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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-23
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PIrrsBURGH, August 22.-rctrolcum--
Quiet; crude 70c at rarker's ior immc-
diate shipment; refined Oic Tor Phil
adelphia delivery.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-23

The receipts since Monday are l,772
head. Trade has been fair and prices
fully maintained. The quality varies
little, il any, from last week Prices JCg
bic.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
SharOD,s NaIapV.

Washington Special to Cincinnati Enquirer
The question whether the law is n
dead letter which enacts that no mem
Der of congress shall be paid the
amount of his salary from the day that
he is absent from his official duties.
except with leave or on account of
sickness, Will probably be ascertained
before long. 1t is a notorious fact
that Senator Sharon, Of Nevada, has
rarely attended the sessions of the
senate, He has not been in his seat
more than two months since he quail
fed. He left here on February Goth
last, after drawing the full amount
due him to that date. Having neg
lected to appear at the e~xtra'session of
the Forty-sixth congress, Col. Burch.
secretary of the senate, states that if
Mr.. Sharon demands his salary for the
period OF that session he will, before
paying the money, submit the case to-
the first comptroller of the currency.
and obtain a written opinion from him
concerning his duty in the premises.
The law, however, is so clear that it
is doubtful whether any construction
can be placed upon it that will give to
Mr. Sharon the money which he never
earned. Sections 40 and IL of the
revised statutes expressly forbid the
payment of salary or mileage to mem
bers who absent themselves without
sufficient cause.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
Mrs. Smiths Baptism.

New York Tribune.l
If Mrs. Smith, who is now in the
custody of the sheriff of Hudson
county, sentenced to death for the
murder Of her husband, can find any
comfort or hope in the sacrament Of
baptism, no n would be so cruel as
to deny her this consolation. 1t does
not appear, however, why DR.. Rice
should have chosen to celebrate this
solemnity with such circumstance.
AS it was a matter between Mrs.
Smith and her maker, there seems to
have been no occasion for so much
dress, parade and publicity. If Mrs.
Smith had been treated like an ordi-
nary sinner, who repents and is re-
ceived into the fold without observa-
ton, her sense of joy and security
upon being adopted into the house,
hold of faith would have been quite
as sweet and satisfying. Indeed,
there was a CHASTITY suggestion of in
sincerity in the magnificent hair," "
the rosebud on the bosom, and the
rest Of the millinery Of the occasion,
which makes the judicious grieve.
The whole performance, or entertain
ment, is not only to be condemned as
a manifestation of that soft sentiment
talism, which looks at crime at its
worst as only a mistake, but it has the
appearance whatever may have been
the inner motives of the participa-
tors) of a theatrical exhibition for
scenical effect. Still worse, it looks
like p%rofane triding with the mysteries
of our spiritual nature, and a Chris
tan clergyman should certainly avoid
the appearance of such irreverence.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
The R-lackrnaiIers.

At noon the juryin the case Of Sims
aud Foster, charged with endeayoring
to extort money from Mrs. Dawson by
means of threatening letters, were still
celebrating. 1t is said that when they
first balloted after going from the
courtroom upon the termination of
the trial, yesterday, they stood eight
for acquittal and four for conviction.
As there r several chronics on the
jury those posted concerning the mys-
teries Of the service were willing to
bet that no verdict would be arrived
at to-day, and perhaps not tomorrow.
1t IA developed during the course
of the trial that the threatening let
tiers were written BY Hugh Davis, and
that he is the most guilty of the trio.
He was, however, aided and abetted
by the persons now on trial, M of
whom was the main plotter of the
entire affair. Davis, knowing he
played the leading part, has made
himself scarce and will, it is stated.
never return here. In case he
should have the temerity to
again attempt to tread the soil
Of these bluffs, his own kindred stand
ready to prosecute him for attempted
villainy to the limit Of the law, The
two men, Foster and Sims, in their
general appearance do not seem to be
persons of bad character. One is
more than a beardless boy, and
has an open and rather pleasant cast
of features. The other wears long
whiskers, and would pass anywhere
a clever and an intelligent me-
Their prospects to get clear
Of the dirty business in which they
have figured is regared as very bad.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
An Unfortunate Woman at Hast
Finds Peace.
pecial to The Courier |.

Special to the Courier-Journal
ELIzABETHTowN, July Mr. Lucy
Belle Jeffries, the wife of James Nj.
Jeffries, whose recent exploit in elop-
ing with his cousin, Flora Wood, is
fresh in the minds Of the readers of
the Courier journal, died in Louis
vile this morning, where she had gone
for treatment Of a tumor of the stom-
aeh, Her remains were taken to
Horse Cave to-day, where her mother
resides, for interment. Jeffries sepa-
rated from this lady in September last.
In January she gave birth to a child.
which, happily, died soon after birth
Then the tumor in the stomach came
as a torture in addition to her other
troubles. and lastly tho elopement of
the man she once called her husband
with another, and his bigamous mar
riage During all these latter DAYS of
trouble, Mrs. Jefries has RETAINED
from any act chat would be construed
into persecution of the man who so
shametully wronged her, and took NO
part In the proceedings to bring him
to Justice. But her troubles are at an
end at last,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08

VI WV AIaAEhAMOs
Life among the Fall River mill
operatives is pictured by the Boston
Herald as a round of drudgery. They
live in crowded and often cherries
tenements, although the common laws
of health are not generally disre-
garded, and some of the homes are
beautiied with pictures, carpets, and
flowers. Men, women and children
work together in the mills, and the
home is little more than a lodging in
most cases. The wives and mothers
are bound to a perpetual slavery.
They work as hard as anybody in the
mill, and, when the mill day is yer.
their duties become terribly onerous.
Upon reaching home supper is to be
swallowed, and then, while the rest of
the family find rest or recreation, all
there is Of housekeeping is performed
by the wife, occasionally assisted
by her children, if they are old enough.
There will be no time next morning
for cooking breakfast, and it must be
looked out for over night. Dinner is
to be taken to the mill, and its sub
stantial materials must be cooked
during the evening. While the ket-
tie is bubbling, or. the frying Dam
sizzling, or the oven baking, or all
together are sending out their heats.
the washing of the bed and personal
clothing for the household may be pei,
formed, the old mans trousers mend
ed, or the children's clothes madA or
repaired. If one of the brood is sick
1t may also receive attention at the
same time. The wife and raother thus
tolls for her family, living a life the
like Of which no Southern slave ever
dreamed about, Tntemperance too
commonly adds its sorrows to the rest.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08

waggiHg freely and telling a dozen OF
more different yarns concerning it.
This morning Mr.. {. McQueen is out
in 8 lot Of cards asserting that he did
not do it. The whole affair has a
smack Of tho old story Of the three
black crows.
The concert to be given in Chelsea
for the benefit of the Third Presby-
terrain Church, tonight, promises to
be a very fine affair. Prot. Winkler
has charge, and is assisted by Prot.
George Handwerker, and some of the
best amateur talent of the city. The
programme is a very attractive one.
and all will be delighted who attend.
Give them a crowded house,
Memphis Lodge No. 1876 K. of H.
numbers 24 thi,d degree members.
Eight candidates took the first degree
last night. The lodge is in a flourish
ing condition. An elegant badge,
prepared some months ago, was last
night presented to Mr.. William 1.
Berlin, lately returned from New
York, for his faithful and noble con-
duet as a member of the central relief
committee during the epidemic last
fall.
The female who endeayored to end
her with morphine, on Poplar
street, Sunday last, died last night
near one o'clock. Three physicians
and fifty cents worth of morphine
is a fearful ordeal for any human
being to encounter, and Mrs.
Madden was not equal to the emer-
gency. The maiden nam Of Mrs.
Madden was Joyce, and she is said to
have been reared in this city.
The corn crop will exceed an aver
age wheat will turn out three fourth
of an average, and a very superior
quality; cotton is very promising. with
an acreage increase Of fifteen per cent
over last year; tobacco is promising,
but the crop is not so large by about
One-third ss last year, and grasses
have been damaged by drouth. This
sums up the July report for Tennessee
Us made at Nashville by the commits
sioner of agriculture.
The river has risen at this point
four aud a half feet since the swell set
in a week ago to-day. The present
stage is fifteen feet eight inches above
low water mark. This affords nearly
twenty feet in the channel over the
shoalest places southwark. The war
ship Wachusett ought to come up
without difficulty now. 1t is stated
that the vessel has been foated from
the place she grounded and returned
to Yieksburg for a fresh supply Of
fuel.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08

Personal.


Mr. Ike F. Danheiser departed to-
day Tor Chicago, where he will spend
the summer.
Joseph W. Boeage, Arkansas, and
n. f. Hughes, Mississippi, we're visi-
tors at the cotton exchange to-day.
Miss Sarah GreeDwald, of Sardis.
has returned home after a pleasant
stay in the city, her cousin, Miss Rosa
Frank. accompanying her home for a
summer yiht
Among other visitors here yesterday
were James Pentress, Of Bolivar; VIM.
A. Williamson. S~omeryille; Samuel
Praehe1, Nashville A. f. Burr,
Nashville g. A. Henry and wife,
Taseuu5ia
General Randolph Fink, superin-
isndeni Of the Memphis and Little
Rock railroad Colonel Gus A. Henry
and wife, Of Tuscumbia, Ala. and
Colonel WIN. A. Williamson, Of Fay
cite county, are at the Peabody.
Mrs. ". +. Lane, Miss Lena Lane.
and Mrs, Sanders and daughter left
last night, via the Memphis and
Charleston railroad, for Old Point
Comfort, Va, to enjoy the invigorat-
Ing c breezes during the heated
term.
Mr.. D. A. Reid, of potato and berry
shipping renown, will leave by the
steamer Cons Millar this afternoon for
a tour among the Northwestern cities,
including Cincinnati Detroit, Chi
osgQ, Indianapolis and st. Louis. Mr..
Reid has just closed the Wast success
full season Of business in his history in
the particular line he follows.
Mrs. NJ. G. Galloway and Mrs.
Lausoaec Banks left last night for
Iuka and NQrth Alabama Mr.. J. ].
Duffy is absent a; . delegate
to the convention Of the Cath
oiic knights Of Awerica at Ipdiapap.
oils, Ind. General Joseph Williams
is to summer at Montgomery White
Sulphur, Va, and Mrs. A. i, Basker-
vile visits Biddeford, Ne, during the
bot season.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
Court-ssanse Notes.


The Shelby County Circuit Court
adjourned for the term Yesterday.
The United States Court adjourned
TO. day until the first Monday in Octo-
Der next.
Prisoners in the county Jail number
g, and Of these Is await a chance to
get to the p~enitentiary.
VIM. R. Baker and Miss Josephine
Potts, G. W. Robertson and Mrs.
Mary Wilson, Charles johnson and
Annie Bowman, Walter Freeman aud
Matilda Roach were all licensed to
marry since yesterday.
Judge R. B. Miller occupied the
Criminal Court bench to-day in the
absence of Judge Ray, who is ill. The
only case of interest was that of Leroy
Moore, who was acquitted of a charge
of larceny.
City Attorney c, w. Heiskell has
been directed to at once set to work
toward making up the first digest of
the local laws of the Taxing District
of Shelby county. The legislature
has ordered this labor to be performed
once every three years.
The County Court yesterday APP
pointed a committee to investigate the
President Island affair. and then or.
dered the committee not to investi-
gate. Sheriff McGowan is expected
to straighten the situation thereabouts
and keep it in good shape from this
time forth.
The boss squires were in session
this forenoon struggling in the sum
mer heat over sundry accounts and
appropriations. Among other con-
spicuous features solemnly repudi-
ated, after urgent discussion, was an
account for advertising the election of
last fall in the Appeal and LEDGER.
The two accounts amounted to about
dollars. Tho bosses some time
ago squeezed their minds up to the
sticking point and allowed the Ava
lanche its bill for the same work. The
rest must now whistle for their pay or
proceed some other way to obtain it.
This county owns $4,000 of the Holly
Springs, Brownsville and Ohio railroad
The County Court yesterday
empowered Chairman Holman to ex-
change the same for $4,000 of new first
mortgage bonds. The first mentioned
arc pronounced illegal, and d new issue
has been ordered by the company at
the rate Of fifty cents on the dollar.
The county some time ago sold to this
road a lot of iron and rolling stock
formerly on the road leading from
towards this city. The sale
was only partial, however, and yester-
day the court referred the matter of
confirming and repudiating il to Chair
man Holman and the county attorney.
The rolling stock and the iron was
conveyed to Brownsville for the use of
the road then in process of construc-
ton by Colonel Vaughan two or three
years since.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
The Snicide.

Louisa Joyce, known as Lou Mad
den, died at l46 Poplar street shortly
after y o'clock last night from an
overdose Of morphine taken on Sun
day last. An inquest was held and
the facts developed that Louisa was a
native Of Alabama, twenty three years
of age and that owing to a quarrel
she had with Jas. Quirk, a machinist
at the Charleston railroad shops, sac
had taken the drug, at the same time
sending word to him hat if he desired
to see her alive he must hasten to her
bedside. The poor woman is said to
have lived with Quirk several years,
audit is also said she was the mother of
two children, neither of whom are
living.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
E,anern Lnst.

In the chancery case of the Home
Insurance Company of New York VS..
the Taxing District a afe of papers,
briefs, etc, have been lost or miSlaid.
They are of no value except to the
parties in the suit. The finder will
confer a favor by returning to U. W.
Miller, "a Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
HOw Seth Green Became u Fish
CulturisE.

Among the interesting men of
Rochester, N. Y, is Seth Green, the
patron of fish culture in America.
He is broad-shouldered man, with a
square, seaman-like face, Redeemed by
the sun and good living. He has a
fine white beard flowing over his
chest, and he generally wears a sort of
brown velvet sacque and drives a good
horse. He is worth about $4,000,
accumulated as a fisherman.
| said to him in a few minutes con-
versation we had Mr.. Green, what
put you in the notion of Matching fish
and restocking our streams2 81
fished Lake Ontario he said, "for
about one generation. | had one
hundred miles of net and one hundred
hands before | was done. | kept a
fish market in Rochester. and supplied
white fish, salmon, trout, picEerel.
ETC., all over the country. l was a
good line fisherman, and went up the
stream leading into the lake to get
brook trout, salmon and other game
fish. 0ne day when up the stream |
saw a fine female salmon, weighing
about six pounds, come up, attended
by her mate, and three or four other
fish. had time to jump behind a
tree and take an observation, and there
| saw the salmon begin to scoop out a
place in the bottom of the brook with
her tail. Aftcp scooping awhile she
would SO off ooquettishly and then
come back, and the other fish seemed
to help her. 1t occurred TO me that
she was putting her spawn down there
beyond the reach Of other kinds of
fish. There is nothing in the world
so delightful to brook trout as to de.
vow salmon spawn.
You know how salmon multiply.
Put the spawn out of sight and it will
multiply iuto little salmon let it lie
in tho water aud the trout will cat it.
| became so interested in that incl
dent that | got up in the tree next
day aud made myself a kind Of SCAT
there among the boughs, where |
could look down in the clear water at
the operations of those fish to protect
their spawn. mado up my mind
then that if | ever got a little more
money than would Keep me | would
40 at fish culture. IL had been begun
in England, and | began to read on it.
As soon as | had $1,000 a year more
income than my necessities | went at
the FISH business and took a brook,
near Rochester, where | had five
miles to myself, invented my Matching
boxes, and started in. The ouly
money | have made in this business
was by the sale Of the brook. | made
S1l, 900 or it..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
Police News.

Six m~alefactofs were before Judge
Porter's Court this forenoon. Levi
Moore, for sleeping in Court Squares
shady hooks, paid a fine Of 81. Will
liam English, a ~5d-year-old Irishman,
and Sarah Davis, a 25-year-old leu
ton, were each fined s., which they
have not yet been able to settle. Jas.
Burrough, drunk, and Geo. Forrest,
street beggar, were discharged. Jane
McCullan hit a child, and tried to
make a man hit her she fought an
officer like a tigross. but was finally
overpoweFed and taken to the lookup,
where her temper will be permitted to
cool until tomorrow.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08

James Palmer went into an under.
takers shop at Riverton, Va, and cot
measured for a coffin, which he said
was for a man exactly his size. Have
It ready this afternoon, - he said, For
the corpse will be ready by that time"
Then he went to a railroad track near
by, lay down on it and let the train
run over him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
NIrs. Langtry ConaIng over.
American Register,

Amollcdn heglhtcfL
Mrs. Langtry, the " sensation beau
ty" of the last three seasons, is going
for a little trip to the United States,
and has engaged passage on one of the
magnificent vessela OF the White Star
Line, AS She lady in question has
used up England in the beauty
business, she pines, no doubt, for
fresh fields and pastures new, The
fact is, Miss Nelson, the actress, has
rather put Mrs Langtry's nose out of
joint. She is the lioness of the sea-
son. She makes up" to look five
and-twenty, and a woman must be a
good artist who can knock fifteen
years of her age and defy the sun
light. 1t Is all very well at night, on
the stage, but women generally betray
their want Of artistic touch When they
paint aud powder for the orb Of day.
La Nelson flashes up and down Rot
ten row on a coal black steed, to the
delight of our jeunesso (stagc) doree-
aud Mrs. Langtry is mot in it," as
the sportsmen say. The Americans
arc fond Of diamonds. Mrs. Langtry
possesses about $4,000 worth of the
white sparklers, and these, with the
prestige of her name, which is well
known in the States, will render her
an object Of interest for some weeks.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
A Bonanaa Romance.

San Francisco POST
VIM. S. 0'Brien. the California
millionaire, declared on his death bed
that his only brother had passed from
earth in the city Of Baltimore as long
ago as 1861. Nevertheless, the will Of
the bonanza king showed q heduest of
100000 to Pauline 0'Brien, a beauti-
full girl whose underlined relations to
the rich man, under whose roof she
dwelt, had been a matter of gossip in
San Francisco. Pauline had been
accustomed to speak of the millionaire
as Uncle William, and when it became
known that her share was tsre same as
those received by the recognized
1%ieces, the mystery deOpened. After
the death Of 0'Brien, Pauline, in
company with an aged woman, who
proved to be her mother, took a flying
trip to Raleigh, N. c., returning
thence to San Francisco with an old,
decrepid man. Arrived again at the
Golden Gate, Pauline locked the old
couple in rooms at the Palace Hotel
and announcing to the 0'Brien heirs
that she had found her father, p. H.
.0Brien, who had never been worth a
dime, claimed for him 81, 900. Her
lawyer furnished the trustees of the
estate with indisputable proof that
William s. and Patrick H, we're
brothers. Months passed and the
matter had nearly reached the courts
when a compromise was effected,
Under the compromise the trustees
paid over to Pauline and her mother
$600,000 This payment was made on
last Wednesday week, but old Patrick
never saw his bonanza, he having died
on T~uesday-the day before the pay,
ment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
mi 1lUxZLEs
Al y. J. ~TURNRULL'S,
23i Main NJ. /
Kingston Springs.

New bowling-alley, and a saloon wei
supplied, have been added to the attrac.
lions. ll2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08

Bastcsn tourists iciH find i 10 their
~adcaaiage % call at s,y o6ice and er-
aHias roUtes before purchasing tickets.
J. D. MOORE, Z3 Min st.,
Uader " & C. r. r. Office.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
Kingston Springs.
The best cooks 10 the State.
RecOrded.

To-day and yesterday the following
papers were recorded in the county
registers books Chauoery Court to
S. Mansfield, decree b. L. Harrell
and A. NJ. and a. B. Hammer to R.
c. Kirk, deeds; 4. Meyers to George
Meyers, sale Charles Warden to
Hates Jones, SALE o. S. QuesneI to S.
W. Garrison, mottgage; j, Saligman
aud 4. i. lelcbG to City Railroad
COMPANY, deed and quit claim II.
Harris and Joht Mason to A. II.
kecr, mortgage Harry Hicks to s.
4. Douglas, mortgage j. Y. Patrick
to j, T, Lauler / Co, agreement of
lease q. Lathamto NJ. Malopcy, trust
deed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
BARRELS!
Kingston Springs.

All Dodd's celebrated string band will
dispense the best of music during the
season. 1l2
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kingston Springs,

Family rates Of board, 50 per month,
and half price for children. Round trip
500. IL
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08

Prince Alexander, of the Ne,bor.
lands, heir to the throne, is a sufferer
from spinal complaint. He IL ,~oaI
pale and delicate, and has hair almost
as white as an Albino. ''Hios'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
Memphis and IEadRcsA RsiIroad.

IN January, ISL, the city of Mem
phis was authdized to subscribe
100000 to the Mississippi river rail
road, since called the Memphi, aud
Paducah railroad. OF this amount
sl0O,5 were Issued in July, 1873.
Yesterday Patrick NJ. Nichol, through
his agent, W. J. Chase, entered suit
before Judge heroo in the Shelby
County Circuit Court against the
present city authorities, to compel the
said authorities to levy a tax for the
payment Of the interest past due and
TO become due on those bonds. 1t is
only . part of the mass Of litigation
which our peonle are destined to have
saddled upon them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08

Captain j. s. Barton, who won at
Creedmoor the title and badge Of the
champion military marksman Of the
United States, has lost his right W.
by an accident in an 0swego planning
mill.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08

il. Sharp, Cigar Dealer,
Has removed 10 3J1 Main street.
Genuine Hey West cigars, DC.
All brands OfCigars and Tobacco.
111H
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
BARRELSi BARREIsi

White Fish, sIacklnnw Trout
and Red snapper NJ SignnigO's.
lls