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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-11-27

OuS lSdfSo VI UuO GLSSS Oh viz hiSh
lands, especially the pine lands, are
liable to curl from drought, trees on
the low lands are not affected; nor
are the latter more easily injured by
excessive rainfall when thoroughly
drained. AS a general rule the fruit
is large, clean, and juicy, and does
not suffer either in appearance or
quality from long continued drought
as it does on the high lands. The
fruit is seldom covered with the rust
that so often effects the fruit on the
high lands. 1t mas been affirmed that
trees on these lands are comparatively
short lived. Some of the groves are
still in good condition on this soil
which were in bearing when killed to
the ground by thesgreat frost of 1885.
Owing to the expense of clearing the
low lands settlers are often urged to
locate on the high pine lands, where
start can be made more easily and
with less outlay. The expense need
not be as great as is represented if
properly managed. Eight or ten
years must elapse on the pine land
before the trees begin to bear. On
the low lands trees grow faster and
come into bearing in much shorter
time. One advantage of the latter
over the former is that other crops
can be profitably raised to defer cur
rent expenses while the orange is
coming on.
There is considerable anxiety
among orange growers as to what
will be the effect Of the recent higl
! ! wafer rpon. those low land grove
which have been submerged. Il
1871 the water rose from similar
causes to about the same height as il
has risen this year. Many groves
were overfowed, but, although the
water rose a month earlier than this
year while the sun still shone with
Summer heat, and remained upon the
ground six weeks, the trees sustained
but little permanent injury. Some
trees turned yellow, and others drop
ped their fruit, and in certain locali-
ties the crop for the ensuing season
was somewhat injured; so tar as the
writer has been able to ascertain, few
of the bearing trees were killed, and
in most instances they speedily re
covered from the effects Of the water.
In Louisiana when crevasse occurs
in the Spring which event is by nc
means rare, the orange groves on the
Low lands are often inundated fol
several weeks. yet the trees do not
seem to suffer materially, 1t would be
hardly advisable to plant q. new grove
upon land liable to overflow. Those
who have groves upon these LANDS
however, should not be too easily
discouraged !; it will pay better in the
! end to persevere, even under idisad
yantages, than to give up what has
already been done and start anew
The effects of the recent high water
will only be temporary, and 1T may
not occur again for a life time, Some
seasons the entire peach and apple
crop of,the northern states is destroy
ed by an unforeseen cause, yet the
peach and apple growers neither
leave in disgust nor quit the business.
Even orange culture is not exempt
from drawbacks they are incident to
all pursuits in life, and should be met
with patience and perseverance, in
the hope of better success In the tu-
ture. gmi sa
Arthur II. MANvILLE., F.
Lake George Fla, Oct 30th. 1878.
AGRrCTLTCRIS ST 50 per annum.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-11-27

AGR1cULIURIsT 81 per annum.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-11-27

Continued on page 939.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15
p. ZOEGER a. CO.,
Wholesale and Retail
FRESH MEATS,
No. o Adams Street.
Tho CITY Council.


The board OF aldermen sad city coun.
ell met last night aud engaged in the
transaction Of rontene business
The petition Of the liquor dealers as.
sociation for a fund to be- employed 10
TIE detection Of persons selling liquor
without license, waslreferred by the coun.
ell to the mayor and city attorney, with
power to act. The council adopted the
resolution to ms Ike each fund Tor which a
tax ia collected pay its pro rata of such
collection. The ordinance fixing the city
attorneys salary at $4,000 per annum
passed final reading by the general
council.
The ordinance fixing the pay of hos
pitaI employees was reconsidered and
r~ecommitted to the committee on mar.
kets and hospitals.
The ordinance allowing ninety days
further for the filing of petitions for
change in assessments was recommend.
ed, and petitions for years prior to 1878
were allowed to be fled up to March Is.
1878. @ .1.ir3s
In the council the city attorneys re.
port on the petition Of the 6remen ask.
ing for an allowance for their loss by rea-
son ofheavy discounts, that all the board
could, under the law, do was to grant in.
teteat on the accounts at the rate Of six
per cent, was read, aud the petition laid
on the table.
Alderman Moores introduced an ordi-
nance abolisbing the salary allowed the
sinking fund commissioners, which was
passed on its fret reading.
Adjourned to Tuesday night.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

Recorder Quigley this morning di5
posed Of the following business: V. NJ.
Cormick, drunk and asleep OH the side.
walls, fined $40; Early Talbot, misde.
melnor. fined S.; Henry Goodwin (col,
ored) and Manson Flowers (colored)
misdemesnors, fired S. each; George
Robinson (colored), misdemeanor, dis.
charged; Kate Powers (colored) ard
SOsan Hayes (colored), fighting, cases
continued; Austin Dohorty (colored)
proving, fined IS; John Mitchell anC
Dave Dunn, sleeping out, each fined 50.
j. j. Cooney & Bro, doing businesl
without license, discharged.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15
Horse stealing.

The police have bsen notified to look
out for and arrest John Able (colored)
who stole a horse, saddle and bride from
a man living near Wolf river. Able
brought the stolen property to this city
and sold the same to u colored man
named William Bobo, who lives near the
Pigeon Roost road, eilht miles from the
city. Able passes himself of as a doc.
tor, and is said to do a thriving practice.
BE is Eve feet nine inches high, rather
stout Of frame and wears a mustacbe,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

The trialof dolly Bond, who in Deem.
Der, 1876, murdered ]. S. Hill, noar Shell.
by depot, is set for hearing next Monday
in the Bartlett Circuit Court. Bond
killed the old man because be refused to
let him marry bis daughter, Miss Bette
Hill Bond tore the young lady from
her fathers dead body, and carrying her
to a neighboring minister, Rev. Nickel.
berry. tried to kill the preacher because
he would not perform the marriage cere.
mony, BE also threatened to kill Miss
Hill, who fortunately managed to elude
his grasp and conceal herself in the bed
Bond made an effort to kill his father
and his brother aud a friend, BE fed
the country, crossed the Mississippi river
at Randolph, and going through Arkan.
sas and Texas, finally located on an
u%ncle's farm in Louisiana, Owing to the
diligence Of Sheriff Anderson, Bond was
tracked and captured and returned to
This city last November.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

JoHN McCULLoUGE.-Last night this
eminent actor appeared as king Lear
to a delightful aud appreciative audience
atthe Memphis Theater. His ~interpreta-
ton Of TIE character was artistic ana i'm.
pressive. His acting is such as to elicit
the most generous praise, for Mr. McCul.
Tough is an artist Of brilliant and excel
lent ability. he is not so great as was
Forrest, bat then be has q finish about
his acting and an elevation in his con-
eeption Of the character that commend
him to the admiration of the most criti-
cal Tonight Mccullough appears in
The Gladiator, taking the role Sparta.
Gus At the matinee tomorrow after.
noon VirgiLius will be presented. To.
morrow night Mr.. Mccullough closes his
engagement. Richard III is the play for
tomorrow night.
EMERsoS's MYsTREL.s.-Tbis troupe
appears at the Memphis Theater Mon.
day, Tuesday aud Wednesday EVENING",
besides giving a matinee the latter day.
The Chicago Tribune, in speaking Of
Emerson's Minstrels, says:
The company, as before observed, is
the best there is in the country at the
present time, certainly the best that ever
came West. Emerson is one of the fun.
niest and neatest Ministries ever seen on
the boards, and with the f~avorite Big
Four-Smith, Waldron, Morton and Mar.
tin-and the superb quintette OF vocal.
lists, should carry all before them. The
entertainment is rs~ireshingly from any.
thing that could give o%ffense.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

Last night Miss Mary Hampton,
charged with forgery, was arrested, and
this morning was carried before Justice
Quigley. The arrest was made at the
instance Of Tom Mccormick, one of her
victims, who lost $500 BY Miss Hamp.
tons ~chicapery. He is the only man OF
those swindled who expressed a desire to
prosecute the unfortunate woman. To-
day Mccormick did not appear before
Justice Quigley until IL o'clock, three
hours after the time the case was set.
Justice Quigley accordingly dismissed
the warrant and discharged the prisoner.
Last night Mccormick visited Mrs.
Hsmpton's house IN Chelsea, where her
daughter, Miss Mary Hampton, was sick
in bed, beside which knelt a Catholic
priest. Thinking only Of his lost money,
and having neither respect nor consider.
alton for the feelings Of the mother, the
hopeless condition OF the unfortunate
daughter, nor the sacred mission and
holy duty o. the priest, Mccormick de-.
manded his money and threatened to
have Miss Hampton arrested aud
prosecuted. He had already sent
a constable to the house, AID Mrs.
HamptOn's grief was equaled only by
the shame and helpless condition of her
daughter. With an avarice equal to the
exaggerated heartlessness of Shylock,
Mccormick pressed his claims and acted
even in a boisterous manner until Mrs.
Hampton gave him a bill of sole Of her
furniture. Having secured this McCor
mick failed to appear as prosecutor
against Miss Hampton before Recorder
Quigley this morning. 1t is a sad pic
ture, in which Mccormick figures with
no credit, for eVen those who lost $500
and $500 by Miss Hampton had enough
humanity and consideration not to be
%actuated by greed for money.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15
THE MAYOR
Obtains 8 Little News, but FOrgets
his Efforts to Reduce the
Sanitary Force.

Under the heading The Mayor OBJ
tains a Little News" the Avalanche
prints the following extracts, and the
subjoined remark of Mayor Flippin:
The sanitary men have been dis.
charged, and the police have been Or
dered to report nuisances and obstruc.
tons, enforce the sanitary ordinances
and act in conjunction vita the board OF
health in preventing and removing nui.
sences. Penny wise and pound fool
sh.-[Appeal.
Mayor Flippin has discharged the
three sanitary men employed by the city.
OF course Mayor Flippin Gao afford to
do this, for if an epidemic bsfall Mem
phis he a again flee the place, but this
time he will have no power to abolish or
erjoin city in6rmaries .-LeGger.
ITS new to me" said his honor to
an Avalanche reporter yesterday. Il
have never discharged any sanitary off.
Ger, or ordered the discharge OF one.
Where on earth those gentlemen man.
aged to get such an idea | can't COR
ceive.
The sanitary force was discharged
temporarily by Dr.. John Erskine, but P.
R, Athy, chief of police, and John R.
Flippin, mayor, who are ex.ofieio mem
bers Of the board Of health, attended the
meeting when this question was dis.
cussed. Mr.. Athy. in view of the desire
expressed by Mayor Flippin in bis mes
sage of February 2lst, rendered the
health officer two policemen to do ser.
vice until next October. DR.. Erskine
informed Mr.. Athy that he did not waut
policemen to do this work, as they would
not properly attend to it. Mr.. Flippin
did not support DR., Erskiue in his posi-
ton, but the mayor, February q, 1878,
sent to the general council a message, in
which he said:
You have had heretofore four sanitary
sergeants. Think half that number would
be ample for more than one-third OF the
year, and that two Of them should be dis.
pensed With. > . Our streets are
ia a miserable condition, and likely to
be so for some time to come. This ia
unavoidable, We have nearly ten miles
Of decayed Nicolson pavement. 1t is
simply impossible to enter upon any
general system Of street repairs.
The mayor has forgotten this Nearly
ten miles Of decsyed Nicolson pave
ment, aud yet the sanitary force should
be reduced, and this, too, when the sickly
season approached DR.. Erskine, a.
health officer, does not agree with Mayor
Flippin as to the policy Of reducing thu
sanitary force, and has accordingly sp
pointed Messrs. Reilly, Quinn, McCor
mick and 0ffutt, sanitary sergtants. Th,
cityis divided into four sanitary districts
the first being from South to Beal street
the second from Beal to Madison, To-
third from Madison TO Poplar, and th.
fourth from Poplar to the north boun
dairy Of the corporation. As q physician
he deems the above force necessary, AM
will not reduce the number of sergeant
during the warm weather.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

Major R. L. Cobb, nov of Little Rock,
and connected with the Little Rock and
Fort Smith railroad, is in the city.
DR.. Harris, of the firm of Shane, Har.
ris & Co, one Of our most respected, ca
pable and trustworthy citizens, is spoken
Of as q probable candidate FOR clerk q
the Criminal Court. .
Judge John o. Blaekwood, a promi.
nent citizen and ~lawyear Of Osceola,
Ark is in the city on bis return from a
business trip to Northwestern Arkansas.
He ia the senior member Of the law firm
Of Blsckwood & Mathes, OF 0scecla.
Mrs. NJ. L, Yer.er, pris cipal of Fair
mount Female Academy, Middle Ten
nessee, left last night on her return to
the college, She was accompanied by
Misses Katie Thompson and Jennie At
wood, of Memphis; Miss Rogers, oil
Brownsville; Misses Florence Hall aud
Mary Lee, of Frisr's Point, Mississippi;
Misses Fannie Valiant, Georgia and
Sallie Sterling, Of Greenville, Mississippi.
These young ladies' are students of Fair.
.manrw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15
Grisi's Children.
Cor. New York Timss.l

LONDON Cor. new 1ork Times
l remember, some ten years ago,
being taken by a friend to Marcos
house, not far from Streatham, near
London, where | was introduced to
two of his girls. They we're lovely
creatures, with dark hair, olive COM
plexions, and great lustrous eyes,
uniting in their own beauty that Of
their parents. 1t was of these chill
dren, the story goes, that Nine
Grisi, walking out with them in
Paris, met Napoleon III, who ex-
claimed, "Ah! These, then, are
our grisetts Z" Grisi replying, 'No,
sire; they are marionetts." There
were three girls. I only saw two.
Their names are Rita, Cecilia and
Clelia. Rita is unmarried. Cecilia
married Mr.. Pearce, and Clelia is
the wife of Mr.. Vaughn, the son of
a Brighton clergyman. Grisi and
Mario had no son. Grisi had one;
the father was Lord C~astlereagh,
and the child was born shortly after
the duel which her husband, De
Melhi, fought with chat nobleman.
That son is now a captain in her
majesty's army, a promising and re-
spected officer. DE Melhi survived
Grisi, and may still be alive; but l
think he died, as did the famous
Auber, during the siege Of Paris.
After Crisis death Mario used to
spend the anniversary of the sad
event in the neighborhood of her
grave, aad no engagement for any
sum of money would induce him to
set aside this pilgrimage of love and
alteration.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15
THE MEMPHIS PUBLIC LEDGER
Coal on.

CORi oil.
To tho Editor of the Ledger:
notice an article in your issue of the
18th signed Citizen" 1t is more than
probable the production of some added
brain or ignoramus. "Citizsn," l pre-.
sumo, has never read or seen an accoun,
of the production or manufacturing Of
petroleum. What would our citizens do
for light (alsO for machinery oily if all
had the same opinion he has2 It is now
the cheapest light in the country-does
not cost more than one-fourth of gas.
No loss Of life has occurred in our State
since the enforcement of the inspection
laws, except through gross ignorance and
carelessness in kindling fires. Export
trade Of petroleum amounts to millions.
Are we to abolish, at one stroke of the
pen, the use Of it because some ones
oltactories are so nicer would suggest
to him to buy a small night.lamp from
which no odor arises to interfere with or
poison the atmosphere; and for his &C.
commodation the dealers will have some
essences put in oil to take the stink out
Of it for his especial benefit. No law can
be made to prevent the abuse OF it By ig.
norant and careless persons in pouring
it on fires. Coal OH.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15
Peabody BnItara Saloon.

The Peabody billiard saloon, under
the proprietorship of that genial and &C.
e~ommodating gentleman, Sidney Cooke,
Esq is one of the best fitted and most
popular establishments in the South.
dis tables are new and of the very latest
patterns, embracing all the best and most
improved features. Visitors to Cook
celebrated billiard establishment viii.
fad it complete in every respect, anG
aifording unusually excellent facilities
for playing billiards or pool.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15
ThOs. ID. COTey & Coz

stock OF fine boots and shoes we're sold
BY order Of ths United States Court to
hessrS. L. c Frey & Co., of the Bankrupt
Shoe Store, No. 344 Main street. The
price paid (Gfty cents on the dollar will
give these parties a chance to make
things lively in the fine shoe trade. Next
Wednesday the goods will be placed on
sale, and in the meantime the store will
undergo extensive alterations to accom-
modste the crowds that will flock there
Tor bargains. The big boot" has al.
ready become famous in Memphis, aud
no doubt for the next thirty days matters
WI be extremely warm at 344 Main st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

A New York Herald man had rheuma.
tism, and in just one.half an hour ho
learned that the following will cure il:
Iodide potassium, q%uinine, glauber salts,
onions, raw lemons, bsked lemons, raw
silk, oiled silk, gin aud tansey, Turkish
baths, a potato carried in the pocket, a
horse chestnut carried in the pocket, an
eel skin tied around the leg, a suit Of red
flannel, chloroform liniment, hot wafer,
cold water, hot lemonade, q trip south, a
dry atmosphere, squable temperature,
sulphur baths, mustard asd hot water,
oamphor liuiment, electricity
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15
JOHN Walsh, Undertaken,
BAL Second st., next p%ostofioe. l441

SHARP competition is the order Of the
day, among the first class hotels in New
York. With one or two exceptions they
are trying TO keep their old trade while
adhering to their previous high rates.
The Grand Central has reaped much
benefit from this by quietly cutting "
the rates from one to two dollars per day.
wrtm '
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

General Grant will return to this
country some time in the coming au-
tumD, aud it is proposed in Philadelphia
to give him an enthusiastic greeting. A
committee has been appointed which is
quietly arranging the details. He is to
Do met in the bay By prominent men
from all parts of the country, and all his
officers and soldiers who can so to Phila-
6elphia are to welcome him to shore and
attend him to his temporary residence.
The money necessary has already been
subscribed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

ENTHUSIASTIC meetings are still going
on at the Varieties Theater in favor o;
temperance. The meeting last night
was highly interesting, and large nun
bers took the pledge. Tonight several
fine speakers are expected to make short
addresses 1853 a
j. NJ. BE4TTIE, for Committee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15
Cbildren's spring style cloth
hats ut 2I0 Main street. II
Memphis Ride Club.

The members Of the above company
arsrequested TO meet at their club house,
foot of Main street, on Saturday 10th
inst at 3 pm. A full attendance is re.
quested, as arrangements have to be per-
fected for the ensuing seasons practice.
S. f. WALKER, Capt,
w. j. MCDERMoTT, Sec'y. Is
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

III. SeesseI, ST., e. Son, deliv-
err fresh meals, morning and
afternoon, free 10 all parts Of
the city. II
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15
Prime Mess Beef,
En- WhOle and Nalf Barrels at
H SeeSsel, sr., e. Son.
IAo-A

QUERY: Why will men smoke com
mon tobacco, when they can buy Mar.
burg Bros Seal Of North Carolina
at the same price?' [eod.xxvii lac
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

DR.. ALFRED VOORHEES, makes a spe
cialty Of treating diseases of the EYE
and EAR. Office, 32S Poplar st. 50
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15
$500 Reward

for the body of John P, Kirnan, lest on
the steamer City Of Chester. Had on a
seveu.stone diamond riug-a mothers
gift. One leg shorter tAan the other, ia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

TEXAS.

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to the Lone Star Statef Subscribe for the
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

What is to be done with the deyilYp
asks the Buffalo Express. IF he is
through taking proofs, Lex him distribute
BREWER nntil it is time to 20 for the mail.
Burlington Hswkeye.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

Sid Cooks Peabody Billiard
Room is pronounced lrst
class by all visitors, 33-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15
Amazon L3iIGeTs, the great pre-.
ventive Of chills and fever. II

TIE type, material and workmen OF
the LEDGER JOB Office are as good es the
best, and hence we guarantee first class
work and full satisfaction to our patrons.
~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15
TEAS.

THR0 Tho choicest in the ~world-Im-
tEASTporters' prices-Largest Company in
Amorica-staplo article ple0ses everybody
Trade continually incl Teasing -Agents wanted
everywhere-bsst inducements-don,t wests
time-eand for circular to R0BT. WELLS,
Pres't Of the Original American Tea Co., 43
Fessy st., N. y. p. D. box 1887. b-S2dSw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

A Springfield man sdvertises for ton
good statesmen that love The bible"
Doubtless some men loved il on reading
that advertisement who never cid before,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

IN the LEDGER job Office a be found
competent, skillful and tasteful printers,
who can give entire satisfaction in the
display Of anyjob 81 printing. 1881
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15
PRlBTiRc.
LOTTERY.

A hPLERDID OPPORTUNITY 70
"A WIN A FORPUREi- Fourth Grano
Distribution. 1878, at New Orleans, tuesday,
April 9th.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY GO.
This institution was regularly incorporated
by the Legislature Of the state for Eluca-
tional aud Charitable purposes in 1868, with a
Capital Of s 100000, to which II has since
added a reserve fund of $50, t00. ITS GRAND
SINGLE NUMBER DISTRIBUTIONS will
IT NEVER sOALEs OR POsTPoNEs. Lock at the
following Distribution:
CAPITAL PRIZE. $4,000.
100 900 Tickets at = DOilHFs Each.
Half Tickets One Dollar.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-15

50 Tieress Best Sugar Cured Hams,
Is Boxes Thin Breakfast Bacon.
1.Oel Buckets Fairbanks' Lard.
100 Tiercss and HAli-barrelG Lard,
500 Barrels Silver Moon and Queen Flour,
Carload New York State BuekWheat.
loo Bags Of COfee-Rio, LaguAyrA, Java
and Mocha,
l,o0o Boxes Of Cheese at Cincinnati prices,
so Boxes Of Crackers at St. Louis prices,