Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-24

PUBLIC LEDGEk.
omoe. no. ~ Madisen stree,
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
In Maine. last year. ss36,l3l were
raised for educational purposes, Of which
S5ls, 292 we're produced by taxation.
The cost Of new school houses erected
during the year was S323,5sl. The num-
Der of children in Maine between four
and twenty one years is 2l2,3O9, which
is decrease Of about 500 since 1866.
The number registered in the summer
schools was ITO, 939; average attendance
1886; number registered in winter
schools, l2O,sls; average attendance,
$1,000. The average pay of male teach
ers, besides board, was $2s 7Sper month
and female teachers, 81 II per week.
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THE French Government has adopted
avery important measure. DR.. Vernois,
physician 10 the Hotel Dieu, Of Paris,
has been intrusted by the Minister OF
Education with the task Of visiting all
the Government schools Of France, and
10 report upon the hygiepic management
of these establishments. An inspection
Of this kind would be useful in many
countries other than France, in all
schools, both public and private. Both
teachers and scholars would be grateful
for the measure.
SECRETARY STANTON evidently intends
TO remain in the War Department tits
stated that on the day he took possession
of the Office, every Senator and every
foreign minister at Washington, received
by special messenger, an envelope con-
tanning two visiting cards. On one was
1.-THE Secretary of War;" and on the
other Edwin M. Stanton" |. was re-
garded as significant intimation that
Mr.. Stanton proposes to remain at the
head Of the War Department
TIE works for bringing the waters OF
=, the Vannes to Paris are about to be i'm
mediately commenced. The course they
will have to follow will be nearly the
entire department of the Yonne, and q
portion of the eine-et-Marne, in the
neighborhood of Moret, to reach the great
reservoirs of Montrouge, whence they
will be distributed through the quarters
of the capital on the left bank of the
Seine. The cost of this undertaking is
estimated at $4,000
THERE is an idea, or theory, or
belief aAoat that somewhere up in the
Arctic seas, beyond the Frozen ocean,
lies an unknown land To reach it you
must, as it were, get behind the north
wind; that is, you must penetrate the
barrier of circumpolar ice, leave it in
your rear, and get close up to the Pole.
If you can do this, and once put the ice
fields behind you, you will come to fine
open sea, with continent in the middle
of it. So says the London Times.
A MAN rode into Sullivan, Indiana, the
other day, in great haste, declared hewas
in pursuit of thief who had stolen one
of his horses, borrowed thirty dollars
from sympathizing listener to his
story, and departed for Evansville, where
he said he believed the fugitive had gone
Next day livery man from Terre Haute
appeared at the same place, and claimed
that the other fellow had hired horse
from him and run away with it.
From Ireland it is announced that the
Irish in America are again sending re-
mittances to their friends in that country.
During the war it is said that remit
tances were to great extent suspended,
but they now nearly equal the amount
sent in former times,
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The bill abolishing the State eonstabu.
larry is considered certain to pass the
Massachusetts Legislature, and the indi-
cations are that all restrictions on liquor
dealing in that State will be abolished.
A MASSACHUSETTS, railroad has recently
built along its line several miles of high
board fence to prevent the drifting Of
snow upon its track in winter.
A FoRLoRy cuss, Of the male persua-
sion, gets off the following poetical effu-
sion:
"When Sallie's arm her dog imprison,
/ always wish my name was hisen;
How often would stop and turn,
To get pat from hand like hern;
And when sh- kisses Towser's nose,
o, don't wish that were those"
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PARK AVENUE ACADEMY,
THREE MILES FROM MEMPHIS, NEAR
i Memphis a. Charleston railroad. The OBJ
ject of this school is 10 prepare boys for the
University. Virginia. any college, or Tor the
meat special att ntion will be given to reafing,
writing and spelling. TIE Principal has bad
ten years experience in teaching in Alexan-
dria, Richmond and Lynchburg Va. and de-
signs establishing a permanent school. The
Academy is located in a community noted for
its refinement and intelligence, and is near
Park Avenue Church, wheio religious services
are held every Sunday. Board can be obtained
near the Schaol fer SIS per month. The next
session commences February Sd, 1853
BEFERKNcEs-Dr. J. J. Williams, N. NJ.
Trezeyant, NJ. d. Deadrick, Z. Rayner, Esqs.,
Cant u A Noip natrong. Raw NJ n HoQe ID
D..Rev. 7. v. Moore. ID D. Richmond: Rev r.
L.Dabney, ID d. Rev. B. NJ. Smith. D ID Union