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FIRE AT POMEROT, OHIO.
Twenty Five Business. Houses, Offices
and Residences Destroyed.
The Total Damage, nj "a Low Esti.
mate, Beaches 100000.
MACK HAMMET

CINCINNATI, April IA FIRE at Pom
eroy, Ohio, broke out in the ware-rooR
Of D. Greyer & Son, in the main business
portion Of the city last night about len
o'clock, which spread rapidly in every
direction, and was not checked until
twenty-five business houses, offices and
residences were destroyed. The First
National Bank building is the only one
remaining on the west side of Court
street, and its third-story was gattad by
the flames. The total damage, at a low
estimate, reaches 500, 900. The princi.
pal losers are as follows:
A W Seebohm, residence, $4OOO-in-
surance S25OO; Nicholas Klein, furniture
store and stock, $1,000; D Greyer & Sons,
dry goods store, $4,000 = insurance,
$4,000; Jones, Thomas & Genyemer,
hardware, $lS.O 900 = insurance, $780,;
Henry Neutzling, saloon and dwelling,
5oOO-lnsurance, $loOOi y Y Probst u
Son, furniture store, $SOOO-insurance,
$500; Jacob Elberfeld, dry goods,
$5OOO-insuraree. $1,000; Charles Bich-
man, jsweler, s25eO; Hultill & Grissill,
merchant %tailors, $500 = insurance,
$1,000; W ] Pratt, hardware stock and
building, $500; DR. D G Whaley, $4,000;
S A NJ Moore, $4,000. Besides these
there we're several buildings containing
lawyers aud doctors offices, residences,
ETC., burned. A large brick building oc
cupied by D Reid, druggist, and the First
National Bank was damaged abou: $4,000
in the upper part. The Masonic lodge
loses about $4,000 worth Of fixtures, etc.
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. After the train had left Mechaniesyille
the rain came down in a torrent, and the
roof Of the car sprang a leak. A young
lady, tall, graceful, dark-eyed. lovely,
moved uneasily in her seat; the water
dripping from the roof was spelling her
handsome dress. A young gentleman,
also beautiful, looked up from his news
paper, and, overcome by the radiance Of
her glance, offered to exchange seats
with her and to take the wet corner him
self. With a sweet smile and a musical
"Thauk you, SIR the change phase was
effected. Then they edged their way into
conversation, and soon there a splutter
Of confidential whispers. Finally there
wss an awkward pause, broken by the
gentleman saying: Here is a Troy pa
per; perhaps you would like to read the
news2' Thank you" was the fair ones
reply; Il should like to hear the news
very much, but 1 can't read. Troy
Press.
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NnnoIeon on summary Lnnn.
Examiner. March ION

London Examiner. March lO.l
The Revue Historique publishes q
minute by the Emperor Napoleon l con
corning the observance o Sunday. lis
30 curiously characteristic Of the mau,
and also has so direct a bearing on the
Sabbatarian question, ss to be worth re
producing. 1T is contrary to the divine
law, writes the Emperor, TO prevent q
man, who has wants on Sundays as much
as on other days Of the week, from work.
ing on Sunday to gain his bread. Gov
eminent could rot impose such a law 10.
less it gave bread gratis TO those who
have none. God has imposed on men On
obligation to Labor, since without labor
He has not allowed them to gather sny
Of the fruits OF the earth. He haa willsd
that they should work every day, since
He has given them wants which every
day make themselves felt efresh. We
must distinguish in what the clergy pre-
scribe, between laws which are truly re.
ligious laws and obligations which have
been imagined only with the vieR Of ex-
tending the authority Of ministers OF re.
ligion. The observance Of fasting on
Friday aud Of resting on Sunday are only
secondary and insignificant rules. Whal
essentially concerns the commandments
Of the church is, not to injlre social or
der, not to do evil to ones neighbor, not
to abuse liberty. > am tie su
thority, and | grant to my people ouce
Tor all permission not TO interrupt their
work. The more they work the less vic,
there will be. > Ihad 10 med
die with these matters, / would be ratbel
disposed to order that on SUNDAYS. ex
cept during the hours Of divine service
the shops be open and the workmen al
their work. When one casts a glapc,
over the various classes which compos,
society, n feels that Sunday rest /
harmful rather than useful, one sees il
how many arts and how many trades thi
interruption of labor produces trouble
some results. Society does not make NJ
q contemplative order. Some legislator
have wished to make it a convent Z
monks, aud apply to it rules which onl
l suit a c%loister. Since men eat every da,
| they ought to be allowed to work evsr
= day"
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Omaha Items.

OMAHA, NEB., April l2.-The Denver,
bouad for Bismarck, passed Plattsmouth
this morning at six o'clock.
J.. B. Randall, a prominent contractor
Of this city, made an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, yesterday. Assets
aud liabilities not known.
During a drunken row yesterday at
Florence, Neb., Constable Simpson was
called in. and in the discharge Of hil
duty shot and fatally wounded a man
named Davis.
The river continues falling.
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river Telerrnmn.

Cairo, April l2-Arrived-City Of
Alton, St. Louis, IL pm; John Gilmore.
St. Louis, | a m; Bigley, St. Louis 2;
Ironsides, ST. Loois, 8; Stanard, New
Orleans, IL. Departed Bee, New Or,
leans, . pm; Grand Tower, Vicksburg,
10; City Of Alton, New Orleans, Fam
Ironsides, Pittsburg, 3; Stanard, St
Louis, noon. Cloudy.
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Catholic PiIrrimn.

MONTREAL, April IL The French
Canadian division of Roman Catholic
pilgrimage to Rome left on the afternoon
traiA yesterday for New York under the
guidances Of Bishop Racine. AT New
York the pilgrims will be Joined by other
French Canadians from Quebec, Mani
toba and United States.
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Ksnnedr & COO Famure.

New YoRK, April l2.-From what can
be learned to-day, the liabilities of Il.
Kennedy & Co. do not exceed $500, 900,
tae whole Of which is due from John F..
Tracey, president Of Rock Island rail-
road. Ninety cents on the dollar is al
ready bid for all paper this firm has
standing out.
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DIED.

LAG0MARSIN0- AT lO:5 pm, Wedues-
day evening. in his 44th year, Of consumption,
Louis L~AGoMARsINo.
The funeral will take place from the late
residence of deceased. No. OF Beal street,
corner St. Martin, at 9 O'Clock tomorrow
(FRIDAY) morning. Requiem mass at St.
Patrick's church. Friends and acquaintance
OF the family are invitsd.
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LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.
FINDER AND BY VIRTUE OF THE pow

FINDER AND BY VIRTUE OF THE pow
u ers vested n me by a decree OF the Chan
Gerry Court Of Fayette county, Tennessee, Of
date 3Oth day Of March, 1877, substituting me
in the room Of Joel L Pulliam as Trustee. I'M
der two certain deeds Of trust, Of date Janu-
airy /, 1876, executed by Jos. X. MOsby, one
registered in Shelby county in Book No. 1l6.
page l24, and tho other in Fayette county,
Tennessee. in Book No. 5. pages $50 to 564. and
in Maury county in Book No. 2, pages &C to
SO. ssid trust deeds made for the purpose Of
securing certain Indebtedness therti in recited,
to which said deeds of trust and decree Of
ChanceryCourt reference Is here madefo more
particular description, | will, as the Trustee
substituted, by said decree, on
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W~AsHrSerox. April l2-For Tonnes
see and Ohio valley increasing cloudi-
ness, slight rise in temperature during
the rest Of Thursday, falling barometer
and rain during the afternoon Or evening,
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1t seems. that Chamberlain bad a
considerable amount of artificial
backbone in him when he left
Washington, and really intended
to make a fight at Columbia, but
when he got there and took a look
at the situation his backbone
turned to jelly and he concluded
not to assert his civil rights. A
Washington special dated the 10th,
TO the Courier -Journal, says:
The unconditional surrender Of Cham.
bsrlain to Hampton is a great grief and
surprise to Patterson and Chandler. As
late as II o'clock this morning they we're
boasting on the streets of this city Of
what Chamberlain would be able to do,
They had arrayed al ingenious plau OF
resistance, and raised money to carry 1t
out; and there is no doubt but that
Chamberlain, who had originally be-
lieved that the withdrawal of the troops
will take the ground from under his feet,
was so s%tiffened up by Patterson and
Chandler, until he agreed to 60 down to
South Carolina aud make the fight.
After examining the ground at Columbia,
he seems to have fallen back in his
original theory, namely, that a carpet
Dagger without United States officers aud
soldiers to obey bis orders is not able to
run q State government There eau be
no doubt that Chamberlaiu's course in
getting out Of the way will be very &C
ceptable to Northern sentiment, as it is
to the President. Everybody here is
new looking o rthe Packard government
to fall.
A special to the Cincinnati Com
mercial likewise says;
The action Of Chamberlain to-day was
q great surprise to his carpet bag breth.
ren in Washington. They had been in.
formed by him that he would hang on.
Senator Patterson abuses Hayes
roundly, and says he will vote to
admit NJ. G. Butler to a seat in the
senate. He says further that "we,"
meaning the carpet-bag senators,
ought to resign and let the Demo
Gratis have a majority in the SEN
ate. This is halfway threatened
as a retributiOn on Hayes for not
continuing to violate the constitu-
ton and his oath of Office by up
holding an illegal carpet-bag gov
eminent. But who ever heard of a
carpet-bagger resigning, unless to
escape the penitentiary, like Ames,
Of Mississippi; Chamberlain is a
man Of gentlemanly instincts, fine
education and doubtless some con-
science. When he returned to
Columbia he became so much dis
gusted and so heartily ashamed Of
the fraud to which he had been a
party that he let down completely
and gave up his ghost of a claim.
His political ruin dates from the
day he let his ambition cloud his
Judgment and thwart him in the
discharge of an honest purpose. He
r%etires forever to the glades Of pri-
yate life.
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To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscfetiOns Of youth. nervous weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood, etc., l will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
self addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH
T. IEMAs, Station D, Bible House. New York
City. 129-xxiv 12Sd6w
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A New York nan 80 loved his wife
that he bit her thumb to the bone and
chewed of the end Of her nose. Prob.
ably one Of those foolish fellows who be.
lieve thai they can eat their cake aud
have ii too.
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The Indiana legislature has passed q
law requiring the doors of every theater,
church, college, school, and other public
buildings to be made to swing outward
within sixty days, under penalty Of $1,000.
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A Lancaster, Penn, taylor boasts that
be has lately measured a lad not quite
eighteen years old, whose breast meas.
nTed 5S inches, waist GO inches aud hips
~ inches. Too thin, unless this is a blue
glass item.
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Rnnk rniIure.

ROCHESTER,, April u The Bank OF
Avon suspended payment. The bank
was owned and conducted by George W.
Swan.
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Ia an irritating action against the
chest Of The Royal bank Of Scotland,
n Mrs. Mustard kas just drawn ESQ
Tor expenses besides her original claim.
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hEEMPHI0s
Thursday Evening, April IL, 1877.

The subscription price Of the PUB
Lie LEDGER is S. per dnasm for
tie Daily, and 81 per anrum for the
Rsskly-POstGge free.
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THE announcement hat the st.
Louis Times is to be sold under a
deed of trust, on the 91st inst, has
taken the newspaper world rather
by surprise. Such occurrences are
very rare. The Times was bought
by the present proprietors for about
$80,OOO-rather a steep price it was
thought, and more than it win
likely bring this time.
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SUPREME COURT.

Proceedings az Jackson, Tenn.
Special to the Ledger
Jackson, April l2.-The court heard
No. 2s2 Shelby chancery docket to-day
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NOTfCE.

TOR WHOM IT MAY C0NCERE.-TAKE
L notice l will sell to the hiqhett bidder, for
eash, fifteen shares Of stock in the Working.
mems Building \ Loan ASSOCIATION o.
n No. Z Madison street. on Friday, the l3th
day Of April, at II o'clock M. Title believed
% SO'iRi r. DUDLEY FRAYsERs Trus.es.
Anvil Q. 1877 W-Sb
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MEETING.
SOCIBIA DI TNIOyB FRATELIANlA ITALIAN.

A LLMEMBERS OF THE ABOVE NAMED
"A Society are requested TO meet at their
hail, No. $50 Second street. Friday, april 18th,
AIS: y O'Clock a m, II. attend the funeral Of
their late Brother Luigi LagomarsinO.
By order J. d. M0NTED0NIC0, Pres't.
p. D. CANALE, Sec'y.
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* MASONIC. TX

Attention, knights Tcmplar.
NHE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF ST.
j Elmo C~ommandeTy No. 10, X. T., are
hereby ordered to attend drill this (pHURS
DAY night, Aoril 18th, at the Exposition
Building, at 7:45 o'clock, in fatigue dress.
Members If Cyrehe No. A and other brothers
invited. By srder b. f. HALLER, 4. Q.
r.. Il. PATTERSON, g. q
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represents Following InSursnee
COmpan1ebf
Trnstee,s GnIe.

TUESDAY. MAY srH. 1877, in FRONT
" Of % Madison street, l will sell for oaeh,
lot l6, block II. Fort Pickering. under a trust
deed executed TO me by John Morgan, and re-
corded in Book 81, page 1888, Registers office,
to which reference Is made;
L. b. Mcfarland, Attorney. 1853
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UNITED STATES BRANCH OF TIE
Fire Insurance Company
AND LONDON

Trnsiers ia New .YOrE.
SAM'L D. BABC0oK ~.... Babcock lros. & Co
WIN. H. MACY rPres't 9eamen' Saving Bank
JAS. NJ. MORRISON. ,Prest Manhattan Bank
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-13
ProDhet I'm India.

4 little more than fonr years ago, says
the London Vanity Fair, four officers in
India Joined together 70 build small
dwelling house for their own habitation in
the valley of Jumna They took the stones
for the construction from native burylng
place close by; whereupon Faklr came
down upon them, denounced them with
terrible curses, and prophesied that within
four years every one Of the officers would
meet with a violent death. Within thres
wears and half one of them was killed
while pig-sticking, a second was eaten by
tigar. and third accidentally shot. The
fourth, however, met with no harm, and
within two months before the expiration OF
the time fixed by the Fakir, was congratu
lating himself aud his friends upon being
certain TO belle the old mendicant's pro.
phecy, when he was upset in boat on the
Ganges and drowned. Moreover, about
the same time, the river, adjoining the
house which was the beginning Of all the
troubles, rose in an unparalleled flood, ane
swept away every yestage of the building
sacred stones aud all. This story is abso
lutely true.
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Won't you sit up to the table and fin
ISL your dinner?" asked his wife.
Dinner be hanged Do you suppose
I've got cast-iron stomach +" he exclaim
ed taking his meerschaum pipe from the
mantlepiece and lighting it.
"W-h-e-wI BuIlrush Moses What il
thunder's that?" he shouted, as his pipe
suddenly exploded, covering him with 9
shower of sparks and tobacco ashes, singe
ing his moustache and eyebrows, and fill
ing the room with smoke and suspicious
smell Of powder.
Tommy, who had surreptitiously appro
priated three slices of mince pie, was SC
much affected by the sight Of his uncle ca
yorting and bowling around fbe room
that he was forced th adjoin to the hal
ond butt his head against something hard
he felt SO good.
During the evening several Of the neigh
bora called in, and things were getting
pleasant and sociable, when Tommy quiet
sprinkled the stove with red pepper, and q
few minutes later were hanging over the
fences and holding on to the lamp-posts
kerschewing at each other, and trying
which could say the worst things abou1
tEaat nephew Of Peewit's.
The first train the next morning carried
Tommy back to Philadelphia, and the dove
Of peace once more elevates his counte
nance IN that household.
ais that friend of yours" asked a
New York gentleman, pointing to a party
who was sailing rapidly down the street
"Can't tell you until next Saturday." re
turned the individual addressed. I've just
lent him five dollars. "
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A Worlan Sold.

American papers have often commented
upon the fact that. in some parts Of Eng
land women have been sold at public auc-
tion during the last century. Here, says
the Virginia New Chronicle, the novel
sight of woman being sold under the
hammer was witnessed by hundreds Of
people in front of Currie's auction store.
When it became known that such sale
was to take place, large crowd gathered
to see the woman, and many were wonder
ing whether the authorities would allow
such a disgracetul scene to 60 on. At
half past ten the woman was brought out.
Her name was unknown, but she was re-
cognIzed by some Of the bystanders as
person who had worked in millinery es-
tablishment on street before the fire, and
her character had never yet been question
ed. She seemed perfectly composed II
the presence of SO large crowd, and never
moved muscle of her face as the auction
eer called out for the first bid. She stood
in an elevated position, dressed il plain
muslin, without any special attempt at dis
play. She was handsome brunette, with
regular features, dark hair and eyes, and
a complexion as pure as vax. She va
finally knocked down for eight dollars, ane
strange to say, to a married man. He say
the woman is somewhat dilapidated, bu
he thinks he can melt down the wax am
make her up into tapers for Christina
trees. She originally cost eighty dollar
il New York, the workmanship being 9
/ the best, and was for a log time displaye'
IN a Broadway milliner's window befor
she was shipped to the Comstoek.
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a SocfahIe Bird.

"Say, you fat fellow" sighed particu-
larry adipose and jolly Forkstownship
farmer, as he poked his head through the
reporters window Of a Western paper
"Come here; I want to tell you something
to put in your paper
"All right, sir; come in" and we seated
the wheezy agriculturist at our elbow
"Now, unroll yourself"
"You know where we live out yonder r.
and he swept his brawny right hand over
a radius of about forty miles, knocking
over the copy hook.
"Yes, sir; ! don't know
"Well, my boy jim, he found an owl,
yesterday, nearly froze TO death. It was
a little bit of an owl, an and he sot it on a
bench by the kitchen fire to warm up. Ii
were a purity little bit Of an owl, an it was
most pitiful cold, SO the old woman and the
children they all came around and were
mortal sorry for that owl"
Very natural, we remarked .
Yes, and they stroked his feathers and
put warm covers over it, an it was the mic
est, quietest owl you ever seen, and winked
in a sociable, innocent way, that was just
too cunnin' for anything"
"No doubt"
ut were a friendly and sociable owl,
that owl were. You see the cat-my little
gal ret cat-she came up to get acquaint-
ed, and when she put out her paw to pat
the owl on the top Of the head, it jest riz
up and shook hands with her so cordially
that there was no fur left on the cat'sright
paw. Then it caught that cat By the
shoulder and whispered in her ear, while
it lifted two square inches of her seal of
Then it smoothed an inch wide strip fur
down her back and clear off to the end OF
her tail. Why, you never saw such a SO
ciable bird as that was, and it lowered
around that animal in such an affectionate
way that you would have thought there
was at least three dozen owls and forty cats
in the kitchen, and they were getting as
the stones in hailstorm. The old woman
was afraid they might hurt each other with
too much friendship, SO she took the cat
out and buried it in the ash heap, SO that
its affection might cool off. And she put
the owl down in the cellar, and every once
in awhile We can here squeal Of delight
from some happy rat or mouse that has
made its acquaintance. ] tell you what il
is l never saw such sociable b I'd in my
Life and this his 5a m2ron nj M t eoaofS b REtsSn Bts
hurrying away to the barn.
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After his active services in the war, Ad-
niral Bailey was stationed IN command Of
the Navy Yard near Portsmouth, New
Hampshire. One Christmas day he came
up to attend worship in St. Johns church,
in town. There was to be Sunday School
gathering after service, and the rector hay
ing seen the admiral in the audience, con
ceiyed the ileassthat he could riag him
in to be of use on the occasion; SO he fell
aboard Of him before he could get out Of
the door.
Admiral" said he, grasping his hand,
II am delighted to see you here; and now
we are about to have a little celebration BY
our Sunday School, we should all be 50
much pleased there was an extra squeeze
of the old mans aipperl to have you say
few words to the children. Won you?,
Another squeeze.
Now Sunday School was IN affair as
new to him, if net as formidable, as .
court room. He rapidly cast about IN his
mind the chances of tricks that are vain
being played upon him, and though he
came to the conclusion that he was safe
on that score, lie naturally objected to ap.
fpearrns In the new character Of a Sunday
School teacher. So he declined the inyi
tation, with thanks. But the rector Was
lloath to forego the opportunity of seiz:ns
upon his distinguished hearer and making
him useful to his purpose.
90, now, admiral he urged, persaa
sively, 3only say few words the children
would be 50 gratifed, and you could no
refuse the little lambs Of the flock, an
the squeeze was ike that Of a wise. Il
vas an insinuating, unctious preacher, anf
! such are always successful. He at las
{ conquered the admiral, as be had long az
/ conquered every woman Of bis parish.
E was ii vain for him to insist that he kne'
not what 10 say, and that he could not sa
what he did not know. All these objel
e tons were met hy a persuasive look and
: beseeehing Do The result was th.
the victim was led into the sehoolroon
and introduced to the youthful audiene
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KITTY OF COLERAINE,

a. beautiful Kitty morning was tripping,
With pitcher of milk from the fair Of Coleraine
When she saw she stumbed-the pitcher it tumblet
And all the sweet buttermilk was split the plain
e what shall do now Twas looking at you now
Sure, sure such pitcher I'll ne'er meet again;
Twas the pride Of my dairy; Q Barney McLeary,
You're sent as plague to the grls of Colerains =!
sat down beside her and gently did chide her
That such misfortune should give her such paia;
kiss then gave her before did leave her.
She vowed for such pleasure she'd break it again.
twas haymaking season, can't tell the reason;
M!sfOrtunes will never come singly that's plain
For very soon after poor Kitty's disaster
The devil pitcher whols in Colerane.