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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-19

The great amount Of space devoted to
the governor question" by portion of
the State press. would lead one unae-
quainted with the facts to suppose that
the office was one Of vast Importance,
and that the welfare Of the State de-
pended almost entirely on the selection
Of proper candidate for governor.
Granted that the Office is Of some impor-
tanee, and that the little title ..Gov.
becomes a name, it must be remembered
that the governor Of Vermont has very
little to DO with the affairs Of the State
In times Of peace, and that the sun will
rise according 10 the almanac, seed-time
and harvest Will recur according to the
promise. and the political. as we'll as
physical, affairs Of the State will move
on without serious disaster, whether the
governors name be Smith or Jones. Al
the session Of the legislature it is neces.
sary for the governor 10 get his sigma
ture upon such bills as have passed tn,
two branches Of the Legislature and !
would De well, if precedent had estab
lished the rule. TO have the governor $
qualified that he might decide upon tn
eOnstitutiOnality. and prOpriety of tn
many acts which pass the legislature a
each session. Then the governor shout
havea peculiar fitness for presiding i
the governors room at the capitol. dul
ing the time Of a session; The men
bers wives viii all be there, and WI
each desire to shake the governors han,
sit a the governors chair and recei,
The governors parting bow; these vel
arduous and trying duties, requi
gailantry. tact and courage. During Il
year the prOelamatiOns for fast a,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-19

Mr.. Blaine's sunstroke occasloned a
wonderful cOmmotiOn at Washington. a
week ago yesterday. There was rather
unseemly haste among politicians to
turn the circumstance to account, and
''apOplexy" was the favorite word for
describing the attack. The medical eE-
idence Is to the effect that there Is moth
ing serious in the case, it being partly ]
consequence Of OverwOrk and principally
direct result Of walk in the hot sun.
shine.-N. Y, Tribune.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-19
THE POLITICAL ITCH.

One of the most disagreeable diseases
that afiiet modern humanity is the po-
litical itch. This disease prevails in al
most every section of the country, and
neither medical skill nor the most rigid
sanitary regulations seem to subdue its
ravages. Ii is not little remarkable
that for the last few years this ailment
has ragged to a serious extent in the sa-
luxurious climate Of Vermont, only once
in two years, while, formerly, it broke
out every spring and increased in viO-
lence until about the first week in Sep
TENDER, when it gradually disappeared.
This disease prevails among men, who,
phrenO logically speaking, are eOnstitu-
tionally afflicted with large self.esteem
and approbativeness. Women occasion
ally suffer somewhat from cOntagiOn, but
small children never take it.
The disease is now having an unpre-
eedented run in the State, as well as the
nation, and the victims of the disease
are lying by the roadsides, under the
gates and az the pools crying out to the
passers-by for help. Disagreeable spec
| tacle Hundreds Of otherwise robust
e and healthy men, driven from the re-
5 spectacle walks of life and fields of use
e fulness, all scabby and putrid with the
e political itch Eagerly they turn theil
n eyes toward the dome of the capitol, anC
3 long to be borne thence IN the arms O
# an admiring and sympathizing public.
n The pure mountain air of Vernon
d does not insure the citizens Of this goo
IS State against the dangers of this disa
IS greeable complaint. Early during tn
/. season it broke out in the beautiful VII
ID lage of BrattleborO, where health usual
" prevails, where the mad are restore
to reason and the incorporate are bro
back to sObriety, and two noted citizens
m the good Deacon Estey and the HOI
ar Mr. Harris were the victims. Up to Il
be present moment, they have received L
;; relief, though the political doctors hay
/ prescribed generously, and the quaC
Al fraternity have met in council. Win
"a. ham is alarmed, and evidently expec
,ro to be summoned to a pOmpOus funers
=, Up and down the State, beside the st
an waters Of the lake, under the shadows
- the mountains, over hills and across v;
ara leys, have the political nurses been sc
ara in search of some remedy for the pc
L. victims at Brattleboro. Pitiable diseas
"a Is there nothing but a repOse in
-, historic "chair" at the granite CAPT
.;,r that will heal the victims nothing
n. the inspiring influences of SCOTS ''Ce,
an, Greek" and the portrait shades of
,,o great governors of Vermont that '
So subdue the malady? Alas, bat one
On, tent can be saved Only one cover
In, at time There must be a pOlitici;
= burial in BrattlebOrO, and several
60 other vicinities, on or about June
and let the friends yield to the mex
~ bic decree of fate. Why not try the
~. bnmstOne remedy tor the cure OF
- lOathsome disease IN this lcOrld? If {
No.. fellows don't get cured here We are
g., ful they will be treated to a sulphu
,0rld remedy hereafter.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-19

would be swept away and that the road
would suffer great loss. So these men
entered the eulvert from the lower side.
a hundred feet or 50, and at great per-
sonal risk made an opening in the de-
bris large enough to give the water a
start, then ran for dear life. The last
man out had barely jumped to one side
as he came from the mouth of the cul-
vert, when water. logs, rocks. ETC.. rush
ed out with tremendous force.
The confession of Tatro. the murderer
of Mrs. Butler at Highgate. shows the
affair to have been most horrible one.
Tatro has been In desperate state of
mind ever since bis arrest, and he had
sent for the sheriff. in order to make a
confession. when his mother arrived at
the Jail in St. Adams. with the purpose
of getting the truth from him. He says
that Mrs. Butler had gone to her room
for the night. and he went in and talk.
! ed with her, a short time. Soon he sal
down on the bed by her side. and at
I, tempted to pull her over. but she resist
ed. got up and ran out Of the room. HI
e followed her into an adjoining room
t when she threw a chair at him. H,
= threw the chair back and she threw j
at him again Then he knocked he
down, breaking the chair to pieces. The,
: had hard tussle on the stairs, and
when they reached the lower floor, Sd
ran to the wood-shed and got an ak H
told her TO behave herself, and be would
z bat she threw the ak at him twice, b
1t throwing it back at her once Then Sd
" made rush for the wood-box. aud tire
4 a stick of wood at him. and struck hin
= He finished the struggle by knockin
her down and mangIing her head Wit
% the ak He protests that when he FIR
IN struck her with the AK, he did not mea
to kill her.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-19

We rejoice that the committee who in
vestigated the charges against Speaker
Kerr, have decided unanimously that the
charges we're lies from beginning to end.
The Oftener leading men are found
TO be corrupt the worse is the reputation
OfOur republican government. and wheth.
er they arc democrats or republicans
makes no difference 50 far as reputation
abroad is concerned.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-13

SARATOGA, September 13.-The
Democratic State convention to
nominate a candidate for Governor
in place of Seymour, who declined,
met to-day and nominated Lucius
Robinson by acclamatiou. The
convention adjourned sine die.
Boston, September 10. - The
Republican Congressional conyen-
ton to nominate a candidate in the
Seventh district met at Lowell to-
day and General B. f. Butler was
nominated on the first ballot, as
follows; Whole numbers of votes,
1O6 necessary to a choice, "a.
General Butler received "a; VIM.
A. Russell, Of Lawrence, 10; Car.
roll Dwight, of Reading, 8.
A motion to make the nomina-
ton unanimous was lost by about
ten delegates rising in opposition.
A committee was then appointed tc
wait on General Butler and invite
his attendance. On entering the
hall he was received with great ap.
plause and made a speech.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-13

favor this view and commend 1t
to the intelligent consideration OF
the delegates. Suitable resolutions
SO adopted will be accepted as a
direct expression Of the people.
This would strengthen and assure
the candidates and enable them to
define their policy upon a common
line and act in concert, both during
the canvass and in the Legislature,
if elected. We hope that cOmpe-
tent men win be induced to serve
not to crafty personal ambition or
vanity, but to accept the office as a
serious trust and work for the COM
mon good, bringing to bear the
same zeal and industry and iudg-
ment exercised by prudent, success
full men in their own business affairs
men who will act conscientiously
and fearlessly under a high sense of
duty.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-13
The nIgdiree,ion Of the bile.

The misdirection Of the bile, a consequence
which ensues when the liver is inactive and
the bowels torpid, produces a number Of bod
lily evils. The blood becomes contaminated
with the bilious 6uid, causing the skin and
the whites Of tho eyes TO assume a yellowish
tinge; dyspepsia and nausea supervene, tho
tongue becomes furrod. the breath fetid.
there arc pains In the side and between the
shoulder blades. the urine Is high colored and
scalding. and In aggravated easos jaundice
aod Inflammation Of the liver ensuo. All these
consequences may be prevented or obyiated
by using Hoststter's Stomach Bitters. a yege-
table Alternative tonic which stimulates the
inactive liver TO exert itself In tecretiDg and
directing the bile. acts naturally upon the
bowels and removes every trace 81 inalges'
ffaua
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-13
Letter from somsrrnle.
To the Editor of the Ledger:

the Editor OF the Ledger
S%oMERvILLE, September Il, 1876.
Mr.. Scott, of Blount county, East
Tennessee, spoken of in your paper,
made two speeches here on Satur-
day last to a mixed crowd of whites
and blacks, and was well received.
He gave an account of the treat
ment he received at the hands of
Emerson Etheridge and party in
Memphis on Thursday last.
The Radical sheriff elect (Latta)
has failed to make his bond, the
main reason being that as school
commissioner he is behind several
hundred dollars, and has utterly
failed to give any satisfactory ac-
count of the school fund that is
short and in his hands as the trea,-
urer. Etheridge'should have stated
this fact when he found fault with
the county people for not going on
Latta's bond. The time for giving
the bond expires to-day and it is
not made. Etheridge in his speech
here did more to heal the wounds
of the sore-heads in the party than
all the balance of the efforts put
together have done, and is perhaps
the deadest man that ever figured
in politics here.
The cotton crop in the county is
opening very fast, and is being rap.
idly picked out. We will make {
good average cotton crop and a fan
corn crop. The last viii not be al
good asi it was last year. The gene.
raj health of the county is good.
w.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-13
Inrernn,ionnI Rinn nntnn.

New YORK, September 13.-The
pool selling last evening on the re-
suit Of the Information rifle match
which begins to-day at Oreedmoor
was about even between the Ameri-
can and Irish teams, and these two
sold at more than double the price
of any of the others. The sales
were as follows: At Johnson's-
American, 90; Irish, 20; Scotch,
20 Australian, 10 ; Canadian, 10.
At Morrissey's - American, 100;
Irish, 100 Australian, 40; Scotch,
30; Canadian, 10.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-13
REWARD.
$50 Reward


WE WILL PAY THE ABOVE AMOUNT
w for the apprehension and return to us
on President island, the following described
cOnyicts, or twenty dollars for either one OF
said e%onvlcts, and q like amount for shy con-
Wet who has or may escape from the Isl nd
BOO GER BAILEY-aged 40 years; 5 feet
81 inches high; dark color; thin and short
upper lip, which gives him the appearance Of
grinning when In conversation.
HENRY JONES = aged o years; dark
brown; 5 feet Z inches high; quick spoken;
lives east Of Memphis 7 or 3 miles.
WIN. DrBERHY-agcd IS years; 6 feet 2
inches high dark co'Or; lives on the Wild
berger place; left eye sore when he left.
4 Us CARTER aged 81 years; 5 feet 81
inches high; dark color; has a scar on rigFt
temple shaped like u half moon; be worked at
Catholic Cemetery on fernando ropd; his
family lives u 7 that place.
JESSE KELLY aged 81 years; fair com.
plexion blue eyes; light and short hair; his
father is a shoemaker, and livesin Fort Pick
ering.
JOHN pANcY-agod 81 years; 5 feet sk
inches high; tair complexion; blue eyes; red
hair his parents live at Decatur, Ala.
VuAS. FAlN-aged 5 years; brown; 5 feet
"a inches high; black hair and eyes; scar on
left side and on left hip, blacksmith 5y trade;
used to work for James X Roosa.
The hrst four escaped yesterday, the others
during the summer.
150-lS W.M. FORREST ECO.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-13
AttacIlment Notice.

j. M. Coleman, Justice Of tho Peace
for Shelby county, TeRnessee.-I. N. Shep-
herd vs.. j. II. Dean. - Rose, - Ed
wards, composing the firm Of j. IL. Dean 4
Co.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTAOHMENTHAV-
/ ing been sued cot under section 1856 Of tho
Code of Tennessee and returned levied upor
the property Of the defendant by garnishment
on II. L. Pfiddy, Of Bartlett. Tenn, who an
swers that he has 10 bis possession City dol
lars belonging 10 the defendants, and aida
vits having been made that the defendants aye
justly indebted TO the plaintiff in the sum Of
thirty-one dollars and lfty-s ven cents, due
by account, and that tho defendants are non.
residents Of the State Of Tennessee; tits there
fore ordered that the said defendants make
their personal appearance boioro me on The
23d day Of September, 1877, at 10 O'Clock a m
az my Office. No. 29i Front street, Memphis
ponn., and defend said attachment suit with.
in Che time prescribed by law, or the same
will he proceeded with ex parte, and that \
copy Of this order DO published once a waei
iofiGgI successive weeks In the Public Ledger.
l65-2-S-A j. M. COLEMAN, up.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-13
FOREIeN.

LONDON, September 13. - Sir
John Richard QUAD, Justice of the
Court of Queens Bench, is dead.
Earl Derby's speech in reply to
the addresses Of the deputations
that waited upon him on Monday
on the Eastern question, appears to
be pretty generally satisfactory TO
the press and public agitation about
the governments position on this
question.
A special dispatch says the Porte
has definitely resolved to refuse
armistice, but declares his readiness
to discuss terms of peace. The
Porte will not object to the sus-
pension of hostilities.
The st. Leger stakes at Doncas-
ter were won by Petrarch, Wild
Tommy second and julius Caesar
third. Keller, the favorite at two
to one, was not placed.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, September IS.
Fifteen Turkish officers, impli-
Gated in the Bulgarian atrocities,
have been sent here under guard.
They arc the leaders indicated in
the report Of Blacque Beys, who
has been investigating the atroci-
ties. 1t is said that Blacque Beys'
reports admit that the atrocities
were indescribably horrible, and
that the report will be suppressed.
AMSTERDAM, September 10. "A
serious disturbance occurred here
Monday, and last night the govern
ment suppressed it. Troops were
called out and attacked the mob,
killing one and wounding fourteen,
Large Inducements of troops
have arrived.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-13
German Smerican School
esq THIRD STREET.

FSrABLIsHED BY THE GERMAN PRO-
II testant Congrogatio on, "non-sectarian,"
in Church building, will open Monday, Sep
TENDER 18th. 1t affords the best hhcility to
learn German conversation and grammar
the first object Of this institution being Ger
branches taug lin the BEST rublic schools,
writing and ? ding in German and in Eng
fish, German ldEnelish grammar, penman-
ship, orthogra by, arithmetic, modern geOg-
raphy, United States hi tory, and the ele-
mems OF natural and social so.snce-especi-
ally of physiology and botany. Terms-82
for the lower classes. and from So to 81 for the
higher classes, PER month. German litera-
ture, French, Latin aud music form extra
charges. Applications can be made to either
Of the following directors:
Rev. A. }homas, 43 Jones avenue; John
Scheibler, 2S Main street; r. StOtz, 308 Sec
ond II. Hack, 1875 Bsai; Phil Maurer, 207
Poplar; otto Schwill, 346 Main. l4-l2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-13
ANSW !

IN THE APPEAL. AVALANCHE AND
j LEDGER. appeared a card from N. H..
Wilson Il Co., on the 10th inst. warning all
persons to pay no money to me on account of
Wilson Sewing Machines. and that 1 was dis
charged from their employ on May Is, 1876.
Said card is false. and intimates what ii does
not state, and is designedly worded. and was
published with malicious intent and self
interest, and not for the benefit of customers.
| have never asked for, or received. a single
dollar on any Of the accounts of N. IL. VIII
son Il Co. since the date mentioned, and /
defy them to prove to the contrary. | now
represent the White Sewing Machine Com.
pany in a position Of more trust and profit
than ever before. Said Company manufac-
turei all Of the Wilson machines prior to De-
cember LIST last, and now have a machine Of
their own on the market which far SURPRISES
the Wilson, and. hence the jealous feeling
The same N. Il. Wilson. who published the
card IN question, requested me, on the. 9th
inst, to make a demand on him, in writing,
for one thousand $1,000 dollars, so that he
could show the letter to his partner. James A
vain. to whom he bad loaned the money, and
desired to recover 1t for my benefit Since
July lst | have been making contracts rapidly
with my old agents aud dealers, and l now
have over three-fourths Of them engaged to
represent the White Machine, and they are
delighted with the change. The card referred
to is like the last kick Of a ~vanquished COM
petitor. for whom | have nc respect.
NJ. M. BEACH,
Gen'l District Agent White Sewing Machine
COMPANY. A North Court street. l0-l3
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-13
Nixon,s Rise From the Grove.
The following isfromth Charles
ton Journal of Commerce

The following is from the Charles
ton Journal of Commerce
Professor Nixon had advertised
that he would allow himself to be
placed in a coffin, screwed down
and buried in a grave six feet deep.
He was to remain there for one
hour and a half, and then rise from
the grave through the soil. The
grave was dug in Belvidere, and he
said that if he failed he hoped the
crowd would be large enough to in
sure a respectable legacy to his wife
and children. Upon approaching
the grave Nixon was seen on a plat
form performing juggling tricks.
He was dressed in a bright yellow
coat, pink trousers (short) and
about No. II brogans. Mr.. Nixon
claims to be an Egyptian. If the
Egyptians ordinarily dress in that
costume, Moses was justified in
getting out Of the country at all
hazards. An Egyptian task-master
with a brogan like Nixon's must
have been able to administer afear-
full kick. Nixon soon approached
the grave, and made earnest APP
peals to the crowd to get away from
it. The coffin was brought forward
and a committee was selected to see
that there was no deception. Nixon
now pulled off his shoes an stood
on the coffin, holding in his hand
a vial. His voice assumed I'M
natural solemnity. He said that he
wanted silence for a while that
this was a life and death matter (;
his voice became husky, and per-
spiration began TO start upon his
brow. He paused a moment. A
look Of grave determination settled
upon his face, and with a tremu-
lous sigh he hastily swallowed the
contents Of the vial. In a few
minutes his face assumed a deathly
pallor, and dark rims appeared be.
meath his eyes. The spectators
thought he was going to die. he
lay in the coffin and the lid was
screwed down. The coffin wal
rapidly lowered into the grave, anC
the earth shoveled in. The excite,
ment increased as the time fol
which the Professor was to remain
under ground (thirty minutes
passed. At tw~enty-eight minute.
the excitement communicated itsel
to the judges, and they issued OF
ders for the horn to be blown
which was to summon the buriet
man forth. AS the first note Of tn,
instrument rung out the assembl,
became frantic. Soon a scream
rose as the earth began to crack
= and Nixon came up into sight wit
q a load of dirt on MS head. Thel
! a howl was caused by the discover
that the Professors appearance haI
l been made through a neatly COY
! cred chamber, which was diyideI
by only a thin partition from tn
, head Of the grave. He had bprs
: the head out of the coffin, crep
: into the shaft, and emerged fror
: It at the sound Of the horn. II
J. bowed his thanks and Withdrew,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-13

2l5O.I
mo, lI0U.T
NOn.Reside Notice.

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county,
Tennessee Mrs. NJ. W. Caldwell VS.. Mrs. S.
h. Norton ct al.
1T APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
i this cause thet the defendants. BENJAMIN
II. Crane and II. II. Richards, Trustees in
bankruptcy Tor d. r. Cook, are citizens OF
Georgia, and non-residonts Of the State of
Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that they
make their appearance herein at the court
house in tho city of Memphis, Tennessee,
on or before the FIRST Monday in October,
1876, and plead, answer or demur to
cQmplainant's bill, and amended and sup
for confessed as to them and SGT for hearipf
OK parte; and that a copy ofthis order be pull
hshed once a week, for four successive weeks
In the Public Ledger.
This 4th day Of September, 1876.
A c0py-Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE. @. and NJ.
By II. j. BLACK, d. O and M.
John Johnston, Estes q Elicit Solicitors for
complainant 80 1921
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-13
probabilities.

WASHINGTON, September 49,
For Tennessee and the Ohio valley,
northeast to southeast winds, slight
changes in temperature, rising,
followed by falling barometer, in
creasing cloudiness, and possibly
light rain.