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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-17
SUNDAY. FEB. II, 1873.


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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09

port of the death Of Sexton and Katie
BOBBY. The suspicion that the report
is false is built upon the improbabilite
Of the two having gone to New Orleans
at such a time, and remained there
until death overlook them both. No
reason can be given, however, for Sex
tons desiring 10 have q report Of his
death circulated. He has not been
pursued by the friends Of the injured
wife, and never would have been.
They have been disposed rather to re-
gard his fight as a fortunate circum-
stance, since discovering his real char
acter; and, with the exception of his
parents, all now unite in tho hope that
the report, dreadful as it is, may prove
to be true.
1t will be noticed that in the death
notice Katie BOBBY is stated to have
been Sections wife. Though they may
have gone through the form of mar
riage, such is not probable. The
Towards and others could easily have
been misled into publishing them a,
man and wife.
Mrs. Sexton and her five children
will not be allowed to suffer because
of the strange and base action of the
husband and father. There is proper,
ty still left to them, and the relative:
of both Sexton and Mrs. s. will vic
with each other in making the family
as comfortable and as pleasantly sur.
rounded as is in their power,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09
A Rowing Woman.

San Antonio tTexas) Express, Oct. 26.l
A few days since, our readers will
remember, we made reference to the
fact that the wife of' Hesse, the
butcher, charged with beating a child
almost to death a few weeks ago, had
taken to the brush with her two child
rem, and had been seer near the Leon
creek, west of the city, by a Mexican.
Yesterday, while riding about through
the brush about four miles distant and
near the Castroville road, Mr.. John
IOller also came upon this woman.
She appeared wild and careworn, and
the two little ones with her looked
haggard and hungry. The camp Of
the trio was under the limbs of a bush.
where there was evidence to lead to
the belief that they had been at that
place for several days. Mr.. Zollel
found the woman communicative, and
she told him that her husband had in
duced her to take to the brush on ac-
count of the charges made against hin
lOI Dcdllub Ills Culiu.
This Mr.. Zoller told our reporter
One of the children remarked that
they had had nothing to eat for two
days. After hearing their sad tales,
Mr.. Zoller turned his horse tothe city
reported the facts to Judge Dryer
and obtained a hack to bring thi,
woman and her children to the city
This object accomplished, his honOl
cared for them the best he could, civ.
ing the woman comfortable quarters
in the second story of the county Jail
Mr.. Bennett, %jailor, informs our re
porter that the woman and her chill
dren were all but starved. Wher
food was placed before them they ate
ravenously. The woman stated tina
she had been driven from home nearly
two weeks ago by her husband, who
made all kinds of threats. She wa.
afraid to return home or even come t
the city. She and her children hat
lived principally on q few potatoes the.
obtained in some way. When she sen
home for food it was denied. MI
Bennett says the children also cOrrob
Grated her statements. They appeare'
10 love their mother dearly. Tn,
child that was recently beaten told tn
whole story. which is a horrible one
and fixed tho outrage upon its father
TIE peculiarly Of the circumstance
incident to the east Of this woman an
her children is almost without a par
allel, and Affords big subject for tn
grand jurors now IN session to wor
upon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09

London Letter from G. W. Smalley.r
A story is in circulation in America
that Lord Beaconsield gave 5000 to
the Princess Alice fund. Which of
his American admirers invented that +?
His actual contribution was just one
6ftieth of the sum reported-$l00 ;
which is for him quite as liberal a gift
as the hundreds set against other
names less known than his in the DO
litical world, but better known in the
city. What is said in the same para
graph of Lord Beaconsfeld's large for
tune and the generous use he has
always made Of it is purely imagina-
tive. He never had a large fortune.
The pecuniary embarrassment Of his
early years are notorious. He has
himself said that only his marriage
with the rich widow Of Mr.. Wyndman
Lewis, in 1889, enabled him to
pursue his political career. This aid
to his ambition was one chief source
of the loyal gratitude which he
showered throughout her life to this
lady. But her fortune consisted in a
liberal jOinture, which died with her,
and after her death her husband
quilted tho house in G~rosvonor Gate,
which he might well enough have
liked to keep, as a good house for the
chief Of a party, and for a mar of
still unsolicited social ambition =
a thing which it sounds odd to say
Of a parsonage so distinguished as Mr..
Disraeli then was, but which Is true,
nevertheless. He kept his place at
Hughenden; that was the pedestal on
which he loved, and still loves, to pose
IS the fine old English country gentle
man. When out of Office he had his
pension as ex-minister of $4,000 q
year, a pension obtainable only by
what is equivalent to a declaration Of
poverty. A minister who applies foi
it must certify that he not only wants
it. but needs it. In office, he found
his $4,000 salary as first lord so fal
from adequate that on the retirement
of Malmesbury, he made himself lord
privy seal, and drew that salary, too
until a few months ago, when politica
reasons induced him to surrender hi,
lucrative plurality. Lord Beaoons
fields private affairs are, of course
nObOdy's business but his own, but i
they are to be discussed they might a
well be discussed accurately. As 70.
what is stated above, it has long beer
known, has been repeatedly printed
and concerns rather his public thar
his private life.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09

A recent issue Of one of the New
York dailies has the following to say
of a remarkable woman;
A dainty blue cap with autterinE
ribbons, worn by a white haired
woman, caught the eye of a reporter
yesterday as he was passing the broad
portico of the Leroy mansion, in new
Rochelle, on the sound. Something
in the face beneath the cap arrested
attention. Bright hazsl eyes contrast
ed strangely with the snowy ringlets of
hair and the pale almost exp~ressionless
cast of features. Evidences were not
wanting of advanced age, yet a grace
full form, slightly above the medium
height, made the possessor look stately
in her old age.
Who is that Queenly old lady?'
was asked Of a gardner working near
by.
Mrs. Webster, sir; the widow Of
Daniel Webster.
The widow of Webgterl Seated
alone, at the age of seventy-eight
within twenty miles of the great, stir
ring metropolis, a link between the
busy present and the dead historic
past.
"Can you oblige me with an intro
duction, sir2" asked the reporter of
Mr.. William Leroy, who at that mo
ment appeared on the ground.
with great pleasure. Mrs. Web
ster is my only sister" returned the
proprietor. But" he added, 81 am
afraid she cannot converse much. Her
mental faculties are so impaired that
she is hardly cognizant Of her sur
roundings, while the past is a total
blank"
The reporter was presented to the
lady, who received him with courtly
grace. Chairs were provided on the
elegant little piazza, and a pleasant
half hour was spent in conversation.
Il am 50 glad you have come" was
Mrs. Webster's first remark. 81
know you admire flowers. Are they
not pretty? Miss Woolbert has such
a delightful place, too; the prospect
from my window would be better than
this if there were not SO many flowers
Do you read much now, Mrs. Web.
ster queried the reporter.
There was no answer to this ques.
ton, but simply a puzzled look. She
turned appealingly to her relative.
The question was reiterated by Mr..
Leroy, who at the same time picked
up a newspaper from the floor. Then
a look of intelligence lighted up the
troubled face as she exclaimed, "0h
yes; | read it through nearly every
day"
Caroline Leroy, the second wife O.
Webster, was married to the great ex.
FOUNDER in the city of New York early
in l847, and was constantly with hin
until his death, on October %, 1852
Mr.. William Leroy and a brother liv
ing in Newport, r. l., are the only
remaining members of the family.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09

Great waste ofbreath. They might as
we'll curse the mountains or the eter-
nal hills. Fortune docs not give away
good and substantial goods. She sells
them to the highest bidder, TO
the hardest and wisest worker for the
boon. Men never make so fatal a mis-
take as when they think themselves
creatures Of fate It's the surest folly
in the world. Every man may make
or mai himself, whichever he may
choose. Fortune for those who by
diligence, honesty and frugality place
themselves in a position to grasp hold
of fourtune when it appears in view.
The best evidence of frugality is the
five dollars or more standing in your
name at the savings bank. The best
evidence of honesty consists of dill
gence and ~frugality.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09
IneOnyenlcnt Questions.

Providence Journal.
A gentleman recently invited a we'll
knGYn lecturer to his. home to take
tea. Immediately on being seated at
the table, a little daughter Of the gem
tleman said 10 the guest, quite alb
ruptly " Where is your wifeg' The
gentleman having recently been sepa-
rated from the partner Of bis life, was
surprised and annoyed at the question,
and stammeTsd forth the truth, 81
don't know" Don't know =" re-
piled the infant, Why don't you
! know
Finding that the child persisted in
her INTERPRETATIONS, despite tho mild
reproof of the parents, he concluded
to make a clean breast OF the matter
and have IL over at once. So he said
with eslmDess, Well, we don't live
together. We think rs we can't agree,
We better not" He stihsd 8 ggQqp as
the child began again, and darted an
exasperated look at her parents.
But the little torment would not be
quieted until she exclaimed: CAM
agree Phep why RQt ight il 9gt q
pa and ma dOgV
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09

THA defeat Of Ben Butler for Cover
nor Of NJ Massachusetts, and other results
surprised nobody more than that elas-
tic old politician himself. He might
learn hat intelligent communities
cannot always be led by unprincipled
demagogues, but perhaps he will not,
The Courier journal commenting on
The election, says: in the old Bay
State Butler is badly beaten. Kearney
was too much for him. Indeed, there
is reason to believe that Kearney sold
out to the capitalists, agreeing to make
bloodthirsty speeches enough to scare
the ducks. Be this a. it may, biz
wasted Ben is gone where the
woodbine twineth,' up the spout, as il
were. The Democrats lose one con.
gresham, and are, otherwise, out o.
the rae We cannot get rid Of Ben
Butler. He is veritable jack -in-the
box. But from this time forth he will
be harmless. In the words OF tn,
poet
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09
A Lonely Flock ON a Forgotten
Island.


Captain Grath, of the steamer Ariel,
in a recent voyage from Melbourne to
FIJI, called at Lord Howe Island, on
which he found twenty-five inhabi-
tants, men, women and children, all
told. The island is mountainous, Of
volcanic origin, but well wooded, about
five miles long, and from a mile and a
half to two miles broad, 400 miles east
of Sidney. AS the steamer approached
the islard on the west side, with ensign
flying, a boat came off with two men
in it, and brought the vessel TO an
anchorage, Shortly aNerward a bull
lock was aoon IN harness coming to-
ward the beach, drawing a sledge
loaded with fowls, oranges bananas,
eggs, etc, which tho settlers brought
of and gave 10 the captain, without
making any charge or taking any pay
ment. A blacksmith's shop was given
up to the engineer to do whatever he
required. The inhabitants assisted in
cutting wood and getting water for the
vessel, and rendered every possible
assistance; Captain Garth speaks very
highly of their hospitality, Their
communication with the outside world
IA very uncertain; formerly whalers
called IN often and got a supply Of pro-
visions, but they very seldom do 30
now. Ships can get supplies Of fresh
beef pigs, or goats, potataea and
onions, fowls, etc. Tho people live in
happy cGRteRt, their Gully complaint
beilS the want Of q schoOlmaster and
clothing About FIVE years ago a
keteh belonging to the island, left for
Sydney with eight souls on board, but
was never heard of. Tho names Of
two Of them were Captain Field and
Mr.. Mooney
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09
Waste and Want.

Either man must bo ooptont with
poverty all ofhis life, or else deny him
self some Injuries and save to lay the
base Of Independence in the future.
But If a nan dcfes the future, and
spends all he earns whether his earn
ings be ono or ten dollars q day. let
him look for lean and want at some
future %time-for they will surely como,
no matter what he thinks. To save is
absolutely the way 10 got o solid flF,
tune; there is no other certain mode.
Those who shut their eyes and cars to
these certain facts will be forever poor,
and in thor obstinate rejection OF
truth perhaps may die IN rags and
filth. Let them 80 die and thank
themselyoh But no. They take .
sort Of reeompcnsc in eursing fortune,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09

A eREErTNa 10 THE MEMPHIS PRESS.

We cSnnot suppress Il desire to
congratulate the Memphis dailies upon
their good fortune, and the great
pleasure of the public in their appear
lug again in full size and dress. Most
nobly did the Appeal, Avalanche aud
LEDGER stand to their guns in the
great struggle through which Mem
phis has past. A mighty debt of
gratitude is due these brave and most
worthy journals, not only from the
Memphis people from home and
abroad, but from the reading public
in the whole country. These journals
we're a source of inestimable pleasure
TO all during the epidemic, and with
out them, the scourged city would
have been depopulated by famine,
added to pestilence. We congratu-
late them upon their resumption of
full sheets. The citizens of Memphis
and the Southwest should more than
ever heartily sustain these papers
they deserve it. Our hearty condOl-
euoe is with them in the loss Of the
brave men of the Memphis press who
fell at their posts of duty during the
dark days Of pestilence,
The above from the Paris (Tenn.)
Intelligencer is gratefully appreciated
by the survivors of the Memphis
press. To them this is a recognition
of duty performed, and their con
sciences, too, approve of the course
they took during the epidemic in re.
naming side by side with the
Towards, citizens relief com.
mittee, clergymen, physicians, anC
other great workers who sought t
stay the pestilenee and mitigate it
horrors. Many of our brother jour
nalists and compositors fell at thei
posts, and We will always revere thei
memory as martyrs to the cause o
humanity in the great plague Of 1873
We hope their great souls are at rest
aud that history will record thei
glorious deeds, that mankind may b
made better and stronger by sucl
examples Of endurance, patience an,
self-sacrifce. Though dead their in
fuence remains, and the world vii
be better for their having lived in il
Those who are spared miraeulously, a
1t we're, will feel that they must 30 liy
and act that the same may be said O
them when they pass away, aud tina
the eventful scenes through which the
have recently passed only made til
path Of duty clearer and enlarged tn
obligations of life. More than eve
will be expected Of the press, not onl
as powerful factor in the economy {
public affairs, but as the source an
medium Of intelligent views upon a
subjects, and an agency for improyin
the moral aud political condition {
the country, as well as advancing il
material prosperity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09
Novel Application Of Electric
Lights.

The electric light has been success
fully applied to the bicycle by an en-
thusiastic E%nglishman. The motor is
the hind wheel Of the bicycle, and the
apparatus is a small ordinary magnetic
electric machine with rotary magnet,
aided by a small pocket battery, The
carbons are regulated by a train Of
wheels, worked by the front wheel Of
The bicycle, the consumption being
about one inch per hour. Tho appa-
ratus takes up the room of a small
valise. and costs in all about twenty
Ave dollars. The light is steady and
equal to 100 candles, its great adyan.
tago being that il lights up the road
thoroughly for 200 yards ahead on a
dark night. Carriage makers and
owners may find a useful hint here.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09
his comb Is cut,
His goose Is cooked

and, M matter how much cackle there
is 10 him, he will never more be able
to startle either the old lady Of Beacon
street or any other respectable, con.
servativc folk. His future is likely
to be just about as sensational and as
harmless as that Of Wonden Phillips.n
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09

Mrs. Lambertongue, who was giving
Mary a piece Of her mind, wound up
with, "And why didn't you got up and
dust this morning, rs Nv told YOU
arain and again q hundred times n
0uoth Mary quietly. 'PeThaps, Mrs.
e.. ] had bettor get up and dust now. -
And she busted. Boston Transcript.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09

afterward sail for his regiment from
New York, where he arrived only ON
August ID,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09

Cpying & a prime evidence Of pain.
When the baby is fretful and inclined 10
crying spells" remove the cause by using
DR., Bulls Baby Syrup.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09
WEEKLY
Public Ledger.
s1-00-
The Cheapest and Best
NEWS MEDIUM
IN THE SOUTH
IN THE SOUTH
ALL LOCAL EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE

in tho city Of Memphis and Shelby county.
No labor or expense will be spared to mani
tain it in every department at the highest
possible standard, and to commend it in oil
respects to the confidence and approval Of the
best classes in the surrounding country, being
strictly
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-09
aLIoK AS A WHISTLE.
That's a YaBkecism, isn't it?
o HirAnnAnnV " Ii

Inat 8 a alkeelsm, lsn Z itY
HindostanY Yes, | made a couple
Of campaigns IN India. Hunting in
the jungles there we had to use Gle
plants, as It would be really impossi-
bic TO get about any other.way, owing
to the thick grass and underground.
This was especially in our hunt
through Assam, wheye We killed OF
captured a number OF elephants and
lions. Here, also, We had some tiger
shooting, which ! think is the most
dangerous sport IN tho world. You
have TO beat" them up with tho
help Of tho natives, and now and Their
some OF these got badly mangled. In
taking the elephants, we resorted t
pretty much the same tactics, formin;
a Gordon around their retreat, anC
closing in upon them. A luxurioui
sport it certainly was.
That Algeria hunt? Well, 4
brought US very little else than a fey
pigs. The French have made Il t0r
civilized. Yes, as a matter Of course
have made quite a collection, wbicl
may give to some museum some day
There is a very large assortment, rep
resenting whatever | have taken
though Of course, | didn't have III
elephants stuffed just kept thei
tusks and skeletons.
Sir Gordon will make a flying yisi
- a brother in Virginia, and Direct
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-11-17
THE YELLOW FEVER.
IT STILL REFUSES TO RELINQUISH
ITS HOLD.

\ NATIONAL QUARANTINE RECOMMENDED.
NlChsBCRG, Miss. Nov lj.-Capt. y. l..
Hardy, Sam Kahn, Howard Farrar. Shelff
Briggs, Miss Ella Burney and four negroes
are the new cases taken to-day at Delta.
Five new cases at Vick,burg to-day.
THE NATIONAL YELLOW FEVER COMMISSION.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Nov. lj.-Member, Of
national yellow fever commission depart to
night for Richmond, Va. In their report
10 he made they will advo-
cate system Of national quarantine UNI
der dir elton Of the United States govern
mcnt These commissioners are convinced
from their investigations, that yellow fever
is not indigenous in the atmosphere in any
part Of the United States, and that in New
Orleans it was caused by importation.
Whatever doubt there may be in the case
OF New Orleans, there is 40 doubt that il
was carried from New Oalcans to every
other point. The disease does not seem 10
be prevented from prevailing epidemncallv
either 10y distance from the sea level as I'M
der favorable circumstances for it, dissent
nation II might prevail in any part of the
United States. Heretofore the scaboarl has
been QuaTntincd as far as the guilt of Mex
leo Is concerned, and making exceptions this
year in case of Texas, it has been inadequate
to prevent the introduction of the
disease. The difficulties of inland
qu arantine are SO many and 50 great in
cases Of towns on the Mississippi river or in
eases of towns having extensive railroad
connections as to be almost practically i'm
possible With this view of facts the com
mission are Of opinion that the only reason
able protection to keep yellow fever from
TIN, country j, system Of strict national
quarantine.
New ORLEANS, Nov. 15--seyen deaths
from yellow fever Tor "a hours ending at 6
p. H.. most Of these We're from rclapscs.
Some after one and two months recovery
The deaths include five children. Total
deaths 10 date 1908.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-11-17
CHURCHES.


A,fRlcAS VI. E.-Fourteenth street. between
a m and I:Jj p. m; Sunday School l:30p m
(IIRIsTIAN-- Eighteenth street; meeting Sab.
" bath 1890 p. M. preaching occasionally.
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER-(Rpis
y Fourteenth street; Morning prayers tsabbath)
luB a. m; evening prayers, 100 p. M, sabbath
school 2 a m. Rev. ~. J. Dlon-Lee Rector
ENRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Preaching al 1879 II. m, p. m, and 1870 p. m.
sabbath school at 30 p. NJ. Row 7. j. Shores,
pastor.
I LUTHERAN Thirteenth street: services Sab.
u bath II q. n. ana $50 p. m; Sunday .chooi c.
IN, Rev. Ducf-chncr. pastor
NETHODlST- Eighth and Walnut streets;
vi Preaching sabbath 1920 a. m. and p. m;
prayer meeting, Wednesday 1:30 p. m: sunday
school p. m, Rev A. p. Morrison pastor.
DRESBYTERIAN-Ei streets preaching on
i sabbath at II 20 a. IN. and 7:3D p. m: prayer
meeting "Wednesday At $50 p. m; sunday School
St3 ?, M. Rev. b. !. George, pastor
SECOND FREEWILL BAPTIST -- Fin.crth
- street between Walnut and Cedar streets; scr
vices sabbath al 3 and 80 p m
st JOsRPIIs-t Roman Catholic Corner Gross
y and Walnut streets: services sabbath 1890 q
m; sunday school al , p. m, Yesp 81, p m; ser
vices every day at p. m.
ct PATRICK S-tRoman CsthOhc) Corner Ninth
- street and Washington avenue; services Sab.
bath and 10 g. m; Ncspcrs 3 p. M. Sunday School
Up m; services every day q; p. m. Rev F. Zsbe!,
pfert.