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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-18

. Gushing Rustic. and His
Friend, the Sharper.

A regulation country groenhorn
visited the police station yesterday and
announced that he had been swindled
out of twenty dollars. He was one Of
these long, lantern. awed Georgians,
with bow-legs and boots turned in at
the heels. His pants we're Of yellow
0snaburgs and his coat was about four
inches too short in the waist, and
crescent shaped at the bottom. His
yellow hair bobbed short of all around
country fashion, was struggled from
beneath a black cotton hat two sizes
too small. The ends of a pair of
homemade ~"gallusseS'' hung down
below his vest, and his face was Gov
cred with a short, thin growth Of
reddish hair. A greenish mass grew
on his boots and the atmosphere about
him seemed colored with the same
hue. 1t is a lucky thing the COW law
is in force, or he would have been dealt
out in broken doses by dairymen be-
fore tomorrow night.
His story was soon told. He stepped
off the train, a sharper took his meas
ure and persuading him he could buy
him a ticket to Georgia for half price
took his last 800 bill and departed.
When asked for a description of the
sharper he said he was "a tall man
with long whiskers'-only this and
nothing more0If brevity is the soul
of wit, then that young fellow is a long
ways funnier than Grant and Mark
Twain, who can't hold a candle to
him.
He was at the police station last
night beseeching the captain to guard
him to the telegraph Office, as he was
the "buggers" would bite him
if they caught him out after dark.
Arrived at the telegraph Office he.
wanted the operator to please write
the postmaster to deliver that ar letter
to dad" He referred to a message
the captain had written for him.
This morning he vas bOo-hooing
around the chief again, and said "he
bet the devil would catch that darned
yet before he died" He is
waiting for the police to find the man
and get his money. He is also wait
ing to be made car of Russia with an
equal probability Of success.
1t would be a national blessing if
South America would ship us an
earthquake to use on the army Of
of which he is the captain
general.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-18

storms prevail. The worst feature is,
perhaps, a fly which is called tsetse,
the bite Of which is pronounced
fatal to horses and oxen, thereby
rendering travel very difficult, if not
impossible, at certain seasons. The
Beers, though originally pure Dutch,
are now very considerably mixed by
intermarriages with European refugees
and emigrants from Cape Colony and
Natal, as we'll as the natives. Still
the Dutch characteristics largely pre-
dominate, and while the standard Of
education is said to be lowctbe people
know enough to govern themselves
and hate the foreign yoke. In religion
they are Protestants of the strongest.
Calyinistic persuasion, and the bible.
and hymn-boOk are almost their only
literature
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-18
Tuosday evening, Jan. is, 1854.
LEDGER LINES.

Monarch -four. Lyle & Shields.
Mist and fog prevailed this morning.
Brown & Jones, coal dealers, 282
Main street,
No dispatch from Liverpool about
cotton was received at the cotton ex
change to-day.
BestqualityRio Java, Laguayra and
Mocho coffees, green and fresh, roast
ed by Lytle & Shields.
The contemplating season is not yet
over, though blowing time for the
next crop is not far distant.
The jewellers are working industri-
ously to get their spectacular features
of the carnival in readiness for a
gorgeous time on Mardi Gras.
Mariners, after being ice bound here
for two weeks and more, are making
active preparations for the prospective
resumption of navigation.
The cotton on barge 43, sunk at the
landing, was shipped by Watson &
Hill, 1900 bales; Townsend & Cowie,
$50 bales, and A. A. Patton $50 bales,
in all aoout $500 bales.
Rain or snow is predicted to day
throughout this section, rain to the
sOuthwestward and winds shifting to
the east, with slightly warmer temper.
ature and rainy weather to the
northwest of this.
Two live bears Of the black species,
freshly caught among the canebrakes
of Arkansas, were on the market yes
terdsy, a we'll known Jefferson street
game merchant exhibiting them to
butchers and others with becoming
pride.
An attachment against the Beal
street firm OF j. & H. Goldsmith, was
sued out yesterday by Menken Broth
ers, who hold claims amounting to
sll64.l5, and who charge that the
recent assignment Of the Goldsmith S
was irregular.
A simple and confding stranger
from Georgia was yesterday cheated
out of twenty dollars by an iusinu-
atins sharper, who acted as a make
believe ticket agent, and took the
money to buy the visitor a railroad
ticket to go home On.
The county magistrates tested Ere
alarm box %, situated at the court
house. The fire department turned
out and were on the spot ready for
action in short order, aud the authori-
ties expressed satisfaction at the
CELEBRITY Of the movement.
In the chancery court to-day a
divorce was granted to Mrs. Armand
Roberts from her recent husband,
Robert r. Roberts, a noted p~bysocho-
logist, mesmeric operator and spirit
ualRt. The severance was granted on
half a dozen charges, adultery being
one.
In the county court yesterday a
transfer of the lease Of the county
workbouse farm, on President island
from Ed. Richardson to r. Stinson
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was approved, Mr.. Richardson be-
coming security for the faithful per-
Torrance Of the contract by the new
le:see.
The theater will be open tonight,
with Annie Pixley in the romantic
play of "M'liss, adapted from one Of
Bret Harte's readable sketches of
scenes and supposed events in the far
west. Tickets for the Lolita engage
ment. to commence Thursday evening,
Gan also be procured.
After running clear Of ice all
through yesterday and last night the
surface Of the river about 10 o'clock
this forenoon became covered with
masses, evidently the advance of the
recently broken gorges in the lower
Ohio and the Mississippi river above
Cairo. The water is rising rapidly
here, and an immediate resumption OF
navigation to all points is believed to
be assured.
The mercury lowered about the
freezing point early this morning, and
it did not rise more than a degree or
two above it all through yesterday.
The wind blew straight from the north
for the past thirty-six hours, and still
comes from that quarter, though pros
poets indicate a change to grelter
warmth. Mist and fog prevailed early
morning and the weather has a
decidly gloomy tendency. FOgs pre-
this forenoon at New Orleans,
Louisville, Vicksburg and elsewhere,
while it rained at Little Rock, Shreve-
port and through Texas.
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Personal.

DR.. Buddeke, eye and ear diseases,
No. Sc east Court street. l44t
Shakspeare's plays cents each, at
Williams's book store, !
Hon. Hu L. Brinkley came home
from Nashville yesterday, and went
east last night.
Major w. r. McOlune, secretary Of
the school board, is again at his post
after a short illness. So is Mr.. Joseph
Uhl, clerk Of the circuit court.
Mr.. John j. Nally, agent Of the
Rice Surprise party, to open here next
Monday, arrived here yesterday to
arrange for the appearance Of the
company he represents.
Colonel VIM. Moore, Of the firm of
Woodland, Moore & Burnham, of
Nashville, is in the city, and will
remain several days on business. Mr..
Burnham, lately admitted as a mem
Der of the firm, is a citizen Of Waco,
Texas. They are %prOprietOrs of the
celebrated Silver Spring aud Belle Of
Tennessee distilleries, and are whole
sale dealers in all the best brands Of
liquors, at 10 North Market street,
Nashville.
The Hon. B. X. Bruce, colOred,
U. S. senator from Mississippi, who
alcng in the sixties was a river man,
employed on boats running between
St. Louis and Vicksburg, and who
settled in Bolivar county, Mississippi,
to become sheriff and engage in politi-
cal life, has written a complimentary
letter thanking ELECT
William r. Moore for his efforts to
induce President-elect Garfield to APP
point Bruce to a cabinet position.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-18
THE COURT.
A Bone OF Contention Among
the Comfy MagIstrates.

The Shelby county quarterly court
is entitled to the medal for consisten-
cy. For years the idea Of aboIishiDg
the Bartlett court and consolidatingthe
business here, has worried a number
of that body and once during Judge
Rays time an order passed, followed
tby the appointment Of a committee to
memorabilia the legislature, but the
movement failed, owing to the efforts
Of the Bartlett people, who paid a
lobbyists expenses to Nashville with
the instruction to resist the measure.
On the second dag Of the present ses-
sion Of the court Esquire B. Q. Bled.
soc introduced = resolution which
provided hat the court appoint a
committee to memorabilia the legisla.
ture to abolish the Bartlett court and
appropriate the courthouse for a
school. The order passed, the tenn
porary chairman being in the chair,
though one member at least showed a
spiteful opposition to it. When he
found himself about to be beaten he
made a motion to amend the order by
including the probate court as well,
but the amendment was tabled, and
the order passed as it was.
A suggestion was made that
the chair appoint a committee at once
to prepare the memorial, but the chair
let it slip and the subject was dropped
until yesterday, when Esq. Bledsoe
moved hat a committee be appointed
to carry out the order. 1t failed, to
the great surprise Of the chairman
and the originator Of the movement
Many who voted for the order, voted
against the appointment of \
committee, and in consequence the
original order virtually amounts to
nothing. Those who favor the aboli-
ton of the Bartlett court believe it a
drawback, rather than a convenience,
and urge sound reasons for their be-
lief. Judge Eldridge, Of the probate
court, who also sits at Bartlett, is OPP
posed to its abolition and thinks it a
necessity. 1t only gives him more to
do, however, and he would draw his
salary of $500 a year all the same if
the court we're wiped out to-day Few
agree with him as to the necessity Of
having a court at Bartlett. ,
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mardi Gras.

The several Mardi Gras committees
met at the Peabody hotel this forenoon
and compared notes, also made pro-
posalS of various kinds to insure the
success Of the proposed carnival dis
play for Monday evening, and the
Tuesday daylight procession. The
Mystic Memphi will take care of the
Tuesday night pageant, which is GER
tain to be as gorgeous and instructive
as in past seasons. Everything is pro-
pitious and Mardi Gras revels will be
the leading sensation from this time to
the end Of the carnival,
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ArInhirnn,s senators.

DETROIT, MICH, January i6.-The
legislature elected United States
senator this forenoon to fll the unex-
PRED term Of Senator Chandler, end
ing March 4th, Senator Baldwin, the
present Incumbent by subernatorisl
appointment. For the full term, be-
ginning March 4th, o. D.. CONFER was
elected.
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JOHN WALSH, UNDERTAKEN,
Su Second Street. 1887,
Naughty NeIs.

Nels. johnson, the negro desperate,
received a good dose yesterday, but
the police are not quite satisfied. He
will be tried again Thursday on two
more charges, one Of assaulting Billy
Watts, by striking him over the head
with a pistol, and another Of shooting
at Bob Taylor in a playful but danger
Gus manner Nels. is a very bad
citizen.
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.InaugurnI Ceremonien.-

The Louisville and Nashville rail-
road will place on sale round trip
tickets from Memphis to Washington
D. c., for the Jun Of $38. Those who
may desire to be present at the
Inaugural Ceremonies" 4th March,
can secure their tickets by applying to
JAMES SPEED,
list Ticket agent L. & N. R. R.
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Criminal Court.

Judge Pierce sat yesterday in place
Of Judge H%orrigan. A grand jury
was ~empaneled as follows: D. P.
Hadden, foreman; Pat. Colligan, d. J..
Hodges, D. c. Woodruff, Ed. Bacon,
Jack Haines, D. Clnneday, r. v.
Vredenburg, w. Ware, A. s. McNear,
Frank Mclaughlin, Ed. Wilson and
Sol. Coleman. Six Of the number are
colored men.
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Vagrant.

The city is annoyed with a number
of loafers who hang about the various
drinking and gambling saloons, ready
at all times for any sort Of an ad-
venture, and are not over ~fastidious as
to what it is. One of them, Tim
Shaughnessy, who gave his business as
capper in a gambling hell, went to Jail
to. day to be tried for vagrancy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-18
Mexico,

CRY OF MExIco, January a.
Senior Amanda Montlen, formerly
Mexican consul At Paris, and recently
reappointed to that post, Is dead, and
Senior Estabon Masquez Leon has
been appointed to Gil the vacancy.
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courthouse Notes.

Amos j. Black and Miss Mollie L.
Linnville were licensed to marry this
morning. also one colOred couple.
Two deeds we're recorded to-day,
Half a dozen instruments, including a
mortgage. were recorded Yesterday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-18

Trusses, Shoulder Braces, Gal
vanic Batteries d Electric Belts,
at Dental q Surgical Depot, cor.
Second and Monroe streets. l12t
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LOST on STOLEH.

6N night Of 9th, one dark brown mare,
" stsut, pony built and we'll marked, with
The loft iorefoot i black, and is marrow, con-
tFaoted like a mules. The tail was P!altfd
and she had on a light saddle of "kinggold,
pAttern, an old bride WitlfneW head stall and
red forehead strap; newly shod Return TO
Btationhouss and be rewarded.
III JOHN y ABERCROMBFF.
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Pianos and Organs.

sF ial inducements to ?" snasers.
TX be" "Steinway" and CHECKER
ing, the best in the world, at
lO9t HoLLESBERs's, 229 Main ct.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-18

TRENToN, N. j., January la.-Geo.
c. Ludlow was to-day inaugurated
governor of New jersey.
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D1fUH-A bIack-and-ian Gordon bitch,
ID tligatly under average size, and with dim
tar marks over the eyes. A reward Of ten
dollars will be paid for her delivery az Gas
tons hotel. or for information left al the hotel
lehdinn 10 her recovery. "
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40 and 1887 Exchange ST., neat cottages.
Tx Apply 81 adams, up-stairs. A. Cordes.
u1llz
HINE ground floor Offices, and l%leepiug
~ rooms, at IS Madison street. 1851
TBR Mckinney place, in Walnut Bend,
Il Ark. Apply to MADDEN 4 Harrington. lO3t
,NHE brick dwelling No. lsH 81. Martin
street. Apply 10 J. Il. GREaAH, ~
Front street. a.
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FOR SALE or EXCHANGE.

E0R lie or eycnange for merchandise, new
Il N octave Grand Square Piano; cost $500;
ofer st sacrifice. Address
llAtAn PIANO, Ledger Office.
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Am OWuer Wanted

Chief Davis wishes an owner for a
gold chain and 4 set Of harness, which
he supposes to have been stolen,
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PRoFEssIoNAL.,
OUR CHEAP COLUMN,

A Ii Advertisement under the head Of For
"A Rent, For sale, Wanted, Lost, strayed,
Stolen, ETC., will be hereafter charged 5 cents
line for one week. bt
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Coal and wood delivered on short no
ice. A. h. STRArNASS, 1855 Dssoto. ls9
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Savannah River Shad,
Fresh BALTIMORE Oysters,
Choice Table Butter.
II. SEESSEL, SIR, d SON,
Corner Jefferson and Second.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-31
The Last Huguenot Dispersion

For about two centuries, with but
brief intervals, the Protestant inhabitants
of France were subject to the most bitter
cruelties on the part of their rulers. The
most notable event during the first CEN
fury of this reign of terror was the mas
sacre OF st. Bartholomew, and the SUI
preme agony of the second was during
the Dragonnades' which followed the
revocation of the edict of Nantes. Be-
tween these two events there Law 113
years, but the Huguenots had been
prosecuted, massacred, and hunted down
for more than generation antecedent to
st. Bartholomew, and they were persecu-
ted, banished, and sometimes massacred
for many years after the edict of recall
issued by Louis XIV. in 1886. The
Protestant Church disappeared from
France as visibly active organization in
fact, and all professors of the reformed
faith were prosecuted by law up to the
outbreak Of the French Revolution in
1889. The suppression of free thought
was not more thorough in Spain than in
France, and, althoug Oh France was spared
the horrible curse of the Inquisition, the
results Of the brutal policy Of persecution
and its Bourbon tools were for time,
perhaps, more disastrous to the progress
of the French people than to the wealth
and power of Spain. One remarkable
tact In connection with the prosecutions
In France was the part taken in them, at
their worst periods, by two women, who,
each In turn, exercised an overmaster-
ing influence upon the policy of the Gov
eminent. The massacre of st. Bartholo-
new was brought about chiefly by the
Vaccinations of Catherine de Medici,
probably one of the basest women of
ability that ever lived and the revocation
Of the edict of Henry of Navarro by
Louis XIV, with the consequent ravages
OF his missionaries bottreS-as he called
his herds of Huguenot converting" or
numbering dragoons-was accomplished
chiefly through the exertions of Madame
de Maintenon, herself of Huguenot Or
igin. Work more DISASTROUS was never
done in this world than these two women
did, and to this day France suffers in
calculably by their misdeeds. The best
blood Of nation cannot be shed like water
in wanton cruelty, its noblest intellects,
its most Industrious and intelligent citi--
zens, cannot be benished or forced to
d1shonor themselves by adiurinp all that
they hold sacred as the price Of life, and
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-31
Leadville, Col.

A correspondent of the Presbyterian
Banner writes:
Leadville is the best advertised town
in the world. More people have heard
of Leadville than of any other place in
this or any other country" was the Ian.
guage of an enthusiastic Leadvillian, and
L don't know but he was right. It is
without exception at this time, the most
characteristic city in the world whether
viewed financially, enthusiastically. reli-
giously, architecturally, officially or es-
thetically. Three years ago it could not
be found on any map except as "Califor-
MIA Gulch"; now it has population of
twelve or fifteen thousand 1t has rail-
roads, telegraph lines, more telephone
wire according to its size than any city
in the country. 1t has street railways,
Herdic coaches, gas, and water, four
banks, three daily papers, Young Mems
Christian Association, free reading-room
five churches, where three years ago there
wasn't boiled shirt in the pews or even
in the pulpit.
One sees very few women. The popu-
lation is strongly masculine. This is felt
on the streets-one in five or one in ten.
by count. In the prayer-meetings and
at church it is still more observable YOU
miss their gay attire, their blooming
bonnets and their softer faces. Lead.
vile is strikingly lightsome place.
This is true not only of the clear white
porcelain tint of the sunlight, but of the
publicity which attends everything.
Even the works of darkness are not
done in the dark. There is no public
conscience or public sentiment. Nobody
seems to be his brothers keeper. No
body lives in fear of Cato or Mrs. Grundy.
Drinking is public-no fg-leaf screen of
green hides the bar. So with the gamb-
ling-an auction room is not more open
here, than keno, roulette or faro are
there. Gaming is not stolen pleasure,
but recognized pastime, or a lawful
pursuit. Leadville is tolerant of every
thing and everybody except the China
man. John dare not set his foot there.
Religion in Leadville, if not popular, is
at least sincere. 1t is more matter be-
tween the soul and God, and not so much
something to be seen of men; but God s
grace is there, and is making itself felt
in church buildings, Sabbath observance,
and in law and order. 1 much enioyed
my Sunday, and certainly I never
preached to fuller or more attentive
or devout audience than in Leadville.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-31

1uIcIudllOudl OOIuulttSc, N0W OTh anu
Mr.. D. A. Bulge. of Montreal.
Supper, music, and social intercourse
closed memorable evening in the his
tory of the Young Mems Christian AS
sociations.
Tuesday Samuel Morley, Esq, MP,
presided, and the worlds committee pre-
sented their report. 1t is an interesting
document, showing what has been done
by the committee during the past three
years. Some 275 associations in differ
ent countries have been visited, and some
70 new ones organized under their di-
rectlon. A bureau of information has
been established, and a more extended
work for the future arranged for.
In the afternoon the Earl of Aberdeen
presided. An exhaustive paper on as
ISOLATION finances prepared by Mr.. Frs
kline Uhl. of New York, was read by J.
Carey Thomas, MD, of Baltimore. 1t
gave the different methods of handling
finances that had been tried successfully
by the Associations.
In the evening Major Russell Sturgis, of
Boston, presided, and the topic, Social
and Intellectual Agencies which can be
used" was considered Mr.. o. G. Morse,
of Cleveland, read paper giving the
American agencies in use. One of most
interesting papers presented to the con-
ference, was on 1.-The Most Successful
Methods of employed by the Young
Mems Christian Associations of North
America, by James McConaughy of New
York. 1t took up the various classes of
Young Men-strangers the unemployed;
the destitute; the SICK the Incorporate
and sceptical, it also brought out clearly
the work of the international Committee
among railroad employees; commercial
travellers; college students; German
speaking young men, and colored young
men. The statistical table, showing the
growth In the American Associations
from 1866 to 1881, was very gratifying
The number of Associations reporting to
the committee, increased from SO to 744 :;
general secretaries and assistants from 4
to 2lO; value of property $90,S25 to 81
728, 7O4; weekly Bible classes from Is
to 29l, and young mems meetings from
So to $50.
The discussion in regard to the recon-
mendations called out by the central
committee was very animated one, and
6. couple OF hours was given to what an
American convention would have dis
posed of in fifteen minutes.
Thursday afternoon was given up to
visiting places of interest, and it is
worthy of mention that the last official
act of Dean Stanley's life was to acceed
to request that he should personally
conduct the members of the Conference
through Westminster Abbey.
On Friday Mr.. Samuel Morley, MP.
invited the delegates to his elegant
Home, Hall Place" Tonbridge. Every
thing, was done to make the day an en-
joyable one
Each day a dinner and tea has been
served to all the delegates, and every at
tention has been paid to their comfort.
Saturday morning the Farewell Break
fast was served at o'clock, and after
several brief addresses the Convention
| closed.