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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-16

with their broad lodges filled with
musk-plants and fish geraniums-th
strings of red peppers above the man.
tle-and the brass candlesticks, which
glittered as if they were made of gold.
And then the fre-the great, open
chimney-place the blazing logs the
funnily-shaped andirons, with round
heads, and the great Maltese cat, asleep
upon the gaudy rag rug. Was it all
true? or were they dreaming?
But when it came to hot waflles and
maple molasses cookies, with fennel-
seeds in them, and milk-iust as much
milk as they could drink out of those
dear little antique mugs-the children
decided the matter in their own minds,
that they were not dreaming at all.
And after they had gone to sleep in a
bedroom just off the kitchen, where
the sheets smelled of sweet clover, and
the wallpaper was covered with
lunches of cabbage-roses, with impos-
sibly green leaves, and blue ribbon fill
let's around the stems, Mrs. Walter
Roberts found courage to thank the
friends who had been SO good to her
in her necessity.
but there's something haven't told
you yet" she said, timidly, ~ couldn't
write it, because l did not know it my
self at the time that appealed to you.
| am not so poor as everyone thought.
Poor, dear Walters mining ventures
have turned out better than any one
expected. a lawyer from the South
came to see me last night, and told me
that l am to have at least a thousand
dollars year"
"Eh?" said Elsa, almost incredu-
lousy.
at amt possible ?" Clipped Mrs.
Robbins.
and went on Mrs. Walter, 'if
you will allow me to live here and
share it with you"
NO." said Miss Elsa. 1--WE have no
right to it."
But" pleaded the widow, "you
were willing to share all that you had
with me?"
That's quite another thing" said
Elsa.
mo, it isn't" said Mrs. Walter.
ITS the same exactly. And 1 have
always longed for home in the coun-
try, and it is so lovely here; and-and
l feel that l love you already, and
should be miserable anywhere else.
Please-please let me stay!"
And what could Mrs. Robbins and
Miss Elsa say but "Yes."
And when the gentle widow retired
to her room. Miss Elsa looked at the
old lady, with tears in her eyes.
"Mother,' said she, you were right
Providence has provided. The moment
/ made up my mind to leave off caring
and planning, and trust in God, He has
laid blessing at my feet. think |
will never doubt or despair again.
Helen Forrest GTaccs
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-16
Boots and Shoes.

Exclusive of custom work and re-
pairing the number of establishments
in the United States in the census year,
1880, manufacturing boots and shoes
was 1859; they had an invested capital
of $42, 1874. ops; they employed 3,4S3
children and youths: 25, l22 females
above Is years of age; and 3d. 47 males
above 10 years of age; they paid $43,-
001 ,43S in wages. The material used
was: 6.S3l ,66l sides of sole leather;
2l,147, $50 sides of upper leather, in
Guiding calf, morocco and other skins;
35,960,6l4 pounds of other leather.
The value of materials used by these
factories was $l02,442,442. Their
product was as follows:
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-16

There are AIS street railway COM
panies in the United States and Canada,
which run an aggregate of $4,000 cars
per day.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-16

Senator Jones, of Nevada, is a men,
Der of a company that is going extern
sively into ostrich-farming in Arizona.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-16

Miss Elsa had made wafiles for sup
per, and had fried some fresh crullers,
brown and light as butterfly wings.
She had brought in the parlor-lamp,
and hunted up two little china mugs,
handleless, and with the gilt inscrip-
ton faded off, which had been hers and
her sisters, as children, long ago.
They'll please the little ones she
thought.
And Mrs. Robbins, in her clean cap,
sat smiling by the hearthstone, when
Walters widow came in, her black
dress powdered over with the SNOW
which had begun to fall at the gather
ing of dusk, and with the two little
girls clinging to her hand.
MY dear said Mrs. Robbins, "you
are wclcome-k kindly welcome-you
and the dear little girls -
And Elsa came in, her face softened
for the moment, and led them hospi-
tably to the fire.
Its a poor place. said she; 'but
mother is right-you are welcomed"
The children looked timidly around
at the black beams which traversed the
roof oyerhead-the deep-set windows,
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southern IndnsirIes.

Washington Special to Gin. Times Star.
The members from the South are
very much gratifed with the evi
dences of growth Of manufacturing
industries in that section. The CEN
sus developed some quite astonishing
facts a to their increase Of cotton
mills and other manufactures of this
nature, but their growth in the two
years past has been more phenomenal,
La Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama
and Louisiana this is especially true,
while 10 Texas the growth Of popula
ton and agricultural industries is
e%Gnally remarkable.
A gentleman recently from Atlanta,
in speaking Of this subject, said to
your correspondent that the growth Of
business and manufacture in the South
bad been remarkable in the past two
years. Throughout Georgia a large
number of manufactures of various
sorts have been put in opera
ton. The Cincinnati company, which
started a chemical works in Atlanta.
is finding its venture very satisfactory
10 its results. A member of the com
pany was recently here, and in a con
yersation with your correspondent
stated that the enterprise was having
great success. In louisiana and Mis-.
sissippi and Missouri the manufacturer
Of cotton seed oil are very large and
rapidly increasing.
Cotton mills are springing up in
Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina
and North Carolina has learned that
her mountain counties grow the fuesI
tobacco that this country can produce
and the great Tobacco Exposition to b.
held in that section next year is ex
pected to develop that interest to al
marked an extent as did the Cottor
Exposition tho interests of Atlantis
and vicinity. In South Carolina tn,
number Of cotton mills las increased.
the past two years, from IS to q. anC
the number Of spindles from SO, 1000 to
10000, and still the number steadily
increases.
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What Railroads Have Done for
ArkansaW.
Little Rock Garetta. d

LAtue ROCK dazette, Il.
We print in to-day's Gazette a COM
munication from Colonel Sam Tate.
IL is devoted to Arkansaw railroad
development. taken in connection with
the development of our internal re-
sources due mainly to the influence Of
railway construction and operation.
AS is well known. Colsnel Tate is one
otthe most capable railroad men in
the South, having been for more than
a quarter Of a century actively en-
gagged in constructing and operating
railroads. He not only understands
the subject treated, but his views must
be considered wholly disinterested, for
the reason that, as he explains, he
does not own a dollars worth Of stock
or bonds of auy railroad in our out OF
Arkanssw. His sole pecuniary in
terest in the State isreal estate, and in
his communication he gives the public
the benefit Of the observation and ex-
perienoe Of a most competent and i'm
partial witness.
The Arkansaw before the beginning
OF railway development, and the Ar
kansaw of to-day are contrasted. Sta.
t%istics, taken from official sources, are
employed. And their revelations can
not fail to impress thoughtful persons
that any legislation calculated TO arrest
the development started when Arkan.
saw could first claim the beginning Of
a comprehensive railway system would
be suicidal.
There is but one method of consid.
ering the railroad question. 1t should
be viewed from the standpoint Of
direct and indirect benefits to the
whole people, and not from the narrow
range Of a local prejudice. What was
Arkansaw when the whole State did
not possess one hundred miles of rail.
way? This was the condition between
1860 and 1870. What is Arkansaw
to day with about 1900 miles of rail.
road-529 completed in 1882? Iul87C
our total p pulation was 484,47l. Be.
tween 1870 and 1880 the railroad
mileage increased from SO miles tC
oO2 miles, and our population from
484,47l to 100000. The present esti
mated population is 100000; ans
since lSS0-only two years-railroaC
construction has increased from 8O2 Il
about 1900 miles. The construction
during the past two years equaled the
total railway building up TO that time
And With the era Of railway buildinl
began the rapid increase in the mum.
Der aud value oftillable acres Of land
and an increase in population who's,
rapldity has attracted the attention
of the whole country, and turned tn,
eyes Of capitalists aud Of persons de
string new homes to Arkansaw as |
State Of almost limitless possibilities
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-24

o. RofsE o. hssi Sg Yua alg be ID
like Circumstances.
Al this they perfectly selled sad
ran of In rOars of laughter, which.
strange conduct | could not account
for, except the giddiness Of youth.
Coming out after dinner, | found
my comrade in travels Neddy :
quietly feeding, aud instead Of sportive
tricks he recognized me on sight, and
any luminosity which | entertained
toward him was lest on seeing the
placid bon-honie Of his oouutensnee
So, giving ms paternal blessing to
the entire household, Neddy and
proceeded on our way.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-24

nsF sdiNeha msdlsiaN saFssly, etc,
lls rsR books, By ueg Edltlous; bellies
l%ettres, essays, monographs, etc 90
new books, IA new editions. miscel>
laneous, including pamphlets, not
sermons, 264 new books. 80 new
edItlons-total number Of new works,
3y1S; of new editions, 1146. Taken
together the number Of publications
issued is 5l24. This shows a slight
falling of in the production of books,
as last year the figures were 34l0 new
books 1886 new editions; total 5406
The Circular, however, remarks: 1T
Is not improbable that the real tslus
Of the literary works of1Ss2, whether
viewed from an Intellectual or from a
material standpoint, is superior to hal
Of its forerunners."
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Chancory Sale Of Real Estate.


Ne An2s R~-cksasss= Court Vi Shelby county
Lwm M sledge, admir-, VS.. Mary L Gar
ny virtue Of an intsrlOcutory decree for
~ SALE, entered in the above cause
on the 4th day Of January, 1872, NJ b ri.
p%el, will sell, at public auction, 10 The
highest bidder, In front OF tie clerk and
masters once, courthouse Of Shelby county.
Memphis, Tennessee, on
Saturday, January n, 1888,
within legal hours, the following desoribed
property situated In Shelby county, Tenn,
A certain tract, containing by estimation.
three hundred acres. more or less, bounded
on the north by the waters of Big Greek, on
the south by Big Creek aud Somerv'ue road.
on the east By the land Of WIN III Sledee. and
OF the west BY the land OF N II Person and
piek Yrenshaw. owned by defendant, Mary
Terms Of Saloon a credit Of six months.
note with approved personal security, Lieu
retained, resumption bsrred.
This January s., 1883.
X. J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By George Mallory, d. @. & NJ.
Taylor 4 Carroll, solicitors.
lC61I2 1lS 1874
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-24

~ the Courthouse In Memphis or Tasins
District Of shelby county, In Shelby county.
Tennessee, proceed TO sell, atpubiic auction
TO the highest bidder. for cash. the folIowinn
described real estate or 20 much thereof n
may DO necessary 10 pay the balance due ID
the benehciarlos In said trust deed ON me
notes therein described, via All that plan.
tatiOn and tract OF land known as 1.-THE Chill.
dross and Brown plantation" situate In Inc
county Of O0ahOma and State Of Missiseippi.
composed Of tho following parcels, tolwit;
The northwest quarter Of section two. he
north half Of section thu 90, lots one and two
and one third interest In lot six Of ~pcctlon
four, all in township twenty-sishi, range
four west, the southwest quarter Of section
twenty eifht, the east halt Of the ~southeas,
quarter Of section twenty nine; lot one, lw0,
seven, eight nine and ten In section thirty.
two, all Of section thirty. three % cent lot
fourteen, the weft halt Of the west half and
the sou beast quarter Of the northwest quar-
ter and the we9t half OF the southeast quarter
and the f0ntheast quarter Of the sonthoaEl
quarter and The east half OF tho southwost
quarter Of geetion thiftv, four, all 10 tnwhship
t~senty-nine Of range four wfst, and the east
hall Of section ~ e If towuihip tw nty. eight
N range four west. containing about twenty
three hundred and atty one acres, moro or
The title 70 tald property is supposed to Be
good. but 1 shall soil aud convey "a trustee
only. Sqle viii take place between II o'clock
an; and II D. N. ESTES, Tru.tes.
WI
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DY virtue Of The terms Of a deed in trust
- made 10 me by w J Ruleman and Amsn
da N kuleman, his wife, which is duly re-
corded in the Re gister' . office Of Shelby eoun-
y, Tennessee, in book No. 10, pages 6i7 and
b4S, TO secure certain Indebtedness therein
mentioned, the same being at due and un-
paid, and | being requested by the holde,
thereof to sell, / will sell TO the highest and
best Lidder, for cash, in front Of the Court
house door. In Memphis, Tennessee, on
Saturday, January "a, 1883,
at IL o'clock M, the following described real
estate, tc-wit: Lying and being In Shelby
county, Tennessee, and bounded as folloWs
first Tract-Beginning at a stake near an
elm, and running west 60 chains and 66 links;
thence south IS chains and 30 links; hence
east AZ ohains and "a links; thence south
chains and n links: thence east14 chains and
Is links; thence north 5 chains; thence north
~ deRfees west 6 chains; thence north
ia degrees east 5 chains;thenco north IS
des-ees sTgsss ! cs=.. an sc 90 huns, thence
north l5 degrees west 3 chains and 50 Links 10
the beginning, containing two hundred acres
Also thirty one acres tive roods and twenty
one poles, beginning at a large poplar and
running. west along the center Of tho Raleigh
and CoyiuRt0n road TO the east line Of " "a
Person tract, 8 cha n and so Inks: thence
south along the line % chains and 81 llnke,
theme east along the line OF the s A Young
tract q chains and IS links to the northeast
corner OF, said YOung's tract; thence along
the meanderihgs Of the branch that runs west
Of W r CampbelPs house to the beginning.
The title is believe to be perfect but / will
sell and convey only as trustee.
J. B. SCOTT, Trustee.
Memphis, Tenn., January 4, 1888, lH
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-24

Before Thopas Fleming, ]. p. foy shah.
county Ienn.-hoper a Flaniean' ri Il
League, Assignee, vs.. Nathan Cnmminrs.
~ thle cause, an attachment HAVING bcen
tued out under section 3tB Of the eode az
Ionneeaee, and returned levied imam ths
property Of the defendant, Nathan Cum
mlngs and afidaylt having been made that
aelsndant !, indebted 10 the plaintiffs In the
account, and that tho claim h lust. and hst
w aeiendant ~ Q non-resident Of the STAR
q Lenneseeei 10 y therefore ordered that said
defendant nake bis personal appearance he
49, o Ht SP me . DAY n February, 1883. at
main street. Memphis, Tennesses
ahe eelena AID attachment suit within az
SmS prsssriped ~ law. or tho same viii
~ piIseseSa Jltn SL;parte, and that a COPY
ioRt weeks ? the Public Ledger. o'A wv
hinssn the tth day Of i%snuary, isss.
@nAhtHd HOS. FLEMING. up,
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Land Sale.

In Supreme Court Of Tennessee at Jackson
The ttato Of Tenreaee and County OF
Shelby VI. Robertson Topp and others.
n pursuance Of the decree pronounced BY
i the Supreme Court Of Tennessee. at Jack
son, In this cause May 3, 1852, will offer for
sale, to the higbest bidder, In front Of the
Courthouse Of shelby county. in Memphis,
Tennessee, on y
Monday, February 10, 1888,
the real cstite mentioned and described In
tad deRree as follows
Lois2 q, %, Is. 26 and q Of block "a In South
Memphis.
Lot q in block II o. Tennessee street.
Lots l9, 20, % and q, block 81, south side Of
Jessamine street.
Lots 2. 3.!S, 9, 10, IL. II and IS In block 81.
SITUATED in Shelby county, Tennessee.
Terms Of tale-Cash.
jackson, Tenn. January l6 1888.
John IL FREEMAN, Clerk,
w. w. Mcdowell, solicitor. lis Ii
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-24

BE dress d m0aesl sHa Bis mshhzT
tetiring. Few who haze looked al
him, however, have failed 10 tealise
where his power has come from as an
administrator Of the higher Law. .
He is a type of Bret Harte's heroes.
aud a sober aud intelligent man would
as soon think Of c~ornering q tiger, as
OF putting Marshal Curry in a close
place. Mr.. Curry, who is here as a
witness In the Star route case, is said
TO have ono personally chastised
Dorsey.
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General Joe Johnston for Com.
missioner.
Commercial Gauotto Special.

NNmANtNia R"Aotb0 DpoVlhls
WASHINGTON, January 2l.--The
name OF Joseph II. Johnston has been
submitted to the President for Dis.
trict Commissioner. Among those
who recommended this appointment
are General Grant, General Beale, and
a number Of Senators ard members Of
the House and prominent citizens.
General Johnston is a property owner
and a resident here, and his appoint
ment would probably be received with
great favor. 1t is agreed by most that
the selection should be a Democrat,
as il was the understanding when the
bill passed providing for the present
form Of government, that it should be
non partisan, so far at least that one
Of the three Commissioners should be
a Democrat,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-24
NQn-Resident Nolice.

No. fY7T-In the Chancery Court Of shelby
County, ~Tenn.-Annio q Dorsey OF Al VS.,
Francis Higgins OF al.
IL appearing from affidavit in this cause
that the residence Of dofenant, Francis Hig.
gina, y unknown and cannot be a. cortained
alter diligent inquiry. that defendants Annie
] Palmer. Angelic Palmer and May IL pat
mer, IRE rosidon OF the State OF Illinoi,
and on-resldents. Of the state Of Tennessee
and that Arthur Murphy, Frank w Murphy,
Clara Murphy and 4 d Birchstt, gaardian,
are residents Of the State of Mississippi, and
pop-residents 81 the State Of Tennessee.
IL Ia therefore ordered that they make
their Appearance herein, at tho courthouse Of
bhelbycounty 10 Momphis, Tennessee. on OF
before the first Monday In March, 1888,
aud plogd, qngwor or dom'r TO complain
ant bill, " the same will be taken for
confessed as to them and set for hearing ex.
parte, aud that n COPY Of this order be
published once q week, for four Buocoasiye
weeks, In the Public Ledger.
This sd day Of January, 1883,
A COPY Attest.
X. J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
BY J. M. Bradley, d. o. 4 NJ.
Ia Ia iS3 100
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Monday, February 10, Issa.

the real estate mentioned aud described II
said decree as follows; Situated in the Tax,
ing District OF Soelby county, Tennessee, To-
OF Georgia street, on Dean avenue; RUNNING
thence south 40 feet 10 a stake; thence weSi
2l2 feet 10 the land Of j. N. Moon; thence
moth 90 feet TO a twenty-6ve-foot alley;ihene,
with the 80 th side Of said alley, 2l2 feet &
the beginning. being lot No. Ii Of the ". T.
Terms Of sale-0n a credis Of eight months,
the purchaser e~yecuting note with approved
personal security and a lien REFINED on thS
property to secure the payment Of the pur
cha'e money. Equity Of redemption barred
jackson, Tenn January 10, 1898
JOHN n. FREEMAN, Clerk.
TB Edgiugton, collector. 1l5 1911 i27 lS3
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-24

The Publishers Circular gives the
following particulars with reference to
the number Of new books and new
editions published in England during
the past year Theology, sermons, Biz.
licsl, etc., 500 new books, 1893 new
editions; educational, classical. and
pathological, 435 new books, 90 new
editions; juvenile works and tales.
III new books, 260 new editions; nov.
els, tales and other fiction, 306 new
books, VA new editions; law, juris-
prudence, etc, 81 new books, % new
editions political and social economy.
trade aud commerce, l45 new
books, AZ new editions; arts, science
and illustrated works, 26l new books.
80 new editions; voyages, travels. 0eol
graphical research, 204 new books.
40 new editions; history, biography
etc, 36l new books, 81 new editions;
poetry and the drama, 1853 new books,
q new editions; yesr books and Sc.
rails 10 volumes, 255 new books, IA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-24
An Epidemic of smallpox
Feared in New York.

Information was sent to the SAM
tary Bureau on Thursday afternoon
that Mary Kelleher, nineteen years
old, was i'll with smallpox at No. 222I
Second avenue. DIR. McUhesney, OF
the V~accinating Corps, went to the
house yesterday, and in tracing the
disease he learned hat Thomas Ma
hon, a carpenter boarding in the
house, was afflicted also. Mahon be
came a boarder there about six months
ago. On Sunday, December 81, he
became i'll, and a few blotches ap
peared on his face. No physician
was called to attend him, and he was
able to leave the house on the follow
ing Wednesday. He had no work
and be went to several places on sub.
stquent days, spending much Of his
time in liquor stores near his
boarding hou e. He also visited the
family OF jeremiah Kelleher, at No.
2228 Second avenue. Last Sunday he
attended church on One hundred
and seventeenth street, between
Fourth and Lexington avenues Pre-.
vious to his illness he spent a night
with a friend, Daniel Coakley, at No.
GIG Water street. lie also worked in
a tailor shop at Sixth avenue and
Fifty fourth street, where some re
pairs were in progress. DR.. McChes.
ney was not able to discover where
Mahon caught the smallpox, and nc
person except Miss Kelleher was
known yesterday to have been in.
feoted by him. Miss Kelleher and
Mahon were sent to the Riverside
Hospital.
The members Of the Vaccinatinr
Corps were engaged al day in vacci.
mating persons who were known Il
have been exposed. 1t is feared al
the Sanitary Bureau that an epidemic
Of Smallpox might be caused in the
city unless unusual precautions were
taken TO prevent a further spread OF
the disease. Mahon was in the most
contagious stage Of the disease when
he went about the oit5.
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colonel a. 2. curry Heard Prom.

Wash. Special. q, to Commercials Gazette.
At an entertainment given by a
brilliant Congressman tonight, was
present Mr.. A.P. Curry, now Marshal
Of Leadville, aud Chief OF Police Of
Memphis during the reconstrDctiop.
His coal black eyes, made undnly
prominent by prematurely gray hair
and black mustache, are the least
speaking attributes Of bis get up"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-24

As stages are quickly abandoned
with the completion of railroads, sc
the huge, drastic, cathartic pills, com.
posed Of crude and bulky medicines
are quickly abandoned with the intro.
duction Of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets" which are sugar.
coated. and little larger than mustard
seeds, but composed Of highly concen.
trated vegetable extracts. By drug.
gists.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-24
A Lady With Courage TO speeu.
late Wins.
Philadolphia pross, Deosmber ;

Philadelphia Press, December "a.
Miss Kingley, who resides in the
house Of Charles T. Yerkes, ST., a
former President Of tie Kensington
National Bank, No, l723 Master street,
Philadelphia, won a prize of $4,000
on investment of one dollar for a
tenth Of a ticket in the last Grand
Semi annual Drawing Of the Lopisi.
ana State Lottery, tent to NJ. A,
Dauphin, New Orleans, La.