davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-16
A MURDERER TRAPPED.
A Great Mystery Cleared Up al
Lebanon Tennessee.
Nashville Banner, Is.

About year ago MIR. MT. Bennett
a popular grocery merchant and oiti.
zen OF Lebanon, was found dead 10
the street near his home. He left his
business house quite late at night and
was murdered on his way home.
The whole affair has been shrouded
In mystery up to short time ago.
Several days ago a oolored boy
named Reeves, the son of a blacksmith
had talk with the negro Bernis
Richardson. From what he said Reeves
was satisfied he knew something of the
circumstances connected with the
murder of Mr.. Bennett. Reeves told
his father of the conversation. who in
turn told Mr.. w. FL. Brown,
Mr.. Brown believed there was soma
thing 10 it, and proceeded to set tran
by, which he hoped to compel Rich
ardspl te confess.
The Banner is indebted for the
following tacts to a gentleman who
arrived from Lebanon this morning:
Mr.. Brown gave the key to his
store to the boy, Reeves, and told him
he had left $50 in the drawer. Reeves
was instructed to induce Richardson
to assist him in robbipg the houge.
Richardson readily assented. They
entered the store aud seeurs1 the $50
A night or two afterWard Brown sta>
toned his son, Dixie IFown. and his
clerk, Mr.. win Wilton, in the store
aud arranged to hav0 his store robbed
again by the SAINT parties. Reeves was
instructed that $75 would be left in
the drawer, and that while in the
store he must induce Richardson to
talk.
The scheme worked admirably, and
while on the inside Richardson told
the tale of the murder in the hearing
Of the young man who was concealed
in the store. He implicated Dan
Ware, colored. He said they did not
intend to kill Mr.. Bennett, but ne
fought them so hard that they had to
DO it in self defense. The plan was
for WpaFo to knock Mr.. Bennett down
for having slapped him the day before.
Mr., Bennett slapped Ware in the store
for having struck his grandson.
Richardson stated that Ware struck
the fatal blow. After killing Mr..
Bennett Richardson suggested that
they rob him. This they proceeded
to do, securing about 500. Most Of
the money was given to Vie Ware,
oolored, the mother of Dan Ware
Dan Ware, his mother and Richard
son are in Jail.
1t is said Richardson has confessed
that he also took part in the burn
ing Of the barrel factory some time
ago.
Mrs. Bennett was in Nashville yes.
terdRy, aud on learning the news, left
Immediately for Lebanon. .
There have been some threats of
lyr ching.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-16
Presbyterian Convention.

PITTsBURG, August 16.--The anti,
organ convention of the United Pres
byterian church adjourned sine die at
IL o'clock last night. The last hours
of the session we're taken up with the
reading of lengthy paper by Rev.
R. II. Browne, ID, OF Newcastle,
Penn. Thirty-6ve Presbyteries we're
represented by $40 laymen and 100
ministers,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-16

THE income Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company last year was
Sl7,1l4,OOO. or over $4,000 a day,
The expenses including leased lines,
rentals and taxes were 1880 or
about fity-eight per cent. The net
income was therefore $7,245,00O, OF
this amount 81, $4,000 was distributed
in dividends, S427, 900 paid for interest
on bonds, and $4,000 applied to the
sinking fund, leaving net clear sur
plus of $l,979,0O0. In other words,
the company after paying all charges,
and six per cent on its enormously in
aated stock, had still a clear surplus
left of nearly two millions Of dollars.
This Is almost as good thing
as the Memphis Water Works
Company, WHICH stgrted Up three
or four years ago with sn
Investment Of about $l65,OOO, has
increased the stock without putting
in anOtheg dollar up to about $3.50, 900,
and can pay a good dividend 9p that,
ppd The President says the
stock IL held OF 100 On
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-16

Troy N. Y, August l6.-The body
OF 7. +. GriswOld, a prominent citi-
zen Of Burlington, was found drowned
In Lake Chaplain l4st night. No
marks OF violence we're discovered.
The superstition is accidental drown
ing or suicide.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-16

Letter heads, bill heads, bills Of
lading, envelopes, hand bills and
every other kind Of Job printing exe>
euted in the best style and at the
lowest prices at the PUALIC LEnaER
job printing Office and blank book
mandatory, ID Madison street, /
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-16
LiVerpOoI Markets.

LIVERPOOL, August l6. = Bacon:
Short clear, dull, 43,. Porsk: Prime
mess, eastern, steady, As. Hams:
Long cut, dull, 64s; Lard: Prime
western, steady, As 30. Corn New
mixed, dull, 81 Sd. Turpentine
spirits, steady. Bis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-16
Indications.

WASHINGTON, August 16. = For
Tennessee and the Ohio valley fair
weather, preceded by light local rains.
In the Tennessee valley variable winds,
stationary or rising barometer and
nearly stationary temperature.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-16

THEWesteru Union Telegraph Com.
pany proposes to make matters agree
able by sueing the city OF New York
for damages for the cutting of wires.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-16

The stock is IS 100000, most Of which
is in the hands of English stockhOld.
ers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06

said he knew nothing about any
drafts, nor could they he found ma
ollcers We're worried lest the man
should be taken from them nv
haneas corpus proceedings, but lo
their surprise no sucl siep was
taken, and on the Goth of October they
started East with their msn. 1t was
reported that Just before starting. the
prisoner, through his counsel, made n
proposition to the detectives To com
promise by paying the Boston bankers
30 ,Voo, ana that the proposition was
uecllned, as the officers had no power
10 make any such arrangement. The
prisoners valuable jewelry, watch ana
chaln and diamonds, were sent East
win hlnl, but the 81, 200 found on his
person remained in San Francisco, sub
Ject to Il legal controversy between the
prisoner S attorney aud the agent of
kidder. Peabody Il Co. On the same
day iialpeTt at san Antonio was Ie-
leased from his bond, there being no
evidence on which TO hold him.
MORE REVELATIONS.
Almost simultaneous with this re-
lease came new revelations, or rather
new rumors of revelations We're borne
on the breezes from Texas. Ii was
learned that the reason for the arrest
OF Idaipert in San Antonio was Il little
circumstance not heretofore men
toned, apparently small mutter in
itself, but possibly a link in the nj ~
FERROUS chain. Though never known
20 he burdencd with wealth, HalppIt
had purchased of the ii m of Gruos ~
Co., in san Antonio, 100000 marks
Germ an money, amounting to about
S25,OOO-also a large sum in Mexican
money. 1t also lranspired that few
days before this transaction n stranger
arrived in san Antonio and registered
al the Maverick hotel under the name
of H!rschleldt Immediately after
registering he went to !Ialpert's house
and remained there four days, not
once during that time being seen hy
any person in the street, 1t was while
he was in Halperts house tina, the
negotiations for the foreign
money were made At the end of four
days, and Immediately after the little
financial transaction, he returned To
the Maverick house, paid his bill, took
his little black bag and vanished.
1t was ais, learned while "Iiirsch-
feldt' was in San Antonio, deposit
had been made by the two-Halnert
and Hirschfedt-with business firm
of small calibre, but of some local
standing
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06
A NEW AIR SHIP.
Trial If Paris of N. BrisSOn'S New
Con.riyancc 70 Aerial Nayi-
rat lion


New York. October GA special
cablegram from Paris says: An eXpe-
riment took place yesterday afternoon
at the Place De Lalens, Courbevo,
which comprised !. sensational balloon
ascent and the use Of new contriv-
auce for aerial navigation. The in
veutor, Nj. Brisson, claims that a bal
loon is merely necessary to raise his APP
paratus in the air, just the same rs the
power of horses might be required to
move locomotive from its place of
construction to the iron rails. The
apparatus itself is soslewhat fantastic.
II is lozenge-shape, and may be com
pared To the upper deck of one
OF the email passenger steamers
crossing from Dover to Calais. II is a
sort of platform safely surrounded by
iron ratings, some of which, at the
height OF about two yards, serve as "a
support for another platform, on which
nine paracbutes in the shape of a cup,
about forty-fve inches high,ure placed
side by side.
These cupolss are supposed TO re-
ceive under their air-tight donles
quantity of air cossided tobe less dense
than the interior layer of air. The
apparatus in IFS descent is expected to
displace II volume of air equal 10 its
proper weight, and consequently TO
lind It's support on a layer of air more
dense than that stored under the Gu
polas. The assistance of the balloon,
10 which ii is attached by n cable
about thirty yards long, would thus
be no longer required. According tom.
Brisson's rather sanguine notion, his
apparatus could easily be moved in
every direction. ard this would only
be inatter of mechanic inpulsion.
TWENTY-FIVE or thirty Thousand specta-
tors of all classes of society were in
great expectation u witness whether
the balloon would at all be able to lift
NJ. Brisson's apparatus, which, by the
way, has the respective weight of $40
kilos. The balloon L'AYeDeg. belong |
ing to NJ Fabula. and in the car of
which he seated himself with the well |
known aeronauts NM. Lair and Bris-
son, had to perform lle task OF raising |
the latter's apparatus, but, by some
mishap, alter the nrst
start ii did not succeed IN moving the
300 kilos weight. At p. m., alter
second attempt, while nearly every
spectator watched with hreaihless
the balloon started with It's
luge appendix with a sudden rush
ind disappeared In less than two MN
ites in a thick fog. which nearly ~
he afternoon prevailed over tubs dis
rict of Paris. Whether under these
circumstances there Is any chance at
Ill OF coming to a conclusion as TO me
uccess of the experiment with NJ.
3risson's apparatus is very doubtful |
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06
Excursion tickets 10 a hundred cities

Excursion tickets 10 hundred cities
and watering places are now on sale al
the Gulf, Colorado q Santa Fe ticket
office, near the FL Paso hotel. Rates
exceedingly low. This is the smooth
est line and connections as sure rs
twice two are four. Call for rates and
time. T.. +. FosDIoK,
Railway and Steamship
Ticket Agent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06
CLOAKsl CLOAKsll CLoAKs!!!

Mrs. Brown is now receiving
her stock OF CloakS for ladies'.
misses and childreu. The term
Cl0aks embraces MI the varieties
Of Wraps, DOlmans, Circulars,
VisetteS, Jackets. Jerseys, etc. etc.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06

PURITY OF the blood should be The
aim OF all. Impure blood means rheu-
mmaiig, neuralgia, malaria and kidney
disease. Acker's blood Elixir VIII
cure you. sold by j.. n. Brnnbwlg q
Co.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06

A Coon LoNo BREATH would be
such relief during an attack of
asthma when the muscles of the
throat seem todrgw together; then is
the time dose OF Ackcris English
Remedy should be given--relief fol
Iowa. Sold by l.. ~ Brunswig g. Co
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06

RENEMBER--Neg lect OF first symp
toms frequently lead TO permanent de
fleets. Pimples and blotches on the
skin indicate disease which can be
cuged by AcKER's BLOOD ELIXER.
Sold by I'LL druggists.
J.. N. BRUNswIG & Co.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06

IMPORTANT AID TBUE.---lmpure
blood causes diseases aud decay no
matter what part seems TO be the seat
ofthe disease--liver, kidney or brain
then how to cure 1t is to purify
the blood with Aeker's Blood Elixir.
Sold by l.. n. Brunswig d Co.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06

j. l.. Barnes does not dcadhead any
one ON the cars to drum for his hotel
at Albany, Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06

-.waruen Brush OF sing sing .prlsuh
and Customs Officer Van FOSSIL have
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06

North Carolina and Maryland, who 10
public meeting expressed sympathy
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06
NEW, STYLISH
Millinery and Dress Goods.

millinery and Dress Goods,
Mrs. G. D. Brown has en-
larged her Dress Goods De-
partment, and is now ready to
exhibit to her friends and Gus
toners as full an assortment
OF silks and all other new and
fashionable dress goods as can
be found elsewhere.
Her new Pattern Hats are
arriving, and a more elegant
assortment cannot be found in
the state.
N. B,.ladles will please take notice that
all dress goods purchased of Mrs, Brown
can be made up, in the house, In the most
approved style, and perfect fits warranted.
Mrs Bro,cl' desires Ia assure tie Ia
dies Of Fort Worth and North TerdS
Mdt her entire stock, including lUiRB-
crY, Dress Goods, 7FiB,miRgs, Uadcr-
tccar and Rcady-madc Clothing, hare
bocn selected and made Up ,md,,' her
o'rH personal Supervision, and she tcur-
rants qualities as good and prices as
}ow as can 6c had asymhcro this side
Of NCW York.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06

'tegcerptsp from the same ash tree OF
1914 should encounter ono another;
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06

-gls or IL -, anu ssv,u oas-....,yurc
me Texas Investment 90.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06

.,ren Wandered
ron r.. Williams,
| seph q, Bsrnes, Trinil
DELTA col
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06

liV
4 the Deweys OF '"'
Halperis.
Lr,ltaa rrinc'ly Fortune
'TEpOSt'igd
| ..,r,I. Boston and o'hef
I ''y Trs the vicfims'
,mst, Made in San
sanl san Antonio.
I,~sDo'tloa Mystery
'.,S'Irnrclcd'
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-06

the plot thickens in most remarka.
bic manner. On the llth dispatch
was sent to Boston from the San
Francisco police authorities statjnv
that c. j. Dewey, the great forger had
been caught. A detective had
stumbled upon him on board Tho
steamer Coptic just as that vessel WINS
about to clear for Hong Kong. Abo"f
81 700 in cash was found on his person
lie did not make any great noise
about being arrested, simply sayine
they We're mistaken. us
He did not deny that his name u,os
Dewey, and that he had been In bns'
mess in Montreal, but said he bad
never heard of any forgcries Tint IL
any had been committed il mnst hnva
been by his partner, a man named
Mclean, that he had simply snld az,
his business and was going to Chin
He said it would be no grcat trnnbic
for him TO clear himself of the char e
but he disliked the idea of hayin% H. III,
travels and personal and business af.
fairs intericrcd with.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-11
Lying Greater than Dying.

We often hear the remark, 1T is a
great thing to die"--and so it is.
Death separates us from all that we
hold dear in the present world, and
closes our eyes for ever upon all earth
ly scenes. 1t is great thing to die.
But how few seriously consider how
great thing it is to HUe; and yet. in
the most important point of view, it
is an infinitely greater thing to live
than to die. 1t is striking to notice
how little stress the Scriptures lay
upon the manner in which men die.
They make no such distinction be-
tween the righteous and the wicked,
as to show the heaven. wide difference
between their characters and final
destiny. If the wicked are sometimes
cut off by violent death, so are the
righteous. If the wicked perish by
shipWreck, railroad disasters, or are
mown down by the cholera, or die by
famine, the righteous perish with
them. If the righteous meet the last
enemy with calmness, so do some
times the wicked. Gall things come
alike to all. There is one event to the
RIG hteous and the wicked.' "Where-
FORE" inquiries Job, "do the wicked
live, become Old-yea, are mighty in
power? They send forth their little
ones like flock, and their children
dance. They spend their days in
wealth, and in moment go down TO
the grave" So the Psalmist: 81
was envious of the foolish, when |
saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For there are no bands in their death,
but their strength is firm"
1t is not the manner in which men
die, that indicates their character in
the sight of God, and fixes their eter-
nal destiny, but the manner in which
they live. Nothing depends upon the
mere event of dying. But to live, to
live so as to be prepared to die and
give up an account of our stewardship
is the great thing.
We shall not be inquired of in the
day of judgment-"How did you feel
when you were dying? How much
pain did you suffer ?" But" "How did
you live? What use did you make OF
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-11
the Plaques of History.

The threatened cholera epidemic
has called attention to the oreat
plaques recorded. in history, and a
glance at some of the events NAV
reconcile US to grateful feeling for
the comparative freedom from pesti-
lence in late years. The earliest
plaques of which there are anv ac-
count OF, those described in Exodus.
occurred in Egypt 1891 B. G. In 534
b. Z. there was plague at Carthage
so terrible that parents sacrificed their
children to propitiate the gods, In
lo7 b. g., in the Greek Islands, Egypt
ana a,El,6 S4yGGIa, \ Gs, people died at the rate of
persons died daily. Another plague
at Rome A. d. 256 took off 5000 a
day. In 430 Britain was scourged so
that the living We're hardly able to
bury the dead. During the years
746-749 Constantinople lost 100000 of
its population. At Chichester, Eng
land, in 772, $4,000 people died, and
in 954 Scotland lost 10000 people.
Ireland was sorely visited in 1172 and
1904, and again in 1859. AT that
time 200 people were buried daily in
London. In 1407 London lost &c, 900
citizens. There was fearful pesti
lence at Oxford in 1l7l. The dread
''sWeating sickness" occurred in Lon
don in 1906 and again in 1917. In
most of the towns half of the people
died, and Oxford was depopulated.
In 1922 thousands were swept away
in Limerick. The sweating sickness
revisited in England in 1928 and
again in 1851. In 1904 30, ,57S people
perished of plague in London. Con-
stantinople again lost 100000 people
in 1911. In 1925 London lost 81, All
inhabitants. In 1852 Lyons lost co.
900. In 1866 100000 people died at
Naples in six months. In 1864 Lon
don'S great plague took off 6S,596 in
habitants. In 1920 $4,000 people died
at Marceiiles. In 1773 $4,000 inhab.
itants of Bossora, Persia, died of
plague. In 1892 800, 600 persons died
of plague in Egypt. In Barbary 5000
people died daily, and in 1899 247 900
people perished at Fez. Asiatic
cholera first appeared in England at
Sunderland Oct. 26. 1881, and in
North America at Quebeck June s,
1881, and in New York June %, 1882,
1t revisited the United Safes in 1884,
slightly in lS49. severely in 1855, and
again lightly in 1866 T.. In 1929 80
100000 people died of cholera in Rus
sia and Germany. In 1889 1928
people died of it in England and
Wales, and in 1854 these countries
lost 20,097. and Naples 10000 persons.
IN 1865 $4,000 people died of cholera
at ConstantinOple.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-11

your talents, your time your property.
your influence? How did you dis.
charge all the social and relative du-
ties of life? How many of the wild.
oWs and fatherless did you visit in
'helr affilctions? What did you do for
az? was hungry, and did YOU feed
me? Thirsty, and did you give me
orlnk! Naked, and did you clothe
me? Sick, and in prison, and did
you minister unto me? You knew the
world Was perishing for want of the
gospel-the bread of life; and what
dld you do to fulfil my last command?
Dld you go, yourself, with the lamp
OF salvation, into the dark places of
the earth, or did you assist Others to
CO. according to the ability which 7
gave you? Give an account of tbv
stewardship.
You We're once an impeninent sin.
ner' living without God and without
lhepe in the world. l offered YOU par-
doii, on the conditions Of repentance
and faith, and did you accept the of
Ter? You lived so many years in the
enjoyment of religious privileges. and
with thousand opportunities of re-
ceiving and doing good, and did Won
improve them to the utmost? Your
probation is closed. The question
now is, not how you died, but how
you HUed-what you did to serve me
and your generation, and prepare to
meet your God" In the great dav-
"Eyery one must give account of him
self unto God"
What great thing it is to live-to
live in such an age as this At a mis-.
sionary anniversary a brother, beloy-
ed, said-"I am almost afraid to live
when L think how much the times.
the providence and the word of God
require" And well he might be
atraid.-Dr. Humphrey.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-11

l eAcia ned. II do not wish to see
hi'ii: # him so, Mr.. Crawford tell
MN 'i1H had rather remain Edna
CARR IL as he made me promise,
thah p<ne Edna Crawford.
- ne made you promise this ?"
was ei's IEply. 1.-THE selfish fellow |!
Du', lt1''zh what am l to do without
li'e ii't'e gIrl have been expecting {:
l am ysfy ianely-so lonely that do
no. ss's'''Rw | can give her up"
1 Sia''d at. him, and the room
Seeiiiss1 Wimming .around-every-
thihs W# dreadfully unreal. l tried
10 sle s'pwn, and was carried tenderly
ona.tit be Edna Darlington or
Edna Nfanford?" he whispered.
''Y on need not break your promise
to John.N
dn4Cranford," replied, feeling
that I e leftthe world entirely, and
was1 rsIdot aesArh ofexistenee.
II the thought crossed my mind
that Mr.. Crawford had rather cheer
lully suppIanted his son the proceed
ing was fully justified during the
visit which soon received from that
young gentleman. tried to make if
plain to him that 1 did him no wrong
as L had never professed to love him.
though not at all sure that | wouIdn,t
receive the shaking threatened on a
previous occasion, and endeavored
to be as tender as possible, for I felt
really sorry for aim.
To my great surprise John laughed
heartily.
"Well, this is jolly |" he excIaim.
ed. ''and 1 am nota villain after ALL
What do you think of her, Edna on
He produced an ivory-type in a rich
velvet Casa pretty little blue-eved
slmpleton, who looked about seven
teen.
"Rose," he continued, "Rose Oar.
ing; the name suits her, dosen't it?
She was staying at my uncle,s in
Maryland-that's where | have been
visiting, you know, and she was such
a dear little confiding thing that a
fellow couldn't help falling in love
with her. And she thinks no end of
me, you see says she's quite afraid
of me and all that"
John knew L wasn't bit afraid of
him; but | felt an elder sisterly sort
OF interest in his happiness, and had
never liked him so well as at that
moment. And this was the dreadful
news that his father had come to
break to me when his narrative was
an6 fba5n the bud by my reVeIa.s.s..---l
an" lho iffUOa s.-s,s-S s..ss.-s,
satisfactory manner than either of us
had anticipated.
So | kept my promise to John,
afterall and Miss Rose kept hers, he
is now steady married man, and
very agreeable son-in-laW.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-11
No Grease for Him.

"When Greece her knees-Greece
her knees-Greece her knees" stam-
mered an embarrassed school-boy, for
getting the next line Of his recitation.
"There is no occasion to grease any
body's knees" shouted his teacher.
$50 and study your piece" Neither
is there occasion to grease your hair.
Parker's Hair BaIsam is all the dress
ing you want. Restores the original
gloss and color to gray or faded hair.
Does not soil the linen; not a dye
good for the scalp; prevents falling
out.