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1t. FINf {F0AesT' lTS4E. = = = :
Prof. N. T. Hill, WHO Eas recently elected
ttnfltd States senator from Culorauo to sue
reed Sir. CtalIec, IL u rzthes remarkable ,llap.
Tpouat, belonging, Ike Jones, sharuu, Challer.
n,ll otprr Senators from thu mjntn. 6tates Of
tt,s M lioyky Mountains or Pacific sIope, to what
may be cailssi Ills atxrIt1nc Eroap o. a0as<sl4t
hs differ, ftvu the 1eat tn tho tact that hc has
not inaiu lis fortune through lucky m!uinG
snecuIa tiolls, but thruutv lhe poaIrE patlt VI
science; ,uat 10 to say, by hs application Of sci-
entinc luethoQs W The treatment VI ores and 1v
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t1veu by water. the more ready adoption OF
y hs sssr f the
tiYgs. The balance Ia largely conIecturM. Ny
atu1y Of the subject inrlines Inc 10 bcliero that
the Americans now produce cottOns Of the
grades which they haye mustered more chcsply
L. Ile necessities OF the American people
havu mutlo item Ingenious, and tcGstation
llas wisely forcborne to 10y my restraint upnR
pnyment of 10 or G8 Nil American inventor
receives absolute protection for his invention.
In England an inventor pays G3J tor whas
may proyc 10 be mere rccuistration, absolute
" worthless rs protectLun. The result may
bc easily anticipated. !n America every INC.
ctunc Looks eagerly round for opportunities Of
Improvement, nnd q public opfIiion IL created
highly favorable to tho RECEPTION o. mechanical
tain The protection ot tho Pntcut laws. 1t Ia
nothing to thu purpose tfut n largo pro.
portinn ot these devices arc worthless.
fnventtvs spirit, which Is the yery. breath
VI lffe to manufacturing Industry. III Engldlnl,
wl,rre invention Is discouraged. 3,9sU patents
are tssucsl annually; hut Of ti'csu only onctcut
survive the scrtGs of heavy cxacttons by which
We l,ayu arranged to stranets the inventive
capacity Of our peopln.
From tlls considerations which I have cnu-
tneratetl, ami mans olhers whtcl! regard u your
cnccs: ...
America, already comparatively insignificant,
VII! contnnc to dwndle until y bctotnes alto
porlant articles OF tic flncst grnttcs.
2. That tho export of cotton clotha from
America Is sufficiently rcmuBcratave to secure
tie c0ntlnuanea unu extension D[ tho trade.
.. That fur sums time the American manu-
| iacturcrs have brought to tear unon ther proc-
csSus Of manufacture an eaxer spirtt Of lmprove-
| tucnt h1n1 cconofEy, eoubtntd with 4 rcniArka-
btu nl1ucncc Of mechanical invcnttcn, alhi that
IN ct,ukn0urDfn thnY fcHtfYl " In Il bet.
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ThAmss, and overturned the boat. He left let
ter To relative In these terms: -.
HLoHDor, Nov. 18,f87s.-My dearest Char
Icy, you know my old lad, and you may th!nk
~ Yoti please. hut know It ts TO be discovered:
however, although, II Il sot will carry the search
no further but kern tho promise to take the a.
tentative stcp-suictfle; nsrl you need noue OF
ynu RrteEc, you vii! be {oo!s II you do, a. ! DIV
With the 9rsatest Of Rlec, knowing. shall be
tor1uente3 no longer by tho riddle. Wishing
you al Joy at Chfatmas, your aiIeetlonate cons-
In, Alffed.r
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Mr. Alfred Easllako eans iuto lafqs fortuus
at 81. ami for twsMts.fous year. enjoyed his
ltssusu at Noting Hill, near London, Ia AtuIiy,
lug natural history uni philosophy. iis declared
that II hc could not tuAkG iull discovery uf
the thl.xs hs was scek.ug hs woull "part with
lttv," uul 'du 1t witt houoE, Aku CAto and Ad-
a rope around his wsi4l. tusien!ug the other Eud
u Ilr te4. ot roa uost. EuNed out 4to tho
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SPECIAL BARGAINS.

w ExTKAnnD1yAnY lNnuCEMESTs IN
LADIES EaEHANr cL0Ak8,
THE RESULT ~ TIE pU!sCitAskt!F TIE kT0CE
uF T3Ik ulAECH OF A LAEQk
NEW IpEE HOUSE. ..-.,.
tho goods being q M ns;. qualify made s1p,c.sly
10 oar cu.tots,rr1 h rvrry nsrlrlIlar Every Ear:
mrnt II Gu! IN ths ssr.t style. saA ths trimmings
IL, c!oaks II 81, welt worth a.! least double ""
h.vs 80 h.ndtone tn.t*las.* diaa"n.l .ud eesssa
s*eh " ssys! ss9s ri =, ,aHnca d htna M
IoulAns IL sl0 They w'nui rxrrgton the n.test
:etx b.vc nitrksh i " s,.s.1eAy ~ pTlse Y
ehspc and ure ulsdr from rich brewer elegsnk cAt
hall cotha. and styA dtaxunstss !l,r ,rmminss A..
1ut Of Tin city will send on Anplteati1n. hJ e1rrrst.
gsrGchts Of INHERENT ~ leA a!dslnf eSAnnat!on W..
Ehicss2 Ths Mammoth isarraln kttAbiI.Lmtut.
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TIIE COTTON TRADE.
r,o,and and America Competing
for 1t.
p,..,,,, II tbs Imeritaus In cotton.aauufattar'
' ,us.-Alarn In England Thsreat.
yasdon Timer, ian. ..

For A good MANY Sss'' Wv N go.
.n.,rr has ceased 10 manlcst tne ".a"'J ano
s,nan.iye power vhscn ooee .stonlsneu Tue
-or,d. During the hrst nsN ~ s"s eSa@u's .ae
growth Of the trade Wa asl,s no aap .,ar,.,s .S
-, \, mn spinllcs found prohtanle employment.
sU'o'e' s,ss, decade vas period Of yet more re-
Tie pcAt s.n.. In 1aC0 the cotton trade
masknolc p.os.sso ps'ao IN .,,,5fa. N, do,,ht m.
employed "e'oo'oo., .aas. =, ,1d .h,p tho
i,rrrssc WIS somewhat mote tap'o t"an 'nc
s.,. NJ thc world called for, aud 1t ID known
Fants W .,o,ka NJ eoode iay on producers
that la1E' es ,,. A,,s7,ran clv,l war becnt,, But
hands When ."s -, .unno,. lint lie excess OF
,,r,x,ucinv power Wns TO any very eeflous c3.e"t'
60. fei0 there has mot been Witnessed INV
e'nss ay,h,, extraordinary energy with which
te'e~a n.sv;ou,ly 40 faa,,iar. The spsntilcs IN
The eotton.srhdc tu'day numoe1 o,,oo',vooa'
toe,e..e duriug eighteen years OF 0o per cent
'Hs.. ..s. rate ri TX pcr cent per annrn1, as
sesn.t IT, an annual inctense oi per cant dus!os
tic preceding ten years. lnc s"nus s.a. shan T.,
Tim Of cotlou "a now ~ per cent greater tnao n
,sco but IL Is to be remarked that during the
,.., M .,x or savcn years there is no appreeab1e
Increase, an4 .''at NV .scn =, 1o-u .re.i,s hy
tic entire period from !ooo " lo.o t1e ,a,a ~
enly Ak per cent that oil the pefIoa 1fo" ioo
10 lsoo Even shts moderate increase; ' ,I, wh'Sn
me taessasus ract.a n ah,orh IA vcrv largely
wellhasc oeen u., c1p.a 49,. ,,ronnr,iooE
lneIcess OF acsuaia sa'ko sS,,,asr, pouv, +.
probably q 10 30 pcr cent-o1 our msen'ncry
.,anI,inr Idle. Enormous stocks Of Roods are
,s sss y. homo md abroad. Prices havr fallen so
heo ~ A. Ir"t,scers ara unable 10 ret back their
,tn Low tt'a' ncnrrcs1 gs1 IN manufacturing Or tho
oa.1 .hrt, i,ayc been recently sold In thc great
Hoo1s ooa.l,o1s ".e M Uncomfortable portion has
iofeWr sasroI .na unnafurniiy Into consumption BY
x psso a,,nn 1T ~ i1rsneratc houses operating lor
ihc ltsi sI.!o rasean. Dlsrnurnainr as It mas br.
nuan:u! uanston !. ,on nininlv warranted tint wa
wv ~, Hal tn.,1av nrnAtabc sale for d larger
eonu v ~. ~ cotson 9oois than vo we're able to
9a,nF 9.a u ~ twcnty vears seo We aro therefore
asposc ~ 81 ~ recovnizc liz fact tbat our cotton
sonMtancat att tecrciv sTsrinr under Temporary
tsaas ~ w. h,,t l. tfiirtrd Viii tftmi0t!on OF
oepiessah, ,.h,cp Il r"ty of ronslcrsble standing
4IaIts "ns" ~ ,Iis tiecnv an not dtflcult 70
le saussS Wns ~ ~ III tl,oss Countries which hitherto
ana: ,.1;ed mn"i inroc1y viii, cotton goods, cli-
tupnl'e" ,.,n.xsh ,shirh 1ro1ri 70 beneficial 10
!aAqs .nS nc g1rat nrorress In providing for
M, sasn '..a ua"i - tsS7 thc Cni,ttncnk OF FSropo
themtcssSa cai ~ ~ ~ IN -" is If roitou in 1s5
snsatncm s1nsn aa ,ncroascd to o5,, 100
t'a' cousuun c =. sn.en. ~ .fo,,rti,e lint ri Enrinnd.
lD1.-sQuAI ~ thSI sS''A ss'o ,ro
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DENlED,

spttsal Dstpafea :. 1as Tribune.
MnwACREE. Wis, jan. M.-A statement,
made upon apparently good authority, was
printed In THz TRIBUNE to-day, TO the effect
that partial freight blockade exists at LudinR'
ton. This the managers Of the Grand Trunk
live deny today. The, say that not only Is
elevator, put freight Of ni descriptions IL being
forwarded to New Eng'and points as fast ~ re-
ceiycu from this port
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------- INSTItUE41UNs -.
TSI;II M,1yS-A uAltEIEI, GENTLEMAN or
~ Sish standing I'D s.peforss 4, tiasninx ~ ~
sSIntins hossa Lr.ncis. arrus piss enough 10
knuw s64 III their .tuud hys a.s causlVof1 sIAln.i
sayi.11 10 tty 10 eapxsI TEACHER w9 viii rAi!uy MoE
1usslun xhIts jnpst thorough b1sncss educAtlo1,
CouJrutsi tYTtssionIouce solicited L! H. tribune.
ca, vol; !. LESSONS IN FEHMANsIiIP Ar THE
tn&3 LAxs4llc ~ rtlns Inss1tg. IT LlAFx.st, lsuou,
T. H4Y Y4l eteulHx GfA1se4-
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I1lAnUSD IEWKLRy MADE Tp ORDER AAD
dIslIuua1 fe&tI ~ ts&de pstcss By 4. EuF.R'
ItcH i!4tl!9ud leweEy snA1atkstuF1f, ~ AAd!toa-
H.. s45ntx VI ktAtE. AsGana RSoS.
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to the east Into the mountain. It was probably
formed III tic same manner as coal vein; tint
Ia, The limestone was first deposited, then on
top Of this tue irun, silver, and lead ores. nnd
after these the tractyte on top Of all. Sub
scqucutly all these layers wcre tlitrd UP by
sos1le movement OF nature to the augle stated
above.
This section was takcn from IN actual survey
Of tic Lralriic Mining Compnfy's mine. bur 1t
will apply equally we'll to all tilt: mines sIt,ntetl
between Strny Horse md California clutches.
This Includes the Iron, AdIaide, 1ealriilc alin-
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T1aE TninUnE BRANCH OFFICES.

THE 1nInUNE: BRANCH OFFICES.
SoflDkE TO ACCOMMODATE ouM SuMEk9Us
Branch Odlces 10 tho dldereul bitislnrt - dtsfnaed
below. Will bt taken for the saa'e
tyire charged At the aan ONCE will be received
hu,Li oclocK p M turing the week aud ua''' ?. H.
IN Saturday.:
". i il. stMMs. Booksellers and stastoae.r. i71
10eplY Y-tecond-st. 80.
West Madia1n+ IT.. n~af West Nrn'Rv.
HtHtEr TIiI,U3lsTf]S, Wett. Slds News Denot
II. {. IIEltRicK. Jere1er, .NewsIeaIss, aad Fsney
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: = ~
F,>O1i sALK-t9.-f]Or CIGAR SHOW CASE. t.a.
eust &tU; S.f0ot counter eSse, ISL Jtout sltt sr.
ptAtsd lhpK s..s ~. si.o p.fot sA.e titi ~
cases ~ S1n sud saa each; sesst4l eouutEa u low
nxntea. 1Atss ~ bsrsalna ~ We VAIL % nun!
I,1i, Va Tx - urKKA MATINEE rlCShTs, SAT
i usday alght tckst.; usst low. pat4esits elkels'
taI4 bAtaFt ~ =. L. At ~ Ma3tsea'tt.. baAtalcAt
I,OH 6ALK-LUT MASQUERADE E.tsTuAES At
quarter eu4t on pAyu,uils sulk purchaser. Uthrr
ploptriy t4tsn u asst payment. t. Tr!4unv odce.
l>oit sALE-A COMPLETE fu.E or THE c.I!.
T. Eaxp DYI5 aaa bus dsy Trhanr iol Ihn !sAr is75
Esteu, StU. AlIttsY A u. TFustnW plate.
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xxYAETEIl-FANTlEs WHO CUNTllOL TALU-
ah'e ssmatsIa :E.;ele ss1Es n.ssns. wi.s hss ~
Ilsy large aid well known houses, such - llcsrs 4
In, Stollna Iow Company. nlmDck, dould Co.. aud
aeh!nsIy VII e !ars sen.aasrs fhc sq.nr.a ss
lmuIty party whu has u engage ln IToht
ehe h'!sfncls. AVpF ~ terton o. ~ isttsf, @f tfa
Chicago, IL W. lttIhT,
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CiTUATioN WANTED-nY AN EDUCATED AND
S.;inr nj w FeTe.e % tq1,pe III e t.fs re
charge Of hOule. tie position Of lAIJs panIou.
GofcYncE Very hc2t reference given and FtQuiFrl
Alltsas o.. Tribune 0f1ce.
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NY ONE WtSlltSD TO ETAiiT IN THE FUKKt.
~ trc hustneAa In live town address Luck llo4 m,
Chsttworth. IT.. tor Information.
4 CHOICE AEAT ron SATURDAY. MATINEE
- t0etstsF} may tx had BY addressing Z 81. TRIBUNE
otacc.
ftAsit a, oo0 {NtlIlE or LRYsl FUR STUCK OF
~ Tooitn cashs,c!rs aAd taitor.' tEitnm!nEs. Tbs
I,oF, LEGAL, ADVICE nRuAtsrjlNo THK NKW
L h4ck. .peutton law. pensioners may address ~.
Tstb4pS office.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16
RAKING IN THE DUcATs.
The Recent FURRY in Cotton and its
Effects.
Atlanta constitutional

Atlanta Constitution
We think our people hardly appre-
ciate the amount of money that has
been made in the South by the recent
furry in cotton speculation. There is
scarcely village that does not furnish
its man who has made from $4,000 to
100000. Colonel Sam Rice, of Mont
gomery, probably leads the list with a
good 100000 but there are several
two, at least-in Savannah, and one
ia Rome, who are said to have made
from $4,000 to 500, 900. Albany
furnishes a modest dealer who picked
up $22,500. In Savannah, almost
every dealer, of hundreds of dabblers.
made largely. The Augusta News is
authority for the statement that the
man who didn't make as much as five
thousand dollars is kicked out of the
exchange. VIZ know of one railroad
nan who cleared $1,000 without know
ing he had any sort of chance and of
one newspaper man who wished to-
make 100000. The gains in New
Orleans are immense, it being said.
that city pulled in $40, 900, 900 in coll
cash. One of the fine features of as
this gain, by the way, is that it CONGO
in cash, and is paid without any long
delay.
AS to Atlanta, we are unable to say
positively what she cleared. 1t is GER
tain that a great many have made
money is snug quantities, but we hear
dim reports of some persons who lost
money, though no serious amount.
The Augusta News is authority for
the statement that the Atlanta people
who made by the late raise will 60 to
Europe to spend their gains-alI ex-
cept Mr.. Jep Rucker, who says that
New Holland is good enough for him.
The cotton dealers of the South
never closed a season in such fine
spirits or so we'll fixed with the need
full" They are in better condition
than ever before, and we only hope
that their good luck will not make
them so adventurous that their spoils
will find its way back to Wall street.
We are inclined to think that it's a
good time to Jump the game"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16
CONVERSATIONAL.

WASHINGTON, June l4-HoUsE-
A joint resolution, reported from the
committee on commerce, was passed
authorizing the secretary of war to
convene a board of officers Of the en-
gineer corps of the army to inquire
whether, for railroad purposes, Detroit
river can be bridged or tunneled at or
near Detroit, The house then, as
business of the morning hour, resumed
consideration of the bill prohibiting
political contributions by employees of
the government.
The morning hour was consumed in
voting upon dilatory motions, and the
bill went over without action.
Mr.. Buckner, chairman Of the bank
ing and currency committee, reported
the bill requiring a reserve of national
banking associations to be kept in
standard gold and silver coins of the
United States in lieu of lawful money.
Ordered printed and recommitted.
The house then resumed considera-
ton of the pleuro-pneumonia bill.
SENATE The committee struck
out the fifth section, which provides
that each member of the graduating
classes of military academies of 1879
and 1880 may elect to receive $3.50
and mileage to his place of residence.
and thereby become ineligible to APP
pointment in the army. except in the
event Of war, until two years after
graduation, and a clause is inserted in
the bill by the committee to repeal
the existing law which prohibits any
promotion of the corps of engineers
to fill a vacancy above the rank of
colonel.
The morning hour having expired,
the Mississippi river Improvement
bill went over, and the senate con.
sidered in a committee of the whole
the supplemental judicial bill. The
Mississippi river Improvement com.
mission bill was taken up.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16
ATTRACTIVE s%COUNDRELs.
How Porter and Irving Made Themselves
Solid with the Police.

New York Special to St. Louis Republican,
The development of the facts con
neeted with the escape of the no.
torious bank burglars, William Por.
ter and John Irving, from Raymond
street Jail, in Brooklyn, a week ago
to-day, shows that they, on finding
themsel yes in the custody of a good
natured lot of officials, played upon
them a most successful confidence
game, using inside the prison walls
the arts they pIied without before
their capture. Both of them were
intelligent, prepossessing aud genial.
They could discuss all snortS and
politics, and made themselves agree
able companions. so the turkeys
rather sought their company, and to
outsiders defended the gang as true
gentlemen. They never dreamed
that the brace Gf eaeksmen we're
yoFmipg themselves into their conf
dePce to get liberties which they
could use to get more camAlete
liberty. They offered 10 A. up the
court yard at the prison with turf
and loan, so as TO make a flower gar
don and lawn Of il. The taller
thought that this was most gentleman
y, aud providing soil and turf, he put
the
GENTLEMANLY GUESTS
to work, and they made aa artistic spot
Of the dreaEy interior. At the same
time, they saw that the contractors
we're tearing down the south wall
they saw that the cook in the kitchen
n the basement kopt open the door
which led from his quarters into the
yard and coupling this with then
previous knowledge that the entrance
from the corridor below their owr
was open every morning when the
meals were being carried through, they
knew a straight road out as soon as
they wanted to use it, and all they had
to do was to keep up their confdenc,
game. AS the wall was being rapidly
demolished they went to the jailer anc
told him that if they had a mind tt
escape they might do it, and told hin
that as they had become his fasI
friends and knew how apt people wer,
to talk, that he had better not allow
them TO go to work again in the Jail
! yard while the wall was in that copdi
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16
From Saturdays Second Edition.l
PROMlSCUOUS SHOOTING.
An Affair of Love, Jealousy and
Suicide.

DETROIT, Mich, June 14.-Manley
Stevens, jr., night Waterman at
Clark's saw-mill, at Hunters Greek
a station on the Detroit and Bay City
railroad, went home at an early hour
this morning, and finding John House
there and ~suspecting him of criminal
intimacy with his wife shot him
through the head twice and then
through the chest three times,
shot his wife through the head,
then shot himself through the head
and expired immediately. Stevens
wife and House were alive at latest
accounts, but it is thought they can
not survive long. Stevens had been
married only four or five months.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16
A Prince in the Kitchen.

London letter.
They are telling a good story in
court circles of Prince Peter, of0lden-
burg, chief of the Russian college for
girls. At the Smelling Convent.
which is under his jurisdiction, eight
hundred girls are educated, and he
had received anonymously and other
wise, several complaints about the
food, which was pronounced execra
bic. II will see to this myself" said
the prince, and one day, a few minutes
before the dinner hour, he presented
himself at the end of the passage lead
ing from the kitchen to the dining
salon. Here he met two soldiers car
rying a oaldron steaming hot, HALT"
The men obeyed, Put down that
Kettle The kettle was at once
deposited on the floor. +" Fetch a
spoon" Here Russian discipline
wayered, One of the men had thc
aadacity to begin a hottest
:, Sheath !" exclaimed ne prince !:
hold your tongue -ietch me a spoon,
put sf@,nmered the soldier. An
oteer word and | place you under
arrest The spoon was brought.
The prince dipped it into the caldron.
and swallowed a quantity of the LIQUID
| thought So he said. Do you
oall this soup? Why, it is dirty wa.
ter, Nltis, your highness," answered
the soldier who had been threatened
with arrest, we have been cleaning
ont tho laundry"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16

ton. The jailer thought that he had
never met such honorable men. and of
course did Just as they told him.
When Porter was being tried last
week he used his arts upon the driver
~ the'van, Joseph Evans, and so won
The goOd-natured Evans that once they
were seen
RATTLING DOWN THE STREET
on the box OF the van, side by side.
having a jolly time. Accordingly. on
Sunday last, when Joseph Evans
passed by their cell on his way to get
another prisoner to shave him, they
stood, hats on and dinner cans in
hand, and they asked Evans to throw
open their door, as they wanted to 90
down in the kitchen and warm some
coffee. They had had this liberty and
the liberty of the corridor, and Evans
thinking nothing Of it, let them out.
They followed the path marked out
beforehand, and meeting an accomplice
outside, were soon off, and probably
all the $2500 reward, the postal cards,
circulars and private detectives will
tail to bring them back. When a
Waterman ran into the office to tell
Evans that two prisoners had escaped.
Evans, not thinking of giving the
honorable gentleman pursuit, a up
stairs to wake up the jailer. The
sheriff discharged Evans, and by les
turing the others has about convinced
them that they we're victims of a most
skillful confidence game.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16

The subscription price of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per mum and
500 per month forless than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
postage free,
Persons leaving the city for the summer
can order the DAILY LEDGER at soc per
month in advance, with the privilege Of
changing pOstOfiOe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16

In his farewell speech at the Thea.
ter Royal, in London, Mr.. Sothern
said he was going to Canada To fish
among the Indians, and that the pur-
suit Of the gentle art there was nice
but exciting, ~ you had 70 angle with
a ride cooked in your left hand, a
bowie knife between your teeth and
an uneasy feeling in the top Of your
head: The London World says that
This, of course, must be taken as
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16
The Point Breeze Fire and tho
Losses,

Losses.
PHILADELPHIA, June IA. = The
fire at Point Breeze smouIdered all
night. but was under control this
morping, though the ship Hudson is
still burning in the river.
The loss by yesterday fire is about
100000, Of which $4,000 will fall on
Warder, Frew q Co., and a like
amount on the Atlantic Storage Com
pauy, although the entire loss will
fall eventually on the Standard Com
pany. The loss by both fires will an.
proximate a half million dollars.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16

Oil City Derrick Old SkiaBer is a
great lover Of war "reminiscences, and
is not slow to tell of his own exploits
in that way. AS with most men who
pride themselves on a war record,
Skinner always gives the hest side of
his tales to his own army. lie was
telling one Of his grandchildren re.
Gently OF "A famous battle ia which he
was engaged. His description of the
flying balls, booming Of cannon and
charge Of the troops was very vivid,
and the little bog listened with in.
creasing interest. Az last, when Skin.
nsr stopped to fill his pipe. the little
boy asked, NAnd did the enemy rum
Did they ruu?" said Skinner. Greai
Scot how they did run My dear boy
they ran SO like thunder that We raj
three miles to keep out Of their way
an it we had not thrown our gun
away they'd have run aver as sure"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16

President Hayes will, it is reported,
spend the most Of the summer months
Of August and September at his home
in Fremont, Ohio.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16

Mr., Beecher said in his sermon in
Brooklyn, last Sunday, II never saw
~ angel painted with wings that il
did not look like an old hen to me- =
LGreat laughter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16

The Burlington Hawkeye has over
heard q poor but earnest Iowa tramp
say Build low roosts and put ont
the moon, and III never beg for an
other morsel Of food as long as | live.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16

1t is not judieious to postpone the
consideration Of your health, because
you hayeinot time to take a " thorough
course Of medicine" but take Dr,
Bulls Baltimore Pills, which will
induce harmonious functional effort at
once. Price 25c,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16

During a debate in the United
States senate a few years ago, while
CHARLES Sumner was speaking, Mr..
Carpenter left his seat and went to
that of Mr.. Conkling, with whom he
was chatting, when Mr.. Sumner
stopped speaking, paused for a mo.
ment, and then, pointing to the sena-
tors rom New York and Wisconsin.
said in an angry tone When that
conference committee before me has
agreed, will II please make its report
that | may proceed p There was a
roar at laughter in the galleries, and
Mr. Carpenter returned to his seat.