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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-24
CITY
Our Legislative Council Grinas Onward.

AT the meeting of the legislative
council on yesterday afternoon their
official action of public interest was as
follows
A contract to pave Madison street
with stone was awarded to F. Brown.
An ordinance passed on its first read
ing to pave Adams street from Front
to alleyway, with a mysterious sub
stance known as the Telford pavement.
The people residing on Adams street
have subscribed $1,000 towards defray-
ing the expense of laying this pave
ment.
Bids for printing City Attorney
Heiskells digest of the new ordi-
nances are to be advertised for by the
police and fire commissioners.
The gas committee have not com
pleted the contract as yet, but will be
ready to report in a few days.
A lamp is to be erected by the city
engineer at the corner Of Linden and
Orleans streets, the expense to be
borne. by Mr.. Bocler,
Calhoun street is to be graded. The
council thanked Mr.. J. H.. Jennings
for cleaning out a sewer. The COM
mittee on public property made a re-
port, but-only the council understand
what tits. The attorneys report on
the same subject is on file. The scale
ordinance is also on file. A number
of communications were received and
fled.
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Like lIInnetonka.

We happen to know from personal
experience that this is one of the
most beautiful and attractive sheets
Of water in the great Northwest. 1t
is located about twenty miles from ST..
Paul. ten from Minneapolis, and has
over one hundred miles of the most
attractive shores to be found in the
world. The outlet of the lake to the
Mississippi is by way of Minnehaha
Falls. The lake abounds with the
finest fish, which are easily taken
even by the most inexperienced angler.
The st. Paul and Pacific railroad runs
on the north side. Wyzata is the
station where visitors get off. Just
across, on a high promontory, a new
hotel has been built in the midst Of
grand old trees. Hotel Harrow is a
graceful three-story structure 227 feet
long, with ellis, and surrounded with
piazzas and nearly 1000 feet of covered
galleries. A full description of the
grounds and buildings would occupy
a column Of our space. The
new hotel is complete in all its ap,
p%ointments, and was built without
regard to expense by a company O
Kentucky gentlemen. Yachts, fish.
ing tackle, and every facility is afford.
ed those fond Of fishing, bathing, etc
The proprietors can be addressed a
Wyzata, MINI.
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mouse, where the cornerstone cere.
monies are to begin. The following
Is the order Of the march:
Platoon Of Police,
Music-Arnold's Band.
Memphis Light Guards.
Helena Rifles.
Bluff City Grays.
Chickasaw Guards.
Madison Guards, of Huntsville.
Clarksville City Guards.
McClelland Guards.
Memphis Zouaves.
Music-Thomas' Band.
Knights Of Innisfail.
Societa di Unione e Fratelanza I~taliana.
Societe Franchise.
Fire Department.
His Excellency, the Governor and Staff.
The City Officials.
Distinguished Guests.
The Committee of Arrangements.
Masonic Bodies.
DeSoto Lodge, No. 90.
Leila Scott Lodge, No. $50.
Angerona Lodge, No. l6S.
South Memphis Lodge, No. l1S.
Grand Master and Grand Officers.
Programme at the custom-house
grounds
Grand NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Band.
Delivery of the Custom-house by the Ar
chitect to the Grand Master.
Prayer by the Grand Chaplain.
Laying of the cornerstone by the Grand
Master and Grand Officers of the
State.
Pot Pouri-Arnold's Band.
Address by His Exccllency, the Govern
or, Orator of the Day.
Custom-house Quickstep-Arnold-Ar-
nOld's Band.
National Salute OF Thirty-eight Guns.
THE STONE AND ITS CONTENTS.
The cornerstone is of Tennessee
white marble, three feet vide, FIVE feet
long and eighteen inches in depth. A
hole has been drilled within it large
enough to contain a copper box four
teen inches long, ten inches wide and
ten inches high. Within this box
about two hundred different articles
are to be placed. Among the list are
contribution from the United States
government, embracing reports of
officers, all kinds of stamps, coins
one each of every one in circu-
%lation, a double gold eagle, and
other interesting matter. Citizens
donations include historical sketches
of Memphis, commercial reports from
1860 to the present time, list Of the
United States government officials
from President down to congressman,
Tennessee State officials, the mayors
of Memphis, present city and county
officials, a large collection of rare and
valuable ancient coins. The Masonic
relics to be deposited, it is presumed,
will embrace a history of the order,
the names of the lodges and officers,
also emblems and devices of various
kinds. A number of newspapers,
dating as far back as 1927, will also be
a part OF the list.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-24

The Shelby County Grange Associa-
ton, by way of increasing the attractions
at the Fair Grounds, on the Fourth of
July, propose to add to their premium
list a handsome medal for the best drilled
military company on the grounds, as also
m elegant bow and culver to the best
archery club. They have fixed the price
Of admission at fifty cents, and will make
arrangements with the Memphis and
Charleston railroad for round trip tickets
ut low rates. For sale of privileges see
advertisement.
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Importance


Pamphlets on the Absorption Treat
ment,n free for distribution at the office of
the Rochester Pad Company, 81 South
Court street, upstairs. l02
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BrysOn & Camp, 23I Main Street,
are offering their stock of
Carpets and Furniture
Worry Low Figures,
preparatory 10 receipt of fall goods.
TRY Us!


THEEE is no better remedy than Reeds
Gilt Edge Tonic for dyspepsia and indi-
eestion. DIV
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FOR SALE.

WE have three pretty lots " ground IL the
w Seventh aud Tenth wards which We are
authorize 70 syi1 on lohg ,ime' WIN mon'1iy
one or more. a good horse and buggy or phae-
ton, or fne diamonds.
gi99 GUION. BLACK co.
A STOCK Of groceries, fixture, horse and
"A wagon. Good stahH. ll Beal 76-l0l
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NoTHIyd else will effect a cure in fever
and ague and liver compliant SO quickly
~ Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic. DIV
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FOR RENT.


IN Plauters Insurance Building. double and
single %sices. suitable Tor laWyers or physi-
cians: ana double aud single bedrooms. All
well lighted aud ventilated, and all modern
conyenicnres. Apply az Office OF Planter In
Eursnfe Company. Al Madison II. G-lS
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TnE best and purest medicine in the
market for fever and ague il Reeds Gilt
Edge Tonic. DIV
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Fresh cold beer and hot hmch.
Philip FroncioG, Union and Second.
100
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FOR SALE or

BUILDING lot 50xl60 feet on long time; OF
ID will exchange for anything OF like value.
Address LOT OWNER, this Office. 60f
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RefrigerRtOrs, Ice Chests, Water
Coolers, Jewctf's Patent Filter,
Ite-eream Freezers, very low.
5gt n. J.. TURNBULL, 284 Main.
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PAPERS AND MAGAZINES
mailed 10 parties leaving the city
for the summer, by Rob Young,
corner second and Monroe. lc8
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To keep cool and healthy drink Nash
willie Sulphur Water. Agents, 27S Second.
lOi
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WARM SPRINGS,
MADISON COUNTY.
WESTERN NORTH. CAROLINA.
Health and Pleasure Resort.

H0Iand cold water, unsurpassed mountain
IL climate, %unequaTed scenery, and mag
%niiicent hotel accommodations for eight hun
bred guests. Hot baths, in conjunction with
climatic influences, almost specific for rheu-
matism. neuralgia, nervous and congtitu-
tiOnql diseases, diseases of the sdin, kidneys
and bladder, and malarial disorders.
nF- Send for descriptive circular.
DIR. VIM. III. IAOWERTON, PrOp'r.
80105
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HYDRANT Hose-vERY cnEAP.
TSt BRowNE, 2jS Second =.
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,

We offer to planters 1000 meal sacks,
100 pieces ticking, 1900 pieces domestic,
o%snaburg, cotton plaids, cottonades and
jeans, and many other cotton goods
Damaged at the NJ. Louis Fire.
1t will pay you well to call and exam
inc these goods and prices.
KAHN a. FREIBERG.
To GIVE tone to the stomach and stimu-
late digestion there is nothing like Reeds
Gilt Edge Tonic. DIV
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PERSONAL.

I NJ. COLEMAN, Justice Of the Peace,
u. Notary Public and Commissioner Ol
Deeds. Special attention given 70 collections
In the county. Office 81 Front st. ISL
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A SITUATION in any good business by .
~ 10y Of sixteen. Writes a good hand, and
can give frst-class references. AddressP u.
W., al this Office. 9f
WET RURsE-A good wet nurse Ccolored),
w With . baby 5 toe months old. Apply
to y. NJ. STRATT0N h CO., 2l Main It. lglt
IN SIuNGLE-MAKERS. Apply at No. 81
IN Fourth street. Chelsea. set
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ANY one desiring an experienced nurse fer
"A the sick can get one by applying to JOS.
MRSRlT2, No. III Linden street, up-staifs.
"a. InQ
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WANTED.

r. employ. for steady work, all the jeans
cont, rants and vesi makers in the city.
A. SPIR0. Manufacturer,
%.i2O NORTH Court st.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-07-17
A Queer Chicken.

Mr.. David Fishel, of this city, is the
proud and happy poss"ssol OF queer
fowl that settles for all time the question
of hens teeth. There is probably hardly
a reader of the Herald that has not ut
some time during his OF her life stopped
TO think whether a hen had teeth or not,
and then have laughed for entertaining
the question. Itmay be safely said now
that the laugh is on the other Slde.'
There is hen that has teeth, and MI:
Fishel has the hen. The teeth are not
very large ones, it is true, but can be
plainly seen when the chickens mouth
IS opcn, and look very much like
babv's first TWO or three incisors. There
are none on the lower jaw for the ami
NAL seems to have jaws), but its aifec-
tionate owner, who, by the way, seems
TO regard it very much as most men
would regard baby, says that he hopes
II will in time develop more mastlcators:
The hen is somewhat giddy, rs yet not
being quite a year old, and was born
and raised in Ohio, arriving in this city,
with a large invoice of her sisters,
cousins and aunts and an oceaSiclal sti ?Iaa
uncle. about week ago. She lell lnto
Mr.. Fishel's hands in the regular way OF
business. and has for the past three days
occupied with pride and becoming seii-
possession large show window IN MS
Shop. She has no bill, and her head IS
something like a monkeys, with Il fore
head. The nose and nostrils are very
Ikea humans. and the cartilage OF the
nose is soft. responding freely to the
finger touch. h.-Ne1U York Herald.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-07-17
A Trick of the Clairyoyants.

In drawing out the facts of personal
or family history, clairvoyants do not
ALWAYS ask direct questions, but rather
make statements with an implied inter-
roration, to which the vic:im, often
times entirely unconSciously, responds
by word or look or gesture. or perhaps
by ali three: and, ut u later stage OF the
interview, these secret facts sre artfIlly
eiven back to the victim, who has no
recollection of having previously i'm
pnrtrd them, and will not believe he has
done so, but prefers to believe that he is
in the presence of divinity.
1t is not only possible but easy for Il
practical adept to draw out in this way
minute and elaborate details OF secret
family history. \ few years ago, while
connected with one Of the public insti-
tutions of this city, Imade Il number of
experiments in this line. told the
patients afflicted with various forms of
nervous and allied disorders not to tell
me about their symptoms, nor give me
any facts in their cases, but to let me
! tell them; and then would proceed to
Indicate, after the manner of 4 clairvoy-
ant. the locality of their maladies and
the history of their troubles. In the
majority of cases / was successful, and
made out the diagnosis to the satisfac-
ton of those who sought my advice,
and with good reason, for nothing that
could do prevented them from telling
me, although asked, them no questions
unintcntionally and unconsciOusly, they
would guide me at every stage of the in,
tcrview. BY little R'actice any ono
could easily acquire this art; and long
study, such us professional clairvoyants
bcstow upon this subject, develops great
skill in thus managing and deluding the
unwarv and non-cXpert.- rt.-Scri6ncr.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-07-17
How Gen, Shields was Cured.

The late Gen. Shields, ut the battle OF
Cerro Gordo. in Mexico, was severely
wounded while leading his men, but he
refused to quit the field. He advanced
to The charge, when lie was struck in
the chest by Il copper srapesh0t that
passed through his lungs. lie teIi INTO
the arms of Oglesby, at present United
States Senator from Illinois, and was
carried from the battlefield to all ap7.
nparances lifeless. Obituary notices APP
peared aftcrward in nearly the papers
of the country, so convinced were the
brother officers of the impossibillty OF
his surviving such u terrible wound.
For weeks he lay ut the brink OF dcath
in the ncighborhood of the Battlefield,
and his cure seems little short of mir
acle. The army surgeons had given him
over for death when 4 Mexican doctor
said he would live if he would let nm
remove the coagulated blood from the
wound. Shields, rs kill or cure RENE
DIV. told him to try, and n fine SILK hand
kerchief was worked in and hnally
drawn through the wound, rcmo,ylng
thc eytravasant blood, when daylight
could be seen through the hole. lie
lived to be hale and hearty man. free
from disease or any Inconvenience from
the wound, which was considered ut that
time mortal,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-07-17
A Mnrnhine Eaters Pet.

A lady offered 800 reward for the re-
covery of pet white rat in Il Syracuse
IN. " paper. The reporters learned
that she was a morphine eater, and on a
man of Syracuse. The drug was taken
to allay pain. After her arrival, when
under the influence of opium. the pet rat
fell out of the bosom of her dress, where
She was in the habit of carrying it, and
was killed by market men. The lady
said she could not sleep till she had an
other pet rat and started for New w. York 5.rk
to obtain one. Her father says the rat
was perfectly tame ana or aero'eG e1 10 otbeS lsS
subjects s except this pet and morphine or
Sn opi;Im She said She was robbed OF
Of #: the drug, but added: Il can buy more
rings but will give $500 to regain my
darling rat"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-07-17
4 Snendthrift's Luck,

The gambling hell ut Monaco returns
within q trihe of S2,500,000 to its. pro-
prietor. The princely revenue will be
Short this year to the income OF a grand
duke of Pumpernickel. One of the most
remarkable instances Of lucky gambling
ever recorded has just set the crowd ut
the little free city atire with envy. Early
in the spring there was rumor OF dis
aster impending over an ancient British
baronctcy, which has given heroes, poets
and lawyers to the country. The heir
had inherited Sl,OO0,O00 debts, added to
a round sum he hld raised ut Accom-
modaticn Bank interest. When the
usurcrs found their security q shadow,
and the mortgages discovered that the
successor to the title and estates had be-
gun by dipping the property further, it
was resolved to force payment. Anoblee
duke, whose name was much mentioned
in connection with the Glasgow Bank,
generously lent us much as deferred the
evil day. But the smash would have
come iii the same. but for the wonderful
stroke of luck which befel the spend
thrift patrician ut Monaco. He broke
the bank three nights running. His last
coup made round $500, 900, in addition
to the 100000 captured by him the two
niphts DreyiOuS.
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Falling Thirteen Hundred Feet.

Three miners in the Savage mine ut
Virginia City, Nevada, started up the
shaft Just us the six o'clock morning
whistle blew. They were Nicholas
Dickmon, John Champion and T. X.
johnson. They had worked all night:
When fifty feet from the surface and
1000 from the bottom of the shaft they
rang for the cage to stop so that several
articles might be thrown into Il COM
partment. Dickmon and Champion
were leaning with their backs against
the wall plates and their feet on the
cage. Suddenly without warning. the
cage began to 90 up. The feet of the
two men were thrown upward in an
instant. and both slipped backward be-
tween the cage and the timbers. Cham
pion caught one of the braces OF the
cage and saved himself. but Dickmon
fell the 1900 feet to the bottom of the
shaft. johnson says that when Dick
mon was falling he uttered not 4 word,
but gave him Il look that he will never
forget till, his dying day. When his
body was recovered by the men working
below it was mangled beyond the posi-.
bility of recognition. The left arm and
right leg were severed from the trunk,
the abdomen was shockingly lacerated
and the head was utterly annihilated.
The body was gathered up piece by
piece and placed in Il sack. in which il
was carried to the surface. The accl-
dent was brought about by n blundcl
on the part of the engineer at the mouth
of the shaft
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-07-17
A Pet Turtle.

Mrs. Il. Taylor Lacy, of Reading, Pa,
has Il number of pets. among which are
ringdoves, canary birds, white rabbits,
fancy stock of fowls. n dog and land
tortoise. She said to D reporter that she
"hardly knew which she thought the
most of, excepting it might be the land
tortoise, which she would not sell for
anv money! She was stroking the
head of the tortoise with her finger, and.
as she spoke to it, calling it my pet, "
the shcllcd animal looked up into her
face and turned its head to one side and
then to the other, as if listening to and
understanding what she said. When
the reporter came close it quickly drew
back out of sight into its shell, and she
remarked, 1.-The little pet is afraid OF
strangers" -,
Bread and milk in bucket"
GLOW long have you had it?n
About two years. / received it from
friend in Philadelphia. A cousin of
mine residing in that city has one that
makes peculiar noise when it wants
something to eat, and it follows mem
hers of the family all around the yard:
They keep it in the yard in summer, and
at the approach of winter it goes to the
cellar door, when some one opens ii and
it goes down and creeps into the ground,
where it stays until spring.
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Little by Little.
me step and then. another.

One step and then. announcer,
IAnd the longest walk is ended;
One stitch and then another,
And the largest rent is mended;
One brick upon another,
:; EAnd the highest wall is made; .
One fake upon another,
And thedeepest snow is laid.
So the little coral-workers, -,
EBy their slow but constant motion,
Have built those pretty islands
In the distant dark-blue ocean;
And the noblest undertakings
Mans wisdom has conceived,
BY oft.repeated efforts o"
Have been patiently achieved.
Then do not look disheartened
= o'erthe work you hfa$e n to do, % sss
Ana5say that such a mighty task :,
You never can get through;
But Just endeayor day by day ss
Another pont 70 gam, 81
And soon the mountain which you feared
VIII prove to bes plain
"Rome was not builded ina day."
The ancient proverb teaehes; .
AID nature, by her trees and flowers, .
The same sweet sermon preaches.ss'
Think not Of lar-of dntiesi
But Of duties which; are near;
And having once begun 10 work, s
Resolve to persevere. = va
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Bosom friends-Studs.

Bosom frlendS-StuQS.
Iowa has ten counties named after ten
ex-Presidents of the United States.
A. little advertising now and then will
do no harm to business men.
An Indiana farmer shot into his smoke
house at a supposed thief, and killed
his uncle.
"You follow the legal profession, I
believe, sir?" Lawyer Pompous: mo,
sir; l lead it"
Vice-President Wheeler has now, since
the death of his sister, no relative nearer
than his cousin.
Senator Bruce estimates that between
5000 and 10000 colored people left
Mississippi for Kansas during the
"exodus fever.
The recent cyclone in Kansas was
quite popular-many persons were really
carried away with it.
The Detroit Free Press is sure that the
liability of a statesman docs not depend
upon the size of his jaw"
The Missouri farmers are reported to
be driving posts in the ground to hang
to when the cyclones come.
In reducing its postage rate from five
to three cents, n year ago, the French
government has suffered decrease in
revenue of S5,500,000.
Oh, It's tile saddest sea-
son Of the year;
For the terrible mosqui-
to doth appear.
Oh, dear!
Erie HerqH
The following includes the names OF
all the American horses that have ever
trotted in less than 2.ls: Rarus, 2.131;
Goldsmith Maid, 2.14; Hopeful, 2. .ld3;
Lulu, 2.l5; Smuggler, rs; Lucille Gold
dust, 2.l6i; American Girl, 2. .l6a; Clos
ter, All; Dexter, 2.l74. .
LOVES MELo-DRAMA.
ACT one, they meet, as in a pleasing dream;
Act iw,,, he'll II eat TO soda and ice-cream;
Art :hree, his cash, aIastHis nearly PLAYED;
As s' s!ss sss ss ssssis ass ssa ssas
siGSiiI q q; ls 1. &. . !,
EEssFIiftte Freddy was undergoing The dis.
thSreeable operation Shaving. Ilis haII
combcd by his mother md he grhmbled
at the maneuver. Why, Freddie" +"
said mamma, you ought not to make
such a fuss. don't fuss and cry when
nv lair is combed." Yes" replied
the youthful party. but your hair amt
hitched to your head"
The Philadelphia Ledger believes that
if there were more gymnastic exercises
in our public schools there would be
fewer Ihalt-alivc people in the world.
Don't know about that. We once saw
a schoolmaster chase a boy six times
around the school.room, over des ks and
benches, and out of Il window, and when
he caught him that boy, for the space
OF nm hour, felt only about hall alive,
despite the exercise he had just induISed
| in - .-NoyyiStO1Un Herald.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-07-17
The Passing Day.

Stay, sweet day, Tor thou art tair,
Fair, and full, and calm;
Crowned through all thy golden hours,
With loves freshest, purest flowers,
Strong in faiths unshaken powers,
Rich in hopes bright balm.
Stay, what chance and change may wait,
As.you glide away;
Now is all so glad and bright,
Now we breathe in sure delight
Now we smile in fate's despite.
Stay with US, sweet day.
All! she cannot, may not stop;
All things must decay;
So with head, and heart, and will,
Take the Joy that fingers still,
Take the pause in strife and i'll,
Prize the passing day.
Ali the Year Round.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-07-17

A man who attends strictly to his
own business, says the Quincy Modern
Argo, is always busy, but the man who
wants to attend strictly to your business
can go to fire or circus just rs well mt
one time rs at another. We arc always
ready to give him IL vacation.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-07-17

Observe the man who advertises. He
means business. and he don't care who
knows it. The man who don't advertise
may mean business. but he is afraid TO
say ANYTHING about it,--Modcrn ,4Fy0.