davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1879-01-01
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The following Ia a1so q statement showing the
quantity aud vuIue u butter aul cheese cx-
ported from the dominion Of Canada to Ill
countries during the Yrar1 iHtnttoneA:
, 1879-01-01
THE YEAR 1878,
Trade, Commerce, and Manufao-
lures Of Chicago for the
Past Year.
A Season Of General Prosperity.
Notwithstanding Tile June
Bankruptcies.


cnscs far bclow the facts In tho case. A. col
lbn pnuitrr, 277 GOODS do, 03 packages game,
1909 packages cgrs, t,0sODS5 bo1cs cheese,
55o, 2o0 brls apples, and 70,0lY bu beans.
, 1879-01-01
VALUE Or RECEIPTB.
the FIRST SHILLING VALUE
Of tho recc!pts Of produce In this city during
fREG IL fl,l1

The incrcase from 1871, In currency, is about
hn,0o0, or about 31 per ccnt.
Reduced to spcrlo basts, the produce trade
OF tho rast two years foots up N follows:
Year lh7a .......... :. .....41tR. 00O, Goa
Icing an Increase Of % per cent.
The value Of tho receipts Of lumber, coal, and
fish are not included in the aborc, being lncor-
poratcd IN the following statistics OF Wholesale
sales.
, 1879-01-01

tHice = year with goods . large portion OF
which would bceomes.ste before they could bo
disposed Of. The network OF railroads tha.
now covers the West enables tho country mcr.
chant 10 keep buying al tho time In lots to suit
his convenience, and auy article out Of stock
can be replaced within two or threo days
without the merchant leaving bis store. He
can order BY telegraph. and receive by exprcss
the goods, which are packed IN Chicago within
halt 40 hour after tho order IL received, and
shipped ou the next train. And this new
method Of doing business involves an equally
radical departure from tho old plan pursued By
tho wholesale merchant and tobber. Ho Is no
longer overwhelmed with work during few
weeks in the spFlnK and autumn, and fattgucd
By inactivity the remainder Of the year. bat
drives \ steady buAtness, which Gnu therefore
be done on less profits per do1,ar's worth sold
than before. Tho vhol4sale dealer il also con-
stant1y 10 the receipt Of fresh goods, 70 that he
has no stale commodities to dispose OF. This
result fs that articles neither grow ont Of
| fashion nor lose their quality By long keeping.
Therc Is thus no loss In this direction; and hare
Is another clement Of cheap trade, ~ the ples-
chant Is not obliged TO n,aks his customers psy
for losses incurred on unstable goods. These
things, with modern Improvements Ia the man.
ner Of handling, aided by Increased competition,
have reduced tho Wholesale or tobhtn9 ''oront"
to much less percentage than that obtained
few years ago, aud enables tho consumer. Ia
many departments At least, TO buy at retail at
small advance on iuanuiactusprs' prices.
There Is still another fact which eon0uces
strongly to this result: Our merchants now
make very fen bad debts. Tie pantc Of 1B'3
tnAdo 1t necessary To TeEY materially shorten
ffuAS Snf- Al 4
, 1879-01-01

- one Of the largest green fruit markets On tho
cout!nsut- Dsalers estimate that tho buaiucsA
has Increased ~ PR ceut. fsiexs tars tesu
, 1879-01-01

Don't date your letters today 1879.
, 1879-01-01

POTATOES.
TUE EECElt4 WEA4 LARGER
than iu laT7. liIa sLlplncnt4 also lucl lrascd. Iu
t.4u 3tly L4.t Ut L.. ,.us Ii. in4skel y !. uotu-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18
Rough ON Chattanooga.

A Memphis refugee came through
on the Memphis and Charleston rail
road the other evening, aud was
stopped at Winhatchie, the ouaran-
tine station for Chattanooga, where he
was met by the quarantine officers of
that enterprising village. After he
had been thoroughly inspected, the
refugee remarked:
See here, mister, do you live in
Chattanooga? p
" Yes, said the officer.
Well, do you propose to stop me
in that id town."
No, sir we propose to see that
you don't stop"
Well " remarked the refugee
" I'm glad of that. l would as Soon
have spell of the yellow fever as Ia
stop in that burg. l want to 90
through there at the rate of twenty
five miles an hour, with the car win
dows down, and l will hold my nose
then. A man may survive an attack
OF yellow fever, but an hour in Chat.
tanooga is certain death"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18

Chambers Journal.l
Cardinal Richelieu, we are told
spent his hour of relaxation in leap.
ing ever the furniture, and on one oc-
casion he was discovered jumping with
his servant, to see which could reach
the high side of wall. De Gram.
mont, knowing the cardinal to be jeal-
Gus of his powers, offered to jump him
for wager-a proposal which shows
the courage, as much as the event
showed the diplomacy, of the courtier.
The offer was accepted, but De Gram
mont took care that his leaps should
never quite reach those of his emf
nence, and thus he lost few louis,
but gained speedy and high promotion
by the favor of his triumphant and
! gratifed opponent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18

take "a tumble to herself" She is
behind the age. There is no money
in her civilization. Under Donan )
management the Pioneer will be an
Independent paper. Donan means to
do right; but a ming company; who
are hostile to the territorys delegate
in congress, may have a whole broad
AK to grind. The foreman of the
Homestake receives $4,000 a year,
and the manager, George Hurst, gets
$4,000. Hurst is also one of the pro-
prietors of the mine. California capi
talists, who can pay such salaries and
own such a bonanza as the Home
stake, can afford to pay A. w. Mer-
lick $4,000 for the oldest paper in the
Hills, and employ Mr.. Donan at $4,000
a year to edit it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18
A POSSIBLE FUTURE KING.
The Son of the Prince of Wales, About
Whom Not Much is Known.
Boston Advertiser.l

Boston Advertiser.l
The English people have but just
awakened to the fact that the elder of
the two sons of the Prince of Wales is
probable heir to the thorne, and
that he is, as such, an interesting per-
son. AT the same time they remem-
Der, with mixture of amusement and
amazement, that they know almost
nothing about him. In fact, they are
rather puzzled, when it is necessary
to speak of him, to know how he is to
be called. He is, in full, Prince Albert
Victor Christian Edward. He used
to be styled Prince Albert Victor of
Wales. Popularity he has been known
as Prince Victor. When he was study
ing on board the Britannia he was called
Prince Edward. Out Of the abund-
ance Of titles it is not easy to make a
choice, and the British people seem
to be as much "at SCI" metaphorically
as the prince now is literally, in at
tempting to discover anything inter
esting or gossipy about one who, if he
lives long enough, will be the ruler of
a vast empire The prince was born
at Frogmore Lodge, Windsor, on the
8th of January, 1864, and has there
fore nearly completed his sixteenth
year. He was born and has lived
that is all the English people know
about him. Occasionally he has ac-
companied his parents in their travels
here and there, and his features have
excited some mild interest in the fam
lily photographs. But, in general, his
history and his person are unknown,
and his life has been almost as obscure
as that Of any boy in the kingdom.
What has not drawn attention to
him is his sailing, in company with
bis brother, whom all English folks
know as Prince George Of Wales, on
a voyage around the world. The two
princes have been trained on board the
Britannia, and now they 60 as cadet
midshipmen on the ship Bacchante
which sailed from Portsmouth harbo1
on the 18th of September, and pro.
ceeded to Portland, where, after q
week spent in drill, the ship was to
depart for a short cruise to the Med.
iterranean, and to pass the winter in
the West Indies. OF course, very
little will be heard from the young
princes while they are absent on this
voyage, and they will return a year ol
two hence tall stripplings, one of then
Just coming into manhood. AS thel
are the only sons of the Prince O
Wales, the succession would pass, il
case of their death, to the daughters
and once again the. British throne
would be occupied by woman.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18
TIE COTTON MOVEMENT.

The sixth annual publication of cot
ton movements and fluctuations for
The commercial year closing on the
3lst of August last has been received
through the favor of the compilers,
Latham, Alexander & Co, bankers
and cotton merchants of New York.
1t is a compact, convenient and well
arranged manual of great value to all
who deal or are interested in the sta
pie, being full of facts and statistics
running through the past ten seasons.
The compiler has exhibited much skill
in preparing the statement and it is
handsomely printed
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18
ThaclseraY's ReaIitY.

The Spectator.
What strikes one first in reading
Thackeray is the amazing sense Of
reality which he manages to convey.
Jane Austen is the only author since
the days of Fielding who at all ap-
proaches him in this respect. George
Eliot can do so, until she begins to
philosophize, when the charm is at
once broken, and we become conscious
mot without deep inward thankful
ness) that we are in an imaginary
world. To appreciate either Of these
writer's requires very special taste
for the study of character. To the
ordinary student of novels, Jane Aus.
tens delicate etchings are dull and
prosy. Thackerays work is quite as
true to nature, and when critically
examined shows at least an equal
amount of care and labor, yet in bril-
liancy it stands unrivaled. For
Thackeray works dramatically, and
uses description with a sparingness
almost misery. The most trifing Of
the minor characters will serve to
illustrate his method. Even Jones
(whOse portrait you may see on the
fifth page of Vanity Fair'), even
Jones, that imaginary critic whom the
Snowman put up for the mere purpose
Of kicking him down again, is a mas
terpiece in his way We wonder, did
any one ever read that half nope
without laughing at Jones? We have
all seen him over and over again, and
if any skeptic doubts his existence.
let him take up tho last novel from
the library and he will see his intelli-
gent criticism fresh on every page
Aud this air of naturalness is in part
the secret of Thackerays immense
power as a satirist, as the want of it
has undoubtedly lessened the evil in
huonce Of Elias tayorite playrights of
the Restoration.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18

pos Arc Citizen.
AS the steamer Winnie was steam
ing up White river, near Pepper
woodward, just below Devall's Bluff, a
black object was seen swimming
across the river ahead Of the boat.
1t was soon observed to be a bear,
when all hands gathered the best
weapons in sight to bring bruin to his
death. There was but one shooting
iron on the boat, a Smith & Wesson
revolver, which the owner got to the
bow of the boat with as the bear came
In good range, whom one shot from il
killed him. He was taken on board
and dressed by the time the boat ar.
rived at DeyalPs Bluff. Peppers
woodward would be good place to
pitch a tent for a camp hunt, as there
are plenty of deer and other game in
that vicinity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18

vicinity. After she had finished the
batteries opened fire and added their
shot to the danger he had already es-
capped. Before returning to the town
Mr. Bliss made a sketch of the vessel
showing where she had been struck,
and this sketch he presented to the
staff, by the members of which he was
enthusiastically received. The truth
Of this anecdote is vouched for by the
correspondents of all the papers and
many others who were on the spot at
the time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18
Kentucky Pastimes.
Special to Cincinnati Commercial

SPECIAL 70 CINCINNATI Commercial.
GRAYsoN, KY, October l5.-Later
reports from the Underwood country
confirm yesterdays report, and even
make the last fearful tragedy more ag-
gravated. An eye-witness-Mrs. Edna
Grlfith-informs US that she and
three other women of the Underwood
family were sitting up with the corpse
OF Jesse, Sunday night, when, about
III o'clock, some twenty-five or thirty
men, all with blacked faces, came into
their yard demanding admittance.
claiming that they were hunting for
Claib Jones and John Martin, and
that they would not hurt George if he
would let them in. The doors then
being opened fifteen of the men came
in the house, seized all the arms, and
staying over an hour. They talked
about the Underwood war, uncovered
Jesse's corpse, made rude jokes about
him, and laughed boisterously. Finally
one of them said, Let us bring our
meeting to a close" and then they
asked George to show them where he
had been shot. George then leaned
over to show them his arm, when one
man emptied his gun, loaded with
slugs, and shot right through his
breast, tearing a hole as large as a
mans fist Another one shot him
through the back of the head, and
then they left. George was buried
yesterday evening. Jesse in his dying
hour admitted that he had killed some
men, but had done it only in self
defense that he had never committed
a murder.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18
SEWERAGE AND SUCH

Absent Memphians, now sojourning
at Nashville, held a meeting in that
city evening before last and discussed
the sanitary situation here with varied
effect They propose to stamp out
yellow fever in some way, not at pres
ent clear to the obtuse minds of people
here, but, in their estimation it must
be set down on somehow. A number
of the people who figured at the meet
ing have large landed interests here
therefore, their deliberations are enti-
tied to consideration. Men like e.
Ensley, c. w. Goyer, G. r. Phelan,
Il. Il. Wright, T. B. Turley, j. G..
johnson, 7. Avery, and others, have
ideas and interests, and they may well
engage in working up the first to pro-
tect the last. 1t would look better,
however, if they were to set the
ball in motion here after they
get home and survey the field
about them, instead of trying
to do so at distance. Many people
here at present attempting to protect
their own and their absent brethren's
possessions look upon their action as
rather premature and therefore are a
little jealous on the subject. Mr.
Phelan, who figured so prominently at
the meeting, made a very sensible re-
mark when he said that an epidemic
of taxation is more fatal than an cpl
demic Of yellow fever. The people
cannot stand additional burdens of
taxation, and the proposal to lay on a
special sewerage tax of four per cent.
is preposterous. The proposed public
improvements in the estimation of
many eminent men of experience and
learning is no antidote or preventive
OF fever. The nalady has appeared
several times on the precipitous rock
of Gibraltar, 1900 feet above the sea
level. II has occurred in the sandy
hills and the piney groves of
Louisiana and Alabama. The fowery
gardens and clean cottages of Holly
Springs have felt its fatal breath, and
the steep, gravelly bluffs Of Hickman,
KY, where the natural surface drain
age is uneQualed, have experienced
its ravages with as much virulenee as
places provided with the best system
of under drainage on earth. A thou
sand facts may be introduced to show
that the scourge moves in so mysteri-
GUS manner when conditions are
favorable for its spread, that if every
street and every house had a sewer
beneath it, we would not be safe from
the yellow seourge. A plan of sewer
age FOR Memphis, to be constructed
within single season at the expense
of our property owners and merchants,
would certainly be ruin more complete
than the fever. Costly experiments
are not to be entertained A wise
plan looking to the gradual introduc.
tion of sewers at reasonable outlay.
to be raised through a series of years,
would not, however, be Objectionable,
though the good effect of such i'm
provements serving as a barrier to yell
low fever are very uncertain.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18

A poor fellow went to priest to get
married On being told what the fee
would be he pulled out of his pocket
about half the required amount and
said THAT is all | have; but you can
marry us as far as it will 60" When
we look into the records of the divorce
courts we are convinced that the mar
riage fees Of great many couples were
only half paid.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is SIS per annum and
SOC per month fOrless than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per snnum-
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, 1879-10-18

Initiating Jay Gould, the Home
stake Mining company, Of the Black
Hills, have bought newspaper, the
Deadwood Pioneer, and employed
Colonel Pat" Donan. of the South,
to edit it. Pat (which is not his
name) recently declined to run for
congress in an Arkansas district, and
even refused to daily with a bright
chance that might make him the col
league of Lamar and Conkling. He
says 1t is no USE The South will not
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18
The Saratoga of the Pacific
Coast.
Correspondence Philadelphia Press.

Correspondence Philadelphia Press.
Calistoga is a famous mineral spring
resort, sixty-eigbt miles from San
Francisco 1t was intended to be the
Saratoga of the Pacific coast, the
name being an abbreviated combina-
ton of California and Saratoga. The
waters are principally sulphur, iron,
soda and magnesia. Some of them
will boil an egg in two minutes.
Over one is built a pretty summer
house. 1t is called the chicken-soup
spring. Here the guests resort, after
a bath, with pepper, salt and crack
ers, and if you are very hungry and of
an imaginative turn of mind, you
may, perhaps, be induced to believe
that nature has indeed prepared in
her subterranean kitchen this delicate
decoction for her visitors. After one
has been in California awhile they
learn not to be surprised at anything
that comes from the heavens above or
the earth beneath.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18
CafhnIin Kniehfs.

BALTIMORE, October l5.-The del
egates to the convention of members
Of the Catholic Knighthood from diff
ferent States of the United States. for
the purpose of forming a grand union
Of Catholic Knights, met at Rains
Hall, this city, at noon to-day. Jos.
Donnelly, of Baltimore, made a neat
address Of welcome, after which Louis
+. Lanman, of Washington, was
chosen temporary president, and John
Mccormick, of Cincinnati, temporary
secretary. A committee on creden-
tials was then appointed, which named
Joseph Donnelly, of Baltimore, presi
dent, and l.. H. Lanman, of Washing
ton, vice president, and John MoCor-
mick and NJ. j. Dufin secretaries.
The report was adopted. A commit
tee was appointed to draft a constitu-
ton, and the meeting adjourned till
tomorrow.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18
A Correspondenl,s E.reaionment.


The correspondent of the New York
Herald now in lquique, Peru, has re-
Gently, says a South American ex-
change, had painful experience of the
fire Of the Huascar's gunners, and
certainly would have lost his life had
their aim been even trife more cor
rect. AT some little distance from
africa there lies the wreck of the
United States steamship Wateree,
stranded during the earthquake which
occurred on August l3, 1868. Every
thing has been stripped from it of the
least value, and there now remains
nothing save the iron hull. Still the
character it bore when aAoat and the
circumstances under which it was lost,
combine 10 give it an attraction which
leads to it being frequently visited,
and Mr.. Bliss, it appeaas, determined
to see if a pleasant mornings stroll
would not be rewarded by few lines
for his correspondence. On arriving
alongside he plimed up by the remains
Of what had once been paddle wheel,
and thus succeeded in passing into the
bull. But hardly had he time to look
about him when he was astounded by
two cannon shots passing in close Vi
cinity. On looking through the sides
he at once saw that they had proceed
ed from the Hpascar, which undoubt-
edly had selected the wreck for a tar
get; and, as it appeared to him he was
Just as likely to be hit in the open as
while sheltered by the vessel, he re-
turned by the ladder he had used on
ascending, crawled under the keel,
and, lying on his back, quietly awaited
events. While in this position nine
shots were fred by the Huasoar,
three Of which (3OO-pounders) struck
the mark, while others fellin the close
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18

SUBSCRIBERS who wish to re-
new Will do MS a favor by SEND
INC MONEY before their time
expires, AS our mail list is very
large, and our force TO do the
work small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT the MONEY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18

WASHINGTON, October 15.-It is
the general belief at the interior de-
partment that Indian hostilities are at
an end. They say it is now demon
strated that only 0 portion of the
White River agency Utes were in
volved in the disturbances, and that
the White River Utes number in all,
men, women and children, not more
than eight hundred. Ia reply to an
inquiry, Secretary Schurz said be
thought it probable that the maleac-
tors would scatter So widely that it
would be difficult to identify them. 1t
is understood to be the firm purpose
Of both the interior and war depart
ments to relax no efforts until the
guilty ones are captured. When ap-
pretended, what disposition will bo
made Of them has not yet been deter
mined, whether to subject them to the
requirements Of military law or put
them in the hands Of the civil au-
thorities.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18
CARD.

To all who are suffering fromthe errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc., will
send recipe that will cure you, FREE bF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discov.
cred BY missionary in South America. senC
a self.addressed envelope to REV. JOSEPH n
INNAN, Station D, New York City.
eOd2-xXX-lhw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18
A Democrat of the Democrats,

General Buffers Faneuil Hall Speoch.I
What is Democracy? The right OF
the people to govern themselves, to
make their own laws, and have equal
protection. Do you know of any
other Democracy than that? Do you
know anything better than that
Democracy | can answer to every
shibboleth of the Democracy, | was
a Democrat when Frank Bird was a
conscience Whig. was a Democrat
when Josiah G.. Abbott was a prohi-
bition Free Soiler. l was a Democrat
when Josiah G. Abbott was a Know.
Nothing judge. | was Democrat
when John Quincy Adams was a
Beacon street Wing. / was a Demo
crat when the order went forth from
State street to Lowell to put up q
placard that any man that voted fol
the Ben Butler Ten-hour law should
be turned out of employment
would as quickly put in prison civil
lied bulldozer in Massachusetts, as a
shotgun scoundrel in Mississippi
Equal rights, equal protection, equai
burdens, equal powers, equal duties
under the law to all men, is my De-
mooracy. If any man has any better
let him 60 and find q warrant for il
where he can.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY

This Institution was regularly ineorporated
by the, legislature Of the State for Educational
ana charitable purposes, in 1868, for the
UeFm OF twenty-five Years, to which
contract the inviolable faith of the State Is
pledged with capital of 81 900, 900, to which
Its grand Single Number Distributor Mil
take place monthly on the second Tuesday,
1T MEYER scALEs or POsTPONEs. Look at the
following distribution:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18

The Louisville Courier journal
says I'VE may lose Ohio and we may
ose New York, and if we do, heaven
help VS.,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18

A little Hop Bitters saves big doc
tor bills and cures when all else fails
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-18

A lie is like a counterfeit bill. 1t
may pass through a great many hands,
but it will be found out at last,