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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-09
THREE TOUGH TRAMPs.
A Book Agent, n Chrome PeddieI
and Another Humble but
More Respectable Genius.

A number Of observant and tor
mented people have suggested the idea
Of modernizing tho old couplet which
begins
"Hark. bark. harkl tho boggars are coming
to town;
Some in rags, some in tags, and some in
velvet gowns;
by interpelating the tramp, the book
agent and the chrome peddler in it
some way; insisting that they properly
belong there. The independence Of
these gentry is something phenomenal
and they seem to glory in it.
Hundreds of instances of their
audGcity ara related, but the expert
ence OF a Vance street lady one day
this week will suffice. The door bell
was violently pulled just after break
fast, and the caller demanded to see
the lady Of the house. Upon being
told she was not at home, he quietly
remarked he would try and amuse
himself in the library until she re-
turned, and walking through the open
door ensconsed himself in a cosy
chair before the fire. When the lady
entered he sprang up with the grace
full agility of the monkey and ex-
claimed:
"Ahl returned already How de-
lightful! You have a fine collection
Of books, madam, but it is not com
plete without the volume l have
here" aud he began rapidly unstrap-
ping his bundle.
II do not wish to see your book,
sir. have"
"Ohl you need not buy madame, i.
you do no wish to. l am not a beggarf
| represent a great house, and my in
structiOns are to deprive no one Of
glancing into this splendid work"
will you leave, sir? or shall l call
policeman" the lady said, and the
man drew a chronic sigh from the
toes Of his boots and reluctantly de-
parted.
Directly afterward some one tried 10
jerk the bell knob from its socket and
as the door opened the illuminated
proboscis Of a genuine tramp
poked itself in. A cavity under the
nose opened, aud a voice issued forth
saying: I'm a poor, lone man, mum,
and can't you give me aquarter to buy
summat to eat for my wife and six
starving children?"
At this ju%ncture an inquisitive old
bull dog, with a special aversion to
red noses and blue breeches, poked
his head in the back hall door, and
the girl mildly suggested he might
beat old ToWser to the front gate if be
we're to try right hard. The tramp
was seen half an hour afterward trying
to trim enough cloth off hi. coat tail
to put a new ceiling in his
breeches. During the day the door bel
was jingled twenty seven times, by
actual count, by seemingly endless
array Of book agents and sramps, each
more impudent than the last, and to-
ward evening a chrome peddleI
sneaked in the back gate, and when
the l,dy went down to give out supper.
she found him holding out something
at arms length and descanting upon
it to the cook as the most beautiful
picture Of an Italian sky ever painted.
1t was nothing more nor less than the
ceiling Of that tramp's blue breeche:
which had been cleverly stretched on
a frame. A splotch of clay near the
top did duty for the sun. This last
scamp was douced with boiling water
as soon as the cook learned the decep'
ton. and neaee raigned at last,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-09
NICE, FRESH AND SEASON,
ABLE

AQAE
Malaga Grapes, Raisins,
Dates, Figs, Prunes, CitrOn.
Currants, Lemon Peel,
Pitfed Cherries.
Dried RasPberries,
Dried BIackberries,
Peeled Peaches, EvapOrated
Apples.
GOLDEN SYRUPS,
New MOlasses, Maple Syrup,
Pure Strained Honey.
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR,
SeIC.rising and Plain,
Griddle Cake Flour,
CRUSHED INDIAN, for BREAK
FAST.
CREAMERY BUTTER.
Preserved Ginger, Shaker and
other Preserves,
Cranberry Sauce,
Calls Foot Jelly, Fruit Jellies,
In cans, buckets and glass.
EVapOrRted Vegetables Tor Soup,
LentiIs, Barley, Green Kern,
Split Peas, Green Peas, Rice,
MaearOni,V ermiceIli, WhitePeas
Navy Reans, Farina, COrnStarch,
TapiOca, Oatmeal,
Cracked Wheat, Lye HOminy,
Larabee's fine Cakes a. Crackers
Fresh Candy,
Pickle in bottles and barrels,
Stuffed Pippins, strictly nice,
Stuffed MangOes, do
Chocolate &Cream, do
SPICES FOR PICKLING,
Mustard Seed, Celery Seed,
Gloves, Ginger, Mace, Spice, Gin
namOn, Turmeric, Mixed Spices
NUTS.
Texas Pecans, Brazil Nuts,
Almonds, Filberts, English Wal
nuts, Roasted Peanuts,
ATMORE MINCE MEAT,
Apple Butter, Peach Butter,
AuAM DuttcEs rum uuNAAAlSs
CANNED FRUITS and VEGETA-
BLES.
ApricOts, Peaches, Blackberries,
Grapes, Bartlett Pearl,
GOOseberries, Pie Fruit, Pine
Apples, Egg Plum, Raspberries,
Strawberries, Pumpkin Custard
Asparagus, String aud Lima
Beans, WinslOw Corn, Golfer
Tomatoes, Okra, Peas, Squash,
SuccOtash, Okra and
Tomatoes, etc.
CONDIMENTS.
Lea & Perrin's Worcester Sauce,
Tomato CatsuP, Celery Salts,
Pepper Sauce, COlman'sMustard,
French Mustard by the pound,
Imported French Mustard
in toy jugs,
Capers, CurryPOWder, Olives,
Olive Oil, Salad Dressing, etc.
BUCKHAM G. CAMPBELL,
so BeaI street.
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POPULAR ADDITIONl
CHARLEY MEYERS, 30 Monroe,
has added a Restaurant
60 his welI-knOwn Saloon. ut
PERSONAL.

Shirts
Made to order.
Loeb & Nook, 235 Main. 55+
R j. Black, @. and NJ. of the Chan
Gerry Court, will sell tomorrow at
noon in front of the courthouse a va
cant lot on Main street north Of
Vance.
Another lot Of those fine French
corsets just received fromN EVIL rleans.
LIE Corset Ardee; lie Corset Tuileries,
and LIE Corset Louvre. Louis Lange's.
277 Main street. SGT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-09
H.A. TROMs,
FUNERAL UNDERTAKER,
Cor. Adams and Second SIS. 10l
CIemnnf. IA Renl Afreef.


y. Clement, Sc Beal Street,
Has the most complete stock for Fri
days and Saturdays. Red Snapper,
Reelfoot Lake Perch and Trout, bulk
Oysters, large or small. Finest New
York Counts. Il. B. Mallory & Co.'s
famous Arrow brand always to be
found here. Choice celery, quail,
squirrels, rabbits, snipe, mallard ducks,
wild turkeys and geese, venison sad
dies, roasts, hams or steaks--anything,
sold to suit customers. My goods are
received every day, consequently its
always fresh. Sc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-09
DO NOT GO 70
THE
Exposition Building

without a full supply of Sol coloman's
celebrated No. 10 cigars. They will hclp
you while away your time during the
progress of tho match.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-09

AT COST.
WIZ. FRANK & CO..

The two Waltons, who stirred up
the Buntyn Station neighborhood So,
some time since, are now serving their
term Of six months on the island, as a
penalty for their misdeeds.
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LRDGER h

Lye hominy, Lyle & Shields.
New chamber sets at Erich's.
Francisco's holiday hats, ga Main.
Choice Ky. butter at Martin Waits.
Oysters every style. Crystal Palace.
Brown & Jones, coal dealers, 2sz
Main street.
Prof. Saxby'sh hop tonight at Coch.
ran Han Ladies FREE
Five hundred punches ripe banuns,
for sale cheap at D. Canale & Cos.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-09
DUE HOUSE NOTES.

Nine arrests were made yesterday
and last night.
Diukie Sadie, a risky cOlored fe-
male, will be tried for a complication
of badness.
A bcggar named VIM. Rayburn was
sent to the island for forty days and
his bale fixed at $3.50.
r. NJ. Schuyler, who keeps a feed
store on Main street, was arrested yes
terday on Information that he had at
tempted to outrage a fourteen year old
girl who was employed as a domestic
in his mothers family.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-09
A full line Of Toilet Waters
and Cologne at
j. J. Niles Drug Store,
900 Main street. ut

Another Correction Wanted.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Please allow me to
rectify a mistake made in your state.
ment. as to the Lucy affair, last even.
ing. / accuse no parties in thS vicinity
Of Lucy.
The fact that my keys we're stolen
ought TO be sufficient evidence as Il
the men wanting money, aud not TO
frighten me.
The parties referred to are upright.
honorable men, aud arc above suspi.
cion Of any sort. J.E. QUINN,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-09
New Drug More.

Nc" drug otOEes
j. v. Handwerker & Co., No. 100 Main
st., nearW Washington, Drugs, Medicines
and Toilet articles. Prescriptions accu-
rately compounded Everything fresh.
Call md sec them. 30
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-09
Quick Voyage.

N&uACA
The fatboat j. NJ. Gregory, from
Caye-in- Rock, Ills, loaded with 1000
bushels Of peachblow potatoes, all in
fine order, arrived this forenoon, in
ninety hours, the distance being 1865
miles. The boat ia commanded by
Captain j. G. Barrett, With A. j.
Rutherford second in command. The
cargo is consigned to W. G. Powell
& Co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-09

300 bbls Of genuine sweet and pure
New York apple cider at lowest figures
at l9l] f. L. WARMERS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-09
Pun Ahead.

A six mile match, go-as-you-please,
has been arranged between a quartette
Of colored people, Silas Clayton, James
M DoWell, Abram Burris and another
man not a~sqersained. The contest will
doubtless create much enthusiasm
among the colored people.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-09
Mats S~Ianeuver.


Late last inight some one entered
the residence of Mr.. George B. Peters
on Lauderdale street and stole an over
coat and two hats from the rack. The
theft was reported to the police who
found the stolen articles at a pawnbro-
ker's. The broker gave a good de-
scription of a thief known as Mat
Riley, who was arrested and sent to
jail this forenoon in default of bond.
CHOICEST FRESH OYSTERS,
Choicest Drinks OF ali kinds.
CHARLEY MEYERS, 35 Monroe.
ut
Dressed Turkeys and Chickens
Fine Celery,
Dueks, Rabbits and Squirrels
fine assortment OfFish,
at
III. SEESSEL, SIR, a. SON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-09
Cut Jet Beads for making chains
ust received at the Jet Palace. got
PILSNER EXPORT BEER,
FRITZ,s SALOON, 3I6 Main, b

The clock sensation on Poplar
street continues to enliven the resi-
dents of that thoroughfare with its
strange movements. In the room
where it belongs, or out upon the
street, it rattles away and strikes its
gong in the most mysterious manner,
answering questions for all and telling
many ofthings they never dreamed of.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-09
To the Wholesale Oyster, Fish
and Game.

Mr.. A. Segari, IT,, Is now connected
with the house Of s. Clement, Sc Beal
street, in the capacity Of solicitor.
All orders entrusted to him shall meet
with prompt attention and filed with
best stock. 95t
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KAHN d
Corner Main and PODlar.

AAItN a FkSEkBEhC,
Corner Main aud Poplar.
D0LMANSl D0LMANSl DOLMANSl
81 and Co. beautiful beaver Dolmans, IS
81 80. Ladies Chinchilla Circulars, 81 50
81. listers, beautiful Cass. listers, "a
Doc. Ladies' heavy Undervests, SOC.
15c. Beautiful finest 8 in, bonnet rib.
bon, 15c.
Sc for scarlet aud light blue gro,
grains, &c.
KAHN g. FREIBE1G,
Corner Hain and Poplar.
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WADE's SPECIALITY
Pants 20 order, Eve dollars.
satisfaction guaranteed.
II. w u o.,
aS North Court street. 80
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LOST.

"WEDNESDAY, Decea.brr7. 1881, liver and
w white-spoited span q bitch pet, named
Nell" A liberal regard will be paid for her
7 return p Q N. 0-gill Bros. & Co. s6ss
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%HnLLEMREnG pIAnnS

THE BESPIR THE MARKET,
No. 229 Hain Street, Memphis, Tenn.
Piano and Organ TUBING and Repairing
done under ny personal attention By superior
and skillful workmen express y engaged By
me All work warranted
1921 III. q. HOLLVNBEpG
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PILSNEK EXPORT BEER,
FRTTz's SALOON, sIe Main. 8
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on

A BOUT two weeks ago, . large black aud
n white spotted Newfoundland Dog. Re-.
turn him 10 So POnt0tOc street and be reward.
ed. R5gT MRS RI.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-09

as cts. worth so cts. per pound.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-02-17
The Ladies Wanted Some Breakfast.

A few years ago steamer drew into
the Bay of Naples with lot of pas
sengers among whom were small
party of Americans. The night had
been rough, and the ship was behind
time. 1t was II o'clock already, and no
breakfast. The stingy captain had re-
solved to economic. A stout, quiet
man with stout hickory stick, went to
the captain, and begged for little
coffee, at least for the ladies. The cap
tain turned his back futtered his coat
tails in the face Of the stout, quiet man
and walked up his deck The stout,
quiet man followed and still respect
fully begged for something for the
ladies, who were faint with hunger.
Then the captain turned and threaten
ed TO put him in irons at the same
time calling his officers around him.
The stout man with the stout stick very
quietly proceeded to thrash the cap
tain. He thrashed him until he could
not stand; and then thrashed every
officer that cared to show his face, as
well as half the crew. Then he went
down and made the cook get breakfast.
This was an old Californian, "Dave
Cotton" as we used to call him up at
Yreka. OF course an act like that was
punishable with death almost Piracy
on the high SEAS" and all that sort of
offense was charged; and / know not
how much gold it cost to heal the
wounded head and dignity of the cap
tain of the ship. But this Californian
neither knew or cared for the law.
He had little party of ladies with him
and he would not see them go hungry.
He would have that coffee if it cost him
his head. Dear Dave Coltonl / hear
he is dead now. We first got acquaint-
ed at Yreka while shooting at each 9TH
er.-Joaquin Miller, IN the Californian.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-02-17
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

WHILE in attendance on the United
States court, at Fort Smith, on the 18th
inst, Isham Carter and daughter were
drowned in the Poteau river.
DAMAGE of nearlw $4,000 has been in
iiicted by fire on the town of Walnut,
lowa.
THE proprietors of the wooden mills at
Trithn. O.. have made an assignment, their
liabilities being $4,000.
4 MAD dog at Charleston H., attacked
several persons, on the 9th inst, and was
killed after biting ex-Marshal Bowling.
Mrs TAYLOR, an aged lady of Harlem,
ILL.,, set her clothing on fire at the stove,
on the 9th inst, and was so horribly burn
ed that death soon ended her sufierings
THE rains in California are the most
destructive ever known on the Pacific
coast. The country flooded Is wheat
ground
THE county schools around Oconomo-
wee, Wis, have been closed on account of
measles, and the disease is spreading in
the city.
THE rear portion Of New Orleans is I'M
der wafer. and the levees are very weak.
4 committee TO distribute provisions will
be appointed.
An express train on the Cheshire all
road ran into freight near Fitzwilliam,
\. H., on the 18th inst. The engineer.
John Dawson. leaped from the locomotive
and broke his neck.
AT Port Jarvis, y. Y. a party of la
borers went upon spree Monday night.
One was frozen dead, and the hands and
feet of some of the others were so badly
frozen as to have to be amputated. The
accident is entirely TO drunkenness.
The rise in the Kansas river at Kansas
City has thoroughly alarmed the citizens.
1t is predicted that unless five bridges
give way to the ice a gorge will ensue
that will do vast damage. Some fear that
the Hannibal railroad bridge will topple
when the ice breaks in the Missouri.
THIS three-y ear-old child of Charles B.
Mc Alvey, of jackson, Mich, was scalded
ON the llsh inst, from which it has died.
The mother of the little one left pail of
hot water on the floor The child sat
down in the pail and was literally cooked.
JAMES CRANE, Of Des Moines, Iowa,
while walking on the Rock Island track
rear the corporation limits, was instantly
killed on the 18th inst by the Unbound
passenger. His body was terribly man.
sled, the fragments being scattered along
the track. He was an old, wealthy, and
much esteemed citizen.
The weight Of snow and the withd rawal
of supports caused the south wall of the
old portion of the Lake Shore depot at Buff
falo TO fall, on 10th inst. the roof burying a
train. A FIRE alarm was rIng, and the work
Of extrieating victims of the accident
commenced at once. The bodies of Captain
Eurnes and Henry Walters we're soon
found. ans soon afterward the mangled
corpse eff William Wells. The remains
Of two others were recovered at a later
hour. There we're several cases of miracu-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-02-17

A MEETING of heavy capitalists in
the interest of the new trunk line rail
way project between New York and the
west took place i'll New York city re-
Gently In fifteen minutes S13, 5000
was subscribed, ard 10 per cent. of that
sum was paid in toward the capital
stock Tie new company, which is
known rs the New York, Chicago and
Louis railway company, has been or
ganized under the laws cf the state of
Indiana, with an authorized capital of
$4,000. 600. The route from Cleveland
west has been surveyed, and the con-
tract for construction has been
awarded to Brown, Hard & Co., of Chi
cago. The main line is to run from
Cleveland to Chicago a distance o
$40 miles, or fifteen miles shorter than
the present Lake Shore and Michigan
southern route. This is to be con-
structed during the present year. The
company has purchased fifty-six
miles of the Wabash Canal, which
gives it right-ofway $50 feet broad
through the city of Fort Wayne. At
Fort Wayne junction, twenty miles
west of Fort Wayne. branch is to
leave the main line and go to st. Louis,
a distance of S25 miles. This is to be
finished by July, 1882. Both lines are
to be constructed of the best materials.
with sixty pound steel rails, and are to
be equipped in the most thorough man
uer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-02-17
46th Congress.

SATURDAY., Feb. 5.-!Sessate.-A joint resolution
was passed inviting the government and the peo-
pie Of France and the family Of Lafayette TO join
the United States in the Yorktown centennial cell
ebration. and $40, 900 was appropriated.
Sen. Davis (Ili.) presented a resolution from the
board Of agriculture Of Illinois urging the passage
of law on the subject Of infectious diseases
among the animals in the United States.
The following oils were passed.
For the erection Of public building st Quincy,
Illinois.
Authorizing survey of parts Of certain town
ships in Crawford county, Wisconsin. and making
an appropriation therefor.
To grant the corporate authorities Of Council
Bluffs, Iowa, for public uses, Carr Lake.
Relative t. the erection Of monumsnt at Wy
andotte Mission. Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
To establish additional land districts N Kansas.
E}osse--Mr. Bieknell as privileged question,
called up the senate Concurrent resolution for
counting the electoral votes Alter an interesting
debate Of several hours the resolution passed BY
vote Of 100 yeas 10 u nays.
The apportionment bill was then taken up. and
CoIeriek took the floor in support of the bill Of the
majority, eonten1ing that there was nothing par
tisan In its provisions and by it more people
would be represented than by the bill Of the
minority.
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How she got into the Department

Atlanta (tTa) Repubhean.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-One bright
morning last Spring the Hon. John
Sherman was sitting in his office when
suddenly Il bright-haired, pretty girl
| dashed into his presnce She was APP
parently 16, and had about her an air
| of business which even the cold gaze
of the Ohio statesman could not trans
form irtO maiden fright or furry.
| Deliberately taking a seat, the girl
said: d" Mr.. Sherman, have come here
to get place" There are none va
cant, was the reply. " know you can
give me place if you want to, and |
think ] am as much entitled to it as
anybody. My father spent his life in
the United States Army, and when he
died he left nothing The responsible
ty ofthe family is on me, and | think
I've got as good a claim as any one else
on the Government. " What kind ola
place do you want?' i don't care what
it is, but must have work at once. "
Mr.. Sherman assured her that were ten
applicants for every one place, and
there was very little chance. She very
deliberately told him that such an an
swer wouldn't do and declared that
if he would allow her she would come
up every day and black his shoes, if he
couldn't do better for her. The Secre-
tary was struck with her determine
ton and charmed by her bright face
and her sprightly manner. He told
her to come back. In less than week
she had good place in the Treasury,
which she still holds. Every morning
she walks to the department with the
step of business little woman who is
proud that her delicate hands can be
the support of others. She receives
800 a month and supports in comfort
her mother and sister This brave,
bright young woman is Miss May Ma
cauley. formerly of Atlanta, Her father
was Lieutenant in the Eighteenth
Infantry.
Annie Louise Cary was announced
to sing at Pittsburg one night, not long
ago. The critics of the local press high
" praised her singing the next morn
ing. Before the day was over it tran
spired that she had been taken i'll, and
was unable to sing at all, and that a
chorus singer had taken her place. The
substitute at once struck for increase
of salary.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-02-17

1T is reported that strange and
malignant disease has broken out
among some Of the large herds Of cat
tie on the plains in New Mexico, caus-
ing the death Of hundreds daily. The
authority for the statement is J. G.
Mccoy, Of the L. s. census depart
ment, who has lust arrived at Topeka,
Kansas. from New Mexico. BY request,
Mr.. Mccoy addressed the Kansas
house of representatives upon the sub
iect, stating that the stock interest of
Kansas and the west would be leopard
lied by any further spread of the dis
ease northward, and urging the legisla-
ture TO request congress for an imme-
date scientific inves igation of the
disease, It's cause and remedy. Mr.. Nc
Coy said the malady originated on the
southern line of New Mexico and was
sweeping the cattle off like grass be
fore a prairie fire. In pursuance of
his suggestion, resolutions were nitro
duced asking congress to provide for q
thorough investigation 1t is thought
probable that the legislature will es-
tablish dead-line that will prevent the
southern cattle from crossing into Kan