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BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, May 22.-In the Criminal
Court to-day, Jas. E. Reilly, who was on
trial for the murder of Daniel Harring-
ton in February last, was adjudged not
guilty, and was discharged from custody.
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During the recess the members Of the
Convention and large number of visitors
FROM abroad, as we'll as hundreds Of our
own citizens, by special invitation, made
an excursion up the river about twenty
miles and returned at night The four
boats were well filled, had bands of
music aboard, and each party presented
Q brilliant, enjoyable scene. If space
would permit we would speak of the sue
cessful aud delightful trip at greater
length, as it deserves.
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.m.-Cotion dull and nominal.

Nep York Money-May %, IL a m.-
Governments continue strong, with an
advancing tendency. Sterling Exchange
steady, at 1904 for sixty-dsy bills.
Gold......... ...........1l1 5-20s-new-IS65 -1z0%
Bonds of 1881. .::,.l2s s67...............-l20H
1864 ..,.,..........-llis 10. 40 Bonds.
1876 ......-...--..l194 Pacific Sixes-.---l07ss
Tenn. Bonds old-6,s< new ........-...........66H
sales ..... 6ess sales."."......-66
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Co-PartnershIp.

JAs. G. BARBOUR. rros. D. WTIpK,
Jas. @. SIMPSON.
From the above IL will be seen that We havs
Bradley in the = ,''''''
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General Hardware Business,

Oar web Known experience in this trade in
duces Ne 70 rely upon q confinuance az ~.
very liberal patronage bestowed upop our prs-
aecs,ssIs;, We propose to keep on hand q
rounding country. and will b prensred Al an
t'nss % eaer great induosmsals % purchasers.
SsS BARBOUR. WILDER a SIMPSON.
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through the courtry; therefore, be it
Resolred, Thu ell the railroads in the
South be requested to employ upon these
roads as many ss possible Of the China
men recently discharged on the Pacific
railroad, aud that all companies engaged
IN building new railroads be especially
requested to employ as many Of these
laborers as they possibly can.
1t was
ResolUed, That q committee OF three
| frsm each State represented in this Con-
vention be appointed, whose duty il shall
be to solicit aid and cooperation from
the authorities and citizens Of their re-
spective States, in promoting the oircu.
lstion Of Professor Msury's Preliminary
! Report No. /, and the attainment Of the
principal objects therein proposed
namely, the development Of the physical
resources Of our country, the completion
Of leading lines Of internal improvement,
the establishment OF direct trade, and the
encouragement Of immigration
II was also
Resolred, That q committee Of Eve be
appointed for and in the name Of thiI
Convention TO memorialiEs Congress ia
favor Of the early construction Of two
grand national waterways between ths
Mississippi Valley and the Chesapeak.
Bsy-one via the Ohio and Kanaval
rivers, and the other via the TENNESSEE
and Coosa rivers, according to the PLAN
proposed BY Professor Maury.
Mr.. J. I. Trezsvsnt moved that Con
gress be msmorializsd to take the dutl
Of Of iron used IL the construction o
railroads. Carried.
General Featherston, of the COMMITTEES
ca River and Navigator, submitted I
report indOrsipg the Mississippi Rive
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London Money : Nay %, 2pm.-
Five.twenties, 79t; Erie, l9i Consols,
93s; Illinois Central, s4l Bonds in
Frankfort, IS. "a.
liverpool Cofton-Ady 20, 2 p m.-
Market dull and prices UNCHANGED.
uiddling uplands, lid; Orleans, ll3i /;
sales for the day, 1000 bales.
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Domestic and Foreign Market Reports. as
Telegraphsd to the Public Ledger by
the Southern Pacific and Atlantic Tels-
graph Company.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENT 8
United Basket Picnic
ST. Andrews and ST. Georges
so Gle Il / Il s,
On Monday, May 24th,
JAM II s. PAR TX.

Order ofPr0cession-M arshali Band Union
imported b. two Hiehlanders; Members:
Flax, supported hy two EngliEhmeni Mem
bers; Marshai; ohcers; Star spangicd Ban
ner; Car. with two e-coru Cariaget. etcs
corner Of second ami Jeferson streets. mp Sec
oni 10 Market. thence 70 Main. down Main 20
Union. east on Union 70 Second. down eecond
o Bcal. cat Beal % pesoio. down Desoto 70
All rnanherl, apd 6tten Who take pat 10 the
pr5ossIion. will meet a. s.. 0corges Han 81 ;
o'clock m .r.I
ADHESION, q. LADIES FRKE.
IA. sELKIRK.
g. II. WILLIAMS,
Grand N--sef'ss
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The following correspondence explains it.
self:
- - MEMPHIS. TENN. May IS. 1860.

The following correspondence explains it.
- - MEMPHIS. TENN. May IS. 1850.
Mr.. Alt Burnett. :,
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER: Knowing your viii.
lingness to respond to every deserving object OF
ciaIiy to aid the Fraternity which claims you
as Brother we II quest that you will give an
entertainment for the benefit of the Masonic
Rel ef Fund of Memphis. at the New Memphis
Theater, at such time as will suit your con
venisnce. Yours fraternally,-
A. j. Wheeler, f. NJ. Cash, John Zent, P. M.
Stanley. X. w. Mitchell. j ohm Ainslie. w.
s; Matthew, Geo. g; Harbip. Il; 2; Sts ;s e
P. Woodward, Il. G. Williamson. W. A. Ed
monds, G.. keeder, members OF the Memphis
Masonic Board of Relief.
MEMPHIS, May 10. 1889.
Brothers Wheeler. Cash. Ainslie and others:
Your note OF yesterday is this moment re.
ceived. In reply, would state am truly glad
TO be able to contribute my services 10 the
worthy. object you represent. and IL only re,
mains for you TO name the time and place. All
ask is. you will give the credit 10 st. Cecile
Lodge, New York city, OF which am mem
Der. and TO which / am endeared by all the
fraternal ties of Masonry.
YOus. with Brotherly feeling Sg,rpNprr
Elocutionist and Humorist.
MRMPHIs. May 10. 1869.
Brother Aft. Burnett:
Your reply to our note Of yesterday Is at hand.
and the Relief Board extends to you their
warmest thanks for your prompt response. and
will mention Monday evening. May "a, at the
Greenlaw Opera House. as the time and place
10 give the much desired entertainment.
Yours frsternslly, A. j. WHEELER.
Sec'y Of Memphis Masonic Board Of Relief.
The benefit will take place on MONDAY
EVENING, May "a, on which occasion Mr..
Burnett will give n splendid variety Of bis hui,
limitations, assisted by Miss HELEN NASH,
the popular comedienne, and Mr.. j. w.
SHARPLEY, the finest concertinist living.
with his beautiful solos.
M 7l[ O'clock: commences at 81. 10 %
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was surprised at this beating around the bush
and no conclusion come to. No one would like
TO see the newspapers in the Public Schools
more than he, but let them be such as were
appropriate. Are our children to grow up with
out any minds of their own? Form them with
opinions as are opinions. There is the New
York Ddiiy Tribmation, or, for children with
opposite politics, there is Pomeroy's Daity
Bricbb0t, paper of a decided character "a
voice. "But decided bad character') that may
be, but how are we to appreciate light without
darknessY applause
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now rose and said he thought the meeting would
spend all their time in talk, and do nothing.
What we want is facts. If any gentleman has
seen the Strata ReUie1o and Sandstone Journal,
he has seen specimen of a true paper, type
of which is seldom found out of the office. He
would no more think OF educating children
without knowledge of the oolite las and red
marls of his county than he would of letting
them grow up without a knowledge of the gene
raj dip of the stratifed coast Of his own State.
Yet he was sorry to say that very many OF the
children at our Public Schools have no more
knowledge OF the dip of their own county than
they have OF the comparative anatomy OF
megatherium or pterodactyle. When he
thought of this he, like jefferson, trembled for
his county.
At this stage of the proceedings
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would move that the Monthly Purge and Lancet
be added to the list. He had noticed when he
was visiting county school director, many
children over twelve years of age-an age at
which all wellregulated railroad companies
charged the same fare as for hImself-that could
not tell the difference between "cataplasm"
and the "spinal column" He woHld, therefore,
like to see more attention given to Materia
Medica, so that cases ofACute Pneumonia would
be as familiar to children as frosted feet.
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would ask why, if newspapers are to be
read, we should be confined to the American
papersG He would like see the Anlertte Bots
Chafer, and occasionally the Yyyirao1T Llooeddd,
asprightly paper published at Gwyuedd, in our
State, read. He was sure there must be much
in these learned periodicals that our children
were unacquainted with; and why not? Let the
thing be tried. Why not? He would like to
hear from some gentleman. He was opposed
to most anything for the sake of argument.
Why not2
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NUMBER CCv1I.
NUMBER CCV1I.
IMPORTANT MEETING
OF THE
CONTROLLERS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS,

very interesting meeting was held last
Thursday in the Directors Room of the Insane
Asylum, for the purpose of taking into conside-
ration the subject of having the newspapers
read in the Public Schools, instead OF the old
fashioned books now used, such as the different
'Readers" stale Histories" and accounts OF
nations now dead or half dead. The various
plopies now studied, and descriptions of extinct
monsters particularly the pre- Adamite insects),
30 haunt the minds of our children with their
terrible images that an ordinary nightmare Is a
luxury.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
a 8 q U r Y


LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
- NEW YORK.
LEMUEL BANGS, President
GEO. ELLIOTT Nice,PresidenL and Sec
EMORY MCCLlN LOCK, ActuRTy.
The As6ury Company issues Policies in all theforms
In present use On the must liberal
rates. ulNlsiOh OF pre- tits restrlCons on occunato
and travel compatible sstety loans Onp-Lnfrd ri
PiemiGs, & mnem Iesred, ana makes all policies aoso-
Commencing business only in April last, IL has baen
received with so IN favor Gnet Its assursI c,,s
already amount 10 oVN- ,OUOOUO, ana rapidly In,
PENNSYLVANIA AGENCY,
=, JAMES Nj. LONGACkE, Manager.
NO SUz WALNUT street, Philadelphia
T6ones 11estS ~ 3t hedsrence in Pniiadeiphis-
Jsntes Is Lonsacre, John u. MCtreaTy
Arthur g. COtnn, J, g. I,ppiucolI
John Maris, James Long
nHLl"ih DiVlle. James Hunter,
,oJOhn a. wright h. Ii. WOrne,
l921sm8m Charles Spencer.
IIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSlVEIY-TH HR
~ lENkSHLVANIA FIRE lNSlJRA MOE nm
PANY-1noorporSted 1S25-Ch arteS PerpesualSNNo
6I0 ALHUI street. opposite Independ ence sjouare
Ihis a S02tnpSny, 2 IaV0ra6y known 10 the community
damage by hre on PGblio or Prvate aniidin@Sa @
either permanently or for n limited time Also on
EnIpnfse, M e,b ssoGAs OF Goods and Merchandiae gene
Their Capital together with = large surpIua Fpna
II invested In lhe most careful Whoh enahIe.
them 70 oner 70 The insured an nndouhed SECURITY h
Daniel Smith, Jr., John Deveyeux,
Alexander Benson, Thomas kmIth
Isaac HAElehurat, Henry lewis
Thomas RObinns j. GiJIingham Fall
Daniel HRddock Jr "'
WIN, g. CRoWELL' Secretary. GSQ
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was called TO the chair. On taking it (Which
he did very gracefully by the arm), he said he
hoped to see the time when the papers, particu-
larly such papers as the National Dipjst and
other live papers, would occupy our children's
attention. He was of the opinion that the
proceedings Of the different religious bodies was
a thing which our children at present were
very ignorant of.
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of The EVENING TELEGRAPH reminded the gen.
tlemen that the last car into the city would
leave in few minutes, and that they only had
time to put one motion if they wished to take
any decided position tonight. He would there
fore move,
"That the newspapers be read in the Public
Schools, as an experiment, once a week for six
months, and the Supper Table Series every
week be the subject for this experiment"
The President put the question.
One voice was heard AYE"
AS the mays" were about being taken the
Series Editor cried out, "The last Car !" causing
a complete rush of the members out of the
room.
The meeting then was considered adjourned,
and the motion of the Series Editor unanimously
carried.
A doctor, recently installed in a new house on
one oil the new boulevards, Paris, received a
visit from an unknown person.
"Mr. P, being a neighbor, have taken
the liberty of calling on you."
"Ah you are"
eyes, sir, l have established myself on the
floor below, and 1 have taken the great liberty
to beg you to recon mend me, when the occa-
sion demands, TO your patients"
willingly; but what Is your
II have opened mourning store"
A CANDID EPITAPH.-Tom bstone inscriptions
are generally accused OF want Of candor. The
! following lines, which are to be found on a
stone IN the churChyard of Darenth, near Dart
fore, England, certainly do not err in that
| direCton:-
ob, the LIQUOR he did love- but never VIII no more,
For on the 2sth January, I74i, that fatal day,
| The Otbt he owed ne then old pay"
AN ACCOMMODATING SERvANT.-A gentleman
addressed his servant, "James, have always
placed the greatest confidence in you; now tell
me, James, how is it that my butchers bills are
so large, and always have such bad dinRers ~
Really, sir, / don't know; for l am sure we
neN er have anything nice in the kitchen that we
don't send some OF it up in the parlor."
A little girl was asked whether she could
explain the meaning of bearing false witness
against ones neighbor. "Pease, sir, when no
one does nothing to nobody and some one goes
and tells on it,"
The papers speak of a man who discovered
he is his own grandfather. That Is nothing to
what happened to a certain venerable friend of
| ours who found out that be was an old woman,
and therefore possibly his own grandmother.
There was ferryman whom some of his clas
sical neighbors had entitled Charon. "Why do
they call you Chsron, Donald?' inquired a pas
seuger "Weel, l suppose, because take care
on the boat, sir
A lady in New York called at the shop OF a
maker of chimney yentilators to see If he had
any contriyance which would make her hus-
band stop smoking.
Some one who was swindled in the Nevada
mines insists that the coat'of'arms Of that State
ought to be a sham rock aud Tyre.
"How do you get that lovely perfume?" asked
one lady of another. "lts scent to me-" was
the reply.
II Curious Anomaly That bakers should always
need bread
What forts are the best for soldiers Com
forts.
BAD Study for Artists-Daggers drawn.
L Vle End of all I,Ovo- Tho IoItor N
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most influential, and generally were better
index of the public taste. He would name, as
meeting the case, The Catholic Unicorn, a
,weekly published right in our midst.
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Some one who was swindled in the Nevada
mines insists that the coat'of'arms OF that State
ought to be a sham rock and Tyre.
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A lady in New York called at the shop OF
maker of chimney yentilators to see if he had
any contrivance WATCH would make her hus'
hand stOD smoking,
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The papers speak of a man who discovered
he is his own grandfather. That Is nothing to
what happened to a certain venerable friend of
ours, who found out that be was an old woman,
and therefore possibly his own grandmother.
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REAL ESTATE.

Purchased at SheIiff's sales, under
Mortgage Claims, VIII
Eight houses and lot, s. w. corner
Chestnut and Seventeenth streets.
A house and lot, north side OF Spruce
street, west of Eleventh street........
Two houses and lots, east side Cope
street, north of SAMSON street........
Six houses and lot, north side of
Senne1fs court, east of Beach street..
A house and lot, Fitzwater street,
east of Ninth street.......................
81 lots of ground on Buckley street
and Quervelle avenue, Bristol.........
A house and lot, west side Bread
street, south of Race street..............
A house and lot, south side of FilDert
street, west of Sixteenth street,.
A lot OF ground, south side Lombard
street, west OF Twenty third street.
Total surveyed and valued at
CLIO, ,Ol9
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There was a ferryman whom some of his clas
sical neighbors had entitled Charon. "Why do
they call you Chsron, Donad?r inquired pas
seuger "Weel, l suppose, because l take care
on the boat sir -
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"How do you get that lovely perfume ?" asked
one lady of another. "Its scent to me-" was
the renlv-
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AN ACCOMMODATING SERvANT.-A gentleman
addressed his servant, flames, l have always
placed the greatest confidence in you; now tell
me, James how is it that my butchers bills are
so large, and always have such bad dinRers ?"
Really, sir, l don't know; for | am sure we
never have anything nice in the kitchen that we
don't send some of it up in the parlor."
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What forts are the best for soldiers '-COm'
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little girl was asked whether she could
explain the meaning of bearing false witness
against ones neighbor. "Please, sir, when no
one does nothing to nobody, and some one goes
and tells on it,u
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Statement of the Assets of the Company on
January /. 1869, published In conformity with
the provisions of the sixth section of the act of
Assembly of April 5, 1912.
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= Curious Anomaly That bakers should always
| hraa
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MIR. Il. O'Quent

Mr Il. O'Quent
hoped they would only suggest the papers with
the largest circulation, because they were the
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MORTGAGES.
on property valued at over S4,000000,
being First Mortgages on Real Es-
tate in the city and county of Phila-
delphia, except S3S 35i'l7 in the
neighboring counties. ~ ,235'25
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MIR. p. Green
said he had been member of the Board for
many years, and had seen there was something
wanting in the children. He once made the
suggestion, on his own account, that the Ddty
Moose be served regularly to all the schools.
tGreat laughter)
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RICHARD ). SMITH, President.
JOHN MOSS, Secretary. ll2l2t
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Bad Study for Artlsts--Daggers drawn
The End Of all LoYe-The letter E.
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DIRECTORS.
Richard s. Smith, William 8. Baird,
Francis Tete, Charles Wheeler
A. f. Borie, s. Delbert,
John II. Irwin, SOL Townsend,
N A. Smith, +. Lavergne,
William O. Kent, j. 3. PerOt,
Henry Lewis, John Moss,
j, Q. Steiner, Lemuel Coffin,
Edward i. Clark, q. H. Cummings,
George Lewis, ]. II. Tilge,
H. +. Robinson, w. ID. Winsor,
Samuel @. Cook, James L. BeWley,
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observation-disclosures STORE ENTER
ED AND PART OF ITs CONTENTS CARRIED
oFF.-Tuesday morning the grocery
store OF Mr.. W. Caldwell, situated on
the East side Of Quincy street, opposite
Byron, was burglarIously entered and
. part Of the stock carried of. The
burglars at first attempted TO enter by
boring holes In the door, either to take
out panel or 10 make q hole large
enough 10 admit mans arm, so that
the bolts could beshot bach, but for some
reason deslated from this and forced the
door open with crow bar. The entrance
having been effected, they proceeded
to look round the premlues. As the
result of this inspection, whole cheese
was found 10 be missing In the morn
Ing, the articles In the show case con.
siderably mixed up and a keg OF fine
sugar scattered over the floor. No clue
has yet been obtained as to the ldenti.
~ Of the thieves. The following note
was left by them on the counter:
-"'E WHEELING. Nov. 8.
Mr.. HIBoLD-Sir: I had The honor OF
calling on you this morning, I would
have sent my card up but the hour was
rather unreasonable I must 90
g--.. 60 to hell
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OPERA HoUsE.-Mr. Albert Aiken
appeared last evening In the really ex.
cellent French play entitled "Heart Of
Gold" As the daRhlng young soldier,
who enjoys fight as we'll as q dinner.
Mr.. Aiken was. capital; In word and
gesture he acted the character to the
life; 1t was The sparkle OF champagne,
the light, devil may care. nature OF the
gay young Frenchman, who makes
love to his lady with the same vIgor
that lie encounters his foe, sword In
hand; the Characterization was one Of
the most enjoyable that we have ever
witnessed, and Mr.. Aiken fully sus-
tanned his reputation as a most excel
lent actor. The play was we'll pre-
scented; Mrs. Seton was as charming
and classic as ever, Mr.. Seton as full
OF fun as possible, and the rest OF the
characters were we'll sustained. Miss
Tiffany also appeared to advantage In
the farce. Tonight, the great drama,
the "streets Of New York;" with Mr..
Aiken as Tom Badger. ar..t
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RowDr1sM IN NORTH wHREL1Na.-
In Monday mornings paper we made
mention Of an assault, Saturday night,
upon house occupied by colored peo-
pie and situate on Main street, between
Adams and Jefferson. The rowdylsm
at that place was sufficient to arouse
the nelghborhood. We have been In.
formed, however, that this was not the
only case, during the night In q question,
Of disturbing the 'Just peace and quiet
Of the city," Further up town,
good citizens were cheated out OF
part Of their slumbers by the
outrageous conduct OF q party In
the vicinity OF a couple Of drinking
shops, located short distance below
the First Ward school house. II was
stated to us that the police force on duty
In that ward was totally unable to quell
the disturbance.
Ifitwas impossible to arrest those
disturbers Of the public peace while In
the act, It Is certainly not too late to
arrest them singly on warrants, and
bring them before the Police Court 10
answer.