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A Sailing veloeipede.

A San Francisco paper says an i'm
proved three-wneeled velocipeds, with a
mast and large square sail, was navigated
over the Point I.obos road. The machine
made good time, up hill and down, and
particularly when returning to the city
with favorable wind. L is about nine
feet in leug b by tvs in breadth, and not
unlike hghi.wheeled buggy. The hind
wheels are four feet in diameter, end the
forward one about thirty inches. In its
management the sell aud forewheel are
both adjusted by cords attached to the
drivers seat When the sail ia set the
view ahead is nearly obstruoled, but by
means Of two large holes or eyes cut in
the canvas, at sAoBt the hight OF tie
head, the vekiole is directed With safety.
An application for q patent has been
made.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-14
A Moral View.

Awriter in the Frankfort Ysomdl has
made the following curious calculation
as 10 tie moral aspects Of the late oon-
aaeratioI IN that city: Taking the num-
Ser of barrels Of whisky consumed at
$3.50. aud allowing 4ls gallons to the
barrel, he finds that there were l34 ,s15
gallons destroyed. Allowing sixty drinks
10 the gallon, which is the bar-room esti:
mate, the loss in drinks is s,0e2, 500.
Estimating that eight drinks will make
one drunk, which is a liberal calculation,
as Il is allowing only one gallon 70 10;
toxicats seven men, We have the material
destroyed for l,Oll, ,53f drunks or sprees.
The vast amount Of Decentralization and
suffering which mankind have been
spared can still be further carried out BY
estimating that Of every City men getting
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-14
An Infamous Indiana Divorce.

An Indiana paper prints the following
remarkable case
On last Tuesday, Mrs. Albert French,
of LAGRANGE, left the room of her sick
husband to 20 on an errsnd to the house
of a neighbor across the street. While
there. some one asked her if she had
heard of rumor to the effect that she
was divorced from her husband. She
replied no, and, in laughing way, was
making some remark about the absurd
stories people tell, when person, enter
ing, handed her ncte from an attorney,
informing her that the rumor was true.
Her husband had made an application
in the Circuit Court of Elkhart county,
where the parties had never lived at all (;
the Sheriff had served the process so in
formally that she never received it. The
application had been granted on the 18th
of March; her husband had brought the
decree home with him and lived with her
more than a week before she found it
out. during which time she had been at
tentively nursing him through fit of
sickness. Mrs. French was almost killed
by the totally unexpected intelligence.
She had been married to her husband
tweniy-one years; they had two children
nearly grown. and SO far as is known the
family had always lived in peace aud
unity. The husband is worth about FIVE
thousand dollars, but the wife did not re-
ceiye one cent OF alimony, although q
portion of the property was inherited by
her. Itis one Of the most Infamous cases
we have ever heard of, and as the decree
was granted in a county whete the parties
never resided, a considerable amount Of
perjury must have been committed. The
matter should have legal investigation,
for Il certainly caps the climax on any
thing we have ever known in the way of
Indiana divorces.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-14

drunk one would have beaten his wife,
which would give over 10000 wife whip
pings saved; and, if, out of one thousand
getting drunk, we conclude that there
would have been one death, we have the
lives of over one thousand men spared.
When we come to estimate the number OF
headaches saved, figures fail. Taking
this moral view, it will be conceded that
it is an i'll wind which blows no one good,
but we fear that the insurance compa-
nies and the uninsured owners cant see
it by those lamps.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-14
The Dance of Death-Panic in Ball
Room-A Young Man in the Midst Of q
nxn

The Dance OF Death-fan1c In Bali
Room-A Young Man in the Midst of g
Waltz Falls Dead.
From the Chicago Tribune.l
Grim death at any time or place is an
unwholesome visitor, but more especially
when he stalks among scenes where only
the sound of music and the laugh of
pleasure should be heard. A dance was
in progress last evening at IA Augusta
street, place where Teutons most do
congregate to enjoy the pleasures which
a combination of lager and music will
vouchsafe. A. large party was present at
an early hour, and at clock the band
struck up lively waltz. Away went the
dancers, tripping the light, fantastic toe
to inspiring music, and no one dreamed
of an i'll wind, when suddenly woman's
shrek rose high above the sound of the
carnival. Almost simultaneously the
body of a man fell heavily to the floor,
forming barrier to the dancers, several
of whom fell headlong over the PROSTATE
form. Many thought it was enly a slip,
but when the man continued to lie mo
tionless the crowd gathered about him,
and an investigation disclosed the start
ling fact that the person was dead. The
deceased was q young man about twenty
Eve years of age, named Albert Kraft.
Among bis friends the impression had
prevailed for sometime past that he was
afflicted with heart disease, and he had
ben eounseled not to enter into festivities
calculated to engender excitement. But
Young blood is needless. Being fond of
dancing, be entered heartily into the fes-
tivities Of the occasion. About 8 o'clock
he chose q partner for waltz, and it was
the scream forced from his companion,
when she discovered the face that looked
into hers suddenly grow rigid in death,
that first attracted the attention Of the
assemblage to the sad occurrence. DIR.
Freyer was instantly called, and pro-
nounced life extinct. The cause of death
he alleged to have been heart disease.
The parents of the deceased reside at l3e
Cornell street, TO which place the body
was subsequently removed. Coroner
Cleaver was notified, and proceeded to
hold an inquest over the remains. 1t is
perhaps needless to say that after this
occurrence the music and dance lost their
sweet flavor, and among the ladies there
ensued a panic that nothing but absence
from the scene Of death could quiet
Trombone, fiddle and horn were quietly
packed in their boxes, and shortly the
hall was gwen over to the gloom which
death and darkness usually inspire.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-14

TIE THRONE OF SPAIS.-The Bourbon
Duke of Montpensier. husband Of ex-
Queen Isabella's sister, seems yet TO have
me best chance for the Spanish throne.
Don Ferdinand Of Portugal, to whom the
Spanish Cortes proposed Offering the
crown, has positively declined It. Fer
dinand is the widower Of the late Queen
Maria da GIoris. of Portugal, and father
Of the present King Louis l. By birth
he is Coburg, being Prince Of the
House of SAKE Coburg Gotha, and first
cousin to the late Prince Consort Of Eng.
land. and also to the reigning Duke Of
SAKE Coburr -Goths. Shortly after his
marriage With the oueen-Regent Of Per.
tp4al, in 1884, the honorary title Of
" King" was formally conferred upon
him, and be is therefore more correctly
described As "titular King than as
"ex-King." Had be accepted the Span
ish throne il would have begotten fam
ily alliance of Spain with the thrones Of
Great Britain and with Germany.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-14
Killing of Lion in Mississippi.


The Columbus Miss Index, of the
9th inst, gives the following strange
story, which confirms what we have
already published:
From gentleman of our city, who
conversed with a person that knows of
what he speaks, we obtain information
of an extraordinary event occurring IN
Monroe county, last week.
Mr.. George Coleman, young man of
twenty three or twenty-four years, living
three miles from Prairie station, was in
formed one day last week, by a'servant
girl, that she had just seen bear as
big as q cow in the edge of the woods" q
short distance from Mr.. Coleman place.
Her excited manner at once aroused his
curiosity, and, arming himself with his
Spencer riae, loaded with twelve balls
"a piece that he had used in the late war,
he started out in search of the monster
He was accompanied by servant and q
large and very fierce bulldog. Arrived
at the spot, brief survey soon discov-
cred to him the object of his search in
the shape of genuine lion. The beast
at the sight of the men, sprang into the
branches of dead tree, aud there
waited further developments. Mr.. Cole.
man, who is described as very cool and
daring, did not allow him to wait long,
for elevating his rifle he at once dis.
charged several loads at him which
caused the beast to spring from his posi-
ton on his foe. Quick as thought, Mr..
Coleman continued firing till he had ex-
kao cd 1an 80 oh hn
as he afterward discovered, passing clear
through the body of the beast without dis
abling him. And now came the tug ofwar.
The lion, infuriated with his wound,
and with glaring eyes, reached the ground
near Mr.. Coleman at the first leap, and
made a second spring moment after
wards. Nothing but the courage of his
dog here saved Mr.. @. from instant de-
struction. The noble animal threw him
self on the king of beasts ere he reached
his victim, and seizing him by the nose,
though knocked about as feather, fought
him so tenaciously that the lion absn-
doned his purpose, and by single bound
seated himself on the lower limb of a tree,
about twelve feet from the ground. AT
this moment Mr.. Colemsn's servant
hanueu MIN u uOuDie-Dtrreieu guu, Wuicn
he had brought along; he advanced
almost Immediately under the beast, took
an aim that was to seal his own fate for
life or death, fred both barrels, aud
brought the lion dying to the ground.
On measurement, the lion was found to
be nearly nine feet in length and to weigh
1870 pounds. He had white spot on his
breast. was of tawny color, and showed
all the marks of an American lion. DR..
Hurd of Monroe, who is considerably
skilled in natural history, says there is
no doubt of this species, and has his
head for preservation. Our readers are
assured there is no humbug about the
affair, The only way we can account for
the presence of lion in this country is
to identify this sus with the animal that
escaped from the menagsris at Forrest,
Miss, about two weeks since. Both are
described as males, and of ferocious
temper.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-14

We make RIGHTS.
MOVABLE attachment The Patent
cable ANY Hive Sample Hive receipt of price,
W.
particulars address,
JOSEPH a. PARKER,
Agent for the above States and Shelby County.
OFFICR.ls Madison Street. Memphis TenH where Bees
seen I'm the Hive &c work.
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DIRECTIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT or THE FINLEY BEE HvE

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sromen tring the uppe section
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-14

Fernando Po, where the Spaniards
ssnd all insurreoiionary Cubsns that
they can lay hands on, is 50 island
volcano in the Blight Of Biafra. Western
Africa. To livs upon i j. Forse 'hss
death
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-14
County Rights for Sale on Liberal Terms.

In the Hive speedily points possible EXTRA BAR
of
the
farmers
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The Twitchell Case and the Twitehel
Family.

famlly.
A correspondent of the Washington
Chronicle furnishes that paper with the
following:
"Miss -, of this city, knew both
Twitchell and bis wife, and from her !
learned the following facts about them
The murdered woman, Mrs. Hill, for.
merly kept a house Of sssignetioH, or
prostitution, in this city. She repre-
sented to her daughter that she was her
aunt, and it is only within a few years
that Mrs. Twitchel accidentally ascer-
tanned from some old letters that her pu-
tative aunt was really her mother. and
that her father was a former member of
Congress from Ohio. This discovery
caused q quarrel with her mother, which
was frequently renewed up to the time of
the latter death. Mrs. Twitchell was q
sort of fhousekeeper for Twitchelrs father,
and aspired to marriage with him; but
he refused on the ground that she was
not kind to the children. Thereupon she,
though many years his senior, transferred
her efforts TO her present husband, aud
secured him. a sister Of his, a girl per
fectly healthy and we'll, incurred her dis
pleasure BY her opposition to the match
II think it Easl, aud she died very sud
denly and under circumstances indicating
poison. Though nothing was ever doae
about it, a good many Of the neighbors
suspected Mrs. Tyitchell at the time;
and when Mrs. Hill was murdered they
remembered the death Of the young Miss
Twitchell. Ny informant, on reading
the eccount of Mrs. Hills murder, said
at once. That was done BY Mrs Twitch-
ell George never could have done il;
and be is just that sort Of fellow that be
will think It manly and generous TO
shield his wife and hang for it himself
But some day she win be found to have
done the deed,
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ABOVE REPRESENTS WITH THE UPPER
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be
HoneyBo
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One Of the sigss Of the approach Of
sprins-ihs WorR button-holes in over
sdsis,
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II cherish the hope that the journal 1
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Hon rish long after shall have mould
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wealth, a corporation, state, a uni
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