Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-17
FACTS AND FANcIEs.

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Catholicism is rapidly increasing J
Switzerland. SKI eu, sla
There are no steamboats, on the De ''
tiful Blue Danube" tla
There is more happiness at dlstaannec
than ever comes near. 81
The Claflin Brunettes is the new nam nam
for the New York Eighty-hith'
Sprightly lightning bugs are used .
the Mexican women to ornament th ps
hair.
The Oldest newspaper in Germany
the Augsburger Postzeitung, now IN m u
one hundred and eighty-sixth year,
A Chicago dry goods dealer adver
tises The most alarming sacrifeesine
the days Of Abraham and Isaac, ~
Marguerite Dixblanc, the London mur
deress, has had her death sentence com
muted to penal servitude for lifeaai.aa
Mario, it is stated, has sold a yill'
which belonged 70 MN a. snssS'iH
Italy, for million and half francs
A clergyman at Waterloo, inu4' MAJ
four boys, the youngest OF which II
named Doxslogy," because ne IS 'h'
last of the hims. l,a
Editing newspaper is very m ny
like carrying an umbrella on T'nu'
day everybody thinks ne cou'd mAnas'
better tnan tae one ""o mas ~ SGISiaD
handle 81
The MARQUIS OF Lorne had recently W. =
Obtain fortnight ieaVe VI aose".s
from the House OF commons on AO s''D
OF ill-neaitn'a' :i'-1 "a
In the recent trial oil pu ponsg -
Paris for the murder OF MS wiie ali 'ne
oacheiors on tue jury "s'e 's'1
The newspaper offices IN LONDON nave
adopted bulletin boards IN place " ..e
old bill OF daily contents STUCK ou p's''ie
the windows
A grand state ball was gwen al i Ducs'
ingham Palace on the 2lst ot last month
at which all the diplomatic corps were
present.
The Cathedral of Santa Mana del
Fiore at Florence was commenced IN
1898 and was a hundred and SIXTY years
IN building
The front OF the altar OF the Cnurcn
of St. Ambrosia at Milan IS sheataea
with solid gold, wonderfully enamlelleo
and ornamented.
Russia has an army of l,l73,sls men
which costs her annually Slol'ooO,ooo'
and Germany has l,l52'OOO soldiers
costing her $40, 1000
The Car Alexander HAS decreed in
honor of the bi-centenary Of Peter the
Great that sentences pronounced against
the press shall be RENTED.
Experiments have been made at
Poona, in British India, and wonder
fully powerful disinfectant has been
found in fresh roasted coffee.
The Lords have once more come
into collision with the Commons on
a question affecting promotion in the
Scientific Corps of the British Army.
A rich Now Yorker wants his body
brrrt of,ar deo,b and the ashes sealed
up in an urn. which he has just ordered
from Italy for the purpose. A cheap
way, probably, of urning notoriety.
aFG Parking annears 70 craze in M.
merops literary nastures. Not content
with bumor,pg The Galaxy on the John
Phoenix model, he has recently located
a maiden aunt who talks very like Josh
Billings"
The leader of soma California robbers
ollowod = CLERGYMAN he was about to
nlunder 10 Keen his money and valuables
ON the promised condition he would
pray the worth Of them for the band and
its chief. 'a
Not las. than On ooo head Of beef cat.
40 wore driven from the mesouit grass
rangss Of western TEXAS. besides. more
than 81 GOO 600 worth Of hides were ex-
ported from one port alone-Indianola
during the last twelve months.
81 I,ouisians had a thirsty time of Il
dr-;ng Sangerfest week hit did not
NNt"o 80 ~ NJ