Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-24
Miscellaneous Items.

A grand "squatter sovereignty" war
is threatened in Kansas by citizens who
don't want to be ousted from their lands
by Indian treaties.
Duels are now of almost daily occur.
renee in Paris. Sometimes as many as
two or three day are recorded.
Columbia, Tennessee, has hen that
lays eggs as large as goose eggs, and
each egg contains two or three yolks,
and the hen crows like rooster.
A century plant in possession Of the
Nessrs Frost, Rochester, will be in bios.
som in few days. Only three or four
of these plants are known to have bios
somed in the United States.
Aluminium bells have been manufac-
tured in France and Belgium. The ex-
pertinent is success.
Land thet sold in Virginia four years
ago for six dollars an acre, will now bring
thirty. an Jsa sals
The Pope gave the golden rose this
year to the Duke Robert of Parma, who
has just married the Princess Maria Pia
of Sicily. ote Urs
An Iowa man telegraphed thus to an
Illinois sheriff: ARREST G. P. w., elop-
ing with my wife. Owes me 500. If
he pays, let him CO." pa
Jules Jannin is engaged in writing q
volume entitled Lamartine from 1890
to 1862" He promises that it shall be
his chefdeuUre.
In the village of Upton, Indiana, all
the liquor saloons are closed and have
Grape on their doors, the combined eff
feet of revival aud Of raid by the la
dies. 5s 80 os 0ed w
The late Charles o. Rogers, of the
Boston Journal left very large estate,
near d million and quarter, but much
of it the result of fortunate real estate
investments.
At the new opera house in London the
footlights, instead of burning up, bugn
with downward fame into iron fues,
under an artificial pressure of air, which
also helps to carry off the smoke.
An enterprising speculator in Paris
proposes to start mammoth printing
house for printing all the daily papers in
the city. He says by doing so the dailies
would reduce their expenses ten per cent
Pardee College, Pike county, Missouri,
confers the degree Of M. A. maid Of
Aris) upon young ladies. Among the
practices prohibited at this institution is
gallanting" or association of ladies
and gentlemen.
The mother of the late "Artemus
Ward" after waiting in vain for the
public to erect monument over the
grave of her son, aud feeling mortified
that there is nothing to mark his resting
place, has determined to put up grave
stone at her own expense.
Mr.. Rice, of Copiah county, Miss., was
arrested by the military the other day for
drawing weapon at public meeting
While being removed to Jackson, he ea-
capod from his guard. Immediately a
party Of young gentleman, in no way i'm
plicated, who wera attending him to offer
themselves as his sureties to the military
authorities, were arrested, and are still
held ia close confinement.
Among the many victims OF the United
States and America disaster, in Decen-
Der last, was Mr.. Lewis, of Philadelphia,
and up to the present time his body has
never been recovered. tits now believed
that the remains which were first brought
10 Louisville and buried as Mr.. Spiegel-
berg are those of Mr.. Lewis. The body
Of Mr.. Spiegelberg has recently been
found. and fully recognized by his family.