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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-11-12

From Mark Twaiu's "Beecher's Private Habits"
Mr.. Beecher's farm consists of thirty six
acres, and is carried on on strict scientific
principles. He never puts in any part Of q
crop without consulting his book. As soon
as the library is complete, the farm will
begin 10 be a profitable investment. But
book farming has its drawbacks. On one
occasion, when it seemed morally certain
that the hay ought 10 be cut, the hay book
could not be found, and before it was found
il was too late, and the hay wal all spoiled.
Mr.. Beecher raises some Of the finest
crops of wheat in the country, but the I'M
favorable difference between the cost of
producing it and its market value after II
is produced has interfered considerably
with its success as q commercial enterprise.
His special weakness is hogs, however.
He considers hogs the best game a farm
produces. He buys the original pig for
Sl.50. and feeds him $40 worth Of corn,
and then sells him for about 50. This is
the only crop he ever makes any money on.
He loses on the corn, but he makes $3.50
on the hog. He does not mind this, be-
cause he never expects to make anything
on corn any way. And any way it turns
out he has the excitement of raising the
hog anyhow, whether he gets the worth Of
him or not. His strawberries would be n
comfortable success, if the robins would
eat turnips, but they won't, and hence the
difficulty.
Two years ago Mr.. Beecher's f%ar-sighted.
ness warned him that there wal going to
be q great scarcity of watormelons, and
therefore he put in n crop of twenty-seyen
acres of that fruit. But when they came
up they turned out TO be pumpkins, and n
dead loss was the consequence. Sometimes
n portion of his crop goes into the ground
the most promising sweet potatoes, and
comes mp the most internalost carrots
though | never have heard him express il
just in that way. Mr.. Bcechcr's most dis.
astrous experience was the time he tried to
raise an immense crop of dried apples.
He planted fifteen hundred dollars worth,
but never a one Of them sprouted.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-11-12
CALAMITY.
Burning OF IA steamer s~tonovaii--.
Over TNNo LINaa LnaI.

hhNnNnk OF tue steamer NNnhNWNtAss
over Two Hundred Lives Lost.
CmcAGo, Oct. ga special from Car
bondnle, Illinois says that the steamer
Stonewsll, which left st. Louis for New
Orleans on Tuesday evening, heavily laden
with passengers, horses, mules, hay aud
other freight, last night about s o'clock,
when near Neely's Landing, ten miles from
Grand Tower, took fro, and despite all eff
forts to save her, was burned to the waters
edge. When the fire broke out, every Of
fort was made to land, but, the steamer was
so heavily laden that she could not be
brought nearer than one hundred yards of
the shore. Great confusion and terror pre-
vailed, There were about two hundred
cabin and deck passengers aboard, quite q
number of whom were women aud child
rem. The flames spread with great rapid
ty. Scores Of men sprang into the water
and attempted to reach the shore by swim
ming. Nearly all these were lost. Every
conceivable object that could DO obtained
was thrown into the water, and TO those
the passengers chung with all the t]enacity
Of life.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-11-12

WESTERN PATENTs.-The following West
ern patents were granted by the Commits
sioner Of Patents for the week ending oct.
10Th, 1869, rs reported by Farwell, Ellis
worth x Co., Solicitors of American and
Foreign Patents, and Counselors in Patent
Causes, 1872 Lake street, Chicago, ILL.,:
ILLINOIS.
Saw Sett-B. Blackstone, Warren.
Brush-F. Cole, Kankakee.
Egg D~etector-Frank j.. Eisonman, Chi
cagO.
Lime Kiln-George Hensler, Kankakeo.
Railway Coupling Mathew Quinn, Wataga.
Condenser for Stills-Edward Seeth, Chi.
cago.
Water Wheol-D. W. futile, Galena.
Weather Strip. II. Webber, Chicago.
Snow Plow-M. A.. q J. Nj. Crayath, Bloom
ington.
Shaft and Coupling shiold-M. L. Drake,
Rockford.
Lock Nut-P l.. Gibbs, Dunleith.
Lock and Car Door-A. V. Hartwell, Chi
CagU.
Hand Loom-Abraham Jones, Clinton.
Kerosene StOve-R. NJ. Mitchell, Chicago.
Cuitiyator and S~eeder-Silas @. SchoGold,
Chicago.
oultivator-J. A. Smith, Lacon.
INDIANA.
School Desks-s. +. Estell, Richmond.
Potota Digger. H.. Singley, Lafayette.
Portable Fence-Jacob Gloss, Decatur.
HarrOw-R. N. Bennett, Union Mills,
Tuyoie-S, Fpley, M~cGrawsyille.
Pow Clod Fender-l. q l. w. Higgins,
Orth.
Railway Car Brake-I. l. Kesor, Middle.
town.
Culliyator-Walker Il Pratt, LaPorte.
WISCONSIN, "
Clothes Rack-James Hatfield, Sparta.
Wash BOiler-D. q J. Lucat, Green Bay.
Sleigh Coupling-W. T., Won Setback, Dol
evan.
Blind Hingo-A. Velguth, Milwaukee.
Water Wheel-J. s. Anderson, Oconomowoc.
IOWA.
Show Counter-A. Beardsley, Mount Zion.
Horse POwer-W. N. Berkeley, Cedar Rapids.
HnrrnM-L 6. InMia. Elknder.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-11-12
Interesting Figures.

The total length Of railway in the world
is put down at 109, 1T miles, and il cost
So 500, 75l, 0S2. The United States have
42,2i7 miles. The next largest national
supply is in Great Britain, 1i,2i7. France
has 1895 miles; Russia, l,3lG; Prussia,
1926, Italy, 4,109; Austria, 4,129; South
Germany, 2,GSl; Spain, 3l29; Belgium,
], 1888; and the North German States 1871:
British India, 1902; and tho Canadian Do
minion, 1913. No other lands exceed 1000.
The distribution of railway to area and
population is n curious branch of the stat
istics. This country has 7,1Ol square
miles TO each mile of rail, and S7Cl5 in
habltants. Mexico brings 1895, l40 miles
Of area, and 40,S85 inhabitants 10 meet
each of her 295 miles of road. Great Brit
ian has $50 square miles, and l,O5G, 80 in
habitants under the same supply of rair
The absolute cost of construction
was greatest TO Great Britain,
and the next greatest with
US. Her outlay was 50, oil, 31i, 1856, and
r 81, 1874, $40, 1913. France came up to
81, SIG, GG5, 892, and there the billions stop.
The Prussian system represents STAT, $50
SAG, and the Russian S724, 700, 474. Bolgi-
um, reticulated as she is, reports u cost OF
only SlSG, 1873, SCI. The smallest amount
credited is two miles in Natal, South Africa,
but these two miles cost Sll9, 423, while
Jamaica built fourteen miles for only $780,
ia. The relative cost of building was
greatest in Brazil, where it is set down at
s204, l57, against SIG, 2G0 in Great Britain,
Sl58, ia in France, S97, 80 in Holland,
S5Ill4 in Denmark, and S4l, 255 in the
United States. In Russia the cost was
SlG9, 1922. The wonderful disparity in the
cost of constructing q mile of railway is
the most remarkable feat we have, especial
" when there Is taken into consideration
the fact that labor is everywhere cheaper
than here, and the cost of living less; al.
though il is true hat the roads of Other
countries are much better built and better
furnished.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-11-12

A o BOY, who may be seen any
day, with q basket of edibles on his arm,
entered an Office on Wall Street, with his
usual exclamation Of "Cakes, pies and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the following %colloquy
between the proprietor and the darkey en-
sued:
"Ah, Sam, how is the pie-trade to-day ?"
"Well, Massa, it amt so good now, since
the gold excitement"
"Why, what has the gold excitement to
do with the pie business, l should like 10
know
80, you see, sir, l used 10 sell a good
many pies TO che brokers, all along Broad
street, and now it pears like Hey hadn't qot
appetite. IN Y. Tribune.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-11-12

-WHAT Is the best and safest preparation
to turn gray hair to its natural color but
not dye 1t Halls Sicilian Hair Remover.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-11-12
lightning as a PnOtogrnphcr.

A correspondent Of the Scientific Ameri-
cen tells this marvellous, but not unparal-
leled story Of marks produced by light
ming during a thunder storm in Washing
ton county, Nd. In IN opon lot near the
residence of the late Capt. John Ressley,
about two and a half miles northwest ofthe
town Of Hancock, in the county named,
stood an oak tree Of medium size, under
which, during a thunder storm, a sheep
had taken shelter from the rain. On a
limb or branch Of the tres sat a robin,
directly over tho sheep; a flash Of light
ming struck the tree, the robin, and the
sheep, killing both Of tho latter. We saw
the sheep lying under the tree, and went
to see If Il had been killed. When we ar
rived, we found the sheep dead, lying upon
the left side, and found the dead body of
the robin lying upon the right, or upper
side Of the sheep. Capt, Ressley ordered
his servants to skin tho sheep which they
did Immediately, and when they came TO
the spot on the right, which was the upper
side, whore the body Of the robin had
fallen, and where we had found il, they no.
tlced a strange appearance, and called our
attention to it. To our no small astonish-
ment, We found on the inside Of the skin
Of the sheep, and also on the flesh of
tho body OF 1t, a perfect picture of
lue foDln, even 10 the hne fringeB
Of the feathers Cf It's wings. Now it could
not have been the falling Of the body of the
robin upon the body Of the sheep that u
ed the impression, as the figure or picture
thus formed was not that OF a dead bird w.
ing sideways on the sheep, as we found It,
but it was a perfect picture OF the robin,
while sitting upon the limb Of the tree,
above the sheep, This circumstance at the
time elected a great deal of controversy
among n small circle of educated gen
tlemen in the immediate vicinity, and
the only conclusion that could be arrived
at was, that the current Of electricity in the
instant Of its passage, carried the outline
of the figure of the robin down upon he
body Of the sheep, the sheep having fallen
dt it were not already lying) upon its side,
before the body of the robin reached it in
its downward descent. No doubt the sheep
was lying down at the time of the stroke.
Now whether the body of the robin alb
solbed a portion of the electric fluid, and
in that way caused the picture ~(darkened as
it was) upon the inside of the skin aud MP
on the flesh Of the sheep, l am not able TO
prove, but that has always been my theory
OF it.
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Criminal Courf.

We are very glad to chronicle so much
of change for the better in our Grim
inal Court. So far, too much praise can.
not be given Judge Hudson and Attorney
General Horrigan for the new order of
things. In about one month there have
been about thirty-seven convictions,
which shows a very different state of
affairs to what was ever inaugurated un-
der old grandmother Hunter. Attorney
General Horrigan is worker and is
doing good service, determined to show
no favors or prejudices to any one, but
do bis whole duty. The community are
watching the proceedings of this court
with great interest, and if continued as
commenced, crime will be bound to sue.
cumb, and order and peGce be restored.
The officers Of the court will receive the
thanks and everlasting praise of CRATE
ful people. The public are waiting anx-
iously to see this court and Grand Jury
ferrit out the dishonest and corrupt pub
lie officers, if any, and bring them to con-
dign punishment, thus freeing an over
taxed people.
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City of Me mphis.

FIRST wARD-AT NORTH END NAVY YARD.
Deputy Commissioner. Baugh. Judges:
John Clancy. Owen Dwyer. J. Nc. Randell.
Clerks; j A Newsom. X Atwood.
FIRST wARD-Ar CORNER MARKET STREET AND
MARKET SQUARE.
Deputy Commissioner, M. Gavin. Judges
John 0'Conner, John Mahoney, I'd bowling.
Clerks: Charles NewEom, W III Whitsett.
SECOND wARD-AT CORNER WASHINGTON AND
FOURTH STREETS.
Deputy Commissioner. T B Edgington.
judges T Campbell. Thomas Joyce, II W
Lightburne. Clerks: W J Chase. II Law
renee,
THIRD WAED--Ar CORNER ADAMS AND FOURTH
STREETS.
Deputy Commissioner, d F Goodyear.
Judges: Irving Halsey. John Gum. L Amis.
Clerks: K Brennim. I P Adams.
THIRD wARD--Ar ESQ. KIERNASs OFFICE.
Deputy Commissioner, John johnson.
judges: James X Oosa. W Coover, Paul
Jones. Clerks: CIV Metcalf, Tros Garvey.
FOURTH wARD--AT CORNER MADISON AND THIRD
STREETS.
Deputy Commissioner, Z I Cartwright.
Judges: A T Lacey. NJ D Welsh, P NJ Stanley.
Clerks: W W Hodge. VIM Powell.
FIFTH wARD--AT CIRCUIT COURT HOUSE.
Deputy Commissioner. Thomas O'Donnell.
Judges: John p Tohiu, Owen Smith, j
u
FIFTH wARD--AT CORNER GAYosO AND SHELBY
STREETS.
Deputy Commissioner, W Eader. Judges
A II Douglass. NJ COLLEEN, w Ware. Clerks
W Il Anderson, Ben Capers.
SIXTH wARD.-Ar CORNER roLBERr AND Null
BERRY STREETS.
Deputy Commissioner, Henry B Chies.
judges: Paul Cicalla, Jack HaIstead, James
Banks. Clerks j Ii Banks, SamI Moore, jr.
SEVENTH wARD--AT CORNER cAUsRY AND LIN
DEN STREETS.
Deputy Commissioner. Robt Geode. Judges
W L Stewart. Larry Harmstad. WIN David
son. Clerks Eden Highe, Francis Foster.
sLyESTH wARD--AT FURGEsoS's BUILDING, 127
DEsoTo STREET.
Deputy Commissioners; @ A Choate. judges
John II West, John B Robinson and John
League. Clerks: w L Vandyke. John Nit
chelI.
EIGHTH WARD AT CHURCH, oUNBY AVENUE.
Deputy Commissioner 7 Monsarrat
Judges: d PAnte, McGeoy, VIM Prewitt.
Clerks VIM Reynolds, Moses Levy.
NINTH wARD--AT CORNER KERR AND FRTH
STREETS.
Deputy Commissioner: w B ellison. Judges:
G NJ widrig, D Danbury,R B Miller. Clerks:
John Handkerchief, Allen Smith.
TENTH wARD--AT AFRICA BAILEY CHURCH.
Deputy Commissioner: J + DoWdy Judges:
j NJ Williamson, joseph LenOw, 3 Boon,
Clerks; Frank Smith. 81 Boon.
At the same time and places will also hold
an election for Constable of the Fourteenth
Civil District. 20 I'LL the vacancy oecasioned By
the removal OF Giles Smith, and also in other
distTicts where vacancy exists.
Also. at the fame time and place, will hold
an election for Superintendent Of Public In
structioB.
polls win be opened at so'closk a. N. and
closed at 4 o'clock Pm. Deputy Commission,
ers will call at my Office and be qualified and
receive the necessary blanks.
JOHN P. B0UGHNER,
Commissioner Of Registration.
l2s-l26 272 Ayres Block.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-29
Attention. Confedarates I


The Confederate soldiers society hold
their regular meeting tonight, and it is
hoped that all, whose names are on the
roll and those desiring to join, will lend
their presence in fuiL Business of i'm
portance will be transacted, such as is
necessarily required to the advancement
of the objects they are organized for.
Every true-hearted and full-sympathizing
Confederate soldier should attend.
While the Boys, once in Gray" are
devising plans that will ensure them a
pecuniary success. We would suggest that
they, tonight, enter into some arrange
ment for grand and gala picnic-one
which will take the ribbon" of any
given this year and return a handsome
figure to their young and deserving trea-
.ury. Everybody will go. Confederates,
lead the meeting your presence, and give
the picnic and the afflicted your every
assistance.
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Cotton Statement,
BoufwelI,s Last-stokes the Man for
His Money I'm Tennessee.

From the New York Herald
Secretary Boutwell, is getting on very
we'll with the money question, but very
badly on reconstruction. He was and is
opposed TO the victorious liberal Walker
party in Virginia. II is reported that he
is sioutly opposed to the Senter liberal
party in Tennessee, and in favor Of
Stokes and his ultra. Radical faction, and
80 on in Mississippi and Texas. Now,
when il is apparent that Mr.. Boutwell, is
becoming strong in the Administration
and the dominant party ON the money
question, be is, at the same time, in fair
way TO make much mischief on the recon-
struetion question; for the truth is, that
unless the Republican party shall fall 10
with this new liberal Southern party it will
before the end Of the year be swamped
in every Southern State. And the worst
Of il is that while Gen. Grant remains ST.
lent on this question. his outspoken Sec
Rotary Of the Treasury is construed as
speaking BY authority. There must be
q clear understanding soon, or there viii
be trouble in the Cabinet on this subject
with the return Of Congress,
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The wonders Of the Atmosphere

The wonders Of the Atmosphere.
We are gratifed to perceive that our
brethren of the morning press all unite
with us In urging our citizens to patron
izs the lecture to be delivered tomorrow
evening, at Greenlsw's Opera House, by
DR.. W. II Hanson. The subject is ons
which cannot fell to interest and in
Struct ell hearers. The atmosphere. of
which the lecture will treat, abounds
with ms-yels to the contemplative mind,
and in its intimate relations to oil the
existences Of the globe presents mystic
ries, the enlightened solution OF which
must fill the mind with pleased admira-
ton and reverential wonder. Again, we
strongly urge our readers to attend this
lecture, assured that they will be both
pleased and pro6ted if oar ADVICE be fol-
lowed.
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NOTICE

an THURSDAY, AUGUST THE 5TH.
" 1869. as Commissioner of Registration for
open and hold an election. according to law. at
the several voting places in the county Of
Shelby and city of Memphis, for Governor.
Senator. Floater aud Representatives for their
respective districts; and have appointed the
following Judges. Clerks and Deputy Commits
sioners to held the same
FIRST DIsTRIoT-AT STEPHEN EHGLIsH's.
Deputy Commissioner. W D Gather. Judges
i W Gragg, John Poole. w Session..
Clerks-C M Fried. Robert Kicks.
SECOND pIsTRICT-AT NELSON WELLS.
Deputy Commissioner, W p York. Judges
A ID Hunter, r Nelson. W Noblin. Clerks
w Ward. VIM Nelson.
THIRD DIsTRIcT--AT BOTTOMS STORE.
Deputy Commissioner. W A Bell. Judges
IS S Wynn. B \ Duncan, Il M Bateman.
Clerks--W Houze. s J 9oidsby.
FOURTH DfsTRrcT--AT CLIO UNION CHURCH.
Deputy Commi.sioner, T Giles. Judges
Clerks-W 7 Leftwich. 7 W Hines.
SIXTH DIsTRIcr-AT RALEIGH.
Deputy Commissioner. W II Moncrief.
Judges-J M Coleman, B WillefOrd, Il M
Ward. Clerks-H r Fuller, B W Pryor.
SEVENTH DrsTBIcr-AT BARTLETT.
Deputy Commissiqgner, 4 " Caldwell;
Taylor. Clerks-Willy Ward. W Magee.
EIGHTH DISTRICT AT sHELBY DEPOT.
Deputy Commissioner, John James. Judges
WIN Griffin. Silas Wherry, ii English.
Clerks-S Herring. W Thompson.
NINTH DIsTRIoT-AT FIsHERvLLE.
Deputy Commissioner, W II Weber.
Judges: John Granbsrry. NJ Brooks, M l.
Williams. Clerks: w Strong. B Strong.
rvuru MECHANICALLY cnr
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-29

Mas. CARRIE MAHosY's SELEcr School.
The third annual term Of this school will
commence on the first Monday 10 Sep
TENDER, in the basement of the Christian
Church, corner Of Linden and Mulberry
streets. A competent corps Of assistants
will be employed for all the departments
of q select school Of high grade. For
particulars apply TO the principal, at Mr..
Tom CAFES, No. "a st. Martin street
lll-l9Qe
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and one bag Of letters for Philadelphia,
as receipted for by o, A. Benson, the
route agent, on the afternoon of the 9th
inst. 'e af
The following Associated Press dis
patches are additional to those we pub
lished yesterday: Heia
CLARKsvILLE, July 2S.-The cause Of
the railroad accident has not yet been
ascertsined. The trestle was only about
two years old and the bridge three. Two
spans Of the bridge, about fifty feet each
in length, and length of the trestle fell.
The speed with which the train was going
carried it under the track upon the other
side of the creek.
In addition to this, we gather the fol-
lowing facts by inquiring among the
passengers: Mr.. Fontaine, of Memphis,
with his wife and three children, were on
the train, and all escaped except Mrs..
Fontaine, who is badly wounded, as was
the colored nurse of her children. Mr..
Hamilton Pike, son of General Albert
Pike, with his sister, we're on the train,
but escaped with few slight bruises, and
received universal commentator, as did
also Mrs. Sawyer aud young Mr. Wood,
of New Orleans, for their heroic and
energetic efforts to save and relieve
the wounded. Great praise is also
awarded Mat. Lowe, the conductor, for
bis GOODNESS in the discharge of bis
duty. The express books and papers
we're saved, from which it is ascertained
that there we're about 100000 in the
safe. AT last accounts from the wreck,
the safe had not been found.
Those of the wounded who are here are
receiving the best medical attention and
the sympathy of our entire population.
Mr.. Pike and his sister are here waiting
an up-train. Mr.. Stowe is being kindly
cared for. Judge Caulkins and family
are under treatment here. Mr.. Dugan,
the Express messenger, is also here, but
his case is doubtful.
Since writing the above learn that the
body of a man badly burned has been
found under the wreck and cannot be
recognized.
LOUISVILLE, July 2S.-A special train
arrived here at five o'clock this evening,
from Clarksville, bridging the passes-
gers that were saved, and many of those
that were wounded who were able to
travel.
A gentleman who came over the road
and arrived this morning. informs US
that two of the wounded have died, but
he did not know their names. 1t was the
up-train that was behind time and it was
making fast time to catch up. The
opinion prevails that the engine jumped
the track at the bridge. Several passen-
gers say the engineer whstled on brakes.
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GARD.

1Fy FRIENDS AND THBPUBLIc ARE
MI informed that i have accepted, ate, .
= ,refui In vestigaton, an appointment from the
New York Life Insurance. Company Is tnelI
SnyssT At their Branch Office, 10 Madison
ssyeef- where / will be happy TO see OF com
ss,nnicafs with any who desire 70 effect lie IN
mranee. The New York Life lnsnrance yem-
1nssS. No Concentration from me. and 4 be-
nal for II that generous support vnicn the
sssod ritiscrs OF Memoirs have extended % me
personally while postmaster Of tnn elys 4
ssc,irit co-respopaence from country. districts.
.s.S -,fsrsnce 10 establishing agencies o. ap-
,r,asn,ioS soIiritors. 1851 R0B1.-o. GlSI.
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CARD TO THE PUBLIC.-On yesterday
evening, according to the announcement
made heretofore, / was to ascend from
the earth to the basket of Prof s. d.
Thompson's balloon, at the corner Of
Third and Adams streets. The arrange
msnt made with Prof. Thompson was,
that the balloon should be filled with gas,
so that it would not only hold the weight
of the rope and myself, but also that Of
one man in the basket. On making the
effort at the appointed time, l found that
the balloon had not gas enough in it to
support man in the basket, or keep the
rope taut when l attempted to climb. As
fast as went up the rope, the balloon
being light was forced down that many
feet nearer the earth. Although | climbed
about one hundred and seventy.fve feet
altogether, was at no time over fifty
feet from the ground. The rope bagging
and my getting no further from the earth,
although gradually approaching the hal
loon by climbing, disgustsd me, and I
gave the signal to haul me down to the
earth again. ] can perform the feat of
climbing to the balloon, eight hundred
feet from the earth, if have but q fair
chance and "tspt rope.'
GEo Il. MERRIFIELp.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-29

ROPE WALKING. Two hundred and
fifty New York Ledgers just received at
ChappelPs; also, back numbers of the
Ledger, the Chimney Corner Saturday
Night and New York Weekly. Envelops
and paper always on hand at the post
Office corner.
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II osT or MIsLAID--TwO PR0MIsS0.RI.YS
notes, one for six hundred dollar. sx9Vv'.
~ Ne 10 the undersigned. The public are
,gsss1,tioned not to trade for the above, as pay
meut has been stopped - o,,prvu
1879 y. v. 2n1 n--.
osT-ON FRIDAY EVENING". THE
i "a inst. on Adams street or Poplar street
road, one gold watch. ANY one Icavihng ,ne
sane at Ledger ohss WIN DC sui' 1Sy.yte5
Warded - 90