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ties, as Macras, tall; Pyrrhus, ruddy;
Rufus, red-haired. Names are as sig.
niGcant now as they were in the days Of
Plato, and as important, but are fire.
quently ignorantly or carelessly applied,
thus making our personal nomenclature
worse than meaningless. "A man with
the name Of George or Thomas" Leigh
Hunt observes, might as we'll, to all un-
derstood purposes, be called spoon or
hat-bandl" Blanche is now anything
but the Aaxen-haired blonde which her
name indicates. Isabel is no longer
brown; Cecilia (gray-eyed) bellies her
name, and let's fly the arrows Of love"
from eyes Of heavenly blue.
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Nothing in a Name.

A writer says: All names were origi-
nally significant, and were always be,
slowed by the ancients with regard to
their well understood meaning. Some.
times they were commemorative of some
incident or circumstance connected with
the birth Of the individual bearing them
as, Thomas, a twin Maius, May Zap
piled to one born in that month";; Sep
timus, the seventh, etc. In other cases
they we're expressive Of the aspirations,
desires or hopes of the parents; as, Vic
tor, one who conquers; Felix, happy;
Benedict, blessed. Not sunfrequently
they are descriptive of personal quail.
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mo. 1850.
NOB.ResideDt Notice.

In the First chancery Court of Shelby county
Iennessee-M. j. Wicks ct al. VS.. W. B.
Battle ct al.
TT APPEARING FROM THE CROSS BILL
/ of W, B. Battle in this cause, which Is
sworn to, that the defendants, NJ. j. Wieks,
r. G. Meacham, Bette H, Meacham, JEFF ID.
cham, b. S Meacham. Clay Meacham aud
Baby Mea ham are non-residents OF the
State of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered
that they make. their appearance herein, at
the Court house in the city Of Memphis, Tenn.
on or before the first Monday in September,
1875. and plead, answer or demur TO said cross
bill or the same will be taken for con-
fessed as to them and set for hearing exparte,
and that a copy of this order be published
once week, for four successive weeks. in the
Public Ledger.
This Slst day Of July. 1875.
A copy-Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE, G. and M.
By E. B. MCHENRY, Deputy c. and N.
VANCE 4 ANDERSON, Soils. for Complainant.
l32-13S. l44.l50
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LEGAL.
Attachment Notice

Before P. j. Quigley, a Justice of the Peace
for Shelby county, Tennessee-P j. Mulvi-
hill and L. Rosenstein VS.. W. II. Slater.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV-
i ING been sued out under section 1855 Of
the Code Of Tennessee and returned levied
upon the property Of the defendant and afi-
dayit having been made that the defendant is
indebted to plaintiffs by account as follows:
To P. j. Mulvihill in the sum of forty dollars,
and to I ROsenstein in the sum of ten dol
lars, and that the claims are just, and that said
defendant is a nonresident Of the State Of
Tennessee; il is therefore ordered that said
defendant. W. II. Slater. make his personal
appearance before me. at my Office, in the city
of Memphis, Tennessee, on Saturday, the 4th
day of September next, and defend said
attachment suit within the time prescribed by
law, or the same will be proceeded with OK
parte. and that a copy OF this order be pub
lished once week, four consecutive weeks, in
the Public ledger
This 3lstd day of July, 1875.
132-lS8-l44. $50 p. j. QUI9LEY, J.P.
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Il. WHITMORE,
Publisher and PrOprietol
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. :

Mrs, Scott siddons will give readings
IL the fall
There will be FIVE variety theaters in
New York this fall.
The theatrical world is already begin
ming to show signs of life.
Mr.. W. j. Florence has tried his hand
at writing comic poem.
Miss Minnie Jackson is engaged for
DeBar's Opera House, St, Louis.
Miss Katie Putnam has commenced a
season at the Boston Thester.
Mr.. Mass tenor, has been re-engaged
with the Kellogg Opera Company.
Mr.. Barry Sullivan sailed from Queens
town, in the Germauic, on Friday last.
Lawrence Barrett opens at the Califor-
MIA Theater, San Francisco, September
9Th.
Mr.. Walter LennOx will play at Ford s
Baltimore and Washington theaters this
fall.
G. L. Fox and troupe open at the
Walnut Street Theater, Philadelphia, on
August l6.
The Kellogg Opera Company open at
the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, No
vember l5.
Mrs. Alexina Fisher Baker will be at
the Arch Street Theater, Philadelphia,
next season.
Mrs. ]. j. Pryor will return to the
stage at Hooley's Opera House, Brook
lyn, next month.
Mr.. G. G. Gordon, of the Brooklyn
Theater, is engaged for DeBar's Opera
House, St. Louis.
Mr.. Samuel Colville has sailed for
america with the Julia Matthews comic
opera company.
Mrs. Pierson and Mrs, Andrews 90 to
the New Orleans Varieties Theater for
the fall and winter
Mrs. John Seton will remain in San
Francisco and play at the California
Theater, next season.
Mr.. J. @. Cowper, an English trage-
dian, is engaged by Arthur Cheney, of
Boston, for tour in the United States.
Mr.. NJ. Connolly, late of Booths The
ater, will be Musical Director Of the
Haymarket Theater, London, next sea-
son.
Sir julius Benedict is writing adGi-
tional music to the Lily of Killarney"
for the Kellogg English Opera Com
pany.
Mr.. Charles Wyndham is now playing
Bob Sackett, in a Germanized version of
Saratoga at the Wallner Theater,
Berlin.
The steamer Greece brought l89 tons
of scenery and machinery for the
Kiralfy's Around the World at the
Academy.
Mr. W. A. Morgan and Alfred Wilkie,
tenors, have organized a company to
perform Arthur Sullivan's comic ope-
retta Of Cox and Box"
The Alleghanians we're honored with
the patronage of Lieutenant Governor
Joseph W. Trutch, at Victoria, Vancou-
ver's Island, on July l4th.
Mr.. John P. Smith, formerly of Con-
ways Brooklyn Theater, will manage for
the Vokes during their season at the
Fifth Avenue Theater.
Miss Nelson, the English actress, will
bring a fresh stock Of diamond rings
with her next year for the Chicago and
| New Orleans dramatic critics,
Mrs. Anna B. Boone and her daugh
ters, Grace and Myrtle De La Hooke
Boone, have sailed for Europe, where
| NJ, M,.t1o 20 anoa0ad ~ Iaot,ra
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Thursday, 18th day of August, 1875,
mo. 1921
NOn.Resident Notice.

In the First Chaneery Court Of Shelby County.
Tennessee. The Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Co. vs.. w. B. Greenlaw ct al.
IT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
i this cause that the defendants, M. j.
Wicks. citizen Of California, Warren Smith
Newcomb, Horatio d. Newcomb, H. Victor
NeWeomo, Mary Cornelia Newcomb, also Il.
Y. Newcomb, Thomas L. Barrett and John B.
Smith. executors of Horatio D. Newcomb.
deceased, citizens Of Kentucky, and the Mem
pms @ ana Little Rock Railroad Company. Of
dents. of the State Of Tennessee it is
therefore ordered, that they make their ap-
pearance herein, at the Courthouse in the
city Of Memphis, Tenn, on OF before the frst
Monday in October, 1875. and plead, answer
or demur to eomplainants bill or the same viii
be taken for confessed as to them and set for
hearing exparte, and that copy Of this order
be published once week, for four successive
weeks, in the Memphis Ledger. This 18th day
A Copy Attest
EDMUND A. COLE, C. andM,
BY X. J. BLACK, Deputy c. and NJ.
ESTES 4 ELLETT, Soils. for complainant.
l35-l4l' H7-l53
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Attachment Notice.

Before Il. W. Caldwell, Justice of the Peace
Chas. Douglass VS.. W. ]. Slater.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV.
i ing been sued out under section S455 of the
Code Of Tennessee and returned before me lev
led on the personal property Of defendant, and
affidavit having been made that the defendant
is justly, indebted to the plaintiff in the sum Of
resident tbs ais d ny 4 y
fore ordered that the said defendant, W. j..
Slater, make his personal appearance be-
fore me on the I'd day Of September. 1875, at 10
O'Clock am, at my effice in the city of Mem
phis, No. Court street, and defend said
attachmept suit within me time prescribed by
parte, and that a copy Of this order be pub
lished for four successive weeks in the Public
Ledger.
This the Sd day of August, 1875.
1Si-140-ll6'i e. W. CALDWELL, ], P.
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settlement.

No. 1851. Record Ain tho Probate Court of
Shelby county. Tennessee Mary A. Nc
Comb, Administrative of David McComb's s
estate.
THIS is TO NOTIFY ALL PERSONS IN
l. terested in the estate of said David Nc
Comb, deceased, that l will. at my Office in
the city of Memphis, on the first Monday in
September, 1875, at 2 o'clock .. M, take and
state the (accounD settlement Of Mrs. Mary
A. McComb,. administratrix of the estate Of
said David McComb.
This Sd day Of August, 1875.
JAMES REILLY. Clerk.
Estes & ELLETT Attornevs 134-1
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
A TrIumph over Hnmhnr


The constant gain in popularity of the ma
tional remedy and preventive. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, and the rapid decline of the
fermented and nauseous rubbish feebly boil
stored up by false temperance cry. exempli-
fes q grand triumph of genuine merit over
rampant humbug, at which honest folks re-
joice. And we'll they may; for each accession
of popularity to a remedy which cures and
prevents intermittent and remittent fevers,
dyspepsia, constipation, liver complaint, uri-
nary troubles, uterine weakness and general
debility. widens the field of its benefcent ope.
rations and is direct gain to humanity, while
every falling of in public favor of a perni-
cious compound, powerless for good but pow
erful for evil. is blessing quite as unmistak-
able, but for a reason very different Let
humbug for once hide its diminished head.
Would it were always as unsuccessful as in
the present instance.
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Saturday, August IA, 1875,

within legal hours. the following described
property, situated in Shelby county. Tennes-
see, ,to,wit: Lot No. 6, block 15 Of Buffers
ssubdiyisien. beginning at stake on the north
line of Elliott street. $50 feet east Of in ersec-
ton OF DeSoto and Elliott streets, running
easterly 81 feet 8 inches to a stake, thence
sOuthwardly 1854 feet to Elliott street, thence
Mestwardly with the north line of Elliot street
AZ feet 3 inches to the beginning; il having
been decided to Brooks < Suggs aud TO one
Sneed in the proportion Of s5I2O % interest in
Brooks q Suggs to $3.50 to Sneed.
Terms of Sale-On a credit Of 6. II and IS
months, purchaser required to give notes with
approved security, lien retained until same
are paid. and equity Of redemption barred.
This July %. 1875.
E.A. COLE, C. and NJ.
By II. ]. BLACK. D. G. and NJ.
g. W. WINCHESTER and SMITH & COLLIER,
Attorneys. l25-l30-l36-l l42
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LEGAL.
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate.

Sherln's Sale OF Real Estate.
pUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Il that By virtue of venditioni expOnas to
me directed from the honorable First Circuit
goqtt Of Shelby county, Tenn, in the case Of
). u; Darden. assignee, vs.. NJ. H. McKinavay
et al, Judgment rendered on the LIST day Of
august, 1874. for the sum of seventy dollars
ana slxty-hve cents. with interest and costs
Oh SUIT 10 satisfy said judgment, etc, will,
Thursday, 18TH day of August, 1875,
iin legal hours, in front of the Court-house.
Memphis, Tenn, proceed TO sell to the high
est bidder, for cash, the following described
property, to-wit: Lots Is, II and IS, so feet on
Raleigh road, 28 l0-l2 feet on the Coyington
road; has depth Of 256 feet on the east line
and 20 feet on the west line. Recorded ip
August. 1870. N"' VI
Leyied on as the property Of defendant. M.
u. Meklnavay. to satisfy said judgment, in
Memphis, 18th day of July, 1875.
@. L. ANDERSON,
%, 600 ,o Sheriff Of Shelby County, Tenn.
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RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK
RAILWAY.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE,
CoMMESCIYG
Sunday, July 25, 1875,
Sunday, July 25, 1875,

A ND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE TRAINS
"A will arrive and depart as fellows Mem
phis time:)
Mail train leaves L. d. N. & ct. S.
X. r. Depot (daily)................. 1886 pm
Arrives lao am
New Pullman Palace Cars on Mail trains
from this date. June 6. 1875.
For further infOrma ion and Tickets, apply
at Memphis and Louisville Railroad Depot,
head of Main street; No. 2S7 Main street,
corner Madison. and 27S Main street.
w. Il. SMITH, Sup't.
JN0. II PERRY, Gen'l Tk't AR't.
r. A. WILLIAMS. Passe niger Ag't.
l25-130
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GKAIN RAISEBS REFUSE to sub
nit to the wasteful and imperfect work Of
other Threshers, when posted on the Uast supe-
riority of this one, for saving grain. saving
time, and doing fast, thorough and economi-
cal work.
tageous to run a machine that has no % Beat
ers," " Pickers," or Apron" that handles
Damp Grain, Long Straw. Headings, Flax,
Timothy, Millett and all such difficult grain
and seeds, with ENTIRE EASE AND
EfFECTIVENE ESS. Cleans to perfection;
saves the farmer his thresh bill by extra saw
ing OF grain, makes no "Litterings;" re-
guires LESS THAN 0NE-HALF the usual
Belts, Boxes. Journals, and Gears; easier
managed less repairs; one that grain raisers
prefer to employ and walt for, even Rt
advanced p-ices, while other machines
are out of jobs"
Four sizes made with @, 8, 10 and
IL horse MOuoted " Powers, also
speciality Of hepRFatOrs "alOne,"
expressly for STEAM POWER. and
TO match other Horse Powers.
II interested in grain raising, or threshing,
write for illustrated Circulars (sent free) with
iull particulars of sizes, styles. prices terms,
etc. NICHOLS, SH EPARD a CO,
4g-l59kw aHle Lresk Michtann.
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Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate.

- hOt~AO VI ANOhA
DUBLIC NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN
Il that by virtue Of a venditioni exponas to
me directed from the honorable First Circuit
Court of Shelby county, Tenn, in the case ef
John Is. McCuen VS.. NJ. II. McKinavay, judgs
ment rendered en- the 18th day Of July, 1874,
for the sum of fifty dollars, with interest and
costs of suit, to satisfy said judgment, etc., /.
will, on
Thursday, 18th day Of August, 1875,
in legal hours. in front of the Court-house,
Memphis, Tenn, proceed 10 sell to the high
est bidder, for cash, the following described
property. to-wit: Lot No. II in the city of
Memphis, on the north side Of Johnson ave-
nue., southwest and adjoining lot No. l6, so
feet front by 224 feet deep, in Civil District
No. 8. Also lot No. IS in county lot No. 500,
in the city Of Memphis, north side Of John
son avenue, southwest and adjoining lot II,
50 feet front by 200 feet deep. in Civil District
No. B.. Also lot No. / in county lot 5l9, in the
city of Memphis, south side Of Auction street,
at the intersection Of johnson avenue, 208%
feet front by 80 feet deep, in Civil District
No. 8.
ssLeyied on as the property Of defendant, NJ.
II. Mckinavay, to satisfy said judgment, in
terest and costs
Memphis, 10Th day of July, 1875.
G. l.. ANDERSON,
Sheriff Of Shelby County, Tenn.
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est standard of approved journalism, endeav-
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Mr.. Owen Marlowe has been engaged
by the Kiralfy Brothers for the approach
ing production of Around the World in
Eighty Days" at the Academy Of Music.
New York.
The Van Buren press., 1875-09-07
.IuStica Smiths Court.

The two roughs, Grady and Woolf. that, by
their outrageous conduct. at the Odd Fellows
picnic, Wednesday, disgraced themselves, and
caused brcaci, Of the peace, were brought
before Justice Dccherd Of Alma, on Thursday,
Both parties plead guilty, and were each fined
$40 and costs. This fine is in no way COM
mensurzte with the outrage perpetratcd. Gra-
dy being constable Of this township. and
Woolf his deputy there was no reason or ex-
cusc in the world why they should not have
been made to feel the full force Of the law. If
ever an example should be made. il Is when
an officer, who is, by his oath. under obiga-
tions to preserve the peace violates that
oath and thereby commits . breach Of the
peace -whiskey Is no excuse for any one,
much less for an officer. II the sheriff had
done his duty fully, he would have brought
the parties to Van Buren,, and put them In
jail. Their conduct, from beginning to end,
warranted such a course.
The harmony aal enjoyment OF the Odd
Fellows picnic was broken into. and 1t Is due
the citizens who were present. that the mem-
bers of this old and influential order see that
men who will so override decency and good
behavior. shall he brought to feel the full
penalty of on outraged law. Unless they take
steps to punish and thereby prevent such dis
t,,rbanccs, they need not expect that any one
of rcspectability will attend their social gath
erings. Let the guilty be punished though
the heavens fall.
The Van Buren press., 1875-09-07
THE sCAFF0LD.
The scaffold, large and spacisus--cov
cred with an awning, was occupied by
THE DOOnrD MEN

The scaffold, large and spacisus--cov
cred with an awning, was occupied by
THE DOOMED MEN.
in the order above named, the necessary
guards to make them safe, and the man
Of ketsh," to let them drop easily and
safely into eternity, and by the Revs. W.
A. Sample. Babcock, Smyth and Gre
made. Prayer by Father Smyth, all kncel-
ing. followed by singing and prayer by
Rev. W. A. Sample. Hymns sung "Je.
sus, lover of my sou" and "Comc, let
us JOIN our friends above" After the
prayers the beautiful hymn, Nearer my
Gsd to Thee was sung. After the sing.
ing, bcnediction was pronounced by
Rev. II. Nj Grenade.
The proceedings and sentence of the
Court, and the death warrant OF each was
read, the black caps adjusted, and at II :
10 o'clock Il. m. the drop went, and six
immortal souls we're launched into etcr.
nifty, We hope prepared 20 meet their
God.
Never before have we witnessed such
sight; never again may we1be permitted
to witness such an one. -
This sad scene, to the youth Of our
country, should be a lesson. Follow the
teachings Of your mother, and though,
through life you may have trials and trib
ulati0ns, yet your end will not be the
galows.
This execution makes q round dozen
that has graced the U. S. scaffold within
three years, first one, then two, next
three, now six, to make the dozen com
pletc.
All the prisoners ascended the scaffolll
with steady and firm step; Tie Judgment
OF the court and the death warrants were
read by Major Ed. Blanks and Maj. G. s.
Pierce, U. S. jallof'. Each in turn was
asked if aught he llad to shy. Mankill.
er, Campbell, Fooy,and Moor, spoke very
briefly, making no confession. Whit
tington and Evans declined to speak /;
Mankiller stoutly denying his guilt. The
prisoners were neatly dressed, each car.
rying ahandsome bouquet. furnished by
some kind friend o,-.s4s@5
At the approach ofatlie black caps and
gowns, Moore was suddenly taken with a
chill; he was cared for. :. Then Rev. u,
NJ. Grenade. read a staterpent. from w.
j. Wilmington, telling OF his life, his ca
reer. attributing his end to early training,
the influence OF his father in drinking
aud in getting drunk. The cause of his
end was on his father. Then all on the
scaffold took their farewell of the pris-
oners
they hung for eigh teen minutes when
they were severally pronounced dead by
DR.. W. Worth Bailey, The attending U
S. Physician, Drs. Main, DuVal, Eherels
Booth, Bennett, Price, West and Marley
Everything was orderly aud quiet; the
regulations were so ample. and complete
The Van Buren press., 1875-09-07
THE JETTIEs.
Progress of the Work q South Pass.

A correspondent Of the New Orleans
Times, writing under date Of August 90,
says:
The South Pass is a prong OF the
mouth of the Misslssippi,, twelve miles
from head to mouth, and from six hun.
dred to eight hundred feet beyond head.
quarters the piling begins and is driven
as X it we're intended te, lay a railroad
track out into the gulf The last line is
now out ten thousand feet and has only
to 90 another thousand, SF about three
days work. There are now iii the place
four thousand feet of1wiIiow mattresses.
With the present rate of progress, three
hundred lineal feet per day, twenty work
ing days are required to put in place the
first layer or foundation OF the east jet
ty. On the west line the liling has been
driven two hundred feet cnt into the gulf.
As Lands End projects four Thousand
feet further oHt Oil this siae OF the pass
than it does on the 'east,athere remains
but five Thousand feet, Or about fifteen
days work to be driven. r
Ii the weather holds ass good for the
next two months as it has the last past,
feel sure that the vast body of water in
the pass will have boon put to its lcgiti-
mate work Of channel making. Laying
one layer Of mattresses one side, has
dcepened the channel from twenty nine
in May to thirty six in September. !
think you may tell yonr people to send
their large steamships to New Orleans,
next May. at farthest. Cotton Of the
crop Of 1875 7G will go from New Or.
leans in vessels drawing more thantwen-
ty feet of water as sure asyou are born.
AT the invitation of Capt. Ruby, Of the
company tow boat" Grafton,NI put in a
day on board of his boat, while he tow.
ed couple of empty barges, twenty five
miles up the river to the Jump and
throughout barges loaded with willows
for mattress. making All iraVe to say
about the Jump" is, that it Is = term
used to indicate An indescribable system
of sloughs extending from the Mississip
'pi to the Gulf water, willows and alliga.
tors being the sights to be seen. The
willow contractor has about two hundred
men at work, cutting and loading on the
barges nearly five hundred cords Of viii
low brush per day. ~'-