Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-14

oil Santa Claus.
A granddaughter of Lorillard, the
New York tobacconist, has given en-
Italian count the control Of her fortune
of 1900 600, on condition of his making
her conn,eeP.
A married lady 10 st. Paul he's been 10
a trance state for six weeks, and her hus-
band refuses to send for doctor. De
says ne Intends to enjoy q1iet time as
long as possible.
As a result of the tournament held in
Petersburg, Virginia, Oh Friday last, two
valuable horses were so badly Injured
that they had to be killed, one negro gi.l
had leg broken, and another was nearly
killed by being run over.
One Of the magician Hume's newest
feals is 10 make brandy disappear from
a glass iumber However novel aud
wonderful this may appear TO the people
OF Paris aud London, it is nothing but a
vile trick, which is most dextrously
praciiced by Thousands of persons in this
city every day.
Certain butchers at San Francisco are
guilty of the horrible act of drawing up
an OK preparatory 10 knocking him down,
aud of plunging a ragged lance 10 the
creatures eyes, 10 order TO cause such
excrueis,iDg pain as will relax the
muscles and prevent the poor victim from
pulling back. Attention has been directed
to the practice.
At recent Catholic Church Fair in
Kansas City, sn elegant set of bedroom
furuilnre was voted to the handsomest
young lady, who. however, was obliged
to agree that il she d0es not become o
bride within twelve months she will for
felt the plunder and return it to the
church. There will be an opening for
some bsshful bachelor who is anxious to
90 into matrimony, but isn't able to pro-
cure the facilities.
A druggist in Marysville, California,
fonnd his wife dead when he awoke on
Monday morning of last week. She had
been ill for some time, but her death was
not anticipated. The husband returned
to his own room, and lying down on the
bed blew his brains out. The death of
daughter about a year ago is supposed to
have unsettled his mind, and it is sup
posed he lost his reason on discovering
his greater loss.
A fearful drama has occurred in the
village of Skud. Russia, where the eight
members Of Jewish family were mur-
dered, and the house burned in order to
conceal the crime. The perpetrators
were FIVE farm laborers, who called for
some refreshment, and on refusing to
pay were roughly spoken to by the
woman of the house. The men then be-
came furious, and dispatched the woman,
her sister and four children, whose bodies
they piled up and set FIRE to. Lying in
ambush, they awaited the return of the
husband aud son, who met with the same
fate. All of the murderers have been
captured.
A remarkable case Of suicide is re-
ported from Hanover. On the 25th day
OF November the wife of day lsborer of
Linden, near Eostorf, forty years old,
and the mother of FIVE children, seated
herself in cauldron of boiling water,
which had been prepared for scslding
pig Just killed. She had been reading on
the previous evening about the martyr
dom Of Huss, and had said that burning
was not so fearful after all. She is sup
posed TO hove been insane.
An aged couple n Lunen, Germany,
have Just celebrated their diamond we'd
ding, the husband being ninety-sevsn and
the wife eighty three years old BotA are
ia the enjoyment Of excellent health.
The queen-widow of Prussia presented
the couple with a besutifully-bouud
Hebrew B BILE. The city councillors sent
a deputation to congratulate them in the
name of the city The Ceremony Of pass
ing the benediotion upon them was per-
formed by their son. A social banquet
terminated the festivities.
Years ago a deficit of $32.O was
found in the accounts of bank cashier
in Portsmouth, N. 81 He disclsimed
all knowledge OF it, resigned, aud ais
bondsmen took possession of his property
to indemnify themselves. Il waa sup
pose at the time that the cashier had
circulated improperly bills to the amount
Ct the deficit. The persons connected
with the affair died, the business Of the
bank was wound up, but the missing
$32 600 never came in for redemption,
and il is supposed that that amount of
bills we're destroyed by the directors.
The cashiers property was finally re-
stored to his heirs, but be and his family
hsl lived in poverty and sorrow for Tesrs,
snd died without vindicaiion.
The great natural curiosity known ss
Sunken L IKE is situated in the Cascade
mountains, about seveDtv-6ve miles
northeast of Jacksonville, Oregon. The
walls are two thousand feet high, and
almost perpendicular, running down to
the water, and having no beach. The
depth is unknown, tbs surface is smooth
ead unrufAs ID, and il lies so far below the
surface OF the mountains tha; the air
currents do not affect it Its length is
estimated AttEelve miles aud its breadth
at ten. No living man has, it is said,
ever reached the waters edge. The lsks
lies silent, still and mysterious in the
bosom Of the everlasting bills, like a |
hnge well soooped out BY the hands Of
gepn.