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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-03
Mrs. AstOr'a Diamonds Again,

Washington Cor. St, Louis Globe. .DOmocrat.l
Mrs. John Jacob Astor is still en-
joying the air of this city, and the
accepted estimate for the value of the
jewels worn by her at the presidents s
diplomatic reception has been placed
at $l,OO0,0O0. A private po iceman
has guarded her doorway since she
came, and in citizens clothes shad
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-03

game. Having nothing to lose them
selves in the way of reputation, there
are dissOlute persons about Washing
ton who continually seek the acquaint-
anee Of congressman and other high
officials on some pretext or another,
with the ulterior object Of extorting
hush-money by threats of pretended
exposure. Some Of the weak breth-
rem fall into these traps and are
bled freely. Others do not fall
from grace; but being timid and easily
frightened, pay literally to get rid Of
their tormentors. We had taken Mr..
Hill for a man of too much integrity,
frmness and knowledge Of the world
to be guilty OF a dishonorable act, or
to in any way compromise himself in
the least. The eyes of the public are
on such men, and the slightest devi-
alton from the strictest code of pro-
priety is magni6ed in the proportion
of mountain to a mole-hill. Mr..
Hill has an untarnished reputa-
tion, and being ffty-seycn years
old might be supposed to have arrived
at years of discretion and Judgment.
When man of his age and position in
the world becomes involvedin scrape
Of this kind and is found guilty, it in
wolves his family aud great many
other people in trouble, and he is
considered to have abused the conf
dence and betrayed the honor of all
his friends vicariously in his keeping.
We hope that Mr.. Hill may be vindi-
Gated; if not, he must and should
suffer the penalty. The way of the
transgressor is hard, whether he be
old or young.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-03
General Butler.


New Orleans Times.l
Among the many rumors ahoat
about politics and politicians, there
is one to the effect that General But
Ter will soon declare himself a dem
ocrats 1t is understood that this
move on the part of the general is
for the purpose of securing the demo
cratic nomination for governor Of
Massachusetts,. There seems to be
very little doubt that he will get the
nomination in the event that he
acknowledges himself democrat.
The general seems to have but one
ambition in life, and that is to become
the governor of Massachusetts. BE
wants the opportunity to snub some
of the Boston aristrocats, who have
taken delight in snubbing him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-03
HENRY WARD BEEcHER is to lee
ture shortly at Lexington, Ky.

The Porter Rifles of Nashville have
become, to some extent, bloated bond
holders. Having a surplus in their
treasury they invested it in Nashville
city bonds.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-03
DIED.
MOTICE
TO SHIPPERS OF COTTON SEED

I n consequence Of the great and continued
i decline in the price Of oil and cake, the
Memphis Cation Seed Association is com
PEELED TO reduce the price Of seed, or work
them at loss.
On and after the 10th inst. they will pay
eight dol lars per ton for Coed, Sound Seed
delivered at Memphis.
Our friends are again requested to ship none
but sound seed. asuns0uDd ones are not worth
the cost offreight. JOHN 7. FLYNN,
SS see'y NJ. o. 6. Assoeintion.
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New York MoneY rTnrkef.

New YORK, March 3.-Money
5@6. Sterling steady at S4@S7. Ban
silver hire at 81 123. Gold quiet and
firm. Railroad bonds strong. State
securities dull name. Stocks buoy
ant aud advanced ! to 81 per cent
Pacific Ii all and coal shares the lead.
ing onward movement.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-03

THE day passed. quietly in St.
Petersburg yesterday, and was cele-
brated with some appearance of eclat
and joy. Troops were massed in front
Of the palace, and the czar appeared
for about twenty minutes, saluting the
multitude. Congratulations were
received from the Emperor Will
liam Whilst the nihilists no
doubt mingled freely with the crowd,
no disturbance occurred, and the i'm
perial household must have felt in
teusely relieved when the day was
over But, the czar having delegated su.
preme power and unlimited discretion
to General Mclikoff, the enemies of the
government are turning their atten-
tion to him. AS will be seen by our
cable dispatches, he was shot at to.
day as he alighted in front of his
residence, but was not hurt. The
would be assassin was arrested.
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Death Of senator BayarJI's Part
HAVANA.
Life in the CanefieIds of Cuba.

HAVANA, March IA large fire is
reported in the cane fields of Resultas'
plantation, near Sagua la Grande.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-03
Louisiana State Lottery COMPANY.

This institution was regularly incorporated
by the Legislature of the State for Educational
and Charitable purposes in 1868, for the
term Oftwenty.lVe years. to which con-
tract the inviolable faith of the State is
pledged, which pledge has been renewed by
an overwhelming popular vote, securing It's
franchise in the new constitution, adopted
December 2. A. d. 1879, with capital Of
sl,00O, 600, to which it has since added a re-
serve fund of S350,000. Its Grand Single
Number Distribution will take place
monthly, on tie secoad Tuesday. 1t never
scales or. postpones. Look at the following
distribution:
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New York, March 3, 1890 pm
Cotton opened quiet, now firm, as fol-
lows Ordinary, IL 5 l6c; good ordina-
~, 12I low middling, y 1l-l6c; mid
ding, l3 1-l6c; good middling, l3 5 Ice;
middling fair, IA l-16c; fair, IA 13-16c.
Futures opened steady, now the same,
at 3 to points above last evening, as
e,llovve nolivarioe for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-03
NJ. A. DAUPEITN.

or same person at ''''
No. 3l9 Broadway, New York,
or ID. Il. Gillespie,
No. West Court street, Memphis.
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings arc
under the supervision, and management Of
tens; Il. Il, Beauregard and Jubal A. Early.
N. B. This Company has no agents in liz
BRIT sR POSSESSIONS, and all persons pretend.
ing TO be so and soliciting orders by oiroulars
or otherwise are SWINDLERS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-03

Movements Of Secretary Sher-
man.
New York, March 3.-Secretary
Sherman arrived here this morning.
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Indications.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-For Ten
nesse and Ohio valley cloudy and
rainy weather, falling barometer with
warmer shoutherly winds, followed
from the west tonight by colder
westerly winds and rising barometer.
Death Of Senator BayRrd's Part
neT.
WMMINGToN, DEL, March 3.-H.
Pepper, law partner Of Senator Bay
ard, was found dead in bed this morn
ing.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-03
LOITERY.


THE PUBLIC will TAKE NOTICE:
That the Order of the POstmas-
ter-General Against the Walls of
the Louisiana State Lottery Conn
pany is RESCINDED.
Registered Letters and Money
Orders can be sent through the
Mails as formerly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-03
CAPITAL Price, $4,000.
100000 Tickets, ut Eve Dollars Each,

hppIOAIMuuOn frl1es OF IUO..... 800
l,S51 Prizes. amounting 10, 400
Responsible corresponding agents wanted
at all points, to whom liberal compensat;on
will be paid. avn
Write, clearly stating full address, for fur
ther, information, or send orders by express or
mail addressed only 10 -
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-29
Cinnamon at the Lake.

J. A. Rieby. writing to the Carson
Appeal FROM Glsnbrook. Lake Tahoe,
under date Of October 9th. says: The
article copied in your paper from the
Homer Mining Ldex was entirely wrong.
Z" Messrs. Smart 4 Sons" have not
"taken q contract to cut and deliver
40. 900. 900 feet Of logs" nor ven one
half OF that mount. They are not to
deliver them ''insids OF two years."
They have not. nor will they have, moro
than one Chinsman working for them.
There is not . single Chinsman working
at the logging or numbering business at
Lake Tahoe. There never were 1000
white men. or q fourth OF that number,
cutting timber around Lake Tahoe.
There are more now. In proportion to
the amount Of business done. than ever
before. There are not 5000 Cinnamon
cutting timber. directly or indirectly, for
our company. nor one-teuth OF that
number. Cinnamon will not ''cut wood
Tor o dollar less than white men," nor
even ten cents less. White men are
cutting wood now a. formerly. at about
the same price that Cinnamon will ont
for. They can mako good wages oom-
petipg with Cinnamon.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-29
hcelaneo

sAS Francisco. October 20. - Patrick
White. . native Of Ireland. about 40
years Of age and = milkmsn, residing
near the Golden City House on the San
Bruno road. while boiling food for his
COWS yesterday afternoon fell into the
boiling food and was % badly scaldsd a.
to cause his death today in the County
Hospital.
Mrs. W. a. Blauvslt. OF Virginia City.
now visiting her sister at Ne. va Geary
street. was robbed OF diamonds valued
at $1,000 BY . Chinese domestic. The
jewels were recovered today by the po-
lice and the Chinaman arrested.
SALT LAKE, October 28.-Bigham T.
Young. grandson Of the Prophet, wound
up . drunken spree last night BY taking
. fatal dose OF morphine. He left one
wife and two children. he wa thirty
years old.
A New York dispatch to Surveyor
General Hatch says : The rails and roll.
ing stock have been ordered for the Ne
vada and Oregon Railroad.
The Huntington crusher. at the Jones
and Kinkssd mine, has started and 10
running successfully. The rock works
up to eighty per cent. The drst bar oil
bullion will DO shipped the arst Of next
week. The people here are In high
spirits.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-29
ESPECIALLY SENTATIVE.

Hancock does not seem to DO writing
any more letters now. He evidently
prefers the safety Of quiet %obscuriiy,
and does not like 90 much notoristy a.
his writings invariably attract toward
him. aud had rather be let alone. The
New York Sun says: "Much as our
candidate sIe.ls In writing letters, We
most d%sierentially advise him not to
write any nors. General Hancock need
write nothing more on the tariff. Gen.
sral Hancock should devote himself to
writing his inaugural. and. even II II 10
never delivered. the preparation Of II
will DO . salutary literary exercise. Blu.
II he must write IN q tariff. let him eI-
plieitly state that II II had been left to
him no would have put . prohibitory
tariff on the rsadmission OF unrepentant
rebels to citizens rights after the close
Of the war. That 10 about the only
letter on the tariff We can conceive OF
that would help him." According to q
recent New York dispatch Hancock 10
quiet aud gloomy and has abandoned all
hope Of election. aud Is sorry be ever
entered the aght. he 10 especially dis.
tresssd BY the cartoons and newspaper
attacks. Now this 10 sad. Agentlemsn
OF such q superb degree Of ssnsitiveness
should never venture into the fllhy. be-
smirching pool Of politics.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-29
The Morey Chinese Letter-Prooii
OF The Forgery.

Va wv Eoa6S'J
New YoRx, October 20. The fol.
lowing summaries Of proofs are conclu.
sivs OF the Chinese letter forgery: First
It is not at all like Garnsld's present
handwriting. though the signature Is
said to simulate his hand In 1866. when
he wrote o letter to General Rosscrsns,
from which. according to one story, the
forged signature was copied. No gsnu.
ius Garfield signature during the last
Ave years can DO produced similar to
that. Second-GarAeld emphatioally re-
pudiatss the letter and ito sentiments.
and stands by the anti.C Chinese paragraph
In his letter Of acceptance. Third-Ths
wealthiest shoe manufacturers Of Lynn
make affidavit that there was NO Em.
ployers Union there 10. 1880 or for two
years prior; that Morey was and 10 en-.
tirely unknown there and no reliable az.
thority for his existence has been shown
a. yet. Fourth-Ths postal oancelling
stamp on the simulated envelope was
not 10 use in January, 1880. and said
envelope. while presented - . perfect
fac simile. also fails to bear another
stamp which wss then 10 use at Lynn,
mott ying parties to furnish their exact
address for the benefit Of letter carriers,
fail to appear on Il.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-29
MORE DEMOCRArIC DksrERA.
TlON.

In our local columns today will be
found the particulars OF tho shrewd
trick played by the Democracy at Vir-
Rinia last evening. They waited until
the last moment, and then made q raid
upon the registered Republican voters.
They filed sfidsvits challenging some
hundreds Of the voters. and the requisite
citations were issued from the Justices
Court summonisg the challenged parties
to appear and show cause why their
names should not be stricken from the
registry. The time for thus answering
10 now so short that many will DO prob
ably unable to do 80. and will therefore
lose their vote. It 10 said that when the
officer won't around leaving the citations
at the residences OIL boarding places. he
was followed by Democratic ''striksrs,"
who picked up al Of these citations
possible from the entries or wherever
thrown. and destroyed them. thus pre-
Guiding the possibility Of their reaching
the individuals to whom they were sd-
dressed. The officer. Of course. in bis
returns stated that the citations were all
duly served.
A holder and msaner piece Of Demo.
cratic tricksry and pure pirstical rascality
never was attempted. and should be
frowned down by all honest men. There
10 said to be honor among thieves. but
the last semblanos Of honor seems to
have departed from the Democracy. It
has degsnsrated into . party OF fraud,
forgery aud corruption. and desperately
seeks to accomplish by foul means what
II cannot in any legitimate way.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-29

New York Tribune: General Grant 10
described as wearing in Hartford q dark
brown business suit OF heavy mixed
material, black tie. and no watch guard
or ornament Of any kind to relieve the
simplicity Of his dress. He explained to
some Hartford acquaintance how he
became so attached to the cigar. He
frat tried smoking at West Point, but
did not care for IL. and 1t was not Until
he was engaged in the early contests Of
the war that hs began to acquire the
habit. he found . cigar OF service in
relieving mental strain. and during q
battle be often had mi In his mouth
though even then he was not an invet-
crate smoker. Newspaper correspond
snts, however. began to describe him a.
smoking. and 90 many boxes OF excel.
lent cigars came into his headquarters a.
gifts from all parts Of the country that
he was o confirmed in the habit.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-29
nAncocK AND TARIFF.

The knottiest problem for Hancock
has been the tariff question. and his
attempts at solving it have not been sat.
isfsctory to anybody. not even himself.
The north wants . strong protective
tariff. while the South wants none, pre-
ferring free trade. 1t would be easy for
him to please the Solid South in that re-
spect; but her l3S electoral votes are not
enough to elect him President. Only
forty.ssven more votes would 30 re-
CURED; but in order to get these from
the North he must be q good tariff man.
What Hancock has thus far said or writ
ten ON the subject has not been much OF
very explicit; in fact. has shown but
little familiarity with the matter. Says
the Philadelphia Press:
The time that Gen. Hancock refers to
when he says the tsrin was brought up
once at his native place Of Norristown was
probably in 1874. when the Democratic
party deluded the people Of Psnnsylvania
with the cry Of ''Polk. Dallas and the
Tariff Of 'i2." The reference 10 an unfor.
tunate one for the General. a. 1t recalls the
low tariff Of 1916. which was adopted by
the casting vote OF George n. Dallas. the
Democratic Vice President. who had been
elected by the vote Of the State because OF
his supposed ~soundness on the tarin issue.
There 10 Q decided difference between
q tariff for protection and = tariff "for
revenue only" The workinaman. who
10 deeply interested In this question,
should not allow himself to be cheated
by Democratic prstsncss that there Is no
differences. A tariff for revenue alone.
says the New York Tribune. means . tar
ON articles which = not produced 10
this country. as tea and coffee. A tariff
for protection means q tax on articles
which come into competition with Amer
lean manufactures. The former means
the destruction Of American manufae.
lures; the latter means their perPetua.
ton. When Hancock talks about q tariff
for revenue only being incidentally
protective, he talks nonsense. or worse.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-29
WESTERN DISPATCHES.
A Cold FLOODED Murder.


Broos, CAL. October 2s.-Yesterdsy
afternoon about 8 o'clock T. Flanagan
shot and killed William King. about
seven miles west OF this place. They
were quarrelins about q bit Of land.
The boundary line between their places
had been IN dispute for several years.
and Mr.. King was mailing up some
boards tolstop any one from passing
over . road crossing the disputed
ground. when Flanagan appeared on the
scsne. After some words Flanagan left
and went home and returned with bis
shotgun. When King turned to 90 away
Flanagan shot him In the back, killing
him instantly. Flanagan returned home,
put up his gun, came hurrisdly into
town and gave himself up, the brother
Of the murdered man In hot pursuit.
King has been . teacher In this county
for several years, and was very highly
respected In oil respects a. Q p~eaosabls
and quiet oitiz q. Both men are unmar.
risd. Flanagan 10 now In jail at Orc.
vile.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-29
EASTERN DISPATCHES Is.
MOREY.GARFIELD.
The Kennard Forgery-His Exami'
nation-He Understands His Bus.
iness.

iness.
NEW Yonk. October 2s.-At tho exam
ination OF Kennard Philip yesterday on q
charge OF having forged the Garfield let
ter. Joseph E. Payne. an expert OF hand
writing for thirty years; Albert F. South
wort, an expert for moro than twenty;
and Daniel T. Ames, an expert for TWEEN.
ty.avs years. all testified. after . careful
examination, that in their belief the let
ter was unq~uestionsbly . forgery and
that II was written and signed BY Ken
nsrd Philip.
CHICAGO. October PA Tribune
New York special says: Philip recently
wrote from memory Hancock's letter OF
acceptance. He also bet three glasses Of
beer that he could write . letter from
Garfield which would not DO detected.
The bet was paid on Tuesday.
It 10 said that this IL not the frst time
Philip has tried his hand at forgery.
although In Q previous case hs did not
get into the courts. In the Kings
County Democratic Convention Of 1876
there was q sharp contest for the Surro.
galeship between DALEY and Livingston,
aud the latter was only successful by
one vote. While things were at q crit.
ical point a petition purporting to have
been signed by prominent citizens Of
Brooklyn urging the nomination Of
William d. Veeder for Surrogate. It
was afterwsrd asoertained that many
signatures to the petition were forgsries
AMI it il said the forger was Kennard
Pr ohilp 10 an EpRlishman, about
thin or forty years old.
New York. October 28.-The pro-
ceedings In the case Of Ksnnard Philip.
charged with q malicious libel upon
General Garfield. attracted . large crowd
Of people to the General Tsrm.room Of
the Supreme Court this morning.
Judge Davis occupied the bench and
there was q full array OF counsel on both
sides. Assistant District Attorney Bell,
for the people. called as the first witness
Colonel A. F. Rockwell. United States
Army, Washington. He testified that
hs had known Garfield tw~suty-sevsn
years; was his clsssmste and graduated
with him at college. In his extensive
correspondence with Garfield more than
1000 letters bad passed between them.
The witness was therefore familiar with
Garfeld's handwriting.
New York. October 28.-Philp could
not DO arrested for forgery. because the
Chinese letter. intended to be attributed
to Garfield, was in fact signed "Gai'
field" The substitution Of the letter
81" for an ''r'' was evidently intended
to save its real author from the penalty
Of forgery by q technically. Hence the
arrest for libel In the editorial article
presenting the fac smile and charging
Garfield with falsshood In denying the
authorship. The refusal Of the accused or
his employers to produce In court the
pretended original and Harris conse-
qu-nt committal for contsnpt give the
coup de grace to this desperate attempt to
dsluds tn, people. The reaction against
Baruum and his party is great, because
IL 1t goes on respectable Democrats by
hundreds. expressing their indignant
modification at the exposure. are fook.
ing to Garfsld's standard.
j. w. srMoSToS.