Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-06
original pisoe, a green and beautiful
fannuInant for son Of the forest.

marriage, and have perlorce coDlentet
themselves with the surmiso that il
took place at Bath sometime in 1866
But now. in the most matter-of-facl
way possible, and apparently all un'
conscious OF the importance Of his
information, 4 gentleman in Cheshire
writes in Notes and Queries that hs
has for years been the owner Of Mrs
Burke's wedding ring and diamond
guard ring, With the long sought fol-
date Of the marriage, March ~, 1857
engraved therein. And the date, he
adds, is corroborated BY an entry 'iu
the family Bible, IN Edmund Burke'S
writing, which book is also an heir
loom in his family, his mother having
been niece Of Mrs. Burke.
The ancient academy in German,
town, Penu., entered upon its l2lsi
year on May !. and seven trustees
we're elected to Gil the places of those
retiring from the board of twsnty-cne
members. This right to vote for
trustees is conferred by the charter
upon the property holders Of German
town, though probably very few OF
them ever remember, even If they
know, the privilege they possess. AT
ell events, when the polls closed on
Monday evening only eleven ballots
were found in the box. The seSen
retiring trustees were elected their
own successors, as they have been for
many years. 1t is said that the bell
which rings the boys to their lessons
came from England in the same ship
with the famous tea which was
dumped into Boston harbor. On the
steeple Of the academy building sur.
wives the wooden image of royal
crown by which the young rebels Of
Germantown used to test their skill
with the bow and arrow during the
Revolution, and which was the cause
Of several colonial town meetings
called to demand its removal.
From the second installment of
Lieutenant Danenhower's narrative of
the Jeannette's voyage, published in
the Herald, it appears that Engineer
Melville conducted the party which
planted the American flag on Henri
eta Island. He took with him five
men in the dingy, which was mounted
upon a sled and drawn by fifteen dogs,
a2d after hard journey over immense
masses OF broken ice reached the
island, which was at least eighteen
and possibly twenty eight miles from
the ship. The island did not appear
to be Of any considerable size, but had
several bold headlaAds and was COW
cred with a cap Of ice and snow.
Near the landing place there was an
immense glacier. The flag was raised
on the island only nine days before
the ship went down. The dog-team
was unmsnageable and the journey a
very hazardous one, but Engineer
Melville succeeded in conducting his
men in safety to the vessel. He had
been placed in command Of the party
because both of the Lleutenants were
disabled, Danenhower from blindness
aud Chip from tin poisoning, some
of the provisions having been improp
erly canned. He seems to have had
wonderful powers Of endurance, and
to have been conspicuous for sound
ness of Judgment and practical sea-
manship.
The two young men and the young
woman who we're supposed to have
persisted on a lofty peak Of the Rax
Alp, on April 8, have returned in
safety to Vienna. They were lost for
four days in a fog, through which
they greped almost hopelessly, but
still determined not to surrender SC
long as the remotest chance remained
I At night they slept in deserted hutI
on the mountain side, and in one O
them they found little straw which
| they cut up and made into soup. Will
! this and a few tallow candles they
fought against starvation. The cir
| fell into trance caused by her hunger
and in her dreams would fancy Lha
she was abundantly supplied with food
once exclaiming: "0h, how delicious
after such a long fast" When th
fourth night set in they yielded +
despair and agreed to shoot themselve
in turn with a revolver which one Q
the party had brought with him
rather than starVe 10 death. But dur
ing the night the fog lifted, and tn
next morning, after a breakfast Q
tallOw and straw soup, they starte
out with courage revived. About
J o'clock they reached a shelter hous,
I kept for the refreshment of mountai
. climbers, and realized that they wer
: saved When they arrived at Vienn
they found the station crowded wit
persons eager TO see the heroes Of sue
t stubborn struggle for life. The
s limbs were badly frost bitten, b.
r they did not seem to have suffere
s permanent injuries.