Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-12
Miscellaneous Items.

Dumas has been considerably pre-
sented with a burial lot.
Olive Logan is said to be the best swim
mer at Long Branch.
A "Womsn's Rights" Convention will
be held at Chicago on the 9th and 10th o
September.
A reporter describes suicide as fol
J lows: "He laid himself down, and sho
himself with his big toe." 1t is suggested
that the weapon was loaded with nails.
The Freelovers have concluded not I,
hold their Convention at Indianapolis, o.
the surrounding element is not congenia
to their peculiar doctrine.
A New York lawyer of prominence
holds that woman can perform no &C
of greater self fdegradatio than engagin,
in suit for breach of promise ant
claiming damages for blighted affections
Both the Rizarelli brothers fell re
Gently while performing the trapeze &C
at McVicker's Theater, Chicago. Theil
lives were saved by the net spread under
meath.
Hen. John Bell, who has been for somt
time past residing at the Iron Works, or
the Cumberland river, is in failing health
and his condition is such as to give nc
hope of his permanent recovery.
At Red Creek, Wayne county, Ind, q
few days ago, a servant girl, while gath.
ering tomatoes, was stung by tomato
worm which produced spasms, ending in
death.
A country clergyman says he has mar
ried but one couple in year, and thai
they paid him nothing, stayed to dinner
as it was rainy day. and then borrowed
his umbrella when they left, which he
has never seen since.
The curative aud relieving powers of
ice are found more valuable year after
year. Small Jumps of ice swallowed
whole will often check acute stomach in.
Examinations, and will prevent nausea if
heat is applied outside at the same time.
Pounded ice, applied to the spine, is said
to cure sea-sickness A bit of ice will
help diptheris and all throat complaints.
To become delightfully."- cool in Summer,
apply ice, wrapped in paper, to the back
of the head for one moment.
Agricultural societies generally died
out of the South during the war, but since
the return of peace vigorous efforts have
been made to revive these associations.
Two hourishing agricultural societies are
now in existence in North Carolina, and
the people in other States are more
strongly than ever convinced of the i'm
portanoe of employing all the auxiliaries
within their power to create deeper inte-
rest in the cultivation of the soil and the
improvement of live stock.
The reports from all parts of Ireland
as to the state of the crops are highly
encouraging. The general appearance
of things has been greatly improved in
the North by recent rain In the South
rain Is wanted, but wheat generally looks
well. Potatoes are good. Turnips prom
ise fair return. The Irish harvest ia not
likely to be very early one, but great |
hopes are entertained that it will prove a |
fall average
If the cruelties practioed by Spaniards
in Cuba upon helpless prisoners have
failed to call forth protest from any
civilized nation, it is at least matter Of |
that, according to the
information from Cuba published recent.
ly, the Gut ans have it in their own
power to prt. snt, henceforth, the perpe-
trstion OF these atrocities, having prison
ers enough In their hands to hold as hos
tages for the proper treatment of cap
tured Cubans in future. All humane |
men will be gratified that some check |
has been found to the disgraceful cruelty |
of the Spaniards to their prisoners.
M'Nish, in bis able work on "The Phi |
lesophy of Drunkenness" gives an ac-
count Of the eject of different stimulauts |
on the system. DR.. Paris, in his "Phar- |
relates some curious facts |
relating to stimulants. Hobbies drank
cold water when he was desirous of |
making a great intellectual effort. New
ton smoked, Bonspsrte took snuff, Pope
strong coffee, Byron gin and water, We'd
derburne, the first Lord Ashburton,
always placed blister on his chest when
be had to make great speech. The Lord !
Erskine took large dosea Of opium. On
the trial of Qaeen Caroline, Erskine,
ANXIOUS to make great speech, took an
over dose of his favorite drug. The effect
was striking be dropped into the arms
of Lord Stanhope, who sat next to him.
A Lafayette Qndians) correspondent
writes to the Cincinnati Gazette that
here is corn field in Benton county,
Indiana, of seven thousand sSses, In good
condition ard =yo-,ng splendidly. This
,sid is 10 be found on the farm Of Adam
Earl, E,q who resides in Lafayette. The
anne correspondent adds. "Messrs |
earl & Fowler have farm of $4,000
Ipges in benton county, in one body,
veil wstered and with permaneD. i'm.
having one hundred and
orty miles OF nl.eage fence and sixty-6ve
IS of board fence, thirty dgalling
louses for tenants, three blacksmith |
hops, etc. To caltivaie the corn lauds
me hundred aud sixty-nine one and two
orse plovs we're kept 10 daily use, and
% the pasture lands forty one hundred
cad Of cattle are now feeding Tor the ,
lew York market, and will be shipped
bis fall by rail, Messrs, Earl h Fowler
i've their personal supervision to the
lFE, besides attending to their separate
interests, the former q jobbing merchant