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a MOB'S VENGEANCE.


ATHENS, O., November 21.-Chris.
Davis, a mulatto, in Jail here for rap
ing and assaulting with intent to kill
Lucinda Luokey, at Albany in this
county, recently, was last night taken
from the jail and hanged by a mob
The Sheriff was overpoWered aud held
while the Jail was broken open. Davis
was in a cell. but the other prisoners
were compelled to point him out, and
the cell was broken open with a
sledge. He was this morning found
hanging on the South bridge. The
mob was not masked, and the parties
will b ~arrested. AT the time ofthe out
rage, when Davis was arrested, there
we're threats Of lynching, and the pris-
oner was removed to Chillicothe for
safety. Recently he was returaed to
the jail in this city.
The story Of Davis's crime is as fol
lows: The scoundrel had been living on
and tending the farm belonging to Mrs
Luckey for s~omelyears. 1t appears that
the black came to the widow Luckey'f
house on Saturday evening, November
%, at about So'clock, (she being alone)
and made villainous proposals TO her
/, She being afraid OF him, coaxed him
and finally persuaded him to leave
| She then barred the door and made il
/, as secure as possible.
AT abcuts2 in:the morning she wal
awakened by the uneeremonious en-.
trance of the negro by smashing thu
door and frame down. She attempted
to get up and run, but he caught hei
BY the throat and jerked her down OF
the floor with such force that hel
senses left her. When she became
conscious she got up and, with much
difficulty, walked to a neighbor's, bui
could not tell her story until late Sun
day.
In the meantime the negro went ia
Sabbath school and delivered a lona
prayer. But be was sent for, and
came in the evening, much against his
will. There was strong talk Of lynch.
ing him at the time, but the big 200.
FOUNDER was lodged safely in Jail.
The widow is now lyingin a critical
condition. She is completely scalped
by ono blow Of an ak, and there arc
two other deep gashes on her head,
and a fearful bruise on her check.
made by the pole Of the ak, and after
accomplishing his fendish purpose,
he left her for dead.
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God what a change the few short
weeks intervening have worked We
address him, but no simply shakes his
head, aud continues his walk. Again
he is addressed, with like result, when
the truth flashes over us. Tie brill
liant mind that once ruled SO grandly;
the reasoning powers that had been
wont to cast spell ever all hearers,
had vanished, like a momentary
dream.
Another month passed by, and with
it the spirit of this hero went to tho
God who gave it.
JIThis is no fancysketch, but a truth
full epitome Of what actually occur
red.
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A Powerful Temperance Lee.
ture.

Nicksburg Herald, l9th.I
The picture drawn in the following
sketch, which We find in the last Ray
mond Gazette, will be recognized BY
nearly every one in this community,
where the subject was 50 we'll known,
and where he now lies peacefully
sleeping in the grave, relieved of the
troubles and affections Of his brilliant
but unfortunate life:
Just two years ago the writer was
in the town Of Port Gibson, and met
a gentleman whose name was familiar
to many Of our readers. AT the be-
ginning Of the late war, then a mere
stripping. fresh from college, he en-
tered the army, and by gallant service
came out a Colonel, but broken in
health, the result Of a wound in the
stomach. Entering the editorial are
ma in 1866. he labored increasingly,
until his namo was a synonym Of brill
liancy. The demon drink here
grasped his hand, and led on, onto
the Asylum at jackson. There he re-
manned for a number Of years, until
reason again asserted her sway, when
he again returned TO the tripod, BRAY
ing danger in editing a daily news
paper in a city besieged with the pes.
thence that swept over the South in
1873. After it subsidized he retired To
private life, honored for lis nobility
of character, admired for bis courage,
revered for bis talents, and beloved by
those who stood with him in the heat
Of battle, when death was stretching
forth It's arms, drawing in the young
and old.
A gathering Of his companions in
arms was held, and here it was we met
him on the occasion above referred to,
Magnificent 10 appearance, manly in
his bearing, he eaptivated all. For
the future his prospects we're bright,
aud he painted them in glowing
colors.
Two months later we were
being shown through the asylum al
jackson. Up the aisle Of one of the
wards comes q prematurely aged man,
his arms folded across his breast, his
face careworn, hia vacant stare riveted
upon the floor. This looks like poor
Tom -, can it possibly be him? The
guide explains that it is he, but Oh
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synod.
Paris I~ntellig5ncor.

Paris Intellig5ncer.l
The West Tennessee Synod Of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church,
which convened last Friday morning
at Mckenzie, adjourned Monday even
ing. There were thirty-one ministers
and thirty five elders in attendance.
Rev. H. A. Jones, Of Memphis, was,
by reclamation, chosen Moderator.
Among the most interesting features
Of the proceedings we're. ID. the re-
port of the Committee on Publication;
~. resolution on temperance; (3l re-
port Of the Committed on Missions;
"a, report Of the Committee on Sun
d~ay-schools: (5l, action relative to
Bethel College. The spirit with
which the reports aud the resolution
we're adopted showed that this body
is alive 10 the fact that We cannot do
without religious literature and good
Sabbath schools; and tina. as intern
perance is directly or indirectly the
source Of nine tenths Of all our social,
political and national evils, an earnest,
uncompromising effort must be made
10 Danish this enemy from our land.
For about three years Bethel Col
lege has been encountered with a debt
Of some $1,000. Saturday and Monday
various friends Of the cause agreed to
bear a part each Of this burden, and
thus the college is relieved Of all inan.
cial letters. aud Its frieads made happy
Peace. harmony and brotherly low
characterized all the deliberations
This synod has 100 ordaiued ministers
175 congregations, and 10000 commu
nieants.
The next tession will be Leld il
Jackson, Tenn, Tuesday before tn
% sabbath III November, 1882.
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no tI,e Trade.

The high reputation which our
DON JUAN Cigar has attained has
induced parties to initiate it. We
hereby caution the public that the
Don Juan brand is copyrighted and
that we are the sole proprietOrs Of the
same, and the genuine are manufac-
tured at factory 294, Third District Of
New York, j. Baxter & Co. are svle
agents in Memphis.
BoNDY & LEDERER,
Propr's Factory 29l, Sd Dist N. Y.
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The Sudden Death of a Strange
Being.
Special Little Rock GalettO.j

Special Little Rock Gazetts.l
FoRT WORTH, November 2l.-Wm,
Runnells, known 10 General Forests
Confederate command as bob Rid.
ley" yesterday morning, while return
ing from breakfast to his room at the
Sun House, fell and expired at once.
A mystery has ever hung over his
character, and even over his identity.
He told in a wierd strain that be wa.
being hunted down like a wild beast,
to be destroyed, as he was the son Of
ex- Governor Runnells', and that be
was heir to his property, thereby ia
terfering with otkcr claimants. The
citizens generously contributed, and
the deceased was very decently in
TERED,
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Mrs. ChrlsIinncy An a New RoI,

SnrtAAIlucy Al n New hoAts
Washington special TO Cincinnati Enquirer
At about $3.50 o'clock this evening
there occurred a remarkable act on
the part of Mrs. Christiancy which
will no doubt tend to put a new phase
on the great divorce case now going on
in this city. At the hour named the
little daughter Of James Hughes, the
Police Court j%anitor, sttracted the
attention of the father to a fe-
male attired in nothing but her IN
derelothing coming down Louisiana
Avenue toward D Street. The
woman's hair was hanging loosely
about her, and she was tearing at it
and gouging her eyes. The %janitor
Immediately gave pursuit and made
the party a prisoner at the foot of the
steps leading into the Office OF Cook
& Cole, the latter the attorney for
Mrs. Christiancy in her present
trouble. There Hughes discovered
the female to be Mrs. Christiancy.
Her eyes we're slaring. and there
was every evidence. Of great mental
distress. A stranger was called,
and guarded Mrs. Christiancy while
the %jsnitor went aftera carriage, which
was soon procured, and TIE distressed
woman was Immediately conveyed to
the residence Of her father, three
squares distant. But the father in
the mean time, almost crazed, had
gone in search Of the daughter, whom
he soon learned had been rescued and
returned home. Mrs. Christiancy was
taken to her room in the second story
of the Lugenbeel mansion, and medi-
cal attention was summoned. The
matter was kept as quiet as possible
By the family, but when questioned
half an hour later DR.. Lugenbeel
stated that he and his wife were IN
their room in the third story Of the
building when he heardh his daughters
room door open and shego down stairs
that he FASTENED to the extent his ad.
vanced years would allow him and
gave pursuit. AS TO the lady's con-
dition, he said it was a temporary
mental attack, for which there was
no cause that be knew Of beyond her
existing troubles; that she had some
what recovered from the attack, and
there was no danger, be thought, Of
/ n serious result.
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GENERAL Francis \. Walker, ex-
superintendent Of the Census Bureau
has submitted a statement to the Sec
rotary Of the Interior containing some
interesting facts concerning the repre-.
sentation il the next House Of Repre-
sentatives. The total population .
the States "A 81, $40 with the mum
Der Of Representatives at the present
fgure-293-would give one repre-
sentative to every 169,OSO of popula-
ton. Upon this basis the following
changes in representation would ensdc
in the forty eighth Congress: Arkan-
saw, California, Michigan Mississippi,
South Carolina and West Virginia
would gain n each; Minnesota and
Nebraska gain two each; Alabama,
Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New
Hampshire, Ohio, Tennessee and Yer
mont would lose one each; Pennsyl-
yania two and New York three. The
other States would show no change.
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Attachment Notice.

BeforeD C~slaughter, j.. P. for Shelby county,
Tenn.-W r Moore 4 Co. rs, @ b Nosley
and IT. Berry.
I this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 1886 Of the Code OF
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of the defendants, by e~arnishment,
and afidaylt haYing been made that defend
aIts are indebted 10 the plaintiffs in the sum
Of four hundred and fifteen dollars and eighty
cents and interest, due By note, and that
the claim Is Just, and that the defendants
are non-rogidentg Of the State Of Tennes-
see; Il Is therefore ordered that said do
PENDANTS mako their personal appearance
before me on the 3lst day Of December,
1881, 81 u o'clock m, at my Office,
No. Q Madison street, Memphis, Tennessee,
and defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed By law, or the same will DO
proceeded with ox-parto; and that a copy Of
this order be published once a week for four
weeks 10 the Pablic Ledger.
This the 2d day. Of November, 1881.
72BaW DcbLAUGHTER, J. P.
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In the Interest OF Makers Of One.
Horse 8eds.

Laws Of Life.l
More quarrels arise between broth.
ers, between sisters, between hired
girls. between school girls, between
clerks in stores, between hired men,
between husbands and wives, owing TO
electrical changes through their sys-
TENS by lodging together night after
night under the same bed clothes,
than By any other disturbing
cause. There is nothing that
will so derange the nervous system Of
a person who is eliminatiye in nervous
force as to lie all night. in bed with
another person who is absorbent in
nervous force. The absorber will 90
TO sleep and rest all night, while the
eliminator will be tumbling and toss.
ing, restless and nervous, and wake up
10 the morning fretful, peeyish, fault
finding and discouraged. No two per-
sons. 20 mater who they arc should
habitually sleep together One will
thrive, the other will lose. This is the
law.
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Creditors Notice.

No. 4S1, R DIN the Probste Court Of Shelby
county, Tenn.--Sallle B DickiRson, adm'x
Of Ella Rope, decd, ct al, VS.. Tennie Far
ris ct al.
1T appearing from the original bill filed
i herein, that this is q proceeding instituted
for the purpose Of winding up the estate Of
Eliza Hope, decd, as an ineolvent estate, o.
provided under the laws of Tennessee; 1t il
ordered that al persons having claims against
said estate, mako their personal appearance
herein, at the courthouse Of our said Probate
Court, In Memphis, Tenn, on or before the
hrst Monday 10 March, 1882, exhibit their de-
mands properly authenticated and have them.
selves made parties hereto, else they will bG
forever barred both 10 law and equity and tina
a copy Of this order be published once a week,
for four consecutive weeks, In the Public Led
ger. This November 18Th, 1871.
OWEN DIVER, Clerk.
By HUGH b CULLEN, d. O.
r. M Heath and + b Anthony, soils for com
nlainank- as "a 20 Sc
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New York Herald thinks that
the Republicans win undoubtedly or
ganize the House by electing thcir
candidate to the Speakership Whom
,hey will a. on for the place is as yet
uncertain. Mr.. Hiscock, Of New
York State; slr. Keiffer, Of Ohio; Mr..
Orth. Of Indiana; Mr.. Kasson, Of
Iowa; ar Burroughs, Of Michigan,
and Mr.. Dunnell, Of Minnesota, arc
urged by their respective friends, and
4, is probably from among these that
the Speaker will be selected. It
strikes a good many people as,odd to
find the smirched name Of Orth, Of
Indiana, on the list Ct prominent caa-
didates for the high Office Of Speaker;
but they need not be surprised, Tor
Robesoa. Of New jersey, las also
been mentioned, and it woull seem
that some Republicans are not OYER
nice in their taste in such matters.
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A~ttacnment No.Ice.

Before WV Dickason, J.. P. for Shelby county,
Tenn.-J A Faux vs.. ] N Faux.
IN this cause an attachment having been
IL sued out under section 1856 OF tho code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied by garnish,
defendant, and AFFIDAVIT having boon
made that the defendant is Indebted to
tho plaintiff in the sum Of 5 .6z, due by
account, and that the claim is Just, and that
the defendant is O nonresident Of the State
Of Tennessee; it Is therefore ordered that
said defendant make his personal appear
ance before me on the s1st Day Of December,
1881. at my dwelling. in the First Civil District
Of Shelby County, Tenn, and defend said
attachment suit within the time prescribed
BY Law, or the same will be proceeded with
published once a week for four weeks in the
Public Ledger.
This the 2lst day Of November, 1881.
TIT 10 WV rIOKAS0N. j. p.
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William j. Coughlin. Of Someryille,
Mass, says; "In the fall Of 1876 | was
taken With a violent bleeding Of the
lungs, followed By a severe cough.
was SO weak at one time hat ! could
not leave my bed. 10 the summer Of
1877 | was admitted to the city hospi.
tai. While there the doctor said
had a hole In my left lung as big as a
half dollar. ! was SO far gone at one
time a report went around that | wa
dead. l gave up hope, but q frienC
told me Of DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam fol
the Lungs. | got a bottle, when to my
surprise and qualification l commenceC
10 feel better, and to-day | feel in bet
ter spirits than | have in the pas
three years.
Il write this hoping every one
afflicted with diseased LUNGS will b
induced TO take DR.. Halls Balsam fol
the lungs, and be convinced that con.
sumption can be cured. Sold by
druggists. s
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Fine Farm for Sale at Public
Auction,

Under and in pursuance Of two certain
deeds Of trust 10 me made, one executed
Nv WTCarmaok, recorded In Registers Office
~ Shabby county, Tenn, In book III. pages
III. 4 and s, and tho other by raid Carinack
and "A Carmack, his wife recorded in book
No. i2S, pages ~, 8 and ., l Will SOL az public
auction for CASH, on the southwest corner OF
andXadison streets, Memphis, Tenn, on
Thursday, December 20 (at y M, 1881,
tho property in said dcods Of trust described
to-wit: The 200 aero tract formerly. conveyed
By Al Ward TO W T Carmack, in said county,
described as follows, to.wit: beginning ~ =
stake 70 links west Of a large red oak markeu
" ~ the vest line ofthe Alstsn dover; thenco
touth u chains - links TO a stake, soutnWest.
elrner Of the Alsten dover; thence east Win
s 5 honberta Aorth line q chains to a sake
on the south boundary Of the, Aston DOVER;
thence Aorth u chains 81 links to a stake;
thence cart . 4erses south 10 links TO q blsok
walnut market " thence p chains to thsb0-
ginn.ngs tao property OF VT Carmack as cor
Toyod n the Arst deed, and the same property
Qese q tre5t OF sixty acres, lying north Of the
DR.. Henderson and Lucy road. and between
said road and a line running through said
tract northWard Of said road, and parallel
Herewith, 60 as TO isclude the d yelling house.
and make in said tract the complement of
sixty aoreBl, the said 100 acres, and 40 acres
being together leo acres, and as c nveyed ty
W 7 and 8 A Carnack, his wife, in said Sec
Ond deed ~abeve-the two conveying all the
interest ofboth in the 40 cores, and the indi-
viduai interest Of W I in the residue also.
By reason OF default and in pursuance OF
trusts, l sell all tho above interests. Equity
Of redemption is waived, but | convey emily al
trustee. Title believed to be good
BARNES, Trustee.
Finlay & Peters, Atty's. n lG2
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New Advertisements

A Beasfy's Observation-Disclosures
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10 &scOstandard pianofortss Of the uniyorqe,
as Thousands testify; write for mammoth Hst
Of testimonials; Beatty cabiset orsans, ca
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visitors woiceme; FREQ carriage meets trains;
illustrated catalogue holiday editlon) free.
Address or call upon n p. BEATTY,
Washinqton. New Jersey.
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How to Secure HenIfh.

1t seems strange that any one will
suffer from arrangements brought on
by impure blood, when Scovills' Sar.
saparilla and Stillingia, orBlood and
Liver Syrup, will restore health. II
is the best blood purifier ever discov-
cred, effectually curing scrofula, syph-
little disorders, weakness Of the kid
neys, erysipelas, malaria; all nervous
disorders and debility, bilious com.
plants, diseases Of the blood, liver,
kidneys, stomach, skin, etc. 1t cor.
Iocts Indigestion. A single bottle will
prove to you its merits as a health
IeneHer. for II acts ike q charm.
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10 The PEOPLE &. SOUTH

Kings Mountain ana tts Heroes.
A history Of tho battle, October 7, 1850, aud
the events which lod 10 it, after two years
spent in prepa atom Is now published ana
ready for delivery, The author, LYMAN o.
DRAPKR, LII D., hiss spent 40 years in gather
ing materials for this work. which abaunds in
stirring ~recitals Of adventures and hair
breadth escapes, alike Interesting 70 old and
young. This descendants Of such men as
Campbell, Shelby, Sewer, OieVelAndt Lacey,
Williams, Hambriaht. Mcdowell, Winston,
Hammond, and their officers, nov living By
the thousands throughout tho South, will
welcome this permahent record OF the glori-
Gus event which turned tho tide OF the Reyo-
luton. The work contains 6l2 pagos, on fine
paper, beautifully bound, With several steel
portraits Of the Heroes, and numerous wood
cuts, with index Of 50f0 references. Price,
81. Sent postpaid on receipt ofpricei or may
be had Of Agents in every county.
PETER g. THOMPSON, Publisher,
No, 179 Vine street, Cinrisn6ti, o.
ssaAgents W0nted for unassigned terri
tory. Send fo- terms, circulsrs and sample
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rhe whisky war In Arkansaw.

behrcy beac0ni I4.l
The whisky traffic in our State dies
hard, but it is nevertheless surely
going, going" and the third stroke
Of the hammer is nearly down, with
the glad news, gone" attached to it,
and we hope and expect by the end OF
1882 to see the last saloon closed IN
our fair State. Over at Osceola the
| County Court of Mississippi county
made a p~rohibitory order, from which
tho whisky men appealed to the Cir
cult Court. Last week upon motion
Of Hon. H. M. McVeigh and Ed II.
Mathes, Esq, attorneys for the prohi.
bitionists, the appeal was dismissed
aud the whisky men appealed to the
Supreme Court. The whisky mer
then fled a petition for %certiorari Il
bring up the record of the Count
Court granting the Prohibitory order
which, being allowed, they moved tn,
court to quash the same. This wa
refused, and the whisky men appealed
to the Supreme Court. We hop
: there is sufficient points raised in III
two cases for the Supreme Court I
f decide upon the coustitutionality Q
the law, and the powers and duties 9
the County Courts hereunder.
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THE 5000 REWARD FOR RYAN
Not Yet Paid by the Governor OF
MissOdri--HOW II is 10 be
Distributed.
Nashville American. 2i.l

NashNiiie AWtIlchut &tI
In yesterdays issue Of the American
our Columbia Correspondent stated
that the reward Of five thousand dol
lars offered for the apprehension Of
VIM. Ryan. one Of the Glendale rob
bers. had been paid to Judge John V.
W.ight By the Governor Of Missouri
and the money turned over to
his client, Capt w. J., Overton. We
are reliably informed that the
statement is incorrect. The facts
briefly are that three Tennesseans
are claiming the reward, and they, Of
whom Captain 0yerton IS one, gave 9
pgsver Of attorney to Judge Wright t
receive ard receipt for the reward
and deposit hhc money IN Nashville
when the three claimants will SETTLE
hy arbitration how the reward is Il
be distributed. The Governor 0
Missouri ha9 notified Judge Wrigh
that this SUN would be forwarded t
Nashville, and it is expected daily
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Not to be outdone by the lovers who
we're married at the summit Of Pixies
Peak, mol yet by those who were
welded nine miles under the ground
in Mammoth Cave, an Ohio couple
last week stood up before a preacher
in the rotunda Of the capitol at Co
lumbus. The bride was Miss Maggie
Il. Foote, of Yellow Bud, and the
groom was Eugene Reeve, a wealthy
citizen of Willoughby. They did MOI
contemplate marriage at that time, bul
while s~auntering through the capito'
the romantic idea presented itself t.
the young man and the ladyacquiesced
Governor Foster, Genera
Nash, Adjutant- General Smith, thu
State Auditor, the State Treasurer
and a hundred other persons con
nected with the State government
accompanied the Rev. Mr.. Moore t,
the rotunda aud witnessed the cere,
mony. And there, while the din
religious light was stealing through
the apex Of the dome" says the breath,
less Journal reporter, the groom ant
bride stood upon the central star il
the mosaic pavement and were unites
in the holy bonds Of matrimony." Ii
congratulating the couple Goyerno,
Foster said that, although the you'll
had robbed tho brides father of
Foote," nevertheless he hoped thosi
concerned mover would make a mis-
STEP because of the matter, Ate
much brilliant conversation Of tn
kind and a great deal of laughter tn
house adjourned sine die.