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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-29

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-29
Gnanrial.

THE MUTUAL LIT INSURANCE CoRASr oP Nxw.Yonx,
l40 TO 146 BROADWAY,
NEwYonk. May 90 1875
THE annual election of this company will be
held at Its Office above, pursuant " Its charter
MONDAY June 1881 for the election Of nine trustees 70
expire by limitation The polls win Do open
at ~ o'clock noon close at O'Clock D..
ISAAC LLOYD secretarv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-29
TUE TEXAS AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY

TVNlIE IENAS AND 81. LOb 10 hAll4h Al
l CoMPANY desiring 10 extend It's road 20 the Rio
Laredo and To construct certain branches
-. following notice tO ia OckhOlders, M.
% the Board Of Directors Of the TEXAS AND
III- HALLWAY COMPANY. held AT the Office OF the
compauy IN Tyler the 10Th day VI April 1881, tho
tolloWing resolutions passed to wit
Resolved That special meeting Of the stockholders or
the Louis Railway Company De- AMI the same Is
hereby called take place at the general ocn o the com
pany in the city Of Tyler Texas AT 10 o'clock IN on the
Sth Of July ISL to take into consolidation the pro-
pretty oncreasng the capital stock Of said company and TO IN
the said capital stock an amount
not exceeding the sum OF TWELVE MILLION DoLlAKS'
determined by the tockhoders at said meeting
the and all stock which has heretofore
AMI further 10 authorize the Issuance ana dspo
sition bonds Of the said railway company, The siid
bonds and Ia be payable AT such une
such rate annu a. the
said stockholders then upon. ana 20 authorize
mortgage OF the railway and other property OF
the payment OF said bonds ana inc
for the transaction OF such other Dus
mes. a. m legitimately come before said meeting.
rsoy That meeting Of the Board OF Directors or the
TEXAS AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY be- aud
the hereby called Ia take place at the ooe OF the
company the city Of Tyler Texas at IL o'clock M ON the
nth day July SS for the Transaction OF general business
company and especially for the OF carrying out
aud the action Of the stockholders In ncreas
the stock and providing for the issuance OF bonds Oh said
company and mortgages 10 SECURE 30 same
ALL CONCERNED WILL TAKE NOTICE that SAID
meetings viii be held provided for In said resolutions
CIIAS. \. BONNER, Secretary.
ryisz- Taxa ADrn "A laaL
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22
Conriing md fhe Gnte.

Scott Way, Middleton DELI Transcript
A selfish hearted and baldheaded
married nan, whose season Of counting
is gone by, came into the Office this
week and wanted us to write a piece
condemning counting at the front gate.
There is a good deal of it going on
around town, some oft in his imme-
date viciRity, he says, and he is an
noyed by it. We treated him coldly,
Of course, and be went away feeling
unkindly toward US, no doubt, because
we didn't sympathige with him and
promise to exhaust our energies in the
attempt to crush, at ono mighty effort,
the great front gate system of the
country. We want to say right here
that we don't mean to do any such
thing. The Transcript can neither be
persuaded nor hreatenedinto attacking
the holy institutions for which our
forefathers fought, bled and hungered
until they got as thin as an eating.
house pie. When a man gets old and
has a wife Of his own at home waiting
to meet him at the door with fond
words Of greeting, and a bed slat, ia it
any reason why he should 20 around
seeking to interfere with the hallowed
communion of the lovers at the front
gate? No, we say emphatically in the
words Of one of our departed states
men, "The institution Of the front gate
must and shall be preserved" 1t is one
of the dearest Of our American institu-
lions, and in season there is nothing
half so charming. Patrick Henry
the great and noble Patrick, once said
in that eloquent sort OF way Of his:
give me a girl at the front gate or
give me DEATH" Patrick meant, it too.
He was one Of that sort Of men who
generally mean what they say. An
drew Jackson in one Of his most elo-
quent moments said. THE blessings of
the girl at the front gate, like the
dews Of heaven, shall descend alike
upon The rich and the pOorl' Audrrw
knew what he was talking about. He
was always looking out for the poor,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22
FRANCE AMI AMERICA.
The Colonies Would Have Given
Up the Struggle but for
French Help.

The sermon at the Mass Of Thanks
giving at Yorktown last Saturday was
preached by the Ri. Rev, John j,
Keane, D. D., Bishop of Richmond,
The closing passage Of the sermon was
in these words:
Well may France hold q large share
in our thoughts to-day. since enc y
the chief objects Of this centennial
celebration is TO commemorate Neg
alliance with her aud the inyslNaAs
aid received at her hands Rle&ASS
on the neblo land which aSas " la,
the nations ofthe world StOoa ~ e3S
country in her hourO 4 dirSSt aNS Na&
became the champion o. her Ss@
Cling libertied BLESSINGS ~ ASS ~
her cheering sympathy poured la2
our country's dropping heart E
ings on her for her noble coaSNaSN
which spared nothing and SNaat& ~
cost Of men or money, EaSSlaN ~
her for the oAiv&ln0OS leaders Wa
rivalled Washington himself Ia jAVlf
devOtedness to the cause aeS for tAs
thousands Of brave men who hoW
unmGrmprogG the untold harasAipS
Of q drosry campaign Ia 4 strange
land; who pa0ted sog TIE fray as
eagerly IS cur own pstriSl soldiers
whN On this battlefield ont
Numbered the colonial forces,
and laid down thNt kves
mNre R~UnNreUsy to secure the glori-
cas- Nsalt Never can our country
ouSOt WSSAlagtonS declaration that
were Il not for tie aid gwen on this
SPOT hy France not only wo0ld the
victory Of lOrktOwn never have been
gained, bat the diShesrteaea colonial
@coes would probably have disband-
ed and gwen up altogether the Strne-
Gle Tor liberty. Think, therefore, Of
what France has assured 20 us, aud
then think whether there ought TO be,
or ever can be, end OF limits to our
Nay all that is honorable
and noble die out ofthe hearts otmen
ere the remembrance Of this die out os
the country's heart May this soil, sa-
cred to our couutry's liberties-more
sacred than even old independence
Hall, because while there she made
the grand but almost desperate ven
ture, here the wreath of victory was
around her brow-may it be
ever doubly sacred because Of the
mingled blood that has hallowed it;
and may that mingled blood be the
covenant Of a friendship that can
never die-a friendship more lasting
than the monumental shaft which
here is to tell all future'generations Of
the alliance between France and
Americal
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22

man. He was doing a fine business,
and also had a commission house in
New Orleans, the style Of the firm
being j. q. Meyer & Co. He married
two or three years since q daughter of
VIM M. Mann, of New Orleans, who was
a partner ofMr. Meyer. His wife is an
accomplished and elegant lady, whose
charms beguiled the tedium Of life and
made everything happy and pleasant
to him, and 10 fill up their cup Of
pleasure they had a sweet little child
oftwo years Of arc to cheer their pill
grimage. He had every surrounding
that was pleasant, competence, il not
wealth, devoted friends, and the con-
ildenoa Of business circles here and in
all the cities, His body as it lay in
the basket at the parlors of the Alt
sehul House did not show tho least
mutilation, and his very handsome
features looked natural and life like,
He was buried with Masonic honora,
DIR. Greenblatt performed the funeral
services to an immense thEeAg present
to pay their last tribute to the lament
ed dead.
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A SAD SUICIDE.
Joseph G, Meyer, at Pine Bluff;
Commits Suicide Under
Temporary Insanity.

Special Little Rock Gazette.l
PINE BLUFF, October 20.-Joseph
@. Meyer, a leading merchant of this
city, closed his mortal career yester.
day at II o'clock, by going to a ferry.
boat a mile below the city, and get
ting on the end, putting navy Wesson
far into his mouth-the very roof of il
fired, the ball penetrating the back
Of his head. His body fell into the
river, floating down some hundred
yards, and was recovered to-day, by
nets, at IL o'clock.
He was just up from a spoil Of
typhoid fever, which left its sad trace
on his mind, and in a moment of abb
erration he committed the deed.
There was method in his mania. He
left his store ostensibly on business on
a plantation. He was prevented from
the trip two days ago, by friends who
feared that his mind was wavering,
and not returning promptly, search
was instituted with the above result,
but its accomplishment vas not known
until four p m.
He was attended to his resting place
by the largest funeral train that ever
passed through the city.
Hewas about thirty-two years Of
age. He came to this city when quito
a lad, and engaged in business in the
employ Of his brother, Mr.. Gabe
Meyer, one of eur most prominent
merchants and planters. In a few
years he embarked in business on bis
own account, and was a successful
merchant and a frst-class business
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Colonel ROckweII's Account of
the Dying Pesident.
Chicago Inter 0cean.l

Chicago Inter-0cean.l
He was brave, patient, and uncom-
planning, but never, while l was with
him, in what could be called good
spirits. Those who suppose he could
have been so don't know the awful
character Of his wound and the despe-
rate nature of his struggle. | can't
remember that he ever attempted to
smile but once. VIZ know that he was
hopeful, but we learned it more from
the steady, brave light in his eyes than
from any assurances he gave. He
seemed determined to waste nothing
of his strength, but to bend it all to
the contest. | think he realized that
hope lay most in his own will and
judgment, aud be occupied his mind
in their exercise.
During the first few weeks his
suffering was acute and terrible, but
through it all the light in his eyes was
clear, and his courage never seemed
even to falter, and upon him, rather
than anything that could be done for
him, | built my confidence. Poor man,
he had no reason to smile, but, on the
other hand, he rarely permitted him
self 10 express in any way the degree
Of his suffering. Once only, while l
sat by his bedside tanning him, did he
give way 20 an uncomfortable mani.
festation Of his agony, then, suddenly
lifting his arms to my neck, he cried
out, in the nervous agitation Of the
moment, Save me-" 1t came SO sud
denly that il nearly broke me down,
but II was as quickly passed, and lying
perfectly mOtionless, the look OF de-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22
when Brother Blaine Was a Boy.

Reading Eagle.l
A lady with me spoke to Mr.. Blaine,
but was not Immediately recognized.
| said: You have not got that famous
memory in perfection you used TO
have when you recognized William
Lawrence, of Bedford"
What was the recognition OF Law
renee, Of Bedford2"
"Well, Lawrence, who has picked
up considerable fortune of late years,
went to school with Blaine twenty
nine ear ago at Little Washington,
Pa. Coming to Washington City one
time, he heard me say that | was
going to Q Mr.. Blaine. L wonder
he said, if Mr.. Blaine would know
me now, after twenty.nine years.
Certainly he will know you, said Mr.,
Montgomery. The last night con-
tinued Mr.. Lawrence, Blaine vas In
town | sat up with some half Soren
boys who agreed to watch the night
out until the stage came along to take
him of to the Ohio river, and thence
to Kentucky, where he was goiRS 70
teach school.
Toward morning, when 1t vas
aboat time to 20, | said 10 him,
Blaine, will you give me as much as
you are going to give that Niger boy
to carry your bag down to the station!
YES. said Blaine, I will give you
Just the same if you viii carry the
bag How much are you going to
give the nigger?' i was going to give
him a levy" An right | will carry
the BAG for the levy
When We went up to MI. Blaine's
house" says Mr.. Montgomery,
Blaine knew Lawrence, OF course.
They sat down and talked a consider
able time about this man and that
never having met face to face in
twenty nine years. Finally | said,
Mr.. Blaine, l am glad to have
brought you two gentlemen together,
because | want to see an ancient sub
iect of complaint between you settled.
looked around for a minute,
when his eyes flashed and he said;
Bill, l ought to have given you a
quarter instead of a levy for carrying
that bag down for me-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22
DRAMATIC ITEMS.

Tho roof Of the Gaiety Theater,
Dublin, wherein Irving and Miss
Terry we're playing, was partially
raised last Friday night by the tempest
which swept over the British lsles.i
Joe Jefferson is playing at Louis
vile, and Buffalo Bin is TO be there
next week,
Marion klm0re, now with Edouin's
"SparksN company is said to DO the
best Of the English burlesque actresses
who have come to this country in
several years. Alice Anterior, whose
pictures are so numerous about the
city is the wife Of Willie Edouin.
Fanny Dayenport's valuable ward
robe was attached in New York a few
nights since by Annie Dickinson, the
latter claiming . debt due her a roy
ally on her play THE American
Girl Fanny squared the account
which, she says, was blood money, As
she had previously paved for the play,
She further declares that Dickinson
not only wants her price, but the
Davenport Price also. Fanny bought
.NR The former wife Of Price and now
pays another female to let her keep
him
Mile khca, the actress, commences
her American engagement at Brook
kn on the llth OF November.
Miss Edwin A. Booth. daughter of
Mr., Edwin Booths, it is reported, eu-
sAged 10 be married 20 Mr.. Downing
Naux, son Of the well-known arohi-
teoG
Robson and Crane are playing "0ur
Bachelors" this week in New York,
continue next week in Twelfth
Night" play "A, D., 1900, Or What
Are We Coming To" week after next,
and 90 through their fourth week with
"Sharps and Flats"
The new steamer City of Rome left
Liverpool a week ago yesterday with
240 passengers, among whom are
Madam Etelka Gerster, the songstress,
and her husband, Signor Gardini.
Last Monday night, at the Academy
of Music, Philadelphia. Annie Louise
Cary gave a concert, aided by Fanny
Kellogg. soprano; Tom. Karl, tenor;
NJ. w. Whitney, basso, and s. NJ,
Mills, pianist.
The new opera of Patience" by
Gilbert and Sullivan, is said to be an
excellent travesty on the manners and
speech of the aesthetic world, and Mr..
Sullivan has fitted the music to the
words with his usual skill. The opera
was presented at Philadelphia a few
days since in superb style, the Boston
Opera Company Interpreting the roles
John Mccullough has purchased {
new tragedy entitled "Memnon,'
written by Henry Guy Carleton, o
Chicago, and founded upon events il
Egypt when it was invaded By
Cambyces, the Persian. 1t is to b.
superbly mounted, and brought out il
| New York next season.
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termination came into his eyes again
and saying no word, he seemed to
settle himself again to the silent,
single. handed contest he was making,
For days and days il went on the
same. II was an excitement and a
stimulant to see the evidence Of his
unialtering courage, aud We lived upon
il, The awful time came when We
could see that there was literally
nothing but his will lett Strength
gone utterly, be still lived, but oh,
hew Rtital new, When il the weakness
@ his suffering he would often reach
.eat his hand 10 lay il on the face Of
the 0eaa BY his bedsida and stroke
.wth a eayessiag movement and the
RN9A peculiar te the h~elplessness Of
az WaAa.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22

Republicans are growing alarmed
at the scarcity o~fintelleot on their side
Of the Senate chamber. As much as
many Of them have rejoiced over the
resignation Of Mr.. Oonkling and his
subsequent defeat, they are obliged to
acknowledge that his absence serious
ly cripples them in debate. This was
clearly shown in the lack of support
when Judge Edmunds led in the tilt
about the Presidency of the Senate.
A rumor that Mr.. Elmunds is to be
offered a seat on the Supreme Bench
fills the Republicans with new alarm.
One Of their leading journals, while
admitting the indebtedness Of the
party to Edmunds is great, says, Of its
party representation in the Senate;
"Take out Mr.. Edmunds, and the
dwarfs are left"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22

MoRRIsTowN Gazette; TO an out
slider it seems harsh and cruel treat.
ment for any religious body to set
down" upon one of their number as
ripe in cody and political intelligence
as he is in years as emphatically as
his brethren recently set dOws' upon
the Rev. DR.. f. A, Ross. At the
late session of the Presbyterian
Synod at Knoxville he introduced
this inquiry, to be sent to the next
General Assembly: Whether a new
version of the Confession Of Faith is
called Cor at this time?" The record
says it was lost by a unanimous votel
And yet, to the great disgust of mAhy
Of his church, DR.. Ross still survives
to preach his heresy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22

The latest fraud developments at
Washington are of extensive plumber
ing of the government in 1872, under
Grant, in the issue of land warrants
under the military bounty act. 1t
appears that certain officials in the
Interior Department conspired to-
gether, and had printed a full set of
blanks like those used by the govern
ment in applications for military
bounty and land warrants. These
blanks were filled out, fictitious or
forged names being attached to them,
and purported to be acknowledged or
sworn to before a notary public or
clerk Of a court, whose seal or sigma
ture we're forged. These papers, ap-
parently correct upon their face, we've,
from beginning to end, forgeries and
pcIjuries. They were, nevertheless,
when presented at the Pension Office,
passed without objection, warrants
we're issued upon them, and these
warrants sold in market or located
upon the public lands, and sent to the
Land Office for record. 1t was here
that the fraud was first detected.
These facts were all set forth in the
report Of a special agent Of the De-
partment, but Secretary Kirkwood
suppressed the report. When, in the
name Of the Almighty Dollar, is the
country 10 reach an end Of Republican
stealing under President Grant and
Fraudulent Hayes?
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22
PERSONAL AND EWS


Mr. roesbeck, of Ohio, testifes that
the days of stump-speaking campaigns
are passing by, because THE press is
taking the place of %oratory."
NJ. Gambetta is reported to have
one disqualification for Republican
leadership, and that is love OF luxury.
The Cardiff Times mentions a rumor
that he is the possessor Of a silver
bsth-tub.
A Methodist Episcopal preacher in
Pueblo, Col, adopted the original
e~xpedient, a few Sundays ago, Of hay
ing the choir sing the morning hymn
from the steps in front of the church
to attract a congregation.
The Providence journal regards il
as a remarkable illustration of the
equality of the States that each party
selected as its candidate for Presi.
denoy Of the Senate one of the Sena-
tors from the two smallest States in
the union.
InS OulChBO 4luCo says ludh II
Guiteau had from $1,000 to $4,000 as
a fund to invest as retaining fees, he
would have no trouble in procuring
the services of some of the most noted
criminal lawyers in the country to
undertake his defense.
An addition is about to be made to
the accoutrements Of theFrench army.
This is a small metal plate which every
soldier will be required to wear sus.
pended from his neck, engraved with
his name and the number of his regi.
ment. 1t is designed as a means Of
Identification.
Miss Fannie Hutchings, daughter
of the governments guardian Of the
Yosemite and the first white child
born in the great valley, died there 6
few weeks ago. She was only seven.
teen years of age, but was known tc
and popular with hundreds of visitors
from all parts Of the world.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22


POSTMASTER Rule, of Knoxville,
will have to step down and out. He
has held the position many years and
discharged the duties of the Office
faithfully to all appearances. Person
ally be is a pleasant gentleman, but
he incurred the displeasure Of Houk.
The feud has existed some years.
Rule has not failed all the
while to uphold the organization
of his party. He supported
Houk for the party's sake even
after the trouble between them cul-
minated. Houk has not reciprocated;
he has returned evil for good. Rule
can stand it as we'll as Houk, possibly
in the long run much better. He
will be free to express himself and to
give more attention to his newspaper
and will possibly become a re-
former and do something towards cor
recting the abuses Of his par
ty. In Office or out of it he
is a good citizen, but he will prob
ably rise to a much higher plane Of
general usefulness on the outside. His
successor is 70 be Judge o. P, Temple,
who, at one time, was an extreme
partisan, but who is recognized as a
gentleman of ability, culture and
integrity. He was doubtless for
Grant as the nominee Of the
Chicago convention. Under him
the people Of Knoxville may
expect to receive their mail as regu-
larly as before. The change concerns
the people practically very little only
as revealing a phase and result of a
factional fight within the Republican
party. Politically, it signifies nothing
at all. If Houk secures the nomina-
ton for Congress next time, as he
probably will, Rule will support him
as before. The party will stand to.
getber.
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William j. Coughlin, of S~omerville,
Mass, says; I'm the fall of 1876 | was
taken with a violent bleeding of the
lungs, followed by a severe cough. l
was so weak at one time that | could
not leave my bed. In the summer of
1877 l 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, l was so far gone at one
time a report vent around that | was
dead. l gave up hope, but a friend
told me of DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam fol
the Lungs. l got a bottle, when to my
surprise and qualification l commenced
to feel better, and to-day l feel in bet
ter spirits than l have in the pas
three years.
II write this hoping every one
afflicted with diseased lungs will b.
induced to take DR.. Halls Balsam fol
the lungs, and be convinced that con
sumption ian be cured" Sold b!
druggists.
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and he often remarked that he'd be
switched Il the rich we're going to
have all the blessings that were going.
Shall, we, then, in the face Of this
evidence in favor Of the institution OF
the front gate, just to please one
man who is old and married and bald
headed, shall we attempt the hercu-
lean task OF exciting popular opinion
against the dearest rights vouchsafed
in the Constitution Of the United
States? Not this week. Let the
lovers stand at the front gate amid
the refulgent rays of tho silent moon
and whisper into each others ears
about the eet-after-awhile If mar
ried men don't like to see it, let them
take the other side of the street.