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fi}ulY. sUailf 3xc1pt sundays, =.
NlTE-fnlIinsn s!o1pinK Carr f!nEn Ch!cxsg o. st.
With ra.9!r!nH chain. t:hie.x1 to " L1a.s. ana ~:
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ChtcnXo. Kock 1alAnd 4. Th1lfl1 Railroad.
Depot. corer OF Van tiureu and HhoF1nan-ss r!gxss
tjltcea, tG clark.s Sherman llDuAe Pa1nne H0u1e,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30
ATLANTA LETTER.
Exposition Drawing 10 a Close
HxbiDitOrs Indignant.

ATLANTA, Ga, DECEMBER %, 1881.
EDIToR LEDGER: The great cotton
Exposition is coming to a close, and
to use a (profanc) classic expression,
there is 81 to pay in Georgia"
among the exhibitors, and principally
amongst those who have drawn prizes,
TIE judges awards, as a class, being a
mass, Of unintel!igible jargon. To a
person only versed in the English
language it would be easier 10 dccipher
the hieroglyphics on Cleopatra's
needle than to arrive at
any sane conclusion from
their awards as they are handed in.
Let me give you two or three samples.
The judges on leather betting
gave an exhibitor an award, in
which, after stating the general excel.
lency of his betting, they state that it
is for the superiority Of the grip on the
pulley, thereby decreasing the per cen
tage of grip. In another case, in the
traction engine contest, one Of the
engines had to stop on account Of
chips getting under the check valve
when the mechanical solon declared
that tho engine had his executive set
wrong and be was pumping the water
out of his boiler into the tank. Still
another jury Of oranks awarded a gold
medal to a machine which was not on
exhibition or even on the grounds.
An irate exhibitor ventilates him
self in this evenings Post-Appeal, in
which he says he was awarded a gold
medal, but the awards have been so
changed since they left the judges
hands that their parents would moi
now know them, and he is asked tc
pay $40 for his medal, which he re
fuses TO do, as he does not now know
what it is for.
The attendance has been much
smaller this week than was autici-
pated; every one is getting restless
and anxious to get away.
The Exhibition is to close with
prayer on Saturday. / hope VennOl
win send us a "gulley washer onthat
day to cool the atmosphere, as the all
is getting sultry with the breathing
and profanity Of exhibitors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30

The act remained in force for more
than twenty years, when George is
first Parliament heightened its own
existence and that Of all subsequent
Parliamonts. The House which passed
the septennial act lasted seven years
all but eleven days-March q, 1715,
TO March 10, 1872. Since then con-
stitutional, as distinguished from legal
practice, has forbidden the duration
Of Parliaments beyond a period Of
much more than six years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30
SHGGd, Greene & Houston,
Attorneys -at-Law
80 Madison st.,
MEMPHIS, F: TENNESSEE.
gu
on-R4sIdsni

No. l2Ss-In the Chancory Court Of Shelby
county, Tenn.-James Paine ct al vs.. Alex.
MoNeill ct al.
IT appearing from the bill in this eaute,
i which is sworn to, that the defendants,
Alex Mcneil, Thes S Sullivan, John W Allen
and bis wife, Amelia Allen, we're when last
heard Of non-residents Of the State Of Tennes-
sec; that II Is not known now whether they
are dead or alive, If dead the names and
places Of residence of their heirs are unknown
and cannot DO ascertained after diiisent
iDluiry; IL is therefore ordered that all Of
said parties above named or their heirs-at-laW
make their appearance herein, at the court
house Of Shelby county, in Memphis, Tenn,
on or before the first Monday In February.
1882, and plead, answer OF demur to complain
ant bill, or the same will be taken for con-
fessed as to them and set for hearing ex-
parte: and that a copy Of this order be pub
lished once a week for four successive weeks
in the Public Ledger.
This 2lst day Of December. 1881.
A oopy-Attest:
RI. BLACK. Clerk and Master.
By B McliEsRY, d. O. h III.
W Strong, EOPr for cOmplt. "a l03 100 ll0
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30

zens. Since work was begun on the
Memphis and Vickaburg railroad vast
bodies OF land In the rich Yazoo delta
have been sold, and every acre Of real
estate In the valley feels the cheering
effect Of the good time coming. All
in the world tho people Of Mississippi
need 10 do is to be industrious, just,
honorable and tolerant 10 start a boom
that will benefit every good citizen.
In this connection the work before
tho next Legislature Is exceedingly
important. Everything done should
be in opposition TO narrow Bourbon
ism and in the direction Of a broad,
liberal conservatism. Dsmar should
be unanimously rc-elected to the
United States Senate. That act will
have q significance that will aid the
boom. In addition 10 securing the
services Of q wise and experienced
statesman, IL adyertises to the world
that Mississippi as a whole prefers
conservatism to Bourbonism.
A liberal railroad policy should bo
continued. Very little attention
should be paid to the old stage coach
howlers, who appeal to the s~elfshness
and cowardice Of the people. The
people are fullyIable TO tackle the
Fearful" question of controlling the
railways after they get the railways
Before a good cook prepares the hare
fer dinner the hare must be caught
Mississippi has not more than one.
tenth the railroads needed, and it is
wise for tho Legislature to
bear this fact In mind.
The railways in the State are
displaying a laudable desire to reduce
the freight and passenger rates and as
the State becomes more thickly set
tied and the roads in better condition
and more thoroughly equipped, there
will be but little Of the question left
to settle. In point Of fact the inter
est Of railways is bound up in that OF
the people.
In general legislation some plain,
honest changes are needed. All class
and race legislation should berepealed,
snd the develish Returning Board
that is full Of hell shouldbe abolished.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30
Table ETIQUETTE.
.incinnati Fair journal

Cincinnati Fair JOurnal.l
tits with view of ele7ating the pop
ular taste and etherealizing so to speak,
the manners and customs Of our
readers, that We give below a few hints
upon table etiquette.
Macaroni should be cut into short
pieces and eaten with an even, grace.
icl motion-not absorbed by the yard.
Oranges are held on a folk while be-
ing peeled, and the facetious style Of
squirting the juice into the eye Of your
host is "au revoir.p
Stones in cherries and other fruit
should not be placed on the tablecloth
but slid quietly and unostentatiously
into the pocket Of your neighbor, OF
n~oiselessly tossed under the table.
Ifby mistake you drink out Of your
6nger-bowl, laugh heartily and make
some facetious remark, which will
change the course Of conversation and
renew the friendly feeling among tho
members of the party.
In drinking wine, when you get tC
the bottom of your glass, do not throw
your head back and draw your breath
like the exhaust Of a bath-tub 10 order
to get the last drop, as it engenders 9
feeling of the most depressing melan-
chOly among the guests.
Ii you cannot accept an invitation
TO supper, do not write your regrets OF
the back of pool check with a blu,
led pencil. This is not regarded al
"ricochet." A simple note to you
host informing him that your washer
woman refuses to relent is sufficient.
On seatingyourselfat the table draw
of your kid gloves and put them il
your lap under your napkin. Do mo-
put them in the gravy, as it would sol
tho gloves and cast a gloom over tn
gravy. IL you have just cleaned you
gloves with benzine you must leav,
them out in the front yard.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30
A Surprised Policeman.

From the Cleveland Pross.l
Talk about bold bank burglarics,
said a member OF the police force this
morning, "the sliskest steal | ever
heard Of was the robbery Of a bank
down in Rhode Island, six or seven
years ago. 1t was a bitter cold night
and a night patrolman noticed a dim
light in the bank window, and going
up to the door, raped.
sis hat you, patrolman 2 asked q
voice from within.
"'Yes, was the reply.
Step in and get a heat, said the
voice from within. The patrolmar
stepped inside and encountered a
dapper little fellow wearing a green
shade over his eyes and a pen behind
his ear.
You're working late tonight,
said the patrolmau.
"'Yes, said the dapper little Eel.
low. I've been declined tonight
Strengthening up accounts.
1.-THE patrolmad warmed himself al
the roaring big fire that blazed on the
hearth, and went out again on hi'
beat. An hour after the patrolmar
came that way, and still eeeing th.
light through the widow, raped
again.
Is that you, patrolman ?
Eyes
"'Come in and warm YOURSELF
"The patrolman accepted the inyi-
tatiOn.
lisa bowling cold night, said
the man %ith the green shade over bis
eyes.
"'You bet said the patrolman. So
be took another heat and returned 10
his beat. lie was rather surprised
next day "a learn thst Bis Greridf
friend OF the night before bad gOi
away with soree $50 900 Of the banks
funds"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30

making things very warm for the cor
r~uptionists in office in Cook caccty,
Illinois.
Edward Remand, Of Chicago, lately
playfully pounded one Of Uncle Sans
letter carriers. For this Edward will
have to pay 500 audcosts for his little
amusement. -,
A long session Of Judge Lynch's
court IS tho only remedy for the many
yillainous violations Of law daily dis.
gracipg Chicago. A few hurried
hanging would do an immense
amount Of good, and the quicker the
remedy il applied the sooner a perma-
pent cure would be effected.
Broke his mock BY q fall. This was
the recent untimely fate Of MI. j. W.
Hawley, a talented lawyer Of Chicago.
Chloreform wound UP the career Of
Mr.. Draper, a merchant. Of Hammond
Station, Indiana. He was having his
teeth operated upon in Chicago, and
requested the dentist 10 administer
chioroform. This was done in the
presence Of q physician. He went to
sleep. 1t is to be.hoped he woke up in
heaven.
Over $4,000 went into the Chicago
Treasury this year from dog licenses
A handsome surprise attracted
Father Terry, pastor Of st. Patrick's
church. Chicago, a few days ago.
What was il? At enc time
he was dean" Of Ottawa
Canada. As a reminder Of this, the
priests Of the deanery visited Chicago
and presented His Reverence, with a
solid gold chalice, a pair Of blooded
horses and a carriage, and an ostenso-
rum and a ciborium.
To-day has been as balmy as a day
in May, but the signs Of the times
f~oreshadow a heavy fall Of snow, fol-
lowed by a January thaw Of consider
able dimensions. NAYR
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30
TRUTH ATTEsTED.
Some Important Statements
Of Well Known People
Wholly Verified.

In order that tho public may fully realize
the gonuincneaB Of Che etafcmentl a. wei Y
the power and value Of tho article o. Which
they speak, wo publish herewith me 40
s~igEstures Of parties whose sincerity
if beyond question. The truth Of there testi-
moniala 10 abaoluto, nor can the facts thcy an
DO ignorods
MEHFms. Tenn, April q, lsdV
Messrs. II. IL. Warner 4 Co;
GknrLrnKE-I have hoen a sufferer .rom my
infancy With disease Of the kidneys, and have
expended q great deal Of my hard earned
wages with phyalciana and AZ various springs
In search Of relief. None did me any good.
Finally, after reading several Testimonials Of
the Safe Kidney and LIVER Curo, j concluded
TO Try It, and aftor having used four bottles
found that / had been entirely cured. and am
To-day as streng and healthy as any enc.
have not seen any testimonials from any onD
10 this section Of the country, and on this
account send mine y~Qluntarily, hoping thnt
some ono Affected with this dangerous disease
may sce IL and be induced 10 try II. II u tho
most wonderful medicine i have ever seen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30
AHUNrER OF THE GUNNIAON.
Why Hostile Indians Never Mo.
Tested the Hero Of the sangse
dc Christie.


Denver News.
Among those who drifted hither in
80, during the Pixies Peak excite
ment and who have remained as hunt.
ers or p~rospeotors. is MOecasin Bill,
still living in his cabin in the Sangre
De Christie Mountains. At tile age of
fifty years this man is as straight and
active as at twenty, and when he min
gles with other men-a rare occur
rence-he towers above them like some
giant among Lilliputians. His long
hair falls over his shoulders and de-
scends nearly 10 his waist in natural
curls, NOW SLIGHTLY tinged with gray,
while a beard that has knowrno razor
for thirty years sweeps bis breast
Many years ago he established a hunt
ing camp in the Gunnison country.
Having exeavated a hole in the side
of a Hill and having completed a warm
and secure retreat he was prepared to
pass the winter and brave the perils Of
that season OF the year. He had 10
Gated a series Of traps, and daily he
plodded through the snow TO secure
any animals that might have been
captured and to replenish his larder
by bringing down such game as might
be obtained. As the winter advanced
the snow became deeper, and spread
over the mountains and valleys to the
depth of many feet.
While making his daily round one
day, and while staggering along with a
bundle Of furs on his back and his
rife on his shoulder, he heard a cry,
faint and weak, yet still a call for help
With true frontier courage he re.
sponded to the appeal, and ore ions
found, halt buried in the snow ant
nearly persisted, an Indian. With in
finite difficulty he conveyed the saw
age to his cabin and there nourishet
him back to strength. This Indial
had secretcd himself upon the trail 0
the hunter With the avOwed purpos,
of killing him, but had succumbed Il
the cold and was rescued by the mai
he had sought to STAY.
Before leaving his benefactor he un
bosomed himself and while ~relatin
his story pleaded for pardon. Iii
b~enefacter knew full well the objec
the one he had rescued had in view
buthad nobly saved him from a nor
rible fate. The savage and would-b
murderer departed from the cabin Q
his beneiactor with a changed hear
and returned TO his tribe, where b
related his adventure. From that da
the hunter was honored by the Indi
ans and many days we're spent in thei
wigwams by one whom they had ha
once sought to destroy. His traI
were never molesled and when be lei
for the settlements he carrisd wit
him the love Of his savage neighborl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30
The Buvfness Mans Hest Friend

Mr. c. L. Oudesluys, a leading i'm
porter Of Baltimore, has stated that
nothing has done his dyspepsia, indi-
gestion, etc., SO much good as that
most wonderful of all tonic aud reviy-
ing medicines-Brown Iron Bitters.
Just think Of it: at a supper the other
night, although a chronic ~dyspeptic,
he says be ate, at II o'clock, fried
oysters, chicken salad and ice cream,
after which taking a dose Of Iron Bit
tiers, however spent a more pleasant
night, with no dyspeptic symptoms in
the morning.
S. Mansfield & Co W. N. Wilker-
son & Co., and G. W. Jones & Co.,
Wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30
OPEN.
A Railway Across the Continent
by the Southern Route.
speeial . Ii. LILlIs ROE Galstte.l

Special 10 the Little Rock Gazstte,l
SAN FRANcIsco, December d
President Fillmore, Of the Southern
Pacific. announces that the FIRST
through train for New Orleans will
leave here Friday next, and that prob
ably o train will start west from New
Orleans the same day.
ST.. LOUIS, December 2S.-The FIRST
through train from st. Louis to San
Francisco, via the Iron Mountain
Texas & Pacific and Southern
Pacific, or what will be known
as the Triple Pacific line, will
leave here Sunday morning next at
8 o'clock. A train will also leave here
via the Missouri Pacific, and the Mis-
souri,, Kansas a Texas, and connect
with the above through train at Fort
Worth, Texas. G. S. Stebbins, gen
eral ticket agent Of the Union Pacific
w. i. White, general passenger agent
Of the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe.
aud b. w. Mccullough, Of the pas.
seneer department Of the Texas 4
Pacific, have been in consultation
here with Frank Chandler, genera.
passenger agent Of the Southwestern
system, yesterday and to-day, relative
to rates by the triple line, but the re-
suit has not yet ~tTanspired. II is moi
likely, however, chat there will be any
material difference in the passenger
fare from that charged on northern
routes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30
Ison.RssIdonf Moueo.

county, Tenu.-H s Hale and wife vs. G r
Vaughan etal.
TT appearing from affidavit in this causet that
i the defendants, CIR Vaughan, VIM o Rad
clifo, George L Wel.h and his wife, Mary u
Welsh, arc non-rosiden9 OF the state Of Ten
nessoe, II Is therefore ordered that they make
their appearance herein, at the courthouse Of
Shelby county, In Memphis, Tenn, on OF
before the first Monday In February, 1882, and
plead, answer or demur to complainant bill,
or the sams viii BE- taken for confessed % TO
them and sot for bearing ex-parte, and that
q c0py Of this order be published once 4
week FOR four suscegsive weeks In the Public
Ledger.
This 10th day Of December. 1881.
A copy-Attest;
r J BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By r B McHEyRY, Deputy Clerk and Master.
Motcalf x Walker, soils for oompl't.
81 az Tni ia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30
The DiOscOpe.

Eiectrelan.l
By aid Of the dioseopo, an ingenious
instrument brought TO public notice
during the Partisan Electrical Con-
gress, patrons Of the drama will hence
forth be able to see as well as hear
their favorite operate and histrionic
artists without moving a yard from
home The apparatus consists Of a
small objective lens, fixed in a po-
sition commanding the stage Of some
theater, and connected by an electric
wire with a liminutive white glass
plate, which may be framed and set in
the panel OF a private drawing room
however distant from the play house
in question. fetal darkness having
been obtained in the room furnished
With a ~dioscope, a perfect picture Of
the stage, its scenery, actors, and so
forth, faithful in colors and absolutely
reproducing the whole performance,
will become visible upon the surface
Of the glass plate. Supplemented by
q telephone communicating with the
theater, the dioscope viii therefore
enable its owner to spend bis evening
a. the opera in dressing gown and
Shippers, seated at home 10 an easy
chair.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30
Alter An Else Failed.

ATLANTA, GA, Feb %, 1881.
II. Il. Warner & Co Sirs-I OK
hausted all other remedies for kidney
and liver diseases, only to find com
plete cure 10 your Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure.
S. CHAMBERL AIN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30

Two Young Men Killed In
Granger County.
speoIeI 70 The AmsiIean.l

spociel 10 the Amefican.l
KNOXVILLE, December 28.-News
has just reached here Of a tragedy
which occurred in Granger county
Saturday night, near Kincaid's ferry,
in which two young men named Con-
ORA were shot and killed BY 4 sixteen
year old boy named Cardwell. Card
we'll and one Of the Condra boys wero
at a party and had a difficulty. Cen.
dra left and soon returned with his
brother, and the two commenced to
quarrel with Cardwell. Cardwell
drew his pistol and shot them both.
One fell dead, shot through the heart,
with pistol in hand. The other lived
till next day. Oardwell escaped.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30
DR.. ROsenhaur's Assassination

DIR. ROsenhaur's Assassination.
Special Little Rock Gszetto.l
PINE BLUFF, December 28.-There
are further developments in regard TO
the murderer or m%urderers of Dr.C.H
Rosenhaur. Two negroes were ar
rested on suspicion, but we're dis
charged. The theory of one of our
best dcte ctives is hal he was killed
for money and net for the purpose Of
revenge rs alleged against the China
man. The day he was killed it was
understood that be was to receive two
hundred dollars from George Atkins,
q prominent planter and n~eighboT.
And in support Of this theory, it is
stated that the murderer took only
the doctors pocketbook, leaving his
diamond pin and gold watch on the
person of his victim, and said articles
are now iB the hands Of the Sheriff.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-30
. STRANGE STORY.
n ny,ug IndIsn UBraTcis q mys-
sery which Desolated q
Happy Home.

An Ottawsy dispatch states that an
I'D and well known ludlan, who has
iast died. before his death made a
confession which entirely cleared up
what had been a painful mystery for
a full half century.
Fifry ~.,ars ago Nicholas Garland, a
uioneer. took a tract OF land situated
n what Is now the township Of Beck
will. In the county Of Lanark. built a
cabin upon II and proceeded 70 clear
svav the dense forest standing upon
the tract. At that time be had a wife
and one small child, a very pretty
little girl, named Alice.
One day Alice did not return from
the edge Of the clearing where she had
been PLAYING with two other children.
An alarm was raised, and all the
woodsmen in the country Whereabouts
Joined in a search which lasted for
many DAYS, but resulted in no clue to
the missing child, and the genera YER
dict arrived at By the hunters was that
Alice had been carried off and devour-
"a by one Of the bears with which the
country then abounded. This c%oDelu,
sion seemed to be corroborated BY the
discover Of some clean, small bones
a few months afterwards in a deep
hollow a couple Of miles from Gar
lands cabin. They were gathered
carefully together and buried BY the
father and mother Of Alice near their
home, all the people for miles around
attending the funeral, which was the
first ever held in that section blythe
whites.
The loss Of her child and the Ter
rible strain Of the long suspense aud
the ghastly discovery subsequent,
broke down the strong constitution Of
Mrs. Garland, and she died Of a broken
heart not long after the funeral. Mr..
Garland, after his wiles death, be-
came hard and a%scetic, never referred
70 his trouble. never associated with
his neighbors, and has ever since lived
a hermit in the cabin he first built.
This old Indian, who died yesterday,
however. says that he saw Alice on
that day when she was playing with
her companions on the clearing, be-
camo fascinated with her childish
beauty, and carried her away and
raised her "a one OF his own lsmily.
When she became marriageable she
was thoroughly lHdianized. and her
abductor managed to have her married
to one of his sons She is now living
in Bruce county and is the mother Of
a large family. She has never shown
that she had any recollection Of her
parents or home, and appears 10 be
happy. The dying Indian said hat SO
well had she been cared for that be
believed no one could now convince
her Of her real origin or induce her to
change her lot, and BIO added that nc
q but himself and the son who
married her was rel made acquainted
with her history.
The confession is believed to be
true, and has caused a profound SEN
sation.
By contracting a severe cough and
cold, | was compelled to give up my
daily work and keep to the house. A
neighbor recommended me TO try a
bottle of Dr. Bulls cough syrup; il
was procured and used; to my aston
ishment relief wasinstantaneous.
EDw. w. CLAYTON,
Wouo.l- Ma