Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-08
Dan Rice is editor Of a weekly paper


There is an innocent person in Jail, ct
Marshall, Mississippi, and he won't take
hls liberty because the Sheriff will not
apologize for his arrest.
No more frst-cousin marriages in
New Hampshire. Connubial bliss be-
tween two fcnd souls within the inter-
dicted degree is forever prohibited.
A produce dealer in San Francisco is
Shipping potatoes to Denmark for seed,
on The order of the Danish consul. The
potatoes are packed in powdered char
Goa.
L iuis Napoleon is beginning to sell
his real estate in Paris. He lately sold
two honses for 1850 900 francs. IL is
remembered hat Louis Philippe showed
a similar di.pnsiiiou to realize previous
to Februery, lS48
Mr.. Michael Essellburn, proprietor Of
an eating-house, at Wooster, Ohio, is
heir to about million and half of dol
lara, in France. His uncle, General Ul.-
manO, a French officer under the first
Napoleou, was killed in battle in the year
1918. leaving large estate, which de-
sceudsd to bis only relative and heir,
sister-ihirieen wears old then-and the
mother of Mr.. Essellburn.
Every citizen of France, aged twenty
one years, has right to address petitions
to the Senate, and the average number
sent each session is ak hundred. The
majority Of them are grotesque. There
was one last year in favor of tax on
bachelors, and another praying tha; all
new born children might be tattosed at
the Marie with serial number, so as to
facilitate their Identification in the event
of their turning out criminals.
Mr.. Little's new automatic system Of
telegraphing is icreating quite stir at
Washington, and many predict that it
will eventually cripple the operations of
the postal service ami largely reduce the
receipts of the post office department.
The National Telegraph Company are
now erecting q line between Washington
and Baltimore, the same field first occu-
pied by Morse, on which to test the prac-
tical efficiency of Littles system.
On Mondsy of last week two splendid
deer we're killed by the Erie road locomo-
tives, Just west of Pert Jervis. In both
instances these animals were allowed to
run upon the track 10 advance of these
trains, at low rate of speed, until they
became thoroughly exhausted, when the
engineers of the trains, by dexterously
incre lsing the minimum rate of speed at
points where they could not escape the
pilots of the engines, struck them with
the cow-catcbers, killing them essily,sn
throwing their bodies down the embank-
meut. In each cafe the train stopped
and secured the venison.
The Pail MHlI Gazette says: 1--WE
have heard of most mysterious and
dissgreeable occurrence at the Tower of
London which is enough to set the
nerves of the whole nation on edge. For
some days, or rather nights, past the
shadow of an ak has appeared on one of
the walls of the building. This uhadow
made it's las: appearance, unless we are
misinformed, in l848, but what it has
been doing since that time we cannot
say. There is 10 shyness whatever
about it now; it does not object to be
stared at, and excites the curiosity Of sll |
who have the privilege, if not the plea
sure, Of inspecting it
The Vienna papers complain that the
Emperor of Austria's speech is too re-
served upon several important subjects.
It's silence with regard to the council has
been much remarked, especially as it was
expected that owing to the struggle going |
on between the civil power aud public |
opinion against the principles of the Con-
cordst and Ultra a-Montanism, the govern
ment would have declared its resolution
to nsiatain the separation Of the church |
from the state, liberty of conscience, and |
the laws upon public worship, marriage
and education, which in several provinces
have met with such violent opposition
from ihe clergy. The Reickrdth has re-
solved that before discussing the address
the government should b. asked for 40
explanation on these subjects.
NJ. Emile Olivier, the new French
Premier, whom Napoleon III has charged
with the formation of new ministry, is
the son of Demosihenes Olivier, Mar.
settles merchant. who took an active part
in the political events that lranspired
between the Restoration and the coup
d efdt Of December 2, 1851. BE was
elected a member of the Constituent As.
senbly in ls4s, receiving 5s. .7O6 votes,
and voted constantly with the extreme
Radicals. Although not reelected to the
Legislative Assembly, he continued TO
give an active support to the Demo-
cratic party, and after the eveais Of
d Dscember 2, 1851. be was threatened
with transportation, aud finally forced
into exile, expelled from France, and
did not return until 1890. His son,
Emile, vas born at Marseilles, July 2,
1925. and when tVenty-tso entered his
nane as q member Of the Paris bar.
Owing TO his fathers political services.
be vas in 1913 appointed Commisssry
General Of the Rspub2. at Msrssilles;
was next Prefect at Llrgres, and re-
turned TO the bar January, ls49 Among
several important cases in which be
pleaded was thai CT NINE de Query
against the Pienus corpsraiion. Who were