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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-26

Sheriff WhiteLill, OF Grant county,
New Mexico, has ia his possession
letter written on March II by Secre-
tary Hoffman Of the American Lega.
ton at st. Petersburg in behalf Of a
Russian lady Of rank and wealth
whose maynard and adventurous son
come to this country years ago. She
had not heard from him since May,
1881, and hoped through the good Of
fees Of the Legation to get news from
him. 1t will be the painful duty of
the Sheriff to send word to this unfor-
tunate woman that her son, Wade
mar TethenborD, was notorious cat
tie thief for several years in New
Mexico, where he was commonly
known as Russian Bill" and was
finally hanged with two of his com
rades by vieilantes in an old hotel last
October Their bodies were found
suspended from a beam, the feet
shackled and their hands tied behind
their backs. The CoroDer's jury dis
crcetly brought in verdict Of death
by suicide.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-26
A0ARn

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss Of manhood, etc, will send
reciPe that will cure you, FREE on
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by missionary in South America. Send
self-addressed envelope to the Rev. JOSEPH 7
IENAs. Station d. New York City.
62xxxiv52d
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-26

FINDER and by virtue Of the power given
u me in deed Of trust dated March l6, 1881,
and recorded In Record Book No 1856, page
Az, Of the Registers Office of Shelby county,
Tennessee, said deed being made to secure
certain indebtedness therein mentioned, and
default having been made in the payment
thereof, Twill, at the request of the ben6ci-
AIRY. on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-26

They only can appreciate health
who have suffered from long continued
illness. Browns Iron Bitters gives
health and Strength, and thus has
made very many happy.
s. Mansfield K Co, w. N. Wilker-
son l. Co. and G. w. Jones X Co.,
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-26

A matchmaker Of Middlebury, VT,
has applied his ingenuity in rather
unnecessary and disagreeable manner
to the construction OF clock which
acts out the assassination of President
Garfield. The machine is thus de-
scribed: 1t is a cuckoo clock. with an
attachment representing railway
station in miniature At one window
is ticket agent dealing out tickets,
while at another a telegraph operator
is seen busy at his work, and truck
men, porters, train dispatchers, etc /,
are all flying around as natural as life.
All of these figures are of wood, about
two inches. At the end Of each hour
the cuckoo announces the fact, and
Immediately a figure of President
Garfield appears on the platform on
which the scene is enacted, accom-
panied by an efigy of Mr.. Blaine.
Guiteau is seen to follow him, having
just alighted from truck wagon, and
as he fires at the President the latter
falls. just then train of cars comes
dashing in, and 10 the confusion all
the principal actors are carried into
the depot cut of sight. After the
train dispatcher has given the signal
and the train has gone, small door
at the left opens and priest appears,
book 10 hand, in the act Of reading a
funeral service, while at the same
time another door at the right opens
and Guiteau appears on the gallows
The priest retires, the gallows dissp.
pears with Guiteau and the doors
close. This performance takes aboui
three minutes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-26
Down on the aWntchdogs., !,

Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
WASHINGTON, April pa white
haired Representative Of the House,
of Tennessee, and advocate Of the bill
defeated in The House yesterday by
the "Watchdogs." which proposed to
transfer all claims to the Court OF
Claims, said Of his principal Demo-
cratic opponents, Bragg, Of Wiscon-
sin, and Holman Of Indiana, to. night
"Their opposition is all buncombe fol
home consumption. It does for theil
deestricks. The Watch dog is
very good name for them. mott,
they never bark when any Of their fam
lily are around.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-26
An .COnfed's Corner ON Rlacl-
berries. 4,

|, A good story is told by United
States Marshal Chapman, editor of the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, on the Hon.
W. r. Vaughan, whose term of ser.
vice as Mayor Of that city has just ex-
PRED, and which is illustrative Of the
exceptional thrift of the latter gentle-
mau. Mr.. Vaughan is a native Of
Alabama, served as a Confederate sol.
der during the war, and at the close,
for a makeshilt, became a general
utility man in a general store at an
interior Alabama cross roads town.
As he worked for his board, liquor
and tobacco, his future prospects were
considerably restricted. But a bril-.
liant scheme enabled him to lay the
foundations of a future fortune. The
negroes would congregate about the
store in droves and ask "MasS'r
Vaughan" for something to do. One
by one he would take them to the rear
Of the store, and, in a confidential and
fatherly tone, present each with half
bushel splint basket, and the PROPOSE.
ton, Now, yougo up to Squire J ones
blackberry patch, and You just fill this
full of the incest blackberries you can
fnd. Don't get any leaves or dirt. or
branches mixed in with them Don't
bruise them or spoil them. But you
Just bring that basket back here to me
this afternoon, full of nice, plump,
ripe, fine berries, aud | will give you
half of theml' In this way, in a few
weeks, Mr.. Vaughan had secured a
profit of $40 out of the labor of his
colored brethren, upon which capital
he came North on his search for wealth
and honors, which be has secured.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-26

subject that no Congressman can sur
mount.
Indeed, Congress is becoming a
WEAKNESS. 1t seems incapable of
revenue reform or any exercise of
common sense. The Congressmen are
worrying over appointments and ap-
preparations insensible to the sting of
fine scOrn or the heavy hoofs of
public contempt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-26
Trustees saIO.

FINDER and by virtue Of deed Of trust
" from George Dixon TO me oS trustee, re-
corded in the Registers office Of Shelby ooun-
ty, Tennessee, in book As, pages 329, 800 and
33l, 10 secure a certain note therein described,
and unpaid, at the request Of the beneficiary,
will, on
Monday, 18th day of May, 1882.
between the hours Of II ain. and pm, Mt
the southwest corner Of Main and Madison
streets, In Memphis, as such trustee proceed
10 sell 10 tho highest bidder for cash the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit; All Of the
tract Of land known as the "0ld Hen Island"
With its accretions, alluvial deposits, etc., OK
cept about or 10 acres on the head Of the
Island.
The equity ofredempti0n Il lived and the
title believed to be perfect, but cunyoy only
as trustee. Z / SEAY, Trustee.
WP Willon, Atty. 1894
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-26
DR.. D. S. JOHNSON'S
PRIVATE
Medical Dispensary
No. IL Jefferson ST.,
etween Main and Front, Rs emphis.
No. IL Jefferson ST.,

Between Main and Front, Memphis.
ESTABLISHED IN 1901
mr.. JOHNSON is Acknowledged by all par
~ ties interested as by far the most success
full physician in the treatment of private or
secret diseases. Quick, thorough and perna-
nent cures guaranteed in every case, male or
female. Recent cases of Gonorrhea andSyph-
Ills cured in a few days, without the use of
mercury, change Of ct or hindrance from
business. Secondary, Syphilis. the last vest;ge
eradicated without the use of mercury. In
voluntary loss Of semen stopped in a short
time. Sufferers from impotency or loss of
sexual powers restored to free Yigor in few
weeks. Victims of seli-abuse and excessive
venery, suffering from spermatorrhea and loss
of physical and mental power, speedily and
permanently cured. Particular attention paid
TO the Diseases OF Women, and cures guaran-
teed Throat and Lung Diseases cured by new
remedies. Piles and Old Sores cured without
the use Of eaustic or the knife. All consulta-
items strictly confidential. Medicine sent by
express to all parts Of the country.
Office hours from 5 am. TO gp.m.
ST. D. $. JOHNSON. NJ. D..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-26

PUBLIC LEDGER bindery and Job
Office, - Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-26

or NJ A. DAuPHIN,
I2z La Sale Street, Chicago, Ills.
or N. q. DAUPHIN
bO7 Seventh st, Washington, ID, o,
Or 8 West Court street, Memghis, Tenn.
The New York Office Is removed TO Chicago.
n. Borders addressed to New Orleans
will receive prompt attention.
Tho particular attention Of the public Is
called to the fact that the entire number Of
the Tickets for each Monthly Drawing is sold,
and consequently all the prizes in each draw
inV are sold and drawn and paid. w&s58
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-26
CAPITAL PRICE, $500
10000 Tickets, at Two Dollars Each,
!s57 Prises. amountinr Co...

1857 Prises, amounting to................S110,lO
hegponeible corresponding agents wanted
at All points, to whom liberal compensation
willbe paid.
For further information, write clearly, Civ.
ing full address, Send orders BY express or
Registered Letter, or Money order By mail,
addreEaAd only To
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LOTTERY.
PnrfIcnInr NntIcn.

= - NHNNIHF3N INVNNNU7
All the drawings will hereafter be under the
exclusive supervision and control Of GENE
RAILS G. 7. BEAUREGARD and JUBAL A,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-26

IA SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY no
"A WIN A FOR4GNEi tAN
FIFTH GRAND DISTRIBUTION. CLASS
Il, at New Orleans, Tuesday, May 8
lSe2-ll4th Monthly Drawing.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30
Foreign News.

DECORATIONS to officers and soldiers who
distinguished themselves in the Egyptian
war, to the number of $40, were presented
by Queen Victoria.
The Earl of Harrowby and his brother,
Hon. Frederick Dudley Ryder, both died on
the same day in England. The former was
born in 179S and the latter in 1896.
IN the Joyce murder trial at Dublin Nj
chael Casey withdrew his plea of not guilty,
and counsel for the other four prisoners also
pleaded guilty, making an appeal for mercy.
The Judge then sentenced them TO be hanged.
Mr.. WILLIAM W. AsToR, the new American
minister, presented his credentials to King
Humbert at Rome.
For their services in the Egyptian war Ad-
miral Seymour and General Wolseley have
been gazetted peers.
The British steamship Wearmouth was
wrecked on one of the Magdalen islands, and
of the twenty men on board sixteen lost
their lives
CANADA claims 81 100000 from the United
States for wrongfully charging twenty per
cent. duty on hay when the proper duty was
only ten per cent.
into the prominent establishments in Japan.
THE Prince of Wales asked that the SEN
teuce of ten years penal servitude passed on
William Brookshaw, the writer of letter
threatening his life, be reduced.
The captain of a steamer which has ar
rived at Sunderland, England, reports that
off the coast of Norfolk his vessel passed a
large raft to which three or four corpscs were
ushed.
THE death is announced from the Western
coast of Africa of King Omoru. He leaves
700 widows. OF his ninety-ive children,
seventy-seven are still alive. His Oldest son
has 400 wives.
The Dublin United Ireland says Mr.. Dill
lon will go to America soon to make length
ened sojourn with his brother in Colorado.
He insists upon resigning his seat in the
house of commons.
SEVEN workmen were killed and several
others injured by the fall of railway bridge
rear London. The men were under the
bridge eating their breakfast when the struct-
ure fell.
| WILLIAM RICHARDS, under sentence of
death at Sweetsburg, Quebec, committed
suicide by cutting his throat on the morning
that he was to be hanged.
WIDESPREAD distress, through want of en-
ployment on farms and failure of the potato
crop, is feared this winter in Ireland.
| The cashier of Paris financial institution
has abscondei with large amount of its
funds.
HEAVY rains in Germany resulted in floods
along the Rhine and consequent damage to
property.
The Bishop of Ayacucho, Peru, while at
tempting recently to quell rist at Huanta,
was shot by the rioters.
By the telescoping of tender and a Pull
man palace car on the Intercolonial railroad,
New Brunswick, three men were killed and
others injured.
THREE detectives were watching party OF
men suspected of being Fenians, in Dublin,
when they were fired upon, and one of the
officers, named Cox, was instantly killed.
The man who fired the shot was fatally
wounded by detective, and two other men
were arrested.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Eastern and Middle states.

PUBLIC. funerals in cases of contagious dis
cases are now prohibited in Boston.
DIPHTHERIA prevails to such an extent in
Philadelphia that it has almost become cpl
demic, and the board of health has taken
steps TO contract the contagion.
The joint Congressional committee ap-
pointed for the purpose of inquiring as TO a
remedy for the depressed condition of the
American ship-building and carrying trades
has been holding eessions in New York and
taking testimony.
DISASTROUS accident occurred the other
evening at new air shaft of the Oxford
colliery, Scranton, Pa, caused by the giving
way of a large platform upon which an i'm.
mense quantity of ice had accumulated
The ice went crashing TO the bottom of the
shaft, distance of 125 feet, whore u NUM-
Der of sinkers were mt work. Two mon,
named Hopkins Hughes and Patrick Roch-
fort,were Instantly killed, and James Roberts,
william Hayes, and Thomas Watkins, the
contractor, we're probably fatally injured.
CLUB exclusively in tho interests of nu-
thors has been started i'll New York.
LARGE number of prominent citizens
were present at the funeral services of Thur
low Weed in New York. The pall-bearora
were General James Watson Webb, ex- Gov
ernor Edwin D. Morgan, Hamilton Fish,
Frederick W. Seward, Charles O'Conor.
Jsnac Bell, Alfred Van Santvoord, James c.
Bowen, John McKeon and John IL. Van
Antwerp, of Albany.
A STORM did great damage to property in
Buffalo, N Y, and to shipping in Lake Erie
Three vessels and three floating elevators
were wrecked at Buffalo.
The official figures in Connecticut give
I. NJ. Waller (Democrat) for governor
4 majority over all of 1881. General Frank
D. Sloat tRepublcan) is elected comptroller
by majority of GS1
COMPLETED official returns from every
county in New York give the total vote for
governor as S56,195 of which Cleveland
(DemocraD received 535, ,1G6; Folger (Repub-
lican), 3l1,341; Howe (Greenback) 11,7A,
and Hopkins (Prohibition) 25,777. Cleve-
lands majority is 193,S25. The total vote
for President in 1880 was 1,1O3,9t5
Mrs. RUDY tried to enter her burning
house in Providence, Pa, to save $3.50 in
gold, md was burned to death. Three of her
children were burned also, one fatally.
FIVE persons were whipped the other day
at Newcastle, Del. Three of them, convicted
of larceny, were given ten lashes each, and
Robert Lynn and Henry Magruier, for high
way robbery, forty lashes each.
AN explosion of oil tanks at the works of
the Standard Oil company, on Newtown
creek, Long Island, opposite New York, was
followed by fire which partially destroyed
the company's property, bark and barge
filed with oil and adjoining buildings, caus-
ing an estimated loss of S13O,OOO. Two
sailors who jumped into Newtown creek to
escape the flames were reported missing.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30
nnilsfnrms and FOrasts.

\ curious observation regarding
hailstOrms has lately been brought be-
fore the Swiss geographical societies
at Geneva by Herr Riniker, the chief
forester of Canton Aargau. lie main
tains that hailstOrms do not occur
where there are forests, and instances
the case of a small chain of mountains
in the south Of Aargau known as the
Lindehberge, which are normally COM
pletely covered with trees. About
twenty years ago the forest was divided
in two places by wide gaps, and i'm
mediately afterward the valleys were
visited by frequent hailstorms. Four
teen years ago the larger of these two
open spaces was planted with first
since which time the hailstOrms have
entirely ceased. Herr Riniker is in
clined to attribute the phenomenon to
electric action, suggesting that the
hail and trees being charged with op-
posite kinds of electricity, their union
gives rise to sufficient heat to prevent
congelation of watery particles. If his
deductions should be confirmed by
further observation, we shall be able
to add one more reason to the many
which already exist why forests should
to some extent be left as nature de-
signed them.-ChGmberS' Journal.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30

LARGE wholesale Chicago boot and shoe
house has been robbed of about $4,000 dur
ing the past ten months by some of its trav-
cling statesmen in collusion with others of
its most trusted employees.
THREE sailors belonging to the schooner
Collingwood, wrecked in Lake Michigan
were picked up by steamer while clingin,.
TO piece of wreckage ON which they had
floated for thirty-ono hours. The captain
had been drowned and the steward frozen to
death.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30

1t is not half 50 much what we do
for another as what we enable him to
do for himself that is of value to him.
Instead of giving money to the poor,
if we put them in the way of earning
it instead Of cramming the pupil with
information. if we induce him to seek
it himself instead of legislating upon
the amusements and habits of people,
if we lead them to control them for
themselves according to their needs ;
instead of insisting that they Should
follow our path, if we aid them to
carve out a path for themselves, we
shall have done them incidentally more
cprvicn
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30
A Canadian Romance.

Here is quite a pretty Canadian
romance, told by the Montreal Star. 1t
is not every man who under like cir
cum, tances would have welded the
sweetheart of thirty-six years ago:
Thirty-six ago there lived in that
pleasant little town down the river
called Sorel-very little it was theh--
a youth and q maiden. The name of
the youth was George Beaupre, the
name of the maiden Mary Ann Pearce.
They belonged to families of moderate
circumstances. He, with the strength
and devotion of honest young man
hood, loved this maiden, and wooed
her with that earnestness which only
such lover can. He was given every
encouragement, was, some say, actually
accepted, was congratulating himself,
at least on the smooth coursing of true
love, when suddenly a rival appeared,
and everything for him turned black.
The rival was one Jacob Savage, of the
same town. Pretty soon she and
Savage were married and settled down
in the place, and then yoiing Beaupre's
hope died out. He tried to work on as
before, but could not. He closed up
bis business, settled up his af-
fairs and started for the far West,
toward which SO many adventurous
spirits were about that time shaping
their course. From that day t.
within u few weeks ago he had not
set foot in this part of Canada. He
| had worked hard, saved carefully,
prospered and laid up property worth
at least 100000. lie had never mar
ried, lie was getting up toward
sixty years of age. Several weeks ago
he took an idea to come back once more
| to see his friends. and he started East.
He searched out relatives in Sorel and
Montreal, but found few that he re-
membered. lie inquired for the wo-
man who as girl, had so many years
before thrown him overheard for a
rival. They told him she was wild
owed, her husband had been dead
many years, she had been living sew
eral years in Montreal, went to call
upon her, met her, and then. He
found her getting old, in poor clrcum.
stances, with several children, but that
made no difference; he saw only the
girl of thirty-siS years before. On
Saturday they were married by his
lordship Bishop Fabre, the wealthy
bridegroom being content with ne
other dignitary than the highest ir
that part Of tie country. He has be.
slowed all the happiness that wealth
and affection can upon his bride and
her children, and in a short time they
will 90 to his home in the Black Hills
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30
Alricn TO ConsumptIvcs.

On the appearance OF the flrst symptoms
as general debility, loss Of appetite, pnllor
chilly sensations, followed by .night-sweat:
and cough, prompt measures of relief should
be taken. Consumption is scrofulous dis
ease of the lungs, therefore. use the great
anli-scrofulous or blood purifier and strength
coyerv." Superior to ,od liver oil as nu.
triiiye and unsurpassed as n pectoral. For
weak lungs, splitting of blood and kindred
affections ii has no equal. Sold by druggists,
For DIR. Pierce's treitise on Consumption
sond two stamps. Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30

John Kuhn, of Lafayette, Ind. had very narrow
escspe from death. This is his story one
year ego was in the last stages Of consumption Our
host physicians gave my up. finally got so low
that uidoctor said could not live twenty.four hours
My friends then purchased bottle of Dr. VIM. Halrs
Balsam for the Lungs which benefited me. continued
until took nino bottles. / am in perfect health
bo,,;r An, nth
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30
United States .3,391 s114, 4,255, ,s92 s2a5 e22, ,1Go

United States 1881 SHAPES, 500 S295, ,622, ,1GG
Three national banks have been placed in
the hands of receivers during the year ending
November !, 1oS2, namely, the Mechanics
National bank of Newark. n. j., on NCven-
Der ., 1881; the Pacific National bank of
Boston on May %, 1882, and the First Ma
tiOnal bank of Buffalo ON April %, 1882.
Since the commencement of the national
banking system eighty-seven banks have
been placed III the hands of receivers, and
420 banks have voluntarily closed their busi-
ness by the votes of shareholders owning
two-thirds of their stock. OF the banks
placed. in voluntary liquidation by their
stockholders seven failed to pay their
depostors, and in these cases receivers were
appointed by the comptroller to wind up
their affairs. OF the eighty-seyen banks
placed in the hands of receivers, fifty-one
have been finally closed, leaving thirty-six
still in process of settlement. The loss 10
creditors of these banks during the nearly
twenty yearsthat have elapseli5ince the pass
age of the national banking act, as near as
can be estimated, has been about $1,000
0gO. The average annual loss has been,
therefore, about 5000 in the business of
corporations having an average capital of
about S450, 900, and which have been re-
sponsible for the safe keeping of deposits in
their hands averaging constantly over $780,
O0O,0O0, or about one-twentieth of one per
cent. of annual loss to depCsitors. The total
amount paid to creditors of iusolvent ma
tional banks is $20,945,090 upon proved
claims amounting 10 500, ,5SG,553. The diyi-
dends so far paid thus equal about seventy
per cent. of the proved claims, thirty two
banks having paid the claims against them
in full. Assessments Gmo lnting TO SIS lOl,-
$50 have been made upon the stockholders
of insolvent national banks for the purpose
Of enforcing their individual liability under
section 5,151 of the revised statutes of which
about $3,200,C00 have been collected, and
S53i, ,OS1, 70 during the past year.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30

The st. Louis Globe Democrat says:
Mr.. Charles REFS, No. 1911 Second
Carondelct avenue, this city, was cured
by st. Jacobs OIL after sixteen years
suffering with rheumatism
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-30

The Boston Globe brings this item:
Charles 5. Strickland, Esq, this city,
WAS cured of rhuematism by st. jacobs
OIL