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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-30

NNOMEN who want work apply at 30 JeGer-
w so street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-30


HOUSES south of Madison. Cottages on
I'LL Orleans, near Tate, and On Middle IT
Three brick residences on Monroe street, near
Third. Houses on Ray0urn avenue, Rope
Walk avenue, Broadway. Good house near
State Female College. zoo Vance street, and
houses on Pontctoe street, Vance, near Gym
this, Joining Frsnklin's. Houses on Lauder
dale, Union avenue and Beal, near Yelling
ton, east aud joining Franks Cottages on
Csusey, DeSotO and Clay streets, 55l shelby,
$50 and s5S Lauderdale, IL Jessamine, near
Lauderdale, elegant furnished house and
large yard Houses on Ruth, Linden, Eli
Oft and fernando streets. After November
S6SVsnee, nesr Lauder tale, for rent. Houses
north Of Madison street Houses on Exchange
and Market streets, houses on Orleans, near
Jefferson extended, and Court. School-house
near Deadriek's, near Pigeon hoost Road.
Cottngo on Bass avenue, and tonoments on
Dupree street; 81 and l73 Alabama, and Us
Poplar. Residences l09 and III Washington,
Aud 1856 Third; ~ Adams, near Third lOrooms,
8 story brick. Houses on Jones' avenue aud
Dunlap, north of Poplar street. Residences on
Adams street, and rooms In Irving Block.
House. on Mosby street and ITO Court street.
Various stores and rooms.
l9Q6 " A WHEATIEY. 2Yi Main.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-30

A SOBER and settled white man, with his
"A wife. one without children preferred.
Nan to take care Of horses and do laeorer's
competent and steady, a good situation is
offered. Apply 10 SAM'L W PHILLIPS, a.
north gate Of Elmwood Cemetery. 1871
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-30
WANTED.

IMMEDIATELY "a frst-class CarriagePeint
4 or, who is competent to take charge OIL
paint shop. Apply to OWEN LILLY, a and
~ Adams treet. 1871
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-30

A YOUNG Nan as Grocer's assistant. Ap
"A ply al S2 rront, q rner GayoEo. 1911
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LATE NEWS ITEMS.

GEN. BUTLER opened the Democratic
campaign in Boston, on the night of the
2Sth, by two hours speech at Faneuil
Hall ''' af''. -a . 1880 3Eaa
GEN. GRANT made brief speech at a
Republican gathering at Galena, on the
night of the 9th. pledging himself to be
present there at the polls on the I'd of No
vember and Z" cast one Republican vote for
the President Of the United States"
CHIEF OURAY died on, the Goth at the
Southern Ute Agency. He was attended by
Dgs. Lacy, Hopper and Smith. The cause Of
his death was Bright's disease. 1t is be-
lieved the signing Of the treaty will now be
indefinitely delayed.
FIVE lads, named William Maher,
John Mcnamara, Timothy Nolan, Patrick
Ryan and John Shinnick, whose ages ranged
from 10 to Is, attempted to steal ride home
from a pic mic near Lowell, Mass, on the
evening of the 2Sth, by secreting themselves
on the top OF passenger coach Of the Lowell
and Lawrence Railroad. The train passed
under low stone bridge, three miles from
Lowell, which swept them from the car. All
the bodies were horribly mangled
when found, and it is supposed that death
was instantaneous, except in the case Of
Shinnick, who fell upon the car platform
and lived about twenty minutes. The space
between the top of the car and the bridge is
twenty-five inches, and it is therefore con-
jectured that all of the lads were sitting up
right when struck, unconscious of their dam
ger. .......
THE steamer Marine City, on Lake
Huron, while on her way down from Maeki-
mack, on the afternoon of the 10Th, with a
full passenger list, took fire off SturgeC
Point, and before effective efforts could
be brought to bear the flames
became unmanageable. The tug Vulcan,
which was fortunately near by, took off a
number of passengers, and the boats from
the Life-saying Station picked up those who
had jumped into the water. number Of
lives were lost, but it was impossible to tell
exactly how many or what were their names.
MARY BOYLE, aged IL, of Buffalo, and
Nellie Hurlbut, aged 9, Of Rochester, were
drowned while rowing on the Niagara River.
DURING the absence from home of
Mr.. G. W. Ward and wife, Of Lane Town
ship, warrick County, Ind, an inhuman
monster entered their house, the only in
mates of which were several children, and
committed most fiendish assault upon the
eldest of them, girl ten years of age, after
which he cut her throat and left her for
dead. She was still living when her parents
returned, but unconscious, with no proba-
bility of her recovery.
Two men lost their lives by the burn
ing Of the fleece washing room Of the Pacific
Mills, at Lawrence, Mass, on the 18th.
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BOnner's HOrses---The Fastest Collection
70 .s1ia in America. .,s.,.a-'s

Mr.. Robert Bonner, the widely known
connoisseur, has an expensive but hr-
name fancy for horses Thsy aare not
only lovable, but loving. and give affec-
taAf in return for the ftenderS care and
admiration bestowed upon them. No
gentleman in America possesses this
extrayagant taste, and gratifies it so
royalty as Mr.. Bonner, Notwifhstand-
ing he already owns over twenty of the
most valuable and best-known horses
m The country, he is continually making
additions to the collection whenever he
comes upon one that stfihss his fancy.
No one is ever. under any cireum-
stances permitted to runiupon aipublic
track. but are Only driven for the pleas
ure and amusement of the ownkf. who.
derives no benefit other. than enjoy
ment. Dexter, the oldest of the ami
mails. was twenty-five years old last
May, and although'he Still retains his
great beauty, has dosNhis good DISPOSE
ton, for he is awful cross and curls his
naughty lip and shakes his aristocratic
head most Significantly strangers. He
is driven twice or three times each wee <
and is as fast as when he was purchased
for $4,000 Rarus is as well known as
Dexter, and withs Music. q beautiful
chestnut, make team often used by
Mr. Bonner, Beforesal blaih black top
wagon, with red running-gear. Edwin
Forest cost weil-nigh. on to $4,000 and
makes remarkable time. Lately he
trotted a mile in PHI before a heavy
wagon of two hundred and seventy
pounds weight, when driven by lbs
owner Major Morton is superb.
bright bay, handsome, rapid and valaa-
bic. May Birds shapely creature,
as black as crow, but rs gracefut as.
the bird is awkward, and travels as
wen under saddle as in harness. Mokex
is another beauty; bay, with black
masey tai ahtA feet; and soft, gentas'
eyes, which are very attractive. Grafton
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Brother Gardner Makes Few Remarks.

GA mite or two ago" began the old
/ man as the meeting opened in due FORM,
'ta sartin member of dis club cum soft
. ly inter my house an axed me if | had
anv obieckshuns to his enterin' into
walkin' MATCH Yesterday ;inodder
member limited aroun' about, organizin'
a Guild baseball club to sweep the
kentry. To-day, third member serusly
proposed de ideah of fastin' fur fo'ty
days on de Tanner principle. Fur two
long hours dis afternoon | sot on de
back stoop an pohdered ODER desc fings
an bime-by | got what l believe. am de
k'rect ideah. At sartin' seZuns of de
var de atmosphere am pTegnated wild
some sort o. vapOr dat creates a desiah.
on de part of about six men out of ten
to make fools of demse1ves Dis vapor
am now prevailih' aroun' dis naybur-
hood at hullsale rates, an if it affects
de white folks why shouldn't it have
mo- or less influence on the GULF d peo-
ple2 In order to diskiver what effect it
has had on dis club | now invite all
you who am in favor Of baseball, fastin'
AM .walking-matcheslt riz up.n ,1il -
MOT foot moved. The. hall. was
as quiet as COW in a garden after cab
bages. a''l5.'-.."s iainq "..l F'a> q
se "Wahl, dep,, all who am posed viii
please stretch up; continued the Pres
ident .'''"i ''-' - 4'"''l'. -
Z. Every person in the hall got his feet
in under him as soon as possible and
stood erect for a full minute.i ' ~
"Werry well, genie you kin sot
down. remarked the old man as
smile erept into the corner OF, eacheye.
81 guess amiall right about de vapor,
butI guess de vapor sorter slides away
from de Guild race. Now let me say
to one an all as follers: Two weeks wild
a spellin' book will do any of us mo-
good dan two y ars wild a baseball club.
If you want to walk go out an look for
work. As to the queshun OF fas5in',
ldar's full dozen of you in heah who'll
git all you want of it afore mex spring
onless you make your brushes fly faster
dan you have fur month past. De man
who builds up his frame on an empty
stomach will drap out O. sight all of a
sudden, It's pleasant to be a hero, but
de man who Arms his dollar q day, pays
his debts, speaks de truf, brings up his
chiIl'en in de right way and Wins de
respect of his nayburs am sailin' his
sand-scow bout as nigh de. true light
as he kiA go, We will now attack de
usual order OF bizness. "T-Detrot, Free
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hide the delicate and shapely outline of
her feet, leggins Of deer-skin, skirt
reaching below the knee and cotton
ehemise. Her head has no covering
but glossy iet-blaek hair, newly washed
with amole, banged in front. and Z" is
tricked off behind the ears in the shape
of wheel which resembles the handle
of a cup,"-the distinguishing fashion
of maidenhood now as it was more than
three hundred. years ago. Tied by a
scarlet cord across her forehead is a
pendantaof opaliRe shell. the lining Of q
muscle shell. doubtless the very orna-
ment called precious pearl and cpai
which dazzled the eyes andf Stirred the
covetous hearts OF the lsteonqtiSta-
dores. Our Pueblo belle wraps about
her drapery such as Castenada' 5 maiden
never dreamedfo ia y1lowing. mantle
which has followed the march of ptOgs
ress. Thrown across the left shoulder
and drawn under her bare and beautiN
,ful right arp is handsome red blanket
with the letters u. S. woven in the cen
tre.-MrS. 1LG0 IVdtta6e,,-- III ~ stgfst5c
JEbnhffy.,< - res- s.s--s2,, 49, ~ ~
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Chasing Whales With the Bomb Rocket.

The dangerous adventures of whaling
ships have been from time iimmemorial
a source of excitement to the juvenile
literary mind, from the fact, that the
slaughter and capture of the monarch
OF the deep" has, until within few
years, been attended with dangers and
hardships which were only braved by
the hardest and most courageous of the
followers of the sea; but the inventive
genius of man has of late years diScOv-
cred a system for the capture of the
whale which is attended with as little
danger as an ordinary yachting cruise
or fishing excursion. A small steamer
known as the Daisy Whitelaw, built for
the purpose of killing whales in the
waters contiguous to our harbOr, has
for some, time been successfully en-
gagged in the capture of these mammoth
Inhabitants of the sea, and in several
voyages has never failed to kill from
one to three of these gigantic animals.
Instead of the time-honored and not al
ways effective harpoon, a weapon known
as the bomb-rocket is used, which, is
fred from mortar and explodes with
in the body of the whale, killing it al
most instantly. The large finback
whale recently on exhibition at the foot
of Second Street was killed blythe guns
of this steamer. The whales abound in
large numbers at this season of the year
between the Heads and the Farallone
Islands. The varieties indigenous to-
these waters are the finback, hunch-
back, California gray and sulphur bot
tom. The latter is the largest of the
whale species and one 100 feet long was
chased by the Whitelaw for several
hours on her last trip, but owing to the
fact that it was looking for feed and
very erratic in its. movements the gun
could not be brought to bear upon him.
Under ordinary circumstances an old
whaler can determine the course of
whale when it disappears under water
and can tell within few feet where it
will come up to g blow" but when the
whale is looking for feed its course I'M
der the water can not be calculated with
any degree of certainty.-San Francis
cO Ghf-0n1ele. ~ H.i.!H rttugfQ-r- %.
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.PUNGENF PARAGRAPHS.
To make a good monkey-wrench
feed him on green apples.

To make a good monkey-wreneh,
feed him on green apples
Some women were evidently born
to blush unseen, at least they are never
seen to blush.
-"None of your Jaw" is what the
bather said when the shark tried to
scIape an acquaintance with him.-BoS-
toia Courier. a.
"A boy aged twelve years and a girl
of thirteen were married the other day.
Uncle John says it was case of children
playing with matches. Tran
script. ia = '-'''''- lf'- ll'. .'..h
A discussion is going ON in the
East as TO whether eF- not doctors are
more or less religious than other men?
Out West here they are the pliers of
the church. st. Louis C1ir0Hicle-eul
IA young man who does ailttle nov
and. then in politics and has occasion to
mix With the mixers, says no one can
know how many friends he has until he
enters barsroom.-
..-A well-cooked beefsteaS will do
more towards preserving peace In the
family -thanfWiH seven nfottoes on the
wall, even though they be framed in the
most elaborate of gilt monldings. -BoS-
t0e Gl0be.i IS n1h ,lf9fi~ I'd, 80
1.-The lastipiece of laziness is that of
the man who, being asked what allied
his eye answered. S' Nothin'; I shut it
coz l can see well enough with one.
Sometimes--I~-sh shut one, sometimes
t'other," ,
"A COW with seven arrows sticking
in various parts of her2body was seen
running at large near West Chester the
other day. 1t is supposed that the West
Chester Archery Club practicing at
a target in the neighborhood. Norris
toUn Herald.
=" Yes; am to be married my dear
friend. The young lady#is pretty and
very clever, yet she cannot play the
piano forte, that is her only falling"
"Why, 1 should call that a blessing. 1t
is certainly no faultp' "Hear me
through. She cannot play the piano
forte and yet she always insists onplay-
ingr' ''s; .1t.i
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Medical Uses of Eggs.


For burns or scalds, nothing is more
soothing than the white of an egg, which
may be poured over the wound. 1t is
softer, as a varnish for burn, than col
lodion, and being always at hand can
be applied Immediately. 1t is also more
cooling than the ''sweet oil and cotton, -
which. was formerly supposed to be the
surest application TO allay the smarting
pain. 1t is the contact with the air
which gives the extreme discomfort ex-
perienced by ordinary accidents of this
kind; and any thing which excludes and
prevents Inflammation is the thing to be
at once applied, i.s -.-.l; 'i
The egg is also considered one of the
best remedies for .dysentery. Beaten
up Slightly with or without sugar and
swallowed at gulp, it tends by its
emollient qualities to lessen the int1am-
nation of the stomach and intestines,
and by. forming a transient coating on
those organs to enable Nature to resume
her healthful sway over the diseased
body. Two,or at most three, eggs perday
would be all that is required in ordinary
cases; and since the egg is not merely
medicine but food as, well, the lighter
the diet otherwise, and the quieter. the
patient is kept, the more certain and
rapid is the recovery.-ETchGnge. =
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Mr.. Moody has sent out a circular
calling convention for prayer to be
held at Mortified, Mass, from Sept. 1
to Sept. TO-
Senator Withers, of Virginia, is to
be invited to take the Presidency of the
Clarksburg College, Virginia, at the ex-
piration of his term of Office. y'EF ~
Under the direction of the Ameri-
can Bible Society, colporteurs are en-
gagged in distributing the Scriptures
among the soldiers of the Chinese army.
Caroline A. Soule,Iw has recent
" been ordained to the Uniyersalist min
istry. in Scotland, is the first lady
preacher ia Europe on whom ordaining
hands have been officially laid.
The calendar for the University of
Toxic, in the departments of law, sci
ence and literature, shows that twenty
three Japanese graduates hayejHbeen
sent abroad, viz, ten to EnglandT'nine
to the United States and four to France.
The First Baptist Church, .Phila
delphia. is proud to number among its
Sunday-school teachers venerable lady
seventy-three years of age. i'She has
been in the Sunday-schoole ever since it
was organized, sixty-ffyei years ago.
She was then in the infant class, ,.1,.i
li-There are, in England 500 branches
of the London Young Womenis Christ
ian Association. These branch associa-
tions have been useful in helping young
women to employment. and in preserv-
ing them from the pernicious effects of
falling into bad company. They hold
stated meetings for prayer and Bible
study. :, I-l'Y~
France is recognizing woman's i'm
portance. in educational inspection,
Jules Ferry having appointed Juliette
Dodu, who received the red ribbon of
the Legion of Honor last year for gal
liant conduct during the Franco-German
war, Delegate generalfo for the inspection
of schools for the reception of children
under six years. -. 5,,t., .t...,-.....
The Rev. Wellington E. Webb has
erected on. his farm near Halifax Court
House, Va, for the benefit Of the col
ored people of that section, handsome
log church of cruciform shape, with
pointed roof, capable of holding 400
worshipers. 1t is 65x57 and tastefully
ornamented on the outside with grape
vines and twisted hickory,
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? Suicide on a Iyife's Grave.

A small group on SatuSdaEsgathered
around the kneeling form of a middle
aged man, who, dead, and with blood
trickling from two bullet-holes in his
head, ,knelt on n new-made grave in the
Holy Cross Catholic, Cemetery: A'scrap
OF noteepaper, which protrnded from
the pocket of his vest, told his story.
On it was traced in lead-peneil: Dear
Katie, l love you so and | will be with
you before night. o my Godl if l have
offended you beg your pardon and
hope You will forgive mer' No name
was signed to these lines. A search
through he,clothes of the unfortunate
man resulted in disclosing his. identity
by means of a card on which was print
ed the name of John t. Erpen6s
News of tire tragedy soon spread
throughout the northeastern section of
the city and the body was removed to
his homes His wife about two months
ago had died and since then her hus-
band had been inconsolable. Six Years
previously Erpenbeck had come to Bal
Imore from Norfolk, Ya,., his native
place. He was then a handsome young
man, about twenty-nine years of age.
Living in East Baltimore he soon formed
an attachment for the daughter Of Mrs.
Hoar, !. a. widow kady A. who resided in
that part of the city. and after a few
month"; courtship they were quietly
married. Sober, honest and industri-
GUS, Erpenbeck opened little grocery
store and soon commanded comfort
able living. A pretty boy baby blest
the onion and the couple lived happily
until sudden Illness laid the wife in
her grave The shock was too great
and the widowed husband fell into a
lasting fit of melancholy from which
he could not be aroused. Daily last
week he visited his wife's grave and
stregsd it with foWers. Saturday
morning he aappearetf EVEN More sad
and melancholy than before and about
nine u o'clock after ltenderlN- kiss
ing his little child, he left the latter in
charge of its grandmother and started
for the cemetery. >TheRatekeeper saw
him pass in and several hours later was
startled by three pistol SLOTS. Hasten
.irtg;to thaspot ttietbodys was found in a
kneeling posture. A seven-shooter was
discovered lying on the grave, three
barrels having been disc,hargedI Bali
more Gazette. : ,.,t 80
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"a A Pueblo Belle.

a.
There passes my window at This mo-
ment young Indian girl from Tesuque,
village eight miles north of Santa Fe.
Like the beloved one of the CahticIes,
she is dark but comedy. and without sad
die or bride sits astride her little 6ltr7'o
in cool defiance of city prejudice. AL
ways gayly dressed with ready nod
and quick smile, showing the whitest
teeth, we call her Bright Alfarata, in
memory of the sweet singer of the blue
Juniata though the interpreter says her
true name is Poy-ye, the Rising Moon.
Neither of us understands q word of the
others language, so | beckon to her.
She springs to the ground with the sup
pie grace of an antelope. and comes to
me, holding out thin, slender hand, the
tint of Flerentine bronze, seats herself
on the window-siIl, and in the shade of
the portal we converse in what young
loyersare pleased to calleloquent silence.
Her donkey will not stray, but fingers
patiently about, like the lamb heresem-
bles in face and temper. and nibbleS the
scant grass which fringes the acequia.
| think his mistress must be lady of
high degree. perhaps the cacique's
daughter, she wears such holiday air.,
unusual with Indian women, and is so
richly adorned with beads of strung
periwinkles. She wears loose mecca
sins. ''shoes of silence" which cannot
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Systematic determination Of MusSul.

ITO ''.+f
He&rtrendihg accounts continue to
arrive of the systematic determination
of the Mussulmans in Bulgaria and
Eastern Roumelia. According TO one
of them no less than twenty-tlIree town.
ships. situated partly in Bulgaria and
partly in Eastern Roumelia, have been
plundered and burned to the ground.
Out ofeighty Mussulman prisoners four
were hanged by order of Bulgarian
priest, and a number of the rest were
massacred on the way to Varna. These
deeds of horror are deliberately perpe-
trated by the peasants, the pilitiamen,
the members of the gymnastic societies
and the, Roumelian gendarmes. The
authorities take an active part in them
as was proved by the conduct of the
Project Of Aidos, who, prior to the mas
sacre. at sBellova, publicly stated that
the Mussulmans must be exterminated
by the Bulgarians In Eastern Rou-
melia crimes of the most ghastly de-
scription are committed daily against
the Mussulmans, without distinction of
age or sex.-Fjennd'' Cor. London Tele-
graph. 5s.!.,-ev .sli,-siIsyEJ
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Voluntary Motion in Plants.

Naturalists have asserted that one OF
The chief distinctions between vegetable
and animal life is that ANIMALS have
power of choice and of voluntary mo-
ton. while vegetables and plants grow
only mechanically, by natural law. But
recent observations by the microscope
seem to show that many vegetable
forms can move as easily as animals.
A plant called Uotro1 gl0batOr, so mi
mute that millions could be plit in a
wine-glass, is seen to whirl like a top,
then to roll forward with the combined
motions of a planet, then to dart with
almost lightning speed across the field.
The deSnltdS, plants found in our ponds,
which are still more minute, move
habitually, as if with an apparent pur-
pose,. and with a grace that cannot be
surpassed. Mr.. Darwin, who has
watched climbing plants for years, says
that these plants seem to exercise the
liberty of choice. Their teudrils, in
climbing over pieces of wood with holes,
will try one hole after another, 4until
they find one that pleases thems, He
saw one tendril Withdraw itself after
having located itself in. hole for thirty
six hours Other plants viii run long
way over the ground. refusing to climb
the trees in their path, till they come to
peculiar tree, when they cling to it at
once, and begin to climb its trunk. 1t
willcertainly confuse all our notions OF
life to suppose that plants are endowed
with this power of voluntary choice.
Youths Companion.