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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-16
MAXINE INTELLIGENOE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-16
THE NEW EXCISE BILL.

The new Excise bill which has already passed the
Senate makes some radical changes: The clause
requiring that each person who sells splrtuonS
liquors or wines shall take out Il hotel license ana
that he shall furnish three beds for the accOmm0-
daton of travellers, is done away with: The Com
miSSiOneTs now charge tor q beer ana all liquors
license $50, and for license to sell ale beer VINE,
and spiTtuOus liquors, not to be drunk on the pre-
misses $50. There are three grades of hotel licenses.
For first class hotels such the Fifth Avenue.
Windsor etc, the charge is $3.50 for second class
800 and for the third grade 1913. The latter in
cludes liquOr stores where liquors and wines are
sold not 10 be drunk the premises. This is COW
cred in the new bill as follows: The fee for q
license for the sale of Wines ale, and beer only
shall be not less than $50 nor more than $780, the
fee for license for the sale of liquors. wines, ale
and beer to he drunk OH the premises shall not DO
less than 500 nor more than $3.50, and the fee for
license for the sale of liquors, wines, alc and beer
not to be drunk the premises. shall not be less
than 800 nor moro than $3.50. The applicant for
q liceuse must file a certificate signed by twelve
respectable citizens residing within the Assembly
business that he is of good moral character. Each
Commissioner of Excise shall give bond Ill the sum
of 800 900. and each Of his Suretes shall justify in
the sum of $50 600 for the faithful performance of
the duties of the office. No bond is now given by
the Commissioners. The license fees are to be paid
over to the Controller within twenty four hours
after their receipt At present the checks for each
license are made PAYABLE to the City Chamberlain,
and are deposited daily.
The Commissioners of Excise decline at present
to give any opinion TO the new bill but say they
will furnish amy information which the members OF
the Legislature may desire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-16
CONDITION OF THE BROKEN CABLE.

Tn a financial article recently The I2nd1n Daily
Telegraph referred to TumnT3 that the French cable
had been cut iby an iceberg 1T was intimatrd that
the French company would be unable 60 raise
funds for the cost of the recovery repair Of the
cable and that it would be sold to the AnVO-Amcr-
can company ON the latcT's own terms. Baron de
Cambourg, the manager of the French company in
this city, said recently to q TRIBUNE reporter
"Thc whole thin is absurd. The French company
is in excellent condition financially. We have no
idea Of selling our cable to the Ango-Amcrcan COM
pany. On the contrary, we intend soon to lay an.
other cable from Brest to Saint Pierre. There has
been some delay in repairing the cable; as our re-
pairing steamer was in England, of the coast of
Penzance, at the time of the accident. She left
there May / !, however, and must arrive at Saint
Pierre in Il day or two"
"IIayc you any idea how or when the cable was
cut ~
IL have no direct knowledge of this. The broken
cable was tested III Brest, however, aud as the re-
pairing steamer was sent Immediately from Eng
land to Saint Pierre, it was determined probably at
Brest, that the cable was cut near Newfoundland.
Such an accident is much more likely to happen
there than of the coast of Europe, as the water is
shallow that the cables have been injured by
anchors as well as icebcrgs. Another thing that
makes me think the cable was cut near NewfOund-
land is the fact that ship which that
vicinity on May 2. reported that she surrounded
almost completely by cebcrgs"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-16

he committed to imprisonment for life, nc would
advise him to commute it. Justices Rapalio anu
Ea-l, it is asserted, agreed with him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-16
CHARITY LECTURE BY JoHN KELLY

OIAhIII LLCIUIl DI JUN hEIIII.
At q meeting held yesterday in tho Emigrant In
dustrial Savings Bank, to take into consideration
the financial condition Of the poor schools attached
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-16
THE TROUBLE WITH THE GAS CONSUMERS

The daily increasing number OF sgncrs to the
protest of the consumers of the Municipal Gas Com
pany against the recent decision fixing the price of
| gas at 81 - per 100 feet is causing much in
tcrest among the other gas companies of thc city
and their consumers. 1t was reported recently that
the consumers of companies other than the Munich
pal, had taken steps i'll the same direction. This
was denied, however. by the officers Of both the
Manhattan aud Mutual Companies.
Peter Carroll, of No. 30 West FOurccnth-st., was
chairman of the committee of ten which presented
the grievances of the consumers to Manager
Gaudric of the Municipal Company, on Monday.
Mr. Carroll said to TRIBUNE reporter that the con-
sumers would await the action of the Board of
Directors of the Municipal Company before doing
anything further, but in the meantime would con-
tinue circulating the protesting lists. An answer
has been promised to the consumers within two
weeks. MI Carroll added that all the trouble arose
from the promise Of a Mr.. Stcrnc, now connected
with the Municipal Company, that soon as the
company reached q paying basis the price of gas
would he reduced to 81 30. Manager Gaudrie was
found at his office and said " Ma was ant hOr
lied by this company 10 make any such promises.
/ have inquired carefully Eamong the consumers,
and find no except Mr.. Carroll who claims that
such promises were made Mr. StcIne is in
Europe, but feel confident that he made no such
statements The reason the price of gas was adj
vanccd was because il did not pay at the old
prices" George II. Prcntiss, Of No. 10 Broad-st.,
broker in gas stocks. said that the trouble among
gas consumers had not affected the sale of stocks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-16

Mr. llildcharn Kawasc escorted by Mr.. Takaya-
nagIand accompanied 10y several other Japanese gem
day and inspected the workshops with great
apparent interest. He expressed great admiration
for tho Japanese-Amerlcan slverware. and
workmcn using Japanese fabrics in max
ing fancy cases for icwolry or silyerwarc
walk through A. I. Stewart & Co.'s establishment
and through a furniture factory, occupied the re-
mandcr of the day. To-day they will pay visit to
Central Park.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-16

The arrivals at Castle Garden yesterday were
. 50l-thc MosCl. from Bremen, landing Glj; the
Bristol, from Ayonmouth, 1lG the Patagonia, from
and the SHlicr from Bremen, 1,213
rhe arrivals for the week amounted TO
1902. The German Minister at Washington,
kurd won Schiller. who sailed yesterday for Eu-
.opc, visited Castle Garden in the morning / no
manner OF receiving aud forwarding immigrants
was fully explained To HIM by members Of the
Board Of Emigration. He expressed great satisiac-
ION with all no SAW,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-17
The Ferry Scandal.

Washington Correspondent Courier-J Ournal I
The addition of Ferry to the sena-
torial black list of heroes of scandals
that have heroines likewise, has natu-
rally provoked much comment here.
He has appeared very restive lately,
and has been constantly moving about
the senate chamber, and when sena-
tors approached him to talk | could
not but believe the Cooper card about
his drubbing was the uppermost topic,
superseding even the Chicago conven-
tion.
! have been greatly surprised lately
to hear some few mention him as a
handsome man, | have never so con &.
sidered him. To me he looks insight
fcant and as one who owes any inter
est attaching to him more to his
position in the senate and the fact that
he was acting vice president during
an important crisis than to any attrac-
tions of appearance or manners.
With regard to the young girl-Miss
Cooper-who, being a woman, is of
course the greatest sufferer from the
scandal, her youth alone pleads for
her. She is represented by some who
have long known her, as a wild, eiddy,
thoughtless girl, whose father has al
ways insisted on her having her own
way in everything, and who has con.
sequently attained nearly sixteen
years Of age without acknowledging
any other guidance than her own i'm
pulses. She is always unconventional
in her manners and opinions, and i'm
agines it most desirable thing to
create sensation, so probably glOries
in the notoriety she has achieved at
present. She boasted last winter to her
acqaintances that during a visit to
France she had been the cause of a
duel between to young men. Her
daring ways occasioned much gossip
durin the months she lately passed at
the National hotel here with her par
ents. Her mother is mentioned as
one of such irreproachable character
as to silence all the rumors as to her
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-17

1t is amazing how people imagine
that an article in the paper refers to
themselves. A western editor who
wrote funny articles had heap OF
trouble on that account. His first
yarn had a Mr.. Bunting Tor its hero,
and the day it appeared Mr.. FIagg
called and ascertained that it wasn't a
hitat him. The next story was about
Hon. Eggleston Eggs, and the Hon.
Darlington Carr left word that if il
occurred again he should sue the con
cern. The editor tried the name Of
Mongrel, and prominent citi-
zen who was not only named
Cross, but had little Indian
blood in his veins, came into the
Office and tried to take the editors
scalp. The editor, having had SO
much trouble, determined to be safe
the next time. and the man that he
described as filling down stairs into
soap barrel was named "Morgue.
That time the unlucky humorist had
to fight two men, Messrs. Graves and
Coffin, who chased him through the
main street with pitchforks and q
dog. He did think that no man
would mistake himself for a person
called Cow wallow, but Mr.. Oxford
did, and stood in front of the Office
for three-quarters of an hour, and
threw stones into the Office window
and called the hapless editor to
come out and be ground against a
tree. The editor did not respond
as he was too busy attending to two
gentlemen who thought they were
slurred in a laughable account of the
misfortunes Of a Mr.. Beast. One was
named Lyon and the other Lamb, and
the editor whispered to each that the
other wrote the piece, and then Lyon
and Lamb lay down on the floor and
clawed each others clothes off, and
then they got up and threw inkstands
and did over $75 damage to the place
before they were taken out. And
then the editor inserted an advertise
ment requesting anybody who consid-
cred the name of Daguerreotype O.
Watermelon slur on him to respond
and as no one did, he now uses that
name. And people wonder why hu-
morists give such odd names to their
characters.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-17

Mr.. Halstead will be forced to ex
plain as gracefully as he can the fol-
lowing bit of description and deprec-
alton Garfield came sauntering in
by himself, as he had done twice be-
fore; to catch the hurrah of the CALLER
les. James is a weak brother. 1t
may be that he does not feel himself
better than the rest Of the Ohio dele
cation, but there begins to be method
IN his negligence. He is evidently
playing the role of Ajax delying the
political lightning. Garfield and his
friends may be sincere in their sup
port OF Sherman, but when they get
home they will have some trouble ex.
planning their conduct to the Ohio
republicans. Gov. Foster and Gar
field are playing IN together and for
themselves. From what J have been
able to see in the last week. it looks
as if Foster has been managing the
Garfield boom. If it wins, Foster ex
poets to step into Gar6eld's new sena-
torial shoes before he wears them. If
he loOses, then Garfield will help
Foster to the second place on the
ticket" They have gone home, and
their constituents, including Mr.. Hal
stead, ask no explanation of their con
duct.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-17
BY CABLE.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, June 1.-THE
Turkish authorities have decided to
remove some restrictions on the dis
patch of political kilograms.
PARIS, June 1.-THE left center
have unanimously declared against
amnesty. A deputation of the repub-
lican left had an interview with De
Freycinet last evening, to urge the
government to take the initiative in
bringing forward amnesty. At a
meeting Of the deputies of the repub-
lican left, 65 voted for an immediate
discussion Of amnesty, 10 against and
10 abstained from voting.
AT a meeting of the committee on
Trans Sahara railroad, it was resolved
to ask the chamber of deputies for
further grant of $4,000 francs, in or
der that an engineer may start for
Africa Immediately, to avail them
selves Of the fine season.
BERLIN, June 1.-THE interDa-
tional conference discussed yesterday
the maintenance of the secrecy of
thier deliberations, and it was unani-
mously acknowledged necessary to
keep the material proceedings secret.
The elections in Wurttemberg,
Hesse-K Kassel, Brandenburg and east
Prussia resulted in favor of uncom-
promising constitutiOnalists. The
government journal, the Post, admits
that a change has taken place in pub
lie sentiment.
LONDON, June 1.-THE statement
is current in Beunos Ayres.
The report of the committee of the
house Of commons in the case of Brad
laugh, states that there is no prece-
dent whatever. They hold that the
mere compliance of Bradlaugh with
the form used when the oath is taken
would not be taking the oath, and
the house can and ought to prevent
him from going through for his refusal
to take the parliamentary oath.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-17
Lost Certificates of Stock.

NERTlFIOATES Of stock in the Working
~ men s Building and Loan Association, of
Memphis, Tenn. as described below, have
been lost or mislaid and cannot be found. The
public are warned against purchasing or trad
ing for said certificates, as they have been re
deemed at their full par value by the com
pany, issuing them to whom they belong, and
they have no further value.
ANY one in possession of any of said eertiG-
Gates will please return the same to Chas, Z.
Patterson, Secretary of said Association, room
No. 20. Planters Insurance Building,
Certificate No; 2sS; for shaves, 1st series,
issued August 9th, 1873.
Certificate No, lSl. for 10 shares, lst series,
issued March 18th. 1873.
issued April Sd, 1873.
Certificate No 2ls, for 10 shares, LIST series.
issued April 5th, 1873.
Certificate No. 401, for 9 shares. 1st sories.
issued February ID. 1875.
Certificate No 4sO. for 5 shares, 1st series,
issued September 9th, 1875.
Certificate No. 1863. for shares. lst series.
issued. March 29th, 1873 A9S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-17
River Telegrams.

LOUISVILLE, June 17-River fell
! foot last night, with 9 feet in canal
and feet in chute on falls. VIII
Kyle, Cincinnati to New Orleans;
Golden City, New Orleans to Cincin-
natl; Wat Shinkle arrived last night
from Memphis to Cincinnati.
PITTsBURG, June 17.-River IA feet
6inches and falling. Weather clear
and pleasant. Wyoming leaves at l
pm.
CAIRO, June 17.-Arrived: Jas.
W. Gaff, Memphis, l a. m; Springer,
New Orleans, 4; Golden Crown, New
Orleans, 6. Departed: Robt. Mitch.
ell, New Orleans, 10 p. m; City Of
Vicksburg, Vicksburg, II; Gaff, Gin
cinnati, Ia. IN; Springer, Cincinnati,
Z. Clear and pleasant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-17
CONFEDERArE GRAVES AT
ARLINGTON.
a Beaui fal Tribute Delivered by
General Hooker.

The confederate graves at Arling-
ton were decorated few days ago.
Quite a crowd was present. The
Washington Gazette says:
DIR. Garnett, in few appropriate
remarks, introduced General Hooker,
from whose address we extract the
following:
This cause, now denominated The
Lost Cause, contains the germ of
civil liberty, liberty for which the
Anglo-Saxon race in every age and
land has ever contended. A defense
to the death, for what they deemed
right has given to us our written law.
1t wrested from King John the Magma
Charta, and SO long as the Anglo.
Saxon race exist, SO long will there be
found the virtue and valor to contend
and hold it.
''The hearts Of the whole people
to-day beat stronger than ever in the
past for fraternity and union. would
not have the roses which deck the
graves of those brave heroes, who
stood opposed to US during the late
war, even witber, or the monuments
which mark their resting places crum-
bic or be obliterated, and | trust the
gentle hands which shall strew flowers
upon the graves of the Confederate
dead to-day will lay their tributes as
well upon the graves Of their oppo-
nents
I'VE revere the name and memory
of him who led them during the long
sad struggle which ended so disas-
trously, and we glory In the thought
that the true nobility of his nature
never shone with radiance more re-
fulgent than when at the close of the
bitter struggle, he laid down his sword
and retired to the peaceful academic
shades to spend the remainder of his
days in the instruction of the youth Of
the land he loved so we'll; but no
hibute we can bring to his memory is
more holy than that we offer to the
humblest soldier who, under him,
wore the gray. They sleep here in
graves marked by the word rebel. In
my estimation this is well. 1t is a
fitting distinction, and | would not
have it otherwise. 1t is not a re.
proach, but guarantee that the cause
they espoused was TO them a holy one.
For it they endured, for it they died.
The speaker was frequently ap-
plauded during the delivery Of his
address, and at the conclusion OF
which the procession formed and pro-
ceeded with their bouquets and bas-
kets of flowers to strew them upon
the graves of the Confederate dead
buried near the center of the ceme-
terry, where there yet remain 109.
These are marked by wooden head
boards, upon whichis written Rebel"
After spreading flowers upon these,
they proceeded to the southwest cor
ner of the grounds, where there still
remain thirty-four Confederate graves
out of eighty four originally buried
there, and literally covered these
graves with floral emblems of remem-
brance of their valor and the cause of
liberty for which they died.
Upon an examination and inquiry
by DR.. Culver, it was found that the
Confederates buried in the northeast
corner of the cemetery had all been
removed to Richmond, Va, by the
Memorial association of that city.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-17
A Truth TerIing Memphian.

The Louisville Post of the 10Th,
contains the following correct state
ment from one of our we'll known
business men:
Mr.. Il. i. Goldbaum, of the firm Of
Zellner & Co., Memphis, was met yes
terday by reporter of the Post. He
is just from Memphis, stopping at the
Louisville hotel, He says that all
mere rumors as to yellow fever in
Memphis may be set down now, and
at any time, as without foundation.
The national and local boards OF
health are pledged to announce to the
public the drst case that occurs. The
health and safety of the citizens is
regarded at Memphis as something be-
yond the trade ofa few days or weeks;
which would be interrupted by any
measures necessary for the safety Of
the citizens and the public generally.
There is no reason to doubt that the
first authentic announcement will
come from the authorities themselves,
and be given to the public through the
telegraph.
Mr.. Goldbaum says that Memphis is
confident Of her safety this year. The
sanitary arrangements are excellent.
The new system of sewrage and drain
age is said to be perfect. The health
of the city is better than ever before
at the corresponding period of the
year.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-17

IT appears from a carefully COM
piled table in the New York Herald
that sixty-seven republican seats and
forty-eight democratic in the present
house are held by pluralities or by
small maj4rities. Party ties and bonds
hang so loosely this year, and there is
so much saddening uncertainty about
the action of the voters in November
that congressional nominations in
these 1l5 districts will need to be
made with uncommon care, and even
then there may be some disaueeable
surprises. The Herald says; IF the
democrats go home from Cincinnati as
badly suited with their ticket as the
republicans here are just now with
theirs, it promises to be remarkable
canvass.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-17
Trap-DoOr Accident.

Mr.. John Powell fell through a
fifteen foot trap door at the court
house this forenoon, and fractured
his shoulder blade. He was
also considerably cut about the
head. After the wounds were
dressed by surgeon, he sauntered
forth with his arm in a sling and went
to the Cochran hall meeting of ma
tionals, where his name was consider
ably canvassed as candidate for
sheriff. Mr.. Duffy, of the Peabody,
while running a chicken up the alley
in the rear of the hotel last evening,
fell through an open grating into the
cellar and was bruised so that he has
since been laid up.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-17

By his vote in the house of repre-.
sentatives, Mr.. Garfield, now a candi-
date for president of the United
States, caused the confinement of G.
W. Woolley, a citizen of Cincinnati,
in bastile at the national capita,
simply because he refused to answer
Ben Buffers insolent questions con-
cerning his private affairs. The Ma
tional Intelligencer thus commented
on the outrage
"A bastile is established, and the
day is not distant, as things go, when
the instruments and means of torture
Of which history has horrible record
the rack, the wheel and the thumb.
screw-will be applied to innocent
victims until their agonized shrieks
shall resound through the vaulted
arches Of the capitol"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-17

after criminals which occur more fire.
quently in sensational novels than in
real life. Last year defaulting bank
manager absconded, and Green was
put on his track. The pursuit was
continued through half score of
countries. and occupied six or eight
months. ln the end the bank maua-
ger was run to ground at Ruenos
Ayres and arrested, but he succeeded
in obtaining warrant against the off
Ger for an attempt to kidnap him, and
but for the British consul matters
would have gone hard with Green,
who was forced to return without his
man.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-17

SOME of the republican papers have
discovered significance in the fact
that General Grant did not send his
congratulations to General Garfield.
The Cincinnati Volksblat says:
Grants odd silence has given rise
to a conjecture which we are con
strained to mention. 1t is that Gen.
eral Grant failed to send the usual
congratulations because he reckons on
receiving the democratic nomination
for the presidency.
There may be something in this,
and if we are not greatly mistaken,
Gen. Grant stands as good chance
for nomination as Blaine, Sherman,
Edmunds or Garfield. There is moth
ing small about the democratic party.