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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-01
Trustees Sale of Real Estate.

ON THE l5TH DAY OF JULY, 1876, BE-
~ tween the hours Of 10 o'clock am. ard
o'clock pm, in front of the Court house
door in the city Of Memphis, will sell, as
Trustee, the following described real estate,
situate, lying and being in the county Of
Shelby, State Of Tennessee, adjacent to the
city of Memphis, b ing a part Of country
lot No. 527 according to Lawrence's survey Of
country lots. contiguous TO the town Of Mem
phis, which tract of land is certain lots, to-
wit: Lots Nos. sos. 306, $50 and 249, accord
ing to the plan Of the subdivision of the prop
erty Of John White and A. Gwynne, situate
on the Randolph Road and Sixth street. Said
lot No 30j fronts on Mill street II feet, and
on Randolph Road 147 feet; lot 306 is adjOin-
ing thereto on the west lots $50 and 2i9 are of
mutual size Of lot 3O6, and lie next adjoining
thereto next west therefrom fronting on Mill
street on the south.
| sell as Trustee by virtue of the power in
me vested by decree of the Probate Court Of
shelby county in the case of A. Boyd VS.. John
White ct al. No. 25S r. d. The said sale is
made to satisfy debt secured by. and by vir-
tue of the authority Of trust deed executed
by John White on the 18th day Of June, 1860
registered in the Registers Office of Shelby
county on the 18th day of August, 1850, and is
noted in note book No. 4, page 221. The sale
to be to the highest and last bidder, for cash
in hand to satisfy the debt described in said
deed. Equity of redemption waived BY the
deed. Title believed to be good. sell only
as Trustee by virtue of the decree Of the Pro-
bate ourt. B. NJ. BURR0W, Trustee.
H.119
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Leipzig Fairs.

Blackw0od's Magazine.
Three times in the year-that
is to say, at Easter, Michaelmas
and Christmas-occurs one of the
great Leipzig fairs, lasting for sew
eral weeks at time. Two of these
fairs (the spring and autumn) are
so old that the date of their origin
cannot be ascertained. They are
known, however, to have been in
stitutions as early as 117S. The
other dates from 1451, thus appear
ing to be a pretty elderly fair.
While a fair is in progress, business
may be said to be wholly transacted
in the squares and streets, which
are crowded with stalls and booths,
and rendered for any purpose ex-
cept that of buying and selling,
exceedingly inconyenient and disa-
greeable. Each branch Of business
has its own quarter, and the display
of waresis very great. Silks, cloths.
furs, leather, books, seem to be the
merchandise most traded in, but
there is scarcely any description Of
goods which is not exposed in
greater or less quantity. The spring
fair is emphatically the book fair
and an immense book business il
said to be done at that time. Tht
population Of the town is abou
doubled during fair time, the ma
tives fromfar and near choosing t,
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Gnod Likanosn.

When Bainbridge sat to Jarvis,
the old weatherbeaten seaman in
variably fell asleep. This annoyed
Jarvis, and for the first time in his
life he found his wit and humor
were Of no avail in rousing his sit
ter to proper wakefulness; where
upon, when Jarvis reached that
point in the execution of his paint
ing that the expression was to be
caught, he commenced a TRADE
against the navy, questioned the
heroism of its officers and men,
and kept up his banter until Balm
bridges eyes flashed as they were
won't on the quarter deck. Jarvis
talked on, and rapidly painted,
until the old commodore started
from his chair, and, approaching
Jarvis, shook his fist in his face,
and thundered out he would moi
"allowa face-maker to speak against
his profession.' Another instant
and personal assault might have
ensued, when Jarvis sprung aside,
burst into a hearty laugh, and told
the commodore he had to wake him
up somehow, else the picture would
have no more expression than q
gunner's swab. His head Of Bain'
bridge is one Of the best pictures
JARVIS ever painted.
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street Scenes in Pspeete, Tahiti.
There are no such things as pave
ments, sidewalks or cutters, and
everybody travels in the middle of
the narrow streets. You pass along
and step aside, now to avoid run
ming into a crowd of Kanakas hold
ing a confabulation, now to avoid
stepping on an old native woman
who is squatting in the street, in
tent upon drying some tobacco with
a match preparatory to having a
smoke. Further on, at a corner,
is crowd of men and women
lowering around the stump of a
cigarette, which is successfully
smoked and tossed around ON the
ground for the next one to take up
and have a Whit at. On one side
the street a Chinaman, with moth
ing on but a pair of big-legged
breeches leans against dOorpOst,
gazing into vacancy, pondering on
the wise sayings of Confucius or
planning a five-cent swindle; on
the other side dusky maiden sits
on a rock playing a fragmentary
noise on a cracked accordeon.
Next dooris a Chinese barber shop;
the customer, on the front porch
sits bolt upright on stool, with
nothing to support him but his thin
back, while the lank-jawed artist
plies the torture. On the other
end Of the porch there are two or
three native women lounging, for
John is popular with the native
bellies, not because he is handsome,
but because he makes an exemplary
husband; for not only does he do
his own and their cooking, but he
washes for them, too, and leaves
them to eat, sleep and smoke in un-
disturbed Incidence. The next is a
group Of half-naked boys tossing
pennies at a cork set up with one
or more coppers on it. This is a
favorite amusement, not only with
the boys, but with the mustached
Kanakas. In the Quai de Com
merce the scene is somewhat more
business like. Vessels are discharg-
ing and loading, and natives with
handcarts are rushing here and
there with freight. Drays, trucks,
express wagons, etc., are unknown
On the verandas of the business
houses native seamstresses, seated
on mats on the floor, are busy max.
ing calico shirts, dresses Of thin
stuffs, etc. Beneath a spreading
Duran a crowd of natives are hav.
ing a dinner of feiis and breadfruit
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make their purchases then, and a
popular belief prevailing that the
fair is the place to get things good
and cheap. l have, however, heard
quite a different statement made by
persons who have had opportuni-
ties of forming a correct opinion.
They say, "Neyer buy anything in
the fair; you will get what you want
just as cheap in the shops, and by
buying there run a far less chance
of being imposed on" AS far as
/ can Judge, the fair goods are gen.
orally inferior. In the winter fair,
with the cold such as l have de-
scribed it, it can be no pleasant way
of dealing to stand for many hours
in wretched booth with one side
open. And if it be miserable by
day, what must it be by night,
when, of course, some one has to
remain with the wares! Yet the
fair seems to be a time of general
hilarity. Every one is in good hui
NOR, and nobody looks at all dis
tressed by the weather. You see
groups of people, with the snow all
around them, boiling coffee in the
open air and taking their refresh
ment as leisurely as if they were in
a comfortable room. None OF u'
know what we may be broken tC
until the experiments is tried. Not
withstanding that railways now ex.
tend all over Germany, purchasers
frequent the great Leipzig fairs al
much as ever they did, as far as
can understand. But gatherings o
this kind are anachronisms, an(
these must become obsolete befor,
long, A great deal Of the Simpli
city and honesty Of the German
will probably become obsolete a
the same time, more's the pity; bu
l think we know pretty well by thi
time that the progress abou
which we are fond of talking is b.
no means an uncheckered benefit
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Publisher and Proprietor
The Effect of Lively Mnsic.

flno ArLb anu Iuelt Oeeb.I
AS for dancing, we do not dance
now; that is, there is no such thing
in fashionable society, while the
dancing on our stage is simply mer-
etricious. But if you want to see
what dancing, mere natural grace
of action, can effect, look at Mr..
Bellar's pretty picture of it: "0ne
of our old friends, the organ-grind-
ers-such a source of pleasure to
the lower, and so much abused by
the upper classess-has wearily
dragged his organ into a quiet
street on bright summer evening.
He is heavy-hearted, for he has re-
ceived but few half-pence; the sun
has been intensely hot, and he has
been moved on all day, having
been unfortunate enough to disturb
three sick persons and a mathema-
tician. But he must try and earn
another penny Or two and he be-
gins once more to grind out the old
tunes, now SO familiar that he
scarcely hears them. A group of
little children from neighboring
alley gather round him, and gaze
with wondering eyes upon his in
strument and on himself. He
smiles upon them sadly enough, for
in his simple heart he loves young
children dearly; and once in the
old Italian days-days now so infin-
itely far removed-had some of his
own. But soon the tuneis done, the
barrel is shifted, and he begins an
other. 1t is an old Scotch reel, with
q lit and a quaint chime about it
that would make the very gas
lamps caper in their sockets if they
knew how. And soon the children's
eyes begin to sparkle, the dimples
deepen in their dusky cheeks, and
with one merry glance at their en-
tertainer, they are dancing as only
children can. Their round arms
escaping from their dingy sleeves
their rich tangle hair falling over
their shoulders, and their little
1.-THE forms sWaying with the infin-
lite grace; their innocence, for they
are innocent as yet even in a Lon.
don alley; their health and all the
exquisite joy Of young emotions
find their bestexpression So" Mr..
Ruskin himself need scarcely be
ashamed of the above description,
which gives us art at its best, be.
cause derived direct from nature
At the same time, it is undeniablt
that the dancing may be brought
to very high pitch of perfection
by art. "Jeremy Taylor" says al
old critic quoted by our author
pronounced an anathema against
dancing, but had he ever seen Tag
lioni, he would have rented a stall.
Dancing without music, however
lit must be confessed, is like yea
without bacon, rather insipid.
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him he wanted to sober up, after a
two-days' spree. He knew of no
better way than to teach himself a
solemn lesson Of mortality. He
hired hearse, and a coffin that
would fit him, and a driver and a
carriage for some picked-up mourn
ers. He paid for these accommo-
dations, put the coffin in the hearse,
piled in the mourners and crawled
into the open coffin and gave the
driver directions for the line of
march. The procession started one
evening just at the time when peo-
pie most like to promenade. The
funeral train was obliged to stop
for large crowd of people who
were going to a festival. They re-
marked upon the strange occurrence
of a funeral so late in the evening.
The Englishman saw fine oppor-
tunity to make a sensation, rolled
over his coffin and thrust his boot
heel through one of the oval glass
sides of the hearse, at the same
time calling loudly to the driver to
explain why this funeral had been
thus rudely stopped on the high
way. The crash of the glass, the
appearance of a corpse breaking
out of its coffin, and the vocal
communication of Death with the
driver caused a wide stampede of
the festival patrons, many of whom
ran home, spreading alarm as they
went. Then Henry Arnold Green,
sitting bolt upright in the hearse,
enjoying the terror he had created,
and ordered the driver to return to
the place whence he came, and at a
rafting pace, too. The wild Eng
lishman paid his bill, regarded the
exploit as one of the best jokes Of
his life, and was completely sobered
up, ready to utilize the next gay
aud airy whim that might SEIZE
| him.
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HumOrs of an eccentric English
man.

Leavenworth City is pestered
with an eccentric Englishman. His
name is Henry Arnold Green, but
he is better known about town as
the "wild Englishman." Exactly
where he came from nobody knows;
why he struck Leavenworth and
stuck, nobody has inquired; and
what his eccentricities are practiced
upon the town for, nobody can i'm
agine. A few hangers-on found
out that the wild Englishman re-
ceiyed a large amount of money
quarterly from some unknown
source, and they thought he must
be rich and worth cultivating for
good.fellowship. The wild Eng
lishman does not seem TO be vicious,
but he has caused some unfortun-
ate accidents to happen to other
people. He is a practical joker,
full of English humor, but some Of
his jokes have turned out seriously.
He went down to Kansas City one
day on self-jollification, and in a
jocose way shot a man. He had to
pay the man a large sum to put
him in as good running condition
as he was before the accidental
shot, but he got off with a short
imprisonment and the above-men-
toned money consideration. He
next came into prominent public
notice by indisoriminate pistol prac-
tice in a house of no doubtful char
acter, where some of his friends
lived. Then the police department
took hold of him, and he paid some
heavy fines, like a man. He dis
plays an insane disposition to do al
sorts Of extraordinary and outland
ish things, and is perfectly willing
to pay whatever they cost. Green
last exploit was his queerest. H,
went to an undertaken and tol,
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JSmss d. Porter, Governor of the
State Of Tennessee To all who shall
See these Presents, Greeting;

VHJHEREAS, A VACANCY EXISTS IN
w the Office of District Attorney General
Of the Bartlett Circuit Court Of Shelby county,
caused by the resignation Of A. NJ. Stephens,
ESQ:
Nov, therefore, /, james D. Porter, Cover
nor Of the state Of Tennessee, by virtue OF
the power and authority vested in me by the
Constitution and Laws, hereby order an cleo
ton to be held within the limits Of said Bart
lett circuit on Thursday. the Sd day of August,
1876, TO Gil said vacancy; and the Sheriffs and
other officers entrusted by law with such du-
ties in said Bartlett circuit will, on said day.
proceed to open and hold said election at all
the various precincts and voting places within
their respective counties, and due return
mako as provided by law.
In testimony whereof, hereunto set my
hand. and have caused the Great Seal oil State
to be affixed at Nashville. this 2lst day of
June, 1875.
CHAs. N. GIBBs, Secretary Of State.
l00-l06-ll2-lls
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The 21st Day of July, 1875,

at the Courthouse door in the city of Mem.
phis, at public auction, sell to the highest
bidder. for cash, the following described prop
erty, in the city Of Memphis, Shelby county,
Tennessee, viz: Lot twenty-nine (29), block
twenty-one (2l), situated on west side Of Main
street, at the south corner of the alley be-
tween Union and GayosO street, being % feet
and inches front by 1857 feet deep.
Also part of lot ], block s., South Memphis,
house known as No. 81 on Vance street. all
Of which is more fully described in said deed
Of trust.
The equity of redemption is waived BY said
deed of trust, and the title is believed to be
good, but sell only as Trustee.
JOAN w. 7. FALKNER. Trustee.
RANDOLPH, HAMMOND 4 JORDAN, Attorneys.
QQ- -I0Q
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moody ana sankey Tigers.



London is laughing good-natured-
ly at gentle and kindly Dean
Stanley. You know, l suppose,
that amongst the beasts of prey
that were brought from India by
the Prince Of Wales were a couple
of tigers that were dubbed by the
sailors MOODY" and "Sankey."
Not being apt at Hindostanee, l
cannot say with certainty whether
Moody" was perverted Tor con,
verted) by Jack from a word some
thing like mootee, as is alleged.
Anyhow " Moody" and Sankey"
were conveyed to the gardens Of
the Geological Society, and duly
exhibited in cages over which were
inscribed their evangelical names,
to the great delight of thousands
of our evangelical visitors. 1t
CHANGED, however, that numbers Of
"the unco' guid," did not like this
-irreverence. To take the names
of their fayorite latter-day saints
and apply them to a couple Of
carnivora, Savored awfully of gross
impropriety, to say the least, and
accordingly Dean Stanley, and all
good creatures in the world, was
expostulated with. He, suppose,
stood the persecution of the saints
until his patience went by the board,
and then he wrote a letter, either
to the Secretary, Mr.. Sclater, OIL
the Superintendent, Mr.. Bartlett,
and the offending names were
thereupon temporarily obliterated
Only temporarily, by means of 8
strip of canvas. Persons in the
secret-and there were a good many
of the 10000 on Whit Monday who
were-haye merely to poke theil
umbrellas or canes beneath the
pious strip of canvas and the
dreadful names are revealed. Mrs
Grundy is a great creature.
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Trustees Sale.

RY VIRTUE OF A CERTAIN DEED OF
- trust executed to me by Thomas II. Cooke.
Mrs. Mary j. Cooke and D. j. 0'Reilly. on
the oath day Of March. 1873, and registered in
the Registers Office of Shelby county. in
Book No. 81, page 27S, to which reference is
made, and for the purpose Of satisfying the
debt thereby secured, which is due and un-
paid, | will, on
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Administrators Is Notice.

WHEREAS, LETTERS OF ADMINS
w tration on the estate Of Fred Schenk,
deceased, we're granted to the undersigned at
Shelby county, Tennessee; now all persons
having claims against the estate Of said de-
cedent are hereby required to exhibit said
claims to me at my office, No. 203 Main street,
Memphis, Tenn, within the time limited by
law, or the same will be barred.
JOHN SCHEIBLER.
MEMPHIS. TENN. June %, 1876 99.l24
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Tuesday, 18th Day Of July, 1876,

at IL o'clock M. the following property, to-
wit: Lots 13, II, Is, 16, II and Is of Of a sub
division Of nine acres about two miles south
east from Memphis, Shelby county, Tenn,
near the terminus of the fernando street
railway, bounded north by Walker avenue
and west by kobinson street. being part Of a
others. more particularly described in said
deed Of trust
Also lot No. 30 of the subdivision of the
Arsenal grounds by Cherry, Coldwell 4 Co.,
fronting % feet on Court street and unning
back at right angles l4S9 feet in the said city
OF Memphis. Right Of redemption waived.
9i-lW J. N FORD Trustee
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OFFICIAL.
James ID. Porter, Governor Of the
state of Tennesse-TO all who shall
See these Presents, Greeting:

Ooo thoeo AAteohte1 VAOOlhhbs
XGTHEREAS, A VACANCY EXISTS IN
w the Office of Judge Of the Criminal Court
of Shelby county, caused by the resignation Of
Hon. John r. Flippin;
Now, therefore, James D. Porter, Cover
nor of the State of Tennessee. by virtue of
the power and authority vested in me by the
Constitution and Laws, hereby order an cleo
ton to be held within the limits of said Grim
inal Court circuit on Thursday, the Sd day of
August, 1876. to fill said vacancy; and the
Sheriffs and other officers entrusted by law
with such duties in said Criminal Court cir
cult will. on said day, proceed to open and
hold said election at all the various precincts
and voting places within their respective
counties, and due return make as provided by
law.
In testimony whereof, hereunto set my
hand, and have caused the Great Seal Of State
to be affixed at Nashville. this 2lst day Of
June, 1876.
JAMES D. PORTER, Governor.
CHAs. N. GBBs, Secretary Of State.
1O0-10G. .110.119
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Saturday, August 5, 1S76,

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
and in the city Of Memphis, being the re-
mainder interest Of II. l.. Brinkley in one un-
divided half Of certain property, to-wit; Lot
No. 232, az feet by 148Z feet, fronting 7414
feet on the east side of Main street, and run
ming back Between parallel lines l4S1S feet to
an alley, the same being on the northeast
csrner Of Madison and Main streets.
2. Lot No. 1868, triangular lot lying between
jackson street, Raleigh road and the alley
east of Third street.
8. Lot No. $50, 1857 feet by l4s15 feet, north
west corn T Of Concord and Third streets.
4. Lot No. 1893, 1851 feet by 1857 feet, north
east corner Of Concord ard Third streets.
Also the fee of said Brinkley in and TO the
following property t0-wit, in Shelby county,
Tennessee, being part Of 2 tract of land lying
northeast Of the city of Memphis, and desig-
mated upon plat book No. l, page IS, Regis
ter's Office Of shelby county, and by parti-
ton between II. l.. Brinkley and Annie O.
Snowden; the lots colored yellow on said plat
belonging to defendant, II. L. Brinkley, a.
particularly named in partition deed regis
Registers office, to-wit: Lots 3, 5, and
in block No. 2. Lots 8, 10, IL, II, Is, 19, 20, q
and q in block No. s. Lots l, 2, 8, 4, 5, II, Is
| A. Is, l6 and II in block No. 6. Lots 9, 10, H.
II, Is, l9 and 20 in block No. 7. Lets 25 and q
in block No. s. Lots g. 10, II, u. Is, IA. Is, Is
Lots J. 4 TO- :. H. II ii s H. T. s y and GY'E II in gH Sccl
No. TO-. Lots L, 2, g. Z, 10, II, 16, II, IS and l!
N block No. IL, Lot II in block No. 49, Lo
lin block No. 4.
T,rms of Sale-0n credit of seven months
| urc lasers 10 execute notes with approved SO
ci rity, bearing six per cent interest from
d. 10. Lien retained to secure the same, anC
equity Of redemption barred.
I is June 20 1876.
EDMUND A. COLE. G. and NJ.
By Re- j. BLACK, d. @. and M.
Robertson & Rsse, Attorneys. 1O5-lS6
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LEoAL.
Y X. l593.I
Ohancery Sale of Real Estate

Ohancery Court ofshelby County-A. NJ. Boyd
VS.. II. L. Brinkley ct al.
RY. VIRTUE OF AN INTEKL0CUT0RY
ID decree for sale, entered in tho above cause
on the LIST day Of July 1875, and renewed
on the 18th day Of June, 1875, will sell. at
public auction, to the highest bidder. in front
Of the Clerk and Masters Office, Courthouse
Building. Main atreet Memnhia. Tam. ON
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TnesdaY. JnlI 1I, lS7G.

within legal hours. commencing at II M, the
following described property, to-wit: Fix
tures-Consisting Of show cases. candy jars,
glass. decanters, gOblets, mead ritcher, soda
stands, mat, buckets. water trough, mirrors,
lace curtains, plated counter scales, shelving,
counter, desk, clock. oil paintings, buckets,
kitchen range and utensils, generator for
making soda water, ice cream tubs and
freezers, soda fountains, stove and pipe,
pitchers, saucers, knives, forks, spoons, etc.
Also stock Of candies, cakes, pasteboard
boxes for candy, cake ornaments, apkins,
towels, etc T., ect., now in house No. 2S3 Main
street. known as "Howard's."
Terms Of Sale-0ne-third cash; balance in
forty-fve and ninety days. Notes with per-
sonal security required, bearing interest from
date at per cent. Lien retained, etc.
This June 20, 1876.
EDMUND A. COLE, q. and NJ.
By r. ]. BLACK, ID. G. aud M.
j. E. Bigelow, Geo. Gillham, and Randolph,
Hammond q Jordan, Attorneys. lW-1l5
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lR-2z65.
CHANCERY SALE
Fixtures, Showcases, Stock, ETC.,
u. AT
Charley HOward's, 2ss Main street.

Chancery Court of Shelby county-J. E. Bige-
low vs.. Chas. Howard ct al.
DY VIRTUE OF AN INTERL0CUT0RY
ID decree for sale, entered in the above
cause on the 9th day Of June. 1876. / viii sell
at public auction, to, the highest bidder, at
No. 283 Main street. Mamphis. Tenn. ON
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Trustees Sale.

pY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
- made by 7. B. billiard, dated Sth Of April.
1875, to secure a debt named therein, will
sell at public SALE for cash. at the court-h house
door, in Memphis, on