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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-12-11

CAPTURED COUNTERFEITS, PLATES, &C,
TO BE DEsTRoYED.-On the 9Th of Novem-
Der the Secretary of the Treasury appointed
a commission, consisting of Messrs. Daniel
Baker, chief of the loan branch; Webster
Elmes, chief clerk of the solicitors Office; w.
w. Whelpley, assistant cashier; w. p. Tit
comb, deputy register; 8. +. Middleton,
banker; G.. w. CASTELAR,, custodian of the
plates and engraving machinery of the bu-
reau of engraving and printing, to make a
complete schedule OF and totally destroy all
the counterfeit bonds, notes, fractional cur
rency, coin, plates, roll-dies and apparatus
designed to be used in counterfeiting the
legal money of the United States, which have
been captured during period of about seven
years The commission have since been en-
gagged in drawing up, for future reference in
the secret service division, complete
schedule of the Accommodations OF the period
named. There are three hundred engraved
plates, covering all denominations up to one
hundred dollars many OF which, on cOmpari-
son with genuine work, are quite equal to
any engraved plates made by authority OF
the government. There are also about thirty
rolls or dies for duplicating indefinitely any
Of the plates mentioned, as well as numerous
die-molds for bogus coin. The total amount
of spurious currency captured is 500 900, and
in gold, silver, and nickel limitations $50 900
The whole mass will in few days undergo a
cremating process.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-12-11

THE DEMOCRATS who visited the southern
states TO witness the counts made by the re
turning boards are preparing a statement of
their observations, which will be made pub
lie some time this week. Representatives
Hewitt ard Waiter on LETT here on Saturday
N ght tn consult with Governor Tilden with
reference 20 the text Of the document.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-12-11

THE FRENCH MINISTER has transmitted
10 Gen. Eaton, Commissioner of Education,
a series of circulars of Instructions from the
Minister of Public instruction in France.
dating from the year 1902. The French Min
lister. in return, requests Gen. Eaton to send
him set of the educational maps exhibited
by his bureau AT the late Centennial exhi bi-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-28
Trustees Sale OF Real Estate.

ON THE l5TH DAY OF JULY, 1915. BE-
" tween the hours of 10 o'clock am. AVID 4
O'Clock pm. in front Of the Courthouse
door in the city of Memphis, viii sell, as
Trustee. the following described real estate.
situate. lying and being in the county Of
Shelby. State of Tennessee, adjacent to the
city Of Memphis, b ing a part of country
| lot No. 527 according to Lawrence's survey Of
country lots contiguous 10 the town Of Mem
4 phis, which tract of land is certain lots, to.
wit: Lots Nos. sos, sos, $50 and 2i9, accord.
1 ing to the plan of the subdivision Of the prop
erty of John White and A. GWynne. situate
on the Randolph Road and Sixth street. Said
| lot No 30j fronts on Mill street II feet, and
on Randolph Road l47 feet; lot 306 is adj oin-
| ing thereto on the west lots $50 and 249 are Of
mutual size Of lot 3O6, and lie next adjoining
thereto next west therefrom fronting on Mill
street on the south.
| sell as Trustee by virtue Of the power in
me vested by decree Of the Probate Court OF
shelby county in the case Of A. Boyd VS.. John
White ct al. No. 253 X. ID. The said sale is
made to satisfy debt secured by. and by yir-
| tue of the authority Of trust deed executed
| by John White on the 18th day of June, 1860,
registered in the Registers office of Shelley
county on the 29th day Of August, 1850, and il
noted in note book No. 4, page 2l. The sale
| to be to the highest and last bidder, for cash
! in hand to satisfy the debt described in said
! deed. Equity of redemption waived by the
deed. Title believed to be good. / sell only
as Trustee by virtue of the decree of the Pro
bate ourt. B.M. BURR0W, Trustee.
| JT.11Q
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A sandrpout 1000 Fee. Hish.

A Del Norte, CAL, correspondent
Of the Cincinnati Gazette says:
The San Luis Valley is a very
lovely plain, sixty by seventy miles
in extent, and bounded by high
mountains on every side, that rise
abruptly from the plain to a hight
of 1000 to 5000 feet, the tops Of
the highest peaks being covered by
perpetual snow. At leaat three
fourths of the valley is a sterile,
worthless alkali desert, in large
areas, bearing nothing but thorn
bushes. Even the prickly peal
here finds the contest for existence
too severe. The ground is covered
in places with drifting sands anC
large deposits of alkali. The Sar
Luis Lake is hardly more than {
pond, whose fiat margins extenC
away, forming treacherous bog
that swallow up the thirsty eattl,
that come there to drink. al
about the margin their bone
glisten. in the sun, and add
CHASTITY tone to the desolatiol
around. AS we passed by tw
steers were floundering in the mire
| and, in the vain attempt to extri
cate themselves, were sinking deep
er into what was to be their plac
Of death.
About noon Of the day that "
, crossed the valley we had the Of
pOrtunity to witness a strikln
phenomenon of unusual character
2 Ten miles off to the southeast aros
: a fearful sandspout. Our drive
who is an old plainsman, said
was the largest he had ever WI
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MENPHS TENNa WEDNESDAY EVENING JUNE 28 IS76

messed. 1t could not have been
less than 1000 feet high, and looked,
at the distance mentioned, not less
than ten feet in diameter and of
uniform and dense body to near the
top, where it fared out in funnel
shape and lost itself in the clouds.
It maintained its complete outline
nearly perpendicular for the space
of five minutes, then bent into the
segment Of a circle; the upper
end, presently turned back by a
conflicting current, was curled into
a serpentine outline. Now the
drawing power began to lessen,
until the body dwindled to a mere
thread, extending upward, however,
into the very clouds. The whole
time of its continuance was more
than ten minutes, during which il
vas nearly stationary. The quan.
tity of sand drawn up in this time
must have been very considerable
and the question Of its disposition
is an interesting one. One of the
! party suggested that it might bt
condensed in the moisture of the
clouds, and we should probably
so on hear of a rain of brickbats il
Kentucky. We saw some smaller
ones during the afternoon, but non'
that could approach this in maghi
tude, They were but harbinger
of what was to come. The gust o
wind widaned and caught up tn
sand from among the thorn bushes
whirling it into our eyes, and GOV
ering us with a thick coat of dir
and alkali powder, from whicl
there was no escape. When, abou
sundown, we reached the first sta
ton of adobe qu arters, where fin
spring of good water bubbled fror
the sand, we hailed the place as
haven of rest and security.
On the east side of the valley, a
the base of the mountains, is a
extensive deposit of sand that ha
been ground up and washed dow
from above. II is very fine, an
any attempt to cross it ends in fai
ure. l am told that a few veal
ago 5000 sheep were caught in
storm near these sand hills, an
were overwhelmed and wholly d.
stroyed in two hours time.
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morning, wandering abstractedly
from the rich malvoise to the frag-
rant muscats, apparently lost to the
world and all the devils.
The ranchmen make boxes out Of
the clear redwood, and pack TWEEN
ty.fve pounds Of grapes in each
all honestly picked, and decorated
with the leaves of the vines. They
carry them in wagon-loads to the
valley below or to Santa Cruz on
the coast, at forty dollars the trip
The producer gets a profit Of one
cent a pound, and the dealer three
or four; still the people who rent
farms tell you that they pay seven
and ten per cent. Of the value Of
their places for the privilege o.
working them.-Al6ert r. Fischer
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UNREOUITEp LOVE.
Suicide or Young woman who
Was Tilted by Her Lover.
New York Times, 23d.

Suicide OF n Young woman who
Was Tilted by Her Lover.
New York Times, 3d..
On November 9, 1875, a young
German woman, named Nanette
Lemle, who had been employed as
"a saleswoman in the fancy goods
store of Bernard Eisig, No. 21S
Sixth avenue, mysteriously disap-
peared. She left her boarding
house, No. 796 Second avenue,
about s o'clock on the morning of
the date named, and went to the
store of her employer, which she
left at the usual hour of closing,
apparently with the intention Of
returning home, but was not again
seen by any of her friends. Her
strange disappearance was reported
the next day at police headquarters,
and copies Of her photograph were
given to detectives, but all search
proved futile. On Tuesday last,
Mr.. Eisig, her employer, visited the
Morgue, and identified the decom-
posed body of a woman, which had
been found at the foot of East Thir-
ty-seventh street, as the remains Of
Miss Lemle. The body presented
the appearance Of having been in
the water about six months, and
was badly mutilated by the fishes
the lower limbs having entirely dis.
appeared. At the coroner's inquest
yesterday, it was learned from Mrs
Emily Dietz, her landlady, and Mr.
Eisig, that Miss Lemle had beer
keeping company with a young
man named Ulman, who, about
two months before her disappear
ance, broke off their engagement
for the frivolous reason that hel
breath was unpleasant. The sepa-
ration from her lover affected hel
to such a degree that the girl, whC
was previously Of a lively disposi
ton, lapsed into melancholy, anC
frequently expressed a desire to die
Mr.. Isaac Brill, who, in his capacit,
as a salesman. in the store Of MI
Eisig, become acquainted with Mis-
Lemle, testified that on the evenin,
of November 9th he met the cir
in a Second avenue car, and that
instead of going directly to her res
idence in Second avenue, near For
, ty-second street, she got outGn tn
: vicinity Of Thirty-seventh street
All the facts adduced in the inques
point to the supposition that sh
8 committed suicide by drownin
}, while in a melancholy frame Q
i mind, the result of her lovers crue
treatment. The verdict Of the jur
!, was, "found drowned"
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Attachment Notice.

Before j. NJ, Coleman, Justice Of the Peace
for Shelby County, Tenn,-Memphis Wood
Works vs.. W. II. Nance. James Nance and
- Nance, comprising the firm Of W. II.
Nance & BrJs.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV-
i ing been sued OUT under section 1856 of che
Cede of Tennessee, and returned levied upon
the property Of the defendants, and afi-
dayit having been made that the defendants
are indebted TO the plaintiffs in the sum Of one
hundred and seyenty-6ve dollars, due by &C.
count, and that the claim is just, and that the
defendants are non. resident Of the State Of
Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that
the said defendants make their personal ap-
pearance beisre me on the 10th day Of
July, 1876, at u o'clock m, at my office,
No. 29i Front street, in the city of Memphis,
Tennessee, and defend said attachment
suit within the time prescribed by law. or the
same will be proceeded with ex parte; and
that copy Of this order be published once u
week for four consecutive weeks, in the Public
Ledger
This h,day Of June, 1876.
$3.50 9j-lO1 j. NJ. COLEMAN, J.P.
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An Obstinate EleetOr.

Detroit Free Press
The proprietor of a Gratiot ave-
nue. saloon won't vote for James G.
Blaine, and that is settled fact,
Some men were yesterday seeking
to ascertain the cause Of his ami
mostly toward Names "fayorite
son" and lie explained:
'FYou see, when / vhas keeping
saloon in Pufalo, dot Mr.. Plaine
come aroundt und dock some drinks
und nefer bald me-"
"0h, that can't be this Blaine" "
replied one of the men; "this
Blaine is temperance man."
"Zo yhas this Plaine," was the
calm reply. 81 can shust remem-
per as blain as day how he poured
dot whisky down his throat und
groaned over some increase of in
temperance"
"But this Blaine is James G.
Blame" they protested.
81 can't help dot; | didn't name
him. Dot Plaine who owes me is
names Shames. Fhen l ask for my
bay he set: 'Sharge does drinks tC
Shin Blaine ond walkt right
oudt."
"You must be mistaken. This
Blaine is a member Of Congress.
"Zo Who's dat Plaine. He couldn't
shpeak some bieces in Congress likt
lightning"
"There's a mistake somewhere
You have got two Blaines mixed
up. Here is a picture Of James q
Blaine. See if he is the man VIII,
played dead beat on you"
The saloonist glanced at it AM
handed it back. "He is der zam
} man, only he has CLEAN shirt OF
and is more pald-headed as he wa
den. No use, shentlemen. Vhe
some lection times come around
again l shall boil my vote for th
} odOr mans"
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One of the boys, says the Helena
Herald, while reading Whittier's
Centennial Hymn" yesterday to
a little circle in the back room of a
certain house in the city, was in
terrupted with, "Whatl Old Whit
taker writing hymns? Well, WELL
Why, knew the old feller in '49
in Frisco, and a harder, tougher,
fightener cuss you never saw
S'posed he passed in his checks
long ago. And he's alive, is he!
and writing hymns? Well, well,
If old Whit can get away with
hymns, bust me if l don't com
mence writing missionary tracts.
Then the old Forty-niner" gazed
with astonishment upon the smil
ing features of those around him
and proposed licking" any one
who doubted his knowing colo
Whit" in "Frisco" in '49.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-28

A Cincinnati correspondent is
responsible for the following:
j. P. Spinning has been inter
viewed by Benjamin, a reviyalist
from Chicago.
B." you the manager Of
the Elm Strest Printing Company
S.-'Yes, sir"
B.-'1 have a job l wish you to
do for me-"
S.-"All right; we can do it for
YOU"
B.-"Well, l want it done for
nothing. prayed to God to direct
me to some kind-hearted printer
who would not charge me for the
work, and He directed me to youl
establishment"
Swell, / guess the Lore
don't know us, or He would mo-
have sent you here. There was only
one printer in the city that dont
work as you want it done, and,
guess, he is dead, or moved owe
the hills to the poor-house,"
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Jo.eDhine,a Grnnddaughter.

The granddaughter Of Josephine
lies dead in Sweden. The lady
whom we knew as the Queen Dow
ager of Sweden, and whose death
we noticed the other day, was the
daughter of Eugene, the son of Jo-
Sephine and adopted son of the
great Napoleon. She was born in
the splendor of imperial days, and
became the bride Of Bernadotte's
son. Two of her sons became
kings. One Of them is now on the
throne. 1t is strange, as showing
how time avenges everything, that
while the blood of Napoleon is on
no throne in Europe, the blood Of
Josephine, who was divorced be-
cause she could not bear Napoleon
children, has become royal strain
and will probably continue. Itwat
the dream Of the great conqueror'i
life to found a royal line. His de.
scendants are outside of the royaI
circle, while the descendants of hi
discarded wife reign still and bic
fair to reign for generations.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-28
Jomfs d. Porter, Governor Of the
State OF Tennessee-TO all who shall
See these Presents, Greeting:

VXTHEREAS, A VACANCY EXISTS IN
w the Office of District Attorney General
Of the Bartlett Circuit Court Of Shelby county,
caused by the resignation of A. NJ. Stephens.
ESQ:
Now. therefore, 1. James D. Porter. Cover
nor of the State Of Tennessee, by virtue Of
the power and authority vested in me by the
Constitution and Laws, hereby order an cleo
tion to be held within the limits of said Bart.
lett circuit on Thursday. the Sd day of August
1876, to fill said vacancy; and the Sheriffs and
other officers entrusted by law with such du-
ties in said Bartlett circuit will, on said day,
proceed to open and hold said election at all
the various precincts and voting places within
their respective counties, and due return
make as provided by law.
In testimony whereof, l hereunto set my
hand, and have caused the Great Seal o State
to be affixed at Nashville, this 2lst day oi
June, 1876.
JAMES D. PORTER. Governor.
CHAs. N. GIBBs, Secretary Of State.
lO0-lO6- ll2-l1S
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Wednesday, June OS, 1875,

between the hours of ten o'clock a m. and
three 9eloek 9 Pm tne following described Sc
and State Of Arkansas. to-wit: The north
half of section thirty-three. containing three
hundred and twenty acres; the southeast
quarter of section twenty one, containing one
hundred and sixty acres; the northwest quar-.
ter Of section thirty four, containing one hun.
dred and sixty acres; the west half of the
west half OF section twenty-seven, containing
one hundred and sixty acres. All in town.
ship two north of the base line. and range two
east Of the fifth principal meridian U n, 2 e.)
and containing together eight hundred acre.
of land, together with any improvement
thel con.
The right of redemption is waived in thu
said deed of trust. The title is believed to b'
perfect, but will sell and convey Trustee
only. J.D. QUIGLEY, Trustee.
52-102
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Trustees Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY
~ vested in me as Trustee. under the terms
of a certain deed of trust made to me by
Hamilton W. Cotter. of due record in the
Clerks office Of Lee county. Arkansas, in
Record Book B. pages $50. Isl, l52 and 1853,
will sell to the highest bidder. for cash. at the
town Of Mariana, Lee county, Arkansas, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-28

WANTEn-AGENTs FOR THE BEST
WAN IEU selling Prize Package in the
world. 1t contains Is sheets Paper, Is Enyel-
opes, Golden Pen, Pen Holder. Pencil, Patent
Gle packages. with elegant prize, postpaid
&c packages for 81 This packass has been
examined by the publisher Of LEDeER, and
found as represented, worth the money.
WATCHES given away to all agents. Circu-
lars free. BRIDE b CO., 769 Broadway, NY.
XII
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LEGAL
Administrators Notice.

VLTHEREAS, LETTERS OF ADMINS
w tration on the estate of Fred Schenk,
deceased, we're granted to the undersigned at
Shelby county, Tennessee; now all persons
having claims against the estate Of said de-
cedent are hereby required to exhibit said
claims to me at my office, No. 203 Main street,
Memphis, Tenn, within the time limited by
law, or the same will be barred.
JOHN SOHEIBLER.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, June %, 1876 99.1l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-28

Life in the santa OrO1 Mountains.
The very early morning Of one Of
these incompatible days is truly a
wonder of softness and gentleness.
One cannot fancy an atmosphere
more grateful or repose in nature
more complete, neither is he likely
to recall a moment when the beau
ties of the great world seemed so
familiar, so realizable, SO easy to
enjoy. Times have been perhaps
without number when he has telt
appalled, at the vast pictures that
his eyes have struggled to compre-
hend, enormous exaggeration OF
hight, depth and color, whose
beauties are for the hearts Of giants
to enioy-and not for him. But
now and then he comes upon
scene of lesser magnitude that en-
frances without oTerpowering him.
Here he feels his spirit quicken,
and his emotions respond to the
sky, the mighty hills, the warm
hues of the earth, and the grave
shades of the forest AL within his
power and comprehension.
1t would be hard to say wherein
a morning in California is tinel
than a fine morning in the East
the differences are too delicate tC
be described. One might possibly
Insist that the atmosphere, without
being less clear, is more dense
that its extreme softness is to bC
felt; also that the sunlight gives
deeper color, and that the coolnes
of the night fingers a little Longer
in the sh AIDED places, grateful,
tempering the sunbeams. But al
this would be sadly insufficient
gives no suggestion Of the charm
Of those few early hours that pre-
cede the real heat of the day. On
is not exhilarated, but quieted; no
wrought up to saddle his horse
and ride a race, but impelled rathe
to sit in some sun-lit spot an'
watch the world awaken in tran
guilty.
The grapes that grow in this IA
vored little place are wonderful
large and fine. They are much bet
ter than those of the valleys, an,
{ are eagerly sought for by those VIII
: have use for the better kinds.
neighbor close by grew sixty varit
/, ties, last season, though it is prof
9 able that no more than twent
kinds went to market. Every one
r vines are prosperous, and the yiel
e is enormous. The plants grow ly
1 ing upon the ground, the drynef
1 of the summer preventing the re
n which would attack them were th
a seasons similar to those of I'll
d Wine Islands, where rains are frt
S quent.
e 1t is a great thing to go out j
Il the cool Of a most heavenly morl
IS ing and cut off punches Of the
a grapes, and devour them four at
n time, gazing meanwhile at acr
o more Of the same kind. A certa
>, ferocity develops in the reveler a
l. ter a few weeks indulgence in tn
D sort of Joy, a thirst similar to tn
,e well-known thirst for blood whit
conscripts feel after the first skirT
Te ish. One would lose the respect
p all his friends were he to write dow
lg faithfully what his capacity
+. grapes at length becomes. In nul
Sc Der, in weight, in kinds, the resi-
T, is alike prodigious. | have seen
it thin minister continue eating
~
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trustees sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A CERTAIN DEED OF
ID trust executed to me by Thomas II. Cooke.
Mrs. Mary j. Cooke and D. j. O'Reilly, on
the oath day of March, 1873, and registered in
the Registers office Of Shelby county, in
Book No. "a, page 27S, to which reference is
made, and for The purpose of satisfying the
debt thereby secured, which is due and un-
Maid 1 will on
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oEEIoIAL.

James ID. Porter, GOVei nor OF the
state of Tennesse-TO all who shall
See these Presents, Greeting:
WTHEREAS, A VACANCY EXISTS IN
w the office of Judge Of the Criminal Court
Of Shelby county, caused by the resignation of
Hon. John R. flippin
Now, therefore, James D. Porter, Cover
nor Of the State Of Tennessee by virtue Of
the power and authority vested in me by the
Constitution and Laws, hereby order an cleo
tion to be held within the limits Of said Grim
inal Court circuit on Thursday, the Sd day of
August, 1876, to fill said vacancy and the
Sheriffs and other officers entrusted by law
with such duties in said Criminal Court cir
cult will. on said day. proceed to open and
hold said election at ali the various precincts
and voting places within their respective
counties, and due return make as provided by
law.
In testimony whereof, hereunto set my
hand. and have caused the Great Seal Of State
to be affixed at Nashville. this 2lst day OF
JAMES D. PORTER, Governor.
CHAs. N. GIBBs, Secretary Of State.
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