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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-28

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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14
.sThe Sisther is Boss,

n. I. Ielegram.i
Mrs. Hogarty, vindictive and tear
full, appeared in the Jefferson market
police court to prosecute her husband
George for assault and battery.
I'll tell We the cause av all O. this
throuble, yer honor" said George.
"She and her sisther, that
in-law, in the house, an phin the two
O. thin gets at me sure no wan cud
sthand thin. The sisther is boss, an
they dhroive me out o. the house."
"NG, George, no. Don't We know
yer loiein', now? My sisther IS an aisy.
goin', quoiet oman as wudn't have a
wurrud to say to We from Monday
mOrnin' till Saturday noight, av ye'd
keep sober an sthOp foightin.' Didn't
ye shame me calm me names forninst
the neighbOrs, an didn't ye bit me on
the head wud a piece av coal2'
queried Mrs. HOgarty.
mo, sor, | niver sthruck her, judge.
She's decavin' ye," said George.
I'm yer wolfe, George, for twenty.
year, an | niver had pace nor aise
sence l got ye," said Mrs. Hogarty.
"Didn't you an yer sisther bate me
out Of the house last noight," asked
Mr.. Hogarty.
Ay. [ was able for ye, ye'd deserv,
it" SAID she.
You will go to the island for three
months, Mr.. Hogarty," said the court
AL right" said he, "but phin Ige
out ye'd better behave yersel, madam
Ye'd besht moind that"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic cures dyspepsia
Niaporn,s Winler Beauty.

Niagara Fails Letter, January 81
The falls have assumed a remark.
able appearance. The low water anG
continual cold weather have formed
ice, which divides the American falls
into five distinct bodies of water. The
ice cones still keep growing larger and
the %icicles and stalactites heavier
while the fringe Of ice on the trees be.
comes more beautiful. The Their
mometer averages about zero. The
sleighing is unusually fine, aud with
the exception of an ice bridge, the
scenery, in the memory of the oldest
inhabitants, never was more imposing
and grand. Ice mounds are climbing
their way to the top of the Canadian
falls. Such has not been known here
in many years, In the vicinity of the
falls large trees have fallen beneath
the heavy weight of ice formed by the
spray. Gangs of men have been en-
ployed cutting of the ice which has
accumulated on the large buildings.
The telegraph wires running into the
Prospect house are coated with ice to
a thickness of from IL to II inches in
circumference, and extra poles had to
be erected to support them. The in
habitants OF the town of Clifton are
still suffering from the want of water.
The water works company, not being
prepared for low water, is unable to
supply them. Many visitors have
been drawn here by the m~agnifcenee
of the scenery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14
A Remarkable Discovery.

The foreman Of the Racine Buy
mine recently brought into the Silver
Cliff mining company's Office a perfect
skeleton Of a snake, found imbedded
in the rock twenty feet below the sur
face and sixty feet from the mouth Of
the tunnel. The skeleton is in a coil,
so that it is difficult to tell just how
long it is, but by actual measurement
the backbone is fve-cighths Of an inch
across, and the ribs two inches long,
and four inches from the outside Of
one set Of ribs to the other. lie says
that there were at least a dozen Of
these skeletons in the nestfrom which
the one described was taken, but as
this was the most perfect, it was the
only one preserved. All through this
tunnel he says there are small caverns,
and in numerous places large piles Of
buffalo chips.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14
Notice to Contractors.
BOARD OF FIRE N POLICE COMMISSIONERS, I
Taxing District Shelby Co., Tenn,a,


BoARD or FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS
Taxing District, Shelby Co., Tenn,,. 7
January 4th, 1881. }
OEALEp proposals will be received by Is
~ until Thursday, January 10Th, 1881, at IL
O'Clock, noon, for the following work TO be
dOne-service TO be rendered and material to
be furnished to the Taxing. District Of Shelby
county:
For the furnishing Of about eighteen hundred
Qt00) square yards of block stone, similar 10
that now being laid on the wharf. south of
Union street, in dimension 8 TO IL inches, top
and bottom, faces OF 70 3 inches, and TO 8
inches depth, the blocks TO be Well-shaped
and Of good, hard lime stone.
Also for tbe.grading, furnishing gravel and
laying of the above stone on UriOn street, be-
tween the east line Ct Front street and the
levee, Us hereafter directed. The entire work
above enumerated 10 be completed not later
than the 10Th April, 1881.
Proposals will also DO received for the fur
nishing of stone aud gravel, the Board resefv-
ing the right to lay the pavement with q Dis
trict forse, and the Board also reserves the
right 10 reject any and all bids in the above.
N0TE-All bids must be labeled Union
Street Pavement and under resolution of
Legislative Council must be accompanied with
the names Of two ~ responsible bondsmen
who are prepared to execute q bond for hvo
thousand dollars each, and each and every
bid must also be accompanied with n certified
check for two hundred and fifty dollars.
By order OF the Board.
loo III b. Il. PORTER, President.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14
N~On-rosldont Notice.


No. 3859-In the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county, Tenn. 20 M Alsup, executor Of W ii
Walker, deceased, VS.. Eliza b Cornelius.
TT appearing from affidavit in this cause that
l. the defendant, Eliza B Cornelius, is a
nonresident of the State Of Tennessee: that
she is indebted to the estate Of W II
Walker. deceased. in the sun of $275,
due BY note. and attachment having been
issued and levied on her property; it Is
therefore ordered that she mako her appear
ance herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby
county, in Memphis, Tenn, on or before the
first Monday in February, 1881, and plead,
answer or demur to complainant bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed as to her
and set for hearing ex-parte; and that o copy
Of this order be published once q week for
four successive ,weeks in the Public Ledger.
This Slst day Of December, 1880.
A COPY: Attest.
ROBERT J. BLACK, clerk and master.
BY L. B. McHESRY, D. O. a NJ.
los Ill III lS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14
Eggs i'm Winter.

Every farmer who knows anything
knows that it pays to have eggs to sell
in winter, when the price is anywhere
from 20 to 40 cents per dozen; but not
one farmer in twenty takes the slight
est pains to persuade his hens to lay
in cold weather. They grumble and
growl about their fowls and are eter-
nally rehearsing the same old story
about the perverseness of hens, who
will lay well enough when eggs are
cheap, but will quit entirely as soon
as the prices go up"
One man declares that he don't
take much care of his hens in winter
because they don't lay half enough to
pay for what they eat" never once
thinking that the failure to produce
eggs results from lack of proper food,
shelter and care. Many farmers who
use common sense in caring for their
horses, COWS, sheep and swine, exhibit
a wonderful amount of ignorance and
stupidity when il comes to managing
poultry, and the focks of twenty or
thirty hens, instead of being a source
of revenue" barely pay their way in
summer, and cat their heads off" in
winter. Whose fault is it2 Not the
hens, surely. A hen cannot run an
egg machine without a supply of raw
material to work on, any more than
the Israelites Of old could make bricks
without straw. What would these
farmers think Of a man who sheltered
his COW in a rail pen, fed her on straw,
let her go without water, and then
growled because she did not produce
as much milk as when on clover pas
ture in June? To put it mildly, they
would call him a fool. Draw your own
conclusions.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14

cumbed to the cold while a mile from
the village, and the exhausted and
dispirited party was compelled TO
abandon them to their fate. The
number Of sick and frozen became so
great on Tuesday that the committee
converted a dwelling into a hospital,
whittier all the invalids were re-
moved, and placed in charge Of a body
Of physicians. BY Tuesday evening
the number of patients in various
stages of sickness had reached %,
while Others were coming in hourly.
The committee then determined to
reduce rations and send a message to
Berryville to ask that assistance be
sent as soon as possible. Mr.. Cooper
volunteered for the journey, and left
the hamlet early Wednesday morning
mounted on a very powerful pillow
horse. He succeeded in travelling UNI
til noon next day without halt, when
the noble animal lay down to die.
Cooper bravely continued the Journey
on foot and reached here yesterday IN
a half idiotic state, being almost
frozen stiff. He dropped on the road
outside of the village, about dusk, and
was found by a farmer, who was at
tracted to the scene by his wild sing
ing. A sleigh containing a quantity
Of medicine, a physician, a clergyman
and two men left here yesterday for
the village, In order to give temporary
relief to the unhappy residents, and
their return is hourly expected; As
soon as snow ceases falling and the
roads become passable, a relief party
will be dispatched to the scene
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14

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 cases Of Gonorrhea and Syphilis cured
in a few days, without the use of Mercury.
Secondary Syphilis, the last v%estige, 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 yigor in a few weeks. Victims
of Spermat0rrhea and loss of physical and
mental power, speedily and permanently
cured.
Particular attention paid to the diseases Of
women, and cures guaranteed.
Throat and 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 8 am, to 9 pm. Sundays
s5f ID. s. JOHNSON. M. ID.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14
Attachment Notice.

Before DC Slaughter, J. P. for shelby county.
Tenn.-Stewart, GWynne * Co. VS.. w b
Welburn.
n this cause an attachment having been
4 sued out under section 1855 Of the code Of
tennessee and returned levied upon the prop
eFty Of the defendant, and affidavit having
been made that the defendant is indebted 10
the plaintiff in the sum of $4i7.97, due bv
account, and that the claim is just, and that
the defendant IL a nonresident OF the state of
Tennessee, so that the ordinary process Of
law cannot be served on bin; it is therefore
ordered that said defendant make his p%ersonal
appearance before me on the LIST day of feb
9 Madison street, Memphis, Tennessee. and
defend said attachment suit within tho
prescribed by Law, or the same win be-
proceeded with exparto; that a copy of this
order De published once a week, for fouv.
weeks. in the Public Ledger. :
This the 9th day Of December, 1880.
W l0 Ill llIN DC Slaughter, j d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14
Old Mother ShipfOn.

New York Herald.l
In the British museum can be seen
Mother Symptoms original book, pub
lished l64l, but an earlier manuscript
Of sans bore date 1448. They contain
nothing important, more old woman
chatte., a tumble Of vague forecasts Of
local interest, which, like tons Of such
trash would deservedly have remained
in oblivion but for the enterprise Of
one Charles Hindley, Of Brighton, who
in 1862 published what purported 70
be an exact reprint of the book. In.
terspersed with the senseless, a. vel
as unfulflled predictions, he had in
serted ten or twelve lines. An exam,
ple:-
oarriases without horses shall go,
ana IRON shall swim In the sea;
hnhrQugh mountains, men shall ride;
England shall at last admit q Jew, etc etc
"a poor mystic effort TO foretell The
past historyof engineering and politics
in England.
The superstitious and lovers Of the
marvellous, ignorant of Hindley':
fraud, introduced to make the boob
sell, seized upon these proofs ofMothel
Symptoms gift Of prophecy. The pre-.
diction OF the end Of the world in i88I
ne stole from Piazza Smith and Phil,
lsrael's Interpretation of the hero
glyphics in the great gallery Of Ii,
Pyramid.
The imposture was soon detected
and exposed, and Hindley publicll
confessed to the fabricated interpola
tons, which did not lessen the sale O
his book.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14
tuesday, Ist day Of Fsbru.rv . .

within legal hours, IN front Of the o-ourtbous.
IN tne elty OF Memphis, county of Shelby and
state OF tennessee sell az public auctiop ~
the highest bidder for cash, the following do.
scribed property, situated ia the copn1v of
Shelby, in the Ftate of Tennessee, and heine
known ana described as follows: One iot or
tract Of land situated in said oountv ana
state being foTty-three acres, more OF less,
lying adjacent 10 and cast of the town Ak
Raleigh, and bounded as fellows: BEGINNING
IN the north line of the Raleigh and Somer,.
vllddls ROAD, at the southeast corner Of a lot OF
iVO by 4UV teet OF ground, owned by William Il,
Marsh, lying north so degrees east, $50 feet
nom a stake, II being } X Kings southeast
cor1er; Lhenee north 50 degrees east, with sal
read II SO-lOO chains TO the Raleigh and Or d
ingt0n road; thence with said road norf "
degrees east, u 1910 chains TO q stan 10
two. elm sapplings; thence north IA G' pg
Ghalns 10 n white oak marked II G., i toilvo
the southeast corner Of Henry Cang 9et1s
acre tract (nOW A M BOyd'tl, thsr on : %
II degrees west, 20 S. 100 chains 70 ice SCUM
east corner of 90 acres owned b. " u q ITten-
herd; thence with said SHEPHERD ehep-
70 degrees east 80-l00 chains; Ii Ihne s1uI ia
degrees east. IL chains, thence 'ehce so ~ ~
grrees west, 63I leo chains to NJ : Sousu " W.
william LM9rsh's lot; tt.e,, oo snnt 9 o 20 iS6
chains said Marsh line a a. bs SyHyp y bO'
ing me same property descri he'd IN The deeed Of
N shepherd, reg stered in baoL No i1S
pss o az 81 od tne TO .ords Of the Register's Office
heiiavodd Ivy Of redempt ion is waived. Title
Ss tTnstsS % good, but / will sell and convey
TIP VIM. l. GRAHAM. Trustee.
> Edsington, Atty. l02 l08 III 40
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14
JUST PUNISHMENT.
A brutal Negro lynched at Ma
rianna, Arkansas.
Little Rock Democrat, lslh.I

Little Rock Democrat, l3th.I
Meager particulars are being re-
ceived in this city Of a terrible occur
renee, with a tragic termination, at
Mariana, Lee comfy, Saturday last.
A colored man, named Dave Ram
sew, met the daughter of one of the
county officials in the suburbs of the
town, and attempted to ruin her honor.
The cries OF the girl, who is only
twelve years Of age, attracted attention,
and the fend was frightened away be-
fore accomplishing his hellsh design.
She told the story of the assault to
her father, who informed his friends,
and the whole town turned outin pur-
suit of the brute, who was quickly
captured, hung to the nearest tree and
his body riddled with bullets.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14
Friday EvenIug, Jan. IA, 1851.
BURIED IN SNOW.
A Terrible Calamity BefaIIs a
Virginia Village.
Its Citizens Snow Bound in Their
Dwellings.
Awful Suffering from Cold and
HungeF-The Horrors OF
Frontier Forest,


A dispatch from Berlyville, Clarke
county, Va, says:
Roger l.. Cooper, a resident of the
little village of Paris, situated on the
side of Blue Ridge mountain, near the
boundary line between Loudon and
Clarke counties, arrived yesterday,
bringing news OF a terrible calamity
which had befallen his native village.
He states that when he left Paris the
entire community Of five hundred men,
women and children were suffering
terribly from intense cold, while no
less than FIVE persons had been liter
ally frozen to death. The snow com
menced falling December 20, and
continued with undated fury till
Christmas, while the thermometer
registered Is degrees below zero.
Nearly every house in the village, ow-
ing to its peculiar situation on the
mountainside, was buried TO the roofs
in mammoth snow-drifts. compelling
residents to cut tunnels, in many in
stances fifteen or twenty feet long, to
make exits. So completely WIS the
country overwhelmed with snow that
it was impossible to make any head
way in it with the most powerful
horses. All communication being
thus interdicted, it became apparent
that the residents would soon be in
imminent danger for
WANT OF FOOD AND PUEL.
During Christmas day the able-bodied
men who had succeeded in cutting
their way out Of their houses
we're busily engaged in assist
ing many Of their neighbors to
cut tunnels through the snow,
which completely e%nvelOped many
Of the smaller cottages. The
safety Of 30 or rs Of the villagers could
not be placed beyond doubt until late
in the afternoon, when they emerged
from the snow-bound dwellings. many
suffering terribly from frosted hands
and feet, brought on by want OF fueI
with which to keep their fres going
One cottage, occupied by a widow
Mrs. Kate Whitman and her two
children, was the last for which tn,
kindly Offices of a rescue party wer,
performed. When an entrance to thil
house was finally effected, alter sew.
eral hours labor, the unfortunate lad,
and n of her children were foun,
dead upon a bed, frozen stiff. On
child afterward revived, and, although
terribly frost bitten, it will recover
The next day Sunday a meeting @
villagers was held in the school hOus,
when it was resolved TO appoint
committee Of fifteen to take charge
all the wood and provisions in tOWI
This was accordingly done, not with
ut some opposition, and. by Monday
o radical change in affairs had bee
effected. The committee ruled tn
inhabitants with q strong hand. CON
pelling them TO crowd in about twent
houses, where fires were kept goin
night and day. This was in order
economic fuel. Each man. woma
and child was given a supply Of pre-
visions tWicea day, while every morn
ing a party Of men was sent out {
battle the terrible snow and scare
for fuel and birds, the latter bein
frozen TO death By thousands. OWN
to the depth Of snow and the tcTS:hI
cold, however, the parties
OFTEN RETURNED EMPTY-HANDEl
On Tuesday three Of the men su'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14
A Cold Deck.

The worldly Boston Herald lis
courses very learnedly of cards. Oi
late years great progress has been
made in the manufacture of playing
cards in this country, until at present
no better goods can be found in any
market than are afforded by United
States makers. The modern round
cornered cards of the present make is
a vast improvement over the old style
square eornered affair; aud the manip-
ulation of stock in their makeup
result in an article possessing all the
attributes considered desirable by card
players. The English manufacturers
have been trying to copy the results
a!tained'in American round cornered
cards by 'dicing out" the stock; but
in this effort they failed signally, since
the card cannot be cut in that way
without fatally iniUring its edges and
quality. Consequently a couple of
card cutting machines have been sent
to England from this country, and, by
the use Of Yankee or Jewish methods,
no doubt our cousins will achieve bet
ter success.
Besides the improvement in the
shape of cards above described, there
have been other Innovations in Amer
lean card manufacture, which have
also been nefectuallyimitate abroad.
There are now in the market "tripli-
cate and indicator ; playing cards,
designed to shorten the process of
reading a hand" and as a guard
against the confederate system in some
kinds of gambling games. Thus the
triplicate card has a miniature of the
face of the card reproduced in It's left
hand corner, as, for instance, the five
spot OF clubs has a miniature five OF
clubs in the corner Indicated, the siz
of the letter being only about half an
inch the longest way. Exactly why
this card should be called "triplicate,"
and not duplicate, the writer does not
know, This device is 10 assist the
holder to read his hand" without
opening it, he having only to shuttle
his cards sufficiently to reveal the
miniatures on each to discover whathe
holds.
But a still better device for the pur-
pose is found in the indicator" card.
In this case, instead of the miniature,
there appears, in the same corner, a
figure Immediately over a copy OF the
suit, thus: For the eight of hearts, a
figure eight, and Immediately under it
a heart, no larger than the figure. For
the queen OF diamonds, letter Q, with
diamond underneath. These figures
and letters are made lean" as the
job printer would say, so that, while
readily discernible blythe holder Of the
cards, they would be deciphered with
difficulty, if at all, by a locker on.
This is just what was required to frus-
trate the operations of confederates of
gamblers in the game of poker or
bluff, while at the same time it saves
time and trouble for the player, con-
siderations, to be sure, which may not
receive due weight from the discarder
of all games. The English makers
endeayored to supply an indicator
card by placing their figure in the
spot; but this arrangement does not
seem to be SO satisfactory to card
players, though the writer confesses
that he has made no very extended
canvass of the matter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14

German doctor, came out aud made a
speech Of thanks and excuses. The
happy prima donna said to her friends
she wished that she could die then
and there, that very night, her tri-
umph and content were so great. 1t
is only in Rome such artistic glories
can occur. Audiences here go mad
over actresses and singers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-14
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic allays irritation
A Tennessee Professor at West
Point.

The New York Herald's West Point
correspondence has the following in
regard to the appointment Of Lieut.
Tillman, of Tennessee, a professor at
West Point:
Much qualification is expressed
here over the appointment Of Lieut..
Samuel 4. Tillman, of the corps of
engineers, as professor Of chemistry.
He is said to possess in an eminent
degree the necessary qualifications for
the position, having been for several
years assistant professor of this depart
ment under Prof. H. j. Hendricks,
who now %retires after twenty-three
years as professor, thirty-fye years
at the academy and forty-fve
years in the army. His retire
ment is much regretted, as he
possessed the profound respect and
affection Of all connected with the
academy. But the congratulations
offered to Professor Tillman are not
unmixed with wonder, for, although he
is considered to be the one man for
the place, the officers here are puzzled
to reconcile his advancement with the
policy that they had been warned
would be followed that of frowninq
upon all persons connected with the
court that reported Whitaker guilty
last summer, of which Professor Till
man was an active and conspicuous
member. Yet his nominasion for the
position was not opposed before the
president or his confirmation by the
senate, and it is supposed to be a case
where conspicuous merit was permit.
ted to offset the performance Of a diff.
fcult duty in a manner that. however
conscientious, was distasteful to The
administration"