Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-24
M spaadalnnn is Waanermad

M. Pasdeloup is Wagnermsd.
z John E. Owens is Solon Shingling
Mobile. ..-~~ ,r.asy
Janauschek is soon to appear in Eng
lish plays. - GzA
Ristori- is to return to America from
Brazil.S0 4Se4''
Charles o. Connor has built himself .
new home.
Miss Kate Bateman is en- route to per-
form in New Orleans.
Schneider, the Grand Duchess, refuses
TO come to America. -. ~ I.1si ~,
Clara Schuman, the great pianists, is
playing in Vienna gTd
Herr Stockhausen is the baritone lion
in London this seslon. 0I slrN
Astonishing fashions in spring hats
and bonnets are promised. Perhaps the
bonnet will be worn under the chin, and
bow-knot tied on the top of the head.
The latest method Of curing consump-
ton is that practiced at an establish
ment on the banks of the Rhine called
the "grape cure" Patients have excel
lent quarters, plenty of fresh air, and
every day 90 into the gardens, each one
carrying basket, whichis filed under
the watchful eye of the doctor The pa
tient then retires to q pleasant arbor, and
slowly sucks the grapes, A fine orches-
ira enlivens the curing process with ex-
cellent music. -- ~-vr
'fThere may be-" says the Detroit
Tribune, "some of the handsome and
rich young idiotesses Of New York dying
for want of Count or Lord for q hus-
band For the qualification of such, we
will inform them where there is o Count I;
and not only where he is now: bat where
he will be for two years. This titled
personspe is Count Behrendas, now serv-
ipe q two years term in the Ohio State
prison, at Columbus, for burglary in
layton last snmmer." t.,,ut
Ea,enie's apartments at the Tuileries,
L.7e been refurnished during her
absence, are row pronounced exquisite.
The walls Of the fsyorite blue room' CON
stantly used by the Empress, are nune
with the portraits of the various ladies' OF
court for whom she is known &c nave o
decided preferences. They are the u Scness
de Mouchy, the Countess Wslewsks, tse
Duchess de Sesto, the Princess de Ia
Moskowa, the Countess de Ia Poeze, the
Marchioness de Ia Msrismas, and the
Duchess de Malakof.
.Tbe death Of another miser has oo-
a, red in New York. The old money
a5or.,r,s name was Ringrove. He was
an Eno,ishman and carpenter by trade.
"a -cams 10 this country when quite o
~ 49, and nv ecreful investments made q
1ooJ deal of moaey, and the richer be
becer,e the more miserly did he grow
he lived for over forty years in tum bic,
down house in King street. ana e'ioweo
no one hut on old woman comestic 10 see
him. BE died. aged eighty'hve years,
worth one hundred and htty thousand
dollars -.i|...v $3.50 .-..
A striking example Of the recent pro-
grees of the Russians in Russia is 70 o
found in a paragraph published . feS
Ssvsaeo by the Journal de So. Pefers-
6o,,r0, Formerly it ves known that
Ross,a was rsprsssnted abroad most ex-
elusively By foreigners, and chieny oy
Germsns Now all thst ts changed: Inc
Saia paraetaph, which contains 8 iist OF
.sasns nominations 10 the diplomstil SER
v;cs r.m;ads us that all the great kus'
49, -, aos.s abros5 are falling. or have al
.ss5y fallen. into ths hands OF native
Rnssssns Prince Orlod beeones Minis
- "a Vie.na; Count BlOndoh, Minister
:, R,nssels. AZ. Saboarof, Minister 81
CarIsruhe; N. dc Koizeone pane
which has now been 0atarali.ea ~ nus
sis for three geserationsj, AirIs'ef ~
O-esden. Hr..