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The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-07
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Re
RAILWAY.
CONNECTIONS.

AT GALVESTON with Mallory Line Steamers for
Key West and New York with Morgan Line
for New Orleans, Indianoa, Corpus Christi
Brownsville, and Vera Cruz.
AT ANGOLA with |. & G. n. K. X. for Columbia
and towns in Brazoria County.
AT ROSENBERG with G. H. & S. R'y. Sunset
Route) for Co umbus, Weimar, Harwood, Lu-
ling San Antonio, Laredo, Uvalde and West
ern Texas and Mexico also for Houston Star
and Crescent Route for Beaumont, Orange,
Lake Charles, the TeChe Country, New Or
leans and all points in the Southeast North
and Fast; with New York, Texas Mexican
R'y for Wharton, Victoria and stations on
AT BRENNAN with H & T. c R'y. for Hemp
stead. Ledbetter, Giddings, McDade and Aus
AT MiLANo with 1. &C N. R'y for Hearne,
town, Austin San Marcos, New Brauufels,
San Antonio and Laredo.
AT TEMPLE with Mo. Pacific by.
AT MCGKEGOR wi'h Texas & St. Louis Railway
for Waco, CorsiCana Athens, Mt. Peasant,
Gilmer and Iexar.
AT MORGAN with Texas Central R'y for Waco,
Ross Hico, Iredell, Cisco, and all points on
that inc.
AT CLEBURNE, Junction of Dallas Division of
G,C.& S. r Ky.
AT FORT WORTH with NO. Pacific, and Texas
& Pacific R'ys. for all points those lines;
for FL Paso, Santa Fe, San Fran cisco and the
Pacific Coast, and for Kansas City, ST. Louis,
Chicago, New York and all points North,
East and West
ATDALI.AS with II, 4 +. C. R'y; T. & p. R'y.
and Dallas EKteutiun Of Mo z. Ry.
E3.See that your ticI cts rca d over this line
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-07

Three large fonts of splendid type for sale
at the LIGHT office.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-07
B I R \ ES & K E RR,
No. 225 Houston Street, G R1osE
CONTRACTORS FOR
MESQUITE BLOCK SIDEWALK
Street Pavements and Gravel Roofing.

Parties wishing paving done will find it to
their interest to cali and get estimates on their
work. Samples of this pavement can be seen
at our othre d-77-Im
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-06
KeIls and Not KeIts.
New York Evening Post.

Neh IOrk evening tOSt.
The Boston Advertiser makes the
curious mistake of calling -four Irish
men who are doing good service for
Great Britain just now"-Lord Duff
fern, Admiral Seymour, Sir Garnet
Wolseley and Lord Berestord-"all
Kelts,"" The New York Sun, in cor
r%ecting his, makes a mistake of i,s
own, for it says that only one of them
is a Kelt," Lord Dufferin. The fact
is that Admiral Seymour is neither an
freshman nor a Kelt, and that Lord
Duiterin is no more a Kelt than Sir
Garnet Wolseley. His family name
is Blackwood, and his ancestor. a
%Scotchman, settled in ireland in the
seventeenth century. Since then the
B~lackwoods have intermarried with
JOyoes, Stephensons, Temples, Fin
lays, but with no Kelts, unless Miss
Sheridan wa a Kelt, which is ex-
tremely doubtful. The truth is, in
termixture Of blood among all classes
in ireland has been very great, so
that it is questionable whether the
island now contains any pure Kelts at
all; but as a general rule, il any exist
they are to be found among the Cath
Ollie Macs or 0's. The chances are a
thousand to one that a Protestant
lrishman who is neither a Mac nor an
o has little or no Kettle blood in his
veins. But it is none the less true
that the Kettle temperament is more
or less diffused through the Irish OF
all breeds by a process which in every
country works greater or less assimi-
lation even without mixture Of blood.
Both Sir Garnet Wolseley and Lord
Dutferin are, though not Kelts, dis
tinctively Irish in mind and manner,
aud the Beresfords, though very pure
Anglo Norman, have outdone most
Kelts in love of what the Kelts call
"divilmint, or, in other words, in ex-
uberant animal spirits. Wellington
was one of the few examples OF an
lrishman with a very English tenn
permanent, but he was peculiar even in
his own family. His brothers we're
men of the Dufferin type, though
none of them, we believe, cared much
for the country Of their birth, in
which their ancestors had dwelt on
one side for three hundred aud ON the
other for seven hundred years-one of
the results of a ~deplorable political
history of which Ireland has had
abundant experience.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-06
olive Growing in California !,

Ellwood Cooper, Of Santa Barbara
the leading olive grower Of California,
says that he has trees eight years old
that have produced two thousand
gallons of oil to the acre, and the oil
finds q ready market at s. a gallon.
The yield of one acre would thus be
$l250, which for a hundred acre rancho
would be a pretty fair income. But
these figures are not represented to
apply to any except che very choicest
trees and an uncommonly good year.
But even computing the profits of
olive culture at as low a figure as one
tenth, a twenty acre rancho would
support a family very comfortably
alter six or seven years of waiting.
One of the great advantages OF olive
culture is the fact that irrigation is
not needed. In a climate where there
is often such a scarcity of rain as in
California, this is a matter of much
importance. The olive tree also grows
very old. There are trees in Asia
Minor that are known to be over 1900
years old, and are still in full bearing.
In considering the profits Of fruit
culture, however, the dangers Of insect
pests, disease and Overproduction must
be kept in mind; and these are usually
passed by without mention in the
glowing descriptions Of Southern Cali
fornia.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-06
The Escape OfBreckinridge and
BENJAMIN.

1t is generally known that General
Breckenridge left the country by the
way Of Indian river Immediately after
thesurrender landing in Havana; while
Mr.. Benjamin, though leaving By the
way OF Tampa and the waters below,
made his landing in safety at Nassau,
New Providence.
Alter the separation of the members
OF the CONF derate government ip
Georgia from President Davis, at the
time Ofthe surrender, General Breck-
lnridge rode on horseback to Florida
under the name of Colonel Cobel.
lie had.with him, besides his son
Colonel Wood, who was a nephew Of
President Zachary Taylor, and another
officer named Wilson, all Of whom had
been members OF the Generals staff
On entering Florida from the Georgia
line Immediately north of the town of
Madison, they reached the house of
Thomas Livingston, who soon con-
Quoted them to the plantation Of Gen.
Binegan. Wood was at once sent 10
Captain James Tucker, who resided
not far from Madison and was 4
neighbor Of General Finegan. TO come
to the house Of tho latter, to which he
came and was introduced to the party
aud informed OF their purpose TO leave
the country. General Breckinridee
presented the fine horse which he rode
70 General Finegan; his son went ia
Jefferson county to stay a while with
Captain James Fucker "a son Of Capt.
Tucker, ST., first m~entiOned.) Gen.
Breckenridge accepted the use Of Capt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-06

are killed and skinned and packed in
tubs, holding about fifty pounds each.
Ice Is put around them. Nothing but
the hind legs and a part of the side
are sent to the market. The fore
quarters have little or no meat upon
them. The hind feet are not cut of
At this season Of the year frogs retail
at sixty cents per pound. As the sea
son advances and frogs become more
plentiful the price declines to thirty.
five cents a pound. This demand has
been developed within ten or twelve
years. Artificial propagation in the
vicinity Of New York has failed, it is
said, because of difficulty in getting
sufficient cheap food on which to feed
the tadpoles and young frogs. The
consumption of frogs in Boston is also
greatly on the increase. The New
York Truth learns that the largest
dealer in Boston sells about 10000
frogs per year at an average of sixty
cents per dozen. In the busy season be
employs twelve to fifteen men, who 90
through Massachusetts, and even into
Maine and New Hampshire, catching
frogs, which are shipped alive in boxes
prepared for the purpose.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-06

The entire Democratic legislative
ticket nominated Wednesday is an ex-
ceptionslly strong enc, the strongest,
perhaps, under all the circumstances,
~that.could have been chosen and while
all will receive a hearty and united
support from the party which put
them in nomination there is one man
upon the ticket who should receive
the vote Of every man in Memphis.
D. 7. Porter has stronger claims upon
the friendship and enthusiastic sup
port Of our whole people than almost
any man who ever allowed himself to
be put forward as a candidate for pub
lie Office. But for his heroic
courage in a time of appalling
danger, bis bold, energetic and
sagacious work in rescuing US from
the threatened ruin brought zeal our
doors by many combined causes, we
would, in all probability, have had no
city today, By his wise counsel, we'll
directed efforts aud unselfsh labors
for the public good we have emerged
from the shadows Of former blight and
decay, and are rapidly moving along
the broad highway to prosperity and
wealth. We have no doubt but the
people Of Memphis and of Shelby
county will testify their appreciation
Of the services he has rendered them
by giving him a most overwhelming
vote. His ability for practical legis-
%latiOn, aided by the splendid legal
talent Of Josiah Patterson, his indomi-
table industry and high qualities Of
party leadership and ability, supported
by their other colleagues, Shelby
county, will have a weight and inau-
ence in the next General Assembly
unsurpassed b. any other county in
the State.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-06
A Lueky Miner's Rich Find.


1t is related of a Black Hills miner
who had discovered a big thing, that
he went to a party in Denver to have
a drawing made Of the site aud his
surroundings, and he was asked:
DO you intend to work this miner"
mo, | guess not"
will you go East and form q stock
company and sell out the shares2"
u think | will"
Then, what you want of me is a
sketch showing the mouth of your
mine with about 100000 worth Of
silver ore piled up around it. When
you get to Chicago you can get an
artist there TO put in a river and a
railroad track, and if you 20 as far as
Boston it will be the duty Of the artist
there to put three steamboats, on the
river, two trains on the railroad, and
surround your mine with a town Of 600
inhabitants"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-06

The latest in the uniform series OF
Bjornsterne BjOrnsen's works takes its
name from the chief story IN the vol
ume, "The Bridal March" Boston:
Houghton, Mifiin & Coz, but the
latter part Of the book is made up Of
short sketches, some of them as re.
markable for quiet power as anything
this author has produced. The "Bri.
dal March" is in chronological order the
last Of its authors studies Of peasant
or border life in Norway. Since its
appearance, be has devoted himself to
narrative and d. fanatic work which
deals with the social and reformatory
questions which now agitate the couu
try. Whether or not patriotic duty
has obliged our author to turn from
such work as "Arne' and "Synnove
S~olbakken," to write such STOKES as
"MsgnhiId," and such plays as his
Bankruptcy" he must be the Judge.
But we think that literary art has lost
at least as much as politics and social
reform have gained. We cannot mag
inc any reader feeling for these later
and more acrid productions the en-
thusiasm with which. not merely a
nation, but the civilized world, greeted
the earlier works.
In the Bridal March" our author
gives us q story which runs through
several generations, with one Of those
peculiar musical pieces for which Nor
way is becoming famous, as the con-
Meeting thread of the story. The
rather disreputable fiddler who com
poses it lies buried close to the
church door, so close that every bri
dsl procession brushes his grave. He
pronounces a woe upon the bride be
fore whom this march is played by the
6ddlers who lead every bridal process
sion, if her heart be not as gay as the
music. The curse falls upon one OF
his own descendants, who gives her
hand without her heart to a man
much older than herself, because her
parents press bis suit. A deep gloom
from that day falls like a shadow over
the house, to be broken 10 a way
which the reader must find out fol
himself, by a more direct heir Of the
old iddler's music and his name.
OF the other sketches, the mos
wonderful, to our thinking, is that
which follows the mans story. II /.
the picture Of the mental aud artistic
growth Of a young musician-a littl,
boy who iDherits a violin from a wan
dering musician who dies in hi
fathers house. The panes Of tn,
contrast between actual achievement
and artistic ideal we're never NOR,
powerfully described, not even in III
wonderful description OF organ musi,
in Lowell's Marguerite" BuI
everything in the book is good anC
wholesome, which is more than WI
should care to say Of Bjornsen's late
productions.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-06
The Lost Lee.
New Orleans Times Democrat.

y ~ AmN 11AAgNA9Ns
Last evening a Times Democrat
reporter visited the steamer John w.
Cannon, and there met Mr.. William
Hines, the first mate Of the i'll iated
steamer Il. e. Lee. Mr.. Hines made
a statement to the effect that the fire
originated on the starboard side, in or
about the psstry-room, and was first
discovered by the deck Waterman,
who, together with the second clerk,
Immediately. and with great presence
OF mind, gave the alarm. At the same
instant Mr.. Stout, the pilot, headed
the boat for the shore. Captain
Campbell, who was in his stateroom,
rushed down the gangwsy to the cabin,
and running through it kicked in the
doors, and thus aroused the slumber
ing passengers. The fire in less than
two minutes swept clear through the
width Of the boat, from the starboard
to the port wheel house, and those
who were in the after part OF the cabin
had their escape cut off. Many of
these persons jumped over the stern
into the river and we're lost, but
others, with the assistance OF the boats
crew, who worked like Trojaus, we're
taken of in a yawl. Those passengers
who we're forward Of the FIRE rushed to
the front end of the boat, and some of
them in their excitement, jumped from
the cabin deck down to the guards;
here they huddled together in fright
ened groups. AS soon as the nose Of
the boat struck into the bank
the stage was lowered and
they escaped to the shore with
out sustaining any injury beyond
a fvw triiing scratches. When the
boat struck the bank she swung around
to the wind and the flames swept her
upper works from stem to stern, and
she soon became a mass of fame. Mr..
Hines stated that, so quick did the
flames do their work he was forced TO
climb down the hog chains 10 order to
reach the guards. Before it was pos
sible to realize the situation the boat
was doomed TO destruction.
MR.. H. R. SMITH, ONE OF THE PILOTS,
was also visited at No. lO7 Thalia
street. He said: II was off duty at
the time the accident occurred, my
partner being at the wheel. | was
sleeping in the texas, and was the last
person to be awakened. Just as |
jumped out Of bed | felt the boat
strike the shore, and saw that she was
wrapped in flames. | crept forward
and let myself down by swinging to
one of the ropes used to let out the
plank. BY the time | had gotten
ashore the whole boat was afre, and
| saw none of the misery towards
the stern. The FIRE occurred amid
ships, SO those in the stern we're cut
off from the shore, and had to jump
into the water for their lives. In less
than five minutes every portion of the
boat was a6re. As | was asleep, | have
no idea how the fire occurred. If we
had been half a mile further down the
river, not a soul would have escaped,
as we would have been between sand
bars and unable to reach shore. The
officers must have behaved with cool
ness, but everything was Over by the
time | got Of the texas"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-06
Lake Water EcccntricIty.
81. Albsn. W. Ms.,onrsr.

o. nAoaha w AAutaouhoIs
During the high wind Monday after
noon several parties at Hathaway
Point we're treated to a grand specta.
Gle. The wind swOoped down sud
denly upon the smooth water in the
bay, and taking it up for the space of
about six rods wide, lifted it into the
air to the hight Of l75 feet, and this
wall of water was carried down the
lake with lightning speed for about
six miles, when it divided into two
parts, each Of which went whirling
about after the manner of a genuine
water spout. Several persons who
we're fishing a little distance from the
shore made quick time in getting to
land again, but luckily the cyclone did
not strike the Point at all; II it had,
none of the buildings there could
have stood the racket. There were,
fortunately, no boats out in the track
Of the Watery wall, which would GER
tainly have lifted up and destroyed
anything in its way. Il is spoken OF
as a terribly grand sight.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-06
Electricity aud the Phenomena
of Comets.
Ninetsenth CantnrI

There seems to be a rapidly growing
feeling among physicists that both the
sell lights OF comets and. the phen-
omeDa Of their tails belong TO the
order Of electrical phenomena. Those
who are disposed to believe that the
truth lies in this direction, differ from
each other in the precise modes in
which they would apply the known
laws OF electric action to the pben-
omena OF comets. Broadly the differ
ent applications Of the principle of.
electricity which have been suggested
group themselves about the common
idea that great electric disturbances
are set up by the suns action in CON
nectiOn with the vapOrization of some
Of the matters Of the nucleus. and
that the tail is probably matter carried
away, possibly in connection with
electric discharges, under an electrical
influence OF repulsIon excited By the
sun. This view necessitates the sun.
position that the sun is strongly cleo.
trihed, either negatively or positively,
and, further, that in the processes
takiag place in the comet, either Of
yaporlzation Or OF some other kind.
the matter thrown out by the nucleus
has become strongly electrified 10 the
same way as the sun, i. e.. negatively
II the suns electricity is negative, or
positively if the suns is positive. The
enormous disturbances which the
spectroscope shows to be always at
work In the u must be accompanied
by electrical changes of equal magni-
tude, but we know nothing as to how
lar these are all, or the great majority
OF them, in U direction, so as 10
cause the u to maintain permanently
a high electrical state, whether posi.
tive or negative. Unless some such a
state Of things exists, Sir John
Herschells statement, that this force
cannot be OF the nature of electric or
magnetic forces" must be accepted.
for, as he points out, "the centdF OF
gravity cot each particle) would not
be affected. The attraction on one Of
its sides would precisely equal the
repulsion on the other" Repulsion
OF the cometary matter could only take
place if this matter, after it has been
driven off from the nucleus, and the
sun, have both high electric %potentials
OF the same kind. further, it il
suggested that the luminous lets.
streams, halos and envelopes belong e
the same order Of phenomena as the
aurora, the electrical brush and the
stratihed discharges Of exhausted
tubes. Views resting more or less on
, this basis have been put forward b.
several physicists, and 10 particular by
the late Professor Zellner, who en-.
deavored to show that on certain as
; sumed date, which appeared to hin
to be highly probable, the known law,
OF electricity are fully adequate t
explain the phenomena Of comets.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-06
HEALTH DATTERS.
Reasons Why the County on
Gals Should Order a Gen.
eraI Vaccination.

DR.. J. H. PurnelI, the Secretary of
the Board Of Health, Vas questioned
yesterday in regard to the general
health Of the city, and gave express
sion to some very encouraging views.
He said in substance that the health
Of the city was never better, and that
1t had been free from smallpox for
more than a month past; but he was
apprehensive Of a spread of the dis
ease the coming winter, unless some
preventive measures were taken BY
the county. Be declared there we're
several cases in the country, which
were promptly reported to the county
authorities, who refused to take any
measures tor their isolation or removal
to the pest house. In one or two
instances such cases were reported
to the City Board Of Health by the
county officials. 1t has been repeat
eddy urged upon the county officials to
institute a general vaccination, or al
least to take measures to prevent tn,
spread Of the disease after it haG
broken out. 1t is not yet too late t
begin such preventive measures, but
DIR. Purnell thinks that unless some.
thing is done at once the plague will.
break out with fearful virulence witt
the approach of cold weather. A
case came up in the Police Cour.
yesterday which furnished a viviC
illustration Of the truth Of DR.. Pur
nells remarks. Two negro men cam,
IN from the country last Monday t,
attend the circus. After the per
Torrance they went to a negro board
ing house on the corner of Beal an,
DeSOto streets. They were take
sick that night, remained in be-
the next day and Wednesday broke on
with smallpox. DR.. Purnell wa
called to attend them, and ordere
the keeper Of the house to allow ther
to remain until this morning, when h
would send the ambulance and re
move them. In a few hours after h
returned, both men entered the ofic
and declaredthey had. been driven iror
the clearinghouse and obliged to wal
through the streets to the d%ispensary
A team was at once procured and the
were sent to the pesthouse, Tn
keeper Of the clearinghouse wa
arrested, but proved hat both me-
had left Of their own accord, and wa
discharged.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-06
Nonresident Notice.

-.
No. 45l9-In the Chaneery Court Of Shelby
county, Teun.-J d Brewster VS.. J A Ander-
son OF al.
7 appearing from the bill which Is sworn to
1 in this cause that the defendant, j A An
derson, is q resident Of the State Of lexas and
noD-reside ont of the State Of Tennessee, and
It appearing from the bberif7s return that no
officers Of the San Francisco Mining Company
arr, TO be. found in bis county, and at
tachmens having been issued and returned
BY the Sheriff, levied upon certain
property In which perhaps they nave
an interest, to satisfy the debt of complainant
alleged in said bill 10 be about Ss29. 20, due BY
Judgments; II Is therefore ordered that they
make their appearance herein, at the court
house Of Shelby county, in Memphis, Tenn,
on or before the FIRST Monday in November,
1852, and plead, answer or demur TO som.
plainant bill, or the same will be taken for
confessed as to them and set for hearing ex-
parte, aud that a copy Of this order be pub
hshed once a week, for four successive weeks,
In the Public Ledger.
This 10Th day Of Sci TENDER 1882.
A copy-Attess:
RI BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By M Bradley, DO&M.
Morgan x Mcfarland, sol'rs for compl't.
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