Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-01

that the army of the French republic Is
to be 100000 strong, with 200 pieces
of artillery.
A Milwaukee darkey has sued enc OF
the city papers for libel, in charging him
with being a member of the Georgia
Legislature.
Parepa-Rosa appeared in magnih-
cent salmon-colored at the Brooklyn
Academy, and sang like quintette of
angels rolled into one.
A San Francisco paper says strawber-
ries will soon be drug in the market,
as there never was such crop as the
present season promises.
Two million dollars worth Of old Jap
anese gold coin arrived at San Francisco
on the America, to be assayed for recon
age under the new standard.
A photographer in Pennsylvania sue
ceeded in taking somebody's horse and
buggy and nearly three hundred dollars.
He has started for the West
Father Gayazzi says that an interview
has been arranged to take place between
the Pope and Pere Hyacinthe, and that
a reconciliation is looked for.
The Lake Superior Indians, just re-
turned from Washington, are much
pleased: Good--high houses-lots
whisky-go there some time again.P
A man in NelIonville,, Florida, is set
ting out one hundred and nty-fve
acres in orange trees, which will be, in
year from now, the largest grove on the
continent
Charles NJ. Barras, the old "hypocon-
driac and putative author of that mil
lipedal monstrosity, the Black Crook,
made fifty THOUSAND dollars in recent
oil speculations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jem Mace have received
bouncing young pugiIist, whom they
have christened Benjamin Franklin, in
the hope that he viii strike like lightning
when he grows up.
Worth makes the woman instead Of
the man nowadays, and that distin-
guished male modiste has set up branch
for the accommodation Of the nobility
and gentry in London.
A man in Yamkhill county, Oregon,
sues his father and mother-in-law for FIVE
thousand dollars damages, because their
daughter and his wife has not turned out
so strong and healthy as they promised
Schneider, the Grand Duchess. is again
in Paris. She commenced her engage
ment in the Barbe Bleu, and the house
was jammed full, single stalls selling for
hundred, and in some cases three hun
bred francs.
The Suez canal, among its other curl
osities, presents the traveller with the
extraordinary spectacle of vast fights
of flying fish, which at times suddenly
appear in the vicinity Of the vessel, and
as suddenly disappear.
The belief in witches exists in the
south and southwest of England to a
terrible extent yet. Only nine years
ago a poor Frenehman was drowned by
the entire population Of country vii
lage, in the belief that he was wizard.
A youthful novice in smoking turned
deadly pale and threw his cigar away.
Oh, dear" he said, there soms'in'
in that cigar that's maxim me sick.
81 know what it is, said his compan.
ion, pulling away What" " To
hacker"
The unhappy New York lady whose
husband only allows her $4,000 a year
for dress, and who is consequently
obliged to wear dressing-gown halt
the time, in order to save money to buy
decent eveningdresses, has at length
resolved to demand divorce from the
stingy creature.
t The teeth in the insane are prone to
undergo many changes. DR.. Landon
? Down, who read a paper recently before
1 the Chronological Society, states therein
that from the examination Of nearly
!; one thousand cases, he has found thai
: he could in a majority of instances stat,
: the period at which the imbeeility OF
insanity began.
The women of Damascus, Illinois
take part in the discussion Of the far
mer club meeting A recent conun
p drum was; Shall we dress Tor com
, fort or for sbow2" 1t was, Of course
{ decided to dress for comfort. and ther
> they all went away. and at the mex
!; meeting each appeared with three
g deeked head-dress, and Dolly Var
den" suit.