Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-12
SOHMID,s SUR
For the Hand of u WOuld-be.
WidOW-LOVe and the Law.

Mr.. Frederick Schmid's cake is all
dough. He didn't use the right kind
of yeast powders. The fact that Mr..
Schmid had made failure in his do.
nestle cooking first leaked out yester-
day evening, when Mr.. j. N. Gregory,
young attorney, accostcd Chief Davis
with an inquiry as to where he could
find Magistrate, it he should want
one in the middle Of the night. Mr..
Gregory explained by saying his client
had been induced to loan woman
5000, upon her promise to marry him
in September, and that the husband
OF the woman, who represented herself
as widow, had turned up suddenly
and spoiled all their plans. He was
afraid the woman intended to
decamp last night, and wanted
to have Magistrate con-
venient to stop her if his informa-
ton was correct. Mr.. Gregory gave
no names, but said the matter would
probably be made public to-day,
whether the woman attempted to leave
or not. He was correct in his sur
mise. Mr.. Schmid, the client to
whom he alluded, called upon Chief
Davis this morning for advice. He
corroborated his attorney, with this
difference, that the woman had repre-
sented herself as divorced from
her husband, and declared that
though he was living, she had as much
right to marry as the freshest young
girl. The time was set for the early
part Of September, and the happy
man sent his trunk and part Of his
furniture to the dOmicile Of his adored,
on Poplar street. A shingle flung to
the breeze from the portal of the
charmer's abode bore the mystic
legend:
ROYAL BAKING POWDER,
Mrs. NJ. r. Mulholland,
Manufacturer"
A few day since the smiling groom
heard something which caused one
side of his facial anatomy to contract
alarmingly. He smiled on the other
side of his mouth. Then he sought
out the alleged widow, and telling her
in an awful voice that he understood
she was still bound by law to another,
expected to see her quail beneath his
frowD. But she didn't quail any.
Her answer was calm and her manner
as cool as an arctic zephyr. She
lisped: "0h, well, it is not yet quite
settled, l know; but it will be in the
fall, and the bliSsful dream of our
future can at last be realized"
The amount loaned the pseudo
grass widow by Schmid, as stated by
him, was $500. Papers of some kind
we're drawn up, though their nature
cannot be learned at this time. Mr..
Schmid's impotence is iextreme, and
his love has disappeared. He went
from Chief Davis Office to the Court
house to try and induce Attorney
General Turner to lay the matter be-
fore the Grand Jury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mulholland
came here from the East some four
years ago, and were engaged together
in the yeast powder and bluing bust
ness for some time, until finally they
disagreed and went out Of partnership,
the wife suing for the entire control Of
the business and a divorce at the same
time. She is a rather good looking
woman, forty-fve years of age. Null
holland has always been liked and
respected by those who knew him.
Frederick Schmid, the sutton, for
merly kept grocery on the corner Of
Laudordale and st. Paul streets, but
sold out some time ago, and has since
ham nlnrLinn in his hrnthnrln stnrn