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XAIV@- MEMPHIS TENN TUESDAY EVENING JUNE H. 1871

take care of itself for a time in case
Of accident or breaking away from
the tow-lines, which are TO be of
steel wire. There viii be four or
five men on board to make sail.
pump bilge-water, trim lights and
make signals in case of need. In
the opinion of eminent engineers
the plan proposed is admirably
adapted for the work to be done,
and Mr.. Dixon's confidence is
shown in the fact that should he
fail to complete his work he will
receive nothing for his outlay and
trouble. II, however, the under
taking is a success, the entire ex-
pense will be borne by Mr.. Eras-
mus Wilson, the eminent surgeon.
Immense care and nicely will have
to be exercised in obtaining the
necessary strength and rigidity; the
obelisk must be so packed, forming
with the iron cylinder one solid
mass, as to avoid any strain from
the rolling into the water, or from
the heavy working of the ship af-
terward. | presme the most anx-
ious part Of the work will be to
get the vessel and her precious
cargo INTO the sea. Once ahoat
other difficulties will be mastered.
Three thousand five hundred years
ago this obelisk formed one of the
pillars in front of the great Temple
of Tum (the setting SUM- at He'll
opolis (near OairO), and was
brought to Alexandria during the
reign of Cleopatra. No accounts
exist of the appliances used; but if
this and larger monuments could
be safely moved about some 1000
years B. O., it is not possible to
doubt our ability to do likewise in
the nineteenth century A. d.
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rrnnsfnainn nr RInnh

A man named Robert Williams
died in Liverpool the other dav
from having had his blood trans
fused into another man who was i'll.
He went on all well for a day or
two alterward. He then became
i'll, got gradually weaker, and died
from erysipelas. The deceased was
a man Of full habit, and was ooca-
sionally given to drinking. The
surgeon who performed the opera
ton, before doing so, made partic-
ular inquiries from the deceased as
to his habits and state of health,
and his answers were satisfactory.
AT the inquest medical evidence
was to the effect that the operation
had been skillfully performed. DIR.
Higgison said he had performed the
operation successfully in fifteen
cases. The jury returned verdict
of "death by misadyenture," " but
they were also of opinion that suf-
'fcient inquiry was not made by the
medical men who made the opera
ton as to the deceased's habits and
physical condition, and that he was
not sufficiently cautioned as to the
risk he was running.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-12

Luck.
New York Sum-
In March, 1872, John +. Cham
berlain became surety for William
Hennessey Cook, of Ring notoriety,
to the extent Of $4,000. lie has
since gone into bankruptcy, and
offers to pay cent On the dollar.
The attorney general insists that
the amount for which he became
surety shall be paid before the one
per cent. arrangement is carried
out.
Yesterday Peter B. 0lney, acting
in behalf of the attorney general,
examined Mr.. Chamberlain before
Register in Bankruptcy Dayton, in
reference to the state of his finances
when he signed Cooks bonds, and
their present condition.
Mr.. Chamberlain testified that he
became surety for Cook in March,
1872, and executed two undertake
lngs. His property then consisted
of horses, carriages and household
furniture, besides ready money and
government bonds. The furniture
included pictures, Of which two
were by Dore; one was called
" Frozen He'll" lie sold them in
1873. The furniture was in his
leased premises at s West Twenty
fifth street. His stud numbered
eight or ten horses, including
Stoncwall Jackson. Their value
was $40, 200. The furniture sold
for $4,000, which went for living
expenses. When he became Cooks
surety his cash in hand amounted
to 5000 lie had besides $40,0 900
in government bonds which he
counted as cash. He afterward sold
the bonds, but could not say when.
The money SO obtained he used in
his business at Long Branch. At
least fourth was so used. He spent
the winters of 1S74-75 and 1876
in Washington, occupying the house
vacated by the British minister.
This house he agreed in writing with
Charles Knapp to buy for 800, 900.
lie paid $4,000 on account of con-
tract, but the deed was never de-
liyered. lie left Washington in
June, 1876, and went to Long
Branch. The S60,000in cash went
for personal and family expenses.
The house at 16 West Twenty-sev-
enth street was afterward occupied
on the same terms as the Washing
ton house. He also occupied
house on Twenty-third street, near
Seventh avenue. In 1876 he lost
Sl5, 900 or $4,000 at Long Branch,
lie could not say whether he made
a loss in 1874 and 1875, as he did
not keep an account. In 1872 and
1873 he lost more than 800, 900.
de bought real estate at Long
Branch in 1868 or 1869, consisting
of the race track and houses OH the
beach. The track covered 1874
acres, and cost $92,5O0. He i'm
proved it to the amount of $780,
900. He sold out to the Long
Branch and Seaside Improvement
Company, taking 700 Of its 1900
shares of stock. All but twenty of
these had been wiped out of ex-
istence in various ways.
The examination is to be con-
tinued.
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100000 for. Only Ten
READ THE LIST OF GIFTS.
Drawing Positively June 80, 1877
And Every Three Months Thereansr.

The presela management emphdticalv notify
tbe public that there iciN Be no posipoRepient Of
ibis drdieing, qs = usual IN such enterprises, bat
that 4 lolU positiDelp and unequiDocdlly take
place on The date named. ri
THIS, tte Second Dralciag, ,oiH be eonduehd
efrst, 70 The fairness Of chich the fllo,oag
named gentlemen hare testified:
Hon. ALVIN puvall late Chief Justice Sup.
Court Of n.y.. James @: Dudley, Chm Board
Of School Trustees; Grant Green, Cashier
Farmers Bank Of Kentucky; Hon. S. I. M.
Major, Public PriAter State OF kentucky; I;
Hon. Thomas N. Lindsay, Pres't Farmers
Baak Of Nv; Hon. Thomas c. Jones. Clerk
Of supreme Court Of KY; Judge X. A. Thomp-
son, Pres dg Judge Franklin Co. Courts James
g Crockett, Clerk Frank n County Court.
Remittances can be made by mail, express
DRAFT, postefiice order or registered letter,
made payable to q. w. Barrow & Co.
Ticket, paid promptly and without discount.
Reliable agents wanted
Address all communications and orders for
tickets to O. W BARROW Il co
Courier Journal Building. Louisville, Ky.
send for Circular. T-eod.ll0.d6w
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IaMmmRI
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without civilian clothing, without
trunks or any of the thousand and
one things that a man in ordinary
life needs. To supply a graduate
with an outfit would require at
least five hundred dollars, and the
greatest sum which one can save
from his pay during the four years
of his training is less than two
hundred dollars. What is a poor
cadet to do?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-12

Elmira Advertiser.J

AlhAAAh AuNtltlhtIsI
A writer fully accounts for the
reason why printers die young, and
why they are continually tramping
from place to place in search Of
peace and quietude. lie says that
working for forty yeditors and scores
of authors, every one Of whom is as
sensitive as a sore thumb, and as
lively and as interesting as a hornet,
no wonder the printers die young,
and only pachydermatous, grizzly
mulish specimens get their share of
life. The writer wishes he could
offer himselfa as an awful example Of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-12

the perils which environ the man
who NEEDLES with cold-type.
A thoroughly trained printer
should have a stepmother, and then
a stepfather, and then should have
been bound out to a tanner, and
then have married a scolding wife,
and lived in a smoky house, and
have had a family Of babies who
were afflicted with the collie. He
should have added to all this discip-
line a thorough knowledge Of
science and law, languages, theolo-
gy, history and biography. If, in
addition, he has a vicious looking
countenance and an amiable dispo-
sition, he may stand some chance
with these authors and editors; but
the probabilities are, after all, that
they will worry him to death. This
picture will have very depressing
effect upon ambitious boys who are
anxious to learn the the "art pre-
servatiye of all arts" The picture,
however, is tolerably correct one.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-12

TOR POSTERS, SHOW BILLS, CARDS
4 Ciroulars, ete.. gotten ny with tho latest
rivlo OF typos and on superior paper OF any
desirod color, aolto the Ledger otioeand OF.
amino slo0k.ald prices.
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LOTTERY.

A RPLEUDID OPPORTUNITY 20
"a WIN A FORTgNEi-Third Granu
day, July Sd. '-1l-
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY co.
This institution was regularly incorporated
by the Legislature Of the state for Educa-
nonal and Charitable purposes in 1853, with
added a reserve fund of S350, 600 ITS GRAND
SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS will take
place monthly. IT EEYER SCALES or POST.
PONEs. Look at the following scheme:
NAnIrAI pRIHn ano l,nn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-12

I'm try to preach the milk Of the
word, replied a city clergyman to
parishioner who demonstrated that bis
sermons were too long. Yes" re
marked the other, but around here
what we want is condensed milk. u
Norwich Bulletin.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-12

Mildness conquers-and hence it is
that the gentle yet positive influence Of
DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup overcomes so
quickly the disorders of babyhood.
Price Or
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-12
MEMPHIS l. LITTLE ROCKR.R.
Sin, OF Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TIME CARD


Leaves. Arrives.
Mail train, daily......,....5.S 80 pm. 1910 pm.
Freight train leaves Hope
field daily(ex. sunday)7: 80 am. 5.20 m.
Passengers going on this road will tai ke
trains at the depot Of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern railroad. Mail
trains make close connection at Argenta for
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 nlacs Sleeping Cars on all night
trains. m,
For tickets and information apply at Ticket
offices 2T. 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.
M. Stay @. p. ayd T. Ag't, Little Rock
w. v. SMITH, Sup't. Memphis Tenn.
I03-t
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MISSISSIPPI q TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
Change of Schedule.
MrnpH1s. TRSx. May l2, 1877.

MEMPHIS. TENN, May II, 1877.
nN AND AFTER SUNDAY, MAY 18th
I ,iSiT. trains will run as follows:
Leave. Arrive.
New Orleans mail, daily $500 pm. 1880 pm
Freight and Ac'm dation,.
daily Except Sunday ;.:6:3g Am oU 2 N
6S.f NJ. BURKE, Sup't.
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Louisville and Great Southern R.R.

10:SOp. m Night Express Connects at Milan
for ST. Louis and Chicago, at Mckenzie for
Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta and the
Southeast, atCiuthrie for Hopkinsville, Hem
dorson and Evansville, at Louisville for all
points North and East
lilo pm. Day Express Connects fer st.
Louis and Chicago. at Louisville for all
points North and East.
4:4O p m. 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. 267 Main, Northwest corner Madison
JOHN T. FLYNN. sup't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
. 3l-t
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-27
Cleanliness and Light.

Cleanliness Is not ut all to be feared
for the sick mother, but is greatly TO be
desired. There are at this day old-fash-
ioned nurses, who keep baby mothers
siclx-room so foul with bad mir, from
lack of cleanliness about the patient,
that few can bear to enter it. They re.
fuse to change the bedding or the
patients clothes for at least week
most barbarous treatment of mother
and babe, and all the friends. There is
no danger from changes of clothes, If
the fresh clothing be well aired, and put
on without chilling or fatiguing the
patient. And washing of the whole
body is not at all perilous, IL the water
used be of comfortable temperature, and
the air of the room quite warm. Thou
sands of women every year have sitz
baths before their babes are week old,
and recommend the practice; but though
know by experience that It is safe and
comfortable rightly administered, l will
not recommend it to any one who has
not nurse or physician accustomed to
such baths, and ready to superintend
them. Very serious disease sometimes
results from lack of proper washing in
sickness of this kind, in hot weather.
Every sick-room should be kept as light
as the patients comfort will allow-not
darkened atall, unless the light hurts
her eyes. All reasonable effort must be
made to keep the air pure without chilli-
ness or draughts.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-27
Treatment for Rlngboue,

This disease, which consists of in
f1ammation of the membrane covering
the bones of the pastern joint, followed
by deposit of bony matter, which in
time causes the bones to unite and make
a stiff joint, requires, different treatment
in young horses from that necessary
with old ones. Young horses frequent
ly recover quickly, while old ones are
sometimes treated without effect. The
proper course consists of rest and cool
ing applications until the inflammation
is subdued; then apply blister, such as
20 grains each corrosive sublimate and
camphor, 10 drops os hydrochloric acid,
and one ounce of turpentine Watch
the blister, and wash off when the effect
is sufficient.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-27
What a Plant Did.


A little plant was given to sick girl
In trying to take care of it the family
made changes in their way of living.
First they cleaned the window, that
more light might come to its leaves !;
then when not too cold they would open
the window, that fresh air might help
the plant to grow. Next, the clean
window made the rest of the room look
so untidy that they used to wash the
floors and walls and arrange the furni-
ture more neatly. This led the father
of the family to mend broken chair or
two, which kept him at home several
evenings. After the work was done he
stayed home, instead of spending his
leisure hours at tavern, and the money
thus saved went to buy comforts for
them all. And then, as the home grew
attractive, the whole family loved il
better than ever before, and grew
healthier and happier with their flowers.
Thus the little plant brought moral
as well as a physical blessing The
Sdnitdridn.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-27
Standing Water.

Water is life-giving so long as it is in
motion, its presence is fatal TO vegeta-
ton when it is stagnant. Provision for
the rapid removal of water that may
come upon the fields, should not be
neglected before the ground freezes, or is
covered with snow. This is peremptory
for the growing crops, and advisable
for stubble land, for water left to perco-
late slowly through the soil, will dis
solve out from it, and carry off, much
soluble fertilizing matter; all the nitrates,
which are SO valuable, being the first
matter that is thus lost.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-27
White Specks in Butter.

The white specks found in butter may
be due to several causes. One is an acid
condition of the milk, which causes a
deposit of small curdy particles that are
mixed with the cream, and when it is
churned these can not be separated from
the butter. Another is the presence of
lime in the salt; this forms an insoluble
soap with the butter, which exists in
small nodules wherever there is a par
ticle of lime. Another cause is the COW
itself. Some cows always yield specky
butter from some constitutional pecu-
liarity. Again, it may be that the air of
the milk-room is impure, and conveys
some germs of decomposition into the
milk, and produce this effect. A possible
remedy, if the cause is acidity of the
milk, is to put q teaspoonful of carbonate
OF soda in the cream pot, and stir it
thoroughly.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-27

EsTATE NoTICE.-Notice is hereby given
~ tnat Letters Testamentary on the estate Of
John Neidigh, late of Jackson township, Perry
county, Pa, deceased, have been granted TO the
undersigned. residing In Mifin township, Cum.
berland county. Pa.
All persons Indebted to said estate are request.
ed to make immediate payment and those having
claims Will present them duly authenticated for
settlement to
THOMAS II. MoFFITT, Executor.
i. o. Address. Hewvile. Cumb. co.. Pa
w. A. "; II: SPoNsLER, Atty's for estate.
August 81, l877.-St
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-27

We have q Splendid
Assortment of Goods
suited for Mems Wear.
Our stock Is very com
plete In all kinds of
goods from Is cents per
yard upwards.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-27

r AIDES AND CHILDREN will ind a
Il 4 splendid assortment of shoes at the one
price store Of +. Mortimer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-07-25
The Law Deiied In Kentucky.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 1.-THE
removal from Carter County, KY, of
the Militia has left that region again
at the mercy Of outlaws. Saturday
evening a young man named Hanna,
known as a friend of the Holbrook
faction, while hunting for cattle,
came upon four of the Underwoods
encamped in the mountains. They
questioned him as to the Whereabouts
of the H~olbrooks, and then told him
be could go home. He started to go
and was shot in the back. In this
way the feud between the two fac.
tons is likely to work itself out. The
Sheriff and the courts dare not incur
the enmity of either party by an at
tempt to enforce justice. AMI 80 the
law continues to be de6ed. The en-
tire Holbrook party under arrest for
the shooting Of the Underwoods were
tried yesterday at Upper Tygart and
acquitted. The father of the Under.
woods, who was one Of the party tax.
en- by the military in the log fort, has
also been released and sent back to
his gang on a horse furnished by the
Sheriff. Two or three other Under
woods are still held in custody, and
q form of trial will be gone through
with next week. but no n antici-
.ates any other results than that Of
acquittal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-07-25
BEN. WADE.
A Statement from the Old war
Horse Himself.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Ma
tional Republican recently annouce d,
by reliable authority, that Ben. Wade
had become reconciled to the Presi-
dents policy. This has called forth
a letter from the ex-senator to the
Repablican, in which he says: while
| am now, as ever, as a Republican,
anxious for the success of that party,
belle Wing that it has done more to
sustain the rights of man and pro-
mote the principles of a just govern
ment than any political organization
of which we have an account, / can
not permit my sentiments to be mis-
represented. Now, / should like to
know who, or what, is your reliable
authority for the above statement !?
Certainly l have authorized no one
to make such a statement, or any
other. Since my letter TO Mr.. Paint
er, which was surreptitiously publish
ed, | have written to no one upon the
Presidents policy, and have spoken
to very few persons upon the subject,
and then always in defense Of the SEN
timents of that letter, which few
hereabouts oppose. Iregret to say
that all that has since tr~anspired in
the South. and 10 the North, has but
confirmed me 10 the correctness of
the sentiments expressed in that let
ter. l will add that 1 greatly fear
this policy, under the color of what
is called Local Self-government,' is
but an ignominious surrender of the
of nationality for which
our armies fought and for which
thousands upon thousands of brave
men died, and without which the
war was a failure and our boosted
Government a myth
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-07-25

The news-gathers about Washing
ington, who have been writing all
kinds of twad1le about the probable
election of a Republican Speaker of
the next House by the cooperation
of a handful of Southern conserva-
%tives, are beginning to weaken visi-
bly,. The latest outgivings are that
president Hayes does not now ex-
pect the election of q Republican,
while persons near him think there
ought to be a sufficient appreciation
OF bis II in regard to the South
to induce Southern members to sup.
port an independent candidate
against the regular Democratic eau
Gus nominee" The persons near
the President' will catch larks when
the skies fall, meanwhile they may
possess their souls with patience.
The falling of the skies, and the vo-
ting by the Democrats for a Republi-
can speaker, are equal probabilities.
The ST. Paul Pioneer Press says
there never was so fine a prospect for
a large crop of cereals as at this time.
1.-THE State is one vast field of as
strong grain as ever stood in a sum-
mer's SUM-" Business men are look
ing forward TO a large trade. This
is not q case of promises inspired by
vague hope. There is rational hope
ground for the expectation of better
times. 1t lies in the wheat, the oats,
the barley and the corn. The best of
it is, that what is true of Minnesota
is true the country over.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-07-25

In North Carolina malicious suit.
and indictments, on frivolous pre-
texts, have been brought against
Revenue officers for acts done in per.
forming their duty. The laws Of the
United States allow officers to re-
move such suits to the Federal Courts
for trial, but Judges of the State
Courts have directed their clerks not
TO obey writs of oertiorari issuing
from the Federal Courts. The ques-
ton Of removal was finally carried to
the Supreme Court of the State.
Governor Vance employed eminent
counsel, to assist the Attorney Gen.
eral of the State, in resisting the re-
moyal of such cases to the Federal
courts. The case was ably argued
and the court has now decided to
sustain the right of removal. and the
right of United States officers to be
tried in Federal courts. Thus the
efforts to prevent the collection Of
evenue have signalIy failed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-07-25
Nr. TIIden Leaves for Europe.

New YORK, July Is -Ex-GoVerE-
or Samuel j. Tilden end Secretary of
State Biglow sailed for Europe to-
day ON board toe steamer Seythir.
Mr.. Tilden declined any public leave
taking, but the steamer and wharf
were crowded with hundreds of ladies'
and gentlemen, and great enthusiasm
prevailed. Among those present was
Mayor Ely. Cos. Tilden arrived Oh
board shortly after 8 o'clock, and
held a levee on deck until IL O'Clock,
when the vessel sailed He looked
well and hearty, and talked freely
and eheerfully with all. He said in
answer 10 questions that be thought
the prospects Of the Democratic party
extremely brilliant. 10 regard to his
W case be bad nothing more to
say beyond that contained in his
Manhattan Club speecb-that il was
a great wrong inflicted on the peo-
pie. lie felt sure that these things
would be righted in the future. lie
said that be would certainly return
in October from bis tou What
route Secretary Biglow and himself
will take in Europe they have not
yet decided upon, but they will travel
quietly and privately.