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strnnre Hiatorx.

A curious case, says the Pail Mall Ga
zette, was lately brought before one OF
the French tribunals. Eighteen years
ago a young man named Eripe was con-
demned in contumaciam to ten years
penal servitude for forgery and embez-
element committed in Paris. He had
Incorporated some four thousand
francs, but he voluntarily confessed his
guilt 9 few days afterward, making res
titution at the same time Of the sum
which still remained in his hands. The
manager Of the Office in which he was
employed, who entertained an excellent
opinion of bin, was anxious 10 hush the
matter up, but the police insisted upon
his prosecution. Eripe avoided arrest,
and enlisted in cavalry regiment I'M
der the name of Lemaitre, a former
schoolfellow. He served for three
years, and bore the best Of char
acters, but being offered a clerkship
ip the Aisne, he deserted. The real
Lemaitre was arrested on this charge,
but be had no difficulty in proving his
innocence, and Eripe was again con-
demned in contumaciam 10 ten years
hard labor for usurping name which
did not belong 10 him. he, in the mean.
while, had been gaining the esteem OF
his employer, at whose instance he con.
tracted a marriage under the name Of
Lemaitre, by which be was still known.
His wife died soon after their marriage,
but her parents we're 50 much attached
10 him that they bequeathed him some
property, and obtained for him more
valuable appointment in q mandatory
At Fishes. Here be made a second mar
rage, which also proved a happy one,
and be seemed on the high road 20 for
tune. One day. while be was talking
With the atatiOn-maeter on The platform,
q train arrived, the engine driver Of
which happened 10 be the real lie
maitre, who recognized Eripe, and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15
Another Outrage.

CHICAGO, August 1.-the second out
rage of this week came to light yester-
day. An unknown stranger on last
Monday enticed a respectable German
girl named Mary Krier, aged fifteen,
from her residence in the West Division
and took her out to the city limits, where
he violated her person. The villain
escaped.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15
Very Bnd BOy.

ANN HARBoR, Mich, August l5.-The
superintendent of the Reform School at
Lansing has lodged in Jail William Du-
rand, aged sixteen, an inmate of the
flrst-named institution, since September
18th, 1872, sent there for stealing horse.
He is considered to be an ungovernable
youth; had attempted, during his short
stay there, to cut one mans throat
killed another with hammer, and plot
ted general massacre.
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the peyiI ON Earth.

MANSFIELD, o., August l5.-one OF
the most horrible plots has just come to
light in time to save father and four
children from horrible death. VIM.
Il. Dobbs was indicted some months ago
for attempting to outrage the person oil
a little girl, who recovered some four
thousand dollars in civil suit for dam
ages at the last term Of court, and in
order to prevent her appearance, or that
Of her father, W. II. Dobbs procured the
services Of one Lightfoot and several
others to 20 out blow up the house OF
said plaintiff, but the plot was discov-
cred. On the person Of Lightfoot when
arrested there we're found several fuses.
Dobbs was also arrested. Both were
bound over to keep the peace. The
feeling against them is very bitter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15

PIoUA, o., August l6.-Last evening
little boy aged about eight years
named Golden, living near the hydraulic
canal, in the lower part of the town,
was bitten on the leg by snake, from
the effects of which be died few hours
after. The snake was Of the water moe
casin species, and very poisonous.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15
A Camp Meeting.

KAxKAKEE, ILL, August 10. The
Methodist eAmp,meeting, which has been
running for a week, closed last evening.
Mrs. Van Colt announced from the
stand that nearly two hundred persons
had been converted, most Of whom at
taehed themselves to the Methodist Epis'
eopal church.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15

Tbs Oranges are beginning to take a
hand in politics. In Kansas the far
mers have put a ticket in the field. In
this State the Oranges have not as yet
assumed political shape. politics being
among the constitutional prohibitions Of
the order.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15

A reporter on a Norwich, New York.
paper doesn't think il much Of day for
items when be can 90 little out Of the
village and interview a couple who have
tweuty-one children, eighteen Of whom
are full grown young men and women.
Three girls aud boys still remain 10
cheer q home which has been nearly
desolaied By marriage.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15

Prominent among the gorgeous wemen
driving in the Bots de Boulogne, one
sees Josephine Mansfield. Coming home
Sunday last from the races, where the
Shah had worn his big diamond hat or
nament, met voiture containing two
ladies', one of them carrying a parasol
with steel chain fringe glittering in the
sun, wearing a black silk with black
velvet vest, covered with square steel
Iozenges like coat Of mail. AS the
stunning pageant came in sight | was
dazzled for an instant, and not until
we were side by side did / recognize the
magnificent Josephine. Report has 1t
that for all her regal appearance the un-
fortunate woman is suffering with that
most horrible of all disorders-a cancer
ST. Louis Republicans Paris Letter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15

JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, August l5.-The
annual reunion Of old settlers Of Morgan
and Cass counties was held at Steven.
sons grove, near Little Indian station,
on the Peoria and Jacksonville railroad,
ten miles north Of jacksonville. About
a thousand people we're present.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15

AN exchange heralds the fact that a
suggestion has been made by way Of eel
ebrating the centennial that at noon on
the Fourth OF July, 1876, every steam
whistle and fog horn, every bell and
gong, every piano and organ, every
trumpet and drum, and every instru-
ment of any kind that can make noise,
shall join in one wild and awful clatter
which shall extend in an unbroken wave
of sound from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from Maine to California. Think
of the sixty thousand citizens of Mem
phis, the bells, mHsical instruments,
steam whistles and every other means
Of producing a noise turned loose at
once. Deafness has been regarded as
an affection, but on such day as the
above it would prove a blessing of the
rarest virtue. This centennial business
is panning out large crop OF lunatics
in the vicinity Of Philadelphia.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15
Excitement over.

OrTlvl, OFT. August l5.-The great
sHciiemedt is over. The Opposition
members dispersed yesterday morning.
The cabinet vas in session most Of the
day. The Govsrnor-Gensrsl submitted
3 written reply 10 the memorial
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15

The new Legislature of Kentucky will
be composed as follows. Senate, thirty
two Democrats and six Republicans.
House Of Representatives, eighty-one
Democrats and nineteen Republicans.
AT the recent elections the Democrats
gained one in the House and the Re-
publicans two in the Senate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15

TIE Avalanche thinks the time draws
nigh when the question, Who will be
our next Mayor" should be answered.
Had the Avalanche inquired, Who de-
sires TO be the next mayor2 a host of
patriotic citizens would have answered
as one man. The next mayor will be
the choice Of the people, and not the
puppet of rings. He must be a tax
payer, and one that pays his taxes-a
man of moral worth, strict integrity and
sound financial ability. In vain have
we inquired, How is the candidate to be
introduced to the people2-by a conven-
ton, aprimary election, a mass meeting
"a will he be showed into existence by
the newspapers, or will it be scrub
race, open to all aspirants.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15
ADVERTISING.
LEGAL ADVERTISING

rsROM AND AFTER THIS DATE. VIZ
n will charge O0l cent? per line for the hrst
insertion, and Eve % cents per line for each
subsequent insertion Of All legal adyeItise-
thirty DAYS or longer cCufccutiFoly. which
will b charrsd ID card rate. b. he square.
counting eight 81 lines nonpareil. solid. O. The
square. The printers fees % be paid In ad-
'-''' CIV. ALEXANDER.
b. ~. Memphis APPEAL Pub. CO.
A. j. kELLAk.
Memrhif Araianrks.
T. WHlIMOHE.
Memphis. Jsnuary 81. ~, hi
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15

The editor Of an Illinois paper thinks
fishing. as q general rule. don't pay.
We stood il al day IN the river last
week, be says. bot caught nothing
-until We got home"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15
ST. AGNES ACADEMY
For Young Ladies.

T,HIs INSTITUTION. CONDUCTED BY
the Sisters of St. Dominic. is delightfully."-
situated in healthy and retired part ofthe city
ample and commodious, standing in the CEN
ter Of extensive and highly improved grounds,
shaded by forest trees, and laid cut anu set
with rare plants and shrubbery. :,
The course of studies comprises az tne
branches, useful and ornamental. that are
usually taught.
The academic year consists Of two sessions
of five months each; the first commencing on
the first of September, the second ON the first
Monday of February.
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nestInE Of una.rrr,,.rs.

DIyExPoKT, IA, August l5.-The an
nual meeting Of the Iowa State Board Of
Underwriters is being held al the Burles
House. The gathering comprises a
large number Of leading insurance men.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15
MEDICAL.
''Dr. Curtis on Manhood"

IUUIH EUIINVNs
Revised and Corrected by the Author. 4. DE
+. CURTIS, NJ. D., ETC.. etc.
A MEDICAL ESSAY on the cause and cure
Of Premature Decline in Man. shoWing how
health is lost and how regalned. ~ gives
me treatment OF Exhausted Vitality. Nervous
and physical Debility, and other diseases ap-
perfaining thereto. and the remedies therefor,
the results Of twenty years successful prac-
";CURTIs ON MANHOOD. = There & no
member on society by when this book will mt
be found useful, whether be Be parent pre-
briee 70 cent, By mail. Address the author,
DIR. CURTIS,
to-xviiiso fremont Place. Boston. Mass.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15

The Evansville Courier says: The
heartless fend who butchers the Anglo
Saxon for the local page Of the Nash
vile Union and American spells scis-
sors sizzors.' And yet he uses them
more than aay man We know Of"
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FOUNTAINS.
FOuniainsI FOuntainsl

/ HAVE BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS OF ALL.
Il toris Of Fountains 81 the olice Of ne vi So.
company. which can Be sold e. ur.-es ie9a
lhan any other parties can ofer. az We a. not
wa a. make auy profit.
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FLOUR.
CHOICE, NEW
GAINESVILLE FlOurS
FLOUR

INST RECEIVED. THE ABOVE FLOUR.
81 which We viii ell 70 me uAae ~ -
pfs''' IN HA'aRRIs. MALLORY A Co.
lu.is7 - frort street
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15

Perhaps you have heard about the
highly blood.curdling Mexican novel
which Gen. Lew Wallace is getting pub
lished, and possibly you have wondered
at the generals cheek in making reach
for literary fame. But it is explained.
He wrote the books romance Of the
Montezumas - twenty-five years ago,
when he was somewhat younger than he
is now, and had the romance in him.
For all these years, however, he has re.
ligiously resisted the temptation to have
it published, until now, as be grows old
he finds himself unable to stand the
pressure. Chicago Times.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15
TAXES.
City Tax Notice /

OFFicE % CRY Tax CoLLEcroR,
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. July D. 1873.
VNHE BOOKS FOR 1873 HAVE BEEN
Il turned over 70 me for collection. We now
oner great lnducement 70 PROF FT TAX PAY
EEs. They will Be allowed Tual AND a HaflF
fEA cENr. PEh NoNTH DISCOUNT ~ 70 the lst Of
January. IL paid BY the lst of August the
DISCOUNT would be fwELvE AND a HtLF FFE
CENr. oFF.
FELIX W. ROBERTSON.
lzL-ll1 City Tax Collector.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15

The grasshopper bend is raging at the
watering.places. Eli Perkins writes to
the Graphic: "All the young ladies have
it here. 1t is considered very wrong for
a young lady not to stick her arms back
like a grasshopper's legs and then walk
with a sailors swagger. They call it the
Newport roll When young lady gets
loaded down with bottles, fans, umbrel-
las, tooth-brushss and gutta-percha
combs, and moves off with the grass
hopper bend and Newport roll, you
might as we'll get of the balcony and let
the train 90 by. always do"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15

CHICAGO, August l5.-Several cases oil
cholera have been reported here during
the mast three or four weeks.
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Terms per Session,
PAYABLE half yearly, in advance

For board and tuition in any of the following
branches; Reading, Arithmetic. :, English
Composition, Criticism, Principles of Natural
Philosophy, Chemistry and Botany, Mental
and Moral Philosophy, Plain Sewing. Mark
ing, etc., SIS, $50, $50 and 500, according to
'n so4 Ssy scholars. tuition s5 $40 s25 or $780,
according to age or class as above.
For further information apply TO or address
the MOTHER SUPERIOR"
I21.157 St Agnes Academy.
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EDUCATIONAL.
N O IT Q e :.
IaMnYME SCHOOL

WIFI OPEN, WITH A FQLt CORPS OF
w competent teachers, on MONDAY Sep
Tuition. al no per month; Music, S3 per month
i4i-i57 J. II. BARNUM, Principal.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-16

before the Investigating Committee on the
Sth. He had no personal knowledge as to
who was the original owner of the one hun
dred shares standing in the name of Nelson,
son-in-law of James Brooks; he presumed
Nelson paid for them. He did not know
that any shares were sold after January /,
1S6S; he did not know that the success or
failure of the road would depend on friendly
or unfriendly legislation. When asked
whether 500 600 had not been put in his
hands to influence Congress to annul Sec
retary Boutwell's ruling concerning the in
terest ON Pacific Railway bonds. Alley
asserted that he had never had a dollar for
such Use, direct or indirect. He believed
that Ames had no intention of corrupting
Congress by his distribution of stock, and
thought that IL there had been the fullest
investigation from the first much public
misapprehension would have been avoided.
Mr.. McComb made a statement, on the 9th
before the Committee, re-afHrming his testi-
mony abont the conversation he overheard
between Messrs. Brooks and Alley and Civ
ing the dates and amounts of the check and
draft Brooks drew in payment of the 100
shares he purchased. McComb says that on
the day Brooks gave the check, he received
or had given to his son in-law 200 shares of
the Union Pacific Railroad stock, and s5, 900
worth OF its first mortgage bonds; later he
got 5000 more of each, making, in addition
TO the Credit-Mobilier stock, $25, 600 in
Union Pacific Railroad securities, for Sl0,0 COO
paid. These transactions, McComb says,
took place about three months after Mr..
Brooks was made Government Director of
the Union Pacific Railway. The Com
mittee adjourned to the 18th.
"A letter is published from 7. B. Kingsland,
Mr. Brooks business manager in New York,
saying that Mr.. Brooks check-book shows
no check for SIC, 900 to Durant, or s5 233 33
alleged by H. C. Crane, in a letter to
McComb, to 'have been received by him
(Crane)-and that he (Kingsland) never,
acting for Brooks with Crane, paid for any
one hundred or fifty shares of Credit-Mo-
bilier for Charles II. Nelson, and he is GER
tain that Brook could not have made any
such large operations in money without his
check book or bank account showing it.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-16

Kingdom would be regarded by the United
States as cause of war. OF late years
Great Britain has regarded it as definite
ly settled that we are to control the com
merce of the Pacific in the future.
Her citizens are largely interested in
our Pacific railroads, and her statesmen
are believed to look with favor upon the
growth of trade between Liverpool and
japan and China by way of San Fran
cisco and New York. 1t is not thought
that she could object to the islands being
brought under an American protectorate,
or even to their immediate annexation.
France is not in condition TO object,i
she would. Germany, which is exhibit
ing remarkable vigOr in the development
of her foreign commerce and in increas-
ing her naval armament, is said to fully
understand the value of the islands, and
to desire to possess them, but the rela-
tions of the United States with this
power are at present of such a friend
ly nature that she could scarcely
be expected to stand in the
way of their acquisition by US, although
she would unquestionably object to any
rival European nation gaining fooihold
there. As to the views of the natives on
the question of annexation to the United
States, it is asserted that two thirds of
them have favored for the past ten years
any arrangement that would bring them
in closer relations with us. in 1866
treaty of commercial reciprocity was
negotiated with the Hawaiian Govern
ment by Minister McCook, and was
warmly supported by Senator Sumner,
who made an able speech in its favor in
an executive session of the Senate. The
treaty failed by only two or three votes
to get the two thirds of the Senate neces-
sary for its ratification. If it had been
ratified there is little doubt that the islands
would before this have belonged to the
United States Washington Cor. Neu York
Tribune
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-16
A Dog that is Worth Something.

A. B. NEWMAN, assistant light keeper
at Mount Desert, is the owner of a fine
Newfoundland dog, of which we are told
the following anecdote Mr.. Newman's
little boy, nine years old, strayed away,
and was missing for about two hours.
The mother went out of doors and called
to him, wnen the dog, in response, ran
up from the shore with the boys wet cap
in his mouth, and signified by his action
that he desired her to follow him. The
mother, alarmed, called the father, who
was sleeping in the house, and they fol-
lowed the dog as quickly as possible.
Down by the shore, on rock, the little
boy was lying insensible, his clothes wet,
as il he had been dragged from the water.
After long efforts, in which the dog rem
dered all the assistance he could in his
mute way, the boy was resuscitated, and
afterward told his story. He was on the
beach, gathering shells, when q large
wave came in and carried him off in the
undertow. The dog jumped in after him,
but the wave prevented him from reach
ing the boy for some minutes. He seized
him by the leg of his trousers, and tried
TO drag him ashore, but the cloth tore in
his teeth, and the boy said that he had an
indistinct recollection of the dog coming
coming down below the surface for him
again, and that was the last thing he was
conscious of. 1t seems that the dog had
dragged the child upon the rock out of
reach of the waves, and had tried to re-
store him. When he heard the mothers
call he took the cap to inform her, as
well as he could, of the affair, and hasten
assistance-PortiGRd Press.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-16
THE OLD WORLD.

The London Times of the Sd, in an article
upon the death of King Kamehameha, says
it must confess that the Americans will
eventually people the Sandwich Islands,
which will become valuable colony be-
tween San Francisco and China and Aus
tralia.
Recent advices state that an understand
ing has been arrived at between England
and Russia with regard to the war against
the Khivas. Prince Gortschskoff has given
assurance to the British Minister at st
Petersburgh that Russia has no hostile de.
sign against Afghanistan, and that the Rus
sian expedition, commanded by General
Kaufman, was sent to punish the Khon OF
Khiva, who still refused to surrender Rus.
sian prisoners. The British Government
expressed itself satisfied with this explana
ton.
Randolph Stewart, the ninth Earl of Gal
way, died recently, aged 70.
A London dispatch of the 4th announces
the failure of the extensive wholesale mer
camille house of John II. Pawson & Co., oi
that city. Liabilities stated at SIS, ,o00, 600.
The late King of the Sandwich islands
weighed 800 pounds, and his coffin weighed
900 pounds. His rightful successor, William
Lunalilo, is said to be an inveterate drunk
ard and a worthless character generally.
The new census of France shows the pop
ulation to be Sc, 102 ,921, decrease of 366, 90;
since 1866.
The Emancipation, a radical newspaper Of
Toulouse, France, has been suppressed.
Sir Charles Dixie spoke at Derby on the
evening of the 7th, on the land question
A mob attacked the audience, and n fight
followed which lasted for an hour Many
persons were badly hurt, and an armed
escort was necessary to bring Sir Charlie.
Dixie and his wife to their hotel in safety.
The ex-Emperor Napoleon died at hi,
residence in Chiselhurst, England, at 1o:4s
a, m. on the 9th. He had recently submit
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-16
Miscellaneous Reading.
M THE EKEN1YG.

ALL day the wind had howled along the leas,,
All day the wind had swept across the plain,
All day on rustling grass and waving trees
Had fallen sthe useful trouble of the ra1n.''
All day beneath the low hung dreary sky
The dripping earth had covered sullenly.
At last the wind had sobbed itself to rest.
At last to weary calmness sank the storm,
A crimson line cleaned sudden inthe west
Where golden fecks rose wavering into form.
A hushed revival heralded the night,
And with the eveningtime awoke the light.
The rosy color flushed the long gray waves;
The rosy celor tinged the mountains brown;
And, where the old church watched the village
graves, s
Wooed to a passing blush the yew- w-trees' frown.
Bird, beast, and flower, relenting nature knew,
And one pale star rose. shimmering in the blue.
So, to life long crushed in heavy grief,
So, to path long darkened by despair,
The slow, sad hours bring touches of relIef,
Whispers of hope, and strength of trustful
prayer.
IS Tarry his leisure,n God of love and might,
And with the evening -time there will beIight!
All the Year Round
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-16

A PENNSYLVANIA woman who has for
two years been afflicted by the cancer,
and has been treated by eminent physi-
clans without obtaining relief, dreamed
that stranger came to her house and
gave her some medicines saying that they
would efectually cure her. Next day, on
going to the door and looking out, she saw
the identical man of her dream approach.
ing the house. He offered her bottle OF
medicine to cure her cancer. She took
it, followed his directions, and is now
as bad as ever.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-16

A FIRE originated in the kitchen of 705
Pine street last evening about o'clock.
1t caught from the stove, and rapidly
making its way through the dining-room
and hallway issued from the front door,
where it was first discovered. 1t was on
the end of cigar. Damage ten cents
st. Louis Republican.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-16

From this statement it will be seen that
twenty-seven Governments have added to
their debts about $4,000, 100000 since
1862, and that their total Indebtedness is
now nearly S17, 1000, 100000.