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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-28

Williams lived at No. 1913 Broadway.
rs that you, Mr.. POston?' she
asked when the officers presented
themselves.
Yes" replied the chief, taking
the cue at once; II want those
clothes"
HERE THEY IS,
said the woman, "in dis trunk" and
with great show Of alacrity she pro.
ceeded to open the trunk. 1t was
empty.
"Well, l declared" she exclaimed,
Harry must have moved 'ew while /
was gone,
Better look in that closet" sug-
gested the chief, and suiting the action
to the word, he
FOUND THE GOODS
snugly laid away there. The woman
pretended to be very much astonished,
and declared that Harry must have
placed them there while she was out
With little persuasion she was in~
duced to tell how they came there.
They had been sent over from Mem,
phis, she said, by Williams, not long
before.
WILLIAMS STORY.
Williams was questioned again at
the calaboose, and on being told that
the clothes we're found, gave his side
OF the story. Some time ago he be-
came unduly intimate with a
dusky damsel named Rachel
Washington, and to conceal her shame
took her over to Memphis, where she
found employment in the household
Of Mr., David Poston, the well known
lawyer, and whom she told that Will
liams was her husband. Under cover
Of this statement Williams visited
her there frequently,
UEMIEDFUL OF TIE vows
that bound him to his lawful spouse,
Pennie, who waited longingly for his
footstep on the stair at his home in the
City Of Roses. Finally he awoke to
partial recognition of his duty, and, as
he claims, bought the clothes from a
strange negro woman, and sent them
over to Pennie as a peace offering. A
week ago he presented himself at the
deserted hearthstone, and went to
work in the Main street shop.
THE STOLEN GOODS
consist Of several elegant articles Of
ladies' Attire-A wine colored wrapper,
two velvet sacques; a street costume OF
silk, lined with fur, two heavily EN-.
broidered lambrequins, and fine lace
window curtain. Uhief Botsford wrote
to Memphis last night, giving the
news Of the find, and an officer will
probably be cent over after Williams
to day The story he tells will scarcely
60 down with the youthful but rigid
Judge Greer, who presides over the
Criminal Court at Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-28
LIterateur and JournaIIst Dead.

TORONTO, September 2S.-W. j.
Rattray, q we'll known literateur and
journalist, is dead.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-28
AVERY GIN CO.
HAVE IN STOCK THE
Eagle Eclipse Hull Gin & Feeder

Which took the Premium at Atlanta, Ga.
ALSO HAVE THE
Eagle 10 and Ia.lach Gins,
Eagle Feeders and Condcnsers,
Avery Gin Feeder and COndensers
Cheek Cotton Cleaner,
Southern standard Preaa.
syRepair all kinds Of Gins. Special term
10 the trade,
W. A. SMITH, Proprietor,
8 VT 3z8 Front st.. MemphiI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-28
THE WOMAN In THE CASE.

They soon ran her to earth in the
person Of Pennie Williams, with whom
Williams lived at No. 1913 Broadway.
rs that you, Mr.. POston?" she
asked when the officers presented
themselves.
YES" replied the chief, taking
the cue at once; II want those
clothes"
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announced that he had received q letter
threatening him with death.
MISCELLANEOUS.

ALEXANDRIA, July 16.-There we're thir-
ty-eight deaths from cholera at Damietta
yesterday, sixty-one at Mansurah, twenty
two at Simanoud, twenty at Menzaleh.
The panic at Alexandria caused by fear
that the cholera would reach there has
been renewed and people are leaving the
city IN large numbers. Two cases of a
disease supposed to be cholera occurred at
Bulah. Six deaths from cholera occurred
at Wagsa.
WURzBURG, July 16.-The name of the
German-American who shot student dead
in duel yesterday is Lennig. His oppo-
nent's name is Moschel. The duel was
fought at ten PAGES. Moschel was shot in
the abdomen and died shortly afterwards.
The two men belonged to rival students
societies. The duel was caused by Lennig
insulting Moschel.
CAIRO, July 16.-The cholera has ap-
Peared in several quarters in this city, and
and is spreading in the Arab quarters.
There have been four cases in the hospital,
one fatal
MADRID, July 16.-The officers arrested
in the northern part of Spain are cap
tain, four subalterns and nine sergeants.
They we're arrested at the garrisons on
the Ebro. They will be tried by court
martial for connection with disloyal plots,
which, it is supposed, were instigated by
Gorilla. The affair is not considered of a
dangerous character.
MADRID, July 16.-The cabinet consid-
cred favorably the project of France for
the construction of a tunnel under the
Straits of Gibralter.
BERLIN, July 16.---The last conference
between Baron Won SchIosser, Prussian
representative at the vatican, and Cardi-
nal Jacobini, papal secretary of state, was
a purely formal one. Baron Won Schlosser
has lately been absent from the vatican a
week at time.
Daily globe., 1883-07-17
The Great Lottery war over!

From this time on the Commonwealth Distri-
button Co. will withdraw from the foolish war
waged by rival lottery companies, and attending
to its own business leave the calling of fraudu-
lent, &C., to them. The country is large enough
for all. and this war has caused the new post
master general to call these lottery companies
''ilIegal and Frauds and deny them the use of
the registered mails. The C. D. Co., by their
fair manner of drawings, hope to merit patron
age without saying anything evil against other
companies. 'Live and let live,'' will henceforth
be their motto. On July S1st, in Louisville,
Kv., the next drawing takes place with capital
prize of $50 600 and numerous other large prizes,
as tickets cost only 81 each, everybody should
have one, including their rivals, as they would
be overioved by returning them ''good for evil''
by seeing them draw a BIG PRIZE. Address r.
NJ. Boardman, Louisville, KY.
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LATE MINNEAPOLIS NEWS.

4 section man named Hans had his hand
run over near Wayzata by a hand car.
He was taken to DR.. Ames' Office. where
one finger was amputated.
CIMichael Bagling, a teamster for the
North Star Woolen mill, had three fingers
disIocated by the mules which he was driv-
ing running away yesterday.
~. Charles Powers, employed in Shepard's
planning mill, had his knuckles on his right
hand laid open By a circular saw recently,
and had just got to work when he had all
the fingers, save the little finger, taken of
by a rip saw yesterday.
Late last evening fire broke out in the
vinegar factory owned by P. J. Maloney.
The department made lively run and had
hose strung and playing on the flames in a
remarkably short space of time after the
alarm was turned in, although considerable
distance had to be covered to reach the
scene. Damage estimated at $4,000; par
tally insured.
Daily globe., 1883-07-17
Krum q. K.

Sr. LOUIS, Mo-, July 16.-Ex-Judge G.
b. Krum, about whose mysterious absence
from the city some weeks ago there was a
good deal of inquiry and comment, this
morning filed final report III the estate of
Chas. W. Ford, showing balance on hand
of $1,782 81, which he turned over to the
public administrator. Krum explained
that litigation in Illinois had prevented an
earlier settlement. Judge Woerner, of the
probate court, ruled that Krum's conduct
had been entirely straightforward and wise,
accordingly discharged him as administra-
tor of the estate,
Daily globe., 1883-07-17

Bernville five inches of rain fell in an hour.
The streets were flooded, small streams
rose to a considerable height, washing
away fruit trees and quantity of garden
truck. At Womelsdorf the grain elevator
was damaged by lightning.
EAsroN, Pa, July 16.- Considerable
damage was done fields and roads through
out Northampton county by last nights
storm. The track of the Lehigh Valley
railroad between Easton and Bethlehem
was blockaded with land slides. The
Easton & Amboy track, between Patten-
burg and Phillipsburg, was covered with
water nearly two feet deep.
WILMINGTON. Del, July 16.-There was
a heavy storm in Talbot county, Nd, yes
terday. The dwelling of Frank Willie.
near Wyemills, was struck by lightning
and the oldest daughter killed.
HARD SHOWER IN MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE. July 16.-A severe storm
struck Milwaukee and vicinity this after
noon. About a dozen frame residences in
the outskirts were damaged and one blown
over. Fences and trees were blown down
and several buildings struck by lightning
A house and barn in the outskirts were
struck and consumed by fire. There was
some damage by the flooding of cellars.
HIS BODY CUT IN TWAIN.
WHEELING, W. Va, July 15.-Wm. Gill,
a brakeman on the Cleveland & Pittsburg
railroad fell from a freight train while in
motion, at Martins Ferry, Ohio, this even
ing and was cut n two and instantly kill
ed. He was married and lived at Bellaire.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
MILWAUKEE, July 16.-Jim O'Hara. sin
gle, twenty-eight years old, was accident
ally shot with Z revolver cartridge by
Frank Corwin, who was firing at target.
O'Hara viii die.
FALL OF AN ELECTRIC TOWER.
MmwAUkEE,July 16.-The electric tower
at Fond du Lac fell this morning and a
piece weighing 500 pounds crushed
the roof of a saloon demoIishing It where
a woman was cooking. No one was n
jured. Pecuniary loss $4,000.
Daily globe., 1883-07-17
Bogus GrandJathers' Clocks.
Philadelphia Press.

During the past few weeks have been
and adjoining counties, and in one of the
many little villages 1 came across an old
cabinet-maker who was doing novel and
thriving business in a quiet way. He was
turning out ''grandfathers' clocks" manu-
featuring by hand those tall, tower-like
clocks that were in vogue century ago,
and which are now being bought up as
relics and sent 10 all parts of the country.
His little shop was Just back OF his house,
and it was very evident that the honest old
man had no idea that his wares were being
used in a manner for which they had never
been intended.
By inquiry from other sources it was
learned that the old clock business is quite
popular. Everybody wants one of the oil d
coffin like clock that formerly swung their
long pendulums in the corners of old
farmhouses all over Pennsylvania. The
famous song, "Grandfather's Clock" has
caused the oId-fashined time-keepers to be
known as ''grandfathers' clocks" Nearly
all the genuine old time pieces have long
since been bought by those who want
them as relics. The demand being great
er than the supply, they are being manu-
factured to order IN the back country. The
clocks are put up in the old fashioned way
the cases are not polished or finished in
any extravagant manner, and the works
are procured son East" and sent to this
section for insertion.
The dials are painted in the old
fashioned manner, and the clock is turned
out so as to resemble a time-pieee 100 or
more years old. 1t is then stood away in
some dark corner of a moldy log house,
until finally it Is ''accidently discovered"
by the owner and dealer, who sends it on
to New York or Philadelphia to be sold as
an aged relic. It is also learned that
quite number of strangers are engaged
in this business OF getting up grand
fathers clocks" to order. 1t is really
given out as an actual fact that a number
of dealers have placed these new old
clocks into ancient log houses, where
public sales of furniture had been an
nounced. They would then start the story
that there was very old clock to be sold
which had been Intentionally kept off the
sale bill. in order to avoid competi-
ton in bidding, so that the heirs could buy
it in cheap. In this way a large crowd is
attracted to such sales. and the clock is
sold for very high figures. The purchaser
takes it home, confidently believing he has
a genuine article, and he has never been
told the truth about it. Philadelphia
sharpers are said to be at the bottom OF
the fraud.
The works arc contracted for from par
ties in the Naugatuck valley, CT, who have
no idea that their work is being used in g
contemplate swindle. OF course there
are legitimate, honest dealers, who buy
and sell genuine old ''grandfathers
Clocks but the public ought to know
that not all the so-called old clocks in
market, or that are found in rickety, ,moldy
looking old log houses, are.the genuine
article. Buying an old clock is as difficult
a job as buying a trotting horse on youl
own Judgment.
Daily globe., 1883-07-17
FRANCE.

PARIS, July 16.-The revenue of France
he first half of the present year was 28,-
100000 francs below the estimate of the
budget. 1t was anticipated there will be
an increase on the estimate. The imports
of June increased 64,600,O0O francs as
compared with June, 1882. The exports
of that month decreased 21,O00,000 francs
compared with the exports of June last
year.
PARIS, July 16.-In the chamber of
deputies to-day Challemet de La Cour,
minister of foreign affairs, in replying TO
questions, said he believed that there bad
been at least exaggeration In the accounts
of occurrences at Madagascar. He was
certain that if Admiral Pierre had adopted
any measures that they had been necessary,
and that Admiral Pierre had complied
with orders to avoid offending England.
The news of the occurrences was lacking,
he explained, because the admiral was IN
able to detach vessel by which to send
dispatches. He declared that the unex-
planned events could not impair the pres
ent good relations between France and
England. Utterances in the British par
lament on this subject had been moderate
and courteous. Challemet La Cour added
If a grave error had been committed or
passion manifested the French govern
ment would not hesitate to fulfill the obli-
cations imposed by sense of justice and
the interests of the country. The minis
ter's remarks were received with cheers.
RoUBAIx, July 16.-The rioters arrested
we're tried to-day and sentenced to terms
of Imprisonment of from one to three
months. The prisoners declared that they
were anarchists and desired to protest
against the sentences recently passed up
Oh their fellows. The police commissary
Daily globe., 1883-07-17
Trains From urs.u..t PmI.

PORTLAND, Oregon. July 16.-0'Br en-,
the chief eny1nesr of Il Oregon & Trans
continental company, was interviewed this
afternoon and said that the work on both
sides of the Columbia opposite Kalama
will be pushed rapidly. The track laying
on the Kalama branch began this week
An incline will be built on the west bank
of the Willamettes opposite Albina, so
that transfer trains will run direct to st.
Paul and Seattle within few days after
the last spike is driven.
Daily globe., 1883-07-17

The following items are from A. De
Lacy Woods new paper. the Carleton
County Press" published at the n. P. juno
ton. Thompson being the county seat:
''The Junction has a new city halI-The
pOstoffice has a soda fountain-The n 2.
Co. will soon erect a new depot here
Thompson has a new court house which is
nearly ready for occupancy-Iron for
the Ashland extension is arriving-Mar-
shall Shannon was drowned while at York
on Nelson Cos boom last week-A $4,000
Methodist church is to be built this ye e.r-
Thompson is not healthy place for
tramps, as they invariably receive co j
water bath in the ST. Louis River, when
ever they strike the town--We have a i've
police force pretty good exhibit for
a starter IN the new county seat of a new
county, by new paper, conducted, though
by vetran newspaper man, the prOspec
tive probate Judge of the county.
Daily globe., 1883-07-17
Death of a Distinpnisbed Divine.

PITTsBURG, July 16.-Re7. DR.. W. H.
professor of theology and
hometetics in the western theological
seminary of the Presbyterian church, died
this evening at his residence in Allegheny.
He was sixty-three years old and held
many high positions in the church. Two
months ago he was stricken with para
Daily globe., 1883-07-17
The snncook Min Owners Sustained.

CONCORD, N. H, July 16.-The attorney
general will submit to the governor to-
morrow report upon the Swedish Mill
employees troubles at Suncook. His con-
clusions are that all the process issued
against the complainants were legal; that
they are censurable for Incidence, in run
ming heavily in debt, and undertaking to
avoid payment of bills, and that the mill
corporations are entirely bIameIess in the
matter.
Daily globe., 1883-07-17
Ocean Stean.shfps.

QUEENSTOWN. July 16.-Arrived: The
steamer Indiana from Philadelphia.
NEW YORK, July 16-Arrived: The
steamer Circassia from Glasgow.
NEW YORK, July 16.-Arrived: The Ham
monia from Hamburg.
LONDON, Jnly 16.-The Nevada from
New York, Hanover1an from Montreal,
and Historian from New Orleans, arrived
ont
Daily globe., 1883-07-17
A GsneraI TeIephone slrike in Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 16.-It is reported to-
night that the leaders in the demand upon
the Telephone company for increased pay,
etc., have been notified to appear at head
quarters tomorrow and get what is due
them, which is considered equivalent to
discharge, and that in consequence all the
repairers and line men will strike in the
morning.
Daily globe., 1883-07-17

Carver Free Press: Mr.. Goodnow, who
used to live here about % years ago, has
created a sensation by squirting upon the
famous Pipestone quarry which was given
by the government to the Yankton Sioux.
This quarry has an inexaustible number
of strata of red stone which is very valua-
BILE and held in high esteem by the Indians,
and this infringement upon what the In
dians ami every one else supposed to be
their und1sputed rights has created no lit
tie commotiOn. The report that c. G.
Goodnow has ''squatted" on the famous
Pipestone quarry is erroneous. He has
simply pre-empted farm which was
thought to have been included in the In
dian Reservation
Daily globe., 1883-07-17
TEE OLD WORLD.
THE EXCITEMENT OVER THE SEC
OND SUEZ C4N4L Project.

Don Cameron and Senator HawIey in the
British CommOns-RiOters sentenced III
France-The Ravages of the ChOlera-
Various Items of Interest.
Daily globe., 1883-07-17

lysis while preaching, and yesterday vas
tar gr5t1 {. onlI., ~nIch caa SEQ ntS u 81
HIS @it7 - d daughter of Jysti5 Bra e.,
of the United States -7--~enro court.
Daily globe., 1883-07-17

Douglas County NelCs: Last Friday
morning as young man named Thomas,
son of Elder Thomas of Parker's Prairie,
was digging a we'll on Bacon's prairie and
had got down about 26 feet the well caved
in burying Thomas under six feet of sand.
The alarm was given and the whole neigh
borhood turned out and commenced dig
ging. At p. m. he was taken out in an
exausted condition and severely bruised,
but no serious results are anticipated. 1t
was narrow escape from death.
Daily globe., 1883-07-17
The Mining IndustriaI Exposition Opening

The Mining IAudsIfIaI IEApOsIIIOH OptHIns.
DENVER, July 16.-Elaborate prepara-
tiens are being made for the formal
opening of the National Mining Industrial
Exposition which takes place tomorrow.
Senator Warner Miller delivers the ad-
dress. The exhibit in all departments will
be exceptionally fine.
Daily globe., 1883-07-17
WELLS aRoUGH on CoRNs.n

Ask for Wells ''Rougk on Corns." 15e.
Quick, complete, permanent cure. Corns,
warts. bunions.
Daily globe., 1883-07-17

Several burglaries have been attempted
in st. Cloud recently.
Daily globe., 1883-07-17
sTEAMER LOST.

NEWPORT, R. l., July 16.-A rumor
reached here this morning that the steamer
Lottie E. Merrill, of Tiyerton, R. L, was
lost off Georges bank, with all on board
PENNSYLVANIA STORM.
READING, Pa, July 16.-A violent storm
passed over this country yesterday. At
Daily globe., 1883-07-17
L-CoMFORTING.
EPPS'S COCOA!
BREAKFAST.

"By a thorough knowledge OF the natural
laws which govern the operations of digestion
and nutrition, and by carefuEapplication of the
fine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr.. Epps
has provided our breakfast tables with a deli
cately favored beverage which may save ua
many heavy doctors bills. It is by the judi
cious use of such articles of diet that constitu-
ton may be built up until strong enough to re-
sist every tendency of disease. Hundreds OF
subtle maladies are floating around us ready 10
attack wherever there is weak point. Wemay
escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves
well fortified with pure blood and properly
nourished frame."-CiUiI Serrice Gazette.
Made simply with boiling water OF milk. Sold
in tins only (75-Ib. and b. by Groeers, labeled
thus:
JAMES EPPS & CO. Hon.Rssels Hssses GasHes Ga:Rsas
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-11
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
Arkansas Railroad Bonds.

In 1868 the State Legislature passed
an act lOaning State bonds to railroad com
panies to the extent of $4,000, 600. 1t was
submitted to the people aud declared rati-
fed as required by the Constitution then ex
isting. Bonds to various roads were issued
for nearly six million. Subsequently the
State Supreme Court decided the act as not
legally passed and therefore a nulIity. BY
provisions Of the act under which the bonds
were issued the State was TO have lien
on the roads OF the companies to which
bonds were issued. The companies were
to provide means to pay the principal and
interest Of the bonds as the same ma
tured, and the bonds were used to com
plete and equip the roads and placed at
from 1fty-five to eigbty-five cents. Sew
eral months since w. T. TOmpkins, holder
OF 1.-THE bonds issued to the Little Rock &
Fort Smith Bailroad, filed bill in the Unit
ed States Circuit Court at Little Rock to
compel that company to pay the
State bonds and to foreclose the State lien
on the railroad for that purpose. The rail-
road company filed demurrer. The Cir
cult Court, in an opinion written by Judge
Caldwell of the United States District Court
and cOncurred IN by Judge McCrary of the
United States Circuit Court, recently over
ruled the demurrer, holding that the lien
in favor of the State to secure the payment
of State bonds loaned to the original company
was paramount to a lien created by the sub
sequent mortgage under which defendant
claimed, and that holders of the State bonds
were entitled to be subrOgated to the lien of
the State to secure their payment. The
court further held that the decision of the
Supreme Court Of the State, that State bonds
were not binding obligations OF the State, in
no wise affected the right of bOnd-holders
against the company or the validity of the
statutory lien to secure their payment.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-11

The nomination of Robert G. Camp
bell OF Louisiana, as United States Consul
nt Monterey was confirmed by the Senate a
few days ago.
M. LEON GAMBETTA, the French
statesman, died at Paris on the Ist OF pyw-
ma, the result OF trining wound in the
hand received some time ago.
ELISHA II. ALLEN, Hawaiian Minis
ter, died suddenly in cloak-room at the
White House on the 1st during the Presi-
dents reception.
GROVER CLEVELAND was inaug-
uratcd Governor OF New York on the 1st.
RED CLOUD visited his grandchildren
at the Hampton, CVa.) Normal school few
days ago.
ELIZA MANNING HAwTHORNE, only
sister OF Nathaniel Hawthorne, died at Bev.
crly, Mass, few days ago, aged oveI
ninety.
The Connecticut Legislature organ
lied on the 81 by the choice OF Robert Colt
President pro TEN. OF the Senate and the
election OF Charles II. Pine Speaker OF the
House. In the Massachusetts, Legislature
George G.. Crocker, Republican, was elect
ed President OF the Senate, and Edward A.
Mclaughlin, Democrat, was chosen speak
cr OF the House. John l.. Cutler was
elected President OF the Maine Senate and
Manchester Haynes Speaker Of the House,
REv. TITUS CoAN, an American Mis-
slonary, died recently at the Sandwich Is
lands, aged eighty-two years.
In a joint convention of the Maine
Legislature on the 4th the following Stat,
officers were elected; Joseph o. Smith,
Secretary OF State; Harry Il. Cleves, Attor-
uey-General; George l.. Beale, Adiutant.
General. Governor Bodie was inaugurated
with the usual ceremonies.
GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER was
elected to Congress from the Eighth Ala,
bama District, over Mcclellan, by 2,O0C
majority.
At the recent congressional election
in the. Seventeenth Ohio District TO iii the
vacancy caused by the death OF J. 7. Upde.
graf, j. ID. Taylor was elected by abou
rlD tpaFDrffy