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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-03-23

A wild beast is ranrag ing about Char
iton county, Mo, anu peope are at loss
to determine whether it is a loress, Il
jaguar, lynx, or wolf, but its raw
-r- are distressing. Already it has kill
ed tw@n y-two hogs, disen' yelled dogs
aud done o her damage. A grand hun
has be- p ocla nj d for its exterminatof
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31
THE WISCONSIN FIRES.
Letter from Governor Fairehild.

LtNNtE NEOhMA '.%fhN-s
In a hastily written note from Cover
nor Fairchild, Of Wisconsin, to his
brother, relative to the terrible calaml.
ties which have overwhelmed sections OF
the Northwest, he says that il some por-
ton Of the millions Of money which are
being subscribed at the East for Chicago
could be turned toward the sufferers in
Wisconsin il would be q God-send;
O. v GREss BAY, October IA. 1871.
DEAR CHARLES; ! came here day be-
fore yesterday. The loss of life has
been frightful---l000 at least. Very
many are burned aud manned. Hun
dreds of families are stripped Of all.
They lived, many Of them, in the in
terror, and it is very difficult to reach
them with food and clothing, Many are
penetrating the country On the bay,
on each shore, our steamers are con-
stantly going with supplies. But, do the
best we can, there will be much suffer
ing-there has been already, But sup
plies are coming in rapidly. The ca
Iamity is perfectly awful Worse, in
loss of life and immediate suf-
fering than at Chicago because
OF lne ullnCully III IedCuins thc ohiicASio'
At least 5000 viii require aid all winter
and then, aid to begin life again on their
farms; for they have neither houses,
stock, implements, food nor clothing.
Nothing is left. II would make your
heart ache to see the men, women and
little children in hospital, many of them
terribly burned. just think of little
babes burned nigh unto death The de.
tails have heard from eye-witnesSes are
heartrending. 1t will require a great
many thousand dollars to provide for
all who require aid. We are doing the
best we cah, and hope that there will be
plenty for the winter. ! go to the burned
district tomorrow, and shall be in this
section all next week probably.
Yours, LUcIus FnRcmLD.
In postscript the Governor says:
A bitter cold rain is falling with high
wind. ! have Just received news Of forty
families, some two hundred persons,
many Of them children, not before known
of, in the interior, who are houseless in
the open country; not an ax-no means
of taking care OF themselves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31

made such an impression on those be
tween two and. FIVE years, for example,
that they will always remember IT, On
the whole they have been best cared for,
for maternal love Of the appeals Of their
weakness to the general pity have Sc
cured them comfort shelter, care, and
food when others have been denied.
The babe Of Mrs Shubert Of Paris, one
Of the Polish settlers, was carried from
its burning home by its grandmother,
while its mother staid behind to fight the
FIRE. The grandmother was compelled
to lie down in roadside ditch with
twenty others, where they passed the
night, it being the only refuge from the
flames. The infant was only three
months old and required nourishment.
Luckily the fire had driven COW 10 seek
company and shelter with those human
beings. A big tin pan ives found IN o
wagon, and the animal was MIXED. The
baby's aunt took the mushy compound
which the flying sand, cinders, and ashes
made Of the milk, into her mouth, and
fed the child in that original manner.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31

A Regular Shooting Match over
FIfty shots fIred-A Number of
Persons Wounded
From the Louisville Ledger. 25th.l
On Saturday afternoon, att station on
the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
railroad, fourteen miles north Of New
Albany, there was regular Hoosier
battle. The citizens in the neighbor-
hood of Broom Hill, wood and switch
ing station on the railroad, had assem-
bled for the purpose Of having an old
fashioned shooting match. Among the
crowd were a lot Of roughs from q
neighborhood bearing the rather odorons
name of "Skunk's Misery" These fell
lows, during the day, frequently visited
low doggery near by, kept by a man
named John Stone, and all of them be-
came considerably inebriated.
:, Finally the roughs run short OF money,
and insisted that Stone should trust them
for the drinks, which he refused to do
They then went in body to the doggery,
upset several barrels, and behaved in a
very riotons manner. A number Of
stones friends also gathered in the sa-
loon TO assist him in the event of fight.
The roughs, seeing these men, COM
menced the fight, refusing to leave the
house when ordered to do SO by Stone.
The fight grew furious, and Stone, fear
ing he and his party would be overpow-
cred, drew his revolver and commenced
an indiscriminate fusilade upon the
roughs, who soon cleared the house, fol-
lowed by Stone and his party. Both
parties speedily armed themselves with
revolvers and rifles, and taking position
behind trees and fences, fred over fifty
shots at each other, quite q number of
both parties being slightly wounded.
While the firing was going on, a man
named Henry Carr, at work in field
near By, attracted by the noise Of the
guns and voices, left his work for the
scene of contest to learn what was GO
ing on. While yet atsome distance from
the combatants he received rifle ball
in the chest, which passed upward, lodg-
ing in the shoulder, infictiDg very dan
gerous wound This put an end to the
riot, the roughs becoming frightened and
fleeing from the field. The affair through
out was one Of the most disgraceful that
ever occurred in that section Of Indiana
and has caused an Intense feeling OF in
dignation against the roughs in that
neighborhood, the better class of citizens
threatening to organize a vigilance com
mittee and making short work of them,
If they do not leave Clark county, in
which the riot occurred.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31

FROM tue uTecu Ddy AuNOOheo'I
There are soiae phases Of the great
calamity which fell upon this region last
week worthy of scientific investigation.
The testimony of the cooler headed sur
vivors of the fires at Peshtigo, the Sugar
Bush and Williamsonville, is united as
to one phenomena. They say that the
fire did not come upon them gradually
from burning trees or other objects to
the windward, but the first notice they
had Of il was a whirlwnd Of flame, in
great clopds from above the tops OF the
trees. which fell upon and enveloped
every thing. The atmosphere seemed
one Of FIRE. The poor people inhaled it,
or the intensely hot air, and fell down
dead. This is verified by the appear
ance Of many Of the corpses. They
were found dead in the roads and open
spaces where there were no visible marks
of FIRE near by, with not trace of burn
ing upon their bodies or their clothing.
At the Sugar Bush, which is an ex-
tended clearing, in some places four
miles in width, corpses were found IN
the omen road, between fences which
we're only slightly burned. No mark of
fire was upon them, but they laid there,
as IL asleep. U nt Mbt@
This phenomena seemed to explain
the fact that so many were killed IN com
pact masses, They seem TO have hud-
died together in what were evidently re-
garded at the moment as the safest
places away from buildings, trees or
,other inflammable material, and there to
have died together. Het
4 4 ,lnoea1 HalHg ufO
burned in spots Of only few rods in
length, and elsewhere not touGhed. blsh
were killed in the streams-as at Pesh-
tigo. .ro.t . az.
We hear the universal testimony that
the prevailing idea among the terror
stricken people of those places was that
the last day had come They needed
n OF to'be terror-strickcn for such imagin-
ings. What other explanations could be
given at that imminent time, when there
was an ominous warning sound coming
from the distance, when the sky, so dark
Just before, burst into great clouds OF
fire, the beasts of the forest came running
for succor into the midst Of the sottle-
ments, and great, red, consuming,
roaring hell of fire fell upon all round.
The dreadful scene lacked nothing but
the sounding of the last trump--and
indeed the approach ofthe awful roaring
and the premonitions froA the distance
supplied even that to the appalled, imag-
lipings Of the people. y a.ruyg az.
Y The Epsy theory, we think it is, that
continued and widespread fires will bring
on rain, seems to be entirely exploded
in this instance. These fires had lasted
nearly or quite four weeks ravaging
forests over q great area, and still not
\ drop Of a rain The rain only came
with change OF wind to the northward,
and several days after the worst burnings
we're over with.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31

Lots For Sale i'm Ida City,
ON
Long island, New York.

IDA CITY is SITUATED ON LONG Is
/ land, IS miles from New York city, the
Long Island railroad running. centrally
through Ida City. Lots there are hereby Of
fered for sale on the following terms: Fifty
dollars each, on a credit Of ten years, pnya-
bic in ten annual instalments-say IS 90 per
year on each lot. The parties owning the
above property propose to sell TO the Southern
people ono-half of the lots, say 1900, on the
above terms, without interest. The East
River Bridge is now in process OF construc-
tion, connecting Manhattan Island. upon
which New York is situated, with Long Is
land.
This is a good opportunity for any person Of
this section Of country 10 invest small sums
in the purchase of these lots. Terms are
easy. and within the reach of all. Property
on Long ltland will rapidly increase in value
as soon as East River Bridge is completed.
Map Of the City OF Ida can be seen, and
full information given, upon applican9n being
made 10 HI. FONrAlNE,
Corresponding Secretary,
No 10 Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31
The. child Voyagers who Escaped
the Fire.

IneI Onlhu nv N%H(--Ar~~-
the Fire, .l.F
A Port Huron correspondent Of the
Detroit Post says: You have already
been told the story Of the little boat load
Of childten, carried from Rock Falls to
Canada, and saved in spite of storm, and
hunger, and exposure. saw Mrs.
Mann, the mother of these Children who
arrived here yesterday morning on board
the Huron. She had given up all OF
them for lost. But, mOther-like, though
four we're saved, she mourned deeply for
the lost one, who, half clad aud shiver-
ing in the cold water in the bottom Of
the boat, sailed away upon an unknown
and measureless sea, almost In sight Of
land. and dehverance. There were FIVE
children.in this boat belonging TO Mrs.
Manu, aud four TO the owner Of the boat
who took them away, making nine infant
yoyaRers who, for three days without
food and drenehed 10 the skin, foated
across Lake Huron in boat which was
kent from going TO the bottom by means
al an old boot and shoe, which were the
only vessels for bailing that these nnior-
innate travellers had on board. The
mothers heart seemed touched and
troubled because no last Offices and low
inc ministries could, in the nature Of the
case, be paid to the little one whose voy.
age Of life was at once 50 hriet aud
eventtul.
When these four children were put on
a ting at Kineardine, Ontario, 70 be re
turned 70 their parents, il struck rock
Just as IL was getting under way, and
went down. The children were rescued
and sent homeward by the cars. They
have at last reached Port Huron after
adventures by feld and food almost
equal to 0thello's, and it Is hoped that
they win arrive home without further
accident
The experiences Of children during
these disastrous days, are worthy OF 9
special essay, IL one had time to write
lit Oneis curious 70 know how mucl
they have felt seen and realized, Of thi
danger and The hardship whether !
Il
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31
Ku,KLUX IN WISCONSIN.
A Man nui wife Dragged frOm their
Home by Diskufsed Men and
TarFed and Feathered-ArRes OF
CorrespOndenOo Minn0apOlis Nows, 2lst.I

Correspondence Minneapolis News, 2lst.l
A few nights ago about twenty persons,
with faces blackened and clothes dis
guised, visited the house Of Mr.. Barrett,
living in Viroqua, Wisconsin, and seized
him and his wife. Some held him Will e
others stripped her entirely naked, hound
her hand and foot tied a rope around
her feet and dragged her into the yard
as men would drag hog, Then she was
hauled about for sometime amid jeers
and derisive shouts, and then a coat Of
tar and feathers was applied to her body.
The fends then selected a rough rail,
and with her feet still tied, and despite
her screams of pain, forced her limbs
apart, thrust the rail between them, and
bore her into a field, where she was
thrown down and left.
Returning TO the house they subjected
Mr.. Barrett to nearly every possible in
dignity, then tarred and teathered him,
and carried him to the place where his
wife was, and dumped him beside her
and left.
The man and woman, after some time,
got loose from their fastening, cleaned
themselves as well as they could, and re-
turned TO the house. The woman was
very badly injured
Thirteen persons were arrested and
examined on Tuesday and Wednesday
of this week. Their names are James
Crandall, David Crandall, P. j. Lowerie,
Sorel Starr, Comfort Starr, Charles Qdell,
James Wilson, Alfred Far, Arthur Rood,
Arthur Hagerman, Willie. Peabody, who
had been in Jail for stealing, Charley
Wood and II. p. Proctor.
The cause which led to this brutal out
rage was the suspicion that Barrett was
living with the woman unlawfullyi but it
has been proved that they we're lawfully
man and wife, married December 10, 1870.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31
Female Education in England ans
America.

Female Education tn England and
America.
Are American women better educated
than the women Of other countriesf Miss
Emily Davies has answered the conun-
drum. In the course Of discussion fol
lowing the reading of a paper on the ed
ucation of girls at one of the meet
ings Of the SOCIAL Scienee Association
just held az Leeds, England, Miss Da-
vies protested against the notion that
the education Of women was much more
advanced in America than in England.
She had lately seen two French ladies
who kept a school near Paris, which was
frequented by English and American
girls, and these ladies told her that the
Americangirls were quite unedn cated
when they went 10 Europe, for, though
they professed to have some knowledge
of aesthetics and psychology-ihere the
audience laughed they we're quite un
educated, so far as all useful knowledge
was concerned. As to teachers, they
employed men to teach all the highest
subjects in America, because the women
were not sufficiently cultivated.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31

ANebraska man has invented a power
ful, double-acting selve, which shows
powers never before exhibited BY salyes
Of any kind. The inventor accidentally
cut of the tail Of tame wolf, and i'm
medistely applying some Of the salve
10 the stump, a new tail grew out. Then
picking up the old tail, he applied some
Of the salve 10 the raw end Of thai, and
a wolf grew out; but he vas a Wild wolf
and had 70 be shot q EaV
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE: TUESDAY EVENING OCTOBER 81 1871

ing passed, the people took her TO a con
venient tree hard by and burned her with
FIRE. while we all exalted song Of tri-
umph which well nigh drowned the cry
Of Beelzebub yelling with her voice"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31
WINDOW LOVE.



AIasl the flames of an unhappy lover fsg
About my heart and on my Yitals prey; vi
I've caught fever that / can't get over
Over the way
I've gazed too often. till my hearts as lost
As any needle in a stack Of hay;
Crosses belong to Loye-and mine Is crossed
Over the way
| cannot read or write. or thoughts relax;
OF what avail Lord Althorp or Earl Grayr
They cannot ease me Of mywindow,tax-
~ lffE.N Over the wayl -
lJAs VOL U1lu In
Even on Sunday my devotions vary,
And from st, Bennett Fink they go astray
To dear st. Mary Overy-the Mary
Over the way
But how 10 breathe to her my deep regards,
Or ask her for a whispered yea or nay,
Or offer her my hand-at thirty yards
Over the way
Cold as sthopole she is to my adorns;
Line Captain Lyon at Bepulse's Bay.
] meet an icy end to my eKploripg-
Over the way
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31

Henry Ward Beeeher says God bless
the theaters,' for their beneyolenVe to
Chicago.
At the Chicago relief meeting in De
troit, little ragged, dirty boy gave ten
cents. II was "all he had
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31

A LII LETTERS AND INQUIRIES IN
~ reference to Ida City and the purehaseand
sale Of lots should be addressed 70 Hy-, ION
taine, Corresponding Secretary, No. " Madi-
property is perfect in me, and the advertise
ment and maps published correctly represent
the value and attractions Of the place;
49, JACOB THOMSON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31
WATCHES, JEwELRY, ETC.
CLOSING OUT SALE.

HAVING TO REMOVE FROM MY OLD
III place. / have resolved to close out my
entire stock. consisting Of Watches.
CLOCKS. IeweIry. Spectaeles, Gold
Pens, 8flverWare, ete.. at cost.
I mean what say. and everybody is in
Remsmber the place, No. 3II main
street, under the Peabody Hotel.
A good chance for Country Merchants.
Persons having any work left for repair
are requested 70 call for Il By November g,
OF Il will be sold according q Law,
T-B JOSEPH GOODMAN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31
FORTUNE TELLER.

MADAHTE ANNE,
THE FORTUNE TELLER. CAN BE CON.
Iss MSIn Cwebster BIoeki. "a aoOT.
ITf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31

BuRSErr's COLOGNE is the best and
cheapest
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31
EDUCATIONAL.
KEBLE HALL,

Select Boarding and Day School for Young
Ladies,
No. 12S washington Street
MRs. KETCHUM, Principal,
DEGINs SESSION SEPT. Is. 1871. cIRCU-
ID lars and cards al the book and music stores
and at keble Hall. lS3A
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31
RIOT IN INDIANA.

A Regular Shooting Match over
Flfty shots fired-A Number OF
Persons Wounded
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31
NEW BUcKWHEAT,
NEW MESS MAcKEREL,
ti 81 iikEW GOLDFISH
New Hams, Dried Beef, Breakfast Ba-
con and New Tongues.

A FULL LINE OF CROSSE a BLACK
a vell's pickles aud sauces; superior old
Government Java, choice MOcna and choice
Laguira c0fees; Shaker preserves; preserved
ainfer fine canned goods; Peak, frean 4
co, = London Biscuit; Thompson celebrated
Butter Crackers. -
Dealers and consumers would find u their
interest 10 give us a call.
our Prices are ~ low as the lowest.
x-uo sPIcER &RYAN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31

EMIUM AT NE
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31

PIANOS RECEI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-31
POINTS OF EXCELLENCE.

Straight Needle and Of the simplest and
llghtest running Shuttle Machines yet made
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-07-06

The 70 flowing sad truths are clipped
from an exchange, which also clipped II
from an exchange:
''It is strange how closely people read
the papers. We never say anything that
anybody doesn't like but what we soon
hear of it, and everybody tells us about it.
But if on ce and while we happen to say
good thing, we never hear OF that-no-
body seems to notice that. We may pay
some man a hundred compliments, and
give dozen puffs, and he takes it as a
tribute to his greatness, and never thinks
anything about 1.-THE never thinks il
does him any good. But if we happen 10
say something that this very man don't
like, or something he imagines reflects on
him or his character, see how quick he
flies up and gets mad about it. All our
evils are duly charged to us, but we never,
apparently, get any credit for what good
we do"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-07-06
Vol. XV-NO. 80.

From the top of the stairs Jeannette
was looking down laughingly upon the
group, comprehending just enough of the
whole to know that something excessive
y funny had happened. AT Walter's sug
gestion they returned to the sitting-room
and each one gave faithful account o
his personal part in this comedy oferrors
Jim Hill included among the number.
And so the night wore away, and the
bright September morning that followed
found the Family Compact" broken, the
poor dead deacon to the contrary, never
theless. Here the story ends.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-07-06
Baltimore Bea uty.

One afternoon, early in April, I walked
on Baltimore street with representative
cheyenne, herself and the day alike gra-
cious and beautiful. "Now observe" said
she; "here comes the prettiest girl in Bal
timore" 1t was as though she said, Be
hold the most extravagant woman OF
New York, the most exclusive woman OF
Philadelphia, the most critical woman OF
Boston, the most mysterious woman OF
Washington. 1t was as though she said
"Now see a sight!'
Hooked and beheld an apparition such
as the native, to such visions born, would
recognize as presenting the truest, purest
type of that beauty which VIC describe in
word as 'Beltimorean." Not the 'indi-
genous blonde conscientiously portrayed
by Mr.. Fairfeld-with flaxen hair. skin OF
alabaster unlimited, and very dark eyes
form of exceeding fullness, though moi
tall; ''hands and feet that are models OF
civilization-full, soft, well-rounded. vet
nervous withal-the former tipped with
pink finger nails, as if all the blush of the
wcman's heart were concentrated in tie
ten smooth, elongated pink gibbouses. y
No, not the indigenous blonde, who is
more than half Nirginian, but that rarer
product, hybrid and matchleSS, which re-
suits from conditions of climate, sexual
selection, and culture strictly local Dark
brown hair, sheeny with the ripple that
artists love; large soft, profound eyes, al
mond shaped a. in Turkish harems, mix
ed of hazel and shadowy gray, and pen.
sive and tender under long fringing lash
es; nose nearly Grecian, but with more
individuality in the outline lips short
but full and budding and osculatory chir
fine and dimpled, and promising to be
double in its matronage; brow, tempels
checks transparently fair, and continually
coming and going" with shy flashes OF
emotional color; neck, shoulders, arm,
presenting-you may be sworn-finC
rhythmical curves and cunning dimple:
at every turn, and divincly blending anC
difiusing misty pinks and whites;
"A crystal brow, the Moon despair,
And the Shows daughter, white hand :
person moderately plump, but elastic ano
flcXile; and movements of neck. shoull
ers, waist, hips, arms, ankles undulatins
and insinuating. These arc the character
istics and typical points of the ''heautv,'
par erceUeace, of the Monumental City
Lippinc0tt's Nagazine