davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04
The star Of soulh Africa
From the Temple Bar.

From the Temple Bari
Twelve months after the Hopetown of
Woodhouse gem was found, black shep-
herd called Swartzboy came wandering
toward Hopetown, with glorious star OF
crystal in his hand. He offered it, as
am credibly informed, to several persons,
at price increasing with each refusal
The Hottentot, in fact, was sharp enough
to learn the value Of his prize by the
hesitation Of those to whom he offered it.
By the time he reached Nelkirk farm
Nelkirk, the father of diamond digging
it had come to the matter of e4O0. This
man had proved himself no fool already.
After looking at the stone, he harnessed
up and drove to Hopetown, bearing Hot
tentot and diamond in the cart. 1t was
certainly the greatest day our little capt
tai will ever see, that on which Nelkirk
came trotting in with Swartzboy and the
Star Of South Africa" on the box seat
beside him. Within very few moments
Of his arrival the bargain was struck.
No need for man who had once seen a
diamond TO hesitate in judging of that
glorious gem. Swartzboy consentedAto
take E20O in cash and e200 in goods
which we're paid to him forthwith. Wild
with JOY, he sailed out into the byways
nor ceased to urge his mad career until
not one farthing or one yard Of cloth
remained in his possession. All being
spent, be lived awhile on the gobe-
mouches of the place, then vanished and
went under. Nelkirk sold his purchase
that same day for el2,O0O cash. There
with he bought a farm, on which he
dwells unto this day, needless Of dia-
monds. diggers and panics.
will here finish the tale Of our South
African star. 1t was found to weigh
eightythres and one half karats, and
subsequently cut to a brilliant Of forty
four and one-half. The water Of it is
perfect, but the shape is irregular; that
lis TO say, it is heart shaped, not a square
some. Messrs. Liilenfeld. Of Hopetown,
WIS we're the envied Of all the neighbors
there, having obtained such a prize for
El2 iOOe. speedily discovered that they
had paid an outside price. II Jay eigh
teen month"; upon their hands, subject to
| charges for Insurance, etc. After that
time It was sold 70 Messrs. Hunt q ROs-
kell, Of Bond street, for triae over cost
price-not sufficient margin to recoup
Messrs. Lillenfeld their capital invested,
leaving interest aside Messrs. Hunt &
Roskell had it cut, with TIE result above
mentioned. They asked ESQ, 900 for the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04
FOREIGN.

MADRID, September 4--Zabars cabi-
net has resigned Segasta Will form a
new ministry which will probably be con-
stituted as follows: Segasta, President
of the Council and Minister of Interior;
Ulloa, Minister Of Foreign Affairs; Cal.
menares, Minister Of Justice; Serrano
Bedoya, Minister of War; Camache,
Minister of Finance; Rodriguez Arias,
Minister of Marine; Navarro Ronrigo,
Minister of Commerce; Romre 0itiz,
Minister Of Colonies
Two Thousand men will be sent to
Cuba in a few days to reinforce the
Spanish army. The Carlists have aban.
o,1ed the siege of Puycerdo. The fail
ure # tie insurgents to capture the
place eaases great rejoicing.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04
RADICAL HEeIRA.

Parties Just arrived from Brownsville
state that the entire Reeves family. Of
Rayette county nOtoriety, are making
arrangements to remove permanently to
that city. They consist If John c.
Reeves, late County Court Click, J. G.
Reeves, late Sheriff, his younger bother
Frank Reeves and the father Of the two
latter, J. o. X. Reeves. L. L. Boyd,
late Tax Collector, and W. ]. Rivers,
late County Register, are preparing to
leave Fayette county.
Such hegira'of Radical officeholderl
from one community never before oe
CARED in the history Of the dominant
party. These men are reaping the fruits
of their own folly. Some of them are
doubtless well meaning, but they have
been terribly misguided. The fall o
the Radical party in Fayette county il
without precedent. The Conservative
Of that county can easily calculate OF
elecling their ticket hereafter by larg'
majority. Let them be kind and Just t.
the negroes and they will have no mor'
trouble.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For state senate,


We are authorized to announce JOHN
0VERT0N, JR, as n candidate for the State
Senate, subject to Convention of the 18th of
September. Lite
To the people Of the Senatorial District COM
posed of the counties of Shelby, Fayette
and Upton:
l hereby announce myfelf candidate for
the position of Senator, subject to the action
of your nominating convention called for the
18th Of September.
157-tc PEYTON j. SMITH.
We are authorized to announce A. B.
HAYNES as a candidate for the State Senate,
subject to the action of the Shelby County
Convention to assemble September 18TH
For Representatives.
MEMPHIS. TENN, September /. 1874.
To Messrs. King, Porter, Vaccaro. Joy and
others:
GEkTLEMEN-In reply to the very aattering
call you have seen fit to make on ne to be
come a candidate before the next Democratic
and Conservative Convention of shelby county
for the nomination of Represen tative in the
State Legislature, will say that. If l am the
choise of the Convention and the people see
proper 10 elect me to that position. l will
serve them in the utmost good faith.
Respectfully. JOHN B. ROBINSON.
Ste
CoLLIERvILLE, TENN. August 20, 1874.
l am a candidate before the Democratic
Conservative nominating, Convention Of the
18th of September for the Lower House Of the
Legislature. l1-tcl B. c. BLEDSOE.
r. DUDLEY FRAYsER is candidate to
represent Shelby county in the Lower House
of the next Legislature. He submits his
name to the County Convention to assemble
the 18th Of September. l-tc
For Congress.
THOMAS G. LOWE. of this city. is can
didate for Congress to represent the Memphis
District, and will submit his name to the Con-
gressional Convention at Bolivar the Sth of
September. l53-tc
To the people of Shelby. Fayette and Harde-
man counties:
/ respectfully announce myself a candidate
for Cor gress to represent your district in the
Congress of the United States. My name
will. therefore, be submitted to, and will be
governed by, the Convention which meets in
Bolivar the 9Th of September.
IDS. xix-7 HOSEA TOWNSEND.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04
Democratic and Conservative Parry
For Gorernor.
JAMES D. PORTER. of Henry County.
TROOPS For THE sOUT Z.

Wherever the Southern whites are IN
a hopeless minority they are glad to zee
Federal troops. Louisiana has been
pIundered and outraged for years by a
set of adventures and thieves. The
sLecent disturbances in that State grew
out of long continued abuses of power
on the part of Radical cfice-holdeEs.
The white people had no recourse at
law, and in fit of desperation took the
law into their own hands. We are glad
to know that Federal troops are to be sent
20 that State, as to South Carolina. 1t
wiIlrelieve the people of reign ofterror
and possibly mitigate their oppression
Our own State is, fortunately, in differ
emit position. 1t was reconstructed, OF
rather recognized long before the wal
closed. and has never been the subject
of Federal interference. No serious
disturbances have occurred in this State
except in a single county, and the Gov
ernor has taken prompt and active
measures to have the violaters Of law
arrested and brought to trial. Murders
take place occasionally in other coun-
ties. So they do in Indiana, Pennsylva-
mia and elsewhere. But such occur
rences do not suggest or Justify inter
ference on the part Of the Federal Gov
eminent. If troops are to come to
Tennessee, let them come. There is
no occasion for their coming and no one
will be alarmed at their presence. They
would find nothing to do, and even the
few political aspirants who desire such a
state of affairs would derive no advan-
tage. Yet, we do not lock for troops TO
be stationed in Tennessee, unless at
some point merely convenient for distri-
button. Attorney General Williams, in
his circular letter to the United States
Marshals and Attorneys, says;
You understand, of course, that no
interference whateyeris hereby intended
for any political or party action, not In
violation of law, but in protection to all
classes of citizens, white and colored, in
the free exercise Of their elective fran
chise, and the enjoyment of other rights
and privileges to which they are entitled
under the Consultation and laws as citi-
zens of the United States These in
structions are issued by authority Of the
President, and with the concurrence of
the Secretary of War.
If the troops can overtake any of the
Gibson county murderers or find the as
sassins Of Julia Hayden let them do it.
Our authorities have been unable to find
them, even as the authorities Of New
York have failed to trace up the mys-
terry OF the Nathan murder. As a gen.
eral rule, the laws are upheld by the peo-
pie and enforced by the officers Of JUS
tice. So the coming or going Of troops
in this State, unless they are used to
Haurp civil law and trsmple on the rights
Of our citizens. makes very little differ
Rnne
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04

WAsHISeToS. september4.-O Ten
nessee and the Clio valley stationary
barometer and temperature, easterly
winds and partly CLOUDY weather. Over
the Northwest, upper Mississippi and
lower Missouri valleys fallinebarometer
stationary or higher Temporarily, winds
veeriug to southerly and partly Joudy
weather.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04
80, 900 TICK ETs-eOOO CASH GIFTS
s. = so. 900 o o t!
TO ne GIVEN AWAYi

1000 CASH GIFTS. aggresating.........-s2oO. 600
PRICE OF TICKETS;
Whole Tickets. $40; HalfTickets. IS; Quar-
ter Tickets. 50 so; Eleven Tickets, 500.
NO INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS.
This Concert is strictly fer Masonic pur-
poses, aud will be conducted with the same
iiberality. honesty and fairness which char
acterized the first enter rise.
JOHN l.. ROPER President.
For Tickets and Circulars giving full infor-
matiOn. address.
HENRY v. MOORE, Sec'y. Norfolk. Va,
or Information furnished By Joe Locke,
go Main street, Room ], upstairs.
90 eod6w27. IS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04

THE Morristown East TENNESSEE
Gazette is one Of the neatest and best
edited papers in the State. 1t has been
nnder the editorial control Of Mr.. John
E. nolme. an old typo of Knoxville
for one year. during which time a
marked improvement has taken place.
he is the champion anti-free pass editor
IN Tennessee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04

An old lady in Providence of eighty
four, after using spectacles for forty
years, has gwen them up, and read every
word of the Beecher correspondence
without them. She says it has fairly
opened her eyes, and no spectacles
could equal it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04

AT the expiration of the sixty days
notice the Freedman's Savings Bank
did notking for its depositors. The
commi ssioner who are winding up its
affairs say that as soon as they can
collect sufficient money they will pay a
dividend of twenty per cent. This will
not be very consoling to the poor dupes
who have been robbed by the Radical
officials who controlled the bank.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04

TEE health authorities of London fear
an inrpad of the yellow fever, and are
enforcing the most rigid quarantine on
all vessels.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04

brilliant, and long asked in vain. Finally
in the summer of 1872, Earl Dudley and
ward bought it with others, to be set in a
new tiara Tor his countess. can not tell
you, therefore, the exact sum at which it
was valued to him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04

A carrier pigeon, let loose in Eliza,
beth at 1920 am. q few days since
reached its home at IL am, flying the
distance of 70 miles in 40 minutes, beat.
ing the best railroad time between the
same point by an hour and half.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04

HOLLY SPRINGS is happy over a new
street railroad. Time from the public
square to the depot, eight minutes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04

HAYwooD county is now virtually in
the hands of the Conservative party.
Countee, the negro Circuit Court Clerk
elect, has failed to give bond, and the
position will consequently be filled by
appointment at the hands of q Conserv-
alive Court. Bob Medlin, the civil rights
County Court Clerk elect, will lose his
Office on account of bribery used to
secure his election, and that important
Office will be filled by the County Court
Coppedge, the Conservative, was elected
Trustee over Boyd, the Radical while
the office of Register was also hlled by a
Conservative. The Offices OF Tax Col
lector and Sheriff are filled by Liberal
Republicans. Thus it will be seen that
the civil rights party was completely an
hilated in Haywood in the late canvass
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04
River TeIeRram..

CAIRO, September ARRIVED: St.
Genevieve, st. Louis, . pm; F. P.
Gracey, Evansville, midnight. De-
parted; St. Genevieve, II p m. Gracey,
Evansville, Pam. Clear and warm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04
Bon Aqua Springs.

BOARD FOR JUNE AND SEPTEMBER.
month.
Children over four and under thirteen years
old, and servants, half price.
Children under four years old, So per
month.
Beard per week, s14; board per day, $3.50
Round trip tickets from Memphis TO Bon
Aqua Station and return. good until used. Sla
JOS. G. lAPRADE. Sup't.
W. Cur PATrEsoN. Cashier.
May ~, 1874. HIT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04

MANHOOD REsTORED-A VICTIM OF
wi youthful iupfudence, causing prema-
ture decay. nervous debility. etc having
tried IN vain every known remedy, mas tound
hi fellow sufferers. Address }. H. REEVES.
IS Nassau street. New Work. Ill xix-22
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04

NE. 10 LOCKE has taken charge of the city
circulation Of the LEDGER. The public can
rely upon him for its prompt and regular de-
livery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04
RURPLUs OVER FOUR AND A HALE PER CENT
NEW YORK VALUATION NEARLY $s,oOO,OOO.
WHY SHOULD YOU INSURE

w H , N . . u ID y . q i N , q h Il :
ID
mean
policy
polio o
possible about s wiea nc rel
OLD RATES"
No
ell policies nOnOretabe
furthe cal Madison
JUDAH STURM, Managers, SAML HIRSCH, Gen'l Agent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-04
CoNCER T.
-~~~~~~~~>~-~-~-~~-~->
DISAPPOINTMENT.
SECOND AND LAST
GRAND GIFT CONCERT
IN AID OF THE
Masonic Relief Association
OF NORFOLK. VA.
DAY POSITIVELY FIXED.

THIS ENTERPRISE is CONDUCTED BY
/ the Masonic Relief Assoc alton, Of Nor
folk. Va. under authority Of The Virginia
Legislature tact passed March s, 1873.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-28
Read This:

COMPLIMENTARY TESTIMONIAL TO
MESSRS. j. & c. MAGUIRE, st Louis, Mo. Cen
tlemen:-The undersigned. having known You for
many wears as reliable chemists and PharmachutEts
and observing the effective action of your remedies
for whatever recommended, wish TO bear voluntary
evidence tothe efficacy Of you lrst and in our opIn-
ION hest preparat ION. ''MAGUtRE'S CUNDURAN-
GO BITTEkS." 1t is all that you claim for it an
alteratIve purgatiye depurator and diuretc acting
specially upon the liver, blood, kidneys and bowels
JOSEPH BROWN, Mayor, who adds: II have
found this the most pleasant and effective medicine
have ever used"
MILES SELLS, State Insurance Commissioner,
who adds: u endorse the Mayors opinion
THos. RICHEsoN. S.H.LEFLINN,
Pres White Lead & Oil ofLetin fslnd Powder
d. NJ. HoUSEs, GAS. d. CONFER,
Prop. st. Louis Globe. Ch'mn Dem Cen. Com
". E, WAGNER, P. @. FURGESON,
Clerk Probate Court. jerks, of Mo- Dem
BRITAIN A. HILL, : HENRY 4. MUDD
Attorney al Law. Late City & County ASS
s. BLOOD, FRANK VALE,
Late Prest b TIM mss Savings Clk. Court Criminal
NORMAN j. GOLDMAN, BM. CHAMBERS
Pub. Rural Home. Pres. But. & Drov Bank
N. j. HAkTNETT, E. S. GREENWOOD.
Late City Collector. Tres Y Nj CA
FH0S WALSH, e. A. SHRIOgK
Architect. of Shryock & CO.
NJ i. ANDREWS, W. T. GAY,
ofMoody Michael d Co. ofiay HannenkampS Co
THERON BARNuM JAMES ARCHER,
OF barnnm 9 hotel. Denver, Col.
And many others too numerous to mention.
J.& c. MAGUIRE.
Sole Proprietors,
friee zoe per oottie st. Louis. Mo.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-28
MOFFAT's LIFE PILLS
aud
PHOENIX BITTERS.

The most Successful Medicines
i'm the world.
Established in 1885, by Gne of
our Most Eminent Physicians,
and now used throughout North
and South America, with more
pleasing results than any other
Medicine in eases of diseased
Liver, Blood, or Skin, IndigeS-
ton, COStivenesS, Bilious Com
plants, Rheumatism. and Fever
and Ague.
Thousands Of certificates are
in Onr possession, giving detailed
accounts OfperfeCtCU RES c feet
ed by these invaluable Medicines.
They regulate the System, and
put all the functions of the body
in healthy condition.
c Sold by Druggists everywhere.
j. ?. MILLS, Sole Prop'r,
~ IJHEuTY SUypEET NEW YppE
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-28

til that fragile little woman ceased, she
held them with as secure spell as ever
wizard practiced in the dim past.
Phoebe Cozzens also, who, by the way,
is as beautiful as learned, caught and riy-
cted universal attention by her sound rea-
soning and eloquent appeals. Since the
convention they have had several hearings
at the Capitol and as the number of in
fuential Senators and Members who es-
pouse the cause is continually growing
larger, we have bright hopes for the fu-
ture and may, not long hence, be able
to say: Sisters, rejoice, the law has at last
acknowledged us to be superior to idiot:
and criminals LIE NARD.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-28
sg~ Send for Illustrates Catalogue. -@

A NOvELEY jon PRINTING PRESS
~ is the most profitable means of
advertising that can possibly be
employed; with one, and few
dollars worth of type, every man
doing business, or who mannfac-
lures anything, can keep the pub
lie constantly Informed of the con
diion of his stock far more effect
ually and at tenth of the expense
of newspaper advertising. Few
employments offer greater attrac
tiuns as an amusement, than print
ING and rs a means of instruction
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-28

The Hon. Hester Clymer NJ. G. from
Pennsylvania, has written to the Reading
Eagle a letter in which he explains the
reasons which induced him and his friend,
the Hon. S. S. Cox, of New York. to vote
against the Salary bill as it passed the
Senate. These reasons. in brief, are that
the bill which has become law restored
the odious mileage system that it did
not reduce the salary of the President
either for the existing or future terms :;
and that it made no deduction of salary
from the 4th Of March, 1873. Mr.. Clymer
desires to place himself on record as in ia
vor of economy, retrenchment and reform !;
and believing the dosbling of the Presi-
dents salary to be the greatest of all grabs,
the restoration of mileage an outrage, and
that the reduction of members salaries
should have been made to take effect from
the beginning of the legal existence of the
present Congress, he voted against the bill
as the only practical way of showing his
opposition to the Objectionable features con-
tanned in it. We think our readers will
agree that the views of Messrs. Clymer
and Cox on this subject are sound.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-28

DIR. Schenck and his SON., H. Schenck, Jr., NJ D.
are professionally at their store Northeast of
Sixth and Arch sreets Philadelphia every Saturday
All advice given free of charge, but for thorough
examination by the Respirometer the price is So
of the respiratory organs by II can be readily de-
termined whether the disease is tubereular bron-
III, cnIIL,nll,L-.c sfEnICINCS are urcnared only
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-28

Scherck's Mandrake Pills act upon the liver. re-
moving all distinctions. relax the ducts of the gall
bladder, the bile starts freely. and the liver is soon
relieved; the stools will show what the PILLS can do
nothing has ever hs'". ;ented except calomel "a
deadly poison winch Is very dangerous to unless
with great care) that will unlock the gall BLADDER
and start the sccreions of the liver like Sehenk's
Mandrake Pills.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-28
GILMAN! GILMAN!
I"ge's G-maX Salye, a Family
~ eSsing for % cents.

I"76's Cl-maX Salye, a Family
~ eSSing for % cents.
1t heals without a scar. No
family should be without it.
We warrant it tOcure Scr0fula
Sores, Salt Rheum. Chilblains,
Sore Breasts or Nipples, Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, and Sprains.
1t has been used over twenty
years, without one failure.
1t has 10 parallel having per-
fectly eradicated disease, and
healed after all other remedies
had failed. Tt is a compound of
Arnica, with many other Ex-
tracts and Balsams, and put up
i'll larger boxes for the same
price than any other Ointment.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-28
DR.. C. BIGELOW,
Confidential Physician,

No. a77 & a79 s. Clark St, Cor Van Buren,,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-28
VINEGAR BITTERs.

DIR. j. Walkers California Vim
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of CalifOr-
mia, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol, The question is almost
daily asked. ''What is the cause of the
UNPARALLELED success of VINEGAR BIT
TERsP" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers bis health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle,
a perfect Renovation and lnVigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs i'll healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are a gentle Purgative as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases. T
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Carninative, Nutritious, Laxative, Dluretlc,
SedatiYe, Counter-I rritant, Sudorihc, AIteIa'
tive, and Anti Pillows.
r.. III. MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Gen. CTS, san Francisco California
and cor of Washington and Charlton Sts., n. Y.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-28

aud Ul.e. 4.nment for boys girls, it is entirely
without rival Most youths, aside from their
studies are perfectly capable of doing all the job
printing in their fathers business
Branch Office, 543 Broadway and So Mercer sts.,
New York. Kelly, Howell & Lupwig, 927 Market
street, Philadelphia. 1911 diff