Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-25
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number forty thousand. and have twenty
Krupp batteries.
An order has been sent from Constan'
tinople to revictual Niksiki for six
months at army cost.
San Francisco has a whisky ring SEN
%satiOn. 1t is a small place that cannot
show up a whisky ring nowadays.
Old Mrs. Bender, Of Kansas murder
fame, has been arrested again. This
time at Laramie City, Wyoming Terri
tory.
President Grant arrived in Philadel-
phia yesterday for the purpose of seeing
the present condition of the Centennial
grounds.
The i'll health Of Cardinal Antonelli
again excites serious apprehensions.
The Pope was closeted with him o long
time yesterday.
Somerville's paper mills, near Bristol,
England. have been burned. The loss is
estimated at $4,000. Five hundred
workmen have been thrown out of en-
ployment.
The Servisn war office has ordered all
militia men to prepare for a foreign cam
psign, but it is regarded as exceedingly
improbable that Servia will 60 to war
unless attacked by Turkey.
The Portuguese steamer India, having
on board the Portuguese Centennial Com
missioners and the entire stock Of Por.
tuguese goods for the Centennial, ar
rived at Philadelphia yesterday.
The Spanish government has cen
scented to suspend the collection of the
forced wal lean from, and billeting Of
soldiers upon, English residents while
negotiations with Great Britain on the
subject are pending.
Attorney General Hockaday, Of Mis-
souri,, has commenced suit in the Circuit
Court at Jefferson City against the secu-
rites of the late l%essees and sub.lessees
of the p~enitentiarY for non-ful6llment
Of contract, damages in the sum of half
a million of dollars being claimed,
Waddy Thompson was one Of the lessees.
A dispatch from Rome to the Times
reports that the 0bservatore Romano
newspaper was sequestrated yesterday
for publishing the POpe's pastoral thank
Ing the Bishop of Orleans for his letter
to Signor Minghetti, in which a violent
attack was made on the Italian law rem
dering priests liable to military conscrip-
ten.
1t is stated that the French Ministry Of
Foreign Affairs is considering the basis
OF a commercial treaty with the United
States. 1t is proposed to place French
silks and wines on an advantageous foot
ing as to the tariff in the United States,
while France, in return, is to subject
American cotton to only a small import
duty.
Elk Governor Archibald Dixon, Of
kentucky, died at his home in Hender-
son, Sunday night, OF IL o'clock, after
an illness Of many weeks, caused by a
complication of disorders and s%oftening
of the brain. he succeeded Henry Clay
in the United States Senate in 1850, and
was for many years distinguished in
State and national politics.
Mt. ex-Speaker Blaine denied yester-
day, in Congress, with great emphasis,
the charges Of corruption lately circu-
lated against him. he denies everything
in general and in particular hat reflects
in any way on his character. He ad-
mits having owned aud still owning Lit
tie Rock and Fort Smith railroad bonds,
at a heavy p%ecuniary loss. His denial
is explicit and seems to cover the entire
ground.
Henry Clapp, son of the government
printer, A. NJ. Clapp, a member of a ring
that made thousands every year from
the Office, has been examined by the
Committee on Printing and admits the
books have been doctored until no &C.
tual state Of the business could be OBJ
tanned therefrom. The committee has
decided to report to the House three
charges against Mr.. Clapp: First gross
ineficiency; second, mslfeasanse in Of
fee; third, embezzlement.
A telegram from the Barbados De-
tense Association says that riots have
occurred throughout the island. Planta-
tons and houses have been sacked, ami
mails destroyed, and enormous destruc.
ton Of property has taken place. Over
forty Of the rioters have been shot, and
the troops are actively employed. The
city Of Brigetown is threatened, business
is suspended, and families are seeking
the shipping for safety. The rioters say
they have the Governors sanction for
their actions.
One of the ladies in waiting on the