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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-11

WmInH nuRES IN ABsORPTION.

HUlCh NNhEo Dl ADHONAE HUM
Ask your drug 81 for Prof. Guilmette' z
French Kidney Pad, and take no other. II be
has not got it, send 2 and you viii receive the
Pad by return mail.
TESTIMONIALS FROM TEE PEOPLE.
Judge Buchanan, LAWYER, Toledo; o., saysi
One Oh Prof. 1uilmette's French Kidney Pads
cured me Of LumbagO in three weeks time.
Bay case had been given Ip blythe best doctors
e. In urablc. During all this time 1 suffered
untold agony and paid out large sums Of
money. ,
suffered for three years with 5ciatica and Kid
ney Oisease, and often had to go about on
crutches. / Wag entirely and permanently
cured after wearing Pro-. Gailmette's French
Kidney Pads four weeks.
Squire n. y. Scott. Sylygnia, o., write:
/ i have been q great sufferer for 10 years with
Bright's Diseate Of the Kidneys. For weeks
At time 1 was unable to get out Of beds ioob
I barrels Of med cine, but they gave me O1ly
temporary relief. 1 wore two OF Prot. duil-
met.e's Kidney Pads six weeks, and / now
know / an entirely cured.
Mrs Helen jerome, Toledo, o., says: For
years ] have been confined, o great part Of toe
time 10 my bed, with LucOrfhWl and female
weakness. 4 wore one Of Guilmose's ki0Tey
Pads and was cured in one month
ii. Is. Green, Wholesale grocer, findlay, o.,
writes: 7 suffered for 25 years With lame back
and Ia three weeks was permanently cured y
wearing one OfPrOf Guiimstte's kidneyPa1s.
B. y. keesling, II. D., druggist, LOgans-
port. Ind, when serdingi IN az 0idor for Kid
ney Pads, Fritei: WOre one q too trst ones
we had and / received more benefit from u
than anything 1 ever used, In fact the pl1s
give better general fafisflcti0n than Any Hid
ney remedy we ever fcld.
Ray x shoemaker, d'uggisti, Hannibal
Mo-. w are working up lively trade 10 your
Pads, fnd arc hearing Of good results IRON
them every day.
f6f tale BY s. Mansfield s Co. hsm-
phis.
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BY a detachment Of federals, and a
battle ensued. During the engage
ment. which was quite warm, the
horse that Captain Alden was riding
was shot, and fell dead under his
rider. The extra horse Of Captain
Alden was loose, and had ran several
hundred yards away, seeming to be
very much frightened at the noise Of
the guns and the smell Of powder.
But the spacious animal saw the fall
of his companion in battle, and the
close quarters in which his master was
placed. and wheeling around rushed
forward to the spot where his master
was standing by the side Of the dead
horse, the federals being within thirty
yards of him. Captain Alden leaped
upon this rusty steed, without bride
or saddle, and was borne by him with
almost lightning speed away from the
battle field, and beyond all danger
from Yankee bullets. The horse was
wounded in a subsequent engagement,
while Captain Alden was riding him
he died only a few years since, having
been we'll cared for since the war by
Captain Aden's family but from
lameness caused by the wound he had
received in battle, ehsd been Of but
little use since the war ended, in April,
1865.
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Lnngstreet aud the Snl,an

Mr.. Gleayes, Of the United State:
navy. describes, in a letter to a rela-
tive at Nashville, Tennessee, the GER
emonial attending the presentation Of
General Longstrect's credentials to
the sultan. When he says, IAN
officer announced that the sultan ives
ready, the minister, escorted by a
pasha on each side, and the rest OF us
falling in an order resembling that 10
which the animals are said to have
entered the ark, passed out Of the
room, up the grand staircase, between
files OF rigid officers, .'all cleaning like
Byron's Assyrians, in purple and
gold. Crossing a large saloon, hand.
somely upholstered and Ornamented
with a glittering chandelier, we bowed
ourselves over athe threshold. of the
audience room, and stood in silent
presence of the sultan. Abdul Hamid
H., atTresent the most talked Of, aud
from his political and religious sur
%roundings, the most interesting mon
arch of all Europe. General Long
street was first presented, and made
the conventional speech, which was
interpreted by the minister of foreign
affairs, a shabby, stupid old fellow en-
yeloped in gold embroidery. The ad
dress was very happy and charm
iDgly delivered. The truth is, we
are all in love with the old soldier.and
feel very proud of Americas repre-.
sentative. He was the finest looking
man at the palace and the most fin
ished courtier could not have borne
himself better. After handing the
sultan the credentials, Mr.. Heap was
presented, and then the officers in or.
der according to their rank. Each
one of them, having stepped up
and made his bow, backed off. When
the audience was over, all backed on
ofthe sultan's presence. Several off
GERS Of the palace were present during
the interview, and stood in e fixed line
on his right. The audience chamber
was large, but quite plain; there were
a few landscapes in oil and a Persian
carpet in brilliant cOlors, but the gem
Of the room was a superb rug Of satin,
on the edge of which the sultan stood.
Having retired to the waiting-room,
we were presented to 0sman Pasha,
the hero Of Pleyna, now grand mar.
shall of the palace, and to the minister
of foreign affairs. SherbeIt was
served and cigarettes. Soon an inYi-
tation came down from the sultan in
yitiDg the minister and officers to dine
next day on the admiral's ironclad.
Soon afterward we left the palace.
was the presentation at the i'm
perial court.
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Friday evening. Feb. IL 1854.
EDISON BEATEN.
A Decision Against Him in Re
gard 10 One Of His Most
Important Patents.
New York worId.l

New York World
The patent Office has just decided
against Edison in an important inter
ference case which has been under III
Investigation for some time past.
Soon after Mr.. Edison turned bis
attention to the electric light, it was
announced that he bad solved the
whole problem" and had invented a
perfect lamp, which would very soon
be used in the place Of gas Tor purposes
of illumination. This lamp was soon
after patented, and its novel features
consisted of what is known as the
thermostatic regulator.
1t was then claimed on behalf OF
the United States electric Lighting
company that Mr. Maxim had invent
ed the same lamp before Mr.. Edison,
and an application was filed by It,
which was put into interference with
Edison's patent.
The case was very strenuously con
tested and was argued in December
last. The examiner Of interference
has decided that Edison was not the
first inventor, and that the patent must
be issued and confirmed exclusively "a
the United States electric lighting
company.
This is the famous platinum lamp
which created such a panic in gas
stocks about two years ago, and sent
the stock of the Edison company up
to au almost fabulous figure. 1t is
further claimed by the United States
electric lighting company that other
important contests relating to mean
descent lighting must very soon be
decided in its favor. and that it was
the first to occupy the electric lighting
field in this country.
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A Ten Cent Dlnner--HOW u Coed
BIeal Can be Prepared for
Working Girls.
New York Times.l

New York Times.l
Mrs. Amelia Lewis is a philanthro-
pic English woman, who is devoting
her time and energyto 40 attempt to
convince the merchants Of this city.
first, that their female employees need
warm and nutritious food during the
middle Of the day, and, second, that
by an improved system Of cooking,
such food can be prepared at a very
small expense. 1t is not so much the
long hours Of standing up behind the
dry goods counter, Mrs. Lewis says,
that impair the vitality Of young wo-
men. as the constant talking for eight
or ten hours a day, with nothing but
cold food TO build up the constantly
wasting body. Ii in the middle Of the
day the girls could have a warm meal,
instead of the cold lunch which they
now have, their health would be better,
they would work better, and their en-
| ployers, as well as themselves, would
be benefited by the change. Mrs.
Lewis Is endeavoring to induce the
proprietors Of large houses 10 estab-
lish a dining-room 10 their shops,
where their help can secure warm
meals during the day, and she claims
that a good, healthy, substantial neal
ought to be furnished to q large body
OF men or women at from six 70 eight
cents a head. To exenpliiy her IDEA,
she last evening gave a ten cent dinner
TO thirty young woman from the Grand
street establishment Of Lord & Tay-
lOE The guests were invited to Mrs.
Lewis Office, 70l Broadw az, at 500
last evening, and being conducted to
the kitchen, were shown their dinner,
from soup 10 pudding, al cooking on
one small stove not more than two
feet square. At > o'clock they sat
down 70 a long table, covered with
snOw-wLite cloth, and laid with the
necessary plates, knives and forks. A
very pretty young woman acted az
volunteer waitress, and the ten cent
dinner Swas served with promptness
and dispatch. The first course was
rice soup, Of which a large plate
swimming in vegetables, was given ID
each guest, and IN quantity and quality
the soup washot inferior TO that serv.
cd in an ordinary restaurant for the
price Of this entire dinner. Mex
came steWed beeisteak with potatoes
and steamed mutton, with caper sauce
and turnips. These dishes we're fol.
lowed with as foe an English plum.
pudding as q could wish to eat
There was more than enough for every.
body, and the guests an expressed
themselves as delighted with the meal.
Mrs. Lewis assured them that the
entire dinner had cost her less than
-, OF ten dents o head. OF course il
could rot be furnished in a resauran.
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wOMAN's LOVE
Through Thick and Through
Thin-Sad Romantic story.
Littlc Rock Gazette, sth.

Little Rock Gazette, 6th.
About one year ago q young man BY
the name Of s. .. Sullivan arrived in
this city from Columbus, Indiana, and
settled, intending to make this his
home. lie soon formed the a%cquaint-
ance Of Miss Gerow, living at the time
on Louisiana street, near Fourteenth,
to whom he became engaged to be
married. The day was set, but when
the time for that important event to
take place came around the young lady
was stricken with a fever, and the
ceremony had to be delayed. In the
meantime the authorities in Indiana
became aware of the whereabouts Of
Mr.. Sullivan, for whom they had been
searching for some time, and tele-
graphed the authorities at this place
to arrest him. which was done. This
did not sever the affections of the
young lady in fact, her attachment
increased when her lover got into
trouble. Mr.. Sullivan knew that the
sheriff from Columbus was coming,
and that he must SION leave his 6ancc
or take her with him. lie resolved
upon the latter. The young lady
agreed to the proposition. a marriage
license was procured, DR.. Hamilton
was called in and the loving couple
were married at the residence of the
bride, the groom at the time being in
the custody of Captain Davis Adams,
who stood by while the ceremony
was being performed. The next
day the newly married couple left
for Columbus in charge Of a
deputy sheriff. On his rriyal in that
place he was tried upon the charge Of
forgery and acquitted. During the
past winter the young couple have
been living in East Cairo, Ky. Every
thing moved on as smoothly as the
switch engine that he was running,
being in the employ of the railroad,
until he met with an accident last
Wednesday which endedhis trials and
tribulations, as we'll as his joy and
happiness in this ftful life. He ran
ahead Of the engine to open the
switch and caught his foot in a frog
of the switch, where it stuck so fast
that he could not withdraw it. He
struggled for his life, throwing himself
back with such force as to break the
leg that was caught. The great iron
monster bore down upon him with
its terrible wheels, grinding his legs
to powder; they we're amputated and
he died the next day from the effects,
His remains were brought TO this
place for burial Saturday morning,and
the funeral took place from tae same
house where, q year ago, he was mar
RED. He left it a bridegroom and en-
tered it again as a corpse. The father
and relatives Of the young man are
among the most respectable families
Of Indiana. The young widow is now
with her brothers and sister in this
city, deserves the love and sympathy
Of all the good people of Little Rock.
She has done her duty nobly.
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MOn-gss IIen mallcs.

No. l5S-In tho Cbanoery Court Of Shelby
county, Jenn,.-S W Bolton, e%xecutrix Of W
Bolton doce dsed, vs.. J J Carruth ct al.
~. appearing from affidavit in tbis cause
that Joan L Canale, o defendant 70 the pc
tltion o. Mary C8nale is q nonresident of tho
state Of Tennessee, and a resident OF Italy;
It - therefore ordered that he make bis ap-
pearance herein, at the courthouse eff helby
county, in Memphis. Tenn, Oh Oh before tba
first Monday in March. 1881, and ple6d, answ er
or demur TO The petition Of Mary CaDale,
or the same will be taken for coEfsssed
as to him and set for hearing x-parte;
and that a cOpy Of this order be publish. cd once
a week for four successive weeks in TIE Public
Ledger.
This 5th day Of February, 1881.
A ~eOpy-Attest.
r. ], BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By 3. B. MCHEEKy. y. g. All.
IA Ryan, sol for compli. l56 l42 1i9 154
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-11
The LEDGER Office book bindery

The LEDGER Office book bindery,
10 Madison street, is in the same
building as the newspaper and job
printing establishment is owned by
the same proprietor, embraces all
machines and material used in a first
class book bindery, and is conducted
by competent workmen capable Of
executing work in as good and sub
s~tantial a style as can be done any.
whore.
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.UNaOvERNED AMERICANS.
The Discovery or an Unknown
Land Where Primitive
Fashions Rnle.
chlcnga rIna. w..hIngtan T~sIegrapAIe EdI-

Chicago Times washington Tolcgraphie Edi-
torial.l
There are within the limits of the
United States three million eight hun
bred and forty thousand acres OF land,
two hundred thousand cattle, and an
unknown quantity of people without
any kind of government. This start
ling discovery has been made by the
commissioner of public lands who rec,
ommends that it be properly surveyed
and brought under national iurisdic-
ton. According to the report, this
small wilderness, uniettered by the
yoke oflaw, is in the shape Of paral
telegram, and is situated north OF
Texas. south Of Kansas and Colorado,
and between the Indian territory
and New Mexico. Ne wonder that
with such surroundings it should
be without a government. The
commissioner has further discovered
that the peculiar people alleged to be
"a terror to their neighbors, who by
the way, are in many cases "a terror
to the more civilized peoples contigu-
Gus to their wild domains, have never
paid any taxes. In that case they are
the smartest population on this cent?
neut. 1t will lie wondrous news to the
country at large to learn that there
really exists some thousands of Amer
leans who have never paid tax of any
kind; state, county, municipal, or 10
ternal revenue. These people never
have seen a gauger, q detective, a
Judge, jury, sheriff, turnkey or hang
man. They run their community
in primitive fashion. Each man, or
nearly SO. believes his neighbor to
be a fugitive from justice, and death
stalks abroad With rife and bowie
knife, instead of the ordinary
scythe aud shroud. Nearly every
gentleman who departs this life, to
quote from the venerable headstones
of the older regions, in that land Of
moral darkness does so without being
put to the trouble Of removing his
boots. In due time his slayer is dealt
with in tho same fashion. 1t is give
and take all around. Murder does not
90 unpublished, neither does the popu-
lation% increase, yet this same condition
of aifsirs exists in portions Of Texas
and New Mexico, but no report has
been made on the subject. The %locali-
ties referred to have been subjected to
a government survey, and that is sup
posed to put a stop to all evil doing.
In the case under consideration. after
the land shall have been duly meas
ured of, the first rational thing to do
will be to nail it on to Texas, Kansas
and Colorado.
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Non 9a,;co

Nc ccn JosST ~ 81 Char Gerry Court Of Shelby
n Bary,,c An-JaU. es Ii Barton vs.. Raroisia
IT AM N,
'hat the defenAant, harcissa n Barton.
. q non-residert OF the State of Tennes-
soc; i is therefore ordered that she
nake her APPEARANCE herein, at the court
mouse o. oheiPy county, ip Memphis, Tenn,
on or before the nrst Monday ia March. 1881
ma plead auaWcr or demur 20 complainant
MIL Or tho same will be taken for confessed
a. TO her and set for hearing ex-parte and
that n copy Of This order be published once Is
Ledger.
IRIs lt day Of February, 1851.
A cupy-Attests
X, J, BLACK, Clerk aud matter.
BYE, B. MCHEERY, d.. q. VI.
TB Edgington. sol. for compl't.
1912 1AI Isl
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Marriage OF q Nashville Jour.
nRlisf.

The Nashville Banner, Of the 9th,
contains the following account Of the
marriage of Mr.. Charley Plummer,
who is a popular and rising young
journalist, and a near relative of our
Colonel c. D. McLean-"the best in
the world, sir
Mr.. Charles Clarence Plummer, a
member ofthe reportOrial staff of the
Banner, was united in marriage, at
half-past four yesterday afternoon, To
Mrs. Fanny Lucy Solomon, niece Of.
Hon. John Warner, member Of con-
gress, from the Fifth district Of Ten
nessee. The ceremony was performed
at the residence of the mother
Ofthe bridegroom, No. 81 North Sum
mer street, by Rev. J. B. West,
DID, pastor of McKendree church, in
the presence Of relatives of the con
tracing parties. Mr. Plummer has
been connected With Nashville jour
nalism for nearly fifteen years, and
has attained no small degree Of repu
tation in his chosen profession. Warm
hearted aud Of a genial disposition, he
has won the strong friendship of every
member Of the newspaper fraternity
in Tennessee, and secured the esteem
Of all classes with whom he has been
brought in contact. The bride is a
lady whose beauty and mental and So
cial accomplishments have made
her a great favorite in the cir.
Gle in which she moves. and
which must win for her the
unqualified esteem Of those whose
good fortune it will be to meet her in
the walks Of HE. To Mr.. and Mrs
Plummer the Banner, in conjunction
with their friends, extends the yer,
warmest wishes for their happiness
and welfare. Our desire that the fiji.
ture Of the happy pair may be az
bright as love, true, tried and constant
a make 1t, is as hearty as the belle
that to them life will be as sweet. a,
sunny and as free from care as thu
ideal existence pictured by TIL,
choicest prose and the most charm
ing poetry. Love springs from III,
soul like a beautiful flower from
the earth, 1t is f~athomless ike N,
ocean. n is a fame that may b.
kindled By a single look, but can.
not be quenchsd by an ocean. Liz,
"a star from heaven, it points the way
and leads us to its home, a little spo
in the earth's dreary desert, where III
soul may rest a grain Of gold in Oh
dull sand of life; a ioretaste of Elysi
UNI" Like the light Of morning j
comes without call, and like a brigh
spirit, it noyer dies. In their journe
through this not too happy WORLD
which, with its skies Of blue. radian
sunshine aud violet covered paths ha
also its clouds, its solemn shades ant
It's barren deserts. Mr.. and Mrs. Plum
mer will bear with them the be-
wishes Of al.
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Washington Cor. San Antonio Express by
Col. L. j.. DupreI

Washington Cor. San Antonio Express BY
Col. L. j. Dupre1
The newly chosen senator from Ten
nessee is nearly fifty years of age. He
has devoted his whole life to his pro
f%ession, and is a thorough lawyer. |
have known him twenty-six years and
never dreamed OF his Abandonment of
his chosen aVocation. He vas SO
thoroughly a lawyer that when the
country went mad, aud war came,
Howell jackson was undisturbed. He
pursued the even tenor Of his way, and
If he ever knew that Tennessee fought
for the abstract right to take a SUP.
posed negro to an impossible place
Kansas never heard Of it. When
| went away from Memphis, in 1861,
Howell Jackson was porting over
Chitty, and like amusing volumes, and
when [ came back, 10 1865, be was
still bent over the pages Of black letter
literature. He is a great lawyer and
an honest. admirable gentleman, as
was his father. a very prince among
the noblest Of his race. James a.
Bailey has a worthy successor, and
Tennessee may still boast of the repre-
seutatives Of her statehood in Wash
ington. J.. j. D.
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trustees Sale.

DY virtue of a deed OF trust made 10 me By
DE Lewis, and duly recorded in the Re-
corder's Office Of C%rittenden ooupty, Arkansas,
on tho 18th day Of December, H7s. In record
book l. page 226, | viii ssll, az the request of
the bene6oiaries, default having been made
IN the payment q the debt occurred, 10 tho
highest and hes! bidder for cash, at the court
house d0oH, ia the town Of Marion, Arkansas,
within tae legal hours Of sale, on Tuesday,
March 81 1881, tho following described proper-
ty The southeast q Of vs. "a of section. 81,
township J north, range 2 east, coutainir o.
forty acres Also one 80 saw Pratt RevOlr ,ose
Head Gin Stand, new, No. Iq,7e5-aU o. M
prorOly being in Crittenden comfy. ,tant
sEsi Equity Of redemption waived, "a III
believed to be perfect, but / sell o. S \ t Tto
tee. Ay as uua-
T46 NICHOLAS WILIdb ve r-,.
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for that price, but any proprietor of a
large store could do it, probably, for
eight cents. All hat was necessary
was for them to agree among them
s~elyesSupon one or two kinds of meat
each day for the second course, If
each one wanted a different dish, Of
course the dinner could not be pre-
pared so cheaply.
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Insolvent NoLIee.
mo. 4O3t
STATE or TENSEssEE, SHtbEg County.

0fAVk or ~lENhEs5khs ENNbET COLNTY,
OFFICE County OOURE CLERK,
Memphis, Tenn, January q, 1881.
To Mrs. @ Berlin, Administrative of W I
Berlin, deceSsed.
HAVING suggested tho insolvency of the
IL estate ofW l Berlin. deceased, you are
hereby ordered 10 give notice, b. advertise
ment in some newspaper published within the
said State, and also ut the Courthouse door
Of Shelby. county, for all persons having
claims agalnst6aid estate, to appear and fle
the same, witfthe Clerk Of the County Court
authenticated in the manner prescribed BY law
on or before tho ed day of April. 1881;
and any claim NOT hlod 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 m yhand, at Office, this Dist day Of
January, 1881.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
By HUoH ,. CuLbEs. D. @.
Notice Is hereby. given to creditors as re-
quired By above order,
This January q, 1881.
MRS. G q BERLIN, Adm'x.
Weatherford & kste, Atty. l231 2s 1875 al
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STANLEY Matthews and the Black,
mailer.

In 1878, at the request Of Mr.. Stan
ley Matthews, then a senator of the
United States, a committee was APP.
pointed to consider his relations to
Mr.. James Il. Anderson. After nine
months, that committee, Of which Mr..
Allison was chairman, reported as fol-
lows:
we cannot but regard his action
in respect to James II. Anderson's
efforts to obtain an appointment to
Office, under the circumstances, as
wrong and injurious to the public in
terest.'
Mr.. Matthews himself admitted that
he had promised Anderson an Office in
consideration for the suppression Of
documents, but alleged that he be-
lieved those documents to be fraudu-
lent, and the case which it was to es-
tablish by means Of them as calumni-
Gus, but the committee held that he
was not justified in settling a case of
that kind by promising an Office TO the
blackmailer.