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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-14


No. 3425-In the Chancery Court of Shelb,
county, Tepnesse Mary Williams vs.
Thomas Williams. ct. al.
I appearing from affidavit in this cause
i that the defendants, Caleb Williams,
thomas NJ. Dietrich, Jacob L. Dietrich, Maria
W; Thurman, John G., Thurman, Lucy I.
White, Mary l.. Dietrich, John W, Dietrich,
paisey b. Kabler. John Kabler, Sallie W,
NuckOlls, John Npekolls, Ellie NJ. Dietrich,
Wm. A. Dietrich, Grace Dietrich. Eliza j,
Dietrich. Thomas Dietrich, Bertha Dietrich
and A. 7 Dietrich. are non.residents Of Tho
state OF tennessee. IL is therefore ordered
that they make their appearance herein nj
the courthouse of Shelby county in Nom.
phis, Tennessee. on or before the 6yst Mon.
day in March, 1880, and plead, answer OF
demur to compliments original and amended
and supplemental bill, or the same will be-
taken for 81 confessed TO them and set fol
hearing exparte, and that a 0 of this order
he published once a week for four successive
veeksin the Memphis Public Ledger,
This 18th day of January, 1880.
ROBERT j.. BLACK, clark and master.
A copy-Attest,
-BYE, u. MoHENRY, u. C. M.
Smith * Collier, sol. for complainant.
lA 125 14l 1l7
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i1sslveat Notice.


STATE or TENNESSEE, SHELBY COL
OFPlCE COUNTY Court CLERK,
Memphis, Tenn, February 4, 1880.
To Katie Erskine, administrative Of George
Erskine, deceased.
HAVING suggested the insolvency of the
IL estate of George Erskine. deceased, you
are hereby ordered to give notice, by advertise
ment in some newspaper published within the
said State, and also at the courthouse door
Of Shelby county, for all persons having
claims against said estate, to appear and file
the same, with the clerk Of the County Court
authenticated in the manner prescribed by
law, on or before the 9Th day Of May, 1880;
md any claim not filed on or before said day.
Or before ap appropriation Of the funds OF
aid estate Ia made, shall be forever barred,
Doth in law and equity.
Witness my hand, at office, this ith day Of
February, 1880.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
by HU0H B. CULLEN, ID. G.
Notice is hereby given to creditors as re-
luired under the foregoing order, Feb. 4, 1850.
1S5 III l4T I53 Administrators.
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N~on-resIdent Notice.

No. S5, R. DIN the Probate Count Of Shell.
Nby county, Tepnsssce, r. A. Mickleberry,
6AmiNisJraiar eti. az H0friet Mickleberry
lpeeas6d, vs.. Frances Ross, e. al,
IT appearing from the amended bill in this
cause, which Is sworn to, that defendants,
John Thomas Crenshaw, Harriet Petticord,
formerly Crenshaw, aud - Petticord, her
husband, are non-resijents of the State of
Tennessee; II is ordered that they
make their appearance herein. at the
court house of our said Probate Cogrt, NJ
Memphis, Tenn on or before iha hrstMon-
day in March, 1850, and plead answer or de-
MIR "a complainants original and amended
bills, Or same will DO taken for confessed as to
them Hnd SET fdr hearing expgrte; and that 4
COPY of this order be published once a week
for four successive weeks 10 the ppbiic Ledger.
This February 3, 1854
A6ap4 Attest
OWEN pwYER, Clerk.
By HVaH h, COLLIN, D, g.
c. h.Barteau, sol. for eompl't.
Isl 40 ll6 l52
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Probate Court Sale orReaIE Estate

No. 26, r. Din the Probate Court ofshelbv
county Iennessee- John Johnson, execu-
Il: Mount, ct al.
Rf virtue Of a decree for sale. entered in
~ this cause in minute book SO, paqes 400,
ETC., 4 viii sell at public auction, / othe high
est bidder, in front Of the court house door.
on Main street, Memphis, Tenn. on Saturday,
February 18th, 1850. within legal honrs. he
following. described real estate, to-wit. An
undivided one half or moiety Of that lot. or
piece Of land, situated in Memphis. Shelby
county, Tennessee. on the west side Of Lam
derdale street, between Beale and Union
streets bounded as follows, to-wit:
B%eeinning on the west line Of LauderdaIe
street, where the same Is intersected by ire
dividing line between the Rice and Ramsey
grants; running thence nOrthwardly on the
west line Of Lauderdale street eighty-two
feet, more or less, TO the southeast corner of a
lot heretofore conveyed by N, s. Bruce and s.
Z. Mounts thence westWardly parallel with
the dividing line between the Rice and Ram
sey grants one hundred feet to a stake; thence
southwardly, parallel with Lauderdale street,
eighty-two feet, more or less, 10 the dividing
Inc between the Rice and Ramsey grants:
thence eastwardly on said dividing line one
hundred feet, TO the place Of beginning,
Terms OF sale: On a credit Of 6 md ia
months; purchaser executing notes with an
proved security. A lien will be retained. en-,
This February 6, 1850.
OWEN DwYER, Clerk.
j, NJ, daEGOHF, sol. for cOmpPt.
1M 142 1A2 IA
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Trustees Sale.

Under and by virtue Of a certain trus,
~ deed to me executed BY b N Halt AMI
wife Ellen 5, Holt and and ", A. Holt. ,JuIy
"a, 1873, recorded in book l2S, page 58S' in ~
Registers Office Of Shelby county. made h
secure q certain indebtedness therein sei
forth, which is now past due, at the reouest AZ
the benefeiaries thefein, l will, on
Saturday, Maseh 9th, ut I2m..
next, in front Of The courthouse door, on Main
street, in the Taxing District Of Shelby eoun.
", sell for cash to the highest bidder. IN
following described real estate, living and
being in the late city Of Memphis, and de-.
scribed as follows:
Part of country lot SOP, beginning on the
south line OF Poplar street, one hundred and
sixty seven feet east Of the east line of Orleans
street, then west with the south line ofPoplar
street ntty-siX feet; thence south parallel
with Orleans street one hundred and ninet,
teeti then east, parallel with Poplar street
htty-six feet, thence north one hundred and
ninety feet, more OF less, 10 the beginning
ceased. w
Also lots No. "a and 25, of country lot M
81, each having a front Of 50 feet on Peytor
avenue, by a depth of 126 feet.
Also part Of lot No. 9, Of country lot No.
81, having a front of % feet on north side y
Alabama street, and running back between
parallel lines about l4sh feet
Equity Of redemption waived.
Title believed to be perfect, but | eonye,
only as tgNStoe. / have abstracts of said
property, which / will furnish 10 personl
wishing to examine same.
lS7xxx6 L. H. ESTES. Jr.
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For OSceOIa.
Sheriff,s Sale of Real Estate.

DUBLIC notice is hereby given, that by vir.
l tue Of a writ of venditioni expOnas TO me
directed from the Hon. Circuit Court Of
Shelby county, Tenn, in the case Of S. J..
Moore versus Thos. 7. Stratton, Judgment
rendered on the 18th day of February, 1879,
for the sum Of $40, with interest and costs OF
suit, to satisfy said judgment, etc., / will on
Thursday, the 4th day of March, 1850.
in legal hours, in front of the court house. in
the Taxing District Of Shelby county, Tenn,
proceed TO sell, to the highest bidder, for
ash, the following described property, to-wit:
Aetrtain tract or parcel of land located in
the 18th Civil District Of Shelby county,
Tennessee, bounded on the east BY the lands
Of the estate OF j. A.. Jones, on the west By
the lands of Douglass. on the north BY the
lands of j. I. Stratton, containing about
.eventy-ive acres; the same conveyed by deed
hom I. J. Strstton, but not recorded.
Levied on as the property of defendant,
Thos. I. Strstton, to satisfy said judgment,
interest and costs.
Memphis, 9th day Of January, 1880.
L. l.. MCGOWAN,
Sheriff Of Shelby county, Tenn
By DAS g. SHELBY, d, =. 1888 IA $50
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HAVING qualified as administrators of the
III estate o.. Henry BaDsbNC deceased, this
to notify all parties hayilE claims against
within The timo sECwedby law. or thew III,
be barred, W
Parties indebted 10 said estate nass settle
promptly orthey will be proceeded against.
JOHN ROSS, Admir-.
ScRuGGs K RAY. Att'ys. i901s6 ~ is
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seuat0y Edmppds is dfty-onc years
old, and from fees of BIZ law practice
he has saved $500, QUO oF$3O0, 0lH. be
roads q great many books, and he has
y large art collection. lie is soeiable
with q chosen iews
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COTTON KXCHANGR QUOTATIONS.
,andard international Classihcatio

Stained cottonS are quoted at llB@
l2tc per pound.
Receipts Of cotton here last week
we're II, 1853 bales, against 1880 bales
Last year, and 1l,O9S bales the year be.
fore for the same week. Our total re-
ceipts are now 44,94l bales in excess
of last years total, and 9l4S bales
more than year before last at this
date.
NEW YORK COTTON STATEMENT
For the week ending Friday, Febru-
arv 18th 1890.
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IA all WAC are suffering from the errors aud
ipdiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood. ETC., I will send
. teeipe that will cure you, FREE OF
gu ARGE. This great remedy was discovered
w. 9 missionary in South America. Send d
.cii addressed envelopet TO the Rev. Joseph +
lnman, Station D, New Yo-k City.
lis XXI ia eQdAg
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The market opened to day with
fair inquiry and a rather quiet feel
ing. Sales yesterday, $500 bales
to exporters, $500; to spinners, 800
to spectators, 100 the market clos
ing steady and Bc higher as follows:
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HAVING suggested the insolvency Of the
Hesitate Of VIM. c. W0o6g9& decd, all
persons having claims sgAinst said estate arc
notified % appear Ga9 hle'the same with the
c'erk OF the CaaRiy Court, authenticated in
the mARaef prescribed by law on or against
TIE 18th day of May, AID, 1880, and | farther
give. notice that according to law aDS claim
not fled on or before the above named date or
before On appropriation If she funds Of said
law and eg9itS.
HERBERT RHETT,
Admir- fWm. C.. Woodruff,
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The Cheapest Article in the
WOrld.S

This is what Il grateful gentleman said
who was cured of a bad kidney disease by
the use of Safe Kidney and Liver Cure,
after he had offered in vain $1,000 to any
doctor who would rid him of it. 1t is the
cheapest article in the world to all ahiict-
cd with kidney and liver diseases.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Cloudy.
Another Omaha wave.
Observation-Disclosures day.
Little doing on the landing.
Freights remain unchanged.
Showed all day yesterday at Evans
vile.
Near all the cotton has been
marketed.
The rain showers last night aided in
cleaning the landing.
Bend'business is improving again.
The Silyerthorn had an excellent
trip out last evening.
The Harry Frank left New Orleans
last evening for Memphis.
The sudden rise IN the Cumberland
river is almost unprecedented.
The City of Greenville leaves Vieks.
burg to-day at noon for st. Louis.
TIE City of V~icksburg passed down
for Vicksburg this morning well
laden.
Buddie, the blonde Jimmy M. Me.
hon, was the recipient to-day of sew
eral valentines.
The Annie P. Silver, bound from
st. Louis to New Orleans, passed
Vicksburg Yesterday.
By the blowing out Of the cylinder
on the steamer Winnie, the engiacel
received serious damages.
The MOllie Moore, for Ouachita
river, and Ste. Qepevieye, for Vicks.
burg, left st. Louis last eVening.
Look out below All the uppel
streams gro rising rapidly, and indicq.
tons are now Of q spring overflow.
The Grand Tower arrived at St
Louis yesterday, and leaves there to.
day with a return trip for Vioksbnrg
The Colorado returned at noon fol
st Louis with a fair showing of PEG
pie and good list Of eastern bound cot
ton.
The Gold Dust is due tonight from
Vicksburg and is announced to leave
az ~ nm. Sunday morning for st
/ LOuis.
Loosa Hatchie Is a. high tide, anC
fears are entertained that The stEonl
current will wash away tho count
bridge.
The rainstorm which passed owe
/ here Wednesday evening was quit,
severe at Nashville, and caused mucl
damage.
The Cons Millar departed lag
j night for Cincinnati with 800 bales o
| cotton 40 bbls cotton seed oil anC
sundries.
The Guiding Star, with bef trip 0
freight and people, and bound 10
Cincinnati, passed Vicksburg yester
das and is due here tomorrow.
The City of Vicksburg passed dow
~ uorLiog, loaded fat in the water
She had all she wanted, and adde,
nothing here but few passengers.
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D rusIee s Sale.

pY virtue of a trust deed made 10 me a.
DTrgstee by NJ; ?, Clements, on the iSth
day Of January; 1873, recorded in the heeis-
ter's Office in Shelby county, Tennessee, in
Book No. 20, p 56, win, at the re-
quest of the beneRe,aFIss on the 18th day Of
February, 1854 within the hours Of to 3 m. p,
on The southwest corner of Main and Monroe
streets, In Memphis, Tennessee, offer for sale
for cash to the highest bidder at public outcTy,
the following real estate lying in said
county and State in section l range Z Of the
llth surveyor distyict, and in the 10th eivil
district, beginning at a sweet gum marked
}. L.. thence south 10 chains and
20 links to a stake Z links south,
IS west Of a black OAK marked j. L., thence
east p chains and lAlinks to q stake, As links
north Of a small bridge; thence north along a
road q chains and 60 nks 10 . stake, thence
west q chains and 2l Links 10 a stake, thence
south i. chains and q links TO a stake, thence
east 81 links, thence l4la east 9 chains and
~ links 10 the beginning, containing 81. a
acres. The equity OF redemption Is waived.
l9 lR w. ID BEARD, Trustee
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SfATE oy TKFNHssKE. SHu.Bg CcUsrr,1
OFFICK COUNTY CouRr CLKRK.

SrATE oY TErNHssFE, SHHLsg CoUsrr,1
OFFICE COUNTY COuRr CLKRK.
MEnPHIs, TESS., January 26, 1850.
To Geo. g.. Dent, administrator de b0nis non
OF John IL. Mitchell. deceased.
ii ANIN6 suggested the insolvency Of the
IL estate Of John II. Mitchell, deceased.
you are HEREBY ordered 10 give notice. by adyer-
usement m some newspaper published within
the said State, and also At the courthouse
door Of Shelby county, for all persons having
claims against said estate, to appear md file
the ami with the Clerk Of the County Court
authenticated in the manner prescribed by
law, on or before the 18th day Of July, 1881;
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 18th day Of
January, 1870.
OWEN DwYER, Clerk.
BY HuGH B, CuLLEN. d. C.
1s IA $50 1856
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wednesday, the Sd day Of March, 1850

between the hours of II am. and / pm, In
front Of the Bank Of Commerce,N No. u, Mad
son street, in Memphis, Taxing District Of
shelby county, tennessee, sell TO the highest
bidder for cash the following real estate I'M
helby county, Tennessee. tO-wit: Being In
that pat Of the late city of Memphis, now the
Taxing District Of Shelby county, known as
Fort Pickering, and being a part Of Block 40,
fronting forty feet on Carolina street, with a
aepth 81 one hnndred and fifty feet in parallel
east of the Grieshaber lot. together with the
improvements, which consist Of a frame cot
tage and outhouses.
Title believed to be good, but I shall sell
and convey only as trustee.
redemption waived and purchaser to get
the absolute title.
JAMES W. OROCKER, Trustee.
N. b. TREzRvANT, Attorney. IsS 3
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Rl virtue Of the term 81 Two certain deeds
Dol trust.the one dated the 18th day of Jan,
1916, Of record In Book ] Dat page l33, and the
other dated the 10th day q iugusi, 1877. OF
record in Book ll9at pag :lS. in the County
Register = Office, 10 John y. ,inlt truste and
his successors in office, to rcure the payment
Of certain Indebtedness therein mentioned,
default having been made by the grantor
10 has undertakings in said trust deeds
end the debts being pa.t due
and unpaid, | james W, Croker, the
legal successor of the said John A. Holt,
who Is now deceased, will at the request of the
benefcisries on
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.

ARRIVED.
Steamer Golden Grown, Cincinnati.
Josie Harry, White river.
Colorado, st. Louis.
Simpson Horner, New Orleans.
James Lee, Friar's Point.
Shields, Commerce.
City of Vicksburg, st. Louis.
DEPARTED.
Steamer City of Helena, st. Louis.
=" Colorado, st. Louis.
Golden Grown, New Orleans.
Simpson Hornor, Ohio river.
" Cons Millar, Cincinnati.
City of Vicksburg, V~icksburg
IN PORT.
james Lee, Josie Harry, Katie Hooper
Shiplds
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CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.

The river here rose 10 inches in
the past "A hours and now stands 16
feet above low water mark. At st.
Louis it rose 2 inches with s feet 6
inches on the gauge. At Pittsburg it
rose "a inches with II feet 8 inches on
the gauge. At Cincinnati the rise
was II feet 2 inches with 26 feet 10
inches on. the gauge. At Louis lille 8
inches with s feet in the canal. At
Evansville it is rising with II feet 10
inches on the gauge. At Cairo it rose
3 feet with y feet 2 inches on the
gauge. Cumberland river 1874 inches
at Nashville yesterday. Arkansas
river is rising rapidly with 8 feet on
the gauge at Little Rock. White
river is swelling with a good stage Of
water from JacksonpOrt to the mouth
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SPECIAL NOTICE,

TINE steamer JAMES LIE aBAs
i being unavoidabiy detsin-
ruary 18th, ats p.m, sharp, for Friar's Point
and way Landings. STACK LEE. master.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-09-30
a Modal Girl

Do you want to read this words
picture Of a modest gIrlI wish
more of her class existed, for the
sake of society at large. She is not
what Is called handsome, though
of a quiet attractiveness
all her own. Her wardrobe is cho-
sen for quality according to her
financial circumstances; the colors
are selected with care, suitable to
each other and favorable to her
complexion (you may call thus
taste; so it is, modest taste" J; the
style must, of course, be as near the
popular fashion as she dare ap-
proach, but never quite up to the
height; when out calling or shop
ping she dresses with neatness and
care; if walking, she neither moves
too fast nor too slow, but glides
along with a natural and graceful
step which is becoming, recognizing g
her friends by q polite bow or well
come grasp of the hand: but there
are no demonsLrative embraces ol
gushing words. She is strictly
truthful. When any question is be
ing discussed, and her opinion i:
asked, she gives it hesItatingly, no
doubtlJlly. and. if not accepted
never allows herself to utter con
traiictlon, but calmly and quietl.
wlthdraws from the discussion, al
though her opinion is not lost o
defeated by so doing; on the con
trary, it almost always carrie
weight and effect. Her acts ant
words are unobtrusIve, but her in
fluence is great in the home whic
| it is her happiness to adOrn.
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Odds and Ends.

81 am rocking the cradle with
one foot and writing you with the
other" is an Irish bull
This was an advertisement: "Pi-
ano Tor sale by a lady musician with
carved legs
Wanted, coachman to take
care OF pair Of horses with a reli-
gious turn OF mind.
The Dutchman described a catas-
trophe in the following style; Hans
bit him self NIT small dog.
A country paper says: A child
was run over by a wagon three
years old and cross eyed with pan
talets on.
An Irishman said after the hat
had been passed, This collection is
a shilling short; who put that inr'
"What is pride, my son!"
Walking with a cane when you
amt lame," replied the intelligent
boy.
81 have always noticed" said an
old lady, "that il live through the
month of March, l live the rest of
the year"
This was the way child did it:
Il cut Uncle Williams hens head
off with a Ratchet and we scared
her to death"
A coroner's verdict read thus :
The deceased came to his death by
excessive drinking, producing apo
plexy in the minds of the jury.
When the lightning struck Bid
dy's shanty she went out and shook
her fist at the Almighty, and said,
"Tll work Sundays to pay up for
this"
"What did the children of Israel
DO when they first came out of the
Red Sea?" asked the Sunday school
teacher. "They dried themselves, "
was the reply.
A boy who was put, by a cooper,
in a barrel, to hold up the head,
when the job was done found he
had no place but the bung hole by
which to get out
When they brought the baby to
grandma and asked her for name,
she put on her spectacles and ex-
claimed, 81 declared" So the baby
became "Ida Clair"
"What are the principal things
we get out of the earthP' asked
teacher of a geography class. On'
urchin shouted, Worms" Anoth
er said "Goobers.
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A Tale of Horror.

A Reading pa special TO the
Philadelphia Times, says: One OF
the saddest sights ever witnessed
in this section of the state was
the taking of a man aged hlty
five, named Benjaman Sechier'
to the County Aims House yester-
dav. He was dressed in a simple
petticoat, and from his right leg
dangled a rusty chain. This man
had been chained and confined in a
log dungeon for twenty seven years.
The truthful story Of this man $
misfcrtunes far exceeds anything
OF the kind published in East
ern Pennsylvania for many years.
A few days ago the Directors OF the
Poor of Berks County were IN
formed of the fact that man named
Sechler, lunatic, was confined 10y
his brother in a filthy cabin and
that the poor unfortunate was being
brutally treated. Accordingly Mr.
John II. Bower, of the Board oI
Poor Directors, accompanied by
Jas. w. Sallade and John Is. knorr
of the Aims House, and David He's
ly, Justice of the Peace of that sec
tion, proceeded TO the upper end o
Berks county for the purpose o
making a thorough investigation
They we're directed TO wild an'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-09-30

st. John New Brunswick
Globe: "As the picnic train was
passing over the bridge near the
Five-mIle house, a middle aged wo-
man approached it from "a different
direction. She was walking pretty
rapidly, and seemed to be unaware
OF the proximity of the train until
a whistle from the engineer aroused
her to a sense OF her danger. She
was then but a short distance from
the approaching train, and, instead
of throwing up her hands in de-
spair or jumping of, as many 9th
er ones would have done, she very
deliberately lowered herself be-
tween the sleepers, and hung on un-
til the train had passed on. When
all danger was oyer she raised her
self up again, and resumed her
journey as nothing had happened.
such presence OF mind as this is
seldom seen, and it was no wonder
the astonished train hands gave
the brave woman cheer as they
saw her rising from the dangerous
position"