Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-15
FACTS AND FANCIEs.


A moving scene-A game of chess
The American Ham barg-Cincinnati.
Alexis is said to be frst-class skater.
They have cherry colored dog in
Boston.
Florida in enjoying strawberries and
cream.
There are thirty postmistresses in
Texas.
/. A venerable plea worn out Turkey
carpet.
The years revenue from the Alaska
postofiice was $40.
To authors--It is not wrong to write
if you right wrong.
In New York, lady ushers are now pro
posed for weddings.
. The Duke Alexis is said to be passion
ately fond Of flowers.
The Chaplain of the Kansas State
Prison Is lady of seventy.
A youth of seventeen does the bulk Of
the horse stealing in Minnesota.
/, The country press is Overburdened
with "big hog items.
Sashes on street dresses are once more
becoming fashionable.
Lake Erie is frozen many miles out
from the Canadian side,
The remains of Alexandra Dumas are
to be taken to Paris for interment
Drowning cases from skaters falling
through the ice are numerously reported
Horace Greeley's gift to the New YorH
Woman Suffrage Fair was q cradle.
The English Courts have decided thai
a lobster is not wild animal, but bee
may be.
In London six conductors of horse
cars were recently fined for oyer-crowd'
ing the cars.
:, The young and blushing Olive Logan
will 60 to the altar about the middle OF
next week. Happy Writ Skies
A Western editor speaks of a ootem-
porary who is 80 dirty that every time
he goes up stairs there is rise in real
estate.
Alexis says he will positively attend
the eentsnnisl of American Indepen-
dence, at Philadelphia, on the 9Th Of
July, 1876.
One of the Chicago sufferers, whose
income before the FIRE was $4,000 pei
annum, is now salesman in Cincin
natl house.
The fact that the recent census has
reduced the Canadians eight hundred
thousand renders future Feniap raids
quite superauous.
The weather is always a subject o.
speculation; but it is rather difficult
says the New York Evening Post, tc
"bear" the cold term.
A contemporary. hearing that Denver
was about building 100000 operi
house, suggests that it also hurry up and
build city around the house. ID
A Louisiana engineer was acquitted
of neglect in running over a man be-
cause the grass grew on the track SO
high as TO obscure the person.
Bishop Morris, the senior Bishop o
the Methodist Episcopal church, will b.
seventy.eight years of age in April next
He is in poor health.
The railway conductor is supposed Il
be temperate, yet when on the train HI
freely INDUCES in the use Of punch, es
pecially the tieket-pgpch.
The United States is said TO be in
debted to the native Alaskans for the
production of liquor from sugar Of
such potency that it kills in three weeks
The tedious routine of Irritation, in
PRODUCTION, courtship, engagement and
marriage was gone through with BY ~
Arkansas couple in thirty-six minutes
The Legend Beautiful" by Henry
W. Longfellow, opens and closes will
the following lines;
"Hadst thor stayed, / must have hedP ~
That IL what the Vision said.
The latest London announcement is
nose machine, by which homely noses
are pressed into the most fashionable
shapes, according to the taste of the
owner.
A member ofthe London School Board
writes in favor Of the warming Of sehoo
rooms from the floor as warm feet would
be found 10 be a great stimulus to intel
lectual activity.
The Queen of Holland recently made
the ascent Of Mount vesuyius in a sedan
chair, which is much easier than to fol
low the plebian fashion Of walking NJ