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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
Peabody billiard Room nnd Fans


To-day the recorder disposed of the
following cases; Joe Smith, misde.
meanor, forfeit $25; Robert Wilson,
drunk and disorderly, fine S25; W. c.
Brown, drunk, discharged; Dan Kirbin,
drunk, fine S.; Julia Friarsou, assault
and battery, fne $le.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
The whlpping.Post for Thieves.

The law furnishes no fitting remedy
or punishment for petty thieving. The
law has no terrors for the negro chicken
thief. He is brought before a magis-
trste, bound wei to the Criminal Court
remains in Jail several months and when
tried is probably sent to Presidents
leland for a few months. In many
cases the chicken thief, aided by the
shyster lawyer, escapes punishment alto.
gether, because the citizen has no time
to dance attendance on courts in order
to secure the conviction and punishment
of the thief. In many cities and States
at present the establishment Of the
whippingpos for petty thieves is
strongly advocated. The New York aud
Cincinnati journals have come out in
favor Of this mode Of punishment, found
SO eficacious in preventing crime in
England.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
LEDGER LINES.

The thermometer runs up into the
eighties at present.
The Bluff City Grays will indulge in a
special drill tonight.
Vaults cleaned at Zoe per barrel.
Young Fitch, 1914 Washington.
The Salvotti and Arnold's band con-
cert will come off at Estival Park to.
night.
The next terms of the Shelby County
Circuit and the Criminal Courts will
commence on the 18th of September
next.
Assignments seem to be in order in
Memphis at present, and for the benefit
Of creditors.
At half-past one o'clock to. day a false
alarm of fire called out the steamers on
tle war path.
It's an old pun, but it is true, that the
corn crop Of Tennessee aud Mississippi
is a MAILING.
Lost children are becoming numerous
around town, owing to the i~nattention
paid them by parents or guardians.
Still they go to the springs, at least
they leave town daily to swell the army o.
absentees for the summer, or what's lef
of it.
Mayor Flippin returned to the city on
yesterday from the East, but immedi
ately left for Brownsville in order to SCI
his family.
The steamer Alice, government beacon
light boat, passed up last night en- rout,
from New Orleans to St. Louis with
view to inspect lights along the river.
No courts Of record are in session a
present; in fact, no courts Of any kint
are in session except the recorder
establishment aud the magistrates con
c3rns.
Last night the skirmishing funders
AMI their friends INDUCED in a pleasan
river excursion on board a barge towe,
by the steamer Vint Shinkle. The afai
was quite pleasant aud sociable.
This forenoon Esquire Caldwell bel
an inquest upon the body of q negr
man who was found drowned neal tn
mouth of Wolf river. The jury returnel
a verdict of found drowned" etc.
This afternoon the cotton gin an.
pickery of George W. Payne, on Popls
street, tumbled down without giving tn
slightest warning. 1t is rumored tina
two men are buried beneath the ruins
The boys are already slyly announc
ing themselves to a, few select friend
and ward politicians as candidates 70
the county offices, the election to com
of in August next. The Office of sheri
seems to be one of the objective point
with a few old weather.beaten profeI
sional Office seekers, who are wholly il
competent to hold that or any othe
office.
The monthly report OF crops of th
cotton exchange announces the cotto
crop seriously damaged, and in the glai
badly; the pork crop numerous an
promising, now that the hog cholera ho
abated its ravages, and the corn crop
little injured by rain. The report EN-
braces a section Of country includin
West Tennessee, North Mississippi, Mort
Arkansas and North Alabama.
The police commissioners examine
the station-house at noon to-day aud in
spected the bear and the fox in the me
n%agerie. What there is to see, examin
or inspect at the station-house is a my
terry to newspaper reporters. They neye
could see anything there except u vii
prison, which is a Disgrace to the city
and which is literally alive with all kind
OF vermin hat cannot be destroyed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10

Fancy butter (per ref igerator carl,
New York factory cheese,
Pearl meal,
HOminy and grits,
Genuine cider vinegar,
New dom Pedro Hour,
Just received,
q. A.. e. BROS,
1897
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
Play billiards at COnverse's.
DibIo Socieix Mnelinr.

The executive committee of the Mem.
phis and Shelby County Bible Society
will hold its regular monthly meeting
this afternoon at four o'clock in the
Cumberland Presbyterian church, Court
street. The FIRST half hOur will be spent
in devotional exercises, and then will
follow the report OF the past months
operations and the regular order Of
business. A full attendance of the
members OF the committee is requested,
and the public are invited. The occa
sion can hardly fail to be one Of interest
to any who are at gil in sympathy with
the bible work.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10

WANTED my old pantsmakers, aud
new ones, to come for steady work and
good prices at the clothing factory of A,
Spiro, 80 North Court street. III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10

The type, material and workmen Of
the LEDGER job Office are as good as the
best, and hence we guarantee first class
work and full satisfaction to our patrons.
l2St
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
He iu TruIY a stnmn snenksr

1870 |T~-
who, when talking, exhibits a mouthful
Of stumps. II you would keep your
dental fixtures in perfect talking order,
use the fragrant S0z0D0NT daily the
recipe is simple but sure. cod
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10

TnE attention Of all who want to buy
q cheap home is directed to a great bar
gain on Monroe street, offered to-day in
our It for sale" column. 1873 /
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10

nor POsTEns, SHOW HILLS, CARDS
II Circulars, etc., gotten up with the latest
style Of typjs and on superior paper OF any
desired color. Eo,to the Ledger omee'and OK
amine stNck snd nriaes
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
seventh Tennessee Cavalry Meeting

All the members Of the Seventh Ten
nessee Cavalry in Shelby county are
earnestly requested to meet US at the
Office of Smith & Collier. No l6 Madi-
son street this evening, the 10th inst,
at 4 o'clock sharp, to arrange for u re-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
Fuchs New Game store.

Victor D. Fuchs, the great game and
fish dealer on Jefferson street, has re.
moved into his new store which he
erected on the site of the old establish.
ment. The new building is three stories
high, a fine piece of architecture, and is
embellished and furnished in good style.
From a jackstaff on top Of the building
flies the national flag. The business
part Of the house was especially de-
signed and arranged for the storage and
sale Of fish and game of every deserip.
ton.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10

In the LEDGER job Office can be foun,
competent, skillful and tasteful printers,
who can give entire satisfaction in the
display Of any job'sf printing. 1881
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
seventh Tennessee Cavalry Assoc
citation.

There will be another reunion Of the
Seventh Tennessee Cavalry Association
in Memphis, August 81, 1877. All mem.
Oers of the old regiment Seventh Ten.
nessee, G. S. A. are requested to meet
us at said time and place for the purpose
of transacting business, etc. 1t is de.
sired to make the occasion enjoyable and
profitable. WIN. SANFORD, Pres't.
R J.. BLACK, Sec'y.
This August 8, 1877. IA
lCovington. Brownsville, Bolivar. Somer-
vile. jackson. Trenton and Paris papers
please copy.l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
KAHN & FREIBERG.

1000 pairs ladies' Newport ties, best,
81 rs, 81 so.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
Strangers, go TO COnVerse's
billiard parIOrs. 81 s. Court 81.
Ia
EnglIsh ChnrIoY shot.


EARLY this morning-about 4 o'clock
q noted character named English Char.
ley, well known to the police, was on mis-
usual drunk. He engaged in q row with
some parties in the alley running by
Gaston's restaurant, on South Court
street, during which row a shot was
fired. The ball hit English Charley in
the leg, in1icting a flesh wound. He
was also badly beaten about the head
and face and was otherwise bruised. lie
was arrested by patrolman Kuhnholzl
and was sent out to the hospital this
morning.
Peabody Billiard Room and Fans
At Sid Cooks Peabody billiard hal
the finest tables, balls and cues can be
found, sid" keeps nothing but the
best, and has introduced all the latest
improvements. His patent revolving
fans keep the billiard room cool and
pleasant, to the great enjoyment Of
players. Under the fans yeu can play
billiards in summer and enjoy the game
quite as much as when you play at any
other season Of the year.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10

1t is asserted that q cofin.maker
started the Philadelphia riot.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
LOST.

ON THE CORNER of North Court and
" Main streets, one sleeve button marked
u. b. D." The finder will be rewarded il
left at No. 6 Madison street. l40-l4l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
wAKTED.

VTANTED-THE PUBLIC TO KNOW
w that | will not be responsible for any
bills bought by any one connected with the
Ledger Office or out OF it, and will not allow
accompanied by my written order.
Set u. WHITM0RE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
FOUND.
srRAYED On sToLEN.

A SHUT UP DOOR KEY. Owner call a
IA this office. 1914
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10

NJ EWF0UNDLAND DOG, barely grown,
IN about Is months old; white spots on face,
breast and feet. A liberal reward will be paid
of Wellington. Rt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10

When the prisoner is brought out the
judge hears the Ease just as did the re.
corder, and finding that the fellow is guilty
remands the prisoner back to Jail. The
prisoner talks to the shyster about not
being discharged frcm custody, but the
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-07-26

,sor than the Berkshire, and are s'1t "
t,,n hoan ouite extensively used in the inl-
a.onanent.o of the latter breed. Pnre Essen
are highly priced by f%anciers, ana u Gre
norted TO be excellent bacon hogs, hi'''i-
mo early and giving a large weight ;F from
fan TO fourteen months OF age.
Small white. lorksl!ires anu sloft-'aee"
1anc,sR,ires have, recently began to put ~
:, "a ,nearsulce at our ugriunltu.Ial fairs.
they are English bred hogs, nndcare .ho'eo
fo, tl,e,r small round bodies and ligllihess
Of bone. Nh. II. NJ. Hoe, of New \ Ok eA-
hibited some very handsome specimens Oh
tbe first named breed, at the last eNllDl'loh
Of the St. Louis Fair Association. 1hey
we're perfect specimens Of l%iHminu'ive opesl7
tv. aud seemed to meet With ready sale TO
breeders, in quest Of stock. W f... iiau,s
There. seems to be q prejudice aga;lnstF
white hogs and those who have tried tle1n'
insist that they are more subject to sun
scald and Skin diseases. This may III q
n,,n4as,,,,rc account for the fact that Berk-
sl,i,pes, Poland Cilil;aa, and Essex hogs are
now more III DEMAND than Chcsters York
%sgiirees," 'etc.-Jah:1aN of agriculture aH0
W,3'n1cs. """ H'"
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-07-26

eut political system such ali idea is Utopian.
but it is Il success in !.,tropc-kisber, the
winner Of last years English Derby. having
been, bred on tie Imperial farm at kisber,
iInnnarp, from whence he was Soitl as d
yearling-and there is no real reason why
our State and natiopa! government should I9y
not give some support to an Industry that
can be made so productive. ....t. sr..-
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-07-26
MI:|NGO,... :.

70 ----.1,- n, ~.
Daprdae grey, five years sd, l6l, ~ h ;hs sea ssl
and. weighs,lt 7oo lbs Wifllserxs # FAX ssS u. inpsnnss
Pedigree: Sired by 81. Lauren n' ,ssan I'll suE
imported from France in 1867. & y ,s sI0uG co.
poieonI2siG impoftedtrom France IN i''''
d. by imported Flanders. M asgigaia 37
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-07-26

IN size the Holstein COVE compare favorra--
able wifi other breeds, mature cows Weigh
ing 500 to 1870 pounds. and bulls from @
0UO to 1850 pounds. Holstein steers MAKE
a rapidsgrowth, mature early, and are prof
liable feeders.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-23
NOTICE TO
ia P AYE RS


In accordance with an Act OF the General As.
sembly Of this Commonwealth, approved the 22d
day Of March. A. ID. 1870, aud the supplement
approved the Sd day Of April, A. d. 1879, ''reat-
log to the collection Of taxes In the county Of
Clearheld," netice is therefore hereby given to
the taxpayers residing In the districts below
named, that the County Treasurer, In accordance
with the second section OF said Act, will attend
at the places Of holding the borough and township
elections on the following named days, for the
purpose Of receiving the County and State taxes
assessed for the year 1871,
For Union township, Monday, June 4th.
For Dubois, Brady township, Tuesday, June bih.
For Troutsille, Brad, twp, Wednesday, June 9th.
For Luthersburg. Brady twp, Thursday, June 9TH.
For Bloom township, Friday, June sth.
For Penn township, Saturday, June 9th.
For Gulich township, Monday, June llth.
For Beccaria township, Tuesday, June 18th.
For Jordan township, Wednesday, June 18th.
For Chest township, Thursday, June 18th.
For Nesburg Dor, Friday, June 18th, from s to 2
O'Clock.
For New Washington bor., Friday, June 18th,
from | to O'Clock.
For burnside twp, Saturday, June 10th.
For Burnside Dor, Monday, June 18th.
For Bell township, Tuesday, June 18th.
For Greenwood township. Wednesday, June 20.
For Ferguson township, Thursday, June q, from
7tol2.
For Lumber City borough, Thursday, June 81,
from to5.
For Knox township, Friday, June %.
For Huston township, Saturday, June 23.
For Pike township, Monday, June rs.
For curwensville, Tuesday, June 20, to o'clock.
Upon all taxes raid to the Treasurer there will
be reduction OF flee per cent while ave per cent.
will be added c(tsr s fret day Of jay Hsxf, to all
unpaid taxes, making difference Of TEN per
cent. to prompt taxpayers. Parties can, from the
Let Of May, pay their taxes at the Treasurer .
ofivc.
Norcn TO MxRcHAsrs.-A rare opportunity
will be given to merchants to come forward a,
the time and places set forth, and ift their
License for 1871. DAVID McGAuGHEY,
clear6eld, May 10, 1877. Treasurer.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-23
ONE OFTHE LNFA MO US EIGHT
THE EARLY LIFE AND RISE OF ONE on
TUE ELECTORAL COMMISSION.


Samuel F. Miller was born In the
Dutch part of Pennsylvania, from I'M
ported parents, who spelled their name
Muller, but Anglicized il to Miller.
Samevillc strayed off down the Ohio
and lodged in Kentucky, where he
soon made himself useful in various
ways He first was employed by a
z FN2asssHA- NSlrns;SIsNS6
'ng, 90 pay ard and g 70 SCHOOL.
He there came across u Campbcllite
preacher who also was steam doctor
on the Thompsonian system. This
man had a most wonderful influence
over Sam, and within ten months s.
F. Miller was travelling over Green
Brier and Adair counties, Kentucky,
on an old brown mare, with large
saddle-bag, with one pocket filed with
lobelia and ratllesnake's master, and
the other filed with Campbellitc tracts
and pamphlets, preaching at night
among the good people of Kentucky,
and healing diseases by the way.
Sam earned quite reputation as a
preacher as well as Doctor and put
his money in his purse Sam was not
proud then, and turned his hand to
anything that would make an honest
penny. In the blackberry season he
gathered a great many bushels and
sold at fair prices, but in this employ.
ment he had many hair.breath escapes,
on account Of the many black snakes,
as well as rattlesnakes, and the scrach-
es he received on his legs and hands
from the briers. Sam found out in his
blackberry hunts that black snakes
carried no poison in their fangs, and
this he learned from negro's wife. to
whom he applied for assistance
after being bitten by one of these rep
tiles. He was also taught by Jennie
Ballinger's niger, lnbe, that a weed
called rattlesnake's master was a sure
cure for the bite OF that deadly reptile.
All this knowledge, was added to his
former store, and thus il was that Sam
fourished and grew to fame, and filed
his purse and boarded with the schol-
ars. Sam grew ambitious and gather
ed his means together and followed his
nose and landedin Iowain 1850. There
Sam thought that the Republican
party was the strong side in politics,
and began to shout for the niger,
which gave him little local reputa.
ton, and finally Sam wanted to 60 to
Congress, and run James Wilson out
of the way, and as compromise viii
son promised to recommend Sam ior
United States Judge, which he did,
and in 1862 Uncle Abe then appointed
Sam Miller to the United States Bench.
Without one scholarly attainment,
without one elevated idea, without any
history, philosophy, or science, or law,
this petty partisan, with his shins all
Scared with Kentucky green briers,
and a soul, (if he has any made of
dollars and cents, ruminating in his
habits, low in his instincts, unseemly
in his person, and stranger to the
refnemcnts of social life, was called to
decide the very fate of the Nation,
and to pass upon weighty matters OF
State. Chicago Times
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-23
BROTHER SCOTT ARISEN
HE sURPAssEs LAZARUS IN MS REsUR
RECTIoN.


When Lazarus arose from the dead
he did so just long enough to satisfy
his friends that the thing could be
done, and then he lay down and went
to sleep again but here is Brother
Scott, who was brutally shot, and he
knew not for what, as the New Eng.
land Methodist preachers declared, not
only refuses to lay down again and re-
sumo his slumbers, but he really goes
about preaching and interviewing Re-
bel editors. We copy the following
from the Harrisburg Patriot
"Meddlesome people often make
themselves ridiculous. The New Eng
land Methodists at their recent confer.
ence made haste to put their fingers
into Mr.. Hayes Southern pie and fond
ly imagined that they had pulled out
a fine plum in the shape of the corpse
of the Rev. W. IL. Scott, a colored
minister, who was reported by some
unscrupulous carpet-bagger to have
been brutally murdered by the bloody
"white. liners" But the assassinated
Rev. W II. Scott insists upon revisit
ing these glimpscs of the moon, and
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-23
Nr Packard thus shows that h was

MT' lhckhru tnus SHOWS tDht IL was
necessary to "push the rejection of
votes beyond the buli.dozed parishes
not only to save the Packard State
ticket, but also TO save Hayes, and he
pungenlly reminds the Tribune that its
claim that additional work was done
"for the sake Of fastening Mr.. Packard
to Nh. Hayes coat-tals" is "curiously
at variance with the facts He then
shows that the Board could have re-
jectcd the additional parishes of Cali-
well, Nachitoches and Richland, and
accepted the face OF the returns in the
other parishes, with the following re.
suit Packard over Nichols, 40l, and
Wicklifle, St. Martin, Dc Blanc and
Seay, Democratic electors, maiorties
ranging from five TO sixty.seven over
their Republican competitors, which
would have given the Republicans the
State administration and both branches
of the Legislature, and given to Tilden
four electoral votes when one would
have elected him. But Mr.. Packard
reminds the Tribune, that
Instead of thus resting, they push
ed the rejection Of votes beyond these
limits. Additional polls were rejected
in the parishes of Bossior, Catahoula,
Claiborne, Franklin, Iberia, Livingston,
ST. Landry, Tangipahop, and in three
wards Of the city of New Orleans,
which did not affect the election OF
Governor or the members of the GEN
eral Assembly, and from such action
resulted the majority of the Hayes
electors. adopt the words of the
Tribune and join in your suggestion
that "uneasy Republicans who are
worrying oyerthc bearings of the Lou.
lsiana settlement upon the Presidents
title will do well to keep these figures
in mind.'
Mr.. Packard clearly demonstrates
that the rejection OF votes in Louis
lana was not solely in the interest OF
himself and the State ticket, but that
the work had TO be pushed beyond
all reasonable limits" to give the Hayes
electors majorities. Tho best thing
that the Tribune can do is to dismiss
the arithmetieal feature of the Louis
lana return, and not goad those who
did the fgure-work to tell anything
about il, for il cannot be stirred with
out making pestilential stencil in the
nostrils Of the Nation. There is force
in its assumption that the selection of
electors is duty imposed upon the
States, and that the revision Of the
lawful tribunals of the States is q
question OF the greatest delicacy and
fraught with the gravest of possible
wrongs but no journal with just claims
to fairness, can defend the original re-
turn of Louisiana for Hayes and
Wheeler without violence to every
dictate of public integrity. Phitaiel-
phid Times.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-23
ATTITUDE OF THE UNITED
STA TIES no JTARD THE
BELLiNGERENT.S.
rEnMs OF ExIsrINa TREATIES


The duties Of the United States as
neutral Government are summed up
in the three rules of article six, of the
Treaty of Washington, which rules
are as follows
First-To use diligence to prevent
the fitting out arming or equipping,
within its jurisdiction, of any vessels
which it has reasonable ground to be-
lieve is intended to cruise or TO carry
on war against Power with which It
IS at peace and also to use like dill
gence TO prevent the departure from
its jurisdiction of any vessel intended
to cruise or carry on war as above,
such vessel having been specially
adapted, in whole or in part, within
such jurisdiction, TO warlke use.
Second-Not to permit or suffer
either belligcrent to make use of its
ports or waters as the base of naval
operations against the other, or for the
purpose of the renewal or augmenta.
ton Of military supplies or arms, or the
recruitment of men.
Third-To exercise due diligence
in its own ports and waters, and,
as all persons within its jurisdic-
ton, to prevent any Infringement OF
the foregoing obligations and duties.
By proviso at the close of the ar
tiele England and the United States
have not only bound themselves to the
above definition OF the duties of neu.
tral, but agreed TO bring the rules to
the knowledge Of other maritime ma.
tions, and TO invite them to accede to
them
By the treaty Of 1854 between Rus.
sia and the United Statest was agreed
by article |
First-That free ships make free
goods-that is to say that the effects
or goods belonging to subjects or citi.
zens Of Power or State at war are
free from capture and confscation
when found on board of neutral YES.
sells, with the exception of articles con,
traband of war.
sccond-That the property Of ncu-
trails on board an enemies vessel is not
subject to confiscaton unless the same
be coptraband of war
They (the .wo contracting Powers
engage to apply these principles to the
commerce and navigation of all such
Powers and States as shall consent tC
adopt them on their part as permanent
and immutable. This treaty was alst
signed at Washington, the signatoriei
being Messrs. William l.. Marcy anc
the Baron Stocked.