Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-12
81. sosouArAsr MURDERER.


Three teamsters (all Americans) quar-
relied while watering their horses at Q
trough on the roadside. One claimed
that that the others occupied too much
space, and wordy contest ensued, re
sulting in a man named Osten being
struck lightly with a bucket. This SC
enraged him that he drew knife and
plunged it into the heart of his assailant
While the third man went to town TO in
form the police of the murder, Osten un
hitched all the teams from the wagons
laid down by the side of his murdered
companion. and went to sleep. When
arrested he was still in the arms of Nor
pheus, sleeping as calmly as the meta
phorical babe on its mothers bosom.
DANGEROUS PLAY.
! will conclude this murderous new:
with the following extract from letter
recently addressed by a citizen of San
Gabriel to his State Senator; The peo-
pie Of this place" writes the complain
ant, "have a way of shooting one anoth'
er accidentally. For instance, if man
wants TO kill another he will get into
play with him and stick knife in him,
and let on it was done accidental There
has been two cases OF the kind here in
the last eight days. Pass a law to make
it crime to play with weapons. HUI
man life is evidently not unattended by
dangers in that locality.
A NEW HEARsE.
As sequence to the foregoing para
graph, l might as well tell you that we
are rejoicing in the possession Of a new
three thousand dollar hearse-the most
expensive thing of the kind ever con-
structed. 1t is covered all over with
carving and gliding, and is of such a
resplendent nature that even Chicago
through a representative editor-went
into ecstacies at is unique appearance
They are ugly things at the best, and it
seems almost impossible to build them
otherwise, for this death coach, with all
the money that has been spent upon it,
looks even more uncomfortable than
thosessin ordinary use.
CHINESE SERVANTS.
An economical lady in New York,
having read of the industry and thrift of
\
Gus low rates of Chinese labor compared
with those of the whites, concluded that
the premises being established, it would
be very desirable to import some of these
frugal and industrious servants, to re-
place the American aud Irish girls, who
command from six to twelve dollars per
month in currency. Accordingly, the
great dealer in Chinese labor, Koopman-
schap, was communicated with, and re-
quested to send few samples with the
rate per month Judge of the surprise
of the wond-b economical housekeeper
to receive in reply information, " that
good Chinese servants command here
(San Francisco) twenty dollars in gold
per month, with board and at such price
they might be induced to go to New
York, with free passage out, which would
cost you sixty dollars. As matter Of
course, the Eastern States decline to take
any coolie help at twenty dollars per
month in gold, Many Eastern house
keepers will be astonshed TO learn, prob
ably, for the first time that this species Of
labor commands such high wages; and
another class who will be surprised, are
the servant girls, to whom California
must appear the paradise of labor A
girl of industrious habits, who is not
afraid to work, readily commands from
twenty to thirty dollars per month in
San Francisco, while in many of the in
terror towns they cannot be had for love
or money. There is room here for a
large number of servants, who can secure
places at high wages, but they must ac-
commodate themselves to the surround
ing circumstances. GOLD STATE.