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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24
A London Actor Presenting Some
Facts I'm Defense OF the Stage.

At meeting Of the Roman Cath
Ole Temperance Society in Exeter
Hall, London, on March 81, Cardi-
nal Manning denounced "all estab-
lishments for theatrical representa-
tons, from the costly theater OF
the rich to the penny gaf Of the
poor" as cone vast scale Of corrup-
tion," and urged his hearers never
to set their feet in one of them.
Mr.. Daniel Bandmann, the we'll
known actor, in a letter TO the Lon
don Times, expresses surprise that
such views should be entertained
by Cardinal Manning, who repre-
sents a religion that not only toll
crates but supports and encourages
dramatic art. Mr.. Bandmann adds
Nowhere has the drama a health.
Ter and greater influence than in
Catholic countries-Austria, Baya.
ria, Suabia, Italy, France and Spain.
| have seen rows Of stalls and gal.
leries filed with ecclesiastics in tho
theaters Of Vienna, Stuttgart, Mu.
nich, Prague and Paris. Hundreds
Of seminarists are nightly seen in
the galleries Of the court theaters
Of Vienna, Munich and Stuttgart
l wonder what effect this anathema
would have upon them"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24
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CAIRO, April "a Arrived - Raven,
Ohio river, 8 p m; Eddyville, Nashville,
8; Thompson Dean, Cincinnati, 8; Vint
Shinkle, Memphis, 8; James Howard,
St. Louis, IL; Charley Bowen, Memphis,
3 a m. Departed Grand Tower, Vicks-
burg, 9 p.m.; Vint Shinkle, Cincinnati,
10; James Howard, New Orleans,
am Chas. Bowen, Ohio river, S; Ra.
ven, st. Louis, 10; Eddyville, Nashville,
10. Heavy rain at 2 am ; weather
cloudy and cool.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24
PedestrIanism-O One Honest ReVe.
nue. Collector.

SAN FRAScIsco, April "a -0'Leary
and Echmehl, pedestrians, have agreed
upon the first hundred mile match fol
$4,000 a side, in this city some time in
May. 0'Leary will also attempt one
hundred and ffty-t~o miles in t~hirty-twc
hours, between the first and tenth Of
May.
A recent examination Of the accounts
Of Revenue Collector ~Sedgewick by Su.
pervisor Hawley showed everything cor
rect.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24
Arrival nf Ron OnrIoa.

BALTIMORE, April PA story is pub.
lished to-day that Don Carlos and three
companies landed at Halifax from the
steamship Hibernian. and that Mr.. Ter
rel, who came through TO Baltimore in
the steamer, left hal city Saturday for
81. Louis, where he will meet Don Carlos.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24

Anna Dickinson's wardrobe is said to
be the most elegant which has ever been
prepared in this country for the stage.
The Boston Advertiser says that the
third Of the children Of John Quincy
Adamas attacked by diphtheria is out o.
danger.
A Boston friend OF Winslow says the
forger writes him that. II the government
fails to extradite him h. shall return to
his country as soon as be is released,
and that be will make it hot" for some
Of bis old friends
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24

ENDREs-0n tho 2Sd inst. at 2 O'Clock
pm, Of consumption, Mrs. IA. A. ENDREs,
late ~hOusekeeper for NJ. Gavin.
Her funeral will take place from No. 45'
Vance street. at 4 o'clock this (M0NDAYl
afternoon. Services at 81. Patrick's Church.
Friends Of the deceased and NJ. Gavin are re-
spectfully invited to attend.
M0ORE-0n the 9th inst, JOY, infan,
daughter Of W. II. and L. o, Moore.
Funeral from the residence tomorrow
CTUEsDAY) at 10 o'clock a.m. Services BY
Rev. George White,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24
ProhahiIitien.

WAsHSoroS, April 24.-For Tennes-
see and the Ohio valley, rising barome-
ter, northerly winds, cloudy or partly
cloudy weather and stationary tempera-
ture. Rivers will generally continue
falling, except slight rises due TO local
rains.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24
A Chicago Bank CIoa,d.

CHICAGO, April 24.-The City National
Bank, with a cash capital of a quarter
Of a million dollars, closed its doors this
morning. A notice put on the door
states that the stockholders have decided
to go into voluntary liquidation as the
best means of doing justice to all the
creditors of the bank; hat it has been
found impossible to convert tie assets
speedily enough to meet the continued
drain which has been made Of late upon
its cash resources; that in the opinion
Of the directors the assets will be amply
sufficient to pay all liabilities, provided
the creditors will give the officers a short
time to turn themselves. The cashier
states that the entire liabilities, exclus-
i've Of the capital stock, are $500, 900,
mostly deposits. This amount is secured
by assets, making a nominal surplus
over all liabilities Of about $3.50, 900,
nearly all collectable. No other city
banks are seriously affected by the fail,
ure.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24
New Line.

New YoRK, April 24.-The Atlantic
and Pacific Telegraph Company will at
once build new lines from Washington
to New Orleans and Mobile, taking in
several cities on the way.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24

Trustees sale.

FINDER A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED
" to me BY Wallace B. scurr and John W.
corded in the Registers Office Of Shelby
county, Tenn, on May %, 1875. ia Book No.
s. page al, | will sell to the highest bidder,
for cash, at the court house door, on Main
street, in the city Of Memphis, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24

SECRETARY TAFT is hard at work
revising the estimates made by Bel
KNAPP for the army. From present
indications it is safe to assume that
his estimates will be five or six mil
lions less than Belknap's.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24

UNCLE Jim" WILLIAMS, of In
diana, has not yet accepted the
Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor of Indiana. He says his only
ambition was to serve one more
term in Congress and then retire to
his Knox county farm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24
PRESCRIPTION PRFE

E'oR THE SPEEDY CURE OF SEMINAL
! weakness. lost manhood and ali disorders
brought on by indiscretions or excess. Any
druggist mas the ingredients, Address. DA,
WILSON h CO.. Box 2296. New York
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24

The Vicksburg Herald disoredits
many of the sensational rumors in
regard to the overflow of the Miss
issippi river.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24

The filings, pleadings and other
formalities in the Belknap case will
be so numerous hat his trial proper
will not commence much before
Nav.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24

SENATOR SPENCER has intro
duced a bill entitled San act Ia
prevent p%anics." If he could gel
a law passed to prevent investiga-
tons he would feel more comfort.
able.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24

The new silver currency issued
to supply the place Of fractional
currency has appeared in Nash
vile, and there is a great rush for it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24

The Boston Globe has four columns
about Easter, in which the word bonnet
doesn't occur once.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24

The New York Tribune says
that seven dishonest officers of the
House of Representatives at Wash
ingtOn have been discovered and
discharged this winter. Therefore
the Democratic party cannot be
trusted to carry ont civil service re-
form. The difference is, that the
Republicans never turned out a
dishonest officer when they found
him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24

The subscription price Of the PUBLIC
LEDGER is So per annum for the Daily
and 50 per annum for the Weekly-Post-
age free.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-24

A BOGUS advertisement in the
New York Sun, the other day, for
twenty-five men to go to Philadel-
phia, at $1.75 per day, and ten
women to work on sewing ma
chimes, signed by the keeper Of a
small lamp shop in West Twenty
ninth street, caused immense
crowds to besiege the place all day.
Finally the poor man had to tele-
graph to the police for protection
from the mob. He put out pla-
cards, one of which was four feet
square and read-'No man wanted;
no woman wanted; no house for
sale; no nothing. All humbug. .
But the crowd hung around the
place, coming and going all day.
This indicates the condition of the
working people in the great cities.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-12
EAST.

Barney Williams, the well known Irish
character actor, died in New York on the
25th.
The Massachusetts, Republican State Con-
vention. held on the 10Th. adopted resolu-
tions that the delegates to the National Con-
vention be unpledged, but requiring them 10
''work and vote for candidates whose char
acters are unquestionable assurances that
they will be faithful and Jealous TO maintain
the equal rights OF all; to bring about the
resumption OF specie payments at date not
later than that already fixed by law; and 10
effect thorough and radical reform Of the
Civil Service, TO the end that the admins
tration Of public affairs may be characterized
by efficiency, economy and purify
The New York Democratic State Conven-
tion was held at Utica on the 26th and 27th.
The delegates TO the -. Louis Convent n
were instructed TO vote a unit in ac-
cordanee with the will Of the majority, and
the nomination recommended OF Samuel J.
Tilden for President.
The Centennial Commissioners have an
nounced their decision that both the Cenien-
NAL buildings and grounds shall be closed on
sundays. There Is said 10 be no little indig-
nation expressed at this decision. especially
by he foreign exhibitors and visitors, and il
is thought strong pressure will be brought
TO bear 10 have IL reconsidered.
The seventeenth annual General Confer
ence Of the Methodist Episcopal Church as
sembled in Baltimore on the 1st. Bishop
James presided, and Bishop Ames made the
welcoming address.
The Pennsylvania House has expelled
Representative Lynott, OF Luzerne County,
for having received money TO influence his
vote. He wanted TO resign, but the House
refused TO accept his resignation. Knner,
Journal Clerk Of the House, was somewhat
implicated in the same Transaction, and he
was permitted TO resign.
A New York dispatch OF the 2d says that
the recent breakage in Western freight rates
has had the effect Of increasing the receipts
Of corn in that market, from A.. 900 bushels,
amount received for week ending April Is,
to 407 200 bushels for the week ending
April %. The warehouse keepers have de-
cidsd to Immediately increase the rates Of
storage.
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tines will connect the several fire sta
lions.
6. A bank, called the Centennial
Bank, managed by bankers and capt.
talists in Philadelphia whose names
guarantee its stability, will receive de-
posts, cash drafts on fereign countries,
exchange money, etc, etc.
Z. A responsible officer 81 the Exhibi-
ton assures me that the restaurant
charges in the grounds will not be al
lowed To be exorbiiant and that a man
will be able Ia get a good dinner for
~ Or (ncluding pint bottle of wine)
81 80, as he can get elsewhere There
will be lunch-rOoms where a satiSfacto-
nv lunch is promised for - cents or 50
cents, and " Diaries" similar to those
in New York and Boston. where a bowl
Of mnsh, or rice and milk, can be had
for about 20 cents.
g. The question of transportation 10
and from Philadelphia has been figured
down pretty fine. IL is not now such
bugaboo as il was when people had not
thought Of staying away from Philadel-
phia and boarding at Wilmington, or
nj the hotels near the Exhibition. or At
the various country resorts along the
railway lines. Two steam railroads.
one starting from Baltimore Street, the
other from the junction Of Ninth and
Green Streets, will run trains every ten
minutes. Each train will hold about
six hundred people. Average. lO,ooo
an hour. Four horse-car lines, each
running car every minute, can carry
3n ODo nenpie an hofr Tn. sie.. -, l.o.t.
on the Schuylkill can take 5000 people
an hour. OmnibTsses and outside We
hicles will be equal To the carriage Of
1900 an hour. These facilities will be
ample. J. Il. ;.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-12

The California Republican State Convcn-
ton. held on the Goth, adopted resolutions
deprecating Chinese immigration; favoring
a return to metallic currency and the restor-
alton Of silver coin TO its constitutional
equality with gold a. a legal tender; pay
ment OF the National debt in gold; reform
in the Civil Service, etc. The delegation il
nearly unanimous for Blaine.
In the United States District Court al st.
Louis. on the 26th. VIM. Mckee, convicted
Of completely In Whisky Ring frauds, was
sentenced TO two years Imprisonment in
the County Jail and to pay fine Of 10000.
McKee's counsel asked for a suspension Of
sentence. for the purpose OF enabling them
10 apply for a combination, and the Court
directed that two weeks be given them for
that purpose.
The Arkansas Republican State Conycn-
ton, held at Little Rock on the 27th de-
clared oliver T.. Morton 10 be the choice of
the Republicans OF the State for President
OF the "a delegates chosen 20 the Cincinnati
Convention four are colored men. IL was
resolved not to nominate a State ticket, on
the ground that as the election would be
held under the exclusive supervision OF
Democratic officers, there would be no
chance Of securing the election OF Repub-
lican candidates.
The Office OF the City Clerk OF Atckison,
Kansas, was burglarzed on the night Of the
Goth, and a number Of important books alb
siracted. Inasmuch as an investigation into
the doings Of certain ex-oflicials was In
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-12
An Extraordinary Case of Absent
MindedRess.

One OF the most extraordinary cases
of Observation-Disclosures on record l. that
which, We are told, occurred day or
two ago TO Conductor George kissel-
brook, on the Dutchess and Columbia
Railroad. His train arrived AZ Mill
brook, going east, ~ it, usual time. and
the conductor as usual politely assisted
his lady passengers 10 alight, and those
intending TO take his train aboard. He
then gave the engineer the signal 10
start. and after doing so stepped back
and took seat on the stoop 81 the de-
pot. There he coolly remained. and a.
composedly watched hi train haul
away from him. Before he came 10
realize his predicament the train was
half mile oft and around the curve.
lie then exclaimed, "Oh. thunder. |
am left by my own train and sure
enough he was. He then hired a wagon
and was driven over 70 the Harlem
Railroad, where he took train for
Millerton. This was a speedy route for
him to take, a he arrived az Millert0n
at 500 p. m. instead Of y so y. m,
the time for his own train 20 arrive. A.
superintendent kimball. who j. an old
conductor. happened 10 BE- on the train,
il proceeded on without any detention
or difficulty. The cause 81 Georges
Observation-Disclosures just n the train
moved away from Millbrook i said to be
the sudden recollection Of . little sport
he once had while picking cherries with
some Young ladies' He became 30 in
terested in thinking of the occasion that
he became obliyious Of every thing that
was going on about .-N,trburgh
(N. - Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-12
WAS HIyGTON.

The Secretary OF the Navy, in view Of the
uncertain condition Of affairs on the Mexi-
can border, has ordered all the available
naval force now at Hampton Roads to The
Rio Grande, with Instructions to rendez-
vous at Tampico. The fleet consists OF the
Hartford, Is guns; Swatara, eight guns;
Marion, eight guns; and shawmut, three
guns. These vessels will cooperate with
the gun-boat specially constructed TO patrol
the Rio Grande, and with whatever land
forces Gen. sherman may order to the bor-
der. The general instructions issued TO both
our navy and army officials are to protect the
frontier and TO not allow the Mexican revo-
lutionists TO levy forced loans upon the
American residents Of Mexican border
towns. IL Is believed that our Government
has perfect understanding with the Lerdo
Government upon the subject.
The United States supreme Court has az
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-12
Force Of the Wind.

The force Of the wind when travelling
at high velocities is capable of produc-
ing the most extraordinary effects on
exposed objects, such as buildings, trees,
animals, and even bodies of water. In
March, 1875, series of destructive tor.
nadoes visited North and South Carroll
ma, and Georgia, and Sergt. Calver, Of
the Signal Service, was ordered 10 in
vestigate their character and effects
Among other remarkable instances of
wind-force, he reported that rock
weighing $4,000 pounds and having
thirty-tive square feet of exposed surface
was moved seven feet. "A pine log
weighing 200 pounds with thirty five
feet Of exposed surface, was carried a
quarter of a mile "a pine board
was driven through a telegraph-pole."
:. A bale of cotton weighing 500 pounds
was carried quarter Of a mile" The
Sergeant observer calculates the follow
ing degrees Of force for the relative We
locity of the wind: Pressure 26.9 pounds
per square foot of exposed surface, We
locity, 49, miles per hour S0.5 pounds,
7s1 miles; ~ pounds, 1916 miles
He further estimates that some Of the
results could not have been produced
by wind travelling at a less velocity
than about 700 miles an hour.-N. T.
Herald
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-12
FOREIGN.

Count Dekotsbue, Governor General Of
Poland. has resigned, because Russia re-
fuses the appointment Of one P0lish-speak-
ing Judge in every governing town in Po-
land.
The plague in Mesopotamia j. increasing.
The Imperial Court 81 Discipline, al
Potsdam. has sentenced Count Won Arnim
to formal dismissal from the publ, service
and the payment of the costs OF proceedings.
In the House Of Commons, on the 27th,
the royal assent to the Royal Titles bill was
announced. The announcement was re-
cei~ed in silence.
Prussan Chamber Of Deputies has passed a
bill for the Incorporation Of the Duchy Of
Lauenburg with the Kingdom Of Prussia.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-12
A General Who Gave Up His Wife for
His Horse.

General f.. W Pierce, of Freetown,
Mass, is calmly waiting the time when
he and his horse shall lie side by side in
the same burial tot. Once, when he
was in the army, he was without food
for whole day, and at night he took
one ear of corn from six that had been
given to his horse, and, having roasted
il, made his supper on it, while his horse
dispose of the other five. During the
meal he resolved, If his faithful horse
lived to get home, he would keep him
till he died, and then bury him in his
family cemetery. When he had got
home, this plan was firmly opposed by
his wife, who didn't care TO be buried
beside dumb brute. But he replied
that she couldn't be buried with him,
then, for he would be buried with his
horse, il she wasn't buried at all. The
wife has since obtained divorce, and
there's now no obstacle to his cherished
desire.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-12

progress, and the stolen books contained
the only complete financial record OF the
city for four years past. the affair is the sub
ject Of much comment.
A Kansas City dispatch OF the a,th says
that the cutting In freight rates by the East
ern through lines has given shippers there
the lowest rates ever before known. Con-
tracts on corn had been taken from that
point AZ 10 cents TO ST. Louis, Il cents TO
Chicago, and AZ cents 20 New York.
Gen. Crook telegraphed TO Gen. sheridan
on the 97th that the Indians at Red Cloud
were on the verge OF starvation, owing 10
neglect in forwarding supplies, and that UNI
less immediate steps were taken TO supply
them. they would all leave the reservation.
and fears were entertained that they would
make raid on the whites.
Hon. f. Il. Washburne has telegraphed
from Paris that he will not consent TO be a
candidate for Governor Of Illinois.
VIM. Boddie, alias White, negro, was
hanged at Ttiscumba, Ala, on the 2Sth,
for committing rape upon awhile woman.
A telegram from Davenport. Iowa. says
Judge Dillon has issued decree transfer
road from the bands OF William Bond, Re-
ceiver, to the Union Trust Company OF New
York. and appointing William Bond its
General MANAGER.
Al Coushatia, La. on the ID. while Sem
ator W. IL. Twitchel and his brother
in-law, George King. We're crossing the riy-
er on hat-boat they were fired upon from
the river bank by an unknown party, and
Twitchell was MORALLY wounded and King
killed. The negro ferryman was also wound
ed. Senator Twitchell was one OF the hold
UNCOVER Republican senators.
The anti Chinese feeling in California has
become 80 bitter and unrestrained. that a
few nights ago the Chinese quarter OF the
town OF Antioch. near the mouth OF the
$40 joaquin River, was set on fire and en-
tirely destroyed. There is no doubt that il
was the work OF incendiaries. The Chinese
had previously been warned 10 leave the
town. and most Of them had complied with
the request. II is added that no personal
violence was used TO hasten their departure.
The prospects for large crops OF fruit and
grain in Nebraska the coming season are said
to be extremely favorable.
The Texas state Fair opened at Houston
on the ID and continued five days. Ii was a
great success in every particular.
New Orleans has elected Democratic
Mayor and five out Of the seven Council
men.
Municipal elections were held throughout
Indiana on the ID, and according TO an In
dianapolis dispatch the returns mostly
showed Republican gains. There were
some serious disturbances i'm indianapolis
after the closing OF the polls, and several
persons we're shot, stabbed and otherwise
injured.