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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
Tho PrOnrietor oftIle Herald.

N. Y. Cores. Washington Republic.l
On the last Sunday in September
the New York Herald's edition was
10000 copies, largely owing to the
report of the conclusion of the inter
national walking match. The Herald
prints every Sunday a quintuple sheet
to accommodate advertisers. There
were seventy-six columns of advertise
ments in the edition of Sunday, 0cto
Der ). James Gordon Benuett's in
come Is easily estimated by those
competent to judge at $500, 900 year
including the real estate and bonds
left him at his fathers decease. 1t
cannot be said of Mr.. Bennett that he
is ungrateiul to the public which has
made him rich. He is ever eagerly on
the alert to put his money in circula-
tion In an agreeable way, and perhaps
he is to be extolled that he has steered
clear of railroads and politics, and
never tries to speculate and get the
best of anybody. African explora-
tlons, North Pole expeditions, polo
clubs, grounds, house, ponies and all.
gun clubs, with massive silver prizes,
yachts and regatta prizes, and ducking
shores on the Currituck coast, with a
fat salaried man in charge, Mr.. Ben.
nett pays, without question, for all.
These are not the liberal young pro-
prietor's whims, nor are they adver-
tising channels for the Herald. He
feels that to the world he owes much
and he gives it back large percent
age, in an open handed, liberal way
that has made him very popular per-
sonage on both sides Of the water.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
CATCHING THE WRONG PIG.
The Plug ChleTtain Out of His EIe-
ment.

A party OF persons from this city
went up the river on a tug early this
morning to meet, greet and chat with
returning refugees from st. Louis by
the steamer Hard Cash. Among them
was Fire Chief McFadden. When the
steamer landed at the wharfboat here
the first to do so for 80 days-a
friend of the chiefs wished to debark.
Being afraid to carry his luggage, the
genial head Of the fire. boys volunteered
for the service. He took a pair Of
heavy valises in each hand and went
trudgiDg up the landing. The chief
looked slightly sheepish, and an Afri-
can picket, who had not been relieved,
ran across his bows, asked few ques-
tions, got himself "sassed" little and
took the chief in tow without further
ado. AS he marched along in rear Of
the bayonetted, dark-complected So
ier, the boys cast sly glancos and
smiled. At first the chief took it
good-humoredly, then he began to
wear a serious shade, and finally he
went "off his nut, as it were. There
seemed to be no help for it, so the
procession moved solemnly to the
headquarters of the Hon. John John
son, on Madison street, where the
picket was dismissed and the chief
permitted to slip through side door,
down the alley and out of sight. Mr.
McFadden will be invisible to his
friends for a day or two.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
The Sewerage Question.

EDITOR LEDGER-The views you
express in this evenings edition in
regard to sewerage and public i'm
provements will be approved by fully
-eighths of the people and prop
erty holders in the city. All agree
that we need sewerage and good
paved streets and that we must have
them, but it is wicked folly to expect
or to undertake to accomplish all in a
few months. The st. Louis meeting
was composed mostly of capitalists or
wealthy merchants, who possibly could
stand to pay the four or ten per cent,
which they think necessary to do the
work within the next seven months,
but three -fourths or seven -eighths Of
the people and property holders here
know full well that they cannot now
pay the tax in the present impoverish-
ed condition of our people. To add
four per cent to the present tax
amounts simply to con6scate the
poor peoples property. My friend,
Mr., Proudft, thinks it an investment,
but is it an investment with the three
fjurths or seven-eighths of those who
have not the money to invest? Sup
pose he has the property and not the
money? Can he get the money out Of
his lots to pay his tax you know that
lots do not pay taxes, and you know
that high taxes has driven more
capital and people away from Memphis
than all the epidemics have done.
My friend, Mr.. Proudit, thinks Mem
phis is not a fit place to live in. He
is late coming to that conclusion, as
he has spent quarter of a century
here and raised large family. Let
us not precipitate ourselves into
the situation that we were a few
months ago. We have taken a new
start and upon q good basis, if
stuck TO. Let us 60 moderately,
and pay as we go. The present
city government can do all we need,
and will do it in time, and leave us
unemcumbered with a debt. Sewer
aye and good paved streets we need
and must have, but we cannot have
them in one year, nor can we pay for
them in one year. A tax Of one-hali
per cent. on a reduced valuation will
bring from $4,000 to 100000 a year,
and this will in few years do the
work, and more than this we cannot
stand AS to the sewerage and paw
ing efecting the yellow fever, this is
idle fancy, even as you say. After all
this is done we may still have the
fever or we may never have II again,
am, therefore, opposed to any cor
poration or to any tax above a small
annual tax that looks to the compile
tion OF the work in the future aud |
believe three -fourths of the people
are Of the same yiews-am opposed to
calling the legislators together, but
am in favor Of beginning the work at
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25

once as soon as the proper plans are
made and determined upon and to
continue the work as we get the
money from year to year until COM
pleted, but l am opposed now and
forever to issuing any more bonds or
OF creating any more debt. We have
now a safe and sure form and good
government let US stick toit and abide
by it and in a few years we will see the
benefits of it and will secure good
streets and sewerage too and have no
big debts as mortgage on all our
homes. G.. A. s.
Memphis, October "a, 1879.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
The Broken-Hearted.


About ten years ago l took up my
residence for a few weeks in country
village, in the eastern part of New
England. Soon after my arrival, /
became acquainted with a young lady,
apparently about seventeen years of
age. She had lost the idol of her
hearts purest love, and the shadows
of deep and holy memories were rest
ing like the wings Of death upon her
brow.
l first met her in the presence of
the mirthful. She was, indeed,
creature to be admired her brow was
garlanded by the young years sweet
est flowers, and her sunny tresses were
hanging beautifully and very low upon
her bosom; and she moved through
the crowd with such floating, unearth-
ly grace, that the bewildered gazer
looked almost to see her fade away
into the air like the creation of
pleasant dream. She seemed cheerful,
and even gay; yet | saw that her
gaiety was but the mockery of her
feeling. She smiles, but there was
something in her smile, which told me
that its mournful beauty was but the
bright reflection of tear and her
eyelids at times pressed heavily down,
as struggling to repress the tide of
agony that was bursting up from her
hearts secret urn. She looked as if
she could have left the scene of fes-
tiyity, and gone out, beneath the quiet
stars. and laid her forehead down upon
the fresh green earth, and pour out
her stricken soul, gush after gush, till
it mingled with the eternal fountain
of purity and life.
| have lately heard that the young
lady of whom | have spoken is dead.
The close of her life was as calm as
the falling Of quiet stream; gentle
as the singing of the breeze that fingers
for a time round a bed of Withered
roses, and then dies from very sweet
ness.
1t cannot be that earth is man. only
abiding place. 1t cannot be that our
life is bubble cast up by the ocean of
eternity, to float a moment upon its
surface, and then sink into nothing
ness forever. Else, why is it that the
high and glorious aspirations which
leap like angels from the temple of our
hearts are forever wandering abroad.
unsatis6ed {? Why is it that the rain
bow and cloud come over US with a
beauty that is not of earth, and then
pass off and leave US to muse on their
faded loveliness? Why is it that the
stars which hold festival around the
midnight throne are set above the
grasp of our limited faculties, forever
mocking us with their unapproachable
glory? And, finally, why is it that
bright forms of human beauty are
presented to the view, and then taken
from us, leaving the thousand streams
of the affections to flow back in Alpine
torrents on our hearts
We are born for higher destiny
than that of earyh. There is a realm
where the rainbow never fades; where
the stars will be spread out before us
like the islands that slumber on the
ocean; and where the beautiful beings
that here pass before us like visions
will stay in our presence forever.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25

were empty. One of these is a seven
shooter, the other six-shooter. One
was new, the other old. 1t is believed
the new one was purchased yesterday
for the bloody work, and that both
were used. The murdered man was
about ffty-fve years old, and had a
property worth about $4,000. The
deed Of this the son took.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25

Mr.. Robert P. Crockett, the only
surviving son of of"Davy' Crockett, has
a farm near Cranberry, Texas, and is
the keeper of the bridge across the
Brazos river at that place. Ashley
Crockett, one of Robert Crockett S
sons, is one of the two editors and pro
prietors Of a Aourishing newspaper in
that region.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25

All experience in this country and
in every country teaches that the po-
litical party which succeeds instead Of
being an organized body of men is an
organized body of opinion.-[C Chicago
Times.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25

The Hartford Post believes the Re
publicans should do all in their power
to secure the nomination of Mr.. Til
den, since if they cannot defeat him
they cannot beat any Democrat who
NAV be nominated
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25

The subscription price OF the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per annum and
500 per month for less than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
postage free.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
A Mining Company.


Nashville Americana
James s. Anderson, R. F. Looney,
W. I. Beatty, Joseph Richards and
A. H. Hurley filed with the County
Court clerk, yesterday, an application
for a charter of incorporation as the
San Francisco Mining Company"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
Emigrants for the Vyesl.

MONTREAL, October %. Two hun
dred and fifty persons from Vermont
passed through here by way train last
night, for the Western States. An
additional party of three hundred,
IRON Maine and Quebec, left to day
ior the same destination.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
THE MIDDLE OF NOvEMRER.

Having engaged a corps Of teachers trained
to modern methods in leading colleges and
normal schools, and provided every appliance
IN furniture and apparatus necessary to make
the school successful and attractive, Miss
Hlgbee hopes TO establish an institution which
viii realize the expectations of her patrons
and justify the continued confidence of a
community with whose interests she has been
identified for so many years
Circular with full particulars will be issued
as soon as practicable. Principals address
%
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
CARD.

To all who are suffering froHthc errors and
indiscretions of youth, neryou; weakness
early decay, loss of manhood, etc., will
send recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discov-
cred BY a missionary in South America. Send
a self-addressed envelope to Rsv. JOSEPH I.
ISNAN, Station D, New York City.
eOd-2-Xxx-lkw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25

Senator Isham G. Harris believes in
a little "n - in Nation. lie ought to
be ashamed Of himself.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY

This Institution was regularly Incorporated
by the legislature Of the State for Educational
and Charitable purposes, in 1868, for the
term of Twenty-Five Years, to which
contract the inviolable faith of the State Is
pledged. with capital of 81 200 200, to which
Its grand Single Number Distributor will
take place monthly on the second Tuesday.
1T NEVER sCALEs on POsTPONRs. Look at the
following distribution:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25

CLARKE-Of congestive chill, at Bradley
Landing, Ark, at $3.50 pm. yesterday, c.
EDWARDS CLARKE.
Funeral from FlahOrty's at pm, to-day;
carriages in attendance.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
cautions recommended.
OFFICE or BOARD OF HEALTH,
TAXING DfsTRICT, S c., Tenn,
MEMRlIs, Oct. Is, 1879.

Owing to the fall in the temperature
within the past three days, there hay-
ing been two good frosts, with a pros
pect of the continuation of cool
weather, the board Of health hereby
declares the epidemic Of 1879 at an
end.
But little danger is to be ap-
pretended from yellow fever by
absentees or other persons coming into
the city, provided the instructions
published September 18th have been
complied with in regard to ventilation
of houses, bedding, clothing, etc.
1t takes this occasion to advise peo-
pie on their return to avoid infected
places. There are few cases of yell
low fever yet in the city and few
cases may yet develop, but by observ-
ing ordinary prudence there is no dan
\ ger of the disease now spreading from
that source. By order Of the board of
health.
j. CHANDLER, MD, Sec'y.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
The Pur.stand Best Medicine srsr mad,


VTAs Pureatand Best Medicine ever made.
A combination Of Hcps, Buehu. ManS,ah.
+ and Dandoil0n, with al the best and Taost c1ra
tive propertles OF all other BiteTB m east
- RloeS fartner, Liver RegBlafO~. nnd life
ann heaAta restoring Agent on earth.
no oiaease or III health can possibly long ertst
are their oparstionA -'N '-'1 P'iAe0'
Ihsy give nsa lih nnd yisOF 70 ne Azed audiuar,.
10 al whose amploynents cause irreo,uIaritvof
me boWela o. urinary organs or who reouirs an
Appeuzeri Tonic end mild stimulant Hon Riftera
are invaluable without Intoxicating.
4 NO matter " hat your feelings or syrnpsonna ara
Ihas the al5eese or ailment Is use Hop Bitters.
Dont wait Until you are ack, but ~ Won ONLY feeI
Dan or miserable, use the Btters at onee ii NAV
save your life II has aaved hundreda
$500 win be paid for case they win NOT c,tre or
nelp 70 not suffer nor let your friends glffer INIT
use and urge them 10 use Hop Bitters,
Remember, Hep Bittersisno vile. drng1ed. .d,-7nl,-
en- nostrimt bat the Purest and Best hisdclne s1-e
nlA1ei the "1nvaiid's Friend and Hon. y and :
no peISon OF family should be Without them.
Get some this day. z1
HOP CoUeH CURE Is the sweetest, safest and best
ask Children.
The HOP PAD for Stomach, Liver and Kidnevis,vp..
r"r 10 all otherA Cures by absorption Ask druggist
D. 9. isan anabsoluteand irresistIblecur fordrunl
enhess, use OF opium, tobacco and nRrcoticsi
soia BY druggsiI. Hop Differs Mfg Co Rochester, ny
u Send for Circular ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
1T Is OVER.

The local board of health met at
noon to-day, DR.. G. B. Thornton, P.
R. Athy, D. P. jackson, DR.. j.
Chandler, DIR. Porter and full board
being present. After duly consider
ing the situation they issued the f:l-
lowing official order, which announces
the yellow fever epidemic of 1879 as
at an end. 1t would be we'll for alb
sentees to carefully observe the pre-
cautions recommended.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
CAPITAL PRIZE. $50, 900.
100000 Tickets at So Each; Hall
Tickets, 81. List of Prizes
APPROXIMATION PRIZES :.

Responsible corresponding agents wanted nj
all points to whom liberal compensation will
be paid.
Application for rates to clubs should only be
made to the home Office in New Orleans.
Write, clearly stating full address for fur
ther, information, or send orders by express or
M. A. DAUPHIN,
P o. Box 500, New Orleans, La.
or same at No. 3l9 Broadway, New York
Or to ID. L. GILLESPIE,
No. West Court street, Memphis Tenn.
The particular attention Of the public is
call to the fact that the entire number of the
tickets for each monthly drawing is sold, and
consequently all the prizes in each drawing
are sold and drawn and paid This is not the
case with any other company.
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are
under the supervision and management az
Generals G. I. BEAUREGARD and JUBAL
A. hAhhl. 39-w6s-62
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
DIED.

Hop Bitters strengthens, builds up
and cures continually, from first dose.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
SHED OPEN.

MY SHED on Jefferson street is now open.
1fl Having ample capacity, will be pleased
to serve my friends and the public generally
TO the best Of my ability
2 IS JOHN q. HILL.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
MISS HIGBEE'S
SCHOOL.

DESP0NDING to many inquiries Miss Hig.
IL bee announces to her friends that, pursu-
ant to pledges made last July, she win open
her school in Memphis, God willing, about
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
LOTTERY.
sPLENDTn OppoRTUNITv

SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
"A WIN A ,FORTUNE-El Grand
Distribution, Class l., at New Orleans, Tues
day, November II, lS79-ll4th Monthly Draw
ing.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-11-27

TILE EENIAN ISLE.

The uprising in Ireland eliminated IN
almost revolt last week in the arrest
of three editors for scditious speeches
Daily has been liberated, but kilcn and
Dayitt are still held. and Green Isle Is
boiling over with Indignation. England
can manage Cannucks and Indians adj
mirably, but the Irishman is too mucl
for her policy, and the home govern
Uaent seems really alarmed AT the threat
ening outlook. Meetings at which tens
OF thousands assemble are daily held
throughout Ireland. Beaconsiicld has
announced that something must be done
TO allay the feeling, and proposes among
other things to forward several shil
loads of coal TO be sold 70 the pcasan,ry
at cost, which slop he hopes viii suffice
for the present.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-11-27
DRIVE WELL ASSOCIATION

| To the Editor ef fie Edgie:
The drive well defense association OF
| the Arkansas valley has been organized
by the election of the following officers:
Prcsidcnt-D ID. II. Ii. Grcenlcc.
Vice Presiaen,--C. NJ. Plat.
Secretary-H. q. Ruggles.
Treasurcr-W allacc 7. Woodman.
Finance Committee. NJ. Plat and
w. II. Ransom.
The Treasurer has executed a bond
in the sum of one thousand dollars.
Subscription for membership and to
raise sufficient sum TO defrny expenses
in case suits are commenced are being
circulated in all parts of the county
where drive wells are used These sub
scriptions are being freely signed, but
the canvas is not yet completed.
The Secretary has received letters
from Lawrence aud Manhattan, in this
State. stating that organizations are be-
ing formed in those places. TO make n
vigorous defense TO claims for royalty
in the suits now commenced.
The statement published in the EAGLE
and other papers that the Green patent
had been declared void by Federal
Court in the city of New York has to
some extent retarded subscriptions 10
the association. No authentic report
of such decision has been published, but
the Secretary has written 10 the Clerk
Of Court TO ascertain if such decision
has been made, and an answer is expect
ed in few days.
The committee think il best that all
persons owning and using these wells
sign the subscription and make as strong
a show for the defense as possible. Ii
no suits are commenced the money sub
scriptions will not be collected, and to
any who may have paid the same will
be refunded. except the small expense
connected with the work OF the commit
tee. II. q. RrGGI.Es, Secretary.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-11-27
STILL THEY COME.

Or. FELTON,, of Georgia, declared that
the Democratic party in the South was
going 10 pieces. and that Grant, IL nom
mated, could carry a majority OF The
Southern States. Sow comes Judge
Loclraue, of Georgia, and gives his
opinion 10 the Chicago Tribune, on the
same subject. He shares in The opinion
of Or. FELTON, il.gt the Democratic party
in tie South is on the eve OF dlslntcgra-
ton, and that the people OF thai part OF
the Union are ripe for some po!iiica!
change that will bring them into har-
mony with the dominant party IN the
North. lie regards General Grant as
the only man that couia accomplish
this, and thinks Grant could carry
every Southern State.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-11-27
TAKE NOTICE.

Since the late Indian outbreak the
New England people. experimenting that
unadorncd justice might be mcted out
TO the rcdhandcd murderers of the
Mcckcr family, are assiduously working
up sickly scntimentality by flooding
their newspapers and magazines with
"Bright-Eyes. Indian maiden, and 'No-
bic Lion" Indian warrior bosh. The
miserable lousy bucks ana dirty squaws
Notice is hereby given that following
the next enumeration there will bc 4
Congressional appropriation that will
transfer this Government and its affairs
into the hands of the Representative
of the great Northwest, when the Old
Indian question, together with the Big
amy question and the States Right
question will be So speedily and sudden
" settled that the parties in interest
won't know what hurt them.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-11-27
An IMpORTANT DECISION.


the Judges OF. The Supreme Court
filed with the clerk Yesterday, the opin-
ion of that court in the case of the State
of Kansas, upon the relation Of the At
torney General against the County
Clerk Of Lyon county, determining the
right to levy the ono snill tax for the
State Annual School Fund.
The court held, liz the opinion flied,
that section 8 of chapter 149, of the la US
of 1879. page 27O, works by implication
a repeal of all prior enactnents proyid-
ing for the levy Of the one mill tax for
the State Annual School Fund, and the
court further held that said section is
no: valid, by reason of conflict with sec
ton Is of article 3, of the State Consti-
tuition. The opinion was prepared by
Mr.. Justice Brewer. Under this Opin-
ion no legal levy of this Que mill tax has
or can be made, aud therefore, this one
mill tax for the State Annual School
Fund cannot be collected in those conn-
ties where it has been entered on the
tax books.-ComNaOa sceath.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-11-27
OUR BEST BOW.

Hon. John Gilmore. editor of the W H.
son County citizen. who, as a man, as
an editor and rs a legislator has proved
himself TO be one of the soundest and
most practical men of our State, takes il
upon himself, in Il late issue of his pa
per. to indulge in the following retlec-
tions touching the last of the many dc
misses Of the Wichita Herald. Admit
ting the truth and full force ofhis asser-
lions. we predict that three months will
not clapse before some party VIII he
found TO attempt success where so
many have mt their Waterloo. We
only further say. after thanking Mr..
Gilmore for his complimentary words.
that as to the Herald the EAGLE never
made any fights against or threw n
straw in its way.
"Thc Wichita Herald having suspen-
ded for the six or seventh time the
Office has fallen to parties holding lien
on the material. who offer il for sale a.
onc-half its cost. This failnre of the
Herald shows that Wichita, though an
enterprising business town of five thou
sand people, will support only one Re
publican paper. The EAGLE is one OF
the best papers in the State, always he
publican to the core, and deserves the
united and hearty support of the Repub-
licans of Sedgwick county"