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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-01-31
The Woman Who Translated New
toms "Princlpia."

Other women, whose names are
less well known, wrote on astron-
omy during the seventeenth century.
We may cite Maria Cunitz, daughter
of Silesiau doctor, who published
astronomical tables in 1850; Jeanne
Dune, who, in 1850, wrote book
defending the Copernican system
against scientific" attacks upon it,
OF more modern date was Madame
Gabrielle Emile de Breteuil, Mar
quise du Chatelet, who was for fif-
teen years the constant friend OF
Voltaire, and in her retreat at Grey
devoted her whole life to the sciences
She it was who first made known
to France, then devoted to scientific
Cartesianism and the doctrine of ele-
mentary worthless, the mastery work Of
Newton. This was title to glory
which might have made the fortune
of more than one scientific man, and
it fell upon a woman. Mile. de Bre-
teuil had received very careful ed
ucation, but her natural taste for
study aud serious occupations did
not prevent her from shining brill
iantly in the society of the courts Of
the Regency for some years after her
marriage with M. du Chatelet. One
OF the best evidences of her genius
that we have is in the bearing toward
her of Voltaire, who had no respect
for any but mental gifts. He had
returned from Great Britain full of
enthusiasm for English science
and philosophy, and occupied
with the dream Of making Newton
known to his countrymen and de-
throning Descartes at the academy
It may appear singuler that he
selected Madame du Chatelet for this
work; but the choice was not ex-
traerdinary after all. She had al
ready made some progress in mathe-
NAUTICAL studies under the direction
of Maupertuis and Clairaut, and
Voltaire was looking for the assist
ance he needed to some one outside
of the official scientific circle. The
translation of Newton's Principle
would be the best means of making
known in France the great En-
glish geometriciau and the ad-
mirable simplicity which his theory
of attraction lent to the study OF
the movement of the stars. This
work Nine. de Chatelet did we'll.
But she did more than make a sim
pie translation. The algebraic COM
Ynantorv xpbioh folloua tho francla -
ton is in large part the work of this
lady, although it was composed under
the direction of Clairaut aud revised
by him. 1--WE have witnessed two
prodigies, said Voltaire in his his
torical introduction to the Principle
zone that Newton should have
composed this work, and the other
that a woman should have translated
and calculated it. From " Women
an Astronomy" By E. Lagrange, IN
Popular Sc;eace Monthly for EsbrH-
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arrested under a city ordinance for
disturbing the peace Interested parties
have raised the cry Of religious perse.
cution. Thursday night six members
of the Salvationists were arrested aud
locked up overnight, but the city at
torney refused TO prosecute the cases.
The action Of the city's legal adviser
caused the mayor to call a special
council meeting last night, when, by
a unanimous vote OF the members
present, the mayors action in the
premises was sustained. The mem
bers OF the army arrested yesterday
filed suits in the Circuit Court against
Mayor Kelly, Chief Of Police Murray
and two policemen. claiming $4,000
damages. The Board of Supervisors
has now further complicated matters,
and caused ar o >her clash of uthority
by granting the Salvationists the free
dom OF the city square for the purpose
of holding open-air meetings.
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A BIG LAND SLIDE
On the scraPer Mountain, Near
Sterling, Ala.

NEw York, January 30.-A Ster-
ling (Ala. special to the Times says !:
A big land slide, involving large
portion Of a famous mountain in the
vicinity Of this place, took place yes
terday. Five miles from Sterling is
what is called TIE Scraper mountain,
and the north side of it is a great bar
rem waste, with huge boulders pro
jscting over level. and anyone on top
OF o OF these can look straight down
into the waters Of the Ohattooga river.
About one mile of this part CT the
mounia IL began breaking loose and
with a tremendous roar crushed ID the
va ley below, where it emptied great
mss OF rocks and trees. About one
quarter OF a mile of thu slide rushed
its way across the Chsttooga river,
making compl to dam and causing
the water to back a distance Of several
miles. About Z o'clock the water
broke around the slide and rushed
with terrible force into the regular
channel below. AT the place where
the slide left the mountain side there
is a perpendicular wall of about 800
fst. and about fry fset from the top
there is a great hole twenty feet in
diameter which is supposed TO be an
enhance to a cave. The slide is a
wonderful sight, and hundreds Of peo-
pile arc coming from all sections to
view the freak of nature. 1t is said
the noise made by the sliding was
heard TO distance OF ten miles, but
terrible as it was there was no loss of
life or property. The cliffs and boul-
ders have been threatening to break
down ever since the heavy freezs, but
no one expettsd so serious a result as
this. A few adventurous pto. lie are
making preparations to scale the place
where the slide came fiom and explore
the supposed cave.
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BAILEY, TENN.
Death OF G.. A. BelI-WOrrying
Weather - Railroad NOtes-Per-
GOnaI.
[ConnnsrovpENon OF rnE ArrnAL.l

CORRESPONDENCE OF THB APPHALl
BAILEY, TENN, January 80 Mr..
John Bailey, of Early Grove, Miss,
paid short visit to relatives here this
week.
w. G. Morton and family left few
days since for Foit Smith, Ark, which
will be their future home.
A Florida oraDge-erower who re-
sides here rays that he "don't want to
hear from bis boss in blizzlrd-strick en-
Florida" Undoubtedly his faith has
waxed strong in newspaper reports,
which are Ct chilly nature from that
region.
1t is generally conceded that Janu-
airy has furnished the most worrying
weather ever known. For two weeks
a cloudy canopy has cast a gloomy as
pect over everything and nose cutter
is Blowing from the moth this morn
ing crusting over the DOGGY roads
which have been almost impassable.
The stars peeped out last night for the
first time II seems in our memory. We
are now ready to look upon the sunny
side of this winter.
Agents flong the Memphis and
Charleston railroad have been sup
piled with blanks to furnish clergy
men to make application 10 B. w.
Wrsnn, general passenger and ticket
agent of the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Airline, for certificates
securing to them the advantage Of the
2 cents per mile rates which is to take
effect February LIST. This is another
quite desirable improvement in the
passenger department since Mr.. Wrenn
bias taken charge Of the Memphis and
Charleston division.
Death has claimed all that was
mortal Of G. A. Bell, who passed away
at his residence near Center Hill,
Miss, on the evening OF January 26th,
ffser a short illness, Of pneumonia,
aged about thirty-seven years. Mr..
Bell was a genial hearted man whose
sympathies always were extended to
the distressed, to whom he was always
ready to render such assistance rs was
in his power, and his last act was 10
visit a bereaved neighbor only few
DAYS before his death. sTKT.
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MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAI-sUNDAY, JANUARY ST. 1886.

10 a skiff yesterday afternoon. The
river was full OF eorged ice, making
the crossing very difficult. About
midway across thew encountered a
heavy fiop. The skiif was seen in the
midet of the ice and the men pulling
desperately. Then came - lockers
on on shore faint sound of grind
and crush, and the unf)rtunste men
and boat had disappeared. Mr.. Sam
uel Butler, farmer, and one Of his
hands t.ok skif and went out aS far
as they dared to venture, but found
no trace OF the men, aud it is sup
posed that all we're lost. 1t is thought
they came here from Green river
after provisions.
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Notice.

A LII persons owning and holding Judg-
- nont Certihoates. or coupons thereon,
malur ~ August 1, 1ss issued BY Upton
county under ne act OF the @ ersl Assembly
of the stated Ter nesses, app owed Deem
Der q, 1881, in eommomise Of lddgments
States for the Western District o TennOstee,
at Memphis, are hereby notified 10 present
said Judgment Certificates and ooul on and
detached coupons, for payment, TO the Union
and Planters Bank In said city OF Mem.
phi', Tenn, on or before tho LIST day OF
Februnsy AID. 1850, when and where
the same viii be paid according 10 the terms
and conditions o tho said Judgment Certih
Gates and compromise Rsreefnent entered
into between Triton county az her said
A. W. SMITH,
Chairman Of the County Court o. TiRton Go.
ID. n. LOCKE,
County Trustee,
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CHANCERY SALE
Or
he h AL ESTAT IL

No. 1922, R. hancery Court..of Shelby Coun-
ty-State OF tennessee for its own use,
ETC., VS.. Gabe Judah ct al, and No. 3299
ID. State of Tennessee VS.. W. k. Butler
ct al.
DY virtue Of an interlocutsry decree for
ID sale entered in the above cause on the
10Th day OF November, 1885, M. u. so. page
PIG, l will sell, at public auction, TO the high
est bidder, in front OF the Clerk and Mas
ter's Office, courthouse OF Shelby county,
Memphis, Tonn., on
Saturday, February 30, 1880.
within legal hours, tho following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
to-wit: Part Of lots 267 and 268, from ting
20 l7-l00 feet on the north eide of Washing
ton street by a dspthof So fest, the east line
b ing 6S1 feet west Of Second street. Sold
as properly of VIM. and Sarah Flynn.
Part OF SIS, west side OF Third street.
fronung 4g1S feet, and running be ok lIs<
ieet, said lot being on the northwest corner
of THIRD street and the alley between Adams
and Washington streets. sold as property Of
James W. Richardson and others.
Terms Of Sale On q credit Of six months;
note bearing interest with security required !;
lien retained, redemption barred. This jan
uary 81, 1885.
5. I. MCDOWELL, Clerk and Master.
By JIM Bradley, Deputy Clerk and Master.
Y. II. & @. W. Heiskell and ]. w. Hamp-
ton, Solicitors.
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Shot ana Instantly killed,

NEW YORK, January S0.-Ellen Fits,
aged twenty-six years, of No. lao Null
berry street, was shot in the left brta:t
at o'clock this morning and instantly
killed by Frederick Gsbhsrt, a keeper
on Blackwell's Island. Gebhalt made
his escape. Shortly sitter / o'clock
'Gebhart returned 10 his home on
Fourth street and Was arrested. The
weapon with which he did the shoot
ing was found 10 his possession. He
was still somewhat under the influence
of liquor and made contradictory stat =
ments about the shooting.
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Gen. sheI man 70 Move to New York.

ST. LOUIS, No., January 30.--Last
night Gen. w. T. Sherman, in answer
to query wht Their it was true that he
was contemplating a permanent re-
moval Of his household from st. Louis,
ssid that he bad made up his mind t.
move to New York, but mo- immedi-
ately. His daughter, Mrs Fitch, now
resides in New York, while his son is
in an Eastern college, leaving no tics
to bind him to the West. He cau
live with Mrs. Sherman at the Filth
AvenueH Hotel, New York, as chesply
as he can maintain an establishment
here, and this he means to do. The
coming spring and summer he will
travel in the West. At the beginning
OF next winter, or when be gets tired
Of wandering, he will sell out entirely
in St. Louis and take up quarters at
the Fifth Avenue.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-01-31
Corruption In the Ptttsbnrg City
Council.

PITrsBURG, Pa, January 30.-A
joint committee of councils COM
mences an investigation this evening
of charges that nineteen members Of
the two bodies were corruptly infiu-
enced to vote fer important measures
adopted during the year, including
the natural gas ordinance, South Side
Water-works purchase and the bill au.
thoriziDg the introduction of the gem
eral system of police patrol. Consid-
cradle feeling has been engendered,
but it is generally looked upon az an
'electioneering measure, as the munich
pal elections are held on the 18th of
February,
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Exciting Scene ta. the st. Louis
CounciI.


ST. LOUIS, January 30-A highly ex-
citing scene occurred In the lower
house OF the Municipal Assembly last
night. The house as wrangling over
the ta, bills, which have been bones Of
conter ton before 1t for several weeks
past, and in the hight Of q discus
sion over a motion TO refer the cor
rectnees of the form Of q certification
upon one OF the bills to the city
counsellor, the speaker, Mr.. Fox, de-
clared the house adjourned. This
produced great commo.ion, and the
minority, or Fox men, left the fall.
The majority reconvened, elected
new spta ker and clerk and one or
two minor officers and 40 burned after
sending for squa OF police to take
charge Of the bali and prevent the
minority flom meeting there. Three
policemen were stationed at the hall
after midnight, but the excitement
had then subsidized. The police still
h ld'ro session OF the hall.
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RaiIroad DIsavter in PennsyIvania

SCOTT HAVEN, PA, january 3U.--
A freight train on the PittsbuFg,
MeKeesport and Youghiogheny rail-
road ran into landslide early this
morning and was badly wrecked.
Conductor Graham and Fireman FL
lott are buried under the debris,
and are painfully but not fatally in
iured. Trains are delayed.
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A Nev York nensatIon.

New YoRK, January 30.-lt was
rumored this afternoon that bur-
glars succeeded last night in carrying
off the books of the Broadway Rail-
road Company's Office. There was
intense excitement down town over
the rumor until it was officially de-
MED.
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Religions lTToabies at Joliet, III.

JobBT, ILL.,, January S0.-Religious
excitement in this city has been raised
to lever heat by the difficulty be-
tween the Sa' walton Army aud civil
authorities. The mayor, chief OF po.
lice aud majority OF the councilmen
are Catholics, and because the mem
,bers Of the army have been nightly
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MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD.
A NEW THEORY REGARDING THE
DALLAS KILLING.
The Three Negroes Now Believed to
Have Been Butchered With.
out PrOvecatiOn.

DALLAS, Tx, January 30.-The
shooting affray reported from hero
yesterday proved to be serious affair.
Only three persons we're shot, but the
developments are sensational and at.
tracing slmost universal attention.
All the parties shot were colored-
Jesse Bonner, a middle aged man;
Margaret Young, his step daughter,
aged FIVE years, and Henry johnson,
aged ten years. Bonner was instantly
killed, and the other two fatally
wounded. Detective Duncan of BAL
lac, and Deputy Sheriff Seely Of Free
stone county, who did the killing,
will stick to the statement made by
them that they went to Boomers
house to arrest him as horse-thief,
and were fired upon by parties inside
with shotguns and pistols, and that
they returned the fire, and that the
killing was done in self-defense. But
the remarkable feature of the tragedy
is that neither OF the officers received
a scratch. Officers who have made
thorough investigation OF the prem
ices assert that ali the bullet-holes
found in the house show that they
were made from shots fred inward
from the door OF the cabin through
which the officers entered, and that
no evidences were disC covered OF shots
fired outward by the occupants OF the
cabin. The evidence taken before the
justice is volumin Gus, and the jury re-
turned verdict tina: Bonner's death
was caused by
GUN-sHoT WOUNDS
inflicted by shots fired from weapons
in the hands of one Seely and Two
other parties to the jury unknown.
Duncan admits being with Seely and
shooting, but the witnesses from
among the occupants Of the house
Only identified Sesiy. Who the third
party was ia a mystery. The story OF
the neg oss, with surrounding circum-
stances, maze 1t appear credible a. far
different from the statements of Dun
can and Seely. Robert johnson said
he had Just returned 10 the house
from work with his bro Their Henry,
when two men rushed in and began
fling without saying a word. Bon
ner fell, as did also the little
girl. Johnson and his broth
or then ran outside, and there
Henry was shot down by another
man. Josephine Davis, who wss in
the house at the time OF the shooting,
testifiss to the tame effect. Duncan
and Se,ly are still in custody at the
jail, and the grand jury, now in SEES
sion, is invest eating the tragedy. The
opinion prevails that indictments far
murder will be returned againEt Dun
can and Seely. Public opinion, ex-
pressed on the streets aud in public
places, is not complimentary to them
In connection with the tragedy.
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AdmlnIstratrIx,s Notice.

TTNHE undersigned having qualified as ad-
l. minis tratrix of Philip Bauer, deceased,
hereby notifies all debtors 10 come forward
and settle, and all creditors 70 present their
bills. properly probated. a ii goods held
for charges must DO removed By the 2lst OF
December, 1885.
Boots, Shoes, Tools, Show. Cases and Rixt-
CAROLINE SAUER,
Admir- OF Philip Sausr. % Jefferson a..
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CHANCERY SALE
OF
R EAL ESTATE

No. 5000, R. F)-Chancery Court Of Shelby
o0unty--State OF Tennossre for use, etc., VS..
W. X. Butler ct 81; and No. li7S, R.D.-
City of Memphis v. n. McNeill etal,
DY virtue Of an introductory decree for
ID sale. entered in the above cause on tho
18th day May, 1888, and renewed Deem
Der 2, 1895, NJ. Is. so, page Al, / will sell, at
pUhlio auction, TO the highest bidder, in
front OF the Clerk and Masters once, court
house Of Shelby county, Memphis, Tenn, on
Saturday, February 20, 1850,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated In Memphis, shelby coun.
IL, Tenn, to-Wit: Beginning on. the east
side Of the first alley east OF Third street At
lis intersection with the south side Of Jeher::
son street; thence east with south line Of
Jefferson street 1861 ieet; thence south lis1S
feet to an alley; thence west With north side
Of said alley 1854 feet 10 the hrst alley east
Of Third street; thence with said alley l4sN
feet 10 the beginning. kOld as the property
Of p. @. death aud Martha Bodie.
Terms Of Sale-On a credit Of months;
note with security; lien retained and re-
demption barred. This January % 1886.
s. /, MCDOWELL, Clerk and Master
By j. NJ. Bradley, Deputy Clerk A Master.
j. W. HAMPTON, Solicitor.
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% DOW BIZ the Lee.

EVANSVILLE, IND, January So
-Four unknown men attempted t.
cross the river ID the Kentucky side