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Centaur
I,iiniinnentS.
White for the Human Family.
yellow, for Horses and Animals

These Linments are simply the wonder Of the
lous, yet there some things which they will no
do. They will not cure cancer or mend broke
bones, but they will always aay pain. They lav
Strengthened fingers, cured chronic rheumatism
many years standing, and taken the pain from ter
rible burns and scalds, which has never been don
by any other article.
The White Liniment is for the human family.
will drive Rheumatism, Sciatica and Neuralgia
fro m the system cure Lumbago, Chillblains, Pal
sy Itch, and most Cutaneous Eruptions it extracts
frost from frozen hands and feet and the poison OF
bites and stngs Of venomous reptiles; 1t subdues
swellings, and aleviates pain of every kind.
For sprains or bruises it is the most potent rem
edy ever discovered. The Centaur Liniment is
used with great efficacy Tor Sore Throat, Tooth
ache, Caked Breasts, Earache, and Weak Back.
The following is but sample of numerous tes ii
nonials:
"INDIANA HONE, JEFF. Co, IND., May 2S, 1873.
think it my duty to nfjim you that have suf-
fered much with swollen feet and chords. | have
not been free from these swellings in eight years
Now l am perfectly well, thanks to the Centaur
Liniment. The Linment ought to be applied
warm. BENJAMIN BROWN
The proof is in the trial. 1t is reliable, it is handy
it is cheap. and every family should have it.
To the sick and bed-ridden, the halt and lame, to
the wounded and sore, we say Come and be heal
ed.n
To the poor and distressed who have spent their
money for worthless medicines, a bottle of Centaur
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70 THt H0NOf00It Wt toUrt OF t0NnfV COmmisSiOn.
erS FOR The county Of Washington.
w f, the undersigned, habltants of the towns
w of Nanceboro, Topsfleld, and towns and
plantations adjacent, would respectfully represent
that The public convenience and necessity requires
that county way should be opened from, Tor near
the Railroad station In the town of Vanceboro,
passing though the Lambert settlement and termi
mating at some point on the Ioulton and Calais
ROAD IN the town OF ropsileld, and we humbly pray
that Your Honorable Board will view the proposed
route and locate the same according to law And
as In duty bound will ever pray.
GEO. NJ. Il. SrRAGUE and 70 others
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STATE OF MAINE,

WASHINGTON. SS.-Court of County Commis.
sloners at Machias. October Term, A. ID, 1876.
Upon the foregoing petition, entered in this court
~ thls Term, satisfactory evidence having been re
ceiVed that the petitioners are responsible and
ought to be heard touching the matter set
forth In said petition, It Is Ordered That thirty
days previous notice be given that the County Com
missioners Will meet at The Railroad depot in said
Nanceboro, on Friday, the fifteenth day OF Decen.
Der A. d., 1876, at O'Clock +. NJ for the purpos
OF hearing the parties and their witnesses therein
viewing the route mentioned In said Petition
and taking such further measures In the premises
as they may judge proper.
said notice to be given by serving attested copies
OF SAID petition, with this order thereon, upon the
town clerks of the towns OF Nanceboro and Tons.
Held and by posting up such copies in three public
places in each OF sand towns and by publishing the
same in the Machlas Republican, a newspaper
printed at Machas, said county, that all persons
and corporations interested may attend and be
heard II they think proper. And the owners of the
townships through which said road would pass
being unknown to MS, by publishing the same six
successive weeks In the state paper
Attest - J.. ii. LONGtELLOW, Clerk c. &C
A true copy OF the petition and order vi court
thereon.
Attest p. II. LONGFELLOw, CLERK.
GVt3
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CaSt0ria.

ls pleasant and perfect substitute in all cases,
for Castor Oil. Castora is the result of old Ply.
sician's effort to produce for his practice,
effective cathartc, pleasant to the taste and free
from gripping.
Dr. Samuel Pitcher of Eyannis, Mass, succeeded
in combining, without the use of achohol, purga-
tive agent as pleasant to take as honey, and which
possesses all the desirable properties of Castor Oil.
1t is adapted to all ages, but is especially recon-
mended TO mothers as reliable remedy for all dis.
orders of the stomach and bowels OF Children 1t
is certain, agreeable, absolutely harmless, and
cheap. II should be used for wind collie, sour
stomach, worms, costiveness. Group. &C., then
children can have sleep and mothers may rest.
j. b. Rose & Co., of 46 Dey Street, New York, are
the sole preparers of Castoria, after DIR. Pitchers
recipe.
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In Bankruptcy.


IL THE District CouRr OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
In the matter of pa,.r.
Charles s. Rice, ! ""Ai'P''
DURSUANT to the order of Court, a second gen.
i eral meeting OF the creditors of said bankrupt,
will be held at the Court House, in Augusta, in
said district, the oath day of November, A. d.,
1876, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ before John W. MAY ESQ,
of the Registers in Bankruptcy in said district
for the purposes named in the section 509l OF the
Revised Statutes of the United States tile Bank.
ruptcy."
h2wf |. s. BANGS, Assignee.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has
IN been duly appointed Administrator on the
estate of ~
NANCY CARR. late of HallowelI,
IN the county OF kennebec, deceased, ntestate, and
has undertaken that trust by givixg bond as the
law directs All persons, therefore, having de-
mands against the estate of said deceased are d.
sired TO exhibit the same for settlement; and al
Indebted 10 said estate are requested to make i'm
mediate payment to
CHARLES CARR, or FRANK CARR of Halo.
well, his agent in Maine.
Sept. 4, 1876. sw4e
kENNEBEC COUNT YIN Pro6afe Courf at 1u-
gusta, on the fJfh Monday OF October, 1876.
l j. TINkHAM, Trustee under the will OF C. A.
~ Boynton, late of Winthrop, presented his
second account as Trustee Tor allowance:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks successfully prior TO the fourth Monday OF
November next, In the Kennebec Journal news.
paper printed in Augusta, that all persons inter-
ested may attend al Court of Probate then to be
holden at Augusta, and show cause, if any, why
Ii. X. BAKER, Judge.
Attest CHARLES HEwINs, Register. 3wi6
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District Court Of the United States
District of Maine.
In the matter Of
Samuel l.. Gibson,
Bankrupt

- Z BlnklUDtGr,
Bankrupt.
I'IilS IS To GIVE NOTICE that petition ha :
i been presented to the Court this ~ day OF
November, A. ID. 1876, by Samuel l.. Gibson OF
Waterville, in said District, a bankrupt, prayin Z
that he may be decreed to have fun discharge
from all his debts proyable under the bankrupt act
and upon reading said Petition,
IT is ORDERED by the Court that a he airing be had
upon the same on the first Monday of ia 1uarv
A. ID. 1874 before the Court in Portland, IN said
district at 10 O'Clock \. NJ, and that notice thereof
be published in the Weekly kennebec Journal and
the Weekly Portland Advertiser newspapers print.
ed IN said district, week for three succcs sye
weeks, the last publication to be thirty DAYS at
least before the day ot hearing, and that all cred.
ltors who have proved their debts, and other per-
sons IN interest, may appear at said time and
place, and show cause, il any they have, why the
prayer of said petition should not be granted
VIM. +. PREBLE,
Clerk Of District Court for said District
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Notice of Assignee of his Appoint
ment.
y seEHCEi.

'EIlE undersigned, owner of fifteen sixtcepths in
L common and undivided of the north half Of
township number two, in Range eight west from
the east line OF the state, in the county of Penob
scot, VIII enter upon said land the coming lumber
ing seasons and cut and carry away timber and
logs thercilOm.
WILLIAM IL. MCCRILLIS.
Bangor, October ., ls7G. oct23 tlt&w3w
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AMERICAN & FOREIGN PATENTS
Z. II. EDDY,

L. Ii. EDDY,
SOLICITOR OF PATIENTS,
For Inventions, Trade Marks, or Design
No. IS srdte Street, Opposite Kiiby Street BOSTON
A FTER an extensive practice OF upwards of 40
"A years, continues to secure Patents in the Uni.
ted tates also In Great Britain France and other
foreign countries Caveats, Specifications, "A ign
mcnts, and all papers for Patents, executed on
reasonabeterms, with dispatch. Researches made
determine the validity and utility of Patents III
Inventions, and legal and other advice rendered in
all matterstouehingt he same. Copies of the claims
ofany patent furnished by renting one dollar
Assignments recorded in Washington.
No Agency in The United States possesses superb
or facilities for obtaining Patents or ascertafniny
the patentablity of Inventions:
Allnecessity of a Journey TO Washington to pro.
cure Patent, and the usual great delay there are
kere savedinyentors.
Testim n ials.
81 regard Mr.. Eddy as one of the most capable
and neutrality-suspicious. with whom have had
official intercourse. CHARLES MASON,
Commissioner of Patents.O
"Ihave no hesitation in assuring Ia ventors that
they cannot employ man more competent and
trustworthy, and more capable of putting their ID.
plcatlons formto secure for them an early ma
favorable reconsideration at the Patent Ofhce,
EDMUND BURKE,
Late Commissioner of Patents.O
"Mr. X. H. EDDY has made Tor me over Thirty
applications for Patents having been i'm
almost every case. Such un mista kable proof
grcattalentan ability on his part leads me to rec
ommend all inventors to apply to him to procure
their patents, as they may be sure of having the
most faithfal attention bestowed on their cases
JOHN TAGGART."
Boston Jan. l, 1879. ly3
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District Court of the United States,
District of Maine.
In the matter OF
Charles $. Rice,
BaDkrupt.

INllI> Is TO GIVE NOTICE that Petition has
Il been presented TO the Court, this 2d day
OF November, a. ID. 1875, by Charles 5. Rice OF
Nassalboro, in said District, a Bankrupt, ndivd-
ualy and rs member ofthe firm of DeIano 4 Rice,
praying that he may he decreed to. have full
nershiP, proyabe under the Bankrupt Act
and upon reading said Petition, 10 is Or
dered by the Court that hearing be had upon the
same on the first Monday ofJanuary, A. ID. ISL be-
fore the Court in Portland, in said District at
O'Clock \. NJ, and that notice thereof be published
IN the Weekly kennebec Journal and the Weekly
Portland Advertiser, newspapers printed in said
District, once u week for three successive weeks
the last publication to be thirty day at least before
the day of hearing, and that all creditors who have
proved their debts and other persons In interest
may appear at said time and place, and show cause
IL any they have, why the prayer OF said petition
should not be granted.
VIM. T. PREBIE,
Clerk of District CCuIt for said District.
1lSt-
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Railroads ann Steamboats,.
Maine Central Railroad.
CHANGE OF TIME.

On and after Monday, Oct. 9th, 1876,
trains will leave Augusta
For Portland and Boston, 600, lls0 A. M and
l0SS T.. NJ.
For Rockland, 600, 1l.40 A. NJ.
For Pennington, II 40 A. NJ.
For Bath, Lewiston and Portland 800, ll.t0 A.
NJ, l.2j +. NJ.
For Waterville and Skowhegas, $50 p, NJ.
For Belfast, Dexter and Bangor, 3.35 A. NJ, $50
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In Bankruptcy.

IL TIE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATIs
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
In the matter of ! p,
Samuel l.. Gibson, D""Ai"P''
DURSUANT to the order of Court, a third gener
i al meeting of the creditors OF said bankrupt
will be held at the Court House in Augusta in said
district, the ith day of December A. d. 1876 at
10 O'Clock A. NJ, before John w. May, ESD, one OF
the Registers in Bankruptcy, in said district for
the purposes named in Section 50a3 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, title Bankruptcy"
2wi7 !. 5. BANGS, Assignee,
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<7ryvsw "A Lecture
1.asssyTO YOUNG MEN

Just Published. Ia Sealed Enreiope Price cents'
A Lecture on the Nature, Treatment, and
Radical cure of Seminal Weakness, or Sperma-
torrhea, induced by selfAbuse, Involuntary Ennis
slons, lmpotency, Nervous Debility, and Imped
ments to Marriage generally; Consumption, Epi.
lepsy and Fits; Mental and PHYSICAL fncapacty /,
etc.-By ROBERT j. CULvERWELL, Nj, D. au.
thor OF the Green Book" &c.
The word-renowned author in this admirable
Lecture, clearly proves IRON his experience
that the awful consequences of SelfAbuse may be
enectuaiiy removed without medicine, and without
dangerous surgical operations. bougies instru-
cure at once certain and effectual, by which every
sufferer. no matter what his condition may De- may
cure himself cAeaplY, privately and radically.
ss,This Lecture win prove a boon to thousands
ana thousands.
Sent under seal, in plain envelope, TO any adj.
dress, on receipt of six cents or two postag e
stamps. Address,
The Culverwell Medical Co.,
Al Ann -, New York, Post ONCE Box 1850.
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In Bankruptcy.

IL TIE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
In the matter of I pL.
Samuel l.. Gibson, D""Ai"P''
DURsUANT to the order of Court. second gen.
Il eral meeting of the creditors of said bankfupt
will be held at the Court House in Augusta In said
district on the cath day OF November, A. ID. 1876 at
10 O'Clock A. NJ, before John w. May, ESQ., one OF
the Registers in bankruptcy in said District, for
the purposes named in section 50t2 of the Revised
Statutes OF the United States, title "Bankruptcy.n
2w47 i. s. BANGS, Assignee.
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Maine Steamship Co.,
Semi.Weekly Line to New York.
Steamers Eleanora and Franconia

fI~ viii, until further notice leave
x>fatAS%s5>sF Franklin Wharf, Portland, ev-
- ~ cry MONDAY and THURSDAY
sss- s-a~.sss1 Asza0 at O'Clock. p. NJ and leave
Pier IS, East River, New York, every MONDAY
and THURSDAY at Il. NJ.
The Eleanora is new steamer Just built for this
route and both she and tGe Franconia aye fitted up
with une accommodations for passengers, making
this the most convenient and comfortable route
for travellers between New York and Maine
These steamers will touch at Vineyard Haven dur
ing the summer months their passage to and
from New York.
Passage in State Room, $500. Meals extra.
Goods forwarded to and from Philadelphia
Montreal, Quebec, st. John and all parts OF Maine
Ea- Freights taken at the lowest rates.
Shippers are requested to send their freight to the
steamers as early as +. NJ, on toe days that they
leave Portland. For further information apply to
HENRY FOX General Agent, Portland.
j. r. AMES, Agent, Pier 3s East River. N. Y.
Tickets and state rooms can also be obtained at
p Exchange street.
Portland. 1875 iuly2i.ttf
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The Yellow Centaur Liniment

is adapted to the tough muscles cords ana flesh Of
horses and animals. 1t has performed more won
derful cures of SPAWN, Strain Wind.galls Scratch
es, Sweeny, and general Lameness, than all other
remedies in existence. Read what the great Tx.
pressmen say Oft:
NEW YORK, January, 1874.
every owner Of horses should give the CEN
TAUK LININENT n trial. We consider IL the best
article ever used in our stables.
III. MARSH, Supt. Adams EX Stables y. Y.
"E. PULTL, supt. U. $. Elk. stables, n. Y.
ALBERT ). OLlN, Supt. Nat. EX. Stables, NY"
MONTGOMERY, ALA, Aug II, 1874,
"GENTLEMEN,-I have used over gross of
Centaur Lnment, yellow wrapper the mules
of my pnuiation, besides dozens of the family Lin
iment for my negroes. want TO purchase IL at the
wholesale price, and will thank you to ship me by
A. T, Stewart & Co. will pay your bill on presenta
ton Respectfully,
JAMES BARROW"
The est patrons of this Liniment are Farrers
and Veterinary Surgeons. IL heals Calls, Wounds
and PolLevil, removes Swellings, and is worth
millions of dollars to Farmers, Livery. men, Stock.
growers, Sheep-rasers, and those having horses or
cattle.
What Farrier cannot do for $50 the Ccntaur
Liniment will do at trining cost.
These Liniments warranted by the proprie.
tors, and bottle viii be given to any Farrier or
Ply stefan who 6esrcs to test them. Sold every
where.
Laboratory Of j. B. Rose & Co.,
46 DEFY ST., NEW YORK.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-20
FOREIGN.

LONDON, May 20.-Sir Edmund Buck.
ley, baronet, member of Parliament for
NewcaStle-on-Tyne has been declared
bankrupt. he transacted business in
Manchester and elsewhere as q manufao-
turer of chemicals, coal and lime mer-
chant and manufacturer Of brick and
tiles. Liabilities, 81, 0 1000.
The liabilities ofN. 4 A. Fschiri, sus-
pended Liverpool cotton dealers, are over
$5OO,O 900.
The c~hsncellor's medal for the best
English poem by a resident under.gradu.
ate Of Cambridge University has been
won by Alfred W. Dale. Subject of poem,
"A Century Of American independence
PARIS, May 2O.-A meeting of about
n thousand students was held yester.
day to discuss the organization of an in
ternational students congress, first pro-
posedin connection with Jules Michelet's
funeral. A large number Of students
from the provinces and some foreign
students participated. The congress
will be entertained tonight at a banquet
by the Partisan students.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-20

demand immediate and vigorous
action. Nothing short of their re-
moval and dispersion will satisfy the
just demands of public sentiment.
Some of these places, as has been
shown in the LEDGER, are con-
Quoted by men of the lowest and
most desperate character. Against
all such the law should be enforced
to the utmost. The people in the
vicinity have been subjected to this
outrage long enough; their
families cannot come up town
without making a circuitous route;
their property has deprecated
and they have been put to continual
inconvenience and annoyance. The
sooner something positive is done
the better. Such a nuisance must
sooner or later be broken up. This
is strictly a residence street and has
become a beautiful drive. There
is no reason why such moral blights
as these we have described should
be longer tolerated.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-20
Nh suas IN Turhey.

The recent advices from Turkey, 10
describing the somewhat incomprehensi-
bic politics OF that country, mentioned a
change in the Turkish Premier, which
has been brought about by intervention
of the Sufs. This body, whose power
has thus been so plainly shown, are a
sect Of Mohammedans who get their
name from their dress, which is Of wool,
the Arabian word for which is sat. They
claim to have supernatural intercourse
with God, to possess miraculous power,
and TO have other attributes, which are
secured by the complete subsection Of
animal appetites to the paramount ipau.
ence Of their religious duties. They
have existed over q thousand years as an
organized sect, have Included some of
the most eminent Arabic poets and
scholars, and have recently been gaining
great power in Mohammedan countries.
II, as the cable says, they are friendly 10
the Christians, their accession to power,
which seems TO be quite probable in Tur-
key, may prevent the repetition Of the
prosecutions which have recently dis.
graced Turkish rule and have called in
the Intervention Of the Great Powers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-20

A MOVE, suggested by the report
of the last Grand Jury, has at last
been made to break up some vile
denS of infamy that have long been
a disgrace to the city and an eye
sore to the good people of Wash
ington street, especially in the Vi
cinity of Second street. These
places have heen more than usually
obnoxious, the brazen-faced inmates
exposing themselves often on the
streets and defying public decency
and law. Where they should go OF
how this evil is to be regulated We
do not now propose to discuss. The
existence Of such places in the
midst of a thickly settled neighbor.
hood, on the best street for driving
in the city, in the immediate yicin'
ity Of churches and school-houses
where church. goers and school chill
dren are compelled to see sights and
hear sounds not fit to be seen in
print; these facts we say justify and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-20
selfish Practices.

No doubt there is solace in a
"pipe of tobacco" But what is a
solace to one person may be a great
discontinue to many. In the
crowds upon the Centennial grounds
at the opening people had no choice
place. Where women were crowded
with men in masses of humanity
from which they could not escape,
the WEAKNESS and discomfort Of
their position was intensely aggra-
waited by the fumes of tobacco
fumes not merely disagreeable but
Sickening, and many men suffered
also from the same mal-odorous
cause. Due regard for the COM
fort of others should prevent smok-
ers from burning tobacco under
such circumstances. And in rela-
ton to another use of the favorite
weed, it is to be regretted that the
"ptyalism (as Willis GAYLORD
Clarke used to call the practice of
spitting), which is said to be a ma
tional weakness, must make the
floors of railroad stations, halls,
and passage ways, and street pave
ments disastrous to the dresses of
ladies, Clear mud and unayoida-
bic dust are bad enough, but this
tobacco spittle compost is intolera.
bic. Perhaps by the time another
centennial arrives, the spitters /"
will have learned better.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-20


In the Chancery Court of Shelby county
Tennessee-G. A. Cochran ct al. Cochran,
Cirode 4 Co.. VS.. E. r. knight.
TT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
i this cause that the defendant, E, X,
Knight, is q citizen Of Arkansas, and a nom
resident of the State Of Tennessee, that this
bill was filed by complainant. alleging an in
d~ebtedness Of about $1,000 against defendant
as evidenced by certain promissory notes ex-
bibited herewith, and that a writ of attach
ment has been issued and returned levied
upon certain school fund scrip issued in Ar
kansas; 1t is therefore ordered that he make
his appearance herein at the courthouse in
the city of Memphis, Tennessee, on or
before the first Monday in July
1876, and plead, answer or domur to
complainant bill. or the same will be- taken
for confessed. as to him and set for hearing
ex parte; and that a copy of this order be pub.
lished once a week. for four successive weeks,
in the Public Ledger.
This 10th day Of May, 1876.
A c~opy-Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE, G.. and NJ,
By r. j. BLACK, D. G and NJ.
y ., MIooU, Sol. for complainant.
70-76.8 ~ AZ
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-20
WASHINGTON.


WAsHrNeToN, May 2O.-The Commit
tee on Federal offices in Louisiana to-
day continued the examination Of G.
W. Ferguson. he said that in Septem-
Der and October, 1872, General Sypher,
an ex-member Of Congress, gave him a
bundle of pay.rolls and asked witness to
sign them with any name he chose; he
filled up and signed about fifty or sixty
Of these vouchers and returned them to
Sypher who took them away and returned
with a package Of money, paying wit.
ness a salary Of ninety dollars and Civ
ing him some money to give to others
whose names be had signed.
The Committee on Rules have agreed
to report that Fitzhugh is an improper
person to be doorkeeper of the House,
and will recommend hat the Office of
sergeant alarms and doorkeeper be con
sohdated.