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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-20

NEW YoRK, September 2O.-The
streets are comparatively deserted.
People are walking about in %listless
manner; business is not thought Of
Attention is devoted entirely to black
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-20
FOR RENT on SALE.
FOR REHT.

HOUSE and lot No. 4S6 Vance. Inquire at
IL 434 Vance. TR
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IN BLACK

Buy Sewer Connection Of Browne.
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Buy bose Cartsof Browne, 4o:Madison
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0dOrless cooking oil. Buckham &
Campbell, so Beal. 14t
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30
Irish National Convention.

Chicago, Nov. 30-The Irish national
convention assembled at noon at McCor-
mick hall, which was completely filled,
largely by delegates. Jno. 7. Finery, of
Chicago. called the meeting to order, and
Hon. Patrick G. Collins, of Boston, nom
mated for permanent chairman Ext Con
gresham VIM. j. Hines, of Chicago, the
nomination being seconded by Patrick
Ford. thus harmonizing the two elements
OF the convention-the mo rent" and
the "no rent absolutely" factions. Hines
accepted the nomination in brief speech,
and the organization of the convention
was completed by the election of vice
president and secretary aud the appoint
ment Of committees on credentials and
resolutions. The declaration of the con.
vcntion will favor full support BY all Ir-
ish societies of this country of the land
league in Ireland. 1t is probable the
convention will conclude its business and
adjourn tomorrow.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30
A FAIR SAMPLE
OF the sIunderous Charges Against Roscoe
ConkIing.
Chicago Intcr-0cear

Chicago Intcr-0cean.
The man who is manufacturing sland
ers about Senator ConkliDg is out with
n new story, which is being extensively
copied throughout the country, but it is
not worthy any attention, except as an
illustration OF the number of lies that
can be crammed into a single paragraph.
The story as printed in a Chicago SLAM
der mill is that Colonel Frank Howe ~
was removed from the pension agency at
New York by (2) Bristow; that Senator
Conkling went to Bristow (3) and de-
manded his reappointment, and after a
stormy scene failed, and then a. appeal
en- to President Grant % who endeavor-
ed, without success, to induce Bristow to
restore, Howe; and that Hove (6) be-
came Conkling's enemy. brought a suit
fO for divorce against his wife, and OBJ
tanned it (s) on the ground (9) of her
intimacy with Senator Conkling. Here
are nine propositions embodied into a
story, every one of which is untrue
Colonel Howe was not removed ~ from
the pension agency at New York. His
term expired, and his successor was
appointed by President Hayes q
year after Bristow left the cabinet. q,
b'CSiCAhiy 1)lI6tOW udu uO dutLOllLy u
remove a pension agent, that class ol
officers being subordinate to the interio,
department; (3) for these reasons Sena.
tor Conkling could not have had the
'stofmy scene" alluded to. (4) He did
not appeal to President Grant, and t5
Grant could not have iuterfered Will
Bristow, because the change was made
in the Office by President Hayes. C
Howe was not disgusted with Senator
Conkling, but was his friend until his
death yea or more ago. % Colone
Howe did not bring suit for divorce
nor did he (S) obtain one, but (9) Mrs
Howe secured n divorce from him ON ac
count of his Incorporate habits, anc
Senator Conkiing was not involved in i
in any way. 1t will thus be seen that il
is human to err, especially in the case o
newspapers when they are constructing
ISLANDERS about men they don't like.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30
Destroyed by Fire.

Dallas, Texas, Nov. 30.-A Marshall,
Texas, says the hardware establishment
OF Ballcry & Co.. at Jefferson, sixteen
miles north Of this city, was totally de-
stroyed by fire last Sunday morning.
Loss, $4,000; insurance. $4,000. Origin
Of fire unknown.
Geneva, N. y, Nov. 30-The barn OF
Maxwell Bros. on the Bennett farm,
burned this morning. Five horses, fifty
hogs and large quantity Of hay was de.
stroycd. Lose, fifty thousand dollars;
ipcen1;ory
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30
To.DAY's PROCEEDINGS.

Washington, Nov. 3O.-Guiteau's re.
cital yesterday Of his varied experiences
as q religious tramp and dead beat seems
10 have whetted interest in the case, for
despite the rain the crowd was as great
rs yesterday.
Upon the opening of court Guiteau
was taken directly to the witness box.
Witness was asked by Scoville to identi.
fy some papers. The first shown him
was hand bill announcing o lecture at
Evanston. "Yes," said Guiteau, turn.
ing it around to the jury and with an
air of satisfaction, "that was an IN.
nouncement of my lectures; shall l read
itP"
Scoville-No, I will put these papers
in evidence.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30
B,.iler Explosion.

Jacksonville, Tex, Nov. 3O-A special
says boilor explosion at the mills of
Douglass & Sons, Mud creek, yesterday,
killed three white men-Engineer Oliver
Wilson and two laborers named Burkell
and Philips, and fatally injured colored
man. The mill was torn to atoms.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30

Captain Payne Enters Indian Territory.
Dallas, Texas, November 3O-A special
says Capt, Payne and large following
crossed the Red river at the mouth OF
the Little WICHITA in Clay county, into
Oklahoma unmolested on Sunday last.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30

The First National bank of Mandan,
Dakota, has opened its doors to the pub
lie under the most favorable auspices.
Authorized capital 100000, of which
S50,OOO is paid in. The first officers are
G. Edgar Haupt, president; James Bel
lows, vice president; H. r. Lyon, CASH
ier; and I. X. Alexander, assistant CASH
ier. The wealth of the stockholders ag-
gregates S6,OOO,OO0.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30

Washington, Nov. 30.-Another crank,
named Elias Fits, alias II. Paul Neis-
teng, from Sadalga, was arrested here to-
night. He said he came to save Gui-
teau. This makes ninety cranks arrest
ed here since Garfield was shot.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30

The cashier of the Prince Edwards Is.
land bank, at st. Johns, N. b., has ab.
seconded. He made very heavy unauth-
orized advances, reaching 100000. 1t is
claimed the liabilities of the bank are
100000. The annual statement, pre-
septed in March last, was falsifed. The
bank last year paid n dividend of 8 per
cent.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30

st. Louis, November SO. W. Prior,
druggist and glucose manufacturer of
st. Clair county, Illinois, made an as
signment Yesterday. Assets, $4,000;
liabilities not stated.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30

Washington, November 30.-The in
dications for the upper Mississippi and
lower Missouri valleys are: Light rain
or snow followed by partly cloudy wealth.
er, north winds becoming variable, rising
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30

The Garfield relic bureau, having gratu.
;tously disposed of all the drapery and
Aora, decorations in souvenirs, is now
nrepared to sell at small cost fac-similes
Of the beautiful shields which ornament
al the corner of the catafalque.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30

London, Nov. 3O.-Samuel Moreler
liberal member of parliament for Bris.
tol, addressing his constituents said a
strong feeling in favor of free trade is
growing in New York.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30

Professor +. r. Hough, chief of the di-
vision of forestry of the agricultural de-
partmcnt, has returned from Europe and
at an early date will make report of
his Investigations, with recommends
ton to congress for the planting, preser-
vation and maintenance Of forests on the
prairie and desert lands of the United
States.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30
couous Of democratic senators will
,e called for Saturday to discuss the for
,,.;on of committees.
After the first Of February next spoiled
,,ostal cards cannot be redeemed under
circumstances whatever.

Hannibal Hamlin. the new United
utates minister to Spain, has arrived in
Paris. accompanied by the daughter Of
Cocretary Blaine.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30

w. s. Meline, assistant general freight
ooent Of the Chicago and Northwestern
ro;lrosd, has been appointed general su-
nerintendent of the Atchison, Topeka
~ Santa Fe railway.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30

followed by falling barometer in south
crn portion and falling barometer in
northern portions, stationary or lower
temperature except IN Missouri and east-
ern Iowa. Colder weather
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30

A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, dispatch of the
2sth says: Even at this early date the
national dairy fair can be called grand
success. This afternoon there have ar
rived 400 samples of butter and lG0 of
cheese from Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota, Dakota, New York and Penn
sylvania. Much more is yet to arrive.
There are already on the grounds pat
terms of creameries for family and farm
use, gathered from Vermont to Califor-
mia. The halls contain scores of imple-
ments for the dairy and much machinery
of many::varieties. Delegates are arriving
on every train.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30
Cloaks and DoImans.

A larger and finer line
than ever before. My Ia
dies Wraps are bought
from the best cloak house
in the east, and 1 guaran-
tee a better fit and better
styles and at lower prices
than any house in Yank-
ton. Call and examine
for yourself.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH

CHICAGO.
Chicago. Nov. 30.
WHEAT-Firn,, higher; s1.2ll. cash: 81 .25,4
December; sl.2bt., January; SL2Il February.
CoRN-F!rm, higher :5gc cash :5s7Sc December: :
49, sc January; ,e4l5c bid for May.
OATS -Flrm. higher: i42.c cash: December
i2ssc January; 457sc bid for May.
RYE-g7c.
BAKLEY-Goc. No. 3.
WHISKY-Sl.l7.
PoHK-Firner. $3.50 cash November
SlI.50 January: S17.10 February.
LAID-Highcr: S1l loa1ll5 cash; $1 LAC
January; Sll.55 February.
NEW YORK.
New York. Nov. 30.
Money 6per cent governments unchanged
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30

The st. Petersburg Official Messenger
announces that the would be assassin Of
General Tcherevine Is nobleman named
Nicolai Sankowsky, from the government
of Grodo. He arrived in st. Petersburg
few days ago, accompanied by person
named Emilnikoff, who has been arrest
ed as an accomplice. Sankowsky is q
Catholic, twenty-eight years of age. He
says having become poor by dissipation
he was meditating suicide, when he met
Emilnikoff, who persuaded him to com.
nit political murder. Sankowsky was
volunteer during the uprising in Her
zegovinia, and formerly kept restaur.
ant.
The coroner's jury has made its report
upon the sinking of the steamer Gil.
christ at the Rock Island bridge. The
jury finds that the boat was run at night
in violation of the law, being licensed as
day steamer only. They found that
the boat was properly equipped and that
the engineer did his duty, but the mas
ter and pilot were incompetent. Also
that there was no lookout on duty as the
law provides, and no word sent the pas
sengers of their danger, and no effor,
was made to save the helpless women
As to the mate, James Heir, the jury
thinks he actedithe part of coward il
making no effort to save the passengers
and crew. he having nothing else to do
1t is the sense of the jury thai
the duties of master and pilot should moi
be vested in one person on any steamer
authorized to carry passengers upon tht
Mississippi river.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30

MEAT MARKET.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-30

Albany, November 2s-Canal officials
have no information indicating tile sud
den closing of the canals, though the
weather is at a freezing point. Only
some three hundred boats are now in
the canals, about one-eighth of the num-
Der of last year when the canals were
Closed by tbn ica
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-24
FataI RaiIroad AccId.nt.

PITTsBURa, September "a. = The
Chronicles special from Beaver Falls,
Pa, says: The train containing jour
nalists going to Cleveland via the
Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad ran
into a hand car on Beaver river bridge,
killing four men outright and injuring
two others, one of whom will die.
One man jumped sixty feet to the
ground and saved his life. The men
were carpenters working on the rail
road bridge at Beaver Falls on their
way to work.
PITTsBURG, September 24,-The
second train left Altoona at 2.l5 am.
with two locomotives. There were
several hundred people in the depot,
many of whom were ladies. At 2:45
the train reached Deery, Pa, where it
stopped for water, Many people Of
both sexes were in waiting along the
track at that unseemingly hour to sec
the trains pass. At Deery they we're
thirty minutes behind the first train.
After daylight people could be seen in
bunches Of from ten to
fifty and even more sometimes
at many different points along the line
of the road. The nearer to Pittsburg
the train approached, the mere fre-
quent became the crowds. All the
small stations were filled with men,
women and children. The train ar
rived at Pittsburg at 6;l7 am, where
breakfast was taken. The funeral
train passed here about twenty min.
utes ago. 1t stopped for about fifteen
minutes, but breakfast was not par
taken of. Very few people we're to
be seen when we arrived in Pittsburg.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-24
FrIghtfuI Accident.

ST. LOUIS, September 24.-At Har-
dings coal mine near West Bellville,
yesterday afternoon, Maggie, adopted
daughter of John Holmes, aged four.
teen years, and Dickey Holmes, his
son, aged five, went out to gather coal.
The boy went upon what is called the
"slack pile" which is generally in a
state of smouldering fire. He had
reached about the middle of the leap,
when the smoking mass caved in, en-
velOping the boy in its fiery mass.
Maggie, his foster sister, jumped after
him, with view to save the boy. She
got him out, but not before his little
body was burned almost to a crisp, but
her own clothing caught fire, and she
was frightfully burned. Her cries
brought the miners to her assistance.
Boy dead last night and it is believed
that the girl cannot live.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-24
BY CABLE.
Business at Once for the Land
Court.
TOrChIlght Procession to Receive
ParneIl at Dublin.
Expected designations of the French
Ministers.
Letter From Henry VI. stanley.

PARIS, September 24.--Premiel
Ferry will visit President Grevy to.
day to discuss whether the Ministry
shall resign Immediately or await q
meeting of the Chambers. It is un-
derstood that President Grevy favors
the latter course.
LONDON, September "a. - The
Scotch iron masters at Glasgow agreed
to reduce the manufacture of pig iron
l21 per cent for six months.
The rules of the Land Court will
be issued in a few days, and cases will
Immediately be taken up. 1t is ru
mOred that the Land League intends
to select test cases from the estates o.
Duke of Devonshire, Marquis of Wa
terford, Bence Jones and other prom
inent landlords. Land meetings vii
be held in different parts Of ireland
on Sunday. In Dublin the Lane
League have organized a torchlight
procession for Sunday to receive Par
nell on his return from Wicklow.
Mr.. Marston, a member Of well
known publishing firm, writes to the
Times that he received on Friday a
letter from Henry M. Stanley, the
African explorer, dated Congo River,
July 4th, in which the writer says he
was seriously sick all through the
month Of May, so seriously that on
the fifteenth day of his illness he
gave, as he thought, his last orders to
his European companions, but the
crisis passed and he is now strong and
hearty.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-24

In the shadow of great national
sorrow the reunion of the Society Of
the Army Of the Cumberland on the
2lst and the formal welcome given by
ex-Confederates on the 22d inst. at
Chattanooga was mellowed down into
a spirit Of mourning rather than Of joy.
The bier of the murdered President
was iu every mind, and in that solemn
presence much was omitted that had
been looked forward to with pleasure.
1t was, however, a representative
gathering. which afforded many an
opportunity for the first time
to shake hands and to mingle
in the utmost social freedom with
those whom they rightfully regarded
as foes worthy of their steel some
seventeen or eighteen years ago. II
was a spectacle never to be forgotten
to see those old veterans seeking
introductions to each other, the blu,
and tie grey; to see a column of 6OC
ex- Union soldiers and nearly as many
ex- COnfederates marching up to Cam.
erOn Hill to participate in raising th,
stars and stripes and other patriotic
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-24
LIST OF PRICES


Before P j Quigley, j. p. for Shelby county,
Tenn.-Thomas and Bridget Glaiser VS.. P ]
MoNulty.
IN this cause an attachment having been
j sued out under sectien 1856 Of the code of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of the defendant, P McNulty, by
service Of garnishmont upon Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Co, who answer that they
are indebted to said defendant in the sum Of
$50 81, and affidavit having been made that de-
fendant is indebted to the plaintiff in the
sum Of ss2.G, due by account, and that
the claim is just, and that the defendant is a
nonresident of the State of Tennessee;
II is therefore ordered that the said defend
antmake his personal appearance before me
on the 3lst day Of October. 1881, at IL O'clock
m, at my office, No. S5 Main street, Mem
phis,. Tennessee, and defend said attach
ment suit within the time prescribed
by law, or the same will be pro-
ceeded with ex-parte; and that a copy Of this
order be published once a week for four
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the oath day of September, 1881.
2l&3339 PJQUIGLEY, J.P.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-24

ceremonies ia view Of the great
battsa fields surrounding the "key''
OF the late Southern Confederacy.
The most fraternal and patriotic ut
terances came from both sides. At
least ten thousand people stood in the
hot sun to witness the raising
OF the flag, to listen to the
eloquent address of welcome by
Major S. A. Key, the earnest response
Of General Keifer, . Congressman
from northern Ohio, and to the other
addresses and services. The most
perfect unanimity and good feeling
prevailed. 1t was indeed a union Of
hearts, hands and common sympathies.
Nothing occurred to mar the harmony
and the proprieties of such a great
national event. No other gathering
since the war has had such significance
or given promise Of such glorious
fruitage. 1t was a splendid ratifca-
tion meeting in which the highest
traits of American character were
seen, felt and recognized. Generals
Cheatham, Wheeler and Dibbrel were
as eagerly sought by the ex- Union
soldiers as by the men who followed
them nearly twenty years ago. Whilst
Wilder and Cox and Cist and Kiefer
and other Union Generals were hon
ored by all alike as though they had
met north of the Ohio. 1t was a love
feast tonedn down only by the sad re-
Aections Of the great grief that rested
upon every heart.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-24

1T seems rather remarkable that
three beardless boys could intimi-
date a force of ten or twelve men on
the Iron Mountain railroad last night
and rob the entire train from one end
to the other Conductors, brakemen,
news butchers and all connected with
a train are generally understood to be
armed or to have arms within easy
reach. They know that they are likely
to come in contact with rough charac-
ters and are always ready to act upon
the defensive. When an entire force
is so easily captured there is room to
suspect cowardice or collusion. IF the
railroad authorities would make it A
rule to discharge every employe from
the conductor down after such
occurrences, it might have a
tendency to secure more efficient
service, and to better protect the
travelling public. These train rob.
berries are becoming entirely too com
mon. 1t seems that any number of
men masked or unmasked, from a
dozen down to one, can halt train at
night and go through it with impunity.
Resistance OH the part of the train
hands is never expected, and rarely
offered. West of the Mississippi river
it seems that courage and reserve
forces are held in hand to
be used occasionally on an i'm
pertinent passenger who is deemed
a fit subject to be pitched down
bank while the train, to economic
time, runs ahead at its ordinary speed.
A little more of this sort of valor ex-
pended to protect passengers would
give the travelling public a greater
sense of security, and train men more
reputation for courage and fearless
discharge Of duty.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-24

liz the very few people in Memphis
who live near enough the mains and
the water works to have a little pres.
sure would be very careful not ia
waste any water, and to use only what
they actually need, then some Others
who do not get bucketfulin twenty
four hours would possibly get little
more Of what they have paid for and
are entitled to. With weak old
pumps and low pressure it is impossi-
bic to distribute water equally to
all. The people of Pinch and
Scotland have not suffered for
water as those in South Memphis.
They are nearer the fountain head,
and have the first chance at what lit
tie water there is going. Now, if
the people who have any water at
all would be careful and economical
in its use, others who do not get drop
might receive small supply. A
neighborly spirit should prevail in a
time Of public distress like this. We
are threatened with an epidemic of
diphtheria, scarlet fever, and kindred
diseases, on account of the insufficient
supply and absence of water
and it is our duty to make
the best Of our unfortunate situation.
We have to look at things as they exist
and not as they should have been.
Months ago the LEDGER told the
people to look out for those diseases
which now engage the attention of the
Board Of Health. We are told nov
authoritatively to bury those who die
of diphtheria quickly and privately.
This has an awful meaning to tns
parent whose child or neighbor's child
is sick with a dread disease which
gathers the fairest flowers of child
hood that bloom in the household.
The epidemic which threatens us is
the natural consequence and out.
growth of fearfully unsanitary con-
dition. The people fully understand
the cause and can correct the
evil but only by a united vigorous
public sentiment brought to bear in a
practical way.