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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-11

ID ;. BUNNINVJ IT" No ~Ut -HUIIdEUN-cI.
H. ortin,ntsi Sui mgi SrooAyn. BROKER IN REAL ESTATE
and MORTGAGES. has for sale on Brooklyn lights residences on
Perrepont Montague Willow, Hicks ami Htnrs- and on west
Columbia flights between CLARK aal Fcirp"lt t. The t-r
East River and New icr On excellent opporu
situation rate cost; Net prospect lHA
entrance thery ard basement owuore front brick house
2O1jO eet finished csbrevork, NcWloTk CTS se location
unsurpassed similar el house the above finished IN walnut
adjacent to o1eholg for other property aud
very hreestory brick house also tie Park for - OuO
ess terms payment. In South Broosyr on non SacSe Mon
Dean ami oyt-ss AMI cwer great agr d. - purchase Of
houses he secured through the avesr u the Uou oi
Cuon houses OF various deruuons Il prices
VARYING II 1000 $4,000 each them worthy Of be
attention Of huye Also houses cheaper eris m al rt> Of
the city 500 $500 each Vacant lots for sale the
best Prospect Pers ai on he PE Of the
sane Also three MOua guest aud wo St best
vacant property Eghv lots rens located in Bookn
exchange Fam within 100 mes Of Nc~l and re- we'll
lots TO exchange fo Aous' Part' having
property for sale contemplate it, purchase NAV hd 20
wh the advertiser The negotiation
mortgages on carefully attended and capitalists Wish
ng 10 invest in such security learn without charge Of favorable
opportunities, on spphctu9n 10 oo.,,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-11
DrookIDu Zeal Gstate for Sale.

EOR SALE on VERY EASY TERMS.
No. 102 Pneapp lest-Frsme store Ini house; o 2,A0
q. D nd dweilngsi 4tH!VJ.
and hugtOus.fl dwciAns; h,', tu'tf
and Whowst.;i-sorg and mt bIck
80 AZ W.,oughby.st.3sor hGck house lot. 2JKlOO.
No 81 IckNst-3-stor7 brick house; lot 25KlOD.
" z l'OOk. - Mashl. Hrl0hl-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-11
NIUHEPiDLE & ATTRACTIVE BARGAINS

Suits Trimmings. Dress Goods, Millinery Goods.
Ladies Underne &c. kc S be found throughout entire esab
hshment.
Ld couveniene ifm part d tie
city by connecting Twenty thris- CfossTosn Cars
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-11
Nem Civilizations.

This edition the complete published in the three
volumes Of the Englsh edition.
large anticipated put
isbers vi.hOat cea,. j. APPLETON 4 Co.. Publishers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-11

A SECOND FLOOR TO LET, together or
eparey furnished unumished, At llf7 BroadWay near
Il James Hotel; hot col water bath 90 aoor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-11
ENORMOUS REDUCTION.

PRICES REDUCED TO LESS THAN COST OP THE SKINS.
dosn without Every article warranted
suy represented Noae but FINE FLRs hand Weisuto
examination
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-11

-CHEAP HOUSES, CHEAP APAKl
n. MgNTs and CHEAP ROOMS TO LET 90 SHE. dos
cheap good s'Ies also enil - Jog "orsno
md betorie. JAMES PRICE, 300 Iadson-st.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-12
Barrel Making by Machinery.

The New York Tribune says that the
strike of the coopers in Brooklyn early
this year led to the establishment of a
steam cooper shop in that city, which
gives employment to over 200 hands,
and turns out over 2, 500 sugar barrels
daily. The demand for the barrels made
by steam has been SO great that the
mandatory is being extended to oc-
cupy the whole of one block and half
of another, and when completed it will
be able to turn out G, 900 barrels day.
The slaves are cut by machinery, of
two widths and uniform length. When
they are stood up" in the frame they
fit together SO well that the last stave
has to be driven into its place with a
hammer, but does not need to be
trimmed. The rough barrels, having
had hoops fastened around each end,
are put in furnaces and heated, and are
then rolled by two disks, which press
equally on each of the ends and force
the slaves homes The barrels are then
taken to the trimming machine, which
cuts off the rough ends, gives them the
proper level, and cuts the grooves for the
heads. The wooden hoops having been
nailed on and one head put in place, the
barrels are finished. The heads are cut
by machinery in Michigan, and are
formed of three pieces. They are SO
uniform in size that there is no trouble
about fitting them to the barrels at the
mandatory. Flour barrels can be
made by the same process.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-12
Death Of the Oldest Inhabitant.

Annt Cloey, a we'll known servant of
the late Gen. Samuel F. Patterson, of
Caldwell county, N. G., died at Pal
myra, near Lenoir, in that county, last
week. A Raleigh Neaos correspondent
writes . From a memorandum il ap-
pears that she was a well-grown girl at
the commencement of the revolutionary
war. She was born and raised near
fredericksburg, Va. When Gen. Pat
terson moved 20 Palmyra, in January,
1SA5, she was found there among the
supeKannuated slaves of the late Gen.
Edmund Jones. Some pains were taken
to establish her exact age at that time,
and, from the age of her children and
other circumstances, it was fixed at 81.
This would fix the year 1863 as that of
her birth, making her lit years old at
the time Of her death. She had lived
in this State sincasher 36th year. She
had q distinct recollection of the rails
ing of troops for the war with England
in 1776, and, to within few years OF
her death, could give an intelligent ac-
count Of the matters connected there
with y
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-12
REMARKABLE REcoyERY.

Seaf ana Dumb % Tor Mine G months. na seen
About nine menths ago young man
named George Hansen was seriously ill
in this city with typhoid fever, and
when he recovered it was with the total
loss of his hearing and his power of
speech. This terrible calamity rem
dered him almost wild, and for time
the contemplation of the termination of
his life was not an unfrequent thing
with him.
Through the exertions of friends Mr..
Hansen was employed to assist in copy
ing the records of the Sixth Ward. at
Hastings. Last Saturday night Mr.,
Hansen complained to his roommate.
Mr.. W. Hoyt, that he felt a very un-
pleasant pressing in his throat and a
painful buzzing in his head. He had
the whiskers shaved from his chin. and
tried various applications, but they
were of no avail-the pressure contin-
ned and the buzzlng did not diminish
in the least. Hoyt continued with him
till about IL O'Clock at night. During
this time, when Mr.. Hansen obtained
and suffering, he wrote on his slate that
he felt that his speech would that night
be restored to him or he would die.
About 3 o'clock Sunday morning,
after he had recovered from terrible
spasm occasioned by the PAIN, he asked
Hoyt to take tube that had been used
to inject a kind of powder into his
throat, put it to his ear, and speak in
an ordinary tone. He did SO, when
Hansen replied in a natural voice,
though without knowing that he had
heard or spoken. He complained of
the buzzing and cracking in his head,
though the pain seemed to be decreas-
ing.
A little while after this Mr.. Hoyt
left the room, and was absent several
minutes, and during his absence Han
sen had one of the severest attacks tina.
he had been suffering, and during its
continuance he discharged considerable
offensive matter from his throat. From
this discharge he received instant and
complete relief to the pressure in his
throat and to the buzzing in his head,
and when his companion, Mr.. Hoyt,
entered the room he was astonished by
being greeted by Hansen exclaiming,
'sWell, .Hoyt, how are you?"
The restoration was so complete, SO
sudden, and SO unexpected that both
Hansen and his companion hardly knew
what to make of it, and could hardly
realize that it was a fact.-St. Paul
PiOneer
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-12
A Reformed Prize-Fighter.

The London Times says sssBendi-
CO. formerly a well-known prize
fighter and champion of England, de-
ivered religious address recently to
q crowded audience at the London
Cabmen's Mission Hall at Kings Cross.
Mr.. John Dupee, the superintendent of
the mission, former companion of
Bendigo at Nottingham, conducted the
services. The reporters state that
BendiRo, who is now 63 years of age,
stands as straight as dart, and his
address is described as simple, though
coarse He said he was tie youngest
of twenty-one children, and, his father
dying when he was 13, he was placed in
the workhouse. He began fighting
when he was 16 years of age and gave
it up when he was 40. Two years ago,
after spending his time alternately in
police cells, the prize ring and the
public house, he was converted as if by
a miracle. Ever since he had been the
happiest man alive, and he should be
happier still if he could only read the
Bible for himself"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-12
Paper i'm japan.

The uses of paper in Japan are ludi
crously various. It is used in everyday
life, in the drawing room, in the nurs-
cry and the kitchen, in ways that are
dark to a foreigner. A Japanese is
never at loss for string, sheet for
q letter, wrapper, a handkerchief, a
towel or a platter. In his bosom is a
roll of paper, and what paper can ac-
complish is known only to native of
Japan. When a Yezaburo or Kintara
cuts his finger, bandage is applied and
tears dried by the same article. The
exquisitely dressed young lady takes a
it becomes handkerchief. Pass into
the street on rainy day in Yeddo,
and you see for miles panorama of
moving disks of paper. Both rfmbrel-
las and suit of oiled and waterproof
clothes, hat, coat, tr6wsers and shoes,
may be bought almost anywhere in
Japan. Boxes, pipe-casts, twine, dish
es, tea-trays, carpets, chimneys, roast
ing tins for firing tea, windows, doors,
partitions and screens, are everywhere
made of paper.
The paneled walls of houses are made
of paper pulp. Old Japanese armor is
largely made of compressed lacquered
paper. Perhaps Europeans adopted
the custom of paperlng the walls OF
their houses from these people. The
dwellings of the better classes of the
Japanese people are always papered,
though the sheets used are not over a
foot or eighteen inches square. They
arc polished, silvered. gilded, colored,
or printed with birds, flowers. ANIMALS,
and many tasteful designs. In looking
over a paper-dealer's stock in Yeddo,
one scarcely sees cloud " or uncouth
pattern, always excepting the dragon,
in which the normal Japanese doth sc
delight.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-12
Letters to Santa CLAUS.

Several letters deposited in the Rich
mond Postofice, evidently written by
children, plainly indicated that they,
anticipating the annual visit of Santa
Claus. wished to remind him of what
thev most desired. One of them was
directed sSanta Claus, Greenland,
North Pole" Another was directed as
follows: ssSanta Claus, sleigh drawn
by eight reindeers. An open letter
directed simply Santa Claus" reads
as follows $ Mr.. Santa Claus, big
waQon-not SO very big-four wheels,
two packs pop-crackers, Mother Hub
bard book. Wilmer" Nellie wants
carriage and baby and some candy.
{ wants baby and candy, little story
book. Isabella.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-12

however, Tor the reason that the period
CT our immurement seemed very un-
certain. No thirst was felt because of
the dampness of the air in the mine,
Thus reinvigorated, we started again at
our work, and ere long had the salts
faction Of seeing that we had made
about ten feet of progress.
While I was resting and awaiting my
turn with the pick, heard confused
squealing in the lower part of the
:" breast. We stopped work and look
ed in that direction. and saw, to our
astonishment, rats IN great numbers
making their way through the inter-
stices of the loose coal.
We thought at first that they had in
some way ascextained our condition.
and intended making q raid on MS en-
s1sosse, but moments observation dis
PEELED this idea, for they appeared
cowed and frightened, and, instead of
showing fight, sought seclusion under
Jumps Of coal.
Our lamps had been burning brighter
for some time and were now flaming
violently.
For moment the superintendent
looked thoughtful, then grave, then, in
an utter agony, he muttered: By?'
(and I believe the oath was left un.
registered) ss the water IS rising we're
lost r.
We stared at each other in mute de.
spair. What the thoughts Of the resi-
we're cannot tell, but my own life and
actions went like . panorama before my
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-12

TKE will Of the late Mayor Havemey-
er, OF New York, has been admitted 70
probate: The valne of the property
bequeathed il estimated st from
W. .OOO,OOO to &5, 600, 600. The only.
heirs are his widow. six sons and two
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-12

AcoonDnTa to the military survey OF
the Russian empire, the monarchy en-
tends over 100, ,227 geographical miles,
or one-sixth of the inhabited globe.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-12

TEE manufacture OF gloye-leather
from tripe is said to have BEEN accom-
plished In France.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-06
Affairs az galveston.

GALVESTON, October 6.-The bridge
over the bay is repaired and trains are
running regularly in the city. Scarcely
any traces remain Of the effects Of the
storm. Business is very active in all
branches of trade. Contributions are
coming in from all sections for the suffer
ers, and are being forwarded to points
where most needed. The Galveston
harbor is greatly benefited by the storm,
having washed and deepened the chan.
mel. Liverpool steamers come up the
wharf without lightering. Work on the
Santa Fe railroad is being pushed rap,
idly forward.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-06
Amateur Stage BusIness

The stage has been the scene Of many
ludicrous mishaps, and every actor could,
we believe, relate a volume of incidents
directly connected with his own expe.
rience. An amateur performance is,
generally speaking, highly amusing on
account Of the earnestness with which
the performers undertake their duty,
coupled with a total absence Of a knowl.
edge OF stage business, which leads
ofttimes to so many laughable~ situations.
There is nothing a professional man so
much breads as the management of an
amateur dramatic performance or the
appearance upon the stage with amateur
support.
Taking all things into consideration,
the performance given at the Memphis
Theater on Monday evening last went off
comparatively we'll, until the third act,
when the absence of the requisite num-
Der of supers" and the stupidity Of the
few who were present brought the cur
tain down upon a most ridiculous situs-
ton. Mr.. Newton, who was endeayoring
to direct the stage, and play also the
leading character, finding no soldiers
upon the scene where everything de-
pended upon their business, and the
performers in a state Of the deepest
perplexity and confusion, as no soldiers
we're present to kill him, he had to
leave the stage without being KILLED" a
thing that'never sheuld have happened.
The idea Of a man having to go off"
and seek for the killer behind the scenes
is probably the better plan after all. The
esthetics of the drama should be more
consulted, and refinement should take
the place Of roughness and all that
ofends the eye and ear. OF late years
the dramatic critics have discovered that
the big battles are always fought behind
the scenes, and when the general or
king marches with his army across the
stage but half a dozen ragamufins are
permitted to follow him, the army being
judiciously kept in the background SO as
not to offend public taste with the rude
clamor of war. Many Of the tremen.
dous butcheries that were formerly con
Quoted in state upon the stage are now
carried on out Of view, and the actor
merely describes the scene which he sees
~transacting a few yards from him. Here.
after let all killing and numbering and
fighting take place off the stage, in the
green room or behind the wings, aud
then should an accident happen caused
by the loading Of a pistol the audience
need be none the wiser Of such. Toe
much realism has been the bane Of th,
drama, but we we're pleased to see tina.
at the performance on Monday nigh.
this was dispensed with, and idealisn
took its place.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-06
Mxnlerionr Di.npnearanee.

WoRoEsTER, Mass, October 6.-Hon.
L. W. Pond, one of the heaviest manu-
f~acturers of maohinists' tools in this
city, has disappeared under very mystic
rious circumstances. Last Friday he
went to Boston on business, intending
to return the same night. While in Bos'
ton he collected about $4,000, but instead
of returning telegraphed to his son that
he was going TO New York on business.
A portion of his clothes we're found in
his stateroom, but the man, money and
valuables are missing. /,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-06
A clever Conductor Resigned.

Mr.. Pat Powers c~onmencedas brakes.
man in 1856 on the Memphis and Ohio
railroad and has been on the road ever
since, except during the war, and two
years at another time when he resigned
to try his hand at farming. We have
known him all the while and heartily in
dorse what is said Of him by our CORE.
%spondent. We hope it msy suit him to
come back again to his old post.
To the Editor Of the Ledger:
AS Mr.. " Pat" Powers, the gentle.
manly and popular conductor, has re.
signed his position on the road With a
view TO engsgingin agriculture pursuits,
will you be so kind as to give space to a
public expression Of the deep regret fell
by the travelling public all along the en-
tire route2 By his gentlemanly manner
and digni6ed bearing he has endeared
himself to a host of friends, who mos
sincerely regret his determination TO for.
sake them OF one thing be may res
a~ssured-that the best wishes OF hun
dreds who have travelled under his care
will follow him to the new field Of labor
and nothing will rejoice them more thar
10 know that success crowns his efforts
in his neY occupation.
/ hear the hope expressed by many
that his place will be filled by Mr.. Hear
Jones. This gentleman has long beef
an efficient freight conductor, but durinl
the past year has frequently run passen
ger trains, and seems born to the bust
ness" No observer can fail to see tina
as be passes through the train, bis pleas
ant salutations and patient. replies leay
behind him g wake Of good humor AM
general good feeling. A single glanc
at bis face convinces even a stranger tina
the passengers are in the hands OF
temperate conductor, a feature hat con
tribtes much to the comfort Of travel.
il is extremely doubtful whether an,
road in the Union Is manned by a nor
adable, sober and gentlemanly corps 0
conductors than the Memphis and ouil
vile railroad, and the travelling publ
owe thanks 10 the managerial for such evi
dent consideration for their comfort ant
safety by providing such reliable an,
conscientious men TO guard their live
and property. Indeed, our f%ayorite roal
g everything It's friends could wish
Every one who travels much cannot fai
TO police that ogr engineers take ever,
possible %precaniion 70 avoid rpnnipI
over stoek--a calamity that endanger
' many human lives. The idea so oitel
expressed that engineers run down stocI
! through nero w%antonnoss is groundles
! and unjust, for II no higher considers
ton would insure caution their own live
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-06
Ths swarmiug Germans
Globe Democrat Lettor.l

st. LOUIS Globe Democrat letter.
InSny journey through Prussia | saw
that the military discipline is kept np
with even more strictness than ever be.
fore. Everywhere maneuvers in the
same earnest old fashion, eyerywhere
the stiff, STRAIGHTFORWARD oficers, looking
as il whitfield out Of wood. At Stras
bourg and round about the neighborhood
swarmed with troops. They are proba.
bly, kept there in case any new contin.
geney, like that concerning the Belgian
Catholic incident should arise and rem
der it necessary 10 mass military traipl
and military human machines on thu
frontier. A perfectly reliable gentleman
~ Nancy in French Lorraine, told me
that. on The occasion Of the recent war
cloud. The Germans had gathered ono
hundred and fifty extra locomotives al
Strasbogrg, ready TO enter France like 4
swarm Of locqsts at q moments notice
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-06
River Telegram..

CAIRO, October 6.--Arrived- Cherokee,
New Orleans, 10 pm. Thompson Dean,
Mound City, l am; Belle Memphis,
Memphis, 3; City of Chester and Lioness,
St. Louis, s; Hickory, Ohio river, l.
Departed Cherokee, Cincinnati, IL I'M.
Belle Memphis, St. Louis, 5 am; City Of
Chester, Memphis, 10; Hickory, St.
Louis, II IN.
PITTsBURG, October 6,--The river is
two feet one inch, and rising slowly.
Weather clear and warm.
CINCINNATI, October 6.-Ths river is
rising slowly. Raining.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-06

NEw YoRk, October 6.-The Supreme
Court rendered a decision this morning,
Judges Davis and Brady giving opinions,
confirming Judge Barrett's order in
chambers, denying the motion to vacate
the order Of arrest of the six million dol
lar suit against Vim. M. Tweed, o produce
the three million dollar bail. Another
decision wat given through Judge Davis,
reversing Judge Donohue's order, from
which the people appealed, requiring a
bill of particulars as to fraudulent bills
ard vouchers, which vas complained Of
BY the people.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-06

County Assessor F. w. Register gives
the city assessment for 1875 as follows:
First Ward-Real estate. 1864. $50;
personal, $l07, 475; total, $l.0Sl. 525.
Second Ward-Real estate, : l,493, $50;
personals. $50,823; total, $l,543,s72.
Third Ward-Real estate. 1886, ga;
personals, $l,477.453j total, $5,46s,477.
Fourth Ward-Real estate, $5,36S, l75;
personals, $4,O78, 1874; total, $9,446, 1853.
Fifth Wsrd-Real estate, 81, 1853, 945;
personals, $54,s25i total, 81, 1908, 40.
Sixth Ward-Real estate, $l,57S. 1865;
personals, $ll2, 100; total, 1851, OPS,
Seventh Ward-Real estate, $l,070,-
1907; personals, SIS, lS0; total, $685.
37O,s
Eighth Ward-Resl estate, $2,30S, 495;
personals, $20l, las; total, $2,509,640.
Ninth Ward-Real estate, 1929, 065;
personals, $23,648; total, 1852, us.
Tenth Ward-Real estate, $793, 545;
personals, $4,000; total, $SOO,445,
Grand total, real and personal, $685.
486, 1876.