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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-23
COnrederalelwar Records.

The printing of the Confederate war
record is rapidly going forward under
the auspices Of the Secretary Of War.
All of the battle reports OF 1861, 90 far
ss they came into the possession Of the
government, are now in print. All let
ters received at the Confederate War
Department during 1861 are also in
print and fully indexed. These make q
vslume of over 1000 pages The print.
ers are now at WORK upon the letters
sent from the Confederate War Depart
meut during 1861 These will make a
volume Of 500 pages, and will be ready
to 20 to print in about month. The
department. is now engaged in efforts to
learn whether photographs we're taken
at any Of the Confederate headquarters
during the war, and to obtain possession
Of them for the purpose OF adding them
to the large and valuable collection
taken on the Union side, aud purchased
last year by order Of Congress. The
Secretary OF War has also completed
arrangements With the Southern Histori.
cal Society, by which he will have full
access 10 ali the military records Of the
Confederscy collected BY that Society.
These are very full, and taken in con.
nection with the records captured by the
Union forces, will give very complete
official history of oil military operations
Of the Confederate army. Measures
will be taken by the Secretary Of War TO
copy all official military Papers 10 the
possession Of this Society.
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I
facture which are necessary to their com
fort at an equally low figure; ceFee and
other Injuries are sold at a good profit.
The surplus is credited 10 each district
and expended for the public good, By tbt
little local parlisments (Partisoks) ofths
districts, the members Of which (parti
setsl are elected by universal suffrage.
The settlements are known as colonies,
aud each Is presided over by a 'e6lobbes.
tyrer tbest man ia ia the colonyl The
other Rotables Of the colony are the col.
onibestyrer assistant, the cooper. the
carpenter. aud. If the settlement is large,
the Lutheran psrson and the schoolmss.
ter--the latter generally an educated ma
tive.r The most exciting event in the set.
tlement is the arrival OF the ANNUAL ship
from Copenhagen, Pianos are not IN.
known in the houses Of the Danish off.
cials, and the Tsuchnits edition Of the
best English authors is to be found in the
Governors" house. faTt
The Danish government treat the ma.
tiyes With the most paternal care. No
spirits are allowed to be sold to them,
schools are provided, and altogether the
rule Of the little northern kingdom is
productive of very good results. Theft
is practically unknown in Danish Green.
land.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-23
Friday, Sd Day Of March. 1876,

the property mentioned In said decree, situ-
ated in the city. Of Memphis, Shelby county.
Tenn, one lot, being the same land conveyed
py Wm. fariis TO ). W. Ayres By deed dated
May Is, 1856. anu registsred 10 the ReRister' :
Smoe ot shelby county. in Book "a. page 20.
plan OF the city Of Memphis, viz: Tho one
siTth part Of said lot. which Is bounded a.
toiloWs: Beginning on Monroe street, south
side OF said street, at stake which stands
~ feet from the intersection Of the south
me me OF Monroe street with the west line OF
MAIN street; running thence west with Mon
roe street land fronting on the same) TO a
PRICK building belonging to 6eorRo and Lydia
JENKINS, 20 the center of the eastern wall Of
said building; thence with the center Of said
Msll 70 the southern undary Of said lot No.
20; thence with said southern boundary east
Maidly 70 q stake standing IA feet from
Main street; and thence northWardly 10 the
beginning.
Also another lot situated in that part Of the
city OF Memphis formerly known as "South
Memphis, being the same that was conveyed
~ N \; b. Cook tosaid 8. ". Ayres By deed
Registers othce Of Shelby county, in Book 81, +,
pages so ct seq, and being the undivided
half interest In said lot. which lot entire Is
bounded as follows, 10 wit: Beginning at a
stake on the east side Of DeSoto street where
the line Of the Rice & Ramsey grants cross
ssld ss street, and rupnipg themes with said line
OF said grant north S9o east 10 feet thence
southwardly on line parallel with DeSoto
street 100 feet 70 the line of lot sold by rhos.
I. Aydlett 10 John r Mead thence with said
John X. Mead's line. westwardly in direct
hoe 70 point on DeSoto street l03 feet south
Wardly from the BEGINNING; thence north
waialy with tho east line of DeSoto street 10
the beginning.
Terms Of sale--said property will be sold
upon credit Of six and twelve months, pur-
chaser executing notes with approved per-
sonal security, and lien retained on the
property until said notes are paid Equity Of
redemption barred.
Janusry q, 1876.
JOHN u FREEMAN, Clerk.
RsrEs x JACKSON, 6Olicitors. l2S-3
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-23

Popular oclenoe Monthly
Greenland was settled in 1871 BY the
Danes. The country had been visited
and colonized as early as the tenth cen.
tury by the Icelanders, but these colonies
we're destroyed by the pestilence called
the black death in the fourteenth cen.
tury or carly in the fifteenth. The pres.
eut Danish settlements are all situated
on the west coast, and contain about TO-.
900 inhabitants. The region OF Disco
Bay may be regarded as the type Of the
entire western coast of Greenland. In
this region the winter is extremely cold,
aud the ground is covered with snow
from September till May or esrly. in
June. During this period the whole sea
10 covered with ice, and the Danes aud
Esqnimaux visit from settlement To set
tlement in Sledges drawn by dogs. Du.
ring the summer, under the four months
OF continually daylight, the snow melts
over the low lsndr, and the heat is often
extreme. Mosquitoes are troublesome,
and travelling is attended With great dis
comfort. The day may be bright and
sunny in the morning, aud in the even.
ing there may be snow, sleet and all the
coneomitants of spring or winter. In
September the weather ia uncertain, and
the nights are very dark and cold
The trade Of Danish Greenland is a
strict crown monopoly, and is administer
ed by government officials solely for the
benefit OF the natives. The principle
adopted is to buy the natives blnbber
skins, ivory, ETC., at a low price and "a
cell TO them articles Of European manu-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-23
stono cannon Balls.

The Moniteur de Armee ssysi Some
workmen occupied at the Chateau of
Conds, in Normandy, have just found
some cannon balls OF graoite, probably
thrown by the English when that castle
was taken by them IN l4lF. Those
spheres we're found, ss might ps sup
posed, very detective proiectiles, IS they
we're made on the spot or in quarries,
and the exact weight could not DO car.
rectly judged; the center OF gravity was
hssides, not alwaysiu the middle. Coz.
sequeutly neitherthe range nor the aim
could be alwaysl calculated with pre-
cision, They we're for that resson 6sed
from a great elevation. In l42S a stone
cannon ball. discharged from the tower
OF Notre Dsme, at Orleans, killed the
Earl Of Salisbury on the opposite side
Of the Loire. Some OF these prejectiles
used curing one memorable occasion are
still preserved in the same city, two Of
them measure over thirteen inches in
diameter, and their weight exceeds two
hundred pounds The journal Of the
siege Of that battle relates, in fact, that
on the FIRST of December, l426, the Eug.
lish batteries threw against the town balls
weighing nearly two hundred pounds,
On the 29tb Of January, 1879, I,anoelot
de Lille, who commanded the English,
had his hand carried OF by . stone shot
from the walls. 'esaa .ias oai 2 @ 20 s'eo 3
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-23
Trustees sale.

ON MONDAY, THE 2srH DAY OF FEB
" RUARY, 1876. in front Of tho Planters
Insurance building. Memphis. Tenn. within
legal hours, will sell, for cash, TO the highest
bidder. the following described property: A
certain lot Of land and premises situated in
shelby county, Tenn. bounded and described
as follows: Beginning on the south line of
county lot No. 625, and fifty feet east of a
stake standing 2 % 100 chains east Of the
southwest corner Of said county lot No. 525;
thence B9' east one hundred feet, more or
less, to the southeast corner Of lot No. on
HTahsm's plan Of county lot No. SIS; thence
north two hundred and ffty-6ye feet; thence
south So west one hundred feet. more or less.
70 o stake; thence south two hundred and
55.100 acres.
This sale Is made by virtue Of a trust deed
made to me by P. and Eliza Prescott. re-
corded in Book No. l0l, page 1853. Register 8
Office Of Shelby county, Tenn, to which ref
erence Is made. Equity Of redemption barred,
and right to dover and homestead waived
j. D DANBURI, Trustee.
L. B. MCFARLAND. Attorney. l2s-l55
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-23
Or. Tyndall ON spontaneous Goner

Or. TyndnII ON SP0ntAneOus Gener.
! alton. IgA
London Atheneun, Jan. 1871
On Thursday last DR.. fyndall read a
paper before the Royal Society On the
Optical Department Of the Atmosphere
with Reference to the Phenomena Of
Pntrefaction aud Infection and sur.
prised aud grati6ed his hearersby com.
municating much more than was coa.
veyed by his title. For he showed, By
brilliant experiments. that spontaneous
generation is an absolute impossibility,
and that If solutions open to the air soon
swarm with lie, it is because they have
been impregnated BY living particles
floating in the air II has long been
known that cir which has been thor.
oughly freed from floating particles by
FIRE, the action of acids or otherwise, will
not produce life; and further proof was
given by DR. Tyhdalls researches in
1868 and 1869, with the additional facts
that filtering through cottonwood clears
the.air IS efectually as through fire, aud
and that air thus purified will not trans
NIT light. A glass chamber filed With
the purified air remains dark, even when
placed in the track OF a concentrated
beam of light. There is nothing to re.
feet or scatter the light; and it may aow
be accepted as an sxiom that air which
has lost It's power Of scattering light has
also lost tits power Of producing life.
Hospital surgeons have been for some
time aware o. the fact that all which has
passed through the lungs will not cause
putreiaction. 1t has been filtered and
may be allowed to enter the veins with.
out huttful consequences
The bearing OF all this on the cues
ton Of SPONTANEOUS generation is oh.
vious. Pasteur has pronounced the
spontaneity to be a chimera, and that,
this being the case, it should be possible
10 Danish parssiticor contagious diseases
rom the face of the earth; and, from
this point Of view, tits easy to see that
the subject has wide bearing on the
phenomena Of putrefaction and iniec.
ton. EH H
DR.. Tyndall now 6uds that air can be
rendered optically pure by merely leav-
ing it undistursed three or four days in
q close chamber. All the floating mat.
ter subsidies, and the confined air will
not transmit light Solutions placed
therein remain unsltersd, though lett
for menths, while similar solutions open
to the ordinary air swarm With bacteria
in twenty-four hours or two days.
The number and variety Of DR.. Tyn.
dalls experiments leave no room to
doubt his conclusions. That they are Of
high Importance is manifest; but the be-
levers in spontaneous generation will
not accept them without q struggle. The
publication Of the paper itself will be
looked for with interest
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-23
Attachment Notice,

Before J. NJ. Coleman, Justice Of the Peao,
for Shelby county. Tenn. NJ, Williams
x Co. We. X. Ashford.
TNTHIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV.
4 ING beon sued out under section 1856 OF
the Code Of Tennessee and returned levied
upon the property Of the defendant, and
alhdevit having. neen made that the defend.
ant ia justly indebted to the plaintiff II
the sum Of Sle6 "A, due BY account. and
that the defendant Is a non-resldent OF thC
state OF Tennessee; It is therefore ordered
that the defendant make his personal appear.
anee before me on the 1tth day Of March
1910, atS O'Clock am, at my office, No. 2A
Front street In the city Of Memphis, and de-
lend said attachment suit within the time pre-
scribed by law, or the same will be proceeded
with OK parte; and that a copy Of this order 5,
published for four successive weeks n ID,
Memphis Public Ledger. -
This the 9Th day Of February, 1876.
l3S lH- lb0- l56 j. M. COLEMAN T.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-23


In the Chsneery Court Of Shelby county. Ten
nessee-sarah @, 4. Weir vs. X. B. Sanders
OF al.
II APPEARING PROM AFFIDAVIT IN
this cause that the defendants, x, b. San
ders. Eliza NJ. Story and Calvin L. Story, are
citizens Of Texas and nOn-residentS Of the
otate OF Tennessee; II is therefore ordered
that th0y make their appearances herein Al
the courthouse, in ths city OF Memphis, Ten
nessee, on or before the frst Monday in April,
1870. and plead. answer or demurto complain
ants bill, or the same VIII be taken for CON
tessed as 10 them and set for hearing OF psrte;
and that q copy Of this order be published
once week. for four successive weeks. In the
Public Ledger.
Tnis llth day OF February. 1S76.
A COPY Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE, G. and N.
w J BLACK, Deputy @. and NJ.
WINCHESTER q WBoHEsrER, Solicitors for
Complainant. Ii2 ii8.is4-I
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sPR0IAE NOTtdR
A Suggestion 90 thS Nerveus.

Robust people who have. all their lives.
eaten. digosted and slept we'll. can scarcely be
expected to appreciate the blessing Of strong
nerves as we'll IS those who. having undergone
all the misery entailed by weak ones, have
eventually regaihed their nerve power. In
order to experience the unsPeakAble relief OF
a change from an enfeebled and unrestful 70 q
vigorous and tranquil condition OF the ner-
vous system, the nervous invalid should try q
couree Of Hostetter's s. iomach Bitters. Under
the braoing and soothing influence Of that
benign tonic and 'nervine. appetite returns,
dieestion becomes complete aud painless. and
sleep reyisits weary eyes. The causes Of ner
yous weakness arc TO be found IN impeffect
dige ton and assimilation. and the feeble
peffyrmance Of othe, vital functions resulting
thereirom. The Bitters remove these causes.
as well as the nervous symptoms which they
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-23
Trustees Sale.

ON MONDAY. THE 28rH DAY OF FEB.
" RUARY. 1875. in front Of the Planters
Insurance Building. Memphis. Tenn, " thin
bidder, the following lot of land and premi.
ses. situated in Memphig, Shelby county
Tenn. on the north side OF Linden street
known as lot No Is In block Is. on the plan
Of the city Of Memphis. fronting fifty feet on
Linden street and running back between
parellel lines one hundred and ffty feet to an
alley.
This sale Is made BY virtue Of trust decd
made to me By W. 7. Donaldson, and recorded
in Book No. 1Ol. page l60. kegister'l Office Of
Shelby county, Tenn, to Will b reference Il
made. EQUITY Of redemption barred.
J. ID. DANBURY, Trustee.
L. B. MCFARLAND, Attorney. 12S-l6
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Attachment Notice.

Before J. N. Coleman Justice Of the Psaoe
for shelby county. Tenn. L. P. Judd W.
John Miller. =,
N THIS CAUSE AN ANATrACHMENT HAV.
ing been sued out under section 1855 OF the
Code OF Tennessee, and returned levied upon
the property OF the defendant, aud aeidsvit
having been made that The defendant Ia
Justly indebted 10 the plaintiff in the sum OF
hlty seven dollars, due by account, and that
the defendant Is non-resident Of the STATE
Of Tennessee; it Is therefore ordered tia
the defendant make his personal appear
ance & before me on the hth day OF March.
1910 at III O'Clock am, at my Office, No. 29i
Front street, Memphis, Tenn, and deienu
said attaoL ment suit within the time pre-
scribed BY Law, or the came will be proceeded
with ex parte; and that copy Of this order be
Public Ledger.
This 5 day Of February, 1876.
lS5 Ia l5O-l56 J. NJ. COLEMAN. Up .
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-23
Saturday, March IL, 1875,

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated IN Shelby county. Tenn.
and In the city Of Memphis, to-Wit: A lot oi
ground beginning alta point on the east line
Of Second street 10 feet north of the north
eastern intersection Of Beal and Second
streets. and 30 feet south Of the southeastern
intersection Of Second street with the first
alley north Of Beal street; running thence
eastwardly at right anglea with Second street
100 feet; thence northwardly parallel With
Second street 20 feet to an alley; thence
westwardly with tho same line Of said alley
100 feet 70 Second street; thence southwardly
with The east line Of Second street 30 feet 70
the beginning.
Terms Of Sale--0n credit Of seven months;
purchaser 70 comply ipstanter By executing
notes. with approved sureties. bearing inter-
est from date of salei lien retained to secure
same, and equity Of redemption barred.
This February 8, 1876.
EDMUND A. COLE. @. and n.
By r J. BLACK. D. @ and NJ.
1888 10
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mo. 2l66.l
NOn.Resident Notice.

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county. Ton
nesfee- A. Z. MoystOn ct al. VS.. 81. L. Be-
con OF al.
1T APPEARING FROM THE SHERIFF'S
u return IN this cause that the defendant,
w. " Kingdom Is not 10 be found In Shelby
county itls therefore orderst that he make
his appearance herein, at the Court house
IN the city Of Memphis, Tennesses, on OF
beteIe tho first Monday in April. 1876, and
or tho same will be takou for confessed a.
70 him and set for hearing OK parte; end
that . COPY Of this order be published once q
Tesk, for four successive weeks. In tho Public
This 9th day Of February. 1876.
sf S1st EDMUND A. COLE. 9. and NJ.
By ]. BLACK Deputy Q, and Nj. M.-lg d,
up. 1OuSG aud I. W. BRowF, Solicitors
for oOmplAipants. lS9-I46- Bill
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In Supreme Courl at Jackson

Robert \. Black and Emma Dora Bond vs.,
John Brown.
RY VIRTUE OF THE DECREE PRO-
- nounced IN this cause December /, 1875,
BY the supreme Court Of Tennessee at Jack.
son, will offer for sale TO the hignest bidder,
In IRON OF the court house Of Shelby county,
on Main street. In the city Of Memphis. ON
Saturday, 4th Day Of March, 1875,
the real estate mentioned and described in
said decree as follows: Fifteen certain lots or
pArce of land situate, lying and being In the
county Of Shelby, state If Tennessee, and
known and designated as lots Nos 2, 3, II. l3,
Il. IS, II, Is, 10, "a, u, %, 20. 80 and 81 OF the
John Brown subdivision Of the William Law
renee tract Of land near the city Of Memphis
on the north line Of Poplar street extended.
Terms of Sale-Cash.
February 2. 1876.
JOHN H. FREEMAN, Clerk.
L. 7. WILLIAMS, Solicitor. 1884
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mo. AA.l
NOn.Resident Notice.

In the Chancery Court Of Shelby county. Ten.
nessee-Francis A. Cole VI. Samuel Is, Cole
OF al.
TT APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
4 this cause that the defendants, John W,
Cole, Jeremiah Baugh and Parmelia Bauah
are non-residents OF the state of Tennessee ;
II Is therefore ordered. that they mako their
appearance herein, at the Courthouse in the
eity Of Memphis, Tenn, on or before the hrst
Monday la March, 1876, and plead, auswer or
demur n oomplalnants bill, or the Same will
be taken for confessed as 70 them and set for
hearing ex parte; and that n copy Of this
order be published once . week for four sue
eessiye weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 9Th day Of February, 1876
A c0pJ-Attest:
EDuUND A. COLE, G. and M.
By Z. B. MCHESRY, d. G. and NJ.
RANDOLPH, HAANOND & JORDAN, Solicitors
for complainant. IS9 l45.i5I.1 !
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Attachment Notice.

Before John SpelmAn. Justice Of tho Peace In
and for Shelby county, Tenn.- John N.
Prescott vs.. R L. Groom&
IN THIS CAUSE AN AT HAV.
L ing been suedout under section 1856 Of the
the pro verty Of The defendant, and the proper
affidavit OF indebtedness having been made;
Il is therefore ordered that the defendant
make bis appearance before me on the Ath
day Of Ma oh, 1876, at my Office, In the city
Of Men phis, Tennessee. No. 303 Second
street, and deiend said attachment suit
will be proceeded with ex parte; and that a
copy Of this order be published once q week
for four successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of February, l67e n,
li JOHN 6PELMAN. Up.
+ sEklov. Attorney for plAlpt,G 81
lt6-lkaa9
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Rriday, Sd bay oil March. Is7e.

the property mentioned in said decree, known
a, Rocco dali, lying. being md stu .te in tht
oty Of Memphis, county Of Shelby and S. az
o. ennestee. and particularly described aS
follows: A certain lot of land. situate, lyinI
and being in the city OF Memphis. to-wit
korty-two feet five aud one-half inches OF
the southeast corner Of Madison and Second
rerts, and running back eastWardly between
parallel lines with Madison street sixty threC
and one half feet. being tne same land con.
veyed to L Rocco By W. b. and j. Green.
Law, M ] Wicks and K. W. Munford, 0cto
Der IL, ls60, BY deed recorded December 5
1850, in Book 40, page lis. Registers office Of
Shelby county
Terms Of 6ale-Said property will be sold
upon, credit Of six. twelve and tishtetr
months; notes with approved personal security
bearing six pcr cent. Interest from date. beina
taken for the purchase money, and lien re-
tanned on the property until said notes and
inte est are paid. The equity of redemption
is barred, and poIsessien Of the premises will
be delivered TO the purchaser upon comply
ing with the terms OF sale.
January 28, 1876.
JOHN Il. FREEMAN, Clerk.
JARNIoAN x fRAYsRR, W. MBssICK, WRIGHT
4 MeKIssiCK, B kDoIEGTOH, I. W. BROwN.
HuhEs 4 PosroN and ILAPP, VANCE 4 ADDER
son, Solicitors. lS
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LEGAL,
In Supreme Court at jackson

Lucy G. Thompson, Administrative Of fP. n.
Thompson. deceased, OF al Ys. J. A. Ander-
son. adminisratcr de bonis non cum testa-
meIte annexo otS. W. Ayres. deceased,
RY VIRTUE OF THE DECREE PRO-
- nounoed In this cause by the Supreme
Court Of Tennessee at jackson. Move n6er Is,
ibI0. l will offer for sale. 70 the highest bid
der. In front Of the court house Of Shelby
county, on Main stroets IN the city Of Mem