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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-07-16
Arbre Vindicatif.

II Ente7pTlSe de Vlrglnle, Neya-
da, dit qu'un gentleman de cette
vile est proprietaire dun arbre
partlculier, provenant dune Sc
mence rapportee d'Australie. Sa
croissance etc tres rapide, ct
quoique n'ayant encore atteient
qu'une fable partie de son d6veI-
opponent il a maintenant s pieds
de haut. II RESEMBLE a l'acasia.
ct il a toutes leg qualities caracte-
ristiques de la sensitive. Chaque
soir. au coucher du soleil, ses feuil
les Sc replient ct les extremites
des bonrgeons, s'enroulent. S,
Pon touche un onrgeon, les feuil-
les s'agitent ct fremissent CONNIE
indignees pendant plus dune min
ute apres que pattouchment
cesse. L'endroit on await pousse
Get arbre singrlier etant trop Pc
tit pour sa pleine croissance, le
proprietaire a donne l'ordre,
jepdl dernier, de transplanter dams
un terrain plus favorable, ct apres
avoir bien expli9ue les pr6cau-
tions a prendre, il est parti faire
son toar habituel sur la planta-
ton. De retours quelques heures
plus tard, il a trouve la maison
sens dessus dessous ct ses gems
bouleverses CONNIE en- presence
dune catastrophe imprevnu. A
ses. .demandes d'explication, on a
r6pondu que. conformAment a ses
ordres, racacia australiea await
etc transplante, ,nais que lopera-
ton await deplu a cette arbre ct
quill On await temoigne une gran
de colAre, A peine eDfonc6 dams
son nouyeau trou, toutes ses feuil-
les &c sont heriss6es, menacantes
CONNIE les d6fenses dun porc-epic,
ct le tronc ct les branches ont eu
de veritables conynlsions. En-
meme temps l'arbre irrite a r4pan,
du autour' de lui une odeur ecnu-
rante, revoltante, semblable a celle
ennis. par un serpent a sonnettes
ouand on e taquine. La maiscn
eDtiAre en- a etc empcstee: ct il
faIlu ouyrir portes ct fcnetres pour
echapper a Ia sutfocation. Lac
css de rage de l'arbre demenage a
dure plus dune heure, ct l'on ne
salt Oh sa vengeance Sc serait ar
retee 81 le so1eil ne s'etait couche
dams l'intervalle, ramenant Pheure
ou ce bizarre echantillon du
rAgne v6getal a coutume de Sc IL
vrer au repos. II lutte Guel-
ques instants, mais peu a peu, il
s'est assouppi, ga mechanic humeur
s'est calmee graduellement, les
feuilles Sc sont repliees l'une apras
paptre, les borrgeons Sc sont en-
roules ponr faire dodo, les bran
ches Sc sont lmmobilisees ct Ie
tronc, suivant l'exemple general, a
cesse a son tour de protester ct
d'infecter lie voisinage. Quoioue
la scene de violence ne soft pas
repetee lie lendemain, ce qui sem,
BILE indiquer que l'arbre s'est re-
signe a sa nonvelle situation. il est
devenu un objet de terreur pour
tout le personnel de Ia plantation,
ct particnlierement pour les ne
gres, dams Popinion desquels ee
pretendu acacia ct un etre vivant
ct irascible, tenant plus de la na-
ture du serpent que celle de Ia ge-
neralite des arbres.
i On telegraphie d'Utica que
Charles J. Guiteau, lassassin. est
/ lie petit fills du DR.. Francis Gui-
team ,Tr. dennis lonrtnmns ras;.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-07-16

La chambre de commerce de
New York a fait ofrir a NJ Gar.
field nne bourse de s25O,OO0 COM
me temoigpage d'estime Ell pour
ssarer aux yeux du president Ia
Venir de So famille. Nine Gar
field a r6poadu 9u'elle etait pro-
bnd enlcnt touchee de cette mar
pe de 'sympathie ct qu'elle n'au-
L lit jamais pense que lattache.
lent da penple des Etats Unis PIT
aller 81 !oin.
DEUX PEEEoMENEs. M J. No
reau nous a fait yoir cette semaine
deux chooses assez curieuses ct que
nous n'avions encore jamais yues.
Il s'agit premierement dun poulet
qai deax bees a un. demi ponce
Pun de l'autre, ct trois yeux, IN de
chaque cote de la tate ct l'autre
aadessus entire les deux bees. En-.
suite il nous en- fait voir un autre
qai a deuz corps, quatre allies ct
qnatre pattes, ce dernisr ma qu'-
une tste ct un bec.-.M0TksviAe
/. Ruiew.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
A Model officer.

In the following complimentary
terms, a bends correspondent refers to
an officer of one Of our popular local
packets: Your travelling experience
on boats ( | assume the representatives
of the fourth estate occasionally tear
themselves from the labor and toll
some attritions of the sanctum for
rest and relief) will have taught you
that nothing contributes more to the
travellers pleasure and adds e keener
zsst to the enjoyment of the trip, than
to fall into the hands and realize the
considerate attentions of watchful,
polite and courteous officers. Such, at
least is the varied if not large expe-
rience of your correspondent IT.
however, the chief of the LEDGER's
editorial staff is heretically
inclined, trip on the steamer
James Lee will dispel the il.
lusion-re establish his orthodoxy.
OF such construction are the officers
Of this boat. In fact, the Lees will
have none other, and this may furnish
the key to the success of their lines,
and throw light on their prosperous
commercial ventures. The chief clerk,
Lloyd W. Whitlow, exceptionally fills
the full measure, and fittingly rounds
off the mark Of model officer.
Though of long experience in other
trades, his experience in his present
position dates with the advent of the
Lee. The fitness of his selection is
approved in the manner in which he
conducts his Office, and the popularity
with which he has grown in so short a
time upon the public's favor. Strict
ly systematic in business methods,
watchful that passengers receive
proper attention, polite without os-
tentation, firm without arrogance, in
or out of his office, as duty requires,
local yet ubiquitous-the very genius
of action. Such is a fair portraiture
of the clerk of the Lee-the picture is
not overdrawn. IT'S out Of such ma
terial as this the success and fortunes
of life arc constructed"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
CourlhOuse No1eS.

A lottery ticket-seller was found
guilty and sentenced to pay a $500 fire
and serve one month in the county
Jail. Sentence was held up until the
governor could be applied to for a
pardon.
A warm discussion was going on in
the county court at noon as to the
manner Of keepingup the county roads.
The subject is an important one and
deserves careful attention. A minority
report favored building the roads Of
each civil district out Of the funds Of
that district.
In the county court yesterday it
was moved that the chairman of the
county court be allowed to connect
his Office with the telephone exchange.
Don't Bob Malone run that Officer"
asked a member. "Yes," was the an
swer. "Tben l object" "Why2"
asked some one. Because" was the
answer, II have tender regard for
the ladies who manage the exchange.
Bob would talk them to death in less
than a week"
Deeds were recorded to-day from
G. w. Mashburn to W. H. Bond; H
Hunt to w. Fl. Bond; A. s. Gregsby
to W. G. Mcclure; Geo. Gilham to J.
II. Lemon; j. u. Lenow to W. P.
Taylor. A charter styled the Union
male and female school, was recorded
yesterday.
No marriage licenses were issued
yesterday or this forenoon. During
March sixty-four licenses were issued
The bank of Commerce filed Pc
tition in chancery yesterday for an in
junction to restrain County Trustee
McGowan from enforcing the collec-
ton Of certain taxes levied upon the
property of the bank. The levy is
$999 65.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
SHARP SHOOTER.
A MassachuseIIS Student Killed
While .RObbing a House.

LAWRENCE, MASS, April 49,
Early this morning Abel Wilson, re
siding on the Salem turnpike, was
awakened by footsteps in the house,
and soon after the chamber door was
burst open by two persons, when VIII
son discharged his rife, shooting one
of the intruders. Both fled; but the
body Of the one shot by Wilson YVES
found a short distance from the house
and proved to be that Of Arthur Fos-
ter, student of Phillips academy.
His accomplice was his twin brother,
Luther, als) a student. The latter,
after the shooting, appeared and made
full confession. They are residents
of North Andover, Mass, and are Of
the most respectable connections.
They had attempted three weeks pre-
viously to enter the same house.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
SMALLPOX.
Fearful Ravages In West Virginia
Sergeant hates Reported
Dying.

CINCINNATI, April 13.-The town
of Glover's Gap, W. Va, is in a state
of panic over the alarming spread of
smallpox. The disease was brought
there by young man from Pittsburg.
The physicians are all sick. The
body of a young woman, who died,
was left unburied. The governor was
telegraphed for aid to bury the dead,
but he replied that the county author
tiles should attend to it. Trains pass
through the town without stopping.
Sergeant Bates, who carried the
American aag through the southern
states, MS well as portions of Europe,
after the late war, is reported dying in
extreme poverty in Saybrook, Ills.
He has a wife and six children, who
will be left destitute.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
Brain worm and SIeep.

So long as a brain-Worke is able to
sleep well, to eat well, and to take a
fair proportion Of outdoor exercise, it
is not necessary TO impose any special
limits on the actual number of hours
he d9votes to his labors. But when
what is generally known as worry steps
in o complicate matters, when cares
connected with family arrangements,
or with those numerous personal de-
tails which we can seldom escape, or
when the lilly occupation of life is in
itself fertile source of anxiety, then
we find one or other Of these three
safeguards broken down. Probably the
man of business or the successful law
yer fails to shake himself free from his
anxieties at night, and slumber be-
comes ftful or disturbed. The nerv-
GUS system, unsettled by the mental
strain, brings about defects in nutri-
tion; the appetite fails, and then we
l4eet with sleeplessness. This is
sometimes gotten rid of by drinking
water, eating little and taking exer-
else, or by drinking every day large
quantity Of water, and exchanging a
highly nutritious for a much lighter
dietary. There can be no doubt that
in many cases great benefit would be
derived from a thorough change of
locality or climate. Long sea voyages
are not unfrequently attended with
excellent results, the attacks being
absent for month at time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
DENVER NOTES.
A Bully Walks into a Saloon and
Kills a Man Without any
Warning.
Vigilants Take Care of Him and
Defy Anyone to Cut Him
Down.
Death OF Senator jacobson.

DENVER, April 1S.-The Republi-
cans Durango special says: Early on
the morning OF the 10th Charles Nor
men, a Leadville stage driver, with
two companions, entered the theater
and gambling house. Mormon drew a
revolver as he entered. and with an
oath fred twice, killing Polk Prindle,
a peacea5lc citizen and stranger to
Mormon, and wounding a young man
in the arm. He then fed, but was
ovortaken and jailed. Late at night
unmasked vigilants took the prisoner
from Jail and hung him to tree in the
presence Of several hundred citizens.
Notice was given that it would be
death to the man who cut him down
before morning.
Hon. 4. P, jacobson, state senator
and prominent state politician, died
last night of congestion Of the brain.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
River TeIegrams.

Louisville, April 10: River rising,
with 10 feet 6 inches in the canal, and
II feet inches in the chute on the
falls. Weather cloudy, cool and windy.
Arrivals and departures-Wyoming
Pittsburg; Mary Houston, from Gin
cinna;i.
Cairo, April 10: Arriyed-Maude
St. Louis, 9 pm; Schenck, Cincin-
natl, 9 pm; St. Geneyieve, Memphis;
City of Providence, Vicksburg, noon;
Departed-Maude, Memphis.
Pittsburg, April 13; Arrived
Hudson, 3 am, leaves at pm.
River l3 feet 2 inches and rising
fast. Raining.
Wheeling, April 13: River 16 feet
Z inches and rising, Raining.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
DO FIGURES LIE ?
Somebody Has Been, Tampering
With the Appropriation Bill,
and Will Have to Explain.
The Gentlemen who Worked All
Night for Accommodation
1 are Called Upon TO Clear
the Matter Up.
Nashville Banner, llth. !


Nashville Banner, 1lth.
A notice appeared in the American
Saturday morning, stating that
through the blunders of the engross-
ing clerk grave mistake had been
made, and costly one to the clerks
of circuit courts, because the error
had the effect to cut down the appro-
priation for these gentlemen from $l5,-
900 to $500. The blunder was thought
to have been made by the clerk in en-.
crossing the general appropriation
bill. But it turns out that such was
not the case.
On account of the great rush to get
all the bills engrossed and signed by
the governor before the legislature
adjourned, three gentlemen, L. ii.
Baker, correspondent of the Louis
vile Commercial, and Representatives
Smith and Harrison agreed to relieve
the engrossing clerk of so arduous a
task, and proposed to transfer the ap-
preparation and revenue bills them
selves. Representative Haynes also
volunteered his services. Mr.. Harri-
son copied the revenue bill, and Mr..
Baker copied the appropriation bill,
while Mr.. Haynes read it.
The house concurred in all the SEN
ate amendments, which reduced the
salaries of some of the officers con-
siderably, but the house had to concur
or lose the bill. The senate cut down
the appropriation for the bureau of
agriculture, statistics, mines and i'm
migration from $4,000 to $4,000 and
the house concurred in that as other
amendments.
The bill was signed by the governor,
and it now appears that the bill pro-
vides $4,000 for that department in
stead of $4,000 as provided by the
senate and concurred in by the house.
The senate journal shows that the
bill was cut down to $4,000, ard the
house journal that it was concurred in
by the house.
Somebody will be called on to ex-
plain this, and of course it will be the
men who engrossed the bill. The ac-
tive part Mr.. Baker took in the mat
ter of having transferred the Office of
commissioner to other hands will still
further demand something of an ex-
planatory nature, and further, that it
is reported that he was expecting to be
appointed assistant to the commits
sioner may make an explanation still
more necessary.
Mr.. Baker went to his home in
Mckenzie Saturday, but is expected
back to-day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13

New York, April 13.-Money, 5
and 6 per cent; prime mercantile, 8
and per cent. Bar silver, 1923. Ex-
change steady, at 81 for long and SO
for sight. Government securities fair
state bonds dull; railroad stocks fairly
active. Since IL am. speculation has
been irregular and unsettled. Indiana,
Bloomington and Western rose per
cent further, making an advance from
last night Of 81 per cent. Coupons Of
1881, 1925 fiyes, 1921; four-and-a-
halls, 1871; fours, 1l3B Pacific skies,
'95, 130 bid.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
BY CABLE.

LONDON, April ia st. Peters
burg correspondent says: "The invest
ment of St. Petersburg by chain of
guards has been entirely abandoned,
as it is moro irksome to loyal persons
than eficacious against the nihilists.
The measures proposed by Prefect
Bannof to council twenty five, that
passengers at railroad stations shall be
examined, will probably also be aban-
doned as impracticable. The city
police will be increased by $50 sell
diers."
General Kaufman, governor Of
Miliokan, has had stroke of paralysis.
A Dublin correspondent reports
that at no time did the attendance to
the meeting of the land-leaguers yes.
terday exceed one hundred.
Lord Beaconsfeld is restless, and
not inclined to partake of any nourish-
ment.
1t is believed that news has been
received from the east justifying the
hope of a peaceful settlement. Cos
chen, the ambassador to Turkey, will
return to England this month, and
Duferin will proceed to Constantine
pie to take up the threads of negotia-
tion where Goschen left them.
A dispatch from Bombay says: "a
rumor has reached here to the effect
that Ayoob Khan has fed from Herat
to Meshed."
The Daily News says; 1T would
be European misfortune, and little
short of calamity to England anl
Russia, if the old suspicion and jeal-
ousy were renewed. This unfortunate
revival cannot be averted unless some
explanation be promptly given Of Cen
eral Skobeloffs recent movements,
1t is just possible that Skobeloffs s
journey eastward may be diplomatic
rather than military"
CoNsTANTINoPLE, April 13.-The
porte has addressed circular to the
powers, expressing the hope that the
measures taken by France in Africa
will be limited to the defense of her
own frontier, and declare, that the
bey will re-establish order and pre-
vent a renewal Of the incursiona of the
tribes.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 13.-Gen-
eral Skobeloff announces that the
Teke- -Turkoman war is at an end.
PARIS, April 13.-The latest dis
patches from Tunis represent that a
great change has taken place in the
bey's disposition towards France. He
seems now disposed to cooperate with
the French against the Kroumiers.
Thisi believed to be the result Of the
Withdrawal Of the Italian support, and
if SO, the expedition loses much of its
gravity.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, April 13.-The
porte, in replying to the appeal of the
hey of TuniS for its protection, advised
him to restore order on the frontier
and thereby remove any pretext for
French action. Should the necessity
arise the porto would feel bound to
protect its rights as the suzerain of
Tunis.
CAPE Town, April 13.-The basute
chiefs have accepted mediation
governor at Cape Colony, and pros
poets for peace is considered salts
factory.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
BOLD SAFE ROBBERY.
Safe OF Dorsey County Treasury
Blown Open and $500
Stolen.
Little Rock Gazette, 12th.l

Little HOOK dazette, Izth'J
News was received in the city yes.
terday of bold burglary in Toledo
on Saturday night. The safe of the
county treasurer was blown open by
thieves and $500 stolen, $500 being
in currency and $1,000 in scrip. The
robbery was not discovered until Sun
day morning, and by that time all
traces of the thieves were lost. They
drilled hole just under the combi-
nation lock of the safe, and inserting
POWDER accomplished their end. A
piece of scrip was found several hun
dred yards away on the rode toward
Pine Bluff, but no other clew has yet
been obtained. The police have made
active search for the rascals, but have
not yet been successful in discovering
any clew.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
WE publish elsewhere statement

WE publish elsewhere statement
of the Virginia debt question and in
cidentally reference to recent events
in Tennessee which will attract atten-
tion throughout this state if not in
several southern states. It's the con-
else, accurate statement Of one who
has been over the ground, is posted on
the issue and knows what he is talk
ing about. 1t will setpeople to think
ing and prepare their minds for that
which is to come.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
Cotton.

Our market to-day is quiet, with an
unsettled feeling, news from abroad
being of Oppressive nature, and from
the east indicating no change with
little animation. Prices here are
wholly unaltered from last evening s
closing quotations. Sales yesterday
we're 1000 bales, divided, 800 to ex.
porters and 1900 to spinners, closing
steady as fellows:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
Just Like the Racquet.

Anew York girl, while in a ma
chine shop recently, had her scarf
and clothing caught by an upright
water-wheel shaft, making eighty rev
olutions a minute, and was whirled
about three minutes before the ma
chinery could be stopped. On being
released she said it was just like the
racquet, only there are not more than
elk fellows In society who 60 50 slow.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
AGrave NTetIlotl OF Eacane.
Goldboro IN. C.l pispatch.

Goldboro IN. C) Dispatch
A convict named Kinchen CHM.
who effected his escape from the state
prison few days ago, was arrested to-
day at his home on Snow Hill, near
this place. The manner in which he
secured his exit from his prison cell
is as remarkable as it is novel. 1t
seems that CHM and another convict
were sick and placed in the same
cell. His companion died; the body
was cofined and left until the next
day, when it was to be buried. The
idea struck CHM that he might, by
means Of substituting himsel for the
corpse, effect his escape. The body
of the dead prisoner was quickly
taken out of the coffin aud concealed
under the bed, and CHM got into
the case. He managed to remain quiet
until the coffin, with its supposed
body, was removed to the grave pre-.
pared for IFS reception in the prison
yard. Three negroes, who happened
to have all the superstitious fears of
their race, were detailed to commit
the body to its last resting place. AS
soon as the coffin was carried to the
grave and was shut to be let down
CHM commenced rolling about and
groaning. The darkies became fright
ened, dropped tbe box, and ran off as
rapidly as possible. The convict imv
mediately got out, climbed the prison
walls, and escaped. The trick was
soon discovered, but not in time to
catch the perpetrator Of it. CHM
worked his way to Snow Hill, in
Greene county. He was traced to
that place, where he was arrested to-
day, and will at once be returned to
his old ce' in the state prison.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
sales to-day. 9s, ,O0O baieg.

New ORLEANS, April 13, 11;3Op.m.
Cotton quiet. Middling, 1850. Sales
to-day, 800 bales; receipts, 1869 bales;
stock, z62,830 bales.
LIVERPOOL, April 19, Q pm
Cotton lower and fraotionally cheaper.
Uplands, Cd; Orleans. 6 1-l6d. Sales
to, day, 5000 bales. Receipts, 10000
bales, all American. Futures opened
weak; now as follows: Deliv-
cries for April and April and May,
6 3l-32d; May and June 61-166
s 1-32d; June and July, 6 3-32d,
July and August, 6 5-32d, August
and September, 6 732d; September
and October, 6 5-32d.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13

fed by it. 1t is a great disinfectant,
and purifes the air if placed in trays
around apartments. 1t is 30 porous in
its minute interior that it absorbs
and condenses gases most rapidly. One
cubic inch of fresh charcoal will alb.
sorb nearly one hundred of gaseous
ammonia. Charcoal forms an unriv-
aled poultice for malignant wounds
and sores, often corroding away dead
flesh, reducing it one quarter in six
hours. In cases of what we call proud
flesh it is invaluable. II gives no dis
agreeable odor, corrodes no metal,
hurts no texture, Injuries no color, is a
simple and safe sweetener and disin-
fectant. A teaspooniul Of charcoal in
half a glass of water often relieves a
headache; it absorbs the gases and
relieves the distsnded stomach press
ing against the nerves, which extend
from the stomach to the head.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
Uses OF Charcoal.

Charcoal, laid fat, while cold, on a
burn, causes the pain to abate imme-
diately; by leaving it on for an hour,
the burn seems almost healed, when it
is superficial. And charcoal is valu-
able for many other purposes. Tainted
meat surrounded with it is sweetened;
strewn over heaps of decomposed pelt,
or over dead animals, it prevents an
unpleasant odor. Foul water is puri-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-13
Clearinghouse Renort.
Livernool Market

LIVERPOOL, April 49, Bacon Cum
berland clear 6rmer at 44s; lard, prime
western, Dos Cd. Turpentine spirits,
London, steady at Bis. Wheat, No. l
white, dull at 9s I'd; winter, lEll
at 90 Cd. Corn, mixed, steady, at 5s
Gid; old, 5s Sd.