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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-07
TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT
On the Rockford, Rock Island AMI
st. Louis Road.
FIFTY Persons Killed ana wounded.

ST. LOUIS, February IA terrible &C.
cident is reported on the Rockford, Rock
Island and st. Louis railroad this morn
ing, some distance from this city, in
which fifty persons were killed and
wounded. The train took FIRE and a
number of the wounded and dead were
burned. No particulars.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-07
railroad Accident.

PEORIA, ILL, February IAN acct
dent occurred on the Toledo, Peoria and
Wabash railroad, at Westfeld, yester.
day, by which the vice president of the
road, w. H. Cruger, had his hip broken.
A special train was conveying him to
Burlington, Iowa, and must have struck
broken rail, as no other cause for the
accident can be assigned. The engi-
neer was considerably burned and
scalded, and the fireman suffered severe
injuries. Several others, employees OF
the road, were injured. 2sa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-07
Cotton Market.

New ORLEANS, February moon. :
Cotton quiet. Middling 22lc. Receipts
1852.
MOBILE, February CONNECTION
firm, at 223c for middling.
GALVESTON, February moon. Cot
ton firm. Good ordinary 20ic.
SAVANNAH, February 7-noon.-Cot.
ton steady. Middling 22c. Receipts,
1906.
CHARLESTON, February 7--noon. =
Cotton steady. Middling 22c.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-07

The New York Tribune, in noticing
the approaching Republican State con.
vention in Indiana, naively states that il
is the purpose Of the party to bring for.
ward new and pure men to the front.
Senator Morton, being the prominent
candidate for gubernatorial honors, the
adjectiyes new and pure seem not to
have any determinate meaning, and can
only be regarded as an unlimited phrase
Of courtesy. Morton's political and
moral purity are matters Of history.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-07

A FEW days since the treasurer Of Ten
nessee footed up his total receipts at one
dollar in currency, which moves our CO
temporary Of the Courier-Journal to say
that this is the one solitary dollar that
the Radicals didn't steal during the reign
OF St. VIM. G. Brownlow.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-07

A WASHINGTON dispatch states that
4" the amnesty question viii be debated
in Congress until every so-called rebel is
dead" The discussion upon this lively
question viii then last forever, and the
Radical congressman msy take steps
accordingly. After surviving four years
Of terrific warfare it is not reasonable to
expect that the x-Confederates will die
out in a calm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-07
NEW poIIrrcAL ORGANIZATION

We have received a prospectus OF tne
Reunion and Reform Organization OF
Cincinnati" containing a declaration
of principles signed by many hundreds
of the leading citizens Of that city. 1t
is earnestly urged by these political re-
formers that the citizens of other locali-
ties and States form similar organiza-
tons. The declaration ofprinciples put
forth by this reform party best explains
its objects:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-07
Turf Congress.

CINCINNATI, February :. = Quite a
number of prominent turfmen arrived
here last night to attend the trotting
congress, which assembled here yester-
Law
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-07

tents Of nearlv
,nr .sls- !, all the buildings, includ-
graph Offices, were saved. The
aew Taylor hotel and restaurant, south
of the National hotel, was considerably
damaged.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-07
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
s...,a,s 20 the LEDGER.

.v,aroAN rnKss ASSOCIATION, VIA o. A.
fELRsRArH COMPANY.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22
PARsIMoNIoUs LAw-MAKERS.-The Sacra-

PARsIMoNIoUs Aw-MAKERs.-TheS Sacra-
mento correspondent of the Mariposa Gazette
writes to that paper some highly-Aayored
sketches about penurious members of the As
sembly. We copy the following:
The save-it-all Assemblymen hires a cheap
room, in a cheap quarter of the city, at
rental per month of 81. He buys gallon of
cheap whisky for So; this lasts him month.
For food, he purchases five cents worth of
crackers FIVE cents worth of cheese and like
amount of peanuts, each day, and boards him
self, except when he occasionally takes square
meal at the free lunch table. His board, there
fore, amounts to S4i per month. He is his own
barber, b0ot-black and washer-wOman, cOnse-
quently he is ont nothing on this score. Here,
then we have, as his expenses for the month,
$13 so! Grand total for the session-the mu.
ni6cent sum of fftyjour dollars! His per
diem. if the Legislature sits for the full time
allowed by law, amounts to 81 200. Hence,
he will 60 home with exactly 81 LAG, and with.
in four years come cut as aicandidate for some
State Office on an anti-subsidy platform. \
Four of them have struck an excellent thing
in the matter of beer, and are actually sacri-
ficing their money and health in the worship
of old Gambrinus. They have found a shop
each day, after adjournment, they wend their
way hither, draw straws to see who shall treat,
and then and there the quartet drink their bot
tie of beer The bottles contain four moder-
ate drinks, thus making the price Of each drink
two and half cents.
On Saturdays, when they 60 to the treasury to
receive their weeks stipend, a number of them
are in the habit of addressing the clerk, when
he hands out the coin, in this fashion: "Wa-a-l,
Mister Clerk, can't you give usa dollar'swuth Of
dimes7 We're goin' on leetle bit Of spree
and want leetle change" After getting the
ten dimes they go out on the railroad, lay them
on the track when train is coming, have
them fattened out aud play them off for smooth
quarters! This, if not craftsmanship, is ma
tive talent extraordinary. = l. am not
going to say anything about q number of lower
county Assemblymen procuring wagen upon,
their arrival here, driving to the Capitol with
their trunks and demanding to be shown to
their sleeping rooms. .a.a6 Il
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22

WHAT ADVERTISING DID.-Millaud, the
banker and newspaper speculat"r, who died
recently in Paris, aud who founded the Petit
Journal. which at one time had a daily circu
laton of nearly half million copies, was an
enthusiastic believer 10 the advantages of lib.
eral advertising. One day he had at his table
nearly all the proprietors of the leading Paris
dailies They conversed about advertising
Millaud asserted that the most worthless arti.
cles could be sold in vast quantities. if literally
advertised. Emil de Girardin, of La Pressc
who was present, took issue with him on the
subject "What will you bet" exclaimed
Millaud, i" that cannot sell in one week one
hundred thousand francs wortk of the most
common cabbage-seed under the pretext that
it will produce mammonth cabbage.heads
All l have to do is to advertise it at once in a
whole page insertion in the daily papers of
this city," Girardin replied that he would
give him page in his paper for nothing if he
should win his wager. The other newspaper
publishers agreed to do the same thing. At
the expiration of the week they inquired of
Millaud how the cabbage seed had flourished.
He showed them that he had sold nearly twice
as much as he had promised while orders were
still pouring in; but he said the joke must
stop there, and no further orders would be
filled
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22
SAM'L A. MERRITT.

TToRNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. OF.
\ fee on Commercial street, second door above
the court house. nlG.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22
ANIMALS AND THE FACULTY OF REAS-
ONING.

So many facts have been recorded in various
works showing that animals possess some de-
gree of reason that will here give-Only two
or three instances authenticated by Rengger,
and relating to American monkeys. which stand
low in their order. He states that when he
first gave eggs to his monkeys they smashed
them and thus lost much of their contents;
afterWard they gently hit one end against some
hard body and picked off the bits of shell with
their fingers. After cutting themselves only
once with any sharp tool they would not touch
it again. or would handle it with the greatest
care. Lumps OF sugar were often given them
wrapped up in paper, and Rengger sometimes
put live wasp in the paper so that in hastily
unfolding it they got stung; after this had once
happened they always first held the packet to
their ears to detect any movement within.
Any one who is not convinced by such facts as
these, and by what he may observe with his
own dogs, that animals can reason, would not
be convinced by any that could add. Never
theess, / will give one case with respect to
dogs, as it rests on two distinct observers and
can hardly depend upon the modification of
any instinct Mr.. Colquhoun winged two
ducks, which fell on the opposite side of
stream; his retriever tried to bring over both
at once but could not succeed she then,
though never before known to ruffie feather,
deliberately killed one, brought over the other
and returned for the dead bird. Colonel Hutch
inson relates that two partridges were shot at
once, one being killed and the other wounded;
the latter ran away and was caught by the re-
triever, when on her return came across the
dead bird; "she stopped, evidently greatly puz-
zled, and after one or two trials, finding she
could not take it up without permitting the es-
cape of the winged bird, she considered mo-
ment, then deliberately murdered it by giving
it severe crouch, and afterward brought
away both together. This was the only known
instance of her ever having wilfully injured
any game" Here we have reason. though not
quite perfect, for the retriever might have
brought the wounded bird first and then re-
turned for the dead one. as in the case of the
two wild ducks" The muleteers in South
America say: II will not give you the mule whose
step is easiest, but, la mas raciondl"-the one
that reasons best: and Humboldt adds: "This
popular expression, dictated by long expert
ence. combats the system of animated machines
better, perhaps, than all the arguments of spec
uative philosophy. Descent Of Man, By
c. Dar,cin.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22
IDAHO WORLD.
puelIsYED EVERY THURSDAY BY
qbe Idaho World Printing Company
.,,rs ...::: INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE

a. N Bas Building Adjoining Masonic Hall, Wall Street
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22

A YOUNG VILLAIN.-At Washington, Penn.
sylvania, recently, lad named George Nc
Giffen, aged seventeen, shot and dangerously
wounded Professor Wilson, the principal of the
Union school. The boy wanted the Professor
to deliver q note to one of the young lady
pupils, and upon the Professor refusing to do
so aad ordering him off the premises the young
villain shot him through the body.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22

ENGLISH CENsUs.-The preliminary report
of the United States Census Marshal shows
that the excess of the number of women over
the number of men in England and Wales, in
the year 1871, is 623,302 Since 1851 the pop.
ulation of England ard Wales has increased
"a per cent. while the excess of women over
men has increased 20 per cent This is rath.
er startling exhibit for our British cousins.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22

LYNCH LAVA man named Slough, while
intoxicated, killed his wife, in Richmond, KY,
about two weeks ago. He was arrested and
confined in Jail, and on February I'd crowd
of masked men went to the Jail, overpowered
the Sheriff and thus securing the keys, they
took Slough out Of his cell and hung him to
O tree short distance from town.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22

OREGON DEMoCRACY.-The Democratic
State Convention, in Oregon, meets at the
Dalles, on the sixth of next April. In the
eastern counties primary meetings have al-
ready been ordered, and our party brethren in
that section evince determination to roll up
an increased majority for their candidates at
the next election.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22

MINING MACHINERY.-The Empire Foun-
dry, in Marysville, California, is engaged in
manufacturing hydraulic machinery that will
stand pressure of 504 feet fall It is said to
be the heaviest pressure for which machinery
was ever made. s wa
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22
Dissolution Notice.

'I'HE COPARTNERSHIP HERETO
a. "a fore existing between Loo 500 and Quan wo, in
n ae Town OF Centerville, under the style and firm
aatne so OF Loo Soo Qnan wo Co.. is this day dis
aSua nea by mutual consent. Quan Wo. alone, is
snorlzed to collect and receive the outstanding in.
4 Co sAS -Ase u11l1 - 4s1S '.y,Cs r ~ T1 Trss.n
Dec. 20. l87l-n1Owls GUAM Wo.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22

rates of Subsc ription
War sig 90 Three Months. .S4 90
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The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22

THE New York Erening Post tells us tnat
"old sailors are never so much at sea 40 Wnen
they are on Shore" In this they are some
what like hen-pecked husbands. who are never
so much at home as when they are abroad.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22
II. T.. FOOTE.

a TToREEY AND COUNSELLOR At LAW. IDAHO
a City. / T. Will practice i'll ali the Courts Of
the Territory. Office on Commercial street. two
doors above cOur, house. ni9u
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22
Confessional Cards.
JONAS w. BROWN,

. TroRNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. AND
j Notary Public Idaho City. /. I. VIII practice
= the Courts OF the Territory. OFFICE on Com
n,srrja street, next door TO w. T. & Coz Express
0fce. mar 10 '4u'
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-02-22

A TToRNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, IDAHO
\ City. l. T. Office on Wall street, ~ the IDAHO
WORLD printing office MIG
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-02-10
miscellaneous.
sUNNYsIDE HEATER.

suNNYsIDB AT MARYLAND STATE Fam, BAL
TIMoRE.-Flrst premium for Fireplace Heaters
awarded the Sunnyside.
Advantages Of the Snnnyside;
1. II is 80 constructed that one-third more OF
the radiating surface extends into the room. CIV
ing that much more additional heat without ex-
ira fuel.
2. 1t is the only Hot-Alr Fireplace Heater in
the market Like the regular built cellar heater,
1t loses no heat, but confines It all to Its egiti-
purposes.
8. The fuel magazine Is double the usual size,
extending from the fire-box to the top of the
stove, with capacity for twenty-fourr hours sup
ply of coal.
4. The patent double cover for coal magazine
the room, and makes 1t impossible for any puff
fings or explosions to occur. This Is an advant-
age possessed by no other fireplace stove In the
market.
5. There are three dir ceambers, wherein q
brisk circulation Is kept up, drawing the cold air
In the room through heated fues into large
hot-air reservoir, at the back of the stove.
6 No side pipes are used, as the air Is heated
In reservoir having double radiating fues and
double back, supplying large quantities of hot
airwithout waste of heat or fuel.
Z. The SUNNYsIDE utilities the waste heat SO
thoroughly that we frequently heat an adjoining
room on the first, besides heating the rooms in
second and third stories.
8. A damper on top of the stove, connected
with the hot air 1ues, controls the quantity ol
hot air required for the use of either the upper
or lower rooms. All other fireplace stoves are
very inconvenient in this respect.
! o. The Crate is sef-sealing, and no dust car
escape while shaking 1t.
sTURAT, PETERSON & CO.,
Philadelphia.
II. B. MAssEK, Agent
Nov 1871
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-02-10
Aeeipes, &e.

- - 49,
REMEDY FOR SORE THRoAT.-Beat up
the whites of two eggs with two spoonfuls
of white sugar and add pint of lukewarm
water. Crate n little nutmeg in the mix
ture. Stir it well and drink small por-
tion frequently. The remedy is pleasant
and certain.
APPLE CAKE.-Two cups dried apples
soaked and chopped fine ana /! cups mo-
lasses put the apple in the molasses and
simmer in the stove. When cold, add 3
teaspOoniuls saleratus, 2 eggs, cup but
ter, and two cups sur milk, with cloves,
nutmeg, etc.
How TO SET CoLoRs.-Dissolve table,
spoonful of sugar of lead in pail of water,
in which you soak your colorcd cambric
for fifteen minutes before washing Ifmore
convenient, little vinegar or handful of
salt thrown into pail of water and the
dressed soaked, will set the color.
GINGER BEER. Three gallons of cold
spring water, one quart Of mOlasses, one
tablespoon of cream of tarter, three table
spoons OF ginger, one quart of yeast mix
together in tub, aud stand for five hours
1t may then be bottled, and will be fit fol
use in one day.
OLD FASHIONED SHORT CAKE.-A quar-
Of buttermilk tablespoonful of unmelte(
lard, and salt to taste. Roll out, TO abou
half an inch thick, and cut into diamonds
and bake quickly.
STOPPING NOsE- BLEED Stand up, wit
the head elevated. Compress the nostr
with the finger, and at the same tim
stretch up the arm on the same side wit
the bleeding nostril. Keep the arm Del
pendicular for two minutes. Also rapid
chew piece Of paper.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-02-10
humorous.


"UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE
FALL. IA few evenings since, two friends
who had been imbbiug fire WATER were
was burly, near sighted man, encased in
n heavy overcoat, with fur gloves on his
hands. The other was u snewy active
man, and, although his head was full, he
kept his balance on his pins, while his arms
were as stiff and rigid as ball clubs.
STEADY, now, Bob,' said the slim man
ms the heavy weight clung TO his arm on
their way across the street.
All right, Jack, easy's the word. But
] say, old boy, that last round of brown
stout has made me rather blind and stag
gcry.'
Careful, my boy steady on the left ;
united we stand, divided we fall easy now,
Bob.'
Easy 'tis, Jack slack up a little as we
round the corner my tulip.
At this junction the double deck load was
too much for Jack while staggering round
the corner, they separated, Bob circling
TO the reliable old pump, the handle of
which he grasped firmly with his gloved
hands. (Since the water famine the pump
has been kept filed to the spout.) Bend
ing over the handle, Bob calculated
Come, Jack, straighten up a bit, old
boy,' at the same time raising the handle
Down went the handle again, with Bob
clinging to it, and out gushed about half
gallon of water.
That's right, jack said Bob, throwing
one arm around the pump thinking he was
supporting his friend, throw it up, my boy,
you'll feel better after it,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-02-10
Northern Central Railway.
FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

~ and after Nov. IL, 1871, trains will run
~ as follows:
NoRTHwARD.
Niagara Express leaves Sunbury at 1910 p.
m, arrives Mt Niagara Falls at 1.30 a. m.
Buffalo Express leaves Sunbury at $50 a. m,
arrive at Williamsport at 2.25 a. m, Elmira at
$50 a. m, Canandaigua S.15 a. IN.
Mail arrives at Sunbury at 4.30 p. M, arrive
at Willamsport $50 and Elmira 1926 p. IN.
Fast Line arrives at Sunbury at ESQ p. M,
arrive at Williamsport SIS p. IN.
SOUTHWARK.
Buffalo Express leaves Sunbury at l.47 a. m.,
arrive at Harrisburg 3.45 n. m, Baltimore 7.20
Il. III.
Mail leaves sunbury at 11.o5 a. m, arrive at
Harrisburg Las p. m.
Erie Express leaves Sunbury at 9.25 a. m, ar
rive at Harrisburg ll.2o a. m, Baltimore 800
p. IN.
Erie Mail leave sunbury at 1890 q. m, arrive
at Harrisburg 2.20 n. IN.
SHAMOKIN DIVISION.
EASTWARD.
Leave Sunbury at 4.40 p. m, arrive at Shame
kin $50 p. m, Mt. Carmel 6.40 p. m.
Leave Sunbury Accommodation, at ll.50 a.
M, arrive at Shamokin LOO p. M.
WESTWARD.
Leave Mt. Carmel at 700 a. M, Shamokin
7.40 ~ m, arrive ut Sunbury 0.55 a. IN.
Leave Shamokin Accommodation Al 2.45 .
m, arrive ut Sunbury 400 p, N.
Express leaves daily.
All other trains leave daily, except Sundays.
A. X. FIsKE. ED. S. YouSG,
Gen'l. Sup't., Geu'l Passen'r Ag't.,
Harrisburg, Pa. Baltimore, Md.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-02-10

FOND OF THE WIDows.-The following
story is related of an old man of strict
creed and high moral standing in the COM
munity where he lived 1t is said immedi-
ately following the death of his third wife
he donned his coat and hat, and with q
smiling face that indicated no thought of
failure, summoned a widow lady living in
the neighborhood TO the door, and an
nounced the news to her thus
"Good-mornin', ma'am I'm round tell
ing folks how my old woman's dead. don't
know for sartin that | shall get married
again. You are aware, howsomever with
a knowing wink, that I'm mighty fond of
the widders.n
His fourth marriage has been placed on
record.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-02-10


OFFICE OF THE SUDBURY GAS COMPANY,
October 2d, 1871.
To THE CITIZENS Recent Investigations de-
monstrate that Gas of ii Candles quality, can
be sold at $500 per 1000 cubic feet. The Direc-
tors of the Sunbury Gas Company have deter
mined to adopt that price and IA Candles the
standard of quality. This fixes the price of u
IA Candle burner mt one cent an hour, or one
third less than Philadelphia gas.
A Kerosene lamp gives light of seven to ten
candles only-therefore, gas at the above price
is much cheaper than kerosene, without cansid-
ering cost OF chimneys and liability to accident.
Let all come forward and become gass consum-
ers. Make your applications for service pipes
and fittings at once, rs the season for introduc-
ing them is drawing to a close.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
TERMS.
The contractors for the Works will introduce
pipes upon the following terms. Service pipes
at 80 cents per running foot, measuring from
centre of street. Upon Market Square, twenty
dollars for entire service.
Interior fittings at Is cents per running foot,
In new buildings; Is cents per running foot over
plaster, and 20 cents per running foot under
floors.
Chandeliers, Pendants rnd other fixtures for
sale at new York and Philadelphia prices.
October Z, 1871.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-02-10

AN ACTORS SERMoN.-When John
Edwins, an accentric actor, went tramping
through the south of Ireland on a profess
sional tour, with three others, they reques-
ted him lit being Sunday morning) to favor
them with discourse suitable to the day
He began rs follows:
In the ffth chapter ofJob, seventy verse,
you will find these words. Man is born
unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.' l
shall divide this discourse, and consider it
under the three following heads i a mans
progress into the world , A mans pro-
gress through the world and 3. His eagress
out Of the world.
Il. A mans ingress into the world is
naked and bare
.. His progress through the world is
trouble and care;
g. And his egress out of the world is
nobody knows where -
To conclude
"If we do well here, We shall do well there,
can tell you no more If l preach Il whole
year.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-02-10

The Duke of Newcastle declares that the
conservatives of England distrust Mr..
Gladstone, because he is believed to favor
the abolition Of the House of Lords, and
dallies with the dangerous principles of Sir
Charles Dixie and other dlsturbers Of the
constitutional order of things.