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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26
Smoked Pig Tongues.
III. Seessel, ST.. a. Son,
III Corner Jefferson and Second.
Police Items.

Fifteen dollars in cash was taken in
at the Police Court sitting this fore
noon. The total fines were $29, and
poor fellows without money went to
work % days on the street force to
square of.
Mary Hodge, a diserderly female
of color, paid into Recorder Porter's
Golfers this morning 50; Emma Lacy,
another Of the same stripe, paid s..
Pete Gouldin, and Irish laborer, paid
50 for a drunk.
John Porter, plain drunk, was not
able to pay a fine of s. to the recorder
this morning, and he is set down for
ten days on the force. Frank Moran,
a painter, of on a little spree, was dis
charged without a fine.
Robert Duke is in jail on a charge
of stealing 800 in money from Henry
Hawkins two days ago. He slipped
into an open doorway in Hawkins
house, on Ruth street, and carried off
a box which contained the money.
The evidence not being sufficient to
convict he was discharged.
Willie Winters and John Tracy. a
pair Of white boot blacks, we're each
fined ~ this forenoon in Recorder
POrter's Court for malicious mischief.
They will have to work it out. The
boys rode about town in somebody's
buggy, and the police had to race all
over the city to catch up with them.
Attorney General G. p. NJ. Turner
was fined s. by Recorder Porter this
forenoon for Whacking c. B. Calvin
over the head with his walking stick,
at the corner Of Main and Adams
streets. 1t was cheap revenge for the
indignities General Turner had suf-
fered by the beaten mans m~isrepre-
sensations, but up TO noon to-day the
finC was not paid, and ten days labor
was recorded az due by Mr.. Turner.
Mr.. Calvin denies ever having made
unkind remarks about Mr.. Turner.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26
LYNCHED.
A Negro Brute Pays the PenaltyOf Ms
DiahOllcal Deed,

Special to the Americana
UNION CITY, Tenn, March 24-
Late Saturday morning. a negro man
working with Esquire John Fields,
eight miles northeast of this place
committed a rape on Mr.. Fields
daughter, about ten years old. No
one was at home to prevent it but the
little girl and her other sister. Hence
the negro accomplished his hellish
Intentions, and after making an as
sault on Esquire Fields other daucb-
ter with the same wicked intent, and
falling, for some cause, made his
escape to the woods. Sunday morn.
ing a large crowd of friends
OF the injured girl made
hot pursuit and finally captured tho
black devil, and after shooting him
three or four times, kept him until
last night, when he was taken to The
woods. A rope was placed around his
neck, and they swung him off into
eternity and to hell, to pay the pen-
atty Of his iendish, diabolical act
Esquire Fields is one Of our best oiti,
zens and a magistrate in this countv
The people, therefore, regret that
such an outrage should have hoon
perpetrated in his family. The sum'
mary justice melted out to the deyilisb
such acts. VI
LOUISVILLE, March PA padn.
can special to the COurier-Journa
says that Jerry Ewing, colored, was
seized by twelve masked men and shot
to death last night, after which. a boS
OF sand being tied to his body, he WAS
thrown INTO the 0bion river. Ewing
ravlshed q twelye-year-old white ehild
named Fields, by whose brother he
was captured, after receiving two enn.
shot wounds. WV gun
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

Chattanooga Times.l
We received intelligence yesterday
of a terrible and sad affair that occur
red between two brothers at Rogers
vile Junction, Granger county, Tenn.
II appears, from our information, that
two twin brother named Light were in
the woods, near the junction, hewing
wood. In the midst of their work a
dispute arose between them, when
one word brought on another, until
they finally came to blows. They were
both very passionate. One of the
brothers, during the quarrel, raised
his ak as if to strike, thereupon the
other, in a heat of passion, struck his
brother on the head with a heavy
stick, and he expired in a few mo-
ments. After his brother had died,
the murderer saw what his passion had
carried him to, and he is now almost
insane. The mother of the young
men, who is a poor widow, is now at
deaths door, stricken by the sorrow
which her sons have brought over her
head. 1t is a very sad affair and is
deplored in that section. The young
men were about q years Of age, and
were noted for their %gentlemanly hab-
its and for their affection to their
mother.
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A Constantly Recurring Source
Of Pleasure.

As every n who reads the papers at
all has become aware not only of the ex-
istence of an honestly conducted lottery
in Louisiana, but also been more or less
tempted by the glittcring prospects of a
fortune within their reach by the simple
expenditure Of Il couple of dollars, the
constantly recurring monthly drawings
excite more and more attention, and their
satisfactory management affords much
pleasure to all interested. For the further
information desired, the reader should nd
dress N. A. Dauphin, postofice box 500,
New Orleans, La.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26
Steamboat sunk.

Private kilograms received from
Little Rock, Ark, neal noon to-day,
report the sinking of the steamer
Hattie Rowland below that port. The
boat belongs to the regular line of
packets plying between Memphis and
Little Rock. She is owned here and
at Pittsburg.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

During the recent carnival in Rome
the king and queen studiously avoided
the Corso, though previously they had
always been present one or two days.
A balcony was taken for them, but
the queen only came one day, and the
little prince occupied it chiefly. Au-
other noticeable fact was that the
cooks costume, usually such a favor.
ito, was this year entirely neglected,
on account Of the recent attempt on.
the king. (Passanante is a cook
The protection Of the mask was made
use Of this year for a good deal Of
thieying.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26
Bargain in shOes, at miller. bal
Nickel Nugget Tobacco,
J. II. SHARP, 3IO Main. /.


Gents fine shoes, worth SO, will be sold
for So gents fine shoes, worth -, will be
sold for S22. You can make a note of
this, or cut this out for reference as soon as
the spring sale commences after April lst
at the Big Boot shoe store, 844 Main st.
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"OUR DADDIES "
will be sold very cheap by
III. ESCET.

The Masonic Temple is presenting a
comely appearance. The plumbing and
gas fitting, we understand, has been
awarded to Murray & Martin, No. 40
Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26
SUICIDE
Mrs. Patrick Haley Shoots HERSELF
and in Her Own House
A Revolver Does the work. Details Of
the Tragedy.

At about the hour Of sunrise this
morning a heartrending tragedy was
enacted at a quiet cottage near the
corner Of Winchester avenue and
Mosby street, and not far from the
Winchester Cemetery. The widow OF
the late Patrick Haley was the victim,
meeting death at her own hands, and
by shooting herselfi in the upper part
of the stomach, the ball passing
through her body and lodging in the
adjoining wall. A Colts revolver was
used to perform the deed, and it was
done in the presence of her fourteen
year-old son James, who was lying
asleep in his mothers room at the
time. The lad says the noise of the
shot awakened him, but he did not
know that a shot had been fred at
the time. He saw his mother stand
ing in the middle of the floor, APP
parently in a Keeling state, and asking
what was the matter with her received
for reply that she was unwell. The
lad then said he would rise and make
a fire, and for Mrs. Haley to lie down
and give herself no concern about it.
He then noticed blood upon her dress,
w%hereupon she reeeled and fell, and
he raised an alarm. The neighbors
quickly gathered, but she died where
she fell and before any relief could be
extended.
CAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY.
Mrs. Haley was about forty years of
age, and is reported to have been a very
worthy lady. Herhusband, Patrick Ha-
ley, was captain of the Hook and Lad
der Fire Company, and he died with the
fever last summer. She also lost a
daughter by the same malady. Since
then she has been in a very distressed
state Of mind, and whenever the names
of either of the loved and lost was
mentioned, she went wild. A day or
two since she threatened to drown
herself, and yesterday e~ndeavored to
get a lady friend to accompany
her to the river with a
view of carrying out this design.
Yesterday afternoon the son of Mrs.
Haley showed her how to handle and
fire a revolver, at her request to be
instructed. He little thought at the
time that she desired to practice the
weapon upon herself. An infant, born
since the death of its father, is thus
left without a kind mothers care. 1t
is believed that ill-health had its
effect in d%eranging Mrs. Haley's
mind, as she did not nurse her child.
Mrs. Haley leaves a son about twenty
years of age, who is employed on the
steamer Cheek, which vessel left port
last night; also a boy of fourteen
and the child previously referred to.
The family were not in needy circum-
stances, as the cottage where they re-
sided was their own.
An inquest was held over the re-
mains by Esquire Quigley and a YER
dict was rendered in accordance with
the facts. The jury was composed of
s. D. Kane, j. S. Hall, John NJ.
Spalding, N. Mangan, Maurice Welsh,
b. NJ. Mccall and G. Marshall.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26
Ladies shoes cheap, at Miller's,
III
Tyne for sale.

A font of 500 pounds long primer, in
good condition, with all necessary " sorts 7
used about one year; suitable for country
Office. For sale Cheap by immediate
application to this office. S9-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26
Fine Lunch Daily
AZ Herman CaFO's saloon,
- North Court AZ. (
ShOp-WOrn Shoe

slaughtered sbamefully to make room for
The great spring sale to commence soon.
Mako au ofcr u thors is anything IN tbs
lot that suits you. Come 10 tho Big Boot
shoe store, No. $40 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

THE Grand Central Hotel on Broad
way, New York, is a big house, and it
takes a great many people to Fill it. In
order to do the latter, and to please every
body, the Hotel is now kept on the both
plans, the American at $3.50 to SO, and
the European 81 and upwards, per day.
An elegant restaurant, at moderate prices,
is conducted by the Hotel.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

Grand Free Oyster Lunch
at Charlie BertOn's Saloon,
Cor. Beal and shelby sts.,
Tonight from 2 10 10 o'clock.
Hauck g. WindIsch's Cincinnati
Beer always on tap.
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Miller's is the place to buy your
boots and shoes. Iii

In the LEDGER job Office can be found
competent, skillful and tasteful printers,
who can give entire satisfaction in the
display Of any job printing. l28t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26
A NICE LOT OF
BLACK AND GREASY
NO 10 Cigars,
At Sol Cdeman's, aI6 Main Street.

NOTHING else will effect a cure in fever
and ague and liver compliant so quickly
as Reed's Gilt Edge Tonic. DIV
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Is DEFIED.

Suits made 10 order from SAM
pies on exhibition.
Gents furnishing goods Of the
best material and manufacture.
Goods second to none In quality,
style, finish and price.
An elegant line Of neck.wear Of
the most fashionable styles.
X. M. DRAKE d CO.,
FINE CLOTHING,
27I Main St, opp. Court Square,
II. &. Ward a. Co.'s old stand.)
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

THE best and purest medicine in the
market for fever and ague is Reeds Gilt
Edge Tonic. DIV
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

lee cream and soda nc
III Staher's, 40 Main NJ.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

Good boots and shoes at low prices,
at Miller's. III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

Victoria, Grown Princess of Ger.
many, Is remarkably fond of horses.
when she arrived at the Charipg
Cross station, not long ago, where her
Two brothers were waiting to meet her
sne was presently discovered pattins
tne beautiful horses attached to the
cheerily, 'ncu'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

Our Improved Water Elevator
and Purifier will make stagnant and
foul water good, and destroy wigglcs and
water lice in ten days. GEo. RuBscH &
Co, 46 and AZ Charleston avenue. As
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

Call and e the Fifteenth
Amendment Mouse Trap nj
y. J. TurnbuIl's, 23i Main NJ. 1874
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Gents hand-Sewed shoes at low
prices, at Miller's. Iii
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IKlrkIand's Everlasting shirt"
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John Walsh, Undertaken,
al Second street, next poslonlce. [
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

Clothing Cleaned ana Repaired,
G. DOernberg, 10 Adams. l2s
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MEMPHIS

is the most wonderful city in the United
States, and our daddies-wel this reminds
us that next week is the lst of April, and
until then
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

a. H. FRANKLAND's auction house, 1856
Main street, Webster Block. "a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

For cheap and good shoes, go to
Miller's. III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

THERE is ne better remedy than Reeds
Gilt Edge Tonic for dyspepsia and indi-
gestion. DIV
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PersOns needing EIgin Polish,
Call nj BIZ Main. ~.
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FOR RENT.

N Planters Insurance Building, double and
i single offices, suitable for lawyers or physi-
clans; and double and single bedrooms, All
well lighted and ventilated, and all modern
conyeniences. Apply at Office Of Planters In
suranee Company, 81 Madison st. 1875
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FOR SALE.

GROCERY-Corner Causey and Pontotoc
~ streets, doing agood business.
1851 JAMES REILLY, Executor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26

A FONT Of 800 pounds long primer, in good
II condition, with all necessary sorts"
used about one year; suitable for q country
cation u this Office. 9'f
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28
New Styles In JeWeIry.

The present display of iewelry COM
prises so many novelties that it is diff
cult to determine where to begin their
description. The g slide pin'' or "la, e
PIN is very popular, owing to its con-
venience of adjustment. These are
worn by fashiona0les not only to fasten
lace bows and ties, but to attach the
collar and fichu.
One of the most novel of these is q
bar on which lies round, open fan.
Through this-gold on gold with silver
tracing-a mouse has nibbled a hole,
is reaching through, and, to ali appear
ances, interviewing another mouse as
to the difficulties of his ambitious at
tempt. Another pin has two mice run
ming over a golden girdle, WI ich, by
the adjustment of glowing topazes of
extreme smallness, and garnets equally
small, looks as though heated, which
would argue certain recklessness. to
say the least, on the part of the mice in
question. Still another pin has upon
1t hOrrid little Deaths head, in white
enamel, in which very diminutive
points glow behind the hollow sockets
OF the eyes, and, upon examination,
prove to be two lighted cigars of ruby.
This IS of French design. A fourth pin
has a golden skeleton adjusted by inVis-
ible wires, which jerks at every motion
of the wearer.
There IS q certain fascination about
these weird pins that gives one an un-
accountable desire to possess them.
Pin fifth has two skeletons dressed in
the masquerade dress of &" Pantalon''
OF the ballet, and with their caps set
jauntily crooked over their sightless
eyes.
A beautiful design is bird balancing
itself upon a silVer-barred fence and
holding in its beak a spray of coral
berries. Another equally pretty has
Two unturled fans at the end, and in the
center "carbuncle stone" An odd
pin has two heads of negro children in
black enamel, with diamond eyes and
mouths with teeth of ivory.
One of the most curious and costly.
and most difficult TO keep from injury,
owing to its mechanism, is slide upon
which are set two jeweled eyes, imita-
ting human eyes, shaded with lashes
and eyebrows of enamel, and which
move from side to side by tiny spring
that the motion of the wearer stirs.
The effect is odd, and is that of rolling
rather than simply turning the eye
from side to side, yet the exquisite
beauty of the crystals, colored to repre-
sent the ball, iris and pupil, is a tri-
lmph of the jewelers. art.
A very handsome pin has q Turks |
head, with a superb Oriental turban.
The care Of selection of the tiny, many
lued jewels that make up the stripes
Ind aigrette of the turban must have
been tOilsome, but the effect is singular
y good. A brilliant affair is a party
'olored enamel pin, with several spread
ards held in a mans hand,-M z.
Herald.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28

people. and in the second place, the
population is more nearly stationary
than that of any other import ant terri
torv. France has been for the past i've
years the most prosperous OF civilized
Nations, and her prosperity has not
been in the brilliant fortunes OF the
showy few, but in the comfortable COM
petence attained by the many. We are,
saws the Philade'--' -7o~2tTeT, apt 10
think of the krencn as excelling in the
manufactures, especially of productions
recurring artistic skill, and to these su-
perior industries we often attribute
their exceptional good fortune through
the hard times prevailing all over the
world. But the truth appears TO De
that agriculture is, after all, the basis
of their accruing wealth, as it has been
of permanent and abiding welfare IN all
lands and all times.
OF the S6,OOO,O 900 of population, as
above noted, 1000, 900, or about three,
ffths, are agriculturists. The total
arabic area is estimated at 114,OOO,OOO
acres. This would give an average OF
53.5 acres to each individual, or twenty
Sc. IN acres to each family of five mem
l-rs.
4 farm of twenty-seven acres IN
this country would be considered
rather small potatoes" In the
grain-growing regions of the West,
The cotton-felds of the South and
among the cattle ranches of the South
west, twenty-seven acres would be
counted garden-patch, and not very
large garden at that. But in France
these small farms not only support the
cultivators' families, but enable them
to improve their condition year by
year. The rural population raise crops
! enough for themselves, provide sur
plus for the other two-ffths of the com
munity engaged in manufacture anC
trade. and usually have considerable
stores to spare for export beside. How
small the shares contributed by eacf
farm must be is illustrated by the fac
that any shortcoming of crop is NOR
than likely to wipe out the surplus en-
tirely, as, for instance, the bad Whea
harvest of this year makes ali the differ
ence between the exports OF about ~,
600, 900 bushels and the import OF near
" as large an amount. But this IS onl.
an accident. Usually the surplus ca
be counted on with a degree of certain
tv, and the French farmer is in the lon
run sure of fair returns for his labor
1t is plain to see that the system @
agriculture pursued on these miniatur
plantations must be very different froT
that in vogue on our broad prairies an
wide-spreading valleys; and, in view G
the substantial results obtained, it ma
vet be worth our while to learn whs
the distinctive features of this systeI
are that gives success to the farmers
France Cincinnati Sun.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-28
SENSE AND NONSENSE.

A BAD thing to sharpen-The waters
edge.
EVERY tramp is in favor of the ate
hour law.
No ONE ever found fault with mu-
sic-box for putting on airs.
THE only people who really enjoy
bad health are the doctors.
A "TIsHoor' of falsehood-A pre-
tended sneeze.- Saturday Magazine.
"ANIMosITY plays losing game,
for malice usually deals the cards.
N. Y Ne1CS.
ANY man pays too much for his
whistle when he has to wet it fifteen or
twenty times day.
NEVER implicitly trust man whom
you do not know. P. S.-Nor one you
do.-RocbeSLer Express.
GA TEACHER who will preserve or
der or break heads is advertised for
by Kansas School Board.
WHATEVER boarding-house keepers
NAV say about it, it is a fixed fact that
Nature loves a cheerful eater.-E5-
change.
ANY person capable of punching a
fire with a poker, has influence enough
to make trouble in the world.-M o.
PieayU'ae.
A GOOD scholar will study to please.
IN. o. Picayu1le. And poor scholar
will please to study" as the polite
teacher says.-N. Y. Mail.
81 walked the floor all night with
the toothache, said he; to which his
unfeeling listener replied: e" You
didn't expect to walk the ceiling with
it, did you7"-Syraessse Times.
WILL We love me thus fOrever7"
And she looked into his eyes
| With a glance that seemed token
Of the fervor of her sighs.
" I wudn't guaranty 1t,
With smile responded Pat
| For I'm hardly av the notion
That III lasht as long as that!'
"WHY, Willie" said his mother a
dinner, " you can't possibly eat an
other plate of pudding, can youP'
aOh. yes, [ can, ma; one more plate
will lust fill the Bill."-NelO HaUer
Register.
CONTRA ACToR-How's this, sirP
trusted YOU to overlook this work; ant
here, the first day. the very thing
wanted most of all is neglected. Over
seer-Faix, surrer, and isn't that over
looking it entoirely, thin?
| WOMAN has applied for divorc
in Massachusetts because IS he has thicl
lips" This recalls the Wisconsin di
vorce demanded of woman becsus
of &" sass''-Whieh is about equivalen
to too much lip.-M. 2. Graphic.
IT is unfair to make sport of tn
weakness of the other sex-t. e., tn
tongue. The last quotation in the wa
of abuse is from Tennyson: '' Me
may come and men may go, but sh
runs on forever. IN. 2. Herald.
ALREADY it is announced that tn
"heft'i of the fruit crop for anothe
season is ruined. Shippers will prot
ably order the bottoms of their ba'
kets raised another inch or so, on th
strength of it Fond d~ Lac RepoTtei
A MERE suggestion is sometimes
satisfactory as a detailed statemen
"How much did you pay for that hatP
asked gentleman of colored brotl
/ er. "I really don't know" was Il
reply, " de shopkeeper wasn't dere Je'
den."
, THE CARPENTERS WooNG.
"Oh! beam of nv life. my awl to meP
he cried. his fame addressing;
4" If 'ldze such love as yours,
I'd ask no other blessingP
pfOpofsls,--, -