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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19
Negro EiOquence-A RemarIEn-
: Bile Case.

Looking over our Texas exchanges,
in one Of them, the Dallas Times, if
we are not mistaken, are recited the
details Of a case that certainly pre-
sents some of the most remarkable
features known in the history of ju-
r~isprudence III the country. This oc.
CURED in Waxahatchie, during the
last term Of the Ellis county district
court. A colored man was indicted
for entering into a conspiracy TO muir:
der. he was brought to trial the ev-
idouee was strong, and in spite Of the
fight made in his defense by bis
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19
Wednesday, March pain. I88o.
SEALED PROPOSALS..
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF 9rRE AND ]

IOLlUk OOMMISSI0NERS
Taxing District. March IL. 1891
SEALED proposals will be reeeived bv "a
~ until Thursday, March 25th, 1880. M 10
o'clock, noon, Tor the following work 10 he
aone-,serVice TO be rendered. and material In
furnished to the Taxing District of She nv
county: For the furnishing of stone r nd
gravel and the paving Of Vance street f. , o,r
Main, to Walnut street, about six thous and
nine hundred feet $4,000 by thirty-six feet t9S1
between curb stone lines. Also the fur ,iSbl
ing OF nine thousand lineal feet stone cur Ding.
more or less, and the setting of same tog ether
with any and all other curbing 10 be- raset
In the above work all bidders are ex neetod
and required to bid in the following n spper.
PIan.NO. 1.
/. Preparation ofroad bed and filiAp in bo
hind the curb lines, --c Ger onbic
yards. 'uD'c
2, Furnishing stone and gravel and LAYING
down OF same (block form in cutters and he
tween street car tracks, (about IA feet)-
cents per square yard.
3. Furnishing stone and reAyel and loy;nm
down Of sam Telford and McAdams form5
'A z Fil II 1se M and re.ot Gents Per square yard
quired, - cents per ineal foot.
o.. The furnishing including setting of a. oua
curbing Skis inches, to be either Of Il .oSs
send stone, sawed or dressed, at the nntio OF
OF pldaer' -c cents per lineal foot
Plan No. 2.
/. Preparation ofroad bed and dIIinr
hind the curb lines, --o nag IN Pc
yard. ~ cubic
Z. Furnishing stone and gravel n,
down Of same (block form) In emf ID laying
wide each and the sam on each ters D feet
rails OF the street car tracks, cor slde Of the
square yard. - cents per
3. furnishing stone and :,
down Of same (Tolford and ,aysi and laying
STONE ana gravel and sand Johuams form),
and completed TO be mo- when compressed
S iSsf = Itee same as IN Pls nNS HSs n ina ~ ~ ab Inches =
I; Filling up and : ,: : RGT sq0ars yard.
:. Furnishing, Incl SdPer llneal foot.
sawed M drsssed thor lime or sand stons'
49, can't ner at option Of the bidJas'
THO arfjrsS pvF lineRl foot. "0 'iuuer'
.oaar Sn.,io "9I k To be fnrn;shad
Ia 0TnH3 s, o the entire ssfisf"re yonpiete,
TENDER i, - ;c' engineer on or before seP9
Iii II ~ any Specifications, and ovn,.n.u
engineer, On on application to the bistrS;nass
reject ar an Bqstd reserves tho rirbt ~
fnynfs Z Bios will be recnivsd pHhort
ins 2b,aa ,ag o. stone ourhjne, the BosSS dVu. the
ais, bbs ilsntt 70 furnish the same. MI bb;ISesely,
eynr. ~ Go9sldered with o'arbins 6rn;sIss Wlll
N0snsIsed. ALI bids must k on az
nnance street PavenSont, . "usI DO labeled
ny order Of the BoSyd
ESD, T. PORTER, Presid.r,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19
Tuesday, the 2Oth day Of April, 1880.
Attachment Notice.

Before ]. M. Coleman, j. p, for Shelby eonn-
ty, Tenn-Sol. Goldbaum and A. Zanone
ys. heirs Of George Panky, deceased.
n this cause, an attachment having been
4 sued out under section 1855 of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the,
property OF the defendant, by ga%rnishment ON
the Memphis 4 Charleston railroad company.
affidavit having been made that defendant Is
Indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of $40 20
que py account, and that the claim is lust,
and that the defendants are non presidents Of
the state Of Tennessee; il is therefore ordered
that said defendants make their personal an
psenarance before me on the 7th day of April
1879, at IL o'clock, M. at my Office, No. 29{
Front, street, Memphis, Tennessee, ana
defend said attachment suit within the sime
prescribed by law, or the same will he
proceeded with ex-parte; and that a copy of
this order be published once a week for four
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the Sd day Of March, 1880.
3SbN JIM. COLEMAN, ~.
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Trustees Sale.

pursuance of the terms Of two tr,s, 5..5a
4 made BY Lewis. Hill-one dated 18th de- os
December, 1873, and one dated tbe i6tb dag a =
March, 1875, the FIRST made to w " DanedIy,s :.
as trustee, IN whose stead and place / was
ply appointed trustee by decree Of the
Unancery Court Of Shelby county, Tennessee.
on the petition of said Daughtry, No. S5S. r.
y, IN said court, the second made Ia mo. 40
trustee, expressly subject to the FIRST. T will
sell for cash to the highest bidder. In front
OF the courthouse door in Memphis, Ten
nessee, en-
Tuesday, the goth day Of April, 1880.
at L. O'Clock, IN, for the purpose of having
the debts secured in said deeds of trnst. re-
spectllvely, the following described propertv.
TO. wit. A certain piece or parcel of land Ivine
in Civil District No. 8, in Shelby county. Tan
neBsee, containing 229% acres, bounded on tba
sonth byW. j. Ruleman; east by Il, II. Young.
north by W.. IL. Persons, and west BY Mrs.
mllliioTd, being the same purchased by me of
2. z. .Crenshaw in the year 1863. 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 /
will sell and convey as trustee only.
J.C. MCDANITT, Trustee.
March 18th, 1880,
These deeds are recorded; the first in boak
No. 80, page l47; the second in book No
100, page 52, in Registers office, Shelby
county, Tenn. 4 "a 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19

To all Who are sufsrins frem the errors and
indlscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay. loss Of manhood. etc, i viii send
q recipe that will cure YOU, FREE OF
CHARGE. This greatremedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
self-addressed envelope to the Rev. Joseph Il,
Inman, Station d, New York City.
11h XXI ia eodkw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per annum and
SOC per month tcrlvss than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per Annum-
postage free,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19
MONDAY. NOVEMBER II. $50.

AL.s- II uHl0 ICAAAn
their large and eommodious school bu;Id;Sr
and will open therein my school Tor girls on %
MONDAY. NOVEMBER II. 1879.
The retired situation and refined surrourd-
lngs make the location n desirable one for ed.
ncatlonai purposes, while its aocessihilitv Nv
tae street railway and boulevard Overcome n
a measure the obstacle of distanee from vaI.
ueq patrons. The rooms are large. I;ebt
well-ventilated and perfectly appointed IL,
ing refurnished throughout with new dasIs
maps ana school apparatus, and for adsnfas
nllity 70 their purpose are not to be purpassed
During the fifteen years ofmy work in Nam
PMS 1 nave been enabled by yearly visits n
other cities to keep up with the progress of
EDUCATIONAL science, and, assisted by frained
teachers, l an prepared to offer to tho neorJa
q Memphis as liberal a course for tIe;o
daughters as can be obtained in anv b;nh
school in the United States. "sn
The course of study will lbe the same. with
sonny modlncat1ons, as that devised bv me ;Sr
use IN the Presbyterian School.
A class OF boys under eight years of ara VIII
pc receiyed In the primary department va"
GHS1S-According to age and class. S97
~, ~, SIzoO for the school year Thirty weaks,
p1Saple IN advance in three equal payments
no extra charge for Latin or drawing. Fnr
crcuIars' With course of study, etc, address
- MISS JENNIE M. HIGBEEs ~
8 6ot &4 Poplar street, Memnb;s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19

Entered at the PostOfice at Memphis, Tenn,
as second class matter.l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19
Trustees Sale.


IN pursuance of the terms of a dec. NJ ,-,s,
l executed to mo by q. B. Parker and wifs
Martha NJ. Parker, on the 22nd dAy Of San
TENDER, 1874, and recorded in che EegistSr5-
otice OF Shelby county, Tenn, in book No
luz, page $40, to secure a note for 8 100 and in
terest, and default having been made in The
payment thereof, l will, on
Wednesday, March oath, 1880.
at the southwest corner of Main and Modiso,
streets, in the Taxing District of said SbeIS1
county, sell for cash at public sale io ne
highest bidder, between the hours of II m
and l pm, the following described propertv.
a certain lot Of land situate, lying and heinz
IN the said Taxing District of the comfy of
Shelby, State of Tennessee, on the east side Of
tennessee street, and the north side Of ibe
alley between Butler and South streets. front.
ms. % feet on Tennessee street and rlnning
back between parallel lines; one of which Il
the north side of the alley, the other Is feet
north OF 1t, running back $50 feet east. So ne
to mako a lot As feet by $50 feot.
All right or equity of redemption waiyed-
Title believed to be good, but l sell and con-
vey as trustee only.
j. ]. BAILEY, Trustee.
February 10th, 1890. i50Si
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19

FeditOr-in-chief, if we are correctly
informed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-19
MRS. OATES

Friday Evening March, 10, 1850
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EDUCATIONAL.
Miss HlgbGGS School
354 POPLAR STREET.

fTNhE Sisters of ST. Mary having discontinued
n their school in Memphis, I have leaseS
tnelr large and commodious school buildiT %
ana VIII open therein my school for girls on
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-01
8be5a1m.

A B~0sIoNIAN TELLS HIS ExPERIENCE.-
q. Q. ~Sambourne, Boston, another passen-
ger on the Narrsgansett, says -,
| was knocked out of my berth by a ter
rible force. Without stopping to dress l
secured a life presenter, and with others
jumped into the water, and after floating
around some time | was picked up. About
fifteen minutes after the collision the boat
was a sheet Of flames. and burned to the
waters edge. Before leaving the boat
saw a n an shoot himself in despair, and
also heard the report Of another pistol.
There were, / believe $50 passengers aboard
and with the officers and crew, over AGO. |
think L I'm estimating low when say a
hundred lives were lost. A great mistake
was mace by tie tf:cers in not letting TIE
people know tie tue condition Of affairs,
as mary women wee induced by them to
return TO their stateroons, thereby losing
time ard very likely their lives. In five
minutes the saloen filed with five feet of
water, in ten minute the steamer was burn
ed almost to tie waters edge. A large
amount of valuable property was left by
the passengers in the staterooms. The
scenes wee heart-rendirg. After l had
crawled cut of my statereem through a
window and feurd temporary security in a
boat, an old lady was noticed struggling IN
the water. When the boat was pulled up
to her, it was discovered she had an eight
months old g1~ardchild close to her breast.
They were both taken in the boat and reach
ed mere secure quarters in the Stonington.
The c~o!lisCn, fire, and sinking occurred
in such a short time that many in the rooms
asleep must have been lost. The shrieks
and cries Of terror of the men as we'll as the
women v ere terrible.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-01

STANBACK PIc-NIC.-The ninth Annual
Picnic at Stanback's Ferry, on the Pee
Dee River will be held Wednesday July the
18th. From what we can learn from the
managers it will far surpass any pic mic
heretofore. The ball which will close the
pleasure of the occasion comes off in Wades-
boro Wednesday night. 1t is no use for US
to say anything concerning these pleasure
gatherings, for it is known and acknowledge
ed through Ncrth Carolina that they are
superior in get up and management to any
held in the State. The place where they
are held is about ten miles from Wadesboro.
The grounds are level and covered with ma
lures carrot-a beautiful green grass :
which looks as though it was constantly
moved. The place seems especially arrang-
ed for such occasions as it is shaded by
beautiful oaks to the river bank.--Wades-
boro Herald.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-01

STRANGE IF TRUE.-Rev. Mr.. Lockwood,
who died after Icing rescued, had been
reading Paine's "Trestise on Reason" be-
fore the disaster. On the fly leaf he wrote,
ssIf 90 down with this boat o-night, |
should be ashamed to have this book found
with me were it not hat | read it to refute
its doctrines" One of the bodies brought
to S%tolington was probably that of Rev. G.:
+. Peake, Philadelphia. At the time of
the disaster a suit was on trial against the
owners of the Narragansett on account of
a collision which occurred on the night of
the same day of the month as the disaster
No satisfactory explanation OF the disaster
has been made.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-01

JULIAN S. CARR.-The name of this gen.
tleman, SO well and SO favorabiy known in
Middle Carolina, is now known throughout
the length and breadth ofNorth Carolina. By
right his name ought to be at our mast
head for Lieutenant Governor. He was fair
ly nominated, but by some means the result
was changed. This is the second time the
same thing has occurred; In 1876 the gal,
liant Cox suffered a similar fate. But the
people of North Carolina will not tamely
submit to such machine work. At the
proper time they will rise up and speak Out
in thunder tones that cannot be mistaken.
Julian S. Carr can be nominated for any
position his friends may name four years
hence.-Durham Plant.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-01

Philadelphia Rood: 1t is APPLY suggest
ed by the Raleigh (N. c. Observer that,
admitting the cost, direct and indirect, of
the rebellion to have been as Secretary
Sherman states it III his recent reply to a
Congressional resolution of ~inquiry-S6,-
500, 600, 000-it would have been a good
deal cheaper if the Government had pur-
chased the Southern slaves at $500 apiece all
around. That would have settled the
matter without any war at all. As it is, the
expense Of freeing the :. 800. 900 negroes at
the South was about 81. 900 each, including
the superannuated, the ~cripples and the
pickaninnies. As Benjamin Franklin would
say, that was paying rather dear for the
whistle.
Durham Recorder The wheat is all har-
vested, and the yield is very tine-somes say
the best crop since the wars. /. Nor
gan & Co. have sold between five and six
hundred tons Of guano this season. Their
freights amount up to the sum of s., 900.
This is the sales OF one house III Durham.
Among tkem is the little farm OF IL. 7.
Jones, of Hillsboro, containing Is acres.
upon which Is wheat and oats, aud corn,
and grapes, and vegetables. Wheat, four
acres, bringing one hundred bushels-oats,
one-seventh of an acre; corn, IS bushels to
the acre grapes that pay two hundred
dollars a year-a vegetable garden that al
ways throws a large supply on our market
cows that supply all the milk and butter for
the family, and swine, fattened on the
place, that give all the meat for a year.
Greensboro Patriot: A violent storm of
rain and wind passed over the northeastern
part of Guilford county, doing much dam
age. MIR. Alex. Cable, who lives about
four and a half miles northeast of the city,
had the roof of his barn and the shed at
tached thereto blown off and to a distance of
thirty ards.-Peaches are being shipped
from this city in large quantities.
Salisbury Waterman The accomplished
and talented authoress, Miss Fannie Fisher,
has returned to her home in this city, from
abroad In Europe, in apparent good health
and vigor.-Mr VIM. Murdoch, of this
town, left for London, England, Monday
evening last, as a delegate to the Sunday
school centenary to be held in that city. He
had under his care Mrs. J.. M. Grauturd,
returning to Der friends in London.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-01

CAPT. RUFUS AMIs.-This gentleman was
nominated in cur State Democratic Con-
veptien by the Hon. j. T. Morehead, of
Guilford, and s~econdedby j. W Reid, of
Rockingham, for the position of State Au-
ditor, ard while the Granville delegation
was anxious to vote for Capt. Amis, yet as
his W request Mr.. Cannady, the Chair
man of our delegation, withdrew his name
in ~favorof that gallant and lately persecu-
ted patriot, RandolphA. Shotwell, of Wake.
Capt. Amis exhibited a kseli sacr, hclns Ia
when there is such a scramble for Office
If Capt. r, had permitted his name to have
remained before the Convention, he would
certainly have received a very complin en-
tary vote; and might have probably been
elected.-I0rchhght.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-01

Charlotte Observer: The Carolina Central
people are going ahead with the work of
constructing their track on A street. Track
laying has commenced on the other end,
near the Reduction Works.--The congre-
CATION of the Baptist church has granted
the pastor, Rev. d. Thee. Whitfield, leave
of absence for two months, which he will
spend in Europe. He will be accompanied
by his wife, and the two expect to sail from
New York next Saturday. Mr.. A. A.
Hand has received from the Pioneer fire
company a BEAUTIFUL gold medal awarded
him for punctuality and gallant service du-
ring the year lS79.-A friend in Paw
Greek township sends us the following
About 2 O'Clock on Saturday afternoon a
heavy cloud began to show itself IN the
Western horizon, and continued to rise and
thicken with ominous rumbling until about
$3.50 o'clock, when it spread over the firm
ament with lightning rapidity. A few
minutes after the storm burst upon us in
all the fury of a tropical cyclone-unroofng
houses, barns and other buildings, tearing
up trees by their roots, and twisting some
Of the largest into one mass of splinters.
The wind was accompanied by q terrific hal
storm.
Helena weekly herald., 1880-05-20
The American Pencil Trade.

The pencil works of the Dixon Company
Of New Jersey, established few years ago,
present to the visitor many of those novel
features in the application of machinery
which appear to be characteristic of nearly
every industry in the United States. Graph
ite of great purity is found at Ticonderoga,
N. Y, both in the form suitable for the man
ufacture of crucibles and for the production
of what are enormously known as ''lead
pencils" This graphite is reduced in mills
to a fine impalpable powder, almost as mo-
bile as water, and making the fingers as
smooth as if they had been oiled. A process
of mixing with peculiar description of clay
is then used, according to the degree of
''hardness'. desired in the pencils; and the
substance having been reduced to dough
form, one of the most curious process of the
manufacture is seen. The dough is placed
in a cylinder, within which screw works a
well-ftting plunger, and at the bottom is a
plate having holes of the shape and size of
which the ''lead' is to be cut. As the coils of
tenacious metal issue from these holes, they
are cut up in lengths equal to three pencils,
Strengthened, 1attened and baked. 1t has
been found possible to run a coil 1000 feet
long without breaking; such length of un-
broken pencil material having been shown
by the Dixon Company at the Centennial Ex-
hihitiOn
Helena weekly herald., 1880-05-20
Helena, Montana, Thursday, May 20, 1880.
Tunnel Under the Hudson River.

The work on the tunnel under the Hudson
river, between Jersey City and New York,
is being pushed rapidly forward. A force OF
seventy men is employed, divided into three
gangs, who relieve each other alternately,
laboring day and night, Sundays and holi-
days, uninterruptedly. A progress of about
two feet per day is made, and will be increas-
ed to four feet as soon as arrangements are
completed for building narrow-guage track
up to the heading where the men are at work.
The soil through which they are now work.
ing is soft mud, and the difficulty heretofore
has been that it would cave in, which has
been remedied by the system of supplying
compressed air, whereby it is kept firm and
easily handled. A shaft is to be sunk on the
New York side some time during the
summer. No difficulty is apprehended in
carrying on the work except, possibly, near
the New York shore, where it will be neces-
sary to cut off the top of two beds of rock,
which is the only rock on the line of the tun-
nel twill be about twenty-five feet below
the bed of the river, and is to be lighted by
electricity. That part of it under the river
will be in two sections, about eighteen feet
in the clear, with room to accommodate sin
gle track railroad All connecting railroads
to have an equal right to have their passen-
ger and freight trains passed through the tun-
mel upon the same terms, but the tunnel will
be managed by the company. When COM
pleted 400 trains can pass through it daily.
At the last session of the New Jersey Legisla-
ture an extension of two years time for its
completion was granted, which became
necessary, owing to the legal difficulties the
enterprise encountered at the outset and since
surmounted. The capital stock of the COM
pany is $40, 900, 600, which was all subscribed
before the work was commenced. The
officers of the company are D. G. Haskins,
President; L. G. Fowler. Secretary; G. B.
Brush, Engineer, and J. F. Anderson, Sup
erintendent.
Helena weekly herald., 1880-05-20
Is Mars Inhabited.

There is no other planet of the solar sys-
stem, says Science for AH, which offers 80
close al analogy to the earth as Mars. The
telescope reveals to US the figures of broad
tracts of land and expanses of sea upon his
surface. The duration of his day and night
almost coincide with our own. His exterior
experiences the alternating seasons. His
nights are illumined by two satellites, which
present all the phenomena of our own moon,
and more frequently, owing to their greater
velocity. An atmosphere probably surrounds
this planet; in fact, the existence of air is
indispensable to his other features. Hence
the inference that Mars is habitable globe
appears very obvious and fair conclusion,
and it would be inconsistent to imagine that
this planet. provided apparently with all the
requisite natural facilities to render life a
necessary and desirable feature of his sur
face, is q sphere of desolation, mass OF in
ert matter, which, though conforming to the
useful end, as the abode and sustenance OF
animate creatures. 1t is far more in accor-
dance with analogy and rational speculation
to conclude that Mars is the center OF life and
activity, and that his surface is teeming with
living beings.