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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-11-22
Foreign Notes.

The pen used by Prince Bismarck
IN the hotel AT Vienna was sold for $50.
OF course the buyer was a Bririsher.
The man who cut the Princes hair is
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-05
NIMROD S%PATTENHUBER.
Hung for Murder and Having Such
a Name.

LEBANON, PA, July 3.-Nimrod
Spattenhuber, convicted Of the muir
der of John Ivison in a saloon In this
city, December 10th, 1873, was hanged
this morning. He slept we'll last night
and arose early. Father Kuheman at
2 o'clock entered the cell and remained
with the prisoner until 1875, when
the sheriff and deputies notified
~Spattenhuber that the final hour had
arrived, and to prepare. The priest
and Spattenhuber arose from their
knees. The prisoner then asked for
a glass Of water, which was
given him. He trembled a little
and tears filled his eyes, but he forced
them back, and then walked steadily
to the gallows, bearing a cruci6x.
After a short religious exercise, he
kneeling most of the time, the sheriff
placed the rope about his neck, and a
number of officials and his counsel
babe him goodbye. Spattenhuber's
grasp was weak, and his voice was not
above a whisper. The trap was then
sprung, but the drop being a short one,
the culprit was strangled. In thirteen
minutes the body was pronounced
dead, and after a lapse of twenty-fiv
minutes he was cut down. The re-
mains were then placed in a coffin and
taken to the Catholic church, from
whence the funeral will take place to-
morrow
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Latest by Cable.

GLASGOW, July &. - There were
only t~hirty-one persons in the High
Blantire colliery pit at the time Of
the explosion. Four of them were
burned alive. Twcnty-One Corpses
have been recovered.
ROME, July Negotiations be-
tween Bismarck and the pope con.
corning religious differences are pro
ceeding rapidly, and it is expected
that they will be successfully termi-
natOd before the appointment of DR..
Faulks as successor to the minister.
LONDON, July 3.-At the steam
c%olliers Of Mertheria, South Wales,
1900 persons refused a reduction Of
10 per cent. Of their wages, but were
reported as accepting at latest ac-
count.
At New Market to- day the Chester
field stakes for 2 years olds were won
by Bender Petal, second; Dora,
third. There were ten started.
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from Thursdays Second Edition.l
WASHINGTON.
The President RENTS the SEN
tence Of Dismissal by Court
Martial on Captain
RendeIbrOCk.
The Principal and Interest Of the
Registered Stock of Washing
ton and Georgetown to be
Paid the 18th Inst.

WASHINGTON, July 3.-The Presi-
dent RENTS the sentence of dismissal
by the court-martial on Capt. Joseph
Rendelbroek, of the Fourth cavalry,
He was found guilty of misbehavior
before an enemy, the Indians, and
neglect of duty. The court recon-
mended clemency on account of the
age of the captain, long and creditable
service, and the fact that his physical
condition showed him to be unfit for
active duty.
Secretary Thompson has ordered
the employees of the navy yards to have
holiday on the 9th as we'll as the 4th.
The treasurer of the United States
gives notice that the principal and ac-
crued interest of the registered stock
Of the corporations Of Washington
and Georgetown will be paid at the
treasury in Washington on and after
the 18th of July, and hat the interest
will cease on that day.
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u. WRIrMORE,
SATURDAY Evsnlns. Jaly .. lszs

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is SIS per annum and
sos yer 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 pOstOtRCe.
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Louisiana COnsnIs.

New York, July 3.-The officers
of the Bank of New York have a tel
egram from New Orleans, stating that
the auditor is paying to holders Of
Louisiana consols one and a half per
cent. of the interest due July list.
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Memphis brewery.

An immense beer barrel, big enough
to hold ten thousand gallons, occupies
a prominent place on the sidewalk in
front of the Memphis brewery down
on Tennessee street, neal the ice
house. II serves as a sign, and there
are sixty just like it in the cooling
cellars Of the brewery near by. The
sixty monsters are we'll stored with
sound argument best suited to the
comprehension ola large crowd of our
sovereign people who are never so
tractable as when operated on by this
convincing beverage. These we'll
stored beer barrels are able
logiclans and can knock any unin-
spired adversary sky-high when it
comes to an argument In local politics,
provided 10 is allowed to operate its
influence on the palate of an oppo-
nent. This Memphis brewery has
been in operation for the past two
years. The works and machinery cost
S5O,QOO and are Of the most approved
patts@. The engines, which, by
means of ether, pump cool air in and
hot air out Of the cooling room, and
yats are worth ten thousand dollars and
are a curiosity to those who are unfa-
miliar with the scientific process Of
making ice by artificial means. The
ether used il brought from Cleveland,
Ohio, aud unless an accident to the
machinery causes leakage never re-
quires refreezing. The brewery here
now employs thirty persons $nd en-
joys a large trade UP and down the
river, along the various railroads and
IL tho city. The beer is pure and
palatable and is preferred by many
to-day to that brought from upper
country cities.
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Two sisters Ju,np From \ Teo,u

NEwRVRs, July 3.--Mrs. Henry
+avOe and sister jumped from a train
at Turner's to-day, The former-a
bride-waa Instantly killed, and the
latter. aged seventeen, seriously in
iured.
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Death.

STATION, N. Y, July 3.-Rev. DR..
Jay S. Backus, the former secretary
of the American Baptist Home Mis-
sion Society, died here to-day, aged
seventy years.
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1t the anti Chinese bill should ever
become a law, u Chinese areerack.
ers viii have to be manufactured IN
Connecticut or New Jersey, where
our real Hayaga cigars are made.
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Postmaster General Key will spena
weeks in New England.
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Continued on Fourth Page.

Don Carlos is trying to make enough
TO pay his back board bills through
libel suits against Paris newspapers,
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Cotton Congresses,

No cotton mart in the Southeri
states offers or can possibly offer, such
facilities in cheap freights for cotton
on account Of the splendid machinery
used in reducing the bulk of the bales
Tor ocean and rail transportation as
Memphis. We append a description
OF these great enterprises which are
established here, and call the attention
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-05

1Ns ! a1NSl Ffea- =,
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Memphis CO0perage and Mann.
mefHring Company,

" FE n1lNd
This enterprise, and one of the most
important ever established in the
Bluff City, has been In operation in
fact ever since last December. Work
was first commenced on it in June,
1878. Fhe yellow fever epidemic,
however, stopped operations during It's
prevalence. The works are located
above the Memphis and Louisville
depot, nearly at the head of Main
street, Tracks of the Louisville and
Memphis, Little Rock and Paducah
railroads run into and alongside the
yards of the factory, bringing the very
best Of white oak, cypress, poplar and
red oak at cheap rates FROM an mex
haustible adjacent belt of country.
The machinery has been selected by
experts from the works of several
gf the leading and best known max
ers, ip order 10 procure the finest and
most improved machines FIR every
department Of the business, the slack
work machinery having been fur
nished by Trevor & Co. Of Lockport.
N. T., and Skidmore e. Co. Of Chic4.
go John Greenwood & Co. of Roches-
ter, N. Y, and Peter Gerlack & Co..
~ Cleveland, Ohio, having furnished
the light work machinery, while the
engines, boilers and shaftings are
superior specimens Of the praise
worthy fruits Of home industry, The
company are now seasogiBg lasga
quantities of oak, poplar, cottonwood
and cypress, so as to enable them at
all times to Gil the largest orders with
satisfaction and disrrtch-aud such
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-05

hAa sa9Nsl ro-st.AsN
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NV DVSt soaouhpu Noout WnlCn mas
been cutand dried for three years ,andis,
beforeused boiledin linseed oil to make
it more solid and i~mpervious to water.
These wagons do not quite last forever,
but they come as near it as any ever
offered in the market. The timber is
cut and carefully sele cited on the
lines of the various railroads ppning
into Memphis, and q large amount is
always kept on hand. The capacity
of this establishment is about Afteep
wagons par day, aud al present fifty
five or sixty hands are employed.
The most Of them are skilled work
men in the respective branches of the
business. When a wagon is finished
it is then painted up in the very best
style of art giving ar appearance Of
elegaRee as well as stability and
strength, A two inch water pipe
runs through the building, and six
ifty-foot pieces Of hose are in readi-
ness to be used in case Of FIRE. The
factory supports at least three kun.
bred people, jPelgdies those Deepen
dent upon the regular employees,
this being a great benefit to the com
munity IN a direct as well as Indirect
way The ti@e of each man is kept
accurately aud they are all paid ex-
aetly for what they do. The system
works we'll and ia quite satisfactory.
This is decidedly the largest and most
aogrishing establishment of the kind
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New Advertisements.
SUMMER TRAVEL.

SEND no :. 9. RIcH : Co, Portland,
the world. Expensive outfit free. !"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-14
A SETTLER FOR JOHN.
How the New Constitution Of California
Goes for That Heathen Chlnee.

The new constitution of California,
which is to be submitted to the judg-
ment of the people in May next, con
tains the following article:
ARTICLE XIX-CHINEsE
Section l. The legislature shall pre-
scribe all necessary regulations for the
protection of the State, and the coun-
ties, cities and towns thereof, from the
burdens and evils arising from the
presence of aliens who are or may be-
come yagrants, paupers, mendicants,
criminals or invalids afflicted with
contagious or infectious diseases, and
from aliens otherwise dangerous or
detrimental to the we'll l-being or peace
of the State, and to impose conditions
upon which such persons may reside
in the State, and to provide the means
and mode of their removal from the
State upon failure or refusal to comply
with such conditions provided, that
nothing contained in this section shall
be construed to impair or limit the
power of the legislature to pass such
police laws or other regulations as it
may deem necessary.
Sec. 2. No corporation now existing
or hereafter formed under the laws of
this State shall, after the adoption of
this constitution, employ, directly or
indirectly, in any capacity, any Chi
nese or Mongolian. The legislature
shall pass such laws as may be neces-
sary to enforce this provision.
Sec. 3. No Chinese shall be employ
ed on any State, county, municipal or
other public work, except in punish
ment for crime.
Sec. 4. The presence of foreigners
ineligible to become citizens Of the
United States is declared to be dan
gerOus to the well being of the State,
and the legislature shall discourage
their immigration by ali the means
within their power. Asiatic coolieism
is form of human slavery and is for
ever prohibited in this State, and all
contracts for coolie labor shall be void.
All companies or corporations, whether
formed in this country or any foreign
country, for the importoin of such
labor, shall be subject to such penal
ties as the legislature may prescribe.
The legislature shall delegate all neces-
sary power to the incorporated cities
and towns Of the State for the removal
of Chinese without the limits of such
cities and towns, or for their location
within prescribed portions of these
limits, and it shall also provide the
necessary legislation to prohibit the
introduction into this State of Chinese
after the adoption of this constitution.
This section shall be enforced by ap-
propriate legislation.
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THE PEDESTRIANS
The Weary Tramps- --ROweIi Still in the
Lead, with Ennis not far in the
Rear.

NEW YORK, March 14.-The weary
tramp is continued in Gilmore's
Garden. From midnight last night
to II o'clock to-day the fastest miles
made by each man were as follows (:
ROwell, 387th mile in 9:55; Ennis,
337th mile in 1923; Hartman, 344th
mile in 1918. When Rowell was on
his 39Oth mile he was presented
with blue silk cap by a
lady. He then made a strong
spurt for an over lap, cheered on by
the plaudits Of the assemblage. En-
mis- wore blue guernsy shirt to pro-
tect himself from the dampness of the
atmosphere, while Rowell and Harri-
man had on wool cordigan jackets.
The score is: Ten o 'clock-Rowell,
1856 miles; Ennis, 357 miles Harri-
man, 345 miles.
Eleven o'clock-Rowell, 387 miles
Ennis, 800 miles; Hartman, 34S
miles.
Twelve o'clock-Rowell, 391 miles
Ennis, 364 miles; Hartman, 354
miles.
One o'clock-Rowell, 1876 miles
Ennis, 1863 miles; Hartman, 35S
miles.
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CAPITOL NOTES.
Nashville American, 18th.l

Nashville American, 13th.l
House bill making it penitentiary
Otfense to carry concealed weapons
passed its third reading in the house
Yesterday after a lengthy discussion.
This is the only way to suppress the
practice and prevent bloodshed.
The vote in the house rejecting
house bill to protect food fish in the
waters ofTennessee was wisely recon
sidered yesterday and made the special
order for this forenoon.
A warm discussion occurred in the
house yesterday over the bill to estab-
lish an asylum for the insane in East
Tennessee. To this bill an amend
ment, providing for the erection of a
similar institution in West Tennessee
was added, and then the bill, as amend
ed, was rejected. During the discus
sion it was stated that out of 1900 in
sane persons in Tennessee only about
400 are provided for. The others are
incarcerated in the various iails in the
State or cared for by relatives as well
as it possible. To confne a lunatic
in Jail, where there is no proper pro-
vision for him, is to leave no hope for
the recovery Of, reason: it is simply
slow death.
The house judiciary committee
agreed, yesterday. to unanimously
recommend the rejection of the bill to
judicially redistrict the State.
The house spent the greater part of
last nights session in discussing Mr..
Reynolds bill with accompanying
amendments to tax all persons coming
into the State and selling goods at
retail by sample at the same rate as
our home merchants. Speaker
Fowlkes and others said that letters
had been received from merchants in
various towns of the State urging the
passage Of law that would at least
put these retail sample sellers on the
same footing with them as to the pay
ment of taxes. This was all they
asked. Nashville merchants had also
urged the passage of such a bill. The
bill was rejected, but motion to
reconsider will be entered. The@ill
has no reference to commercial trav-
elers selling goods at wholesale to
merchants.
The senate concurred, yesterday, in
the house amendment striking out the
assessment clause in the bill to allow
the city Of Nashville to collect its own
taxes, and the bill now awaits the sig
nature, of the governor. This bill will
necessitate the election of city tax
collector, or imposing the additional
work on some one of the present city
officers.
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River TeIegra,nS.

CAIRO, March 14.-Arrived-An-
derson, Nashville, 8 pm; Mollie
Moore and Colorado, St. Louis, 10;
Joseph Kinney, New Orleans, am;
Scudder, St. Louis, II. Departed
Sherlock, New Orleans, 9 pm; Colo
RADIO, Vicksburg, midnight; Kinney,
st. Louis, 3a,m.; Anderson, Nashville,
noon. Clear and cold.
CINCINNATI, March 14.-River ris-
ing. Cloudy, colder and windy.
WHEELING, March 14.-River 26
feet, and falling. Weather cloudy and
cool, with strong west wind Fannie
Tatum passed up at 8 am.
PITTsBURG, March 14.-River IA
feet, and falling. Weather clear and
pleasant.
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Mr.. W. H. SMITH, first lord of the
British admiralty, has been able to
deliver most sanguine speech with
regard to Cyprus, and to support his
statements by the written opinions of
Sir Garnet Walseley. The latest re-
ports show that there are plenty of
healthy stations for troops; that
Flamagusta is a good harbor, and that
the island is already paying its way, as
there will be a considerable surplus
over the cost of the first years admin
istration. 1t is pity that the rest of
the sultan's dominions cannot be gov
erned on similar principles. The
shop-keeping element is useful some
times after all.
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Is an Atheist a competent witness =?
The question came up in the United
States Circuit Court in San Francisco
the other day, and the Judge said
that the old common law doctrine,
under which man who didn't be-
lieve in the existence of God was ex-
cluded from the witness stand, had
become obsolete; or, if not, it was
high time it had. In support of this
view he pointed out that the ancient
rule, if still in yigor, would exclude
such men of science as Tyndall and
Huxley, which he seemed to consider
an absurdity. His remarks are pretty
sure to give rise to discussion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-14
Not sYmptoms, bind enc nIsense.


Itwould seem to be truth appreeiable by
all, and especially by professors of the healing
art, that to remove the disease, not to alleyi-
ate Its symptoms, should be the chief aim Of
medication. Yet in how many instances do
we see this truth admitted in theory, ignored
in practice. The reasSn that HOstetter's $
Stomach Bitters is successful in so many cases,
with which remedies previously tried were in
adequate to cope, is attributable to the fact
that it is a medicine which reaches and re-
which it is adapted. Indigestion, fever and
ague, liver complaint, Rout, rheumatism, dis
orders Of the bowels, urinary affections and
other maladies are not palliated merely, but
rooted out by il. 1t goes to the fountain
head. II is really, not nominally, radical
remedy, and il endows the system with an
amount Of yigor which is its best protection
against disease.
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THE deepest mine in the world now
worked is said to be the Adalbert lead
and silver mine in Austria, which is
1890 feet. The next is the Giyiers coal
mine in Belgium, 28i7 feet. Il was
sunk to the depth of 1886 feet, but no
coal having been found the working is
at the former level The deepest coal
mines in England are the Dunkirk
colliery in Lancashire, 1884 feet, and
the ROsebridge in the same locality,
245S. The deepest mine in this coun-
try is the Yellow Jacket of the Com
stock Lode. 1t is now $500 feet below
the surface of the mouth of the main
shaft, and 1888 feet below the Gould
& Curry groupings. The Savage stands
second on the list, and the Imperial
the third, both being nearly as deep
as the Yellow Jacket.
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NASHVILLE Christian Advocate
With the currency resumption let
there be also a resumption of the sim
plicity and economy of our fathers.
This is the resumption that will bring
plenty to our homes and tranquility to
the fevered spirits of our people. With
the downfall Of initiation, let shoddy-
ism, vulgar display, extravaganza and
speculation be banished from the land.
Let simple tastes and modest equipage
be more than ever the mark of true
gentility.
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New York HERALD: Mrs. Gen.
Sherman, on being asked if she con-
sidered it would make bad precedent
to pay Archbishop Purcells debts,
answered: "A bad precedent Why,
it would be a good precedent. You
might as well say we should stand by
and see man drown, with folded
hands, for fear of establishing bad
precedent by saving him. II | had
$l,OOO,OOO would give it to the Arch
bishop if it would save him. Are we
to stand by and see him ruined p she
exclaimed. No doubt Mrs. Sherman
thinks with a great many that the
people who prate about bad preced-
ent are looking about very hard for an
excuse not to put their hands in their
pockets.
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BETWEEN this time and November
there will be but four State elections.
The first is that in Louisiana for
members of the constitutional con-
vention; then will come the State
election in Kentucky in August, and
the California election for members of
congress in September. Ohio com
pletes the list with its election for
governor in October. In November
quite number of States hold their
elections for State officers, the most
important, of course, being New York.
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Venezuela Peaceful,

HAVANA, March 1.-THE last ac-
counts from Venezuela report the ar
rival of xe-President Blance at Ca
raccas. The principal men of all
parties have offered to sustain Blance
when the new election for president
occurs. Peace was re-established
everywhere.
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GALVESTON, March l4.-Cotton is
quiet. Middhng, 9ic. Sales, 125
bales. Receipts, 1893 bales. Stock,
1886 bales.
New ORLEANS, March IA, 11:30 am.
Cotton firm; middling, 81. Sales,
1000 bales. Receipts, 1858 bales.
LIVERPOOL, March 14-12:15 pm.
Cotton closed last evening dull:
opened this forenoon quiet and un-
changed as follows: Upland ordinary,
AID; good ordinary, std; low middling,
5id middling, 52d middling Orleans,
5ld. Estimated sales, 5000 bales for
export, 1000 bales. Receipts, $500
bales; American, $50 bales. Futures
closed last evening dull opened this
forenoon l-32d better. Deliveries for
March, 5 13-32d; March and April,
5 1924; April and May, 5 7-i6d
June and July, SID; July and August,
10 9-l6d; August and September
5 19-32d.
LIVERPOOL COTTON STATEMENT
For the week ending March 14th, as
cabled to the Memphis cotton ex-
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Particulars of a Terrible Trag-
edy i'm Texas.

Special Dispatch to Enquirer,l
GAINESVILLE, TEXAS, March r.
Your correspondent has been investi-
eating a bloody fight on Sulphur
creek, the dividing line between Titus
and Red River counties, two of the
oldest counties in the State. The cir
cumstanees appear to be these In the
locality of the murder an old feud
existed between several rival families,
the Billiards on one side and the
Joneses and Murphys on the other.
The afternoon previous to the murder
all the parties met at billiards. store,
where quarrel and alteration took
place, but truce was had, and a taeit
agreem ent was arrived at to meet at
Jones bridge, in this county, that
night, and fight it out. They all met
at the bridge, and in the brilliant
moonlight most desperate encounter
occurred with double -barreled shot
guns. 1t was regular battle. On
the billiard side were John and Newt
billiard and William Tedder; and
Allen and Henry Jones and one Smith
on the other side. Smiths horse was
shot dead at the first fire. Smith
jumped up and shot at John billiard,
putting IA buckshot in him. Jones
was shot in the breast and abdomen
six times. billiard is dead. Another
one of the party was also dangerously
shot.