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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-02-07

Harry Hopkins 81, Herby Hopkins 81,
Elmer White SO, Addie McAdams 81,
Getha Harper "a, Grace Hilderbrandt 94,
Cary Cory 80, Efie McAdams 90, Onie
Wells 90, Ella Ware 81, Iva Bell HegIer
90, Corda Browning 90, Texie Kershnel
80, David Hegler 81, Herchel Taylor 81.
Lille Hopkins 81, Jesse White 90, Am.
brOse McAfee 80, Cary Willett 80, .Jaeot
White 80, Lawson Wells 80, Waldo Nc.
Coy 80, Maria Devore 80, Orria Hegler 50.
BERTHE McAdams 8s, Frank McAfee So
Dora Hegler So, Carrie Mccoy SS, Char.
ley White 88, Ottie Mccoy 81, Alma
White 81, Walter Kershner Sc, Oscar
Cory 50, John Willett S5, Marie Cory "a,
Joseph White So, Vert Harper SO.
We hope the parents that have not Wis
tied us yet, will do so during the last
month of the school.
j. N. SHoOP, Teacher.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-02-07
Reckless COmPetlIi on.

A couple of stationers living opposite to
each other in welI-known seaside re-
sort on the south coast of England, re-
Gently got at loggerheads. One of them,
in order to draw his neighbours custom
ers, piled his window with shilling pack
cts of note paper marked at eleven pence.
People stared, walked in and purchased.
The next morning, when the other mans
shutters were taken down, the window
was filled with shilling packets of note
paper marked Sd. Day by day this little
game went on, one understanding the
other until prices gradually dropped to
3d., 3D., 4d., 3d., and I'd.
By this time the town saw and enjoyed
the joke; and, notwithstanding the efforts
made to keep the sales down, by taking
at least ten minutes to seal or tie up every
purchase, the two stationers were heavy
sufferers, and every man, woman and
child in the town was stocked with
enough note paper to last them half a
lifetime. However, the fight went on
each man devoutly wishing he had legiti.
mate trade, and had not tried to under.
! SUI his L 1Ll0 li1OIlllllS lO1ION'
ing the "2d,'' day found the opposite
window with the shilling packets Id.
| This was too much.
Within ten minutes an enormous pla
card obscured the window of the othe
man, bearing in huge letters, the words
''Go to the fool opposite But the 'sfoo
opposite" had had enough. In few
minutes the penny ticket disappeared
and in its place the old price, one shil
ling. In a twinkling down came the pos
ter obnoxious words, and an exactly sim
liar plaeard appeared, announcing tina
''The price of shilling packet of not
paper is one shilling.' And thus the wa
of determination ended.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-02-07
HEADQUARTERS ARMY UNITED STATES, !
WASHINGTON.

Hon. j. Q. Smith:
MY DEAR SRI have the honor to sc-
knowledge the receipt of your letter of
the 23d, and take great pleasure in assur-
ing you that your administration of the
affairs of the Indian Bureau was most
satisfactory to me, General Sheridan and
to army officers generally. The moment
you were installed in the office You put
yourself in friendly official relations to
myself, and through me to the army off,
GERS serving on the frontier, near the
many Indian agencies, whereby you re-
ceived their hearty cooperation in the
execution of your most difficult office. 1
believe your administration of the Indian
Bureau was the most successful of any In
the past ten years, and know from per
sOnal observation that you were always
most active, Jealous, and had supposed
successful in the discharge of its duties.
I am certain that your administration was
efficient, and l thought it economical
though l had some trouble to form an
opinion on this head As I had often ex-
planned to you, the great difficulty of ad-
ministration arose from the fact that each
tribe needed special treatment, according
to its past history and existing prejudices,
and the absolute impossibility of controll-
ing them from Washington. The Com
missioner so restricted by specific appro-
priations could not make issues of pro-
visions, of stores, to meet the clamor of
the day, and the consequence was that
! disorders resulted from starvation and
distress which the Commissioner could
not relieve. am sure your feelings al
ways prompted you to be just and 1iber-
al, but you could not exceed or change
the existing appropriations without vio-
lating the law; but as to your wasting
public money or property, I do not be-
lieve such thing possible. assure you
ofmy great personal and official respect,
and feel sure that the more your acts are
examined the more reason you and your
friends have to be satisfied. With re-
spect, your friend and servant,
w T, SHERMAN General
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-02-07
.,Sl Collins yG3g4HS EG1gA5S

Cures Pains and Aches.
It equalizes the Circulation.
1t subdues Infiammatory Action.
II cures Ruptures and Strains.
1t removes Pain and Soreness.
1t cures Kidney Complaint.
It strengthens the Muscles.
1t cures Rheumatism and Neuralgia.
1t Relaxes Stifiened Cords,
It cures Nervous Shocks.
1t is invaluable in Paralysis.
1t cures Inflammation of the Liver.
1t removes Nervous Pains.
1t cures Spinal Weakness.
1t is Grateful and Soothing.
1t cures Epilepsy or Fits.
1t is Safe, Reliable and Economical.
1t is prescribed by Physicians.
1t is indorsed by Electricians.
Price, 25 cents. Sold by all druggists. Mailed
receipt of price. IS cents for one Is for 8 o.
q % for twelve, carefully wrapped, by WEEKS 4
POTTER, Proprietors. Boston, Mass.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-02-07

'sJohn, asked doctor of the apothe-
cary's hoy, "did Mrs. Green get the med
icine l Ordered9'' 81 guess so, )" replied
John, "for saw Grape on the door-Gnoo
this morning"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-02-07
SchOOl reports.

Report of Fairview School for the
month ending January 25th.
Number of pupils enrolled, 81; Aver
age daily attendance, "a; Number of Wis
itors, 5.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-02-07

SUFFOLK IS. Feb. 2s 1s45
Then personally appeared the said George +.
DinsmOre and made oath that the foregoing state
ment by him subscribed is true. Before me,
SETH j. THOMAS,
ooFf F1aaea
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19
AnecaOto Of president Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln, before he
moved to Springfield, was post
master in a small Western town.
The Office was poor, and Lincoln
was poorer than the office. 1t was
known that he was very "hard up
and it was also known that the
Washington agent was in town to
collect the little sum due the gener-
al postoflice. A friend, thinking
Lincoln might be embarrassed,
came down to the office to loan him
the sum necessary to meet the de-
mand. Lincoln thanked him, and
said he did not need any loan,
While the two were talking, the
gentleman came in. The sum due
was less than 800. Lincoln went
to his desk and took out an old
stocking, and turned the coin on
the table. 1t was counted out anC
met the demand exactly. Well i
might; for it was not only the exac
amount due, but the identical mon
ey itself that Lincoln had took in
| old fashioned Rix dollars, pista
reens, sixpences, old-fashioned cent
and all were there. 81 never us
money that belongs to other pee
. ple,' said Mr.. Lincoln; and thu
resolution did much toward maxim
him President of the United State
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

A great deal of talent is lost in
the world for the want of a little
courage. Every day sends to the
grave number of obscure men,
who have only remained in obscu-
rity because their timidity has pre-
vented them from making a first
effort, and who, if they could have
been induced to begin, would in all
probability have gone great lengths
in fame. The fact is, to do any
thing in the world worth dong,
we must not stand back shiyering
and thinking Of the cold and the
danger, but just jump in and
scramble through as well as we can.
1t will not do to be perpetually
calculating risks and adjusting
nice chances. 1t did very well
long before the flood, when a man
could support his friends upon an
intended publication for a hun.
dred and fifty years, and then live
to see its success afterward. Bul
at present man waits and doubts
+ and hesitates and consults his bro
ther, and his uncle, and his partic
r ular friends, until one day he finds
he is sixty years of age; then he haI
lost so much time in consulting hi
first cousin and particular friends
that he has no time to follow thei
advice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

through the constant attentions
paid her by this one, she began to
abhor him, and finally set to work
to rid herself of his presence. Ac-
cordingly when he called last even
ing, all the chairs in the room had
been removed, except that occupied
by the young lady and another on
which she had placed twelve or
thirteen eggs. The young man
glanced hurriedly around the room,
blushed and became somewhat en-
barrassed, and finally asked for an
explanation. "Well, James," she
replied, "you know | am 50 very
fond of you, aud so dearly love tc
have you near me, | thought per-
haps with little encouragement
you might be induced to remain
with me uStil you hatched thost
eggs" He took the hint, and nov
the young lady wears a contenteC
smile, and is fast gathering anothe
army Of admirers about her.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19
shall We Knew Each Olher Thersg ?

SDhlI We EAN0W GdCM OtMoN AnNANs
Hope responds "yes," and we de.
light to sing Of the time when we
shall meet our loved ones beyond
the river and renew an association
that shall never be broken: But
sweet as is this picture, it fades
away before the fact, startling,
though evident, that our souls do
not know each other here. The
most intimate relations known to
earth do nothing more than estab-
lish an acquaintance between the
bodies. The soul Of man and wife,
if stripped of their tenements OF
clay would be utter strangers to
each other. They know each others
bodies-they have studied each
others actions, and sought 70 read
| what is written about the soul in
the face and form. But much o.
what constitutes the real character
remains unreyealed by eye OF
tongue. There are aspirations anC
fears, eager longings and passions
that beautify or torture, which arr
known only to the individual anC
to God. Christian hope, however
7 looks beyond this period Of sepa
rate existence to time when al
the graves Of earth shall unclos
F., and the sea shall give up the deaf
that are in it, and soul and bod,
D shall be united. But the slende
ray Of light thrown by Revelation
across this abyss, fOrbids us cheris
the expectation Of NknoWing eaol
other there" We are told tha
they shall be like unto the an
2 gels, and that the relations forme
D ON earth will be unrecognizeC
!, Fathers and sons, mothers an
daughters will all he on perfeC
i terms of equality. Those relation
y ships have been established to NEE
+ the necessities of our present forl
Of existence, and when this nece
sity shall cease, they will be abo
Z ished. Adam and his latest deseel
a dants will stand before the Thron
le linked indeed by a common humal
y ity, but equally the sons of Go,
y Such answer returns the Bible
le that pathetic query of Q loyiI
IT, heart: "Shall we know each 9th
p there?" But let us abide in hoI
10 All will be right.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

Some time ago the government
of Vancouver's Island, pandering
to popular prejudice against the
Chinese which is only a little less
virulent han that which exists in
California, decided to impose a tax
of forty dollars upon every Chinese
immigrant who should land in the
colony. The matter was taken up
to the Supreme Court of British
Columbia and that tribunal has
Just pronounced the law unconsti-
tutional and void. To impartial
people this will be a very gratifying
decision. For a century or more
the civilized world has been de-
nouncing as absurd and barbarous
that policy Of exclpsiyeness which
has prevailed in the Chinese EN-
pire. And yet we can see to day
two States belonging 10 the tive
most highly civilized, and enlight.
ened and most progressive nations
of the world employing against the
Chinese the very policy Of onforc
ing which the Ohihese government
has been ridicul9d.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

IN Indiana, on the eve Of the
several citizens were ar
rested on the charge of attempting
to colonize voters, the evidence Of
their guilt being very strong. That
is right; and we hope the officers Of
Justice and the citizens will be
equally vigilant in all the other
States in the detection and punish
ment of all election crimes. What
is wanted is a full, fair, free and
peaceable expression of the popular
will, and whoever attempts te pre-
vent this in any manner deserves
the severest punishment the law al
lows. We hope the Indiana mer
now under arrest will have apromp
trial, and if they are found guilt,
will receive exemplary punishment
1t is time to make it understood
that cheating in elections is "a pen
itentiary offense.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

EVERY person who resists the
yellow fever ninety days is proof
against it. OF those who resist it
sixty days, very few will have it.
Were it not for the returning refu-
gees there would not be any fever
worth mentioning in this city after
this time. The Infection would
die out and business would revive
without waiting for the November
frosts, as it has in Grenada. Refu.
gees who return now, besides en-
dangering their own lives, seriously
iniure the business of Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

The subscripiSn price Of The PUB
LI0 LEDGER is s. per 0nnUm for
Ok Daily, and 81 per GnRsm for the
Reskly-PostGge free.
Persons leaving the city for the sum
nser can order the DAILY LED GEh
at 5Oc per month IN GdUGnce, with th'
privilege of changing postO6ice
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19
EfracIe cure

Dir. William A. Hammond, of
New York, has given new meaning,
from scientific point of view, to
the passage, "According to your
faith be it unto YOU" He has made
a series Of experiments in proof of
the proposition that the credulous
can be cured by the will-power Of
Others. He can produce numbness
or abnormal sensitiyeness at pleas
ure, the agency used having really
nothing to do with it. He calls it
'tbe principle of suggestion;" that
is, if one person suggests an idea
to another who has complete faith
IN that persons powers, the one
acted upon will experience all the
sensations the operator may suggest
to him.
! 1t seems that some time ago a
! patient oil this eminent surgeon and
! physician Of mental and nervous
diseases informed him that she was
going to Euro& to try the ''metal
cure" He offered to save her the
trouble by sending over for a set Of
the disks, rings, needles, ETC., used
for the purpose. Speaking of the
first experiment, not essentially
different from a good many others,
he says;
81 tried the metals on a patient
! who came to see me. This was a
t lady also. told her that | had
. something new that had been used
very successfully in Europe, and
was becoming very celebrated
for curing certain diseases. tool
r up one of the metal disks at random
i and said: 'By placing this on thr
9 back Of your hand it will make You
!. hand perfectly iussnsible to pain,
/ applied the metal, and sur
I enough, however severely lprickeC
/ her hand and forearm, she felt n
y pain. Now said |, there is tn
opposite to that metal This vii
make your hand very tender an
Of sensible to pain then place
y another disk on the back Of he
le hand, and after that couldn
w touch her with the needle but st
ay would snatch her hand away an
n. shrek with pain. then wei
- through the same ceremony, usir
nc disks of rubber and other mo-
IS, metallic substances, and got pr
ng cisely the same results. tits We
a curious, aHd yet there is nothil
NJ really new ip it save the fact tha
- have demonstrated that the met
lio themselves have nothing whatev
to do with the phenomena"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

SENATOR HENRY A. TYLER, of
Hickman, KY, is mentioned as the
hero of the place. When the yellow
fever broke out he refused to stay
on his farm away from infection.
He cared for the people with the
greatest energy and uuselfishness,
giving time and money and risking
life. "Here am l, and here are q
thousand dollars" he said; "eom-
mand me and my money while
either lasts"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

Prof. Edison is a wonderful ge-
nius, but he cannot explain why a
mans gas bill is as big when he
resolves to eeonomize and employs
only half the usual number o.
burners, as it is when the whole
fourteen arein full blaze every night
There are some mysteries too deep
for science to reach.-[ Norristowr
Herald. el
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19
saturdaY, August "A.

After this date, until further
notice, the LEDGER Will not
be delivered by carriers,
Parties desiring 10 subscribe
can obtain the paper at the
LEDGER counting rOOm for
TWO CETTS each by FUR.
CHASING TICKETS.
AS soon as the epidemic ia
ended, and the people return,
ALI our routes viii be re-estAO'
lished. A
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19
rRAAsPoRrA1lon.
NOTICE.
OFFICE OF AGENT, !
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD,
MEMPHIS, September 10, 1878

UFPlCE OF AGENT,
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD,
MEMPHIS, September 10, 1878.
ON and after this date, and until further
" notice. all regular freight trains on this
LIne will be discontinued south Of Humboldt
A special freight train will be run between
humboldt and Memphis on Tuesdays. Thurs
days and Saturdays, arriving in Memphis
about 10 am, and depart at 2;30 pm. This
train will be run for the purpose Of supplying
local stations with necessary supplies, and for
the Howards and boards Of relief IN Memphis.
No freight will be received in Memphis, ex-
cept small lots OF necessary supplies Tor the
sick at local points bet,Teen Memphis and
Humboldt. Such shiPments must be deliv-
cred on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
between the hours Of 10 am. and 2p.m, On
other days, small lots Of necessary supplies
fer the sick may be sent in the baggage -cay
from Humboldtand local points to Memphis
Druggists and others can make special ar
rangements for bringing their freight through
by applying TO JE0. i, FLYNN, General Agent
National Cemetery Station. Communication
left for him at the depot, head OF Main street
will receive prompt attention. The company
will not undertake 70 nstify consignees OF tht
arrival Of freight, Parties expecting freight
must be on hand on arrival Of trains. Pas
sepEer trains will run as Rt present, departing
from Memphis at , am. ard arriving at
pm. 1911 JAS. MONTGOMERY, supt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19
FROM Asu,e 10 ohronIa

Is an easy stage in cases Of dyspepsia, A
slight attack of indigestion, especially whom
there is predisposition to digestive weak.
ness Of the stomach, must speedily eulmin9te
in the more obstinate form Ofihe disease Ii
ip we'll, therefore, to adopt preventive meas
nres early, Although Hcstetter's Stomach
Bitters overcpmos, Il persisted 10, cases OF
dyspepsia Of long standing, II Is obviously the
part Of wisdom TO use It ere the malady as
sumes a chronic phase. This is particularly
true, because as dyspepsia advances, II Gu
genders other bodily evils, such as disorder o.
The liver, constipation or undue loosenesS o.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19
The Way CALIFORNIA; Girl EOt rid pl
Her Beau.
NOE Can RppOIt9r.l

Napa Cali Reporter.l
A Napa young lady had sn ad-
mirer. 1t was customary for him
to call Just after super each evening
and remain long after oil honest
people ought to be in bed. In fact
he stuck so close to the dear one
that none Of the other boys stood
any chance whateyes, and they soon
looked in other directions for fe.
male society. Like the majority OF
the young ladies Of the nineteenth
century, this particular one was
very fond of the society of gentle.
men, aud the more admirers she
could command the happier sh,
was. AS natural consequence
then, when this young lady lounC
her company Of admirers reduced
TO a single man, and that to
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

This is the season when the girl
whose stern father has kicked her
lover outdoors packs up a few
things, writes an eight-page letter
to her mother, drops clothes-linC
from her chamber window, and al
midnight, when silence reigGs,
raises the sash, sees how dark it is
and-jumps into bed as fast as sht
cam Free Press.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

Angel Of Night" is what DR., Bulls
Cough Syrup has been termed by pa
rents, whose worrying aud coughing
children have been soothed aud cured,
and have secured sweet slpmber by using
this excellent remedy. Price only Is
oents q bottle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19
MEMPHIS TENN. SATURDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 49, 1878

the bowels, nervous disorders, hypoehondria'
sleeplessness. Those maladies are both pre-
vented and Temedied by the Bitters. but how
much better to check them in their outset
with the great Alternative, than TO wait until
they established frmer loothold in the sys-
ten. Surely the advisability Of this must os
apparent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

THE truth that DR.. Schliemann
has discovered the ruins of lthica,
the Home Of Ulysses, would inter
est a good many people but for the
unfortunate fact that Colonel In
ger8oll has just asserted that Ho-
mer was not poet; and of course
the things that he wrote about arc
no longer OF interest. ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

OF the four Russian grand dukes
Constaptinpyiteh is the handsomest.
-IP. |. Man. Don't want to seem
contradictions; but Witch is the
ugliest2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

ga Kind Word to Ugly Women"
is the title Of an article now going
the rounds. just as if any woman
ever was ugly. If she's not pretty,
she has "such an interesting face, +"
or $50 much expression" That
mans pernicions soul is earnestly
requested to rot half a grain a day.
Il fNycum. Advertiser.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

LITTLE Mr.. COX, of New York,
would probably feel happier just
now if he had not gone over to the
Greenbackers quite so soon. lie
Jumped about one week too quickly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

THE fact that the Greenback
party was nearly kicked to death
on Tuesday win afford food for
mournful contemplation to Ben
Butler and other worthless who are
organizing revolution on purely
rag money basis. oa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19

Let us hear no more of this con
fliot between labor and capital.
Talmage, the alleged minister Of
the gospel, has struck an attitude
and declai ed cessation Of hostili-
ties, which settles the whole
thing.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-19
A BRANOH DEPOT
CITIZENS, RELIEF

HAS been established at the csrnsr of
IL Union and Cooper avenues. j. S. GAL
lOway, .Bss., and VIM. J. Berlin have been ap-
The Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Eighteenth
districts, to whom application should be
made. Bon. III. Casey Young, Hon. gorge
b. Peters, G. WeRtherlsId, ] S. galloway
and William l. Berlin will have supervision
and disposition Of the same. a2.AS