davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-26
TIE COWPENS CENTENNIAL.

CHARLESTON, s. c., April 25.-The Cowpens
Centennial Committee has received Information that
President and Mrs Garfield and Secretary Blaine expect
90 no nresent at tho unveiing OF the Marion statue at
snartnnbnrc ON May H. Ex.Presidcnt and Mrs Hayes
will prublbly be there likewise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-26
FARRAGUT IN BRONZE.
nrprCATIoN OF HIS STATUE.


i. .v., AND MILITARY DISPLAY AND GREAT
c.oup-rHE STATUE RECEIVED FOR THE Ma
- nv THE Observation-Disclosures BY Ex-
nn.rx.srER-oEyERAL MAYNARD AND SENATOR
VOORHEES,. :. r,,,,
The statue of Admiral Farragut, in Farrag't
s.n.re Washington, was formally unveiled
Yesterday, with appropriate cerenonieS, 81; m
ending a military and naval parade; FreSi-
asut Garfield received the statue IN the name
- the Nation. Addresses wero made by ex-
D. pcstmaster-G General Maynard and Senator 'oor-
hees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-26
THE TATT LORD BEACONSFIELD.

LONDON, April 25.-The Queen will send wreath
from Osborne. which with others will be placed on
Lord Beaconsfeld's coffin. The mourners VIII as
semble mt Hughcndrn manor house at 3 CLOCK p'
~ Tuesday. which will be half an hour before the
funeral The funeral procession, the coih oeihs
placed npon n wheeled bier on quitting the manor
bonse will pass down a slopng pathway on the SIDE
~ the hill To the southern door Of the church, where
il will he met by the vicar who will then begin the
burial service As the remains are borne through
Tho nave 10 the chancel the organ will play Beet
hoven,s Funeral March. The coffin will rest in front
of the altar while the vicar reads the FIRST portion
of the ritual IL will then be taken out through the
south door. the organ playing 30 Rest in the Lord
or 'Tbe Lor is mindful of His own by Men
delsaohn. while the mourners quit the church for
the vault at the east end, where the interment
will he concluded in sight of the asscmbed people;
The House OF Commons reasembled o-dayi ~" ~.
Richard (irosvenor Uiberall announced that hI,
ClnAstone would, fortnight hence, move So's @ ioi
funds 10 erect a monument IN honor OF LoIu
Reacorsfeld in Westminster Abbey. The announce
rnent was received with cheers; H..
A. n meeting of the DubliI, Corporation To-Day
motion TO pass yoa Of condolencA fnr the death oA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-26
MORE CHARGES TO ANSWER.
INDICTMENT OF THE Police BOARD.

INDICTMENT OF THE Police BOARD.
TIE FOUR COMMISSIONERS To BIZ ARKAIGNED FOR
NEGLECT To KEEP THE STREETS cLKAS-AcrIoN
OF THE GRAND JURY AFTER TIE rxAMISAroN
OF MANY wTTNEssEs-coSTINUAIIoS OF THE
TRIAL BEFORE THE MAYOR.
Indictments for neglect TO kf'p the streets
clean are to be prepared Immediately against
the four members of the Police Board. The
Grand Jury has directed the Di-trict-Attorney
to draw up the papers. The investigation has
beer in progress since March, and the last
Grand Jury left the matter as a legacy to its
successor. Many witnesses have been exam
incd and the proceedings have thus not been
entirely ex parte. The trial of the three Com
miSsi0ners who have been accused by the
Mayor was continued yesterday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27
The .sSentinOIs.''

Among the things to be seen" in
California, particularly described in
Mr.. Nordhoffs interesting work on
that State, are the groves of big
Trees" of which the principal are
those Of Calaveras and Mariposa.
These gigantic trees are said to have
been accideDtly discovered in 1852 by
a hunter employed by a mining com
pany. His story seemed so incredible
that he was obliged to employ an limo.
cent ruse to lure the workmen to the
spot.
The "Sentinels," stand at tho
entrance to the Calaveras grove.
The Grove covers an area Of
about The size of the Boston
Common, and contains over a hundred
large trees, twenty Of which are more
than twenty-five feet in diameter at
the base. Some of them have fallen
from age, and others have been felled.
The largest now standing, the Moth
er of the Forest" is 800 feet high. 80
feet in circumference at the roots, and
81 feet in circumference six feet from
the ground. THE Father Of the
Forest" now PROSTATE, was the largest
in the grove. It's estimated height
was 435 feet, and its circumference at
the ground 10 feet. In 1858 one of
these gigantic trees was felled. Five
workmen with. pump augers, and
wedges. consumed twenty. five days in
the labor of bringing it to the ground.
1t was 300 feet high, and in its pros
trate trunk a house and double bowl,
ing alley 80 feet long have been con-
structed. Another PROSTATE trunk,
called the Burnt Tree will admit a
person on horseback, who can enter at
one knot hole and go out through an
other go feet distant.
The "Sentinels, so feet in circum-
ference at the base, and 275 feet high,
stand guard at the entrance Of the
grove, like giants at the portal Of an
enchanted palace. AS the traveller
passes between their colossal trunks
into the Solemn gloom of the grove,
he almost expects to hear the weird
chant Of Druid worshipers, and 10
come upon some stately shrine, 1t is
a lulicrous disenchantment to fud q
tavern and 4 bowling-alley,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27
DIR. bliss and Cundurango.

Springfield Republicas.l
Schuyler Colfax comes to the de-
feDse of DR.. Bliss, President Garfeld's
physician, in the matter of the Gun.
durango episode Of his career. Mr..
Coliax's letter was drawn out by his
dispatch 10 the Chicago paper: HE
Bliss) advertised a sure cure for
n C which he called cunduraugo.
In some way he induced Schuyler
Colfax to certify that his mother in
law was being cured by this wonder
full discovery. Then the Associated
Press was brought into requisition,
and the announcement Of Mr.. Colfax
WAS brought to the eye of every news
paper reader in the country. OF
course the victim of the cancer died,
and cundurango was found to DO a
fraudl"
The fact about this is, continues
Mr.. Colfax, that instead Of DR.. Bliss
inducing me-" etc., Hamilton Fish,
Secretary Of State, gave me some Gun
durango sent to him by our Minister
to Ecuador, and claimed there to be a
cure for cancer, with which he knew
my mother-in- law to be afflicted. The
remarkable effect it had upon the dis
ease at the commencement of its use
attracted the attention'of DR.. Bliss,
then our family physician, and doubt
less led him to send for more,
and to engage In its manufacture.
The favorable result Of the first trial
Of this cundurango was not given to
the public through the agency Of the
reduisition' of the Associated Press,
nor by DR.. Bliss. 1t was thus: |
wrote a private letter about it in reply
to an inquiry from a valued friend in
Baltimore, who was very much inter-
ested in my mothers case, and on
reading it to an editorial friend he
was asked to allow him to publish III in
the interest of humanity, So many
persons are afflicted with this terrible
disease that my letter, as soon as it
was published without my knowledge
or that Of DR., Bliss at the time was
reprinted everywhere, and many hum
dreds Of letters poured in upon me in
that and subsequent years, to which ]
had to reply that the subsequent ship.
ment of the drug from Ecuador did
not have a similar effect, and some
years thereafter my mother-in-law
died. The cause ofthe differences in
the ~resultq of these two shipmants |
have never learned. | would not ask
the publication of this on my account.
But as a ~preversiop of the facts is
being used at Washington by DR..
Bliss rivals, when they should rather
be helding up his hands as he assists
the President in his heroic fight fol
life, ! owe it to a physician who saved
my life ten years ago, when most of
the doetors there said | must die) Ia
state the exact truth about this mat
ter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27
CAP IN A CAVE.
The Slratagem Employed 10 Cap
ture Three Western Des-
peradOes.
Denver Tribuns.l

Denver Tribuns.l
Seven years ago Harry Layton, a
professional painter and violin player,
stabbed with a knife one Sam Ander-
son, a saloon keeper and also a violin
player, in West Denver, Anderson
died a few days afterward and Layton
was thrown in prison to await a trial
| About this time two men in Ebert
county named Evan E. Hall and Will
liam Wilder, had shot and killed a
deputy sheriff of that county while he
was attempting to arrest them for mis-
demeanor. They were captured and
brought to Denver for safe keeping.
While in Jail Layton, Hall and Will
der laid a plot to kill the jailor and
his deputy, take their firearms and
take to the highway as Billy the Kid
has since done, and kill every
man who should attempt to pur
sue them. Before leaving the
Jail they wrote a letter stating
their b~loodthirsty resolution and
left it for whoever it might interest.
Ed. Holtz was the jailer and Lee So
pris his deputy. BY some means the
prisoners obtained an iron bar and at
midday watched their opportunity,
and with their murderous weapon
felled the two ~jailers to the floor.
Fortunately they we're not killed.
The three desperate men then made
good their escape. They went imme-
diately to Ebert county and secreted
themselves in a cave in the rocks near
Corners mill. Here they were to re
main until a companion living in the
vicinity, should furnish them with
horses with which to get out of the
country. The whole country on the
divide was terror stricken. A reward
was offered for them, and a Charley
Wilcox, then a Deputy Sheriff Of
Arapahoe county, took four men as a
possee and went in pursuit. He soon
found their hiding place and seized
their agent, the man who was to sup
ply them with horses, and
by threatning his life intim
mlQdJ6u Ulm luLO dSoloJluS III
capturing the trio of villains. When
night came Wilcox and his men
placed themselves in ambush at the
approach of the cave, then forced the
decoy to enter and say to the men
within that everything was in readi-
ness and that their horses were wait
ing at the door. Not s~uspecting the
trap, the de~speradoes walked boldly
out. The man who had betrayed
them remained behind, knowing that
the three refugees would be shot down.
AS they stepped out of the cave a
yolley from the guns Of the Sheriff
and his posse stretched them on the
ground. Hall and Layton were
tally wounded and died in a few mo7
ments. Wilder, although badly woun
ed, recovered, and, out of sympathy
for his great suffering, was afterwards
dismissed. The bodies of Layton and
Hall were brought to Denver, identi
fed and buried. This story will bring
a tingle ofjoy to the blood Of the old
timer. 1t was the sensation Of the
time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27

FIRST OF sEprEMs ER EDITION.

The edition Of the LEDGER fol-
Thursday, September first, will be
greatly enlarged, perhaps to double
the present size, in order to make room
for an annual statement Of the bust
ness of Memphis and for such articles
and reviews as may be pertinent to the
opening of the business season. No
pains will be spared to make this a
complete and interesting number to
our readers at home and abroad. 1t
will be our endeavor to set forth the
progress, prospects and material inter-
ests of Memphis and surrounding
country in their true light. Those
who may avail themselves of this par
ticular issue to announce their bust
ness may be assured that it will reach
the entire reading public connected
commercially and socially with Mem
phis. The first Of September willalso
be an anniversary Of the establish
ment Of the LEDGER, the first mum
Der Of which appeared Sept. LIST, 1865.
Ever since that it has been init
mately identified with the interests
and struggles that have most concern
ed the city and the Mississippi Valley.
The success of this paper is the result
of an earnest purpose to serve the pub
lie and to deserve success. 1t will at
ford us, therefore, more than ordinary
pleasure to be able to make a hand
some showing at the opening of the
business season of 1881.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27

Paris letter.
Nine. Stern, the American wife of q
semi. Russian banker in Paris, is bring
ing a suit against her hu band which
everybody hopes she will win. She
had to u away from him for reasons
It is hardly necessary to particulariZe,
and she wants him to give something
for the support of her children out o.
his enormous wealth acquired chiefly
by the way, in clothing the naked o.
your armies during the civil war;
The sum- named is 81, 200 a month, q
pretty handsome fine even for a mar
of his fortune, and likely to lead t.
some diminutiOn Of the liberality Will
which he provides for all current
expenses of Mile. Croizette at hel
little palace in the Avenue du BJii
de Boulogne. Still it will only be ;
lackey or so less from behind her a
rage or a high stopper from before
Mr.. Stern has a great appreciation o
the drama, or at least Of its expo
nents, and this has been the cause O
all his domestic woe. Mile. Saral
Bernhardt did him the honor o
quarreling with Mile. C~roizette abou
him. The latter before she consented
to receive his diamonds and to wall
into the palace consulted Alexander
Dumas, who is generally regarded
here as the first moralist OF the age
The mOralist weighed the whole case
for and against, and came to the con
clusion that CrOizette could hardly d
a more virtuous act.
RICHARD WHITEIkG.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27
CuriositIes Of Earth.

At the city Of Medina, in Italy, and
about four miles around it, wherever
the earth is dug, when the workmen
arrive at a distance Of 63 feet, they
come to a bed of chalk, which they
bore with an auger, FIVE feet deep.
They then withdraw from the pit be-
fore the auger is removed. and. upon
its extraction, the water bursts up
through the aperture with great vio-
lence, and quickly fills the newly
made we'll, which continues full, and
is affected neither by rain nor drought.
What is the most remarkable in this
operation, is the layer Of earth as VIC
descend. At the depth Of fourteen
feet are found the ruins Of an ancient
city, paved streets, houses, floors and
different pieces of mason work. Under
this is found a soft, oozy earth, made
up Of vegetables, and at twenty.six
feet large trees, with walnuts sticking
to the stem, and the leaves and
branches in a perfect state of preser-
walton. At twenty.eigh feet deep a
soft chalk is found, mixed with a vast
quantity Of shells, and the bed is
twelve feet thick. Under this yege-
tables are found again.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27
RESIGNED from Death.

William j. Coughlin, of Somerville,
Mass, says; in the fall of 1876 | was
taken with a violent bleeding of the
lungs, followed by a severe cough. |
was so weak at one time that l could
not leave my bed. In the summe OF
1877 | was admitted to the city hospi
tai. While there the doctors said /
had a hole in my left lung as big as a
half dollar. | was so far gone at one
time a report went around hat | was
dead. | gave up hope, but a friend
told me OF DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for
the Lungs. l got a bottle, when to my
surprise and qualification | commenced
to feel better, and to-day [ feel in bet
ter spirits than l have in the past
three years.
II write this hoping every one
afflicted with diseased lungs will be
induced to take DR.. Halls Balsam for
the lungs, and be convinced that con
sumption can be cured" Sold by
druggists. S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27

ffhe should die, bis taking of would
be a great national calamity-aside
from the dire affection it would bring
down on the heads Of his sorrowing
family.
A lively FIRE disturbed the west
division Of Chicago early this morn
ing, destroying the large steam bakery
of Fred. Voltz, and burning up seven
fine houses. Several iremen were
seriously injured by falling brick.
The Chicago police are waging a
savage war on the corner peanut
stands.
A romantic rumor has just occurred
in Chicago by Mr.. Lewis Bates, a
colored man of immense wealth, find
ing his sister whom he had not seen
for forty years.
The Shetland Islanders are in a
starving condition. Chicago is NOV
ing for their relief.
A horrible death overlook Henry
Weber, a Chicago blacksmith, yes
terday. He was caught in a trip ham
mer and literally mashed to a jelly.
Father Gragan, of Chicago, had a
row the other day with some Of his
practitioners, members OF the Land
League. He would not allow them to
hold a meeting in his church. Then
the disturbance became general. The
result was that he was roughly han
died, among other compliments re-
ceiving a number IL boot against his
coat-tail. His reverence is much cen
sured for his action in the premises.
NAYR.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27

to show there may DO not a cohnec.
ton but a coincidence between the
appearance Of the great comet of 1881
and the recent phenomenal heat. 1t
appears nov that no such frosty
weather as was expected by this date
has developed, and timid people may
breathe more freely, as the predicted
visitation is not likely to be realized.
We had the temerity to express our
i~ncredulity on this point and to doubt
the occurrence of such a frosty spell,
which, it was hinted, would take
place about the 10th inst, so early as
the 10Th, and nothing brought to light
by subsequent temperature changes
has altered our mind.
There is no eason to suppose that
anything so fimsy and attenuated as a
comet can exert at vast distances any
decided influence on the earth's tenn
perature. IF there could be con-
ceived," said Herschel, referring to a
comets tail, such a thing as a mega
tive shadow, a momentsry impression
made upon the luminiferous ether be-
hind the comet, this would represent
in some degree the conception
such a phenomenon irresistibly
calls up" Lexells comet re.
NAMED entangled for three or four
months among Jupiter's satellites
without causing any measurable per-
turbation in their movements, but it
has been computed that, had it been
composed of matter like that Of our
earth, it would have even heightened
our year by more han two and three
quarter hours. 1t has been suggested
that the flashing forth of comets tails
over millions Of miles of the celestial
vault may be due to luminous dis
charges taking place under great out
bursts of solar heat and light, which
mark the cometary displays along lines
Of electric force radiating from the
sue, and registering their influence on
our magnetic conditions. But after
cur present experience with comets
we need not dread their direct inhu-
ence upon our atmosphere.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27
B~URNETT'S COCAINE
Promotes the Growth Orthe Hair

And renders it dark and glossy. 1t
holds, in a liquid form, a large pro
portion of deodorized Cocoanut Oil,
prepared expressly for this purpose,
No other compound possesses the
peculiar properties which SO exactly
suit the various conditions Of the
human hair.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27

The subscription price Of the
DAILY PUBLIC LEDGER is So per
annum and SOC per month for less
than one year. The WEEKLY
LEDGER is 81 per annum-poStage
free. Payable in advance invaria-
bly,.
Persons leaving the city for the
summer can order the DAILY LED
GsR at 900 per month in advance,
with the privilege Of changing
pOstofice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27
How a Pretty Jewesz Saved Hel
Life.

There is a very pretty story told Of
how a lovely Jewess in a Russian town
saved her property and her life during
the recent attacks upon the Jews. A
great, hulking rufian entered her shop
and bought a loaf of bread. After
swallowing a couple Of mouthfuls he
threw himself on the ground by the
shop aud began to howl piteOusly that
he was poisohed-the Jews had poison,
ed him. Of course an infatuated crowd
Immediately assembled, and it would
have Jared i'll with our Jewess If she
had not dashed out of the shop, and
~suatching the bread out OF the i'm
posters hand, began to eat ip sight
Of them. The crowd stopped, thnn-
derstfuck. A broad grin dawned on
every oouutenancc. One Of them
called out to her: "Alosha, lend me
your knout, will your Then the i'm.
poster started to his feet aud scudded
off, pursued by a mischieyous but nc
longer slnguinary crowd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27

The leading Scientists OftO-day agree
that most diseases are caused by dis0rdered
Kidneys or LIVER. If. therefore, the Kidneys
and Liver are kept in perfect order, perfect
health will be the result. This truth has only
been known a short time and for years people
suffered great agony without being able to
find relief. The discovery Of Warmers safe
Kidney and Liver Cure marks a new era in
the treatment Of these troubles. Made from
a simple tropical leaf Of rare value, it cen
tains just the elements necessary to nourish
and invigorate both of these great organs,
and safely restore and keep them in order. Ii
is a POSITIVE Remedy for all the diseases
that cause pains in the lower part of the body
for Torpid Liver, Headaches, Jaundice,
Dizziness, Gravel, Fever. Ague, Malarial
Fever, and all difficulties Of the Kidneys,
Liver and Urinary Organs.
1t is an excellent and safe remedy for TO-
males during Pregnancy. 1t will cont. oil
Mensiruation and is invaluable for LeucOr-
rhea or Falling Of the Womb.
As q Blood Purifier il is unequaled. for il
cures the organs that MAXI the blood.
This remedy, which has done such wonders,
is put up in the LARGEST SIZED B0TTLK
Of any medicine upon the market, and is sold
by Druggists and all dealers at eI.20 per bot
tie. For Diabetes, enquire for WARMERS
SAFE DIABETES CURE. 1t is a POSITIVE
Remedy.
4Sxxxiiii48
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27
NOn-RssIaon. Notice.

No. 4li4-In the ChaDcery Court of Shelby
county, Tenn.-WoodtOrd Herndon VS.. liz.
Eie HeTndOn.
1T. appearing from affidavit in this cause
i that the defendant, Lizzie Herndop. is \
nonresident of tho State of Tennessee,
II is therefore ordered that She mako her
appearance herein, at tho courthouse Of
Shelby county, in Memphis, Tennessee. on mr.
before the first Monday in October, 1891, and
plead, answer OF demur 10 complainant
bill, OF the same will be taken for con fess.
ed as TO her and set for hearing ex-parte and
that a cory Of this order be published once 4
week for four successive weeks in the Public
Ledger.
This sd day of August, 1881.
A Oopy-Attest:
RI. BLACK, Clerk and msstsr.-
BY IN McHENsY, b. O. an.
TT Cassells, sol'r for conpl't. ISL 1877
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-27
Important Railroad Change.

Chattanooga Times, 25.l
The Times last Saturday published
the rumor that Capt. Grant, Superin
tendent of the Memphis & Charleston
railway, had written his resignation
while in this city that day, our reporter
having gained the information before
it was officially communicated to even
his superior. Capt. Grant resigned on
account of falling health and to join
his father in stock raising in Tom
Green county, Texas, where they have
considerable property. His resigna-
ton was to certainly take effect Octo-
Der LIST, or as soon threlfter as his sue
eessor could pc secured.
Mai. j. Il. 0'Brien, the present Su
perintendent of the East Tennessee,
Virginia & Georgia railroad, was yes
terday, it is rumored, appointed Capt,
Grants successor, and will have
charge Of the entire road from Bristol
to Memphis. Mai. O'Brien is one o.
the most careful and efficient railroad
men in the South, quick and decisive
and has his sQbOrdinates under splen,
did discipline and in thorough training
he is strictly business, knows no idle
hours, and has every detail executed
with the most rigid exactness. He
will be entitled TO an assistant, whom
he will probably name in a few days.