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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-26
DURING TIE CENTENNIAL
CE NTENNlAL EXHIBITION,
Philadelphia, Penn.

THIS GREAT INTERNATIONAL EXHI-
Il bitiou, designed to commemorate the or o
hundredth anniversary Of American Inds-
pendence, will open May 10th and close N O.
and all the States aud Territories Of the Union
will participate, bringing together the most
comprehensive collection Of art treasures.
mechanical inventions, scientific discoveries,
manufacturing achievements, mineral gpeoi-
mems, and agricultural products ever exhib-
tied. The grounds devoted to the exhibition
are situated on the line Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and embrace four hundred and 6fty
acres Of Fairmount Park, all highly improved
and ornamented, on which are erected the
largest buildings ever constructed - Eve Of
these covering an area of fifty acres and cost
ing IS, 100000. The total numter Of building9
erected for the purposeo OF tho Exhibition is
over one hundred,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-26
OUR TEAS ARE THE BEST AND THE CHEAPEST.
ROASTED
AND
GROUND GoFFEES

Our Coffees are all roasted
and ground on our premises.
Our ground Codees are cut up
in q Steel Mill, which granu-
lates them without powder
ing, and are. in consequence,
free from dust. Only fno
favored Cohees are used BY
US for grinding.
Our Roasted Coffee trade Is
constantly increasing, owing
TO the fact that all our Coffeel
are carefully selected for their
body and fine favor, and as
we roast in the best style Of
the art, using our own Water
Power, and roasting three
times a week, they are always
fresh and fragrant when sold.
WRI. DEAN d CO.,
1S9 PODIar 81.
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MISSISSIPPI @ TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
Change of Schedule.
MrnrH1s, TExv., October 7. 1915.

eoN IND AFTER SUNDAY. OCT. srH,
~ 1876, trains will run as follows:
Leave. Arrive.
Now. .Orleah mail. daily ...3;55 pm. 1880 pm
Sardis Ac'm datiOn, daily ooo
Except Suutlay) ..;.....".ll'4l am 700 a IN
noIt S,,nSnv 500 am. 800
3l-t N. DUNN NJ Cup !.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-26

Insurance upon dwellings and first. class
commercial risks taken al fair rates, and
Losses paid Immediately upon adjustment.
3s-3Txxiv
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STOCKS.

G1NO INVESTED HAS G1 INN
9IUV PAID APR0FIT OF PAs dUV
during the past few months, under our i'm
proved system Of operating ia Stocks. Riskg
reduced ~ nominal sums and profits in
creased. Books containing full information
sent on 0ps ieation
TUMBRIDGE 4 CO. Bankers and Brokers.
% BROADWAY. NEW YORK
cod dhw-1t.Kxiv 12l
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MEMpR!s @ CHARLESTON R.R.
CHANGE 0E SCHEDULE.
OH AND AFTER THURSDAY. AUGUST

ON AND AFTER THURSDAY. AUGUST
~ 81, lSl6
Mail train. daily...........l2.0 .0l am 3 60 pm
Express train, daily........ 90 Pm II 70 am
Somerville accom- dation
Except Sunday )........... 6.zO pm o2e am
jackson, Tenn, accom-
mediation (ex. sunday. 4.20p pm il. Is am
Mail train will not stop at Gag stations be-
tween Grand Junction and Memphis. =,
Trains connect Mt Grand junction for all
points, and at Decatur closely for MOutgom-
cry and points South. Close connection for
Nashville by both trains. Close connections
at Chattanooga for Eastern and Southeastern
points.
No change Of cars between Memphis and
Bristol and Memphis and jackson. Tenn.
The new and magnificent sleeping car limo
will have one Of tholr new sleopers leave
Memphis daily on Express train at 5 90 pm.
for Lynchburg, Washington and Baltimore
without change. 0nly one change to New
York and PHILADELPHIA. Time tceEtB min
piies faster than ctg TIM.
Ticket office, 27S Main street
W. ROSS. Sup't.
Ton 2. DUN, Ticket Ag't. 40-t
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PUBLIC LEDGER.

THR PUBLIC LEDGER is PUBLISHED
i every afternoon Except Sunday at No. IL
Madison street.
bers by faithful carriers at FIFTEEN CENTS
PER WEEK, payable weekly TO the carriers.
By mail lin advanced: One year, 2S; six
months, 81; three months, 81; one month, 70
cents. Postage free
EewsdeaIers supplied at 2JS cents per copy.
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trustees sale.

VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED EXECU-
ID ted by Il. b. Martin on the 18th day of
september, 1874, registered in Record Book
No l03, page 4s3, in the Registers Office of
shelby county. Tenn, to secure tho balance
of an indebtedness therein named, unpaid,
will, on
Thursday, November 2, 1876,
between u clock m. and o'clock p. m. >, at
the northwest corner of Madison and Main
streets, in tho city Of Memphis Tenn, sell at
of land, b log the same described in the said
decd Of trust, tO.wit: Lying in shelby
county, Tennessee, known and described as
lot No. % in Lanes subdivision, being in the
eastern part of the city Of Memphis, west of
and fronting so feet on Monsarr6t street, and
running back between parallel lines l481S feet
to an alley. Right Of redemption is waived
in said deed Of trust.
4S.52 B. B. BARNES. Trustee.
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RAILROADS.
IM1S ,svlAl.E AND HlASNgfGtE
-LED
Great Southern Railroad.
s,yA A4EDULE.

gtCA CA1EDULE.
Fxpress train IesyeS daily Except,
Saturday, ........., ..'......''''..'''' ~ 90 pm
Mail Train leaves d. m
ACCOMMODATION leave g daily Tex
cept Sunday J..."....'''' ''''''''''''''' 1i' PAi
Pullman Palace sleepinA' Cars on all night
trains. IL - T;oL a,
Office, 2S7 Main, northwest corH.r Oh Madlson
s'' John II. FLYNN, Sdp't Memphis Div.
JANEs SPEED. Ticket Agent. LA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-26
Weekly Public Ledger,

Published every Tuesday at 81 per annum lin
advanced. Postage free.
Communications upon subjects Of general
interest to the public are at all times accept
able.
Rejected manuscripts WILL not be returned.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-26
On Thurgday, November o, 1876,

in sgal hours. in front Of the Court House.
Memphis, Tennessee, proceed to sell. to the
highest bidder. for cash, tho following de-
scriAed property, to-wit: Lying aud being
situated in the county Of Shelby, state Of
tennessee, one mile cast Of the city Of Mem
phis, north side Of Memphis and Germantown
blank road, bounded as fellows: Beginning
at the southwest corner Of n tract Of land sold
by said Sam Tate TO r. q. Brnkley and runs
thence north with said Brinkley's line 1862 6
feet to the south line of tract Of land owned
BY said II G. Brinkley; and thence west with
the south line Of said Brinkley's land AS feet
70 the east line of ? tract Of land owned by
W. y. Naldran; aud runs thence south with
the east line of said Waldran tract l45l 6 feet
TO the north line of said Memphis and Ger
mant0Wn plank road thonce east with the
ppTth line Of said road AIS feet to the be gin
ning-containing 1881 acres, being the same
land conveyed by Sam Tate to w. j. Mhoon,
November 20, 1860 as per his deed Of record
in Book 50, page SIS. Registers office.
Lowed on as tho property OF defendant,
W. j.. Mhoon, to satisfy said judgment,
interest and costs.
Memphis, 9th day Of October. ISIS.
q, l.. ANDERSON,
SheFiE OF Shelby County, Tenn.
By W. D. CANNON, ID. S.
q. W. Frayser, Attorney for plaintiff.
37-43 80
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Sheriff IS Sale of Real Estate

DUBLIC NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN,
L that by virtue Of vendtioni exponas to
me directed from the Honorable Circuit Court
Of Shelby county. Tennessee, in tte case Of
@. N B0eth, j. K. Young and S, L. Young
vs, j II, Bates, e. =. Tyree and w, J. Mhoon,
judgment rendered on Goth day Of January,
1874. for the sum Of five thousand one hun
dT6d dollars, with interest and costa of suit,
to satisfy said judgment, ETC., will.
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WARNING
NOTICE
To Merchants and Steamboat Agents.

IN VIEW OF TIE LIMITED CAPACITY
i Of the wharf | will be compelled 10 enforce
city ordinances, sections 1872 and lS3, page 73,
in reference to freights being received and
shipped. | regretthe necessity Of this meas
ure, but the urgent needs OF commerce de-
mand their imm-dla enforcement,
37-6l kALLAHER. Wharfmaster.
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AID OTHER EASTERN CITIES
WITHOUT CHANGE

This is the only line running Pullman
Southern. Sleeping Cars from New Dreams,
Mobile; Jackson, Miss, Montgomery, Gre
nada, Decatur, Jackson. onn., and Nash
vile to Cincinnati without change, connect
ing at that point with all lines running
ruiman and Wagner Palace Sleepers "
Toledo, Detroit, Grand hapids, Baltimore.
Washington, Sandusky. Cleveland, Bunalo,
Albany, Salamanca and New York Wthout
change.
This ia the only line running its entire trains
between Louisville and Cincinnati. and the
OILY line by which passengers from the South
en- route 70 Eastern and Northern Cities
lnot in through Sleeping Cara can avoid a
tedious haul through the city Of Louisville 5g
ehangiDg cars at Short Line Junction, with
l.. and ut. B. r. R., three miles south Of the
city, where an elegant Dining Hall is located
under the ma nagement Of the Railroad Com
panies.
Through Sleepers from Atlanta. Chatta-
nooga,. Little Rock, Memphis and Virksburg,
make direct connection at Short Line juno
ton with through Sleepers to New York,
Philadelphia, AMI other cities via this line,
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INSURANCE.
Capital Authorized, $5OO,OOO
Home Insurance Co.
OF MEMPHIS.

LOUIS HANGUER, {: President
+. N. WHITE, Vice President
r. P. BOILING, Secretary
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standing Finance Committee.

j. j. Busby, of J. J. Busby & Co Owen
Dwyer, X. P. Boiling.
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NAILROAn flak TABLEs.

HEMPRIs AND luUWVILLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.
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square.
Displayed advertisements will be charged
according to the SPACE occupied, a. above
rates-there being twelve lines of solid type to
the inch.
To regular advertisers we oGer superior in
ducements, both ms TO rate of charges and
manner of displaying their favors.
Notices in local column inserted for twenty
cents per line for each insertion.
Special notices inserted for ten cents per
line for each insertion.
Notices Of deaths and marriages, twenty
cents per line.
ALI bills for advertising due when con-
tracted and payable en- demand.
All letters. whether upon business or other
wise, must be addressed to
Y. wHHTuORE.
Publisher and Proprietor.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-20

Read what Holmes says, ponder
and-pay up. "Why don't you take
the papers? They're the delight OF
my life, except about election time,
and then l read forspite. Subscribe
you can't lose cent; why should
YOU be afraid? Cash thus spent is
money loaned at interest, four-fold
paid. Go, then, and take the paper,
and pay to-day, nor pay delay; and
my word it is inferred, you'll live
until you are gray, An old neigh
of mine, while dying of cough, desi-
red to hear the latest news before go
ing off. | took the paper and read
of some new pills in fierce; he bought
a box-and is he dead2 No-hearty
as a horse. | knew two men as
much alike as e'er you saw two
5tumps; and no phrenologist could
find difference in their bumps
One took the paper and his life is
happier than a kings; his children
can all read and write, and talk Of
men and things The .otbr took, no
paper, and while strolling through
the wood tree fell down and killed
him-very good. Had he been read
ing the news at his home, like his
neighbor jim, I'll bet cent that ac-
cident would not have happened to
him; for he who takes the paper and
pays his bill when due, can live in
peace with every man, and with the
printer too.
Now, let all the Registers delinq-
ucnts take warning, and come and
pay the printer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-20

appropriate on this occasion, will
close this brief and imperfect histor-
ic sketch by presenting you CON
trast of the primitive with the pres
mt history Of Mason county. Sew
enty-two years ago, where now flour
ish in Mason county, the green fields
Of corn, waving meadow and rich
pasture-the partial fruits Of we'll
directed industry-there could only
be found dense forest and the rank
growth Of wild vegetation. Where
we now see fine horses and cattle
feeding and resting upon the hills
and valleys of our county, not many
years since, in their stead could be
seen wolves, deer and panthers scam.
pering and skulking over hill and
woody dale.
At the establishment of this coun-
~ there was a sparse population, the
nearest neighbor, in many instances,
living five or six mile distant; but
now the population is twenty fold
greater than it was then, and neigh
bors live in convenient nearness to
one another The time can hardly
be said to reach in to the dusky past
when we had few churches, and few.
er school.houses, with scarcely any
teachers. Now we have commodious
church ediices, are well supplied
with many comfortable school build
ings, and do not want for sufficient
number of competent and efficient
teachers and deyout and able minis
tiers.
seventy-two years ago the medical
fraternity was barely represented
here; now we have a large number Of
gentlemen in our county, of recogni-
zed skill and ability in the medical
profession.
Not long ago every man was his
own lawyer, now we have respect
able class of jurists to whom our cit
liens, when occasion requires it, can
confide their domestic peace, fortunes,
populations and liberty, without any
one to harm or make them afraid
And now when we cast retrospect
i've eye upon the growth and i'm
proyemcnt of this county, and then
take view of its future prospects,
we feel that it is good to be u citizen
of Mason county.
"Deluded youth, that quits these verdant
plains
To catch the iollies of another soill
To win the vice his genuine soul disdains,
Return exultant, and import the spoil,
covet not the pride of foreign looms;
In search OF foreign modes scorn to rove;
Nor for the worthless bird OF brighter
plnmes,
Would change the meanest warbler OF
my grove.
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as to leave the roots Of it to the full
play Of a December breez, and wear
a bonnet on the top Of chignon,
leave head and ears exposed with
impunity, with the thermometer ten
degrees below zero.
She can pull over $1,000 worth Of
dry goods for the investment of fifty
cents.
She can study music for ten years
sufficiently to enable her to perform
excellently, when not in the presence
of those who desire to hear her.
She can balance herself on the ball
of her great toe and shoe-heel the
size of dime all day in the public
streets without falling.
She can occupy three seats in a
horse-car and be utterly oblivious
that any of her own sex are stand
ing.
She shows unusual strength and
firmness in the holding ofreal estate,
solitaire diamonds, and other valu-
able property which her husband
places in her hands previous to his
compromising with his creditors for
twenty cents on the dollar
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-20
Whata Woman Can DO.

She can sit at the open window of
railway carriage with a stiff north.
east wind blowing in that chills
everybody in the vicinity to the mar
row, for two hours in thin muslin
dress without linching
She can dance or waltz down the
captain of a marching regiment, and
at II o'clock suppcrput away lobster
salad, ice cream, champagne, cake
and coffee, without nincbing, suG-
fcicnt for a weeks nightmare to n
strong man.
She can comb her hair all back 50
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-20

To know whether a garden has
been planted or not an exchange
gives the following rule: Tf one for
gets whether beds are planted or not,
a good way to tell is to turn u stray
cat into the garden. If the beds are
planted, the cat will proceed to race
round and dig into them and act as
if it had relatives in China whom it
was anxious to get at; while, if they
are not, it will sit down calmly in
the path and seem to be meditating
on the progress of missionary work
in America. A cats instinct seldom
deceives it in this matter"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-20

The Radical papers are Boosting
and making every effort possible to
muster up the deserters from their
ranks, who are disguised with radi-
cal rule. They tell us that the cor
rupt leaders have been set aside
and that purity and honesty will
hereafter govern their action
1t it impossible to redeem rotten
egg. They also say that Hayes and
Wheeler will sweep the country like
Il whirlwind, They would say the
same thing if John Smith or Bill
Jones had been nominated.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-20

Exortion, whether called labor, re-
creation, or amusement, is essential
to health; and, as the body was made
for labor, work is its natural and hon
orablc duty. An idle man or woman
is a discrodit to the race, and unusu-
ally liable to fall into disease, while
an industrious person adds to the
wealth of the country, and is more
likely to be healthy and happy,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-20
Figuring for November.

The New York Tribune publishes
an estimate of the probable result Of
the Presidential election in Novem-
Der. 1t gives to the Democrats the
Southern States, except South Caro-
lima, together with California, Con-
necticut, Nevada, and Oregon, with
140 electoral votes. New York, In
diana, New Jersey, and Colorado, 81
votes, doubtful. Theremaining Nor
thcrn and Western States, together
with South Carolina, with 15S votes,
are put down as certainly Republi-
can. The whole number of electoral
votes is 1885, and a majority is 1876, so
from the doubtful States, according
to the tribune, the Democrats would
have to draw SO, whilst q would
supply the needs Of the Republicans.
The Tribune remarks that these fig
ures show that the judicious nomin-
atoms made at Cincinnati have by
no means secured them 4 victory in
November, however much they may
have simplifed the issues of the
campaign and contributed to the
unity and encouragement of the par
tyn
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-20

The st. Louis platform, with no
uncertain sound, gives utterance to
these great principles that consti-
tute the foundation of our republic
can system:
Faith in the pcrmoncncc of the
Federal Union.
Devotion to the Constitution of the
United States, with its amendments,
universally accepted as a final set
Element of the controversies that en-
gendcred civil war.
Stoadfast confidence in the per-
pctuity of republican self-govem-
mcnt.
A rosoluto acquiescence in the will
of the majority, the vital principle
of republics.
The supremacy of the civil over
the military authority.
The total separation of church and
state, for the sake alike of civil and
religious freedom,
The equality ofall citizens before
just laws of their own enactment,
The liberty of~individual conduct
unyoxcd by sumptuary laws.
Tho faithful education of the rising
generation, that they may preserve,
enjoy and transmit those best condi.
Linns nr human hnnnincSS and homo.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-20

a wit was dreadfully bored by a
stupid fellow who persisted in talk
ing to him on natural history
"Thcre's the OYSTER" at last said the
bore; whats your notion as to the
idea that the oyster is possessed of
reason?" 81 think it may be true"
said the wit, "because the oyster
knows enough to shut his mouth"
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Spirits, Appearr'

A merry crew ofyoung bloods, call
ing themselves the "Uhrig Club, are
in the habit of meeting in the coal
recesses of Uhrig's Cave, st, Louis, in
thequiet hours of Summer evenings,
to partake of the beverage which
acheers but does not inebriate," and
play practical and harmless jokes up
on new members. a favorite sell Of
the club is the holding of spiritual
scances, into which tyros are Initial
cd with proper solemnity. One of
these seances was'held a few nights
since, and was attended by q blonde
attorney, noted for his eloquence and
his unfailing good humor As this
description embraces only two hun
bred and fifty members of the St.
Louis Bar, it is easy for the reader to
surmise which one is herein alluded
to. The circle was formed, hands
clasped, silence enjoined, and the
lights were extinguished.
The invocation of the spirits then
commenced.
ave all hope for u successful
scance," said the medium" in u sep
ulchral voice.
$50 we all say" was the solemn re-
spouse of the circle.
"And we invoke the spirits to re-
spond to our incantation."
$50 we all. sayl"
To the novitiate-"Do you believe
in the efficacy of the spirits?"
81 do, most sincerely"
"EIe does, most sincerely"
"Then command the spirits to APP
pear"
The novitiate, impressed by the
solcmnity of the occasion, and believ-
ing himself sufficiently developed as
II medium to call spirits from the
Vastly deep, exclaimed, as directed,
yet in somewhat tromUlous tones.
Spirits, appcar"
Then the "circle" arose as onem man
and all cried out "Beerl beor!" Roars
of laughter and raps on the table sue
ceeded, and Immediately the lights
were renewed.
The blonde attorney was not slow
in catching the idea, and, joining in
the hilarity, he called for lager for
the crowd, paid his three dollars and
eighty cents like a man, and is now
fully prepared to join in the initia-
tion of other members.
Quite u number of mediums have
been developed in similar way, and
the club is now pretty full, A seancc
of a different sort is in preparation,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-20
Parallel of the Sexes.

There is an admirable partition Of
the qualities between the sexes,
which the author of our being has
distributed to each with a wisdom
challenges our unbounded admira-
ton:
Man isstrong-woman is beautiful.
Man is daring and confdcnt-wo-
man is diflident and unasuming.
Man is great in action-woman in
suffering,
Man shines abroad-woman at
home.
Man talks to convicc-woman to
pursuade and please.
Man has rugged heort-woman a
soft and tender one.
Man prevents misery-woman re,
licves it.
Man has science-woman has taste.
Man has judgment-woman has
sensibility,
Man is a being of justice-woman
an angel of mercy,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-20

It's said that the Pope, in his nice
white clothes, with his fresh, healthy
face, handsome hands, and thorough
ly well kept appearance, looks like a
hearty, fat baby, just out of the morn
ing nursery toilet, and the white
skull cap and silyery hair add to this
illusion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-20

Nothing can be more injurious to
your peace of mind than to have too
many confdants. You live in abject
slavery every day,as you are constant
ly fearing that some of your numerous
confdants will reveal u secret you
would not have anybody know for all
the world.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-20

DR., Mary Walker thinks the scheme
of making gentlemen's trousers so
voluminous in the neither limbs this
year is to force her into abandoning
them; but she says she intends to
hang on to them as long as she don't
have to slip EN- on over her head
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-20

False happiness is like false mon
ey; it passes for a time as well as the
true, but when it is brought to u
test we find the lightncss alloy, and
feel the loss,