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FRIDAY EVENING. JANUARY IA. 1876.

circumference. aud an apparently
level bottom. For some time they
gazed at the scene; not word was
uttesed-even the midshipmen failed to
cut joke No loud sounds we're heard;
no report, as many Of the party had ex-
peeted; but instead there came up from
the bottom OF the abyss low. bubhling
murmnr, like that emitted by q thick
liquid when boiling-for to nothing else
could 1t be ikened Guided by some of
the natives, we climbed down to the
ledge, some hundred feet below the pla-
teau, when they found themselves appa-
.epiiy not much above the margin of the
largest of the two lakes OF fire. "There
are a good many things l would dare to
DO, but ! shouldn't like to jump into
that, said Tom, as he watched tie
mighty volume Of lava in furious state
OF ebullihon, forming fiery waves which
ran ceaselessly across the lake toward
wide abyss TO the southwark. Sometimes
the whole seemed rising, aud suddenly,
at the distance OF scarcely three hun.
dred yards, vast column spouted up to
the hight of sixty or seventy feet, almost
as quickly subsiding; aud the next in-
slant another arose still nearer TO them,
which made even Jack spring back, for
so near did it appear that he could not
help fancying that it might fall upon
them. Kingston sActiUe ServiceA float
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rhe aerman Censua.

Chicago Times
The German instantaneous census
was taken on the lst of December; and,
although the enumeration was completed
in about forty-eight hourS1 sufficient time
has not yet elapsed for the footing of the
figures and publication Of the result as
to the whole empire. 1t is ascertained,
however, that Berlin, the capital, has in.
creased l6 I per cent since 1871, and
nov numbers 964, 1856 inhabitants Ham
burg has 385,859, an increase OF l3 SO
per cent; Breslau, 237 $685. an increase
of Is 5 per cent; Leipsic, l26,4l2, an
iacrease Of ls per cent; Hanover, l26.-
900, or O. per cent; Konigsberg, ITO, l2T,
or nearly 10 per cent; Dresden, LOG, 1873,
or 10 per cent; Frankfort, l0323l, or
l3 per cent; Stuttgard, l07,555, OF ia
per cent; and Strasburg, 94,257, an in
crease Of 8728. A curious fact with
regard to Berlin is that the French pop
ulation of that city has increased from
220 before the war to 2400 OF present
These Freuchmen are mostly cooks and
other artisans. The wonder is that even
single Frenchman can make such
sacrifice as to live in the capital OF
odious Prussia. They are, no doubt,
we'll enough treated in Berlin 10
France German is au object Of con-
tempt and insult, but in Germany a
Frenchmsn is not regarded at all The
Berlin Frenchmen do not associate
much with their German neighbors but
coneregate every Saturday night in
particular cafe, where they recite the
glorious deeds Of France, and dream OF
the time gheu one Frenchman shall
drive thousand Germans and two shall
put ten thousand to fight.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-14
SPECIAL NOTICE
How the Blood IS Filtered.

When the blood contains the acrid elements
which produce rheumatism, gout and venal
disorders, the kidneys ought, for tits their
office. to filter from the blood. in its passage
through them. these hurtful impurities.
When they do not, they may be melted to &
thorough performance of their duty, and the
blood thoroughly depurated by that admirable
corrective of organic inactivity. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. Not only Is torpidity of the
kidneys overcome, through the agency of the
Bitters, but digestion is facilitated, bilious
tendencies counteracted, and the bowels
stimulated to due discharge of their func-
ton, which, n connection with that Of the
kidneys tends to free the system from the
bodily refuse, whose retention is so prejudicia
to health,
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The cooking school recently started in
Boston has been successful. 1t is under
the management of a company of ladies,
who hire the rooms and see that the
cook teacher is competent. Ten lessons
of two hours each are given to classes OF
two, three or four, or to single pupil,
at the preference of the learner, The
pupils do the cooking themselves under
the direction of the teachers, and may, il
they wish, eat what they cook. Many
of the classes are composed of middle
aged ladies, who are excellent house
keepers, but go TO cooking school to
learn to make delicacies or ornamental
dishes, in which the teacher excels
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A Curious Romance.

Norfolk street, Strand, says The Lon
don Court Journal, has curious com
memorstive monument. An observant
spectator will notice that the first floor
windows of large house at the corner
OF Howard street present a peculiar cd.
pearance. The shutters are up, and
they are covered thickly with dust, while
through the chinks can be seen the
blinds, also thick with dust and molder-
ing away with age. Those shutters and
blinds have been in exactly the same
position, untouched, for about fifty years.
During that time no human foot, it is be.
lieved, has entered that room. And tho
reason is this
Fifty years ago a certain nobleman
was engaged to be married, the day was
fixed, the wedding morning arrived, the
breakfast was laid out in that spacious
and handsome room, the bridegroom was
ready to proceed to church, when II was
discovered that the bride was missing; a
note in her handwriting was found nd.
dressed TO the bridegroom, briefly in.
forming him that she had eloped that
morning with his best man, gay and
gallant captain of dragons. The Tilted
bridegroom did not say much, but he
went alone TO the room in which the
wedding breakfast was laid ont, With his
own hands put up the shutters and drew
the blinds. locked the door and took the
key. he gave orders that the door
should be nailed up and barred With
paddock bars, and that no one should
enter the room again, When the house
was let it was stipulated that the room
in question should remain untouched.
and sum Of f2OO per annum was paid
to the tenant to compensate him for the
deprivation of the use Of the room. The
noblemsn has been dead some years
but it is believed the room has never
been entered since he closed it, and
there are the wedding meats mould.
ering silently away, and the ornaments
crumbling to dust in the funeral gloom.
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InsOIvent Notice.
srArE q rI,.l TEESSSssnE. Sss sgELsr g cOusrE.l J

MEPHrs, TESx., December 81, 1876.
To James NJ. Cannon. Ex'r Of Thos. Joyce,
deceased;
HAVING SUGGESTED TIE INsOL-
III vency Of tho estate Of Thomas Joyce, do
ceased. you are hereby ordered to give notice
by. advertisement IN, some newspaper pub
Court-house door OF Shelby county, for an
persons having claims against said ortate. 10
appear and file the same with the Clerk Of
the County Court, authenticated In theimao.
ner prescribed by law, on or before the Sd day
Of April. 1915. and any claim not fled on of
the funds Of said estate Is made. ehnii be
forever barred, both in law and equity.
Witness my hand, at office, this Sist day Of
December. 1875. -
By Jso. j. HRHL, D. O. Ioi.IiS.iip.iN
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Friday, 4th day of February, 1885,

offer for sale to the highest bidder, In front Of
the door Of the court house Of Shelby county,
Ia the city Of Memphis, the tract Of land
mentioned and described in said decree as
follow; Lying and being In the Fourteenth
Civil District OF Shelby county, State Of Ten
nessee, near tho eastern limits Of tho city of
Memphis, and bounded as follows: Begin
ming at stake on the north side Of Madison
avenue at point 72S feet 9 inches from the
intersection Of Mclean and Madison ave-
nues; thence north and parallel with Mclean
avenue 529 feet 3 inches to a stake; thence
east and parallel with Madison avenue $40
feet inches o stake; thence north 81 feet
inches 10 a stake; thence east and parallel
with Madison avenue SO feet to stake;
thence south and parallel with Mclean ave
nue. 5S6 feet 10 stake on tho north side Of
Madison avenue; thence west with said ave-
nue 429 feet inches TO the beginning.
Terms Of sale-Cash.
JN0. II. FREEMAN, Clerk,
JoHN JOHNSON. II. Y. JACKSON, Solicitors.
January S. 1876. l0o-iS
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Matthias D. Msliwether vs.. Richard H. la-
tillo.
pY VIRTUE OF THE DECREE PRO
d nounced in this cause, October 16, 1875.
by the Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jack
son, l will, on
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ADVERTISERS

Cannot fail to SEQ the unriyalod inducements
offered by US in the way Of cheap and profit
able Advertisements.
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GROCERIES.
NEW GOODS
For the Holidays.


Select Layer RaisIRs,
New Mince Meat,
CitrOn and Figs,
Dried German Pears and Cherries,
Choice Apple Butter,
Choice Maple Syrup,
Extra fine Smoked Salmon,
Fancy N. Y. State Cheese,
Gilt Edge, Creamery ana Roll Butter,
Extra Large Cape Cod Cranberrles,
Windsor, Manor and Underwood
Pickles,
Adam ExtOn's "TrentOn Crackers"
Almonds, Fllberts, Cream Nuts and
Pecans,
A full line OF Jellles aud Preserves,
California AprieOts, Damsons and
Pears.
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MANHOOD.
MANHOOD RESTOREnI 4

A VICTIM OF YOUTHFUL IMPRU-
IA dence, causing premature decay, ner-
yous debility, otc., having tried in vain every
known remedy, has found simple self-oure
which he will send free TO his fellow-suierers
Address j. II. REEVES, 7S Nassau street.
New York WLsod-iff
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Saturday, 5th day Of February, 1876,

offer for sale to the highest bidder, in front Of
the court house door Of Shelby county, in the
city Of Memphis, the tract Of land mentioned
and described in said decree as follows:
certain tract of land in Shelby county, Ten
nessee, being the same bought by N. j.
Wicka at a sale by the Clerk and Master OF
the Chanoery Court of Memphis In the eAnge
Of NJ. J. Wicks VS.. McDermott ct al. No.
1888, Old Rule Dockst, besinning at stake
in the center Of the stage road, the southeast
corner OF the track; thence north az chains,
N links, to stake; thence north 900 west ID
chains, so links. to a stake; thence north 81
chains, l6 links, to stake l6 links south l6S
west from black-gum marked A E Z; thence
west with Mrs. Jane Donelson's south bound
airy line 6S chains and % links to a stake, the
northeast corner of M. Y. ScruRgs' tract;
thence south SS chains, 6 links, to stake Is
links south l6o Of an elm marked NJ n:
thence east "a chains, 80 links, 10 q sweet gum
marked I Il L G, NJ. Il. Scruggs' northeast
corner of l1-acre tract; thence south ll2
chains, Is links, to stake in the center of the
Stage road thence with said road north 7oo
east, % 22' 30 east 70 50 south, 500 east To
the beginning; and being the same tract Of
land conveyed by NJ. j. Wioks to II. W Roys-
ter, Trustee, on 25th of December, 1858, By
deed recorded in Book 60. pages 6l7, 6lS and
6l9, in the Registers ofice Of Shelby county,
Tennessee.
Terms Of sals-Cash.
JN0. H. FREEMAN. Clerk.
CLAPP 4 MEUx, Il. CLAY KING, Solicitors.
January S, 1876. l0o-lS5
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==::Interest all Readers,
FlRESlDE VISITOR AND FAMILY
c0MPANI0RI

In every section of the State and throughout
the South. Plainly printed. on superior pa-
er' with large and increasing circulation,
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DDRIN0 THE CENTENNIAL

Exhibition at Philadelphia. this line will sell
Excursion Tickets at greatly reduced rates,
Ask for Tickets via LOUISVILLE AND
THE SHORT LINE, the only line running
through cars to Eastern Cities. For sale at
all the Ticket Offices in the South and South
west. nt
JNO. MACLEOD, Gen. sup't.
6.S. PARKFR, Gen. Pass. ana Ticket Agent.
Louisville. Ky. lOi-xxiii-lOS
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ArEMPHs AND EoUTEvI1LH BAn.koAD.
Arrives. Leaves.
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NOR POSTERS. SHOW BILLS. CARDS,
n olronlars. etc,. gotten up with The lat6st
style Of typee and on superior pepet ol any
desired color, 80 to tho Ledger ONCE aud ok
anime stock and prices.
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In supreme Court at Jackson

W. R, Cunningham ct al. vs.. +. W. ROyster
OF al.
pY VIRTUE OF THE DECREE PRO
~ nounced IL this cause, October q, 1876,
by the Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jack
son. will, on
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Albany, Salamanca and New York
WITH OUT Oh AN GLE.
This is the only line running its entire trains
from Louisville to Cincinnati. and the only
line by which passengers from the-Seuth en-
route to Eastern and Northern Cities can
changing cars at Short Line Junction, with
L. and G. S. r. R., three miles south Of the
city, where they can be served with an excel
lent meal at Rufer Dining Hall. at all hours.
Through Sleepers from New Orleans, Mobile,
Jacksonville, Atlanta, Little Rock, Memphis,
Montgomery and Nashville, make direct con-
nection at Short Line Junction with through
Sleepers to New York and other Eastern Cities
via this line
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Nashville Accommod'n... $40 Ais
Depot at head Of Main strosl.
Ticket 0f1ce. 2S7 Main street, corner Of
Madison.
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Express s.lI, ,..o,Ut AZ PIX. An. r.s.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-06-01
DIR. VIM. Key.

We see from the jackson Sun and
Dispatch that our Key is vending
his way back to his native heath.
He has been out over five months,
down South, and from the notices
we have seen of his travels he has
been quite successful with his Key
skonR LiaiJaeAt We are glad that
he has met with such a hearty re-
ception and succeeded beyond his
expectations in disposing of his lin
iment. Everywhere the press have
spoken of him in commendable
terms. Besides Ozro and Frank, he
has added a monkey to his caravan,
which affords additional meTriment
to his large audiences. Bully for
ll.-.Shel6yUiHe Commercial.
The DIR. Key alluded to above is
the old darkey, who, with his min
strels and monkey, amused crowds
of people in Pulaski last week, and
sold a good deal of his keystone
liniment. He behaved himself well
here.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-06-01
COMMENCEMENT.
Order of Excersises at NJ artin
College.

The Commencement exercises at Mar
tin College will embrace the 18th, 18th
and 18th of June, and will be in the fol-
lowing order:
/. The Commencement Sermon will
be delivered on Sunday, June 18th.
2. The SympOsiac Exercises will be
conducted in the College Hall on the
evenings of Monday and Tuesday, 18th
and 18th.
3. The result of the written examina-
tons will be read out on Wednesday,
I4th, at II O'Clock. This reading will
give to the public the scholarly stand
ing of each pupil.
4. On Wednesday evening the Grad
uating Exercises win take place. Es-
saws viii be read by the graduating
class, degrees conferred and diplomas
delivered, all followed by an address by
Bishop WIN. WightmaD, of Charleston,
South Carolina
The public are respectfully invited 10
sattend.
All the exercises will be accompanied
with music directed by Miss MeCielland.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-06-01

The cistern diggers at Mr.. Jas.
H. Ballentine's residence struck oil
one day last week. A clod strongly
saturated with coal oil was brought
up from some distance under the
surface. A very remarkable
thing is that Messrs. Hill d Ballen-
tine had car load of coal oil stored
on that lot come two years ago and
a large part of it leaked out; and
this, operating on the cutaneOus
properties of the heptagonal conere-
tions, exuded in divigating exuber-
ance the meteorological excresences
of the bituminous sIbstrata. Hence,
they picked up a clod that had been
under one of the barrels and lowed
they had struck lie.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-06-01
Notice.
Campbellsville Flakes.

The angling element of this com
munity may be seen meandering
along the creeks ''muchly.''
On last Friday, Capt. T. B. Wade
delivered an able address in our In
stitute building. His audience was
composed of grangers, students,
and others. The subject of his
discourse was the Grange: the
causes that conspired to bring it in
to existence, its rapid Development,
present vigor, and promising future
together with a vived description
oflegislative corruption in Washing
ton Picturing the benefits de-
rived by the producer through the
instrumentality of the Grange, and
in adducing proofs that well sus-
tanned the assertion that this insti-
tuition is productive of widespread
beneficial results owing to its effec-
tive warfare on the devotees Oi
recklessness now glimering through
the halls of State. Capt. Wade
showed himself familiar with his
subject and created the impression
in the minds of those who heard
him, that he is a poiemic orator Of
no ordinary merit. LEO.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-06-01

Rev A. G. Dinwiddie, of Pulaski,
commencing Saturday last,preached
a series of beautiful sermons at the
NJ. f. Church at this place. He
is tall and slender, with light-gold
en- hair and ruddy face, a scholar of
40 ordinary attachments, and one
of the ablest preachers in the State.
His address on last Sabbath, on
faith, indicates great intellectual
power and culture, and was varied
with profound eruditIon, historical
interest, classical finish, and ele-
gance of diction, and was altogether
a remarkable effort. His voice is
singularly clear, even and of fault
less purity and IntonatiOn. He IS a
hard student, an earnest preacher, a
nice gentleman, and one of the ris-
ing men of the country.-MoUHt
Pleasant Correspondence Columbia Her
aid.
Our pastor says the above was
written by an over partial friend OF
his. but we learn from another and
altogether impartial source that he
did preach powerful fine up there.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-06-01

Tom. Hale, cold, convicted of
petit larceny and sentenced to two
years in the work house at last
term of Criminal Court, escaped
from the gang on East Hill last
Saturday evening. He complained
of being sick and stepped aside
frequently, and at last took advan
tage of high fence and under
growth in Judge Jones lot, and
succeeded in getting away. The gang
has to be divided, one part at the
quarry and the other on the road,
with a guard with each. The negro
had been gone perhaps five minutes
before the guard called him to come
out, and found that he was gone.
He could not then leave the balance
to go after him, and so he escaped.
Neither the guard nor Mr.. Crow are
to blame, as the circumstances of
this case will demonstrate to any
one who will take the trouble to
inquire, and which we cannot here
give in detail.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-06-01
There was a very large audience

There was a very large audience
in attendance upon the Sabbath
School Mass Meeting at the Meth
odist Church last Sunday night. A
very chaste and interesting address
was delivered by DR.. C. c. Aberna-
thy, and another by Major I. NJ. n.
Jones. The music which inter
spersed the proceedings was splen-
did, and upon the hole, the meet
ing was interesting, and profitable
we hope, to all in attendance
These meetings are held monthly
caud are becoming more and more
popular.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-06-01
Turtle Soup.

A large kettle of magnificent tur-
tie soup attracted quite a crowd to
dine at the Alamo House last
Thursday. Mr.. Bridges spread be
fore his boarders and the invited
guests a splendid dinner, and they
did it ample justice. AS host Mr..
Bridges eclipses any Pulaski ever
had; and the turtle soup dished out
last Thursday was the most ele-
giant we have tasted in years. Who
wouldn't patronize a table where
turtle soup, ice-cream, strawberries,
vegetables, etc, were layishly spread
especially when invited.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-06-01

Judge NJ. P. Brown of Scottsboro
and Mrs. Annie Z. Williams of Au-
burn, Ala, were married on the 18th
inst. Mrs. Williams has many warm
trends here's an esGmable lady of
rare intellectual attainments, and
the Judge has undoubtedly won
noble prize. May these two hearts
that have been united during the
first part of the centennial year of
American independence long live to
enjoy the happiness they so richly
deserve. May their future be as
bright and brilliant as the radiant
beams of the golden sun of liberty.
-lScotts5oro Cor Huntsville Ind.
Judge Brown is a brother of Pitts
and of Rev. Willis J Brown, and
son of Mrs. Whitley of this
place.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-06-01

The cases of Riggin boys and
Clark were continued by the State
last week, and when the Court got
through with the Atkinson case
there was nothing left but to ad-
journ. The docket was clean and
Sheriff Mitchell will give his success
or clear start in the criminal bust
ness next August. But three or four
prisoners are now in Jail, outside
of the work-house force. If the
next sheriff wants to be popular he
? will not give the lawyers so many
pauper cases.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-06-01

Blackwood, Jr, property of Mr..
Zen, trained by A. j. McKimmin,
made the fastest time trotting last
Friday ever made over the Nash
Vile course, and the fastest time
on record for five-year old. On
Wednesday he trotted in 2:24, and
Friday in 1924. He has not been
trained all the season and has been
in the stud besides, else he might
have beaten this time. He gives
better promise thaa any horse in
the country.