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Attachment Notice.


Before ]. NJ. Coleman. ]. 70, Gu
Z II Neil. H-ht"lne VS.
TINS cause an attachment having besp
4 sued out unoer section 3l55 of The Code ~
nsdHss,S and returned levied upon the
R n0 haey Oi 5ne defendant, and affidavit hav
the plaintiff in, the sum Of "a Sp ~
~ account and that the claim is inst and
5 sa the defendant is a mon. resident al tbS
state q Tsnnessee; it is therefore ordstsS
Sssy Sala defendant make his personal aT-
1883, at 10 o'clock am, at NV oi'cs ~ NJ "a
9msdison street, Memphis, Tennessee. az
ueIend said attachment suit within fba tjua
prescribed hy law, or the same win Ia 1 MY
tsssg9e9 With ex paTte; and that . copy Sf
weeks IN the Public Ledger. 'A ''' iouR
q, Lbs ~ 81 me be zlst day Of March. 1888.
~ 20 % oo j N COLEMAN 10
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Entered at the Postohice in Memphis, Tenn.
as seeond-class matter. &
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Menlphia ana UharIeaton.
MIBainBIppl ana Tenneasoo.


New Orleans Mail daily 1875 Pm 1910 a.ra
Sunday. .............. 49,. 3.l5 pm 500 am
Freight train. car'g p'g'sl $50 a m 100 pm
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MemphIs ana Little Rock.

5. L. FINLEy, Ticket Agent.
A. Y. STEVENS, Pass. Agent.
3S7 Main Street.
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RAILROAD ITINERARIES.

0heaapeaEe, ohio 4 southwestern
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MEMPHIS, Tenn.
MSslroacs.

ARRIVAL. and Dopartures Of Ksil..
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Express daily ................. II 10 m. 44O
Mail, dsily..,............,... SIS s.In. 20 pm
Through Passenger A.
cOmmodation......... 500. l0:40 o. m. $40 pm
Brownsville Accom- DIN
daily lexcept Sundaysh A.55 Pm. S.25 am
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LoulavilIe ana NashViiIs lsaIiroad
(City Time.l LHAvR. ARRIVE.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21

been haunted by q singular present
rent ever since the moment I first
caught glimpse of you70 I..s
What is it?n asked she, smiling.
That you viii one day be my wife, 2
Iexclaimed with bold emphasis of con-
victian and determination.
Nora burst into the merriest o flaughs,
and at the same moment turned into the
little path which led down from the door
of a rose-wrealhed cottage. young
and handsome gentleman advanced
hastily to meetus and Nora, with the de-
murest of mjschievous smiles, courtesied
low, as she resented her husband /
saw the look Of mingled coouetry, mis-
chief and curiosity which she stole at
me from under her down-cast lashes; I
saw the difficulty she had to- suppress
the merriment--l saw what a fool l had
heen making OF myself, and. turned
precipitately to fly. -:
Morals pent-up laughter now burst
forth; peal after peal rang on the air,
and l heard my tormenter call after me:
"nray, pray, Sir Angler, return, and
will show you my babyw
Well, ladies and gentlemen, IT'S twen-
ty years from that day to this; bat I'm a
bacheloryet, and suppose always shall
be; for [ am as far off as ever from find
ing my ideal.
cannot say the adventure / have
narrated hz d any very lasting effect up
on me-and yet it had though; for since
that same summer afternoon I have new
er gone angling; and if ever chance to
see silly girl padding her feet in the
water, run as if ten thousand girls were
alter me.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21

Plenty yes! kept all the dogs in the.
neigh borhood leanstrving TO suck the
them as The. hens laid them"
did your hens lay SO FAST:
oh, no, not my hens-llo, these were
the grocery mans hens-my hens had
their hands full a setting. Why. i had
me hen that sat for four weeks under
barrel, in q tab of water, that never laid
an egg in her life. Another sat on q
screH driver and q monkey wrench in g
horse trough for fortnight, and SO de-
termined was she to become mother
that six ROSTERS with q peck of worms
couldn' tstempt her to move We final
| iy concluded It Was cheaper and more
convenient to bny eggs then wait for an
other generation of chickens so the
grocery man was called in. To really
enjoy country life and get health, pure
air and lots of mud, a man never wants
to go beyond the suburbs He must
keep within hearing of the street car
drivers whistle and tin peddler's voice.
He must carry home a market basket
every night and then occasionally bun
die of brooms and ham and when he
sits down on the back porch at eve, with
a towel over his bald head to keep the
| mosquitoes off, he will think with fond
| ness unimaginable Of those $40 apiece
| roasting ears and IS tomatoes that his
| wife and the gardener are going to raise
| next summer if his. purse holds out.
"15ave you bought your ticket to the
! gymnasium yet??''
"No"
"Well, don't do it. Go and buy you
| place in the suburbs"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21
The Delights of Country Life.

From the CINCINNATI Commercial Gazette
"Hello, Mr.. Spivkins, moving again??'
"You see me here amid the debris of a
once happy home,' replied Splvkins
But my wife called the dance, so !
grabbed the coal scuttle and swung in
for another cotillion with the furniture
van. The twins and the canary bird
are coming with the next load"
'Been living in fats again." asked the
news man.
"Oh no! Flats are not lofty enough
now. My wife grew ambitious. She
wanted place in the suburbs, one of
those fifteen minute walk from the
train Swiss cottage, gable ended country
mansions, with every modern conven-
fence aad lots of expense. where we
would be free from the dust aud dirt of
the city, have plenty of butter and eggs,
fresh air and goat for the children"
=" And you had goat?' s.1ss, y !
@#''Oh, yes, we had several; one wasn't
enough" e r.. ....s
Flows that" ~. ~: - fS
"Why, it was too exhausting upon one
to keep all the trees in the neighborhood
barked. eat up all the old boots, hoop
skirts and tramp down all the adjoining
gardens, and not liking to show any par
TALLY among neIshbOrs,s or prejudice
against this particular goat, got Sc YER
al to assist him." 5.4
# And the butter and eggs? You had
plenty, I suppose?" .5=
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21
A SPANISH FANDANGO.

Around the sawdust ring she rode
This comedy circus rider: Il
Alfenso's cheeks with pleasure gioWed NJ
Whenever he espied her.
In sooth he owned he was no churl,
And didn't see the harm ia
TOmiooling with this pretty girl
This Seiorita Carmen, g IL
The Queen, fear, is up TO snuff
IA I pri'the, don't defy Ter, = 81 81 81. 5Ss%s
Advised certain eonrtier grufF 81
Don Pedro IT. Maria. I
Alas, the King was gone too far II
For sober second thanking; # ii
He tipped the girl i trarl e la +
With multitarious winkIng. 0 II
Then did the Queen, IA lfonso's bride.
Strsightway wax hot as fire, ,3a
And called the courtier to her side
Don Pedro II. Maria. r.
''Oh, take me from this dreadful place.
The lady gan TO below; * .
'''I'L lock nc more upon his face
The horrid, horrld fellow!"
b s'But stay you, ma'am, the king hath eyes,
And can not helr admire ',
In palllation then replies I #2SS><
Don Pedro II. Maria. ...
But no, she was of stubborn mind;
So, scorDiDg ifs and Eiay hes,
And leaving King and Court behind,
She slipped with beth her babies.
Then made the Court vast ado,
Loud walled the royal sire; =,
And long repined the courtier, too
Don Pedro II. Maria. Eugene Field.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21

s didn't promise nuthin' about side
shows, observed Perry, as they edged
along with. the Grove. Here's them
wild men of Bunkio or Barney-oh, or
some such place in Europe. pve altuss
said I'd see 'em ifI got q chance.
t1a Perry Baker, are You dem nted?'
she asked. y OH let me catch you
sneakin' into side-show and Eli never.
live with you another day. Z. s<.@
The dulcet tones of lemonade stand
now fell upon their ears, and the old
man was licking his chors and bearing
off in that direction when his wife
checked with him: 3 r NV.
What you after now! sTa:nt five
minutes since you swallowed pint OF
Icold.tea, and you amt a bit thirsty! Per.
ry, don't you undertake to sneak out Of
your solemn promised .: :l~.% &
The couple got al ing down to where
| the living ske Teton and the fat woman
and great contortiorist held out: ~: j.
Fright this way, old man? This is
is your ony chance to see living man
weighing only So poundsW 4 %,@:s."
"I'm a comin'!" Shouted Perry, in re-
'Nota rod-not foot!' said his wife,
! as she seized his arm. WE 81. - u
| PIN a-goin' to see that skeletoni if it
| takes q leg! It's the first chance ever,
| had, and it may be the last!,' - :Ea
| But he didn't go in. She walked him
aside, lodged two peanut stands,
crawled under two wagons, just missed
a snake exhibition aud held hi.n up on
the outskirts Of the crowd, and calmly
remarked:
"You promised and promised, and
now you want to break it. Perry Baker,
we're goin' back hum, and when we get
out past the tollgate you and I will ha e
a settlement"
whats the harm in circus, Mary?"
| he argued.
"'lt's the principle Of the thing. It's
setting 9 bad example and wastin'
money. Come along?'
'Say, let's 60 clear around this tent"
! 'Not rod"
Lets have one glass of lem onade?'
| Mot a swaller, Perry, You come
| hence!"
| lie crossed to the wagon with her, and
she climbed in. While she was lifting
herself up he bolted, and when she
turned around he was gone. She stood
up and called him by name as loud as
she could yell until a policeman ordered
her to stop, and then she got down and
said to boy about Is years old:
''Bub, want you to come with me.
My old man has cut loose, and he'll
never stop seeing wild men and living
skeletons and tat women and red lemon
AIDE as long as he's got cent left"
| "How much'll ye give?"
'I'll give We quarter, if we find him.
| | want to steal upon him before he
knows it. I want to find him in front
of the only Demonstration on the North
! American continent, an want to open
a performance which will discount this
circus all holler.''
She was last heard of at the door
the circus. Having failed to find him
| elsewhere she was about to pass in when
the ticket taker objected.
| ''But I'm looking for Perry"
| Cant help it ma am"
Il wont be in only long enough to
lead him out"
| Cant go ia without ticket, ma'am-
| don't get in the way!"
| won't you find out if Perry is in
| there?" she persisted
"Can't leave the door, a'am-better
get a club and wait for him! Fall back
fall back tickets off this sidev'-De-
| troit Free Press.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21
That Wicked Telephone.

From the D stroit Free Press.
81 guess I hat my telephone took out
Of my house," said a resident of the east.
ern part of the city as he took seat be-
side Manager Jackson the other day.
"Anything wrong?"
eyes, eafrytings is wrong" mas the
dolefll answer.
"Perhaps the battery needs more
water?"
:'Vhel1, maybe so, but I doan keep
no track of dot. You see, vhas down
to my peesness g. good deal. In der
morning, after vhas gone a leed]e while
somebody rings aboudt sixteen hundred
times and scares ny old vhoman half to
death. She asks Who vhas dere, and
somebody answers: "Hello! Shake, vhas
dot you? Say, Shake, how aboudt dot
leedle gal dot wrote you dot letter? Ha
hal ha! Und dot makes my wife 50
madt dot she shumps oop und down und
pulls her hair, and when I comes HON {
she goes for me like some tigers. Vhas
dot dere right vhay to pull up some
shobs on q MANI"
mo, of course not"
"Und pooty queek after dot some
body else rings up my bouse two tous-
and times, und my vhife almost faints
aveay. When she asks who vhas dere
somebody answers: Say, Shake, I saw
you riding out nit your vhife on der
Lyke road last Sunday! Doan' be afraidt
Il doan' give him avail Und den my
White vhas madt enough to bust in two,
und when comes home she sthrikes al
me NIT ter teapot. Do you call him tel
ephone convenience"
Il call 1t shame, sir.''
"Vhell, some odder times SOMEBODY
goes OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES like tunder,
und my White was as pale ash a bed
quilt. She thinks dot vhas some occdent
to me, or some st2ampoat blowed oop
NIT her sister. Her heart beats like il
would shump out on der floor, and when
she asks who vhas killed somepody an
sEers: fish dot Shake? Say, Shake, how
much you gift dot policeman to keep still
on you, eh! All! dot vhas fine racket,
Shake, but il de old vhomans drops on
it you vhas gone oop like some Glide
roy''s kite" Den my White she vhas
madt some more, und she packs oop her
trunks, und she vhas all ready to 20
when I comes home. Vhas dot some
= more convenience by electricity"
; shall certainly look into the matter.
Such things must be stopped.
sometimes somebody softly
rings, shust like cats, and my vhife
wants to know who vhas dot Me! Who
vhas ne2 Katie! Who vhas Katie? Why,
Shake, doan' you know that little von-
ans you met on der boat? Say, Shake,
how vhas der oldt vomans today? Und
how vhas dot on me when I goes home?
Und how can / make my vomans belief
{ vbas in my saloon all del time. and
dot / doan' know some Vidder vomans
from a load Of hay? tell you, Mis-
ter Shackson, dot telephone breaks up
my family if doan' look. oudt. Eafrey
? day it is hello! Shake md eafrey eve n
ing when I comes home it is some more
crying and talking like I yhas the worst
man in Detroit Il. III
He was promised speedy and perma-
nent relief, and as he backed upstairs
to the sidewalk, he said 81. B. ..s s
VheH, dot makes me feel like vhas
happy. &c somebody wants to hello!
Z Shake!' on me. let him come to my saloon.
81 glf him some teleph hone convenience
SO he sllas lame for six months!
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21

says James. .8s
EEL you'd better 90 down and lock
II, for heard some one in the back
yard last night us. Il. $.=# I'll.
Accordingly James paddles down
time James returns, and is going to bed
she remarks: =ss 81 & 81 IL. s.s=3 .
81 Did you shut the stair-door?" S Il
Z Mo- saws James. ~ EE 5s3 :@
Well, if it is not shut, the cat will gel
up into the chamber ..z 4
s, !" Let her come up, them" says James.
il-naturedly. Il ...s. T.
/ M ysgoo dness, nor returns his wife;
she'd suck the baby's breath" ...
Then James paddles down stairs again
and steps on a tack, and closes the
stalr-door, and curses the cat, and re.
turns to the bedroom. Just as he oegins
ito climb into his couch, his wife Oh
serves: .t.S 5...sz$. 49, = &
II forgot to bring up some water
Suppose you bring up some in the bis
tin" Il. =: L : ...szs. r. -. ... n =.
And so James, with muttered curse
goes down into the dark kitchen, and
falls over chair, and rasps all the tim
ware off the wall in search Of the "big'
tin, and then jerks the stair-door open
and bowls: ~ 'ss. 2
"Where the duce are the matches?'
She gave him minute direction where
to find the matches, and adds that she
would rather 60 and get the water her
self than have the whole neighborhood
raised about it. After which James find:
the matches, procures the water, anc
comes up stairs and plunges into bed.
Presently his wife SAYS:
Nov James, let's have an under,
standing about money matters. Now
next week I've got to pay"--
81 don't know what you'll have to pay
and don't care" shouted James, as he
lurches around. and jams his face agains
the wall; sail I want is Sleep"
''Thats all very we'll for you," snaps
his wife, as she pulls the covers vicious
ly; "you never think Of the worry anC
trouble have. And there is Araminta
who | believe ia taking the measles"
''Let her take 'em" says James
Hereupon, she begins to cry softly
but about the tire James is falling int {
a gentle doze, She punches him In thu
ribs with her elbow, and says:
did you hear that scandal about Mrs
Jones?"
"Where?" says James, sleepily. !
"Why, Mrs. JONES'"
"Where?" inquired James.
II declare" said his wife, ''you art
getting more stupii every day: You
know Mrs. Jones, that lives at No. FL
Well, day before yesterday Susan Smitl
told Mrs Thompson that Sam Barker
had said that Mrs. Jones bad"
Here she pauses and listens. James
is snoring in profound slu'nber. With {
snort of rage, she pulls all the covers of
him, wraps up in them, and lies awak'
until two a. M, thinking how badly use<
she is. And that is the way the married
woman goes to sleep.-Ex
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21
Perry Visits the CIRCUS
't&ft52 IlES5
G.lsl -, s-el =
.asis.

At half past eight o. lock Monday
morning an aged coup III os had driven
4 y miles 70 see the circus, tched their
team near the western Haymarket
hen old Dobbin had been scored
they moved across to- the big tent, and
the woman said:
!. Now, Perry, don't get excited. "a
circus is 9 circus the world over We II
go slow and ee eVeryt thing on the out
side, and then jog back hu M
..s55ss hlebbe we'll go II, q eplied the old
man J. s ssS Is
sM ebbe We on Il q Oh solemnly
promised me over and over again be-
fore, we left mum that YOU M ,lld n' { %
lin, and shall hold YOU ia. III. Sd
look purity ia d circus, would 4, / NE?
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21
How Married Woman Goes to

Instead of thinking what she should
have attended 70 before going to be bed
she thinks Of it. afterward. Willie she is
ire volving these matters ii her mind,
and while saugly tucked up III bed, the
old man IS scratching his legs IN front 81
the fire, and Wond ering how he will pay
the next Month s rent. Sud- emily she
Iexelains;;
James, did you lock the door,
w hich door, says James. 8ss
The cellar door says she.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21

When Grant g.became president some
friends, knowing Ills taste for high favored
tobacco, sent an order to Havana for 4, 900
Of the largest and strongest cigars thai
could be made, cost being 10 consideration.
They were duly sent, when the order was
completed, to New Yorlz and cost without
duty $500 thousand, Or 80 cents apiece
They were SO strong, however, as not 10 be
smokeable even by the general, and he had
to give most of them away to any OF his
friends who would accent fhar
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21

Had been caned: your crop seems
to be considerably in the grass" said
passer-by to negro who sat on fence.
Yes, sab, General Green's dun got it."
"Did you overplant vourselt?' "No,
sab, planted bout huff" why didn't
you pillow it?" .'tWite tuck sick. She
does de plowin' fur dis place." What
% you 5do?'s' 4'What does I do? {
breaches; OATS what does Eff Provi-
dence comes along an makes de 'oman
sick, I kain't he p it, Is been called, I
has. "A rkansaw Traveller.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21

Gen. David G. Swain, judge advocate gen.
eral Of the armyshas been asked as to his op-
inIon Of the power to try retired officer of
the army by court martial during time Of
pence, q Question upnnswhic many officers
seriously disagree. Hes Us there is undoubt-
ediY sucn ans aSrffy, but when asked as to
rhe possibility OF nfcnurt martial being or
dered to trys Mas Nackerson, on charges
growing oHt O /, Il. queer matrimonial COM
plications, Gen. SWa ID said that it Waspro-
habIe that no charge ofa military offence
could be brought against that officer.
The daily gazette., 1883-02-09
srIpMAM 8 SONS SAFES.


The following sales are announced by L.
w. Stidham Il Son:
February
TO- b. Nields, trustee, city.
10. George l.. Denney, Gibsons stables,
city.
H. S.ll & Bailey, Red Lion, Pa.
13. Thomas Williamson, near CentreVile
IA. Estate of II. Spruance, Smyrna.
IL. Edw. Mcdowell, Christiana hundred
Is. Evan Brown, ut Southwood.
Is. Amos W. House, Chadd'a Ford, Pa.
Is. j. IL. Hofiecker, trustee, city.
10. l.. +. Adair, Wilmington, Del.
II. Chandler's estate, Newport
10. William B. Weldin, Appoquinimink
hundred.
20. Jacob Casho, White Clay Creek.
%. j. I. Richardson, Mill Creek ,hvndred.
%. j. II. George, Red Lion.
%. /. F. Adair, Wilmington, Del.
26. q. NJ. ID. Lyman, Mill Creek.
20. Sill " Bailey, Red Lion, Pa.
27. Samuel Donnell, White Clay Creek.
2S. Benjamin Campbell, Newark, Del.
March
/. Mrs. Jabez Banks, Mil Creek hun
dred.
/. Amos w. House, Chadd's Ford, Pa.
2. Mcdonnell & Edwards, New Castle
hundred.
O. John Bradford, New Castle hundred
3. Isaac Nailor, Brandywine hundred
12. Sill " Bailey, Red Lion, Pa.
Is. Atwood Weldin, New Castle hundred.
10. Owen Grow, city.
81. Garrett 81 Furrey, city.
81. Edw. A. Stoops, New Castle hundred
%. Mrs. Hanes, 226 French street, city.
20. Sill & Bailey, Red Lion, Pa.
The daily gazette., 1883-02-09

A word about Underwear
may be of interest to you.
We have a Gents good scarlet
all wool shirt for 81. A ladies'
elegant all wool scarlet vest for
$l.25. Child's fine wool
underwear at a great sacri-
fee. Ladies' solid color Lisle
Thread Hose are reduced from
$1.50 to 81 per pair. Ladies'
Cardinal Hose fine quality re-
duced from rs to so cents.
Wool hose of every descrip-
ton marked way down. You
can buy knit goods such as
hoods, nubias, mittens, &c, at
about half price, and If you
appreciate a good silk umbrella
at a moderate price, call on us.
Neat and attractive styles OF
prints 4, 5 and 6 cents. We
continue our very low prices on
muslins and domestic goods.
Remember every dollars worth
of our stock has been bought
within the last two years and
includes nothing but fresh and
desirable goods.