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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-13
Hor PURsUIr

Within an hour Sheriff Anderson and
a posse Of a dozen good men, mounted
on fast horses, we're passing over Wolf
river bridge in hot pursuit Of the fugi.
tiyes, who are on foot, making for the
bottoms either on Hatchie or Mississippi
rivers. That some of them will be re.
captured before night is not improbable,
but those who capture Capt. White, John
McCarty, Jack Clifford. Henry Bender
and Ed Mccoy will have to fight. The
iugitives have Eve six shooters, and seve
raj of them would rather die than be
r%ecaptured. The cause of the escape
was a little carelessness on the part Of
one ef the turkeys, for which, however,
jailer Jackson is not responsible, he
being at the Criminal Court room when
the Jail breaking took place. AS to how
Captain White and others got the three
pistols from the outside remains a
mystery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-13
FuR sALg

ROR SALE brick : ORDERS LEFT
E with W. IL. Grider x Co., 318 Front street.
or at yard on Overton tract, on the bluff South
Memphis, will receive prompt attention:
gff o. Ill. p. PIPER.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-13

HOllenberg, No. 294 Main
street, has everything in the
music line fresh atIOw prices.
LOT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-13

STRANGERS, 90 to conyerse's, 81 South
Court street, cot
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-13

WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
The weather is cool, with with indicG-
tons of clearing up. The river here has
risen four inches since our last report.
The Ohio at Pittsburg is stationary, with
three feet in the channel; at Cincinnati
it is falling, with thirteen feet six inches.
The Mississippi at St. Louis is still ice.
bound. Arkansas river is declining,
with three feet six inches in the channel
at Little Rock. Business on the land
ing continues quite dull.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-13
For st. Francis River.

For Helena, Friar's Point and st. Francis
River.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-13
For WhIta Rivar
For Arknnsas RIver,


For vicksburg, Natehez and New Orleans.
TH0S. SHERLOCK. Hart. master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE U.-,.
w THURSDAY. Jan. l4th. at S L
GLENN 4 VINSON, Agents,
On Mharfboat. foot Of Court ID.
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A story Hard to Credit.

The Cohoes Bulletin says there is resid
ing on Harmony street, Cohoes, man
aged seventy-five years, who has not spoken
to his wife in twelve years. He has been
married fifty years, has an amiable wife
and several children and grand children,
and considerable property. The old man
and his wife lived together happily until
about twelve years ago, when one morn
ing the wife came down stairs and saluted
her husband in gentle manner as was her
wont to do but to her astonishment he
made no reply. So she spoke to him again
and again, bat always with the same effect,
and eyer since that July morning in 1868
the husband has never opened his lips to
his wife. He always speaks familiarly
with the rest Of his family and friends, but
on no occasion or under any consideration
would he speak one word to his wife. He
always treats her with gentleness and kind
ness, always providing for her wants with
the most scrupulous care, but not one
word can be coaxed out of his lips to refer
to his strange way of treating her. His
wife and himself eat at the same table,
walk to church side by side, yet not one
word has escaped that mans lips for the
past twelve years to that woman. His lit
tie grand daughter lives with him, and
through her he knows his wife's wants, and
no request of hers is left unheeded. Sew
eral friends of the family have tried repeat
edly to fathom his strange action, but they
found it impossible TO do so.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-08-20
The Texas Cattle Drive for 1875.

The drive of Texas cattle bound for Kan
sas and market, may be said to have pass
ed from Texas, and the herds are now held
on the range in Kansas, sold to feeders,
contractors, or others, or sent to the North
ern and Eastern markets. A few head are
reported each week at Fort Worth as hav-
ing passed that point on their way north
ward, but they may be considered the rear
guard of the army already north of the
Territory. The total number of cattle
driven North this season is, as shown by
the reports, 15l, ,61s, including all kinds of
Texas beef. In 1874 the total drive out of
Texas amounted, in round numbers, to
1866, 900, or Ia, 600 more than have thus far
this season passed over the trail. The
greater part of this drive last year was over
by the list of July, the heaviest having pas
sed between April Is and June 10. After
July 1. about one quarter Of the total drive
passed Fort Worth. These facts-together
with the other fact that large numbers of
cattle have been driven from the Mexican
frontier to Northwestern Texas to avoid
raiders, and are now on the range from
which they can be put on the trail north
ward as soon as the condition Of the mar
ket shall fully warrant-sustain the pre-
diction that the drive Of this year will ex-
ceed that of last.-Kamsas City, Price Catr-
rent July 90.
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The Largest Farm in the World.

This is rather large claim to make, even
in this country, where real estate lies
around in parcels of considerable size but,
according to the St. Louis Republican, it
may be fairly applied to the estate Of Geo.
Grant, founder of the Victoria colony in
Kansas. His farm embraces the whole
county of Ellis, is larger than any dukedom
of Europe. and contains SIG, 900 acres. Mr..
Grant devotes himself principally to stock
raising, and has accomplished great deal
by the introduction of the best blooded
stock, and exhibiting the best methods of
rearing, feeding and improving the foreign
and domestic breeds of horses, cattle and
sheep. He has just wintered 1000 sheep,
with a loss of less than one per cent, the
secret of his success lying in providing
good shelter. He is the owner of the thor
oughbred stallion Flodden, valued at $685.
900, the father of which won the Derby
race in 1860. He has just purchased for
his farm thirty-odd brood mares in Ohio,
Virginia and Kentucky, and be has $3.50, 900
invested In stock. Among the larger num-
Der of resident colonists and stock raisers
who have purchased land Of him, and are
now raising stock in Victoria colony, are
many young men of prominence, both in
this country and England.
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Prisoners Captured and killed.

DENVER. COL, Aug. 7.-Several days
since, break was affected in the Denver
City Jail, through which number of pris-
oners escaped. All have been re-captured
except Evans, Hall, W. Wilder and Harry
Leighton, who succeeded in reaching a
heavy timbered region, fifty miles south,
from whence last night they were decoyed
into corral, where they expected to secure
horses provided by friends for their escape.
When they were within a few feet of the
decoy horses they were fired upon by six
teen ranchmen. Leighton was pierced by
seven bullets, and instantly killed. Hall
received four bullets, and died in few
hours. Wilder, who it is supposed received
several wounds, succeeded in escaping,
and is still at large. All three were Of the
worst class of desperadoes. Hall had been
sentenced to ten years for murder, and the
other two were under indictment for simi-
Tar offences.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-08-20
Pursuing Deer with a Steamboat.

On the afternoon of the 4th inst, says the
Portland Oregonida, as the steamer Maria
Wilken, was on her way from Freeport to
Kalama, size sighted a deer in the river about
mile below the lower place. When first
seen he was about one-third of the way
across, and striking out boldly for the nr-
egon shore. The steamer was headed fer
him with all haste, and there being no fire.
arms on board except a small pocket pistol,
it was decided to try and capture him alive.
A moose was made in rope and thrown as
the boat approached, but missed the game.
The deer whirled and made for the Wash
ington Territory side, which was the near
est, but Captain Huntington turned the
little steamer in fine style and headed him
off. The chase now became exciting. A
second time the ropes were thrown unsuc-
cessfnlly, and the deer, though making
prodigious efforts to reach the shore, was
a third time oyerhauled. This time both
ropes caught on his horns, and after a
desperate struggle he was hauled ON board
and securely fastened, but one horn was
broken off in the struggle. He proved to
be four-year-old buck, and in fine condi-
fi0n
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-08-20
Wrong Kind of 8 Shirt.

It was respectable looking colored man
who brought his washing home.
"Your wife is good washerwoman, isn't
she said the young bachelor to the polite
and obsequious man. Il. -.--.
"Yaas, sir; she commonly always give
sati'faction," replied the husband of the
laundress st-r...
"Well," resumed the young bachelor in
his blandest and most insinuating manner.
"you can tell your wife esteem her very
highly as one possessing many womanly
and Christian Yirtues-a domestic gem and
household ornament, a social luminary and
moral beacon, an exemplary Christian,
gentle, loving wife, washerwoman among
10000, and altogether lovely; but there's
one objection" ..-.s.....
'What's dat, sar s'' inquired the smiling
African, who had been showing two rows
of spotless ivory and cavernacious opening
of the head while his wife was being so ex-
travagantly eulogized.
"What's dat, boss ?n .----
ssShe puts all the starch in my socks, and
none in my shlrts size washes or, irons all
the buttons off. and forgets to replace them:
exchanges my cloths for those Of some
others pattern, and if you'll look at this,
(holding up garment you'll see how in
convenient it would be to wear either pam
falcons, cuffs or collars with such shirt as
she sends me. It may be that she cuts off
the arms and collar to make the tail longer,
but can't see what the deuce she should
want to rufle the edges for.'
The darkey looked little disgusted as
he wrapped the garment up to takeit home,
and he only said: Idea sending q man
dat kim O. shirt r'- Eieksbarg Herald.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-08-20
The Lee Jury Agree to Disagree and are
Discharged.

BEAVER, August TO a. m.-About 8
a. m. it was rumored the jury had sent for
Judge Boreman. Ten minutes after, the
court opened and Lee was brought in look
ing rather pale and agitated. The Judge
remarked to the jury. Have you agreed
upon a verdict?
Foreman-We have not.
Judge-If you have not agreed, the court
is not disposed to keep the jury when it is
impossible for them to agree.
Foreman 1t is impossible for us to
agree.
Judge-We will take recess till 5p. m,
and see what you can do by that time.
BEAVER, August 7.-5:45 p. m.-The
jury is just discharged. At an interview
with one of the jurymen, he disclosed the
fact that from the beginning Of the balloting
the jury stood nine for acquittal two for
conviction, and one willing to 90 either
way-classifed thus: For acquittal all
the Mormons and one Gentle, ONE Gentle
wavering and two Gentiles for conviction.
The jury was released and the case con-
tinued for another term.
BEAVER, August THE jury in the
Lee trial disagree and are discharged.
Nine were for acquittal and three for con-
viction. The Mormons voted solid for &C
quittal; one Gentle voted with the
Mormons. The counsel for the defense
named the Gentle who would vote for
acquittal before the jury left the court
room. The Gentle who voted for acquittal
was elected foreman by the jury. More
evidence was disclosed in the jury room by
Mormon jurymen, who "never heard of
the massacre" than was elected on the
witness stand.
There is great rejoicing among the Church
authorities here.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-08-20
An Old Horse.


1t is claimed there is horse now living
in Jackson, Mich, which was foaled in
1924, and hence is 81 years old. The state
ments are sworn to by P. L. Carter, who
bought him when three years old, subse-
quently sold him, and re-bought him after
many years. The horse is described as pc
culiar in his shape and markings, and also
shows the marks and effects of broken
ankle, in all corresponding with the horse
foaled in 1924, SO it is thought there is no
room for doubt Of his identity. He was
sired by race horse, and dam was an i'm
ported English mare. When young he was
trained to run, but broke his leg was
worked ON farm, and then used as bug
gY horse, and then used for fifteen years in
drawing coal. His teeth have nearly all
gone, and those that remain indicate great
age,
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-08-20
THE BRIDGE OF LIFE.

Across the rapid stream of seventy years,
The slender bridge of human life is thrown
The past and future form its moldering piers:
The presens moment is its fral keystone.
From "dust thou art . the arch begins to rise,
To dust " the fashion OF its form descends,
Shalt thou return the higher curve implies,
In which the first to the last lowness bends
Seen by youths magic light upon that arch,
How lovely does each far off scene appear!
But ah +! how changed when Oh the onward march,
Our weary footsteps bring the vision near!
IT was tabled that beneath the rainbow'e foot
treasure lay, the dreamer to bewitch;
And many vested in the vain pursuit
The golden years that would have made them ricf
So where life's arch of many color leads,
The heart expects rich wealth of joy to find;
But in the distance the bright hope recedes,
And leaves a cold gray waste Of care behind.
A sunlit stream upon its bosom takes
TIL inverted shadow of bridge on high,
And thus the arch in air and water makes
One perfect title to the gazer's eye.
So t is with life the things that do appear
Are feeting shadows on times passing tide
Cast by the sunshine of a higher sphere
From viewless things that changelessly abide.
The real is but the half of lite it needs
The idea to make perfect whole;
The sphere of sense is incomplete, and pleads
For closer union with the sphere OF soul,
All things of use are bridges that conduct
To things of faith that give them truer worth;
And Christ's own parallels do US instruct
That heaven is but the counterpart of earth,
The pier that rests upon this shores the same
AS that which rests upon the further bank;
And fitness for our duties here will frame
A fitness for the joys of higher rank
Oh dark were life without heavens sun TO show
The likeness of the other world in this
And bare and poor wonld be our lot below
without the shadow of world of bliss.
Then let us passing Ger lfes fragile arch,
Regard it as a means and not an end;
As but the path of faith on which we march,
To where all glories of our being tend.
Good Words.
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The Toughened (Bastie) Glass.

Notwithstanding SO much has recently
been said upon the subject of the Bastie
(tonghened) glass, the general reader seems
to be still eager to scan every new para
graph that finds it's way into the public
prints. Yielding to this general desire we
note that another series of experiments
with regard to the character of this glass
has recently been tried in New York by
Prof. Egleston of Columbia College before
the New York Academy Of Sciences.
The most wonderful characteristic of this
glass, as developed By the Professor, was
it's marvellous power Of resisting heat. In
several Of his experiments two thousand
degrees of heat were directed on the center
of plate Of prepared glass eight inches
square, until at the point of contact with
the flame the glass became red hot. The
first plate was poor one, and broke after
being subjected to this heat for three
minutes. The others were not broken by
it. Ordinary glass stood such tests only
eight seconds. The practical application
of this was, that if fire was started in a
room with windows of this glass, the frame
work of the window would burn out and
allow the glass to fall before draft would
be created.
Lamp chimneys were then tested by
using kerosene lamps with a combination
of Bunsen burners, which threw blue
fame, showing that the heat was intense
along the whole length Of the tube and SIX
or eight inches above it. Water was boiled
| in vessel Of this glass, the water boiled
out and the vessel remained uninjured.
The temperature Of the vessel was then
raised to $50 or 100 degrees and cold water
was poured in with the. expectation that i
would crack the glass, but the water began
Immediately to boil, and the glass wa'
! unhurt.
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THE BLACK HILLS.
Professor Jenney Telegraphs that He
Has at last Found Gold in Paying
Quantities.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-The following
dispatch from Professor Jenney was receiv-
ed at the Interior Department this MORN
ing:
"CAMP ON SPRING CREEK, BLACK HILLS,
DAKOTA, July 1.-THE Hon. E. P. Smith,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs have
discovered gold in paying quantities in
gravel bars on both Spring and Rapid
Greeks, from twenty. to thirty miles north
east of Harney's Peak. The deposits are
THE RICHEST YET FOUND
In the hills and are very favorable situated.
There is a good head of water in the
streams, amply sufficient for working pur-
poses. The gold is derived from quartz
lodges OF enormous dimensions in a belt OF
clay, slate, and quartzites twenty miles in
width, crossing the hills in northwesterly
direction. At this point the clay from the
bed of the stream, near camps, yields from
four to eight cents to the pan of coarse
scale gold, and several pieces of about the
value of dollar have been found by the
soldiers. am engaged prospecting the
value and extent of the region about 200
miners have deserted French Creek, and
followed me here. They are journeying
into the hills from all directions, and offer
me every assistance in prospecting the coast.
No matter how valuable the mines may be,
the future great wealth Of the Black Hills
will be in grass lands, farms and timber.
The soil is deep and fertile, and the rainfall
greater and more regular than that of any
9th er region west of the Allegheny Noun
tains."
The Secretary of the Interior Immediate
ly sent a copy of the above dispatch to the
President, and is in consultation with him
by telegraph as to the action of the govern
ment in relation to the pres ence of the min
ers in the Black Hills. The Secretary states
that the government will use all the means
at it's. command to keep every unprivileged
person out of the mining district until the
negotiations now pending shall be consum-
mated. AS soon as course of action is de-
cided upon the Sioux Commissioners will
be notified.
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.

The Louisville Courier-Journald delicately
alludes to "the sword of D-ocles.'
"After ALL" says an old doctor, there
are only two kinds of disease-the one Of
which you die and the other Of which you
don't"
Never waste fly in huckleberry season.
One fly in plate of huckleberries contains
more nutriment than three berries.- White
hall Times.
Why is church bell more affable than a
church organ? Because one will 60 when
it is tolled, but the other will be blowed
first Co5leskiA Isder.
A Dubuque father keeps stomach pump
in the house, and when he tells his children
not to eat cucumbers they let 'em alone
Detroit Free Press.
The Ragocrats will hold convention at
Detroit next month and, listen to addresses
from Pig Iron Kelley and Cast Eye-ron
BuGler.-Utica O6ssruer.
Empty is the life of an old maid. Never
has she felt the maternal rapture of tuck
ing away two curly headed cherubs, and
hear one say-"hands of, Jim, or I'll
butt you where you live. ."-MarshaU Mes
seasSer.
The editor of the Louisville Courier
Journal writes on the subject, "Acquisi-
tion by Purchase" The foreman, from
whom the editor begs his tobacco, says he
honestly believes Watterson would under
take to write about water as beverage
MsIsoauhee Sentinel.
The St. Louis Times speaks of Colonel
James Burns as resident of kansas City.
Col. James Burns is one of the best citi-
zens of st. Joseph, and Kansas City pos
sesses no such man. Now, take it back
Mr.. Times or you will be wearing steak
on your eye.-St. Joe Herald.
It is important to know the difference
between toadstools and mushrooms but it
is not worth while trying to learn this
difference unless you belong to very long
lived family, and don't object to being
poisoned at the end. 1t takes years to find
out, and authorities differ. The only sure
test is to eat one. If you live, it is a
mushroom. If you die, it is toadstool.-
st. Nicholas.
A visitor to Boston, while passing through
Charlestown to Chelsea, saw in the distance
what she supposed to be Bunker Hill Mon
ument. Overcome with patriotic feelings
she gave herself up to the emotion of the
moment, when puff of smoke arose from
the top of the massive pile. She had been
weeping over the chimney in the Navy
Yard.--EG.
Here is the thing we have been looking
for. We have been puzzled for word to
characterize some of the editorial matter
which occupies space in some of our ex-
changes; and here the Detroit Post comes to
our relief. Editorial " sinkers lis the term.
According to the Post, a copy Of the Kala.
mazoo Telegraph, from which the second
page editorial "sinkers " had been inad-
vertently omitted, carried newsboy two
blocks and hurled him into the top of a
towering maple, before the buoyant sheet
could be secured and anchored. 1t was the
local matter that did it.-Psttsburg Chroqs-
icle.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean

RossvILLE, Iowa, July 26, 1876.
1. Why are rubbers cold to the feet2 Q.
Why does the heat seem oppressive when
the air is moist? 8. Why do fowls shake
out their feathers erect before they perch
for the night? 4. Why do we perspire SO
freely after drinking cold water? 5. Why
are men more frequently than women? 6.
On what part of the head does badness
commonly occur, and why?
Ansper.-1. Because they prevent the
escape of the moisture from the feet, and a
moist stocking is good conductor of heat,
thus making the feet cold or clammy. 2.
It is not more oppressive in moist than a
dry state of the atmosphere. 8. That is
something "no fellow can find out.'' 4.
One reason is because the sudden cooling
of the blood and glands causes contrac-
tion, by which the thinner and lighter
ingredients Of the blood are thrown out.
5. More frequently what? s. The top,
because it is generally kept warmer.