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Whole tickets SO. 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
10 this Banquet Of Wealth, or more likely 70
produce grander satisfactory results. The OBJ
ject Of this Third Gift Concert 4 the enlarge
ment and endowment Of the Public Library Of
Kentucky. which. By the special act author
iIing the Concert for lie benefit is 10 be forever
free 70 al citizens Of every state. This Con-
cert will be conducted like the frtt and second
heretofore given. and full particulars Of the
mode Of drawing the gifts and paying them.
and everything necessary 70 a thorough under
standing Of the scheme, from beginning 70 end
are nov published IN the form Of q circular.
which viii be furni1hed free u cost % any whs
apply. The entire management % this under
takinr has been committed b. the trustees 70
HON. THOS. Z. BRAMLETIE. late Governor
Of Kentucky. 20 whom all communications
pertaining % the Gin Concert fhould be ad-
dressed. y i. DJhRfTT, Pref't.
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Library Hall at Louisville, KY, on
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mARDI oRAs.
Grand Carnival
OF MEMPHIS.
MARDI GRAS!
February s5th, 1878.

proclamation ANA Rehash OF 10
Mighty Momus, Hing Of the cnrnt-
val. who Speaks Trust
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MEMPHIS POST0FFICE.

Orrfus Houns-FRoM 8 AN. TO 5P.E.; SUNDAY
FRON 3 TO l0A.h.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-28
A LeipSic Tragedy.

A terrible tragedy is narrated by the
German papers. Herr SchweinhOff, a
merchant of Leipsic, aged 65 years,
after losing his first wife, married a
young girl of Is, who, of course, was
only enamored of the old mans wealth.
Schweinhof had by his first wife son,
who seems to have been rather wild.
On returning home after two years
absence, the son, aged % years, COM
menced iaison with his step-mother.
Schweinhoff suspected the intimacy, and
determined to be avenged. Having ac-
quired proof of the treachery of the
couple, he awaited his opportunity. On
July 5, he took horse and rode to a
country house then occupied by his
wife. Entering the grounds, he saw her
and his son seated at the edge of ii small
lake, engaged in conversation. He at
once put spurs to his steed and trampled
the woman under the horses feet. She,
flying, fell into the lake. The son
sprang upon the father, and, during a
struggle which ensued after Schweinhoff
had been pulled from his horse, he stab
bed him fourteen times in the face and
breast with poniard which the father
had carried In his own belt. Then he
ran to the rescue of his mistress, and
leaped into the water, but his strength
failed him before he reached her. The
lifeless remains of the guilty pair were
recovered an hour later.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-28
A Mathematics Bite.

An Indiana man has recovered from
the bite of a rattlesnake. The South
Bend Tribune tells the story thus
Last Wednesday afternoon, Asa
Jones, of Clay township, was engaged
in loading hay on wagon on the marsh
at Bonebrake's farm, when he was at
tackled by rattlesnake. The reptile
first struck at the boot on his right foot,
but missed it, and he gave the snake a
kick, sending it off a short distance. 1t
renewed the attack again, and this time
struck him on one side of the calf of his
leg, just above the boot-top, the fangs
making a wound nearly an inch long.
Mr.. Jones managed to dispatch the
snake, and Immediately burned some
tobacco on the wound. Within five
minutes from the time he was bitten he
was perfectly blind, and it was with
great difficulty he was got to his house,
which was over a mile distant. He was
instantly filed with whisky. and tobac-
co was kept on the wound till the day
following, when he was apparently as
well as ever. He is now suffering no
bad effects from the bite. The snake
was good-sized one, with seven rat
ties"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-28
Permanent Lemonade.

Some competent sanitary and bibu-
lous authority asserts that when people
feel the need of an acid, if they would
let vinegar alone. and use lemons or APP
Piles, they would feel just as well salts
fed and receive no injury. A sugges-
ton may not come amiss as to a good
plan when lemons are cheap in the mar
ket. A person should then purchase
several dozen at once and prepare them
for use in the warm, weak days of spring
and summer, when acids, especially cit
ric and molic, or the acid of lemons, are
so grateful and useful. Press your
hand on the table to make it squeeze
more easily then press the juice into a
bowl or tumbler-never into tin; strain
out all the pulp from the psels-to ex-
tract the acid. A few minutes boiling
is enough then strain the water with
the juice of the lemons; put pound of
white sugar to pint of the juice boil
ten minutes, bottle it, ard your lemon
ade is ready. Put tablespoonful OF
two of this lemon syrup in glass OF
water, and you have cool, healthful
drink.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-28
penetrated with pity, the two men carried

penetrated with pity, thetwo men carried
him to their home.
Alas why is it that a man who has
once stolen will steal again? Is it force
of habit, methodic science, special, in
nate depravity, or predestination I?
Sheltered, fed, and kindly treated, this
scamp made up his mind to steal the
countryman's donkeys, his daughter,
and the spurs, which were an heirloom
of value. In fact, there was nothing
else of value to steal.
And so one night when the church
clock chimes struck the last quarter to
eleven, there was sudden cry in the
countryman's house, "Helpl help
murder !" for the gag with which the
thief had sought to stihe her cries had
fallen from the young girls mouth. In
an instant, with horrible oath, her
father was on him. He threw him
down he stamped his foot upon his
PROSTATE body he lifted the fellow and
hurled him across the room; he hustled
him into another, and there, with his
sons help, he bound him fast, and the
next night the two men carried the
wretch back to the gallows, dressed in
the stolen armor, and taking off the
helmet to make sure this time that the
rope fitted his neck, once more he was
swung into the air, and this time he
hung by the neck till he was dead.
The spurs, which were buckled on the
heels of the mailed boots, they forgot to
remove. The young girl was safe,
and one does not think of trifes at such
times.
Of these three versions you can choose
which you please.
AS for the lord of the castle, he put
ON his armor, which was to be such
sure talisman against squibs, and
crackers, and boiling pitch, and guns,
and sallabalas, and lightning, and
striding off to the wars, he was killed
the very first man.--GaiaTy.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-28
Dueling i'm England.

The conviction of Capts. Smith and
Markham for fighting duel with Mr..
O'Grady, in which Mr.. O'Grady was
killed, is the last and only case in which
a jury has ever in Great Britain found q
man guilty of criminal offense for
fighting q duel. The indictment was
for manslaughter, and the penalty, un-
der the conviction, was .one years i'm
prisonment. The case is thus stated in
AppletOns journal.
The trial and imprisonment of Capts.
Smith and Markham, of the British
army, in 1880, for killing Mr.. O'Grady,
barrister, in duel, did much to check
the barbarous system among military
men. Mr. O'Grady, on horseback, met
in a crowded street Capts. Smith and
Markham, driving in cabriolet. In
attempting to pass, the former crowded
upon the foot-path, and his horse losing
his footing, leaned forward to right him
self in the saddle, and in doing so
touched the top of the cabriolet with his
riding-stick. The horse recovering his
footing, and he his seat, he went on ut
a gentle walk. The gentlemen in the
cabriolet drew up suddenly; Capt.
Smith jumped out, whip in hand, over
took Mr.. O'Grady, and without saluta-
ton, call, or expOstulation, struck him
several times. When he turned he saw
Capt. Smith running back to his cabri-
olet, and upon inquiring who he was re-
ceived for a reply:
You know me, you! am Capt.
Smith, of the Thirty-second."
Mr.. O'Grady rode to his fathers
house and sought for the assistance of
Lieut.. Mcnamara, who in the course of
the day had an interview with Capt.
Smith and Capt. Markham, who acted
as his friend. The meeting immediate
" followed. 1t was six in the evening.
No strangers were present Capt.
Markham acquainted Mr.. O'Grady that
the signal to be given was, Ready
fire" When he gave it, however, he
said care you ready, gentlemen p
O'Grady conceived the word to be
" Ready fire 70 and that care you
ready, gentlemen was merely pre-
liminary. Capt. Smith, it appeared,
did not SO understand it, and upon hear
ing the words raised his pistol, leveled
it, covered Mr.. O'Grady, and fred.
The latter fel, without having dis
charged his pistol and died the next
day.
There was suspicion of foul play,
though the Judge would not permit the
proof to go to the jury. 1t undoubtedly
had its effect, nevertheless. A verdict
of guilty was rendered, and both prison
ers, Smith and Markham, were SEN
fenced to Imprisonment in Kilmainham
Jail for one year. The announcement
was received with cheers. To the
young officers both verdict and sentence
came with awful surprise. Capt. Smith
clasped his hands to his forehead and
exclaimed, 80, God My God! Take
my life ! Is it come to this ?" Then,
throwing himself into Capt. Markham's
arms, he cried, 80 Markham my dear
Frederick have brought you to this |!
Oh ! wish to God they would take my
life p
The sentence was carried out, never
theless, greatly to the benefit of the
British service in all parts of the world.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-28
A SERENADE.

From the folds of your snow-white pillow,
My love, my beautiful, rise,
8 ana come 10 the easement window,
"here the wind through the cedars signs.
Star and planet are leaping
Out through the eloudless blue:
Planet and star are weeping
And wondering where are Won.
The moon, like royal maiden.
Sits on her cloud-built throne.
And the breath of the dainty tulips
From I, e garden paths is blown;
Under the dropped narcissus
The bulbul sits and sings
And the leaves of the rose are brushing
The dew from the winds light wings
Under thy leafy easement,
Sweet, am waiting still,
Watching the lamp-lit lattice
Till thy hand on the window-sill
Rustles the dainty rose-leaves
That lovingly cluster there,
Signing till somebody culls them
To Irvine in thy dark-brown hair.
My own, my beautiful Nina.
Come, till my love pour
Come, till tell the passion
My heart can hide no more
I'LL / sit in the rich sweet luster
OF thy dark-blue eyes divine,
And bless in a blissful rapture
The hour that shall make thee mine.
Shine out, o shimmering planet!
. painting shadow, lie still,
Methinks tits the rim of her raiment
see by the window-sill:
Hush, bulbul under the roses
Oh, rapture! the hour draws neari
Silence. thou restless zephyr.
Ills her step, tits her voice heart
-" Do you think We have all gone mad. sir9
In truth, wish you'd leave off;
I'm dying tonight with toothache,
And your bowling won't cure my cough.
lis really strange, tits monstrous,
How little of sense remains,
Or even of common politeness,
When folks get love on their brains.r
HdrpeT's Weekly.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-28

AT fredericksburg on thai dread day,
Ire yet the strife began 81
AlCng the battle-iine fBue
Tie Generals order no.
Win we or lose our cduntrys curse
Upon the wretehsyho shirks, -
But honor to the man that dies
The nearest to the works.
Before them rose the giant range
OF hills in martial round,
From whose grim tops all bodefully,
The bristling cannon frowned.
No break within that iron line,
But meath from left to right
And Meagher with his Irish lay
Before Saint Maryes height
No gloom was there, but every face
AS careless and as bright
As if it was a wedding morn,
And not day of SIGHT
And in their caps-though all around
Nor tree nor shrub was seen
They wore-heayen knows from whence pre-
cured
Each man sprig of green.
Not long they waited for the. Sound
That told the strife begun;
Hark from the rivers further side,
1t is the signal gun
A thousand cannon from the hills
Beloved in fierce scclairn.
And all the mighty line of blue
Swept upward through the flame.
OF what avail are words to paint
The strife that none can tell,
The hurrah from the Union host:
The wild Confederate veil
The saber's clank; the horseman's tramp;
The scream of shot and shell:
And groans of dying men, that went
To make the mimic he'll.
All day against those awful heights
Our lines were hurled in vain;
All day the shattered ranks closed up
But to be torn again,
Until the sun withdrew her light
As If for very shame;
Aud night came down upon the field
To end the bloody game.
The morning broke all fair and bright
Upon the dead array,
Aud Lovingly on hin and plain
The blessed sunbeams lay.
The fight was done, the field was won.
The blue had lost the day;
And from their works all curiously
Swzrmed down the men in gray
Thick lay the slain, like sheaves of grain,
Ripened by battle suns;
But one lad died beyond the rest,
A stone 9 cast from the guns.
They raised him softly, for the brave
Respect the brave ween,
And in his cap, urwithered still,
They found sprig Of green.
OF all the thousands lying round,
Close locked in deaths embrace,
That one-though all were brave aud true
From death had got such grace.
No bearded soldier old in wars,
Had won the happy place;
He who died nearest to the works
Had only boys face.
They buried him Just where he fell,
These foenen with rude art,
They said that he had earned the place
By his undaunted heart.
And one-a poet in his soul,
Though rough in garb and mien-
Planted upon the simple mound
The dead boys sprig of green.
The brave man dies, but the brave deed
With death will not be found;
And travellers say, that to this day,
The children playing round,
Can point the stranger TO the spot,
The fairest in the scene,
The grave where sleeps the Irish boy
Who wore the sprig of green.
-DunbHy yers.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-28

THERE are in the United States sc
establishments for the manufacture OF
silk, employing 6,649 hands. This in
dustry is confined to the seven States OF
New Jersey, Connecticut, New York,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,, Vermont,
and New Hampshire. the two first States
named producing more than half of the
entire product.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-28
HING IN ARMOR.

Were you ever at Gairskittery No ?
Well, never go for measles, famine.
quacks, unpaid bills, tight stays, bad
wine, and the ringleader of all our DEM
agogues came from thence; so / will
not describe it. The reader always
likes to have some share in the book or
article he is reading. 1t fiatters him
when the writer concludes that he
knows enough to fill up details.
/ will merely mention that my tale
begins at II clock M; that the month
Is August; that the trembling aspen
trees were on one side of the road, and
the broad sea ON the other. Don't you
perceive that you know all the rest that
the trees are green, the ocean restless
and dazzling, the sun hot, and the road
intolerably dusty?
And now imagine on this road, back
IN the medieval ages, not Mr.. g. p. r.
James solitary hOrseman, but two men,
father and son, both shrewd country
fellows, trotting along ON two donkeys.
Shall We get there in time ?" quOth
the son.
'' Yes, it comes off at o'clock, and
now it is only quarter past H."
g / want to see it very much. No
doubt he will be hung with stolen armor
on him."
60 Yes, and that will be a grander
sight than black coat and a white
tie"
How did he get the idea of stealing
. coat of mail |?
Not hard idea to get"
No, it was the armor that was hard
L. - ~ l. L
witty ''Was it very handsome 2"
Magnificent All inlaid with
gold"
And was he caught as he carried it
Sc Yes, for a suit of armor is not
moved about as silently as feather
bed so ne very soon came to place
called Stop y"
Did the servants in the castle catch
him ?'' - ih~i
Not they-they were frightened"
Of course" interrupted the son,
else there would be no fun in being a
robber
Nor any excitement in being robbed
But they did not think that there was
any robber in the case" s
% What then ?'' go
They thought it was ghost. The
rascal, who was as strong as horse,
carried the suit of armor In front of
him, 80 that it looked as l. giant or
the Commentators in Don Giovanni
was tramping down the stairs. It made
q most horrible noise. Unluckily for
the thief, the lord of the castle, who
was as bold as Baron Munchausen, and
feared neither ghosts nor men, had not
yet gone to bed he had been absorbed
In reading heroic book called
'Squeeky,' which was written in a
country where they have abolished the
have-his-carcass act, and all the Brig
adler Generals are Presidents of col
leges. He was quietly ascending the
stairs as the thief was coming down,
and he Just arrested him and as they
lived in acountry where honest men can
recover their own, the Baron sent him
off to prison"
And he was tried 2"
eyes, and sentenced to be hung In
the stolen armor.
t" But why, in the name of old
Nixon?Y ~
"Aha ! The lord of the castle knew
very well what he was about. He had a
keen eye to the main chance suit OF
ar1nor In which man has been hung is
. talisrnan. He had conceived scheme
greater than any ever concocted IN the
windy brain Of a frst-class political
economist. He would wear this armor
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-28

A DUrcHMAN, getting excited over an
account of an elopement of married
woman, gave his opinion thus :" II my
wife runs away NIT anoder mans wife,
1 shake him out of his brooches If she
be mine ladder !"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-28

To REMOVE IRON RUsr-Take the
juice of lemon and drop on the spots
and lay the articles out in the sun, when
the rust will soon disappear.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-28

up all the bushes far and near, but no
man in armor turned up, any more than
the one who was to be cut down; and
what was strangest of all, the rope was
neither broken nor severed, out just as
it had been before the execution took
place.
Fast they hurried home to tell the
unwelcome news to the lord of the cas-
tie, who would not believe them, but
set. out to look for himself. He was
such high and mighty lord that he
thought the criminal thought he might
be there to obIge him, and so it was a
pity that he saw just what the others
had described
What had become of the dead man
for dead he was, as all the people knew.
Had some other thief taken advantage
of the night to carry of the armor
That was plausible but what did he
want of the body? Had his friends
and relations been there? That was
not unlikely, only he had no friends OF
relations, and if he had, they, would
have taken the body and then left the
armor.
The lord of the castle was in despair.
He was "sold," as they say in these de-
generate days. He advertised great
reward no one came for it. He caused
all the houses to be searched. 1t was
bootless. Then he consulted wise
man of ancient Gotham, the same who
had planted a hedge around the cuckoo
to keep spring all the year, and to him
he propounded this question
How can q man who has been hung
escape from rope by which he is sus-
pended ?"
The wise man from Gotham took
three weeks to study up this grave
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CLUBBRD TO DEATH.
The Mate OF the Grand Tower Killed
by a Negro ROuator.

Coroner Caldwell was called upon this
morning to hold an inquest on the body
Of Thomas Doyle, found lying dead on
board the steamer Grand Tower lying at
the Memphis and ST. Louis elevator.
The eoroner's inquest. under Captain
Billy Dill foreman, developed the facts,
that Thomas Doyle was first mate Of the
Grand Tower, and some weeks since, on
the upward trip Of the boat. discharged
negro roustabout, name unknown. Last
Thursday night the Grand Tower was
lying at the Cairo wharfboat and the me-
gro was observed standing on the
whariboat holding a big hickory
club on bis shoulder. Mate Doyle left
the Grand Tower aud went on board the
whariboat, when the negro approached
him from behind and struck him terri
BILE blow on the top Of the head. Doyle
was felled to the earth, and the negro,
throwing down his club, escaped in the
darkness. Mr.. Doyle spoke a few
words, and was conveyed to his room on
board the Grand Tower, and medical aid
was at once summoned He lay in a
comatose state until last night, when he
died. The Grand Tower reached Mem
phis early this morning. The name Of
the negro is unknown, but steps have
been taken to procure his arrest. Doyle
was a resident OF St. Louis, where he
leaves widow and three children. He
was about thirty years Of age, aud was
regarded by the packet company as one
Of their best men. Our reporter was
informed that Doyle had his life insured
for two thousand dollars in the St. Louis
Mutual Life Insurance Company. The
remains of the deceased will be sent
back to st. Louis this evening en- board
the Grand Tower.