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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26
DOINGS OF CRANK.
Personating q Detective, He Arrests
a Reputable Farmer
As the Murderer of the Crouch
Family.

JACKSON, MICH, November 2G,-Yes
terday afternoon man representing him
self as Colonel w. p. Perry, of Pinker
tons detective force Of Chicago, applied
to Q. B. Bush, Superintendent of the NJ
& Q. railroad for a special engine to go t
Mason, small station thirty miles north
of here on the j., L. s. s. railroad, il
quest Of the murderer of the Crouch fam
lily. Superintendent Bush, supposing the
man to be as represented, granted tn,
request. Perry wentto Mason, secured tn,
assistance Of the Sheriff of Ingham county
and arrested farmer named Andrews
living eight miles west of Mason, bring
ing him to Jackson at midnight. Consid
cradle excitement was causedf by
the arrest and thousand, of people
crowded to the depot, and waiting tn,
arrival of the special engine, with threats
Of lynching the prisoner. The engine
was stopped outside ofthe city limits, and
the prisoner was conveyed to Jail in {
hack to AVOID the mob. Perry turns Out
to be crank and an ex-conyict named
Howard, and Andrews a respectable far
mer, who stopped at the hotel the might
of the murder, and coming in very late
but giving for his excuse that he hat
been out to a house of i'll fame. Sheriff
Wirrey examined into the facts, and SEN
Andrews back home.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26
Internal Revenue ReceIpts.

During the fiscal year ending June 80
1888, there was collected under the inter,
nal revenue taxes the sum Of $144 b5S, 1866
The law Of March, 1888, not only abol
ished many Of the duties, reducing Thu
number of articles taxed, but also materi
ally altered some OF the rates of duty tina
were not repealed. During the year end
ing June so, 1884, the sources Of revenu,
will be distilled and fermented liquors
tobacco and bank circulation. In spite o.
these changes the sum collected, provided
no further alterations are made promises
TO be $18000O,0O0 less than was collected
In 1888.
II was recently shown that the average
cost Of collecting the internal revenue
taxes throughout the country was one
dollar for every thirty-four paid in, which
is certainly not extravagant, though In
some Of the Southern States the cost has
equalled nearly one fourth Of the collec-
tions. The consolidation Of districts Of
footed under Executive orders and the
simpli6caton made under the law oil
March, 1888, ought 10 reduce somewhat
the cost Of collection and render the ser.
vice more efficient.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26
Mark Twain's History Game.
Boaton Sundny Harald.

boston cunQay herald.
Marx Twain found himself unable
to write one day. 80 spent eight
hours in the sun with a yardstick, he
writes to a friend, measuring off the
reigns of the English Kings on the
roads in these grounds, from William
the Conquror to 1S83-calculating to
invent an open air game which shall
ell the children's heads with dates
without study. give each Kings
reign one foot Of space to the year, and
drive one stake in the ground to mark
the beginning of each reign; and |
make the children call the stake by
BY the Kings name. You can stand
in the door and take birds eye view
OF English monarchy from the Con-
queror to Edward ~; then you can
turn and follow the road up the hill to
the study aud beyond with an opera
glass, and birds eye view the rest OF it
to 1888. You can make the sharp
difference in the length Of reigns By
the varying distances Of the stakes
apart. You can see Richard III, two
feet Oliver Cromwell, two feet; james
ii, three feet; and SO on-and then
big skips, pegs standing As, 46, so, sc,
and 60 feet apart elizabeth, Victoria,
Edward III. Henry III, and George
III-by the way, thirds lucky mum.
Der for length Of days, isn't it2) Yes,
sir; by my scheme you can get real
izing notion of the time occupied by
reigns The reason it took me eight
hours was because, with little J-s
interrupting assistance, | had TO meas
uro from the Conquest to the end Of
Henry vi, three times overland
besides | had to white out ell those
pegs. | did a full days work and a
third over yesterday, but was full Of
my game after | went to bed-trying
to fit it for indoors. So | didn't get
to sleep till pretty late; but when | did
get of, | had contrived a way 10 play
my history game with cards and crib
bage board"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26
THE WORST CONFIRMED.
Hicks Pasbas Defeat and the Panic
at Khartoum
Europeans I,eaving-Baker Pa
sha Going 10 the Front.

LONDON, November 26.-The trial o
George Warden the Manager and Cash
Ter of the London and River Plate Bank
for stealing, and of John David, War
den's stock and share broker, for stealing
and receiving bonds Of the bank, was be
gun to-day. Warden pleaded guilty.
A Brussels dispatch states that tn,
Archbishop Of Namur has been ap-
pointed Cardinal and Primate Of Belgium
and that it was hoped that this would
settle the questions at issue between the
Vatican and Belgium.
PARIS, November 26.-Roupar, Louis
Napoleon's Minister of State, is reported
dying.
Gequet, Radical, is elected Depupy fo-
the Department of Ain by 1854, agains
4744 for Pourtalis.
The Journal Des Debats says if Eng
land should abandon Egypt, the barbara
ans now at its doors would occupy thu
country and civilization would suffer al
immense loss.
The Soleil fears that England will seel
to compensate herself for the loss of Sou
dan by taking the island of Hal Nan, OF
Tonquin, and advises France to accep
England's assistance in the far East, with
out paying for it too dearly.
CAIRO, November 26.-The latest re
ports from Soudan confirm the defeat o.
Hicks Pasha. The panic at Khartoum i
said to be increasing, owing to rumor
that Fl Mahdi, with large force, is ad
vancing upon that city, and has cut off al
supplies Of grain
Official advices, while not confrmipl
these rumors, admit that the European
are leaving Kartoum by boats. Tw,
transports with gendarmes leave Suez to
morrow for Soukim, Baker Pashar will
probably command the expedition
Plans are being prepared for the fortified
ton of Assanan, on the right bank of tn,
Nile.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26
Casey Young and Bob IngersOlI.

Fresno Cali Democrat.
Another plagiarist has come to grief,
This time he is lawyer and lives in
Dakota A Judge Of some local repute
died, and this enterprising attorney
whose name wasDiamond was selected
by the bar 10 pronounce a euloey upon
him. He pillaged history and crammed
his alleged brain with the eulogy pro-
nounced upon the death Of Andrew
johnson by Congressman Young, Of
Tennessee, and a few slices from In.
gersoll to give the matter favor. He
passed the whole matter off as original
and had the gall to give a manuscript
copy to local paper for publication
The sharp editor detected the fraud
and published it, and side by side with
it published Young's eulogy. The
perpetrator Of this dirtiest of all thefts
should do his profession the honor to
get out Of it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26
SPEAKING Of Governor Bates last ap-
pointment the Nashville Banner saws.

SPEAKING Of Governor Bates last APP
pointment the Nashville Banner says
Governor Bate has appointed Il. D.
Hancock, Of Murfreesboro, Chancellor al
the Fourth division, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of Judge Burton.
Judge Hancock is a native Of Rutherford
county and praeticing attorney al tho
Murfreesboro, he has never held a public
office, devoting his entire time To the pros
eculion OF his profession. He was, how
ever, a candidate for the Senate on the
Wright ticket, but was defeated by
Speaker Alexander. Judge HancockIs
appointment was endorsed and recon-
mIended by the unanimous vote Of the
bar Of Rutherford county, and a large
number Of representative citizens. He Is
man ofsnperior legal talent, especially
as 70 Chancery practice, and will, ne
doubt give satisfaction to the entire dis
trict He is a middle aged man Of strictly
moral habits.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26

NEW York is celebrating to-day with
great eclat and imposing professions and
ceremonies the l0Oth anniversary of the
evacuation of that city by the British
that being the great closing act in the
drama Of the rebellion of1776. The pro
cession is twelve miles long and may
never all pass one given point. Inasmuch
as new aristocracy and would-by shoddy
people constantly ape English manners
and customs, it seems rather ungracious
TO tlaunt the old fashioned ideas of 1873 in
the faces of British cousins.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26

The Nashville people seem determined
to have a permanent exposition. 1t is
proposed to RAISE $4,000 by subscription
before starting. Colonel Cole has sub.
subscribed 5000, and other public spirited
citszens are taking hold of the enterprise.
When will Memphis undertake anything
i'm this line7
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26

A pretty evening hat was made out
Of an old black lace sack which had
not been used for years. 1t was dipped
into coffee and pulled out carefully.
The sleeves made the strings and a
cluster OF cream roses we're placed at
the side.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26
Six Inches snow az Sr, Paul.

ST. PAUL, November Pa cold wave
struck this city late last night, the Their
mometer droppingto 1872 above zero. The
Northern Pacific ruilroad reports from
four TO six inches snow drift at Glendale,
Miles City, Forsythe and Belling. AT
each of these places the thermometer reg
istered 100.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26
A Relic of Last Years Canvass
A. \. COIyar We. ID. Is Coop
er et ais.

Chancellor Merritt yesterday rem.
dered decision in the Colyar-Uoope1
case, growing out of the sale of the
American last fall to Dunno. Cooper
The court was Of the opinion that
complainant had the right to specif.
cally enforce the contract entered into,
and collect balance due him, amount
ing to $4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26

A FIVE column paper called the Log
Hut, with O. o. Jake editor and publish
er, has been started at Hot Springs, and
will be devoted to the interests Of the
colored race.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26
NnfEnr Randall

OHAREsToN, November 26-The New,
and Courier editorially declares that the
report that It had gone over to Randall
for Speaker Is false malicious and out
rageous. Its position of hostility 10 Ran,
DAN is, Il states, entirely unchanged.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26

Power Company, aud il is backed by
all necessary capital. A boat for the
Green river trade has already been
built, and as soon as a patent is Sc
cured they will begin its operation by
the new motive power.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26

A good strong work basket may be
made by placing one pasteboard box
inside another and covering both with
dark muslin or silk. Embroider the
top with scarlet or pink worsted.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26
CHANCERY SALE
OF REAL ESTATE,

No, 2O9s, R-Chaneery Court Of shslb,
county Elisa stillman vs. A Z FARMLAND
by virtue Of an interlocutory decree for
~ sale, entered in the above cause, on the
4tn gay OF May ISL, and also a decree en-
the Supreme Court confirming the frat de-
cree, 1 viii sell, at public auction, 10 the
highest bidder, In front Of the Clerk and
Masters otiee. courthouse fShelby county.
Memphis, Tennessee, on
Saturday, November "a, 1854.
within legal hours, the leasehold interest Of
Ella sttllman, and also the remainder inter
est Of Meredith Yates In the following de-
scriboa property, situated in the city OF
Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, to-wit;
A lot beginning at the northeast corner
formerly, Of q fenos erected By Meriditb
Yates, adjoining brick house erected by
Meredith Yates, running thence east on the
south side OF Poplar 81 to tho Northwest cor
ner OF frame house,0n le nd formerly leased
70 VIM observation-disclosures so,. III at right an EleS
70 me payou,thenee running with Bayou Gay.
oe9 70 point where q straight line nor,h
Will lead 70 the beRinning, being the same
land described In the lease from r b HAwiey
TO u btillman, being the same land deseribed
in the lease from X B Hawley 10 L Stillman,
as follows; Beginning at the southeast corner
Of Poplar and Fourth streets; thence cas-,
WANA hAaN Va NNAuA 0AFn ANNI anu All
ground formed east belonging 10 said r. ii
hawley, oyer aud above the above. men
TONED numbers Of feet in said parcel Of land;
thence south parallel with Fourth street iisN
teet y an alley; thence west with said alleI
sl1f feet to east side Of Fourth street and all
ground east belonging 10 said n B uawleI
over and above the above. mentioned numbeI
OF icot N said parcel Of ground thence
north with tbs sale street ASK feet.
Terms Of balQ.-0n q credit Of sever
months, the purchaser executing bond AND
security for the purchase money lien Ie
tanned on tho land for the payment Of n,
samei and all equity Of redemption IL for.
ever barred, 80 w
This October 80, 1888.
M. b.. biAgK, Clerk and Master.
Poston 4 Poston, Myers 4 snsed solicitor
81 81 90 GO ".
The above sale Is adjourned
until Saturday. DeeemberI, 1855
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26

The PUBLIC LEDGER JOB
Printing 06ice and Biadery is aow
located atl7 Union street and reddv
for all business Offering,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26

COURIER>Journal last bulletin: Car
Isle, % Cox, III Randall, G Springer, ?;
non-committal 2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26

The PUBLIC LEDGER JoJ
Printing Office and Bindery as
a0aO located at II Union street and
ready for all business Offering.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-26

The above sale Is adjourned
until Saturday. DecemberI, 1858
r. J. BLACK, @. AM.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-14
"AIderney Dairy Waeous.n

Fresh Attorney butter, churned every morn.
ing and delivered in ib "ward" prints, 46c.
per tb. Also. cottage cheese, buttermilk
and sweet milk, DC per at. Cream 16o, per pint.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-14

Stocks and Bonds bought and sold ct the New
York Stock Exchange for Ia commission and
carried on margin when desired.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-14
FRoGTOWN FRIGHTENED
At GhOstJy and Mysterious Noises
in the NefghbOrhOOd.

At GhOstJy and Mysterious Noises
in the NeighbOrhOOd.
Strange and mysterious sights have been
seen and queer sounds heard of late in the
old dilapidated frame dwelling midway
down Capitol Hill, ON the line of the Wash
ington & Georgetown Railroad. The old
building has long been unoccupied aud
every window-pane has been broken by
mischievous juveniles. By the side of this
haunted house, for such it is reputed to be,
is the old box-like church building, used
for many years by colored congregation,
and in the rear of it, spread out over the
lowlands, is the suggestive village Of Frog
town, with its smoking shanties and tum-
ble-down out-buildings.
Having heard many strange stories of the
haunted house, CRITIC reporter visited
the neighborhood last night, in the uncer-
tain light of the moon, and conversed with
several of the dusky denizens of Frogtown
relative to the reported ghostly sights. One
old colored man, whose shaggy beard had
been frosted by the cold of at least sixty
winters and scorched by the warmth of as
many summers, declared that he viewed the
sight one night and, although the weather
was quite warm, his blood nearly froze in
his veins.
Ode sperits nebber begin der bizness till
oo Oais otoP Auhhih no oaiu uOh uoy
raise de very debbil. One ole oman wild
long white hair yells out like Wild
cat, and den fops roun' de room
like chicken wild its he'd off.
Den dere's something dat looks like man,
but has got cows he'd on it. He runs up
and down dc stairs a rattln' of chains like
de winlass Of q ship. 1 tell you, sab, it's
mighty queer doin's"
An old colored woman who lives in Frog
town and earns her bread by wash-tub ex-
ercise, declared that she had seen grim pro-
cessions of skeletons, clad in white and
Hopping shrouds, parading through the old
dwelling, while another denizen of the
same village said that the strange noises in
the haunted house frequently kept her
awake nearly all night.
There is not single bell in the old frame
house, still those living nearest to it state
that about 2 o'clock every morning CHASTITY
chimes are rung, their reverberations being
plainly heard echoing on the vapors and
early morning fogs of the miasmatic locality.
Other hair-raising stories are related Of
the house by Frogtowners, and it is a matter
of impossibility to get any of them within
stones throw of it after nightfall. As
The CRITIC reporter passed the spot last
night on his way home, the old crib looked
wierd enough in the pale green moonlight
and fancy pictured white-sheeted hobgob.
Inns and other natives of ghostland "pranc.
ing in the moonlight"
The Evening critic., 1883-05-14

All the drinking saloons in Wilkes
Barre, Pa, $50 in number, were closed yester-
day.
Anderson's Press Brick Company's Works,
estimated at 100000.
The Hancock building at Austin, Texas,
handsome stone front, was burned yester-
day. The loss is s14s,000.
At Keystone, Ind, yesterday, William
Walker shot and killed George Shaw, during
an alteration, and then escaped.
The steamship Pioneer, of the Clyde
Line, from Philadelphia to Norfolk, broke her
shaft on Saturday In chesapeake Bay and was
towed TO Norfolk.
The Supreme Court of Illinois has filed
an opinion to the effect that memberships In
the Board OF Trade and like bodies are not
subject to levy or attachment.
Eight hundred emigrants, who had been
assisted by the Government, embarked at
Galway for Boston on Saturday, under the d.
rection of Mr.. Tukes' committee.
A heavy shock, supposed to be an earth
quake, was felt In Kent County, Del, on Sat.
urday. A similar shock is said 10 have been
felt In Kent County Nd, earlier in the week.
Wheat crop authorities in California now
say that the harvest Will be the greatest ever
known in that State. II is calculated that
IL 100000 tons Will be exported next year.
William Powers shot and killed John Sui
Ivan on Saturday night at Marshal, Tenn, In
an ARRAY caused by an alleged lack OF polite
ness on the pant OF Sullivan. Powers surren.
dered himself.
At Newcastle, Del, on Saturday, Sheriff
Martin whipped nine prisoners, seven OF
whom bad been convicted OF larceny and two
OF receiving stolen goods. Two OF the pill
lorted men were whites.
Edmund Leamy, NJ. p, in speech in
Duncannon, Ireland, yesterday, denounced
what he considered the government policy
which sought TO induce the Vatican to with.
draw priests from politics.
The Fourth of July is TO be celebrated al
Harffsonburg, Va, in a style SURPRISING any.
thing OF the kind ever seen In the valley. The
second virginia Regiment OF Infantry will
| participate In the demonstration.
A bomb was exploded on a street in Mos.
COW on Saturday. Several persons were
| wounded. Tho police version OF the occur
| renee Is that II was only railway signal. The
| explanation 10 not satisfactory to the public
who have become alarmed.
At Minneapolis, Mimi, on Saturday, the
probate Judge declared the will OF the late
Governor O. O. Washburn invalid 80 far as 4
regards the Widows dover rights. The case
| involved real estate valued at $1,000 900. The
widow Ia hopelessly insane.
Howard l.. Perry, aged is years, wa,
taken FROM the Baltimore House OF Refuge, I
| few days ago, in an almost comatose condition
| He was bruised, SCARED and discolored from
| tors do not expect him 10 live. He Is unabl
TO tell who beat him, and no one else seems L
| know.
Mrs. Fair was granted divorce from
Senator Fair, ut Virginia, Nov, on Saturday
| The plaintiff Is allowed S4,260,000 In none
Ia San Francisco, also the custody OF tho thre
| minor children-Yirginia, Theresa Alice ant
Charley. Tho custody OF the eldest boy
! James Fair-was awarded to the defendant.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-14
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE,
10 THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST,

In EyTEcT MAY IA. 1853.
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON, from station
corner Of Sixth and B streets,
- follows:
Tor P1ttsburg and the West, Chicago Limited
Express Of Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars
At g3o q. m. daily Fast line $50 q. M. daily,
natl. Western Express 1880 p. m. daily with
Palace cars to Pittsburg. Mail Express
$50 p. m. daily for Ptttsburg and the West with
Palace Sleeping Car from Washington to Chi
BALTIMORE POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Erie, Cansndaigua, Rochester, Buffalo. Mag
ara, at $50 daily except Saturday, with Palace
car from Washington to CanandaiguR.
Tor Williamsport, Lock Haven and Elmirs n
go q. m. daily, except Sunday.
For New York and the East, 900 q. M, 1880 q. M,
i.So, 40, 95o and 1920 p. M. On Sunday, 421,
$50, and 1920 p. m. Limited Express OF Pull.
man Paror Cars, 9. 30 q. m. daily, except Sunday,
Through sleepers for Boston 100 p. N. on week
days: 40 p. m. on Sundays.
Bor Philadelphia, 800 D. M, 1890 q. M, 130, 49,
$50 and 10.@ p. m. On Sunday at 49, $50
and 1920 p. m. Limited Express $50 q. m,
For Baltimore $40 500 ESQ., 1880 q. M, and Lao.
40. 440, go. 100, $50 and 1920 p. M On Sun.
day, $40, 1880 .. M. 40 620 730. $50 and 1920
D. m.
Tickets and information ut the office north.
east corner Of Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue, and at the station, where orders can b
left for the checking Of baggage to destination nom
hotels and residences.
CHAS. E. PUGH. General Manager.
j. X. WOOD. General Passenger Agent
The Evening critic., 1883-05-14
Honorary Members.

1t was then suggested that there should
be roll of honorary members, and James
Carey, esq, and Patrick Delaney, esq.,, both
of Dublin, were unanimously elected, and
the secretary was instructed to procure
full list of all the Irish informers and add
them to the roll.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-14
suicide by Drowntnr,

A neatly-drcssed young man jumped
into the Potomac on Saturday evening
from the railing around the deck of the
ferry-boat City of Washington and was
drowned, despite the energetic efforts made
to save him. In the pocket of the mans
coat, which he threw on tho deck, was the
may receive it,"
MAY IL, 1888.
Tho cause Of my destruction is from ply
steal and financial misfortune. was born at
Irontown, Mo-, A. d. 1860, reared In Jackson,
Mich, where have a few friends who were
interested In my welfares OF life. 1t would be
we'll to inform them OF my sad fate, for as such
1t will seem to them. My last place OF en-
ployment was at ST. Louis, Mo.
JAMES ToRPEY.
Please write to my father ana lot him know
am dead. His address is Mr.. A. A. Torpey,
No. 81 Jessie street, San Francisco, and obIige
James A. Torpey, jackson, Mich.
The body has not yet been recovered.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-14

Germany boasts Of 956 poetesses and su-
thoresses on the roll fame.