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Atlul which respectfully submlttt
IlENI,N IlELNiIG. tHulr'u


Supervisor Perkins. from the commit
tee appointed TO draft appropriate res
oIutiuus relative TO the death of super
visor Garland and late sheriff Clark, sub
mitted the following, which, Oh notion
we're unanimously adopted:
DEATH OF JOSEPH GARLAND.
WHEREAS, BY the mysterious decree
of % Power beyond our knowledge, J0-
seph Gaihud, valued member OF this
board has been called hence; therefore,
out Of that respect which his many viz
tues have created in us, and the synpa-
thy when Is due his btreavcd family,
RrsO'rld, That we have recognized III
our deceased brother the manly virtues
which endCared him To ms family and
his neighbOrs, and in his integrity aud
zeal in every laudable work which made
him valuable citizen and a useful pub
lie servant;
Icsolred, That we extend our sorrow
ful coincidence to the family OF the de.
ceased, aud that these resolution be
spread upon the records OF tms board
aud "a COPY of the same be transmitted
10 his widow and children.
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Supervisor Perkins moved to adopt the
report and that this Board endorse the com
munlcation of the sisters OF mercy.
SUP Dunavan moved rs an amendment
that the county pa,Ironze tue proposed
hospital to the extent of ITS necessities
Amendment accepted.
Sup. Fischer moved as an amendment
tina, a committee of three be appointed to
investigate the matter and report at lhe
July session OF this Board rs 10 what
arrangement can he made with the Sisters
of mercy regarding Il hospital for The slck
poor. Amendment carried aud motion rs
amended adopted.
Sup. G. w HOge, chairman OF tue com
mittee to settle with the county treasurer,
submitted the following report, which on
motion was adopted:
To the Chairman Qt Bodid q Supervisors DC:
Your committee 10 settle with the county
treasurer would respectfully report that tlC
SAID treasurer has furnished them with The
following statement, which covers the time
intervening between former settlement anC
the beginning Of the precent official term:
SAMUEL W. RAYMOND, comfy Treasurer,
In account with La Sale County;
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of the jail presented before them to as
certain If the things therein contained
are true, and we would recommend the
following; That the water closet IN the
jail he dispensed with. We lind that
there Is a plentiful and sufficient supply
of water to flush and cleanse all the
uapS upon said Jail premises, and a suf-
Iicent supply for any aud All purposes,
when properly attended to, and that If
those IN charge Of said jail use "A little
diligence all matters complained of can
he rrmedied.
Allof which is respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM TRUMAN,
WIN. II. Pitcher,
j. j. CONERTON,
;. &. WILEY.
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BIG BLAZ T..
The Empire OIL Works, at Long Island
CITY, Destroyed.

New YORK, August pa FIRE broke out
shortly after II o'clock this morning in the
packing Shop of the Empire Oil Works, at
Long Island City. The shop is a brick struc-
ture, 250x700 feet. Over 100 men and boys
are employed in the shops. and the widest
excitement prevailed among them. The
fiam's spread rapidly, and the shop was soon
q heaping mass Of d ,mes, with which the
local Fire Department was totally unable to
copper The tinshop building, 175x250 feet,
next caught, and was followed by the barrel
chop, about the same size. The flames next
spread TO one CT the largest sgitators in the
yard, containing $4,000 barrels of oil. The
Brooklyn Fire Department WIZ called on for
aid, and several engines quickly responded,
but although thy worked hard, the fl 4mes
spread In every direction. The Hour Lard
oil Works are in great danger. The damage
already done is estimsted at 100000. Pat
rick Cooney, a workman, was very badly
burned, and three other woikmen were also
injured seriously. James Glare was badly
injured By a falling wall. Toe fire is believed
to have been caused by a workman accident
silly dropping a hot soldering iron into an
oil can.
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Crops.

Crop reports are now looked TO with great
Interest, especially as regards cotton and
corn. Whether The yield OF corn will be
sufficient to supply the home and foreign de-
msnd is yet uncertain, and the probability
seems to be that in another year the acreage
of this important product will be increased.
In the South there is reason to believe that
agricuIturisis will raise an increased crop CT
grain and vegetables this year. This does
not only insure more comfort at home,
cheaper necesssriss of life 10 the labor
ers and a better condition to the working
animals, as well as the raising Of more hogs,
COWS and sheep, but it is a protection
of the farmer from debt. What would
thousands OF our farmers give to be able
to a season free Of debt and
with sufficient on hand to carry them
through ii. Then they would feel indeed
that their farms were their own, their horseS,
cattle and crops were their W and that
their children had a better fate 10 look 10
than had fallen 10 their own lot. Once such
an advantage secured, how would they toll
and struggle to keep it. Growing their own
breadstuffs and rsising their own meat prom
ises them the realization Of such a hope,
which can never come from the sail cotton
policy. 1t has taken long talking ard
writing to make this fact Understood, but the
truth Of what the APPEAL has 20 long and
80 often said is beginning TO appear-that
the farmer must either produce his own
bread and meat or he must sell out 10 those
that will
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EXTENSION OF AMERICAN TRADE.

There are signs Of coming improvement in
the conditions Of trade, but one difficulty
weighs upon certain branches. In them the
power of production has gone beyond The ex-
tent Of the demand for their products that
exists in this country. Demand can be in
creased only by extending the markets, and
they can be extended only by so lowering
tariff rates as Is allow of our manufactures
Competing with foreign manufactures. TIT
difficulty increases each year; and as build
ings and machinery cannot be left to go TO
ruin, and woIkmen be left without employ
ment, something will have TO be done. 1t is
t. be hoped the nee sssry steps will be taken
in lime, without waiting for the driving
power Of panic and public necessity and suf-
ferin.. A wider market for our manu-
features, ample employment for our labor
ers, free access 10 the markets of the
world, a revival Of American shipping and
American trade, are necessary things, and
the longer efforts to gain them are postponed
the longer the working people will have to
endure pr.vstioD, and capitalists auffer money
loes. Quietly but surely events are shaping
themselves 20 as 10 insure an ample and sat
i~sfsctory reform of the tariff. The cry will
soon be rising for a new liberty to be con-
ferred upon the American people, the liberty
for every man and every woman to buy
where they can buy cheapest and to sell
where they can sell dearest.
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COuIdn't Slap Him,

On a railway train, just behind a plainly
dressed, motheriy-lookiog woman, sccom-
panied by a noisy boy, sat Two ~fashionably
dressed ladies. The boy was given TO ASKING
all kinds of foolish questions, and OCCASION
ally ne won d whine Ike a cub bear, and
twist bimself around and fret.
I'll had hold Of him for a minute I'd
blister him till he couldn't stand up" said
one of the ladies.
Here then" replied the motherly old lady,
sou may take hold If HIM. II you want 10
slap HIM, slap him. / haven't the heart 10
do IT,"
Excuse me, " ialtered the annoyed lady, 81
did not think you could hesr my remark
"Oh, no harm done, for / know that he is
enough to annoy anyone, and it NAV seem
strange to you that l do not slap him, but 1
can't. Once l had a little boy tina l slapped.
Every time he would ask foolish questions or
whine, I'd clap him. | was determined 10
bring him up rightly, so that h. would please
everybody. He was The idol Ct my lie and
/ did so much want TO see him respected.
Everybody said that l was a model mother
and that my con would be a great man, and
l was 90 hsttered by these remarks that
was even more strict than ever with him,
Ole night just alter l put him to bed, com.
psny came aBd while We were talking the lit.
tie fellow awoke and began 20 cry. l told
him TO hush, and when / found that he did
not intend To obey me, l went 10 the bsd and
spanked him. That's what / cal discipline,
! one Of my company remarked, and l ass ur'
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MEMPHIS APPEAL
THURSDAY, : : AUGUST 93, 1883.
FIRST OFisEPrEMBEK ISSUE.

The commercial columns Of the APPEAL
are compiled daily with minute care from
the best sourcep. The results Of each days
transactions are registered, and from those
the APPEAL has, year by year, presented its
readers on the first day Of each season with
an array of information of great value to the
business interests of the city, and a source OF
attraction to business from without. On the
lat OF September the APPEAL will print q
large extra paper, filed with details gathered
for the purpose by is reporters in all
branches of the ci;y's commerce., aided by tie
kind assistance Of the secretaries Of the Co..
ton Exchange, Merchants Exchange, ard
secretaries and officers Of the various banks,
insurance offices and chartered and other
commercial and industrial enterprises. The
progress Of railway extension in connection
with Memphis will be exhibited, and river
Improvement and navigation. Also the ma
terisl progress of the city in building, street
paving aud se~wering, and sanitation. The
whole will present a complete and accurate
view of the financial and business condition
Of the city, it's LEGAL improvements and gen.
eral condition, and of the prospects that
oHer 80 great prosperity in the near future.
An immense addition to the APPEAL's large
circulation will be printed, and will 10
widely circulated throughout the surround
ing country and in every principal business
city in the United States. Factoie, mer-
chants, manufacturer and all professional
and business men will find this the most adj
vantageous opportunity for their advertise
ments and cards that offers during the whole
year. Orders received for copies of the an
nual report will be put up resdy for mailing
when desired. 1t will be 10 the advantage of
all to send advertisements and orders at an
early day
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The Union.

How The Western Union will behave now
they have obtained a signal end decisive vic.
tory over the telegrsphic operators, is a ques-
ton that is exciting attention. Before that
victory there was an arrogance about the pro-
ceedipgs OF The company, a continually dis
played disposition 10 subordinate the public
interests to he convenience and profits OF the
company that had caused much Impotence
and discomfort. Will the assurance of their
power this victory has given them increase
their arrogance and extend their dictation2
Or will experience of the annoyance aud loss
that has attended the strike prove a lessen
that shall incite to more moderation, to an
appreciation OF the fact that the company
best aids its own interests by attending
10 what Is most consistent with the
public welfare? One thing, at least,
is ~gained-the company has clear
proof of its wi uDpopUlarity. The
public sympathy from the fret has been
against it and with the employs. The strike
has also led the public to consider the ques-
iion OF connecting a telegrsphic department
with the postofice in a way it had not done
before, and such a department, while leaving
the company ample opportunity to do a fair
business upon business principles, would be
fatal 10 it as a monopoly. These questions
will necessarily have a practical solution in
the proceedings of the company from this
time, and these proceedings will be closely
watched, for the merchants and business men
generally are concerned in the results Of
whatever policy the Western Union may fol-
low. These people see in the strongest light
how entirely the telegraphIc business in the
present hands is a huge monopoly, and they
will be JEALOUS Of any act of injustice or
any arbitrary proceeding on the part Of the
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CHlCkEN.RAISING
A Profitable Business for Young Men OF
Small Heaas.

To the Editors of the Appeal:
Fort SCoTT, KS, August 22-As many Of
my old friends are DESTROYS of knowing what
success | have had in the poultry business in
Kansas, l give you my experience. In d.
cember l constructed two very crude hatch
ers, designed from some good points Of saw
eral others / had seen; / filled them with
eggs and they worked fairly well. l kept
them going from December Isl 10 June let,
clearing from them during that time $3.50
over and above everything, and that too, IL
spite OF the high price of feed and the fact
that my chickens were all marketed at low
prices. the highest l got WAS Sc a dezen,
and the lowest So IS. During the time |
also attended TO my regular business. Believ-
ing this was a good return for the amount OF
work, | began TO look around Tor a more per-
feet hatcher, and my sttention was directed
to the Common Sense. In June | procured in.
structions from j. NJ. Bsin, New Coucord, o.
He is secretary Of the North America Poul.
try Association, and will send directions for
making this hatcher 10 anyone sending three
two-csnt stamps to prepay postage. | had
one made that would hold $50 eggs-cost
about 81. My succssI with this hatcher was
all l could wish for, and / Immediately had
four more made; from these five hatchers ]
have Just taken 1890 fine chick, out of a
l ICES IMAM l%OV tsRo. L DSl'eNc L dm
placing it modestly when / say that l hope
TO clear $500 by July next, and still pursue
my usual business. The fact of the matter
is. that there ia no bu-Iness as profitable as
this il, provided one gives it The attention il
deserves, and no business requires as little
capital TO start on. There is no necessity Of
men trying TO hide the busines, or monopo-
liza il any more than that Of raising wheat
or cattle. The field is the world, and the
world, like "Oliver Twis'," is crying out for
more. There are thousands Of young men in
this country who are teachers, clerks in
stores and various other avocations, who
look forward to the time when they can get
a start in come lucky way this wsy is here
open 10 them all, aud ss plain ss anything
can be, ii they will only profit by it. Thou.
sands Of young women, too, who feel depend
ent on some father or brother, in one year
could place themselves high above any
dependence if they only would. Do not wait
until spring, but get directions and maks
yonr ha'ch-rs Immediately; you can make
them yourselves. Try one once or twice, &c
as TO be familiar with the business, and then
you can be ready for next spring trade. Re.
specially yours, LII JOHNSTON.
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CAElEGAAMS.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, August 22.-The Patri-
arch CT Armenia has rendered his -esigna-
ton.
DUBLIN, August 22.-Exter 81 ge -four mills
near KiiiucaD, WestmeaIh, burned. Three
persons persisted. Loss, e25,000.
CAPETowN, August 22.-O'Donnell, who
killed James Csrey, wall sail for England,
where he will Re tried September 4 h.
LONDON, August 22-The foot and mouth
di'ease has agpesrsd among the cattle at
Spalding, county Of Lincoln, and is spreading.
VIENNA, August 22.-The members of the
Austrian polar, expsd ton have arrived here.
They received an ovation IRON the cJtiz-ns.
LONDON, August 22.-The r. Rev. Fran
CT h rrill, OF Amherst, a well-Snowu CATH
ic preia!e, and formerly bishop OF North
ampton, is dead.
LONDON, August % In the Commons
C:oss, UGdcr 81 Secretary for Iudla, presented
The Indian budget. The surplus for 1884 il
estimated at g470. 0C0.
PARIS, August 22.-The Chinese govern.
ment has made PREPARATION for the murder
Of the French missionary in Yunnsn, ard
promised 10 punish the murdelers.
ROME, Augu,t 22.-Negotisiions between
Prussia and the Vatican will not be resumed
until the return TO Rome of Won Schloeser.
Pruseian Minister at the Na,:cID, with Bis.
msIck's ultimatum.
PoRT-AU-PRINCF, August 9.-There was a
large coIh'gration on the 7lh instant, begin
Ming in the educational institution of the
Christian Brothers; four blocks were de-
strOyed. Loss, $4,000.
LONDON, August ga dispatch to the
Times from Hong Kong to-day save Haidung,
Ionquin, has been taken by the French.
They also captured 100 cannon s~n4-s5G,G0O
in AnamiLe cash. The Anamit,s fl d to the
interior.
PoRT-AU-PRINCE, August "a severe bst-
tie was fought before Jacmel August 80.
Hundreds OF men were killed. The incur
gents claim a great v Glory. Government
othcisls state that fourteen prisoners Of wsr
were shot by the insurgents.
LONDON, August 22.-Twelve decompo,=d
bodies OF children have been discovered in
The establishment OF an undertaken at Ber-
mondsey, a surburb of London. TIE police
are making Inquiries as TO the identity Of
the children anu the cause of iheir death.
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wheat Quiet, Corn and Oats Higher
Provisions Firm.

CHICAGO, August 22.-Regular wheat-a
quiet feeling prevailed; opened easier and
a@8c lower, advanced !GSc and closed about
the same as yesterday; sales ranged at 81 oil
al Oh Angus, 81 02f@1 02B September,
IL O4f9l CAS- October, 81 055@I 064 No
vember, IL 0IB9l OBJ the year; spring,
81 OF; winter, II 0S4@1 %.
Corn more active, uLs.ttlsd and a shade
higher; opened a shade lower, advanced Ia
1c, receded &c and closed &c above the clos.
ing yesterday; sales ranged at 51@52c Au-
gus, 503@5l5c September, 50@505c o.
toher. 4Sttd4S3H November, 46i@46Sc the
year, 47@47sc May.
Odis INN And higher; sales al 261(9271c
August, 26@263c September, s63927c o.
,oher, 27fc November, 25J@26!c the year.
292G2o5o MAJ.
Fork stronger, early Advancing 124@:5c,
bat the improvement was lost, aud closed
about the same as yesterday; sales at Sl2 So
@l2 40 August, S12 S0@l2 All September,
tl2 423@l2 so October, Sl2 9l2 10 Nov.m-
Der, t12 45912 60 the year.
Lsri-trading liRht and slight changes in
prices; sales at 8.659S4c August and Sep
tember, s 6G@S.674c October, S4@S 323c No.
yember, Sl5@Sic The year, S.3O@S.S24c
January,
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ENOBlA
Fhe Grand Opera by an American Conn.,
poser, at New York.

New York, Augu4t 22.-S. G. Pratt's
opera, ZsnO5ia, was produced at the Twenty
,hird Street Tnester last night to a large
audience. 1t wss generally conceded by the
press that it will be a sacces4, though some
changes will have TO be made, az in all first
productions, to make il perfect. The music
Is Commensurate, the orchestra ample and
fl Client, the chorus large and fairly IF cient,
aud the scenery sufficiently impressive, but
the costumes aud other minor appliances OF
the stage and stage drill are somewhat de-
ficient. As for invention the score contains
several numbers which the moss c~apiioua
critic must admire. The opening chorus CT
press, and the contrast of the peddleT's
chorus, following 'Zenobia's" aria, al the be-
ginning If the second act, snd the exquisite
slumbsr song, which proceed. S the finale Of
that act, the quartelte Of the third act,
4 nobia'o" song 10 the fonrth act, with the
pathetic return of the slumber song as an &C
companimen', a foe ode to immortality and its
treatment, and the e iaie Ct the opera all require
sincere COMMUNICATION. Miss Dora Hennipgs
was an excellent "Zeuobia." the minor te-
male parts afford oniy q small scope, but
were So fici -ntly well done. Connelfs figure
and voice excelleully suited in ~ 4bda" The
Tribune says: "Of PrAtt's music it may be
said that he has striven with a serious pur-
pose, and produced a work which deserves
.nccpssO
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Ell MEMPHIS App

you that in sf;er years you will not regret
the srict measures you have adopted
The next morning my lirtle boy was too
sex TO set up, and all day he lay in bed. AT
night l sent Tor a physician, but before morn,
ing he was dead. l don't think there was q
more miserable woman in the world. / took
his little boots boots which q few days be-
fore l had whipped him for getting muddy,
and put them on nv buresu. l could MOI
bear to live in the same house where both
my husband and little boy had died, and |
moved away. One evening, while walking
along q lonely street, l saw a little toy-a
very email boy-sianding among some tall
weeds. Iasked him where he lived and he
plucked a blossom and held it out to me. !
asked him where was his mother and father,
aud with curious intelligence be replied that
some big men took them away in boxer. l
knew then that he was a waif, and L took
him home with me. 10 the night he cried
and / got up and sat by the FIRE with him and
rocked him. He was very delicate, but he
was a light that sSone on my whitening
soul This is The child, and he's wearing the
little boots that l put on the bureau. You
NAV Sian hun. but | can't"
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thinking, and thinking is aroused by inter
change of thought, and for such
interchange a convention is both an opportu-
ni'y and a stiDulsnt. One OF the frat things
thought shows us is that we are not in a boat
that rows and steers itself, and that il We Try
to get along by leaving our boat to drift down
the current where daddy's boat drifted before
ours WAS embarked, the journey will fail.
However times may have been with dad and
granddad, these times we live in are stirring
times, when a man must have keen eyes, a
ready hand and a busy brain. Improvement
demands our attention; progressc calls for our
participation. The word is aroused, people
are awake, society is pressing onward, and
those who sleepily aud uncomprehendingly
expect to slip through life without trouble
and thought will be left behind in the buy
race and sink unhonored into graves followed
out by their own listlessness, thriflles=ness and
indisposilion to seize upon their own f4cul-
ties and direct aud use them. Do any of our
country readers feel inclined 10 wish they
could go on undisturbed in the old course
their fathers went before them, let those
men be sure that all such desires are enemies
to be fought and routed. Let each one Of
them compare notes with his nejghbors, join
or get up a farmers club, take a good agri-
cultural monthly and study it. These things
done he will begin to End the onward infu.
eEce stealing into his soul, strengthening his
resolution, s~rous;pg his powers, impelliDg
him to action, and to action the result Of his
own thinking, not blind compliance weth the
j~oe-:rot, humdrum notions Of past gen
e~raticns. The farmer should ever be upon
the watch to improve his own Method,
aud at the same time watchful Of the actions
OF those who have in their hands much of
good and evil, the Legislators. Let those
men be required to attend to the interests Of
that great body Of the people Of the State,
the farmers. They, un!uckily, are mostly
lawyers, and being such and knowing moth
log Of farming, the farmer must look after
them and put into their hands a wise policy
to follow, the policy CT practical men who
know the farmers requirements. Ia this, as
10 the res, the good wanted must be got by
exertior, not waited for in ~listless apathy.
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Two Cases at The wharf at Pensacola
and One at the Nsyy-Yard.

PENSACOLA, August 22.-The Board OF
Health announces two cases oil yellow-fever
on the Palafox wharf. A guard has been
placed around the building, which will be
burned ss coon as the sick are removed to
quarantine. The men are s~ailors, who were
stolen from d chip and hidden until the
ship left port. They are supposed TO have
been hidden at Warrington. Dr.. Owens is
reported sick with black vomIt. One new
case at the nayy-yard.