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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-30
Saturday, August 4. 1sss.

within legal hours, the life estate osA NJ
Smith 10 the following described nropartv
situated in Shelby county, Tenn, to-Wit.
One lot in tho city of Memphis, besinning
at point at the intersection of Spring strsas
and Chsmberlayne place; running thence
eastWardly and parallel with Spring streef
ninety feet to a stake; thence torthwardiv
and at right angles with Spring street ninsty
feet to stake; thence westwardly and narai.
lei to Spring street ninety feet to CHAMBER.
layne place; thence south and parallei 10
Chamberlayne. place 30 feet 10 the plsne ~
beginning. being the west 80 feet OF lots
eight SS, nine (9) and ten 10, conveyed bv
Chsmberlayne Jones, jr., to N. j. Farris ~,
the 4th day OF April. 1867.
Also one lot beginning at q point on the
east side Of st. Martin street sixty feet sonth
Of the intersection If Vance and ST, Marin
street, and running thence east and parallel
with Vance street one hundred and fftv feat
to stake; thence south sixty feet 10 a stake.
thence west one hundred and fifty feet 10 ST
Martin street; thence north with ST. Martin
street sixty feet to the beginning.
Terms OF sale-un credit of six monlha
purchaser executing note with security. i;sr
retained, redemption barred. H'N
This July IA, 1883.
r. J. BLACK, @. andM.
By George Mallory. d. O. and M. "A'
I. d. Edgington, K. NJ. Heath and Johp r
ClOuRnt Sol Is. III 123 100 1QN
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Nervousness, debility and exhausted
vitality curod by Browns Iron Bitters.
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narsred at the Postofics IN Memphis Tenn
IS second-clsss mAttes.
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Ths subscription prioe Of the
DAILY PUBLIC LEDGER is So per
An IN and b0S PEI month for less
than one year. The WEEKLY
LEDGER is 81 per snnum-pOstags
Tree. Payable in advance invaria-
bly,.
Persons leaving the city for the
summer can order the DAILY LED
GER at 500 per month in advance,
with privilege Of changing posi-
Office.
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SaturaaY, Auaust 4, 1883.

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-Wit,
! Lot S, 0tey subdivision, about sH miles
southeast of the city Of Memphis fronting on
the south side Of Carnes avenue between
Cooper and Trszevant avenues, beginning at
the northeast corner Of q lot conveyed to A
B Treadwell and Edward Neiderer, in book
u. p $50, Registers Office, Shelby county,
thence east with south side Of Carnes avenue
1873 chains; thence south 29l chairs; thence
west "a chains; thence north 1869 chains 10
the beginning.
Also lot 2. John Cannovan's subdivision OF
lots 40, Al and ~ in the subdivision of the Coop
or tract W corner Of frezevant avenue and
the NJ and @ r. r, said lot fronting 100 feet
on the west side Of Trezevant avenue Dy 2Os
feet deep. See plat NJ book 80, page 70,
Also lot I, same subdivision, said lot 4 being
on west side Of TreEevant avenue 95K20s feet
:, Also lot ., Cooper's subdivision NJ and @
X r. 410x203 feet.
Terms Of Sale-0 n,a credit Of seven months,
purchasers executing notes with good secu-
rity, lien retained, redemption barred.
This June 20, 1883.
r ] BLACK. Clerk and Master.
By j M Bradley, D. O. u NJ.
VIM. M. Smith, II. H. Heiskell and @. W.
Heiskell, X. ID. Jordan, soils for complainant.
104 10 116 122 1913 1874
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New Advertisements.

UVHR UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSlpPI
AT OXFORD,
Tuition free 10 everybody but Law Students
L. This institution will open its next session
ATTN Sep ember, 1873,
The course Is complete, the Faculty ia large,
able and ehcient. '0l~''
The terms are very moderate
The whole lntttutionis open to both sexes.
For catalogues and information apply 10
General A. p. bTEWApT, Chancellor. I7l
llslRw H. N, SULLIVAN, Secretary.
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II M, August IS, 1888,

fer the erection Of an Insane Asylum for the
Eastern Division Of Tennessee. at Lyons'
View. near Knoxville. For excavation and
grading; for laying about 100000 brick in
Cement ali.. mortar. at s. per 1000; for lay
ing about 2,09Q,OSO brick in lime and sand
mortar at S--- per 1909. Thickness of walls.
y inches, 10 inches and 90 inches; wings OF
the building three stories high, and center
portion four storiel high. All exposed walls
to be Of pressed brick; inside walls to be GOOD
hai d brick
Plans and specifications can be seen at thu
ofice Of the directors on and after August 10.
1883, or at the Office Of W, II. Cusack, archi.
tect, Nashville, Tenn. The Directors reserve
the right to reject any or all bids.
R. b. ARMSTRONG
@. POWELL,
N. CAMPBELL, Experimenting Physician
lZi lSD l3l l85 1g7 1l1 IA
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MoSD1T EyEsIso, JUrt 90 1855
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Read What a Patient saws Of il /:
Notice to Contractors

CEALED PROPOSALS will DO received Al
- the Office Of the Directors, room No, l.
over First National Bank, Knoxville. Tenn,
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CAANCERY SALE
Real Estate.

h0aI Estate.
No. 1916, R -Chancery Court of Shelby oaur-
ty.James 0 Pierce and II + Dix Va, 1IeT
M Smith. 70 nAeA
RY virtue Of an interlecutory deeree for
~ sale. conferred in the above cause on the
7th day q December. 1882, in M B Sc, page 6si.
l, yill sell. At pub 10 auction, to the highest
office, courthouse of Shelby county, Memphis
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0n the 29tb of May Halleck hal
fairly invested Corinth, and his siege
guns we're up and in position. Beau
regard did not have an earthwork on
bis whole line that field artillery could
not have battered down, nor was there
one single point in his line which was
considered impFegnsble. 1t was pretty
conclusively shown when the Federals
finally occupied Corinth, that had
Halleck massed on his right and at,
talked sharply be would have doubt.
less broken through. Indeed, a sud
den dash by 10000 men at any point
on the Confederate line would have
tried it severely.
Halleck neither massed for q sud
den blow nor tried sudden dash. lie
was going to besiege Beaureeard. the
same IS il the Confederate troops had
been shut up 10 a walled city With %
line of retreat and no way 10 renew
supplies Of provisions. Having double
tie force OF Beauregard, behind in
trenchments equally as strong, Hal.
leck waited for attacks instead Of
making them, and for three or four
days routed ths army out upon The
slightest pretekt. "0n tha Goth day o
May he fully expected an attack 81
elong his lines, and that without fur
ther excuse than heavy picket firing
EyAcUAFIEo coRIETH.
Beauregard had known Cor days an,
weeks that be must fall back wheI
HSlleck moved up. The yalue o
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Centipedes and Scorpions.

When bedtime arrived I sought
my room which opened directly on
the street, and, not accustomed to re-
tire to rest in full view of the public,
L did rot take a lamp. Just before
turning in" however, wishing to
take a look at my couch I struck q
match, and in the Pickering light saw
suspicious object or the bed. Pulling
on my blothes again, I prepared a
light, and 10! to my horror, the OBJ
ject proved to be an immense cent?
pede in full vigor of poisonous life.
With the aid of many "Carajos!" and
"Carambas!" of a Mexican servant
of the house, L dispatched the vene-
NOUS reptile, and then after a careful
scouting of the bedding, reluctantly
composed myself to dreams of all
sorts of hideOus creatures.
My bed was hung with MOSQUITO
netting which completely enveloped
it; and when [ awOke in the morn
ing l counted more than a dozen
deadly scorpions clinging to the out
side of the light canopy. Several lay
u''on the walls, their g~littering eyes
sparkling like diamonds as they long
ingly watched the swarms of flies
buzzing around. Somewhat ashamed
to call for assistance, and not caring
to emerge from under the netting
while a lot of scorpions seemed to be
holding their sharp pointed and ven-
OmOus tails curled up in readiness to
strike me, 1 lay for a long time ru-
minating upon the p%rospectsof being
stung to death some day if I remained
in the country. AT last my servant
entered to summon me for breakfast.
Standing on a chair he unlocked the
canopy from its fastening overhead,
and gathering it in his arms, scor-
pions and all, shook it out the door.
Thus passed my first night in Aca-
pulca. Chicago Tribune.
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A NEEDED REST.

1t will he pretty generally conceded
that the man who does not knowthe
name of the gentleman who ran on
the Republican ticket last fall for
Delegate is unfit to discuss the Incl
dents OF the election itself. 1t is now
seven months since the election was
held. The Democratic candidate
wa elected by an honest and decisive
majority. The people throughout
tie Territory gracefully accepted the
verdict rendered at the polls. Charges
of illegal voting were not made save
by N or two distempered Republi.
can journals, but the Grand Juries of
the several counties took no notice
of them, and the election,
its attendant heat and excitement,
and even the name of the Republican
candidtte, have all been forgotten, or
at least have ceased to be a matter of
contention. Yet we find the poor
old granny of the Inter Mountain
mumbling over WORKOUT, stale
charges of fraud at the last election.
They have all been met and dis
proved long ago, and 10 one but a
pronounced crank or one whom
senility has robbed Of. eason would
make them the basis of lenpthv edi.
torial drivel at this late day. Life is
too short and time too precious for
wide-awake, earnest men to waste
either in reading the grooming of the
Inter Mountain granny on "EIecto-
raj Methods" Give your readers a
rQSt
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Miscellaneous.

CHICAGO, June 5.-Miss Julia Kahn,
daughter to the Hebrew millionaire,
David M. Kahn. was married at LIE
lands hotel this evening to Irving
Bernheimer, OF New York, a relative
OF Seligman, the banker.
PARIS, June Sit is said that the
principal object of the Cabinet Coun-
Gil today Was to examine into the
causes OF the rupture with China. A
plan for a campaign against China
was supplied by an officer familiar
with the country.
SUSPENSION BRIDGE, n. Y. June 5.
during Il performance of Nathan's
circus this evening the canvas was
struck by a terrific rain squall and
was utterly demolished. About 1.5OO
persons were in the tents and a terri
BILE panic ensued. A large number
OF persons were injured though none
fatally.
LONDON, June 5.-Lord Roseberry
has resigned the office of Under Sec
rotary OF the home department. The
Right Honorable John Tomlinson
Hilbert, member Of Parliament for
Oldham, and parliamentary secretary
for the local government board. is ap.
pointed Lord Rosebery's successor.
The resignation is due to the recent
expressions of feeling in the House
Of Commons that the Under Score
ta,y should be a member of that
cl amber.
The informers, Kavanagh and
Hanlan, were sent to England from
Dublin yesterday.
CHICAGO, June AT a Land
LIE que ratification here tonight
large subscriptions were made for the |
ParnelI testimonial fund.
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Church Divisions.

The late conventions of Presbyteri-
ans of the North and South nave
been bearing good fruit, and it is
thought the two branches will be
once more united at an early day.
Speaking of the chances of the union
the Boston Journal says:
The movement toward the reunion
of the Presbyterian Church North
and South makes progress but slow
~. The religious division over the
slavery question, which antedated
by some years the political division,
seems more enduring and difficult
to bridge; and eighteen years after
the surrender of the last armed force
of the Confederacy we have still a
Presbyterian Church North and
South and q Methodist Church
| North and South, and reconciliation
between the several branches of
| these two great churches remains an
unaccomplished, though every year
a more ardently desired, fact. There
| has been a considerable advance in
fraternal feeling, but the way to an
organic union seems to be blocked by
an unwillingness to acknowledge,
even tacitly and by implication. the
errors of the past. One of the three
southern delegates at the assembly of
the Northern Presbyterian Church
at Saratoga Rev. DR.. Brown of
Fredericksburg, Va.-announced it
as his conviction that organic union
between the two bodies is impractic-
able, because it cannot be brought
about without an admission of error
at the beginning OF the disruption.
He declared that differences and op-
posite feelings, such as make reunion
expedient, continue to exist in the
two churches. To illustrate this, he
spoke of the formal visit paid BY the
members of the last general assembly
to the tomb of Abraham Lincoln,
and then asked: If this assembly
were meeting near the tomb of Gen.
Stonewall Jackson or Gen. Lee.
would they be willing to visit either?
To his evident surprise, and some
what also to his confusion, the uues-
ton was received with shouts of
eyes, yes," from all parts of the
house and q storm OF applause. Of
the two other southern delegates,
both advocated reunion, saying that
they wanted the dead past to bury
its dead. The preparation of this
dividing line between these bodies Of
Christians is not a pleasing spectacle.
1t weakens the power Of churches
which are one in faith and practice
and ought to be one in sympathy
and endeavor. 1t leaves the world
to infer that religious quarrels are
nursed more re1entlessly and relin-
pushed more reluctantly than secu-
lar. For religious divisions and
separations which are occasioned by
different views of truth, it is possible
to entertain respect, however much
n may d~eprecate them ; but a
division over a question which is
twenty years dead and buried seems
to imply more obstinacy than grace.
1t would be an edifylng and whole
some spectacle if these churches
would follow the example of the
Apostle Paul in forgetting the things
which are behind, and pressing for
ward together to those Things which
are before,
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The Chicago Novelist.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Heaven help me-"
Refine McCIoskey looked up with q
startled expression in her deep, fawn'
like ewes as these words reached her,
and as her glance met that of George
w. Simpson she saw, or fancied that
| she did, a look of q hunting fear and
nameless terror pass over his face,
| while the hand that held her own
seemed to tremble slightly, and the
| finely chiseled lips quivered as if in
pain.
"You are ILL.," she said, placing bel
hand upon his arm and looking
up wistfully at the face of the man
she loved SO well.
For an instant he did not reply.
Then bending tenderly over her un-
til his lips were almost touched by
the coronal Of sunny hair that her
father had agreed to pay for next
month, he kissed the fair white brow
upturned to him.
"You love me, sweetheart" he
asked.
"Better than life," replied the girl,
drawing still closer to him, and strok-
ing with a gentle touch his hand
some face, which was hot and fever
ish-"but you are really not we'll.
Let us go into the conservatory where
the air is purer."
NO." said George, "let me sit here
beside you for a few moments. You
have said that you loved me, RENE.
Is that love the mere ephemeral pas
sion of a girlish fancy, or is it a true,
deep, holy affection that will go on
and on forever and ever. each day
that dies on the horizons purple
rim making it more steadfast and
binding"
For answer she placed her hand
again within his own, and a. she
looked up to him he saw that the
beautiful brown eyes were suffused
with tears. "You are cruel to ever
doubt my love, darling," between
the sobs that made her words sound
like cider coming out of a jug-"far
more cruel than you know. No mat
ter what betides, I shall always love
you, and your smiles and caresses be
ever to me as the gentle dew that
kisses into new life the parched and
withered flowers of an August day.
Nothing in the wide, wide world can
shake that love-
mot ever misfortune, or a bitter
disappointment?n he asks.
"Nothing!" exclaims the girl.
''But why doyou ask?" and her rud-
dy cheeks become ashen with a sud-
den fear. "What has happened?"
BE brave, my precious one," he
murmurs, while Refine sits there in
silence, every feature strained in
intense agony, awaiting his next
words.
1--WE are engaged for the next
dance, I believer" he says.
"Yes," is the answer.
ut is the racquet"
ut is"
II cannot dance with you, my dar-
"Wby?" she asks, rising from the
tauteuN and looking at him in
CHASTITY horror.
Because" he replies in low ago.
nized tones, "you have stepped on
my corn"
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Story of Gov. Murray.

The Army and Navy Journal pub
fishes the following story, creditinp
it to "Gov. Eli Murray of Utah.H
We reproduce it for what it is worth:
II never shall forget the amount of
money 1t cost us to keep al old wom-
an from crying herself to death. OF
course we were obliged to subsist off
the country as We went along, and
we naturally took the best in sight.
One day we took possession of q
chicken ranch kept by an old LADY,.
who stood at the gate with a broom
and threatened to lick all of Sher-
mans forces if they did not move on
Now, chickens were considered
officers meat; and as we were in
formally hungry We went for those
hens pretty lively. When she saw
that her favorite fowls were being
caught and killed, she keeled right
over and began to cry. Presently
she began to scream and finally YOU
could hear that woman's voice clear
TO Atlanta. 1 sent the surgeons in to
quiet her, but they failed and then
the officers took turns, but the more
attention paid her, the more she hol-
lowed: 1 then got pretty nervous
e the Internal noise, because the
whole army would hear it, and thew
might suppose somebody was tortur-
ing the woman.
Finally, Sherman rode up and ask
ed what it was all about. When we
told him, he said: Give her a
bushel of Confederate bonds for her
hens, and see if that won't stop her.
Acting on this hint, I proceeded to
business. We had captured a Con-
federate train the day before, with
-, OOO,O 600 of Confederate money: and
[ hunted up the train at once. The
money was worth about two cents on
the dollar. Well. I stuffed about
$500, 600 in an old carpet-sack and
marched into the house.
Madam said L, opening the sack.
'Ill give you $500, 600 to quit this
1t was still as death in a
minute, and then her face expanded
in a broad smile. I laid the package
of notes on the table; and 1 never
saw SO delighted a woman"
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Thumb Portraits.

If the "ball,n or cushion-like- sur
face of the top jeint Of the thumb, be
examined, it can be seen that in the
center-as, indeed, in the fingers
also-is a kind of spiral formed of
fine grooves in the skin. The spiral
is, however, rarely, If ever, quite per-
fect-there are irregularities. or places
where lines run into each other here
and there. Examining both thumbs,
it will be seen that they do not ex-
actly match ; but the figure on each
thumb is the same through life. If
the thumbs Of any two persons are
compared, it will further be found
that no two are alike. There may
be, and generally is, q family re-
semblance" between members of the
same family, as in other features;
there are also national Characters
tics; but the individuals differ. All
this is better seer by taking "proof
Impressions" of the thumb. This is
easily done by pressing 1t on q slab
covered with q film of printers ink,
and then pressing it on a piece of
white paper; or q little aniline dye,
Indian ink-almost anything-may
be used. The Chinese take advan-
tage of all this to identify their inn
portant criminals, at least in some
parts of the empire. We photograph
their faces; they take Impressions
from their thumbs. These are
stored away, and, if the delinquent
should ever again fall into the hands
of the police, another impression at
once affords the means Of COMPARE
son. The Chinese say that, consider
ing the alteration made in the
countenance by hair and beard, and
the power many men have of distort-
ing or altering the actual features,
ETC., their method affords even more
certain and easy means of identified
ton than our plan of taking the
criminals portrait. Perhaps we
with advantage take a lie # out
of their book World Of Wonders.
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Ar Extremely Considerable Illus.
band.

A Miss Wampton, a beautiful
young lady, and a wealthy young
farmer named Rockton were married
in Arkansas. The young LADY
would not have been termed a chap
ply BRIDE" She had never loved
Rockton, and only married him to
please a widowed mother.
II will obey you," said the girl,
"but I do not even like Mr.. Rockton.
There is nothing in sym pathy be-
tween us. He is wealthy; but, while
poverty always brings misery, vet
wealth does not always bring happi-
less. You know that / am devoted
to Tom Rosemond, and that he is de-
voted to me; but if you. as my moth
Ell, command me, I will obey, even
though the effort cost me nv life as
we'll as my happiness"
The ceremony was performed.
ROsemend, who would have been
the girls choice, left the neighbor-
hood. Rockton and his wife began
keeping house. Six months after
ward E.osemond returned and sent
Mrs. ROckman a note, begging an
interview. She showed the note and
her answer OF refusal to her husband.
He kissed her as a reward of fidelity.
Rockt0n was taken sick with swamp
fever and when about to die he said:
"YOu have been a faithful wife.
Nine women out of ten would have
run away long ago. I have always
known that you loved Rosenond. I
have sent for him. I want you to
marry him before I die so that I can
see the ceremony"
"That would not be legal" an
swered the wife, "fsr I cannot marry
another man so long as you are liv-
swell, but I want him here so I
IAN see that the ceremony is pei
Immediately after I am
Rosemond and a preacher were. |
sent for. They arrived. Reckon
yasped and motioned. The marriage
party approached the bed. Rockton
placed the hands of the lovers to-
gasped and died. The
preacher raised his hand, and the
overs were married.-LitNe Rock
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ALIAS SUMMONS.

In the Justices Court, Township and County
of Silver Bow, Territory OF Montana, before +.
A. Nichols, Justice Of the Peace.
Catherine Needinhofen, plaintiff, VS.. George
W. Powell, defendant:
The people Of the Territory Of Montana send
greeting to George ". Powell, defendant.
YOU ARE HEREBY required to appear at my
Silver Bow, and Territory Of Montana, within
ten DAYS after the service Of this summons, ex-
elusive Of the day Of service, and answer the &C.
sI,m of eight and M-lOO dollars alleged to be due
and owing from you to plaintiff, for goods, wares
and merchandise sold and delivered to you at
your instance and request.
to appear and answer said complaint as above
REQUIRED, the said Plaintiff will take 9 Judgment
BY default against you, for the sum of Eight and
S0-1OO Dollars and cost of suit.
1884 E. A. NICHOLS,
23may sw 5w Justice Of the Peace.
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Northern Pacific Items.
From the Herald of the 18Th

Tracklaying progressed favorabIy
yesterday, the rails last night being
down to a point some rods west OF
the Half Way House, about twelve
miles east of Helena.
High water in the Missouri having
weakened the Bedford bridge, a
force of men are at work. adding to
the protection of the structure by
dumping rocks about the base of the
pile bents. Rails and other material
are in sufficient quantity west of the
river to keep the construction force
employed until trains are safe in
crossing with more.