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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-12
T 0. o. F. DIRECTORY.
oad Fellows Hall. corner Main and North
Court streets.

odd Fellows Hall. corner Main and North
Court streets.
LODGES.
MEMPHIS LODGE. No. 6-meets every tues
dav. eco. w. Mathews, N. g.; A. W. New
som. V. g.; John W. Waynesburg, Dec
Rotary; E. h. Risk. Treasurer.
CHrcKAsAw LODGE, No. S-meets every MON
day night. John A. Holt. N. q. 4; Geo; W. L.
Crook, V. g.; John Garrow, X. B.; Ihemas
Bacon, p. s.; II. d. Connell. Treasurer,
sogTILER Lopez, No. l40-meets every " Cd
nesday night. F. Henniger, n. g.; John T.
Hoffman, V. g.; u. Shilling, Secretary:
BANsKR Lopez. No. 1f7-meets every Friday
night j. +. Fischer. N. g.; VIM. Henry, Y.
CIT. S. Jukes. 2. and R. s.; George a.
Waring, Treasurer.
DKGREE LODGE.
MEMPHIS DEGREE LODGE No. 3-meets ist
Saturday Of zach month. Chas. VI. Carroll
ID. b. g. Trader. D. D. NJ. :, George y
Mathews, A. D. NJ; I. 5. Bingham, Secre-
tary; Z. X. Jack. Treasurer.
KxcAMPMENTs.
GAYoso ESoAMPMENT, No. 3-meets on the
LIST and Sd Thursday nights Of each month.
w. II. Moyston. @. p; X. 7. Alexander. d.
p; Geo W. Mathews, S. W.; Thos. Bacon,
S.; H. d. Connell, 7. John Garrow. =. ];
MEMPHIS ESoANPMKST, No. 39-meets "a ana
4th Thursday nights Of each month. A. w.
Nexsom, G, p; Geo. W. Smith, H, P. jos.
Locke, 5. w.; C. II. Plischke, Scribe; I. 5.
Jukes, Treasurer; P. j. Willard. j. W.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

avsrS sSfnrday night at Cyrene w
Commandery Hall. No. 2O4 Front street. Z
II. g. Diver, G. c.; J. T. Fisher. Y. c.; <
X. Jack, P. A. Hum. NJ. Of &: n; Coleman
nj. of F.; II. G. Bigelow, X. of X. 5.
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LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the POstofIIcc ut Mem
phfs, Saturday, April ~, 1878.
LADIES' LIST.

Published IN the daily newspaper hdving III
LARGEST CIRCULATION an the cireui
OF the Memphis Postofice.
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NOTICE.
Notice 10 laKyers.

WE HAVE FOR SALE AT THE LEDGER
w oficc blank notices % take dispositions.
and printed instructions 70 the ohcer taking
the sane, also blank captions and certih-
cafes W.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-12

Biuf CIV Nursery 2i3 Main Street
Barber shop, "a Main 81 Saplsbury kespress co
Parsons Law Of Bust p. NJ. at Oak Lawn
meas
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Having added quantity inventions moth
articles menton
patronage being prepared quantity times
Lights Balls Parties Weddings furnished short
Premium Washing Machines and Clothes Wringers
Always on Hoping your orders remain u m truly
IlasziiIls A. H1EzEELi D & SON
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MAMMOTH OIL BURNER,

chimney producing equal half the cost
City Gas; Street Lamps Warehouse and Stable Lanterns also
and BRASIL Lamps OF al kinds at
Wholesale price, always hand.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-10

lation to him and with the expression Of
our sense of his worth in life and his IL IS
in death. The State has lost az honest,
capable and faithful officer. The BUSH
ness public has cost "a honest and GOOD
business man. The soci.l community has
LIST a. genial, companionable, courteous
member. And his family has lost kind
and affectionate husband and father. All
are sensible of the loss. His family only
can fully feel and appreciate the loss.
Sympathy and coincidence, public and
private. may h lip them tn bear the bur-
den. There will be void however
which no sympathy and confidence can
fl. There will be sorrow and grief
which will require time to assuage. The
hope that he still lives and has passed
into new life will afford consolation. The
assurance that the Universal Father cares
for all his children and that He does al,
things well, will enable them, to bear
their burdens and will carry them safely
through their grief and sorrow. And va
hope and trust that the Full Assure nee
may be Theirs. o...t
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-10

The inspiring example Of Rev. Mr..
Ancient, who ran a. line from the shore to
the rigging of the STEAMSHIP Atlantic and
thereby saved the life of Chief Officer
Firth. recalls the exquisite tale which
Dickens has embodied in the openin
chapter of the "Uncommercial Traveller, F"
where an under-paid clergyman, wearing
out his life in poor fishing hamlet, is
called to the shore in a tempestuous night
to save life from an awful shipwreck.
After laboring diligently and effectively
with. his hard-hs;ed aud sun-t rDwneA
flock to rescue the terror. stricken passen-
gers. he devoted himself to identifying
the dead as they were washed ashore,aDd
marking their burial places so that heir
friends msy recover the dear remains
The successive pictures of gratitude which
come to him in the form of letters from
widows and widuwers, fathers and m"th-
ers. and children, and brothers and sisters
whose lost relatives he has identified,
constitute reward for life Of loil, and
devotion to duty for which any conqneror
Or statesman might willingly exchange
all the re ults Of the most brilliant and
successful career. And this was one OF
Dickens ministers! t-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-10


St. Lawrence Couaty,N. Y. Dairymens'
Association and Board of Trade-extract
from Report:
The Hon, Geo NJ. Gleason read a pa
per upon the practical benefits Of dairy
mems associations. He showed the i'm
portance of organization and the advan-
tages Of combined effort among farmers
which can only be obtained by such
associations and board of trades. The
Hon e. D. Mason read paper on cheese
making as practised in his own dairy,
He believes in skimming the cream from
the vat in the morning aud churning il
for butter instead Of attempting to work
it into cheese; claimed it did not affect
the quality of the cheese although il
essened the quantity in small degree
Claimed he could make from eight t.
ten dollars more season per can thar
when he attem pied to work in the
cream. maf a@H
This practise was opposed by many or
the ground that it would have tendency
to deteriorate the quality of the cheese
for many if allowed to skim would skin
too much UtGcG Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-10

Perhaps the election in Connect
cut surprises nobody. The Repub-
lican candidate for Governor has
been defeated by little over three
thousand votes, while Hawley, Kel.
logg and Starkweather, Republicans,
have been reelected to Congress,
as has also Barnum, Democrat. The
Congressional representation of the
state remains unchanged. In the
Legislature, the Republicans have a
majority of one in the Senate, and
the Democrats a majority Of twelve
to sixteen in the House.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-10

Is Rhode Island voted for state officers
and legisl tors on Wednesday last with
tue usual result, a Republican victory,
Henry Howard. the Republican candi-
cate for Governor, was elected by 81
800 majority over Benz. g. Chase, his
Democratic competitor, One yeat ago
the Republican majority was only l.
065. The other candidates In the tick
ct were G. G. Van Z4ndt, for Lieut..
Governor; J. M. Addemau, for Score
rary Of State; Willard SAyes for AT
torney General, Samuel Clark for
Treasurer. All these were elected ex-
cept the one for Lieut.. Governor, on this
office there was DO choice, as there was a
temperance candidate in the field,
Laiimer w. BAllau, aud no one had q
majority The temperance ticket was
the same as the Republican with the
exception Of the candidates fer Lieut.
Cover nor aud Treasurer, the later being
Henry Golf The Legislature is largely
Republ can.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-10
TERRIBLE TORNADO.

The most terrible rain. hail, and wind
STERN ever known at Burlington, Iowa,
visited that city last Saturday afternoon.
creating fearful havoc and loss of life
The storm struck the city on West Hill.
tearing the root from one of the school
houses, and descending thence through
the business portion of the city. Build
ings were uurooted and great deal of
damage done. The most horrible part of
the catastrophe was the destruction of
T. N Ponds butt err and egg depot, on
Jefferson street, and the death of seven
persons. The house was blown down,
and twenty-five pcrsons were buried be
meath the ruins. Mr.. Pond and three
oilers were taken Omt dead, and q neteen
others were rescued more or less injured.
Mr.. Pond was young man of great
promise, who had built up large trade,
and was we'll known throughout the
State. The wife and two children Of
Mr.. 6teiger. German school teacher,
who lived in house adjoining, were
killed by the falling Of the east wall of
Ponds house. The persons Killed were
T. N. Pond and three OF his employees,
named Pendcrgast, Trainor, and Nef
Mrs. Steiger... and her two children.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-10

Are now permanently located in
their superb Jewelry Palace.
with an nneqaaled stock Of The
choicest Novelties in FINE
WATCHES and DIAMONDS,
the latest and most elegant de-
signs in STERLING SILVER
and SiIver.Plated Goods exqni-
site Jewelry, and everything to
be fOnnd in a first-class Jewelry
Store. The policy of this house
lis to offer the very best goods
always below the market price,
and make every article just as
represented. Their store is one
of the notable places which
should be seen by everyone Wis
ting Chicago.
RODOIN g. HAMILTON,
SO STATE, COR. WASHINGTON STREET.
4w45 CHICAGO GLL.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-10

Sailing twice week from New. York, and car
Irelan6 1touiinental Europe, and the Medlterrane-
an cabin from S6b steerage, British and Irish
ports east $40 west 1875; Continental ports
.currancv Annly for full information at the Com
pany's Once, northeast corner Lasalle and Madi-
son-sts. Chicago. orurn,
al - 3St4 l2w43
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-10-16
The Persecution of Jones.

We have no other authority for it than
Jones himself, and therefore cannot vOuch
for its truthfulness. Jones told US that he
was prosecuted nearly to death some time
ago by a sewing machine agent, who
wanted him to make a purchase. Unable
at last to endure the persistence Of the
man, Jones saws he bought diving bell,
and went out four hundred miles from
land and descended two miles into the
ocean to spend few days in peace. He
had hardly touched bottom when he saw
the sewing-machine man coming down in
the divers armor, carrying with him a
shuttle-feed and sixty strong testimonials
to the merits of his button-hole attach
ment Jones informs US that he suddenly
rose to the surface and prepared to sail
home; but just as the ships anchor was
being hauled over the side, it fell and up
set the cooks caboose, scattering the live
Goals in the powder magazine. This
caused terrible explosion, and Mr..
Jones was blown four miles upward into
the air. This is Jones statement, re-
member Just as he began to come down
he met the sewing-machine solicitor com
up in balloon, with buckettul of
samples of the lockstitch, and model of
his patent reversible hemmer. When
Jones IclI ne Was pi1htd up, "h0 AN San
ed straight for home. As The vessel drew
near the dock Jones perceived the agent
standing on the wharf waiting for him
with s'noiseless buttonhole attachment"
(We thought all button-holes were neces-
sariIy noiseless: but Jones is responsibility
Thereupon Jones hid himself in the cabin,
and instructed the captain to say to the
agent that he, Jones, had died of yellow
fever on the voyage. When the Sc wing
machine man heard this he seized copy
of certificate from a clergyman's wife,
and then blew out his brains with a
pistol, evidently determined to follow
Jones into the next world, and sell him a
machine at all hazards We give this for
what it is worth We only know tha,
Jones was educated by his parents to be-
lieve that ii is wicked to tell lie.-Maa
ddeler.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-10-16
A Petty Swindle.

For several days, at different points of
our streets, ayoung man might have been
seen, and was seen and patronized, with a
large stock OF tiny envelopes indorsed as
containing the seed of the ''Siberian Ey-
ergreen." The man also had several moist
sponges from which were growing quite
luXuriantly some pretty plants of the ever
green family. The peculiarity of the
seed and plants consisted in the fact that
they all eXhaled strong and pleasant
perfume, which the seller said was natural
and permanent to Siberian evergreen So
cleverly had the goods" been fixed up
and SO attractive was the bait to human
olfactories, that the seed sold very rapidly
at ten cents per package. Mr.. Dime told
his customers that all they need do was to
deposit the seed in wet sponge, as he
had done, and in a few hours it would
Spout up into real Siberans, such as
were his specimens, with all the delight
full fragrance which hung around those
same specimens. People by scores and
hundreds invested their dimes, among
whom were many postoffice clerks, who
are known to have left their public envel-
opes for moment that they might get
those of the Siberian sort. In fact, Mr..
Dime has been very active and success
full seller in various parts of the city, and
he must have realized quite little fortune
from his sweet-smelling ''Siberian" seed.
But the whole thing was a base, though
petty fraud and the seed did not come up
to the expectations OF the purchasers, nor
was it by any manner of means true to the
plant Mr. Dime represented In few
hours all perfume eXhaled and left no
scent behind, and the sprouts which have
germinated present only the qualities of
field grasses and weeds. The clover and
other seed had been literally bathed with
cheap essences, and the plants and sponges
had received similar treatment, which was
all that was needed to catch people who
had left their common sense at home or
carried it only in their noses. As grass
seed can be obtained in the market for
for about five cents per pound, selling it,
colored and scented, for ten cents per half
ounce, leaves margin for profit.-B0Ston
/rIObe
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-10-16

chamber of high building, and there on
the moor, IN one corner, was her husband
with badly swollen eye and bleeding
nose and useless legs. He could not walk
nome, put there was reason for that,
which disappeared in few hours. That
young man now wants to dispose of very
faithful, well-meaning dog. He also
wants TO find the man who hit him on the
nose in the gambling house.
A CONTRARY MULE.-A farmer in New.
berry South Carolina, saws the Pro0rsssirs
Age, has mule so contrary that he can do
nothing with it, Put him in harness. and
1t Is hard to say which way he will travel.
Put saddle on him, and he appears TO
dose; but try to mount him, and he will
all of a sudden kick every way, straight
out, straddle-bug, with all four legs at
once. As to eating, he will eat ANYTHING
from his feed-trough up to a wooden sad,
die. The owner took a notion to have
him shod, but he kicked out the black
smith-shop and returned home. The
owner tried to kill him some time back.
80 he tied his ears with trace-chain and
rode him for six consecutive days and
nights as hard as he could, under whip
and spur. The fact is, he nearly killed
himself in the effort, and had to be carried
upstairs to bed, and his firm belief was
that the mule would die that night; but,
to his astonlshment, the next morning he
found that the mule had kicked to death a
Chester hog weighing 800 pounds, bit a
piece out of his horses shoulder, eat up
saddle, blanket, and bride, tore down the
fence, and was splurging about, more dev-
lllsh than ever, to find something else
meaQer to do
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-10-16
The MiserieS OF BOyhOOd.

DOES the hoy hope, some cold winter
morning, to economic time by hastv
toilet, and turn himself over for wee Bit
of nap after the rising bell, there comes
a voice up the stairway; so Johnnie
John ni-e!" with lingering persuasive.
ness. "Get right up. Your father saws
he wants you to have all the paths shovel
ed before breakfast"
If little Jennie is up and ready for
breakfast, that is all that is expected She
has nothing more important to do than
breathing on the frosty panes to get view
of Johnnie at work Does the boy get up
early to get his skates sharpened-"Don't
make that noise in herel" Does he try
on those idols of his heart to see that
every strap and buckle is in order
Haven't | told you times without mum
Der not to put on your skates in the
house? BY next spring there won't be a
rag of carpet left" Hcv does little Jen-
ME manage to keep ler skates in good
condition? Why, she appeals to the head
of the household: "Pa, can't Johnnie
bore hole in this strap for me?' "John,
fix your sisters skates" and they're fix
ed. If Johnnie tries to play in the house,
he is told to put away that top or those
marbles, as bed if he can't keep quiet a
minute, and advised to take a book and
sit down. On the contrary, just so soon
as he hurries home, and snatchcs up
Robinson Crusoe" or Swiss Family
Robinson" and becomes obivous for a
time to his unhappy lot, he is reused
anew to it by the paternal voice,
Come, Johnnie, put up that book, and
90 find the COW. She hasn't come home. y
Jennie, who is very busy putting her re-
fractory dol 10 bed, wonders how Johnnie
knows which way to turn to look for the
missing animal. Perhaps he catches a
granddaddy-longlegs, and repeats that
familiar rhyme which compels him to
point out the road Johnnie must take.
Johnnie being interrogated as to that sub
Ject on his return slings his cap defiantly
into the corner, in the groundswell of his
discomfort, snatches up Robinson Cru
soc" again, mutterS something under his
breath about girls and geese and is
again absorbed in his book. "Come,
now, Johnnie" says his mother, don't
go to reading again" It's eight o'clock"
Five minutes elapses. johnnie, did you
hear me? Jennie's gone up stairs" Five
minutes more on the desert isle and a
childish voice is heard at the stairs land
ing: "Ma, can't Johnnie CONS to bed !?
Pm afraidn' "Now, Johnnie, l shan't
speak to you again" hrief-a very brief
respite. "Oh only to finish this chapter! ~
"Ma! Ma" louder and angrier, 81 m com
ing down ifJohnnie don't come, Maynt
he Gomez" Enter the paternal. "John,
what are you up for at this hour? Shut
up that book and go to bed! Why,
Pussie, why aren't you in bed ?" q want
to kiss you goodnight" pleads the sweet
little fbber. bah she's afraid of the
dark that's the matter" defiantly retorts
Johnnie, going up stairs two steps at a
time II amt neither. Can't he stop
plaguing me?" "Come, John let your
sister alone" That's all the sympathy a
boy gets.-N. Y. Mail.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-10-16
Detroit WhimSicalities.

A MAN named Sewell, who was owing a
Michigan avenue man twenty dollars for
liquor settled up. yesterday morning by
telling the saloonist that he might take
the family sewing machine for his pay
The man went with a wagon to Sewell's
house on Grand River avenue to take it,
but when the wife found out what was up
she seized club and whacked the credi-
tor out of the house and clear across the
avenue. She just wants to see the man
who can take her sewing machine for a
whisky bill.
"Thirty-two centsm echoed a woman
yesterday when her grocer charged her
that sum for a pound of butter. Yes
um," he replied, with a bland smile.
You see the grOcers can't carry much
of a reserve, and we can't turn out our
collaterals at a sacrifice. If the govern
ment calls in the bonds due in 1874 and
the imports of bullion tend to ease the
money market little, butter must find
its level with everything else. But
ter is very panicky just now, but
think the worst is over" She paid the
money without further growing.
A farmer, living up the river, came
down yesterday to purchase four bushels
of wheat for seed. Some one sent him TO
the Board of Trade, and he went there
and hung round for an hour before he
asked member to 'come on and meas
ure me out four bushels of good wheat
The member declined, and after meeting
with several like failures. and not being
able to find "the wheat bln, the farmer
left in disgust, declaring that the Board OF
Trade was a darned humDug and didn' t
have wheat enough 70 SOW city lot
Detroit Free Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-10-16
Brute Language.

PAIR OF loving anSeyineS-ln COM
nion parianee, gander and a goose-had
been blessed with an interesting brood or
goslings, which engrossed all their care,
and kept them as usual separated from
the flock. 1t is well known that, although
the mother goose does not cover her
brood with her wings like the bsrn-door
hen, the father goose is quite as devoted
as she in providing them with food, and
in defending them from enemies. BY an
unlucky accident, the gander becoming
very lame, was compelled to forego the
pleasure of rambling with them, and to
contine himself to their sleeping place,
under the mistress portico. His faith
ful spouse, however, did not desert him
until driven to it by necessity; she and
their little darlings shared his confine-
ment, and gabbled cheeriully 10 him, as
if waiting in hope that he would soon be
well enough to accompany them. AT last
the time came for change Their mis-
tress, who was occupying a seat on the
open floor above, heard series of pecu-
liar tones issuing in turn from the two
seniors, as If they were engaged in sad,
low colloquy. This was continued for
perhaps half an hour, when the wife and
mother was seen to leave the brood in
charge of their father, and waddle slowly
down to the flock, which was enjoying
their stesta upon the lawn, nearly a hun
dred yards away. Then she commenced
an earnest talk, in which she was seen to
address different individuals, from whom
she seemed to receive answers. AT the
close of the palaver, she returned to her
lame husband, and gabbled to him for
time, as if reporting the result of her
errand. This brought on another long
talk, conducted in most atfectionate tones
after which the wife goose went a second
time to the reposing flock, and, to the as
tonishment of the mistress, was seen to
return accompanied bya gander, mho first
interctanged gabbging Nth has lame brother,
and from that time to'th perfornaed faithful
iy the part Of foster tdther to the brood
The writer was not himself witness to
this fact, but he relates it with the same
confidence as though he saw it with his
own eyes. Surely, brutes may give to
men lessons in charity! When we use
the term brutal, ought we not to modify it
by designating what brute we mean p
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