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OoALI AND WOOD

On hand and 10 STRIVE d. fun stock OF best AN
THRAClTE C0AL for CRATES, stoves. and furnaces.
Also, best GUsIgERhASD, CLDFER HILL, and
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at lowest market prices. Give me- a. call, and i
guarantee satisfaction In price quantity, and quail
ity. @'',,.','r,.' 'CHARLES II. PAGE, ;,
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prices fun supply of :ANTHRAGITE COAL of
superior quality; CUMBERLAND. COAL. for
CRATES engines, and smiths work MIDLOTHIAN
AND GLOVER HILL ut agents prices: Orders
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CjIIiiEs APEAKE. gANll,IVIIID1 b RAIL.
ger trains WIN rrn rs f9iiowF: fS.s0,!S tf
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15
knights OF Pythias.

From the Nashville Banner. 18th.
Last evening our sister city of Edge
field was the scene of very pleasant
demonstration OF the Knights Of Pythias,
the occasion being the dedication to
Pythian uses OF the hall on Woodland
street, in which Edgefeld Lodge No. IL
X. of P. has been meeting. There was
quite an assemblage of both ladies and
gentlemen, who were much interested in
the beautiful ceremonies of the Order.
The two Lodges of Nashville, accom-
panied by the Rock City Band, were in
attendance and assisted. The dedica.
ton ceremonies were excellently rem
dered by the Grand Chancellor and
Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of
Tennessee. Upon the close of the reg
ular ceremonies, and after the hall had
been declared dedicated to friendship,
charity and benevolence, legally and
in due knightly and chivalric form"
short addresses were made by I. s.
Jukes, of Memphis, Grand Chancellor
of the State; II. L. Claiborne, Grand
Banker; w. Bryce Thompson, G. r. and
C. S, and Knights r. L. Caruthers and
Thomas l.. Dodd.
The audience then dispersed, after
which called meeting of Edgefield
Lodge was held, and assistance voted to
Bayard Lodge No. 4, of Murfreessoro,
which has recently had the misfortune
to lose all its paraphernalia and other
Lodge property by fire.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15
FOREIGN.

LONDON, September l5.-The steam
ships Great Eastern and Hibernia passed
Brookhaven this evening, homeward
bound from their Atlantic cable hunting
expedition.
Steamers from Marseilles are submit
ted to a strict quarantine at CONSTANT
nople, on account of cholera.
MADRID. September l5.-The insur-
gent men .of-war Fernando Ell Catolico
and Numancia, which sailed for Sarre-
vega, have returned to Carthagena with.
out making landing.
In the Cortes the debate on the sus-
pension of the sitting is appointed for
Tuesday.
BAYoEEE, September l5.--It is re-
ported that the Cariists had defeated
General Santa Pan Iona, near Vidarga.
The Republican army of the north sus-
tanned severe loss.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15
American P snsa..,; :s tho Vi'Hn"


The special correspondent Of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph, at Vienna. writing
on August IL, after week OF very hot
weather, says;
The American bars, three in number,
drove roaring trade. The Austrians
have taken TO cobblers aud juleps with
heartiness bordering on enthusiasm,
although these nectarian compounds
being somewhat expensive, the native
consumer seldom goes in for a whole
drink all TO HIMSELF aud there are few
ouainter sights in the big building, crowd.
ed as il is with extraordinary objects,
than three heavily.beardea aud spec.
taeled VieRnese sitting round small
marbleiopped table, ON which stands
one amber colored shcrry.cobbler, their
three straws plunged into its cool depths,
their three heads in close proximity,
their powers OF suction strained TO top
pressure. lest any one of the three should
get the better OF his coinvestors in
the beverage to the extent of half a tea
spoonful. Under the influence of this
yirtuous emulation, the cobbler vanishes,
like the card of conjuror's trick, after
which each competitor imbibes a huge
draught of cold water, for which there is
no charge, and pockets his straw. The
straws are immensely popular here. i
have seen persons OF both sexes sucking
up beer, coffee and plain soda through
them with an evident sense Of exquisite
and refined enjoyment. The barkeepers
tell me that the Austrian and German
ladies generally carry them away in thei
hair, through the frizzy masses of which
they stick them in the manner of pins.
The bar in the Rotunda started with
stock of 5000, but has been obliged to
renew its supply twice since commencing
business. About hundred different
descriptions of artful drinks are made at
this bar; but the only one that seems to
have laid hold of the Austrian public is
the cobbler. Ten cobblers are drunk for
every julep, cocktail, sling, smash, fix, or
champarello The drinking Mosques
outside the building-Engish and Ger
man-have found it to their interest to
provide cobblers for their Unsuitable Gus
toners"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
ANrnoAS PRtss ASSOCIATION. VIA g. p AND A.
TKLEoKArH COMPANY.
specials 40 tho Ledger.
NEW YORK.

Nav YoRK, September. To- - Last
night as one of the Jersey City boats
was entering the slip foot of Desbrosses
street an unknown man named y ~.
Cummings, in stepping over the chains
before the boat was made fast, slipped
aud fell ~ adioremost between the boat
aud bgidge, Has head, peek aud shout
ders were crushed to a shapeless mass
Death isexpected uionsnisrlly
The sudden change in the temperature
last night caused the Thermometer to
fall seventeen degrees. The weather
this morning is quite cold.
The Times editorially comments on
the sale of diplomas by the American
University, chartered institution in
Philadelphia. 1t says; THE delusive
diplomas are coveted by none but igno'
rant men, who thus obtain apparent
license TO buy their lack in case OF sick
ness. The evil this concern has done is
inealeulable. Besides this L has done
much to the injury of the public, leading
persons to confound it with the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. 1t has also
brought the national name into dlsrePute
in Europe" The Times argues that
there must be some lawful means to pat
an end to the practice so disgraceiul
and injurious to the whole nation.
The veterans of the Mexican war eel
ebrated the anniversary of the surren-
der of the City of Mexico too day. The
Mayor received the committee from the
Association at II a. m. at the Governors
room and presented to General Burnett
the flags captured during the Mexican
campaign. The line of march was from
the City Hall up Broadway to the Worth
and thence to the Cooper In
stitute where the public meeting is being
held.
BRooKLYX, n. Y, September bit
is claimed that the Brooklyn Trust Com
uany has mortgages to the amount of
$50. 900 over those set down in the state
ment. .fg fIas
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15

Mrs. BENTON, who now appears as
witness in the Stokes case, is person OF
very disagreeable notoriety, her occupa-
ton for a long time having bsen that of
female lobbyist in Westinghouse all
characters the least admirable. Of late
she has lived in New York, but it is said
that she still pulls wires which move
Congress and the Departments with as
tonishing force. The Seal Lock Com
pany, of which so much has been heard
of late, is one of the affairs conducted
by Mrs. Benton. She is a woman of
much business capacity, and has ae-
quired large property. Commodore
Vanderbilt is said to have taken her in
tow at one time, and to have given her
points" by which she made some good
turns in Wall street, but after an I'M
lucky speculation contrary to the Com
modore's advice, she abandoned Wall
street speculation and returned to her
proper business of managing public
affairs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15

A CORRESPONDENT of the Salt Lake
Herald gives curious account OF the
management OF the Uintah Indian
Agency. The agency was established
IN 1866. The first agent, Captain
Dodds, was an energetic man, and i'm
mediately on arriving upon the reservs'
ton put up some log buildings, which
were carefully reserved for the use of
the whites, while the Indians were per
United to sleep outside of them. The
aborigines we're instructed in agriculture,
and nice potato patch was laid out
and cultivated The Indians were de-
lighted with this until potato digging
time came. Then they were informed
by the agent that the potatoes were for
the use OF the whites, and that the first
Indian who undertook to dig one would
get bullet through his head. About
this time the Indians lost their interest
in agriculture. Other circumstances
led to want of harmony between the
Indians and the representatives of the
government and it was only the annual
distribution that kept them near the
agency at all. This distribution was
looked forward to with great interest
every year, notwithstanding repeated
disappointments. Indians frequently
sold their entire share of the
presents for greenback dollar; but the
usual method of disposing Of their goods
was to put them all up in a pile and
proceed to gamble for them. This vent
on for several years until new agent,
Lieutenant G. W. GRAHAM, was ap-
pointed to the agency. When GRAHAM
arrived the Indians took good leok at
him aud asked him IL he did not think
his mother Woald be anKions about his
absence from home. What answer he
made is not recorded. bat hndihg there
we're no billiard tables at the Uintah
agency. the Lieutenant left, and has not
been heard from. In the meantime a
severe winter came on; the Indians came
into the agency to be cared for. There
vas nobody there to issue supplies, and
finally the whites stationed e. the agenes
and The Indians concluded 70 take pos
session of what provisions there we're,
after which they organized hunting par
ties TO keep ahsn from starvation. The
progress made in eiEilizstiOu By the In
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15
CoIOred Jews.

In the city of Cochin, Hindostan, says
the Jewish Times, live some 1000 colored
Israeltes, whose skin is not so dark as
that OF the genuine Ethiopian. They
are Jews in every sense, worship the
God Of their fathers, the only true Je-
hovah, and are intellectually the supe-
riors of the white population Of the
place. According to their own account
their origin is as follows: The conquest
of a portion of the East Indies by the
Europeans opened to commerce wide
field and attracted multitude of specu-
lators from all parts Of the world.
Among these were many young Israel
ties from Bsgdad, Bassorah and Yemen,
who came to make their fortune in the
new Eldorado. After they had settled
down they purchased from the negroes
black female slaves, many of whom
were afterward converted and then mar
ried by their masters. 1t was from these
marriages that the present race descends.
Ancient Hebrew manuscripts and law
tables, written on parchment, have been
found among the Cochin Jews.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15

TIE Austrians are very particular
about points Of etiquette aud politeness'
aud the free and easy manners OF some
Of the American visitors to Vienna seem
TO have excited their indignation. One
Of the Vienna papers says We have
always heard and read that the Amer''
cans pay the highest respect to the
ladies: but we cannot see any respect
10 showing to ladies who may pass by
their bodies stretched across two chairs
in attitudes which even the most vulgar
coachman would not dare TO assume,
not to say a word about their toileltes
in shiri.sleeyes. Most likely the
Americans think they are in their own
country; but that is a mistake. They
are guests of a civilized country, in
which such things are considered a
proof OF rudeness. A guest has to be-
have himself like his host; he has to
initiate the manner of the house, the
guest of which he is" The offence com
planned of occurred in the American
Pavilion attached to the Exposition. 1t
is to be hoped that the citizens Of Vienna
will not form their ideas Of American
habits from the rude conduct Of few
vulgar specimens.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15
y
Tho KELSEY Case.

HUNTINGTON, L. l., September g.
The excitement of the Kelsey case is
undated. 1t is generally believed that
Arthur W. Prime, who has been sent be-
fore the Grand Jury on his committal
for perjury, will be indicted tomorrow.
If convicted, he will probably be sent to
States prison for fifteen years. No
doubt great inducements will be held out
to him to turn States evidence. As he
is young man, and lately married, it is
believed these may prove effectual. II
he does tell what he knows, he can Sc
cure immunity to himself.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15

NJ. Louis Lagare, Of the Courir Ma
nicipal, Paris, has just published an
essay showing how persons who sold
tainted meat used to be punished. he
writes that in June, 1851. Jaques Tour
nebru, nicknamed the Shearer, seized
some suspected meat on the stall OF
Pierre Bardel. A report was instantly
drawn up and transmitted to the syndic
of the butchers, Michel Saint-Yon. An
inquiry was ordered, and it was found
that the accused was an old offender. A
second report was addressed to the pro-
vost of Paris, comparing the culprit to a
prisoner, and demanding in the name OF
q corporation outraged by the infamy Of
one Of its members the degradation and
then the death Of Pierre Bardel. The
first magistrate Of the police approved
the conclusions of the report, and the
delinquent was condemned to pass
three hours in the pillory, and then to
perish by the hands OF a public execu.
toner. On the day of the execution
one hundred and twenty.seven butchers
Of the city Of Paris repaired to the
market, and drew themselves up round
the pillory. At the end of three hours
the upstaf announced TO the people
that the prisoner was about to be ex-
ecuted. All the butchers, with hats of
bowed their heads, and justice was done.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15

]. NJ. GREER, returning from North
Mississippi, reports that on the question
Of the coming election the natives are
arousing. 1t is his belief majority Of
the whites favor Alcorn as Governor
aud minority of the negroes. The pay
ment of the Union Bank bonds is be-
coming live question:. it being current
ly asserted Ames favors such payment,
whilst Alcorn clearly shows the ruin Of
such a course. The candidate elected
having the appointment of the whole
judiciary of the State, it is Of still
greater Importance who will be Missis-
sippi's Governor. The trial of Salter
for killing the engineer on the Mississippi
and Tennessee railroad recently, will
commence to-day. Owing to the absence
of Skaters evidence, the ability of his
counsel, Major H. II. Chalmers, and the
Of an ignorant jury, he is
likely to be acquitted. His triaf will
consume three or four days of
this week
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15

VicrIxs or OBscUEE DISEASE, seeking
,sfety apd restored health, should use
Dr.. Helmbolds Extract Buchu. This
article l. olioinal and standard. Il Is,
moreover. the only preparation that de-
velops the fall value Of buchu as q diu-
reiic. Itisaperfect specific for all dis.
eases Of the urinary organs in male or
female. Beware Of counterfeits and
limitations, which uuseruPulous men are
sndsayoring 70 palm % upon pr. Helm
bolEs reputation. Look for The Doctor :
siesaiurs on che wrapper. cod
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15

The perseverance Of woman has re-
osived a new ILLUSTRATION in the instsnee
Of an English lady zho hunted the Shah
from London TO Brindisi, and at every
town where be stopped importuned the
members OF bis suite 70 obtain for her an
audience. until she prevailed on q Per.
sian diplomatist TO present her. She
modestly, on entering the royal pres
ence, explained that she was a sort Of
Cornelia, and had brought up three sons
whose energies required a wider field
than over-crovded Europe could afford.
What enc wanted was that the Shah
should take them out yiih him 10 Persia,
and open careers for them, sssshng him
that The money 70 spent would be well
invested, Tor be would find in the youths
resolute and able defenders Of bis throne
and dignity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15

WV. LIEBES, the experienced and en-
terprising newsman who recently bought
out the news emporium Of A. r. Will
kinson at III Main street, has removed
TO 1924 Main, just across the street,
south Of Poplar. He keeps full stock
Of latest dailiss foreign Papeps, maya
zines, fashion and sporting journals,
fancy stationery and other articles, To-
baccos, cigars, etc. Give the worthy
Young man a call.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15
YELLOW FKvER.rHE DUTY OF THE

A disease Of high bilious type APP
peared in the plague spot known a.
Happy Hollow" n this city about
eight days ago, and was, from the first
unusually fatal. II was sooR pronounced
yellow fever by few physicians, who
hoped against hope that il would disap'
pear without spreading TO any other To-
cality. In this they were doomed to a
painful disappointment, for number OF
cases broke out a few days later on
the bluff opposite the old Navy Yard,
and a majority of these proved fatal.
In the dire emergency the Board OF
Health held a meeting Saturday, which
was attended by about thirty other ply
sicians. with whom was had free CON-
parison Of observations and views. They
decided, after long and serious consul
tation, to announce the presence Of yell
low fever, but not in the form Of an
epidemic. The result was published in
yesterdays morning papers. None will
question the conscientious motives Of
the worthy gentlemen who composed
that meeting. The declaration they
made was demanded by the facts which
had become too well known to be
concealed from the anxious public.
The truth has been told plainly, without
any attempt at evasion or exaggeration.
1t is pretty clearly shown by an "Old
Citizens letter to-day that there is
local cause for the disease; but that fact
alone will not confne it to the bounda-
ries of pinch" Immediate action is
required to prevent its further progress
and the prostration of business conse-
quent upon loss OF life. This is no time
for red tape or the formalities OF ordi-
nary civil affairs. TIE city should
he cleansed and disinfected with
in the next two days, at what
ever cost. If the city govern
nent cannot make the necessary appro-
priation at once, let one hundred good
citizens meet and pledge themselves to
sustain the Mayor and the Board OF
Health in carrying out all necessary sani'
tary measures, and there will be no
trou,le about the mere question OF ex-
pense. Captain George Gift, OF the
Memphis Gas Light Company, offers to
give the city one hundred barrels of tar.
Let this be accepted at once, and burned
on the street corners of the infected dis
trict and let the novels of Happy |
Hollow be burned to the ground.
Thus far the disease is not an epidemic,
and prompt measures will stay it on the
ground where it first appeared. AS to
the reports that may go forth, they are
gone already on the wings OF the wind.
Four days ago they had it in st. Louis
and Cincinnati that one hundred people
were dying a day in Memphis of yellow
fever. Only ten died yesterday and
very few today up 10 noon. Such
rumors, however. cannot be stopped,
but the disease, while yet in its incip-
iency, can be stayed. Will our people
arise and be equal to the emergency
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15

IL reference to the death Of the com
poser Of the "Wacht am Rhein," which
occurred recently. the London News.
after showing thet there was really little
in the WatchV p mako il live, says:
Still there can be little doqbt -; i
viii pass into public memory IN assocs.
ton with the events Of 1870, as Arndts
song Of the Germans Fatherland is re-
nen6efsl 10 connection with those Of
1915 as PartAHi scr Ia Syrie 10 en-.
shEDed With Napoleonism. snd ;lE-
b0iisrs' brings With it recouections Of
the iall Of diFins Figbi in England"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15

Fancy ihe feelings Of q Penn sylvania
mother lHsruics Township, Chester
County, near hopsseil fufuaoej sh6
observed that her child -four mOnthsl
was breathing With great difficulty IN lie
cradle ssleep. Inspection Wa The work
Of moment, when IL vas discovered
that something like cord was round
the child's body Under iis little night.
gOsn' Something like q cord. indeed II
Fas sake thirty inches long coilod
tight around dc lgame Of the cherub.
In fact. the wicked Old ispeht 80 -
comfortable that d vas eth . good deal
Of difficulty that be was per.
suaded 10 uncoil; and shsu b. DID
% instead n stopping. lke fair.
minded snats. 10 have be photograph
.aken, BE- lIoi.ei hastily ibto : hbis r
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15

Mrs. Charles S. Stratton, the wife Of
General Tom Thumb, who was so Sc
verely injured in marlborough, Mass,
a few weeks ago by falling down stairs,
is so far recovered as 10 be able to ride
out occasionally She and her sister,
Miss Minnie are famous horsewomen,
and frequently come to the village with
their trim little ponies and carriage.
Wednesday was their first appearance
since the accident, and the conyaleseent
held the reing hetqelf.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15

The Anglo Brazilian Times has dis
covered the Methuselah ofthe day. The
rentleman's name is Jose Martins Cou-
tinho. He was, says the Brazilian
Times, born at Saquarems, on the 10th
of May, 1894, and is, therefore, one hun
bred and seventy eight years old. He is
still in possession Of the mental facul-
ties, and the only bodily ailment is stiff.
ness of the leg joints. In.his youth Cou-
tinho fought as soldier in Pernambuco
against the Dutch, and remembers the
most notable facts of the reigns Of Dom
John V, Dom Jose, and Donna Maria l..
The testimony to the extraordinary age
OF Coutinho is strengthened by the fact
that he had forty-two children by six
wives, and that he can count one hun
dred and twenty-three grandchildren,
eighty.six greatgrandehildren, twenty.
three greatgreatgrandchildren, and
twenty great Observation-Disclosures.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15

Bow BELLS for September has arrived
and is to be had at Walkers news depot
lO5 Beal street. This magazine is the
finest ladies' journal placed upon our
table, aud Walker has plenty of them.
Call early and secure a copy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-15

The conditional pardon heretofore in
vogue in Massachusetts has been decided
invalid by the Supreme Court of that
State. In 1865 a convict was sentenced
to four and one-half years imprison-
ment, but at the end of two years he was
pardoned on condition that if ever again
convicted he should serve out the re-
mainder Of the first sentence. Unfor-
tunately he got into evil ways and was
sent back to prison on new sentence.
To escape serving out the balance of the
old term, a writ of habeas corpus was
availed Of to get the case into the Su-
preme Court, and hence the decision.
The abolition Of this conditional system
will probably not be regretted, for If a
man is ft to be pardoned at all, 1t is
hardly necessary to impose upon him a
contingent imprisonment.