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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-17

Inyalids should prevent their dis
ease from gaining ground by using
Browns Iron Bitters. 1t stops decay,
keeps the blood warm, and gives the
emaciated form a new lease OF life.
s. Mansfield & Co., W. N. Wilker-
son & Co.. aud G, W. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
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Gar6eld's majority over Hancock
1912. This, of course, was more than
the actual majority. because the Dem
ocrats erskdemoralized BY discussions
on the State debtIquestion, and many
colored IvOters we're imported from the
black counties that could spare them
in Mississippi and ArkAnsaw, AS
matter Of fact this is reallya Demo
cratic district as it stands, though not
by majority that will do to sleep over.
Now let US look at the vote Of the
n1srp rrrlA Vi PROPOSED
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oARn.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscrstions of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay. loss OF manhood, etc., will send
a reeire that will cure yeu, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by "a missionary In South America. Send a
self-addressed envelope to the Rev. JoEEPH T.
IsMAN. Station d. New York City.
52xxxiV52d
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Tennessee Press Association.

The next annual meeting of the
Tennessee Press Association will be
held on Wednesday, June q, at Bon
Aqua Springs, on the Nashville, Chat
tSnooga l. st. Louis railroad, forty.
five miles west of Nashville.
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Marks majority over Wight was
1888 to which properly belonged
enough Of the Greenbsck vote to have
increased it to fully 5000. The Pres
dental: election Strengthened party
lines and brought out full vote, as
fellows. n
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nISTRfcTlAs PROPOSED.

Wight's majority over Marks was
1893. This, however, would have been
reduced fthe Greenback Democratic
vote had been added, but the Presi
Dental eIectionswas more Of test:
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AD:OId-Iime Methodist Preacher
Now an Editor.
MuffreesboEo FEee Pregs

-NtaAsNPHsAv AApp AAer4sl
Rev. Green T. Henderson, of the
Murfreesboro Free Press, is a Metho-
dist preacher aud in 1894 preached
regularly at Gallatin and at Cairo, in
this county, on alternate Sundays.
Rev. John w Hall, now the Super
intendent Of Public Schools at Gov
ington, KY, and an able Presbyterian
minister, occupied these pulpits. Rev.
Mr.. Henderson is one Of the best men
we ever knew, always excepting that
be has wandered of and become low
taxer, and trains in that squad. He
may yet, in his old age, see The neces.
slty for reform, for
while the lamps hold out to burn,
The vilest sinner may Ietnrn."
We clip the above from the Gala
tin Examiner. 1t is partly compli-
mentary and partly not, but all in a
spirit Of kindness. which we fully re-
ciprOcate. We differ with the es-
TENED editor Of the Examiner on
some points, but heartily agree with
him in many things, and have repeat
edly enriched the columns of our
paper BY borrowing from his. The
editor Of this paper is Methodist
preacher, and has beenone for So years.
In politics he has always been an
unwayeriDg Democrat; his FIRST vote
was cast for his old friend Andrew
Jackson. His sympathies have always
been with the common people, the
laboring classes, and this feeling
probably prompted him 10 espouse the
side Of the people in their struggle
with the money power, the aristocracy,
and as yet, though approximating the
age of four score, he has seen no
necessity for a change in either his
religion OF bis politioO.
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Under and by virtue of deed of trust
" from George Dixon to mo ps trustee, re-
corded in the Registers Office of Shelby coun-
t., Tennessee. in book As, pages 1923, $50 and
53l, TO secure a certain note therein described,
there being balance of said note past due
and unpaid, at the request Of the beneficiary,
/ will, on
Monday, 10Th day Of May, 1882.
between the hours Of II am. and pm, at
the southwest corner Of Main and Madison
to sell TO the highest bidder for cash the fol-
lowing descTibedproperty, to-wit: All of tho
tract Of land known as the "0ld Hen Island"
with its accretions, alluvial deposits, etc., ex-
cept about 8 or 10 acres en- the head Of the
island.
The equity ofredemption is waived, and the
title believed to be perfect. but convey only
as trustee. @ | SEAY, Trustee.
W 2 Wilson, Atty. 1864
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PROPOSALS FOR BIDS
For Leasing the Arkansas State
Penltentiary.

TN pursuance of the provisions of an act OF
i the General Assembly Of the State Of Ar
kansas, approved March 2lst, 1874, the under
signed, the Board of Commissioners for the
management and leasing Of the Arkansas
State Penitentiary. hereby give. notice that
they viii 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
iugs. machinery and labor Of convicts. for the
1883.
The bids shall be directed to tho Governor,
as the President Of said Board Of Commission
ors, and shall be accompanied by good and
sufficient bond in the sum of ten thousand
dollars conditioned for tho faithful exc ouion
Of a contract and bond required by the act
azores i'd, and in accordance with the stipu-
latons in zach add every bid so received.
All bids received will be opened at the Office
Of the Governor Of the State, Ia the city OF
Little Rock, at the hour Of 10 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
reject all bids offered.
For particulars in reference TO contract,
etc., see Acts Of 1881, pages l2l to 1913, or ad-
dress the Secretary Of the Board.
TT CHURCHILL,
CB MOORE,
Attorney, General.
JACOB FR0LICH,
Secretary ST state.
Little Rock, Ark, April 3, 1882. R1
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Chancsry Sale Of Real Estate.

No. 342i, R-Chanoery Court Of Shelby county
caroline A Wilcox vs., B B Barnes ct al.
DY virtue of an interlooutory decree for
- sale, entered In the above cause
on the 9th day Of February, 1882, MB4, p 6s,
[ will sell, at public auction, to the highest
bidder, in front OF Il clerk and masters
office, courthouse OF Shelby county. Memphis,
Tennessee, on
Saturday, May 10, 1882,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated In Shelby and Upton
Beginning at the northeast corner Of tract
of land Of 496 $40 acres, formerly owned by A
w Nelson on the north boundary line Of the
Lit Grene's grant at a sassafras marked s;
thence westwardly along said line % 70 100
chains to corner; thence southwardly in q
line parallel with tho west boundary of the
Lit Grene's grant rs 1910 chains to corner
at the southern boundary of the said 496 $40
acre tract; thence oastWkrdly on said line ~
23l00 CHAINS TO corner hickory marked J s
on Trimble's old line; thence straight north
wardly IS 9)-lCO chains to the beginning, COM
tanning 225 acres, more or less. Also the fol-
lowing land in the State Of Arkansas, to-wit:
The " a of section 5, I 8, 2, in Cross
county, Ark, containing one hundred and
| sixty acres.
Also tho following land situated in Shelby
| county, Tennessee, beginning on the east
side Of Waldran avenAe, where the Mem
phis & Louisville railroad intersects said ave-
nue., and on the south side Of said railroad;
thence sou'h enc hundred feet on said
Waldran avenue; thence east In
line parallel with said railroad three hum
bred feet; thence north one hundred feet par
allel with said Waldran avenue TO said rail-
road; thence along the south line Of said rail-
road to the beginning.
Terms of Sale-0n a credit Of seven months,
purchaser to execute notes with approved Sc
cuIity, lien retained, redemption barred.
This April l6, 1882.
r. J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Smith x Collier, CAN'T & Patterson, h r
| Barnes, w z Wilson, sOl'rs. 40 45bi ~ "A
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saturday, April 30, Iss2,

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
Lots No. 10 and 20 in block 40 on Walker
street, Fort Pickering. each fronting Is feet
each on Walker street and running back l771%
iees and lying between Washington and Seq
Terms of Sale Upon credit Of six months,
t hJ.e Win approved security required lien re-
This April6, 1882.
M RI BLACK, Clerk and Master.
,,d Myers q sneed. and Fiippin & Elippin, So
hollOts. 30 ~ 20 as 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-17
DR.. D. S. I0HNSON'S
PRIVATE
Medical Dispensary
No. IL Jefferson St,
Between Main and Front, Memphis,
fFSTABLTSUED IN 1850

Between Main and Front, Memphis.
ESTABLISHED IN $780,.
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-
nent cures guaranteed 10 every case, msle or
female Recent cases Of Gonorrhea andSyph.
Ills cured in few days, without the use Of
mercury, change Of d ct or hindrance from
businets. Secondary Syphilis, the last vestige
eradicated without the use Of Mercury. In
voluntary loss Of semen stopped in q short
time. sufferers from imp0tency or loss Of
sexual powers restored TO free vigor in few
weeks. Victims of seli-abuse and excessive
venery, suffering from spermatorrhea and loss
of physical and mental power, speedily and
permanently cured. Particular attention paid
10 the Diseases Of Women, and cures guaran-
teed Throat and Lung Diseases cured BY new
remedies. Piles and Old Sores cured without
tho use Of caustic or the knife. All oonsulta-
items strictly confidential. Medicine sent by
cypress TO all parts Of the country.
Office hours from am. to 2 pm.
SIT d. Is. JOHNSON, M. d.
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OhaHusfY ssIs Of Rsal Estats.

No. AIS. R--ohAnoefy Court efEhelby eouhte
ID Meyers ct al vs.. N 5 sappingEon, 4
RY virtue Of an interlocutory decree for sale,
~ entered In the above cause on the 18th
day Of January, 1882, and amended February
IL, February Is, 1889. and March 2S, 1857, Twill
sell, at public auetions 70 the highest bidder, in
house of Shelby county, Memphis, Tennessee,
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Disease is an efFect, not a cause, Its
origin ~ within; ATS manifestafiOna
Without. Hence, 10 cure the disease
the cause must be removed. ana
In nc other way can q cure ever
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My AND LIVER CURE Is eHfab1fshA
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that
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OF all diseases arise from deranged kidneys
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the difficulty. The elements of which il Is
composed act directly upon these great or
cans, both as a food and restorer, and, By
placing them in a healthy condition, drive
disease and pain from the system.
For the irnumerable troubles caused BY nm
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for the distressing Disorders ofWomen; for
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For Diabetes; ask for WARMERS SAFE
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ChanCery Sale Of Real Estate.


No, S26O-Chancery Court of Shelby County-
! Bailey ct al VS.. Il W Pittman ct al.
II virtue of interloeutory DEGREES for sale,
~ entered in the above cause on the 18Th dav
OF January, 1880, December "a, 1885, and re-,
newed February II, 1882, viii sell, at public
auction, to the highest bidder, in front of the
CLERK and M ster's Office, courthouse ofShelby
county, Memphis, Tennessee. on
Saturday, May o, 1852,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
1l3 acres situated on Wolf river, in range z,
section and 3, being part of grant No. 1902
70 Mtlson 5anderlin for 40 acres, beginning
az tne beginning corner of said grant; thence
north TO It's northwest corner; thence east 10
the middle Of the channel; thence south in
the eentor of said channel to the last bend
running west to stake in the east bank;
thence south to the south line of said grant
zsOI; thence west. north and east precisely
beginning.
Terms ofSale-0n credit of seven months,
purchaser executing note with good security.
lien retained, etc.
This April II, 1882.
r BLACK, Clerk and Master.
W W Goodwin, Sneed d Greene, sol'rs.
< n Ey
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voted aslfollOWs Al the last Two eIee-
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-09
Chinese Warfare.

A EurIesGue BattIe-Much Noise and
 Little Blood.
 I5 the Editor Of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 On arriving at the h0ng (business office) in Swatow, China, one summer morning in 1868, from our residence in Kak Chieh on the opposite side of the harbor, we found the whole town fairly boiling over with excite ment During the whole of my residence had never seen the quiet, humdrum place so fearfully wrought up. Even the great festi- vals and feasts, so plentifully scattered through the Chinese calendar, of New Years time, the Feast of Lanterns and any other of the great events that turn the whole pop ulation out-of-doors and effect 8 partial or complete suspension of business, had never caused so much stir was conspicuous that particular morning. The native population was running wildly and, apparently, amless- ly hither and yon; the proprietors of fruit, vegetable and confectionery stalls and the itinerant restaurant keepers along the bund were hurriedly gathering their belongings to- gether, folding their tents and stealing, Arab like away-bat by no means silently. The I boatmen were tying their boats to the wharves and sea.wall, hauling their small sampans highland dry upon the bund and themselves hurrying, with wives, babies and household effects, far back into the very heart of the town. Off the town, lying side by side and moored stem and stern, were l long rows of northern junks and Canton Iorchas. The former (so distinctly Chinese 1 that picture of any part of the China sea ! without one is incomplete in our eyes) may be termed the Chinese heavy merchantmen. | The latter, sharp, swift-sailing and rakish, corresponding to our clipper, is the source 1 whence come the pirates of the southern sea | for it may be taken as automatic that, given a good opportunity for plunder with pros 1 poets of escaping punishment, any Canton l lorcha will turn pirate. Now, however, off cers and crews of peaceful junk and saucy lorcha were alike making all things as snug as possible in anticipation of some most un usual occur ence which they equally dreaded | One failed to hear any of the shrill cries oi ! peddlers barbers and such street craft, o1 i the ferrymen announcing their immediate de parture for the towns and villages on the op posite shore, and calling on passengers tc hurry up if they didn't want to be left and miss the only chance of getting quickly anC | safely to their destination that day while 1 the absence of all the usual wrangling among l coolies and laborers about the stores anC warehouses on the open plaza bordering tho sea walls seemed to accent the impending l danger.
 In the courtyards and compounds of tn, custom house and foreign thongs" wer, gathered knots of shrofs, compradores house servants and coolies (attaches of tn, different departments of the various estab lishments) who, with many friends, were al talking excitedly together in frightened, sub dued tones, emphasizing their remarks is--iiii s-iiii
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-09
Saturday. Dec. g, 1882.
THE FRENCH sPoLIATIoN CLAIMS

THE FRENCH sPOLIATKON CLAIMS. We called attention the other day to the ef- ! forts which are to be made to induce Congress to deal justly with what are known as the French spoliation claims. These claims have repeatedly been reported upon, almost always favorably, by committees of Congress, and twice an act for the relief of the claimants has passed both houses of Congress, but was vetoed, once by President Polk and once by President Pierce. Among the well known names of distinguished men, who, as chair man of the Committee on Foreign Relations, have reported favorably upon these claims, are those of Edward Livingstone, Edward Everett, Daniel Webster, Caleb Cushing, J ohm M. Clayton, Rufus Choate and Charles Sum- ner. The latter, in the report to the Senate in January, 1870, said ztOf all claims in our history these are most associated with great events and great sacrifices. First in time, they are also first in character, for they spring from the very cradle of the Republic and the trials of it's infancy. Here were in- dividual losses, felt at the time most keenly. and constituting an unaRswexable claim up- on France, which were employed by our gov ernment at critical moment, like a credit, or cash in hand to purchase release from outstanding national obligations, so that the whole country became at once the trustee of these sufferers, bound, of course, to gratitude for the means thus contributed, but bound al- so to indemnify them against these losses"
 These claims have received other support in resolutions by the thirteen States which originally declared independence. Great efforts have been made lately by the commit tees of Congress to which the matter has been referred, as we'll as by many of the claimants, to have it properly considered and disposed of by placing it in the hands of the Court of Claims or of a commission. Last spring the House Committee on Foreign Af- fairs agreed to report favorably the Walker bill to refer these claims to the Court of Claims for adjudication.
 There are more than a thousand of the claimants. A number of them live in Con- necticut and there are few or no States that do not contain some. At this session of Con- gross the claimants will urge the passage of the bill now pending which authorizes the Court of Claims to hear and decide the claims and report upon them to Congress for final action. There does not appear to be any necessity for any longer delay in giving the claimants their rights
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-09
COMMUNICATIONS,

Captain Cook and the Transit of Venus. To the Editor of tho JOURNAL AND COURIER
 The famous voyager Captain Cook was sent out by the British government in 1769, over one hundred and fifteen years ago to Oba- heite to make observations upon the transit of Venus. Tbe scientific gentlemen of the party were Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Soland- or. Their observations were successful. On this voyage Cook effected important discov- cries in sAustralia, and it was through his representations that England made it penal colony at point called Botany Bay, so named by Sir Joseph Banks from it's abund- ance of flowers. Cook planted potatoes and let loose some pigs to increase and multiply food for the natives, and he did the same in New Zealand, where the nati yes in a later voyage captured the crew of one of his boats and made food of them, for they were roasted and eaten
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-09

day tLe civil service bill would be brought up, he hoped to be able to bring ifforward very soon. The subject was one in wbicl he was just as suuch in earnest as ever. Ii was his hope that it would not be made 8 party question in the Senate. As to whether the bill would pass as Introduced, he could not tell. Everybody was now for Civil Ser vice Reform, but the difference of opinion as to how that reform should be brought about might interfere with the prompt adoption of bill. It would not do for the Democrats to hesitate about opposing such reform under the impression that power is within their grasp, for the coveted power was not yet theirs and they must remember the old pro- verb about first catching the hare" and then providing 8 way to cook it. No party would win that did not prove itself worthy of confidence.
 Some of the Democratic members of the Board of Aldermen in New York city have views and they are not afraid to try to ex- press them. One of them has been wrest ling with the English language with the fol- lowing result:
 Whereas, Tho recent enforcement by the constituted authorities of laws which, by req son of more enlightened, reasonable and considerate ideas of humanity, had become to be viewed as subversive of the liberty to individual citizens in @ government demo- cratic in form, and coercive to sectarian and so. called religious enactments, has excited the community of this the most cosmopolitan city of the known world, subjecting the poor est of citizens to the most inconvenience by loss of the means of their subsistence.
 Therefore, This Common Council of the city of New York by resolution herewith ex- press their earnest and severe deprecation at the folly of the State Legislature in the re- enactment by qualification of laws which GUS tom and human progress had caused to view as most Puritanical and obsolete. And we therefore ask the Legislature to assemble (which, fortunately, will be Democratic) to repeal at the earliest possible opportunity the odious Sabbatarian clauses in the penal code, that the citizens of this the Excelsior State'' may enjoy the privileges guaranteed by Magma Charta, unfettered by laws originat- ing in religious fanaticism.
 This production was passed by the Board, five Republicans voting against it.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-09
J. N. Adam & Co.
In the course of this week w shall open a stock of
FANCY GOODS

variety and elegance to former display by and customers that they will be o money by purchasing frOma owing to greatly increased facilities fin buyfnS We have decided surprises in store and w be we'll to goods buying anything n this lime. Partcu Iars vii be given in advertisements.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-09
EXCEPTIONS.

Professor: eff you attempt to squeeze any solid body it will always resist pressure Glass smiles and cites examples of exceptions which prove the rule.-CoIolna6i0 Spectator. 'In choosing wife," says an exchange ''be governed by her chin" The worst of il is that after choosing a wife one is apt tc keep on being governed in the same way Boston Saturday E0eni7ag Gazette. The editor of Texas Greenback paper ad vertises for wife who knows less than he does. He Is probably joking. Nobody can possibly know less than the editor of 8 Greenback paper.-7eras Sittjaegs. If little labor, little are our gains,
 -Herick Therefore the man with toothaohe raoked, Is richer than he by thousands backed.
 -Rfchneond Baton One moreno further toll
 Awaits tho man who has a boil
 --L0utsUiHe Cour1er-Journal An English brewer, observing one of his men wearing the total abstinence blue ribbon, suggested that it was somewhat inconsistent with his line of business "Well, sir," he said, ''you see it makes folks like to tempt mo, and then I succumb ''-ErchanQe. An indignant gentlemen once Called on an Editor to sec about piece that had Appeared in the Paper. Eyeing him carefully from head to Foot, the Editor asked: ''How much Do you Weigh ?'' To this the Indignant one replied: '2OC pounds.' 'Ah" said the Editor, ''that Being the Case, it affords Pleasure to in. form you that the Piece to which you Object is a Typographical Error.' Hoec fabuls Docet otium cum dignitate ct Tu brute ad astra.-Denger Tribune.
 The maiden sits by the castle wall.
 In the western sky the hangs low, Beside her the murmuring waters fall,
 Above the ro.es blow.
 But tears in the maiden's eyes,
 Her bonny eyes so blue and bright And ever and anon she sighs,
 And wrngs her hands so white.
 Oh, maiden fair, with eyes of blue, Why do you mourn and weep, pray .? Is it lover has proved untrue
 And given you dead away?
 ''Oh, no, not that,' she softly said,
 And she wiped her pretty eyes the while, "But my new bonnets trimmed with red,
 And blue is all the style."
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Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-09
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