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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18

A Cornish miner was recently
found dead in a mine and vas duly
buried. A neighbor of the deceased
the next night dreamed that a gentle
man in a carriage and pair had driven
up to the house of the mother of the
deceased, and said her son was NOT
dead, but had been buried alive. This
dream being noised about, tie next
night seven or eight men went to the
graveyard, dug up the coffin and car.
ried it to chapel. They unscrewed
the coffin lid and there was the body
of their comrade apparently still liy.
ing and breathing. So convinced
were they o fthis that they set him nm.
and while some attempted to revive
him by Stimulants and friction. Others
ran Oft to the nearest surgeon, two
miles distant. The surgeon arrived
and examined the body amid great ex.
element, and then stated that tho
man was dead and had been dead
some days.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18
A ROMAN VENDETTA.
How the skill of a Sculptor Betrayed
Him.

In Rome last year there was a
model-girl named Guglia Setacci. who
was a wonder of beauty among all the
painters and sculptors. Two noted
sculptOrs, who were brothers, Eruesto
and Gabriel Bagnagetti, fell desperate
ly in love with the siren, who was as
coquettish as she was beautiful, and
the result was a fierce quarrel, in
which Ernesto was killed; after
which the beautiful cause of the frat
ricide fed with a young brigand, while
the murderer escaped the law only to
fall a victim to the most racking and
maddening remorse. The image of
the dead brother returned to him in
the guise of love, as he had been be.
fore the beautiful Guglia had es-
tranged them, and his love for the
woman turned to bitter hate. He con-
ceived what the Italians believe in as
a sort of superstition and duty, a ven
delta, that is, a sworn vengeance.
He disguised himself, and, upon the
report Of a visit to Paris, frequented
the hauuts ofthe thieves and brigands
of Rome, where Guglia habitually
went. He was not long in finding her,
but it took six months to persuade
her into his residence and win her
confidence; which he did, however, at
last, and under so perfect a disguise
that she never suspected who he was.
In carving out his vendetta he had be-
come poor, and was obliged to work at
wood carving to make a livelihood.
He carved figures of saints, and the
work was so beautiful that the saints
never waited long for~purchasers. One
day Guglia disappeared suddenly, and
three days afterward her mangled
corpse was found in the Tiber; but
who the murderer was nobody could
even suspect. The wood carver dis
appeared ten days afterward, and in
his room the landlord found the blood
stained garments of the beautiful
model-girl and a keen sculptor's tool,
with evidences on it of the crime /; so
that it wal plain that Guglia's last
friend-the wood carver-had done it.
But where to find him was the ques-
ton which no detective could answer.
In the meantime the sculptor, who
had been supposed to be visiting
Paris, appeared in Rome again. A
month ago, long after the crime had
ceased to interest anybody, an artist
happened to be in the police head
quarters and noticed a figure in wood
of st. Sebastian, and was so much
struck by its beauty that he inquired
why and how it came in such a place.
Why, said an officer, . that saint
was made by the wood carver who
murdered the pretty model-girl. He
left it when he ran off"
Then" exclaimed the artist, 81
can tell you who the murderer is: for
I'll swear that figure is the work of
Gabriel B%agnagetti. No other sculp-
tor in Rome could have done it."
Gabriel remore had been wiped out
by the accomplishment of his vendetta;
bat no sooner did the officers confront
him with the figure Of St. Sebastian,
and the opinion of the artist, than he
burst into a frantic fit of rage and
confessed the crime. His artistic
skill had betrayed him through all his
precautions, and by means of his pat
ron saint.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18
Dinner-TabIe Humor.

tOfncy 5 Pr08ress.I
gives pleasant little dinners and will
not have the servants in the dining.
room any more than is positively
necessary, has a bell arranged beneath
the table at her side, and when the
servant is needed she has only to pnsb
upon the spring, and the bell sounds
in the kitchen below. The other dav
at one of these dinners the husband
said, as a mere matter of course, "My
dear, please put your foot on the bell y
After the servant had appeared and
disappeared a gentleman laughed long
and heartily. Pressed for his reason
he said; well, at home we have \
bell in the dining-room, but it is on
the table, and when you asked vour
wife to put her foot on the bell wbv
really for a moment the idea was so
absurd" No further explanation was
required.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18
A Girl who Writes TO Hayes.

Chicago Letter in Cheyenne Leader.l
We think for cool impudence that
we have something f~rst-class to chron-
icle this time. Attending school at
-, not many miles from Chicago,
IS a young girl, among many Others, of
the period. This advanced miss has
wealthy friends who I'll her purse. and
are ready to replenish whenever it gets
emptied; but she possesses a spirit of
adventure which, by the way, is going
to lead her into serious trouble some
day. The last act which is noteworthy
In her career, was writing to his ex.
eellency, the President of our repub-
lie, and explaining to him that she was
a poor girl, struggling ambitiously
against misfortune and hoping against
hope to procure an education, and ap
pealed to his infinite mercy of heart
to pity her misfortunes and let succor
be forthcoming. The chief executive
was not appealed to in vain. and in a
few days the deceiving writer of the
eplstle received a reply so kind that it
ought, if anything would, to have struk
remorse to her wicked heart. and a
sum so generous was inclosed that.
were she really needy, would make her
comfortable for some time. But this
was handed around as a good Joke"
and in two weeks advantage was taken
of a privilege extended in a letter of
the President to call on him again if
any urgent necessity presented itself,
and again came an answer with anoth-
er remittance, What name can we
denominate this precious sinner by ?
She has broken one of the strongest
rules of church discipline by a clan.
destine correspondence. has surfeited
her soul with falsehood and deception.
and the greatest harm of all, has mis-
led another and taken a charity.
which, if well bestowed, would have
been a great blessing to the one receiv-
ing t.. 1t is like the story of the
wolf, and perhaps when the wolf
really comes, and the cry is raised. the
car that listened to this cry may be
deaf to the next. For it will not take
long to inform Mr., Hayes that his
kindness has been misplaced.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18
Don't Lie to

A well known lawyer of this city.
says the Boston Gazette, rejoices in a
very small son, who is possessed of a
most logical turn Of mind. Like every
other youngster, the child believed in
Santa Claus, and was never tired of
hearing how his Christmas presents
were brought down the chimney by
that generous old jolly saint This
year, however, it was considered adj
visable to dissipate these nursery
illusions, and to tell him that it was
papa and mamma who really filled his
stockings, and Santa Claus was a myth.
The little fellow listened patiently to
his fathers explanation, and then,
after a moments deep reflection, said .
Well, father, I suppose all those
are lies, too, you've been telling me
about Jesus Christ p
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18

is likely his father will work him out
Of the tallons of the law.
Chioago's p~ostofice is now perma.
nontly located in the new custom
house building, one of the most i'm
posing structures in the country, but
which is not yet complete; nor will it
be for sometime. And, by the way,
the courts are investigating the sup
posed connection of Supervising Ar
chitect Hill with certain frauds com
mittedin the construction of this same
custom-house Its financial affairs
have been manipulated strangely by
those at the heard of affairs.
Masked burglars are making Chi
Cages suburbs quite lively, while the
thugs amuse themselves within the
limits by cracking pedestrians heads.
Such is life. NAYR.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18
Obsequies Or Genernl TayIor.

New York Herald, lith.l
The remains of General Richard
Taylor lay until three o'clock yester-
day afternoon in the house of Nj. S.
l.. M. Barlow, No. | Madison avenue
Among the numbers who called to
view them were officers and soldiers of
both the Union and Confederate ar
mics, some of whom had served under
the father of the deceased. The only
flowers displayed were in the shape of
a crescent hat had been ordered by
telegraph by some friends of General
Taylor in New Orleans, Even these
were not taken to the church. The
c~lOth-covered casket bore the inscrip-
ton General Richard Taylor. Died
April II, 1879. Aged So years, 2
months, 16 days"
A pOst-mOrtem examination of the
body, held under the direction of Drs.
Flint, ST., and Fordyce Barker, who
attended the deceased during his ill
ness, revealed the fact that the portal
vein leading to the liver was filed
with 4 calcareous deposit that OBJ
strueted the operation of the lungs
aud had been the immediate cause of
death.
AT THE CHURCH.
At 3 o'clock the remains were taken
to the Little Church Around the
Corner" which was already crowded
with distinguished people Of this and
other cities. The remains were car
ried into the church by the pallbear-
ers and placed upon a bier before the
chaneel. As they rested there, sur
rounded on the one side by mourning
friends and on the other by the glad
dening decorations of Easter morning.
a strange and powerful contrast forced
itself upon the mind. The ~pallbearers
were Mr.. Charles 0'Conor, Mr.. Ham
ilton Fish, Mr.. VIM. NJ. Evarts, sec
rotary Of state Mr.. ID. d. Withers.
Senator Bayard, Mr.. William Consta.
bic, Mr.. Abram S. Hewitt, Mayor
Edward Cooper, Mr.. Charles L. Per
kins, Mr.. August Belmont, Mr.. Geo.
Ticknor Curtis, Mr.. William II. Ira
vers, DR.. Fordyce Barker and DR..
Flint, jr. Immediately following the
coffin and %pallbearers were Mrs. Bette
Taylor cambridge, sister of the de-
ceased, who leaned upon the arm of
Mr.. Barlow; Mr.. Holmes Boyd, her
son-in-law ; members Of Mr.. Barlow's
family and the ladies of the families
Of Mayor Cooper and Mr.. Abram s.
Hewitt.
The usual Episcopal services were
conducted by Rev. DIR. Houghton,
assisted by his son. There was no
address, and the music was rendered
by the usual church choir. The
music comprised: Il Know that Nv
Redeemer Liyeth, ~ Heard a Voice
from Heaven" Just as | Am" and
" Nearer to Thee" At the end of
the simple but touching services the
remains were borne to the hearse and
conveyed to the marble cemetery in
Fast Second street, where they were
deposited in the receiving vault. They
will be taken thence to New Orleans
for interment at a date not yet deter
mined,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18

1t is remarkod-and this a curious
commentary on the alleged prosperity
of France, upsetting the hitherto
generally accepted views-that at no
period did the French marry SO little
as they did last year, The average for
the half century was 0.82 per 100 in.
habitants, while in 1877 it was only
0Ta.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18

New York Herald While the
negroes are focking to the West plant.
crs in the South are seeking Chinese
cheap labor. This is a new phase of
the Pacific Coast problem. 1t may
happen that hereafter railroads in the
West will be built by colored men and
cotton raised by the Acknowledged dis
clples of Confucius. This is indeed a
great countrY.n
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18

A party of about 80 persons in
Maine have purchased two old freight
cars, fitted them up with windows.
and cooking apparatus, and are
now slowly making their way west
ward at the rear of freight cars, hay-
ing contracted with the railroad com
panies to haul them at about the rate
for cattle by the carload.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18

IN Mexico there are seventeen gen
erals Of division, with a salary of
$4,000 each, and forty-ive generals of
brigade, with a salary Of $1,000 each.
No wonder the treasury suffers from
general debility,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18

The Baldwin locomotive works, at
Philadelphia, now gives employment
to 1900 operatives, who are WORKING
night and day on a large order for
locomotives for Australia.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18

He is a fool. We mean the mar
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 rs
pain a bottle costing only 25c.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18
and Pennsylvania Like

The management confidently invite alton.
ton to its superior equipment, through ear
service, ana quick time The scenery en-
route lsJustly celebrated for its variety and
surprising beauty, Dining Stations ar On
e'nnati, lndiap1spolis, Columbus, PitssbUrg,
Altoona and Harrisburg are in charge 81
Wen known caterers, who have contribYte5
~ no small degree to the popularity of The
travelling public. "0 "i'n Tue
Purchase tickets by the nE- Pan Handle
oaice ~ N"Eia Line, Sad on sale Mt ticket
ticket Offices throughout the South.
SIDNEY Ii. JONES, Gen. Sou,bwos,-
ern Pass. Ag't, III Vine street.
CinCipnati, Ohio.
D. W. CALDWELL, General Manager. co-
lumbus, Ohio. ="
W. bni 0BRiEN, General PASSENGER and
-lleket AGENT, Columbus, Ohio jIt
III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18

Florence and Sothern have recently
leased, for a term of seven years, the
Natashaquan river in the Province of
Quebec, which is looked upon as one
of the finest salmon streams in the
world, and there they intend 10 spend
the summer. Sothern leaves England
on the steamer Adriatic, which is to
start from Liverpool on tho goth Of
May, and will no accompanied by the
Duke Of Beaufort and Sir John Reid,
Bart, both of whom are to be guests
Of the genial comedians on the river.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18

Texas journals arc making earnest
appeals for farm hands. The crops
promise abundantly, but in some sec
tons the apprehension is that there
will not be hands enough to gather
them. Cass county alone promises
work for 1900 farm laborers, with
plenty of hog and holLiuy to feed
them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-05
Solid Collateral.
London Truth.

One of the most extraordinary dis
closures in the trial of the Glasgow
bank directors was the fact that in one
instances 100000 had been advanced to
a bosom friend of theirs on the value of
four live elephants. I do not wish to
add supplementary zest to the penal
ties inflicted upon the seven unfortu-
nate men, but it is certainly to be re-
GREETED that the four (henceforth legen-
daryl elephants should not have been
endowed with the intelligence just as
cribed by the Indian papers to certain
member of their species. 80
The brute had been left by his master
to the care of a servant, with the proper
supply of corn for his food. No sooner,
however, had the master taken his de-
parture than the servant began reduc-
ing the rations of the poor beast by one
hall, and selling the other half for his
own benefit. After one months alb
sence the master returned; his first care
was to witness his pets breakfast. OF
course this time the ration was entire;
but, 10! to the servants confusion, the
elephant had divided it into two parts,
eating only one, whilst it left the other
untouched, and thus denounced the
theft.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-05
For me the end has come and am dead,

For me the end has come and am dead,
And little voluble chattering DAVIS of men
Peck at me curiously let it then be said.
BY some one brave enough to speak the truth
Here lies great soul kill ed by cruel wrong,
Down all the balmy days of his fresh youth
To his bleak, desolate noon, with sword and
And speech that rushed by holly from the heart,
He wrought for liberty till his own wound
(He had been stabbed). concealed with painful art
Through wasting years, mastered him, and he
And sank their where you see him lying now,
With the work " Failure written on his brow
But say that he succeeded If he missed
Worlds honors and worlds paudits and the
wage
OF the worlds deft Iacqueys, still his lips were
Daily by those high angels who assuage
The thirsting of the poets-for he was
Born unto Singing-and burden lay
Nightly on him, and he mourned because
lie could not rightly utter to this day
What God thought in the night. Sometimes,
nathless,
Power fell npon him, and bright tongues of
flame,
And blessings reached him from poor souls in
And benedictions from black pits OF shame;
And little childrens love- and old mems prayers :;
And Great Hand that led him unawares.
So he died rich. And if his eyes were blurred
With thick flms-SilenCe he is in his grave
Greatly he suffered; greatly, too, he erred;
Yet broke his heart in trying to be brave,
Nor did he wait till Freedom had become
The popular shibboleth of courtiers' lips;
But smote for her when God himself seemed
dumb ......
He was a-weary, but he fought his fight,
And stood for simple manhood; and was loved
To the august broadening of the light,
And new earths heavlng heavenwards from the
He loved his fellows, and their love was sweet
Plant daisies at his head and at his feet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-05

The Ottawa Kanucks appear to be
slow and awkward iii getting the hang
of the royal court etiquette introduced
into the dominion since the advent Of
the princess. An exchange says:
Ottawa is the natural centre Of the
lumber trade and not Of the society of
the dominion, and the good people who
go to the viceregal drawing-rooms and
are admitted to the presence Of royalty
are out OF their element. At the re-
ception on Saturday evening there We're
fewer high-necked dresses worn than
were seen the previous evening, and the
wearers Of low-necked dresses are said
to have gone as far as fashion permits
and somewhat further than decency
demands. When the presentation be-
gan many of the ladies lost their heads
and were completely unnerved. More
than one bowed to the marquis and for
got to acknowledge the presence of the
princess, but the latter, it is comfort to
learn, did not notice the omission, and
bowed as the unwilling offender against
sacred etiquette passed out. Gentlemen
also make a good deal Of fun. Many
advanced, and, spreading their hands,
gave the eastern salaam as nearly as
European attire permitted, while others
bowed the head, and peered from be-
meath the eyebrows at the face of roy
atty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-05
That Match is Off.

He was Philadelphia young man.
He loved her to distrachon, but her
stern and vigorous pa could not tolerate
the young man, so their troubles from
the very start seemed almost unbeara-
BILE. He lived on West Walnut street,
and parted his hair straight down the
middle, was gallant and good looking,
but he was ungodly and profane, and
the stern parent, who was likewise a
deacon, had forbidden him the house.
But, for her sake, on the first of the
year he formed such resolutions as con
verted him Immediately into saint,
and it was a source Of great solace and
pride to her to catechise him every
evening at. their stolen meetings, to
learn from his own lips his close obser-
vance of his new made VOWS. Last
night he took !her home from church,
and they were shivering in the cold,
dark entry, when she again questioned
him about his new obligation, for"
said she, when pa learns that you have
given up your bad habits, and do not
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-05
THE PLAYFUL REVOLVER.
Lively Use of 1t on Mississippi Steam
er--TWO Men Killed.
Vicksburg Herald.

In the annals of deadly ARRAYS in this
state we know of no occurrence so fatal
in it's results as that which occurred on
the steamer Saeny7ower, while lying at
Johnsonville, the county seat of Sun
flower county. The particulars, as near
as we can gather them: are about as fol-
lows: About ten days ago Col. d. A.
Holman, while in Johnsonville, on en-
tering DR.. w. L. Lowry's store, was &C
costed by DR.. Lowry, who ordered Hol-
man out, remarking, it is said, that
Holman was no gentleman, and did not
keep his word, or something to that eff
feet. Holman departed, saying in sub
stance he would see Lowry again. On
the morning of the affair Col. Holman
engaged passage on the steamer Sara-
tIower for Vicksburg, accompanied by
his father-in-law, DR.. G. G. Walker. The
boat arrived at Johnsonville somewhat
earlier than usual, and Col. Holman
and DR.. Walker together went on shore,
but in short time returned. Perhaps
half hour later, DR.. Lowry, as was
usual with him, came on the boat to
transact his business, and while enter
ing the cabin, was caught, SO it is said,
by the left arm or back, by Col. Hol-
man, who turned Lowry half way
around, and, putting his pistol to his
breast, fired. Lowry started down the
cabin, but instantly turned, and seeing
his clerk. John G. Arnold, start from his
chair being shaved at the time) said:
"Kill him, John, kill him, he has shot
me-" Arnold ran out of the cabin to
attack Holman, and Lowry, walking to
the cabin door, cooked his pistol and
fired at Holman At the same instant
of time, perceiving DR.. Walker with a
pistol in hand, he pointed his pistol at
Walker with deadly effect, Walker fall
ling and expiring almost without q
struggle. Lowry then walked back in
the cabin, staggering, and fell, and ID
about two minutes expired also. In the
meantime Arnold and Holman were
fighting outside the cabin, Arnold re-
ceiving wound in the chest, and died
shortly after being removed from the
boat. Col. Holman being wounded in
the left arm and side, but to what ex-
tent could not be ascertained, as the
boat left shortly afterward. The affair
is deeply regretted, as all the parties en-
gagged are very highly respected. DR..
Lowry was brother of Gen. Robert
Lowry, and leaves widow and six
children, Arnold was brother of Judge
Arnold, of Columbus, Miss, Col. Hol-
man being prominent and talented
lawyer, and respected in the communi-
tv in which he lives.
DR.. Walker was one of the Oldest res
idents of the county, and, we believe,
had no enemies. Col. Holman, the
only survivor, was Immediately arrest
ed, and will have a preliminary exami-
nation before Justice Toney next Satur-
day.