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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
The Battle of kars.

The Russians have captured Kars sew
eral times, thus making it historical
ground. The foreign correspondent of
the New York Times thus sketches two
memorable campaigns "In 1923 Gen.
Paskevitch made this campaign with
thirty battalions of infantry, nine squad
rons of cavalry, eleven regiments of Cos
sacks, and eight batteries of field artil-
lery. He established the bulk of his
forces at Alexandropol, sent out two
isolated corps to protect the towns upon
the Black sea, then marched upon Kars
and took possession of it. He then
waited until spring before pushing for
ward to Erzeroum, which he took pos
session of on the 9th of June, 1929. In
1858 the Russians again concentrated
their forces at Alexandropol, having de-
tached corps at Al1haltsich and Erivan.
The Turks made the first attack, and
were repulsed. In 1854 there was the
same grouping of troops A happy di-
version OF troops and very rapid march
enabled them to defeat the Turks before
Kars, but the revolt of Schamyl obliged
them to stop their forward march. In
1855 Gen. Mouravief adopted the plan
of operations which had succeeded three
times before, and he also took possession
OF .Aars, in spite of the heroic defense of
Gen. Williams.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
The Late GOV. BrOwnlOw.

When Parson Brownlow was attend
ing conference at Abingdon, Va, in
1850, he suffered n serious illness, and
Bishop Capers and other divines present
were rather anxious to know how the
eccentric parson felt in view of an
exchange of worlds. Accordingly they
visited his room, and the Bishop read
the scriptures and sang and prayed with
him. On taking his leave, Dr. Capers
took him by the hand and, looking him
full in the face, inquired as to his pros
poets beyond the grave. The answer
was prompt and confident. "Well,
Bishop, if I had my life to live over
again L could improve it in many
respects, and would try to do so. How
ever, if the books have been properly
kept in the other woodland of this i
have no doubt-there is a small balance
in my favor"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
The Turkish Government.

A correspondent writes: CT see Web
ster says the Porte is the Government of
Turkey. What is that Government, and
of what departments does it consist ~
The Legislative and executive authority
is exercised under the Sultan, whose will
is absolute when it does not oppose the
precepts of the Mohammedan religion, by
the Grand Vizier, the head of the tenn
poral Government, and the Sheik-ul-
Islam, the head of the church. The
Mutt, or interpreter of the Koran, is
the supreme arbiter of the legality of all
religious, civil, and political acts. The
temporal administration comprises three
classes-the Sublime Porte of the Grand
Vizier, who presi6es over the State
Council; the Porte of the Minister of
Finance, and the Agha, comprising a
large number of civil and military Off
GERS. The Grand Vizier, as head of the
Government and representative of the
Sultan, is President of the Divan, which
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
An Intelligent Dog.

Donald Mckay, now going through
the country with dramatic combination,
is the owner of most intelligent canine
named Jack, of which he tells the follow
ing story, among others:
Eve nothing more to do at home than
say, Jack, you go and fetch me in some
cord-wood, and away he'd go, and keep
carrying it in till / tell him to stop.
And one day, in my place, was talking
with friend, and j turns to Jack and
told him to 60 and fetch in some wood,
and, after he was gone for while, he
comes in with the AK in his mouth and
laid it down ut my feet Well, / went
out to see what was the matter, and. my
golly, there hadn't been bit of wood
cut, and Jack saw it, and so he brought
me in the ax.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
Arms and Ammunition from This
Country.

The beginning of actual hostilties in
the Russo-Turkish war has not caused
the arms and ammunition factories in
this country to abate their activity. The
Union Metallic Cartridge Company of
Bridgeport, Ct, is employed night and
day filling orders. Colts factory at
Hartford is said to have received large
order from the Russian Government for
navy revolvers. Smith IL Wesson have
lately completed an order for 20, 600 re-
volvers for the Turkish Government. A
Turkish officer, who has been in Water
bury, Ct, for year, experimenting the
manufacture of cartridge shells at the
factory of Brown Brothers, still remains
on duty there. -Ne10 York Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
4 Mighty Water-POwer.

The amount of water passing over
Niagara falls has been estimated at 100,-
100000 tons per hour, and its perpen-
dicular descent may be taken at $50 feet,
without considering the rapids, which
represent further fall of 80 feet. The
force represented by the principal fall
alone amounts to Is, 800, 900 horsepower,
an amount which if it had to be pro-
duced by steam would necessitate an ex-
penditure of not less than 266, 900, 900
tons of coal per annum, taking the con-
sumption of coal at four pounds per
horsepower per hour. In other words,
all the coal raised throughout the world
would barely suffice to produce the
amount of power that annually runs to
waste ut this wonderful fall.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
Mexican Affairs.

Late advices from the City of Mexico
state that "peace continues throughout
the country, but stagnation prevails in
commerce. Congress acknowledges the
existence of the Senate, thereby destroy
ing the legality of its acts, but continues
the work of legislation. Diaz is DESTROYS
that the House dissolve in September,
but the majority are determined to de-
clare the present House the Eighth Con-
gress. and that its term shall not expire
until September. 1873. Diaz proposes
to reduce the army to 5000 men, enough
to keep the country free from bands of
robbers"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
Sending Steamers Across the COnti-
nent by Rail.

The novel enterprise of transporting
large steamers across the continent has
been successfully carried out within a
few weeks. In October 1876, George
III. Bradbury, President of the Occiden-
tai and Oriental Steamship Company,
made n contract with Fletcher, Harrison
X Co., of this city, for the construction
of two side-wheel steamboats,, each of
the following dimensions Keel, 90 feet;
beam, 80 feet; depth of hold, 1Of feet.
The contract provided that the hulls, ma
chinery, and homework should be built
and fitted together here, and that when
completed the boats should be taken to
pieces and shipped by rail to San Fran
cisco, and there put together again. In
accordance with their agreement,
Fletcher, Harrison & Co., early in
March, forwarded the hull and ma
chinery of the first vessel, and they have
since dispatched the hull and machinery
of the second, with the homework for
both. The boilers of the second boat
were delivered in Jersey City about a
week ago, and are now on the way to
San Francisco. The entire weight of the
vessels and machinery as shipped was
completed before shipment, and taken on
locomotive trucks to Buffalo, whence
they were transferred to Lowell flats,
upon which they were transported with
out change to their destination. Each
shipment has been delivered about
twenty days after it left New York.
The steamers are intended TO run on
San Francisco bay-one from San Fran
cisco to Saucelito, the other from San
Francisco to San Rafael. lOrk
Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
Kansas Elephants.

We had very pleasant call from
Prof Nudge on Thursday of last week.
He went to Jewell TO examine the re-
puted mastodonS that was found a
year ago in that county, and reports that
it is the remains of great elephant OF
much greater size and of four times the
weight of the largest Asiatic elephant OF
the present time. He states that he
found also in other though not distant
localities numbers of bones of other ele-
phants of the same species, indicating
that this country had once i'll the ages
past been range for these gigantic ami
mails, and that then this wasa tropical eli
mate COncOrolia Kan EnlDiFe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
TranSYaal.

The annexation of the little republic
of Transvaal, on the southern coast OF
Africa, by Great Britain had been formal
ly proclaimed, and the British flag waves
over another colony. The people who
are most interested in the change, the
Transvaalers themselves, are violently
opposed to it, and, while no armed OPP
position is likely to be attempted, aprotest
will be sent by the republic to the United
States and other nations from whom il
has heretofore received recognition.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18

WEST VIRGINIA has the largest and
most valuable body of timber of any
State in the Union. Prof. Fontaine es-
Inmates that the area still covered 10y
forests is between 9,000,000 and 10000,
900 acres, and that the value of the sur
plus exportable timber is fully $75, 900,
900 as it stands in the forests. The oak,
walnut, cherry, ash, poplar, maple,
elm, sycamore and locust attain size
there not surpassed on the American
continent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
THE LITTLE FOLKS.


Kindness tn Animals.
BE kind to the lion, and study his will,
And assist in " inserting the claws"
And don't interrupt him-keep perfectly still,
No matter how awkward his paws.
BE kind to the wombat and taplr so mild;
BE kind 10 the winsome iackdaw
BE kind TO the tiger, and don't make him wild,
Or he'll give you too much of his jaw.
BE kind TO the oyster, icnneumon, and snail
BE kind 10 the brisk kangaroo;
BE kind TO the leopard-don't tread on his tail,
Or he'll spot you at once if you do.
BE kind TO the gasterpod, gurnard, and rat;
BE kind 10 the aatri1 tOrqudt0r;
BE kind TO the rama pulustris, and cat;
BE kind to the tuberculator.
BE kind 10 the bullfinch, the goat and the scape,
To the yak, whelk, and lesser peewit;
BE kind to the chaste odoriferous ape.
To the beaver, the perch, and tomtit
BE kind TO the friendly and vigorous flea;
BE kind TO the bold cockatoo;
BE kind TO the pussycat, baalanb and gee
And be kind to the bow-wow and moo.
BE kind to the phascolome, yarrell and box,
To the boscoyitch, gufin and skoo;
De kind to the chuq-cliug and bold prairie hok,
To the within, the smoke and the spoo
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18

GERMANY furnishes, annually, 100000
fox skins, 10000 pine martens, 10000
stone martens, 100000 polecats, 5000
offers, 5000 badgers, and 100000 hare
skins. In rabbit skins she sends out
only 100000, to Frances 5000, 900.
The list closes with 400, 900 domestic-cat
skins.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18

AN American girl, Miss Agatha Ives,
has been awarded two gold medals in the
celebrated Seminary of Nuns, in Rome,
one for superior knowledge in Eastern
dialects and languages, and the other for
the best ! composition in the living
tongues.j
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18

includes eight ministerial departments
those of war, finance, marine, commerce,
public works, police, justice, and public
instruction. Chicago Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18

eral indisposition to go would result in
large assertions if the removal were un-
dertaken during the summer months.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-05
HEAVY JUDGMENT.
The Memphis City Railway Company
StiIs Unforfunafe.

DA@ aANANuAAnNE
Yesterday the Supreme Court, now in
session at jackson, in the case Of Far
rington VS.. the Memphis City Railway
Company set aside the arrest Of judg.
ment and gave a judgment in favor Of
Mr.. VIM. Harrington, Under the old
board Of directors, previous to 1871, Mr..
Harrington a president of the
Street Railway Company and while
ne paid the employees he failed to
pay himself his salary. The new
board (which is the present one) ousted
Mr.. Harrington from the presidency
and refused to pay him his salary. Mr..
Harrington brought suit before the Shsl.
BY county Circuit Court in 1875, and Oh.
tanned a judgment for his salary, s25OO
per year, for four years, aud interest
thereon, amounting to about $4,000.
Judge Heiskell suspended or arrested the
Judgment of the jury, and an appeal wes
taken to the Supreme Court, and the re.
suit was that the Supreme Court set
aside the arrest Of Judgment and sus-
tanned the verdict Of the jury. The
amount for which Mr.. Harrington now
receives judgment is about $4,000,
which will be collected by execution
from the Memphis CITY Railway Com
pany Immediately.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-05
LEDGER LINES.

Sailor hats at Lsvigne's.
Party dresses cut decollete are said to
mean neck or nothing.
Horses and buggies and sad lie horses
Tor hire at al Court street. [57l
Wednesday plight uext the ushers' -
benefit m of at the theater.
The general council will meet at the
courthouse on next Monday afternoon.
Scores of people are applying for work
on the eustom.house to be erected on the
bluff. p
An item in to-day's issue under the
heading of "a Sad Story is worthy the
notice Of our readers.
Plant more corr and less cotton is
now the cry in the land, and q few plant
ers respond afirmatively,
At the Criminal Court to-day misde-
meanor cases are on trial; none Of them,
however, sre Of any public Importance.
A few Knights Templar Of yisiling
Communicates are still in the city, and
will remain here until tomorrow night.
Go to Spangler's, 376 Main ST. eet, for
magazines, papers, etc, and a No. l
cigar for &c, the best in the city. Try
one.
Last Tuesday was celebrated as deco.
ration day at Vicksburg, on which coca
sion the Confederate graveyard was lite
rally covered with flowers.
The closing hop Of the season comes
off next Friday night at the M@unerchor
Hal, given by the 100 club, under the
management Of R. j. Walker,
A crowd Of ex%cursionists from Coving.
ton Upton county, will arrive here to
morrow over the Padueah railroad and
will return aome tomorrow night
The creation Of building and loan
associations is becoming a popular busi
ness in this city at present, The stock
is said to pay quite a large dividend if
the b%asiaesS isconlucted properly,
The Templar3 departed for their
homes last night, the grand eonelaye of
the Grand eommanieFy having closed.
The next meeting Of the %cemmsndery
will take place at Nashville on the first
Thursday in May 1878.
Owing to the late heavy rains many
cellars ~throushout the city have been
turned into lakes. These could easily be
turned into swimming baths, or stocked
with fish or bulldogs, according 10 the
taste Of the proprietors. 4s
Numbers Of houses have been con
demned by the FIRE authoritie, as dan
gerou, 10 life, but that seems to end the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-05
PUBLIC LEDGEk.
ONCE, IS Madison Street.
ARG EST CITY CIRCULATION.
THE CIT
MEMPHIS:
Church Services TO.uOrrow
saturday evening, May 5, 1877.


Church Services TO.mOrrow.
The following notices are inserted free Of
charge. We request that officers of churches,
who desire SO to do. will furnish US, on Sat
u~riays, with brief notices Of services in
their respective places of worshipl:
Central Baptist Ohurch-secon9 and Beal
streets = Services at IL AIN. and 500 pm
by Dr.. Landrum, pastor. Sunday-school at
9:3Oam. %
Court Street Cumberland Presbyterian
church. Services at Ham. and 7:45 pm, by
George 7. stainback, D. D., pastor.
Lauderdals Street Presbyterian ohusch
Corner of Beal and Lauderdalo Services at
II am. and 7;45 pm. by the pastor, Rev. DR..
j, Il. WaddelI.
Grace Church. fernando street. Rev. J.
Carmichael, rector. Seats free. Sunday
school at 300. Services at II a. m by Bishop
Pierce, Of Arkansas.
Harmonial Hall. Sg2 Main street, Services
at II am. by Rev. Samuel Watson. Subje.t I:
The intermediate State. Seats free. All are
invited to attend. Conference at 10 a m.
First Presbyterian Church, corner Third
and Poplar streets-Services at II a m. by the
pastor, Rev. Eugene Daniel and at 8 100 pm.
Sunday school at 80 am. $3.50
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-05
SEE our best paper collars, I5c, K&F.
The Picnic season.

P;cnics will soon be all the rage. For
several years past Memphis has com.
peted with the world in the way Of out.
door fstes or pisnics. The modern pic
mics do not resemble the picnics of ante.
bellum days, when neighborhoods got
together out in the woods, by the side Of
some clear spring, and uupaoked the
baskets of estAblss brought there by
each picnicer. Now picnics are bust.
ness matters, money-making specula.
tons, eminently practical, but awfully
unromantic. Picnics are now gotten up
just as any other business is; the great
point therein is to have in view the al.
mighty dollar"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-05

matter, and in a few days the condemna-
ton is forgotten and the dangerous
buildings are permitted to stand as usual.
This morning the recorder disposed Of
the following cases: Thos, Webb, drunk,
fined IS; Enos Green, drunk, fined s.;
James Dougherty, drunk and ~disorderly,
fined $40; James Reder, assault and bat.
terry, fined $780, Louis Parum, drunk,
fined S..
The weather Of to-day reminds US of
the poetic lines
Nov the bright morning star, days harbin-
Comes dancing from the east. and leads with
The HOwery May. who from her green lap
The yellow cOwslip and the pale primrose"
In the case of Williams VS.. the State
of Tennessee, mayor add recorder of
Memphis, the Supreme Court has de.
cided that during the absence of the
recorder a pro tenn. mayor of the city
cannot, discharge the functions of re.
corder. The court also held that the
mayor cannot discharge the duties of
recorder, the two Offices being essentially
different and distinct.
Local politicians of the grab-all stripe
are even now organizing for the distribu.
ton Of the spoils at the January next
and future elections. They are a lively
set OF citizens when they have their
optics leveled upon an office. A few Of
them begin to think that offices were
invented expressly for their accommo.
dalton, and that they have a life estate
With a contingent remainder therein.
The "peelers" are getting fits from the
old Irish women aud "widders" of up
town sections Of the city. The poor little
goat that supports the family and gives
milk for the children, and the pig that
keeps the family 10 meat, are ruthlessly
bulldozed by the police officials, and the
old women assert most positively that
the peelers steal the goats and hogs 10
order to sell them and put the proceeds
in their pockets.
The TemplarS competitive drill be-
tween the Nashville and jackson com-
manderies at the Exposition building on
yesterday afternoon wa witnessed by a
large crewd of ladies and gentlemen,
nearly two thousand people being pres
ert. The Nashville commaudery won
the prize, an elegant silver pitcher,
punch.bowl and goblet, offered by the
Cyreue aud St. Elmo Communicates OF
Memphis for excellence in the drill of
the Knights Templar.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-05

"rANTE9-TBE PUBLIC TO KNOW
w that l will not be responsible for any
bills bought by any ono connected with the
Ledger office or out OF il, and will not allsW
such bills in settlement Of my accounts unless
accompanied by my written order
39-t 10. MhlTMORE:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-05
Kegs and Goats seing ..POuudea ,,
by Our Tuf.ss-sIYs

The terrible infant Of Memphis, who
belongs to the macEerel brigade, has
now gone into stock farming, and With
the vim and talent Of a Texas cowboy
the infant throws bis lariat over the
horns of the %prowling goat or over the
leg of the disgusting hog aud hurries them
into the corral kept by the city, and
which city pays each stock broker a quar-.
ter a head for the communicated ami.
mali
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-05
OUT IN DRY GOODSi
CHANGE OF BUSIN ESS,
tQegfl t=-e--A
Wishing to close cut our entire retail STOCK az ~
OHer II atprices unheard Of Call early and Secure bargains.
SOLOMON VENDIG,
Mo. go Main street
Amusements.

MEMPHIS THEAfRR. = Next Friday
night the debut Of Miss Grace Lewellyp
will take place at the Memphis Theater,
when the very charming drama Of Fan
chon will be presented. Miss LeWellyn
will appear in the title role and will be
supported by several members of the
Chicakasaw Guards dramatic corps.
The sale Of reserved seats will commence
at Hollenberg's On Tuesday next, The
cast is a very good one, as follows:
Fanchon," Miss Lewellyn; Landry
Barbeaud," Sam T.. Carnes; Father
Barbeaud," Avery Lamb; "Didier,"
Louis Frierson; Mother Fadet, Mrs.
Rose 2. Thompson "Madelon,np Miss
Jennie Hunter; Mother Barbeaud,p
Miss Jeanette Long. AZ the close Of
the drama Miss Jennie Hunter will re-.
cite The Spanish DUE"
THEATR1cAL BENEFIT = Wednesday
night next the complimentary benefit
rendered to Treasurer Gray and the
ushers will come of at the Memphis
Theater. An attractive entertainment.
will be presented. The New Orleans
Serenaders, supported by a number of
specially performers, will appear, and,
in addition, Mr.. I. H. Slaughter, for.
merly Of the Caroline Richiugs- Bernard
English opera troupe, will contribute to
make the entertainment enjoyable aud
attractive.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-05
WANTED.

EVERYBODY to know that they can get the
~ finest cakes and candies TO be had-also
5 oda and mead at Nm. fL0ID'S, Main
street. near Jsfsr on. 1918 4
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-05
No Fishmnr ia onr nnm.,n-

There are no Turks in Memphis and
but few natives Of Russia, so that no
light can take place between them within
the corporate limits of the city Those
nemphians who we're formerly Russian
subjects came from Russian Poland or
that part of the "Niobe Of Nations"
which was given to Russia when the IA
nous and infamous partition Of the fair
land of Poland was made by Russia.
Prussia and Austria.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-05
Rooms and Board
at John WendeI's Saloon,
81 Poplar sd. 10
suprtme Cont.


The following is a list of cases in the
Supreme Court on the Shelby County
Law Docket, in which objections were
filed to trial before the commission:
346 Mary A McCallum VS. s. NJ. lobe.
1863 Geo A Stovall VS. Phil Tuggle.
$40 Same VS. D Williams.
81 Moore & Miller vs. G A StoEall.
374 ] H Ryan & Co VS. Louis Keath.
S75 Oscar App ys J H Ryan & Co.
376 b Richardson vi Brown d Sykes.
1856 d Williams VS. H e Miller.
3SS i B Horrigsn vs. First National
Bank.
$3.50 ST Deeson VS. j j Martin & Co.
39l w n Etter VS. Jennie II Motion.
405 ia Taylor vs. Pitser Miller.
4O6 NJ and CIR Co vs. e A Cole.
407 N. Blackwell va W J Pruden.
446 M D l. Rankin vs N r Warner.
448 Oliver Taylor VS. ] II French.
ass W Brown VS. Order & Dennie.
469 L B Horrigan VS. + s Davis.
478 W W Thatcher VS. L B Herrigan.
1872 London life Insurance Company VS.
Thomas o Meux.
5l3 &C Clary VS. A ] Montgomery.
522 billiard Bros ct al VS. l. and N R r
Co.
$50 Geo N Robinson VS. L and N R R
Co
554 NSehwarzenburg VS. Joanna Farrell.
557 a Aston vs. u NJ Sharpe, exr.
Said cases will be called by the court
in numerical order, commencing Mon
day, the 7th inst.