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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10
THE DETECTIVES STORY.
How a Chicago Policeman WOOed and
Won His Bride in Days OF Yore.
Chicago Times.l

Chicago Times.l
The lieutenant had called the roll
Of incoming policemen, the second
platoon had marched away in the night
to stand its six hours watch over the
fortunes of the city, and quiet once
more resumed its reign at Madison
street station. Uncle Ben sat at his
desk scratching. away, with the meth
odieal precision born of twenty years
experience, at the record of some
crime whose perpetrator was behind
the bars; 10, the turnkey, lounged
about with his everlasting pipe and
his eternal good nature, allowing that
the night was " too darned hot for any
use" and a half dozen or so rounds.
men, off duty and tired. were scat
tered in various attitudes around the
Office INDUCING in a social smoke
before seeking the rest they so much
needed and had SO we'll earned. To
this little glimpse, not Of Arcadia but
of latent power and law.born force,
there entered a Times reporter and a
detective who, in connection with his
partner" has earned an enviable
reputation for courage, |sagacity and
success. The two were discussing the
various phases of criminal life which
a great city like Chicago can hold ar
to the public gaze aud horror. and the
man of paper was lamenting the pros
pect that the dawning Sunday would
not yield anything sensational enough
to be worthy Of an extended write
up"
Now, look here" responded the
detective, " it seems to me as though
your readers had had a feast of blood
for the past week. TO begin with
there was the Silver Leaf Grove trag.
edy, and the list closed not two hour.
ago with that damuable razor-cuttinl
aifray you witnessed. If you caret
for il could give you something jus
as interesting and a great deal NOR
romantic than all these brutal row
put together
What's it about 2" was the query
About that mau over there. am,
the speaker pointed to a stalwar
Saxon in the uniform of the force
whose tawny mustache and close
, chopped hair set off to advantage a fac
nodded in the lines Of command.
| Now, You wouldn't think" con
tinued the detective, that that maj
had gone through siege, aud march
and battle, and starvation aud impris
onment to get his wife, would YOU
But its Just through a combination a
all these circumstances that he chance
= to-day to be happily married and til
/, father of a family"
The loungers about the great bar
room bad gathered neapOf during I'll
1 conversation, and now the choruse
e entreaty was, Tell us the story, Ed.
n We'll, boys, | don't exactly kno
a as | have a right to show up a man
private affairs IN this way, but. as it
a yarn OF the war that more than on
e OF you can appreciate from aOtui
d experience, I'll give it to you. To b,
gin with, ! don't think there's 0.
! here but what has heard Of the Thi
n ty;sixth Illinois yoiunteops--that zoe
u old regiment which lost more soldier
is in battle and less from disease tha
any other regiment in the servic
$ Well along in the last days Of Isl
he Thirty sixth found itself a pa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10
A Missouri Hanging.

WARRENsBERG, Mo-, July o.
Frank Davidson, who killed William
Haggerty, September 81, 1878, and
sentenced to be hanged o.day, spent
a very restless night. lie only slept a
little after 2 o'clock until q this morn
ing, He was baptized this morning at
$40 by Elder Fay, of tho Christian
Church.
Davidson loft the hotel where he
was guarded at IL o'clock, guarded by
a detachment Of the Holden Guards,
After prayer at the gaIlows, and
speeches by Elder Fay aud Rev.
Shockley, he bid all farewell. The
black cap was put on and the drop fell
at l1:54. The fall was five feet. His
neck was broken, and IN fifteen min
Ntes he was dead and cut down. Ten
thousand people were present. The
body will be sent to his father at Lin
wood, Ks.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10

the sepulcher. and which, in our own
day, has furnished the most shining
examples of unselish and heroic fidel-
ity to truth aud right, to God and
country. Seeing you here, | am
tempted to repeat a remark made once
before. although it was misinterpreted
aud misrepreseuted by our enemies,
that | had never seen Il Southern wo-
mai who was reconstructed. Your
devotion and your steadfast fidelity
give us reason to hope hat the chill
dren of such women viii yet vindicate
the principles we maintain. Let no
one suppose that | am advocating rev,
olution or a revival of sectional strife.
1t is not the good of the South alone,
but Of all parts Of the country that re-
quires the maintenance of sound con
stitutiOnal principles. We, of the
South, have never been disunionists.
We were always the most steadfast
friends Of the Union as organized by
the constitution. Modification and
seeessiOn-for a resort to which, in our
despair Of the preservation of a consti-
%tutional Union, we have been so bit
terly reviled-were first suggested to
us by the North. They originated in
New England. W. resorted to them
rcluctantly-in the last extremity-as
a dire necessity, and not from choice
or on light occasion. AS the South
was then-so may it ever be-truc to
the Union Of the constitution. My
friends-lor all Mississippians arc my
friends-I love Mississippi and all
Mississippians. May God bless you,
each and all, now and forever.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10
THE ANT1oUArED ENGLISH.
BungIiug British Railway Arrangements
...Unsafs Travelling.
American Register. Paris

$50
Travelling on the Continental rail-
ways is fraught with dangers un-
known to those who have only tray
eled on the more democratic and (to
my taste) more agreeable railroads Of
the United States. The division of
railway carriages into compartments
may have some advantages in the sep
aration of ones self from disagree
able people, but does it necessarily
follow because a man is able to pay a
frst-class fare that he is therefore a
frst-class travelling companion2 My
experience leads me TO believe that
oftentimes the poor traveller, male or
female, may be, and frequently is,
quite as we'll behaved and ~considerate
for the comfort of his or her as
sociates on the rail as the man or
woman who carries a heavier purse.
| seriously object to being locked into
a compartment for a ride of two or
three hours with most persons with
whom | am not personally acquainted.
| have a vivid recollection Of my last
ride from London to Brighton with
an Englishman of brawny proportions
and good muscular Development
We we're quite alone from the time
We left London bridge till the train
pulled up at the Brighton station.
1t was 8 pm. when we started. and
quite dark. After riding together for
un mauvaiS quart d'heure in silence,
my companion began conversation,
asking me if | was a foreigner, and
what my purpose was in travelling.
After a few minutes he put to
me the rather direct question :
How do you carry your money
while tr~aveling?' | told him that |
generally had it on my person, and by
skillful questioning he drew out of me
the knowledge that | had at the time
about five hundred dollars in my
pocket. OF course | was very fresh"
to tell it. Then he said, "What is
there to prevent my cutting your
throat, taking your money, and throw
ing you out of the Window"
| knew nothing in particular to pre-
vent it save peshaps his lack of desire,
and told him so. He then began a
TRADE against the foolish custom OF
the English in this respect. and incl
IDENTIFY criticised various other anti
quated railway usages-relics of the
past-such as the silly warming-pans
for the feet, the glass knob, which
you break with Jour cant or umbrella.
if you happen to have one, when you
wish to alarm the guard and have the
train stopped. If you have no instru-
ment OF that nature concealed about
your person you are expected to Dor
row your assassin's walking stick for
the occasion, or his umbrella. if he
happens to carry one. Then my com
rade spoke of the dim, dull lighting Of
English cars, so different from the
American gas-lighted railroad car,
with its iced drinking water, elegant
seats, perfect system Of ventilation,
water closets and currents of hot air
in the winter season running under
meath each scat. The English have
much, very much. to learn from "0ur
American Cousin" in railway manage
ment. So have the French. Bat
they dent care to learn it, unfortu-
nately for themselves also for us.
when we have to ride on their rail
ways.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10

Some of the citizens of Madison
township, Iowa, who last January
proposed to lynch a farmer by the
name Of Thomas L Hahn, on the
%supposition hat he had murdered one
William Mckenzie, who suddenly
disappeared, are now probably lust as
we'll satisfied that they did not 20
through with such a performance.
McKinzie turned up on Tuesday last
in Polk City, and thus furnished the
best possible evidence that Hahn did
not murder him, and that the citizens
Of Madison township who proposed 10
murder Hahn because they imagined
that he might have murdered Me.
Kinzi!, were criminally indiscreet
1t is gratifying to be able to believe
that in Madison township. Iowa, lyucl
law will not be as well thought of a
1t was six months ago.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10
thursday Evening. July 10, 1879

The subscription price of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is SIS per annum and
500 per month forlsss than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
postage free,
Persons leaving the city for the summer
can order the DAILY LEDGER at soc per
month in advance, with the privilege Of
changing p~OstOiROe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10

Boston, July 9.--The secretary of
war, Chief Justice Waite, General
Sheridan, General Butler and other
distinguished men have left here for
q visit to the Soldiers Home at Sogus,
Maine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10
A Strike in Pcnnsylvania.

ALLENTOWN, PA, July - The
miners at the Buck Mountain Collier
struck this morning fer an advance in
wages. A general strike in the Ha-
zleton region is expected.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10
No More Substitutes.

WASHINGTON, July 9.-Secretary
Sherman has stopped the practice of
clerks employing substitutes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10
Married.

New York, July 9.-Manton Mar
BILE and Mrs. A. Williams Lombard
we're married to-day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10
Regatta nt Nnratogn.

SARATOGA, July 9.-The Weather
and the lake are all that oauld be de
sired for the yesatta, which was opened
with a pair oar race. One zephyr pair
did not start, and the other gave out
before reaching the end of the poppse,
The race was won by tho Nlymplcs in
94li WakWasams second, in 9:57l /;
polleso, fourth. The contest was left
to the Cornell alone, and the mile and
a half was made in l;9l. j. Lewis, OF
the Cornell, had the oollego to himself
also, and 10 ooverad the mile and a
half In il:54l.
TIE first trial heat of the ssaiOS
singles was won by Murray, of the
Elizabeth club, IN ll:35l the second
.rial heat by A.. w. Rathburn, of New
York, in ll:l3l, and the third trial
heat by Holiness in lG93s,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10
BuFor,I's Trial.

0wENToN. Ky, July S.-The cour,
met at 10 o'clock, Judge McManama
presiding. Nothing done except read.
ing the list of nam4s OF witnesses
for the defense, numbering nearly one
hundred. The court adjourned ia >
o'clock. The sheriff with the prison
err, Buford, arrived at half past twelve
o'clock. The prospects that the trial
will proceed are very favorable.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10
A RepOrtOriaI Hero.


Detroit Free Press
Sometimes a reporter goes up in a
balloon with an aeronaut. 1t would
seem at first sight that the balloon
man had the reporter completely at
his mercy, but such is not the case.
He laughs best who laughs last, and
the reporter has the writing up'of the
aerial voyage. Recently a balloon
ascension was made neal Montreal
and a reporter Of the New York
Herald went up. The account of the
trip shows conclusively that it was
one of the most terrible on record.
But the mind of the reader turns with
pleasure from the harrow of the stu
alton to admire the wonderful bravery
Of this daring reporter, The balloon
would swoop down on forests, then
bound to the skies, or nearly there,
then dip into a lake, then turn a
double somersault without touching
the ground; in fact, it acted in the
most outrageous and undigni6ed
manner. The balloonist was as
pale as ashes, his teeth chartered
and his knees Knocked together.
But the reporter, oh, where was
hep With a calm smile at danger,
and a look of unrufled serenity
on his marble brow, he gave his orders
in the same quiet tone he would have
used in ordering a beelsteak rare at a
penny restaurant. The trembling
balloonist was bid to lull kis fears.
The reporter mildly informed him that
the next thing to do was to get down
out of this and ordered him to throw
out some more ballast. The balloonist
was so utterly Frustrated by fear, that
instead of doing this he opened The
valve and the balloon started down
The balloon struck a forest and tor,
great oaks up by the roots and left 9
track of fallen trees in its wake. The
reporter, desiring to stop this whole.
sale destruction Of valuable timber
climbed on the netting, kicked oper
the valve and brought up the restiy,
balloon against a barn. Having saved
the life of the aeronaut several times,
he completed the good work by carry.
ing the fainting man into a farm hous;
and there resuscitatiug him. Wher
you let a New York reporter tell hi
own story you will find him tn,
bravest, most daring hero on record
A London exchange c~ontradicts thu
report that Miss Lee, daughter of thu
late General II. n. Lee, is engaged Il
DO married to an English merchant o
birmingham, and says the statemen
Is utterly without foundation.
DR., Bulls Baltimore Pills Away
cure fever, aguo, dumb ague, etc., anC
cost only 25o.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10
SOM ETHINC
EVERY LADY
OUGHT TO KNOW.

There exists a means of Sc
curing q soft and brilliant
Complexion, no matter how
poor it may naturally be.
Hagan's Magnolia Balm is q
delicate and harmless article,
which instantly removes
Freckles, Tan, Redness,
ROughness, EruptiOns, Vulgar
FluShings, etc, etc. So deli.
cate aud natural are its effects
that Its use is not suspected by
anybody.
No lady has the right to pre-.
sent a disflgured face In sOciety
when the Magnolia Balm is sold
by all druggists for Is cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10

Mr.. Arthur Sullivan. who has lust
been created Mus. Bac. by Oxford
University, is a very great favorite
with the undergraduates Of that insti-
tuition; At the granting of degrees
the other day, the chief event was the
descent from the upper gallery of an
immense pinafore. Then followed
from the Undergraduate one of the
most popular of the Pinafore choruses,
which was received with tremendous
and general applause, checked. alas
in the bud by a stern proctor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10

dividend of ten per cent. in favor of.
the creditors Of the First National
Bank Of Franklin, Ind, making in all
u dividend Of sixty-6ve per cent also
a dividend of ten per cent. in favor ut
the creditors of he First National
Bank of Winchester, H.. making in
all sixty per cent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10

Mr.. HenrySmart, the English mu
stefan, and composer of the music.
Hark, Hark, Ny Soul" Prom
G%reenland's Icy Mountains, and of
hundreds Of anthems and sacred
songs, was recently offered by the
British government the choice between
a knighthood aud a pension of GOO a
year, He chose the pension,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10

When we call e man a eyRie we
mean that he is ill.conditioned and
snarling, that he makes savage re-
Spouse 20 kind advances, that he re-
fuses 70 believe good of anything or
anybody, aRd that though he is not
necessarily malicious il let alone, il is
his pleasure aud his determination 10
be leg alone. The rynis does no ayors
and desires none,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-10

DR., Bulls Baltimore Pills always
cure fever, aguo, dumb aguo, ETC., and
cost only 25o.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-02
DarWin's Fathers.

A gorilla from the west coast of
Africa is COW lodged in the Crystal
Palace. London. The chimpanzse
and the orangoutang have arms
th enable them, with a single
stoop, to touch the ground, while
the arm of the gorilla j. not much
out of proportion 10 a long armed
human being. ln the torn of the
hand and fingers, too, 1t il moro ike
man, these being much shorter than
thoss OF the other two. Mos Of all.
its ear is strikingly human, for it il
small and beautifully formed. and
instead OF thin ieatnery flip iis-
ting outward, is set we'll the head.
IL has also well.tormed brow. and
its dark brown eyes are lighted up
with an expression which seems to
speak OF latent intelligence. Iu pro
Tile 10 has The exact resemblance TO
little Guinea negro, the blacklist
of black but looked at full faced.
the almost total absence OF a nose.
the fat open noslrils. the long aud
powerful Jaws and the vast cavity
u suggestive of the "humsn face di
vin,." When standing at its full
height the gorilla may be about two
feet. but If il lives to DE full grown
1t may attain from four TO five feet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-02
Curious Facts i.

Serpeuts are said to obey the
voice of their master. The trum.
pet.bird of America follows its own.
er like a spaniel, and the jacana
acts as guard to poultry, protect
them m the fields all day from birds
OF prey, and escorting them home
at night. In the Shetland Isles
there is gull which defends the
flock from eagles it il therefore
regarded as the privileged bird
The caamois, ooundiDg over the
mountain, are indebted for their
safety in no small degree to a spe.
cies OF pheasants. The bird acts as
sentinel tor as soon as it gets
sight of a man, it whistles, upon
hearing which the eham0is, know.
ing the hunters to- be near, sets off
at full speed. The articles which
cartridges and plovers employ to
delude their enemies from the nest
OF their young may be referred to
as case In point, as we'll as the
adroit contrivauce of The hind for
the preservation Of her Young; for
when she hears the sound Of dogs
she puts herself 10 tho way of the
hunters, and starts 10 direction to
draw them away from their lawns.
Instances OF the eflsct of grief upon
animals are no less remarka bic.
Lord kaimes relates an instance of
canary which, while singing TO "a
mate Matching her eggs in cage,
fell dead the female left the nest,
and finding him dead, rejected all
food, and died by his side.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-02
Cotswolds and Co.swold Crosses.

Mr.. Joseph Harris OF Moreton farm,
Rochester, has lately published cat
alogue in which he gives his views Of
Cotswold sheep, their crossing, etc
in the following terms
'The sheep are thoroughly accli.
mated. They have not been forced
they are kept for use, for real value,
and not for show. They are not
housed in winter; they have sheds
to run under, but spend most OF the
time in the open air. If well fed, and
provided with dry quarters under
foot, there are no sheep that will
stand exposure to our severe winters
better than the Cotswolds The
ewes are good breeders aud good
nurses They frequently have two
strong lambs and occasionally three
at birth. have never had a pure
bred Cotswold eve in the flock that
would mol breed. We let the ewes
have their first lambs when two years
old, and they frequently continue to
be good breeders I'LL Ten years old -
The Cotswolds are the hardest OF ali
the English breeds OF sheep OF all
well established breeds the Cotswolds
are the largest. The celebrated ex-
periments of Lawes & Gilbert proved
beyond all question that the Cots
wolds produced more mutton and
more wool than any other breed. In
other words, they gained more rap
idly, both in meat and carcass, than
any other breed And not only this,
but they gained more in proportion
to the food consumed than any other
breed.
i am decidedly of the opinion that
the coming sheep of this country
will be what will take the liberty to
call American Cotswolds.' | hive
hitherto called these sheep 'Cotswold
Merinos. This designa,es their orr
gin. But the time has now arrived
when the name loses its significance.
For instance, Iihave G otswold Me.
rino lambs with three and four
crosses of pure Cotswold blood in
them. In other words, these lambs
have 934 per cent. of pure Cotswold
blood in them, and only Ct per cent.
of the native Merino sheep. The
next cross will have only 8 per cent.
of native or Merino blood, and the
next only little over u per cent
| "a few years hence American
Cotswold sheep will be shipped by
thousands and tens of thousands
every week to the English markets
There is no reason why they are not
now shipped in large numbers, ex-
cept the fact that they cannot be
found. We do not raise enough OF
them, or feed them well enough. Our
beef cattle are better that our mutton
sheep. The intelligence and skill of
the American sheep breeder has been
largely directed to the perfection of
the Merlno sheep. Wool and yolk
have been the object aimed at, and
great success has attended their eff
forts. There are no better fine.
wooded 'heepin the world to-day, than
can be found in the United States
There are many sections where Mer
rinos are the most profitable breed of
sheep to keep But railroads and
steamboats, lead to rapid and won
derful changes. There was time
when / thought Gotswold or mutton
sheep could not be raised with profit
in the far lest; thought it was too
far from market. But if cattle can
be raised and shipped, with profit, to
England, long wooded mutton sheep
can be raised and shipped with still
greater profi. -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-02

A SWEET REFLEcTIoN.-T vel
vet moss will grow upon the sterile
rock; the mistletoe flourish on the
withered branch; the ivy cling to
the Wondering ruin; the pine and
cedar remain fresh and fadeless
amidst the mutations of the dying
year; and, heaven be praised some
thing green, something beautiful to
see, and grateful to the soul, will, in
the coolest and darkest hour OF fate.
still Irvine its iendril- around the
crumbling affairs and broken arches
OF the desolate temples of the human
heart.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-02
How it is Done.

Tie first object in life with the American
people is to "get rich. the second to regain
good health. The first can be obtained by ener-
gy,honsty and saving; the second (good health
by using GREgS's AUGrsr Flower Should YOU
be respondent sufferer from any of the eff
feets of Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Indiees :
tioH, &c, such as Sich Headache, Palpita ton
Of the Heart, Sour Stomach, HabItuai Cos
tiyeness, Dizziness OF the Head, Nervous
Prostitution, Low Spirits, &c, you need no,
suffer another day. Two doses of August
Flower viii relieve YOU at once. Sample
bottles 10 cents. Regular size rs cents. Pos.
itively sole by all frst-elass druggists in the
IT =
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-02
The Office of the KId.eys.

The kidneys are natures sluice-way to
wash out the debris OF our constantly chang.
ing bodies. If they do not work properly tie
trouble is felt everywhere Then be wise
and as soon as you see signs of disorder get a
package of Kidney Wort aud take it faithful
~ 1t will clean the sluice~way of sand,
gravel or slime, and purify the whole system.