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Year: 1879

\ san tranclscO gentleman, at pres

 ent in Arizona, has a correspondence

 in the Mining and Scientific Press.

 written from Globe, in which he gives

 some very favorable opinions concern

 ing that district. By the way of intro duction he says:

 l will merely state what I have

 learned by personal examination since

 my arrival, and must say, that I am surprised, for from what information I could gather at San Francisco and

 thereabouts. ] expected to find a camp

 in which the bottom lay very close to

 the surface, and of course, if I found

 a shaft of any great depth, to find the

 bottom not so rich. took great pains

 to satisfy myself as to the permanency

 of the ledge, also the amount and dual-

 lty Of the ore in the bottom, and as yet, l have got to find the first one that did not have better showing in the

 bottom than on the surface. Then an other thing l have noticed is the length of the ledges, many of them tracable for several miles in length, and the crOppings show great width. I have

 been forced to believe that deep min ing will bring to the surface large quantities of pay ore, as the surface I think has produced as rich ore as any camp discovered.

 The writer then refers in a general way to the good character of the mines, the lack of milling facilities and the struggles of the industrious and hopeful miners to hold on to and de- velop their property. In this connec- tion he says: |" I find that a great many of these men would dispose, if they could, of some of their best proper " at a reasonable price. in order to get money to develop their other pros poets; and as a general thing, the most of this property has a good showing, with shafts from 50 to 150 feet deep, and good ore from the top to the bot tom of the shaft"

 From this lie argues that some great bargains are now awaiting the advent of any capitalists brave enough to invest a reasonable amount in developments and reduction facilities. He says if some companies have failed it is be- cause they have sent a lot of men, who it seems, were good for nothing at any thing, and so, to get rid of them, ship. ped them to Arizona to spend their. money in trying to learn mining with out a teacher, and because it proved a failure in most cases, they say no use going there-nothing in it."

 In conclusion he speaks of the nat ural advantages the camp possesses for the construction of reduction works and says: I

 I hardly think ore would have to be ! hauled to exceed two miles at theI farthest, wood can be bought anywhere Ill the district at 8 per cord labor at your own prices at the present time. So, taking it altogether, 1 see no req son why ore should not be worked | here at a very reasonable price; and as a large per cent of our ore is free and quite a considerable car ries free gold, 1 am at loss to know why this camp should not command the attention of some of the mining men of the Pacific coast; and l think when it does have fair and impartial trial, that there will be brought toI light things that will be enticing to all who have capital to invest.
Year: 1879

THE Silver Belt says in its notice of the Tombstone stage robbery that |" Acting Gov. Gosper's head was level when he offered a reward for nipping the thread of life of stage robber. Instead of $500 he should have doub- led the sum. The violent death of a road agent is cheap at any price.
Year: 1879

New York Tribune.l


A careless telegrapher caused panic
in a domestic circle in this city on
Monday evening. A young woman
telegraphed from Philadelphia to her
mother in this wise Have received
no letter. Am worried" The mes.
sage received by her mother was this /.
Have received no letter. Am mar
ried. The mother was surprised at
the sudden announcement, and she
gave the daughter large piece Of her
mind. The operator had mistaken
" worried y for married." no doubt
thinking the meaning was the same,
and mad wired the mother the surpris
ing intelligence.
Year: 1879

MEMPHIS, September 20, 1879.
ENREQUENT applications being made TO
l. the Board Of Health and Superintendent
of Quarantine by absentees from here to re-
turn, we deem it best to make this public an
nouncement, that, though the number of new
cases Of yellow fever and deaths are small
and perceptibly ON the decline, it would not
be safe for those who have not had the dis
ease to return yet.


The comparatively small number of new
cases and deaths is due to the fact that there
are so few unacclimated people here.


Those who have had the fever and wish to
return will be permitted to do so, and will
be furnished a certificate to that effect on ap-
plication to the Superintendent of Quaran-
tine. None others will be permitted to enter
Memphis before it is officially announced BY
the Board Of Health that it is thought there
is no longer danger from the infection, which
will be done at the earliest possible day.


G. B. THORNTON, MD,


President Board of Health.


JOHN JOHNSON,


Superintendent of Quarantine.
Year: 1879

EDITOR LEDGER: am worried 10
know what to think about these
Howards. On every corner they are
criticised and sometimes cursed for
things they have done, or things they
have not done. One says the visitors
make too many visits to the back part
OF the commissary. Another that
they have their pets who get all the
attention while others get none. And
another solemnly asserts that he has
noticed a man with yellow badge
going often to see a lady who has
never been unwell; at whose house
chickens and other eatables make a
frequent addition to her scanty store


But | need not tell you all that is told
at these corner meetings. | hear them
with a shudder and come to the firm
determination that will not join that
association. Then | meet.with friend
Of the Howards and ask him how they.
who profess so much goodness, can do
such naughty things, and he gets
snorting mad right off, and says with
a pious prefix damn lies" So you
see yourself it is not easy to know
what TO think or do. | don't know
much, but | know that not more than
half the lies going are true. So |
meet him half way, and partly agree
with him. Then | broach the
buggy subject, when he suddenly re-


members a promised visit to a sick
friend, and leaves me in my previous
benighted condition. Now, Mr.. Edi-
tor, | turn to you for the required
light. How does it come, if ten visit
ors, each with their horse and buggy,
are just sufficient for all the sick, that
we meet with a card Of thanks in your
paper giving three of them credit for
kind favors and attention to one sick
person? There is an apparent contra
dictiOn s)mewhere, to my obtuse intel
ltct, According to Howard authority,
ten horses and buggies were absolutely
necessary to attend all the sick, prop
erly-but, hush | have caught an
other idea-maybe the visitors can be
in two places at the same time; if so,
my difficulty disappears. But then,
Reflection, the meddling jade, says:
"This is not the age of miracles. And
am thrown back on my own re-
sources, which are not able to cope
with the puzzle. Ifa certain number
is required to attend those who are
sick, without distinction, and nearly
one-third of that certain number
look so closely after one as to
be entitled to public thanks,
does it follow that nearly one
third have been neglected or, that
the certain number was too great, and
might have been reduced This is
the dilemma have got into; and,
without your aid, am likely to remain
in III for | have just been as success
Year: 1879

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is s5 per annum and
SOC per month fOriess than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per sunum-
postage free.


Persons leaving the city for the summer
can order the DAILY LEDGER at soc per
month in advance, with the privilege Of
changing pOstofRce.
Year: 1879

Deposit IN. y UOurierl


AT a large public funeral of a prom
inent citizen Of Delhi, a week ago last
Sunday, the mourners were dressed in
white, instead of the customary black.
This was done in approval of the
wishes of the deceased, who, while
living, strongly opposed the inevitable
heavy and expensive mourning, and
requested them to dress in simple
white at his funeral, especially if they
believed him to have entered a happier
world.
Year: 1879

SUBSCRIBERS who wish to re-
new Will do us a favor by SEND
ING MONEY before their time
expires, as our mail list Is very


large, and Our force to do the
work small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT the MONEY.
Year: 1879

A complete description of the re.
suits OF Ed'son's latest researches
aud experiments of illumination by
electricity begins to look as if the
vast capital of all the gas companies
OF oil the cities of the world is to be
annihilated by this new invention
The burning of coal gas vitiates the
air OF an apartment, whereas tho
electric light does not impair its
purity. Ii has no other effect on the
atmosphere of room than that Of
heating it. The problem of expense
has been completely solved. 1t is
demonstrated that the electric light
can be produced ut mere fraction Of
the cost Of illuminating gas.
Year: 1879

Not long ago young couple. of
Bucksport, Maine, were married by a
justice OF the peace. He afterwards
discovered that his term had expired at
the time OF the ceremony, and that 1t
was illegal. The husband" proposed
second marriage, but the woman said


she believed she did not care to, that
she had had enough of married lie for
the present, and persisting in that opin-
ion she left town the next day for Boston.
Year: 1879

The Chinese process of welding crack
ed iron ware by cementing them with
molten iron Is thus described: In the
case, for example, of a cast-iron pan re-
quiring such treatment, the operator
commences by breaking the edges of the
fracture slightly with hammer. so ss to
enlarge the assures, after which the f-ac-
tured parts are placed and held in their
natural positions by means Of wooden
braces the pan, being ready, crucibles
made Of clay are laid in charcoal and
ignited in small portable sheet iron fur
mace, with below working horizontally.
As soon as the pieces Of cast iron with
which the crucibles were charged are
fused, it is poured on layer of partly
charred husk of rough rice, previously
spread on a thickly doubled cloth, the
object of this being to prevent the sud-
den cooling and hardening of the liquid
metal. While in the liquid state 1t is
quickly conveyed to the fractured part
under the vessel and forced with a jerk
into the enlarged tissure, while a paper
rubber is passed over the Obtruding liquid
inside of the vessel, making a neat,
strong, substantial, and in every respect
thorough operation.
Year: 1879

other than that tho Western girls arc tho pest
bowlers aud equestren that have been seen mere
this They are stronger, or easier carriAs"
and recognizable anywhere by seit-rehaht oe-
meanor, which is peculiarly their own. one young
lady from Colorado is looked for by the gaiiants
Oh tho beach in tho bowling alley and on horse
back with great deal CT impaticnce since ihey ois
covered how skilful rs well as charming she Is III
has already made many conquests. and the AIR OF
the Branch Is heavily freighted With the resretiu
sigEs OF unnoticed swains. Her name is-well, IL
would not be fair TO tell it.


ANOTHER WARNING TO DArHERs.


As am about to close my letter learn that very
sad accident occurred in the water opposite the
West End Hotel. Colonel George III. Hardie. OF the
County Clerks Office. New York city, came down on
the Plymouth Rock this morning with his wife
and some friends to pass agreeable hour
or two by the seaside. After lunch he went in
bathing, while his wife sat the blun
above to watch him. Being a good swimmer ne
yentured beyond the buoy, and secn TO turn ana
haloo to his friends shore He raised his hand IN
that he making signal to them Tor run:
They replied by shouting buck and his wife waved
her handkerchief to him cheeriy. suddenly
lie disappeared beneath the water, but came
to the surface again They thought he mad dived.
Again he sank full view OF dozen expert swim
nlers who, in batling costume. stood upon the
sand Not one of them stirred because they thought
he was acting purposely III this manner. But once
and helpless state attracted the attention OF boat
man, and the cry Gle is drowning! lie Is
drowning!" smote the ears of the wife above.
dozen men rushed to the rescue and brought the
gentleman ashore. but. alas in an inanimate con-
dition. Mrs. Hardy frantic and had to be taken
to the hotel Her husband rolled and rubbed
by willing hands and DR.. Hunter, with his electric
battery and other apparatus for the resuscitation
came to Colonel Hardy unsuccessfuly, am in
formed. Another man was drowned at Monmouth
Year: 1879

keeper.


We have recently heard, says the Boston
Heoid, Of a character in a New Hsmp-
shire town whose personality smscks OF
individuality and independence so strongly
that We wonder of what original springs
be has monopoly 10 the exclusion Of his
more ordinary neigbbOrs. This man
keeps general" He has kept the same
store for twenty years, and one would
almost ssy the same stock, judging from
- thoroughly mixed-up condition and the
liberal accumulation of dist He hires
no attendant, but does all the work OF buy
in and selling himself OF course he can
not always be in the store; he must eat like
other people. When he has occasion to go
away he goes and locss uP the store. He
locks up the store when he is i'll; he locks
itup when he come to Bpston 10 buy goods.
In spite of this irregular proceeding he
has acquired money and not 4 little Of ii
too. But the really queer thing about the
man and his store remains to be.toid. In a
corner, more dusty than apy thing else in
the place, s;aud two demijphns. There
they have stood since the fret year this
man began business. They were brought
by an old countryman to be filled with
molasses and vinegar. As ne took one in
each hand to carry then to the cart at the
door, he said he would settle for them the
next week when he came down. But the
storekeeper had a better plan ant suggested
mildly that the jugs better be left too, till
the next week, when their contents could
be paid for. "All right" responded the
countryman, and he set the jugs down and
went away. And there thee vessels have
stool ever since and have never Teen
mptied.
Year: 1879

The outlook for Republican principles
was never brighter than it is to-day. All
classes OF Republicans are thoroughly
united upon principle. Much that was ir-
ritatipg in the past has been composed.
The President shows no symptoms OF de-
WAITING from the course he has adopted
with the unanimous approval of the party.
The revolutionary attitude the Democrat
ic party, and It's loose notions concerning the
national honor, disturb and disgust reason
able Americans OF various political atii.is-
tions, and the independent voter gladly
embraces the opportunity to AID by his bal
lot the triumph of the Republican party.
Let Republican concord be maintained,
and no apprehension need be mad as TO the
result of the national canvass which il so
near al hand.
Year: 1879

The nomination Of Foster for governor oi
Ohio is triumph for the administration
The first thing they know the stalwarts al
Washington who have been 20 busy stifien
ing NJ The spinal column OF the president
will fud cut that they have rather over
done the thing.
Year: 1879

it is not our custom to cite illustrations Ofthe benefit of advertising which in tiIe very nature of the case must lnnure to the advntage of par ties whose names we are compelled to mention, but the case of Dr. Kennedy of this place, is so remarkable of the kind that for once we make an exception of him. After much careful eX- perimenting the Doctor became convinced that he had found-or rather educed from elements previously known, but never so compounded a medicine capable initself of doing an immense amount of good 10 his suffering fellow men,

 He was morally certain that the great and in telligent public would be altogether of his way of thinking touching the virtues of his discovery if he could only get it before thenR Like sensible man he began to invest portion of his capital in newspaper advertisements. He had not long to wait for the visible and sensible effect of his course Orders began to drop in one by one, and then steady bombardment of them opend upon this eaterprlslng physician aud surgeon. The Favorte Remedy soon be- came as well known as Dickens Pickwick Papers or Webster's Dictionary. When people felt themselves in suffering and distress from Liver and Kidney diseases, Constipation of the Bowels, or any of those complaints peculiar to Females, so subtle in character and so difficult for treatment by the ordinary modes, they bought the Favorite Remedy, used 1t and were healed Now, we don't know that we are un- der any special obligation to Dr. Kennedy, but in order to draw the moral to enforce which this article was written, we are obliged to give him the benefit of this implied advertisement. And the moral is this When you have some thing to sell which is worth public attention do as Dr. Kennedy did with the Favorlte Remedy advertise it. A great patronage has awarded, and the same wisdom will secure the same re- suit for you. Sold by Vessels < Gates, Litchfield. 42-4w.
Year: 1879

The managers of the Pacific railroad, our only trans continental line of communication have ''combned' with the managers of the bankrupt and disgraced Pacific Mail line, our only other way of steam communication with the Pacific, and the two have formed con- pact which is the strongest possible argument for subsidizing any new road that will be cer- tain opposition to the present line, and the strongest argument, too for government inter- ferance. It is not necessary to explain that there are different kinds of freight Some kinds must be carried as rapidly as possible, others can go exactly as well to all owners by slower, cheaper routes. This double Pacific combination divides up all the freight business between New York and California, pooling" receipts and sharing them in an agreed pro- portion. It does not stop here, but boldly refuses to carry any business concerns freight for 1t unless the house will sign paper bind ing itself to send dH it's freight by this way.

 In other words, the right to ship any goods by sailing vessel around the Horn" is denied to any concern which wishes to use the Pacific railroad. The use of the road is imperative in some cases, while the Cape Horn route is merely preferable one because of it's cheap ness. Forced to choose the merchant has to forswear the use of clipper ships hereafter. This industry, the best survial of our once hourshing commerce, will be also driven out of existence if this iniquitous combination prevails. It is a matter of very serious impor- tance, and when we remember that the people of the United States built the Pacific railroad and are to-day paying interest on its defaulted bonds, while the stock is paying dividends in Wall street, it is irresistible to ask how long this sort of thing can last.

 The right of the general government to in- tertere in tine management of the Pacific rail- road, sufficiently to break up such an abuse as this, would scarcely be questioned by the most particular. And New York; now that it gets this taste of monopoly abuse, will probably bestir itself in this direction. It is to be mo- ticed that MT. Theophilus French, the govern ment railroad accountant-a sort of national railroad ommissoner-endorses the Reagan bill in his report and advocates the law regu- lating interstate commerce. forbidding less charge for long distances than for short, etc, etc.; which, while it would hit this Pacific railroad abuse, would put the price of wheat down out of sight at the far west.-COurant.
Year: 1879

Liberia has proved no Utopia for South Car olina emigrants The correspondent who wrote that his Sunday dinners consisted of

 roast monkey" which was mighty dry eat ing without lard," and that lard could not be had flor love or money" has fellow sufferer in one Rufus Clark, who writes back: II can not making living here, for there is nothing going on for a living in this country but lying cheating and stealing" He wishes to get back to America, but has not the means to do it. II thought" he writes, 'that could live in this country, but find that no man can live in this country. If you will aid and assist ne to get away from this country, would be willing to bind myself and family to work foi you on your place, or in any way you want me until you are satfsfsd of your money"
Year: 1879

The French servant girl is generally much better off than her American or British sister She carries three -fourths of her earnings to the savings bank, and is never content until she is the possessor of at least $100 with which to buy debenture bond of the City of Paris, en- titling her to the chance of winning $50, 900 of the quarterly drawings. Greenville Murray further observes that they have too much taste to disfgure themselvesas certain English-and he might have added American-housemaids do, by tricking themselves out in cheap fnery

 Their universal costume is white linen cap and gown of printed cotton or calico with perhaps silk kercheif of gay color not of

 ten. While she is not indifferent to the at

 fractions of dress, she is imbued with native good sense which teaches her the proprietv of attiring herself according to her station She is too thrifty to spend more on daess than she can afford, and would think herself ludicrous if, affecting to array hereself. like lady, she dressed otherwise than in the height of fashion, and wore gloves or boots that were not of the pest quality and the most perfect fit When French woman rises into the class where it is incumbent on her to wear bonnet instead of a cap she must have everything to match, and the bills of her millner ana dressmaker come to be serious items in her expenditures.
Year: 1879

year to each pupil, which month IS OF the ue~
most Importance to him in the study
of the far more indispensable spelling read
ing, writing, and arithmetic. The waste OF
one month year to eech of $4,000 pupils
cannot be justified. 1t is denial OF that
instruction which the law provides, and
that, too, without furnishing the children
any equivalent. The boy whose time Is nm-
tied to few hundred days IN which TO learn
all he can about spelling, reading writing,
and arithmetic may as well be turned out OF
school month or two months before the
expiration of his time as to have him taken
away from those studies and put at music
and drawing. Certainly there ought to be
some remedy for this waste OF time ana
money, which might be more properly and
proftably applied.