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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-11


Dl virtue Of decree Of sale made By tho
- County Court Of hardoman county, I wi |
soil IN front OF the courthouie door on Main
street, In the city Of Memphis, on
saturday, september 30, 1854,
70 the Highest bidder. the following property
belonging 10 the estate Of u Harris, decd
king IN Memphis, Shelby county, Tenn, VII;
BEGINNING at point on the south line OF old
Madison street, "a feet wostwardly from the
west line Of ] n Bills lot, or The center Of Tho
brick wall which stands on said Bile line;
thence wostwardly with the south line Of Old
hetiion street q feet 10 a point, thence south
az west Al 7.il feet TO the line Of New Madi-
n0n street, thence eaStwnfdly with the line Of
New. NJ tdison street 3, feet Inches, thence
north a2' east VI 10 feet 70 the beginning.
Terms Of Sale Ono-t third cash balance In
and " month"; with Interest, purchaser 10
aige noted With security. and lien also 70 b
retained. W w FARLEY.
County courlJ lort, Hardsman County.
llnlay A Pettih Weed A McNtal Il Al,
Attorneys bR
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A select school for Rorn

WILL DO opened October let, ss5 Union
w ltrset. Number Of pupils limited 10
twenty Ave, For particulars address h. o.
lreVitt, Ripley Miss,, or Colonel W. u.
I,aylor, Mr.. L. B. Buegs, Mr.. 8. II. Brooks,
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cATARRH or THE BLADDER.
Singing irritation, inflammation. all
Kidney and Urinary Complaints, cured
by "Buohu-paiba." 81.
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Trust sac,

by virtue Of the provisions Of trust deed
" made BY Robert D Wallace aud others 10
John y Watkins, a. trustee, on the lIth day
Of October, 1872, aud Registered IN The Reeis.
tera once Of Shelby county, IN Book No. So,
page 80, and also by virtue OF the terms Of A
decree OF the Chaneefy Court o. shelby oour
", Tennessee, entered IN the suit lately pona-
ing therein Of VIM. Il. Moore VI X D Wallace
et AZ NO. asli X ~, By which the under.
Lu1t deed IN the room and stead Of the eai
watkins With all the rights and powers there.
IN conferred on him, the said Watkins, i
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Foreman Dye Hou I.' : SbeIaeTSslD MN,
RIDICULOUS IDEAS

ARE ENTERTAINED ABOUT PURaA-
TUE ST0 ZACH, TO RAsP THE BOWELS.
~ PKuSTRAlE TIE NERVOUS SYSTEM,
WITH FURIOUS EYACUANTS. NATURE
HAS GIVEN A SAMPLE.IN THE FAMOUS
sELTLER SPRING, OF WHAT THE Bill
hOUS, y0NSllPATED OR DYSPEPTIC
AND IN TARnANT'S hFFEKV ESilENT
SELIZER APERIENr SCIENCE HAS
IMPROVED ON NATURE BY COMBINIh 4
Ali III 4 YALQABLE INGREDIENTS OF
THE GERMAN FlUNTAIN IN A P0RTA-
BILE FORM. THIS AGREEABLE AMI
R0TENISALINE Alternative HANGEs
THE CONDITION OF THE BLOOD AND
PUkLtIE5 ALL THE FLUIDS OF THH
BODY. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. II-
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JorLls, Mo.-Dr }. B. Morgan saws.
u find that Browns Iron Biuers qiyes
entire satisfaction to all who use H.
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Captain JOHN klMBAl
New london, Conn, May .. 1855.
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S Annie Laurfe.''

The song of "Aunie Laurie was written by
William Douglass, of England, in the stew
ardry of Kirkcud bright. hero OF the cong,
willie was a Wsnton Way" Annie Laurie
was the eldest OF the three daughters of Sir
Robert Lawrie, of Msxwelton. Her birth is
thus recorded by her father in the family
register: At the pleasure of the Almighty
God, my daughter, Annie Laurie, was born
on the 10Th day of December, 1852 years,
about o'clock in the morning, and was bap
tizsd by Mr.. Geo" (Hunter Of Glencairn.)
From the curious collection OF manuscripts
left by Mr.. w. F. n. Arundel, of Barjary
Tower, Dumfriesshire, we learn that Annie
was wooed by Douglass, and that she refused
him. He then made a runaway match with
a Miss Elizabeth Clark, of Glenborg, 10
Galloway. In 1903 Annie married James
Ferguson, Of Craigdarrock, and was the
mother of Alex nder Ferguson, the hero of
BGrns's song, EThe Whistle" James Grant,
in his novel, Walter Fsnton; or, The Scottish
Cavalier, gives a full account of the compost
ton of "Aunie Laurie" The early version
of the song is as follows:
Marvellous banks are bonnie
Where early fa's the dew;
Where me and Annie Laurie
Made up the promise true;
Made up the promise true,
And never forget viii /,
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
TIL lay me down ana Gee.
She's bsckit like the peacock;
She's breastit like the swan;
She's jump about the middle;
Her waist ye weel MIGHT span;
Her waist ye weel MIGHT span.
And she has rolling eye;
And for Bonnie Annie Laurie
I'll lay me down and dee.
The most touching story connected with
the song is that told in Biyard Taylor's
Cfinlean Incidents.
They lay along the battery's side,
Below the smoking nnon-
Brave hearts from Severn aud from Clyde,
And from the banks OF Shannon.
And there, in sight of the Redan and the
Malakof, with to-morrow's battle coming,
some one called for a song, and
They sang Of love. and not Of fame,
Forgot vas Bfitains glory;
Each heart recalled different name,
But all sang annie Laurie"
Dear girl, her name he dared not speak,
But as the song grew louder.
Something upon the soldiers cheek
Washed of the stains Of powder.
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when similar fine is e1scied of every it,
diVidual among 100000 people? If
the sugar-growers are in distress and require
national relief, and Congress should vote the
sum necessary to help them, we suppose nc
body would object. II they are in such a
condition that annual releief for them is
considered necessary, then il would be proper
TO investigate and learn what was really re-
quired, and bestow it upon the needy ones.
Bot why should every family in the country
be compelled to pay tribute of five cents
TO these people whenever they consume two
pounds of sugar? Would ii not be bless
ing to The citizen if our soil would not pro-
duce single pound Of sugar, 80 that we
might be free from paying a very heavy
tribute TO these few sugar growers? Is there
any reason or sense in our paying 81 SO
every time we buy 100 pounds Of sugar, be-
cause twelve out of the 100 pounds was
grown within our own territory? "But," it
is said, "with generous protection the
country could be made to produce all the
sugar we consume" Yes, and with more
generous protection, the country, by building
greenhouses and hothouses enough could be
made 20 produce all the tea and coffee we
consume, but where would be the wisdom of
doing So? And where is the wisdom OF
growing sugar for which every person in the
United States has to pay two aud half cents
a pound more than where he can get it else
where? The whole sugar affair is piece Of
machinery for making the many contribute
to the aggrandisement of the few, the result
Of which il, in the long run, email class Of
rich and insolent, and large one of poor
and servile. In this way last year s4s,OOO,-
900 was paid in duties on foreign sugar that
could have been bought altogether for $780,.
100000. Is this to 60 on year by year un-
checked? If 80 why should not those who
grow corn or cotton,or raise hogs or chickens,
have the same chance of making big fortunes
as the sugar-growers? Why must one set of
citizens be 6ued for ahe benefit of an
other? Why must the cotton-growers
pay tribute to the iron manufacturer
and everybody 10 the sugar-grower? Is
there any reason why they should? Are
hey made OF finer clay or richer blood than
the population that is made TO contribute to
their support because they choose to follow
a business out of which they cannot make
living without being paupers maintained by
enforced public contributions? Why not, as
The New York Indicator suggests, abolish all
sugar duties, give up growing sugar if it
foes not pay, as we give up growing tea and
coffee because ii does not pay? Ii is time
hat common sense ruled in practical mat
Ter like this, SO that il shall be understood
hat if people choose occupations that will
not maintain them, while there are many at
heir choice that will, The must do it at their
OWN expense, for the people, who have their
,wn living to make, will maintain them no
onger.
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STARKVILLE, MISS.
work Commenced ON the Canton, Aber.
deem and Nashville Railroad.


STARKvILLE, Miss, January ia. H.
Scott, superintendent OF construction Of the
Canton, Aberdeen and Nashville railroad,
arrived in Starkville Monday morning and
proceeded 10 the line of the road, in company
with a large concourse of citizens in town,
to see the first dirt broken in The corporation
on said railroad. r. A. Lamkin, ST., who
gave the land 10 The town fifty years ago,
and who was the fret sheriff of Oktibbeha
county, and cut the first tree in the town,
threw the first spade of dirt Oh the line of
the Canton, Aberdeen and Nashville railroad
in the corporation Monday evening at 8
o'clock. Mr.. Lsmkin is now seventy years
old and is in excellent health. What county
in this State can produce man th al can say
he has done the same as r. A. Lamkin, sr ?
This road will certainly be completed by
next November as per contract. The people
of this town are perfectly delighted with the
idea OF having a through connection with
New Orleans in eleven months.
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.lNkPMiS APPEAL
THURSDAY, JANUARY Is, 1888


TIOh.
The New York Public, in its last issue, says
the first weeks clearinghouse returns Of the
new year tells us what we knew before Of
the previous weeks business-that il was de-
cidedly unsatisfactory. The returns are is
per cent. below those Of the corresponding
week last year, and outside Of New York
10 per cent. The decline in the weeks New
York stock transactions was 17.6 per cent.
Outside Of New York the decrease on ex-
changes was small, although the daily aver
age was % per cent. larger Last year than
for the corresponding week of 1881. Later
clearinghouse returns, coming down
to the 18th, are no less unfavorable,
both as compared with the last
week and the last year. Failures
are on the increase, and clearings have
fallen OF 25.5 per cent. as against the previ-
GUS weeks decrease of 1871 per cent, and
23.5 the week before. Memphis, however,
showed a very large gain-67.7 against
gain of 52.3 the week before. A fact in
finances worthy Of notice ID that, during the
entire month Of December, only $4,000
was paid at the New York customhouss in
gold, $685., 900 in legal-tenders, 81 ,947, 900 in
silver certificates, and S7,177, 900 in gold GER
tiicates. Another fact is that, during the
past year, the stock OF gold held by the
treasury has increased s35, 900 900, while the
stock of silver it holds has increaeed $780,
600, 900; yet Congress does not stop the coin
age. The New York World says that the
most striking feature in the business of the
country just now is the steady increase in
the export of domestic products, not only at
New York, but also at the Southern ports
and at San Francisco. The present and
prospective increase for the remaining Eve
aud a half months of the fiscal year are graf
flying. The business public is inspired with
much confidence by the January returns
thus far indicating results equally favora-
BILE. There ia reason to expect an active for
eign consumption Of cotton, grain and pro-
visions during the year. Together with in
creasing exports, our importations are di-
minishing, and will continue TO fall of, as a
result Of the indisposition OF merchants TO
increase their stocks pending the settlement
of the tariff question. The relief of the
money market from stringency will have an
effect upon business and spsonla-
ton. The supply in New York has in
creased, and PLETHORA of funds is close at
hand. The currency movement has turned |
in favor of that city; treasury payments
have been above receipts. These points are
generally favorable, but, on the other hand,
the decreased clearings and increased bank |
ruptcies must not be forgotten.
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schtlIer T.ken On, or the CITY.


MILWAUKEE, January 17.-About $50
o'clock last night carrisge drove up to the
front of the Jail and the sheriff, with two depu-
ties, took Schiller from his cell to the carrisge.
Sheriff Bentley and deputies then entered
and were hurriedly driven to the house of
correction, where it was at first intended he
should be placed. On reaching the house
the inspector was absent, and the officers in
charge refused 10 receive the prisoner. A
consultation was held between the sheriff and
his deputies, and they decided 10 remove
him from the city. 1t is said that he was
taken to Racine on the midnight train, but
gentleman from Racine said he was sure
he was not there. 1t is reported from a trust
Waukesha, and is locked up in Jail at that
place. An official at the sheriff's Office
stated this afternoon that Schiller had been
taken away, but that he would be
brought into the Milwaukee Municipal
Court ON the day set for examination, but
further he would say nothing elmer about
the removal or where he was taken. When
Schiller was brought out of Jail he uttered
scarcely word. "This is pretty tough to
have such charge as this hanging over
you,n was all he as heard TO cay. He seemed
to be almost completely broken down, and
followed the officers in dazed sort of way,
as tnOugn ne QaIQly knew WHdt ne WAS uOluS.
The failure to find the register OF the New
hall Hotel, or any other books in the safe
which would show who were in the hotel the
night of the FIRE, caused considerable sur
prise, and many theories are put forward as
to what became OF the books. Ii had been
reported and expected that the register and
transfer book had been put into the sale
when the fire was discovered, and hundreds
of persons all over the country were waiting
for the register to be recovered, 30 it might
be known who were the guests of the hotel
on the fatal night. When the safe was
opened NO books or papers to show who were
employed in the hotel or guests we're found
only blank books and a lot of unimportant
papers. Mr.. Anlisdel, who was present when
tine safe was opened, quickly threw the con-
tents into a box and carried it of.
The number of workmen at the ruins was
reduced to-day, and the work is expected TO
be complete Saturday. Five bodies were re-
covered today, making total Of forty
three, all beyond recognition. Twenty-three
of the dead have been identified, and it is
supposed that from fifteen to twenty are still
missing. The chief-of-police states tonight
that he learned that one of the clerks ran out
of the hotel with the register, but stumbled
down stairs and lost the book. The transfer
book has not been heard fro yet.
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UNNECESSARY pAUPERIsM.

II, because man grew few potatoes in
his garden, he should be fined by law when
ever he bought in the market what potatoes
he wanted beyond his own growing, we
should regard the law inhictipz The fine as
a strange freak of legislation. Uncle Sam,
in a corner of his extensive estate, grows
little sugar; twelve pounds out of every 100
pounds his extensive household consumes.
III he did not grow that Insignificant portion
of sugar be would get it at moderate cost
from where it is produced cheapest. Because
he does produce twelve pounds where ne
consumes 100 pounds, his extensive family
is made to pay fine OF two and half cents
on every pound Of sugar it consumes. Ii
such fine for such strange crime would
be considered strange legislative freak in
.he case of individual farmers, what is 1t
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has IA hered this ideal; spirit is transforms
ing flesh; evolution is the outworking Of an
involution; nature itself is supernatural.
80 the KEY OF earth's problem / read in the
Christ. "This is my beloved Son; hear him."
Mr.. Newton concluded with these words:
Il have been brave enough to utter my criti
cisms of the Bible because / believed it
would lead TO this natural basis for super
natural faith. 1t leads 10 my idesl-to your
ideal FoIIou /, -
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THROwNFROM THETRACK.
A Serious Accident ON the Ohio and
Mississippi Road.

ST. LOUIS, January 1.-THE Ohio and
Mississippi train No. 8, from Cincinnati, due
here at 1880 o'clock, met with an accident
about mile from Lebanon, ILL.,, at $50
o'clock this morning. The train struck a
broken rail, and the engine, two express
cars, the baggage and postal cars passed over
safely, but three passenger coaches ran off
the track, the first being upset completely
and the others only derailed. One passen-
ger, Charles Hoffman, of Maryland, was
killed. The injured are: z. s. Collier, Bee
Lake, KY, serious fracture of the nose; Mrs.
Collier, slightly confused; Emmett Collier,
theirson, scalp wound; Chas Hsvens, Harris
county, KY, cut in the forearm; j. NJ. Pence,
Woodstock, KY, cut on the eye aud bruised; ;
Michael Allen, Indi ana, slightly cut; John
Dewing, Brown county, o., Commissions. The
track was repaired and the train arrived
here about noon.
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Serious Accident.

CLIsros, Ia, January IA broken rail
on the Midland branch of the Chicago and
Northwestern road caused q serious accident
twelve miles sorth Of this city last night.
The last car of a stock train, loaded with
merchandise, and way car went down a
twenty-foot embsnkment, killing Brakeman
E. L. Clark, and injuriug Conductor d. w.
Richardson and nineteen passengers, none
seriously. Three ladies in the rear car
we're wounded. All.were taken to Clinton
or Lyons.
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ZERELDA GARRISON.
What ihe Family Physicians Say
About the Young Lady.

ST. LOUIS, January 17.-Miss Zerelda Gar
risen has been taken East by her uncle, o.
I. Garrison, BY the advice of the family
assigned by the doctors, G. S. Walker and
C. W. Stevens, will be published in the
afternoon POST Dispatch, in which they state
that full examination of her mental con-
1ilion showed that the young lady was
efficient in the development OF her mental
faculties to such an extent as to make her
irresponsible at times for her actions. IT.
Irregularities in the natural functions well
known to the family physicians account for
this. With regard to her physical condition,
an examination warranted the conclusion
that che was not subjected TO any physical
violation during the Tune OF her disappear
auce
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Horsford's Acid Phosphate

DR.. S. F. Newcomer, Md, Greenfield, O.,
says: "In cases of general debility, and tor
por of mind and body, it does exceedingly
we'll"
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BRowN's Bronchial Troches will relieve
bronchitis, asthma, catarrh, censumptive and
throat diseases. They are ali5ays used Nth
good success.
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IT is but wretched policy TO allow yourself
TO drift into an incursble disease. by neglect
iBg the earliest and most trsctable symptoms.
BY contentedly waiting for cold to get we'll OF
itself, many a one has 30 damaged the struc-
ture of his lungs as to put himself beyond
the.reach OF medicines before being conscious
oil danger. How much safer on the first in
dications OF a cold TO resort to DR.. Jayne's
Expectorant, an efieaeious remedy for
coughs, asthma and all bronchial affections,
snd sure to exert a beneficial influence on
the organs of the chest
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ANOTHER BODY FOUND.

Another body was found in the ruins this
morning, but was an unacceptable mass.
1t was burned so badly that it was impossi-
Bile 10 ascertain whether it was the body Of
man or woman. This makes in all forty
bodies taken from the ruins since the morn.
ing of the fire, twenty-three being identified
dead. The loss OF life as far as known foots
up sixty three, with twenty still missing.
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TELEPHONE your orders for plumbing 10
]. A. Bailey's, 295 Second street.
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"a COMMISSIONER of agriculture with a seat
in the House of Representatives would be of
Infinite benefit TO the farmers of the United
States. He would then be returned TO the
House by the people and be responsible to
them for what he did. The ministers of all
the constitutional governments of Europe, TO
which Mr.. Plumb refers, have seats in the
popular branch of their legislatures. In this
country an agricultural bureau without
power or influence in Congress cannot be very
effective. 1t cannot do much. The people
need not expect much from it.
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THE BIBLE.
The Rev. Heber Newton on Its Right
Uses-The Old Testament and the
Record Of Real Evolution.
Christ Historical PersOnage-His Indi.
Tiduality as Clearly Defined as
Juiius Cesar's Is.

The New York Hzaid, Of Monday, says
that the uninviting condition of the streets
did not prevent the members Of Anthem Me-
mortal church from going TO hear the Rev.
X. Heber Newton's fifth sermon OF the series
on the Bible. 1t was his second sermon on
"The Right Use of the Bible" from an intel
lectual standpoint, and he announced that he
would conclude the series next Sunday, with
sermon on "The Right Use of the Bible"
from devotional standpoint. The text for
Yesterdays discourse was Galatians iy, A.
when the fulines5- of tho time was come.
God sent forth HisSon."
st. Paul, said Mr.. Newton, condensed the
philosophy of Jewish history Into a met a.
phor. 1t was the CESSATION Of Christianity.
Israel travelled in birth with the Christ.
The Old Testament is the record of this real
evolution. The New Testament records the
birth OF this "Holy Thing" and It's early
growth. When we have laid the proper
fouadation in a critical knowledge of the lit
erature OF Israel and Christianity then we
are prepared to build upon it in the right use
OF the Bible-a study of the growth OF re-
ligion through its various moods and lenses
as depicted In these writings. Let me give
you to-day bird's-eye view OF this field,
enough to whet your interest, 1 trust, and TO
guide your thought in further exploration.
HISTORY RECONSTRUCTED.
Such a critical study of the writings of
the Bible reconstructs the history of Israel
and Of the Christian Church. The great
epochs Of this history are clear and the
writings group around them. First stands
the era of Moses. This is the real beginning
Of Jewish history. Beyond il all is misty in
legend and myth. The tribes of Israel loom
up TO our vision as semi-nomads on the Dor
ders OF Egypt, on the level OF such Semitic
tribes. Oppressed there, they turn their
faces back eastward in a counter migration.
Of this movement Moses was the soul. His
actual work is hard to discover beyond one
seminal idea. He did not write the Penta-
leuch, nor did he give the legislation bear
ing his name. All this was a much later
work-ascribed TO him as the father of the
nation, who begat the nations essential life.
Moses led them to accept Jehovah as their
Sod. Whatever the original character of
he worship of Jehovah, he stamped 1t with
3 revolutionary idea. He threw around the
power worshiped under the name of Jehovah,
whatever it was, some form of natures
iorces, probably-the awe called forth by the
starry heavens, the awe called forth by the
moral law. He issued simple code of
morality as the law OF Jehovah. Thus he
Identified morality and religion, and made
he worship OF Jehovah consist essentially in
aspirations after goodness But the realiza.
Il f. ia t.