davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-16
When the Sultan nins-

Scarcely has the Sultan drawn his
last breath, when his wives, his favo-
rites, in short, all the women whose
power is at an end, are desired to be
off within Commandments hours.
This change of scene is a veritable
.rout. 1t may rather be compared to
a shipwreck, when each passenger tries
to lay hold of some means of safety
by which she may float on the surface
and may be prevented from sinking
into the deep, where all are forgotten
that is to say, the depth of the Old
Seraglio. Thither are transferred those
of the kadines and ~fayorites whom
their sterility already condemned.
Those who are mothers alone are
allotted the protection of the imperial
palace, for reasons of state make it
advisable that they should be removed
from the superintendent of the heir
OF the empire. Asto the other ladies.
they must disappear with their slaves
and female attendants.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-16
A MINISTER.
He Never Takes the Lie from Any Man,
and Deity Inserts His Tooth Pick
Between an Enemy's Ribs.

d
From a late issue of the Wittsburg.
Ark, Chronicle we extract the fol.
lowing:
A serious affair occurred on the
Hair farm, three miles and a hall
above this place on the Bay road, last
Monday evening, between James Pate
and the Rev. John Hall, a Campbellite
minister. Both men were very quiet.
~peaceable citizens, and such an occur,
renee was never dreamed of. Mr..
Pate had previously lived on the Rose
farm, a place adjoining the Hair farm,
but last year purchased a place in the
upper end of this county and moved
on 1t. 1t seems that at the time of his
removal he left a lot of hogs in the
care Of MIR. H., and this past week he
lPate) has been trying to get them
home, but failed to find all of them.
or at least as many as he thought he
ought to have. A dispute arose be-
tween the parties, but was stopped for
the time being. The parties, however.
met at the Clubhouse on the Hair
farm last Monday evening. and
the subject was again brought
up. Several words passed between
the parties, and finally Mr.. Pate gave
the ParsoH the Cd DID lie. Mr.,
Eli Bales, an eye witness, SAYS the
words had scarcely escaped Pate's lips
before Hall was on him with his knife.
The only remark Hall made after the
lie was given was, that is something
l never take off of any man." Pate
started to run, but Hall was too quick
for him, and caught him, inficting
two severe wounds upon the person of
Pate. One, it is thought, will prove
fatal, the knife entering Just below
the ribs, and it is supposed by his at
tending physician, DR.. Van Patten. to.
have entered his liver. Hall. after the
cutting, offered his assistance to Pate.
and seemed to regret his rash act.
While Mr.. Bales was rendering the
wounded man assistance, Mr.. Hal.
went home and told his family of the
difficulty; advised his children to.
work and make a good living for their
mother, as he never expected to see.
them again; bid them goodbye, and
has not been heard of since.
Mr.. Hall came from st. Francis to
this county last spring, and was a
hard working, industrious man. and
stood high with all who knew him.
Mr.. Pate has been a resident of this
county for some eight years, and Is
highly respected. Thus it is that one
rash act has destroyed the happiness
Of one, if not two families. Men
should be careful how they use that
bitter word lie,p while others should
be more than careful as to the kind Of
flesh they carve.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-16
Local,


HAyING qualified as the administrator of
II the estate Of Catherine Sheehan, de-
ceased, all persons indebted to same will
please come forward and settle. Those hay
ing claims will please present them To me- or
my attorney.
J. IN; SHEEHAN, Admir-, SO6 Front St.
BELCHER q JORDAN, Atty's. ll5.124
AylNG qualified as Administrative of the
Ill estate of L. j.. Bowman. deceased. ali
persons indebted to the estate arc notified Ia
come forward and settle, and those HAVING
claims against the estate are hereby notified
TO ME them, duly authenticated, with me or
my attorney, J; p. Young, at No. 273% Main
street, within the time prescribed by law.
MARY A. B0WMANN,
114-100 1OR-122 "SV u
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-16

and lie like the devil. Singing out
one Of the most respectable gentle
men OF the party she opened on him
something in this fashion:
Evil spirits will follow YOU. You
have lots Of enemies. I told YOU the
other night that Iwould be back some
other time. Twill tell you something.
You know everybody is down on you.
SO am |. | am going to expose every
thing | know about you. | am in
IN misery and it does not help me any
to come back, but | am going to tell
something. l am as wicked and vim
dictiye as when | was here. You Sc
dueed a young girl in 1916. She took
poison and killed herself. She is here
with me-
Victim Now you know that is a
pack of lies: 1t don't seem to me
that it can do you any good to come.
here and tell such stuff as that
Spirit" You know you committed
a murder in New York and an limo
cent man suffered for it."
Victim-"W What a lie! Now own
up that you are telling a pack of lies.
Splrit-"IH never own up. / hate
you too bad. You sneered at me once.
You know you are guilty, and l won't
clear you.
AT that moment the mediums face
relaxed its rigidity. A sweet smile
broke over her features. and a kindly
look flooded her eyes.
am a good spirit she said, land
| will protect you let me rest The
evil shade had been driven away, and
sweeter counsels had come between
the victim and Short and Dirty.
The gentleman, though a firm be-
lever in Spiritualism, laughed at the
communication of the crazy girl, and
that the evil spirits retained
the .v~isciousness of earth that
and Dirty had always been a
notorious liar, and he was pleased that
she had selected him for a victim in
preference to any one else in the circle.
Alter a pleasant chat on the subject
uppermost, the seance broke up to re-
unite on an early evening.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-16
A SOFT THING FOR SPIRITS.
Bismarck's Medium Reveals Some Won
derful Things.

Bismarck Tribune.l
Among the other attractions which
are rapidly carrying Bismarck to the
front low as a metropolis, is the most
remarkable spiritualistic circle of the
age. For a number Of years the me
dunn has been developing, until she
has at last trained down to the lowest
mediumistie fighting weight, and her
revelations have been so astounding as
to completely mystify even the most
profound believers in the creed she
expounds. The readers Of the Tri-
bune will remember the startling in
formation youchsafed by the late
Mrs. NOOnan, published a week ago.
Since then even more remarkable
demonstrations have been made, under
circumstances that leave no argument
upon the lips Of the skeptic.
The seances have been kept quiet.
and only a favored few permitted to
share in a conversation with the COB
Inns damned and angels Of grace. But
these few have been treated 10 mani
iestations that appear inexplicable.
and challenge the wonder and adj.
miratiOn Of the world.
Last night a small party of be-
levers assembled around a table. and
int few minutes the medium was
fairly braced for the conflict. The
table tipped and swashed around. de-
tying all efforts to hold il, but the
most remarkable part Of this dance
was the fact that articles on the sur
face were entirely uninhuenced by
the motions Of the table, and remained
steadfist at their various posts. while
the circle was thrown about the room
after a fashion that threatened every
bone and joint in the outfit. Several
times this was repeated, until the
medium, fairly exhausted, sank into
2 %clalrvOyant state and announced
That she was ready TO communicate
but warned the listeners that she was
under the control Of evil spirits. and
but little reliance could be placed in
what they said.
The first spirit was that Of Nor
phine Liz, better known TO those who
saw her in life as Short and Dirty
During her terrestrial experience Miss
Short and Dirty had simultaneously
united in herself the functions Of
cook and wife 10 q large Humber Of
gentlemen who we're at work on the
railroad, and won the name Of Nor
phine Liz from a habit Of going on
periodical DRINKS, and hracing up on
the insidious drug. Her other soubri
quet was based on her stature and a
chronic disinolinati0n 10 engage In
hydropathlc exercises. She ostab-
llshed considerable Of a reputation by
judicious display OF mental aberra.
ton, and finally went up the Cue IN a
blaze Of glory, leaving behind her o
number Of mourners who regretted
her as one Of the FIRST white women
Who ever settled in Bismarck. Aud
was tho spirit Of this lady that
elbowed ~ way into tho nalo
glimpses Of last nights moon, aDd'au
nounced that II was prepared 70 throw
Us feelings into the form Of a speech.
vas. manifest from the start that
MS short and Dirty va yipdictiye
and inclined 10 be disagreeable. not t0.
say that she was disposed 10 90 beyond
TIE line OF legitimate communication
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-16
Big Nnn
Joplin Mo- Henld.l

Joplin Mo- Henld.I
From a lady who arrived at the 81
james Hotel. Saturday. from the cen.
trail portion Of Arkansas, we learn the
particulars Of an affair which possesses
many features Of interest. and 70 the
medical profession in particular. Tho
lady left her home at the beginning Of
the present cold snap. with the inten-
ton Of coming 10 Joplin, and there
being no other conveyance, was com
PEELED to make the entire trip By stage.
The only passenger in the stage with
her was a man very thinly clad. While
crossing the Boston Mountains he
complained very much Of the cold.
and in fact the weather was remarka i,
bly, cold, even for the top of those
mountains. After a while he appa.
rently fell asleep.
Arriving at the station On the north
side of the mountains the driver III.
tempted to awaken the passenger. but
to his horror found him frozen stiff
and apparently dead, He was taken
out of the hack aud placed in a room
which was rather cold, though not Sc
low as the freezing point by severa'
degrees. The lady remained at the
station until next day, and just as she
was preparing TO resume her journey.
was surprised to learn that signs OF
life had been detected in The supposed
dead man, who was to have been
buried that forenoon. True enough.
signs Of life were observed, and BY
lively rubbing with daRRelg saturated
with whisky for about an hour he was
able to speak. When the lady left b.
was fast recovering from his stupor,
and she has no doubt by this time he
has fully recovered. Had be- eonti9,
ued in that condition three hours Ion
ger he would doubtless have been
buried, as all thought he was dead.
Being placed in a room Of just the
right temperature no doubt assisted
his recovery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-16
Thursday Evening, Jan. Is, 1879.
GRANT AT CORK.
An Irish Priest Explains Why He was
Snubbed.

Cincinnati Commercially
A Commercial reporter met Father
Crowley, pastor of st. Patrick 4
church, Cumminsville, who is a native
Corkonian, yesterday, and asked him
what he thought Of the refusal of the
common council Of Cork to tender a
reception to General Grant, without q
dissenting vote, to which Father Grow
ley replied.
The common council Of Cork is COM
posed of members of all religious de-
nominations, and not more than halt
of that body are members of the Catho-
lie church. 1t seems strange that the
New York Herald and Cincinnati En-
quirer should have construed their
manifestation of feeling against Grant
as an evidence of the Catholic feeling
against the general. Cork is the
Athens Of the British Empire, and
makes no distinction Of class, creed,
country or nationality, and public
spirited citizens having made public
sacrifices in the cause of liberty and
freedom of conscience, are treated
without regard to nationality or re-
ligion, with honor and with glory com
mensurate to their services in the
cause Of civil and religious liberty.
Reporter-What do you think has
caused this evidence Of feeling against
General Grant in the city of Cork?
Father Crowley-His Des Moines
speech, which was made on the V OF
the last Presidential election. 1t eyi-
IDENTIFY vas not his own publication
For / believe General Grant to be a
frst-elass military man, too much in
Aueneed BY eliques and rings, and this
influence has brought him 70 make
this big0ted speech against the Catho-
lie church
Rep-Whai DO you suppose was his
Object foT making such a speech
Father CrOHley-He wanted to
pave the war for a third term n0mina-
ton as he supposed the dodge va
popular.
Ren-Fsther Crowley, what are
Tour politics If the question may not
be- considered impairment
Father Crowley - Independents n
p0lIleE. and neutral in nothing
nave always been independent in mt
political belief Ny father has for the
past sixty years voted an independent
ticket without regard % religious be-
lief IN the independent borough Of
the city Of Cork and most If the time
hag voted f0f Prgestsuts Of in3epend
eut proelritieE
Rep-What object do Jon suppose
General Grant has m making this ex
tended trans-Atante tour.
Father CroEley-The general. ~
view 81 BIS distinguished services il
saving The Ini0n, and the eonsequent
physical and mental tOil resHlfing
rherefr0n- probably thinks be Is en-
titled 70 Distinguished consideration.
and 3 decent vacation from bis 0Berous
duties, and ! sincerely think thar our
republic has been seandal0usly IN
grateful % men who have devoted
their lives. their fortunes and their
sacred honor % the preservation u
their country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-16
WEEKLY
Public Ledger.
$1.OO.
Cheapest and Best
NEWS MEDIUM
THE SOUTH


IT is enterpriJng, fearless, reliable and
nowsy, and the peer of any weekly newspa-
per published in West Tennessee, containing
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-16
Administrators Notice.

HAVING duly qualified as administrator
IL Of DR., b. w. Ayent, deceased, All portions
having, claims against his estate are hereby
notlned 70 present them, duly authenticated,
persons indebted TO- said estate are requested
to come forward and make payment or prompt
steps Will be taken to enforce collections.
JONATHAN W. CURRIN, Admir-.
December q, 1878. lO2-l0s-lIi-1i0
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-16
AdmInIstrator,s Notice.

HAVING duly qualified as administrator
IL OF NC. Woodruff, deceased, all persons
naving claims against his estate are hereby
nOtihed 70 present them, duly authenticated,
TO me within the time prescribed by law and
persons indebted to said estate are requested
TO come forward and make payment or prom nj
steps VIII be taken TO enforce collections.
HERBERT RHETT, Adm.
January Z, 1879. ii0lii6-122-15S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-16
KILL YOURSELF.

| heard to-day the denouement Of
another domestic drama drama
whose successive Developments have
long been watched BY the boulevard
people. | shall not ave The names.
for | have a horror Of making Of pri
Yate griefs a public scandal. The
physician afirms that the man died OF
congestion Of the heart. Believe the
doctor if YOU think best. But when
TIE old servant entered The chamber
the unfortunate husband was gasping
and yritbiDg. The mQrriage was not
an AFFAIR Of yesterday, FOR it occurred.
about thirteen years ago. She was
poor. de was rich, very rich, and.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-16

AT a recert concert it was the sub
ject of remark, that in what fine
voice" the singers were. In com.
mending his good judgment the leader
will pardon us for whispering that he
always recommends Bulls Cough
Syrup for clearing and strengthening
the voice.
Sharp County record., 1879-10-09

gotiating, through his father and broth
er. for immunity from punishment, pro-
yided he would diyulge the whole job.
An attempt to capture Brown failed,
and pretty reliable reports have it that
he has Joined Hillman in the East
1t is stated that Brown sent word
from Missouri that he himself did not
do the killing, as he claimed in his tes-
timony before the COrOner's jury; and
that, if assured protection, he would
turn States evidence.
Brown has escaped; Hillman, who
was supposed to have been dead, is be-
lieved to be alive; the insurance COM
panies have not paid one cent of the
S25, 900 insurance; the widow of Hill
man has no. forced the alleged claim in
the shape of suit to make the insur-
ance companies pay their respective
risks; and people conversant with the
case hesitate not to openly express the
belief that Brown and Hillman killed
Nichols with the avowed purpose of de-
ceiving the insurance companies. Mrs.
Hillman resides in Lawrence. | have
within the past "a hours been given
some information; and, if it prove as
important as believe, the Chicago
Tribune will ere long be the medium
which will effect the arrest Of both
Brown and EIillman. EMS.
Sharp County record., 1879-10-09

please tell them Christi,
over half of all the mona,. la,
and to remember how /,
consecrate it to real genr; 70
There is no INSTANCE au'D
which a heather has been VI
quickly as was Master u.
Superintendent held him r's n
and at the tenth stroke Of NJ.
ter Jaggars renowned i; y.
and promised to smash hi u / ;
turn to the Christian faith ~.
ment's delay. The otS, /
alarmed at the fate of tbeisS bv,lSi
to the barn, washed themsrsY,.. |.
ed their clothing, and Wen, ,'
with. sober cOuntenances, j.
sionary hymns. The Nortb' =, ,
vival of heathenism was .
failure, but nevertheless a
and originality of the schems y
Master Jaggars must COMM
der and admiration.
Sharp County record., 1879-10-09

THE Truckee Republican, paper pub
lished away out in California, says
"Jennie Graham has discovered a novel
and interesting plaything. 1t consists
Of team OF four grasshoppers, har-
nassed by means Of threads passed
around their bodies, under their wings,
Their drawing power is considerable,
and they work with as little kicking as
the average mule. At last accounts Sey-
eral of these grasshopper teams were
being caught and harnessed up by the
little folks of Truckee.n
Sharp County record., 1879-10-09
Two Men Slay a Bear with

Hon. D. B. Matteson and f.,
a party from Utica, are .,
Lake, in Hamilton Countv
day afternoon John Rain.
German, in Mr.. Matteson's ON,
Joe Lane, a Hamilton Conn.,
native and to the manner born
ing up the mountain, near 4.
with Il team Of horses, when IN
of a chain attracted their n
Dem is OXen,n said Mr. R,I'
presently the horses reared and.
up their ears and showed sicns
Their quick nostrils had can
smell of a bear, and Joe Lam
stood the meaning of their ma.
The horses were fastened to A n
Mr.. Rain and Mr.. Lane contm
search till they found h
caught by one foot in a bear.h
rafting furiously the chain wi
her. The men proceeded to Al
selves with stout white-ash Oh
approaching Bluin, they prepa
hand-tO-hand encounter. Joe /
the first blow, which angered
who turned furiously on John
she could have extricated the
the trap, he would have bee
poor condition to tell the Sta
exploits to-day. But as it was
terrified Rain dealt her a shar
the nose, which drew first bloc
men. The bear showed her
defied her asSailants to app
They came on, and by continr
laid her low. She fell with a |
and gave no sign of life. But ,
approached to claim their priz
denly hurled herself back on her
and made Il desperate effOr
the fight, A few more blow
her, however. "He was q
said Mr.. Rain, "and he We
pounds. and was thin" Mr..
party dined on bear steak
and the arrival of some of
cuts in Utica to-day fully yer
RAINS bear story Utico {.
SerCer.
Sharp County record., 1879-10-09

TOMATOES ON TRELLISES.-A a, q,
experiment | trained one tomato ,Ii
this year on a trellis and do not tnl,lA -,
shall ever plant another vine, Wl'Iv,
some kind Of a trellis, unless it IS 10 " I
pertinent. The fruits on trelliSed VII.
attain a large size, are juicy and 40 ~
taste of the ground. While the 1rul' a
the vines that were left to run OH "
ground, were rotting, those trained u, u
trellis were sound and growing raPlu:
The trellis | use is the same as the =. "
described and engraved in the ~" m
last spring. 1t takes but little Woln nI
make one. Any farmer can make an
wants in the barn some day when
rains. The fruit will ripen more even eve
and ten days earlier-which is qlllle :
advantage. Moreover the arrangens,
gives the garden a more tasty apPe.I1
ance and it is much easier to keep ~
trellised ground free from weedS'-V'
Rural NeW Yorker.
Sharp County record., 1879-10-09
How Big Chunk of Gold was Dis
covered.

An old miner tells the following in the
Hartford Post:
One day when was at work in the
drift, one of our party who was bailing
in the shaft said:
"There's something big happened up
above, Tom, [ hear great buzzing
and shouting"
"Perhaps it's a fight" l suggested,
as | struck my pick in the soil
and unearthed nugget as big as u
walnut.
"Perhaps it's fnd," suggested my
mate.
"There's find here,n I said, as I
crawled out of the drift and exhibited
the nugget l had just taken out. Then
| heard the clamOr also; it was like the
murmm of distant waves. We shook
the rope, and receiving no answer to
our signal, concluded that something
important had happened, as our mates
above had evidently left the windlass.
A moment later shadow appeared
above, and Bills voice was heard
shouting:
"Come up, boys, and see the big
find.n
"Where is it?n | asked, on reaching
the surface; but [ scarcely needed to
ask, for it must be where the crowd was
collected some fifty yards distant from
our claim. The crowd was large and
every moment increasing, but being
brawny and broad shOuldered, pushed
my way through it, and was almost
overwhelmed with astonishment at the
sight that greeted my vision-it wasn't
a nugget, it was bowlder. No wonder
that the miners were excited. The
spectacle was enough to exercise the
most phlegn3uc individual that ever
breathed. ~
1t was a solid mass of gold as large or
larger than leg of mutton, and not un-
like one in shape. This was the mass
which has since been widely known as
the Welcome nugget. A fac siaile OF
it may now be seen in the Mineral De-
partment of the Boston Museum of Nat
ural History, where the weight is given
at 2, ,165 ounces, and the value at SAL
22.70; the further information is i'm
parted that the nugget is the largest
piece of gold ever found. This is an er-
ror. A larger nugget was found at
Bendigo Lead on February 9, 1869; it
weighed 1S9 pounds one ounce Troy, or
2,269 ounces.
had been mentally congratulating
myself on the discovery of nugget as
large as walnut, but the sight of this
mass of gold took all the conceit out of
me. Nevertheless / was glad that the
nugget had been found, for the claim
from which it was taken was right in the
direction in which we were working and
our claim was daily growing richer in
ore.
The Welcome nugget, as large as it
was, did not enrich its finders, for there
were y shareholders in it, and it
brought them less than Il 900 apiece;
it would have been lucky find for Il
couple of mates. The man who dug it
out tainted dead away before he un-
earthed it. When his pick first struck
it, he reached out his hand to pick up
the lump; the light from his candle
shone upon it and revealed its nature.
To his surprise it did not yield to his
touch. Then he began to feel around it
with his hands, and it grew in size un-
der his exploring digits. He gave it a
wrench, but it did not bulge. Selling
his pick he began to dig around it, and
as its proportions grew under his eyes the
spectacle overcame him and he tainted
for joy.