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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-10

" Perry station III Eew-l ork, foot oi Liberty-st
Comma uCiug Jan. :, l0i7-rrJius Lave 81, follows:
G3J a. m.-For Remington, Eaton, e'ydere, MaUch
Chunk, Iauidqua, WIZ rSbarlc, Eimirl,
-.iJ u-Ior EJsou, Harrisburg, Mauch Chunk Tama-
Qua. NiktsbaIrt, NiIlian-puTt, sc.
1880 a. aud 81 D. m.tor Noueryiic and ttmineion.
] p. m.-E,I Remington, E3stuu NiIch CuUNk Wilkes
barre 1amGpua Iazton EcadE" POtsyiilr, Harrisburg.
i D. H. For EIston, 'lyiiore ari t1ja-aUqua.
5:}u D. M, ciyFur East0n, Allentown, and Harrisburg.
$50 ,. For T. lst1u.
trains to local points see time table 20 stations
SUNDAY TKAiN~-Ieayc 80 $3.50 O.. 49,, $3.50. 10 p m.
fur Lound Brook intern gtc points aud 20 jj0 D. M for
Ia ton. Reading, aud Harrisburg.
Trains for Perth Amhoy, Red Bank Long Branch,
Ocean grove, &c, at g. 10, lllJ a. alb 5l5
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-10
ILTrTATINNY HnTSE

~ DELAWARE WATER GAP. PENN,
Tor the reception Of visitors reduced rates dun.
Nj az and June send for circular.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19
Fire Insurance IN paris.

When mans premises get on
fire in Paris the law holds him liable
to make good the damage resulting
to other peoples property, and he is
compelled to pay, up to a certain
limit, for the loss which his fire
occasions to his neighbors on just
the same principle that a man is
everywhere compelled to pay the
damages caused by his horse which
runs away and destroys property, or
his bull which cores his neighbor
or his neighbor's OK, or his cattle
which break into and destroy the
crops of another. There may not
have been any evil intent on the
part of the owner; he did not de-
sign or desire to have his horse
smash things, or his bull push the
unruly horn, or his fire break forth
and destroy his own and his neigh
boris goods-the intention has moth
ing to do with it; the fact is all
that the law takes cognizance Of,
and in France they treat fires that
way.
One result of this new mode Of
adjusting matters is great careful
ness and watchfulness on the part
of tenants and owners in regard to
fire. Buildings are erected, for the
commonest uses, which are almost
absolutely fire-proof. The building
laws of Paris are very stringent
and non-combustible material is
required to be used in almost every
portion of a house. But, aside from
that, the personal interest which
the law compels every man to have
in the spreading of fires makes him
doubly diligent to prevent all fires
from spreading-to prevent them,
indeed, from occurring.
Another result is, that although
| people Ieel themselves CONSTRAINED
to insure for an amount which viii
cover their possible Indebtedness tC
others in case a fire which kindles
in their own premises does damage
outside, the rates of insurance are
reduced to the merest fraction O
the figures which Americans pay
The best buildings are the best
economy.
"French fashions" of this sor
should be extensively introduced il
America, and should be aided b.
the enactment of building law
which shall be operative in thu
country as we'll as the town.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19

not, according to the accounts, ap-
pear to be constructed on the Jab-
lochkoff plan, tested in practical
service at Chapelle, France, costs,
including motive power for the ma
chine, about twelve cents per lamp
per hour. Machines capable Of
running three lamps cost less than
$500, and perhaps that sum could
be made to cover all the first out
lay. The wear and tear of the ma
chine is not estimated. A careful
study of the figures thus far fur
nished leads to the belief that light
can be furnished by electricity in
France at about two-ifths the cost
of gas; and as the price of gas in
most American cities exceeds the
price in Europe it seems probable
that a similar estimate of the COM
paratiye cost of electric illumina.
ton would fairly apply.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19
waiting.

Detroit Free Press.l
A portly citizen said he was
waiting for the car. When informed
that no cars had ever yet run on
that street, because no track had
ever been laid, he said he was wait
ing for the track to be put down
and the car to come along.
A citizen with pale face and con-
sumptive look said he liked the
smell of tar. When informed that
tar was very cheap, and that he
could sit in the house and smell of
some of it poured out on a china
saucer, he replied that he hadn't
any china in the house.
A third citizen, who was shiver-
ing around in thin clothing, said
he had been waiting there for three
hours to see if the tar.kettle
wouldn't catch fire. When our re-
porter brought forward figures and
statistics to prove that tar-kettles
only catch fire once in seven years
on an average, he replied he would
stay the rest Of the seven years out
A fourth man explained that he
was waiting to see a certain man,
and that when the certain man
came along there would be a fight
"a fight in which the certain man
would be certain to get licked. Our
reporter could inform him that the
said man was at that time asleep
on a lumber pile, and in a splendid
position to be stunned by a blow
on the head with a club, but the
citizen replied that he always fought
his battles by City Hall time, and
that he must be where he could see
the town clock.
A fifth citizen, who had a luxuri-
ous seat on a sand pile, explained
that he expected his girl to come
along pretty soon. Our reporter
proved to him that nine girls out
Of ten are faithless; that three out
of every five marriages are unhap.
py; that house rent and provisions
are likely to go up, and that it is
sixty per cent. healthier to sit in an
armchair than on pile of wet
sand, but the man replied 81 agreed
to sit here and I'll sot!"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19
MEMPHIS TENN4 MONDAY EVENING NOVEMBER ls lS77

Reporter-Have you any friends?
Allen-0h, yes have wife and
family of two children, but l
never go near them, because | do
not wish them to catch the disease.
Sometimes, when ! am watching on
the street in town, my children see
me and | have to run to get away
from them. 1t is very hard for me
to do it, but l would do anything
rather than have them catch it.
They do not know where l am, but
| keep track of and do all | can for
them.
Reporter-What is your businessY
Allen-Before l got this 1 used
to go to sea.
Reporter-Do you know how you
caught the diseaseP
CAUGHT FROM THE CHINESE.
Allen am not positive, but |
think do. put it down to the
Chinese. You see, when / returned
from my first cruise l went on q
spree and woke up the next morn,
lug in a Chinese den.
Reporter-Had you ever been in
a Chinese house previous to thai
time?
Allen-No, never was, and
would not have been in then only
for my spree.
Reporter-Have you been living
with your family since that time?
Allen-No; my family were moi
here then, and as soon as l founC
that | had the leprosy / resolved
that they should never see me again
RoTTING AWAY.
Reporter = Do you suffer am
pain?
Allen-No; there is no pain
only an itching sensation. Th,
worst thing about it is that l know
that | am slowly rotting away ant
can not help myself.
Reporter-Why do you have you,
left foot wrapped in q leather ban
dage?
Allen-Because it is decayine
faster than the other, and | can no
bear shoe on it. With a pair o
pinchers l could take every toe of
my foot without feeling any pain
The reporter, after offering a few
words of consolation, which fel
unheeded upon the ears of the un
happy wretch, withdrew and lef
him alone in his misery.
There is another case of whit
leprosy on Kearney street, betweel
Jackson end Pacific. This man
broken out with scales, principall
about the throat, and he claims t
have caught it from smoking Chi
nese cigars.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19
louisville and Great Southern R B

30 pm. hight Express-Daily except
saturday Connects at Milan for St., Louis
and Chicago, at Mckenzie for Nashville,
|ChattanoOga, Atlanta and the Southeast,
at Guthrie for HopkinsVille, henderson ana
Evansville, at Louisville ior all points
North and East.
100 am, Day Express-cOnnects for St.
Louis and Chicago, at Louisville for all
points North and East.
40 pm. Milan AcOOmmodation-Daily
except Sunday
|uilman Palace Cars on either train to Louis
vile, and on Night train to Nashville.
For tickets or Information, apply at Ticket
flee. 287 Main, Northwest corner Madison
rect
HAS. MONTG OMERY, Sup't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19
The Boone Family.

A correspondent says in the
Courier-J Journal : "Over hundred
years ago, that is, on the 10th day
of October, 1777, was born unto the
wife Of Squire Boone, male child,
supposed and believed to be the
first male child born in "Cane.
tucky." This was Enoch Boone,
who lived and died near the mouth
of Otto creek, Meade county, Ken
lucky. Enoch married Miss
Goldman, who was a Virginia lady
by birth. She was older than be
was, and died before he dld. They
raised eight children-four boys
and four girls. Their Oldest son,
DIR. Clayton Boone, acquired a dis
tinction in his profession, married
a Miss Watson, of Arkansas, and
died in Mississippi. The second
son, Whitfield Boone, followed trad
ing. Carneal Boone, the third son,
was a lawyer of prominence and
ability who lived and died in Meade
county. Nelson Boone, the fourth
son, was a farmer. The oldest
daughter, Eliza Boone, married
Louis Weathers, and is living near
the mouth of Salt river. Amanda
Boone married James Nall, of Har-
din county, and whose son, Bryan
R. Nall, Of Hodgenville, Larue
county, is well and favorably known
as a gentleman Of sterling worth
and integrity, and who is now in
the revenue service of the United
States. Minerva Boone did not
marry, and died many years ago.
Lucy Jane married Judge Fitch, of
Meade county. Enoch Boone was
a trader, and it was his boast, and
the fact is well known to his ac-
quaintances, that he made fifty
trips "down the river" as it was
known in the early days, "to the
Natchez and its dependencies and
Orleans" Fourteen times did he
return from his "down the river +"
trip back through the Indian ma
ton, long before the days of the
''iron horse" and before and about
the time that John Fitch was max
ing miniature steamboats,, and
testing their success on the frog
ponds about Bardstown, and whose
invention proved a material sue
cess for Robert Fulton on the
Hudson, after the idea had partially
succeeded on the Schuylkill at John
Fitch's suggestion. Enoch Boone
was a tall man, straight and erect
like an Indian, quite talkatiye, and
detailed his hair-breadth 'scapes
and imminent perils with becoming
modesty, soberness, earEestness and
seeming truthfuiness. "Uncle
Johnny Miller" as he is familiarly
known, who lives near the Nelson
furnace, in Larue county, knew him
well, and doubtless has heard Enoch
relate the early history Of his father,
Squire Boone, and his uncle Daniel.
Judge Fitch, who resides at Gar
nettsyille, in Meade county, remem-
bers many incidents which were
related to him by his father-in-law
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19
RAILROADS.
IEAAPRlS AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.

CHEDULE ON AND AFTER SEPT. I6,
1877:
Leaves. Arrives.
all and Express. daily..u u60p.m 5.45p.m
merville accem dSt'n
laily lex. Sunday)..,.. 500 pm 8.1Sa
me Twenty Minutes Faster than
City Tlme.
train will stop at reg
lar and flag stations.
The IL. .5Op.m. Train makes the quick
lt time ever made to Chattanooga, Knox
le, Lynchburg, Washington, and the East,
a will stop at all Regular Stations, and at
ag Stations when tagged, except Flag Sta
ms be tween Collierville and Memphis.
Ticket s>tfice 27S Main street and Depot
smphis nd Charleston railroad.
JOHN A. GRANT,
Chief Engineer and General Sup't.
7. S. DAVANT.
! Assistant General Passenger Agent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19

as coming from Squire Boone, who
brought the Boone families to Ken
lucky, and who was the faithful
companion through so many years
Of toll and danger of Daniel Boone,
the great hunter of Kentucky.
Daniel Boone was born in Penn
svlyania.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19
6ENPHIS & LITTLE ROCK R.R,
hrOt Line to Arkansas and Texas.
TIME OAHOi

Leaves. hTrlNoS.
[ail train, daily. y....",.".b.SO pm. u.SO pm.
-eight train daily lex.
p assenRers going on this road will take
al Ms at the depot Of the Louisville, Nash.
lie and Great Southern railroad. Mail
aims make close connection at Argenta for
|oints on the Little Rock and Fort Smith
1ilrond and at Little Rock with the Cairo
md Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
pullman alace Sleeping Cars on all night
p sr tickets and information apply at Ticket
|dic. 3 ~ and 2S7 Main street, and at depot
bot o E Washington street, or at Louisville,
ashviile and Great Southern railroad depot,
II to the undersigned
NJ s. LAY. q. P. agd I. Ag't, Little Rock.
W. d. SMITH, Sup't, Memphis Tenn.
lge.f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19
VISITING A LEPER.

The doctor informed him that
the disease was incurable, but gave
him some drug to relieve the Itch
ing. The. DOCTOR described the
man as an intelligent fellow, and
the reporter, learning his address,
Immediately visited him.
About half a mile on the San
Bruno road a little log hut, CORE
spending to the description furn-
ished, was espied standing alone in
a large open field. After several
loud knocks the door of the hut
was opened by a short, thick set,
dark-complexioned man, with long,
black, shaggy hair and coarse,
flowing whiskers. On his forehead
and around his nose were large
black spots, with scales resembling
those of a fish. His hands also
we're spotted, and three of the
joints on the left hand had already
rotted off. He was dressed in a
dark, rough suit, and his left foot
was encased in a leather bandage.
When he learned who his visitor
was he looked very much aStonished,
and, after surveying the reporter
for a minute, he made a hasty step
backward and said: "Surely, sir,
you have made q mistake; you can
have no business with me-"
1t was some time before the man
could be convinced that the reporter
had not made a mistake, but finally,
after much urging, he came out,
when the following conversation
took place:
Reporters your name Allen?
Allen-It is, sir. What do you
wishf
Reporter You called at the Of
flee Of DR.. - last Thursday, and
you asked to be treated for leprosy,
did you not?
Allen--Yes, sir.
Reporter-Are You sure that you
are afflicted with the disease2
Allen-Yes; l have been to see
several physicians in the city and
they all say l have the worst form
Of leprosy and cannot live long.
Reporter-How long have you
had the disease?
Allen-Well, it has been on my
body about eighteen months.
4 TERRIBLE LOT.
Reporter - Do you live alone
I here?
Allen-Yes; ! have lived here by
myself ever since ! knew that | had
IL.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19
The Electric Light Sixty Per Cent
Cheaper Than Gas.

London Times.l
1t appears to be difficult to ar
rive at the cost of using the electric
light, figures of estimates in differ
ent experiments varying consider
ably, In many manufacturing es-
tablishments the cost of the power
to drive a magneto.electric machine
would scarcely be felt, as only two
or three horse power at the most
would be required. The cost of the
carbons is said to be less than five
cents per hour per lamp, on the
Jablochkofi plan; another estimate
is about TWICE as MUCH, but per.
haps refers to two lamps instead Of
one. An electric light which does
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19
Jefferson 20 His DAuehter

81 am glad to learn, my dear
Patsy, that yoH are employed in
things new and good. OF all the
cankers of human happiness, none
corrodes with so silent yet SO bale
ful an influence as Incidence. Ex-
erci8e and application produce order
in our affairs, health of body and
cheerfulness of mind. If .at any
moment, my dear, you catch your
self in idleness, start from it as
you would from the precipice of a
gulf l do not like your saying
that you are unable to read Livy
but with the aid of a master. 1t is
part of the American character to
surmount every difiulty by resolu-
ton.
"My expectations from you are
high, but not higher than you may
attain. Nobody in this world can
make me so happy or miserable as
you can. Think nothing is insur-
mountable and you will be all that
wish you to be. Affectionately,
"T. J."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19
"IR' SHEET IM' sREE!"

White Le3ers in San FFancIueO-A
Pest ,OuRht from Chtna-VIsit 90
an Afflicted Wretch.
San Francisco Mail, Nov. Al
The alarming fact that leprosy
does exist to some extent among
white persons in San Francisco was
only discovered about one week ago.
The majority of our best and oldest
resident physicians have never
heard of case Of white leprosy in
this city with the exception of that
of Asha Bates, former register in
bankruptcy, who died about three
years ago. He contracted the dis
ease in the Sandwich Islands, and
therefore the presence of the Chi
nese has not alarmed the doctors in
regard to this curse. They have
yet to learn that there arc several
white lepers in our midst who have
caught the affliction from the Chi
nese. Hearing that such was the
case, Mail reporter yesterday
called on a physician, who, he was
informed, had been treating three
cases Of white leprosy within a
week. The doctor admitted that
he had three cases of white leprosy
under his care at the present time.
He said that a white woman, the
first patient, came to him a week
ago. She had been suffering for
the last two years, and spots had
broken out all over her body. On
Thursday last man called at his
office and stated that he had been
afflicted with leprosy for eighteen
months, and would like to have
some medicine to ameliorate his
sufferings.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19

Life is but short, but we should do all
we can to prolong it. Check cough or
cold at once and use an old reliable
remedy such as DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19
Eight Dollars per Anaum
PUBLIC LEDGER.

THE PUBLIC LEDGER IS PUBLISHED
l every afternoon Except Sunday at Ne.
Is Madison street.
The PUBLIo LEDGER is served TO city subscri-
bers by faithful carriers at FIFTEEN CENTS
PkR WEEK, payable weekly to the carriers.
By mail lin advance: One year, IS; six
months, S4 three months. 81; one month, rs
cents. Postage free,
NeMsdealers supplied at % cents per COPY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19
MISSISSIPPI q TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
aCHEDuLE.

IN and after Wednesday. November H.
1877, trains will run as follows:
Leave. Arrive.
lain Ira in daily...."...... 500 pm. 1:C5 pm
|ardis Accommodation
daily lex. Sundays) )"~ll:5O am. 9:l5 am
reight Train daily tex.
AT ''' M. BURKE. Sup't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19
Weekly Public Ledger,

Published every Tuesday at 90 per ahnum I'm
advanced. Postage free.
Communications upon subjects Of general
interest to the public are at all times accept
able.
Rejected manuscripts WILL Net be returned
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19


Rejected manuscripts WILL EeT be returned.
RATES OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY:
First % per square
suosequent insertions oO
nor one Week......... .................. 8 W
TOT tMO weeks 4 %
= OF tnIee Weeks.......................o Q w
EOr one month h......................., W
Each additional square.......... W
RATES OF ADVERTISING IN WEEKLY:
First insertion 10 per square
Subsequent insertions ...... 50
Eight lines of nonpareil. solid. constitute
square.
Displayed advertisements will be charged
according to the SPACE occupied, at above
rates-there being twelve lines Of solid type to
the inch
To regular advertisers we offer superior in
ducements, both as to rates Of charges and
manner Of displaying their favors.
Notices in local column inserted for wenty
cents per line for each insertion.
Special notices inserted for ten cents per
line for each insertion.
Notices Of deaths and marriages, twenty
cents per line.
All bills for advertising are due whom con-
tracted and payable on demand
Ali letters, whether upon business or ether
Wise. must be addressed to
Il. WHITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-19
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
MPHIs sANDLoUIsvILLE RAILROAD,
Arrives. Leaves.
nee formerly occupied By DsSOto Bank.

MEMPHIS AM UAARL esTON R.R.
Arrives, Leaves.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-09-08
Imitation Money,

A Washington despatch says: Many
complaints have reached the Treasury
department that merchants and business
men in various parts of the country
have been in the habit of printing bust
ness cards bearing such close resem-
blance to the United States and national
bank issues that many people have been
deceived thereby and quantities of it
passed as good money by parties who
have gathered number of these cards.
Some of the samples received at the
Secret Service Division here are of q
character to deceive even observant
persons, while they bear upon their
face the fact that they are not really
genuine. These issues are all in viola
tion of law. Section 5, 430 of the revis-
ed statutes forbids the engraving or
printing of anything in the impression
or the likeness of any United States
obligation or other security, or any part
thereof, except under the authority of
the secretary of the treasury. The
penalty is a heavy fine and imprison-
ment Many indictments have been
found against persons on this account,
and the department now intends to
prosecute to the full extent further
offenses of this character as o matter of
protection to the community the poor
and more ignorant members OF which
are very thoroughly imposed upon,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-09-08

around his mother, with his eyes full
of tears-just as if he had been thirteen
instead of thirty?
But, above all, who could describe
1sabel's mute, wondering gratitude to
the two men she had given such pain ?
II am very, very grateful Tom," she
said, appealing to him with tears thick
upon her lashes "but 1 would rather
not talk about it-yet. Let me have
time to think of it.
Quick to understand her wish, and
delicate in carrying it out, Tom left
Isabel, delighted that his news had
moved her 30, yet wondering over it o
little, too-because the secret of the
partners was so safe in the keeping of
the girl whom they had-not unworthily
loved. But hardest of all would it be to
describe how brilliantly before Toms
eyes that night there came vision of
that identical brass plate, which really
met him face to face, when, after his
holidays" he first reached the heavy,
familiar doors of the Highborough bank
= Dart, Maitland, Dart & Leslie. !"
"Co." was no more.