davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06
The Telegraph strike.
New York Herald. 2.

The Chicago Tribune thinks W,
misunderstood one of its articles Tho
other day on the relation of the
strikers to The public. We will moi
dispute with our contemporary, which
has right to define its own meaning,
and in late articles it has shown itsel
on the right side-the side of the pub.
lie.
Iaassrikelike this of the telegraph
operators the public must necessarily
suffer a good deal OF Inconvenience.
but that cannot be helped. 1t would
be much better TO settle ell such dis.
putes hSarbitration; but to accomplish
thss employers must show friendly
and cohciliatOry spirit toward their
people. Ia32gs e7lfT O
Where competition in business is free
and open, there, again, strikes are not
50 frequent, and when they happen
the public Is not Inconvenience
The Western Union has been engaged
for years in either absorbing or dis.
sbling its competitors; it has destroyed
composition and established monop,
oily. 1t the companies it has absorbed
we're IN existence to-day the public
would not be inconvenienced by the
trouble between the Western Union
and its people.
The Senate Committee on Educa.
ton and labor is to meet here next
Monday to look into the causes of the
telegraph strike. Its inquiry will
probably give important information
to Congress on the subject Of the
necessity for a postal telegraph
system as a means to secure health.
ful competition in the tele-
graph business. Meantime the great
strike gnes on; andFWe regret to see
that different journals continue to dis.
cuss it from a merely sentimental
point Of view-they are friends and
supporters of the Company, or they
are. friends of the strikers. But the
real party interested is the public.
The real question is how to prevent
hereafter another telegraph blockade.
The workmen have right to strike.
TheCompany even if it is a monopoly,
has a right to stand out against its
Workmen. Between these two it is a
rial ofendurance in which the public
mas nothing to do but to look on. But
he public has a right to ask Congress
% do the only thing which can prevent
repetition of its losses, and that is to |
establish government line in compe |
ition with the private lines. There
s no other way. and there is now a |
,ery peremptory and general demand |
or that way.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06

THE Chicago Telegram should not
give away The Overworked and under.
paid profession. 1t says in a recent
issue;
No great loss without some small
gain. The great ground subsistence
at lsohia furnished weak aud weary
editors an opportunity to pad out their
editorial columns with learned aud
exhaustive biographical, historical and
Typographical articles from the cyclic
pe 1ias."
1t Is hard enough work to get up
such original articles from borrowed
cyclopedias for the benefit of news
paper owners and readers, but entirely
too hard to have the secrets of the
sanotum thus heartlessly disclosed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06
Minneapolis Tribune


The telegrsphers' strike is luxury
which England knows not. The tele-
graph lines of that country being un-
der the control Of the government, a
strike by telegTaphers is not much
more likely than Q strike by soldiers
This is the way in which a boy
OF girl between fourteen and
eighteen years of age becomes an
operator IN England; The candi.
date is nominated by the Postmaster
General, and is strictly examined in
writing and arithmetic. Passing this
examination the candidate ATTENDS q
school Of telegraphy for three months,
after which he becomes 3 "pyoba
toner" in a regular telegraph 'ofioe,
where he graduates into a full fledged
operator, with all privileges, save that
OF becoming a member Of the Knights
OF Labor Eight hours is days work,
and . nights work is the same.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06

The general election of territorial
officers in Utah takes place to day, and
Mormonism will as usual assert its
supremacy and poll its overwhelming
strength. The Gentle" papers of
Utah freely say that eighty per cent
of the $4,000 votes will be cast for the
church ticket-which is composed of
young men in sympathy with the
MISUNDERSTANDING the Ed
munds act provides that no person Of
either sex who is polygamist or a
bigamist shall be allowed to vote.
The pOlygamists seem not to have
found it difficult to evade the law
governing registration, and there is
nothing to prevent them from going to
the polls and electing local officers and
legislators who, though they are mon
ogamists, will do the bidding of the
Twelve Apostles. This election will
emphasize what has all along been as.
serted by the Gentle" press, that the
Edmunds act is not sufficiently far
reaching to snatch the scepter of 20
lltical power from the Mormon church
Before that can be accomplished, the
Utah commission must be invested
with such discretionary authority as
will make it possibletO strip Of their
political privileges all sympathizers
with the obnoxious band of criminals
who persist in defyiug the govern
ment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06
At au AustrIan RnterIng PIaee.

FranEenbad Cor. COurier-J journal.
1t is astonishing what those who
have lost that priceless blessing,
health, will endure to regain it. Here
the most fastidious ladies, who would
Shudder at soiling their dainty shoes
with the dirt of the street, sit, with
the greatest equanimity, up to their
9hlns in a horrible looking, thick,
black mess, not unlike lumpy tar, com
posed of soft mineral bog. This is
the moor" or mud bath, SO efica.
cious in rheumatism, govt, paralysis,
nervousness, etc. A tub Of clean
mineral water is placed alongside into
which the patient steps to be trans
formed again from black to white. In
most cases, after fair trial, the
greatest sufferers are blessed with re :
newed health and go on their way re.
joicing.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06
Wanted---A SsIRbriOns and At
traeiive PentfRRtiarv.

Governor Blackburn, o KeRtucky.
has just pardOned two noted Oh rae
tiers One named Grove Kennedy was
tried, convicted and sentence to the
penitentiary for the murder of he
uncle, Eb. Kennedy. at Lancaster in
1876. Until his capture by Marshal
Hunter in October, 1877, he Vas re-.
garded by the people Of Lincoln and
Garrard counties as sort of holy
terror. The people Of these counties
will feel general interest in his re.
turn- The other is David Ferguson.
. big defaulting tax collector. He
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06

The 500 funding bill, from present
indications, seems to be a success
Colonel y. a. kgnn, who reached
home Sunday, signed OB Saturday one
hundred tl00-6 settlement bonds and
two hundred $1,000 bonds. Of the
latter fifty we're three per cents, one
hundred six per cents, and fifty Eve
per cents. 1t is reliably stated that
there 10 upwards Of $3.50, 900 of bonds
now in the possegSion Of the funding
board waiting to BE- funded, about
Sl5U,OOO OF which have been sent In
within the past ten days. Colonel
Num- is nov ia Brownsville. but will
return to Nashville whenever his
presence is necessary to sign the bonds.
Contrary to the Republicans and SKY
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06

blues" who declared that the 50-3
settlement didn't amount to row of
pins, there seems to be decided dis.
position on the part of the bondhold.
ers to come forward, accept the COM
promise and have their bonds funded.
SO much for true and undefled DEM
oeracy.- Brownsville States and
Bee, 3.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06
A Remarkahla Trihnle.

Sidney 0urchundro, of BittsbaFg, Pa,
writes: II have used Dir. VIM. Halls
Balsam for the Lungs many years, with
the most gratifying results. The reliev-
ing influence Of HALLS Balaqm is wonder
tul. The pain and rack Of the body.
incident to tight cough, soon 4 sappest
by tie use OF Il spoonful according 10
directions, Ny wife frequently sends for
Halls Bslsam instead Of a physician, aud
health is speedily restored by its use !"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06

If any one desires to know why
there is an entire absence Of any pub.
lie sympathy for the Western Onion
Telegraph Company he will find the
explanation in the following figures:
In 1853 this company started with a
paid up capital of 100000 Water
was added that year to the amount of
US per cent. Four years later
AL z per cent Of water" was added.
and in 1863 there was 1873 80 more,
bringing the nominal capital up to
g. 5O,OOO Thus, in five years, 81.
100000 of dividends over and above
ordinary dividends had been received
by the stockholders. For the pur-
chase of the franchise of the
Pacific Telegraph Company stock
was issued for $l,279 260;
for the United States Company
for 81 ,2l6,3OO; for the American com,
psny, Sill 1893, 100; for the American
Union, $4,000, 900; for the Atlantic
and Pacific, $8,40O,OO0; besides SIS,
10000 of stock the legality Of which
is being contested in the courts. OF
the present nominal capital Of $780,
100000 it is asserted that enc part
Is actual and seven parts water. Z"
This explains why the Western Union
has no friends ip its present troubles.
Having the power to either increase
tho wages Of its employees or charge
the public less for service, it does
neither, but waters its stock so as to
absorb It's extra profits in dividends.
-[Chicago Press.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06
Another Champion Lie from
North OkrOllun,

CAPE LOOKOUT, n. O., August g.
Three days ago an immense iceberg
vac seen floating past here. Three
pilots vent out in a boat aud found a
Greenland haysteek on it ADD the
frozen body Of an Esquiuaux lying
inside. They brought the body ashore
and buried It.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06

Hand bills Of all sizes, from the
smallest to three aheet poster, done
with neatness and dispatch, at the
PUBLIC LEDGER Job printing Office
Prices as low IS the lowest
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06

If you feel dull, drowsy, debilitated,
have frequent headache, mouth
tastes bad, poor appetite, tongue coat
ed, you are suffering from torpid liver,
or "biliousness." Nothing will cure
you SO speedily and permanently as
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov.
ety." BY all druggists.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06
If and II.


''If you are suffering from poor health
'or languishing on a bed Of sickness
take cheer. if you are simply ailing,
Tor il you feel weak and dispirited,
without clearly kno wing why, Hop
'Bitters will surely cure you"
IF you are minister. and have overtaxed
yourself with your pastoral duties, or a
Mother. worn out with care and work. or
"a man of business or labOrer weakened by
1.-THE strain of your everyday duties. or nan
''of letters, toiling over your midnight work,
Hop Bitters will surely strengthen you."
IF you are suffering
from over-eatinR or
drinking, any indis-
''cretiOn or dissipation,
''or are young and
"growing too fast. az
lis often the case"
"0r If you are in the workshop. on
"the farm, at the desk. anywhere, and
"feel that your system needs cleans
''ing, tonins, or stimulating, without
Intoxicating, if you are old, blood
thin and impure, pulse feeble, nerves
unsteady, faculties waning, Hop Bit.
''ters is what you need to give you new
''life, health, and vigor"
If you are costive or dyspeptic, or
suffering from any other Of the numer-
Gus diseases of the stomach or bowels,
it is your own fault if you remain III.
IL you are wasting away with auy
form of Kidney disease, stop tempting
death this moment, and turn for
cure to Hop Bitters.
If you are sick with
that terrible sickness
Nervousness, you will
find Balm in Gilead'
in Hop Bitters.
If you are frequenter, or resident
ola miasmatie district, barricade your
system against the scourge of all ooun-
tries malaria, epidemic, bilious and
Intermittent levers by the use Of Hop
Bitters.
If you have rough, pimply. or sallow skin,
,ad breath, Hop Bltters will give you fair
kin. rich blood, the sweetest breath and
lealth. $500 will be paid fof Gaze they will
lot cure or help.
That poor, bedridden, invalid wife, sister,
mother, or daughter, can be made the picture
i health BY a few bottles Of bop Bitters
0stinR but a trihe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
Mechanical oDage
Next SeaIiOn RegIns Sept, an. ,as,

>'~SAOA Aeglns Sept, eth, 1883.
Mis- Ms courses include Scientific, Literarv ana
alltary studies under fifteen prafsssn,ys eng
instructors. The students form ho9.a ara
% 81 SSSS's IN o SssESS q an expsronosd coa
sion - provided. Applicants a. insh NC
e. tnis class must DO u years Old and baSn
T ,,a,i hhhVmIIease OF Arithmetic, Heorrapby'
AnnE ha q Siemmar and Y 3, History "pA''
full, W. snSrnnnd a. sne Uupiversity is health
mate y superior, 'iiHi' Ane cli-
InitISI ~ free 20 stndent. m.
~ peN members Of Ine Tenn.s.
LSelsAatnre. Expenses comman -
al students for 20 week. from SiSs NY a. "
" aen tuition is paid add $40 Wv w o'sO'
ads vs catalogues and further particulars
D.. THOMAS W. HUMEs,
o. "a, President University of Tennessee.
ava ~ Knoxville, Tenn,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06

TAMPIco, TENN.--Rey. d II Manly
says Browns Iron Bitters relieved me
Of indigestion and nervousness after ply
siclang failed"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06

Having had occasion to use remedy for
kidney troubles, noticed an advertiser emit
In one Of the papers Of the remarkable cures
that Hunts Remedy had made all over the
country, / purchased bottle at one OF our
druggists here In Manchester, and after using
II for short time found that It was helping
me wonderfully. and one bottle has cured me
completely no indigestion, and am
hearty and he -.,thy for one OF my years (65l,
and can truly say that Hunt's Remedy is a
medicine that has real merit, and 4 do not
hesitate to recommend II to the public 10
general j r. WoopBURY.
So Manchester St., Manchester, N. II.
May T. 1893.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06
The Smallest locomotive.
Railway World.

The smallest locomotive engine ever
built in the United States for regular
work was turned out by NJ. NJ. Buck
Il Co. of st. Louis, recently, and ship
ped to the Rdmee Plantation, St.
Charles Parish. La. This little engine
va, designed By aud built under the
supervision Of Mr. Jay Noble, and is
as perfect piece Of mechanism as one
would wish to see. It's diminutiveuess
may be understood from the following
facts respecting it: Twenty-one and
one halt inch guags; diameter OF
cylindar, st inchesI stroke, 10
inches; four wheels, diameter
Of driving wheels. "a inches; height Of
engine to top Of boiler, 4 feet 7 inches;
weight without water, 5250 pounds.
The engine has link motion, and is
Tade OF the best materials throughout
The boiler is made Of FINCH iron, and
is 30 inches in diameter 10 the barrel.
1t is provided with an 0rm patent
pop valve. has steel FIRE box, and is
ted BY two inspirators. The tank il
made 9i No, 10 iron, has four wheels
OF a diameter Of l6 inches, a capacity
u $50 gallons, ald weighs. without
water, l4OO pounds. In experimenting
with the engine before it was shipped,
it was found to act very obediently
under the hand Of the engineer.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06
New Advertisements.

TINE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI.
i AT OXFORD, =
Tuition free 10 everybody but Law Students
Tbig ibstitution will open its next session
27th sep embsr, Is ~.
The ooaIss i complete, the Faculty is large.
bio and efficient.
The terms ore very moderate
The wb9le lnstitrtion Is open 70 both foxes.
For catalogues and information apply 10
eneral A. p. bTswART, Chancellor.
lls li6W II. N, SULLIVAN, Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06

: HUNTSVILLE, ALA-Dr. j G Spots
wood, says; Il highly recommend
Browns Iron Bitters for dyspepsia, rheu-
matism and general debility"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06
CHANCERY SALE
OF ZEAL ESTATE.

No. 1888, = Chanoery Court of sbelb,
oounty-State of Tennessee for its own use,
ETC., vs.. J y hcDaYitt OF al. No. S299-
State Of Tennessee use etc. VS. W K Butler
ct al and No, ISH-City Of Memphis VS.
Ihos Holman ct al.
OY virtue Of interlocutory DEGREES 70,
ID sale, entered in the above causes. IN the
hrst Of said causes on the 18th February
So, and in the last two causes on l0th day OF
May. 1888, | will sell, at public auction. 10
the highest bidder, in front Of the Clerk and
Masters office, courthouse of Shelby county.
Memphis, Tennessee, on
saturday, August III, 1883,
within legal hours, the following described
Dec, to-Wit:
Lot No. .26 Second street, in tho city OF
memphis; Beginning at the intersection OF
the west line Of Second street with the north
line OF the alley between Washington and
ADAMS streets; thence north with tho west
line OF Second street rs feetI thence west
parallel With WaGhington street ll8S feet to
the alley between Second and Main streets;
thence south with sa d alley rs feet to the first
named; thence with said alley between
Washington and Adams streets 148M feet to
the beginning,
Terms Of bale.-On a credit Of seven
montha, purchasers executing notes with ap.
proved security; lien retained fol purchase
m82Rpsy END \, sll equity OF redsmptioA barred.
r, J. BLACK, Clerk and Master.
BY Geo Mallory, u. O. an.
VIM Smith, \ n Heiskell, O W Hei-keI
ana w HAMPTON, solicitors. lis 141
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06
DEMOCRATIC.

DEAR SIR Il differ politically with
President Arthur, and have formed
no opinion Of his administration which
| care to make known to the public
l deem it an eminently proper thing
for any city visited by the chief execu
tive OF the Federal government 70 do
honor both to his person and the ex.
allied station which he occupies, and
am sure that no city would do it in a
more becoming manner than Chicago
CASEY YOUNG.
Memphis, Tenn, Aug l, 1883.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06

Vigor. strength and healta, all found
n one bottle Of Browne Iron Bitters,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06
"BUCHU-PAIRA.

Quiak, complete cure, all annoying
Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Dis
eases. 81. Druggists. ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-06
RIacIksmiths, TrouhIas

NV G. WEBER, Druggist.
bath. Me- May Is, 1888"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-25
JOURNALISM,
njckaag was simPlya First Class
RePesfer--The AbsOlutssm
OK siie Press.
George Alfred Taun.sna


| will tell q story that Mr.. 0sgood
the Boston publisher, gave me durinG
the week; He said when Mr.. Dickens
wanted to come to read in America, q
few years before his death, he was very
sensitive about the reception he would
have after his lampooning the country
in 1912. So he sent bis agent, DR..
Dolby, ahead, Who called on Fields &
0ssoQd and asked them to take the
agent 10 the newspaper Offices in Bos-
ton and New York. Among other
places he was carried to the oace Of
James G.. Bennett, the founder
of the Herald. The old man
listened to the questions DR..
Dolby put. When he was asked il
Dickens comments on America long
ago would iniure his reception, Ben
nett said, mo; the American people
are great enough to overlook the
errors or impudence of q young man
who meant to sell his wares about US
in England" After Dolby got through,
however, old Bennett remarked, "Who
is this Dickepa, anyway He is
nothing but a reporter. | have got
four or five men in my Office who are
better reporters than Dickons?n The
old man was perfectly serious about it,
too.
After Mr.. Fields told this story, a
gentleman present said: DO you
remember that at the Dickens dinner
George William Curtis, who made The
best speech there, described Dickens
as a reporter all the way through, and
gsid chat the reporters faculty in all
great literary men was the foundation
Of their power2 Even in Hawthorne,
who became a reporter IN garrets and
back yards, AMONG the bugs and cob.
webs and rays Of light, instead Of out
among the crowd"
well" said Mr.. 0sgood, 81 could
not help feeling that the strong points
Of Dickens we're, as q reporter, closely
observing the dialect and behavior Of
men. To me, the Piokwick Papers
remain the most delightful things
Dickens ever did, and they are report.
ing throughout"
There are few men in this world ft
tor absolute power, and to control a
newspaper is as near absolutism In this
country as anything | know Of. Not
even an indian chief or Jesse James
can always have his own way with his
band, but the newspaper publisher
Oan. He is apt to lose his philosophy,
therefore, and to entertain spites
against contemporary men, and TO
mistake the copying Of his matter by
some admiring Tom, or Dick, or Harry
as majestic influence. The publishing
OF a newspaper, ike the writing for
them, Is a matter Of good, hard sense
and unintimidated industry. There
is a democracy in the newspaper husi-
ness. The weakness OF men Il soon
found out. Their strength no man
can take from them by lying or back
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-25
Death OF 4. r.. Uruse.

Mr.. Samuel Ridgely Cguss died this
morning at 6 o'clock at his residence,
On Jefferson street extended, after az
illness Of about two weeks. The news
Of his death is a shock to many warm
friends, both in Memphis, Huntsville,
Ala, and elsewhere. M. Cyuss hsd
been for a long lumber Of years Sec.
rotary and Treasurer Of the Memphis
and Charleston Railroad Company
His remains will be taken to Hunts.
vile, Ala, by special train, aud the
funeral will be held there tomorrow.
Mr.. Cruise was a member Of Tempt:
Council, Royal Areanum, and FOun.
tain Lodge, Knights Of Honor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-25
THE CITY.
LEDGER LINEs


Extra long wasted aorsets, LANCE Z
For bricks, telephone Jno. cubbins
OSanne& Mays new store, 257 Main.
For medicines telephone Joe Walter
Fresh parched coffee. J.P. Carey & Co.
Brown Il Jones, coal dealers. 282
Main street.
Fresh shad, first of season, Signaigo,
278 Second.
1000 lunches ripe bananas for sale
cheap at D. Canale &;Co.
Choice g~enitan apples, very low.
Ike A. Chase, 200 Front.
Fresh Count oysters, l2l cents per
dozen, SignaigO's market, 278 Second,
Finest Count oysters, Is cents per
dozen, at Seessels' markets, l24 Main
and 33l Main.
The Board oil Public Works, or the
city managers, meet at the courthouse
this afternoon.
Count oysters, second to none, l2l
cents per dozen, Signaigo's market,
H8 Second street.
An exclusively male audience at the
theater last night. except a few col.
ored ladies at the top.
Creamery butter in small packages,
new cabbage, celery, lettuce, at Matt
MOnaghan's, 244 Front.
Cotton is quiet and steady to- day.
Our receipts are now 1914 bales in
excess OF last year at this date
DeSoto Lodge, +. and A. b.. will
meet t.. night in the Masonic Build
ing, and St. Elmo Commandery will
at Odd Fellows Hall.
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
and blank book mandatory, IL