Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-11-26
The world produces 7ls 900 900 pounds

The world produces 7l3, 900 900 pounds
of coffee per annum. Brazil furnishes
over ene-half of this, Java comes next,
and Ceylon next in the amount yielded.
One hundred and eighty and half
acres Of land in Essex county, New Jer-
sey, we're recently sold for one hundred
and eighty thousand dollars.
Young Iturbide of the Montezuma dy.
nasty lives in Georgetown, d. G, with
his wife, nee Green, aud with the child
that was for some time adopted by the
late Macmillan.
A man named John McAllstsr was
killed by train at cattle-yard near
D ivisburg, Michiran, on Monday night
Of last week, while going home intoxi
Gated.
Baldwin, the Irish pugilist, has been
sentenced at Lawrenceville, Msssachu
setts, to eighteen months Imprisonment
in the house of correction, for participa-
ting in prize fight at Lynnfeld, some
time since.
At Dayton, on Sunday, little girl,
not TWO years old, named Znck, crept
up TO bucket of boiling water, aud,
falling into it, was scalded, so that re-
covery is doubtful.
-Four men are now awaiting execution
in Pennsy lvania: Jas Field, Of Lycom-
isg; Wm. A Black, of Butler; A)rsham
Titus and DR.. Paul Scbeppe, Of Cum
berlsnd.
The completion Of the Fort Wayne,
Jackson and Saginaw railroad will do
away with the last stage coach OF jack
SOB, Michigan, now running between
that place and Jonesville.
Vanderbilt is really becoming amb-
tious. Not satisfied with having a mouu
ment in bronze, nor with being the rail-
road king of the country, nor with the
reputation of being the wsalthiest man,
or with having handsome young wife,
nor with any aud all of his other princely
possessions, be now wants to buy the
Siug-Sing penitentiary, according to the
New York newspapers, that are wonder
ing what he will do with it. Why, il is
simply the elimination of his ambition.
Vanderbilt wants to control New York
city, and New York city has long mo-
nopolizsd the State penitentiary.
The Nswburyport( Mass Herald says: ::
The Rsv. MIR. Timlow, of East Cam
bridge, was called upon on the 9th inst.
to perform double service and of di-
rectly opposite nature. 1t Was that of g
marriage and funeral in the same family
and at the same hour. The mother had
died, and just before her death requested
her daughter to have her contemplated
marriage consummsted as soon after
death as practicable. II so happened that
convenience aud other things pointed to
the hour of funeral service. Aud so it
occurred tha', by the side OF the mother 8
coffin, the daughter was married. There
WAS the weepiug father, with the sacred
marriage tie just Groken, and there was
the daughter Just forming the tie, and with
emotions that can hardly be imagined.
Jnst after the marriage ceremony, Mr..
Timlow proceeded with the burial ser
vices. Il was season Of great solem-
nifty, and must have impressed all the
spectators as very strange.
The foreign residents in Havana,
mapy of Shom are wealthy, and to whom
the trade of Cuba owes much of its
ACTIVITY, nave Us u Iuto nCaa e'S~a
the dissensions by which the island has
suffered. But in spirit they are faithful
to the cause of law and order. And
which is of importance in forming an
estimate Of the sill remaining elements
of trouble-they have faith in the power
Of the Government TO triumph com
pletely. A recent movement on their
part to form q foreigners constabnlary
force OF Havana gave occasion TOR an
address to the Csptsin-Genersl, in which
il is stated there are Cubsss abroad who
have imposed upon other nations, and
that they, the trainers of the address,
wish their opinion to be understood. We
think we have heard something like this
before. II is all very well to excite sym
patty for struggles for freedom, and for
Americans to feel it. But-ihe truth
must be told at last, even TO the dlscom-
f,ure of the Cuban irrepressibles 4
They refute TO accept reforms contingent
only on their submission, prefsrriug
continued inceniisrisms and bloodshed
caarlesfOR Courier.