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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
Lost Women.

We commend the following
thoughts to the public:
Has it ever occurred to you what
a commentary upon our civilization
are lost women, and the attitude of
society towards them? A little
child strays from her home en-
closure, and the whole community
is on the alert to find the wanderer
and restore it to its mothers arms.
What rejoicing when it is found;
what fearful sympathy; what heart
mess of congratulations. There are
no harsh comments on tired feet,
be they ever so miry. No repri-
mand for the soiled and torn gar
mentS. No lack of kisses for the
tear stained face. But let the child
be grown into womanhood; let her
be led from it by the scourge of
want; what happens' Do Christian
men and women go in quest of her?
Do they provide all possible help
for her return, or if she return Of
her own motive, do they receive her
with such kindness and delicacy as
to secure her against wandering?
Far from it. AT the first step she
is denounced as lost-lost Echo,
friends and relatiyes-we disown
you; don'tever come to disgrace us.
Lost, says society, Indignantly.
How bad these girls arel And lost
-irreyocably lost-is the prompt
verdict Of conventional morality,
while one and all unite in boiling
the door between her and respecta-
bility. Alb! will not these lost ones
be required at your hands hereafter?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
Hard Times.
PhrenOIogieaI Journal.l

a AANh0AOhASaA ONAALoAsl
How very few of the thousands
who complain Of "hard tines real
ize that the chief causes of our
business and financial distress con-
Sist in our liberation, as a people,
of indiScreet and expensive habits.
Statistics show hat we pay for
articles not only altogether unnec-
essary for our comfort, but positively
injurious to health of body and
mind, hundreds Of millions of dol
lars; indeed, many times at the abso-
lutte cost of proper food and cloth
ing. Let us look at some of the
items. Cost of tobacco and cigars
during a year, $610,OOO,O 900; i'm
~portation Of liquors, $$5O,O0O, 900;
support of grog shops, $500, O0O,-
900; cost of supporting criminals,
made such by rum, $12,000,OO0;
fees in prosecuting the cases of such
criminals, $35, 0O0,O 900; cost Of keep
ing dogs, $5O,OOO,OOO. A people
that can spend money in this pro
fuse fashion ought not to complain
of "hard times!" But we could
enumerate a score Of other ways in
which money is Squandered which
would double the above grand ag-
gregate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
LgcAL,
Attachment Notice.

No. 12O7-Before j. n. Coleman. ]. p. for
Shelby county, Teun.-F. i. Warner VS.. A.
II. Hawthorn.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENTHAV-
4 ing been sued out under section 3s5 of the
Code Of Tennessee, and returned by the proper.
ethcer, levied upon the property Of the defend
defendant is Justly indebted to the plaintiff in,
the sum Of SIS, due by account, and that lie
defendant is a nonresident Of the State u
Tennessee; Il is therefore ordered that defend
ant make bis personal appearance before
o'clock a.m., 40 my Office, 294 Front ctreet, in
the city of Memphis. Tenn, and dCfefd said
attachment suit within the time described 81
law, or the same will be proc seded with OK
parte; and that a copy of this order DO pub
!isnSd once a week for four consecutive weeks
This nth day Of March, 1877.
If-z3-25 80 JIM. COLEMAN. j., p.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
A BILL has passed both houses of
the legislature to establish a COM
mission of arbitration at jackson.
Bosnia.

The province of Bosnia in which
fresh disturbances have arisen
within the last few days, is the
most western Of the dependencies
of European Turkey. It's area is
about equal to East and Middle
Tennessee, and it contains about
1,100, 900 inhabitants. 1t is tray
ersed by a mountain range, the
highest Of whose SUBMITS attain an
elevation of 5000 feet. The popu-
lation is one of much difference in
race and religion, and is not greatly
dissimilar from that in Servia and
Montenegro, which were lately at
war with the Turks. Of this popu.
lation, about $40, 600 are Christians,
400, 900 Mohammedans, 5000 Gyp-
sizes and 5000 Jews. OF the Chris
tians, 430, 900 belong to the Greek
Church, and 100, 900 are Roman
Catholics. By far the greater part
of the population, in blood, belongs
to the southern Slaves, who entered
the country in the seventh century
and dislodged the Illyrian race. On
the conquest of the country by the
Turks, the greater part of the large
land owners and wealthy classes
adopted the Moslem faith to save
their estates from SEIZURE by the
conquerors: and thus the religion
of the Prophet obtained at once its
strong foothold in the country. 1t
is possible that their descendants
might revert to the faith Of their
fathers were the Moslem yoke
thrown off and a permanent gov
eminent put over them. The Turks
completed their conquest and an
nexed Bosnia in 1928 to the Otto
man empire.
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Executive Office, March q, 1871.
TIE sTREET-0AR MONOPOLY AGAIN.

The bill to abolish section % Of
the cambridge railroad charter,
under which the street railroad
company Of Memphis claims the
right to charge ten cents for a sin
gle fare, has passed both houses Of
the legislature, but a motion to re-
consider has been entered by Hon.
Henry G.. Smith. The company Is
working frantically to defeat the
bill One means employed is u
threat to take up the Chelsea, Fort
Pickering and fernando road lines.
1t is even pretended hat they have
no right to run outside of the CITY
limits without this cambridge rail-
road charter. The absurdity Of
this statement is about equal to
the usual cheek of such corpora
tions. In the first place
the charter of the Peoples Passen-
ger Railway Company having been
repealed June z, 1865, could not,
or any part of it, be revived by
mere implication, in the act of
March 9, 1867, which established a
charter for the cambridge railroad.
In the second place the charter
of the present company in sec
ton 8 expressly authorizes the
company to run cars in Chel-
sea and Fort Pickering, and
OF course no State or county
authority would Object to the Her.
nando road line-though as to that
matter a charter could be obtained
from the Chancery Court upon ap
plication. Still these statements Of
other influences have had theil
effect, and some Of our best citizen
have been induced to use their in
huence against Mr.. Golfers bill
Petitions have been quietly carried
around and signed by a few credu
lous or thoughtless people. On thu
other hand, we venture to say ten
thousand people would gladly sign
a petition in favor of the reduction
proposed in Golfers bill.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
LEGAL.
Atfachmonf Notice.

Before j. M. Coleman. Justice Of the Peace
for Shelby county, Tennessee. r. p. Dun
can and e.. w. aoEdan, composing the firm
Of Duncan X Gordon, VS.. NancyA Leonard.
In THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENTHAV-
i ing been sdod out under section 1855 Of the
Code Of Tonne. see and returned levied upon
the property Of tho defendant, and affidavit
having been made that the defendant is
indebted to tho plaintiffs in the sum Of
SSoS.Ts due by account, and that the
claim Is just, and that tho defendant Is a non
resident of the State Of Tennessee; tits there
fore ordered that tho aaid defendant make
her personal appearance before mo on the
9th day Of April, 1877, at 10 o'clock M, at
my ohSe. 2i Front street, Memphis. Tennes-
SEQ, and defend said attachment suit with
IN the time prescribed By law, or the same
will be- proceeded with ex parte; and that q
copy Of this order DO published onco a week
This March !, 1877.
2-S-lf2O j. NJ. COLEMAN. J.. p.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23

PIrTsBuRG, March 23.-River IL feet
10 inches and falling slowly. Weather
clear and pleasant.
CAIRO, March % -Arrived-rBello Of
Memphis, 81. Louis, 10 pm; Katie P.
Kounlz, Pit.sburE, TO- Bismarck, New
Orleans, midnight; G. ". Anderson,
Nashville, 2 am G. B. Church, New Or.
leans, 4; Andy Baum, Memphis. g. Alice
Browa, Fittsburg, I; Iron Mountain, New
Orleans, 10.
Departed-Golde City, New Orleans,
10 pm; Belle Memphis, Memphis, mid
night; Bismarck, St. Louis, ! am Ks,e
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
Attachment Notice.

No. l2Q2-Before J.. NJ. Coleman, ]. P. for
tholby county, Tenn.-J. "A. Williams q
Coz for the use ETC., VS.. NJ. u. Snowden.
TN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV.
i ing been sued out under section 1855 of
Code Of tennessee, and returned levied upon
the property Of the defendant, and affidavit
having been made that defendant is indebted
TO plaintiff in tho sum Of forty-fye dollars,
due by account, and that the claim is just,
and that the defendant 10 a non resident OF
the State Of Tennessee Il - therefore or
dered that said doiendsot make his personal
April. 1877, at 10 o'clock am, at my ofice,
No. 2A Front street, Memphis, Tenr essee,
and defend said attachment suit WITHIN the
time prescribed by law, or tho same will DO
proceeded with OK parte; and that u copy Of
weeks In the Public Ledger.
This the 22d day Of March, 1877.
10 2b-Sl-S j. M. COLEMAN, j. P.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
mo A)o4.l
N0n.&esident Notice.

In tho Chancery Court Of Shelby Countv
Tenn. flames Callahan VS.. Mrs, Sarah x
Murrah, "
II, APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
4 this cause, that the defendant, Mrs. Sarah
q Murrah, Is q nonresident Of The stAte az
Ienno,seei II is therefore ordered that sbs
make her appearance herein, at the court-
on or before the first Monday In Nav ISL
and plead, answer or demur TO complsin-
ants bill, or tho same will be taken for con
iessod as to her and SGT for hearing OK Farte:
and that p copy Of this order bs publisheS
Public Ledger. "OA'
Acopy-Attest:
m EDMUND A. COLE, G. and II,
~ X, j. BLACK, D. O. and nj.
complainant. IN5S. 81 "a :
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as Fond.

Prof. G. V. Riley, who has eaten
grasshoppers cooked in various
ways, asserts that they are not bad
to take. To judge from his descrip-
tions Of the roast, fry or f~ritter, the
popular objection to eating the
Jumpers is founded on ignorant
prejudice. Now if the insects ac-
tually grew on the green things
that they feed upon, as a vegetable,
not an animal product, they would
be regarded as a choice luxury.
Perhaps such a post-mortem honor
awaits certain caterpillars in New
Zealand. Mr.. +. L. Newberry re-
Gently presented some specimens of
these curiosities to the California
Academy of Sciences. The cater
pillar has been originally buried as
an egg or larya, three inches below
the surface of the ground. There
it was seized by a parasitic plant Of
rapid growth, and thencefOrth be-
came as effectually " translated as
was Bottom the weaver. The out
lines and markings of the caterpil-
lar are preserved, but its new life is
that Of a vegetable. A curious,
furry, ornamental top is developed,
as it grows head uppermost. Thu
interior is white and its fiber is like
that of the crust of a cocoanut
The plant is Of a fungoid type and
attains a hight of three on fou1
inches.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23

Meteorology will never attain its
full rank among the sciences until
the causes of the movements of
wind and storm, as well as their
average directions, are ascertained.
An advance in this particular is re-
corded in Germany. NJ. Gustave
Hellmann had ascertained by care.
full comparison that during the
summer in that country there arc
two periods Of maximum rainfall,
separated by a dry period. With
the first Of these rain periods, and
partly preceding it, in June, there
is through a limited strip of ooun.
try a succession Of currents Of cold
air, coming from the Atlantic
across the coast of the North sea,
and moving from northwest b
southeast over middle Europe. NJ
Hellmann concluding that the cold
winds are caused by a movement Il
supply the place Of heated air rising
from the great European siatiC
steppes, as those tracts become hot.
ter with the lengthoning days late
IN the spring and early in the sum
mer The winds which are thu
ultimately drawn from the NORTH
Atlantic surface are cold and hoay.
lily charged with watory yapor, anC
their advent determines the begin.
ming Of summer rains in Germany
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23


Frau Freiligrath, the wife of the
dead poet, was before her marriage
Fraulein Ida Melos, daughter of
Prof. Melos, of Weimar, and when
a child was an especial pet of
Goethe. She and her sister tell
many pleasant anecdotes of their
life there, and of their playfellows,
Goethe's grandchildren, with whom
they have always been on terms of
close intimacy, and of Goethe as a
beautiful old man, smiling and
throwing bonbons from his window
to the group of children at play in
the garden below. Frau Freili-
grath said lately to a correspondent
of the Boston Transcript that she
was a tall, mature girl, with a wise,
grave look far beyond her years,
and her playfellows always made
her enact "Mignon " in the tab
leaux yivant. She was SO young
she did not know what it was all
about, but she remembers she
liked wearing the wings" Among
the treasures which her husband
left is a lock Of Goethe's hair,
which is dusky brown, with letters,
and an unpublished verse written
for a lottery at a fair in Weimar
"Manches herrliche der Welt
lat in Krieg und STREET. zerronen;
Wer beschutzet und erhalt
Hat das schonste Loos gewonnen.'
Weimsr d. 3 Sept, 1926, Goethe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
shetland Killed.

ST. LOUIS, March 23.-Nick Crenshau
was shot and killed at his house about
six miles south Of independence, Mo.
last evening, by Henry Cathey. 1t ap
pears tina: Crenshaw bad been the caust
Of a separation between Cathey and hi,
vile about a year ago, and last night
Cathey went to his house, called him t.
the door aud put a load Of buckshot into
him, killing him almost instantly. Ca
they surrendered to the authorities.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
Chfenrn mnrnAfn.

CHICAGO, March %, IL n.-Wheat il
active at 81 26s for April; 81 sOa for May
Corn is quiet at 800 for April; 42s@42;
for May; at bid for car lots. Oats are
quiet at S2i for April; S45@s5 for May.
Pork is quiet and steady at Is 95 fol-
April IA l2l@l4 10 for May. Lard il
easier at 9 1909 42I for April; 9 50. fol
Nav.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
Encouragement for the Feeble

Encouragement for the Feeble.
Debility, whether 1t DO Inherent. or caused
by overtaIed strength. or protracted illness,
has a most depressing influence upon the
mind, breeding an AFFECT melancholy nearly
akin to despair. and enforcing the abandon
ment Of cherished projects and high hopes.
Happily, the enfeebled system, oven IN ex
IRENE caset, Ia susceptible Of IMMIGRATION. II
Is proved BY inoontrovertiblo evidence thai
H0stetter's Stomach Bitters Is an unfailing
~strengthenor Of the weak, and that in addition
to yitalizing the physical organization, X
establishes regularity among those organs
imposed on them by nature. continued vigoi
and health depend. Thousands OF instances
might DO cited to show the regeueratiag inau-
ence Of this health-Eiving agent in cases Of
debility. liver disease. dyspepsia, nervous
ailments, constipation, intermittent fever,
urinary and uterine troubles, govt and rheU.
mAtism. and other maladiss,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
Indinn RaIien

The Indian relics discovered by
the Rev. j. Gass in a mound near
Davenport, Iowa, continue to evoke
discussion. They consist of tablets
of dark colored slate, with pictorial
eDgrayings, one of which represents
a funeral pyre or a sacrifice, around
which a dance is taking place ;
twenty-five stars and the sun and
moon are also shown, and there are
two lines Of a written language in
unknown characters. On the re-
verse Of the tablet, which is rather
less than a foot square and about
one and a half inches thick, there
are sketches of men, several quad
rupeds (including two mastodons),
some birds and trees. Another
tablet has a dial with four concen-
trio circles, within which are marked
the four cardinal points and twelve
equi-distant characters supposed
to represent the signs of the zodiac.
There is no doubt that these relics
were found along with human re.
mains, among layers Of she'll, in a
mound. If put there for the pur.
pose Of imposture, they have been
skillfully placed. All authorities
agree that if the relics are genuine
they are by far the most important
archaeological treasures yet found
in this country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
Cnn,t Comnntn.

BosroS, March 2S.-The New England
glass company Of East Cambridge, on,
Of the largest in New England, voted to
wind up business, being unable to com
pete with Southern and Western con.
Germs. Two hundred men will be unenl
ploYed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23

pie of Louisiana, who have suffered
SO much ana so patiently, have
taken a firm stand and will make
no compromise OF trade involving a
surrender of their rights. They
will demand either the Nichols
government or a military govern
ment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23

The Tennessee Legislature will
adjourn next Monday night, March
26th, at midnight. The last legls-
lature adjourned on the 25th Of
March.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
win Not Amow women 10 vote.

Providence, R. l., March PA prop.
o%sition to amend the constitution SO as
to allow women to vote, where taxed,
has been defeated by &c TO 25.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
On Monday, April 80. 1872.

in legal hours, in front Of the O~Ourt-hcuse,
Memphis, Tennessee, proceed 70 sell. to Tie
bidder, Cor cash, the following do.
scribed property, to-wit:
" Memphis Park Association knoFn AZ
Olympic Park east of the city of Memphis.
on the Memphis and Ohio railroad.
Levied on as. tho property of defendant to
satisfy SAID judgment, interest and costa.
memphis ath day OF March, 1877.
G. h, ANDERSON.
Sheriff of Shelby county. Tenn.
By w, D. CANNON, D. S. 1872
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indications.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-For TeRnes.
see, the Ohio valley aud southwest, areas
OF rain aud s%outhsrly winds shifting to
and essterlY, with lower tenn.
perature and rising barometer.
The lower Mississippi river will rise
and the lower Ohio will fall slowly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23

P. Kouutz, St. Louis, 4; Church, Gin.
cinnati, 81 Baum, Cincinnati. Il Alice
Brown, Memphis, Z. Light rain. Warm.
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WARNIRo
NOTACE.

ALL PERSONS ARE HEREBY eau
"A toned not to buy, trade or bargain for
one certificate Of stock, No. 200, for Eve shares
Workingmen's Building and Loan Associa-
ton. first series. said certificate having been
lost and application made for a duplicate
JOHN LIVELAR.
MEMPHIS, March q. 1877. 1920
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23

The subscription price Of the PUB
Lie LEDGER is IS per annSm for
The Daily, and 50 per mum for the
Resky-POstage free.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
ShorlE's Sale Of Real Estate.

DUBLIo NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN,
i that by virtue of a vonditioni exponas to
me directed from the Honorable Circuit Court
Geo. l.. Williams & Co. VS.. Memphis Park
Association. judgment rendered on the Goth
day of September, 1879, fer tho sum of sew
onty-fye dollars and eighty-seyen cents,
with interest and costs Of suit, to satisfy said
judgment. etc.. L will,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23

EoR POSTERS, SHOW BILLS, CARDS
= Circulars, etc., gotten up with the latest
style Of types and on superior payer Of any
anime gtock.andlproos.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
earn.

70 all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc.. ] will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
By q missionary IN South America. Send q
self. addressed envelope TO tho REv. JosErH
T. ISNAS, Station d. Bible House. New York
City. l2o-xxiy l2sdkw
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07

THE Fourth of July is rapidly ap-
preaching, and what do our Ravenna
people propose TO do about it? Will
they haye any fun for the boys.
AND now it is said we are threaten
ed with an incursion o: the seventh
year locus's this season. Well, mis-
fortunes never come singly.
THE Spiriiualists will hold grove
meeting at Brsdy's Lake, on the farm
of Norman Merrill, on Sunday next,
June 10Th. All arc invited.
THE Umiversalists OF Ravenna in
tend 10 make some decided improve
menis in their church editice the COM
ing season.
The predictions OF the weather wise
of severe frosts in the latter part of
May and early part of June have not
been realized.
THE Hook and Ladder Company
demolished the grand stand at the eFair
grounds on Friday evening. They had
become quite rotten, ricketty and un-
safe.
The Arithmetical tables inform us
that three scruples make one drachm,
but some of our young men who
signed the Murphy take their drains
without any scruples.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07

DIR. j. GOUCHER will he absent
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
this week, to attend the marriage of
his sOn-David R.-to Miss Bell Nor
rison, of Edgewa;er, Pa, II niece of
Bishop Simpson. The ceremony is to
be performed 10y Bishop simpson, and
the Rev. John +. Goucher, of Hun
tingdon Avenue, baltimore City, Md.
There have been over two hundred in
vitatiOns sent out. The Doctor, there
fore, will have the pleasant privilege
of meeting many of his old friends.
1t is the first respite the Doctor has
taken during the nine years he has
lived in Ravenna. Everything has
been sacrificed OH the altar of his pre-
fessional business.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-06-07


The Temperance Meeting held in
Reeds Opera House, On the evening
of the 3O:h u!t. was well attended.
The meeting was opened by singing
and PRAYER. The lecturer, MissAnnie
Edwards, of Cleveland, was introduce
ed by the President. The lecture was
practical, physiological and religious.
Miss Edwards illustrated her theory,
the Geteriora:ing and inflamatory CT
fccts OF alcohol on the membraneOus
lining of the stomach, and ITS conse-
Quent action on the entire nervous
system established by medical science,
by means of charts OF the human
stomach, showing the mucus MEM
brane, lst, in health I'd, when slight
ly infamed by the use of liquor; 3d,
when in a worse stage OF congestion.
and the continued fevered condition,
causing craving, nausea, thirst, and
excrutiating pains, which nothing but
alcoholic drink could alleviate ; 4th. the
thoroughly congested, and liberated
condition of the stomach of the de-
bauchee. She handled her subject
well. She 10 a young lady possessed
OF a pleasant voice and grace of man.
ner.
Mr.. Weir, of Pittsburgh. being CALL
ed upon, gracefully responded. His
address was logical, allegoricsl, and
esthetical. Though young, Mr.. Weir
possesses great power as an orator.
Several solos, and choruses, were
finely rendered by Mr.Bell, of Y oungs-
town, and the Ravenna Philharmonic
Society. lsev.A. NJ. Hills pronounced
the benediction.