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HI SUCCESSION.

President Garfield may recover from his
hat lie will, yet it cannot be denied that his
situation is extremely critical and his death
may Immediately follow the development of
more unfavoraEle symptoms. Should this
unfortunate event occur, the universal regret
which the whole American people will fee
cannot obscure its grave political Importance.
The possibility Of the death of the president
and vice president when there is neither a
president pro tenn OF the senate nor a speaker
of the house elected, does not appear to have
been considered by the trainers Of the con-
Stitution, and such an event is not provided
for by the constitution or the laws of congress.
Section l of the fifth clause authorizes con-
gless to ~ieglslate for such a contingency but it
seems that body has not fully performed the
duty. The clause referred to reads as fol-
lows:
sin case of the remova of the president
from office, or Of his death, resignation or in
ability to discharge the powers and duties Of
said office, the same shall devolve on the vice
plCHluCllGs u GtC SOliSlCSo may W la" pio-
vide for the case of removal, death, ~resigna-
ton or inability of both the president and
vice-president, declaring what officer shall
act as president, and such officers shall act
accordingly until the disabil ty be removed
or a president shall be elected"
In pursuance Of the authority then given it,
congress passed a law in 1902, of which the
following is one Of its provision. This provi-
sion was lfterward re enacted IN section 146
of the last revised statues;
"Ir case of removal, death, resignation or
inability of both the president and vice-pres-
ident of the United States, the president of
the senate, or if there is none, then the speak
er of the house of repres natives, for the time
being, shall act as president until the disabil-
ity shall be removed or a president elected"
There being neither a president pro Ten.
of the senate nor "A speaker of the house
at the present time, the question oc.
ours who will act as president, provided a
vacancy should be ma c in the Offices of bott
president and vice president: OF course the
secretary Of the United States would cal ar
election to be held within thirty-four days be
fore the first Wednesday in December, but ne
one is authorized to act as president or vice
president IN the interrtsnun. No provision
has been made for such a contingency la
been noticed. Tn succession is not provided
for.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-07-12

The international monetary conference re-
assembled yesterday, but after a short sitting
adjourned until Saturday. Several delegates
were absent.
The United German Telegraph Company
has made arrangements with the Anglo
Anne lean Cable Company to secure the exclu-
siVe use OF the five cables of the latter COM
pany. Connection will be established with
Vaientia by wire from Creetsell, East Fries
land, passing through the British Channel and
around the west coast of Ireland. Telegraph.
Ing to America from Germany will consequent,
~ DC as ON England.
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General Merritt still remains collector "a,

General Merritt still remains collector at
the port of New York. Although the Presi-
dent has signed Judge Robertsou's commits
sion, the latter gentleman does not propose
70 enter upon the discharge of the duties of
the position until the Albany legislature ad-
~journs, the Judge holding that as he was
elected senator before he was appointed col
lector, he has first of all to represent his con-
stituents at Albany, especially as he is the
representative there Of the administration,
his appointment having caused all the late
and present commotion in the party.
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Produce Market Report
.. BUTTE, July ii

QUITE, July IL
The following are the wholesale
paid by merchants and hotel keeper
co m modities enumerated, delivered
wagon. Price list carefully correctf
Monday: 10,
Flour, Ruby Valley, XXXX, $500
Mill Creek, xxx, $500
Union Mills New Process CreaI
Valley, $500.
Union Mills xxx Snowflake, 81
Utah, choice, $3.50.
Graham, $500.
Wheat, per h., 3 cents, fair deman
Oats, per h., p to 8 cents.
Butter, per h., 80 to IS cents.
Eggs, per dozen, 25 to 80 cents.
Corn meal, 8 to 81 cents
Beef, on foot, sc .
Beets, none in market.
Hay per ton, $23. 90 to $24.0O; in
Fresh fish, IS cents per pound.
Cheese, IL to Is cents.
Barley, So so to 2 Is per hundred
Dried beans, Montana, Gets.
Mutton, 8 cents per pound.
Pork. dressed, IS cents per pound
Veal, scents per pound. a.H
Chickens, $1,000 per dozen.
Wood ST pcr cord.
Ruta.'aatS, IL.
Potatoes. 2kc.
Dn'nI,>, : 81 itE.
Chopped ieed ) cents per pound
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Senator Johnston, of Virginia, thinks the
democrats will carry that State by $4,000 or
10000 majority. Where, oh, where is Ma
hOne?
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-07-12

Ex-President La Tore has Invaded U ru-
quay, and Colonel Santos, minister of war, is
marching against him.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-07-12

Nearly 25o,0OO Immigrants have landed at
Castle Garden, New York, during the past
six months.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-07-12

The striking dock laborers at Hull have re-
sumed work on the terms offered by the mas
tiers.
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GUITTEAU IN THIS CITY.
be story Told by a Montgomery
I Street lawyer.

1t was one morning about nine years ago
that a young man entered the Office Of a
prominent attorney -at-law on Montgomery
street. The young man asked, "do you know
me p, The attorney who had not seen him
for twenty three years, immediately recog-
nized him from his wonderful likeness to his
father. The young men held out his card,
which read as follows s. .-..-
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AttOrneg-at-Ldw
CHARLES ]. ~GUITTEAU,

Honor Block, Chicago.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-23
A Lucky Pump Maker.

A recent number oftheW Washington,
d. c., Post gives an interesting sketch
how n Augustus De Grummund.
driven out of the pump manufacturing
business at the national capital owing
to the general introduction of Poto-
mac river water, was in his financial
desperation led to venture sending a
dollar 10 NJ. A. Dauphin, NewOrleans,
La, and in return obtained SIS. 1000,
having received in return half Of
ticket No. 7240 in the 18th monthly
drawing Of the Louisiana State Lot
terry on October 18th. This good luck
Of a worthy Washingtonian will tempt
many TO correspond with tho beneh-
cient NJ. A. Dauphin, New Orleans,
prior to the grand semi.annual distri-
button Of over half a million Of dollars
on December 18th, under the sole
control Of Generals G. T. Beauregard
Of Louisiana aud Jubal A.. Early Of
Virginia, and some one else will be
put in history in like manner.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-23
MEMPHIS & CHARLESTON.
How IL Looks From a Louisville
Standpoint.
Courier-JournaI, 22.l

Courier-Journal, 81
The pool formed last summer tC
control the Memphis & Charleston
has succeeded. At the recent meetiRG
in Huntsville it elected a Board O.
Directors inimical to the lessees.
The gentlemen who are now in the
movement are considered unusually
~sagacious and l~ong-headed, and it i:
to be supposed they know what they
are about.
The Memphis e. Charleston is an
important road, important not only t
Col. Cole or to the il. & n, but valua.
BILE of itself. The lease is altogether
onesided, and it is not strange th,
stockholders should take steps to have
it aunulled.
That Memphis should look will
favor on the SCENE is not strange. fol
the road has heretofore only served o.
a feeder TO what is called the Cole sys
tenn, and it has been of little service t,
Memphis. Recently, after the move
ment began to annul the lease, tn,
East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
gia Company put on paper great plani
to BIO carried out for Memphis and thu
Memphis e. Charleston road.
That there are strong grounds t
believe the courts will annul the
lease, the proposition of the Eas.
Tennessee, Virginia Il Georgia Com
pauy, to guarantee four per cent. fol
five years, five per cent. for five years,
and six per cent. after hal period
conclusively establishes
1t may be taken for granted that the
Louisville & Nashville Company will
have nothing to do with the road until
the lease is annulled.
Judge Bruce was asked yesterday il
he had examined the lease. He said
he had, but that his opinion Of it wa,
not for the public, but for the Direc
tors of the Louisville & Nashville
that the examination was made as the
attorney ofthe Louisville & Nashville.
1t is a perfectly legitimate surmise
that the weight Of legal opinion has
been to the effect that the lease can
not stand, or the pool would not have
gone as far as it has done.
Memphis would be greatly benefited
by a change, whether the road re-
manned Independent or passed under
the control Of the ErlaDgers or of the
Louisville & Nashville Company. The
Louisville & Nashville is a great cor
poration Of almost boundIess re.
sources to improve the transportation
facilities of al the cities on its lines.
Nashville, instead OF being injured,
was largely benefited by the transfer
of the Nashville & Chattanooga to the
i. q N. That city has never adj
vanced as it has done during the past
eighteen months, and nothing has been
left undone to build it up. This is a
concise statement Of the condition Of
affairs in the South as far as they re-
late to the Memphis d Charleston
road.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-23
THE CENSUS NEARLY COM
PLETE.
Field Work Finished Except in
Four OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IatIOn Ofthe United
States.

WASHINGTON, November l8.-Tht
Superintendent Of the Census, in his
annual report to the Secretary of the
Interior, says that with the exception
of obtaining statistics Of ship building
the q~uarrying industry, the production
of petroleum and the resources Of
Alaska, the field work of the tenth
census is now practically finished.
These labors will be completed in q
few weeks, and only about one-sixth o.
the total work of tabulation remains
to be accomplished. The total dis.
bursements for the tenth census thus
far have been s., 0,068, aud Congress
will be asked to appropriate $40, 0OC
additional, including $4,000 for the
payment of the volunteer force that
has been carrying on the clerical work
since the exhaustion OF the %appropri-
tons made at the last session.
Secretary KirkWood, in transmitting
this report for the consideration of the
President and of Congress, pays a high
compliment to Superintendent Walk
er, aud says it can be safely asserted
that the tenth census is distinguished
from any that has preceded it by bet
ter and far more trustV orthy work,
compromising departments Of public
and private industry never before in
cluded in a censu The revised and
corrected enumeration figures show
that the population of the United
States is 50,l55,7S3. The increase Of
population since 1870 appears to be
about 30 per cent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-23
Mrs. Booth,s Father.

Chicago Inter-Oeean.l
The Iowa City papers say that the
father Of Mrs. Booth died at that
place, in that State, many years ago,
in circumstances Of great restitution.
He was Of very dissipated habits, and
would have died Of want but for the
generosity of persons TO whom he ap-
pealed. A few days before his death
he sent for a gentleman who had
treated him with great kindness, and
stated that he was the former husband
Of Mrs. McYicker and the father Of
Mrs. Edwin Booth. and said be had
not seer Mrs. Booth since she was an
infant, and thought il probable she
had no knowledge Of him as her
father. Her name even had been
changed to McVicker by an act ofthe
Legislature. AS he neared the end
Of his ruined and wasted life
his thoughts we're almost
wholly with his former wife
and child He confessed that the
divorce which separated him from
them was made necessary by his own
misconduct, bnt as a dying request he
asked that letters be sent to Mrs. Nc
Wicker and Mrs. Booth, informing
them of his end. No letter was sent
10 either of the ladies', but. instead.
. was sent j. H McYicker, who re.
piled promptly, asking that the de-
ceased be buried decently, and %inclos-
ing a SUN Of money to defrsy all ex-
penses 1t is believed at Iowa CITY
among those familiar with the circum.
stances that Mrs. Booth knew No
more Of the death of her father than
she had known Of him during life.
He, too, had kept the fact Of his rela.
tionship to her a profound secret. and
nobody at Iowa City knew of il until
shortly before his death. He had
lived there for some time in great dis.
sipation and poverty, earning a pre-.
csrious livelihood by occasional emf
ployment as a printer. Glimpses o.
bis former manhood were feen occa.
sionaily, and even when be died as a
pauper none who knew him Injected
the statement that ho was the father
Of so brilliant and gifted a woman as
Mrs. Booth.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-23
AKind Word of ADVICE.

If you feel yourself growing weak.
your strength failing, the natural
functions of the body becoming i'm
paired, take warning in time; youl
system needs iron, which, when com.
bined with proper vegetable extracts,
produces a tonic Of rare medicinal
effect. Such a remedy is Browns
Iron Bitters. Buy it Of your druggist
and do not be persuaded to take a sub
stitute, for this is the only remedy
which gives permanent strength. Ii
contains no alcohol, nor does it black
en- the teeth. 1t receives the univer-
sal Endorsement of clergymen, physi-
clans, druggists, and all who have
used it.
S. Mansfield & Co., W. N. Wilker-
son & Co., and G.. w. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-23

The BibulOus Son Of the Bride
"Winged7 by his step-
father.

PORTSMOUTH, Ono, Nov. 1S.-
News has been received here of a a
OF pis'1 ls and whisky at a Kentucky
we'd ,g in Greenup county, a dozen
mile. outh of here, with a result that
is not likely TO commend the admixture
to general use. The occasion was the
second days celebration of the we'd
ding OF Mr.. Allen Richards to Mrs.
Ellen Burke, The bridegroom was a
widower, over fifty years old, a farmer,
and withal an influential citizen. The
bride was a widow, past the middle
age, and the mother of son about
twenty years old. Last Thursday the
wedding took place, and all the young
people far and near feasted and danced
on the occasion. On the farms in Ken
lucky the primitive custom Of two
days festivities at weddings is main
tanned, and accordingly the Unfair"
as the second days celebration OF such
events is called, was observed in this
case, and the participants were mainly
composed of those who had
been the wedding guests
Usually when the marrying
parties are young and the parents of
the bridegroom are living, it occurs
at the house of such parents. When
the bridegroom has no parents living
or within reach, as in this instance, no
rule holds except that the Unfair"
must be given by some one. This
time it was at the house Of the bride,
and that was the scene of gayety aud
pleasure on last Wednesday night un-
til rear midnight. 1t is generally I'M
derstooa that there was a liberal sup
ply of old Kentucky bouI bon whisky
consumed on the occasion. One OF
the merriest guests was Samuel Burke,
son of the bride, who as the evening
wore on drank his stepfather drunk.
by the time midnight arrived the ef-
feet Of the liquor was visible on some
Of those present. Samuel and his
stepfather we're observed by the guests
to step out doors after an animated
conversational but nothing was thought
of the circumstances until a pistol
shot was heard in the yard, then
another and then shot answering shot
several times, followed by an omnibus
silence. After Mrs. Ellen Burke had
been made the bride Of Allen Rich
ards, she saw her own con, Samdel.
borne in before her with a mortal bull.
let wound in his shoulder made by
her husbands pistol. The mothers
instinct outweighed the oath Of the
bride at the altar and Mrs. Richards
in a rage, drove from her presence the
man whom thirty hours before she
had sworn to stay by and love unit.
death parted them. No arrest has
been made.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-23
Attachment notice.

Before WV Dickson, j. P. for Shelby county,
Tenn.-J A Faux vs.. j N FaHlk.
N this cause an attachment having been
4 sued out under section 3z5 Of the code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied by garnish-
ment on ] A Stewart as a debtor of
made that the defendant ia indebted 10
the plaintiff in the sum Of $751; 60, due BY
account, and that the claim is Just, and that
the defendant is q nonresident of the State
Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that
said defendant make bis personal appear
1881. at my dwelling. in the First Civil District
Of Shelby county, Tenn., and defend said
attachment suit within the time prescribed
BY law, or the same will be proceeded with
ex-parte; and that a copy Of this order be
published once a week for four weeks in the
Public Ledger.
This the 21st day Of November, 1881.
IL T83e9 WV DIcKAS0N. j. p.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-23
Guitenn's Niece.
"|
New York Herald.1

New York Herald.l
At the trial of GUiteau, among
those not the least observed was Mr.
Scoville's little daughter, eight years
OF age. This child, neatly dressed
and wearing a pretty white bonnet
trimmed with pale blue silk rib
bons and bows, sat by her
mother. The unconscious express
sion Of this child's face contrasted
with that Of all the crowd. The curl.
Gus gaze Of the spectators, the grave
look of the Judge, the sad features of
her mother, the patient ana dutiful
dignity of the jurors, the composed
mein of counsel and the g~laring eyes
Of the prisoner we're the varied
elements in the tout ensemble
of this scene when for the first
time she saw the irons binding her
uncle's wrisa and the elanking dick
Of key and chain grated on her ear, the
child seemed to tremble in body as she
quiyered in feature, as if she, too, in
stinctively felt the pain which this ael
of Guiteau had caused her mother sc
many sleepless nights oil fearful mise,
ry. The child %furtively looked int
her mothers face, but the anguish o
the latter, as she held her head, wal
all the answer there.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-23

Gentleman Magazine

Uehtteman : magazine
While the subject Of ghosts is at
tracing attention, | will offer a nut
for our scientists to crack. For OBJ
vious reasons, | am compelled to omit
names. The wife Of one Of our dis
tiDguished men-I use the term most
distinguished" advisedly, since the
reputation of the mar is cosmopoli-
tan-saw nightly an old man seated in
an arm chair near the fireplace in her
bedroom. Being thoroughly imbued
with her husbands views upon scien-
tifc subjects, she held her peace, and
tried with partial success 10 convince
herself that it wal a delusion. Some
what later, this room was converted
into a night nursery, and ultimately
into a spare bedroom, with the result
that each successive occupant. juven
lie or Of mature years, described the
curious old gentleman who came and
sat by the FIRE. My scientific friend
has "pished" and 'pshaWed" at these
statements, and has treated the whole
matter as ridiculous. He has, how
ever, been compelled to concede some
thing TO the vision or delusion, and to
quit the house. ! simply advance
this as a fact, and leave to Others the
task Of explanation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-23
The PEOPLE lSs sou Oh,

Kings Mountain ana ATS Heroes.
A history Of the battle, October Z, 1880, aud
the events which led to it, after two years
spent in PREPARATION is now published and
ready for delivery. The author, LYMAN G..
DRAPER, Ill D., has spent 40 years in gather
ing materials for this work. which.abaunds In
stirring ~recitals of adventures and hair
breadth egcapes, alike interesting to old and
young. Ths descendants of such mon as
Campbell. Shelby, Sewer, Cleveland, Lacey,
Williams, Hambrir hit, Mcdowell, Ein ton,
Hammond, and their officers, now living BY
the thousands throughout the South, will
welcome this permanent record of the glori-
Gus event which turned the tide OF tho RevO-
luton, The work contains 6l2 pages, on fine
paper, beautifully bound, with several steel
portraits of the Heroes, and numerous wood
cuts, with index Of 500 references. Price,
81: Sent postpaid on receipt ofprice, or may
be had Of 4 gents in every county.
PEER G. THOMPSON. Publisher,
No. l79 Vine Street, Cincinnati, o.
sSsAgcnts Wanted for unassigned terri
tory. Send foT terms, circulars and sample
rONv.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-23

A substitute for the duel. which
will doubtless be welcomed by high.
tempered men who are poor marks.
men, has been found in Italy. The
editor Of an Italian paper is said re.
Gently to have received from a
fellow citizen, 10 whom he had
given offense, the following let.
ter; "Sir: | cannot send my sec.
onds TO such a scroundrel as yourself.
Hereby, therefore, / smite you. That
is the sole object Of this letter. Il
conveys TO you on my behalf a sound
slap on either cheek. Be thankful
for my moderation, which has saved
yon' a postal consignment Of hearty
whscks with my fayoritc walking sticki
| remain, ETC. Tho next morning
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-23

Mr.. Guilford Onslow, on the occa-
sion Of a recent visit to the Tichborne
claimant at Portsea convict prison,
found him in a state Of great depression
He frequently remarked, They've got
me here and mean to keep me here.
The claimant has completed uRder
The mark" system, ten Of the four
teen years to which he was originally
sentenced, though he has ACTUALLY
been in prison only seven years and
eight months.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-23

Nashville World.l
The people of Smith county have
squarely sat down on all demaeogry
and nonsense by the election of John
Fite 70 the Legislature, a strong, we'll
known State. credit man, selected for
his fitness, on the ground that a good
able mar will do nothing but good,
and a weak demagogue can do nothing
but evil. MIR. Fite was elected against
his own protest by a people who arc
tired Of nonsense.- American.
Hallol Have you, too, turned upon
your and Hawkins settlement 7 Or
do you know that Colonel Fite would
suffer his right arm cut off before
he would vote for 100 3. We indorse
all you say about John Fite, but
if you think he is a 100 3 man you
are sadly mistaken. Do you further
know that five representatives who
have been elected since the adjourn
nent of the Legislature are all anti
1908 Democrats, and two Of them
elected to Eli vacancies caused by the
resignation Of Murray and Rath, Of
Nelly, both Republicans?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-23

the editor printed his ad%yersary's let
ter together with this crushing rejoin-
der "Inimitable adversary In COM
pliance with your request | hasten TO
thank you for having only sent
me a couple cuffs instead Of
a severe thrashing. You have
struck mo in writing. Sim
ilarly, | hereby discharge all the six
barrels of my revolver at your head
and kill you by letter. As soon as you
shall have perused this note, you may
consider yourselfa dead man. | salute
your corpse with the highest common
dation. Yours. etc."