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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-05
Election News. r..n
HARTFORD, Conn. Nov. 5.-To-dal

HARTFORD, Conn, Nov. 5.-To-day
is clear but cold. The indications are
that a large vote will be polled. So far
the Greenback yote is not equal to
that of last month Two men arein
Jail for voting on names of others, A
careful watch Of the ballot boxes is
being kept. ,,,',,..,,.
BosToN, November 5.-Hulli to
which is attached the tradition, las
goes Hull, 50 goes the State,1 gives
Talbot "a, Butler 2l, Abbot /, Minor
nothing, Last year Hull gave CASTOR
rs, Rice 16. toi.sstosb Is.aqa.nmo9
5 Cohasset gives Talbot 2Ol, Butler
So, Abbott18, Minor 10. Last year
Cohasset gave Rice 90, CASTOR 45, e
PRoYIDRNcE, November 5.-The
election proceeds with spirit. Nelson
Waldrich (Republicah), will have a
large majority in this district, the
Grcenback vote being insignificant.
There will be asharp contest in the
western district. no hssbnI g8 ysm
NEW York, November 5.-Three
United States commissioners are hold
ing court to-day and their rooms arc
crowded A number of persons were
arrested on charges Of attempting to
vote illegally. Most of them were
discharged on giving bonds and prom
ising not to attempt to vote One Of
the men arrested was a roundsman oi
police and in uniform. Another pays
$1,000 taxes. Chief Supervisor Of
Election Davenport has instructed
his deputies to count and canvass all
votes in one box before they permit
State officers to open any other box.
lie says they can only be arrested un-
der national authority, and will re.
ceive the amplest support and protec
ton. He also orders the arrest, with.
out warrant, of any election officers
found during the counting of tn,
votes engaged in any illegal act whicl
can have effect upon the canvass.
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FOREIGN.
A RUSSIAN DENTAL.O

=, 4 A RUSSIAN DENIAL
ST. PETERsBURG,Nov. 5.--It is Of,
ficially denied that Russian officials
are participating in or encouraging
Bulgarian insurrection. General Tad
leber has issued fresh orders to the
Russian commanders on east Roume-
liza frontier to prevent the organization
of insurgent bands and to watch the
movements of the insurgent com
mlttees.sKcl Ec % ~ gv 3.
sTOPPAGE AND SHORT TIME. @
LONDON, Nov 5.-In the mills at
Wigan 1000 looms and s, 400 spindles
are stopped and :, 800 looms andV31, !
900 spindles are running on short time.
] EsCApB OF AN IMPERIAL PARTY.
x ST. PEfERsBURG, November g.
The Imperial yacht Levida left Le-
viana on the I'd inst. for Odessa with
the Grand Duke Sergiua, SON of the
Gar, and suite. The yacht was
swamped during fog and heavy gale,
but all on board were safely landed.
The yacht was afterward thrown on
the rocks and will probably go to
pieces, ina y l
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CHICAGO.
Loss Of a Lake Steamer---A Prob
fe able Suicide. if ieaIMl

CHICAGO, November 5,-News has
been received here that the City Of
Montreal is supposed to be lost be-
cause Of her pilot-housc having drift
ed ashore on the east coast of Lake
Michigan. 5ba ulwar
The dead body of D. B. Abrahams,
proprietor of a livery stable on West
Lake street, was found last night lying
in the middle, of the road, near the
corner of jackson and Greene streets.
From letter found on his person it
is believed he committed suicide, al
though it may possibly have been a
murder. in al o1a
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Ten and half tonsLof about T.,
500, ,00O-of locusts were destroyed at
Ajmere, India, in one day, not long
ago. The young ones were doing i'm
mense damage when the officers of a
regiment stationed there got out
fatigue parties Of men, dug several
trenches to leeward of the pests, and
sent Sepoys To wave branches and
drive the locusts in, AS soon as one
trench was well packed earth was
thrown in, and the mass Of hopping
creatures, not yet ready to fy, was
driven into the next. In two hours
300 feet Of trench foot wide had
been filed 10 th6 depth Of o foot, a
finger bowl dipped into the trench and
struck off with card contained 566
locusts, and from the unite of weight
and number thus obtained the calcu-
lation was made, lsi Hi4m.N ll
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-05

Mr.. Theodore Tilton has set forth
to tell the world how to obtain
I" Hearts Ease His lecture is not
a botanical disquisition, as its title
might seem to indicate, nor vet a senti-
mental outpouring, but altogether a
business affair and bristles with such
expressions as financial panacea, re-
sumption and imitation, economic theo-
ries, socialistie doctrines, agrarian
dreams, tariff regulations, etc. Mr..
Tilton should take his "heart to a
silversmith and have done with it. Or
perhaps he might like to read Mrs.
Beecher's new book, "How to Make
Home Happy"
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Fire.

ST. Louis, November 5.-A Leav-
enworth, Kas. dispatch says that one
ofthe large government stables at Fort
Leayenworth was burned Sunday
noon No cause has yet been assigned
for the fire. The stable contained SO
mules; 40 of them were rescued, tho
remainder being consumed. 1t is
thought the loss will not fall short Of
$1,000 o.m t
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NEW HAVEN.
A S9OO,OOO Fire From Singu-
.ar lar Origin. 8

D
New HAVEN, COM, November 5,
"A bale of jute cuts thrown into
the cutters Of the paper mills of Viii
kinson, Brothers 4 Co., in Birming-
ham, late yesterday afternoon, was fred
by q piece Of iron which came in con-
tract with the knives ignitihg the jute.
The fire spread rapidly, and in very
short time all the buildings were
destroyed; also Morgan Curtis house
and part Of a saw mill. Loss about
S2O0,OO0; insurance, $125,OOO. One
hundred persons are thrown out o.
employment. t. ,om }i8,rui
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a Disintcrested View of the Sit.
untiOn.

From the Springfield Republican,
The only question about the next
House now is as to the size of the as,
sured Democratic majority, The eight
1eates which have thus far elected
Choose q Republicans, q Democrats
and 8 Greenbackers, which number
will be increased to 6 by the expected
success Of Bradley Barlow at the Sec
ond election in the Third Vermont
district. The same States are now
represented by 80 Republicans and 1G
Democrats, showing Republican loss
of IL. In the Northern States that
vote next week tho Republicans stand
fair chance Of making some gains,
for instance, the Hartford district in
Connecticut the Dean6eld district in
Boston, and some districts in New
York State which the Republicans lost
by internal dissenSions in 1876 But
all such gains are likely to be fully off
set by losses in the South, where the
Republicans elected ten representa-
tiyes two years ago, but are not likely
to get half as many now. The Repub
licans may count themselves fortunate
if their minority in the next House
does not exceed fifty.
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lscmarkabIe Intlnences.

The story is told Of an amiable.
broad-acred English squire that he
was never known to swear except at
the birth of his seventh daughter when
he was longing for a male heir. In
the Old World especially, the sex Of
children being other than that de-
sired, has been a fertile source Of yex-
alton, but if we are to believe the fol-
lowing, given on the authority of an
English physician, there is a geological
explanation for the mystery which un-
til now has nonplussed the faculty.
A lady in the Isle dwight had seven
daughters, At the birth of the sew
enth she said to her ministering Camp.
a particularly intelligent specimen OF
her order; What another daugh-
ter?' 'Yes, ma am, and SO it always
will bewhile you like here; it is the
chalk as docs it." At the time this
was deemed all nonsense, but it hap
pened that the lady went to live in
Sussex, when, as her husband OBJ
served, it steadily "set in boys" for
she had in turn seven of them. When
the seventh appeared Mrs, Camp
beamed with triumph. Didn't | tell
YOU SO, ma'am? Another boy, It's
the gravel as does it." There is no
saying but that the discovery may
considerably affect English real estate
more especially in Sussex. ...a
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j. B. Rundell, after a careful com
putatiOn, declares that, the whole pop.
ulation of th6world estimated at [ \
440,OOO,000, could easily stand on the
Isle Of Wight But he doesn't saw
what partieularbeneiit Is to be derived
from standing there. All the other
inhabitants may go stand there, 10
prove the correctness or falsity ofRun-
dell's assertion, but we shall not. We
haven't time. They may reserve a
space for us fifteen by fifteen inches,
andlhire some other fellow to stand on
it'll [Norristown Herald.
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New York Herald +" e-4t
British official magnanimity and cener-
Osity have evidently no known limit.
Having asccrtained precisely how diff
cult and expensive 1t will be 10 reduce to
terms the Ameer of Cabul, and having
considered how announcement it win be TO
have him on hand I'M active enemy noxt
year, when the fate of the Ottoman en-
pire will be once more in the scale. the
British government has about made M
It's mind that il will forgive the Amecr an
his terrible ofenses if. he viii just come
down to Pesthawtr aud say that he is
sorry and that he didn't mean TO do it.
An apology will answer now where but
few weeks since the absolute reduction of
the Independence Of the Ameer was the
only conditiOnon which England would
be pacihed. Probably, therefore, there
will be no war not that the Ameer will
go to PGhawur and apologize, but if inso
short 4 time England can reduce her
terms from those of the annihilation of
her foe TO the mere requirement Of an
apology, why then In few weeks more
She viii reduce them lower still and waive
the apology. In doing this she will no
difficulty, but the main trouble will be
how to put such an issue of the squabble
in the light OF q magnificent and over
whelming victory. British Journals in
India are calling the attention Of the gov
ernment somewhat sharply Just now to
the number of tho armed forces main-
tained by the semi-indepeadent princes
1t appears that these forces reach the re-
markable total of $4,000 men. They are
regarded as q danger to British dominion,
and the recent attempt of some OF the
princes TO secure bfeech-loadePs for their
armies is commented upon in vein not
at all comic; for naturally, as it is the tone
of the English writers now to assure the
world that Hindoos are marvellous SOL
diers, they cannot decry the mettle and
quality of the same soldiers in the pay Of
native princes, i'a7i 1r1ai 5af 2 p
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Tropical Fruits for south and

/ bra aBs West. uH bni lt
Panama Star and Herald Ho.i1y DO gfl
The trade in tropical fruits to- the
port Of New Orleans begins TO assume
considerable proportions The coun-
try from which aifruit supply may Be
drawn is immense, comprising the
coast Of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras
and further south, even to Aspinwall,
where q 6ae fruit trade il nav carried
ON with New York, New Orleans
possesses unusuh advantages for the
distribution Of fruit to lhe great cities
of the West, her leading lines af rail
i;4cEgigg fteights lapidly and cheaply; !;
besides furnishing in her own markets
a no unimportant demand The voy.
age from Central American ports to
New Orleans is shorter byseyersI days
than that to NeW'Eate, '0ad ifuit In
either winter or spmmer would arriyo
ihmuch better condition. st LoniS
Aquisyille, Cincinnati, chicago and
other cities Of the Wost and North.
Wast, Ata in close railroad communica-
tl0n with the Crescent City By the
use of ears adapted To- the business
fruits could be laid down In those
Nitles from Central America In fno
order and in about the same
time as it now takes 4 steamer On tbs
trip from Aspihwall to New York, ''V
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Among the prizes aaeged IN the Paris
Exposition lottery, according to the
last list in the Journal 0ficiel, arc an
Hanti-neuralgic hat" twenty,fiye
boxes Of gum, a N,ans waistcoat, two
statues ~ chocolate, a box of raisins,
syelye medicine drpppcrs and a MIR
of leading strings for childen the
gifts Of exhibitors and manufacturers.
Among the hig prizes are ton of
paste and . 100000 franc set of dia-
inonds.
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COLONEL Jos. r. MosBY died at
his residence in Fayette county, Tues
day, the 29th plt,, of erysipelas. He
was only sick a few days. Colonel
Mosby was an old citizen and noted
for his pure hospitality and generous
charity TO- the unfortunate. In his
death Fayette county has lost good
citizen and his family a tender hus,
bandand father.
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River Telegranl,y.

CAIRO, ILL,, November 5.--Ar-
rived, Maggie P. Burke, Louisville,
/ am; James Howard, st. Louis, 8
am; j. N. Maccomb, Mississippi
river, 10 am; John W. Gerrett,
Evansville, 10 am. Departed Sun
Flower Yazoo river, 8 pm. Light
rain in the forenoon. Cloudy and
yvatn,
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Sevcn-year old Amy to her brother
Fred "Fwed, how much do YOU nav To 90
into the city every day!" Fred who goes
in by express bus and comes back by an
ordinary; We'll, if you must know, pay
hve-pence TO go there and four-pence to
come back" Amy, after Il pause; "Fwed
if | were you | should always come
backl'-[Judy. '' Ial1
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DIshonest tYorIS.

. OTTAWA, November 5,7A clerk
named Cameron, in the employ Of
Robert Cummings, absconded with
the cash box containing s7,09a
lie was arrested but his brother cs-
capped with the box.
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TIlirty Gents on the Dollar.

New York, November 5.-The
pf Slate, Woodman & Co.,
blank book manufacturers have ac-
cepted acomposition Of thirty cents on
the dollar, extending over two years,
The liabilities Of the tirm we're s2Qf,-
Goa IA" n
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Just think Of the enragod feelings
of . farmer who finds too Qlate that he
had = squash down in an Off corner Of
the field that was a halt paund heavier
than tue one that took tlG prize at the
hir-[NeW Haven Register, 'r aljrr|
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The ruling passion of our beloved |
land sometimes takes possession Of the
olargymeR, Thus a gentleman of that
persuasioR Inquired sgleNnly ef al
young man who lay dying the other
night: My young friend, ha have you
registeredY-[Bufa Express. 9dmt
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The Fcver al Now OrIenns.

NEw ORLEANS, November 5.-The
weather here is clear and pleasant.
Deaths, 8 new cases reported, 50.
Total deaths, 1861 total cases, 13, ,296.
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Business in the south.
Baltimore sun.l

Baltimore Sun.l
Mr.. Furstenheim, wife and nine
children, of Memphis, Tenn, who
came to Baltimore after the yellow
fever commenced its ravages in the
South, and were guests at Barnums s
Hotel, started home on Monday of
this week. Other refugees from Mem
phis who sojourned in this city have
also gone back, Trade with the far
South is being resumed, and Balti-
more merchants have already received
orders for goods in several lines from
points in the stricken districts. Bal
timore has not large direct business
with that distant section, but the
knowledge that the nestilenoe has
spent its force has had reassurlng
effect upon the South generally, and a
disposition is evinced to go into bust
ness with a rush. The cool weather
is having an inspiring effect upon trade
also, and winter stocks are sought
after. At all the Southern ports
heavy receipts Of cotton are reported
for shipment to the North and to
Europe At Richmond, Norfolk,
West Point, and the near points TO
Baltimore the freight depots have for
some days been piled high with pro-
ducts awaiting removal, A brisk win
ter trade promises to be the partial
compensation for the distress of tho
summer in tho Mississippi river coun-
try.
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WIS OIjRSI9ON OF TEEE HOUR.


Other cities are already moving in
the matter Of sanitary reform. Even
in SO high aud healthy place as Nash
Vile this has been agitated and the
.people areeconsidering what can BE-
done 70 protect themselves from the
invasions of epidemics and other peri
odical and climatic diseases. Last
week large meeting Of the most in
tellgent citizens Of that city was held
at the Masonic Temple to consider
sanitary reform. The people through
out the State are, alive toTthe impOrT
ftance Of this subject. 1t concerns
every town and every e0uty3 The
yellow fever took new depart,
ure when it followed the course Of
the Memphis and Charleston railroad
asfarva vas Chattanooga, which IS 100
feet above the level Of the sea, and
when itspread nearly all over West
Tennessee, and has even been carried
into the suburbs Of Louisville. Mem
phis has suffered most, and the great
est reforms should originate here and
be enforced. If wefail In this, it viii
prove .thatt VIC area unworthy Of the
worlds great charity and-sympatly.
Much has been done for us, but nowARe
must do something foroursolves. No
hallway measures viii moetthe enccoss
sites of the case, Property will beval-
ueless and life insecure unless We make
a supreme effort. The mahyintolligent
physicians from all parts of the eoun-
try, and the hundreds Of nurses who
came here will bear witness that Mem
phis is in miserably filthy condition,
Unlessthisstatsof of affairs is renedied
before otweather comes again there
viii beno encouragement for men of
means and enterprise 70 come hereand
make Investments. The place will
naturally be Stunned and feared in
any event for several seasons to come
The money spent annually since the
war by thegWealthier classes in going
off to Watering places would have
made the city as clean and bright as q
New England village. "A few more
mandamuses and epidemics and there
will be no wealthy people here, and
not many Of. .anyother kind gItwould
be better to Sacrifice one-third or even
half Of their property here to save the
remainder than to let things
take their course. 1t viii not do to
wait for national quarantine, Or fol
the legislature to adopt some general
policy Memphis is the first place in
the State where yellow fever appears
and this should be the very center oi
sanitary reform Recent circuml
stances force these conclusions upoil
u.s. The people must move in thi,
matter, and would suggest, there.
FORE that public meeting be held
at an early day in order 20 give ex-
preston and emphasis to the popular
feeling. A committoe Of our leading
citizens might be appointed to confer
with the people, with physicians, sci
entists and engineers, and to propos,
such measures as may seem to be nee
essary, and present them to the legis
lature which meets in january.
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Can't Edison invent a wig for bald
headed battep==pRe thar can DO taken
off when o person gets feady to eat2
Such an Invention would save us the
trouble of pulling out thepatural hairs
one by oRei- Whitehall Times
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As a reliable and cheap remedy for the
various affections of the throat and lungs,
we heartily recommend DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup. Price 2jc.
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For two or three days past there
has been a feYerisIr uneasy feeling
among returned refugees in regard to
yellow fever, and the Widest rumors
have been rife on the streets, and half
believed by some returned people who
are not used to the situation, We
have caused strict Investigation to
be made, and have failed to find where
any recently returned refugees have
taken the fever. There are few
cases as feported elsewhere and will
be occasionally for week or two. If
there was any cause of alarm the
woala state the fact, even if
it depopulated the city again. The
people can depend on this From
now on we will publish the death list
daily, which is 80 small that ii can
create no tlneasinesss 3Tl iii7 iiw
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The Brownsville States pays the fol-
lowing tribute to two of the most
heroic and useful men Of that place,
who never lost.a day from their min
istrations to, the sick and dying of that
stricken city That old and tried hero,
Garland p. Ware, is on his feet. He
served in the capacity OF president of
the 7 Howards with singllar fidelity
and devotion. From first to last he
done his duty right and hobly. The
amount Of work he endured during
the nine weeks Of the epidemic was
simply marvellous Brownsville should
never forget him. Rev. S. NJ. M.Provence
made himself 50 wen and SO fayorably
known during the epidemic that moth
ing we could say would addto his noble
reputation, In all that trying period he
fully illustrated the principles Of his
Divine Master which he so ably
breaches in his holy calling. May he
live to reap his reward.
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THE BFownsvill61states; which was
suspended about the middle of the
epidemic for want Of printers, resumed
publication last week. NV 0HluMN-
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NOTICE.
Knights OF Honor.

IlllE regular stated meeting Of Fountain
J. Lodge. No. 29d, X. of H., will be held AZ
their hall, No. 29S Second street, ON TUES
DAY EVENING, Neyombcr 5th, at 1880
o'clock. full attendance is desired. ii II.
T. p, WvcupsrER, r. IN .ff 5S-a
The New York herald., 1878-09-17
REDUCED BY INTEMPERANCE.

midde-agsd man named James N. Croke, who
claims to hevo been a captain In the British Navy,
aud subsequently governor OF prison In South Ire
land, was arraigned before Judge Kilbrctb, IN the
fomos Police Court yesterday morning, charged with
having stolen $12 from Dr.. Stevens, oil No IL Green
wich street. The Doctor sad that about two
weeks ago the man came TO his office and
,old him that he had no money or means
OF support. Having heard has story the ply.
sicxn allowed him 10 stay In his house tll
he should DO able to obtain position. Since tnen tue
man has slept u lounge IN a room adjoining DR..
Stevens bedchamber. Yesterday morning, NJ ABOUT
half-past three O'Clock, the good man ot the house
heard noise and SAW man enter his room ana ieel
IN tho pockets of his trousers which lay not Tor from
the bed Having secured roll OF bills the intruder
crept out aud whsn daylight came the issins money
was lound bchnd picture In the adjoining room.
DR.. Stevens feels confident that tho gully man Is
Uroke whom he claims 10 have recognized In the dim
morning light. The latter strenuously asserts his
Innocence, says that if the money was stolen Il
must nave been taken by tho Doctors assistant, who
likewise occupied the ante-chaInber 70 hs employers
apartment
The prisoner was held for trial in default Of $500
bail He says tnat his presence In this country ID
duo 10 intempsrate habits, by which he lost every
thing In England