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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-19
Tuesday, April 9Th, 1873.
LIsT or aIFTs,


To provide means for this magnificent con-
cert, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND TICKETS ONLY
viii be issued. large portion Of which are
already sold.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole tickets $40. halves IS. and quarters
81 so. Eleven whole tickets for 500. No dis
count on less than 500 orders. Nothing could
be more appropriate for presents than tickets
TO this Banquet Of Wealth, or moro likely to
produce grander satisfactory results. The OBJ
Jet Of this Third Gift Concert is the enlarge
ment and endowment Of the Public Library Of
Kentucky, which. BY the special act author
king the Concert for its benefit Is 10 be forever
free 10 all citizens Of every State. This Con-
cert will be conducted like the first and second
heretofore given. and full particulars Of the
mode Of drawing the gifts and paying them,
Etaudinro Of the scheme. from beginning to end /,
are now published in the form Of a circular.
which will be furnished free Of cost 10 any who
Apply. The entire management Of this under
taking has been committed By the trustees to
HON. THOS. Z. BRAMLErTE, late Governor
OF Kentucky. 20 whom all communications
pertaining 70 the Gift Concert should be ad-
dressed, r. r. DURRETT, Pres't.
w. HALDEMAN, Vice Pres't.
JoHx 5. CArE. Sec'y Puhlic Library Of Ky.
FAEuERs AND DRovER's BANK, Treasurer.
Tickets are nov ready Tor sale, and all orders
for them. or applications for agencies. eifcu-
lars, Information. etc. will meet With prompt
atieutiOn when addressed TO me as below
directed. THO8. +. BRAMLETTE.
Louisrille. Ky, Agent Public Library Ky.
dlawEweou-ll s-Lvi-l3
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LEGAL.
trustees sale.


DY VIRTUE OF THE TERMS OF A TRUST
ID Deed made to me, as trustee, by John
Gray, on January 1st, 1857, and recorded in
the Registers office Of Shelby county, Tennes-
see, in Record Book No. go, part 3, pages 81,
328 and 329, to secure N certain Indebtedness
described therein, l will on
Wednesday, 10Th Of February, 1873,
sell for cash. to the highest bidder, the follow
ing described tract of land, lying and being in
the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee
lying in the Sixth eth Civil District Of said
county, range Z, section 2, 18th Surveyors
District of said county; Beginning AZ links
north Of the southwest corner of q ffty-acre
tract decided to McCristy NJ. Sanderlin ,Decem-
Der 18th, 1874, by W. B. and j. U. Greenlaw,
at a point fifteen feet from the center Of the
Memphis and Somerville plank-road; thence
north, twenty-seven (2D chains and htty-six
1857 links. to a stake; thence south, SS' east,
sixteen chains and twenty-five links, TO the
line of the said Memphis and SOmerville plank
road, and within fifteen feet of the center
thereof; thence south. 3214' west, along the
line of said road, thirty chains and nine links,
to the beginning; containing twenty-five (22)
and one third acres.
The equity Of redemption waived in Trust
Deed. Sale TO take place in Memphis, Ten
nessee, in front of the entrance TO the First
and Second Chancery Courts. / convey only
as trustee. s.. NJ JOBE, Trnstee.
r. c. Williamson, Solicitor. ll6l47
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sFThe purest and sweetest Cod Liver Oil
in the world is Hazard & CaswelPs. made on
the sea shore. from fresh-sslected livers. by
Caswsll, Hazard & Co.. New York. 1t is abb
solutely pure and sweet. Patients whe have
once taken it prefer it to any other. For sale
By all druggists. xvi-3O
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ss- For Dyspepsia. Indigestion. Depression
of Spirits and General Debility in their vari-
Gus forms. preventive against fever and
ague and other intermittent fevers. the
"Ferro-P hosphoiated Elixir Of Calisaya."
mads by Caswell. Hazard & Co., New York.
and sold by all druggists. is the best tonic for
patients recovering from fever or sickness.
II has no equal. xvi-3O
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TrnItoa Ancient order Of Druids.

TrSNEssEK Grow, No. /. U. A. 0. D.
meets at the Druid Hall, No. 81 South Court
street, on the LIST and Sd Tuesday evenings in
ZACH month. j. s. .Heiligers.. N. A.; ].
tary; John L. Ri hberg, Treasurer.
MEMPHIS GROVE, No. 2-meets at the Druid
Hall, 81 Court street. every Thursday evening.
Wm. NJ. Loeb, N. A.; II. 0ertel. v. A.; j.
P. Shide. Secretary; Barney Gray, Treasurer:
Hall, 81 Court street, on the LIST and Sd Mon
day evenings in each month. A. Z, Davis,
N. A.; George W. Baxter. v. A.; NJ. Bren,
Secretary; Martin Cohen, Treasurer.
tho Druid Hall, on the ID and 4th Tuesday
evenings in each month. ]. Beehler, E. S. A.
A. Hitzfeld, Secretary.
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HAZE DYE.
Ratchelor's Hair Dve.

This plendid Hair Dye Is the Jcsi IN he ,corld.
The only true and perfect dye. Harmless. re-
liable and instantaneous; no DISAPPOINTMENT;
no ridiculous tints or unpleasant odor. Rem
edies the in effects Of bad dyes and washes.
Produces IMMEDIATELY superb BLACK on MT
uRAL BEows. and leaves the hair CLEAN, SCH
AND BEAUTIFUL. The genuine signed W. A.
Bachelor. Sold BY all Druggists.
CHAS. BACHELOR.
6l-eoi-xvi-61 Pronrietor: N: ":
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

TENNESSEE LODGE No. 5-Meets NJ
every Wednesday night at Cyrene
Commandery Hall, No. 2Q4 Front street. \.
L. Q. DIVERS, c; c.; J; +. Fisher; Y. e.; =.
NJ. Of F.; II. C. Bigelow, X. Of X. 5.
MEHPHis Lopez No. 6--Meets every Tues
DAY night at Druid Hall. No. 3712 South Court
street. T. P. Turner, G; c.; D. II. Irving.
O.; 6. A, Lotion, p; Charles A; LegleTc; M.
X of Z. 8.
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T o. o. +. DIRECTORY.
Odd Fellows' Hall. corner Main and North
Court streets.

Odd Fellows' Hall, corner Main and North
Court streets.
LODGES.
MEMPHIS Lopez, No. 6-meets every Tues
day' Geo. W. Mathews, N. g.; A. W. New
son, v. O.; John W. Waynesburg, Sec
rotary; z. +. Risk, Treasurer.
CHTcKAsAw LoDGE, No. 6-meets ever, Mon
day night. John A. Holt. N. g.; Geo; w. u.
Crook, v. g.; John Garrow, X. s.; Thomas
Bacon. P, s.; II. ID. Connell, Treasurer:
ScEILLER LoDGE, No. 140-mects every w cd
nesday night. F. Henuiger, n g.; John r.
Hoffman, V. c.; II. Shilling, Secretary.
BASEER Lopez, No. 147-meets every Friday
night. j. +. Fischer. N. g.; VIM. Henry, Y.
CT. S. Jukes. p. and X. s.; George A..
Waring, Treasurer.
DEGREE LODGE.
MEMPHIS DEGREE LODGE No. 3-meets ist
Saturday of each month. Chas. NJ. Carroll.
d. M; b. G. Trader. D. ID. NJ. !. George W..
Mathews. A. D. NJ; I. S. Bingham, Seere-
tary: e. II. Jack. Treasurer.
EgoAbPNENTs.
GAYoso EYcAMPMENT, No. 3-meets on the
LIST and Sd Thursday nights Of each month.
VI. III. Moyston. G. p; X. Il. Alexander. II.
P; Geo W. Mathews. S. W.; Thos. Bacon,
S.: II. D. Cornell. i. John Garow. J. w:
MEMPHIS EscAMPAEET. No. 39-meets I'd and
lth Thursday nights Of each month. A. W.
Newsom, C, P; Geo. w. Smith, IL, P. Jos.
Locke, \. W.; G. II. Plischke. Scribe; I. 5.
Jukes, Treasurer; p. j. Willard. J. W.
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TIE FIRST vIOLETs.



who that has loved knows not the tender al
Which flowers reveal whom lips are coy 70 tell
Whose youth has paused nor dreaming III 'H'
Where the rath viOlo.s dwsll'
Lol where they shrink along the lonely brake
Under the lifeless. melancholy, tsee; -.
Not yet tho cuckoo sings, nor glides inc snake
Nor Wild thyme lures the bee.
Yet at their sight and scent. entrane'd Hn'
thrilled.
All June seems golden In the Apr, nk slss,ssn.a
How sweet the days We yoarn ior' uii iuinieu
distant paradisel
Dear land TO which Desire forever fees.
Time doth no Present 70 the grasp allow;
Say, In the fixed eternal shall We seho
Al last the neeting Nowf
Dream mot Of days 10 come. Of that unknown
whittier hope wanders (maEo without a clueli
Give their true witchery TO the howers-thin'
Youth in their youth renew.
Ayaricel remember when the eowslip's gold
Lured and vet lost its glitter In the graspi
DO thy boards glad thee more than those ofoid
Those Withered In thy clasp.
From these the hand falls palsisd-itwas then
That thou vert rich :. thy Golfers are lie
Alas, poor fool Joy il the wealth Of men,
And care their poverty. r
Come. feIlOd AmbitiOnl What hast thou de-
Empire and powsrS o wanderer. tempest
These once were thine, when life's gay spring
Thy soul with glOrloI lost.
Let the flowers charm thee to the joeund prime.
Whs o. er the stars rApt fancy traced the chart;
Thou hadst an Anglers powers in that biest
Thy realm human heartl
Hark bark again the tread Of bashful feet,
Hark the boughs rustling round the trysting
place
Let Air arain with one dear breath DO sweet,
Earth fair with one dear face
Brief lived first flower. first love! The hours
steal on,
To prank the world in summers pomp Of hue;
But what shall haunt beneath a hercer sun
Worth what We lose in your
on By a foyer leaf in some loved book
We mark-the lines which charm usmost. Re
trace E .H
Thy life. recall It's loveliest passage; look,
Dead Violets mark tae place
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Tuesday. lIareh ath. Iszs.

at II o'clock, in front Of A. N. Boyd's once.
No. Sjs Front street, sell 10 the highest bidder.
for cash. the following described land lyipg
and being in the county Of Shelby Stafe Oh
Tennessee: Lot No. 2 Of Sarah o. Laws sub
division Of a sixty acre tract Of land. Ling
south Of Memphis about two miles, and de-
fcribed a. follows Beginning at the intersec-
ton Of Foston avenue with the north line Of
sad sixty acre tract; thence fOuthWard, along
links; thence east, parallel with the said north
line Of said sixty acre tract. seven chains:
thence parallel with said avenue. 70 the said
westward. along said northern line, 10 THE he
rinring point, seven chains and sirty-threa
links. Equity Of redemption waived. Title
believed % be 5000. bat i convey only ~
trustee.
lsl-Tvi-2 ALsTON BOYD. Trustseg
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nEmPERAECE SOCIETY.

NAroNA TEMPLE OF II. AND 7. No. 1-meets
every Tuesday night at ball Of Cyrene Com
mandery, No. 20l Front 81. Jos. III Shepherd.
W. Q. T.; Frank Lamont. W. ". T; i. IsaAcs
P. W. c. 7. A. B. Corwine, W. R.; Jas. f..
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Executors Notice.

HAVING QUALIFIED As EXECUTOR
III Of BRIDGET Quinn, deceased, creditors ere
nofifei ~ rrcEeut Their claims accurdlu %
laE, and an debtor y come ferHard and
settle b. b. BARNES,
ls7-if3-it9-lf5 Ne. IS hain %.
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LEGAL.
Sheriff7s Sale of Valuable Property
in Fort Pickering.


DY VIRTUE OF FIVE ALIAS VENDI-
ID toni exponas 70 me directed from the Sec
ond Circuit Court of Shelby county. Tennessee ;
one in favor of James l.. Haven a. Co. vs..
Thos. +. Parrish, judgment rendered, October
q, ISL for s461 81 less amount real i les on
cost of suit; and one in favor Of s. Van Enron
vs.. Thomas Il. Parrish, judgment rendered
October q, 1871, for 1913 %, less amount real
lied on previous sale 1903 %, balance due
$50 SO and cost of suit; one in favor Of j. ii.
Putte VS.. Thomas +. Parrish. Judgment rem
dered October q, 1871, for 1902 IL. less amount
realised on previous sale SOP So, balance due
$40 26 and cost Of suit; one in favor of James
X. Challen VS.. Thomas 4. Parrish, judgment
reno cred October q, 1871. for S12S 80, less
amount realized on previous sale SIG ~, bal
ance due Sl2 II and cost; one in favor OF NJ
Greenwood x Co. VS.. Thomas +. Parrish, iudg-
ment rendered QctsberH, ISL, for SlO2 AZ. less
amount realized on previous sale sl4. balance
due SIS As and cost Of suit, To satisfy the ball
ance Ofjudgments due, with interest from date
Of rendition and cost Of suit. will
On Monday, March 18th, 1873,
At II o'clock a. m, in front Of the Sheriff s
office, No. 35l Second street, Memphis, Tenn: (,
lowing lands and tenements described and
bounded as follows, tO-wit; Beginning at the
northeast corner Of a tract Of l0$ acres, part
Of lot no. es Of Willoughby Williams subdi-
vision, Shelby county, State Of Tennessee, on
the south side Of Fort Pickering reilroaa,
running thence west twenty rods with the
south side Of said railroads thence south
tventy-four rods; thence east twenty rods
thence north tWenty-four rods 70 the begin
ming, Levied on and TO be sold as the prop
erty Of the said Thomas +. Parrish to satisfy
the balance Of said judgments, interests and
costs. Sale 10 COMMENCE az II o nhSs Am
Sheriff Of Shelby County.
February Is, 1873. l44-taw-xvi-l3
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rB-Chapped hands. face. rough skin, PIN
pies. ringworms. saIt-rheum. and othel
cutaneous affections cured. and the skin
made soft and smooth by using the Juniper
Tar Soap. made By CasWell. Hazard d Co..
New York. xyi-aO
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Trustees Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF THE TERMS OF A TRUST
ID deed made 10 me as trustee by Mat A !.
Glass and Rosette +. Glass, on January 18th.
1872, and recorded in book No. IS, page 10, Of
the records Of the county Of Shelby, Tennegsee
70 secure q certain indebtedness therein mem
toned, will on
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On Marriage.

Happy Relief for Young Men from the
effects Of errors and abuses in early life. Man
hood restored. Impediments to marriage re-
moved. New method of treatment. New and
remarkable remedies. Books and circulars
sent free. in sealed envelope.
Address. HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No.
South Ninth street. Philadelphia, Pa.-an in.
stitution having high reputation for honor.
able conduct and professional skill. ls5-xvi-
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Thnrsdar. 1ath dar Of Marah. 1s7s,

at the corner Of Washington and Fourth
bctvesn the hours Of 10 o'clock am. and
O'clock D. m, proceed TO sell. at public sale. 10
the highest bidder, for cash, the premises mem
toned in said trust deed, TO which, for more
ence is hereby made. Right Of redemption is
waived and the title is believed 10 be perfect.
but sell and convey only as trustee
75-xvi-1l JULIA WHELAN. Trustee.
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mHIs VERY DESIRABLE PROPERTY.
thirty-eirht 49, feet square. j. offered az
rFirafe sale. ID b. well known a. BE- the best
kudnesr location I'm Msmrhif- Tor further
j. b. DARDEN. Assignee,
f--f On the pfemi1eE.
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Trustees Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED MADE
ID TO me by Thomas S. Callan, on November
%, 1859, recorded in Register, Office Of Shelby
county, Tennessee. in book %, pages SS and
therein described, which note is still due and
uuDaid / will on
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NOTICE.
Notice to LAWYERS.

JKTE HAVE FOR SALE AT THE LEDGER
w Office blank notices to take dispositions,
and printed instructions to the officer takinG
the same; also blank captions and certif-
Gates. lot
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LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD
~ HE'D ULE.

.Ir .a. 40 IiAi
Express Train leaves daily Except
Sunday - h.n
Mail Train, p.
Brownsville Accommodation leaves
daily Except unday)...........,..,...4:4O p, m
No change of cars by this line for Louisville,
St. Louis and Nashville. Pullman palace
sleeping-cars on all night trains.
Ticket Office, 2S7 I-2 Main ST.
arIi uoT JOHN 7. FLYNN,
Superintendent Memphis Division:
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent. N-t
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Rest Advertisers Mediums In North
Mississippi.

- Memphis Merchants should not neglect
to advertise IN thi.uocsli,y. ct
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FOR SALE.
FOR = ALE.
Memphis Bank Property,

Northwest Corner OF Main and had.
fEon streets, Memphis, Tenn.
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who that has loved knows not the tender ts,s
Whose youth has paused not, dreaming IN the
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EXECUTIVE OOMMITTEE

JOS. SPECHT, President. Madison street;
A. VACCAR0, Treasurer, Front street; Lou
LEUBRIE, Secretary, Dollar Store and I'll
Main street; l.. S, NORRIS, Peabody Hotel;
THEO. L. H0ERNER, Beal street.
nH-S Secure yonr Tickets to avoid jam at the
door 137-152
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-10-30
.SXERIEE',S SALE


DY virtue of special execution, dated
ID the 10th of October, a. D. 1873, TO me
directed, issued out of the Office Of the
Clerk of the District Court of Tama County
State of Iowa, in favor Of l.. II. Thomas,
and against Richard McGee, --McGee,
W. C Seelev, and Adm Antrim, on judg-
ment rendered by said court, at the
September term thereof, y. D., 1873, against
the said Richard McGee, for the sum of
Sl65.s0, and a decree of foreclosure against
said defendants wherein it was ordered, ad-
Judged and decreed that the following de-
scribed real estate to-wit:
The north quarter of the south east quar-
ter Of the southwest quarter Of section
twenty-five, (22) township eighty-six, Is J
north of range fourteen IA, west of the
9th p. NJ, in lama county, Iowa, be sold,
or so much thereof as is necessary to satisfy
said judgment, interest and cost.
Now, therefore, public notice is hereby
given, that have levied upon, and shall on
the 18th day of November A 1873 between
the hours Of 8 o'clock A. NJ. and O'Clock
F. NJ. of said day, sale to commence at the
hour Of 10 o'clock A. NJ, at the front door
Of the Court House in Toledo, Iowa, in the
County of lama, offer and sell at public out
cry to the highest ami best builder,
for cash, all the right, title, and inter-
est of the above named defendants, in and
to the above described property, or SO much
thereof as is necessary TO satisfy said judg-
ment for the above named sum together
with costs and all accruing costs, unless
the same shall be sooner satisfied.
KNIGHT DEXTER,
Sheriff Of lama Co.. Iowa.
STIyERS & SAFLEY,
Atty for Plaintiff.
Oct 10th, 1873. 44.45 $500.
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&HERIEEH.S N1LE

DY virtue Of a Special Execution, dated
Dthe 18th Of October, 1878, to me directed,
issued out of the Office Of the Clerk Of the
District Court of 1ama county, Stat, Of
Iowa, in favor Of L. D. IIartshorn, and
against Oliver d. Bonney, as administrator
Of the estate of I. L. Drew, decd, D. W.
Drew and Il. J. Rosccrans, on judgment
rendered by said Court at tine September
term thereof A. D., 1873, against the said
Oliver D. Boaney, as administrator Of the
estate Of I. L. Drew, decd, for the sum Of
Sl6G.27, and decree Of foreclosure against
said defendants, wherein it was ordered
adjudged and decrccd that the following
described Real Estate, to-wit;
Lots rumber five (5) and six (6) in block
number one in the town of Buckingham,
Tama county. Iowa, lie sold, or SO much
thereof as is necessary to satisfy said judg.
ment, interest and cost.
Now, therefore, public notice is hereby
given, that have levied upon, and shall
on the 18th day Of November, A. D 1873, be-
tween the hours Of 8 o'clock a. NJ. and
o'clock T. NJ. Of said day, Gale to commcnc-
at the hour Of 10 o'clock, A. NJ. at the
front door Of the Court House in Toledo.
Iowa, in the County Of Tama, offer and sell
at public outcry, to the highest and best
bidder, that bids two-thirds or over of the
appraised value, for cash, all the right.
title and interest of the above named de.
PENDANT. in and to the above described pro-
perry, or so much thereof as is necessary
to satisfy said judgment for tho above
named sum together with costs and all &C
cruing costs, unless the same shall be soon.
err satisfied.
Oct. Is, 1873.
KNIGHT DEXTER,
Sheriff of Tama County, Iowa.
APpELGATE & KfNNE,
Attorneys for Plaintiff. 4.-4lS50O
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A Golden Gate" Innova.
ton.

The spirit of innovation and the
desire to be known outside OF ones
own HAMLET have crowded them
selves rapidly from the far-off conn-
tries, across the Atlantic until they
touched the shores OF the western
continent, and fired the hearts OF
Young America. Like tidal wave
have they swept from Gotham over
the Alleghanies; leaped over tie
Father OF Waters" distanccd ely
ilization in its rapid strides across
the plans; climbed and descended the
Sierra Nevada aud Rocky mountains,
aud settled down in the unprctentiou>
and quiet ciiy-the Golden Gate
From that cily-San Francisco-las
Saturday went forth over tie cleo
trio wires of the country the follow
ing dispatch:
Professor Lay will make bal
loon ascension to day, with Justice
Of the Peace and a young lady whom
the Professor will marry while in the
clouds"
"Up IN q Balloon, B'hoys,' and
"On Eagles Wings | soar, aye aye.
Shoe Fly, don't bodder /, and 9th
ers of that nature, We doubt not
were the enrapturing songs that Gil
ed the souls OF the dores as they as
ccnded sky ward. accompanied by
j. r., for the purpose set forth iii
the dispatch. Aside from the novel
~ of the procedure, there ls some
thing particularly refreshing, slightly
romantic, and the Prnf.sanr is 20 be
that q lady would
marry him even in The clouds.
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Strange but True.

Anything out of the usual order
this week can be accounted for in
the fact that the editor left ycster-
day afternoon to get married. This
being a novel proceeding with him
no doubt has been agltatlng his mind
for few days past. lie has long
sought an opportunity TO poke his
head into the hymeneal halter and
has ct last succeeded.
Yes, the editor, that is zee, have,
after many years Of persuading, wear
ing out pant knees, popping questions,
having heart literally smashed and
gobIlcd up, Lave at last succeeded
in pulling the wool over tho eyes
Of a poor unfortunate girl. That is
we think We haye and we are gong
this afternoon with Rev. Mr.. Boyd
to have the thing fixed up" if she
is still in the notion. Her name is
Miss Mollie Bowen, and she is sweet
er, better and prettier than any 9th
err girl of the Nineteenth century.
Who care for newspapers panics, or
man.
Farewell, McGoyern, Halliburton,
SlIngcrland, Lane, Smith, Ivic, De.
lsemer. Brassfeld, Lycan, Wilkes.
Pierce and all the other fellows.
Why don't yon marry ?-Klrksyille
Weekly Journal, Missouri.