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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-28
FAYETTE COUNTY NEWS.
somerrills Rsnnrtor %

SOmerVllle Reporter, %.
Major e. w. Tatum has been con.
fined at home by sickness for the past
ten days. We are glad to learn that
he is better and hope he will be out
again very soon.
Mr.. o. f. and Mrs. H. J, Williams
lost their bright, lovely little daughter
Callie DIN, who died of Group. at their
residence in Somerville, Friday even
ing, the 10th instant, after an illness OF
only two days. She was buried on
Saturday in the family buryinp
ground at Smyrna.
Mr.. Thomas B. Oliver. of District
No. 2, one of the regular Jurors of the
present term of the Circuit Court
died quite suddenly of congestion Yes
terday.. He was walking in the vicin-
ity OF the steam mill about | o'clock
aud fell in the street. He was car.
ried into the mill and a physician
summoned at once and everything that
could be was done to relieve him, but
without avail. He died just as the
town clock struck seven. Mr.. Oliver
was a hard working, industrious man.
lie leaves a wife and several children.
John P. Edmundson, Esq. left this
morning for Florence, Alabama, to
attend the meeting of the Synod Of
Memphis, which cSnvones in that
place this evening. Mr.. Edmundson
is the delegate from the Somerville
church. He will be absent several
days.
A small colored orphan boy, 6 or
years Of age, living with George Hud-
gins, colored, on the place Of Mr.. B.
?. Braden, in District No. 5, fell into
a well Go feet deep last Monday. He
was in the we'll for more than half an
hour and, strange to say, was taken
out unipjured.
Mrs. j. r.. Flippin, of the vicinity Of
Oakland, was in town yesterday shop.
ping, and just as she was Learning the
store Of Mr.. NJ. Skaller, tainted and
fell on the sidewalk. Stimulants were
administered and she soon revived and
was taken to Mr.. Skaller's residence.
She was quite sick all the evening but
We are glad to learn is better this
morning. Mr.. Flippin informs us that
she had a chill while coming to town
yesterday morning.
General George w. Gordon CT Mem
phis, at the request OF one of his old
friends and comrades, addressed the
people Of our town at the courthouse,
on Saturday night. The assembly was
decidedly the most intelligent and re-
spectacle we have had at a political
meeting in Somerville, consisting
largely of ladies. The gentleman spoke
about an hour on State politics to a
most attentive audience, many Of
which pronounced it the best speech
made here during the present politi-
cal canvass. General Gordon made a
good impression upon our people.
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Of death in nine out Of ten cases that
are brought before Coroner's jury,
the latter body simply endorsing what
the Coroner's physician reports as the
cause Of death. Ii a criminal inquiry
is called for it could be instituted and
directed by the Police Magistrates.
Massachusetts, has already adopted
this system, and in that State Grown.
er's Quest Law" has become a thing
OF the past. 1t is entirely right that
physicians should not be permitted to
give certificates of death in cases
where they have not recently attended
the deceased, and cannot, therefore,
know the cause Of death. But when
the medical examiner finds that it was
due to natural causes there is no good
reason why a jury should not be callAd
to pass upon a fact of which they can
not possibly know anything except
what is told to them by the physician.
He should have the power 10 such
cases to issue his own certificate, the
Coroner or his substitute dealing only
with those cases where the remoter
causes Of death-whether criminal or
accidental-require a judicial investi-
CATION.
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Victor Hugo's Robust Health.
AlphOnso Daud


In those days, when the great poet
talked more than to-day, he would in
stall himself on a narrow, little sofa,
where there was only room for two,
Each ofus, in turn, would there take
seat beside him aud chat for few mo-
ments. Now, in later days, the even
ings are less prolonged than the old,
and come to an end about ten o'clock;
but when | first used to go to the Rue
de Clichy, we still INDUCED in those
midnight cups of tea which Hugo
would fortity with rum and transform
to grOg Of formidable strength, One
day he served me himself, and emptied
into both our cups about halfa bottle
of rum mixed with spanish wine, thus
c~oncOctiDg an old Guerney sea-dog's
might cap" l felt scorched for a
week, but Hugo drank it without
winking, and with 0lympian serenity.
His health, in fact, is wonderfully
robust. His eighty years are full Of
sap. At table he isWell worth watch
ing. Sound in digestion, strong in
appetite, between each dish he pours
out huge draughts of sweet wine. He
eats slowly, with majestic air, mastica
ting his food like an old lion. You
feel that he is a man always in good
health; one who battles every morning
in cold water; one who works with
open windows; who, when he comes
home in winter from the Senate, does
not even close the carriage windows.
he seems to grow no older. His voice
alone has changed somewhat. There
are longer pauses in his speech His
words seem to come from a distance.
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FOIger's Folly.
Cincinnati Commercial.

There was one additional nossiblo r,is
take TO be made in the candidacy Of Sec-
retary Folger for Governor of New YorL
ana that was achieved the other day In
8Ie inpst conspicuous style. The Utica
Herald states it as follows:
'Ihe letter Of Secretary Folger il tbe
nrSt evidence that has distinctly anneared
since the saratoga Convention. Of an elli.
ance between Jay Gould and the Rennb.
ncan candidate for Governor Of Nev
lork. In that letter Secretary Folg.,
boldly 6lazons the alliance in the face ~
inc world, and threatens that the million.
are gambler Of Wall street will make N,
people vince if they dare TO persist ~
thelr purpose Of beating him al the nolls
now II politics in the State az M.
FORK has got 50 low that Il must he reor
lated IN accordance with the wishes snt
the speculative purposes of the Wall stree
gamblers Y Is high time that the peonl,
found outthe fact and learned the w6rs
OF It. For ourselves, we believe there /
something at stake this fall. outside n
wall street and it occurs 10 us that n IN,
time has come when two or three sneouIa
tors, by using their accumulated million
to corner and furry the market. are Ali
to control the political yerdicts of m,
American people, the Nation stands in N,
presence Of the grayest danger that bal
ever confronted tia danger vastly create
tnan that which the war Of the rebellion
precipitated upon il.
Increase your margins and vote th,
Republican ticket said Chauncey M, De,
pew. the attorney Of the New York Cen.
trail railroad, in concluding his speeoh nj
the Albany meeting, where Judge Fol,
gers letter wa made public. il this
then, to be the watohword Of the Republi.
can cempaign2 Has the Republican party
gone lntq the business Of stock gambling.
ana mas Its organization become one of t6el
appendages OF Wall street, Once ,be
rallying try of victory in the Republican
party was, Down with the rebeliion
The Union foreyerl' Can il now march
TO new victories under the lead Of Jaw
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COlOred Men Ferfecting Their
Emancipation.

The colored brother has for a long time
been fed on husks by the Republican
party and is growing FESTIVE under the
treatment. Not only has a journal the
Outlook) been started in New York d
propagate Democratic principles among
the African element but the Globe. nm.
other organ Of the negro race, shows
symptoms of serious discomfort with The
course Of the Republican party. In its
last issue II SAYS:
1t cannot be denied that the Republican
party in this State has been captured Inv
monopoly power, and that its success wifi
not lessen, but increase, the burdens nj
the people, it cannot be denied that the
most desperate and inscriptions wire.
pullers stand at the wheel OF the Marty.
fortunes, and will continue TO advance IN.
t~erests in opposition to those of the peonle
I success crowns their boldly-laid plans,
1t cannot be denied that the R%epubIicar
masses are misrepresented in the men WIN
nave been pushed to the forefront 10 lead
them to victory and to administer m,
public affairs. Wv
1t begins TO look as if the colored mer
were now about to take a hand In perfect.
ing his W emancipation.
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BROWNSVILLE.
Another Leading GreenbRcEIeF
Out for Bate.

BROWNSVILLE, October 26.-Capt
j. b. Phillips, chairman Of the Green,
back executive committee in the Nintl
Congressional district, and also {
member Of the State Greenback exec.
utive committee, has published a care
in the papers here, in which he de.
clares his purpose to support Genera.
Bate for Governor. He says, BE
%lieving there is no chance for the
election of Hon. John r. Beasley, ant
as the State debt question is a loea.
and not a national issue, and further
believing the railroad bonds are voiC
in morals as to the people and should
be in law. and that the State deb
proper should be paid dollar for dol
lar, | shall give General Bate my
earnest support"
Captain Phillips is the IeadinG
Greenbacker of West Tennessee, anc
active and prominent in the council.
of that party, and his purpose to sup
port Bate marks an important event
In the present canvass, and will tend
to swell the sweeping victory for Bate
He does not abandon his Greenback
principles in supporting Bate.
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Union aud Victory.

The New York Star, the organ Of John
Kelly, referring to the campaign in New
York says; "At the present stage Of the
political campaign the outlookin this city,
as well rs in the State generally, is most
satisfactory and assuring to all earnest
Democrats. The reaction which some
sauguine Republicans pretended toexpect
has not become visible, and the dissatis-
faction IN the ranks oftheir party increases
rather than diminishes. All the indica-
tons go 10 show that Cleyelsnd's strength
throughout the State Is such as 20 insure
his election ever without the vote Of New
York City while, with the vote Of this
metropolis, and in view Of the prevailing
harmony, his majority bids fair 10 be the
largest ever given for a Governor Of the
Empire State. Although the prospects
are thus suspicious, il is the duty of Dem
ocrats not to be over confident or neglect
ful OF their party lines at any point. The
Star is pleased 10 see that the suggested
union on Congressman and Assemblymen
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Turner and Edwards.

MURFREEsBoRo, October 26.-Col
Edwards and General Turner spoke tC
a large audience in the courthouse to
day, and received marked attention
from the entire audience, composed
largely Of Greenback voters Of thu
county. Their arguments had a tell
ing effect, and will do great good
General Turner has just finished on,
OF the grandest efforts Of his life, to I
large and appreciatiye audience in oul
operahouse. Many of the fair daugh
tors of old Rutherford graced the oc.
casion by their presence. Genera
Turner was eloquently introduced By
our gallant townsman, General !. B
Palmer. Our forces are being draw
into line everything is all right.
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The WORLDS Highest Bridge.

" @N AAhAhDs
| saw last week the highest bridge
in the world, 30l feet high. You car
put the dome of the American Oapito'
right underneath it, and the head Of
the Goddess Of Liberty cannot kiss ia
blarney stone. The Washington
Monument, which is now 275 feet higl
| hear, will not rise to its road bed by
a whole story. The Niagara suspen.
sion bridge is fifty feet lower to tn,
water beneath, and its span is 122I
feet shorter than this bridge, which
measures 2052 feet, yet weighs only
three million and a half pounds, moi
counting the ties and wooden rails
Yet it cost only $4,000. or aboul
eight cents per pound. mean The
Kinzua viaduct bridge on the Brad
ford and Pittsburg branch Of the Erie
railroad, spanning a gorge in the
Allegheny Mountains where a Ions
detour and heavy grades would be tbt
alternative. The Kinzua creek risel
near a small mountain village called
Alton and soon becomes a deep, broad
gorge, in whose opening the autumn
woods showed for the space of seven
miles like a basket Of golden flowers
and deep green leaves. The bridge il
Of light iron towers, like those on the
Metropolitan Elevated railroad above
the Park, each made Of four alender
props, aud the highest Of these towers
are ten times trussed or Ordered, and
there are forty such supports on each
side, or twenty pairs, the twenty towers
thus rising like lace OF cobweb against
the zenith itself, and the central towers
have a spread OF one-third ofthe hight,
or lO3 feet tread at the little creek be-
low. They are just as light and nearly
four times as high as the elevated
railway spars at lllth street.
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SOMERYILLE,
Discussion Between the Hon.
Casey YOnng and Judge
Smith.


The discussion in our town Satur.
day, between Hon. Casey Young and
Judge VIM. NJ. Smith, candidates for
Congress in this district, discloses the
fact that the canvass between these
two gentlemen is being conducted bv
Judge Smith in n method very differ.
emit from that pursued by the Repub.
lican opponents whom Casey Young
has formerly had TO contend with
Though not a vigorous speaker. nor
practical debater, he makes up for and
deficiency in these respects, SO far as
his white hearers are concerned. bV
his entire failure to resort to the low
devices and demagogue appeals to the
negroes which were so oonspiouopc
in the canvass made by Barbour Lewis
Randolph and Moore, Between him
and the latter gentleman, especially.
there is an Unreasonable distance In
their dealings and intercourse with
the colored voter. Moore, in his
blunt bOnhomie style, without much
regard to what any body Thought of
it, met the colored voter about ike
he did the white one, but Judge
smith, with perhaps more delicacy
and refinement but less political cour-
age than Mr.. Moore, rather shirks
from too close a contact with the
eolored citizen. The fact is the Judge
is ashamed Of the usual Republican
surroundings and associations, and is
instinctively turning bis back upon
the negro, and seeking favor and sup.
port from the white people of the dis.
trict. This is so evident that if he
could give a satisfactory explanation
Of some things in his past official
record, and continue his dignifed in.
difference to negro support, he might
succeed in obtaining a considerable
white vote in the district. But ths
people will not forget. during tbis
canvass at least, that he approved The
laws distFanchising them, and after
ward pronounced a judicial Judgment
keeping them in force and effect: that
he violated their will in the settle
ment Of the State debt, and then az.
cepted legal employment to fasten
Upon then, an Unconstitutional law.
Nor will they be swift to forgive 4
pubic representative for offending an
far against legislative decorum as 70
accept employment under a bill which
ne himself introduced and assisted in
making 4 law. But tho poople will
give Judge Smith credit for honesty
70 letting tho negroes understand boy
little white Republicans really oSr.
Tor them except to merely qss t6o;,
votes. II he will only continue NJ
course, the colored people viii soon
aud d'lOded by their white leaders, 'u
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stove in each corridor Of all the floors.
There is a wide, clean apartment on
the second floor, which in winter is
used as a general sittingroom The
rules are very simple: mo smoking in
the bedrooms" On the wall is a per-
init from the Health Department. u-
thorizlug the honest German and his
wife who conduct the business to keep
a certain stated number of dodgers.
The proprietor said business was good
in September and would be better
when the winter settled in. He said
the beds were generally occupied
every night and that often men are
turned away.
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Bed and Board in New York.
Nov yorL HarsId


There are many men who cannot
afford to spend even $40 a week on
their bed and board. They number
thousands. How are these to live thil
wilter2 Along the Bowery, down
Chatham street, scattered over the
avenues beyond First, and hidden
among the shadows of the river front
are signs which attract the attention
OF hundreds Of eyes every winters
night. They read, "Oheap lodgings fol
single men, The price Of a bed in
these cheap hostelries ranges from 5 tc
% cents. The latter is in O lighted
room, with washstand and toilet arti.
Giles, clean, comfortable and retired
The other is a ragged coverlid on d
bale Of straw, in a cellar with Fl "
other sleePers. Impecunious bach.
elOrs have wide room for choice. A
fair specimen of the cheap lodging
house is located on the Bowery, Rec
letters on q white canvas banner pro
claim that beds are to be had al
twenty Eve, forty and fifty cents per
night. There are seventy beds
in this caravansary, and they occupy
the three upper floors Of the building.
Those on the first floor are dearest.
Each bed on ell the floors is enclosed
in a wooden partition and supplied
with water pitcher and bowl. The
lower beds are much better lighted
and ventilated than the upper ones.
The bedding is changed three times q
week. An Office on the first floor is
heated with stove, and there is also q
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ChanCery Sale Of Real Estate,


1865 H, 11lS R Chancery Court Of Shelby
Reinhardt ct al. ~
by virtue of an interlecutory decree for
~ sale, entered in the above cause on the
10Th day Of April. 1879, in NJ B "a, pare 90T.
etc., and renewed October 3, 1882, Twill SELL
at pub 10 auction, TO the highest bidder. in
front OF the Clerk and Masters Office. eonrt-
house building, Main street, Memphis, Tenn.
now known as the Taxing District Of Shelby
county, on
Monday, October 30, 1852,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in the ty OF Memphis.
shelby county, Tenn, tO-wit:
Beginning ut a point $40 feet east Of tho
southeast intersection of Clay and Degoto
streets; thence east with the south line of
Clay street 50 feet; thence south 10 feet To an
alley; thence west with said alley 70 feet.
thence no tn l70 feet to the beginning to-
gether with the improvements thereon. being
the west half Of lot 50 OF the Oyerton additio6
TO Memphis, and the same property conveved
2 VIM. hehkopf By James Grieshaber, july
Terms Of Sale--0ne- fourth cash. balance in
and IL months; purchaser executing notes
barred.
This October 4, 1884.
RI BLACK, Clerk and Master.
~ George Mallory, d. @. q NJ.
TUNES q Poston, Duncan 4 Gordan. sol'rs.
20 80 38 "A 50
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khv Instance IN which u syef occurred %
the somewhat sluggish imagination Of the
Tammany Boss TO stir up an Irish prgu-
dice against a candidate by averrihg that
some Irishman or other lost money by
his father or grandfather or aunt OF great
uncle. Mr.. Blsine is as original, rs fer
tile and as imaginative in home politics MS
he Is in foreign diplomacy. There is
nothing in his South American CORE
spondence while he was Secretary of
State more characteristic Of the genius OF
the man than in his procurement Of Mr..
John Dewey. the proprietor of a paper
called the Irish Nation, to exhort all
'Irishmen and sons Of lrishmen" in the
First Congressional district TO vote against
Mr.. Perry Belmont the Democratic can
didata there, on the ground that nr.
August Belmont Mr.. Perry Belmonts
father, is holding against law and justice
some money which he received in the
year Of grace 1855 from Il John
OMahony.
We print the Blaine Dewey article on
another page for Boss Kelly's instruction
in the fine art Of Irish Demagoguery. At
the same time we print attested copies Of
legM documents IN CtltAlu lhNsulto W M.
John Lawless against Mr.. August Bel
mont and MI. Belmont and Nh. OMaho-
nv, has not held any since 1865, and never
did hold any except as was Deedful for the
legal disposition Of it by Judicial process
in a manner which commends itself as fair
and reasonable to every prudent and hon
orable man Of business. This additional
matter we print for Mr.. August Belmont's
v~indication against Mr.. Devoy's wanton
and untruthfll libel. But We print moth
ing at all for Mr.. Perry Belmont's sake,
because he needs no vindication, and be-
cause he has already proved his ability to
cope with Mr.. Blaine without anybody's
assistance. Unless the Irish voters in
the First Congressional district are as ut
ter fools as Mr.. Blaine apparently mag
ines them the effect Of the Devoy-Blaine
demagogy shouldinsure their solid vote to
Mr.. Belmont if merely as a protest against
the imposture which the Irish Nation has
attempted in the interest of the opposing
candidate.
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Measurements Of the Great
Lakes.
New York Graphic


The following measurements Of the
great lakes will be found interesting
and are absolutely correct, having
been made by government surveyors:
The greatest length Of Lake Superior
is 330 miles; its greatest breadth is 100
miles; mean depth 638 feet; elevation.
8H feet; area, $1,000 square miles.
The greatest length Of Lake Michigan
is 300 miles; its greatest breadth, los,
mean depth, $50 feet; elevation. SOC
feet; area, 1900 square miles. The
greatest length OF Lake Huron is 300
miles; its greatest breadth is SO miles;
mean depth, 600 feet; elevation, 27l
feet; area, 10000 square miles. The
greatest length Of Lake Erie is 25C
miles, its greatest breadth is 81 miles
its mean depth is 81 feet. elevation
PSI feet; area, 5000 square miles The
greatest length Of Lake Ontario is lg(
miles; its greatest breadth is 65 miles
its NEAR depth is 500 feet; elevation
26l feet; area, 5000 square miles. The
total Of all five is 1865 miles, GOVERNS
an area Of upwards of 1875, 900 square
miles.
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Signor Tommaso Gagliardi, who ex-
ecuted the pediment OF the east front
of the Senate wing of the capitol,
Washington, has made a clay model
of the statute OF Garibaldi which is to
be erected in that city. The statue
will be ten feet high, and will repre-
sent the Italian Liberator standing in
an easy posture, his left hand on his
sword hilt, and his right hand upon a
map Of Italy, the index finger point
ing significantly to Roma" The
head will be uncovered, while over the
shoulders will be carelessly thrown a
military cloak, and a loosely knotted
scarf will bind the flowing collar Of
the historic red shirt
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Kelly Can Go 10 School 70 Blaine
New York Herald.

II causes no surprise when Boss Kellv
talks Of an Irish vote and commando Z,
tosupport one candidate or oppose another
in american politics, as if by being Ross
in Tammany Hall he is Boss Of ali ne
voters in this neighborhood who wero
born in ireland or are children Of IrisbeV
men. The people have grown used 70
this outrage. They have Witnessed NJ
repetition until they expect It %annualIv ss
election day approaches. Tammanvnoii-
tics in the city and the State have become
so grounded in imported prejudices of race
that an election without an appeal IN
them by she TammaRy Boss would be nj
most miraculous.
But this year, il seems, Boss Kelly is
not 10 enjoy his customary monopoly of
the demagogical business. The advent of
Boss Blaine into New York politics is
dgnAlized by an appeal to the prejudices
Of voters Of Irish extraction more stu
pendoue than any Of Kelly's. Indeed.
we may safely say that Kelly can "go 10
to Blaine, for we cannot recall