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The New York herald., 1876-09-18
LABOR AND WAGES.

From the Liverpool Courier Sept 81
meeting of trades unionists was held las, evening
at the Stuart Hail. Cardiff. express sympathy with
the hundreds of Tai Vale employees locked for
fusing to break through the hours movement
accept a reduction OF ten per cent wages. Mr.
Cory Of Cardin, coIliery owner. presided Delegates
from trades from different parts OF the country
addressed The meeting, promising the locked out men
support Several local gentlemen appeared the
platform to support the Tai vac employees The hall
was thronged with worknGmcn, and hundreds were
unable TO obtain admission The weather prevented
the meeting being held outside.
The New York herald., 1876-09-18
OUTRAGE ON BICYCLISTS.
From the I.iverpool Mercury. Sent, @ !

From the Liverpool Mercury. Sept 61
AT Edgwarc Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr.. Parsons
owner and driver OF the Watford and London coach
and Cracknell, the guard summoned by Mr. Gee
Honorary Secretary OF the Trafalgar Bicycle Club, and
Mr. Mitchell, for having scned them bodily harm
on August 26 There cross summonscs against
Gee ana Mitchell for iuriousy riding bicycles to the
danger oil hie and Tor using abusive language. Mr.. Gee
said no attempted TO pass the WaforA coach on his
bicycle but several times prevented by that
vehicle crossing the road. A rope with weight at
tachcd was thrown nj Witness but IL missed him. He
also received blow from whip held by Mr. Parsons.
Mr. Mitchell accompanied the witness, and was also
assaulted. Parsons fined f2 aud costs and Crack
nell fs lhe other summonscs dismissed
The New York herald., 1876-09-18
A CREDITORS REVENGE.

On Saturday night two pistol shots won't crash
ing through the parlor window OF Carson Miller,
of No 629 West street, and, as no was
sitting by the window, he was OF
course considerably alarmed. Ho immediately re-
treated TO safe corner, but ho had hardly dono so
when two bricks through the same window IN
rapid Succession, and Miller who was on the lookout
for his would assassin. recognized in him one Pat
rick Buckley a creditor oil his, whom he had refused
that afternoon somo money. Buckley was arrested,
aud Judge WandelI at the Fiftyscventh Street. Court
yesterday lncd him So and put him under $500 bail
to keep the peace for six months
The New York herald., 1876-09-18
SHOT IN THE NECK.

Peter Gown, OF No. 1875 Sands street, Brooklyn, was
found lying Sands street. apparently intoxicated at
early hour yesterday morning Hc was removed TO
the York street station house by Patrolman Graham.
There tho prisoner, who is thirty years OF age
native OF Africa and laborcr by occupation, stated
that he had been shot in the neck but he would not
tell by whom under what circumstances he received
the wound He removed to tho Long Island COL
lego Hospital. The wound Is not dangerous
The New York herald., 1876-09-18
FATAL ACCIDENT.

Sebastian Zu,k, aged fourteen, OF No. 19S Chaunccy
street. Brooklyn died yesterday at the Chambers Street
Hospital from injuries received Friday last by fall
ing through hntchway OF No. 500 Broadway Coroner
Ellinger Will investigate the OF the accident
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-29
Driving in So. Petersburg.

In the tirst place, says st. Pc
tersburg correspondent of the San
Francisco Chronicle, picture to
yourself the drojkies, which are
mere single seats like stools with
out back or arms; although often
necessary it is next to impossible
for two persons to seat themselves
therein, so small are they, and two
strangers thus seated can always
be recognized by each having both
arms clasped around the other,
there being nothing else to hold to,
The driver has a similar seat a lit
tie higher and in front. So seated
your driver starts. He is none Of
your lazy fellows, and he has
learned that st. Petersburg is a
city Of magnificent distances, and
his horse starts, and keeps on good
run, and could you but hold on to
the droiky with your feet as tightly
as you hold to your companion
with your arms, you would feel toll
erably secure Of your sect, If you
are driving on the Nievsky Pros
pect it is crowded with vehicles,
the greatest number of them droj-
kies, all running as fast as your
own. Now you put out your hand
to turn away a running horses
head within two feet of your own
face, and directly your other
shoulder wipes the foam from the
mouth of another passing horse,
and this is done 50 often that your
outside garments soon look like a
winter landscape. For observations
you have no time, your whole at
tention being occupied in Won
dering at the skill with which
imminent collisions are lodged,
and when at last you be-
come used to it you think it
the finest driving you ever enjoyed,
Not only the driving, but the
drivers dress and horses gear are
peculiar. Fastened to the shafts
Of all vehicles drawn by a single
horse is q hoop bent from one shaft
to the other and rising to the hight
Of three or four feet above the
horses neck. The check-rein is
fastened to the top Of this hoop.
For drays this hoop is larger and
heavier, often three inches wide,
and painted ip bright colors, as a
wreath of roses OH O ground of
grass green. In all teams where
three or more horses are used they
are all harnessed abreast. The
private teams are of extreme ele-
gance. While in France there is a
majority of white horses, in ST.
Petersburg the greater number of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-29
DisraeIi,n Income.

The income of Mr.. Disraeli from
his estate in Buckinghamshire, as
officially stated in the Doomsday-
book, is $7470. With theexcep6on,
perhaps, of Mr.. Canning, tits be-
lieyed that the income Of Mr.. Dis
raeli is smaller than that Of any
man who has been u Prime Minis
ter Of England, Beyond his Gov
ernment pension. OF $4,000 per
annum as an ex-Prime Minister,
and a moderate income derived
from his copyrights, he has little
property. That there may not be
too many gentlemen entitled to the
handsome recognition Of the past
services of a Prime Minister, it is
provided that each one thus pen
stoned must have served for a period
Of notless than two years, and that
no more than -four such pensions
shall be permitted to exist at the
same time,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-29
Michael Angelo as a workman.
Blackwood's Magazine.l


Through his impatience and en-
thusiasm, Michael Angelo ruined
block after block of marble by
working with too great yehemence
near the surface. he had a won
derful faculty as a mere workman
in marble, but his genius and inn
petuosity of temperament would
not brook the opposition of so stub
born a material, and untitled him
for those first processes of roughing
out into shape a block, which re-
quires patience and precision Too
eager to arrive at a point where his
true genius would find play, he as
sailed the marble with such vio-
lence that he often struck off pieces
which trenched into the just limits
Of the surface, and, as they could
not be replaced, he was forced to
finish as he could-not as he would.
Had he confined himself more to
celebrating his work in clay, and
then entrusting the blocking out
in marble to a mechanical workman,
we should have had not much
larger number of grand works by
him, but they would have been freer
Of great defects. For instance, the
back of the head Of Moses has been
chiseled away until it is an impossi-
BILE head. Again, the David is sac
rifced to the exigencies of the mar
Bile. And the head of his famous
Day was probably left unfinished
because he perceived that it was
turned beyond the limit permitted
to naturewithout breaking her neck.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-29
RAISING OF THE VANGUARD.
Her HlsIesty's ship Vanguard, n ow
Sunk on the Coast OF ireland, 20


Her Blajesty's ship Vanguard, Row
Dunk on the Coast Of 1reIa1d, 20
be Raised.
The London Standard says: "The
attempt to raise the Vanguard is
now on the eve of being made, but
some preliminary arrangements
are still necessary before it cap be
commenced. The advertisement
for tenders on the part Of the Lords
of the Admiralty, in December last,
elected more than four and fifty
replies, and a contract for raising
the vessel has been entered into
with French civil engineer who
has for a considerable time been a
resident in England. The method
he proposes to adopt is as follows:
CaissOns are to be used having a
measurement of ten feet in diane
ter and eleven feet in length. They
are to be provided with two rings
at the top and bottom, and to each
of the lower rings there will be
about two feet of chain, having a
hook attached. These chains and
hooks are to be used to facilitate
the attaching process to the Van
guard. The contractor intends to
attach the caissons to any good
holdraSt, such as portfolios, etc.,
and as the ship is now lying on her
starboard side at an angle Of about
seventy degrees, he further intends
to right her, and to pass a chain
round her, going under her stern
and stern-posts, and joining SO as
to make a cradle. This chain he
will attach to the caissons. In the
interior of the ship, about two
thousand air balloons will be placed,
each having a lifting power in wa
ter of one ton. The first work of
the divers below water will be to
attach the caissons by the chains to
the vessel, until a sufficient number
of caissons has been lowered to
float the ship. Of course she will
only rise gradually, so the contrac-
tor intends to draw her to shallow
water, and when he has drawn her
sixty feet, or thereabouts, from the
level of the sea to her keel he will
lowera floating dock and catch her.
The method has never been tried in
practice, and we hope it may prove
successful. The caissons arc to be
made Of iron, as they are to have
the air pumped into them to three
atmospheres, so as to counterbal-
ance the pressure of the water. The
operations will be carried on with
great difficulty, as it is very dark
at the depth of nineteen fathoms.
However, it is intended to try cleo
trio lights as well as submarine
lamps. In November the Vanguard
was eight feet six inches in the sand,
and since then we understand that
more sand has drifted round her.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-29

fine horses are black. The private
carriages are beautiful and in the
finest taste. There is usually a
dainty relief of gilt or silver on the
carriage and harness, while the
reins correspond with the, lining of
the carriage in color, and iaunty
tassel hangs from the throat-latch.
So rapid is the motion, and so light
and airy the tread of these horses,
they seem to fly as much as to-
touch the earth. The droiky
drivers are in uniform, wearing a
blue double-breasted wadded gown
which reaches to the feet under
this a sheepskin shirt, and on the
head a hat-shaped covering with
broad-spreading crown but nearly
as low as cap.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-29

Hartford Times.l
Having occasion to 90 on board
the Acklawaha boat to-day, l no.
ticed pale, elderly woman with
very white hair, who kept herself
aloof from the excursionists; and
by accident / learned it was the
wife Of Henry Ward Beecher. She
was going up the river twenty-six
miles to a settlement on the st.
Johns called Beecher, in honor of
her famous husband. She came up
to Palatka on Saturday-possibly
from the residence of Mrs. Stowe,
at Mandarin; though | wouldn't
like to vouch for this-for "the
Beechers are peculiar"
This member of the family is
said to have her own peculiarities.
She is an old woman now-prob-
ably not less than seventy-(for she
is considerably older than her hus-
band )-and her aspect is that of a
woman who suffered from an in
ward pain that reaches deeper than
the physical body. Some observers,
seing her sitting there alone on the
steamer, might say she was borne
down by grief and trouble-and
surely she had her share; but there
was something in that pale, deter
mined face which spoke of more
than grief. ~
A byStander said, "She looks
like three whole tragedies boiled
down into one act" and this did
better express that unhappy face.
A strange, secret, inner history is
hidden in its cold marble. 1t is not
a winning face not the counte.
nance one would expect to see in
the wife of Henry Ward Beecher.
What it does express / will leave to
others to make out Enough for
me to know that she carries, poor
woman, sight of trouble beyond
the miseries Of most of those who
deserve punishment.
She hid her face at times with
her hand-not from staring curl
osity, for she knew not that she was
at that moment the object of scru-
tiny on the part of strangers-but
seemingly by a sort of involuntary
and helpless movement born of
some internal struggle. 1t was a
stern, unhappy, uncomfortable face
and one | was almost sorry to have
seen. ~ .---
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-29

him, and the hit of "Dundreary I"
was instantaneous. The actor is
said to have CLEANED a fortune of
fl0, 900 sterling from the portrayal
of this caricature on the brainless
beau Of English highlife.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-29
On the 12th day Of May, 1876,

at the northwest corner Of Poplar and Main
streets, in the city of Memphis, Tennessee.
offer Tor sale at public outcry, and sell to the
highest bidder, for cash, the following de-
scribed real estate, with the improvements
thereon, to-wit: Beginning at stake at the
southwest corner Of ffty-acre tract 6f land
heretofore sold to Jones By c. A Shafer. and
running thence north with Jones' west line 81
chains to a stake, the northwest corner Of
said Jones' tract; thence west with toe south
Z. Brook to w. @. Bradford 3 chains and IS
links to a stake; thence about 20 chains to the
north side of the Germantown plank road !;
thence east with the said road 3 chains and 55
links to the beginning, containing by estima-
ten ten acres, more or less.
Title is considered good, hut l convey enly
as Trustee. A. S. BROWN, Trustee,
April 10, 1876. 366S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-29

HAVING QUALIFIED as SADMINIsTRA-
j. i tor, with the will annexed, Of Ferdinand
Montgomery, in the Probate Court of Shelby
county, all persons indebted to the estate Of
the said Montgomery will make payments to
tho undersigned; an all persons to whom
said estate is indebted will present their
claims, properly verified, to me or to my at
torney, II. G. King, Esq
-. ". B. MALLORY,
Administrator, with the will annexed, of
Ferdinand Montgomery.
MEMPHIS, April ~, 1876. 4I-5O-56-62
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-29
Wednesday, 10Th Of May, 1875.

in legal hours, in front Of the Court house,
Memphis, Tenn, proceed 10 sell TO the highest
bidder. for cash, the following described prop
erty, to-wit: 0ne-third interest of q. W..
Murphy in lot of land situated in the city of
Memphis on the north side of Linden street,
near the corner Of Main and Linden. the west
Main streets Said lot has a front on Linden
street of fifteen feet by a depth of one hum
dred and fifty feet, extending nOrthwardly
hOm Linden street between parallel lines
upon which lot now stands a small frame
dwelling house.
G. W. Murphy, to satisfy said judgment, in
terest and costs.
Memphis, nth day Of April, 1876.
o. L. ANDERSON,
Sheriff Of Shelby county, Tenn.
By w. d. CANNON, D s.
D. NJ. SCALES, Atty for plaintiff.
ANMIA "a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-29
Attachment Notice.

Before ]. NJ. Coleman, Justice Of the Peaoe
for Shelby county, Tenn. = E. L. Cleayes vs.
W. M. 4nge.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ANATTACHMENT HAV.
i ing been sued out under section Si55 of the
Code of Tennessee, and returned levied upon
the property OF the defendant By garnish-
ment on X. ?: Duncan, Esq, who answers
that he has in his possession thirty dollafs be-
longing to the defendant, and affidavit hav-
ing been made. that defendant is indebted
to the plaintiff In the sum OF fifteen dollars,
duehy account, and that the claim is lust, and
the defendant Is a n0n-resident OF the State
Of Tennessee; 1t Is therefore ordered tL,af
said defendant make his personal appear
ance before, me, on tho 10th day OF May,
lsls, at u O'CLOCK am, at my Office, No. 294
Front street, Memphis, Tenn, and deiend
said attachment suit within the time pre-.
soribed by law, or the same will be proceeded
with ex parte; and that a copy Of this order be
pubiished once week for four consecutive
weeks In the Public Ledger.
This the llth day Of April, 1876, III
% 47-4s-bi j. N, COLEMAN, JP,
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PUBLIC LEDGER.

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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-29
Sheriff 3 Sale of Real Estate.

DUBLIo NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN
i that by virtue Of an execution to me
directed fiom the Honorable Circuit Court
Of Shelby county, Tenn in tbs case Of B.
Borgetta VS.. Joseph smith and G. w. Muir
ply, surety, judgment rendered on the 9th
day Of May, 1875, for the sum of thirty two
dollars and fifteen cents, with interest and
costs Of suit. to satisfy said judgment. etc..
will, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-29
RAILROAD
MEMPHIS & CHARLESTON R.R.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.


OE. AND AFTER SUNDAY, APRIL IS.
Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train, daily...--........4.l0 am 2.l0p.m
Express train, daily.!......50O 125O m
Bonneville accom- 'datiou
Except Sundayl...........5.s0 pm S.90a.m
Grand Junction accom-
dahon Except Sunday 42) am S00p.m
Special Notice TO Local Passengers.
Trains will not stop at Vance street.
Express train leaving Memphis at 5 90 p. m.
will stop only at Telegraph Stations. Grand
junction accommodation will stop at Stations
ONLY where the Company has agencies.
The accommodation train leaving at 4 20
a. IN. and arriving at pm. makes connec-
ti0n to and from points on N. o., st. Il and
G. Railroad with Memphis
No change of cars between Memphis and
Bristol and Memphis and Montgomery.
Close connection for Nashville by both
trains host
The new and magnificent sleeping car line
will have one Of their new sleepers leave
Memphis daily on Express train at Z. 90 p. m.
for .Lynchburg, Washington and Baltimore
without change. 0Bly one change to New
York and Philadelphia. Time twenty min
utes faster than city time.
Ticket Office, 275 Main street.
WI ROSS, Sup't.
TOM B. DUN, Ticket Ag't iO-t
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Published every Saturday and Mailed
Promptly to Subscribers at
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Includes Postage.

THE NJ. E CHURCH, SOUTH. WITHIN
the bounds of its circulation. embraces a
membership of about one hundred thousand.
The geographical lines which bound its field
embrace the largest portion of that territory.
the commercial center of which is Memphis.
Lawyers, Doctors, Merchants, Teachers and
Farmers subscribe for, and read tho WEST
ERN METRODIsT.
Business men win find it. no doubt, to thsi
interest before completing their advertising
arrangements to consider tho comparative
merits of our paper as az advertising mo
dium.
We mean business, and will make terms Is
reasonable as Any fair ioaler would urge
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-29
LEGAL
Trustees Sale.

QY VIRTUE 0FADEED OF TRUST EX-
ID ecuIed and delivered to me on the lst Of
April, 1875. and recorded in the Register s
office Of Shelby county, IN Boob lO6, page 1856,
and to satisfy the remainder of the indebted
during legal hours,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-06
Application for Patent.
For. IA Mill Site.

taTckh. wv tuh, VI hFcu J.. 1917.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
vads. n c"rpoIation existing under and by
virtue of the laws OF the State Of Nevada.
has this day, by Thomas " rem. its duly su-
thoriK.d agent, whose postoficc address il
eureka nevada. iii d its application for .
patent for FIVE acres N n mill site, situate,
lying and being in Eureka Mining District,
county OF Eureka and State OF Nevada. and
known and designated by the field notes and
otlicinl plat on. hlc in this Office rs Lot No. w,
in unssrveyed lands.
The exterior boundaries Of said Lot No. %
being M follows, to-wit:
Variation 1872 DIX east; commencing at q
post marked No. | L. :. Survey No. w, the
.ame being post No J of survey No. 81. mill
site survey. whence the flagstaff in the town
Of Eureka bearsN - dg ~ m W 2,400 4, and
tho northwest corner OF the Richmond Mining
Company If Nevada Refinery bears s 7ldg 2Um
w $50 6.lO r.; thence running first course )
2, Dig " m u GlJ3-lO "a. to post marked No. 2,
U. =. SURVEY No. ~; thcbce second cour 0 5
$50 dig W 80 4. to post MARI ed No. 3, u 5.
Survey No. W: thence third course 3 So Dc
4 100 II. 10 post marked No. !. u. s.. Survey
No. "; thence fourth course : slts dg w IA
II. to post marked No. 3. T.. :. Survey No. W.
the same being post NO. = of survey No. ~:
thence fifth course n ~ dig w 2'l lilo II, 60
post marked No. u. o.. ;. Survey No. W, tho
same beiDg. post No. 8 OF survey No. VI. and
thence sixth course n 70 ds ~ m n 5ss lion.
TO place Of beginning. containing five scre'.
portion of said Mill Site as herein
before described. are required to file
their adverse claim with the Regis
ter Of the United States Land Office
At Eureka, in the State of Nevada. during
or ihcy will be barred by virtue cf he pro-
visions Of the Statute. d. b. IMMEL.
mr2-6Od Register.