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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-01-13

Oneofthe
most manly
and satisfy
Ing pleas
nre. ~uell
~ the most
nKfcfAtIc.is
he on \
q thc yacht
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gathers the
chief com
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cran nrthe
or Tie Iefc,
or for the
genuine en-
j0yinenf o.
guiding his
e utifuI
vessel over
the water
Those who
have the
care. man
q X Z M ent
and work
ing or q
yacht dwell
almost upon
the water.
A. 4 class.
are
quiet.
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ful men. but
their life 81
exposure %
The Dillon tribune., 1882-01-28

:.
\ Notwithstanding woman carefully
handed the >tamp-clcrk ut the post office a
letter marked 'in haste and inquired It
there vas any extra charge for writing that
on.
'O!., none at all"
The Dillon tribune., 1882-01-28

~. woods, miraculously escaping death,
chen. all ut once, saw before us an una
,,i,iablc obstacle. a great fallen tree stand.
,,o fully three feet up from the ground
We braced ourselves, and Mike did his
,,.sr to turn that mule, but the rein had no
more effect on that mules head than to
make him turn it otherwise, while he kept
his body straight on. And SO, without
seeing the tree apparently, he went right
aver it like buzzai, and the buggy
struck the log and away went into the
dr., It knocked me senselcss, and when
rot up thought half my ribs were broken.
The nervous shock and the physical shock
made me perfectly helpless, and thee
Law. not knowing whether was fatally
hurt or n OF. But Mike had held on to
those reins, and had been dragged through
the trees until he struck something and had
to let go his hold. They brought him to
first, and then he went and got litter and
had me carried to the nearest house, where
they gave me some pine.top whiskey, to
bring me up. When I just got SO could
stand on the floor, Mike came in and said:
General, the mule is all right now, aud We
will 70 on. said, Mike, you take that
mule back again, and think will go it
afoct.'"
The Dillon tribune., 1882-01-28
TRIBUNE, DILLON, BEAVER
Flow soon will the letter 90 ou,s"

iow soon will the letter 90 ou,?"
I'm about forty minutes"
mo sooner than that?'
wv ell we might hire special train and
get 1t OFT in about twenty mirutes.,
would it be an trouble?"
"Oh, none at all.
She thought for moment. turned N.
letter over three or four times and f;na,,v
said:
VI guess l won't ask you to hire spec.
'al train, but If you will be kind enough to
telegraph my sis that have written her a
letter to tell her that can't come till Mon.
Gay, and to be at the depot to meet me,
and that mother didn't 60 to Toledo after
all shall be ever so much obliged. Good
morning"
>-~~--~~>-~~~~~.>~
One gay wanted to do an errand In the
village, and called for the horse and car.
riage. Haley brought them to the door.
AS took the reins, remembered that
1t was noon and the horses dinncr time
did the horse have his dinner, Halev?"
II just gave it to him, ma'a,n; and an iii.
gint dinner lie had"
"Why did you feed him just when I was
about to drive hi,n:"
"Oh, well, it's not mach he got"
''lte should have had nothing"
"Faitl. me lady, only showed it to him
Howard Paul writes from Paris:
II took an aged Hebrew to the Oper;
the other evening, to witness Les llusuc
nots.' Suddenly my friend burst out hi,
asutf;.w, us if an idea had struck him.
"Why do you laugh'" gently inquired
Laugh! the beth game ever saw. \
bloomin' lot q Protethtanth an Ca,ho
licth a-killin' of each other to music writ
ten by Jew. lla! hat"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
THE SHINY IOO.a.

There is an old Roman maxim that
HE is doubly sinful who congratulates
a successful knave." There are men,
no doubt, who rejoice at the narrow
escape certain parties have made be-
fore the Investigating Committee at
Nashville. The public opinion in
Tennessee, however, is fixed and set
tied, that, though nos.bribery has been
actually proven in the payment and
acceptance Of money for votes on the
1908, yet foul means we're used to
procure its passage, and the stencil of
corruption will always be seeking
around the memory Of that wicked
act OF legislation. 1t is we'll known
&c the tho p55pi5 that tiile man vino bribes
and the man who takes the bribe are
privileged witnesses and cannot be
compelled to tell on themselves. But
enough IS developed in this matter
to satisfy every thoughtful mind that
the taxpayers Of the State have been
overreached by ways that are dark
and tricks that are vain" The best
information we can get from all parts
OF the State satisfies US that with the
exception Of a small body of interested
parties, the people are unanimous in
their condemnation Of this measure,
and the resolution to overturn it by
all means that are not revolutionary
and unlawful.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02

or any other furd. But when he at
tempts to excuse himself for declining,
by intimating that he saved little or
nothing out of his Presidential salary,
the case is very different 1t is not
generally known throughout the
country. that, in addition to the sal
ary of $4,000 per annum paid the
President, appropriations are regu-
larly made by Congress cover
ing all expenses for furniture,
light, fuel, ice, conservatories, clerical
and servants hire, repairs &c, for the
Executive Massion, and that conse-
quently all that the President expends
OF his $4,000 per annum is tor the
personal expenses of himself and bis
family and the provisions which are
consumed upon his table. The bulk
are Obtained from the Com
missary Department of the army at
contract price, which is at all times
fifty per cent less than retail prices,
and the wholesale manner in which
Mr.. Hayes took advantage OF this was
the subject Of severely ironical com
ment in army circles during the Whole
period of his four years in the White
House. The curbstone brokers Of
Washington have no equal for grasp
ing covetousness, but there is not ore
of them who would not gladly have
given Mr.. Hayes $4,000 year to
take his salary and pay his expenses
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02

mails neck. These are sharp pointed
rods with wooden handles, ornamented
with tissue paper, tin rings, etc. You
will remember that it is the cloth the
bull is fighting all the time. One
man attracting the attention Of the
animal and another approaching him
from the rear at full speed, the animal
turning his head to look out for the
new danger, the man plunges the
spear in his neck and passes on. They
now know the exact speed, and the
fighters will in turn allow the animal
to chase them around the ring. This
is kept up according to the nerve Of
the bull.
Next, and last, comes the killing
with the sword. The fighter, the
cloth in his left and the sword in his
right hand; now appeared the bleed
ing and exhausted bull, which plunges
away at the cloth, and the fighter
prods him in the neck, and perchance
kills him; yet | saw them try five and
none were killed. This is all there is
In a bull fight, and the whole matter
was explained by a Texas cattle man,
who sat next me, and remarked: why
don I the id towards turn COW in
and try herr" A bull, when making
an attack, always shuts his eyes, and
does not open them until the object
he assaults ceases to be a resistance,
while the mad COW never does, and
follows the object up. Hence, fighting
a mad bull is much like fighting a
blind animal, and, upon the whole, a
gigantic fraud, and any nationality
which sanctions such cruel treatment
Of dumb prutes ought to be blotted
out Of existence.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02


The talk about Mr.. Maynard hav-
ing barrels of money at Nashville to
influence votes IN the Senatorial cleo
tion is an absurd piece of gossip,
which could only have originated in
the minds Of vcnal men who were
nosing around to find corruption
fund. The lobby is always keen after
such scent, but Mr.. Maynard is not
the kind Of man 70 buy votes or
authorize his friends to do so. He
has never been charged with personal
dishonesty, whatever else may be said
of his political career. The very fact
that he was not elected when only two
OF three votes we're needed, is on its
face in his favor, for the public mind
is fully prepared to believe that few
men in that Legislature might have
beer. influenced by the price of good
farm. In private life Mr.. Maynard
is above reproach, and it is
pitiful piece of business to
attempt to smirch his name
at this late day. The witnesses be.
fore the investigating committee, o.
course, only testified as to what they
heard, but that there was such talk
and set of hangers on, who hoped
that it was so, there can be no doubt
A life Of honesty, morality and fail
dealing seems to be no protection
these times against the ISLANDERS o
partisans and desperate lobbyists. Tt
the impure all things are impure.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02

In view Of the fact that smallpox
is prevailing in various parts of the
country, and has appeared as near
Memphis as Milan, we would i'm
press upon the people Of this city the
Importance Of vaccination. Go to a
first class physician and have it done
at once. Never mind the slight cost,
inconvenience and pain. 1t will soon
be over and then you are safe. This
is certain preventive of a most
loathesome and dangerous disease.
Fortunately we have escaped SO far.
If smallpox had broken out here be
fore it did further north, the world
would have said it was only the old
epidemic in another form. I'm time
of peace prepare for war" In time Of
health aud security let us neglect no
prccaution against the enemies Of
health.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
To the CitIrens OF sremnhIs.

AT the earnest and repeated solici.
tation Of my friends, and in response
to call numerOusly signed by citi-
zens Of Memphis, | consented to be-
come a candidate for reelection to
the position Of Fire and Police Com
missioner Of the Taxing District Of
Shelby county.
1t may not ho improper to say that
when the organization Of the present
government was adopted in 1873 / was
solicited to allow my name to be pre-
sented for the position now sought aud
declined to do SO, but was subso-
quently appointed by Governor Marks
on the Board Of Supervisors Of Pub
lie Works, and served in that capacity
until the death of Major W. W. Guy,
in the summer of 1879.
Without solicitation on my part, |
was selected by the County Court aud
commissioned by the Governor to gil
the unexpired term Of Major Guy,and
for several months during the illness
of President 0verton acted as chief
officer Of the Taxing District. My
record as public servant and citizen
is well known, and will enable you to
determine my fitness and capacity for
the position named. l had de-
termined to retire from the Office at
the expiration of the present term
and devote my whole time to the du-
ties devolving upon me as an officer Of
the Mississippi and Tennessee Rail.
road Company, but yielding to the
wishes Of my friends l am a candidate
for the position named, and deter
mined, if elected, faithfully and earn
estly to do my whole duty aud use my
best efforts to advance the interests of
the city. | am especially singled out
by the opposition for attack on ac
count OF my connection with the
Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad
Company, which has as much inter-
est in the future of your city as any
one can possibly have indeed, its
very life depends upon her prosperity
and Advancement. and l can conscien-
tiously say that | would at once de.
cline could | for a moment suppose
that the interests Of the one could
induce me to neglect that of the
other. The duties of the respective
positions do not and can not in any
manner conflict, and all opposition on
that score is entirely gg.ccnd!!cssss.
| am not backed by any corporation
as has been insinuated and used
against me.
If my record with my associates in
the Taxing District government meets
your approval. i would be glad to have
you express it at the coming election.
Shortness of time prevents a personal
canvass. will be satisfied with your
verdict. Respectfully yours,
los NJ. BURKE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
A SHORT STOP,
And the Leading Question I'm
answered.

Nashville World, IL
In the investigating committee Fri
day, the question was put to Judge
Guild whether or not Major 0'Connor
and Walter Bransford had an inter-
view at his house the night before
Bransiord appeared before the COM
mittee. The question was objected to
BY the attorneys for the Senators
charged, and the chair decided it must
be answered. General Wright ap-
pealed to the committee, and on yes
terday it was decided that the chair
should be sustained, and the question
was proponnded again, when Judge
Guild said he was the attorney for
both Major 0'Connor and Bransford,
and declined to answer upon the
ground that it was a privileged ques-
tion. The committee have the matter
under advisement, and will give
their decision Tuesday. How they
will decide is not known. They may
conclude that the Judge is-as is
true-learned in the law, and that his
position is correct; or, there being
several lawyers on the committee,
they may conclude that Major 0'Con-
Der and Bransford are not being in
vestigated and are not on trial, and
therefore that the mere fact that they
had consultation in the solemn hours
Of the night before MIR. Bransford
went before the committee, and while
the committees Sergeant-at Arms
was vainly hunting the city over for
him, and after the Senate had or
dered their officer to take a posse
comitates and bring him before the
committee, is not such a privileged
question as that between attorney and
client, and that it was simply an in.
terview between the gentlemen, either
for business or pleasure, and requires
an answer.
In the meantime the public, in.
tenscly interested in the investigation
will await the decision with mucl
anxiety SO they may know what is
privileged question.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
AN AMERICAN BULL FIGHT.
How Some Of the Texas People
Manage to Extract Fun
from Cruelty.

Ell Paso Letter to the LeavenwOrth Timesl
After a long waiting the bugle is
sounded, the doors are thrown open,
and five horsemen enter the ring, one
conveying stout pole with a prod in
the end Of it. Next come four bull
fighters on foot, with stick about
four feet long and a dirty red cloth,
about the size Of small table cloth,
and they scatter themselves around
behind the several blinds. Now the
excitement is at fever hoat; Guadu-
loupe smiles, the buglo sounds, the
doors are thrown open, and in comes a
little, stump tailed bull or stag, with
his horns sawed of! The horsemen
ride out and each one in turn get tie
animal to chase them round, and the
footmen venture out from their re-
spectiye places Of safety in like man
ner, and this performance is kept up
until the speed and motion Of the ami
NAL is reduced to a certainty.
The fOOtmen now becomes quite
bold. They string their cloth ON the
stick in front OF the bull, and be
rushes for it with all tie speed he has
left. The man holding the cloth
springs aside, the bull rushos to the
next man, when out comes another
sticking the little spears in the ami
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
The school in the south.


Journal Of Education.l
The most refreshing school utter.
ances just now are coming from the
South and from the Southern men
We have had our eyes turned toward
Quincy so long, and have so long been
accustomed to Colonel Parker's elo-
quent expOsitions of good schools,
GOOD teachers and the great revival of
pedagoguery at Quincy and Boston,
that we have lost sight and sound Of
our brethren at the South. But the
time has come to listen, for they have
brave. noble word to say. First
comes DR.. Curry, successor to DR..
Sears in charge Of the Peabody Fund,
aud his eloquent, burning words at St
Albans and Hartford have not ceased
to eleetrify those who heard them
Later comes DR.. Haygood, President
OF Emory College, Georgia. author Of
Our Brother in Black" He has
been up and down New England dur
log the past forty days, and wherever
he has spoken great audiences have
listened with delight, as he has an
nounced the condition the position and
the educational policy OF the new
South. Why, it is a new evangel of
everlasting peace and good will to men
that these eloquent brethren are
preaching, and no greater good could
be done for the cause than they should
be sent to every great city in the
Northern States to tell what the new
South is proposing for herself in the
way of her future, Of her advancement
and of enlightenment With Mayo on
the Southern platforms telling OF the
united sentiment of the North to aid
in the great work of Southern CON
struciion on the basis OF intelligent
freedom, and Curry and Haygood at
the North to assure US Of the hearty
and sincere purpose Of the South to
build on the solid basis of the free
school and an educated ballot, what
may we not expect? 1t is to us some
thing approaching the sublime, almost
miraculous, to listen to DR.. Haygood
in fremont Temple, Boston, teaching
US Of the North, Of the great brother
hood Of interests which make us one,
and Of the grand results Of war which
amancipated the white men of the
South and gave the negro the ballot,
as the magma charta of his equality.
What has God wrought"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
Rirnnper Thnn Ficfinn.

San Antonio Express, Dec. SOL
More than twenty years ago a wild
English boy, who could not endure
the restraint of college life, and with
a nature too turbulent to settle down
to any occupation that required care
and application, left his pleasant home
to come to Texas. The extravagance
and dissipation bad alienated the love
Of his father, and as his mother was
dead he only had his little sister Ada,
a child of four, to bid him a loving
farewell. He came to Texas, and a
wide awakening dispelled all his
former dreams and visions that ever
lay beyond the disenchanting present,
aud brought heme to him the fact
that he had reached the border
land that lies between the mystery of
morning and the revelation of noon,
He became another man, and by
hard work and well-directed effort be.
came a wealthy stock man in San Pa
trioio county. He married we'll
known lady of Victoria, and is now
the father OF some five grown children,
and until yesterday did not know
whether his sister was alive or dead,
for after bis fathers death she had
gone with an uncle to India. Last Sat
urday he came to San Antonio to pur.
chase some supplies for his ranch, and
was wandering about the city, when be
happened to meet friend from Aus
tin, who, in course of conversation,
told him ofa lady there wis was teach
ing school. Having the same name
as his sister, his curiosity was aroused,
and he took the next train to Austin,
to fnd-his sister. They both arrived
in this city yesterday, and will soon
leave for San Patricio. The name of
the getleman is NJ. L. DioksSy, who is
we'll known in that section Of coun.
try.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
Through 10 Memphis.

New York Herald Dec. 20.
The Louisville & Nashville Rail
rnad Company has leased to the Ches
apeake, Ohio & Southwestern Rail.
road Company the forty six milesIof
railroad known as the "Uecilian
branch" running from Louisville
south to the Cecilia junction, where
It connects with the Paducah e.
Elizabethtown division Of the Chesa
peake, Ohio & Southwestern Company
completing the latter's line between
Memphis and Louisville. The Ohesa-
peake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad
Company aud the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad Company have also en-
tered into a traffic agreement for the
use by the former OF the latter's rail-
road between Lexington and
Louisville, thus putting at
rest the question about build
ing a second line Of road between these
two points. By this arrangement the
Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern
railroad practically has continuous
line Of railroad from Newport News
TO Memphis, and the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad Company, by ac-
commodatigg the Chesapeake, Ohio
& Southwestern railroad and enabling
it to perfect its through line, is ben
Gifted by securing the volume Of busi
ness which the Chesapeake, Ohio &
Southwestern railroad will send over
the Lexington road to Louisville, and
benefits also by the rental derived
from the leased property, which the
Louisville & Nashville Company has
never made much use Of.
LEDGER job printing Office, l8 Mad
| ,nr,, .,kwrnt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
"OLDsI."
He Opposes Some Views TO the
Mother ShiPtOn Prophecy.

Atlanta constitutional
Old 81 put his feet upon the brass
lender, leaned back in his arm chair,
knocked the ashes off his Savannah
cigar, and smilingly said:
II sorter gin ter feel safe fer enud-
der yeah now"
I'm what way ?"
IVY, eff dat ole Mudder Shiffton's 8
gwine ter gin her strucshun OBJ dis
wurl' dis yeah presint she'd better
tetct off her dynimite mougbty sud-
dint, kase | smells New Yeah all
,roun' ebery town kitchin dat goes
bout"
"Then, you don't fear the old LADY, S
prophecy"
Use allus skeer'd tell de dangers s
done pas, but Use put hit down dat
de ole oman wuz slightully often her
base wen she rit dat judgment on
dis heah yeah"
What do you think about the end
of the world. anyhow2"
II amt pesterin' bout hit myself,
kase | aint gwine ter be heah wen hit
heaves in site; but dis much Use
boun ter beleebe, dat beins de Lawd
tuck seben days fur to make dis wurl'
in, and fawty days fer ter drown de
wickid wen de popylashun wus skase,
He's gwine ter take plenty er time and
lots er pains ter win up de afFa' RS OBJ
de mighty nashuns OBJ de yearth dat
de's lowed ter grow up down heahl"
THAT is rather comforting view of
the case"
well, dat's my pinion, ennyhow;
kase wy, kno's folks right heah in
dis town dat hit I'D take day er
piece ter spose OBJ, eff dey get jestice
and bad Judgment on all dere mean
ness"
And thereupon the old man sunk ins
to the peaceful slumber OF man fear
less of the second advent.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
The Abuse of the French Flag.

The foreign dispatches a few days
ago gave sketch of the murder of a
British boats crew by an Arab SLAYER
in the waters of Zanzibar. 1t has since
appeared that the expedition of the
boat was not in the course of an at
tack upon the SLAYER, for she was not
positively known as such, but was un-
dertaken for the purpose Of identifying
her nationality and inquiring into her
right to show the colors she was
displaying. In consequence of the
deadly outrage it is now reported that
the British government has sent or
ders to its squadron in those seas to
put and maintain blockade upon the
island Of Pemba, the second in area
and importance of the Zanzibar group,
until the murderers are arrested and
given up to justice by the Seyid.
Zanzibar has been forced in several
wholesome treaties with Great Brita u
during the last ten years for the sup
preston of the slave trade, and the
civilized world will applaud the most
energetic measures iOr their enforce.
ment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02


Ex-PREsIDENT Hayes hasrefused to
subscribe anything to the Garfield
monument fund on the grounds Of ex-
treme poverty, He was always too
poor to spend any of his own money
for any public or charitable purpose
He did not even dispense the ordinary
hospitalities required OF one in his po
sitiOn while he occupied the White
House that belonged to Tilden. Poor
Hayes He is poor in soul and mind
If not in pocket. 1t would be credit
able to the people of Ohio if they could
establish the fact that he was born in
some other State.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02

The PUBLIC LEDGER book bindery
l3 Madison street, is in the same build
ing as the newspaper and job printing
esta blishment; is owned by the same
proprietor; embraces all machines and
material used in a first class book
bindery, and is conducted by compe-
tent workmen, capable Of executing
work in as good and substantial a
style as can be done anywhere. /