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THE CENTENNIAL FOURTH.

The President of the United States
has issued the following proclamation
for the observance of the Centennial
Fourth:
WHEREAS, A joint resolution of the Senate
and House Of Representatives was duly ap-
proved on the 18th day Of March last, which
resolution is as follows:
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
lea in Congress assembled, That it be and is
hereby recommended by the Senate and
House of Representatives to the people of the
several States, that they assemble in their
several counties or towns on the approaching
centennial anniversary of our national indie
pendence, and that they cause to have de-
1ivered on such day an historical sketch of
said county or town from its formation, and
that copy of said sketch may be filed, in
print or manuscript, in the clerks Office of
said county, and an additional copy. in print
or manuscript, be filed in the Office OF the
librarian of Congress, to the intent that a
complete record may thus he obtained of the
progress of our institutions during the first
century of their existence.
And Whereas, II is deemed, proper that
such recommendation be brought to the no
tice and knowledge of the people Of the Unit
ed States.
Now, therefore, Ulysses S. Grant. Presi-
dent Of the United States, do hereby declare
and make known the same, in the hope that
the object of the resolution may meet the
approval ofthe people Of the United States,
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vestigation was received BY the House. The
report reviews the testimony and finds
Schenck's connection with the transaction
Of the company improper in an, American
Minister to q foreign court, but the committee
do not believe him guilty of fraud, or of
fraudulent intentions; but recommend that
the House condemn his action a. ill-advised,
unfortunate and incompatible with the du.
ties of his official position.
A bill was placed on the calendar of
the Senate, on the 18th, to create sinking
fund for the liquidation Of the. bonds advanced
to the Central and Union Pacific railroads.
The bill provides that Il, O00, 900 acres Of land
shall be re-conveyed to the government and
$2,0OO, 900 due for transportation, and the
government shall credit the companies with
$30,00O,O00; the companies to, pay into the
treasury, annually, the sum of $685.
Mr.. Dunnell introduced in the House
a>bill for the relief Of certain settlers on pub
70 lands-passe d. This bill tor the relief Of
6: B. Tyler and other. vetoed b the Presi
b: Patterson was appointed d doorkeeper of
the House. The hill for tho ftetirement 81
Judge McC andless was passed and the House
adjourned -. 4e.e* TT
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RECLAIMING THE CASPIAN SEA

A proposition has been made by dis
tinguished American engineer, Mr..
Spaulding, for retaining the rapidly
forming desert in the midst of the
Russian empire. He proposes to take
a water supply from the Black Sea,
which being connected with the Medi-
terranean. will supply any needed
amount of water. By means of cutting,
about two hundred and fifty versts in
length, across the ridge dividing the
two seas, connecting them upon one
level, these results can be obtained
with certainty. This cutting should
be, when completed, an artificial strait,
deep enough for ships OF any draught,
and wide enough for ships of any
width to pass each other. Beginning
in the basin of the Caspian sea, at 4
point Is metres below the level of the
Black sea, a level cutting $50 metres
wide should be made westward, to
such a distance that at it's western ex-
tremity it would reach a depth of 10
metres. The surface of the earth at
that point would be five metres below
the level Of the Black sea. Here this
broad and deep cutting should be dis.
continued, and a narrower and shall
lower cutting should begin, which
with certain exceptions, should be car
ried all the way across. The broad
and deep excavation would be short.
and the expense of it inconsiderable
yet, by it's formation, it would, in the
end, govern the character of the whole
work.
A similar work was performed in
America by cutting through the ridge
Of limestone which separated the
waters of the Chicago river from those
of the Illinois river. The result was
that the current of the Chicago was re-
versed, and it now discharges it's
waters, as we'll as those of Lake Mich
igan, into the Illinois, and through
that, via the Mississippi river, into the
Gulf Of Mexico, instead Of the Gulf of
St. Lawrence. If it were possible thus
temporarily to reverse the current of
the Don, the effect would probably be
to deepen its channel and render it
navigable for large steamships. The
temporary Inconvenience caused by
such all operation would be repaid by
increasing the usefulness of that river,
and by making it also part of the
new field of commercial and industrial
operations.
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HYDROPHORIA.

from the New York Times Of Sunday.
A terrible case of Hydrophobia
which has already caused one death
and involved the lives of four other
persons, has just been developed in
Newark, n. j., and what renders the
case more distressing is the fact that
the sufferers are all of one family,
The family is that of Louis Sorhagen.
and consists of Mr.. Sorhagen, his wife,
g son, Charles, aged fourteen years,
Henrietta, aged twelve years, and Mag
gie,aged ten. The dog by which they
were bitten is black Spitz, and was
g pet by the children, who daily played
with him. A few weeks ago the dog
Gil q disappeared and when he Returned it
was notined that he acted in yery
Irabld manner, biting and swapping at
every one who went near it. Charles.
the fourteen-year-old son of Mr.. Sor.
hagen, attempted to pacify the animal
and it seized one Of his fingers in it's
mouth, decorating it terribly. The
dog then took refuge in the barn. and
as Henrietta, the eldest daughter, was
running about, the animal bit her in
the heel. A short time after it ran
out In the yard and bit Maggie, the
Youngest girl, in the left ankle. It
also bit Mrs. Sorhagen on the right
hand. By this time Mr.. Sorhagen be-
came alarmed, and although not think
ing 1t was mad, endeavored to prevent
the animal from doing any further
harm by tying him up. In attempting
to put chain around the dogs neck
MIR. Sorhagen was also bitten, the ami
NAL taking a piece of flesh out of his
left wrist. He tied the dog in his
kennel, and the next morning the ami
NAL was found dead. The straw and
ground about the kennel having been
dug up and covered with foam showed
how the dog had suffered in his agony.
Although every member of the family
had been bitten by the savage animal,
none OF them showed signs of illness
until last Thursday afternoon, when
the girl Henrietta complained of
droWsy feeling. In the evening she
complained of pains in her head, and
during the night she was attacked
with spasms. Mr.. Sorhagen called in
Drs. Voegler, Ill, and komeman, who
could do nothing to alleviate her suf-
ferlngs. They decided to cut piece
out OF her flesh where she had been
bitten, and this afforded a slight relief.
During Friday and yesterday morning
she was again attacked with spasms,
in one of which she died at 6 o'clock.
The other members of the family
have had their wounds cauterized, and
as yet none of them have been taken
i'll. Another dog and horse that had
been bitten by Sorhagen's dog were
yesterday shot.
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Tennyson in His Own Country.

Washington Correspondence Of the Cleveland Leader
shall add, beside, little story told
by Gen. Schenck:
He was travelling with lis party in
the Isle of Wight. Their guide was
extremely attentive, showing with
true insular pride the mansions of va
riOus noblemen, with their splendid
grounds, and dwelling with special
emphasis on the number of retainers
kept by each. At last, coming sudden
ly upon picturesque cottage, whose
climbing vines and nicely kept lawn
proclaimed the taste of it's owners, the
visitors inquired what he might be.
Only a very plain country gentleman.
sir. I believe is name is Tennyson -
and the cicerone was hurrying on
''Tennyson's cottage! o, stop, we
must have look - chorused the
other travellers. The carriage was
stopped, but the driver was utterly
unable to comprehend the sudden in
terest.
''Mayhap you know him 2" he said
interrogatively, and his ignorance was
so delicious that the ladies delighted
themselves by pulling him out. They
declared they had heard of Mr.. Tenny-
son in distant America, and insisted
that he, who lived so near, must know
something about him. "He may be
summat up in Lunnun, but down ERE,
sir, he makes no show at all, sir; he
makes no show at all, sir; he lives
mostly alone. Then, as if to stamp
Mr.. Tennyson's utter insignifcance,
he added: she keeps only one man,
sir, and he sleeps out of the 'ouse.''
Such is fame =. - ~ : /; :.
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CROPS IN CALIFORNIA.

The California Crop prospects are re-
ported by The San Francisco Herald,
as follows:
Not single cloud has risen to mar
or obscure the crop horizon. Every
thing betokens the largest and best
harvest OF grain ever garnered upon
the Pacific slope. The farmers every
where, north and south, are joyful at
the brilliant prospects held out to
them, and though no one expects big
prices, yet the abundant yield of wheat
and barley is what they most count
upon. Our merchant exporters and
others have been diligent in securing
large amount of tonnage, now en-
route, for summer and autumn loading;
perhaps 100 ships or more have been
already chartered for the United King
dom at f8 and upward, according to
the time of loading and port of dis
charge. No fears are entertained but
that we will have plentiful supply of
tonnage during the year to move the
crop to advantage.
Sophocle's tragedy of ':Antigone''
was recently produced at the Theatre
Royal, in Dublin, with Mendelssohn's
music. and the galle--J gods were SO
well pleased that, according to their
custom, they demanded a sight of the
author. 'sBring out Sapherclaze,'
they yelled. The manager explained
that SOphOcles had been dead two
thousand years or more, and couldn't
well come. Thereat gamin shouted,
''Then chuck us out his mummy
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and that proper steps may be taken to carry
the same into effect
Given under my hand at the city of WASH
ingt9n, this is: 25th day of May, in the year OF
our Lore iS56, and OF the independence Of
U. s. GRANT.
By the President,
. r.; HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
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Miscellaneous News Items

miscellaneous News Items.
There is one officer to each four en-
listed men in the naval service.
Joe Dion beat Shaw in their Cen.
tennial billiard match 800 to % points in five
innings.
About two thousand collins were Gre
mated by an incendiary fire at Pittsburgh,
few days since.
Six thousand silk worms have arriv-
ed at the exhibition from China, and already
commenced to spin.
The base bali epidemic has broken
out afresh apd bids fair to be the greatest
centennial nuisance of the year.
The authorities of Bismarck have
been authorized to call upon the military OF
Fort Lincoln tor aid, in case of an Indian at
tack on that town.
The great painting of the Prodigal
Son, the property OF Mr.. Derby, has been des-
troyed by fire at Cincinnati It was valued
at 500, 900, commercially.
The Presbyterian general assembly
has adopted report discountenancing the
mourntul inconsistency of church members
giving promiscous dancing parties.
Laramie City was visited by heavy
snow storm on the 22d, which is strange for
Wyoming, when mosquitoes are about in
Minnesota
At the opening of the Right W orthy
Grand Lodge of knight Templars of the
world, at Louisville, KY, delegates were
present from all parts of the world
The twenty-five young men, Of
whom eleven were recently killed by Indians
in the Black Hills, were sons of wealthy pa
rents in Cincinnati, and went to the Hills for
frolic
A violent rain and snow storm
served to keep good the reputation of Colora-
do on the 23d. At Central City the snow was
reported to be three feet deep, and all rail-
road trains on four lines were suspended.
The ''Seftas'' of Turkey demand
that the Sultan deposit twenty-five million
dollars in the public treasury, reduce the
civil list to five million dollars, establish a
national council and appoint a European min
lister OF finance.
The storms of Sunday, the 2lst were
very severe in Illinois. Michigan and Iowa.
The town OF Gayville, in Iowa, was made a
total wreck. Hailstones fell to the depth OF
tour inches, some of them measuring two
inches in diameter.
A great auction sale of domestic
goods by the bale was held in New York, at
which bidding was so lively and prices OBJ
tanned so good as to indicate a really firm
condition of the market, rather than "a panic
as has been predicted.
Bismarck furnished the Black Hills
hero Of the season. His name was J. c.
Dodge, and in single-handed fight with the
Indians, after emptying all but one barrel Of
his revolver, he shot himself in the head
rather than be taken alive.
Aresolution was offered in the Grand
Lodge of Knights Templar of the World at
Louisville, to demand that the Centennial
commissioners prohibit the sale Of intoxicat-
ing liquors on the exhibition grounds. A
member suggested that the resolution be
made to read "urge," but the mover said the
exhibition was paid for by the country, and
the citizens have right to ''demand."
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''Mamma, don't you want some nice
candy!' said a shrewd little child.
eyes dear, should like some." eff
you'll buy some, I'll give you half -
lisped the child.
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They say that at the centennial ball
in Frisco a gentleman presented an
apple to a lady who was in very I'M
dress uniform, with the remark: GAS
see, Madame, you came as Eve, per-
NIT me to complete your costume"
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News From the National Capital.


Much comment was occasioned by
the appointment of Don Cameron as Secre-
tary OF the Navy.
Secretary Robson will be given an
opportunity to answer the damaging reports
against him, before the naval investigating
committee.
The President has Withdrawn the
nomination of Writ Skies as consul at Flor
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SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.

Crimes, Criminals and Casualties,
A fire at San Francisco destroyed
over $500, 900 worth Of property.
Six negro murderers paid the pen.
atty of their crime in the court of Judge
Lynch, at Edgefeld, s. c.
Out Of party of twenty-five young
men who left Cincinnati for the Black Hills.
eleven were killed by the Indians.
The government recovered over a
half-million from the whisky ring of St.
Louis in one day, and it was not an exceed
ingly good day for recoveries, either.
Samuel J. Frost was another victim
of his own crime, on the 25th. He was
hanged at Worcester, Mass. His head was
torn completely from his body by the drop.
Thomas Piper, the fend who MUIR
dered little Mabel Young in the Boston
church belfry, and who was also the self
confessed murderer of Bridget Landergin,
was hanged Oh last hangman's day-the
25th. The crowd outside the Jail yard sent
up loud cheer when his death was an
n0unced.
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Personal, Impersonal and Political.
Mrs. Satoris' infant child is dead.
Edward F. Reale, of California, has
been appointed minister to Austria.
Manton Marble has sold out the New
York World to VIM. Henry Hurlbut.
The Republicans of Illinois have
nominated Shelby McCollum for Governor.
John Dahleman died in Milwaukee.
on the 21st, aged los years. He was born in
Westphalia in It'll.
The eighth Iowa district has nominal.
ed Col. W. S. Sapp as the Republican can
didate for Congress.
While several vessels were ice-lock-
ed in Duluth harbor the 700 passengers on
the steamer Ontario got short of provisions,
and for time prospects were indeed serious.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-02-18

Sales. IS 500. Tone OF market at 1920.
eaey; 1915. steady "a declinei 1920,
wefk; ! rs, easy; 2:l5, easy; 3:l5, weak.
Sew Odeaus yesterday quoted MD
ding l2ic a. the Cloze, against l5s at
the came time lest yesr; receipts, 7i76
bales; sslea, 800. Receipts thus far this
week. 424lI bales; total ssme week last
year. 80 SSi bales. The market was ir-
regular and easy st two O'clcck, closed
quiet
Yesterdays Liverpool closing tele-
gram reports: Uplsnds, 5-l6i; Orleans,
cd; sales, 500 bales, of which $500
were American. r ceived, Is, 500 bales,
Of which 10 500 were American. The
price of middliDg came time last year,
7sd. The market wss dull and depressed
al noon, declined at two o'clock.
The Liverpool market for arrivals was
l-l6d lover. January shipments, SAvan-
nah or Charleston, & o c., 63-l6d; jan
uary, ditts, SSH, Int, st and 6 32i;
March aud April, delivery, Savannah
and Charleston, m C, 6 3-l6 aud s 7-32;
May and June ditto, 8 ii 81 and Is !;
June and July, ditto,6 Is 81 and 6 : S2d.
Gold in New York closed at llS3i
came time last year, ll5
The movement et all the ports Was re-
uorled 81 follows:
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Attachment Notice.

BEFORE JAMES HALL, Justice Of the Peace
for Shelby county, Tennessee.-WO0druR &
20, a firm composed of A. woodruff and
VIM. g. Woodruff, vs.. ID. PateTacht.
In this cause an attachment having been
sued out under section $3.50 Of the Code OF
Tennessee, and returned i" WED upon th5
property of the defendant" and AFFIDAVIT
having been made that the defendant is nom
resident of the state of Tennessee, or Is about
to remove, or has removed himself or property
from the State, or has removed or is removing
himself out of the county privately, and said
defendant is Justly indebted TO the plaintiffs
in the sum Of thirty seven dollars, due by
account, Just due, and unpaid:
tits therefore ordered, That defendant make
his personal appearanc e before me, Jan e5
Hall, J. p, on the 18th day of March, 1916,
at 10 O'Clock am, ana defend said attachment
suit, or the same will be proceeded with ex-
parte; and that copy of this order be pub
llshed for four successive weeks in the Mem
phis Appeal. This 3lst dav of January, 1873.
JAMES HALL, ]. P.
Watt StrOOU atfOrnaV fbl wed
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nv, IA; New York Central, lis; Erie,
Il. Ellie preferred 30; Harlem, l42: Her
lem preferred ,l34; Michigan Central 81 &;
Union Pacific stock, 6Sl; Lake sh0Ie,
IS; Illinois Central, s9!; Piitsburg,
SO; Northwestern common, "A;
North western preferred, SO; Cleve-
land, Columbus, Cincinnati and In
diar apciis, S.; New jersey Central,
1911; Rock Island, ll0t; 81. Paul, ass;
st. Paul preferred. 7S4; Wabash, So
Wabash preferred, ct; Fort Wayne, 1919;
Terre Baute, s.; Terre Haute pref rred,
%; Chicago and Alton, l0l; Chicago
and Alton prefef'd, l06; Ohio and Missis-
sippl, 2l!; Indiana Central 81; Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy, %; Han-
ni6al ard S.. Joseph, l9I; Delaware
and Lackawanns, ll7i; Atlantic and
Pacific telegraph, 10; Central Pacific
bonds, 1883: Union Pacific bonds. 1855;
Union Pacific lard grants, l02s; Union
Pacific sinking fund, 81: MsTlnoss, ST
Mariposa preferred, Sc; Panama,
81; Missouri Pacific, 12t; Atlantic and
Pacific pielerred, 50.
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RIVER CHRONICLE.
Weather and Water.

Old Prob is "tempering the wind to
shorn lamb" using the quotation as
figure Of speech that must not be bssely
or otherwise improperly construed. Yes
terdsy's thermometrical condition was
but two degrees lower than the previous
days report indicated, the closing alti-
tude being 45o. The zephyrs played with
the rays OF the sun at the rate Of one
mile an hour, and were but feathers
weight TO the square foot. Clear weather
prevailed, but at night the atmosphere
was thick with smoke, almost ObsCuriDg
the gems OF the upper deep from view.
The rivers are jogging along more or
less as usual, the details OF which msy
be CLEANED from the official table aUd
Associated Press dispatches here APP
pended:
OFFICE OF OBSERVATION
SIGNAL SERVICE U. y. ARMY,
MEMPHIS, Tenn, February Il, lS16J
MI.
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Saturday, Nareh II, 1875,

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated In Shelby county Iennes-
see o-wft: One tract beginning at hickory
stake aud other pointers, being the southeast
corner of the tract next described; thence
south s. 6-l00 chains TO a stake, sweetgum,
hickory and other pointers; thence west
81 $40 chains to stake, elm and mulberry
pointers; thence SO 5-lO0 chains to q stake on
Inc bank of the Mississippi river; thence up
the river north "a east 30-l00 chains TO
stake ON the bank Of the river; thence south
2I5 east 10 chains TO stake, two blackberry
and other pointers; thence east 30 chains 10
the be thinning, containing 10 acres, more or
le s. -,,-.-,----. A.
al, tvs : Beginning at a sweetgum marked Y,
the \ z corner of the 4S5-acre tract in the
nalne Of Ferguson and Carr; thence south %
chafns to a stake; thence VI ST 30 chains TO a
hack berry and sweetgum pointer; thence
noIrh 10 west is chains 10 a stake on
the bank of the Mississippi river; thence
nolih 2io east q chains Inks with the me-
auCer.Hgs 10 a stake on the bank of the river;
thence est 30 cham 80 links to the beginning,
containing 100 acres, more OF less.
Terms of Sale-On a credit seven ~ months
purchaser required to execute note with APP
proved security, etc, anu equity Of redemp-
lion barred. This February Is, 1876.
EDMUND A. COLE, Clerk and Master
BY *. ]. Black, d. c. and n.
L. 3. Mcfarland, Attorney. fblo
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II. NJ. LUDWIG, Sergeant.
BY TELEGRAPH.
LITTLE Rock, February 17.-River
rising, with feet inches. Weather
clear and cool,
PTTTsBURG, February l7.-Noon-Riv-
er II feet 3 inches and falling, Weather
cloudy and conl......Hight-River Is feet
and falling. Weather clear and cold.
EVANSVILLE, February 17.-WeAther
clear. Mercury DO 70 370 River 81
and Ito feet on the gauge and rising
slowly. Port-list-down: U. z. Schenck,
1890.
New ORLEANS, February H.-Westh.
er clear and pleasant until four O'clock
this evening, but showery since. Ar
rived: Csrondelet, st. Louis. Departed:
Commonwealth, st. Louis.
CINCINNATI, February Il. = Noon
River falling, Weather clear and
cold ......... N1ght-River A feet inches
and falling. Weather clear and cold.
Arrived: Viut Shinkle, Memphis; Thos.
Sherlock, New Orleans.
CAIRO, February 7.-Noon-Arrived 1:
Andy Baum, Memphis, 8 am. De-
parted: Andy Baum, CINCINNATI IL q IN.
... Night--Arrived Grand Tower, st.
Louis, pm /; City of Helena, 81. Louis,
pm. Departed: City of Helena,
VIcks burg, 6 pm. River SO feet II
inches anu rising. Weather clear. Mer-
curry 36'.
LOUISVILLE, February 17.-WeatheI
cold and clear. Rlver-26 feet in the
canal and ISL feet on the falls. Arrived
Thomas Sherlock, New Orleans; Cons
| Miller, Ciuclnnsti; Golden Rule, Gin
cinnsti; WHIT Shinkle, Cincinnati. De-
! parted: Sherlock and Shinkie, Cincin,