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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07

the use of the flesh of a carrion bird
Homeopathists will look up, and al
who hate medicine will be supplied with
new arguments London Examiner.
Extraordinary Hoax on the Captain Of a
s.aaa.s Man-Of- War. . rss..e ...
A correspondent of the London Daily
Neaos at Cork, says:
"The gunboat Goshawk, which was
despatched to Gibraltar about a month
ago by the Port Admiral at Queens
town, in obedience to telegram pur-
porting to come from the Admiralty,
returned to this harbor on Friday, and
it has transpired that the M essage upon
which she was sent to sea was fictitious.
The Cork Eranoiner gives the follow
ing account of the affair: About a
month ago a telegram purporting to be
from the Secretary of the Admiralty,
London, was received at the AdmiraPs
Office, Queenstown, ordering that the
Goshawk gunboat should proceed i'm
mediately to Gibraltar. The terms of
the order were such as to cause no sus-
picion Of its genuineness. 1t was d.
rected that the full crew should pro.
coed, and that as much coal as could
possibly be slowed should be laid in.
When this m essage was received the
Goshawk was doing duty at the Dun
kettle Light, protecting the salmon and
oyster fisheries. She was Immediately
brought down to Haulbowline, and a
large quantity of coal and stores put in.
There was q little delay in her depart
ure owing to the absence of some of the
crew, who were on leave, but they were
all mustered with despatch, and in less
than twenty-four hours after the re-
ceipt of the order the Goshawk was on
her way to Gibraltar, with sixty-three
souls on board.
The weather at the time was very
bad, and as these gunboats are not de-
signed for sea-going there was much
misgiving as to her safety. Very soon
after she sailed, another telegram was
received from the same source, asking
to be advised if the Goshawk had pro-
ceeded to Galway. A reply was at once
sent back from the Admiral's Office at
Queenstown, stating that in accordance
with the first telegram she had gone to
Gibraltar. It was then ascertained for
the first time that the kilograms were
bogus ones, and that the lives Of the
sixty-three persons on board were
placed in jeopardy by the heartless
conduct Of some practical jokers."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
Gather Pure Ice.

An exchange admonishes it's readers
not to trust in the exploded theory that
ice, formed from salt or impure water,
is absolutely pure, and cites the case of
8 recent occurrence where the inmates
of hotel at Rye Beach were attacked
by an epidemic of fever and diarrhea,
which was subsequently traced to the
ice used in the establishment. This ice
was collected from pond, the outlet to
which has become closed, and which
was the receptacle of mud and sawdust
from the sawmills up the stream, with
which it was connected. The ice was
found to contain vegetable impurities,
and when its use was abandoned the
sickness disappeared. Ia@;2
8 Those who are storing and those who
are consuming ice will do we'll to- look
we'll to the source whence their sup
plies are obtained. It should be re-
membered that ice made from water
which is unfit to drink is not fit to be
used for cooling purposes, except it be
used outside of vessels containing
articles to be cooled.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
A Cure for Elephant aSiS.

1t is an old saying that God never
strikes with both hands-also that
where the devil has placed the poison
God has provided an antidote. These
ancient sayings are still believed by
many, and certainly things occur now
and again to prove that they are not
destitute of truth. For example, in
Central America-in Columbia the
tropical valleys of the Andes, on the
high table lands, as well as on the low
lying shores of the Caribbean Sea, there
is loathsome disease called elephan-
tiasis; it is not confined to any class of
persons, although it is more prevalent
among the poor, and the poor of the
negroes.
The malady is not only fearful and
loathsome to the patient, it is hideous
to behold. The members of the body
become swollen with ulcers to formid-
able size; the hair drops off; so do the
nails; the voice disappears and sleep
is murdered. For this most awful of
human ills a cure has recently been
discovered and used with the happiest
result. This is nothing else than eating
the flesh of the turkey buzzard, or gal.
linazo, bird SO filthy in its habits that
the meat it produces has been refused
by Europeans who were dying of hun
ger. Several of the party who accom-
panied Lieutenant Strain in his perilous
explorations of the Isthm,us of Darien,
lay down to die, and died, because the
flesh of this bird was too revolving to
eat. Now the gallianzo abounds in
those parts, indeed is the only bird that
may be said to abound I'D the populous
regions; he ia likewise the only scav-
enger; now he will be elevated to high
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07

er uses, and it is only fair that gallina-
zoes, as well as men, should rise to
higher things. , ..r .a.-... .
News has reached us from Panama
and Carthagena of several cures having
been effected of this direful plague by
the use of the flesh of carrion bird.
Homeopathists will look up, and all
who hate medicine will be supplied with
new arguments.-Londom Examiner.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24
PUBLIC LEDGER.
Weekly Public Ledger,

Published every Tuesday at 50 per annum (in
advapce). Postage free.
communications upon subjects of general
interest TO the public are at all times accept
able.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24
challenging a Roston Architect.

" A scene of violence" says the
Paris Gaulois, occurred recently
at Etretat Seine-Inferuiere). A
dispute arose at the table d'hote at
the Hauville Hotel, as to whether a
door should be open or shut. A
person calling himself the Count
De LurSaluces got up from his seat
and closed it. Mr.. Rich, an archi-
tect, from Boston, United States.
opened it. Some words ensued, and
the Count sent his card to the
American, and the latter tore it up.
Shortly afterward, as Mr.. Rich was
walking on the terrace of the casino
NJ. Lur Saluces, a riding-whip in
hand, approached and called him a
coward, and Immediately received
a blow in the face from an umbrel-
la. He returned it with strokes
from his whip. A bystander Joined
in and struck Mr.. Rich several
blows in the face with his fist. The
approach of the police put an end
to the struggle. The next day the
affair became somewhat more com
plicated. The person who had
sided with the so-called Count had
no previous knowledge of him, and
after the afray had loaned him 200
francs to go to Rouen, as he said, to
complain to his friend General Leb-
run. However, nothing has been
heard of the nobleman, and no
doubt seems to be entertained that
he was nothing but swindler."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24

refinement, and l intend that so
far as the management can make it
so, gentlemen shall feel that they
can leave their wives and children
here just as safely as at home.
Nothing offensive or Objectionable
shall be allowed to interfere with
the comfort of the guestsif we can
prevent it. Our ballroom, as you
see, cannot be approached by any
one not a known guest of the hotel,
or without a card Of admission con-
taining the visitors name. The
consequence is that we know every
person in the room, and young
ladies whose parents would not al
low them to dance in a public ball
room can join in the amusement
there with perfect freedom. AS to
the Seligman matter, l have been
made to say in some papers many
things that certainly never passed
my lips, and which were entirely
new to me when l read them.
simply studied the wishes of the
desirable frequenters of the house
in the position l took, and the best
proof that | was right is to be found
in the fact that my action has re.
suited in benefting the hotel and
gratifying the guests"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24
why the American. Won.

London Special to New York Evening Post.
The defeat of the British is dis
cussed most earnestly by the labor
ing classes. These good folks have,
as rule, the most vague notions of
America, and their comments on
the match, over their pipes and ale,
are amusing. eyer see, Billy"
says one, "these here Yankees are
most always a-shootin'. There
amt one Of 'em but 'as a revolver
in his breeches pocket, and they
begin shootin' and cuttin' up sticks
almost afore they can walk. Then,
again, 'untin' bears and Ingines
makes 'em able to 1T anything a
mile orr, even if it's a jumpin'
about, and they'd think no more of
lifting a target what's a-standing
still than you would of drinkin' a
pint Of beer without takin' breath.
Why, Pm told that these New
Workers hardly took the trouble to
take aim, but stood on their eds
and shot through their legs back
wards"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24
MEMPHIS TENN: MONDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER a. 1871

was a hopeless case. NJ. Theirs
was struck down by apoplexy, due
either by a rush of blood to the
head or to an effusion of serum.
DIR. Barthe applied leeches behind
the ear and other remedies, but
none had the slightest effect. NJ.
Thiers remained without conscious
ness until the hour of his death, a
few minutes past 6 o'clock.
This last event when it came, |
am told was not so terrible to those
who stood at his bedside as the first
few moments of his seizure. His
efforts to articulvte as he sat in the
chair by the window are described
as something frightful to witness.
lie seemed to be wrestling with
death for a moments power of ex-
preston. His fingers moved as
though he were making signs for a
pen, while his features were dis
torted into a perfect grimace in his
attempt to speak. At this sight
the fortitude of Mime Thiers alto
gether gave way and she shrieked
for help. Her sister-a woman of
remarkable strength of mind for
whom the old statesman always had
as much respect as affection-was
perfectly composed; and there was
nothing but the awful paleness to
show that she was aware of the
gravity of the situation. NJ. Thiers
died in her arms.
M. Barthelemy st. Hilaire, the
friend and most intimate and polit-
ical associate of M. Thiers, had been
summoned from Paris, and he came
in time to relieve the two ladies
from some of their cares. The body
was laid out on the camp bedstead
the face, which had now assumed
the statuesque calmness of expires.
sion, looking as though it were
moulded in wax. MesSonier, the
painter, was telegraphed for by de-
sire Of Mime Theirs, and the direc-
tor Of the Beaux Arts was asked to
send a modeller to take cast of the
features, and Nador, who had alao
been specially summoned, came to
take several photographs. Before
morning the drawing room of the
hotel had been turned into a NOR.
tuary chapel and the corpse, still
on the little camp bedstead, was
placed there while long process
sion Of visitors from Paris filed in
and out of the room to pay theil
last tribute of respect. The first
visitors found Nine Thiers kneellne
at the foot Of the bed, but she al
once suffered herself to be led away
The list Of those who made this
mournful pilgrimage is far too long
to cite here, but it includes the
names of Gambetta, Emil de Cir
ardin,. Prince Orlof, the Russian
ambassador; Lord Lyons, Prince
Tropbetskoi, the project of the
Seine, the project Of police, the
governor of Paris, Prince Radzi-
will and others. While this was
passing kilograms were pouring in
from all parts of France and all
parts of Europe, Prince Gortscha.
koff being among the first to send
his condolences in this way.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24

Norfolk (va.) Herald

A'NAiVAh w dsI
Some time ago the wife of Mr.
Alfred Davis (whO was drowned
with his two sons last Friday even
ing in Nansemond river), was con-
fined to her room with protracted
sickness, and such was the poverty
of the poor man that he was unable
to procure the necessary nourish-
ment for her. Indeed, as Mrs.
Davis related the case, the wants of
the family must have been of the
seVerest and most trying nature,
the family subSisting for several
weeks on potatoes and salt alone,
during the sad indisposition of Mrs.
Davis and her pressing want for
delicate food, common house-cat
went into the field and caught
young hare and brought it to the
house. Mr.. Davis took the hare
and made it into soup for his suffer
ing wife, which caused rapid i'm
proyement in her condition. The
day following the same cat again
set out on its mission of charity,
and succeeded in catching part
ridge, which was likewise brought
to the house and delivered as was
the hare. And thus it was through
the instrumentality of this cat, the
life of this unfortunate lady was
saved from absolute starvation.
The facts Of the above can be sub
stantiated as correct, and are given
as related by Mrs. Davis in person.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24
GetrinK IdsntfRea.

Once OF twice in our lifetime we
have had a check to get cashed at
q bank, and once or twice we have
felt just as the following incident
relates
A man, forty years old, and as
long as a rail, went into one of the
banks recently to get cash for a
thirteen dollar check, drawn by a
party living in Nankin township.
g You will have to be identified" ="
said the chashier as he looked at
the check.
81 am the man." was the reply.
" But l dou't know that you are"
"But / do"
p" You must bring some one here
who knows you"
"Don't | know myself?" ex-
claimed the check tenderer.
"But l must know you. You
may be Tom Jones for all know"
" You must be consarned fool
to think I'm some one else," growled
the man in response.
" You must be identified" OBJ
served the cashier.
"That's " my name | tell ye, and
this is me, and if the bank gets me
riled, I'll HEX the whole crowd of
you behind the railingl"
The cashier wouldn't pay, and
the man couldn't find any one who
knew him, and at noon he was wait
ing "for that fellow that sassed him
to come out.p
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24

is the typical old Virginia darkey,
polite and gentlemanly, member
of the Episcopal Church, and a
man who has known most of the
celebrities of his day. He was
born in Abingdon, Va, in which
town Gov. Hampton was married
to Miss Preston, a daughter of one
of the proudest houses Of the South.
He was present at the marriage GER
emonies, and when Gov. Hampton
came to Louisville he called upon
him at his hotel, and was presented
by Gen. Thomas II. Taylor. He
came away very much impressed
with the courtly governor, who, he
says, treated him with every consid-
Grafton. Rogers says he is at no loss
to understand why his people in
South Carolina should have sup
ported such a fine gentleman for
governor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24
RAILROADS.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.

CCHEDULE ON AND AFTER SEPT. 10,
y 1877;
Leaves. Arrives.
Mail and Express. daily~ll.E0 pm 5.45 pm
Somervillo accem dat'n
daily tex. Sundsyl,-.. 5.OOp.m S,1Sa,m
Time TwenGy Minutes Faster than
CAsy Tlmo.
.SOmeFVIlle train viii stop at reg
uinr and flag RtattOns.
The III. 80 pm. Train makes the q alex
ent lime ever made to Chattanooga, Knox-
vile, Lynohburg, Washington, and the East,
and will stop at all Regular StatioAs and at
Flag Stations whom tagged, except Ibg Sta
tions between Uollieryile ard Memphis.
Ticket Office 25S MalO street. and Depot
Memphis and Charleston railroad.
JOHN A. GRANT,
Chief Engineer and General Sup't.
I. S. DAVANI.
13t Assistant General Passenger Agent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24
The ssra.OEa Rebrew ylurry.

81 see nothing to regret and
nothing to chang in the position l
took in my correspondence with
Mr.. Seligman," said Judge Hilton,
day or two ago, in reply to a ques-
ton put to him by the Herald cor
respondent, 81 believe the world
now understands that no prejudice
against race or religion influenced
my action. Hound certain persons
Objectionable to my guests, and in
excluding them from the hotel |
only studied the wishes and COM
fort of the class to which such an
establishment must look for success.
| am satisfied, from the correspon-
dence | have received and from
what has been said to me, that my
action is generally approved, and
the hotel register for this season is
a gratifying evidence that in a bust
ness point Of view | have not made
n mistake. / desire to make this
hotel, in accordance with Mr.. Stew
arts IDEAS and wishes, q summer
home for families Of culture and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24
Louisville and Great Southern R.R.

ll;4l pm. Night Express Connects at Milan
for st. Louis and C6casO a. Mckenzie nd for for
Southeast. at Guthrie for Hopkinsyille, Hen
derson and Evansville, at Louisville Tor all
points North and East
lilo pm. Day Express for St.
Louis and Chicago. at Louisville for all
points North and East.
4:40 pm. Milan Accommodation - Daily
except Sunday.
Pullman Palace Cars on either train TO Louis
vile. and on Night train to Nashville.
For tickets or Information, apply at Ticket
Office, 287 Main, Northwest corner Madison
street
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
M-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24
A COlOred Mans CaII ON Governor
HamDgOu

We clip the following from the
Louisville Evening News:
During the stay of Gov. Wade
Hampton in this city he was called
on by N. B. Rogers, the well known
barber, one of the colored men Of
the city who stands highest in the
regards Of the white people. Rogers
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24
MEMPHIS & LITTLE ROCK R.R.
ShrOt Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TIMEOARD,

Leaves. Arrives.
Nail train, daily ly........-..5.3O ,. m. 11.30 m
Freight train daily lex.
sunday .~....... ..........7.00 am. 5.2Op.m.
Passengers going on this road will take
trains at the depot Of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern railroad. Mail
trains make close connection at Argenta fer
points on the Little Rock and Fort Smith
railroad and at Little Rock with the Cairo
and Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Arkansas and Texas.
Pullman alaoO Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
For tickets and information apply at Ticket
offices 21s and 2S7 Main street. and at depot
foot Of Washington street. or at Louisville,
Nashville and Great Southern railroad depot,
or TO the undersigned
r. A. WILLIAMS, Pass. Ag't, Memphis.
Nj. 5. JAY. q. P. a7d 4. Ag't, Little Rock,
w; =. SMITH, sup't, Memphis Tenn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24

1t is the only medicine would give to
my baby, mother said, speaking Of DR..
Bulls Baby Syrup At all drug stores,
Is cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24
MISSISSIPPI G TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
Change OF Schedule.
MEnrHrs. TENN, September l, 1877.

MEEPHIs. TENN, September l. 1877.
NN AND AFTER MONDAY. SEPT. 3D.,
~ 1877, trains will run as follows:
Leave. Arrive.
New Orleans mail, daily. 800 pm. ILL pm
Sardis Ac' IN 'dation. daily
(except Sur rdayl....".....l1:90 am. 900 m
Freight train, daily lex
cept Sunday ........,........6 50 am $500 pm
226 N. BURKE, Sup't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-24
COOKING STOVE.

The prospect of a large orange crop
in Florida this wear is encouraging
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-10-31
A Horrible Death.

A boy named Jacob Warner, who llVeu
with Mr.. Arlt, miller, at Bailey haf-
Dor, Mich, went into the grist mill TO
grind his AK on a grindstone that is oper-
ated by attaching belt to pulley close
beside the main belt. While in the act
of adjusting the grindstone belt he was
caught in the main belt and whirled into
eternity. Mr.. James Kilgore, happen
ing to go into that portion Of the mill at
about the same time, heard the boy cry
out "Cut the belt" He sprang for
ward with his knife and tried to cut the
belt, but as the boy came around with
the belt Klgore received heavy blow
on the nose from the boys foot, literally
smashing the bones Of his nose and
knocking him senseless. The machinery
was stopped as soon as possible and the
mangled boy taken from the belt fright
full sight to behold, having his head
smashed, both legs and arms broken
and the fingers whipped off both hands
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-10-31
Tho facilitating Punp Compnny,

Fairbanks & Co. are the sole and exclusive
agents of the Sluthour Pump owned and man
aged by the Oscillating Pump Company. They
are the simplest and yet the most efficient hand
pumps ever invented, their excellence being
fully attested by the fact that at the Centennial
and wherever exhibited either in this country
or in Europe, the first premiums have been
awarded to the company for hand pumps, ship
pumps, force pumps and fire pumps. The
smallest of these pumps We observed worked by
a little child, and, raising the water from depth
of twelve feet forced it through hose 100 feet
long, and threw it with great force 100 feet.
Water can be raised from wells at depth CT
forty feet with perfect ease. The have been
adopted by the Government in many public
works, and are coming into general use, sup
planting all other hand pumps.-.S. Louis
Daily Journal, Oct O. 1877.
These pumps are sold at the warehouses Of
the Messrs Fairbanks, the celebrated scalt
manufacturers
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-10-31
4 Puzzled Monkey.

TIL st. Louis Republican thus pleas
antly describes recent incident of the
fair in that city; Yesterday was
good day for the monkeys at the fair
grounds and they liked it. They frisked
about in the sunshine, and cut their
merry antics with au abandon that
showed them to be bubbling over with
the spirit of fun and mischief. There
is one of the number that by some
amusing peculiarities of disposition and
manner becomes an immediate favorite
with every spectator, and attracts more
attention than any other. A gentleman
who was among the crowd yesterday
that generally surrounds the monkey
house when the grounds are open, hap
pened to have small pocket mirror in
his hands, and just for sport passed it
in through the grating to the favorite.
The monkeys behavior on seeing his
face reflected in the glass was amusing
in the extreme, and kept the crowd in a
roar of laughter for nearly an hour.
The monkey, OF course, failed to recog.
nize the reflection of himself in the
glass and took it for another monkey.
and his anxiety to get hold of that
monkey was what made the fun. He
would look behind the glass for it, and
feel for it III such comical way while
he was looking in the glass that one
could not help laughing. While the
glass was close to his eye he gradually
bent over, casually, and noticing that
the evanescent monkey was then on his
back apparently, he dropped the glass
and made sudden grab for him. When
he didn't get him he looked surprised.
and commenced looking under the straw
to see what had become of him. He
was then seized with luminous idea.
He picked up the glass and ran with il
up>to the topmost branch of the dead
tree that is erected in the cage. and
climbing to the extreme end 0gain looked
in the glass. 1t seemed as if he reasoned
that in such position the monkey coult
not elude him. He felt for it, grabbed
at it, and tried all sorts of simila
strategy to capture it, and notwithstand
ing his repeated failures, seemed 10th t,
give it up. ..
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-10-31
Timber Statistics.

Within ten years no less than II, OOO'-
600 acres of forest have been cut down
or burned over in the United States,
Much of the timber is used for fuel,
twenty-five cities being on record as con-
Stunning from ., 200 to 10000 acres each.
Fences use up much timber, and rail
way sleepers require the product OF
100, 900 acres per annum. The amount
of pine and hemlock timber yet stand
ing in the forests of the timber States
is estimated at 225, 900, 100000 feet
The sum of s144, 900. 900 is invested in
the timber industry, employing 100000
men,