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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23
COURT STREET SCHOOL.
Interesting Examination Yesterday
The Promising Sch0lars-Presenta-
tIon TO Miss B0ddie.

By special invitation we atten ded the clos
ing exercises in Miss Bodies room, at the
Court-street school, yesterday afternoon. The
room was beautifully decorated with ever
greens, festooned with hanging baskets, and
IN the center, Just in front of the rostrum,
was large bell, made of flowers, suspended
IN a most graceful fashion But most signif-
cant OF ali the decorations were the beautiful
colored maps on the blackboards surrounding
the room. The maps were drawn with varle-
gated chalks, and perfect in design and col
oring. Those we particularly noticed were
New England" " by Miss Beecher, and The
Hemispheres, by Miss Beamish The first
reading was in concert by the school. The
piece was entitled "A Child's Dream of a
Star. and we could scarcely believe concert
reading could be rendered so distinctly and
effectively. Martin Patt srson read ''Cato's
Sohloquy' in a most mastery manner Mary
Beecher seemed to be the priRa donna; she
read MRS. Candles Lectures" Tor one of
them, and was el Enthusiastically escored.
She also repeated The Maniac and
in so emotional a manner as to
draw tears from old eyes as well as young
1t was repeated by especial request, when
Rev. Mr.. Landrum arose and remarked. that
he had, for a quarter of a century, heard this
piece repeated at exhibits ms, but never bet
OcE ltuaeft4. MISS Lila GFdhk Ftd1 ElCk-
wick's Dilemma well and understandingly.
Matte Humes read the Lost Heir" beauti-
fslly. and Lizzie Humes Where Annette, -
both evincilg much care and training. Rosa
Malatesta read from Dicken',. Where all
read SO well. it seems almost impossible to
particularize; vet Dickie Allison read comic
piece in fine style, humor and taste. Then
the spelling match. which is a novelty in mod
ern school exhibitions. showed how thoroughly
the pupils had been taught, and Rev. Mr.
Stainback. IN his address to the school,
said il fully demonstrated two facts-that the
children had been splendidly taught, and
that they were splendid students There was
much rivalry exhibited between the boys and
girls as to which won Miss Boddie decided
in favor of the boys, yet the audience gener-
ally thought The girls superior spoilers. Al
together, It was as good an examination as
We have ever witnessed. and we feel that the
thanks Of the community are due Miss Bod
die for the indefatigable energy which has
proved in this case, as in all Others, the true
road to success. One Of the beautiful baskets
Of flowers was presented by Miss Boddie to
Captain Harvey Mathes, in consideration of
his interest in the schools, and We were per-
mitted 10 look at and taste the candy pyramid
Of oranges which was distributed among the
pupils
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23
Nonresident Notice.

No. 2376-In the Chancery Court OF Shelby county,
Tennessee-F. NJ. White et al vs. J. II. Field II al
Ii appearing from the original and amended bills
In this cause which are sworn TO- that the defend
ant j. Il. Field (Of the firm Of Z. C. and J. H. Field,
Is a nonresident Of the State Of Tennessee and a
resident of the State OF Mississippi; that he Is in
debted to compainants, by open account In the sum
Of 1924 80, and attachment having been issued
and returned by the sheriff levied on his property;
II is therefore ordered; That he make her appear
ance herein at the courthouse in the city Of Mem-
phis, Tennessee, on or before the first Monday in
January, 1871, and plead, answer or demur to
complainants original and amended bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed as 20 him and set
for hearing exparte; and that copy Of this order
be published once week. for four successive weeks,
in the Memphis Appeal This 20ih dag Nov, 1915.
A copY-aItest: EDMUND A. COLI. -
CLERK and Master.
By z. B. McHenry, D. C. and u.
Vance q Anderson, SOls. for COmpis. 81
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23

VERY cutely and shrewdly managed, Ger
tainly. The President yesterday pardoned
Madison Dom, imprisoned in Virginia for
violation of the civA rights act. This action
forestalls the Proceedings in the supreme
court. As this Is the only known case of i'm
prisonment under the civil rights act, the
consideration of its constitutionality by the
supreme court Is indefinitely postponed.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23

A DESPATCH TO the London Daily Tele-
graph, from Pera, states that the reforms
adopted by the preliminary conference are
very sweeping. They include the admission
of christians in the Ottoman army, and the
transformation of Villayet, of Sophia, into a
christian province under christian governor.
The opinion is pretty equally divided as to
whether the Porte will yield to the recon-
mendation of the powers. The TelegrGph's
correspondent represents that Midhat's ap-
pointment means more vigorous action and
resistance TO undue foreign influence.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23
Correspondence Demanded
BY the superior Court OF BaltiROre.

BALTIMORE, December 22.-In the supe-
rior court yesterday. the question of produ-
cling original kilograms in court came up in
the attachment case of Clafin & Co., Of New
York. against Robert II. Franklin, claimant
Of goods seized as the property Of George
Hughes 4 Co. The local managers Of the
Western Union and Atlantic and Pacific tel
egraph companies were served with the usual
summons to produce the papers. They stated
10 the court that the rule OF the company
prohibited the production Of the originals
without the order Of the court, as they re-
garded kilograms privileged communications.
Judge Dobbin dire, ted them BY oral order to
produce the original kilograms, and the Or.er
was az once complied with.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23

The Democratic State central committees
OF Pennsylvania and Oregon yesterday held
consultations, and issued addresses to the
people Of their respective States, protesting
against the action Of the returning boards Of
the three doubtful States, and calling for a
mass-meeting, to be held on the eighth of
January next, for harmonious action regard
ing the result of the Presidential election.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23

SENATORS BAYARD and Gordon, and per
haps Thurman and Ransom, also S.eaker
Randall, Congressman Lamar, Hewitt
ana Natterson, viii leave Washington to-
day for New FORK, by invitation, to hold an
informal Conference with Mr.. Tilden.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23

ST. Louis, December 21: Adam DIeffenback, a
farmer living near st. Jacobs Madison county Ili-
nois, came TO this city Monday to sell some farm
products. He left for home Tuesday and that night
was found near the Vandalia railroad track at the
St Jacobs, with his skull badly fractured He was
taken home and died that night. Yesterday two
strangers, giving their names Martin Pfeifer and
John Canto, were arrested the road, upon one OF
whom was found pair Of steel knHckles which fitted
into the fracture in Dieffenbacks skull They were
taken TO St. Jacobs and we're to have preliminary
examination
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23

PREPARATIONS are making on a grand
scale at Delhi. in India, for the proclamation
on the first of January of Queen Victoria as
Empress of India" Native princes and
chiefs are congregating at that city in antici-
patton of the great event
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23

munily to unite with other communities in
the support and maintenance Of the Cinciu.
matt iEshtution, which j. tB furnish them liT-
ing, thinking men, and that these southern
anu scr.r.., C.v., wilds NAV have teacher to IN
struct the children in the word OF God,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23

Chicago, December 81: Colonel James S. Hayes,
formerly an Indiana State senator, and a valiant
soldier during the war, and lately confined in an in
asylum OF this State because Of an inotiensve
insanity, was on Tuesday last badly msued BY an
attendant, for trivial offense and his ankle was
put out of joint Before It could be set the doctors
in attendance resOrted TO chloral whisky laudanum
and other medicines given in large quantities, from
the cumulative effects Of which he died Tuesday
night. He Will be buried By the Grand Army Of the
ReniIhlic tn-mnrrnW
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23

then rode down the road, and meeting Mark
Young told him what he had done hut Meier
stopped until he reachFd Ycuns's residence,
where he was met, with a pistol in either
hand, by w. H. Bond and Mrs. Young.
Young Bond was perfectly crazy, and did not
seem to know anything. He leveled a pistol
al w. H. Bond. to compel him to lead an
other pistol, and demanded his money. He
said he had killed Mr.. Hill, and tried to kill
Miss Hill. If he had succeeded in killing
her, he would have killed himsef. As be did
not succeed, he would return that night and
Kill HER AND HIMSELF,
He also told Mrs. Young that be thought
be had killed her husband, and asted her for
Mr.. Young gun. che refused and he took
the gun, out finding it unloaded, seized
another, which he tried to force his brother
to load with buckshot. He pulled his papers
out OF his pocket, asking his brother to dis
if,1se OF them as he deemed proper, and the
picture he gave him the night previous
should be sent to Miss Lou Hill; in Alabama,
a cousih Of Miss Bette Hill; he said he was
anxious to fulfill his promise IN everything. as
he did not expert ID I've TO see twenty-four
hours. fuung Bond then mounted his horse
ard babe his brother farewell, saying: "You
VII IACfCA cCc lllC dllfc all lOulR
Bond then rode away. stopping at Donelson's
store, where he met the clerk, an old friend
and schoolmate named Cobb, and upon the
latter,'s refusal, 70 give him whisky and pis-
toll Threatened to shoot him. He made
statement to Cobb similar to that made to w.
H. Bond and Mrs. Young. He said he had
killed Mr. Hill, and tired to hill Miss Bette
Hill, in which latter event he would have
killed himself He went next to Mrs. Per-
sons, and with cooked guu
RUSHED fET0 THE ROOM,
repeating his statement as above mentioned,
and compelled young Persons to saddle a
horse for him. Young Bond mounted this
horse and disappeared, since which time his
brother has not learned anything of him. All
the persons who saw young Bond say that
his looks, conduct and phrenzy betokened in
sanity or madness The report that w. H.
Bond was present at Rev. Or. Mickelbary's
house at the time of the occurrence, is un-
true, as he did not leave home, and knew
nothing of the tragic event until so informed
by young Bond and others.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23

The lord chamberlain of London threatens
to Vigorously prosecute theatrical managers
who violate the rules concerning facilities for
exit froa places of amusement.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23
Full Statement Of the Murder OF L. 3.
Hill by A. n. Bond, as Made by
the Latter's Brother.
His Attempt to XIII Miss Bette Hill,
his Cousin Mickelbary, and an Old
Friend Named Coleman.
A Thrilling Narrative OF Disappointed
Love, Madness and Murder The
Facts, as they are Stated,

Below we present the account of w. H.
Bond, relative 10 the recent killing Of Mr.. L.
:. Hull by A. N; Bond, near Shelby depot, in
the request or ". Il. Bond, whose object is
to give the true facts relative to the tragedy
which was published IN the APPEAL last
Wa6paaday
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23

A ST. LOUIS dispatch last night reported
no change In the condition of the river. The
ice-gorge Is still very solid, and extends for
many miles north and south of the city.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23
CLOSING RATES

Yesterday Of oottoH and gold: Nese York
cotton, u lie. Ne~pAis cotton, II Csc.
Ase Hork geld, f07 IL. Memphis gold,
TO7-
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knights Of Honor.

4 aFRTING OF Memphis Lodge. No. 1915, will
be held this s{SATURDAT evening, at ! O'Clock,
for the transaction Of regular business and election
Of officers for the ensuing term. A full attendance
Is especially requested. j. 2. YOUNG d.
Z. G. TUCKER, R
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23
MARRIED.

DAWSON-SHELL-On Thursday December 81
1873, In the Linden St. Christian Church. by David
Walk, Dr. ]. W. DAWSON and Miss HATTIE SHE'LL,
both of this city
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23

No S72-In Admiralty United States District Court,
Western District of Tennessee-A Karr ct al. VS..
Steamboat Illinois.
Pursuant TO an order OF sale issued out of the Dis
triet Court of the United States for said District and
to me directed in the above entitled cause Will
pose for sale and sell to the highest bidder for cash.
at IL o'clock am, on
Wednesday, January 3. 1877.
the steamboat ILLINOIS, her engines, machinery.
tackle, apparel and furniture, as she now lies at
levee city OF Memphis, Tenn
L. B. EATON, U. S. Marshal.
By A. J. Gardner, Deputy
Belcher 4 Jordan, PrOctOrs
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23
MUSIC BOUND
In the most elegant style, at exceedingly low prices
CALLING CARDS

Gotten up in the latest and most beautiful styles,
for the execution Of which have added new styles
of type and cards. S. c. T0OF.
10 Court street.
between Vain and Front sts. MemphIs. Tenn.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23
BOOKBINDERY
No. l5 Court Street.

DY THE RECENT ADDITIONS OF NEW De
ID SIGNS OF TYPE and NEW MACHINERY,
and new and improved stocks Of papers, am eHa-
bed TO do superior work very short notice. and at
extremely Low PRICES. | can successfully
duplicate work and prices Of Eastern and Northern
cities. employ skilled wOrkmen In all the depart
meTts of my printing and bOOkDlndery business,
and will guarantee entire satisfaction with all the
work turned out Of my establishment | do ALL
KINDS Of Printing and BoOkbInding and re-
quest those desiring either or both 10 examine
my styles and prices.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23
WEATHER PRoRABmrrIEs.

WAR DEPT, OFFICE CE. SIG. OFFIcKs,
WASHINGTON. December 23, an.
For south AflaHtie and galf Ssatss, Ten
"essee and The Ohio paflsy, Aln or fair
Hee1fher, colder "oytlrsrly TO ,es~srly ,ci,ds,
2sHd Fsssag bnroprsier.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23
United States MarshaI's Sale.

No S7O-In Admiralty United States District Court.
Western District Of tennessee KaT et al. vs.
Steamboat A. J. White.
Pursuant to an order OF SALE issued out of the Dis
trct Court OF the United States for said district and
10 me directed in the above entitled cause Will
pose for sale and sell 10 the highest bidder for cash.
al II o'clock An. on
Wednesday. January B. 1877.
the Steamboat A. J. WHITE, her engines machine
H. tackle apparel and furniture as she now lies al
l6YeG, eltT Of Memphis. Tenn
L. B. EATON, U. s. Marshal
By A. J. Gardner, Deputy,
BecheF & Jordan. PrOctOrH.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23

No S71In Admiralty, United states District Court,
Western District Of Tennessee-M. Monaghan ct
al vs.. Steamboat Geo. W. Cheek.
Pursuant TO an order Of sale, issued out Of the Dis
t1ct Court Of the United States for said District and
to me directed In the above entitled cause will ex-
at II O'Clock am, on
Wednesday, January 3. 1877.
the Steamboat GEO. W. CHEEK, her engines ma
chineTy. tackle, apparel and furniture, she now
lies az leyee, city Of Memphis, Tenn.
l.. B. EATON, L. s. Marshal.
By A. j. Gardner, Deputy
Becher & Jordan, PrOctofs
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23
ANOTHER MASSACRE.
A Report from the Plains that Major
Randall and his Entire Party Have
shared Clusters Fate.

CHICAGO, December 22.-The report which
came here this morning from New York,
saying a Bozeman, Montana, dispatch had
been received, which stated that Major Ran
dali and his entire party had been massacred
by the Indians in the Big Horn mountains, is
entirely discredited at General Sheridan 8
headquarters The roundabout way in which
the news comes is In itself enough to con-
vince the officers there that the report is with
out foundation. On December 14th a dis
patch was received from Fort Fetterman,
stating that Major Randall and party were
at Fort Reno, which is situated seventy miles
northwest of Fort Fetterman. Bozeman is
four hundred miles from Fort Fetterman, and
were this report true it would undoubtedly
have come by way of Fort Fetterman.
WAsHINGToS, December 22.-No informa-
ton has been received at army headquarters
in regard to the reported massacre of Major
Randall and party by Crazy-Horse's band,
but it Is thought the report may be true.
Brevet- Lieutenant-C Colonel Randall Is with
General Crooks command, and it Is feared
he may have been sent on a mission to obtain
scouts and ran into Crazy-Horse's band, for
which General Crook has been looking for
some time past. The story as It reaches
Washington is that Major Randall, nearly all
the Indians, and others of his party, were
killed in the Big Horn mountains.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23

The Nashville american. of Thursday, an
nounces that On the first OF the coming year
Elder Phillip s. Fall, of the Christian church
of that city, viii surrender his charge and re-
turn to his former home in Kentucky. At
the advanced age Of seYenty-eight, although
still able to do the work required of him, he
thinks It better to surrender it into other
hands. He will not hereafter take charge OF
any congregation or literary institution, but
viii devote the remainder Of his life to occa-
sional ministerial labor and writing. DR..
FAN is widely known throughout This State
as well az IN Kentucky, and i mach loved by
those who know the purity Of Ii !.fs aal ap-
preciste bis usefulness.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23
OLD COLEMAN TO HALT.

The latter. not hearing his demand, he be-
gan shooting at him. and continued to do 50
until Coleman left the road. Young Bond
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23

By z. B. McHenry, D. C. and u.
Vance q Anderson, Soils. for COmp'ts.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-23
OBSERVATION YESTERDAY.
WkR DEPT, SIGNAL SKRyIcB o. 8. LRxY.
EELnEY- nac % lg-R iAaaa - -. Y

W. M'ELRoY, Sergeant
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-13
Curious Flogging Custom.

THERE is portion Of Avenue 3, in
this city, inhabited almost solely by
those clannish people, the Czechs.
Their quarter is not so savory as the
Fifth avenue, nor are the inhabitants
so clean and orderly. On the contrary,
they are dirty and careless of their APP
pearance, and consume an inOrdinate
quantity of beer and tobacco. Re-
Gently city missionary discovered q
curious custom among the New York
Czechs. They are blessed with innu-
merable children, who are huddled to-
gether in tenement houses as thick as
burrs in a haystack These children
are gifted with a native American
sense of mischief which makes their
foreign parents an extraordinary
amount of trouble. AVorkingmen and
workingwomen as they are, there is no
time to spare to govern refractory
children, and accordingly a fogging-
master is employed, to whom the I'M
ruly youths of both sexes are regular
ly sent to be logged. The fiogging
master lives in the sixth story of a
tenement-house, and administers the
rod with unsparing hand. The chill
dren are afraid of him, and live in
constant fear Of being sent to his room.
The fellow who filled this Office for
three years received about ten cents a
week from an hundred families for
his services as child-whipper, and the
discovery of his occupation would
probably have been long deferred but
for the fact that he tried to swindle
one of his patrons out of the magnif-
cent sum of S3.15. The Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
have taken the matter in hand.
". 7. Cor. Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-13
Killed and Wounded i'm Ancient
and Modern Warfare.

AT the battle of Talavera, 1909. the
loss in killed and wounded was one
eighth of those engaged. At Auster-
litZ, 1906, it was One-seyenth. AT
Malplaquet, 1909, at Prague, 1859, and
at Jena, 1906, it was one-siXth. AT
Friedland, 1907, and at Waterloo, 1915,
one-tifth. At MarengO, 1900, it amount
ed to One-fourth. At Salamanca, 1912,
out OF 10000 cOmbatantS 30, 900 We're
killed and wounded. At Borodino,
1912, out of 250,O00, $4,000 fell on the
two sides. At Leipsic, 1918, the
French sustained loss of one-third of
their total effective. At Preussich
Eylau, 1907, $4,000 were killed and
wounded out of a combined total of
100000 combatants, giving loss of
more than one-third; while at Zorn-
dorf, 1853, the most murderous battle
which history records in modern times,
out of $4,000 Russian and Prussian
troops engaged, $4,000 were stretched
upon the field at the close of the day.
Let us now come to more recent times.
The first great battle in which rif1ed
firearms were used was Solferino,
1859, and when the war broke out it
was confidently predicted that the eff
fects of the new weapon would be
frightful; but the loss actually fell to
one-eleventh of those engaged. At
Koniggratz, where, in addition to
rit1ed weapons, one side was armed
with breech-lOaders, the actual loss was
further diminished to One-ffteenth.
Finally we come to the last war, in
which the proportions were: Worth,
Grayelotte, one-tWelfth,
and Sedan, one-tenth. These figures
may surprise many who, not unnatur-
ally, imagined that improved weapons
entailed increased slaughter. 1t is not
to imply that battles are still
not sanguinary, but it is incontestible
that they are much less SO than they
were. -Macni1zo3a's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-13

erence for the past gives way to the
joys and hopes, the activities and the
responsibilities of the future. A
hundred years hence the piety of that
generation will recall the ancestral
glory which we celebrate to-day, and
crown 1t with the plaudits of vast
population which no man can number.
BY the mere circumstance of this peri
odlclty our generation will be in the
minds, in the hearts, on the lips of our
c0untrymen at the next centennial
commemoration in. comparison with
their own character and condition and
with the great founders of the Ma
ton. What shall they say of us?
How shall they estimate the part we
bear in the unbroken line of the
Nations progress? And so on, in the
long reach of time, forever and for
ever, our place is the secular roll of
criticism. Under this double trust,
then, from the past and for the future,
let us take heed to our ways. and,
while it is called to-day, resolve that
the great heritage we have received
shall be handed down through the long
line of the advancing generations, the
home of liberty, the abode of justice,
the stronghold of faith among men,
(Which holds the moral elements of
the world together and of faith in
God, which binds that world to lis
throne.