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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-17

SENATOR Beck seems to think that
as The republicans have the president
and the house it might be well enough
to surrender the senate and hus
throw the whole responsibility of the
governmentupon the republican party.
This looks more like an evasion than a
fair discharge ola publictrust. In the
popular vote of this country the two
great parties are about equally divid-
cd, and it would be quite con
sistent with the popular will
for one branch of the govern
ment or Of congress to remain under
democratic control. This would be
but a healthy check upon the party
which has just secured a new lease Of
power. 1t would be an assurance
that both sides would have a
voice, and that the whole country
wouldbe represented. A representative
government should be well balanced be-
tween two parties which are necessary
in the nature Of things. Minorities are
ever on the alert, and keep msjorities
npon their guard and their good con-
duct. If the democrats in the senate
can by any parliamentary tactics main
tain the control Of that body it is their
duty to do 50, and they cannot honor.
ably evade it. 1t is not question Of
committee clerkships and other petty
Offices that might be distributed among
relatives or political supporters and
fsvorites.but the equilibrium of par.
ties and national interests that deser7,
70 be considered. The senate is usu
ally digni6ed conservative body,
tribunal commanding even higher re
spect than the president himself, an,
we DO not expect any great abuse o
power or %partizanship at Its hands
Yet the members are but men ate
all and are likely to lean very strongl,
to the side that suits them. If tn
republican party should return to ful
control Of the government, il will b
very sure to devote more energy an
talent to laying the pipes for a cor
t~inuaticn Of power, than to fair con
Duct and administration Of publ
Affairs.
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BIG DAMAGES
Recovered by an Old Negro Put
OF q Train.

Nashville Herald.l
A winter or two ago, Simon Elem
ing, Of Franklin, Tenn, a colored man
whose head was white from the frosts
of some eighty winters, according to
the best traditions in his neighbor-
hood-for there is no record Of his
age, and no one knows it positively
left his home to visit the promised
land Of Kansas with his daughter.
The daughter had come to Nashville
in a wagon, and was to meet the father
at the depot here. A son went with
the old man to the depot at Franklin
bought him a ticket, put it in his
pocket, aud then put him on the train.
AS he was assisting his father on the
train, who was, in addition 10 being
old aud feeble. paralyzed in his arms,
the son told the brakeman or cOnduc.
tor at the door the condition Of the
old man, and that his ticket was in
his pocket, a rule Of the road requir.
ing passengers TO exhibit their tickets
before boarding the train. When the
conductor went through the train
taking up tickets, Uncle Simon's could
not be found. He called several per
sons on the train 10 substantiate the
fact that a ticket had been bought al
franklin and put into his pocket, but
the conductor put him of At Brent.
wood, a station nine miles from Nash.
vile. Uncle Simon was 10 q dilemma
The night was bitter cold. liz
knew no place 70 60 70 in brentwood
to spend the night, and II he did biz
daughter was waiting for him a. The
depot in Nashville. Neither could b,
get a conveyance 10 the city. He dc.
termineded 70 foot il, and did, in com.
pany with a colored boy, whom hC
met on the pike and prevailed on d
come with him, arriving in this eityif
an almost frozen condition. HefounC
bis daughter waiting for him, and N
telling her Of his mishap she iBsti
tuted search for bis ticket and s00l
found it in his clothes.
He at once brought suit against th,
Louisville and Nashville railroad 10.
$4,000 damages. The fret trial re-
suited 10 a verdict Tor 500 which wa
set aside BY The presiding Judge. A
second trial resulted 10 o mistual tg'
members Of the jury not wanting u
give the old man a6gtbing Tor vi
walk. A third trial WAS had ilet Nell
at franklin, and vas ended taturlag
The jury wal out about thirty minute
and came In with q verdict f0r he ful
sum laid in the writ sad declaration
$4,000. II is thought tbe iHdgHfa
will stand. Judge Waligss. NJ FiaHk
ju, presided in ihs pisfs NJ JBdg
hcLomore, who WA unable W sil
! Reeds CIT Edge Tonic aIlay, ifplsHe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-17

has been vouchsafed in this country,
and fever The School for Scandal,
The Rivals, The Road to Ruin, She
Stops to Conquer. The Heir at Law,
Speed the Plow. and in fact, the stand
ard English comedies, were more
artisticaIly performed elsewhere 1t
would be difficult to convince a New
Orleans public ofthe fact: /,
s'The Varieties was again DESTROYED
by FIRE on the night of the lst of De-
cember, 1870, when the site was
changed for the present locality, and
the name changed to the Grand opera
house.
The theater owned by this asso-
citation is one of the most elegant to
be found on this continent, and its
great stairway entrance is of itself an
admirable piece Of architectural and
decorative art.
The Harmony is composed to a
great extent Of Hebrew citizens, and
occupies a fine club house at 249 Camp
street. 1t opens its doors and dispen-
SEES handsome social Inequalities on
occasions. There are also several dra-
matte clubs, many social benevolent
organizations of different classes and
kinds.
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The pope cOndoles the car.
Another earthquake at Naples.
Senator Bayard'opposes the prohib-
story law.
New York bankers are visiting
Washington.
Whole family mysteriously poisoned
at st. Louis.
Kentucky regulators have on the
war paint.
Col. A. G. Hodges, an old Louis
william, is dead.
A negro barber was stabbed to death
at Abilene, Texas.
More arrests are being made for the
Missouri land fraud.
John Tolan shot his wife dead while
the latter was nursing their babe.
A fireworks factory exploded at
New York. Slight panic created.
Fifteen persons subscribed $500
each at New York for Indian educa-
ton.
Missouri tornado destroyed a mum.
Der of hamlets aud killed several per-
sons.
A Cincinnati man drank %turpentine
because he could not get whisky, and
died.
A cotton mill has been built at
Charleston, S. C., with a capital of
S400, 900.
Albert Morton, Michigan farmer,
probably fatally shot Fred Foote, a
hired man.
August Faorslor sulcided at st.
Louis by cutting his throat with a
p~ocketknife.
John Pfeiifer killed John Mcbride
in Pennsylvania penitentiary and then
hanged himself.
Bitter feeling in Clifden district,
ireland, TO which two hundred police
were dispatched.
T. b. Forster wa shot dead at Los
Angeles, GAL. by a Spanish girl whom
be had betrayed.
Seyeniy.Gye thousand pounds with
drawn from the Bank Of England yes
terday for shipment 10 America.
There Is deficit in the Winchester
~ H., savings bank, and the trcasur-
er has assigned his property 10 il.
Three men were severely wounded
and fourteen cars smashed by an acct
dent on the Texas Central railroad.
Driver Of Nevada stage coach shot
doad and one passenger wounded
Horses a away and save the balance
~ Yignoaux, the champion billiard
player, will probably come TO tbiI
country 70 play with SohaeAer or Slos.
son.
Judge G. W. Tyler, Of MontgomerI
eoualy Tenn, Is about to be i'm.
psaohed for drunkenness, misappro.
prstion and attempted assassination
The inquest held upon the body o.
lhe iaso General Upton, U. s. A., re.
tarsa the verdict OF suicide, though
many friends think he was foullY mgr
derod
Nine hundred aud dity.oiS thousans
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Reeds GitEdge Tonic prevents malaria
Men and Women In the United
States.

New York SUM-
The United States have been called
the paradise Of women. Probably n
reason why women are better off here
than 10 other and more densely popu.
lated countries is that there are fewer
Of them in this country in proportion
to the number ofmen, In the Euro.
pean nations the female population is
in excess Of the male population,
while with US the males are more nu-
merous.
0fthe total population ofthe United
States 25,520,582 are males and "a
G32,2S4 are females. The males
therefore exceed the females by $685.
298.
During the last ten years the male
population has increased more than
the female, and the explanation of the
gain is 10 be foInd in the enormous
immigration Of the decade, which
amounted 10 about three millions.
That this is the true cause is shown
by the CIRCUMSTANCES that most of the
excess of men over women is found
among the foreign population, though
it constitutes only one seventh Of the
whole. Men arc more ready than
women 10 emigrato and make new
homes, to which women may after
ward come. Hence it is that the
United States, the country Of pioneers
and adventurous spirits, have always
shown a larger male population, in
proportion, than can be found in any
other country on the globe.
In 1870, our total population Of 81,
1881 was made up Of 19,493,5 500
males and 1905 1906 females, the males
being more numerous ty 428.059. We
have, therefore, gained ip the ten
years COZ, 9l7 males, and but 5,O57,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-17
THE GAME Law.
Information for spOrIsmen In
shelby, Fayette and Other
Counties.

Quail and partridges are protected
from the LIST Of April to the LIST Of o.
tober in Shelby, Upton, Fayette and
Rutherford counties; and certain
other game seems to be protected in
Shelby county from the LIST Of Febru-
airy to the LIST of September, as are
also protected song birds and others
that feed on insects. The acts of the
general assembly on the subject are as
follows:
SHELBY COUNTY GAME LAW.
mo person shall hunt or kill deer
or squirrel in Shelby county from the
first day of February to the first day
September, or hunt, capture or kill
any song bird in said county during
that time, such as the mocking bird.
thrush, robin and oriole; Tor any game
bird, as the wild turkey, grouse,
pheasant, woodcock, snipe and lark,or
any bird that feeds on insects which
destroy fruit trees, as the sparrow,
catbird, bluebird or woodpecker. No
person shall at any time destroy the
nests OF any Of these birds Of Shelby
county.
IF any one should do any enc Of
the things forbidden in the foregoing
section he may be prosecuted therefor
before any magistrate of said county,
and upon conviction he shall be fined
twenty-five dollars for every deer
killed. ten dollars for every wild tur-
key killed and FIVE dollars for every
squirrel or other of the above named
birds killed; and the same for every
birds nest robbed or destroyed, and
every animal or bird bought or sold or
offered to be sold in said county dur
ing the time above specified.
"All prosecutions for any of these
offenses shall be in the name of the
county of Shelby. Iu all cases of con-
viction and recovery the fine shall be
equally divided between the informant
and the county, and the part due the
county shall be paid to the county
trustee and held as a part Of the school
fund of said county Of Shelby. Passed
June 80, 1870"
PRESERVING GAME IN CERTAIN COUN-
TIES.
1T shall be unlawful for any person
to trespass upon the lands of another
in the counties of Rutherford, Fayette,
Shelby and Upton, for the purpose of
hunting, trapping or netting any game,
without the consent of the person or
persons owning said lands.
1T shall be unlawful for any person
to shoot, wound or destroy any quails
or partridges in the counties Of Ruth
erlord, Fayette, Shelby and Upton,
from the first day of April to the first
day of October, inclusive, in each aud
every year.
ANY person violating this act shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof before any
court having jurisdiction shall be, for
each and every o%ffense, fined not less
than five nor more than twenty-five
dollars-one-hal to be paid TO the
informant, and the other half to the
common school fund-and upon fail
ure to pay or secure said fine, the per-
son so offending shall be imprisoned in
the county Jail not less than ten nor
more thun thirty days, at the discre-
ton of the court. Passed October II,
1871"
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GUILMETTE's
Frenoh TxidneyPmd

WHICH CURES BY ABSORPTION.
Ask your druggist for Prof. Gu ilmette's
French Kidney Pad, and take no oil len. Ifbs
has not got it, send 81 and you will receive the
TESTIMONIALS FROM THI PEOPLE.
Judge Buchanan, Lawyer, Toledo. o. savs.
One Of Prof. Guilmette's french Kidney Pads
cured me Of Lumbago IN. three weeks time.
MY case nad been given up by the best doctors
as ineurable. During ali This time 1 suffered
untold agony and paid out large sums Of
money.
George Yette-z, j. p, Toledo. o.. says: 1
snneTeu Ior tATee years with Sciatica and Kid
MY pIsease g, and often had TO 90 about on
crutenes. l was entirely and permanently
epS1 alter wearing Prof. Guilmette's French
Aldhoy Pads four weeks.
squire N. Z. Scott. Sylvania, o., writes
4 have. been a great sufferer for Is years with
brights Disease Of the Kidneys. For weeks
at a time l was unable to get out Of bed; took
barrels Of medicine, but they gave me only
temporary relief. Iswore two Of Prof. Gull
mette's Kidney Pads six weeks, and / nQef
know am entirely cured,
Mrs. Helen Jerome, Toledo, o., says, 70,
years l have been confined, a great par ofths
time to my bed, with Lucorrhea az d female
weakness. l wore one Of Guilmett a. Kidnev
Pads and was cured in one month.
II. Is. Green, Wholesale pToce-. findIav n
writes; | suffered for Is years. with lame bacf
and in three weeks was per manently cared Nv
wearing one ofPr0f Gui, mette's Kidnevpeds 2
b. 4. Keesling, N. %, drugeisf. Loesns
port, Ind, when sef ding in an order for K;%-
ney Pads, writes: I Wore one Of the 6rst oneg
We had and l Isoeived more benefit from II
than anything J ever used, in fact the Pads
give oetter aeperal satisfaction than any Kid
ney reme0y We ever sold,
Ray, shoemaker, druggists, hannibal.
mos; We are working up lively trade In your
kaaa' and are hearing Of good results from
them every day.
For sale by s. Mansfield E. ca. Mar
pills.
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Educate the BLACKS.

N. Y. Sun.
We agree with all the president said
in his inaugural, or can say, as to the
importace and necessity Of educating
the ignorant-who are much the most
numerous among the colored people.
But we believe it should be done
by the several states, rather than by
the nation. If a great, permanent
educational bureau is set up under
the general government, it will be at
tended with a vast increase of execu-
tive power and patronage, and an
enormous expenditure of money, much
of which will be wasted.
There could be no more beneficial
use offs large fortune by some philan-
thropist who has one to dispose Of
than the establishment and mainten-
ance offree colored schools and we'll
selected free libraries at the south.
The negroes, like the new admins
tration, should have a fair show. Let
states and individuals help them to an
education; then let them help them
selves.
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A 7 noon on Wednesday, the 2sd day Of
"A March next. l will sell nublicly, for cash,
at the Courthouse door in Memphis, the fol-
lowiTg described real estate, t,-witi Begin
ming at II point q chains IS links porthward
from the southeL SC corner Of the Bishop 0toy
tract, on its east line; thence with said line
east limo; thence south 7 chains so links with
Bord's line to Il stake; thence east II chains |
link to the beginning, containing 9N acres; 1t
being the tract conveyed by G Graham TO M
q Bowers by an indenture dated February 10,
1877, and registered in book ZIG, page PSI, un.
der which | am empowered to sell to enforce
payment of purchase money. Title believed
to be good, but l sell only Ia execution Of the
power. w Il WEATHEhtOR
Memphis, February 10, 1881. 14S 10
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N~IIDDLE-AGED IN

There are many Of the age of 80 to go Whh
are troubled with too frequent evacuatio M" ~
the bladder, often accompanied BY a SIisbt
smarting OF burning sensation and WEI .kaninS
the system in a manner the patier 4 csnnot
S Sosits i TS3v V sad GiSS@InI MIgi the Re Urinary de;
sometimes small PARTICLES Of albu men win an
pear, or the color be of q thin milkish bue.
again changing to a DARK and torpid snpesT,
ance. There are many, men. who die Of this
diIleulty, ignorant Of the Cause, which is the
tor will guarantee a perfect care in ali sncb
urinary organs.
Consultation fFea. A friendly chat costs
nothing. Ih9ee W.able to pay will be treated
gratis daiS lr9rA . am. to 10 am. Office
and place.
Home office address: DR.. Spinney & Co., s4S:
Larimer street. Denver. Col. 1904
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-17

COLONEL Don Piatt having retired
from the editorial control of the
Washington Capital, is succeeded by
Mr.. A. @. Buell., who has been the
associate editor of the paper for some
years, and is one Of the brightest
young journalists of the day.
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Reeds Gil Edge Tonic cures dyspepsia
Vennor Predicts More Winter.

Montreal Special.l
Vennor says the winter is not over
yet, by any means. He thus puts it:
There are yet at least three storm
periods in this month, namely, on the
18th, 18th, or 10Th, on the 10th and
18th, and lastly on the Goth or 2lst.
The latter two periods will give us
heavy snow falls, one of which is like
ly to be the heaviest fall Of the winter.
This will be pretty general over a large
portion of North America, and is like
ly to cross over to Great Britain.
There will be also one cold spell
of considerable severity. The month
will end with rain and slush."
St. Patrick's day, it will be observ-
cd, is included in one of the storm pc
RODS.
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The Peoples World Wide Ver-
dfaf-

Burnett's Cocoaine has been sold in
every civilized country, and the public
have rendered the verdict that it is
the cheapest and best hair dressing in
the world.
Burnett's Flavoring Extracts are
invariably acknowledged the purest
and the best.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-17

In those advanced stages Of bron-
chial disease, where great organic de-
cay p~reeludes the possibility Of restor-
alton, DR.. Bulls cough syrup gives
very grateful ease and relief to the
weary sufferer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-17

To al Who are suffering ron the errors and
indiEcrctions Of youth. nervous weakness,
early decay, loss manhood. ETC.. I will send
areelpe that viii cure you, FREE OF
CHAhdE. This grcttrenedy uas discovered
~ . ulssionary IN south America. SEM :
eelf-ao Ls1sed envelope % the Rev. Jossph Z.
lERsAs statiOn D, ksE Ys-k City.
BxEx ia eodts
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STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY COUNTY,
OFFICE COUNTY COURT CLERK,

STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY COUNTY
OFFICE COUNTY C0URT CLERK,
Memphis. Tenn !, February %, 1881.
No. 42l9 To John NJ Harrington, Administer
torot Mary Mcguire. deceased.
HAVING suggested the insolvency of the
IL estate of Mary Mcguire, deceased, you
are hereby ordered to give notice, by adYeI-
tisemont in some newspaper published within
the said State, and also at the courthouse
door Of Shelby county, for all persons having
claims against said estate, to appear and file
the same with the Clerk Of the County Court
authenticated in the manner prescribed by
law, on or before the 3lst day of May, 1881,
and any claim not fled on or before said day,
or before an appropriation of the funds Of
said estate is made, shall be forever barred,
both in law and equity.
Witness my hand, at Office, this 18th day Of
February, 1881.
OWEN DWYER. Clerk.
By HUGH B.. CULLEN, D. @.
Notice is hereby given in accordance with
the direction above This Feb'y %, 1881.
JOHN harrington, Admir-.
Metealf AZ Walker. Atty's. 1855 6l2l IS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-17

TIE Milan Monitor is the name of a
neat paper started at Milan by B. l..
Murrell and w, E. Turner. It takes
the place Of the Exchange, now pub
lished at Jackson. Milan is too i'm
portant a place to be without a paper.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-17

and Eve hundred dollars have been
raised toward the worlds fair. If a
full million is not raised by the 18th
Of April the project will probably be
abandoned.
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LOTTERY.
State Lottery COnVaIV

This institution was regularly incorporated
by the Legislature of the State for Educational
term of twenty-five years, TO which con-
tract the inviolable faith of the State Is
pledged, which pledge has been renewed By
an overwhelming popular vote, securing its
franchise IN the new constitution, adopted
December 2, A, d. 1879, with a capital Of
1900, 700, to which il has since added q re-
sorve fund Of over $4,000. Its Grand
single Number Drawings will tske
place monthly on the second Tuesday. ID
never scales or p~ostpones, Loob at the follow
ng distribution:
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TWENTY more days for the legisla-
ture to work. 1t can do a great deal
of harm in that time.
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LAME TaACK

LAME Z5ACK
That the Pad fails to eyre. This great remedy
will Positively and Permanently cure Lumba-
90, Lame Back, .Selatioa, Gravel, Diabetes,
Dropsy, Brights Disease of the Kidneys, In
confluence and detention of the Urine, In
Bladder, HiSh Colored Urine, Pain in the
Back. Side OF Loins, Nervous Weakness, and
in fact all disord ers of the Bladder and Urin-
airy Organs whether contracted by private dis
eases or otherwise.
LADIES, il yOu are suffering from Female
Weakness, LHeorrhea, or any disease Of the
Kidneys, Bladder, or Urinary Organs,
YOU CAN BE CUREpl
Without swallowing nauseOus medicines, ky
simply wearing
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AS females, and this explains the
greater excess of men, 888, 296, shown
by the last census.
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CAPITAL PRIZE. 100000.
100000 Tickets, at I've Dollars Each.
fTiokats, One Dollar.
LIST OF PRIZES,

1857 Prizes, amounting to. ..................Si l0 400
Responsible corresponding agents wanted
ut oil points, to whom liberal compensation
will be paid.
For further information write clearly, Civ
ing full address. Send orders W express or
Registered Letter, or Asaey order BY mail,
M, A. RAUPHM.
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Thursday evening. March. IL, 1881.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-17
GilnGtHS French Liver P5i

WIN positively cure Fever and Aes. n,rh.
Ague. Ague CAKE Bilious Fevss MAJ
Dyspepsia and all Diseases ofths Liver. Stom.
ncn ana Blood. Price Sl.50bG mail. Send for.
ftoI. Inllmette'g Treatise on the Kidnsys and
free By mali, Address
,es FAENCH PAD co,
~ Ueoa Y0lsAo, Ohio.
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M. A. DAUPHIN,
Nav Orlaana. "a.

or n. A. Dauphin, at
No. SO Broadway, Nss YeFk,
or n. l. Gtil0apie,
No. s West Court street, Memphis, Tenn.
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are
under the supervision and MANAGEMENT Of
Gems. q T. Boauregafd and Jubal A. EARLY.
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