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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-23

NJ. l.. Byrne Il Co.. 1853 Canal street. offer an
immense assortment of attractive goods, suita-
BILE for Christmas and New Year gifts. ut popu-
lar prices.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-23

For nsaf,ll and Ornamental Christmas pres
ents. 70 to Nayra's China Palace.
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DANZ1GEIG y

Nothing more appropriate for present tina
spie1did Black DRESS SILKS et 81 q yard.
Heavy 'fEonnst' DRESS bILK as vi - arl
81 80 q yard. ,.a.r 3
We have d large stock of Eea1 Lyons" SILH
from the best manufacturers. and guarantee 4
ths goods we cell.
Extra fine Black SILKS al "a q yard. worj
50 80,
Sublime Black SILKS at % 50 and 80 a yafl
worth "a and -.
Colored SILKS. in all the new shades. at ~,
Oil and 81 so n yard.
SILK vELVETS. In oil the shades. DIT VI ~
yard. -.--.,-.....
KID GLOVES ron THE HOLIDAYS
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-23

Nothing pleases Il gentleman 80 much as on
Of Jno. U. Adams fashionable hats, % st. Charlie
81
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-23

For useful and ornamental Chris tmas pres
ents go to Navra's China Palace
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-23

J. r. Walker. d. d. s.. 1870 Delord street.
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New American Sewing Machine. 1856 Canal
street. 4e.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10
MEMPHIS TENN WEDNESDAY EVENING OCTOBER 10, 1871

tention to duty, signal lack of
ability or dishonesty. But this
plan has one drawback-it does not
secure the fittest men for the
places. They set great value upon
their experience, but too often they
simply do sort Of listless, machine
work. In many other departments
| have noticed the same thing.
Through a feeling of ownership Of
a place, if | may so call it, teachers,
clerks and other public servants
seem to have drifted into kind of
slipshod work that would never be
tolerated in, the United States. But
it is important to remember that
honesty and faithfulness are fairly
secured by this plan.
There is another matter which
deserves notice. Two thousand
nine hundred and forty-one police
men were assaulted in the course of
the year, and many of these assaults
were of a serious nature. Trivial
assaults were not reported at all.
On frequent occasions l have seen
disorderly men try their strength
with an officer, without even being
arrested for so doing. The officers
only weapon is truncheon-a short
club-and this he is permitted to
use only on the most extreme occa-
sions. Practically, he might nearly
as well be unarmed. The New York
courts would uphold an officer in
clubbing, smashing, or killing an
assailant, where an English officer
would scarcely feel at liberty to
draw his truncheon.
A case was decided in the West
minister police court a short time
ago which illustrates how police
officer may be actually beaten. A
man was using bad language on
the street corner and an officer told
him to move on. For a reply he
struck the officer, knocking off his
helmet. A man standing near
came to the officers assistance, and
he, too, got roughly handled. Final
ly, it required the united efforts of
five officers to take the offender to
the lookup. The Judge fined him
fifteen dollars, or, in lieu of that, a
months imprisonment.
A remarkable case is now in pro-
gress, in which four detectives are
on trial for receiving bribes. The
preliminary examination before any
of them were actually indicted has
consumed three months. The
number of witnesses is quite ap-
palling. J. W.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10
The BIoodY Iriahmnn.

a correspondent describes a dis
pute he witnessed in a railway car.
riage, between an Irish gentleman
and a clergyman, Oh the atrocities
question. He says the fun grew
fast and furious the Irishman was
working himself up to a pitch of
fever-heat, when suddenly, to the
horror of everybody, while empha-
sizing some statements, be whipped
a formidable looking knife out of
his pocket, brandished it about
wildly for second, and then stuck
it into the very thick of the thigh
of his right leg. Itmust have gone
in at least an inch, and there it
stood vibrating, he sitting perfectly
still, calmly looking at it. Every.
body was afraid to move, lest the
blade should be transferred from
the gentleman's own flesh to our
bodies. The parson was the first
to venture a word of explanation.
Goodness gracious, sir" said he,
" for heavens sake take it out at
once, sir; think what a mess the
carriage will be in; besides, you will
seriously injure Yourself"
Not a bit of it." mildly repeated
the son of Erin, all of his excite
ment having apparently subsidized /;
81 positively like it; it doesn't hurt
me; have accustomed my muscles
to it. | assure you | don't feel it
the least"
Accustomed your muscles to
itp exclaimed the parson; "impos-
sible ! Do take it out and oblige
me; it makes me shudder to look at
you"
"Well, Of course, if it pains you
at all to see it, l will oblige YOU;
but, as | tell you, the effect is rather
pleasing than otherwise, so far as |
am concerned" said the stranger.
And having pulled it out with an
apparent effort, he carefully wiped
the instrument with his hanGker-
chief, shut it up, and put it in his
pocket, to our great relief.
Do you often do such a silly
thing as that?" inquired the
reverend gentleman.
",Oh yes, frequently" was the
reply.
"Have you ever tried it on your
arm"
"No, never on my arm; the
muscles are not yet accustomed to
it."
Really%
And the eccentric individual got
out at the next station. We called
the guard.
Is that man mad ?" we asked.
che has just Mortified us by run
ming knife an inch and a half into
his leg"
Mad, no; he amt mad" OBJ
served the official. "1t's a very old
game of his, that. He has a cork
leg, and likes to frighten people. :"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10
LIFE INSURANCE MYSTERIES.
Tne Mistake of An Old Lady VIII,
ThOught Her AOn was Insured.

Tho Mistake of An Old Lady who
ThOnght Her aOn was Insured.
Providence Journal
The Importance of carefulness in
minute and apparently unimpor-
tant details in making application
for life insurance is strikingly illus
trated in a case tried before Judge
Knowles in the United States Dis
trict Court last week. Mrs. Maria
Wheaton, eighty.three years old,
brought action against the Phoenix
Mutual Life Insurance Company to
recover $1,000 insurance on the life
of her son. The policy was taken
out in 1868, and the annual prem
ium of $1S5 had been annually
paid during the life of the young
man supposed to be insured. The
insurance company resisted pay
ment on the ground that in the an
swers to the three or four score
questions propounded to applicants
Tor life insurance the statements in
this case in two instances were
wrong. The age Of the father at
his death was overstated three years,
and the age of a sister at death was
also three years more than the APP
plicant thought. There was also an
We believe, that the APP
plicant did not remember to emu
merate in his fathers familya child
or two who died before the appli-
cant was born.
Because Of these apparently non
essential errors, the company refused
to pay, and the old lady was COM
PEELED to enter upon the costs, perils
and uncertainties of a suit at law, |
The case was tried last week, and,
enough, the jury disagreed, |
The trouble of the venerable mother
is aggravated by tho fact that her
son had a policy for three thousand |
dollars in another company, which
was willing to honor the claim, but, |
unfortunately, collapsed before the
time of payment. Of course, the
lesson Of this lady'a hard experience |
is that person seeking insurance
should take care to select solvent
company, aud then should become
accurately posted as to the genera
tons Of his family that passed from
earth before he was born, and carry
lp his mind very definite and pre-.
else information as to the ages of |
bis long-departed kinsfolk, We |
doubt if all the life insurance com.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10

panies of the country would have
resisted payment for the reasons
alleged in this case; but the man
who pays his money year after year
to an insurance company in good
faith ought to be permitted to know
positively whether he is laying up
for his family a legacy or lawsuit.
at least he might expect the frank.
ness of the old Quaker secretary,
who, when his customer had long
struggled TO comprehend the intri.
cacies Of his policy, and finally de.
manded, " Well, Obadiah, am |
insured now?" mildly responded,
"lf thee is, friend, it is an mad
vertence,"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10
AN INTERESTING CEREMONY.
How the Orthodox Polish Jews
Bury Their Dead.


Mrs. Joseph Simon, and her
daughter Rachel, the victims of the
terrible kerosene accident at Troy,
few days ago, were members of
the extreme Orthodox sect of the
Polish Jews. In accordance with
the rules of that body, in the alb
sence of q rabbi, the nearest relative
of the deceased is authorized to
officiate, and the husband and father
accordingly conducted the ceremo-
nies at the funeral. At the house
the bodies were laid upon the floor
and shrouds were wrapped around
them. A large number of candles
were placed around the bodies and
lighted. After chanting and read
ing prayers the bodies were placed
in two rough boxes, two tea cups
were broken and fragments were
placed over the eyes of the depart
ed. The exact meaning of this act
does notsee to be generally under
stood, bat the opinion of the best
Hebrew authority is that it is in
accordance with an ancient custom
when vessels of different kinds
were broken and placed in the cof.
fins. Others say that the pieces are
placed over the eyes to prevent the
dust from getting in. The un-
fortunate deceased were then con-
veyed to the burial ground and
on arriving at the grave the lids
were removed from the cofiins. A
serious obstacle at this juncture
caused temporary delay but one
grave having been dug, and
according to an old Jewish doc
trine each corpse must repose in
a separate grave. Superintendent
Kelly soon prepared another grave
and the ceremonies proceeded. Two |
bags about twelve inches deep were |
filled with sand, and one was placed |
in each coffin. This action corre-
spends to the sprinkling of dust
over the graves of the Christians.
In ancient times the Jews did not
use cofiins, but simply covered the
dead with a shroud and placed
them in the ground so that they
might decompose as soon as pos
sible, Two padlocks were then
produced, one being placed in each
coffin, locked aud the keys thrown
away, This action is supposed to
lock up the fate of the family so
that no misfortune may happen to
the relatives. The clothing Of the
deceased was then kept in accord
ance with q custom dating back to
the days of the patriarchs. 1t is a
sign of mourning, as it is recorded
that Jacob on hearing Of the death
Of his son Joseph tore his garments,
The lids were then replaced, and
when tho cofiins had been lowered
into the grayas, the clothing worn
by the deceased at the time Of death
was gathered together and placed in
the respective graves. This action
is also a pursnanee Of very an
cient custom, which ordered that
in the event of any sudden death
all the articles found on or near the
body at the time Of death should !
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10
FraRment of AutohIorrnpnr.

John Brown, of Ossawatomie,
once wrote out for little friend a
quaint fragment of autobiography.
In this, he relates how, when he was
four years old, he "was tempted by
three large brass pins belonging to
a girl who lived in the family, and
stole them;" and how, being detect
ed by his good mother, the baby
was given a whole day to reflect
upon the enormity of his offense,
and then he was thoroughly
whipped. When he was in his
sixth year, an Indian boy gave him
a yellow marble, the first he had
ever seen," which marble, after
treasuring it for a long time, he
lost. cit took years to heal the
wound, and l think he cried at
times about it, wrote the old John
of the little John. "He loved the
toughest plays, and was not a very
good scholar ; but after fifteen he
acquired, in spite of weak eyes, a
moderate mathematical knowledge.
One point of his character as a boy
the man also showed. He followed
up with tenacity whatever he set
about, so long as it answered his
general purpose, and hence he
rarely failed, in some good degree,
to effect the things he undertook"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10

Spotted Tail ia getting civilized. He
already owns two or three shirts, pair
of boots and plug hat.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10
Louisville and Great Southern R.R.

ll;4l pm. Night Express Connects at Milan
for st. Louis and Chicago, at Mckenzie for
Nashville. Chattanooga, Atlanta and the
Southeast, at Guthrie for Hopkinsville, Hen
derson and Evansville, at Louisville for all
points North and East.
lilo pm. Day ExprOss-oOnnectS for St.
Louis and Chicago. at Louisville for all
points North and East.
l:40 pm. Milan Accommodation - Daily
except Sunday.
Pullman Palace Cars on either train to Louis
Vile, and on Night train TO Nashville,
For tickets or inform alton, apply at Ticket
Office. 287 Main, Northwest corner Madison
street
JOHN 7. FLYNN. Sup't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
QIf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10

be buried with the body, SO that in
case they should be needed at any
future time as evidence the judicial
officers would know where to find
them. Many of those present then
pushed three handfuls of dirt each
INTO the grave, and after reciting
a prayer started on their return
home.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10
MEMPHIS & LITTLE ROCK R.R,
ShrOt Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TIME CaRDi


TIME CaRDi
Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train, daily............5.30 Pm. 1l.3O pm.
Freight train daily lex.
sunday. ).......... .........7 100 am. $40 p m.
Passengers going on this road will take
brains at the depot of the Louisville, Nash
Fille and Great Southern railroad. Mail
trains make close connection at Argenta for
points on the Little Rock and Fort Smith
railroad and at Little Rock with the Cairo
hnd Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Arkansas and Texas.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
Fer tickets and information apply at Ticket
bffices 21s and 2S7 Main street. and at depot
foot of Washington street, or at Louisville,
Nashville and Great Southern railroad depot,
br TO the undersigned.
r. A. WILLIAMS, Pass. Ag't, Memphis.
M. s, JAY; g. ?. and 7. Ag''t, Little Rock.
w. =. SMITH, Sup't. Memphis Tenn.
12S-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10
RAILRoAps.
We EMPHlS AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.

tCHEDULE ON AND AFTER SEPT. I6,
} 1877:
Leaves. Arrives.
iail and Express, daily..ll.50 pm 545p.m
Omerville accom- 'dat'n
daily lex. Sundayl...... 5.O0p.m S.lSa.m
lime Twenty Minutes Faster than
Ctty Tme.
SOmervIlle Sratn will stop At reg
liar and lAg stations.
The II.5Op.m TRAIN makes the q uisk-
'@t Iime ever made TO Chattanooga, Knox
lille. Lynohburg, Washington, and the East
nd will stop at all Regular Stations, and at
Flag Stations when tagged, Except Flag Sta
ions between Collierville and Memphis.
Ticket etiice 27S maim strees and Depot
iem phis and Charleston railroad.
JOHN A GRANT.
Chief Engineer and General Sup't.
I. S. DAVANI,
81 Assistant General Passenger Agent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10
LOTTERY.

A ePLEEDID OPPORTUNITY TO
"A WIN observation-disclosures Grano
November 9Th.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY co.
This Institution was regularly incorporated
by the Legislature of the State for Educa-
tonal and Charitable purposes in 1858, with a
Capital OF Sl,OO0.0O0, 10 which il has since
added reserve fund Of $3.50, Geo. ITS GRAND
SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS will take
place monthly. IT NEVER sOALEs or POST.
PONIES. Look at the following scheme:
CAPITAL PRIZE, $50, 1000.
100000 Tickets at 2 Dollars Each.
Half Tickets One D0IIar.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10

DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup has been be-
fore the public for years, and is pro.
nounced by thousands superior to all
other medicines for the cure of coughs,
colds, influenza and pulmonary com.
nlRints.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10
Five Thousand Copies
Are read by at least
Twenty Thousand People

Twenty Thousand People
old and young. every week. 1t is just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to the best class Of
community.
we desire our business men to make note
of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the coming
season.
We use our best efforts to keep our columns
free Of all irregular and irresponsible adyer
tising; for many good people seeing an ad-
vertisement in paper, especially their
church paper. take it as a guarantee of 70.
sponsibility. Such confidence should not be
abused Wnen II can DO helped. We want,
therefore,
The Advertising Patronage
of such business men and firms as We can
recommend to our friends and the. public
without compromising the character of tho
paper.
Our Terms Shall DO In Harmon
with the Business ounoOE.
Send in Your Favor..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10
PUBLIC LEDGER.
Weekly Public Ledger,

Published every Tuesday at 50 per annum I'm
advanced. Postage FREQ.
Communications upon subjects Of general
interest TO the public are at all times accept
able
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-30

many tender hearted shcrilis, and we
should respect their feelings, but
still shooting or cutting off the heads
of murdercrs by them would be an
easier death for the unfortunate vic
Tins than that by hanging, and We
earnestly hope that some practical
phianthropist will take the matter
i'll hand and cause the gallows to be
rcmandcd to tho company Of the
other cruel instruments Of human
torture that were long ago discarded
by civilized man us disgrace to IN
enlightened and progressive people.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-30
SIlERIFF'S SALES.
L. Valentine Smell

+. Valentine Smell
against
Montrcvillc Watts, j. Phillip S,in, J. Wal
lace Cannon and The Saint Paul and Ma
rinc Insurance Company.
Foreclosure.
Hy virtue Of the Judgment herein, Twill
sell ut Or ingcbnrs 6. H., on the first Mon
sale,
All that lot OF lar'l, situate in the town of
townsville containing one and o. e, acres
measuring two hundred and ten feet front
on street, an bounded on the NortI,
by lands Of jude Robinson. Oh the Fast,l ,lv
by lot OF j.. y. Smell, on tile South by
street and on The West bv lot Of Dukes and
Nets, as laid down on plat made by r. +:
l'arton and annexed 10 deed of conveyance
of said lot from L. v Smell to Walls and
Snin bearing date, December 23rI 1878
Terms casll purchaser to pay for
paper: and recording. -
crill7s OIicc ~ H. LIVINGSTON
Oran cburg County S. q. c..
July : iSt 1877 sp
Iunc II y St.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-30

uncxpircd terms Of over enc year,
where the term Of Office is for four
years. The remainder Of Buttz term
is over three years, MS we have already
shown, and it is asked that the Cover
nor shall fill it by appointment. Now
if there is one idea that the people
have more than any other with re-
spcct to the present administration,
it is that profound regard for law
and the spirit Of the constitution is its
distinguishing trait. The people
have got it into their heads that they
have Il right to vote OH the question
of Solicitor, and will not be easily
persuaded that they are wrong.
Another thing they believe. They
arc OF opinion that if any credit
is to be given to any body
lor ousting Buttz the Orangcburg
Bar is entitled TO it. They did not
work for wages. but if wages are to be
considered in filling the place, they
arc not too modest to claim the hon
or Of placing the ball in motion
which swept Buttz from Office. Char
lesion County has lad Congressman
and Solicitors ever since the war, and
it is time now that our County should
have one Solicitor. Besides, VIC have
it from authority that number Of
influential Charlcstonials are in f,.v.
or Of uniting with us upon Col.
DeFlcvillc. And lastly. for The
sake Of harmony and peace. We trusr
that His Exccllcncy, the Governor,
will consider the matter well before
making All appointment, should he SO
conclude to do.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-30
Sheriff MH's Sales.
june %

ly virtue Of Il warrant on lien to me di-
rccted ] will sell TO the highest bidder for
cash, mt the plantation Of Mrs. Jane M.
Hasterlin in the Fork Of I;disto, on Tuesday
the third day of July next about twenty
!2o) bushels corn, seized as crop Of Corne-
nus Levy, under warrant i'll lien to Mrs.
Jane NJ, Itastcrlin,
ShcriHs Office
oranseIurg County, j II LIvISGsToS,
June 18Th, 1917. S OC
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-30
E,OR. SALE

4 fine "Grade Merino Buck" years old
took End Premium at the County fair in 1875
Shearci % lbs. wool this spring. Pricc
this office. &
june 33 ssstf.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-30
Notice ofDis11lissal.

Notice hereby given hat shall one
month from date file my final account with
the Honorable Judge Of Probate for Orange-
burg County, and ask for letters of Dismissal
as Guardian Of Ned Avingcr.
~ L AVINGER.
Guardian
june % At
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-30


WASHINGTON. d. c., June Odd
The visit Of Governor Hampton to
New York has more significance than
has yet appeared on the surface. His
mission is two-fold: First, lie goes
to negotiate a loan among the CAPT
talists for the payment of interest on
the State debt, and second lie is
interested i'll securing the personal
presence Of cx Governor Chamberlain
in South Carolina The Special
Committee appointed by the LesisI.l
turc of that State to investigate the
rascali'ics Of the Sinking Fund and
Land Commissions, which operated
extensively in State funds, has driven
bargain with one Of the thieves
named Niles G. Parker. Tie terms
Of the compact arc that Parker shall
80 free OF criminal prosecution if he
tells all he knows about the swinlle.
lie was State Treasurer when Scott
was Governor, Chamberlain Attorney
General and II. II. kimpton F'inan-
cial Agent. These men were al! more
or less implicated i'll the crook ID pur
en- SC Of worthless swamp lands for
SI50,000, and this is what Chamber
lain will be called on to explain.
Parker has submitted his evidence.
and Attorney Genera! Connor has
consented to bring no criminal pro
cccdin.s, and now it is ali;lnpnrtan,
to have hambrrlain Oh The rro.:nd
to stand his catcc,ism. III hAru:nn,i.tcc
has already sent him summons to be
present, h,:t he has paid no attention
to them. Governor Hampton has
had an understanding will, Cover
nor Robinson, Of New York. After
displaying the evidence given by
larker, and when The proper time
comes. rcquiSIun ior Chamberlain
from Governor Hampton will be Lulv
honnred. Parker is now III business
at Newark, \. j He walked OF win
barrel Of money from The State
vault Of South Caralima ~ la; tar
ned Sta.e evidence against his uart-
ncrS under promise Of protection.
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