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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
Death of Professor Simpsons
Mother.

The Wilmington, N, c., Star of
September 9th, contained the follow
ing notice Of Prof. B. K. Simpsons
mother:
Fanny j. Sampson, colored. who
died ia this city on Monday morning
last, at the advanced age of ~ wears,
and whose remains were Inferred in
Pine Forest Cemetery yesterday after.
noen, was greatly esteemed by tho
older citizens of Wilmington. both
white and colored-among whom She
way SO well known-for the many good
qualities which adorned her Character.
aud which made her a useful member
OF the community in the sphere 10
which she moved She continued n
member of the Front street NJ. Il,
church, with which she had long been
connected, until a few years ago when
she removed her membership 70 an.
other church. We understand that
quite a number Of our white citizens
attended her funeral yesterday,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
Lion Tamer Killed BY Lions.
st. james Gazette.

A negro, who was replacing the reg.
llar lion tanner, who was wounded al
Freyius, wal entering the lions cage
OF Sangery mensgerie at Cannes when
his foot slipped, and he fell on his face.
The lions, with their natural instinct
rushed upon the PROSTATE man and
repeatedly tore his flesh, a young one
especially holding him with persis.
tence and tearing his thigh. An as.
slstant repealed four Of the lions with
his pitchfork, but the fifth refused "a
let go until a red hot bar had been
thrust down his mouth, when the
unfortunate negro, still conscious,
dragged himself out Of the cage, nd
was carried off bleeding. The spec
tators, meanwhile we're almost bar
allied with horror, which was soon
changed into panic when it was per.
ceived that the door was open for al
least thirty seconds while the negro
was being carried of.
The lions might have sprung upon
the assembly. A rush was made "a
the entrances, and the alarm which
was spread outside was only ended By
the oppOrtune action Of an assistant.
who slammed the door of the cage
The negro having reached the hospi
tai, though accompanied by a doctor
was refused admission because he wa,
without an order. He was taker
back to the circus and again to tht
hospital, where he was finally admit.
ted. This gross reimbursement cos
him his life, for he died from the los
OF blood entailed during the doubl,
journey. This is the third acciden,
which has occurred in this troupe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
Chancery Sale of Real Estate.

No 4i07, R-Chancery Court Of Shelby county
m 9 Fearco W T WoCarney.
Rf virtue ofan interlocutory decree for sale.
- entered IN the above cause on the LIST day
Of June, 1852, M S. D $50, l win sell,
at public, auction, TO- the highest bidder, in
front Of the Clerk and NJ ster's office, court
mouse ofshelby county, Memphis, Tennessee,
on
saturday, September 30. 1852.
within legal hours, tho { flowing deseribea
property, situated In Shelby county, Tenn.
tO-Wit! ""'f
Being nifty acres, ptrt Of tract Of 299 s9.10o
acres conveyed to John Adams BY w WoeS
trustee, BY deed dated April IS, 1865, and IA,
ooraed IN the Registers Office Of said county
and , ate in book GO, pages 3l7 SO; sand aay
acre.. being known on the plan Of mo snb.
division o. said tract 0 f232 83-i0J acre. mSde
ior SAID john dams byJ II Mcclure as lot No.
. " eald tub division, and begins AL A stake
~ the sQptheaat corner Of lot No. l; thence
SCUM ey,b5 chains to a stake at the southeast
corner or lot No. 2; thence east 12-66 chains
20 2 STAKE from which south 6iL degrees easf
~ Inks standsa sweetgum marked a. tbsnrc
north ~ 81 chains TO a itake In the conter nj n
y loot avenue; thence west 1906 cbninE III tbe
beginning, containing fifty acres.
Ietma OF sale -0n a Q edit Of seven months.
purchaser executing note with approved se,
Gun " lien retained; redemption bafred. -
This september 9th, 1852.
NJ ri BLACK, Clerk and Master.
~ HeoTRe Mallory, ID. T.. * NJ.
v Miller, sol'r for ccmpPt. d7l3lg25
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19


The Paris Temps maintains that
General Wolseley's expedition in
Egypt, if successful. will be more
beneficial to France than to England,
because it tends to lessen the impor-
lance of Germany, whose supremacy
in Europe can hereafter be opposed by
an Anglo French alliance. The New
York Tribune thinks differently and
asserts that the revival Of English
influence on the continent would tend
to strengthen rather than weaken the
relations of Great Britain and Ger.
many That the ties of blood, dy,
nastic relations and traditionary policy
common to both countries will bind
their future diplomatic alliances
stronger aud irmer together.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19

According to a reporter Of that city.
Miss Susan B. Anthony left st. Louis
the other day for Leavenworth with
two medium sized trunks for baggage.
At first the baggage master objected TO
check them both on a single ticket
and demanded pay for extra weight
But, said she. they together weigh
less than the ordinary sized Saratoga. |
distribute the weight in this way pur.
posely TO save the man who does the
lifting" The clerk looked at her in
credulously. "And you tell me seri-
ously that you do this simply out of
consideration for the baggagemeu ~
II do. How long have you done
it2' "All my life. / never purchased
a large trunk, for fear / might add to
the overburdened baggageman's afiic-
tions." The clerk walked off and
conferred with the head of the depart
ment Then tho two returned to-
gether. DO | understand" said the
chief, that you, Of all women, have
been the first TO show humanity to.
ward railroad people2" That is a
tenet Of my creed" Check that
baggage" said the chief, With empha.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
The Oldest Newspaper in The
World.

The Oldest newspaper in the vbolo
wide world is the King-Pau, or "Can,
ital Sheet, published in Pekin. and
since the 4th Of last June, issued in a
new form prescribed by special edict
OF the reigning Emperor Ouang-soo'
1t first appeared A. d. GIL, but came
out only at irregular intervals. Since
the year 1851, however, it has beer
published weekly, and of uniform size
Until its reorganization by imperisi
decree it contained nothing but order,
In council and court news. was nnb.
lished abort midday, and cost twC
kesh, or something less than a hal.
penny.
Now, however, it appears II
three editions daily. The first
Issued early in the morning. anc
printed on yellow paper, is called
Hsing-Pau business Sheet. anG
contains trtde prices. exebano,
quotations, and all manner q
commercial intelligence. It's %circuls.
ton is a little over 5000. The ,eeonc
edition, which comes out during m,
forenoon. also printed upon yellow
paper, is devoted to official announce
ments,, fashionable Intelligence, anC
general news. Besides its ancien
title Of King Pau, it owns anothe,
designation, that Of Sheuen-P Pau. Of
Official Sheet"
The third edition annoors IL J.
the afternoon, is printed on red paner
and bears the name of Titan. Por
Country Sheet. 1t consists of er.
tracts from the earlier editions. and !,
largely subscribed for in the provinces
All three issues Of the King. Pau arc
edited by six members Of the Han
Lin Academy Of Sciences, appointed
and salaried by the Chinese State,
The total number of copies printed
daily: varies between 1900 aud
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
Dinner Of the Aztec Club.
New York Tribune, Is.

ANW ANAA AAAnAuNI ~"
The Aztec Club of 18I7 held an
informal meeting and dinner last night
at Pinard's restaurant in East FIT.
teenth street. The association is com
posed mainly Of men who served in
the Mexican war, and the dinner was
the thirty-6fth anniversary of its or
gauization. The walls Of the dining
room we're hung with national flags
and banners, and the tables we're
decorated with high banks Of cut
flowers, which extended along their
centers. The menus we're elaborate,
each one being painted IN pieces OF
colored silk and representing some bit
Of Mexican scenery which recalled the
war Of l84S. AT s o'clock General w.
IS. Hancock, the President OF the
club, sat down at the head of the
table, and General Grant at the foot.
No speeches were made and no toasts
given. The following persons were
present, in addition to those mention.
ed: Generals G. A. II. Blake, G. N. G.
Lee, Albemarle Cady, Stewart Van
Ylict, j, Il. Johnston, D. NJ. Frost, X.
Il. Patterson. q. ii Crane. A. j. Lind
say, X, Q. Drum, II. G. Gibson, G. G.
Aueur, 2. B. Tower, L. P. Graham,
I. v. Hagner, Fitz John Porter, G.
N. Wilcox, j. N. Palmer, b. N. Brice,
I. j.. C~rittenden, James B. Fry.
S~chofeld, Shepherd and Loring; Col
onels j d.. Wilkins, Ii. l.. Kendrick,
Del. Floyd Jones and Il L. II. Hard.
castle; Lieutenant Thomas II. Barber,
George Washington Childs, IL. f. j.
Porter, j. N. Davis, j. K. Randall
AID Professor Henry Coppee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
How a Cute Toad Catches Flies,
New Hamp.hire Gazette.


Charles White, Of New Castle, has a
brood OF chickens which have a u OF
a portion Of the yard, the old hen
being kept shut up. The chickens
are fed moistened meal in saucers, and
when the dough gets a little sour it
attracts a large number of flies. An
Observant tad has evidently noticed
this, and every day along toward
evening he makes his appearance in
the yard, hops to a saucer, climbs 10
and rolls over until he is covered
with meal. having done which he
awaits developments. The flies, en-.
ticed by the smell, soon swarm around
the scheming %bratraehian, and when
ever one passes within two inches or 50
of his nose his tongue darts out and the
fly disappears, aud this plan works SO
well that the toad has it up as a regu.
lar business. The chickens do not
manifest the least alarm at their
clumsy and bigmouthed playmate, but
seem to consider it quite a lark To
gather round him and peck off his
stolen Goa. OF meal. even when they
have plerty more of the same sort 10
the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
s1Ar1 or TrEsrssrE. SUNNY courrr.l

OFFICE COUNTY CoURr CLRRK,
Memphis. Tenn, August %, 1852.
No. 42lOII2 Moan W 81 GERS, Jr, administers
tor Of Jolhua haines, deeeased.
HAVING suggested the insolvency of th,
IL estate Of Joshua kaines, deceased, you
are hereby ordered to give notice, by. adyer.
tisement in some newspaper published within
the said State, and also az the COURTEOUS,
door OF Shelby county, for all portions hayinf
claims againsts said estate, TO appear and AlC
the same with the Clerk Of the County Court
authenticated in the manner. prescribed by
law,on or before the 9th day Of December, 1889,
and anyclaim not filed on or before said day,
OF. before an appropriation Of the funds 81
aid estate is made, shall DO forever barred,
both In law and equity.
Witness my hand, at Office, this 9elh day Of
August, 1889. r
By Hugh D. Cullen, d. q.
Notice e hereby given as required by above
order. This August 20, 1879.
2shN NV sPEERs, Jr, Admir-.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
Death of Mrs. Jefferson Davis
RrOfher.
Yicksburg Commercial, Is.
"

Young Mr.. Beckett Howell, 8
brother-in. law Of Hon. Jefferson Da.
Wis, died of swamp fever at Brierfeld
plantation, Davis Bend, last Thurs
day. Mr.. Howell had only a few days
before left his plantation in Madison
parish, Louisiana, to visit his relations
in the bend, and was taken down i'm.
m~ediately on his arrival, with the sac
result as Above stated. Mr.. Howell il
a brother of Mrs. Jefferson Davis anC
wss but little over thirty years OF age
He bore an excellent character anC
was highly esteemed by all who knew
him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19

Cincinnati Commercial, II: The
Chesapeake and Ohio railway will run
3 grand excursion to the sea shore on
September q, $40 for the round trip to
Old Point Comfort, This will be an
excellent opportunity to visit the At
lantic ocean via White Sulphur,
Richmond, and through the fine
scenery OF this line, embracing the
canyons of the New and Greenbrier
rivers and crossing the North, Blue
Ridge and Allegheny mountains.
Tickets will allow a stop over at any
point en- route,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
Murdered for His Moner

CINCINNATI, September 18.-Samuel
VOght, a German laborer, was found
yesterday in the river, at Hamilton,
Ohio, with a bullet hole in his head.
He had not been seer since Friday
when he had a thousand dollars in his
possession, and was about to return to
Germany. His money and watch
were gone when he was found.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
Chancsry Sale Of Real Estats.


No. 2456, r -Chancery Court Of Shelby eountv
~ trovine aud j J Ammonette, adm'rs
OF Y 7 Steward, Iced, VS.. W B Stewart
RY virtue Of an iHterlecutOry decree for
~ sale, entered in the above cause on me
7tn day, Of July. 1868, renewed july TO- nv
and "a day Of JuHe, 1882, l will sell. AT pub,,
10 auction, to the highest bidder, In front ~
the ulerk and MASTERS Office, cOurthouse ~
Shelby county Memphis, Tennessee, on
Saturday, September 2s, 1852.
within legal hours, the following desOr;6.d
property situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
Certain real estate as shown on platNo. 1 NJ
sne snp'diylsion Of estate OF EP Stewart, de-
ceased, OF record in NJ. B. No. g, page 2S4.
etc, recorded November %, 1866. to-wit:
Lot No. 10, containing 81 feet front on Geor-
gia street by a depth OF $50 feet.
Lot No; 81 containing 46h feet front by $50
-. Lot Nj IS, containing 48H feet front by $50
Lot No. 81, fronting IS feet on fernando
Lot No. 40, fronting Ss-7 feet on fernando
Lot No. 80, fronting IS feet on fernando
Lot No. "A, fronting S6-7 feet on Hernando
Lot No. As, at the intersection Of fernando
road and Laadsrdale street, 30 feet on Her
Reference is here made 10 said dat or dia-
gram and record Of cause for more accurate
description, etc.
Terms Of Sale-Cash, =
This August q, 1882.
tx george Mallory, d. G. & NJ.
Wilson Il Beard, sorrs. 14s 1s
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Miss Higbes's School,
Beal and Laudcrdale Streets,
MEMPHIS, TENN.
Glasses Resumed Monday, Sept. II, 1882.

THOROUGH English course; Kindersarten
Methods In Primary Department; Latin:
Modern LANGUAGE by native teachers; Music;
conservatory Methods by a graduate; Eiocu,
zen home yu ture; Calisthenics; Drawing;
Park, Q ghteen rooms in school building; hne
reference Library, free TO students; Cabinets
lor Mutual. Science; full corps Of eight toach-
ersj a Specialist in every department; Fsench
tp0Aen IN classes and in tho family.
Otlco hours Of Princinnl. O 10 l2n m. AZ
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19

sis; and when you run for Office, Miss
Anthony, you shall have my vote" "
too. echoed the clerk, hand
ing her the checks, and the trio
parted, happy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19

township simply failded to return the
vote, and the Contrasting Board had
nothing to count. This is the history
of the disposition OF the vote Of Car.
roll, and thus endeth that chapter OF
the recent election.
The Globe Democrat should again
demand the reconstruction Of the
State.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
Ihe Rhen Gprings Trngedr,
Chattanooga Times, IS.

Mrs. Low Davis, who killed her
husband At Rhea Springs a few days
ago, reached the city last night. She
is accompanied by her parents. The
party Will leave for Huntsville to. day.
Mrs. Davis has broken down, and was
10 tears nearly all Of yesterday. Her
parting with the ladies at the hotel
was very affecting. She has the sym
pathies OF every one in her misfortune.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19

Business men will find it to their
interest to have their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER job print
Office, 10 Madison street,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
I~nsOIvOnt Notice.

. Rspairins promrtlv altapfsd.o, >
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-17

RocKwooD, Tenn, March IA, 1882.
Mr.. EDITOR: Pleasant again, after the
thunder shower of last night. There is an
effort being made to settle a pastor at this
place. Considering the age and population,
it seems to be about time some church had
a resident pastor. This, the Presbyterians
are trying to do. Capt. D. 7. Peterman,
storekeeper for r. l. Co., has gone East
to buy spring stock of goods, and will prob
ably be gone three weekly. He will visit
New York, Boston and Baltimore, and in
tends laying in stock of $4,000 Two
new business houses are approaching COM
p1etion in New lockwood, and John Haley's
hotel is being enclosed, and Mr.. Wells is
also building another cottage, all of which
are substantial additions to the place We
need frst-class carriage and blacksmith
shops, and sash, blind and door factory
very much. Any kind of mechanics can get
employment at good wages. We are enjoy
ing what we think is substantial growth.
w
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-17
Beatty.s Organ Factory.

1t is said that Beatty's large organ
factory, at Washington, N. j., is turning
out over so organs day, and that the de-
mand for the Beatty instrument is on the
increase. The factory is running night and
day to fill orders promptly.
Remarked After Thirty Years Separation
Thirty years ago, at the death of Judge
Breck, of Kentucky, father-in-iaw of DR.. T.
A. Ramsey, of this city, John Boyd and
Patsy, colored, became separated, having
been married six years. They had lost all
traces of each other, and Patsy was finally
married to Henry Russell, who died two
years ago, in this city. On Monday last,
John Boyd, on his way to his people, in Alb
ingdon, Va, stopped over in Knoxville and
found his companion of former years.
Time and circumstances had not quenched
the flame, and on yesterday they were
legally made one, at the house of VIM
Lillison, on Asylum street, who is their
son-;n-law.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-17
New York General Market.

New YORK, March 16-Southern -four
fairly active and steady; common to fair
extra, So 1Oae. 60; good to choice do, 70a
500 Wheat unsettled, opening 9a3 better
but subsequently became weak and lost the
advance, then became strong again and ad-
vanced Jag, closing firm at a trifie under the
highest rates of the day; No. spring,
S1.31; green bay spring, 1.2S, deliyered
No Chicago, 1.35, delivered; ungraded red,
1123a1 35b; No. red. March, 1.3444a1. "a j j;
April, 1.35sa1.36. Corn kaa higher and
unsettled; ungraded, 69a76; No. 2, March,
73aa7411; April, 74ssa75. Oats 4a9 lower for
mixed; white, steady; No. 3, 50k- Coffee
unchanged and quiet. Sugar dull and some
what nominal; fair to good refining, 7sa7
SIG; refined, stronger; standard A, 81 Mo-
lasses quiet and steady. Rice held firm and
demand fair. Wool steady and moderately
active; domestic fleece, 34a48; Texas, 14a30.
Pork held about 25 higher, closing strong;
old, $16 50a170 90; new, 17.75a18.2 5, the
latter for choice; April, 17.45a17. SIS; mid
dies, stronger and quiet; long clear, 9Ra9ss.
Lard 74a10 higher, quiet and active, clos
ing with the advance partly lost, $10.95a
IL 90; April, 10. 90a10.95.
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is 1T SMALLPOX,
Latest from the Injected Region In Sc
yier-One Death

Latest from the Injected Region In Sc
yier-One Death.
TRuNpLEs ROADS, March Is, '82.
ME-. EDITOR / see from your paper, and
hear from numerous reports, that the
smallpox is raging to an alarming extent in
parts of this (Sevier) county. This a mat
ter of public interest. You would proba-
bly like to hear all the news you can gather
about it.
There is a breaking out among the chill
dren and young people in about one-half
the families in this neighborhood; in some
families within half mile of the Knox
County line, and perhaps in Knox County.
DIR. Sharp does not think it smallpox, and
saws DIR. Ellis is of the same opinion This
about here is nothing Serious generally in
the neighborhood. called chickep-pox-
out of the vicinity, raging small -pox."
1t only causes slight inconvenience; some of
the boys do not stop blowing for it, and
there is but little loss of time to anybody.
Yhe reports in your paper, heretofore,
have been from Gap Creek Mr.. Keener,
who has been running steam saw mill on
that creek, thinks it the same disease as
here; two cases of it being in his family,
here.
A daughter of Rev. Noah Haggard died
last night, who had been sick, some say one
month and others say six weeks. She was
the second case that broke ont up there
1t may be the smallpox; no one could
tell without seeing all the reported cases,
and then might make mistake. If it
is smallpox, great caution should be taken
to pre- ent its spread; and if it is only
chicken-pox, in its spread through
all the country, some one would
be liable to die while afflicted with it. The
writer of this, while he has had the small
pox and over it for several years, and has
seen over one hundred cases. does not pre-
tend to know much about it-does not re-
member whether a patient is liable to die
with smallpox after four or six weeks from
taking it-only know the time Mr.. Hag-
CARDS daughter had been afflicted by re
ports, some putting it under four weeks,
others six or seven weeks. If there is a
case of continent smallpox in ibis county,
and the patient should get well, there would
be no need of division of opinion during
the remainder of the patients life, for he
would carry to the grave the indehble I'M
press of it. BILL SwIPEs.
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TIL. Daily Experience of Every One

is that neglect of the bowels is the prime
cause of i'll health. Testimony of the late
Chief Justice of Georgia: 81 have used
Simmons Liver Regulator for constipation
of my bowels caused by temporary de-
rangement of the liver, for the past three
or four years, and always when used &C
cording to the directions with decided
benefit 1 think it is a good medicine for
the arrangement of the liver, at least such
has been my personal experience in the use
of it. ABRAHAM WARNER,
''Chief Justice of Georgia"
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information Desired.

EAST TENN, VA. d GA. r. r.,
GENERAL PASSENGER OFFICE,
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March 4, 1882
Information is desired from the proprie-
tors of public summer resorts, and private
parties who may desire to accommodate
summer visitors at towns, villages and farm
houses, on or near the line of this road, of
the nature and extent of their accommoda-
tons, price of board, etc, for the coming
season.
Address immediately, and in no ease later
than March goth,
JAMES R. OGDEN, G. P. A.,
mar5d7t&w3t Knoxville, Tenn.
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Temperance Lecture by DIR. Rankin.

Rev. G.. G. Rankin, D. D., pastor of
Church Street NJ. E. Church, South, will
deliver his lecture on temperance, before
the Knoxville Division, Sons of Temper
ance, in the Golden Cross hall, over Curtis
jewelry store, tonight, beginning at 7;30
o'clock. The friends of temperance are in
vited There will be some choice selections
of music, under the direction of Mr.. E. c.
Avis.