Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-02-07

lives IN Assyria, Greece, Rome, Csrth
age we all may have royal blood in oni
veins, if we did but know il; but of one
thing we are sure, if we did know 1t w
should say nothing about IL. We dom
like the stock.--Neio York Tribune a'
st1 nei.a llt .1ls
The emancipation Of the Russian serfi
will be consumm ated February 18th.
"Brick" Psmeroy intends 10 spend the
coming summer months 10 Earope.
A Belfast woman lately sold litter Of
kittens to a rsg-msn, who bought them
for paper rags at three cents q pound.
The ex-King of Naples is reduced TO
dependence on his mother-in law for
payment of his wife's doctors bills. sl
Fred. Douglass is talked Of for Cover
nor Of the New Territory Of San D O.
mingo when we get it. .-.-.sit .sg
johnson Read, colored man, 10 q
court clerk in Texas, and has "a brother
-whosiso a physician and q druggist in
Nashville. aaS ssiaqTal asyla D ssaA oFlp
A California minister inserted in q
marriage certificate. the other day the
nsnes Of Long Primer Hall and Bridget
Genevieve Mclaughlin. .,--l.-
A Cuban lady, Dons Luisa Fernandez,
twsniy-six years of age, has been con-
demned 10 death BY council of war at
Esperta SAnto,for couceaing rebel chiefs
IN her house iq.o lotsag ssr sss!isw
A nautical, iustru ment.maker OF San
Francisco has made telescope for the
Merchsnls' Exchange, of that city, by
whichlths names and signals Of vessels
can be distinguished fifteen miles at sea
Aaron Mitchsll (of color) was arrested
last week, in Clark COUNTY. Kentucky,
and brought before his Il Honor Judge
French on warrant for bastardy, sued
out at the instance of Ann Mack (of
colorl aH edria rla ~ 80 .sse1 e ias@Eelg
Brazil demands the Championship"
for celored man, aged $50, formerly 9
slave, who has, just died there, The
memory of this modern Uncle Ned was
so good that it reached back until 1880,
and his mind wore as we'll as his body.
A Massachusetts paper tells of re-
cent Congressional nominating conven-
ton there in which votisg was carried on
in such scientific manner that on the
fourth ballot each candidate had ma
jorty of the whole convention. IA %
A healthy competition is wsged by two
opposition stage lines in Wisconsin. Ore
line carries for nothing and gives a din.
ner to each passenger; the other carries
for nothing and gives each passenger
dinner and pair of buckskin gloves 3
A large tin sign ia Detroit, represent
ing gold pan, was recently torn from
its fastenings by the wind and carried up
into the air, and, descending, it's point
penetrated the back Of dog, killing him
instantly. .Tsqsa1v t4srqaF .ai'tH e q
Not an inch Of rain has fallen. in some
parts of Iewa in the last fifty days.
There has been but one rainfall in seven
weeks, and that was on Sunday, the 18th
of January. As result, water-carts find
profit in hauling at thirty five cents q
barrel. -onaG81H s s1rvulg euqsAg
We are happy to announce the ap-
pointment of the Rev. Lydia Sexton as
chaplain to the Leavenworth peniten-
tiary. Whatever objections to fsmsnine
preachers may have scanned valid in St
PsuPs tiuo, as soeie,y is now constituted
IAeir ordination offers manifest sdvan-
lagos, chief among which may be men
tioned that the occasional abduction Of |
. uasophisticsted youths Of their congre-
cations would not be likely to be followed |
by such serious consequences to the vic
iiras as where the sexes are reversed -
Nsp York World. is4 .itl
A contest between two rival black
smiths of Omaha, NeAraska, named Z
n. Strattop and Andrew Manning, took
l.sss On the 25th ult. The match was
or Fifty dollars a side, the stakes to be
awarded to the man who could Turn of
,ne hundred horss-shoes, completely
made, with the exception Of the oorks, in
he smallest space of time aud With the
lest show Of vorkmanship. Stratton
made l0l horse-shoes in two hours ard
nineteen minutes; Manning accom-
,lished his 100 after laboring two hours
md thirty minutes. The judges decided
hat the work of each was equally good,
md awarded the prize to S,ratton on the
,touuu VI quiChuccrt AC ucoatuk uiq tF-
,onent eleven minutes
The British public are greatly exer-
Used about the meaning Of American
lang phrases just now, and it Is hs.dly
sfe TO use one Of them across the waller
q apy kind of respectable society. The
ise of the word buncombe, for ia
tance, came very near Leading 10 q
torn in England the other day. At a
own council raseling member having
sclared toe speeches Of his associates
0 be 81 buucombe. was requested to
the offensive word, vhen the
olloWiug conversation took place: Mr.
iope-I require the withdrawal Of tbs
ford sbaHs0mbe. %" Interruption I
ske my stsHd on that word, and say il
aust be Withdrawn. lHear. hear, and
proar. The Lord ProVosi--Whaf is
be meaning Of itf | DO not know; I
ant dsfne Il bat itiss defalemens and
Q ahomlnaLion. IGrsat laughter.
Iailie Miller-If the word l have unfor-
1nately used is offensive > anybody, I
i'll withdraw il; and 80 the oasasive,
IL harmless word vas vifLGraWn-