Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-04-28

| United States.
Buffers visit home cost Georgia S25,-
1000. and in the meanIme She may stay
| ont in the cold e &41M~A
The St. Domingo bubble has burst,
and Baez browns his grief in rum. Grant
prefers Bourbon,
Mrs. Mcfarland wants her husband
sent TO prison for lie. Abbie fears he
may Kill Richardson's successor
SPINNER threatens the national banks
with dose of Congress Spinner
doesn't seem to know that the banks own
the Congressman EWFf
The New York " schoolmarms ask
flor the privilege of birching the young
sters. Ii has been excluded for some
years from the public schools.
The Princess Aehille Murat goes with
her husband to Algeria, to take part in
the campaigns of Kabylia, and produce
a. martial hutter among the bell'cose
Arab beaux.
The bogus Baron Won Below, indicted
for swindling, has been released, the
complainant not appearing. His wife
stills clings to him, although he swindled
her mother.
A California Judge has decided that
none but native-born lunatics can go to
the State asylum. Won't the Judge so
arrange it that none but natives go
crazy2
The two great political schemers of
New York are Tweed and T. Weed.
! But Thurlow belongs to the past and is
broken down, while William is in the
heyday of life and success.
Congressman Morrissey and Fox, Of
New York, have not spent three days IN
Washington this session Tweed intro
duced a resolution of inquiry in the
Legislature as to their whereabouts.
Count CASTOR de Bouille, who was a
mage of Louis XVI, and one of the
| lions of the old regime Carayanserai, is
dead, after seventy-one years of orna-
mental experience on this planet.
A. d. Richardson dwelling house at
Newark, New Jersey, is advertised for
sale at auction, on Monday, June 20, by
Abbie S. Richardson special guardian
of Leander p, Maude L., and Albert
Richardson, minors.
General Pickett and Colonels Rhett
and Jenifer Confederates, and General
Stone, of the Union army, left New
York Saturday for the military service
of the Viceroy of Egypt Generals Lo-
ring and Sibley are already there.
One Of the twenty-five sons of the Gu
ban Oviedo, of diamond wedding
memory, denies that the old fellow left
all his estate to his wife, who was Miss
Bartlett. He says there is no will, and
that the heirs will claim the property.
A Boston widow, who has followed
successfully three husbands to the grave,
entered well known jewelry establish
ment few days ago, and producing the
three silver plates which had first adorned
the coffins Of the dear departed, desired
the proprietor to have them made over
into butter-knife.
A certain Scandinavian preacher in
Illinois is noted for his long sermons.
He often breaches from two to three
hours. Instances are known when SER
vices opened at nine am. In order to
hold his audiences during these pro-
tracted meetings the church doors are
locked
The New York Times, speaking of the
recent amateur performance in that city
of Elisir d'Amore for a charitable
purpose, says the principal songstress
was Mrs Davidson, whose quality of
voice is unusually rich, and whose man
agement of it is skilled in an exception
al degree. She sang Adina with ex-
cellent effect
An English paper says that on the
cover of the first number of Dickens
new serial The Mystery of Edwin
brood, is a full supper of nightmares.
In one corner there is nymp crowned
with and holding flowers, and in another
Destiny in act to strike with dagger
There is cathedral porch with a train
Of clergy, and precentors, and ehoristors,
filing away from it, and precentor, so
we Judge from the context, is biting his
thumb at a young couple hard by.
There are three men flying in fear and
haste up spiral staircase; there is
Chinese smoking opium, bag drinking
gin, a man with a lantern, 4 spade, key,
and bag Of gold.
A Hartford paper has employed
special commissioner to investigate the
subject of politeness in street-cars, and
the result of his observations is stated
thus: A car starts off down the street,
having within ten ladies on one side, sit
ting closely, yet comfortably. together,
and ten men on the opposite side3
Presently one lady gets ont; the other
nine unconsciously rise a trihe, shake
their skirts, and the seat is full again.
Further on through the same process of
rising, and in twinkling, the seat is
still full A short ride beyond, another
/ lady steps out, leaving seven only, who,
by the same sort of spreading, fill the
seat again completely. Now enters a
I lady. On the ladies side there are three
persons less than when the car started,
yet not one Of the seven remaining
moves. And so one Of the men on the
opposite side gives his seat 70 the new
conner and stands during the rest Of the
journey.
Sometimes the capital is the scene. Of
little romance. Once upon a time
/ dates are pernieious), a widow and a
widower became engaged in a Washing
I ton clearinghouse, and each being past
the prime Of life, both were filled with
all the intense feelings of early yeatk.
1t was very hard ever TO find themselves
4 alone where a safe indulgence in mutual
endearments could be enjoyed. One
day they went together 20 the capitol,
and knocked at the door Of certain
committee room in the basement A
clerk Of the committee tells the rest of
Z the story: didn't answer the knock.
because we were busy, and couldn't be
interrupted; but presently heard loud
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