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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-12
LEGAL.
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Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.


Chancery Court Of Shelby c~ounty-John O.
Lanier VS.. Gayoso Savings Institution OF al.
DY VIRTUE OF AN NTERLocUT0RY
ID decree for sale. entered in the above
causes on the 18th day Of April, 1877, will sell
at public auction, to tho highest bidder, in
front of the Clerk and Masters office, Court
house building, Main street, Memphis. Tenn,
on
Saturday, May IL, 1877,
within legal hours, the following described
property. situated in Shelby county, Tenn:
a partof John O.. Lanier's homestead tract,
being part Of block No. 9, to wit: Lots s, q,
~ and II, and lots IL, Is and IA in said block,
tne nrst four lots, Nos, s, 81. 10 and IL, fronting
pO teet each on Valley avenue, and running
back lo0 feet. and lots u, IS and IA, fronting
% 40 feet on Union avenue. the sam hav-
lqg been surveyed, etc., herein. (See plat at
Terms of sale-0ne-fourth cash; balance on
2 credit OF four, eight and twelve months.
Notes with approved security, bearing inter-
est from date Lien retained and equity Of
redemption barred.
This April II, 1877.
K. u BLACK. D. c..
fumes q Poston. Wright & McKissick ct
al, soils. V-69
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aEMPHIs AND LuvlHvILLE RAILROAD.
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sleepig cars on mail train. Ticket Offices,
Louisville Depot, 2s7 Main (cor. Madisonl
md 27S Main street. 80
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-31
THE STATE CONVENTION.

We call upon the friends OF the
Independent party to see that there is
full attendance at the State Conven-
: tian called to meet June Goth at
Faribault. They should not only at
tend themselves, but be sure to bring
.,me of their friends with them. We
DIV that in these hard-times money
Very scarce. and few feel like in
g,ring the expense Of u trip of many
miles to attend political convention.
But it must be remembered that un-
less the people are willing to make
some sacrifices for the right their
enemies will triumph. The whole
hope of the country to-day rests with
the independent thinking men of the
}, country. If they are true to them
selves they can bring politicians and
parties to their knees. If they are
not the multitude must hopelessly
suffer.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-31
JUMPING DOWN.

At the Rockford disaster II man
named Donnelly jumped to escape a
crushing under the falling dome, and
going down ll9 fees struck "all In a
, heap upon pile of ashes. He rose.
looked round in Il dazed sort of way,
brushed the ashes off his clothes and
: walkedaway.
Some years ago, IL politician OF our
acquaintance jumped his party to
9 avoid an expected crushing, and going
j down. down, landed on the political
ash-heap. He rose up,acted in dazed
way for while but brushed the ashes
\ off him and went about his business
I lust as usual. His name was Donnelly.
1too.-Red Wing Republican.
Now. brother Jennison, don't you
'ithink we jumped in time Hasn't the
|lunder-pinning given way and the
lgrand old party tumbled in! Look
ht it to-day Triumphant solely on
1.-THE pretence that the Democracy
Icould not be trusted to protect the
;tnegroes of the south in their rights
IsHayes is not warm in the presidential
llchair ere he kicks dowu the ladder by
(which he rose. and hands over the
negroes to the tender mercy of the
lfwhite men of the South. Where is
!. 1.-THE dome of your building now
III Don't you wish. brother Jennison
iIyou were on the good, solid land of in
Independent action. side by side with
Nhhe ANTI-MONOPOLIST, instead of be
gstriding the crumbling rafters of ;
3bnce glorious structure, sick at the
stomach. with pain in your head .ant
a limberness in the region of the bacl
ulbone! Isn't that so
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-31

! Probably however, simply they mean
to make my letter an occasion for ad-
mOnishing their co-religionists against
superstitious reverence for Palestine.
! However unpleasant it may be to the
liberal and free thinking Jews of
America. the fact which I have stated
concerning the tendency of their race
to gather in Palestine is unquestion-
able.
The phenomenon has been sufi-
GENTLY pronounced to call forth a
work by the Rev. James Neil. B. A.,
some time clergyman in Jerusalem,
which, along with good deal of fam
aticism. contains some interesting
facts. The work is entitled Palestine
Re-peopled or. Scattered Israel's
Gathering. A Sign of the Times"
Mr.. Neil shows that the population of
Palestine is double what is was ten
years ago the new comers being Jews
and chiefly from Russia. Three years
ago such an influx took place in Sap
he'd, one Of TIVE four holy cities of
Galilee. that there were no houses to
receive them, and many had to camp
out. A plot of ground near Jerusa-
lem was sold for twenty times it's
former price. Building goes on by
night as we'll as day. Two little colo
nies have settled just outside Jaffa
Gate.
The real causes of this migration
are: first. that only recently could a
Jew own land in Palestine with
out becoming a Turkish subject ; and, :,
secondly, thenew law in Russia (1874)
by which all Jews must be enrolled
for military service. 1t is probable
! that Russia until now contained one
third of the Jewish race and just as
they begin to feel the pressure Of
those military demands upon them of
Russia. albeit these mean their relief
from some previous burdens, they find
the old expressions of the ''SecOnd
Woe (as they used to call the Turk
ish rule which shut them up in one
wretched quarter of, Jerusalem) re-
moved to large extent. But it is
evident that large proportion of the
new emigrants to Palestine are ami
mated by religious enthusiasm. This
is shared by Christian enthusiasts
also, as is particularly the case with a
German colony there. known as the
'Hoffmanites, their leader being a
Dr.. Hoffman, but calling themselves
the Society of the Temple" They
are about a thousand, mostly from
Wurtemburg, and have branches at
Jerusalem. Jaffa and Haiffa, where
they are Industrious mechanics and
tradesmen, and greatly promote the
welfare of the country. This society
seems to have some Jewish proselytes.
which have probably been obtained
through their not maintaining the
Christian sacraments or symbols, and
their refusal to join in any missionary
work. They believe that they are
fulfilling prophecy by simply prOmOt
ing the prosperity of Palestine and
living moral and benevolent lives. OF
course the Jealous missionary, Mr.
Neil, regards all such facts as mere
secondary agents in the divine plan
with which plan he is obviously IA
miliar. Six thousand years of pre-
willing evil are to be now followed by
a Millennium of 100000 literal years
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-31
GROWING.

:. The Greenback sentiment is steadi-
fly gaining. A leading citizen OF
Plainyiew. Wabasha county, writes
4 us:
J Liam glad did not vote for Hayes.
His friends here, the Republicans
4 are disgusted. Fully half of them are
sorry they did not vote the Green
= back ticket. Henceforth we shall be
/ strong here
When Hayes tore down 1.-the bloody
shirt he destroyed the only distinc.
i ton between the Democrats and the
. Republicans. On the living issues OF
! the day neither of them have any dis
. tinctive principles:-they are on both
ASides of all the fences.
Let the Independents stand firm.
: We can hold the balance of power this
fall in Minnesota if we are true to our
elves and our principles.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-31
THE BOND QUESTION AGAIN

AS the debate on the bond question
progresses, it becomes evident that
the real issue is not the payment Of
the old bonds. but the disposition of
the 100000 acres of land. The oppo-
nents of the pending proposition want
the 100000 acres of land reserved for
purposes of internal improvements or
for the school fund.
Our excellent friend. Mr.. Ayres.
argued. III the last issue of the ANTI
MONOPOLIsT. that the lands should
be applied to the construction of
works of internal Improvement.
While we recognize the full force of
the position assumed by Mr.. Ayres.
we still think that it would be better
policy to usel those lands in wiping
out the oldibonds. Roads and bridges
can be built by local appropriations.
and, so built, expenditures will be
carefully guarded; but if it is under.
stood that a body of lands. worth
S3.00O.OO0. is to be given away by the
Legislature. the rush for them would
be tremendous. and in the scramble
that would ensue, the lands would be
to a great extent. squandered. Rings
would be formed. and the lands would
go to the shrewdest plotters. Some
communities would seize upon large
portion of them; while others would
get nothing and thus widespread
dissatisfaction would result. In the
meantime the day of settlement with
the bond-holders would simply have
been postponed they would continu,
to clamor for payment; and sooner O,
later they would be paid and pait
too entirely by the taxation of tn,
poeople, for the St1te would have de
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-31

prived itself of it's only other re-
source.
Look at the history of our swamp
lands:-The State received an inn
mense grant, embracing millions OF
acres of the richest lands in the
State,-pine lands, hard-timber lands,
meadow lands, etc. What has become
of them! They are frittered away,
and it would puzzle any one to tell
Will not the 100000 acres go to the
same way if the people resolve that
they shall be divided up like the
swamp lands!
The other proposition to turn over
the proceeds of these lands in the
school fund would receive our support
if it were practicable, but it is not.
1t is a fOregOne conclusion that the
500 900 acres must either be used to
pay the old bonds, or they will be
distributed and dissipated fer works
of internal improvement.
A refusal to vote the 100000 acres
in payment OF the bonds will be un-
derstOod as an Endorsement of the
position of Mr.. Ayres and others, that
the lands should be divided among the
counties for works of internal i'm
provement and the next Legislature
will be packed with men elected with
a view to the "divide.'
For our part we look upon the dis
covery, by Mr.. Drake. of the fact that
the State was entitled to those 500.0 200
acres of land, from the general govern.
ment, us an almost providential pro-
vision to extricate our people from a
disagreeable and dishonorable predic.
ament. And the day that sees those
lands squandered, and the debt left
unpaid. will be sad day indeed for
Minnesota.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-31
THE GRASSHOPPER BOUN.
TIES.

Inc FUlrOdUU ILepUOtiCiU Says.
The people of the grasshopper coun-
ties, with but exception, have asked
the Governor not to appoint receivers
under the grasshopper bounty law, for
fear that the amount for which the
counties will become liable, over and
above what the State will pay, will
be greater burden than the damage
of the grasshoppers. All Of which
demonstrates the folly of the bounty
system.
All of which demonstrates that the
county rings run the counties. If the
counties heretofore afflicted for four
years are again swept bare by the
grasshoppers their population will
largely leave them. To hesitate about
running the county in debt under
such circumstances is very much like
the fellow who was about to be hung
over mill-pOnd, and was very solici-
tous lest the rope might break because
she could not sUim!''
1t is shame, when the State has
appropriated 100000 for the destruc-
tion of the Internal pests, that few
local politicians should prevent the
people from availing themselves of
the benefit oft. That 500, 900, would
support many a family, now on the
borders of starvati ion. while they la
bored to destroy the 'hOppers.
It's true the Legislature had to
provide for the contingency of coun-
ty drawing more than it's share, by
enacting that it must itself pay
for any such overdraft. Without such
a provision no merchant could safely
handle the county orders, But this
constitutes no reason why the county
should not draw the amount really
belonging to it. keeping within proper
bonds.
That 100000 would probably pay
for 100000 bushels of grasshoppers
and suppose the afflicted counties
issued bonds for 100000 more. to pay
for 100000 bushels more of hoppers
would not the money be we'll inves
ted! If it saved ten or twenty mlllior
dollars worth of crops this year, what
would it save next year from tht
progeny of those 100000 bushels O.
hoppers, which at one hundred folt
increase, (the demonstrated rate O
increase of the vermin, would amoun
to eighty million bushels ofgrasshop
pers.
But the county officers don't wan
any one at the public teat but them
selves. They are afraid the cow nigh
run dry.
! P. S. Since writing the above W
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-31

see that the people of Kandiyohi
county have held mass convention
and demanded that the governor ap-
point grasshopper measures under the
bounty act. We have also received
the following:
GLENCOE. MCLEOD Co., MINI.
May 28th, 1877.
Editor Anti-Mo,aopolist:
By the request of many citizens, l
am requested to write to you, and see
if you would tell us through your pa
per what has become of the 100000
grasshopper bounty. The people
seem to be much dissatisfied in this
locality. Will you have the kindness
therefore to inform us through the
columns of your paper just how the
law stands on the records! What is
the reason we cannot get the bounty
and who is to blame! Yours.
G.. w. DAY.
p. S. There are plenty of grass
hoppers in this county; the bigger
half of the sod crop is destroyed, and
large quantities on the old land.
If any of our friends at the state
capitol are trying to save the state
100000 at the cost of crop worth
twenty million dollars they are max
ing a grave and disastrous mistake.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-31

that's ''as it may be-" We are not
sure. Constitutions don't stand much
in the way nowadays. But it would
be no harm to try. Try. If it should
fail, if the Fourteenth Amendment"
should slip from under our feet. still
we may keep ourselves up by a firm
grasp on Mr.. Representatives coat
collar.
Surely this is sad state of affairs,
when threats of personal violence have
to be resorted to to prevent the repre-
sentatives of the people from robbing
the people of that right which alone
constitutes them freemen.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-31
DE.REPUBLICANIZING AMER.
TT4

We have time and again prophecied
that when the Money Power had fas-
tened it's grip on the throat of the
people of the United States it would
then proceed to disfranchise the labor
ing classes; and that it would
eventually reduce them to a condition
little better than serfs or poems. The
signs multiply that we were a true
prophet.
In the New England States they
have passed laws that any man re-
ceiving temporary relief shall be
thenceforth debarred from exercising
the right of suffrage; and as, in these
dreadful times. a large proportion OF
the most worthy and Industrious can
not obtain work, however much they
may seek it. but are driven to the
borders of starvation and compelled to
accept temporary aid, the result is a
sweeping disfranchisement of the
great body Of the people, and con-
centration of,the powers OF govern
ment in the hands of the wealthy few
thus reproducing on the soil Of the
United States the exact condition of
things now existing in Europe.
1t is a sad commentary on. human
nature that the same people who
clamored to extend the right Of suf-
frage to the half-civilized field hands
of the South, are now scheming to
withdraw the same great privilege
from their white bretheren of the
North whose sole offence is that they
have fallen into poverty through the
crushing weight of unjust laws.
In New York the same effort is be
ing made to rob the white. laborer OF
his vote. The Irish World says:
The first move toward it has gone
| through the Senate. The next move
will bring it before the Assembly
There, Just there, it must be killed
or it will go through all other obsta
cles--through to it's cOnsummatiOn
Nothing can avert it now but the
certainty of political death to any
man who will vote for it. Here a.
this point the true Democrat car
reach it. Not the true Democrat in
side of the Assembly-for his one vot,
will not do much but the true Dem
ocrat outside of the House. by
means, which let us illustrate by i;
brief colloquy:
| Representative and constituent NEE
on the sidewalk.
Good morning. How is your in
teresting family
"Well: but nothing the better o
that vote of yours in Albany: My sol
saws am 'helotized' now; whateve
that means. Ny daughter, too, say
Miss Smith is putting on airs. Sh
has discovered that her father is bet
ter than / ann
s.Oh well. my dear sir. we wante
to reform.
land Won remove me as the caus
of the corruption, do youl Remov
yourselves-remove the class you ar
retaining. You and they have vii
tually ruled the roost' heretofore
uand they were dividing the spoil
whilst was welding the pick Q
driving the jack-plane. Now, tax
notice. Ny vote is almost my onl
: property. If you touch it l will r,
gard you just as il you came to tax
) the coat off my back. And if can
get at you publicly, l can reach 70
!. personally. Do you understand whs
that means! Good morning.
But is not there "Fourteent
. Amendment behind all this! Wei
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-31
Amti-Mlunupulist.
DONNELLY, EDITOR.
-TACdNT GOVERNMENT LAND.

/, Parties who desire to settle upon
government land within four, five and
Ask miles of depot; fine, high, roll
fling fertile land; are requested to call
supon or write to the editor Of this
paper, at Donnelly Station, Main Line
st. p. & p. r. Z.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-31
ARE THE PROPHECIES COM.
ING TRUE?

The Jews are reassembling in great
numbers at Jerusalem and taking
possession of the country.
M0ncure d. Conway writes as fol-
lows from London:
81 observe that the Jewish press in
America are disposed to question a
ktatement made by me concerning q
rathering of their race at Palestine.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-25

WE give in another place to-day, the
letter of Governor Hubbard to Messrs,
Epperson ~ Campbell, of Jefferson, ems
gaging them as states counsel in the
Rothschild case. We do not know
the rule in these cases. We do not
know if it is usual for the ATTORNEY,
general or his assistant to take care OF
murder cases in the counties, but think
not. The whole matter is one out of
the usual course, and singular to say,
the least. However, there is one thing
OF which we are certain, Governor
Hubbard is so impressed with the mag
nitude OF the crime, that he takes this
course, which, is not illegal, and
to this is due the extraordi-
nary action, and not, as has been
suggested to his prejudice, against the
race to which the unfortunate Roths>
child belongs, We have large ace
quaintance with the Jewish citizens of
Texas, and know that crime of the
character charged is horrible in their
eyes, and no class of people in the state
will rejoice more sincerely in the pun
ishment of the criminal, if his guilt is
ever clearly established, but no class
will more ardently desire an impartial
trial. 1t is rare occurrence that an
lsraelite is before the courts for any
offense, and most rare for felony of
this kind, which .disgraces the descend,
ants OF Adam, without distinction Of
races or conditions of men. LET JUS
tice be done though the heavens fall"
is proverb which finds as ready an
echo in the Jewish heart, as in that of
any race of men on earth.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-25

Tnr policy of Texas, in refusing to
order the publication of notices, citn-
tons, tax sales, trust sales, etc, etc,
which is done in nearly all the other
states, is shortsighted one to be sure,
The want of such publication is severely
felt by every litigant who is not resi-
dent of the county, and when he hap.
pens to be nonresident Of the state,
he has q rough time of it indeed We
hope to see this matter attended to ere
long or at the next session of the lcgis.
laturc at irthest. Legal publications
only cost litigants, and it is no saving
to the public not to publish them.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-25
ruoIrrcconeIlabie connltlonu

Debility aud health are iTrecoheilabie con.
ditions. Weakly people. that Is to say. peo-
pie who lack the vitality requisite for Wig
Orous discharge OF each and all Of the bodily
functions, are Invariably afflicted with some,
though II may be q tfInlng, disorder Of the
system. AtoBy, or want Of nervous and
muscular yigof, Is accompanied by poverty
OF the blood and leanness. A certain way TO
overcome Il and prevent the aggravated
maladies to which II must ultimately lead
Is 10 use Hostettsr's Stomach Filters, which
promote digestion and assimilation OF the
food, and thus are the means OF furnishing
the boiy with a supply Of biooi Of Equality
essential 20 IT, proper nourishment. lnvig.
ofatisn through the fundamentally Of the
matehless tonic protects the feeble from a
host Of bodily Ills which Turk IN ambush for
the deblliiated. The Bitiers are an article
which II Is most desirable 10 keep constantly
on hand.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-25
Ebo 0TassI,oppe,s,

pAlLAH Tax 30, Aprll ~ nh
10 tho Editor of'lhs lloFaldl
The grasshoppar visitation possesses
some Interest 10 the farmers just NJ this
time, I wish Ia sutmitn Few faGia and
observations ! merely desire that
farmers may understand the matter,
aud that their fears may be tranquil
iZed.
II lan very Wise invention of nature
tia. n nlwn, n takes Ia consideration
% maintain that equilibrium which IN
necessary 10 bring the fruits ri cur
gardens aud lielda 10 maturity. The
explanation Of II IN 10 he found In the
inyarlabl0 laws OF nature, Az men Of
the world are almost constantly strug'
Cling with each other, so are also other
creatures. Among the Insects there
ARE great many which 60 not live from
vegetables, but from animal sub
stances; 10 these especially belong Nil
the lchneumon lilies, aud many other
waspa, flies, bugs, etc. These are gen
orally called Insects OF prey, and null
tlply themselves almost In u similar
proportion 10 the 'numb Der Of their vie.
tims, Suoh IL the casc with tho grasa.
hopper which destroy nearly all vege'
tatl0n,
The newspapers state that in some
localities Of the northern states, the
eggs have not developed themselves
III all, Immediately after they were
deposited, they were stung by II small
ichneumon fly These flies laid on
the eggs ofthe grasshopper, number
OF their own then In the spring, be.
fore they could develop themselves,
the worms OF the icheumon flies
were already grown, and consumed
entirely the eggs OF the grasshoppers
~ their natural food.
South from here, In some of the
neighbOring places the young grass.
hoppers have all or partly died, and
in these dead insects are found one or
several worms, like those which orlgi-
nate from II small fly known by ento-
mologists as taGhlna.
In the last few days noticed my.
self how these flies, In great mulii-
tudes, swarmed around the grassh0p.
pers, and laid their eggs with great
preCaution and swiitness on the bodies
of their victims. Where these flies
exist in n sufficient number, which Is
generally the case. the most of the
grasshoppers will die before they have
their wings. So let us hope that this
trouble viii not happen again next
fall. These worms are not those Of the
llessian fly which destroys sometimes
the wheat, and gives cause for new
fears. Often In this manner millions
Of insects suddenly disappear, which
seems unacoountable aud wonderful.
This phenomenon, III every other, Is
not n miracle, but depends upon m-
tual destruction in the struggle for ex-
istence. JACOB ROLL,
Naturalist.