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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-06
GENERAL BATE.
Thrown from His Buggy, Near
Gallatin, and Injured.

port, etc

American Special
GALLATIN, Tenn, September g.
General W. b. Bate was thrown from
his buggy this afternoon on his way TO
visit his sister, Mrs. Il. p. ryree, near
Gallatin, and two ribs on the right
side broken. The buggy fell upon him,
He is resting quietly and is in no
danger. His surgeons, Drs. Schell
and Woodson, say he will be able to
60 about in a few days.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-06

Mr.. james A. Weatherford. Of
Springfield, Ohio, says: Browns Iron
Bitters cured me Of the worst case
OF dyspepsia a mar ever had. The
muscles Of my stomach, liver and
bowels now seem so strong. | believe
could almost digest petrifed cheesel
recommend it 70 all who suffer as /
did"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-06
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure.

The best preventive of consumptivs
diseases Of the lungs, bowels or kid
neys is Browns Iron Bitters. 1t
checks all decay.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-06

The subscription price Of the
DAILY PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per
snnum and SOC per month fer 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
sR at 500 per month in advance,
with the privilege Of changing
postofice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-06

Entersd the Pogtofhoo ct Memphis. Tenn,
~anond-elaan matkaF
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-06
GalIInn,s Snit tor DnnRhrss.

CANrox, Mlss., september 81.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12
Books Received.

Volcanoes; What they are and what they teach.
BY John W. Judd International Scientific Series.
Vol. XXXV. Cloth, illustrated, 381 PIP. New
York; d. Appleton 8 Co. Portland: Hoyt, Fogg
Donham.
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biographical notices. By q II. Jennings and W.
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&Noyes.
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August Kluckhorn. Translated from the German
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Boston: Houghton, Mifiin 8 Co. Portland;
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

THE Manchester Mirror having for some
time past been employing its valuable time
in making i'll natured filings at Maine, the
Nashua Daily Telegraph, by way OF rebuke,
gives our people the following handsome
compliment among others:
The way the Republicans of Maine have
been "petted and pampered' has been by call
ing such men as Blaine, Hamlin, Frye, Hale,
Milikin and Reed to the front in every tough
contest that has occurred from Maine to Indi-
and within the last dozen years. They never
sulked; they never had to be called but once
either. New Hampshire has again and again
been under obligation to them, and we do not
know when or how we have fully repaid the
debt So far as we know, the Republican ora
tors of no other State have done the laborious.
indomitable and effective work for their breth-
rem in other States that the Republicans Of
Maine have done If the Republicans OF Maine
have had any undue number of offices they
certainly have had none that they have not
filled with able and honest men, who have
brought strength and not weakness to the Re-
publican party of the Nation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12
He Didn't Take.
Elevated Railway Journal.l

EleVaCeu tauWay JOuTnd
In one respect at least, Butterford can't
keep abreast of the times he doesn't 'catch
on" to current slang. He cannot remember it
and if he could he would know as little how
to handle 1t as does Hottentot Of the use of a
pocket check book.
Shortly after his return from the country he
had occasion to enter counting-room where
his face is not wholly unknown. After severa
greetings, the cashier who was busted with a
pile of money, looked up and exclaimed:
"Hulloa, Butterford! that you? haven't seen
you for an age, been abroad?"
"No," answered Butterfordl II have not
been abroad but my sister Maud"
"Aheml' interrupted the second bookkeep-
er, and the sentiment was SO generally echoed
that the "fiSm'' in the private office seriously
meditated free troches for the crowd.
Butterford paused moment, deplorirg the
effects of the recent cool weather, and then re
sumed, ssNo, haven't been abroad yet, but my
sister"
"Oh, give us something fresh" implored the
office boy in an earnest undertone.
Butterford stopped and eyed the urchin in
mild surprise. How could he have the face to
ask for anything fresh while he was eating half
a watermelon behind the morning paper L
haven't been abroad" he began again, "but
my sis" Here he paused, and regarded the
singular behavior of & Q second bookkeeper
with meosy suspicion. What disposal that
young gentleman intended making of the pa
per weights, hand-stamps and other small arti-
cles he was furtively collecting, he could only
guess. "As was saying" he tried for the
fourth time, 81 have not yet been abroad, but
nv sister Mau-" The head bookkeeper bran
disheds his ruler menacingly, and his able assis-
tant, who had confscated the cashiers sponge,
discharged it all dripping at Butterford's jaw.
His aim was unerring; it struck the mark with
force and precision, crushing effectually the
final effort.
Butterford is slow to anger, but his spirit
can be aroused by patient and methodical
abuse, and this time his prosecutors had no
cause to complain of non-success He uttered
no vituperatons, but he called up such look
of indignation aud contempt, blended in the
usual proportions, and distributed it freely
among those clerks with large third for the
second book-keeper, that they were all troub-
led with alternate pangs OF remorse ana tne
side ache for a week afterwards. Inen ne
faced stiffly to the right about, shook the dust
from his feet, and departed.
Ten days severe brain work, an extended
eopsultation With three maiden aunts, and a
half minnie interview with a bootblack, were
needed to enlighten Butterford as TO the rea-
sol Why the boys wouldn't let him tell them
thar although he had not been abroad, his sis
ter Maud thought such trip might benefit his
health.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12
NATIONAL THANKSGIVING.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA,
y APRoCLAMAT1ON.

A PR o Q LA M "a Il - N.
1t has long been the custom of our people with
the closing of the year to look back upon the
ngs brought to tn in the changing course OF sea
ana to return solemn thanks to the All Giving
Source from whom they flow, and although at this
peri when the falling leaf monishes us that the
lime of sacred duty is at hand our nation sui
lies in the shadow OF great bereavement ana
mourning which has filed our hearts and still finds
its snrrowful expression towarts God before whom
we but lately bowed IN grief and suppl1cat1on, YET
tue countless benefits which have showered upon
us during the past ta eve months call for out ter
vent gratitu and make it fitting that we should
rejoice with thankfulness that the LORD IN his mn
mite mercy has most signaliy favored our countrv
and our people Pea'e without and pr sperlty
within have been vouchsafed to us. No pcstience
has visited our shores. The abundant privileges Of
freedom which our fathers lett us in their wisdom
are still ouf increasing heritage, and If In parts OF
our vast domain some affection has visited our
brethren in their forest home- yet even this calamity
has been tempered, and in a manner sanctinen py
the generous compassion for the sufferers wh1ch
has been called forth throughout our land For all
these things it is meet hat the voice of he Nation
should go up to God in deyout homage.
Wherefore / Ches er A Arthur, President OF
the United States, do recommend that the
people observe Thursday, the Oath day Of Novem,
be- insta t, as day of national thanksgiving and
PRAYER by ceasipg far as may be from their
secular labors and meeting in their several places
of worship there to Join In ascribiDg honor ana
praise 10 Almighty God whose goodness has been so
manifest in our history and in our lives, and offer
earnest praye $ thas HIS Dounues may continue
to us and to our childre1.
Ia witness where # have hereunto set my hand
and caused he seal of the United States TO De
affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this fourth day OF
November in the year of our Lcrd one thousand
eight hundrt and eighty-one and OF the 1nde-
pendeuce of The United States the one hundred
CHESTER A ARTHUR.
BY the President.
JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

THE peace between China and Russia ap-
pears to have become as perfect as that be-
tween Russia and England. In fact the
young Gear of Russia is surrounded by
statesmen who feel the necessity of long
peace with foreign Powers to enable the
Empire to recuperate from the ravages of
war. In the meantime, reliable accounts
from Europe inform us that the Russian
government has really made marvellous pro-
gress in the construction of the great rail
road eastward from the Black Sea through
southern Russia to the Caspian, with the
ultimate design of connecting with the inte-
rior of Tarkestan.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

81. F. FARNY, the Cincinnati painter
who has spent the summer with the Sioux
says he never saw jollier camp in his life
than Sioux village. The men sit in their
tepees and smoke, and tell over their battles
and narrate jokes that are received with un-
restrained grunts and gurgles of laughter.
The squaws are soft voiced and graceful,
and show genuine mother love for their
pappooses. Farny met squaw when out
on a asketching tour with his Indian guide,
who was running to fetch medicine man,
thirty miles away, to cure her sick baby.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

Now that election is over the November
meteors are in order. The night of the 18th
of this month is set down as the time when
they may be expected to begin to blaze.
There has been no exhibition of this nature
of any account since 1866, and the coming
one is awaited with lively interest by all ar
dent star-gazers
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

On election day in Mississippi, the Mem
phis Avalanche, no Stalwart nor even Re-
publican paper, says: 1t is the day when all
'spositive law bows in silent majority to the
Yazoo plan of self defence. 1t is day when
the 'swealth, virtue and intelligence throt-
ties black ignorance" 1t is the day when
the minority rules the majority. 1t is the
day when the self-praised ''wealth, virtue
and intelligence" with self-complacency
counts itself into all the best offices of the
State with salaries and perquistes attached.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

II is said that Postmaster General James
will distinguish the close of his administra-
ton by recommending some change in the
postal money order system by which the
tariff will be reduced aud the convenience
to the public enhanced. What his plan is
exactly is not known, but it is supposed to
embrace some of the features of the English
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

AT last Hannibal Hamlin has taken his
confounded alliterative headline name out
of this country, says the Nashville Ameri-
can, which thinks the ex-Senator's name
was the cause of alliterative headline writ
ing in newspapers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

Mrs. YELvERroN, who died lately at Pi-
etermaritzburg, is the lady whose famous
divorce case attracted great attention 20
years ago and furnished Wilkie Collins the
theme for bis novel, ''Man and Wife,"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

THE late Baron Rothschild was so rich
that if his fortune were turned into gold the
biggest locomotive could not move it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

EVERY regular attache OF the PRESS is furnished
With Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor, All railway, steamboat and hotel managers
will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
of overy person claiming to represent our Journal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1s.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address Of the writer are In
all indispensable, not necessarily for pubca-
ton but as a guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve CON-
munications that are not used
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

THE pawnbrokers of Great Britain, 1872
in number, take in during the year zoe, 0,000,-
900 pledges. They keep them, too, better
than some who take the pledge in America.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

SAMUEL MORLEY writes that the queens
message of sympathy cabled to Mrs. Gar
field voiced the sentiment of every English
man in the realm.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

ONE of the richest heiresses in Germany
is the Countess Solmes, lady who never
goes into society much, being only year
old
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

JOHN C. Lloyd, soldier of the war of
1912, aged eighty-five, voted Tuesday in Es-
sex county, N. j., went home, sat down in
his chair and died.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

TIE Steuben who is after the old generals
property in New York state, is not one of
the Yorktown visitors, but a native of
this country who resides at Allentown, Pa.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

THE stanzas quoted in Governor Longs
Thanksgiving proclamation are from poem
of Whittier's.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

CHARLES E. SMITH of the Philadelphia
Press is talked of in the second Pennsylva-
mia district for Congress.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

Wild Work. The Story of the Red River
Tragedy. By Mary e. Bryan. New York: d
Appleton & Co.; Portland: HoYt, Fogg & Dom
ham, A novel founded upon the southern
Reconstruction times; written tolerably well
as to interest and incident. The author takes
her view from the southern side, though she
evidently endeavors to write with impartiality.
The episode of the ride of young girl to warn
her lover, so brilliantly described BY Judge
Tourgee in his novel, appears here in little
altered shape, and in far less swiftness aud
strength Of delineation. Wild Work has some
interest as a romance of sectional history, but
will hardly repay the readers time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

The Bloody Chasm. By j. W. De Forest.
CNew York: d. Appleton s. Co.; Portland:
Hoyt, Fogg & Donham). Another novel found
ed upon sectional differences, but by ne means
so sanguinary as its very dissgresable title
might indicate. 1t Is quite lively and spirited
in style, effective rather than strong or delicate
in workmanship; and not at all beyond the de-
gree of average merit
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

The Price of Life. By Rsbecea Forbes
Sturgis, (New York: G.. w. Carleton & Co.;
Portland Hoyt, Fogg & Donham) is story
abounding in sensational incidents spiced to
suit the taste of the devourer Of this style Of
fiction.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

Oddities of the Law. By Franklin Fiske
Heard. Boston: Soule & Bugbes.) When
the reader recalls the kingly succession OF great
minds and brilliant wits that have strength
ened and illumined the processes OF law since
Magma Charter-it will be matter Of surprise
to him that this volume includes so few, COM
paratively, of fine or really humorous utter
ances-and so many anecdotes that are unin-
teresting, well worn and even coarse.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

Recent numbers Of Messrs. Harpers' Frank
lin Square Library are the Braes of Yarrow,
noble, dignifed and picturesque romance OF
the days following the battle Of Flodden Field.
by Mr. Charles Gibbon. one Of the strongest
and best of modern novelists; A LIES Atone
ment. vigorous story by Mr.. David G. MUIR
ray; Sceptre aad Ring, an amateurish but
qnite pleasant novel by Miss B. II. Buxton;
Reseda, a mild and agreeable society story by
Mrs. Randolph; and With Costs, graceful
and brightly written novel by Mrs. Newman.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-12

-Scribner's Monthly. Vols. XXI aud xxi.
November 1880 to October SSl. (cloth, 96S and
$50 pp., New York: The Century Company.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-19

Sl2,939 Al 1889 Al
TERRITORIAL FUND.
DIR. Or.
Balance on hand at last
settlement .........S 25 50
Received since last set
Element. .... 1881 IL
Discussed since last set
Element. ........... $3.50 90
Cash on hand to bal.
ance. ..... Is 81
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-19

Messrs. ID. p. Thompson, J. B. Da-
vid and Joseph Smith, contractors for
clearing the timber along the line of
the o. r. & n. Co.'s roadway, are
pushing the work along rapidly. Be-
tween Sandy and the Lower Cascades
the road is cleared of all standing and
fallen timber. Twenty-four miles of
the roadway is cleared beyond the Up
per Notwithstanding to Hood river
One hundred and fifty white men are
at work and sixty Cinnamon.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-19
VANCOUVER INDEPENDENT.
THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1881.

We have often had occasion to refer
to the fact that the state of Oregon
gives Washington Territory little or
no credit for its productions, and even
ignores many of its rights in various
ways. Oregon has even gone so far
as to legislate against this Territory,
and its courts sustain such laws. The
latest case is one in which Oregon has
legisated Washington Territory pi-
lots out of their calling, and Oregon
courts sustain the law, and the result
is to practically declare that WASH
ington Territory has no right to license
pilot on the Columbia river. A YES
sci was at Astoria bound to Portland,
having a man duly licensed and quail
ified as pilot, under the laws of Wash
ington Territory, on board, engaged
to pilot the vessel to Portland and re-
turn. For all that appears, there is
no reason to suppose that he was not
just rs competent as anyone who Of
fered to perform the service, but an
Oregon pilot who desired the fees ten
dered himself to bring the vessel to
Portland and the master, having full
confidence in the Washington Terri
tory pilot, refused to discharge him
and to take the Oregon man. The
latter, of course, libeled the ship, and
gets judgment for half pilotage,
though competent pilot was en-
ployed by the master, and the libel
liant Ibid no service for the money
which the court, under a bad law, gave
him. \ second case was in regard to
the same vessel on the trip from Port
about to return to the latter port, of
course an Oregon pilot was on hand to
tender his services, well knowing that
she had Il competent pilot on board
His services were also refused, and he
also lbeed the vessel for half fees,
and under the same law RECEIVERS
them.
At present there seems to be no rem
.edy for this injustice, though just
where Oregon gets the right to pro-
hibit Washington Territory men from
navigating common waters is not
shown. Knowing the many wrongs
that this Territory suffers through the
greed of Oregon it seems criminal for
any man in this Territory to oppose
its admission as Il state. Some of Mr.
Brents' actions have looked that way,
and if he cares for a political future of
any kind he had better stand from I'M
der. The people elected him to fur
ther their interests, and if he does so
truly he will leave no stone unturned
to secure the admission of the Terri
tory at the earliest practicable mo-
ment.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-19
NEWS ITEMS.

Four little boys playing base ball at re-
cess at Louisville school on the Goth were
struck by lightning and killed. .
A Methodist church of British Columbia
has lost by apostasy two of its clergymen
during the past fortnight namely, the Rev.
Messrs. Smith and Gilbert.
The safe containing $1,000 and four
watches. stolen from the Pony saloon at Sc
attic, was found on the 29th by some chill
dren intact, in clump of bushes.
A Wisconsin farmer, % years ago, planted
piece of waste land with black walnut
The trees are now from Is to % inches in
diameter, and have been sold for $4,000.
Through private sources information is re-
ceived here that 10000 tons of steel rails for
the Oregon and California railroad south of
Roseburg will be ahoat from British ports by
the first December next.
British statsticiaps find, very unexpect-
eddy, that the consumption OF spirits, wine
and beer, in the United Kingdom actually
exhibits a marked decrease, as compared
with returns of few years ago.
The conditions on which the Nihilists are
willing to cease their agitation were commu-
nicated to the Car by a delegation Of the
revolutionary committee. The Gar listened
to all the messenger had to say and then had
him arrested.
President Lincoln's old house 1t Spring.
field. ILL.,, was recently torn down. An en-
terprising boy bought all the shingles fer q
dollar and with his scroll saw is turning
them into ornamental mementoes, which be
sells At from so cents to one dollar each.
Lieut.. Samuel A. Cherry. OF the 9Th cav.
and escort. while out scouting for road
agents near Niobrara, came upon them sud.
denly. when fight ensued. in which Lieut.
Cherry was killed. The road agents es-
capped. Cherry was adjutxnt of Thoruburg's
command on the Ute expedition, and in the
action at Milk river distinguished himself
for bravery in action.
A letter received from Commander Lull,
of the navy. at San Francisco, says that
while at Panama recently. awaiting the ar
rival OF the Waehuset. be inquired in detail
into the progress OF the French canal pro-
ject. He found only few native laborsrs
at work. the construction work not having
begun. asd from personal exanination he
became convinced that tidsvatsr canal vas
utterly inpracticabls.