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Middletown transcript., 1877-02-03

A young lady recently discovered her
younger brother out behind the wood
shed gallautly putting away at a sweet
fern cigar:
There, young man r' she exclaimed
as the cigar quickly disappeared behind
the boys back, ''I'll tell father on you,
see if l don't"
eyes, you tell 'im," retortsd the
young reprobate. suddenly recovering
himself, you tell i'm. will you and
then see how soon that fellow Of yourn
will skip; I'll tell father how you and
i'm were sittin' on the parlor sofa, an
i'm huggin' you like blazes you jes 60
an tell-that's all | ask"
The young lady discreetIy withdrew,
and the eloquent statesman finished his
smoke in watchful silence.
Middletown transcript., 1877-02-03

EVIDENTLY NOT WEsLEYAN.-A
traveller in the Western district was
struck by the absence of the usual tos-
sellated language of the bullock driver,
in the case Of man on the road with d
small team. which be thus apostrophi-
zed: Come hithsr, Baptist Wo-o-o
Presbyterian, y etc. This mode OF ad-
dress seemed so strange to the traveller
that be entered into conversation with
the man and asked him how these titles
were applicable to a bullock team.
''Well. sir, you see" said be, II calls
this the 'clesiastical team. You see
that bullock on the off side leading; /
call him Baptist. We'll be crossing
the creek presently, and he'll be bound
to make for water. That one on the
near side, he's 'Piscopalian, cause he
holds his head So VERY high That
bullock on the off side Of the pole, the
one with the crumpled horn, calls him
Presbyterian He is the most out-and-
out knowing bullock of the lot. The
brindle in the same yoke with him, he's
Wesleyan He's always a grunting
and groaning, as if be was dragging the
whole load. Bless your life, sir, he's
not pulling an ounce"
Middletown transcript., 1877-02-03

Nos. Cures. Cents
l. FEvERs, Congestion, determinations, %
2. WORKS, Worm Fever, Worm Collie, rs
3. CRYIEe-CoLIo, or Teething Of Infants, 25
4. DIARRHGA, of Children or Adults, 25
5. DYsESTERY, Gripping, Bilious Choiic, 25
6. CHoLERA-MoRBUs, Vomiting, 25
I. CoUGHs, Colds, Bronchitis, 25
8. NEURALGIA, Toothache, Faceache, 25
8. HEADACHES, Sick Headache, Vertigo 25
10. DYSPEPSIA, Bilious Stomach, 25
IL. SUPPRESSED, or Painful Periods, 25
IL. WHITES, too Profuse Periods, 25
l3 Group, Cough, Difficult Breathing, 25
IA. SALT RHEUN, Erysipeias, Eruptions, 25
Is. RHEUMATISM, Rheumatic Pains, 25
I6. FEVER AND AGUE, Chill Fever, Agues, 80
II. Piles, blind or bleeding, so
ls. 0PHTHALMY, and Sore or Weak Eyes, so
10. CATARRH, acute or chronic, Influenza, so
20. WHooPING-CoUeH, violent coughs, so
81. ASTHMA, oppressed breathing, so
%. EAR DISCHARGES, impaired hearing, 30
%. ScRoFULA, enlarged glands, Sweliugs, so
"a. GENERAL Disability, Physical Weakness, 80
25. DRoPsY and scanty Secrelions, 5O
26. SEA-SICKNEss, sickness from riding, so
q. KIDNEY DISEASE, Gravel, 30
%. NERvoUs DEBILITY, Seminal Weakness
or involuntary discharges, 90
30. Sore Mourn, Canker, so
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81. PAINFUL PERIODS, with Spasms, so
30. DISEASE OF HEART, palpitations, ETC., 90
SO. EPILEPSY, Spasms. St. VitGs' Dance, 90
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Manual of directions, $40 90
Case Morocco f2O large vials and Book, 6 90
r These remedies are sent by the case or
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charge, on receipt of price. Address
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Office and Depot, No. 562 BROADWAY, N. Y.
@rFor sale by all druggists.
CLARENCE ANDERSON, Agent,
mh25- Middletowu, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1877-02-03

TRUSTEES OF THE ACADEMY.
Hon John P. Cochran, Pres. Henry Davis,
Treas. Samuel Pennington, Secretary; James
Kanely, B. Gibbs, r. 7. Cochran, N.Williams.
PRINCIPAL OF ACADEMY.-T. s. Stevens.
Middletown transcript., 1877-02-03
E. REYNOLDS.
THE MILD POWER CURES
HUMPHREYS
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS.

Been in general use for twenty years. Everywhere
proved the most SAFE, SIMPLE, ECONOMICAL and
EFFICIENT medicines known. They are just what
the people want, saving time and money aYerting
sickness and suffering Each single specific the well
tried prescription Of an eminent physician.
Middletown transcript., 1877-02-03
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Ladies call at S. NJ. REYNOLDS and look
at the new assortment Of Hamburg Edgings
and Insertings, in all widths and prices from
10 cents and upwards.
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FIRST PREMIUM
At the
THIRD ANNUAL FAIR

oc8-3m 5O7 King street. Wilmington, Del
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NOTARY PUBLIC

John a. Reynolds.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-09
KdwIn Booths KsttremOpt.

Boston Herali.l
1t has been mentioned that posi-
bly, Edwin Booth might permanent
ly retire from the drama. He has a
rich father-in-law, and might plead
his misfortune as reason. 1t is
now probable that this will not
occur, but were the idea to be car
ried out it would with the death
of Davenport) deprive the stage of
high tragedy. 1t is to be remem-
bered that there have been times in
the history of the drama when
Hamlet could not be produced,
because there was no one able to
present the highest conception of
Shaksperean genius. Neither Ad-
olson nor Pope saw great Hamlet.
Betterton was dead before their
day, and Garrick had not yet ap-
peared. When Addison's play of
Cato was produced Barton Booth
took the leading part, but he never
could take "Hamlet." To succeed
In such part a man must be Pc
culiarly constituted. There were
no such men in Shakspeare's days,
and therefore it may be mentioned
as a peculiar fact that the great
poet never witnessed the proper
rendering of his greatest character.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-09
MEMPHIS, TENN: TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1871

tribution to human liberty-in a
casket Of mulberry wood from the
tree that Shakespeare planted. We
were under the impression that this
apocryphal mulberry tree, like
George WashingtOn's body servant.
was comparatively extinct; vet we
suppose that very small casket
would hold all the freedom that
Grant cared to have, and he would
have been content to take the rest
in money. Perhaps it may have
occurred to the naughty Briton
that, inasmuch as Grant only speaks
Illinois, as contradistinguished from
English, and very little of that, his
claim to the common heritage !"
was one to question; they therefore
wished to give him an oppor-
tunity to sit in Shakspeare's
chair, in the hope that he might be
able to take in by capillary absorp-
tion some Of the gift of language
for which "the divine William" was
so distinguished. But the wood of
which Grants head is composed is
so much harder and thicker than
the seat of Shakspeare's chair we
doubt very much the possibility
that any exchange of ligneous cere-
bratiOn could take place by the pro-
cess of endosmosis. Yet now that
Grant has "set on" Shakespeare, we
suppose he will be clasSed by Sena-
tor Simon Cameron as "one of the
dam literary fellers," and will
henceforth be under suspicion as
unfit for practical politics." No
man who has SO far committed him
self to literature as to sit on Shaks-
peare's chair could ever be trusted
again to run a San Domingo Job,
or whisky ring, or Indian agency,
or real estate pool, or any of those
other feats of engineering" for
which Grants administration was
SO distinguished. He becomes, as
his friend Shakespeare might gay,
"sicklied Ger with the pale cast of
thought" And when he comes
back to this country he will find
that he has fallen from the front
rank of reform within the party" "
and lies as pavement to the abject
rear.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-09
"THE TWELVE O'CLOCK MAN.v
Death of an Eccentric BROOKLYN
Character.
Naw York T;rns

Character.
New York Times.
For several years past there has
resided in Brooklyn man by the
name of Thomas Connors, who has
attracted considerable local atten-
tion by his eccentricities, and who
had come to be familiarly known to
the frequenters of the city hall as
the "Twelye o'clock man." Every
day, as regularly as the sun rose,
summer and winter, Connors was
in the habit Of coming to the city
hall, between nine and ten o'clock
in the morning, and taking up a
position on the sidewalk, on the
Fulton street side cf the building,
he would remain leaning up against
the iron railing until the large
clock in the tower of the city hall
struck the hour of twelve o'clock,
noon, and as the last stroke of the
hammer ceased, without uttering a
word or pausing to look behind
him, the man would walk slowly
away, and soon disappear up Fulton
avenue on his way homeward. He
kept that up for years, always
standing in the same spot and lean
ing against the fence in precisely
the same attitude until his coat
would be worn to rags where it
had come in contact with the iron
railing; then he would appear
with a patch to cover up the hole.
Finally he became sick and
enieebled by constant exposure
to all sorts of weather, and
about a year ago he forsook
his accustomed place on the
sidewalk, and took up a position
inside the building, and up one
fight of stairs, where he stood for
two or three hours each day, lean
ing up against a post which stands
in the corridor just opposite the en-
trance to the Office of the commits
sioner Of public works. There he
was always to be found during the
last half of the forenoon, and from
there he would never move until
the last stroke of the twelve o'clock
bell had been sounded, when he
would walk quietly and sadly down
the stairs, with a look of stolid
disappointmenton his countenance.
He always dressed very shabbily,
and looked very disconsol4te and
woe-begone, as though he had not
a friend in the world. He never
spoke TO any one unless he was
spoken to, and then he would re-
ply only in monosylables, in a crab
bed manner, which soon gave peo-
pie TO understand that he did not
desire to prolong the conversation.
lie often used to excite the sympa-
thy Of those who used to watch bis
daily yigils, and one day a benevo-
lent gentleman, who thought that
perhaps he might be in want of
pecuniary assistance, offered him
some money, but he spurned the
offer with Indignation, and gave the
gentleman frankly to understand
that he was no beggar. Sometimes
he would mntter incoherent sem
tences to himself, as though brood
ing over some disappointment, and
as the hour of moon approached, they
would increase perceptibly until the
clock struck the hour, when, with
a heavy sigh. he would assume his
wonted appearance of calm despair,
and walk silently away.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-09
REVOLUTIONAY TRAMPS.
An Old story PlAusibly Revived
New York World.l

An Ola story PIausib,y Revived.
New York WOrld.l
A monument is erecting in Scho-
harie county to record the virtues
and exalted patriotism of David
Williams, one of the three
men who arrested Major Andre in
the year 1880, as he was going to
New York with papers from Gen.
Benedict Arnold to Gen. Clinton,
who was then in command of the
British forces. From that day to
this Williams, Paplding and Van
Vert have had the credit of acting
solely from lofty motives; they
spurned the offers of money which
were made to them by Major Andre
to permit him to escape; they loved
their country more than gold, and
yet there are stories told about
them which place their action in
an entirely different light from
this. 1t may be true that our his
torians have not dealt Justly with
them, and that, like many other
monuments which tell the glories
of dead men, the monument which
stands to their memory at Tarry-
town and the one which is rising
in Schoharip to David Williams do
not adherie strictly to the truth.
The word tramp" has but lately
come into use in America, but old
men who live in Sphoharie county
and know "Daye" Williams by
tradition say that he at least of the
three lannon's patriots was in effect
neither more nor less than a tramp,
and the story runs that his two
companions in arms were as bad as
he. This is very sad to think of,
and if it be true we will not be in
olined to think better of tramps
therefor any more than our ap,
probation Of the moral and intel.
lectual condition of geese is hight
ened by the remembrance that once
by their cackling they saved the
lofty city Of Rome,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-09
OSMAN PASHA'S HISTORY.
The Turkish Minister Furnishes n
Flattering Sketch OF the Victor
OF PleVuR

The Turkish Minister Furnishes n
Flattering Sketch OF the Victor
Of PlevnR.
The Turkish minister to the
United States furnishes the follow
ing: "0sman Pasha began his
studies under the care of his broth.
er, the late Hussein Effendi, pro-
fessor of Arabic in the preparatory
school at Constantinople, whittier
Osman Pasha came from Tokat at
his brothers suggestion, and who
shortly after had him admitted to
the same school. When sufficiently
prepared by his relative, Young
Osman entered the military school,
which, after brilliant examination,
he left with the rank of lieuten-
ant. Intelligent and laborious,
he was always foremost in his
class while in the military schools.
His commission as lieutenant
says that he come out first in
the final examinations. Osman's
entrance to the army took place in
1852, and coincided with the begin
ming of the Crimean war. He had
scarcely donned his uniform when.
with some of his associates, he was
appointed on the staff and sent to
Shumla. On the battlefield as well
as at the school desk 0sman Effendi
was remarked by his chiefs for his
GOODNESS and military capacities,
which began to prove SO eminent
that the rank of captain, and soon
after adjutant, was conferred upon
him. The campaign over, Osman
Pasha returned to Constantinoplc
and entered, with his rank of cap
tain, into the Imperial Guard. Be-
fore long he obtained the rank Of
commandant of a battalion of the
Imperial Guard, with which he
was sent to Crete during the
insurrection of that island. From
the first to the last moment he was
present in every movement Of the
campaign against the insurgents.
Peace being restored in Crete he
came back to Constantinople, this
time with the epaulets of colonel,
won after two years of constant
fighting. During his stay at the
capital Osman Pasha was connected
with various military duties, and
intrusted with several missions
which obtained for him a promo
ton to the grade of brigadier gene
raj, and, lastly, an appointment on
the staff of the Fifth army corps as
general of division. In that posi-
ton, as in the previous ones, Os-
man Pasha's activity did not relax,
and his services became daily more
important and valuable. 1t was at
the time when he was chief of staff
Of the Fourth army corps that he
was placed in command of the di-
vision at Widdin. After his gal
liant conduct before Zaitchar and in
reward for his gallant conduct in
the war against Servia an trade from
the Sultan raised him to the rank
of muchir (marshaD. 0sman Pasha
is still young. Well educated and
brave, his victories at Plevna are
the rewards of a life of labor and
devotion for his county and his SOW
ereign. His imperial majesty, who
fully appreciates him, has given him
the most hattering evidence of his
high satisfaction"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-09

This new story Of an ancient
deed is that as Paulding, Williams
and VanWert were one day sitting
under tree, near Tarrytown, en-
joying a game at cards, they saw a
well dressed gentleman riding along
the road, and were struck with the
happy thought that as the place was
lonely it would be profitable to rob
the solitary horseman. They at
once unhorsed him, took him into
the woods and proceeded to rob
him. In his stockings they found
not the desired money, but impor-
tant papers, which they saw it would
be to their advantage to transmit
to the government. They did not,
as they should have done, take their
prisoner at once to superior Off
Ger as one who had failed to give a
satisfactory account of himself; it
was only when they discovered that
his watch and the money about him
were Of less value than their living
prize would be should they turn
him over to the authorities that
they became patriotic. According
to this account they were therefore
mere freebooters. Their inestim-
able services to the country had their
source, SO far as the authors are
concerned, in sheer rascality. Good
came from their evil it is true, but
the moral quality OF their action is
not such as to entitle them to mon
uments and praise.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-09
DYING FROM REMORSE.
FerRibie Agony of SpIrtIuRitst
Condemned for Wandering HIS
wife.

Terrible Agony of n spIriInalIst
Condemned for Numbering HIS
wife.
st. Louis Globe-D Democrat
At 4:05 o'clock yesterday after
noon William Morgan, who had
been confined in the city jail since
July 81, 1874, for numbering his
wife, died quietly in cell l, in the
presence of jailer Conway and
guard Stoyer. He had been ailing
some time, but for the past two or
three days his condition was very
low and feeble, and yesterday NOR
ming, when head turnkey Sigis-
mund paid him a visit, the pioneer
was barely able to converse with
him. However, he rallied, and,
after a glass Of whisky, partook of
a light breakfast. The guards
watched him closely during the
day, and few minutes before four
he was SO low that jailer Conway
was sent for. As soon as the latter
saw the old man he sent to the dis
pensary for medical assistance, but
before physician arrived ne mad
passed easily away.
- Morgan was arrested on the 9th
Of July, 1874, for killing his wife.
and on the following day was
charged with murder in the first
degree. On the 9TH of March fol-
lowing he was convicted, and mo-
tion for new trial was overruled in
the Criminal Court on the 3d of
April following, and on the 10th of
that month he was sentenced to be
hanged on May 2S, 1875. The case
was taken to the Court of Appeals,
which affirmed his sentence.
An appeal to the Supreme Court
was finally made, which was pend.
ing at the time of his death.
He was in many respects pecu-
liar man, and for some years pre-
vious to the commission of the
crime he was devout believer in
spirituallsm, and as a medium of
considerable power, he was the CEN
ter Of a coterie of believers, who
used regularly three times a week
to attend his private seances, The
three wearying years Of his jail life
told heavily both upon his physi-
cal and mental powers, and Of late
he became exceedingly morose and
sullen.
The condemned man, who was
of a highly nervous organization,
suffered terribly from attacks of
remorse, which frequently deprived
him for weeks together of sleep.
Frequently on hearing a man moan
from his cell, the night guard would
rush to the spot, TO find Morgan
seated upon MS pallet, quaklng
with great fear, and gazing with
horror-stricken eyes into vacancy.
OF late the symptoms had become
aggravated, and the night before last
he awoke with a scream that echoed
all through the building, and drew
all the guards in the building to his
bedside, There they found him
trembling and staring, as usual.
When he saw them he sank upon
his bed, and moaned in gasps. al
dreamt-dreamt a man was after
me-with a knile-and I-I-told
him if he didn't-pht away the
knife-Fd hang him. When it is
remembered, in connection with
this utterance, that the murder was
committed with knife, and that
the man was under sentence of
hanging for the crime, an idea can
be obtained Of the solitary agony Of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-09
Louisville and Great Southern RR.

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for st. Louis and Chicago, at Mckenzie for
Nashville. Chattanooga, Atlanta and the
Southeast. at tGuthrie for Hopkinsyille, Hem
deTson and Evansville, at Louisville for all
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4:40 pm. Milan Accommodation - Daily
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Pullman Palace Cars on either train to Louis
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For tickets or Information, apply at Ticket
Office, 287 Main, Northwest corner Madison
street
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Grant at shAIsspeare's Tomb.

Shakespeare being the common
property of America and England
Ito say nothing Of Australia, Cape
of Good Hope, New Zealand and
Canada-it was the most natural
thing in the world for Grant to 90
to Strat(ord to look after the prop
erty. 1t has been so customary for
orators at international banquets to
say, after much beverage, that
" Shakespeare is the common herit-
age" OF the two countries that
Grant felt impelled to go and look
after his share Of the diyyy. And
there they presented him with the
freedom Of the city--no great con-
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RAILROADS.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.

CCHRDULE ON AND AFTER SEPT. I6,
y 1877;
Leaves. Arrives.
Mail and Express, daily~ll so pm 8 545p.m
Somerville accem' dat'u
daily lox. Sunday. 5.09p.m S.lSa.m
Ttme Twensy Mtnu9eo Faster than
City FPme.
SRmeFvtlle fratn will stop az reg
nlRr and flag stations.
The III. I.0Op.m. Train makes the quick
est sine ever made to Chattanooga, Knox
vile, Lynchburg, Washington, and the East
and will stop at all Regular Stations, and at
Flag Stations when tagged, except Flag Sta
tions between Collieryille and Memphis.
Ticket sthee 2TS HlRiu sIreeg aud Depot
Mem phis and Charleston railroad.
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Chief Engineer and General Sup't.
I. S. DAVANl,
1Sf Assistant General Passenger Agent
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the long slcepless nights passed by
this man in his more than three
years occupancy of a Jail cell. An
attempt was made three weeks ago
to have the Court of Criminal Cor,
rectiOn issue an order for his remo-
val to a hospital, but there was no
legal means of accomplishing the
change.
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MEMPHIS q LITTLE ROCK R.R.
shrOt Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TIMEOARDs

TIE n " ABDs
Leaves. Arrives.
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Freight train daily lex.
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Passengers going on this road will take
trains at the depot of the Louisville, Nash
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points on the Little 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.
offices 27S and 2S7 Main street. and at depot
foot of Washington street, or at Louisville,
Nashville and Great Southern railroad depot,
or to the undersigned.
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Price 25c.
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DR.. Benjamin Walworth, of Fredonia,
New York, the last surviving brother OF
Chancellor Wslworth, is the oldest physi.
clan in New York. He is ninety.fve,
and still doing active professional work.
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