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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-23

People who wish TO witness the cere-
monies in the new Roman Catholic Cathedral
next Sunday aro to pay an admission fee ut tho
door; and there ia some foolish complaint
about the enforcement Of this rule
Widely as the dedicatory rites Of tho various
churches and sects differ. they have one feature
in common-the collection. Preachers some
times say. when they are In the pulpit, that
salvation is offered to mankind without money
and without price," but any hcarcr who should
misconstrue this language ms justifylng him in
looking the other way when the plate is passed.
or doiauting in the matter Of pew rent. would
not be allowed TO remain long In his error. A
modern church cannot get along without money
Given. then, the necessity Of raising money
on dedication day. II seems n much moro
businesslke plan to collect 1t quietly Mt the
door before the ceremonies begin. and have
done with H. than TO turn n religious service
into a series Of begging appeals to the people.
Certainly 1t is much preferable to inviting peo-
plo TO a religious service. and then locking the
doors on them and informing them that they
arc prisoners until such time ~ n specified sum
shall have been raised-a stratagem that has
been practisod on moro than one American
congregation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-23

Resumlng their illibustering tactics, tho
Republicans Of the House prevented yesterday
the consideration OF the bill amending the law
transferring cases from State TO Federal courts
in the morning hour
The Senate devoted the entire session 20 con-
sidering the bill for preventing the introduce
ton OF contagious diseasce into the United
States but vote was not reached.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-23

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sun Sir; BY tho
way did this Brooklyn militia regiment which is going as
far away as Canada to celebrate the birthday her Royal
ana Imperial Majesty Queen Victoria, do proper honor
to George waShingtons birthday on the 22d OF last
February ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-23
Million. of Feet of I.umber burned.

CLINTON H.. May IA fire started about
noon in Lamb Sons dry house, burning their lumber
yard and that Off Young CO.. with several millions Of
feet of lumber million Fix hundred thousand feet Of
lumber owned by Curtis Brothers were burned, also
about fifteen houses The fire Is believed 10 be under
control The loss Is not known
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-23
That the Government was outrageously

That the Government was outrageously
cheated in the work on its new building in Chi
cago. no one doubts. That Mr. POTTER was prlyy
to the cheating which, rs Supervising Archl-
tcct. 1t was his duty TO prevent, United States
District Judge DYER docs not believe. In di-
recting the jury to acqult POTTER and other de-
PENDANTS. he said:
The evidence far as Mr. rorrER Is concerned very
clearly shows that whether the position taken hy the
contractor, MULLER upon the various matters In
vcrsy that have arisen between him and the Government
were right or not he forFR stood in active anagonism
10 the contractor. His actions and his words not
merely rem0nsraucc, but consisted Of active oppose
ton, which persisted m. in some respects after
the rulings NJ his superior officers had been against him
And the correspondence 50 far AS II declares anything
with reference - the quality OF the stone that used
IN the building ana with reference tn the question of the
hauling OF the stone, shows, think, clearly that
what Mr.. FOrffR seeking TO do 90 subscTye
the most effective way the interests OF the Government"
1t is n pity. both on his own account and on
the Trensurys. that Mr.. PoTTERs active op-
position" was so fruitess.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-23
Hayu Disturbed by Pol,,,caI Danger.

HAVANA. May 22.-The political condition OF
Hayu Is reported 10 be precArous The Government il
importing mnskcts aud powder Business Is very dc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-23

Decoration Day street paradcs have been
chiefly remarkable. Of late years. for the advcr-
Using wains that, under guise Of doing homage
to the dead. announce TO the living the virtues.
cheapness or place OF purchase OF vnrious
wares II does not add 10 the solcmnty Of such
procession to sec It largely consisting OF
drays swathed in white cotton bands. bearing
in big letters such inscriptions as Honor to
Our Heroes Buy Blanks BlnckinR"-" Tho
Employees Of Blanks Soap Works Shed Tears
for the Fallen"-''How Sleep the Brnve Corns
Cut with Celebrity and Carc" The advertising
uses Of these professions may DO curtailed in
the coming Decoration Day procession in this
city, as a committee OF those who have the mat
ter in charge has been appointed to exclude
such i-timed demonstrations OF business
enterprise. All cities and towns should adopt
like precautions,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-23
Stubborn Colds

Arc 'assisslly sEGssa YOy JSes' s4psgt0raHt u.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-17
THE MUTATIONS OF FORTUNE.
General Grant as a TaIIy-Keeper in a
Billiard Saloon.
Washington Cores. Courier-Journnl.l ]

!
The splendor of General Grants re-
ception in California must recall to
some, who are now living in San Fran
cisco, the humble position which he
occupied there less than a quarter of
century ago.
Five years ago | was visiting the
family Of a retired army officer. They
had purchased farm near Quaker
town, Pa, not far from the farm owned
by Fechter, the actor. We frequently.
in our drives, caught a sight of the
actor and Lizzie Price, aud the neigh
borhoOd was full of stories in regard
to Fechter's eccentricities. After re-
turning from our drive and taking
supper we would gather around the
comfortable in the parlor and chat
about many things. Often the con.
versation would turn upon President
and Mrs. Grant The now retired
general had been Grants superior
officer, and his wife was one of Mrs
Grants bridesmaids. The frien lsbin
between the four had been of lone
standing. | was shown the Original
articles of copartnership between tbe
general and Grant when lhev opened a
billiard saloon in San Francisco; The
general held an inferior rank at that
time, and Grant, to avoid being cash
Tered for habitual intemporanoe, had
resigned his captaincy in the army
The general furnished the money 70
open the humble saloon, and Grant
kept the tally" But the pro6ts did
not Justify the keeping of Tie billiard
saloon, and the place was given nm
Grant falling back upon his father.ip,
laws farm, near st. Louis, where his
wife and son resided He made him
self useful to old Mr., Dent by driving
to town on the loads Of wood which he
took to town for sale. And now. be-
hold the spectacle of man who failed
to keep a successful billiard saloon re-
eeiying the honors Of a great poten.
tate, and the most celebrated hero of
the age
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-17
A AMrsuNnERsrnnn M1ss1nH

The eminent DR.. Chopin, of New
Orleans, made few sensible remarks
at the New Orleans board of health a
few evenings since, when he declared
the National hoard had entirely mis-
understood its mission to distribute
the money appropriated by congress
where it was most needed but had
scattered unnecessary sanitary inspec-
tors all over the country, drawing
large salaries and assuming authority
over local and State boards, while the
act of congress gives them none
Blows like that count.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-17
THE GRANnEsT nF FARnrs

Imagine the quarantine officers at
New York clothed with authority and
exercising that authority literally, Of
granting special permits to certain
vessels arriving from Havana to come
up to the wharves and discharge their
cargoes, and of OBTAINING other YES
sells from the same port indefinitely,
and also allowing the vessels from
other infected ports unrestricted in
tercourse with the shore, and you will
have faint idea of the ridiculous
farce around this city falsely called a
quarantine. When an impartial his
tory Of the epidemic of 1879 is writ
ten it will be the wonder of mankind
that a Tennessee judge was found who
knew so little as to what constitutes
a quarantine as not to set the whole
thing aside, and decree that authority
to establish a quarantine did not au-
thorize such farce.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-17
THE DARK AND BLOODY.
The Last Of the Male UnderwOods Killed
and the Feud Probably Ended.

Special to the Courier-Journall
GBAYsON, KY, October 1.-THE
sheriff's posse, which was to leave
here last night to bury the remains of
Jesse Underwood and to rescue Geo.
Underwood, lacked the courage to un-
dertake their dangerous journey, and
even the governor seemed to turn a
deaf ear to the prayers of our citizens
for protection, a copy of which | tele-
graphed you last night. Only one
man, Frank McFerren, had the cour-
age to go up to the fort last evening
to bury Jesse, and the scene when he
opened the Lighthouse was really fear
lul. Not only was Jesses body lying
before him, poisoning the air from the
stencil Of the decay, but also found
there the corpse of Geo. Underwood,
who
HAD BEEN MURDERED
the night before. 1t seems five armed
and masked men had then surrounded
the fort, and, after promising George
Underwood safety for his life, they
had entered the house to search it for
John Martin and Clabe White, whom
they had a suspicion of being shelter
ed there. They took all the arms,
consisting of a sword, six guns, three
bowie knives and several pistols, and
were leaving after an unsuccessful
search, when one Of the party running
on the threshold, aimed his rife at
OLD GEORGE UNDERWOOD.
and, shooting him through the nipple,
inflicted a wound from which he died
in twenty minutes. Frank McFerren
could not induce any body to help him
bury the dead, and he therefore alone,
with his daughter Agnes, had to per-
form this terrible duty-the only man
OF the whole county possessed of hu.
manity and courage enough to per-
form Christian duty. Now that
THE LAST MALE UNDERWOOD
has been killed, the war ought to be
over, but it is more than likely that
the friends of the Underwoods will
take up the gauntlet and revenge
their murdered friends on the Hol-
brook tribe. Six murders have been
committed within the last two months
in this deplorable conflict. Five of
them were UndeIwoods and one a
HolbroOk, and so far none of the
officers Of our State have taken any
steps to prevent these outrages.
Is THERE NO LAW
in Kentucky? Are there no officers
to protect the peaceable citizens ?
The country is in feverish excitement.
and several notices have been given
intimidating persons from going up
into the Underwood country. The
editor Of the Greenup Independent
has thus been notified, just because he
has been stating in his paper the
truth, regardless of the feelings ofI
either party. The Lord only knows
where this will end.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-17

back of his ear, and glanced off.
Now, if l was still practicing my pro-
fession as a physician / would say it
was a serious case, requiring constant
care danger of inflammation of the
brain, erysipelas, gangrene, paralysis.
That is what | would say as a ply
sician. As man, | would say he is
not hurt at all. He. will be here be-
fore the end of the week"
" What did Hickey say about it p
:" Oh, he said she was woman Of
the town and had been following him
around. He didn't deny that he had
been intimate with her, but said she
hadn't any claim upon him.p
She evidently loved him"
" Oh, yes those women love hard
er than anybody else. That's what
gets them into trouble"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-17

went up out of sight, and was seen
and heard of no more.
Memphians are beginning to collect
at points on the railroad, with view
to an early return to Memphis. This
seems quite out of the question for
some weeks to come. Those who have
moved nearer to Memphis, or any
place larger than where they spent
the summer, have generally found il
warmer and more expensive. Their
steps cannot be retraced, and they are
now at the mercy of landlords in
crowded hotels and boarding houses.
However, it is due to all to say that
there has been very little disposition
to practice extortion in this part Of
the country. Word reaches us from
st. Louis that the Memphians there
are generally dissatisfied and over
anxious to get back home. How it
happened that several thousand oi
our people ever stopped to huddle uI
in heated, expensive place like st
Louis, where they found neither bust
ness or sympathy, when they could
have found cheap board, pure air and
plenty of healthy exercise almost any
where in the country is something not
easily explained or understood. Judge
Sneed told an anecdote at Jonesboro
which will no doubt apply to some Of
our folks in more ways than one. A
handsome, mischievous boy was in the
habit Of swinging to a mules tail, and
was often admonished by his father Of
what would be the inevitable result.
Finally the mule kicked his counten-
ance all out of shape, and he was laid
up many weeks. AS he began to re-
cover and to sit up little he inquired
one day Father, will | ever he
pretty again?" mo, my son" the old
man replied, "You will never be as
pretty as you were, but you will have
a d-n sight more sense" We have
surely gone through enough to teach
us the value of practical sense ap-
piled to private and public affairs and
to make us a united, determined peo-
pie. | believe that the people of
Memphis from this time forth will
stand by each other as never before.
and that the city will rise superior to
misfOrtunes and a long line of mis-
management, full of strength and
crowned with lasting prosperity. Let
us all be animated with faith and cour-
age to make a direct, united fight for
Memphis. j. II. NJ.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-17

owners making their escape from the
Indians.
A hat worn by Elder Samuel Doak.
founder Of Washington College, this
county, 1850.
Square opposite the court. house in
Jonesboro, Tenn, painted about 20
years ago by Miss Rebecca Chester.
now the property Of Miss Anna Il.
Cannon.
A powder. horn belonging to Samuel
Doak, 1880.
A cane which was made from a
rafter of the house now occupied BY
w. j. Chase, two miles southeast of
Jonesboro. 1t was the first house
built in what is now Tennessee.
Cane made from a log of the first
church erected in what is now called
Tennessee.
Shoes of Jeremiah Slusher. Greene
county, died 1885, aged 26 years; hight
3 feet 2 inches; weight $40 pounds.
Mrs. Mary j. Stover, of Unicn.
Tenn, daughter Of the late President
johnson, had large showcase of
articles on exhibition which belonged
to her father. Among them we note !.
Pipe presented to Andrew johnson
by John S. Cunningham, paymaster
United States navy.
Window curtain that was used at
the White House during the admins
tration of President johnson.
An album showing cuts of money in
circulation while President.
a French medal presented to An
drew johnson in memory of Lincoln's s
death.
A medal presented to johnson in
memory Of Lincolns death by the
Union League of Philadelphia.
Coins from the different mints Of
the United States.
A snuff box presented to Andrew
johnson by Delas Coke, of California,
gold and quartz.
Eye glasses, last used by johnson.
Medal presented by the japanese
embassy.
A vase, johnson on one side and
Lincoln on the other.
A memento of Mt. Noncompliance
OF Washington on one side and Mt.
Vernon on the other.
The last thimble johnson used as a
tailor.
Shears used by johnson while he
was a tailor at Greenyille, Tenn.
The last suit worn by ex-President
johnson from Greenville to his
daughters on the Watauga river near
Elizabethtou, where he died - the
shirt, hat, neck-stock, coat, vest and
pants.
Basket presented by the Japanese
embassy.
An inkstand and vase presented to
Andrew johnson by one of his private
secretaries at Washington.
A sash presented to Andrew John
son by the citizens of Nashville.
inscribed, Truth is mighty and will
prevail" "
Sash that belonged to Major Henry
Knox, the first secretary Of war and
navy Of the United States.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-17
An Interview with Dr. Hamilton
Griffin.
Cincinnati Commorcial.l

Cincinnati Commerciall
| have come, Doctor" said one
- to learn what you know of the trag-
edy at Cincinnati, where a woman
shot Mr.. Hickey ?"
1t is a disagreeable piece of bust
ness; it is advertising, and it is gratu-
itous advertising, too; but | don't
like it-too much of good thing
brings us into unpleasant notoriety.
1t raises public opinion to too high a
pitch of excitement, and we can't
keep it up without sacrificing other
members of the company, and that
would bring about unpleasant conse-
quences. We have to engage other
people and all that sort of thing"
But about the shooting of Mr.
Hickey, Miss Anderson's manager p"
He wasn't her manager. He had
no business connection with her in
any way. He was manager of the
company. His business with her was
transacted through me. | represent
Miss Anderson in everything. There
wasn't any social intimacy either be-
tween Miss Anderson and Mr.. Hickey.
He was mere acquaintance, Just as
any other member of the company
was. lie never was alone with her
five minutes in his life. He would no
more have dared to say word of love
to her than you would. If he had
her mother would have heard of it in
five minutes, and so would |. / am
the sole and exclusive manager, Mr.
Hickey wasn't her manager at all. "
| had supposed from accounts in
the papers that you were a regular
old cumudgeon, who guarded her day
and night Yes, regular old stage
uncle just from Indiana, rich as
Cr@sus, equity and irascible, who
calls, Bless you, my children as the
curtain comes down at the end of the
last act; whereas, you are fat enough
to play fat comedian. Yes. and
young enough for first juvenile and
the papers sometimes call you Griffin,
instead of Grilfiths. "
" That is true so they do. There
are so many stories afoat concerning
Miss Anderson, you know.
| believe you, but there's no
truth in them"
Bless you, | never heard of Miss
Anderson having beau in her life.
No man ever made love to her in tho |
world. She does not give them
chance. She has not time to hear
them. Her heart, her soul, her life
are in the profession"
" Wasn't she shocked by the afIair9n I
No, no more than any other |
nervous young lady might be"
Tell me what you know of it.
| was sitting in my room in the
Burnet House. A friend and | hoard /
a shot, and | supposed some fellah |
had shot another fellah in the bar
room; common thing down there
along the Ohio river; didn't think |
anything of it, Then / heard |
another shot and supposed the first
fellah had been shot didn't think any,
thing Of it; very common down there.
specially in Kentucky. | then came
out, intending to quiet my wife and
daughter, for fear that they would be
alarmed, and heard that Hickey was
shot. | asked where he was, and
went to his room.f
" How is Hickey?'
Hardly hurt. The ball hit him in
the hardest part Of his head, Just
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-17
onesboroI journal. Ootober Q [

JOnesDOr0 journal, october o..
The following list comprises a few
of the most noteworthy articles at tn,
late centennial display:
The pipe of Mad Dog" chief of thu
Cherokee Indians.
The book that DR.. Samuel Doak
the founder of Washington College
carried on his back when he first came
to Tennessee.
The veritable cradle in which the
great Kentucky statesman, Henry
Clay, was rocked.
The first ballot-b box used in the ter
ritory south Of the Ohio river.
a tombstone inscribed Jacob
Brown; was born Dec IL, 1876, died
June 2S, 1885. Contributed by j. j.
Brown.
A piece Of log that was part Of Salem
church, at Washington College, this
county built in 1871. The first church
built west Of the Alleghenies.
a record count book-Chancery
Court at Jonesboro', February term,
1879.
A German Bible published in 177O,
illustrated with cuts.
A diploma granted to VIM. Mitchell
by Washington College, l78S. Contri-
buted by S. d. Mitchell.
A pewter plate, 125 years old, was
brought from Ireland about 1766. At
Guilford Court House, N. c., where
Lord CORVALLIS surrendered, he dined
from it the day before the battle.
1871. 1t was preserved from being
made into British balls by the valor of
the lady owner, Margaret Mitchell,
who placed it in a chest and sat on it
until CORVALLIS ordered his soldiers
to let her and her pewter alone. Con-
tributed by T. H. Mitchell.
A piece of the Atlantic cable, con-
tributed by Mrs. G. Il. Grisham.
A pice of the wedding dress of Mrs.
Samuel jackson, one hundred years
old.
Plate from which George Washing
ton was accustomed to dine at Lancas-
ter Inn, Va, now the property of
Mrs. John Fulmer, of this county.
A gun used in the Revolutionary
war.
A drum used in the Revolutionary
war.
An Indian corn pestle.
An inkstand presented to w. G..
Brownlow by the Whig club of Haw-
kins county in the Log Cabin and
Hard Cider campaign Of 1910. Con-
tributed by j. @. Compton.
A wooden spoon l27 years old.
A charger found on the battlefield
Of Kings Mountain.
Knife made in l760, once the prop
erty of Daniel Boone.
North Carolina money-twenty-fve
dollars, No 1888, dated 10Th May,
1879.
Province Of North Carolina money
ten shillings, dated l4th Of July,
Sword of Colonel Du Puyster, a
British officer under Colonel Fergu.
son at the battle of Kings Mountain,
1880.
A sword, gold hilt, presented to
Colonel John Sewer, by the State of
North Carolina, inscribed Kings
Mountain, 9Th October, 1880"
Agreement between James King
and Russell Bean, June 10, 1898.
A copy Of the original list of lots in
the town OF Jonesboro.
w. D. Snapp.
A plate buried.in the sand on the
banks Of the Nolachucky river by the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-17

THE people are paying for an army
of $4,000 men, yet General Sherman
when called upon for few hundred
to relieve a soldier surrounded by In
dians, attempts to direct attention
from his junketing tour with the fraud
Hayes, instead Of attending to his
duty in Washington, by whining about
congress not increasing the army.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-17

In the autumn Of 1S4l he Joined a
hunting party with which he spent a
week or two under a tent in the forests
Of the SunhOwer, a small river tribu-
tary to the Mississippi, in the vicinity
Of Vicksburg. Towering above the
tent stood one of those remarkable
elevations, evidently the work of art,
which abound in the Mississippi val
ley, and are commonly called Indian
mounds. One day Mr.. Prentiss, with
the aid of the vines and overhanging
boughs, made his way to the top of the
mound, when his friends, who were
collected around the tent, discovering
him, united in the call for a speech
a speech from Prentiss. Upon what
subject?" Upon the subject on which
you now stand" He at once set off in
a playful sally for the amusement of
himself and friends, but, warming in
the subject as he proceeded, his Gre
atlye Imagination now peopled the
forest with that lost tribe, that mys-
terious race, who, ages past, inhabited
the country before the birth of the
aboriginal trees that abound upon
these huge piles and bespeak their
previous existence.
He introduced every variety ofI
character-fairies, princes, courtiers.
warriors; marshaled armies and fought
battles, going on thus for more than
an hour in vein of philosophical re-
Election and poetical invention, which
impaired thrilling, almost real in
terest to the imaginary scene. The
gentleman from whom the writer had
this incident was man of cultivated
tastes, had often heard Mr.. Prentiss
at the bar and on the hustings, and
considered this one of his happiest ef-
forts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-17

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