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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-04
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Important Statement by Presfden
r. W. Mitchell, N. d.

Important Statement by President
II. w. Mitchell, N. d.
At the pint session of the city council
last night Mayor Flippin formally pre-
sented DIR. R. W. Mitchell. president of
the board Of health, who read the follow
ing communication:
To the Honorable Mayor and General Council
Of the City Of Memphis;
GEETLEMEN-l deem it but justics to
the board of health to submit the follow
ing statement for your consideration:
Amount appropriated in budget for 1878
for sanitary purposes.......-.....-"........lS, 200
Salary Of Health Officer ....~........... LOCO
Salary Of Secretary. LOO
Salaries Of four Sanitary Sargeants, at
e92 per mohtn ..'.''.. 80. '".-......-... 3.l20
Medicines for Dispensary 1850
Rent for Dispensary and office Of Board
81 nealth. 900
Printing and incidentals----..m-.."-. 100
,2l
Leaving to be expended by the Board Of
Health for cleaning streets, alleys, etc. S779
You will appreciate the fact that the
amount left after deducting salaries and
disrensary expenses is insufficient to
keep the city 10 proper sanitary condi.
ton during the summer months. 1t has
been the custom for the board of health
to have the streets and alleys cleaned,
though can find no ordinance requiring
or giving them authority to do SO The
small sum left at our disposal will have
to be husbanded for the warmer months.
Our principal efforts will have to be d.
rected to a rigid enforcement of the san.
itary ordinances. In this we expect the
cheerful cooperation of all citizens ia.
terested in the health and welfare of our
city.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-04

OzanRe 81 May, 500 Main,
Headlight Oil, cheapest and
best i'm market, cot
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-04
We sell the cheapest Dry
Goods, shoes and Cloth. :
ing In the city.
KAHN & FREIRERG,
Corner Main and Poplar streets,
Coal.

Price reduced to Acc per barrel for the
best Pittsburg coal, delivered to any part
of the city. Orders from the country
filed promptly at reduced rates.
80 Brown & JOKES.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-04
FRESH ARRIVAL
ESCH,s.

Of several brands of cigars of superior
quality, to be retailed at &c at
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-04

100 boxes choice new made Cheese,
Is barrels peeled dried Peaches,
IS barrels Navy Beans,
5000 cases Canned Goods Baltimore
prices).
at G. A. ECKERLY & BROS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-04
FROM THE FIRE.
WET GOODsi DAMAGED GOODS
DRY GOODS!

5000 yards damaged cottonades at &c
5000 yards slightly damaged heavy
c%ottonades cheap at : l2@c
5000 yards calico, short pieces &c
1900 linen shirt fronts, l5c
400 infants wool shoes, per pair, : Sc
1000 full bolts narrow ribbons, as
sorted %colors, lOc
500 pieces silk velvet ribbons : Sc
400 pairs ladies' cotton gloves Sc
1900 dsmask napkins, colored Sc
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-04

III. ESCH'S,
27O Second ST., opp. Court Square.
2I7 Main street, corner Adams.
$40 Main street, opposite Peabody.
cOt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-04

Prime Mess Beef,
I'm Whole and Half Barrels al
II. Seessel, Sr., 81 Son.
II0-A
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-04

DR.. ALFRED VOORHEES, makes q ape
cislty Of treating diseates Of the Ere
and EAR. Office, s2S Poplar at. 60
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-04

Salmon, White Fish,
Choice MackinaW Trout.
HI Seessel, Sr,, az son,
Cor. Jefferson and Second.
Al
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-04
F0R SALE

Nw0 CHEAP PLACEs-Nos. s. and 5Sh
north side of Marshall avenue two. story
Buildings with 8 rooms each. / will receive
bids for the receiver. Judge Shipp. until
March 9th. @. W. FRAZER.
14S-t q South Court street,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-04
ARREST CITY CIRCULATION.
THE CITY.
MEMPHIS
LEDGER LINES.

Thursday Evening, April 4, 1878
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-04

A LII colors and prices of job Ink, also
IA News Ink in kegs, at this Office. 1lSt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-04

The court to-day has been engaged in
routine business, and tomorrow will
make assessments.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04
To Turn Oak Black.

The Pevue I1odustrile states that oak
may be dyed black, and made to re-
semble ebony, by the following means.
Immerse the wood for forty light hours
in a hot saturated solution Of alum,
and then brush it over with a logwood
decoction, as follows: Boil one part of
best logwood with ten parts of water,
filter through linen, and evaporate at a
gentle heat until the volume is reduced
one half. To every quart of this add
from 10 to Is drops of a saturated neu-
trail solution Of indigo. After applying
this dye to the wood. rub the latter with
a saturated and filtered solution Of
verdigris in hot concentrated acetic
acid, and repeat the operation until
black of the desired intensity is OBJ
tanned. Oak stained in this manner is
said to be close as we'll as a splendid
imitation Of ebony.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04
4 TWO-Minute TrOtter.

Mr.. Bonner never allowed Dexter to
trot In a race after he purchased "the
king of the turf" and it is not likely
that he could have added anything to
his laurels if he had been allowed to
make another public trial. Goldsmith
Maid, Rarus, Hopeful, Great Eastern,
and several other fast horses have beat
en- Dexter's best time. Now however.
Mr.. Bonner has purchased Edwin For
rest for $4,000, which is said to be the
most remarkable trotter in the world.
He trotted at Hartford in 2:145. The
theory of many horsemen that the
fastest horse would be large horse is
sustained by this early performance Of
Forrest. He is sixteen hands high. At
the same time he is handsome and we'll
proportloned. Some things which
would seem extravagant about any
horse are said about the performances
of Forrest, and yet old trotting men
tell us they are perfectly true. For
instance, so careful paper as the
Spirit of the Times, in an account of
FORESTS trotting at Hartford, says of
one quarter: "If ever a two-minute
gait was struck by a trotter, it was by
Edwin Forrest during this quarter"
Either all the trotting men must have
lost their heads, or the horse has no
equal Chicago Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04

strike it. Escaping all these, the weevil
may damage it; and after al this, it
may be good and large crop in other
sections; hence have to be sold in a
crowded market. It follows, then, that
it is not wise for a farmer to put his
yearly support and genius upon a
single crop, and that crop depending
upon SO many contingencies. If the
crop and prices be both large, he makes
largely. This eighty acres, at thirty
bushels per acre, will give yield of
2,400 bushels worth say seventy cents
per bushel, Or $1,680 in the aggregate.
Elated at his success, the farmer often
plunges deeply in debt for more land,
reduces his to pasture, shaves off d
portion of the meadow, plants but a
few acres of corn, putting every avail
able inch to wheat, and in great many
instances makes q most signal failure
of the whole business. A farm which
depends for its profits on butter, cheese,
fruit, timber, cattle, hogs, corn, wheat,
potatoes, ETC., makes, perhaps, but
little on each crop; but the rains that
come in drops are useful, while those
that come lii torrents, swelling the
streams and flooding the land, leave
mischief and devastation behind
them. Turf, Field and Farm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04
How Diphtheria Was Spread.
st. Adams (Vt.) Messenger.

A few weeks ago little girl in st.
Adams, who had just recovered from
diphtheria. was taken by her parents to
visit family in neiehboring town.
She slept with the children in that fam
lily, and shortly after three or four Of
them were taken with the malady and
some have since died The family per-
mitted relatives and neighbors to visit
them, and the result is several cases in
the neighborhood They had public
funerals, even keeping the remains Of
one child an unusual time, waiting for
another to die, SO as to bury them to-
gether; and this also spread the conta-
gion. The physician was not powerful
ly impressed-as some physicians are
not-with the contagious character Of
the disease; therefore, he did not take
the necessary precautions for the pro-
lection of the neighborhood or of his
own family, and the result is that one
of his own children has died and another
is dangerously i'll. A lady who went to
one of these houses to robe the victims
for the grave has called at houses in
the vicinity where there are children
without any change Of her garments or
any attempt at disinfection, and has
fondled the children in those families.
apparently in utter ignorance of the
danger to which she was exposing them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04
A CAPINEI, and In1ur cnrin L Inr ON az

A GARDNER and lawn sprinkler on ex-
hlbition at the Paris exposition attracted
much attention on account of its novel
ty, and created much amusement by its
strange performances. It stands on a
tripod, and the discharge pipe has sew
eral spiral twists. The water issues
from it in spray, and its force as pro-
jected through the crooked nozzle
causes the entire apparatus TO walk
ahead on its three legs, dragging the
hose after it. 1t resembles some strange,
decapitated monster, with long, crook
ed neck, spouting water instead of blood.
1t hops, jumps straight up and down in
most cumbersome, unwieldy manner.
1t seems to be in misery because it can
not get along faster, and drags it's long
water-distended tail after it. 1t con-
trlves, however, at least to sprinkle
considerable ground ahead, before and
on either side, with no other assistance
than its clumsy loccmotion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04

''It is truth. Your mother is here to
confirm my words"
And Kate Melrose. stepping forward,
held out her arms to the child, saying:
Cecilia, could anything less than saw
ing your life have induced me to part
with you? Child, dear child. I exiled
you for your LIES sake. For your life's
sake am here now"
And the girl, with one swift glance in
to the face of the twice baffled schemer
for her life and fortune, sprang into the
loving arms that had wearied to hold
her for nine long years.
With a curse, AlbertMe}rose turned
on his heel and left the three. seeing
that no words of his could ever again
win Celia's heart from loyal love to her
devoted, self-sac1ificing mother.
What his plans had been they never
knew, nor in what way he had so sue
cessful1y traced the girl, for by the next
steamer he sailed for Europe, carrying
the remnants of his wifes fortune with
him.
He obtained access to the seminary
under his true character of Celias uncle,
and stepfather, the principal having re-
ceived no caution from Mr.. Carter, who
thought she was securely hidden.
In a few interviews he persuaded
Celia, already smarting under her
mothers supposed neglect and inditfer
ence, to go with him away from the
seminary to some home he painted in
fairy-hke colors to her girlish magma
ton. What were his further schemes
to obtain possession of her fortune,
mother and child could only shudder-
ingly imagine.
But the will of Celia Melrose, drawn
upon the day she became of age, her
marriage two years later, and the birth
of her lovely children. effectually pre-
vented Albert Melrose from ever in
heriting the fortune he would have OBJ
tanned by foulest means, had he not
been twice baf1ied by Kate Melrose's
strong, self-sacrihcing mother love.
He died in Europe, never knowing
that his own carelessness in dropping
Cela's letter agreeing to meet him on
that memorable October afternoon, had
put into his wife's hand the power to
overthrow his deeply laid scheme to
grasp the fortune his father had left to
Celia Melrose.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04
BAD Y FACES.

passed pretty cottage on my homeward path
one night,
Aud its windows gloweG like crystal in the mel
low evening light;
And between the crimson curtains stood an infant
bright and fair,
With my own dead daring'S hazel eyes and way
ing, sun-tipped hair.
paused to gaze upon him, and my heart was f1i-
ed with
At thought of my dear one lying meath the win
ter'S frost aud snow:
And | longed to kiss the sweet lips that were
pressed against the pane,
For sake of the buried baby-lips that L never
shall kiss again.
O babies with happy-faces, and eyes so tender
and true,
May God in his mercy guide you life's devious
windings through!
May never a shadow of sorrow and never
thought of guile,
Chase the angeLlIght from your sunny ewes, nor
darken your baby-smile! EChic0go Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04
The Physiology of the Liver.

The liver is the largest secreting organ in the
human body, and the bile which it secretcs Is
more liable to vitation and misdirection from its
proper channels than any other of the animal
fluids Luckily for the bilious, however, there is
unfailing source of relief from liver complaint,
namely Hostet.er's Stomach Bitters medicine
which for over quarter of a century has been
achieving thorough cures Of the above mentioned
ailments, fever aud ague, dyspepsia. bowel COM
plants, rheumatic and kidney affections. and dis
orders involving loss of nervous vigor. 1t is,
moreover, a preventive of malarial disease, and
affords protection to thousands OF persons resid-
ing in districts of county where that dire Scourge
cinal requirements of families, 1t is supremacy
desirable, and as means of fortffying dsbi}i-
tated system, i is thoroughly to be depended
uDOu.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04

REVOLUTION IN THE PIANO Trade
The MendeIssohn Piano company OF
New York, whose card appears in an
other page of this paper have created a
revolution in the piano trade. This
firm stands alone among the first class
makers ofpianos in their determination
to sell their instrum ents direct to the
people, without the intervention Of
agents: and thus give purchasers the
benefit of the various commissions and
profits heretofore made by agents. By
this means all who order direct of the
Mendelssohn Piano Co. get instruments
that heretofore cost from $4OO to 1000
for from 1925 to $500, saving of over
one hundred per cent to the purchaser.
The company is regularly incorporated
under the DAVIS Of the state of New
York, and composed of eminent Piano
manufacturers, with the express object
of selling Pianos di,ect to the people at
Factory Prices without the Intervention
of agents or dealers, thereby saving
them more than one-haf the prices
usually charged.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04
Ladies, Delicate and Feeble.

Those languid tiresome sensations,
causing you to feel scarcely able to be
on your feet; that constant drain that
is taking from your system ali its for
mer elasticity; driving the bloom from
your cheeks; that continual strain up
on your vital forces, rendering you irrit-
able and fretful; can easily be removed
by the use of that marvellous remedy,
Hop Bitters. Irregularities and OBJ
structions ofyour system are relieved at
once, while the special cause of period
ical pain are permanently removed.
viii you heed this ? See "Truths."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04
A Laughahle Scene.

A reception was given at the Wind
sor Hotel tonight, to State Treasurer
Mackin and his St. Louis bride. The
gathering was very pleasant. The
amusing incident of the occasion
was the introduction of ex-Gov. Tilder
to Miss Hazeltine, of st. Louis, the
young lady to whom he was said to be
engaged The St. Louis girl evidently
enjoyed the situation as much as the
surrounding company did, bat Uncle
Sammy blushed like a schoolgirl
scraped back and forth in his usua
shuhling style, and SAID not a word
Miss Hazeltine and everybody else
giggled.-N. Y. Telegram, 10Th.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04
The COnsumptiye's Paradise.

eco to Colorado! It is perfect Ar
cadia for consumptives! Consumption
cannot exist in that climate. People who
g there even in the last stages of the dis
e use, after residence of only q few
months, come away perfectly restored. [
tell you a dose of Colorado Is the best
remedy for consumption ever discover
ed" ares ome ofthe praises lavished
upon Colorado as a resort for cOnsump-
tives, ard only prove how egregiously
ignorant these speakers and writer's are
of the real nature Of the disease. If
we were not personally acquainted with
some of these praisers and know them
to be honest, well-meaning people, we
should suspect that they had been
"roped" into an advertising scheme,
to augment the price and sale of Color
ado lands, or were working in the In
terest of some Colorado hotel-keeper.
Persons suffering from o. mere ant1am-
naatioo of the lung tissue are doubtless
often completely restored by a brief
residence in Colorado or Florida. But
when scrofulous matter has begun to
accumulate in the lungs, no climate,
however healthful, can alone effect a
cure. A thorough course Of medical
treatment is required, aided by s1ch
hygienic measures as the condition of
the patient will permit. The scrofulous
matter must be absorbed and not ex-
PEELED from the system by the use Of
efficient alternatives. DR.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery is a powerful
Alternative, and, added by the Pleasant
Purgative Pellets, is an invaluable
agent for expelling scrofulous matter
from the lungs and system. DR.. Pierce's
Invalids' Hotel, at Buffalo, N. Y, offers
special advantages to this class of pa
tents. The best methods of medical
and hygienic treatment are there pur-
sued, besides the locality is one of the
few which enjoys special immunity
from this disease.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04

BEST organs as a whole and best work
manship in detail, is the conclusion
reached at the Paris Exposition as to
the Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs.
Organs from thirty best makers in the
world were tested and compared by four
j rries-viz., the Class Jury, Group Jury,
Jury of Presidents and Supreme Jury,
who awarded to Mason & Hamlin two
highest awards,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04

FIFTEEN years ago the wife Of DR..
Capel Of Charlottetown, Prince Edward
Island, got divorce from him, with
alimony Of ESQ a year. Rather than
pay this, he went to jail and there re-
manned till his death last week.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04

HOUSEWIVES FAvoRITE. Such has
D. B. DeLand q Co.'s Best Chemical Sal
eratus proved itself. Being always full
weight, and of the very best quality.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04

the reason Of your bannishment and her
misery"
"Celiar' Albert Melrose cried. "why
will you listen to that old dotard? Can
you not see he is Influenced by his desire
to hold your property even after you are
of age? Come with me, dear child, away
from these selfish plotters.''
"But [ must hear the reason" Celia
pleaded, "why my mother thrust me out
of her home and her heart
Never out of her heart, Celia" the
old lawyer said; "never out Of her heart.
You may not know that if you die with
in two months, or if you die without
making will after you are Of age, that
man-your fathers brother-issheir to
the fortune your grandfather left you.
Upon the evening of his wedding day,
the day when, won by his plausive man
ner and winning voice, your mother be-
came his wife, he fell asleep upon the
sofa. She loved him then, Celia, and for
giving his rudeness, pitiful for his wearl-
ness, as she supposed, though [ under
stand wine flowed freely at the wedding
breakfast, she sat beside him, caressing
his hair. And in his sleep he spoke"
Stop" Albert Melrose spoke hoarse
ly.
'One.moment more" He said: "Once
| marry the mother, the child will be
completely IN my power"
cit is foul lie Do not believe it
Celia
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-08-10
Application for a Patent
TO THE
ROADSIDE MINE.
No. 435.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Eureka Nevada, June %, 1878.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ]. N.
IN Curtis. whose postofiice address Ia Phoebe,
Nevada, has this day filed his application for q
patent for 1900 linear feet Of the Roadside Mine
or vein bearing silver, with surface ground GOO
feet in width, situate, lying and being in Silver
State of Nevada, and known and designated by
the field notes and official plat on file in this
office as lot No. Al Unsurveyed.
The exterior boundaries of said lot No. Al, be-
ing as follows, to wit: Variation 16 degrees
east. Commencing at post marked No. l. U.
8. survey No. Al, whence the Flagstaff in Silver
Park bears N. 81 degrees 4. 381 feet, and
post No. 4, o. s. survey No. 3s; Miners Delight
Lode bears n. 70 deg L. 1860 feet. Thence run
ming, 1st course, N. II deg. L. 600 feet, to post
marked No. 2, U. S. survey No. Al; thence, I'd
No. 3, U. s. survey No Al; thence, Sd course, 8.
II deg. w. 600 feet to post marked No. 4, q. 8.
survey No. Al; thence, 4th course, S 20 deg. E.
1900 feet, to post No. l, the place of beginning,
containing 20 34-1U0 acres
This claim is bounded on the southwest by
the Sam Tilden mine and on the northwest by
the Summit mine.
The location of this mine is duly recorded in
the Recorders office of Lincoln County, State of
Nevada. in Book -, of Mining Notices, page so.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion OF said Roadside Mine or said
mining ground as hereinbefore described, are
required to file their adverse claim with the
Register of the United States Land Office at Eu-
reka, in the State of Nevada, during the six v
days period of publica ion hereof, or they will
be barred by virtue OF the provisions Of the
statute.
je29-6od D. B. IMMEL, Register.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-08-10
Application for a Patent
TO THE
SLEEPER MINE.
No. 416.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATES LAND OFFlCE,
Eureka, Nevada, March II. 1878.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN Tenn Pahute Land, Mining u Jm-
prOvement Company, whose postofhce
address is Chicago, Illinois. has this day filed
application for patent for 1900 linear feet
OF tn Sleeper Mine or vein bearing silver, with
surface ground 200 feet in width, situate lying
and being in Tenn Piute Mining District, County
of Lincoln, and State Of Nevada, and known and
designated by the field notes and official plat
ON file in this Office as lot No. As.
The exterior boundaries Of said lot No. As, be-
ing as follows, to wit: Variation 1917 east.
Commencing at post marked No. l, U. 8. sur
vey No. 45, whence post No. Of u 8. survey
No. 40. WyaGdotte Lode. bears N 1859 deg SO min.
K. 1874 feet; the monument on Grant Peak bears
N.24A deg. E. 1896 feet; the Kinsey shaft bears
s. SO deg 20 min E. 1878 feet, and the Sleeper
shaft bears s. 25deg. E. 1l2 feet, thence running,
LIST course, g. 61h deg E. 200 feet to post
marked No. 2, o. s. survey No. 45; thence, I'd
course, S. 38h deg. W. 1900 feet, to- post marked
No. 3, q. s. survey No. 49,; thence, Sd course,
N. 51h deg. W. 200 feet, to post marked No. 4,
U. 8. survey No. As; thence, 4th course, N. 3sh
deg E. 1890 feet, to post No. /, the place Of be.
ginning, containing S9-l00 acres
This claim is bounded on the west by the
Tattler mine.
The location of this Mine Is duly recorded in
the Recorders office of Tenn Piute Mining Dis.
trict, on page 10, book u, Of the Mining Rec
ords of said District. Any and all persons
Claiming adversely any portion Of said sleeper
Mine or said mining ground as hereinbefore
described, are required to file their adverse
claim with the Register Of the United States
Land office at Eureka, in the State of Nevada,
during the sixty days period Of publication
hereof or they will be barred by virtue of the
provisions Of the Statute.
mrl6-6Od D.B. IMMEL, Register.