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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-13

Theriver has risen inches during the past
tWenty-four hours and viii doubtless go few
inches higher in consequence Of the breaking
Of the gorge above. Reports from points
Shove and below are asfolloWs: New Orleans.
fell three inches; Leayenworth. fell one inch (;
Shreveport. fell one inch; Louisville. rose
Eve inches; Cincinnati, rose Eve feet; and at
all other points stationary or unchanged ex-
cept Cairo. which is reported As having fallen
seven inches BY the signal reports, and IS
rising the same number Of inches By the late
dispatches. A rise Of two feet is reported in
the Missouri. and other streams above are
swelling. The weather Is clear and eosl.
PORT NEWS.
Several boats that have been laid ~ here
got up steaT a. reported yesterday. and len
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-13

q AMERICAN DRIVEN WELLS at Brown
& Brownies, 3l5 Second street. 1891
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-13
RIVER INTELLIGENCE
ARRIVALs.

ARRIVALS.
Steamer A. ]. White. Napoleon.
Legal Tender, White river.
- Chas. Bodman, Cincinnati.
st. Joseph, New Madrid.
Allegheny Belle. Cairo.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Armadille, Cincinnati.
Anna. Cincinnati.
Champion, Cincinnati.
T. II. Allen, Arkansas river.
. Phil Ailin. FriAr's Point.
Chas. B0dman, New Orleans.
BOATS IN PORT.
A. j. White, John Kilgour, ST.. Francis
Minnie. Groesbeck. Columbia, Legal Tender
St. Joseph. Allegheny Belle.
BOATS ADvERTIsED TO LEAVE TO-DAY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-13
WANTED.
FOR RENT.

~ w. A. wHEATLEY, Rental Agent,
Bethel Block, office No. g.: Receiver
ships accepted. I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-13
STEAMBOATS,.
White and LiItIe Red Rivers.
|. ,sIEN(1eO. w. Cheek -. ~

GEO. MALONE...............Ca Captain,
Leaves Memphis every Tuesday, THURSDAY
and Saturday. at 5 O'Clock PIN. For freigt {
or passage apply on board, or at AZ Madison
street up stairs. ll-lSi-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-13

PrOyine a Amonett, Real Estate
the Merchants Insurance building.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-13
Clothing and Mems Furnishing

The board adjourned.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-05

The anecdotes Of the great Marshals
eccentrici,ies-his habit Of wandering Of
about the camp in disguise, his within
giving the signal for assault by growing
like cock, his astounding endurance
of heat and cold, his savage disregard
OF personal comfort and neatness--are
beyond calculation but perhaps the
most Characteristic of all is his appear.
ance in 1899 at the Austrian court, then
one of the most brilliant in Europe.
On being shown to the room prepared
for him lasplendid apartment filed with
costly mirrors and rich furniture), this
modern Diogenes said simply, "Turn
out all that rubbish, and shake me
down some straw" An Austrian gran.
dee who came to visit him was startled
at these preparations, and still more so
at the first sightot the Marshal's bag
gage" which consisted of two coarse
shirts, and tattered cloak tied up in
bundle.
as that enough for Winters ?" asked
the astounded visitor.
"The Winters the father o. US Rus
sians," answered Suvorotf, with a grin I;
"besides, you don't feel the cold when
you are riding full gallop.'
But when you are tired OF riding
what do you dor
"Walk."
"And when you're tired of walking?"
"Run.'
And do you never aleep, then 2"
asked the pctri6ed questioner.
Sometimes, when I've nothing bet.
ter to do" replied Suvoroff, carelessly
"And when l want to have very
luxurious nap, take of one of my
spurs
The thunder struck Austrian bowed
and retired, doubtless considerably en-.
lightened in his ideas of Russian Gen.
eral.
1t is worth while to chronicle (how.
ever out Of place it may appear in a
collection Of jests) one more story Of
Suvorof, that which tells how the grim
veteran, already far on the road to the
bloodiest of his campaigns, rode back
for miles through the binding storm to
take one last look at his sleeping chill.
dren, kissed and blessed them with
passionate earnestness, and then rush.
ed away like a whirlwind upon his mis-
sion Of destruction. Such man de.
served more merciful judgement than
the singing epitaph written upon him
by a wit of the nation which wrought
his downfall "A good soldier, but a
bad general; a good servant, but bad
courtier good Russian, but bad
European. The Year Round.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-05

I wonder-I often do
In an aimless sort Of way.
Whether tomorrow will De the same
As has been 10 me to-dayi
II there never will come change;
III there never will be ~ hour
when shall have tine 20 turn aside
To gather a waysde 1ower f40 Ft .4E
I wonder-I often do-- tHtf.
will my life be forever the same
Its mornings dark and its evenings gray.
Its noontides dull and tame.
oh the sluggish. creeping hours.
When I long to have thsm by
Hating the wearinsss Of life
Til almost long to die.
Till | almost Nay. l think do.
II ever pray at all;
think | should like 70 be laid away
Under the grasses tall:
think should like to sleep
Through the countless sound Of years.
Never to waken again 10 think.
Or to waken again to tears.
For what has the future 70 give.
And what has the grave 20 dread.
When there's not in the world heart to ache
With sorrow if were dead?
Oh! the sluggish. creeping hours!
Oh the days with freight OF pain.
When only pray that no morrows light
Would break for me ever again!
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-05

In training the Prussian war horses,
sieve of oats held before young
hoyse's nose while pistol is fred over
its head, accustoms and reconciles il TO
the sound Of firing. The kindness with
which the horses are treated is most
remarkable; and any man caught strik.
ing or otherwise maltreating horse
may make sure of getting from two to
three weeks imprisonment. A CORE.
spondent adds the following curious
particulars of this branch of Prussian
administration "All the young horses
of the present year bore some name
beginning with R-Regulus, Reinette,
RUNE. Ro lerich, Romeo, Robinson, for
instance f; and, in fact, the letter X is
kept exclusively for the 'remounts' OF
1870. The system Of identifyin ing horses
OF particular year by the initial of
their names was introduced twelve
years ago, when all the fve-year-olds
received at the depot were called by
some name beginning with A. B. was
the letter Of the following year. Then
came c, and SO on, until now r has
been reached. 1t has been foreseen
that @, the initial of so few proper
names, might be a source of trouble
so it was determined to reserve the let
ter for horses of the one-year volunteers,
Of whom there are seldom more than
half dozen in the same squadron. At
present, then, if you once know the
name of Prussian cavalry horse YOU
know its age, at least up to seventeen"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-05

Ih.s Is simple song. It's true--
sonfs are never over NICE
And yet I'll try and scatter throuyh
a. little pinch Of good advice
men listen, pompcus friend. and learn
= never boast OF much renown.
'os IYHunes wheel Is on the turn
nna some 90 up and some come down
l .now vast amount Of stocks
vast amount Of pride insures:
b9t iate mas picked 80 many locks
wouldn't like To warrant yours
remember then and never spurn
=, The one whose hand l. hard and brown
For he 10 likely 10 20 up.
ana you are likely to come down.
Another thing you will agree
That Goldfish Aristocracy"
liz but scaly thing at best.
Ana Madame in her robe of lace
And Bridget in her faded gown.
Son represent . goodIy race,
From Father Adam handed down.
Life u unccrtain--full Of change:
Little We have that will endure:
ana twere doetrine new and strange
That places high are more secure:
And 4 the tickle goddess smile.
FIELDING the scspter and the crown,
Tvs only for a little while.
Ihen goes up and A comes down.
This world. for all of Us, my friend.
Hath something more than pounds and pence
Then let me humbly recommend
"A little use Of eommoa sea-s
Thus lay all pride and place aside,
And have care on whom you frown,
For fear you'll see him going up.
when you are only coming down.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-05

A quaint and gallant writer of some
fifty years ago, says: al love an old
maid-I do not speak of an individual,
but Of the species-I use the singular
number, as speaking of q singularity in
humanity. An old maid is not merely
an antiquarian, she is an antiquity not
merely a record Of the past, but of the
very past itself, she has escaped great
change, and sympathizes not in the or
binary mutations of mortality. She in
habits little eternity of her own. She
is Miss from the beginning of the chap
ter to the end. do not like to hear
them called Mistress, as is sometimes
the practice, for that looks and sounds
like the resignation of despair, volun.
tary extinction of hope. do not k. ow
whether marriages are made in heaven {:
some people say they are, but / am al.
most sure old maids are. There is
something about them which is not of
the earth, earthly. They are spectators
of the world, not adventurers or ram
bles; perhaps guardians; we say
nothing of tattlers. They are predes-
tined to be what they are. They owe
not the singularity of their condition to
any lack of beauty, wisdom, wit, or
good temper; there is no accounting
for it but on the principle of fatality.
l have known many old maids, and of
them all not one that has not possessed
es many good and aniable qualities as
ninety and nine out of a hundred of
my married &C auaintances. Why, then
are they single? Is it their fate?'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-05
Proof. READING.

Few persons outside of printing Offices
know the Importance Of proofread.
ing that is, the careful revision of
the type after it is set up, for the pur.
pose Of removing wrong letters, etc.
For instance a miserably scrawled mar.
riage notice is handed in. which ought
to read as follows I" Married-August 1.
A. Conkey, attorney-at-law, to Euphe-
mia Virgins.
Love i the union of two hearts tina, beat in
softest melody:
Time nth i. .yaFe' imparts no bitter fusion to
The notice is handed to the compost.
tor or type.setter, whose rapid fingers
fly among the type boxes for brief
space. A "proof,' or first print, is
then taken Of the type, and the proof.
reader has the following version before
him: Married-April |, A. Donkey,
eternally at law, to ..Euphunia Pigeins.
Jove is an onion with two heads that beat in
softest melody:
Time with its cabbage: impars no better food to
The proof 10 then handed back to the
compositor to be corrected. "D" 10
taken out of Conkey's name, and G
inserted eternally" is altered to at
torney, and 30 on until the whole para
graph is in proper shape for the public
eye.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-05


ORDINARY laborers in Dublin receive
60 cents per day, and skilled laborers
$3.50.
THEGovernmento of Russia has ordered
10000 cavalry revolvers of Smith &
Nelson's patent, to be purchased in this
country, together with corresponding
number Of blank and ball cartridg es
Twenty thousand of the same kind of
revolvers were recently shipped under a
former order.
TIE italian army which is now in pro
cess of reorganization comprises III 900
men on q peace footing, and 390, 900
and $4,000 horses on a war footing.
TIE Japanese are engaged in reform.
ing their currency. 1t will closely re-
semble in size, shape and value, the coin
of the United States.
MORE than four hundred beet sugar
manufactures exist in France, the in.
dustry having risen gradually to one Of
firstclass Importance.
TEE annual income of the lady who
presides over the republic of bonnets in
Iarls Is S4VU,uUU.
TIE equestrian statue of the Duke of
Wellington on the Marble Arch, Lon.
don, is profoundly said by a French
critic to strongly resemble Punch
mounted on Balaam's ass.
An English firm is doing quite an ex.
tensive business in supplying Australia
with iron dwelling houses, manufactured
in England, and set up at short notice
by English mechanics wherever the pur.
chaser desires.
The Suez Canal is not a financial sue.
cess, and there has been a stormy meet.
ing OF the shareholders in Paris, where
NJ. de Lesseps narrowly escaped vote
of condemnation.
The children in Germany are not only
required to attend the public schools,
but spend b1eides two or three hours
day in practical schools, where drawing,
designing, modelling, spinning, weav.
ing, dyeing, and the use of tools and
are taught.
GENOA, in Italy. with a population of
15c,O 900, has now twenty-four great bank.
ihk AOuscss Will oCdpitdl VI lO-,Wv,OUu
francs twenty corporations, with a
capital Of 1926, 900 francs, and forty.
five insurance companies.
Mr.. GLADSTONE fails to maintain the
national reputation in the roastbeef
and plum-pudding particular. When
his wife is out of town he may be found
taking his modest meal at the Univer
sity Club and very modest it is, con.
sisting of some mutton broth, fish,
bread and cheese, beer, and cup OF
coffee.
Ar Rome, Mrs. Story has recently fin-
ished three statues of Polexena,"
Vesta," and Saloma." She is now
a halfreclining statue of
Semiramis," and an Electra" Miss
Hosmer has beguna" Will O. the Wisp,"
IS companion for her wellknown
. Puck"
In Cashmere, 10000 persons are en-
ployed in the shawl manufacture. The
weavers are all males, most of the spin
ners women. A female spinner earns
about IS cents a month. The weaving
Of shawl Of ordinary pattern occupies
three weavers for three months, the
more elaborate and costly from twelve
TO fifteen months.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-05

No INSANITY is more violent or unrea-
sonable than that which sometimes
overpowers people in a sudden panic.
A singular instance of the effect of
yielding to the excitement of sudden
fright recently occurred in the Roman
Catholic cathedral at Dublin. Dur ny
q crowded service some globes of the gas
brackets were knocked of. The crash
of the falling glass led the people to
believe that the windows we're being
broken, and q cry was raised that the
cathedral was attacked from outside.
An alarm of Firer was also raised,
and a serious panic ensued. The clergy
men present managed to allay the ex-
citement to q certain extent, but not
before large numbers had rushed from
the cathedral, tumbling over each
other, and had scaled the wall Of
neighboring garden in which the owner
happened to be walking. One would
suppose that the panic stricken crowd
might here have paused; but with in
sane violence they rushed upon the un-
fortunate gentleman, who was taking
exercise in his own grounds, shouting,
Hang himr Down himm And but
for the interference of the prize is who
had followed them, they probably would
have carried their threats into execution.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-05

EXPERIMENTS have recently been made
TO ascertain the amount of loss that coal
undergoes when exposed to the weather.
Anthracite and camel coal suffer least,
but ordinary bituminous coal loses near
~ onethird in weight and nearly one
half in gas making quality. From this,
IL follows that coal should be kept dry,
and that to expose il to rain or damp,
Is to lessen its quantity and to weaken
its quality.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-05

sword, rushed upon him, and at one
blow cut OF his right foot T.
"You fool T. cried one OF the listen
ers, "you should rather have cut of his
head ~ --s..s.t-.essH
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-01
TO CREDITORS.

To the creditors OF John B. TrImble, deceased:
lnpnrsuance of decree Of the Municipal Court
Of Wheeling, made In cause therein pending TO
subject the real estate Of the said John b. Trim.
bic 10 the payment OF his debts, You arc required
70 present your claims against the said John B.
Trlmblc for adjudication To G. L. Cranmcr, Esq.,
commissioner, at his Office III the city OF Wheel.
Ing, on or before the 2lst day OF March, 1872.
Witness, Dana L. Hubbard, Clerk OF said Conf.
this 30th day OF January, 1874 49, .
febTh DANA l.. HUBBARD, Clerk.
TN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF
j. Wheeling. 47Elsl1' sa-S'l ~
BENJAMIN N. List, Administrator ofthe estate OF
J John b. Trimblc, deceased, -5sd's1T mi !.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-01
Deal ESTATE FOR SALE.


offer at private sale the Farm situated two
miles cast q the city on the Hempleld Railroad,
known as the Mills property, containing nd acres
more or Ices; about so acres or which IA cleared
and part underlaid with coal. There Is a pood
farm house and other ontbuildings on tho prem
ises. Any person desiring 10 look at the place
VIII be shown the boundaries, &c, by Mr.. PedI.
cord on the premises. -.I'g : - = =
Aleo tract containing II acres situated nine
miles east OF the city on tho Hcmpleld Rallroad,
This place 10 all under cultivation, has on n n
good dwelling and all necessary outbuildingS. 4
good well OF water aud u number Of good irnIt
trees, and is within short distance Of a church
and school house. Possession Of this tract eIyen
April IBt, 1870, and ifnot previously sold win be
offered at public auction on THURSDAY, FEB, 2ad.
SFor fartheE. particulars apply on the last men.
toned premises 10 J. r. Mccoy. IT.
ili Administrator Of Sam'i Mccoy, decd Is
N.B.-All persons having claims aRaInst the
estate Of Samuel Mccoy, decd, are reSuested Ia
present them for settlement, and all parsons In.
meDt. frIT JsR McTnY fE|'
IeDl'2tu&W T.. DOL Administrator
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-01

Harriet A. Trimblc, et In Chancery.
The undersigned, special Commissioners, here
by gives notice that, pursuant to the authority
vested In him by the decree or said Court. made
and entered in said suit at the January torn ISM
thereof he will offer for sale at public auction al
~, West Virginia, on
I SATURDAY, tho 2Ith day of February. 1872,
commencing at 10 O'Clock A NJ, tho sopth one
hall OF lot number Gfly,two 90 on tho west sIde
Of EoH street and corner Of Marshall street, in
the city OF Wheeling. West Virginia. - :.
TERMS OF SALE-0ne.thitd OF the purchase
money cash, and the remainder In two equal
Instruments, payable respectively In six and
twelve months from tho day OF sale, with In.
terest from said day, the purchaser giving his
negotiable promisaiy notes, with security ap.
proved by the undersigned for said deferred IN.
stalmente, and the undersigned VIM retain the
tiGe until said notes arc paid Selling rs Com.
missioner, the undersigned will only warrant
specially the title 10 said property
ALFRED CALDWELL. z,
leOlTh Special COmmiaslnnor
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-01
TN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF
l. Wheeling.
Benjamin N. List, Administrator of the estate Of
John B. Trimble deceased


HarrietA. Trimble, 81 ais. In ChAncery.
The undersigned, Commissioner in ChGncery
OF said Court, hereby gives notice that, pursuant
70 decree made and entered in tho above en-.
titled cause by said Court at the January term,
1871, thereof he will on Monday, the 18th day OF
March, 1871, at his office on the northeast corner
OF 4th and Monroe streets, In the city OF Wheel,
Ing, West Virginia, proceed to take, state and
report the accounts Of said Benjamin N. List,
administrator OF the estate OF John B. TrimbIe,
deceased, and any other matters deemed peril.
nent by himself etrequired TO be reported by the
parties TO said suit, or any Of them.
GIBSON L. CRANMER,
Commissioner In Chancery OF said Court.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-01
o'KANE & DEvINE,s
Monro0 So, betWeen MaIn Ind narkn,.

For few days We viii offer our entire s,o.,s =,
boos and Shoes below cost. The GoSds asa ~ ~
lrcsh and In every case warranted PSrSnns ~ ~
elring cheap Boots and ShoeS Wonli ~ wclI ~ ~
eau ana examine, as We are datcnainei ~ closc
OUT .s oas present stock regardless of Coet '-S
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-09-24
New Discoveries.

The remains of number of ancient cop
per mines have lately been discovered on
Isle Royal, in Lake Superior. These mines
show undoubted proofs Of having been
worked by race Of men long since extinct,
and of whom we possess little Or no knowl-
edge other than that left behind by such
traces as are now being brought to view
there. Shafts of considerable depth, filed
up by the accumulated debris of ages, are
being opened, and in penetrating to a dis
tance Of sixty feet, tools of wonderful work.
manship are produced, together with char
coal remains, which mark this as the point
where skilled artisans formed from copper,
tools whose temper and durability would as
tonish the ingenious maker Of such things
of the present age. Hammers and chisels
seem to have been the principal imple-
ments for working at this time, which, to-
gether with fire, reduced the ore to con-
dition which rendered its removal in detail
easily accomplished. Finely tempered knife
blades have been picked out of the pit and
granite hammers of such size as to require
the strength of no ordinary man to wielt
successfully.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-09-24
Immense Wheat Farms in California.

There are three wheat farms in the San
Joaquin Valley, with areas respectively of
oo,VOO acres, %, 600 acres and 1900 acres
On the largest of these farms the wheat
crop of this year is reputed to be equal to
an average of forty bushels to the acre. the
yield running up on some parts of the farm
to sixty bushels. The product of this farm
Tor the present year is 1,44O,000 bushels.
Ihe boundary on the one side of this farm
as seventeen miles long. At the season of
plowing ten four-horse teams were attached
TO the gang plows, each gang having four
plows-or forty horses with as many plows
were started at the same time, the teams
following in close succession. Lunch or
dinner was served at a midway station,
and supper at the terminus of the field,
seventeen miles distant from the starting
point. The teams returned ON the follow
ing day. The wheat in this immense field
was cut with twenty of the largest reapers,
and we believe has now all been threshed
and put in sacks. 1t would require over
forty ships of medium size to transport the
wheat raised on the farm to foreign mar
ket. Even the sacks required would make
large hole in the surplus money of most
farmers. We have not the figures touch
ing the product of the other two farms; but
presume that the average is. not much be-
low that of the first.