceed to
sell at public auction for cash to the highest
bidder, a certain lot of land in the city of
Memphis, Shelby county, Tenn, bounded
and described as follows, to-wit;
Beginning at the intersection of the north
side OF Jackson street with the east side of
Sixth street and running thence northwardly
with the east line of jackson street $50 feet;
thence eastwardly parallel with jackson
street so feet; thence southwardly parallel
with Sixth street $50 feet to the north line of
Jackson street; thence W%estwardly with the
north line Of jackson street 81 feet to the be-
ginning, being parts Of lots numbers IL, Is and
IA, in block No. 30 Of that part of the said city
Of Memphis formerly called Fort Pickering.
Memphis, April 18th, 1880.
SAMUEL HIRSCH,
Trustee and Secretary Of the Bluff City
1884 Building and Loan Association.
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Chancery Sale of Real Estate.


No. 2226, R.-Chancery Court of Shelby coun-
ty-yohn Spellman, Guardian, etc., ct al,
vs.. j. A. Anderson. ct 81.
DY virtue Of an interlocutOry decree for
- sale, entered in the above cause on the
18th March, 1877, M. b. II, j.. 545. and
renewed oath day of March, 1880, l will
sell, at public auction, to the highest bid
der, in front Of the clerk and masters office,
courthouse of Shelby county, Memphis,
Tenn, on
Saturday, June l2th. 1850.
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-Wit;
A certain lot or tract Of land lying in Shelby
county, Tenn, and described as all Of the
southeast quarter of section Is, township /,
range 9, west, that lies in Shelby county,
Tenn, and containing ITO acres, more or less,
the same being the land conveyed under a
certain trust deed by j. A. Anderson.
Also, certain real estate conveyed in said
deed by Louisa NJ. Anderson, containing 495
acres, known as the homestead 0fthe late Ma
thaniel and Elizabeth Ragland, situated in
Memphis, in a enthusiastically direction and
bounded thus: IN the north by the land of
Eckles; on the east by the lands of Wendell
and Hamilton, J. 7. Nash ant T. @. Finnie;
on the south by the lands of D. 5. Greer and
E. 3. Elan, and on the west by the lands of
R. j. Southall and Dunlap. as laid down by
the Humphrey and Sears 4 Greeley mar Of
Shelby county.
Terms Of sale -Cash; without equity of re-
demptiou.
This May 7th, 1880.
R. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
CAN'T q Patterson, sol. for compl't' $3.50