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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04

A resident Of Fairmont, Minnesota,
presumably an English immigrant, has
sent homo some excellent advice to
those Of his countrymen who are look
ing toward Minnesota for opportunity
70 better their condition. A consid-
cradle number of Englishmen have
deceived themselves or have been de-
oeived into the belief that that pros
porous state yieldedher treasures
without any equivalent of hard work F.;
and, as a natural result, have shaken
off the dust from their feet against her.
cursing her uncongenial climate and
all her belongings. The following
statement of a thriving settler sets the
matter in the true light: TO those
who come possessed of some capital
and business ability, and who are not
too proud to put their own hands to
the pillow, there is a very fair chance
Of doing we'll. Five hundred pounds,
and in the case of q young mar of some
experience in farming and energetic
habits less would suffice, will form a
capital which is likely, inthis country,
to bring a better return than in any
other with which | I'M acquainted. =
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04
Marriage in High Life

Matches Democrat
Married-0n the night Of the 18th
Of February, 1881, by the light of the
chandelier Of the stars, Lake Concor-
dia to Mrs. Sippi.
The romance Of the affair is some
what heightened by the fact that it
was 8 Feupi0n after a long continued
case Of obstinate desertiop. Although
there had been no legal divorce. there
had been a tacit understanding aud
mutual separation. The whilom lord
retired to the shades Of privacy. re-
posing quietly in a horn. while the
Maynard wife. who like most wives in
those days, had a will Of her own.
rolled On at liberty, freed from the
marital VOWS, though subject TO mar
atime law.
1t had been noticed for some time
that she had shown a disposition to
cave, and the gush of her affection
wehed up to her long deserted lord.
Gradually she has been making ben
way toward him, While he still re.
NAMED in digniaed rep0ss.
The affair was very quietly consum.
mated without a leyee, and so the two
were blended in one.
The bride and groom i~mmediately
began their bridal tour 10 the sea and
from thence will via the gulf s,ream
take a tour round the world.
The affair has caused q ripple in
Official circles and some discontent
but the bride don't care a dam and il
such that it Is beyond the power OIL
any Petruchio to tame her.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04
The Delay I'm the Paym ent Of
Pensions, Etc.

Special to the Courier-Journal.l
WASHINGTON, March 2.-The house
select committee to investigate the
delay in the adjudication of claims for
pensions, bounty and back pay, who
have held many meetings during this
congress and have examined many
witnesses, agreed to-day unanimously
on a report, which they will try to
present to TIE house Tomorrow. In il
they state that the present laws re
specting pensions, bounty and back
pay are ample, if rightly administered
TO protect the government from fraud
and secure justice to claimants. TheY
have ascertaiped, however, in the
course Of their inquiry that for four
reasons the ends contemplated in the
enactment Of the laws are not at
tanned:
First-Because there is not com
munity Of action between the bureaus
Of the war department, where the
records necessary to prove the case Of
each applicant are kept, and thees Il
30 disposition ca their part 10 hasten
the necessary examinations. In those
bureaus most Of the delay complained
Of exists.
Second-There is a lack On the part
Of the pension Office oil a proper
method 10 handling the evidence re.
eeived from the war department
There is a great delay here.
Third-When applicants for pen,
sion, back pay or bounty are requested
to forward evidence insupport Of their
claims they delay sending it for un.
reasonable periods, and when it ar.
rives it is often incomplete and in bad
form.
Fourth-The pension Office has con.
tracted the bad habit Of calling gpot
applicants for more evidence, VIII Il
they have all the evidence necessary
or, at any rate, all that can be pro,
duped.
The committee believe that with
better methods aud better intentions
on the part Of those who execute the
laws the delay now experienced by ap.
plicants would be materially modiGed.
Reeds Gil Edge Tonic cures dyspepsia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04

and almost as weak in the powers of
the Office as some of the later Roman
emperors. who we're elected by their
Pretorian guard. Unless the presi-
dent announces some certain policies,
and speedily followes them up, the
prediction Of Horatio Seymour may be
found true-that the republican par
ty was never so weak in numbers as at
present, and with such uncertain des-
TIMES. Hayes has at least preserved
the party, however fugitive and UNI
manly his fight against the evils in it.
1.-The had laid down 10 the ring in the
different states the democratic party
would have been elected in November
by republican votes. The new ad-
ministration starts in to harmoniEe,
and harmonizes all the stronger
knuckles and joints out of the party,
and gives a nice, wOmanly kind Of
government to go into battle with.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04
TF uslee's sale.


u Y virtue Of an interlocutory decree, enter
, ed in the case OF AW Cole, administrator.
ETC., ct ais, vs. J S Wilkins, ct ais, No. 1916,
X b of the Cha ncery Court Of Shelby county,
On January Oath, 1881, 1, as trustee, will pro-
coed TO sell to the highest and best bidder for
cash, in front of the courthouse in Memphis.
Tennessee, on
Monday, 7th day of March, ISS1s
at u o'clock m, the following real estate. b.
wit:
Beginning at a point on the north side Of
Washington street, 80 feet 8 inches west of the
west side of High street, running thence vert
wardly along the north side of Washington
street 80 feet . inches; thence northward par
allel with High street 1856 feet; thence east
wardly parallel with Washington st. 80 feet
inches; thence sOuthwardiy parallel withHigh
st. 1856 feet 10 the beginning, it being the same
lot or parcel fland conveyed to me by is
Hatcher 10 his lifetime as evidenced by trust
deed made june 18th, 1872, and recorded in the
office of Shelby county in record book SO, page
6O7, etc, to which reference is here made for
particulars.
The title is believed TO be good, but l will
sell and convey as trustee only.
WA WHEATLEY, Trustee.
W B Gibson. sOlr, etc.
Memphis, February 18th. 1881. 149 s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04
Attachment NO,ice.

Before J S Galloway, J.P for sbelb
kenn IL w VS.. Chris {Snman.
/ sae n' oS Sr SSd Sp q" 4chm,snt } .aying been
nSunssssei anu sturned, lev led upon the
inS n.y. = Wy defendant, am afidavit hav~
To- ne y" e that defend ant is indobted
bp. SsSSa p .aintih IN the sum Of three.
NV 49, and seventy-six 1876 dollars, due
saa Junt, and that che claim is just,
al nat the defendant is a nonresident
=, nc State Of Tennessee, or has absconded or
Jsented himself from said state, 80 that pro-
, cess Of law cannot be served upon him; II is
therefore ordered that said defendant make
his personal appearance before me on
the 26th day Of March, 1881, at u o'clock
m, at my Office, No. "a Madison itreet,
Memphis, Tennessee, and defend said
attachment suit within the time prescribed by
law, or the same will be proceeded with ex-
parte; and that a copy Of this order be pub
lished once a week for four weeks in the Pub
lie Ledger.
This the 18th day Of February, 1881.
Us GALLOWAY, j. p.
J M Gregory. Atty for plaintiff. AS Isl 5 III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04
We Private Secretary.

Ex-R Representative Lionel A. Shell
don, who accompanied General Gar
field from Mentor, tells the Gazette
that he is to be private secretary for
the president, though the selection
may not continue permanently. Gen.
Sheldon graduated at 0berlin college,
studied law and practiced in Ohio, en-
tered the Union army a captain of cav
airy in 1861, was lieutenant colonel and
afterward colonel of the Forty-second
Ohio. He commanded a brigade in
the Thirteenth army corps under Gen.
Sherman. After the war he settled
in Louisiana and was elected to the
Forty-frst congress from that state,
and reelected to the Forty. second
and Forty-third congress. Atpresent
he resides in Ohio.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04

WHICH CURES BY ABSORPTION.

Which CuhES BY ABSORPTION.
Ask. your drugg. st for Prof. GuiImette's
French Kidney Pad and take no Other. Ifhe
has not got it, send 81 and you viii receive the
Pad by return mail.
TESTIMONIALS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Judge Buchanan, Lawyer, Toledo, o., says:
On ofPrOf, Ouilmette's French Kidney Pads
cured me Of LumbagO in three weeks time,
My ease bad been given up by the best doctors
IS ipeurable. During all this time { suitered
untold agony and paid out large sums q
money.
George Vetter. J. P, Toledo, o., ravs. I
suffered for three years With Seiatics md Kid
ney Disease aad often had to 10 about or
crutcheG. l was entirely and ermanenF
cured alter wearing Prof. Gallmette's Ere !
Kidney Pads four weekg. NC
Squire N. G.. Scott. Sylvania, o., ,vr;,.s
have been a great suFsrer for Is yp ,rs MI
Brigt.ts Disease Of the Kidneys. J or ,vest
a. time was unable to get out o., he'd. tool
oa[lsIs OF Ded.clne, bat they Fave me onJ,
temporary relief. l wore two Of prof Gnii
I3net'es Kidney Pads six w, eks. and 7 nev
know am entirely cured. "
Mrs Helen Jerome, Tol ado. O. savs. Fo
years ! have been eoniDsd. a great mart Of N,
VINE 70 my bed, with Lucorrhea and femal
$500, 1 wore one OF Guilmette's hidnc,
RAGS anG was cured in one month.
IL. Is. Green, Wholesale grocer. Findlay. O
Wits | sphereg for Is years with lame bscl
anu IN lhfee weeks was cured J.,
we trlng ,ope Of Prof Huilmette's KidnoyPads
I; = Aeeslirg, M; d., druggist, Logans.
pot' lnd., When SCI ding in an order for Kid
Iey, PADS writes; / wore one Of the first one
we bad and l received more benefit from i
thaR, anything I ever used, in fact the Pad
give better general satisfaction than any Kid
ney remedy we ever sold.
Ray X Shoemaker, druggists, Hannibal
NO.: we are working up q lively trade in you
Pads, and are hearing of good results from
them every day.
For tale BY S. Mansfield & Co., Mem.
Dhjs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04
Organization oi the Nenate.

Washington special to Gin, COmmercial.I
An intimate friend of General Gar
field, a senator on the republican side.
said to. day that he did not believe the
republicans would enter into a scram-
bic for the senate offices, at the special
session at any rate, and be thought
that several senator's would be unwill-
ing to enter into a scramble at any
time if they had to depend upon out.
side aid. In regard to General Ma.
hone, it is stated that the negotiation
which have been in Irogress between
him and certain republican politicians
had not, up to this evening, reached a
satisfactory termination.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04
FriaAr Evenins, March. 4 1851.
Rev. Or. Girardeau succeeded in
raising about $4,000 in Atlanta for the
Columbia theological seminary.

AN extra session Of the senate is
called by President Hayes to meet to
day at ~ O'Clock. This is nothing
more than usual, and has no political
significance, as some have supposed.
The ouly occasions upon which the
senate has not Seen convened in extra
session on the 4th Of March, when a
new administration came in, were in
1905, 1873, 1921 and 1893, when JetIer-
sou, Madison, Monroe and Jackson
entered upon their second terms, and
the cabinets of their first term were
continued p%nbroken. Mr.. Hayes did
not enter upon a second term, and his
cabinet will not remain unbroken by
a large majority.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04
No Overflow This Season.

st. Joseph La.) Journal.
No overflow this season, is the haz.
ardous prediction made by Captain
Walthall Burton, an old steamboat.
man and planter, of long experience
He gives as a reason that he has no
ticed during his career on the river,
hat a season of SHOWS and heavy
freezes in the west never brings down
upon US the masses Of water at the
one time which follows the heavy and
sudden rises caused by rain storms,
The melting Of the ice and snow is SO
gradual that the river has time to
empty its surplus in the gulf, before
the water can rise to any extraordi-
nary level.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04
Public Sale Of REM Estnr1A.

A I noon on Wednesday, the 23d aay Of
IL March next, l will sell publicly, fsr cash,
loving described real estate, to-wit. Begin
ming et a point % chains 80 Inks %northwardl
from the southeast corner Of che Bishop Otey
tract, on its east line; thence WITH said line
northward {. chains 81 links T. astnke, sAencel
east line; thence south chains 90 links with
Boro's line TO q stake; thence cast II chains /
link TO the beginning, containing 9k acres; i'll
being the tract conveyed by @ 0 Graham TO NJ
y Bowers by an indenture dated February 10.
1877, and registered in book ZIG, page 2s7, un -
der which am empowered TO tell to enfor a
payment Of purchase money. Title believ al
to be good, but / SO ] only in execution of ,be
power. w G WEATHERTOE n
Memphis, February 10. 1881. ID "a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04

hut "a Serious Affair for lhe
Heavy yilsasn i'm q Play.

CHICAGO, March, Sat the Grand
operahouse last night, where 1.-The
0yagers in Southern Seas" isrun-
ming. an incident occurred which
caused considerable surprise and
amusement. The story had run along
to the part where Jimmie Grant, Miss
Rachael Noah, is discovered in the
.ast stages of bathos and cold, when
the heavy villain, Burcke, Mr.. Jor-
dan, suddenly comes upon the scene,
and finding little Jimmie in tAe feeble
condition described, he at once pro-
ceeds to hack him up. Burcke used
a Ratchet to accomplish his purpose,
and just as he had the instrument
raised a man was seen to rise in the
second circle who shouted, Hold on!"
The words were no sooner uttered
than he pulled off his coat and rushed
to the boxes. He climbed over and
dropped into the lower box, breaking
the rail- in his descent, and making an
ugly cash on his forehead. This ac-
cidont stopped his progress, but in an
instant he gathered himself together,
leaped upon the stage, seized the
blood thirsty Burcke by the throat
aud exclaimed
damn you, you shant touch
that boy while l am here; this amt a
square deal"
Bu exc tried to say 10 a stage wills
per, Its all right; get off the stage"
NO exclaimed a braEny man from
Colorado; Damn your eyes, wouldn't
trust you
From establishment the audience
had'passed into an uproarous condi-
ton. They laughed, cheered and
yelled at the scene, but the riot did
not interfere with the purpose Of the
chivalrous gentleman from Colorado.
He tightenedhi lis hold on poor Burcke's
throat, and probably would have fin
ished him had not some stage hands
rushed in and with much difficulty
dragged him off and thrust him into
an alley. On reaching the street he
was told hat the people on the stage
were merely fooling. He explained
that he had fallen asleep and woke up
just as little Jimmie was about to be
captured, and, forgetting where he
was, had, in accordance with custom
in Colorado, sided with the weakest in
the fight. He a~pologized for bis con-
duct and was allowed to take his seat
in the theater again. His appearance
was the signal for a burst of applause,
and when that subsidized Burcke was
allowed to proceed with his hellish
plot.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04
A Prediction Verified Gully In
Part,


From a speech Of the Hon. Mahlon Dieber.
son in the United States Senate in 1872.
Sir, the slime may come when our
country will be filled with an army Of
pensioners, always the friends of arbi.
trary power. The time will come
when we shall have a numerous host
Of officers, civil and military, In every
department of the government, spread
over our immense territory, looking
up to the president as the source Of
power and emoluments. The time
will ZONE when luxury and extrava.
gance will Danish from our country
every species Of republican virtue;
and tho time will come, | fear, when
this senate will be no more than the
shadow Of what it was intended to be-
by those who framed our constitution,
VIXEN it will be no check upon the ex.
ecutive; when it shall be as insigni6-
can't as the boosted senate of Rome in
the time Of Tiborius. The whole pa
tIonags Of she government will center
IN the president, and that patronage.
under our present system Of CHOOSING
electors, will become a machine d
irresistible power. The management
OF this power will become a matter Of
science. He will be deemed the great
est politician and the sblest minister
who can, with q given portion of pa
tronage, produce the greatest effect.
4he force of this power will be an
piled to effect the purposes Of ambi.
ton, with as much ecoaOmy and skill
as water is applied to The wheel OF
steam 70 she engine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04

Grant is a bird in borrowed plumage.
He was a failure in every fight. No
man in all the wal was so completely
crushed as Grant was at Shiloh.
What Butcher was to Wellington at
Waterloo, Buell. was TO Grant at
Shiloh. Wellington was canonized
and Butcher forgotten, while Buell., a
democrat, is this day under suspen
sion, and Grant, in borrowed plumage,
is the idol of all universal toadydom.
He forced the brave defenders of
Vicksburg to mule meat or starvation,
and now the Dolly Vardens are ready
to crawl at his feet.-[Port Gibson
Reveille.
Grant did not have Buell. to help
him at Vicksburg, and he must have
been a man Of considerable ability and
force of character to force the brave
defenders of Picksburg to surrender.
The Vicksburg campaign gave Grant
a worldwide fame; but if it is sought
to give others credit for his success it
might not be Tar wrong to say that the
Confederate government should claim
a share Of the "honors." If General
~ ID. Lee, now president of the A. and
NJ. college at StarkYille, had been left
in command at Vicksbprg after he
defeated General Sherman at the bat
tie of Chickasaw Bayou in December,
1862, a different history might have
been wrought for the Confederacy.
But President Davis superseded him
with General Pemberton. and from
that time until the surrender ofVicks
burg there was %supineness on the part
OF the Confederate government in ref
erence to holding this vital point, and
there was incompetency on the part Of
e commanding general-[Yicksburg
Herald.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04
K-On-resIdsas Notice.

No. S93s-In the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, Tenn.-JOhn Bray VS.. Barney Eagan
ct al.
IT appearing from affidavit in this cause that
4 the defendants, Barney Eagan, Barney
Eagan, jr., Bridget Davidson, William Eagan,
james Pagan, Sarah Tomlinson, 6eOrge Il
Tomlinson, Al0nzo Bray, Charles Bray,
Dorethey Rray, Mary Bray, Allen Bmv,
Augustine Bray and i 3 Waddell arc
non-residents Of the State Of Tennessee; 1t Is
therefore ordered thatthey make their appear
ance herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby
county In Memphis, Tenn., on or before TIE
first Monday in April, 1881, and plead,
ansFer or demur TO complainant bill, ~ u
same will be taken for confessed rs 70 D.
and set for hearing ex-parte; and tAat . el
Of this order be published once, & W .tSVI
four successive weeks in the Raalie ~ 70
This 23d day Of February, 1881. Heoger
ROBERT :. BLACK, clerk AZ d master.
BY b. b. MclIEvsy, B. Q. q
NiaiONo +" "s'e'N' 90A Jr compl't.
15l28N
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DR.. johnson is acknowledged by all parties
interested as by far the most successful
physician in the treatment Of private or secret
diseases. Quick, thorough and permanent,
cures guaranteed in every case, male or female.
Recent case of Gonorrhoa and Syphilis cured
10 a few days, without the use of Mercury.
Secondary Syphilis, the last vestige, eradicated
without the use Of Mercury. Involuntary loss
of semen stopped in a short time. Sufferers
from impotency or loss of sexual powers re-
stored TO full vigor in a few weeks. Victims
of Spermatorrhoa and loss Of physical and
mental power speedily and permanently
cured.
Particular attention paid to the diseases Of
women, and cures guaranteed.
Throat n Lung diseases cured by new
remedies.
Piles and old sores cured without the use Of
caustic or the knife.
All consultations strictly confidential.
Medicines sent by express TO all parts Of the
country.
Office hours from 5 am. to 3 pm. Sundays
from 3 tot pm.
s6f d. $. JOHNSON. M. d.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04
Reeds GihEdge Tonic prevent is malaria

The LEDGER Office book bindery,
ID Madison street, is in the same
building as the newspaper and job
printing establishment; is owned by
the same proprietor, embraces all
machines and material used in a first
class book bindery, aud is conducted
by competent workmen capable Of
executing work in as good and sub
stantial a style as can be done any.
where.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04
ROCK GiIt Edge T0nle aIIays irrtatiOn
The 7Ist New York at Holly
Springs.


Holly Springs South, 2dI
The list New York regiment pass
ed this place last Saturday evening on
board a special train, bound for the
New Orleans carnival. The regiment
is a large and complete one, and car
ries with it quite a fine band. Anum-
Der of our citizens turned out to see
and greet them. The Holly Springs
cornet band and Autry rifles went out
in full dress. General Feathe7ston
received the regiment, and addressed
the company in his usually strong and
forcible manner, The captain Of the
list replied most pleasingIy in a few
appropriate words. The scene was a
novel and pleasing one and much
enthusiasm was manifested. The
regimental band treated us to several
national airs. Just as the train was
about to move, TIE band commenced
the sweet old air Aud Lang Syne,"
our boys of the silver cornet" Joining
them. This was by no means the best
feature of the OCCASIONAL joined in
the loud "hurrah''-and in a true
brotherly way the boys in blue and the
boys in gray joined as it were the
right hand Of fellowship,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-04
The ChristiancY Disarce Nait.

Special to Courier-Journal.
WASHINGTON, March l .-"How
thrives the Christiancy divorce suit?'
Badly enough for the Peruvian
minister" said Mr.. Oliver.
How SOP
well, one of his witnesses, a lady,
admitted when brought to the test
that she didn't know Mrs. Chri,tiancy
by sight; but no correspondents can
be a United to the inquest, and | can
not recall anything further" =
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Trustees sale.

X / virtue q a deed Of trust me de 10 me by
cordsrsSs aS Is, ana duly reeorde d in the Re-
on the i4th day Of December, va in record
nook 1, page 22S, / will sell, ~ Inc reonest of
!ne oenehciaries. default hay ;ng been NADIA
y the payment Of the de- 1 secured. TO the
bonse dom Snu % Pei 4, o'aaeI LOT cash, atthe court
wlthia the legal hours &c ssic on TnesdaY'
March ., 1881, the follow ING described proper
"; me southeast a . W Of section 81,
sownshIp Z noFtA. No age 7 cast, containing
IH9asyS asies; AfSef so saw Pratt Revolving
nronertr ss-fN. Hs y, No. -, 7S5-all of said
90 1ssn9 y ,rittenden county, Arkan-
Ibs III; n91teS % re- lemption waived, and title
tss " ; POI feet, but l sell only as trus-
E46 'SICHO LAS WILLIAMS. Trustee.