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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-07-13
ADMINISTRATORS SALE, ~ PER
sOEAL PROPERTY.

jim nj IhJREhkl.
NOTICE is hereby given ihat the un-
- dersigncd, Administrator. with the
will annexed, Of the estate Of Nicholas
Hoffman, deceased. will offer for sale al
public outcry. at the late:residencc or the
tcstator, in Marion township, Dubois
county, Ind, on
MONDAY, August 9Th, 1877.
at o'clock, a. m, all the personal
property OF said estate, consisting OF
horses. cows, hogs, cattle. one farm way
on. one spring wagon. one moving ma
chine, one cane mill, and other farming
implements; and Of wheat. oats aud hay.
also Of corn, potatoes and other crops III
the field, and Of household and kitchen
furniture aud various other articles.
TERMS: -Sums of So and under. cash I.
over - Q credit Of nine months will be
given. purchasers giving notes with H.
iercst ~ six per cent. per annum from
date. waving benefit Of valuation and
appraiscment laws. with good freehold
surety, 70 the approval or The Admins
traitor. FELIX SCHNEIDER, Admir-.
BRuNo BurrrSEE. ATTY.
July VI, IrTs--3w
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rTPros Cooper teaches his scholars
with extra energy this week. A little
girl il the family urges him 10 ii.
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SATURDAY. july 2sth. 1877.

the contract for building two stone
abutmcnis across Cane creek. ID Column
hia township. Dubois county. Ind. where
the Newton Stewart road crosses said
creek. Plans and specifications may be
seen on the day Of letting. The success.
iul bidder will be required 10 execute
hond with security for the fnlfilmcrs Of
his contract The right 20 reject M or
all bids. i reserved nv the Snpcrin-
tendent HArElsoN MoEGAN, Supt.
July 18th. ls77--3w.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
NOTICE Il hereby given that Tie m
~ dersigncd has been appointed IA
ministrator. with the will annexed. Of III.
estate OF Nicholas Hoffman. late Of IN.
bois county, Indiana. deceased. said
estate j. supposed 10 be solvent.
FELIx SCHNEIDER. Admir-.
Bruno BrrTTxrn. Attorney.
June %, 1877 -3w.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-02
Thursday, March 1, 1877,

in legal hours. in front Of TIE Courthouse.
Memphis, Tenn, proosed 10 self, to the high
est bidder, for casa, the following described
property, tO-wis:
First--Al the leaseh9ld interest of T. Nc
carney in a certain lot Of parcel of ground,
together with the buildings, improvements
and houses on same; raid parcel Of ground
being leased to him by r. j. Persons. and
consisting of thirty-fve acres lying in Shelby
county, tennessee, south of the city of Mem
phis and adjacent 10 Calvery Cemetery. being
the same and on which Mccartney has a
family grocery; bounded north by the John
Kari tract, east by fernando road, south and
west BY X. J. Persons lands.
Second-bifty acres OF land lying in Shelby
county, Tom. bounded north by Brooks ave-
nue., east of Thornton Robinson's (col.) fifty.
acre tract, south by the Bills old tract, ard
west by &C. Bills lands. Said land is in the
Twelfth civil district, and is the same pur-
hssed by Mccartney Of Valineham Sanderlin.
Third-Fiye acres Of land in Shelby county,
Tenn, bounded north by Cane Crock, east by
Eliza Roberts tract, south by Bradshaw ave-
nuo, aud west by Clark's tract. Said tract is
in the Fourteenth civil district, and is the
same purchased by said McCarn'y OF B.
Palmer.
Levied on as tho property of defendant. T..
Mccartney. to satisfy said Judgment, interest
and costs.
Memphis, January "a. 1877,
c. l.. ANDERSON,
Sheriff Of Shelby county, Tenn.
By Il. l.. MCGowAN, D 5.
Harris, Mckissick & Turley, Attorneys for
Plaintiff. 130.136-l42
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Chianro Mnrnet,.

CHICAGO, February 2, 1915 pm
Wheat is active at 81 27b for March.
Corn Is quiet at 4lJc for cash February;
42sc for March; 4Ol to 4Osc for May.
Rye is dull and nominally CSC for Feb.
ruary; zoe for March, Barley is dull, with
nothing doing. Oats are quiet at 35lc
for February; 35jc for March; 36sc for
April; 3ssc to 3Sic for May. Whisky is
firm; salAbls at 81 O5. Pork is active
SIG O5 to l6 27l for March; SIC 30 for
April. Lard is steady at 10 624 to
10 Go for March; $40 ~ to 10 50 for
ApriL.
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re.,Imanx OF mnahox.

WARRINGTON, February 2.-Mr. Mad.
dox continued his testimony to day under
the examination Of Representative Bur
chard. While in New Orleans be spoke
to several Democrats in a general way;
had an interview with Judge Walker who
proposed introducing him to Baldwin &
Go. about Louisiana's vote; Colonel
Zscharie was the person alluded to in
the telegram sigued Joseph Han.
cock, dated New Orleans. December LIST
aud addressed to Col. Picket, as follows:
Telegraph party to trust person you
wrote about; may be to your interest. y
Witness was dssirous of producing let.
tiers from Governor Wells to Senator
West, but wanted time; they we're in the
hands of a prominent Republican; he
wanted no money for their production
and would take none.
Questionable you not agree to take
a share of the 81. 600. 900 proposed to
be raised by you and Colonel Pickett
to affect the Louisiana returns, and now
you say you would not take any money
for producing the letters. Auswer-I
thought il net unusual to buy a right.
Witness wal allowed till tomorrow
morning to produce the letters.
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Attachment Notice.

Before ]. NJ. Coleman, Justice of the Peace
for Shelby County, Tenn.- Nonresident
Attachment Creditors eats Of 1870 and ISL,
approved January %, 1871 Frank q Rein
ach w. Charles Grady.
IN T9IS CAUSE 1T APPEARING By AT
J. haavittha the defendant and plaintiffs are
all non-residents Of tho state Of Tennessee.
and are Iesid, nts Of the State of Arkansas;
that the defendant is indebted to plaintiffs in
the sum Of ninety dollars. due by account,
and the claim is just, and that the property
Of the defendant has been fraudu'ently re-
moved to this State to egade the, process Il
the law in the State o .Arkansas, their domi-
cile; II Is Therefore ordered that publication
be made in the memphis Public Ledger, a
newspaper published In the city OF Memphis
for four successive weeks. commanding the
said Charles Grady 10 appear before me or
som 9th or Justice of the Peace, at my office,
No. 29i Front street, in the city Of Memthis,
on the 2lst day of February, 1877, at 10 o'clock
am, and make defonse TO said attachment
suit against him. or II will be proceeded with
ex parte.
This the 9th day Of January, 1877,
l25-l3l-ls7 l3 j. N. COLEMAN, j. P.
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chamber. A singular embarrass-
ment under the new law here arises.
1t prohibits a dissolution Of the
joint meeting of the two houses
until the count of the electoral vote
shall be completed and the result
declared. Either house may take
a recess one day, not beyond ten
o clock the next morning. Ordinary
business meanwhile may be consid-
cred, but technically both houses
are in continuous session. This
will retard business and cause Sc
rious difficulties to arise if not
remedied. 1t is proposedto amend
the electoral law in this respect at
once. This can be accomplished in
three or four days.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-02
A CARD.
To the Editor Of the Ledger

10 the Editor OF the Ledger:
had intended net to take any public notice
Of the card Of O.. d. Simonton in your issue Of
the 22d of January, but friends advise that it
is proper for me to submit to the bubble tho
statements of S. R. Shelton and A. B. Cal.
houn as ts the specific charges contained in
his card. These charges are that l ''once had
a personal encounter. and that my antagonist
was a woman, and that I once sent a challenge
to a Presbyterian elder, who was a non-com-
batant." The statements below. to which /
refer, explain themselves. The public can
draw its own deductions. As to the general
denunciation regarding my v~eracity in the
last two sentences of his card, / think no de-
NAL or proof is required of me. 1t is mere
child's play when he rushes thus suddenly to
the front and makes use Of such epithets as
(" liar and slanderer." complaining in the
same card that he had been denounced by me
in similar terms-Once in the Upton Record
and on other occasions. Referring again to
the statements below. this personal affair is
Withdrawn from the public.
Il n EG1IEcTON
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wnaa the 1IIioUs ReoW,-o

Since tOrpidity of the liyeris the chief cause
Of its disorder, it is evident that what the bill
iOus require is an Alternative stimulant which
will arouse it to activity, an effect that is fol-
lowed by the disappearance of the various
symptoms indicative of its arrangement.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters invariably
achieve the primary result mentioned, be-
sides removing the constipation, Aatulence,
heartburn. yellowness of the ska and whites
of the eyes, pain in the right side and under
the right shoulder. nausea, vei tigo and sick
headache, TO which bilious inyalids are pecu-
liarly subject. As a remedy for chronic moi
~gestion, mental dependency and nervous
ness the Bitters are equally eticacious, and as
a renovant OF lost vigor, a means of arresting
premature decay, and a source Of relief from
the infrmities to which the gentler sex is Pc
c~uliarly subject, they may be thoroughly re-.
lied upon.
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TIE SECRET BORROWING POLICY.

On page SIX Oh IL cOuplIOlIeI
report appears the following state
ment:
The amount to the debit Of loan &C,
count December 10. 1874. as shown by
comptroller's report, was S65. 900, aud
subsequently aboui $500. 900 Wds Dor
roped in order to meet the ~instaAment
of interest on State debt due January
/, 1875.
The word Subsequent" is not
definite ; it may include only the
short remnant of Governor Browns
term, or it might take in ali of
Governor Porter's term. We are
inclined to think that Brown Dor
rowed the 5000, 900 in order to make
a good showing at the end OF his
term, but the matter was kept dark.
Governor Porter's efforts to borrow,
as far as the public is advised, were
not successful. Governor Brown
was the champion in that line, es-
pecially if he succeeded in borrow
ing this immense sum in the last
days of his term, and in keeping
the fact from the people SO well
that it only leaks out now. Under
the head Of disbursements, on page
20 of the report, appears the item,
loan account, $1,0S4,0O0; also, in
terest loan account, $50, $50. 81,
The loan account was no doubt
created by Governor Brown and
paid off by Governor Porter.
The interest thereon cost the tax
payers Of Tennessee $50, 53O.S2, and
this ia the way State credit has been
preserved, heaping interest upon
interest, without the knowledge OIL
consent OF the people, under an ac'
passed under Radical rule, which
remains on our statute books by
virtue Of Governor Porter's vetC
authorizing the executive 10 Dor
row money without limit as t.
amount or rate Of interest. |.
is time to compromise or repudiate
Governor Brown during his admin.
istration engineered through a bill
which is yet a law, requiring tn.
comptroller 10 close his report o.
the 10th Of December preoedin.
the close Of his term, his pretex
: being that the governor wanted th
figures and facts as a basis for hi
u message. There was an interval {
which no account was taken fc
two years. Thus the legislator
u which met January, 1915, had n
means Of knowing what had bee
c done subsequent" to Decembt
10th, 1874. A good deal could
y done in that short time. We sug
3 gest that this device Of the fundin
l. ring for the concealment of fac.
IS had better be repealed by the pre-
/ ent legislature.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-02

Years ago there was a very queer
old clergyman in the diocese Of Can.
terbury, England, named Patten,
Of whom a hundred anecdotes are
told. Going one day to order q
wig, the barber young IN business,
readily accepted the order, and then
yentured to ask his guest to dine.
The invitation was accepted, a bowl
Of punch followed, to which the
divine did full justice, After it was
over, the barber was beginning to
measure, but Patten said, "No, no,
you shan't make the wig" "Why
not exclaimed the sstonished host,
rhaye / done anything to offend
your" "Quite the contrary, you're
such a good fellow hat | haven't
got tho heart to take you in. I'll
90 to somebody else, You know il
you'd made The wig you'd never
have heen paid for it" If report
be true there are in New York just
now divers milliners, tailors, hat
ters, and possibly w~ig-makers, who
had much rather have given their
guests half q dozen dinners than
taken their liberal orders during
the last three years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-02

IT is a little curious, but never
theless a fact, that the four colored
members of the Georgia legislature
voted for Ben Hill at the critical
moment, and, together with the
other five Republicans, really elect.
ed him. Norwood once came with.
in four votes Of an election.
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Hon. Ien DnyIa . HIutorian.

Handsboro Democrat.l
We are pleased to be able to announce
that our coast will be honorAd by the res
idsnce for a time al Mr.. Jefferson Davis,
who has yielded to the solicitations OF
bis friends and agreed to undertake the
writing Of the "reminiscences Of his pub
lie career. This work, so important to
the truth Of history, to the honor Of the
whole country and to thai Of the dis!in.
guished gentleman himself, necessitates
a quiet retreat and pleasant, tranquil sur.
ro1ndings, ss well as convenient aooOss
to the noisy world outSide-all these ad-
Vantages, as we'll az health aud q charm.
ing CLIMATE aud the society Of agreeable
and devoted friends, Nj, Davis Rndu
here,
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follows:

A number of leading papers
North : the New York Herald,
World, Express and Others-fayOr a
speedy compromise. A few bitter
sheets oppose it, notably the Tri-
bune, which recently said:
The nominal excuses are not the real
reasons which make reputation at the
South so common. The truth is that
political feeling is q prominent motive.
The hatred Of Republican governments
is intense; in some cases it is justified,
because they have robbed the people, but
it is not less bitter toward Republican
officials who have done everything in
their power to suppress corruption, pre-
vent e~xtravagauce, and lessen the bur-
dens of the peop'e This savage lRtele-
rance of political feeling is the curse OF
the Southern States. IL so warps the
Judgment that man who would net other
wise %countenance financial dishonesty
do not scruple to counsel reputation OF
q debt solely because that debt was crea-
ted BY the ',thievius carpet-bsggers.
The Cincinnati Commercial,
which hates everything Southern,
is likewise savage on the subject.
These exceptional cases which show
sectional rancor and hate do not
properly represent the solid bust
ness men of the North. In spite
Of such appeals a liberal intention
is growing up and a satisfactory
arrangement seems likely to be
submitted at an early day. When
this is effected q great change will
take place. The people will become
hopeful and holder in enterprise,
and with thrifty, economical habits
acquired through necessity, will
once more produce a large surplus,
become independent and truly
prosperous on a permanent basis.
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Embsr.Iemrnt and Grand La

EmbszsIement aud Grand Larceny.
New YORK, February 1.-THE grand
jury has indicted Theodore r. Wetmore,
vice president Of the Security Life In.
surance company, for ENLIGHTENMENT and
grand larceny; Robert l.. Case, presi-
dent, Robert L. Case, jr., actusry, aud
Isaac h. Allen, secretary, for perjury.
Allen speaks in harsh terms OF his late
associate officers, and says he has lost a
considerable sum himself by undue con-
6dence in them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-02
CoUAr1Ne VII r

Congress met in joint convention
yesterday as stated in our dispatches
last evening, and proceeded to count
the electoral vote of the States in
alphabetical order until Florida was
reached. There being two certif.
Gates all the papers in the case
were referred to tine electoral tribu.
nal, and the senate returned to it'd
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-02
Saturday, February 8, 1877,

at u o'clock M. at the southwest corner Of
Main and Madison streets, about Eve
acres of land in the city of Memphis,
known as the Davie Place or Brinkley Col.
lege lot, on the south side Of Georgia street,
vest of and adjoining Judge Wright's resi-
dence place. 1t has been subdiyided into
small lots, each fronting on a hi b, wide
street: Plans will BIO furnished by us on APP
Ilicati0n.
Also. two lots lying in the city Of Mem
phis,, described. as follows: One lot desig-
mated upon the plan of John 0verton's
lSl-acre tact, lying between Memphis
aud Fort Pickering, surveyed By Rucksr
Y Parsons, civil engineers. April, 1857, as
lot SS2, in block 8, fronting " feet on
Webster street and running ba X 10 feet to
an alley. The other lot designated on same
plan as No. 37S. in block 10, fronting Y ieet
on Webster street and running back l7O.7 feet
We are authorized to sell any of this prop
erty at private sale. Urt.rR
We sell as Trustees only. but hold under
warranty deed from R. Q. Brinkley, Esq.
Nc equity of redemption.
Terms-0ne-third cash; balance in ono and
two years, secured by alien on the property.
A deposit Of 10 per cent will be required at
sale. w. o. EOLKES. (r..
HENRY H. DIX, 1rustees'
IRRELEVANT & Co., Auctioneers,
MEMPHIS, January 10, 1871. -s -115-1ef
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River kilograms.

CINCINNATI, February 1.-THE river is
falling. Light rain; aud warm.
CAIRO. February 2.-Arrived-Vint
Shinkle, Memphis, 8 am. Departed
Anderson. Nashville, 8 pm; Grand
Tower. Vicksburg, Ii Vint Shiukls,
Cincinnati, II a m. Light rain this
forenoon; cloudy and warm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-02


There seems at last a reasonable
probability that Cleopatra's Needle,
which was given by Mehemet Ali
to the British government, and
which has remained SO long on the
shore at Alexandra, will, before
many months are over, be set up in
London. An engineer, who has
devoted much attention to the SUBJ
ject says that by carefully swathing
the m6nolith in q kind Of ssoking.
and covering it with wood 10 q
rounded shape, it could be rolled
into q barge and then towed to the
Thames, Once there, however, the
still further and greater difficulty
Of erecting it has to be encountered,
The erection Of the obelisk in the
Place de la ConcordO at Paris cost
100000; and it is the enormous eX-
pense involved in dealing with this
still larger and more interesting
monolith which has hitherto do
tered the British government from
attempting the enterprise, The
engineer, whose plan is now to be
tried, maintains, however, that the
work can be done, and the obolisk
put up safely in the place to be
provided for it at the end Of North.
umberlan avenue, at a cost Of about
97000.
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adapted themselves to the changes
of situation with remarkable apti-
tude, but they have been plundered
and otherwise unfortunate until the
fact has to be admitted that South
ern debts never can be paid in full.
The debts of the principal South
ern States were, in 1876, about as
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FOREIGN.

LoSDoN, February IA letter from
Lord S,ratford Dereclife recommends
that the powers give the reforms esIab-
lished by Turkey,a fair trial.
BUCHAREST, February 2-The Rou-
mGhian chambers reduced the budget Of
the war Office to 80, 800, 1000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-02

A Philadelphia paper tells OF q long
haired stranger who went to the AcAde.
my Of Fine Arts, and wanted to see the
celebrated statu quo. They showed him
on paper about q thousand statues to be
erected some day" 10 distinguished
Americans,
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LEGAL.
>herifF's Sale Of Real Estate.

DUBLIC NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
i that by virtue Of an execution to ma di-
Of Tennessee. in the case Of the German
American Bank VS.. Patrick Twohig et A..
Judgment rendered on tao 94th day of Octo.
Der. 1876 for the sum Of foaf hundred and
seyenty-tWa dollars and thirty four c0nts,
vito interest and costs Of suit, to satisfy said
Judgment, etc., l will, on
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Indications.

WASHINGTON, February 2.-In Tennes-
see and the Ohio valley falling barome'
ter, warmer southerly winds, cloud and
rain, followed by colder northwest winds,
rising barometer and clearing weather.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-02

For a high moralist, the great Topper
makes an astounding disclosure. Rbym.
ing about our Pilgrim Fathers, be says,
J Some Of mine sailed with them, too
Now, the quoStio vexata is, how many
are some" lathers1 Perhaps, bow.
ever, the %proyerbial poet really used
some" as we do when we say OF a good
fellow, he's some pumpkins"
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WASHINGTON.
eonsrsssIonal Prsesedlngs.

eoneressionai Frsceed'nes.
WASHINGTON, February 2-In the
senate, a recess having been ordered
yesterday till 10 o'clock to-day, at that
hour half q dozen senators only were in
the chamber, and the recess was con-
tiBusd till moon.
In the house the recess till 10 o'clock
to-day "a extended ill ll:4O, ewing to
the very few members present at the ap-
pointed time.
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DIR. REDFIELD, commissioner
general of Southern affairs for the
Cincinnati Commercial, has betaken
himself to Atlanta and begins one
of his reports as follows:
To 90 from the legislative system Of
Tennessee to that Of Georgia is like
going from the light OF the nineteenth
century into the darkness Of the middle
ages. There is no State in the Union
that has a better, more effective and
economical legislative system than Ten
nessee, and hardly any Safe that has a
more cumbersome, inefficient and expen-
sive sytem than hal Of Georgia. / have
seen the Tennessee legislature do more
business 10 q day than the Georgia law.
makers seem able to get through within
a week. The Georgia assembly ia more
than twice as large as that of Tennessee,
and they can talk longer and say less
than the same number Of gigantic intel
lects anywhere else on earth that we
have knowledge Of. The most expeu
sive Injuries are not always best, for the
Georgia Legislature costs more in one
year than the Tennessee legislature does
in six The Georgia assembly is a great
unwieldy concern, of about 225 members,
who are paid seven cellars a day, Sun
day included, aud as much mileage as q
congressman, and meet every year. The
TENNESSEE assembly has but 100 mem
bers, meets only once in two years, are
allowed to sit but 10 days during the two
years, under penalty Of getting no pay,
and only receive four dellsrs per day
while 10 session, and a limited allowance
Of mileage.
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neath of EdMarA Dras.

New YoRK, February 2. Edward
Dyas. father Of Miss Ada Dyss, leading
lady at Wallack's Theater, died at his
residence in this city, Wednesday night,
aged sixty.