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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-16
Saturday, Jnly 20, ISIS, at 19 m.,
Attachment Notice.

Before G. D. Crockett, ]. P, for sbelbv
county, Ienn.-Wormley L Goodman vs.. p,
s. Harrell.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT nav.
4 ing been sued out under section 1855 of
Code Of Tennessee, and returned levied
upon ne property Of the defendant,
and atidayit having been made that Defend
ant is indebted to plaintiffs in the sum of
slso, due BY account, and that the claim is
Just, and that the defendant is a non resident
OF the State Of Tennessee. it is therefore or
dered that said defendant make his personal
August. 1873, at 10 o'clock am, at my office,
No; 2S5 Main street, Memphis, Tennessee,
and defend said attachment suit within the
time prescribed by law, or the same will be
proceeded with ex parte; and that a copy Of
this erder be published once a week for four
consecutive weeks in the Public Ledger,
This the llth day Of July, 1873.
ll4-l21 l26-lS2 q. ID. CROCK KETT i p
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On Saturday. July 90. 1875.

within legal hours. at the southwest corner Of
Main and Madison streets, Memphis, Tenn.
sell at public sale to the highest bidder for
cash, lots four, FIVE. six and seven, frontins
on Pigeon Roost road and Monroe street ex-
tended and also lots ten, eleven. twelve and
perfect description Of which and as a maifer
OF Information as 10 title, reference NAV be
made to proceedings in 4 o First Chaneery
Court IN the causes Of Robert l.. brown vs.. u,
g. galloway, Of al. No. 9S8, II. D.; Isaac L,
I5ilhliard q a; ys. Z. g. Galloway ct al. 9Sl,
N p ana W; Il. Iurley VS.. l.. g. Galloway
ct al, 1884, r. D. The title Is presnmed 10 be
good, but | will sell aSd convey as Trustee
only. s. p. READ Tynstee.
June II, 1873. $500 sS.IS
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THE ORIGINAL MERMAID.
Hiss MaBRtee a Possible Second
COuStn of Mrs. jerks in London.

London Telegraph.
An important decision has been
made rivaling, perhaps, in interest
the celebrated gorilla "Pongo," to
the natural history department of
the Aquarium, this novelty being a
gigantic manatee or West Indian
mermaid, which arrived at Glas-
Cow last Monday, and is the sec
ond specimen ever brought to Eu-
rope Of this now nearly extinct
kind Of animal. 1t is, in fact, a
very good example of the species,
being about nine feet long, and
weighing about half a ton, while it
IS conjectured to be about six years
old. The manatee is scientifically
the American and African repre-
sentative Of the group of syrenia;
the dugong being the Eastern one,
and still existing on the coast Of
India and Australia. The rhytine,
or Northern manatee, is now quite
extinct, but was often found in
Behring's Straits up to about a
century ago. This female specimen
was caught in a net on the Daunt-
less bank, off the Island of Leguan,
North of Essequibo river, British
Guiana, by some native fishermen.
1t is very rarely seen now in that
tropical district, being the first
specimen found within three years.
After its capture it was taken to
Demerara and there purchased by
Captain Picott, of the Direct Line
West India Steamboat Company.
On the passage in the Blenheim it
fed freely for time on the leaves
and fruit of the moco.moco and also
on those of the mangrove, brought
from Demerara. When these were
exhausted it fed on bread and hay,
chiefly the latter. During the voy-
age constant attention was required
to see that the water in which it
was conveyed was kept at a proper
temperature-namely from seventy
to seventy-fve degrees Fahrenheit.
Last Sunday morning the manager
of the Aquarium received an init
nation Of its departure from Deme-
rara, and thereupon he arranged
that Mr.. John Il, Darlington, the
naturalist of the society, should pro-
ceed to Glasgow to await the ar.
rival of the Blenheim. After the
ship had been met in the Clyde q
lively competition commenced
among the Aquarium managers, the
result being that Mr.. Darlington
secured the stranger.
1t took thirty-fve mon TO raise
the large tank in which the animal
was conveyed to covered carriage
truck which was in waiting at the
st. Enoch's station of the Midland
railway, Mr.. Smith, the station
master, afforded all possible assist
anee, and in due course the erea-
ture arrived in London. This Gu
Fions animal has mammW very
much like those Of the human be-
ing, and this peouliarity combined
With its curious habits of lifting
the fore part Of the body out Of the
water while searching for food,
doubtless gave rise to tho fables Of
the mermaid, However ridiculous
the ancient notions may now be
considered, they are nevertheless to
be satisfactorily explained. The
mqnatee, with its ish.like tail, the
FogndisA h0aA qnA the MammN of
the breast, naturally suggested hlr
bles Of mermaids or sirens Turing
the mariner to his destruction.
The mapatee is mentioned in
Westward Ho!" by the late
Canon Kingsley, who DEVOTED so
much Of the later part of his lie ID
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'HOw about iho Amorioan crew.


Mr.. j. W. Harper ir., who has
Just returned from Englnd, pre-
sided at the Columbia College iubi-
Iation at Delmonico's Friday night
and told this good story:
81 have had a bit OF experience
which probably no other man IN
the room has had, for two weeks
ago on Wednesday Ipassed through
Henley, where our boys have done
so nobly to-day. But coming down
to London | went into a smoking
compartment Of the train, where
met a few undergraduate men--twC
or three Varsity men, you know
| Laughter. We got into conyersa
ti0n and Of course talked of the
coming race. 'Weiij ! asked in Z
quiet sort of a way, how about tbt
American crew. You have heard
of 1t, perhaps yes Oh, yaes
We heard something about them.
Are they going to VIM | yentured
to ask. '0h, no. They've nc
chance of that, at all. Why, they
can't pull any, you know. ,lhey'gl
no kind Of fawm, yo know" an(
as Mr. Harper gave to the life th,
broad, disdainful theory Of hi
Varsity fellow passenger tAj
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EXTRAORDINARY AFFLICTION.
A Man ana wife Entirely Deprived
ef the Sense of Rnee0h

Sf Ihe sense Of speech.
Cincinnati Times. July Ill
A case, or rather two cases, which
entirely battles all medical descrip-
ton, or did, have Just come to light
in the shape of a man and wife be-
ing entirely deprived of one of their
senses-the power Of speech, theun-
fortunates being struck dumb. Mr..
Peter Lavalle and wife are the
names Of the curiously and sadly
afflicted ones. The facts, or par
ticularS in the case, are about as
follows:
The Layalles are employed as
walters at the dining-rOoms of j. G.
Ramsey, No, l6S Central avenue.
Last Saturday night Mrs. Lavalle
retired to rest, feeling unusually
well, and enjoyed a good nights
rest. Sunday morning when she
awoke, and attempted to arouse her
husband, she was Mortified at dis
covering herself entirely unable to
speak. Her husband finally awoke,
only to find his wife stricken dumb.
Physicians were called to her aid,
but were entirely baflled. No des-
cription Of the nature of the dis
ease could be conceived. Her eyes
presented a sunken appearance, and
her tongue was covered with a
thick, black coating. She remained
in full possession Of all her senses
save that of speech.
On Monday afternoon the already
afflicted husband was doubly ai-
llicted by being stricken with dumb
ness of the same nature. On Mon.
day afternoon, while sitting in front
of his employers establishment, he
was noticed to fail back in his chair
Another waiter attempted to arouse
him, but her efforts were in vair
for some time, until it was finally
discovered that he could answer NJ
questions. At times, during hi
sleep, he has been noticed to sud
denly jump and utter a few words
but Immediately upon regaining
full control of his other senses, hi
is bereft of that of speech.
The physicians are in utter dark
ness as to the cause or results O
this singular ailliction. They car
surmise no cause for it. At first il
was supposed to be a hereditary
disease, but this supposition wal
done away with upon the discovery
that the afflicted ones were no blood
relation.
They we're removed by order O.
the attending physician to the resi-
dence of the wife's sister, in Gov
ington, Kentucky. The woman
grew weaker each day, and all hopes
for her ultimate recovery have beer
despaired Of.
The husband, whose case tht
doctors report not so serious as that
of the wife, may recover, though
of course it is somewhat doubtful
Quite llutter was created il
medical circles by the discovery o
this singular, no-name case, and il
will no doubt be the cause of con
siderable agitation in medical so
cieties.
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On Saturday, July 18, 1878,

the tract Of land described in the pleadings
and decree in this cause. lying In the Eighth
civil district Of Shelby county. Tennessee. and
bounded as follows: Beginning at the north
Davidson 10 Robert /, Chester and wife
thence wost ia chains; thence south 6 chains;
thence west 20 chains 50 links 10 the south
west corner; thonce north a chainss thence
east "a chaiRs SO links; thence north Is chains
SO links TO ,he northwest corner; thence east
ll4 chains 80 links TO the northeast corner;
tRence south 50 chains so links to the point oI
begipning; eOntaing 62 acTeS more or less.
Torms Of sale-cash.
juno u, ISIS.
JOHN Ii. FREEMAN, Clerk.
Csc W, WIScREsTER, Sol. for complainant
S9ll6
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mo. s29 R. d.
NOnsR esident Notice.

In the Probate Court Of Shelby county, Tenn.
-mmJgliqsbA Pollock Ile ys v B, Bpsby:
i bill 10 this cause, which is sworn 10, that
the defendant, W. B. Busby, is a minor and
q nonresident Of the State Of Tennessee, il
is therefore ordered that he make his appear
ance herein. at the courthouse of said Pro-
bate Court in the city of Memphis. Tenn, on
or before the first Monday in August, 1875.
and plead. answer or dcmur TO complain
ants bill, OF the same will be taken for con .
fessed as to him, and set for hearing ex parte;
and that cepy OF this order be published
once a week for four successive weeks in tho
Memphis Public Ledger.
This 2lst day of June, 1873.
A copy attest,
JAMES REILLY, Clerk.
By HuOH D. CULLEN. d. @.
NJ. d l.. Stewart, solicitor for complainant.
az I'M I'M 1Ik
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wanderings in the West Indies.
Mr. Robertson, the general man
ager, and Mr.. Darlington, the natu-
ralist of the aquarium, may well be
congratulated on the acquisition Of
what is only the fourth specimen
of this animal taken within the last
ten years, though historical records
show that it abounded in the buc-
caneering age.
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Trustees Sale.

RY virtue Of q deed of trust executed to me
- by W. II. Turley in January. ls7i, and
MED Tor registration June II, 1878, and pursu-
Newcomb, deceased, the beneficiary therein
named, for the purpose of liquidatinR the de.
iaulted note for $3.50, due December, "a, 1875
with u pei. cent. interest rom December 2S
ance, will, w
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LEGAL,
Trustees Sale Of Real EsIats,

DY virtue of the terms of certain typst
- deed executed to the undersigned on the
18th day Of October 1875, by James Cunninrs
ham and his wife, Ellen z Cunpineham fse
same being of record in Book No. los, al nsee
6O2 ct seq, Of the Registers office Of Sbelbv
county, Tenn, default having been made in
the payments under said deed, will, on
Saturday, August 3, 1873,
proceed to sell to the highest bidder, for cash.
at the southwest corner Of Main and Madison
streets, in the city O.. Memphis, the land de-
scribed in said trust deed, the same being in
the city of Memphis, county Of Shelby and
State Of Tennessee, to-Wit: Beginning at n
point on the west side of Dean avenue, 295
feet south Of the south line Of Georgia street;
running thence south with the west line OF
Dean avenue so feet to the corner Of John
O'key's lot; thence west with his line and
tarall ell with Georgia street 2l2 feet TO Jacob
Moons land: thence north parallel with
Dean avenue so feet to lot No. Is; thence east
on direct line 2l2 feet to the beginning-be-
ing lots II and Is Of D0naldson's subdivision
of the Willoughby Williams tract, and having
thereon comfortable cottage. out buildings,
etc,
Sale between the hours Of II am. and l
pm. Equity Of redemption waived, and
title good, but shall convey in the character
of Trustee only.
JOHN A. HOLT, Trustee.
TREzEvANT i CoNAwAY, Aucticneers.
ll4-l33
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SYRUP MAKTNC
LEGAL.


RH vir ue Of deed Of trust executed to me
- on January 10, 1876, duly registered In The
Registers ONCE Of Shelby county, Tenn in
Ghattle Record Book H. page 2l6, By Philip
Dwyer, l, W. p: Morgan, as Trustee, at the
request Of the benefeiaries, will sell to the
highest bidder. for cash, Thursday, 25Ih
day Of Jnly, 1878, in front of John and
street, between the hours Of u IN. and / pm.
one barouehe carriage, one set OF harness and
Oge pair of hsrses.
.ll7-l26 w. P, MORGAN. Trustse
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NO 1l0
New Advertisements,

N0ADVERTIsING AGENT can insert an
~ ~ adyeTtisement In orr list of twenty-six
hIANOARD WEEkLIES st ten dollars a
line without losing money. Those advertisers
whe want to obtain the best possible circula-
ton without expending more than from $50 70
SlOO should address GEO. p. R0WELL & CO..
lO Spruce street. New York.
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Americans a Lons-L,voa Race.

Americans q bOng-LtVeO kace.
Bar imOre News
We Americans used to be styled
a short-liyed race, and there was
probably reason for it, But we
hardly deserve the name any longer,
as one may discover by recalling
the number Of old people he is ac-
quainted with, and by looking from
doy to day at the death notices in
the newspapers. Our average of
lie has surely increased during the
present generation, owing, 20
doubt, to Increased knowledge of,
and regard for hygepie, to less apxi-
ETY. Of mind and stFain Of peryey to
easier material conditions and bet
ter adjustment of individuals to
their surroundings. 1t is not very
.iogg since aman or woman Of sixty,
.oreyen OF 9fty, Was considered old.
In the country and In small towns,
ua0ple who had scored two score
and ten we're inclined to think
they had done theiF wark and were
prepared to withdraw from aetiYe
pursuits of every kind. This is all
changed. Persons OF fifty and up.
ward in good health are considered
still in their prime. Hundreds Of
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Lydia Thomp.on At HON q

London Cor. Boston Gazette.
The moment Lydia Thompson
leaves the stage she becomes a
rather dull, commonplace little
English woman. The wit that
Sparkles before the footlights van
ishes. She knows nothing outside
of her business; anything that
tends in a different direction has
no charms for her. Instead OF
going home for a night of carous.
ing, she retires quietly to her hotel
with her husband, eats a chop and
drinks a glass of porter, and goes to
bed. A person who knew her init.
mately for a number of years told
me that never but once in that time
did she have man home to sun.
per, and that was a newspaper man
out West, invited by her husband,
Mr.. Henderson, Miss Thompson
instead ofbeing the reckless, prodi,
gal creature people believe her tC
be, is thrifty and economical, and
often selfish, She likes a big din.
ner more than a good dinner, and
if she indulges in a bottle Of cham.
pagne she economies in something
else, She always pays her bills and
keeps her word. "What would she
have been if she hadn't been an &C,
tress" ! ask one who knew her
well, "a barmaid; only | hardly
think that she would have had
Fepartee enough for that" was tht
reply, "Was she atall fastY | in.
quired, "Not bit; she cares fol
"a man hut her husband, and sht
made him a good wife--hetter, in,
deed than he deserved" And that
lS the siren whom the preachers
pray against While 1 say gooC
word here for Lydia herself, | vii
not attempt to deny the perniciou
effect Of her company upon III
morals Of Young America.
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In supreme Oourt at Iaokaon.

L. Ia. Lanier Of al. vs.. NJ. l.. Bell OF al.
Rl virtue OF the decree pronounced in this
~ cause by the Supreme Court Of TennesseO
at Jac ksOn, April 8. 1878, | will offer Tor salo
20 the highest bidder, in front Of the court
hopse OF Shelby county, In the city Of Mem
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A STORY CUT SHORT.

An Exciting Antr on an EngIIsh
Railway.
From the French in New York Evening Post
There were four of us in one of
the cars on the Lyons railroad.
-Four smokers-a fact which had
naturally a tendency to bring us
into sympathetic relations. 4 for
get exactly how we fell into conver-
Sation, but, at any rate, by the
time we had got to Villeneuve the
conversation was general on the
subject of railroad accidents. We
had all told stories of more or less
interest, garnished with the great
est amount Of danger possible, when
the only one among us who had not
yet furnished budget of adven-
ture said:
Gall that, gentlemen, is undoubt-
edly extremely interesting, but will
you allow me to say that the whole
of the singular accidents Of which
you have spoken are as nothing
compared to a railroad catastrophe
which happened some years ago in
England, and at which l was un-
willingly present."
Very naturally this beginning
awakened our interest, and we en-
treated him to go on. "Willingly,
gentlemen" said the travelling
companion. GAS | said before, it
was in England, about five years
ago. | had taken the Bristol train
at six o'clock in the morning-a
morning that | shall never forget
for a little village some twenty
miles off. We had been going along
very smoothly, when, from the
railroad carriage in which | was
placed-the first on the train-the
noise Of violent quarrel reached
me. | looked out of the window.
The noise came from the locomo-
tive, where fight had begun be.
tween the engineer and the fireman
| learned later that the cause of the
dispute, which, might as we'll say
now, arose from jealousy of some
woman. 1t had long burned in
their hearts, and now that the ex.
plosion had come it was violent.
" | was, as l said, gentlemen, at
the window looking out when the
noise redoubled. The struggle was
becoming furious. The two mer
were fighting like wild beasts. You
Shudder, gentlemen. Ah! I shud
der still when saw-what shal
never cease to see. The two mer
writhed out of the engine in theil
agony and rolled of. The trair
was going at the rate of twenty
miles an hour. Left to itself tho
engine went faster and faster. The
fields, the trees, the houses disap
peared in way that made my heaC
swim. We passed a station. w,
scarcely had time to see it. Anoth
er one was passed, a third, a fourth
Cries Of horror were heard frou
the different coaches. We felt tina
we were lostl Already / could Sc,
/. the little depot at the end Of thC
route; nothing could save us iron
! being dashed to pieces. resigned
, myself to fate and shut my eyes.
4 y
"Fontainbleau! FOntainbleau!'
broke in the voice of the conduc
tor, interrupting the story of GU
|, : companion. "Sory, gentlemen
! but | get out here."
And bowing politely he disap
, peaved. None of us have eve
: heard the end Of that story.
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PIAN0BB;SsSH1asiifCCdl Cd!i GIPGs5s OsTa3dnRCAN
e42O. Superb Grand Square Pianos cost
SII00. only e250. Elegant Upright Pianos
eost SSO0, only eI65. New STYLE TJnright
Pianos 9II2.66. organs 635. orSans IL
stops, e72.60. Church Orgaos I8 stops.
cost $3.50, only 0IA0. Elegant 1878 Mirror
sacrt6ce TO c'Sse out present stock.
New Steam Factory soon TO be ereetad
Newspaper with much information about eost
Of Pianos and Organs, AENT FREE'
Please address DANIEL y. BEATFIF,
Washington, MI
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Trustees Sale.

.DEFAULT in payment of note secured bv
~ Deed Of Trust executed to me aud regis
tered in Book No. o, page 20S. of the Registers 4
office Of Shelby county, having been made, |
will, on
Saturday, July 90, 1878, at 10 IN,
In front Of the Office of Royster, Waldran 4
Bacon, 2lS Main street. Memphis, Tenn, sell
for cash. to the highest bidder, the following
described real estate. in Shelby county. Tenn,
subdivision Of the Maxwell tract, as surveyed
by Milton 4. Carr, on the 25th Of April, 1856,
and bounded as follows. to-wit: Fronting on
East avenue six chains and nine links, thence
running back eastwardly between parallel
lines elk chains and thIrty-three links to Mrs.
Slmmons' line. containing three and eighty
ive one. hundredth acres, be the Same moro
or less, It being the same land conveyed by j
ton Is waived. shall convey as trustee onIv
lll-l20 TH0S. II, LOCKWOOD. Trustea
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The multiplication Of poison germs in
diseases OF the blood is exceedingly
rapid, and if unchecked yitiates ali the
blood Of the hodY, DIR. Bulls BLOOD
Mixture by its peculiar influence kills
these gerEs, and purifying the blood,
REMOVES all possible chance of disease
establishing ITSELF
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Displayed advertisements will be charged
according 10 tie SPACE occupied, at above
rhtes-there being twelve lines Of solid type to
the inch.
To regular advertisers we offer superior in
ducemehts' both as to, rates Of charges and
manner Of displaying their favors.
Notices in local column inserted f0rt wenty
cents per line for each insertion.
Special notices inserted for ten cents mar
line for each insertion.
Notices Of deaths and marriages, twenty
cents per line.
All bills for advertising are due when con-
tracted and payable on demand.
Ali letters, whether upon business or other
wise, must be addressed to
y. WHITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.
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"Fontainbleaul Fontaiubleaup'
broke in the voice of the conduc-
tor, interrupting the story of our
companion. Sorry, gentlemen,
but | get out bere."
And bowing politely he disap-
peaved. None of us have ever
heard the end Of that story.
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PUBLIC LEDGER.

UlHE PUBLIC LEDGER Is PUBLISHED
u every afternoon Except Sunday at No.
l3 Madison street. m
The PUBLIC LEDGER is served TO city subscri-
HRS BY faithful carriers at TEN CENTS
PR WEEK. payable weekly to the carrierS.
By mail lin advanced: One year, IS; one
month. 80 cents. Postage free.
Newsdealers supplied at 2 cents por copy,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-11-14
Facts for Kerosene Burners.

Every lamp filed with the fluid is liza
bic to explode after burning several hours.
But no explosion will ever happen when
the lamp is full The danger comes from
the constant generation of an invisible va
por in the confined space above the oil.
The vapor,' which is infiammable, is
caused by the heat of the burner eommuni-
Gated to the oil; but it will not explode un-
less exposed to fame. The metal attach
ments on lamps often become forty degrees
warmer than the oil,which is itself some
times as high as 200 degrees. Hence. kero-
sene, to be entirely safe should be near
$50 degrees proof
In the United States alone, last year
over 100 deaths per week were reported
from accidents by kerosene.
A simple test is to place table spoon.
ful of the oil in saucer and apply a light
ed match; if the oil ignites it is unsafe
| never use it; if it does not take FIRE it is no
necessarily safe, because the Temperature
of the oil in open air is not so great a
that in burning lamp.
Keep the mealic parts of lamps clear
and the air passages open. After LAM
has been burning three OK four hours a
one time, never relight again till filled.
In extinuishing the light, turn the wicl
down quite low and allow few seconds t
intervene before blowing out the iickerin
flame, or, better still, do not blow it cut
but let it flicker out.-Prairie Farmer.