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The New York herald., 1879-01-01
SUPERVISORS.

IIatDush--ieter Willinmson, denocrat.
flatlands-John L. Ryder republican
New LossTA H. W. Van Sicken. democrat.
New utrecht-Adolph Gubner, independent
Gravesend-Jaques Stlwell, Democrat
Reelected.
Commissioners OF Charities First district
Charles H. Henry. democrat. Second district-.VS'l
Sizer republican. Fourth district-Bernard Mi,las
Democrat. Fifth district-H. V. Storms, democrat
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A BICYCLE JOURNEY.
The Trip of William Rollins from Kew
York to Saratoga.
snecial 10 Lhe Couier.Journnl.l

special to the Courier-Journal.l
New YoRK, July7.-Mr. William
Rollins, who has undertaken the
Journey from New York to Saratoga
On bicycle, reached Hudson City
Sunday after a leisurely trip. He has
rested every day in the heat Of the
lay, and did not attempt at any time
to make extraordinary time, or to test
his own powers Of endurance. The
main object is to find whether there
is as good riding along the Hudson for
bicycles as have been represented, as
there are clubs in Boston, Brooklyn
md this city anxious to find stretch
Of good road for practice. The dis
lance to Saratoga is 1872 miles, and Mr.
Rollins will be content if he reaches
there by Tuesday, which will be his
sixth day out. II the roads are good.
the trip could be made bya profess
sional bicyclist in twenty. four hours.
Captain Butler, the English rider,
rode from Hyde Park corner, in Lon
don, to Bath and return, two hundred
ind twelve miles, In twenty three
hours and iity-fve minutes, including
stops, and f. E. Appleyard rode from
Bath to London, on a turnpike road, a
distance Of one hundred miles, in
seven hours, eighteen minutes and
fiiity-five seconds, beating thirty-one
competitors. Mr.. Rollins is twenty
six years old. He learned to ride a
few weeks ago, and this trip is only
the tenth time id which he has had
the vehicle out. lie rides a Columbia
bicycle, with afifty two inch wheel, the
whole weighing fifty-one pounds.
Forty delicate steel wire spokes
strengthen the wheel, and a red rubber
tube forms its tire. Mr.. Rollins goes
dressed in drab helmet hat blue
flannel sack coat, black knee breeches
and red leggings, stout shoes. In a
saddle bag strapped on the back Of
his vehicle he carries few necessary
articles. He will keep a log of the
roads he traverses fer the benefit Of
the bicycle clubs.
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GALVESTON, July 10. Cotton is
nominal. Middling, 12c. Receipts, %
bales. Stock, 1924 bales.
New ORLEANS, July 10, 2 pm
Cotton is quiet. Middling, lie. Re-
ceipts, 92 bales. Sales, 250 bales.
Stock, 20 ,330 bales.
LIVERPOOL. July 10, BIG pm
Cotton opened this morning quiet
and unchanged. UPlands, 6Bd; Or
leans, 6 l5-l6d. Sales, 1000 bales
export, 1000 bales. Receipts, 1850
bales; American, 1850 bales. Flu
lures opened partially 1-l6d cheaper
now steadier. Deliveries for July
and August, 6 13-16@625-32d; August
and September, 6 N-32@6 13-16d ;
September and October, 6 1920
6Bd October and November, 6 9-16@
6 17@32d November and December,
6 II -32d.
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serious PrOstration.

General Josiah Dixon, an old and
respected citizen who came here some
years ago from Virginia, and was for a
considerable period connected with
the house Of Grubbs & Austin, cloth.
iers, was Frustrated by the heat about
q o'clock to-day on Main street. He
was discovered to be in fainting con-
dition in front Of Mansfelds drug
store by policeman Jenny, who assisted
him into the store and afterward into
a street car to go to his residence at
ll3 Vance street He had a high
fever and could scarcely speak at the
time he was placed in the car. He is
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Heat in NJ. Lonis.

ST Lotus, July Sit begins to look
as though the present hot spell will, if
Il continues much longer, prove as
disastrous to the eity's health as the
week OF extraordinary heat last year,
every day Of which counted its fatal
eases of sunStroke by the score. To
day the thermometer recorded 9S0 in
the shade, and this evening, an hour
after sundown 930 was the. figure. A
stiff breeze was blowing all day long,
aud this accounts for the fact that only
four cases Of sunstroke occurred
With one exception they were not
very serious. The exception, however,
is very defined case, and the sufferer
will die before morning. The board
of health staff are fully organized for
a siege and unless the weather mode
rates In a day or two, there IL no doubt
die scenes Of last year at the City Hall,
when that building was turned into
. sunstroke hospital, will be repeated,
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an elderly, portly gentleman, but of
good habits ..and physique, and it is
hoped that he may soon be restored.
ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL.

MEMPHIs, July 10.
Sales of cotton here to-day 125
bales to spinners. The market closed
quiet.
Receipts of cotton here to-day Is
bales. Total since September 1st,
385,695 bales; shipments to date,
38O,769 bales. Stock on hand, $3.50
bales. Shipped to-day =.
New YORK. July 10, 3.16 p.m.-
Cotton opened this forenoon quiet /;
at unchanged prices now easier,
as follows Ordinary, 103c good
ordinary, lie; low middling,
lljc; middling, u 3-l6c; good mid
ding, lac; middling fair, 13 7-16c :
fair, l4Bc. Futures closed last even
ing firm and 6 to II points below the
day before; opened this morning
shade easier; now firm at 8 to u
points above last evering, as follows I:
Deliveries for
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WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, July Z, 1879. -
EDIT0R LEDGER. - As brevity is
the soul Of wit" | divided my other
letter aud send you the other half
telling you of my late visit to the
White House where Ispent the even.
ing. l found MIR. and Mrs. Hayes in
the east portico, which oyerlooks the
Potomac, and which was brilliantly
illuminated with a full, large moon,
making a perfect landscape of light
aud shade on the placid water. The
scene was so home-like in the porch,
and Mrs. Hayes, in manner and bear
ing, so like highbred Virginia
woman, with that peculiar ease and
grAae eof entering into conversation, |
at once forgot ! was near the highest
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Australian Vengeance.

A writer on Australian life relates
the following story in the Boston Com
mercial Bulletin One evening on
return of the miners to camp there
was terrible Outery from one of the
tents. Scores of miners rushed in a
body to the place whence the cry
issued, and found a miner bending over
his mate, who had been sick and not
gone out that day. The sick man was
dead with dagger in his heart, and
the box on which he lay for bed
showed evidence of having been
broken open and rihed of its contents.
The body was still warm. showing
that the deed had but recently been
perpetrated. The miners Immediately
scattered in pursuit of the murderer
or murderers. An hour later man
was brought in-one of the most vii
lainous-looking characters | ever
beheld. His pockets were filed with
gold, which was identified by the sur
viving mate as the property of himself
and his dead comrade.
There was no mistake about the
matter, The bags in which the dust
was contained were marked with the
joint names Of the mates, and the
nuggets the surviving mate swore to.
This was sufficient to establish the
guilt Of the accused, Some were for
hanging him on the spot, but the law
abiding portion of the community,
being in the majority, insisted upon
his having a fair trial. He was re-
manded for the night and guard
placed over him.
Next morning he was missing. How
he had eluded the guards they knew
not, but that he had escaped there
could be no doubt. What was worse,
he had carried off the gold with him,
which had been placed in safe keeping
in the prison with him.
1t was deemed idle to pursue him,
but description of the murderer was
drawn up and circulated and reward
offered for his capture, dead or alive
| A week passed away without any It'd.
Iings being heard of the fugitive. Al
the end of that time a native came
into the camp, and leaving letter fol
the presiding magistrate, disappeared
as suddenly as he came. The letter
was curt, but was to the point:
Mr.. Magistrate-Jem Bell (thC
murdered man) was once matey mine
| He was a good man. You will Gnt
| Bill Crimes, his murderer, at the head
of Dead Horse Gully. | have kept
the gold for the reward.
KANGAROO BILL,
Captain of the Bushrangers.
A party of miners Immediately pro.
ceeded to the locality described, ex,
pecting to fud the murderer fastened
to tree or rock. What was theil
horror on approaching the place tC
find nothing but feshless skeleton
every bone picked clean until il
| glistened like ivory in the sun. The
bushrangers had robbed the murderer
and then driving stakes into the
ground they had fastened him, back
down, to an ant hill. The ants O
| Victoria are as yoracious as death
The murderer had been eaten alive
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Sec that My Graves Kept Green

Special to Cincinnati EnQuirer.l
VICTORIA, TEXAS, July s. = A
dreadful tragedy has occurred here.
Miss Maud Crosland, one of the most
beautiful young ladies of IndianoIa,
aged nineteen, while visiting her
relative, Mrs. Il. f. A. Noble, and
while Mrs. Noble was absent upstairs,
suddenly seized a ix-shooter hanging
on a bed-post and, placing the muzzle
to her forehead, deliberately pulled
the trigger and fired. She literally
blew her brains out, and the whole
front part of the skull being torn off.
Miss Crosland fell on her back, her
brains and blood being spattered all
over the room. Mrs. Noble ran down
stairs and found Miss Crosland lying
in her own blood. A few hours before
Miss Grassland had sung to her friends,
See that My Graves Kept Green"
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Family Trade Particularly Desired
SUMMER RESORTS.
A Delightful Summer Resort.
Board, SIC per Month.

THE proprietor of Branner Institute, at
/ Messy Creek, East Tennessee, on
the East Tennessee, VirgiLia and Georgia
railroad, 2S miles east of Knoxville, has con
sented to open the buildings during the
heated term, putting board at the low rate
Of SIC per month.
The buildings and grounds are handsome
and cOmmodious, situated on an eminence
overlooking the village and surrounding
country; rooms large and well ventilated;
several acres inclOsed, intersected with walks
and Ornamented with shade and fruit trees.
For beauty Of situation and healthfulness of
location, cannot be surpassed The noun
tains north and south loom up in the distance,
presenting scene worthy Of the highest arts
Of the painter. Good roads, splendid drives.
Many attractions, both natural and artificial.
Pure limestone and yistern water. The
chapel, so feet long, is nj the disposal Of
guests. Fare as good as the country affords,
Une-tourth of n mile from the depot and tele-
graph office. Drug store and good physicians
IN the village. Will be opened goth of June.
For particulars address
99-lA G. W. McELVEEN.
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dignitaries Of the country. She is fine
looking; has striking black eyes and
hair; the latter she wears in a coil
behind and simply braided in
front Her entertainments are so
divested of starch and whalebone
you could imagine that the mantle Of
Lady Washington or Mrs. Madison
has fallen on her. AS was presented
by our mutual friend Mrs. Gouvanier,
(wiO is the wife Of the grandson of
President Monroe, and brilliant So
ciety woman, her greeting was very
cordial, and she introduced me to her
visitors, including General Hawley,
(head OF the centennial cOmmission) /,
and Mr. Evarts. AS the Democrats
had been giving the President per-
haps little too much grape | fancied
he might not be disturbed with the
guns, only at the noise, for he looked
weary. | got half hours chat with
him told him Memphis appreciated
all the kindness that he had done for
the South, and left him with the i'm
preston that he is too good man for
political wire workers.
The Fourth passed as usual. The
fireworks, ever amusing to the young
people, and the grafton, ever tiresome
to the old, with the oft-repeated
stories that Washington never told a
lie, never disobeyed his mother, and
never forgot to say his prayers. In
deed for all the blessings he gave us, I
bless him for giving us this beautiful
city, where the old families still rule
society, though many of them wear
old clothes and live in old houses, and
where, if you are lady, you can do
just as you please, provided you vio-
late no rules of good breeding.
Soon We all leave here for sea-shore
or mountain air. Fearing, Mr.. Editor
you may be tired of this unconstrained
talk, and with my best wishes for
Memphis, and that she may soon pay
her honest debts, and that the LEDGER
may often put her in these paths Of
duty. Very truly, f. L. s.
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Completion Ofthe Southern Rail-
road.

CINCINNATI Enquirer, 9TH.
Mr.. r. &. Huston has just returned
to the city from a trip along the Gin
cinnati Southern railroad. He say
the track is completed to lockwood
near the Tennessee river, and within
sixty miles of Chattanooga. He says
that a furnace in that vicinity has 1000
tons of iron lying waiting and anxious
for the completion Of the road, in
order to get the metal shipped to
Chattanooga, now that the Tennessee
river is too low for that purpose. He
says that business is brisk all along
the coal regions, getting ready for
operation upon the completion Of the
road 1t is now thought that the
contract of Huston & Co. will be com.
pleted within the prescribed time,
Notwithstanding the delay in begin
ning--no fault of the contractors,
however. lie says that not a single
one of the sub-contractors has failed
in respect to coming to time or making
a reasonable amount Of money He is
confident that the contract will be
entirely completed on time
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Protecting the Assassin of Porter

Protecting the Assassin Of Porter
New Orleans Timesl
The opening chapter of the trial of
James Currie at Marshall, Texas, is
not by any means reassurring. 1t de-
velOps no formidable line of defense !;
on the contrary, there is scarcely
serious affectation of having any de-
iense at all but it is only too apparent
that to the pitiful pretext set up BY
Currie' attorney the court is ready to
listen and defer. The murder for
which James Ourrie is arraigned-the
most brutal and unprovoked within
our recollectiOn-was committed about
six months ago. The murderer mas
had the most liberal allowance of time
in which to prepare for the ordeal, yet,
now that the case is at last called, his
lawyers put in claim for postpone
ment on the ground that they are able
to prove that Currie was provoked
into numbering Porter and trying to
murder Barrymore, but that their
witnesses are absent. Of course, this
plea is transparent, but, though the
prosecution produced affidavits to
show that no one, excepting certain
specified persons, was present, the
court sustained it and the postpone
ment was ordered. The plan is un-
mistakable. 1t is to weary out the
prosecution, disgust witnesses like
Barrymore, who have to travel two or
three thousand miles every time the
case is called, and finally to pull
Currie through by sheer force of time
and trickery. This sort of a campaign
cannot be followed out except through
the courts sympathy sustained by
public sentiment, and we shall now
have all opportunity Of seeing how
much sincerity there was in that glow
ing proclamation sent forth by the
citizens of Marshall last winter, prom
ising the world that Currie should
be promptly and fairly tried, and
that the law should be vindicated
and civilization upheld. 1t is certain
" a remarkable coincidence that all
Ave of these phantom witnesses who
are to prove that Currie was goaded
aud brow-beaten into committing
murder are "absent" at this particular
time. They were absent" also, it
will be remembered, at the coroner's s
inquest and at all the preliminary pro-
ceedings Indeed, it seems reasonable
to infer that they have always been
absent from Marshall, for no one ever
heard of them before, and no one
seems likely to see them ever. To be
sure, they will do as well as more sub
stantial witnesses, with complaisant
judge thrown in, but it remains to be
seen whether the community of Mar
shall can afford to sanction juggling
by which the most ruflianly murderer
of the generation is to be turned loose
again upon society.
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Vocalists should be careful what
they eat. A case has been decided at
Zurich which bears on this fact. A
vocal contest was recently held at
KlOten, in the canton OF Zurich, in
which a thousand vocalists took part.
OF course they had banquet, and on
the morrow seven Of the number we're
dead and six hundred aud ninety-eight
were i'll. The wine vender was ac-
Quilted, but the man who supplied the
catables was sentenced to three years
Imprisonment,
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CARD.

To all who are suffering fromthe errors and
indiscrctions 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 self.addressed envelope to REV. JosEPH T.
IMAM Station D, New York City.
eOd-Q-vxN-Ie,v
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Ever since Ewes incautious expert.
ence in the Garden of Eden, babies
have been the institution Petted by
men and loved by women, their baby
life would be an absolutely happy ex.
istence, but for those evidences of
mortality exhibited in collie, flau-
leucy, etc.--all happily relieved at
once. however, by the prompt use of
DR., Bulls Baby Syrup,
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Edition.
2 O'CLOCK. p. m.
River Telegrans,

Special to the Ledger.l
CAIRO, July 10, 10 am.-The James
w. Gaff will arrive at Memphis Fri
day morning, the 11th, and leave
positively in the evening for Cincin-
natl, going through with dispatch.
r. w. WISE, master.
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1t is dangerous to rob watermelon
patch in Texas. Three young men
tried it near Groesbeck, in that State,
on Saturday, and the farmer shot one
dead, mortally wounded another, and
slightly wounded the third.
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The Memphis and Charleston
Railroad will run IA special pas
senger train out from Memphis
10 Chattanooga tomorrow (EIi-
day, leaving at 10 o'clock la the
morning.
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DR. j. l.. Newborn, dentist, No. "a
Madison street, wishes to hire a horse
and buggy for moderate use in the
country during the fever.
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Second Edition.
4 O'CLOCK, p. n.
THE SCOURGE.
The Situation Less Gloomy.
A Called Meeting Of the HOwards
Death of Mr.. Tobin---Favor-
able Condition of Judge
Ray and His Boys.
Weather Intensely Hot = Peoples
Preparations for Departure.
Latest News TO the Last Moment.
Etc.. Eic., Etc.

Maurice Tobin, reported as sick
with yellow fever at his residence on
Bradley street, died at noon and an
order for his interment has been
issued. Tobin was a saddler by trade
and worked at Ferguson's. 1t is
stated that DR.. G. B. Thorn
ton, of the board of health,
claims that his case is not yellow fe-
yer. The attending physician, DR..
Henning, stated last night that he was
suspicious regarding Mr.. Tobin for
several days, and that he had conclud-
ed he was not suffering from yellow
fever This morning, however, the
case was reported to the board Of
health as simon pure yellow jack.
JUDGE RAYS CONDITION.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon a mes
senger from Judge Rays residence
reported the Judge getting on quite
comfortably, and his symptoms are
very favorable. His son, who was
taken i'll this morning, has very
light attack, and was but slightly ill
when the messenger left the premises.
The other patient was also getting on
well. There is no doubt Of the sick
ness in Judge Rays family being any
thing else than yellow fever. 1t was
so set down by DIR. Mitchell when
the youth Charles died, as black vomit
was thrown up by the sufferer previous
to his death.
OTHER ITEMS.
There we're no additional particu,
lars at the board of health up to the
hour of 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Many leading citizens express the
opinion that the situation is less
threatening and gloomy than was made
to appear this forenoon. Those who
have had the fever are inclined to the
belief that the prospect will show a
decided edimprovementwithin few days.
Nothing further has been heard from
the reported cases in Chelsea, and it
may turn out to have been a false
alarm up that way. 1t is to be hoped
that it will.
The weather this afternoon is very
close, with burning sun and only a
slight southwesterly breeze. 1t is a
fine temperature for breeding malarial
disorders and thunder and rain
storm would be exceedingly welcome
at present. The streets are fearfully
dusty aud the crops are very thirsty.
| 1t is stated that the Howard Asso-
citation has been called to meet for
consultation and action this evening at
their rooms on Madison street
People are quietly buying railroad
tickets and preparing to start
their families toward the inte-
rior There is no excitement,
but the people discuss the pros
pect calmly and express a hope
that the scourge will touch us lightly.
The railroads leading to all interior
points are in good order and no dis
ruption has so far occurred to disturb
the movements of trains over any
road leading from the city. Various
rumors to the effect that a break had
occurred were false.
Around the hotels there is no rush
or excitement. A number of citizens
are fixing to leave, but they do not
appear in a hurry about it. A day,
two days, a week even, seems to make
no particular difference.
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The convicts in the Northampton
Mass prison publish a weekly paper
in manuscript, called Innocents at
Home.
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CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, July 10.-Flour steady.
Wheat easier, 90c@sl.O5. Corn firm,
39c, Oats steady, 34@36c. Whisky
firm, $l.04. Provisions unsettled by
the report of yellow fever at Memphis,
prices nominally lower. Pork, Sl0@
l0l. Lard, &c. Bulk shoulders, 3.80c.
Short ribs sold at 4.8Oc sugar cured,
nominal, DC. Bacon, Al, 81, 5sc.
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CHICAGO, July 1O.-Wheat very
active, irregular and lower, s1.Oll
asked Corn active and lower, 37Ic.
Oats fairly active, 32lc bid. Pork
very active, excited and lower, owing
to yellow fever reports, $9.47a. Lard
very active and lower, 6.05@7lc.
Whisky, Sl.06. Hogs-Light, 1900
3.95e; singers, 3.04c; heavy, $500
3.54c mixed heavy to packers, 1900
3.75c. Receipts, 1900.
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ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS, July 1O.-Flour un-
changed. Wheat lower; No. 2 red,
98}@99c. Corn lower. 33t@33lc.
Oats higher, 3le. Rye dull. 48c bid.
Whisky quiet, Sl.05. Provisions de-
morallzed by the reports about yellow
fever and nothing done. Hogs steady
and all sold; Workers to BaltimOres,
3.70@385c rough and heavy, 1900
3.6Oc; smooth and heavy, 375@3. SOC.
Receipts, 290O; shipments, 100.
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BOARD or HEALTH.
OFFICE OF
Board of Health

TAXING DIsTRIor OF sHELBY Co., TRxS.,
July 10, 1879.
EIRST-To the people Of the city Of Mem
i phis we would say, quietly remove your
families to q place Of safety until we can at
least see whether the few cases Of yellow fever
will assume IN epidemic form.
Second To the people along the lines Of
the different routes Of travel we say, there
can be. no possible danger Of infection for
many days TO come.
by order Of the Board of Health,
q. D. TH0RT0N, ND,
President of Board Of Health
B. IL. COLLINS, NJ, D., Sec'y B, OF II.
Approved. D. PORTER,
JOHN 0NERTON, JR., +
NJ. BURKE,
Board Of Fire and Police Com'rs.