Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-07
Miscellaneous Items.

The Prince OF Wales won $z0,OU0 by
betting on the Derby.
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens is re-
ported to have entirely recovered.
A two year old boy in Noble county,
Ohio, a few days ago, was choked to
death in attempting to swallow bean
with which he was playing.
National Bank stock, according to a
recent unanimous opinion of the Supreme
Court of Iowa, can be taxed, under law
of the State to that effect.
John Kimple, a lad of fourteen, an
| inmate OF the Cincinnati House of Refuge,
committed suicide on Wednesday by
hanging himself to a bed-post. Cause,
modification at his confinement.
Cognac, the great brandy town, is said
to be one of the wealthiest in proportion
to its size in the world. In 1868 it ex-
ported above nine million gallons of
brandy, almost all of which went to Eng.
land The population of Cognac is about
$4,000.
Philip Coleman Pendleton, editor of
the Valdosta Georgia. Times, died on
Saturday week from injury received from
being thrown from carriage by fright
ened horse. He served under General
Scott in Florida, and was Major of q
Georgia regiment during the rebellion.
While an ignorant lecturer was describ-
| ing the nature of gas, blue stocking
| lady inquired of gentleman near her
what was the difference between oxygen
and hydrogen2 "Very little, madame" ="
said he, ''by oxygin we mean pure gin,
and by hydrogen, gin and water"
General ]. T. Wilder, of the lockwood
Iron Works, Virginia, says the miners in
his coal mine are now at work upon q de-
post of coal which exceeds in thickness
anything ever known in the world. An
air course driven across the bed shows
il to be over one hundred feet thick.
A small iron steamer is now being
filled up at Wilmington, North Carolina,
| by a number of Southern capitalists, and
will shortly sail from that port with q
number of scientific men on board, to ex'
plore the head waters of the Amazon,
with view of attracting attention to the
commercial resources of that country.
Georgia gold mining operations are
said to be in a more healthy condition
than ever before. The Hamilton mill ID
crushing about seventy;five tons Of ore
daily, with twenty-four stamps. The
Yahoola Company are building an
aaueduct at Dshlonega. A new mill is
going up on the Etowah, below Auralis,
and all the mills, it is stated, are. doing
we'll
Commodore Vanderbilt went into the
Union depot at Troy the other day, and
asked when the next train would leave
for New York. An employe, not recog-
nizing the old gentleman, answered in a
careless manner, but was rather surprised
and enlightened by the rejoinder:
cant wait for the train; send down and
get me special locomotive and car.
The Commodore started for New York
soon afterward in company with Hon.
John Morrissey.
An electrical blasting machine has
been invented aud was successfully
tested last week in San Francisco. The
advantages claimed for it are: First,
safety. No fuse is used, and the blast
can be fred from any distance. Second,
twelve or fifteen blasts can be fred
simultaneously and without danger IL
will work either with nitro-glycerine or
the California powder. Il can be used
as q submarine or land battery. The
machine itself can be easily carried un-
der one mans arm.