Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-07
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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steps to prevent trapeze performances
in that city. lrf
A charitable society has been formed
in Berlin with no other resources than
the ends of cigars thrown away by
smokers. With the produce of those
despised remnants it has been able to
clothe completely sixteen poor children.
The Hessian government has forbidden
the exhibition of children of school age
by travelling showmen 1t has also for
hidden the employment of children as
rope-dancers, horse-riders and gymnasts.
The Rose Bridge coal mine is the deep
est mine in Great Britain, and probably
the deepest in the world A depth Of
807 yards has been reached, and at this
point the temperature in the coal was
found to be 939 degrees Fahrenheit.
Look here, boy" said nervous old
gentleman to an urchin, who was MUNICH
ing sugar-eandy at lecture, you are
annoying me very much" No, / amt
replied the urchin, I'm a-gnawing this
shugar-candy. ." -.-g
Lawrence, the Bangor murderer, lately
requested the officer in charge of him, to
release him short time, so that he could
murder the witnesses against him. He
said he would be willing to be hanged
then. His request was not granted.
In revoking their call for State Con-
vention on the 4th of March, the Demo
cratic State Central Committee of Lou
isiana appeal to the Democracy in every
parish and ward in the State to reorgan-
ize at once, and to keep the party in eff
fectiye condition.
In recent trial of will case in Troy,
a woman testified that she and the tesla
tor stood before a looking-glass, joined
hands, and agreed to live together as man
and wife. She received by the will $l2,-
900 in 6ve-twenties, and house and
furniture therein. 6-si @ hsd
Hickman, Kentucky, it is reported, is
in danger of being washed into the Mis-
sissippi river by the caving in of the
banks. The City Councils have taken
measures to resist the inroads of the wa
ter, but the relief, it is feared, will only
be temporary.
Figaro tells of Russian poet who has
not only been able to dedicate volume
of verse to his mistress, but to furnish
the binding from his own person Hav-
ing had leg amputated, he devoted the
epidermis to the establishment Of his
rhymes.
A Washington lady of great wealth,
belonging to the diplomatic circle, is
soon to take the vail and resign her for
tune to the convent. Two ladies much
admired in Washington society will take
the vail about Easter, but in different
fashion. liir
A Californian who was employed by
widow to sell number of mules, receiv-
ed for them $1,000 and then wasted the
money in riotous living in San Francisco.
The police were notified, and he being
arrested promised to refund the money
provided the widow would marry him.
The New York Herald says that we'll
known lady in Washington "best society"
who dresses elegantly, gives magnificent
dinners and entertains charmingly, now
and then numbers a guest who remem-
bers very well (for it was not so very
long ago) when she presided at the coun-
ter of lager-beer saloon in the interior
of Pennsylvania.
The London "Atheneum" records
the death of Mrs Janet Taylor, lady
whose scientific attainments entitle her
to be ranked with Mrs. Mary Somerville.
Mrs. Taylor's special occupation was to
teach the art of navigation to young men |
who had made choice of a seafaring life,
and she had prepared table of loga-
rithms, which was pronounced upon COM
petent authority to be correct and COM
plete in no ordinary degree.
A Washington correspondent says that
while the toilet of the American ladies at
the receptions is quite as costly, it can
not be said to be as elaborate or far !
fetched as that Of their European sisters !
The dresses of these foreigners are usu- |
ally made up Of trimmings The eye is |
bewildered and lost in the multiplicity of
aounces, fringes, laces, ribbons and all |
these things which, in moderation, ought /
to be dear to every womans heart.
The Indians throughout the region of
Lake Superior are said to be starving to
ieath. Fish are not to be found in shall
ow water, and partridges and reindeer
we're never known TO be so scarce. The 4
Chief Warden of the Hudson Bay Com
pany at Fort William has sent train of
provisions to Dog Lake for the Indians,
,ut many must die before relief reaches
hem. The country is covered with five
eet of snow, and the weather is very