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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-15

LIvKRP0oI. December Is. $3.50 pm. Cotton
opens steadier. Uplands. 7z@7ssd; Orleans.
I'D. Sales. 10000 bales. Of which 1000 were
for export and speculation.
[For additional and latest market re.
ports, see third page.
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eOOO CASH GIFTS. aggregating. .........s25O.O zoo
PRICE OF TICKETS:
Whole Tickets. $40; half Tickets. IS; Quar-
ter Tickets. So so; Eleven Tickets, 800.
For Tickets, Circulars. etc., address,
JOE LOCKE
will give full particulars. 290 Main street,
Room 4. up-stairs. 72-8eod4w3S-4l
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

TKKxEssKE Lopez No. 5-Mests NJ
every " ednesday night at $50 Second -
street, Vincent Block. opposite Court Square.
p. ]. Moran, c. c.; @. W. L. Crook, V. @. I;
George MalIeTy, X of R. and 81 II II; Cole
p; @. &. MCLEAN. P. O..
C0uR DE LION LoDGs No. 1s-Meets every
s NS1faS U Psh q to 5 s sS3S '' VAR DS
son, @. c.. J. J. Ross. v. c.; O. A. Burr. NJ
T.. B. H. Coleman, NJ. T.; D. g. Reahard, X.
r. S.;F. NJ. Haley. P. G !. @. Walston, p.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-15
mkmPERANCE SOCIETY.

NATouA TEMPLE OF q. AND 7. No. I--msets
syery Wednesday night at u o'clock at new
Masonic hall. Gayoso Block. Main street.
Z. NJ; HALEY, v. G; IT, J. 7 Conrad, W. v.
y. John w. Graham, W. Tt; g. i. Tate,
W. u: &. T. Risk. w. g.; A. Hum, W. s.
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Thursday. December 31, 1s74,

at the southwest corner Of Main and Madison
streets, in the city of Memphis, Tennessee,
sell at public auction to the highest bidder.
for cash. the following real estate, to-wit:
All the right and interest of William A.
Bowen in and to a certain parcel Of land in
the city of Memphis, Shelby county, Tonnes
see. and bounded as follows, to-wit: Begin
ming at point on the north side of the Pigeon
Roost road to the southwest corner Of lot
conveyed shortly before the l4th day of March.
1861. by John d. Armour to Mary g. Bowen;
thence westwardly ninety 1907 feet with the
the Pigeon Roost road TO stake; thence
northwardly parallel with the west line of
Mrs. Bowen's said lot to New Madison street
one hundred and fifty-eight Q58) feet; thence
with New Madison street eastwardly one hun
dred (100) feet, more or less. to point on New
Madison street to where the west line Of Mrs.
Bowen's said lot, If extended. would inter-
sect New Madison street; thence in direct
line to the place Of the beginning. Also. all
the right, title and interest of said William
A. Bowen in and TO lot No. 10 Of ]. d. Ar
meur's subdivision Of original country lot No.
a96, said lot No. 10 having a front of Atty feet
on the north side of Pigeon Roost read. and
running back to an alley and fronting On the
alley forty.six and one fourth feet. Equity
Of redemption is specially waived in the decd
10 any purchaser at the sale, and title believed
to be good, but / sell only as Trustee.
WILLIAM N. BROWN, TRUSTEES.
PATTERSON & LOWE, Attorneys. T2-l05
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{" RECORDS
sEAReY ARKANSAS,

OtIRcULATEs AMONG ALL THE MER-
~ chants in the White and Red river val
leYs.
Is the Peoples Organ.
MenphiS merchants will find this q coed
medium to make their business known 10 the
larry. Address
JACOB saOLICH, 5R.,
ia ssarcY. Arkansas.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-15
Trustees Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A CERTAIN TRUST
ID deed made July %. 1874, by J. L. Grath, to
indebtedness therein mentioned, Which is re-
corded in chattle mortgage book 7. pages 40i
and 4O5 of the Registers office, l will, on
Thursday, December 81, 1874,
on the south side of West Court street, at Nos.
81, 9 and IL. in the city of Memphis. Tenn,
for cash sell at public auction. TO the highest
also all the furniture and fixtures in the eating
saloon known as the Cotton Room Saloon, all
Of said furniture. etc., in the rooms occupied
by said Graf.
76-l05 L. II. ESTES, JR.. Trustee.
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Miscellaneous Journal

Our Commercial. News. Mis- l!aneeus and
Local departments will be kept up to the high :
est standard of approved journalism. endeav-
oring to please all tastes and to
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-15
MEMPHIS POSTeFFICE.

uyTroE aouRs-FReHs AN. TO 5P.M. SUNDAY.
FRoM TO 10 AN.
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Trustees Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A CERTAIN TRUST
ID deed made on the 9th day of August. 1872,
BY W. A. Bowen. to me as Trustee to secure
which trust is Of record in the Registers Office
of Shelby county Tennessee, in Record Book
No. IS. page 545. to which reference is made,
I will on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-15
FREIGHT TARIFF.
The following are freight rates. . cwt., on
compressed cotton to the points named:

New Orleans, all rail and all river...-.....Sl on
Liverpool, via New Orleans, steamship. -
Liverpool. via New Orleans. sail..........- -
Receipts and shipments Of cotton since last
Friday evening at all United States ports are
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-15

E. WRITNORE, PubIIshs T and Prop,
Is:Madison1stvs, a.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-05

scattered like autumn. The damage to
buildings was mostly in barns and sheds
on the outskirts of the city, and several
of the blacksmith and wagon shops on
Franklin street suffered more OF
less in being unroofed and other.
wise shattered. There is quite
contract of chimney building as well
as window glazing on hand. The lum.
ber yards were left in highly mixed
up condition. The horses in Mr.. Per.
kins' livery stable became almost fran.
tic with 'tskeer,'' broke their halters
and tore around considerably until the
noise on the iron roof ceased.
The hail did not touch the farms on
the bluff below, seeming to pass east.
wardly. The village Of Reeds suffer.
ed about as we did here.
The damage is of course widely scat
tered, and to estimate it accurately
would be like taking census Of the
community. 1t would no doubt amour,
to thousands of dollars.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-05

The schooner Benson, which was re-
Gently loaded with grain at Toledo and
sailed for Europe by way of the St..
Lawrence river, has arrived at Cork,
Ireland, to the qualification of the own
ers and the surprise Of sailing masters.
The vessel, in order that it mi ght pass
out to ocean, was necessarily built in
such manner that it was deemed un-
seaworthy by underwriters, and the
owners were liable to effect an insur.
ance on either vessel or cargo. Under
the circumstances it is matter Of sur.
prise that she has at length reached
Ireland in safety. The success of the
first trip, if it should pay, may tempt
owners to risk q few more; but with
the unanimous opinion of underwriters
against the safety of the voyage in yes
sells capable Of passing down the St.
Lawrence, it will take good many suc-
cessful trips to establish a regular line
Of vessels sailing direct from the lake
cities to Europe.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-05
sentence for the murder Of Fred Abb
leitner, of Dover, Olmsted county. .

sentence for the murder Of Fred Alb
leitner, of Dover, Olmsted county.
LAST Thursday morning the stable
and granary, both one building on the
farm of Hon. B.'F. Perry, in kalmar,
Olmsted county, was consumed by fire:
In the building were 100 bushels Of
|grain, Is tons of hay, set of harness,
a tanning mill and other farming uten-
sils. MI. Perry estimates his loss at
81 900, which is one-third insured in
the Farmers Mutual.
SIX men employed by the Milwaukee
& St. Paul company, at La Crescent,
we're arrested Thursday for breaking
into and stealing from cars: They were
particularly charged with stealing
brandy and champagne to the value of
800. and held for trial at Hokah next
Thursday in $500 each. The company
has of late suffered frequent losses of
freight, and had its detective hunting
for the thieves. He was assisted in
making the arrest by La Crosse police.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-05

the four men walked over to
the grave, where they found the
two workmen engaged in screwing on
the lid of the coffin. When it had been
|'completed, the curtain of the wagon
was at once buttoned down over it..
The gravediggers remarked to the four
men that they had just buried man
who had died Of the worst case Of yellow
fever they had ever known, and they
would advise them to seek O healthier
atmosphere; but as the visitors refused
to credit the story, and manifested no
alarm, the gravediggers drove off into
the city.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-05

The Lake City Leader records tre-
mendous hail storm on that eventful
Saturday It says:
The hail storm was fortunately not
widely extended. It came down the
lake, giving :Frontenac and Florence
butaot touching Maiden Rock.
In passing down, it damaged the crops
en several farms near the lake. Near
Central Point it took detour further
west, taking in the farms =" aries
Gould and Jos. Scott, ain ng a
complete wreck >of their Mr..
Seett had twenty acres o. wheat
and oats which is 4 total loss. The side
Of :his house Was moved in two inches,
chimney blown down and eighty lights
Of glass broken, which will do for one
dwelling house. His loss will exceed
|$6OQ.. A field Of wheat of Samuel Her
zon:s,near by was thoroughly thrashed.
From this point its limits did not ex-
tend! ITO exceed block west of the rail-
road, .onossing the lake and destroying
barns and crops in Wisconsin,. It pass
ed down through the city on a regular
gaia trip, leaving the effect of its vista
tion on every house, in every garden
and on almost every tree and shr.,h.
Those whe felt its effects uore or less
seriously would include tie names of
nearly every resident in tesEn. The
windows Of the school houses and
churches were completely ziddled on
their exposed Sides The Episcopal
church losing nearly allsthe etained
glass. The Lyon Block and the Nation
ii Rank and Heees on Center street
suffered severely in large: plate glass.
Gardens are generally completely de-
stroyed, and one Of our friends repprts
with deep sorrow that his wate1melons
are all lefectuallys t'4Plngged."I Trees
and shrubbery. suffered worse than
during the storm two Or three weeks
ago, fruit being knocked Of and lsayes
The Grange advance., 1874-08-05

In Freeborn county the Albert Lea
Standard reports extensive damage.
At Albert Lea but little damage was
done, but in the northern part Of the
county the damage was considerable.
In Newry the Catholic church was bad
ly wrecked. Mr.. Merriam had his
house unroofed, as also Andrew Leary.
A granary of John Heron blew down.
DAMAGE AT BATH.
The Catholic church in what is known
as Sheehan's grove was forced bodily
ten feet from it's foundation, but owing
to it's strength of frame was not injured.
John Peterson's granary, as also Col.
SINNERS barn, blew over, and we be-
licve both were made total wrecks.
Peter Peterson was hurt badly in the
shoulder during the storm, through the
falling of timber, breaking his shoulder
bone. Hans Rasmussen Svendstorp
received bad hurt on his head.
Rain and hail fell heavily for time,
and the lightning dealt blows literally
among the trees. One bolt struck an
old oak overhanging hay stack which
Michael Sheehan was putting up. His
wagon was alongside of the stack, and
he had but hurriedly unhitched the
horses when the flash came. not only
|shivering the oak, but striking the
! whifietrees upon his wagon.
Great damage was done to corn and
other crops. 1t is said to have been
the hardest storm experienced by the
people of Bath for seventeen years. No
less than seven houses were unroofed or
otherwise damaged in this town.
Among those not mentioned are the
ldwellings of James Larson, James Jen-
son, Peter Peterson, an6 Erick Christie
JEFFERSON.
DAMAGE IN HARTLAND.
A communication received from Hart
land says:
A. terrific tornado swept over our
town last night, taking everything in its
oaurse. Houses were blown down, grain
laid ,prostrate, fences blown down, &c.
Tokel Lee had nice frame house moved
about six rods, and then blown to pieces.
Several of his family were severely in
jured. The school house in district No.
IS WAS moved several feet, but not 9TH
erUise injured.
DAMAGE AT FREEBORE.
The: grist mill at Freeborn was badly
damaged. The large propelling wheel
was entirely taken away by the wind,
and we believe the mill was otherwise
more or less affected. Several dwelling
housesmerc entirely unroofed; among
thems those of c. H. Derby, s. Fuller,
John SMablin and r. Stensrud. An
other house, nearly new, belonging to a
Norwegian, whose name we did not
learn, hutvwho lives near Whitelaw' s
place, was. totally demolished. In ad-
dition to:these misfortunes, fences, hay,
grain and gardens suffered.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-05

A CONVENTION is to be held at Sleepy
Eye Lake, in Brown county, for the pur-
pose of electing a delegate to confer
with Gov. Davis in regard to obtaining
aid for those who have lost their crops
by the grasshoppers.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-05

~ i~~A SAAsSAe
AFoRxER liquor dealer Of Albert Lea
having been sued on account by his
suppliers' answers on oath regarding a
barrel .ef port wine charged in the &C.
count that ''it was not port wine, but
on the contrary, vile, poisonous, and
na,1seatiqg liquid, whose base Was a
poor quality Of common whisk y, adul-
terated with poisonous drugs, and STAIN
ed, colored. mixed with logwood bark,
which they fraudulently represented
and pretended as port wine.
HARVEST hands are demanding and
receiving $3.50 to- 81 in the vicinity Of
Rochester,. The Post says truly that
is more money thaa, any man can earn
for his employer in the harvest field. .
Mn1ERs in the Cannon Valley above
Cannon Falls are co mplaining of 4
scarcity Of water. At'pundas the mills
are obliged to shut down part of the
time and ct Mortified th&; mills are oc-
casionally delayed. 4-:-~.
PETITIONS are circulating 1T Roches-
ter and St. Charles fors the pardon Of
George Staley, whowas sent TO the
State prison six years ago, on = life
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-09-19
A Farmers Harvest Home,

The Farmers Cooperative Union, of
Long Island, had their second annual
harvest home festival at Rockaway
Beach, and had very agreeable time
dancing, bathing, eating and talking.
Hon. John O'Donnell, editor of the Ja-
maica Standard, briefly explained the
objects and aims of the organization,
and reviewed its career in the past. II
was founded, he said, six years ago,
when an attempt was made to tax the
farmers as produce brokers. A mass
meeting was held, and committee,
among whom was Mr.. O'Donnell, was
appointed to go to Washington to re-
monstrate against the injustice-a mis-
sion which, after much arduous labor,
was attended with complete success.
A. careful review of the subject, said
Mr.. O'Donnell, would show that the
agriculturists were in large majority
over any other class of the community.
They were the bone and sinew, and the
intelligence of the nation, in which
uAOJ WCIC udIQly hShIu db dlls uSI6
was prejudice against farmers unions,
and, as it seemed to him, most unrea-
soning and unreasonable prejudice, for
surely there could be no more danger
in men of agricultural pursuits banding
themselves together for mutual protec-
ton than in politicians or any other
class taking the same precaution.
Hitherto farmers had been content to
accept for their goods whatever the
merchants chose to offer but there
were two parties to every bargain, and
it was time they should have some
voice in the disposal of their own
wares.
In conclusion, the speaker said he
would ask New York and Brooklyn to
give the Long Island farmers some
place in their cities where they could
sell their goods directly to the consum-
ers, instead of being dependent upon
the spectators and middlemen, who
sometimes kept their wares forty weight
hours before selling them. Whether
the purchasers were satisfied with them
in this condition, and careless about
getting them fresh and cheap directly
from the growers, was a question for
their own consideration.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-09-19
Medical ManIacs,

There are numbers of medical men
so welded to the old formulas, that all
changes seem to them like innovations.
These medical MANAGES are, fortunately,
incapable of much mischief in their
practical age. While the Vinegar Bit
ters are curing Indigestion, Nervous
Debility, Constipation, and countless
other diseases that defy the remedies of
the pharmacoposia, it is impossible to
thrust down the throats of intelligent
invalids "heroic doses of mineral
poison, or to persuade them to take
adulterated alcohol, impregnated with
cheap astringents as " healing balm u
or a ''balsamic preparation" Vinegar
Bitters, pure botanical tonic and
alternative, guiltless of the curse of
distilled or fermented liquor, is actually
accomplishing what the mineral and
alcoholic cure-mongers have so inces-
sanity promised but have never YET
performed. Under these circumstances
it is no wonder that this medicine has
taken precedence of all those burning
fluids mis- called tonics.-Con1.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-09-19
What Constitutes q Traveller.

The public houses in England are
not now allowed to dispense strong
drink on Sunday except to persons
travelling, and in order to determine
who the favored few are who may
quench their thirst by glass of beer
on the Lords Day, the law affecting the
matter, has descriptive clause to the
effect that "for the purposes of this act
pelson shall not be deemed to be a
traveller unless he is three miles from
the place where he lodged the previous
night" Three miles is pretty long
walk for man who, under the influ-
ence of tapgle-foot, is apt to be troubled
more by the breadth than by the length
of the road, but we are afraid that
Sunday in England finds far too many
men at least three miles from the
place where they lodged the previous
night
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-09-19
DR.. Pierce's Compound EXTRACT OF

DR.. Pierce's Compound Extract of
Smart-Weed, or Water Pepper, is not recon-
mended as a cure-all. 1t should not be classed
with the patent nostrums of the day, COM
pounded by Quacks, "Indian Doctors" $50
Called and those possessing no knowledge of
the delicate and intricate structure of the
human system nor of Chemistry and the scen-
tific preparation of medicines No patent has
been obtained or asked upon it. 1t is not a
secret medicine, the chief ingredient being
made known in the name chosen to designate
it. But it is claimed to be a superior Extract,
made in scientific manner, from fresh plants
and roots, by a cold process, heat, which is
used in making all other Extracts of Smart
Weed, being Objectionable, as it destroys most
of the medical virtues that reside in the
plant, as stated in the American Dispensatory
and by other most excellent authorities. In
the modest looking little weed, found growing
by the roadside, Is found more efficacious
remedy, when combined with Jamaica Ginger
and other modifying agents, for Diarrhea,
Dysentery, Summer Complaint, Pain and
Collie, than has heretofore been known to the
medical profession. DR.. Perces Extract il
sold by druggists.-C 80
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-09-19
The Shreveport Troubles,

The origin of the troubles in the vi
cinity Of Shreveport, La, between the
whites and colored people, is thus
stated
A party Of white men went to the
cabins of two negroes, with the view of
arresting and lodging them in jail, for
some crime committed. They were
fred upon from a cabin and one OF the
party instantly killed. The negroes
then attempted to run to the woods,
and they were both shot and killed by
the party attempting to make the ar
rest. The negroes of the vicinity
armed, and the whites picketed the vi
cinity.
Two men, who were on one OF the
posts, halted negro who was coming
into the town with sack Of buckshot.
He paid no attention to their command
to halt, and ran off into the darkness,
being fired at by one of the party, with
out effect, however. The men immedi-
ately went into town to report what had
occurred, and were returning to their
post, when they we're accosted in the
streets of Coushatta by two notorious
negroes, armed. They had q few mo-
ments' conversation with them, not of
violent nature, and had turned round
to proceed to their post, when they
were fired upon twice from the rear.
One was mortally wounded, and the
other escaped unhurt. The firing party
| then ran of.
That night and next morning I. s.
Edgarson, Homer s. Twitchell, Il. A.
Devices, W. +. Howell, O. Holland and
NJ. @. Willis, all white, besides num-
Der of negroes, were arrested and
placed under guard. All of the party
who held Office then voluntarily ten
dered and wrote out their designations,
and they, with others, voluntarily pro-
posed if guard was furnished them to
Shreveport that they would leave the
State and return no more. This was at
once assented to, and the prisoners re-
quested Mr.. John Carr to take charge
of the guard for their protection.
On Sunday morning, Mr.. Carr, with
guard of about sixteen men, started
with the above-named prisoners, except
the negroes released afterward. A party
of between forty and fifty men, who
had come into Coushatta, started in
pursuit with the avowed purpose of
lynching the prisoners. Later in the
day Mr.. Carr was apprised of this fact
and put his horses and those of the
prisoners to the top of their speed to
avoid being overtaken. While nearing
the Hutchinson plantation on Red
river some thirty miles below Shreve-
port, with the view of crossing there
and destroying the iatboat to prevent
further pursuit, he was overtaken by
the pursuing party. The guards were
overpowered and the prisoners taken
away from him, and three of them-Ed.
carton, Twitchell, and Dewees-shot on
the spot. The other three-Howell,
Holland, and Willis-were carried back
short distance to near Wards store
and there shot. The citizens in the
neighborhood assembled the mex
morning and buried the bodies, the
first three in graveyard near Hutchin
sons plantation, and the last three OF
the spot where they had been killed
near Wards store.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-09-19
A SkilIful FOrager.

A colony of small black ants, took up
its abode in chink in the wall, out
side window. A solitary ant, evil
IDENTIFY on private foraging expedi-
tion, suddenly encountered scrap of
bread, which had fallen on the sill, sew
eral feet from his home. Instead of
nipping off fragment and carrying it
away, the insect apparently made q care
full examination of the entire piece, and
then turned and ran at full speed back
to the hole. In an instant hundreds of
ants emerged and marched directly to
the bread, which they attacked, and
very speedily, morsel by morsel, trans
ported it to their dwelling. 1t is clear
that the insect had heralded the ne VS.
of his discovery to his fellows.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-09-19
Colts Firearms.

The statement has been often made
that, in the British Museum, several
firearms are to be found, made on al
most the exact principle which consti-
tutes the chief popularity of Colts re-
volvers of the present day, and that,
therefore, the so-called invention of
the latter is simply fraud. The fact
appears to be, however, that Colt, en-
tirely unaware at first of any previous
attempts to produce such weapons,
made series of experiments on skele-
ton firearms, which were very success
full /; but subsequently he fell into many
OF the errors of his predecessors, for,
by covering the breech and the mouths
of the chambers, simultaneous explo-
sion of several charges constantly oc-
Cured. This induced the restoration
of the arms nearly to their original
skeleton form, and the result was the
production of the present perfect arm
which has obtained such worldwide
celebrity, and the manufacture of which
may be said to be fully as marvellous as
the weapon itself, the several parts be-
ing forged, planed, rifed, and en-
graved almost entirely by machinery
designed for the purpose.