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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-04-27
A Sharn Trick,

There are several ways of removing
the cuticle from feline and various
methods of making living. The De.
troit Free Press mentions this little
game by which money was raised: A
few days after the funeral New York
undertaken met wealthy man whose
daughter he had buried. 81 Twas sorry
and surprised on hearing of your EN-.
barrassment the other day. and hope
the MOI ey was enough to relieve YOU"
said TIE old gentleman. "Mcney! EN-
barrassed! Relieve mel" gasped the
undertaken. 81 haven't asked you for
any money, and don't intend to for
some time" The gentleman, nettled,
tartly replied: "You dunned me for
the expenses of my daughters funeral
within three days, and I paid the bill"
Il dunned you! L never asked you for
a cent" exclaimed the undertaken.
"Was it young MANI" he continued.
"Yes," said the old gentleman, "your
son and he said you wanted the money
immediately" "a few days after the
funeral" said the undertaken, "a we'll
dressed young man came to my store,
representing himself as the betrothed
lover Of your daughter, whom he was
to have married in few days He
wished, as token of his affection for
her, to pay her funeral expenses.
refused at first, telling him that her
family would not permit it's But he
urged it SO strenuously that finally
consented, and made out the bill. lie
took it, and said he would go down to
his fathers office and make out the
check. I have not heard or seen any
thing of him since" And now the
question is, who will have to pay Tor
the little job which that very smart
young man put up on those worthy
people, the father or the undertaken?
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-04-27
Wells Comet.

Prof. Boss and his assistants having
obtained a third observation of the
Wells comet, have succeeded in making
a preliminary calculation of the strang-
er's orbit. At present it is about 160,-
OOO,O 900 miles from the earth, and its
distance from us will not probably be
less than S0,O00,000 at any time. 1t is
approaching the earth at the velocity of
2,O90,0OO miles day, and while it will
not come as near as other comets have
done, it may be expected to make a fine
display for few days in the early part
of June. The present extraordinary
intensity of its light, which comes to us
from the enormous distance of 100000
900 miles, proves that it has plenty of
material for future display, aud it will
probably show a long and nearly
straight tail of enormous dimensions to
our antipodes. Afte9 passing its peri
helion it will probably become visible
in the northern hemisphere. 1t now
appears in, the constellation of the
Tyre, near Vega. 1t will pass to the
westward Of that star, and about the LIST
of April will stand within four or FIVE
degrees from il. Two weeks of further
observation Will serve to remove many
uncertainties which now exist as to the
future Of this comet, and these observa-
tons will unquestionably be awaited
with the greatest interest.-Hels York
star.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-04-27
A STRANGE SPELL.
ElOpsmsnt of Girl orFIftssn With an Ola

Elopemsnt ora Girl Of Fifteen With an Ons,.
From the Macon tda Telegraph.
Not many miles from Macon, with,
a stones throw of very popular mr.
eral spring, lives farmer whose worISIr
possessions amounted to much mo,.
than the average wealth of the well.to.S"'
To tell the truth, he is quite wealth.
and his daughters have been given lear9'
ing under the shadow Of even more sivI
ish aristocratic seminaries than az,
old Wesleyan. These daughters, with
their accomplishments. and education
were sought after by not few yopns
men of the section in which they Lived
and the youngest of the girls was moi
ayerse to the attentions of young do
tor, whose sheepskin was yet fresh from
the medical college at Atlanta.
The farmer, whose love for his daupb.
ters was strong, favored the suit OF tbs
doctor, and smilingly approved thu
Union with his ifteen-year-old DARLING
This young lady found place in her
heart for the young Esculapius, butsbs
was under spell. The farmer had
man on his farm to transact and looI
after his business. This man was orav
in years, but he had laundering after
the young lady. He seemed to haunt
her footsteps, and never let pass an on.
portunity to beg for her hand. Under
ordinary circumstances she would have
repealed his advances and given him to
understand at once that he was WASTING
his sweetness on the desert air, but
some how or other he had her under
spell. She could no more refuse his
wishes than she could take wings and
fly.
She seemed to be compelled to obey,
by some irrisistable power, every slight
wish he might make, and last Friday
night, when he babe her leave her home
with him, she crept away in the dark.
ness with her gray-haired lover and hied
to Macon.
The farmer, who had not failed to see
the influence his overseer had exerted
over his child, but who never dreamed
that it would go so far as to elope with
him, suspected the aged lover as soon as
his child's absence was discovered. He
boarded freight train bound for Ma.
con and arrived there Saturday morn.
ing about eight or ten hours behind the
couple.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-04-27
Hope Ahead.

A committee of stockholders who
waited upon the superintendent OF
California mine to ask why In blazes
the said mine hadn't PANIED out any
thing but assessments, were graclously
received, invited to be seated, and the
official explained: =
Gentlemen, you are all we'll aware Oh
the fact that we had scarcely begun
work when the mouth of our mine was
blocked by landslide. That put us
back month"
They nodded their remembrance.
"Then we had just got in shape 70
take out 1000 tons of ore, worth Sz,VUV
per ton, when the mine caved IN. lou
recall it?"
They did.
"Once more we bent to the burden OF
reaping $500 for every $40 in7es.eu'
when the mine was flooded by suoter'
ranean river"
That was true also.
"Then we had Just got the water Ou'
when we discovered that our mine Wa srS
located on another mans claim. ""
had him shot to prevent trouble; an
once more we were about to decIATL
dividend of 200 per cent, when 'ue
dead llan's heirs put in an sgPeaIAnoSdi
There were three Of them. We cnssou
one over the range, had another nuns
by the vigilance committee, and l a., :,
happy to inform you that l have IOr r
men out after the other, and am ever!
hour expecting to hear that he hss .un !,
bled of a cliff. Gentlemen, tneLe
hope ahead-golden hope. -,
come up and drink with me; 81.
which there will be another sssessne1
Of ten per cent.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-04-27
lHZPAH.

"The Lord watch between me ana thes
when We are absent one from another
A broad gold band engrayen
With word of Holy Writ
A ring. the bond aud token
Which love aud prayer hath it'
When absent from each other
Der mountain, vale, and sea,
The Lord, who guarded Israel
Keep watch tween me and thee'
Through days Of light and gladness,
Through days Of love and liie,
Through smiles, ana JOY and sunshine
Through days w,th beauty riie;
When absent from each other
Der mountain, vale, aud sea,
The Lord of love and gladnesa
Keep watch tween me and thee'
Through days of doubt and darkness,
In fear and trembling breath;
Through mists of sin and sorrow
In tears, and grief, and death
The Lord Of life aud glory,
The king OF earth aud sea,
The Lord, who guarded ISreael,
Keen watch tween me and thee.
The ArgoSV
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-04-27
How to Make a Man Mad.

There never have been more than
three men who cared a snap what the
paper said about them. We recall to
mind q New Hamphere man who said
be hadn't the least Interest in anything
of the sort. And vhea he heard that
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
CHICAGO.
General Phil sheridan's Fifty.First
Birthday.
Two Engines Wrscked-.-FlVs Persons
Injured.

CHICAGO, March THE fifty first
birthday of Lieutenant General Philip
h. Sheridan was celebrated to night
with a dinner given by the Illinois
Commandery of the Loyal League of
the United States, at the Union
League Club rooms. and seventy COW
ers were spread. The banquet was a
strictly private affair, but speeches
were made by eminent citizens who
served with the general in his sixty
four battles, and the evening passed
most pleasantly.
The freight engine on the North
western road slipped boiler bolt at
the city limits tonight and the escap-
ing steam severely sealded the fireman
and the engineer. The engine then
ran unchecked until it met the out
going Omaha passenger train, with
which it collided. Both engines were
badly wrecked. The locomotive tele-
scoped the tender and three clerks
in the mail car were considerably
bruised. The accident appeared to bt
unavoidable.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
TOO MUCH WHISKY
A Desperate Conflict in New
Mexico.
A sherifFs Posse Defeated by Pueblo
Indians.

ST. Louis, March IA Santa Fe,
New Mexico, special says that Gov
ernor Sheldon received news from
Taos, Pueblo, yesterday, which is sub
stantiated as being quite serious. 1t
is to the effect that four days ago some
Taos Pueblos became drunk, and we're
arrested and placed in Jail. They es-
capped, and Deputy Sheriffs Miera and
Martinez started to the Pueblo's town
to rearrest them. They aud their
posse were met by fifty-nipe armed
Pueblo Indians, and fight ensued, in
which Deputy Sheriff Miera was killed
and Deputy Sheriff Martinez mortally
wounded. The murderers have not
yet been captured. The Taos Pueblos
are one of the richest and largest
tribes in the Territory, and heretofore
the best Of feeling has existed between
the Pueblos and the surrounding
Mexican towns. OF late too much
whisky traffic has been going on,
which the United States authorities
should stop. Governor Sheldon has
sent to Taos for the latest information,
and news is hourly expected.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
Wall Street.

New YORK, March 7.-Stocks
opened somewhat irregular, but in the
main strong, with more pronounced
bullish feeling. The extreme depres-
sion about l o'clock yesterday devel.
oped the fact that both Gould and
Vanderbilt were supporting their
specialties, but in spite of this there
was considerable bearish talk about
Union Pacific. 1t is said that the Ex
ecutive Committee of the Western
Union will make a most favorable
statement to-day. The earnings con-
tinue to increase, and quarterly div
idend of II per cent will be recon
mended. 1t is expected thatthe Union
Pacific will declare a dividend Of II
per cent to-day. The annual report of
the st. Louis & San francisco Rail-
road Company will be presented at a
meeting in st. Louis on the 18th OF
March. 1t will show: Gross earnings
for the calendar year 1881, 1850, ,528;
increase, 1852, l52; operating expenses,
81 ,335, 1872; increase, Sl71 .733; expend
ed for improvements. $l52, ,SS6; net
earnings, 81 ,578, 466; increase, $205, ,259;
paid or appropriated for interest on
the sinking fund, $3.50, l02; dividends,
1866 900; balance, $2I7 ,455; aggregated,
$392,298. The company has remaining
706, ,460 acres of land, estimated to be
worth $2,5l7 500. The matter of con
solidation with or the perpetual lease
OF several branch roads will come be-
fore the annual meeting. The authra-
cite coal companies have decided to
stop production the last three days
of this week and the last three days of
each succeeding week in March. Two
prominent drawers of exchange think
the rates will be lower before the close
Of this week.
IL A.M.-Wheat heavy and unset
tied and 3a5c lower, with active spec
ulative trading. The stock market
opened generally strong and higher
with a bullish feeling prevailing.
Fancy" Richmond & Danvillo, how
ever, was 5 and IT,, B. & w. II per
cent lower; Nashville & Chattanooga
advanced 2 and Jersey Central, ! per
cent. In the early dealings weak
ness took place of 6rmness and a de,
cline of tai per cent was recorded.
Louisville & Nashville, Denver & Rio
Grande, Kansas & Texas, Hannibal &
st. Jo preferred, Missouri Pacific and
Erie were most conspicuous. At IL
O'Clock there was a recovery of Ball
per cent in the general list and Is per
cent in Richmond & Danville.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
An Interesting Relic.

A friend has brought to this Office
carriers address issued by the Mem
phis Enquirer, January l, 1S42-forty
years ago. 1t is printed on white
satin, now slightly colored by age, and
is surrounded by heavy dark border,
square at the bottom and dome like at
the top. The sides are suggestive Of
pillars fancifully ornamented. The
cloth is about eighteen inches long by
twelve inches in width. The address
is written in bold rhyme, in full,
flowing style. 1t is simply signed
"Hen." The writer starts out on be-
half Of the carrier, but soon plunges
into politics, and scars aloft in the old
Fourth. July style. He begins:
Most gracious sirs, your carriers here
again
I who have weekly trudged through heat or
To bring the Weekly Enquirer" Slled with
Now come TO bring the bantlings of my
muse,
An allusion to the occasion is as
follows:
The car Of time. which never eeasing rolls
IhrO' natures track fro n tropics to the poles.
Last night performed its circuit round earth's
And twelve o'clock announced a newborn
year"
There are about one hundred and
fifty lines in all, some of them in ex-
cellent measure, smootbness and SEN
timent. We have no idea who the
author was. The members Of the press
of that day have all passed away, and
the Enquirer has been forgotten save by
few old citizens. Perhaps very few
of those who have grown up or came
here since the war ever heard of it.
Yet it was an ably-edited paper, aud
was a power in its day. The custom
Of sending out carriers addresses has
been discontinued, and the one before
us is the more interesting on that
account.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
BOLD BURGLARY.
A Family of Eight ChlOroformeeI
and Robbed.

ST. LOUIS, March IA Dallas,
Texas, special says that the residence
of. V. Childress was burglarized last
night ofnearly $4,000 worth of money,
diamonds and other valuables. 1t was
one of the boldest kind Of burglaries,
as eight people were sleeping in the
house, and the burglars lit matches
in every room and ransacked every
thing. Every occupant was chlors-
formed. A large knife aud hatchet
were found near the head of MIR. Chill
dress bed. with which it is sup
posed murder was to have been com
mitted in the event that the robbers
we're discovered and resisted. Simon
Solid, colored. formerly servant in
the Childress family, has been arrested
on suspicion Of having managed the
burglary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
For Sale BY all GrOcers.

credit Of the State, and, in my judg-
ment, very large portion, if not the
majority, of the State credit faction of
the Democratic party will act with
the Republican party. The line will
be strictly drawn between Republi.
cans; upholding the credit of the State
and Democrats favoring reputation.
Q.-What indications, if any, of an
independent political movement ara
there in your State2
A.-All the indications point very
clearly to the disintegration of the
Democratic party in Tennessee. The
feeling between the two factions Of
that party, growing out Of the State
debt question, is very bitter. They
are more hostile to each other than
either Of them is to the Republican
party. | think that the result will be
that the Republican party will be the
majority party in Tennessee There
may be three parties in the field at
he next election, but there will be
one of them that will not have much
voting strength. The strong par
ties will be the Republican
party, which advocates the payment Of
the debt Of the State, and the low tax
faction of the Democratic party, which
will advocate the repudiation of a
portion or the whole of the debt. The
State credit Democrats will be divided
between the Republican party and the
low tax Democratic party. | do not
see any opening for, or prospect of, an
independent party.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
What Gov. Hawkins Thinks
and HOPES.

Governor Hawkins was recently
interviewed at great length in New
Orleans. The report in the Times
Democrat concludes as follows:
Q.-What, in your opinion, will be
the effect ofthe 1908 decision?
Al think it will break up exist
ing party lines-that is, it will bring
about the permanent disorganization
Of the Democratic party. With re-
spect to the material interests of the
State, think the decision will prove
to be disastrous. | believe, however,
that accessions from the Democratic
party will give the Republican party
such strength that, in future, that
party will be able to redeem the State.
The great bulk Of the Republican
party is in favor Of maintaining the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
ImPORTANT DECISION.
One of VanderbiIt's COnsOlida.
items that Does Not Hold.

COLUMBUS, o., March In the
case of the State of0hio, on the rela-
ton of the Attorney General vs.. w.
II. Vanderbilt ct al, the Supreme
Court to day decided in favor Of the
plaintiff, by allowing Judgment Of
custer, thus declaring the consolida-
ton OF the O.. O., Q. & l. and c., n.
& D. roads aud leased lines illegal.
These roads we're bought up by Van
derbilt last summer, and consolidated
last September, under the name of
the Ohio Railway Company. As the
system included most Of the roads in
the State, Jewett and Vanderbilt have
been in litigation over the matter ever
since the consolidation was effected,
and this is the final adjustment of the
case. 1t is.held by the Court that the
lines running from Toledo to Cincin
natl and from Cleveland to Cincinnati
are competing, aud Hnder the Ohio
statute cannot be consolidated.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

Moscow, March There are
serious signs Of movement among
the Poles.
ODESSA, March 7.-Important ar
rest of Nihilists have been made here
recently, and secret press has been
discovered.
LONDON, March THE Earl of
Wilton is dead.
BERLIN, March 7.-Emigration to
America this year promises to be very
much greater than last year.
LONDON, March THE German
press is highly indignant at General
Skobeleff's speeches at Warsaw, in
which he hattered the Poles by saying
that if there was no Russian garrison
at Warsaw there would be a German
one.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
HOW 1T WAS CLOSED.
A Mysterious Midnight. Fire al
OberIin, Ohio.

CLEVELAND, O., March IA little
after midnight lasE night a fire mys-
teriously broke out in Oberlin and
destroyed about forty thousand dol
lars worth of property, including
Rowland & Bronsons drug store,
which the temperance people had been
seeking to close up because spirituous
liquor had been sold there. The en-
tire block, two hundred feet on College
street, is in ruins. The principal
losers are as follows: Il. j. Goodrich,
book store, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Carter & Wood. hardware, $4,000 +;
insurance, $4,000. j. NJ. Gardner,
druggist, $4,000; insurance, $500.
Il. NJ. Platt, photographer, $500 ;
insurance, $500. Rowland e. Bronson,
druggists, $4,000; insurance, $500
Kate Morse's dwelling, $1,000; other
losses not stated.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
THE STEAMBOATMEN
Congress Doing Justice to a
Glass of LOng-WFOnged
Men.
Special to the Courier-Journal.l !

Special to the Courier-Journall
WASHINGTON, March 4-The bill
which passed the House yesterday,
reducing the license fees Of masters,
chief engineers and pilots on steam
boats from $40 to 81 80, and the
license of other engineers, pilots and
chief mates to seventy-fve cents, will
be hailed by the river men as an act
Of justice which they were entitled to
long ago. No other class of citizens
are at this time subjected to the pay
ment OF such personal license tax,
and this would have been abated be-
fore now, had it not been for the TACT
that it was, in all previous attempts,
incorporated in the general steamboat
bill, instead Of being made a separate
and distinct affair, as presented and
passed. There is no reason to suppose
there will be any opposition in the
Senate. The revenues derived were
largely in excess of the needs of the
service, and have accumulated to the
amount of $649, 800 80, which is now
lying idle in the treasury. The impo.
sition Of this tax has not tended to
secure more valuable or efficient off
GERS, neither was it imposed to raise
revenues beyond an amount necessary
to render this branch of the service
self-sustaining.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
ARKADELPHI8, Ark.
Three Negroes Shot by Two
White Men.

ST. LOUIS, March IA special
from Arkadelphia, Ark, says: A
shooting affray occurred six miles
south of here in which three negroes,
named Lewis Smith, Aaron Dark and
Ed Clark, were shot by two white
men--Joe Ross and Bud Henry. The
first named negro was killed outright,
the second shot six times and cannot
possibly recover, while the third was
shot twice and may recover. The
shooting arose out Of quarrel while
working on the settlement roads. The
white men escaped.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07

but failed to get. Surely this is an
edifying sight, and if there ever was a
time when the public had an evidence
of the uselessness and cruelty of such
alleged sport" as this, it is the pres.
ent, and is based on the match now
inglconcluded at the Madison Square
Garden.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
The Six Bay Race.

New York Herald, 4.
Those who enjoy pedestrian races
such as that going on at Madison
Square Garden should find peculiar
delight in the entertainment to be had
there at present, The sx-champion
Rowell, who on Monday morning was
a superb example ofphysical strength,
is lying in his quarters a badly injured
if not q ruined man, taken from the
track because his strength was gone
and his brain was threatened with
serious trouble from the mental and
physical strain he had undergone. His
conqueror, Hazael, is still going on, a
terribly worn man, but pushing along
in keen suffering, hoping to last till
this evening, but with chance of his
breaking down on the track. RHughes,
lately man hoasting the best dis
tance on record, is fairly crippled by
the efforts he was forced to by his
sturdy competitors but still is hob
bling on, while the dark horses Of
the race are struggling in reach Of the
gatemoney that the champion tried for
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
River TeIegrnns.

CAIRo, March 7.-Arived Gold
Dust, Vicksburg, 8 pm; w. p. Halli-
day, St. Louis, s pm. Departed; Gold
Dust, st. Louis, 8 pm; W. ?. Halli-
day, New Orleans, midnight. Cloudy
and cold.
EVANSVILLE, March 7.-Arnved'
Tom Means and tow, down, SPIN.
Cloudy, with cold wind, and mercury
at 33o. River 33l feet and falling, with
no business,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
The GarfieId Gfnmn.

-~N AACA~A rs
At the request of Mrs. Garfield, and
under the direction of ex-Post-
master General Thomas a. James,
there has been prepared for pre-
sentation to the Queen of England a
frame containing the first proof of the
new fve-eent stamps, United States
postage, known as the Garfield
stamp" The portrait of President
Garfield upon the stamp is an approved
likeness, engraved by the American
Bank Note Company from photographs
selected by Mrs. Garfield, who also
selected the color which was adopted
by the Postofice Department for the
printing Of the stamp. The frame
consists of mat of sterling silver,
upon which is engraved an exquisite
border OF fine geometric lathe work.
This is surrounded by rod of solid
gold nearly quarter of an, inch in
diameter, cut in barley-corn work of
new design, with brilliant facets by
Joaquin. The rod separates the silver
from the royal purple velvet upon the
concave portion of the frame, which is
Of fine ebony. A glass plate with
beveled edges covers all except the
ebony, and the whole is enclosed in
cedarwood box mounted with silver
and lined with royal purple velvet.
PUBLIC LEDGER job printing Office
and book bindery. l3 Madison.