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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-01

II there be anything under the sky
that JAY HUBBELL hasn't assessed let
him prepare to assess it nOw-elections
next week.
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Atllnla Corstifntior

The only hope of Stalwsrt Republican
ism is in the success of coalition which il
has made with so-called Independents in
the South.
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IT is now estimated that the holdings
of United States bonds in Europe are
not in excess Of fifteen million dollars.
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OUR army last year cost US about
$4,000, 900. This is about a million dol
lars apiece for the fifteen Indians it is
supposed to have killed.
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srw ApyERr,sEMEaTs.

rTousE AND LOT FOR SALE. PRICE
Ill Low; Terms Easy. A two story ori ,,as
nine rooms: lot 66xl2S well fenced, on kon
stree, only 500 Terms, cash SS0: oaihnce
In one. two, and three years. Apply 70 AisA.
ander Bone, Agent and Broker, 1915 MahAe'
street, CIangles Block. oceb
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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER I. 1852.
--omInn nn cTrn crn PpS

NOTICE TO SUBSCRLBBRA
The dGts printed GA TIE tOnGPpT Of
socApaper denotes he time achen the SUD
scrSptiOn e1U4res.
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%A7DoI

Or, The NihiliSts Of ST. Petersburgh, introduce
ing the Great Numidean Lion, En- peror, the
largest lion ever imported to America; the
trained wrestling Bear, Bruno, weighing 800
pounds and her four months old cub, jennie;
den OF wild, untama BILE Hyenas and acting
dog, Jack, making this the most startling and
scenic Effects, the Burning Bridge, the Burn
ing Of the Convicts' Hut, the Siberian Snow
Storm, the Cars Palace Russia, the Lions
Den, Prices OF admission, 80 and 20 cents. Re-
Banners Music store. Sale to commence
Tuesday, Oct. Slst. ]. ]. COLEMAN, Mgr. u
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Providence PreGS.
Reform by Indireeti0n.

Who shall say that Messrs. Arthur,
Conkling, Keifer, Hubbell, Robson, ct al,
are not, after all, among the most efficient
civil service reformers the country can
boast? They have certainly given great
impetus to the movement
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,...,,ric philosopher.

An Eccentric philosopher.
Cincinnati Gazette.
The defeat of Folgsr in New York as
matters stand would be better for the tu-
ture of the Republican party than his eies,
personal character, represents the machine
in it's most odious shape.
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And That Is Passing Away.

NetP OriedRs PIcdytfre.
The Indian summer is about the only
GOOD thing there is about an Indian.
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Wheeling, w. va.
AUCTION SALE OF LOTS.

TN THE STANDARD ADDITION TO
Martins Ferry, at 4Etnavilie, on Satur
day, November, 4, 1892 beginning at2 O'Clock
p NJ. on the premises. Just west of the Etna
and Standard Mills. One-third OF these lots
has been sold at private sale within the past
ten days, bot no further private sales Will be
made until after the public sale is over.
One hundred dwelling houses and business
rooms will be needed within the next ninety
DAYS 10 supply the wants OF over 800 workmen
10 be employed by the Etna and standard
Mills, who with Their families will add at
least .O(O to the population OF Ktnaville.
Houses Of the kind desired are renting al
Ktnaville to-day 20 as to net the owners
profit of from u TO Is per cent.
Retail Merchants contemplating change OF
location cannot find better place for bust
ness, and vorkmen expecting to secure work
in either OF the above named mills would do
we'll 10 inv est now: delay will result In COM
petition and higher prices.
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UNDERTAKING.

FoR nervous debility take PERUsA.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-28
Surprising British Gossip.

Gath writes from New York;
Talking with some English visitors
last night, they gave some items of
British gossip which surprised me.
One said that the Princess Louise had
been the object of foul imputation in
Labouchres Truth, because she had
gone to Italy with another member Of
tho Campbell family, near kinsman
Of Lord Lorne, her husband. Well
said an American, might she not
travel with her husbands kinsman ?"
Eyes; but local gossip had settled
down on this man some time before,
and when Labouchre limited at the
fact all society started for the paper,
because it let out their secret. La.
bouehere is a blackguard," said the
Englishman. but with a good deal Of
cool genius. His wife was his mistress
for many years-a Miss Hodgon, an
actress. Knowing that his own nest
was befouled, no doesn't mind saying
that the rest Of society is in the same
way"
The Prince of Wales, it was said, is
one of the ablest heirs apparent Eng
land has ever had. Notwithstanding
his many piccadillocs and the injuries
he has inflicted on his family; his tact
is such that he is immensely popu-
popular. There is scrofula all through
his family, derived from the early
Georges or their predecessors. anc
that was the cause Of George III be-
coming insane. l asked ifa King o
England could be sued by his wife 70
divorce.
mo; there is no suit that will stan,
against the King."
Suppose the King commits cold
blooded. premeditated murder, is Their
: no way Of indieting him?"
mo; there might be a revolution o.
q account Of his crime. but be coul
not legally be punished"
Among other gossip it was said tina
a very wealthy married woman Of thi
/ city had recently left her husband
D who was poor when she married hin
3 him, and had taken up with one of IN
y Talleyrand family in France, anothC
D Talleyrand having an American wifi,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-28

Hon. WIN. R. MOORE has intro
duced bill to construct a macadam-
lied road from Memphis to the
National Cemetery, as follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the
United States Of America in Congress
assembled, That the sum of seventeen
thousand five hundred dollars be, and
the same is hereby, appropriated, out
of money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, for the purpose oil
building and constructing a macad.
amized road from the city Of Memphis
a distance of about eight miles, To the
National Cemetery; the sum so appro,
priated to be expended under tht
direction Of the Secretary of War, Of
so much Of said sum as may be neces
sary therefor.
This is an excellent idea, and come
very properly from Mr.. Moore. w
hope that he will succeed in securin.
the appropriation. The National Gem
etery is beautifully laid off and kept il
perfect condition, but it is almost mac
cessible by private conveyance, excep
in the dryest seasons Of the year, an
then the dust is insufersbIe. The pro
priety Of giving national aid to til
building and maintenance Of such
read, we think, will strike Congress
favorably, without any argument.
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/, Free BOuqaets Cor OOngr essmen.



The Botanical Garden has curious
history. 1t has grown up with very
little help from the law. When the
Wilkes Exploring Expedition re-
turned to the United States about
iolty years ago it brought back from
the South Pacific certain::rare speci-
mems of fora of those regions, and
Congress appropriated 81 200 to have
them properly cared for, and as a re
port of the expedition was to
be published under the d.
rection of the Committee on
Library the care Of the botanic speci-
mems was placed underits supervision,
Of course the thing grew, till now the
Botanic Garden is an institution
which costs about $4,000 year, and
which, first and last, nearly $780, 600
of public money las been expended
The garden appears to be useful only
as "a thing Of beauty" and in that re-
spect mainly for the purpose Of fur
nishing free flowers to off cial so
ciety.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-28

Industrial and Agricultural De-
VelOpments Reported all
Along the Line.

Age of Stesl,I
From all over the South reports
come Of an increase of manufactures
and of steadily growing prosperity
in all lines of activity. Richmond, a
city Of 63, 600 inhabitants, has a prop
erty valuation for taxable purposes, of
$40, 100000. The debt of the city is
$4,6S8, 2OS. There are in the city 675
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in which
nearly all kinds of industries known
to this country are carried on. They
employ 1900 hands, have a working
capital Of $ll 900, 900, aud sold during
last year So, $1,000 worth of manu-
Iactured goods, an increase of $780,
600 over 1880. Iron and tobacco are
the leading articles of manufacture.
Columbus, Ca, with population of
Z 400, hassincreased its assessment by
$47l 900, and its business by $685., 900.
Atlanta, Ca, with a population of
$4,000, reports revenues from all
sources during 1881, amounting to
O8,51S97. The city debt is 2,l9G,-
SUO, anu tue expenditure on acCOunJ
of interest and sinking fund $l93,573,
leaving a balance of $2S6,745 81 for
ordinary expenditures. The city has
no floating debt, and cannot, as the
State law stands, increase its bonded
debt.
Augusta, Ca, with population of
$4,000 has $4.000,0OO invested in cot
ton factories alone. These run 1l5, 900
spindles. There are six mills and all
declared dividends of from 8 to 10 per
cent last year.
Rapid strides are also being made
in agricultural development, and it
will not be great while before the
production of cotton will be increased
many fold. 1t is said that less than a
tenth of the superficial area Of the
cotton States is yet under cultivation
The outlook for the South is certainly
a very favorable one, and the present
increasing prosperity may be taken as
hint Of what is to come.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-28

ststpu within the limits Of al Ordinary
lifetime. Mr.. BancroAs history OF
the United States, begun nearly halfa
centuary ago. has not yet reached the
end Of the eighteenth scentury. Hill
dreth progressed more rapidly by
devoting less space to his various
topics, but he died with his work in.
complete. Motley, though writing Of
less than century Of foreign history,
spent the greater part of a busy life on
nine yolumns and died with his work
unfinished. No one would willingly
condense Macaulay, and Alison, al
though little more than an annalist,
penned nothing but what is worth
preserving; yet history of Europe, or
even England, Of size commensurate
with the fragments published by these
authors, would occupy mere copyist
during long lifetime, A history by
a single writer is always open TO
serious criticism on its facts and omis-
sions as well as its theories, and the
modern student demands something
better. If the new American history
fullfils its promise it will serve the ad
ditional purpose Of revolutionizine
historical writing abroad.
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That staid and most respectable old
journal, the Philadelphia Ledger, says:
while some thoughtful persons may
continue to wonder why it is that Mrs.
Lincoln cannot take care of herself on
an income of $4,000 year they will
unite with all others in saying it is
right to increase her pension and put
her in funds, if that will smooth the
remainder Of life's pathway to Abra-
ham Lincoln's widow"
If anything In reason would stop the
craving maws of such persistent and
eternal beRgars as Mrs. Lincoln and
General Grant ws.sould favorthe most
liberal sum. But they are constantly
crying for more" There is no enc
nor bottom to the sack which they
hold mouth foremost to the public
when they beg for aims. Ordinary
beggars of their stripe are kicked oui
of the way. Why not serve the extra
ordinary ones the same way?-Chat
tanooga Times.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-28

A superstition That .They Are
Providing Around An North.
ern Texas.

Special to the. Little Rock Gazette,
DALLAS, Tex, January 25.-De.
velopements have convinced the Of.
icers here that the name ofthe safe
rebber shot at the st. George hotel last
Saturday night is not H. A. Little as
he claimed before dying, and as he re,
eistered a week previous to his death.
1t is generally believe that no was a
member OF desperate gang, and the
names of the james boys and other
desperadoes are mentioned ins connec-
tion with him. In fact, there are
officers and detectives who positively
assert that jesse James, with several
coniederates, was in Fort Worth and
Dallas, alternately, for four days last
week, Jesse is represented as having
been identified by parties who
know him. He was going under the
name Of John LABEL, and he and his
confederates kept close together and al
no time got separated any great dis
lance. The safe robbery occurred Sun
day evening, and tits said Jessie and
his confederates went eastward via the
Texas and Pacific, Monday morning
Detectives and officers are on the alert
for the apprehension of the gang
There certainly is a desperate lot Of
men committing the boldest Of crimes
in this section. The body of the deat
robber is in the possession of the city
undertaken, and will be held as long al
it is thought Identification can be es-
tablished aud any important fact
thereto be elioited.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-28
Poll Tnx Assessnents.

The subjoined passage appears as
note on page % Of the report made
to Judge HorriRan on the 10th of
September last, by a special grand
jury empaneled at the May term to
investigate the condition and conduct
Of the public officers of Shelby county.
1t shows beyond controversy that the
manner Of assessing poll taxes has
been exceedingly loose and unbusiness-
like. This matter calls for reform
and it is to be hoped thatitwill receive
the prompt attention Of the Quarterly
Court:
NoTE B.-Your committee also fnd
it to be their duty 10 call the attention
Of the proper authorities to the gross
and ineKcusable violation of law b.
many Of the assessors in making vi
their books, in not listing the poll tal
on same assessment as real estate. w,
End some of the assessors Especially
10 the city, have listed the polls sep
srate from the realty, and when parties
call for their tax bills the poll tax i
almost universally omitted, thus no
only depriving the school fund OF
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A TEST OF LOVE.
Young Lorenzo was willing, but
net Able.

Little Rock GaEette.l
Several weeks ago a young man
named Lorenzo Skillet came to Little
Rock. Shortly afterwards he met and
loved Miss Hester Wiggle, o beautiful
girl of highest responsibility. As
Lorenzo was stranger, she encour-
aged him. One evening recently,
while the loving couple sat in the
kitchen where the girls mother was
grinding sausage, Lorenzo said:
Darling, you have plastered my
heart with flmy network Of sweet
ness | cannot live without work
unless | possess your hand"
The girl sighed, arose reheetively
and helped her mother unchoke the
sausage grinder. When she returned
to him there were tears in her eyes
and little bits of hog meat in her
golden flowing hair.
Lorenzo" she said, you love me
them"
Worship your fathers lsnd-the
ground you walk on.
And you will make me good hus-
band? You are a stranger to me, dear
Lorenzo, aud must have some assur-
ance that you will always pet me"
Name the conditions and my breast
shall swell with the wind of sweet
emotion"
She arose and again assisted hel
mother in unchoking the sausage
grinder. Returning, she said "OI
one condition | will marry you. There
is man in this town, small weazen
face man, who sometime ago winkeC
Fat me with his right eye"
"Ho should have winked with the
left" said the mother, as she indus
triously stuffed strips of hog meat int
the sausage grinder y
Mamma, attend to your own ma
chine. This man, dear Lorenzo
wiHked at me. His name is Ton
Weazel. Whip him and / am yours
l will send for him, let you enter tn,
room suddenly and whale him."
Send for the brazen faced monke.
from the geological gardens of in
iquity,
The little rascal is in the adjoining
room" and opening the door, sh
handed Lorenzo across the threshold
A man six feet four inches in height
and weighing about 240, confrontet
him. lorenzo squealed. but it was o
no use. The big man advanced. drew
out an apple tree sprout and thrashe'
poor Lorenzo until he was forced t.
leap from the window. Then the CIR
came in and kissed her big brother
The tired mother kept on grindin
sausage in the kitchen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-28

large foyenus but being a source Of
rfeat annoyance 10 our citizens By
special poll tax collectors, =.
Your committee are satisfied that If
our Quarterly Court would require
the assessors books made out strictly
according to law before they receive
and nav for the same, they would add
thousands of dollars to the school
fund, The inducemeat for such as
sessments as the tax books now show
Il too plain for comment And your
committee in calling attention 10 the
unusual large number of polls listed
upon the assessors returns, must be
permitted to say it speaks volumes as
to their diligence and energy In the
hunting of names; for instance, the
assessments for 1880 return over sew.
enteen thousand eight hundred Ia SUI
polls in the city and county. let We
ind at the Presidential election held
in November, 1850, when almost every
voter exercised the right of franchise,
and notwithstanding it is estimated
that there are over four thousand
voters exempt by reason OF age, &c,
from poll tax, the total vote cast was
about fourteen thousand eight hun.
dred. thus showing about six thousand
more names upon said returns than
should be.
Your committee are of opinion that
the assessors are, to a great extent,
responsible for the large number Of
errors annually shown upon the tax
books. An inspection Of The books
show the fact that each years return
Is almost a fac smile of the preceding
year. We are satisfied that many OF
the city assessors make up large
portion of their returns from the books
reported the preceding year, without
any regard as to who is the real owner
or to the errors previously corrected
BY the Quarterly Court, and unless a
radical change is inaugurated in the
manner of assessments we see no re-
lief from the present laundering sys-
tenn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-28

THE damage to property at Nash
vile by the unprecedented rise Of the
Cumberland river We fear is not the
end of the evil. When the river goes
down, and vast areas Of submerged
lands are again exposed to the sun, il
is highly probable that malarial and
other levers and sickness viii follow.
In fact, this is almost certain. The
sanitary authorities will no doubt be
wide awake and suggest the best rene
dies for the prevention Of disease. A
liberal use Of quinine and a strict
observance Of the simple rules Of
health is, perhaps, all that science can
do. Those who avoid the night air,
dress comfortably, eat plain, whole
some food and sleep in dry, well ven
tilated apartments, viii stand a better
chance than people who neglect the
observance of such precautions.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-28
Monsieur lie MinIstre.

Monsieur lie Ministre," in press
and shortly to be published byT. B.
Peterson q Brothers, is most extra.
ordinary book, and will without doubt
be as widely known here as in Paris,
where it is said to be a pen and ink
portrait offs Prime Minister of France,
and where it has already passed
through forty editions. It's merit is
due not only to the extreme interest
of its plot, but to its dramatic situa
tions, its charm Of style, and to its
delineations of character, each indi-
vidual being the type Of class. That
this work is destined to as great pop
ularity here as in France is very GER
tain, for it describes scenes and per.
sons with which we, unfortunately
are at home. The temptations and
corruption Of political life, are as
marked in Republican America as in
Republican France. Who that il
familiar with life in Washington can.
not point 10 some man whose brilliant
prospects have been ruined, whose
home has been destroyed by the wilel
of@ome dexlerous adventuress, who's,
punishment, however, has been neither
as swift nor assure as that which over
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-28
Dyspepsia Cared.

BALTIMORE, MD, Feb. Il, 81.
| tried your valuable medicine,
Browns Iron Bitters, for dyspepsia,
indigestion, etc, aud was cured by its
brief use after three leading physicians
of this city failed by their prescrip-
tons to give me relief. / suffered
with full feeling about the breast
with headache all the time, bowels
very irregular, and generally used up.
At night, when got home from work,
/ thought could not live until morn
ing. | now feel like a new man.
j. V. HowsER.
S. Mansfield & Co, W. N. Wilker-
son & Co., and G. w. Jones & Co
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-28
a NeWspnper,r RniIronaI.

H. w. Gray, in the Atlanta Consti-
tuition. writing from Florida, says:
"The only newspaper railroad in the
county is the South Florida, running
out from Sanford to Tampa. This
road was built and is owned and op-
Grated by the Boston Herald. 1t is
now in operation twenty.three miles,
and is being extended rapidly. twill
be ninety miles long when the present
contracts are finished, and may be
pushed to Punta Rosa. The Herald
people are doing the work themselves,
and as a Eloridian said, They are
talking less and doing more work than
any Of our developments The road
is paying handsomely, and runs two
trains day. By building this road
the Herald people gained large land
grants, the timber from which, hauled
over their own road and RATED to the
mills, will very much lessen the cost
of the road"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-28
Tenneasee nd AtIanta.

NASHVILLE Amer.cenI
Colonel Killebrew has collected $72
for premiums taken by the Davidson
County Fruit and Vegetable Growers
Association at the International Cot
ton Exposition at Atlanta. Tennessee
carried away from that institution
over 500 in premiums. The Tennessee
wines were placed near a stove and
were ruined by the heat. They were,
therefore, not adjudged.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-28
THE RIVER FRONT.
Intelligent Views OF Practical
Old Resident.
MENFn1s. January 26. 50.

MEMPHIS, January %, 1882. 6
EDITOR LEDaER:-I see in your
issue Of yesterday, and in the Appeal
of to-day, that at last there is tempest
in teapot about the harbor of Mem
phis. have observed the working
Of the levee for over thirty years, and
been convinced that one-third Of the
money spent would have made a per
manent harbor if applied judiciously;
but when / demonstrated my views, l
got the cold shoulder; or the answer
that it was the intention to have the
river run in its old channel, close to
Front street, to get rid of the old
rookeries on the landing. | made
plans and patterns twenty years ago,
and if acted on, there would be great
deal of property and space saved and
a permanent harbor secured, but all i
got was q cold shoulder.
| pity the Elevator Company for
spending so much money for nothing
One tenth the money spent last sum
mer at low water (then | consulted the
President, Mr.. Neely) would have
done NOR egood than what they have t.
spend now, and be very doubtful if il
will save what they are building.
It's of tie utmost necessity that
what is to be done, be done soon, with
this extraordinary rise of the river til
carrying infinitely away the support o.
the building.
Ichallenge any man in the United
States or all Netherland (Holland
who has studied more hydraulics anC
bydrostatics than l have, to csnfut,
my idea, or to give a better one, for th'
preservation Of the landing or levee.
Very respectfully,
f. a. THEILEN.