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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11
NOAH'S ARK DISCOVERED.
Finding Ofthe Ancient Vessel f.
"lacier ON Mount Araraf.

A Constantinople contemporary an.
nounees the discovery of Noah's ark.
It.appears that some Turkish Com.
mlssloners appointed to investioata
the question of avalanches on Monnt
Ararat suddenly came upon 4 gigantic
structure OF very dark wood protrud
lng from glacier. They made in.
quirles OF the inhabitants 70. l725 in
their report). These had seen II sor
SIX years, but hEd been afraid IN en-.
proach1 1t because a spirit of fierce as .
psct had been seen looking out
OF the upper windows. Turk.
lsh Commissioners, however
are bold men, not deterred bv snob
tribes, and they determined to reach
IT, situated as it was among the
i,astnessess of one of the glens of
Mount Arsrat, it was a work Of en,r'
nous difficulty, and it was onlv afTar
incredible hardships that thew sue.
ceeded. The ark, one will be clad to
hear, was in good state Of preservs.
ton, although the angles-observe mot
the bow or stern-had been A eood
deal broken in its descent Thew
recognized it at once. There was an
Englishman among them who had
presumably read his bible. and he
saw 1t was made of the ancient 0onber
wood OF Scripture, which, as eyerv
one knows, only grows on the plains
OF the Euphrates. EfFecting an en-.
trance into the structure, which was
painted brown, they found that the
admiralty requirements for the con.
veyance of horses had been carried
out, and the interior was divided into
partitions fifteen feet high. Into three
OF these only could they get, the Others
being Iull of ice, and how far the ark
extended into the glacier they could
not tell. If, however, on being nm.
covered it turns out to be 300 cubits
long, it will go hard with disbelievers
in the book Of Genesis.
Needless to say" says the Pail Mall
Gazette, "an American was soon m n an
the spot, and negotiations have besr %
entered into with the local Pasba e..
its Ii speedy transfer to the Unitod
States" '"'Veu
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11
SANITARY MATTERS IN THE
SOUTH.
Health Of New Orleans DeeIareta
unusually GOOd-NusDIciOus
Cases In Mississippi.
Special to tho Commercial 0a.eits

opeelal 70 the commercial Gazette.
New ORLEANS, August 9.-At the
regular weekly meeting of the BOARD
Of Health to night, DR.. Jones re- :
ported the health Of the city to be ex-
cellent. There had not been a case of
yellow fever during the season. or 4
case about which there was any sus.
picions.
During The day the authorities Of
Ocean Springs, Mississippi, had ap-
piled for an expert in yellow fever 10
be sent there, to makes post mortem
examination of a man who
died this aorning with a
disease about which there was
some controversy and DR.. Curran,
quarantine physician at the Rigolets.
had been sent. he had not vet made
his report. Ocean Springs is on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad.
about 80 miles from New Orleans.
The agents Of the steamer Sidbury,
now at qsrantiDe, again made applicS-
tion TO come to the city, but acting
under the Governors proclamation OF
non-iDtercourse, ih- application was
II lu.id. Louis cSnger filed a protest
under the National act against the
acti4n OF tho Board Of Health in ro-
'rsirgio allow their ship Gracia to
IN 'oSond quarantine. This is the
base Of a Lawsuit to test the right of
N' Statn to declare non-intercoarsa
sieh al cted rolts,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11
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Tile Italians NInsf 6ln
New York Tribpns

N0" Iork Tribune.
IL Is noticeable that cheap barbe,
shops kept by Italians are growins ~, u
number 70, in all parts Of the Oity. Is;Lu !,
IIe Vhlness, the Italians are formid
S0ie competitors 10 any line Of bust.
ness ~ which low places can be made
A Tribute reporter dropped into
one OF the Bowery basement barber
shops. kept by an Italian, where was
tcoS6,spl!euously displayed the sign.
Shaving, D cents. Shaving with Ssv
rum and clean towel, 10 cents. Hair
cutting, 10 cents" The basement
contained three barber chairs and two
BARRIERS, not including the proprietor
The place was cheaply fitted un AT a
cost perhaps Of some $50. The fuTni.
ture was old. Does your business
psy?9 asked the reporter,
Not much; but | make n LIVING -
SAID the proprietor, who smoke Ens.
Ilsh .,t well, He said that his rent was
Sl6 per month, or$ per week. Then
gas must be used by day. He bald
his b assistants So per week and board ard
Eaeh OF them shaved about thirty or
l9r'y persons day. Threesfourths
SI o., the shSves were 5 cent shayes
Then there were the profits on 10
cent shaves and usually a profit on
nalr cutting, when the customer
would take some kind of "tonie" or
haiTwash with the "out." Thew
worked seven days in tho week. and
the recelpta OF each man we're on an
average ~ so per day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11

A few days ago Colonel George l.
Perkins. Of Norwich, Conn, oeiebra.
ted the y6th anniversary of his birth.
day recently declined an invita-.
ton to attend the anniversary Of the
6omberdment Of StopinetOn by tbe
British in 1919, His excuse was NOT
iiee6Icaess, but that he could not leave
his business, which is that of Treas
nrer OF the Norwich and WoroesLer
Railroad. 0l which he was one of the
ls1 His form, his feet in height. is
as straight as young pine, his face is
ruddy and almost unwrinkled, and his
clear, blue eyes are as strong as anv
mans. In his ofHOe he does as muo6
work az the middle aged "boys," his
assistants. In lis pew in the Park
congregational church he reads the
morning Scripture lesson after the
pastor without glasses. Colonel Per-
klns was paymaster in tho war of 1872
for The Third District, covering Con.
necticut, Rhode Island and a part of
Massachusetts,. lie was present At
the stoningham bombardmeut' Bv %
act OF Congress some years ago. he
drew his back pension aimee 1872,
which amounted 10 about 1900, He
GClNstipgts 10 draw his pension yearly,
The ColOpel has a very retentiye
memory. He wildly recalls every
important event in his part of the
tho State since the beginning Of the
century He figured ss a witness in
the BeecbeT trial. :"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11
CRV SHED AGAIN.
Lady Jane Rauch Sat AOwn an
by the LOulsiRna Board
Of Heallh.


49, W Otubtbs ~
The Big Medicine Man of Illinois.
Rauch by name, hss again been doing
something he ought net to do, and he
ought to be squelched again with
promptness and dispatch. Here is the
way the State Board of Health ham
died him last night, in adopting the
following resolutions, offered by Mr..
Booth:
WHEREAS, it appears that DR.. J.H.
Raueh, Of Springfield, Ill signing
himself as Sec. S, Y. NJ. V has made a
report to President HaddeD. of
Memphis, wherein it is stated that
the late National Board of Health
and the present Sanitary
Council of the Mississipri
valley have SO successfully conducted
tho Louisiana Mississippi quarantine
during 1888, that it is No longer neces
sary for a Sanitary Council inspector
to remain at said quarantine, and that
consequently said inspector had been
Withdrawn, with much other alleged
Information touching the conduct.
statistics, management and general
work done and action had at said
quarantine, intended doubtless to mis-.
represent the situation in Sc far as TO
lead to the bellet that this board was
not, and the Sanitary Council was,
attending to the health affairs of the
State aud valley as they stand affected
by their relation "a the
Mississippi Flyer and its
commerce With tropical countries.
Therefore, as such belief would
be based upon erroneous grounds to
the detrlment, as Tar as ascertained, OF
the standin gof this Board before the
people.
Be resolved, That this Board pro-
tests against the ststementq Of said
SecIetary hauch as a tissue Of curl
oqsly interviewer statistics, In tbemA
selves true, but perverted by malig-
nant intelligence to the uses of falsi-
6catiOn and perversion, incredible in
persistence and monumental in au-
dacity.
Resolved. That copy of this paper
be sept to the PRESIDENT of the SAM.
taTy Council Of the Mississippi Valley,
that he may lay it before bis Associa-
tlon attheir next meeting, With a view
tothe removal Of sid Dir, Rauch fFom
an Office he puts to so poor or 80 bad a
use.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11

The deScendaRts Of Noah in various
parts Of the world will be interested
70 hear further particulars in regard
to the reported discovery of the ark
in which he saved his family and the
animals many years ago. The vessel
is said to have been found by Turkish
commissioners investigating ava
lanches on Mount Ararat. 1t is so
imbedded in glacier as to be almost
inaccessible, out one or two Of
the apartments we're entered
and enough was seen to convince
the Turks and an Englishman who
was along that they had found the
original ark, made Of gopher wood,
described in the Book OF Genesis. 1t
is somewhat broken up, but the wood
is sound, 2Rd if the huge affair can be
worked out and doyp ~ leVel gToupa
it can no doubt be set up again as good
as new. If brought over to the
American aldo IS 2 cOmpanionpiece
to Cleopatra's needle In Cen
tral Park, Colonel Bob Ingersoll,
who knows so much about the mis-.
takes Of stsses, should be offered a
clbin passage on tbs voyage. There
has always been o belief in the minds
Of Biblical scholars that If the top of
Mount Ararat could be reached the
ark would be found in sound condi-
HoP. Now, it seems that it has been
slowly working dQgn sll thpge centg,
ries, toward the plains to Conlr0nt
gubelieviug men. Yet it is now, as it
vas in tho days Of the Savior of man.
kind; there are those who would not
believe, even though one rose from the
dead to testify the truth. The ark will
make very few converts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11

AN unfortunate controversy is going
on between the Trustees and the Fac
Guilty of the University of Tennessee,
at Knoxville. 1t might be more exact
to say. that question of authority has
arisen and that the Faculty as body
is rather reticent. A student expelled
by the Faculty was reinstated by the
Trustees. President Harris is at the
sea shore. 1t is to be hoped that the
question will be disposed Of at an early
day without waiting to invoke the in
reference Of the next legislature. This
institution is too important to be
hsmpered by such internal Difficult
ties
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11
A Prophecy that ChambOrd Is
Spelling.

One Of the Paris newspapers has
found an interesting prophecy in Nos
tradamus, who lived 10 the carly half
Of the GiZtaenth century, and pub.
lished his work, which is in verse. in
1855 Nostrsdamus says that in the
year 1883 France will see die a num-
Der OF men who have exercised an
influence on her destiny aud that
among them will be the last descend,
ant OF dynasty which has ruled the
country for several centuries, who
will die about. the middle of the wear
in a foreign land, The death Of this
Prince, adds Nostradamus, will he
concealed for three days, sad shortIy
after the eyeat Gns OF the last suryis
yoFs at a QoTsioan family will seek to
reign In Paris. He will assemble his
partisaus and march to the citv At
their head, and the Parisiens viii 90
forth TO meet hila. A battle and
Cres1 slaughter will ensue, but the
pretender will be killed before az.
irving at the gates of Paris. Many of
the predictions Of this writer arc said
to have been verified heretofore.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11

PITTsBURe, August 1.-THE strike
Ofthe Panhandle railroad telegraphers
which was inaugurated last evening, il
over. All the operators who left theiI
instruments last evening have re.
turned to work, the company rein,
stating them with the understanding
that they are to leave the Brother.
hood.
The officials of the Brotherhood
pronounce the telegram ordering the
Panhandle operatives out bogus. The
Fort Wayne telegraphers are still
working, and those in a position to
know, say that the strike will not lie
ordered.
Fifteen Eastern wires of the West
ern Union were cut last night, and
several were rendered useless by con.
Meeting with fne wire. The wire cut
ting was the work of an expert.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11
ATTORNEYS ALTEeCATION
Gilbert Meyers Gives His Yer
Little Difficulty
With IL. M. Thompson.

EDITOR LEDGER-In the account
Of my difficulty with r. NJ. Thomp-
son published in your paper it is stated
that | used a club. Permit me to say
that used the small end of an ordi
nary walking cane. Invent to Thomp,
sons Office on business with a friend
of both, aud requested settlement,
and he treated me abruptly, and |
called him thieving shyster, where,
upon he attacked me, and to protect
myself l caned him. He simply got
the worst of the fight.
AS to the statement that | am a
former attorney who was disbarred," +"
permit me to say again that | have
been long since restored, and am an
attorney now and fully recognized as
such in the Treasury Department.
Statements to the contrary are false.
GILBERT MOVERS.
Washington, August 8, 1883.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11

The vessels at the quarantine be-
low New Orleans are getting of one
by one, and DR.. Joseph Jones, Presi-
dent of the State Board of Health,
says that there need be no fear Of an
epidemic this year, the time for dan
ger having passed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11

ton, with winds mostly soutbeasterIy;
stationary or lower barometer and ris
lag, followed by falling temperature.
For the Missouri valley: Partly
cloudy weather and local rains with
variable winds; stationary or lower
blrometer and temperature
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11
Ehree Men Crushed by an Tx.
press Train.

PITTsBrRG, August ll.-Shortly
before midnight last night, three men
named Owen DaYis, John Kerwis and
James Cannon we're walking Oq the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad track
near DemlOr Station, and stepping
aside to allow the freight train to pass
we're ground under the wheels Of the
express, coming in the opposite direC
ton. Davis and Kerwis we're in
stantly killed, their bodies being hor
ribly mangIed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11

WASHINGTON, August II. = For
Tennessee aud ths Ohio valley and
lower Lake region: Bair weather With
variable winds. lower barometer and
Stsfopary or rising temperature.
For the pRUsr Mississippi valley;
Fair weather in the extreme southern
portion, partly cloudy weather and To-
cal rains in the extreme northern por-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11

The art gallery of the Louisville
Exposition was thrown open Thurs
day, and seems to come quite up to
public expectation. 1t is the first art
loan collection eyer seen in this coun-
try, and will enlist the attention of art
loving people throughout the country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11
TrIcYcIe TIrne.

MouNT WASHINGTON NH, August
lL--O. &. Heath, OfChiCOpee, Mass,
rOde down to Mount Washington this
morning, from the Summit House ia
the Glel House, on tricycle., dis.
tanee Of eight miles, which he made
in 55 MINUTES. The previous record
on bicycle over the same road was
/ hour aud 10 minutes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11

Some people are wicked enough to
charge that the Western Union Tele.
graph folks bad the wires cut to turn
public sentiment against the strikers.
1t was a poor business, whoever did it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11
CuriOsiIies Of Examination Pa.
pers.
London Prinling Times.

LOnuOh frlnlng Times.
Much newspaper correspondence
has lately been carried on as to the
alleged "oYereducation" of children
attending boarding schools. The ex-
perience OF master printers and cor
rectors Of the press tends rather in an
opposite diYesdon. the average pllntH
er's devil being remarkable rather Tor
his ignorance than for any over edu
cation. The following specimens Of
papers sent in by pupils OF boarding
behQols At some recent examinations
would hardly seem to eortohorate the
view OF these who urge that the chill
dren are over,worked. Where is Tu.
rin?' "Tureen is the capital of Chiner;
the pepul there lives on birds nests
and has long tails" what do Won
know of Patriarch Abraham" HE
was the father Of Lot and al tow
gifes, yun vas called Hisbmale and
Eh6 tother Haygur. He kept one al
home and turned the other into the
desert, where she Lecem a pillow OF
salt in ths daytime and d pillow OF FIRE
atRit," 1t wi be eo1splstory 70 same
10 h19 that NJ the ggttet prohius are
not Likely to be Attacked with brain
liver iron u.due application to study.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11
NOTICE.

HAVING sold my interest in the firm of
Al j. B Nicely 4 Co in the bridge piling
bus,pssS on the Memphis and Vicks6urg rail
load TO Johp .saaBs by. have retird from
aid firm ana said Donneliy bas assumed
my position, ~ J, Y. JOHNSTON
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11
MASONIC NOTICE.

,Angerona Lodge, 1853. will work in the a
dsy), the l1th, at o'clock. Visiting/V
brothers, fraternally and cordially invited.
By order of 7. j. GRAHAM, ". M
Attest: D O.TRADER. SeeretarY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11
STEWART, GWYNNE & co.

opened FRONT until they can rebuild
with goods arriving daily all orders
usual without delay. 1% $50
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-01-18
Personal Pom IS.

Willis VanMare returned to
his frm near Sutton, Men yester-
day, after several weeks visit With
his parents
Albert Culver, of Cobb, went
ont Tues iay afternoon to visit his
uncle J.W Sherwood, at Red Cloud,
Neb. lie is in i'll health aud hopes
to be benefited by the trip.
Reese Powell, Of Welsh Settle
nent, went 60 Freeport, Ill.,, Tues
day, TO attend the annual meeting
Of the bee-keepers of northern Iii.
uois and southern Wisconsin.
Ell. Pollock, Of Lancaster, and
J. r. NJ Collum, of Sextonyille, were
among those who had narrow es
aapes from death in the NewhalI
house disaster.
David Bice, of Lacrosse, j,
VISITING relatives and friends here
Tor Il couple Of weeks.
Rev. NJ. Chase took a trip Mon
day TO Chicago and Peoria. He will
return Saturday
Mrs. DR.. Field is "home" visit
ing relatives
Fred Phillips has been engaged
as book.keeper at the railway depot
in this city, and when occasion re
quires will act as te egraph operator:
he'll be handy down there aud we re
glad he's come home to stay.
Stephen Thomas went to Nadi
son Monday morning to take his
clerkship.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-01-18
LINDEN PARAGRAPHS.

Cold weathel and lots Of snow
Notwithstanding the cold we have
conside able sickness. Scarlet fever
seems to have broken out in our
midst, aud quite q number of cases
have proved fatal 1t first made its
appearance in Mr.. VIM. Stephens
family, taking one Of his brightest
children, a little boy about eight
years old. The next case was Mrs.
Perkins baby, which died. Then
Mr.. Richard Tredinnick had two
children taken down, one Of which
died-a little girl, eight years old.
Mr Marshall Sands has one child
sick, which is the last case we have
heard of.
We hope the cold weather may
check the dread disease, for it seems
to battle the skill Of our best physi-
clans, and is more to be dreaded
than any disease common to children.
We think p rents skoGld be little
careful in regard to the habits Of
their children, and not allow them
t. frequent places where the disease
i. known to exist. BY exercisinga liz
tie care and using disinfeetant~, they
might aid the doctors materiaa.rin
stopping the spread Of the disease.
j he Good Tenplars Of this p ace
will hold a sociable at their hall next
Saturday evening, Jan'y 10th. All
friends Of the cause are invited to
attend
Died, Of brain fever, Miss Allie
Goldsworthy; aged twenty years
Miss 6 was an estimable young
lady, and leaves a large circle Of
mourning friends.
We understand that Mr.Jas. Hicks,
of the firm Of Hopper & Hicks, has
full control Of the business in the
future, Mr. Hopper having hoped
away. Mr. Hicks is an honest, up
right man, and deserves full share
or the patronage Of the community,
which We hope he may get.
We have just learned that Thos.
Mellor, who left here aDoct four
weeks ago with his father for Col
orado, has since died. lie was 10
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-01-18

DoEs raising poultry pay? We
are personally acquainted with fam,
lies who do their marketing in this
city, where the proceeds Of the sale
of eggs and dressed poultry more
than pay their grocery and boot
and shoe bills yearly, One firm in
Milwaukee has handled SEQ, 900 doz.
en- eggs the past year, paying into
She5oygau county alone $4,000.
The chicken coop Is becoming a
prominent source of income to the
farmers Of the country who have
given the fowl proper care and Mt,
tentiou. Hcus which are compelled
to pick up" lheir living out of the
hog pen and scratch their dessert
from q lean straw pile, and roost cn
the warm side OF a rail fence or on
the west side Of the stable ON a
secder or in "a tree, haven't the time
or disposition TO go into the egg
business largely in Winter Give
your birds the same attention that
is bestowed on hogs aud horned
stock and they will give you large
returns Feed shell.making mater.
ial, and provide well lighted, com
Portable houses; then, when well fed
your hens will poy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-01-18
GAIENA has the measles

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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-01-18

p or health when he left, and his
friends had great hopes that the trip
would be beneficial; but it proved
otherwise, for he gradually grew
worse after he eft home. Thomas
was Il bright young man, about 20
years of agc; he leaves mother
aud "A number OF brothers and sis
ters here to mourn his early death
LAlErREE.
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-01-18

r. ID KANousE, G.W.C.T., of the
.LO.G.T. dedicated the new hall OF
Allen lodge Tuesday evening; his
address in Bethel church, the same
evening, was logical thr ughout, and
the best we've heard him make. An
Indebtedness of about $40 yet re
mains on the hall, aud the member
ship is proud Of the neat and con
yenient structure
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-01-18

\ NEW baggage regulation for
most of the roads in the northwest.
will 90 into effect The first of next
month. BY the new arrangement
passengers will he allowed to carry
l5o pounds of baggage free, and no
trunk weighing over $50 pounds will
be received in the baggage car, and
not more than 25opound of baggage
will be allowed a single passenger
under any circumstances.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-01-18

The State Prison now has the
greatest number of convicts ever
confined there at any one time be
fore, the number being being 373.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-01-18

How are your house-piants getting
along? Has the intense cold reach
ed them yet? Lots of fun, isn't it,
moving about forty pots Of plants
to the table near the stove, before
retiring; and then they've all got to
be hauled from the table in the morn
ing before Breakfast can be spread
It's fun alive!
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-01-18

The mercury registered 80 de
grees below zero at Darlington at
the close Of the Democratic jubila,
ton and supper last week, while in
neighboring towns it didn't get cold
er than IS degrees below. Fact!