davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-08-13

Ello es un bale, y para mayor tran.
quilidad de todos advertire que no me-
cesito que sea bale de mascsras.
La madre descausa sosegadamente
en- un angulo del salon donde no SO bal
la, mientras la nina pasea con sus COM
pafisras en- ell salon donde SO baila.
Yo me acerco la madre, 81 no hay
otro que quiera hacerlo, y la digo:
-Esa tranquilidsd, sonora, mo prue-
ba que no sabe usted 10 que pass.
La madre abre q I'm mismo tempo
los ojos para expresar su admiration, y
la boca para decir
Il NJ Sc NADIA
-Mrjol seria que usted no 10 su-
piera, 81 no fuera peor el que deie de
saberlo.
Claro es que con estas mlsteriosas
palabras despierto en- ella tres cosas,
que en- mi opinion no han dormido ja-
mas el tenor, el interes y Ia curiosi-
dad.
Advierto que aunque el bale no es
de mascaras, 20 me he propuesto dar
una broma.
La madre me dirige casi un tempo
estas dos misterios.s palabras. SQa6
hay? IQue hay?
70 me aceroo ! su dido y le iigo
He visto Emilia.
d Y que?
Me ha causado pena.
Il Como
Ell brazo de I'm ioveu rodeaba su
cintura.
Els impossible.
--Sus rostros SO hallaban casi juntos,
sus manos unidas, sus miradas inquie.
tas.
II One esta listed ,iiciendo
Sc oprimiap, Sc estrechaban, SO con-
fundian nno en- otto. -.
El rostro de Ia madrs 80 enciende =
corta mis- palabras.
ESQ no pueds ser. dice levant&n-
dose,
-sehora, 70 10 hs visto,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-08-13
Gaceta de hoy.

Por haber ocurrido en- los ayun-
tamientos de Mayaguezy Santa lsa-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13
Sealed Proposals.
0FEloE BoARD OF F1RE AND PoL1cE

~ nv VA VT u AAU u IN
COMMISSIONERS, TAXING DISTRICT,
Shelby County, Tenn, April I'd, $780,.
SEAIED proposals will be received by Es
~ until Thursday, April 18th, 1880, at II
O'Clock, noon, for the following work to be
done-serviee 10 be rendered and material To
be furnished to the Taxing District Of Shelby
county:
For the furnishing of stone aud gravel
and the paving Of Main street-frOm Auction
TO Georgia street, a distance of about 10, 100
teet, by So1a feet, making about 5000 tquare
yards, more or less
In the above work all bidders Gre expected
and requiredto bid in the following manner:
l. Preparation of road-bed and filing in
behind the curb lines whenever moved, and
including the removal Of old pavement, -
cents per cubic yard.
2. Furnishing stone and gravel and laying
down of same as required-ston to be of gran
lie or Of the best and hardest limestone suit
able for paving, or may be both granite and
limestone; blocks Of the following Dimensions:
In depth 6A to 7 irches-width, top aud
bottom, 0 to. i~nches-iength OFFS to 70 inches,
sample specimens OF which are to be furnished
by each bidder and when laid, -eent per
square yard.
3, Renewing and resetting of curbing as re-
CURED, -c cents per lineal foot.
The entire work to be finished complete to
the entire satisfaction Of the Taxing District
Engineer.
Plans, specifications and explanations will
be given on application to the District Engi-
neer.
The Board reserves the right to receive
other plans with bids and to reject any and all
bids. Alto to receive bids for the furnishing
OF stone--or stone ana gravei-tOgether or sep.
arately, the Board reserving the right to fur
nish the same to oontractors--but bids will
also be considered with all materials furnished
and the entire work done.
All contractors, as before stated, are re-
CURED to furnish sample specimens Of stone,
gravel or other materials TO be used with such
plans and specifications as they may offer, as
well as those specified in second section, and
all bids must be labeled Main Street Pave
ment."
By order of the Bosrd.
gao DIT. PORTER, President
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13

There is a great rush in immigration
at Castle Garden, the receiving depot
in New York, for European immi-
grants. About thirty-fye thousand
have arrived since the 1st of January,
For the same period a year ago the
arrivals were less than one-third Of
this number. If this ratio of increase
is maintained during the balance of
the year, and the prObabil ties are that
it will be exceeded, the exodus from
Europe this season will assume almost
unprecedented proportions. Nearly
every one of the natiOnalities of the
old world is just now contributing to
our population, but the German en-
pire leads all the rest. 1t is reason
able to suppose that We shall have a
heavy immigration from ireland be.
fore the summer is over, but thus far
the arrivals from hat quarter are not
unusually large. The years following
the famine of 1851 brought an i'm
mems number of immigrants from
Ireland. For instance, in 1915 the
arrivals were only 1880, in 1916 they
increased to 81, 200, while in 1917 they
ran up to lO5 500 and in 1849 1885, 300.
The highest figure in any one year was
in 1851, when 221, 2i3 landed on our
shores. Then came a decline. In
1852 tie figures were 159, 800; in 1853,
$500. Since then the average has
been between thirty and forty thou
sand per annum but in 1857 the
figures stood at 108,8O0. As the coun-
try was much more thickly populated
then than it is at present immigration
on the old scale is hardly possible.
An encouraging feature of the pres
ent immigration is that nearly all who
arrive are possessed of more or less
means. We cannot have too many
thousands, or, in fact, millions, of this
class of people.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13
sHERMAN's

Secretary Sherman's platform, as
announced in a late letter to a New
York correspondents, and emphasized
in his speech at Mansfield, Ohio, is
curt, yet means much. 1t has but
three planks: A national free public
school system, the enforcement of
civil and political rights by the power
of the national government. and a
sound national currency, based upon
coin or notes r~edeemable in coin.
Here are three propositions. two Of
which, ifconsummated, will overthrow
the rights Of States to manage their
domestic concerns in matters of vital
Importance. A national school system
implies the absolute subversion of the
system of public instruction now pur-
sued in every state and every city.
and the substitution for it Of one
maintained by congressional taxation
and appropriations of national money.
The second proposition involve, the
complete surrender to congress and
the federal executive and judiciary Of
all control over all elections, state ana
federal. Alongside Of these view.
those of Gen. Grant upon the subject
are tame and subdued. But Sherman
stands no chance of nomination. n,
has got to the summit OF his career
and his future will be on the dow
grade, solaced by the millions he ha.
saved on a modest salary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13
NONRESIDENT Notice.

No. Hl4-1n the Chancery Court If sboihu
county, Tennessee-John p, Mahonsv w
Y Weathe'ford, administrator of JoannS
tombstone, deceased, ct ali. Vo"nha
L appearing from affidavit in this capso tho.
4 the defendant, Imogene Johnstone' ; ~
no1-resldent Of the State Of Tennessee
and from tho sheria's. return that I s6c
y to- 10 DC iound in his county; it
her appearance herein, at the eourt-honsee
OF Shelby county, in Memphis, Tenn
on o. before the first Monday in May. 1885,
and plead, nswer or demur 10 compiainomf
bill, or the same will be taken foT conl
fessed as to her and set for hearing e%-
Parte; and that a copy of this order be NH
the Public ledger, "'eAsln
This 24th day Of March, 1880.
A copy: Attest. ""N ~"s'er.
By \. B; MOHENRY, D. O. & NJ.
Taylor 4 Carroll, sol. for compl,t.
q n % %
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13
TOM BOYD.
He Makes a Leap of One Hun
dred and Twenty Feet
mt MunfOrdviIIe.

Special to the Courier-Journal J
Tom Boyd, the bold young Irish
man whose leap from the Louisville
bridge was described several weeks
ago, and which was commented on all
over the country, collapsed that per-
formance Sunday at Munfordville.
The following special dispatch tells
how it was done:
nuNFoRDvlLLE, April ia few
lays since, Thomas Boyd, a clock
tinker, claiming Belfast Ireland as his
home, came to this place and had a
notice published in the Hart coun-
ty Democrat that he would
on Sunday (to-day) jump off
the railroad bridge across Green
river, a structure 10 feet high. AT
ten o'clock people began to gather
from all parts of the county, and the
trains, north and south, brought from
Bowling Green, Cave City, Horse
Cave, Bacon Greek and Upton's, hun
ireds more to witness the big jump.
by twelve o'clock at least 1000 people
had collected, eager and anxious to
see the unparalleled feat, when the
bridge Waterman informed the i'm
patient crowd that the railroad
company had given him orders
to stop Boyd from jumping.
This did not suit the crowd, and nu
merous threats were made by the
most determined to have him make
the leap whether the railroad compa-
ny were willing or not; yet none were
bold enough to place him on the
bridge. Dissatisfied, the crowd moved
a short distance up the river, and
made Boyd climb a sycamore tree
about forty feet high, and Jump from
that; This he did with such ease and
dexterity that the crowd cheered fu-
%riously aud becams so much the more
anxious to So" him leap from the
BRIDGE. Finally, as a last resort, dis
patches were sent to the proper rail
road authorities in Louisville, and IN
reply 80, was recei mai nee Ou d
do } undc' protest ind az his OWL
rer /. ClOt ed in black pants anc
yes tight fl ting SC Heap, and in BIS
soc : feet, he walked out to the midi c
of the b.idge, as cool and
col ected as most men
are rndor ordinary circumstances
and laughed and joked a few minutes
with the crowd, when he announced
that he was ready to make the peril
GUS leap. The immense gathering Of
peop =, so far beneatI thatthey looked
Ike ,iqmios. we're n owed by intense
feeling and became hushed and silent
One, two, three!" and the daring
diver sprang head foremost 40 feet
down into the water below. For a
few seconds he was under the water,
but as o o as he appeared above the
surface, swimming Justify, a tremen-
dous cheer went up from both banks
of the river. and the canoe that pad
died him ashore was met by hundreds
of excited people, and Boyd's hat was
filed to overlooking with silver. He
is the same man that jumped off the
Ohio falls bridge, but this is at least
thirty feet higher, aud is decid, dly
the highest Jump AMI the most da' ing
feat of the kind ever performed in this
state. Saturday he proposes to jump
off the railroad bridge at Bowling
Green.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13

the hands of spinners, especially
American spinners, the future of cot
ton, as to value, is decidedly uncer-
tain. As remarked, however, last
week, it is not probable there will be
any excess of supply of Importance,
even should the demand for consump-
ton show a marked reduction from
this time forth.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13
An Unlikely Rumor.

Special to the Courier-Journal.
WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator
Beck, Of Kentucky, suddenly left
Washington last night Tor frankfort.
the capital of his state. There are
many surmises as to his unexpected
departure at this time, and more than
one prophet has it that his mission is
secret and political. Mr.. B ,ck has
abstained from committing himself on
the presidential question, invariably
saying to interviewers tnat he is in
favor Of the nominee of the national
democratic convention. But it is
well-known that he is hostile to Til
den, and that he is under the influence
Of the sentiment which prevails in the
senate. 1t is consequently limited that
he goes home to start a Field or a
Hancock boom. Your correspondent
gives this for what it is worth, as he
has no means of ascertaining with GER
tainty the cause of the senators going
home.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13
INC Coiton noyement ACnin.

The national cotton exchange re-
port for the past seven months is out
and is an interesting budget Of facts
and figures. Every cotton dealer will
scan it with care. and make %calcula-
%tions, deductions and estimates there
from. The receipts at the ports,
overland movement to the mills
(Canada) and in transit at the close
of March, was 1859, 1871 bales and
463,9O2 bales in excess of last year.
The overland movement and receipts
at the ports, subsequent to the lst
of April last season was 43l, 1913 bales
and for the year before 627, 480.
To get an estimate ofthis years crop if
we use last years figures, we must
add about 100000 bales for south
ern consumption and this will
swell the whole to $780, 67
bales, or within a few thousand
Of the estimates made in an ar.
ticle printed by this journal a week
ago. Last years out-turn it will be
remembered was the largest ever
known, the total being 5,074, 1856 bales
aud VIC are likely to have a yield of at
least half a million more than that
this year, and the aggregate value Of
the crop in round numbers will not
be far from $3.50, 0OO, 600. OF this
: years crop so far marketed, as per
Secretary Testers national cotton
exchange statement, northern spin
ners have taken 1911, 624balcs against
l,035,7 rs bales last year and 9i8, COZ
bales the year before at the same date.
The shipments to Europe have been
2,SSG,055 bales, against 2,911, 906 bales
same time last year, and 1861 ,C05
bales the year before. The stocks al
the ports April LIST, summed up $780,
3S3 bales, last year 61S, Ia
against 546,7l4 bales the year
before. After April LIST last yeal
we sent about $4,000 bales abroad
while northern mills took 339, Cos
bales, leaving a stock at the ports wher
the season closed of 60, O7O bales agains
1927 bales the year before. In tn,
present uncertain condition of trade
the quiel, not osay apathetic state o
manufactured cotton goods, both il
England and America, and the sup
posed liberal stock Of raw material il
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13

WE hear from the Little Rock
Democrat that the proprietors of the
oil mills in hat city have shipped
four bales of cotton seed bulls to a
leading paper mill in Connecticut.
where experiments are being made
with view of utilizing them in the
manufacture of paper. Should this
prove successful, and indications point
in that direction, immense mills fol
the manufacture Of all kinds of paper
will be erected at Little Rock and al
other points in the south without de.
lay.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13
HOn-R Resident Notice.

NO. %SEIn the Chaneery Court of Sbslh,,
county Tennessee-John CASTOR VS.. a. &
appearing from affidavit in this couso
4 thst the defendants, A. s, KittrodSe'
non-residents Of the State of Tenne. are
IS therefore ordered that they make t5s;r 1t
pearance herein, at the courthouse ~ ST. 1br-
county in Memphis, Tenn, on or be,o 1sg KY
nTst Monday in May, 1880, and plead am
same viii p1 bS " 10 compliments bill, or the
and set for hearing ex-parte, and that .n
Of TINS order be published once a week for fo y
sqceesslye weeks in the PUBLIC Lynevv
A copy-Attest: A anu master.
By II: b. MoHESRY, Deputy @. AM.
Harris y Turley, sol. for compl;t. u a 90 AZ
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13
IlOn-R osIdeni Nnnnn-

NO. soQ5-In the Chancery Court Of Shall.
GG0pnty, Ispnnessee-Joseph &. Miller ":
4, appearing from affidavit in ~.
i that the defendant, Aibertinn M a cause
nonresident Of the State Of TenTessea,, rs
therefore ordered that she make her II
anee herein, at the Courthouse of KY ~
Spgn v n Memphis, Tenn, on or befo Sse tS
dsmp orV ~ cSm IN May, lSSo, and plead, answer or
DO taken for confessed as Ia beI5 same VIII
nearing ex-parte; and that a oonv ~ tor
oraer DO published once a week foorp Oh tnls
ce Thy. weeks In the Public Ledger. iOuf sue
Ihls Slst day of March, ism. 'r'
Acopy-Attost: V'iA ana Master.
Wy y. y. MoHENRY, D. @. and M.
W lerger, sol. for complainant
MhH g7S@A
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13
Genuine Imported EIOlf's Malt
Extract.

Thetrue health beverage. Highly
recommended for nursing mothers,
thin, cold and aged people, GONZALES
cents, etc. Owing to its wonderfully
nutritious qualities it is especially
recommended in epidemics and in
fevers; where bodily prostration is
great, and life depends upon a nour-
ishing stimulant. None genuine with
out the label of Tarrant & Co., sole
agents, New York. For sale by al
druggists and grocers. 24-lO2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13

INFORMATION, of a trustworthy
character, reached the city yesterday,
that several sudden deaths occurred
in Memphis this week, which were,
however, pronounced eases of scarlet
aud malarial fever. No present alarm
need be felt at these apparently sus-
picious cases, as the city authorities
are working diligently upon Il .
streets, aud making other sanitary
improvements .-[Helena World, 10th.
We have not heard OF any new ca es
of scarlet fever for some time. Near.
ly all the cases that occurred during
this winter we're Of a very mild type.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13
THE PADUCAH RAILwAYTAx.
The Question Before the Quar-.
terly Court.

The most important question unde
consideration by the quarterly cour
yesterday was that of the county in
terest of $500, 900 in the Memphis an,
Paducah railway. and whether a fur
Their tax levy of ten cents for the $40
should be assessed on the taxpayers o
the county to complete the subscrip
ton. The measure was inaugurateC
in 1869, when Barbour Lewis and hi
co-commissioners ruled county affairs
and the matter was never submitted
to the people for their acceptance Of
rejection. Under the Lewis commits
sioners something over $4,000 wa,
collected and paid over to the road'I
representatives, and four several as.
sessments have been made altogether
the amount collected being something
above $4,000, all of which has gone
into the Golfers of the road. In add
ton to this, some $40, 900 is assessed
and in the hands of the proper officials
for collection, leaving less than $23,
900 to be assessed to make up the
requisite amount, for which the
county is to own some $780, 900 of the
railway company's stock. The road
has issued, sold and used the proceeds
Of a like amount of bonds, predicarcd
upon the county faithfully carrying
out its end of the contract. 1t is
claimed by the opposers of the scheme
that the road has violated time and
time again its part of the
original agreement, and a de-
cided spirit of opposition sprung
up in the court regarding the
measure, The feeling was strongly
against imposing further taxation to
make up the amount. 1t was clsimed
on the part of those who favor the
measure that only twenty-five or
twenty three thousand { thp gmot
necessary is yet unassessed on the peo-
pie of Shelby county, to make up the
requisite amount. 1t is asserted that
the Barbour Lewis assemblage was an
unlawful one and has never been en-
dorSed by the people, to whom the
question should have been submitted
and by them ratified. 1t is, however,
an undecided question whether the
present quarterly court has not, by
recent acts, recognized the validity Of
the Lewis commissions action. Col.
Josiah Patterson, as attorney for, and
on behalf of the railway, spoke
to the court in support of their car
rying out the tax collecting and paying
it over. The road to issue $1,000 0
worth Of its stock to the county in
lieu thereof. Mr.. John johnson
spoke to the court as a tax payer and
opposed this measure most earnestly,
saying the people are not legally CT
morally hound to pay any farther
sums to the road, and he opposed
further taxation. The road. he saws,
when finished, will be 1913 miles long,
and begins and ends nowhere. He
believed it unwise and unjust to buy
any farther tax for the purpose. Mr..
j. j. Busby as a large tax payer said
he believed half of the tax having
been collected and paid over, it would
be best to finish the road and by taxing
tor the small amount necessary,
the measure was carried before the
court adjourned in the evening and
the tax levy was ordered. The court
meets again on Thursday next.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13
InsOlvent Notice.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY Co.,
OFFICE County COuRr CTFpR.

STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY COL
OFFICE COUNTY COURT CLERK,
Memphis, Tenn, February 16, 1880.
To James Reilly, administrator Of j. NJ.
Tomeny.
HAVING suggested the insolvency Of the
III estate of j. NJ. Tomeny, deceased, you
are hereby ordered to give notice, by advertise
ment in some newspaper published within the
said State, and also at the courthouse door
Of Shelby county, for all persons having
claims against said estate, to appear and file
authenticated in the manner prescribed by
law, on or before the LIST day Of June, 1880;
and any claim not filed on or before said day,
or before an appropriation Of the funds Of
said estate is made, shall be forever barred,
both in law and equity.
Witness my hand, at office, this 18th day Of
February, 1880.
OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
By HUGH B. CuILgN. d. O. 154 1awxxx69
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13
AdministratO Notice.

TIVE undersigned having been duly quail
i fed as administrator Of the estate Of DR..
q. 0. Buntyn, deceased, hereby notifies those
Indebted to said estate 10 come forward and
make settlement, and those having demands
against the same to present them within the
time prescribed by law.
GEO. W. RUTLAND, Administrator,
Memphis, Tenn.
sneed Il Greene, Attorneys. 36 81 So "A
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is s5 per mum and
SOC per month ~fOrlsss than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
postage free.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13
COurtSaIe ofReoI Fs1o1e

No. S74, X; Din the Probate Court of sbelbr
County, Tennessee-George e.. Hammer ~
al;j vs.. Matte e. Hammer. "
by virtue of a decree for sale in This csusa
~ made March %, 1880, l will sell. MI nnbo
lIc auction to the highest bidder, I'M front NJ
NE courthouse door on Main street, Memphis,
wednesday, April 2Ist, 1850,
within legal hours, the following descrihoa
real estate, to-wit: N0u
Lying, situate and being in the 18th Civil
District OF Shelby county, Tenn, consistinp
Of one hunored and five acres QO5), known as
the estate of ", i. Hammer, deceased, bonndo
ed on the north by Vassan and Others, sonth
by sam Mosby; west by X, II. Brooks: and
east by Sam Mosby. H"u
Equity Of redemption barred.
Terms Of sale-One-third cash, bslanco :,
two equal payments on q credit of ono on1
TWO years, purchaser executing notes bearin~
interest, from day Of sale and a lion viii Re
retained to secure said deferred payments
This March "a, 1880.
= n OWEN DWYER, Clerk.
d 81 % %
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13

and return, $40 40. For full particu-
lars, call on one Of the gentlemen in
the city named above.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13

The true autldote to the effects Of miasma
is Hostetter's stomach Bitters. This medi-
cine Is ono Of the most popular remedies Of an
age Of successful proprietary specifics, and is
in immense demand wherever on this Couti-
nent fever and aRue exists. A wineRlassful
three times a day is the best possible prepare
tive for encountering a malArious atmosphere,
regulating the liver, and inyigorating the
stomach,
For sale by ell druggists and dealers sener-
ally, SIS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13

lFntered at the Postofiee at Memphis, Tenn
as ~second-class matter.l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-13
AND STILL THEY M

Tuesday Evening. April, IS, 1850,