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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-20
ARK ANSAW RAILROAD EX-
TEHSIONS.
A Broad Gauge 10 Hot springE..-
Narrow Gauge TO Pine Bluff
lite Rock Gazette. 10.

Work will actually commence to-
day on the survey of the Iron Noun
tain branch from this city to Hot
Springs We do not say that the road
is certainty. because we are not as
sured Of that fact. Mr., L A Doug
lass. resident engineer for Arksnsaw.
will arrive to day, when additional
particul RS my be probably ascer
tanned, Q. W. Richardson, who is in
charge OF the corps, arrived yesterday
rom Mi souri. having just completed
work on the DoOiphan branch. The
party, in detail. is as folows: O. w.
Richardson, Ia charge; L Q. Buch
anan, transit; mir Van Prank, IT,,
level; j. ) Young and H Z Townsend I,
ehaini Mr.. FurlonR, stake driver; NJ.
u. smith, stake maker; Geo. Smith,
commissary, Three axmen and cook
complete ths complement Of men.
We shsll commence the work to
morrow morning, said Mr.. Richard
son yesterday afternoon to a Gazette
reporter, and proceed as rapidly as
possible"
What length Of time will be re.
quired to complete the woIk?" asked
the reporter.
We shall try to got it finizhed in
fifty days"
And will the work Of construction
commence thenp"
cant say as to that" replied Mr.,
Richardson; you will have 70 see Mr.
Kerrigan, the general superintendent
tor an answer to that question"
George W. French, our we'll known
citizen, was among the throng in the
Capital hotel lobby last night, and biz
presence being rather unusual, a re.
porter of the Gazette asked him the
wherefore.
81 aIn looking for Mr.. Reynolds.
repli:d Mr.. French, "haye you seer
him2"
The reporter answered by asking 1
he meant Diamond 10" and reoei,,
ing an affirmative reply, continued hi
interrogatory HAS he decided (,
extend his road from Malvern to Pin,
Bluff"
u cannot answer that, but | d.
know he will at onoe put an enginee
corps 10 the Aeld."
Who is to have charge of th
party2"
Il am," replied Mr.. French, "and
will organize the force at Malvern.
From which end will you start tn
suryey2'
Pine Bluff. The FIRST move Is
preliminary survey, and will be mad
for the purpose of determining th
most i6a able route.
DO you think the road will be con
structed this season.
II suppose that depends in a prea
measure on tho kind Of litigatio
| metad out TO railroads. "
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The Poor Thing.


Under the scientific top head Of
Dangerous Osculation," one Of the
learned and classical daily journals Of
this city relates how an Ohio girl was
made totally deaf. 0sculation is the
same thing as kissing. People who
might imagine that it was some part Of
a rotary chprn or had something to
DO with sliding down hill would err.
Osculation is Latin for plain kissing.
The poor Ohio girl was made deaf by
being kissed Sac had been separated
from her young man only about
month. but when he returned he
grabbed her up in his arms and kigaed
her righ in the ear, and the girl told
the doctor that she heard something
snap inside Of her head as though
plate had dropped of the shell or an
d string to a fiddle had busted, and
ever since that time she had been as
deaf as an adder.
People who have amused themselves
by blowing into a horses ear know
aow the intelligent animal will shy
and jump and snake his head 10 dis
appreciation Of the whole performance,
and reach around with his hind leg
and try to kick the blower Ia the
small of the back. We have not tie
asst doubt iu the world but that it
would work she ine way with q mule,
only it would take more wind to fill
mules ear, and some hours might
elapse before the mule got the full
effect of the draft, and the blower
would have time to go home and crawl
under the bed before the mule let
loose and began to tear up things and
kick the shingles off from the roof Of
the barn. But the Ohio girl never
kicked when her beau busted her
tympanum with one fell kiss. She
never even let on that she
was fractured, but probably spent
most enjoyable evening in
his company, growing deafer and
deafer all the time. 1t is the nature
of woman to suffer for those they love
and we have not the least doubt but
that the poor kissed and abused Ohio
girl bore her cruel treatment in silence
and never went back on her lover or
gave him away until it became abso,
lutely necessary to tell the physician
all about it and how it happened so
he could prescribe for her intelli
gently. Almost every year produces
| its long lists of killed aud wounded
girls who have suffered for those they
love. Last year, you will remember,
it was an Iowa girl who was hugged to
death. She had not seen her beau for
a day or two, and when he came h
squeezed her so hard that she died i
| his arms. Men must learn that th
are not bears or sand blasts, and ithat
wOmel have ribs and eaf drums, all d
which are liable TO be fractured if ,
trife less energy and enthusiasm is
not displayed in their courting.
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Hams Ynger on RnIIs.
Kentncky elnlo Jonrnal.

Aeuluthg Gluio
Herr Wager evidently had big
tongue fight with his frau and daugh-
ter, Katrina, a few mornings ago, for
when he came tc the front gate, his
usual place ofretreat after such brawls
he Duffed the smoke from his mouth
with double the ygpidity he does when
in his natural, calm state. His friendly
neighbor-he has a friendly and an
unfriendly neighbor, one on each side
OF him addressed him:
Happy New Year, Mr.. Yagerl"
Aud thea Mr.. wager responded,
looking madder than mad bull.
Habby Neu Year, Twas a hellum
a habby Neu Year py me. Dot Oldt
year vas wurs genough, abeT dot neu
year be has schtarded in wurster und
wurster."
Had some bad luck, ehY'
IL don got him; my frau got him
aboud sefenteen year ago already yet,
He vas Katrina. Dot vas pad luck
| dolds my fran schust now ouf | got
him to do ofeF agin | hope dot papy
vas draownod in der riier pefore he vas
porn yet"
You shouldn't be so haSty, my
friend. Katy seems to Re good,
industrious girl"
"She 'seemsp Yes, und dots all
dere vas of it. You don't dot gairl
know so veil like IT,
"She always appears to me to be Q
quiet, industrious and modest girl y
you dinks det vas quiet und dem
odder dings ven he go on four pals III
vone week und schleep der next day
all ofer2"
well, these are the holidays and
we must make some excuse for the
young, You was young yourself
once"
"Aber l dOn'd vac DOT kind Of q fool
young Out 20 on a pail in yont
year in der oldt country dot ya'
genough; aber on dot country del
young peoples goes more pals on al
church. Dot vos hellum a country,
uud der young peoples got gOot lesson
in dem pals FUR to hell so, und don d
IL you forgot once already
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PERRINS-At collierville, Tenn. Jsnra,v
~. S-S, OF consumt tion, Mrs. OLryIl d pr
hSs, wire Of Professor ii. l., Perkins. In the
thir'y' ninth year of hOr age. - '"'
Thus passed away one who was good
talented and loveable. Mrs. Perkins
maiden name was Slea. She was married
to Professor Perkins at the residence of
her sister, Mrs. Captain Elliott, in this
city, some eight or ten years ago, and her
marriage notice was penned by the same
hand that is employed in writing this sad
notice. Without superior ADVANTAGE, IN
early life she developed a rare artistio
taste aid talent which, In an appreojstIya
Held would have given her hie h recognition
and prominence During the war sbe
made some rare chronological collections
deserving ofaplace many museum. Later
on she turned her attention To- oil paipting
and some of her work will compare favor.
ably with the best that any Of our local
artists have produced. But II was in the
home ctrcleand the Aiendships of A cbo.on
genial few that she was best understood
and most esteemed. Hers was A self.sac-
ridcing, noble heart, that found mora
pleasure in acts Of charity and affection.
than IN any publicity or self-aggran die
ment' Oflats years her health began 10
iail. Consumption set It's fatal seal upon
her pale, Intellectual face. She foresaw
the end and set her house in order. She
was fully prepared FOR the grim lnessen.
ger had the full consolation of religion;
hor mind was clear to the last and she died
IN the full hope ofa better life hereafter
In her last moments she gave directions
80 to the disposal Of pictures, books
and other souvenirs and as 10 her
funeral which takes place at 2 O'Clock TO-
morrow. The officiating ministers will
be Revs. j. W, Knottand |. w. Harris.
The death ofthls excellent lady casts n
gloom over the little city Of Collieryille,
and large circle Of true friends. She
leaves husband, father, brother and
numerous relative to mourn the uutlmely
end Of O bright and useful lie.
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VICTOR HEWCORB.
What He Has to Say Relative to
Transactions With Treas
urer Polk.
Giis Acquaintance Very Limited
Never Engaged In the
Alleged Pools.
Special to the American.


New YORK, January Is. - Your
correspondent called the attention OIL
Mr.. H. Victor Newcomb to reports in
the Nashville Banner aud other papers
as to alleged transactions between him
and NJ. 7. Polk, ex-Treasurer of the
State Of Tennessee, in which James
Fleming, clerk of Folks, says that
when he was in New York last August,
Polk stated to him that he had incur.
red heavy losses in Louisville and
Nashville and in a pool in Memphis
and Charleston stock, through Victor
Newcomb. In answer to the charges
MIR. Newcomb says: 1t is not true
that | ever had any dealings with
Mr.. Polk in Louisville and Nashville
Memphis aad Charleston or any other
stocks, either last summer or at any
previous time. At the time mentioned,
| was rarely in the city, and have
not seen Colonel Polk, or held any
conversation with him, for about a
year. In reference to tie statement
that was member of a pool in Mem
phis and Charleston stock, and un
loaded my stock when Polk was pre-
vented by tho terms Of the pool from
selling his stock, is absolutely false
and without a scintilla of truth. On
the contrary, when the members
of the syndicate, who we're com
bined to buy the majority Of the
stock Of the Memphis and Charles
ton road, requested me to sign the
syndicate paper, | refused without
reservation to DO so, and this fact is
well known by all the members of the
syndicate and can be corroborated by
them. My interest in the stock was
very limited. | have been a small
stockholder for years, and remain so
to-day, but was never in any pool
connected with it. 1t is equally un
true that | ever engaged in trausao-
,ions in Louisville aud Nashville with
Polk | do not remember ever to
have had any conversation with him
in reference to Louisville and
Nashville or Memphis and Charles.
ton, or any other stock. My acquaint-
ance with him was very limited. He
was brought to the United States
National Bank in the spring of 1881,
and introduced to me, aud we had
some conversation looking to the
United States National Bank becom
ing the fiscal agent Of the State Of
Tennessee, but nothing came OF it,
and | saw very little of him after that.
he made a number of loans at tho
bank, through Mr., Murray, the cash
ier, who conducted the transaction
with him, and in the settlemspt Of
these loans and the checks which
we're passed at the time, doubtless has
arisen the only foundation | can con
ceive Tor these alleged transactions
between Us,
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Fires.

ST. Louis, January 2O.-A special
from Cisco, Texas, says Two business
blocks were burned here last night.
The following are the principal losers:
Vaughan's grocery store, $1,000 no
insurance; Hill & Shelton, stationery
house, $4,000. insured; Ramsey, Chap
man & Co., $4,000, no insurance;
Ammery's saloon, $4,000, no insurance;
DR.. Vance's Office, $4,000, no insurance;
Hamilton's restaurant, $1,000; Parks
& Patterson, $1,000, insured for $500,
Fisher, drugs, $25OO; Jourdau, hard
ware house, $4,000; and Chandler's
stables, $500.
A special from st. Joe, Mo-, says;
Aeeny & Lyons hardware store, and
Fant & Dickinson's saloon burned to.
day; loss, $4,000.
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that the world could promise before
her, She had been married a half
dozen years or so when she became the
victim Of quick consumption. Her
form was wasted TO q mere semblanco
Of her former self. / was hurriedly
called one morning by her husband,
who feared there was a crisis at handi
As We entered the sick chamber | saw
in a moment that the end had come.
She lay prOpped up in bed By large
pillows, and her thin white hands
rested on the oovsrlid. She smiled
family as We came in, and was about
to reach out her hand In greeting.
shen it fel helpless by the bedside.
The plain band Of gold, her marriage
token, which had never been removed
since it was placed on her hand at the
altar, too largen now for her slender
inger, slipped of and fell ringing upon
the floor Her eyes had become ixed
and stony, and she was dead"
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APOinter for Fred.

Atlanta Constitution.
Young Gebhardt is the victim Of
bad advice. He cannot escape tho
newspaper reporters by hiring a man
to write lotters to the papers. There
are thousands Of these young men in
the land, and it is their trade to seek
something fresh every dsy, An open
letter is the meat upon which they
feed II Mr. Gobhardt is really do
sirous Of avoiding notoriety in the
newspapers, any experienced circus
agent will tell him that handful OF
imported cigars and six matinee tick
cts will go further than q Sl00 bill,
A young man as unsophistiosted as
Gebhardt is genuine newspaper sen.
salion,
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R, P, PIoKARD, Of Perry county,
was elected Comptroller Of the Treas
ury.
AFFAIRS ABROAD.

DUBLIN, January 2O.-Placards
signed "Amerioa" are posted in Clon.
mare, denouDcing the "aecursed,
abominable journal" Irish World.
The rumor current in London, last
evening, to the effect that the Phoenix
Park murderers have been arrested is
denied.
LONDON, January 2O.-Parcen &
Blsekmore,s cannon foundry, Green.
ock, Scotland, burned. Loss heavy.
Alfred Monarch Kiuo, tailor, has
failed. liabilities, e6l,OOO.
Railway strikers in Scotland begin
to show disunion and a compromise is
anticipated.
BRUssELs, January 20. king Leo
pold has completely recovered and
will attend with the Queen the silver
wedding Of Crown Prince Frederick
William Of Germany.
PARIS. January 20.-The Legiti-
mist scare continues. The Orleans
family will hold a council to day atthe
residence of Duke De Aumale. The
members of the party on the extreme
left 10 the Chamber of Deputies will
insist upon Orleans Princes being de
prived Of their military commands.
ROyalists papers insist that the scare is
a maneuver to procure the proserip~
ticn of the Princes.
The Cabinet Council adopted a
draft of bills against pretenders to the
throne and modifying the press laws.
The bills are to bo submitted to the
Chamber to- day.
ST. PETERSBURG, January 90
General Lodlebiu is i'll, and it is
feared will die.
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NOTICE,

OFFfoE BOARD FiRE & PoLicE COMMISSIONERS I
Taxing District. January Is, 1888 +
CtFALED pror0sals will be received by us
y until THURSDAY, JANUARY, Is, 1853,
nj y o'clock noon, Tor the following wory 10
be done, ervioe TO be rendered and materials
10 be furnished 10 the Taxing Dht'ict Of Shell
by county, Telnessee, for the yeir ending
December 81, 1888. The Board 70 erves tae
right to reject any OF oil bids. An7 intOrma-
tion furnished on application.
For feeding prisoners at ntationhtuse.
Fer Furnishing fdel to various deDartments.
For shoeing hoTles for various departments,
For furnishing fresh meat or hospit'l.
For furnishing fresh bread for hospital,
For publishing all ordinances, orders, no
tiees, etc., as they may he passed OF ordered
For lighting the city with gas OF electricity,
All BIDS must be labeled bid for --'
(wh itever you may bid forl.
By order Of the Board
d. p MADDEN, President.
Attest-O. l.. PuLLRN, Secretary, ll5 l2
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rathetLo Dealh-bed d IneIdent.



THO saddest dcath- bed scenes that
l have ever witnessed in the course of
twenty years experience" said a
West End physician the other day,
"aro those Of a young husband or
wife, The world looks bright to a
young couple, whom few years of
happy marriage life have rendered
them dearer to each other than eyes
they were in the days OF courtship,
and DO words can picture the anguish
of the separation. One of the most
pathetic aud tragic little incidents
that | have ever heard or read Of oo.
cured c week or two since, when one
OF my patients, despite all that wealth,
devotion and science could do ia her
behalf, after q long and Painful sick
ness, quietly bresthed her last She
was q beautiful young woman,
Just turning into thirty, with ali
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ma WrniIler.

WASHINGTON, j anuary 20.-For the
West Gulf States, cloudy weather
with rain or snow nostdsrly Elnds,
stationary or lower temperature 10
the south and east portions and higher
pressure.
For Tennessee sad the Ohio valley
cloudy weather, with rain or snow
winds shifting to much colder north
westerly, stationary or higher pres
sure.
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The DrAnafic FeslirnI.

CINCINNATI, January 20. - The
Dramatic Festival Association have
adopted the plan so satisfactorily
tested by the Opera and Musical Fes-
tiyals with reference to the sale of
seats. They will sell choice of seats
on reserved seats at anctien, beginning
April 4th. Prices have been Gzod at
$l4 for season and 81 for single seats.
The additions 10 be made to the stage
will reduce the seating capacity Of the
music hall to little over three thou
sand.
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A Red snapper in Crystal Case.
Raltimore gnp

The Sun Office received on Saturday
from Colonel James q. Clark, General
Manager Of the Illinois Central rail.
road, a block Of artificial ice with 6ne
red snapper fish frozen in it. The ice
was made 10 New Orleans, where
there are several ice manufacturing
establishments, which make the blocks
any sile desired. The red snapper Il
beautiful fish, ordinarily eisaseen
inches to two feet IN length, OF red and
silver hues, and shows W. u embalmed
10 clear iCe such as the factories usuu-
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River TeIegrans.

PIrrsBURe, January 2O.-Rivcr Z
feet s inches and rising, Weather
mild and rainy. Ice running heavy;
no damage
CAIRO, January 20.-Arrived: Vint
shinkle, Memphis, IL am. Departed;
Shinkle, Cincinnati, noon. Heavy
snow; thermometer, 100.
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Snow Storm -sa iIrOads RlOcA-
aided.

CHICAGO, January 20, "A driving
snow storm began at 8 o'clock this
morning, aud will probably continue
al day Tho weather is very cold and
tempestuOus generally throughout the
Northwest. BlOoksdes on RAILROADS
in Minnesota and Manitoba are re-
ported. The storm of yesterday was
very severe, but has subsided son.e
what, aud it is expected that trains
will run regularly to day.
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ADDITIONAL COTTON.

New YORK, January 70, l2;4O nm
Cotton quiet. Ordinary, 7l-l6c; good
ordinary, s ll-lGc; low middlinE, 9Xc;
middling, l0sc; good middling, i07-i6o;
mitdlipg fair, IL 3-l6c; iair, II i5-l6e. Fu-
lures arc dull, at 10 points above yes-
terday's closing prices,
LIVERPOOL, January 20, 1880 p.m.-Cot-
ton in moderate inquiry freely supplied.
Uplands, 9-l6d; orleans. ll-16d. Sales
to-day, 5000 bales. Receipts, l7,4O0 bales.
American, l4,lO Gales, Futures opened
and closed steadY
NEW ORLEANS, January 20, ll;30 am.
Cotton quiet. Middiing, 8 l-l6c. Sales
today, 900 bales. Receipts. 10, 9Ss bales
At Galveston 1902 bales; al Mobile,
275l balea, at Savannah. 1870 bales al
Charleston, 1854 at Norfolk, l7i6 bales
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Hand bills Of all sizes, from the
smallest to three sheet poster, done
with nestness and dispatch, at the
PUBLIC LEDGER job printing Office.
Prices as low as tho lowest,
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rom Antwerp
Remarkable Growth or a News
paper.

NEW YoRK, January 90 = The
Morning Journal, which was started
here two months since by Western
journalists, has, much to the astonish
ment of newspaper men, already at
tanned a circulation of nearly $4,000
dailv
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Kew City Block, Thursday night, will
reach Sl0O,OOOi insurance, ABOUT $780,
600. The Grand Pacific Hotel, in the
adjoining block, was damaged to the
extent of $4,000, but it is fully in
euraa
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NOTICE.

THE undersigned committee will receive
| sealed bids till Janu.sy 81, 1888, at "
o'clock m for burying the paupers OF shelby
county. Tho committee reserve the right TO
reject any or all bids.
JIM COLEMAN.
JOHN SpRLMAN,
Tl0S FbEMI Nc,
III 125 Committee.
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NOTICE.

'IHnE unde signed Oommissioners will rs-
eeiyo sealed proposals until January n,
1883, at ~ o'clock m, 10 furnish the foorhouse
Of Shelby county with the following articles;
Bread, meat. drugs and grocerio'. The com.
mittea reserve the right p reject enY or AL
Bids.
J. NJ. COLEMAN,
Chairman P II Oem'rB
&C. wRGEh6RE,
llii25 Commissioners,
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WaII street.

NEW YoRK, January 2O--StOck
market quiet but steady and balt per
cent higher, Denver, Wabash pre-
ierred aud Union Pacific leading
Wheat a triae better, and firm, but
quiet.
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steam shin News.

LONDON, January 20.-The steam
ships AdriatiC aud Prereire arrived
out.
NEW York, January 2O.-Arrived;
Wisconsin, from Liverpool; Pennland,
from Antwerp,
QUEENSTOWN, January 2O.-Ar-
rived; British Queen, from Philadel
nhia.
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ally produce: {: For the windows Of res.
,aurants, ETC., in New Orleans fish,
bottles OF champagne and even flowers
are preserved blocks of ice aud make
very attractive signs. Sometimes
flowers frozen in this way present the
appearance Of beautifully decorated
crystal panel
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tllenringholno Rennrt.

oleaTlngs. Balances.
Saturday, Jan. % s. go 7i3 se Q is.9s2 s2
Thus iar this week oh altt7 2{1l.a ~
Same time last w'k ,hS tTi 81 gs3l
same week 1882. ..-. 1884 " i7s,Ss3 5
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DISSOLUTION.

TINHE firm of poston. Bin 4 Poston. "a this
day dissoved By mutual consent. All
unfinished business will receive our Joint
Memphis. january, 9, 1883,
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DIED.

LEDGER Book Bindsry, l3 Madison
street.
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We have this day formed copartnership
for the practice Of law In State and United
States Courts, nt Memphis, Team. Once 80
January q, 1881, D II. P0srON,
w. X, p0SrQN.
lQ7 ls2 ,. ?. P06T0N,
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III iS