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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-12

FERGUSON & Co $3.50! Second st buy,
sell or exchange second hand harness.
So
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-12

StOtz a. Bros celebrated lee
cream AT sos Second. 53t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-12

The best Soda and Mead iH
Memphis, sc. at Bartee's, 32S
Main street. 58t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-12
ELEGANT PARLORS FOR LADIES.

Sol Coleman sells his genu.
inc Rosa OOnchas at 2 for 26c,
which is less than actual cost.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-12
LOST.

T OST - ONE GOLD NECKLACE AND
IL locket. II found, return TO Chief Athy
and receive a liberal reward. 5964
T OST = SQUARE L0CKET. ONE SIDE
IL light blue, the other side pink. Stone
about three-fourtbs Of an inch long on either
side. Liberal reward will be paid for its de-
livery to HARVEY ROBINSON, 10 Monroe Ct.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-12

A fresh supply Of all kinds
Of meats can be had every
Sunday morning at HI. Sees
sci, SF., a. Sons, corner Jeiter-
SON and Second. Ga
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-12
arRAYEp.

OTRAYED-FROM THE UNDERSIGNED.
Dione bay mare. way back, 3 white feet.
j will pay $40 for her return 70 corner Dunlap
streeHpd Bass avenue. WIN. DICKSON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-12

Sc 80 will buy a full set Of croquet
at Mansford's, cor. Second and Monroe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-12
FREIGHT AGENTS.

B. V. Jackson, R. W. ~Lightburne, Ed
R. Hart, E. Bowen, R. Gibson, B.
Hughes, ]. NJ. Carver, Ad Storm, ALI G..
luther.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-12

& OR RENT-FINEO OFFICES AND SLEEP
T. ing rooms. Plenty of water on every floor.
SLEDGE, MCKAY CO., 81 and S7S Main.
5o-f
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27
NuABkR II
A Wonderful Wheat Country.
lPnr,land Oreeonian.7

We have been in the habit Of sup
posing that the WilIamet Valley was
the greatest wheat. growing country
on the habitable globe, and have felt
like indulging in an indefinite amount
of vsingiorious boasting over the
record Of fields producing 80 bushels
or more to the acre. and whole farms
averaging - or 40 bushels. But our
beautiful valley and our farmers must
look to their iaurels henceforth From
a gentleman of undoubted veracity,
carefulness and accuracy we receive
some Information concerning wheat
raising in Eastern Washington Ter
sritory which srpasses the hest show
ing we remember tn have seen in this
part of the country
c. Maier, living near the base OF
the Blue Mountains. in Walla Walla
Valley, in 1873 raised on CD acre
field 1920 bushels of wheat, an av-
erage Of 81 bushels to the acre; and
in 1875. from go acre tract, 8. 40
bushels. or 81 bushels to the acre.
Mr. MasterSon. residing four miles
south of Walla Walla, raised on 10
acres $50 bushels, S5 bushels to
the acre.
Mr.. Kennedy, whose faru-is on
Dry Greek, six miles from Walla
Walla. harvested 5,252 bushels from
l50 acres, 81 bushels average: and
this was volunteer crop, that is the
second crop from one sowing.
These crops, says our informant.
were produced on ordinary wheat
land; land that is considered good,
''hut no better than hundreds of thou
sands of acres now lying vacant in
Walla Walla and Whitman counties,
especially north of Snake River,
where there is u country vast enough
to produce more than 2J.000,000
bushels per annum, and where fail
ure OF crops has never been known.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27
Gang of Thieves RObbing Far
merS.


From the Cincinnati Commercially
McARrHUR, o., Jan. 14.-Lewis
IIettinger, aged nineteen years,
resident of Coierain township. Ross
county, pleaded guilty to-day, at a
preliminary examination had before
Esquire J. W. Wilkins, on the
charge of stealing $25 from j. W.
Randall, Of Eagle township, Vinton
county, on the 9th inst He was
committed to the county Jail. Het-
finger was in the employ of Randall,
and while Randall and his family
were at dinner he took 4 pocket book
from the clock and abstracted $25,
leaving over $50 in the pocket book.
During his examination he said he
dill not want to take more because it
would have heen penitcntiary Of
lensc. From statements made by
licttingcr since his arrest. to Special
Constable Haynes and others, it
seems that he belongs t0 gang OF
Young thieves who reside in C0lcrain
township, Ross county. For the pur
pose of CARRYING on the thieving
business successfully, they hire out
as farm hands among the farmers Of
Vinton, Ross, Piekaway and other
counties. Hettinger has given the
names Of some of this gang Of
thieves, and among whom is 4. boy
named Wolf, who stole valuable
watch about three mouths ago, while
in the employ of n man living near
Circleville, but he refused to give the
name of the man.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27
BrOygs' Experiment.

Broggs, who lives in Elliott's South
ern Addition, ran across the item the
other day that "at night Il horse
would refuse to step on or over the
body of man found lying in the
road, but, "a if impelled by instinct,
would stop and remain motionless
until the matter should he investi-
gated"
Grave doubts as to the truth OF
this statement arose in Broggs' mind,
and to settle the matter for himself.
he resolved to give the thing a pr;c-
tical test. Now Broggs has no horse.
but does own very intelligent and
frisky young mule, so he thought 1t
Just as well to try the experiment
with him. There is n narrow lane
leading from the clover patch to the
water trough. and he sent his little
son Bobby to open the gate and turn
out the mule; meanwhile Broggs lay
down full length across the lane, as
suming an apparently lifeless atti-
tude. The mule had been kept in
the pasture all day, and consequently
was very dry, so he came waltzing
down the lane at great rate, and
everything denoted fair trial of the
test. And so it was, but not exactly
as Broggs would have desired, al
though it confirmed him in his skep-
ticism. When within a yard or two
the mule perceived the prostra'e
form of his master. and, with an eN-
f,plosion of sound which was com
nromise between the shrek OF a To-
comotiye and the yell Of frightened
maniac, he bowed up his back, flung
bis tail to the breeze. elevated him
sejf shout fifteen feet in the air, and
with all four feet in bunch lit on
the pit of Broggs' ''bread-basket. y
Then. with fiendish laugh, he sud-
denly spread out his feet with a
scraping, lacerating sound, AMI was
off like a fash, not omitting, howev-
er, to give the experimenter parting
kick in the small of his back as he
departed. The price of the mule did
not near pay the doctors bill, and
Broggs is now calculating how many
post holzs he will have to mortise in
| the ground before he will get ever
on his experiment.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27
OHIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY e7, 1875.
THE PRESS GONE MAD.

A maiden once said, "I'll not mate
With n man who has not fortune great,
So she poiired and waited,
And seOrned TO be mated.
Shes maiden yet-age forty-eignt.
-Ne.c York Comiaerciai Adre7tser.
A maiden once thought:
81 can not be bought;
I'll marry a man who is poor;
But the man he drank Deer.
Died driving "keer,"
And twelve orphans went out from "e'
door.
',ris better. 70 wait.
Aud be aged forty-eigit.
Than to marry the average man.
For there's trouble ahead
For the maiden who'll wed
The very first person she can.
-Loaisrille Courier Journal
4 maiden once cried:
"Now, whatever betide,
I'll marry man who is wise.
Bat, his wise views asserted,
She pointed and flirted;
Each sickened full soon OF their prize.
.Scon. mag was the case;
twas an "awfll disgrace,
Said the Judge. in derreeing divorce;
And the woman's fool
Who general rule
VIII adopt in deciding her course.
ST. Louis Republican.
But most of the girls,
fDash their frizZes AMI curls.)
Make their minds up, quite early in life,
70 take any one
Who'll let himself be "done"-
The point is, to be some ones wife.
And the poor silly chaps
Who are caught in their traps
VIII find out, when il is too late,
That girl who was charming
Can he an alarming
lv terrible ill-tempered mate.
Only this much is certain,
Once back of the curtain,
The yonmg man who marrieS will find
That the fellow who weds
will deserve all he gets
And get all he deserves, of its kind.
-Chicago Inter- Ocean.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27
They Didn't Get Married.

A few days ago Detroit widower,
who was engaged to a Detroit widow,
each having two or three children,
and both being well off. determined
to test her love for him and ut the
same time discover if she was ac-
tuated by mercenary motives, rs some
of his friends had ass .rted. He
called upon her at the usual evening
hour, and after while remarked:
MY dear, yon know L have two
children, and to day had my life in
surance policy for $4,000 changed
tn their sole benefit in case of my
death.
"iou did quite right, my darling"
she promptly replied. 81 have three
children, as you are aware. As soon
as we were engaged | had every dol
lars worth of my property so Sc
cured that they alone can have the
benefit of it.
He looked.
She looked.
The marriage didn't come off at
the time set last week, and it IN "
never occur.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27

"Open that safe," said q merchant
to an expert who had been sent for.
"Open it in twenty minutes and I'll
give you $40" The safe was open in
five minutes. All right said the
merchant, here is $1O-enough for
five minutes work The $40 was
looked at but not taken, and in a mo-
ment the safe was closed as tight as
ever. oh, how is that? The how,
said the man, is that | charge. moth
ing for closing the safe, but $50 more
for the next opening-s40 in all, and
want my pay in advance. or course
he did, and whoever has anything to
say on the subject can now speak.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27

IN his speech at the banquet given
to the Centennial guests at Philadel-
phia. Hon. George Bancroft, the IL
lustrioas historian, made the striking
and most impressive assertion that
.snever until now has there been q
Centennial under the auspices of q
Republic that endured for hundred
years" 1t is a most gratifying and
auspicious fact that the United States
is the first Republic in the history of
the world that has had Centennial.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27

AN Hour OF HoRROR.-He was q
man of dissolute practices and irreg
ular habits, and he lived here. He
groaned in his sleep, and his wife
arose to light the lamp. He beheld
tn vast display of striped stockings
and then murmured TO himself:
"Ive got 'em sure this time
"Got wbaty' she inquired.
"Got the delirium tremens. I'm
seeino animals of all kinds. I've
inst seen II zebra.
She turned down the light and the
menagerie closed.--Norrich BHlie-
lin
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27
Ostrich Farming.

We learn from the Denver News
that Mr.. montgomery Queen, the
wellknown circus proprietor, has
purchased one hundred African os-
triches, and is about colonizing them
on Misplace hear Haywood's, a small
town about fifteen miles from San
Francisco. Ii is Mr. Queens inten-
.tion to raise ostriches solely for their
plumage, each bird yielding over $500
worth of feathers yearly. He has In
vested 100000 in the enterprise.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27

Is it not astonishing that men, who
have the Whole world to conquer, will
bother their great heads with the
tightness of a woman's skirt: how
about your stoye-pipe hats? They
make your heads as bald and greasy
as dishcloth, yet you wear them.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27

A LITTLE girl in Reading, Penn,
recently saw an old drunken man ly-
ing on doorstep, the perspiration
pouring off his face, and crowd OF
children preparing to make fun of
him. She took her little apron and
wiped his face, and then looked up
pitifuIly to the rest, and made this re-
mark: s'Oh. say, don't hurt b nj he's
somebody's grandpa"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27

A Cambridge youngster, aged six,
went to neighbours house and re-
marked: will you please let me see
your parlor carpet, for auntie says it
makes her most sick every time she
comes here
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27

WILLIAM ADAIR, of Carroll county.
author of the '.Adair law" is to take
the field as a temperance lecturer and
worker.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27

At Helena, Montana, eggs are. sell
ling for seventy live. cents per dozen,.
butter forty-fiye, and potatoes one
cent per pound.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27

Shroeder's air-ship, in which he
purposed sailing across the Atlantic,
has gone higher than kite.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27

There is decree forbidding @ vi
ennese beer dealer to deal out foam
below certain mark on the glass.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-01-27
OYSTERS

by the can and half can--of the best
quality. and warranted to be fresh.
COUNTRY PRODUCE of all kinds
wanted. for which the highest market
price will he paid.
e. SEMON.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-16
enc Texas-Mexican Border.

What is generally known as the Texas
border, extends from the city of Browns
Vile to the PeCOs mountains, a distance
of over five hundred miles by land, and
in a direct course If, however, the dis
lance be measured along the tOTtuOus
and winding Rio Grande, it would reach
fully three times that number of miles,
owing to the extreme irregularity of its
course throughout the entire distance
Me river on both sides is lined by bluffs
ranging in height from twenty TO thirty
five teet, and in order to facilitate the
crossing of cattle deep gullies have been
cut in these bluffs by the Mexican raid
ers, though when driving the cattle from
Texas it makes but little difference how
high these bluffs are or whether there be
any pathways cut through or not the
great thirst of the cattle, they being
kept from water for long while, urges
them to plunge into the shallow stream
below, through which they can easily
wade to the opposite shore. Along the
entire border there is a road running on
the Texas side, into which the pathways
and roads from the interior all merge at
last; and, if this were perfectly paEOlled,
the dangers which constantly threaten
the inhabitants of the interior would be
greatly lesSeped. As it is now, 1t Is I'M
safe for any person TO travel unaccOm-
panied by strong escort any traveller
met by the raiders is liable to be most
brutally murdered, and instances are
known where the innocent have been
Guartered and mUtilated in the most
horrible manner, without any reason ex.
cept the fear that they might make
known the whereabouts of the raiders.
About One-quarter of the distance be-
tween Brownsville and the PecOs noun
tains Is situated Ringgold barracks
where the United States soldiers are al
present stationed under command OF
Gen Potter, who has immediate charge
of the border but these troops are sc
few in number that they afford little il
any protection against the treacherou:
and daring Mexicans. There are about
I five or six hundred men, equally divided
/ between Brownsville and RinggOld bar
racks. The entire district OF Texas Is il
( command of Gen. Augur, whose head
/ quarters are san Antonio, fully one
/ hundred and fifty miles from the Rio
[ Grande.
| The Rio Grande rarely, if ever, reache.
a greater depth than two and One-half o.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-16

three feet, and therefore offers but little
protection as a border line, and is no oh
struction whatever to the crossing of
cattle in any numbers or at any time.
The officers of the Rio Bravo have dis
covered the shallowness of this great
stream" in a very unsatisfactory manner
their vessel being now aground at
Brownsville in about three and one-half
feet of water. The country bordering
on the river is covered for a long dis
lance inland by a species of vegetation
peculiar to that country, known as
"chaparral," very tough and priCkly
shrub, which grows to a height of be
tween eight and ten feet, and offers an
irresistible obstruction to travel; the
cactus plant also grows there to about
the same height, and is an equally
troublesome impediment to man or
horse. In order to reach the river,
roads have been cut through this shrub
berry, and offer the only means of inter
course with the interior All the ran
ches for some miles inland are occupied
by Mexicans, who are unquestionably
accOmplices of the raiders, but who
never allow themselves to be caught in
any overt act of depreciation, merely af-
fOrding a harbor of safety to the raiders
when occasion demands.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-16

WHAT COUNTRY PAPERS DO.-An
exchange combats with considerable
vigor the argument that the city week
lies are cheaper and better than the
country papers, because. they give more
columns of reading for the money. Do
the city papers, it asks, ever give you
anv heme news? Never. Do they ever
say anything in regard to your own
county? Nothing. Do they contain
notices for your schools, churches, meet
ings, improvements and hundreds Of
other local matters of interest, which
your country papers publish without
pay? Not an item. Do they ever say a
word calculated to draw attention to
your county and its numerous thriving
towns, and aid in their progress and
enterprise: Not a word. And yet
there are men who take contracted
views Of this matter that unless they are
getting as many square inches Of reading
matter in their own paper as they do IN
a city paper, they think they are not
getting the worth of their money. 1t
reminds us of the person who took the
largest pair of boots in the box, because
they cost the same rs pair much small
err that fit him.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-16
TIE FIRE BY THE SEA.



There were seven fishers with nets in their hands
And they walked and talked by the seaside sands
ct sweet as the sweet dew fall
The words they snake, though they sPake so low
Across the long, dim centuries flow,
And we know them, one and all
Aye, know them and love them all.
Seven sad men in the days of old
AND one was gentle and one was bold.
go AND they walked with downcast eyes;
he bold was Peter, the gentle was John,
Ana they all we're sad, for the Lord was gone,
And they knew not If he would rise
knew not if the dead would rise.
The livelong night, till the moon went out.
Os the drowning waters they beat about;
Beat slow through the fogs their way
Aud no drew but an empty net,
ana now twas the break Of day
The great glad break Of the day.
% Cast your nets on the other side
Twas Jesus speaking across the tide
And they east and were dragging hard
But that disciple whom Jesus loved
Cried straightway out, for his heart was moved ;
90 II - our risen Lord
cur Master and our LordH'
Then Simon, girding his fishers coat.
went over the net and out Of the boat
Aye first of them all was he
Repeating sore the denial past,
lie feared no longer his heart TO cast
Like an anchor into the sea
Down deep in the hungry sea.
And the others, through the mists so dim,
In little ship came after him,
Dragging their net through the tide;
And when they had gotten close to the land
They saw a fire Of Goals In the sand
And, with the arms Of love wide,
Jesus, the crucihed
It's long, and long, and long ago,
since the rosy lights began to flow
Ger the hills Of Galilee;
and with eager eyes and lifted hands
The seven fishers saw on the sands
The fire of Goals by the sea,
On the wet, wild sands by the sea-
lis long ago, yet faith in our souls
Is kindled Just by that fire Of Goals
That streamed DER the mists Of the sea,
Where Peter, girding his fishers coat,
Went over the net and out of the boat
To answer, " Low st thou me p
Thrice over " LOv'st thou me- /"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-16
DR.. schencI..s stnndnr Ren.caIes.

The standard remedies for all diseases of the lungs
are SCHENCK's PULMONIC SYRUP, SCHESCK,S SEA
WEED Tonic and SCHEECK's MANDRAKE PILLS,
and if taken before the lungs are destroyed speedy
cure is effected.
To these three medicines Dr. ! II. Schcnck, Of
Philadelphia, owes his UnTivalled success IN the
treatment Of pulmonary diseases.
The PulmOniC Syrup rPens the morbid matter in
the lungs nature throws it of by an easy cNpecO-
ration for when the phlegm matter is ripe slight
cough will throw it of, the patient has rest and the
lungs begin to heal
To enable the PuImonic Syrup to do this Schenck's
Mandrake Pills and SchenCk's Sea Weed Tonic must
be freely used to cleanse the stomach and liver
Schenck Mandrake Pills act the liver, removing
all distractions, relax the gall bladder, the bile
starts freely, and the liver is soon relieved.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic IS a gentle stimulaut
and Alternative the alkali of which IT Is composed,
mixes with the food and prevents sUuring. 1t as
sists the digestion by toning up the stomach to
healthy condition, that the food and the Pulmon-
ic Syrup viii make good blood then the lungs heal,
and the patient will surely get well, if care is taken
to prevent a fresh cold.
All who wish TO consult Dr. Schcnck, either per
sonay OF by letter can do at his principal Office
corner Of Sixth and Arch Ss-, Philadelphia every
Monday.
throughout the country.
+. HART 4 Co, Nos. 73 IS and Il IchOupitOulas
Street, New Orleans, Wholesale Agents.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-16
National Debts of the World.

The world is nothing now If not statis-
teal, as well as critical, though in the
line of its figures eXactneSS Is sometimes
prOblematical A statistician tells the
public something that Is quite important
If true, that the various states or govern
ments in Europe and America have now
piled up the enormous aggregate sum OF
S25, 900, 000,00 of Understanding liabil-
tiles. How to pay interest alone seems
to have developed into financial puzzle.
1t seems unaccoUntable that govern
ments should have shingled the earth
over with mortgages in a ratio direct
with the increased production of gold.
Britain has somehow cOntrived an escape
from the modern mania for national debt
initiation. She has paid as she went for
the luxury of her wars during sixty
years, or since the victory at Waterloo
and what the nation owes British capt.
taIists own; in other terms. it Is the
right hand owing the left, which keeps
/ the money at home and in circulation.
/ That was a fearful but useful lesson
/ which suspension and initiation taught
/ these islands in the years 1Sl6-1SI9
/ Distress then touched a lower depth
/ than ever before, by reason of scarcity
/ produced by deranged finance, disOTdered
/ commerce, and disOrganized labor
Britain insisted upon resumption and III
/ fation at the same time; and but fol
George Canning, the people would have
drifted along upon the pillows of inha
ton. Like Mr.. Greeley, he insisted thai
the way to resumption was to resume
When Canning prevailed, that country
returned to coin payments year and 3
half before the eventful day fixed by
parliament Now that rulers of the ma
lions have buried the people in Jay
Cookies blessing, so called, that is publ,
debts for Posterity to pay, it may bo
hoped that they will not soon return t
their old indulgence, the luxuries O
I war