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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-11
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0rTA! oUEcHEE CHAPTER No. 81, r. A. NJ,
regular Conyocation Monday eve, Dec. H.,
1871, at l-2 O'CLOCK.
Woodstock LODGE No. 81 F. & A. NJ,
regular communication Wednesday eve., Dec.
%, 1871, at ID o'clock.
GRAND ARMY OF THE Observation-Disclosures
Meeting of Sheridan Post, No. %, Dept. OF
Vermont &. A. r., is held on the first and third
Thursday evenings of each month. All appli
cations for muster must be made at Regular
Meetings. lIy order of the Post Commander,
l.. p, TEWKsBURY, Adjt,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-01-11
Take Warning !!

DHE person who was seen to take Buffalo
L Robe from my Sleigh, while standing in
Iear Of the Brick Church, on Thu sday even
ing, Dec. 28, 1871, is requested to return the
same, and thereby save prosecution and ex-
posure. l.. +. WASHBURN.
Woodstock VT, Dec. 80, 1871. 13w3*
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05
JOHN JOHNSON, Mayor.
AN ORDINANCE.
wATERWORKs.

An ordinance authorizing the city to sub
scribe for stock in the Memphis WaterCou-
Section l. Be it ordained by the General
Council Of the city of Memphis, That the
city of Memphis shall subscribe for one hum
dred thousand shares. aggregating one hun
dred thousand dollars of the capital stock OF
the Memphis Water Company: Provided, ,
that the capital stock of the said Water Com
pany shall first be increased by vote Of the
stockholders to. and fixed at, the sum Of two
hundred thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be il further ordained, That the
above proposition shall be spread upon the
records Of the General Council, and the May
or, after giving twenty days notice Of the
time, place and object Of the election, shall
cause an election to be held by the qualified
voters of the city, according TO the laws regu-
lating other city elections for the purpose
of taking the sense Of the said voters upon
the proposition 10 subscribe for the said one
thousand shares Of stock; and if the assent
Of three fourths of the qualified voters Of the
city, who vote at the said election, is had at
the said election, to the said subscription,
then this ordinance shall become and be
binding and obligatory; but If three-fourths
Of the said voters fail or refuse to as
sent to the said subscription. then this ordi-
nance is TO be null ara void.
Sec. 3. And be IL further ordained, That
the Mayor, upon the return Of the said cleo
ton, II three-tourths OF the qpshhed voters
Of the city assent thereto, shall enter in the
books of the " Memphis Water Company,
upon such terms and conditions, and under
such regulations and restrictions as tine Gem
eral Council has already prescribed, or may
prescribe or agree upon, a subscription in be-
half Of the city for the said one thousand
shares of stock, which subscription shall
thenceforward be binding upon the city, and
shall entitle IL T. all the rights, privileges
and immunities of stockholder.
Passed first reading, when the fourteenth
section Of the charter was suspended, and the
ordinance passed first and second reading by
Board of Aldermen, December IL, ISL.
Passed first reading by Council; rules sus.
pended, as required by city charter, and passed
second and final reading, December II. lS7l.
Approved December "a, 1sIl.
JOHN JOHNSON, Mayor.
Attest: L. r. RICHARDS, City Register.
Qi-Il2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05
A YEARS RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
suggestive Facts and Figures.
From the New York Times.l hr

From the New York Times.I nIl
From record of the railroad disss-
ters in the United States, dating from
the beginning of November, 1870, to the
end of October, 1871 we CLEAN the fol-
lowing facts. The report in question is
compiled simply from newspaper records
of casualties by rail, and is thus only
an approximation to the entire truth.
The whole table comprises returns Of
l07 railroad accidents, the greater por-
ton of which were, strictly speaking,
not accidents OF all. II shows a total
of 81 killed and 254 wounded as the re-
suit of collisions, locomotive explosions,
giving way Of bridges, and trains run
ming off the track. Were our railroads
worked as they ought to be, it is per-
fectly obvious that collisions at least
ought TO rank as impossible occurrences.
OF this class Of accidents there were
forty in all during the period referred
to, showing total of lOS persons killed
and 2ll wounded. That is to say, two
thirds of the killed and nearly one.
third of the wounded were, beyond any
doubt, victims of the negligent or penu-
rious management Of railroad corpora
tions. The foremost place in the record
of slaughter is occupied by the Revere
disaster, on August 26th; the New Ham
burg tragedy, on February 9Th. follows in
the magnitude Of It's results; while the
train thrown from a bridge at Harpeths
river, Tennessee, and the collision at
Edwardsville, Illinois, take the third and
fourth places. These four events alone
r.. 70 1a.I nvl 90 II
while il the accident at Bangor, Me-, on
August 9th, be added to the list, FIVE dis
asters will be found to account for 81
killed and l4S wounded.
Perhaps the most striking thing about
the entire record is that it would be i'm
possible to find q single case where the
work of negligent officials or incapable
management has been followed by its
legitimate punishment Of granddaughter.
Ii is true that when we consider the
enormous distance, some iifty-four thou
sand miles, trayersed by American rail |
roads. and tie vast commerce, equal to |
some four hundred and fifty million dol |
lars a year, which this representative |
list of casualties is not calculated TO ex-
cite alarm. II is safe to say, for exam
pie, that tried BY any such test as mile |
age, or even Of the gross number Of pas
sengers carried over a given distance,
the fatal and serious accidents on street |
railroads would be proportionately much
more numerous On the other hand, il
Is right 10 bear in mind that one hun
dred and seventy people killed outright |
is a far heavier penalty than we ought
10 pay in year for rapid locomotion.
II the virtual murderers Of the larger
proportion Of these people had been
promptly brought to justice, we should
have much better prospect next year
of reducing the catalogue Of railroad
llaughters. As il is, il seems 20 be as
difficult to bring railroad directors and
oficials 10 q strict Judicial reckoning as
{ used to be to coEsict fammany pol
tician.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05
Particulars of the Dreadful Acct
dent at Alexandria, Egypt.

A correspondent of the Psll Mall Ga
zette writes from AlexaD dria, under
date of November 81; A. dreadful ac-
cident occurred on the night Of Novem-
Der 23, in the harbor Of Alexandria
The steamship Assyrian. one Of the An
chor Line Of steamships plying between
Glasgow and Alexandria, arrived few
days back, having on board six hundred
pilgrims on their way to Mecca. They
were principally from Algiers and Tu-
mis-, and, as is always the case with had
iis," we're in a very filthy state. As a
measure Of precaution the ship was
placed in quarantine for some days.
But the ports to the west of Egypt be-
| ing free from cholera, and there being
no sickness on board the Assyrian, light
ers were sent late in the evening Of No
vember 22d to remove the pilgrims to
| the quarantine at Maks till they
could be forwarded through to their des-
tination through the Suez Canal. But
no sooner was the first lighter alongside
than the "hadjis" began to fling their
baggage into it, and to rush into it in
such numbers that .he lighter capsized,
and in few minutes between sixty and
seventy of those unfortunate m en- were
drowned. Qr gn..t yltn,1
Up to this time some sixty-three
bodies have been recovered, but many
more are missing. Several women and
children were among the dead. Nearly
all had considerable sums of money
upon their persons-one as much as two
hundred Napoleons, many forty or fifty
Napoleons. Although the accident was
entirely the result of their own disorder,
the " "hadjis began to threaten violence
to the crew, and the latter had to es-
cape as best they could-some by swim
ming ashore, others by mounting the
rigging Some Of the pilgrims charged
the crew with forcing them into the
lighter-a thing very improbable, and
which was shown by the official inquiry
TO be quite untrue. H AAi
So great was the eagerness Of these
unfortunates to go ashore, that even
after the lighter had been upset numbers
continued to jump from the ship. The
Egyptian Government is doing every
thing in its power to prevent the impor-
tation of cholera. There is no doubt
that the great epidemic of 1865, which
devastated Europe, and even spread to
America, was brought into Egypt by the
"hadjis" returning from Mecca, and it
is much to be wished that the convey
auce of these men IN British vessels
should be better regulated.
They are invariably deck passengers,
and arriving in most filthy condition,
they spread disease and death wherever
they 60. As it is certain that cholera
exists in all the Arabian ports, it is much
to be feared that we shall have repiti-
ton Of the epidemic of 1865, unless the
stringent measures of precsution now
enforced by the Viceroys government
prove as successful as they deserve to
be in keeping o. the disease. &.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05
SOMETHING ABOUT NAMES.
How the Romaneers Hit she POpu.
ulnr EAncY.

! A critical paper in The Saturday Re-
view shows how the popular novelists
have invented names which live, thus:
No writer has been more successful in
his nomenclature than Bunysn. What
would the Pilgrims Progress be with
Greek or German substitutes-such
names as satisfy modern allegory-for
his Deleotable Mountains, his Giant
Despair, his Slough of Despond, his
Much-afraid, Ready-to-Halt, By-ends,
Maui, Great Heart, Steadfast, My Lord
TurnlAbout, My Lord Time-Server, Mr.
Facing-both-Wsys, and the rest Of that
animated company. A good name
comes with fash; that is the secret Of
its success with us. Ne name ia Bun
yan is an after-thought. Tie quality,
the Christian grace, the virtue, or
tie vice he would impersonate
takes form and name with him
at the same instant of time. This
happy fearlessness owes much, no
doubt, to his Ignorance Of polite litera-
ture and canons Of taste; he goes the
straighter TO his point, and is sublime OF
homely in equal Inconsistencies. II
bis allegory wants q public house sign,
he puts the idea he would express in
The most familiar form be can hit upon
At the Sign Of the Reprohats, or At
tAs Sign Of the Conscience Scared with
. hot Iron" because, under such inhu-
ences, bis sinner can sink from bad to
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05

The establishment Of the German EN-
pire dates from the 18th Of January,
1871, and it is consequently the young
est Of the great powers on earth.
The German Empire is a confedera-
ton of twenty-five States. II comprises
four Kingdoms Prussia, Bavaria, Sax
ony and Wurtemburg), six Grand
Duchies, Eve Duchies, seven Principali-
ties and three Republics. The latter,
which are usually called the Free Cities,
are Lubbock, Bremen and Hamburg
Besides these, Alsace and Lorraine, the
newly acquired territories, are direct de-
pendencies Of the German Empire, and
are administered by a Governor. IL
was formerly believed that repiiblics
only were able TO form a compact federal
government, but the successful organi-
zation Of the German Empire refutes
this argument.
The German empire is inhabited by
forty millions Of people. With the ex-
ception of about SOC, 600 Of Poles in
Eastern Prussia, 100000 Danes in North
ern Schleswig, and about 200,0 900 French
IN Alsace and Lorraine, the population
consists entirely Of Germans. By far
the largest State is Prussia, which has a
population Of $4,000, 900; next comes
Bavaria with 4,sO0,000, Saxony with
100000, and WurtemberR with ,s00,-
600. The aggregate population Of the
other twenty States is about $500, 900.
The population OF Alsace and Lorraine,
according to the French census Of 1868,
is nearly 100000
The German empire has 1916 geo
graphical square miles; its area is con
=. >uently considerably smaller than that
n r, ,ropean Russia, which has loo, ,2s5
.on.r. .1iles, and it is also smaller than
~ Iustrian empire which embraces
Ia 7sd souare' miles, and it is only lit
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05

man.
The officers of this road state that it
can do the work that almost any road
can do with a single track. The present
freight cars are somewhat smaller and
different from those to be constructed.
Stock cars are TO be made for bringing
cattle from the Arkansas valley to the
mines, for this road is to connect with
the Colorado Central, now building The
rails of street cars in Denver are to be
three feet; the cars Of this road are to
be run into the streets, to load and un-
load at the stores, saving drayage. A
single mule pulls single car with ease.
1t is hoped that accidents by the mar
row gauge will be few, because with the
ordinary brake train can be brought
to stand as quickly as other trains can
be by the improved patent brakes. The
center Of gravity is ten per cent. lower
than the larger ones, hence the cars are
less likely TO overturn, and the whole
weight of the train being less, collisions
must be less violent. The Denver and
Rio Grande line is conducted under a
new method. The engineer alone has
charge of running the train. The con-
ductor is an agent, and he is also tele-
graphic operator. He carries a tele-
graphic apparatus with him, and stations
are attached to telegraph poles, being
little more than shelves, and the
agent communicates orders to the
engineer. The poles are numbered
in mile sections from one to twenty-six,
aud the miles are marked on the poles as
if mile-stones. By this means the engi-
neer, who keeps record of the condition
of the track. can report 10 the master
mechanic at the end of the trip, or
sooner, any defect within one hundred
feet by naming the number of the pole
and section where work is needed. The
master mechanic has charge of main
tenance of way, and, having reports by
telegraph, as above stated, he at once
directs where work is to be done. 1t is
reported that this road is to be extended
to the old city Of Mexico, and that offers
of money have been made from the own
ers Of rich mines in that remote region.
Thus we may expect that this road, now
just commenced, will be extended to the
capital of the Montezumas, a distance
Of over 1900 miles from Denver. 1t is
to be said, in addition, that an extension
Of the narrow gauge northward has been
surveyed, running through our town to
connect with the Union Pacific ct Pine
Bluff.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05
MEMPEIss TENN: FRIDAY EVENING JANUARY 5, 1872

tie larger than France (95s8 square
miles), but considerably larger than
Great Britain and ireland (5T32 square
miles,, aud Italy with Rome (57T6 square
miles). With regard TO population,
European Russia, with nearly 10000 0e0
Of people, exceeds the German empire,
but the latter outranks all the European
States with regard to the number Of in
habitants.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05
ELECTION NOTICE.
On Saturday, January 6, IS7g

will open and hold an election at the usual
voting places, in the various wards Of the
city Of Memphis. for the purpose Of laking
the sense Of the qualified vsteis Of the city
upon the proposition TO subscribe for one hun
dred thousand dollars Of the capital stock Of
the Memphis Water Works Company. The
following persons are appointed Deputy sher-
ms 70 hold said election, and will appoint
each three judges and two clerks at their re
spective voting places. The officers will cal
al the Sherif's ofice on Saturday morning
at s o'clock TO be qualified and receive poll
books and ballot-bOxes.
First Ward-MeCormick.
Second Ward-Barney Cox.
Third Ward-H. B. Cramner.
Fourth Ward-John Q. Lanier.
Fifth Nard-R. d. Mudgett.
Sixth Ward-H. B. Chiles.
Seventh Ward-A. NJ. Ferguson.
Eighth Wafd-D. Pante.
Ninth Ward-R. II. Norris.
Tenth Ward ]. L. sharpe.
MARCUS j. WRIGHT.
Sheriff Of Shelby county.
Memphis. Jnnuary 4, 1871.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05
ELECTION.
n TI q H


MEMPHIS. TENN. December IS, 1871.
DY VIRTUE OF AN ORDINANCE,
ID hereto appended. an election Will be
held on
Saturday, 9Th day of January, 1872,
at the usual places of holding elections in the
various wards OF the city of Memphis, for the
purpose Of taking the sense of the qualified
voters of the city upon the proposition to
subscribe for ona thousand shares, aggrc-
eating one hundred thousand dollars, land
being one-half) of the capital stock of the
Memphis Water Company. Those voting for
the subscription will have written or printed
upon their tickets, For Subscription" ana
those voting against the subscription will
have written or printed upon their tickets.
'sNo Subscription" and the subscription
will be made only in case three -fourths Of the
qualified votors voting at the election vote for
'"e sUD''i wv" JOHN JOHNSON. Mayor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05
ROOFING.
NOTICES.
General Meeting Of Stockholders
OF the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad Co.

DURsUANT TO A RESOLUTION OF THE
Board 0b ?iIss Directors Of the Memphis aPPds and
called meeting thereof, held In the city Of
Memphis. Tennessee, on the 18th day Of De.
cenber. lS1l. a general meeting Of the stock
holders Of the said Railroad Company Is
called. to be held in said city Of Memphis, on
WEDNESDAY,. THE l1TH DAY % JASUART. lSI2.
for the purpose OF considering and taking
such action as said stockholders may deem
advisable in reference 70 proposal made By
the Southern Railway Security Co. for the
lease Of the main road, the Florence. SOmer-
vile, and the Winchester branch lines Of the
said Memphis and Charleston Railroad Com
pany. NJ. ]. w CKS. President.
GRo. RoBERrsoS, Secretary S6-ll7dks
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05
GAUGE IN OOLORADO.
Its Construction, Operation and
General Mamag Rail-
road Projects.

Ifs Construction, Operation and
General Mamngenenf-NeW rail-
road Projects.
Correspondence Of The New York Tribune,l
The Denver and Rie Grande railroad
has three-feet track, the ties are six
and half feet long, and the banks have
twelye-feet cut. The iron weighs thirty
pounds to the yard, and is fastened with
fsh-plate joints. The maximum curya-
ture is six degrees to one hundred feet.
The Pennsylvania Central has nine de-
grees, and the Union Pacific twelve de-
grees. The maximum grade is seventy
FIVE feet to the mile, while the Denver
Pacific, rising TO the North Divide, be-
tween Greeley and Cheyenne, has ninety
feet, the Union Pacific one hundred and
twelve, and the Baltimore and Ohio one
hundred and sixteen. The cost Of the
road as now equipped was $l3,5OO to
the mile. The equipment includes three
engines, two passenger, two smoking,
two baggage, ten box and ninety fiat
cars; also, depot at Denver, aRd ma
chine shop fifty by one hundred feet,
with machinery for making GERS. The
engines cost $1,000 for passenger trains,
and $4,000 for freight trains. They weigh
respectively twelve and fifteen tons,
There are four drivers on the passenger
and six on the freight engines, with one
pair of pony-trucks in frontand a radius
bar connection. The engines were made
in Philadelphia, the iron for the track in
England, brought via New Orleans. The
freight has added one-third to its cost.
A narrow gauge road can be built in the
East for $1,000 to $4,000 a mile, with
cash payments. The freight cars have
four wheels, but those with eight wheels
are to be made, and with such it is esti-
mated that the same average Of freight
will be carried as by the ordinary broad
gauge cars. The passenger cars have
eight wheels, are seven feet wide from
outside TO outside, and thirty-6ve feet
long. On one side are double and on
the other side single seats, and one car
will seat thirty-four passengers. Sleep
ing cars with double berths can be made
to accommodate as many passengers as
q Pullman now carries, when each pas
senger has double berth. Excursion
ears are to be made with revolv-
ing seats, one each side, and SO arranged
that by turning the backs. TO the side Of
the car they form settee, as in Pull
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05
PROFESSIONAL.
REMOVAL.
REMOVAL.

UNHK OFFICE OF THE WESTERN METH
il odist has been moved from p Jefferson
street 20 IVY Main street, up stairs, in the
rooms formerly occupied By g, w. L. Crook.
Correspondents and others viii take notice.
AID direct their letters acrordingly. We
issue new ESQ copies. The Methodist Il 9
rood medium for advertisers.
s3f RI. W. BLEW a Cn., publishsrs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05

An Faglish clergyman says but one
gocS hymn is produced every ten years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05
TEA, COFFEE AND SPICES.
WALL PARER-WTNnoWsMAnEs
HOUSE, SIGN. AND FREsCO
PAINTERS.

DEAN q CO.. successors to Dean. Baxter q
Co., 39l and 1893 Main street.
A. +. DAVIS, 2Sl Second street-Particular
attention given TO calcimining walls In
any color.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05

CARRIAGE MANUFACTURERs.
OWEN LILLY-Csnisges, farm and spring
wagons, SO Union street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05

worse with the greater or more intelligi-
BILE precipitancy. But this style cannot
be initiated without ofense. By the
width and daring Of his range Bunyan
has secured to himself in perpetuity the
field Of the religious allegory in the
English tongue, ,.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05
BOARDING., SALE: 3 LIZ LIVERY ASn

NJ. @. C0STILL0-CityS Sale Stables. 81 Mon
roe street. 0ver6000 head of stock sold at
this stable in the past season.
W. g. BRIDGES CO.. Proprietorsi d. D..
Dismukes. sole agent and manager-19,
81, SO and IS Monroe street. Stock bought
and sold on commission.
W. M. BaQ0KS-Stock yard and sale stables
AS Main street. All classes Of stock fed
J. r. MoCULLERs : 4s South side Court
Square and "A Madison street. Livery.
bearding and sale.
SELIGMAN 4 HALL-Desoto Stables. IS
Union street.
]. B. FARES 4 CO.-DeaIers in mules,
horses, etc., 3S1 and 3S3 Second street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-05

L. L. MICHOT-Practieai ratehmaker Ano
optician. S571S Main stree..' -.
THE JET PALACE ~. Rot ~cner 20:
Jet and fancy jewelry, S2S Main, pet"eeh
Union and Monroe strects
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-06-13
From Bangor.

BANGOR. June IL.
Hon. :. WATSON OF Ellsworth. President
aHi Hon. Warren Percival Of Vassalboro.
eHa or the III ectorS Of the State Agricul-
tlrl. society, were in town yesterday ar
r-u-ing for the enlargement of the Fair
grounds for the better ,commodation Of
tIe state Fair in September next. The
3D.. fences are to he extended towards the
-fec- several hundred feet which will
largely iu -rea>e the enclosure. At CITY
liaa yesterday forenoon r. :. Prescott.
L-l. sold AT auction nv order of the adj
M.l.>tratorS d large amount OF timber
anl, and stocks belonging 10 the estate Of
q" la.e Hon. :. II. Dale, the attendance.
was large and the bidding quite spirited.
Iae number OF acres sold was one hundred
aHl eight thousand eight hundred and
i.aety-iiye. Price- an the way from two
Vars and thirty-seycn cents down 10
tHeH'y cents according 10 location. Euro
ptlu K North American Railway stocks
brought thirty-two dollars and hnv cent,
'I- total amour, OF the sale reached one
t4aireA ana seventeen thousand dollars.