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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-02

Non-ResIdent Notiee.

No. S@Sl2-In the Chancery Court of Shelby
johnson.
1T appearing from sherifis return in mi,
4 cause that the defendant, Squire John
son, IS not to be found in his county. M ia
therefore ordered that be make his appear
ahce hefein, at the courthouse Of Shelby
county memphis, Tennessee, on or before
the hrst Monday in August. 1879, and plead.
answer or demur to compartments bill. or the
same VIII be taken for confessed as to him
anu SET tOr hearing ex-parte; and that a copy
OF this order be published 0nce a week for
tonT successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of June, 1879.
A ~cOpy-Attest:
"A +, j. BLACK, Clerk and Muster.
m9mes q Poston, Soils. for complainant.
DY virtue of the mowers c.nfarrad No.
u EgbeTt Woodbridge and mis- successors In
once as trustee, by a deed of trust made nv
1. castles ana Louisa A. Castles, dated
March ~, 1914, and recorded in Deed Book,
go, ~, page ~, in the Registers Office Of
shelby county, TO secure the payment Of a
certain indebtedness fully described therein.
uelanit having been made In the terms and
conditions thereof, the undersigned successor
IN otice to the said Il. Woodbridge, as Trus-
tee VIII sell at 10 O'Clock an, on
Monday. July z, 1879,
at the southwest corner Of Main and Mali
son streets. in Memphis, Tennessee, nj pubIyc
AUCTION, to the highest bidder, for cash M
following described real estate, situated IN
The city of Memphis Tor Taxing DistrietI. in
sheloy county, Iennessee, to-wit:
Beginning at the southwest corner Of Trez-
eYant and Shelby streets; running thence
south with Shelby street Is feet; thence west.
wardly, at right angles with Shelby street. 100
tseti thence northwardly, parallel with
1neloy stteeIt p ieet TO Irrelevant street; and
feet to the beginning-being the north half al
IL. Pearne. ~" "
All right Of redemption, etc., expressly
walyeq IN said trust deed. Title believed To
tee. AMOS WO0DRTTEE Trus-
J.W. Hampton, Attorney, "a i0a
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RTYER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAvrao THIS DAY.

BOATS FNls DAis
Friar's Point. Coahoma .....,,a,.Y, pm
0sceola, 0scoola Belle. .............,..o,..5 pm
New Orleans. Belle of ShrGyeport...r..5 pm
Cincinnati, Paris y. Brown ............"..b pm
ARRIVED.
Steamer Coahoma, Friar's Point,
=" Mercer, New Orleans.
James Howard, New Orleans.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Maumelle, Arkansas river.
- B~atesville, st. Francis river.
" James ID. Parker, Cincinnati.
Mercer, Vt. Louis.
IN PORT.
Coab0mp, Osceola Belle, and Jsn,Cl
Howard.
CONDITION OF TIE RIVERS.
The river here rose 6 inches since
our last report, aud now stands IL feet
4 inches above low water mark. AZ
Cairo the rise was Is inches, with Is
feet 10 inches on the gauge at 81
Louis it rose / inch, with q feet on The
gauge; at Pittsburg it rose q inches
with 2 feet 6 inches on the gauge al
GpcippS9 j declined 2 inches, with !
Sset 2 inches on the gauge; at Louis.
vile It rose 4 inches, With feet Il
inches in the canal az EysGgyille i
is rising, with 3 feet s inches on tk,
gauge. The Cumberland river il
rising al Nashville, with 8inches Of
the gauge. The Arkansas is stationar!
at Little Rock, with q inches on thu
gauge, White river is rising slogly
with q good stage of water from Jack
sOpport to the mouth.
MIscELLANEoUs.
Very warm.
Freights arc scarce.
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Trustees SnIe.

RI virtue Of the powers conferred upon Ee-
~ bert Woodbridge and his successor In
ONCE as treasurer and trustee, by a deed Of
trust maze nX prank ). VanHorn and Eliza
oeth D., Vanhorn, his wife, dated May is,
lslSs and recorded In Book No. IS, page 1881
Oh the Registers Office Of Shelby county, 10
secure the payment of a certain indebtedness
July set forth in said deed, default having
been made in, the terms and conditions
Il. Woodbridge as treasurer and trustee, will,
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Under and by virtue Of the W con-
" ferred on me by two certain deeds of
trust executed to me byJ N. Ware and wife
to secure certain Indebtedness therein de-
scrihed, the hrst Of which is recorded in the
Registers office Of Shelby county, Tennessee,
in Book llS, at page 272, and the other in hook
10, at page S25, said Indebtedness remaining
due and unpaid, | will, at the request Of the
beneficiary, on the II
18th Day of July, A. d. 1879,
at the southwest corner Of Main and Madison
streets, in the Taxing District lately known
as the city Of Memphis), between the hours
Of II o'clock am. and u o'clock noon OF said
day, proceed to sell to the highest bidder, for
cash, the following property, to-Wit: Part OF
lot 2, block 20, South Memphis, beginning al
a point On the east line Of Orleans street s2
feet south of its intersection with the south
line of Vance street, being so feet from the
southwest corner of j. II. Gratis lot; thence
southwardly with the east line of Orleans
street 90 foot, thus giving a front Of IS feet on
me east side Of Orleans street, and running
back eastwardly between parallel lines and
parallel with the south line of Vance street
ia feet to the lot belonging to and occupied
by 81. Agnes Academy. All Fightof redemp-
ton is waived. The ti,le has been examined,
and believe II g9od, 6gt win sell as Trus.
tee only, w. @. MCCLURE, Trustee.
Wright, Rowlkes & Wright, Attys, 30 i21
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Arkansas City and Pine Bluff Railroad.
Adams q, 3. Mail Line for ArkODOIIs
and Pine Blur Railroad.

For Helena, Friar's Point, Concordia, Ter
rene and all plantation landings-The ele.
giant steamer
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-29

Now" said my father TO the captain,
'tell these gentlemen just how you be-
came possessed of the portmanteau; and
by all means assure them that my hands
have never touched 1t since it came into
your possession which the captain at
| once assured them was the case.
The captains story was, that while ~
ing in the Thames at London waiting for
a return coasting freight, he had visited
all the warehouses where he was likely TO
find any goods for the Isle of Wight,
when one of the warehousemen said:
isle of Wight-do youknow the place,
and also Newportg"
The captain replied that he knew both,
and almost every man in the town.
"Well, then, you may know this man,
and the black leathern portmanteau was
produced
30, yes" said the captain, II know
him well, and have goods for him on
board the schooner. / will take charge,
and pay anything there may be for ware
housing"
The warehouseman made a small
charge, said he did not know how the
trunk came there. but he was glad to be
rid Of it; and the captain carried it off,
and in due time it arrived at its proper
destination as described
"Now,n said my father to the senior
partner "take this key and open the
trunk. | do not know whether the par
Gel is there or not; all | know is that
put it there, but under protest at the
time"
The portmanteau was opened, and the
parcel found with all its seals intact.
The captain was dismissed for the night
with charge to call at the bank the next
day; and my father returned to his bed
the happiest man in the world.
The next day, in purely self-defence,
the story had to be told all around the
town, so as to silence the gossipers. The
captain called at the bank the next day,
and received as a reward sum beyond
his expectations which found the schoon-
er new suit of sails.
How the portmanteau came to be trans
ferred from the boot of the coach to the
warehouse was never explained, which |
consider not the least curious feature of
the story. No one seemed to know any
thing about it, nor indeed were many in
quiries made.
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Babylon.

1t is usual for travellers 10 dwell upon
the utter desoiation of Babylon, and to
paint its site as a strip Of desert especially
wne-be-gonc and unfrrtile But the elo-
quent gentlemen who dwells upon this
aspect of the place could not have seen it
in the middle of April The date groves
and gardens along the banks of the Euph-
rates are then things of beauty in their
fresh spring verdurc, and the plain itself
is laid down with crops. Irrigation can
ais cross it here and there give trouble to
the horseman. No grade grows upon the
mounds, and there are patches Of the level
white with the nitre which is 10 be found
here as in other parts of Mesopotamia;
hut the surface of the soil is on the whole
green and pleasant to the eve The glad
waters of the river flow on in the bright
morning sunshine, with palm and null
/ berry hanging over its bank, drinking in
/ sap and life. The great city which
counted its population by millions, and
/ flied the world with a renown not vet
I forgotten, has disappeared under the dust
4 Of twenty centuries. but nature is as fresh
and iocund as when Babylon was still
unbuilt Birds sing overhead in the
spsing air; butterflies fiutter about in
/ search of flowers; balmy odors regale the
sense. 1t is difficult under the eirccum-
stances to teei as one perhaps ought TO
/ feel for the great capital which once cum
bered this ground. Nature does not
mourn for it, and it Is hard to be sad at
the bidding Of sentiment when the bright
] spring hides It's grave.
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my carbine ready for a shot. with fifty
comrades within hail, but he went on:
~ have my rifle under the straw. and
could have shot you long ago. / didn't
want to, however. feel goodnatured
this morning, and you need fear no harm .
zone cry from me will alarm the whole
post, managed TO remark.
Pooh! Let's hear you yell out once ~
Our eyes met. There was nothing
malicious in his, but they put strange
spell on me. His voice, too, had strange.
tender influence, and when he asked me
to toss him my canteen ofwater and hav-
ersack of food, l obeyed without the least
hesitation. He drank from the cantecn
and as he chewed away at the food he
remarked:
This is a pretty good fare for hungry
man. As | can't stay here to get it all,
shall beg the favor of carrying the rest
with me-
He was looking into my eyes, and
could not force my lips to utter word
of objection.
II hear that Sheridan has offered re-
ward for me, but no one will ever earn
it." he said as he drunk again
He was not fifteen feet from my car
bine, and was thinking how surely 7
could hit him, when our eyes met, and he
said
=" No use trying If you want to shoot
me, blaze away, but | tell you you can't
hit me-"
We looked at each other for half
minute, and / felt my carbine slipping
from my grasp to the ground outside.
Ny fingers had no strength to hold it.
Dan laughed in dry way and said:
Why don't you shootl"
You shall never leave this place
alive" l said in answer, but hardly
recognized my own voice.
"Pooh" he carelessly replied, ~ am
ready to leave now | shall go out of
this other door there, and you will sit
right where you are y
was looking full at him, and to save
my life | couldn't move hand or foot.
Each limb felt as numb as if asleep.
"Well, old boy, good bye to you," said
Dan as he picked up his rifle from the
straw, and III another minute he was out
of sight. | was sitting there, mouth
open and eyes fixed on vacancy, when
comrade came down from the picket
post, shook me by the shoulder and cried
out.
"a nice man you are, fast asleep and
your prisoner gomez
Was l asleep? No! Was Il a dream2
No! But prisoner was gone. There was
talk of "A court-martial in my case, but it
never occurred, as the prisoner was sup
posed to be some common "Johnny Reb."
Had it been known that my man was the
famous bushwhacker, | should have been
taken out and shot for permitting him to
escape. l permitted him and yet
didn't. l was as helpless as if without
power or muscle That night he crept in
ON picket and stabbed him to the heart
wonder if the poor victim first saw
those strange, wild, magnetic eyes glar-
ing into his to deprive him even of his
power to ask for mercy.
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LITTLEHARRY's LETTER.

A postman stood with puzzled brow
And in his hands turned Ger and DER
A letter, with address so strange
As he had never seen before.
The writing cramped, the letters small.
And By a boys rough hand engrayen.
The words ran thus: ITO Jesus Christ"
And underneath inscribed, In Heaven
The postman paused; full well he knew
No mail on earth this note could take;
And vet Twas writ in childish faith,
And posted for the dear Lords sake.
With careful hand he broke the seal,
And reYrently the letter read;
Twas short and very simple too,
For this was all the writer SAID:
"My Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
I've lately lost my father dear,
Mother is very, very poor,
And life TO her is sad and drear
Yet thou hast promised in thy Word
That none can ever ask in vain
For what they need Of earthly store,
If only asked in Jesus's name.
And so | write you in his name,
To ask that you viii kindly send
Some money down; what you can spare
And what is right for us to spend.
| want so much to 90 to school;
While father lived | always went,
But he had little, Lord, TO leave,
And what he left is almost spent.
II do not know how long twill be
Ere this can reach the golden gate;
But viii try and patient be,
And for the answer gladly watt
The tidings : ached that far-otf land,
Although he letter did not 60,
And straight the King an angel sent
To help the little boy below
Oft to his mother he would say,
II knew the Lord would answer make
When he had read my letter through,
Which | had sent for Jesus SAX"
All. happy boy, could you but teach
Our heart to trust our Fathers love,
And to believe where aughts denied
It's only done our faith to prove!
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Wit and HumOr.

Cheering to owners of real estate-The
small boys pants are easily rent.
1t IS a singular thing that no railroad
man has ever applied for patent on tho
daybreak.
Sitting bulls medicine man is about tC
issue pamphlet on the Treatment o.
the Scalp"
Now clean up the rubbish about your
premises and dispose of it by tossing il
over into your neighbours yard.
1t is the popular orators who say; "It
is sweet to die for ones country" but
they let the other fellow do the dying.
The youth who leaves off his cvercoat
to enjoy the balmy spring is helping tc
pay off the mortgage on his doctor;
house
A man never feels as though he is fall
ing down hatchway until, while walk
ing with all his might, one Of the heels
flies off his shoes.
A Western doctor says that he has moi
met with one case of old fashioned itcf
for seven years past. This shows how
fast this country has improved.
A gentleman was threatening to beat 1
dog which barked intolerably. "Why,
exclaimed an Irishman, ''would you bea
poor dumb animal for spakin' OutE"
Professor docking at his watch) "A'
we have few minutes, | should like tC
have anyone ask questions, if so disposed.
Student; "What time is it, pleasei"
Dusenbury, who went to literary din
ner not long ago, and became confused
alludes to the extensiveness of the menu {
potu, or some such thing.-Jersey Cit
Journal.
A cynical tnan insists that the fewel
relations or friends we have, the happie
we are. In your poverty they never hell
you-in your prosperity they always hell
| themselves.
The owner of an old shotgun, tw'
dogs, six lean children, and starving
wife viii do more talking in favor OF thu
game laws than any five newspapers IL
the state Kingston Freeman.
A negro was put upon the stand as
witness, and the judge inquired if h
understood the nature of an oath. "Fo
sartin, boss" said the citizens; "if
swears to lie / must stick to him"
That was neat bull one Of our clergy
men perpetrated in his sermon the cthe
day. Speaking of Bunyan in prison, b
said: 'No one but his blind daughte
came to see him. ''-Sprigfeld Union.
Curious, but we never saw this motto
in any Of our country exchanges: "OSinl
to press of poetry, large number OF ad
vertisements are unavoidably CROWDED
out, but will positively appear in on
next PUCK
Self-possessed tramp; 'Wil an
! gentleman" Brown Ito intending aims
| giver): Don't You give him anything
he's been here before to-day" 5. T. I
0oftily): ''Will you have the kindnes
not to NEEDLE with my business atfairs'
Puck.
His Opinion of shakespeare racti
cal Yankee: swell, yes, sir. give i
to you Shakespeare was genius. Blu
he didn't kinder seem to put it to a praC
teal use. Never benefited civilizatio
with threshing machine nor paten
turnip peeler, nor anything of that sor
Still he was a smart man"
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Vanderbilt's Cattle Farm.

THE Colorado Cattle Company, which
last fall purchased the Hermosilla rancho
of Col Craig, in Colorado, has just con
cluded the sale of the property to w. II.
Vanderbilt. The purchase forms another
link in Vanderbilt's scheme for supply
ing the European markets with American
meat to carry out which he is organizing
direct transit of cattle between the United
States and Europe. Mr.. Sherwood, presi-
dent of the Colorado Cattle Company
will turn over the property within brief
period, having lately left New York for
that purpose, it being understood that he
will continu the management of the
Craig rancho under Vanderbilt's pro
gramme. When it is reflected that last
wear forty-five millions worth of Ameri-
can meat were imported into England, il
will readily be seen what extensive and
important results in few years the en-
terprise of Mr.. Vanderbilt will produce
The cattle depot at Kansas City, alone
cost over million of dollars.
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THE TREE TUBA.
From the Golden Rule.


From the Golden Rule.
~ TsIS',,s vi.io,,.r,, -a',e
VI 40 ~
w. !ie I t,,, h,,I al ~ Paiiavers bless
ram Ioots MIio7s H9IeS ssIDn5 ', -,
beheath the Woriu louiitla'ioii' Sio'f'
Yet never wind or earth silall gio"
The odors from one -pIey Dough
Ear up beyond me vans ~ oIii iii,
ne st''F-i'''7 l''''-- ''''' - '''''--'''
throi'-u US 'h55H9 ~ E'io'V'''
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=. Ana "i''-',i i'.'.'' ,,.., -,
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Nevada newspapers announce that vast
number of grasshopper eggs are incubat-
inc in TERRA Valley. A spadeful Of soil
Is represented to have contained hundreds
of thousand of eggs Deposited in clusters
The farmers have not turned furrow
this spring, knowing that with these pests
IN the soil their work would be fruItless
of results. Grain crops will only foster
the scourge while to let the ground re-
main idle NAV starve the insects into emil
grating. Fears are expressed that they
NAV sweep down upon the fertile valleys
If california. but whether they can cross
mountains of such altitude as the slerras
8 doubtful. II is proposed TO dig
trenches before they are able to fly, and
driving them in, TO cover them up. This
nIan worked successfully in Utah two
Years AGO.
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The tongue viii sometimes make the
most awkward slips: it is told of clergy
man in one of the towns near Boston
that he had given him to read from the
pulpit an announcement that ~the
Rellngham praying band " would con
duct al the evening nesting but by some
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strange petversity of the unruly member,
the congregation were astounded with the
announcement that there would be ser
vice by the "Prayingham belly-bandr'
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POLLY woGG.

Within dell With piercing shrek
Where cowslips dwell The maiden meek
A loyelom frog Leaped from her log
Sal ON log. Into the bog.
With signing croak His murd'rer bore
His love he spoke TO distant shore
For Polly Wogg, Her lover dead
A lady frog. With riyen head,
She swore that she And skinning him,
Would faithful be- He served each limb
And never wed All boiled on toast
Aught else, she said. To hungry host
And as she spoke But in that bog
A fatal stroke Upon log
keriiopped her frog Another frog
From off his log Loved Polly Wogg.
And such is life
Come death come strife,
oar Polly Wogg
Loves tother frog,
st. Louis Times Journal.
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A Boston telegraph clerk smiled when
he rave man this message from his
wife. Unto us a child IS born, nine feet
long bv two feet wide but the man
understood II meant that he should buy
an illuminated Easter text,
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CHEW
Tne Celebrated
Matches
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO.

map oNEEk rosACoo C)sPAY,
Jcw York. Boston snd CicAgo
Published testimony establishes the fact that
Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup is sterling
remedy for scrofulous and syphilitic disorders
Of formidable type. Also that il cures white
swelling, carbuncies, eruptye maladies of all
kinds, gout and rheumatism 1t moreover
promotes q secretion and flow Of healthy bile
and directs it into the proper channels. The
deplorable ailments produced by mercury are
also remedied by it. Druggists sell it,
The Mendeissohn Piano Co. 81 East 18th
Street, N. sell Pianos at Factory Prices
Write for catalogue.
Smoke Pogue's oHJlng Bun Durham Tobacco
Chew Jacks0n's Best sweet NAVY Tobacco.
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ACaIifOrnia COLONY

"a ainer formed at Buffalo n Y to settle tract of
seven thousand Those wishing TO know az about
il and California Colonies can by addressing Cantor
MIA Colony IL W Swan ST Buffalo y y, or Wendell
m ston ~ Montgomery St San Francisco, Cal.
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CompIexionnI TntIlcntIonr.

The complexion of persons whose digestion
is out of order, who are bilious, or who lack
yigor, always exhibits an unhealthy tint II
is by regulating the bodily organs and pro
noting digestion and assimilation, that the
parchment hue indicative OF i'll health, is
banshed from the cheeks. To rectify the
fault of a sallow complexion, use Hostetters
Stomach Bitters, an invigorant and Alternative
which removes those obstacles to renewed
strength, phyica comfort and personal at
tractiveness-an imperfect digestion and Sc
erection, and a disordered condition of the
bowels. Persistence in the use Of this inesti-
mable corrective and tonic will assuredly re
suit in renewed physical regularity and vigor
will tend to increase bodily substance and
cause the glow and clear color of health TO re
turn to the saIlow wasted cheek
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s.rncs.caI Ncience. 7,

Under the above heading, the 81. CroiE CouT'
er Of St Stenhcn, y. B. in referring to the an,
alysis of DR. Pierce's Golden Medical discovery
and Sage's Catarrh Remedy recently made by
Prof Chandler, of New York, and others, says
Nothing was discovered which we think objec-
tionable, and the published analysis should in
crease, rather than retard, their sale. To us, il
seems a little unjust to call a man quack, sim
ply because he seeAe to reap as mUch pecunia-
nv reward as 9th er classes Of inventors" The
English Press y conservative yet after a careful
examination Of all the evidence, il not only en-
dorses but recommends the Family Medicines
manufactured by Or. Pierce. No remedies ever
offered the afflicted give such perfect satisfac-
ton as DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
and DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy,
"A Slight Cold" Coughs.-Eew are aware
Of the Importance Of checking a cough or
slight cold" which would yield TO mild
remedy, if neglected, often attacks the lungs
'Brotcn's bronchial 7'roch6s1 give sure and
almost immediate relief
Thirty Of the best organ makers of the world
are competitors at the Paris Exposition. A
cable dispatch to the Associated Press says two
highest awards have been awarded 10 the
American makers, Mason q Hamin.