Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-19

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The Minnesota river is to be bridged
at st. Peter, by the Winona railroad
company, on condition of receiving from
the town a gratuity Of $4,000
In Fayette county, Iowa, second
crop of oats is growing from the stubble
of the first crop, which has headed out
nicely and will yield ten or fifteen bush
els to the acre.
The people of Wilton, Waseca county,
Minnesota, have organized horse
thief protection society" says the Austin
Register. 1t is not for the protection of
horse-thieves, however.
The Pacific Tribune, of Olympia,
Washington Territory, announces that
the new Olympia jail has been opened
{" for the reception Of weekly, monthly
and yearly boarders.
A strange animal has appeared near
Eagleville, Missouri. 1t is about the
size of sheep, but heavier 1t devours
sheep and has attacked men. A grand
hunt is to come off for it.
At the State meeting of the Disciples
of Christ, closed recently at Oskaloosa,
Iowa, it appeared that the organization
numbers about $4,000 members in the
State, 250 churches and $50 preachers.
One Of the first really good buildings
that was erected in San Francisco was
made of stone, all Of which was cut,
fitted and placed in position without
mortar, in China, and then shipped
across the water.
The Faribault (Miplesota) Republican
says that $i4i 600 is the amount Of cap
ital invested in manufacturing in that
city. and one hundred and forty-seyen
men are employed. The cash value Of
the goods or implements manufactured
is $3.50 l30.
Mystery Lake, in Bremen county,
Iowa, discharges its watsrs BY subter-
ranean passage one hundred feet under
the surface, and is supposed t9. be the
cause of large spring which bubbles up
in Wayerley Lake,
James N. Townsend lately died at
Salem, Oregon, from the effects CT bay
ing corn removed from one Of his toes
by txageing corn doctor. 1t is sup
posed the knife had poison on it-possi-
bly, had been used fox dssecting.
1t is reported that q somnaHbplistic
farmer residing in Jackson county, Kan
sas, got up in his sleep few nights
since, harnessed his team to plow,. and
ployed two acres of ground, all without
waking. Tho fRrrows, it is said, were
laid with the utmost precision.
A party Of Indians, looking at Orig
ham Young's Territorial Museum" the
other day, were asked whether they knew
what the monkeys were, Yes, said
the CHIEF, With some indications of sur
prise at the simplicity of the question;
me see EN-, NE know em; ghippaman S
pappooseF
Recently, at Tule river, ia fuiaFe
county, California, an Indian on horse
back 'thrsg his riata upon a Chinaman
and dragged hins into the willow, where
he relieved John Of twenty-five dollars.
A friend of the Chinaman followed tEe
Indian into Vandalia and shot him.
They have turned up an ancient grass
hopper in Missouri, measuring four inches
in length, an inch across the back, aud
having hind legs three and one-half
inches in length. 1t is supposed to be
the grasshopper mentioned ~, the
preacher as likely to become burden
An unnatural father in DRyis county,
Iowa, had his twelve year old son arrest
ed last week and incarcerated in the
county jail on charge Of stealing
krapesl The boys theft consisted in
his plueking a few punches of his father
grapes, and actually eating theml
The Bedrock t0regea) Democrat says
'Messrs. Quinn & Barnhart, While con-
stYucting a ditch to turn the wateg
the bedrock, in their diggings in
Amelia City, unearthed the skull OF a
buffalo. The dirt in thh skull was
washed out, and gold to the anospt of
twelve dollars was found therein.
During the last three year an immense
amount of gold and silver has passed
Omaha for the East, its value
being total Of about 100000. OF this
amount $780, GOO has been in gold, and
the remainder in silver bars. The treas
ure was shipped from California, the
silver being from the mines OF Nevada
There are 997 scholars enrolled in the
public school at Litchfeld, Illinois, who
are under the management Of twelve
teachers and principal, whose united
salaries amount to seven thousand dol
lars annually. The public school build
ing was erected at q cost Of $50, 600, and
is second to none in the State outside OF
Chicago.
Davenport has the honor Of being the
largest city in Iowa. Its population is
20, 14l. Number Of dwellings 1852, with
,S9s families. The following supplies
we're left in the hands Of the Quarter
master at the close of the great Iowa
Reunion: l29 boxes Of cheese
Il barrels Of crackers; l9 boxes Of table
salt, and barrels of bread.
The citizens Of Red Wing, Minnesota,
have donated site Of four acres, well
situated on an emiIenoe overlooking
he city and river, and raised by sub
scription $l2, 900 with which TO erect and
furnish building to be leased, free Of
expense, for ten years, TO Prof W. p.
Hood, OF Winona, who is TO mainain
Young Ladies Seminary, with privilege
Df buying the property within that term
A. first cost without interest.