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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1878-12-04

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1878-12-04

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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11
H ELMwOOD AFFAIR.

Ar HoME, GRKENwooD

AT HoME, GREENWOOD,
MAR ELNWooD CKNErERY. Oct. IL, 1873. :
To the Editor Of the Ledger l:
Although at home sick from q relapse
sofgellow fever, | read with pain the APP
peals letter of the 9Th, of the sad effects
Of neglect in ElmFood" during my alb.
seuce from il. Iseut a nete 10 reply; it
was not published; perhaps they never
got it. / must say in truth, no doubt
many friends of the dead may feel bad
for a time, but | hope and think all the
graves are numbered, so that they can
be found. II the ground was all dug up
straight through in single graves, and q
mound put over each ~grave'and a mum.
Der placed at the head Of each, as / had
done while at work-was it not the same
as digging separate graves, leaving them
about six or nine inches apart. When /
worked up to September 10th, / had
each grave recorded, and mounds made
over the@ SO that they colld be found at
any moment, and had | not got sick, it
could be seen to now; but when | was
taken down it seems something went
wrong-no head to the place which
caused this trouble. As seon as | am
able t 60 to work in Elmwood, Iwill try
and find out all graves lost for any peo'
pie that call on me. l feel just as bad
about it as they do, and the worry OF my
mind about the trouble in Elmwood has
kept me down longer than | otherwise
would have been. The most interments
in Elnwood any day was fifty, though
that letter said there we're one hundred
collins onithe ground some days. l have
had communication with Elmwood since
have been sick almost every day, and
| never heard of over ten or twelve cof-
fms left owe ground at night, aud these
come in after dark, unless in heavy rain.
% SAN W. PHILLIPs,
Superintendent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11
The Hnna.oms Wnrmnth.

A New York correspondent says:
/ met ex Governor Warmoth on
Saturday at the Fifth Avenue Ho.
tel. The governor is certainly the
youngest and handsomest public
man to be metin a dozen years. =
~ have no interest in politics
now" said Warmoth; "I'm a sugar
planter"
SIS sugar planting a profitable
business?" | asked.
"Yes sugar pays better than cot.
ton. Any negro can raise cotton,
but it requires capital aud expen-
sive machinery to raise sugar. In
fact, a sugar plantation is, properly
speaking, a mandatory. There Is
not as much opposition in the sd-
gar-raising business IS there is in
cotton-raising. With cotton at
eight cents on the plantation there
is no profit in it. 1t simply pays
the laborer and leaves a small pit
lance for his employer, There is
no money in cotton planting over
q cheap living for either the planter
or the farm hands"
"Are the negroes organizing in
the South, now??""
"No, the negroes will never be
allowed to organize in the South.
They organized under a few white
leaders down at CouShatta the 9TH
or day, and the whites went in and
drove out the organizers, They
will always do the same thing eve-
%rywhere."
"Do you see Southern Democrats
dividing into two parties, as PresiI
dent Hayes predicted they would?9Y
"No, not yet. That will take
time. When the Republican party
is totally dead in tho South the
Democratic party viii divide itself
on some National issue, but as yet,
the Democratic party in the South
is a solid unit, and as such would
90 against Hayes tomorrow. Ma
tional issues only come once in four
years. 1t will take two Presiden-
tial elections to make a change in
the South. / said the same thing to
President Hayes. The fact is, the
South still hates the North, while
on the contrary, the North does not
hate the South. The North pities
the South, and she has shown her
love by sending 5 100000 to the
yellow fever sufferers" l.. + d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11
WHOLESOME TRUTHS.

The following grand thoughts
are found in the closs of Senator
Bayard's great speech on the ode
preston in our country, its cause
and remedy delivered near New
port on the 29th of August. az
Retrenchment, economy, = civil
service and tariff reforms I zhave
spoken of and class the restoration
OF a stable standard Of value as the
prime and chief essential But for
all these we must come back to the
people themselves. They are the
source OF all political power, and if
the fountain is muddy the
stream will not be clear if the
people are weak, ignorant, dishon-
est, we must expect them to choose
rulers like unto themselves.
Ignorance and dishonesty lose
none Of their force by being mass
ed it is rather increased. Where.
shall We in our quiet little Della.
ware, seek our best remedy for our
present trouble ? Most Of YOU
liyein the country f.; you have plant
ed and cultivated trees ; sometimes
you have seen them languishing ;
you see the effectsin the twig or in
the leaf, but you know the cause
lies at the root. Under the ground
you seek the germ OF evil the cut
worm, the insect, the veTmin, or
the unfit nature of the soil. 1t is
so in our daily lives, in the govern,
ment Of our people. A nation is
but an aggregation Of individuals.
A community of virtuous families
will be safe and happy no matter
what their form Of government.
A'ireside circle where honesty is
the test and example - affirmative
and self-asserting honeGty-Will ex-
tend itself through the morals and
conduct Of all the agencies of gov
erment. And who are the guar
dams Of homes /? / turn to YOU,
mothers, daughters and sisters ;
your domain is there. The ear
hest lessons of infancy and child
hood are the controlling lessons Of
our lives. 1t is in the tender years
that the mind and body are most
easily shaped. 1t is the formative
period of human lives for veal or
woe, and the mothers Of a people
have a power, a responsibility over
the character and tone Of the ma.
ton that no merely human laws
can give, and if none can deprive
them. We men Of this day and
generation must stand by our hons
est convictions regardless of the
passing gusts of boisterous and
passionate popularity, for it is not
these which will watt our ship to
port in safety, but rather the
calm and steady trade winds of in
tegrity and selfscontrol will surely
bear us to the haven Of prosperity
and happiness. ea sl,ls.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

Yesterday a farmer having a
barrel OF cider on tap in his wagon,
was doing a fine retail business
near the market at five cents per
glass, when q man with a very thin
voice and very old clothes softly
advanced and said
Has the State Inspector Of
Pathological juices inspected that
cider yet p
OIL guess not" replied the
farmer, greatly embarrassed, Ia a
moment.
al thought not" continued the
thin voiced mar " well sir, you
can draw me a full glass
The farmer drew one scanning
the man with considerable anxiety,
and when the inspector" had re-
ceiyed it he held it up between his
eye and the sun aud said;
t"The precipitation appears most
% NWfttN.H 81 IT
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snakes as PogIIists.

0fthe mortal enmity existing between
the black snake and rAttlesnRke, two in
stances have come under my notice, in
each Of which the rAttlesnaks proved an
atrAut coward, making a great noise,
While Che black snake did ell the Gghtisg
Ill | may call it lighting; it was rather
d Struggling and a squeezing, My atten.
ton was aroused 10 1t BY the raitlesnake
getting close TO me, paying no attention
TO my presence, but apparently endeAv-
oriog to get away from something in pur'
suit. his rattles spripging TO their loudest
note. / was ia the act OF throwing the
g1n up to shoot him. when the black
snake passed like q fash, going Eve
yards TO The rattlesnake's 0ne, and the
way he seized that rattlesnake BY the
backio 81 the neck and went around him
was something wonderful,
Ny experience with the king snake
and the moccasin runs through the
course Of thirteen yeart, aud 10 that
time | KAYE seen the king snake get out
side OF the moecssin many times. When
he king first SEXES his prey be coils
around it until they are almost like a
ball turning occasionally and biting the
coils Of the noccasin. After being some
time in the coil be will open out, aud il
the moccasin shows signs Of life. II re-
eeives another embrace. When lie is
Extinct the king snake stretches cut its
victim and begins at the head. y takes
some time to gorge, especially If the one
going inside 10 about as large as the one
crawling outside,
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INDICATIONS

1, tlr s-~N
WASHINGTON, October II. / nm.
For Friday in the South Atlantic and
East Gulf States, sutheast to northeast
winds, falling barometer, cloudy and
rainy weather, and stationary tempera.
ture.
Z For the West Gulf States, southeast
winds, falling barometer, partly cloudy
or clear weather, and slightly higher
! temperature. q
For the upper N ssissippi and lower
Missouri valleys diminishing northeast
winds, clearing aud clear, cooler weather,
For Tennessee aud the Ohio valley
aud lake region, falling followed by ris-
ing barometer, south and east winds,
cloudy ycloudy weather. followed
BY westerly winds and clearing weather.
The rivers will change but little,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

too rapid, while these floating par
ititles denbte unusual compression.
Perhaps a second glass will be
clearer" $50
He swallowed the contents OF the
first at exactly four gulps, and tax
ing . second glass he. critically ex-
amined it and said
yAhi- the precipitation is. clear
ing away Thig cider seems to
have been made from apples. ?"
cit was, sir ; and they were nice
apples too replied the farmer.
s"Let's see how a third glass
would look, am not quite salts
fed on the point Of compression"
He drained the second glass and
received the third, and as he slipped
it he inquired f:
You used a hand cider press,
didn't you ?" h
+" Yes, sir"
An II Thought so. Worked
with aleyer, didn't it?p
" Yes, sir" aa
"Dil the mill stand in adraught
Of all while you were working it 2"
"I-I-don't know. sir"
SWELL Think it did. Be a lit
tie more careful after this. The
inspector of genealogical JUICES
grades this barrel "A No. 2, but
if you take a little more pains, you
can increase the grade every time in
the future. All right, sir; go on
with your selling
The man had been gone ten min
utes before any one mustered cour.
age to remark that he was a fraud,
tbut the word fell upon the stony
ground
81 know he's all right" persist
ed the farmer. 'rThe mint | see
him draw his coattail around to
wipe out the corner Of his mouth l
knew he was q big gun, and / was
just shivering in my boots for fear
he'd ask me why | didn't punch
the seeds ont of the apples before
grinding ! Only five cents a glass,
now, and warranted pure!"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11
LEpsEk LINES.

Mr., J A. Post, the w~ellknoun cotton
broker, Is around evtry day. and hight
doing good work, looking cheerful
through the dsVksst-6meF.
Our old friend, Ben Wyant, Of The
Towards, was made happy on the 9Th.
When be vent home be found a new.
conner only weighing fourteen pounds,
BE calls bimsHowstd Wyatt.
steamboat owuersEeems to have
lost any fears Of the fever that they may
have bad. Several boats have begun TO
run the river. Whether they have trade
enough 10 pay them remsins to be seen.
On Tuesday night lastawo boxes o.
dry goods we're stolen from a Beal street
store, and carried dawn, or across the
river IN a skiH. The chief Of police has
therefore issued'ssrords that no one be
permitted TO cross from this side Withou,
the proper PISS.
The refugees are loud 10 their com.
plAinis abOet the postal arrangements.
They get DO mails, and their oulJ means
Of getting news from home is through
the LEDoER. Is there no remedy for
thsni
Printers are DOT supposed to knoa
every abbreyatiOu Of company, firm,
name, county, State and oher words
Ia, writer's are TOO lazy to write in f1ll,
nor have they microscopic eyes to dsci
pher auin.elligible and badly composed
manuscript. Hence. the many errors
that occur. Write everything in full.
aud Il you esn's write . good hand. ge,
some one thEt can.
Tomorrow will be the anniversary Of
The aiteoTsry Of America By C6ria.pber
oOltmbdI Z day always duly celebrated
By the hslian residents Of this city THIS
Jesrihers viii Be no public celebration;
death has held too high a~csrnivsl 10 oar
midst. and especially among or Italian
isiloE sitizsns. A few eonTaleseenis
nay gei together. break 3 bouls Of
champagne aud drink to Toe memory q
Columbus sBd The other absent dead.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11
HOWARD -AsaocIATIoN.
Daily Relief.

HEREAFTER and from this date the How.
ard Relief Train on the Louisville and Nash
vile road win leave Memphis every morning
at TO o'clsck. and run as faras Hunboldt.
andrsturn the same dAy, caTyiD Ephysieians.
nurses and medical ana other supplies to al
who need them, whether at stations or in
towns, or on plantations Applications b.
letter or telegraph, Or At he depot a. ibs
train arrives. to the undsrsigped. viii receive
immediate attention. We are anxious to re-
Heye all who are suGsEipE or distseaseaalOuE
the lie Of the Losiiyills road. and to that
end have completed arranssmenh to run a
daily train as above, and, # nssd Be-. aud we
are notified 70 tia. eject b. Dr.. ThonAEO.
Summers. j.. stationed At Erin, Or-Df. ". G.
Bib, stationed At Paris. win 60 A. IsT Sc
Erin. carrying relief and supplies.
.-E.E EH.n 1fFfa Ga E1A
A. D. L~ABGSIAFF.
President Howard AFsoefafn Mai.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

When some years ago, Arson Builin.
game and Cessius N, Clay were stump
ing 10 the West they returned to their
hotel after a particularly warm Welcome
one nights and.wsre talking aiFaifs over.
Suddenly strains Of musie we're heard
outside. They are s~erenading us"
said Clay; open the window and make
EN- a speech.I ~Bntlirgame stepped 10
sthe window, opened il and began: 2Fel.
low, citizenssl hardlyskrow how to thank
you Tor this Touching proof of your es-
TEEN and regard. Mr. Clay and myself
are indeed CRATE Jdst 1T this point
q voice in the crowd below was heard,
saying; "Bpysstbat aR'tthe girl in req.
Lets dustl"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11
IMPORTANT TO NURSES.
HowAED AssocIArIoH.l
l6 Madison Street.

10 MadleOn btfoet,
MENP HIS. TEEE., Sept. 81, 1884,
Unemployed nurses who vol
umteered from abroad, and
whose services are ne longer
needed, are requested 10 re-
portal headquarters TO-DAY
10 receive the balances due
them, and transportation 10
their homes. Alter to-day
none WILDE recognized rs en-
titled 20 the benefits of the As
soclatiOn but those who are
permanently employed. BY
w. j. SMITH,
Acting Pres. Howard Ass'n n.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11
Ealnrdnr- Anrnn ~

Saturday, August al
After this date, until further
notice, the LEDGER Will NOT
be delivered by carriers
Parties desiring 10 subscribe
can obtain the paper at Ihe
LEDGER counting room for
TWO CENTS each by PUR-
CHASING TICKETS.
As seen ~ the epidemic Il
ended, and the people return,
All our routes IN be re-estsI,-
lished.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

In the LEDGER job Office can be fodad
competent, skillful and tasteful printers,
who can give entire satisfaction in the
display Of any job. Of printing. 1881
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

THEitype, materialrand workmen Of
the LEDGER JOB Office are as good as the
best, and hence we guarantee first class
work and full satisfaction to our patrons
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

QUERY: why will men smoke com.
mon tobacco, when they can buy Mar
burg Bros.' Seal Of North Carolina
at the same pricsg' leod.xxvii.i46
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

KAHN & FREtBERG will keep their
store open Saturday night until Q
O'clock. 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

who wish
20 renew will do us a favor
By SENDING MONEY before
their time expires, as our
mail lIst is very large, and
our force 10 do the work
.smaII. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERs WITHOUT TIE
HONEY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11
YELLOW FEVER DEATH list.

The following statement Of deaths from yell
low fever each day. since the presence of the
disease became known, is made up from the
records Of the board of health and other
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

MAZDA GoIso is The bet isus's
nurse 3 tsys. AID dsGisi. SIC u nov
q tie Chvrcb Hons
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

We will continue to keep our coal
flee open during the epidemic, All or
ders for coal and wood viii be promptly
attended t..
LoEwENsTNE & Fox,
35f III Poplar street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

HOis a fool. We mean the man who
lets his'baby cry all night in the arms of
its mother, and does not sleep a wink,
when Dr.. Bulls Baby Syrup will quiet
the baby by relieving its pain a bottle
costing only 20 cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

Kahn & Freiberg will keep
heir store open from Sam. until 5 p m
oct
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11
To Refugees!

TTHAyING come 10 cur knowledge thai
some parties who had fed the city At be cut
break Of the epidemic have retained, con.
tracted the fever and died, it j. my dg.y. by
resolution Of the Howard Association. TO warn
all Refugees that, owing 70 the fact that We
have all we can do to nurss and care ior those
who are here, II tbey come back 70 tie city
before The ebidemicb sF ksspoheially declared
over, they will deto at their pvp rak asa
with almost the certainty ofhsying 70 provide
for themselves in case Of sickness. Oar pres
ont obligations are as many and a. weishtyss
we can carry. and We cannot. without break.
ing Down. assume any more. REFUGEES
MUST NOT RETURN. The fate q those
who have shouidibe a warning to al.
A. d.
Fresideat H0Mard
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

NICE Coal OIL and headlight at A.
Hitzfeld's, 233 Second street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

RefrigeratOrs, Ice chests,
water coolers and ice.cream
freezers AT cost.
Il. ,. ~TURNBULL,
1867 234 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11
Special Notice,

Al psrsoBs sno ~ish % 70 b RsigEse
csup Wilfamt vii spslg % Z Her.
shall q bosih Cogr rrees Al psfsoss
are ufgsd % -. Tfsie issyes 1s.ly e
$50 10 gs afternoon TfaafDeneen
will b fsrDisbs9 sle9, sgpgiss v ys
sons sbiis IL camp.
CHfefke r..r~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11
~ Onr HIYer Friends.

Two boats VIII leave St Louis each
week, running as lev as Prentiss, BY
which Cur friends can ship cotton 70 ns
atsk 13uii or Memphis, and we can
sbip them supplies from s., Iopis, till
Memphis packets can resume their trips.
Dor cotton ahsd is aAlWayS Open and
cotton well cared for.
HUI. F0xTASE d Co..
September q. 1878. 24t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

Said a railroad engineer to an Irish
man, whose COW had been killed But
she didn't get out Of the way when l
rang the bell" Faith, thin" said Pat,
ye didn't shtop When she rang her bell,
naYihur.P lL...Il. Llu
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

John Walsh, Undertaken,
al Second st., next postofics. l441
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LOUISIANA STATE. LOTTERY 90.

This institution was regularly incorporated
BY the legislature Of the state for Educa-
tional M Charitable pufposesin 1858. with q
Capital Of Sl,000.000 10 which II has since
added reserve fund Of $3.50, geo. ITS GRAND
siNSLk NOMBkh SthIBOL NIL
day. IT NEVER SCALES OR POsTPOKEs. Lock
at the following Distributions
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

apL.REDTD ~OPPORTUNITY n

A via NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Grand
6issributior 1878. at New Orleans. tuesday,
November 18th.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11

President Howard AIsoeia'n. Reuph,I.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-11
WANTED tsns
~ haWs
H0WARD %INFIRMARIFs.

sa1nA.aa .DaAA A
t.I-s... sii,-s-i sr''i.s.4
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-29

The remarkable fatality attending the
Princess Alice disaster on the Thames has eX-
cited unusual discussion In England, both
among scientists and laymen. OF eight hum
dred persons suddenly submerged in the
Thames by accident, scarcely g. dozen saved
their lives by their own exert1ons. The
scientists account for this singular fact on
the ground that at the point where the
disaster occurred, the river is little better
than a mass Of sewerage The Thames
is the solitary duct Of the liquid filth
of all London, and at the very moment OF the
collision there was being esnptied into 1t near
the fatal spot the accumulations' OF two vast
cesspooiB. The immediate effect OF miners
ing a. person In sewerage, say the chemists, is
asphyxIa, and the eight hundred persons
aboard the Princess Alice must have been so
numbed by their sudden immersion IN the
ioul and polluted waters. The bodies, when
recovered, had undergone strange and I'M
natural changes and Identification had
been rendered most difficult Cloth
ing bad changed color and de-
eomp osition avas rapid beyond all prece-
dent. Everything pointed to the action of
powerful chemical agent. The principle OF
this agent was ammonfa, the effects Of which
are readily understood. The question now
agitating LoRdaa is how to cleanse London
without polluting>t The ThaGaes.