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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-01
Satisfied Him.

81 have been told" said Mr.. Dubious,
watching the great steam-bammer in the
rolling mill, that q good Zimmerman
can break the crystal of watch with
that thirty-ton hammer"
Eyes. sir, said the Zimmerman; sit
can be DONE"
81 should like to see it," said Mr..
Dubious, eagerly, feeling in his watch
pocket.
81 can do it, SIR" replied the man.
"And will your" inquired Mr.. Du.
bious, drawing out his watch. Come
I am SO anxious to see it tried"
He laid his watch on the great anvil
plate. The hammer rose up to its full
height, and the next instant all its pom
derous weight. with crash that shook
the ground, came down on the watch.
There, SIR" said the Zimmerman,
quietly, "if you don't believe that crys.
tai is broken, just stoop down and you
can see it sticking to the hammer"
Mr.. Dubious swallowed whole pro
cession of Jumps and gasps before he
could speak.
But 1 forgot to saw" he exclaimed,
"that it was to break the crystal without
injuring the watch"
80, yes" said the Zimmerman; Eyes,
know; have heard that rubbish my
self; but it's all CANNON: l don't be-
lieve it can be done. But You can break
the crystal every time
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-01

Something new in insurance is the
Tennessee mutual guaranty assocla-
ton" 1t guarantees steadfastness of the
female mind; that is, if an insured young
man gets girls promise and is then
turned out upon the cold world it under
takes to pay him sum Of money perhaps
large enough to live on until the wound
is healed and he can begin another cam
paign.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-01

MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES
ing to the Revue Chronometrique"
there are annually manufactured $780,
600 watches, and during the last fifty
years more than 10000, 900 have been
put on the market; there remains vet for
us to add stock OF not less than 80 .000,-
600 of old watches, which makes total
of 81, 100000 to $1,000, 900 watches re-
curing glasses. The new watches con-
sumo near 1900, 900, which makes an an
nual consumption of not less than Az
900, 900 of glasses. But we must add
that every matchmaker away from town
sees the necessity of always having on
hand an assortment responding to the
wants of his customers. Then if we take
into account children's watches, lockets,
compasses, etc., one finds ones self with
astonishment in the face of an annual
consumption which cannot be less than
100, 0OO, 900 of glasses.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-01

A crazy man created sensation in q
Montreal church by undressing himself
in the pew. When taken ont he was in
. state Of nudity and fought like . de-
mon.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-01

One OF the four drunken Yale students
arrested few evenings since. is said to
be one of the richest youths in the COL
lege. His fond parents allow him $1,000
year for pocket money. For the boys
rowdiness the parents are very largely
responsible.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-01

I'VE approach thee, o Lord, under
the auspices of the Essex County Agri-
cultural Society,"" is the opening of a
Massachusetts, clergyman's prayer. 1t is
TO be regretted that there is nothing on
record to show how near him the Lord
allowed them to get.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-01

The FORMATION OF GoLD.-Professo
J. S. Newberry has presented some
points of fact and argument against the
theory that the grains and nuggets of
gold found in plscers are formed by pre-
cipitation from chemical solutions. He
holds, in paper published on the sub
ject, that geology teaches in regard to
the genisis and distribution of gold that
it exists in the oldest known rocks, and
has been thence distributed through all
strata derived from them; that in the
metamorphosis of these derived rocks it
has heen concentrated into segregated
quartz veins by some process not yet I'M
derstood; that it is q constituent of ifs
sure veins of all geological ages. where it
has been deposited from hot chemical
solutions which have reached deeply
buried rocks of various kinds, gathering
from them gold with other metallic min
erals. and that gold has been accumula-
ted. through mechanical agents in placer
deposits by the erosion of strata contain
ing auriferous veins.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-01

A COwCATCHER CATCHES CALF
When tho fast train from the South APP
preached Troy Junction the other day. O
fine-looking calf was seen perched upon
the cowcatcher. When the train stopped,
the engineer and fireman released the
calf, and it bounded away briskly, hav-
ing received no other injuries than some
bruises. The train ran into bunch Of
calves in the neiphborhood Of Doniphan,
killing two and picking this one up. It
had been carried in that way for eight
miles.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-01
MEN AND WOMEN.

Boys and fsfis anyone VIZ wanis uhi, pleaeant 80
paoyment IN which from ~ 10 40 per day be mae
wh send their name aud posfc nice address 70 NJ In.
mediately. and receive our descriptive Circular "A
PortlAEd. Oregon.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-01
Vancouver Independent.

OFFICIAL PAPER OF CITY AND County.
Vancouver. Clarke County, Washington
Territory.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-01
DRS. FREetANO & R0BERTSS
1T NTl6TR,

Cor. First q Ya,nhtlI hts.. Portland. Or.
Davies Photograph Gallery
a%Firt-clsss work at the most reasonable
rates
Have both had many years ex perience in Oregon
and CALIFORNIA;.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22

CHANGES IN THE NEW YORK
PRESS.
New Managing Editors in Charge
OF the World, Herald, and
Commercial Advertiser.
speolnl b the Oommercinl Cln,et.l I


New YORK, November 20.-A number
Of changes have taken place in the per-
sonnel Of some Of the New York dailies
within the past few days Mr.. Joseph
Pulitzer ofthe World, has completed the
organization of his staff by placing Col
onel Johnny Cockerell, who obtained his
military title as member Of the gallant
staff of Governor Allen, Of Ohio, in
charge of that pape,, and making
Mr.. y. A. Snowdon, formerly of the
Chicago Times, and more recently of the
Washington Republican, Colonel Cock
orelPs assistant. Having done this, Mr..
Pulitzer expects to sail for Europe as
soon as his wife's somewhat delicate
health will permit, and it is said to be his
desire TO remain abroad four or five
years.
Mr.. II. T. Flynn, who has for some
time past represented Mr.. James Gordon
Bennett as managing editor of the Her
aid, sailed for Eurole on the Arizona to-
day, and Mr.. Ballard Smith is TO be
hereafter known as the man in charge Of
that paper,
iIThe third newspaper change which oc-
CURED this week is found in the ,Tribune
to-day as follows: "Mr. Isaac II. Brom-
ley, who has been for over ten years past
a valued member Of the editorial staff d
this journal, is to assume the editorshiT
in chief of the New York Commercial
Advertiser, beginning Monday next"
Mr.. John Hastings, nephew Of the
late editor, remains in general charge o.
it under the new control Mr.. Bromley
succeeds the following distinguished list o
editors on that paper Noah Webster
Zaehariah Lewis, William l.. Stone
Francis Hall, William Henry Hurlbert
Thurlow Weed, Hugh j. Hastings.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22

Mr. Joshua Caldwell, prominent
young lawyerof Knoxville, was married
to Miss Kate NJ. Bernard, at the Episco-
pal church, at Huntsville, Ala, last
Tuesday morning Mr.. Caldwell gradu-
ated at the University OF Tennessee al
Knoxville in 1876, and is acknowledged
as one of the NEST brilliant and success
ful young members of the bar in Ten
nessee. The bride is one of Alabama''
fairest and most highly accomplished
daughters. She is a .stepdaughter of Col
r. IL. Rhett, formerly of Charleston, SO
Colonel Rhett is distinguished Southern
journalist, and was formerly the most
influential and brilliant member of that
profession in South Carolina.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22
F0REIGS AFFAIRS.

LONDON, November pa dispatch tC
Reuters Telegram Company dated Cairo,
S'25 this morning, says the army Of Hick:
Pasha has been destroyed by the forces ol
III hahed, the false prophet Intelligence
Of this disaster was brought TO Khartoul
by 0orptic official. The fighting is said
to have been continued from the Bird to
the 9TH inst, and TO have resulted in the
complete annihilation Of the Egyptian
troops 1t is stated that European ar
tist was the only person who succeeded in
escaping.
LONDON, November 8-Arnold Sohae.
fer, the German historian and writer is
dead, aged Ga years.
China has informed France that an
attack on Bac Mini win be considered a
casus belli.
II is reported that the French troops al
Touquin aresuifering from dysentery.
GENOA, November 22-The Couriere, a
mercantile newspaper, asserts that large
importers of American cotton have found
quantities of matches in bales, which
were evidently placed there with incendi-
ary intent.
PALERMO, November q. Duke Castle
mont, captured near Trapania, Naples,
by brigands, was ransomed for $4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22

sLADE, the alleged medium, who goes
about the country making money out Of
credulous and curious people, was badly
exposed at Kansas City the other night.
The Star, Of Monday, describes the ex-
posure as follows.
The alleged spintualist seance given at
the Coates Operahouse last night, resulted
very disastrously for the medium who
was found 10 be q frst-class fraud and ex-
posed as such, The medium had am
nounced himself as Professor Charles l.,
Slade, tho famous London spiritualist,and
by means of extensive advertising had
drawn large crowd TO the operahousC
last night
When tho medium appeared the au'
dience appointed Messrs. j. A. McDon.
aid and d. s. Orrison a committee TO bind
Professor Slade In the cabinet. This bo
ing done, Il was announced that hand
would appear, drums beaten, etc. Just
as the hands began TO appear, Mr.. Nc
Donald. whose suspicious had been eX-
cited, sprang 10 the cabinet, lifted the cur
tain, and exposed to view a trap door
through which the medium
assistant was hurriedly disappearing
Mr.. Mcdonald Immediately Informed
the audience that the show was a fraud
and the audience started lively oqtcry
arainst t. demanding that the "medium
be arrested, etc, SHADES assistant cut th'
cords binding the medium, and the two
departed through the stage exit 70 be seer
no more.
Colonel Coates was called for and statet
that the audience, II they so desired, ,woul'
have their money returned, but some on
suggested that the receipts be turned owe
10 the Proyident Association, aud q reao
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22
MDONALD-HENDRICKS
What McDOnaId's Home Paper
Says.
Henderson, (KyJ Reporter.


In another column will be found a
deeply interesting article which we re-
produce from theIndianapolisSe
embracing a recent correspondence
between Messrs. james l.. Mitchell
and Orestes Cleveland, and if any
man--no matter what party he be
longs to-oan read it without being
inspired with admiration Of the noble
and self.sacrifcipg spirit, and action,
of Mr.. Mcdonald he can do more
than we think he can. We had
heard of this before, but this let
ter of an eye witness-and one too
who feels no more interest in the mat
ter than any other Democrat-is the
first explicit account Of the occur
renee we have seen from the pen OF a
participant. The feeling Of admiras
tion-even love-for Mr.. Mcdonald
already runs very high, but the read.
ing Of this correspondence will cause
it TO run even higher. II will give
even a better insight into the charac-
ter Of the man, than anything has
heretofore given, and it will cause the
Democratic party to absolye him
from any further allegiance or obliga-
ton to Mr.. Hendricks, such allegi
ance or obligation having, as Demo
Gratis verify believe, already cost the
party heavily in the loss Of the last
residential election.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22
Not Ready for the Reunion at
MurfreesbOrO.

The following card signed by q large
number oftbe leading citizens Of Muir
freesboro, appears in the Nashville Amer
lean Of yesterday and explains itself
MuRFREEsBoRo, November 16.-The
undersigned citizens of Mnrfreesboro, a
portion being ex-Federal, land Others OK
Confederate soldiers, have had their at
tention called 10 recent publications To
the effect that there is TO be q reunion
of soldiers ofthe late war at this place
during the approaching Christmas week.
We desire TO say through tho medium. OF
your paper that no action has been taken
by our people looking to such reunion
We do not think Il advisable to attempt
10 hold this reunion at the time Of year
mentioned, and feel that it is our duty
to give the public this notice. There has
been no meeting Of our citizens, no COM
mittoes appointed, nor organization Of
fecled for any such purpose,and our CONS
munity is wholly unprepared for this
movement.
Ii Is hardly necessary for us TO say
that we are In hearty accord with the
fraternal feeling existing eyeryw where now
and which wo believe is daily increasing
between the sections Of our country lately
engaged in an unhappy war but for un'
answerable reasons we are at this tint
opposed 10 the contemplated reunion, anc
this, we believe, is the sentiment ant
feeling Of all our people.
We publish this in justice to our peopl'
here, to our friends abroad, and 10 our
selyeA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22

OUR visitors after a long ride over a
new road, the last fifty miles through an
almost unbroken swamp, had quite a bap-
tism after they crossed the river There
was quite delay n the incline plane and
at the Mississippi and Tennessee
depot. II was after dark,
and a: heavy rain storm was sweep
ing over river and shore. For music Of
brass bands and shouts of welcoming
multitude there were peals of thunder,
and for fireworks, weird lightning. They
were ushered inbo the city underimposing
circumstances not soon to be forgotten.
But fatigue and discomfort and delays
we're soon forgotten under the electric
lights of the hotel, and amid the busy
hum Of warm and generous welcome
We hope they will yet see the sky and
sun before leaving.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22
REACHING A SENSIBLE CON.
CLUSION.
Newspapers without Price.
Pbiladelphia PtOgrsss.

fhladelphla ffokIess.
There are newspapers nearing the
conclusion that they give away for
nothing too much Of what is very ex-
pensive for them to obtain. They
employ additional reporters and pay
enormous telegraph bills in order TO
secure early intelligence, and then the
moment it is obtained they will post
il upon their bulletin boards and
windows, where the crowd read it,
and where it brings them no return
whatever. 1t adyertises the newspa,
pers to some extent, but as nearly all
newspapers do the same, the plan is 70
the advantage OF no one OF them. And
then the streets are more or less OBJ
structed by the packed throngs in
front of the offices. Printing machin.
cry is SO rapid that editions can, If
necessary, be thrown upon
the street every few min.
utes, and some publishers are pom.
dering whether they should not sell
this news, which they buy, by issuing
extras. To do that there would not
have to be combination Of all the
publishers in each city, for the extras
would give further details than could
the posters, and the posters would
whet the appetite for more. 1t is not
beyond possibility that if one pub
Usher were to make the venture the
others would ere long initiate him.
They would see that the pennies by
the thousands were rolling into his
till. and that they could capture some
OF them if they would. Most Of the
people would welcome the extras, for |
in them they could read the news
without being pushed about in pos.
sibly excited mass, and they would |
also have it in a shape to take home.
1t is not to be expected that the bull
letins will be altogether done away |
with, but it may be expected that, at
no distant day, they will be chiefly to |
announce the minute when the next
extra sheet will be ready.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22


ANDthecry is still they come, Governor
Bate has received applications from the
following for the appointment to the
Chancellorship of the Fourth division,
made vacant by the death of Judge Bur
ton, John NJ. Bright, Fayetteville L. D.
Hancock, Murfreesboro; NJ. II. Brannon,
Winchester John r, Beasley, Winehes,
ter Walter s. BeArdon, Shelbyville;
James S. Barton, McMinnyille L. b.
Waters, McMinnyillei j O. Isabel, Win
chester, and James A. Jones. Delega-
tions representing the bar of every county
in the district have waited upon the Gov
ernor or will do so in behalf of their fa-
vorite son. No wonder the Governor can
not come to Memphis at this time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22

THE Mississippi Valley Bank,at Vicks-
burg, has been swamped by dealing in fu-
lures, and closed doors yesterday, and the
people of the vicinity are greatly excited
over the event. 1t was this bank over
which John A. Klein presided for many
years, but It appears that his son has been
Presidentfor aperiod. The liabilities are
estimated at a half million, with preferred
creditors amounting to $S69, $50 and the
assets are sufficient TO cover the amount,
when they can be realized on, George
s. Irving has been named as Receiver.
The bank had savings department, and
II is said that the majority Of the pre-,
ferred creditors are several depositors IN
this branch Of the concern. President
Klein has interests in Powers oil mill, in
the steamers Issaquena and Tributary
in gas works and realty, but these viii
have TO be carefully managed, and MOI
hastily disposed Of to yield anything
like the amount of original investment
A branch house at ST. Louis, know
as A. X. Bonham & Co., has been specu
lating heavily in grain futures, and Mr.
| Klein, being partner, was carried down
by Bonham s. Co., paying private debt
with the FIRMS paper. Bonham y %
and Halpin & Co., ofSt. Louis, are e1
pected to make an assignment to-day, \
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22

Nat Goodwin is a great story teller
and one Of his latest is regarding q
keeper Of a poker room at Coney
Island, who succeeded in skinning a
large number Of victims. Directly
opposite the seat he used to take at
the table was a large lithograph oil
George Washington. The fact is one
Of Georges historical peppers was cut
out, and the confederate behind gave
away the hands by a system Of winks
One day fish" who was being pro.
cessed, noticed the popularity. and
threw down his cards and exclaimed
II don't mind your stocking the
cards occasionally, but when the
Father Of his Country chips in BY
giving away the hands it's about time
to quit" And he did.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22
BREWSTER TINE.
The Railroad Trains show No
Respect 10 the AttOrney-Gene-
rails watch.
snnolnl % tho urIer.Journal.

WAsHINGToN, November 3-Despite
the opinion of the Attorney General the
clerks at the White House mark time by
the new standard. In the Executive De.
partments, however, Brewster time Is
kept. Last Sunday afternoon the Attor-
ney General entered the Washington sta
ton Of the Pennsylvania railroad to take
Philadelphia train. His movements
we're governed by brewster" time, and
he found that the train had left the station
some moments before by the new time.
The Attorney General returned to his
residence disappointed, and in one re-
spect, at least, a wiser man. y rr
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22

luton to that effect was carried. Colonel
Coates and other people connected with
the theater stated that they had leased
the theater TO Slade in good faith, they
believing him to be what he represented
himself.
Where Slade and his assistant went il
unknown, but it Is believed they took one
Of the evening trains from the city and
will not again be seen in this city.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22

Secretary Folger has a pleasant Of
fee in Washington, looking out upon
Pennsylvania Avenue and the Capitol.
It is furnished in walnut and dark red
leather. He sits in a cane-s seated
chair, with an enormous waste basket
at his side. One small table, covered
with blue cloth, is used exclusively
for signing official papers on. In this
work Mr.. Folger wields a cork pen
holder and steel stub pen, while al
assistant at his side applies the blot
ting pad. The walls Of the room arr
adorned with large portraits Of Alex
ander Hamilton, the first Secretary o
the Treasury, and Salmon ?, Chase
the wartime Secretary.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22

THE New York papers announce the
arrival at Queenstown of the steamer
Alaska Q days, % hours, II minutes out
from New York, a remarkably short pas
sage, only surpassed by the former time
of the same vessel. This item devises a
certain local interest, from the fact that
there sailed by this ship Rev. Charles
Heiskell, on his way to Edinburg, to at.
tend term at the Free Church Theolog-
ieal College.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22
License Revoked.

BOsToN, November 22.-The Insurance
Commission at TArbox has formally re-
voked the license of the Union Mutual
Insurance Company, Of Maine, to do
business in this city, on the ground that
the company refused to allow free access
to its books and papers or submit to ex-
animation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22

NEW Orleans Times-Democrat Money
wants to come South Its fertile soil, ge-
nial climate, boundless timber belts.
wealth of minerals are inducements which
cannot be overlooked. The field is a
magnificent one for development, and
money must flow to it as naturally as
water TO the ocean.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22

MEMPHIS was well advertised by the
Kansas City journal of the Goth inst.
Several pages of that enterprising paper
were devoted to the leading features and
enterprises Of the city. The first is
adorned with large cut of the custom.
house the fourth page has the Masonic
Temple; the fifth has cuts Of the Mer-
chants Compress and the Pioneer Mills,
and on another page is a good picture of
DIR. d. I. Porter, first President of the
Taxing District tried and true.r 1t is
quite Memphis paper. (
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22
"A Compliment TO the Ledger
from Far OF Fargo.

hhto AtkNp' Aos
Itisa pleasure 70 note the rapid inn
proyement, in worldly goods and .condi-
ton, Of 50 excellent and independent q
Southern paper as the Memphis Tenn
LEDGER. II has been compelled by tie
pressure Of lis growing business TO enlarge
three times in the last FIVE months, until
nog IL is a huge SO column paper as large
AS the largest evening paper in Chicago
New York or Philadelphia. 1t has built
ono Of the handsomest offices in the
United States, and Is on the high road to
deserved fortune: The Fargo friends Of
il energetic and enterprising proprietor,
Ed Whitmore, congratulate him on the
good luck which IS but the natural out.
growth Of earnest, faithful, Intelligent
work.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22

The Fort Smith daily Herald is very
neat paper, creditable to the city and It's
Messrs. Forest and Saunders.
The former is son>in-law of Colonel +.
5. Nichols, Of the Avalanche, and the lat
ter is son of Colonel Rolfe Saunders, a
well known Tennessee journalist They
are enterprising worthy young men, and
deserve the success they are likely to
achieve.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-22
Reported Suspension and It's
Correction,

PITTsBURG, PA, November 22.-ThC
nail and lock mills of Cheese, Cook 81 Co
have not shut down as reported. Work
was suspended twenty-four hours fol
slight repairs, but everything running as
usual now, and no suspension will take
place until a regular one is ordered by
the Western Nail Association.