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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-03
The putx of Conductors.

During the past few months disagree.
ments have taken place on the different
railroads between passengers and con-
ductors, respecting the right OF holding
articles or money found in cars. On
Saturday, a passenger in one of the city
railway cars picked up in the car porte.
monnsie containing Sl4 &C and several
railway tickets The conductor, notic-
ing the circumstance, demanded the
porte-monnaie, stating that it was his duty
to retain all moneys and articles found
in his car, aud hand them to the receiver
on the return OF the car TO the depot. A
dispute then took place between the par
ties, and the finder refused to yield to the
demand of the conductor. The car was
Immediately stopped and the aid Of Re-
serve Officer Rollins solicited. While the
coatroyersy was going on the conductor
obtained by force the porte-monnaie, al
leging that, as be was responsible, he
would keep it until his return to the depot,
when he would give it to the proper per.
son for safe keeping. The matter ere
ated considerable feeling on the part of
the passenger, who threatened TO have
the right Of the conductor to the money
determined by legal process. From in
formation obtained, it appears to be a
settled custom among the railway COM
panies to require of all their conductors
an immediate delivery to their depots Of
all articles found in their cars, register
Of the same being kept by the persons in
charge, in order to sfford an opportunity
to passengers to regain their goods. A
legal opinion has been given sustaining
the course pursued by railway comps-
nies, so far aa it EelsIss TO goods or
money found By conductors in their cars;
but in cases where O passenger finds
money or lost articles, he or she is re-
quired to give their name and residence
to the conductor, with q description of
the articles found, but they can retain
the articles until the proper owner claims
:hem.-PAtlddelphid Ledger.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-03

she supposed and was then so informed
by said Sherwood, we're the same read as
aforesaid to her. She had that day (July
30) for the first time read the cross-bill
filed in this cause, which was signed and
sworn to by her under the impression
that it was one of said papers read to her
by said M. B. Sherwood. She never
knew the contents OF said cross-bill
before the 30th, and, at the time of sign
iug and swearing to the same, it was SUBJ
stituted by said Sherwood in place Of one
Of the papers read to her, and said Sher-
wood assured her that it was one Of the
papers which be read to her. This affi-
ant states that she never read it herself
until then, and that all the matters aud
things stated in said cross-bill, charging
criminality on the part of said James o.
Newton, are wholly untrue in substance
and in fact; and that she was induced
to sign and swear to said eross-bill, by
fraudulent means used by said Sherwood !;
and she also states that she does not wish
to make any defense in this cause; and
that she hereby dismisses and discharges
j. Coleman, and oil other attorneys
whom she has authorized, or who pretend
to be authorized by her, to appear for
her in this cause; land the affisnt
further states that she believes said NJ. B
Sherwood to be scoundrel and die
grace to humanity"
There 10 also letter from "the said
Sherwood" written to the woman, as fol.
Iowa: Hsa a
| Tt Ion
Mrs. j. 0. Newton: ss,
There is report round town that you
have not given James Coleman any au'
thority to act as your attorney in your
case. Answer this Immediately anc
merely say TO him that you wish him tc
proceed with your case and act as your
attorney, the same as he has been doing
through your direction.
/ State to him that you will come here al
any time he may deem it best, and to in
form you from time to time of the pro
gress of your suit.
+ You understand why it will not do for
me to figure in this suit more than neces.
sity requires. was told last night that
Del Rogers was in Chicago yesterday
and saw you. Answer Immediately, and
direct to James Coleman, Elgin, I'll.
Respectfully, M. B. SHERwooD.
P.S.-It is necessary that James should
have some authority from you. ID. b. s.
The case 10 duly docketed here, and
upon the opening Of court, on Monday
next, it is highly probable that the answer
and cross-bill will, under the state OF
facts thus presented, be dismissed. There
will be then default, and q decree
beyond doubt, for the husband, who has
been 90 wronged, and upon whom so
much greater wrong was sought to be
imposed. What the result of the whole
will be to the woman and those who have
urged her 20 her greater sins, time alone
can discover.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-03
An exchange has been experimenting
on Grants name as follows
& ANT
r A C ER
ACU TIE s.
ETA
TIRE AT

A"Lady" in New Bedford, Maas, re-
Gently bought 3 pair Of new gloves, 70 be
returned IN case they did not suit They
we're returned as not suiting. shen il was
discovered that they had been Used to
decorate the hands Of corpse, and re-
moved before the lid of the cctSa was
screwed down.
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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-20
The Virginia Election.

The Democracy have sought to ex-
tract some comfort from the recent
election in Virginia, but they GER
tainly have very little ground for re-
joicing. Governor WALKER, the new
Governor, said in New York, that, in
his State campaign, he started out on
a Liberal Republican platform, and
that this is the proper name of his
party in Virgipia-Liberal Republi-
can; that the Virginians are leaning
this way; that Democracy hath profit
ed them nothing. and that they know
better than you can tell them where
their real interests lie.
And the Richmond Wing thus
corrects the Civilizations of the New
York Rorld.
I'VE beg the New York World
and ali the over-zealous Democratic
Journals, to let us alone. What we
have done has been done without
their aid and in spite Of their opposi-
ton. We are more indebted to Presi-
dent Grant than to all the Nor; hern
Democrats put together for our deliv-
arauaa ~
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-20
Personals.

THE Indianapolis Sentinel says it is
generally understood that Hon. John
D. Defrees will start a new Republi-
eau daily paper in that city this Fall.
THE Mt. Vernon Democrat says
General Hovey has contracts for
100000 brick for his proposed new
residence, which is intended to be the
finest in that section of the State.
Epauletts and diplomacy appear to
pay. att
Our Representative in Congress-,
Hon. w. E. Niblaek, is now on trip
to California with his family, in com
pany with Senator Hendricks aud
others. The Omaha Herald, in no
ticiug his presence in that city, says:
Judge Niblack is we'll known
throughout the country as a Repre-
sentative 10 Congress for ten wears.
He is one Of the strong men of Indi-
ana, and the Democracy Of Omaha
are glad to meet and welcome him to
this city.
THE cornerstone of the new Sen
tinel printing Office was laid at In
dianapolis on Saturday. The Journal
of that city has the following compli-
mentary notice Of its proprietor:
Whatever may be said concerning
the political course aud policy of the
Sentinel, the present proprietor, Mr.
X. j. Bright, has shown a commend
able enterprise in making live and
wlde-awake newspaper of il, while he
deserves especial credit for the cree
ton of a building for the accommo-
dation of his business, which will re-
feet the life and energy of our grow
ing city"
AN exchange reports that Senator
Morton and family are soon going to
b Europe.
Bishop McILvA1NE. of Ohio, is
seriously ill in New York city.
IT is said that John Bright will
certainly come to America ia the
Spring.
SENATOR TRUMBULL, Ex-Governor
Oglesby. and other Illinoisans have
gone to California.
SENATOR HENRY WILSON, of Mass
achusetts, is engaged on history of
the anti-slaVery movement.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-20
nnr State neht.

The Cincinnati Commercial says
Indiana is doing we'll with her State
debt, having reduced it in FIVE years
from 100000 to 81. 100000. To
this the Indianapolis Journal aptly
replies:
8 Yes, Indiana is doing very we'll
and the credit is due to the Repubi-
can party, by which the policy of
honesty has been carried out at the
expense of obloquy, resistance, aud
denunciation unequalled in the his
tory of the State. From the first set
Element with our creditors, in 1876 to
1860, the Democrats had the absolute
control Of the State. and paid not a
dollar Of the debt IF they had kept
the power till this day there is no
reasonable probability that they would
have paid any more. And, instead Of
helping the Republicans to pay
they used every opportunity to
defeat or thwart payments. When
the appropriations failed in 1868,
they used every effort to pre-
vent the payment of interest
on the debt, although the faith of the
State was solemnly pledged to pay
that interest semI-annually, ut fixed
place and fixed times. They contend
that a fresh law was needed, every
time, to give force to a solemn
pledge, and their State officers refused
to give out dollar, or pay it to the
creditors. But for Governor Nor
toms determination to preserve the
States credit at all hazards, and his
extra legal, but more than justifable,
act of borrowing the money. the Dem
ocrats would have forced the State
into reputation, just as they then,
aud ever since have, wanted to do
with the national Government. If
Indiana is doing we'll with her
debt, her creditors owe the Demo
Gratis no thanks for it. By the time
Governor Baker delivers his last mes
sage he will be able to report the State
out Of debt"
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-20

The tea planted by the japanese
colony in California is doing well.
The seed nuts are comiDg mp, and the
valley lands are found admirable for
the tea culture. If the result shall
prove a complete success, it will give
a vast stimulus TO the immigration of
Chinese to this country, and, what Is
better, they will come with their line
Of industry specially marked out for
them by their past experience. Should
the fields of California prove adapted
to the supply OF this important arti-
Gle, the people of the Pacific States
would find that there is not SO much
wealth In the gold and silver of that
whole region as they can put in
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-20

TIE South Bend ReglsssF says
s Vice President Colfax will start /.
west about the first of August in
company with Governor Bross, MIR.
Samuel BowIes, of the Springfield,
Massachusetts,, Republican, and their
wives for a three months absence on
the Pacific coast and in the noun
tains. ftr
SECRETARY SEWARD, since 1914,
has built one hundred and sixty
houses in Auburn, Now York, and
sold them to men of moderate means
on easy terms; among these men IS
quite a colony of Ethiopian ante
cedants.
SENATOR RoBERTs, the Spanish
Minister, is young 1nan yet. not be-
ing forty years of age. He is a hand
some looking and courtly appearing
man, of middle stature, dark hair.
eyes aud complexion, though by no
means as swarthy as many Of his
people.
OF the new Captain General of
Cuba a correspondents says; De
Rodas is a man of quite good looking
appearance, is somewhat short in
stature, not measuring more than five
feet seven inches, is bald-headed, has
fine eye and martial bearing. One
not knowing his auHcedents would
think him amiable
Mrs. HELMBoLD is said to be the
champion dressist at Long Branch.
IT is announced that the Empress
Of France wall soon visit the United
States, incog
A TELEGRAM from New York states
that GeorgesWilliam Curtis will be-
come editor of the Times in about q
month.
/ GEN. SIoKLEs goes to Spain without
leg, and his Secretary without al
arm, both lost in the service of the
country they represent.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-20
The Erie Disaster.

In the cruel slaughter on the Erie
Railway, nine passengers, after esca-
ping the comparative mercy of instant
death by the collision of the two
trains, were held In suspense and
torture until the flames occasioned by
the wreck reac he'd and consumed
them. The accounts furnished by
the company show a singular want OF
means to meet the exigeneies of such
an occasion, though the setting a
train on FIRE by a collision which
tumbles half dozen cars In pile on
top Of one Or two burning locomotives
is a very natural and common occur
renee. Though the collision occurred
at station, and there were at hand
two trains and depot. yet there was
not only no water, and no buckets to
get it In, but there was not even an
axe to break open the car in which
the sufferers were imprisoned.
The survivors, after trying In vain
to rescue them, were obliged to leave
them to their fate, while the sufferers
themselves were compelled to watch
the approach Of the flames which
were to consume them in agonies not
exceeded by those of martyrs burning
at the stake. Probably all the roads
in the country are equally ill-supplied
for such an exigeney. Should not
buckets and axes hereafter be re.
quired by law to be carried in every
train, as they are on all steam vessels
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-20

STRAIGHT LINE RA1LRoAD.-We
learn from Mr.. w. B. Taylor, who
recently made a trip throuob the
counties of Daviess and Green. that
there is considerable excitement
among the people there concerning
the building of the Straight Line
Railroad from Evansville, through
Washington, Petersburg and Bloom
field, to this point, If we are not
mistaken, the grade is almost COM
pleted from Evansville to Washing
ton, where it crosses the Ohio aud
Mississippi Railroad. Near Bloom
field it will tap the most extensive
iron beds in the State, and in Owen
it runs through large coal fields and
quarries, while all along the route is
the best of timber. This is the ma
tural terminus, as, from this place,
there is direct communication with
indianapolis, Cincinnati, and the
cities of the North. East aud North
west. Mr.. Taylor says the people are
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-20

How TO KEEP COoL.--The follow
inc simple hints from the Scientific
49,,erican are useful to remember
dprinr the warm weather Of the pres
ent season:
BE sparing in your diet, which
should consist principally of fruits,
berries and vegetables, Avoid every
thing of greasy nature, also spices,
condiments and sweets. Drink moth
irg but water. chew nothing but food;
chew that well, but do not chew too
much of it. Excess IN eating is one
of the principal causes of that lazy,
listless, relaxing feeling experienced
by so many persons in hot weather.
Dress lightly, and change often.
Wear nothing at night which is worn
during the day. Battle the body every
morning with cool or cold water.
Keep a clean conscience as well as
clean body and clean clothing, and
don't get excited. If uncomforta bly,
warm at any time, immense the hands,
or feet or both, in cold water for q
short time, or let stream of cold
water run upon the wrists and an
kles. This will cool the whole body
in a short time" AAa
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-20
SPECIAL NOTICES.
summer Perlls-HOw to Escape them.

1t will not do 10 trihe with the health in
hot weather. V1gor OoZes through the
VIEOr only that unhealthy influences can
be baf1ed and repealed. The vital eles
ments are evapOratedin peTsptrettOn. Ia.
tense heat converts a man into q self-act-
ing pump, and the moisture that is pumped
out OF him is derived from the We'll springs
of life within him. There is great need,
therefore, that these sources of physical
strength should be in a condition to bear,
without danger or Inconvenience, the ex-
traoTd1nar drain. If they are not IN such
a condition, the individual becomes Ian
guild and lOW-spirited
The main thing is to keep the digestive
apparatus in so d working trim; for If
the stomach, the purveyOr of the systenas
does its duty thOrou ghly, the liver, the
bowels, the brain, and the nervous syS.
TEN, being duly INJURED will be likely TO
do theirs. In view of these facts, It is
manifest that a powerful and who es1me
vegetable tonic like H o 5 T EFT L r 3
STOMACH BIrTERS is especially re-
QuiTed at this embedding season. 1t Is the
most admirable OF all cOrrectiVes and ia
vigoranIS, and for mis- reason: 1t does not
over-stim ulate the system. he proper
tions of aperIent, tonic, and stimulating
compOnenis are so jadiclOuSly graduated.
that the processes OF lnVlgof9tlon a. q
publication go on simultaneously, aid no
undue excitement is created in the circu-
latiOn or the brain. All unmedicated
stimutants, however pure, excite the pulse
ana the nervous system. Their exhtla-
rating effect is temporary, and when IL
passes off the physical and mental depres-
sion they were employed to remove re-
| turns 1D an aggravated form But this Is
| MT the case when HOSTETPER'S BIT
| TIERS are taken as stomachic and ner-
| vine. The medicinal herbs, roots, and
gums with which they are 1mprek mated
neutrallze the exciting principle OF the
/ rye spirit which forms their basis, and
/ Which is in itself the most wholesome OF
/ all the Yari ties of alcohol
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-20

Gun citizens will regret to learn
from the letter Of our Hopkinsville
correspondent, that so much opposi-
ton exists in Christian County, Ken
lucky, to the proposed subscription to
the Evansville, Henderson & Nash
Vile Railroad. and that it is likely to
be defeated. The city of Evansville,
and, we believe, Henderson County,
stand ready to do their full share in
aid Of the early completion of this
important enterprise, and we hope
that the leading citizens of Christian
and Hopkins Counties will take such
measures aswill secure their CO opera
ton in the good work.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-20
Hard on the Oonrier.


Mr.. j. M. VaHtrees, who has been
Collector of Internal Revenue for
this county since 1862, has been re-
moved by the Administration. Mr.
j. W. Puett is his successor Wash.
Gazette.
We reqret to hear this. Mr.. Van
tress is an honest man and 6rst-rate
officer. He was, for many years,
Clerk of Daviess County. The only
time he ever suffered defeat before
the people Of that county was in 1860,
when he opposed Hon. Nj L. Brett
for Representative in the Legislature
But like~all other good men of the
Republican party, he was to suffer
martyrdom for having held office
under Johnson's administration.
That is a high crime In the view of
Ulysses /. and his followers.-EUdns-
UiHe Courier.
The above is about as near the
truth as the Courier ever gets when
it undertakes to make a point against
the Administration. Mr.. Vantrees
had no desire to retain the office of
u. S. Collector, and had repeatedly
requested that he be removed; nor
was he ever Clerk of Daviess County
neithe4 was he ever q candidate be-
fore the people Of the county for any
Office; aud, of course, was never de-
feated by any one. Mr.. Vantrees is
not now, nor was he ever a supporter of
johnson or his policy; and has never
ceased to heap his anathemas upon
the head of that miserable old dema-
g5gue from the time he tried, with
the assistance of the Democratic
party, to betray the country by trans
ferring its powers into the hands of
its enemies. His detestation for A.
j and ali his acts is only excelled by
the utter contempt he feels for such
hypocritical, beslobbering eopperhead
praise as the above from the Courier.
Wdshington Gazehe.