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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-04-26

natural waters, "a. e. from lakes,
streams and springs) have no OBJ
iectionable taste. Yes, our lakes are
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


A train known as the Rapide now
runs through from CALAIS to the Med
%iterranean, skirting Paris.
Daniel Webster's friends in Wash
ington are starting a movement for the
erection Of a statue to him in that
city.
If half the stories Of his gains be
true, MISSIONER must be growing very
rich indeed. He is to have SIC 900
for Mrs. Mackay's portrait.
The Honorable B. Maxwell, son Of
the late Lord Herries, a Catholic
peer, lately married Miss Jessup, Of
Philadelphia, Mr.. Maxwell and bis
brother have large ranches in the
West.
Governor Holiday, of Virginia,
shortly after the Inauguration Of his
successor, will leave the country on a
journey Of pleasure and observation
through the West Indies and the
Mexican States.
Captain John Brooks, who lately
died at Bridgeport, Conn, left in his
will an injunction that his remains be
strictly kept from the view Of every
body except the undertaken. He de-
sired to DO remembered as he was when
alive.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
NICE GIRLS.
An Electric COurtslaip, Sense In
Romance and n Case OF
True Charity.

Philadelphia Times.l
During the last two years Miss
Louise Eib and Miss Laura Jordan,
telegraph operators, have worked to-
gether in the Western Union Office
at st. Joseph, Missouri. Persons
about the office who could not read
the tickings Of Miss Elb's instrument
we're puzzled frequently to sec Miss
Jordan put her hands to
her ears. The very inquisi-
tive, noticing that during the
quick motions she showed bits Of cot
ton into the articular channels, some.
times would ask if anything was
wrong, but Miss Jordan would avoid
the question. Not until two weeks
ago, indeed, was light thrown upon
the mysterious movements OF the
young woman and the smiling habits
Of her associates. Then it vas re-
vealed that Miss Eib is to be married
shortly, that the young man in the
case is John Martin, a Kansas City
operator, and that the young
couple have been making love
by wire since 1879. In that
year they agreed upon a cipher alpha
bet BY the use of which many tender
sentiments we're passed to and fro.
Miss Jordan soon caught up the key,
however, and, that she might not be
N the way, kindly stopped Ter ears.
The men in the Office often wondered
at Miss Eib's thoughtful silence and
tho happy smiles that completely mass
tered her as she sat at her operating
desk, and now that they know the
secret they insist that she shall be
married by wire, but, being a sensible
girl, she prefers the hand to hand
custom.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02

The House That Is Occupied by
a Couple Of Ohio Giants.

Cincinnati Enquiror.l
Captain Martin Van Buren, Bates,
who lives on a farm near Seville, Ohio,
is Z feet III inches high, and weighs
AIS pounds. Mrs. Bates is z feet II.
inches high, and weighs 4l3 pounds.
1t is a difficult matter to convey an
adequate idea oil the proportions Of
such a dwelling as the one occupied
by the Ohio giants. A door that is six
feet six inches is a large-sized opening
in the side of a house-that is, a
dwelling house, not a cathedral. But
the doors in the domicile of the Bates
giants are ten feet high, and the knobs
are nearly as high as tho reporters
head.
The house was built by Captain
Bates in 1876, and is elegantly fur
nished. In the main building on the
ground floor are, besides the spacious
hall. the bed chamber of the giants. a
sitting Don and a parlor. The couch
upon which the big csuple sleep was
made especially for them, and il is
curiosity to look at. It is EXTENSIVE
enough 10 give the great people room
to stretch in, and it looks as big as an
ordinary sized floor. 1t is really ten
feet long, wide in proportion, and
about twice as high as a common bed
The magnificent dressing case is also
a huge affair, with a glass upon it
nearly as big as the side Of a house.
In the sitting room is a piano of or
binary size itself, but it is mounted on
blocks two feet high, so that the in
strument is away up in the air, out
OF the reach of common folks. There
are two rocking chairs in this room
that are SO big that the reporter had
to climb up into one of them the same
as an infant would Chamber up into d
high chair" 1t is very expensive
for the giants 10 live, as they have tc
pay such an exorbitant price for eve.
rything they wear. For instance. il
costs the captain $50 a pair for boots
1t is q most astonishing sight to com,
across the two giants out for a drive
City folks who have seen the ponder
Gus wagons with wheels reaching il
the second story of a house, used t
haul stones weighing tons and tons
can form an idea Of the vehicle used
1t is pulled by six stout Norman
horses and il is enough TO make a mar
think he has got EN-, sure, to suddenl,
meet such a spectacle on the road oui
in the country. Passing wagons have
to let the rails down and drive int,
the adjoining fields until the giants 60
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
MuchIy Married.
jackson Tribune and sun,l

jackson Tribune and SUM-
A queer practical joke was perpe-
trated upon Q young man in the vicin-
ity Of Beech Plui, in this county. last
week. The victim is a young nan in
the green goslin" time Of life, and
from all accounts, it seems ives bound
to marry-immediately. lie had been
paying very close attention to young
lady Of the Deighborhood, and, the
story goes, was favorably received.
But the parents Of the girl objected to
the union, and for a time the love
stricken youth was keptin exceedingly
warm wator--as to whether he would
or whether be wouldn't. But In the
midst OF his disconsolation there came
about a party in the neigbbOrhood.
The young man appealed to his friends
for assistance, who proposed to steal
the maiden from The dance, and. as
suggested bya willy friend, have them
married by q certain N. d. present
Now the youth of marriageable incli-
nations was not overly versed in the
requirements Of the law, and did not
for q moment doubt the NJ. De ca
pacity Tor q m~iDis,erips . sweet as
well as a bitter pili. and the arrange
ments were made aud the place Of
meeting appointrd. which was TO be
beneath a large tree near whore the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02

-
No. ss53-In the Chancefy Court Of Shelby
sQVnty, TeAn.7James Paine OF nj vs.. Alex,
McNeill ct al.
1T appearing from the bill in this caute,
j which Is sworn to, that the defendants,
Alex MeNeill, Thes S Sullivan, John W Allen
and his wife, Amelia Allen, we're VIXEN last
heard OF nen-residents Of the State offences
sec; that II is net known now whether they
are dsHd or alive, II dead the nsmes and
PLACES Of residence OF their heirs ara unknown
and cannot be asoertained after dillrent
tuqnirJ; 1t Is therefore ordered that all of
said parties above named or their heirs. at-law
mako their appearance herein, at tho court
house Of Shelby county, IN Memphis Tenn,
on or before the frst Monday In February,
1852, and plead, answer ordemur to complain
ant bill. or the same will be taken for con-
tessed as TO them and set for hearing ex-
parto; and that a copy of this order be pub
iiished oncea week for four successive weeks
in the Public Ledger.
This 2lst day Of December, 1881.
A cor1-Attest:
RI. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
By B MoIIEsRy, o. o. 4 M.
w StFOnR. Golr for oomplt. 81 1O3 l09 ll5
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02

dance was in full blast. The friends
OF the youth posted the NJ. D. and
conducted him to the place where the
knot was to be tied, and shortly after
the ~youngster arrived, Eager for the
fray" The friends then started out
to steal the maiden, when lol they
took one from among their number
and donned him in a female attire and
placed upon his brow the bridal veil
to veil his identity, aud not his mod
y-..a&transmogrifed" into a
bride, to all intent. The party then
returned to the old tree in the wood,
where the anxious lover and the
acknowledged ~ y. awaited. and
here, to use the expression OF Uncle
George Harris, ''that doctor married
EN- quicker n a cat could wink her
eye" The victim to the joke was in
blissiul ignorance Of the true state Of
Affairs. His friends held up to him
the dire vengeance of the girls father,
and suggested that the safest and most
successful wayto dodge "the old mans
wrath" was to retire Immediately, and
after an extremely pious benediction
by the NJ. ID. the young couple. with
their friends, adjourned to the house,
and the bride was escorted to her
chamber. Shortly after the doors Of
the bridal chamber were closed against
the wrath Of the "old man'-which
was expected soon to burst with all its
fury on the groom-and the BRIDE
groom sought his couch. In the
meantime the friends who had put
up the job" on the unsophisticated
youth awaited events. For a while
sill was quiet, no fear Of the "old man
disturbed the happy meditations of
the exultant groom. But this bliss
full quiet was of short duration. Ia
the language Of Uncle George, soon
a yell arose as if somebody had trod
on a cats tail" and the groom came
forth from that room in great demon
alization. As for the supposed bride,
he was particular TO keep ut a respect
able distance from the victim Of the
practical joke, who tore around and
swore in a manner which bid defiance
to the wrath of every "old man" in
America. At last accounts from that
neighbOrhood nobody had been killed,
though the M. D. was still on the
dodge.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
meaIey Bal New OrIonna.

States, 29l
Mr.. I. NJ. Healy, of Dublin, Ireland,
a member Of Parliament, arrived in
the city this morning, and put UP at
the st. Charles Hotel, where he was
met by a number Of citizens. Mr..
Healy's visit to this country is made
for the purpose Of procuring aid for
the people Of ireland.
lie is az earnest worker and aauent
and persuasive speaker. He.says that
there are seven hundred thousand
tenants and ton thousand landlords il
ireland; that tho former are confronted
at every turn they take BIZ armed
men while their leaders arc languish-
ing 10 jail; that they have no voice
whatever in the making Of laws. and
no power ever the machinery arranged
tor their enforcement.
constitutional government has been
disrupted and a citizen is often Jailed
Tor uttering bis convictions and opin.
ions and on every occasion placed un-
der police espionage for
ATTENDING PUBLIC MEETINGS.
Added to all these miseries the peo-
pie are suffering poverty and starva-
ton.
Mr.. Healy states that the Land
League did not object to giving the
law bill a trial. The League believed
however hal the measure would
prove a failure, and for the purpose of
demonstrating this fact a list of two
thousand cases of hiyh rent was pre-.
pared for Submission to the law
courts.
The British government were re-
sponsible for the obstacles that had
been raised against the carrying out
Of the policy mapped out in the land
bill. Mr.. Healy does not think that
the mo rent" cry is
AS GREAT AN EVIL
as some people in this country sun
pose, and it cannot be styled Commu-
nism. The Land League and the
Irish tenants maintain that until con-
stitutional government is restored.
they will pay no rent.
The expressions that we're burden
ing Ireland had already caused the
death Of thousands Of her people. H.
legal taxation had been levied. manu-
features had been forbidden, and the
the people forced to turn their atten-
ton exclusively to agriculture. Mr..
Healy believes hal the Land league
. a success, as it certainly has af-
forded material relief.
EVlctlons are not as numerous as
formerly, and when they do oco1r. the
injured parties ere cared for by the
League. The Americans and Irish
Americans we're to be thanked for this
%relief, as they had furnished the
money.
The landlords are frightened at the
effects Of the Land League aata ton,
and are petitioning the government to
buy their lands.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
Ran FOR T-ENNEssEEl
She Secures More Premiums al
the Atlanta state Exposition
than any Other State.

Chattanooga Timos.l
Thus far, the premiums secured by
Tennessee at the Atlanta Exposition
have amounted to 800, and exceed in
number those received by any other
State. There are a large number OF
blue ribbons to be seen in the Ohatta-
rooga building and moro to cone.
Tennessee contributed but $500 for
the display at the Exposition, but
through tho efforts of the railroads
and Chattanooga that amount has al.
ready been more than recovered.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
A COlOred ROustabOut Murders
IAfs Wife and Escapes.

Ripley iTenn.) News, Dec. SOL
On Saturday night last, about eight
o'clock, a cOlored railroad hand by
the name Of Bill Hill made a despe.
rate assault upon his wife, Mollie.
with a knife, plunging it into tho cen
ter OF her breast, about three inches
below the collar bone. The stabbipg
occurred in the colored restaurant
near the southwest corner of the
Square. Hill came here about two
months ago with Forests gang from
Memphis, but for the past three weeks
has been working for Captain Boyn-
ton in the railroad cut, and boarding
at the house kept byIa negro man by
the name Of Coachman, near the
academy. The woman says he had
threatened her life a number oftimes.
and about noon on the day ofthe
stabbiDg ran her from her boarding
place to Tom Henning's grocery with
a drawn knife She sought protection
at the hands Of Henniug and others.
remaining in Henning's grocery until
after dark, Hill in the meantime
hanging around watching for an op-
portunity to assault her. After dark
she went into the restaurant, and
about eight o'clock her husband went
In also and persuaded her to accom-
pany him TO the door, where he stabbed
her as above stated. Hill succeeded
in making his escape and is still at
largo. He wal seen Sunday morning
at Covington, and is probably hiding
in Memphis. TIE woman fingered
until Thursday morning, when she
died.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02

Nashville American, ST.
DR.. Wm. CLARK, Secretary Of the
state Board of Health, returned from
Milan last night, whittier he went on
Thursday night to investigate the re-
ported cases Of smallpox there. Dir.
CLARK. in CONVERSATION with an Ameri-
can reporter, stated that the reports
we're true and that the cases of sick
ness were smallpox ones. About
twenty. one days ago, or about Deem
ber 9, q negro mai came to Milan from
Cairo. He was an old resident Of Milan,
aga as he had not been to Milan be-
fore for some time, he was visited by
a large number Of colored men
and women. After he had been at
Milan for several days, he was taken
i'll. no n knowing what was The
.ature of his malady. Finally, DR..
Bledsos was called ia and found him
broken out with smallpox. He soon
died, and it was with great difficulty
that any one could DO found TO bury
him. The negro was buried by a
white man, who was aEerward. taken
win the disease. This gentleman X
still i'll and eight members Of his
family are also down. The next case
was that of two negro children who
were taken on Christmas eve. They
attended a school which had about
forty scholars, mont Of whom had been
v~accinated. A negro girl, az the hotel,
was next attacked. Altogether there
are about fifteen cases there.
On his arrival at Milan, DR.. Clark
was welcomed by a large number of
citizens, and q consultation was held
the next night. Yesterday morning
a meeting was held, which was at
tended by the Mayor and City Council,
the local Board Of Health and cit.
liens generally. DR.. CLARK made sew
sral suggestions in regard to precau
tioAary measures, which we're adopted.
Two pest houses were established.
and a third house was designated as a
place for all who had been subjected
TO the c~ontagion. The City Council
ordered the whole town vaccinated.
DR.. j. Il, Harrison was appointed to
treat the smallpox cases exclusively,
and DR.. w. A. Henderson was ap
pointed inspector, with instructions to
allow DO n to leave the city without
q certificate Of good health. Guards
we're also placed around the pest
houses and houses where parties sub
jected to the c~ontagion are staying,
and no one is permitted to leave
either OF them. Regular reports will
be made to the State Board of Health
relative to the progress Of the dis
case.
DR.. Clark says the precautionary
measures taken BY the State Board of
Health are amply sufficient to prevent
the spread OF the disease in other
towns 10 Tennessee, and hat qu4ran-
tine by other towns is not necessary.
BE states that the reports of intense
excitement at Milan over the spread
OF smallpox are untrue, as no excite
ment exists. The people accept the
situation in a spirit of philosophy
rarely witnessed under such circum-
stances. and have subscribed literally
to take care Of the sick and prevent
the spread of the disease. They in.
dorsed unanimously the suggestions of
the Secretary Of the State Board Of
Health, and state they are willing to
trust the precautionary measure, taken
BY that body.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
Old New York Journalists.


Joe lIoEard.l
There are not many of the Old
Guard of New York journalists left.
When | began lite in 1860, Bennett,
Greeley, Raymond, Bryant and Hal.
lock we're tie chiefs in the synagogue.
Dana, Hurlbut, Halpine, Wilson, Hud-
son and the Swintons weso just be.
hind them. Connery was reporting,
Reid was writing letters, Young was
reporting, Marble was assisting God
win, Bundy was reporting, and the
great army Of active men now, the
brains and yirility Of the press, were
studying their a b Cs. Where are
they now2 Not ono editor in chief
then in power is alive to-day. Every
ono has departed. The column rules
have been turned time and again.
Eulogies have been preached, leaders
have blasoned their virtues, and state
funerals have carried what is face
ci0lsIy termed their "remains'
to their ultimate destination. Mr.
Bennett was theouly one who attained
a good old age. The fact is that ss no
candle can last long with a wick at
both ends, 20 no man who works day
and night, 365 days and 365 nights in
every year, can expect to keep
pace with the ordinary chap who goes
to bed at 10 and gsts up for work at7.
Yet who would exchange his short
and active life, with its ilty-yea.
terminus, for the existence led by
many mon down to an eightieth and
even a ninetieth year2 Not I, for one.
l don't believe in "a short life and
merry one" necessarily, but l do be-
lieve in an active, pushing, driving.
steam, enginery kind Of a gait, which
keeps abreast of the age and enables
one to sec and knew and be part and
parcel OF all there is to appreciate.
When ] began to write, twenty n
years ago, Hurlbut and SWinton, Will
son and Hudson looked venerable and
decrepit, but they were not. Hudson
was killed on a railroad by a train that
upset his carriage. He was a pensioner
to the tune of $4,000 on the Herald's
list. He was considered a great news
paper man, but / imagine il he could
be suddenly rehabilltated and put
back in Connery's chair he would be
impotent and nerveless. Where he
spent 81 in 1860 the Herald spends
$3.50. What would he think Of
bells, 10000 words by cable,
tho pneumatic tube which drops the
telegraph sheets on the very desk of
the night editor. But he is gone. So
is Wilson, so far as journalism is con
oerned. Hurlbut ] saw to-day. Tho
gay and graceful courtier is merged in
the gray aud gracious rD.rchant- Airr
that is all there Is left OF the old -,ime
man about Town whose wit was pro-
verbal. Swinton doesn't improve in
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
Rescued frnm neafI,.

William j. Coughlin, of S~omerville,
Mass, says; In the fail of1S76 / was
taken with a violent bleeding of the
lungs, followed by q severe cough. l
was so weak at one time that | could
MOI leave my bed. In tho summer Of
1877 | was admitted to the city hospi.
tai. While there the doctors said |
had a hole in my left lung as big as a
half dollar. | was so far gone at one
time a report went around that | was
dead. | gave up hope, but a friend
told me Of DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for
the Lungs. | got bottle, when to my
surprise and qualification commenced
to feel better, and to-day | feel in bet.
ter spirits than / have in the past
three years.
II write this hoping every one
afflicted with diseased lungs will be
induced to take DR.. Halls Balsam fol
the lungs, aud be convinced that con.
sumption can be cured" Sold b,
druggists. S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
How WonderfuI ls Mani

Man as a physical, intellectual, and
moral being, becomes most completely
developed 10 all his parts and faculties
by using daily, at least, one dose Of
Browns Iron Bitters. Many thous-
ands are ready to testify that it is the
best medicinal tonic in the world 1t
strengthens every part Of the body,
and eXcels everything else in its sooth-
ing aud refreshing effects on the whole
general animal system.
5. Mansfield & Co., w. N. Wilker-
son l. Co., and G. w. Jones & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
How to secure Health.

II seems strange that any n will
suffer from arrangements brought on
by impure blood, when Scovills' Sar-
saparilla and Stillingia, orBlood and
Liver Syrup, will restore health. 1t
is the best blood purifier ever discoy-
cred, effectually curing scrofula, syph-
little disorders, weakness Of the kid.
neys, erysipelas, malaria; all nervous
disorders and debility, bilious com
plants, diseases of the blood, liver,
kidneys, stomach, Skin, etc. Il cor
lects Indigestion. A single bottle will
prove to you its merits as a health
Ienewer, for it acts like a charm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02

The long promised big bell for St.
Paul's Cathedral, in London, has
been cast. Twenty-one tons Of metal
were used in the operation. and from
three furnaces liquid streams were
pouring for four and three quarters
minutes before the hugo hole In the
sand was filled. When dag out the
bell weighed II! tons, which makes it
the largest bell in England, and one Of
the largest in Europe. Following
are the weights of other famous bellsi
The first big bell at Westminster, is
tons s cwt; the second 2 tons lighter
Grand Peter at York Minister. 100
tons Great Tom at Lincoln, 81 tons:
the previous big bell Of ST. Paul's,
lilo tons; that at Olmutz, II tons
Is cwt Vienna, II tons II ewt; Er-
l3 tons 10 cwt Sens, ID tons
II tons. 1t will not be posi-.
BILE TO take the new bell to London by
rail it must 50 by horsa road.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-02
Allachmeni Notice.

Before John T Elliott. J.P for Shelby county,
Tenn IN App vs.. Mary Fuhrmann.
u sued out under section 855 Of tho Code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of the defendant, and ~afidaYithay-
Ing been made that defendant ig indebted
10 the plaintiff In the sum Of sl2, duo By ao-
count, and that the claim Ia Just, ana
that the defendant Is a non-r9sident Of the
said defendant make her personal appear
anco before me on the 9th day Of February,
1882, at u o'clock M. at my Office, No. 3i3
Second It,, Momphis, Tenn, and defend said
attachment suit within the tine prescribed
by law, or the same will be proceeded with
o.. partc. and that n copy VI this order he
once a week for four weeks 10 he
Ledger.
This the goth DAY Of December. 1881.
i5 100 lb ln JOHN I ELLIOTT, j. P.