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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1879-10-02

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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
Maine ana TiIden.

A dispatch from Portland. Maine,
describing a mass meeting held at that
place on Wednesday evening, states:
The most important and interesting
feature of the meeting tonight was
the speech Of S. g. Andrews, one of
the most prominent Democrats in the
State, who presided. lie said that
the efforts Of all good Dem9crats in
Maine should be directed this yeeF to
defeating the Republicans for the
favorable effect it would have on the
Democratic prospects in 1880. he
said the grand old Democratic party
would then gain control of every
branch of the government, He eulo-
gized Tilden as a patriot and states
man, and among the finest and best
the country had ever known He said
he was cheated out Of the Presidency
an 1876, after being fairly elected.
This sentiment was loudly applauded,
but when he added that his claims and
his behavior since 1876 had been such
MS to entitle him to nomination in
1880 there was tremendous applause,
which showed that the Democracy of
Maine had been fixed for the sage
of Gramercy Park.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
THE FUTURE OUTLOOK.

Thata large fall trade is anticipa-
ted, and that the business outlook is
especially encouraging throughout the
West and South, in fact all over the
country, is evidenced by the reports
to be found in all Western newspa
pers. In the river trade freights
have been moving freely for some
weeks past and but for the yellow
fever here it is generally believed
that floating tonnage would have been
inadequate to the demand. Regard
ing the encouraging prospects, the St.
Louis Times in recent issue says:
The idea that the country is about
to enter upon a career of unusual
prosperity seems to have taken per-
mament hold of every one. Indeed
for the past three months the work
shops and manufactures have been
increasing their forces until at this
time most of them are running at
their full capacity, and even then are
unable to meet all demands made
upon them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
NELLIE GRANT sARToR1s.
Not an Obituary but Pleasant Reml.
nlsCeRCe.
washingtOn OOr. PhiIadeIphia Times. |

Washington Cor. Philadelphia Times.
Nellie Grant was one of the pret-
tiest little girls | ever saw. | remem-
Der that on her fathers first inaugura-
tion as President in 1868, she was
with her mother and several distin-
guished ladies, including Mrs.
Sprague. They were seated with
foreign ministers, judges of the Su-
preme Court and notable senators and
army officers on the great platform
over the east steps Of the capitol.
While $4,000 people were packed in
front, Ebon G. Ingersoll, was Mrs.
Grants escort, and little Nellie stood
by his side while her father read. in
voice scarcely audible to himself,
his brief inaugural address. When
he had finished well remember how
naturally and unconsciously, as it
were Nellie bounded to his side and
kissed him. She was dressed
in a blue silk and her bright
golden hair hung in profusion
about her shoulders. It was a
touching sight. She was led from the
platform between Schuyler Colfax and
her father, each holding her by the
hand, while Chief Justice Chase con
graduated Mrs. Grant. Nellie was
then thirteen years Of age and had as
sweet a face as | ever saw. Subse-
quently | saw her at Long Branch,
the sweetest face in the ballroom and
the favorite Of her companions, the
Misses Beal, Miss Hoey, Miss Muir.
ply, Miss Barnes, and others whose
names escape me. She used TO drive
the fast mare, Bess, to a phaeton alons
Ocean avenue and it was not infre
Quent to see her having a friendly
squirt of speed with Miss Hoey, whC
drove a pair of spirited ponies. i
was at Long Branch, in the parlors O
the West End hotel, where she wen
every day to dance, that Mr., Sartorii
first met her, and two years afterwarC
they were married at the White Hous,
with great ceremony. Soon they sail
ed for Europe, where they have spen
most Of their time since. We hav,
heard reports Of his neglect of he
and even Of his ill-using her, but tn,
stories were no doubt exaggerations
if not wholly untrue.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
Discovery of Silk and Satin.

The discovery of silk is attributed
to one of the wives of the emperor of
China, Hoang-ti, who reigned about
two thousand years before the Chris
tian era and since that time a special
spot has always been allotted in the
gardens of the Chinese royal palace to
the cultivation of the mulberry tree
called in Chinese the golden tree
and to the keeping of silk-worms. The
first silk dress mentioned in history
was made not for a sovereign nor a
pretty woman, but for the monster in
human shape, Heliogabalus.
Persian monks who came to Con-
stantinople revealed to the Emperor
Justinian the secret of the production
of silk, and gave him some silk-worms.
From Greece the art passed into Italy
at the end of the thirteenth century.
When the popes left Rome TO settle at
Avignon, France, they introduced into
that country the secret which had
been kept by the Italians; and then
Louis Xl established at Tours a man
ufactory of silk fabrics. Francis |
founded the Lyons silk works, which
to this day have kept the FIRST rank.
Henry IL of France wore the first
pair of silk hose ever made, at the
wedding of his sister.
The word satin" which in the
original was applied to all silk stufs
in general, has since the last century
been used to designate only tissues
which present lpstered surface, The
discovery of this particularly brilliant
stuff was accidental. 0ctaTio Mai,
silkweayer, finding business very dull,
and not knowing what to invent to
give a new impulse to the trade, was
one day pacing to and fro before his
loom. Every time he passed the ma
chine, with no definite object in view.
he pulled little threads from the warp,
and put them in his mouth. which
soon after he spat out. Later on, he
found the little ball of silk on the
Hoor Of his workshop, and was attract
ed by the brilliant appearance of the
threads. He repeated the experiment
and, by using heat and mucilaginous
preparations, succeeded in giving new
luster to his tissues.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
ACE TO FACE.
A Harmless Duel Between an Editor
and a Prominent Young Blood
Of South Carolina.
speoIaI to the cincInnatl Enauirer.l !

special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.l
SPARTANsBURG, S. c., September
2.-Information was received here to-
day of a duel which took place yester-
day at Lancaster, in this State, be-
twec n Chas Shannon and Captain f.
Clar e, two of the most prominent
youn men in this section. Clarke is
edito of the Camden journal. Shan
non rthe son of Colonel VIM. Shan
non, one Of the wealthiest planters in
the State. Mr.. Thomas j. Anerim
acted as second for Mr.. Shannon, and
Mr.. Q. G. Alexander acted in a simi-
lar capacity for Captain Clarke.
1t seemed that Captain Clarke and
his antagonist (Mr. Shannon) we're
personal friends, but that the former
in his position as editor, had deemed
it his duty to publish an article re-
flecting very severely on the conduct
of the board of county commissioners
in regard to certain bridge, Colonel
VIM. Shannon, the father Of Mr..
Charles j. Shannon, being chairman
of that board. Colonel Shannon pub
lished a card in the Kennesaw Gazette
in reply, rejecting upon Captain Clarke
in such a manner that it was under
stood he was making arrangements to
call Colonel Shannon to account.
Mr.. Charles j. Shannon, not wish
ing his father to be challenged at his
time of life, determined to take the
matter in his own hands, and accord
ingly challenged Captain Clarke for
the previous assault on Colonel Shan
non. The challenge was accepted.
but Captain Clarke was arrested and
incarcerated in Jail, and it seemed as
if the anticipated combat was to be
prevented. The gallant captain,
however, succeeded in escaping from
custody, and repaired to the ground
for the meeting in ample time. The
weapons and terms chosen were
Smith u Wessons revOlvers at twenty
PAGES, each party to advance and fire
until the weapons were exhausted,
and one of the parties was disabled.
| The seconds, however, in considera-
tion of the previous relations of the
two gentlemen engaged, and the ma
ture of the dispute, determined that
there should be but one shot allowed
on each side. BoSh parties behaved
with coolness and courage, and faced
the music like men, but they both
missed their aim.
1t seemed pity that nothing more
should come of the fight not even a
reconciliation but it had been deter
mined beforehand that there should
be no second fire, and the parties sep
arated and left the ground without
saluting each other, as is customary in
such affairs. Both parties think they
are right, as a matter of course but
as Captain Clarke does not reiterate
his charges in the last editorial issue
of his paper, but simply calls for an
| investigation of the matter by the
grand jury, it is to be hoped that no
further personal rencounter will re-
suit
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
Personal and Political.

Wine made from Florida oranges
three years ago is now said to taste
like sherry.
The mosquito is POLITICALLY called
"the mournful minstrel Of the Mas
matte marsh. "
j. G. S. Blackburn of Kentucky is
to be the guest of Speaker Randall at
Berwin, Pa, this week.
A company of pretended Zulus, on
exhibition in Dublin, were routed by
a woman who showered them with
paving stones. She had lost a son in
Zululand.
Ex-Governor Warmoth, of Louisi-
ana, who is now in Washington, SAYS
that he will be a candidate before the
Republican convention Of the State
next fall for the governorship.
The venerable Judge Clifford, of the
United States Supreme Court, has
been enjoying trout fishing in Maine.
He was seen in brook there lately up
to his waist in the water, and ere long
came back with seventeen fine fish.
On the bills of fare at White Sui
phur Springs Hotel, in Old Virginia,
the following significant line appears :
Engagement rings can be had at the
jewelry store" The waters down there
are said to stimulate matrimony won
derfully.
Perhaps San Diego county, CAL, has
the oldest Cgoter in California, if not
in the Union. The great register bears
the name of Manuel Serna, who was
registered on October "A, 1867, when
ais age was said to be SO years. That
would make him III years this fall.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05

HAYES is going West. He has an
interest in spending six weeks in
Ohio, where he will reVolve around
his ancestral halls in Fremont, and
gush at horse shows, usual in autumn
and multitudinous in Ohio this year.
He will explain how he has distribut-
ed his cabinet over the country to
make speeches and robbed the clerks
at Washington to help the Republican
party in accordance with his civil
service reform letter. He will ex-
plain how important 1t is to elect
Foster SO that Sherman may beat
Grant and keep the patronage of the
general government in Ohio.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
SEPTEMBER.

The golden-rod is yellow;
The corn is turning brown;
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.
The gentian's bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun;
In dusty pods the milkWeed
Its hidden silk has spun.
The sedges faunt their harvest,
In every meadow nook;
And asters by the brook side
Make asters in the brook.
From deWy lanes at morning
The grapes sweet odor rise;
At noon tho roads all hutter
With yellow butterflies.
BY all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
with summers best Of weather,
And autumn's best of cheer.
But none Of all this beauty
Which floods the earth and air,
Is unto me the secret
Which makes September fair.
'Tis thing which l remember;
To name it thrills me yet;
One day Of one September
l never can forget.
H. H., in Scribner for Septemb
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05

BY promptly sailing away from
Japan, Grant lodged the unpleasant
business Of acting as umpire in the
China Japan quarrel over the thirty
six Loo Choo islands. Whichever
way Grant would decide he would
make enemies, and that would inter
fere with his Asiatic prestige as a
reigning monarch" Grant has to
keep himself in trim for the Republi-
can imperial national sovereignty"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
MRs. SpRAGuE has fed from A sho

Mrs. SPRAGUE has fed from shot
gun husband and Canonchet home
With her three children, and although
there is nothing very romantic in the
story, the exhuberant Bohemian will
redeem it from the vulgar class of
brutal husbands or truant wives of
daily experience. We shall, we pre-
sumo, have Kate Chase Sprague and
Sprague Chase Conkling in the courts
for winter sensation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
Strlke oil Imnor1elI Cmtlnr.

New YoRK, September 2.-What
the hardware trade consider a rare bit
OF drollery has come to light to-day, ii
being nothing less than the strike of
the Englishmen from Sheffield, who
we're brought over few weeks ago to
make genuine Sheffield cutlery in
Bridgeport, Conn. 1t seems that they
weTo brought out To work under con.
tract, but on arriving here they find
that the contract calls on them to
work for less wages than others we're
paying. Their English wool was in
stantly raised, and they went on a
strike, it is said, in body. At the
latest accounts the trouble had not
been settled, and the English work
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
Nnnin.

LONDON. September "A dispatch
to the Standard from Rome reports
that the Pope has been confdentially
asked if he will try to make peace
between King Alfonso and Don
Carlos, and induce the latter to resign
bis pretensions TO the throne of
Spain. His holiness replied that he
could not interfere, but would give
advice and counsel. He suggested
Count De Chambord as a peace
maker.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05

SUBSCRIBERS who wish 10 re-
new will do us n favor by SEND
ING MONEY before their time
expires, as our mail list is very
large, and our force 70 do the
work small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT the MONEY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
Publisher and Proprietor.

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is s5 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 postofice,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
TENNESSEE
STATEBOARD OF HEALTH
Nashville, Tenn, August I8, 1879.
RULES
For the Government of Memphis
and Other Infected Districts.

RULE l. No person shall be permitted to
enter town or place which is dangerously
infected with yellow fever, unless such per-
son has already had the yellow fever, and
then only after obtaining permission Of the
Superintendent Of Quarantine.
RULE 2. The Superintendent of Qusrap-
tine at each place dangerously infected"
shall have charge and control, with the coun-
sci and advise ofthis Board, Of the disinfec-
tion of fhouses, privies, cellars, clothing, bed
ding, and all other textile fabrics, baggage,
mails, cars, depots, sewers. drains, public
and private yards, and such other places and
things as it may be at any time considered
necessary to disinfect.
RULE 8. Local Boards Of Health are ex-
pected to have charge of, and to enforce gem
eral sanitation within the limits Of their re-
spective jurisdictions, and to give aid aud
support to Superintendents Of Quarantine
during the epidemics in the carrying out of
such rules and regulation as the State Board
have adopted, and may from time to time
adopt
RULE 4. A house infected with yellow fe-
yer shall be designated by Yellow Flag.
Rule 5. No person shall be permitted to
enter house infected with yellow fever ex-
cept physicians, clergymen, and such nurses
and attendants as are necessary to the care
of the sick
RULE 6. No persons, except physicians
and elergymen, shall be permitted to leave
an infected house without the permission. in
writing, Of the superintedont Of Quarantine.
they having first complied with such methods
Of disinfectiOn as may be prescribed by him.
RULE7. Physicians and clergymen may
come and retire from the apartments of the
sick of yellow fever at all hours; provided.
however, that they shall not enter a nom
infected house, carriage, car or other public
place of resort until their persons and ap
parel have been thoroughly disipfected.
RULES Public assemblies of all kinds are
prohibited in any place " dangerously in.
fected " with yellow fevor and the Superin-
tendent of Quarantine is charged with the
rigid enforcement Of this rule.
RULES. From the hours Of 9p.m. to the
hour of am. each day, all persons not
engaged i'm the care OF the sick. or I'm
the execution OF their duties as of.
heers Of the law, shall remain at their
homes or on their respective premises, unless
they be granted permission to leave them by
the superintendent of Quarantine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
CARD.

To all who are suffering frOmthe errors and
indiscretiens of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood, etc., l 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 REV. JOSEPH 7.
IMAM, Station D, New York City.
eOd-2-x4K-lkW
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05

and that the departure of the family
for the city was a ruse.
The whole community is in a fer
ment, and verify we are slipping our
fill of horrors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
ingmen were seeking employment
elsewhere, on the principle Of work
for the man who will pay the most.
Written for the Ledger.l
MEMPHIS.


BTT P. s.s
From this city comes the Wailing
or her people in distress
Yellow death his flag is sailing,
To the wall his eolors press.
In that wall voice appealing
Unto us, who should not fail
To respond with hearts revealing
Christian love which will not quail
Come, ye Mississippi's valiant,
Eve'y man can give a mite,
Ye whose virtues always salient,
Always bravsst in the right.
Let our women help us, praying
God to turn the lash away;
Let the cruel scourge cease faying,
To Jehovah let US prayl
Andremember this when giving
While upon her fortune smiled,
And our State was scarcely living,
Her good Press our woes beguiled.
TUPELo, MISS, Sept. 2. 1879.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05

Chief Of special agents, Parker, has
been sent to Erie, Pa, to investigate
the charges against the postmaster,
Walker
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
Notice to Shippers.
RAGS AND RAG-PICKERS,
OrrIon Bonn or Hmm.

TAXING DIsrRIor OF SHELBY Co.. TENN
MEMPHIS, Tenn, September /, 1879.
NOTICE is hereby given that from this
IN date all persons are forbidden to collect,
sell, or buy rags Of any description nor
shall bedding, clothing, carpets, or dry goods
Of any description bo removed from houses
where there has been yellow fever without
permission from the board of health.
Dealers in rags are also forbidden to move
rags during the fever,
BY order Of the board.
J. CHANDLER. MD,
Secretary Board Of Health.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
MEMPHIS. Tenn. 4

MEMPHIS, IENN., August q, 1873,
The attention of the citizens of Memnbis :,
directed to the above rules and re9ulafions
adopted by the State Board of Health n
being my duty to see that they are oomnlied
with and inasmuch as they are intended for
our benefit, and to check, If possible, the far
ther spread Of the disease, I invite the CO.
operation Of all good citizens in aiding me In
enforce tho same from this date. ~
$500 JOHN JOHNSON.
l5l loS Superintendent of QuarantinS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-05
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nnder the supervision and management al
9onerals g. T.BEAURBGARD and JTiBAL
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LOTTERY.

A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
"A WIN F0RTUNE-Ninth Grand Dis
uibution, Glass |, at New Orleans, Tuesday.
September 9, 1S79-ll2tb Monthly Drawing.
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100000 Tickets at 80 Each Half.
Tickets, 81. List OF Prizes
APPROXIMATION PRIZES .

p. o. Box 69a New Orleans. La.
Df same at No. $40 Broadway, New YorF
Or TO d. u. GILLESPIE.
No 8 West Court street, Memphis Tom.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-06
The city OF New Orleans VS.. Martha
Perrault.

L,IFTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PAR
writ of ieri faeas to me directed BY the honor
able thu Fifth Dis riot Court for the parish Of
Orleans la the above entitled cause, for city
taxes Of 1879, / will proceed to sell at PUBLIC auc
ton. at the Merchants and Auctioneers EX-
charge. Royal street, between Canal and Gus
tomhouse streets. in the Second District Of this
city. on MONDAY. October 6. 1879, at l..
o'clock M. the following described property,
: A CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND. SIT
uatsd in the Third District OF this city, 10
square number one hundred and fifty-s1ght.
bounded BY DAuphine Royal. Union and Peace
streets. and designated a. lot number fifteen.
measuring twenty feet front on DauphIne
street BY one hundred and twenty eight feet ia
depth.
uat+ i In the Third District Of this. city. IN
square number two hundred and stAty-tWo;
bounded b Burgundy, Dauphine. Union and
Frsnchmen streets, and slgnAted a. lot IuLn.
bar tWenry-thrre, measuring thirty feet front
On Burgundy street by one hundred and twenty
"A 4 CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND. sit
uarad In tho Third District OF this CITY. 10
square number two hundred and sixty four;
hiun ed BY Burgundy. Danphtne, harierec ana
st Anthony streets. and designated as ieI nun
har sixteen. measuring thirty two, feet front On
Burgundy street By one hundred ana twenty
eight feet In depth.
sai2ad In the above suit
Terms-Cash on the spot.
j. R. ALCEE GAUTHREAUh.
Civil sheriff OF the Parish OF Orleans.
SEA 1lls Is oe16