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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-24

hitch in the business, however, and
the men, some forty-fve in number,
decline to resume work unless five OBJ
noxious persons, now at work, are dis
missed. The FIVE. two from Wash
ington City and three from Chicago,
it is claimed, have been tale-bearers
and mischief hence a differ
ence of sentiment and refusal on
part Of the larger crowd to
set in again. Some fifteen Of the party
have found work on account ofthe
city, and several others, it is expected,
viii to-day OF tomorrow do the same.
The city pays $3.50 to pipe-layers and
skilled stone workers and S1.3 per
day to pick and shovel men. The
oustomhouse men who have been
waiting here so long for their earn
ings had but little left after paying
their board bills; but they are deter
miped 10 hold out against working
with the obnoxious set.
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Police News.

Dan Fleming will be tried before
Esquire Quigley, to-day, for keeping
up a neiarious trade in trunks which
did not belong to him.
Geo. Martin, Clayton Taylor and
Henry Taylor, from Fayette county,
we're arrested and lodged in Jail to-day,
on warrants from that county, charg-
ing them with larceny and obtaining
goods under false pretenses.
The festive Cory Tucker has got
himself into trouble. He allowed a
brother darby to measure his length
on the pavement yesterday, and will
be tried before the criminal court on
other charges than that Of d~isorderly
conduct.
A warrant for murderous assault
with a pistol, issued by w. H. Nor
ton, a justice Of the peace for Fayette
county, Miss, was served upon Frank
Picc, colored, this morning, that
party being forthwith confined in the
county Jail.
Robert Hunter, alias Charles Har-
ris, was this morning fined $50 for
carrying apistol, and turned over to
tho Jail authorities to appear before
the criminal court.
A strange feature was presented by
the police docket for the last twenty
four hours. The names Tyler, Thomas
Jefferson and Van Buren, all appear
in succession, all the charges being
connected with sanitary matters.
The business connected With the
odoriferous dump is one Of vicissi-
tude.
j. B. Saint & Co.'s wagons were
arrested again yesterday for not hay.
ing the license where it could be seer
T by the officers, but released upon the
company promising to put the firm
name on the wagons.
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who lives near WORKMAN, met with a
sad misfortune a few nights since, in
consequence of a dream. He was
sleeping up stairs, and dreamed that
he was running a mill; that there was
a flood of water rising, which was
about TO carry away the mill house.
He also dreamed that he heard heavy
thunder. All Of these things con-
spired to brighten him, when Just at
this time a train went laundering by
the house on the Central road, and
MI. Doole made a leap for life. He
leaped from the bed, over the stair
way, and fell to the floor in the hall
way below. Mr.. Bounds heard the
crash and went to his assistance, and
found him severely hurt in the back.
He is not yet able to walk.
That whole scene of the mill, the
leOd and the thunder was caused by
the noise of tho train, and was doubt
less conjured up by the brain in less
than a second. The leap from the
bed and over the stairway was a phys
ical result after the dream was over.
PEABODY billiard HALL,
SID COOK, Proprietor.
The most elegant resort for
lovers Of the game. GOT
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THE BATESVILLE R
Two Men Strongly Suspected OF
Setting Fire to the Town.
Little Rock Gazette.l

Little Rock Gazette.l
Some time ago there was a shooting
affair near or in Batesville, brought
on and actively engaged in by two
strangers. They were arrested and
incarceratedin the county jail. Against
this they loudly protested, vehement
ly declaring the injustice of such an
action, Every action proclaimpdthem
TO be men Of most desperate charac-
ter, and at one time during their i'm
prisonment n of them rems .rked:
mo matter how long You keep us
here, VIC will burn the tOwA when we
get out"
The men succeeded in escaping, and
it would seem that they have adhered
to the expressed resolve. Last week
a blacksmith shop was burned, and
it was only after strenuous efforts thai
other buildings were kept from burn
ing. The origin of the fire could not
be accounted for other than it was
the work OF an incendiary. A few
days elapsed and then came the terri
BILE calamity, an account of which we
published yesterday morning. This
lire proved to be the most destructive
that has ever visited north Ar
kansas. 1t occurred in the business
center Of Batesville and spread with
storm-like fury. The origin of this
fire Is supposed to be incendiarism
and a gentlemen just from that sec
ton says that the people are strongly
suspicious that the men who made
such diabolical threats are the fends
that inaugurated the hellish work,
The loss of sixty-four thousand dol.
lars worth of property is very
serious. Such fires are enormous,
even in large cities. The recent storm
in Nashville, which destroyed seventy.
five thousand dollars worth of property
was thought to Re appalling, and bas
been telegraphed all over the world
Comparatively speaking, this was moth
ing to Batesville's loss, which is mo-
money alone, but human life-yortt
more to the loser than all the world
Mr.. c. i. Gorsuch, who was instantly
killed by the falling Of a wall, was :
gentleman we'll known and highly re.
spected through the entire county
Messrs. Smith and Joblin, who wert
seriously injured, are also men of tn,
highest social standing, Mr.. Will
Joblin, of this city, brother of tn,
wounded man, receiveda dispatch yes
terday, stating that his brother skull
was fractured, but hopes were enter
tanned Of his recovery.
The circumstances point strongly I
the men who made the threats. Ever
effort should be made to secure t'hei
rp-arrnuf
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JOHN WALSH. Coal Yard,
2a,O Second Street. 1887
CoulIIing's

Chicago Times letter.
The following little paragraph has
been going the rounds Of the news
papers for the last few days:
"Mrs. Conkling is said to be really
heart-broken because her husband
will not be reeonciled to their only
daughter, who had the audacity to
marry an excellent but poor man be-
cause she loved him"
These paragraphs are circulated by
tho friends of Senator Conkling, and
thrre is not one word of truth in
them.
The fact is that Senator Conkling's
daughter will have nothing to do with
him. Long before she was married
she had become thoroughly disguised
with him, because of the scandals and
troubles he had brought on their
b ONE. When she was married she
di d not invite her father to the we'd
di ug, and in addition she plainly init
ma ted that she wished nothing to do
wit h him. So, instead of Senator
Con king being angry at his daughters
mar. lying a poor man, the daughter
snub $ him IN account Of his outrage
Gus a ctiOns.
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The Custom House.

One of the bondsmen Of the late
contractors on the custom house here,
a Mr., Cla-k has arrived from Wash
ington City, and he yesterday paid of
the men, some fifty in number their
eatire arrearages Of unpaid salary,
earned in January last, amounting to
an average of thirty dollars per man,
or about $500 in all, There is still a
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PERSONAL
Gen. ]. c. Tappan, of Arkansas, is
at the Peabody.
DR.. Buddeke, Eye and Ear diseases
No. Sc East Court street. l44+
Col. Geo. i. Waring and wife, Of
Newport, R. l., are stopping at the
Peabody.
Miss Mollie Thompson, of Somer-
vile, is in the city and is the guest Of
Mrs. q. G.. Ford, 1874 Robson St.
Ger. D. II. Reynolds, Chicot coun.
t., Ark, and Col. D. II. Sessions, Of
Bolivar county, Miss, are at the Pea,
body.
W. A.. Wheatley, at 28l Main, car
suit any good tenant wanting to rem
or buy a residence, store or farm. 10
A party of amateur gunners las.
Saturday bagged seventeen, twenty
thirty and forty-nine quail respect
lively, and twenty-one hares, on line o
Charleston railroad. Another gentle
man Of Memphis, also, shooting alone
bagged fifty quail, the leading scor,
this season.
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The cotton market for futures
closed in Liverpool to-day firm, and
at New Orleans quotations ranged
from 1856 to 1906 for deliveries be-
tween now aud the close Of August
next.
Three men were busy laying stone
on Madison, near the postOfice, this
forenoon. If they work hard they
will get up to the customhouse by the
time the latter is fnished-say a cen
tury hence.
"A big, black darky, dressed in a
blood red suit, and the same dotted
with small yellow placards, paraded
the streets this forenoon looking quite
picturesque. 1t was merely an adver-
tising dodge.
Sewer pipe layer, telegraphic pole
settlers, stone pavement laborers, bar
rel makers, and artisans, several thou
sand strong, are now actively engaged
in and about this city, and more will
be at it ere long.
An alarm of fire occurred about Z
o'clock this morning, caused by an in
cipient effort of the destructive ele-
ment to wipe out the old roOkery used
as a board of health Office, on the east
side Of Court square. The fire was ex-
tinguished without much trouble.
Dump boat literature is just now
very popular in some circles. Even
the majesty ofthe law has been in
voked by the night soil haulers, to
prevent the city officials from inter
fering in their use of the boat, with
out showing wagon and cart licenses.
Two new cases of scarlet fever
were reported to-day, making sixty
seven in all since it first appeared.
The names are - Mccarthy, age
eight years, 264 DeSoto street, and J.
Wilbcrger, age twenty-eight years,
Cynthia and Linden streets.
The supreme court meets at
Nashville to-day, and is to pass upon
the test case, wherein county officers
salaries are involved. Judge L. B.
Horrigan left last night to argue the
case in bohalfof the officials. He is
to be aided by.ex'Judge John L. T.
Sneed and VIM. NJ. Randolph.
-Much cotton now brought here;
being the fag-end of the crop, is
trashy, dirty, and often inferior, class
ing among cotton ealers from dog-tail
up to low ordinary, and selling at 8
and 81 cents per pound. At present
it is not quoted on the blackboard Of.
the cotton exchange.
During the past twelve days the
rise of the river here has been slight
ly more than seventeen feet, an aver
age of nearly a foot and a half daily.
For the twenty four hours ending yes
terday at 3 o'clock the swell was seven
inches, and the water level is now
within a foot Of the rise of a month
ago. 1t will probably reach that level
and go slightly over it.
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COPYGRAMS.
Que Hundred Copies from One Writing.
Dreams.

That dreams arc instantaneous, and
that those which appear to occupy
considerable time really are as instan-
taneous as the %lightning's fash, has
long been an accepted theory. This
is sustained by an item from the
Workman tTexas) Observer Index Of
q late date as follows
A man by the name Of John Doole
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Cotton 70 The Nonth.

The Mississippi and Tennessee road
carried south on yesterday 272O bales
Of cotton, and on Saturday 1857 bales.
This at forty-6ve bales to the car, the
average of compressed cotton, would
load ninety-five cars. During the past
eight days the Mississippi and Ten
nessee road has carried south from
here 1907 bales of cotton, or more
than l75 carloads. Since the hrst Of
the present month 1t has carried away
1885 bales, and since the season
opened 1885 bales. These figures
are exclusive Of to. days movement.
Steamers have carried from here
south this season 6794 bales. Last
year at this time the latter had car
ried from here south 2,249 bales.
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Atlanta Photography
A thousand roads like the Cir ,cin.
natl Southern might be built, str king
into the very heart Of every sou thern
state from Virginia to Tex IS. it
wouldn't be benefited unless its nolicy
is radically changed. The 50 uther1
people have been robbed sof their
wealth, but happily still oss, IS their
pride and independence, and I ire GER.
tain not to contribute anyth ing to.
wards a people who lave no respect
for them except to got their money.
The southern people arc will ing and
have been for a long time, t. forge,
their past differences Of opinion, and
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A newly married couple from the
thriving little city of Augusta, Ar
kansas, are at the Peabody hotel on a
bridal tour, having arrived by the
steamer Hard Cash. The happy couple
are accompanied by several frichds.
The names Of the party, according to
the hotel register, are j. N. McOurdy
and wife, Miss Lou Pursell, Miss
Sammie McCurdy, Mr.. Ed. Bowen,
Mr.. VIM. Cornelius and Mr.. j, B.
Kittrell, They return to their Ar
kansas home tomorrow.
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What He M,istook for a Dog.

The Portland 0regonian says: A
young man who had recently arrived
IRON the east was engaged at the
United States fsh-hAtching establish
ment ON McCloud river. One day last
week he took u rowboat and pulled up
the river a short distance, crossed to
the opposite side and prepared to go
ashore. Just as he stepped outof the
boat; the young man looked up on the
ban ( over his head AMI saw what he
tho, light was a large mastif dog,
80 me Of those Indians have stolen
him, - he thought to himself, and |
will take him home with me-. Climb
ing the trail with difficulty, he was
sool ! face to face with his mastilf.
He whistled and snapped his
thu NIB and fingers coaxingly, but
ius 9ad Of taking his advances
kin d.ly, the animal uttered alow growl,
and, oscillating his tail from side to
side, prepared to go for that young
RAN. The latter, now terribly
alarm, ID, started for III boat, tumbling
headlt ing down the hill, and just man
aged t) get into his craft and push it
into th e stream as an immense speoi-
men Of the California lion landedupon
the sho re. OF course, the lion would
not TAXI to the water, so the young
man wa. safe; but he says he shall be
careful how he makes overtures to
strange clogs in a strange country after
this. He was entirely unarmed atthe
time, and, after he got into the boat,
heard the growls Of another in the
bush, showing that there was evident
ly a pair of tho creatures"
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re n cEBTs Pc We E X.
H CITY.
-Tuesday Evening, Feb. "a. 1850.
LEDGER LINES.

The fast of Esther tomorrow.
"A full noon early tomorrow
morning.
Brown & Jones, coal, Office 282
Main street.
j. H. Reinhardt's Book and News
Depot, 357l Main street. 151
Cheap and good signs, Memphis
Steam Sign Works, go Main.
New Spring styles of wall paper at
Marcus Jones 1864 Second.
Light cotton sales yesterday, but
more activity is indicated to-day.
j. B. Saint & Co. clean vaults
promptly. Leave orders at 286 Main.
Blank books of all kinds made at
the LEDGER Office book bindery, 13
Madison street.
The staple is easy TO- day, and
buyers are much less anxious than
sellers appear 10 De.
The Central Baptist church con-
cert, given last Friday night, was a
lucky stroke. 1t cleared over $500.
business men will find it to then
interest to have all their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER Office.
The Tennessee club closed its
festal season last night with a delight.
full musical soiree and promenade con.
cert.
Fresh bananas are now plentiful
in this market, aud sell at from one tt
three dollars per bunch, according
to size and condition.
Five Sundays this month. w,
have had four, and next Sunday vii
be the last. The thing will not hap
pen again for forty years to come.
From 49, to 62' was the Their
mometrical range here yesterday
I about the same as we enjoyed las
: August and a part of September.
The LEDGER Job Printing ofic
and Book Bindery, 10 Madison, exc
Cutes everything in their line as nea
and cheap as any house in this city.
:, The river water is climbing owe
3 low places and backing up into tn
d Swamps and cane-brakes. Sawlog cut
tiers and lumber merchants are happ,
: AT the German casino hall la.
night a pleasurable entertainment wa
d given. Tomorrow night, at tn
Maennerchor hall, that club will hol
its anniversary ball.
No minstrel performances hel
for some time past will insure thrC
good houses to the Duprez & Benz
= dict party. They play here at til
close Of the present week.
- The murderer, Ralph Brown, Ii;
MT been caught. 1t was rumored t.
day that Deputy Sheriff A. j. Harr
= had captured him, but there is notl
ing in it.
~ Fresh papers from New York on.
three days out, came to-day, on,
again by the fast travelling Souther
express company. The usual insta
,ir ments found its way to this Office.
. John Mccullough and troupe pli
y at Marshall, Texas, tonight, Shrev
n port, La, tomorrow and next nigh
he thence to Little Rock, and on here
Monday night next, the 1st of Marc
er The party we're at Dallas, Texas, Ia
night.
a. The earth box system is fast b
i coming unpopular, even among tho
d who were some time since its be
friends. When the weather gets b
look out, ye weak .Stomached adv
Gates
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A Retnrnen

Mr.. S. NJ. Ward, one Of the we'll
known and popular young men of this
city. being q native of the place, or at
least reared here, is back again, after
an absence of two years, divided be-
tween Galveston and New Orleans.
He is still connected with one of the
largest drug houses in the latter place;
but it is not unlikely thathe will come
back to live in the old Bluff City he
loves so well.
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work to recuperate their lost fortunes
by legitimate trade and honest indus
try. The Gazette had better stop its
lying, and talk the truth and nothing
but the truth, or it will be soured on
at home and abroad.
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PLANTATION CIGARS.

A fresh lot just received. Also La
EspanOla, Flor De ROsaIie and
CatOIica brands. The best 5 cent
cigars ever made. Call aud be con-
WINGED, Sim. l.. Barinds,
l5lt Is Madison street.
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Bob Ingersoll threatened to prose.
cute the Rochester papers If they
published his lecture entire, az it was
copyrighted. He said it was worth
$l25,0O0. He limited the space to a
column and a half, into which one
paper succeeded in getting almost the
whole lecture by using small type,
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ELECTION NOTICE.

UHE annual meeting of the stockholders Of
the Memphis Gas Light Company
will be held at the Office of the Company, So
Madison street, Memphis, Tenn, Monday,
March LIST, 1870, to elect "a seven Directors TO
serve the Company the ensuing year. Flee
ton from 10 N. to 2 pm.
JOSEPH CRAIG, Sec'y.
Memphis. Tenn, Feb. LIST, 1880. lS2 1853
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Careless Handling OF Powder.
Two wagons, one closely following
the other, both loaded with powder
came slowly along Madison street yes
terday, and, for unknown reasons,
stopped near Main and stood there at
least twentyminutes; one Of thcdrivers
went off and was gone some time.
The wagons contained at least five
thousand pounds of fine powder, in
cans. They were only partially GOV.
cred with a cloth, or old piece Of car
pet. One of the drivers appeared to
be excited or drinking. He finally
tossed a pole, or wagon tongue, into
his wagon, on top Of the cans of pow.
der, and both drove slowly into and
down Main street. The streets were
full Of vehicles and people, passing in
all directions. A slight accident
the firing Of a pistol ball into one o.
the wagons, for instance, or collision
with a runaway t%eam-might have ex.
ploded that whole magazine of pow.
der, killed scores OF people and ruin.
ed whole blocks Of the best bushes,
houses on Madison and Main streets.
Such reckless carelcssness and indif
ference to human life calls for tn,
most emphatic denunciation, ant
prompt action OH the part of the au
thOrities. If there is no law to reacl
the place, let one be made at once an,
enforced.
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FOR RENT.

VALUABLE farm with spacious residence,
fine garden and orchard, ~ miles from
Atoka, Memphis and Paducah miliOad, and
Is miles from Memphis. Splendid land, and
one of the healthlest places in Upton county.
l52 1853 R9YSTER A co.
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Avery & Berlin, 80 Madison street, col
lect ali sorts Of accounts; even HARD
OASIS do not intimidate them. Try
them. 1857
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Avery & Berlin, SO Madison street, sell
real estate, rent stores and dwellings. The
collection of merchants monthly bills is a
speciality with them, making daily reports
and returns. 1861
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Kirkland's New scarfA.
144t
Death Of General DarneII.

ODtshAA VI 0NnNA - hACAEs
Gen. Henry M. Darnell, a promi-
nentand wealthy of Lake coun-
ty, died on the night of the Goth inst.
at the residence of his son, Richard
Darnell, heal Tiptonville. The de-
ceased was a man of great force of
character, was well known in all the
river countries and stood high in the
esteem of his neighbors, He was a
man of violent temper, however, which
sometimes got him into serious Difficult
ties. Some years ago be and his son
became involved in a feud with some
neighbors, which resulted in the death
of a young mar at the hands of Gen.
Darnell. The affair occupied consid-
cradle space in the newspapers at the
time. He has been staying at Iukl
for his health for some time, and was
on his way to Hot Springs when over
taken by his fatal illness.
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KirkIand's Fine JeweIry. l44t
A Parry.

Highest cash price paid for old gold and
SILVER, by P. Simons, AZ Madison. lS9xxJ2
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KirkIand's Canes.
l45t

JOrdan's Tar LOzeDges prevent
Pneumonia and relieve Consumption.
fQQvvyO
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Avery & Berlin, 80 Madison, have
added to their rental department a general
collecting agency for the city. Prompt
reports and returns guaranteed. 1867
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MISUNDERSTANDING.

An interesting event to Memphis
society was the marriage yesterday at
ternoon at the Christian church of
Mr.. Z. D. DrOmgoole, of Louisville,
to Miss Ella J. H~alstead, OF this city.
The bride is the daughter of the late
Col. Jack Halstead, one of the best
men that wei lived in Memphis, a
splendid type of the last generation,
so rapidly disappearing, The
happy and fortunate groom is
a son of DR.. j. P. Dromgoole, many
years a citizen of this city, but for
some time past a resident of Louis
vile. The young man has lived some
time in Florida, but will make Louis
vile his home in the future. He has
won the heart and hand of one who
possesses the loveliest attributes tf
her sex. She has long been a favOrite
Of a large circle of friends, found
among our best people. Her many
friends manifested their interest
by filling the church yesterday to wit
less the ceremony, which was to pre-
csde her departure from their midst.
The church had been tastefully dec
grated by loving hands for the occa-
sion. The bride was elegantly and
tastefully dressed, and the two pre-
sented a splendid appearance at
the altar, and as they came
out of the church. The beautiful
ceremony was impressively performed
by Rev. j. M. Trimble, pastor Of the
church. After a season Of congratu-
lations the happy and worthy pair, ac-
companied by friends, proceeded to
the steamer Gaf, Captain Robert
Wise, on which they depart
ed on their bridal tour to
Louisville, their future home, which
we hope will be happier han ever
dreamed of even in childhood, when
they first became lovers. The good
wishes of many friends follow both.
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Personal.

Carpenter wanted at Peabody Hotel.