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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-27
rae MERCHANTS INSURANCE. 90.
A Sterling Home I~natitutton De-
serving Popular Recognition

A sterling Home Inatitutf0n De.
serving Popular Recognition
The Merchants Insurance Company is
a home institution controlled BY u
leading merchants aud capitalists. The
directory is composed of such men as
NJ. L. Meacham, A. N. Mckay, W. B.
Galbreath, Isaac Schwab, John Over
ton, IT,, R. B. Snowden. A. B. Tread
we'll, s. Mansfield and 7. H. Hart
mus, and the officers of the COM
pauy are as follows: NJ. L. Meaeham,
president; A. N. Mckay, vice president,
and William Gay, secretary. These gen.
tlemen are of known high commercial
and social position. and stand as a
guarantee that the Merchants Insurance
Company is reliable and responsible in
every respect. Having a large capital
stock, and adsets counting up among
the hundred thousands. the COM
pany stands among the first and best
in the city. Those desiring insur
anee can do no better than ~patronize
this sterling company. The RESPONSE
bility of the company is undoubted. Iti
success and progress has been most sat
isfactory under the management Of it
secretary, William Gay, a gentleman
most prof cient in insurance business
and thoroughly understanding it in al
its intricate details. No company has
more substanti 81 number Of stock note
than the Merch snts-notes Of the yer,
best business men and largest capitalist
in the city. Insurer a always rel
upon a prompt AMI correct adjustmen
of all losses by the company. The otic
of the company is at No. 20 Madiso
street, where all desiring to take out Il
surauce will be furnished with all into
nation.
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LEDGER LINES.

Very iue table butter at Oliver, Finnie
& Co.'S.
St, Nicholas for December at Spang.
ler's, 376 Main street.
Burglars and sneak.thieves continue
their work through the city.
At the Criminal Court misdemeanor
and light felony cases are on trial.
Fire kindlers for one hundred fires for
one dollar at Oliver, Finuie & Co.'S.
Has the weather settled for a while? is
a question often heard on the streets al
present.
During the past ten days dense fog'
on the river have interfered with steam.
boat navigation no little.
At the Arbitration Court to-day the
following cases are on hearing; Allo'
way vs.. Roberts, and Carr vs.. Gwyn.
Extra fresh roasted Rio and java
cofee-the very beat improved rooster
and cooler-at Oliver, Finnie h Co.'s.
BEST seltrising -four reduced to $lC
per barrel, caused by improved machin
cry run by water power. Oliver, Finni'
h Co.
From the plantations along the river
comes the cry hat the cotton crop i
being destroyed by the rains. The cot
ton is rotting in tie fields.
Golly Bond, the youthful murderer o
! Nj. Hill, and who was captured in Lou
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BAD BOZ.
Vat He Got BY FOelia' Nit Dat Ma.
chine.

One Of the Western Union Telegraph
Companys Ere alarm wires was recently
connected with the saloon of a jolly,
clever Teutonic gentleman who keeps
not far from Main. The dial by which
the different alarms are given by means
Of little stops or knobs was set up on the
wall in a convenient place, and the mode
of operating it duly explained. The
proprietor felt that he was up with the
times; that he had done his duty as a
public-spirited citizen; that, moreover,
he was safe from fire, invasion, epidem'
les aud burglars; hat his rate OF fire
insurance ough. to be reduced at least
a half Of one per cent. The
alarms can be sounded in the following
order: First, a call for a messenger,
who may be sent to any part CT the city;
second, a call for the police; third, o call
for the fire department. After that
special calls, such as for a physician,
etc. The quiet, innocent looking machine
had been up but a few days, when q call
came to headquarters from the saloon
for a messenger. The headquarters
folks Of course we're anxious to illustrate
the prompt and beautiful workings of
the system. The whole establishment
turned out to dispatch that messenger.
just rs they were in the act OF shooting
him out at the door, another call came
from the same place for the police, and
then in the same breath another for the
fire department. TINT boy saw all, heard
all, understood all; q high sense o
duty nerved every muscle and he heS
down the street like a very Mercury
Bresthless and excited he few on heed
= less Of all else ave his errand Of mercy
aud duty. Reaching the saloon at full
speed, he shot through the door where
he expected to 6ud 81 ,kness, burglar
l aud a big fire, and startled the quietud,
+ Of the place which reig ned at that hor
by announcing, Here's yer meeseu
? gerl The police is conf g, and the fire
d engines will be here in b mint" Tn
proprietor laid down a slate on which h
was figuring, jumped over the counter
d and running up to the dial on the wall a
t though he expected TO see a FIRE engin
e jump out, exclaimed. Mine Got in hin
mel, vot shall l do aloud it; told tia
b tam boy not to be foolin' NIT dot clock.
d 1t is unnecessary to add that that DO
only sits down sideways now and take
his breakfast off the mantel piece. b
IS is a very good boy now, aud also dol
not fool with the clock.
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COaIbOat Water at Pittsburg
Reduction i'm Prices.

We are advised of a rise in the river
at Pittsburg sufficient to let out full tows
OF Pittsburg coal for the southern mar.
kets. In view Of the above information
We will reduce our prices for the best
Pittsburg coal to 55c per barrel, deliv-
cred in quantities of ten barrels or over,
from Monday, the 26th inst. We have
full stocks now under way, and are pre-.
pared to furnish bottom figures for coal
BY the barge or boAt.load. Special in.
ducements offered in coal by the car load
d, . the country trade.
BROWN 6 JONES,
74t Principal Office. 2S2 Main st.
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Bond Funding Item.

Mayor Flippin has so arranged that
the January interest on the new city com.
promise bonds will be paid punctually at
the time designated at the office Of
Henry Tslmadge & Co., No. 80 Pine
street, New York city. Those who fail
to fund their bonds will not come in fol
any Of the interest in January next.
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New Shooting Gallery,
Ten'Pin Alley and Saloon,
II. j. Kelly, EOS Main. eli
DecIine in Real Eatnto.

Real estate is going down in price
rapidly in this city, and the bottom has
not yet been reached, Not many weeks
ago q piece of property on Exchange
street, which was assessed on the tax.
collectors books at $1,000, sold for $500;
and a few days since a piece of i'm
proved property in Chelsea, which cosl
$1,000, sold for $l2OO-one.half payment
in advance and balance in six months
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OYSTERS AND CELERY
Received Daily by Express
BY Victor ID Fuchs,
30 and Al Jefferson ct, AT

The type, material and workmen Of
the LEDGER job Office are as good as the
best, and hence we guarantee irst-class
work and full satisfaction to our patrons.
1887
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For Thanksgiving day at HI.
SeesseI, ST., g. son, corner Of
Second and Jefferson. rs
Coal Reduced,

am selling the best screened Pitts
burg coal at SOC per barrel, delivered to
ali parts of the city at my yards, 1886
Main, 29O Second, and 1853 Beal street.
10 j. W. ALLEY.
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THE CITY (.
MEMPHIS:
Tuesday Evening, Nov. "a, 1877.

The Public Ledger at Five Cents.
The PUBLIC LEDGER will be supplied
on all trains and at all stations on the
following railways, at FIVE CENTS per
copy, by the agents of the Southern
Railway News Company, viz:
Memphis and Louisville railway.
Memphis and Little Rock railway,
South and North Alabama railway.
Nashville, Chattanooga and St, Louis
railway.
Memphis and Charleston railway.
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE AND PADUCAH
AND MEMPHIS RAILWAYS.
Mr., John Epperson, or employees, will
supply the PUBLIC LEDGER at five cents
on the above named railways.
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The most complete stock Of furniture
carpets, oil cloths, shades and lace cur
tains at Bryson & Camps eve shown in
the city. Prices as low as the lowest.
1914
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Personal.

Colonel r. Il. Eddy, a prominent in.
surance man, formerly of New York but
now Of L%eavenworth, Kansas, is in the
city on a trip South and will remain a
few days.
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Kentucky beef sold at re-
duced prices at Albert Sees
sells market, cor. Market and
Main streets 75t
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Choice Fresh Meats,
Poultry aud Vegetables,
SchilIing e. Brother,
Cor. Jefferson and Second.

In the LEDGER job Office can be found
competent, skillful and tasteful printers,
who can give entire satisfaction in the
display Of any job Of printing 1881
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Salmon and Red Snappers,
Rock River Dairy Butter,
III. Seessel, ST., q Son,
Cor. Jefferson and Second,
~

Ladies Oyster Pdrlor.- - Everything
IN the best style at HOyds. Ht
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WahH1H
First-John Kesrns.
Secoud-Johu Donovan.
Third-P. G. Rogers,
Fourth. c. Blaze.
Fifth-W. W. Miller.
SIXTH. A. Taylor.
SEVENTH. B. Mcfarland.
Eighth-G. D. Crockett,
Ninth--Vaeant.
Teuth-Gus Morti.
DISTRICTS
First-G. L, Douglass.
Second-Ike Nelson.
Third-W. 7. Carmack.
Fourth-G. S. Roper.
Fifth-B. B. Barnett.
Sixth-Dr. Duncan.
Seventh-John Nc Brooks.
Eighth-C. B. English.
NINTH. W. Allen.
Tenth-B. c. Bledsoe.
Elsventh-Lewis A. Featherstone.
TWeltth-N. NJ. LeMaster,
Thirteenth-Vscant by death of Gen
Forrest.
Fourteenth-A. ]. Hays.
Fifteenth-Chris. Hoffman.
Sixteenth-Vacsnt by death of A, B
Haynes.
Seventeenth-R. B, Stone.
Eiehteenth-Irving Halsey, chairman
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Choice maple Ayrup, choice
new sugar house mOlasses,
choice creamery butter,
choice buCkwheat plain or
selErlslng, at o II. Ryan e.
Co.'s, 349 Main ct. est
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The Alligator

is acknowledged TO be the best stove of
the age, Sold only by j. B. Ford, ia
Main and l2S Poplar streets. cat
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RUBBERsl RUBBERS! RUBBERs!

If you rant a nice boa Of candy or
fine pastries go to FoydS. at
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26 dozen MaIlard Ducks
just received by
Victor ID. FHchs,
50 and Al Jefferson street.
Notice.

The ireshet in Virginia does not iu-
terfere with the Memphis and Cincianati
steamers, only an assistance, as water is
what the steamers desire. R w. Light.
burne, agent Of the Cincinnati Packet
Company, is giving through bills Of
lading to all New E2glaud points, and
making better time via Cincinnati than
any all rail or a~nybody's line. For
quick dispatch and prompt dealing call
on R. W. LIGHTBURNE, Agent,
76 296 Front street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-27

BRrtee's home. made can
dies zoe per pound. 32S Main.
rot
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oysters, Fish and Game,
73t 3. Clement, SO Real 81,
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The Democratic and Conservative
Committee.

The following is a list of the commit
tee, as far as known, which is called TO
meet Thursday morning at ten o'clock,
to nominate a candidate for the legisla-
ture:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-27

A BRICK HOUSE and a Frame House,
"A with large yard. stable, ETC., on Washing
ton tleet. near 81 corner o. orleans, INQUIRE
Orleans street, "a
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ETOUSE of FIVE rooms, besides kitchen and
III servants room. Larse lot. App y at
Dod's book. store. or l2l Alabama st. %
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FOE aRLH

oIonn of Bluff City Gotten Mills stock,
NlUUU al Mechanics and Traders Bank,
No, 9 Madison street. VI
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-07-04
Iran. On s-hipboard.

The common impression among
his couutrymen is that Gen. Grant is
a taeiturn, aerid man. Nothing
could be further from the truth than
this. He is not only q genial mar
and q most agreeable companion, but
be. has q most exquisite sense of quiet
humor. During every day of the
voyage be has freely and fully enter
ed into all the amusements of his
fsllow-passengers, and no more sim
ple-natured, sffable, kindly or courte-
Gus gentleman has up to this time
shown himself upon deck While
maintaining always that quiet digni-
~ which is becoming is one who
bonors himself and who has been so
hopored by his countrymen, no little
child on board our ship is more gen.
uip ely simple in manner than be.
Not only have be and his son Jesse
enjoyed perfect health since We sailed,
but Mrs. Grant has been similarly
favored ; and she is as popular Oh the
ship. owing to the fine gentleness
and sSeetness Of her manner, as is
the General. OF the war, his and
others parts in it, the General talks
with the utmost freedom ; and many
things that the written history of the
has left obseured. his bright
talk has made clear to those of US
who have enjoyed it. Poll
tics muddle many things and many
regulations, and ] rather wish that
eli of General Grants countrymen
for bis sake as well as their
own, take a ten days voyage with
him. The truth shines on him to
his advantage.-L- CLARK DAVIS,
in Philadelphia Inquirer.
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IDA ". nrsnAx.

A little brown seed In the fnrrpu
Lay SIN Ia Its gloomy bed.
While violcfz blue and iilies white
Were whispering overhead
They Whispered Of giories strange and rare.
d. giittering dew, aud floating air.
OF beauty and rapture everywhere
And the seed heard all they said
Poor little brown seed In the fnrrow
SO close 20 tho lilies fec,
So lar away from the great, glad day,
Where life seemed all compictei
In her heart she treasured every word,
And she Ionged for the blessing Of which sh
heard,
For the light that shone, and the airs that stirre'
In that land. 20 wondrous sweet.
The little brown seed In the furrow
Was thrilled with a strange unrest;
warm new hope beat tremblingiy
In the tiny. hcarfng breast
With her Two small hands clasped close in prayer
She Hired them up In the darkness there
Up, up through the sod. toward sun and air,
Her folded hands she pressed
o little brown seed in the iurrow,
AT last you have pierced the mould
And, quivering WITH a lite intense,
Your beautiful leaves unfold,
Like wings outsprcad for inward flight;
And slowly, slowly. In dew and light
A sweet bud opens-sIll, in Gods sight.
You wear a crown Of gold.
81. Nicholas for July.
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The Flint watch.

At first the watch was about the
size of q dessert plate. 1t had weights,
and was used as q pocket clock. .
The earliest known use of the mod.
ern name occurs on the record Of
1852, which mentions that Edward
vi. had zone larum or watch Of iron.
the case being likewise of iron gilt,
with two plummets of lead.n The
iirst watches may readily be suppos.
ed to have been of rude execution.
The FIRST great Improvement, the sub.
stitute Of springs for weights, was 10
1850. The earliest springs were no,
coiled, but only straight pieces Of
steel. Early watches had only one
band, and being wound up twice q
day, they could not be expected to
keep time nearer than fifteen or Tvs zen.
ty minutes in the twelve hours. The
dials were of silver or brass : the
cases had no crystals, but opened at
the back and front, and were four OF
i've inches in diameter. A plain
watch cost the equivalent Of ST, 600
10 our currency, and after one was
ordered It took . year to make it.
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well. cir. what can I do for your
said Judge Smith, at the Tombs DO.
lice court, addressing q seedy-lookine
individual who leaned half over the
railing, staring at the prisoners pass.
ing TO and fro.
"Oh, nothing, Your Honor (hic).
only dropped in to see what was
going on. / just come from the coun,
try (hic). and | thought I'd like to
take . look at the prison"
I'VE ere always anxious to oblise
our friends" said the judge, smiling.
II presume you would like to have
an extended view ?n
"Oh, nev--never mind,r replied
the stranger. vigorously endeavorine
to steady himself and turning q tri6e
pale as be is just realizing that per.
haps be had been q little rash in en-.
tering q police court under the infu.
ence of liquor, Il guess I'll go.n
"It's no trouble ct all,n said the
magistrate blandly ; here officer
take the gentleman down stairs
and extend the c~ourtssies Of the pris,
on to him for ere dsys."-N. Y.
Herald.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-07-04


1t is useless among recent writers,
to name sThe Cross and The Ores
cent? to distinguish the respective
creeds in the present Turco-R Russian
war In fact, these several symbols
plainly mark the Christian and the
Ottoman faiths. The question when
and Why the Cttomans adopted the
Crescent has been much discussed
long before now. 1t was alleged that
Mohammed broke the disc OF the
moon and caught half of it falling
from heaven in his sleeve-this il
stated in the Koran, and seems to in
dictate that Mohammed made the
young moon o sign of his divine au-
thority: The Crescent, or half moon.
with the horn turned upward, was .
religious symbol, however, long be-
fore the Turkish empire began
1t was reported that Sultan 9th
man, founder of the empire. A. D.
1929, dreamed that he saw . crescent
moon which wsxed until its splendors
illuminated the whole world from
east TO west ; that be then adopted
the crescent, and emblazoned it on
his standard, with the motto. Donec
Repleaf OrJem. OF until it fills the
world" But the crescent moon has
been a symbol well known to the
worsbipers of Diana in the ancient
mythology of Greece and Rome.
There are old statues of her with
the appointing crescent over her
brow. Another account is that Phil
ip of Macedon, father of Alexander
the Great. was engaged one dark
night 10 undermining the walls of
Byzantium, which be was besieging,
and bis operations were discovered
to those within by the sudden appear
ance of a young moon, and that in
gratitude for this timely light the
Byzantines commemorated the frus-
tration of Philips hostile design by
creating a temple to Diana, and BY
adopting her crescent as the symbol
of the State. 1t has also been alleg-
ed that in I44e, when the Turks took
Byzantium, they adopted the crescent
standard which they found there. and
which the Janizaries bad borne for
more than a century previous. Un-
doubleday then the crescent was the
emblem of Greek, previous to the su-
periority of Turkish rule.
Oddly enough, at the present day
the crescent is to be seen on aud in
churches in Moscow and other parts
of old Russia, generally surmounted
by the cross, thus unquestionably
marking the Byzantine origin of the
Russian Church. In 1901 the Sultan
Selim Ill, having previously present
ed Lord Nelson with a crescent rich
ly adorned with diamonds, founded
the Order of the Crescent. which, as
Mohammedans are not allowed to
carry such marks of distinction, has
been conferred on Christians alone.
The Turkish Order of Medjidie,
by Abdul Mejid in 1852, and
literally conferred upon French, En-
glish and Italian officers after the
Crimean war, bears q crescent and a
silver sun of seven triple rays. As
suredly, the crescent dates from the
time of Endymion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-07-04

The following is copy Of . Of
the most memorable Judicial sentences
which has ever been pronounced ia
the annals Of the worId-namely
that Of death against the Saviour
with the remsks which the journal
lie Dyod has collected. and the
knowledge OF which must be interest
ing in the highest degree to every
Christian. II is word for word as
follows:
Sentence pronounced by Pontious
Plate. i~ntendent of the Lower Prov
ince of Galilee, that Jesus of Nazar-
eth shall suffer death by the cross.
In the seventeenth year OF the
reign Of the Emperor Tiberius. and
on the Gath day Of the month OF
March, in the most holy city of Jeru-
salem, during the pontiicate oil An
mas and Caiaphss-
P~ontious Plate, inteudent Of the
Province Of Lower Galilee, sitting in
judgment 10 the presidential seat of
the Prators, sentences Jesus of
Nazareth to death on the o be-
tween robbers, as the numerous and
notorious testimonies of the people
prove.
/. Jesus is q misleader.
2. He has excited the people to
sedition.
3. He is an enemy to the laws.
4. He calls himself the Son OF
God.
5. He calls himself, falsely. the
King of Israel
6. He went into the temple fol-
lowed by q multitude carrying palms
10 their hands.
Orders from the first Centur.sl
Ouirrillis Cornelious to bring him to
the place of execution F,rbids all
rich and poor, to prevent the
execution of Jesus.
The witnesses who have signed the
Of Jesus are
| Daniel Ropani, Pharisee.
9. John Zorababel.
3. Raphael Robani.
4. Capet.
Jesus is not to be taken out of
Jerusalem through the gates of Tour
This sentence is engraved on q
plate of brass 10 the Hebrew language,
and on its sides are the following
"a similar plate has been
sent to each tribe
1t was discovered in the year 1880
10 the city of Aqlilla, in the kingdom
Of Naples, by q search made for Ro-
man antiquities, aud remained there
until it was found by the commission
arts in the French army in Italy
Up to the time of the campaign in
southern Italy it vas preserved in
be sacristy of the Csrthusiahs near
where it was kept in q box OF
,bony. Since then the relic has
,een kept 10 the chapel Of Casetra
rhe Carthusians obtained. by their
,etitions, that the plate might be
,ept by them, which was an &C.
.nowledgment of the sacrifice which
bey male for the FIR \ h
,rmy. The French translation
vas made literally by members
f the commission of arts. Demon
,ad q fac simite Of the plate engrav-
d, which was bought by Lord How
I'd, on toe sale of his cabinet, for
$50 francs There seems to be no
doubts as TO the a~uthentici.
of this. The reasons of the sen-
suce correspond exactly with those
the Gospel-From the Kolidschs
j,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-07-04

(which do You prefer, Linda, a
cornet band or Q re ed band 2" asked
one school girl Of another.
IL lie . cornet band best"
"And which do you prefer, Sadie?"
II think . good reed band is the
sweetest :"
"And which say you Emma"
"Well, | think we shall all agree
that a good husband is the sweetest"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-07-04

How TIT DoNE.-"Jake, whar you
git such 6ne 'broidered shirts as da1
you bad on at de meetin' las night !
asked Pete, as Jake stood at the vii
lage p~ost-ofice door. trying to stick .
bent pin 10 the back of his paper col
lar, and fasten that article in posi-
ton.
lyon doesn't pears to 'preshiate
my circumstances, Pete"
II knows dat you amt yearned
nuf money to buy de buttons on da,
shirt sence I know'd ye-I ~'preshiate
dat" rejoined Pete
"You's of de track, Pete, and dar
you'll stay till your mudder gets to
be q washer woman. You hear dat"