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the several lots or tracts Of land mentioned in
said decree, to-wit;
First-Part Of lot s. block 80. on Causev
street, in the city of Memphis, Shelby county.
tennessee. and bounded and described as fol-
lows; pommencing at tho northeast corner of
lot 0, olock %, map OF the city Of Memphis,
thence running south along the west line of
Causey street 40 feet; thence westwardly par
allel with the north line Of said lot TO the
bayou; thence along the east side or waters
edge OF said bayou TO the northern side M
said lot; thence east with the western line of
said lot TO the beginning.
Second-One other lot lying on the west side
OF Causey street, in the city eff Memphis.
Shelby county, Tenn, and being the mart az
a lot deereed TO VIC. Causey by the County
Court OF Shelby county, November term, 1857.
and by him conveyed to Samuel TOole Febru-
airy /. 1861, by deed registered in Book So. part
l. page 55o, Registers oiiioe Of Shelby county.
TO which reference is made, which lot ia
bounded on the east by Causey street, and
commences at Mrs. Jane ID. Crooks south
cast corner; running thence along Causey
street - feet to NJ. j. Wrights northeast cor
Iner; thence westward with Wrighrs north
line 10 Bayou GayOsO then co with the bayou
10 mrs. Irook's corner; thence eastwardly
with her line to the beginning.
Inlrd-Another lot, the east half of lot 62
Of the John ID. Armour subdivision, fronting
80 feet on the north side Of Madison strsei ex-
tended, in the city of Memphis, Tennessee.
and running back between parallel lines l60
feet TO an alley. being the same lor oonveved
by j.. b. Heiskell and others to Mrs. Jane D.
Crook by deed recorded in Book M. mage 16I
Registers. Office of SAelby county, to which
reference is made.
Terms Of sale cash,
June II, 1873.
- JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
IL. Is. MCFARLAND, Sol 81 tiG
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wiol,einea., in Gothnm.

The New York Mercury has
made a new discovery within the
past week, and announces IL to its
readers. One of its reporters, at
the request of a policeman, visited
a somewhat noted but quiet APP
pearing place called Prospect
Hall. 1t is located on William
street, and during the day-more
particularly at lunch time and at
night it is a regular resort for old
and young fellows. About 8 or 9
o'clock each morning girls dressed
in working clothes, with a book
and lunch under their arm, as
though bound for work, pass along
William street, and instead of turn.
ing from it, they pop into Prospect
Hall There they divest themselves
of their working attire, and are
soon transformed into hair -irizzed,
long.trained, color-booted and heav-
ily-painted beauties. They remain
nj the place during the day, and at
lunch time are visited by mer-
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Jenny Liud and DanieI, weDster.
From an interview with Barnum.l
"ls Jenny Lind poor?"

From an interview with Barnum.l
'1s Jenny Lind poor?"
''Not a bit of it. The reports to
that effect in the newspapers were
the grOssest slanders-all that story,
you remember, about her husbands
being a spendthrift and making
way with her money. lie sued one
of the publishers, and proved in
court that Jenny is worth two mil
lion dollars. She made one million
dollars in America, and Mr.. Gold
scmidt invested it SO successfully
that it has doubled. He is real
nice, quiet little fellow, Jew
though he became a Christian when
he married her--and three or four
years younger than she. l saw her
only a year ago. She has a grown
up son and daughter. Sir Julius
Benedict, the composer, Jenny's old
teacher, told me that the daughter
would have been as great q singer
as her mother ever was if she
hadn't been rich. AS for her son,
he knows that Jenny is rich. He
likes to spend the money, and Jenny
likes to have him.
"You can't imagine what a tri-
umph the tour of Jenny Lind in
this country was. 1t was an inces-
SAINT ovation. Old Daniel Webster,
whenever he heard her sing the
Swiss Echo song, would rise in the
audience as soon as she had finished.
and make three profound bows,
He did it at CASTLE e,Garden, in Prov
idenee, in Boston, in Washington.
She always expected it, and she
always received it. | introduced
him to her one day in the Revere
House in Boston. He wore buff
vest and velvet collar, and had his
hair brushed up off his forehead.
lie talked sound sense to her, with
dignity and stately courtesy. l
remember the old fellow telling her
in his most impressive and senate
rial manner that America is the
best country in the world, Madame,
for persons who do not indulge in
Intoxicating beverages lie had
just been 'wetting his whistle in
the bar-room. After he had gone
Jenny jumped up, walked the
floor excitedly, clasped her hands,
and with indescribable eartnesness
and prettiness, exclaimed: '0h, Mr..
Barnum, that is a mani that is a
man, Mr.. Barnum; l never saw a
man BEFORE observations which
she repeated several times in sue
cession."
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DRAW POKER.
How that Seductive Game ls Played
~ In England


Draw poker is still evidently
gaining favor in England. Labou-
chere gives, in the last issue of the
Truth, a leng article on the nation
al American game, which opens
thus:
81 rather like a round game at
cards, but while from these games
the element of chance cannot be
eliminated, success should be as
much dependent upon good play as
upon mere luck. This it is that
renders whist SO universally popu-
lar. The American game of poker
has within the last year or two
been introduced into England. 1t
is, | think, the best OF round games,
and for this reason am going to
explain it.
He then proceeds with stating
the general principles of the game,
and proceeds in this way:
In America the only limit to
the bets is the amount of ready
money that may be in the pocket OF
the player. Thus, if a persen with
the worst hand among the party
produces $1,000, and offers to bet
them, while no ono else has this
sum about him, the capitalist would
win all that has previously been
staked without having to show his
hand. On the Mississippi steam
boats professional gamblers used to
win in this manner by the simple
expedientof having larger amounts
in their pockets. -Four or five years
ago some gamblers on one of these
boats sat down to play with a sin
gularly guileless young man. Sew
eral thousand dollars had already
been staked, and then one of the
gamblers pulled out $4,000 and
offered to bet them. Put them
on the table, said the guileless
youth, and he then slowly produced
vast pile OF notes from his pock-
ct, adding, Il sec the $40, 900 of
the gentleman, and go 5000, 900
better AS the gamblers did not
possess $200,000, he became the
possessor of the $20,000.. Io srrs
The gamblers were aghast, and
asked him whether he habitually
carried about with him such enor-
nous sums. Frequently he
said; Il am a clerk Of a New Or.
leans bank, and carry notes up to
the b-anch banks In vain the
gamblers complained that he was
playing with money which did not
belong to him. The guileless youth
pertinently remarked that this was
a matter that alone regarded the
directors Of the bank. In Eng
land, where poker is played rather
for amusement than as a convenient
speculation, it is usual to limit the
amount by which any bet can be
raised, or to limit the total amount
which can be staked upon any
hand. Thus, if the ante is one
counter, the limit that can be bet
upon a hand would be about twenty
counters, and the counters may
represent pence, shillings or
pounds, as it suits the purse of the
players.r aB.- s0
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Attachment Notice.

Before, Thos. Fleming. Justice Of tho Peace
for Shelby County, Tenn.-Appless Ford VS..
John Smith.
L y IHIS CAUSE AN NATTACHMENTH HAV-
4 inz leen sued out under section 3455 of the
Oode OF tennessee, and returned levied upon
the property Of the defendant by garnish-
ment on n. I. Ingram. who answers that he
has IN his possession one COW belonging to
J ohm Smith, defendant, and affidavit having
been made that the defendant is indebted to
the plaintiff in the, sum of SIS, due
by account. and that the claim is lust, and
that defendant is a nonresident Of tho State
Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that
said defendant make his oPIerfonal appear-
1873, at my ofico, No. 80 Madison street
Memphis, Tennessee. and defend said
attachment suit within the time pre-
scribed by law, or the same will be proceeded
with ex parte and that a copy of this order be
published once a week for four consecutive
weeks in the Public Ledger,
This the 81 day Of June. 1878,
81. .S8-9ilO0 THOS. FLEMING. j, p.
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a sensation worth Dying For.

| am no teller of stories, says
Hazlitt, yet there is one belonging
to the Burleigh house Of which |
happened to know some of the par
ticulars. The late Earl of Exeter
was divorced from his wife, a wo.
man Of fashion and of somewhat
more gravity of manners than
\" lords who love their ladies'" like.
lie determined to seek u second in
an humble sphere of life, and that
it should be one who, having no
knowledge of his rank, should love
him for himself alone. For this
purpose he went and settled ncog-
nito, under the name of Mr.. Jones,
at Hornet, an obscure village in
Shropshire. lie made oyeftures to
one or two damsels in the neigh
borhood, but they were too know
ing to be taken in by him. His
manners were not boorish his
mode of life was retired; ; itwas odd
how he got his livelihood, AND at
last he begun 10 be thought a high
wayman. Ia this dilemma he
turned to Miss Hoggins, the eldest
daughter of a small farmer, at
whose house he lodged. Miss Hog
gins, it would seem, had not been
used to romp with the village
clowns; there was something in the
manner Of their quiet but eccentric
guest that she liked.
Having inspired ber with that
kind of regard which he wished
for, he made honorable proposals to
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WOMEN MAKING LOVE.
Some Suggestive HIRts 10 the Gen.
.HHr tie Sex. 2H.

tie Sex. 2H.
New York SUM- rps
Many young women write to us,
asking for instructions as to how
they shall win men for whom they
have conceived an affection, but
who show no responsive feeling.
Charlatans sell love powders to
such enamored maidens, under the
pretense that if they give them
SurreptitiouSly to the blind or In
different objects Of their regard,
the attachment they feel will be
reciprocated. But no powders ever
made were able to kindle love in
the breast Of man. Only the
charms, graces and virtues of a
lovable woman can start that flame,
which, once it blazes forth, is apt
to be consuming fire..
There.is, indeed, very little for a
girl to do who has fallen in love
with a man who is unaware of the
warmth Of her feelings toward him,
or careless as to whether they are
warm or cold. She is foolish if she
thrusts herself on him, and she
makes a mistake if she does not let
him have the initiative in the for
NAL cOurtship; though it is entire
ly proper and consistent with the
feminine nature for her to attract
him to her by modest arts, for
philosophers say that women are
the first to fall in love. Their
pride and their dignity may demand
that they shall be 'courted, yet
oftentimeS the prize has been won
before it has been really sought.
Such is the case Of a Western
girl, who thus writes US:
3" Sir-I am an old maid, thirty
two years old, am a tailoress by
trade, and if | believe everything
that is told me, | am very pretty.
"Now, sir, as you give such good
advice to everybody that writes to
you, l have come to the conclusion
that | will write to you in the time
Of trouble, as | prefer your advice
to that Of any friend | have in the
world. ta
81 never had a proposal in my life,
| am obliged to own. There is a
young man in this neighborhood
whom | love with all my heart, but
he never pays me the least atten-
tion, nor seems to care a cent for
me. / have asked him a great many
times to take me home from meet
ing bees and cuttings, but he al.
ways finds some excuse not to. /
don't know what to do abont it.
How can l make myself attractive
to him and make him propose? for
if l don't marry this young man
my heart will break. / could not
live without him.
ga friend of mine said that |
ought not to ask him to take me
home. Isn't that proper? And
tell me what other young ladies do
when they set their hearts on any
young man. / wrote him a letter
once, and told him what / thought
Of him, but he never answered it.
Please advise me what to do.
A WESTERN GIRL"
You do wrong in making such
advances to the fellow, for by so
doing you stir up his vanity and
give him the idea that you are
throwing yourself at his head.
Never do thatopenly, though many
adroit girls, fuller of arts than
you, evidently, do successfully make
love TO men without their object be-
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Tuesday, June is, 1873,

sell at public outcry in font Of the court
house door of shelby county, Tonn., within
legal hours, for cash, to the highest bidder, 10
satisfy tho Indebtedness named in said trust
deed, the following described real estate situ-
ated in the city Of Memphis, shelby county,
Tenn., to-wit:
Part Of lot 2, block5l commencing at o stake
on the east side Of DoSoto street. three hum
dred and thirty-seven t3Sl) feet south Of Beal
street; then running south with DeSoto street
ninety-fOur (94) feet To stake, thence east.
wardly parallel with Beal street one hundred
and fifty l5Ol feet TO a stake thence north
wardy ninety-four (9l) ieet to a stake; thence
westwardly parallel with Beal street one hun
dred and fifty (l5Ol feet to the b ginning, he-
ing the same conveyed by A. M. Fergusop by
deed. May. q, 1851, 10 Sledge a Jones, and
recorded IN tho Registers Office OF Shelby
county, Tenn, in Book No. ~, pages 81 and
1888, and all the hereditamenu and appurte-
Dances thereunto belonging or in any way
thereto appertainng.
Equity Of redemption Is waived, and title
believed to bo good, but Isell and convey AZ
Trustee only.
May II, 1873. s7.N
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on Saturdar. JnIH 1s. 1S7s.

the tract of land mentioned in the pleadines
ana decree, lying in Shelby county, Tennes-
see, containg 50 acres more or less. and known
and described as tho east half of lot No, Of
section l, township /, range 9 west, and being
the same lot conveyed in the mortgage exc
cuted to complainant, d. W. Bynum, By de
lIeessSaant' ". y. searcy. on the 3Oth Of August,
Terms OF Sale-Said land will be sold upon
credit OF seven "a and twelve C2) months.
purchaser executing notes with approved per-
ssonal security for the purchase money, and a
lien retained on the land until said notes are
PAID. Equity Of redemption barred.
June IL, 1878.
=, JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
VANCE 4 ANpERsON Sols 90 lie
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On Saturday, July 20, ISIS,

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, fronting
on Pigeon Roost road and Monroe street exc
tended; and also lots ten. eleven, twelve and
thirteen, all in Memphis. Tenn, for moro
OF information as to title, reference may be
made to proceedings in U o First Chaneery
Court In the causes of Robert l.. Brown ys. Il.
q. Galloway. ct al, No. 933, r. D.. ; Isaac y.
iIilliPrd ct al. vs.. l. g. Galloway ct al, 9S4,
n p'i and ", II. Turley VS.. l.. e. Galloway
ct al, i594. X. D. The title is presumed to be
good, but will sell and convey as Trustee
only. S, p. READ. Trnstee.
June II, 1873. SS'iS;
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LEGAL.
In Supreme Court of Tennes-
see at Jackson.

W. L. Beat, for use of the Insurance Com
pany Of the Valley of Virginia VS.. Geo. W.
l.. Crook, Jane d. Crook ct al.
ia, virtue Of the decree pronounced by the
- Supreme Court Of Tennessee at jackson.
April 3, 1878. in this cause. will offer FOR sao
to tho highest bidder, in front OF the court
house OF Shelby county, in the city Of Mem
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On SaturdaY. JnlK 1a. 1S7a.

the tract Of land described in the pleadinrs
and decree in this cause. lying in the Eighth
civil district Of Shelby county, TENNESSEE and
bounded as follows: beginning at the north
Davidson 70 Robert /. Chester and wife
thence west ia chains; thence south ehtiI,s:
thence west 20 chains so links to the south,
west corner; thence north Al chains; thence
east % chains 20 links; thence Rorth Is chains
% links to the northwest corner; thence east
~ chains 20 links to the northeast corner;
thence south so chains so links 10 the point Of
beginning coptaing 662 acres more or less.
Terms Of sale cash.
June IL. 1878.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
gro W. WINCHESTER, Sol. for complainant.
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JOHN II, FREEMAN, Clerk.
IL D. MOh ARLAhDf sol. 80 ll6
I'm Supreme Court al jackson.

DIV. Bynum vs.. W. q. Searcy.
RY virtue Of the decree pronounced by the
- supreme Court of Tennessee at jackson.
in this cause, April 3. 1878, | will offer for
sale 70 the highest bidder, in front of the
ee9urt-houso of Shelby county, in the city Of
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Trustees Sale.

QY. virtue Of the terms of certain trust
ID deed to me executed April 10. 1877. by
James Cleary and his wife, Ellen Cleary, and
ed 4. Cunny, and duly recorded in the Reg.
ister's effice of Shelby county, Tenn, April
10, 1877, in Record Book No. III, page 90. 10
secure the payment of certain Indebtedness
named, and default having been
mnda will IL
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~ the GOLDEN WHEEL
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plainly written. with price. TO CHRISTIAN
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S2-d6w. 1861
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Trustees sale.

RH virtue Of deed of trust executed to me
j. by w. H. TurIey in January, 1874, and
MED Tor registration juno IL, 1875 and pursu-
NeWcomb, deceased, the beneficiary therein
named, for the purpose Of liQuidating the de-
taulted note for $3.50, due December, q, 1875,
with 10 per. cent. interest from December %,
ance, [ will,
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l.. Il. Lanier ct al. VS.. NJ. l.. Bell ct al.
QY virtue of the decree pronounced in this
~ cause by the Supreme Court of Tennessee
at jackson, April 3, 1873, will offer lor sale
to the highest bidder, in front of the csurt-
house OF Shelby county, in the city of Mem
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] IAN UPiSnos, cost si6oO' only % u XII AN
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In Supreme Court at jackson.

JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
VANCE / ANDERSON, Soils. 10 liz
Stevens County tribune., 1878-07-18

Boston has scandal of huge proper
tions. One of her leading lawyers by
the name of Allen, was nearly victim
ised to the extent of a thousand dollars,
by woman who claims to have been
his mistress. The woman presented
the cheque at the bank, but as she was
not identified, it was not paid, and
owing to suspicion of its genuineness,
she was arrested. The detectives
went to search her room and found Mr..
Allen sitting ON chair with no cloth
ing ON but his undergarments. He ex-
planned his situation by saying that he
was induced to go to her room, and
after undressing, she had taken his
clothes and locked them up in her
trunk, and demanded $40, 900 before
she gave them up. He at first refused
to pay anything, and finally compro-
missed by giving a chequc for $1,000,
but as stated, she was unable to get it
cashed. The woman was locked up
on charge Of matchmaking.
Stevens County tribune., 1878-07-18

The European Congress has almost
concluded its labors, and viii probably
adjourn in a few days. The whole
proceedings have been harmonious, and
this fact may be attributed to the firm
stand taken by England when she de-
clared that if it was necessary she
would assert rights and back her
assertions, if she had to act alone; as
the result of this plucky conduct, she
hes been able to press her claims and
the claims of other nations, with such
force that the treaty Of San Stcfano
has been torn to- pieces, and Russia has
been forced north of the Balkans.
England has obtained control of the
road to India and really commands the
Dardanells, and has by these means,
and also by the skill and foresight Of her
diplomatists, interposed barriers that
will in the future keep the Russian
bear within bounds.
Stevens County tribune., 1878-07-18

Reports from the various parts Of
the State, go to show that good crop
is almost assured We do not think
that the yield will be as large as an
ticipated, yet it will be good aver
age. Our reason for this conclusion is
based on the fact, that almost every To-
cality reports more or less lodged and
rusted grain. If the crop is harvested
as it now stands, and there is no dam
age to it during harvest, we anticipate
prosperous times during the coming
season.
Stevens County tribune., 1878-07-18

The Montreal Orangemen, at the
eleventh hour, concluded that ''discre-
ton was the better part of yalor, and
did not parade; the city was full of
military and constabulary, and every
precaution was taken to prevent dis
turbance, but they wisely decided to
stay at home. We suppose this rule
will apply to the l7th of March also.
and the annual procession on that day
be suspended; if not there is posi-
bility of a red hot time acoming.
Stevens County tribune., 1878-07-18
From the Lac Qui Psrle Press.

From the Lac Qui Parle Press
The corn crop promises well, ard in fact
that is the condition of all the crops in this
vicinity, the human crop included.
We witnessed the unprecedented specta-
Gle the other day of an Indian looking for
work. This is the first instance of the kind
upon record. Cautious people Stunned
him, fearing he was crazy
We counted 80 teams upon our streets,
Monday last at one time 1t would seem
that the farmers had mutual understand
ing to make Monday their market day
hereafter. For some time past, Saturday
has brought very few to town, while Mon
day has been our most busy day.
Stevens County tribune., 1878-07-18

A scoundrel by the name of John
son, who lives near Benson, violated
the person of young girl named Mary
Kurkiyiski, while she was sleeping in
the same bed with his wife. The Ben
son Times remarks, in its comments,
that ''the perpetrator Of such bastard
ly crime against human nature and fe-
male weakness, thould be taught that
there is a God in Israel
Stevens County tribune., 1878-07-18

Now that Washburn has got the
nomination, all the small fry have dried
up, and are waiting for further orders,
before opening the fall campaign. We
are afraid some of their lumber, will
be shavings or saw-dust.
Stevens County tribune., 1878-07-18

A colored man named Honeycut, of
Fergus Falls, married white girl, and
correspondent of the Globe thinks
that they wont live long enough to
witness the end of their foolish step.