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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26
A Phantom Girl.

The New York correspondent of the
st. Louis Republican says: "There
dwells in this city lady who in all re-
spects seems sane and sensible woman.
She lost five years ago an only daughter
of great promise, seventeen years old,
and the idol of the mother. Since her
child's death she has had the room she
used to occupy cleaned daily, and the un-
touched bed pulled to pieces and made
over. She sits before vacant chair at
the table and carefully fills the unused
plate, and spring and fall buys the new
est and prettiest things for Addie,'
giving away the last years garments,
'Addie' having done with them. There
is no appearance of mental gloom or dis
order about her, yet she carries this
vagary into every act of her life. Riding
out, no one ever sits beside her, as that
seat is filled by the imaginary air-drawn
daughter. When seats are taken at a
theatre, her husband always gets three.
You see the vacant chair between them,
where she supposes the dead 'Addie
sits and views the performance. She is
cheerful and dhappy, and asked friend OF
mine the other day for the pattern of a
wrapper, saying 'Addie kept her room
so much it would be serviceablc, andsev-
eral days later i saw the poor mother
busily braiding cashmere sack for
'Addie.' She will lspeak with all ration
allity for hours on all subjects, but sud-
denly excuse herself, saying she must go
to 'Addie for few moments. Sitting
beside the empty bed Ito which her
daughter was confined for two years be-
fore her death) she clasps an unseen
hand and talks hours together with her
phantom child. 1t is strange case, but
by no means a sad one, since her tender
ministration to this viewlcss Addie'
makes the mothers heart rejoice. To
all intents and purposes the daughter
seems to her to be with her constantly
Her husband contemplates taking, her
abroad, and the lady is already packing
up Adde'S things"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26
The Meanest Steal on Record.

A peculiar, and probably an unpar-
alleled case of petit larceny, came to
light in the Third District yesterday.
The particulars are given as follows: On
Sunday night the friends of Mary Noel
(colored) were holding religious cere-
monies over her remains-she having
suddenly fallen dead on Wash street, on
Friday night About fifty colored per-
sons were present, and collection was
taken up to defray the burial expenses.
Afterwards the whole assemblage kneeled
down in prayer, remaining PROSTATE for
an hour. Samuel Raney, a young and
shrewd colored man, managed to get his
chair close to the coffin, and appeared to
be among the most affected and devout
mourners. AS soon as the prayers were
over, the stewards removed the collec-
ton plate in which the money had been
placed from off the breast of the corpse,
where it had been placed as symbol of
affection. In recounting the money, it
was discovered that two or three dollars
had been stolen while the mourners were
at prayers. As Raney was the only
mourner kneeling near enough to the
coffin to be able to reach into it, he was
called outside of the room by two of the
oldest men in the party and demonstrated
with for his outrageous and sacrilegious
act. Raney denied having taken the
money, when he was searched, and some
of the money found upon him was iden-
titled.
As the colored people were dispensing
from the meeting yesterday morning at
daylight, the intended secret was let
out, and dozen excited men, in coming
out of Commercial alley, seized Raney
and were going to treat him violently or
danglc him from lamp-post. Raney,
however, screamed for mercy and pardon
so vociferously that Policemen Cassidy
and Cummings, of the Third District,
came to his rescue. To save him from
the enraged crowd the officers locked him
up in the Third-District Station. Later
in the day charge of petit larceny was
preferred against him.-,S. Louis Demo
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26
A NEW YORK Times correspondent

A New YORK Times correspondent
describes recent visit to Sing Sing.
Strolling about the prison, he saw a pris-
oner whose coarse garb seemed to fit his
figure more neatly than those of the
Others he had passed. The long, quick
stride told him II was Edward s. Stokes
His hair, nearly snow-white, and full,
iet-black beard of about six weeks
growth, readily explains why so many
who have seen him fail to recognize him
in the costume which he is now COM
PEELED to wear. The correspondent
knocked at the little Office door, and pas
sing in, was greeted by Stokes. He had
before him some drawings of machinery
for making stone blocks, with which he
was engrossed. As he leaned over the
table, the correspondent could not help
noticing the general ncatness of his ap-
pearance. His shirt, with its hickory
stripes, was ironcd neatly, and the gray
felt shoes were tied close and tight. lie
il victim Of asthma, and sleeps in a
chair.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26

THE Baptist Churches at Newport,
Rhode Island, have set apart a certain
point in the bay, at the foot of one of the
streets of the city, for baptismal pur-
poses. The place was dedicated with n
brief service, and then seven persons were
immersed by Baptist minister, and
three by Methodist minister.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26

NINE people out of ten believe that the
scene Of Robinson Crusoe was the Island
Of Juan Fernandez, off the west coast of
South America. This is popular error,
since the book explicitly says that it was
near the mouth of Orinoco, and in the
Atlantic Ocean, not ut all in the Pacific.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26

MRS. VAN Corr, the Methodist female
Evangelist, has been in Brooklyn for
some time, preaching and exhorting
among the churches, drawing large audi
ences, and stirring up the congregations
to more earnest religious life.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26
ALurEnARY CURuos,rr.

"a lady occupied whole year in searching for sne
and 1msrican poets The Whole reads almost ss
it had been written at time and By one author :
Why all this toll for trumphs of an hour?
~ Ct faie'ss short summer is but aoweri
49, BY turns we catch the fatal breath and die
The cradle and the tomb, also so nigh.
To be is better far than not to be.
Though all mans life may trajedy;
But light cares speak when mighty griefs are dumb
Daniel.
The bottom is but shallow whence they come
Y.ur fate is but the common fate of all
Unmnged joys here beall
~ =. Mature to each .lots his proper sphere,
TBtF N5FE.I[- ,--Congreve.
Fortune makes folly her peculiar care;
Churchill.
Custom does often reason overrule
And thsDw cruel sunshine ON a fool.
Armstrong.
Live well---how long or short permit to heaven.
- Milton.
They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.
Sin may be casped clcse not see its face
vileintercourse where virtue has not place.
r.5T Thsn keep each passion down, however dear,
!, ) 60 Thou pendulum betwixt q smile and tear;
: Her sensual snares let faithless pleasure lay.
With craft and skill to rain and betray.
49,, ,-.,.,,I,rT, Ei7C = ---Crabbe.
r. Scar not too high to hall, but stoop to rise;
- FE-N -Massinger.
We masters grow of all that we dcspise.
-s' Crowley.
Oh, then, renounce that impious self esteem;
-Beattie.
- Riches have WINGS and grandeur is dream.
n --Cowper.
lhipk not ambition wise because tits brave.
= Sir Walter Davenant.
The paths Of glory lead but to the grave.
Gray.
What is ambition? 'Tis glorious cheat
Willis.
Only destructive to the brave and great.
- Addison.
~ y ~ What's all the gaudy glitter Of CROWN
- q - Dryden.
. The way TO bliss lies not on beds of down.
Francis Quarles.
- How long we live, not years but actions tell
- Watkins.
That man lives twice, who lives the first lite WE'LL
y -Herrick.
Make, then, while yet ye may, yourGod your friend
William Mason.
Whom Christians worship, yet not comprehnd.
Hill.
The trust that's given guard and yourself be just
Dana.
For live we how we may, yet die must.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26

THEY say that the American dentist
who has just opened shop in Rome pro-
poses 10 make Rome howl"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26

NINETY millions of people speak Eng
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-06

the seed hollis, but at last, by accident,
the root was baked and eaten. In 1000
the Queen Of England made the note in
her house book that a pound of potatoes
cost two shillings (about five cents.) In
France they are called pommes de terre,
and in Germany Erd APPEL.
The steamer Quickstep, which arrived
here this morning, brought up a package
containing the jewelry stolen from the
bodies of pilot 0strander and wife Of the
steamer Crescent City. The negroes
robbed the dead bodies, but some citi-
zens of Friar's Point recovered the
trinkets, which were sealed up in box
and forwarded to Capt. James Good, of
fhis city, superintendent of the Barge
Line, who will send the box to st. Louis
to-day on the Belle Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-06
PQraOnRl.

Captain Woodbridge delivered at AS
sembly Hail. on Saturday evening last,
his intensely interesting lecture on Light
and the Eye. He came to Memphis
heralded by notices of the press as com
plimentary of himself and his lecture as
could be written. We are glad to say
that all who heard his eloquent and in
structive lecture feel that he well de-
serves the many high encomiums
bestowed upon him. Indeed, such has
been the impression made by Captain
W. that those who heard him Saturday
evening, and hundreds who could not
hear him then, will earnestly insist upon
a repetition of his lecture, and to a
crowded house. At the outbreak of
the war he was one of the most
promising and brilliant young lawyers
at the Pulaski bar in this State. The
fatal shot that instantly deprived him
of sight at the memorable battle of
Perryville has given us lecturer of a
very high order of talents, eminently
worthy to wear the highest honers he
can win.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-06
signal SERVICE ssnsaslons.

Last Friday dispatch was published
in the LEDGER from Brigadier General
A. t. Meyer, Chief Signal Officer at
Washington. Meyer said; "The Missis-
sippi at Memphis, Vicksburg and New
Orleans is reported sufficiently high to
cause danger from overflow" etc. The
old man at Washington ought to know
that the river is falling at st. Louis,
Cairo, and all upper points-the Ohio is
falling, and the only stream rising is the
Cumberland. General Meyer has been
generally successful in his probabilities
of wind and rain storms, and his weather
prediction" have been all right, but
when he attempts to speculate on the
great Father Of Waters, and overhows,
the old man gets left, and will continue
to be left SO long as he looks at the
Mississippi through telescope from
Washington. Prentice said long ago,
You can not dam the Mississippi with
chip" and that when Providence
made the great river and saw it spread
miles beyond its banks, he said, Let her
rip. General Meyer must be careful
and not issue any more Sensational tele-
grams about the great river or he may
make the old torrent mad, and then we
will have an overflow that will wake up
the lower coast people to lively appre.
citation of the Deluge.
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sacred CONCERT Tonight.

At St. Peters Church to night will be
given grand sacred concert under the
direction of Professor Winkler. The
programme is excellent, being selections
from the great masters, which will be
rendered by the leading professional and
amateur musicians and vocalists of the
city. There will be Accomplishments on
the grand organ and speeialties on the
violin, cornet, flute and other instru-
ments by master hands. Everything
indicates that the concert will be the
musical event of the season, and it is
certain to be largely attended.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-06
Saturday, May 2, 1874,

at the southern gate Of Court Square, in Menu
phis. Tennessee, between 10 o clock in the
morning and o'clock in tie afternoon, sell
for cash at public cutlery, the property con-
veyed to me by said deed of trust, described
as follows, viz: The following tracts Of land
in Pulaski county, Arkansas, all in township
one. south of the base line in range eleven,
west Of the principal meridian, containing in
all 1918 2-l00 acres, being all the lands cOnsti-
tuting the FOurche Place, wherein john ID.
Adams, on December IL, 1872. resided, to-wit:
That part of the northwest quarter Of sectisn
y lying south of FOurche Bayou, about ~
acres; north half of southwest quarter Of see
ton p, containing 50 acres; northeast quar-
ter of section %, containing 100 acres south
east quarter Of section % containing ISIS s. 10
acres; northwest quarter of section %, con-
tanning 1853 S6-lOO acres; q fractional part of
the southwest quarter Of section e. on which
stands the residence, negro quarters and gar
den. containing 81 l4-100 acres; that part of
the southwest quarter of section Il that lies
south of FOurche Bayou, containing about 70
acres, upon which stands the gin; all that
part Of the southeast quarter Of section 10
lying south Of Fourche Bayou, containing IA
acres; the southeast quarter of section II. con-
tanning leo acres the southwest quarter of
section Is. containing us S2-l00 acres; the
northeast quarter Of section %, containing
lbs 49, 100 acres; all that part Of the northwest
quarter Of section "a lying west of the Arkan-
sas river, containing IS 52-lOO acres, all Of SAID
tracts of land constituting the plantation
known as the Fourche Place. And az 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 implements, tools and improvements
on said plantation. Sale TO be made e pay
debt secured by said trust deed, EQUITY Of
redemption waived; also widow right OF
Tides believed good. but will sell and
'c %.tS OH'' a. we Wy. G HUMEs. Trustee.
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Attachment Notice.

Harris, Mallory 4 Co. Before ohm So Gilman,
VS.. j. r. OF shelby
A TTACHMENT HAVING BEEN SUED
"A out in this cause, under section 1856 of
the Code Of Tennessee, and returned by the
proper officer, levied upon the property Of the
defendant, and affidavit having been made
plaintiff, and that defendant is nonresident
of the State of Tennessee; it is therefore or
dered that defendant appear before me at my
office No. A Adams street. in the city of Mem
phis. Tennessee, on the 9th day of May, 1874.
will be tried ex parte; and that copy of this
order be published once a week for four sue
cessive weeks in the Memphis Public Ledger,
This 9th day Of April, 1874
3i-S7. 1899 JOHN sPELMAN. J. P.
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READ THIS 4!

The authority on politeness and
etiquette, Lord Chesterfield, said: 1.-THE
tailor makes the man." Therefore we
would advise our readers to go forthwith
A. II. GOODMAN, 100 Main street,
and order suit of those fine goods he
has just received direct from the i'm
porters. 1t is known that Mr.. Goodman
cannot be surpassed in fits and STYLES.
as he employs none but the best work
men. As Mr.. Goodman buys for cash
he can sell at low figures. 80
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The meeting OF the waters

Sweet vale of Avoca, how calm could
rest in thy bosom of peace with the
friends l love best. There the struggle
and strife of this cold world would cease;
my "El TELEGRAPH" I'd smoke there
in peace. Sig. Roesche, 296 Main street,
next to the ice house, sells the Ell Tele-
grafo.
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why Yeast Powder should be Used.

Because it is much more convenient
than brewers or hop yeast, produces
better and more nutritious food, and
never fails of success. This is particu-
larly applicable to Dooley's Yeast Pow
der, as each package not only contains
the full soeight as represented, but the
contents are perfectly free from any in
furious substances. Nothing enters
into its composition but articles that are
healthy and nourisking, and the bread
prepared with it is such as can be eaten
with IMMUNITY by the most sensitive in
valid. For sale by grocers everywhere.
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european HoteI ana Restaurant.

Corwin, of Merchants Restaurant
fame, has fitted up a number Of fur
nished rooms in connection with his
dining palace. They are located up
stairs in the Kit Wilnams block, corner
Of Second and Madison street. Furni-
ture and carpets, etc, all new. Apart
ments well ventilated and oOmmodious;
private dining rooms attached, and
everything calculated to make guests
and patrons happy. Try him once, and
YOU will be sure to call again. 10
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LEGAL.
Administrator's Notice.

TIME UNDERSIGNED HAVING QUAIL
i fed as administrator of G. X. Isbell. de-
ceased, notice is hereby given for all creditors
of the estate to file their claims probated,
with me within the time required By law, OF
tate will come forward and settle Immediately.
MARION III ISBELL,
21-97-49-4Q Administrator
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HE WINS NOT
FIrst baptist Church.

Professor Allan Curr will address the
Sunday schools of Memphis tomorrow
evening at 3 o'clock. Subject; The
Model Teacher" concluding with the
fairy story, The Prince of the Golden
Thread "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-06

Be sure to hear Professor Allan Curr's
celebrated lecture on the Master Pas
sion, or Love, Human and Divine" at
the First Baptist Church, Wednesday
evening, sth inst. Tickets at Hatcher's,
3l5 Main street. 80
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-06

ONE HUNDRED masquerade suits for
the select bal masque to be given at As
sembly Hall by R. J. Walker-the finest
costumes for 50 each-at 62l Jefferson
street 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-06

PReFEssoR Allan Curr will give his
famous lecture entitled Falling Among
Thieves" at the Central Methodist
Church, Monday, April 9th, ct SPIN.
Tickets, 6oc, at the door. 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-06

News STAND. Billy Liebeu has the
latest daily papers, pictorials, monthly
magazines for April, and freshest news
goods, at his stand on Main street near
Jefferson.
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memnhis club Hall.

There will be a grand dancing school
for ladies and gentlemen at Professor
Mueller's Academy tonight and to-
morrow night from eight to ten o'clock,
and the Grand German on Friday night.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-06

PASSENGERS going. via Memphis and
Little Rock railway are notified that they
can get first class supper at Edmond
sons Station, II miles west of Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-06
Read and Drink.

George Kendall's whisky toddies, cock
tails and fancy drinks, at Hele in the
Wall, on Monroe, near the Peabody, are
the things to take. l42t
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ReOpenfng.

The favorite news stand, los Beal
street, is again in full blast. All the
popular literature of the day, including
Bow Bells, constantly on hand. l9t
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Trustees Sale.

ny VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
ID made by W. B. Richardson and wife,
dated May II. 1872, to secure a note Of that
date for 5000. to Dickinson, Williams x Co.,
the undersigned, or one OF them, will sell for
cash. at public auction, to the highest bidder,
on the premises, in the town of Gadsden, in
the county Of Crockett, and State Of Tennes-
See, on
Saturday, the 18th day of April next,
between legal hours. oil the following
described property situated in the. SAID
county of Crockett. and State aforesaid TO-
wit: One town lot in the town Of Gadsden,
beginning at a black oak. Hugh Rains north
west corner THAT was), thence west forty-nlne
poles to a double black oak, thence south mr.
teen degrees, east one hundred and eighty
feet to stake, thence east torty-six poles to
stake on said Rains west boundary, thence
north one hundred and eighty TO the begin
ming, containing 81 acres; the same being,
at the date of said deed. the said W. y. Rich
ardsen's homestead. bought Of John Il. Boy
kin, Nov. 5, 1860. Also in same town four other
lets. viz: No. SO on the west side Of Quincy
street, size 30x125 feet; lot No. 50 on Quincy
street. size 3Oxl25 feet, adjoins W. II. soils,
lot; lot No. 80 on Quincy street, size 30xlZo
feet, adjoins W. II: Soils lot; lot No. ~ on
Poplar, corner Of the street. begins at stake.
runs north fifteen poles, thence east ten poles,
thence south twenty-four poles. thence west
fifteen poles. to the beginning. The said last
four lots were bought by W. u. Richardson
at sale made By a decree 81 the Circuit M
estate of John b. Boykin, deceased. Right
of redemption waived. Sale made for beneht
of assignee of said note. The Undersigned
convey only as trustees. -, v,,-r,--o>,
B. T. DICKINSON,
W. W. WILLIAMS.
II. T. Elicit, Attorney.
March 3, 1874. sta
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Trustees Sale.

PURSUANT TO A TRUST DEED Exc
cuted TO me by John D. Adams, Cathe-
rine A. Adams and Sam B. Adams, dated
December II, 1872, and recorded in the Re-
corder's office of Pulaski county, Arkansas, /
will IN
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-06

ATTENTION is directed to bargain
offered in a suburban lot of IA acres,
advertised in our For Sale column
to-day. 81
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MendeIssohn Quartette club.

The regular monthly meeting to be
held this evening is unavoidably post
poned until further notice.
LEE HERZoG, President.
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MEMPHIS. April 6. 1874.

4nEMIHIHi ApTH o, 10Th.
The Pamela Oil and Fertilizer Com
pany return their best thanks to Chief
McFadden and staff for prompt and
energetic action on the occasion of the
little blaze of their boiler shed on Sun.
day morning. W. B. MILLER, Sec'y.
The little blaze cost the company one
hundred dollars, without insurance, but
did not prevent their making oil in the
usual wsy this morning at seven o clock
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-06

so Lace points ut So 90. former
price sI5, from n bankrupt retail
house.
KAHN & FREIBERG,
1859, Ill, l73 Main st., cor. Poplar.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-06

BUFFALO gnat oil, wholesale and re-
tail, by 0. F. Prescott & Co., 279 Main
street. 80
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On Saturday, April IL, 1874,

for sale and sell for cash, at public auction, 20
the highest bidder, the following described real
estate, viz: A certain lot, being a part Of the
lot known and described on the plan Of the
Tops subdivision. and beginning on the
north line Of Vance street, southeast corner
Of said lot No. 4; thence WestEardly wi b
Vance street 65 feet; thence uorthWardly lS7
feet to an alley Is feet wide; thence east with
lot No. 5 Of said block; thence southWardiy
along the west line OF lot No. TO the begin
ming, being at q point go feet east Of the in
tersection Of Vance and Orleans streets. The
right Of redemption is expressly waived in
said trust deed, and the title Is believed 10 be-
good, but will sell and convey only as Trus-
tee HOWELL 4. JACKSON.
l1-5S Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-06

500 Ladies' seaside hats, s5c.
Kahn & FREDERIC.
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Trustees Sale.

FINDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A DEED
u Of Trust executed TO me by John ToOf,
partners under the style of Toof. Philips K
Co. on the llth day Of January, 1873, regis
tered in the Registers Office Of Shelby county,
in Book 81, page AIS, 70 which reference is
indebtedness therein named, now held BY @.
G. Graham, will, at the request Of said bene-
e