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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-02

PAUL WmGHT, the enterprising news
dealer whose emporium is located at No.
296 Main street, has all the latest papers
and periodicals, and the very best Of
cigars. Give him call.
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Mr.. BERToS, the famous onfectioner
and caterer, is fully prepared to FIJI any
orders in his line at the shortest notice
during the holiday festivities. Leave
your orders at his old and well known
establishment, corRer of Poplar and
Fourth streets. lO5
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DIAMONDS AND SILVERWARE.
JET PALACEl
CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS

offer entire stock Of solid goods Gold
Watches Gold Chains Gold Rings Gold Sets Geld Necklaces etc., ec at
holidays receiving the line
imitation Goods the richest and only stock Of relied
Jewey Onix Black Garnets Something news immense
Ornaments, Rubber and Jet All
warranted represented. Don't fail to give us CALL
watches and eWery happy announce
the best watchmakers and jewellers are in employ
T. ROESCHER g. CO., jewelers.
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New ORLEANS. Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Chicago and Cincinnati dailies at
Mansford's News Depot, corner Of Sec
ond and Monroe streets; also, latest
weeklies and monthlies and juvenile
books for Christmas.
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REMEMBER that j. Devote, corner Of
Third and Adams streets, has the most
excellent stock Of family groceries in
the city. Our readers will consult their
interests by going there for supplies.
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NEW News STASD-Joe Locke has
opened a new news depot at No. 2S6
Main, one door north his old news
stand. he has Christmas goods and
the latest publications from all portions
Of America and Europe. Give him
coll
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catholics and P<0iestants In Ire
land.

Il seems there has heen some miseon-
oeption somewhere, but especially in
England, as to the relative numbers Of
Romen Catholics and Protestants in
ireland. The following is according to
the census Of 1871; There were then re-
turned as Protestant Episcopalians,
Gs3. 295; as Presbyterians, 558, 23Si as
other Protestants Of different sects, 49,
OBS, giving as the whole number Of Pro-
testants, l,260,5GS There were returned
as Roman Catholics, 4,l4l, 1873. The
Roman Catholics are, therefore, to the
Protestants as 4,l4l, 1873 to l,2G0,56s. or
about 81 tol.
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DISSOLUTION.
NOTICE.

VNHE FIRM OF DIsMUKRS 4 HOWARD
Il having been finally dissolved b. DEERE u
the Second Chancery Court. and all the assets
Of the same having been vested in me. hereby
their accounts at once.
l@-ls DID. DIsMUEES.
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ELECTIONS.
Election Notice.
NOTICE .

0TFIcE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY Insurance Co., \
&. No. 80 MADISON ST., \
tal MEMPHIS, December 18th. 1872. }
UNHE STOCKHOLDERS OF THIS COM
/ pany are hereby notified that the annual
election Of Directors, for the ensuing year will
1873, between the hours Of 10 a IN. and ,. m
s7-ll5 II. uRONAtiER. Secretary.
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THE projeetof annexing the Sandwich
Islands is agitated or spoken Of at Wash
ington. Il is about time TO take IN some
more territory aud make room for the
supernumerary ofice-seekers who claim
to have carried all the elections for the
party" Wouldn't it be cheaper to
bring over the gentle Sandwich Islanders
and plant them in Louisiana, where they
could feel at home. and at the same time
supply any little majority needed here
AFTER At eleciions2
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The Jacksonville Journal states that q
blooming, blushing girl called at that
Office, the other day, and inquired for
papers for a week back. The idea
suggested was that she wanted them for
a pannier.
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CIR RID OF your COLD at once, or you
may keep on racking your lungs with 4
cough until at last they are irritaied
into a condition ripe for the production
Of tubercles, and then, instead Of a sim
pie, easily cured affection, you will have
to deal with consumption. DR.. Jaynes
Expectorant will promptly cure all
coughs and colds, and by imparting
vigor TO the respiratory organs. enable
them freely 70 throw Of distractions en-
gendered By neglected colds. and heal
al sore or inaamed parts. Sold every
where. mwis
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CdKF at gas Office, 2sl Second street.
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CELERY received daily at Victor D..
Fuchs, II Jefferson. 26-t
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sER advertisement Of Wheeler 4
Wilson's sewing machine in the For
Sale" column. tho owner considering il
worthless, offers q bargain In il. 4st
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NEws.-Billy Wilkinson, the news de-
pot man, has the latest daily papers,
weekly pictorials. monthly magazines,
etc, at his stand on Main street, near
the corner Of Poplar.
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Foa the 6nest solid gold jewelry go to
the Jet Palace. cot
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GROCERIES.
N ew stock.

l50 buekets and half bbIs. Nffnea
Neat.
az casks scotch Ale and London
a Porter.
Ice bills Navy Beans and HOmInv.
10 bbla sweet cider.
500 boxes and quarter boxes New
Rmfnlms.
500 do. Preserves and JeIIfea.
100 bags Almonds and Cream Nuts.
40 barrels Oranges.
900 packages cklen.nfI sizes ana
styles.
soOo eases Canned Fruits ana Vege-
200 IA and Ia eases sardtnes.
soe phks Maekerei and W hf1e Fish.
SEQ boAen selectod Cheese. az
q. A. ECkRRLY'S.
sl-ll4 S5S Front, cor. URl9R 81.
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CARPETS.

CARPETS.--New styles Just
received; also Furniture, N at
tresses, Window Shades, etc.
Special inducements Offey ed az
AMES, BEATTIE Il Co.'s,
ae-ish 1886 Mai'n Street.
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For she'll and can OYSTERS, Eo 20
Felix RPansiOli's. 29s Front NJ. B-f
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HOuseEeepers. go nj onse and pro-
eage enc Of she celebrated Ritzhugh
RroIIers, at Prince a Co.'S, 1875 Main
street. Money returned IL not sat
EsfaetoFY. l2s
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COKE at gas Office, 2sl Second street
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january 4th, 1873.

and without reserve or limit whatever, part o.
lof No. lO7. blork =. Ovcrion tract $50 iront-
IN, M feef On Ravburn avenue aud 70 feet on
CLAY sfreet Terms-Oec half cash. anu ual-
ance twelve months. Promptly a. tne hour
named A'''s DONOHO 4 BULKLEY,
lQs-i7 y Madifon street.
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AUCTION.
AUCTION.
PUBLIC SALE
-OF -
REAL ESTATE.

WE SHALL SELL TG THE HIGHEST
w bidder, on the premises, SATURDAY mora
ing. lQ1f o'elofk'
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B. +. GOODYEAR,
Graduate in Pharmacy.

p. S.-Goodyear's Liver Tome. so well and
highly appreciated, is only manufactured by
me. Fine Havana and domestic cigars
log l3t
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Girls Should Learn Domestic Duties.

A mother has no right to
bring up a daughter without
teaching her how to keep
house; and if she has no intelli-
gent regard to her daughters
happiness,wlll not do 1t.
By knowing how to keep
house, we do not mean merely
knowing how books should be
arranged on a centre table. and
how to tell servants what is to
be done. We mean how to get
a breakfasts a dinner, a supper;
how to make a bed, how to
sweep a room, how to do the
thousand and one different
things which are requisite to
keep a home in order, and make
it pleasant.
A person who does not know
how to do thing we'll, does
not know how to have it done
well. No number of servants
make up for the want of knowl-
edge in a mistress.
A family employed girl to
do general house work. She
came just at night, and the first
thing assigned to her to do was
to wash the supper dishes.
She washed them in cold water,
and without soap!
A gentleman sent home a
roastingpiece of beef quanti-
ty Of cut porter house steaks,
When he sat down to dinner
he learned that the new cook
had roasted the steaks.
Yet many a boarding school
miss, at the time of her marri-
age, might make either ofthese
mistakes.
Not one woman in a thousand
knows how to make bread as
good as it can be made. And
sour tempers, seedlings, dys-
pepsia, with its indescribable
horrors, and even death itself,
not unfrequently result from
bad cooking.
Mothers, whatever else you
may teach your daughters, do
not neglect to instruct them in
all the mysteries of house keep
ing, So shall you put them in
the way ofgood husbands and
happy homes.
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How to Keep Canary Birds.

Place the cage so that no
draft of air can strike the bird /;
give nothing to healthy birds
but canary and rape seed, mix
ed with water, cuttlefsh bone
and gravel on the floor of the
cage; also occasionally, q little
water tor bathing; the room
should not be overheated; when
moulting Shedding feathers
avoid drafts of air; give plenty
of rape seed slightly moistened;
by observing these simple direc-
tions, birds may be kept in fine
condition for years.
Bad seed kills most of the
birds that die; to which might
have been added, that canary
birds are not only very fond of,
but benefited by having often a
leafof cabbage, pieces Of apple,
or other green food, which
serves to keep down the ten
dency to fever and prevent con-
stipation, Our birds usually
bathe each day as regularly as
any one washes the face, and
with apparent benefit too. When
birds are sick, and inclined not
to eat well, remove all the food
for a day, and then only give
soaked bread, from which most
of the moisture has been
squeezed.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-14
Friday an Unlucky Day,

Friday, long regarded as a
day of ill-omen, has been an
eventful one in American histo-
ry.
Friday, Christopher Column
bus sailed on his voyage of dis
covery.
Friday, ten weeks after, he
discovered America.
Friday, Henry VII, of Eng
land, gave John Cabot his COM
mission which led to the dis
covery of North America.
Friday, st. Augustine, the
oldest town in the United
States was founded.
Friday, the Mayhower, with,
the Pilgrims, arrived at Prince
town; and on
Friday, they signe d the
august compact, 1.-THE forerunner Of
the present Constitution.
Friday, George Washington
was born.
Friday, Bunker Hill was
seized and fortified.
Friday, the surrender of Sar-
atoga was made,
Friday, the surrender Of
CORVALLIS, at Yorktown, Oc-
Cured; and on
Friday, the motion was
made in Congress that the
United Colonies were, and of a
right ought to be, free and in
dependent.
We were born on Friday,
and'not hung yet, Howis that
for luck2
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-14

Williamw / had to break to her
the sad intelligence that we had
just buried him. She tainted, but
rallying, | took her to his grave,
where she wept as only q devoted
wife can weep.
She had come by Weldon to Stony
Creek, where a soldier in charge Of
a wagon had kindly conveyed her
to the city. Her last dollar had
been spent, and the soldier knowing
her helpless condition, proposed to
take her back to Stony Greek that
night without charge. ! gave her
Confederate paper enough to bear
her expenses back to Blackwater,
and she set out broken hearted at 7
o'clock that evening for home
From that time she became subject
to spasms, which became more and
more frequent and severe, until she
had after several hard fits in q sin
gle day, and one or more almost
every day. She lived in an humble
cottage adjoining the Christian
church in Suffolk, for several years,
and being afraid to enter the church
lest she should have a fit, sat often
at the window to listen to the SER
vices. Time rolled on and every
body became busy, and but few re-
membered the circumstances which
led to her condition. Her mother,
a widow, watched her and took care
Of her, and they were fed by sew
ing and the charity of friends
About year ago she moved on the
opposite side Of the street, where
her last days were spent. Let the
curtain here fall, and in commenda-
BILE sympathy, let the melancholy
end of the departed be remembered
only with pity.-Chrtstian San.
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special reference to the nature of
the countly-the walls are eX-
tremely thick and heavy, and the
edidces are not very high. The
Government Palace was two stories
in height and was a beautiful struc-
ture. The earthquake will proba-
bly, fully settle the question that
San Salvador is not the properplace
for the capitol land in these repub-
lies the capital is nearly everything
in point Of government and general
business), which will henceforth oc-
cupy some less dangerous situation.
1t is not impossible that the great
conhagration which followed the
earthquake may have been caused
by the gaseous exhalations' which
at such times often come from the
earth, or by fires issuing from cracks
in the earths' surface.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-14

The cause Of the destruction
of the steamship p-AHantic was in
vestigated at Halifax; and the
result of the investigation is
that the loss Of the steamship
resulted from carelessness on
the part of the officers, Cap,
Williams is suspended as a mas
ter for two years, and the fourth
officer for three months. A
very severe punishment when
it is considered that not more
than five hundred people were
murdered. ~ no taaa.aa.3
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A Tale Of Sorrow,

A melancholy death occurred, In
Suffolk, on Tuesday evening last
Mrs. Silvanus Bracy, while suffer
ing with temporary alteration of
mind, superinduced by long continr
ued, spasmodic affection, commit
ted suicide, by jumping into well,
on the lot of VIM. D. McClenny.
She escaped her mothers vigilant
watch, about dusk in the evening,
and was seen going toward the
wharf, without a bonnet. 1t Is sup
posed that she intended TO jump into
the river but finding so many per-
sons about the wharf, she returned
in some by-way, and reached the
well just in the rear Of the lot on
which her mother resides, and there
she is supposed to have accomplished
her purpose, while scores of persons
were securing the lower portion Of
the town in search Of her. The
search was continued until late
hour, at night, and resumed on
Wednesday morning. About 10
o'clock in the day, she was acci-
dentally discovered in the well, by
a colored woman who went there to
draw water.
Mrs Bracy was twenty-nine years
of age-was married when quite
young, and lost her husband in the
war. Her funeral took place at the
Christian Church, on Thursday, a
large number oil persons testyfying
their sympathy, for the poor unfor-
tunate one, being present.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-14

WATER-PRooF COATING FOR
WALLs.-The following coating
has proved very effective in
preventing the penetration OF
on the weather side
Of walls: Pitch, so pounds ros-
in, 80 pounds red ocre, 6 lbs;
fine brick dust, 12 pounds; all
boiled together, with constant
stirring, and then sufficient oil
of turpentine-aOout one quar-
ter the volume of the above
added to cause it to spread read
lily, it is to be laid on as thin
as possible with a bristle brush.
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In one of the terrible battles
fought around Petersburg, in the
autumn Of 1864, VIM. Bracy, the
husband of Silyanus Bracy, whose
death is announced in another col
um, was wounded by minnie ball
passing through the heshy part of
his leg. No bone was broken, and
the surgeon who examined his
wound at the field hospital, did not
consider it dangerous. The writer
was in the rear while the fight was
progressing, and saw him as he was
borne to the field hospital, bleeding
profpsely, William Bracy was a
member of company B, Of the old
10th regiment, He was sent with
other wounded comrades to the
North Carolina hospital in the city,
and from the first seemed to have
u sort Of presentiment that his
wound would prove fatal. He beg
ged me to send for his young wife,
which / declined to do at first. AZ
ter several days, gangrene set in,
and the Hospital surgeon pro-
nounced him dangerously i'll. |
wrote by the first messenger pass
ing. to his wife, in Nansemond, to
come to him at once. When the in.
telligence reached her she was
thrown into violent spasm. But
on recovering, determined to set
out for Petersburg. In the mean
time the soldier in the hospital
grew weaker and weaker At my
every visit to his ward, he enquirod
liz i thought his wife could get there
before he died. "Is she coming ?
is she comingr' he would most anx-
iously enquire. We all prayed for
her coming but she came not. The
soldier died. i had 0 neat coffin
4. II
prepared, and at A o'clock in the
afternoon, Of u bright and beauti-
full October day, we. laid him away
to rest, in the rear Of the High
Street Methodist church and In a
Few feet Of the room, In tho base
Iment Of the church, which / was
then occupying as aplacc Of shell
ter, from the shells which were be-
ing poured upon the city from the
Federal lines. The burial service
had b lon read. and tho soldiers
tbat assisted in the burial, had re,
turned 10 their camp, when / sat
down for silent meditation, and soon
Ia,iknock was heard at my door, and
IImet the youngwife of'ithe soldier
justitburied, She enquired most
piteously, 4 where, apd, how Is my
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Tell How You Gained 1t.

.H u
Our lives are filed with all kinds
Of drawbacks and failures, but who
cares to listen to the doleful tales
that are past cure? Youth is full
Of bright hopes, and shakes it's fin
ger at mountains that must be
crossed. DO not hang on their
tails and cry shipwreck~ far
better TO show them the slender
board that brought some soul safe
to shore. Yes, if for years you ran
into snags only, Or lost your wayby
reason of fogs, and at last found
the true path, lead your listener in
to the road that gave you a safe
harbor, and tell him how you gained
it. roo e4u aaile9lt
Are you business man---have
you worked early and late, TO find
that you have reached the goal Of
your ambitious plans only to say to
the young around you: "Look at
yonder drunkard and spendthriftT0
We turn from pictures that give us
scenes Of misfortune only; we care
not to impress our hearts with woe !
begone objects, but laugh, ahappy
face, or a beautiful thought--how
long it lingersl and who can tell
the influence it has in our long life
timeP Will you, then, 4 successful
man Of business, seal up the secret
of your successes, and be content
to hold the photographs Of i'll luck
and wretchedness of others before
the worldY Willyou burn the can
die Of life all through and never
light a neighborsH Has iitgiyens o
clear steady light, frightening your
days with golden gladness, and will
you not !" Tell how you gained its''ia.
Have you reared family that are
blessed with health, and0canl you
only point to the pale faces acf0ss
the way, and never tell thexworld
how the roses cameto the checks
Of your own household? Are our
lives narrowed down SO that We
must hide our cards Of fortune, and
play out as though we were On the
brink Of ruin? ss n y s'ss
Oh don't for the sake Of The sun.
cohesao lavishly don'tg.
talk of thunderstorms and calamiE
itics continually. Life has more
days Of fortune than otherWise; ".
perchance, YOU imagine that YOU,
have inisscdit ninety-niiie timcs o,ity
Of a. hundred, give thelliunAredth
time the praise and forget the otll.
ers, and "Tell how YOU gained n"
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-ssaa-A- DRY Goods. Z. g
Original Poetry
g. (: ( Christian Union.
.tei.- by THE EDITOR. .

'AHHnirisl.-l by THE EDITOR. :
Long has the Church in ruins lain;
Division ruling with disdains .,'
The absence Of perfect love, .-1r
Unfavored by the Lord above.
When Jesus Christ was here below, .
He taught his people what TO do, 1.
He prayed 'that they might all be One,"
As are the Father and the Son,
~ :. .is'Ho .ls hus, ,3is lli \, li14-aalalsoa
How sacred must that Union prove,
That has the genuine mark of love;
Such Union, as in Christwe see
The God, the Father, One in Three.
For oneness did theSavior plead,
In sweat and blood his spirit grieved;
How can you then divisions make,
Andisay 'they are for Jesus, sake"
Turn mortal turn, from ruins brink,
Let not the ship Of Zion sink,
Disunion will destroy the crew;
Oh let our Captain guide anew.
Lo! with his word-our compass given,
When by fierce winds, we may be driven
We shall, from it direction take,
And tho calm port of Union make.
Led by the word of God alone,
Divided Zion shall be one,
And all who love the narrow way,
Amen, amen, aloud should say.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-14


SMOKING FOR THE PLAGUE
Thomas Hearne, in his diary,
writes: "1720-21, January I'd,
| have been told that, in the
last great plague at London,
none that kept tobaccOnists'
shops had the plague. 1t is GER
tain that smoking was looked
upon as a most excellent pre-
servative, insomuch that even
children were obliged to
smoke. And | remember that |
heard formerly Tom ROgers,w
was yeoman-beadle, say that
when he was that year, when
the plague ragged a school boy
at EtOn, all the boys of that
school were obliged to smoke
in the school every morning,
and that he was never whipped
so much in his life as he was
one morning for not smoking
--AppletOss' Journal.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-14

The LANCET ON NIGHT WORK.
Lancet asserts that night
work is not injurious to adults
under certain conditions. The
hours of sleep should never be
curtailed, and the light
should be white, powerful, steady
and concentrated by a shade on
the work, 1t argues that an
insufficient, Pickering, or too
diffused light is one of the most
serious causes in producing the
brain irritation which troubles
night workers. 1t recommends
abundant nutriment and a mod
crate use of tobacco. aa
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-14

A Test OF THE EXTINCTION OF
LIFE.-In view of the uncertain
ty regarding the final extinction
of life that occasionally arises,
DR.. Magnus proposes the follow
ing test for the decision of the
matter. If a limb of the body,
IA finger is best for the purpose)
be CONSTRUCTED by a strong leg
ature quite tightly, there will, if
the subject is yet alive, be a
reddening of the CONSTRUCTED
member. First the part in ques-
ton becomes red, and then the
red color becomes darker and
darker, and deeper in hue, un-
til it is finally converted into a
bluish-red, the whole limb being
from its tip to the ligature
which encircles it of a uniform
color, except that at the region
Immediately round the legature
itself there is to be seen a mar
row ring which is not blush
red, but white. Though there
may be slight discoloration af-
ter death, the doctor has salts
fed himself by experiment that
this cannot be confounded with
the complete discoloration that
attends the performance of the
test on a living limb.-Scfb.
ner's Monthly.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-14

THERE ought to be some check
on the atrocities which parents com
nit in bestowing names upon their
children. What punishment for
example would be severe enough for
man named Hill, who would name
bis own son Bunker9 Yet one of
the witnesses at the coroners' in
quest on the body of Goodrich, at
Brooklyn, actually responded to
the name of Bunker Hill.