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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-02
woman's Revenge.

Somebody says somewhere that
ahell has no fury like a woman
scorned," or something to that
effect, and it seems that the Baron
ess -Coutts-Ashmead- Bart
lette is no exception to the rule.
A cablegram informed us some days
ago that the Baroness had lost a
valuable brooch at the Queens
.sdrawing-room" in Buckingham
Palace, and twenty four hours after,
another fash of lightning conveyed
the news that it had been found in
the same palatial residence. The
fact which induced the publicity of
this loss, seems to haye been a petty
piece of revenge on the part of the
new made bride. At the drawing
room" the servant announced her
Lady Burdett Coutt's," and the
Queen who had refused to go or
send representative to her we'd
ding, treated her very coldly. In
censed at this, and having really lost
her brooch, she published an ad-
yertisement in the London Times,
for the recovery Of her jewel, the
same as if it had been lost in a
street car. The Queen is said to
have been much incensed at this
breach of etiquette, and London
society is handling the Baroness
without gloves. Mrs. Bartlett will
never drink lemonade any more at
Buckingham palace.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-02
Grandpa,s Star.

Grandpa was sick, and Fanny was
fond of reading to him.
"Shall 1 read you my storyr
Now ssmy story" began, ''Now when
Jesus was born in Bethlehem" etc.
One day Fannie said:
"Grandpa, you are wise man,
but YOU didn't take a long journey
to find Jesus, did your
"What makes you think / didn'tY'
grandpa asked, and his voice was
husky.
"Because grandpa, He stays right
by us now all the time, and we've
OILY just got to whisper to Him and
He hears
The days went on, and one even
ling they gathered around papa to
bid him goodbye.
"Little girlie,h he said, and he put
his hand on Fanny's head. "When
i get to the beautiful city / shall
tell Jesus that you were my star"
"How do you mean, grandpa7"
Because, darling, you pointed
me to him, and shone so steadily
that I could not lose my way"
The best rules for a young man to
form are: To talk little, to hear
much, to reflect alone upon what has
passed in company, to distrust ones
own opinion, and value others that
Ideserve it.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-02
Anecdote Of Judge Harris.

The Vicksburg Commercial calls
up a joke which Judge Wiley T.
Harris used to tell on himself:
Whom in Congress he was the
only member from Mississippi who
voted against the Kansas Neb., bill.
He came home and, believing like
most Congressman that the eyes OF
the whole country was OIL him and
his votes, he was little uneasy as to
how he would be received BY his
constituents.
He returned on Circuit Court
day. and the first man he met was
a prominent politician and lead
er in his beat. The Judge ap-
preached him timidly and shook
hands. The local leader was de-
lighted to meet him. wiley I'm
powerful glad to meet you, where
have You been all this timer 81
am in Congress, you know, and l
have been in Washington said the
Judge. "Why have you" replied the
local, II missed you from here, but
| thought you had gone to Texas
and was on the Gnadaloup aloHg o
your Uncle Buck"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-02
Jefferson DAVIS Mansion at Rich
mond.

Yesterday morning | was taking
ride with a friend around this
beautiful city, and passed the man
sion occupied by Jefferson Davis. for
three years while he was President
OF the Confedoracy, The house
was planned aud built bv DIR Brock
enbrough. the great leader OF the
Democratic party in Virginia, who
seemed to have assigned it alto
rether as oHe Ton large entertain
meats, fer excepting one parlor in
the centre of the DIV, ling there was
not a room that appeared at all suit
able, for quiet domestic life.
The whole of first floor contained
large reception and ball rooms, fur
nished with great elegance. The
mansion is of splendid proper
tiors. The superb marble mantle
pieces, with beautiful designs, made
in Italy. each costing many thou
sand dollars, have long since been
removed, and they are now in the
possession of a gentleman of Rich
mopd. / think the mansion was
built in the early part of the pres
ent century. At the time wien it
was erected the Statehouse of Vir-
ginia. considered unsafe, was being
pulled down.
The very dlminutive porch in
front greatly impairs the appear
ance Of the house, whilst the high,
noble portico in the rear with it's
large pillars, adds some grandeur
to that portion of the building. A
deep feeling of sadness takes pos
session of me when l think that it
was from the top of this portico
that little Joe Davis met his tragic
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-02
The Silver Question.

Mr.. Evarts, aamemHer of the In
ternational Monetary Conference,
says that there has been a marked
change in European sentiment on
the silver question; and intimated
Germany would cooperate with
the United States and France in es-
tablishing a common standard and
making silver 4 universal legal
tender 80 far as they can do so.
What is looked for by some persons
from the Paris Conference is the es-
tablishment of the l5A ratio which
now obtains in the silver nations OF
Europe. On this point Mr.. Evarts
said;
"Whatever decision is made by
the Conference, l am confident will
be accepted in this country. We
can accommodate ourselves to al
most all conditions here. We have
a broad and accommodating kind of
country. 1t does not seem to me
that the ratio can exceed that
Of sixteen parts of silver to one Of
gold. The choice lies between tif-
teen and one-half parts and six
teen parts. The further we 90
towards the fifteen and one-halt
ratio the more We appreciate the
silver in our dollar and in our
mines, and depreciate theirs. But
l certainly look for some agree
ment."
The present ratio in this country
of sixteen ounces OF silver to one Of
gold, was the pretext of the gold
bugs for opposing the Bland bill.
They SAID that it oyerestlmated the
value of silver as compared with
gold notwithstanding still higher
estimate OF silver obtains in the
nations of sEurope. The 15l is the
French standard. Mr.. Evarts seems
to favor our present standard, and
it is presumed that Mr. Thurman
will favor it as he voted for the
Bland bill and also for the resolu-
tions which passed the Senate de-
claring the public debt is payable
in gold, or silver dollars containing
each 4l2a grains Of silver. The
adoption of either ratio will be a
great triumph to the United States.
Such result would overthrow the
arguments of those who have been
demanding an increase il the size of
the silver dollar of this country to
45O grains. It would prove that
the statements OF the double stand
ard men that it is not necessary to
increase the quality Of silver and
thereby add to the value Of gold,
but to take The contrary course is
the correct position. Free and un-
restricted coinage must follow the
adoption Of a common standard by
the principal countries of Europe
and the United States. "1'he buzz
zard dollar" as the Radicals call it,
which the Democratic Congress
forced, over Hayes veto, takes the
chief place of honor in our coinage,
and this movement for common
standard logically follows the re.
monetization of silver in the United
Sto+os GJnrion
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-02
A Good Story.

The New Testament Is out, and
is being copiously reviewed. Iasked
an orthodox old clergymen what he
thought of it, and he said it remin-
ded him, when he saw how little of
the good old forms Of expression
were retained, Of q man who went
to q rich but not to very religious
neighbor and asked II he had =
Bible in the house. "Yes, / think
l must have a Bible" said the man;
81 am pretty sure ] have 60 it." He
went in the ihouse and came out
with a half dozen sheets. having
probably torn up the rest Tor wrap.
ping papsr. and said; "Neighbor, !
did not know ! was 90 near ont gOi
Bible, but there l. almost everything
i se il my house,"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-02
Y, MISS. THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1881.

make her one OF the most impor-
tant cities on the continent" $
"But do her people want North
orn blood aud Northern ehergyg'
do they7 Yes, sir; all tho edu-
Gated and adyanced thinking people
do"
"What do they think of the move
meut recently inaugurated of ship
ping grain down thesi.er in barges,
and then rer6hipping it from that
port to Europe
"They are n favor OF it, and will
ing to give III i fair trial, as they
are anything ene likely to ,conduce
to the commercial prosperity of the
city,
II suppose tAsy build great cx-
pectations on $he Southern Pacific
RailrcadI"
"Yes, aud tkey have reason to.
Why, it win be source of almost
unlimited weaith to them. Its
branches and feeders extending out
to Mexico, Texas. Arkansas, and
other adjoinipg 4ections Of the coun-
try, will gatheg the products Of the
entire SontrssIesk a,aa .pour them
into her lap Her business men
have only to bestir themselves and
make q market for Southern wares
and products, and it will not be
long before New Orleans will be to
the South and Southwest what New
York is to the entire country-the
metropolis. The Southerners are
social people, a little inclined to in
dolence, perhaps, but that is the re-
suit of slavery, and they will out
grow it. The negroes are generally
doing well, are not to be relied on
at all times. Many of them get
good wages, but they are often
shiftless and improvided. I was
told by several planters and lady,
while in New Orleans, that it is
rarely the case that they have any
trouble with the elder negroes, who
have usually continued on the plan
tations since the emancipation.
But the younger blacks get exalted
ideas of their self-importance. To
illustrate, l was told that in one
congregation of about 200 negroes,
there were nearly forty of the men,
bers licensed to preach the Gospel.
Think of that; forty preachers in
one church. At Memphis / met a
very cstimable lady, who told me
that on their plantation they had
about 500 negroes, all doing well
and satisfied to remain, many of
whom were their slaves before the
war, and have never left them for a
day. In my conversations | always
made it a point at the outset to tell
them | was a Northern man, and l
was not insulted once, during the
whole trip. l found few dissatis
fled colored men, who, were anxious
to go to Kansas or some other land
of promise, but not many. The
soil of Louisiana and all that part
of the South lying adjacent and
tributary to her is excellent, and
will produce abundant crops OF
cotton, corn, sugar cane, and fruits
for all time to come"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-02
1iferary.
The Z ust Hymn.

the + uSt Hymn.
BY MABIANNA BIRMINGHAM.
The Sabbath day was ending in n village
by the sea,
The uttered bencdiction touched the people
tcndcrly,
And they rose to face the sunlight in the
glowing, lighted west,
And then hastened to their dwellings for
Gods blessed boon Of rest.
Dut they looked across the waters, and a
storm was raging there;
A fierce spirit moved above them-the wild
spirit of the air
And il dashed, and shook and tore them, till
they thundered, groaned and doomed,
And alas, for any vessel in their yawning
gulfs entombed.
Very anxious were the people on that rocky
coast OF Wales.
Last the dawn of coming morrow should be
be telling awful tales; -
When the sea had spent its passion and
should cast upon the shore
Bits of wreck and swollen victims, as it oft
had done before.
With the rough winds blowing round her,
aibraye woman atrained hes;cyes,
As shesaw among the pillows, a huge vessel
fall and rise; -
Oh 1t did not need prophet to tell what
the end must be,
For no ship could ride in safety near that
shore on such sea.
Then the pitying people hurried from their
homes and thronged the beach,
Oh, for power to cross the waters and the
perishing to reach!
Helpless hands were hung in terror, tender
hearts grew cold with dread,
And the ship, urged by the tempest, on the
fatal rock shore Sped
"She has parted in the center! Oh, the half
OF her goes down!
God have mercy! Is his haven far to seek for
those who drown?"
Lo! when next the white, shocked faces
looked with terror on the sea,
Only one last clinging figure ON the spar
was seen to be
Nearer to the trembling watchers, came the
wreck tossed by the waves,
And the man still clung and fioated, though
no power on earth could save:
"Could We send him one short message?
here's a trumpet, shout away"
Twas the preachers hand that took it, and
he wondered what to say.
Any memory of his sermon? Firstly?
Secondly? All, no;
There was but one thing to utter, in that
awful hour of woe.
So he shouted through the trumpet, "Look
to Jesus! Can you hear?"
And AYE, aye sir!" rang the answer DER
thewaters loud and clear.
Then they listened. He is singing "Jesus
lover Of my soul"
And the winds brought back the echo,
while the nearer waters roll"
Strange indeed it was to hear him, "Till
the storm of life is past"
Singing bravely DER the waters, "Oh, re-
ceivc my soul at last"
He could have no other refuge, "Hangs my
helpless soul on Thee"
"Leave, oh, leave me not" the singer
dropped at last into the sea.
And the watchers looking homeward,
through their eyes by tears made dim,
Said, "He passed to be with Jesus, in the
singing of that hymn"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-02
Illinois Central and Jackson Rail
road.

We learn that the East and Wes
railroad lines have reason to fea
another competitor for the grail
product for the West in the Illinois
Centrafand New Orleans, Chicago
and st. Louis Railroad. This line
resting upon New Orleans as its ter
minal point and main base of opera
tions, extends North to Centralia.
ILL.,, from thence branching to Chi
cago, northwartl, and curving th'
main line to Dubuque, Iowa. at which
point the connection will brancl
northward toward st. Paul apt
westward toward Sioux City ant
Yankton.
The management of this line hav'
at last realized the fact that they
must fight for the rich products o
Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota and Min
nesota, which are valued ut .$l27, :
339, ,7l2, trade against Easter rivals
and to fit for the bringing the trad
of st. Louis and Chicago, we learr
that the management will relay en-
tire line with stae. rail- by Decem-
Der next. II, 800 tons have been Pur
chased and is now arriving.
The guage will he changed in Ju
ly from 5 feet to feet 81 inches, ir
order that freights from connecting
lines may be brought through te
New Orleans without breaking
bulk.
The OHIO river is to be bridged al
Cairo, where an elevator is being
built for the purpose of making
there grain supply station.
The maxium grade from Dubuque
to New Orleans is forty feet to the
mile for miles, from Galena ILL.,, tc
Scales Mound; from thence to Cal
70 the highest grade is 80 feet
Steps are being taken to reproduce
the grades all along the line, and
from Cairo to New Orleans the max
|imum will not exceed 35 feet to the
mile.
All of these preparations are to
be accompanied by a change of roll
ling stock for freight movement
The old freight engines are being
sold to connecting lines, and are be
ing replaced by new Mogue engines
10 of which have already been com
pleted and 20 more are in course Of
construction.
These engines weigh 162,50(
pounds, or 66 tons, in working Or
der, and will have, on a grade of AZ
feet to the mile, As cars of 20 tons
each, and on a 35 foot grade so cars
of 90 tons each.
Another change has become nee
essary as to freight cars. Hereto
fore box cars were made to haul Il
tons. The company is building al
Chicago 400 box cars with capacity
of 20 tons each. One of the present
engines will haul 27 cars Of 20 tons
capacity, or q saving of 40 per cent
but with the Mogue engines, as We
have stated, train of so sears car
be hauled from Cairo to New Or
leans. The economy in expenses Of
operating road under. such condi
tions is evident when we state tina,
freight cannot be brought profitabl,
from Dubuque to New Orleans now
less than 1c per ton per mile, or 300
per bushel on wheat, but with the
improved rolling stock, bridge al
Cairo and steel rail, this line will be
able to bring freights at &c per ton
per mile, or l5c per bushel on wheat
from Dubuque to New Orleans, and
at less rate from Chicago to New
York is now 30c per bushel, it can
readily be seen how important these
improvements are.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-02

The liquor dealers Of New York
city paid about $3.50, 900 in the city
treasury for licenses to carry on the
rum traffic in 1880; and the city
comptroller paid out OF the city
treasury about 81, 900, 900 to pay the
expenses Of the courts, police and
prisons as the cost Of keeping the
liquor business going on in the
[City.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-02

The appointment OF q negro po-
liceman In Auburn has caused some
excitement. The chief of the force
and enc officer have resigned, and
trouble is anticipated.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-02

He could have no other refuge, "Hangs my
helpless soul on Thee"
Leave, oh, leave me not" the singer
dropped at last into the sea.
And the watchers looking homeward,
through their eyes by tears made dim,
Said, ale passed to be with Jesus, in the
singing OF that hymn"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-02

Then they listened. He is singing "Jesus
lover of my soul"
And the winds brought back the echo,
"Whilc the nearer waters roll."
Strange indeed ii was to hear him, "Till
the storm of life is past"
Singing bravely DER the waters, ooh, re-
ceivc my soul at last"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-02

Any memory of his sermon? Firstly?
Secondly? All, no;
There was but one thing to utter, in that
awful hour of woe.
So he shouted through the trumpet, "Look
to Jesus Can you hear?"
And AYE, aye STRIP rang the answer DER
thewaters loud and clear.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-20

\ Young lady'~ Body Resurrerted,
Oissecscd and Her Bones SET I'D
fOra shaw
Cincinnati Gazette

Cincinnati Gazette
The particulars of most shocking
crime, the work of two physicians. are
just made public in Pike County. Ind
in Il singular manner. 4 few wears
ago a beautiful young lady named
Eads, residing between Winslow and
Augusta, IN that county. died very sud
denly Of heart disease, and was buried
III the graveyard near Wmslow. 4 few
days ago the family of this young lady
received an anonymous letter, post
marked ut Pikeville, Pike County and
were Mortified by the statement it con-
tanned, that the body of Miss EadS had
been reSurrected 10y Drs. joseph and
Thomas Aust of Wmslow. and two
Others whose names were given. the
Jewelry that had been buried with the
body thrown into Patoka river, the
grave clothes burned, and the body
dlssected in n barn near Winslow
That the bones set up in skeleton form
were at the time of the writing stand
ing in the Office of DR.. Thomas Aust in
Winslow.
The relatives of the dead girl lost no
time in investigating the charge con
tanned in the letter, and going to the
cemetery opened the grave in which
their loved one had been buried They
found in 1t only the coffin and the pill
low ON which the dead girls head had
rested
They fastened to Winslow and took
the skeleton from the office of DR..
Thomas Aust, where they had often
seen 1t without once suspccting it was
that of their lost one. Their agony
may be imagined, but cannot be de-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-20
Costly Vaccination.
ago.
Virginia City Chronicle.

lglNa titN ihrohlCe.
In this city there is saloon keeper
who has been making money hand
over fist for the past two or three
months playing poker, When the
smallpox scare came on he was ndvis-
ed To have himself vaccinated This
placed HIM in y dilemma. Ifhe were
raccinated in the arm 1t would inter
fere with his poker playing. If he
didn't play poker the principal source
Of his revenue would be closed Hap
PLY he hethought himself of way out
of the difficulty. He was vaccinated
in the leg, and now laments the fact.
for that member is SO swollen that he
can scarcely get ont of bed, t. say
nothing of trying TO play poker, The
hand which grasps for too much Otter
loOSes all.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-20
An Owl Stops a Train.
From the Camden On. J. J Post.

An incident which may be properly
classed among the appropriate oc-
CURED on the Bound Brook division Of
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
a night or two ago. The "Owl' which
leaves the Ninth and Green street de-
pot at midnight, went along all right
until dozen miles out of town, when
the engineer was startled 10y a crash of
glass, and in a second a piece of the
headlight plate came crashing through
the window Of the locomotive cab. Sup
posing that a small rock had been
loosened from some cut by the yibra-
ton of the train and had broken the
glass, no further attention was paid to
the matter. The headlight Of the en-
CINE, however, soon went out, and
when the next stopping place was
reached an examination followed. This
resulted in the discovery of the body
Of horned owl, mangled and bleeding,
lying directly across the lamp. The
bird had been struck by the headlight
with sufficient force to break it and
kill the feathered disturber Of the ST.
lence Of the night The bird has been
stuffed and will be mounted on the top
OF the cab of the engine that killed 1t.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-20

scribed, and nothing that has occur.
red IN that county for many years mas
caused so much and intense excite
ment. The investigation will be push.
ed and If the other parties implicated
with the Austs in the robbery are
found guilty, it will 60 hard with them.
The Austs were bad men. DR.. Joseph
Aust is dead, DR.. Thomas Aust is a
refugee from justice for the cold
blooded murder of his brother -in-law.
James Humphrey, only a short time
ago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-20

John Livingston, well-known color,
ed man residing about one mile from
Long Branch, n. s, died suddenly the
other day mt the age of lo5 years, He
was formerly slave and was ac-
knowledged to be the Oldest man in
that region. He was strong and stout
and believed that ho had never been
sick
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-20

Human nature is curious study.
The other night at the Union depot one
of the depot hands, while sweeping out,
thought he saw a 25-cent bit under one
Of the benches. He went down on his
knees Immediately and covered the
piece with his hand. While he was in
this position a well-dressed lady tapped
him on the shoulder and said II
dropped" 'What is it, madam" was
the gentlemanly interrogatory. Il
think it is a quarter He placed it,
without further parleying, in her hand,
and she, tightly holding it, went away.
What was her dismay to discover that
it was a peppermint lozenge.-Ner
Hayea Reqister.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-20

Thirteen young ladies of the village
OF Orange, n. j., are practising hurdle
riding to enable them to take fences
and brooks when the riding season
opens, and will be fully costumed in
hunting apparel at the future run Of the
Essex County hunt They, as well as
all the other members, are to wear a
gold.mounted fox's susk as a scarfpin
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-20

The centennial anniversary Of the
establishment Of the first Uniyer-alist.
church in. this country was celebrated
at Gloucester. Mass, last week
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-01-20
GATH on CONK.

With COnkIing's Lieu
tenants-Dispiease with His Course
He Wanted at First to Defeat Gar
ieid- He is Sour, Petulant. and I'm
nOs.ibIe to Please.