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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18
THE MEMPHIS q CHARLESTON
A Concise Statement on the side
of the New Directors.

Nashville American, Ill
AS the stock Of the Memphis &
Charleston railroad is largely owned
in this city, there is necessarily a great
deal of interest manifested in what
ever occurs with reference to it. An
American reporter called upon Presi-
dent James u. Porter, of the Nash
vile q Chattanooga & st. Louis rail-
way, who was elected a director in
the Memphis & Charleston railroad,
Tuesday, at Huntsville, and asked him
about the lease for seventeen years
which the representatives of the East
Tennessee Virginia & Georgia rail-
road claimed to have on the Memphis
& Charleston railroad. President
Porter said that some Of the best
lawyers in the State were of the
opinion that there would be no trouble
about it. These lawyers had given
the strongest assurance that the lease
would not stand the test o flaw. Before,
the lessees had not complied with
the terms of the lease. BY it the sur
plus earning were to have been turned
over to the stockholders, which was
not done. Instead of this, the road
had been in debt. The stockholders
Of the Memphis & Charleston had no
animosity to the %lessees, for, if they
had set aside the surplus earnings for
the benefit Of them, they would prob
ably not have sought TO gain control
Of their property. Neither had they
formed any combination with any
other line of road. The stock at first
had been purchased as a speculation,
but those who held it were decided to
come together in a pool and seek CON
troll of the road. The l~essees held but
little of the Memphis & Charleston
stock. The Board Of Directors would
probably meet at Memphis within the
next ten or fifteen days, and determine
on the course to be pursued. The
attorneys to be employed would prob
able be instructed to apply for the
appointment of a receiver when the
road would revert to tho stockholders,
and be under the control and operated
by them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18

been done over as many as three times.
The elevator which was ordered for
the convenience Of Mother Garfield is
being completed as rapidly as possible,
but sometime must necessarily elapse
before all the work is completed.
To the Commercial correspondent
the President said; II find the work
is going on very slowly, and | am I'M
able to tell when l will be able to get
into the house. | am anxious to get
settled before Congress meets, but l
think from what l see here to-day
that it will be extremely doubtful
whether the house will be ready for
occupancy before that time. l GER
tainly cannot come here within three
weeks" Private Secretary Brown,
the Executive Clerk and telegraph
operator are doing their work in the
east wing of the building, which is
comparatively free from annoyance.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18

JHE SOUTHWESTERN BENE-
FIT CHILD.

The growth Of this new benevolent
order is without precedent. Active
operations commenced about the 1st
Of last August, aud, notwithstanding
the drought, complaints Of hard times
and natural distrust ia regard to what
seemed to be a novel and impractical
undertaking. about 1900 member have
been enrolled. The lone Guild we I'M
dertand has accumulated a nice little
bank account Of several thousand dol
lars, which is on deposit 10 The name
of the order atthe Union and Planters
bank, and is held subject to all legiti-
mate demands. Any member or be-
nifciary who has been in the order
four months, on marrying would be
entitled to one twelfth OF one assess
ment. on the entire membership, pro.
yided thae $1,000 is the limit or
basis Of benefits. One.twelfth
oftwo thousand dollars is sl6G.663.
but as The membership ii not quite
1000, a Ladyor q Knight Of the Guild
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18
A FACTORY Girl,s Luck.

Troy IN. " telegram
For couple of years past a young
girl of modest mein and considerable
beauty has been employed in the Bev-
erwyck Mill at Sandlake. Her patents
were poor but respectable residents Of
that town, and the education she re-
ceived was entirely through her own
efforts. About a year ago a young
druggist of this city began to pay at
tention" to the comedy young factory
girl, and for a time it was thought that
a wedding would be the result. But
the match, if one had been contem.
plated, was broken off by the relatives
Of the young man, and the girl for a
time seemed very much put out over
the affair. She declared that she had
never promised to be the young drug
gist's wife, but it gave her pain to real
ize that his relatives should deem her
beneath them. A few months ago a
distant relative of the young lady
living in Brooklyn invited her to visit
that city. While there she became
acquainted with a rising young banker,
a member Of the New York Stock
Exchange. The young man was not
long in discovering hat the factory
girl was a jewel of the first water. He
inquired into her ancestry, and learn
ing that her family were respectable
people, and that there was nothing
against them but their poverty, he
proposed to her. and after due time
was accepted. The young lady re.
turned to Sandlake, where she is pre-
pairing for the marriage with the New
York banker. The event will be eel
ebrated this month, and the otheI
girls in the Beyerwyck Mill who wer,
prone to accuse their former compan
ion of having been given the cole
shoulder by a pill maker, now trea
her with great respect as the promised
bride Of a rich New Yorker.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18

Special to Cincinnati eommereial,I
WASHINGTON, November l5.-Pro-
lessor j. Howard Gore, of Columbia
College, this city, who has just re-
turned from Arizona and New Next
co, where he has been in charge of an
astronomical party sent out by the
Director General ofthe Governmental
Surveys, read an interesting paper to
night before the Anthropological So
ciety OF the District of Columbia on
the regulative system of the Zunis, the
children Of the sun; their tribal or
g~anization and their curious religious
customs, their songs and their dances.
He spoke of the gems or family; and
the clan or religious club and
of the terrible ordeals through
which men passed before being ad-
mitted to the highest religious circles
In these connections he had much tC
say of Frank Gushing, of Boston, lie
praised heartily his labors among the
Zunis in the cause Of science, and al
luded to the successes he had achieved
and was achieving. He dwelt upon
the fortunes, the days Of thirst, Of
hunger, of p~assiveness, which Cushing
had to endure before he became a
member OF the Nation. lie was, he
said, admired and beloved by them all
In conversation with him CUSHING
expressed himself as well satisfied
with his position He considered
himself repaid for all his suffering
and toll by having access to the sa.
cred poems and historical records o.
these descendants Of the Aztecs.
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Mr.. Michael McCann, a we'll known

Mr.. Michael Mccain, a we'll known
and popular manufacturer Of SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, writes: Il felt generally
debilitated and my health falling me.
| longed aud prayed for an iron con-
stitution, that | might be rid Of the
many annoyances OF i'll health. But
dyspepsia and urinary troubles, at
tended by nervous prostration, had
gotten hold of me, and / felt my time
had come. Nothing seemed to give
me any relief. Finally | happened to
see an advertisement of Browns Iron
Bitters. Bless me- says |, that's
just the medicine for me precisely
And SO it was. By the powers OF old
Ireland, it has cured me of all my
troubles and given me a constitution
Of iron"
S. Mansfield Co w. N. Wilker-
son & Co, and @. w. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18
FROLICH.
Five Hundred Dollars Reward
ThesDays OF Reconstruction.
Rook G~azette. III

Little Rock Gazette. III
A reward of FIVE hundred dollars,
according to the records of the Secre.
tary Of States Office. was once offered
for Colonel Jacob Frolicb, the pres
ent Secretary of State. During
the days of reconstruction, while
Colonel Frolioh was publishing the
Record, at Searcy, the reconstructing
authorities took up the idea that he
was chief Of a Ku KIux organization.
This idea grew until it became a con.
viction. 1t was stated that through
his fundamentally no less than six
teen men had been deprived Of life,
Colonel Frolich took a sensible view
of the matter, and instead of surren.
dering himself for trial, in which event
he would not have been elected Secre-
tary of State, he went to Canada and
set type at twenty five cents pei
thousand. His case was investigated
aud found to be without.grounds. The
fact that the State once offered a re-
ward for Colonel FrOlieh, had nothing
to do with his candidacy, but you
know it is rather comforting to ex-
anime the records and think of the
time when he was a fugitive from the
State. He can congratulate himself
on another account. Since his term
of Office, the Office has been paying.
This was something entirely new, and
something which the State did not
expect,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18
A BIG BABY.
A Child Three Years Old That
Weighs $50 Pounds.
Nashville World, 1s.l

Nashville World, 49,
There arrived at Scots Hotel yes
terday evening a man, his wife and
two children. There is nothing re-
markable about the arrival Of a family
alta Nashville hotel, but the oldest child
Of this one is certainly wonder. Not
quite three years old, he weighs 100
pounds, measures A inches around
the waist, 36 inches 10 the chest, %
inches around the thigh, and II inches
around the ankle. The child is bright,
hearty and intelligent, and would be
handsome in the face were it not for
the heaps of solid flesh piled upon his
cheeks The strange part Of it all is,
this fat boy weighed only nine pounds
at birth, but has been constantly in
creasing in avoirdupois ever since.
The boy is not diseased at all, but is
lively and hearty. He has long golden
curls, and is the pet Of his mother.
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Castleman,
of Carey county. Kentucky, are
medium sized persons. AT 20 months
Of age he weighed 96 pounds.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18
smart Lawyer and Cute witness

ilVf AANnNN pNhAAalFI
A young lawyer Of the city Of Prov.
idence tells a story about himself
which is good enough to 60 on record.
lie wa trying a rum case" at Bristol
not long ago, when a witness was put
on the stand to testify to the reputa.
ton O. the place in question. This
witness, a stage driver, in answer to a
query as to the reputation Of the place
replied: "a rum shop" The lawyer
asked: you say it has the reputation
Of being a rum shop?' yes, SIR
Whom did you ever hear say il was
a rum shop?" The witness didn't
recollect Of anyone he had heard say
50. "Whatl" said the lawyer, you
have sworn this place has the reputa-
ton Of being a rum shop, and yet you
can't tell of anyone you ever heard
say so?" The witness was staggered
for a momentum the words Of the
lawyer, i had him'-and the lawyer
was triumphant, whea the witness
gathered himself together and quietly
remarked, addressing the lawyer:
well, you have the reputation Of be-
ing a very smart lawyer, but / have
never heard anyone say So"
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The Professor,s Joke.

London Globe.l
The article on this subject. which
recently appeared in the Globe, lacks,
to make it complete, a stony which a
few years ago was current among
Edinburg University men. One Of
the Professors was very much addicted
TO late rising, and he had an old crony
who was quite as much addicted 10
early rising. Not only was this old
friend up with the lark, but he him
self-as usual with such men-made
it a virtue, which he continually pa
rsded and held up as an example Ia
his friend. The old Professor bore all
the talk and advice for long time.
but continued his old custom. and
only waited until biz turn came Ia
respond. 1t came one day in his own
lecture room, where bis friend went
to hear him.
In the middle Of the lecture his
friend was fast asleep. Now was the
Professors opportunity. Pausing in
the midst Of his remarks, he pointed
to the sleeper, and addressed the stu.
dents solemnly. Gentlemen, be
said, you see before you an example
Of the pernicious evil habit of early
rising The peals Of laughter thai
rang through the room swoke the
sleeper, and be afterwards had the story
told him. Ever aiterward, in story
book ~parlance, he kept his virtuous
actions to himself, and did not attack
the failings Of Others.
lyna7p ioh ,r;nt;no g.. u Nj
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18
WIG MOuse Improvemenls.

Special to the Cincinnati Commercially
WAsHiGToE, November l5.-Presi-
dent Arthur drove rapidly up the
avenue this afternoon and entered the
grounds Of the Executive Mansion.
The house is filed with workmen and
everything within the building is in
the greatest sort Of confusion. Carpets
are up all over the house and the
PLUMBERS in many places have taken
up the floors rs we'll. Plumbing is
altogether the greatest amount
of trouble, and some Of the work has
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18
The gaIk Of The Town.

COLUMBUS, GA, Feb. 4, 1881.
II. II. WARNER & Co.: Sirs-Your
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure beats all
the medicines | ever heard of for kid
ney and liver diseases. 1t has cured
a genuine CASE of Bright's disease here
in Columbus (Judge F. NJ. Brooks,
and that is proof enough for me. 1t
is the talk of the town.
j. N. GILBERT, NJ. D.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18

WHEELING, w. Va, May 30, 81.
l am an old physician, and have lost
many Of my youthful prejudice
Learning Of the great good done by a
certain remedy in restoring to robust
health a former patient OF mine who
suffered severely from several chronic
ailments resulting from weak, pull
monary. digestive and urinary organs,
and whom | was unable to benefit
with my most careful treatment, /
determined to prescribe it. | have
done so, and the results have invari-
ably been most satisfactory. Under
its use the blood becomes richer, the
digestive, urinary aud pulmonary
organs are made strong and perform
their natural functions readily and
without pain; all decay seems to be
Immediately checked and the progress
Of the disease arrested; the pulse be
comes fuller and stronger; the lips red
and the cheeks rosy, the temperature
increased and more uniform, the ac-
ton Of the heart regular, aud the mus
cular strength greatly %invlgorated. In
justice to the inventors, | will say
this remedy is Browns Iron Bitters;
it is a preparation Of iron and vege-
table tonics; contains no alcohol, and
is the only preparation ofiron in a
perfectly assimilable form and that
does not blacken the teeth. | have
never known it to fail to give perma-
nent strength to every part Of the
body, or to %iniure the most delicate
constitution. / have known it to
assist in curing many chronic diseases
when all other remedies have failed
NJ. ID.
S. Mansfield & Go, W. n. Wilker-
son & Co., and G w. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18

The high reputation which our
DON JUAN Cigar has attained has
induced parties TO initiate it. We
hereby caution the public hat the
Don Juan brand is copyrighted and
that we are the sole proprietors Of the
same, and the genuine are manuflc-
tured at factory 294, Third District Of
New York. j. Baxter & Co. are sole
agents in Memphis.
BONDY & LEDERER,
Propr's Factory 294, ID Dist N. Y.
o.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18

might be grai6ed, has, thanks to a very
unappreciatiye public, silently sub
sided, after a struggle of less than a
month.
It's epitaph, if written properly,
would read as follows
MEMPHIS DAILY SENTINEL.
BORN,
October 22d, 1881.
DIED,
November 18th, 1881.
AGED,
Twenty six Days.
Being the seventeenth afternoon paper
started in opposition to the PUBLIC
LEDGER, and meant to crafty "a
want long felt" ReQuiescat in pace.
The deceased claimed to have had
143 subscribers, which was probably
a wholesale exaggeration. 1t is not
within the bounds of reason that such
a vast list was drummed up, although
it might have been done in a year or
two. But it is dead, and the few
mourners go about the streets singly
and in pairs, De mortuis nil nisi
bonum.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18

Promotes a vigorous and healthy
growth Of the hair. 1t has been used
n thousands Of cases where the hair
was coming out, and has neyer failed
10 arrest is decay. Use Burnetts
Flayoring Extracts-the best.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18
For You,
Madam,

Whose complexion betrays
some humiliating imperfeC-
ton, whose mirror tells you
that you are Tanned, SallOW
and disflgured in cOuntenanCe,
or have EruptiOns, Redness,
ROughneSs or unWhOlesOmo
tints Of complexion, we say
use Hagan's Magnolia Balm.
Itisa delicate, harmless and
delightful article, producing
the mOstnatural and entranc.
ing tints, the artiliciality of
which no observer can detect,
and which soon becomes per-
manent if the Magnolia Balm
Is judiciOusly used.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18
Attachment Notice.

Before G Slaughter, j. p. for Shelby county.
Tenn MALLORY, Crawford 4 Co. vs.. Daniel
Andrews.
IN this cause an attachment having boon
i sued out under section 3455 Of the Code ID
Tennessee, and returned, levied upon the
and affidavit having boon mado that defend
ant { indebted to the plaintiff IN tho sum
Of $3.50, due by account, and that
tho claim is Just, and that the defend-
ant Ia a nonresident Of the State OF Ten
nosseo; II Is therefore ordered that said
defendant make bis personal appearance
before me on the 2ith day Of December, 1881.
at IL o'clock m, At my Office. No. 9 Madison
St. Memphis, Tenn, AID defend said attach
ment suit within the time prescribed By Law,
ndthata copy Of this order Re published once
q week. for ioU weeks, in the Public Ledger.
This the 18th day Of November, 1881.
SO u 1884 DC LAuGHTER. j.. p.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18

A native Of Texas, who was a Con-
federate soldier during the war. tells
the Galveston News what he knows
about the experience Of Northern men
in that State during the last ten OF
fifteen years. lie says: 1T does not,
nor did it ever matter to the people OF
this State from what section of the
country an immigrant came" lie
Travelled frequently through the State
during the eleven years following tho
war, and saw many settlements started
by Northern men with the most lin
tied means and the rudest log huts,
where now handsome mansions, fertile
farms and gardens aud large herds Of
cattle are seen. Many Of these immi-
grants were once Yankee soldiers"
but in these Yankee families there
are now s~ons-in-law who we're once
Confederate soldiers. The sheep and
wool interest 10 Texas in 1853 has in
creased 1000 per cent, and over two
thirds Of this increase has been made
by men formerly in the Yankee army.
Next to meeting an old messmate,'
says this writer, the Confederate de.
lights most in meeting a live Yank'
who fought him at Malvern Hill,
Seven Pines or Chickamauga. Whole
nights have been spent by these old
Yanks and Rebs talkingthe past over,
and partingthe best Of friends"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18

American, l6.l
S. H. Bell, Jere Baxter, James j..
Gaines. w. NJ. Duncan, R. ?. Webb,
G. II. Eastman, X. i. Weakley, Jas.
I. Bell and j. l.. Weakley, yesterday,
fled an application in the County
Court Ulerk's Office for a charter for
the Brush,Electric Light Company. 1t
is understood that there will be no
delay in the organization ofthe cons
pany and the pushing forward Of the
work Of introducing the electric light
in this city.
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10 ThE People ,SS.s SOUL H.

Kings Mountain ana ATS Heroes.
A history OF the battle, October Z, l7s0, aud
tho events which led to it, after two years
spent in preparation, is now published and
ready for delivery, The author, LYMAN G.
DRAPER, LII D., has spent 40 yearsin gather
ing materials for this work. which abnunds in
stirring recitals Of adventures and hair
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young. The descendants Of such men as
Campbell, Shelby, SEWER, Cleveland, Lacey,
Williams, Hambrie hit. Mcdowell, Winston,
Hammond, and their officers, now living by
the thousands throughout the South, viii
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luton. The work contains 6l2 pages, on Gne
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portraits u the Heroes, and numerous wood
cuts, with index Of 500 references. Price,
81. Sent postpaid on receipt ofprice, or may
DO had Of Agents in every county.
PBTER G. THOMPSON, Publisher,
No. 179 Vine Street, Cincinnati, D.
Agents Wanted for unassigned terri
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eORV.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18

All forms Of impaired vitality, men
tai exhaustion, weakened digestion,
etc, etc, radically removed by using
Browns Iron Bitters.
S. Mansfield & Co., W. n. Wilker
son q Co., and G. w. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18

The subscription price of the
DAILY PUBLIC LEDGER is So per
annum and SOC per month fer less
than one year. The WEEKLY
LEDGER is 81 per annum-pOstage
free. Payable in advance invaria-
bly,
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New Advertisements

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The leading Scientists OftO-day agree
that most diseases are caused by disordered
Kidneys or LIVER. If. therefore, the Kidneys
and Liver are kept In perfect order, perfect
health will be the result. This truth has only
been known a short time and for years people
suffered great agony without being able 10
find relief. The discovery Of Warnor's Bafe
Kidney and Liver Cure marks a new era in
the treatment Of these troubles. Made from
a simple tropical leaf Of rare value, it CEN
tains Just the elements necessary to nourish
and invigorato both Of these great organs,
and safely restore and keep them in order.
Is POSITIVE Remedy for all the diseases
that cause pains in the lower part Of the body
for Torpid Liver, Headaches, Jaundice,
Dizziness, Gravel, Egyer. Ague, Malarial
Fever, and all difficulties of the Kidneys,
Liver and Urinary Organs.
II Is an excellent and safe remedy for fe-
males during Pregnancy. 1t will control
Menstrunti0n and is invaluable for LeucOr-
rhWa or Falling Of the Womb.
As o Blood Purifier II is uneaualed, for IL
lures the organs that MAX the blood.
This remedy, which has done such wonders,
is put up in the LARGEST SIZED BOTTLE
Of any medicine upon the market, and is sold
by Druggists and all dealers at eI.25 per bot
tie. For Diabetes, enquire for WARMERS
SAFE DIABETES CURE. 1t is a POSITIVE
Il. Il. WARNER & CO., Rochester, N. y,
4Sxxxiiii4S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-18
NOTICE.

CERTIFICATE No. q, 5000 stock IN Blua
~ City Ins. Co. Of Memphis, Tenn. iesne5
70 me April LIST, 1871. has beon lost or misla;d.
1 hereby warn all from buying or NEGOTIATING
ioI same, as duplicate has boon applied for.
BH il GOODBAR.