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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-30
CHEAP COAL.

Great Auction Sale in Mem York. /.
New York, August 29.-The great
coal sale occurred at noon to-day. The
square was completely blocked with
coal speculators, buyers from all parts
of the country being present. Intense
excitement reigned III the neighbor-
hood. Wagons, trucks and windows
were filled with spectators, while the
actual buyers were congregated in a
dense mass around the auctioneer's
stand. The latter read the conditions
of the sale and announced that it was
purely bona fide, without reservation
and that four companies were repre-
sented, but were not combined in any
way and would not attempt to keep the
market up. Buyers could bid and rest
assured that their judgment was all
they had to contend with. The Della
ware q Lackawanna first offered 15, 900
tons OF coal; 500 tons Of steamer coal
was put up and Thousand tons sold
for $3 per ton. The price then fell to
$2.S5, and then to S2.75, at which the
balance was bought. Forty thousand
tons were then put up and the first price
offered was S5.5 81, at which over Is, ,Voo
tons sold. The remainder sold for
$3.2 to speculators; 2,5OU tons of egg
brought 50, ,12t and S3.25. There was a
decided manifestation on the part of
buyers to wait until some made pur-
chase and then beat the price down.
Purchasers were evidently uncertain
how far the market might break. Many
waited expecting they would get good
bargains and in many cases they were
successful, as prices tumbled during
the sale and then recovered.
Gloomy Outlook at the Mines.
Pottsville, Pa, Aug. 29.-The prices
realized by the auction sale Of coal in
New York were anxiously looked for by
all engaged in the coal trade. Much
surprise and alarm was shown as the
prices were bulletined, the general ex-
pectation being that the sale would be
adjourned il $3.50 per ton as the low
est figure could not be obtained. Coal
operators say the prices brought will
compel them all to suspend operations
unless tolls and labor can be reduced to
a much lower figure than at present,
with chances against them even with
great reduction, and that the miners
will hardly submit to lower prices than
are now prevailing. The situation has
gloomy outlook for the fall and winter
trade.
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CALIFORNIA.
Big Fire in 'Nisco.

San Francisco, Aug. 2s.-About II
O'Clock last night a fire broke out in
box factory on Brannon street, in the
southern part of the city. The neigh
borhood was closely built with frame
dwellings, stores and manufacturing
establishments, and before 2 a. m. the
fire had almost completely swept the
large block bounded by Brannon, Town
send, Third and Fourth streets, the
only buildings saved being the fine
offices Of the Central Pacific railroad
and few frames of small value. The
latter are mostly badly damaged. Over
two hundred poor families are turned
out Of doors and the loss will probably
aggregate half a million dollars.
Among the buildings destroyed was
the German hospital, large brick edi-
fee containing at the time about 20
patients. Owing to the rapid spread Of
the flames the inmates were for awhile
in q critical position, but were eventu-
ally all removed without accident. The
fire at one place crossed to the north
side Of Brannon street, and the Rail.
road hotel, large three-story frame,
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CHEYENNE WYOMING WEDNESDAY MORNING AUGUST 30 1876

was completely destroyed. The streets
for blocks in the neighborhood were
Uttered with household goods, and
packed with dense crowd, while all
the numerous eminences of the city
were covered with spectators. At one
time there was imminent danger that
the fire would cross Third street and
sweep that portion of the city down to
the Pacific Mail dock, but the fire
brigade made a stand on that street
and checked the:hames there. Some of
the dwellings destroyed were of su-
perior character Besides these the
principal loss is in the destruction of the
Hospital, the Railroad hotel, and box,
sash and blind manufactures. No loss
of life or serious accident is reported.
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A water-spout burst over the hui
name establishment at st. Paul Island,
N. s., ON the 18th inst, destroying five
buildings and killing one man. Two
store houses and a dwelling are still
standing, but are much shattered.
Gov. Hayes has received several invi-
tations to visit prominent gentlemen
east and west during the fall, but de-
clined them all. His official duties will
probably not permit him to leave Ohio
for some time to come.
As the White Star steamer Germania
was leaving her dock at Liverpool,
Tuesday, she fouled the Allen Line
steamer Circassian, at anchor. The
Germania lost her boats, davits from
waist to quarter, and sustained exten-
sive damage to her upper works. The
Circassian lost her bowsprit and figure
head.
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NIGHT REPORT.
WASHINGTON.
Order Revoked.


Washington, Aug. 29.-Secretary
morrill, has revoked Secretary Bristow's
order of July 18th, 1875, placing special
agents under the direction of the Solic-
itor of the Treasury. They will act
under the direction of Singer, supervis-
ing agent, subject to the order of the
Secretary.
Miscellaneous.
A delegation called on Attorney Gen.
eral Taft to-day TO urge the removal of
Elmer Washburn, chief of the Secret
Service. Samuel Felker is understood
to be behind the movement.
1t is given out by Babcock's friends
here that he will press for an imme-
date trial of the safe burglary case
when it comes up on the 18th of Sep
tember, as he is entirely confident of
acquittal of the charge of completely.
The last page of the Congressional
Record for the session was stereotyped
to-day. 1t will make eight volumes,
of which six are proceedings of i'm
parchment and one the speeches which
were printed by unanimous consent.
Democratic Deciltry.
The examination by the Indian Office
of the question pending between the
North Carolina and Western Chero-
KEGS has led to the unearthing of Dem
ocratic swindling extending through
three administrations and amounting
to over SO, 900, 900. The money stolen
was appropriated by Congress at various
times in connection with the removal
of the Cherokees from Northern Geor-
gia and vicinity to the Indian Terri
tory. A good portion of the money ap-
propriated under the treaty of removal
west into the hands of those in the
Democratic ring who managed the
affair and who, through the administra-
ton Of Polk, Pierce and Buchanan con-
tinued to press claims, insert bills, secure
appropriations for expenses incurred in
removal. Where the actual cost of the
removal in many cases was only twenty
dollars per head, from one hundred and
fifty to two hundred was charged, and
bills for the removal of fictitious
humber of Indians were submitted and
allowed. The investigation thus far
involves number of the Democratic
politicians of the administrations nam
ed and has shown that the money sto-
len outright was not less than
SO, ,000, 900.
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FOREIGN.


OU tptut xudTuu'S deuQ4
Constantinople, Aug. 29.-The cabi-
net council, at which all grand digni-
taries were present, has resolved to
depose the present sultan, Murad, and
proclaim Abdul Hassid. The change
will take place shortly, certainly before
the beginning of the pext Raldau, the
great annual feast of Mahommedans
Belgrade, Aug. 29.-Official advices
state that the Turks attacked the
Servian left on Monday but were re-
pulsed with heavy loss. They left their
killed and large quantity of arms and
ammunition on the field. A Turkish
attack on Little Zworick was likewise
repulsed.
The Proposed Mediation.
Vienna, Aug 29.-The great Powers
are constantly interchanging telegrams
concerning the proposed mediation. A
general agreement has been reached
touching the principal features of the
policy to be adopted, but the details are
unsettled. Germany is the most back
ward of the Powers. 1t is believed that
no great difficulty will be experienced
in determining the steps to be taken,
but several days will probably elapse
before the Powers submit their propo-
sails to the Porte.
More about Mediation.
London, Aug. ga special from
Berlin says: Austria will be invited to
again take the initiative in submitting
mediatory proposals to Turkey and
Servia. The negotiation will be COM
menced by guaranteeing that the Pow
ers are for the present restricted to OBJ
tanning a suspension of hostilities.
Great Emergencies of opinion are feared
when the details are discussed, and a
conference is considered the only means
of adjusting them.
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ELECTRIC SPARKS.

Victor Hugo has published protest
against the Turkish barbarities.
The paid admissions to the Centen-
nial, Tuesday, were Al, 1909.
Adolph Broeffel shot himself at St.
Louis; out of work.
John Ulrich, q lunatic, at 3,541 In
diana avenue, st. Louis, cut his throat.
Geo. and w. Douglas were drowned
while bathing, some ten miles from st.
Louis.
The Democrats of Berks county, Pa,
have re-nominated Hester Clymer for
Congress.
The Centennial management have
agreed on two more 25-cent days, Sept.
2nd and 9th.
Maximillian Joseph Cheiius, the eel
ebrated physician and surgeon of Held
elburg, is dead.
Lord Rebblesdale, step son to Earl
Russell, has committed suicide in Swift
zerland.
Forest fires along the Hudson river
are SO numerous and the smoke so
dense that navigation is dangerous.
James Hummel tried to kill his wife
and himself at Cincinnati. She will
probably recover and he will die.
Two men were killed and three seri-
ously hurt by the explosion of the boil
er Of steam threshing machine at
Lone Jack, Mo-, Tuesday.
1t is said 24,850 men and an arma-
ment with Krupp and Placentia guns
will embark at Santander and Cadiz for
Cuba before Nov. Ist.
State Tax Collector Yates, of Louis
lana, has been arrested and is now in
prison, charged with being a defaulter
to the State to the amount Of $40, 900.
Henry Weir, while working in an
excavation for a new building at the
corner of Ninth and Market streets, St.
Louis, was crushed to death by fall
ing embankment.
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NEW YORK.
Bio Burolaru.

Big Burglary.
New York, Aug. 29.-At O'Clock
this morning Wagner's mathematical
instrument store and Ehrick's ware
house were robbed of $40, 900 worth Of
goods by burglars, who openly loaded an
express wagon with them. The build
ing is on Maiden T.ana. corner of
Broadway.
A Second Stcrt.
The steamship Crescent City sailed
for Aspinwall to-day with the passen-
gers and cargo of the disabled steamer
Colon.
Barred Out.
The Ward Brothers have received
notice that they will not be allowed to
enter for the Centennial four-oared
race because their entry came too late.
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ILLINOIS.

A Religious Raid on Wicked Chicago
Chicago, Aug. 29.-It is now def
nitely settled that Moody and Sankey
will open series of revival meetings
in this city on October 1st, continuing
them day and evening for month OF
two. A large hall is being erected in
the central part Of the city especially
for the purpose.
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Nelv York Stock Market.

New York, Aug. 29.-Gold closed at
1109110A. Money, II. Govern
ments active, but lower. Stocks active,
unsettled and feverish. Western
Union, 69s; Quicksilver, 13; Pacific
Mail, 225; Mariposa, s; Fargo,
S54: New York Central, 107; Erie,
liz; Panama, 1875; Union Pacific stock,
81; y. P. bonds, 1863; Central Pacific
bonds. 1904.
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TELEGRAPH

REPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR THE LEADER.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-24

an EnglishI Testament, such as
children carry to school. johnson,
curious to see what it was, took it
into his hand. 81 have but one
book" said Collins, "but that is
the best" This incident furnished
Flaxman with the idea of his mon
ument, erected by subscription,
many years after his death, at St.
Andrews, Chichester. Collins is
there represented in a reclining
posture, his Tyre and a neglected
poem lying upon the ground, and
the Gospel open on a table before
him.-E. S. Nadal.
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MEMPHIS TENN. WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY a. 1876

ing her identity, took evidence of
her husbands death. She didn't
make much of a to-do about the
matter, nor did she seem heart
broken at his demise. She was
very calm about the occurrence,
and explained that she was more
desirous Of procuring the evidence
of his death and securing q PEN
sion Of $4,000 that was in some way
due to him from the government
than of recalling him to life. After
having attained her object she
quietly departed, leaving her sue
cessor in peaceable possession of
what of the worlds goods had been
accumulated from the capital ad-
yanced at her marriage with Av-
cry. The affair has occasiOned in
tense excitement among the deni-
zens of that usually quiet village,
and the sympathy Of the entire
community goes out to the much
wronged and loving Mrs. Avery
and her unfortunate children. NoI
do they condemn Mrs. Ziegler,
whom they regard as another vic
tim to mans per6dy. What
prompted his assuming to be deaf
and dumb, aud so successfully car
rying out the freak will probably
never be known, but that the state
ments written above are true il
beyond all doubt.
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Anecdotes OF the Poet COLLIN.

During his residence at Magda-
len College, Oxford, Collins one
evening had some friends with him
to tea In his rooms, when Hamp-
ton, who afterward translated
"Polybius," and who was as fa-
nous for his brutal disposition as
for his good scholarship, came in.
Without a word, he kicked over
the tea-table, and sent the dishes
all about the room. Collins was
so confounded at the result that he
had no words for the aggressor,
but began picking up the slices Of
bread and butter and the pieces of
china, repeating mildly:
Inyenisi etiam disjecti membra poet@.
We have another account of him
after he went to London. In this,
he appears as a young fellow fresh
from the University and eager for
the town. Gayly dressed, and with
feather in his hat, he calls upon
the agent of his rich uncle, Colonel
Martin, who tells him that his ap-
pearance is by no means that of a
Young man without a guinea he
can call his own. We have also a
story of his having been enamored
of a young lady to whom he wrote
a beautiful poem upon the death Of
her lover in the action Of Fonte-
noy; this young lady was a day
older than himself, and he used to
say that he came into the world q
day after the fair. Again, we know
that just before his confinement III
an asylum for lunatics, DR.. John
son went to see him in Islington
There was nothing" said John
son, "of disorder discernible in hi
mind by any but himself" Il,
had Withdrawn from study ant
travelled with no other book thar
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vhe Man who Swallowed a Fork

new 1Ofk LINES fdfM LeLter.l
Some of my readers may remem-
Der Phomme a la fourchette, or the
young man who swallowed a fork.
and they may be glad to hear fur
ther Of this singular case. We
have had two Of the kind-the
Italian Cipriani, and the young
clerk Lesuer. Near two years ago
he was at table with some com.
rades, who were conversing about
the Indian jugglers and their trick
of swallowing a sword. Lesuer
claimed that it was very simple,
and, to prove his assertion, took a
fork by the tines and pushed it
down his throat. A spasmodic
contraction of the organs took it
from his fingers and carried it
down tbs passage into the stom-
ach. For a long time efforts
were made to reach the fork
by the mouth, but it was finally as
certained to be in his stomach, and
Lesuer was given up for lost. He
was shown at clinical lectures, and
then went into the country. A re-
port came that he was dead, and |
believe that | published itas fact
But as Lesuer did not fail in health
and continued strong and hearty
for over year, some of the doc
tors thought that the fork could be
removed. Baron Larray and Drs.
Liable, Lepera and Prof. Gosselin
undertook the operation-begun
some weeks ago. They began by
burning down slowly to the stomach
with caustic, and determining an
adhesion Of the coat of the stomach
with the outer edges of the hole
thus made with the corrosives
When this adhesion was complete
an incision was made in the stom
ach and the fork drawn out will
forceps. 1t was as black as ink
but not worn to any extent. Lesue
is now regarded out of danger. l
they desired the doctors might hav
here another Alexis Saint Martin
upon whom DIR. Beaumont mad
his valuable physiological expert
ments, for by continuing the use o
the caustic a passage into the stom
ach could be kept open with littl
danger to the patient.
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LEGAL.
Affachment NO1ice.

Before P. j. Quigley, Justice of the Peace in
and for Shelby. county, Tennessee Vim.
Quinn vs.. Chris Keegan.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMRNTHAV
i ing been sued out under section 1855 Of the
Code Of Tennesste, and returned before me
levied upon the property Of the defendant by
garnishment on the Southern Express Com
pany, who answer they owe said Chris Keegan
enc package said to contain twenty dollars,
and affidavit having been made that the de-
fendant is justly indebted to the plaintiff in
the sum Of eighteen dollars aud forty cents,
by account, and that the defendant is a nom
resident OF the State Of Tennessee; 1t is there
fore ordered that the said defendant make his
personal appearance before p J. Quigley. J {.
P, on the 10th day Of Juae, 1876, at II O'clock
m. at his office. No. 1893 Main street, Mem
phis. Tennessee. and defend said attachment
suit within the time prescribed by law. or the
same will be proceeded with ex parte and that
a copy of this order be published once week
for four successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 10th day Of May, 1875.
66-72-7SS4 P.J. QUIGLEY. j. P.
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Before John 7. Elliott, Justice of the Peace
for Shelby county. Tennessee-J. X. Mur-
ran VS.. David Harrison alias L. Ash.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV-
J. ing been sued cut under section S455 Of the
efSrsr isvisS nocn % tbs nrnnSrty o1 tbs de
fendant, and affidavit having been made that
the defen dant is justly indebted to the plain
hffin toe sum Of four hundred and ninety-fve
dollars. due by account, and that the defend
ant is a nonresident Of the State Of Tennes-
see; it is therefore ordered that defendant
make bis personal appearance before John
T. Elliott, ]. P, on the 26th day Of June,
1876, at his office, No. 3l5 Second street, in tho
city Of Memphis, Tenn, and defend said at.
tachment suit within the time prescribed by
law or the same will be proceeded with ex
parte and that copy Of this order be pub
lished once q week for four successive weeks
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of May, 1876.
6S.74-g0-s6 JOHN I. ELLIOTT, J.P,
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Something Absut Ancestry.

GAS no lady or gentleman, with
any claims to polite breeding, can
possibly sympathize with the Chuz-
zlewit family without being first as
sured of the extreme antiquity of
the race, it is a great satisfaction to
know thatit undoubtedly descended
in direct line from Adam and
Eve; and was, in the very earliest
times, closely connected with the
agricultural interest. If it should
ever be urged by grudging and ma
licious persons that a Ohuzzlewit,
in any period of the family history,
displayed an overweening amount
of family pride, surely the weakness
will be considered not only pardon
able but laudable, when the i'm
mense superiority Of the house to
the rest Of mankind, in respect of
this, its ancient origin, is taken
into account" E + =
" 1t Is needless to multiply In
stances of the high and lofty sta
ton, and the vast Importance of
the Chuzzlewits, at different peri
ods. If it came within the scope
of reasonable probability that fur
ther proofs were required, they
might be heaped upon each other
until they formed an Alps of testi-
mony, beneath which the boldest
scepticism should be crushed and
beaten fiat. AS a goodly tumulus
is already collected, and decently
battened up above the family grave,
the present chapter is content to
leave it as it is; merely adding, by
way of a final spadeful, that many
Chuzzlewits, both male and female,
are proved to demonstration, on the
faith of letters written by their own
mothers, to have had ohiseled noses,
undeniable chins, forms that might
have served the sculptor for a
model, exquisitely- turned limbs,
and polished foreheads of so trans
parent a texture that the blue veins
might be seen branching off in va
rious directions, like so many roads
on an ethereal map. This fact in
itself, though it had been solitary
one, would have utterly settled and
clenched the business in hand; for
it is well known, on the authority
of all the books which treat of such
matters, that every one Of these
phenomena, but especially that Of
the chiselling, are invariably pecu-
liar to, and only make themselves
apparent in, persons of the very
best condition" ."-DickenS' Martin
ChuzzletUit, chap. /.
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Attachment Notice.

Before J. M, Coleman. Justice of the Peaco
for Shelby County, Tenn.-E. Berry vs..
Hardin Lewis. l
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV-
i ing been sued out under section 1856 Of the
Code Of Tennessee, and returned levied upon
the property Of the defendant by garnishment
on Taylor, Dufin & Go , merchants, who an:
swer they owe said Hardin Lewis s201 81, and
affidavit having been made that the defendant
is indebted 70 the plaintiff in the sum Of four
hundred and ninety nine dollars, due By ac-
count, and that the claim is Just, and that the
defendant is a non resident Of the State Of
Tennessee; II is therefore ordered that
the said defendant make his personal ap.
pearanee before me on the 7th day. Of
June 1876. At II o'clock Am, a.. my office,
No. 294 Front street, In the city Of Memphis,
Tennessee. and defend said attachment
suit with the time prescribed by law, or the
same will be proceeded with OK partei and
that q copy Of this order be published once Q
week for four consecutive weeks, In thePuohc
Ledger a
This Sd day of May, 1876.
Ta It'd M. O0LEMAN,J j. Z.
,. B. BARNES. Attorney for plaintiff.
SV-VA-Ol-tp, .
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Wednesday, May 81, 1876,

between the hours OF 10 am. and 2 pm the
following described property lying and being
in the county Of Shelby, and State Of Tennes
see, to-wit: All of that certain tract or par
eel Of land lying near Buntyn's Station. about
FIVE miles east Of Memphis, on the Memphis
and Charleston railroad, known as lot No. s.
and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a stake on the north side and
line Of CaTnes avenue and lot No. 8, owned
by NJ. S. Hallum, and thence eastwardly with
the north line Of Carnes avenue 4 58-10O
chains to a stake; thence northwardly s 1-lOO
chains to a stake in the center Of Spottswood
avenue; thence westwardly and with said
Spottswood avenue 5B-l00 chains to stake
thence southwardly along the east line Of NJ
s Hallum's lot No. 9. l-l00 chains to the be
ginning-containing in all 8 66-lO0 acres See
plat or survey made byJ II. Mcclure. which
Is of record in the plat book of the Register 5
office Of said county.
By terms Of trust deed the right Of redemp-
ton is waived. Title believed to be perfect,
but will sell and convey as Trustee only.
47-79 II. ID. BRAY, Trustee.