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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16
l. BILL GRIDLEY.
His WOnderfdISelEC Control when
His New Carpet was Ruined.

San Francisco Post.l
"You may say what you please about
old Bill Gridley," said a gentleman
Just down from Bodie to the crowd
who were spinning for hot Scotches in
Phil McGovern's back room the other
night. 81 know there's lots of fellers
talking against him-specially now
that he's dead-but | alters speak of a
man as | find him, and old Bill was as
fair and square a one as | wish ter see,
spite of his crankiness."
Putty bad tempered wasn't he?"
said Phil, who was s~prinkling red pep.
per on the salt herring to encourage
trade.
well, he was-aud he wasn't. I've
seen that man keep his grip on himself
and go along cool and easy like when
any other man in the camp would have
stood on his hind legs and rared. |
call to mind suthin' that happened
once away back in the flush days that
showed what a big heart old Gridley
had in his shirt. You see, we were at
a mining camp called Lone Skull, up
on the Feather river, and Bills claim
had PANIED 50 rich that he began to
put on a good deal OF style. He had
the largest shanty in the place-four
rooms-and what must Gridley do but
send clear round the Horn for a car
pet for the parlor. 1t took him nearly
a year to get it out, and then it was
the only carpet in that part of the
state. White ground, with yellow and
red flowers. Folks used to come for
miles to see it"
rs this yarn in one act?" growled
a friend of the miner, who was visit
fully watching the barkeeper take the
lid off some hot chowder in the other
room,
Its in one scene" continued the
party from Bodie. "Lemme see;
where was 1? Well, to make a long
story short, l was playing Pedro in
Bills best room one night. with some
prospectors just up from Frisco, and
was losing considerable dust, when |
dropped on one of EN- taking a jack
out of his sleeve. AS luck would have
it, | wasn't heeled that night, so | Just
picked up a tobacco knife that lay on
on the table and cut the fellows
throat clean across.
Good scheme, too" grunted a faro
steereri in approval.
well, as | was saying, old Gridley,
who was in the next room, heard the
scufle and came in. There was that
cut chap lying on the floor, with the
blood all over the carpet-the whole
thing just ruined. Everybody was
scared to see Bills face; he looked
just awful. l expected to get a
bullet through my head quicker'n a
wink
This is pretty tough on me- says
Gridley, looking at the carpet.
"'Iknow, Bill says |, and axes
yer parding, old man. l never once
thought of the carpet. 1 wouldn't er
done it if had
"'No, | dont't believe you would,
Tom says he kinder sorrowful Ike.
/ don't believe you would and he
actually helped me to heave the corpse
outer the winder, and kinder wipe up
the muss 4 little. | tell you, gentle
men, old Bill Gridley was a. white
man, he was; and if ever l 60 back on
him after that, I'm a coyotel"
And they all agreed that a man must
have a pretty big heart to act like that
after all.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16
Ostrich Farming.

The Arizona Citizen thinks that
ostriches could be reared with great
ease and profit in the territory. There
is no place, it says, better adapted to
ostrich farming than the Lower ella.
west Of Tucson, and along the Colora-
do river. This country is dry, hot.
and otherwise fitted for ostriches.
dromedaries, Be4ouins, cassowaries.
and the other products of Sahara and
and Arabia the Blessed. Ostriches
have been naturalized in South Africa
in regions similar to Arizona, and
enormous profits are annually made
from this source. There are several
thousand ostrich farms there and over
10000 birds. The would-be ostrich
farmer incloses a large tract of land.
the same as u large cattle men dc.
In the western states, with a three,
board fence. This they were COM
PEELED to do, as the ostrich is a very
feet bird and cannot be controlled by
herders as cattle and sheep. Many Of
the men who engaged in the business
in South Africa have amassed fortune,
in a few years. They produce five
broods of about twenty chicks at I
brood in a year. The young ones maj
be plucked when about eight months
old; the first plucking is worth s. pei
bird. At sixteen months old the,
should be plueked again; this and ali
subsequent pluckings are worth 81;
per head, and they may be plucket
every eight months. They commenc,
breeding at four years old. Full
grown ostriches are worth from $500 T.
$500 per pair in South Africa.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16
Rsads GIIt Edge Toni eassists digestion
What Can be Got Out of a Horse
After His Race is Run.

Scientific Americana
In France, when a horse has reached
the age of twenty or thirty, it is de-
signed for a chemical factory; it is first
relieved of its hair, which serves to
stuff cushions and saddles; then it is
slaughtered and skinned; the hoofs
serve to make combs. Next the car
cass is placed in a cylinder and cooked
by steam at a pressure of three atmos-
pheres; a cock is opened, which allows
the grease to be run off; then the
remains are cut up, the leg bones are
sold to make knife handles, etc and
the coarser, the ribs, the head, etc,
are converted into animal black and
glue. The first are caleined in cyl
inders, and the yapors when con-
deDsed form the chief source Of
carbonate of ammonia, which con-
stitutes the base Of nearlyal ammoni-
acal salts. There is an animal oil
yielded which makes a capital insecti-
eide and a vermifuge. To make glue
the bones are dissolved in muriatic
acid, which takes away the phosphate
Of lime, the soft residue, retaining the
shape Of the bone. is dissolved in
boiling water, cast into squares and
dried on nets. The phosphate Of
lime. acted upon by sulphuric acid
and calcined with carbon. produces
phosphorus for lucifer matches. The
remaining flesh is distilled to obtain
the carbonate Of ammonia; the result.
ing mass is pounded up with potash
then mixed with old nails and old iron
Of every description; the whole is cal
cined and yields magnificent yellow
crystals -prussiste Of potash, with
which tissues are dyed a Prussian
blue, and iron transferred into steel;
it also forms the basis Of cyanide Of
potassium and prussic acid, the two
most terrible poisons known in chem
istry.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic Allays irritation
Pen Picture of "BOnanza Mae.
KAY.

A Nevada contributor TO the Hour
says: Here" said the speaker, as he
stood with a friend near a windlass by
which ore was hauled out Of a mine on
the ComstOek, here l used to stand
and turn for So a day. Seth Cook was
my partner, and he was paid So a day.
Seth Cook is now a large owner in the
Standard Mine, and one Of the rich
men Of the Pacific Coast" The
speaker was John w. Maekay, the
bonanza king, one Of the richest men
in the world. He is a slender, tallish.
well knit man Of forty-seven, with a
clean, well-marked face, showing de-
cision and frankness. His hair and
moustache are brown, tinged with
gray. His eye is keen and penetrat-
ing, his tkin is rudy, wholesome.
vascular, tanned with Nevada sun.
shine and steamed in the Turkish
bath temperature Of the lower level,
Of the Comstock lode. What i'm
presses n about the nan is that
there is nothing wasted in him; be If
all muscle and nerve, and shows TEN,
perate and careful habits. When he
walks 1t is with the sure, agile tread Of
the leopard or the lynx, like one who
might spring at any moment. There
Is a Joyous element in the man, which
would be winning were lie owner only
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16
Rescued from Death.

William J. Coughlin, of Somerville,
Mass, says: "In the fall of 1876 | was
taken with a violent bleeding of the
lungs, followed by a severe cough. l
was so weak at one time that | could
not leave my bed. In the summe Of
1877 l was admitted to the city hospi-
tai. While there the doctors said |
had a hole in my left lung as big as a
half dollar. l was so far gone at one
time a report went around that | was
dead. l gave up hope, but a friend
told me Of DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for
the Lungs. [ got a bottle, when to my
surprise and qualification Commenced
so feel better, and to-day l feel in bet
ter spirits than | have in the past
three years.
II write this hoping every one
afflicted with diseased lungs will be
induced to take DR.. Halls Balsam for
the lungs, and be convinced that CON
sumption can be cured" Sold by
druggists.
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Reeds Gi Edge Tonic cures dyspepsi,
About Women.

A very ugly woman of Leavenworth
obtained a very handsome man for a
husband, but her success was not q
source Of happiness. She repeatedly
heard peoples expressions of wonder
that so attractive a man had married
SO unattractive a woman, and finally
became furiously angry, throwing
crockery and furniture at his fine
head, and eventually giving him legal
grounds for divorce.
In England there is just now a GU.
rious rage for one style of dressing the
hair. 1t is very simple and very ugly.
Imagine a pretty blonde who has shorn
the side and top of her head until the
golden locks are about three inches
long, curled these into a bushy mass,
parted it on one side, and coiled the
remainder other browning glory into q
tight little knot OF the nape of her
neck. The curly crop is not allowed
to follow. the outlines ofthe head, but
is covered up in a sort Of turret right
at the summit.
When a family includes or consists
Of a plurality, the daughter finds that
she has to be a sister to sisters and tC
brothers and that thus the sphere O.
her activity is enlarged. The afec
tions which would otherwise be con.
centrated upon the parents are re.
quired to expand and, without dimin
ishiDg aught of her love and care fol
father and mother, she has to live ant
care for others, too. How much
house may lose and suffer by a Lax and
heartless attention to those who cal
her sister may be estimated by con
sidering how much it gains by he
jealous and cordial endeavors to max,
home and all who are in it comforta
Bile and happy.
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American Actors Abroad.

At a dinner given to John McCul-
l,ugh the other day.Mr. Raymond was
among the speakers, and said hat Mr..
Mccullough must be going to England
for reputation-he could not have any
idea Of going there for money. The
speaker had recently been there him
self, and he knew how it was. Amer
lean actors, he said, never expect to
get any money in England, and they
are never disappointed. English
actors, on the contrary, cometo Amer
lea for money. They get it, go back
home again, and forget all about
America. He went to England him
self several years ago TO play with the
late Il. A, Sothern, and after playing
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16

No. 3993-Tn the Chancery Court of Shelby
county, Tenn.-Blizabsth Stanley ct al VS..
Ida g Stanley ct al.
TT appearing from affidavit in this cause
i that the defendants, Ida B Stanley
and Alice L Stanley are non-residents
ordered that they make their appearance
herein, at the courthouse of Shelby county,
in Memphis, Tenn, on or before the first
Monday in May, 1881, and plead, an
suer or demur to complainant bill, or
the same will be taken for confessed
as to them and set for hearing ~ex-parte;
and that q copy Of this order be pub
lished once a week, for four successive weeks,
in the Public Ledger.
This 9th day of April, 1881.
r. j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
A copy-Attest:
By e. B. McHExRY, D. C. &M.
Humes Il Poston, sol'rs for complainant.
Al ri AZ 40
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16
Restitution for a Brothers
Crime.
Baltimore speclal.l

Baltimore special
Mr.. M. P. Whalen, of Waterbury
N. Y, has arrived here, bringing q
sum of money, amounting to abou:
$1,000, with eight years interest
added, which he proposes to pay
over in restitution to the widow
Of Mr.. Lampley, of this city, who was
robbed and murdered in 1873 by
Joshua Nicholson, her grandpa, and
Thomas r. Whalen, a brother of NJ.
P. Whalen. The murderers were
both hanged in August, 1873. Thomas
Whalen had lived here under the
alias of Hollohon and was known by
thrt name when hanged, but in his
last confession to a priest he told his
true name and the priest wrote to NJ.
p. Whalen and told him his brother
fate. That gentleman has lately felt
convinced that he ought to make res
titution Of the stolen money, although
he never saw or possessed any of it,
and he has coma to this city for that
purpose.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16

a cab driver instead Of the master Of
millions. He speaks with q half stam-
mer, which at first impresses one as
being the slowness of a man who de-
liberates while he speaks. This is the
bonanza king as he stands at your side
looking out over the brown Nevada
hills. The miners come up and speak
to him and call him John, and there
is between them a sense of command
blended with comradeship which APP
pears odd to metropolitan eyes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16
Burnetl's COcOaine Has Received
Universal Endorsement.

No other preparation possesses
such remarkable properties for en-
bellishing and strengthening the hair
and rendering it dark and glossy. It
cures badness and eradicates dan
druf.
Burnett's Fla~oring Extracts are
the best.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16

there a year came back home. When
he landed in New York he expected
that a great reputation had preceded
him; but, as he was walking up Bred
way, he met an acquaintance, who
said to him: Hello, Johnl Where
have you been2 l haven't seen you
for a year," Nobody knew" added
Mr.. Raymond, sorrowfully, "that
had been in England"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16
A0ARn

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc., l will SEM
a recipe that will euro you, FREE "
CHARGE. This great remedy was DISCOVERIES
bv a missionary In South America. Send Z
eelf-ad lrsssod envelope TO the Rev. Joseph ~
Inmah, station D, New Yo-k City,.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16
Tuesday. April 80, 1881.

at the southwest corner of Madison and Main
str, ct, in Memphis, the Taxing District o.
Shelby county, Tennessee, sell at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder for cash, those Ger.
tain lots Of land in said district known and
described as lots number twenty-one (2D and
twenty-five (22) in Lanes subdivision, SAID
lots fronting so feet each on the west side o
Monsarrat street OF avenue, and running bach
1857 feet between parallel lines, with i'm
p%rOvements thereon.
All right of redemption waived. Title be.
lieved to be good, but l sell and convey al
AMOS WOODRUFF, Trustee.
I " Homnfon- Attornev- % az
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Public Sale Latting Soap Manufacturing
and Oil Refining Company.

TINE fve-story brick building, formerly
J. known as the Bradley block, situated at
the foot of Adams troet, with the ground oc-
eupied thereby, and extending to Mississippi
river, with all the machinery for making soap
and refining oil, together with soap and soap
material on hand at time of sale, and Office
furniture, will he sold on the premises, at
public sale, on the 23d day of April next, for
cash. BY order of the Board of Directors.
204 JOHN H CHICHESTER, Pres't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16

We can safely assert that nothing
equals DR.. Bulls cough syrup for all
cases of sore throat, coughs, colds, etc.
Price % cents q bottle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16

Be on time; for prevention is better
than cure. All coughs and colds and
such affections Of the throat and lungs
as lead to consumption are cured by
DR.. Bulls cough syrup. Price %
cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16

The following is placarded in the
theater at Durango, Col: From and
alter this date all persons who wish to
gain admittance TO the auditorium Of
the Coliseum must leave their wesp-
ons at the front bar, where checks
will DO given for them"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16
Prof. GlilnGtHS French Liver Pad

Win positively cara Fever and Ague, Dumb
Ague, Aguo Uakt, Bilious Fever, Jaundice,
Dyspepsia and all itsoases of the Liver, Stom-
ach and Blood. Price q CODY mail. Send for
Prof. Guilmette'e Treatise on the Kidneys and
Liver, free By mai. Address
TRENCH PAD CO.,
lS weed Toledo, Ohio,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16
Trustees Sale.

DY virtue of a trust deed by W NJ Brooks
ID to me as trustee to secure an indebted
ness from said Brooks 70 John ] Horner, exc
cuted July 26, 1870, registered in the Office Of
tho Register Of Shelby county, Tenn, book
No. 81, page 564, 1 will, on
April goth, 1881,
ut u noon. in front of tho Planters Insurance
Building, Al Madison street, in the Taxing
District Of Shelby county (Memphis), sell to
the highest bidder for cash, lot number ten,
in block Ne. twenty-five, west side of Main
street, south Of Beal street, in said Taxing
District.
Redemption waived. Title believed to be
good, but l only sell and convey as trustee.
II KING, Trustee.
March 90, 1881. "a 30 36 AZ
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Trustees sale.

FINDER and by virtue of a deed in trust
u made March 3, 1877, to me aS trustee by
John German and Katie German, and record
ed in decd book No, 116. page 440, in the Reg
ister's Office Of Shelby county, which said deed
was made to secure an Indebtedness fully de-
scribed therein, and default having been
made in the terms and conditions thereof. ]
will, as trustee, at the request Of the benef-
ciary in said deed, at ten O'Clock, am, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16
TrnSfee,s sale.

DY virtue Of a deed of trust executed to me
ID BY VIM. Brent aud his wife, Guila ID Brent,
en- the 23d day Of June, 1880, and recorded in
the Register Office Of Shelby county, Tenn,
in record book No. 1873, page rs. l will, at the
request Of tho beneficiary therein named, on
Wednesday, the 3Oth dayOf March, 1881,
between the hours Of IL o'clock am. and /
pm, in front ofthe courthouse door ofShelby
county, Tenn, in Memphis, now called the
taxing District, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash the following described
property, to-Wit: A certain undivided one
third interest in a certain lot, parcel or tract
ofland with the Improvements thereon stu
ate, lying and being on the northeast corner
of Jefferson and Fourth streets, in the Taxing
District Of said Shelby county, Tenn. Qste
city of Memphis), and being the east part OF
lot iYe hundred and ffty-three 1853 and the
vest part Of lot five hundred and hfty-four
g5D Of county lot four hundred and seventy
eight (47S), having a front on Jefferson street
Of one hundred and sixty-Rine ul69l BY one
hundred and forty. eight and one-half kl451al
feet deep on Fourth street, on which is stu
ated a largo cotton warehouse, known as u M
Apperson x Co.'S warehouse ana being part
ofsame property which was set aparI and con
deceased, the said Gaila D Brent being one
of said heirs By decree Of Chancery Court Of
Shelby county, Tenn. in the cause Of Imogene
Beaumont vs.. Il NJ .Apperson, as the same
appears Of record in book ITO, page oO Of the
deed records Of Shelby county Tenn: Also
Iots one III and two (j in block ffty-fVe 1857
an Vance street. in said Taxing District (late
citv AZ Memphis), each lot fronting OF said
Vance street forty-seven 40 feet and extend-
ING hack one hundred and forty-eight and
one-half Q4sh) feet to an alley.
Fo,iity OF redemption waived. Title believ-
ed to be- good. but l sell and convey Ss trustee
Greer 4 Adams, Att'ys. 6S
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SheriTs Sale of Real Estate.

DUBLTC notice is hereby given, that by
i virtue Of q venditioni exponns, 10 me
directed from tho Hon. Circuit Court of
Shelby county, Tenn. in the case Of P B Lam
agaD and Catharine flanagan VS.. Ms. Joanna
Keith, judgment rendered on the LIST day of
November, 1880, for the sum Of twenty-three
dollars an | = cents, with interest and costs Of
suit. TO iailsfy said judgment, etc. l will, on
Saturday, the 30th day Of April, 1881,
in legal hours, in front of the courthouse, in
the Taxing District Of Shelby county, Tenn,
proceed lie sell, to the highest bidder, for cash,
the following described property, to-wit:
Situated, lying and being in the county Of
Shelby, State Of Tennessee, beginning at a
point on the north line of Winchester street
800 fifty feet from the southwest corner of lot
49,, running thence 40 feet to Mrs. Fitzgerald's
line; thence east WITH said Mrs. Fitzgerald's
line 20 feet; thence north 70 feet; thence east
40 feet; thence south Al feet; thence west II
feet; thence sou h 1871 feet to Winchester
street; thence west with the north line of
Winchester street So feet TO the beginning
Levied on as the property of defendant, Mrs.
Joanna Keith, to satisfy said judgment, in
terest and costs.
Memphis. 7th day Of April, 1881.
Sheriff Of Shelby county, Tenn.
By A j MCLENDOs, d. S.
Smith & Collier, Att'y'for Plaintiff. "a 40 As
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16

Erench ExidmevRad

WHICH CURES BY ABSORPTION.
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B. +. KeeSling, M. D., druggist, Logans-
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phls.
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SOM ETHIMC
EVERY LADY
OUGHT TO KNOW.

There exists a means of SO.
curing a soft and brilliant
Complexion, no matter how
poor it may naturally be.
Hagan's Magnolia Balm is a
delicate and harmless arti-
Gle, which instantly removes
Freckles, Tan, Redness.
ROughness, EruptiOnS, VuI.
gar FluShings, etc. etc. So
delicate and natural are its
effects that its use is not
suspected by anybody.
No lady has the right to
present a disfgured face in
society when the Magnolia
Balm is sold by all druggists
for IS cents.
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NeeOnd ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

At the request Of the g~rantors in the above
described deed in trust, the sale hereby ad-
vertised is postponed until
Monday, the 25th day Of April, 1881,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16
STANLEY.

Reeds GiltEdge Tonic prevents malaria