Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-02-18


The latest fashion among young ladies
is to select suits that will match the
color of their hair.
Rubber pens are manufactured which
are said to combine the good qualities of
ell other pens in use.
Mrs. Amelia hobbs has just been
elected Justice Of the Peace in Jersey
County, Illinois, by majority Of 26
votes.
The chimes of q fashionable church in
Philadelphia played "Shoo, Fly" mot
for Joe, and I'm the Girl that's Gay
and Happy" at recent wedding.
A man in Cincinnati few days ago
suddenly lost the sight of one eye with
out any premonitory symptoms. To ell
outward appearances the eye is as good
ss ever, but the sight is entirely gone.
Forty years ago man was robbed in
Boston of twenty-five cents. The thief,
preserving his ipcognita, has made am
Die restitution. he has restored the
twenty-five cents with compound interest.
This makes pretty neat little sum, as
our readers will no doubt learn BY cipher.
ing the thing up.
A successful school is in operation in
London for teaching deaf aud dumb chill
dren to speak. Although the inability TO
control the voice by the ear produces a
harsh and dissgreesble tone, the pupils
learn to articulate distinctly, and to IN.
derstand what is said to them by watch.
ing the movements Of the speakers lips.
Mrs. Williams, wife of ]. N. Williams,
matchmaker, of Lexington, KY, while
suffering under q violent toothache,
bathed her cheek with chloroform, which
instantly soothed her and she fell into q
sound sleep, with her infant beside her.
On awaking in the morning the child was
dead, having been smothered during the
night.
A London medical journal Of the 22i Of
January states that "the Queen has been
suffering repeatedly during the last few
months from neuralgia, affecting the diff.
fsrent parts of the body, and severe
enough to seriously interfere With her
rest Her Msjesty has just recovered
from a recurrence Of the neuralgia at.
lacking the face severely. The attacks
have been attributable to disturbance OF
the nervous System, due to exposure,
very or excitement"
A beautiful English lady, residing Of
Toulon for the benefit Of her health, re-
ceived numerous and devoted letters from
an sdmirer who signed himself Abel, -
and who could not be traced. At length
she became quite interested in him. Soon
after police inspector presented him
self to the fair lady. Madam" said be,
among the effects of person lately de-
ceased letter has been fo1ad bearing
your address 1t is supposed that the
deceased, who died suddenly, had not
time 10 post it. Here IL is." II was Q
letter from Abel" The lady rseoe
nized il at once. aud who was thi,
Abel who wrote to me 90 Otter p
asked the fair English woman. MA.
dan" replied the functionary, "he wal
q convict at the dockyard
The New Orleans PicayuHe tells the
story Of q gentleman who arrived there I
short time since from an Eastern city il
pursuit Of bis truant son. His search
ayailed not, aud at last, almost in des
pair, the distressed father was preparing
to return home, when one evening at The
thester be felt some ones hand thrus
suddenly into his pocket Quick 81
thoaght be grasped the intrusive mem
Der. and, wheeling around, be met face I.
face bis son. Detected in his crime, ~
BOY suffered himself to be led away frou
The crowd, and the next day. under th,
influence Of 50 affection which viciouI
associations had notsscceeded in entirely
crushing, consented 10 =ss=rn to BIZ
home.