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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-01
COUNTY FINANCES.
ST It Il Nj Il n Il
OF THE
FINANCIAL CONDITION
SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE,
February 4, 1871.
COUNTY FINANCES.

Gen. MarcusJ. Wright, Sheriff Of Shelby County,
Tennessee:
SIR: In accordance with an order of the
Quarterly County Court, made at its January,
1871, Term, have the honor TO submit the fol-
lowing statement for publication, with notice
of election for the ratification of a subscrip-
ton of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars s5QO.-
OO0) made by said Court to the Selma, Marion
and Memphis Railroad Company;
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-01
TRUSTEES, SALES.

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
registered in the Office OF the Register Shelby
county. Tennessee, in book No. go. part =.
page 226, and for the purposes therein recitod,
I Will on the tt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-01
LEGAL.
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.
Mary Moriarty

Mary MOriarty No. 4sii, Q: R: D.
DanI II. Moriarty ct al. } Court of Shelby Co.
DY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE
ID entered in the above cause February v.
ISL, / will sell at public auction, 20 the high
est bidder. before the courthouse door OF the
Second street, In the city Of Memphis, Tenn,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-01

Through Mail train WILL NOT stop at nag
stations west of Moscow. ro..L
Ticket Office, 27S Main street. corner oil oou'n
Court.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-01

MEMPHIS AND LOUISVILLE RAILROAD,
" H'hi iiAS 49, Arrives. Leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-01

A.M.P.M. AN. P.H:
n. 0. Mail td.ily'....... q. 90 ESQ rs z.$S
Express, ;.....;;....; 9'" * e40
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SEWING MACHINE.
II II Ic H o w u
Sewing Machine.
The Greatest Production of
Inventive Genius.
lRsTiTUTE.

Mechanics Institute.
MEETS AT ODD FELLOWS HALL. *
IN o'clock. Regular business meeting, first
Wednesday night Of each month. Regular
colloquial meeting, every Friday night
AZ. BURKE, Plcli1nnt.
y. srrra. Secretary. Is{-f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-01
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.

MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD
Arrives. Leaves.
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MEMPHIS AND HITCHCOCK RAILROAD
Tbroueh from Memphis 70 Little Rock \
"a honrs. ON and after Thursday. the ilth
rains ray will run daily Sundays excepted as
ono"s' Arrives. Leaves.
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tfar an. pm. A.N.P.M.
Mail......... ......'.' '.s'''''' 80 on E. 45
ExpresE........ ........ss......'''-1'00 * 4 AZ
WAY Freight.....-............. o'l0 VIZ TX
Somerville Accom-. .......-,.Y.D IL - -
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Freight train will leave Hopefeld Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays, at an m, ,o-s
Arrive al Hopefeld Tuesdays, thursdays
and Saturdays, at pm. ,...,-pt
Ferryboat will leave wharfboat. foot OIL
Union street. daily. at 500 am.
2. D. WILLIAMS.
General Agent and Superintendent.
B. p. RoBs0N, Asst Sup't.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04
A Singular Case in France,

Strange as 1T may appear, says the
Gazette des TribunauX, man is at
present confined in one of the prisons
Of Paris who ows his life to the fact OF
having claimed III time the benefit OF
article y of the Penal Code, which de
clares that "every person condemded
to death in France shall be executed by
having his head cut Off" On the 9th
Of May last man named P, who had,
prior to the 18th of March, been SEN
fenced to death for murder, and who
was waiting his execution in the prison
of La Roquette, was set at liberty by
the last defenders Of the Commune
He at once joined hisliberators and ac-
companied them to the barricade on
the Boulevard du Prince Eugene. He
passed the night in eating and drinking
but the 1iext aorniug he and his new
comrades were made prisoners by the
soldiers of the line and ordered to be
shot. It was then that P with pres
ence of mind, cried out that che had
been condemned to death by the Court
of Assizes of kthe Seine and that he re-
fused to be shot, such not being the
punishm ent fixed by law" The officer,
greatly embarrassed by SO extraordina-
~ demand, handed him over to the
civil authorities, who will soon determ-
inc his fate.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04
'sThat's What They DO at the Springs .
"A Saral0ga Scandal

The knowing ones among the guests
still remaining at Saratoga are rolling a
sweet morsel Of scandal under their
tongues, from which much iuiciness
seems to have been extracted. The par
ties affected are the wife of leading
turfman, who has large stable Of
horses at the Springs, and a young
man who has been sporting it in Sara
toga during the past summer. She is
young, pretty and vivacious; he gay
and handsome, and in New York,
where he resides, is known as one of
those broadway statues, whose only
mission seems to be to lure unsuspect-
ing victims to destruction. They met
one morning at the spring; there was a
look, frisk of the handkerchief, an
mountaineering formed, and in q lit
tie while a fallen woman and dishon-
ored husband. The gossips talked,
and their words reached the ears Of the
wronged husband He is cool, deter
mined, resolute man. He went
straight to the. "swell," charged
him with his crime, and demand
ed a confession. The young man
denied his guilt. "Iell me all, said
the other, cor ! will kill you on the
spot" The guilty wretch saw in his
look the determination OF man who
meant what he said, and to save his
worthless life he told the story of the
crime which had undone the husband.
The wife was MISUNDERSTANDING de
MED, protested, begged, entreated, but
confessed at last. A lawyer was sent
for, and property which had been pre-
sented to her by the husband was
decided back to him. They parted
forever. The next step was an action
for divorce, which is now pending be-
fore a referee III the village. It may be
mentioned that one of the sad features
of the case is the previous history of
the husband and the effect this blight
may nave upon his life. Previous to
marriage, he was dissipated, hard
ened wretch. Marriage reformed him
thoughts of his wife made him pru-
dent, careful, temperate man, though
perhaps too indulgent, petting nus
band. He is said to be utterly over
whelmed with grief, and his friends
fear that the disgrace OF his wife may
drive him back to his former intemper-
ate course of life
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04
Domestic Reeeipts,

SWEEPING CARPETS. Persons who are
accustomed to use tea-leaves for sweep
ing carpets, and find that they leave
stains, VIII do well TO use fresh-cut
grass instead. It is better than tea
leaves for preventing dust, and gives
the carpet q very bright fresh look.
CHOPPED CABBAGE PIcKLE.-Put to-
gether one pint finely chopped onions,
three gills white mustard seed, three
tablespoOnfuls ground mustard, two
tablespoonful ground black pepper,
tive tablespoonluls ground cloves, three
tablespoonfuls celery seeds, one pound
brown sugar, and three quarts of strong
vinegar. Simmer this compound over
thick fire until it baeins to thicken
when pour 1t upon and stir 1t well into
two gallons Of finely chopped cabbage,
As soon as it cools it viii be ready for
use.
10 MAZE A Coon MUc1AaE, The
best quality of mucilage in the market
IS made by dIssolving clear glue in
equal portions OF water and strong vim.
egaF, and adding one-fourth OF an
equal volume OF alcohol, and q small
quaint ty OF solution of alum In
water. The action of the vinegar is
due TO the acetlc acid which Il CON
tains. This prevents the glue from
galatinizing by cooling; but the same
result may De accomplished by adding
small quantity OF nitric acid. Some
OF the preparations offered for sale are
merely boiled starch, OF -four, mixed
WITH nitric acid to prevent the galatip-
Izing.
BONE FELoN.-Of all painful things,
can there be any 50 excruciatingly pain
I 1I as bone felon2 We know Of none
onat n S IS heir to. As this malady is
quite frequent, and subject of much
earnest consideration, we give the lat
est recipe for its cure, which is given |
by that high authority the London
La lancet; AS AS soon as the disease is
ol1.ster aoout the size of your tbnmb
nail and let it remain for Six hours at
the expiration Of which time DIRECTLY ~
under the surface of the blister NAV he !
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04

seen the felon, which can-be instantly
taken out with the point of needle or
q lancet. Drug Circular.
NOTES FOR BUTTER MAKERS. One
inch and a half-shellower instead of
deeper-is the proper depth to set the
milk. Zinc pans are better than tin,
and the cooler the place where there is
a circulation of air, the better. Skim
ming must be done before curds form,
or else after they have sohdifed. Bet
ter if you want the bes5 butter better
if you want the most, but never half
way between, unless you care more for
your convenience in the matter than
your profit. We advise churning every
day, if the COWS number half dozen.
Butter washed in clear cold water in
the churn is not injured, while consid-
cradle labor is saved, and the less man.
ipulation with the hand while in the
churn and while out Of it the better.
There Is "grain to butter, as well as
a delectable something in the taste,
which the hand and even the paddle
can annihllate. Use oak boxes for
marketing, and if the rules are care
fully followed, the result must be sat
isfactory.-N y World
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04
LWrgamt Cuttings.

The Germantown Telegraph says
go We notice that some very careful di-
reotions are given about setting out
ourrant cuttings in the fall. But why
IN the faIl2 We should say that spring
was much to be preferred. II set out
IN the fall they are liable to become
loose IN the freezings and thawings Of
winter but if in the spring-say early
IN April for this section-there is no
difficulty about It at all. If the new
wood is only taken, set firmly in the
ground from six to eight inches, and
well pressed with the foot, watered
when necessary, and muIched when hot
SUES come, nine5y-nine out Of hun
dred viii grow. But, remember, if you
want to raise trees, cut out every eve
going INTO the ground but if bushes,
which are the most lasting as well as
most productive, set the cuttings as
you take them, and from every eye a
branch viii come forth. This is the
way We do in our own garden. Prop
eLly set out, cuttings viii bear fruit
the succeeding wear"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04
A New Way to Pay 0ff a Church Debt.
From the Chicago Times.

1t has been left for Chicago church
TO discover very sensible as we'll as
entirely new way to pay old debts. The
Michigan Avenue Baptist. compjetad
some months ago, found itself loaded
down with about $50, Of debt. over
and above It's available assets. A few
OF the prominent members put ND a
margin and bought some real estate for
the benefit OF the church. About $50
acres Of West-side suburban property
were purchased, at cost of 5000 an
acre. Already, one-half Of the whole
and the more undesirable half-has
been sold at 81, coo an acre. and the
better half has been contracted for al
SUCH terms that these gentlemen will he
able to pay off the entire church debt
OF 500, 600 within the next few DAVIS
Ihl6 plan is not simply ingenious. but.
unfortunately fer imitation elsewhere.
1t IS essentially Chicagoan. It is in
tnltely better than fair or festival IN
Chicago, but we fear that it would not
WORK SO satisfactorily IN Cincinnati.
St Louis, OF Milwaukee. It is entire
~ safe TO put up a margin Oh CHICAGO
real estate, and, If a church debt doesn't
amount to more than $50, 900, there is
every human probability that it can all
be paid eff by the rise of almost any
piece OF property within a few months.
While we may extol the shrewdness
Judgment, and practical charity of The
Chicago gentlemen who invented this
process, we hope that our neighbors OF
provincial cities will not be misled bv
their success. Il they want to apply
the same rule elsewhere, they must
come to Chicago to buy their property
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04
Mont Cents Tunnel.

Foreign journals Just received report
that the total expenses Of the Mont
Gents tunnel have amounted to S13, .
OOC, 600, of which $4,000, 600 is to be
contributed by the Victor Emmanue!
railway, or railway of Northern Italy
This sum was to be paid before the
opening of the tunnel. It is reported
that the French Government agreed to
pay 50, 800, 900 if the work was accom-
plished in 1882, with premium OF
500, 600 for every year gained upon the
stipulated time. AS the tunnel has
been completed eleven years before
1882, France it IS commended, is bound
to pay 81, 100, coo, besides the original
contract price. France, 1t is also
argued, will have to pay 5 per cent in
terest On the instalments Of money due
as the work proceeded. Under these
circumstances, the charges borne by the
Kingdom Of Italy, it is believed, viii
not amount TO $4,000, coo; and the
reduction in expense, it is commended,
has been fairly gained by her diligence
in carrying on the work. At one time,
the hard quartz which the excavators
encountered rendered it extremely diff
fcult to ascertain what the progress Of
the work might be, but, fortunately,
this stratum was only 1917 feet thick,
and no serious resistance vas encount-
cred elsewhere. The masonry of the
tunnel, it is stated, is excellent through
out, and no inconvenience whatever.
from smoke, steam, or mephitic air, is
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04
Old Things Have Passed Away.

This is at least true OF the old method of treating
the long abused and much abused human BODY
It is no longer considered wise to put patient
to the torture in order TO cure him of disease in
which pain is already undermining the energies
of his system. True science ranges itself on the
side of nature and endeavors to assist her in her
fight against disease. This is the province of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, the most approved tonic
ever advertised in this country. It may be rec
commended as q fall medicine, par excellence;
for it is in the fall that biliousness dyspepsia and
malarious fevers are especially prevalent The
frame, exhausted by the heats of summer, is re-
laxed and feeble at its close, and requires, we
may say demands, artificial assistance. Afford it
that assistance in occasional doses of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters and the evils referred to may be
escaped. Throughout the far west and the
steaming auvial Of the southern rivers all the var
cites of periodical fever are probably rife to-day.
Had course of Hestetters Bitters been commenced
by the sufferers month ago, 1. g., before the un-
healthy set in, eigths of them would in
all probability be in their usual heatbat the present
time. SO much for want of forecaste. So much for
not keeping in the house. and using daily, the best
safeguard against epidemic and endemic fevers.
AS focks of impo tiers and imitators are trying to
follow in the wake of the great American remedy
therefore be that the article you buy is genuine
and verified by the proper trade marks. The true
are Gle onlybe obtained in bottles. Beware Of
tbs spurious bitefs sold by the gallon in keg.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04
FIN CsAL.
SECURITIES,

JAY COOKE & Co. are now selling, and recommend
profitable and safe Investment for all classes,
the First Mortgage 7=3o Gold bonds of the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company, bearing Seven ard
Three-Tenths per cent. gold interest {nore than 8
per cent. currency, and secured by first and only
mortgage on the entire road and equipments, and
on more than 90, 600 Acres of Land to every mile
Of track or SEQ Acres of Land to each $1,000 bond
The highest current price will be paid for U.S. Five
Twenties, and all other marketable securities re-
ceiyed in exchange. Pamphlets, maps and full
information, well as the bonds themselves will be
furnished application by JAY COOKE & Co., Phila-
delphia, New York, and Washington, and by most
Banks and Bankers, throughout the country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04
5000 Found in an Old Coffee Pot-Sin-
gular Life HiSfnrY

Among the many strange events that
now and then startle the community,
says the Steubenville Herald of Sept
+, an occurrence of singular aud I'M
usual nature was developed on Tues
day, near this city. Ten years ago an
Irish laborer on the Pan Handle road,
by the name of Carrsghan, pitched his
IS hanty' near Holidays Cove, W.
Va, opposite this city. With the aid
of an industrious wife, they soon had
a nice garden patch near the proposed
new road, and they prospered, the hus-
band and wife working and outstanding
their earnings. Carringhan was eccen-
trio III his notions, and by far too reti-
cent IN telling his wife a word as to
where he had been or what disposition
he made of his money.
Two years passed, and the economy
of the couple, their honesty and good
management must have put them in
easy circumstances, but upon this cues
ton Carrighan was singularly slept
One day in the spring of 1864, Carrighan
left his home for the last time. For
while working at cut in the road, a
rock fell and crushed him death. The
SutkttcH DiOW 10 ttlS VILE l'IOuuCSu dDSI-
alton of the mind, left as she was with
out the slightest knowledge Of her hus-
bands financial condition, and without
friends or kindred For seven years
the widow labored assiduoJsly TO pro-
vide bread for herself and children, and
although considered Of unsoun! mind,
administered to thewants Of her charge
with all the Kindness of q mothers dis
position She always commended that her
husband had his money secreted
some place about the premises,
but the most careful search
failed to produce the slightest
trace Of the missing money. Yester-
day, however, the mystery of ten years
was cleared up, and the partially de
ranged woman was brought, by the
blessing Of God, to full return of her
senses, by the finding Of the hidden
treasure. The discovery was made by
| a man named Scott who was working
in the cellar of the shanty occupied by
Carrighan at the time of his death.
He discovered buried in the earth, an
old coffee-pot. Upon lifting the half
| decayed vessel from it's resting place, he
found the money so lost. In the pot
was found $50 in silver, 80 sovefeigns,
and S645 In American gold, in all 5000
IN specie. The glad tidings were com
municated to Mrs. Carrighan while she
was at work over the wash tub. and the
money passed to her charge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04

From the New York Advertiser.

Henry Ward Beecher says he loves to
lnger in the Park House dining saloon,
& for right there, in old times, we
studied Latin, when Gould and Everett
and Kendall fourished in the public
Latin School" Tell that to the ma
rines, Ward. You were never a great
student. Pitching quoits, wrestling,
playing ball, and robbing watermelons
patches were always your "strong
points" at college. You probably have
not forgotten your old friend and class
mate, DR.. CLARK, of Berkshire. He
says you were whoIe-souled, clever
fellow; favorite with every one, and
the best debater he ever heard, but
that if anybody overhauled your Bible,
he would be sure TO find the Leaf turn
ed down st the page containing the
words, "Much study is q WEAKNESS to
the flesh" No, Ward, it won't do;
you love to linger in the dining room of
the Park House for other reasons than
the "reminiscences it recalls Of the
times when you studied so hard.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04
TIE Chicken ChoIeras

There have been large numbers of
chickens destroyed in the eastern coun-
ties OF this state the present season by
what is called the I" chicken cholera. J"
We think, however, that this and most
If not ali the diseases of the poultry
yard could be guarded against if due
attention was paid all the time to the
health of the fowls. Many farmers and
others who raise large numbers take no
precautions IN this way. They do
nothing of any account until the trouble
is upon them, and then it is generally
too late. To raise fowls successfully
year after year the best provision must
be made for their comfort and health.
And this IS not difficult to know or to
do Selfinterest ought to teach every
one that the old adage holds good in
this as in other things, that an "ounce
Of prevention IS better than a pound of
cure.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04
How to See Under Water.

4 correspondent Of the Scientific
American writes:
81 once had occasion TO examine the
bottom of mill pond, for which I con-
structed float out of inch plank, suf-
fcient to buoy me up; through the
center OF this float | cut a hole, and
placed blanket over it, when I was
enabled to clearly discover objects on
the bottom, and several lost tools were
discovered and picked up. am salts
fed that, where water is sufficiently
clear, this latter plan could be success
fully used for searching for lost bodies
and articles. would now suggest that
this experiment be tried on the sea
for I am satisfied that, with a craft
Ike the Great Eastern, where an obser-
vatory could be placed at the bottom,
with sufficient darkness, by the aid of
glasses We could gaze down into the
depths Of the sea, the same as we can
survey the starry heavens at midnight. "
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD,
FAN Planting of Fruit Trees.

ran EIanS4nS OF ETUAb A10cS'
Now Is the time to begin to prepare
the ground for the fall planting OF
fruit trees. The nurserymen out here
in the West, majority of them, re-
commend taking up fruit trees in the
fall and covering or burying up until
spring, and then setting them out.
Such was the advice received with lot
Of trees that I got last fall. But having
been accustomed to setting out in the
fall, although the trees reached me
rather late in the season, about the 10th
of November, planted out right away,
and they every one lived, and made a
fine growth this summer. One of my
neighbors followed the instructions of
the nurserymen and planted in the
spring, and u out of 30 are dead and
the rest of them look very feeble.
rzz@..r- -~r.- o. S. I.
.f II .arrrg,o,4 90 Iowa sE e. ~ CT
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04

A New Book FOR SINGING SCHOOLS.
EMERsoN's SINGING SCHOOL What
pleasant memories cluster about the
old-fashioned Singing School! It is
now proposed to revive tn Institu>
tion, afnd the book above named is
prominently fitted to make the exercise
interesting and profitable Mr.. Ener-
son, the author, is one Of our most sue
cessful book-makers, his musical works
having sold to the amount Of million
copies, or more. The book in question
contains pleasing and progressive ele-
mentary course, collection of glees
and songs, and number of sacred
tunes and anthems. 1t costs but $3.50
per dozen, and the enterprising pub
fishers, 0. DITsoN & Co., Boston, viii
send sample copy for "a cents, post
paid. Worth sending for, surelyl
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04
SEabbers IN GattIes

A correspondent asks what he is to
do to keep his COWS from slabbering.
We should say change their pasture
field, or if the pastures are all alike
then keep them out OF them few
days Or o week. The slabber is pro-
duced either by Old grass or early fall
weeds The best remedy is to give the
cattle all the salt they will eat. It
looks bad, but slabbering is not speci-
ally hUrtful. Horses are able from the
same cause to Gga5er at the mouth. We
have known two gallons Of it to run
from them In this way. They must not
be allowed to run where there is stale
grass nor to eat 1t at all.