Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-11-16

St. Paul, Minnesota, forbids ANY wo'
man Of evil fame" or name from riding
in it's streets.
George Peabody is said to have left an
estate of 81 GOO. 600, which his will dis
tributes among tweniy-nine persons.
The two rival candidates for the Iowa
Legislature had the same number OF
votes. and cut the cards for the place.
The Democrat won. Nr
New York is to have new hotel, the
largest on the continent II will have
$50 rooms and cost Sl,6OO,000.
Jay Cooke and VIM II. Seward are
each owners Of the 80. 900 scres of land in
lows, and Horatio Seymour rs 900 acres
in the same State.
The Public Ledger, Philadelphia, has
daily edition OF over seventy thousand
copies, and, with one exception, has the
largest circulation of any daily newspa-
per in the world.
At the wedding Of Roberts, editor of
the GAINESVILLE wis., Gazette, tin pen,
five feet long, was presented, bearing the
inscription, "The pen is mightier than
the sword"
A carriage and pair of harness, cost
ing $3.50 have been presented to Gov
eruor Warmotb, of Louisiana, by his po-
litical friends holding official positions
in Orleans parish.
The engineer fell from steamboat on
the Mississippi, one night not long ago,
and quietly sunk. When his absence
was discovered the boilers were found
red-hot and trembling on the brink Of an
explosion, having run themselves for half
an hour without assistance.
A California paper says: Whenever
we hear of Chinese burglary we in
variably learn that the inmates of the
house to bc plundered have been drugged.
The Chinese are said to possess some
unknown liquid, more powerful in its
effects than even chloroform.
The introduction Of Mystic Pond water
into E lst Boston has raised question as
to it's properties. A large number of
goldfish, which enjoyed life and Hourished
finely in the Cochituate water, have all
died SINCE the introduction Of the Mystic
water, and their owner attributes their
untimely decesse 10 the mystic eject OF
the water.
Toe best quality Of sponge 10 found 10
the Mediterranean sea but an excellent
qualify is found upon The rocks of the
Bahamas and the coast of Florida. The
sponge, when torn from the rocks to
which it adheres, is q heavy, blackjack
ing mass, having strong and offensive
odor. Ia order to clean the sponge, it is
buried 10 the earth for some weeks, at
the end Of which time ell the organic
matter will be decomposed. only the
pure hbrous skeleton remaining.
From 200 to 1000 spawn are taken
daily from the trout ponds at Pitts6eld,
Msss., snd the eggs are carefully placed
in Matching boxes in house provided
for them, through which & 5ws a constan,
current Of pure spring water. The OPP
GRAFTON Of collecting the spawn will be
continued from day to day until the
Matching boxes, holding GO, 900, are filed
provided the 300 trout in the main pond
shall "shell out" that number. 1t is ex.
pecled the eggs will begin Matching in
about sixty days.
J. ebig says that SCIENCE has demon
strsied that man is formed OF condensed
air that be lives on condensed as vel
IS anpondensed air; aud clothes himself
in condensed air; that he prspares hi
food by means OF condensed air; and By
means Of the same sgeHi moves the hesv
lest weights with the velocity Of the wind
i fact, that wind is q man and man il
wind. The faclis often demon siyaled il
conventions. In sasioas other piaees, anC
by Numerous people.
Ia snswer 10 letter from Me-. Jessup
Corresponds Secretary OF the New
York Workingmen's Uoiou No IL, S C
Rotary Boutwell, writes that the Treasury
Department has no control over n,
hours oi labor Of person. working for ii,
contractors The law, he says, coss no
FIX the hours Of labor on worl
performed by Government contrac
tors. Toe Secretary adds ell Ia.
borsrs employed by his department worl
but eight hours, according TO law; wher
the esigencies Of pablo service denazi
more hours Of labor, special agreement i
Dace, cod pay rated accordingly. To-
ihaalTy 81 Mr. Jessup was instigated b.
me ten hosrs Tor labor insisted unon b.
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