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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23
NEW YORK TTEMS.


NEw YoRE. December pa FIRE this
morning. in the buildings 40 and AZ
Vesey street, caused losses amounting
to $40, 600, distributed among a number
Of occupants. who are mostly insured.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has arranged their reduced freight rates.
The rate from Philadelphia to Chicago
is to be, for irat-cIass freight, n cents
per one hundred pounds; secopd-clasS.
% cents; aud third aud fourth. classes,
Is cents; 6fth-class. IA cents. The new
rate TO st. Louis is: 6rst-class, SS cents;
second. class, 80 cents; third-class, 26
cents; fourth-class, 26 cents; ffth-class,2l
cents.
The Evening Post says that the com
mittee representing the merchants of
this city in the matter Of freight rates,
which has lately excited SO much atten-
ton, had a conference this morning with
Vice President Wm. H. Vanderbilt, Of
the New York Central railroad. VIM.
E. Dodge, chairman. said that while they
were now met to thank the railroad for
what they had done in the matter, they
wished to have it distinctly understood
that they had no sympathy with the low
prices which the railroad had been
obliged to adopt. They would have been
more gratifed if Boston rates had been
raised. 1t was for the interest Of the
merchants that the railroad should Sc.
cure a fair compensation in order that
the latter might pay reasonable diyi-
dends and be able to expend money for
the improvement OF their facilities.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23

A special to the Courier7Journal Of
yesterday, says: James H. Francis,
correspondent of the Selma (Ala.) Times
and other papers, has been appointed
Petition Clerk under the Clerk Of the
House, vice White, removed, at a salary
Of $2l6O. Colonel Thomas II. Baker, Of
the West Tennessee Democrat, is to be
appointed a clerk, at $2lGO per annum,
vice Krauth, removed. Other changes
will be made after the holidays. The
new appointees are men Of character
and high qualifications" 1t is to be
presumed that Baker will not start any
more newspapers for a while.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23
COUCH RALaAM-
.WILlHAMs,
Balsam Wild Cherry y Vvoo,
Naptha wv"

for Coughs. Colds, Consumption. Rronoh;ss
and all Diseases Of the Throat and Tnnas'
This u~nequaled preparation i rsv;nu M,
usual penalty Of merit, and W vg rSiIddps ere
buyers 70 be cautious in recei' in" Nv wa ar
tons OF ~unscrapulous parties cia;S;na assel.
the same thing, or m ada IN tkao snnsmns
way. OF " just as GOOD @N0 III 'no same
We are now nearing q n ason w
5alsam is placed on itsy Ierits. and WSs HV "oid
upon a ap eoug nss pTs.a ssf rainy weather. calls
and no NtheE medley o viii answer : tS S1S Ss%s
Sts relief Of he Bslsam for the immedi-
confidently 1Is aI rscH1a' nsnded. We earnestly al 4
assertiopS thS5 upon It's merits 70 prove our
SnereS % the public for all Complaints ari I'M
iton Hiseases.o Q tho Threat and Lunes. TrS
mnonna ~ ~ nyinced Of its magical effect. II
SVu csnaVs obtain II from your druggist. send
W NJ any We will forward Il.
WA nolesale. orders addressed 10 O. @
prsmpt attention, '" rooelVe
az rspe genuine without our Trade Mark on
e1Sn bottle. Beware Of counterfeits VA
S~oIsRsouuly. q. Q. WARD i BRO.
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Fatal Eueeunters.

ST.. LOUIS, December 23.-At Boones-
boro, Howard county, Missouri, James
Thorne quarrelled with a man named
Mitchell on Saturday last, and was struck
by him on the head with aclub and killed.
Near Junction City, Kansas, on Tues
day, George Hunter, (colOred), aud
George Davidson, (white), had an alter
cation about their cattle, and Hunter
shot and killed Davidson.
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Death Of an old Pioneer

DETROIT, December pa Tribune
special from Traverse City, Mich, an
nounces the death at East Bay, Grand
Traverse county, of Henry Stiles, an old
pioneer. he was the first white person
born in Cincinnati, and was a resident
of Detroit at the time Of Hills surren-
dar
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23
RIver Telegrama.

CAIRO, December 2s.-Arrived : ALI
Stevens, St. Louis, 8 pm; Golden Rule,
Cincinnati, TO- Bermuda, Nashville,
midnight. Departed-Golden Rnle, New
Orleans, II pm; John f. Tolle, st..
Louis, 6 am; Bermuda, Nashville, 8;
st. Joseph. St. Louis, 3. Heavy fog,
raining and warm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23

The Irish Literary Association will
debate tonight the proposition, THAT
Inventions are Injurious to the Labor
ing Classes" A set speech upon the
Financial Problem" will be delivered by
one Of the members, in accordance with
a request of the Association.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23
masonic TEMPLr.
Stockholders Masonic TamnIe

TUE FOLLOWING ORDER OF II M
reetoIs Of the Masonic Temple. Of Nam
pnlss Is the hnal action Of the Board al To
Resolved, That the Secsetarv ha r.or,..a 4,
collect a4l stock due the association kv ne
nTst Of January, 1876; and that ali psrtias
who refuse. to pay their stock In fnil ~ thst
nme, or give satisfactory note. the claims
w w pc placed II the hands Of the attorney Of
nj, Ao"pie Vn 'ne loth Of january, 1876, for
SUIT LOUIS HANAUER,
ABB. TREADWRLL.
y. II. BROOKS,
X. g. CRAIG,
II, j, LYNN,
DANIDg. HADDRN, P grSSEU5s'
Al. WHEELER, Secretary. sa'as
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PFobnbIIiuea.

WASHINGTON, December 23.-For Ten
nessee, the Ohio valley and lake region,
rising barometer colder, northwest winds,
cloudy and occasional light rain, followed
By clear or clearing weather:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23

COLONEL DUScAS x. MCRAE is spoken
Of as the Republican candidate for
Mayor. The race would be iruitless,
but it might secure him some high ap-
pOintment at the hands of the Grant ed
m~inissratiOn, for which he is certainly
better qualified than nine.tenths of Fed
eral O~fice-hOlders from Caleb Cushing
down.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23

GRANT is credited with saying the
other day; There is no use of Blaine
being so d-n careful; he isn't in any
body's way Neither is Mcdonald or
Joyce, but they know q great deal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23

A RISING town down in the Yazoo
region Of Mississippi has been chris
tened S~sleratus. If that don't fetch
it up, what is the use Of a name at
ALP
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Bank matters.

WEST CHESTER, Pa, December 3d.
The Bank Of the Brandywine is now in
the hands of a receiver, VIM. w. JEFF
freys, cashier of the National Bank of
Chester County.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23

Seven hundred ss ths Iroquois, now
settled at Caughnawaga, near Montreal.
intend to come to the United States and
settle in the Indian Territory. They
find themselves unable to live comfort.
ably al home, where fifteen hundred Of
them occupy a reservation of 23OO0
acres, on account Of disputes concerning
schools and churches.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23
Convicted.

MoRRIsTowS, Pa, December 2S.-BIa-
sins Postorius has been convicted Of the
murder of Isaac ~Jaqnette. A motion
for a new trial has been made.
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HELP.
INTELLIGENCE OFFICE
IN oBARo on THE
Ladies' Christian Association.

nBIs EMPLOYMENT AGENCY HAS
i been established to secure employment
aud good homes fer boys. girls and women
without charge; bat will transact tho usual
business Of an lntolligence Once, and secure
one dollar for each person secured. Office 1888
Main street. opposite 0verton court-houso.
and next the Temperance Lunch House. S6-f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23
ANNouNcEMEMTs


II. n. JAMES Is O. candidate for School Wis.
ilor from the Sixth ward.
lam a candidate for School Yisiter from the
Third ward. X. j. b. Il. WlNN.
At the solicitation Of many friends Of the
itOf from the Ninth ward. II. B. MILLER.
up. ANDERSON Is a candidate for School
ViSitor from the Tenth ward.
j. N, GREER 10 q candidate for School
Visitor from the Fourth ward.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23

The incest Christmas present to
buy is a pair Of shoes. 60 to VIM.
Millsr's, 22l Main street, and buy
them. SO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23

MATTRESSES made at 2Ol Main street,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23

BABcooK's trial aud Beecher's council
are both SET for January llth.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23

GENTS box-toe boots made to order, at
Kenneday & Rudd's, for $l5. sat
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23

Excellent 8 Cigars for a Dime
At LEES, cor. Main and Jefferson.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23

2ss Second st, opposite Court Square.
1So-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23

The LEDGER job Office, IL Madison
street, is prepared to execute any kind
Of job printing in a neat and tasteful
manner and at as low rates as any other
establishment in the city. +
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23

THos. HANSON has removed his news
stand from 6O3 to 944 Beal street, where
can be found all the principal daily pa
pers and illustrated weekly and monthly
magazines aud novels; also fancy sta
tionery and school books. III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-23

The incest Christmas present to
buy is a pair Of shoes. Go to VIM.
Millsr's, 22l Main street, and buy
them. SO
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-14

Ar the recent election iE Connecticut Ii was
voied TO change the time Of the State election
from the spring 10 the fall Of the year and 70
make the Governors term Of Office two
years.
GOLD closed In New York on the 9th at
lii. The following were the closing quo
tatsons for produce: No. Q Chicago Spring
Wheat, si2sai-3o; No. Q Milwaukee si3i
fas3s; No. . Northwestern, tl@aI 81 .
Barrier, si.l50i.20; Oats, Western Mixed,
sssa45c: Corn, Western Mixed, CSa7lxc;
Pork, Mess, sz2S71f; Dressed Hogs, Io11c;
Lard, l4c. Flour, good TO choice, 800
tas51: White Winter Extra, tS65G7oo.
The cattle market was dull; nc 10 he
for good 70 extra Hogs, sH@sxe. Sheep,
s0sc.
AT East Liberty. Pa. on the 9th, cattle
brought: Best, ts5o0s.75; medium, $3.50
a575: common, s40oG425. Hogs sold
Workers, s75o@s.15; Philadelphia. $3.50
SIS. sheep brought sioog5.2 according
TO quality.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-14
WEST AND SOUTH.

THE attempted negotiations with the Sioux
indiana for the Black Hiils country have en-
tlrely failed, sisd the commissioners have
abandoned all efforts In this behalf A Chey-
enne dispatch Of the I'd says very bad tenn.
per prevailed among the several bands OF In
dians sho had been assembled at the Red
Cloud Agency.
THE Bank Of California resumed operations
on the I'd, the opening Of the doors being
loudly cheered by large eoncourse d
people. Large amounts were deposited In
the former exceeding the latter by about
s750,OO0. Announcement was made that s7 !.
10000 had been subscribed 10 meet the in.
debtedness and liabilities Of the bank and
continue lie business.
A WASHINGTON telegram Of the I'd says II
was generally conceded that the new mint
would be located at Chicago.
THE President and party reached Salt Lake,
Utah, on the afternoon Of the Sd. They were
called upon by Brigham Young.
MEMORIAL services IN honor Of the late
President johnson were largely participated
In at Nashville, Tenn, on the ID,
The American Board Of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions OF the Congregational
Church met In Chicago on the 9th. The
attendance was large. representatives being
present from all the States In the Union and
from Canada.
MANI horses In Cincinnati, Chicago, 81
Louis, and other Western localities were
suffering from symptoms of the epizootie on
the 7th, and the disease seemed 70 be spread.
ing.
SERIOUS disturbances occurred at Friar's
Point, Miss, on the 9Th and 9th. IL seems
that at a Conservative convention on the
night Of the "a Senator Alcorn severely crit.
clscd the official conduct Of Brown (coIorcd)
Sheriff Of the county, and the next day
Brown used severe language In reply, when
hlcorn threatened 10 shoot him. Brown then
summoned number Of negroes, who pre-.
pared TO come TO bis assistance. On the 9th
all the women aud children were sent from
Friar's Point and the place was attacked by
force Of 800 negroes, who were repulsed by
white forces under Gen. Chalmers. In the
skirmlsh eight degrees and one white man
were wounded.
d. o. MILLS has been elected President Of
the Bank Of California under the new organ.
izstiOn.
In Chicago, on the 9Th, spring wheat, No.
., was active, closing at sl.i0Hal.l 0X cash
Cash corn higher; closing at 57c for No.2
and 5s1kc for rejected. Cash oats, No. 2,
sold at a2166l32Mc; November options were
sold at 32kc. Rye, No. 2, 721I073c. Barley,
No. 2, g9c0fsi.00. Cash mess pork closed at
s22 g502275. Lard, sl3,300pl3.35 Choice
TO extra bceves brought s5.bO@620; medium
70 good, si.ib665.25; butchers stock, $500
3.75; scalawags, etc, t17b@225 Hogs
brought t7s5Nas,25 for good 10 choice. Sheep
sold at s4.25@475 for good TO choice.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-14
Hanxman's Tree In Montana.

The Virginia City (Mont.) CORE
snondent of the Leavenworfh lKan.)
Commercial gives the following graphic
account of an old-time gallows scene In
the Territory:
A few rods south of Helena and just
west of the present overland stage road
where il crosses Dry Gulch, and directly
In the guIch. there stands q venerable pine,
whose massive lower branches of weird
and fantastic growth extend twenty feet or
more from the gnarled and moss-covered
trunk. Years since it lost its foliage, and
now If is gradually yielding to decay, and
ere long a clod Of vegetable mold will
alone remain 10 mark the site Oh Ihe Ia
nous Hangman's Tree.
In 1862, 1853 and 1864 Virginia City and
Bannock were the headquarters OF Henry
Plummer's noted band of highwaymen
and cut-throats. Plummer secured an APP
pointment as Sheriff and then made his
cut.throat heutenants bis deputies. For
time this arrangement worked admiraDiy
for the roughs, as they could rob and
murder with impunity. After they nad
killed over 100 citizens, and plundered
stages, express shipments and private In
dividuals until no one felt safe or dared TO
leave with or send money or dust out OF
the country-and anyone who dared to
demur TO this order OF things, or suggested
that the robbers were other than hon
est and perfect gentlemen, did SO at
the imminent peril Of his Hie-it oc-
CURED to few rcsolute men that 1t was
lime for change, and, quietly comforting
with each other, an organization was soon
effected, including several hundred OF the
best men in Virginia, Bannock and
Helena. Laying their plans cautiously
but well, and executing them promptly,
they melted merited justice TO twenty-nine
OF the ruffians. including Plummer and all
known members Of his band, all OF whom
were made TO "dance upon nothing at the
end of rope" Five Of them were hanged
at one time from cross beam in an I'M
finished store-room adjoining the building
in which your correspondent writes this
communication. These executions ended
the reign Of terror, and since then peace
and quiet has been the rule in Montana.
The dying speeches of some of tile des-
peradoes were peculiarly Characteristic
and worthy of note Erastus wager, gen.
orally known as Red" said to his cap
tors I" You have treated me like gentle
man, and know I'm going to die; am
gong TO be hanged; it's pretty rough, but
/ meritcd this years ago." And with the
rope around his neck his last words were:
Good by, boys; God bless you! You
are on good undertaking"
Henry Plummer begged hard for his
life, asked 10 be chained down, offered to
leave the country for ever, and declared
that he was too wicked TO die. Another,
John Wagner, said. "Cut off my arms
and legs and let me go you know / could
do nothing then" Jack Gallagher's: Il
hope that forked lightning will strike
every strangling one OF you" Ben Helm.
looking at the muscular contortions OF
Gallagher, said: Kick away, old fellow,
I'll be with you in minute"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-14
Personal AND LITERARY.

Senator Sharon has Offered Mrs. Raj.
ton and family suite of the best rooms i,
the Palace Hotel as long as she wants
them.
--Artemus Ward, we are told. used IN
write with one leg over the arm of char
That was humorous substitute for Den
probably.
-" Jennie June" she so excellent i,
writing of fashions, is Mrs David G CroIy
wife OF the managing editor of the New
York Graphtc.
Mrs Collins. widow of the late Rev
DR.. Charles Collins, succeeds her husband
in the Presidency of the State Female Col.
lege at Memphis, Tenn.
Prof. ID. r. Boyd, of the Louisiana
State University, goes to Egypt to try
teaching young Arabs the art of beinS
ornaments of heightened society.
The Russian World states that the
Minister of Public Instruction intends to
make the English language the subject of
compulsory study in the gymnasiums for
young ladies.
Since the London papers have an
nounced that the Earl of Roseberry would
marry Miss Duncan, notwithstanding her
papa's failure, he has Roseberry much in
public estimation.
Gen. Myer ("Old Probabilities"),
who is at the head of the United States
Signal Service at Washington, is described
as "a large framed, muscular man, with
a sensitive face and voice as soft and low
as woman's."
Joseph Kammerer, of New York,
made provision in his will that after the
age of twenty.fou his two sons should
lose all interest in his estate. He thought
that at that age man should be able to
take care of himself.
A Chicago capitalist named Holden
has just gone into insolvency for large
amount. His assets consist only of per-
sonal property, and his personal property
consists only of $50 suit Of clothes,
$50 cane, SO watch-chain and two
finger-rings valued at 81.
Intelligence has just been received of
the death of Horatio Stone, the distin-
guished sculptor, which occurred at Car
rara, Italy, ON or about the 18th of Sep
TENDER He had been sick for some time
with Roman fever, which gave way to
dysentery of a malignant type, and from
this death finally ensued.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-14
Instinct and Intelligence.

But / must describe more fully one
case OF instinct from the same family, which
is probably less familiar 10 you and yet no
less wonderful. / refer to the case Of the
common mud-wasp or clay-dauber.
These insects do not form organized
communities, and therefore have no neu-
tiers or workers, but each female works
for herself. Neither does she feed her
young as do bees and other wasps, but
provides appropriate food in abundance,
and leaves them to themselves. But the
mode of building her cells and supplying
the appropriate food exhibits marvellous
wisdom She gathers wet clay in pellets
about the size of duck-shot and com
mences TO build Going and coming from
her clay-Quarry to her work, with great
patience, industry and skill, she builds two
inches long and about half an inch in
diameter. When finished she proceeds to
fill them with food. For this purpose she
attacks all varieties Of spiders, stings
them, plunging her sting with the greatest
precision directlyi into the principal nerve
ganglion, and, after laying an egg In the
body of each, carries them off and packs
them away In the cells until they are COM
pletely full, then seals them with clay and
leaves them. In due time the eggs are
Matched, the Larvae feed upon the spiders
until they become perfect insects and cut
their way out of the cells,
Observe, then, first, the walls of the cell
must be thin and composed of porous ma
terials, otherwise the eggs could not hatch,
nor the larve continue to live, for the
want of oxygen; second, the spiders must
be heipEess, bit not dead. If they were
dead they would decompose or else dry
up before they could be used as food. Ii,
on the other hand they were alive and
active, they would destroy each other and
the contained eggs, and perhaps escape
from the cell. But the poison Is so adj
justed as 10 quantity, and probably as to
the place of insertion, as to produce a
state of complete helplessness, deep and
permanent coma; the spiders are, as it
were, chloroformed by the poison. II
touched or irritated, they move only
enough to show that they are not dead.
As boy have many times watched these
wasps gathering their materials, building
their cells, gathering their food.supply OF
spiders. have many times broken open
their finished cells and found them fun of
spiders In the condition described. If one
desires to study spiders, he can gather
more varieties in one day by breaking
open the cells of mud.wasps than in Il
year In any other way.-Pryf Joseph lie
Conte, in Popular Science Monthly for
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INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

While n four.year-old son Of J. l..
Fisher, of st, Adams, VI, was playing
with Il pair Of wheels which had become
rusted TO the axle, the other day, the rope
by which he was drawing IL became
wound around the child's neck, breaking
II and causing instant death.
While the family Of DR. II. G. Cham,
plain, Of Otis, Mass, were Mt tea the other
evening, hawk broke through a, pane ol
window glass in "a door in pursuit .pf a
chicken. Mrs Champlain securtH him
after fight In which she got Gsw snflssiih
es. He measured three feet frQps ,tin tStip
OF his wings
John Thompson, Of Harrington,
Conn, who lost pair of spectsnlet while
digging potatoes four years ago, and had
plowcd and narrowed the field three times
since, found them the other day Undecided
In an Early Rose" potato, which had so
grown around them as 10 hold them in
the position In which spectacles are
worn.
An old woman in the suburbs OF
Providence, X. l., nearly eighty years old
and suffering from "a malady which the
physicians declared would prove fatal In a
few days, incidentally learned the other
day that some of her friends were prepar.
ing 10 make her farewell VISIT, where
upon with wonderful decentralization she
got into wagon and was driven .inip the
city, where she made liberal purchases of
groceries, etc, To give her relatives q gen.
crous reception when they came TO bid her
good.by forever.
The Laramie (Wyoming) Sun Of re-
cent date says; About ten days since
the engineer OF a freight train near Bryan
heard terrible cracking noise and
thought something must be wrong with
his engine. The train was stopped, when
It was discovered that something was
leaking from a chr near the engine, and
that tho loud reports were caused by the
wheels passing over drops of the fluid
which had fallen upon the track The
car was opened, and number of large
tanks found upon the inside, labeled
Glycerine.' The horrible truth then
burst upon the train men that they were
hauling a whole carload OF that terrible
explosive compound, nitro. glycerine. The
car was sde.tracked and left at Granger,
where spnr.track was built and the car
run out upon II away from the main truck.
1t still remains there, and the citizens and
railroad officials are alike at loss TO
know what 10 do with IL. The car Is con.
signed to some firm in San Francisco, but
The shippers cannot be found, although
The company have made most stringent
efforts TO discover them. The owners are
respectfully required 10 come forward,
prove property and take II away"