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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01
JUPITER
Exposing His Surface to Astronomers.
Iochlster Democrat and Chroniclo.l

RochSst Democrat and Chronicle.l
There is trouble in the giant planet
Jupiter, which is shining so brilliantly
these cool August nights. A great
spot estimated to be $4,000 miles in
diameter, is conspicuous on the plan
cts disc. 1t has been visible tor two
years, says NJ. Trouvelot, of Cam
bride, Mass, although its appearance
has not been generally known un-
til recently. 1t is probable that
on the first discovery of the spot
the color was not strongly pro-
nounced, or it would have been
more generally observed. DR..
Swift, Of Rochester, saw the spot for
the first time only few weeks ago
The only explanation thus far given is
that there is a rent in the cloud COW
erihg of Jupiter, revealing the red.
hot body of the planet. This explain.
atipn hardly explains, although it is
now generally conceded that Jupiter
is a glowing mass, and shines partly by
his own light Many remarkable
changes have recently taken place il
the appearance of Jupiter. Those
who search for the red spot can no
fail to notice the white, cloud likt
spots between the great copper -coloreC
equatorial belts. The great centra
belt seems to be broken up into white
cloud masses lying at intervals alone
the Jovian equator. The copper colo
of the outer belts extends in som,
places across the equatorial regions
usually occupied by bright belt o
creamy white. North and south 0
the great equatorial belts, and abou
half way to the poles, are narrow
irregular, salmon colored belts, tina
present a very beautiful appearance
The blue coloring about the pole
seems less pronounced than usual. |
is more than probable that in tn
mighty changes going on in Jupite
we are witnessing the phenomena o
world growth, and that the gian
planet is slowly undergoing, unde
our very eyes, the notifications neces
sary to fit i for habitation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01
EddystOne Light.

The cornerstone Of the new Eddy
stone lighthouse, which was to have
been laid last June, has at last been
put in place with due ceremony by
the Duke of Edinburgh. The site OF
the lighthouse is not favorable one
for ceremonies of any kind, and last
June the sea had entire possession Of
it. On Tuesday the Duke of Edin-
burgh, the Prince of Wales and their
attendants stood with the waves wash
ing their feet and the spray rising over
their heads for the few minutes re-
quired to offer prayer, and declare
the stone well and truly laid" The
lighthouse is one of the first import
ance, and is. to take the place Of an
existing light so we'll and truly built
by Smeaton that it has outlasted the
foundation on which it was construct
ed. 1t is being gradually undermined,
but before it falls the new lighthouse
will probably be completed ready to
take its place.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01
FOURTEEN YEARS OLD.

The twenty-ninth volume of the
LEDGER commences to-day. Four
teen years ago its initial number was
issued from the Office it now occupies,
a period of time fraught with many
changes in the world, and the world S
inhabitants. From day to day it has
gone forth to greet its patrons, its
pages filled with the current news Of
the time, in periods of gloom and
good cheer alike, and always earnest
inbts efforts to perform its whole duty
as q public journal. With hope that
thu dark pail of woe now lowering
oyFr us may soon disappear and that
thl bustling period of business activi-
ty Fill replace it a few weeks hence
thd LEDGER enters upon the fifteenth
yeat of its life with kindly wishes
for all and an expression Of
SYMPATHY for those of our people who
havP felt the blighting hand Of pesti-
lent, Thankful for past favors-thc
IEDGER hopes to merit a continuance
Of that liberal support with which il
has heretofore been favored.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01
No Third Term.

New York Letter in Philadelphia Ledger.l
Colonel John B. Brownlow, of
Tennessee, tells local reporter that
he has just had long and frank talk
with Mr.. G. w. Childs, of the Phila-
delphia Ledger, on the nomination of
General Grant for the Presidency.
and that Mr.. Childs informed him
positively that General Grant is not a
candidate and will not be one. Mr..
Childs had just received letter from
General Grant asking him to meet
the general at San Francisco, and ac-
company him to Philadelphia, where
they would live
The significance of this statement it
is not difficult to divine. AS long as
General Grants candidature was a
possibility, il seemed hardly worth an
effort, on the part of anybody else, to
place himself in competition with it
but, now that there is no such posi-
bility, the conditions are materially
changed. There is an inducement to
60 to work now with some chance OF
success. Ii Sherman were out of the
way, Mr.. Conklings friends believe he
could walk over the course.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01
The Way It Aneeted Him.

Cincinnati Enquirer, Dem.)
Ex-Gov, Hendricks accepted an in.
vitation to attend a public meeting the
other day. When he heard his name
read out as one of the vice presidents
Of the meeting, he jumped to his feet
and exclaimed; Mr.. president and
gentlemen; cannot, l will not accent
second pla-" Then he excused HIM.
self, and went out and butted his head
against the side of the building.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01
"HE FELL AS A LEAF,

In swaying his leaden scepter dur
ing this time of his harvest, the great
death monster on Saturday last carried
away one of our most valuable and
highly respected citizens, Mr.. John P.
Hoffman, well known for twenty
years as the active member of the
furniture-dealing h1use of Mitchell
& Hoffman; was widely popular, and
though a quiet, unassuming gentle
man, whose only purpose seemed to be
to do his earnest duty as faithful
resident, and to rear his family re-
specially. Yet he was known to
many outside of his intimate asso-
ciates as one who rose above the
common horde in a variety of ways,
Mr.. Hoffman came to this city thirty
years ago from Alsace near the Rhine
in Europe. He was then young
man Of twenty, a cabinet working
mechanic, and he found employment
with the furniture-d dealing house of
Flaherty & Co. He was regarded as
an industrious mechanic, and at the
same time he won esteem by his mod
esty Of manner and unexceptional
habits. At later period, the
furniture house of Mitchell & Hoff-
man was established here, and Mr..
Hoffman became the active or man
aging resident partner. Branches of
the same house existed at New Or
leans and in Paris, while the head of
the concern was at Cincinnati. 1t
was only in the Memphis branch
however, that Mr.. Hoffman was inter
ested. Here he labored earnestly and
with much success, pursuing his quiet
course as a citizen, and labOring at
tentively and successfully to build up
lucrative trade. He reared large
family, the eldest of his sons being
married. All Of the children are now
absent from the city. His wife alone
remained at her home after the fever
appeared, and she administered kindly
to her late companions wants during
his last suffering, 1t was only on
Monday last that Mr.. Hoffman was on
the streets apparently in sound health.
That evening the fatal malady
prostrated him and little over four
| days later his life went out and he
was laid in his grave by the Odd Eel.
low brotherhood of which he was a
much respected member, having been
a past grand to Schiller Lodge No.
140, of this city, Mr., Hoffman was a
| generous-hearted citizen, giving Of his
means freely to enterprises designed
for the pubiiogood or the development
of those attractive displays which
have in the past tended to amuse OF
ips@gct our people. AT the same
time he, ia fp unostentious manner,
contributed most iiberally to calls Of
distress, both in behalf OF erphans or
of poverty stricken sufferers in times
Of trouble like these which now sur
round us. We have lost useful man
and when the Odd Fellows laid their
brother away in his last resting place
on Saturday last their sorrowful sym
patby was plainly manifested for the
departed, whose heart and hand went
always together. They are consoled
with the reflection that his face Is now
shining with celestial light in that
happy beyond where pain and suffer-
ing are unknown.
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01
DOING GOOD.

Silently, unobtrusively as the grass
springs up under our feet, covering
the vide field with a carpetof green, so
spontaneously yet quietly, 60 the relief
members Of the Odd Fellow brother
hood among their fellow craftmen,
seeking out the sick and the distressed
and sending joy and gladness into
many household, and new life into
many despairing hearts, by admins
tering to the needs of those in want.
Their physicians are ready at all times
10 give aid and counsel as to the best
means of healing those who all, their
nurses are of the most sldllful to be
z foupd selected with the utmost care
and known to be of good character,
faithful and watchful their medi-
cinos, their supplies of all kinds are
only from the choicest stores, and
their committee laboreFs g from door
to door examining tbe condition of
The sick and well alike, % see that
nothing is left undone which will tend
toward saving the life If a fever
stricken brother or a member of his
family. AS showers fall upon the
earth, watering it, causingthe herb to
spring forth and turning he parched
ground into a pool, 80 fall the inAu-
ence Of the 1. 0, 0. FJrclef men on
the afflicted. Their works will follow
after them and be recorded by the
side of that performed by philan-
thropist of the past. The Odd Fellows
began their labors when the plague
appeared this season win a very
limited relief fund. Sevehd hundred
dollars were expended injecting thS
poorer Of their brethreno out of the
city, and away from the TAch of the
plague Sine, then the labr Of relief
has been extended to everybrother u
brothers wife or child wiling to ae-
cept it, or not otherwise pByided for.
The work has progressed with unre.
uniting attention on the llrt of Mr..
John Linkhauer as nurse master aud
L. S. Burr as secretary of he board.
Fity-fve members, and Iembers Of
families have been nursed h watched,
and the SUN of $4,000 in tli aggregate
has been expended for nub bes, medi-
cines, medical fees burialsand other
! essentials. This will ayehge about
$36 to each person att&ded, but
deducting the amount advanced ia
brothers out of funds an( who left
the city before the scourg got under
headway, the amount exbnded will
not average above $40 to eeh person.
There are some of the Motherhood
that were sick upon whdn little or
nothing was expended, thy having
been cared for by other societies, and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01

sUBSCRIBERS who wish TO re-
new will do us "A favor by SEND
ING 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, 1879-09-01

MEMPHIS IENN., August q, 1879.
directed TO the above rules and regulafions
adopted by the State Board of Health. II
being my duty to see that they are complied
with and inasmuoh rs they are intended for
our benefit, and to check, if possible, the far
ther spread Of the disease. invite the CO.
operation OF all good citiaens in aiding me to
JOHN JOHNSON,
l5l l53 Superintendent Of Quarantine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01
Publisher and Pr0DrietOr.

The subscription price OF the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is So per annum and
SOC per month fOrlsss 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 pei
month in advance, with the privilege o.
changing pOstOfioe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01
A Boy PhiIcsenhan


A few days ago Justice of the Peace
John Weber took his little son down
to Toledo on an excursion. The lad
interviewed the man at the wheel and
gathered much information relative to
the business of steamboating. Pres.
emily his father Joined him on the
hurricane-d deck and asked him how
he was enjoying himself. "First-rate.
was the enthusiastic reply; Vim
goin' to be a steamboatman, papa. -
"All right" responded the Judge. -
but you'll have to study navigation.
astronomy, and divers other sciences,
in order to become a good one" The
lad said nothing al the time. but
appeared to be revolving the Difficult
ties OF the case in his mind. Perhaps
half an hour later he remarked, with
much gravity Papa, | guess | won't
be a steamboatman. I'd rather be a
Justice Of the peace you don have
to know anything for that"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01
CARD.

To all who are suffering fromthe errors and
indiscretiOns Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, ETC., will
send recipe that viii cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discov-
cred by a missionary in South America Send
a self-addressed envelope to REy. JOSEPH 7.
ISMAN, Station D, New York City.
eod-2-xxx-16w
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01

Mr.. George w, Jones, at one time
United States senator from Iowa, seeks
the nomination for sheriff Of Dubuque
county He is eighty years old, and
has had serious business reverses.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01

In tia legislature bribery cases at
Harrisburg, Pa, the grand jury has
found true bills against Christ Long,
}. Crawford, A. w. Leisenring and
Dr. Shelanter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01
MASONIC NOTICE..

UlHE stated communication of Ange- g
will be held in Masonic Hall, Odd Fel-/NN
lows building, Monday, September 1st, at 7
o'clock, pm, sharp. Visiting brethren fra
ternally invited to meet with us. By order of
MARCUS JONES, p. NJ. and acting W. NJ.
DODGE C. TRADER, Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01

A T a meeting of Myrtle Lodge No. S. /. O.
n 0. l., Armistead Robinson was expelled
and David Wells was suspended or two years
from all privileges Of the order for violation
Of section | Of article 10 Of the eonsttu ton.
r. A. CLARK, Master.
Memphis, Tenn, August %, 1879.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01

No wonder the Egyptians under the
rule Of the late khedive had a hard
time to save enough from the tax
gatherefs to Keen them from starya-
tion, An inventory of the ex-khe.
dives personal effects shows that he
possessed no fewer than seventeen
dinner and breakfast services, mostly
of gold or silver, fourteen Of Which
cost about @000,000 francs, or con,
isldegably more than S5,Q00,000. Ifhe
should sell the greater part of his
table furniture, he could manage to
keep the rest well supplied with food
for the balance of his natural life.
No health with inactive liver and
~ y, ,|..t.s =, .,s.......a n
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01

1HE LEDGERj job printing office, l3 Madi-
4 NJ, executes oFerything in the lob print
n a. neat nd cheap as any house In
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01

The Louisiana Democratic State
convention is called to meet al Baton
Rouge on the first Monday IN October,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01

No health with inactive liver and
urinary organs without Hop Bitters,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01
LOTTERY.

A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
n VIVA F0RTUNE-Ninth Grand Dis
trioution, Class |, at New Orleans. Tuesday.
September 3, lS7y-ll2tb Monthly Drawing,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-01

All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are
under the supervision and management Of
Generals q. T. BeAUREGARD and JiiBAL
A. hAhLf, N3-wks-ll
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-06

headed men charms as alluring to
the imagination as the prospect of
sudden riches to be got from the
mines.
Fourteen million acres Of farm
ing lands have been taken up by
actual settlers during the single
year of 1873, fact unprecedented
in the history of the country.
This eagerness to own land on the
part of emigrants from the eastern
cities is gratifying, for it is a sure
harbinger of prosperity for the flu
ture, but the emigrants themselves
could do better by not going so far.
The lands of Northern Michigan
offer homes in cline more genial,
soil more fertile, with superior
advantages of schools, churches
and markets, and all the blessings
of civilization and with all these
advantages the lands can be bought
for as low a price as can those West
of the Mississippi.-Bay City
Chronicle.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-06
Albany Lumber Market.

From the Argus it is learned that
at Albany the demand for clear
lumber is greater than it has been
for some years, and the district is
pretty well cleared of this discrip-
ton, the stock being unusually
light. Dry lumber Of all kinds is
getting very scarce. The general
trade is very good for the season.
Quotations for all kinds of pine
lumber are unchanged and firm.
The Argus says: "Coarse lumber
is in active call. The trade gener-
ally is seeking for large parcels,
but dealers here propose to hold on
in the hope of an advance on the
present figures, which are held
with much firmness. What is be-
ing done is in small parcels only,
and this course is prompted as well
by light stocks as it is by an indis-
position to sell large lines. There
is still lack of water at the north
ern mills, and as a consequence re-
ceipts are light"
The lumber receipts at Albany
from the opening of navigation to
July ed were 106,407,700 feet,
against 120,03s,2OO for the CORE
spending period of 1873.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-06
Wednesday, Aug 6, 1879

The yellow fever In the southern
portion of the Onion appears to be
of a very dangerous character, and
does not seem to abate. At Mem
phis and New Orleans the authori.
ties are doing all in their power to
prevent the ravages of the terrible
disease, but dispite oil their efforts
ten or fifteen new cases are report
ed nearly every day, with from one
to six deaths. The disease is as
Stunning a more violent nature.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-06
InEEICIAI |
Council Proceedings.

The Common Council of the city o.
Alpena met in the Council Room, on Mon
day evening, August 4th, 1879, and was
called to order at eight o'clock by the
Mayor.
PREsENT.-Wm. II. Potter, Mayor
\. r. Mcdonald, Recorder, and Alder
men Brown, Gebhardt, lealy and Phelps.
Journalof sessions held July, 2lst, 1879,
and July 2Sth, 1879, read, corrected and
approved.
Alderman Golling appeared and took
his seat.
PETITIONS.
Charles Walker, alleging that he is
not now and has not been for several
years, the owner of a dog and asking
that his dog tax be RENTED. Referred
to full Board.
Geo. l.. Maltz and Il others, asking
that Dock street be grayelled from Blu
kcr's TO Trowbridge's track, and that
said street be repaired from Trowbridge's
track to city limits. Referred to Com
mittee on Streets and Sewers.
Peter Paro and - others, asking that
Council remove the nuiSauces made by
the smoking Of petitioners homes by
the smoke from the fire pits of MeSsrs. !
Bewick, ComStock & Co., and Mason,
Luce & Co. Referred TO full Board.
COMMUNE ATOMS.
Comptroller, reporting progress of
negotiations for the purchase of tile.
Ordered placed on file.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
Comptroller, recommending payment
of sundry bills. Referred to the Com.
mittee on Ways and Means.
Comptroller, recommending payment
of the following amounts for salaries for
month OF July, 1879, and for other mat.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-06

utterly destroyed. The Wyan-
dotte rolling mill company it Is
true is a thing of the past. But
it is only the name that is gone. The
property was brought in at song,
by the Eureka iron company, which
is now turning out iron in all the
merchantable forms nearly to the
full capacity of the vast machin-
cry.
The banks even tell a more
cheerful tale. There was a com
plant some time ago that few OF
the Government four per. cents
were sold here. This was really a
subject of congratulation. Money
was worth more than four
per cent in Detroit. Our savings
banks are absolutely reliable and
they pay five. But the real cause
that money commanded better pro-
fits; that business was active; that
real estate was looking up and men
who had money to lend perferred
good s per cent mortgages.
All these things are as sure signs
of the return of prosperous times
as are the budding forth of leaf
and flower of the return of sum-
mer. Detroit Evening News.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-06
The Rush for Farms.

From the New York Tribune we
extract the following in relation to
the increased demand for farming
lands:
The tales they tell of Leadville
and other mining centres of the
West have made a remarkable sem
sation throughout the world, and it
may also be said that people are
swsrming TO those regions from all
the corners Of the earth. But after
all only part Of the great current
of humanity which Is moving west
ward now is drawn toward the
mines. The larger part Of il is at
tracted by the exuberant fertility
of the soil, the health and indepeD-
dence Of an agricultural life, and
passion for ownership Of bit Of
land-thiDgs which have for cool
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-06

There will be erected on the
State Fair Grounds, at Detroit, a
building for the exhibition of the
products Of the Northern half Of
the Lower Peninsula. The object
of this Exhibition Building is to
enable settlers in Northern Michi-
gan to demonstrate the capacity of
the soil and climate for successful
agriculture. Arrangements will
be made for the transportation of
these products to the Fair, free.
The articles sent for exhibition
should he labeled, showing the
County aud Township in which the
same was raised, and the name of
the producer, with the particular
description of his farm. 1t will be
desirable to have grasses, oats,
wheat, barley, rye, corn, etc, etc,
exhibited, so far as practicable, in
punches, so thar the entire growth
may be seen from the roots upward,
as we'll as in the usual form Of
shelled grain. Fruits, vegetables,
etc, etc, all to be shown in the
same hall. The articles shown in
this hall will be for exhibition only,
and not for competition.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-06

We desire to call particular at
tention of the reader, says the Lake
county Star, to the important fact
that northern Michigan is destined
to become one of the most beauti-
full, and is one of the most advan-
tageous localities in the world for
those of moderate means. Water
of the purest and best quality
abounds; soils of almost every va
riety; timber in great variety and
abundance. Lands are cheap. while
the facilities for obtaining markets
are generally good, and rapidly in .
creasipg. The same may be said
Of schools and churches. Material
for bnildiug can be obtained fosh
from the vast pineries, at rates with
in the reach of every one. In point
of healthfulness-dry, pure air, la
den with fragrant scent of pine
we believe it is unsurpassed. There
are thousands of acres Of wild lands
that may be had at prices and on
conditions within the reach of all
of moderate means. The poor man
in need of home has but to put
forth the effort. 1t is only a ques-
tion of time till be becomes indie
pendent and prosperous, if he prac-
tees simple honesty, industry and
economy. Come to northern Mich
igan.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-06

Council adjourn 1t be to meet on the first
Monday in September. Carried.
BY Aid. Golllng, that the City At
torney be, and is hereby instructed to
submit at next meeting, an ordinance re-
curing temperance saloons, so called,
and kindred places, to close Al III o'clock
p. NJ, aud also providing that drug
stores shall sell nothing on Sunday be-
side drugs.
On motion of the Council adjourned.
w. Ii. POTTER,
Mayor
A. r. MCDONALD,
Recorder.