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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06
FREE SPEECH IN THE NORTH
Or q Specimen Of "PIantauOn
Manners" ia Ohio.


HAMILTON DEPOT, o., February 1.
john UOonner, the OK priest. tried
to lecture at Finsell's Hall, on High
street, tonight. The hall, a small
affair, was roughly seated with pine
boards and chairs. A small audience
OF about fifty persons were present
which later was increased by the ac.
cesslon Of a crowd of boisterous bows
and rOughs. The police had hard
work to keep the doorway clear, Re-
marks were necessarily made in the
rear OF the hall which increased to
groans, curses and cheers. The lee,
turer began by stating when and where
ne became a priest, and was inter.
rupted by an egg from the rear of the
hall. de made an earnest appeal then
for the right Of free speech. was again
interrupted, and again appealed to the
m%anliness Of those present and their
sense Of respect for the few ladies in
attendance, and cries of "order!" sit
down." etc were heard on all sides.
aud missiles again few, breaking win
dows, causing the audience to rise to
their feet. The confusion was ins
creased by the appearance of police.
men, who Immediately arrested the
lecturer, receiving themselves q show.
or OF eggs. He was escorted from the
hall. Tho mob believing him under
arrest, the lights were turned down.
when women screamed, men swore and
scutled, chairs aud seats were broken.
and for a while a pandemonium exs
listed. Mayor PuthoH says the arrest
Of O'Cenner was made at the request
OF the parties who own the hall. and
seems TO have been fortunate for the
lecturer, as he might have been rough,
ly dealt with by the rioters.
The riot in itself was the most dis.
graceful affair which ever occurred
here. II being Sunday evening, the
most respectable wero at church, and
the hall Is located 10 an obscure part
OF the town, where a saloon was once
kept.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06
rOIlcE POINTS.

George Lewis, threats to kill, was
discharged.
Only four dollars in money we're
taken in to-day.
Thirteen arrests we're made by the
police yesterday.
Charles Williams, charged with
watch stealing, was discharged.
@Dave Hunt, hitting another fellow
with a brick, will be tried tomorrow.
The s~tatiOnhouse is anything but a
comfortable lodging this weather, in
spite Of the stoves.
A fine Of ten dollars was imposed
upon Dan Brady, but held up on his
promise to behave himself.
Jimmy Scully promised to put more
water in his brandy next time and
was allowed to go on payment of the
regular price-$2.
A fourteen year old girl, who was
caught out late last night walking the
streets alone, was locked up all night
and lectured this merning.
Hattie Cowan had a rather cold
couch yesterday upon a drift Of snow,
sleet and ice in an out. Of. the way
alley. Her hotel bill was ten dollars.
Can | have some one go with me
to get my 6ne2' the prisoner asked as
he was being led back. Keep quiet"
is the answer of the Judge, "the dea-
con will pass round with the hat d.
rectly."
What you need" said the learned
Judge to a man in trouble on account
OF domestic affairs, what you need,
Jack, is to keep your wife busy.
That's sound philosophy; for much
v%isitin' and too much prayer meetin'
will ruin any woman.
Somebody pawned Sim Jones coat
and Sim found it and had the sup
posed pawner arrested. The broker
could not swear positively to the sus-
pect and the case was dismissed.
Pawnbrokers have a convenient mem
DRY, and are of no use to the police on
the witness stand. They never know
anything we'll enough to swear to it.
A darby named Steve Bowman was
caught sneaking along the levee yes
terday with a piece Of timber belong
ing to one Of the skiff men. He was
taken in, load aud all, and this morn
ing the Judge ordered him to. carry
the scantlihg back, through the
streets, to the place from which he
took it. His punishment was sufi 4.
cient for the crime.
A barber named Henry Howard
was arrested yesterday on the com.
plaiLt of a country darby for over
charging. Howard said he had dyed
the cOuntryman'sSmOustache and had
not charged full price. "You can see
a few gray hairs now, Judge said
Howard. 81 charged him only hall
price, and SO | couldn't afford to dye
them ALL" The barber was leetured
and discharged.
Mrs. Jack Isham tells a woeiul
story Of Mr. Jacks treatment of her,
Not satisfied with driving her from
the house, he insisted upon her going
at once, without changing her dress.
She Crawled under the house and re.
NAMED until morning, and then got
out and started back into the kitchen
When half way she saw Mr.. Jack
approaching and was paralyzed. The
ground was so slippery she couldu'l
run, and so she stood still and awaited
consequences. Jack simply ordered
her to move on, aud assisted her to Dc
so. His story matched hers, and
both we're leetured and discharged.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06
THE:BALL TONIGHT
At the Exposition Everything
Ready.

The grand mask ball comes Of and
everything points to alarge attendance.
Stoves we're put in the building this
morning and fires started with a view
to the comfort of the people. "WhO
will get the kid?" is asked in all cir
Giles, and the contest Tor it will be
lively.
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NECK AND NECK WITH The
GRAY.
The Race In which Peter Cooper
Was Jockey OF q Primi-
tive Locomotive.
New York Sun.


In lis lecture last evening on the
Growth Of the Locomotive Engine
before the Engineering Society Of The
School OF Mines Of Columbia COLLEGE
Professor I. R.. Hutton told the story
OF a race between Peter Cooper.
engine and an old gray car horse. more
than hail a century ago. lie said thai
one Of the chief obstacles to the at.
tainment Of high speed in those DAYS
was the lack Of a sufficient drauQht
through the fire box. In the stack Of
Peter Cooper's small experimental
engine, the Aues of which were made
Of gun barrels, was a fan wheel run
by q belt to increase the draught.
With this device it was thought that
the locomotive would outrun the car
horse, and q race was arranged, the
engine and the horse car to run on
parallel tracks. The start was
even, the lecturer said, but the engine
soon began to draw away from the nag.
The distance vas increased, and the
prospect Of a brilliant victory for the
locomotive was all that could have
been desired, when the belt slipped
of from the fan wheel. Peter Cooper
lacerated his hands in an attempt 10
readjust the belt, but it proved fruit
less, and instead of ~distancing the old
gray horse, his locomotive and the ex-
perienced nag came in neck ard neck.
Among the pictures thrown Upon
the screen was that Of the locomotive.
BEST Friend" which was used on
the Charleston and Hamburg railroad
IN 1890. The position Of the negro
fireman was well up 10 front, and the
noise Of steam escaping from the
safety valve annoyed him. He in.
vented a method Of doing away with
the annoyance. IL consisted Of pull.
ing the valve rope taut and sitting on
it. II worked till the boiler burst and
the darky was blown out Of the som.
paly's employ,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06
II LOVELY LILY.
She Puts Her Pretty Head on the
Gait House Pillows To-
Morrow Night.


NOuftof-JOufnn', D.
Mrs. Langtry, the lovely Lily Of the
Isle, will arrive in Louisville next
Wednesday afternoon from Nashville.
and rest from her labors that evening.
She makes her first appearance before
the "glittering horse shoe" at Macau.
ley's Thursday evening in "The
Honeymoon"
An artistic suite of rooms has been
arranged for the we'll advertised lady
at the Gait House, where she will re-
ceive every attention this latitude
affords. She will rest on a couch of
swans down, the coverlid Of which is
cream satin ovcrlaid with Spanish
lace and bordered with the richest
jacqueminot roses. Her boudoiris so
beautiful that she will look like the
golden lance rising from the heart of a
Gala lily.
Mrs. Langtry comes among a chiv.
alrous people, and she as the right
native here. and to the manner
born"-to receive that courteous
treatment that labitually character.
ICES the Southron. She has been
caustically criticised and even cruelty
%caricatured in other cities, but Lou
isville will see that she has fair play.
Let her playing be picked to pieces,
4 needs be, and her beauty put to the
blush by comparison with Kentucky
pulchritude, but let it be done 10
"decency and order" Mrs. Langtry
is seeking shekels in this country.
She travels some on her shape; some
on her histrionic hopes. You pay
your money and take your choice.
mo likee, no takee.' No put up or
shut up.
1t is not known whether the gor-
geous Mr. Gebhardt will give us his
presence or not. II he comes, he will
be treated as a gentleman at the usual
hotel rates, aud will not be challenged
from this office Up to this writing
he has not sent his card or photograph,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06
Passenger Train Teleseoped.


There were no ashes on the north
side OF Poplar street this morning;
nothing but ice aud the s.cekest kind
Of ice at that. 1t was not the kind Of
a pavement to fool with, because il
had a way Of getting up on its hind
legs and whRcking the fellow on the
pose that INDUCED in too much famil
iarity with it. About half past eight
o'clock old Grubbs started out to walk
down With three Of the little Grubbses
swung to his coat tail to be hauled to
school. About the same time old
Swab started out to see a sick
ueighbor who owed him some money,
snd bore down upon Grubb, on the
came track. sWab tried to sidetrack
when he came up close, aud Grub
tried to put on brakes. Neither sue
ceeded, and the Grub train collided
With the Syab engine. sVab bad his
smOkestack knocked of and his boiler
bHrsted. Both his driving wheels
we're disabled and hiV tender wac
completely demolished, This Grub
train was almost a total wreck. The
engine had its headlights broken in
snd Was ditshea BY the sho2l. 1t was
funny to see the Cranks and wheels
going with no track to catch on to.
The coaches in the rear we're tele.
scoped and the best engineer on
the street couldn't do anything with
them. None Of the passengers we're
killed, but they we're all seriously
damaged.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06

Except the panic Of 1879, il is hardly
probable that they will sink much
lower; at all events, il they do decline
further, the fall is not likely to be-
more than temporary. A great deal
will depend upon how the losses Of
spectators shall be met during this
month and the next. There is no rea-
son TO expect any difficulty, except that
founded on the knowledge that some
one must have lost a great deal Of
money In consequence of the fall of
prices which has taken place. If
nothing disastrous happens during the
spring months we may look for o
activity at home and in the foreign
markets.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06

The Papers are Full Of Accidents
By rail, river and sea. Look out for
falling bricks. icy walks. runaway
horses, edged tools, burns, scalds.
bruises, ETC., aud have a general acct.
dent policy in the Travellers.
MARX & BEEsDoRF, Agents,
13j 16 Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06
COTTON srATgNEET.

Hand bills Of all sizes, from the
smallest to a three sheet poster, done
with neainess and dispatch, at the
PUBLIC LEDGER job printing Office.
Prices as low as the lowest,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06
LEDGKR LIHRs

-
The end Of the carnival.
New moon in the morning.
The gay season closes tonight
Bamboo corsets, 65c. Langc's.
Comb hOney,..J. P. Carey & Co.
Rubber stamps at Haberling's.
Ozanne& Mays new store, 257 Main.
For bricks, telephone Jno.C ubbins.
For medicines telephone Joe Walter
Brown & Jones, coal dealers, 2s2
Main street.
Select oysters lac per dozen, Sig
naigo's market, 278 Second.
A pleasant little operetta is to be
given at the Tennessee Club tonight
A marriage license was issued this
morning to VIM. Hill and Mollie
n
freeman.
An enjoyable terpsicherean enter
tainment was given at the Peabody
last night.
Closing sale of crockery, glassware
ETC., at cost at A. Kohlbry & Co.'S, 81
Main street.
Deeds were recorded to-day from
b.. P. HOpson to Sarah T.. Graham
Dudley to Thomas Graham.
The ice crusted slippery highway
are bad for tramps Of both high anc
low degree, aud cause many a tumble
10 morrow is Ash Wednesday, tn,
BEGINNING Of Lent. Good Friday wi
be the ed Of next month, and Easter
Sunday the 18th.
Carnival edition Of Tines. Demo.
crat, giving cslored illustrations Of
Mardi Gras professions. can be had at
COrwin's, No. 2S Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06
Sad Bereavement 20 a Member
of the Legislature.
Naahviila nannor
Nashville Banner, s.

Hos. J. N. Thompson, member of
tho House Of Representatives from
Henry county, since the recess. has
lost his wife, q most estimable lady.
and ia himself quito low with pnoumo.
mia. he cannot be present at the
rOasssmbiMso of ths legislature, and il
is feared BY friends that he will be
unable for some sine to occupy his
seat in the House. This is much to
be regretted, as he is a gentleman Of
mature years and capable Of giving
good counsel on the various question:
coming under review. His deceased
wife was the daughter Of Judge An.
drew MoCampbell, and was uniyerl
sally esteemed for her eminent virtues
as vile, mother, friend and neighbor.
Her father is now about eighty years
old, and though blind is still useful to
the people among whom he has spent
a long and ~reproachless life.
DrFnVUN
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Notice.

Notice.
The committee in charge Of the
Pleasant Hours mask ball to be given
at Cochran Hall to night wish to an
nOunCe there will be no pOstpOnement
on account Of weather. Positively
none admitted unless holding invita-.
tons. j. Il, MARLEY,
G.. j. SCHMIDT,
j. KREssENBERG,
l33 Committee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06
The Cotton SITUATION.

Bearing in mind the fact that pres
ent prices are lower than have been
witnessed since the American war
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06

Converse would like 10 iRters
view hiS friends nj his new bill
Hard room at the Clarendon
Hotel. 1876
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06

The novelty Folding sOiA Ned.
best in the world.
hntersected Rubber Door Mats.
AMEs, BEATTIE l. Co.,
l2Sf 1863 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06
AMuNEMnNTM
fhe Coming Concerts.

The Coming Concerts.
The Kellogg rignOli troupe twill
render the following programme here
next Thursday night:
l. Piano Solo, c. Pasqain1ds.~-.~
Mr.. Adolph Close.
2. Embellishments Borgia.... Donizett;
Miss ]. DiekerlOn.
3 Aria-Barbiere de Sivigls Rossini
Nj l. q. Gottschalk.
4, Violin folo, Fantastic ...... Visuxtemps
MI. Iimothee Adamowski.
s. We'd better bide a'wee-Cla ribel
N. J. Dickerson.
6. Violin SOLO. Polonaise. ...... Adamowski
mr.. 1imothee AdRmowski.
First and fourth acts Of an Troyatore'':
Leonora-..-.-..".--.......-Mis Miss Fanny Kellogg
Azucenn-.---.-~-..-.......Miss j. Dickerson
Count d Lura...~~.~-~.Mr. L. G.. Gottschn,k
~.~-~-... .signor Rrigholi
On Friday the following will be the
programme:
/. fiabo Solo, Tannhauser March,.
.''s'''. .--~...
Mr.. Adoph Close.
2. Flower Song. Faust. ...-...... .Gnnoud
Miss J. Dickerson.
3. Romano, Faust, Dio P, sssnte.. ....G unoua
Mr.. l.. @. Gottsehalk.
4. Violin soloi Zigsuner weisen .... Sarasati
MI. Tieaothee AdamoWski.
/ BY CSleral request,
5. 'O.d Folks at HOme"..Mi Kellos0
In costume for the Bohemian Girl.
6. Goodbye, Sweetheart" ..signcr Brigno'i
I. Violin Solo, La Ronde De Lutins..
MI. Timothee Adamowski.
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL,
Selections in costumel
trine.~~-.s~.....--.-Mi Miss Fanny Kellogg
que. n OF tue O. psies."-..Miss J. Dicksrson
Defiishooi..-"".-.".~.~M r. Ia. q. GOttsehalk
- AND
Ihadd us."-.....~..-..~..~~.Signor Brignoli
Aria, | Dreamt That Dwelt in Marble
Halls,...-:..-m..--~...Miss Fanny Kellogg
Duet, The Wound Upon Thine Arm.
".--.~..,, Miss XII oRg and Sigi or Brignoli
Aria, hiss Forever Past. Miss j. Dickerson
Quartette. From the Valleys and Hills.
miss Kellogg, Miss D.ckerson,
Signor BrlgnOli and L. G.. Gottschalk
Duet, ihis Is Deed ........ ..........s........
-y-.Miss DicksrsOn and Mr.. Gottschalk
t~ntIOouctlOn .....-....-.......Mr Ad0lph Close
Meio Dramatic Music.-Mr. Il. q. Gottschslk
Polka dc Concert-.-...-~Miss Fanny Kellogg
AR, Mhsn Other Lips .,..-.....S ignOr BrignOlI
Trio Through the " GRID. Miss KEEL
logg, signor Brignoli, Mr.. lie, Gottschalk
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personal

ThOs. H.. Wilson, cabinetmaker and
upholsterer. All kinds furniture 70.
paired at short notice, 43 Jefferson. /
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06
THE CITY.

tuesday, EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1888
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06

The Kellogg BrignOli troupe Twill
render the following programme here
next Thursday night;
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-The annual
report of Frank Hatton, first assistant
postmaster general, has been laid be-
fore the postmaster general. The aver
age amount of work performed in
each division Office exceeded that of
any previous year and the bureau has
so far, as the appropriation would per-
nit, endeavoIed to meet the neceSSi-
ties of an increasing population and
to assist i'll the activity of the CONNER
cial circles, and keep pace with the
construction and extension of the
various railroads and the other
means of communication. 1t is be-
lieved that in no preceding year have
so few complaints been made
concerning the incompetency or
dishonesty in pestmasters, or delay or
confusion in the delivery and dispatch
of mail matter. The number of post
offices on June 80, 1888, was Al, 1868; in
crease during the year, 1852. The in
crease in New England was Sc; Mid
die states, 223; Southern states and
Indian territory, 725; states and terri
tories west and northwest, $50; Pa
cific slope, 6S2. Pennsylvania had the
largest number of postoffices, 3716;
New York followed with 1902, and
On O third, with 1920, the largest in
crease in number being 172; in Con-
necticut there was a decrease of one;
Lancaster county. Pa, had 1873 post
offices, the largest number in any coun-
ty ia the United States. The whole
number of presidential offices was
2143; the greatest increase was in Hi
nois. The number of money order
offices was 1857; increase, 421. The
number of removals and suspensions
during The year was 3l6 less than for
the year before, an Indication of i'm
provement in the character and habits
of persons serving as postmasters.
During the year l0,795 letters were
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

the state auditor four years, and
(three) fix the terms of service of the
judges and the clerks of the supreme
court and of the judges of the district
court of the state. Mississippi will
elect its legislature. Nebraska will
elect justice of the supreme court,
and regents of the state university.
New jersey will elect governor, part of
it's senate, and its full house of repre-
sentatives. New York will elect sec
retary of state, comptroller, treasurer,
encouragement; engineer and sur
veyor, and both branches of the legis-
lature, and vote upon proposition to
abolish contract labor from the state
prisons. Pennsylvania will elect
auditor general and state treasurer.
Virginia will elect part of its senate
and its full assembly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
HURRAH FOR BEN +!

Gov. Ben Butler, in accepting the
nomination of the Greenbackers, says,
the greenback has become the abso-
Lutte currency of the country; that
every silver and gold certificate and
every postal note is essentially
greenback-a paper currency based on
guarantee of good faith. True, q
part of the currency, gold and silver
is, in his judgment, uselessly piled up
the vaults of the treasury, but if
that were taken away still a note of
The United States would be just as
good. Upon that question, he says,
the Greenbackers have won their
fight after long and severe struggle
which commenced in obliquy and
ended in victory. He attempted, he
says, in what he wrote to the Off
GERS of the Greenback convention
last year, to pay this compliment.
His and their enemies took advantage
Of the language in which his letter
was couched to twist it for their ne
farious purposes. He trusts that he has
now made plain what he meant. The
party, he says, still has the higher and
nobler mission before it of establish
ing relations between labor and capi-
tai, which shall be just and profit
able to both, and of restraining
lawful monopolies, such as those
engaged in the transportation of
freight and passengers, within the
purposes for which they received
the sanction of the law. Organi-
cations, under forms of law which
give any undue advantages by which
the rich are made richer and the poor
poorer, ought to be sternly dealt with;
that few years ago our currency and
our public debt were such a contri-
vance. He would have all other con-
triyances, such as watering stocks,
bogus mortgages on railroads and fic-
titious valuations of the property of
incorporated companies, by which
money without proper equivalent
for it is taken from one and given to
another, abolished. Says Ben,
I'VE are not enemies of
honest capital we are its
true friends, because if capital suffers
itself to become the oppressor of an
educated, intelligent and free people,
such oppressor will be surely swept
away, and who shall say that in such
a case it ought not to be?" Now de
tell us to which party Governor Ben
does belong; to which will he say he
owes. election, to the large body of
Democrats in Massachusetts,, who
vote solidly for him, the few Green
hackers who think their party is still
alive, or to the scattering Republicans
who vote for him because they do not
want Tewkesbury atrocities repeated.
Truly Ben Butler is such Democrat
as to merit the nomination for the
presidency of a great, a good and an
honest party.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

A WASHINGTON letter says that
while ex-senator Conkling was lately
in that city he repeated to some friends
the opinion which he is said to have
expressed several times within the
last year, that the Democrats would
elect the next president. He said he
took no personal interest in politics
but thought both the great parties
would break up and new parties be
formed after the next presidential
election. Judge David Davis, who
has been on trip to North Carolina
with his bride, was also at the capital
and expressed views almost identic-
ally similar to those of Mr.. Conkling,
protesting no personal concern as to
how politics go; exhibiting incre-
dulity as to any prospects of Republi
can SUCCESS next year, with the belief
that defeat would disrupt the party
to be surely followed by the breaking
up of the Solid South. If the judge
still has presidential aspirations of his
own, he is keeping pretty quiet on the
subject. He does not exactly see
what it is best to straddle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25

IT may be interesting to univer-
sity society to know that Bowdoin
college has followed the example of
Amherst in establishing tribunal of
the students to which all questions of
discipline are to be referred. The
students Jury which is composed Of
one represent atiye from each class
and one from each intercollegiate
society, and one from students be-
longing to no society, is to render in
every case brought before it a yer
dict of fact, which must be unani-
nous, and a verdict of opinion, which
be of a majority, assigning the Of
fense to one of four grades The
president of the college is to Impose
the penalty, but he cannot impose one
penalty heavier than that assigned to
the grade determined in each case by
the jury. The students have voted
to accept the system, as proposed by
the faculty, and can withdraw from
the agreement only by three-fourths
vote