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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19
THE STRIKERS
Arrival Of United States Troops
Proclamation Of the President
Posted Throughout the
City-An Quiet.

MARrINsBURG, W. Va, July l9-The
troop train arrived at $50 this morning
and ~bivouacked in the round house,
Most of the strikers are outside Of the
western limits of the corporation. At
noon the proclamation of President
Hayes, commanding them to dispense,
will be issued. The miners Of Piedmont
and the western part have resolved to
assist the railroaders. At o meeting at
Keysor last night the men decided to
abide by the decision of the associate
divisions in regard to wages and to stand
by other divisions in the present trouble,
declaring that the wages established by
the company were inadequate for pro-
curing the necessaries OF lie for them
selves and families.
1t is impossible to get men to run
trains out. The strikers in meeting de-
cided to demand two dollars per day for
firemen and brakemen and no reduction
for engineers and conductors. They
appointed q committee Of iremen and
enginemen.
MARTIYsBURG, July l9.-The Presi-
dents proclamation, printed in handful
form, has been distributed among the
employees at all points of the road, and
policemen have been furnished with
large numbers to be placed in conspicu-
Gus places.
BALTIMORE, July ia committee of
conductors and brakemen to cooperate
with similar committees on all other
sections, have gone to the Third and
Fourth divisions to insist on q general
strike. The strikers say that if they are
overpowered by troops at Martinsburg
they will blockade other points along
the line. Any men who dare to go on
trains will be bushwhacked along the
road.
MARTYsBURG, July 10, IL AMP to
this time no enGinemen have been OBJ.
tanned to 20 on East train No. 4 The
proclamation OF the President has been
posted throughout the city. All is quiet.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19
How tho I~sranIItes Passed Over she
Dead Sea,

An amusing instance was told a
Hampton, Virginia, correspondent
of the Springfield Republican, of
the quick-wittedncss of a negro
preacher who had elaborated a new
theory of the Exodus, to-wit: that
the Red Sea got frozen over and so
afforded the Israelites a safe passage;
but, when Pharaoh with his heavy
iron chariots attempted it, they
broke through and were drowned.
A brother rose and asked for an ex-
PLANTATION of that point. "I'se been
studyn' geography, and de geography
say dat be very warm country
where dey have de tropics. And
the tropics too hot for f-eezin'. De
pint to be 'splained is, bout break.
ing through de ice" The preacher
Strengthened up and said: "Brud.
der, glad you axed that question.
1t gives me 'casion to 'splain it.
You see that was great while go
in de ole times, for dey had any
gography-'fo' dere was any tro-
pics"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19
An Inusion pIsnolIen.

A haltaedged clergyman from Whine.
come, Wisconsin, who had been singu-
larly impressed with the ease and con.
scioDs power with which editorial writer's
on the leading dailies changed the whole
face Of Europe, stood the Three Chan.
%cellors on their heads, pointed out the
errors that gray-headed s~trategists had
committed and concluded more alliances
in a column than the diplomatic corps
could have dreamed of in a century,
visited the city last week, and induced an
acquaintance to show him through q
newspaper Office. 1t was not long before
the timid cleric was enabled to catch a
glimpse OF the mighty srbiter of the des-
TIMES Of eontending nations, and when
be found that the arbiter wal a sallow aud
uncombed youth of twenty two, with bis
braces down ard bis shirt uubuttoDed at
the neck, who was yelling 10 an associate
editor. "Sa'ay, the Balkans isn't the
came as the Caucasus, is they 2" he slid
slowly from tho office, q disgusted and
disillusioned man.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19
MENKEN BROTHERS

department for the establishment at Fort
Leavenworth Of an infantry school Of
training and practice, which will be the
FIRST school Of the kind ever established
at any post in the United States.
Fifty delegates were present yesterday
at the first biennial convention Of the
cotton exchange of America, at Green
Brier White Sulphur Springs, represent
ing the cotton exchanges of New Or
leans, New York, Memphis, Mobile, Gin
%cinnsti, st. Louis, Vicksburg, Charles
ton, Savannah and Norfolk. John
Phelps, of New Orleans, was reelected
president; R, P, Campbell. v~ioe-presi-
dent; executive couneil-James A. Nc
Call, Mobile; W.. A, Goodwin, Memphis;
w. W. Gordon, Savannah; w. l.. Tren-
holm, Charleston, S. c.; D. C, Stone,
Galveston; w. B. Reynolds, Norfolk; j..
f. Wheless, Nashville.
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Where she Learned Of IL.
Paris Cor. New York Times,I

Paris Oor. New YORK Ttmes,I
An American mother came to
Paris a few weeks ago, bringing her
daughter, a girl of thirteen. This
daughter had been reared tenderly;
the inner petal of a rosebud is not
more sheltered from malign infu-
ence than she. But sometimes a
worm creeps into the very heart of
a rosebud.
"Mamma," said this child a day
or two after her arrival in Paris,
"do let us 60 to the Bots de Bou-
logne, or somewhere where we can
sec Cora Pearl and the rest of the
demi-mondew
"Cora Pearl ! the demi-monde F"
gasped the horror-stricken mother;
"where did you ever hear Of such
horrible things2?Y
"Why, in Lucy Hooper's letters,
Of course, that were in the newspa-
pers at homel" answered the Child.
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grover. OF

SAN FRAEoIsco, July Is. = Portland
press dispatch; The commission to-day
examined q number of witnesses regard.
ing the character Of Stiles and Wilson.
Senator Kelly considered Mosier a thor
oughly honest man, but given to exces.
sive use Of liquor, aud when under its
influence said and did some very foolish
things. Nesmith being recalled repeated
his testimony regarding bis interview
with Mosier who he thought was in earn
est 10 stating he (Mosier) could get four
teen hundred dollars for his vote. Henry
81. Gilwrey testified that Stiles state.
ment way absolutely false. "Grover never
spoke to me about buying votes; never
offered Goodman or any other member
Of the legislature money or other consid.
GRAFTON to Influence votes on Grover or
any one else; had he attempted to use
bribery | think l would have known it.
Wilson told me hat some OF the custom
house crowd had offered him money TO
vote against Grover; the latter always
told nae that he would use no corrupt
means to gain the election"
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were whipped, and not by arbitrary ac-
ton force them. who he cannot aud
never has had on a reservation, to take
up arms against us. Three Of the dele
gates were here thirteen years ago and
havs lived here ever since. aud no agent
has undertaken or could force them on a
reserve, and to try aud do it now when
our soldiers cannot hold their " east
Of US is a bad policy aud endaugers our
lives and property, When we have whip
ped the Indians there will be no trouble
or danger to us IN forcing them on the
reservation.
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River T-olesrams.

CISCISYATI, July l9.-The river is
falling. Fair and cooler.
CAIRO, July l9.-Arrived-Mary Ann,
PittsburE, SPIN; Grand Tower, St. Louis,
Ill Polar Star, Tennessee river. mid.
night; Robert Mitchell, New Orleans, 2
am E. o. Stanard. St. Louis, 8; CAPT.
toll City, yicksburp, Q. Departed-Mary
Ann, New Orleans, II pm; Grand
Tower, V~ieSsburg, midnight Polar Star,
St. Louis, midnight; Robert Mitchell,
Cincinnati, 3 am; j. B. Williams and
J. S. Mercer, Ohio, 7; Capitol City, St,
Louis, 10. Cloudy and cool.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19

DETROIT, July lS.-The annual meet.
ing of the Western Associated Press
was held here to-day, and was more
attended than any previous meet
ing for ten years. Several important
questions for decision were before the
association, and this fact brought out a
large attendance Of members. The fol
lowing board Of directors was elected:
Joseph Medill. Chicago Tribune; Rich
ard Smith, Cincinnati Gazette; W. N.
Haldemau, Louisville Courier Journal
A. j. Kellar, Memphis Avalanche; D
NJ. Houser, st. Louis Globe Democrat;
W. W. Armstrong. Clyeland Plaindealer;
j. +. Mack, Sandusky Register. The
board afterwards met and organized by
the election of the following officers:
President, NJ. Halstead. Cincinnati Com
merciali yice-president Il. B.. Martin
dale, Indianapolis journal; secretary,
Il. Il. Baker, Detroit Tribune. Executive
committee-Medill, Smith and Halde.
man, as heretofore.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19

New York Word. June ls.l

y W 0AAaa AIN AAtI
An old man died at the age of
eighty a few days ago in the dreary
streets of Chateau Landon, Paris,
who for some years had dwelt there
absolutely alone and unknown. He
was stout, solidly built, not talka-
tive, but good humored and friendly,
He was known to be a Berliner by
birth, but he did not care to talk
about himself, and his early history
was shrouded with mystery. Hans
Friech was the nape by which he
passed among his neighbors. He
only went out of evenings, and then
but for a short time, exchanging a
few shakes of the hand with ao-
duaintances, When he heard a
German voice he turned away or
crossed the street to avoid its owner.
He never read the papers, and re-
ceiyed letters but rarely, yet he bu-
sled himself most of the time wri-
ting-what, he refused to say. He
had no visitors, paid his rent pune
tually, rose and retired early, and
lived we'll. In fine he was the per-
feet type of a small bourgeois retir-
ed from business and living on his
income. To women he was ALWAYS
polite, to children more than kind.
Not until his death did the fact be-
come public that Hans Friech had
been the headsman of Berlin.
Headsman in the true signi6-
canoe of the word, not a mere me-
chanic puller of cords and TOUGHER
of springs, like Samson or Roch, for
during the period he executed the
hautes auyres of the Prussian capt.
tai, ending in 1910, the axe andnot
the %guillotine was employed for the
decapitation of criminals. Hans
Friech was an artist, for not only
could he remove his subjects head
at a single blow but he knew and
respected that subjects right and
preferences. He did not affect the
Gothic masquerade of black doub-
let and red hose he wore long
black silk stockings, short close
pantaloons of black velvet,
black coat and black gloves. He
would not touch the handle of his
axe with his bare palm not all the
gold in Prussia could have induced
him to such a fragrant breach of
scaffold etiquette.
Nevertheless, the Berliners insis-
ted on overlooking the fact that he
wore gloves and saw the blood upon
his hands. Friech had no friends
and too many acquaintance. Peo-
pie all knew him and shrank from
him. To enable him to leave the
hateful town, he worked busily till
he had filed one of his long black
silk stockings with crown pieces,
and on counting them found that
he had enough money to assure his
comfort for the remainder of his
life. That very day he resigned his
Office and set out for Paris, where
he found quiet and unconeern,
where the children did not point
him out with tiny fingers to each
other, or the women who came upon
him shrink back in speechless hOr-
ror. So quiet was he indeed that
he became homesick for the scaffold
and set himself to write his me-
moirs. His identity and the ma
ture Of the work with which he had
occupied his declining days only
came out after his death.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19

THE Memphis and Charleston
railroad unites heartily with the
Memphis and Little Rock road
against the unreasonable course Of
the Iron Mountain road. 1t is not
likely that the attempt to build a
fence across the Little Rock road
at its western end will be the com
plete success at first expected.
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T%ELEGRAPMIC
STOCKS AND BoNns.


NEW YORK, July 10, IL 40 a.m.-U.S S. 6's of
81. ll05s; skies Of '07. lllH9ll2; 6ve-twenties
of '@, new issue. 106M9lC6A; fve-twenties Of
81, 1851 sleS%; ive-twentios Of '6s, coupons,
Ill; ten-fortios, 1l2h9l12h; ten-forties, cou-
pons, lll34; currency sizes, 12l4@l25A; new
fves, 1O97s@uO.
LONDON, July 10. 2:8O pm. - Consols for
money. "a 9-l6; on account, 1T S. 5-2O's of
'65. 1861; of 81, 1865; 1O-4O's, 10; new
SIS. lO7h; Erie. SO.
BREADsTUFFs.
LIVERPOOL, July 10. $3.50 p.m.-Flour, not
reported. Wheat. Milwaukee red. llsSd@l2s9d ;
California white. l2s 6d@l2s lOd; California
club. Us 1lda1Ss sd. Corn, 26s 6d@27s Cd.
Pork, 52s6d. Besf,s2 2 Cd. Lard, AS Cd. Bacon,
long clear. S5sOd; short clear. 36s. TalIow,
40s sd, :
New YORK, July 1871 1915 p.m.-Flour is
easy. Wheat nominal at l 5Sa1 65; Milwau.
kee. 1901 70. Corn STEADY at 6Oe6OH. Mess
pork nominal at IA 1914 40. Lard is nominal
at 100000. Whisky quiet at l u.
Receipts: Flour, 5000; wheat. $1,000; corn,
172,t(0.
CHICAGO. July 10, 1910 p.m.-Wheat quiet
at l 1914 81 l6A for August; l liz 81 II for Sep
tember; l 1901 40 for July. Corn quiet at 49,
@iSH for August. Whisky steady; reported
sales of2O at 10s. Pork quiet at 10 81 for Au-
gust; E47% for September. Lard is quiet at
5 G1sSO for August; 8 O7hg9 10 for September.
Loose meats, salt rib, 7 bid; 711k asked for
September. Receipts: Flour, S45; W beat,
ll,l60; corn, SO2. SIG. Shipments: Flour, 1892;
wheat. 1888; corn. 295,9c5.
CINCINNATI, July l9.-Flour quiet. Wheat
steady. with a gsod demand; white. l Sg1 IS.
Corn is unchanged. Pork and lard unchanged.
Bulk meats fair demand at 5, 7 Is. III. Bacon
steady at G.. s, SK.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19

THIS is THE CHEAPEST AND MOST
L. delightful purgative before the public. Is
sparkling. as o glass of soda water. Far supo-
rior to sickening pills. 1t is held in high re-
pute, by physicians and surgeons for the
speedy cure Of constipation, biliousness,
torpid liver, dyspepsia, loss Of appetite,
heartburn, collie, sour stomach, fatulency.
sick headache, kidney affections, etc.
For those who lead a sedentary or closely
confined life, and become Of q cOnstipated
habit, II acts like a charm. II is specially
prepared for tho masses; is put uNin large,
bottles and sold by all druggists at SOC. No
student, no sewing-girl should fail to use IT,.
Sold by all Wholesale and retail druggists.
j.. p. DR0MG0QLE Il Co., Prop'rs,
6-xxy-1 louisville, Kentucky.
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SAN FRANCISCO.
Tho Mint RIM as n Political Ma
ehtut-neatT uetton OF Snow Sheds
on the Central Pacific.

Tho Mint RIM as n Political Ma
ehtuC-neatT uettOn OF Snow Sheds
on the Central Pacific.
SAN F%RAYcIsco. July l9.-The mint
investigating committee last evening
continued the examination OF the EN-
ployes. Concerning the details Of the
management Frank Pizley made some
general charges, TO the effect that the
mint was run as . political machine;
that the employees had been used to 10.
cate the desert lands, etc, but he was
checked by President Low, who insisted
upon the necessity Of making specific
charges in writing. The commission ad-
journsd till 2 pm. Saturday, when the
Pinney charges will be taken up, 10 be
followed by those prepared by Pixley.
The FIRE last night destroyed several
thousand feet Of snow sheds on the Cen.
trail Pacific railroad, near Emigrant Gap
and Dutch Flat, destroying the trains
and stopping telegraphic communication
fer several hours.
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Report of the New Hampshire Leg.
isIatiVe Committee Oh National

Report of the New Hampshire Leg.
tsIattVe Committee on National
Affairs.
CoScoRD, July 1.-The legislative
committee on national affairs introduced
majority and minority reports yesterday
The majority report sets forth that Mr..
Hayes was elected President by the PEG
pie and so declared by the electoral
commission, and that any movement to
reopen the question would be both mis-
chievous and contrary to the public in-
t%erests, etc. The minority report ~recites
the withdrawal Of the troops from South
Carolina and Louisiana and disapproves
the Presidents course, etc. The major
ity report was adopted.
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WARNING.
DELINQUENT
Water Consumers.
WARNING.

OFFICE WATER COMPANY. July II, 1877.
THOsE OF OUR PATRONS WHO HAVE
neglected to pay their Water Bills. will please
call at this Office Immediately and settle the
same, as the water win be shut off. and the
penalty certainly charged to all who fail t
come up.
12O-12 W. Il. CAMERON, SECRETARY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19
Fire.

MARLBORO, Mass, July 10 The
mandatory of j. A. Coolidge, West
Marlboro, and a dwelling house was
burned last night. Loss on building
and stock, $685. 900; insurance, $74 200.
Two hundred hands ore thrown out of
employment
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19
KmIed by ExpIoalon.

BALTIMORE, July l9-J. P. Wehrheim,
of the firm Of Wehrheim 4 Bros, No. Ill
Frederick avenue, was Instantly killed
by the explosion Of a gas machine, which
with a lighted candle he was examining
for a leak.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19
BREVITIES.

The private bank Of 7. R. West Il
Sons, Of Des Moines, Iowa, suspended
yesterday. Liabilities, $3.50, O9Oi assets,
some real estate.
An order has been issued from the war
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness
carly decay, loss Of manhood. etc.. l will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
By a missionary in South America. Send a
self-addrossed envelope TO tho REV. JosEPn
7. ISMAS. Station D, Bible. House, Now York
City. l2l-xxiv. l2sdAw
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Indications,

WASHINGTON, July l9.-FOr Tennessee
and the Ohio valley rising barometer,
stationary or lower temperature, north
west winds and clear or partly cloudy
weather.
The rivers will generally fall except a
slight rise in the Ohio.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19

Just before his death Louis III, late
grand duke Of Hesse, introduced TO bis
family and had presented to the court
his m%organatic wife, Nine DeHockstaed.
ten, formerly Mile Appel, a ballet
dancer. He marrid her nine years AGO,
six years after the death of his wife, he
Grand Duchess Matilda. The lady's
reputation is bIapleless.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19

New York, July ia run on the
Paterson IN. j. Savings Bank yeSter-
day also caused a run upon the Passaic
County Savings Institution in Paterson.
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Libel Ignored

SAN F~RANCIsoo July l9.--Tko eaaud
jury of Alameda county has ignored
Sergeant Pages libel complaints against
the Chronicle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19
LIST OF PRIZES,

VIZ Cash Prizes, amounting t., 1910 .OOO
40 Ts6e !o Il Tickets SlnO0; HALVES, IS; Quarters,
Tickets, $500. WV Oo14
kspittances can be mado by mail, express.
arait, postetilqp order OF registered ,stsor
made payable oG. w. Barrow Il %, 0
Al recommendations connected with tho dis.
uloNtl9ps or orders Tor tickets, and aRplica-
DE SEQ, g dSW. BARROW n CO. ~"
GENERAL Managers, Courier-J ournaI Buii6inv-
Louisville, Ky, "ss
Rem,s9@gssse1T Aug, 50. No time for delay.
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MEETING.
NOTICE.

MEMBERS OF THE GERMAN CASINO:
w Important meeting TONIGHT.
By order Of President.
JOS. SPECHT, sR.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19

The subscription price Of the PUB
LIC LEDGER is IS per annum for
the Daily, and 81 per annam for the
Reekg-Postage free.
Persons tearing the city for the sum
mer can order the DAILY LEDGER
at 75c per month. on tDo dollars for
three months, in Gdudnee, Nth the
pririlsge of changing posto6ice.
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LEGAL.

FINDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A DEED
in trust executed to me on the Sth day Of
February, 1875, by VIM. yoult, and duly re-
corded on the Sth day, Of February, 1875. in
Tennessee, in Book s, page 24S, to which ref
is made, l will, on Tuesday, July
~, 1877, within legal hours. at the south
gate of Court Square, in the city Of Memphis,
Shelby county, Tenn, sell to the highest bid
der one bay mare mule.
l2l.lS0 HENRY j. LEN0W, Trustee.
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KENNEDY Cash Distribution @.
1910. 900 Cash in Prizes.
FARMERS B DRovERs BANK, Louisville. Ky.-.
Treasurer.

The public are respectfully notified thg.t IN
consequence Of the precedent established by
the former company, and not wishing to make
a scaled or fractional drawing, the manage
ment have made a short postponement Of
sixty days. While regTet'ing to ask the in.
diligence of their patrons even for this short
ponement is made, as many have expressed
their wishes that this drawing should be a full
one.
The company is pleased to announce that
the courts Of Kentucky have decided that INC.
place Is LEGAL BEYOND QUESTION.
Hence, sustained by law, and the rsoe;ntS.
being most encouraging, tho management
emphatically. state that this drawing WIN
positiyely take place on August S0th. or
MONEY Wild BE REFUNDED In M,II
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-19

ax HIS,
Thursday Evening. July 10, 1877.
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LEDGER

orTIcE-No. Is MADISON srr..-.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03
The Hidden Rock i'm the Pacific.

The wreck of the Pacific Mail steam
ship City of San Francisco on a sub.
merged rock off what is known as Tartar
shoals, on the Mexican coast, recalls an
incident which occurred on the Pacific
Mail steamship China ON the upward
passage from Panama previous to the
Last trip of the ill-fated steamship. The
story is told by one of the pt ssengers of
the CHINA responsible and very in
telligent gentleman. He says that dur
ing the night previous to the arrival of
the China at Acapulco (when she must
have been in about the same position as
that in which the City of san Francisco
was when she came to grief many OF the
passengers were awakened by peculiar
thud and grating of the ships bottom,
as if she had struck against something
hard. 1t was his firm belief that the
vessel trembled from stem to stern.
Next morning, on the arrival of the YES
sci at Acapulco, he inquired of the Off
GERS what was the cause of the peculiar
sensation he had experienced in the con-
duct of the vessel at the time referred
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03
A POStOfIice Incident.

A recent incident at the Lawrence
postoffice illustrates the ease with which.
from want of particularly in direction,
a valuable letter may miscarry, with no
lack of care on the part of the office,
and no less exhibits moral obliqmty in
some members OF the community. On
Saturday night person called for let
ter at the general delivery, and ON being
told there was none to his address stated
that one of our city clergymen had de-
posted for him, few days previously, a
letter containing $3.50 in cash. Upon
further inquiry of the sender it appeared
that the letter bore no street designation.
only the mans name, and of the latter
six different men were known at the
office and by the carriers. Fortunately.
one of the latter remembered recently
delivering a drop-letter to one of the six.
The letter had not been returned to the
office, though the recipient must have
known full well that the money was not
for him. The carrier called
upon him and asked the return of the