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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-28
EdisOn's Electric Light.
Nrw Xopu Marob

2NAH AORh, Hls
The "Herald" to-day, says The first
practical illustration of Edison's electric
light, as q system. has just been given for
the past two nights. His entire laboratory
and machine shop have been lighted up
with the new light, and the result has been
e%minently satisfactory. In the machine
shop, 125 feet long by .25 feet wide, IL of
the new lights did the work of Is gas
burners that were previously used. The
lamps were regulated so that each gave the
light of from IS to 90 candles intensity.
The generator used was the ordinary
Gramme machine. The progress made
during the past two months by Edison has
been quite marked. The most prominent
Of the improvements is one relating to the
platinum and iridium coil. By this dis
covery, pronounced by experts who nave
seen it, as of great scientific Importance.
Edison has succeeded in practically Great
ing q new alloy, n that possesses prop
critics hitherto unknown. With the new
improvements, he claims to be able to fur
nish light at half the cost of gas.
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A ATTENTION

AwTNG TO MY HAVING GONE OUT OF
~ the nlent business, and being absent from
town much Of TIE time. people owing me mold
meat-aecou nts, nre requested to pay the same TO
Thomas Haley. at the Peoples Market, who will
receipt for the same. FIRED. BARNES.
Eureka. March u, 1879. mr2ilw
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c. J. LANSING,

A TTORNEY AT LAW. vi cor.
IN over Clark's Store, Eureka, NeS""A'
ner of Main and Clark streets.
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THos. WREN
GEO. w. BAKER,

A TTORNEY AT LAW AND pr;cr
N ry Public. Office In Dick Ryiand p'"
Buildina' Bateman street. Eureka, Nevada
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FOR SALE

A COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR B~OUsEKEEP-
IA ING, consisting of bedsteads, bedding,
chairs, stoves. etc, in fact everything suitable
for a medium sized family. Everything new
and in perfect order. Also, house for rent.
Apply at this Office for further particulars.
JAM ii
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For Sale or Lease.

A HOUSE AND LOT is OFFERED o
"A sale, or 10 lease. at n bargain situated
opposite the Richmond furnaces. For p%articu-
lsrs, apply to James =. Allen. at the Ottawa
Hotel.
Eureka, February IS, 1879. feb26 I'm
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NEW 1UHk, MaTCN III.
The "Times" thinks it may appear wild
and absurd to give warming of a Demo-
cratic scheme for the admission Of Utah as
. State, but the exultant Democratic ma
jority in Congress is capable of doing
about any sort Of mischief. There is no
occasion to dread the interposition of an
Executive veto for the bill to admit the
Territory. Tack the bill to the Naval APP
preparation bill and the thing is done.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06
lR. 3204.l
ChanCery Sale of Real Estate

In the Chancery Court of Shelby county.
Iennessee-W. b. Williamson VS.. A. II.
Smith.
RY virtue ofan interlocntory decree for sale
4 entered in the above cause on the 30
day of July, 1879, M. b. Is, page 96, l will
sell at public auction to the highest bidder,
IN front Of the Clerk and Masters office,
eGourt-honse Of Shelby county, Memphis,
Tennessee,
ON Saturday. December 6, 1879,
withia legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
tO-Wit;
Two certain parcels, or tracts Of land, stu
ated and being in the Seventh Civil District.
Tract Mol beginning at q stake the'northwest
corner OF Dock Carter's home tract; thence
west l6 poles toa stake near a white oak;
thence south Sc poles and 20 links to the mid
ale OF Fletcher creek, under the east side of n
bridges thence IN an easterly direction with
the channel of said creek to n stake, said
Dock Carter's southwest corners of said home
tract; thence north with his west boundary
line ~ poles to the beginning, containing by
estimation, 81 acres. Also tract No. 2, being
inc west corner OF ). A. Munson's, all on the
north side Of Fletcher creek, beginning in S.
a. MqnsOn's west line, in the center of the
main bed of said creek with sweet-gum point
ers; thence west 10 chains TO the northwest
corner Of said Munson's tract, with maple
pointers; thence cast 8 chains to a stake, with
sweet-gum and Whit oak pointers, the north
east corner of the part north of said creoe.
thence south $ chains to a stake; thence east
TO tho center of Eletcher's creek; thence Town
said creek to the beginning; cOntainirv nino
Dl acres, moro or less.
Terms OF sale-Un u credit Of six months.
purchaser to execute note with good security.
Lien retainedi redemption barred.
This November7, 1879.
r j. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
q. X. BARTEAU, SDlioitor. sQF
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06
AGAIN THE CAT.
How Delaware Furnishes a Certain
Glass of Rogues.

New Castle DELI special
The sound of the "cat" was again
heard in the Jail yard this morning.
About one hundred persons, mostly
boys and girls, assembled to witness
the tpilloring and lashing of Harry
Brannon, the inhuman brute who
committed an outrageous assault on
Martha Morris, a little girl seven years
of age. Brannon barely escaped the
gallows and was sentenced to stand
one hour in the pillory, receive thirty
lashes, pay a fine of $500 and be i'm
prisoned for the term of ten years.
Shortly before ten o'clock Warden
Dean proceeded to the prisoners
cell, and informed him that the
hour of punishment had arrived.
Brannon is a young man, not over
twenty-five years ofage. He made no
reply to the warden, and walked out
to the prison yard with total indiffer-
enc As soon as the bell tolled the
hour of ten, the prisoner mounted the
ladder which led to the platform,
where he was placed in the %pillory.
While in this position he held his
head down, showing plainly that he
felt keenly the disgrace. He remained
the hour without a murmur, though
he suffered somewhat as evidenced by
his swollen wrists, AT eleven o'clock
BrannOn was unfastcned from the
stocks and taken back to the prison in
order to disrobe for the lashing. In
five minutes he was out again strip
ped to the waist. AS he approached
the post he cast a longing sorrowful
glance in front OF him. Sheriff Pyle
now appeared. AS is the usual Gus
tom, the warden announced the pris-
oner's name and the number of lashes
he was to receive. Everything being
in readiness, Sheriff Pyle applied the
lash to the prisoners back. the warden
counting each stroke. Brannon stood
the whipping without complaining
and at the twentieth lash raised his
left foot to rest himself, indicating
that he was suffering great pain. Al
the conclusion of the thirtieth lash
the prisoners hands we're unfastened
from the iron clasps, and, though the
blood was not drawn, large red welts
we're ~perceptible on his back and
shoulders. No sympathy was express.
ed for him, the only regret being that
the punishment was not more severe,
the crime the culprit committed being
a most brutal one.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06
friday, December &c, 1879,

between the hours of 10 o'clock am. and Q
O'Clock D,m., on the southwest corner OF
Main and Madison streets. in tho Taxing
District, late city of Memphis, Shelby county,
Tennessee, offer for sale to the highest bidder
for cash, the following described real estate,
t0-wit: All the right, title, claim ana interest
of said G. w. Edm Onds and w. 7. EdmOnls,
being the undivided ene.half thereof of the
following described lot Of ground in the said
Taxing District, late the city Of Memphis,
Tennessee; being part of lot Y73, as laid down
in the plan of Memphis, beginning at a point
on the south side of Adams street 69 feet 9
inches from the east side of the alley which
runsbetween Second and Third streets: thence
running southwardly and parallel with said
alley l4S% feet TO Cars alley; thence east
wardly 40 feet; thence northwardly parallel
with the first line 1857 to Adams street,;
thence %westwardly 40 feet to the beginning,
being the same lot. conveyed to A. N. Ed
monds by John r.. Watkins by deed recorded
in book l2O, page260, Of the records Of Shelby
county, Tenn.
The right Of redemption is especially waived
in said trust deed and the sale will be made
discharged thereof. The title to said proper
ty is believed TO be good but / will sell and
convey only as trustee.
R. A. PARKER, Trustee.
Taylor x Carroll, Attorneys. 81 l0l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06

proportion to population than any
other city in the country. From
1861 TO 1870 the great body of
tax>paying citizens of the place
were absolutely or virtually dis
franchiscd. In that time the events
Of the wal brought a great influx Of
people here from all directions, and
the population was nearly or quite
doubled. BY the end of hat time
bad government, mismanagement
or m~iscalculation had incurred a
heavy load Of debts, and this
is not the only place that
has suffered from municipal misrule,
The people have not felt able to pay
these bad debts. much less undertake
expensive public improvements, These
facts have been freely admitted, but
constitute no reason why a stranger
enjoying a little brief authority who
was Hospitality entertained by our best
citizens should go away and misrepre-
sent affairs here and stigmatize the
whole population as as a set of Grim
inals and savages. Memphis is not, as
he doubtless assumes, a nest Of South
ern Rebels, but IS a cosmopolitan place
made up Of various nationalities, in
Guiding Northern people, Germans,
Irish, Swiss and French, as well as ma
tive born Southern people, white and
colored, thoughthis is the first time
we were aware that the col
ored people lived in mule stables.
or that they were noted for Clearly
habits. The meanest thing, however,
in the whole article and intended to
injure us most, is the assertion that
the cotton on the streets is contami-
mated and will spread yellow fever
wherever it goes. 1t this hero had
been here in 1878 when we lost over
FIVE thousand people by the fever, and
the air seemed laden with its breath,
he would have seen cotton h~andledjust
as it is now, and not a case of fever
ever resulted In the markets
and factories to when it was
sent. Even the famous DR..
Plunket searched in vain for such a
case and had to admit that there was
a missing link in the chain of evil
dence. The trouble with him was a
screw loose in his head, but this New
York expert has a method in his mad
ness, and for the sake of notoriety in
the papers, and possibly further pay
from the government, misrepresents a
whole community when he is at a safe
distance and feels hat there will be
but slight attention paid to any reply.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06

ChancerY Sale Of Real Estate.


r. S397-Chancery Court Of Shelby county
Paul S. Jones and James ID. Jones, partners
as Jones Brothers, vs. John II Terrell,
Elizabeth b. rerrill and al.
R1 virtue Of an interlocutory decree for sale,
- entered in the above cause on the 5th day
Of March, 1879, NJ. B. %, p. 40i, will sell, at
public auction. 60 the highest bidder, in front
Of the clerk and masters office, courthouse of
shelby county. Memphis, Tenn, on
Saturday, December 80, 1879,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-wit: A certain tract, eighteen miles in a
southeasterly direction from Memphis, on
the line q the Memphis and Charleston rail-
road and bounded as follows, to-wit: On the
east By the lands of Meacham and Perkins;
on the north BY the lands of VIM. T. Belts:
on the west by the lands of S. A. Moore md
on the soHth by the line Of the Memphis and
Charleston railroad, containing by estimation
one hundred and two and one-half ncres,
more or less, together with all the privileges
belonging thereto.
Terms Of sale-0n a credit of seven months,
purchaser executing note with good and suf-
hcient approved security, lien retained, re-
demptiOn barred.
This November 10, 1879.
R, J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
randolph x Hammond, solicitors for com
plainants. "a al
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Attachment Notice.

Before Thomas Fleming, j. P. for Shelby
county, Tenn John Shuttle VS.. Jas. Stokes.
i sued out under section 3455 of the Code OF
Tennessee, and returned, "levied upon the
property of the defendant" and affidavit hav-
ing been made that defendant is indebted
to the plaintiff In the sum of go, due
by account, and that the claim is Just,
and that the defendant is a nonresident
Of the State Of Tennessee; It is therefore or
dered that said defendant make his personal
appearance before me on the s4th dsy of De-
cenber, 1879, at my office. No. 80 Madison
street, Memphis, Tenn. and defend said
attachment suit within the time prescribed by
law, or the same will be proceeded with ex-
ished once a week for four weeks in the Pub
lie Ledger.
This the ed day of November, 1879.
70 78 "a go rHOS. FLEMING. i p
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HOW IT WAS HOOKED.
A Government Printer Gets $500 for
Stealing the Presidents Message.

Washington Special Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette.l
The true story of how the Presi-
dents message and Secretary's report
was surreptitiously obtained for publ
cation has come to the ears of your
correspondent this evening. The
matter was engineered by Theron D.
Crawford, the correspondent of the
Chicago Times, and formerly of the
Pittsburg press. He approached a
government printer and finally secured
a bargain to secure proofs of the docu-
ment for $1,000. He made an arrange
ment with several papers TO receive the
message and divide the expense. Some
Of them we're disposed to weaken on
Saturday, but Crawford was instructed
blythe Times to go ahead, if that paper
had to assume all the expense itself.
The message was telegraphed so as to
close about 4 o'clock in the morning,
when the Chicago Tribune got wind Of
it, and Immediately telegraphed to
New York where a copy OF the New
York Times, with the message in it,
was obtained. The work Of tele-
graphing it from New York to the
Tribune commenced at 4 o'clock in
the morning. Ten wires were used,
and the Tribune was enabled to appear
with the message in a late edition
about 1880 o'clock this morn
ing. This is, perhaps, the most re-
markable feat Of telegFaphing and set
ting up matter on record, as the
entire work Of making arrangements,
t%elegraphing and setting up over 20
600 words was accomplished in less
than four hours.
Hop Bitters does not exhaust and
destroy. hut restores.
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BEECHER ON PIES.
He Wishes Mrs. B. Could Make Pics fol
the Whole Universe.

New York Herald
Il am sorry to see that DR.. Ham
mOnd is opposed to pie" said Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher; but then he
redeemed himself at the close of this
interview, and said it was only bad pie
he was DESTROYS Of crushing out of ex-
istence."
Are you in favor of pie, Mr.. Beech.
err"
Very much, indeed. l think it is
an American institution, and ought to
be supported on the ground of nation
atty"
What kind of pie do you like best?"
We'll, | think a good apple pie is
elysium. And then again, there is
mince. Mince pie! Why mince pie
is dear to the hearts of men all over
the world"
Pie eaters. throughout the country
will be glad Of your support, Mr..
Beecher."
Why? Has pie grown into dis
favor?'
VERY much so just now"
u am always on the side of the
weak, you know. | have got through
with slavery and the Chinese, and
here | am now on the side of pie"
DO you know anything about how
pies are made?p
II do. sir, a great deal. They are
made with a top and bottom crust-a
light, brittle crust, with the very
choicest fruit between. What New
England heart does not swell with
pride when it thinks of pumpkin pie?'
Are you going to set up a cook
shOp2' said Mrs. Beeoher, Rho was
present.
NO" replied the eminent divine.
turning to his spouse who was max
ing a new dress out of one apparently
already we'll advanced in years. 81
am only being interviewed of the sub.
jeet of pie. just fancy, mother. the
world is turning its back on pie. What
next? All r heaving a deep sigh. III
is a cold and changcable world. Sud
denly Frightening up, "They don
know anything about Mrs. Beecher',
pies; that's evident. | wish she coult
make pies for the whole universe, ant
we should not have any of thii
trouble"
Il think. Mr.. Beeoher, If people
could get such a pie as that there
would be great demand for it,"
Il haven't the least doubt of it
But then there's pie and pic the sam,
as there are saints and saints. Their,
are bad saints as well as gooC
saints, and / am told that there j
some very bad pie. Who is it that !
so much down on pie?'
well, Mr. Beecher, the theatrica
people have abused it roupdly.p
\ Have they, indeed I am sorry L
bear thai. You may be sure that the
have fallen in the way of some bad pi
or they would not be so unjust. / oni
wish they could all come here and par
take OF the real thing and be convert
ed into the true fold Of pie. l mea
right down, regular pie-no puddin,
You can't humbug me with pudding
|, That would be delightful. And no
American pie is in %disrepute. Ala
poor pie
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06
I~nsOIvent Notice.
s7ArR OF TEvyEssEE, sHrLsY couyrY.

STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY COUNTY,
OFFICE COUNTY Court CLERK,
MEMPHIS, TRNN., November q, 1879.
To j. A. Anderson, public administrator of
GaetanO Luechese, deceased.
HAVING suggested tue insolvency Of the
Ii estate Of uaetanO Luechese, deceased,
you are HEREBY ordered to give notice by adver-
tisement in some newspaper published within
the said St9te, and also ut the comt -house
door Of Shelby county, for all persons having
claims against said estate, to appear aud Gle
the same with the Clerk Of the County Court
authenticated ia the manner prescribed by
law, on or before the 9d day Of March, 1880;
and any claim not filed on or before said day
or before an appropriation Of the funds of said
estate is made, shall be forever barred, both
in law and equity.
Witness my hand, at Office, this 2lst day O.
November, 1879.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk,
BY HUGH 3. CULLEN, D. C.
70 rs 81 90
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06
saturday, December 20, 1870.

within legal hours. the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-wit; lst, n tract or parcel Of land contain
ing acres, part OF. the John Rice 50O0-acre
tract, beginning at a stake one link east of n
small %dogwood tree; thence south IS degrees
east 4.43 chains TO a stake; thence south S
degrees, west @.3l chains to a stake on the
south line of John Riee's 5OO0. acre survey;
thence with said line north IS degrees west
44S chains to a stake in the corner of A. r.
Wells 10. acre lot; thence north 5 degrees east
POSI- chains to the beginning. I'd, a lot con-
taining six acres, beginning at a stake on the
south line Of John kice's 500O-acre survey;
thence south 9.96 chains to a stake whence a
B. oak marked y Il bears south 5l% degrees
east l9 links; thence south IS degrees east sol
chains to 0 stake in the south line of Rice's
survey: thence north IS degrees west with
said line 8 OF chains to the beginning.
Terms Of sale-Qn a credit of six and oigh-
teen months, purchaser executing notes bear
ing interest with approved security, lien re.
tanned, redemption barred,
This November q, 1879.
r. J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
Wcatherford X Estes, soils. for compl'ts.
rs ~ B8 %
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06

the Secretary Of tho Treasury are also
engaged, as has previously been an
nounced. These arc General Sher-
mans daughters, Miss Ellie, whose
tiance is Mr.. Thackera, U. S. N, and
her first cousins, the Misses Addie
and Cecilia Moulton, Of Cincinnati.
The latter is engaged to an army Off
Ger, and the former TO gentleman
residing in Cincinnati.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06
Monday, December sth. 1870.
Administrators sale.

WILL on MONDAY, the Sth day or De-
! cember next, at the livery stable Of K. r.
Armistead,, S7S Main street, in the city of
Memphis, between the hours of l9 m. and /
p.m,,., expose to public sale tbs following
horses, 2 buggies,
2phaetons, 3 sets harness,
z brides, several lap cloths, halters, etc.
which belong to the estate Of Ernest P Leoke.
ueceaseu' r. W, LEAkE,
~, Admr Of Il. P. Leake, deed.
Flippin X Fhppir, rs Madison street.
re o.
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Siiermau's yfeces B0upd
Marry.
Mis. Grundy IN lho P~hIIndeIphIa Zinc.

Miss Grundy in the Philadelphia Times.
Secretary Sberman's nieces arc as
frequently announced as betrothed or
married as Mrs. Hayes cousins. Mrs.
Don Cameron, whose engagement was
made while a guest at Secretary Sher-
man s, and her cousin Miss Reese, q
grandniece Of the general and score
tsry, have both been married since
the Latter has been in tho cabinet
Miss Reese's wedding occurred this
week Wednesday in Lancaster. Her
elder sister, who Travelled through the
past summer with Secretary Sher-
mans wife in Europe, is announced as
3etrot1ed TO q young naval officer.
n.y. Baker. Three other pieees OF
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In Supreme Court at Jackson-John Berripap.

In Supreme Court at Jackson-John Berrigap.
administrator Of Patrick Maher, deceased.
VS.. Thomas Fleming, ct al.
by virtue Of the decree pronounced BY tho
- Supreme Court Of Tennessee a. jackson.
on the ninth day ofJune, 1879, in this cause
l Will offer for sale to the highest bidder, in
'front.' ofthe courthouse Of Shelby county. in
Memphis, on Monday, December 8, 1879, the
tract ofland mentioned and described in said
decree, as follows Situated in Shelby
county, Tennessee, in the town of Fort Pick
erlng' beginning at a point on Main street,
extended on the west side thereof eighty feet
south OF Carolina street, at a stake; running
thence. south along the west side of Main
street forty feet to n stake; thence west one
hundred and twenty. seven and one-half feet
TO the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad:
thence north forty feet to stake; thenee east
one hundred and twenty-seyen and One-balf
feet to the beginning, being part Of Block No.
81. as laid down on Fuckers map.
Terms OF sale-Said property will be sold on
a credit OF seven months, purchaser to exc
cute note with approved personal security.
and a lien retained on the land until the mr.
chase money is paid. Equity of redemption
jackson, Tenn. November IA, 1879
JN0. II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
GeeeerJg.e CAN'T and p. j. Melyihill, Solicitors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06
Trustees Sale.

FINDER and'by virtue Of a certain decd Of
~ trust executed by G. w. Bdmonds and W.
i Fdmonds on the Sd day of August, 18Th, and
duly recorded in the office Of the register oil
Shelby county, Tennessee, in record book
No. rs, page 402, reference being here made
thereto, l will, at the request of the benefoi-
airy therein, for the purpose of paying the
indebtedness thereby sacnredL on
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AdRainistrator,s Notice.

wiz on Tuesday ...the 9Th OF Dceem.
= tef, le19, ut the stable OF J. A. Faires,
OF VIM, Q. Tindall, deceased, sell a ist OF
Jour mules, two mares and COILS, and a lot az
drays and harness and q buggy. Snle within
legal hours. Terms~CaSh.
}. A. ANDERSON,
Adm'r Of W, 6. Tinanli, deed.
tLIrglS a fLlPPN, ottys, IS Madison. "a %
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-06
Chancery Sale of Real Estate.

R, 2Ieo-Chsnoery Court of Shelby county
w. M. Siddons and al. VS.. John McHatcher.
Rf virtue of an interlocutory decree for
~ sale, entered in the above cause on the
18th day Of July, 1878, M. B. -, p 1877, / will
der, in front of the clerk and masters Office.
courthouse of Shelby county, Memphis, now
Taxing District Of Shelby county, Tenn, on