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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-05
Interesting English Railroad
Statistics.

It costs to go the whole length Of
Great Britain, third class, a little less
than f3, or about SIS, a distance Of
900 miles, aud the time is about %
hours.
There are some 10000 miles of rail
road line in England and Wales, two
thirds of it belonging to six large
companies: the Great Western, which
| may compare to the Illinois Central.
the London and Northwestern, which
IS the Pennsylvania railroaa; the
Northwestern, which corresponds to
the New York, New Haven and Hart.
ford liue; the Midland, which is like
the Erie; the Great Eastern and Great
Northern.
There are over 1000 miles in the
Great Western Company, and amalga.
nation has been going on steadily for
years. Every company forces its way
to London in some manner.
Signals were first used in 1893, The
Midland railroad has the block system
in its best perfection.
The working expenses Of the Eng
lish railroads amount to about $l7O.
900 600 a year, aud the gross receipts
amount to 1912, GOO, 900 a year.
By far the greater number of peo
pie travel third class, or about i30.-
000. 000. to 81. 000,0 900 second class and
$1,000, 900 first class.
The capital of all the British rail
roads amounts to about So, 800, 900, 900
and they have thirteen hundred loco
motives and employ nearly four hun
dred thousand people, and run over a
thousand trains a day, kill about thir-
teen hundred people a year and main
five thousand. They kill or injure one
railroad servant out of every two
hundred.
Their best trains run from Bristol to
Aberdeen, 800 miles, in eighteen hours;
from London to Holyhead, 26O miles,
in less than seven hours; from London
to Plymouth, 247 miles, in a little over
six hours.
The average Of the fastest express
on each Of the great lines is nearly As
miles an hour, but on the Great
Northern one train runs 81 miles an
hour, and on the Great Western
another runs over SO miles an hour.
They claim that the Great Western
fast express between London and
Bath is the quickest in the world,
running 1864 miles in two hours and
thirteen minutes.
The British government, undertake
ing to regulate the whole railroad
system by statutes, has 1000 acts of
Parliament relating to railroads, the
oldes; beginning in 1858, and author.
izing a mule railroad, while the FIRST
passenger railroad was authorized in
1925. Some of the acts of the British
government about railroads are very
Just to the public. They are com
PEELED to exercise joint action for the
public convenience, to be fully liable
for damages or loss Of goods, to dis
play the price of fares conspicuously.
to put a smoking carriage on every
train, andin 1873 a special court was
made to sue railroads.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-05
A scandal that Drew.

1AANNh kNNAAlAs
The venerable clergyman arose
slowly in the pulpit, and glaneiDq
around on the thinly scattered congre-
cation, said in an emphatic tone. in
which there was more Of corrow than
OF anger: My beloved brethren, | am
In hopes that there will be more pres
ent next Sabbath, and will then
have occasion to reveal a scandal
which has long oppressed my heart.
1t concerns the members Of this
church very deeply, and no one who
has a regard for eternal happines.
should be absent" When the bene.
dlctlon was pronounced the handful
Of people slowly dispersed, but behold
how much good seed a few can scat.
teri The next Sunday the sacred edi
fee was packed. There was. indeed
hardly breathing room when the whit,
haired sage once more lifted his hesd
above the pulpit cushions, and a 81
lence as OF death fell upon the exnes
tant throng. He stood a moment
looking upon the uuwonted scene. anf
then his voice in ~silveryi cadenceI
broke the hush Of anticipation. "Deal
friends, he said, THE scandal | would
reveal is this-you will gather in thi
place In crowds to hear mischieyoul
gossip, but will not listen to the expla
nations Of the inspired word. Now
my children, | offer my resignation
l am going to Europe for six months
and | shall pay my own expenses'
But no n OF the vast multitude tool
the lesson to himself he applied it t,
bis neighbor.
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gear the largest invoice Of pfooiou.
stones ever forwarded to that eountry
has been shipped within the last few
weeks to a prominent Philadelphia
house Of long standing, that Of Messrs.
Bailey, Banks 4 Biddle. In this col,
lection was included a number Of very
rare and unique pearls, such as two
sapphires OF singular hue, a black
pearl Of abnormal size and remarkable
coloring snd several other beautiful
and curious jewels.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-05
Young Women as Railroad
Hands.
New York Herald.

Fifty young women broke earth for
a new southern railroad a day or two
ago, merely as a matter Of ceremony,
Of course, but if their sex would be
more largely employed by railroad
managers the travelling public would
be the better for it. Women ticket
sellers would not occasionally swear
at passengers, as seine men do, or
keep travellers waiting so the ticket
agent might hear the remainder OF
some delicious story that a boon com.
panion was whispering TO him. Young
women in the railway news stations
woul be more accommodating and
sell more books and papers than The
masculine cubs who arc often found in
these places. Young women might
even displaoe the majority OF train
boys to the great delight Of passengers.
if they were to select their own stock
in trade nasty candies and trashy
books might give way TO something
that the travelling public would care "a
buy. Let some railroad company try
the experiment,
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Cotton Good.-

New York Journal Of Commerce, Sept 30.
Although the demand has not been
pressing for new assortments, an IT.
regular request has taken a very fair
quantity Of goods, which, in connection
with a wide distribution of receipts Of
many makes and qualities, gives a good
volume Of sales. As at previous re.
ports, many leading makes and brands
Of staple cottons continue sold ahead.
while a like number are ia nominal
stock, and the selections, order re.
1uests and deliveries on old engage
ments OF daily steadiness. CONSIDERING
the general neglect Of all stocks ex.
cept such as absolute requirements
have compelled that assortments be
forwarded, the natural position Of the
market shows unusual strength for
the closing week Of September, as.
were 1t otherwise, under the extreme
quiet some Developments ia the way Of
placing stocks at a concession would
have cropped out. In our Judgment
this shows a very good condition oftbe
demand and supply, Tor though values
are conceded as cheap, when compared
with the cost Of production, distribu.
tors are quick to make available any
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-05
Miss Ava Allen.
Vicksburg Commercial, Sd.


Miss Ava Joe Allen, who was lost
in the burning OF the Inflated Lee.
was the youngest daughter and child
Of the late MIR. Joseph Allen, of Her
nando, DeSoto county, a gentleman
highly esteemed and respected by all
who enjoyed the favor of his acquaint-
ance. Miss Ava was a highly accom-
plished and most estimable young
~lady--the pride of the household.
adored and loved by all who knew
her, and was in the very bloom and
beauty of young womanhood, having
not long passed her twentieth birth.
day. She had just completed her
musical education in the Conserva
tory Of Music at Cincinnati, aud was
on her way to accept the position of
music teacher in Mrs. Reads popular
seminary at Baton Rouge, La.
Whether she was drowned or con.
sumed in the wreck is not known, as
all efforts to find her remains have so
far proved u~navailing.
The Natchez Democrat says: 1--WE
met last evening with Captain j. Nj.
Odion, of the steam tug Hiram Camp
bell, who was q few miles behind the
Lee, and fastened to the relief of the
passengers. Captain Odion took on
board and brought to this city Mrs.
Joseph Spencer and seven of her
children, and Messrs. Sam Brown and
Magruder. Mr.. w. ID. Spencer, son
Of Mrs. Joseph Spencer. says he was
sitting on the front guard of the boat
when he was startled with the cry of
'murderl' from apparently a dozen
voices, which was succeeded almost
Immediately by the cry of 'frel' He
rushed back to the ladies' cabin, and
had barely time to arouse his mother
and his brothers and sisters, and
hasten them to the bow Of the boat,
when the floor of the cabin fell in.
He succeeded in getting all the family
ashore, although the burning timbers
were falling around them as they
climbed ashore. Miss Allen, a lady
on her way to Baton Rouge, hesitated
Tor a long time to jump from the deck,
to which she had climbed, and when
at last she threw herself into the
water the wheelhOuse fell and covered
her and she was drowned"
LEDGER Book Bindery, 10 Madison
street.
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Monday, October "a. 1882,

the real estate mentioned and described In
said decree as follows:
A certain lot or parcel Of land lying in Shell.
by county, Tennessee, being nine acres and
three quarters Of an acre Of the 70 loWinl
tract, to-wit lS4 acres, being q part of the
Bradshaw and Pillow 400 acre survey, which
Is bounded and described rs follows, to.wif
Beginning at a stake at the northwest corner
Of lot No,6 Of said sub. division, which Is II
chains IS links cas-. and y chains III link,
south Of the northW { corner OF tho 400 eve
survey; running t.ence east rs CHAINS 3S1ink,
on the south line Of TOT Nc. 4 Old to 3 Mer.
rill; thence south p Oh ms ~ links TO n
stake, aud with the " 20 limo Of a Ga acre lei
Of tho same Aub-d'vi ~ K own as lot No. 8,
thence west Is chr ins IS links 10 a stake on M
cast side Of a 40 footstreet; thonce north. win
the east side Of raid street. y chains I7SlipkJ
p the begin ing, IL being lot No. s in thoSnI'
division The part her In cor veyed being ~
40 o. on ihs south PIT Of sail lot; acre od
he north side, having been sold to W q
Also The following lot Of land in the oupty
81 Shelby, State Of Tennessee, near iho city ol
memphis heit 3 one OF tho 1 x surveyed and
laid out by Edward : Todd for Wiiloughby
williams and numbered as lot No. "a, con.
tatning by said survey 5 62-l00 acres, lying ON
hilliams aYtnue, Terms Of sale-Cash,
JACKSON, Tenn, September O., 1873.
cu JOHN a. FREEMAN, Clerk.
OF Vance, solicitor, BJ5
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-05
II you can't Bear" a cough, Bull
it, with DR.. Bulls cough syrup.
ReyaeeinatIon in london,

The London papers have discussed
at much length the results of reVac-
cination as exhibited in the case OF
between 10000 and 1000 perma
nently employed in the postal service,
all Of whom we're required to undergo
revaccihation on admission to the
service, unless that operation had been
performed within seven years pre-
viously Among these persons, &C
cording to the data now officially pub.
lished, there has not occurred a single
fatal case Of smallpox, and in only ten
cases non-fatal attacks, all of these
being Of a very slight character. On
the other hand, it appears that in the
telegraph department, where the en-
forcement Of re%vaoclnation was not
carried out with the same complete
ness, twelve cases occurred in the
same period among a staff averaging
about 1900. Eight of these attacks
we're Of persons not Fevaceinated, and
one proved fatal, while the remaining
four we're Of revaccinated persons,
who all perfectly recovered without
pitting.
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A"Rusuer'' in Dakota.


Bismarck has a boomer" He is
hired by the Chamber of Commerce,
at a good salary, to ride upon the
trains east of Fargo and talk to emf.
grants about the advantages of settling
near the Banner City. In a word, he
is a drummer for his town. When
was there he had not started upon his
mission, and l found him blowing a
field for oats on the only farm within
sight Of the town. He was a member
of the Territorial Legislature, he said,
and he demonstrated his capacity for
the business of booming by fifteen
minutes of intelligent conversation on
the capacity of the soil of Burleigh
county and its attractions to the peo-
pie who by the pillow would thrive. He
was evidently what they call in Dakota
a "rustler." To say that a man is a
%rustler is the highest Endorsement
Dakotan can give. 1t means that be
is pushing, energetic, smart and sue.
cesstul. The word and its ~deriyations
have many shades of meaningl To
rustic around is to bestir ones self in
a business way, What are you going
10 do in Madam asked one mar Of
anol her in a Bismarck saloon. "0b,
I'll rustic around and pick up some
thing" which meant that be would
look about for a good business opening.
Rustic the things off hal table,
means clear the table in a hurry. To
do a rustling business is to carry on an
active trade. The word was coined
by the Montana herdsmen to describe
the action of cattle brushing the snow
from the roots Of the bunch grass with
their noses.
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Canning Tomatoes.


Many people who are quite success
full in canning fruits generally, are apt
to fail with the tomsto. A lady says:
I'VE have ten acres Of fruit Of all
kinds, and | take a great deal OF pride
in canning fruit. | get nearly all the
prizes at the fairs. | wish you could
just peep into my cellar to see my
tomatoes and peaches, some canned
last fall, and some a year ago, not
mentioning my other fruits. | will
tell you how | can my tomatoes, both
red and yellow. | pick the tomatoes
the smoothest and best shaped-and
scald them and skin them very care
fully; take the stem out with a pen
knife, taking care not TO cut the
tomato 20 as to let the juice or seed
run out; then | place them in the
cans, some Of them with the stem end
next to the can, and some with the
blossom ends; then | take the juice
that has run out OF some that | have
peeled to cook, having no seed nor
pulp, and add a little salt and pour on
my whole tomatoes until nearly full;
then place them in a kettle Of cold
water, and let them cook till | think
they are heated through; then | seal
them. | use nothing but glass jars
two quart jars-and after the cover
has been on about FIVE minutes / take
il off SO thew will settle letting the Gas
out; then | gil up with juice and seal
again, and my cans are always full t.
the cover. A great many have not
learned this. You have no idea how
nice they look through the glass; they
show every vein and rib and look as i
they we're put up raw, and when useC
they are just as if they had been tai CT
from the vines-and if you don't be
lieve me try it this summer. IalwayI
keep my fruit in the dark, and it DON
fade through the glass"
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supreme Court Sale.

In Supreme Court, at Jackson- Franoi, Sylya
Phiguepal d Arusmont vs.. Charles Patton,
Nathan Speer, Joseuhine @ Speer, George
" Speer, Aglae Marguerite d'Lagulhry,
Marie Clemenee d L~aguthry, Juliet M
Miller: Joseph Miller and Jones C Ramsey,
edministrator OF he estate of Eugene
d,Laguihry, deceased. ct al.
N, pursuance of the decree pronounced by
l the Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jack
son, in this cause MAY 9th, 1sS2. / will offer
for sale to the highest bidder, in front of The
courthouse Of Shelby county, in the city Of
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A Newspaper That Is HIstorIcaI
N. o. States, 2.


Our gallant friend, Major w. A.
Gwyn, the well known cotton factor
on CaronGelet street, has in his pos
session a copy of the Vicksburg Daily
Citizen, July 2, 1863. 1t is printed on
wall paper, and covers only one page.
and is clearly printed. The most
valuable, in a commemorative way, is
the following note, dated July 4, 1863:
Two days bring about great
changes. The banner Of the Union
floats over Vicksburg. General Grant
has caught the rabbit he has dined
in Vicksburg, and he brought his din
ner with him. The Citizen lives Ia
see it. For the last time it appears
on wall paper. No m)re will il eulo
gize the luxury Of mule meat and
fricasseed kitten-urge Southern war.
riors to such diet never more. This il
the last wall paper edition, aud is
excepting this note, an exact copy Of
it. 1t will be valuable hereafter as
curiosity"
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Precious stones.
Centennial Ga1'tto, London.

Among the more prominent indica.
tons Of the growing wealth and luxury
Of the United States may be cited the
rapidly increasing demand for dia-
monds on tho other side ofthe Atlantic.
IL is now a recognized fact that only
the finest stones, perfect 10 water, in
color and in form, dnd acoeptation with
American buyers. The expectation
not only Of diamonds, but OF rubies,
sapphires and pearls TO the Uuited
States has gone on in a steadily ascend.
log ratio for some years past. This
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Cotton in the Valley.
Yieksbure Conmercinl. 2.

Colonel Ed Richardson arrived in
the city by the steamer Cole, having
come down the river from Memphis.
de states the cotton crop between
here and Memphis will be larger than
that Of last season, that the late cotton
has been seriously damaged by worms.
but in his opinion the old cotton has
been correspondingly benefited By
them. There will be at least a two,
third crop made 10 this section.
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opportunity favorable 70 their interest,
Up TO this writing any Developments
to this end are wanting, while ship
ments Of miscellaneous selections have
been OF daily steadiness. besides hsv-
ing taken a much larger quantity Of
stuff than Of general admission. The
constant change in the production to
meet the wants of consumers is doing
much to popularize it, while ofan out.
side supply the same feature is notica-
BILE, and q larger than usual output
under the control of orders for various
converting purposes"
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French Detectives.
MeMillan'sM Magazine.

esAebahlubs
An agent de change, who had in His
custody a great number OF bonds and
other valuable documents ~belon0ingto
his clientele, was robbed of a n1mbsr
OF share certificates stolen from the
safe In his Office. The value of these
articles were considerable. amounting
to close upon BOG, 600 francs (fI2 0o09
AS IN France all scrip is pavable az
porteur Ito bearer it is much more
easy to dispose Of this sort Of pronertv
than It would be in England. where =
formal transfer has to be made Tn tbo
present case the plundered marty AID
not want to make the affair public foI
two reasons. In the first place he wa.
convinced that the robber was his own
son who had %abseonded from Paris j
day or two before and in the second
the tact of his having lost the Joou
ments would, in all probability. bav,
greatly injured his credit on III,
bourse. Wv
lie went to the Prefecture de Police
"a" Vpo VI Tue culelS, and a few hourl
later a secret agent was sent to nj
office. He related his story. saving a
the same time that he suspected hi
son to have been the principal actor i,
the affair. 10 return, without a mo
ment's hesitation, he was told m.
name Of a firm in Paris whose chic
business 1t waste trade in stolen pron
erty Of the kind. He was. moreoyer
informed a few hours later that som.
days previously his son had been seeI
more than once in the Office Of tbi
drm, and that it was more than likel,
the bonds were in their possession
The police agent went to the suspecte,
Office, and with money advanced hin
by the plundered mar transacted som,
stock or share buying and selling. II,
returned there again, and again, eacl
time doing some business which CAV,
the iirm a certain profit. This wen
on until be had gained a sort of foot
jug With the suspected parties. HI
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Texas Wool.
Fan Antonio Express, Sept. %.

Fan Antonio Express, Sept. %.
Seamen always speak of a "calm
b. ore.a Storm" 1t occurred in our
wool market yesterday. After three
months Of calm. a sudden activity
struck it. Colonel T. II. Henderson
alone purchased 1l5,0OO pounds, and
other parties 10000 to 10000 pounds
more. The market may now be
considered open.
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Supreme Court Yale.

In Supreme Court at Jackson-J A Anderson,
9d ainistrltor. etc., Of George p Cooper,
do creased, VS.. J Amonett, administrator Of
I'm Pfoyine, deceased, ct al.
n pursuance of the decree pronounced By
l. the Supreme Court of Tennessee. at jack
son, In this cause May 10, 1872 / will offer for
sale 70 the highest bidder, in front of the
courthouse Of Shelby county, on Main ttroet,
in the CITY of Memnhis an
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How Big a River II would Make,

Philadelphia Ledger, September 2.
The total rainfall from 3 o'clock D.
N. Thursday Dist, to Saturday night
at II o'clock, was 9.57 i~nches-or more
than 81 inches in 56 hours. The
average rainfall in Philadelphia for
the last ten years was about II inches
for the whole twelve months. So we
got on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
about one fourth Of the whole amount
due in a year. If the precipitation
of the fifty six hours in question was
at the same rate all over the l2C
square miles comprised within the
boundaries OF Philadelphia as that
registered at the Signal Office, Tenth
and Chestnut, and all the water
could have been collected and pre-.
served, it would have furnished to the
water department a supply for the city
for a whole year at an average Of sixty
gallons a day for 1856 days for every
man, woman and child 10 the city. Or
looking at it in still another way, il
that rainfall oVer the whole area OF
Philadelphia could have been col
lected into one channel, it would
have made a river twenty miles long
a quarter Of a mile wide and abouI
twenty feet deep.
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Golden Medical Discovery" Grade
mark registered is not onlya sovereign
remedy for consumption, but also for
consumptiye night sweats, bronchitis,
coughs, splitting Of blood, weak lungs,
shortness Of breath, and kindred
affections Of the thoat and chest. By
druggists.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-05
The Foresight of Goethe.

Apropos of the interest now being
felt in the Suez and other canals, a
somewhat remarkable fact illustrative
Of the foresight of men of genius is
given by Eckermsnn Of a converse
ton he had with Goethe in the year
1926: The poet showed an especial
interest in Humboldt's ideas respect
Ing the piercing Of the Isthmus Of
Panama. He said: 1t is a necessity
for the United States that American
merchantmen and men Of war should
be able to set sail straight into the
Pacific from the Bay Of Mexico, and
feel sure that they will accomplish
it. = l should wish TO live 10
see it, but that will not happen.
Secondly, / should like navigation
from the Danube into the Rhine to
be rendered feasible. And, thirdly, |
should like to see the English in DOS
session Of a canal across the Isthmus
Of Suez. To live long enough in order
to witness three such great events il
would really be worth while TO put u,
with existence for some fifty year.
more
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-05

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early decay, loss Of manhood, etc. | will SEND
reeiPe that will cure you, FREE on
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Miss Higbee's School,
Beal and Lauderdale Streets,
MEMPHIS, TENN.
Glasses Resumed Monday, Sept. n, 1882.

THOROUGH English course; Kindergarten
= Methods in Primary Department; Latin;
Modern Language by pative teachers; Music;
Conservatory Methods by . graduate; Elocu-
Painting. Location UNSURPASSED Large
Park, o ghteen rooms in school building; hne
reference Library, free to students; Cabinets
for Mutual Science; full corps Of eight teach
ers; a Specialist in every department; French
spoken IN classes and in the family.
Office hours Of Principal. 8 to ~ mn. AZ