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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-16

What is Christmas without snow?
What has Santa Claus in his pack thii
time?
What will you buy for Christina
present?
When a man marries is that to say hC
has been ''bridaled?"
Is the verdict of the jury in a late cas-,
anything to Wunder at?
Which will be biggest, the Thanksgiv.
ing or Christmas turkey?
Will the time ever come when Christ.
mas will cease to be observed?
Which is most prevalent or most con-
taglous, pneumonia or matrimonial?
How many "COnfed" heroes will 70
main with US twenty years from new7
Why does old Winter always dress in
ghttering, frosty white when he's cold?
When ajury is hung does it necessarily
follow that the prisoner at the bar l. hung?
Can not some process be thought of in
this age Of invention, for warming street
cars
Isn't the blockade by rail good in
stead Of bad sign of the future Of Mem
phisl
After the Mozart concert. what further
proof is needed Of the vocal talent Mem
phis pOssessesl
Who will do better business next week
and worse business the week after than
the toy dealers2
Do you not feel surer Of the security Of
the window fastenings now than before
Shaw was captured?
Isn't It great deal-easier 10 answer the
question now Of Where is Reub Shawl
than i was two or lhree days ago?
Did you ever notice how much better a
fire burns in cold than in warm weather
US Il II knew what was expected of it2
II there were no such festival as Christ
mas would not the very poor, who spend
1t in envying the very rich, really be hap
pier2
Would not your Christmas dinner taste
sweeter If, when eating it, you knew some
poor desolate creature was warm and
comfortable in tho warmth Of a Gre Of
your hlrnishipg2
Was It not sad that the two homeless
little bootblacks, who, for want of a he'd
and fire, crawled into q box of shayings
to keep warm 4 night or two ago. ,houId
have been burned to death BIZ the yerv
thing they coveted -are2
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COIREHOUsE NOrES.

A couple of dealers were fined to-
day for violations Of the retail liquor
law.
A marriage license was issued TO-
day to Andrew Williams and Lottie
Green.
The line Of exceptions in the appeal.
ed case Of Robert Wilson was being
read to Judge HOrrigan this morn.
ing.
Deeds Wers recorded this forenoon
from j. L Dandridge to He. Brewer
John McBrOOks to George Brown; j
J. Wood to Charles Mckinney; S. B,
Dickens to j. II. Reindardt.
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ADDITIONAL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, December l6, l:9O pm.-
Cotton, easier, but not quotably lower,
Upllands, l6-l6d Orleans, 6hd. Sales
to-day, 1900 balas. Receipts, l4,9O0
bales American 1890 bales. Futures
opened quiet and closed steady.
New ORLEAEs, December l6-Cotton
ssles yesterday, ba00 bales, Receipts Ia.
day, sSl bales expected, 5000 Recelpi.
at Galveston 4l7d; Mobile, $500 Ssvsn.
nah, aN0 Charleston, s496; Norfolk, 1891
NEW York, December 10, Ills am
Cotton dull. Ordinary, lS-leG good or.
dinaryr sl-l6S low middling, 8 l5-l6c
mlddllRg, l0SG good middiinR. l05Sc
middling fair II b-l6c; fair, u Lice. FL,
tures are stea y at 3 to 4 points below
last evenings closing prices,
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warmer Weatber.

WASHINGTON, December l6,-For
the Gull Statesl fair weather, station
ary or slight rise in temperature,
northerly winds becoming variable in
the west portion, lower barometer.
For Tennessee and the Ohio valley
slightly warmer, fair weather, west.
srly to southerly winds, followed BY
filling barometer in the west por
ions
For the upper Mississippi and Mis-
sQnri valleys warner, generally fail
weather, southeFly to westerly winds
lower barometer.
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POLICE POINTS.

Blue noses as well as blue coats are
the regulation now with the police.
John O'ConnOr will have a hearing
before Squire Quigley Monday for
assault and battery.
A prowler caught last night will do
his sneaking for the next two weeks
a',und Presidents Island.
Sixteen arrests we're made by tie
boys in blue yesterday, and four dol
lars taken in to-day. Five were sent
Islandward.
P. McGaffaron, who refused n
allow Officer DAILY to inspect his prem
ises, was arrested and warned that a
like offense would bring down a heavy
fine.
A fine of ten dollars was entered
against J. N. Gibson because he re.
fused to take the advice of the officers
and meander homeward. He insisted
that the cold curb was better suited
to his taste.
Loud cries summoned Officer Plum.
mer to house on Causoy street last
night, where he found Amanda Jones,
colored woman, bleeding preiuseIy
from wounds about the head, and her
husband standing by cursing her
rOundly. Both we're arrested. Bill
was fined $50 to day and Amanda was
released.
On the statement Of a little darky
who was nightly mixed in his testi.
mony, Seymour Miller, who is EN-.
ployed to drive cattle by the pound
keeper, was arrested yesterday for
driving some COWS out of the Tenth
ward, where they are allowed by law
to roam at their own sweet will. The
case was continued until Monday.
A few days since three carpenters
came to the city looking for work, and
put up at Lindeman's Hotel. They
went. out into the country to look for
work, and yesterday one of them re.
turned and taking the tools aud bag
gage belonging to his partners sold
them to Louis Levy, on Beal street,
where they were found by Officer
Kunholz. Levy was arrested for
buying stolen property.
A couple of rowdy darkies. named
Chauncey Williams and Bill Green
law, had a fight on the premises Of an
old widow woman named Mrs. Con.
ners, in North Memphis yesterday,
during the progress Of which they
brske in her door and abused her for
ordering them to leave, Greenlaw
cut Williams in the shoulder and was
fined $50. A like fine was imposed on
Williams, who will go to the Island.
Greenlaw' sweetheart paid his fine.
late Yesterday evening Mr.. ]. NJ
Hughey left bis wagon in front Of a
grocery, on the Pigeon Roost road,
and when he returned after a few
moments found it to bp gone. He
procured q horse and followed up the
Trail for sbOuta mile, found his wagon
stuck in a mud hole and a half
drunken countryman, who afterwards
said he was j. NJ, PeryYnsa, standing
by. Berryman refused to give up the
wagon and in the struggle which fol-
lowed he was besien over the head Will
. pistol PerTypan was finally taker
to the stationhouse and his case con,
tinued to Monday to prove good char
actor,
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Foreign Items.

LONDON, December l6. - The
changes in the Cabinet are all com.
pleted, the following named Ministers
having taken oath before the Queen in
council to day. Lord Derby, Secretary
OF State for the Colonies; Lord Kim
berley, Secretary Of State for India
Lord HARRINGTON. Secretary of State
for War, and Rt Hon. Hugh @. Child
ers, Chancellor Of the ESchequer.
DUBLIN, December i6,-The i'm
portation Of the Irish World has been
prohibited,
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Attachment NOIlcc.

Before J N Coleman, J. ?. for Shelby soun-
n this cause AZ attachment havinF been
sued out under soctien 1855 Of the Code u
Tennessee, and returned lovisd upon ths
property Of the defendant, and andavlt haV-
Ing been made that the defendant l. indebted
10 plaintir In the sum Of $50. due 81 nolas.
and that the claim u just, a.d thai ne ~.
iendant y non resident Of tho Stats Of Ten.
nessee; u 4 therefore 0ruefo3. that said do.
fcndani make his peronal appoaunce before
m- on tho elh day of Januury ie8. AZ IA
o'clock ~. u my once, No " Mndinon
menl suit within the time prescribed 81 ~.
or The same will % proceeded With er.rarte.
and that . COPY Of this order hopuhlnhsd onet
, week fnr four cohsfcu I've wenkn In ~
Memoirs Pnhlie LADDER
lhl. he lfih Jay Of D csmblf, isat
HWhpl J.. u. COLEMAN, K.
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Confederate Data.

One Of the morning papers makes 1
sight error in its report OF the ex,
Confederate meeting Of last night
which we will correct, not because il
is matter Of Importance, but for the
sIke Of absolute accuracy. Mr.. j,
Harvey Mathes, though once offered
q position, never served on General
Bates personal staff. After General
Bate was promoted to Major General
and took command Of Breckenridge 8
division Mr.. Mathes, who had been
ABSENT on detached service for a time,
was assigned to staff duty at Dalton
with General Bates old brigade, then
known as Tyler's, and composed Of
the Tenth and Thirtieth Tennessee,
Fifteenth and Thirty. seventh Ten.
nessee, Twentieth Tennessee regi-
ments and the Fourth battalion OF
Georgia Sharpshooters, and served
with it up to the bloody 22d of July,
1864. He was Adjutant of the regi-
ment during a greater part Of the
war. Both the Adjutant and Lieu
tenant Colonel, R. Dudley Frayser,
kept copiOus diaries throughout the
war,which arein existenceyet, but have
never been read even by themselves.
Each diary is large book of several
hundred pages Of foolscap-euough of
the raw material to make larger book
than DR.. Lindsey is likely to write.
The first Colonel OF the Thirty.sev.
enth Tennessee was the senior VIM.
Ii. Carroll, Of this city, afterwards
Brigadier General, and fnallya refu-
gee in Canada, where he died. The next
Colonel was Moses White, of Knox
vile, and r. Dudley Frayser was Lieu
tenant Colonel. lie (Frayser) was in
command Of the consolidated regi
ment, fnot of IA skeleton brigade, at
the surrender Of Johnstons army in
North Carolina. Colonel White was
taken prisoner 10 Georgia, sent North,
and set apart as hostage along
with others. He made one Of the most
daring escapes on record, and passed
through the Confederate lines at
Grenada, Miss just before the sur.
render. The regiment was composed
Of one Middle Tennessee company, one
from Alabama, one from Georgia,
near Chattanooga, and seven from East
Tennessee. 1t was composed mainly
of good lighting material, but lacked
coherency and harmony. 1t was badly
demOralised at Mill Spring, terribly
cut up at Perryville, Murfreesboro
and in other fights, which finally led
to its consolidation with.the Fifteenth
Tennessee, raised about Memphis,
and first commanded by Colonel Chas.
Carroll. This was as game a regiment
as there was In the service, and some
Of the boys could go further and bring
back bigger loads of poultry and we'll
Glled cantsons between dark and day
light than any Of their most envious
rivals 10 other regiments. Not many
Of them are left. 1t would be a diff
cult matter to get twenty fve,members
Of both these old regiments together
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Hon z. W. Ewing, of Pulaski, Is
a candidate for State Comptroller lie
10 m aoooro r,liuh cd nan ntlannon &c ana
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Business men will find il 70 their
interest to have their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER lob print.
Office. IL Madison street.
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PUBLIe LEDsER bindery and lob
OdiCe, ID Madison street.
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Hon. q. W. Ewing, of Pulaski, Is
a candidate for State Comptroller. lie
is an accomplished gentleman Of Ane
executive ability and would Gil the
place admir- biz.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-16

Have for the Christmas Holiday Trade an lmmsns
Stock Of Fresh and New CrOn Raisins Currants Nuts
Oranges, Grapes, Bananas, Prunes, Figs, Etc.
FINE CANDIES aasss"ts s,.s,s. ssr; ..1 Home: .,
Makes lb box $IOO. French Candies, Ib box SIOO
Some extra fine French Fruit Candies and many Fancy
and Toilet Articles. viii sell them all cheap.
LIVER, FINNIE & co.
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Memphis, Tenn. Norember IS. 1ss2
NOTICE.

lhnye this day entire interest the
W. in
method
uemphis, Tenn, November, lS,lSS VIZ IAlLOk
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MEWPHts, Tenn, Dec. 6, 1882.
GEo. F. WILLIS. Sec v and Treas
MEMPHIS Mutual AID Society.
Receipt Of $50, in payment of certificate
30. II Is hereby acknowledged.
ms Is the second benefit have re-
oeiyed, and can recommend the MEM.
FHlS MUTUAL AID SOCIETY for
prQmptness in paying claims, having a
secure plan and doing all they promise.
Respectfully, A. r. TAYLOR.
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THE PORTER, thisday ur,u.,
having sold his n interest in this lin es Co
Porter g. W. Macrae Co.
of said firm. "'Ae ee'Ven1ent Of The business
Memphis ,Tenu,N We TAYLOR.
0.W
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u. t. PORTER.
NEW FIRM.

Having purchased the entire interest Of Col " the firms Of po, r
NSleOf "nuer the urn and
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80 Head COtswOId Ewes.

l spring wagon, l two-horse wagon and
bed, ! 4.horse %wagon-bed, nearly new, /
single drill, | Willoughby drill, with fer
tilizer attachment, nearly new; l buggy
horse-rake, new; | two and ! three-horse
bsrshear plows, 2 double and Q single
shovel plows; | corn coverer, three
horse harrow; single, double and thribble
trees; l Ohio make windmill. new; l corn
shelter, 2 sets b%reechbands, l set front
gears, 3 set pillow gears, l wagon-saddle,
new; brides, halters, &c 3 iron-hooped
barrels, shovels forks, mattocks, chains,
and many other articles too numerous to
mention. Also about 200 BUSHELS OF
CORN,
TERMS.-A credit of II months will
be given on all sums of $40 and upwards,
the purchaser giving bond and approved
security, the notes to bear interest from
date, but interest will be RENTED if notes
are paid promptly at maturity; under $40
cash. No property to be removed until
terms of sale are complied with. The corn
will be sold for cash.
Sale to at 10 o'clock A M.
A. B. VANMETRE
J.. V. Quinn, Auctioneer. j14.
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THE GREAT ORIGINAL
MAMMOTH 99C. Store,
on Queen st. M Queen ST.,
.UJ Queen st. 0JMARTINBUR re, w. Va.
LET OUR PRICES BE KNOWN TO ALL
For There is Not a Competitor Near to Meet Them.
WHY?

DERsONs OFTEN WONDER, and sometimes ask, how the dollar trade through
l. out the country is able to sell goods sc low. The reason is simple enough-iti
not because the goods are stolen or bought at bankrupt sales: not because they are
damaged or badly made, but because we make it our business to ascertain where the
articles are manufactured and to buy strictly in la ge quantities aud at special rates
middeImen-whoesle dealers and jobhers. When persons reflect how many hands
goods in the usual course business, pass through and that each hand must have
its toll, interest o capital, and compensation for skill and labor, I'll not difficult to
why " are enabled to sell lower than the ordinary retail dealer can buy. The
profits of the middh-men, which we saveb by our method of buying, we give to our
customers knowing that their good sense will lead them ito buy where they car buy
cheapest.
We would especially call the attention of the people of Marinsbug and vicinity to
the prices which they I've heretofore, ~ are now Paying, for goods in my line
you for % cents and If course here cannot help but be a great revolution in prices
Wishing TO make this store a permanent institution, W e feel assured that the people
of This city will look to their interests by giving tia liberal share Of their patronage
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H DINING ROOM

is che OF the largest and most delightful
to be found outside of the cities, while the
chambers, SO in number, are suited for
families OF single persons, and open on
wide halls extending the whole length of
Ike house, both west and north, which,
together with the Parlor, R~eading-room,
Ssmple-room, Office, Bar Barber Shop,
Store room and Cellars, combine to make
it one Of the most complete buildings for
hotel purposes any where TO be found.
Ample lot and large and commodious
staDling in connection with the property,
Either of the undersigned will cheer
fully furnish any additional information
with reference N said property.
TERMS OF SALE, as p escribed by the
becrees-One-third cash on day of sale,
one-shird tn one year, and one-third in
IVA years, deferred payments to bear 10
crest from day Of sale, and to be secured
by lien on the property.
f. BOYD FAULKNER,
j. NELSON WISNER,
W. Il. II. FLICK,
BLACKBURN HUGHES,
WM. II. TRAVERS,
jan28 Special Commissioners.
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OR r x II.
THE
Shenandoah House
lALSO
Bar Fixtures for Sale !

INTENDING TO RELINQUISH Hotel
l. keeping after the first of April ensuing,
| offer for rent for one tr several years,
all that portion Of
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3-Story Brick Building

fronting $50 feet on King street, with a
wing ofsame height on east ED, extend
ixg-back l42 feet, and a two story wing
on the west end, extending back 80 feet.
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CENTRAL HOTEL

sitdaied on the north side Of West King
stEeet, adjoining the Courthouse in Mar
~tinsburg, W. Va. This property was
built in 1878, and is a
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The Shenandoah Hotel"

IN AlOtNAi
situated on North Queen Street, Martins.
burg, W. Va now occupied for hotel
purposes, but which | intend to rent for a
mercan lie establishment. 1t is situated
near both rail Dads and is very conven-
lent for business purposes The room is
forty feet long, with a rear addition of
thirty feet, with cellar under it, the two
together making a most c~ommodious
store-room.
The Dwelling will be in the second
story and will contain parlor, sitting
room and chambers, with kitchen and
dining-room on frst-foor, water and gas
and all other necessary conveniences.
This property is suitably located for
any business, and would be a splended
stand for a confectionery store and ice
cream parlors, having elegant, large rooms
both on ground and second floors.
This property, to a good tenant, will be
rented reasonable, and possession given
the lst of April next.
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WHAT WE HAVE
80 CTS EACH.

OHIIu NUTStTy CHHIT
I" Rattan Rocking Chair
Table High Chair
Good Violin and Bow
Eastlake Folding Rocker
Ladies Sewing Stands
Bronze Ink Stands
Beautiful Mantle Sets
A Good Step Ladder
Boys Express Wagons
Set Steel Knives and Forks
Toys, Games, Dolls,
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TAKES EFFECT MONDAY. JAN. %, 1882.
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NOTICE..

OTOCKHOLDERS MEETING BERKE-
y LEY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
AND MECHANICAL ASSOCIATION
The Stockholders of the Berkeley County
Agricultural and Mechanical Association
are notified that the annual meeting for
the election of Directors and other bust
ness that may be deemed necessary, will
be held in the Courthouse on SATUR-
DAY, FEBRUARY A. 1882, at il o'clock
p. NJ. A full and prompt attendance is
requested. By order of the Board,
B NJ. KITCHEN, President.
j. NELSON WIsNER, Sec'y. janl4-3t
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STOCK OF

| will sell, private y, all my stock of
liquors Also marble-top counter and
other bar-room furniture, including sew
eral coal stoves.
Persons desiring to rent will please call
and examine the premises.
JOHN TELLER,
jan2l. Martinsburg, W. Va.
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NEW AD VERTISEMENTS.
PUBLIC SALE

WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC SALE
w at my residence two and a half
miles northeast of Martinsburg, near
S%chopperts Ford,
On Tuesday, February z, 1882,
the following described property, viz:
3 No. l BROOD MARES and / HORSE,
all good barshe-r lie ders; 3 last spring
colts, A GOOD MICH COWS, some will
be fresh by day Of sale; 3 head Of young
cattle;
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-12-20
THE PENSION STEAL.
$4,000, 900 ANNUALLY FOR ZEN
SIONS.

1t is humiliating as well as u
startling fact that nearly one thlFo
of the entire annual revenue Oh 'ne
United States government, from all
sources, is paid out, year by year, W
settle what are called the solder pen
sion claim. The gross income OF
the government is about $4oo'ooo'-
600, This monstrous pension swim
die has been yearly increasing III
magnitude. 1t has grown TO be
certainly the most glariog and auda-
cious public thievery that was ever
tolerated In any age or character
If, as is now proposed by Con-
gress, the revenue from the internal
tax and the tariff, is reduced 90 per
cent, and the annual outlay for pen
sioos continues to grow from year to
year, as in the past ten years, 1t Is
plain that we are destined 70 De
bankrupted in the next genera1lon
by this wholesale legalized robbery.
This disgraceful system was con
ceived in a spirit of fauaticism and
demagoguery, and has been preached
and practiced for years by the Radi-
cal party in the name of patriotism
Senator Beck has recently put in
motion the agitation of this much
needed reform by calling upon the
Com missioner of Pensions for q list
Of the names and residences of those
who are benefciaries of the pension
fund. This demand will not, how
ever, be complied with for the obvi
GUS reasons that to 60 into such par
ticulars would develop q system OF
thievery and fraud of which the hon
est masses Of this country have ney
err dreamed. We see that The Phlla,
delphia Times, that powerful enemy
of rascality and corruption in high
places, that gained enyiable distinc'
ton by crushing out bribery in the
Philadelphia courts, has endorsed
Senator Beck's initial step in refer
ence to ventilating this pension fraud
and will help to make the subject
too hot to be comfortable to Repub
lican patriots. This pension matter
certainly points to an opportunity
for the Democratic party to build E
monument to its lasting credit by
suppressing thieying ring business
that has bled the public treasury fol
so many years.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-12-20

The accident to the great
Frenchman, Gambetta, was, it seems,
more serious than was first reported.
1t appears that be was taking the
charges out Of s loaded revolver and
held the barrel in his right hand
turned toward himself. AS he was
thus engaged the cock fell on car
fridge and the shot took effect in
the muscles below the thumb and
went up the arm. emerging below the
elbow. He nearly tainted from the
pain. The sensation that his acct
dent created at home and abroad is
q proof that III. Gam BETA fills
place which could not easily be occu
pied by any other Frerchman. AT
last account he WAS recovering ra-
pidly.