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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-11
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Special to Cincinnati Commercial.
NEW York, December Room
No. 3, on the second floor of No. III
Broad street, was vacant until about a
week ago, when it became tenanted.
Who the occupants we're the other
terants did not know until to day. All
that was known was that handsome
furniture had been taken in there
about a week ago by some men. A
reporter Of the Tribune, who looked
into the room to-day, found the floor
carpeted, a small cylinder stove on
one side with the door open and a
bright FIRE burning, a half-dozen cane
bottomed chairs two small Office desks,
q waste paper basket and a cloth Gov.
cred library table about eight feet
long. Shortly after 3. O'Clock. Mr..
Brush, an elderly member Of the
Produce Exchange, aud one of the
most prominent dealers in lard, came
into the Exchange and said TO some of
the brother members that there was a
"bunko" game in the vicinity, and
that be had won $1,000 which tho
gamblers refused to give him. A
number ofthe lard dealers went with
Mr.. Brush back to No. Ill Broad
street, but found the door locked and
the window. curtains drawn.
Mr.. Brush said asterWard 10 a
Tribune reporter: | was walking
along the street after Change, when
| was approached by a young man who
introduced himself to me as the son
OF a nan who is director of the iusti.
tuition where | keep my account,
and who is a director in another in.
stitution of which | am also a director,
tie was surprised that | didn't remem-
Der him. After the usual oompli.
ments, he asked me when | saw his
father last. l said that l had met him
the day before at the directors meet
ing. After a few moments of familiar
conversation he remarked that
ought to congratulate him. l asked
him what for2 when he replied:
Because Of my good luck"
What, have you been getting mar
ried2P | asked
Better than that. l have been en-.
gaged in a speculation that has
brought to me at least 500, 1000" he
replied.
Then | congratulated him, and he
finally induced NE to go round to his
Office, which proved to be room 6 AZ
No. Ill Broad street. While in there
a pack Of cards was brought forth. and
he asked me to draw one and try nv
luck. When l drew a card he slapped
me on the shoulder and said: "Why
Sir, you'v drawn a card that entitle,
each of us to $1,000" ] became indiR,
nant and demanded why he had
brought me there, saying that I want.
ed him TO let me out at once. He said
We'll, if you 20 out you'll forfeit youl
right to the $1,000" l told him thai
didn't want to make $1,000 in any
such way; that | wanted to be let oui
at once. | then went out and con.
cluded to take the boys around anc
raid the place, but the birds haC
flown. They evidently saw US and es,
capped, fearing the consequences.
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Items from Dyer.

Around Dysrsburg the feeling bs.
tween ague and quinins is exceedingly
bitter.
Now's the time your wife begins to
look mysterious and hide sometbinS
when you come in.
Our John Latta was married IN
Marshall, Texas, last "Wednesday 70
Miss Lee Poland. "
MI. James Craig and Miss Sallis
Garter, Of Lower Hills, were united
IN Tedloek last Sunday BY 'S1uirs
Andrew Hart. W
The goose bone indicate, a mild
winter, the corn husk a severe winter
aud the beaver dams a-Well. The
beaver dams a severe winter if he
has any sense.
Big crops in Lake county. and
hands mighty scarce. They are paw.
ing zoe a hundred for picking cotton
ana 30 a bushel for gathering corn.
ldlers, 90 to Lake county.
John ". Thomas, of Reeves Station
under arrest jumped through a
car window when the train
running % milesan hour. Tbomas
walked into Newbern the next dav
boxing as though he had been run
through a thrashing machine. Hmm
examination before Esluires Dayde
md Fowlkes, at Dyersburg, he was
'cqqitted of the charges upon which
lie had been arrested.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-11
The Louisville Proposed Expo,
GftiOu.
Courier-Jo uruaI. \

NaALul
The progress made yesterday in
raising the money for the exposition
was most encouraging. While it is
true the ten Ten to subscribe $4,000
have not appeared, the people are all
interesting themselves in this under.
taking, and there is no longer any
doubt OF its success. EYerythined done
has been done with caution, every
statement made has been duly
weighed, and now the people begin to
see that this is a bus
mess enterprise, not a chart
table entertainment, and that il
is entitled to the support Of business
men. Donations are not asked: the
plan Of the exhibition has been duly
considered sud the prospects of a
pecruiary success discussed. Under
the least favorable circumstances. the
stockholders will have fifty cents on
the dollar returned to them; with
tayoring circumstances the whols can.
ital will be safe, and if we can secure
the attendance of one million. as it is
not unreasonable to expect, the direct
ors will have a large surplus to dispose
OF. For four weeks after the
opening Atlanta was not ready to re-
ceive visitors. Louisville will be
ready from the beginning. At Atlanta
the buildings we're located several
miles from town; hero they will be in
town. The Atlanta Exposition was
closed at night; LOuisville's will be
open until III o'clock and lighted bv
electricity, yet the attendance at AZ
lants reached 100000 in a season OF
drouth; so to do no better than Al
lanta we could count on 100000 Wis.
itors.
But Louisville will have ffteer
acres under roof; Atlanta had seven,
Here we will have a special programme
arranged for each week, with fat stock
shows, fine horse and cattle shows,
military and Knights Templar drills
and one hundred other attractions,
which will certainly increase the
attendance. If it amounts to ZOO. OOC
every dollar Of the stock will be good
yesterday the directors met and
discussed in a very cheerful way planl
for forwarding the undertaking. II
was determined to advertise for offers
from property owners for the location
Of the grounds. Offers must be made
for a lease for eighteen months, and
accompanied by an option to purchase
within that time at a fixed sum. Not
less than twenty-five acres will BE-
needed, and fifty acres may be desired
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MaywoOd COUNTY Na1iera

Brownsville States and Bee.
Cotton will come in lively for the
next two weeks.
Miss Nora Graves, Of Memphis. is
the guest of Miss Sallie Moore.
DR.. Westbrook, of this CITY. il a
candidate for surgeon of the peniten-
tiary.
1t is said that preachers don't aver.
age i've dollars on each couple thoy
marry.
The Womble place, two miles east
Of town, sold last Saturday for two
dollars and a quarter an acre. It con-
tanned 1872 acres.
Mr.. A. Pracht will move to Mem
phis in January to engage in business.
We regret to see him leave, as he is a
deserving gentleman and a substantial
citizen.
An old negro named Alexander
Hunter, and eighty years old, married
a blushing lass in her teens yesterday.
He lives on Dir. P. H. Mann's farm,
near Hatchie river.
Colonel H. B. Folk visited Fayette
and Upton county this week to nav
the taxes of the l.. & N. railroad in
those counties. The taxes of the road
in Haywood county for 1882 were
$1,000.
Mr.. H G. Summons, Iivinein Mo-.
killed an eagle last week measuring
six feet and two and three quarter
inches from tip to tip. The eagle was
in the act Of attacking a drove Of
geese.
Cotton receipts to date amount to
1859 bales. It'll the general opinion
among our cotton men that the re.
eeipts for the season will reach 1900
bales. The low price is holding a
good deal back that otherwise would
have been upon the market.
Last Monday a brakeman on the
Louisville & Nashville railroad had
his foot injured by a passing train at
Jones station. He was brought to
LOWn anu MS 1o0t dressed by DR..
Taylor, the injury necessitating the
cutting off Of a small portion Of two or
three toes.
Dir. H. NJ. Clark sold eleven bales
Of cotton last Saturday to Wilder &
Hotchkiss for l01 cents a pound. It
was one Of the best grades Of cotton
brought here this season. 1t was
shipped to Brooks, Nicely & Co., the
old reliable and we'll known Memphis
firm. Mr.. Clark was congratulated
upon his fine cotton.
Haywood county is one Of the best
counties in Tennessee, and yet we hear
bitter complaints Of hard times among
our people. Where is the remedy?
Are not our lands getting poorer and
poorer each year2 Why2 Because
the eternal cultivation Of cotton to
the exclusiOn Of everything else will
blast the respects of the best farming
community. A change, and that
speedily, will bring prosperity and
nothing else will.
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The Millennium.


If this is not the millennium It looks
a good deal like a 6rst rate counterfeit.
Hero is the Tariff Commission with a
report that actually recommends the
revision Of the tariff in such a sense as
TO reduce the duties by twenty.i five
per cent. Here Is a proposition made
IN Congress TO abolish some useless
Offices. Another proposition is made
to overhaul some delinquent corpora.
tions acting under national authority,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-11
IIIiteracy In the UBited Ataies.
New York Herald.

The President very truly says in
bis Message that the census shows an
alarming state Of illiteracy in certain
parts OF the country. The part of the
country to which this remark is most
applicable is the South. In all Of the
Southern States the per cent Of the
population ten years old and upward
unable to write is extraordinarily
high, amounting in several Of them
to nearly half and in Alabama and
South Carolina to more than halt
Of the persons Of that age. Among
the blacks the proportion unable
to write is simply astounding. 1t
ranges from 20 per cent in Florida to
800 in Alabama. At least three.
fourths of the negroes ten years old
and over in all the Southern States
taken together are illiterate. The
per centage Of ~illiterscy among the
whites in that part Of the country
is low compared with that OF
the blacks, but compared with the
per centsge Of illiteracy among the
Northern white it is remarkably high.
Thus in such States as New York,
Massachusetts,, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Michigan and Illinois the proportion
Of whites unable to write ranges from
five to seven per cent, while in the
Southern States it breaches from fifteen
to twenty-five per cent. In view of
this amount OF Ignorance among peo-
pie, many Of whom are citizens clothed
with the right Of suffrage, Congress
may we'll consider the suggestion Of
the President, whether immediate
and substantial aid should not be ex
tended By the general government for
supplementing the efforts of private
bene6cence and Of State and Terrific.
rial legislation in behalf Of education"
If the part of the river and harbor
appropriations that goes for jobbery
and the money hal is drawn from the
Treasury for pension swindles we're
devoted to this educational work the
country would reap some substantial
benefit from it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-11
IiOn-R Resident pioilss.

No. El5-In the Ohancery Court Of gbolhv
county-B. +. Fly ct al vs.. j. A. Anderren
OF al.
appearing from bill. which is sworn To
IN this caute, that the defendant, James
the Territory Of Arizona, and non-resident
Of the State Of Tennessee.
II is therefore ordered that he make his
appearance heroin, at the courthouse Of
shelby county, N Memphis, Tenn. on or be-
and plead, answer. or demur TO Complainant
Dill. Of. the same will be taken for
confessed al. to him and set for hearing Az
partei and that a copy Of this order be pub-
In the Public Ledger. A
This 9Th day Of December, 1882:
R.y J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By NJ Bradley, D. Gam.
I. b. Micou, solr for cOmpI't.
az o. lao
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-11

and the President land the whole Re.
publican party In Congress s2e bril-
lantly in favor Of civil service reform.
They have all heard from the people.
but they have not heard enough.
They will make believe to be good and
that is all. III they had the courage to
80 IN for a thorough reform, even in
the eleventh hour, they might vet
leave but little.tor the Democrats to be
virtuous over.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-11

is past, aud DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery will not raise the
dead, will not cure you if your lungs
are almost wasted by consumption,
1t is, however, unsurpassed both as a
pectoral and Alternative. and will cure
obstinate and severe diseases of the
throat and lungs, coughs, and bron-
chial affections. By virtue of its
wonderful properties it cleanses and
enriches the blood, cures pimples,
blotches, and eruptions, and causes
even great eating ulcers to heal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-11
Nonresident Notice.

No. 46S R.D,-In.the Probate Court Of sbelbv
county, T~epn.-David I. Varnell ct al vs.,
Joseph II. Varnfll OF al.
~ appearing from amendment in this oause
i that the defendant, James ID, Lauphiin
Isl nonresident Of the State Of Tennessee.
aRd Q resident Of the State Of texas Il il
therefore ordered that he make his appear
ance herein, at the courthouse Of Shelby coun-
Y IN Memphis, Tenn on or before the first
or demur TO complainant bill. or the same
Will DO taken for confessed as to him and set
FOL, hearing ex- parte, and that a copy of this
srder DO publisbod ence a week, for four suc-
oessiye weeks.in the Public Ledger.
This 10th day Of November 1852.
A cepy-Attest: o.
$500 H. B. CULLEN. Clerk.
By Louis Kettman, d. G.
Sykes 4 Gibson, s9rs for complainant.
IN 56 ~ 90
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Captain Bob LeechOn che Road.

Captain Bob LeeehOn the Road.
In a private letter written by Capt.
Bob Leech at Fort Smith, on the 7th,
to a friend in this city, be says:
This is one Of the cold mornings.
Breeze right of the Boston mountain.
| have just taken 10 the G. andlO. road
up to Paducah, and the Little Rock
and Nemphes road, and tho III. Smith
and Little Rock road, and IL you find
= short crop mai just 1t him stay al
home.
There was q quiet shooting cere.
mony over in the Nation yesterday
near Muscogee, between one Jack
White and Bill Black. No cards.
neither Of them cares for Christmas.
They are like my friends mother-in.
law, little angels now.
II is said that not more than one
third Of the cotton in the Nation Is
picked.
This is a business town, and every.
thing has the appearance Of pros
perity.
Both the whites and the blacks are
Democrats here; there is no other kind
this year.
| will be in Memphis about Christ
mas.
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A Word to Newly Married Folks.


One word as to living, and now we
are serious. Go to Housekeeping at
once. 1t is a mistaken notion that
boarding is cheaper or that the bride
should board until she learns how
to keep house. A woman properly
raised land where is the Tennessee
girl who is not?-knows as much about
housekeeping as any woman who
never controlled a family. She will. if
a trde wife, loving her husband, do
well from the start, and even il she
makes mistakes, they can laugh over
them and try again. Come to the
kitchen, dearest, and tell me why the
biscuit wont brown at the bottom,
please said a loving bride to her
smart spouse once upon a time at their
first breakfast.
DO they brown on top?" asked he.
"Oh, yes; finely" said she.
Then turn them over" said he and
changed legs over his knee.
Yes, II they will not brown on both
sides turn them over or under, it makes
no difference, and they will eat a
thousand times better than boarding
house bread.
A couple, with what they can sponge
from home, can live on less than $40 a
month, while no respectable board can
be obtained for less than $40.
In this connection let me advise. and
you'll soon know the reason. never
have q spare bedroom if you live 10
Nashville. This advice is insisted an
if your wife's family live in the coup-
try. You can control your own folks,
but remember what We said about
politeness 10 your Wife's family. This
is sound, common sense, and, by the
way, practical.
Do not care to keep a table equal To
the Maxwell House either, if YOU have
any respect for the future. One or two
dishes will be all needed for one meal.
BE particular to let your wife know
what dishes you prefer. She is never
selfish and will always pauder 70
your taste. Do this in q Discreet
manner, so as 10 let her think, dear
heart, she found it out herself. Then
praise everything she prepares for Won.
even it it tastes like snuff. Never crit.
icise her cookery adversely nor tell her
what acook your mother is. This i
Just cause for separation. No woman
with any self respect will stand more
than two references of this kind. II
any coolness u~nhappily arises you can
make II all up and seal it forever by
loving the baby-When it comes. IN,
there should never be anything but
love and affection towards the sweet
girl who gave up father, mother and
comfort TO cook for you.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-11
A Circus mans Apartments.
Cincinnati Gazette.

Sihcluuhti UdAettos
In the southwestern corner Of Rob.
inson's Opeia-house building. Gil,
Robinson, the second youngest son Of
John Robinson, has but recently fitted
upon handsome bachelor apartments
where be will reside during the winter
that fairly rival in elegance the famous
green room Of young Gould at the
Grand Opera.house New York. The
suite throughout is handsome in the
extreme, but the reception room, with
its crystal eandlelabra, elegant hang.
ings, choice bronzes. brio a-brac and
other adonrments, has that luxuriou,
ease and refinement seldom even with
in those homes where most to be ex-
pected. The walls are covered with
heavily gilded paper, with a rich
maroon ~frieze, the cove above which
is rendered exquisitely beautiful by
clusters Of handpainted wild flowers.
The hangings are all of Terra del
Sienna in rep, with heavy borders Of
plush. The furniture is of ebony.
gilded, each piece pleasing singular
after the latest and most approved
patterns Of Eastern decorators. But
not the least interesting of the many
curious ornaments are the odd bits Of
brass and pottery collected BY Mr.,
Robinson, In California and Mexico. a
cup from the altar of the famous
cathedral at Los Angeles, a bow and
culver Of arrows OF some we'll knowr
Indian chief, vases, musical instru.
ments, strange animals in bronze
carved worries, miniature flower boats
in a word, an Omnioum g4therum
so thoroughly selected and artistically
arranged as TO delight the eye of tht
most critical observer. In such apart
monts as these will Mr.. Robinson
lounge at Base after his long seasol
under the canvass, and gather anew
bis energies for the coming summer
campaign.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-11
Attachment Notice.

Before John Spelman, j. P. for Shelby county.
IeAn.-Edward Steadman vs.. Haden K
N this cause an attachment having bean
4 sued out under sectisn 1856 Of tho code OF
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of the defendants. Haden x Davis,
and affidavit hayingbeen made thatdefendants
Is indebtedto the PLAINTIFF the sum II SO
due BY account, and that tae claim IL
JUST and that the defendants are nom
residents of the State 81 ~isnnesSee.
II Is therefore ordered that said defendant
maks their personal appearance before me on
the 2etA day Of December, 1882, at u O'clock
M, Ct my ONCE, No. 81 Adams st., Taxing
sttaonment suit within the time prescribed
by law, or the same will be pro.
ceeded with ~ex-parte; and that a copy Of this
order be Published once a week for four
weeks Ia the Public Ledger.
This the I'D day OF November, 1882,
III 80 JOHN SPELMAN, j, P.
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GuardInr mIs PiekIe RnrreI.

ohFAnnAh recorder.
A groengrooer named Helmden. on
West Broad Street, has been bothered
greatly at the way his pickles disap.
peared. He had in his yard a vicious
coon. which he placed 10 a barrel cor.
responding to the pickle reoepticle,
and placed It where the preserve
barrel stood. One or two days elapsed
and no sucker was caught until last
night, when a colored man, who had
imbibed some liquid joyousuess, went
to the barrel, cautiously raised
the lid and kept his eye on the bro.
prietor. The coon in the barrel i'm.
mediatly seized the colored man.
hand, and sank his teeth viciously in
the member. The man yelled and
started from the place. swearing that
he was bitten by a rattlesnake. We
understand that he will cause a
rant to be issued for the arrest Of Mr..
Helmden, the proprietor.
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AttachmentNOtce.

Before j. N. Coleman, J, P. for Shelby coun-
T-E. X. Parish We. James Kelley.
4 sued out under section 1856 of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of the defendant, and afidayit hay-
ing been made that the defendant is Indebted
TO plaintiff In the sum Of 500, due By note,
ana that the claim is just, a1d that the de-
PENDANT 10 q nonresident Of the State of Ten
nossee; 1t ie therefore ordered, that said de-
fendant make his personal appearance before
me- on the second day Of January. 1888, at 10
o'clock I'm. at my office, No. IL Madison
ST., Memphig; Tenn, and defend said attach
ment suit within the time prescribed by law,
or the same will be proceeded with ex-parte.
and that q copy Of this order be published once
2 week for four consecutive weeks in the
Memphis Public Ledger.
This the &d day Of November, 1882.
70 rs $50 JIM. COLEMAN 7 p
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Nearly $1,000 For a Pctrarch.

ran MAIL baLotto.
Every one knows that the book Of
books-the book which Saving a
Gutenberg Bible, which is out Of the
comparison) has fetched the largest
price on records the Valdarfer
Boccaccio that was sold in the Rox.
burghe sale. In that battle between
Lord Blaniord and Lord Spencer the
the former won the prize at the cost
Of k2,2S9, and by SO doing he raised
himself to a pinnacle as yet unattained
by others. But on Nov. IL, at Put.
tick & Simpsons q struggle between
Messrs. Quaritch, Ellis and Thibau-
deau had an ending almost as sensa.
tional. The Petrarchs Of the sunder-
land library came on for sale. Book
buyers expected some excitement, but
it was thought that the great price
would bogiyen for the Editio princeps,
printed BY V. de Spira in 1740, on
yellum. This fellto Mr. Ellis at 92S0.
But when the Petarch Of Bernardo
ma di Novara (14e9) came to be sold,
that price was insanity outdone. The
book is rare and beautiful. It's great
attractions lies in the illustrations,
which resemble those Of the celebrated
Poliphilo. After much frantic bid
ding it fell to Mr.. Quaritch for the
enormus sum Of fl, $50, the second
largest price ever paid for q book print.
ed on paper. II Dukes books are to
20 on selling like this, surely in an
other ten years will not be 4 ducal
library left in the country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-11

The PUBLIC LEDGER book bindery
ID Madison street, is in the same build
ing as the newspaper aud job printing
establishment; is owned by the same
proprietor; embraces all machines and
material used in a 6~rst-class book
bindery, and IL conducted by oompo.
tent workmen, capable Of executing
work in as. good and substantial a
style as can be dOne anywhere,