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The Newtown bee., 1880-07-07
What Matter.

What matter, friend, though you and May SOW, and others gather We build, and others occupy,
 Each laboring for the other. What though we toll from sun to sun,
 And men forget to fiatter The noblest work onr hands have done If God approve, what matter? What matter though we SOW in tears,
 And crops fail at the reaping; What though the fruit of patient years Fast perish in our keeping; Upon our hcarded treasure, floods
 Arise and tempests gather If faith beholds beyond the clouds
 A clear sky, what matterf What matter though our castles fall,
 And disappear while building; Though strange handwriting on the wall Flame out amid the gliding; Though every idol of the heart
 The hand of death may shatter; Though hopes decay and friends depart Ii heaven be ours, what matter7
The Newtown bee., 1880-07-07


 A Nashville correspondent of Brad streets Weekly Reporter furnishes for the last issue of that paper some statistics of the sheep raising of the world as that subject expected from the pending census. Possibly many will be aston ished to learn that, notwithstanding its vast extent, the United States raised in 1878 only one million more sheep than Great Britain, and that the weight of the years product of wool in Great Britain actually exceeded the weight of the same product in this country by thirty-three million of pounds. or that Australia raises double the number of sheep that are raised in Great Britain and the United States together, although its yearly weight of wool is only thirty seqen millions of pounds more than the yearly weight raised in Great Britain. country will need 273, 100000 pounds of wool by 1890.
 The Emperor of Brazil is still indule- ing that fondness for material progress which caused him to express so much admiration for this country when visit ing here. He has just given the last stroke to the new Rio Janeiro water works, letting into the city water from streams forty miles away, carried, through vast intervening reser- voirs, to Rio Janeiro by two thirty-tw wo-incE mains and he he has also given the first stroke to a new and important railroad. These things, however, cost money, as the Khedive of Egypt found out. Brazil's q the new fiscal year, even exclusive of the S6,O00, ,O00 desired for public works. It is believed that she must continue for while to add SS, S,000,000 or SIC, ,000,- 000 q year to her debt, which now, in- cluding outstanding obligations in paper currency, is about SI4, ,O60,O00 miIlreis, or about S407 ,000, ,O00. It has been h. creased by about $17.O0o,OOo the past year.
 Mir. George G. Redwood, director of the choir of the Church of the Holy Trinity in New York, offers 8 prize of $7O for the best anthem for full chorus, with or without solos, duos, quartets, etc., interspersed, and a prize ot $50 for the second best. The words are to be from Holy Scripture exclusively, and the length of the piece must be from four to seven minutes. The judges ap- pointed are Mir. Joseph Mosenthal, the Rev. Dr. George Jarvis Geer, Mir. George E. Aiken, the Rev. Dr. Marvin R. Vincent and Mir. A. R. Parsons. The object declared iii offering these prizes, namely, to contribute to tue promotion of dignified and reverent school of sacred composition in Amer ica," is surely an important one; and if MT. Redwood can do anything to diminish the scandals of the prevalent church music he will be public bene- '.ctor. In the present scheme the con- posers of the successful works are ex- pected to surrender their copyright so that the anthems may be published at cost price,
The Newtown bee., 1880-07-07
TIMELY TOPICS.

The Fay bridge, at Dundee, which was blown down last year, is soon to be rebuilt. The main features of the new structure will be two. The old long girders, which were thirteen in number. are to be replaced by twenty six small girders, and they are to be thirty-one feet lower than they were in the old bridge. This new plafi will gtv 0 abundant security for stability, but it will, of course, involve a lowering of the girders already standing, and it is on this ground that the plan is expected to be opposed. Tue people interested in the fifteen or twenty smacks that find there way up the river to the neighborhood of Perth in the course of 8 year will, in the name of "thc navi- gation of the Fay" probably take con- siderable exception to the new plans.
The Newtown bee., 1880-07-07
Business Cards.

J. H. ALLEN,
 DEALER IN HARNESS, BRIDLES, HALTERS, WHIPS, BLANKETS, ROBES, CURRYCoMBS, BRUSHES, ETC., ETC.
 Woodbury, Conn, Repairing promptly attended to.
The Newtown bee., 1880-07-07

The number of cattle killed per year in the United Sta es is II .825, 900, the meats from which amount to 4.066, ,300.- OOD pounds, and their total value when killed for food is @606, 200, 600,
The Newtown bee., 1880-07-07
I.r.ru.
Ec.g. The world is full O: ,abors

Ec.g. The world IS full O: labor, IL tolls in wearincss; You cannot bear its burden, But you can make it less. A liitle child is trying To lift a heavy load; Go help the helpless toilsr Along the weary roll. A poor old fricndless woman Is tottering on alone; Her trembling strength has failed hei; Go offer her your ova. Though little be the action, Its heart the Lord shall sec, And His shali be the witness "Ye did it unto Me-
 -Charies F. Riehard,oa.
The Newtown bee., 1880-07-07

4 man at Locust Grove, Ky, has had hls coffin in his room for tWenty years but IS still robust man. N
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-26

the store. In making our search for
the cause We found the bodies Of three
dead cats, a broken kerosene lamp
upon the floor near the counter, and
this ring Of wire and drieds6sh.
There had been no FIRE in the store
and there was but one explanation of
the mystery of the fires origin. The
cats were much emaciated, and the
pieces Of fish were partly eaten. Now,
what do you think we concluded?
Why, that the man, wishing to get
his insurance, had invented an inge-
NOUS plan of having the cats set Gre
to the store while he, accompanied by
a witness, was at the theater. By
starving the cats for two or three days
he got them into a condition to attack
any food with ardor. Then he placed
a kerosene lamp close to the edge of
the counter, and put this wire hoop
strung with fish around the lamp. As
he went away he released the
cats. and when they found
the fish, the only food in the place,
they began TO pull at it, AID naturally
pulled the lamp of the counter. When
it struck the floor it broke, the fame
met the oil and there was a fire. I
never had proof enough to cause the
mans arrest, although myself con-
vinced Of his guilt, but l preserved his
curious device, thinking perhaps to
hear from him in the line at some flu
ture time.
~ have also in mind another cloth
ing dealer, whose method of creating
a fire was to heat a stove red hot,
leave open the hampers and then turn
on all his gas jets. In the course of
the night there was an explosion, and
We had one more accidental fire where
the facts pointed to arson"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-26
The Terrible d

galveston News.I
1t is now generally conceded that il
was Tilden who spiked the guns and
turned of the gas at the Houston
banquet. That was one of his great
moves. 1t does lot appear that Tilden
could be in anyway benefited by the
gas going out suddenly, but that is the
strongest eason for believing that
Tilden was the real instigator. 1t
must have been Tilden who sawed
Courtney's boat, and. if the matter
we're properly investigated, it would
be found thatit was nobody but Til
den who led the raiders on the deaf
and dumb asylum at Austin. In fact
anybody who reads the northern pa
pers will see at once that Tilden is
supposed to be the real guilty party
until he shows that he is not. Just
now all Europe is very much
excited over finding in
the possession of an
ancient hermit,a AN original manuscript
in the handwriting Of st. Peter him
self. Those familiar with st. Peters
handwriting say there is no room for
doubt that st. Peter wrote the docu-
ment himself. 1t has not yet been de.
ciphered, but as soon as it has been,it
will turn out to be a strong letter from
that old Jeffersonian democrat ex.
pressing his strong conviction thai
Tilden is the only man who can lead
the party to victory, and offering to
stump the country it the writer is Civ.
en- the position of United States con
sui TO Jerusalem. 1t may possibly be
observed by the reader that there il
a lack o~fcoherence and a total absence
Of common sense in the foregoing
which is. however, the result Of deer
design. We are simply trying to keel
in line with those who have underta-
ken the arduous task Of showing thai
there is supernatural sharpness about
Tilden.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-26
AN OLD VIRGINIA GIANT.
A Map With Thumbs as Large as
an Ordinary Persons Wrist.


Letter to the Petersburg Appeal
The allusion in a recent letter Of
your Louisa correspondence the old
revolutionary giant hero, Peter Fran
cisco, r%evives many traditions and
"reminiscences of the wonderful per-
formances and daring deeds of that
extraordinary man. My father, re.
Gently deceased at the advanced age of
ninety, well remembered him, having
frequently seen him in his native
county Of Buckingham, and related
many anecdotes OF his stirring and
perilous adventures and hair breadth
escapes, as he heard the recital fall
from the lips OF the giant himself. lie
described him as six feet one inch in
height, his weight 260 pounds, his
complexion dark and swarthy, fea.
lures bold and manly, and his hands
aud feet uncommonly large, his thumbs
being as large as an ordinary mans
wrist.
Such was his personal strength that
he could easily shoulder a annon
weighing 100 pounds, and he had
seen him take a man in. his right hand
pass over the floor and dance his head
against the ceiling with as much case
as if he had been a doll baby. The
mans weight wasl95 pounds. Parta.
king Of the patriotic enthusiasm of
the times, he entered the American
revolutionary army at the age Of six
teen. He was present at the storminp
Of Stony Point, and was the first sol
der, after Major Gibbon, who entered
the fortress, on which occasion he re
celved a bayonet wound in the thigh
He was at Brandywine, Monmouth
and other battles at the north, anC
was transferred to the south under
General Greene, where he was en-.
gagged in the actions of the Cowpens
Camden, Guilford Courthouse. etc
He was so brave and possessed Of sucl
confidence in his prowess that he wa.
positively fearless. He used a sword
with a blade five feet long, which h,
could WELD like a feather, and every
swordsman who came within reach o
him paid the forfeit Of his life.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-26
Says John Kelly.


opeclhl 10 Enqulrer.l
New York, April 23.-Jobn Kelly
spoke tonight in Tammany hall His.
appearance on the platform was greet.
ed with applause. He began by say.
ing that republican newspapers were
trying to make it appear to the
try that Tilden is the most formidable
candidate the democrats can nomi.
nate, because they know he Viii be
the most easily defeated.
II never saw a more intell;gent
body of men than those who SAT- in
the Syracuse convention that opposed
Tilden's nomination. We told the
democratic convention in 1879 that e
they nominated Lucius Robinson We
would defeat him. They nominated
him. l was nominated against him
and he was beaten as he ought NJ
have been. Now we say to the whole
country that if the national conven.
ton dominates Samuel j. Tilden as
the democratic candidate for presi-
dent he will be beaten, as he ought n
be, Great applause
Our convention elected a delepa.
ton that will 90 to Cincinnati To Fen.
resent the democrats of this oitv. I,
will not go there to dictate To- the
democracy Of the country. Il will
tell the convention that it will be i'm.
possible to carry this state if Mr.. ri.
den is the candidate; that they will
make the mistake of their lives iftIey
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-26
Trustees Sale.


Under and by virtue Of two certain deeds
" Of trust, duly recorded in record book No.
Jos, page 2lS, and record book No. Jos, page
800 Of the REGISTERS office of Shelby county,
Tennessee, default havisg been made therein,
/ will, on
Monday, the oath day Of May, 1880,
at the southwest corner of Main and Madison
streets, in the Taxing District, late city of
Memphis. Shelby county, Tennessee, at IL
O'Clock, noon, sell for cash Mt public auction,
TO the highest bidder, the following described
land to-wit: A certain lot of land, situate in
the Taxing District, late city Of Memphis,
Shelby county, Tennessee, and designated
upon a plan of ub.division of property now
or formerly belonging to j.. II. Stephenson, j.
q. Griffin, A. Beatty and others, made by w.
Crane, surveyor, March 1851, a lot No. IS, in
block No. 4, and bounded rs follows, to-wit:
Beginning at q point on the south side OF
Robson street, ITO feet west ofJones' avenue,
at the northwest corner oflot Ne. II, in Jones
and Dupres' addition, and the northeast cor
ner Of lot Ne. Is; thence southwardly parallel
with Jones avenue $50 feet TO the southeast
corner Of lot No. Is; thence westward on the
dividing lines between lots numbers IS and 10
ffty-twO feet and six inches to the southwest
corner Of lot No. Is; thence nOrthwardly on
the dividing line between lots is and q one
hundred and forty-three feet TO Robson
street; thence oastwardly with tho south side
Of said street ffty feet to the beginning.
Equity Of redemption waived.
The title believed TO DO good, but / sell only
as trustee. SIMON STURM, Trustee.
Memphis, April ed. 1880. f72
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-26
NEW RAILWAY COACHES.
Beautiful Designs and Tasteful
Decorations, Combined
with Perfect VentiIa-
lion and Luxurious
UphOIstering.

Having secured appliances of ap
proved merit, designed to insure the
greatest possible protection against
accidents Of every character, the
managers of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati
amidst. Louis Railway company whose
lines are more widely and fayorably
known under the title of the Pan
Handle route, turned their attention
to further details by providing for the
comfort of patrons and catering to the
growing taste for decorations in ac-
cordance with art principles.
Twenty new coaches have been re-
Gently added to the equipment for the
Pan Handle route. and eleven more
are being constructed.
These cars are finished in white
walnut and Eastwood. The designs
are entirely new, the interior being
finished somewhat after the Eastlake
style. Straight lines predominant
throughout, with effective carvings
in place of veneering. The effect is
much more pleasing than the old de-
signs, giving the interior the appear
ance of greater solidity and strength.
Large plate glass windows give pas
sengers an uninterrupted view of the
beautiful scenery for which the
Pan Handle and Pennsylvania line is
noted.
Seats are supplied with easy springs
and luxuriously upholstered frames
A feature Of the new cars, which
will commend them to the travelling
public, is a new arrangement for heat
ing and yentilating, Cold fresh air is
collected and forced by the momen-
tum of the car, around the pipe and
stove, and distributed from thence
through the car by a Hue. This plan
has proved very successful, since the
adoption of an improved patent air re-
ceiver. The new cars are we'll lighted
with sperm oil lamps, yielding a soft,
clear light, which is reflected by the
delicately. tinted head Innings so per-
fectly that a newspaper can be read
without straining the eyes. When in
motion, the comfort of passengers,
particularly while reading, is promot-
ed by the easy, soft movement of the
trucks, each spring of which is made
to conform to specifications carefully
calculated according to the weight il
has to carry. This attention to de-.
tails enables the Pan Handle company
to invite its patrons to seats in more
perfectly constructed coaches than
have been run heretofore.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-26
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

The mayor Of Louisville has ap-
pointed to a city Office the brother Of
a man who tried to kill him.
The famous Demidof collection has
been scattered literally to the ends of
the earth. There were bids from all
countries.
Ex.C Congressman VIM. H. English,
Of Indiana, is building for Indianapo-
lis a grand operahouse that will seat
1000 persons,
Bishop Elder has begun his work
in Cincinnati. The dispatch from
Rome directing him to leave Natchez
for that city was in Latin.
The American war vessels in the
Mediterranean are ridiculed by the
Italian press, which claims that the
Duilo could chase them all through
the Strait of Gibralter, or sink them
at short notice.
Ex-Governor Hendricks says that,
unlike most democrats, he does not
want Grant to be the republican nom
inee. In his opinion Grant would be
a hard man for the democracy to beat.
in spite Of the honest and d~eep.rooted
feeling against a third term.
Late dinners in London have SO
interfered with the discussions Of the
royal society that hereafter its meet
ings will take place in the afternoon.
Miss Litton, too, has opened her
theater in the afternoons instead OF
the evening. Musical entertainments
have for a long time been given before
dinner, and probably that meal will
eventually, in London, follow instead
of preceding amusements to which the
evening has hitherto been devoted.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-26

very properly preferred to have every
intermediate point adjudicated before
final issue was Joined. That there is
some authority in the law department
of a fraudulent administration, cspa-
BILE of the common justice of allowing
him his legal right Of time to have the
case formulated, is a discovery which
gives the first instance Of not abso-
lutte baseness of nature and contempt
0 rjustice which the prosecution Of
this outrage has yet afforded. It's but
fair to add that so far every decision
of every federal judge, or any phase of
the subject, has been responsive to the
doctrine that the gentleman from
whom the presidency was stolen
has no rights in law or
in equity with those who stole the
presidency from him are bound to re-
spect. The promoters of the proceed
ing already announce in the press that
the United States supreme court will
decide the appealed point six months
hence, and before it has been argued
at all, adversely to Mr.. Tilden, on the
ground that has prevailed all along,
that he, being the defendant, must be
the loser wholly regardless of the
merits Of the case. 1t just happens
that before this programme can be
carried out the rules Of procedure give
a defendant the right to have the case
shaped and determined ere it can 90
to trial. That requires time. Hence
the postponement till fall of the OPP
portunity for the supreme court to
prove or disprove that it is the final
and fixed party to this conspiracy, as
it was to hat Of 1867.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-26
Lions Hair.
Not-s and oueries.l

Notos and Queries.l
One of my family, who is a district
visitor, was applied o by a woman in
her district for as much lions hahn as
would cover the circumference Of a
shilling. The hair was to be chopped
up and mixed in two spoonfuis OF
milk, and to be administered as a
certain cure for epilepsy. The appli
cant quoted a case Il think within
her knowledge in which a patient.
who had swallowed this ~concoction
by the recommendation of a doctor IN
received instant relief. The said pa,
tient had suffered from epileptic at.
tacks for twenty years, but never had
an attack after taking this remedy.
and lived to the age Of eighty-three,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-26

Whatever else may be doubtful
about the intention Of the authors of
our tariff laws, they undoubtedly
meant to place on the free list all ma
terials used in the manufacture Of
paper. 1t happened that pulp Of
wood, which is by far the most i'm
portant element in the manufacture of
paper used by the daily and weekly
press Of the country, was not specif-
cally and by name exempted
from duty. Under a treasury deci-
sion, which held that this verbal omis-
sion was fatal to the free admission of
wood pulp, a few manufacturers of
that article have been able to impose
an eXorbitapt tax on the general body
OF paper-makers, by whom it is, of
course, shifted on TO the consumers.
the newspaper publishers Of the coun-
try, and the burden falls with special
hardship on publishers outside of the
great citles-we, consequently, being
impoverished so that a handful of
monOpolists may grow rich. The most
powerful champion OF these monopo-
lists is Representative Garfield. Were
bis opposition 10 the bill withdrawn.
the restoration Of wood pulp TO the
free list, where it belongs, would be
accomplished in a few DAYS. While
hls opposition continues, the monopo-
lists are secure. Can Mr.. Garfield az
ford to continue his support Of a most
odlous and oppressive tax, which
brings in no revenue to the govern
ment, but which in%terferes very de-
cided!y with the dissemination of
knowledge among the people?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-26
A Dog Amputates His Own Leg
Three Different Times, and
Successfully.
Wheeling Reiester.l

Wheeling Reigster.l
School-boy essays tell us of the ex-
traordinary intelligence and sagacity
of the dog, but yesterday we learned
of a stranger manifestation of reason
or instinct (Which is it2) than was
ever portrayed in boyish composition:
1t seems almost incredible, but it can
be verified, Unnecessary, by a personal
visit.
David Hustler, residing on Eof
street, between Twenty-third and
Twenty-fourth, south side, owns a
setter dog, which has always been
noted for itg intelligence. Some time
in December it was badly injured by
a sleigh, which ran over his right leg,
badly bruising and perhaps breaking
it. But now comes the singular part
of the story. From want of atten-
ton modification set in in the
wounded limb, and the intelligent
brute gnawed it off, actually ampu-
tated it. But the gangrene crept up,
and twice more the dog performed
the surgical operation, neatly gnawing
off his leg. The last time the bone
protruded, and he gnawed it off even.
The final operation removed the gan
creme portion, and now the dog is in a
fair way to recover.
This is really the most e%xtraordi-
nary case on record. We often learn
of foxes and muskrats amputatiDg
their limbs to free themselves from
taps, but never of such a surgical OPP
Grafton as this. If any one is inclined
to be skcpticaI, he can remove his
doubts by calling upon Mr.. Hessler,
aud seeing for himself.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-26
NOn-R NoIce-

In tho Second Circuit Court NJ sh.n.
county, T~enn.-Louis Thomas VS.. kisanDS
I appearing from affidavit filed in this cor.o
n 1nss tho defendant, kisanna Thomas, Is a.
resident Of the State. Of Arkansas; Il IL t5baauuo u
lore ordered that she make her appearSnco.
herein, az the courthouse of Shelby con nun
N me TaSing District of Shelby county, Ialc
Monday in May next, 1880, and plead en anlr0
or demur 70 complainant bill, or tRs 1ssswn "
VIII DC taken for confessed as To he, 'smS
the cause set for hearing exparte, and thnStna
Ledger. 'he memphis
A copy-Attest;
pva.o JOSEPH UHL, Olrk
B9 dE9i !; CtIPRtLL. Deputy Clerk.
ueo' Elliott Attorney for Plaintiff.
" 1850