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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-17

Field Where the People Made Their
Right for FreedOm-How the Liberty
Boys of the City Fought King Georges
Officials
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

The Augsburger Allgemeine zeituug
publishes the following recently dis
covered letter, written by the infamous
Lucrezia Borgia to her husband, the
Duke Of Ferrara, on the occasion Of her
mother, V~annoz9a's, death, my august
Lord, I thank your Highness infinitely
for the coincidence you have expressed in
your dear letter. 1t has much dimin.
ished the little grief l at times, and
malgte mon, felt at the death of my
mother, the more so "a l learn, TO my
greatest Joy, hat your much longed fol
return is imminent" This precious
epistle is dated the I'd Of January, 1918,
At the Devonport Navy.yard in Eng.
land, the other day, further experiments
were made with Lieutenant Mackaroffs
patent safety collision mats, the result
being entirely satisfactory. Several yes
sells, after having received such damage
as would otherwise have proved fatal
have already been saved by means o.
this invention, together with thousands
Of lives. The Imperial Russian Navy,
in which service the inventor holds a
commission as acting lieutenant, has
used this invention for some years past
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01
Ohnrch aervieea To.morroM

St. Mary's Cathedral EpiscopaD Services
7 and II am. and 5 pm.
Grace EpiscopaD Church. fernando
street-HOly communion. Z am; morning
prayer and sermon, II am; evening service,
4: 80 pm. Lenten services daily at $3.50 am.
and 4:S0 pm.
First Presbyterian Church. corner Third
and Poplar stre%ets-Serviees at IL Am. and
1880 pm. by Rev. Eugene Daniel, pastor.
First German Presbyterian Church Ser
vices 2;SO pm. by Rev. 7. U. Tschudi. Sun
day school, l pm. in basement Of Second
Presbyterian Church.
Second Presbyterian Church, corner Main
and Beal streets Services II am. and 7:9C
pm. by Rev. W. E. BOggs. DID,. pastor.
Second Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
Vance street-Services at II am. and 7; 81
pm. BY Rev. H. @. CultOn. Sunday school,
Gam.
Alabama Street Presbyterian Church-ser-
vices at IL am. and 1880 pm. by Rev. J. 0.
Stedman.
Union Street Presbyterian Church. neal
Orleans street - Services II I'm. and 7;3
pm. by Rev. DR.. Waddel. pastor. Sabbath
school, $3.50 am.
First Methodist Chureh-Services at II a. m
and 7i@p.m. by Rev. S. B. Suratt, pastor
Sunday school, 9 lam.
Central Methodist Church-Servicss at L
am. and 7;SO pm. by Rev. James Heard
Sunday school 9 am.
st. John NJ. E. Church, corner Vance anC
Lauderdale- Services $50 pm. by the pastor
/. L, Chandler. Sunday school 8 pm.
Fort Pickering NJ. L. Church, corner Sixtl
aud DEMONSTRATES at IL am. by l.. L
Chandler. Sunday school $3.50 am.
First Baptist Church-services at IL am
and 7;SOp.m. by Rev. Dr. Lotion. Sabbatl
school, 0 pm.
Central Baptist Church Services at l
en-. and 1880 pm. BY the pastor, Rev. Dr.
Landrum. Sunday school 9 $50 am.
Linden Street Christian Church = Spnda
school at Gan Communion service at 10 %
am. Preaching by David Walk atll:l5 am
and s pm,
Bethel Sunday school at $3.50 pm. Th
exercises will be very interesting. All al
invited,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01
AmusemenIs.

BILLINGS This well.known humor:st
will deliver a matinee lecture at the
thester Monday on the subject of
Hotels; admission fifty cents. The lee
tnre last night was largely attended and
highly enjoyed by the large audience.
present. Unfortunately the sale Of
reserved seats was badly mixed up, seats
being sold over again, all Of which caused
the grastest annoyance and no little con
fusion. This part Of the entertainment,
a most important pHe, was badly man,
aged by somebody.
SACRED CONCERT. Tomorrow evening
at the Memphis Theater the grand sacred
eoucert, given under tie direction OF
Prot. Arnold, will lake place. The pro-
pramme, which has been selected from
the works Of Verdi, RossiBi, Mendelssohn
M~eyerbeer and ether masters, will be
Interpreted by brass aud string bands
aud BY Aessrs. Trainer, Bornemann
aud Levi, who have volunteered to assist
upon the interesting musical occasion.
In another column will be found the pro.
gramme, which presents fine selections.
This will be the first of a series OF sun
day night sacred concerts, which will be
given by Prof, Arnold during the season.
The performance will commence pre-
Oisely at 8 o'clock,
DAN RIoE. Mr.. h. NJ. Gill, the advance
agent, left for Helena, Arkansas, to re
Join Dan Rice and accompany him t
this city, where the great Snowman viii
give performances on the bluff on MOI
day, Tuesday, Wednesday aud Thursds.
next
GERMAN OPERA, Next Wednesda
evening, the 9th inst the German Casin
Singing Club, assisted by several artists
will present that attractive Germa
Opera known as Mordgrundbruek. Pro
AEnold's orchestra will be in attendanc
and the performance will be under dire
ton Of Prof. Schulz.
THEATER CoMoUE.-At this place
variety amusement, on Jefferson stree
Manager German presents new attrA
tons nightly, consisting Of charact'
songs and changes, s~pecialties, voc'
and Instrumental music, burlesqu
I changes. dances, aud closing with
, burlesque,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

Three hundred years ago the heart of
American civilization lay in a high val.
ley. Anahauc, meaning "the region of
water" or the lake country where
now the republic Of Mexico has its AN.
ital. Less than sixty miles long and
iorty wide, it is somewhat comparable to
the valley Of Salt Lake in Utah. from
tie southern end Of hal sheet of water.
Lake that valley it is surrounded BY
noble mountains, suow-capped. This
seemsa small area to be the home Of
several hercely ~cOntending nations, but
such it was in fact There are misty
accounts Of civilization there, and to the
southwark from the sixth to the four
teeuth century of our era, whieA was in
some respects at least Of higher grade
than that OF which we shall presently
speak. But some cause swept that
away, and the authentic oatt of Ameri-
can history begins in 1925, when the
Aztecs, hard pressed by warlike neigh
bors, established themselves on the
swampy shores and on some low islsuds
in the lake.
Ia the midst of this swamp they built
their first hut-a temple-and around it
rose within three centuries a veritable
Venice, though lacking the Venetian de.
v%elopments Of art. In Cortes time il
was said to contain sixty thousand
houses and three hundred thousand
people. Around the lake we're City
other towns, one of which is said to have
been larger than Mexico. Aqueduets
brought water from the hill Of Cnapul.
tepec, fountains played in the qaares,
gardens and menageries gave tae city
lounging places, and canals, threaded by
thousands of canoes, contributed to its
life. Palaces and temples literally rose
on every hand, and though the architec-
ture "a not imposing, the extent Of the
former was such that the harem con
tanned three thousand inmates, and one
Of the halls was large enough to receive
an equal number of men.
The means by which the Aztecs rose
so rapidly from the position of a hall
fugitive people to that of a dominant
race is not we'll understood, though q
line OF ambitious kings and the restless
activity of the people must explain it.
Their position n the midst of a lake
made their capital secure, but otherwise
they seem to have been on about the
same footing as their n~eighbors. AL
we're restless and warhke, all practieed
e%annibalism, and all sought the favor OF
their bloody gods with equal persistence
The most that can be said is that the
tribes Of the Mexicsn valley fought
among themselves; that in most fights
some one is victorious, and hat in Ana,
huae the Aztecs were cnnnnerors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION,
THE CITY.
MMMPHIs,
saturday evening, April /, Is7e,
The SieiIian p

Last Thursday, the Beth Of March, was
the anniversary Of the massacre of the
French in Sicily, in the year 1882, This
was at the close Of the last crusade,
headed by St. Louis, of France, who, in
1870, invadedthe Holy Land, his brother,
King Charles of Sicily, and other kings
and knights accompanying him. He was
defeated near the ruins of Carthage, on
the Bay of Tunis, and breathed his last
on the 25th Of August, 1910. Gregory
X was Pope and King Of Rome, and
Charles of ADjou was King of Sicily.
His cruel oppression Of the kingdom
which he had gained by injustice created
widespread discomfort. He filed every
situation of trust in Naples aud Sicily
with his own Pr%ovencials, insolent and
rapacious men, who each maintained q
number of men-atarms from France,
and permitted and encouraged them to
ill.use the country people, On Easter
Monday, the 3Oth of March, 1882,
the people of Palermo, accord
Jug to the usual custom on q
oliday, we're walking to hear
>ers At the Church of Monreall, about
No. lies from the town, when a French
LII >ug the crowd offered an in.
~. maiden who was walking
u,.t 4 and her brothers.
These young men wrel Do nd III 'Iav him.
mans sword from him L -
The surrounding S~icilians, WI
had long been broodipg over the L.
of many such wrongs, took their r
and fell upon the ether French soldiers
who we're dispersed among them, putting
them all to death. They returned to the
town of Palermo and continued the work
Of slaughter, killing every one Of French
or Provincial birth, men, women and
children, without pity. The other inhab-
itants of Sicily followed their example
and every one of the French throughout
the island was murdered, except the
family of one Provincial knight, Gull
laume de Porceles who had been so kind
to the people of his fef that they de.
Tended him from the other Sicilians and
sent him in safety to Italy. This fright
full massacre is called the " Sicilian Yes
pers," from its having commenced atth'
moment when the vesper bell was ring
ing. The Sicilians took up nrms againsi
Charles and invited Pidro III Of Aragor
to take possession of the throne. KIM
Charles was driven out from Sicily, bu
died in 1885 King Of Naples and Pro
vince. At the death of Pedro Ill, hi
son Jayne became King of Sicily.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01
CALIFORNIA LETTER.
An Insane Asylum at = Cost OF e..
800, OOo-The Most Complete Estab-
Ifshment OF the Kind In the world
The Reaident Phyaician q Ten
neasoeam-Efe.

Ifshment OF the Kind IN the world
The Reaident Physician . Ten
nesseean-Ete, ..stsD
Correspondence Of the Ledger
m NAPA, CAL, March %, 1876.
I took a ride to-day out to the new in
sane asylum, located a mile and q half
from here, and called on the resident
physician, Dr.. E. 7. wilkins. Finding
the doctor a Tennesseean, born in Mont
gomery county, we we're soon on most
excellent terms, Hanging on the wall
was the doctors diploma, which attracted
my attention, and | went to look at it.
Imagine my surprise to end the eminent
gentleman an eleUe Of the Memphis Medi-
cal College and his diploma signed as
follows; Henry G. Smith, President; J..
G. LOnsdale, Secretary; Faeulty-Luns-
ford P. Yandell, John Millington, John
7. Marable, Dudley D. Saunders,
Junius Williams, Alex. Erskine and
Lansford P, Yandell, ST. The date Of
the diploma is February rs, 1861. The
doctor was appointed by this State some
years since to visit Europe and the East
ern States to study the management Of
insane asylums and procure plans for
buildings. The present institution is
the result Of his studies, which will prob
ably be the most complete establishment
of the kind in the world. 1t will have
room for six hundred patients, but has
cost the fearful sum OF a million and a
half Of dollars, coin. 1t looks more like
a splendid modern castle than anything
else | a compare it to. The porch Of
the main entrance is one Of the most
3 gorgeous pieces Of stone work in Amer
lea, and the center tower There are nine
springs to a hight Of 245 feet. 1t Lacks
fifty feet of being one mile around the
: building. The ~telegraphic system o.
/. CLOCKS and alarms cost $l6,600 anC
the heating apparatus was put in
at $780, And over all this splendid
establishment n Tenuesseean reigns
and reigns IS n Of the most beloved
monarchs you ever knew. But you
readers have no interest in things so fal
away. An, yesl forgot. | mentioned
the case Of our mutual friend Sam Wat
son to DR.. wilkins. he says that if h
1t will come out here, and l will get bin
properly committed to the asylum
d (which l surely will for lang syne), h,
will take the best care of him possible
< give him good quarters aud see hin
o placed in a ward where every con
venience for naturalization can be had
Of You have been having a beastly snov
d storm, l see. We are having gOrgeou
is sunny weather, with the grass a foo
ID high, Your friend,
ID GEORGE W. GIFT.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

equal Of any gotten up in the United
States. In the matter Of blank books
and binding Mr. Toofehas accomplished
workmen who thoroughly understand
their business.
For the lecture last night at the thea
ter seats we're sold twice, much to the
annoyance Of gentlemen who had re-
served seats. This should be prohibited
and condemned as e fraud upon the rights
Of stockholders. and there is little or no
excuse for the mistake or Intentional
wrong. Mr.. Tracy should see that such
annoying errors should not take place
during entertainments given under his
auspices. At the theater people held
tickets for the same seats, and no one
seemed to have charge Of the house or
to take any interest in accommodating
those who we're induced to attend. 1t
was wretchedly bad management.
United States Supervising Architect
VIM. A. Potter, accompanied by Mayor
Flippin, President Galbreath Of the Cot.
ton Exchange, aud other gentlemen,
visited the bluff site for the cu~stom-house
yesterday. Mr.. Potter expressed his
surprise and pleasure at the magnificent
site donated by the city to the Govern
ment, and did not conceal his indorse,
ment Of the site. In fact, he was o.
opinion that Memphis ought to have an
eight hundred thousand dollar custom
house, a building in keeping With th'
Importance and trade Of our city, anc
one that would be an ornament in tbs
way Of architecture. Mr.. Potter left fol
Washington yesterday afternoon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01
Suicide by Morphine.

Last evening a white man aged about
sixty years visited a German boarding
house, at No. 9 Washington street, and
secured a bed for twenty-five cents. he
called for a glass Of water and, remark
ing that he was sick and was going to
take some quinine, mixed a white pow
der in the glass and in the presence Of
the clearinghouse proprietor drained
the glass to the dregs. He retired to his
room and this morning was found dead
in his bed. Coroner Spelman was called
in this morning and held an inquest. A
paper was found neal the bed and on il
was marked poison" and three and a
half grains Of morphine" which the un.
fortunate man had purchased at a drug
store on Vance street.
On his person was found a sealed let
ter addressed to his niece, Mrs. S. X
Crawford, Warsaw, Benton county, Mo
In it he referred 10 bis having come t.
Memphis from Michigan m si1
months since; that be had been sicl
both in body and mind, wa out of wol k
was dressed in rags, and had no none,
wherewith to purchase food. He begge'
his niece to forgive his past conduct an,
to send him some small amount of none.
so that he could leave Memphis and see
work at some other point. He signet
his name Edwin P. Groom. He was
painter by trade and had been in thi
city of and on for several months. To
day the body of the deceased was take
charge of by the county undertaken 70
interment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

Captain Chris Stoinkuhl, Of the Capt.
tai, returned to-day from Hot Springs,
Ark, fully restored to health, be having
been cured of rheumatism by a months
s%ojourn at the springs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

ALL holders Of Nicolson pavement re-
ceipts or scrip will please not fail to at
tend the meeting at the Union and
Planters BaHk, Saturday at 3 pm.
% A. s. MoNEAR, Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

GAS PIPEs, Water Pipes, Bath Tubs
Pumps, Hydrants, Hose, etc. Pric e'
lew. Browne, the Plumber 1853 Seco I'D
street, opposite Court Square. ll6It
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

FLowERs, elegant bouquets, floral 'r'
uaments and rarest plants at Crai IS
Seed Store, $40 Main street, l6t VI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

LADY GAY" best wood cook stO We il
the market.
III Z. j. TuRNBuLL, 2S4 Main 9 :.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

PEABODY Billiard Hall, newly reGtted,
tables in frst-class order. Call and see
for yourselves. 33t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

ACTIVE" coal and wood cook stove.
ut F. ]. TURNBULL, 234 Main st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

BUCKEYE SALvE, sure cure for P lies, at
Al G. W. JONES a Co.'S.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

The LEDGER job Office, 10 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. I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

If you want to pass a pleasant hour,
call at Sid Cooks Peabody Billiard
Hall. 33t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01
IeweI RobberIes In Englana.

Liverpool Courier, March 81
If, as most persons suspect, the nu.
merous big jewel robberies from private
houses in London within the last few
months have been planned and carried
out by the same band of desperadoes,
the reward of $500 just offered by the
Earl Of Egmont fer the apprehension of
the burglars who entered his residence
at Banstead last week, is hardly likely 10
lead to the result which his lordship de-
sires. Not u robbery o. this class has
been found out since the Countess of
Dudley's jewel case was so c%leverly con-
veyed away at Psddington Station last
year. The Earl of Egmont estimates
his loss at $40, 900 to $25, 900. The
articles gone includes twenty rings, half
a-dozen diamond brooches, eight or nine
bracelets lone pair set with $50 s%tones)
q similar number Of earrings and lockets,
with three very valuable watches, la
reading over this nobleman's losses il
will strike most people hat he might at
least have taken a little more care of
such costly ~trinkets. In this, as in so
many other cases. all that the thieves
had to do was to wait until the family
had assembled at dinner, and then to
place a ladder to a bedroom window, skip
lightly in and ranssck drawers and cases
for the costly plumber ready to their
hands, If our great families are To-
retain their jewels they must place them.
like their money, in banks Of deposit, or
hide them away in places less a]ccessi-
BILE than a drawer or tell, tale jewel case.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

GET a bunch Of bananas Tor your vie
or sweetheart at 287 Main street.
Plantains just received at 287 Main.
A-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

CRYSTAL Headlight oil, lamps, chin
neys, wichS, etc.
l2t f. j. T%URNBULL, 234 Main st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01


Do you remember Loita's hairl 1t is
Of a red the most glorious; bright, beauti-
full red; not a tinge Of yellow in it-slI
red, red, almost cherry red. You get ID
in Titian's paintings, this shade; rarely
see it on the flesh. Agnes Ethel ia
%rousse, but not red like this, for there is
much blonde in Ethel's hair, but there is
no blonde in Lotta's and still less any
bruno, Lotta's hair is almost as red
against her white forehead as your car
dinal ribbon is against your white silk
dress. 1t is a shade for painters to a '
over Olire Logan
There was a very pleasant donation
party the other evening, and the party
sang, we give up all for heaven" with
deep feeling, but the next day the minis.
ter expressed q desire to resign, He said
that three quarts of beans, a keg OF dried
apples, and a calico dressing-gown we're
undoubtedly valuable in their way, but
they seem an unnatural basis to preach
sound theology from.
One friend to another who has just
returned from a trip abroad. did you
enjoy your European tour2" VERY
much, indeed, did you call on any
of the big ones?' YES, l called on two
queens one evening "Called on two
queens2 Was it a pleasant AFFAIR."
mo, not very for after | called | found
the other chap had three kings"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01
PERSONAL.


Roses, Green House and Bedding
Il l-fstl arnP iC
MRS. SLEDGEH HAS OPENED A SALES
WI room at 357 Main street, In oonneatiop
with her green houses on Rayburn avenna
Bouquets, out flowers, floral designs. ETC. fo,r
sale 81 moderate prices. liza
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-01

A. HI. Goodman, the tailor,
100 Main ST, has open ed an
entire new stock Of spring
goods. Go and see him. 30
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FLOWERS, plants, trees at cRA1a's.
zoe 4
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PUBLIoATioN.
A. sURDETTE SMITHS
MONTHLY oa q
" World Of Fashion,

Subscr. iption Price. Three Dollars a year,
Dostp. lid, including a premium Of Two Dol
lars worth Of patterns free to each sub
We send CERTIFICATES for this amount
upon recei ut Of subscription.
Read the "GREAT CENTENNIAL OF.
FER" below to those who will take an inter-
est in our "WORTD or FASHION"
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FOR SALE OR RENT

COR SALE OR RENT-C0TTAGE OF SIX
T. rooms on fernando street, very low. In.
quire at $50 Main street. 26.2S