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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-20
irish Lace Making.

In accordance with the wishes ex.
pressed by the authorities Of the
Schools Of Art and the Industrial
Exhibitions now being held at Cork
and at limerick, the Lords of the
Oommitte Of Council on Education
recently deputed Mr.. Alan Cole Of
the Science and Art Department,
South Kensington, to deliver lectures
upon the artof lace making at both
these towns. These lectures, fully
reported by the local press, we're de-
livered inthe course Of last week and
the early part Of the present week, and
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-20

DR.. r Y. Pierce's Golden NJ edical
Discovery" cures every kind of hu
NOR, from the common pimple or
eruption to the worst scrofuls.
-Four to six bottles cure salt>rheum
or letter.
One to five bottles pgre the worst
kild Of pimples on the face.
Two TO four bottles clear the system
OF boils, carbuncles and sores.
Five to eight bottles cure corrupt
or running ulcers and the worst sCrof.
MA
By druggists, and in half-dozen aud
dozen lots at great discount.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-20

The PUBLIC LEDGER job printin.
Office and blank book mandatory, IL
Madison street executS % every class OF
such work In good style and at low
rates,
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Ia the Year Of Grace, 2s7s.
vicksburE Herald. II.

The live, progressive men Of Nerd
ian are putting their shoulders ener.
getlcaily to the wheel for the purpose
Of Building a wooden and cotton mil
10 that go ahead city. About the year
2273, when the fossils and obstruction
lists Of this city have all passed away
when the mould has gathered upon
their tombs, sand their names are utter
y forgotten, We hope that the city Of
Vicksburg will also have cotton or a
WOODEN mill. We have any number Of
wind, aud innumerable gas mills, but
we have nothing of a more practical
character.
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MArinarv Statistics.

At the last meeting of the Louisi-
ana State Board Of Health, the PresiS
dent read some statistics Of yellow
fever epidemios from l947 to the pres
ent time. in which it was shown that
for each month in that entire time the
mortality In New Orleans was as fol-
lows.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-20
The Kind of Conversation that
Did Not Interest Him.
Boaton Tranaoripi

DObVOn transcript
A group of ladies and gentlemen sat
upon the hotel yeranda The subject
of their conversation was bathing, and
right merrily their tongues ratified
Miss. A. had to tell how frightened
she was when she first encountered the
surf Miss B. gave her infallible rules
against chills; young Mr.. q. boosted Of
his natatoTial exploits, while the
ladies gazed upon him admiriugly;
Miss D. told for the twentieth time
about her such time this morning"
in the salt sea waves. AS Fogg, who
sat near the party, had said NOTHING
all this time, it occurred to one of the
ladies to remark: Il suppose our con
versStion doesn't interest you very
much, Mr.. Fogg?" "Not particularly, .
he replied, the subject hasn't the
charm Of newness to me, you see. l
frequently battle when | am ct home. "
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trustees Sale.

RY virtue Of the powers conferred upon the
ID undersigned as trustees. In two certain
trust deeds to-wit: One executed April 18th,
1873, By w W Guy snd J II Mcclellan, BY
which they conveyed to r L Coffin, trustee,
Ihe land therein described to secure the
debt therein named and, giving said trustee
power Of sale upon default of payment a.
therein set forth; ana the other executed
July 10Th, 1881. by j H Mcclellan, surviving
Rerther, conveying same property to NJ B
Irezevant, az trustee, TO secure the debt
therein named, with authority in said trustee
70 sell upon the default therein nA med and
default having been made under both trust
deede, the sal trustees will by virtue Of the
powers conferred upon them In said trust
deeds on
Monday, September 10, 1883,
at 70 clock at the southwest corner Of Main
and Madison streets, in the city Of Memphis,
sell at public auction, TO the highest bidder,
for cash, the following described land stu
county, Tennessee, to-wit:
Part Of lots Fix and seven in hesubdiyision
Of county lot 4a3, bouaded a follows: Be-
|0inninE on the south side Of Court street at
the southeast corner of the brick cotton shed,
about eight and one-half feet east Of the east
line Of lot No I; running thence south thirty
two degrees west with the east line Of said
Gotten shed two hundred and eleven feet 70
the north aide Of Madison street; thence
west With the nqrth line Of Madison street
one hundred and twenty-nine feet to the cor
ner of'W II Mason'g Lots thence north twenty
eight and three-qusrters degrees with the
east line Of said Mason's lot about two hun
bred and fOrty-three feet to the south line Of
Court street; thence eastwardly to the south
side Of Court street one hundred and twenty
ave feet TO the beginning, heirs tAs same lot
now occupied BY BOHssis brolhers as 4 cot
ton warehouse.
Fsuity Of redemption and dover waived,
and title believed to DO good, but We will
convey only as trustees Aforesaid,
II IA COFFIN.
NJ B TREzEYANT,
H7 Trustees.
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.DENSICNSa,,jE7sos.A. Al, J.,

ors whO were disabled by wounds. dis
8 ease. accident, or otherwise, Inc loss If
toe, piles, varicose veins, chronic
diarThes, rupture, loss Of sight or (partiallv
so,l loss Of hearing, falling back of Ineasles.
rheumatism, any disability, no matter how
slight, gives you a pension. New and
Honorable Discharges OBTAINED.
Widows, children, mothers and fathers
OF soldiers dying ia the service, or after
received while in the service, are entitled 10
pension. Rejected and abandoned claims a
speciality. Bounty. Back Pay, aES
Horse Claims COlleOted
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he PUBLIC ALEdGER job printing
off =, A,'i blank book meuufactory, Ii
MAIDS - cot ov99rtf very class
of .a.b s,rk n'', We aud at low
Prices. '
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-20

The only scientific Iron Medicine that
does not produce headache, etc., but gives
to the system all the benefits ofiron with
out its bad effects, is Browns Iron Bit.
tera
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INCREASE YOUR PENSION.

A pension can be increased at any TINA
when the disability warrants it. AZ Won
grow older the wound has gradually under
mined the constitution, the disease has
the disability has increased; so apply for an
increase at once. 'N- IN
Land and Patent Claims Solicited
My experience, and being here at head
sperters enables me to attend pr mptly TO an
free, Address, with stamp:
M. V. TIERNEY,
Box 4S5, Washington. r.. q.
h2vYvvii6
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CATARRH or rae BLADDER.

Singing irritation, inflammation, all
Kidney and Urinary Complaints, cured
BY "Buchu- paibA," 81,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-20

FRONT ROYAL, VA.-Dr, G., II. Hill
says Browns Iron Bittera seems to give
general satisfaction, ] recommend il
stronalv
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p.1u KQBEkTJ BLACK, Anam
By M Bradley. y G aud " anu NJ
and 2 " Heiskell,sol so- eompls,.ent
stf liS li9 1858
Connecticut western news., 1883-06-20
A Heavy Verdict.

Miss Annie B. Crandell, a bright-eyed damsel, tastefully attired in q red silk dress and wearing a iaunty summer hat, appeared as plaintiff in Judge Richard O'Gorman's court, ill New York city, in a suit to recover $5O,000 damages for breach of promise of marriage against William G. Quin, blonde gentleman of youthful appearance. Miss Crandell is the daughter of Justice Crandell, of New Baltimore, Greene county, and MT. Quin is the son of wealthy plumber, for merly living in New York. The parties in the suit became acquainted in 1874. Mr. Quin at that time had not reached his majority, and Miss Crandell was still ill her teens. The juvenile acquaintance thus begun soon ripened into warm at tachment, and MT. Quin became fre- quent caller upon Miss Crandell. The young lady in the winter frequently visited her sister in Brooklyn, and 1t was there MT. Quin visited her. Miss Crandell claims that when the defendant came to New Baltimore in the summer of 1875 he promised to marry her. Four
 years afterwald he married another young lady, named Sarah J. Policy, and hence the suit. The jury brought in a verdict for $15, ,OOO in favor of the young lady which made her heart very glad.
Connecticut western news., 1883-06-20
A Circus Fright.

There was almost panic at an after noon performance of Barnums circus in Chicago. The place was completely packed, over fifteen thousand persons being present. The grand entry was being made, when one of the elephants, attached to a chariot, became frightened and went believing around the ring, dashing into the procession and smash ing one or two of the lighter chariots. To add to the confusion one of the lady charioteers abandoned her horses, and they went dashing around the ring
 The wild beasts frightened at the up- roar, began believing and beating the bars of their cages, and tho rest of the elephants became frightened and manageable. The vast audience con- posed largely of women and children, were greatly terrified and rose up in their seats, and those near the exit made rush and jam. For few moments a general panic and fearful loss of life seemed inevitable, but the continued playing of the band reassured the fright
 ened multitude somewhat, and the em
 ployees succeeded in getting the unruly animals out of the ring and restoring
 quiet. No one was seriously injured.
Connecticut western news., 1883-06-20
The COntinentals ill Boston.

The Boston Lancers gave the Con- tinental Guards of New Orleans 8 right royal time. In the course of his address Gov. Butler said:
 A word to our guests. You come to us with the best pledge that you belong to us. You come in the uniform of our Revolutionary fathers, as they were clothed who fought on Bunker Hill, and we could not do otherwise than receive to our hearts that uniform, whomsoever may wear it. You come to us with the pledge that, between N orth and South, all combat is ended, all rivalry crushed out, except the rivalry in well doing, springing from the arts of peace and the prosperity of our several sections, no one of which can be harmed without assailing the other. You come to me with peculiar relations. You came from the city of New Orleans, where once l entered as your enemy, but left it your friend. Read, if you will--if you have not forgotten them-the words of our parting, when I told you that there was but one curse which had been the bane of your prosperity, and that was the curse of slavery. You doubted me then. You know it now; for New Orleans, under free institutions, with equality of all men before the law, is now springing into that position which belongs to her as the chief metropolitan city of the South and this nation, which ought to and will soon rival the metropolitan city | of New York.
 The Governors remarks created a furor of applause among the guests.
Connecticut western news., 1883-06-20
THE STAR ROUTE CASE.
How the Verdict was Reached.

MT. John H. Crane, the foreman of the Star Route jury, said to Star re- porter that the jury voted first on the question as to whether there was con- spiracy. It was then proposed, after some discus sion, to vote upon the guilt or innocence of the individuals, which, of course, would carry the conspiracy with it. "John w. Dorsey headed the list, and we acquittedhim the first night. Then we came to Vaile and acquitted him. Then, think, it stood ten to two on Stephen W. Dorsey, ten to two on Brady, and nine to three on Miner That is the way the jury stood up to this morning, though I believe there was a change of one vote on Stephen w. Dor sey last night, making it stand eleven to one ill his case.
 "Was there much argument in the iury-room ?" asked the reporter.
 'We discussed the case up to midnight the first night" said MT. Crane, ''and then again the next morning as 8 regn- larly organized body. After that we discussed 1t in groups"
 "There was not man on the jury who believed a word that Rerdell or Moore said or much of what Walsh said, he continued. ''It was an improbable story that Walsh would allow Brady to take $25, ,OOO in his notes from him and put them into his pocket and then part with him like philosopher. It was too ab- surd. A man of his ilk, if Brady should do such thing, was likely at least to sing out, Stop thief The manufac- tured evidence," continued MT. Crane, "of course had great effect on the jury the Chico letter and other things. The jury felt that while there were un- doubtedly some suspicious there was no positive evidence to warrant breaking up five families.
 Speaking of further proceedings against the defendants who have not been acquitted, Counselor Bliss said he thought the cases against Brady, Kell- ogg and others who were indicted witt Brady would go over until the fall, as Judge Wylie proposed to hear cases O. local importance before again taking ul the Star-route cases. Against the Dor seys, Vaile and Miner there were practi cally no more criminal cases.
 One indictment against them was o1 record, but it was the one which hat been laid aside because of the fact tha Rerdells initials and Vaile's name wal improperly set down in it, and moreover it did not differ materially from the on' upon which the jury had just rendered verdict of acquittal.
Connecticut western news., 1883-06-20
Sentenced to Penal Servitude.

Lord Chief. Justice Coleridge in be- ginning his charge to the jury against the Americans, charged with using dyna- mite in London, said:
 The crime with which the prisoners are charged is one of the gravest and heaviest possible. will not describe the calam- it1es which the explosives might have caused, and desire that both you and myself shall consider the facts of the case with judicial calmness. Society could not exist if the offence charged against the prisoners was not within the grasp of the law. When it was proved there should not be the slightest faltering on the part of either judges or juries, it i5 sufficient for the jury to convict the prisoners if they think that one or more of them have meditated violence against public property or the lives of the Queens subjects for the purpose of over- awing the Government The case against Dr. Thomas Gallagher, Whitehead and Wilson is much stronger than it is against the others. Although it is not required by the letter of the law, 1t is advisable that the evidence of an approver should be corroborated. A large amount of American money having been found on Dr. Gallagher when he was arrested. tended to confirm the statement of Lynch (the ,informer) that Gallagher was one of the chief organizers in Amer ica and London of the conspiracy.
 Although Dr. Gallagher's sister had been called as witness there had been no attempt to prove that the money had been earned in the ordinary course of business. Lynch's evidence had been 1 confirmed in several other important points, and he believed it was generally trustworthy. He declared that the as- sertion that the nitro -glycerine was for legitimate purpose was incredible when one considered the reckless man. her in which a quantity sufficient to blow up half of London had been jolted about on cabs. No legitimate trader would have resorted to such means of conveyance. In conclusion, he said it was most important that society should be protected, and, on the other hand, that aliens should not be convicted of however grave crime unless on the clearest evidence
 The jury retired at 5:3O o'clock. After a short time they returned to the court room and announced that they had found a verdict of guilty against Dr.. Galla gher, Wilson, Whitehead and Curtin and verdict of not guilty in the case of Ansburgh and Bernard Gallagher The four men found guilty were the1 sentenced to penal servitude for life.
Connecticut western news., 1883-06-20

She heard it, and bent down, while her warm tears fell upon my face like rain.
 ''You know me-" she said, softly. '1 was afraid you would die without know ing that friend was near you at the last, I am so glad P
 "Give him this wine, said the doctor.
 And I swallowed the draught from her hand, and it gave me new lease of life.
 "I shall not die now," I said. "How can I? I have found my Faith again '"
 "He mustn't talk," said the doctor, peremptorily. "Keep him perfectly quiet, and there is hope of his pulling through yet"
 But chung to Faiths hand and would not let go of it. And she, to quiet me, sat down by my bed and took both my hands in hers, and smiled upon me through her tears.
 There was something restful ill her smile, and felt drowsiness stealing over me soon, and then slept deep, sweet, refreshing sleep, from which I awoke, to find her sitting by my bed still.
 q thought I had lost you, " said. "I searched everywhere for you. Where were you?''
 Earning my bread" she answered, "and trying to forget youp' ma r orioI SsXNbu did you want to do that, Faith 9 Then she told me that Miss Grayle tried to make her think that I was amusing myself with her. She had not believed the story then, but she thought it better to go away. And she went, but not without telling Alice Grayle where she was going to. She had thought it quite likely that I would come to her, but, as time went on and l did not come, she began to believe that Miss Grayle was right, and that I had not cared for her.
 Forgive me for doubting you p she said: "but was so lonesome, so friend less, that doubted everybody-every. thing ]"
 ''Let us forget the past, dear," said, and drew her cheek down to mine, and kissed her.
 And she answered, softly:
 "Yes, dear, we will forget.' hardly think we have succeeded il quite forgetting everything that we would have had otherwise. But we have been so happy, Faith and I, that there has been no room for regret in our lives So happy There never was another woman in the world. I think, like my true Faith, and because my life has beer so full of happiness, because of Faith, ] pity those who are ,faithless.-IIIets tr0ted World.
Connecticut western news., 1883-06-20

A. D. Boyd have been retained as coun- sel for young Mutt, and a strong effort will be made to have the Hon. Charles E. Boyle join these gentleman ill the defence. MT. Boyle was waited on by number of Dukes's friends who asked him to conduct the prosecution, but he refused to do so, and it is a question whether there is @ member of the bar in Fayette county who will appear against Mutt. The task will probably fall upon the District Attorney.
 A rumor became current in the vicin- ity of Uniontown that Mrs. Mutt had en- couraged her son to attack and slay Dukes. c. H. Rush, the leading mer- chant of Uniontown, and one who is in 8 position to know, brands this as ser tion as most infamous lie. MT. Rush says that to his certain knowledge Mrs. Mutt did everything loving mother could do to keep her son from attacking his fathers murderer, and consistently urged her boy to give her 8 solemn promise that he would not attack Dukes. It is said that Dukes met young Mutt on the street and laughed in his face in a sneering manner, and thus himself pro- voked the tragedy.
 It would seem as though Dukes was afraid of young Mutt, as the latter's ac- tions in Uniontown were well known. The boy had obtained pistol and prac- ticed with it daily shooting at mark, and this action quite alarmed his mother and sisters.
 Dukes's mother is inconsolable over the death of her son. She says that she frequently warned him to stay away from Uniontown, and that he always re piled that he was not afraid.
Connecticut western news., 1883-06-20
OLD SHOES.

How much man is like old shoes! For instance: Both a soul may lose; Both have been tanned; both are made tight By cobblers; both get left and right; Both need mate to be complete, And both are made to go on feet. They both need heehng, oft are soled, And both in time turn all to mould.
 With shoes the last is first; with men The first shall be the last; and when The shoes wear out they're mended new; When men wear out they're men-dead, too. They both are trod upon, and both Will tread on others, nothing 10th. Both have their ties and both incline When polished in the world to shine; And both peg out-and would you choose To be man or be his shoes
Connecticut western news., 1883-06-20


 unless he steals. There is too much ."-Teras Siftings.
 STUDENTS TRICK.
 The religious papers are telling the story on the late Bishop Peck, that twenty years ago, when he was president of college, he went as a delegate to a Methodist conference at Staunton, Va. There is lunatic asylum there, and the students of the college wrote to the superintendent of the asylum that crazy man, who imagined that he was Bishop Peck, had escaped, and it was expected he would appear at the con- ference, and requesting the superintend- ent to confine him in the asylum until friends could send for him. A descrip- tion of the good bishop was sent, and when he arrived at Staunton he found carriage waiting on him, and he was driven to the asylum, where he remained twenty four hours before the ministers could get him out. These 600 students are all ministers now, but
 
 CARVING A TURKEY.
 The best way to carve a turkey, says Burdette, is: First-Buy turkey that died natural death at the age of ninety six years. The bluer the meat the tougher the turkey. Second-Roast it until you can strike fire out of it's breast with whet-stone. Third-Use the carving knife all year for splitting kind ling wood, opening fruit cans, joining stove pipe, potting home plants, digging fish worms and scraping knife brick. Fourth-Put the turkey on aplatter two sizes smaller than the bird. Fifth-Set the gravy close to the fowl on one side and something else easily spilled on the other. Sixth--Then invite your guests and then invite young man who has not yet learned to swear, to carve the sacrifice. He will learn in six minutes To carve? Oh, the gods pity you, no no, no; not to carve. JUST LIKE SOME OF THEM.
 At noon yesterday there were half { dozen idlers at the foot of Woodward avenue, some asleep, some looking des pondent, and two who had just assured 1 a pedestrian that they must have worl at some price or starve. A gentleman suddenly stepped out of an office an' approached one of these menand said:
 "You look like an honest man."
 "Yes, sir, I do."
 "And you are hard worker"
 "I am that"
 "I presume you could be trusted i any capacity"
 ooh, I know I could"
 Well; | have a job for you. Gu porter at the Sixth National Bank ha left us and we must fill his place. Tn only thing-that is-you sec"
 "'Do you want Q recommend ?" aske the man, as the other hesitated.
 "Oh, no, no, no You see, we hay been paying the other man $4, 900 pc year, and-and-"
 "And what, sir P
 "Well, the board has decided to cut down to $3, 5OO."
 "Then don't you take it" said tn mans partner.
 "Then I won't If I ain't worth Q much as the other man was, the boar can do its own sweeping !'
 The gentleman walked back into tn office the winner of box of cigars. H had wagered that he would offer th man &, 800 year, and that it would h refused.-Detroit F1ee Press.
Connecticut western news., 1883-06-20

Coop SENsE.-Among the passengers who arrived on the Carrollton train, says 8 Georgia paper, was 8 young white man with his hands bound by a strong cotton rope. He was accompanied by @ stout man, half-drunk, Who said he was Sheriff Bird, of Heard county, on the way to a lunatic asylum with his pris- oner. He put the young man in the calaboose and went around town on a drunken spree. When the time came to take the outgoing train, Sheriff Bird asked the alleged lunatic to go down town with him and get drunk. The latter replied: "No, sir; you are drunk now of my money