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DIED.

In this city. Feb 70, James P. Crowley, aged 10
years months days.
Funeral services this friday afternoon at p o'cpk
from No. 0 Fore street.
In Auburn. Jan. TO- Mrs. Susan, widow of the late
H. Pettengill, aged 60 years II months.
In West Poland, Feb. 4, Mrs. Nellie r., wife Of
c. III. Pierson. aged % years 10 months.
In Leeds, Feb. s, Mr.. Solomon L. Lothrop, aged Sc
years months.
In Norridgewock. Jan. 81, Louie, daughter of the
late David Staples, aged II years.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
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ERVATION,' Medical Treatise on the Cause and
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well as all diseases requiring skill and experience.
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BACHELORS HAIR DYE.

This splendid Hair Dye is the best IN the srorld
and instantaneous; nodisappointment; no ridiculous
tins unpleasant odor. Remedies the Ill fleets Of
bad dyes washes. Produces IMMEDIATELY a superb
BLACK OR NATURAL BROWN, and leaves the hair
clean, soft and beautiful. The Genuine, signed W.
Batchelor. Sold by all Druggists.
CHAS. BACHELOR, Prop, N. z.
1d&w 1vrSN
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FOR SALE.

PLACK Mare weighing 500 fbs Sound and kind;
- good roader. Also a new open buggy and
new harness. Owner about to leave town, Can be
seen at stable of j. b. CLARK & SON,
febII Tvs 10 Tying St., Portland, Me.
80 Parties intending to purchase Safes OF any
size or styie of nnsh will find 1t tor their in
a. terest to call at 423 exchange Street, before
~ tst Of The celebrated Briggs Safe" the most
= highly approved of any Safe now in the mar
- ket.
~ ja27eod3wi u M HEATH.
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FOR SALE.
TO LUM Il T. II M e N.

DIFFERING to the above advertisement fine
HI subscribers would sell the whole or a part of
the above valuable Mills and Lumber lands To a
practical Zimmerman who would be willing to take
the superintendent of the whole business
The mil. Is and called one of the best in Nova
Scotia. and with the mill there is about 25,O0o acres
Of the best Pine lands IN Nova Scotia. These lands
are known as the Gushing Lands and are well worth
the attention Of Lumbermen. Apply TO
DUFFUS & CO.,
jai2d2mis Halifax. Ms.
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WANTED !!

. FIRST CLASS Canvassers for AppIe.
= tome American Cyclopedia new revised
Edition.. Also n Lady Canvasser for the AL.
dine. Apply at o A. m or = = VI.
OH ARIES O. DYER.
100 Middle street,
fe13s3t Under Falmouth N Otel.
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Washington News and Gossip.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FoRTIFICATIoNs

APPROPRIATIONS FOR FoRTHICATIoNs.
rhe House promptly took up the Fertilization
Appropriation bill after disposing of the Army
appropriation bill Wednesday. This bill has
been greatly reduced, and now calls for only
about 5000, 1000 OF this amount but S60O,ooo
belongs properly to Notifications The commit
tee have had in view in fixing these estimates
two points, First, the forts necessary-fe the
protection of great commercial Cities anu sec
ond those useful on account of their strategic
nositiops. There was considerable debate upon
the estimates for the Notifications in New Eng
land some members declared them to be en-
tirelv useless, and the evidence of Gen. Sher
man before the Committee on Military Affairs
was quoted to that effect The estimates for
the New England Notifications have been great
ly reduced. The following are the estimates
for New England after the final reduction: For
Fort Preble, Portland harbor, $4,000; for Fort
SCANNED, Portland harbor, $50 900; for batteries
at Portsmouth, N. H., $4,000; for batteries at
Long Island Head, Boston harbor, $4,000; for
Fort Adams, Newport harbor, $4,000; for fort
on Dutch Island, west entrance to Narragan-
sett Bay, r. l.. $4,000; for Fort Trumbull, New
London, Ct, $25,OC0.
GREAT PENSION FRAUDS.
Investigations which have been privately
made show that pensions are paid to thousands
who are not entitled to them. pl N is being
matured by which special agents will visit each
peus,oner once year, unannounced. and per-
sonally ascertain whether he has just claim
for national bounty.
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STATE OF MAINE.

INHoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Feb. 4, 1874.
ORDERED, That notice of public hearing in re-
gard to the dscontinuance of the Cumberland and
Oxford Canal, to be held before the Judiciary Com
mittee of the Legislature Tuesday the 18th inst
at o'clock P NJ be printed for six days fuccessive
ly in The Portland Daily Press, and the Daily East
ern Argus, and that such publication be deemed a
sufficient notice to all parties interested.
Bead and passed. Sent up tor concurrence.
S. CHADBOURNE. Clerk.
In SENATE. Feb 3, 1874.
Read and concurred.
fe7sntd SAMUEL W. LANE, Sec'y.
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E. @. FARNSWORTH
Teacher IF the
PIANO FORTE AND ORGAN

Communications left at residence 166 SPRING s+o,.
or at Stockbridges Music Store will receive promn
attention.
DB-Refe's to Mr.. H. Kotzschmar, Rev. Asa Dali
ton sniff
January ii, 1874.
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CHOICE VERMONT BUTTER!
inst Received, Also
FINE FACTORY CHEESE,
A. r. ALDRICH G. CO.,
feS 1853 COMM ERClAL ST. sn1w.
To the Public.

To the Public.
The Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty to Ami
mails respectfully gives notice that ALoNzo H.
LIBBY, Constable whose Office is at No. so Middle
street, Cup stair has been appointed Agent of the
Society.
The public are therefore requested to give prompt
information to him of any cruelty to animals that
may come to their knowledge, and he will see to it
justice. Per order.
apps sntf
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"THE LIFE Is MORE THAN MEAT

A sermon preached in the First Parish
Church by
REV. d r. H l. l.,
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ORGANS AND MELODEONs.

New and second hand, for sale low at the Piano
Rooms of ED. B. ROBINSON, 5 Myrtle St., oppO'
City Hall. ja31sn3w
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Prepared only by A: G. SCHLOTTERRECK g.
CO., Apothecaries and Chemists 303 CONGRESS stno q
one door above Brown. Portland, Me. anossnts"
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schlotterbeck's Moth and FreckIe Tot;or


A safe and sure remedy for removing Tan p;,
Moth Blotches. Freckles and Eruptons fron, tT,
Skim rendering It soft and fresh and impar,ine to II
MARBLE PURITY. " ~
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fe4sneodtf 81 Middle street. Room =.
p AIN X I l. l. E r,
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TO LET.

One large Store House ON Custom
House Wharf, suitable for heavy storage
or Fish packing.
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One store suitable for Grocery or other
light business, with dock privilege.
Apply to
GEO. w. EDDY,
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Old stock of Sheet Music for sale for few davs
only for five cents piece Also Books very cheap.
G. K. HALVES,
ie3sntl ~ Middle street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-03-17

the dealers, on being talked with, have
exhibited much emotion, and with moist
eyes declared their wish to give up the
liquor business, but at the same time
declared their inability to do so. One
saloon has been closed. About twelve
are visited daily; they talk short time,
leave tracts, and promise to call again.
Rosco Brizelo was fatally stabbed last
night by Antonio Sartio, at 60 Crosby
street. Both are Italians, who lately
arrived.
Early this morning William Costello
and Patrick Cronin entered Patrick
Deveney's saloen, corner Of Chambers
street and the New Bowery, got drinks
and refused to pay for them. They as
saulted the proprietor, Deveney, who got
club AID beat Cronin senseless. He
also beat Costello terribly, 1t required
four policemen to stop the fight. Gro.
min will probably die. Deviney has been
arrested.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-03-17
Parisian REFORMATION.

"a great change for the better"
writes Paris correspondent, has taken
place. Some regard for morality and
deceucy seems to have regained posses
sion of the Partisan mind, and the print
and photograph shops no longer display
their most immoral wares in the most
conspicuous places, while that outra-
geous and snowy nuisance, the cocotte,
has retired from her proud post as leader
of fashion and observed ofall observers,
into the more decorous shadows OF the
background. The theaters no longer
rely upon nudity as one of their chief
attractions, and even the worst and most
marked feature of the behavior of the
Partisan men, their insolence towards
quiet and inoffending ladies', has SO far
been modified that an American lady, if
very quietly and simply dressed, may
venture TO go a short distance alone
without fear of molestation. But un-
deubtedly Paris misses the show and
luxury Of the Empire. The shopkeepers
are still complaining of lack of trade,
for though balls aud fetes have been
given this winter to some extent, there
has been great economy in dress prae--
ticed amoug the Partisan ladies, and
there are but few strangers here at
present.
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A New and Perplexing Disease
among the Horses.
Launching of the Steamship City
Of Picking.
Temperance Crusade Progressing
Vigorously.

New YORK, March 1.-THE weather
is disagreeable and heavy fog hangs
over the city, making il gloomy day
for the St. Patrick parade.
A Heralds special from Raleigh, N.
c., says that intense excitement prevails
there over the discovery Of a volcanic
mountain in the western part of the
State in a state of eruption. Many
habitations have been wrecked, while
farm houses and cottages alongside the
mountain were thrown down by the
quaking and rocking Of the earth. Hun
dreds have fed in terror. Thin vapor
issues from the top Of the mountain, and
low, rumbling sounds are constantly
audible.
1t is again stated that new and per
picking disease, entirely different from
epizootic, is affecting large numbers Of
horses in this city. Managers of street
railway lines who have numbers Of
horses down with the malady are trying
to keep itquiet. One railway company
has seventy-nine horses sick, another
has one hundred and fifty, another has
Fifty. The disease has also appeared
in private stables. 1t first affects the
eye, then the shoulder and hipsall of
which swell largely. The horse refuses
feed, and is soon disabled for work.
The Liberal Republican General Com
mittee last evening adopted suitable res
olutions on the death Of Sumner.
The stock market yesterday was quite
strong to the close, the Western Union
leading. Considerable interest was felt
in the new Erie loan. The recent show
ing of the indianapolis, Cincinnati and
Lafayette railroad is considered favor
able, the net receipts for January being
SS5, S29 in excess Of the receipts for the
same month last year.
Several hundred invited guests leave
this city today for Philadelphia to wit
ness the launching Of the new Pacific
Mail steamship City Of Picking 500 tons,
435 feet long, So feet breadth Of beam
and IS feet depth Of hold. The City OF
feddo, sister ship to the City Of Picking,
will be launched four weeks hence.
Several officers Of the government, the
officers and directors Of the Pacific Mai
Company and many others will be pres
eut. The launch takes place at l3C
pm.
. The temperance crusade is progress
ing vigorously. though quietly, here. II
r and around Blocker street thirty-thre,
: saloons have been visited BY ladies, ant
always treated courteously. Several o
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Homicide.

Brooklyn, March 1.-THE German
settlement of Dresden, Suffolk county
L. l., was excited yesterday over homi
eide which occurred on Sunday night
August Kelleman entered Nicholas
Heels saloon somewhat intoxicated, and
asked for gun which he had placed in
Heels hands for safe keeping. He lev.
eled the gun ia the direction of six men
who were playing cards, and in ban
tering manner warned them to look out.
The gun then went of, blowing away the
entire left side of Andrew Muller's head.
He died instantly. Kelleman was ar
rested. The deceased was brewer and
comparatively wealthy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-03-17

Near thirty years ago the people Of
Shelby county sent q young lawyer to the
Legislature, and he soon found a sweet
heart at the old homestead. He did not
know that the young ladies ofsthe house
cultivated flowers for market when one
morning he searched among the florists
of the city for the most beautiful flower
to send the young lady as a present.
His eye fell upon "a thing Of beauty
growing in jar; he gave five dollars
for it. and sent it to the young lady, who
accepted it in beautiful lines in well
written note. The young member from
Shelby thought his fortune was assured
Whenever he would visit the place alter
ward he was fattered by the caresses the
young lady bestowed upon her iavorlte
flower. But time rolled on and the two
rolled apart to find companions for life
in separate spheres. About three years
ago the new member" who is still
young in heart, and now member OF
the Supreme Court, met Major g., a
member of that family, in a crowd of
gentlemen in Nashville. He was the
brolher-in-law Of the young lady in
question. Said Major g., with sly
glance at the rest: Do you remem-
Der the pretty flower you sent Ellen
twenty-five years ago2" Yes" re-
piled the gentleman with conscious
pleasure, and / remember Ellen's beau
tifll note of thanks, and have it still in
my portfolio" WE'LL" said Major G.,
" quarter of century is a long time
to suppress good joke, but you were
young and difident then, and we would
not tell it on you, but kept it in the
family. The joke is that the flower was
Ellens flower. She had raised it and
sent it to town to sell; SO Ellen got your
Eve dollars aud the flower both.
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aforr nfnr,o.nr

A good joke is always in order, espe-
cially when il relates to men prominent
in public affairs. This one is a quarter
of a century old, but has lost none of its
favsr by the keeping. 1t relates to
West Tennessee as well as Nashville.
On the spot where st. Cecilia Academy
now stands, in full view from the north
portico of the Capitol, once stood the
homestead Of one Of the fine old families
of that city. The house was the seat Of
an elegant and unstinting hospitality
The place was beautifully decorated
with flowers, and rendered com
plete in its attractions BY beau
tiful girls, the daughters Of the host.
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE House
Committee on War Claims yesterday
heard the reading of Judge Lawrence's
report relative to the classes of claims
which shsuld and should not be allowed.
The investigation of the alleged ille-
gal expenditures in the Western District
Of Arkansas will probably be postponed
in consequence Of the committee not
having quorum.
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TIE uK1oN pEPor QUESTION.

In regard to the benefits that would
be derived from a union depot in this
city, there is not much difference of
opinion. 1t is just possible, however,
that some who are sgitating the subject
do not know that the railroads already
have the right ofway, which was granted
over a year age. The expense Of build
ing tracks through the city and building
freight and passenger depots Is heavier
than the McCombs party is prepared
to stand in the present state Of
the money market. The advantages to
the road and the city would be great,
but the returns would not justify such an
outlay at once. The public may take it
for granted that when Mr.. McCombs con.
eludes that it will pay he will lose no
time in connecting the Mississippi and
Tennessee and the Memphis and Padu.
cab roads, both Of which he controls
We hope to see it done soon. but thinl
the city has made all necessary eonces
sions.
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rACrs AHD FIGURES.

The public Of this aud other counties
awaits the action Of the Commissioners
appointed to locate the West Tennessee
Insane Asylum with no little interest
and as all are entitled to fair hearing
we have collected and arranged from
official sources a powerful array of facts
in favor Of Shelby county, and commend
them to the attention Of the Commits.
siopers, as well as all who feel pride
in the growth and futare prosperity OF
our county.
The population Of Madison county in
1910 was l6, $50; in 1850. q, 47Si in 1860,
2l,5S5; in 1870, 2S,4sO; an increase in
thirty years Of less than fifty per cent.
Gibson county was as follows: Pop
ulatiOn in 1910, 1859; in 1859, 1888;
in 1860, 2l,777; in 1870, 25,66S; an in
crease of nearly one hundred per cent.
The population of Shelby county in
1910 was l4,72l; in 1850, 9l,l57; in
1860, 1902; in 1870, 76,S7S; an in
crease of more than .frs hundred per
cent?
Next we will refer to wealth and taxes.
The total valuation of property in Mad
ison county for the year 1872 was 81
9Ss, sOl; State tax, Sl9.s55 81; privilege
tax, g, 1868 Sc. Total taxes, S2S,sls Al.
Gibson eounty-Valuation of taxable
property in 1872, $5,sl6.576; State tax,
$2S,666 30; privilege tax, $500 20.
Total State tax, $50, 26s 90.
Shelby CONGRATULATIONS of taxable
property in 1872, $sS, PAL State tax
proper, $751;, $40 81; privilege tax, s92,-
755 %. Total State tax paid by Shelby
county il 1872, s245,734 So, against
$SO9, 7O2 So, paid by all the other coun-
ties Of West Tennessee combined.
From this it will be seen that Shelby
county is not only more pregressiye,rela-
lively, than any Of her sisters,and We have
mentioned two Of the most prosperous,
but that she pays within s65, 1861 So Of as
much revenue to the State as all the rest
Of West Tennessee.
The population of Shelby county is
76,S5S against 277,s21 in the nineteen
other counties in West Tennessee COM
bined, or as l to 1888. The taxes paid
by Shelby county in 1872 amounted to a
fraction over 1921 to every man, woman
and child, while the average tax paid by
each person in sll the other counties Of
West Tennessee is not quite 81 II. If
there is anything in population, wealth
and the payment Of heavy revenues to
the State, we think Shelby county has
some superior claims to the location Of
the Insane Asylum. Other considera-
tons than these might be urged. We
intended giving the number Of insane
sent to the asylum from this and other
counties, bat cannot at present find the
last report of the superintendent Of the
institution.
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A young woman at Cape May Court
House is an Amazon, heroine. Grace
Darling, etc., combined. She can pull
skiff, shoot a gun, catch fish, oysters
and clans rather better than someof the
masculines. Our informant states he
was cunning in the sounds with a friend
this fall, when two broad bill ducks few
by his decoys without settling, but as
they passed her she shot them both and
secured them too. She obtained a posi-
ton to do homework here recently, but
gave it up, declaring she was not going
to work for two dollars per week when
she could make three dollars per day
claiming in the sounds. She has
earned five dollars some days spearing
cells. Her weight is l60 pounds, and she
can make rowboat fly through the
water. She is the sole support OF her
father--endered helpless by palsy.
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NIOnitiOu.

United States Court, District Of West Ten
nessee.
No. 763-A. II. 0'Neil ct al. vs.. Steamboat
Fort Gibson.
TTTHEREAs, A LIBEL, CIVIL AND MAR
w atime, was filed in said Court. Marcn =,
1874, By A. II. 0'Neil ct al. against the steam
boat Fort Gibson. her engines. machinery,
tackle. apparel and furniture, and the sa is
snce with the warrant of said Court; this Is 70
give notice 20 all persOns claiming the same,
on having or knowing anythingto say Why the
reeds thereof distributed according % the
prayer Of said libel, that they appear before
said Court, 10 be held on the fourth Monday
In May next. at 10 o'clock am. 2, 70 interpose a
tionr In that behalf. l.. b. EATON.
United States Marshal.
Warmer 4 Lee, PToeiors for Libellants.
E1f-l0-M
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LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.


PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF A DEED
i of trust, to me executed by richard !:
Person on the 9th day of January, 1872, duly
registered in the Registers office Of Shelby
county, Tennessee, in Deed Book No. 81, page
2S5, to secure to Miss Judith A. Bouner his
note for 5000, the same remaining unpaid, at
the request Of the holder, l will. on
Saturday, the 2sth of March, 1874,
at the southeast corner of Court Square, in
the city of Memphis, Tenn, sell to the high
est bidder, for cash, at public cutlery, the
property therein described as follows: Begin
ming at stake 10 chains and IL links east Of
the southeast corner of the intersection Of
Holmes and Elizabeth avenues; thence east
with Elizabeth avenue II chains and "A links;
thence south "A chains and 81 links; thence
west 3 chains and IS links; thence north l514o
east chains and IS links; thence north 6o9
west 9 chains to a stake; thence north ~
chains and rs links; containing 40 6O-l00 acres,
and being q part of the old home place OF
Geo. L. Holmes, being the s9pe conveyed to
May 4, 1870, duly registered.
Also one tract of 40 acres. being the south
west quarter of a 100 acres tract laid oil to
said Person by decree of the Common
Law and Chancery Court Of the city %
Memphis, and which 100 acres is part Of the
hereby conveyed begins at the southwest cor
ner of the 73l acres, in range 5, section l, on
the waters Of Nonconnah; thence north 70
chains, east l6 chains; thence south - chains:
thence west Is chains to the beginning. For
greater certainty of description see deed Of
Terms cash. Equity Of redemption barred
title believed to be good, but will sell and
i5s-5s ~ D. II. POSITION Trustee.