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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-01
Attachment NOflcn.

Before j. NJ. Coleman, Justice Of the Peaoa
for Shelby County, Tenn.-Fader, Jacobs &
90. late firm composed of J. Fader, j.
Jacobs and w. J. Booker VS.. Berry 4 Co a
firm, composed of Henry Berry and -
Buck.
IN IHIS CAUSE AN ENACTMENT aAV-
i inS Leen sued out under section 3455 of the
Code oil tennessee. and returned levied upon
the property Of defendants. and affidavit hay-
ing been made that defendants are indebted
to the plaintiffs in the sum of S97, 10, due
BY account. and that the claim is lust, and
that defendants arc nonresident of the State
OF Tennessee II Is therefore ordered that
said defendants make their personal sppear-
anee before me on the l7th day OF August,
1878. at 10 o'clock am, at my office, No. 2S6
Front street. Memphis, Tenn, and defend
SAD attachment snit within the time pre-
scribed by law, or the same will be proceeded
with OK parte; and that copy of this order be
published once a week for four consecutive
weeks Ia the Public Ledger,
This the 18th day Of July, 1878.
ll6-l22-l28-134 ]. NJ. COLEMAN, J.P.
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A story Of a Trail.

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Catskill Valley Monitor.l
She was a tall, stout individual,
and sprang out of the wagon as
lightly as a spring chicken after a
grasshopper. He was little, with
cred, dried-up weazel, and followed
slowly, bringing a basket of eggs
with him. They entered one of
our stores, and she asked, "What
are you givin' for eggs?"
eight cents" was the reply of
the counter-j Jumper.
"Well, here are three dozen, /"
said the fat party, "and I'll take it
into calico"
"But | want some yarn to mend
my sOcks,' put in the Of man.
"The weather is warm," replied
the fat party, "and you can go with
out socks"
'But my boots hurt my feet, "
insisted the man.
"Go barefooted," said she rather
sharply. Then turning to the clerk
she changed her tune and remarked:
"Young man, please count me out
the eggs, and give me four yards of
calico to match this ere dress"
"But,-" the old man was 90
ing to continue, when she raised
her index finger and said 'Henry
Winter Davis Spriggins, them are
eggs are mine; them hens what
laid 'em are mine; the corn what
fed 'em was mine, and Use going to
have a trail on this ERE dress as
long as Betsy Gowen's, if every toe
on your feet turns into gum-biles.
Now shut. And you, youngster,
yank off four yards of that ere cal
leo, or you will hear q humble bee
a buzzing."
The old man shut, and the clerk
yanked off the calico.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-01

The rector (colored) Of st. Luke's
Episcopal Church, Washington, D.
O., is said to be the grandson Of an
African king, chief of the warlike
Timaner. His father, having been
captured while in Africa by hostile
savages, who refused to ransom him
for a stipulated amount of gold and
ivory, was sold to slave traders and
brought to these shores. By in
dustry and thrift he purchased his
freedom in one of the border
States, and afterward gained a Pc
cuniary independence. He married
full negress, who in due time be-
came the mother of the present
clergyman, who was sent to Eng
land to be educated, and graduated
at Queens College, Cambridge.
tie is represented as a thinker and
scholar, man much superior in
ulnu ana accomplishments to the
majority of the white clerical class
an excellent example of what a
pure negro may achieve intellectu-
ally where conditions and opportu-
nifty favor. He is now over sixty,
and asserted to be as thorough a
gentleman in character, appearance
and manners as can be found in
the best society. His whole life
has been exemplary and spotless,
and devoted to general benevolence
and the improvement of his race.
lie is earnestly opposed to his peo-
pie emigratlng to Liberia, where no
believes that only death and degra-
dation await them.
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Attachment Notice.

Before G D. Crockett, ]. P. for Shelby
county, Tenn.-Wormley / Goodman vs.. p,
\. Harrell.
m THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV-
i ing been sued out under section 1856 Of
Code OF Tennessee, and returned levied
and affidavit having been made that defend
ant is. indebted to plaintiffs in the sum Of
Slo. due by account, and that the claim is
just, and that the defendant is non. resident
Of the State Of Tennessee. 1t is therefore or
dered that said defendant make his personal
appearance before me on the 10th day ef
August, 1873, at 10 o'clock am. at my Office,
No. 2Sj Main street. Memphis, TennesSee,
and defend said attachment suit within me
time prescribed by law, or the same viii be
proceeded with ex parte; and that copy Of
consecutive weeks in the Public Ledger,
This the llth day Of July, 1873,
ll4-l2O lz6-l32 q. d. CROCKETT. j p
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MEMPHIS TENNa THURSDAY EVENING AUGUST 1875

ing down on the off or left side l
saw a strange sight; head, shoulders
and web feet Of a monstrous ami
NAL, under my horses feet. Think
ing my time had come, and not
having time to think of any sins,
| spurred my horse to jump from
there, which he very readily did.
On looking back, the water being
clear, l saw the monster in the
place where / left it. Taking
courage, | returned toward it, with
in about four feet. / fired my
single -barreled pistol at his head
and returned in haste, but not too
far to watch his movements.
Shortly after my shot this animal
rose, turned over, and Aoated on
top. The current being very still,
lit almost remained in the same
place, and then it turned over and
went down again. Seeing it was
not on the fight, / repeated the
dose twice, with the same result,
but the third time it came up it
kicked up fearful racket, beating
the water with its tail and splash
ing it over me. Not having more
ammunition withdrew.
Some Indians were camped with
in hailing distance. When they
saw me charging back and forth in
the river and shooting at some
thing, they came running towards
me. The animal was turning to-
ward me. The first shot l fired was
a line shot, but came short about
eighteen inches. l loaded up as
soon as possible. BY this time the
beast had again turned toward me,
and came at a fearful rate. Taking
a dead aim, | fired. At the crack
Of the gun the animal made a terri
bic plunge and then turned over,
its head turning down stream and
floating toward deep water. Not
having any more ammunition, |
filled my pockets with rocks, mount
ed my horse and followed the ami
NAL as close as prudence would per
nit. / fired rocks at it, but it never
moved. The Indians would not &C
near the water, but promised tha
if it was dead they would skin the
animal for me and save the hide.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-01
VISITED BY A GHOST.
A Promise Made In Life Kept After
Death-What the Spirit Said.
Baltimore Americana
"Did you ever see a gho8t?"

DAAtlmOlo hmeIlcau,l
"Did you ever see a gho8t??"
"No."
"Did you ever see any one who
had seen a ghost?"
81 can't say that | ever did," the
reporter replied.
Whereupon the gentleman said
that in the person of one of the Off
GERS of the city government could
be seen one who had once had a
yeritable interview with a spirit
from the other world. The re-
porter visited the gentleman.
eyes, sir" he said to the re-
porter, sit is the truth. Ibid once
see ghost, Or have an interview
with a spirit. AT least | think /
did. may have been dreaming; ]
don't know. But it was most re-
markable, a most inexplicable dream
what you might call a prophetic
dream, that was fulfilled in every de-
tail in a most Extraordinary man
nor. And | don't think it was a
dream.
''It was at the time Of the war.
| was on the Confederate side in the
war, a soldier in the First Maryland
Cavalry. In the same company
with me was gentleman from Gal
ifornia, whom you may call Oople-
Ston. I'd rather you wouldn't pub
lish his real name. He was a splen-
did fellow, and before long we be-
came very intimate and gradually
grew to be most devoted friends.
He was the bravest of mon, but at
the same time unusually warm
hearted and afRectionate, and our
affection for each other was some
thing unusual among men.
Gone day we were together in
pretty hot fight near Greenland
Gap, Hardy county, Va, during
General William 4. Jones' raid,
and, as we had no artillery with us,
our regiment was dismoqnted and
detailed to storm church in which
a body Of the enemy had intrenched
themselves. 1t vas a nasty pieee of
work, and the prospects we're slim
Of getting back alive. AS We went
at 1t Coplesten TUNED to me and
said, Look here, old fellow, let's
promise each other that if one of
is is killed without a chance to say
goodbye, he will come back again
to see the other, if such a thing is
possible l understood him and
promised. We got off this time
without much damage, but it was
understood between US that the
agreemepb was lasting,
"Not long after this we we're
separated. He was sent off with a
detail for scouting work upon the
Mississippi, and before he got back
| was captured by Ayerill at Moor
field. after the Ohambersburg raid.
They sent mo to Camp Chase, near
Columbus, Ohio, and here I.lay for
A long time, with some fifteen or
twenty thousand other prisoners,
hearing little or nothing Of our
men on the other side of the Poto-
mac, and then only from tho new
prisoners when they were brought
into camp. or Oopleston we heard
nothing at all,
"In Camp Chase we lived in big
barracks, about 800 men in a bar
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-01
EEL RIVERS MONSTER.
A MANS Very One.SIded Fight with
the What Is IL or California
stream.

A Mans Very OuesStded Fight Win
the what Is IL or n California
stream.
Eureka Times,l
G, 4. Schumacher, Of CARRIER.
Vile, California, sends tho fol-
As some of your read
ers are somewhat interested in
the big snake in the south fork
Of Eel river, | will give you some
facts for which youch myself.
The snake is not a snake, as re-
ported, bpt an animal somewhat
similar. | have seen it, have fought
il, and conquered. If your readers
can imagine they see a crocodile,
an alligator, a lizard; or water
dog, you can form as good an idea
Of its LOOKS as ! can. 1t lis between
eight and nipe feet long, the head
is about seven inches broad, the
body increasing slightly about four
feet back; the back is about the
color Of a water dog, with dark
spots all over. For GboHt three
and a half feet from the head back
the tail begins and forms round,
and the end is without point, and
looks as if it was cut Of, leaving the
butt from one and a half to two
inches across. The end of the tail
is yellow for about two and o bali
feet, with dark rings around it.
Two web feet, close behind the
head, the legs about three inches
long, the head is seven inches
across, and shaped like frogs
black eyes as large as twenty-five
cent, pieces The animal, what
ever it is, moves like an alligator OF
crocodile.
After crossing the south fork
numerous times, ] came to the last
crossing, about two miles above
what is called Myers Ranch, Start
ing my horse at the ford, j cast my
eyes across the river to see where
the outcome was, and measuring
the depth Of the middle with my
eyes. ! was about seven feet in tht
water when my horse SHE'D, Look
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-01
Buried I'm sole Leather COm
That He Made with HlB Owl
Hands

Buried I'm n sole Leather COm n
That Ho Made with ais own
Hands.
New York SUM-
Lazarus Cantell, a veteran of the
army Of the first Napoleon, was
buried on Friday in Greenwood
Cemetery from the Church Of st.
Vincent de Paul. He was of strik-
ing personal appearance, and, al
though eighty-fve years old, pre-
served his soldierly bearing. He
was ono of the best known and
most respected of French New York
residents. lie had a reputation as
an inventor that extended far be.
youd the limits of his acquaintance
and made him famous in the neigh
borhood Of his late residence, No.
224 Sullivan street. The fact that
he had for many years kept in his
house the coffin in which he in
tended to be buried was well known
to his neighbors. 1t was made of
sole-leather and was of his own
make and invention. The advan-
tages that he urged for it were that
it was durable and waterproof
The only other one known to be in
existence he made for his daughter
ip-law, who has Of late years been
his houaekeeper. This was com
pleted about three years ago. 1t is
shaped, brass bound and riv-
eted, and perfectly plain ON the
outside and having no upholstery
inside. The color is somewhat
darker than rosewood, the leather
being stained and yarniGhed. Nine,
Dantell smiled as she showed it last
evening, and said she did not think
she should care to be buried in it,
She described tho coffin Of her
| hther-in-law which he had always
been fond of showing and talking
about, as of similar make.
OF Mr.. Cantell's history she aaid,
Gle served twenty-two years as a
French soldier, for which he wore
the medal of st. Helena. He was
in all the wars of the first empire,
and fought at Waterloo, He Jour
Aeyed to this city iorty-two years
ago, and began business as a man
ufacturer of leather goods. Hi
inventive genius led him to ust
leather for many purposes. H,
patented q waterproof trunk tha
might be used for saving life at sea-
leather canteens, and other articles
He also invented a method of re-
producing engrayings and works Of
art which could have been made o.
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AttachrnenI Notice.

Before Phos. Fleming. Justice Of the Peace
tor shelby county, Tean.-Wm. MO1ett vs.,
Pierre Baquet.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT
j having been sued oat under section 1856 Of
the Code Of Tennessee, and returned levied
qpan the property Of the defendant, and afi-
davit having been made that defendant Is
indebted 10 plaintiff in the sum Of SIS,
due by account, and that the claim is just,
and that defendant is a nonresident Of the
State of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that
the said defendant make his personal ap-
peArance before me on the 30th Of August,
ISIS. at 10 o'clock am, at my Office, No. 50
Madison 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 copy of
this order be published for four consecutive
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 9th day of July, 1873.
l99 lS5-lll-l47 TH0S. FLEMING, up,
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rack. In the one IN winch l. was
most of the men were Marylanders
of our old command. We slept in
hunks around the room, and the
room was heated by three big stoves.
One night l was sitting by the
stove nearest the door, thinking. 1t
was late, and all the others were in
their hunks asleep. | sat there
alone for some time, looking at the
fire and lost in thought. Suddenly
l felt impelled to look up, and
there, just in front of me, on the
other side of the stove and between
it and the door, stood Copleston. +"
"Were you alarmed at all p
"No, | was not alarmed, only
greatly surprised. There was moth
ing to alarm. 1t was only Copies
ton, dressed in the same gray suit
and black felt hat. l thought, of
course, at the instant, that some
how he had been captured and
brought a prisoner to the camp,
and had only just learned where l
was. Iexclaimed, why, Copies
ton, when we're you brought in?"
and tried to rise up and shake hands
with him. | could not move.
"Oopleston looked at me sadly
for a moment and then said, No,
was not brought here; don't you
remember our agreement?
"'Great heavens l exclaimed;
were you-Y
eyes he said, 4 was killed to.
day. He then went on and told
me all about it. One day he and
one other ofour men were surroun.
dcd in a house near Lurgy, in Page
county, Virginia, by a squad of Fed,
erals, and after a. little fight, in
which Copleston was wounded in
the leg, the two were captured and
taken into the enemy's camp. They
were held for a few days and then
sentenced to be shot as an act of re.
taliation for some sins laid at Mos
by's door. A sergeant's guard tool
them into the woods, and with some
touch of pity offered to let then
run the gauntlet, Indian fashion
The other man accepted this sligh
chance of escape, but was shot a
he ran. CoplestOn refused to NOV
and was killed where he sat on tn
ground.
"All this, sir, l assure you, wa
told me by this strange visitor. A
{ he finished he said: Should ther
ever be any other occasion for m
to see you, will come, and the
disappeared, not going out by th
door, but simply fading away. l wa
Of course, strongly moved, bu
=, shortly after that | retired to m
bunk. The next morning | told tn
, men in the mess of the circumstan
ces, and was of course laughed at.
, "Three weeks afterwards fresl
prisoners were brought in from tn
! army of Virginia, who, with othe
news, told of Oopleston's death jus
! as | had already heard it from him
self. The men Of the mess no Ion
ger laughed at my story.
81 do not pretend to explain thi
, at all. think it can't be explained
, l am not superstitiouS, think, anC
| as | said before, may have dreame
| it; but even then it would be
very strano oe dream
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-01

NOTICE. by virtue Of a deed in trust ex-
~ ecqted 70 me as trustee, by Thomas War
rem and A. V. Warren, dated the 18Th day of
March. 1874, TO secure the payment Of i've
hundred dollars to Francis r. Merrill, due on
note payable to said Merrill. for the sum Of
twelve hundred and fifty dollars. dated the
18th OF March. 1874. payable the frat Of Feb
ruary' 1870, and also TO secure the payment Of
five hundred dollars on note payable 10 Vir-
ginia A. Smith for twelve hundred and Fifty
dollars, dated the 18th ofMarch, 1874, payable
-ne LIST Of February. 1875 lbOth OF said notes
are executed by said Thomas Warren and A.
v. Warrenl. / will sell.
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he took hold of the trapeze-bar, and
called out to the thirty men hold
ing the balloon down to "let 90 |"
which they did, and the inflated
globe ascended, leaving Hart, who
had been inside, standing alongside
the fue by which the heat entered.
The latter Immediately toppled
over, whether from the effects of
the heat or being jostled by the
balloon does not appear.
Dressed in pink tights, with
green figured jacket covered with
spangles, bare arms and bare head,
the hair on the latter being black
and curly, the aeronaut ascended,
holding on with one hand, and with
the other waved an adieu to tho
crowd below. '1t's the poorest as
cension that ever made" said he;
81 can't do much, but I'll do the
best | can" So saying, he threw
up his legs over the bar, and, let
ting go his hands, hung downward,
hanging by the knee. joints. The
interest and anxiety of the multi
tude we're next heightened as he
hooked on a foot right and left at
the junction of the ropes with the
bar, and hung suspended at full
length. The balloon ascension it.
self was as good as could be desired,
and so far the people had all the
sensation they could well stand.
The poor, slender figure posturing
thus in mid-air to amuse them, who
shall say how it went with him
mentally and bodily at this time:
Catching again at the bar, he drop
ped his feet and hung for a second
or two by the right hand.
The balloon was still going up,
and the interest was painful to
many. The hight attained at this
time was yariously estimated al
from one hundred and fifty to five
hundred feet; two hundred is per
haps a fair guess. The balloon wai
slowly drifting to the southeast, ant
; the aeronaut, while holding on by
one hand, made 30 further attemp
to continue the performance, bu
apparently opening the hand tina
held the bar, with not the least at
tempt to clutch with the other, h,
Immediately commenced to fal
, over the railroad track! For abou
thirty feet of the descent be he'll
, his arms up as when he let 60, ant
, then he commenced to struggl
with hands and feet. This was
, mere instructive motion. NOTHING
that he could do would avert tn
terrible death awaiting him, an
/, with violent thump which coul
. be heard at the distance of tn
= Catholic church, two blocks off, h
. struck the earth north Of the raj
! road track, just outside Of the ties
I about a yard from the rails.
! He appears to have struck on hi
. right side, Tor, on being taken uI
his right thigh was broken abov
; the knee, and all that side extend
= ing back was bruised and blacken
ed, but no blood or other evacua
1 ton came from the body. O
o course, the poor man was dead be
7 youd hope, and was lmmediatel
I conveyed to the Leota House, wher
! be was laid out, to await order
! from his relatives at Burlington.
I This appalling death had q mos
+ painful effect upon the multitude G
spectators. Women screamed an
: tainted. Children cried at the IN
wonted spectacle Of q man fallin
y headlong through the air, and a
were struck with feeling Of aw
y that an event got up for publ
amusement should turn out so dis
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On Friday, August 20, 1873,

On the south side of Court SQUARE, in the oitv
Of Memphis. at public auction, to .ne hiehest
bidder, for cash, a certain house situated On a
lot OF land in the county of Shabby, State OF
Tennessee. which lot is knowp as part of lots
numbers II and Is. in Pail II. Thompson's
subdivision. near tho city of Memphis. and
west OF the HobreT cemetery and about one
hundred yards east of the margin of said city;
and also, sell tot ether with said house, the
lease on said lot Of land. which expires on the
LIST day Of January. 1877; the proceeds OF said
sale TO be applied to the payment Of the bal
aros due Of said sums of FIVE hundred dollars
and the expense touching said deed of trust.
July IS, 1878. i2O-15l
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Saturday, August 8, 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-
seribed in said trust deed. the same being in
the city Of Memphis, county Of Shelby and
State Of Tennessee, to.wit: Beginning at a
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 50 fest to the corner Of John
O'key's lot; thence west with his line and
parable 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 teet ts the beginning-be-
ing lots u and Is Of Donaldson's subdivision
of the Willoughby Williams tract, and having
thereon comfortable cottage. out buildings,
etc,
Sale between the hours of IL am. and l
Pm. Equity Of redemption waived. and
title good. but shall convey in the character
Of Trustee only.
JOHN A. HOLT, Trustee.
IREzRvANT x CoSAwAY, Auctioneers.
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No. 1S6S-Before j. S. Galloway. ]. P. for
Shelby county, Tennessee-A. kaufman W..
II. III. Moore.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV-
i ing been sded out under section 3455 Of the
Code Of Tennessee and returned levied upon
the property of the defendant, and affidavit
indebted to the plaintiff in the sum Of
S40.5O, due by account, and that the claim Is
just, and that the defendant is a non-resi-
dent Of the State of Tennessee; II is there
fore ordered that the said defendant mako
day Of August, 1873, at II o'clock M, At nay
office, No. "a Madison street, Memphis, Ton
nessee, and defend said attachment suit with
in the time prescribed by law, or the same
will be.Proceeded with OK psrts; and that a
for four successive weeks In The Public Ledger,
This the 18th day 0f July, 1878.
12l-lN 1888 l39 j. J.SsGALIIOWAY. Up
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