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SPECIAL NOTICE.

soHENcK's SEA WEED ToNIc.--In the atmos-
phere experienced here during the summer
months, the letharRy produced by the heat
takes away the desire for wholesome food, and
frequent perspirations reduce bodily energy,
particularly those suffering from the effects Of
debilitating diseases. In order to keep ma
tural hea.thful activity of the system, We
must resort to artificial means. For this pur-
pose Shenck's Sea Weed Tonic is very eifec-
tual. A few doses will create an appetite and
give fresh vigor TO the enervated body. For
dyspepsia, II is invaluable. Many eminent
physicians have doubted whether dyspepsia
can be permanently cured by the drugs which
are generally employed for that purpose. The
Sea Weed Tonic in its nature is totally differ
ent from such drugs. 1t contains no corrosive
minerals or acids; in fact ii assists the regular
operations of nature, and supplies her deh-
cfences. The tonic in its nature so much re-
sembles the gastric juice that it is almost iden-
teal with that fluid. The gastric juice is the
natural solvent which. in healthy condition
of the body, causes the food to be, digested;
and when this juics is not excreted in suth-
cient quantities, INDIGESTION. with all its dis;
tressing symptoms. follows. The Sea Weed
Tonic performs the duty of the gastric juice
when the latter is deficient. Schenck's Sea
Weed Tonic sold by all druggists.
eodlO6-l33
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Flemish Horrors.

An exchange observes that a Flemish
Jury must be able to bear almost any
thing, if the reports of recent murder
trial are correct, for never was more
horrible scene presented in any court OF
justice. The accused was Charles Van
Coppenolle, who was charged with the
murder of his wife, by knocking her
down stairs with cleaver. Coppenolle
had been married twice before, his first
wife having "killsd herself by falling
down stairs also" and the second was
abandoned. The third, to whom he was
married only few months before, pos
sessed little property, and it is sup
posed that this led to her death. She
was found at the foot Of the stairs, quite
dead, and with her head nearly split in
two. Van Coppenolle was brought up
for trial, and had to face the jury while
the most startling pieces de conviction
ever seen in a courtroom were being ex-
amined. A painter had been employed
to copy the staircase at the bottom of
which the woman was found, and had
initiated closely all the spots of blood
found upon the walls Bits of brain
were also shown and examined with
magnifying glasses, and, to crown all,
the woman's head was brought IN, and,
in the presence of the prisoner, the
cleaver was fitted into the wound. No
one seemed to be greatly moved by this
ghastly spectacle, and the prisoner least
OF all. Van Copponolle was found
guilty and condemned to death.
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Attachment Notice.

Solomon Cook Before ESQUIRE John
James E. w. Reed. Shelby county, Tenn.
TN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAv-
l. ing been sued out under section 1856 of the
Code Of Tennessee. and returned by proper
officer. levied upon the property of defendant.
fendant is Justly indebted to the plaintiff, and
that defendant is nonresident of the State
of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that de-
John Speiman. j. r.. at his office, No. "A
Adams street, at ten o'clock n. M, on Friday.
the oath of July, 1874. and defend said attach
ment suit. within the time prescribed by laws
and that copy of this order be published for
four successive weeks in the Memphis Public
Ledger. This 18th day of June, 1874.
Q6-102- -108-1l4 JOHN SPELMAN, j. p
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-08

The title Of Duke of Connaught, be-
slowed on Prince Arthur, is not entirely
new in the British royal family. Prince
William Henry, younger brother of
George III, was created in l764 Duke of
Gloucester and also Earl of Connaught;
and these titles passed to his son, the
second duke of that creation, but be-
came extinct at his death in the year
1884 1t is also not true that the pres.
ent is even the second instance Of one
Of the royal family being directly con-
nected with the sister kingdom by an
Irish title; for example, the Prince of
Wales is Earl of Dublin. as was his
grandfather, the Duke of Kent; the late
and present Dukes of Cumberland have
always enjoyed the title of Earls Of
Armagh; the late Duke of Cambridge
was created Earl of Tipperary, and his
son. the present Duke, still holds that
Earldom; the Duke Of Edingurg is Earl
of Ulster; the late Duke Of Sussex was
also Baron Arklow, in the county OF
Wicklow; and the Duke of Clarence,
afterward King William ~, was created
Earl Of Munster in l7Ss.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-08

From the Boston LEADER
The suicide of Miss Murphy, in New
Haven, Conn, teaches sad lesson. 1t
appears she was most industrious and
worthy girl, of a peculiarly sensitive ma.
ture, aud she committed the rash act OF
selfdestruction while smarting under the
sense Of being accused of theft. It
seems a girl employed in the shop with
her had lost her ring, and Miss Murphy
wore one which resembled it, and the
girl at once accused her of theft. The
foreman Of the shop was appealed to,
and the Murphy, girl, in her pride, re
fused to let him see it. This was at once
set down against her, and the poor girl,
though innocent, resolved to die. This
should be a caution against rash Judg-
ment and accusation. Many life has
been olouded by rash word, and suspi-
cion has darkened many life and char
acter. Simple robbery of the world s
goods is but feather compared to the
robbery OF good name. We do not
envy the feelings of those whose course
hurried this poor creature into the pres
ence of Him who often revokes the Judg-
ments Of this world, and whose love
compensates for its injustice. BE chari-
table in thought as well as deed.
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Trustee's Sale.


DURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF A DEE
il in trust to me executed on the l4th day of
November, 1873, by Il. W. Provine, and filed
for record in the Registers office of Shelby
county, Tenn, on the 23d day of June. 1874,
the indebtedness thereby secured remaining
unpaid. l will on
Friday, the 31st Day Of JTly, 1874,
within legal hours, at the~south gate Of Court
Square, in the city of Memphis, Tennessee.
sell for cash to the highest bidder, at public
outcry, tie property therein described as
follows. to-wit: Situated, lying and being
in Shelby county, Tennessee. near to
and south of the city of Memphis.
and beRinning at a point on fernando
road 80 feet from the intersection of said road
and the Memphis and Selma railroad for
merly the old Fort Pickering failroad); thence
southwardly along the east line of the Her
nando road 100 feet to a stake; thence east
wardly and at right angles with said Her
nando road $50 feet to the point of interseo-
tion of the 30 feet left along said railroad for
a street, which we will call Railroad street;
thence westwardly with said 80 feet left be-
ming corner on fernando road. being part Of
original lot No. 80 of Willo Williams division
of land. laid off and surveyed by Il. s, Todd
for said W iliams. and let No. Is Off. NJ. Pro-
vines subdivision, on the east side Of Her
nando road, and being the same lot conveyed
to the said E. n. Provine by NJ. Provine.
on the 9th day Of February. 1872.
Terms cash. Title believed to be good. but
will sell and convey only as trustee. Equity
of redemption barred.
s9iSS DAVID H. PosTON. Trustee.
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THE PASSENGER TRAFFIC OF THE
ERIE RAILWAY.

The following interesting article is
copied from the American Railroad
Manual for 1874. just published:
In examining carefully the details of
annual statement for year ending Sept.
30, 1873, the reader cannot fail to be
struck with the large percentage of in
crease in the passenger business on the
Erie Railway, as compared with that of
the other trunk lines, which are its com.
petitors for business. The appended
statement will indicate very clearly the
force of these remarks; and it will be
further noted, by reference to the com.
parative statement of the source and
movement Of traffic, that the increase re-
suited mainly from through and there
fore competitive traffic:
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Der Of arrivals on time at New York Of
trains carrying the United States Mail,
the Erie Railway was Is per cent. ahead
of the Pennsylvania Railroad and n per
cent. ahead of the New York Central
Railroads. fact well worthy of the con-
sideration OF travellers.
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For the Public Ledger.
DESCRIPTION OF MISS M. j..

For the Public Ledger.l
A DESCRIPTION OF MISS M. j..
While Reading her Graduating Essay; vdte-
dictorU address, and ReceiUing the last honors
of 81. Agnes Academy, June IL, 1874.
Vow calm and beautiful she stood.
Before the waiting crowdi
While every eye was fixed on her.
As gracefully she how'd.
'The Barque of Life, we'll tried and true."
And launched by oars strong,
Was ably handled, well propepd.
And echoed as a song.
Spell-bound. her hearers noiseless sat,
While down the stream Of time,
She bore them o'er the mountain crags,
Grand, lofty and sublime!
We followed in her airy flight,
Each dell, and nook and bend;
And wondered from her eagle flight,
How she could well descend.
Onward, and onward still she soar'd.
Above the worlds of light;
Then mournfully, her voice she lower d,
Soft as dream Of night.
In tears was heard the sad farewell;
Teachers and comrades dear,
Sat silently. with mositen'd eyes.
Toe sad. by far, to cheer.
Hush'd and still the audience sat,
As from the stage at last,
With flowing robes of spotless white.
She calmly by them pass'd.
Sadly before the crowd she knelt.
Proud of her honors bright.
While gently Ger her head was thrown
The golden medal light.
The medal, emblem Of success.
Diligence and power.
Suspended round her snowy neck,
A bright jeWel'd flower.
The vestal queen at night array'd,
In oil her splendor bright.
Could net surpass this peerless maid,
Crown'd with a wreath of white.
MRS. NJ. E. R.
June 30. 1874.
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Friday, the 81st Day Of July, 1874

within legal hours; at the southern gate of
Court Square. in Memphis, Tennessee, be-
tween 10 O. clock in the morning and o'clock
in the aftern DON sell for cash at public outcrv.
the property conveyed to me by said deed Of
trust described as follows, viz; The following
in township one. south Of base line in range
eleven, west Of the principal meridian con-
tanning in all 1918 2-l00 acres, being all the
lands constituting the Fourche Place, whereOn
sided. to-wit: That part ef the northwest
quarter of section % lying south Of Fourche
bayou. about &c acresi north half Of south
west quarter of section %, containing ~ acres;
100 acres; southeast quarter Of section Y, con-
tanning 1853 65-100 acres; northwest quarter of
section %. containing l59 $500 acres; frac-
tional part Of the southwest quarter OF sec
tion % on which stands the residence. negro
quarters and garden, containing 81 4-lOO
acres; that part of the southwest qurrter
of section II that lies south of Fourche
bayou, containing about % acres, upon
which stands the gins. all that part of
the southeast quarter of section 10 lying sonth
of FOurche bayou, containing IL acres; the
southeast quarter Of section IA, containing
100 acres; the southwest quarter of section IL,
quarter of section %. containing 1928 4S-l00
acres; all that part Of the northwest quarter
of section "a lying we of the Arkansa river.
containing IS 52-l00 acres. All Of said tracts
of land constituting the plantation known as
the Fourche Place. And at the same time
and place will also sell the following personal
property conveyed to me by said trust deed,
to-wit: All the mules. stock farming imple-
ments, tools and improvements on said PLAN
tation. fifty shares of stock in the Little Rock
Gas Company. Sale to be made to pay the
debt secured by said trust deed. Equity Of
redemption waived; also widows right Of
dover. Titles believed to be good. but will
sell and convey only as Trustee.
102-131 WY. C. HUMES, Trustee.
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Authorities differ as to whether the
best time to pick out wife is during
house cleaning or on wash-day.
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SALE OF
Valuable Property in Memphis.
In Supreme Court at Jackson.

In Supreme Court at Jackson.
Silas D. Irvine, Administrator of John B.
Davis, deceased, VS.. W. &. Ford.
DY VIRTUE OF THE DECREE PRO-
ID nounced by the Supreme Court Of Tennes-
see, at jackson, May 10Th. 1874. in this cause.
l will offer for sale 70 the higtest bidder; for
cash, in front OF the office, Of the. Sheriff Of
Shelby county, in the city of Memphis. on
Saturday, the 25th Of July, 1874,
within legal hours. the real estate mentioned
lot situated in the city of Memphis, Shelby
county, state of Tennessee. and known and
DESIGNATED in the plan Of survey OF said city
as lot No. 256, and which said lot fronts on
Court Square or street, on the north side OF
said Square or street, 81 feet l01S inches more
or less, by "a feet three inches deep, and upon
known and called the telegraph Building,
being the same house and lot named and de-
scribed in deed of trust from William u.
Ford TO NJ. Bridges, trustee, dated sth OF
April. 1861, and registered in Book NO. ~;
page 2SS, and the same house and lot named
and described in the deed Of release from SAID
Bridges. trustee. TO said Ford, and registered
in Book No. 81, page loS, the o3Ject ot tne lass
named deed being to restore the title OF sara
house and lot to said Ford, the debt in the
deed of rust being satisfied.
And also, one other piece or parcel Of land,
known and DESIGNATED as lot No. 10, in the
subdivision Of the estate Of A. B. Carr. de-
ceased. upon the plan Of the same as made
out b. the surveyor, MA. Kerr. May %, ls55,
and en- file in the case Of John +. Carr against
Nancy j. Carr and others in the Chaneery
Court of Memphis. final number of the cause
1913, and the same lot Of land decreed by SAID
Court in said cause to John l.. Safarrans
Co, and by them conveyed to W. j. payie,
MAY 81, 1889 by deed registered in book No.
3s, page 57S. and by said Davie conveyed 70
said VIM. G.. Ford on the 9Th Of June, IsoO, oy
deed registered in Book No. "A. page pa.
barred. JOHN H. FREEMAN, CLERK;
WRIGHT. Solicitor s5-lz2
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Arkansas & Texas Short Line
Memphis & Little Rock Railway
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING MONDAY. .ULY 6TH, AND
I until further notice, TT gins will depart
and arrive as follows:
Mail train leaves Memphis daily. 2;45 am
Mail train arrives at Memphis daily z'OO am
Freight and Accommodation, Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays. %
leaves Memphis o;OO am
Freight and Accommodation, Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays, a.
arrives atMemphis............-..'-'''.'' $40 pm
Fare as Low and Time as Quick as by
any other Route.
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RAILROAD TIN TABLES.

MEMPHIS AND LOUEVlLLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Loaves.
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1874 Connection Complete. 1874
ONLY DIRECT ALL RAIL ROUTE

no
Little Rock. Kensett. Newport, Hot Springs
Arkndelphia, Fulton, Texarkana, Jener-
son. Shreveport. Marshall, Minneola'
Rockdale, Longview. Dallas, Sher-
man. DennisOu, Palestine,
Hearne, Waco. Austin,
Houston, Galveston,
aud All intermediate Points fn
Arkansas and Texas.
Dtreet Connection in same depot at
Iittie Rock with trains North and South on
fbe Cairo and Fulton Railroad: BB- Passen-
gers reacL Jacksonport and Batesyille via
NeWnort. searcy via Kensett, Pine Bluff via
Little Rock. Also, in same depot at Argenta
with trains on the Little Rock and fort smith
Rsilroad for LeWisburg. Russelyilie. parda-
nellie. Clarksville Van Buren,, Fort Smith,
etc. Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on night
I'ai R5- Ask for Tickets via Memphis,
For Tickols and information call al S4s
Depot. loot Of Washington street
A. S. LlVERM0 RE, 6en supt.
III. PERRY Gen Ticket Agt.
10s-lg. RI. A. WILLIAMS, Pas ger Ag't.
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PAPER.
Paper /! Paper !! Paper
OF ALE KTEDs-
a. ". DU PONT a OOs
Manufacturers and VIII Olssals Dealers.
Louisville, KentHckY
Have Just removed to then new, larr
four-storv warehouse. No. 16 Main S.
LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.

PURSUANT TO A TRUST DEED Exc
4 egted to me by John D. Adams, Catherine
Der II, 1872. and recorded in the Recorder's
once OF Pulaski county, Arkansas, will. on
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Depot at foot of Main street.
Ticket Office. 2S7 Main street. corner of
M. BURKE. GenT sup't.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-11-26
An gncendiaFy.

The New York Journal of COM
MERGE has the following: I'VE desire
to call the attention Of underwriters to
new material used for martingalc
rings, knife handles. combs, &c, which
we are informed bears the name of
'Celluloid.' 1t is to all appearances as
hard as iron, and, when cold, possesses
great strength and tenacity: but
it is as infammable as finder, and it
burns more readily than pitch. A fash
OF match will set off a box Of this
material, made up in any form, and pro.
duce confagration so utterly at vari-
ance with the apparent solidity of the
article that it seems like magic. Anew
class of 'extra-hazardous must be made
by all of orr fire insurance companies
if this is to pass into common use. We
do not know how many fires may al
ready be traceable to this preparation,
which evidently vaporizes at compar-
atively low temperature"
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gushed forth; he put his handkerchief
to his eyes and stopped, being unable to
proceed. The entire court witnessed
his emotion and waited silently for it to
subside. At last Mr.. Sherman con-
tinued.
THE WEEPING LAWYER COHBED DOWN.
When Mr.. Beach, of Tilton's counsel.
took the floor. he thus paid tribute to
the weeping counsel:
With spirit, Sir, which l think does
not belong to a CONNER lawyer, he
has assailed my client for the institution
of this action; he has said Of him that
he. the husband and the father, has I'M.
necessarily disgraced and dishonored
the family whom he had sworn to love
and protect: that he has said, with a
vindictiveness of language and heat OF
spirit which does lot belong to us
common lawyers before the court.
He has exhibited my client to the OPP
probrlum and condemnation of this
community for assailing the one man
who seems alone to reflect honor and
distinction on the City Of Brooklyn; ;
for assai!ing the gentleman whom he
represents as worth all the combined
wealth of Brooklyn. and as by thou
sand times excelling my humble and
undistinguished client.
answer it by asking nv learned
friend what shall a husband do when
his household is assailed, and his peace
of mind broken up by wrong of this
character What must the husband
do when man Of eminence and dis
tinction in the community, by the sane
tity Of his profession and by the infu-
ence OF his Christi name and charac
ter, steals into the household. and upon
| its hearthstone engraves infamy and
dishonor, seduces the wife Of his bosom,
and reflects degradation and shame
upon the children whom she has borne?
When in court Of justice he brings
the seducer to the bar, and calls upon
him to answer for the grievous and
|inperishable wrong which he has COM
mitted, is he to be tainted and shamed
by the lips of the devoted friend of the
seducer No, sir, it is shame to the
moral sentiment Of the community in
which the alleged crime was commit
ted! 1t is dishonor to the heart and
to the lip which dares accuse under
such circumstances the wronged hus-
band because he seeks to vindicate his
honor or to appeal to the law to pun
ish the aggressor Of his household.
The Court reserved its decision.
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An Indian Defeat-.Recovery OF Two
Little White Girls-.Their Sisters
Still i'm Hands Of the Indians.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Another dis.
patch from Mcclellan creek states that
the two hundred Cheyennes who re-
Gently engaged Capt. Farnsworth com.
mand Of twenty-five men and were de-
feated, encountered 96 men Of the u.
S. Cavalry and infantry, in command
OF Lieutenant Frank D. Bald
win, chief o. scouts, and
after a fight lasting five
hours were driven from the field. The
Indians lost their entire outfit and left
behind them two little white girls
named German, whose parents. broth
ers and older sister were massacred in
Kansas while the family were moving
to Colorado. Two other sisters, aged
IL and Is. are still in the hands of the
Indians. Fresh and picked troops have
gone in pursuit of the Indians, who are
moving for the Stsked Plains.
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proper legislation the fee for ordinary
examinations, and certificates therefor,
be fixed at SO, and that in all cases re-
curing special skill and the use of in
struments the fee be fixed at five dol
lars.
THE AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATION
that will be required for the pension
service during the fiscal year ending
June so, 1876. will be $30.500,000.
RISK OF DESTRUCTION OF THE RECORDS BY
FIRE.
The Commissioner would again re-
spectfully call the attention Of the Sec
retary OF the Interior to the danger OF
destruction by fire to which the records
of this Office are liable in consequence
of the exposure Of the Seaton House to
such an accident. Congress should be
reminded Of the great risk to which
these valuable records are exposed, to
the end that more suitable building
be provided for the use of the Office.
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Shipper Discriminating Against tlse
Railway Combination.

The action Of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad company in refusing to enter
the trunk line combination of railway
companies, together with its plan Of
doing its own freight business instead
of farming it out appears to have won
a good will from shippers which may
prove Of great value to the road. We
learn that IN immense amount Of freight
is being withheld from other lines,
awaiting the completion, expected this
week, Of connections which will enable
the B. & O.. to again take freight from
Chicago for Baltimore, Philadelphia or
New York. This action Of the ship
pers Of Chicago seems an unohjectiona-
bic way of fighting the transportation
and viii have the sympa.
thy Of all the W est.