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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-15
PUBLIC LEDGER.
Coming Down {, q suit ofOId
Clothes.

And now the Tennessee Legislator
ectteth many letters from meD who ar,
for mo; booty but reform" the ma.
iority whereof readeth as followeth:
II should be proud to be your FIRST
choice: but II you have a first choice.
| shall be very glad TO be your second
choice: and II you have q second choice
shall be very glad to be your third
choice. and it yon have a third choice
Ishan nevertheless deem myself es-
pecialIy fortunate II you will remem-
Der me in some one Of your many
ballots that no doubt will be had
before an election is affected"
Aud stTaiehtwsy the legislator
eoeth his way aud forgetteth what
manncr Of man the writer is Knox
vile Chronicle.
Out Of the fullness Of the heart the
mouth speaketh. Colonel Gibson, the
editor Of the Chronicle has been in the
Legislature and knows how it is him
self. He can find consolation in the
fact that Democrats will have to b
reading and answering such letters
while Republicans can read the Bible
or play billiards or look into the oper'
atoms Of The four mile law at either
end Of the plank.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-15
WILLARD HOTEL LOTTERY.
A Suit Which will Bring Il Into
Court, and Settle the
Matter of Refund
Ing the Money.
Courier journal.

Courier Journal.
The Willard Hotel lottery matter il.
ii appears, TO be brought forward once
more for the attention Of the courts
and the people. Those who desire an
Investigation and a settlement hail.
70 their petition states, from Lynch
burg. Va, and their name Is legion.
The following is the style ofsuit which
they fled 10 ehancery court yesterday.
W. u. hOglin, prosecutor for him
self and sll other ticket holders 10 the
Willard Hotel lottery, against Robert
Mallory, j. 81 Plourney, II. 2.
Whitaker, Henry Clay, jr, and Geo.
a, Winston, Commissioner OF the
Willard Hotel Lottery, and w. A.
Mix and Wesley q. b. Whips. The
petition enumorates q number Of
tlcketholders residing 10 LynchburR.
Va a. plaintiffs With W. D. NoWlin.
and gives the numbers Of a collection
Of whole t.okete, half tickets and
quarter tickets held s~eyeryslly By thos
parties, for which they paid at The
rate Of u for each whole ticket. 81
Tor each half and " for each quarter.
Plaintiff speaks Of the Incorporation.
and ia charter BY the Legislature.
d the wholesale selling Of tickets By
the corporation through is different
OIL cefs, Of the frequent p0stpOLGrsents
Of drawing and the final hjiipe
through Of the same states tha4 The
house which wa 70 have been drawn
has been sold or disposed 81, and that
there II 20 prospect Of tho drawing
ever taking place. Plaintiff claims IA
have applied " ono Or moro Of tho
Commissioners Tor q pro rata return
Of money paid for tickets, which va
refused, that some applications were
made 10 w. g. ~ Wbips aud were b,
bin also refused Petition asks thai
w g. blk be made defendant Tor al
dciendasw and w y. h0glig plaintiff
for al plaintiffs, an that judgement
begIanted for tho amount expended b,
ticket holders i0T tickets which tkoj
now mold, 70 be prOraed between
them, aDd tor Ike costs aa0 relief
Furthermore, The petition desiTei
that deiendants be compelled 10 M.
swer The inteuOgstiye pf0p0gnded VI
plaintiff, ~ follows What deposition
has been msde " money received bj
sale ef tcketI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-15

snd pslahl slslsns nor Hsetbosss.
with the wonderful perfection OF hi.
prose, with his profound soundlnEs Of
the depths Of the human heart,
with his exquisite artistic taste,
with his fine pessimistic humor; nor
Longiellow-tbe happy L~ougiellow,
with all his morally, aud popularity,
and his legendary Germanic scnti-
%mentalism; nor any other Of the most
celebrated Americans, can compare
for harmony and power of intellect
with the greatest English contem.
poraries. America has neither a
critic like Carlisle, nor a romancist to
be compared to Dickens, Thackeray,
or George Elliot nor a poet that APP
proaehes Tennyson, Robert Browning
or Swinburne. Almost every great
nation has NJ poet who may be called
its incarnate expression-its voice.
America, up to the present, has not
a voice worthy Of her. But she will
have it-snd it will astonish old
EuTOpe.
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GOOD day."
A very nice looking young man
stood in the doorway OF the editorial
room and gazed in a benign way at the
occupants OF the apartment.
Would it be possible for me Ia
sell the Tribune a story2" he con-
tinued.
What kind Of a tale have you
ground out2" inquired the horse re-
porter.
THE story" said the visitor, sis one
in which the triumph Of love is de.
picted, and"
ut isn't one Of those and as Ethel
stood there in the soft moonlight, her
little figure sharply outlined against
the western sky, there was a loud
crash in Coastclif Castle, and the girl
knew that her mother had dropLed
the doughnut jar kind of stories, Is
tP-because they won't do" said the
horse reporter.
There is nothing at all about
doughnuts in this story" replied the
visitor rather haughtily, "but if YOU
like | can read a portion Of it,"
"All right"
where shall | begin?"'
Anywhere" replied the horse re-.
porter. Suppose you give us the
last sentence OF it,"
II should hardly think"
"0h, never mind about that. We
do all the thinking for young authors
that come up here"
The visitor seated himself and read
as follows:
For answer Gladys beautiful eyes
dropped, but she gave him both her
hands, and there, under the heavy
fruited trees, the golden bees flying ali
absur them, and the air filed with
their dreamy monotone, as he drew
her upon his breast, and, raising her
long ringlets TO his lips, kissed them
r%everently."
That's the last sentence is III
asked the horse reporter.
Eyes. sir.
IL should hope it was. It makes
mo tired to read about such ducks
Why, | don't see"-began the au-
thor.
"0f course you don't. Probably
you we're the hero Of the novel. Did
you wei hear Of Thompson's colt?'
The visitor admitted bis ignorance
concerning that historical animal.
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IFayette County Items,

EeaNANAAN NePyihlN fAos
The young men Of Somerville are
making arrangements for a masked
ball, to come of during the holidays.
MI. Thomas j. Sheldon, ST., an old
and highly respected citizen OF La.
grange, died in that place on the 9th
inst, aged seyenty-eight years.
Farmers are about through picking
cotton. The receipts in this market
are comparatively ligkt. The staple is
worth in Someryille from eight to ten
cents.
7. K. Riddick, Esq, has been quite
sick for several days. We learn that
be has jaundice. He is reported doing
very well this morning, aud We hope
will soon be out again.
The largest cotton transaction Of the
season in Somerville was made Mon.
day. Mr.. NJ. l.. jackson sold 40 bales
OF his crop at 80 oents,th sale amount.
ing to $2lS3 So. j. S. Carter & Co.,
we're the purchasers.
Rev. j. D. Anderson, of Grand
junction, preached in the Baptist
church LIT Sunday. Mr.. Andersen
has received a call from the Someryillc
church, but 1t is not yet known wheth,
or he will accept or not.
Mr.. N. r. Cartwright died at th,
residence Of his son in-law, Mr. Jane,
A. Clay, near Mason, on the night o
the 9Th inst. Mr.. Cartwright was on,
OF the Oldest aud most highly estee
citizens Of the county, an honest
upright man and a Christian gentle
man, honcred and respected by all VIII,
knew him.
MS. Robert p. Wariug. of Mem
phis, Fad Miss Pattie Mosby. dauehte.
ofthe late Colonel Joseph r. Mosby
were married At the residence of tn,
brides mother, near Somerville
Wednesday morning, the 9th inst.
hev. Edgar Orgain, rector Of GracI
church, Memphis. performing tn
ceremony, which was witnessed by
number Of friends and relatives o
the groom. The newly welded pai
left Immediately for their home il
Memphis. The bridegroom, whom
We have not the pleasure Of knowing
Is. ne learn, s rising young bushes
man Of that city. The bride is a yerl
attractive and lovable lads. w,
extend them vi congratulations
NAY their future be prosperous ans
happy.
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CAPTAIN WELiEsLEYrs SCAN.
DIAL.
Ais Wi1e's Divorce Granted, and
the brilliant Soldier the
AAanger-On ola Dancer.
New York Trihuna.


There is at last an end of the Wei.
lesley scandal. The divorce is granted
and the rising soldier and diplomatist
vs. as completely ruined socially as A
gentleman very well can be. "O'est
un bon garcon, mais il nest pas fort"
Colonel Wellesley. some time aide de-
camp to the Queen and military at
tache at Vienna, with a civil as well
as military career open to him, sinks
into the hanger-on of a dancer. a
pretty woman and a graceful dancer,
undoubtedly, but with two children
Of her owl. The quand4m brilliant
fairly good writer, was last summer
employed in trotting round the u
try during Miss Kate Vaughan's tour.
as 1.-THE were already I'm mari d'acirice'
as they say he. will sOon be, holding
her wraps during the performance
and taking her children out for a walk
| n the morning. To this complexion
has come the man who once had a
beautiful wife and children of his
own, as well as a career.
To be just to him his infdelities
were many, and it was only when he
carried off the innamorata of that
famous lady killer, Captain D.,
and the said Captain CHALLENGED
him, that a matrimonial row
became imperative. He had
thought he could u away for
a week to Paris without creating
excitement, but the lady killer, who
had cut out handsome Clude." did
not see things in the same light, and
called him out. Now, to call a mar
out In London is no great matter. The
law allows of no such thing as duels,
But In Paris it is another affair, and a
light can easily be brought off. Hence
the dancers present young man is
under suspicion of cowardice, and no
man speaketh to him.
The StanhOpe scandal is a lesser
matter, inasmuch asst is only the case
OF a young mar making a foolish
match and finding it in the long run
even a worse bargain than his friends
anticipated. Some FIVE years ago
MIR. Wyndham Stanhope, youngest
brother Of the Earl Of Harrington.
married Miss Camille Dubois, daugh.
ter of Mr.. Reyloff, a most respectable
musician at Brighton. The young
Iady, who has figured on the stage. is
a handsome brunette, with that slight
down on the upper lip, which is
esteemed a special charm of the
iemmes du Midi. According to the
husbands case she was often, too
often, called from home to attend the
bedside Of her sick father. At last
this perpetual and too tender nursing
aroused Mr.. Stanhope's suspicious,
and he discovered that Mr.. Reyloff
was not the robust invalid whom Mrs
Stanhope went to soothe. The lady
was followed, watched, and the case
will shortly come into court.
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The Kentucky Candidates for
speaker.

ENAa
We published yesterday an inter.
view had by our Washington CORE.
spondent with Mr.. Carlisle. We pub
lish 70 day q companion interview had
By Mr.. Stealey with Mr.. Blackburn.
Whilst it must be a matter OF regret
among tho friends OF these two gentle
man that both are candidates for
Speaker Of the House, there is no help
for il, and II is a matter fer congratu-
lation that they think and speak 80
well Of each other. Let us hope that
their rival aspirations will increase the
reputation OF each for generosity and
honor, and that the result will leave
them no worse friends than they arc
At present.
The interests ofthe country and the
great question Of tariff reform on a
revenue basis, 10 which each is alike
devoted, will suffer by the election OF
neither. Both can be trusted to organ
ize the House with wisdom and to
preside over II fBirly. An entire year
%interyencs before the choice il to be
effected. Many things may happen ia
the interim. One thing is certain,
union among anti Protection Demo-
Gratis will be required, and, when the
time comes for personal sacrifices, we
shall expect Messrs. Carlisle and
Blackburn 70 show that their devotion
70 the cause exceeds their love Of
themselves.
II goes without saying that the
| CourierrJournal, being altogether
friendly 10 both gentlemen. will
observe tho etriotcst neutrality be.
tween them,
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We'll, rhsBpsoos COLT soslls,
aod the horse fepUfter, was suoh IA
eternal idiot that he swan across the
river to get & drink. Now that fellow
IN your story is & dead match for
him"
Il don't understand"
Probably not. Ii is not expected
Of literary people. But | tell YOU
this young fellow in your story is out
under an apple tree holding a girls
hands, isn't he?"
Yes"
And according to the story he
raised her long ringlets to his lips and
Kissed them ~reverently. That riQht?'i
"yertainly.n
Nov, what do you think Of a youne
man that would 60 nibbling around 4
girls back hair when she had her face
with herr Such stories do not possess
the fidelity TO nature that should ever
characterize the work of genius. No.
my genial imbecile, you can not pet
the weight Of this powerful journal on
the side OF any such young man a.
your story depicts. We were once
young and upon the apple tree racket
ourselves"
Good day" said the author, start.
ing for the door.
so long, was the response, make
George act like a white man in your
story, and come around again."
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Devotion and Duly Of Actors.
EeE York Letter.

heE York Letter.
One Of those touching stories about
the trials and tribulstiOns Of actors
and actresses is going the rounds. II
is more pathetic than half the Rctiti.
Gus yarns one hears, and may vel
inspire some man OF poetic fancy 10
reel Of some verses on the conflict
between duty and devotion. Levi,
I Morrison, who supports Salyini, isthe
husband Of Rose Wood, who IL 10 Jo.
JeifeTsOn's company. They have !
baby girl Both the parents worship
the child, aud when IL became IN
suddenly last Monday week they hnoe
over its cradle all day long. Physician,
we're called in, but the little one
grew worse as the day went on. Al
z o'clock the father took the Boston
express and went on TO support In
Italian tragedian, leaving his child
with its mother. At z o'clock The
mother went 10 Brooklyn 10 play !
light oomeday part with Jeferson.
The baby was left with lis nurse.
suppose you think il died but Il didn't
IL lived, and Us parents are happy. Il
was an awful situation though. and
one that called for no end ef nerve
10 was said that IL was a queetion al 4
years engagement with both the aeto,
and tho actress, and they didn't day'
stay away from the theaters. ann.
pose professionals consider PLAYING a
second nature, and mako a saerjao,
like the one | speak Of with NOR,
cOmpOsuro than other men could com.
mand.
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Non.Resident Norce.

No. l66-In the Probate Court Of Shelby
county, Tenn.-Alex.ndor MoLennan va,
Robert j. Mcknight ct al.
I appearing { ON the Sheriff. return In this
lcaueo, that the defendant. ThomBs r, Nc
knight Is n resident Of the State Of Arkansas
1t Is therefore ordered that he make his
appearance herein, ut the court house
Of Shelby county, in Memphis, Tenn, on or be-
fore the first Monday In Bebruqry, 1883, and
plead. answer or demur to complainant bill,
or the same viii DO taken for confessed
as 10 him and set for hearing exparte, and
that a copy Of this order BIO published once a
week for four successive weeks In the Public
Ledger.
This 18th day Of Dscember. 1889.
A oopy-Attosti
HUGH B CULLEN, Clerk.
By Louis Kettmann, ID. @.
Sykes x Glisson, soils for compl't.
~ q % S
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Attachment Notice.


Before W. P. York. j. 7. for Shelby esuntv.
don. wi
IN this cause an attachment having been
sued out under section 1856 of the Code OF
Tennessee, and returned lowed upon the mon
erty Of the defendant, and affidavit having
been made that defendant is indebted 10 the
plaintiff in the sum Of twenty. 1--WE deilars
and seyenty-ive scents.. due BY account,
and that. the claim is just, ana that the de-
tendant Is a nonresident Of the State of Ten
nessee;iti s therefore ordered that said defend
antmake his personal appearance before me
on the 10Th day Of January, 1888. at III
2 CLOCK n , az nv ONCE. In tho Second Dis
triot OF shelby county, Tennessee, and defend
said attachment suit within the time pre-
scribedby law, or the same will be proceeded
with ex-parte; and that a copy of this order
Be unpublished once a week for four weeks In
This the 18th day ofDeeember, 1889.
6I W W l6 w. p. YORK, j. p.
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sy FATE.
Why sweet EuIaIie mcGirIygirt
COnId not Marry fler Dear
George w. Simpson.
Chicago Tribune.

II cannot marry you"
Against the milliOned windows Of
BriertOn Villa the snow and sleet.
driven with terrible force by a north.
east gale, was beating fercely, and az
the wind caught up the white particles
md whirled them around 10 eddying
circles i seemed to shrek in very Flee
At the destruction that strewed ia
path on every sido. Well might the
mariner, as he dashed himself 10 a
bottle Of rum before going on deck.
think Of the cheerful ireside at home,
around which clustered the bright
eyed children whose chubby arm,
would never again be twined around
papa's neck and their little rosebud
mouths bo lifted IN his for a kiss ia
case he was run over by a railroad
train after getting ashore.
A wild night, lndeedl And vet. n,
George W. Simpson stood there In m,
parlor Of Brierton Villa, he needed
not the storm, for in his heart Their,
was a dull pain and on his face a looI
Of anguiah-a sort Of my other sus
pender mas broken expression ina.
was indeed pitiful. Eulalie MoGirly
girt, to win whose love he would hay,
freely sacrificed his sisters chance
for a matinee ticket, had told hin
that his hopes were in vain. that h,
could never become her bonnv hrido
groom. Suddenly he turned to he
and spoke again.
But you might at least he said
tell me why it is that all nv rose
tinted dreams OF future bapnines
must vanish and | 20 fortl
to peer forever into
gloomy vista OF toeless stocking
and undershirts forever bereft of bui
tons. Surely my answering fail
that you would hold out as long as N,
candy store did and my ~lireless deyo
ton 10 the line OF oysters deserves
more kindly recognition than this"
Il know thst all you say is true,
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The False ProDhat.

According to a correspondent of the
New York Herald, the false prophet
OF the Soudan has a playful way of
pouring boiling tallOw in the eyes of
all who refuse to be converted to his
way OF thinking. He is an orator, and
is in the habit Of suddenly stopping in
the midst of a haranpue, fixing his
eyes on vacancy, holding his breath,
not winking or moving a muscle for
some time, He has such skill at this
species OF gymnastics that he looks to
be really dead, and can so remain for
three minutes. On recovering himself
he pretends to have just been on a visit
to Paradise. Last year the Governor
General OF the Soudan heard of his
doings and sent a guard Of soldiers to
make him renounce the character of
prophet. He turned to with his fol.
lowers, slew the guard, and has since
vanquishe1 not less than twelve thou.
sand troops.
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An Italian View 81 American
PSeiFy,
Yalfalla 9flla DgmeBles,

America has a noble Die n rood
writer's elegant pOetA, lively humOf.
lists, very able critics aD1 historians.
But even the most noteworthy n
kmmefs0n, Poe, BfyapL Lowell,
Prescott, LoBglelloW, HawthOme'
Bret Hafte, there " wanting some
Necessary W make than rank
with the frat Ordef NJ iBdlFuaieble
Not Poe With W. l1slbeIge
feeling for form lhe dsliesey N Ne
the originality of We Intense
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A Beautiful Gown for Brides.
maids.

M eKquisitoly delicate and boauli.
fnl dress, Just flushed for a brides.
maid i toilette, " Of pearl white China
Grape, laid IN very wide box plaits.
Between each are act broad perpen
dieular bands Of cold embroidered
Grape. Above this arc rot white satin
paliafa, which round over tho hips
and terminate Ia an underdraped
TAIN falling from tho back 10 soft
and aheeDy folds Tho edges to the
panier are gold embroidered. Tho
SHARP pointed SAITH bodice Is cut down
about i've inches from tho throat all
around and yelled with u gold en-
broidefod orape chemisotte russo,
edged With gold lace, slightly gath.
cred,
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THE ELEVENTH SENATORIAL
TRICT.
COrrCcieI Returns from Macon
County, " hicll Elect Cox
Instead Of UOlquItt.
Nnpb,Ille Ame.loaa. b.

A few days ago the American pub
lished the vote for Senator in the
Eleventh 5enstoriaE District, by which
il was shown that II. NJ. Colquitt was
elected Senator bya plurality Of three
over r. A. Cox. The vote vas pub
li.hed as il was recorded by the Sec
rotary of State, but yesterday the
Sheriff Of Macon county forwarded to
the Secretary Of State the corrected
returns, which elect Cox by a plural
ity Of seven. The only change made
In the returns was that Colquitt's vote
in Macon county was reduced Ia
300, it having been previously given
at $40 ---.
Accompanying the returns was the
following certificate:
State OF Tennessee, election returns
Macon county.
Vote for Governor-Bate, 659
Hawkins, $40; Russell, 3; Beasley, 46
Congressman -McMilliu, 777;Stokes
S95.
State Senator-Cox, $50. Colquitt
300, Cksstain, 476
Reprcsentatiye-Kirb 625; How.
ser, 576.
i, NJ. j. Gray, Sheriff Of Macon
county, hereby certify that the fore.
going is full, correct and perfect
statement Of the votes cast for the diff,
ferent officers, as specified at the gen.
eral election held at all the precinctsi1
my county on the 9TH day Of November
1881, for the purpose Of electing a
Governor, congressman, State Senator
and Representative; that the above is
a correct statement of the result Of
said election, the former statement
heretofore certified by me being in
correct in the following particular,
that il 70 rag the certified statement
heretofore sent % By me showed that
in the election for State Senator, II.
NJ Colq1itt received 3l9 votes, when
10 fact be only received SO. az above
stated the error being In the e~alcula-
ton through mistake.
u. J. CRAY,
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AdministrnIor,a NnIe.

NThnTsday, 2lst inst, etthe l.te residence
" Of Mrs. Ellen Mofaddon, deceased. M
No bQhio avenue, l will roli at public nuc-
ton al tne p'rsonal property Of said de-
room and kitchen furniture, carpets, bed
ding. ohira ware, etc. Sale to commence at
~ CLOCK Am SO So "a
December A. 1850 NAh'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-15

Mr.. Green. the clerk In the Office Of
the Secretary Of State, stated 70 az
American reporter, yesterday, that he
had not Jet recorded the change On
the books Of the Secretary Of State,
and would not do 20 until Colonel
Mum, who Is now absent from the
city, returned.
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fsriieg sbs slfl, choklas back { sob,
and I love you better than all the
weird besides; but l cannot, must
not. marry you
But nov George is BY her side. 81
demand to know" he says passion
stely. why il is you will not marry
me II you love me as you say you do"
Looking up to him, her brown eyes
suff0sed with tears and her dimpled
cheeks ahsme with bushes. Euialie
says in low, bitter tones, ~ have cold
feetin