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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26
A TOUGH STORY.
Most Remarkable Case of Supernatural
Influence.

Special to the Courier-Journall
ELIZABETHTowN, February pa
somewhat tough story comes to me
from the west end of this county, and
if it turns out as luckily as those in
terested have reason to hope, it will
be one of the most remarkable cases
OF supernatural influence on record.
The place is little village on Rough
creek, on the edge of Grayson county,
known to many of the Courier Jour
nal readers as Rough Greek Springs,
but to the geography of Hardin county
as Sulphurville or Hardin Springs.
The location is romantic, and the hills
and the steep decliyities and the ere
vassers in the rock-girt bank of the
turbid stream are large. 1t is Just
such a place as Captain Kidd, or a
modern edition of that somewhat my
thical person, would seek to plant un-
told treasurers. for it is one of those
spots where, by force of circumstances.
one would least naturally look for any
thing Of the kind. Be this as it may,
though, the story comes all the same
that Mrs. John Harris, who resides
there, claims to have had angelic as
surance on three different and sepa-
rately distinct occasions that untold
wealth was hidden in those dark for
nations Of nature, about one mile
from Sulphuryille, and angelic admo-
milton to search and We shall find. She
claims that the messenger Of wealth
appeared unto her in supernal attire,
and in audible and pure English re-
vealed unto her the location of a
mine Of wealth that would bring a
blush ofshame to Golconda or any of
its sister or brother mines of untold
wealth. Guided by the spirit of the
other regions, she was led to the spot.
and there was revealed to her in a
vision, as though etched in kying col
ors, the prize that it had pleased the
powers of the beyond to give to her
Like a good and dutiful wife, she
confded her vision to her husband
and pictured to his con6ding mind the
blessings in store for them by reason
Of this hidden store, and he, in turn
con6dcd his plan to his brother-in-
law, VIM. Hay, who, in consideration
of the help he should give in unearth-
ing this wealth, should share it with
the discoverers
Armed with this message from the
other sphere and such worldly tools as
were best able to cope with nature,
these two gentlemen sailed forth to
the spot designated by Mrs. Harris as
the one where the angel had set his
seal, and were soon engaged in a
rough-and-tumble battle with the
hard rocks under which the treasure
lay. They are still digging, and
buoyed by hope, for Mr. Harris can
not believe that such a thing as an
angel would practice deception upon
an unsuspecting and confiding woman,
or that premonition given so often
could be otherwise than material and
certain, So far their labors have not
resulted in anything but rocks and
dirt, but, nothing daunted, they will
reach the center of creation or find
that angels promised Golconda.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26
River TeIegrans,

CINCINNATI, February 26. River
rising. Weather fair and colder.
CAIRO, February 26. - Arrived
st. Genevieye and City of Helena, st.
Louis, 10 pm. Fannie Lewis, Mem
phis, 3 am. Departed-John Means
st. Louis, 9 pm; City of Helena
Vicksburg, 5 am; Fannie Lewis, st,
Louis, 6; Belle of Shreveport, New
Orleans, 8; st. Genevieve, St Louis
8; William H. Harris, Ohio river, O.
Weather clear and very cold.
PTTsBURG, February 26.-River
feet 4 inches and rising. Weather
cloudy and mild.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26


SAN Francisco, February 26.-A
Portland dispatch says that at a meet
ing of the board Of trade the follow
ing resolution was adopted
Resolved. That the board of trade
of Portland, Oregon, heartily indorse
the action of congress in passing the
Chinese restriction immigration bill.
and earnestly solicit the President of
the United States to approve the same,
believing that in so doing he will not
only confer on the people of this
Northwest Pacific coast, but on
the American nation, now and
hereafter the, greatest benefits which
can possibly follow to the trade and
commerce of the United States and to
society at large.
The resolution was forwarded by
telegraph to President Hayes, signed
by the vice president and secretary Of
the board
SAN Francisco, February 26.-The
Republicans of the Eleventh Senate
rial district have telegraphed the
President asking him to sign the Chi.
nese bill as measure to promote the
happiness and prosperity of the Colder
State.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

DURING the past three or four days
there has been developed outside of
congress most determined opposition
to the Chinese bill A prominent
member of the cabinet says that the
senate amendment is the worst fea-
ture of the bill, and that he does not
think it will ever become law.
While the President has notexpressed
his opinion of the bill, even to his
cebinet advisers yet the opinion is
general in official circles that he will
veto it. Many kilograms and letters
have been received by him from prom
inent persons in different parts of the
country condemning the bill and urg-
ing its defeat.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

Professor Tyndall leans strongly to
the opinion that the electric light will
soon triumph over gas. Nearly half a
century ago, he remarks, when Fara-
day first obtained a spark from a mag
net, an Oxford don expressed regret
that such discovery should have been
made, as it placed a new and facile
implement in the hands Of the incen
diary. To regret, Comtist hierarchy
would have probably added repression,
sending Faraday back to his bookbind-
ers bench as more digni6od and
practical sphere ofaction than moddl-
ing with a magnet. And yet it is
Faradays sparks which now shines
upon our coasts, and promises to illu-
inmate our streets, quays, squares,
warehouses, and perhaps at no distant
day, our homes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, because it ac-
complishes this end, is greatly to be preferred
to many sO-ealled tonics, useful indeed as ap-
petizers, but imperative as aids to digestion
and assimilation. This sterling cordial,
while it invigorates the stomach, healthfully
stimulates the liver, bowels and kidneys,
nels Of efiete and useless matter thrown off BY
the system. which il thus purified as well as
| inyigorated by it. Its tonic influence is soon
made manifest by an increase Of vital energy
and more active and regular discharge OF
/ every physical function, and il has the further
effect Of rendering the system unassailable by
malarial epidemics.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

WHAT does it profit man to have II
good business and to be making money if
he does not have health to enjoy it, Many
mans life is made burden to him by
fever and aguo when, if he would only
use Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic he would find
speedy relief 1t restores the appetite,
stimulates the digestion and corrccts and
gives tone to the stomach, and is whole
some, invigorating and unhiling remedy
in bilious and malarial fcvcrs and fever
and ague.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

AFTER the Manhattan Bank bond
bill was passed by congress authoriz-
ing the duplication Of the one million
six hundred thousand dollars in bonds,
Secretary Sherman gave eight hun
dred thousand dollars of the bonds of
the bank, but for some reasons not en-
tirely clear, to the trustees, and re-
fused to give the rest unless that
amount of security was furnished to
him. The bank required four hun
dred thousand dollars of this to be
able to meet all claims of depositors
and pay dollar for dollar Oh all obliga-
tions. Much negotiation has been 60
ing on to satisfy the secretary of the
treasury, but he was firm in his de-
mands, with the result the trustees Of
the bank have voted to adopt the un-
usual and novel means Of furnishing
from their private pockets securities
enough to enable them to obtain foul
hundred thousand of the eight hun
dred thousand dollars, thus leaving
four hundred thousand in the hands
of Mr.. Sherman. 1t is now expected
that the bank will resume this week.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26
COLONEL BRANrz MAYER, retired

COLONEL BRANTz MAYER, retired
paymaster of the United States army,
died in Baltimore, Sunday night, aged
seventy years, Of heart disease. In
1910 President Tyler appointed him
secretary Of the United States legation
at Mexico. He was the author Of
Mexico as it was and is" Mexico
Aztec, Spanish and Republican, and
other we'll known works, aud was at
one time editor Of the Baltimore
American. He also held important
offices Of trust, and in 1862 was ap.
pointed paymaster by President Lin
coin, and served by reappointment
until 1875, when he was retired.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

SENATOR CHANDLER of Michigan
in answer to letter of Private Dal-
zell, writes that his candidate for the
Presidency is the candidate of the
Republican party, whoever that may
be, whether Grant, Blaine, Sherman
or some other man. He thinks it i'm
peratiye that the Republican nominee
should be a man whose loyalty to the
party is beyond all question, and
whose reputation throughout the
country is such that all true Republi
cans can support him. The wording
Of the letter indicates pretty plainly {
preference for Grant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

THE Hon. John H. Gardner, of
Weakley county, Tennessee, says there
no truth in the statement recently
made that he had shown the bills re-
pealing the charter of the city of Mem
phis to the Supreme judges of the
State, and that all five had pronounced
the measures unconstitutional. 1t was
a gross mistake or a sheer fabrication
he says. Judge Gardner's vote on the
bill was controlled by his individual
conviction, but he never mentioned
the matter to any of the Supreme
Judges.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

Baillie at the time of the court-mar-
tlal proceedings, and that she has not
cohabited with him since. She prays
that her marriage with him may be
declared void as ab initio. In view of
Captain Blair's determination not to
oppose the action, it is expected that
the proceedings in court will be short.
Captain Blair still remains prisoner
at Fort Columbus, Governors Island,
awaiting the sentence of the court
martial.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

The Boston Post in some remarks
on the anti-Chinese bill says: John
Chinaman will not have visited this
country for nothing if it proves that
he has succeeded in taking down the
towering pretensions Of the Republi-
can party on the subject of races. All
thoughtful men knew it would come
sooner Or later, aud the Mongohan car
claim to have fulfilled his mission in
the West
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

In recent lecture at the Royal In
stitution Professor Tyndall spoke of
the deep interest he had taken in
studying the mental processes of in
ventors. Their minds, he said, re-
sembled a liquid on the point of crys-
tallization stir them with hint and
instantly crystals of constructive
thought begin to shoot through them.
That Mr.. Edison possesses a mind of
this sort the professor has no doubt,
and he is not at all prepared to say
that Mr.. Edison's experiments with
the electric light will end in disap-
pointment. At the same time he is
not over sanguine. Knowing some
thing of the intricacy of the practical
problem" he says, 81 should certainly
prefer seeing it in Mr.. Edisons hands
to having it in mine Mr.. Tyndall
is inclined to think that electricity
will, "at no distant day. supersedc
gas, so far as lighting the streets and
public places is concerned chat it
will drive gas out Of houses, he is not
so sure.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

The New York Evening Post, in
commenting on the case of the two
highwaymen who robbed a lady of her
earrings in broad daylight on Fifth
avenue, in that city, makes the humil-
iating confession that " the streets Of
the city, even in open day, arc as unsafe
as an unfrequented road in Mississippi
was when Jno. A. Murrell was power,
as unsafe as the English moors were
in Dick Turpins time"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

When Professor Graham Bell was
in London he was asked how he ac-
counted for the fact that large pro
portion of new inventions came from
the United States, and how it had
come to pass that he, Scotchman,
born and educated at home, should 90
and elect to live in America and date
his discoveries thence. He said that
the fact was, in his case-and he knew
that the difficulty was felt with others
that he could not easily obtain in
England those appliances which his
work required. If he went to an in
strument maker and ordered anything
out of the usual way, he was met with
all sorts of difficulties, and when these
were over he was confronted by the
cost. In America, on the other hand,
the instrument makers and manufac-
turers lay themselves out specially to
secure the custom ofinventors. They
will go to any expense or submit to
any inconvenience in the way of dis
arranging their ordinary procedure.
Of course they do not do this purely
in the interests of science. They
find their account in the business they
secure should the invention turn out
to be practicability. They are
always glad to get new ideas, or be
themselves put on the track.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

Mrs. GORDON GRANGER in her ac-
tion for divorce from her husband,
Captain Blair, who recently pleaded
guilty to a charge Of bigamy before an
army court-martial, at New York, set
forth the facts of her marriage with
Captain Blair in kentucky, and of
his previous and existing marriage
with Ann Baillie in Scotland. Mrs.
Granger declares that she first learned
Of Captain Blair's marriage with Ann
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

THE Kansas house of representa-
tives, by vote of eighty-seyen to ten
has declared that it is in favor of the
double standard" of gold and silver
By vote of ffty-seven to forty-three
it has passed resolution in favor Of
abolishing the national banks and sub
stituting greenbackS for bank notes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

NEW YORK, February %, l:3O pm.
Cotton closed last evening firm ::
oponed this morning dull now
frmer as follows: Ordinary.
.7sc; good ordinary, 8 13-1Gc;
low middling, 9sc; middling, 93c (;
good middling, l0s; middling fair, Ii
3-l6c; fair, 12c. Futures closed last
evening quiet and firm at point over
the evening previous; opened this
morning quiet and a shade easier now
quiet and steady at 2 points above last
evening Deliverins for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

Bonanza Mackay doesn't look forty
five. He resides at Virginia City
eight months in the year, and is in
his mine, where the temperature
is from So to 1902 almost every day
Mrs. Mackay and his two sons-he has
no daughtor--are in Paris. She likes
Paris and France, but her husband
prefers London and England. Mr..
Mackay is a man of pleasant aspect
and genial manners. His mine is the
perfection of good order and pros
neritY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26
A SERIOUS MISTAKE.
What an Oil Company Lost by Not Boring
Deeper.

In 1861, during the great excite
ment which followed the discovery of
oil in Pennsylvania, the King Oil
Company was formed in Middletown.
The lease of a large tract of land from
owners in the Bradford district was
secured. The terms of the lease made
it incumbent upon the company to
sink well within two miles of the
tract A we'll was sunk 900 feet. 200
feet deeper than usual at that time.
without finding oil. The stockholders
became discouraged, and one after the
other they withdrew. Poring was
finally discontinued and the company
threw up its lease Five years ago
wells in Bradford were sunk 1900 feet,
resulting in the production of oil
in large quantities. The tract of
land previously leased by the King
Oil Company was situated in the very
heart Of the most productive belt of
the oil territory. An effort was made
Immediately by the company to estab-
lish its title to lands, but it was found
that the property had been sold and
released, and was covered with wells
yieldingmore oil than any Of the other
wells in that region. The occupants
refused to acknowledge the validity of
the previous lease, whereupon the
company sub-let its claims to an ex-
tensive operator in oil at Bradford,
with the understanding that the com
pany's title to the land should be con-
contested in the courts. The case
came on in the lower courts several
months ago, and decision was render
ed adverse to the King Oil Company.
An appeal is to be taken. The pres
ent value of the property is estimated
at S2,000,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

The reception at Richmond, Va,
on Saturday, of the remains of Gen,
Chiffon, from Georgia, was an impos-
ing affair. The State and city were
well represented by officials, while the
veterans Of the Army of Northern
Virginia and citizens formed large
portion of the procession. The body
was placed in HOLLYWOOD.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

WEST POINT maintains itself in
public estimation by the fact that the
young men educated there are to de-
vote themselves to the services of the
country Many of them, however,
resign, and taking place in the rank
Of private citizens, devote the educa-
tion obtained at public expense to the
promotion Of their private interests.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26
THERE are 1872 students in atten

THERE are 1872 students in attend
ance at the Michigan University 8
larger enrolment than any other col.
lege in the United States. Harvard
has about fifty less. The Northwest
is outstripping the East in the matter
Of education.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

A worthy Baptist minister in the
West gently rebuking his flock for
their extravaganza in dress used the
word garbage supposing it to be a
more elegant form Of garb. Wild
hilarity in the choir and horrible con-
sternation among the deyout portion
of the flock.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26
The True Way "a InviEornte.

The true way to inyigorate feeble system
Is to iniusc activity into the operations OF the
stomach, that wondrous alembie in which the
food is transmitted into the constituents of
blood, the chief element of our vitality.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

you're the connecting link be-
tween man and the monkey was the
argument used by woman's suffrage
advocate, before committee of the
Connecticut legislature, in answer to
a man who opposed her IDEAS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26
Political.

CINCINNATI, February 26.-The
Republican executive committee, of
Cincinnati, have appointed March
10Th as the date for holding their
spring convention.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26
Indications.

WASHINGTON, February 26.-For
Tennessee and the Ohio valley deci-
dedly colder northerly to westerly
winds, rising barometer and partly
cloudy weather, with areas of light
snow.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

LIVERPOOL, February26-12:1 pm.
Cotton opened this morning easier,
but not quotably lower. Middling up
lands, sd; Orleans, do, 5ld. Sales.
1000 bales;for export, 1000. Receipts,
23O0 bales, allAmerican, stock, 503, 900;
American, $4,000. Futures closed
Inst evening with prices in buyers fav-
or; opened this morning easier. De-
liveries for May and june, 5 7-16d ;
July and August 8 II -32d.
New ORLEANS, February 26, 11:30
am. = Cotton quiet; middling, Ole.
Receipts, 2O7l bales
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

THE Chicago Times concludes that
the Presidential confusion in 1880 will
he between Grant and Wheeler on
one side and Tilden and Hendricks on
the other, and then the people won't
care much what happens.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN has tcle-
rraphod to Citizen Rutherford B.
Hayes, President Of the United States,
through prompt action of electoral
commission to veto the Chinese bill
Immediately
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

Opium eating is under consideration
by the Chinese government, and Chin
Ian Pin, the Chinese minister at
Washington, has been instructed to
make careful investigation of the
means used in the various institutions
in this country for its cure,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

In the Prince of Wales country
house, in Norfolk, is a weighing ma
chine, upon which his guests at din
ner or tea are requested to stand and
be weighed In a book close by the
desk record their names and weight,
and the costume worn at the time.
The prince likes whist and the prin-
cess likes bowling.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26
PUBLICATION.
PROSPECTUS.
yellow Fever Of 1878.

HNHE Howard Association of Memphis will
4 publish and have ready for delivery on or
about the first Of April next complete his
| tory Of the Yellow Fever from the earliest
dates; also, history of the Epidemic of 1878
which will embrace the names. with resi-
dence, and date Of death, of over five thou
sand citizens of Memphis who died; the
names Of physicians and nurses employed,
diagnosis of the disease by the most cele-
brated physicians, cures suggested and best
| adapted to coping with the dreadful scourge,
together with incidents Of the plague.
Also, list of the names Of contributors of
donations, both in money and supplies from
the generous public of America and Europe,
amounting in the aggregate to near five hun
dred thousand dollars, and what disposition
was made of same.
In offering this permanent r cord of great
calamity to the general public, the Howard
Association is moved thereto by a desire to
save itself the cost of publication of a book
that will prove invaluable in the future, and
to secure, If possible, enough funds to pay for
a handsome monument, to be erected in Elm
wood Cemetery, to the memory of Physicians,
| Nurses and Members of the Howard Associa-
| ti0n and Citizens Relief Committee, who
| died during the Epidemic of 1878.
The book will be gotten up in the very best
manner, on good white paper, well bound, in
size octave, and contain about five hundred
pages. Price $50. Address
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
10 Madison Street,
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
| l5A26
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

The fund raised in Germany as a
memorial of the emperors escape,
amounts to over SI0O,000 1t is to
form the basis Of a national insurance
institution for the laboring classes and
poor, of which the prince imperial is
named high protector"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26
LOTTERY.
ONLY $1,000 TICKETS

TN the great Grand Extraordinary Drawing
] Of the Havana Lottery. S2,250,000 TO be
distributed in prizes. Capital Prize. 81.
100000. To take place April S, 1879 Send
for plans at once TO
BORNGo & BROTHER.
1911 Oldest 6eu'l Agents, New Orleans, La.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

The best is the cheapest. DR.. Bulls
Baby Syrup is acknowledged to be the
safest and most reliable medicine for
babies. Price 25c
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26
Cincinnati Produce Market,

CINCINNATI, February 26.-Flour
steady. Wheat firm at $1,000
@$l.05 Corn steady at 34@36c. Oats
firm at 26G29c. Whisky steady at
$lO3. Provisions quiet and firm. Pork
unchanged Lard, 6.75 bid. Bulk
meats and bacon steady and un-
changed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26
IEWELRY, ETC.
AUCTION.
EVERGREENS Ar AuCTInN

TOMORROW Thursday) morning at 10
L O'Clock, at Il Union street. The stock is
large, in good order, and embraces the best
varieties suitable for yards, cemetery lots,
parks, etc. The sale Is without reserve, AS
the trees must positively be sold w. g. W. 4.
STALOUP, Agent for Nashville Nurseries.