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lain a pure and efficient Government
service, and the faithful execution of the
laws; to the Administration that shall
succeed in this attempt, there is no class
of citizens who will be bound by stronger
ties of gratitude than the silk manufac-
turers of America."-N. Y. Tribuns.
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prcceiears have hrra since invariably
followed. Ia order "a avoid the disaster
Of one side appearing TO have the less,
prepnndcrsnce orer the other. in case.
ahere the Pr,idrut j. TO give a casting
vote. the vote of som. person not CON,
nec,ed with the trade. hut in whom each
side ha, equal confidence. is admitted.
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t;on. the Roards ~ Admiration of Tho
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which Governs The hosiery Trade and il
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r;ons Trades' Union oroan;zat;ons in
England. "Sinc. the Establishment of
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...fT;kes Are at an end: Iev;es to sustain
them are Unknown: and one shill;no a
wear from each member sutIices to nav
MI exnenses And thus COMING into
friendly contact with each other mntual
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-29

New YORK, to make up for the deple-
ton Of white whales, has imported an
arabian mare with eight feet. She is
going to run against time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-29

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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15
Play billiards at COnverse's,
Death and sleep.

The Angel of Sleep and the Angel of
Death walked the earth in a b~rotherly
embrace. 1t was evensng. They laid
them down on o bill, not far distant from
the habitatious Of men. A melancholy
stiffness reigned arosnd, whilst the yes
per.bell sounded in the distance. The
hight drew on, and found the bene6cent
genii couversing sadly and sweetly las is
their WON'T clasped in each others arms
when the Angel OF Sleep arose from its
messy couch and scattered with gentle
hand the invisible seeds of slumber. The
evening breezes waited them towards the
peaceful dwellings Of the wearied hus
bandmen, who we're soon embodied in the
gentle arms of repose, from the hoary
headed man with his staff to the suck
ling in the cradle. And now the sicl
man forgets his sufferings-the mournel
his sorrows-the poor his cares-the sea
of oblivisn has closed every eye. Hav
ing performed his tender office, the An
gel Of Sleep once more reclined beside
his stern brother, and exclaimed will
innocent delight-"At the uprising o
the rosy morn, men also shall awake t,
bless me as their benefactor and friend
Oh, the bliss Of secret, invisible well
doing Thrice happy we, any brother
secret ministers of the spirit Of good
how beautiful is our still mission T S
spake the loving angel. The Spirit o
Death gazed On him in silent sorrow
and a tear, such as mortals weep, stoo'
in his large, rayless eye. All J. re
piled he, why may net | luxuriate a
you do, in making others happy Ala
| am only known on earth as the gran
euemy-lhe joy.destroyer May, IN,
brother" replied the Angel Of SlumbeI
will not the good man, at his las
awakening, hail thee as his best frienC
/, with gratelul blessings2 Are we nc
ministering brothers of one gre'
FatherY' As he thus spake, the dim ey
of the Angel Of Death flashed throug
its darkness, and the brotherly spiriI
once more we're clasped in q loviH
embrace.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15
That,s BusIneRs.

You should never judge by ap-
pearances. The other day a weazen-
faced little man, wearing a $3.50
suit of clothes, went to one of the
big hotels, and registering mis- name
as from Texas, asked for a room,
and if breakfast was on the table.
The 0lympian clerk gazed at
him scornfally for a moment, and
languidly remarked:
"Any baggage?@
"No," replied the guest.
"1n that case" replied the clerk,
"the rules of the house compel me
to insist on payment in advance"
every WE'LL" said the guest, with
out hesitation or appearing offended,
stake two days board out of this"
and from a wad of greenbacks as
big as his arm he produced a 800
note.
81 beg your PARDON" stammered
the abashed clerk, ''but we are so
often taken in, and your face not
being familiar to me L"
"No offense," cheerfully an
swered the guest; business is
business, and rules are rules. 1t
does look a little odd to be without
baggage, but as cattle dealers amt
much on style, and"
"That's all right" said the clerk.
Put up your money, we know a
gentleman when we see him. Jim,
show the gentleman to LAG. Cal
for the best in the house, general.
The old man slowed away an
ample breakfast, got the clerk t
give him small bills for a fifty, anC
asked where Billy Coolbaugh, tn,
banker, had his Office, inquired
when they had dinner, desired tn,
clerk to tell Mr.. Farwell, if h
called, that he would DO back at
t o'clock, then went, and hasn't beol
: seen since. The clerk subsequent
q discovered that the $50 was bad
e The sad event cast a gloom owe
the hotel office,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15
AUGUST. Il, 1s7;


Black Hills Times.l
On Sunday the people pour into Dead
wood from the adjoining camps, and du.
ring the day the streets have the appear
ance OF a national celebration. On closer
inspection you discover that the crowd
is attracted by an s%uctioneer, who is
mounted on a barrel, and is crying his
wares, the accumulation of every kind Of
pawning property. On the other side
the prize package mar holds out valua-
BILE inducements to a gaping crowd. after
listening to q harsngue Of fifteen minutes
stand in awe, with disappointment
stamped upon their c~ountenances, to see
the fortune they might have possessed
had they only drawn the lucky packet he
displays before them Then the bands
send out lively music from the free AID
easy" while the merchants are busy bar
tering their wares for gold dust to the
dusky miner. Everybody is en- the alert,
tramping to and fro, in and out, and up
and down the mountains. When, just
around the corner from this busy throng
the unpretentious building occupied fol
a church sends forth its echoes from the
three or four score Of worshipers there
assembled, and many are the hardy
miners who here take the opportunity &c
thank God for health and success; aud
all these, together with the confusion
upon the streets, and yelps from dog
fights, reverberate over the hills. Wher
the weather is pleasant, groups Of tvs
and upwards are seer winding upon tht
towering bed'rocks, or climbing through
the mountain pines. To one not accus
toned to this romantic region, such pro
ceedings-religion, traffic, toll and pleas
ure going to make up Sunday-appear
absurd in the extreme. But such i
mountain life, and in q brief time th
most fastidious pilgrim from the NOR
Athenian region will become accustome
10 and fascinated by them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15
Four for six.

On tomorrow the sheriff of Shelby
county will take four lunatics from the
poor house to the State Insane Asylum
at Nashville, and will bring back six lu'
natics to the county, they being partial
" recovered in mind and considered
harmless. Shelby county is entitled to
send twenty lunatics to Nashville. AT
present Shelby county has twenty-five at
Nashville; so in order to make room
for the four lunatics, six have to be dis
charged. Shelby county is making a
bad trade-four lunatics for six, We
could not learn how much boot Shelby
county has given in the trade of four for
ak
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15
MURDER ON A A
A Louisville Railroad Brakeman
Killed b. q Negro.

Last night, on the Louisville railroad,
as the outgoing northern passenger
train No. 4 approached Paris, Tenn, a
white brakeman named Harry Reidy, a
resident Of this city, was shot and killed
by a negro passenger. The facts OF the
case are aa follows: In the smoking
car, or bureau car, as it is called, we're
two nsgroes and a newsboy. One OF the
negroes was asleep, and became annoyed
at tie slamming Of the doors by
the brakeman as he passed
through the car. He got into q
quarrel with the brakeman, Reidy, which
eliminated in q row and ended by
the negro drawing a 4 pistol and shooting
Reidy through the bowels. The unfor-
tunate man lived but a few seconds
The other negro and the newsboy who
we're 10 the car we're asleep. and were
awakened by the pistol shot, The negro
jumped from the train and walked into
Paris. He was at once arrested, and il
was with difficulty that the authorities
prevented him from being lynched by
the indignant railroad employees and 9th
er citizens. Rsidy was a young man
unmarried, and resided in this city will
his step mother. An inquest was helC
at Paris on the body Of the deceased
and a verdict Of murder was returned b.
the jury against the negro. Considera
BILE excitement exists in Paris over th.
affair. Reidy was regarded as a quie
and pesceabie man and a good employe
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15
For an Alligator cook stove or house
furnishing goods 90 to
ll4t JOHN B. FoRD's, 1913 Poplar st
HopeaeId illuminated.

An old shanty in Hope6eld, Ark,
burned to the ground last night about II
o'clock. The light caused a fire alarm
to be given here, aud many thought the
steamers in port we're On FIRE. The
glazing light shone far over the waters
Of the Mississippi, giving it a strange,
yellow hue most picturesque. The
building destroyed had been used as q
church by a negro congregation. Hope
field is a small place, and a few more
such fires would blot out its existence.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15
ICE o L BEER.
Coolest saloon I'm the city.
l..
Corner of Main and GayOsO
Old Joe will wait on you.
~
Police Court.

This morning the recorder disposed Of
the following cases: Jonn Good, vagraut
sport, case continued for trial; Hattie
Donaldson, disorderly conduct, continued
for trial; John Hackett, drunk, dis
charged; John Read, assault and bat.
terry, fined s.; Ed Smith, fighting and
carroing concealed weapons, fined $40;
James Marshall, fighting and carrying
concealed weapons, discharged; John
Burke, drunk, discharged. Lucinda ia
c3bs, alias Shoop, a white woman, was
placed on trial on the charge Of proati
tuition. Several women testified that she
was guilty Of the charge, and associated
not only with low white men, but will
negroes. A young woman named Maggie
Alexander was testifying against the &C
cused, when the latter, not liking tn,
testimony, hauled off and struck tn
witness a heavy blow on the nose, draw
ing blood in a lavish manner The cour
was in an uproar in an instant, and tn
fighting prisoner was secured. She wa
fined $40 for disorderly conduct.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15
Patent "Outsfdss" and "Insfdes"
Troubles.


For some time there has been trouble
brewing 1t the Southern Newspaper
Union, or patent outside Office, on Second
street, near Adams. The employees and
the proprietors have had rows about
wages. The proprietors cut Down the
wages all around to q sun known as q
starvation point. Yesterday the troubles
originated from q demand being made
by employees for the rate Of wages for
merly paid, which wages had been re-
duced to a point where starvation APP
pears. When the hour for going to
press Tor n Of the patent "insides p"
came the forms" we're not permitted
to leave the composing-room until srti-
Giles of agreement we're signed by the
proprietors, all Of which created o fierce
row, during which pistols we're drawn
and presented with a dangerous flourish
most business like. The baseball orator
and sacrifice batter" was sent of to
the office Of the chief of police, and a
squad of "peelers" vas at once sent
over in double-quick time to repress the
strike against starvation wages. Three
or four Of the ringlsaders we're arrested
and taken TO the station house, but they
we're subsequently released from custody
The troubles are still unsettled in the
Inside" Of the " outside" patent Office
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15
Removal.

John B. Ford, the well known dealer
in stoves and tinware, whose place OF
business OF No. l23 Poplar street is 50
we'll known, has opened q branch estab'
lishment at No. 2l4 Main street, between
Adams and Washington, where the pub
lie will End a large aud varied stock OF
stoves, tinware, etc. The old place, i2S
Poplar street, will be kept open as usual
and al both establishments a full line o
foods will DO kept for sale,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15
CITY CIRCULATION.
TUE CITY
Wednesday Evening. Aug. 10, 1877.

The Public Ledger AZ Five Cents.
The PUBLIC LEDGER will be supplied
on all trains and at all stations on the
following railways, at FIVE CENTS per
copy, by the agents Of the Southern
Railway News Company, viz:
Memphis and Louisville railway.
Memphis and Little Rock railway.
South and North Alabama railway.
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railway.
Memphis and Charleston railway.
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE n PADUCAH
AND MEMPHIS RAILWAYS.
Mr.. John Epperson, or employees, will
supply the PUBLIC LEDGER at five cent
on the above named railways.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15
FOR GOOD CHEAP HATS
Go to New York Hat Store,
2I9 Main street,
Under the W0rsham House.

The type, material and workmen OF
the LEDGER job Office are as good as the
best, and hence we guarantee first class
work and full satisfaction to our patrons.
1904
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15
seventh Tennessee Cavalry AssO'
ctaliOn.

There will be another reunion OF the
Seventh Tennessee Cavalry Association
in Memphis, August 81, 1877. All mem
Sers of the old regiment Seventh Ten.
%nessee, G. S. A., are requested to meet
US at said time and place for the purpose
of tr~ansacting business, etc. 1t is de.
sired to make the occasion enjoyable and
profitable. WIN. SANFORD, Pres't.
R. j. BLACK, Sec'y.
This August 8, 1877. IA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15

There is, as Anonymous" very clearly
shows, a very marked difference between
a delinquent ofice.holding taxpayer
/" who draws a salary" and a private
citizen who fails to pay his taxes. The
people have chosen, elected and set
apart from among themselves these off
cials to attend to their public business.
Under the law it is their duty, as sSch
officials, to see to it that all citizens have
justice and are treated alike, and that
there is, as Burlamaque 30 justly says,
no exception, immunity, or any dis
elimination whatever, which may turn to
the disadvantage Of others" just as it is
their duty as good citizens, and made
the more obligatory upon them because
of their official positions, to promptly
pay their Just taxes. II john Smith, for
example, will not voluntarily pay his
taxes when due, it is their duty, without
fear, favor or affection, to make the sum
from his property according to law. The
delinquent non-ofice holding and non
salary-drawing tax payer when censured
for not paying his taxes a justly an
swer, Why our own officials do not pay
or compel all alike to pay, and why
should II If John Smith and others car
allow their taxes to accumulate for years
until they amount in each case to thou
sands Of dollars, and thus force the gov
eminent, for want Of revenue, to issue
scrip to meet its current expenses, uati.
the market is flooded with it and il
largely depreciates, and then @m'
forward and pay of their taxes il
this deprecated scrip bought a
a great saving to themselves, why shoulC
l pay promptly and in currency2 Viii
every sensible nan ask, and at the sam
time answer mol / too will wait ant
avail myself of the same advantage
these delinquent ofice.holders and other
by their delay secure to themselves owe
the more supplemented and too promp
Taxpayers.
Anonymous" clearly, forcibly anC
correctly states the real issue before tn,
people, and | assure him | understand i
we'll, and do not intend to let such mel
as that worthy citizen" of the Appea
get between me and the real people OF
this question, by turning them ava.
from it by such paltry and fimsy sid,
issues as those raised by him in his com
munication published the 9Th instant
There was not an intelligent man or
real lawyer who read his article that di
, not at once perceive that his attack wa
in the interest Of the class 80 justl
] a%rraigned" by me, and upon whom tn
. people will fix their seal of condemnatio
upon their first opportunity as irreUocC
I biz as they have upon some men, | weeI
not altogether unknown to "Anothe
c Reader" himself.
: l avail myself of this occasion to sa
4 to the many gentlemen who have fir,
quently inquired why l have not a
swered the questions propounded to n
through the LEDGER, and urged me to d
so, that | shall answer them just so SOC
as a due regard for my own privaf
|, affairs will permit. Perhaps in o do
or two, if / can find time to write.
WILLIAM Il. HIDELL
r AUGUST, II, 1877.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15

Strangers, go to COnVerse's
billiard parlOrs, 81 s. court St
Teeth In Ruins

Are a sure drawback on personal ap-
pearance and personal comfort. There
fore, keep them in good repair with that
established antidote for all the diseases
that assail them, fragrant SOZ0D0NT.
nn1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15
REVOLUTION In Mems shirts.

The best u~nlaundried shirts ever
offered in this market, made of 200
linen and Wamsutta mills muslin, for
S5c, at 327 Main street, between Monroe
| and Union. lao
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15

THE attention of all who want to buy
a cheap home is directed to a great bar
gain on Monroe street, offered to-day in
our " Tor sale" column. 1851
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15

The Boston Herald sharply says that
deception of the average insurance COM
missioner, by palming Of upon him
worthless securities, is a crime Of the
same class as robbing a blind man,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15

Packard will continue &c 30 fishing, Of
course, but we do not for q moment
credit the atrocious SANDER that be
means TO cut up those twins for bait.