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EF The Republicans seem fa'ed to
misfortune in the present State contest.
In the effort TO make it appear that
leading Democrats are dissatisfied with
the ticket, they are led into. positions
that are ludicrous and would be amusing
were the intent not SO purely menda.
cious. 1t having been positively assert
ed that General Morgan declared that
he would not support Bookwalter, that
Democratic veteran, in card tothe
Cleveland Plain Dealer, thus pointedlv
expresses himself:
1.-The nomination Of Mr.. Book walter
is one of the strongest that could have
been made, and lie will receive the cor
dial support Of every Democrat
Respectfully, G W. MORGAN"
| Next!
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eg It now appears, from authentic

cE It now appears, from authentic
instances cited in the local papers all
over America. that nine-tenths of the
soldiers wounded in the late war were
shot right straight through the liver ::
that about thirty per cent OF this mum.
Der we're shot clean through the liver
and back again that forty-eight per cent
Of the whole number were shot exactly
as the President was. only with larger
bullets; that they all got we'll and are
alive now. 1t seems that it was not con-
sidered respectable for any man in the
army to get shot anywhere except in the
liver Or neck. The officers generally
preferred the neck.-Bsrlingtoa HaUs
Eve.
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Handkerchief Filtration. !,
Detroit Free Press.


There might have been five hundred
people in West Park the other evening
when man about fifty years Of age
took seat near the fountain, and rub.
bed the bald spot on his head with an
expression of the highest satisfaction
He had come there to rest and enjoy the
plash OF the fountains and the cool air.
True, he had flrta,ion. handkerchief
in his band, hut he had probably found
it on the walk. Likewise Fhe remarked
on the warm evening to several lone fe-
males who were looking for lost chill
dren, but it was simply to assure them
against snowstorm before morning =
Innocence. was revealed in h;s,double
chin, and if his heart could have been
taken out andse xamineda nnder tue gas
light 1t Wouldshave been found guile.
Suddenly, and without seeming warn.
ing, the cd 6sid heal turned as white
as usQ lRAr, ard lmmrtti-
ateiy fell BACK, stretched out MS legs,
shut his eyes, and appeared to be buried
In Summer he was none too soon, for
woman ABOUT forty years old, built to
noid oo"n wagon ioad OF oricks, and
owning a pair OF gray eyes dotted with
ye'lo" spots, walked as straight up to
MIN az soldier ever ala 70 paymas.
Ter.
~ um! sue matterea' as sae survey
ed MS dreamy attitude. s
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VERY Delicately Put.

He happened to press the foot OF a
young lady who was sitting uext to the
door in getting out of an elevated rail
way car, The damsel, COMPRISING her
brow into an awe-inspiring trown, ejac-
ula,ed: "You clumsy wretch" Many
men would have looked foolish and
apologized. but this man was equal to
the occasion. "My dear young lady"
be exclaimed. ''vou should have feet
large enough to be seen and then they
wouldn't be trodden upon" Her brow
relaxed, her eyes sparkled, her lips
sm lied, snd her injury was forgotten.
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Chlvalric Selt-Denial.
New York Freeman's Journal.

new OK EI0emanS JOurn6i.
We met last week lady OF a family
resident on Governors Island. She told
US that since July 2, when Gen. Garfield
was shot, Gen. Hancock has refused to
90 to public dinners, or on those excur.i
sions of quiet kind ne is very fond OF
We could imagine gallant old Gen. Pike
Graham, OF the Grahams of Virginia,
making the point; but here we have it
from Gen. Hancock, OF Pennsylvania.
1T is not proper that l sccept festive
entertainments while the President, e5
o6icio my Commander-in4 4Chief, is how
ering between life and death" Who
will say that the age of chivalry is
passed, when a NJ jor General Of the
army. defeated bv the lavish use OF mon
ey in New York, thus holds himself to-
ward the man that is President in place
of himself9
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Cured of Drinking.

"a young friend Of mine was cured OF
an Unsuitable thirst for liquor, which had
so proslrsted him that he was unable to
do any business. He was entirely cured
by the use of Hop Bitters. It allayed
all that burning thirst; took away the
appetite for liquor; made his nerves
steady, and he has remained sober and
steady man for more than two years, and
has no desire to return to bis cups;
know Of . number OF Others that have
been cured of drinking by it."-From q
leading r R. OsIloial, Chicago, ILL.,
Times.
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IMPRISONED FOR LIFE.
A Punishment to be Contemplated
With Unmitigated Horror.
Philadelphia Inquirer

Absolute isolation from humanity for
a period Of years is 50 terribly punish
ment that no man can contemplate it as
to himself, evel though sus-
tanned by conscious innocence, without
. feeling Of positive horror. and the
prospect transcends imagination when
the Imprisonment is for life To be in,
closed within four walls, with no pros
pect beyond them, and to feel that there
you must stay. day after day, until car
|ried out feet formost, must be the near.
est approach to final despair which any
comhina,i"n of earthly circumstances
Gan produce
IE OF the effect of this on the victims
much has been said and written. 1t was
and strkingly illustrated the
(hther day by an occurrence ateG Gssrrs.
Hill Among the "lifers" is a Young
m4n-a young man!-who was senen-
ced seven years ago During that entire
time, it is said, he has apparently been
forgotten by ali who sustained any re-
lation to him. whether of friendship or
kinship. He had exchanged no word
With any human being save his jallers,
the Inspectors and the missionaries Wis.
ting the prison. A day or two since
one OF the jailers announced to this
man that lady had called to see him,
and asked whether he would receive her.
The prisoner was unable for some mo.
fnents to make any reply. The color
few up in his face, and then he turned
deadly pale and had to lean for support
against the wall of his cell.
+ Then he detained the officer with
ispeculations as to who it could be; who
lof all the women who had cared for
him before be was overtaken by death
ip life had come to see him after seven
years2 Wife lie had none Was it his
|mnther2 his sister? OF The latter, which
Or the girls, his playmates as an inno-
cent child, free to enjoy the sunshine
and breathe the country air, which OF
them had remembered him2 Who was
it that had come to bring him news OF
homer
The prisoner said. after his visitor
had left him, that when her arrival was
announced be thought his emotion would
choke him, his heart seemed sly to
burst, and he had to gasp for air, aud
hours elapsed after the visit before the
food of memories it awakened permit
ed the unhappy man to relapse into his
former state Of sullen, silent endurance.
Very much in this mental condition
seems to be Sayres, smother life convict,
the man who walked into the Church OF
the Ascension one Sunday morning
when services were nearly over, and de.
liberia ely shot his wife, escaping the gal.
lows solely through the ability and ela-
queuce Of the present Assistant District
Attorney, Charles F. Warwick, the coun.
sci assigned him bv the Court, aud who
Followed the fortunes of his destitute
client effectively to the Board OF Pardons
Sayres is great sufferer from rheuma-
tism, but 1t is said that his bodily tor.
ments are far surpassed by his mental
misery; that he is not bv any means re-
conciled to his fate, and contemplates
the future with q blank despair.
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A Good Foundation.

One of the greatest troubles OF ou-
people is weakness of the stomach. As
this soon causes Indigestion, Nervous
ness and Rheumatism, they prevail in
slmost every American household There
is positively no ne d for ANYBODY to
suffer from these painful troubles who
can hu, so ct bottle of Parker's Cen
ger Tonic; for this superior medicine al
ways tones VI, the stomach and nervous
system, and keeps the k,dnevs activs in
carrying off the fonl matters, thus lay
ing a good foundation for perfect health
". D. Picavuns.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-08-30

A little hoy on being asked where the
wicked finally went to-, replied: They
practice law for a spell and then go to
The legislature.
Profanity never did anv man the leAs,
good No man is richer, happier or
wiser for it. 1t recommends no one
to society; it is disgusting to refined
people, and abominable to the gocds
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-08-30
/. r. FARQUHAR. M. d.
fRormerly of GAINESVILLE, Ohio,)

Physician and Surgeon,
once and residence in the Walton property,
WOOD SFIELD HIO.
Having located at the above place, offers his
Professional services, where he hopes by
CLOSE attention to business to merit public
confidence and patronage.
Chronic Diseasee will receive specisl
attention. may4,':6Y
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-08-30

No other remedy for children will
meet so many indications Of disorder or
80 thoroughly cure them as DEsla's
Work SfRbP. 1t is good purgative.
pleas ant to take, and aiways safe. %
cents for four-ounce bottle. Sold BY
druggists.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-08-30
The Productive Industries OF Vir.
giBia. es
Richmond State.

Richmond State. =
Mrs. julia Ann Estep, OF Forestville,
Va, now in her rinety first year, .is
probably the head of the largest family
on the continent. She is the mother OF
twelve children-nine sons and three
daughters--,be grandmother Of eighty.
six children, the great-grandmother OF
one hundred and forty children aud
the great-great grandmother OF ten chill.
dreO, two hundred and fifty-four souls
in all. One son has only one child and
another only two children, so that the
other ten children of Mrs. Estep have
eighty-three sons and daughters: an
average Of more than eight TO each.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-08-30

Always avoid harsh purgative pills
They first make you sick and then leave
YOU constipated. Carter's Little Liver
Pills regulate the bowels and make you
well. Dose, one pill.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-08-30

Ex. President Ha, es kept list OF the
babies ha kissed in four years and
half, and the number was 1888.
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Notary PUBLIC.

1,HN undersigned, having been appointed
i Notary Public, would inform his
friends, and the public generally, that he is
prepared to fdll Pensioners Blanks. admin
Ist,r Oaths, take DISPOSITIONS, acknowledge
Deeds. Mortgagss- and other instruments Of
writing. JOHN JEFFRRS.
sprlS,' ,'76y 3eallsyills. Monroe Co. Ohio
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PHYSICIANS,
ID e. b ID f N M r &.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
BEALLSvILLE, OBIO-
ofics in the Armstrong property.
aprS0, 0,'7Sr.
Dr. i. w A Y,

DR.. j. w AY,
Physiclan and Surgeon,
ELM. COVE, Washington 7p, Aonroe
County, Ohio.
All calls promptly attended to. during the
day or night. feb23.'6s.
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a EAdvsrtlsing Rates:

4 4tf sAsAOHS[OlStH& IssstOSs -
Sne square. C1H lines.) one week. 81 90
EAsh suhseqnent insertion for Ave weeks, 90
Qne square, two months. - w
One square, three months 20
pne square. six months, w
pne square, one year. ~ w
Dne eighth column. one month, w
One eighth column. three months, 10 10
Dne eighth column, six months, 10 90
One eighth column, one year. ~ %
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Dine fourth,co{amn. three months, 10 90
enc fourth colun1n. six months, 20 go
One fourth coiuxnn. one year, ~ 90
SOne half column, one month";. 10 10
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Those desiring certificates must present.
themselves FOR examination.
By order Of the Board.
q. o. D0UaHERTY, Clerk.
aus9, ,yltd.
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DIR. >. L.. STEWARD,
Physician and Surgeon,

All calls promptly attended during the day
or night. Office one door south of Stout's
Hotel. aprl3, 'S0Yl.
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DIR. A. M. COVERT.
Physician and Surgeon,
Antioch. Monroe Co. ..OhIO.
mayll,soY.
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WOODSFYELD, OHIO.
Notice to Teachers.

r,HR Board Of Bxamihsrs of Monroe Coun.
| ty will hold meetings foe the examina
ten Of Teachers as follows:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-07
STRAY TEETH.
The Uncommon Service Done by
Mar. MendeI to an Unlueky
Friend.

L0ST-A set of teeth; no value ex,
cept to owner. Five dollars reward
will be paid by MENDEL, New Ha-
ven package Office.
Mr.. Jacob Meudel sat in the win
dow Of his Office calm, serene and
happy, when the reporter asked him.
Any news ofyour teeth"
"a humphl" snorleI Mr.. Mendel,
and thea burst into a comprehensive
smile, that LETT nothing to be desired.
His native incisors were there. A
little lonesomeness was spparent, but
on the whole he had teeth.
"I'll tell you about the teeth" said
he. "A friend Of mine became sort Of
as it we're, you know-the other
evening, and left his teeth out Of doors.
He became aware Of it the next
morning, when he found his watch
carefully immersed 10 glass Of water
and cigar that he had in his mouth
when he went to bed thrust in hi:
watch case, and he came to me fol
advice. | said he should advertise
and he asked ifhe could use my name
l said he could, and as result I've
been nearly overcome by the alleged
jokes of the railroad men,"
ANY answer to the advertise
ment?"
"A brakeman offered me pair o
metal-bodied traps, but l couldn't b
caught. No other answer YET"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-07
Thursday EVENING, July. IsHl.

TIE Normal Institute at Knoxville
under the auspices of the University
of Tennessee, was duly opened on the
fourth inst, one hundred and eighteen
teachers were registered and many
Others are expected. Each division
of the State is we'll represented. The
exercises of the week we're opened
with chapel, after which Professor
Louis Seldom of st. Louis, one of the
greatest educators in the country,
commenced his series Of lectures on
PedagOgics. Professor Seldom har-
monized his lecture with the day, by
reading quotations from the Declare
tion of Independence, aud showing
how education is the instrument by
which we receive life, liberty and
happiness. His first effort was com
plimented on all sides. Professors
Garrett, McBryde and Joyne, each
lectured on his respected subject,
The opening was highly conspicuous
and far surpassed the most sanguine
expectations.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-07

New York Tribune, July 4th: 1--WE
wonder how many of the orators who
quote from the Declaration of indie
pendence to day will do it correctly?
If there could be a test made the
number, we fear, would be lamentably
small. Here, for instance, is SO well
informed citizen as Henry Ward
Beecher in a recent sermon making
the immortal document say that all
men are created free and equal.
Unless every copy of the Declaration
that has come under our notice has
been grossly misrepresented, it says
nothing of the kind. Men are not
created free, as Mr.. Beecher and
every one else knows, but are subject
to the restraint of their parents or
guardians for more thar half the aver
age length of life. What Jefferson
did write was that all men are created
equal. He did not assert that they
we're created free. 1t was the custom
of the Nestor of journalism, Mr.
Thurlow Weed, when he had charge
of the Albany journal, to print an,
nually the Declaration of Independ
ence about the time of the nationa
holiday. We are not sure, consider
ing the ignorance existing as to the
proper reading of the document, tina
it would not be a good practice to re
vive."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-07
Wednesday, IaIy 20. 1881.

at IL O'Clock IN. of said day, at the south
west corr or of Main and Madison streets, in
Memphis, the Taxing Dist let Of Shelby coun-
ty, Tennessee, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, that certain lot Of
and in said Taxing District known aud de-
sciibed as lot No. Of Harbin's sub. division
Of lots 2 and 5 Of Anderson's subdivision Of
country lot SOB, bounded IS follows; Begir..
ming at a point on the south or east side of
Johnson avenue 6Sil feet, more or less, north
east from the intersection Of said avenue with
Alabama street; thence nOrtheastwardly with
said avenue 81 4l-1Q0 feet, thence south 3ghs
east 81 feet, more or less, TO the Jortheast cor
ner Of said lot No. 3; thence southwest "a feet
% the southwest corner of said lot; thence
northwsstwsrdly .S9H feet to beginning on
johnson avenue, being the same lot decreed
to said Tim McbahRn by decree of Chancery
Court said county, recorded in book "A,
page S5b OK tho Registers Office. A frame
house and other improvements thereon. All
right Of redemption waived. Title believed
to be COED. but i sell and convey as trustee
only. AMOS WOODRUFF, Trustee.
W Hampton, Attorney. 95 12l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-07

Before ] M Coleman, j. P. for Shelby county,
Tenn.-James l. johnson, use of Q p Hunt
Co, VS.. Eliza Carter and the estate Adam
Carter.
IN this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 1856 of the Code OF
Tennessee, and returned, levied upon the
property Of the defendants by punishment ON
y ] Busby. & Co, who answer that they
are indebted 10 defendants in tho sum Of
$50 .07, and affidavit having been made that
defendants are indebted to the plaintiff m,
the sum of thirty. six dollars and eighty
six cents, due by account, and that
the claim is just. and that the defend
ant is q nonresident OF the state Of
Tennessee; II is therefore ordered that said
defendants make their personal appearance
before me on the 30th day Of July,
1881, at 10 o'clock am, at my Office, No.
29i Front street, Memphis, Tennessee, and
defend said attachment suit within tho
time prescribed by law, or the same viii be-
proceeded with exparte; and that a copy Of
this, order DO published once week, for four
weeks, In the Public Ledger
This the oath day of June, 1881.
l01 107 l1Sl l9 j M COLEMAN, j. P.
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Health is Wealth /!

Or. L. G. WEsT's NERVE AND BRAIN TREAT
MEST; specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Con-
lvulsions, Nervous Headache, Mental Depres-
sion, Loss of Memory, Spermaeorrh@a, lmpe;
tency, Involuntary Emissinus, Premature Old
Age, caused by over -exertion, self. abuse, OF
Over-indulgence, which leads TO misery, decay
and death. One box will cure recent cases.
Each box contains one months treatment.
One dollar box, or six boxes for I've dollars;
sent by mail prepaid on receipt Of price. W.
guarantee six LOxes to cure any case. With
each order received by US for six box 3, accom-
panied with 1--WE dollars, we will send tie pur.
chaser our written guarantee to return thu
money if the treatment does not effect cure
Guarantees issued only by A. RENKERp i
co , Wholesale and Retail Druggists, 2l5 Main
street. Memphis, Tenn. Orders by mail viii
receive prompt attention. hoxxxiiii5od6w
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Nonresident Notice.

No. l9. r DIN the Probate Court . ehs,bv
county, Tennessee-Frank Pattst spd Viz A.,
VS.. @ II NJ Smith ct al. W."
ri appearing from the origin al biII IN IN is
i cause, which is sworn to, nat The defep A.
state and cannot be for "a. !, - Lon. cr ro
ordered that be make hi 10
q the courthouse Of or 4 said Proba re- court in
Memphis, Tenn, on or before the ist Mon day
IN IN august, IsSl, a'4d plead, answ er or demur
70 colnPftalna1nt bill, or same W iii be taken
exparte; ana that copy Of this order be
puoilsned e9oe a week for Jur successive
weeks " the Public Ledger.
This Jup.e "a, 1881.
A coPy-Attest:
By II. B. CULLEN, d, @. -'''
q g Debt, sol'r. 1Ol 1O7 lis 1l9
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No. 6l97-Before S galloway, j p. f. : EshlkO
county, Tenn.-JW Alley vs., Cha .ries HeEe-
valid Co.
N this cause an attachment having been
j sued out under section 345S Of The code 81
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property ofthe defendants, Charles RegeWald
and 4 DePaun, and AFFIDAVIT having been
made that defendaata are indebted to the
plaintiff In the sam of sl2l, as damages for
breach, Of 2 contract, due for the sale Of n
chattet and thP.t the claim is just, and that
the defendants are non-residents Of the State.
Of tennessee; it Is therefore ordered III
said defendants make their personal appes
ance before me on the LIST day of August
lool' at u o'clock M, at my Office, No. 34Madi-
son street, Memphis, Tenn, and defend said
attachment suit within thu time prescribed
by law, or the same will b. proceeded with
Sx-parte; and that copy OF this order be
published once a week for four consecutive
weeks in the Public Ledger.
Tbs, the oath day Of June, 1881.
100 los ll211S J IS GALLOWAY, j. p
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No. 252i-In The Chance ry Court Of Shelby
county, Ter nj M w allace ct al vs.. w
greenlaw., executor, etc., ct al.
L appes ring from the amended petition
i OF ,. 7 Wilson q Co., whicb Il
sworn to in this cause, that NJ
Wleks, who is made a defendant to thal
pftU on, is a nonresident Of the State o|
len nesseo, il is therefor ordered that he make
his appearance herein, at the courthouse 81
telby eSSu3ty N mss1,phisf Tenn3ssYesss, on 2,
plead, answer OF deHiur to the Said amended
4 petition, or the same will be taken for confess
| ed as to him and set for hearing ex-parte aud
that copy Of this order DO public he'd once 3
Ledger.
This 9th day Of juno, 1881.
A copy-Attest:
r. J. BLACK, Clerk and master.
7 By =. B. MoHESRY, d. @. 4 NJ.
Jarnagin Frayser, soPrs for r I Wilson 4
/ Co, 100 los 1i2 ll8
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InsOlvent No lice.
STATE OF TEENEssHE, SHELBY Co..
OFFICE COUNTY Cor an CTppK

OFrAOh NOuNIA wv NJ NLEkks
Memphis, Tenn, juno 2lst, issl
No. 850-To John Green, admin istrator Of
I'm and Margaret Ryan, decePsed.
HAVING suggested the insolvency Of tho
IL estate Of VIM aud Margaret RYAN. de-
ceased. you are hereby ordered to give notice.
by, advertisement in some newspaper
published within tho said State, and.
also at the courthouse door Of Shelby,
county, for all persons having claimE
against said estate, to appear and file the
same, with the Clerk Of the County Court au-.
thenticated in the manner prescribed by law =,
on or before the cath day OF September, 1885,;
and any claim not filed on OF before said day ).
or before an appropriation OF the funds Of said
In law and equity.
Witness my hand, at Office. this 21st day VI
June, 1881.
OWEN pWYER, Clerk.
BIZ HUeH B. CULLEN, D. @.
Notice is hereby given ~ above directed.
JOHN GREEN, admir-.
az 1O4 ITO I1s