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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-07
SaturdaY, Neptember s. 1S77.

within legal hours. the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tennes-
see. tO-Wit:
The tract of land known as the Fair
Grounds, on the north side Of the Memphis
and Charleston railroad, about four miles
east of the city Of Memphis, containing 81 04
acres, more or less. which was conveyed by
K. Breathett and Il. j. Carroll TO defendants
then the Shelby County Agricultural, Me-
chanical and Horticultural Society on June
10, 1859, and Of record in Book 72, page 633,
Registers office Of Shelby county, consisting
Of two parcels described as follows, to-wit:
First-Beginning at stake us links north
Of the north rail Of the Memphis and Charles
ton railroad, and 30 links east of the west
line of the u. Hickman 50O0-acre tract, and
running thence north 81 chains and 70 links,
30 links east Of said Hickman tract on the
west line; thence east % chains and so links
thence south q chains and 635S links; thence
west chains and 245s links; thence south IL
chains and IS links; thence west 19 chains
and 551s links to the beginning containing
s.. .04 acres.
Second-Beginning at tho east side of Trez-
evant avenue az point due south of the
southwest corner Of the race-track ground
and 81 feet north Of the centre Of the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad track; thence
east parallel with the south line of the race
track ground l9 chains and 55% links to
point 81 feet from the center OF said reilroad
track; thence south chain and AZ links TO a
point . feet from the center of said railroad
track; thence west and parallel with the said
railroad track, and IS feet from it, 10 chains
and 55% links to the east side of Trezevant
| avenue; thence north with said avenue /
chain and ~ links to the beginning contain
ing about acres.
Terms Of sale On credit Of seven and
twelve months notes With approved security;
lien retained to secure the same, etc.
This August l3, 1877.
e. A. COLE, Clerk and Master.
ByR J. BLACK. d. @. and NJ.
Adams 4 Dixon, and Il. W. Gordon, Sols.
| l42-Xxv-7
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-07

THIS is THE CHEAPEST AND MOST
L delightful purgative before the public. Is
sparkling as glass Of soda water. Far supc-
Tior to sickening pills. 1t is held in high re-
pute by physicians and surgeons for the
speedy cure Of constipation, biliousness,
torpid liver, dyspepsia, loss Of appetite,
sick headache, kidney affections, etc.
For those who lead sodentary OF closely
confined life, and become Of oonstipated
habit, II acts like a charm. II is specially
prepared for the massesi is put up in large
bottles and sold by all druggists at Soc. No
family. no mother, no one travelling, no close
student, no sewing-grl should fail TO use it,
Sold by all Wholesale and retail druggists.
j. P. DR0MG0QLE Il CO., .Prop'rs,
Si-xxy-7 Louisville, kentpqky,
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MEMPHIS q LITTLE ROCK R.R.
ShrOt Line 20 Arkansas ana Texas,


Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train, daily,......-...5.3O 80 pm. 11.30 pm.
Freight train daily lex.
sunday ......... ..........7.00 am. 5.2Op.m.
Passengers going on this road will take
trains at the depot of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern railroad. Mail
trains make close connection at ArgentG for
points on the title Rock and Fort Smith
railroad and at Little Rock with the Cairo
and Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
arkansas and Texas.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
F,T tickets and information apply at Ticket
Office 27S and 21 Main street. and at depot
foot OF Washington street. or at Louisville,
Nashvil le and Great Southern railroad depot,
or TO the undersigned.
r. A, VI T1LIAMS, Pass. Ag't Memphis.
NJ. S. JAY, q. P. aRd I. Ag't. Little Rock.
W. L. SMITH. Sup't. Memphis Tenn.
103-t
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NOr-ReSident Notice,

In the Chanosry Court of Shelby county,
Tennessee City of Memphis VS.. VIM. nj.
Perkins ct al.
TT APPEARING FROM THE SHERIFF'S
i return in this cause that the defendants, Il.
W. Tucker snd Chas.T Harrison, arc not TO be
found in his county; it is therefore ordered
the court house in the city of Memphis. Tenn.
on or before the first Monday in October, 1877,
and plead, answer or demur to COMPLAINANT 4
bill, or the same will be taken for confessed
as to them and set for hearing OK parte; and
that copy Of this order DO published once A
Ledger.
This 29th day Of August, 1877.
A copy-Attest,
EDMUND A. COLE. @. and M.
BY Il. b. MoHENRY, d. C. and nj.
walker and ] W Hampton, Solicitors
ior complainant l576lll7
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In Supreme Court at Jackson.

James A; Anderson, Admir- de bonis non Of
f. NJ. Cash, deceased. VS.. ]. o. Thweatt.
RY VIRTUE OF TIE DECREE PRO-
- nouI eed by the Supreme Court of Ten
nessee at Jackson, in this cause, June 8, 1877,
will offer for sale to the highest bidder, in
front Of the court house Of Shelby county, in
the city Of Memphis, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-07
MISSISSIPPI g TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
Change of Schedule,


MEMPHIS, TENN, September /. 1877.
ON AND AFTER MONDAY. SEPT. Sd,
" 1877. trains will run as follows:
Leave. Arrive.
New Orleans mail, daily. 1900 pm. 1:7 pm
Sardis Ac' m 'dation, daily
Except Sur day l...........ll:30 am. 900 a. m
Freight train, daily lex
cept Sunday ....,-.......s,6 50a.m $500 pm
2.26 M. BURKE, Sup't.
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On Saturday, September s, 1877,

within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
and city Of Memphis, to-wit:
Lot No. Z, block No. As. situated on tho east
side Of Causey street, between Beal and Lin
den. streets, fronting 200 feet, and running
back ia feet. To be sol ID subject to complain
Terms of sale-0n credit of seven months;
note with approved security; lien retained.
etc, and equity cf redemption barred.
This August Is. 1877.
EDMUND A. COLE, G. &M.
By r. J. BLACK, D. C. NJ.
CAN'T. Patterson & Lowe, Atty's.
14l-I50 IbR.46
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-07

Mothers will grow weary aud sigh
over the bahy's troubles when DR.. Bull,
Baby Syrup would relieYe the child and
thereby give the mother rest. Price 25c,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-07

Chaneery Court Of Shelby County-James
Callahan vs.. Sarah A. Murrah.
QY VIRTUE OF AN INTERLOCUTORY
on the l4th day of July, 1877, will sell
at public auction, to the highest bidder, in
front Of the Clerk and Masters office, Court
House, Main street, Memphis, Tennessee.
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6l-xxvi.5O
HAaa.Isasa.s.a

TEAc The choicest in the world-Import-
hENOs ers' p;;ess Largest company in
AmerieE staple articles pleases everybody; /;
aae ,ontinually increasing; agents wanted
everywhere best iuduc monts don't vast,
time. Send for circular to ROBERT WELLS,
Pres Of the Origin American Tea Co. 20
Vesey ST., N, T.. ?, o, box 1851, l-2ld6w
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-07
CRAWFORD PASHA.
Additional and Interesting PartiC
ulars Concerning the East
Tennessee Adventurer.
He Is a Literary Man as Well as a
Soldier Of Fortune.

An Engaging Affair with Female
Orderly Sergeant-His ExLraOr.
dtnary Speculation tn Negro Sub.
stitutes-A Graphic sketch.
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LEGAL.
Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

eounty-B. Bayliss, R. l., Cochran ct al. VS..
Memphis Agricultural and Mechanical So
ciety.
RY VIRTUE OF AN INTERL0CUT0RY
- decree for sale, entered in the above
cause on the I'D day Of May, 1877, will sell, at
public auction. 70 the highest bidder, in front
of the CLERK and Masters office, ceurt-heuse
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Five Thousand Copies
Are read by at least
Twenty Thousand People

old aud young. every week. It's just to say
that the patrons Of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to the best class Of
community.
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mo. 253i-R.l
Chancefy Sale Of Real Estate.

Kortreoht & Graft, SolicItors. : = / /
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-07

We desire our business men to make note
Of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the cOmiDg
season.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-11-15

particular desire to be mix. d up in
such mess, might have kept on
my way and left the officers to at
tend to the finding Of the oitlaws.
The cowardly attempt upon my life
however, determined me otherwise
aud the last act Of John BAstrop's
career, instead OF saving his gang
from arrest, Ms he had intended,
proved the signal Of destruction of
beth him and them.
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An Oakland huckster bought q

An Oakland huckster bought q fine
mule. at auction on California street
last week. He paid $l40 for il, an.,
christianed it Martin Luther. After
trying for three days to pnt its hav-
ness on from second story window,
the owner resold it for $l4, on long
time, and under the style and title
OF "Ssra." Il was purchased by the
city government, and will hencefo rth
be used 10 suppress riots. II is cal.
culated that when backed gently but
firmly into . mob the business end
Of this faithful animal will be equal
TO four 0atling guns and Q howitz-
or. s...l~ XXX ttt
Satan was the original "deadhead. -
He got into the Garden freq, aud
then caused trouble by bic talking.
Book ke, a."
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-11-15
P q q { n v /.


Early one summer morning.
saw two children psss
Their footsteps, slow yet liehtsome,
Scarce bent the tender grass.
One, lately out Of baby hood, y
Locked up With eager syes {
ne other watched her vistfulIy:
Oppressed with smothsred siShs.
{ sess, mother t. cried the little one.
Il gathered them for you ,"
The sweetest flowers and lillies,
And Msbls hes some too"
"FIush, Nellie - whispered Mabel,
1--WE have not reached II yet.
wait sili We get there, darling.
II isn't fer my pet"
"Oet where Z" aeted Nellie. Tell me.
"To the church-yard," Mabel said.
"Eo I no I" cried little Nellie,
And shook her sunny head.
stili Mable whispered sadly,
1--WE must take them 10 the grave.
Come, darling 7" and the childish voice
Tried 10 be clear and brave,
But Nellie still cept calling
Far up into the blue
"ses, mother. see. how pret,yi
We gathered them for you"
And when her 81 ster pleaded,
She cricd-aud would q OF 20 -
"Augels don't live in church, y ards,
NJ mother don't know l"
Then Mabel bent and kissed her,
80 be Il. dear she said
"We'll u ke them 10 the ar6pf
And lay them there instead.
s.For mother loved II dearly.
II was the sweetest place II
And the joy that came to Nelly
Shone up In Mabeps face.
saw them turn and follow
A path with blossoms bright,
Until the nodding branches
Concealed them from my sight.
But still like sweet music
The words came ringing through
"See. mother, see, how pretty
We gathered them for you"
-sr. NICHOLAS.
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Advertistng Rates.
Ono column one year. seo.oo6c
One-half, column, one year, 5000
SIne-fourth column. one year, $500
One square no lines) insertion 20
Every additional insertion. 90
Professional and Business cards OF
not more than s lines, per year, 900
Auditor, Executor, Administrator
and Assignee Notices, $50
EDITORIAL notices per line, 10
All advertisements for shorter Pc
Rod than one year are payable at the
time they are ordered, and II not paid
the person ordering them will Ne held
responsible for the monev.
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made the following sketch
Some years ago my physician
/ told me must leave the counting
Mouse aud travel for my health. Let
it aot be thought from this that /
was>a weak, puny, man. Far from
il. In fact, I was too stout and
strong for go much confinement, the
result of which was morbid state
of the liver, aud weakening of the
diges,iv o. gans, with accompanying
dyspepsia andconstipation. | knew
the physician was >right, and l at
once planned O voyage>to to Europe ;
but my parents were apxious to
know il q horse back ride through
the Southern States would not be as
good for me. The doctor said it
would be better. Then, cried old Lat
titat, the head OF the firm, 'you will
kill two birds with one stone. The
meaning Of which was that I could
visit q thousand and one correspon-
dents III the Cotton States, and
square up thousand aud one ac-
counts while looking after my lost
health. l had no objections to this.
I steamed il by rail as far % Cincin-
natl thence by water to New Or
leans. Then I took the river back to
VicksburR, where l bought q horse,
and started across the country to
the eastward, intending to strike the
Atlantic coast ct Savannah.
Lat6 ono evening arrived at o
small settlement near the Tombig-
bee, in Alabama, where / found
quite comfortable inn. After sup.
per I sat down in the barroom. and
soon discovered that among the
guests present were the sheriff Of
the district and two OF his deputies;
and by listening to the conversation
! learned that they were out ON inn
portant business. Later, when alone
with the landlord. I was informed Of
the, .iculara That section Of the
country had for . long time been
infested by q gang OF desperate vilr
lains- river pirats and horse thieves
who had robbed and murdered both
trsvslers and citizens. and who bad
thus far succeeded in elading the
vigilance OF the officers sent after
them. There was something won-
derful in thiss for the most expert
detectives had been upon the track
Of the msrandsrs many times. and
yet not even . clue had bssn gained
TO their hiding.placs. That they
had . hiding place wss very evident,
ard iurthsr, Il was . plaes whore
both men and horse could be af-
fsctually concealed. The host de-
clarsd that il IVES very mystsrious,
itwas past his comprehension. For
mors than : ysAr plantations hsve
besa robbed tsnvelsvs have been
robbed boats upon ths river hsve
bsss robbed and svsn large ssttlsr
meoh have ben invaded b. these
bold outlawG The pshliean's ideA
wss thaa they bad , 6ig esvs some
where undsg the groQqd for Il
there readoEvous had been above
ground We ollnevs' w0ald have
5opud h bnlore thia.
.Qs ~ tyllevieg norsieg ~ a's
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My old friend aud schoolmate,
Philip Colcord, when he went into
the army, left his diary in my pos
session, at the same time telling me
that if l found anything therein worth
using, I might put it in shape and
give it to the world. ! have Just
opened the Diary, and almost the
first thing that attracted my atten-
ton was the record from which I
made the following sketch
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THE POST.
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TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. Pay
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A Marrow Escape.

y @ l @ g t II II l Q .
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-02-22

OF public faith. On the other is a dema-
gogue ranting about the tyranny of cap.
ltaIlsts and assurers, and asking why any
body should be permitted to drink cham.
payne and rideIin a carriage while thou
sands of honest folks are in want ofneces-
saries. Which of the two candidates is
likely to be preferred by a workingman
whoIhears his children cry for more bread.
l seriously apprehend that you will, in
some such season of adversely as I have
described, do things which will prevent
prosperity from returning that you will
act like people who would in a year of
scarcity devour all the seed corn, and
thus make the next a year not of scarcity,
but of absolute famine. There will be, I
fear, spoliation. The spoliation will
increase the distress. The distress will
produce fresh spOliation. There is moth
ing to stop you. Your constitution is
all sail and no anchor. As I said before,
when a society has entered on this downs
ward progress either civilization or liberty
must perish. Either some Caesar or
Napoleon will seize the reins of govern
ment with strong hand or your republic
will be as fearfully plundered and laid
waste by barbarians in the twentieth
century as the Roman empire was in the
fifth, with the difference, that the huns
and vandals who ravaged the Roman
empire came from without, ard that
your huns and vandals will have been
engendered within your own country by
your own institutions.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-02-22

land south of northern Maine and the
White mountains, but as late as the be-
ginning Of the present century wolves
were met with in New Hampshire and
the southern parts of Maine and Yer
mont. Mr.. J. A. Allen, who gives the
facts in the Naturalist, rejectsthe theory
that our common red fox ia descended
from English foxes brought to America
and turned loose by the early colonists
He thinks, however, that the red fox ha
spread southwark along the Atlantic
coast during the last two centuries, and
that the gray fox has retreated cores
POndingly in the same direction. The
otter and racCoOn are almost extinct in
New England, and the number OF black
bears are fast diminishing. It does not
appear that the polar bear ever came 80
far south, but it visits the coast of Labra-
dor, and has been seen there within the
last twelve years.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-02-22
BIOGRAPHICAL.

The Chicago Journal gives the follow
ing brief sketch of Mr.. Vanderbilt's life
Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on
Staten Island, May q, 1894. His educa-
ton was very meager. At the age of
sixteen he began business, buying a boat
which he piled between the ferry of his
neighbOrhoOd and New York. Three
years later he married. He can hardly
be said to have relinquished business I'M
til the day of his death. Few men have
begun manhood-ife as early, or main.
tanned a hold upon the activities of the
world so late, as did Commodore Van
derbilt. He was giant. Whatever he
did at all he did in a mastery way. He
remained in the navigation business un!'
til ne Outgrew it in wealth and the mag.
nitude Of his ambition. He controlled
the commerce between New York and
AsPinwall nearly all the time from the
commencement of the California fever
until the completion of the Pacific rail.
road. During his steamship career, Mr..
Vanderbilt owned not less than twenty
steamers, half OF them being constructed
by himself, and counting all his steam
craft, on seas and rivers, his feet num-
bered sxty.six vessels. From this bus
iness he retired with a fortune estimated
at $+0,OOO,00O Entering railroad specu-
latiOn, the commodore risked much, and
without loss, his stock in various rail,
roads, among them the consolidated Har
lem, Hudson River Il Central, and the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail
roads, being estimated in value at nearly
800, 100000.
Mr.. Vanderbilt gave literally in GER
tain directions, his gift to the Wander
bin university in Nashville Tenn, being
three quarters of a million dollars, a sum
which has placed that school upon a ba-
SIS which should stand against all time.
Mr.. Vanderbilt was more generous to
the poor than is generally supposed. His
list of regular pensioners was quite long.
He made no display of charity to indi-
yiduals. He was munifoent in his con-
.ributions during the war, prompted by
patriotism. The deceased leaves a large
family. His son, William H. Wander
oilt, has managed the vast estate for
.ome time past, and is fully competent to
assume the arduous task. It is not ex-
oected the demise of the father will
make any material difference with the
ailroad affairs OF the country.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-02-22

could find in the market Her birtbdav
morning found her very comfortable
and, after breakfast, the new ruches were
placed in her second best black silk. and
her daughter dressed her to set up for
awhile. Then she kissed her by TWEEN
ties to the eighty-seventh time, recalling
at every twenty the place where grand
ma was, and the circumstances which at
that time surrounded her, which she
seemed to enjoy very much.
Afterward the children and their
father brought in the presents, he,
wrapping the new spread about him,
putting on the cap, necktie, etc., to
show them off and all making merry
over them. But as grandma did not
seem to enter into the merriment very
heartily, her daughter quietly asked
her:
Would you rather wear the white
robe aboVe?" and with a sweet, beam
ing smile on her face, she said:
Yes, l wOuldW
And that evening, after a pleasant,
comfortable day, talking much with her
loved ones of the joys before her, of her
peace, and trust and happiness, the sum.
mons came, and, without a struggle or
moan, she passed from earth to Heaven,
and put on the white robe" washed in
the blood of the Lamb. What beauti-
tul close to the chapter of life!
How few there are in this cold, heart
less world who are taking any trouble to
make the aged mothers and fathers hap
Ply and comfortable! How soon the
children forget the days and months and
years Of constant, loving care which dear
mother so unselfshly bestowed upon
them, and how tboughtless are the many
little grandchildren of many little atten-
tions which the dear grandmas would
so lovingly receive. Let us all, children
and grandchildren, do whatever we can
to make their lives pleasant, and their
last days their best days. So may we
reward them in some measure for all
they have done for us. and have the sat
isfactiOn when they are gone of knowing
that we have done something toward in
creasing the number of "Happy Grand
mas y Chicago Standard.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-02-22
AN UNWILLING CURE FOR HYDRO
PHOBI4.

Mrs. Jane G. Swisshelm writes to the
Pittsburg Commercial:
4 lady met me this morning, saying,
did you see that receipt for curing hy-
drophobia in yesterdays Paper?" had
not seen it. Well" she continued, 1T
is just the cure wanted you to write
about two or three years ago-the old
Chester Valley cure, 1t never was
known to fail, and was used in hundreds
of cases in the eastern part of the state
I remember hearing of it as long as
can remember anything. have told
people, and told and talked, and no one
would mind me. l tried to get you to
write a letter about it, and now you
must, for people will not believe. They
will read and forget all about it,"
In her old home in Chester county,
Pennsylvania, lived a German named
Joseph Emery, who used to be sent for,
far and wide, when any one had been
bitten by a rabid animal He went to
his patient carrying something under
stood to be a root, which he himself dug
in the woods. He MIXED pint of milk
fresh from the cow, put the root into it
boiled it andgave it to the patient, fasting;
made him fast after taking it; gave a
second and third dose on alternate days,
and never failed in efecting a cure. In
some way which she has forgotten his
secret transpired, and the root was known
to be elecamPane.
The medicinal properties of e}ecampane
are very powerful. Milk itself is a
specific for many poisons, and while the
medical faculty know no cure for this
terrible disease we should open every
avenue of Light into the dark subject