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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08

DR.. Buddeke, Eye and Ear diseases
NO. 90 East Court street. 144t
DR.. A. L. Kimbro, Office 394 Main
street: Residence, 1871 Vance st. 20
z. E. Hopkins, Of the firm of p. e.
Hopkins 4 Co., millinery, has just
returned from the east, where he has
purchased a large lot of spring goods.
VIM. Miller, 221 Main, is receiving
his stock Of spring goods, which en-
braces full lines of stylish boots and
shoes. He always keeps the best in
the market, and never allows any
competitor to undersell him. When
boots or shoes are needed, go to Mil
lers'.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08
THE WHAT ~ TT"
Chance for the Young Folks 10
Win u Prize.

The character artist, Rolla Ryan.
who will begin a series Of entertain
ments here next Friday evening, is a
poet Of p~relension 10 c%leverness, and
several Of his productions have at
sracted the attention Of the public,
and been widely copied. A touching
piece of rhyme entitled "0nly a
Tramp" is, among others, a very ex-
pressiye and neat structure. The fol-
lowing rhyme, by Mr.. Ryan, may puz-
zle a few of the young folks of our
but ]. they solve it sue.
cessfully, a neat reward will be theirs.
Major Ca)vit Roberts, OF Mississippi,
manager for the Ryans, proposes to
give a handsome present toany scholar
of the city schools who will give,
without assistance, a correct answer to
it, atthe R)lll Ryan matinee, Leu
brie's theater, March l3, 2 pm.
wHATISIr:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08
CINCINNATI.
The Resignation of Theodore
ThOmas-FOrk Packing
Statistics, Etc.

CINCINNATI, March 5.-Theodore
Thomas resignation, which was de-
termined upon at a late hour last
night, was rendered to-day, to take
effect at the end of the present col
lege year, October next, unless a sue
cessor is sooner appointed. He will
continue in charge Of the May musical
festival, that being a separate enter
prise.
The board of directors of the col
lege at the meeting this afternoon re-
ceived. copy of Mr.. Thomas resipna-
ton, in which he calls their reply to
his demands an invasion. The board
in a written reply say that his remark
concerning their previous communi.
cation precludes further discussion.
They say if he is to leave the college.
at all, he shall go sooner than the end
OF the present year, and suggest q
conference to fix the time when no
shall sever his connection. George
Ward Nichols, president of the board
also sent in his resignation, acc om,
panied by a letter giving his res sons
This the board answered in a cc,mmn'
nleatlon recounting the service of
Mr.. Nichols to the college, an direfus'
ing TO accept his resignation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08
Confederate Going.

New York Cor. Troy Times.1
l notice In a recent issue of the
Times an article on numismatics ex-
tracted from a Louisville payer, which
says that the confederate government
never ordered a mintage Of coin, and
it adds that though somebody in
Alabama has what are called Con
federate coin" theyare merely medals.
A numismatic dealer in this city.
however, makes a very different state,
ment. He says that the confederate
government, soon after its inception,
determined on an effort at coinage.
and ordered, as a beginning. a die for
a cent from Lowell. the PHILADELPHIA
engraver. Difficulties afterward oc.
Cured which prevented the artist
from transmitting it to Richmond.
He struck a few pieces and then tho
die was broken, for its possession
rendered bin liable to arrest. These
cents have since then been eagerly
sought by coin collectors, aud may bo
valued at So.
The next effort at coinage was &C.
complished at the New Orleans mint.
where a die was prepared for a half.
dollar. Only four pieces, however,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08

were struck, for the sudden scarcity
OF silver created an insuperable diff
Guilty. Of these coins one was found
in the possession of jeff Davis at the
time Of his capture, but it has not
been heard Of since it was taken from
him. Two others we're presented to
prominent secessionists, but as moth
ing has been heard from them, it is
supposed that they have been lost
among the confusion arising from, so
dreadful a struggle. The fourth is
in possession OF a leading dealer in
this city, who holds it at the modest
sum Of $1,000. Reader, here is a
chance for you to obtain a great Gu
riosity at a mere trile. 1t may be
added that the interest in this pursuit
has led to the formation of numis-
matte societies in this city, in Boston.
in Philadelphia and other important
centers. A vast number of publica-
cations have been issued or this sub
ject, and it is evident that the numis.
matte mania is increasing with the
flight Of time. The, above-mentioned
half dollar is the highest-priced coin
Of American issue, and whenever it
finds a purchaser l shall announce the
fact. 1t will be an interesting feature
in the traffic to see $1,000 paid for a
bit of silver, whose intrinsic value is
not equal to that of a busheI of pota-
toes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08
Not so WarIIke.

The engineer at Batelle's rolling
mills, Mr.. j. Il. Willis, says the
charge Of being a warlike engineer
has not been sustained. He has lived
in this country all his life and desires
to keep on living here; hence wishes
to be placed in a proper attitude be-
fore his fellow-citizens. He claims
that a few days ago the conductor
attempted to put him of Of the
Paducah railway train, and while it
was in motion, after not stopping at
the station. He was on his way to
Arkansas at tho time, and that was
the reason he had a pistol on his per
son. He deems Arkansas an unsafe
country to be without a pistol. This is
Mr.. Willis statement Of the row and
its results.
Upon an examination ofthe charges
against Mr.. Willis, before Esquire
Quigley. Saturday afternoon, a fine O
City dollars was imposed upon him fol
account Of the city, and he was pu'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08
re C r Pc WE X.
THE CITY.
EvenInr. March. 8. 1sso
LEDGER LINES.

Cotton firm and held higher.
Brown 4 Jones, coal, Office 2S2
Main street.
Cheap and good signs, Memphis
Steam Sign Works, go Main.
New Spring styles of wall paper at
Marcus Jones, 1861 Second.
j. B. Saint & Co. clean vaults
promptly. Leave orders at 2S6 Main.
An advance in the price of the
staple is indi,ated here before the day
closes.
Blank books Of all kinds made at
the LEDGER Office book bindery, 13
Madison street.
Our dealers are in the dark re-
garding the present upward boom in
the cotton market.
The Prologue troupe of players
came in at noon to-day by the Mem
phis and Charleston railway.
Business men will find it to their
interest to have all their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER Office.
The Bartlett circuit court met
this forenoon, Judge Eldridge having
gone out on the morning train to
occupy the bench.
The Mathews place near the state
female college contains nearly four
acres instead of forty as was mis-
printed on Saturday.
Winds northeast all over the
south to-day, and rain at Iudianola.
Texas, but none elsewhere between
the Ohio river aud the gulf.
Seats for the Rolla Ryan engage
ment at the theater, to open next
Friday evening, can be had at Hol-
lenberg's music store tomorrow.
The LEDGER Job Printing Office
and Book Bindery, l3 Madison, exc.
cutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house in this city. /
"A drunken man was seen leading
a blind man up Main street to-day.
lie was proving his eyesight against
the other ones legs, and that made q
sorry spectacle.
Old Charles More had a case be.
fore the circuit court TO day, wherein
he desired to collect some thirty dol
lars from various parties, for grindin.
scissors and 50 on, during last sum
mer.
They have a society for the sur
preston Of music at Cincinnati, and
r has now under serious considerable
: the squabble between Theodor
!. Thomas and the directors Of III
. college Of music.
The Tennessee club is to civ
another of their series of delightf
musical soirees at the rooms Of Il
!. club on tomorrow evening, unless IL
weather is unfavorable. In thevent
it being inclement the entertaining
will be postponed. The indication
d however, point to a pleasant evenir
and a pleasurable affair.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08
By PROF. RYAN.

!.
We find it in the mountain top,
We miss it in the vale,
We always have /. in a stop,
But never in a sail.
II.
We always danish It from hume,
But use it much in travel;
1t is ever present in a stone,
But never, in a gravel.
IL.
Without it, virtue CAM exist;
In vice, t'would be A blunder,
It's seen in lightning's fe y twist,
And always heard in thunder.
~.
lis found in earth, but not in hea7cn
If | the truth must tell;
A spirit lost, might be fjrgiven,
To find the things in hell.
'.
We always have tn thing in health;
But lose it, in disease;
The rich can have it, in th.ir veal h,
But never at their ease.
VI.
In hotels, it is even found;
But never in saloons.
In tributaries it abounds,
But never in lagoons.
MRMPHrs, March sth, 1880.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08
FOR A GOOD SHOKE
o Sim. l.. RaFlnds,
Is Madison street.
Wanted Vengeance.

Want a warrant" laclnically spoke
an irate female yesterday evening to
the stationhouse keerer.
SWELL, Madam, if you can find a
Squire that will beeasy enough done"
he replied, but l believe all in this
neighborhood are OF at dinner. You
can get one tomorrow morning just
as we'll"
Want one now l tell you, and
must have il. That woman made fun
Of my old bonnet, and abused me like
a dog, and l tell you, I'll go back
and kill her if you don't give me a
warrant AMI | can't wait until to.
morrow, either" Then added laughing.
MY mad spell might be over"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08

under a bond Of $3.50 10 answer before
the criminal court the concealed
weapon charge, a dirk and a pistol
having been found upon him. He
appealed the city end Of his case to a
higher court apd gave bond, where
upon the fifty dollars he had up as a
forfeit was returned to him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08
Dcaih OF Commodore Hanscou,

Special to the oourier.JournaI.
WASHINGTON, March h.-Commo.
dore Isaiah Hanscom, ex-obief Of tIo
construction bureau of the navv Jo
partment, who has been m for so me
weeks past, died this morning ~ oO b;s
residence on J street, near Twelab
N the sixty.fftk year Of his aSe
Commodore Hanscom has been in tSc
navy many. years as a naval conductor
and came from Boston, aud was nuits
well known, not only in Official DIV.
cles, but BY the citizens. The rovoi Ut
lions made by the house oommitsNO
naval affairs in the forty. fourth ~ VA
Sress while investigating SeCreta,v
nooeson greatly worried Mr.. Hans,
com, aud fastened his death.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08
Valunble AcmnInitinn-

Messrs. P. i. Hopkins & Co, 269 Main
street, have secured the services Of Ms,
Mary Adams, late Of the great New York
house Of Lord d Taylor. She will take a
permanent position in Hopkins & CO..
and being thorough in the milliners ant,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08

Fine Lemons, 3S eents q dosen,
at Oliver, Finnie & Co.'s.
Oranges, 25 cents, select, %
cents a dozen, at Oliver, Finnie
d Co.'S.
New Figs, 10 cents a pound. at
oliver, FInnie & Co.'s.
The very sweetest Dairy and
Creamery Butter, at Oliver, Fin
ME e. Co.'s.
Silver Moon Flour, Royal Flour,
Oatmeal, Graham Flour, Cracked
Wheat, Boss Hams, Whitaker
Hams, Golden Hams, BaItz Hams,
POIand-C China Hams, at oliver,
FInnie a. Co.'s.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08
REMOVAL.

have to-day Transferred my stock OF
Cigars and Tobacco from ZIG second ST.,
TO my store 2l7 Main, corner Adams ST..
under the Worsham house. where / will
be found to attend to my customers.
Al III. HSch.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08
Nearly m Fire.

Some clothing in a closet in the ell
Of Mr.. McKinney's two.story frame
residence, No. 1853 Adams street,
caught on fire about IL o'clock this
forenoon, but was extinguished by a
bucket brigade before any material
damage was done, though there came
near being work for the boys.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08
CROQUET.

81 so to $500. Eight ball sets in
good boxes make Of 1880. Finest selec-
ton in city. At
Mansford's,
Ss 295 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08

and noted fsf her very fns taste Ia Ill
that pertains to that branch Of busincss,
her presence will prove IN additional
attraction. Messrs. P. L. Hopkins & Co.
are eparing no efforts to please the public
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08

Go to the Postofice News Depot for
your cheap reading matter. Irish World
DC, and all boys papers sc.
CHAS. DICKENS s. CO.,
Eecond etreot
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08

BATHsi BATIIsl BATHS,
23e.
Hot and Cold Baths, the Rest in
the city, ut Gust. LippOId's WOr-
sham House Barber shop.
s&ml44 u
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08

JOHN WALSH, Coal Yard,
.23O Second Street. 1887
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-12-16

THE difiion.5y about the count of
the Georgia electoral vote was THE:
! The National law requires that the
electors of all the states shall meet
at their respective state capitals and
casS and count their votes "on the
frat Wednesday of December" The
state of Georgia, to make very sure
that its electors would always be
on hand 10 time to vote, has o law
requiring the electors TO meet at
tho capital con the FIRST Monday in
December" ard remain there to
count the votes on Wednesday. The
Governor, as the law required, n9s
titled the electors to assemble on
the "frst Monday" 1t so happened
that this year tho "frst Wednesday"
came befor5 the "frst Monday"
None of the sages Of that state dis
covered the "bull" in time and so
wien the FIRST Wednesday came
Georgia failed to have it's vote
o counted. The electors have since
met, counted the vote ard sent it
aon to Washington. 1t will proba-
bly, b. included in the final count.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-12-16
The Rattle Nuisance.

A long suffering peorla VIII nc
doubt be pleased to hear that there
is stringent state law against al
species of drawings and raffles. Sec.
ton 1923 of the revised statutes
says:
Ary per'on who shall set up OF
promote any lottery for money, OF
shall dispose of any property oil
value, real Or personal, by way OF
lottery, or who shall either aid by
printing or writing. or shall in any
way be concerned in setting up,
managing or drawing any such lot
terry, or shall 10 any house, shop,
building, owned or occupied by him
or under his control, knowingly per-
nit the setting up, managing or
drawing of any lottery, or The sale
OF any lottsry ticket, share of tick.
ct, or any other writing, certificate,
bill, token or sny other device, pur-
porting or intending to entitle the
holder, bearer, or other person, to
any prize, to be drawn Ia q lottery
shall be punished by Imprisonment
in the county jail not more thar
six months, or by foe not exceed.
ing one hundred dollars.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-12-16
Reported for the Grant County HERALD.
Popular Science Notes.

The view taken by Professor AID.
hemar, that continents have NOT
been depressed, bat oyerfiowed by
the ocean, is generally accepted by
some OF the most eminent Scientists
of the present day. The theory is
that, owing to the procession of the
equinoxes, the mass of water is
transformed from one hemisphere
to the other, and the sun remains
eight days longer in one hemisphere
than the other. The tin required
for the transfer of water from one
hemisphere TO the other is estimst.
ed at bout ten thousand years, dur.
ing which time a steady change of
climate is steadily taking place all
over the globe. The extreme of
Geld was reached at the Antarctic
Pole, about SIX hundred years ago.
since which time the climate has
been becoming milder, while north
OF the Equator it has been growing
colder. The theory of some Seien.
tiGts that the north pole region was
at one time tropical climate, if it
could be believed, would seem to
strengthen the belief of Adhemar
and bis Scientific followers.
Daniel Ruggles, of Fredericksburg,
Va, has obtained 2 patent fer
method OF precipita.iug raiufalls by
means of explosives. The idea is
certainly novel one, nd judging
from the well known precedent that
heavy csnonading ia frequently fol.
lowed by fall of rain, his method
is not entirely chimerical. The in.
ventlon consists of a small balloon |
carrying packages Of explosives,
such as Nitro glycorine, Gun cotton. |
Powder etc. Attached to the bal |
loon is small wire which ia con. !
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-12-16

or the public would have any right
over them that an owner would have.
The decision is a bombshell in the
railroad camp, but it is light that
may clear away the clouds lowering
over the liberties Of the people. The
railroads are not the source of all
our political ills, and light may break
in through other clouds. As we have
reasoned before, there are openings
in ~tbese times for legislators and
others to distinguish themselves.
Judge Black may have made a be.
ginning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-12-16
Notice to Debtors.

hereby give notice to all persons iudebl.
ed to the late firm of Woolstenholme & Ma
than, that the death of John Woolstenbolne
requires settlement of the firm business, and
that accounts due said firm must be paid i'm
mediately.
HENRIETTA W0OLSTENHoLME.
Executrix of the last will and
testament of John Wool
stenholme, deceased.
Lancaster. Wis, October 10, 1880.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-12-16

BUSINESS itself is boomiugin Lam
caster and prospects are booming.
Real estate transactions are active.
Desirable sites for residences and
business blocks are being bought up
by men intending to build upon
them or by FpeouIstors. The indi-
cations are that many of these will
double in value within two years.
Every house 10 town is occupied
and families are wanting houses and
can't get them
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-12-16

THOSE who attend strictly to
business, who devote the greater
part of their time to duty and who
improve their opportunities. are
fairly entitled to greater success
and greater wealth than the slug
gard or negligent man. But this is
no apology for the vass accumula-
tons of the Goulds and Vsnderbilts.
Tney got their wealth by manlpu.
lating the servants of tue people to
legisIste money into their Golfers
It is no apology for the peoples of
flee holders to make $4,000 year
out OF tho advantages an office
whose salary is $4,000 gives him.
In Ireland the farmers are tensnts.
II they are Ley, sIuggish and negli-
gent thoy have to pay a fixed rem.
tsL 1T they are frugal and indus.
trious the landlords are more ex-
acting and require greater rental.
In the former case the landlord has
TO give more attention to his prop
erty, in the latter he gives less 1t
is not the industrious and active
man who ia the gamer. SO in this
oeT-ts' - onr pvndnrrra .eyert. III en-.
s@I2es- more. Lhan vnEu9l and baEa
road masters exact grester stiponds.
Their officials are at once manipu-
lated intO getting moro from the
people. hast winters Wisconsin
legislature, for instance, set our tax.
81 up much higher Than they were
tho year before. True we are able
to pay more, but is that a reason
Why armies Of useless and prohigate
servants should be qusrtered upon
the people or why extravsgant jobs
should DO leglslated into the con.
troll of the importunate2
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-12-16
BEFORE AND AFTER

Nowadays when a couple of tools are en-.
Gagged,
It's sickening TO see how they spoon.
They think brothers or sisters are all in the
way,
Until after the Honey moon.
Then when married life comes with its troub.
les and cares;
Their spooning it very soon drops,
Their Billing is done by the doctors and
nurse
And their cooling with broomsticks and
mops.
Commissions aHd bruises will sometimes an
pear,
Their beautiful features t. SPOIL
Their only relief in such cases as these,
Is DR.. Thomas Ecleetrc Oil.
Sold by James A. Jones.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-12-16

M others! Mothers! MothersI

Mothers! Mothers! Mothers !! Are
you disturbed at night and broken of your
rest BY SICK child suffering and crying with
the excruciatng pain of cutting teeth? If so
go at once and get bottle of Mrs. Wins.
lows Soothing Syrup. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer neutrality-suspicious. up-
on it; there is no mistake about it. There
IS not mother IN earth who has ever used
1t who will not tell you at once that it will
regulate the bowels, and give rest to the
mother, and relief and health 10 the child.
operating like magic. 1t is perfectly safe to
10 use in all cases, and pleasant to the taste,
and is the prescription of one of the oldest
and best female physicians and nurses in the
United States. Sold everywhere at 25 cents
a bottle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-12-16


MORE or less discussion is still 60
ing on in both Democratic and Re.
publican papers az to whether or
not the cid Democratic party bad
better be given funeral. Many of
the Leading and most influential
Democratic papers want the sbaky
old carcass laid away out of sight.
They have a clinging affection for it
but they see it has lived past its
day of usefulness. The situation
resembles that Of the Wing party
IN 1853 and 1854, when it was a
much mooted question by the old
members of the party whether it
should he Kept alive or allowed to
expire, The New York Tribune,
then the leading paper in the party,
insisted on its deces Sc. la 1854, in
some Of the States the Know Moths
ing party was its successor, though
not strictly its heir. By them some
States were wrested from the DEM
Ccrsts The Denis came TO time
when they Iamented the dying con.
dition of the Wing party moro than
the members ofthe Wing party did.
They wanted it to be largo enough
to divide the opposition nearly into
halves. But the old party died. Out
fit and the Free Soil element of
the Democratic party, sprsug the
Republican. The new party nearly
captured the Administration in
1856, and had it except in the inter-
i'm Of an accident, ever since 1860.
The danger to the Republican party
now ls, that the other old thing may
do end thai the people may make
uso Of such blGnders rs have been
committed by Republicans, to form
Q new party, that with fresh,
young lifs will in two or tour years
BIO az successful q, the Republican
party was. But the Republican
party has only to do right and the
people will sustain it. Not enough
will break oil TO help another unless
there is just cause. We trust there
will be no just cause and that the
good old Republican party will go
ca needing the highways and by.
ways OF justice that have been cut
Of repair and that with so good a
man for President as Garfield sp-
pears to bo, tho country may have
q Presidential reign almost without
oppc sition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-12-16
LATENT F0aCE.

That Latent Force or Fluid, which perme-
stes all matter, and which bears the conven-
tional name of Electricity, is widely appreci.
ated and recognized as means of cure in
various diseases. Its effects in the form OF
Thomas Ecleetric Oil are shown BY the r.ief
of pain both Neurslgis and Rheumatic, as
well as in the throat and lungs, and in various
other healing usys Sold by james A. jones.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-12-16
For Sale Or Rent.

one'haif interest in the property known as
tue fotosi NJ ills and 1870 acres of land adioin-
its Is oHereo Tor sale or rent, or viii be ex-
changed for good farm. About 23 acres Of
the land is under cultivation and the remain.
der is timber and pasture land. Fo, terms.
inquire at the premises, five miles nor,hweet
Of village of Potosi
33m3x BARTHOLOMEW STOII,