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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-01-19
trustees Sale Of Real Estate.

DY VIRTUE OF a deed in trust to me execu-
ID ted by W. P Bond and II l.. TAYLOR on
the 18th day Of January, 1877, of record in the
Registers Office of Shelby county, Tennessee,
in Record Book No. JIG, page SO, to secure the
payment OF a certain note therein mentioned,
1 will soil, as Trustee, on
Tuesday, the 9Th of February, 1873,
" the east entrance of the courthouse of
SHELBY county, Tennessee, in the city of Mem
Rhls, within legal hours, at public a%uctlen, to
the highest and best bidder, for cash, a GER
tain lot or parcel Of land lying and being in
Shelby county. Tennessee, and known as ~
the west line Of Broedlove's 100 acres and 30
Charleston railroad bed thence south 5%o
east 5slh feet TO within 80 feet OF the center
Of the Fort Pickering railroad bed thence
with said railroad bed south $50 east 22O%
feet; thence north l6o east with q fence to a
stake on the south line Of Sledeo avenue as Il
now extends through said Donoho place; then
with the south line Of Sledge ~ east TO a.
stake, where the said south line Of Siedge
avenue intersoots the nerth boundary line Of
said Donoho place; then with said north
boundary line 10 the beginning; said lot being
all Of said Donoho place that lies to the south
Of said Sledge avenue extended.
IhB equity Of redemption is waived in said
trust deed, and the title Ia believed 10 be per-
fect, but l sell and convey as Trustee only.
| W. M. SLEDGE, JR., Trustee.
January B, 1873. l00-135
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TEnPLARs OF HONOR.

NATONA TENPLE OF II. AND 7.
No. l-meets every Friday even
ing at s o'clock at Temperance
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-01-19

RY VIRTUE Of a deed Of trust to me exc
10 euted, on the I'D of May, 1874. by Mary
A. W. Cooper, to secure certain Indebtedness
therein mentioned, and recorded in Book l0l,
by county. Tenn, / will on the lem day OF
January, 1878. in front of the courthouse
door in the city Of Memphis, at IL o'clock M,
sell at public sale, to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described property, All
that parcel or tract of land conveyed to Mary
istered in Book 56. part !, page 28S, to which
reference Is made for full description. con-
tanning fifteen acres, less the ameuNt of A. 100
acres sold by Mrs. Mary A. W, Cooper to W.
p. Wilson, the same teing one-half Of 80 acres
tract known as the Fleetwood tract. The
equity of redemption is waived. Title be.
lieved to be good, but / will sell and Onvey
as trustee only.
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WRITs OF F0ROIBLE ENTRY
WRTTS OF F0RCIBLB ENTRY
WRITS OF F0RCIBLE ENTRY
WRITS OF F0RCIBLE ENTRY
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Chancery Sale Of Real Estate.

[R.-1426.j
Chancery Sale of Real Estate.
Chancery Court of Shelby County City of
Memphis vs., John Dunn.
DY VIRTUE Of a decree for sale entered in
- the above cause on tho 9th day of No
vember, 1877, | will sell, at public auction, to
the highest bidder, in front Of the Clerk and
Masters office, courthouse building, Main
street, Memphis, Tenn. on
Saturday, January 10, 1873,
v ithia legal hours, the following described
property, situated in shelby county, Tenn,
and in the city Of Memphis, to-Wit:
The whole of lot No 9 and the west half of
lot No. 8, in block 5, making together a lot
fronting 37h feet on the south side Of Ala
kama street, and running back from sid
street llS1a feet, as shownt en- the plan Of said
city.
Terms of salO-0n a credit Of seven months,
purchaser TO execute note with approved Sc
curity; lien retained, and equity Of redemp-
tor barred.
This December Is, 1877.
e A. COLE, c. and NJ.
By r. J. BLACK, D @. and NJ.
SIP. Walker and j. W. Hampton, solicitors.
SO 95-10l- lG7- ll3-l19
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MEMPHIS TENN: FRIDAY EVENING APRIL &C. 1878

got the telegram, so l said to Har.
yey Willard, the clerk: Harvey, do
me the favor not to send that dis
patch up before / come down. He
promised, and l consummated the
sale. Phil Lee came down with me
to go to the bar and take a drink.
when the clerk handed him a tele-
gram. 1t ran: your offer for
$40, 700 cash and $4,000 on time for
property accepted
"It came from Chicago. Turn
ing to me, Lee said: BY George,
Speyer, if | had got that dispatch
before l would not have bought
those diamonds Kellogg, on her
last visit, bought a beautiful spray
diamond hair ornament for $4,000.
Parepa Rosa has purchased over
$4,000 worth. l went to her
room one afternoon at the Southern
Hotel and showed them to her. She
had been having some repairs done
by me.
"After sitting there quite while
she said: Excuse me; | have to
practice tonight l said, Certain
ly, madame and got up to go out.
Just as reached the door she COM
menced playing on the piano and
singing. 1t was magnificent. l
very quietly seated myself near the
door. Carl Rosa was at the table
writing, and did not notice me.
After while she suddenly ceased
and turned around; seeing me she
calculated, my -! are you
here p
eyes, madame,' l replied. If
you don't stop singing l can never
go.'"
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nanza stock, and had assured to
himself and his partners the con-
trolling interest in the mines, he
recommended all his friends to buy
a little; and O'Brien did the same.
Those who took the advice are now
drawing their proportionate shares
of dividends, amounting to about
f500,000 a month. The majority
Of those who bought into other
mines are, in Californian parlance,
=" busted" What these three men
and their latest partner, Mackey,
are going to do with their money is
a curious problem, the solution of
which will be watched with great
interest in a year or two to come.
The money they hold now is yield
ing them returns Sc enormous that
maddest extravagauce could make
no impression on the amount.
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LoYTERY.

A RPLRHnID OPPORTUNITY wO
~ WIN 4 kORTUNEEF Fifth Grano
May lsth.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY co.
This institution was regularly lncorporated
oy the Legislature Of the state for Eduoa-
Halfl ang Charitable purposes in 1858, with a
O9pital OF S,OO0,000, 10 which il has since
ADDED reserve fund Of SSs0, ,t00. ITS GRAND
SINGLE NUMBER DISTRIBUTIONS will
take place monthly on the seoon Tuesday.
IT IT rNkyER sR4LEa or PosTPOHEs. Look at the
following Distributions
OARITAL PRIzE. 08o,OOO.
lOO, 900 Tick cts at = Dollars Each,
Aalf Tickets One DellAF.
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1857 PTishA. amounting Sl1a. 400
Responsible e'fresponding agents wanted al
all prominent points 10 whom a liberal COM
pensation viii be paid.
Application for rates to clubs should anly 30
Write. clearly StatloH iull address, for fur.
tAeF intormaticR or send orders to
NJ. A. DAUPUIN,
y. 0. Rox 6a2. New Orleans, La.
Or No. West Court street, MempAis, Tenn.
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sIeen for Iha Rrain

Blessings light on him that
first invented sleep!" says Sancho
Panza; and the tired workman,
tired IN brain or body, echoes the
benediction.
The best possible thing for a man
to do when he feels too weak to
carry anything through, is to go to
bed and sleep as long as he can.
This is the only actual recupera-
ton Of brain-force; because during
sleep the brain is in a state of rest,
in condition to receive and appro-
pirate particles of nutriment from
the blood, which take the place of
those whichha been consumed by
previous labor, since the very act Of
thinking burns up solid PARTICLES,
as every turn of the wheel or screw
Of the steamer is the result of con-
sumption by fire of the fuel in the
furnace. The supply Of consumed
brain-substance can only be had
from the nutriment particles in the
blood, which were obtained from
the food eaten previously; and the
brain is so constituted that it can
best receive and appropriate to it.
self those nutritiVe particles during
the state of rest, of quiet and still
ness Of sleep. Mere stimulants
supply nothing in themselves; they
goad the brain and force it to a
greater consumption of its sub
stance, until it is so exhausted that
there is not power enough left to
70 lyo t,YN fro,k o,,..,.l..
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"Beware of the books. They
tell but half of the story. When
ever a poor wretch asks you for
help, and you feel doubt as to
what result may flow from your
benevolence, give yourself the ben
eft Of the doubt and kill the ap-
plicant."
And so saying he turned his face
to the wall and gave up the ghost.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-26

A newspaper in the fullest sense of tho word
at once adapted to the Merchant, the Me-
ehanic, the Farmer, and everybody
desirous Of keeping UP with the
stirring news of this live and
progressive age.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-26

A merchant down town sells more Of
DE-, Bulls Cough Syrup than all other
medicines together 1t surely must be
the best remedy for cough.
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The New York herald., 1878-03-04
Nat u Square Deal.

The Executive Committee OF the Public
Parks Protective Association has acted
wisely in appealing to all classes of citi-
zens TO protest against the confiscation OF
any OF the few parks and squares of the city
for armory or any other purposes. The re-
sponse made to their appeal shows that the
laboring classes feel much deeper interest
in the preservation of these breathing spaces
than even the property owners them
selves. Seven thousand names have al
ready been signed to petitions to the
Legislature TO suffer the people to re-
tain the possession and enjoyment
of their public pleasure grounds, and this
number could readily be made seventy
thousand if necessary. The fact is that a
regiments have taken a fancy to On armory
in a public square. They would rather
prefer the Central Park if they could be
accommodated thus far but, failing that,
they covet Reservoir square, Washington
square, Stuyvesant square, Madison square,
Union square or some other equally
pleasant locality. This is natural
enough, and no doubt General Shaler
is sincere in his expressions of in
dignation against the property owners,
mechanics and laborers who prefer to keep
their parks and squares for their own
health, amusement and profit. Now if the
New York regiments were compelled to go
without convenient armory unless they
could be permitted to confscate public
square to build it upon their excellent SER
vices might tempt the people to make the
sacrifice. But inasmuch as an armory can
be built on any one of hundred
appropriate and convenient sites with
out destroying public square, it is equally
unreasonable and impolitic on the part of
these commanders to insist upon seizing on
a square and to refuse to be satisfied with
anything else. To be sure the Seventh regi-
ment will have a fine and we'll located
armory and the people are willing that the
other regiments shall be equally we'll pro-
vided for. But this can be done and all
jealousy be allayed and oil reasonable pride
satisfied without the public sacrifice de-
manded by General Shaler.
The New York herald., 1878-03-04
Ferryboat Travel.

The investigation into the collision be-
tween the Staten Island ferryboat Castleton
and the steamship Spain seems to establish
the fact that the occurrence was unavoid-
able and that both boats were moving with
all the precaution rendered necessary by
the dense fog. But for the sad fate Of Mr..
Carey there would be no room for anything
but congratulntion at tho fortunate escape
from what would doubtless have been q
terrible calamity had not the officers
of both vessels displayed admirable
GOODNESS and judgment at the ex-
citing moment of the accident. In
the case of the collision between the Pavo-
MIA ferryboat James Fisk, Jr., and an an
chored schooner on the same day, there
appears to have been gross disregard Of
the requirements of the law on the part of
those in charge of the schooner. In this
instance, also, only one life was lost but
this should not make the investigation into
the cause Of the accident less rigid or the
punishment of any person whose negli-
gence may have occasioned it less severe.
These collisions have directed public at
tention to the precautions taken by ferry
companies for the safety Of their passengers.
There are certain number Of steamboat
inspectors whose duty it is to visit all ferry
and passenger boats at least once year,
and who are empowered to sec that they
comply with all the provisions of the law
The number of passengers carried is fixed
by the law, and each boat is required to
have certain number of life preservers in
accordance with its carrying capacity. We
know that in the summer time the excur-
sion steamers leave their docks with enor-
nous crowds on board, and that in
their case the limitation Of the law
is entirely disregarded. Some of the
ferry lines appear to make but little
more than show of complying with the
law relating to lite preservers, and as they
run every day all the year round this fact
is conclusive evidence of the ineficiency or
indifference of the steamboat inspectors.
The Union (Brooklyn) Ferry Company car
ries large loads of passengers on its boats,
and the life preservers are numerous
enough to accommodate probably one
fourth of the number, provided they
could be got out of their racks, which,
as they are for the most part out OF
reach, is questionable. 1t would be well il
the steamboat inspectors, who no doubt re-
ceive salaries, would make thorough ex-
animation of oil the ferryboats at this time
and officially report their condition and the
provisions they make for the safety Of their
passengers.
The New York herald., 1878-03-04

oil the flowers of diplomacy, was her great
object. Hence we deduce that under the
present aspect of affairs some new cause
must arise before the peace of Europe is
again broken.
To Russia, Roumania, Servia and Mon
tenegro the war has brought triumph and
extended boundaries, but it has been at
heavy cost. Russia alone has lost nigh one
hundred thousand men since the Oath April,
1877, when the Grand Duke Nicholas gave the
order to his army to cross the Pruth. Rou-
mania has lost thirty thousand men; Servia,
in whose losses must be included those Of
1876 has lost twenty thousand, and heroic
little Montenegro, whose battles are wor-
thy of Homeric epic, lost at least
fifteen thousand Of her stalwart sons. The
losses of Russia and those who fought on
her side will approach the terrific total Of
two hundred thousand men. On the Turk
ish side the losses must even have been
greater. This is fearful reckoning, but
when the enormous cost in money is
added it will be seen how great the drain
must have been on the resources of Russia,
who helped her allies largely with money to
bring their forces to the front. To the Car
and his commanders great and well won glory
will rebound. The eighth war which has been
waged against the Moslem power since 1863
has redeemed the misfortunes Of the war in
the Crimea and fairly forwarded the scheme
attributed to Peter the Great in his so-called
testament to the Russian-namely, 'to pro-
gress as much as possible in the direction of
Constantinople and India, 'for he who holds
these points is real ruler of the world" In
this hour it is common justice to pay a
tribute to the Turkish soldiers who fought
80 well in behalf of the anomaly of bar
barous power in Europe. He and his cause
were doomed, and the world will be the better
of his fall. Russia, who undertook the task
of removing him from Europe, is herself and
by proxy his heir. This is ''the logic of
circumstances" of which the Gear gave note
when he took up the sword to strike down
the masters of the Mohammedan murderers
who piled the scimater on the Christian
women and children at Batalz, and impartial
history will applaud alike the retribution
and the result.
The New York herald., 1878-03-04
The Liberty OF tho Theatre.

If the conclusions of M. Delpit's article
on this subject in the ReUue des Deu.r Mondes
may be accepted as we'll founded they are
of peculiar interest in this country, where
critical and dramatic writer's have hitherto
sought in vain to assign good reasons for
the comparative degradation Of the stage
and the nullity of dramatic literature.
Hitherto the absence of n copyright law
has been held responsible for the fact that
the theatre here, in so far as it is good, is
an exotic institution, and in so far as it is
not exotic is wretched and disgraceful.
There seemed at one time o glimmer of
reason in the argument that if every good
play presented in New York was in every
detail literal reproduction of the same
good play as it was previously produced in
Paris or London, that this literal atten-
ton of managers here to theatrical novelties
abroad was stimulated by the fact that they
had such plays without any payment to the
The New York herald., 1878-03-04
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following Americans have registered at the
HERALD Bureau in Paris:-
+. Reed and family, Albany, Hotel de Chatham.
Eugene Meter, Staten Island, No IL Rue Albony
Edward H. Lynde, New York, Hotel de rAthecee.
Holland G. Anthony, Brooklyn, No. 33 Rue Tournont
Herbert g. Coffin. New York, Hotel Lille ct d'Al
bon
Canon Farrar said recently that Glasgow Is the
most drunken city In the most drunken country In
the world.
Old Nick is nix.
Now get out your writ OF ulster.
Can paste diamond be fraud OF the FIRST water :
Sir Tntton sykes, OF England, is at the Hotel
Brunswick
Senator Francis Herman, Of Utica, Is at the Fittn
Avenue Hotel.
Now you may begin 10 hear tho squswk and
see the little crocus
It is becoming fashionable to spray the hair with
cologne Let spray.
The Chicago Times says that Pope Loo wrote poetry
before he became inlable.
Mr. watterson goes Mr.. Halstcad just one better by
calling Pittsburg u brunette town.
Nevlta mno has n two-tons- and -a-half icicle,
shaped possibly like an sosceles triangle
Washington and Jefferson we're not great that
they despscd having parties bohind them.
The FIRST time young man catches the glance OF .
girl with speaking eyes he feels Dyes ka-spiel
The Galveston Neos thinks that Grant Is as much
ike gonapare as. .Boucicault is iiko Shakespeare.
There is a growing disposition among Southern
journals advocate Mr.. Hendricks for next Presi.
dent.
There seems 10 be disposition among the funny
fellows OF the newspapers quarrel with another.
Euphony fellows.
Texas journal urges that tho next Governor OF
Texas nst DO man who fought bravcly for estates
rights" in the recent war;
Tho Ind anp polls Journal thinks that II General But
ler for Governor Of Massachusetts next fall he
will bs hard man to keep down.
B.oomlngdac man went homo from a lecture the
other evening and told wife that 'It Is better
10 have loved hoss than have loved at ALL"
The WEEKLY HERALD's circulation IL not confined to
the country, One stand the Brooklyn City
Hall sold twenty-five copies belorc O'Clock on
Thursday morning.
The Bos ton Post says there arc seventeen more
American colonies than American prime donnc. But
the Post lorgets say that the coones generally
primed moro than tho donne.
The New York herald., 1878-03-04

authors. But the fidelity of our stage as
mirror of foreign stages has continued under
a system that seems to be financially more
burdensome to our managers than copy
right law would be. At the present time
they buy their foreign plays at fair prices
and have to defend their possession by ex-
pensive litigations, yet the product is still
almost exclusively that of foreign authors
But M. Delpit's argument presents the case
in broader light. He shows that the stage
even in Paris has degenerated on every oc-
casion when it has existed there in con-
ditions similar to those in which it always
exists here that of absolute freedom
and that it has ever been poor
in proportion as it has been free.
If the privilege is thrown open for
any man who can shire hall" to employ a
company and set up public entertainment,
the town is flooded with such enterprises,
public taste is depraved, and the manager,
instead of being priest in temple Of art,
becomes mere huckster of shows without
any other thought than the consideration
of what will pay. With such rivalry the
good theatre suffers if it does not perish
In this view, as free banks mean bad money,
so the free theatre means bad plays or none
at oil and we may have to content our
selves with the conclusion that a vital
dramatic literature is one of the good
things that we must make up our minds to do
without for the sake of that large individual
liberty which it would be very difficult to
restrict