Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-14

ureH oOTH On luc EuropedH pau
The census of Canada is to be taken
in May, 1871, on the English system.
The New Englanders have the credit
Of being the pumpkin pioneers of the
world.
A piece of land for sale in London is
advertised as equally suitable for a
church or tavern"
Miss Ida Lewis, the heroine of Lime
Rock Light, was married few days
since to Mr. William H. Wilson, of Black
Rock, Conn.
A mouse walking across Wall street
on a telegraph wire was sufficient to at
tract crowd of brokers lately, who
cheered the plucky little Blondin.
The Brady House of Harrisburg has
been purchased by ex-State Treasurer
Kemble, of Philadelphia, and leased by
ex-Speaker Davis and General Selfridge.
Mrs. Partington, speaking of the late
Mr.. Partngton, says: " Poor fello u
he was always like Mr.. Micawber, wait
ing for somebody to turn him up"
Queen Victoria's list of grandchildren
increas rapidly The last arrival is son
of the Princess Louise of Hesse-Darm-
stadt
Tho account in the Galveston Naws of
the memorial services at that place in
honor of General Lee, is to be printed on
white satin and forwarded to the Gener-
ais family.
Tbere l. a sorvont o;rl in Evo,sy;,Ia
I'D Who ,vorl,s Co.. tbe nnra lona of i
She l. s;yteen years old and owns roai
estate worth sfo 0o0 So renorts q o census
marshal
vorno ,;fa .. clonn,. e,u, o.1,,
eaac,, younS , ",i ia l n.i,, as Jn1y
n,on,hs' an5oanarad % oonan,;. s,;n;So Ia
hnna',na ", hor on " InopnnI o'' nIi'i,
Dusau ou,", L ns' 'ou"s n"'D""u 'ouiu"
'IrpN' Ti 80
T.; lne iie o'aer 1sl;y aay TWO Young girls OF car
sthnr bond % aOd ea", nna 'ne an Lan, u,a"hen h;r,
~ d.,,s IT,, euaii,' G. ~ o nm
bic b; nrcr,;s;nr ~ ;n;n ~ So &c "iT, Toml ~.
nnrdnoa ,n ~ W '0''' '"' 0'' u A0"'
P0i"
a cotemporary suggests that the cap
i,al ~ renoNers, Il they want 70 succeed III
thelr enterprise should take lessons from
one Ita'son aoon.InhaJ U"EH % aro, mnp aare RI re-
of ocyr;toI nap,n,.; III - .s! ae! "a
" 1i, .ap,''i ieo'i"s VII" "ea'ieSS anu
'',u"
Inc otraS0onrg garrison, laOOO
strohg' lncIudlhg several thousand Aou-
nVes ana IurcoS' are now prisoners In
hastautc IN tne uranu Duchy OF baden,
not iar from the hhine' Almost all the
stan olhcers were liberated on parole,
the captivity of their men.
"nersonalp in Now York do;lv a
weak ago stated that ";f Jobn Sn,;tb
cou,norls, of phil Jol,,L;a Iii Ill =,
No - Rlant stroo, bo vii hoon go
,b;no 90 b;s odran,aao y - oIinS SI
Tbere wos about 596 of b;n, -and La bos
been calm Of the ratio of AZ nar day
ouor s;noa tSo /" ,arsonaIn a,'oa poa '"'
r. "pPe"''u'
now DeautlIuily wiie constancy is
,ilustrateu IN ,he case Oh the woman IN
newport hnoue .sianu, VINO, having had
her husband put IN the watch-honse Tor
brutality toward herself, carried him his
pipe ana tooaceo, saying that she wanted
nun 10 take as much comfort as possible
uu,i"s NO
Az Wedulng tne otner day, pet SKY
terrier belonging 10 the bride, slipped
uhooserved INTO the churcn aiter the
parry; ne relnaineu very quiet until the
END oi tne service, put on the post-cere-
non,al Mss peing a1mlnlstered IL en-
tereu lnvo ms q, uogglsh ora!h tnat ms mis-
tress was sunering an injury so ne at
taeked the unfortunate groom; barks,
yelps, screams, eXpietves' Iableau.
II is an exploit certainly of which
there is no parallel in the history of war
that an invading army. in a hostile
country. has constructed and set in mo-
ton a railroad from twenty-five 10 thirty |
miles in length When the fortress Of
Metz interrupted railway communication
from Saarbruck to Strasbourg and Paris,
Gen. Moltke directed the construction Of
q line from Metz to unite the Metz and
Saarbruck with the Metz and Paris line.
Upwards of 5000 miners from Saarbruek
colieries were set to work amidst the
thunder OF canon and, IN spite of the
very difficult country whichitintersected,
the railroad was completed and opened
for transit within four weeks.
A remarkable display of parhelia. or
mock suns. was seen in England ON the
IN of last month The sun was oh
served 10 be surrounded by a halo, upop
which were visible three mock SIMS one
beinv so exceedingly brilliant as 10 vie
WITH the sun itself in brightness Suc.
ceedinr this appearance. which lasted
several minutes. a portion of a circular
arc was seen above the halo. which had
AM the prismatic colors pure and dis
tinct and was in all respects similar 10