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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14

While Bishop Whipplo holds that
it is a crime to violate the treaties
made with the Indians, the press of
the Far West regards it as a blum
der to make them at all. The kid
gloved humanitarians of the East
are denounced us soft-hearted fools.
"Remove the sayages to the Indian
Territory atonce," cries The Omaha
Herald, "and by force if necessary.
There is the territory set apart for
Indians, and there they can be
taught to earn their living, or else
they can starve. The Government
should support them for a short
time-a few years-and is willing
to do it, but it cannot, and will
not, support them in idle shiftless-
ness long. AS to the Indians now
with General Sitting Bull, drive
them to reservations or kill them
so that in either event they will not
longer retard the onward march oI
civilization" The Indians ought
to be treated either as subjects, al
in the Dominion of Canada, Or as
rebels, but not as independent ma.
tions, The Indian policy Of tht
Government has been a bundle o
Inconsistencies tied together with
thieves knot.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14

She was an angel blonde, and
she trippod through the market
until she reached a stall where a
handsome butcher stood. " Have
you a heart?" she said, blushing
timidly. "Have / a heart, Miss ?"
responded the butcher. Do you
think that | can watch you day
after day and see your eyes droop
as they meet mine that | can feel
your velvet breath upon my cheeks
as stoop over to Serve you-aad
not have a hearty All, maiden, |
am all heart, and you ask me have
| one ?" " Yes" she sighed family,
athis is beautiful, this is divine, but
it amt the kind | want this morn
ing, SO give me a bullock's heart
quick, and trim it for stufing, OF
my old man'll be raising Cain If his
dinner amt. cooked"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
pubIic mpraIl,1 az a Low Ebb,

The Rev. Dir. Leech, of Balti-
more, makes this picture of public
morality: Policemen rob the
stores they are appointed to guard,
brigands arrest railroad trains and
plumber safes and passengers,
tramps despoil mansions and cot
tages, burglars nightly invade stores
and bank vaults; cashiers, who
have long made false entries relative
to stolen funds, daily fly to parts
unknown, government officials,
from cabinet officers to messengers,
are found guilty of embezzlement
and peculation, and the whole
moral atmosphere ispoisonous with
financial corruption" The remedy
for these evils, in the preachers
opinion, is the genuine conversion
of everybody to Christianity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14

A striking instance of the power
of Imagination over the human or
ganism has just attracted some
attention at Paris. A poor old
matchmaker, Frederick Stiebman,
who lived in the Rue DIES Halles,
has been the prey of a singular de-
lusion for the past few months.
He imagined that his soul had
passed from his body into a pecu-
liar watch he had worked on for
twenty years. Son the day my
watch stops" SHebman was wont
to say, 81 shall die. My life has
become subordinate to that watch"
A few days ago the watch began to
run irregularly, at first too fast,
then too slow. 81 am very i'll,
said the old man, and he took to
his bed. Two days later the watch
stopped; Stiebman noticed the un-
moving hand, rose to a sitting pos
ture, uttered cry, and fell back
| dead
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14

A turnstile is the latest arrange
ment to prevent street car oonduc-
tors from appropriating the COM
panies' money. One was tried on
u Bleecker street Car yesterday,
The front platform Of the car is
closed entirely; noperson is allowed
to ride on the back platform, each
being compelled to enter the car
through the turnstile, which stands
in front of the doorway and regis
ters the number of those passing
through, Yesterday some young
men made their exit by jumping
entirely over the rear platforms in
preference to squeezing by the post.
The conductor is in constant dread
lest newsboys entering the car to
sell papers may cause the machine
to register, and a fare must be
forthcoming. ~ Y. Tribune.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
WAS 1T A JUDGMENTg
A lightning BOIt writing Gods
Name ON n hIasphemer.

Lynchburg News.l
Some of our contemporaries seem
disposed to question the truth Of
our statement that a negro man
who was killed by lightning a few
DAYS ago in Campbell county had
the letters " GOD" on his body.
DIR. Thomas L. Norman, whose
address is Mount Zion, Campbell
county, has furnished the Rich
mond Advocate an account Of the
circumstances, from which we ex-
tract the following:
"On the evening of the 9Th inst.
Perry Jones and George Brown,
colored men, notoriously the most
profane, wicked persons in the
whole community, with three other
colored persons, took refuge, during
the rain accompanied by a good
deal of lightning and thunder, in u
tobacco barn on the land Of Mr..
George Creasey.
"From their several positions one
would have thought that two Of the
Others we're in more, and the third
in as much danger as Jones and
Brown were. They, as their Gus
tom was, were engaged in cursing
and swearing. Suddenly the light
ming de cended upon them, and
while the other three were hardly
injured, Jones was killed and
Brown was stricken down senselesS
and almost lifeless for time. He
revived after a few minutes, and
seemed to have regained all of his
strength, but was dumb and berett
of his mind for several hours. The
lightning had set fire to his cloth
ing, and he was burned on hi
chest and left side and arm before
the fire was extinguished. In hi
maniac efforts to free himself from
those who were restraining him tn,
skin was rubbed from the burned
flesh and presented the following
character, GOD. Very close rep
resentatiou, to say the least o
5 them, Of the capitals used in print
e ing the name of the Deity, Will
e around and between them the ski
: was unremoved, and apparentl
: not burned. The above character
y occupied the angles Of an equilat
r eral triangle, which, as you al
: doubtless aware, was in ancier
t days the symbol of Deity. Til
J, man, then, appears to have bee
9 branded with the name of his Or,
n ator in the symbolic language,
It may be of his forefathers thrC
IS thousand years go, and in tt
d printed language Of the nation
G which he belongs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
RemnIe Rnthlng Costume.

The progress of taste and fashion
in our women's bathing costumes is
in the direction Of French freedom
and Greek simplicity. Instead of
long trousers, the ladies wear draw
ers to the knee, supplemented by
striped stockings, which reveal the
contour of the leg and foot; and
now and then one sees a young
lady, who boasts beauty Of figure,
entering the salt water with legs
bare below the knees and arms en-
tirely exposed to the rays Of thesun
and the admiring eyes of the on
lockers,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14

the following circumstances: In
1868, about ten years after "Bison"
had graduated, Lieut.. Ives, of the
Typographical engineer corps, was
engaged in making an exploration
and survey of the Colorado river,
emptying into the Gulf of Cali
fornia. While engaged in this
work he would quite often leave his
boat in the afternoon and 60 on the
shore and bivouac till morning. On
one of these occasion a party of
Mohave Indians came into his camp.
and after talking some time in
Spanish the chief said in English;
Ives, do you know me 2" The
lieutenant was startled at hearing
his name called so distinctly in
English by this naked and painted
faced chief. lie replied that he
did not, and asked the chief where
he had learned to speak English so
well. The chief replied: "Neyer
mind that; but do you know me,
Ives?" The lieutenant scanned
closely the hugh painted chief, with
feathers in his head, rings through
his nose and ears, and again an
swered that he did not, and again
asked the chief where he had
learned English, and how did it
happen that he knew him. The
chief replied that he did not wonder
at his not knowing him, as his
change in habits, dress, and ap-
pearance was remarkable, and then
he added: 81 am Bison We
were together at West Point
| have, with this little party, been
watching for you for several days
: Ny band wanted to kill you anc
your little party, but told then
, we had better wait and see and Try
and talk; that we might do bettel
than kill you. / have made then
understand that after you have lef
, and gone back trade will spring VI
and we can then do better by trad
9 ing or robbing boats loaded witt
, supplies Of all kinds" The Indian
; retired and were seen no more, no
: did Ives ever bivouac on land an
, more. A year or two before thi
Captain Lyon, killed in the lat
= war, had desperate fight with tn
i Indians on an island in the Color
ado river. The Indians are sur
/ posed to have been commanded b
''Bison." lie was successful ic
. years in raiding on settlements eN
: tending as far off as Arizona.
% q may be, and | think it probable
!, with the settlements extendin
p from west to east, and the India
,s era diminishing constantly, thu
- = this Indian chief may have gone {
W y far north as the Black Hills, an
a. a. may be even the veritable Sittin
d Bull, for, to a close observer, 81
IS ting Bull has shown as much SKI
Of Of and Judgment as any educate
q civilized soldier could have don
n 1t would not be strange if Sittir
y, Bull proves to have been educate
~ at West Point, and it seems to II
ID probable that such is the case.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
In the time Of Thomas Jefferson

In the time of Thomas Jefferson
the ensanguined garment was com
paratiyely unknown. Wrote Thom-
as, one day, to the Collector of the
mort of New York: "Mons. d
Yruio, thS Spanish Minister here,
has been so kind as to spare me goo
bottles of champagne, part of a
larger parcel imported for his own
use, and consequently privileged
from duty, but itwould' be improper
for me to take the benefit Of that
| must therefore ask the favor of you
to take the proper measures for pay,
ing the duty, for which purpose
inclose YOU a bank check for 29l
dollars, the amount of it. If j
could be done without mentioning
my name, it would avoid ill-intend
ed observations
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
An nngIIshman's owls.

The Parisians are always getting
hold of remarkable Englishmen.
The latest arrival there, according
to their papers, is a certain English
Baronet, Sir W. Wilfrid, who does
not come alone, but in company
with two famous owls. According
to the French paper, Sir William
brought his birds into the large
drawing-room of one of the more
distinguished of the London clubs.
Fourteen rats were brought in a
box and the owls slew them all.
By-the-by, the owner refers to the
pets as his "'orned owls"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
NEWSPAPERS or THE U, S.

A complete list of American Newspapers.
numbering more than eight thousand, with
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which they are published; historical
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95c. Apply Enclosing pricel to Superintend
ent of the Newspaper Pavilion, Centennia,
Company. N. Y. Every advertiser needs it.
l32-l55d6w
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Total. i. 1855 Gifts. al Cash ....,,..s6O
PRICE OF TICKETS;

PRICE OF TICKETS:
Whole Tickets, S12 Halves, s6; Quarters, So;
9 Tickets, 500; 27H Tickets, $500; l64 Tick
cts, $500 !. 9534 Tickets, $1,000. 100000 Tickets
at 9l2 each,
Hon. II. IL. Taylor, Mayor Of Frankfort, tho
entire board of City Councilmon. Hon. Alvin
Dpyall, late Chief Justice of Kentucky, and
other distinguished citizens, together with
such disintorested persons as the ticket hold,
ers present may designate, will superinlend
the drawing.
Remittances can be made by Express, Draft,
Postohico Money order or Registered Letter,
made payable to Kentucky Cash Dis
tributtOn Company.
All communications, orders for Tickets, and
applications for Agencles should be adj
General Manager, Frankfort, Ky.
| l2Ol45d&w
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
Price, Twenty.1ive Gents.
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH EDIT1oy.

Containing a complets list Of all the towns in
the United States, tho Territories and the 10
minion Of Canada, having a population
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together with the names of the newspapers
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
MEMPHIS g. CHARLESTON R.R.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY. JUNE llrn,

ON AND AFTER SUNDAY. JUNE llTH,
~ 1876: -, .v,;,o.
M.;i troir daily 12,sOa,m 300p.m
Bxpress train, daily....,.... 500 pm II VI am
Somerville accom- dation ooo
Except Sunday)........ DIV pm o@s ."
jackson, Tenn, accom-
mediation lex. Sunday 40 pm u.lo Am
Mail train will not stop at flag stations Do
tween Grand Junction and Memphis,
TEains connect at Grand junction LOT All
poiits, and at Decatur closely for Montgomg- "a
ery and points South, Close connection. lol
Meanwhile by both trains. Close sonhecuons
mt Chattanooga for Eastern and Southeastern
points.
No change of cars between Memphis and
Bristol and Memphis and jackson, Teon.
The new and magnificent sleeping car line
will have one Of their new sleepers leave
Memphis daily on Express train at W pm.
Tor Lynchburg, Washington and Baltimore
without change. 0Rly one change to New
York and Philadelphia. Time tioenty mn
,tfcs faster than citB time.
Ticket Office. 27S Main street.
WI. ROSS. Sup't:
Ton b. DurS. Ticket Ag't 4O-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
RAILROADS.
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
AND -
Great Southern Railroad.
SCHEDULE.

3CEIEDULD.
Express train leaves daily Except
saturday '''''' penn
Mail Train lesyes daily.................ll 80 AN
Aocommo odation leaves daily-~......... h;OO pm
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
For tickets or information, apply at Ticket
Office, 287 Main, northwest corner OF Madison
JOHN T. FLYNN, sup't Memphis Diiy;
JAMES SPEED Ticket Agent. w
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
PUBLIC LEDGER.

THE PUBLIC LEDGER is PUBLISHED
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Madison street.
The PUBIIc LEDGER is served to city subscri-
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By mail lin ,advancel:, One year, ~ SIX
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Newsdoalers supplied at 2h conts per copy.
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Published every Tuesday at 81 per annum lin
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To regular advertisers we oler superior in
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Notices in local column inserted for twenty
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Special notices inherited for ten cents po
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All bills for advertising are due when con
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All letters, whether upon business or other
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miscellaneous Journal

The Commercial. News. Miscellaneous and
Local departments will be kept up TO the igh
est standard of approved journalism. endsav.
o-ing to please all tastes and to
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
RAILR0An llMR TABLRS.

nEMPHIs AND LuUHvmLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
AND OTHER EASTERN CITIES
w1THoUT CHANGE.

Th;s q the only line running Pullman
eontbcrn Sleeping Cars from New Vr'eans' als,
WoIiie Jackson, Miss, Montgomery MI ott
nnSn Decatur, jackson. J enn., anu Naslt. WASH
n,,;ilo 10 Cinciunati without change, connS:vv. con:a
~ st that point with all hnees lunni',e n.s w
ipnnman and Wagner, Palace eIeePSsrs bI,sI,'oro "
Toledo. Detroit, Grand Haplas, R,,ffoio
Washington, Saudusky, VleyeitWnui SSitbout
Albany, Salamancs and NeN AorA "i'-0N
change. ..;o,, ;ts antire trains
This is the only line rgupnl.ng hH hts ere and tbe
betweep Louisville ana Olncinna'it n',, tba Sonth
ONLY line by which passenger s.thorn llolh Cities
on route TO Eastern and N9rtnoiH Ha,o;S 4
81 in through Sleeping Carsl can oyYUio
taSions haul through the city OF Lonlssh,s ,t ~
.sSsnrinS oars at Short Line Junouoh' ~
H. and (5t. S. r. r., three mileH t3usI "
,sitv. wherc 40 elegant Dining nall u ToT',
,nnder the ms nagement OF the haiiio"N O''''
paTHb1Ts through sleepars from. Atapta, Shatta' Ert
noogn Iittle Rock Memphis ana IlckstpuI t.l
,nats" direct oonnectien at Short Line Jun
f;on with through SlcepeTs 70 New loIA NJ
PbilaIslphia, an other cities 'lS ihls iine'
DURVsa the CENTENNIAL
rvh,s,gs, ~ philadelphia liekets via TN
line will be sold az ~ ueKVt oliovsd o,,'ed ,stes
South and Southwest AZ WeRt y N loe ue0N ''''''
ASK FOR TlcKBls NlA
Louisville AID Cincinnati sRort AlA'
NJ. Othsr Gine Caa Eqn y It.
n n KELLY. JOHN KlLKENf,
" ~ Htdt5i fricket Agent. Gen'i Pass Asen'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
VI HoeNhNiiiitks
list OF GIFTS

as we win haze a series of Grand Drawings
and cannot establish the precedent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14

MEMPHIS AND cnARL sTON R. R.
Arrives. Leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-14
THE KENTUCKY
Cash Distribution Company,
100000.

Thos. P. Porter, ex-Gov. Ky, Gen. Manager
Positively No POstpOnement.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1876-01-13

How To DESTROY HAWKS. i saw
in the Wing, some time ago, an invi-
tation extended to the public, solicit
i z suggestions for the protection of
game. For twenty years | have pro-
tected and multiplied the partridges
on my farm BY regularly catching all
the hawks that haunt my grounds,
and do it in this way: | set steel
traps of the mink and otter size, bait
ed with red birds, blue birds, larks,
or any bird of bright and conspicu
Gus plumage, at points frequented by
hawks. Ifthere be no stock in the
field, ! prefer 10 set the traps on the
ground, fastened by chain or line
to a small stake. If stock run at
large in the field, adjust the trap on
top of stake out of their reach. The
best point for the location of the traps
are along and at the intervention Of
bitches, and near trees where hawks
are i'll the h ,bit Of nesting. The first
wear / commenced using these traps
! caught thlrty-three hawks and many
being of the largest size. began
with three traps and now have eight.
I have never caught less than twelve
or fifteen hawks winter, when |
keep the traps baited. Last winter
| caught twenty.six. Besides hawks,
also catch owls, ,minks, weascls ,cOons,
'pcssums, and cats Although ! am
a keen sportsman, and keep my farm
thoroughly hunted, yet birds are
more numerous here than anywhere
| know of, ard il is because they are
protected. Prcdacious birls destroy
fiftv birds to the sportsman's one, and
il all the farmers would follow my ex-
ample their ground would be better
stocked with partridges and hares,
and their wives would lose fewer
chickens and turkeys Some Of my
ncighbor. have initiated me, and speak
in loud praise of the good effects. |
put out three of my traps few days
ago, and caught two HAWKS day be-
fore Yesterday and one to day.
w. r: A.
ANefs, Hing WAim County, Va.
Richmond Whig}
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1876-01-13

A NOVEL PARTY on FIFTH AVE
SuE.-A very curious party was Civ
en- here the other evening by a wo-
man who has become quite celebra-
ted for her determined and persistent
efforts to get into good society. She
was originally chambermaid in n
Boston hotel, and married the son Of
well known New Yorker in 1869.
The marriage created great scandal.
of course. They went to Europe,
and the young gentleman's wealth
and propensities soon brought them
into notice. The ex-chambermsid il
pretty, has a smatterin: OF educa-
ton and refinement, and considera-
bic Irish cleverness. Two years ago
they came back to New York, to the
annoyance of the young gentleman's
relatives, and forthwith established
themselves on Fifth avenue. Then
came a series of grand parties. Tho
most distinguished of our citizens,
their wives and daughters were in
vited, but of course didn't 90. But
many of the fashionable rabble went,
glad TO eat, drink and make merry Mt
other peoples expense. Last week
this funny couple gave party. and
each and every lady who was pre-
sent received some handsome article
of jewelry. This is the most novel
bid for social fame and popularity |
ever heard OF. In view OF the preva-
lent hard times, this style Of enter
tainment must become very fashiona-
bic. Cor. Bufdlo Com. 1dv'r.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1876-01-13
'POetical.
ONLY A VOICE.

IL was only vioce that swept throgh the hall
In accents responsive 10 somebody's call,
From furIn IN IT did not see: ffsl q.
But the door stood ajar, and the sound made
way, 't'
AS It's musical rhythms asserted its sway I'
And fatefully hoated TO me.
AZ first it was only thrilling surprise,
Inviting the soul from its suInher TO rise
After toll II a tedious day: s..tw
And the paper and pencil seemed tired, TOO,
Aud suggested the artists labor thrvugb, s-f
1 'lil lit by the mornings ray. am i-
But the spell OF that voice was potent spell,
And It's musical csdences rose and fell
r- In dreams and in diys ecs'asy:
Till the brain gave heed TO no. ,ther toae,
And the soul was in bondage 10 this alon,,
Nor mourned for its lost Liberty: i:
We have never yet met, but that voice so clear
With its marvellous melody smUte my ear,
As Loves own reyeiile q fEg
Aud till heIrt-throbs are sllenced. by Deaths
tattoo t"i
That voice shall hear, and the long sleep
through,
Be the call TO eternity! 81 - E'a.
..-I-f -IIs (rGtdIU,