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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23

John G.. Otis, State agent for the
grangers, has resigned, and P. B. Max
son, of this county, has been appoint
ed in his place. '"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23

Butler HinkIe sent word 10 the sold
man" that his corn is seventeen feet
hi0hp
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23

Our farmers are talking up the qurs
tion OF ditching.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23
WOOL.

Late styles in hats and neck wear just
at PERLEY's.
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Goldea- machine oil-supeF Tor TO lart
oil-$l per gallon.
20-tf SPENCER & RYDER.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23

Newman 4 Co. will sell you parasol
for p cents.
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MISCELLANEOUS.


Strayed or Stolen:
STRAG ED or stolen June 18th. from the
- premises of the undersigned, two mare
One about nine years old. fifteen and n-half
hands high, of light bay color, with collar
and harness marks, rough hipped. with a lit
tie white spot ON one foot. The other about
IOur years old, half pony, dark bay colored
Both animals were picketed out, the one tiefi
by rope, the other by a halter which they
carried with them. Address the nndersigued
REV. JOS. PERRlER
21-H Catholic Parsonage, Emporia, Kas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23

our base bali club have their "circu,
close.''
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23

Newman & Co. will sell you very neai
Hamburg edge for cents per yard.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23
KNoxvIIIr Ten JnIv -. 1s15

KNOXVILLE, Ten, July II, 1870.
Please send me the address of some good
eliable farmer or stOck-raiSer Ia your vi
cinity, also a paper published at your
place interested in immigration. l would
like to know how strangers visiting your
state with view to locate would be treat
al q
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23

A good dinner at Tom Harvey's for
% cts. lott
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WANTED.

w 800 per week, for the Delmonico Res
taurant- 25-u
"TANTED-The best and earliest speci-
w mems of everything good to eat, al the
Delmonico Restaurant. Price no object IL We
can get the first and best. 25-tf
A ADVERTISEMENTS from live. enterpris
"A ing business men, ill this and other adj
Vertising columns. Bring lem in. Don't sit
around thinking about it. Whatever YOU
have to sell, let the people know about it,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23

James Smith manufactures the finest
cigars sold in Emporia.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23
GEO. w. NEWMAN & CO.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE OR RENT.

ITO RENT-A nice house with six rooms
L cellar and cistern. Lot well improved.
Corner OF Exchange and Fifth avenue.
IS II. n. BACHELLER.
NOR SALE OR RENT. y good McNeaI Il
II Urban Safe inquire at Tiff
COPPOCK 4 cos
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STRAYED.

STRA6ED or stolen from my prcM ises, one
= mile north of EmpOria, about May 18th,
1873, sorrel nlley, years old, small white
spot on face, lightly branded on left ramp
with the letter l.. Liberal reward for intoT-
nation leading to her recovery.
22-tf ROBERT LOGAN.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23

A splendid stock of shoes Just re-
ceived at A. s. Smiths store. l4tf
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DIR. Howard is going to California.
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MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY To LOAN. On long time end
XHk- low rates. on improved farm secutity.
Il RANDOLPH " SEDGWICk.
MONEY TO LOAN. In any SUM desired
IVA from $500 to SO 600 The usual tedious
delays avoided by callingon me.
1Stf +. Il. BANCROFT
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Don't talk about irrlgating now.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23

An endless variety of fans at G. W.
Newman & Co.'s.
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Hundreds Of Galions,

The largest and best assortment OF mix
ed paints ever brought to Southern Kan
sas just received and for sale, by the
quart or gallon, at Tandy & Eastman's
drug store. 16
Buckskin, lace leather, plastering hair.
etc., at the leather store Of Howard &
Zimmerman. They pay cash for beesWax,
tallow aud hides. 1t
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23
FOR SALE OR TRADE.

NOR sale or trade--The Delmonico Restau-
II rant will sell or trade board by the week,
with the best of everything which can he pro-
cured for grcenbacks, at the rate of 81 VI per
week. 25-tf
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23

NOR SALE OR TRADE. a Mccormick
II moving machine. Enquire OF
lStf e NICHOLS
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Hot baths, in first-class style, at
Fred. Haussler's barber shop. 60tf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29
The Temple Of Diana.

Ephegus, one of the twelve Ionian
cities Of Asia Minor, was famous in an
tiquity as containing one of the seven
wonders Of the world, the great temple of
Artemis,. or Diana From very early
times Ephesus was a sacred city; the
fable ascribed its foundation to the
Amazons, and the Amazonian legend is
connected with Artemis. The first Ionian
colonists in Lydia found the worship Of
the goddess already established here 10 a
primitive temple, which was soon super
seced by magnificent structure. This
Grecian temple was seven times restored,
at the expense of all the Greek commu-
mites in Asia Minor. In the year 356
B. G. it was burned to the ground, but
again rebuilt in a style of far greater
splendor than before, the work extending
over 200 years. This later temple was
425 feet long and 22O feet wide. "The
foundations were sunk deep in marshy
ground as a preeaution against earth
quake" says Pliny. There were two
rows of columns at the sides, but the
front and back porticos consisted of
eight rows Of columns, placed four deep.
Outside, at the entrance to the temple,
stood basin of porphyry, fifteen feet in
diameter, for the worshippers to lave and
purify themselves in The internal de-
ooration was of the most sumptuous kind.
The cedar roof was supported on pillars
of jasper, the doors were of cypress. The
altar was the work Of Praxiteles and it
was surrounded by many statues, one of
them Of gold. The image of the goddess
herself was roughly hewed out OF wood,
black with age and greasy with the oil
with which it was customary to aunoint
it. When the apostle Paul visited Ephe-
sus in the middle Of the FIRST century, the
worship Of Diana still Aourished there,
and the temple retained oil its original
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29
MEMPHIS, EENN: SATURDAY. EVENING, MAY %. lg75

never yet seen one of them out Of humor
or manifest the least impotence, not
even at thegery original question, How
far is it to Memphis2' attended by its
usual consort, what time will we get
thereP followed closely by one over the
way, What time does the first train start
backW a question that never fails to
arouse the occupant Of the next seat to
put the inevitable, HAS cotton riz
lately~ the whole crowned by the visit
ful inquiry Of some portly dame sur
rounded by the indispensabes, two
band-boxes and blue "umbril," Mister,
kin you tell me whar Deacon Jones lives
in Memphis2 used TO know him when
| were a gal aud / am a goin' to see
him, and the remark elected by mega
tive response was enough to make an
ambitious man feel wilted all day, why,
/ thought everybody orto know whar
Deacon Jones lives, if he knows any
thing about Memphisl" Apropos, why
do so many people claim il as one of the
privileges for which they have paid their
money to annoy the conductor and every.
body else with a string of commonplace
questions, the answers to which little
patience and casual observation would
discover in due timer They commence
on the ticket agent with the shrewd
query, How long before the train will
be hereH' tackle the conductor with the
inquiry, "How long before we will get
thereP' and finish up at their destina-
ton by pumping from the brakeman
something near the exact hour (2) they
expect to start back.
1t would only be in keeping with hu.
man nature il conductor should mani
fest little mpatienee at question be
has answered a thousand and seven
times during the week, especially if put
just as he spies a self complacent clod-
hopper anchor his filthy mudsills clad in
capacious mines, right on the cushioned
seat before him, with the mud on them
OF consistencyto to require the treatment
of the old womans grease"
If ever there is ar occasion on earth
when swearing would be as moral as it
is fashionable that opportunity might be
claimed by the conductor to let off his
surplus bile, when a white-cravated gem
tlemsn in black flags train, and when
fully under headway again, answers the
summons ticket" with the demure re-
sponse, " Why, / thought you allowed
preachers to ride free and did not bring
any change with me f.ot
The travel all along this line owe both
respect and gratitude to our gentlemanly
conductors. We feel perfectly easy in
allowing our wives aud daughters TO
travel alone, knowing that these guar
dians Of public veal are in the habit OF
giving lady passengers all necessary as
sistance aud attention in their polite,
deferentsl manner l must be allowed
TO quote q remark / overheard lady
make not long since, on the train. Ad-
dressing her husband, said she, Have
you noticed how much more pleasant the
conductor on this road is than we gen
orally find in the NorthT THIS compli.
ment needs no comment.
Long may these pleasant gentlemen
wave, and may their shadows never grow
less 1It- tN' Mac.
Wythe Depot, May 20. w 1ia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The Folly OF NegIect.

It is the hight Of folly to neglect preeau.
tionary measures for the preservation Of
health, when they become necessary in conse-
quence Of hurtful influences. Among these
influences are the unavoidable Inhalation
of malarious or feti1 air, exposure In bad
weather. unhealthy occupations and habiTual
late hours. all Of which tend 10 produce dis
ease. 10 guard against their effects a vigor-
GUS and regular discharge OF the bodily fsnc-
tions should be kept up. HOstetter's Stomach
Bltters 10 the tonic, of all others, best oalcu-
lated 70 perpetuate bodily vigor and regular
ity. The experience Of denizens Of unhealthy
localities, outdoor laborers, employees In
manufactures, and late workers of an kinds,
has shown that winerlassful OF this pless-
ant safeguard taken at regular intervals inn
parts an amount Of stamina and power of re-
slstance % disease afforded hg no ether pro-
tectiye and remedial agent. The nervous, the
weak and the dyspeptic, derive incalculable
benefit from its use, and pronounce il the best
preparation Of its class. eod-77-72sw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29
Eeonomie Resointaons.

Seventy wives in Warsaw, Kentucky,
desiring by their example 10 promote
economy, discountenaRce extrayagance
and tighten the burdens of family ex-
penses, have signed this pledge: We
viii not, during period Of one year
from the lst of May, 1876, purchase any
material for wearing apparel the cost Of
which shall exceed twenty-five cents per
yard. And shall further promise to OBJ.
serve astrict economy in all our hopee-
hold pertainances, and cheerfully add
by those delicate sacrifices to the gen
eral stock Of home comforts, too often
dispensed with for tho frivolous outside
adornments Of the body alore.n y
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29
singular Revenge Ofa Bald woman

A new Rape of the Lock" is re-
ported from Gorlitz, in Silssia, Germany.
A young baroness, residing in that town
bad struck upon close friendship with
the daughter of tradesman there, who
boasted Of a magnificent head OF hair,
terminating in two black locks behind,
while the baroness had but little hair
that was not supplied by the hair dresser.
Her friend, the other day, made an often
sive allusion to this circumstance and
the baroness determined to be avenged.
Taking advantage of an unguarded mo-
ment, she cut off the two Objectionable
locks; but her punishment has been
much more severe than that inflicted by
Pope's Belinda. The tradesman's daugh
ter applied to the Crown Prosecutor for
redress; upon which aprosecution was
instituted against the baroness in due
form, before jury, though the law
officers were in great doubt as to whether
the offense shoaId be regarded as an
'inhiction of bodily harm, an insult or
"a theft. Ultimately tie jury decided
that 1t was case Of bodily harm, and
the baroness was sentenced to five days
imprisonment. -, -r--o 10 Ga. .fI-f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29

splendor. Pilgrims to the venerated
abode Of the goddess used to buy little
models Of the temple in silver, or pre-
eious setones. as mementoes of their visit,
and as amalets TO insure them the pro-
lection Of the Ephesian Diana. The
Goths sacked the city and burned the
temple about two hundred years later,
and in the reign Of Theodosius |, toward
the end of the fourth century, the furious
zeal Of the Iconoclasts, or Image Break
ers, completed the destruction. The an
cient city almost entirely disappeared
before the modern era, the very site Of
the temple being lost.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29

PADUCAH AND MEMPHIS RAILROAD.
dail and Freight Train Ieayes....... 4:l5 pm
arriyes-...... 900 am
The mail and freight train leaves Coyington
tor Memphis at 6.l5 am. and returns % Cow
inrton Al INN. Trains leaving Memphis win
start from the Underwriters Warehouse.
- NJ NO MgBURKE, Sup't.
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THREsHIRo MACHINE.
NICHOLS, SHEPARD q co.'s
" Vibrator : ThreSher.

The brilliant Success OF this Grain.
Saving. Ttme-Saving THREBHER Is
unprecedented in the annals Of Farm Ma
chii11ery: In . brief period it ha. become
WIDELY knOwu and FUI ESTAB-
LlHH ED, as the LEADING a .-=aAkM-
ING MACHINE. fGN 20 II
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3. SUMMER RESORT.
Bon Aqua Springs,
7. HICKMAN COUNTY, TENN.

THIS WELL KNOWN SUMMER RESORT
j, will be open TO visitors June 10, 1875.
A thorough analysis Of these remarkable
waters will be sent on application, by mail.
and will exhibit in detail the estimate placed
upon them by the highest chemical and medi-
cal authority in the State. 81
:. The Springs are located eight miles from
Bon Aqua Station, on the Nashyille and
Northwestern railway Every convenience
and amusement will be provided for the en-
tertainment Of guests that can be found at
any similar resort. Location elevated and
unsurpassed in romantic beauty.
Elegant new hacks have been built by the
company and will promptly meet every train.
You leave Memphis on the morning train
and arrive at the Springs before night same
day.
ed, Doutaz, formerly Of the Overton Hotel,
will have charge of the Table. r..
Rates Of Board $40 per month. Usual re-
ductiQn for children and servants.
Railroad fare from Memphis to the Springs
and return, Sl2. Telegraph and Express fa-
oilities perfect, We invite correspondence.
NJ. L. SELDEN, President.
W. G. PATrEsoS, Secretary. 69-4
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29

Sleeping cars on mail train. Depot Center
Banding, foot OF Washington street. Ticket
Offices; 2S7 iaor. Madisonl and 2lS Main street.
III W. E. SMITH, Act'g Gen'l Sup't.=s
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29

GRAIN RAISERs REFUSE 10 sub
NIT to the wasteful and imperfect work OF
other Threshers, when posted on the yast stepe-
rioritv Of this one, for saving grain. saving
time. and doing fast, thorough and economi-
4 ';TfHRESSHERMEN FIND IT highly advap-
tageous 70 run machine that hes 20 /" Beat
ers," Pickers, or :" Apron" that handles
Timothy, Millett and all such iificult Rrain
and seeds, with ENTIRE EASE AND
EFFECTIPENE ESS. Cleans to perfection;
saves the farmer his thresh bill By extra saw
ing OF grain, makes no Litterings;" re-
quires LESS THAN 0NE-HALF the usual
Belts, Boxes. Journals, and Gears; easier
managed less repairs one that grain raisers
prefer to employ and walt for, even at
aa yanced prices, while other machines
-Four siEes yii made WIN e.s. 10 ana
Ie horse Mounted" Powers, also
hspeciRlty h of Reparat0rsst' aiOne,''
expressly for STEAM POWER. and
70 match other Horse Powers. ~
II interested in grain raising, or rthreshinR,
write for Illustrated Circulars (seat freel with
full particulars Of sizes, utyles, prices, terms,
etc. NICHOLS, SHEPARD a co.
49-l5S6w y Battle Creek Miekicdn..
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&AlLR0AD TINE TABLES.

MEMpHIs AND LoUIsVILIE RAILROAD.
Arrives. heevos.
An. ~. A.H.P.H.
NJ AL Tram .,.....,........... 81 ~ ~ IL
Aeon except SundAy..... $40 4,40
Depot ct head Of Main stree
Ticket Office, 2S7 Main street, corner of
M Madison. a,...
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29

nrn AN. Pm. An. EN-.
S. .. Mail daily ..,........ l.30 200
Express (daily Sunday S.l5 As
freight tdally ex. Sunday) 4O GID
Jepet at foot Of Main street.
Ticket 0fice. 2S7 Main street, corner Of
NJ. BURKE. GonT sup't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29

q AEMPHIs AND LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD
Arrives. Leaves.
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MISSISSIPPI AND TENNEssEE R.R.
k II Arrives. Leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29

A3M.P.M. an. Pm.
Nail Train dsilys............ 200 8.O
Taavpa
Louisville Depote......p. ,r Az 3.5O
freight and AccoInmoda-
6fn1 daflv 8 01 300
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29
FOREIGa LIST.
INITIALS.

Times Daily
? M 0akville r
Historical Publishing Co
Bethlehem Church AH
Superintend ent Cotton Factory % of
You hop LHT -'I-- .'..fU MA
Atlas Insurance Company
Pres't Union Life Association Of America
Mrs Josephine w 7,,S-
Fanny, No $50 Fourth street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-29
PROFESSIONAL

MEMPMIs, TENNEssEE.
The daily gazette., 1875-12-07
TV>hE NEW CASTLE COUNTY
MUTUAL
Insurance Company,
NO. e0s MA KEr STREE

INSURES AGAINST FIRE,
HOUSES AND ALL OTHER
U1LDINGs WITH THEIR CONTENTS
70, periods of time varying m Smonths
erm OF years.
MANAGERS:
Wu,yAx TLrNAII WILLIAM CANav,
,,MEa RRAnFoRD GEO. RICHARDSON,
I0uN GIyER SAM'L CANBY,
CHAs. w. HowLAND CLEMENT b. ShrEn
EDw d BRNGHURsr, james RIDDLE
EDWARD I. BELI4AH A. p. SHANNON
AsAroN RICHARDSON, GEO. H. bATks'
n. N. CLEAvER-
WII.MAM TATNAI.LI, Pre't
ANIL. SMITH. seCY. feblO
The daily gazette., 1875-12-07

went to establish the fact is for your
consideration.
But, gentlemen, we say TO you that
whether he had or had not such notice
or knowledge is perfectly immaterial,
ohe note being tainted with usury in
the hand of the McLears, it passed
from them to Backhus with the
talnt upon it, vitiated and made void
oy 1t, Gnd it remained upon it and fol
| lowed 1t where ever and into whomso.
ever hands it went, and no statement
or representations that McLear might
have made to Backhus when he p,1r
chased it, could cleanse it from or wine
out the faint it had upon it when in
the hands of the McLears, the transac-
tiou was usurious in its inception and
, the note thereby made invalid and
absolutely void, and no art of the par
ties to the usurious transaction could
move or inspire it with new life in the
hands OF subsequent holder whether
he purchased it with or without notice
or knowledge of its usurious charac.
ter.
1t has been said in the argument
that II this be the law, it will be pre-
judicial and ruinOus to the commercial
business of the State that no one would
be safe in purchasing notes. The an
swer to this argument is that when a
note is thrown into the market for
sale, purchasers can easily ascertain
what the character of the paper is,
whether 1t is an accommodation paper
oil legitimate and properly negotiated
and business like paper.
II this Is not the law, the statute for.
biding usury wohld be very inopera-
tive and but little more than a dead
letter upon the Statute Book.
Now, gentlemen, think that l:have
said all that can say, or that is neces-
sary for me to say, to enable you to
arrive at proper conclusion as to the
law applicable to the case; and in cor
clusion | have only to say, that if you
should be satisfied from the evidence
you have that the first note bearing
date the 18th of March 1875, made by
John c. Clark, at six months for $500,
payable to the order of Fl, Fl. III.
Clark, and by him endorsed, was an
accommodation note without consider
alton, to enable the maker to raise
money, and that he sold it to McLear
u Son, being endorsed by the payee,
and that they charged him a higher
rate OF interest than six per cent. per
annum or in that proportion, and that
the note of the 10th of September 1875
was given by the same maker and en-
dorsed by the same payee and erdorser
was a renewal of the first note and Sc
cured by the plaintiff in substitution
thereof. Your verdict should be foE
the defendant, but If you should not
be satisfied of those facts, it should be
for the plaintiff.
= Verdict for defendant Spruance
for plaintiff, Harrington Il HofTecker
Tor defendant.
The daily gazette., 1875-12-07
T"a!Hps not to be Putt0 Hor5
II there IL amy Money to spend on the
streets let the City Tay Payers Earn

street, let the City Tay Payers Earn
il.
An official at the City Hall yesterday
remarked that the recent action OF
Select Council ordering the Mayor to
put trampS to work on the streets
amounted to nothing from the fact tina,
the department had no funds. "Anoth-
cr thing, said the official, "if the
streets need repair. if the cutters neeG
attending to, and if the city has any
money to spend let the work be giyei-
10 Reading men who are out OF en-
ployment; men who pay city taxes
and men who are willing to work ii
any Is to be had Keeping a tramp
costs the city at least sixty cents a day
They are lazy, indifferent, careless
aud unreliable, one good man will Dc
three times the work tramp will do
in a day, or in other words the city
pays about $l.S0 for work he could
get done by the city tax payers for
81 % Again tramp will break ten
times more tools than an honest ma
will, because the tramp if he breaks
his shovel will have chance to res.
until it is fixed. while an honest work
ingman will take care of his shovel to
keep at work. am down on the
ruInous and costly policy of putting
lazy tramps to work on the street, and
thus taking bread out Of our OWE
mems mouths There are plenty of
our tax payers who would gladly go to
| work on the streets for SIPS, and
think any councilman who desires 10
help that class of our citizens should
offer resolution in council apprspri-
ating s., 600 to fix up the streets, anG
then we could put some people Ia
work. Who would dare to vote agains'
it?
There seems to be a prevailing pub
lie sentiment among all classes of peo
pie in Reading against putting tramps
to work on the streets for their board
Reading Eagle.
The daily gazette., 1875-12-07

A MINIATURE RING.-'rhe Philadei-
phia police are now engaged in ferret
ing out and bringing to punishment the
itinerant coal dealers in that city who
have formed a ring and succeeded in
defrauding many poor householders.
They would be Induced to purchase
from these men Ivy the remarkably low
price of IS to IS. so per ton, but upon
being weighed it would be discovered
that the ton was lacking five or six
hundred pounds of the proper weight.
A number of these itinerant dealers
have already been arrested and requir-
ed to enter bail to appear at court, It
is possible that an itinerant coal ring is
not peculiar to Philadelphia.