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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

ROME, October 14.-Zanurdelli has
resigned the Ministry of Justice and
ecclesiastical affairs.
LONDON, October l4.-The British
steamer Preston, Captain Osborn,
from New York for Newcastle, is
ashore near Berwick. She stands
upright but is broadside to the sea,
which is running strong.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, October IA
Sheckh 0beidulah, the Kurdish chief,
with ten thousad men, has demanded
the surrender Of Ken. Thirty thou
sand Persians, with Turkish troops
and artillery, are marching against
him, and have been ordered to capture
him dead or alive.
GLASGOW, October l4.-Galbreath's s
spinning mills were burned this morn.
ing. The loss is about Fifty thousand
pounds.
PARIS, October l4.-Count Napole.
on Ney, Prince de la Moscom, son of
Marshal Ney, died yesterday, aged
seventy
RIGA, October l4.-A plot to burn
the Imperial theater has been discov-
cred. Boxes Of petroleum and gun.
powder were found on the premises.
CAIRO, October l4.-The trial Of
Arab Pasha is fixed for Monday next.
DUBLIN, October A. The Con-
vention at Athenry Galway yesterday
adopted resolutions declaring the right
of the country to national indpend.
ency, accepting the principle of the
land for the people, and approving the
system OF the present proprietary and
the amendment Of Bright's clauses Of
the land act. Resolutions were passed
deprecating the prevalence Of grass
farming ofland as tending to paralyze
industry and increase pauperism. The
Convention also resolved to permit
hunting until extra police drafted in
the country are dispensed.
ST.. PETERSBURG, October 14.-The
Imperial family and Court left Peler-
tof Palace for Gatschina.
BERLIN, October l4.-The appoint
ment of Count Won Hatzfeldt to the
Foreign Secretaryship has been def
nitely settled. Herr Won Radonits,
Minister at Athens, will succeed him
as Minister at Constantinople. 1t is
considered by some persons that the
appointment Of Count Won Hatzleldt
is an indication that he will eventually
succeed Prince Bismarck, who is
known to entertain the highest opinion
of him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

On the 18th of last month Sheriff
Cate and his deputy, Conway, Of Ham
iIton county, Tenn, we're killed by
Bob Taylor near Philadelphia Station
while the officers were on their way to
Knoxville with a brother of Taylor, a
prisoner under sentence of murder.
Bob Taylor had a friend to aid him,
and after the murder ofOate and Cou-
way the three men left the train at a
station called Lenoir and fed to the
mountains. Yesterday a telegram to
Governor Hawkins reported that Bob
Taylor had been shot dead on railway
train near Lebanon, Mo-, by Sheriff
P. II. Goodlll, while the latter was
trying to arrest the desperate. 1t is
reported that the other Taylor is
surrounded near lockwood, East
Tennessee and that officers have gone
from Chattanooga to capture him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

not unfrequently happens when a re
porter has been made delirious by eat
ing too much indigestible wedding
cake, so that it does not clearly an
pear whether the young married
couple with each mornings dawn
spring up anew" or whether it il
hope and happiness or the star Of
promise which performs this feat Of
early rising, but at any rae it is evi
dent that the writer was kindly dis.
posed to the persons interested.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

I'm this weeks Hour 'Uucle Ru.
fus' fully analyzes the four fatal
words: The public be blank. ," The
foregoing came in the press dispatches
as news, to day, from New York. To
be understood it is explained that
Uncle Rufus" is an eccentric old
stock jobber who has handled countless
millions Of paper; that the "Hour" is
a weekly paper, for which Rufus, OF
his son, writes few financial sen
tences; that the Public" is also
journal devoted to financial discus
sions, and that blank" is supposed tC
be polite cuss word. Now, tha
dispatch may be an item of deep in
terest to the public, but casual new
hunter would naturally think "th,
game isn't worth the candle"
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Great Clock.

Among the most ingenious and com.
plicated mechanical achievements of
modern times is a gigantic clock, lust
completed by Messrs. Lund & Block
ley, OF London, at the instance of Mr..
Premchund Roychuhd, we'll known
native of Bombay. Some time ago
this gentleman intimated to the Indian
government his desire to present
Bombay University with new clock
and carillons, and, his offer having
been accepted, deposited large sum
OF money with the authorities, re-
questiDg them to lay it out on his be-
half In the manner indicated. The
dlals Of the clock are thirteen feet in
diameter, Of opal glass; it is fitted with
an apparatus enabling it to telegraph
its time daily to the observatory and
synchrOnize to correct time all the
other clocks in the univers.ty and
Bombay city. Connected with it is a
carlton Of sixteen bells, weighing
about twelve tons, which can play
sixteen tunes and l50 changes. be-
sides firing" at full speed as smartly
as though the peal were being chimed
by expert ringers. The repertoir Of
the carillOn included Irish, Scotch
and Welch airs, as we'll as British
melodies, two or three familiar hymns,
the British national anthem, and
Rule Britannia"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

COLONEL Young, Judge Smith aad
General Gordon spoke upon the issues
Of the day at LaGrange yesterday and
last night to large audiences, composed
largely of Democrats. Ex-Governor
Marks addressed large audience at
Nashville, while ex Senator Bailey
spoke to one hundred and forty per-
sons in the same city, in a hall on
Church street. Colonel Savage, in a
short but pointed address at the
Greeulaw Operahouse, last night, ex-
posed the true inwardness of the
Hawkins-FuSsell movement, and vim
dicate the followers Of Bate from the
unjust charge that they we're not fol
lowing the precepts of true Democ.
raw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

unless offset by considerable losses
elsewhere, which there is now no
visible reasons to anticipate, will
restore to the Democrats the majority
they lost a few years ago. If Arkan-
saw send an unbroken Democratic
delegation it will represent a gain Of
one. That gain will be made unless
the Democrats in the Second district
fail in their duty-a failure the
aroused interest now evident in all
quarters has apparently rendered I'M
possible. But the opponents of radi-
cal Republieanism cannot afford TO
take anything for granted. The heavy
losses in Ohio will inspire the sup.
porters to redouble their exertion to
elect him. They will work as they
have never worked before. Rsmem.
Der this.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

AN Associated Press dispatch which
came this forenoon gives the substance
of an extensive interview with Joe
Pulitzer, of the ost-Dispatch, re.
garding the killing of Colonel
Slsyback, st. Louis politician, by
John A. Cockrell, Managing Editor
of the same paper. Mr.. Pulitzer's
sympathy was no doubt very grateful
to the family Of the unfortunate man,
but as this is not news to the public
and as the dispatch contains nothing
else it has not been thought neces.
sary to use it.
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An Expensive Dinner.

"A thousand rubles (el5O) per
head for a dinner" says the London
World, seems rather a high price for
even Russian to pay, yet such is the
sim which twenty six cavalry officers
each paid for their banquet at a hotel
at Warsaw a week or so ago. They
had determined to organize dinner
that, as nearly as possible, should
initiate those Of Roman Emperors,
who paid enormously for their luxu.
ries, and preferred them out of season;
and, to a certain extent, they sue.
oeeded. For eight hours they ate plat
after plat, and among the courses ap-
peared a ragout Of African turtle, and
another Of stewed nightingales. And,
to make the thing appear more real,
these martial savages sat at the table
each with a fillet Of roses round his
head!"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

Isn't it fine weather.
Are suicides contagious ?
What has a comet to do with poll
tics ?
Where hath the street minstrel hied
away2
Isn't the local laws against beggars
a good one?
"How many people know what an
abattoir" ISL
How many beer glasses are used in
Memphis2
Will the day ever come when burnt
cork will not pay?
Will Memphis ever have a public
library and art gallery
Where are the prophets who pre-
dicted very early fall?
Isn't the livery business likely to
boom after the jubilee?
How do the lawyers manage to live
through this dull legal season?
Is 1t not a fact that the last mos
quitoes are the most ferocious2
Is there any sense in the howl about
the young men not being represented ?
Why don't the common sense girls
Of the city organize cooking school q?
How will the farmers manage to get
out all of their cotton if this weather
continues
Are there not enough talented young
persons in the city to start an amateur
dramatic club2
How is the poultry to prosper if
Old Hawk and his flock hangs around
here much longerP
Where will pateriamilias hide his
pocktbook when the raging artistic
craze strikes these bluffs2
Ought gaudy vehicles of a kind
likely to frighten horses be permitted
to drive through the streets?
If a "by word" can be used to round
off a sentence, politically and meta
phorically speaking, why not use it?
What will the woman suffrage ad-
vocates of the South do, now that
Anna Dickinson has deserted them2
Now that the courts are open hadn t
the counting young men who have been
swinging on gates all summer better 90
in doorsp
Isn't there something peculiar, ap-
propriate and suggestive of autumn
and falling leaves in the practice of
holding elections in November
Which is to be preferred, the sum.
mer with itsI breeze, mosquitoes, flies
and picnics or winter with its SHOWS,
cozy 6reSides, cold feet and balls?
IF the number Of cats in city were
the measure of its claim to the reputa-
ticn of being musical, wouldn't Mem
phis stand somewhere near the top of
the list?
Instead of ex parte legislation,
hadn't the next Legislature better
authorize the levy Of tax sufficient
to provide a permanent patrol OF
moupted police2
Is the estimated length Of submarine
cables, $4,000 miles, SO great thing
when compared with the interminable
sub candidate cabal, laid by Shelby
county wire-workers?
Is it the square thing for a man to
play cards, lose money, report the mat.
ter secretly to the police aud then ap-
pear as attorney for the other fellow
in court next morning, as was done in
this city very few days ago?
Why is it that civilized country
and center of civilization like Mem
pbis cannot invent substitute for
dogs who cannot distinguish between
friends and foes, and one, therefore,
i'll fitted for the purposes of hospi-
table man?
Would it be possible for the next
census taker to find out (lrom old
maids especially what per cent Mem
phis uses Of the ten million false teeth
manufactured per annum in the
United StatesP
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AZ Epglish Idea Of lhls County.

D Pigeon, an Englishman who re-
Gently made a visit to the United
States and wrote book about it en-
titled HAn Engineers Holiday" says.
in concluding bis remarks: Il landed
in America q prospective admirer of
its people and institutions and left it,
after fve months stay, charmed with
the courteous kindness of its private
citizens, astonished at the breadth and
boldness Of the national mind, and
convinced that, so far as power and
prosperity are concerned, the Great
Republic is on It's way to become the
foremost nation of the modern world.
But | looked for political enthusiasm
intellectual aspiration and republican
simplicity Of life among the people oi
the United States; found politics
close profession, material we'll bein,
the gaol Of ambition, and luxury ram
pant among the rich,"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

ABOUT fifty of the ninety two
counties in Indiana have Republican
judges, prosecuting attorneys, and
county officers, and yet the Republican
papers in that State complain of the
open and shameless manner in which
the liquor law is violated. Perhaps
after the November election the rul.
ing officials will go out and the oppo-
site side will try their hands for a bit.
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Gladstone and the SOu,h.

new 1Ork gun.
Mr.. Gladstone publishes a denial Of
the charge that during our late civil
war ne sympathized with the South.
Strictly speaking, he is right; but his
want of sympathy with the North, and
his frequently expressed opinion that
its efforts to preserve the Union were
hopeless as well as unwise, diff
fered little in their practical effect from
giving aid and comfort to the rebellion.
In common with many other soft
hearted Englishmen, be thought and
said that we were paying too dear a
price in blood and treasure for national
integrity, and counselled US to submit
quietly to the disruption which the
South was endeavoring to effect.
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A PrOner Rend.OG.

The handsOmest send of " in the
way of a marriage notice that has
lately appeared in the newspapers is
the following, culled from the flowery
columns OF a Minnesota paper Let
hope and happiness ever rest in those
young hearts who walk forth with the
morning star Of promise glisteniDg on
his brow, and with each mornings
dawn spring up anew, filing their
lives with diamond joy dust, which
may hoat and sparkle, enveloping their
homes 10 gems ieweled in perpetual
sunbeams Of joy, beauty and peace. "
TIE phraseOlogy is little mixed, as
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

The English are in a peck Of
trouble. TLey have determined to
elevate Sir Garnet Wolseley to the
peerage, and are in as much OF quan
dary for name as if he were the first
born. 1t has been the custom to
hitch on the name of generals great
est battle to the title of Duke, but
somehow the name Duke of Tel-el.
Kebir" don't sound English enough,
and it was not very great victory
either.
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Passenger Arenls nt Penoe.

CHICAGO, October l4.-As result
of the representation made by Passen-
ger Agent Il. +. John, of the Rock
Island road, to Commissioner Fink,
Fink has decided that the Rock
Island shall hereafter receive full
one-tbird of the emigrant business to
st. Paul, The Rock Island has been
contending for this ever since it
Opened-the Albert Lea route to st.
Paul-but has not heretofore re-
ceived it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

DESIRING to prepare a history of
Tennessee soldiers during the civil
war between the States, DR.. ]. B.
Lindsey, Of Nashville, is anxious to
put himself in communication with
commanders of companies, battalions
and regiments.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

The Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks,
Of Indiana, is rejoiced over the result
in Ohio, but fears if the Democracy
gain conTol of the House of Rel
sentatives they will fall into their old
habit Of committing blunders, and
thereby hurt the party in the next
Presidential canvass
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THE BIG MASK BALL.
Monday, October 2sd.

Letters received from the adjacent
country towns indicate that there will
be an immense crowd here on the first
day Of the races, in order to be present
at the Grand Masquerade Ball that is
to come off at the Exposition the
same evening,
Monday, October 23d.
Prof. Arnold is gathering all the
musicians possible for his band on the
occasion. Already people are pre-
pairing their costumes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

AN Irish banking company has been
started at Dublin, with a capital Of
81, 100000. 1t is not stated whether
the incorporators are landholders or
tenants.
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Liverpool Markets.

LIVERPOOL, October A. Lard
prime Western, steady at 64s. Corn
mixed old, steady at rs. Bacon
@. c. dull, Cos. Beef extra India
mess, dull, 34s Sd. Resin-common,
steady, 5s Cd.
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ADDITIONAL COTTON.

New YORK, October IA, 1881 pm
Cotton dull and easier. Ordinary,
&c; good ordinary, 10Ac; low middling,
l0%c; middllng; ll11S good middling,
II l3-l6c middling fair, l21ci fair,
l3Ac. Futures are dull but steady
at to 10 points below yesterdays closing.
LIVERPOOL, October IA, 2 p.m.-Cot-
ton easier, but not quotably lower. Up
lands, 6 l1-l6d; Orleans, Lied Sales
to-day, 70O0 bales. Receipts, $3.50 bales;
American, $3.50 bales. Futures closed
closed weak.
NEW ORLEANS October IA, 1880 am
Cotton quiet. Middling, 1lHc. Sales
to-day, 40 bales. Receipts, 65i4 bales.
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New York ~enk Statement.

New York, October 14-The
banks statement Of loans is a decrease
of $685. 200; specie increase, 81 ,8O2,-
900; legal tendus decrease, $27l 300;
circulation deer lse, $l62, 800; reserve
increase. 81, ,3S3,575. The banks now
hold 81 ,8O5, 400 in excess Of legal re-
duirements.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

the Missouri valley, fair weather IN
the southern and eastern portions,
falling, followed by rising barometer,
winds shifting to southwest aud Dorth.
west, and stationary or slight rise of
temnerature.
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SAD CATASTROPHE.
Three Humid ed People Plunged
into q River by u Falling
Bridge.
Chattanooga Democrat, 10.

NhabauoVAa 0gAuoofntf To-
The following facts have reached us
from Gec:gia in regard to a fearful
catastrophe that befell three hundred
people at baptizing in Cherokee
county, Ca, last Sunday:
About ten miles from AcWorth, a
little town on the State road, several
hundred people gathered on the banks
of Little river to witness the baptism
ol number of persons. Like on most
occasions Of this kind the people were
intoxicated with curiosity to see, and
three hundred Of the number present
got upon an iron bridge that spanned
the stream, not thinking Of the danger
that might attend so much weight
upon the bridge. The minister com
menced the solemn ceremony. All
were hushed in silence.
Suddenly a snap was heard, then
another, cries Of alarm burst from the
women, aud the movement of he
crowd but made the matter worse. As
one support after another gave way,
the platform Of the bridge gave way in
the center, throwing the people into
mass and dropping them down into
the waters below. The cries of an
0uish from the sufferers, as arms and
legs we're broken aud painful wounds
received, rendered the scene one OF
pain ard horror. Many we're caught
between the pieces, and thus held
could not move, while the structure
was going deeper down, and as the
waters touched and began to dash over
the victims, it looked as if many
lives must be lost. For moment the
crowd on the banks stood paralyzed
by the terrible spectacle before them,
but realizing that instant work was
necessary to rescue the sufferers, they
at once plunged in and manfully aided
in the rescue. One man was instantly
killed, while many others we're badly
hurt, some of whom probably fatally.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

NOTWITHSTANDING the boasted
prowess of Northern detectives, they
have failed 50 far to gain single clue
OF consequence to the murder of A.
W. Ross, at Glendale, near Cincinnati,
Ohio
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Might Borrow Little Democrat.
Little Rock Gazette.

The Republicans lost ten or eleven
Congressman in Ohio but they gained
Geff in West Virginia. They can fire
small cannon over GOff-a little two.
pounder.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

THE Hon. Robert +. Crittenden, Of
Marion, is talked of for the Presi-
dency of the Senate in Our neighbor.
ing State, and he would make good
one.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

The Memphis MutuaI Aid Society
pays a FOur-NIOnth Marriage Bene-
NJ, Twen'y-Day Natal Benefit, and
have ihestrOngest One-Dsy COmpa-
ny In existence. They pay charges
ON applications by telegraph.
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The weather,

WAsHINoToN, October 14.-For
Tennessee aud the Ohio valley, slightly
warmer south to west winds. fair
weather, and lower barometer. For
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

TIE Hawkins tripartites are out at
Bolivar to-day, and will worry
Brownsville on Monday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

The Ford boys regard Frank James
chances for pardon very slim. Prob
ably they do not like to think of the
matter any other way.
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Keene,s CnIt RroIke DoMn.

LONDON, October l4.-Keene's colt.
BoOkmaker, lately prominently quoted
in the betting for the Cambridgeshire
stakes, is broken down.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-14

TIE stricken people Of Pensacola
are still praying for contributions and
cold weather.
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Little Rock Gaaolte. n

Tuesdays work In Ohio has nearly
assured q Democratic House. Small
gains in New York and Pennsylvania,
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Jubilee Privilege.

rtpAl, ED bids will be received for the priyi-
- iege n z erecting seats on the vacant lot
no.,b Of Norroe street and south Of the Cus-
to tV' bonse lot. rom which the people may have
n oo0d view of he Grand firoworh Display
on he niSht of ti.e 26th inst Bids viii be
ON opeSsd @ d on on WEDEEsDAY Y, the Is b inst. For
further nfOrmati99 esl On (; S;ds M SbH,VpDAN b,n
NhHii ii""' j M. G00DBAR,
", w. S0HO0LFIELD,
JOHN X. SPEED,
qsu Committee.
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AdmInistra1Or's Male at Auc1iou

administrators sale at Auction
A Administrator will sell at auction
"A FRIDAY, October 10th. at 10 o'clock, n
he corner Of Vance and fernando street1
the stock Of Family Groceries. Household
Rurniture and personal effects Of the lats II.
B. Russell. ia. A.DENNIE. Adm'r,
Morning journal and courier., 1882-04-08
Price Four Cents.

washable to him. When these are lacking q
great want is felt. Make the woman drudge
and all the finer qualities which constitute
her attsactiveness are repressed. Her beauty
is diminished. her vitality is exhausted and
her capacity for pleasing is lessened. The
world wants its best women, and wants as
many as possible. The best quality of femi-
ninity may not be the quickest developed
while working in an Office or perched on
cashiers stool ten hours a day, six days IN
the week, from years end to years end.
What strength, with such a life is left for
recreation e How many young women so
compelled to labor can visit the theater and
be at their desks at eight a. n without a loss
of their usual quota of vigor2 Is not good
deal of the machine labor now required of
thousands of working women of the '1sn
work and no play sort, which may make
Jane dull girl as Jack a dull boyI Indus
try is eommendable, but when industry runs
into overwork for more dehcately organ
lied sex, it ceases to be benefit. If bread
must be earned by woman in this way, it
may be earned eventually at heavy cost. If
woman must labor on the plane of CONNER
cisl estimate, 40 matter how skilled her
calling, she is rated and treated by man pre-
cisely on the same plane Is the wife of the
European peasant, who is valued chiefly for
her industry on the farm and IN the house
hold. If woman Is mans last and best
gift she must be kept at her best by some
more considerate methods than those now
employed. She Is. as compared with man,
fragile vessel, and If this fragile vessel be
abused or prematurely worn ont, the injury
is shared equally by the stronger sex 1he
strongest casting may require very delicate
moulding, and the least carelessness In the
moulding may cause the fatal flaw IN the
casting.