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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-08

THIS seems to be no-quorum Leg
islative session. 1t convened on the
9th ult and did not have quorum
for three or four days. Last Friday
and Saturday there was no quorum, as
will be seen by the following item
from the Banner of the 9th:
So many of the Senators aud Repre-,
sentatives went homo yesterday and
last night that it reduced both houses
below quorum; consequently the
General Assembly had to adjourn to-
day without transacting any business.
There would have been quorum IN
the Senate had not two Of its members
been at the Methodist Conference at
the hour Of meeting Of theSenate.
The Banner might have added also
that there would have been quorum
ID the Senate but for the fact that
high joint committee has gone off on
3 junketing excursion to New York
to confer or commune with the bond
holders. Meantime the expenses Of
this, the fourth session of the Legisla-
ture, is going on and will have to be
paid out of the peoples pockets.
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Taking His Word for u.

A Randolph street saloon keeper
who had long been bothered by dead
beat, tapped him on the shoulder the
other day and said
my, friend, | don't want you here
any more"
"Dont your can hardly believe
it, but Of course | shall take your
word for it. / suppose you'll set out
the drinks on this sad occasjon?"
"0h, yes. Walk right up"
The saloonist had taken some forty
rod and added a liberal supply o.
cayenne pepper, dashed in some vim.
egar and poured in enough molasse,
to make the drink slip down. The
beat poured out stiff dram and tossed
it off without stopping to breathe, anC
as he set down the glass and let thu
tears course down his bronzed cheek
he asked:
DO | weep"
II should rather think you did"
well, sir, | want you to distinct.
understand that I'm not weeping Of
account Of any trife that has ocourrer
here-not by a jug full My emotion
is Occasioned by hearing Of the dealt
of an aunt. Good-dsy, sir"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-08
TENNEsSRE IRON.
Remarkable Success and AS
tOnishing Results in Home
EurnaceR.
Nashville American .

I NaahNlhe AMERICAN.
Nothing could be more gratifying to
the live men of Tennessee than the
successful experiments made in max
ing iron.
The Sewanee furnace, bHilt aud OPP
Grated by the Tennessee Coal, Iron 4
Railroad Company, and the Warner
furnace, built by Mr., james G. Warner
and his associates one being a hot
blast coke furnace, and the other a
cold blast charcoal furnace, the one
located at Cowan, in Franklin county,
and the other located at Warner, in
Dickson county-have settled the
question of making iron in Tennessee
The cold blast furnace at Warner is
doing what no other cold blast furnace
ever did in the United States, and
nothing in the records of English
furnaces, so far as they have been
published, is to be found equal to the
work of this Tennessee furnace.
The average product is something
over thirty tons per day-some days
thirty-four and thirty-five tons. This,
with a cold blast furnace, is unprece.
dented.
The Cowan furnace, with two day,
banked, in the months Of March and
April produced 1880 tons of iron Of
good quality.
Up to a recent period this would
have been called fifty ton furnace
and for the cost-less than one hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars-thert
is no furnace in the United State,
beating tho iron from these furnaces
1t has been put on the market in com
petition with Pennsylvania iron ant
turns out to be Of good quality.
| The Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad
i Company is making ton of iron ant
putting it on the cars for less none
than it costs to buy the ore to make
ton of iron at Pittsbburg.
| This statement is made with tn
expectation that it will be questioned
when the facts will be given. Thi
ought to settle the question and Ten
nessee ought to be the great iron pro
ducing State of the Union.
The shipments Of coal and cOke,,fro1
the mines by the Tennessee Coal, Irol
q Railroad Company for the month o
April was 750,S67 bushels, being SO,
94l bushels over the output for Apri
1881.
The production Of the Sewanee fur
mace was 20l8 tons of iron.
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The Lime Kiln Club.
Detroit Free Press.


How wicked we am when we sot
down and fink it ober,' said Brother
Gardener as the voice Of the triangle
struck the hour of. While keep
tryin' to believe in Heaben, | keep
wonderin' how any of us will eber git
dar. We mus not envy, an yit we do
envy. We mus not bar false witness,
an yit we are foreber stretchin' de
truf. We mus not lie, an yit it comes
so handy we cant help it. We mus
not steal, an'-an' some of us don {.
Dat is, we doan' get inter posisbun
to handle de funds. We mus not be
Jealous, an yit when de woman across
de way, whose husband Arms Sc pei
week, sails out wild 70 new bonnets q
| y ar, am it human natur' fur my OLE
woman to look after her an not wisl
she had hold of her back h'ar2 Venus
not sw'ar, an yit what am | to d,
when | strike the eand Of sidewsll
plank wild my fut, or whack my thuml
wild de hammer Am it to be suppose,
dat | will calmly sot down an sing
gospel hymn?
When we trade horses wild a man
we cheat him. When a man wants I
borry half dollah Of Us, we lie h
G him. We play keerds, dance, 20 to d
S theater an circus, an we doan' tur
our backs on dog fight. / tell VOL
we am all poo, weak human bein',
an eben while we fatter ourselves da
y we am slidin' long lords Heaben a
D de rate Of a mile minute, we am al
d ready to pass lead nickel on stree
n kyar company, or pocket de IS BIZ
b foun' in de Postof6ce. When | SC
down at night an pull of my butes al
put my feet in de oven an git |
, thinkin' Of how hard | try to be poot
: an how powiul easy it is to be ba,
g / become so absorbed in my thought
. dat de ole woman has to hit me on Z
ear with a later to bring me back
airth an start tue out after an armfl
f. Of wood. Gem'len. let as continer
z try to be angels. but let us count q
. wrestlin' wild Satin about fo'ty tim,
a day, an on bein frOwn fat on OF
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Before p ] Quigley, ]. p for Shelby county,
Tenn. Edmund Epps VS.. Fred Welok.
IN this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 1856 Of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned lowed upon the prop
ertyOfthe defendant By service Of garnishment
on Memphis x Charleston Co., who answer
that they are indebted 70 the said Fred Nelck
in the sum Of $3.50, and affidavit having been
made that defendant is indebted TO the
plaintiff in the sum Of 1888, due BY
account, and that the claim Is Just, ana
that tho defendant is nonresident OF the
State Of Tennessee; II is therefore ordered thai
said defendant make his personal appear
anoe before me on the 18th day Of May
1882, at IL o'clock M, ct my ONCE. No. %
Main street, Memphis, Tenn, and defend SAID
attachment cult within the time prescribed
By law, or the same will be proceeded with
ex-parte; and that q copy Of this order pc
published once week for four weeks in the
This the 18th day Of April, 1852,
IA 81 Co PJ QUIGLEY, j.. P.
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Attachment Notice.

BEFORE ] S Galloway, j. P. for Shelby county,
Tenn.-O W Harbert, administrator, vs..
Kate Waldren.
TN this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 1886 OF the Code OF
Tennessee, and returned, levied upon tho
property ef the defendant, and atidaYit hav-
ING -boen made that defendant 10 indebted TO
the plaintif in the sum Of thirty dollars, due
By account, and that the claim Is Just, and
that the defendant Is o nonresident OF the
State Of Tennessee v is therefore ordered that
before mo on the 5th day of June, 1855 az II
O'clock m, at my Office, No. "a Madisen ST.
Memphig, Tennessee, and defend said Ct
tachment suit within the time prescribed By
law, or tho came will be proceeded with ey'
pubiiehed onos . week for four connective
weeks la the Public Ledger.
This the LIST day Of May, 1889,
bs5eB1 ] s GALLOWAY, p,
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Detroit Froo Press.


A Michigander who took in the
White Sulphur Springs Of Virginia
on a recent trip, one day approached
an aged negro who was lettering on
the street, and coR6dentially inform
ed him that he came TO the springs to
be cured Of the habit Of lying, and he
asked the old mans opinion Of the
chances for cure. =,
How long has you bin in de habit
of lyin, sab?" was the honest query.
About fifty years.
Lynn all de timer
Right along, day after day"
big lies?"
"Yes-tho worst old whoppcrs you
ever heard. Give me your homes
opinion now, as 10 whether course o
baths will help meY
"Wall, sab, said the old negro, a
he scratched his head, pears TO mt
dat if you kin git de water hot 'nut !
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Boston Star.


To the poor il would be veritable
blessing, and we are greatly mistaken
if the amount Of private correspond
ence would not increase one third
The pOstOfice is not a money-making
establishment, nor is it designed to be
If it pays for its maintenance, and
serves the need Of the people, it has
accomplished all that is expected Of it
The general government does not look
TO that department for income. W.
echo the voice of the people when w
ask for the adoption Of this measure
which cannot fail to be a relief and al
efficient aid to our interstate trade
and a healthful stimulant to close
private relationship.
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bscks ebsry blessed time. We will
now irritafe de usual order dizziness.

backs ebsfy blessed time, We will
now irritate de usual order dizziness. +"
cor HIA AT LAST.
About year ago the Hon. Alabas
ter Hamshaw Jones, of Savannah,
who Is gifted celored poet. orator
and lecturer, as we'll as the inventor of
the horse. hair clothes.line, found the
Lime Kiln Club opposing some Of his
pet theories on scientific subjects, and
he began a crusade against the Club
all over the South. At Atlanta he
called Brother Gardner "a hat-headed
clam and "a smoke stained idiot.
At Montgomery he spoke Of Waydown
Bebee as that shin boned insect
whose good opinion would kill a mule"
AT Richmond he adverted to Sir Isaac
Walpole as that old riag-worm wait
ing to be struck by lightning" At
Louisville he held the Rev. Penstoek
up to the audience as :" the car
buncle on the heel Of the col
ored race Of America In every
speech ne SJrucK the GluO square
from the shoulder, and made it as red
hot as possible, and for a time he
found loud applause and plenty o.
supporters. But a reaction always
comes, and when it does setin it is bad
for the man who stole the mule.
When the Hon. Alabaster Hamshaw
Jones started to fall he went down like
box Of goods from the top story, and
so many of his lecture engagements
were cancelled that he had to turn his
attention to making soft soap and put
ting it up in four ounce bottles for the
cure of cracked heels. The last mail
brought his application for member
ship in the club. 1t was a complete
come-right-down on his part, with NO
ifs nor ands about it. He now be-
lieves with the club on every subject
under the sun, aud in case he is taken
in and made solid he will forward his
famous recipe for mending crack in
an iron kettle without the use of any
sort of glue or mucilage.
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Attachment NOIlco.

No. 78S2-Before S Galloway P. for Shelby
county, Tenn.-Henry Dix VS.. Sargent &
Co.
IN this cause an attachment having been
/ sued out under section 3465 of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned, levied upon the
property of tho defendants, by garnishment
upon r ID Jordan, and affidavit having been
made that defendants are indebted to the
plaintiff IN the sum of 500, due BY account,
and that the claim is Just, and that
the defendants are non-residents Of the
State of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
that said defendants make their personal
appearance before me on the Gath day OF
May, 1859, at II O'Clock m, at my office. No.
81 Madison street, Memphis, Tennessee, aid
defend said attachment suit within the time
prescribed by law, or the same will be pro-
ceeded with ex-parte; and that a copy Of this
order 10 published onoe week, for four con-
secutive weeks, in the Public Ledger.
This the 10th day Of April, 1872.
4S49 30 81 j S GALLOWAY, j. P.
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Mr.. +. G. Delaney, of Norfolk, Va,
writes: ut gives me great pleasure to
experience once more that gloriously
good feeling OF perfect health. l was
buried in despair, my back constantly
panied me; and from head to foot !
lelt thoroughly i'll. l could not walk
across the yard without fatigue
Nothing | ate agreed with me. Doc
tors could do me no good. trieC
Browns Iron Bitters. They hav,
given me perfect health and strength.
S. Mansfield 4 Co., w. N. Wilker
SON & Co., and G. W. Jones & Co
wholesale agents.
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state Normal institute.

The State Normal Institute will be
opened at the University of Tennes-
see at Knoxville, on Wednesday,
June 81, and close Friday, July 81
The officers will be: President, Rev.
WIS. Doak, D, D., State Superin-
tendent; Vice. President, Prof. S. H.
Loekett, University of Tennessee
Secretary, Prof. L. Alexander, Uni
versity of Tennessee; Local Commit
tee, Prof. E. Alexander, Prof. Albert
Ruth, j. W. Paulstt, Esq.
Faculty: Rev. w. s. Doak, D. d.
Didactics and Public School Work
Superintendent S. Y. Caldwell, Schoo
Organization and Management Prof
W. R. Garrett, History and Geogra
ply; Prof. James Dinwiddie, Mathe
MATES; Prof. Z. S. Joynes, Englisl
Language; Prof. S. H. Lockett, Elk
perimental Physics; Prof j. NJ. Nc
Bryde, Elements Of Agriculture
Prof. h. Nicholson, Elements Of &c
OIogy; Miss Augusta Towel, Memphis
Elementary Methods; Miss NJ. R. S
Hunter, Primary Glass Exercises.
Optional studies will be offered a
follows: Latin-Elementary or AID
vanced, Prof. 4. Alexander; Frencl
or German, Prof. ELS. Joynes; Botany
Prof. McBryde; Physiology, Pro.
Nicholson; Penmanship,
The course will be distributed i
two or more grades, SO as to meet th
wants of elementary teachers as we
as the more advanced. In each couri
there will be four regular daily LEI
sons. Optional studies will be Upe
to all, yet SO as not to interfere wit
the regular courses.
The instruction will be largely ora
Text books, so far as needed, will !
provided at reduced rates. Pupils a,
requested to bring such as they haV
in studies they wish to pursue.
Certificates, corresponding to Il
respective grades, will be conferre
on examination at the close of Il
course. These certificates will exem
the holder from further examinati,
in this State.
Tuition is free to all teachers
persons preparing to teach. Spec
railroad rates will be provided on ra
roads in Tennessee for all perso
properly certified as members Of t
Institute. Further notice will be g
on on this subject by the State Sup
intendent.
Board and lodging can be obtain
in Knoxville at from $3.50 to 81 o.
week. Hotels will make special "a
by the week, or for longer time.
Further information if desired :
be furnished upon application to
S. Doak, State Superintendent,
Nashville
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Attachment NOtIoe.

Before J M Coleman, ]. P. for Shelby county,
Tenn.-k. Whitmore VS.. /. Rosenbaum & Co.
/ N this cause an attachment having been
sued out under section 1856 Of the code Of
Tennesss :. end returned levied on tho
property Of the defendants, by garnishment
on the Southern Express Company, who
answer that they have ono package valued at
thirteen dollars belonging 10 defendant,
and AFFIDAVIT having been made that
defendants are indebted 10 the plaintiff. in
tho sum Of 81 so, due by ACCOUNT, and that
the claim Is just, and that tho defendant are
non-reddents OF the State Of Tennessee,
ii Is therefore ordered that said defendants
make their personal appearance before me
on the Odd day Of May, 1882, at ten
O'clock, am, at my office, No. IL
Madieon street, Memphis, Tennessee,
and defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed by law, or tho same will
BE- proceeded with ex-parte; and that copy
o. this ordor DO published once week for
four weeks IN the Public Ledger.
This tbe 18th day Of April, 1872.
uT6S59 IN COLEMAN, J.P,
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pANENuowER's ExPER1ENcE.

Lieutenant Danenhower is in gen
eral very sceptical Of the accuracy Of
all the charts and maps of the north.
ern regions of Siberia. He thinks that
even recent explorations Of we'll
known travellers have added scarcely
anything to our knowledge in this
respect, nor is he at all sanguine as to
to the anticipated opening up of trade
at the mouths Of the Siberian rivers
which has been SO much discussed Of
late years. The gold production oil
these districts struck the Lieutenant
as being far more important than it ii
generally supposed The exileS, he
says, are the most intelligent set Of
men in Siberia, and, although he wai
most Hospitality received by every
body, it was from these exiles in par
ticular that he learned anything worth
knowing
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Don,l Do It.

Don't sock the temporary feeling Of
health aud strength resulting from the
use Of beer and ale or other malt and
alcoholic compounds. The after-efects
make you feel worse than before.
Permanent health is sure 10 be found
in that best Of all preparations, that
friend 10 temperance and long life
known as Browns Iron Bitters.
s. Mansfield & Co., w. N. Wilker-
son q Co., and @. W. Jones u Co.,
wholesale agents.
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A subscriber writes as follows: 81
feel at once my appetite and strength
greatly improved; my expectoratior
less painful and less copious; my cough
less troublesome; my sleep sound, re
freshing and dreamless; my nervous
ness is all gone; my breathing less diff
6cult; my hearts action more regular
my backache less severe; my digestion
improved; my urine clear and voideC
without pain: my spirits more exuber
ant; my mind perfectly at ease; and ye
l have only used half a bottle o
Browns Iron Bitters.
S. Mansfield & Co., w. N. Wilker
son & Co.. and G. w. Jones 4 Co.
Wholesale agents.
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PUBLIC LEDGER.


THE following prominent citizens
acted as pail bearers at the funeral Of
Hon. Horace Maynard, in Knoxville,
last Friday, the 9th inst: Major A,
s. Prosser, George w. Ross, Colonel
R. b. Armstrong, Hon. David Rich
ards, Hon. Perez Dickinson, Colonel
Hu. L. McClung, George NJ. White,
Esq., Major R. c. jackson, w. K.
Eckle, Captain james s. Boyd, A. A.
Barnes, Colonel NJ. L, Patterson,
Judge George Andrews, Judge 0,
P. Temple, j. A. RayI, Colonel J.
B. Minis, VIM. Rule, E. J. Sanford,
W. A. Henderson, james D. Cowan,
Chancellor w. B. Staley.
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We have not heard that any imita
tons Of the genuine DR.. Holman's pad
have ever made a success of it; but
they succeed in doing some harm, be-
cause, being practically valueless, they
cast reproach upon the grand ABSORB,
ton theory upon which Holman'S pad
is founded and therefore we warn
the public against them.
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The PUBLIC LEDGER book bindery
13Madison street, is in the same build
ing as the newspaper and job printing
establishment; is owned By the same
proprietor; embraces all machines and
material used in a 6rst-cIass book
bindery, and lie conducted by compe-
tent workmen, capable Of executing
work in as good and substantial a
style as can BIO done anywhere. !
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PROPOSALS FOR BIDS
For Leasing the Arkansas State
Penitentiary.

TN pursuance Of the provisions Of an act Of
i the General Assembly of the State of Ar
kansas, approved March 2lst, 1881, the under
signed, the Board Of Commissioners for the
management and leasing of the Arkansas
State Penitentiary, hereby give notice that
they will until the 18th day Of November,
1882, receive sealed proposals for the leasing
Of the Arkansas State Penitentiary and all
property thereto belonging, and the build
ings. machinery and labor Of convicts. for the
period of ten years from the 7th day of May,
The bids shall be directed to the Governor,
as the President Of said Board Of Commission
ers, and shall be accompanied by q good and
sufficient bond In the sum of ten thousand
dollars conditioned for the faithful exc cution
Of contract and bond required by the act
azores i'd, and in accordance with the stipu-
lations in each and every bid so received.
All bids received will be opened at the Office
Of the Governor of the State, in the city Of
Little Rock, at the hour Of IL o'clock m, of
said 18th day Of November, 1882, and the con-
tract awarded to the highest and best respon.
sible bidder. The Board reserves the right TO
rel cot all bids offered.
For particulars in reference 10 contract,
etc., see Acts of 1881, pages l2l TO l28, or ad.
dress the Secretary Of the Board.
TT CHURCHILL,
oB MOORE,
| Attorney, General.
JACOB FR0IICH,
Secretary Of State.
nLittle Rock, Ark, April 3, 1882. 80 81
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might help you some, but de trouble
is dat Ia swettin' out de lies you may
cook de body, an my 'sperience wild
white men am dat l kin git long bet
ter Wild we'll man Who lies dan wild
parbiled man who tells de trufT
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DR.. D. s. IOHNSON'S
PRIVATE
Medical Dispensary
No. II Jefferson NJ
Between Main and Front, Memphis
ESTABLISHED IN 1901
No. IL Jefferson 81,

Between Main and Front. Memphis.
IESTABLISHED IN 1901
nR. JOHNSON Is acknowledged By all par
~ ties Interested as by far the most success
full physician in the treatment Of private or
secret diseases. Quick, thorough and perma-
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To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc. 1 will send
a reciPe that will cure you, FREE on
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
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LsNAE. Station d. New York City.
h2xxxiv52d
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Drowned.

OGDENsBURa, N. Y. May By
the capsizing Of a row boat Charles
Inman, oethis city, Henry Boyce, Of
Canton and a. M. Smith, of Gov
erneur, were drowned.