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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-14
d SCHOOL BOARD.

-
Special MeetIng-ArrRngements Per,
iceted for Paying the Teachers.
The Board of Education met in spe
cial session last night, President Good.
man occupying the chair, and the fol-
lowing members being present Messrs.
Raudle, W. p. Mitchell, Arlington, God
win, Saunders, Trezevant, Edglngton,
Townsend, RedcE and Anderson.
President Goodman stated that the
object of the meeting was to perfect the
resolution relative to the boz d borrow
ing money, etc.
Mr.. Goodwin offered the follow ing res
olution, which was seconded by DE-. Ar.
%rington, aud unanimously adopted by the
meeting;
Whereas, The board Of education Of
the Memphis city schools having issued
and are issuing now wal rants dated
June, 1877, Tor about SOAP "a in the az
efegate in payment Of the balance Of
liabilities incurred during the scholastic
year Just ended, said We rants including
the words, with interest f.om date,
drawn upon the treasurer, who is now
out Of finds, and having arranged With
the First National Bank, Union and
Planters Bank, Pheuix Insurance Com.
pany and fernando Insurance Company,
in order TO maintain the good credit OF
said board Of e~ducation, for each Of
ihese companies TO take up from the
holder about one.iourlh Of said warrants
and hold them Temporal ;ly as a liability
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Mispronomneed.

The following words are habitually
misprouounccd, not only by the unedu.
Gated, but also by many who profess to
be scholars and graduates Of colleges
and universities.
The entire class Of words, like prog.
ress, process, prod uct. preface, pred.
ecessor, in violation of the rules laid
down by our two highest authorities. SO
in the words epoch, i%en.ets, tril une,
venue, nom-ad, the consonant, in.
common practice, is improperly joined
to the last syllable instead of the first.
In the words oil ligatory, exemplary, in.
teresting, per-emptory, construed, the
authorities require that the accent should
be thrcwn forward insthe first syllable
In a large class Of words like ductile,
fertile, reptile, hostile, puerile, engine,
mercantile, maritime, ermiue, the blum
der is usually committed Of giving the
Il" the long instead of the short sonHd.
And we daily hear RI sources for re.
sources, the penult being accented
noncombat ants for aoncomba.tants;
against, giving the "a the long sound
when the proper pronunciation is
"agenst; we hear the I improperly
sounded in often, where it is silent; the
2 sound is seldom given TO the final in
such words as suffice and sacrifice; ap
pellant is pronounced every way, includ.
ing the right way, which is with the &C.
cent on the penult; pre- tense is wrongly
accented on the last syllable; statutory is
called statuary; the long i in the penult
Of aspirant is seldom given the accent
as it should be, and a similar error is
committed in pronouncing opponent by
throwing the accent too ff- forward.
~Irrevocable should Of course have the
accent on the rev" and iudisputahle
on the dis" while in Iamentabls au.
thority requires thet the first syllable
shall be accented. There is no excuse
for mispronouncing such words as ar.
chives, where the i has the long English
sound; or finance, in which the has the
short sound, and has the c%onsonaut
Joined to it; the Latin words deficit and
s~af-icit can be pronounced in but one
way, namely, with all the vowels short
and the + joined to the first syllable,
which is accented. He is a grossly Tilt
crate lawyer who at this day would pro.
nCuuce Magma Charts in any other man.
ner than the CD as k, or pronounce fde
iu the phrase bona hde, as a word of one
syllable. How the lawyers can get
dam" out Of the word manda mus, in
defiance Of all the rules Of the English
and the Latin languages, we abandon as
6 helpless inquiry. One would suppose
that a law student could not blunder in
the pronunciation of the French word
laches, which is identical with our Eng
lish word lashes in. sound, but there are
such innumerable 'latcL.es" in every
forum that attorneys must think that
door.latches, or the absence of them,
have everything to do with the question
Of neglect.
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Omnhn Itoma.

OMAHA, NEE June l4.-Budd Doble,
with Goldsmith Maid, BoRine aud Vol.
neg, passed East yesterday evening.
The Kansas City road has been fully
repaired, and the trains are all running
on time.
Professors Thomas, of Illinois, and
Aughey, Of Nebraska, have just returned
here from an extended tour through the
State south OF the Platte, and they say
the grasshoppers have as yet done no
damage, and none whatever need be
%apprehendad, as they are dying of rap.
idly. The efforts Of farmers 10 kill with
oil aud tar has been a great success.
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tracks being fat and perfectly
smooth, the wheels of the vehicles
glide over them with the least pos
sible friction. The conductor of
each vehicle takes care so to guide
it that the wheels always remain
on the granite. The author of the
project maintains that there is
nothing to prevent the granite
lines from being used by carriages
driven by steam power, in Ike
manner as though drawn by horses.
AT the same time, it is not propos-
ed to adopt the train system on
granite tracks; each carriage VIII
be provided with its own steam
power, viii move by itself, and be
guided by means Of a mechanism
specially devised for the purpose.
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Partner for Life.

What is the aim of nine ont Of
ten of the young ladies who have
suitors visiting them? Do they
have any? Certainly = most Of
them do, only to forget it. A lit
tie presence Of mind on these oc-
casions would ave future unhappi-
ness. The young gentleman in
MANY instances is agreeable, gay and
handsome; and this dazzles the
eyes SO utterly that the young lady
refuses to look farther. She should
satisfy herself on such points as
these: "Will those eyes, in which
Cupid now dances so merrily, al
ways find expression from the love
of Il true soul? Now he says many
pleasant things, and draws pretty
pictures for the future. Does he
60 tomorrow to work which gives
promise Of the fulfllment OF your
desire in life? Dc his ambitions
and achievemets satisfy you? Does
his everyday life SHINE with the
noble endeayors of a trustworthy
man? If you think and desire q
companion in your thinking-one
who would unlock the deepest
depths Of your mind-to what
strata or humanity does he belong
in the scale Of excellence and NOR
ality? Is he doing all he can to
build up future usefulness and hap
piness, in which you can share and
feel blessed ?"
These are the questions which
the experience Of after years make
many women weep in bitterness OF
soul, that they had not thought Of
before they answered ." yes" w
should look out for to-day's reputa-
tons and to-morrow's successes.
The witticisms and endearments
layished so freely may be very
pleasant but they Will not last
They will grow tame and spiritless
and, if nothing else comes to take
their place, woe to the happiness
yainly invoked on the shores of The
desolation opening all around.
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IN .I
I II
Attachment Notice.

In tho Circuit Cow Of Shelby county, Tenn.
Juno ", l8.7-J. W. Knott and Sallie W.
Knott VS.. w. p. Dunnerant, N. Il. Dobbs,
NJ. J. Wicks and NJ. L. Wicks.
TN THIS CAUSE AN ANCILLARY AT
i tachment having been sued out under sec
ton -e Of the Code of Tennessee. and r
turned into court levied by garnishment on
A. M. Boyd X Son upon the money, property
and effects of the defendants, Nj. j. Wicks
and M. l.. Wicks and affidavit having been
made that the defendants are Justly indebted
to plaintiffs in the sum of Si40) b. note and
account, and that said Vi. j and NJ. L. Wicks
are non-residen's Of the ST. Of Tennessee.
1t is therefore ordered that the said defend
ants, NJ. j. Wioks and NJ. L., Wicks. make
their personal appearance herein, bolore tho
Judge Of the Circuit Cou. Of Shelby county,
ut the courthouse in the city Of Memphis, on
tho third Monday in Sept mbor next and dc
fend said attachment suit within the time
prescribed by law. or the same will DO pro-
ceeded with OK PAL o, and that q cop" of this
order DO published once 4 week for tour con-
secutiye weeks in the Public Led 'er,
4 copy attest, this 18th dav of June, 1877.
j. +. COLEMAN, Clerk.
By JOHN D. SMITH, D. c.
Clapp j Meux, Attorneys fer plaintiffs.
s2-9S-l04-ll0
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To one unacquainted with the
tricks that are vain and ways that
are dark of the gambling fraternity,
the brace-box does not appear diff
ferent from the regular faro-box
from which the dealer deals the
cards. Thus the latter can apply
his ~nefarious art without the least
circumspection, satisfied that his
poor, deluded victim imagines, as
his money gradually disappears,
that it is merely luck that is against
him, unaided by secret springs or
marked cards. The brace-box has
a secret spring in the lower left
hand corner, while the cards in the
box are very carefully marked on
one edge. The mark is very slight,
but perceptible enough to the deal
er, and easily understood by him.
Each card has a different mark, the
ace having its own mark, the ten
spot its mark, and so on until all
the cards are marked. As the
dealer shoves out the cards while
the player moves his checks, by
pressing this spring with his finger,
the former can pull out one or two
cards at his pleasure. If he should
happen to strike a card which
makes the player a winner, all that
he need do to change the game in
the banks favor is to touch the
spring and pass the players lucky
card by showing out two, they being
SO close together as to appear only
one card. by the mark and the
end of the card the dealer can an
ticipate when he reaches the card
sought for by the player. 1t is easy,
therefore, to see that it is absolute
ly impossible for any man to fight
such a treacherous tiger with the
slightest ghost of a chance to win.
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NEW YORK.

Sale of BeIm0nt's TharouEhhred
rearlinEs Detailing Express
Agent and society Treasurer
Geo. kignOId, tho Actor. Robbed
Foreign Tourists and the Money
they Kpend. Etc.
New YoRK, June l4.-At the sale Of
Belmonts surplus stock Of yearling
thoroughbreds the highest price, $3.50,
was paid, by D. d, Withers for Lord Lyt.
ton, by Kentucky or Kingfsher, dam
Lady B~lessingtou.
Adolf GorRdt, a German who conduct
ed parcel express to Europe, in eonnec-
ton with regular banking and foreign
exchange business, has ~absconded. Ger.
mans Of small means are the main suf.
ferers.
F. Brosssrd, for ten years treasurer Of
Societie Franchise de Renaissance, of
this city, is a defaulter to the amount of
$4,000. $24,OOO remain il the treasury,
aud the society will continue it's work.
George Rignold, actor, guest Of the
New York Hotel, has been robbed by a
chambermaid of considerable money,
jewelry and mementoes OF his visits to
various parts of this country and Great
Britain. Other guests were also robbed.
Rignold says 1t has been his practice,
since the failure of Duncan, Sherman &
Co., to keep his money with him until it
aggregated a lai se sum when he would
send it to London to his banker. He
lost q large sum when the banking com
pany mentioned above failed, and be now
remarks, bitterly, that if he deposits his
money here it will probably be lost in
some rash venture by his banker, and if
he keeps it with him it may be stolen by
some vulgar thief.
In the suit Of the United States against
Samuel j. Tilden, to recover $l5e, 600
alleged to be due as unpaid income taxes
,om 1861 to 1871, complaint has been
filed in the District Court by District
Attorney Woodfu, and the answer of
Governor Tilden is returRable in about
n week. The allegation sets forth the
supposed income Of Governor Tilden for
each year, and the amount of t, <.
Twenty thousand dollars worth of
laces were found tt lay by Inspector
Chapman with three passengers, two wo-
men aud one man, in the steamship Her
der, from Hamburg.
The Times says more credits have
been granted by our leading banking
houses so far this season TO travellers
than for two or three years back, as New
York alone very probably issues Si5, O0O,-
600 Of credits. The total amount of
money spent by our tourists in a season
of four months abroad may be set down
at something less than 800, 600, 900.
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A Lancaster (Pa.) brood of chickens,
whose mother died soon after they were
Matched, were taken charge OF, upon the
happening of the sad event, by u gallant
Brahma rooster. This kind.hearted fowl
AZ once assumed all the duties Of the
mother, called the young together, and
in most maternal style hunted them food
and invited them to partake Of it, and
when evening came, instead Of going to
his roost, as had been his custom, he
gathered them under his ample breast
and wings az carefully as any hen could
have done.
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ST. LOUIS, June 1.-THE preliminary
examination Of the four villains who at
tempted to wreck a train Oh the st.
Louis aud San Francisco railroad for
purposes Of plumber near Wood End
Station, some nights ago, terminated
yesterday, and all of the prisoners were
committed to the Springfield jail to
await the action Of the grand jury
Bail was refused. They will, no doubt,
be indicted for murder in the first degree
and have a speedy trial.
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against said board" now for the purpose
OF securing them more fully, it is hereby
Resolved, That all taxes due and 10
become due to the board of education,
and all other funds that may hereafter
come into the hands of its treasurer, are
hereby pledged and set apart in the
hands of the above named parties, and
that NO other payments shall be made
out Of such funds until said warrants and
interest are paid in full, and the treasu.
rer is hereby instructed to carry out the
intentions herein expressed, making
payments to each pro rata.
Adjourned.
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PITTsBURG, June l4.-River A feet 10
inches and falling. Weather fair.
CAIRO, June a. Arrived-Home and
Tallahatchie, V~icksburg, 10 pm; City of
Helena, st. Louis, IL; Maude, Vicks-
burg, 4 am; Joseph Walton, 81. Louis,
s. Departed-John Meana, St. Louis, 8
pm; Charles Morgan, New Orleans,
midnigh:; Helena, Yicksburg, midnight;
Maude, St. Louis, 5 am. Weather fair
and warm.
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JAMES JONES, aged 1O4 years,
and David II, Rayder, lOl years,
both survivors of the war of 1912,
are now living near Loudon. Mel
Their of these veterans has drawn a
pension from the government, says
the Journal. Perhaps they had
grandsons and gfoat-grandsons in
the Confederate army, and "sym-
with them.
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Wednesday, JuDe 81, 1877,

in legal. hours, in front of tho Court house
Memphis. Tenn, proceed to sell to the highest
erty, to-wit:
Tho grounds and improvements of tho
Memphis Park Association " known as The
Olympic Park, east Of the city of Memphis ON
the Memphis and Ohio railroad,
Levied on as the property of defendants,
the Memphis Park Association, TO satisfy said
JUDGMENT, interest and costs.
hemphis, 2Sth day Of May, 1877.
e. L. ANDERSON,
Sheriff Of Shelby county, Tom.
BEN X, PULLEN, d. S,
IL 3. Mcfarland, Attorney for plaintiffs.
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Sometime ago it was the fashion
for those troubled with inconve-
nient obesity to Bantingize," a
term derived from Banting, a IA
nous undertaken in London, who
invented a system of reductive
dietetlcs but his plan, though
effective, had TO be abandoned by
many people on account of its
weakening effects. 1t is now clear
that the right course for corpulent
Britons is to get into Dartmoor
prison, in Deyonshire. Here is the
effect which a residence there has
had upon the claimant Tiehborne,
who entered it an unwieldy mass of
fat. His friend and relative, Mr..
Biddulph, gays: "Though fallen
away in size, the jaws being denuded
of their superfuous mass of flesh,
we were enabled thereby to see
more clearly the features of the
Roger Of the CHILEAN photograph,
the Roger | knew years ago in
Bath while the figure was the
well proportional one of a man of
middle age. The Gesh looked
healthy, and the step was light and
elastic, and altogether we were con-
ilrmed in the truth Of the report
that the claimant was in good bod
lily health"
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Probably there isn't a half dozen hired
girls in the United States who don't know
which are their nights out" but the
man isn't born yet wing can point TO the
one who can explain how the nose Of
the water pitcher got cracked. Fulton
pimnq
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PUBLIC LEDGER
0FFICK-No. I3 MADISON sTRHET.
HISS
Thursday Evening, June IL, lS77.

The subscription price Of the PUB
LTC LEDGER as So per annum for
the DAILY, and 50 per annum for the
Weekly-Postage tree.
Persons leauing the city for the sum
mer can order the DAILY LEDGER
at 75c per month, or tpO dollars for
three months, in adUance, with the
privilege of changing %postobice.
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PHILADELPHIA, June IA -Sylyester f.
Wilson, the ticket s%calper, had a hearing
in the Camden courthouse last night,
and was held in $4,000 bail for trial.
are four charges against him by
the Pennsylvania railroad for uttering
passes and another for conspiracy.
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AOAeD.

To all who arc suffering from tho errors and
indisorotions Of youth, nervous weakness
early decay. loss Of manhood, etc.. l will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE, This groatrOmedy was discovered
BY a missionary in South America. Send a
solf- addressed envelope to the REv. JosRPH
4. Imam, Station D. Bible House. New York
City. l29-xxiv l2Sdkw
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CHICAGO, June lA.-The secretary Of
war and postmaste. general have written
to the adjutant general Of the militia
division Of Missouri officially recognizing
the mail route rom Fort Piclse, Dakota,
across the Sioux reservation to ne Black
Hilla
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Jonah aud the Great Fish.

Sunday School World.l
The story of Jonah is one of
especial interest to the young. The
great fish (calIed "ketos" in
the Septuagint and in the Greek OF
Matt. xii. 40) was not a whale las
our version renders "ketos" in
Matt. xii. 40). For the whale is
extremely rare in the Mediterran-
can, and has too small a throat to
swallow a man. The word "ketos''
is q general term for any large fish.
Here it probably refers to the large
white shark which is found in the
Mediterranean, and which was
known to swallow a man whole.
Muller, a natural historian of re-
pute, relates that in 1858 a sailor
fell from a frigate sailing in that
sea. A shark took him into his
wide throat, so that he disappeared.
The captain ordered a gun dis
charged at the fish, and the ball
struck it so hal it vomitted up the
sailor, who was picked up by his
comrades alive and very little hunt.
The shark was captured, and ex-
hibited by the sailor in many cities
of Europe. 1t was twenty feet
long and weighed three thousand
nine hundred aud twenty four
pounds.
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The distressing news came by
cable the other day that Grant
might not have time to go to Ok
ford and receive that "O.LD." no
doubt being under the impression
that it was a COD. The next day
further light was thrown on the
subject by an announcement that
Grants name was not on the hon
orally list at Oxford.
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KNOXVILLE Chronicle 81

KNOXVILLE Chronicle Cocoa
sionally you will meet with a man
too 'pure to belong TO either po-
litical party. 1t went do, however,
to put dowh every such an one as
an angel, nor yet o'an Elijah, 10 be
transported 10 regions of eternal
bliss without dying. The purity
is mostly on the outside, and, like
cosmetics, will not bear washing.
Some newspaper men assume this
virtue. They put us in mind Of the
lazy farmer boy, who prefers to sit
a-straddle Of the fence to labor
ing in the field on either side. But
offer one of these fellowsa prospect
for a fat Office if you want to see
him develop"
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Sheriff IS Sale of Real Estate.

DOBLIC NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
i that by virtue Of two writs of vonditioni
exponas to me directed from the Honorable
circuit Court OF shelby county, Tenn, in
John Gent VS.. Memphis Park Association for
the aggregate sum of five hundred and forty.
FIVE dollars and forty.ive cents, with interest
aud costs Of suit, 10 satisfy said judgment.
etc. | will. on
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Indicauona.

WAsnSoroS, June l.-For Tonnes
see and Ohio Valley, stationary or lower
pressure, higher temperature, %sontheIiy
winds and partly cloudy weather, with
possibly occasional rain areas.
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In the Chancery Court Of Shelby Comfy
Tenn ohm P. Trezovant ct al. vs.. Chas'
Hewitt ct al.
IL. APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT IN
4 this cause. that the defendants, Charles
Hewitt and T.. G. FLANAGAN (%citizens OF ~
Louis, MOI and the Life Association of
America are all non-residents Of the Staio nj
tennessee that compliments filed their hi
herein Juno 4, 1877, alleging an indobtudness
due Thorn from said Hewitt \ FLANAGAN in
tho sum Of about sS75, as evidenced nv an an
open account, ETC., and that a writ Of atiach.
ment has boon Issued and returned icv;eS
upon tho property Of said ~delendants
situated in Shelby county, Tennessoe.
is therefore ordered that they MAKO ticir
appearance heroin. at the court. bonea
IN tho eity Of Memphis, Tennessee. on oSS
before the first Monday in August, is7Tt
and plead, answer or domur TO comnlojnt
ant Dill, or the same will DO taken for con
lessea as 70 them and sst for hearing OK parte.
ana ina 2 copy Of this order be publisbeJ
once a week, for four successive weeks. in lie
rms lin day Of June, 1877.
m EDMUND A. COLE, C. and N.
pVh. >. BLACK, d. Q. and Nj.
Sg-9 -l0l. ~ '"p""e'4ISr
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GrnnIle TrncEs lor strert unrr.

Pail Mall Gazcttl.l
A French engineer has proposed
to establish ,ramways with granite
track in lieu Of rails, in Finisterre.
He is of opinion that this system is
far preferable to the ordinary rail-
ways. There already exists a vast
network Of what are in truth tram
ways, with granite rails, worked by
horse traction, in Northern Italy.
In the streets of the principal
towns, and sometimes on the roads,
tracks of granite are laid in the
highways. The surface OF these
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Graut's Ovements

LONDON, June l4.-General Grant and
family, who are Visiting Mrs. Sartorius
in Hampshire, return to town I, 'ay.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-14

A sleeve button has been invented
the top Of which unscrews and permits
the name and address Of the owner TO
be placed Inside. The Superintendent
of Police IN New York recommends Il.
especially for children Fable 10 get lost
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THE Centennial board of finance
of the Centennial has refunded all
the government appropriation of
$1,5OO,OOO except $50, 600 held for
come special reason, and the stock
holders will have about thirty cents
left to the dollar subscribed.
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THE Cincinnati Commercial
grayely asserts that Hayes was not
nominated because he was a citizen
of Ohio. Possibly not, but a great
multitude of men have been ap-
pointed to office siuce because they
were from Ohio and had always
voted right.