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The Canadian Yacht Countess ~ Dur'rin
Iu'tN -ipiei her onhle- at her munrip IN the fn,i
river. on TWENTY first street, "Wednesday cNrnins
down to The Hook nnl out io Shenn Brown. o
krhmsd county, had l.t hor fo tn insht un Tie prom
nl her principal r'r, Major tillnnl, tu meet INN
the nest ilA Ia Nnll stWct aul i' nj ln, The MAJOR
lru none too carly isr delay Ol twenty iurf Hluis
would have found Two moro sheriff. on lhe Duivrss
deck Mlth claims
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PorrIANn. NJ. Aug II. IN, Cumb, rland
tUuuf' o., "hlN.tu t"if tutiHu 10 laN Hdnurd
muou, aitro'in- ft,,.,i,t llaycs ioll'J
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The Death orn French Author.

PARIS Aug. l7.-Lous Prosper Ernest Du.
vcr-ler ale llaWannc. SDcpuN for sanc,rrr ana The
author of some works the uitcd Stac- who's lrnih
w., report Last NIX t iicl on Wodnc ~iat ,un.tfuke.
al ID fNir, i the thirty fourth Ntnr ui ls isc lie 40
.u, N ilr iin. Mode ihit lrpuhlcins, AMI ,un o lie
historian oi "fainHu euiHry Government iu France"
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The Gcnrg.n aon.ll.nllonnl aanrcn.lon.

ArIANr, Aur l7.-Thc Constitutional Con-
vent l..nIfr i.u. tr'-.4n, 4r l,u iu AVE iua
ie usr lovct tpr,tD,alr it .ht, and a.oo V tatl'
roads
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MAprID Aug. l7.-Mr Lowell tk' n'wly.
apuMutl mlrd states hinisti to A a!A. Wlll hr -
coNri hl tlN klns tomorrow
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The sit,inu Bun Comm,..,.u.

WASHINGTON, Aug. II Secretary Schurz has
APPOINTED John McNtA vi 81 Louis Ia act wllh Cen.
Terry as a member VI tue situns bull Commission
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rgH Rn,. Mr.. M'ciRTHr's cisE
The Troubles Of the Biceckcr street tni,er-
smlI.t dhMroh Once Mnrc.

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"a -, ,..
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Infvnrs.1.-t - Convention a f.v vanr. nro mud
>'''' '''''"' -" "''' =" a. " , "', 80 80.
found gulty Of unmin -tcrial conduct. II"
was deprived Of fellowship in the church hut
appealing to the law courts for redress h. uh-
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tanned nihhdnmnN rfpnlrlns IN" state l NJ
Nrr.4list h,liy f. rtulmit him to f.llnvship
Ta.n revised charges were prcf.rr.l against
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"i'' "i''' ~" "'"' ""s J" "'"''' i"'
lNih" COMMITTEE met IN Nav lust io Try ih' h'N
Mr.. NJ Curtly the second time Tho new
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slWl Nh"th.f 'NuIrN lh" American fI'"
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In Buffalo Eurkeyes. 4; HuTnlus. !. IT, l'--
ton bl,ipn-, -, lnuisN ilh~ In Flu'niHnf. kln lr
Island. .. Mutual, of Washington. y IN irookl lyn-
linru,sd,. T.. rnoinnatis.
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NEwARK Aug. lB-O'B Brirn, tn r'teslrian,
rested NJ ~ Ocpck last night having mad, 3bl uillvs
since Monday, lac has averaged ~ miles day
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A. llnlnut- at A VI G1' 6 &C. .. 49, -
Vi, 40, J.s T.. 81 's''. ". ~ a..'' ~ 80
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
SUNDAY BASEBALL.
What the CHATTANOOGA Dispatch has
30 Say on n Subject or SUNDAY

WHaht the Cu0tlamOORa Dispatch has
30 Say on n Subject or sunday
Laws q Secular Standpoint.
We clip the following from the Chatta.
nooga Dispatch, which will be found good
and interesting reading:
1t seems the various base.b ball a%ssocia-
tions of the Bluff City have secured
grounds which are practically part Of
Central Park, just outside Of the city
limits. The associations are, apparently,
under the control of the gamblers and
roughs. Sunday, being the one day in
the week VIXEN everybody is idle, the
gamblers proceed with their base ball
clubs TO these grounds on that day, and
tho setup games are a convenient me-
dunn through which these proprietors
fleece the unsuspecting outsiders, eoun.
trymen and oil others disposed to risk
their cash, only for a little excitement,
you know Hundreds of young men,
scores Of strangers stopping over in the
city, aud many from the country, flock
to the park Tor recreation on Sunday,
and come directly in contact with this
de1norallzlng spectacle; the susceptible
are taken in and nicely done for, finan-
cially aud morally. Being beyond the
city limits and uot subject 10 its police
supervision, the crowds get drunk to
their hoarts content, and return to the
city an army of bowling lunaties, who
make Sunday night hideous and furnish
the police plenty of employment.
And here recurs the ever-recurring
question: what ought those who believe
in u religious observance Of Sunday to
do about it? Those people 90 away to
practice their immortality; but that will
hardly save them from the visitation OF
the law, if the LEDGER's hint is taken
No man or set Of men have any right ip
law or in equity to erect such a nuisance
as this Memphis base ball concern is, on
the confines Of a city. As well might
they claim that they could erect gas
works in the middle Of the city, or put O
b%one-boiling establishment next block to
the delightful little park on Court and
Second streets.
We would apply the same rule of eQui
ty and invoke the same principle Of law
in both cases. We would proceed Just aa
We would in the abatement Of any other
nuisance, Whenever these people were
made to cease infringing on the rights o.
the majority we should cease to prose.
cute them. Their baseball corral would
be a nuisance on any day. It's an offensC
to every well-behaved man and woman
in the city Oh Sunday. They outrage tht
majority. and it does not matter where
Wien, or how they begin, or Hpon wha'
programme they carry out such an out
rage, they should be promptly checked
We view the business from q strictly
secular attitude, having nothing to do Oh
say about the religious aspect Of it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17

makes its debut 10 q barroom in Mem
phis.
At the new city hall in the old court
house you can hear nothing but talk
about new issue" and 'old issue Of
bonds, except when a sharp Spectator
in scrip interviews Comptroller Newsome
with q view of making a few dollars by
some side transaction or speculation of
Of the misfertunes Of the unpaid EN-.
ployes Of the city.
A lager-beer brewers convention is
holding at New York, ct which prizes
will be offered for the best lager, the
fruits Of excellence being superiority in
every respect; next, celor, smell and
taste. Which is the best beer2 has al
ways been q puzzle, each beer seller
sticking up for the particular brand
which he deals out over the counter.
Several citizens have lost cats during
the past few days. The cats we're found
dead. The suppOsition is that the cats
in their nightly raids in search of their
%afinities las the s~piritualists would call
it) found and ate the poisoned meat
thrown to dogs on the street by police.
men, and %succumbed to the power OF
strychnine. Moral, or motto-muzzle
your cats.
On the corner Of Court aud Second
streets, yesterday afternoon, two white
men attacked another white man Que
of them knocked him down with a brick.
and then, while he was imam almost in
sensible condition, jumped on him anG
pounded him numerically, while the
other, armed with a large knife, KEEP
away several persons who desired to in
terfere for the sake Of humanity. Nc
arrests were made.
Many sports, with their "cappers,'
stool pigeons" kids" and "sieerers'
denounce the LEDGER on account of iti
moral lectures on Sunday baseball play.
ing. The LEDGER will probably, n due
time, spur up these chaps and their style
of doing business in their dens of vice
and plunder, and will make pointed
suggestions to the attorney general, the
grand jury and the police commissioners
upon tie subject.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17

The other day, when Admiral Rous
was taken fatally i'll, the doctor coming
to attend him said, well, admiral,
what's the matter2' "E%igbty-two,' said
Rous. That's what the matter"
The London Times says that Rubin.
stein swings his hands above his head 80
that they may fall upon q succession Of
chords that any school girl might strike
without moving her fingers from the key.
board,
Leverrier, the French astronomer, has
suffered from an Affections of the stomach
for several years, and it has lastly DC
sumed a serious form. He still works,
and is moved from room to room in a
wheeled chair.
Darwin, in his forthcoming "Bilogrphy
of an infant derived from a study Of
one Of his W children-will treat phi
losophically the coo, the whine, and the
hiss which precedo the child's attain.
ment Of speech.
Miss Kate Fields letters to the London
Truth, which appear in the form of cor.
%respoudenoe between an American girl
in London and her friend at home, are
said to be "%slangy, silly and vulgar
They give a false idea of American girl.
hood and womanhood to the English
people, and are on that account objec
tionable.
A reception by the sultan is spoken OF
as having groups of officers in the ma
tional costume dotted about the splen.
did hall, in attitudes of the deepest
humility, their eyes cast down, their arms
crossed, and taking care always to face
the sultan, wherever he might be. The
highest officials carly themselves before
him in the most abject manner, like
c%rouohing slaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17

II people would economic a little in
their wasteful habits, often destructive
to health and morals, and send q couple
of dollars to NJ. A. DAuphin, p~ostofice
box 692, New Orleans, La, they would
receive q ticket in the August drawing oil
the Louisiana State Lottery Company
under the supervision of Generals P. 7.
Beauregard and Jubal Early. 1t will do
no harm to send for a circular. Many a
man spends two dollars, the price of a
ticket, in cigars in a week.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
InTamtIcIde.

The bedy of a white infant was found
this morning in the bayou, near the old
soap factory on 0verton street. Esquire
QuigIey held an inquest upon the body
of the drowned child this forenoon, but
nothing was discovered that could lead
toward the identity of the remains. l.
was a boy child, white, about one day
old. A piece of rope was tied around
the body and a brick was fastened to the
end of the rope As o sinker, Whether it
Was a case Of infantIcide or merely an
iuhuman way of concealing crime and
shame atser the child had died has not
been discovered as yet,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
UonyIcta Tor NnnhYiIln.


Sheriff Anderson will leave for Nash.
vile Tonight, having in charge the fol.
lowing prisoners convicted before our
Criminal Court during the May term
Antonio Derion, forgery and uttering
forged order, three years; Authoay Pan.
threy alias Watson Mause, petit larceny,
one year; Anthony Panthrey alias Wat
son Mause, grand larceny, three years;
George Kennedy, bigamy, two years;
William Hill alias Peter Jones, grand
larceny, one year; Frank Morris, grand
llrceny, one year; Jim Butler, robbe,y,
five years.
The above are all the convicts sent to
the penitentiary for the May term, and
is the smallest batch ever taken by Sher-
if Anderson during his term. AS com
pared with last Janus y term the falling
Of is remarkable. AT that term forty.
seven convicts were carried to the peni
te1tiary. This will be the last batch o.
convicts that will be carried to Nash
vile by Sheriff Anderson, because under
the new law the %lessees of the peniten.
tiary will have to receive convicts ia eacI
county from the sheriff at the close Of
each term of court.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
Sid Cocks Peabody Billiard
Room Is pronounced FIRST
class by all visitors. 33-t
The Little Pests.

How to exterminate the cimex lectu-
%larius, or bedbugs, is an important ques-
ton with scores of people, Prepared
bed bug poison, Persian powder and
other specifics against the little pests, ore
sold at the drug stores in large quaint
ties, Many old houses and blocks
throughout the city contain numerous
camps Of these. bugs. They retire to
their Notifications during winter, but in
summer they make s%oriies, awarm across
the Danube, over the Balkans and ravage
all adjacent territory. When a block Of
buildings ia occupied by an army of bed
bugs the only way to exterminate them
is to burn down the block.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
Saturday, July rs, 1877,

between tho hours of 10 am. and 4 pm, sell
the following described real estate, situate.
lying and being in the county of Shelby, State
Of Tennessee, and described MS follows, to-wit:
beginning at a stake on tho south line of
Walker avenue. whore the east line of South
land avenue intersects Walker avenue; thence
east with the south line Of Walker avenue (l9l
nineteen chains TO u stake; thence south at
right angles (l0) ten chains to a stake; thence
east at right angles () Eve chains to a stake;
thence south ut fright angles Q0) ten chains to
a stake IN north line Of McLemere avenue (25)
twenty Eve chains to u stake; thence north at
right angles and with the east line Of South
land avenue (2O) twenty chains to the begin
ming; containing az forty-four acres.
Sale to be made en- the premises, at public
ycnduc, to the highest bidder, for cash. The
purchasers title to the property SO sold wilt
be free of all right or equity Of redemption or
repurchase.
Title believed to DO perfect. but l will sell
and convey as trustee only.
O. b. WELLFORO, Trustee.
Register. Waldran & Bacon, Auctioncers.
Iun-ltN
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
The Flood

Has subsidized. Raleigh rallies again
The bridge on the New Raleigh road is
thoroughly completed. The distance is
short, only eight miles, shade all the way
and no toll to pay. Come out and sc
Aunt Mary; she is looking for you every
day. Rates are low. Conveyance nj
Bartlett will bring you straight through.
Come and SEQ Aunt Mary whatever you
do. LOOT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
Police Court.

At the recorders court to-day the fol-
lowing cases were disposed OF: James
McGrath and Annie Morgan, drunk,
fined S. each; Nellie Weeks, drunk and
~disorderly, committed to Jail; Lewis
Gale, larceny, committed to jail Jack
Austin, larceny, committed to jail; j.
Austin, assault and battery with inteat
to kill. bail $1,000; John Jones, disor-
derby, discharged; James Hudson and
John billiard, disorderly, fined s.; II. T.
Neal and James McCune, larceny from
the person, committed; Henry McClinon,
prOwling, case continued; W. L. Reed,
~obstructing the sidewalk, discharged;
Bridget Sullivan, assault and battery,
discharged; A. II. Douglass, not laying
sidewalk, discharged.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
HOMICIDE.
Negro Field Hand Killed By an
Overseer Near LUCY.

Negro Field Hand Killed By an
OVerseer Near Lucy.
From Sheriff Anderson we received
the following account Of a homicide
committed north Of this city nesr Lucy,
on the Paducah railroad on Friday last:
Near Lucyat Pleasant Ridge Mr.. Sledge,
of Sledge, Mckay & Co., Of our city, has
a plantation, which is in charge of Mr..
Armour, who acts as overseer Of the
place. Armour was DESTROYS Of getting
the colored hands" to turn out early in
the morning, and so notified them, but
on Friday the hands" turned out O
half an hsur later than the hour desig'
mated. This caused q quarrel between
them and Mr.. Armour in the fields. The
colored men quit work and left, but later
in the day one of them fully armed re.
turned to seek Mr.. Armour, and at once
assaulted him. Mr.. Armour drew q
pistol and killed the negro. Armour
was arrested and had a trial before Els.
quire Reynolds, who, upon hearing the
testimony introduced, discharged the
prisoner from custody. Since that time
much dissatisfaction has existed among
the negroes in the n~eighborhood, aud nc
one could be found to bury the body
Of the dead negro, and even on yester
day the body remained unburied where
the shooting took place.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
Mineral waters on draugIIt
at Wright's, 265 Main. lOOt


Personal.
Mr.. W. ]. HARE, formerly of Memphis,
but 10Y Of Little Rock, is visiting his
friends in this city for a few days.
Mrs. +. L. Belcher and children are at
0conomowoc Lake, Wisconsin, where
they s%ojourn during the summe months
Mr.. James X. Poston, Of the house Of
Meacham & Co, returned last evening
from a trip down the river among the
plantations.
Colonel Bob Duncan reached home
last evening on board the Anchor line
boat from his plantation in Bolivar
county, Miss.
Colonel NJ. Magevney, ST., police and
fire commissioner, has been confined &c
his room for several weeks by sickness
but we are glad to learn is able to appear
on the streets again and receive the con
gratulations of his friends.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
NOW Is THE TINE.

III you want TO buy u hat, and
buy ii at prices 10 suit the
times, call at the New York
Hat Store, 2I9 Maiu street
where you VIII find a large
assortment of straw 8nd felt
hats for men aud boys. Call
and be convince d. HOT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
LEGAL.
trustees Sale.

Under AND BY VIRTUE OF A DEED
" in trust to me executed by Mary A.
Walker, A. j. bays and H.. NJ. Hays, his wife,
on July II, 1872, and recorded in the Register
Office of Shelby county. in book So page 302,
etc., to secure an Indebtedness therein named
| rs trustee, at the request Of tho creditors
named in said deed. the debt therein secured
heinp mast due. will, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
L~Ightness of the police Docket

The lightness of the police staten.
house docket, daily aud nightly, can be
accounted for in two ways-either that
the city is very quiet, or that the weary
and ease.loving peeler does not wish To
tussle With and take a drunken man or
disorderly person o mile or more ere be
lands his victim within the walls Of the
city prison, and then walk back to bis
distant beat. Taking a glass of lager
occasionally at some adjacent saloon ia
much better enjoyment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
Play billiards at Converse'e,
Carry our the Pound Ordinance


Notwithstanding the ordinance estab.
fishing public pounds for prowling hogs,
cows and goats, the offensive animals
continue to range throughout the city as
of yore. The ordinance was carried out
for a week with a great aouri9h of trum.
pets by the police authorities, but it soon
fell into disuse, as do nearly all ordi.
nances. The hogs now wallow in the
sink holes along the streets and alleys,
and are most offensive as well as detri-
mental to public health. What is the
use in having a police force if the force
does not carry out the ordinances of the
city unless it is punched up into notori
ETY. every day or two by the press Of the
city2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
Ladies' lee Cream ParIOr NJ
Bnrtee's, SOS Main 1T. iii

The excursion on the Jas. D. Parker,
under the auspices Of the Penny Club Of
the First Methodist church, will posi-,
lively come off this evening. The boat
will leave the landing, foot of Couri
street, at 81 o'clock prompt. Tickets,
2jc. Omnibuses will meet the boat on
her return and convey passengers to any
part of the city for 25c.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
Dyspepsia DestrOys tic Teeth

Unless its effects are c%ounteracted by
that pure vegetable tonic and antiseptic
SOZ0DONT. No bodily disease can i'm
pair them if this antidote to all corrosive
elements that act upon the enamel is
regularly applied cod
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
Strangers, go TO COnVerse's
billiard parlOrs, 81 S. UOurt ST.
Inf

W. A. WHEATLRY, at $50 Main street
has many nice houses for sale and rent.
On August LIST be will move across Main
to PSI. 100
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
LOTTERY.

A kPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
n WIN A FORTUNEl-Eighth Grana
Drawing, 1877. AT New Orleans, tuesday,
August 18th.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY co.
This institution was regularly Incorporated
by the Legislature of the Stato for Educa-
tiOnal and Charitable purposes in 1868, with a
Capital of Sl,OO0,00O, to which il has since
added a reserve fund Of $3.50, coo. ITS GRAND
SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS will take
place monthly. 1T NEVER sCALRs OR POST.
PONEs. Look at the following scheme:
CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
100. 900 Tickets az Two Dollar Each.
Hair Tickets, One Dollar.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
PERSONAL.
LOST.

CATURDAY evening. somewhere in North
~ Memphis, a pair of gold and steel frame
spectaclos. The finder will leave them at 1872
Main street and DO compensated. ll8t
OK REWARD-Lost about 18th of jane, two
De- doeds somewhere in tho city, perhaps be-
tween Poplar and Vance streets-One from Y.
?. Rozell to Mrs. M. Il. Brand the other from
9. W. Rutland to Y. 7. Rozell. Finder will
leave same at II. b. Howell's, No. 26S Front
street. and receive above reward. 1l7-l22
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
OR STOLEN.

NEWFOUNDLAND DOG, barely gsewn
IN about Is months old; white spots on face,
breast and feet. A liberal reward will DO paid
for his return to 227 Zeal street, near cerner
of wellington. Nt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17

Rubenstein, the pianist, has been dec
GRATED with the cross OF the Legion of
Honor by Marshal MaeMahon.
There are enough melons in Florida
and b~lackberries in Georgia to rcyiclual
Niksiki for an indefinite period.
Fifty thousand acres of land in AT
kansas have been purchased by a colony
of Poles. They are we'll fixed to raise
beans.
Said O freshman to a senior the other
day, Well, what do you think Of the
college presidents b~acchanalian ser.
mon2'
The German crown prince and priucesa
have presented Signor Salvini with a
large gold medal bearing their like
nesses.
After a "e.eat rehearsal at the Crya-
tai Palace, Mile AlbAni stepped forward
and kissed Sir Michel Costa, the con-
ductor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17


ER0M the front gate, corner of Main and
L Vance streets, last night, July lgth, a
large meerschaum pipe, silver band on stem
part, engraved "E. Whitmore, Memphis,
Tenn! A liberal reward will be paia for 1t
and thief at this office. 1l4t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
To the Riitor Of ths LodrOr.

~ INV hdltOT Vl tne Leuger:
Will you be kind enough to inform me,
as we'll as ethor %Episcopalians, how many
people attend the confessionals held
at st. Lazarus and st. Mary's Episcopal
c%hurchesH As it is an undisputed fact
that confessionals are held in these
parishes, church people would like very
much to know how they are attended
w. A. HILL. Jr.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-17
The Lay Torp 10 at WORK

For some time Mr.. Maydwell, stone
cutter, whose place Of business is near
the Charleston railroad depot, discovered
that some thieves had been stealing HE
coal, lumber, tools, etc. He placed
several terpedoes on his premises last
Saturday evening and on Sunday morn.
ing discovered that one OF them had been
exploded by ONE thief. Eve.y thing
around the place where the torpedo had
been placed was more or less shattered,
and clots and pools of blood neer by
told the tale, that the thief got away
badly damaged. The placing of torpc
does for chicken thieves and other mid
night providers will soon become a popu.
lar business.