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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-07
BIRDIE BELL.
That Shooting Scrape which Involved
Two Reputable Actresses and a
DisreputabIe Man in
Unpleasant No.
tOriety.
SpooIaI t0-Lhe CIneInnaLl Enquirer.l

Special tothe Cincinnati Enquirer.l
New YORK, April 4.-Perhaps the
most interesting topic Of conversation
in this city to-day was the shooting
.affray which occurred yesterday morn
ing at the Coleman House. The pecu-
liar feature OF it was the mystery
surrounding the identity of the would
be assassin, who was positively asserted
by several parties to have been Marion
Ward, the actress, but who now turns
out to be Birdie Bell, alias Mrs.
Barrett. She formerly kept house
OF ill-repute, but now lives in private
apartments, and was for two years the
mistress of Nathan, whom she shot
yesterday.
1t is well known that Nathan had
led for several years fast and reck-
less life, and has gone through many
little mills on account of his female
associations, fond Of and leading a
similar life. The present trouble
arose out Of a jealous feeling on the
part of the woman, it being under
stood by her that he was anxious to
marry Miss Harrison, the actress, who
was known to be stopping at the Cole
man House.
1t appears that recently Nathan and
Birdie have had few tiffs, and
consequently matters did not sail
smoothly. One reason alleged for
transferring his affections is that a
well-known ex-judge of the Supreme
Court, distinguished for his personal
attractions, and an intimate friend Of
the late Jim Fisk, had also become
enamored with Mrs. Barrett. Ascer-
tanning that Nathan was in the habit
Of meeting Miss Harrison in her pri-
vate room in the Coleman House, she
determined to lay in wait for him, and
thus secured a room, saying that she
came from Philadelphia, accompanied
by her maid. Then the shooting took
place.
Nathan was confined to his house
all day, and naturally denied himselt
to all callers. 1t was ascertained that
though the wound in his neck is Q
decidedly ugly one, there will be little
danger unless erysipelas sets in. He
is terribly chagrined over the affair, az
it exposes his character to the public
fully, and he was one of those mice
young men, you know, who do hole
| their heads SO high"
Miss Harrison Immediately afei
.he shooting took a train for Boston
where she began an engagement OF
Monday night with Stetson. Before
her departure she stated that sh
made Mr.. Nathan's acquaintance sew
eral years ago before going to Cali
fornia that, in common with variou
acquaintances, he had made severa
, formal calls on her at the hotel. an,
that he called yesterday to bid he
good d-bye. She says he was sitting o.
chair, with his overcoat on his arm
when " Birdie rushed into the roor
; and banged away. She says tina
" Brides" " statement that she. Mis-
Harrison) is the cause of the troubl
is preposterous.
Birdie Bell has mysteriously disap
, peared, and nobody has the slightes
inkling as to her whereabouts. 1t
understood that Nathan has refused
make a complaint against her, so tina
even if she were found she would nc
Y be arrested.
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Steamship LOADED with Cotton
Burned at Galveston, Texas.

Special Dispatch to Cincinnati Enqurcr.l
GALVESTON, April A severe
marine casualty occurred here this
morning. The American ship Ian
caster, which for some time past has
been lying some distance out in the
ofing and loading with cotton for
Liverpool, was dieoyered on fire. The
utmost efforts were used to extinguish
the flames, but they got fast hold in
the cotton bales and soon went beyond
control. A brisk breeze was blowing,
and the fire swept over the deck and
into the rigging with fierce celerity.
CONSERVATION seized the captain and
crew, who saved their lives by jump
idg overheard into the gulf. The Ian
caster had 1770 bales on board and
burned to the waters edge. Cargo
total loss
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An Actors SORROW.

Cincinnati Enquirer, 5th.l
Few of the visitors at the Grand
Opera House last evening knew how
painful it was to one of the Danites
Company to go through the part he
played Lewis Aldrich, the "Parson'
of the play, just before going on re-
ceived a telegram from the East an
nouncing the sudden death of his
mother. No one else in the company
was able to take the part in his stead
and with his heart weighed down in
griefhc went through the play. 1t is
hard to realize the torture with which
he must have suffered while forcing
the hilarious, boisterous manner and
words of " the ParsOn " through his
shroud of domestic grief and afilic-
tion
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River kilograms.

WHEELING, April River 8 feet 6
inches and falling. Drizzling rain.
CAIRO, April 7.-Arriyed-Golden
Rule, New Orleans, l am; Thomas
Sherlock ; Cincinnati, 3; Colorado,
Vicksburg, Z. Departed - Golden
Rule, Cincinnati, 2 am Colorado,
St. Louis, II. Light rain this fore
noon. Cloudy and warm.
EVANSVILLE, April 7.-Arrived-
Silver Cloud, 3 am; Charles Morgan,
noon. Departed-Silver Cloud, Gin
cinnati, 3 am. Cloudy; mercury so
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LEGAL.
Creditors Notice.

No $40 R. DIN the Probate Court of Shelby
county, Tenn.-Miss Georgia Bayliss, ad-
ministratrix Of Mrs. Lizzie Luck, deceased
vs.. John 0verton, Sr., ct al.
7 appearing from the bill in .his cause that
L this is a proceeding to wind up and settle
the estate of lizzie Luck, deceased, as an in
solvent estate, under the insOlvent laws Of the
State of Tennessee it is therefore ordered
that all persons having claims aga inst said
estate come forward and nle the same in thi,
cause and have themselves made parties
hereto on or before the first Monday in July
1879, OF they will be forever barred, and this
cause proceeded with ex- parte; and that a
copy of this order be published once a week
lor, four successive weeks in the Memphi:
Public Ledger.
This April Z, 1873
32-3s-44-50 OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
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FOREIGN.
Encouraging News from the Zulu
War.
Garibaldi Arrives in Rome Greatly
Fatigued.
The Khediys in a Muss With His Min.
listers.

ford telegraphs that the relieving
column for Klows would start about
the 18th of March.
Colonel Pearson has established
communication with Tugela, run by
means of signals.
The Silloth Dock entrance wall has
fallen. Vessels cannot dock for sew
eral months, and vessels in the dock
will be unable to leave until the OBJ
struction is removed.
Edwin Clark, contractor and civil
engineer, has failed, Liabilities,
G760,0O0.
Eliza Metriard, English authoress,
born in 1901, is dead.
The decision of two.thirds of the
pitmen at Durham to strike against a
reduction of wages will have the effect
Of stopping nearly 30 pits and throw
ing idle $4,000 beavers. Several large
concerns will be brought to a stand
still in the course of a week, unless
the owners or pitmen give way.
CAIRO, April THE khediye with
out consulting his ministers has
drafted budget in opposition to that
submitted by Minister Rivers Wilson.
Seventy pashas and ninety civil off :
GERS have signed this document, which
pledges the government to henceforth
pay the interest on the funded debt
in full puuctually.
ROME, April 7.-General Garibaldi
on arriving here was greatly fatigued.
He was carried on a couch to the resi-
dence of his son Menotti. The king
sent aid de camps to visit him.
A more pathetic scene than that on
Garibaldi's arrival at the railway sta
tion has seldom been seen. Loud
shouts raised as the train entered the
station we're speedily silenced by tn,
circulation of a report that the genera
was i'll. He was carried from tht
train on mattress placed on a largt
litter. He lay extended and motion
less, with his eyes closed and rec
handkerchief bound around his head
1t looked as though corpse was be
ing carried in state. 1t was founC
impossible to move him from the lit
ter, which was placed on an open car
riage and driven-accompanied by tn,
mournfully silent crowd-to the hous
of his son, Menotti Garibaldi. 1t wa
impossible to move the general a
| Civita Veechi. The side of the rail
way saloon was cut to admit the litter
| The general slept well, however, Sat
urday night, and the doctor thinks h,
will be able to leave the bed within
week. His friends assert that th,
policies are wholly unconnected will
his coming here. He found that hi
health was not improving at Caperera
and thought that the mineral spring
near Civita Vecchi might benefit hi
gout. Garibaldi, replying tothesyndic
who visited him on his arrival, said h
did not himself know the reason Of hi
visit. Some say that Garibaldi cam
to Rome to die.
PARIS, April 7.-At the supplement
tary elections yesterday, in this city
for deputies, the moderate Republi
cans generally defeated their Radica
competitors.
Two hundred and thirty more Com
munists have been pardoned,
RIGA, April 7.-Navigation to thi
place has been recpened for the pas
sage of steamers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-07

THE Grand Lodge of the Knights
Of Honor will convene in Nashville
next Wednesday morning at 10 clock,
Grand Dictator J. w. Childress pre-
siding. One hundred and twenty-five
lodges will be represented by as many
delegates. 1t will be in session about
two days. The membership Of the
order in Tennessee is $500.
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And StinAnotIer.

The pistol is again discharged and
blood again flows The Forrest City
Courier says; "The intelligence Of
a most distressing homicide reaches
us from Wittsburg. The Hammett
brothers became involved in a Difficult.
ty sometime ago with an old gentle
man named Stanley, apd Tuesday
upon meeting, the Hammetts drew
their pistols and shot Stanley dead
We have been unable to gather furth.
er partieulars.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-07

JUDGE JAMES WHITwoRTH, chair
man of the citizens meeting held in
Nashville last week to ascertain
whether the bondholders are in earnest
requires the committee appointed fol
that purpose to assemble in Nashville
next Saturday to make arrangement
to go to New York. These disinter
ested gentlemen, of course, pay thcil
own expenses.
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CARn.

To all who are suffering fromthe errors and
indiscretiOns of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood, etc., will
send recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discov-
cred by missionary in South America Send
a selfaddressed envelope to REy. JOSEPH T.
INnAN, Station D, Bible House, New York
City. eOd-2-xxx-lkw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-07

IT was understood at Nashville
when the legislature adjourned that
Major Tom 0'Connorhad taken charge
of movement to publish and scatter
broadcast Senator ]. W. Clapp's five
hour speech in favor of high State
credit. It was an able argument and
has sent JOY to the heart Of the bond
holder and all his allies.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-07
Secretary Sherman.

WASHINGTON, April 7.-Secrctary
Sherman has started for New York ON
business connected with the four per
cent. bonds and other matters relating
to funding the public debt,
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The Man Was Dead.

GREENvILLE, Miss, April 5.-YoS-
terday morning Matt Chrismoro, a
well-known sporting character, was
found murdered in his bed, his head
crushed by an iron bolt, his throat
cut, and the body ripped open its en-
tire length Suspicion points To on
associate, who is now in Jail.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-07

DR.. v. S. 6aillard, noted Louis
Vile physician, and widely known to
the profession through bis writings on
medical subjects, has been adudged 0
luualic, and taken to the lunatic asy.
lpn at Anchorage, ky.
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Indications.

WASHINGTON, April For Ten
nessee and Ohio valley rainy followed
by clearing weather, variable winds,
shifting to colder northeast and north
west, higher pressure.
The Missouri river will rise.
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Mechanics B. and |, AssoCiatiOn

NHE regular monthly meeting Of this Asso-
i citation viii be held on WEDNESDAY
evening, April 3, 1879, at o'clock. Mem
bers are earnestly requested to attend. Those
who have failed to pay their monthly dues
are urged to call on the secretary at Planters
Insurance Co. and pay their arrears.
g. V. RAMBAUT, Pres't.
CHAs. 7. PATERSON, Sec'y. 1924
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-07

Frank c. Bangs, the tragedian, tells
the Philadelphia Press that America S
great actors thirty years ago were
Hamblin, John r. Scott Gus Adams,
and the elder Booth that Edwin
Forrest took entire possession of the
tragic stage little later, and held il
until Edwin Booth took it away from
him; that Mother Edwin Booth nor
Davenport ever showed a spark of
genius, although very artistic actors,
while Edwin Adams was child of
genius" that Barrett is cold and con
seFyatiye, and that Mccullough may
become Forests successor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-07

New YORK, April 7, l pm
Cotton closed Saturday quiet; opened
to-day quiet and unchanged except on
the three higher grades, which were
A lower, as follows: Ordinary,
97-16c; good ordinary, 10 5-16c; low
middling, 10 l3-16c; middling, 11Bc ;
good middling, 11gc; middling fair,
l2sc fair, 13sc. Futures opened this
forenoon frmer and 3 to s points up /;
now firm at 5 to 10 points above Satur-
Inr-ic nlnrn nc nnllnrrc nnlirnrinc Hnr
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JAMES KIRKLAND,
Gents FURNISHING GOODS.
UNDER PEABODY HOTEL. 154O

Whatever tends to diminish strength
should be removed from the system.
For those weakening diseases of baby
hood-colic, diarrhea, etc, use DR..
Bulls Baby Syrup, which always
cures. Price 25c.
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Spring.

Come into tho garden, Maud,
The winter now has fed,
But put on your rubbors and shawl, dear
Maud.
And mutlle up your head;
Think not Of trowols yet,
Nor Of transplanting, Maud;
Spring only makes believe, my pct,
And April is Fraud
IRnsInn pneI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-07

General John II. Brooke, Of Potts
town, Pa, has been promoted from
the rank of lieutenant colonel in the
regular army, aud has been placed in
command of the Thirteenth Infantry
Regiment,
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Fire.

New YORK, April THE building
on Morton street, Brooklyn, occupied
by Demorest & Joyce, manufacturers
of sewing machines and school furni-
ture, burned. Loss, $27, 900.
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3. AND [. ASSOCIATIONS.
SEGuRITY

Building and Loan Association.
NNHE regular monthly meeting of this Asso-
i citation will be held on Tuesday, April
8, 1879, at "a o'clock, at their office, No.
5 Madison street A full attendance Of the
members is requested, as business of import
ance will be presented.
A. S. LIVERM0RE, President.
NJ. B. IRRELEVANT, Secretary. S2-39
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Clerks Building and Saving Assn

THE regular loan meeting Of this Associa-
3, 1879, at the office of the Secretary, No. 8
Madison street, at "a o'clock pm. Fines will
be rigidly enforced If dues and interest are
not punctually paid. By order Of the board
JOHN W. BRUSH, Pres't.
p b JOKES. Sec'y. 70 Il
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Death.

New YORK, April THE death
of Judge Hamilton W. Robinson
closed all the courts to-day.
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BOytOn Leaves Cairo for Mem
phiS.

CAIRO, April Paul Boyton con-
tinued his trip to the Gulf, leaving
here at 10 o'clock this morning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-07

Farmers in Eastern Pennsylvania
have stocked trout ponds, and they
are becoming as common as orchards.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-07

,sTwo hundred and eight young men
have been fined three hundred dollars
each at hiulhouse, Alsac- c-LorrDine, for
not presenting themselves for the con-
seriptlou.
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Piers Burned.

New YORK, April THE Hart
ford and New Haven piers, near Peck
Slip, East river, burned this morning.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-07

01 a. DAY TO Agents canvassing for the
. Etreside Visitor. Terms and Outfit
Free. Address P. o. VICKERY, Augusta, Ne.
Q11 q month and expenses guaranteed to
q ! agents. Outfit Free Shaw CO., Au-
gusta, Maine. ls-i3dkw
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For Ten Dollars Cash

WANTED ONE SALESMAN for each
State. Salary from SIS 10 SEQ
per month and, expenses. References re-
CURED LA BELLE MFG CO.,
80 Clark street, Chicago.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-03-28

Local ana news 6reviueS.
New moon.
MOIST weather.
UMBRELLAS above par.
The rain has laid the dust.
OREeoN peach trees are in full
bloom.
SWALLOWS and martens have con-
cluded to stay with us.
POUND sociables are engrossing the
attention of Seattle ladies.
The Assotin ranchmen want to ex-
change good wheat for good wives.
The Portland Standard claims to
be the paper for the workingmen.
The Vancouver gold excitement is
assuming the proportions Of Q tisrore.
The crimson flowers of the wild
currant are beginning to unfold their
delicate petals.
GENERAL r. H. Milroy returned, on
Saturday evening, from an extended
visit to Washington.
The Portland Standard deplores
the fact that there are so few sea-go-
ing vessels in that port.
The knife-drawing Chinaman, Yea,
still remains in Jail; being yet too
much used up to appear in court for
trial.
PORTLAND papers announce that
track laying on the extension of the
West Side railroad will commence
early in June.
THERE is general brushing up
and Encouragement of their premises
by our merchants, in anticipation OF
the arrival of new goods.
Ir local items were as plentiful as
the raindrops, we might issue three
editions of o thirty-two column pa
per every day, and the million would
be our readers.
Mr.. T. N. Ford returned, on Sat-
urday, from San Francisco, whittier
he went, several weeks ago, for the
purchase of a stock of spring and
summer goods.
AN interesting meeting Of the Blue
Ribbon League was held Sunday
afternoon, despite the inclement
weather. Thirteen names were add
ed to the rolls.
The long continued rain seriously
interferes with operations at our
neighboring logging camps, and a
good many idle men are in town on
a holiday furlough.
"WE are bound for Washington
Territory" say the immigrants,
when the land owners of the North
western States strive to make them
locate without coming any further
west.
The remains of Mr.. s. w. Jones,
were brought to this place by the
s'oamer Zephyr, on Monday last.
Nj. Jones died of heart disease at
La Conner, and was a brother-in-
law, Of DR.. Roland.
Cooks have reason to push on.
ward and upward. The cook Of
the Parker House Restaurant, Bos-
ton. and President Eliot Of Harvard
College, both receive the same sal
airy, $4,000, per year.
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WEATHER unchanged and prophets
undecided.
The Deschutes river is having
way up time.
QUITE a variety Of wild flowers
can now be gathered from our neigh
boring woodlands.
OnEaoN schools have adopted
reading matches as a popular and
profitable amusement.
The Oliver-C Cameron breach of
promise case continues to faint the
atmosphere Of Washington.
BEN Turner is marshaling his
forces preparatory to commencing
active operations in the logging
business. ..
"INv1srBLE patches" on boots and
shoes are among the latest i'm
provements in the art taught by
st. Crispin.
The Canadian people are con-
templating the expenditure of$600,-
600, during the coming Summer, in
railway building.
PRor. Davidson, chief of the Paci-
fic division of the United States
coast survey, ridicules the nerihelion
pestilence theory.
BETWEEN two and three thousand
of the good citizens of Portland have
signed the Murphy temperance
pledge. Encouraging.
STEAMERS running between Olym-
pia and Seattle are said to be doing
a lively business, most of which is
due to the logging interest.
The cheering news comes from
down-Sound Ports that Olympia is
improving. Small favors thankfully
received With the expectation of
greater.
DIR. Dean Clarke is telling the
people OF Port Townsend what he
knows about The causes and cure
of unhappy marriages.
A NUMBER of strangers are in town,
evidently either looking for homes
or business cites. We can offer
either Of these good things in abund-
ance.
Now that the public square has o
sidewalk on three sides, the psed of
similar improvement on the fourth
side is all the more severely felt, and
we believe that all moonlight prom
enaders will coincide with US.
Col. Black had better look well
to his safeguards. The Tacoma
Herald wants to have him removed
from the superintendency OF the
Pacific Division of the Northern Pa
cifc railroad. Shocking, isn't it!
In oil ages of the world, a beauti-
full horse has been an object of ad-
miration. Such an animal can now
be seen at the stable of M. r. Tilley.
He is a dark bay stallion, seventeen
hands high, weighs about sixteen
hundred, and is of Clydesdale stock.
Mr.. James Offutt, an old settler,
and well known by everybody, is in
town undergoing medical treatment
at the residence of MIR. Turpin.
Though quite seriously indisposed,
it is hoped that Mr.. Offutt viii soon
be in possession of his accustomed
health.
CONSIDERABLE excitement was Gre
ated on our streets, last Saturday,
by the free exhibition of the fifteen
hundred dollar horse. His owner;
Mr.. Put Smith, rode at brisk speed
in buggy and led the animal by the
halter, thus showing his physical
conformation to excellent advantage.
IT is thought that Captain Win
ters will be selected as the officer to
accompany the two Indians. Chief
Moses and Chief Homily on their
mission to Washington. Arrange
ments have been made for them to
depart on the first outgoing steamer.
A FIRE at Waitsburg, in this Ter
ritory, destroyed the greater part of
a block of buildings. on the 9Th of
the present month. Waitsburg is o
young and enterprising town, and
| the vestioes of the confederation will
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