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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-21

1nnrfhOuse Notes.

The grand jury failed to see any
thing peculiarly attrOciOuS in the con-
duct Of those Cuba desperadoes and
could not find a true BILL.
Prisoners cannot be sent to the
Presidents island workhouse now, on
account Of the floating ice. The
county Jail now contains some forty
odd prisoners, nine of whom are held
in custody for Upton county.
The number of divorces applied for
in the chancery court seems to be di-
minishing, though a desirable result is
generally obtained. The curious and
scandal lovers among us eagerly peruse
tho sickening details Of the disap-
pointed love Of private individuals
whenever published.
Public Administrator League is be-
ginning 10 whoop EN- up. He has
been examined into the books Of the
late public administrator and poking
around for deposits fails to find any.
In the case Of w. J. B. Lonsdale he
has moved for an execution against
Andcrson's suretics Others will
follow.
Deeds from W. II. aud S. j. Newell
to T. J. Stephens, and from T. D.
Craighead ct al to D. @. Preston, we're
recorded to-day. SIS. Patton and Miss
Alice NJ. Burleigh, were licensed to
marry yesterday, and one colored pair
this forenoon.
Late yesterday evening IN assign
ment was made by Morrison i Humes,
druggists on Main street, corner Of
Adams. J. L. Goodloe is appointed
assignee. The amount Of indebted
ness is put down at 4,796.43, divided
between various creditors in this city,
New York and St. Louis.
A couuterfeiting case occupied the
attention Of the United States circuit
court. Tho offender is a woman, Mrs
De Quillefeldt. Al the last term Of
the court her husband was convicted
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Dressed Turkeys and Chickens,
Red snappers,
Lake Erie Salmon,
Choice Table Butter.
n. SEEsSEL, SIR, & SON,
Corner Jefferson aud Second.
Police Points.

Three charges Of vagrancy on the
police docket to-day.
Friedlaoder was discharged this
forenoon. Attempt to swindle7 not
a charge.
Jerry Myers is in for stealing a
chisel and gauge and scme clothing.
Madison Glover, in whose possession
a horse was found under rather sus
picious circumstances, awaits invcsti-
cation in the calaboose.
The five fighters arrested BY Bren-
nan the other night, will not be tried
until Monday. The principle witness
has departed; or, elegantly, she has
"yamoosed."
A debonair bootblsck's fondness for
the weed led him to break into Vac
caro's cigar stand Thursday night, but
he was captured before be succeeded
in a~bstracting anything. A charge Of
trespass was sustained against him
and he leaves for the island to-day to
remain two hundred days.
An old drunken bag named Marga.
ret Wall was brought before the police
court this morning for the second time
this week. As usual she was intoxi-
Gated and crying pitegusly. As it
seems impossible to sober her any
other way, she was sentenced to forty
days on the island.
g. NJ. Norton, an Arkansian, arriv-
ed in the city yesterday, accompanied
by his family and another mans sad
die. The owner Of the saddle turned
up and Dir. Norton now languishes in
jail on a charge Of bringing stolen
property into the state.
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A soft spot in Willis Fuller head
saved him from the island this morn
iny. His mind is subject to the
moons changes; or, in other words,
he is a lunatic. This morning early
he crAwled out of bed and made a
fire, after which he undertook to pull
his wife out of bed by the heels.
Once or twice he has imagined him
self the champion pedestrian of Mem
phis and walked about the block in
which he lives for hours. He was
discharged.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-21

Advices from New Orleans to-day,
at noon, announced no cotton tele-
grams from Kew York or Liverpool
had been received. St. Louis is in the
same fix, and trouble among the wires
caused no cotton news from any quar-
ter, except New Orleans, at our cotton
exchange to-day.
The "Old Curiosity Shop one Of
Dickens best sketches, will be illus
tratei at the theater tonight, with
Lotta in two characters of directly OPP
posite type. Little Nell, whose career
is pictured by the great author, was
the saddest and most touching Of all
he ever drew and also the wild, roll
licking tomboy, entitled the Mar
chioness. Lolita can act both in the
most charming manner.
The Camilla Urso concert an
nounced for tomorrow night, prom
Uses to be a delightful musical enter
tainment. Nine. Urso is a great
artist, and this is her first trip to the
south since she was a little girl. In
the long ago, when Henrietta Sontag,
the great soprano sdkgstress, was here
with a concert troupe, away back in
1854, Camilla, then a little girl and a
musical prodigy, was a part of her
company. Only a few Of the present
citizens Of Memphis remember her.
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Social l1aatfmes.

1t was rather hard weather last
night, but this caused no delay or
pOstponement of pleasure parties. Pri-
vate citizens sat about coy fires in
their homes, Gr dropped in upon their
nearest neighbors to chat about the
execrable state Of the weather. The
younger members of society went to
the theater in moderate numbers to
see Lolita, while at the Peabody there
was a German. The latter has been a
topic of considerable talk for several
weeks past, and the fact that nearly
fifty couples participated in the festal
gathering is assurance that it was no
ordinary affair, Indeed, the terpsiq
ohorean and musical exercises, the re.
past, the costumes and all other de-
tails were fully up to everything that
could have been desired by the most
enthusiastic lover Of social pleasures.
The entertainment broke up about
half past three this morning. 1t is
understood to have been given by the
gentlemen participants, In honor of
the ladies visiting here this winter,
whose names appear herewith, the list
Of which is believed to be correct:
Mr.. and Mrs. W. D. Beard, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Bowles, jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. r. Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
W. McCown, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Thatcher, Mr.. and Mrs. n. B. Camp,
Mrs. Pinson, Mrs. VIM. Hardin,
Misses Lady EnSley, Early (Virgin:a),
Marg. Smith (Clarksville), Annie
Smith (Clarksville), Lucie Vance,
Louise Goodman, Alice Cromwell
Lily Cosby, Emma Cosby, Fannie.
Lyle Lexington, KyD, Colquitt
Georgia., Fields (Yirginia), Dovey
Briggs, Pauline Acklen, Alice Raine
(Nashville). Efic Rogers louisville
Lou Anderson (0conomowoc, Wis.,,
St. John, New York;, Annie Meach-
am, Maggie Rodgers, Matte Mckay,
Ramelle Mckay, Maggie Apporson,
Dora Apperson, Katie Kerr, Gertie
Brooks, Thompson, Lulu Nichols,
Jennie Montgomery, Jennie Camp,
Loura Clapp, 10. Semmes, Lizzie
Mallory, Belle Woodruff, Cornie
White, Fife Davis, Louise Sneed.
PLEASURES AHEAD,
At Casino hall on Tuesday evening,
February LIST. an exquisite entertain
ment is to DO given by the Galaxy
Club, including a performance and a
hop, to which numerous guests have
been invited. The members Of the
Galaxy are noted for their skill and
taste in the preparation and manage
ment Of social entertainments, and
there is no question but that the one
proposed will be a pleasant affair.
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A SACRIFICE no SAVE HIS
WIFE.
Rais Arm Offered and the Skin
Successfully TrRnsglanted.


Philadelphia Times.l
About five weeks ago Mrs. Wilson,
whoresides with her husband, Solo
mon Wilson, at No. $685. South street,
was dangerously burned. A scene of
suffering ensued, all the aeshy parts
of Mrs. Wilson's back and limbs being
almost roasted. DR.. Mclean, whose
services were called in, exerted him
SELF 20 the utmost, applying the most
approved remedies, but SO great was
tho agony she endured that her reason
tottered and her life was despaired of.
Mrs. Wilson is the mother of five
little children, all Of whom we're re-
moved TO the residence other broth or
Mr.. Jasner, while her husband and
friends gathered around her be-, For
long weeks she fingered, viii ,ont in
PERMISSION Of agony or amp ,rant i'm.
%provement, Last Wedp' ,sdav Dr.
Mclean informed NJ. Y, iIson that il
would be absolutely necessary to
transplant live flesh trI the narts where
tissues had been degtroyed. and Prof.
Lewis was called IN. who decided in
1avo5 Oh the opeuAtion. Although her
mlnd was wandering, Mrs. Wilson APP
peareo 20 naV'j some idea that a pain
luA eXperlw ent was intending, and
screamed 10 the doctor to take away
the lancet, although he had not dis
played, nor indeed at that time spoken
"a her hearing Of any instrument, but
her nervous exhaustion was so great
that At was considered unsafe to cut
the flesh required from her own
person.
DR.. Lewis asked Mr.. Wilson if he
was willing to submit to the painful
process Of furnishing the flesh from
his arm. Certainly said Mr.. Will
son, If It takes my whole right arm.
cut 1t off from the shoulder, to saw
my wife Mr.. Wilson barred and <
tended his right arm, while DR.. Lewis.
with his assistant and DR.. Mclean.
cut pieces of skin, & quarter of an inch
square from its upper surface and
transplanted them into the back o.
Mrs: Wilson, During the whole IN
Grafton Mr.. Wilson never move "a
muscle nor showed sign of The no;n
that he suffered, while it reouiy 81 ~
strength OF six women to hr n NJ
Wilson as the delicate trg &C. mss
made. After the operation, vas 6n9
lshed the patient seemed moro r@' com
Portable, the brain trou' ole cradnsIIv
subsidized, and she is Vow IN s fair Wv
to recover The se1 sacrificing forth
tude Of Mr.. Wils0S Is tbe more re-
@arkable because Of the fact that
falling. COW A'' O'0u
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The Boy Who smoked.

Detroit Feoe- Press.l
A boy about IA years Of age was
smoking a cigar on the south porticc
of the City hall, the other morning
when a citizen halted before him ano
said:
Boy, do you realize what you are
doingY"
"Smokin' a powerful good five.
center, won on a bet" was the reply.
But don't you know that you are
filling your system with pOison2"
Nav"
We'll, you are. That cigar con-
tains enough ricotine to kill a cat"
I'm no cat
81 know. 1t does not kill you sud
denly, but poisons the blood and
sowS the seed Of fell disease. You
may drop dead on your way home"
Il amt goin' home"
ut fills me with horror to see a lad
Of your age destroying both soul and
body. Boy, | entreat you to throw
away that vile cigar"
Il dasn't. Some one else wauld
pick it up and be pizened."
Throw it away and I'll buy you the
apples"
Don't like ON"
"Or a quart Of peanuts"
Say" said the boy as he fondly
regarded the inch Of ashes at the end
Of the cigar, Il bet a boy this mora.
ing that he couldn't tech his tongue
to a lamp post and then sing Sally
Walters He teche 1, and there's a
crowd up there now trying to thaw
him loose. | amt very scarf about
bein' pizened, and don't keer much
for fatherly advice, but if you've got
any spare time you might 60 up there
and tell that ere boy that a chunk Of
natural philosophy is worth a hull
harmful of experiments"
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RAGGED AND FORI1ORN.
A Child, HI and Demented, Who
is Left by His Father 60
the Cold Charity OF
Strangers.

A little pale-faced boy, standing in
the crowd about the stationhouse,
Wednesday morning, was suddenly OBJ
served to act very strange, and o few
seconds later fell to the floor in the
agonies Of CONFUSION. His face was
drawn and white, his lips livid, and
his eyes nearly starting from the
sockets.
The clerk and turnkey succeeded in
restoring him, after some hard work,
and sat him by the fire in the kitchen
until his parents could be found. His
father came to see him, but took no
action, and allowed the little fellow
to remain in the stationhouse all day
and all night. He wandered about
the yard in a pitiable condition, BE
had probably fallen down in the mud
during an epiloptic attack the day be-
fore, as his ragged clothing was liter.
ally covered with filth and slime from
the gutter. From time to time he APP
preached the iron door, clasped
the bars with his hands
and gazed mournfully and sadly
out upon the passing throng. Occa-
sionally a ST. ong tremOr would run
through his frame, and it was evident
that nothing but powerful self control
prevented his falling into commissions.
Of every one who entered the yard be
plaintively inquired
rs my father coming? Does he +
for poor me, do you think? Does any
body care for meP"
he shrunk from contact with those
about him, and would now and then
sit down on an old cistern 10 one
of the yard and examine his
torn clothing with touching interest.
The stitches wero counted over and
over again, until, his mind growing
confused, he would sigh and blend his
features as ifhe were thinking, "One,
four, fve-no, that can't be- He
murmur, Mother didn't teach
me SO, did you, MOTHER and, staring
before him, he looked as if he expect.
ed an answer-hoped to hear 1.-The
sound of the voice. that is still" He
moaned piteously when the empty air
to respond and fell to count
log again. His lucid intervals we're
,pentin absolute silence. The case
was brought before DR.. Porter in the
police court this,morning, and he or
the boy to be taken to his faith
Or, with instructions to the latter to
provide for him. 1t seems, however,
that the poor lad has spent his time at
she hospital when not on the streets,
md his father says he will make ar
-angements TO have him sent either to
hat Institution or to the pOorhouse.
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The Elements.

The Savannah river rose Is feet at
Augusta, Ga, for the "a hours ending
last evening, according to the signal
service reports. Heavy rains fell
throughout the south last night and
to-day, the chilly air turning it into a
snow here and farther east. The
barometer is decidedly low to-day
throughout the Ohio valley, and pros
poets indicate swollen waters in all Of
the streams emptying into the Ohio,
as well as the Mississippi below Cairo.
The snow here last night fell to the
depth of several inches, and the soft,
muddy nature of the earth, rendered
so by the previous soaking rainfall,
made pathways under foot last night
and this morning anything but easy to
travel over. Ia fact, teams could
barely get about at all, while street
carshad to quit about dark last evening
many being left all night near the
tracks from which they bounced into
the snow and mud drifts. The cars
had a tough time Of it to-day, making
slow progress on all lines, and on some
no progress at all. Many citizens who
started for their homes last night by
the various lines of cars we're Obliged,
after long delays, to get out and trudge
onward afoot through th1 soft, slip
perry and treacherous snow, intermixed
With copious layers of mud. We are
experiencing a surfeit of inclemency
and rigorous weather this season, and
the remarks made by old citizens that
nothing like it has been known for
nearly forty years, is certainly about
as correct as casual remarks commonly
are.
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NoticeI Extra

To the General Public Of Memphis
DR.. Reva offers to furnish profess
sional attendance to the ailing, and all
necessary medicines at any time called
upon at the following terms, viz /:
One dollar per month for each mem
Der of a family. Subscribers must
have their names on his list on the LIST
OF each month.
Only families received on these
terms. All applications must be made
from the 18th Sam. to the 18th 6 pm.
of each month. No single member
taken unless all names of the family
are on my list. Address or call on
DR.. REvA,
rs 1851 Main street.
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Edwin Booth.

On Monday night Edwin Booth,
the tragedian, appeared at the Princess
Theater, London, as "Othello," to a
fairly full house. A. cable dispatch to
the New York Herald has the follow
ing regarding the performance: Mr..
Booth was called, with the lago, be-
fore the curtain after the long scene
with the latter. He was also fire..
quently applauded during che perform
anee, and was called out twice at the
close, when Mr.. Forester, who acted
the part Of Iago, was also called out.
FORESTER was fairly successful, but
Booth evidently excited the principal
interest. The play was poorly mounted.
The Standard says: THE performance
of Othello had many of the faults and
failings Of Booths Hamlet, with its
merits of conception rather than Of
execution. In the delivery of blank
verse Mr.. Booth displays tricks and
mannerisms rather amiss in Shzks.
pearian parts. His wrath lacks mai
esty; his vengeance is rarely terrible.
but he always goes correctly through
the scenes, except when, ov%er-actinp,
undue emphasis spoils the study for
the moment. There islittle deserving
special censure and not much desery-
ing special praise. The performance
was scholarly, but it failed to move
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vermOnt's ChampIOn Dog.

" " 800 eAN+NHl
H.. NJ. Beebe, Of Andover, Windsor
county, claims to own the champion
dog. 1t is a thoroughbred Scotch
shepherd, Leo, and has been so well
trained that Mr.. Beebe, while at work
in the field, can send the dog to the
house after any light tool which he
may want, and the dog never makes a
mistake, but gets what he is sent after.
He will get the COWS without any
trouble, Mr.. Beebe has quite a
stock of cattle, which are kept in
different stables, and he will open
a stable door when the cattle
are all in the yard and say to the
dog, LEO, drive them IT," The
dog will pick out such cattle as belong
in that stable and drive them in with.
out any mistake. Leo is great on
devotional exercises. When told that
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OYSTERS and CELERY
Daily per Express by
VICTOR ID. FUCHS,
30 and Al Jefferson. II

The LEDGER ofice.book bindery,
10 Madison street, is in the same
building as the newspaper aud Job
printing establishment is owned by
the same proprietor, embraces ell
machines and material used In a first
class book bindery. and is conducted
by competent workman capable Of
executing work 10 ss good aud sub.
stantial a style as can be done any.
where.
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Our cotton receipts exhibit a grad
ual falling off, due mainly to the sus.
pension Of navigation and difficulty of
hauling through the country. The
receipts here are now 2O,5O8 bales
ahead of last season at this date.
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llsf Ticket agent l. & n. r. R.

Over four inches of rain fell in less
than twelve hours during Tuesday
night last at New Orleans, the heav-
lest for over seven years. The streets
and sidewalks were covered in many
places to the depth Of four feet.
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A PREPARATIONS.

LONDON, January 21.--A dispatch
from Athens says the military prepar-
atiOnS are still going on, The minis-
tor of war has sent in his resignation
but it has not been accented.
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and sentenced to ten years Of penal
servitude. The evidence against her
is that she assisted her husband in
moulding the "queer" at their room,
on Beale street. Tho trial will prob
ably be concluded tomorrow.
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It is prayer time he takes his position
IN a corner of the room with his nose
on a chair, and will remain (although
they may call him and offer him his.
dinner until he hears the final amen.
The past summer Mr.. Beebe left bis
vest in the corn.feld, where it re.
manned a number days; wanting it one
day he said to the dog, LEO, my vest
is down in the cOrn-feld; go and get
It,. The dog went directly to the
held and soon returned with the vest
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-21
steve CIement. "a BeaI.

Has one thousand fresh rabbits and
squirrels on hand. Also live and
dressed chickens and turkeys in great
abundance. Call at IS and get your
supplies. 1913
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Old curiosity shop. Seaside Libra
ries, price Zoe per copy and all the
late papers and magazines at Dickens
curiosity shop, No. 2S5 Second street,
opposite postOfice.
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White Fish and Red Snapper.
Just received at Steve Clements
a large quantity of all the leading
varieties of fish, also choice Baltimore
oysters and celery. l23
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ParNnnnI.

DR.. Buddeke, eye and ear diseases,
No. Sc east Court street. 144t
Mr.. Ben E. Miles, formerly of this
city, but now Of Brownsville, Tenn,
is in the city on a visit.
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TFusses, Shoulder Braces, Gal
vanic Batteries d Electric Belts,
at Dental d Surgical Depot, cor.
Second and Monroe streets. ll2t
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Cabinets aG 50 per dozen.
Cottage Gallery,
40 Bea street.


Sp ,ial inducements to pui onasers.
* be" "Steinway" and "Chicker
ing, the best in the world, at
1O9t HoLLENBERG's, 229 Main st.
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Men Who smoke Costly Cigars.

New York Herald.I
General Grant is said to smoke a
hundred cigars in two weeks. He
gives away as many as he smokes. He
has used the same brand. of imported
cigars for ten years. They cost S225 0
a hundred. Colonel Bob IngersoIy
pays $50 for a box, ond uses from five
to ten q day, General Butler paws
$40 and sometimes $40 for a box.
Senator Matt Carpenter, who nearly
killed himself by smoking, has been
reduced to 3 cigars a day.
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sInauguraI Ceremonies.v

The Louisville and Nashville rail-
road will place on sale round trip
tickets from Memphis to Washington,
D. c., for the sum of $3S. Those who
may desire to be present at the
Ceremonies" 4th March,
can secure their tickets by applying to
JAMES SPEED,
lIaf Tickat ooank I, q N u n
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REMOVAL.
PaOFESsloNAl.

ESTEo a. ELLhrI have removed their law
~ OSice To- No. IS Madison street. next to
Clarendon Hotel. ne l2t
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MADAM LOUIS SELECT DANCING
NJ ACADEMY, now open at MRnnerchOr
Halt, corner of J~efieraon and Second streets.
Introducing all new Quadrilles, Waiting and
Fancy Dances, Terms per quarter, q lessons,
SO, payable IN advance. E7ening class for
y0ung ladies' and gents now open Tuesday and
Saturday nights, 8 O'Clock pm, at l3I Madi-
son ftreet.
Private Lessons given at residence and
boarding school.
tor further particulars call at the academy
on school days, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat.
urdays, 3 pm. or address p0stofice, city. Pri-
yate re.idence, III Madison rect. 10 ll
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Messss. D. J. Drexel, George W.
Snlles, OF Philadelphia, and Others
hs'e purchased a tract of land on the
ocean 'front.' near Long Branch, aud
VII nuild a row Of cottages and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-21

Coal and wood delivered on short no
tee A. II. STRATMANN,15 los DeSoto. 18t
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PLGsI UREGUZR8NfErDT
no painful instruments used.
DR. ). d. WHITE, A8 Main street.. 50t
"a. COLEMAN, Justice Of tho Peace,
y > Notary Public and Commissioner Of
peeos' special attention given 70 cOllections
IL the county. Once 2N FRONT st. 1851
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EQ2 RENr.

y
E1SE ground aoof Offices. and 1eepi6e
II rooms, ato5 Madison street. 1851
NHB Mckinney nlase, in Walnut gend.
i Ark. Apply % MADDEN a Harrington. iOIi
THE brick dwelling No. 49, 81. Martin
4 street. Apply 20 J. r. 4hEaAN. 22
Nr0nt street. a.