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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-20
Miss FIELDS Mistake.
/. Y. Cor. Detroit Free Prsss.l

N. Y. Cor. Detroit Free Press.l
You have heard about the smash
up Of Miss Kate Fields great scheme
for a cooperative store that was to
drive all the dry goods men to bank
ruptcy and the poorhouse. They had
grown enormously rich on the profits
of the inuumerable things that go to
make up what some miserable wretch,
who should have been shot on the
spot, ence d~iabolically called "a
woman's harness." and Miss Field
proposed to change all this by estab-
fishing a great co operative concern in
which all these things might be bought
at a very small advance onthe original
cost. There is such a concern in Lon
don, and Miss Field, who had been
taking observations there, thOughtif
one of the same kind were started in
New York it would gil a long-felt
want. So she announced that she was
about to organize a company to start
it, with a capital of s250,000, and that
all ladies who wished to enjoy the ad-
vantages of it could do 50 by subscrib-
ing to the stock. The suggestion was
taken up with unbounded feminine
enthusiasm, and when a meeting was
called to organize the project, over 200
"ladies of society were on hand to
give it a good send off. Edmund C..
Stedman, the poet banker, had been
appointed agent to receive %subscrip1
tons, and most OF these ladies had
already sent in their names as sub
scribers. But as has been asked in
beautiful verse:
Hans Breitman gate a barty,
Where ish dot bsrtyinowT
When the meeting was ready for
business, the startling announcement
was made that Miss Field had ap.
pointed the directors and officers Of
the company that was to carry on the
great co operative store, and the ladies
who were expected to furnish the
capital by subscribing for the stock
were given to understand that they
would have nothing to say in the
management. OF course they would
not stand that it was not what they
had been led to expect, and they got
mad about it on the spot, arose in
wrathful indignation and departed,
and sent word to the poet-banker that
their subscriptions yer Withdrawn.
So, to a man up a tree, it looks just
now very much like a grand smash OF
the great cooperative store scheme.
The ladies who proposed to furnish
the money thought they would be en-
titled to a voice in the selection Of
managers, but Miss Field, who gave
the suggestion, preferred to appoint
the managers herself. ItremiDds one
of a theatrical subscription once upon
a time in London, for the benefit Of a
superannuated actor. Mossup sug-
gested the subscription, and when the
list had gone around, it came back to
Mossup for his share. but | have
given NINE said Mossup.
Your name is not here; what have
you given?"
Hang it, man, didn't I give the
idea ?"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-20
saturday, April 10, 1850,

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county Tenn,
to wit: A leasehold interest in the city of
Memphis, situated on the southwest corner
of DeSoto and Monroe streets, fronting on
Monroe street, S feet, more or less, by 1857 feet
on the west side Of DeSoto street, with all the
improvements thereon, subject to conditions
of lease filed herein.
Also a certain tract Of land in Memphis on
the north side Of Hotel street. being lot II of
block II, on the plan of said city as set out in
the deed Of Andrew Stein, recorded in book
l06, p 544 in the Register Office of Shelby
county.
Also a certain tract in said city on the east
side Of Causey street, fronting 10 feet, more or
less, and having a depth of about $50 feet,
rear part Of said lot sold to one Copeland by
j.. NJ. James, Icing the same land described
in an instrument recorded in Registers office,
Shelby county, Tenn, book 70, page so, etc.
subject, however, to the life estate of Mary l.,
Roush, which has been set apart to her in this
cause. beginning at the southwest corner
of said lot No. 4; thence north with the east
line Of Causey street 57H feet; thence east nj
right angles with said street 100 feet; thence
south and parallel with said street 28 feet 10
inches, the south line of said lot: thence west
wardly with the south line Of said lot No. 4 to
the beginning.
Terms Of sale-0ne fourth cash; balance on
a credit oftwelye (2l mouths, purchasers exc
cutting notes. Lien reserved for payment oil
purchase money, and when paid, title abso-
lutte.
This March 10th, 1850.
X, j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Finlay x Peters, II, Q. Mccall, WV. Good.
| win, Solicitors. II 3f
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SPENCER.
A Personal and Mental Photo.
graph of the English
Philosopher.

A London correspondent, who has
just taken Herbert Spencer's personal
and mental photograph, puts it In ink
for the benefit of his readers:
Spencer has a calm, pale face, rather
large features, a very high, partially
bald forehead, thin, dark brown hair,
streaked with gray; slight figure, some
what bent and suggestive of delicate
health, from which be has been a life
long sufferer. He talks very well and
fuently, having none of the national
hesitation, on a variety Of subjects,
and in a positive, well-nigh dogmatic
manner, indicative of a man whose
opinions are not to be altered. Stran-
gers complain sometimes Of his abrupt
ness, of a certain want of tolerance;
but his friends find him uniformlyami-
able and c%ourterous. He keeps careful
trace of the history Of thoughts,
and Of the advance of the radical
views she entertains. He bas been
impressed with the wide acceptanceo of
the doctrines Of evolution in Italy and
Russia as compared with Germany,
which claims to be eminently the land
Of ideas. He ascribes the fact to the
reaction in the former countries from
what he terms the superstition of or
thodoxy. He is now nearly sixty; is
the son of a teacher, a profound math-
ematician, by whom he was chiefly ed
ucated, and the nephew of Thomas
Spencer, a clergyman Of the estab
lished church, noted for his liberal
opinions on political and ecclesiastical
subjects. At eighteen he became a
civil engineer, but surrendered his
profession after eight years on account
of the extraordinary composition
caused by the railway mania In Britain
at that period. He had been very
poor his books have a small sale in
England, though a considerable sale in
the United States, but he has recently
been rendered independent in a very
SIN ii way by a modest legacy left BY
a distant kinsman. He is a bache'
lor and resides at Bayswater (Lon.
don,) where he spends his morning
in literary labor, debating mostly to
regular amanuensis. In the Afternoon
he usually goes to the Kthen@un
club, a %favorite resort, and plays bill
lizards for recreation. In the evening
he often meets Huxley, Darwin, Tyn
dali, Carpenter, or some other mem
Der Of the philosophic sect, with al
Of whom he is on close terms of friend
ship. He feels a deep interest in pol
tiles Of the larger sort; is substantial.
at one with Gladstone and JohI
} Bright, and earnestly opposed TO mill
tarylsm and every form Of "Jingo
de is not radical in all things, bow
|, ever, particularly not as TO women
rights as ordinarily understood. h
, holds that the general adoption Q
, evolution will eventually do away will
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Chancery Sale of Rea! Estate.


No. 1857, R~.-Chaneory Court ofShelby county
L. B. Mcfarland vs.. M. M. Schultz OF. al,
DY virtue Of an interlocutory decree for
ID sale, entered in the above cause on the
Sd day of February, 1880, NJ b %, D. 1872, 1
will sell, at public auction, TO the highest
bidder, IN front of the clork and masters
Office, courthouse o tShelby county, Memphis,
Tennessee, now known as the Taxing Dis
trict OF Shelby county, on
Saturday, April 10th, 1850,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-Wit: The west l0h acres Of lot IS, Willough-
BY williams subdivision, southeast of the
city OF Memphis, Shelby county, Tenn, said
l0N acres beginning at the northeast corner Of
lot 81, on the south side Of the Fort Pickering
railroad, and running thence east with tho
railroad 7 chains and SO links 10 a stake (now
the corner Of Elmwood cemetery; thence
south Is chains and 20 links 10 a stake; thence
west 7 chains So links 10 lot 81, thence north
with east line. oflot 81, Is chains and % linz
10 the beginning.
Terms Of sale On a credit ofseven I,ontbs.
purchaser 10 execute note with approved Se.
euHity; lien retained, otc.
This March IS, 1880.
r, ]. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
I. B. MCFARLAND, Solicitor. N1BS3
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M~on-RosIdent MoMce.

No. 353i-In the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, TennesSee-H. I. Elicit VS.. Ben
May ct al.
TT appearing from affidavit in this cause that
i the defendant, Ben May, is a non resident
Of the State Of Tennessee; it is therefore
herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby county,
in Memphis, Tenn, on or before the first
Monday in May, 1880, and plead, answer
or demur to complainant bill, or the same
will be taken for confessed as to him and
set for hearing exparte, and that a copy Of this
order be published once a week, for four sue
cessiye weeks, in the Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of March, 1880.
R. j. BLACK, Clerk and master.
A copy-Attest:
By e. B. McHENRY, D. G. and NJ.
Estes 4 Elicit, sol. for compl't.
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The Game of Fifteen vs.. Twenty.

The Game of Fifteen VS.. Twenty.
Detroit Free Press.l
What is this puzzle of fifteen
they are all talking about?" asked
Mrs. Melrose, as her husband drop
ped into his easy chair the other
evening.
swell, I'll explain the principle of
it" he replied. Suppose, now, you
asked me for SIS to buy a new bon
metz"
Yes, that would buy a common
bonnet"
81 give you the money"
"0b, yes very much you do I'd
like to see myself get $l5 out Of you
for any such thing. You'd have about
a thousand excuses, keep me waiting a
month and then give me about 81 to
buy a bonnet and a ton Of coal to-
gether."
AS | was saying, | give you the
$l5," he went on, a shade of sadness
crossing his face.
" Yes, in your mind"
Now, the game is to make that
$15get fifteen different articles, instead
Of one. You could buy me three
white shirts, five collars, a pair Of
socks, a silk handkerchief and a new
pipe, making eleven articles. Your
bonnet would make twelve, and the
other three articles could be shoes fol
the children. Thousands of loVinl
wives are playing the game"
They are, Ell Well, let 'em play
When | get my hands on SIS of your
money I'll march down town and play
the game of twenty"
What's that, dear 2"
Why, Ill pay out all I've got anC
run you in debt s. more"
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AOARD.

To all who are suffering fromthe errors and
indiscretiOus Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood, etc., 1 will
send a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discov.
cred by a missionary in South America. Send
a self addressed envelope to REv. JOSEPH I.
Inmsn, Station d, New York City.
aod-0-xxx-1hw
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Bro. GARDENERS Lime-lliIn Club.

Il hez accidentally larned," began
Brother Gardner, as the meeting
opened, "dat de local members OBJ our
club am maxim up a shake purse to
buy me an lie paintin' as a present. l
hope the skeme will stop short. Not
dat / wouldn't feel honored mot dat
l wouldn't be- g~rateful-not dat |
wouldn't 'preciate de kind motive OBJ
do givers, but kase it would be money
froWn away. | lib in a humble cabin.
We hez got some stuffed green chars
in dc parlor, an some chromos on de
wall dat cost two shillin's apiece, but
it am no place dar fer an lie paintin' F.
It would be Just as much outer place
in nv cabin, and wild my surroundins'
as lace curtains ober a smoke'house
wiuder. Ny green chars now har
monte wild my ingram carpet; m
chromos doan' look bad lopgside Of
plaster Of paris bust Of shakspcareim
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Wednesday, March oath, 1880.
SEALED PROPOSALS..
OFFICE OF TIE BoAHD OF rR E AND

POLICE CoNMIssIOYI .Rs.
Taxing District. March l3, iSsO
OBALED proposals will be received nv rs
y until Thursday, March 18th, IssG4 az 10
o'clock, noon, for the following WORK 10 he is
done-service to be rendered and msterisi too
furnished to the Taxing District of SbeIby
county: For the furnishing Of stone ana
EIayel and the paving Of, Vance street from
nine hundred feet 5000 by thirty-six feet tSSS
between curb stone lines. Also the furnishz
ing ofBine thousand lineal feet stone enrbing-
more or less, and the setting of same toeethe1
win any ana all other ,curbing to be reese
In the above work all bidders are expeots :.
and required TO bid in the following mann Gu
Plan. No. L.
l.. Preparation of road bed and 6uinp
hind the curb lines, -- cents per Pc
yards. ' CUBIC
2, furnishing stone and gravel and Iii
down of same block form in guk,erg ond ing
cents per square yard.
3. Furnishing stone and pravel nd
dSwn % sam CTelford and McA dams fSrmSt
:, Filling up and TO setting Of O. l f6biiage ~ yar rS.
qb tn hurnishinc,e its per linen foot.
cHrbing kxIS M g,including.s citing of stone
Suogias UaIO ih' mes, to be either Of lime or
sSnJ stone, 81 wed or dressed, at the option
VI Df' - cents per 'iineal foot,
Plan No. Z.
!, ~ p~aration ofroad bed ind filing in be.
yarf. oen's per cubic
4. Furnishing stone and gravel and lov;ro
down OF same (block form) in eutters (. fest
VIDE each and the same on each side If tbe
rails OF the street car tracks, equal To abont o
teot, stones,9 inches deep, - cents neT
square yard. 0o"'s por
8. Furnishing stone and gravel md Iav;rn
Town OF same CTelford and MnAdam ErnaSs
stone and gravel and sand, when compressai
ana completed to be not less than Ia incbes
deep. the same as in Plan No. II, by abont "
ieet VIDE, --cents per SQUARE ward
4. Filling up and resetting curbing ss w.
qulred, IT. cents per lineal foot
3, Furnishing, including setting ofcurhir.
oxlb inches, to be either lime or SAND stans'
sawed or dressed, at option of ths b;ddasr
= cents per lineal foot. NNif
The entire work TO be- furnished oou
ready for use,. TO the entire satisfaction pfthss
naxing District engineer, on or before SEN,
PIqns and specifications, and explanat,.o,
wiz DC glYen, on application To the D;sts;as
englneer. The Board reserves the rirbtt
reject any and all bids. 'o Ilsht 10
lN9te,-Blds will be received witho,. Az
NInlsnlng OF stone eurbing, the Bosrd raso sno
ing tpe right TO furnish the same bnt ;tIssoIy1
Also 90 considered with curbing fnrni,Lso YIN
Snpmerated. All bids must hs iaTu aS
nanco, street Pavement." "ooio"
ny order Of tho Board.
F| SAID. Il PORTER, President.
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Entered at the Postofice at Memphis, Tenn
as second-olass matter.
Publisher and Proprietor.

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is So per mum and
SOC per month fOrlsss than n year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
postage free.
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theology as at present taught; that
while there is an unknown aud un-
movable beyond human knowledge,
it is vain to speculate in that shadOwy
domain.
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STOCK CERTIFICATE LOST.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following
IN described certificate Of stock in the Mem
phis & Charleston railroad company has been
lost or stolen: No. 1868, issued June 4th, 1s67,
for eighteen shares. As owner Of this certif-
shall apply to the secretary Of the company
Obj JULIA ANN VIRGINS.
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Tuesday, the goth day of April, 1880,
Attachment Notice.

-
Before ]. M. Coleman, j. P, for Shelby coun-
ty, Tenn-Sol. Goldbaum and A. ZanOne
VS.. heirs Of George Panky, deceased.
N this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 3455 of the Code of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of the defendant, by punishment on
the Memphis 4 Charleston railroad company,
who answer they owe defendant $3.50, and
affidavit having been made that defendant IS
indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of $3.50
due by account, and that the claim is just,
and that the defendants are non-residents Of
the State of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
that said defendants make their personal ap-
poarance before me on the 7th day of April.
1880, at IL o'clock, M, at my office, No. fS5
Front, street, Memphis. Tennessee, and
defend said attachment suit within the time,
prescribed by law, or the same will be,
proceeded with ex-parte; and that a copy of
this order be published oncea a week for four.
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the Sd day Of March, 1880.
39152l j. NJ. COLEMAN, Up.
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ChanCerY Sale of Real Estate.

Chancery Court of Shelby county-No. 1914,
NJ. l.. Roush, adm'r'x of John A. Rpush
VS.. +. j. Wolf, ct al.-And No. 1928, NJ. l..
Roush VS.. S.. Becktold, ct al.
DY virtue vf 81 :n:erlocutory decree for sale,
ID entered in the above consolidated causes
on the 18th day of March, 1870, NJ, B. 26, D.
52l, / will sell, at public auction, to the high
est bidder, in front OF the clerk and masters
office, courthouse of Shelby county, Memphis,
now known as the Taxing District Of Shelby
Tam. on
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RArNs or ApYERTIsINa IN DAILY:
RAVES oF ApVRRTIsNa IN WEEKLY

First insertion, F: f: SlO per square
Subsequent insertions, : so
Displayed Advertisements will be charged
according to the sPACR occupied, at above
r~ates-there being twelve lines Of solid type to
the inch.
Eight lines Of ~nonpareil, solid, constitutes
4 square,
To regular advertisers we offer superior in;
manner of displaying their favors.
Notices In local column inserted for twenty
,ents Der line for each insertion,
Notices Of deaths and marriages., twenty
sents per line.
All bills for advertising are due when con-
Hacted and payable on demand.
All letters, whsther upon business or other
wise. must be addressed TO
Il. WHITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.
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MONDAY. NOVEMBER IL, 1879.

The retired situation and refined surround
ings make the location a desirable one for ed
ucati0nal purposes, while its accessibility by
the street railway and boulevard overcome in
a measure the obstacle Of distance from val
ued patrons. The rooms are large, light,
wel-yentilated and perfectly appointed, be-
ing refurnished throughout with new desks.
maps and school apparatus, and for adapta.
bility to their purpose are not to be purpassed
in the city.
During the fifteen years ofmy workin Mem
phis ] have been enabled by yearly visits to
other cities to keep up with the progress of
educational science, and, assisted by trained
teachers, | am prepared to offer to the people
Of Memphis as liberal u course for their
daughters as can be obtained in any high
school in the United States.
The course Of study will lbe the same, with
some notifications, as that devised by me iCr
use IN the Presbyterian School.
A class Of boys under eight years Of age will
be received in the primary department.
notwithstanding to age and class, SCI
30, $780, S22 so for the school year Thirty weeksl
payable in advance in three equal payments.
NO extra charge for Latin or drawing. For
circulars, with course of study, ETC., address
MISS JENNIE M. HIGBEE,
4b 6Ot NAPOplar street, Memphis.
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~A.-

To all who are suffering nom the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood. etc. i will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary In South America. Send q
~self-addressed envelope TO the Rev. Joseph 7.
Inman, Station d, New Yo-k City.
lis XXI ia aodkw
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Saturday Evening march, go; 1850
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Trustees Sale.


IN pursuance Of the terms of a deed Of trust
l executed to me by 0. B. Parker and wife,
Martha NJ. Parker, on the 22nd day of Sen,
TENDER, 1874, and recorded in The Register's.
office Of Shelby county, Tenn, in book No.
l02, page 626, to secure Q note for S 100 and in.
terest, and default having been made in The,
payment thereof, l will, on
Wednesday, March Path, 1880,
at the southwest corner of Main and Madi Al,
streets, in the Taxing District of said Shelby
county, sell for cash at public sale to- the
highest bidder, between the hours of II I'M.
and l pm, the following described property:
A certain lot Of land situate, lying and being
in the said Taxing District of the county Of
Shelby, State Of Tennessee, on the east side Of
Tennessee street, and the north side of the
alley between Butler and South streets, 'front.'
ing IS feet on Tennessee street and running
back between parallel lines; one of which Is
the north side Of the alley, tho other As feet
north of IL, running pack $50 feet east, so NJ
to make a lot As feet by $50 feet. .
All right or equity of redemption waive A
Title believed to be good, but l sell and or N.
vey as trustee only. "
February 10Th, 1880. iM'zIo'
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Trustees Sale.

IN pursuance of the terms Of two trust deeds
j. made by Lewis. Hill-one dated 18th day of
December, 1873, and one dated the 10th day Of
March, 1875, the first made to WV. Daughtry
as trustee, in whose stead and place / was
duly appointed trustee by decree of the
Chancery Court of Shelby county, Tennessee,
on the petition ofsaid Daughtry, No. 1858, X,
D., in said court, the second made to me, as
trustee, expressly subject to the first, I will
sell for cash to the highest bidder, in front
Of the courthouse door in Memphis, Ten
nessee, sn
Tuesday, the goth day of April, 1880,
at IL O'clock, M, for the purpose of paying
the debts secured in said deeds of trust, re-
spectively, the following described property,
tO.wit: A certain piece or parcel of land lying
in Civil District No. 3, in Shelby county, Ten
nessee, containing H9H acres, bounded on the
south byW. j, Ruleman; east by Il. IL. Young;
north by W, III. Persons, and west by Mrs.
WillifOrd, being the same purchased by me of
O. Q. Crenshaw in the year 1869. The same
land is conveyed in the first deed to W. W.
Daughtry, trustee, and is described by calls
and distances.
The equity of redemption in both deeds is
waived. The title believed to be good, but I
will sell and convey as trustee only.
JIG. MoDAVITT, Trustee.
March 18th, 1880.
These deeds are recorded; the first in book
No. 80, page l47; the second in book No.
l05, page 592, in Registers office, Shelby
county, Tenn, 1643
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EDUCATIONAL.
HlgbG8S School
354 POPLAR STREET.

TNHE Sisters Of st. Mary having discontinued
their school in Memphis, | have leased
their large and commodiOus school building,
and will open therein my school for girls on
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Weekly Public Ledger,

Published every Tuesday at 81 per annum Tin
odvance). Postage free. a,
Communications upon subjects OF general
interest TO the public are at all times accept
able.
Rejected manuscripts WILL NOT be returned
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PUBLIC LEDGER.
once: 10 Madison Street.

mHE PUBLIC LEDGER Is PUBLISHED
every afternoon, except Sunday, at No.
Madison street.
The PuBLIc LEDeER is served 10 city sub
scribers by faithful carriers at Ten CENTS
DER WEEK, payable weekly TO tho carriers.
no mail lin advanced: One year, S.; one
month, 50 cents. Postage free.