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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-13
A Feature Not 20 be Overlooked.
Nashville World

A Feature Not 10 be Overlooked.
Nashville World
We have repeatedly called attention
to the fact that the 1908 law was so
framed as to protect the interest Of all
concerned in the contract except the
State itself. We have shown under
the law hal if the funding board
chooses to act corruptly they may issue
bonds Of the State in any sum from
one to fifty millions, and when they
are sold upon the markets oftbe world
there will be no way on earth to tell
that they are fraudulently issued.
They will be like all the other bonds
Of the State, and if they go into the
hands of innocent purchasers the
State will be legally bound to pay
them. We claim that this one feature
Of the law is enough to make every
man in the State doubtful
of the propriety of attempt
ing under such a loosely
framed law to fund the debt, the
amount Of which is not now definitely
known, but which reaches at least to
$50, 600. Ought there not to have
been some way provided which would
have taken away the opportunity Of
such afraud being perpetrated. Every
officer in the State who handles public
money is required by law to give bond
and security to faithfully account for
all the money that may go into his
hands. No matter how small the Office,
nor how insignificant the sum, he is
required TO give the security. And
here We have q law when men are to
issue the solemn obligations Of the
State to the amount Of thirty millions
Of dollars, and the way left open
for them to issue as many
millions more as they choose,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-13

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Messrs. H. II. Warner & Co:
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Alabama,- but none of them gave me any
benefit. In 1873 a friend advised me to use
Warner 5 Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. One
bottle did me more good than all the other
medicine / had taken in eighteen years, and
a continued use caused further improvement,
until | considered myself well. / believe it
female disorders. / can cheeriully recon-
mend IL to all.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-13

Eng. Memphis 3 Charleston RR.
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many OF them IN cases where hepe was
abandoned-have been voluntarily given,
showing the remarkable power Of Warmers
safe Kidney and Liver Cure, in all diseases Of
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-13
S19 Carolina sire,

7 VuIUIIHH DIIU6Is
MRMPHIs, TENN, April l6, 1881.
Messrs. II. H. Warner & Co:
GENTs-I have used nearly every variety of
pills made, bat mover until / tried yours did 1
find enc that seemed suited to my system.
find Warmers Safe Pills do precisely what
they are claimed to do. They leave no bad
eject, and are in every way the pleasantest
and most reliable in the market.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-13
EVENING ROBES.

An evening or opera cloak is in dol
man shape, with defined cape in the
back. The fabric is white brocade
and trimmed in an applique of the
same beads-seed and Roman pearls
and crystals-used in the dress, and
fringe of the same with chenille
edges the sleeves and bottom of the
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-09-24
Was Bunyan A Gypsy!

Did BunyRn come 6 gypsy race? This is the question which MT. James Simon discusses in the pamphlet which he has just published and which he answers in the affirmative. The starting point of the controversy is a passage m Bunysn's g autobiography wherein he says: 'FOr my desoene 1t was, AI Is well known by manyIof low and uncomfortable gen eration, my fathers house being of that rank that is meRnest and most despised of all the families of the land" Those who refuse to believe that the illus trious author of The Philgrm's Pro- gress" was of gypsy race contend that this means simply that his family were tinkers. On the other side. 1t is urged that the reference here IS rather to blood than to any occupation. If Bun van did to do more than sllude to the fact that his family were tinkers, his lan- guAge was in the instance wanting in the simplicity which IS characteristic of his immortal RllegOry.
 Those who deny that Bunysn came of a gypsy race lay great stress upon the fact that they have evidence of there being Bunyans ID the country long be- fore the gypsies arrived in England. They point out, too, that BunyHn was not ot & swathy completion, but was s man "of fair spPesrBnce". Mr. Simon does not trouble himself much about all this. He says that the whole mys- tery is solved by the simple idea of a gypsy family settling in the neighbor- hood of native families of influence, whose surname they assumed, and uak- ing Elstow their headquarters or resi- dence as was Ihs uniform custom of the tribe all over Great Britain" Thls is really all the evidence forthcoming on the subject. We do not propose that tho greatest admirers of Bunyan would object to his being proved to have been a gypsy if proof could be produced. but it is hardly likely that they will be prepared to endorse Mr. Simon's TleW
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-09-24
California News Items.

The Mexican residents celebrated tbeir National anniversary at Sacra- mento.
 Dona Ysidora P. Forster, of the Santa Margarita Rancho, died in Los Angeles Monday night.
 A fine flowing artesisn well was struck last week on F.. N. Dewey's ranch, Iu- lare county.
 A fire at Goshen, Tulare county, Sep tember 18th, destroyed three buildings, all that there was of the village, except railroad depot and warehouses.
 Ross Holt lately had fight with a wild cat in Temescal Valley, San Der nardino county. It sprang upon him and bit his arm, when he shot 1t with a revolver.
 In Tulare county the SIerras are sl- most as white with snow as ID winter. Between one and two feet of snow are reported from Mineral king Fiat, about 5000 feet above the sea aleveL
 At Hopeton, in Merced county, yester- terday morning, William Esgleson shot himself accidentally, the wound being severe and probably a fatal one. The charge entered the side of the neck and lodged in the fourth vertebrae.
 Last Saturday afternoon lightning struck the Changers warehouse at Ath- lone, Merced county, doing considerable damage to the building and setting It on fire. The station agent and others saved the building from material dam- age.
 Sunday night as the emigrant train was coming down the grade from Sum init toward Iruckee, Helene Frlnk ran out on the front platform of the sleeping coach, and before anyone could prevent her, plunged heBd-foremOst between the cars. She was picked up dead Her body was horribly mangled. The woman was insane.
 A serious blasting accident happened at the Snow Point mine, Nevada county Monday. Wm. Hogan's right arm was blown of. one eye destroyed and the other eye SO badly injured that it iF feared the sight will be lost. Phil Derich's legs, arms and face were badly bruised though no bones were broken | The explosion was caused by the tamp' | ing iron striking the cap which remain ed in the cartridge.
 The camp meeting near Plalnsburg Merced county, closed last Sabbath | Just before the people were to assemble | for the afternoon service, on Saturday, . large oak tree standing near the place of meeting was struck by lightning ana ! riven in splinters. Sunday Mrs. BOst wife of ex-Sufveyor-General BOst, re ceived dispatch from Arizona inform | ing her that her oldest brother, Thomas
 FItzhugh, had died. She fell in swOOn | and for hours her life was despalred of ! At last accounts she was in a fair way ! of recovery.
 Thomas Hamilton, William Anderson and James O'Brien have been brought to Sacramento from San Quentin to bt examined for the murder of Police Off cer Scott of that city, in December. 1878 l Monday night Thomas Hamilton made complete confession, saying that he Anderson, O'Brien and Edwards came l to Sacramento the day of the murder,anC determined tO rob some one. They saw a man on Seventeenth street, and two of them went up to him to rob him while the other two stood near by tC render assistance. The man was Polic, l Officer Scott. He tried to draw a pistol when Edwards shot him.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-09-24
TELEGRAPH
PACIFIC COAST.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.-Chollar levies an assessment of fifty cents.
 SlS FR,Sc1soo, September 22.-Bar- ley-Weaker; feed. Sl.24G sl.3O; brew ing, Sl.30u f1.35; chevslier, Sl.3jg g ~. Oats-LOwer; extra choice, Sl.621i @s1.65; No. l, sl.5715Gsl.6o; No. Z S1.50Gt1.55.
 Brsn-Weak; $l71i@s1S. Special to the CITIZEN
 CALABAsAs, Sept. 23.-Mr. A. c. Hes sing, the reported dead man, left by thii mornings train en route to Tucson. Hs is well and happy.
 The large Santa Rita Hotel at thii place has about opened for transient custom, and the Boston girls are happy
 Mir. Martin. prominent business mar of this place, vindicated himself by Giv ing large wine feast st the hotel. Al who were present enjoyed themselves | very much.
 The \. M. IA. R. R. have now con. pleted their track-lGying within tw' miles of the line. This end will be com pleted Monday evening. There VII stlll remain tventy-seven miles dis tsnoe between the connecting lines
 The foundation of the large depot s this place is now under construction.
 All of the business men of this plac say that business is increasing.
 A s-ast many o.yRrGsrs arc fn"Finl m and 1t is expected before long th place will be booming.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-09-24
Railroad Notas.

Steel rails have gone up from S2 to t5 per ton.
 There are l5 locomotive wOris in the United States.
 h a{few weeks cars will run over the Southsrn Pacific from San Francisco to New Orleans direct.
 Railroads running through Iowa have stopped selling liquor on their dining. room cars, but it IS said that the colored porter is always ready to consider an amendment.
 The Texas and Pacific railroad will establish experimental farms along its line next season. The purpose of these farms will be to test the availability Oi lands for different farming purposes.
 A good idea The Pennsylvania Rail. way Company is placing upon the en- zine of each of its trains tin box con- taining bandsges, lint, iniments, etc, which will be accessible to conductors and other train hands in case of scci' dent.
 Californis is q remarkable illustration of the distribution of landed property resulting largely from the introduction of railways In 1850 no rail was laid west of the Rocfy Mountains. There were then only S72 farms in California, while the last census shows no less than 5,934
 The Canadian Pacific Railway this season expects to add 6i0 mlles of new road to it's mileage. Five hundred miles of this will be on the main line and the balance on the branches. Construction is being carried on with the utmost rapiditT, and from three to four miles of new track are being Laid each dsy.
 The demand for English locomotives is rsoidly growing. During the first four months of the current year the importers of engines amounted to more than twelve times the total of 1881. and over forty times that of 1880. The rapid growth of the demand is Q matter of sstonishment and humiliation. Amer icsn locomotives are confessedly the handsomest and most durable, and are preferred to all of the English col oniss to those of the mother country.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-09-24
Hreyities.

h running away from BlsckstOne Senator Baysrd fetched up at Yellow stone.
 He will endeRvOr 10 convert Chicago Troy Times.
 Dr. Bliss purse cavity isn't being filled very rapidly with American shek- els to the amount of S25.O0O.
 It is called the Greenbsok Labor party. The labor Is Co get the green backs.-New Orleans Picayune.
 Late fashion nOse: Pork cut on the bias and beans on the festher-edge trimming form q very pretty oombins- ton at l2 o'clock NJ.
 When q man prefsces his oonvsrss- tion with Now. know this isn't any of my business" you may bs pretty sure that it isn't.-Cincinnsti Saturday Night.
 Mrs. De Lesseps writes to the press to say that she contsmptOusly tramples England under foot. Fortunately for Mir. Bull, Mrs. De Lesseps is not a S.. Louis girl.-Courisr Journal
 All the worlds stage. Sam, and the
 
 massa, but if that's SO, where you goin' for to get ysr audience and OrohistryY Boston Commercial Bulletin.
 AKentucky black snake which tried to fasoinRte an old rooster didn't have glare enough to hold the bird off more than ten seconds, and then there uas q dead snake and 8 growing chantieleer.
 The bottlers of the United States are invited to meet ID convention in Pitts burg, Pa, November 18th. to organize 2 National Association. It might be 8 graceful thing for them to invite Gen. B. F. Butler to preside.-N. Y. Times.
 Married for Life" is the title of new novel. evidently written by a Chicago author. who thinks he has struck on something never before thought Of.- Philadelphia News. Such instances oc- cur now even in Chicago. Since the in- troduction of the grip" cars life is very short tthere.-Sorristown Herald.
 A Wyoming county postmaster put up . bulletin the other day reading: Here after this postOffce will be open from 6. ID. to IF ID. and from p. m. until 6 D. m. All persons requiring any further sccommodatiOus will confer favor on the postmaster by either getting their mall at some other office or taking meas ures to have the postmaster removed"
 James Dunmsnwsy refused to let 8 lawyer defend him. whom put on a trial in Providence for nearly killing a man with hammer. His defense was plea of insanity, and he presented it SO cleverly that the jury believed bir ts bs fully possessed ot q very keen intel hgenos. He vsnt toprison for two years.
 Ar. and Mrs. Woodward bore for many yesrs a good reputation in Frank lin county. Mas, but were all the time sending out their son to commit bur- glaries. When he vas finally caught, the farm houae was found to be place of storage for plunder, large quantities of which vera hidden under the floors.
 Railroad building and railroad busi- ness last year was unprecedented m the Southern States. About 1,5OO miles of road was put in operation, which IS nearly 1000 more than was built during be proceeding year. The gross earn ings of the Southern railroads last year reached S63,OO0,0O0. These figures speak volumes for the industrial and commercial growth of that part of the country.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-09-24
Charmed bVaS Snake.

From the Sacramento Record u ulou.
 A lady writing from Graniteville Ne vada county, California, under date of August F, relates an incident of a httle child having been charmed by s rattle snake:
 "On Saturday last 1 was walking ID my kitchen when l was startled by a loud scream from my little boy four years old. On asking the cause he said: oh, mamma. a bIg snake: great big snaker l rushed to the door, and im- agine my feelings when, almost para lyzed with horror, I could only gaze ai the awful sight that met my eyes.
 "ren feet from me, and on the dOof- step of the woOdshed, stood my baby boy, twentv-twO months old, gaZlnE, as if fascinated, upon large rattlesnake, which was coiled ID front of him about two feet away, and was gently moving it's head back and forth. looking Rt the child with eyes like flame. My screams frightened 1t, and my daughter. twelve years of age, ran past me and caught her little brother out of the way when the reptile glided swiftly away.
 "My screams brought my husband and teamster to the spot, they being but a short distance eoffunloading quartz at the mill. They soon killed the snake but not until after contest ID which the snake fought well. He was nearly four feet long, and had ten rattles and a button. The child cried bitterly for half an hour to see the pretty snake. ss he called it. and would not be paci- fed until shown the dead body of the horrld thing. was completely unnerv- ed from the fright, and do not think l shall ever forget that terrible situation.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-09-24
FOREIGN.

CArrABo, September 2l.-The leaders of the Albanian League at Scutarl hay ing resolved to massacre and rob the richest Christians including the English Consul, two hill tribes marched 70 Scutari and prevented the massacre: The Consuls asked that the garrlsons or Scutsri be reinforced
 CAIRO, September 2l.--The Garrison of DAmietta refuses to surrender. Fort Ghemilch has surrendered and the gar rison was found to consist ot only eighty mon, the remainder of tho force having zone to Damistta last evening.
 GALWAY, Ire, Sept. 2-Patrlck Walsh was hanged to-day for the murder of Martin Lyden. Walsh protested hi' inno:ences;r is:f' irlin'ainsd that wit hehs h~OiA long | ,--<-
 LONDON, September 2.-The E1posl' tion building at Sydney, New South Wales, has been totally destroyed by fire with all it's contents. CAIRO, Sept. 23ri.-Arabi Pashs and accomplices of the military and civil will be tried by Court Martial.
 ALzxiSDRIA, 23rd-Gen. Wood on tho tuhICu tO bsn4hbbab AtaShSu ohANA- last evening and was to remain until threo o'clock this morning. The rail way is blocked by deserters from Alb. deilsh,s Camp. Gen Wood tslegraped that Abdellah's troops continue to de. seri. Of the 1000 originally. only oOC blacks remain. They plunder the bar racks, Governors house and many private residences and exchanges.
 DANIarrA, Sept. 23.-The negro gar. rison instead of surrendering have led taking besides plumber quantity oi ammunition.
 ALEXANDRIA,, Sept. 23.-Two men in plicated in the June massacre have been hanged.
 DUBLIN, September 2a-The fsilur, ir reported of George Reid < Co, dis tillers, s firm of long. standing. Theil liability is estimated at flOo,OOO tC G400.0O0.
 CossTASfISoPLR, September 23.- | Count Court, Italian Ambssssdor, hal invited ths representatives of th' | Powers to a conference on Sunday tC discuss the Greek question.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-09-24
. MAN or THE PEOPLE.

Public men, like business men. have their ups and downs in life. Not long ago it was given out that Mir. Blaine. who had just retired from from the highest office in the gift of the late President Garfield, had retired from public life. and that hereafter he would not bs heard from as leader in the Republican party. In view of re- cent events it scent that such predic- hons have not proved to be worth much When tho late Stets canvass WAS about to open in Maine it looked as though there was not much chance for Re publican victory, and the most ssnguine only hoped for bare majority. NIT Blaine, after few months rest, deter mined to take part in the canvass and If possible redeem tho pine tree State. He stumped every county in the State and as a result Maine comes to the front with Republican majority of between eight and nIne thousand. The COsli- tiOnists seem to have been completely routed and the Grsenback party will never be able to recover strength enough to make a stand again. When Blaine vas a Senator his enemies called him a boss, and predicted that if ht were once out of office he would have no following. He is out of office now but not out of the minds of the people He is the most prominent represents tive of Garfield Republiosnism, not withstanding his, successor in the Stat' Department took great pains to reverse the policy he had inauguratsd ID man! | notable instances, and busted himself II shU v IHs up DzI. DIRIEe nllsJaKes as n' termed them, the people refuse to bs liere Mr. Frelinghuysen's version of Rf fairs but return to their old leader will more fervor than ever. Wherever b. goes the people hail him with dsligh! Yesterday he was bsnqueted in Chicag' where 1000 leading Republicans of Hi nOis sat down with him. Last week h delivered an addresg ut the State Fai in Kansas where 40.0OO people came Ou to hear him. It looks as though Mi Blaine Las returned to the field of nc tive politics to stay; we trust 1t is SC His good judgment and far-seeini would osrry us a long way on the roa' to success in eighty-four. He is s liv man. a man of the people; a man vb' has more to say about the live question of the country than he does RbOu Washington etiquette; man who love his country, and who would make th name of an American respected in Chil ss well as in Egypt.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-09-24
Help in London.

The overcrowding in every branch of business is becoming dreadful. London dsily supports huge army of nearly l00,O00 paupsrs-many able and willing enough to work if they could only find
 something to do. Last week some thir- ty female clerk ks were required Tn the PostOffice. and l,50O applicants present ed themselves. For the appointment of manager of the Crystal Palace at sala- " of a.OOOs year, 1,2OO have applied.
 For sixty vscsncles Tn the army last month, 800 candidates presented them selves. Surely, not even in ChTnais the population so dense Gs in England. Were 1t not for what the United States
 sends us in the way of food and ''or-
 ders," half England would die of star vatiOn.-T StLouis Globe-DemOcrat Cor.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-09-24
Tbs "OH Wheeler, In Ouod.

News brought from Pueblo. Colorado, by Albert Bilicke. is to the effect that the "Off Wheeler" sprominent member of the "top and bottom" gang who were stationed at Benson SO long. is in quod there. The cause of his encarcsrstion i. sbout as follows: He vas engaged Tn tending bar in 6 saloon that was not making any too much money. The pro priesor being pretty fully insured, oon- eluded to burn it up and contracted with the "Of Wheeler" to do the iob. After closing the saloon the contrsctee fastened one end of c rope to the lighted chandelier and took the other end into the rear of the saloon with him. It did not take much of pull to down the chandelier and the blaze from the coal oil soon wrapped the building in flames. Unfortunately for the "Wheelsr" he was seen doing the job and apprehended ss above stated Tombstone Independent.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-09-24

plunged into the lake and she refused to obey the helm and rolled m the trough of the sea with every strong puff of wind there came. She actually moved 6 on a pivot. More than IVv people were on board. half French, hail English, all screaming at once as the waves broke over the vessel. The oiii- cers could do nothing. their comInands being unbeeded iu the confusion, when it became evident the vessel would go down.
 NEW BRUSswICK. September 3.-Mrs' Jane Hickey and Christopher Csrian were drOwred on the look Delaware ana Raristsn Canal Both leave large families
 LITTLE Rock, ARK, Sept. 9-A large fire broke out at Forth smith last night in the business part of town At last accounts over a dozen business places were consumed.
 SRAvILLR, \. J.. Sept. 25:-Ih' steamer Nuppar from North Shields England. for Philadelphia, IS ashore al | Townsend inlet bar.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-09-24
Prisons as Business Enterprises.


 The rage for turning prisons into sources of revenue by selling convict labor is increasing. When, at the end of September, 1881, the three New York State prisons were found to have earned during the preceding twelve months 8564 over their expenses, this result was claimed to be unprecedented. But since that dste there has been a mania for making money out of these institu- tions. On the lst of April of the pres ent year. Mir. Baker assumed controll and ever since this feature of the man. agemsnt has been remarkable. During the last five months the surplus of the earnings of the three prisons over their cost of maintenance has been S16, ,S39.l whereas in the corresponding months of 1881 their earnings were S5.455.22 only. This shovs 8 trebling of net earn ings for this period. In fact. the net earnings for August alone, S5,5l399, were greater than those of the five months of the preceding year.
 Is 1t sound policy to turn these pris- ons into sdeh sources of profit by con- peting with honest lsborf Who can tell st what cost of comfort or hsppi- ness to deserving citizens this under bidding of their industry has been made7