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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-27

NOTWITHSTANDING the discon-
tinuance of the fast mail train SER
vice, if it has been discontinued,
we continue to receive, through the
courtesy Of the Adams Express
Company, New York papers every
morning only two days old.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-27

SOLID WEALTH!
100000 IN GIFTS !
Grandest Scheme ever Presented to the
Publiol
A FORTUNE FOR ONLY $1z
THE
lash Distribution Company,

A uTH0RIzED BY SPECIAL ACT OF THE
n kentucky Legislature, for the benefit OF
the Public Schools of Frankfort, will have the
first of their series of Grand Drawings at
Major Hail, in the city Of Frankfort, KY, on
THURSDAY. AUGUST 81, 1876, on which oc-
easion they win distribute to the ticket-hold-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-27

Orders for subscriptions must.ibe accompa-
MED by the Cash, Ia all cases.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-17

1t is a great pleasure to get thor
oughly tired. The only way to fully
enjoy rest and sleep is to get tired
first. Many persons have an idea
that idleness is pleasure. There can
not be a more erroneous notion,
Idle persons enjoy nothing. A
sense Of lahguor haunts them through
the day, and restlessness through the
night. Nor, on the other hand, do IS
mere physical exercise qualify one
for the highest enjoyment of repose.
1t is the happy combination of men
tai and bodily labor, requiring a
reaction for both body and mind,
which alone qualities one for the
complete realization of the luxury of
the change to rest and sleep. And
it is only from such sleep that We
awaken greatly strengthened and
refreshed.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-17
Railroad BonIs in tbe Territories.

The Supreme Court of Dakota
Territory has decided an important
ease relating TO bonds issued by
Yankton County to the Southern
Railroad, amounting TO 5000, 900.
The called session Of the Territorial
Legislature in 1871 authorized coun-
ties to vote aid to railroads, and under
this act Yankton County voted the
amount above stated. The Legisla-
ture having previously held its regu-
lar session of forty days the right of
the Governor to V a special
session was questioned, and Congress
at the next session passed an act
affirming the law and legalizing the
vote under it. The bonds were issued
in 1872, and two years interest had
been paid. Taxpayers having
brought suit to %enjoin the collection
of the taxes, Associate Justices Barnes
and Bennett being a majority of court
sustain the injunction on the ground
hat the act of the called session was
void, and could not be legalized by
Congress, Justice Barnes going so
far as to deny that Congress can,
either directly or through the Terri
torial Legislature, authorize the peo-
pie of a Territory to vote aid to
railroads under any circumstances.
Chief Justice Shannon, in a very
able dissenting opinion, based chiefly
or decisions of the Supreme Court
of the United States, holds that
Congress has exclusive power over
the Territories, limited only by the
Constitution of tie United States,
and could have either authorized local
aid to railroads by a prior act, OF
have cured defects in the Legislative
authority. Suits are now pending
involving the rights of innocent
holders of the bonds, and the ques-
ton will go to the Supreme Court Of
the United States for final decision.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-17

Some people have ~softening of the
brain, but we arc convinced that the
world suffers more from those who
have hardening of the heart.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-17

1" Our Authorized Adyertising Agents for the
lT.Psrk Row, Geo. p. Rowell a Co., 80 PARK Row.
81. Louis. Powell a Chesman, Cor. Third and
ch,stput Streets, 81. Louie Advertising and
PAIL sking Agency; Chicago. IL H.. Chandler.
ia South Clark Street; Philadelphia, y W.
Aver 4 Son. 7Ss SAMSON Street: and coe. Weth-
enll 4 Co.. Bulletin building
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-17
IMTER.0cEAN BARBER SHOP

/ take great pleasure in announcing to the
public that / have taken he management
Ofthe 1nter-Ocean Barber Shop. and have en-
gagged the sci vices of frank Il. Clancy, n deaf
mute barber. he is n royal workman. and
viii never talk his Gus Omers to deafh. For
myself my work will he my advertis cment.
l most respectfully solicit The patronage OF
all the old customers and ~ MANY new ones
as may plea @ 10 give us n trial We will be
always on hand to wait upon customers: our
work shall not be infe'i ITO any in our bu l.
ness. mar2i-Gm HERMAN HAUSSLER
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-06-09
Curious Case of Poisoning.

The Niagara Falls Gazette of this week
gives the particulars of a curious case of
poisoning which occurred in that city a
few days ago. The wife of prominent
merchant was suddenly taken i'll short
time after SUPPER and her symptoms
growing more and more serious, DIR. Rice
was summoned. He Immediately detected
symptoms of poisoning, and upon ques-
tioning into the character of the food the
lady had eaten for supper learned that none
of the family had been able to drink the tea
that had been served that evening, on ac-
count of a peculiar taste which rendered it
nauseous and unpleasant. The singular
flavor was first noticed by a daughter of the
lady referred to, but not until her mother
had drank half cup of the concoction.
The doctor Immediately made an investi-
cation into the contents of the tea-kettle,
and found that a good-sized cigar stub had
been boiled with the water that had subse-
quently been used in making the tea for use
at supper. Upon making this discovery
the dangerous condition of the lady became
apparent, and most strenuous efforts were
made to save her life. For some time it
was feared that the poison would battle ev-
cry effort of medical skill, but a strong
constitution finally triumphed, and at
length the lady, who had sufferered terri
bly,, was declared out of danger. The
cigar stub which caused all the trouble had
been carelessly deposited on the hot water
tank of the stove by the husband of the
lady, and had subsequently been accident
ally knocked in the tea-kettle without at
tracing any notice.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-06-09
Starnmering.

A gentleman who stammered from child
hood almost to manhood gives a
very simple remedy for the misfortune.
ssGo into room where you will be quiet
and alone, get some book that will interest
but not excite you, and sit down and read
two hours aloud to yourself, keeping your
teeth together. Do the same thing every
two or three days, or once week if very
tiresome, always taking care to 9ead slowly
and distinctly, moving the lips but not the
teeth, Then, when conversing with others
try to speak as slowly and distinctly as
possible, and make up your mind that you
will not stammer. Well, I tried this reme-
DIV, not having much faith in it, must con-
fess, but willing to do almost anything to
cure myself of such an annoying difficulty.
/ read for two hours aloud with my teeth
together. The FIRST result was TO make my
tongue and jaws ache, that Is, while / was
reading, and the next TO make me feel as if
something had loosened my talking appa-
ratus, for could speak with less difficulty
Immediately The change was so great
that every one who knew me remarked it.
/ repeated the remedy every five or six day
for month, and then at longer intervals
until cared. =
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-06-09
THAT KENTUCKY MEAT SHOWER.
Final Judgment Of the Scientists-Buzzards
as Bottom Facts

In my first examination of this anoma-
ious substance / was furnished with two
small specimens that had been in alcohol !:
one of them was SO hard and dry that |
dld not undertake to examine it the other
being soft I cut it across, and, finding the
interior of the mass gelatinous, I could see
no other source of this gelatinous matter
than the spawn of batrachian reptiles.
sent what had left to Professor Putnam,
OF Salem, to be examined in his institution,
but | have not yet heard from him his re-
suits.
Since then two other specimens have
been furnished me, one of which had been
examined by a distinguished microscopist
of Lexington, Mr.. A. T. Parker, from
whom received also some specimens care
fully mounted for examination. I have
examined both the specimens and prepara-
ton, and am perfectly satisfied that they
contain muscular fiber, and therefore can
not be, as 1 at first supposed, reptilean
spawn. The matter appears to be mixed :;
some of it is muscular, some cartilaginous,
others gelatinous and fatty. I intended
examining farther into the matter, when,
in conversation with DR.. Kastenbine. of
this city. learned that he had examined
specimen with similar results, and that he
had no doubt of the feshy nature of the
substance.
Considering the results obtained by two
such careful and skillful microscopists as
DR.. Kastenbine and Mr.. Parker conclusive,
am perfectly satisfied that my original
theory of it's being batrachian spawn must
be abandoned.
This, of course, is calculated to open the
whole question again, and, as the Beecher
scandal has subsidized, the Babcock crook
edness made straight to the satisfaction of
that gentleman, the Belknap trial lost all
its freshness, and the Presidential canvass
not yet opened (although you occasionally
and very rightfully put in a strong pull for
Tilden), there is no reason why this subject
should not seek for a solution through the
infallible agency of the public press. Pro-
fessor Robert Peter, of Lexington, through
whom | obtained Mr.. Parker's specimen,
thinks that the fall of flesh was simply the
result of post prandiag disgorgipg by
flock of buzzards which had been feasting
themselves more abundantly than wisely
on the carcass of sheep; perhaps one of
those animals that had undergone strych-
nine preparation by some outraged granger
inimical to dogs. am informed that il is
not uncommon for buzzards thus to dis
gorge their overcharged stomachs, and that
when in flock one commences this relief
operation, the others are excited to nausea
and general shower of half-digested meat
takes place. Who knows but this is the
true inwardness of the whole matter?
Yours, ETC.,
TAuprNrr
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-06-09
How Mrs. Peduncle Got Even.

Mr.. Peduncle went out to milk the other
day, Now, if there is one thing Mr.. Ped
uncle prides himself upon it is his perfect
command of cow. With his bucket ON
the ground he milks with both hands and
sings meanwhile, occasionally hestowing a
word Of warning upon the COW if she whisk
her tail at him or tries to scratch her back
with her hind foot. On this occasion he
had nearly finished, and vas singing cheer
fully:
my soul ESQ. now D be on thy guard.
(What in the Egyptian sand hills ails this
cowal
ssTen thousand (thunder and borax
stand still , foes arise
And as Mr.. Penduncle raised himself up
from the barn floor and wiped the milk ont
of his ears and nose, he saw up in the loft
the wife of his bosom with long switch in
her hand, with which she had been tick
ling the geEtle animals nose, and she said
in an awful voice
ssOliver Pedunole, reckon You'll wrap
your old tobacco box in my handkerchief
again, next Sunday, won't ye s-and have
me take it to church aud sling il out ON the
Aoor-hey ~
When he milks now, be sings very softly
indeed, and keeps one eye on the loft. -
Chseago Courier:
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-06-09
From the Black Hills.

George Snowdon, who was one of par
ty of five that startedaway from here about
two months ago for the Black Hills coun
try, returned yesterday, well satisfied that
the gold regions are most too warm eli
mate even for one who has spent some OF
his life in the sunny South.
Besides this, his reports as to the gold
prospects is not in keeping with the glow
ing accounts received from Cheyenne.
He says if there is any gold there it is in
very small quantities, and not sufficient to
tempt him towards starvation and the risk
Of being killed by bloody redskins. Flour
is very scarce, and bread is twenty-five
cents loaf, and starvation loaves at that,
as the principal loafing that is done is not
done at the bakery.
One man, he says, at Custer City, who
owned a lot with two houses on it, ceuldn't
sell the real estate for $12.
It is estimated that there were not in all
more than two hundred men in the place,
the most of the inhabitants having gone
either to the Big Horn country or returned
home.
He saw great many hungry days and SO
did all the rest. Many who have not the
means to get out of the Hills are waiting at
Custer for the first chance that presents it.
self to go out with returning trains the best
way they can. It was no uncommon sight
to see a disgusted miner ask in the most
pitiful manner for some way to get out
with those who were returning.
This side of the Cheyenne river he was
attacked suddenly by Indians, and one Of
his horses killed instantly. Nearly every
thing they had was left in the retreat. He
thinks if the whole train had remained they
could have resisted the attack successfully,
but he being in the rear of the whole train
the remainder of the party went ON and
left him to get away the best way he could.
The men who talked the loudest of. their
prowess as Indian-fghters, were the first to
cut sticks and run. One man, who had a
Spencer rifle and was armed to the teeth
made the best time in getting a long dis
tance between him and danger. Another
man had to relinquish his coat to the heath
en-, and all were more or less demoralized
when they got away. Mr.. Snowdon says
he wouldn't give five cents for his life be-
yond Red Caion.-Laranass Sentinel.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-06-09

It may interest our readers to know how
meats are kept for the English market dur
ing voyage across the Atlantic. The
principle is extremely simple, and it involves
no chemical process or applica ton of any
kind. To keep fresh meat sound and sweet
during the ten or twelve days needed to
cross the ocean it is necessary merely to
keep it dry and cool, without freezing it..
This was the entire problem before the ia
ventor, and he has solved it by purely me-
chanicsl means. The meat being in one
part of the refrigerator and the ice in an
other, fan, worked day and night by a
small engine, keeps constant stream of
all passing over the meat and the ice al
ternately. This is the whole process, and
there is no secret back of it. OF course, the
air from the ice keeps the meat cool, but
not SO low as the freezing point. If, in
passing through the meat chamber, the air
takes up the slightest moisture, this is nee
essarially condensed into water as soon as
it reaches the ice again, and it flows away
in runaways at the bottom of the ice cham
her - .-
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-06-09
The Centennial Calendar.

The following is the programme for the
Centennial Exhibition:
Formal opening, May 10.
Grand commemoration ceremonies July
4th. .F,...49-..
Trials of harvesting machines, June and
July. az
Trials of tillage implements, September
and October.
$50 Exhibit of korses, mules and asses, Sep
tember 1-15.
Exhibit of horned cattle, September 20
to October 5.
Exhibit of sheep, swine, goats and hogs,
October 1925.
Exhibit Of poultry, October 28 to Noyens-
Der 10. .g.. es.s.s
Main exhibition closes November 10.
Exhibits must be removed by December
81.
In connection with the exhibition, OF
during the time it is open, tho following
society meetings, parades, regattas, etc.,
will occur:
j Knights Templar, annual conclave, May
80 grand parade, June 1.
Order of Good Templars, special gather
ing, June 13.
Regetta (New York Harborl, June %.
Yacht regatta, Delaware River, in June.
International cricket matches, June and
September.
Congress of authors, Independence Hall,
July 2.
Parade of Irish societies dedication OF
Catholic Total Abstinence fountain) July
Parade of military organizations, July 4
Parade of United American Mechanics,
July 8.
Parade of Knights of Pythias. August %.
International rowing regatta, August &c
to September Is.
International rifle matches, September.
international Medical Congress, Sep.
.tember 4.
Parade, Independent Order Of Odd Eel
lows. September 20.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-06-09
OUT WEST.

The most melancholy business of the
season is emigrating to the Black Hills.
The arrival of $1,000 in dust from the
placers of the Black Hills is reported at
Custer.
An Anti Chinese Club has been formed
at Dayton, and one is now in course OF
organization at Virginia City, New.
The Salinas Inder reports the discovery
of valuable quicksilver mines on the bound
airy line between Monterey and Fresno
counties. Cal,
The Reno, Nevada, journal says that a
body of ore has been discovered in Peayine
Mountain which proves beyond question
that Washoe county will have tin mine.
Dick Burnett, was the first victim of
Judge Lynch in the Black Hills country.
They hung Dick for stealing horse and
shooting man, while on a drunk. He
was raised in Steubenville, Ohio.
A new industry is likely to be developed
in Plumas, California, in the shape of a
mine of mica, discovered during the last
winter, on one Of the branches of Indian
creek, above Genessee Valley
The San Francisco Sulphur Mining Com
pany, which incorporated on the Now Worthy
sulphur mine near the Rabbit Hole Springs,
Nevada, are now working the sulphur
mines systematically. The refining works
are in full blast and turn out on an average
five tons of birthstone daily. This is hauled
by teams to the Humboldt House, from
which place three carloads week are
shipped to San Francisco
Ex-Marshal shafenburg was delivered
over to the Sheriff of Arapahoe county,
Colorado, by the government agent, and
taken to the Jail where the Sheriff receipted
for him, and then released him on parole.
No less than thirteen thousand dollars of
crookedness in the accounts of Ex- Marshal
Shafenburg has been discovered in the
court records of this district. 1t will be
impossible for shaffenhurg to secure the
amount of bail demanded by the court.
1
STRAIGHTENINe AND BENDING Pres
In order to straighten lead pipe. if the bore
of the pipe is ono inch or more IN diameter,
diess out a wooden rod small enough to
enter hole the size of the bore; then point
nne end, grease the surface thoroughly, and
work and drive the rod into the pipe. Draw
the rod bach, and turn it trifle at every
blow. Il the pipe is less than one inch in
diameter, drive in pointed iron rod, tuln-
| it at every blow, so that the rod may not
stick 80 tightly that it oannot be withdrawn.
To bend q lead pipe without forming kinks
| fill the bore with dry sand. To bend an
iron pipe, stop the ends with stiff clay, heat
the pipe where it is desirable To- have the
curve, and the pipe viii bend readily with
out making kinks II the dry sand will
mt ran ont, water win wash it ont.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-06-09
WHA1 THE WITS SAY.

The first gambler mentioned in Scripture
was Alpha; Alphabet-every one knows it
-NorUieh Bulletin.
Ignorant people think they are very wise
when they ask questions that they kant
answer themselves.--Josh Billings.
"The Great Unknown '-the merchant
who doesn't advertise. And Blaine needn't
be afraid of him, either .-Norristopn
Herald.
A man in New York claims credit as the
last man who saw Tweed; but lie didn't see
the old man to half the advantage the jail
authorities did.--Rochester Chronicle.
A correspondent asks what we will pay
for original stories-such, forinstance, as
are published in the Sunday Republican,. "
Three cents pound.-S. Louis Globe.
Democrat.
w. Y. McCollum is registered among the
visitors at Philadelphia. This must be the
Mr.. What You McCollum we so often hear
spoken of in ordinary conversation.-N. r
Commercial. - .....ss.-. .s..
"That blessed man that preached for us
last Sunday" said Mrs. Partington, " has
served the Lord for thirty years-frst as a
circus rider, then as locust rider, and last
as an exhauster.''
A French giantess has married the "wan-
dering skeleton" a wonderfully thin man,
attached to the show with which she trav.
els, She wanted husband she could see
through. Cincinnati Commercial.
The New York Sun is writing against
expensive funerals. It somehow never did
look right for man to spend $4,000 bury
ing the wife who could never get anything
better than delaine dress while living.
A mountain of superior white chalk has
been discovered In Idaho, and now, if a
never-failing spring is in close proximity,
an enterprising man might start dairy
there, without investing in single cow
N, o. Bulletin.
There is a man in California who saws
hisname is Coghlm. Does he suppose there
is anybody in California who is going to
believe that Coghlm spells anything
Cossrisr-Jouraaz. Google 'im-what is
easier than to pronounce a name ?-Free
Press. 81.
Prot. HUI XII ey is nevertheless over fifty
years old. This joke-and it's Rum Jun
is by the Graphic.-Inter- Ocean. Capital
joke, K L ent joke, nu-merit in it.-.st.
Louis Republican. A man must have a
great deal of 40 tudeto call that an X L ent
joke.-Free Press.
Martha Bunting has been appointed post
mistress at Darby, Pa. Long may she
wave!-Boston Post. So she will, doubtless,
unless "hauled up" by one Of the inyesti-
eating committess.-Cona. Ado. If she is,
sine will doubtless prove herself more than
half MASTER of the situation. .-Macon Tele-
graph.