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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31
IT WAS THE
"GeOrge Eliot" the wife Of the
English Banker.

New York Times
The formal announcement yesterday
OF the marriage Of John Walter Cross
to Mary Ann Evans Lewes, in London,
recalls the disputed question as to
whether or not the bride was the first
wife of the late George Henry Lewes,
the author, or Marian Evans, better
known as George Eliot, the novel
list" who lived with Lewes after his
separation from his first wife. A
Times reporter called yesterday upon
a well-known gentleman Of that
city, who is a near relative of John
Walter Cross, and learned from him.
that the lady who has married his rel
alive is really George Eliot" and
not the lady who bore the legal title
of Mrs. Lewes. Mr.. Cross is twenty
years the junior of his bride, but is,
according to his relatives, infatuated
with the literery talents and charm
ing conversational powers of the emf
nent author. AS proof of the fact
that Mr.. Cross did not marry for
money" it is stated that he insisted
on having his wife's large fortune
settled upon the children Of the orig
inal Mrs. Lewes, and that was done.
Mr., and Mrs. Cross are now enjoying
an extended tour through Italy and
the Tyrol. They are expected to re-
turn to England in August, when their
future home is to be at Chelsea, on
the Thames embankment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31

JOHN REHSE. Agt., I22 Main


Dropped Dead in a Bear Cave.
BOndera Texas Bulletin.l
On last Wednesday Mr.. Tally and
Mr.. Leonard Huff, who were neigh
bors, living in the Frio canon, started
on a bear hunt. They struck a trail
and succeeded in running the bear in
a cave, SO they made up torches and
threw them in the cave, but they
were extinguished Immediately. Re-
CARELESS of this warning, Mr.. Tally
said he would go a short distance in
the cave and dropped himself in the
opening, which was only a few feet,
until the cave made a turn. He told
Mr.. Huff that there was a large cave
and he could see how far it went, but
had taken but a few steps when he
said he was getting sick. Mr.. Huff
told him to come out, but before he
could move lie fell dead. Mr.. Huff,
at the risk of his own life, entered
the cave with a rope they had brought
to drag out the bear with, and secured
it to the dead body, thereby getting it
out of the cave.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31
An Amateur Edison.

While walking down Washington
street, on Saturday, an observers at
t%ention vas attracted by a crowd of
boys on the sidewalk, who seemed
busily concerned about something,
which at first sight looked like a small
bellows. On closer inspection it was
found to be a neat little invention for
trying the power Of the lungs. Its
construction may be described about
as follows:
A bellows about eight inches across
was placed in a frame, having two up
right pieces at the wide end. The
lower handle of the bellows was fast
ened to the frame, and to the upper
handle was tied a cord, which ran up
over a wheel placed between the two
uprights, a weight being tied to the
end. The figures l, 10, 20, etc., up to
500 were marked on one Of the up
rights from top to bottom, and a
pointer being tied to the cord on the
descending side, marked the power of
the lungs. The bellows had a rubber
tube attached to its mouth, by which
it was filed with air by the expert
menter, the bellows expanding, and
the pointer gradually descending.
marked the capacity of the custom
er's wind. The inventor was a negro
boy about twelve years old, and in
making it had an eye to the marble
bags Of his playmates. The young
Americanapproaching with businessin
his eye was surveyed from head to
foot and her thumped in the chest by
the operator, who meanwhile gave
vent to grunts and mysterious winks,
bringing the examination to a close,
perhaps, by saying well, you don't
look like you are much force; I'll give
you a hundred" A marble is placed
in the bankers hand and the Gus
toner blows the pointer to ITO. He
is handed over five marbles and the
next in line, handing over his
china" places the tube to his month
and tries for $50. His cheeks assume
the proportions of young balloons, his
eyes pop nearly out of his head, but
he can't make it. The pointer shows
1875, and his waistband is in imminent
danger. With one agonized blast he
sends the pointer down to 40, bursts
the button off his breaches, and.
dropping the tube, goes home to have
his clothes repaired in front and be
spanked in the rear.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31

DR.. John Abercrombie, $40 Main. 81
DIR. Buddeke, Eye and Ear diseases
No. 56 East Court street. lat
Croquet sets at cost, at Williams's
book store. No humbug.
General d. H. Reynolds, of Chicot,
Ark, is at the Peabody.
DR.. H. B. Blackburn, of Arkansas,
is among the guests at the Peabody.
Colonel r. E. Waters, of Maryland,
is in the city for a few days, stopping
at the Peabody.
Miss Grace Lewellyn will teach a
summer school at the Court street
building. Terms 50 per month.
Hours from 8 am. to II O'Clock.
W. B. VIM, NJ. D., formerly Of
Memphis, Row president of the For
rest City board of health, is in the
city, en- route to New York, to attend
the annual meeting Of the American
medical association. Mrs. VIM ac-
companies the doctor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31
The Sanitary Condition of Menu
phis.

After referring to the good health
of Vicksburg and New Orleans, the
Vicksburg Herald says:
In Memphis, experts say that no
such amount of work has ever before
been done in a city. Nearly thirty
miles Of sewers have been laid. and
much more than that of subsoil drain
tiles. Over thirty-6ve hundred PRIV
vaults have been emptied, disinfected,
and filled up with clean, dry bluff
loan, and for these vaults, in the
whole area west of the bayou, there
have been substituted either the in
offensive, odorless dry earth closets or
water closets. Some three hundred
and fifty houses have been torn down.
and the material destroyed by fire, or
purified by oxidation. Upwards of
fourteen hundred lots Of infected ma
terial have been burnt, and all sus-
pected premises have been thoroughly
treated. Officers Of the national board
of health and of the U. s. army medi-
cal corps have been on almost con-
tinuously during the winter and spring
aiding and directing in this work.
Among other duties with which they
have been charged has been that Of
investigating and reporting upon all
suspicious cases of sickness or causes
of death. 1t is %reassuring to know
from such authoritive sources that
there has not only been no death, but
also no single case of any fever at all
resembling the disease which soourged
that community during the past two
years; 1t is officially asserted mat
the last death from yellow fever
in Memphis occurred in Novem-
Der and the last case in Deem
Der and that since the latter
date there has been no suspicious
illness of any kind in the city. Scar
let fever of an unusually mild type
prevailed to some extent during the
winter; and measles, also mild, have
appeared recently. All cases Of con-
tagious disease Of every description
are published in the daily papers with
in twenty-four hours after theirreeog-
milton, and the entire police force of
the city is required under severe PEN
alties to act as sanitary officers to Sc.
cure the enforcement of this among
other requirements. So far as public
ity concerning the existence of dis
eases which may become epidemic
goes, there is nothing further to be
asked. Few communities would have
the courage to do what Memphis is
doing in this respect; and without her
10000 people are all in collision to
maintain a colossal deception, it is
morally certain that she is to-day one
of the healthiest cities in the country.
We trust she may remain 80.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31
Police News.

Thirty-three dollaas in fines was
collected by the clerk Of the police
court this morning.
Sarah Brown alleged that her hus-
band is unfaithful to her and that
when she went for a colored sister,this
morning it was on that account. The
court fined her five dollars and the
said sister swore out a peace warrant.
A lot Of little negro boys who infest
the south market will be suppressed.
One Of them was fined five dollars this
morning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31
LEDGER LINES.

Potato diggers are getting ready for
active duty.
Brown & Jones, coal, Office 282
Main street.
-Four months of vacation among
public school children.
An infant child was found dead in
rear Of the Jail this morning.
PUBLIC LEDGER job printingofice
and book bindery, 10 Madison.
The police court will meet hereaf-
after at 8 o'clock instead of nine.
There is no lack or let up in the
interest manifested by our local mill.
tary.
This is federal decoration day here
and many other places. 1t was done
on Saturday, in spots.
The Adams street pavement is com
ing slowly into view in the business
portion of the city.
Good attention to all boarding
horses and rates low, at Park stables,
south side Court Square.
j. B. Rozier left St. Louis this
morning to attend the funeral Of his
father, who died there yesterday.
Do not forget the sale of store No.
225 Second street, tomorrow morning
at II o'clock, corner Main and Madi.
son.
Ripe r%aspberries have been cominC
in and selling at SO so per crate, OIL
nearly fifteen cents a pint box, a
Wholesale.
Insurance companies Of other cite
with agencies here must pay a regular
license to the city. Thus says the su
preme court of our state.
Louisville is to have an artificial ic,
machine shortly, owing to the enor
nous price Of ice. An enterprise o
that kind might pay in Memphis.
The work Of paving Main street hal
been commenced at the corner o.
Adams and Main streets. 1t viii
progress southwark from the startini
point.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31
Kirkland's silk umbrellas. $3.50.
THLA WEEK

THIS WEEK
will offer Unusual Bargainsin
Ladies' Kid and Goat Button,
Ladies' Kid Side Lace,
Ladies' Hid Front Lace.
Ladies' Sandals and Newport
slippers reduced.
We are Offering
Misses, Children and Boys
SHOES
than any house In the city.
Come and see us.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31

General W. W. Loring, formerly in
the service of the khedive of Egypt,
but who returned to this country sew
eral years ago and settled in Florida,
is being pressed for the democratic
nomination for congress in the second
district Of that state with good pros
pect of success.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31
VIM. MILLER e. CO..
22I Nam Street.

The McKinnon photographic pen
will hold enough ink for a days con-
slant writing. A new supply received
at Mansford's. 298 Main street. 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31
Golden Wedding,


The 6ftieth anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. S, Leopold was duly celebrated
last evening at their residence on
Washington street, near Fourth.
The marriage ceremony was performed
by Rabbi Samfeld in a very impress
sive manner. He made some beauti-
full and appropriate remarks, saying,
among other things, that welded love
is like gold-the older it gets and the
more it is hammered, the purer it be-
comes. Several hundred people were
in attendance, and it was indeed an
interesting and a joyful occasion. A
number Of valuable presents were
made, among others, a bag containing
one hundred dollars in gold. The
happy old couple who have walked
together for half a century enjoy a
green old age and bid fair to live
many years longer. Such is the wish
of all who know them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31
Blue Lick Water,
Refined Cider.
G.. A g. BROS. 7Gt
Kirkland's silk umbrellas, $3.50.


To Taxing District Tax.Payers,
The sewerage fund is much reduced
by heavy recent expenses. To meet
the current demand for the money
necessary to pay for work yet to be
done, all delinquents must come up
and pay. without further delay, and
those wishing to pay December sewer
age tax are requested to do SO. Col
lectors in all the wards will proceed
at once to enforce by attachment, gar
nishment, etc., payment Of all bills
now in their hands.
GEO. B. FLEECE,
81 County Trustee.
K.rLIor1fa ell u~bralIoa 90 IN
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31
Sure Cure for Coughs, Colds,
Sore Throat, Bronchitis,
Asthma, Consumption,
And All Diseases Of Throat and lunus.
ExtFDst from Report of the Commits.
siOner OF Internal Revenue.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, !
Once Of Internal Revenue, !

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Once Of Internal Revenue, !
Washington, d. c., January 26, $780,
Messrs. Lawrence & Martin. Ill Madison
street. Chicago, m.-Gentlemen / have re-
ceived "a certified formula giving the In.
gradients and relative proportions used in the
manufacture Of an article which you advertise
and sell under the name of "TOLU, ROCK
AND RYE" This compound, according To
your formula, in the opinion of this office.
would have n sufficient quantity of the BAL.
SAM OF T0LU to give 1t all the advantages
ascribed TO this article in pectOFal complaints,
while the whisky and the syrup constitute an
emulsion rendering the compound an agree
able remedy TO the patient.
In the opinion OF this Office, an article COM
pounded according to this formula may prop-
erly be classed ms o medicinal preparation
under the provisions Of schedule A. followinp
section 1887, United States revised s%iatutea.
and when so stamped may be sold by Drur.
gists, Apothecaries and other persons without
rendering them liable 10 pay a special tax AZ
liquor dealers. Yours respectfully,
lSignedl GREEN b. RAUM,
Commissioner.
Put up IN quart size BEETLES for family use.
GAUllUN. p HGG SS S GSIS1yo Sh oy T., g9 e
palm otnpon you Rock and Rye In place ofour
IQLU, ROCK AND RYE, which Is the ONLY
GENUINE medicated article made, having a
Government stamp on each bottle.
LAWRENCE x MARTIN, PrOp'rs.
Ill Madison street, CHICAGO.
Sold in Memphis by all Druggists, Grocers
and Wine Merchants generally; mt Wholesale
BY y. manAneld q CO., q. II. Hunt Il
20. and A. Vhccnro a Co., who will supply
tho trade at manufacturers prices. xxxii-iO |
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31
Kirkland's silk umbrellas, $3.50.
Irish Lemons.

Irish Lemons.
A few new potatoes, loose in wagons,
were on the market last Saturday, and
wholesale dealers bought them at
three dollars and fifty cents per bar.
rel measure. They will be cheaper
from this forth, though good prices
are anticipated for the entire CROP
grown in this vicinity. The yield will
be heavy, but the northern demand
will also be large.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31

Gents Panama straw and Manila
hats made to look nearly good asnew at
GooDYEAR's, $50 Second street, f63
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31
JOHN WALSH, UNDERTAKEN,
34I Second Street. 1887

Felix Jones' Livery, Boarding and
Sale Stables,
Nos. 229, 231 and 233 Third street,
near corner of Jefferson. A coed line
of Livery always on hand. Horses for
sale. Boarding horses a specially. BOT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31

Estival park open every day and
until ten o'clock at night. 69t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31
SEASONARLE GOOnS.

SEASONABLE GOODS.
RefrigeraiOrs, Water Coolers,
ICE CREAM FREEZERS.
lee Chests, Water Filters,
Bath Tubs. Dog MuzzIes.
r. J. TURNBULL,
PA Main Street. est
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31
trustees Sale Of Personal PrOpertY.

Believing Il TO be to the interest Of the es-
tate Of said j. A. Swain, / hereby consent to
above sale. JAMES REILLY,
Admir- J IA. Swain, decd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31

Parties desiring TO attend sale will find ON.
nibus at A. +. ~frankland's auction house. on
the morning Of the sale. ut 9 o'clock. 1874
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31

Kirkland's silk umbrellas, $3.50,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31

ITO keep q set Of books in order for some
house not able TO employ regular book
keeper during summer. Address P. Ledger
O1Ace. bt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31
WANTED.

DARN Hands, white or oolored; also a man
II TO milk COWS and work in garden; paid
weekly, and one man to drive market Wagon,
Apply at 30 Jefferson street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-31

A n active young man to drive a wagon and
"A sell goods in the city. One speaking Ger
man preferred. Address Business, this Office.
N 6Q.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-01-01
The New Secretary Of War.

Alexander Ramsey, the new Secreta-
ry of War is native of Pennsylvania,
and is sixty-four years old. He held
the Office of Register of his county when
only thirteen years old. In 184O he
was Secretary of the Electoral College
of Pennsylvania; and the next year
Clerk of the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives. In 184S he was
elected Representative in Congress,
and was re elected to q second term.
He was appointed by President Taylor,
in 1S49, to be Territorial Governor of
Minnesota, holding that Office until
1858. and assisting in negotiating sew
eral treaties with Indian tribes for the
extinction of the Indian titles. In 1855
he was elected Mayor of st. Paul, and
three years later was made Governor
OF Minnesota, continuing in the latter
Office until 1862. He was elected United
States Senator in 1868, and served two
terms, retiring in 1875. He was men,
ber of the National Committee ap-
pointed to accompany the body of Pres
ident Lincoln to Illinois.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-01-01
A Singular Habit Of the woodcock.

Among several curious habits of the
woodcock, described by the editor of
the Zooloqist, its practice of carrying
its young is perhaps the most interest
ing. The testimony of many compe-
tent witnesses is cited to corroborate
the statement. The late L. Lloyd, in
his IS Scandinavian Adventure" /" wrote;
" If, in shooting. you meet with a brood
of woodcocks, and the Young ones cam
not fly, the old bird takes them separ-
ately between her feet, and flies from
the dogs with moaning cry"
The same author makes a similar
statement in another work, this habit
of the woodcock having been observed
by friend. ..-s--
One of the brothers Stuart gives, in
/" Lays of the Deer Forest" graphic
account of >fhe performance. He says:
As the nests are laid on dry ground,
and often at distance from moisture,
in the latter case, as soon as the young
are Matched, the old bird will some
times carry them in her claws to the
nearest spring or green stripe. In the
same manner, when in danger, she will
rescue those which she can lift; of this
we have frequent opportunities for OBJ
servation in Tarnaway. Various times
Wn0n inc nOunuS, III DoaIiuS 1uo SIouAu
have come upon brood, we have seen
the old bird rise with the young one in
her claws and carry it fifty or a hundred
yards away, and iffollowed to the place
where she pitched, she has repeated
the transportation until too much har-
assed. In any sudden alarm she will
act in the same way" Another method
of transportation has been observed by
Mr.. Charles St. John, and described in
his I" Natural History and Sport in
Moray" He says: g found out that
the old woodcock carries her young even
when larger than a snipe, not in her
claws, which seem quite incapable of
holding up any weight, but by clasping
the little bird tightly between her
thighs, and so holding it tightly against
her own body"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-01-01
History Of the Old Red Cent.

As the old "red cent? has now
passed out of use. and, except rarely,
out of sight, like the ''o1d oaken
bucket" its history is matter of
sufficient interest for preservation.
The cent was first proposed by Robert
Morris, the great financier of the Revo-
luton, and was named by Jefferson
two years after. 1t began to make its
appearance from the mintin 1892. Itbore
tie head of Washington on one side
and thirteen links on the other. The
French Revolution soon created . rage
for French ideas in America, which put
on the cent instead of the head of
Washington the head of the Goddess of
LibertySa French Liberty-with neck
thrust forward and flowing locks. The
chain on the reverse side was displaced
by the olive wreath of peace; but the
French Liberty was short-lived, and SO
was her portrait on our cent. The
next head or figure that succeeded this
the staid classic dame with q fillet
around her hair-came into fashion
about thirty or forty years ago. and her
finely-chiseled Grecian features have
been but slightly altered by the lapse
of time,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-01-01
THE NEW YEAR-A RETROSPECT


ANOTHER milestone on the Road of LifeI
how many have fitted past since that first day
when all unconscious of the things 70 come,
Our tender feet set out on this long Journey
How bright the hues of that sweet morn of
Youth, IL
When clouds came but with April showers. too
brief
To sught but brighten and refresh the scene.
And then. - one by one our dreams evanished,
Melted into air, and left us all discouraged
How cold seemed life, and hard, and almost
cruel, - |.'4- va q NF-A
Till well nigh our faith in human goodness fed,
Turning us inward more and more on self?
Heaven itself seemed sometimes of brass
Opening many q grave. and plucking from our
Our every earthly prop. Anon We etand
Defiant and alone. But Time, with kindly hand
Hurrylng us on our way. left no space to brood
Der all our woes; and by-snd-by We saw
A light break through the cloud, and, looking
A bright ray pierced the Eiooml An Angel
Clad in bright raiment, near a broken tomb.
And pointing upward: our lifted eyes beheld
Our loved one happy in her native sky. e q
Why call her back? A few more mie-stones
passed, =. l-. .Els.. =
A few more years of hope, and faith, and work;
And we shall meet her At the journeys end.
And all 60 home together. Blessed thought
Hail, newborn Year, fraught with our Fathers
love!
Strong be our hearts to walk His shining wayI
Q9Dop not our fnithf We know that God Is good,
His wisdom Is unerring, and His paths all peace.