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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-10
ARKANSAS NEWS.

Coles circus and menagerie ia travel
Ing through Arkansas.
GAINESVILLE is to have a new paper,
edited BY j. D. Wilson.
Thirteen prisoner are in Jail at Fort
Smith charged with murder.
Colonel John NJ. Harrell and Judge T.
c. Peck, Of Little Rock, have opened
law Offices at Hot Springs.
A contract has been let for the build
ing Of the street railroad ia Little Rock,
work to commence this week.
The mail route service has been re-es
tablished to Cherokee, opposite Fort
Smith, not stopping d. Van Buren,. as
heretofore.
1t is reported by our exchanges that
the acorn crop has not been injured BY
the late frosts, and promises to be unu.
sually abundant.
Mr.. Max Roller has temporarily To-.
Gated at Osceola, Mississippi county, for
The purpose Of collecting relics OF the
mound builders.
The telegraph company offers a reward
Of 500 for the apprehension Of the
parties who cut the wires between Helena
and LaGrange q lew days ago.
Hon, j. Il. Rogers was elected Judge.
and John S. Little prosecuting attorney
for the new Twelfth district They hold
Office only until the next election:
A new town is to be founded in Pope
county, to be called City of Garland. 1t
will be settled BY a Northern colony, and
manufacturing will be the principal in
duslry,
The Fort Smith Herald reports crops
good in that section. There will be a
good yield Of wheat, cotton and corn and
ir3,t, and the health Of the people is ex
Hot Springs people sustained a loss OF
over $4,000 a few days ago by a fyeshel
~ the creek that runs down the valley.
The water stood three and four feet deep
in some of the houses.
a colony Of immigrants from Indiana
and Ohio are abost to establish them.
selves at q point on the Little Rock and
Fort Smith railroad, about half way be.
tween the two cities. They have pur.
chased large bodies OF land from the
railroad company aud Of private indi.
vidnsls, and propose to go into business
with a will.
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LEGAL.


IN MONDAY, 11rH DAY OF JUNE, 1877,
" in front Of the court. house door, on Main
strest.. within legal hours. l will sell for cash,
to tho highest bidder, the following described
property:
Lot 55 and the south part Of lot 81. in John
5. Claybrook's division, containing four acres.
Beginning on the north side of Henry street,
US feet east of the southeast corner Of lot 6;
thonee north, parallel with tho east line OF
lot t6, 7 chains to n stake l75 feet south So
east from tho northeast corner Of lot &c;
thelce south So east 5 50 chains Cess us feet
to the west side Of Post and Rail avenue
thence south chains to the southeast corner
Of lot IS; thence north 1872 west with the north
side Of Henry street $50 chains Qess IT'S feet
to the beginning.
This sale is made by virtue Of a trust decd
executed to me by John B kicardi and Ann
Ricardi7 and recorded in the Registers Office,
shelby county, Book IS, page $50, to which
reference is made Equity of redemption,
alIdower and homestead rights waived.
This May 10, 1877.
6l,Ss G, A. HANSON, Trustee.
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II is now definitely settled and finally
announced that the St. Louis Times will
be sold, with ali its property, franchises,
rights, good will, etc, under deed of
trust, in front of the premises, on Friday,
May the 18th, for cash to the highest
bidder. The Times is q live, go-ahead
Democratic paper, and in proper hands
will be a power in the land. It was
bought after Henry Ewing's death for
about ninety thousand dollars, and in
order to meet expenses bonds to the
amount of seventy-6ve thousond dollars
we're issued and sold by the company.
Ten or more of the coupons have
become due, and in default Of pay
ment thereon it has been deter
mined to sell out under deed Of trust
in order TO settle a variety Of in.
1t is unfortunate for the paper
that it should change hands so often, but
who buy it this time will probably
know what they are doing and be pre-
pared to expend capital literally a yeaR
or two in building it up, after which, IN
der judicious management, its success
aud power for usefulness would seem al
most assured.
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INSURANCE.
]. A. SIMMONS
No. 3 Madison St.,
MEMPHIS. : TENNESSEE.


TRUSTEES SALE.-UNDER AND BY
Il virtue OF a deed in trust executed to me
by y. B.. Cooper on the 18th day Of December.
1876. and recerded in the Registers Office of
Shelby county. in Book No. IL, page 165, and
to which reference Is here made, at the re-
quest Of the beneficiary Hereunder, / will
proceed to sell at public auction. to the high
est bidder, for cash, at No. l09 Adams street,
In the city OF Memphis. Tenn, on monday,
may ~, 1877, the property described in
saia trust deed: to-wit: / arm chair, l rug, l
china, pitcher, small pictures, 3 glass globes.
3 marble vases, l coal ~scuttle, / double deck, /
Zoe cooler and stand, / stove and nine, l office
stool, 4 clocks, l desk, l table, | bureau and
mirror, | cane arm chair. l spring arm chair,
cash box, 2 blinds, l sewing machine, /
dining table (extension), 2 side tables. / side
board with mirror, l safe, 2 large pictures, 2
c%astors. silver milk pitcher, 40 goblets, 2
silver cake stands, l silver buster dish, 46
knives, % forks, 40 tablespoonss 80 teaspoons,
0Q napkins, 10 table linen cloths, 2 celery
glasses, 3 saltcellars. 4syrup pitchers, s waiter
jackets, . aprens, 2fesh forks. 2 sifters, ] meat
block, | rolling pin, ! skillet, 6 wooden buck.
cts, z TIN buckets, I s%trainer, | coffee boiler, Q
egg spices. . sauce Fans, | skigmer. | spice
mill, 8 cake mOulds, 8 Bitehen spoons, | egg
beater. 6 tin pans, s pic plates, 40 dinner.
plates, 10 small plates, p SOUP plates. "a ems.
90 saucers, 8 large size ~platters, 70 ice. cream,
sauoers, 4 dish pans, . roasting pans, 2 pots. l.
reirlgerator, barber chair and stool, / cup-.
board. ~, Oil lamps, | single bedstead, 8
double bedsteads. l wardrobe, 7 bureaus with
glasses, 3 washstands, 8 cane rocking chairs,
20 cane chairs, 10 wooden chairs, / large look
ing glass, II carpets, 2 double hair mattresses,
z double Gotten mattresses, s cotton top mat
trass tdouble), 20 pillows, I spring mattrass.
9 blankets, 80 comforts, 50 bed spreads, rs
double sheets, IL single sheets, 2 feather boil
sters, 6 bolster covers, 100 pillow slips, s rugs.
30 window shades, 20 mosquito bars, l bath,
tub, / pine wood eubbard, 3 pieces cocoa mat
ting $50 yards), | hall carpet (0 yardO, l hall
ca pet (common(, l stair carpet III yards, A.
dozen towels, ! force pump and bose.
The sale Of the above property will com
mence at IL o'clock Am and continue from
day to day until all OF los property Is said.
JAMES FIENIE, Trustee.
@. q. DENT, Attorney 59.6S
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TENNESSEE NEWS.

The Jonesbore Journal says DR.. Nun
sey has been seriously i'll, but is out again.
Miss Katie Cooper, daughter of Cen
eral Cooper, has been appointed post
mistress at Cooper, Knox county.
The Tennessee Dental Association will
meet on Lookent Mountain Jane 9th
Arrangements have been made With the
railroads for reduced rates Of fare.
Major L. A. Gratz, Grand Dictator of
the Knights Of Honor OF Tennessee, has
gone to New York TO attend the supreme
lodge Of that order, which meets this
week.
Chattanooga ia to have a Confederate
monument in the cemetery. 1t will be
tbirty.three feet high from base to apex,
and will cost when completed $1,000. OF
this amount $500 are on hand, leaving
only $500 to be raised.
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A wRLL-MAEAeED AND PROSPEROUS
RAILROAD.

The best managed railroad in the
South is the Louisville and Nashville,
which includes the South and North
Alabama railroads, and the connection
with Memphis, in all Eve divisions, 1t
has always been 10 good hands, but never
better than now, aud Notwithstanding
through travel west Of the Mississippi
river is diverted from this direct route
by way Of St. Louis, and other difficult
ties have been commended with, the gene
raj business Of the road is on steady
Increase. The groqs earnings Of the
road for April, 1876, we're 1921 $40 40;
for April, 1877, $780, 400. 26-increase,
S27, $50 II. at this rate the increase for
a year would be $3.50, 7l7.24. The ratio
Of increase may not hold out all
the year around, but the road is
prosperous and strong nevertheless,
aud able to enter into active competition
with any Of it's rivals. The influences it
can exert Andbriug to bear will be great
ly instrumental in forcing the Iron
Mountain road to terms, or 10 building
the one hundred and forty-fve miles Of
road necessary to give all the country
east of US access to the Texas system Of
roads and to the rich trade OF that vast
region. Mr.. John I. Flynn, the super
intendent at this end Of the line, is one
OF the worthiest and most efficient off
GERS in its service, aud has done a great
deal toward maintaining the popularity
and increasing the business Of the road.
All the subordinate positions are filled
by experienced and competent men; the
conductors are noted for their prompt.
ness, attention to passengers, and high
business qualifications. The engineers
are selected and retained for their skill
and reliable character, and ell the en-
ployes work together for the good and
success of the road. Hence it is that
accidents on any part Of this line are Of
the rarest occurrence. This is the result
Of careful management, good engines,
tracks aud road-bed. All the engines on
the road are of the Rogers make, which
is a guarantee that they are Of the best
material aud construction, and will stand
any unusual strain that may be neces-
sary. So with the track, which is in
splendid order. The running of trains,
for speed, smoothness and safety, will
compare favOrably with any road in the
country. We can readily understand
the increase OIL business mentioned above,
and predict for the road an increase Of
extensions and facilities.
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A Emil on the Track,

scientific American.l
When George Stevenson was before 2
committee who we're iuq1iriug into the
nature Of his locomotive, one farmer com
mittee man, after bearing that probably
lhe unexampled speed of twelve miles an
hour would be attained, and realizing
that the machine could not leave its rails.
remarked. "But, Mr.. Stevenson, sup.
posing COW should get on your track,
before your engineer well" replied
the inventor quietly, ut would be bad
for the cows"
i the questioner had framed his query
10 refer to bovines Of the masculine gen
der, subsequent experience has shown
that SteYenson's reply might we'll have
been otherwise; for while the average
COW is not run over, as q rule, except in.
voluntarily, bulls have over and over
again scorned TO fly from locomotives,
aud, while being killed themselves, have
wrecked the aggressive train. A re.
markable instance Of this happened re.
Gently in Virginia just as a heavy freight
train was approaching a bridge. A bull,
with mane and tail erect placed himself
in the middle Of the track. breathing
fierce defiance. The engineer put on
the brakes and blew his whistle. but the
brute lowered his head and refused to
sur. u was impossible to stop, and the
engine struck the animal just as it was
passing on the bridge. left the rails, and
was precipitated on the trestle work.
which gave way. The locomotive, ten
der and six freight cars went down into
the abyss, the boiler exploded, and the
bridge and cars we're in flames. The
bridge, which was one hundred and TWEEN.
" feet long, was entirely consumed, the
locomotive Of course was ruined, and the
engineer was MORALLY injured. The loss
Of toe railroad company amounts TO over
- COP. What became Of the bull is not
stated.
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WASHINGTON, May lO.-For Tennessee
and the Ohio valley, nearly stationary or
rising, followed by falling barometer, ris-
ing temperature, kortherly winds and
clear or partly cloudy weather, followed
at western stations by east to southwest
Winds and increasing cloudinesa. The
lower Mississippi river will remain nearly
stationary at and below Vicksbnrg.
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26Oa.l
mo, YOU'LL
NOn-R esident Notice.

In the Chanoery Court of Shelby county. Ten.
nessee-Lena Vesperman vs.. Henry Vssper-
man.
1T APPEARING FROM THE BILL IN
i this cause, which is sworn 20, that tho do
fendant, Henry Nesperman, is a nonresident
Of the State of Tennesste; IL is therefore or
dered that be make his appearance herein at
the court-house In She city Of Memphis. Ten
nessee. on or before the first Monday In July,
lST7, and plead, answer or demur to com
plainaiit's bill, or tue same will be takon for
confessed rs to him and set for hearing ex
parte; and that n copy OF this order DO pub.
lished once a week for four successive weeks
in tho Public Ledger.
This l0th day OF May, 1877.
awe EDMUND A. COLE, C. and NJ.
BY ". b. MoiiENRY, D @. and Nj.
NJ. j. Trezeyant, Sol. for complainant.
81 g. 1879
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KsntncRy's S%eandaIOus Divorce
Case.
Hickman XVI Cnnriarl

Case.
Hickman Ky.) Courier.
A suit is pending, we understand, in
the Graves County Circuit Court, on the
part Of Mrs. r. X. Williams VS.. Rufus X
Williams, ex Chief Justice Of Kentucky.
for alimony. The suit, owing to the
standing Of the parties, and the nature
Of the facts involved, attracts large atten.
ton, and invslves a high degree of feel
ing and excitement. Judge Williams is
extensively known in the State, and es.
peoially in this district. His wife Tor
former wife) who is the plaintiff in the
action against him, is a lady of unfair.
nished reputation. we'll connected, and
highly esteemed by everybody. Under
his marriage with the plaintiff a large
family of son and daughters, Of highly
reputable standing, grew up, and quite a
family Of grandchildren,
Some years ago the ex-Chief Justice
became carried away with spiritualism
and spiritual manifestations. After a
time, his mind seemed to yield to the
h~allucinations of the spirits, and a Jury
Of the county pronounced him dcranged,
and he was sent to the Lunatic Asylum
at Hopkinsville. He became possessed
OF the i~nfatuation that the spirits had di.
rected him to his affinity in the person Of
a woman-resident Of Paducah. After
being released from the asylum. be went
to Utah Territory, and through the
courts there obtained a divorce from his
wife-the plaintiff now sueing him Re.
turning to Kentucky, he arranged with
his alleged affinity to 90 to Mississippi
with him, where he was married to her
according to the laws of that State. He,
at present, is living in Paducah, with his
affinity, as mar and wife, while the
plaintiff and family live in May6eld.
The suit for alimony will test the Legal
ity and validity Of the Judges Utah d.
Vorcei and if that document fails to pro.
tect him, it is said that the ex.Chief jus.
lice is coed for a term Of years in the
State penitentiary. II all the JUNIORS are
true, be richly deserves the fate, though
we have only hearsay about the matter.
The most charitable view Of the case is.
that be is and has been crazy all through
the whole matter. The sympathy of the
community, according to our informa.
ton is altogether with the plaintiff.
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Lnsa I'D ine stanm.hln nnko,n.

New YORK, May O-Dispatches re-
ceived at the Office Of Williams & Guiou,
steamship company, state that the steam.
err Dakota was ashore on Point Limas,
forty.Gye miles from Liverpool and her
passengers and crew we're all saved and
most Of the baggage, but that the vessel
and cargo would probably prove a total
loss. Point Limas is where all outward.
bound vessels usually drop their pilots.
The coast is steep, rocky, and exceed.
ingly dangerous. Point Limas is where
the Royal Charter, an Australian emf
grant clipper, was wrecked in October,
1858, when nearly four hundred persons
persisted. About q year ago the steamer
Abbotsford, a splendid ocean steamer,
was wrecked. The Dakota wal Of about
$500 tons burden and valued at $3.50, 900.
She has always bssn considered a No. l
vessel, aud was commanded by Captain
James Price, jr., who has the reputation
Of being a thoroughly skilled and eEpe,
rienced mariner. The ship and cargo is
supposed 10 be fully insured.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-10

In Teberau, Persia, three newspapers
are publiahed-oue military, one scien-
tifc, and Que official for the acts of the
government 0'Shah went into a jers-
maid over the pullulAtim Of newspapers
which he saw in the Western world when
he got back home, aud ordered the home
minister not to encourage the breed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-10

Austin Texas Statesman; 1.-THE
short roa2 from Little Rock to Memphis,
over a level plain and now in perfect
condition, is throttled by the long ex-
tended lines from st. Louis and from
Cairo to Texarkane. St. Louis and the
St. Louis road would force all travel from
the gulf States and from Virginia, Ten.
nessee and Kentucky to pass through
Cairo OF St. Louis, and this great circuit
costs no than the rapid fight over
a level plain and air lire from Cbatia.
nooga to Little Rock. Traffic and travel
are forced into any desired channels by
the owners Of the through lines, while
branch lines and the towns and country
along branch lines are suffered to starye,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-10

WASHINGTON special to the Courier
Journal:
The inconsistent and unexpected ac-
ton of the administration in postponing
the call for an extraordinary session OF
congress does not seem to gain favor.
Prominent politicians of both parties
speak Of it as a blunder. and Democrats
say that it the President attempts to keep
up an army without the authority Of cen
gress, it will constitute an i~mpeachable
oHense. To make the case worse, if pos
sible. it is now stated By an administers
ton journal that three Of the cabinet
held that the true course was to treat the
failure of congress to pass the army ap
preparation bill as a declaration that no
army was needed, aud for the President
10 proceed 10 disband it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-10

A Vienna dispatch says that the Turk.
ish commander has resolved to make
bis FIRST stand in defense of D~obrudscha
on the line from Kirstendje to Cberna-
vads, and bis next defense within the
precincts Of the quadrangle formed by
the fortresses Of Rustchuk, Scbumla,
Varna aud Silistria. Two monitors viii
be stationed so as to barass the Ru~ssians
when they attempt TO cross the Dauube.
which will likely be neal Metropolis, on
or after the l9!h inst.
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= TeIerrams.

CAIRO, May lO,-Arrived = Golden
Rule, New Orleans, 8 pm; John Dip.
pold and Charles Morgan, New Orleans,
All Stevens, Ohio river, Sam;
G B, Church, Cincinnati. Jam; Jas.
Walton, st. Louis, II an. Departed
Golden Rule, Cincinnati, 10 p m Chas.
Morgan, Cincinnati, 5 a, m All Stevens,
0bion river, Sam. Weather fair and
pleasant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-10

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth. nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc., / will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary In South America. Send o
solf-addresSed envelope 70 the RHv. JosEPH
4. ISHAs, Station D, Bible House. New York
City. l29-xxiv-12sdkw
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special Mnnsea.

OMAHA, May lO.-The CAtcholic bishop
Of this diocese has issued a circular letter
to the clergy calling for special masses
during May and June that the people of
Nebraska may be relieved from loss on
account Of the grasshoppers.
A fire at the barracks last night de
stroyed some fifty tons Of hay.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-10

NOBODY about here will believe such a
story, but rumor has it that a Glibuster-
ing expedition is quietly organizing in
the vicinity Of New Orleans, having for
its object the capture Of a part of North
ern Mexico. The ez.Confederate soldiers
who are out Of employment are to form
the rank aud file of the invading force,
which is to have at its head a number of
the best fighters among the Confederate
generals Unless appearances ere alto.
gether deceptive the organization Of the
force is already far advanced, and il will
probably be heard from definitely at an
early day.
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rhe Waae.rrla ni.n.,sr.

louisville. May le.-The last Of the
victims Of the Vaudeville disaster, BENZ.
Mosely, was found at midnight about one
hundred yards from where the miners
had been searching His body vas nei-
ther burned nor Scared and it is sup
posed he was smOthered by the choke
damp.
AT Minersville, yesterday, John Jones
fatally stabbed Philip Kelley.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-10
NEW PHASES OF TIE EUROPEAN WAR

NEW PHASES OF TIE EUROPEAN WAR
The Turks have been worsted so far at
every point and Russia ia progressing
steadily toward the destruction Of the
Ottoman empire. 1t does not appear
that the Turks have been aroused to a
high degree Of enthusiasm in defense Of
their country or their religion. The
leaders, who are able and s~sgacious men.
understanding the situation perfectly
as a last desperate resort have invoked
the aid Of all the followers Of Islam to
drive back infdel Russia. 1t is doubtful
whether such an appeal will have the de
sired effect, The Mahommedans arc
not 80 anxious to die in battle az their
ancestors were some centuries ago
Whsther they have any doubts about the
rewards promised them hereafter or not,
they have very little doubt about the
ability and desire of the Russians to
thrash them out at every convenient op.
portunity. The Russian army in Asia
Minor seems to be advancing almost
without interruption on Erzeroum, the
capital of Armenia and the strategic
point of Turkish operations. This move
ment was unexpected until recently aud
seriously alarms England, because it
brings the Russian liues that much
closer to highlands Indian frontier.
Lord Derby's note is an indignant pro-
test, aud the warlike preparations going
on suggest that England will not remain
q passive spectator of the great struggle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-10

A CORRESPONDENT of the Des Arc
(Ark.) Citizen SAYS:
1t is to be hoped that no arrangements
may be made by which the present man
agement OF the ST. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern railway will be changed.
II it hurts Cincinnati, Louisville, Mem
phis and other cities they ought not to
complain. They have talked loudly
about building a road from here to
Shreveport or Jefferson, aud went so far
as 10 make the survey before the compile
ton of the st. Louis, Iron Mountain aud
Southern road. We had railroad talk ell
along the line, meetings we're held and
all the paper talk usual 10 such cases;
but they changed their mind, aud triea
to capture the then Cairo and Fulton. II
they have failed, then they can fall back
on first principles, and build the road
they have promised to.
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Phnndelnhin,a Enhlblnon.

PHILADELPHIA, May lO.-The city has
put on a holiday attire. The streets are
crowded with people bent upon assisting
at the opening ceremonies Of the per-
manent exhibition. The steam and
horse cars are filed, all going to Fair
mount Park.
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a DefAuIrInr CInrk.

NASHUA, N, H., May lO.-oharles R
Collins, clerk in the Nashua Iron and
Steel Company, a defaulter of $40, 900 to
$4,000 has fed. Fast horses and high
living the cause.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-10

The subscription price Of the PUB.
LILO LEDGER is IS per annum for
the Daily, and 81 per mum for the
RSskly-PostGge free.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-10

ALEXANDER Miehaelowitsch Gortscha.
kof, the eminent Russian statesman and
diplomstist, is now in his s~eventy.ninth
year, having been born a couple of years
before the last century.