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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
AIInchmenI Notice..


Before John 7. Elliott, J. P. for Shelby coun-
y, Tenn.-Rebecea Young vs.. William
Newsom
IN this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 1856 Of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned, levied upon the
property of the defendant, by punishment on
the X. 7. Y, X X Co., lessee Of the NJ.
and Q. X. X Company, and affidavit hav-
Ing been made that defendant is indebted 10
the plaintiff in the sum Of SIS, due BY
account, and that the claim is just, and
that the defendant Is a nonresident Of the
State Of Tennessee; II Is therefore ordered that
said defendant make his personal appearance
before me on the 10th day Of March. 1888. al
II O'Clock m, at my office, No. 3l3 Second
st., Memphis, Tennessee, and defend said az.
tachment suit within the time prescribed b.
law, or the same will be proceeded with ey
parte; and that 8 copy Of this order b,
published once a week for four weeks II
the public Ledger.
This the 7th day Of February, 1893.
J0H \ L ELLIOTT, Up.
IQS IAl 1AQ IkQ
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Attachment NO,Ico.

Before Geo. r. Powell, j P. for Shelby coun-
", Tenn.-C. r. Ryan 4 Co. vs. 8. a. " ag-
gener.
IN this cause al attachment having been
j sued out under section 9i55 Of the Code Of
Tennessee, and stunned, levied npon the
property Of the d. lendant, s. A. Waggenef,
and affidavit having been made that dc
PENDANT Is indebted TO the plaintiff IN the
sum Of $3.50, as indOrser. due by note, and
that the claim is just, and that the defendant
IL q nonresident Of the State Of Tennessee;
II 10 therefore ordered that said defendant
make his personal appearance before me on
the 10th day o. March, 1873, at y o'clock
m, at my Office, No. Madiion street,
Memphis, Tennessee, AID defend said
attachment suit within the time pre-
scribed By Law, or the same will be pro
eeeded with OK pare; and that q copy OF tais
order he published once week, for four
weeks, In the Public Ledger.
This the 10th day Of February, 1888.
l@ lAltQl GEO Il Powell, J P,
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uuxMxzoIAl.
!. RSssIO L .Sas y. E q Yg.s

Il
MEPKfs, TENN.. February 10, 1858 J
The volume Of financial business
transacted during the past week, as
indicated BY transactions M the
clearinghouse, exhibited q decrease a
compared with the previous week Of
a little over $4,000; a small differ.
enoe, traly, but attributed mainly 10
the wretched state Of interior high
ways, and to the threatening condition
Of the water courses, both tending to
impede business materially. The
amount, however, is pearly half a
million dollars in excess Of last year
for the same week.
The leading features Of the money
markets elsewhere during the week
has been decline in discount rates
Of the Bank Of England Of 81 per
cent against 4 per cent before, and 8
per cent a few weeks ago: a heavy in
crease in bullion deposits Of the Bank
of France, and increased ease in all
American cities. In New York gov.
eminent bond quotations have ad
vanced on all classes. The As are ll9i
and TO higher; 41s 1871, and 20 up;
IS 1O4, aud to advance, and 5s extend
ed 1881, an advance Of 30. Miscel
laneOus stocks and securities in
New York exhibit sharp decline
from prices ruling week ago. Ten
nessee State 6s are 4la42, fall Of II
to q; M. aud @. r. r. 81, a decline oil
II; L. and Nash. 52s, against S. Nash
and G. 81, against 59l; NJ. aud Ohio
10 against III; Mo. Pao. 1908, a fall o.
3; G. and o. 2Ol, a drop from 221
CHG, St. L: and N. o. n, against 70
In this market money is easy an(
mercantile discounts rule as hereto
fore stated, unsettled at 6 TO pc
cent, Exchange is unchanged; bank
ers buying eastern cotton bills a
$l.25a2 80 per thousand, the latter 70
grace carrying bills on points in Nev
England. Checks on New York ar
sold at $3.50 per thousand premium
Rates on New Orleans are to of buy
ing and par selling.
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Nonresident Notice.

No. 474s, in the Chaneery Court CT Shelby
county, Iennessee-Burrell Bayliss vs.. Peg,
~ BaylisS.
I 7 Appearing from SherifFs's return In this
cause that the defend Mt, Peggy Bayliss, Is
not TO be found In hs county.
II is therefore ordered that she make
her appearance herein, at the court
on or before the first Monday in March.
1888, and plead, answer or demur TO com
plainant bill or the same will be taken for
confessed as 70 her and set for bearing ex-
psrte; and that q copy of this order be pub
ished once a week k, for four successive weeks,
in the Publ Ledger
This 3lst day OF January 1888,
A copy Attest
r ]. BLACK. Clerk and Master.
By ]. NJ. Bradley, u. u. x N.
h M Heath, solr for complainant.
ls9 49, 141 Il7
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Attacnmen, NOuce.


Before George R. Powell. ]. P. for Shelby
county. Trnn.-B LOwenstein a Bros vs.
L A Cassity 4 Co.
IN this cause an attachment having beer
i sued out under section 1856 Of the code o.
Tennessee, and returned levied upon th,
property Of the defendants. L. A. Classify
4 Co, and affidavit having been made thar
defendants are indebted TO the plaintiffs in the
sum Of two hundred and thirty dollars and
hfty three cents. due by account, and that
the claim Ia Just, and that the defendants
are nonresident Of the State Of Ten.
nessee; Il is therefore ordered that said de-
PENDANTS make their personal appearance be-
fore me ON the 7lh day Of March. 1888, al
~ o'clock m, at my office, No.
Madison street, Memphis. Tennessee
and defend said attachment suit within thu
time prescribed by law, or the same will
be proceeded with eK-parte; and that a COPY
Of this order be published once q week fol
four weeks 10 the Public Ledger.
This the LIST day Of February, 1883.
19g 12l I40 IH
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Annehmsn, Notice.

Before Geo. r. POWELL. P for Shelby county,
Tenn Mallory, Crawford a Co. vs.. u. II.
Holder.
IN this cause an attachment having been
j sued out under section 1856 of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the prop
erty of the defendant, H II Holder. By gar
nj hment on l. LaWhorn 4 Co., and affidavit
having been made that defendant Is indebt-
cd 10 the plaintiff in the sum Of S472 IS due
by note, and that the claim Is just, anu that
the defendant is a nonresident Of the State
Of Tennessee; or Is about to remove or has
removed himself or property from the State,
OF has removed or Is removing himself or
property out Of the county privately, or con-
cealing himself so that the ordi airy pr, cess
Of law cannot DO served up him or has
a7sconded, or is abseondng or concealiDg
himself; or has fraudulently disposed Of. or
is about fraudulently to dispose Of his proper
ty; It Is therefore ordered that said defend
ant make his personal appearance before me
on the 7th day Of March, 1888. at 10
o'clock m, at nv office, No. Madison
street, Memphis, Tennessee, and defend
said attachment suit within the time pre-
scribed by law, or the same will be proceeded
with ex-parte; and that copy Of this order
be published once week for four weeks In
the Public Ledger.
This the SOth day Of January, 1889.
1877 1913 lSo lI5
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Non.ResidentNo MOI &c.

No. l66, R DIN the Bartlett Circuit Court Of
Shelby County, Tenn. Lena Armstead VS.
Prewitt Armstead-Divorcs.
TT appearing tom the tition filed In thl5
i cause, which is sworn to, that the defend
the State of Tenntssse, and a reside / Of he
State Of Mississippi It Is therefore ordered
that he max. HE personal NJ pea ance herein,
At the courthouse. in the town Of Bartlett,
Shelby county, Te nestee, on the cond
Monday in March, 49,, and plead. answer
Or demur TO eomplai9ant's bill, or same will
hearing ex-paTte; and thai copy OF this
order be published once week for four sHo-
cessiye weeks In the Public Ledger, of Mem
phis, Tennessee.
This 9Th day Of February, 1888.
A copy Attest:
Brooks 4 Hammer, soils tor complainant.
14 10 TAT lbf
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The subscription price Of the
DAILY PUBLIC LEDGER is So per
GnuoB and SOs ,oz month fer less
than one year, The WEEKLY
LEDGER is 81 per annum-pOstage
free. Payable in advance invaria-
bly,.
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No. 476-In the Probate Court Of Shelby ooun.
", Tenn.-JOhn League Public Admins
traitor Of Shelby county, and az such All.
minitrator of the estate Of h. b. Williford
". Mrs. fannie WillifJId ct al.
I appearing from the original bill, which is
l sworn 10. in this cause that the defendant
William II. Williford is a resideI OF Critten-
deu county Arkansas, md non resident Of
the btate Of Tennessee, 1t is therefore ordered
that he make his appearance hereiu,at the
courthouse Of Shelby county, In Memphis,
Tenn:,o or before the first Mond y m
March, 1881. end plead, answer or dsmur u
complainant bill, or the same will Be taken
for confessed as to him and set for hearinS
eX parte, and that copy Of this order b
published once q week, for four successive
weeks. in the Public Ledger.
This let day Of February 1888.
A oopy-Attest;
Il B CULLEN. Clerk.
By Louis Kettman, D. @.
hobert K. League, sol. for eOmr laiuant.
ly0 13c lA2 IAg
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INsOLvENT NOTICE.
STATE OF TENEEssRE, SHKLBY Co., h
OFFT0r Couurv CnK - n yov

STATE OF TENEEssEE, 6gRLBY COL
0FPIOE County Coz ar CLRRK,
Memphis Tenn, January 81, l88a
70 1hn Duffy and John Walsh, executors
Of Thomas Madden. deceased
LAYING euRgested the insolvency Of the
ii estate Of Thos, N ad den, deceased, you are
hereby ordered to give notice, By advertise
ment In some newspaper published within the
said State, and also at the courthouse door ef
Shelby county,for all persons having claims
against said estate, 70 APT sar and file the
Same, with the Clerk Of the county Court au-
thenticaied in the nj inner prescribed BY law,
on CT before the LIST LAY Of May, 1888:
and any claim not fled on o. before Eaid day
or before an appropriation Of the funds Of said
estate is made, shall be foreFer barred, both
In law and equity.
Witness my hand, at Office. this slst day Of
January, 1888.
HUGH B. CULLEN. Clerk.
By Louis Kettmaun, DC
Notice is hereby given as required by above
order, JOHN j. DUFFY,
JOHN WALSH,
Taylor & Carroll, Attys. i28lSIiIOi4
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Letter heads, bin heads, bills Of
'lading, envelopes, hand bills and every
other kind fjoo printing executed in
'the best style and At the lowest prices
al the PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
Office and blank book mandatory ID
Madison street, J
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Non.Resident Notice.

No. st3. in the Chancery Court Of Shelby
county. Tenn. B Ander on Commission
er, ETC., VS.. Ed A Beechtr.
I appearing from amended bill which IL
sworn to 10 thi. cause that the def, ndant.,
Mary u Beeober. B b Btechfr. n b. echer and
n Beecher, are residents of the SLATE OF
Illinois and non residents Of the State Of
Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that they
make their appearance herein, at the court
or before the frst Monday in:April. 1888,
and plead. answer or demur to com plainant'i
amended bill, or the same will be taken
for confessed as TO them and set for
hearing ex-parte and that a copy Of this
order DO published once a week, for four
sunce Ssive weeks. IN the Public ledger.
ThR sth day Of Februa y, 1888.
A oopy-Attesi:
BLACK, Clerk and Master,
ByJN Bradley. n. G. 4 NJ.
II @ King, Lee Thornton, soils for complts.
Is ltl l4T ia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19

Entered NJ the Postofice in Memphis, Tenn,
as socond-class matter.
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RIVER IETELLIsEECE
BoArs LEAvINo ro-pAY.


For Friars Point, James Lee. ........5 p m
White river, Josie Harry. 4 p m
0sceola, Coahoma. .................6 p m
Arkansaw City, Kate Adams,5 p N
BOATS LEAVING TOMORROW.
For st. Francis river, Macready.5 p m
=" Cincinnati, U. 2. Schenck..... 6a m
ARRIvED.
Steamer James Lee, Frias Point.
Coahoma. Osceola-
Z" Josie Harry, Yicksburg.
Z" j. s. Bransford White river
' Kate Adams, Arkansaw City.
Bright Light, St. Louis.
City of Baton Rouge, st. Louis.
Will s. Hays New Orleans,
Iron Duke, New Orleans.
Nail City, New Orleans.
DEPARTED.
Steamer City Baton Rouge, New Orleans
Ida Darragh, Arkansaw river.
Bright Light, Vieksburg.
Iron Duke, Ohio river.
Nail City, New Orleans.
IN PORT.
Josie Harry, j. s. Bransford, james
Lee, Ooahoma, Kate Adams, Will s
Hays.
HIGH WATER MARK.
The high water level of the food o.
1882 at the port Of Memphis wa,
reached on March 9th, when the gov
eminent gauge at the foot Of Jeffer
sou street read IS feet 2 inches.
STAGES OF THE RIVERS,
| Memphis-32 feet 4 inches, a rise o
| y inches during the past 48 hours
aud 2 feet 10 inches below high waite
mark.
Pittsburg-l7 feet 6incheO,a declin
OF inches.
Cinoinnati-5S feet 4 inches, a de
cline Of 3 feet IL inches
Louisville-4O feet 8 inches, dc
cline Of 3 feet 8 inches.
Evansville-47 feet 3 inches, rii
Of 3 inches,
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nrisuIsaIpp, and Fonnessee.


Nav Orleans Mail daily 1885 IN 10 10 am
SundayC -, ...... 3.45 pm % Am
Freight train ,car'g p'g'sl ~ a N l.tO p.m
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Lonl1VaI1e ans nashville Railroad
City Timel LHAvH. ARRIvn.
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Memphis ana Charleston.
LHAvE. ARRIvH.

LAAVhs AkkINhs
City time) --l-----
Through Express, daily 80 pm. I'D am
Local Mail 4 Exp es,d y SID am. 800 p. m
6Omorville Accom- datn
daily Except Sunday)..l SIS p.n.i SIC g. e.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
RAILROAD TIMETABLES.

Cnesapeane, ONO . sou.nwest0rn
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Erpresa daily ...,.,..,....,. Il lOp.m. 4.40 am
Nall, daily. ...,............... Is am. 20 pm
Through Passenger A
oomm0datiOn-...... ,,.... l0:4O An. $3.50 pm
Brownsville Accom- DIN
daily Except bundaysll 4.b5 Pm $40 q. m
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| llIl
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memphis and LtttIe Rock.

Nashville, ChaIIanOOxa a 81. LOuis
RatIwoy.
MoRENzIK R0UTE TO NAsHV'LLE SOUTHEAST.
Pullman SIeepine Cars on all Night Trains.
Louisville Depot, Heo of Main st.
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Nonresident Notice.

Taylor & Carroll, Attys. l2s Isl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19

For Friars Point. James Lee. ,.......6 D m
White river, Josie Harry..... 4 p IN
0sceola, Coahoma. .................6 p m
ArlSansaw City, Kate Adams.5 p N
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-08-09
SCHOOL IND CHURCH.

The school authorities of St. Louis,
after q long discussion, have decided
not to abolish corporal punishment in
public schools.-H. Louis Globe. M
The railroad department of the Y.
M. c. A. work last year required an
outlay Of $75, 900, two-thirds of which
was subscribed by railroad companies.
+There are only eight eases of sui
eide mentioned IN the Bible: Abime-
lech, Samson, Saul, his armor bearer,
Ahithophel; Zimri, Rails and Judas Is
CARROT. Detroit Post.
-Dr. Jennie Trout. Of Toronto,
Christian Temperance Union, has do
mated $4,000 10 that city to establish
medical school for women. -..st.
-Fermented wine has been banished
from the communion tables OF all the
Methodist and Baptist churches in Chi
cago, and of all the Congregational
churches: except two Chicago NeaOs.
Wellesley College has beautiful
room named in honor Of. Mrs. Brown
ing, and containing Story's bust of the
poet and the manuscript of her poem,
ssLittle Matte" This manuscript was
the gift of Robert Browning
The Providence (R /. Journal re-
wives the story that. when Brown Uni
versity conferred the LII. ID. on its
henefactor, Mr.. John Carter Brown, the
modest gentleman exclaimed on hear
ing the news: .fWhat! After all
have done for them!''
The number of students in the
Presbyterian theological Seminaries
during the past year is as follows:
Princeton, 125; Union, l29; Allegheny
"A; Auburn, ~; Lane. So; Chicago, ~;
DahYille, q; San Francisco, 9: making
total of 449.
Good advice was given to the grad
uating class at Allegheny Theological
Seminary when DR.. wilson said: Young
gentlemen, study Hebrew roots, pore
over Greek verbs. read Latin, and, il
you have time ard desire, translate an
cient heiroglyphScs; but charge y0u
when you 60 into the pulpit to preach
the Gospel to use plain Anglo-Saxon. =
Philadelphia Press.
John Wesley once wrote to one of
his followers letter, which contained a
bank note and the text: Trust in the
Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell
in the land, and verify thou shalt be
fed. His follower replied that be had
often been struck with the beauty of the
text, but had never seen such useful ex-
| pository notes on it before
Some of the Hindus believe in s..
400, 600 suceessive varieties of existence
| for each mortal after death.s How they
arrive with exacsness at this number Is
not definitely known BY our theologians.
The great question which just now agi-
tates our theologians is whether there Is
or is not state OF probation after death.
in which q sinful soul may repent. An.
thorities on this point seem to. be
strangely naked. IN r San. u
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-08-09
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A time-honored courtroom The.
front parlor. IN II Nesos.
IA tshopkeeper having had stormy
discussion with his better half, put the
shutters up and affixed the following
notice: s.Closed during alterations. |:
-Bro0klya Eagle. MHe
If you should find diamond as big
as lemon no one would buy-it Of you
at its true value and you would be
miserable. Don t.ffnd one larger than
a marble. Detroit Free Press. z9t.l&
OF the three cyclones in Michigan
this year none OF them has carried
bookstore seven miles and tenderly sat
it down at the back door of some pooI
but worthy widow. = ExctGnge. 81 s4A 4
The spelling reform mania which
ragged a short time since has passed
away, and the man who spells COW with
a kean no longer pass for d Greel
scholar. Philadelphia GAro7licle,
The crier in village announced to
the inhabitants By proclamation that
the dirt must be Immediately removed
from the streets, orotherwise the parish
authorities would take it into their oscB
hands Chicago Tribune. 1ss
i'm digging O. canal across Florida Il
is found that the work win not require
any locks. And even IL il was full oil
locks and the locks wouldn't work.
they could send out and get the Florida
Keys Pittsburgh Telegraph. @ VI
-sfWoman's FightsH1 exclaimed o
Philadelphia man, when the sHbjecs
was broached: "What more rights do
they wanta Ny wife bosses me, ON.
daughters boss both, and the servant
girl bosses the whole family It's time
the men were allowed some rights ; - Il
Philadelphia .Ne,ps
School committeeman examining 4
scholar -eWhere is the north polepf'
II don't know, sir. s.Don't knowa
Are you not ashamed that you don't
know where the north pole isgs
s.Why, sir, If Sir John Franklin, and
DR. Kane, and Captain De Long couldn't
findsit, how should / know where it iss
Chicago Times. sI8 bas In1 ]
"a New York editor recently sold,
some Of bis oil paintings and bTic-a-
brac, the sale aggregating about Q 1907
600. An editors art treasures accT-
mnlate 30 rapidly that be is obliged 20
have. a clearance sale NOW and then--
especially if he wants to spend month.
or two at Newport or Long Branch.--
sNorrsst9sen He1szld. I51s 8vfsa q
Then, If understand YOU said
merchant to q customer, ayou do not
intend to pay me the amoEtnt you owes
ssYonr understanding Is correct, cap'n a. =
.sAnd you call yourself an honest man,
do yoasn ssYes, sir. IL II were not
honest / would tell you that intend TO
pay; but, being honest, do not wish TO
| deceive you - -ArkanSaw Travctsr.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-08-09
A Suicide C,Inh.

A very extraordinary story is re-
ported from Pesth. Six youths, sons
for the most part of respectable shop
keepers, recently formed a kind of
club, and arranged among themselves
to put their spare money into a general
fund and to spend it from time to time
in social enjoyment together. Ere many
weeks elapsed, however, not only the
spare. cash, but also every krelIbzer
these young fellows possessed in the
world, vanished in mild dissipation;
and the members Of the club strangely
determined that, as they were utterly
penniIess, they would all commit sui
eide. With this object in view they adj
iourned to wood not far from the city,
taking with them a six-chambered re-
volver, which was to be the common
instrument of DEATH. A boy of seven
teen was the first to put the decision
into practice. He deliberately fired one
bali into his neck and q second into his
breast, and then fell. Therehpon four
of the survivors lost heart and lied; but
the fifth, not deferred by the sight Of the
bleeding body Of bis friend, picked up
the pistol and discharged it in the direc-
ton of his heart. One of the foolish
youngsters was fatally wounded but
the other, it is expected, will recover.
and, it may be hoped, viii join no mora
suicide clubs.-St. James Gazette.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-08-09
How the Cables We're Made for Ene
Brooklyn Bridge.

After the towers had been built and
the anchorages made ready. then came
the strangest work of ALL To make
the cables and then put them over the
towers would be difficult matter Very
likely it could not be done at all. So
the cables were made, Just where they
hang, one small wire at a time. The
cables are not chains with links, nor are
they twisted like ropes. They are
bundles of straight wires laid side by
side, and bound together by wires
wound tightly around the outside.
They called the work weaving the
cable.
Atthe Brooklyn anchorage was placed
q powerful steamer gine, and on the
top of the anchorage were placed two
large wheels, and with the aid of proper
machinery the engine caused these
wheels to turn forward or backward.
From each wheel was stretched steel
rope to the top of the Brooklyn tower,
oyer the river, over the other tower,
and down to the New York anchorage.
Here it passed over another wheel, and
then stretched all the way back again.
The ends were fastened together, MAX
ing an endless rope, and when the en-
gine moved, the ropes travelled to and
fro over the river. For this reason they
were called the i" travellers.
There were, besides these travellers,
two more ropes placed side by side.
On these were laid short pieces of oak,
thus making t-bridge on which the
workmen could cross the river.
There were also other ropes for sup
porting platforms, on which the men
stood as the weaving went on. On
each traveller was hung an iron wheel,
and as the traveller moved, the wheel
went with it. kk
It took only ten minutes to send two
wires over the river in this way, The
men on the foot-bridge and on the plat
forms suspended from the other ropes
guided the two wires into place, and
thus the cables were woven, little by
little, two slender steel wires each time,
and carefully laid in the place till ), 434
cable, fifteen and three-quarter inches
in diameter. The work was fairly
started by the 18th Of June, 1877, and
the last wire was laid October 5, 1873.
| There are four cables, each 3,578f feet
4 long, and IL all the wires IN the TOUR
cables were placed in line, they would
reach over fourteen thousand miles.
The work was long and dangerous.
/ Sometimes the wire would break and
| fall into the water, and an hour or more
/ would be spent in hauling it mp and
starting once more. The men on the
| foot-bridge or on the cradles high In
| the air watched every wire as it was
laid in place. To start and stop the
engine, men stood on the top Of the
towers and waved signal flags to the
engineer. Such mass of wires would
not very easily keep in place; and as
the work went on, a number of wires
were bound together into little bundles
or ropes, and at the end all were bound
together into one smooth round bundle
or cable Charles Barnard, IN So.
Nicholas.