davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1875-07-29

have been complained of under tho State system
Of inspection aud reglstrAtton1
N.-Uhi tho Htate officers sysr reveal thnHo
irregularities uutit asst brought out by other
partlcH3
MIR. B.-Ncver.
N.-iias It not seomod. in ss lsast ono n
atanco, that clIorta wero rather inade by tho
State officers to conceal those Irregularities than
to EXPOSE them
hlr. H-Why, certainly 1t has.
N,-1llen tho State. inspection OF grain 10 fhs
scosns to hays boen hnderance to correct trad
ing rather than help to tie correction Of
MT. D.-Thors Ia no doubt shout that.
N-WhY wnn tho Stat0 Inspection submitted to
40 patiently by thu Board alter It was iifss forced
blt, B,-Decause tho pcople In the county had
the impression that the Board OF Trade weEe
using their grain for tho!r own purposes. 30 far
~ its qnslity aud .yalue "etc concerned. They
soIiish purposes. aud tho Board. rather than rcbt
under AucG = suspicion, sssented to tho plan.
lk-iIow much had those peopls In tho ooun
try 70 do with the ownership of the grimm
K.-liow much of the grain that psssea
through this city ia owned in Chicago At the
timo II u inspected In aud out OF tho wars-
houses2
are owned by the merchant, and not by tho pro-
ducer. It hAs passed out Of tho bands of the
producer and gone into
TIE OWNERSHIP OF THE NEACHANT
Long before it iu inspected Into atore.
III understand large part OF tho grain Was
ucver owned by the farmers Of ths Htate ?
MIR. Lit IL the ra1eBt exception iu tho world
TINT farmer or producer ever BENDS cargo Qf
grain ta Chicago. for salo. 1t always c0moa
through ths merchant III the country to the
merchant iu the city. upon WHICH tho merchant
hero makes an advance. great number of
thoBe country merchants resida aud DO business
outside llIlnois aud consequently tha State haa
no right to have anything TO do With tLe regu.a,
siou of the5 b,,sness which ~ practically placing
iax upon the industry Ut nthar Htates.
N.-We1e there any circumstances particularly
favorable 10 tho inception Ut ths BtAss grain III.
| spectiosl hero
Mr. u.-Thore wero. Tho grain throughout
! the country mAs II that tme ln = good conll'
! tiou 10 that it wAs not difficult to follow the
rules adopted by thu bsAta for the inspection oi
! grain.
N.-l1ow would those rules work in tho case
OF
EXCEPTIONALLY BAD CROPS or GRAIN?
MS. B.-Yhsy would be entirely inopetkttys,-
| as least. they could not 1e enforced.
M.-Does mot appuaf probable that We eh0
hare very bsd couultivn Of grain sEls ysA2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

A little advice is given to our male
readers, and that is, never hold a strange
baby. An instance of this kind was IL
Illustrated in New York last week, where
a woman anne tripping along the street
with an infant in her arms, and asked a
man, who happened to be standing near
a store door, to hold her infant for a mo.
ment while she went into the store. She
went in, but the unhappy man never saw
her come out, for the store had a side
door, and by that the fair deceiver made
her escape. The poor man waited and
waited, and when the horrid thought
dawned on him that he had been duped,
a cold SILVER ranthrough him, which was
intensifed'when he remembered the jeal-
Gus disposition Of his.wife. A policeman,
from whom ~he,sought comfort, relieved
him of his charge. 9slt5ss2 sll lo t3aa 5
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
FOREIGN.

LONDON, July 26.-The Times under
stands that Plemson has procured re
vival of his shipping bill, which he
abandoned in favor of the governments
measure, and that it will now be placed
on the order book for Thursday. Plem.
sou Will then apologize to the House and
consent 70 the passage of the bill as a
provisional measure for one year only,
A special from Lisbon reports that
the drought in several districts Of Mimic
has destroyed the crops and pastures.
Famine is threatened and riots against
the grain exporters are imminent. The
cattle are d ing o6houger. The local
authorities report that it will be impos,
sible to collect taxes in many places,
and al attempt to do so, they fear, would
cause an insurrection. Accounts from
Algeree show a similar state Of affairs
in hat province. The government is
sending relief to the afflicted sections.
Thirty cotton mills closed at Oldham
to-day, the operatives refusing to accept
the proprietors' termsin regard to wages.
The manager Of the direct United
States cable says no stakeholder has
been denied information. A small poi
ton of the cable has been injured prof.
ably by ice, and contractors are now re-
placing with good cable the injured
part.
PARIS, July 26.-Vicompte De Beat.
mont Massey, a well known political
writer, is dead,
Berlin, July 26.-The story Of the
arrest at Landeck Of Count Dzembeck,
his mother and chambefmaid, on the
charge of conspiring to assassinate the
German Grown Prince, is untrue. 1t
vas fabricated by a clerk of the court at
Landeck, who has been arrested There
is no such person as Count Dzembeck.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
from Panama.

PANAMA, July 26-Peace has been
restored at San Miguel, the scene of the
late Uitramontane riots. In Salvador
the bishop Of Santa Tecla and seven
priests were secretly arrested, hurried
under guard Of one hundred soldiers to
Port LibertaO, where they were put on
board a steamer and sent into Nicara-
qua. The bishop of Cariemo and two
canons have been expelled from the
country. 1t was discovered that similar
outbreaks to that at San Miguel had
been arranged for all over the republic.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
AN IMPENDING EDUCATIONAL REvO-

This is the title of a long and an able
article in a late number of the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, the propositions being
set forth with great clearness and force
1t would seem that Tennessee is not the
only State in which this question is agi-
tated. The article in the Chronicle lays
down in its premises the fact that Of
late years there has been a rapidly grow
ing conviction in the United States that
our system Of education needs radical
reformation, and further that this con-
viction is cropping out almost simul'a-
neously all over the United States. In
California rejecting lei have come
to the conclusion hat too much
is attempted in the public schools,
and that as a natural con
ouenee little really valuable is accom-.
plished. In Massachusetts, ire same
conviction is gaining ground, and there
seems to be a very general disposition
among those who take an intelligent in
terest in the subject of popular educa-
ton to cut off what are called the higher
grades and to limit the functions Of the
education FINISHED by the State to in
%struction in the rudimentaiy branches.
The State is bound, in self-protection,
argues the Chronicle, to educate it youth,
but not to teach them the classics,
sciences and accomplishments or all the
" ologies," "osophies' and "isms' that
come along. Pupils designed for pro-
fessional or literary pursuits should be
educated by their parents. The present
system in California, as well as other
States, aims at too much, and therefore
renders thorough instruction impossible.
The great majority of youth are des'
tine for industrial pursuits, in which a
superficial knowledge of the higher
branches would be of no practical use
Common sense revolts at the idea
that years should be spent in
be attempt to qualify the many for put.
uits which in the veiy nature of thing.
afford a successful career only to the few
Those who are taught to read and ' lite
well and understand arithmetic have 9
fair chance in the race Of life. Further
qualification is within the reach of those
who have ambition and taste for it. The
Chronicle closes its able and thoughtful.
article by say ing:
All over the world a disposition is br,
ing manifested to review odd educational
theories, and dethrone the old idols which
have for centuries received an almost
universal homage. Boards Of education
at the East and the West, the North and
the South, are beginning to imbibe the
new ideas which seem to belong to the
spirit Of the age. What is still more sig,
nihcant and important is the fact that
the people who nave the power to make
and unmake boards Of education are
slso becoming rapidly converted 10 the
practical, unitarian theory.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

The Savannah, Ca, News rather likes
the late speech Of Fred Douglass, and
thinks it was made none too soon, and
that the negroes Of the South will find
far better friends in their "old masters
than their carpet'bag ~cajolers have
proved.
The ~reyiyalistic efforts Of Mrs. Mary
Brewer had aroused Graves county, Ky,
to intense religious excitement, and her
meetings were being attended BY multi.
tudes, when her tervor eliminated in
what she called Holy Ghost sancti6ca.
ton dances, She was arrested, d.
clared insane by q council Of physicians
and is now in a lunatic asylum. Hun
dreds of Der converts, however, declare
her to be a victim Of persecution.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

We are encouraged to believe that a
general overflow will not take place this
season. The situation was indeed criti-
eel for several days, when the river here
was nearly up to the high water mark of
last spring and the rivers above nearly
all rising. Our telegraphic dispatches
indicate that the rivers above have ceased
to rise at all points except at Evansville.
The river at this point hc almost come
to a stand and by night we trust will
show a slight decline. We notice a more
hopeful feeling among our river men aud
among cotton factors who have made ad.
vanees to the planters in the bottoms.
In fact all classes of people aware Of the
marrow escape which we hope Is made
beyond danger share a feeling Of relieI
and gratitude, A deluge would bring
disaster to the interests of Memphis a.
well as to thousands oil people IN apd
down the river.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
probnbilities.

W~AsHINGrov, July 26.-For Ten.
nessee, Ohio Valley and lower lake
region stationary to rising barometer,
winds ,,ering to west and northwest,
generally cloudy weather and rain areas,
followed on the coast by cooler, clearing
weather, and in the two first by slightly
higher temperature, For upper lake
region, upper Mississippi and lower Mis-
souri, valleys rising or stationary baron.
eter, north to west winds, cooler, clear
or partly cloudy weather, and followed
in the last section by easterly winds and
falling barometer.
The lower Ohio and lower Mississippi
will continue slowly rising.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

The biggest snake story Of the season
comes from McAlister's Cross Roads in
Montgomery county. A farmer reports
that he discovered aud billed a horn
snake in his yard about three weeks ago
which measured seventy-one and a half
inches in length and thirteen inches in
circumference. 1t made attempts to roll
itself up in the form Of a hoop but
failed. The horn on its tail was like
the spur of a chicken cock.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

The Knoxville Prets and Herald states
that the gaests of a noted watering,place
in East Tennessee were lseatly exercised
a few days ago by the familiarity exist.
ing between a divine and one of bis
flock, a lady stopping there, each Of
them married, but, as it happened, not
to each other. They received a quiet
notice to leave, and left. The names are
suppressed and no hint given as to resi-
dence or identity. Nor is it known
whether his salary has been raised.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
lome d the laws Of Paris are north


Some Of the laws of Paris are worth
importing into this country. In many
branches Of business honestyis enforced.
If a jeweler sells plated or washed arti.
Giles, he is obliged to label them imita-
ton If a grocer is detected selling
adulterated articles for genuine, he is
not only fined, but is obliged to expose
a placard in his store stating that fact.
Manufacturers Of confectionery can only
use the kinds and qualities of coloriuq
matter prescribed By ordinance.
An Englishtouris who recently started
alone to ascend to the summit of Noun.
snowdon, in Wales, is missing. BE Il
supposed to have sunk in a quicksant
on the edge Of q lake near bis path il
. descending the mountain.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

SAYS the Union and American of the
Oath; "Since the first of June wheat
has advanced thirty-three cents in the
Chicago market. If the reports at hand
are reliable, the wheat crop Of Europe
will be almost an entire failure, and con-
sequently the demand on our products
will be unprecedented. This win insure
the producer good pas ing prices for the
products of bis farm for at least a year
to come. While Great Britain and the
continent may suffer, the people OF
America VIII be s estly benefited. Just
when the advance in prices will cease
it would be hazardous to predict"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

Anv ono ;nvest;ng IN tbosa pords has ~
satisfaction ~ knnx,ns thot II" hond = o .ne
tain 10 he maid a. matn,;tv .snd Snrthar NJ
he assists IN hniidine in t5a c;tv 81 Naw wa
a nsTmonant TamnIe &c firdv y " 1h Z iii n
he an armament and ! nr;Se ~ svsrv Hm"ri
esn' iu "e'i' A"e
Each B~ondholder. until his bond 10 re-
of land Situated in the heart az the c;ty of
New York and est;mstad 70 he wop+b ~
ana Anlii Il, bUHE hqV Tbieb i I1 SS9i@aaed R % SGsi
Se Ts0 Millions aToHSsti.D. 60, ,ho -tonn,,,on 80.
commenced on the 10th of May. 1875, and the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26


We have received news of the death Of
Martin Gridley, ESQ, which event took
place at the residence Of bis son-in.lsw
at jackson, Tennessee, or the 18th inst.
Many Of our old citizens remember
Martin Gridley. BE was a meoessfpl
merchant Of high repute in Memphis
many years ago, long before the war.
and was proverbial for his honesty aud
sterling integrity. Afterwards he lived at
Brownsville, and was Cashier Of the Ag.
ricultural Bank, in which position he
faithfully discharged his duties and en-,
joyed the respect and confidence Of all,
He died at a green old age, and the
utterance of all who knew him is that q
good man has gone to his rest.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

MEssRs, HAIsEs & BOND, of Jackson,
fled the injunction bill against Wisdom
county. 1t filed twenty ever pages
and alleges violations Of all the condi-
tons required by the State constitution.
Messrs. Campbell & Jackson have been
retained as counsel for the new county
and a lively legal fight is anticipated,
says the Wing and Tribune.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
Fruil Transnorted West.

CINCINNATI, July 26.-It is stated that
ov ing to the failure Of the fruit crop in
this region, the Baltimore and Ohio and
Pennsylvania railroads will, about the
10Th Of August, put upon their roads
fast ifuit trains to bring peaches and
other fruit of Delaware and New Jersey
to this city, the crop there being boun.
t;f,l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
River T-eIegrams.

CAIRO, July 26. Arrived = Grand
Tower, Memphis, l am. City of Vicks
burg, Vicksburg, 10; James Howard, St
Louis, II. Dsparted-Grand Tower, St.
Louis, 2 am. A. j. Baker, St. Louis s.
City Of Vicksburg, St. Louis, II. Cloudy
and pleasant,
CiSciSsATl, July 26-River falling
slowly. Fair and warmer.
PrTrsBURe, Pa July 26.-The liver il
six feet eight inches and falling. The
weather is cloudy and warm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
Rnilrond A-nnnintment.

ST. LOUIS, July Pet is officially an,
nounced that A. B. Garner has been ap.
pointed General Superintendent of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas RAILROAD,
and that he VII assume the duties of the
position on the 3lst instant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

TIE commission appointed to count
the bonds and cash in the National
Treasury has found a deficiency Of
nearly $4,000, including the sl7.5OO
recently distracted. Mr.. New will adopt
the ordinary system Of good banks, I'M
der which irregularities are not likely to
occur.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

JoHS LEE CARROLL, the Democratic
nominee for Governor of Maj land, is a
grandson of Charles Carroll, a signer Of
the Declaration Of independence. We
see that the Radical papers are abusing
him, and presume, therefore, that the
nomination was a good one. &c VII be
elected Of course.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

JUDGE FISHER, the District Attorney
at Washington, has positively forwarded
bis resignation to the seat Of government
at Long Branch. Grant rather went
back on him. When it came to deciding
which should 60, three members of the
cabinet or Fisher, the latter was turned
out on the cold charities of the world.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

PRoFEssoR MERRILL E. GATES, Of
Albsny, New York, has visited Nash
vile and declined to accept the Superin-
tendency Of the State normal school, Of.
iered him at a salary Of $4,000. BE
already has a position worth 1900.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

TENNESSEE bonds are rather gaining
strength on Wall street, which shows
that the ~fnAnciers there fully understand
the 'repudiatiQn' alarm raised by the
finders here at home.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

SAYS the Philadelphia Public Ledger:
Within a few days wheat has advanced
about twenty cents a bushel and -four
eighty cents a barrel, owing to the aug.
mented foreign demand Tor American
breadstufs-a demand Which we would
rather see brought about from some
other causes than the misfortuues Of the
people on the other side of the Atlantic,
as happens in this instance
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

The National Educa onal Associa-
ton meets at Minneapolis, Minnesota,
on the Sd, 4th aud 9Th days Of Aug lst.
Colonel Leon Trousdale, u State Su-
perintendent Of Public distraction, will
read a paper on 1.-THE Educational
Necessities Of the South" in which be
will favor the policy of devoting the
proceeds of the public lands to the
maintenance of Z. schools Il oughout
the country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
shot mead by Her Husband.

PHILADELPHIA, July 26.-Mrs. Mali ].
Coln, aged twenty-five, was shot dead
yesterday by her husband-he not know
ing the gun which he pointed at his wife
was loaded.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

The New York Tribune having stated
that the S~chuylkill cannot supply
a suficiency of water for the Philadel.
phia Centennial, a paper of the latter
city speaks up and says it is a lie. Such.
ar argument ought to settle the contro.
vsrsy at once.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
Tha pnblie Ledger for Ahsentees.

Subscribers leaving the city for the summer
months can have the PUBLIC LEDGER mailed
to any address at 75c per month, postage paid.
Leave orders at counting room, No. ID Madi-
son street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
DIED.

HAILMAN-Near this city, on the 26th
inst, EREDERICK BARTON HAILMAE, infant
sen Of F. B. Mailman.
Funeral takes place at 4 o'clock this CM0N-
DAY. afternoon from residence on Magnolia
avenue, nalr fernando road.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
THE BROWN COTTON GIN CO.,

Manufacturers of Cotton Gins, Cotton Gin
Feeders, C~ondensers and Cotton Gin Nate
rails Of avery description. Our Gins have
been in use thirty years, and have an estab-
lished reputation for simplicity. light-run-
ming, durability, and for quality and quantity
Of lint produced. Our Feeder is easily at
hand Of ordinary intelligence. They are the
simplest and cheapest Feeder in the market
and feed with more regularity than is possible
by hand, increasing the out-turn and giving q
cleaner and better sample. At all Fairs where
exhibited and by Planters having them in use,
they have been accorded the highest encomi-
ums. Our condensers are well made. durable
and simple in construction, and do what is
required of them rapidly and we'll. No addi-
tional power is required to drive the Feeder
or Condenser, and no Gin House is complete
without them. We are prepared to warrant,
to any reasonable extent, perfect satisfaction
information furnished Address as above, or
apply to W. A. SMITH. Memphis, Tenn. F.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

1T Is reported by telegraph that there
were 1873 deaths at Vera Cruz during the
month Of June, of which l25 we're from
yomito.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
Death OF Vice President MumfOrd,
OF Ihe W tern UriOn Telegraph
COMPANY. n

NEW YoRK, July PA cable dis
patch states that Vice President Mum
ford, of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, died in Paris.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
WATERS MEW ScALE PIANOS

are the best made the touch elastic. and afne
singir tone. powerful, pure and even.
WATERS CONCERTO ORGANS
cannot be excelled in tone or beauty; they
Imitation Of the Human V0 CO.
PRICES EXTREMELY Low for cash dur
ing this month. Monthly instruments re-
ceived; Pianos and Organs to Let. and Rent
Money allowed il purchased. Secondhand
instruments AT GREAT BARGAINS.
AGENTS WANTED. A liberal discount to.
Teachers, Ministers, Churches, Schools,
Lodges, etc. Special Inducements to the
trade. Illustrated Catalogues Mailed. H9R-
ACE WATERS & SONS, 4Sl Broadway, New
York. Box 1857.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
RIO HONDO !

which in quality and workmanship are equal
figures as goods Of the same kind are sold IN
New Orleans. Orders for making any kind
and style Of cigars solicited and filed at New
Orleans prices. 1iAa4t y.
Ny tobacco is selected and prepared with
CUBAN W0RKMEN. / make hand work
only.
Give me your trade. Iwant it, need II, and
will endeavor to deserve II by giving as good
cigars in quality, workmanship and price at
LONE a. you San Duy way IRON nome. help
I:41I r L. GRAYsER.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
WILL BUY A QUARTER BOND OF THE
w Industrial Exhibition Company Of New

Each Quarter Bond participates in -Four
series allotments every year, until it is re-
deemed.
The following Premiums show what any
Bond may receive. A quarter Bond would
receive one quarter of the below named pre-
miumg
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

The subscriptions price OF the
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per annum
for Daily, and % per annum for
weekly. POSTAGE FREE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26

sas7ai 4Uialia1 illB 4
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-26
INSURANCE.

j. q. NKELY, ID. p. HADDES. W. H. MOORE.
President. v. President Secretary