Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-20
FACTS AND FANcIEs.

A Western woman, still living, has
son over ninety-two years Of age.
Mrs. Ferguson, a sister Of Fam,
Fern, has lately died in Columbus, Ohio
1t is said that this winter a long dress
on the street viii be a thing unknown.
Ida Greeley now owns Chappaqua, |
having been bequeathed to her by he
mother.
During last year 1896 lives were saved
from wrecks on the coast Of the United
Kingdom.
Thirteen female applications for di
vorce are on Gle in the courts of Muscs
tine county, Iowa,
The lady sophomores at Ann Arbo
haze the handsome freshmen BY blind
folding and kissing them.
An old lady in Saginaw, Michigan, hai
given bonds in $500 not to scold her
neighbors for an entire year.
A sore-eyed reader of an Iowa shee
complains that it is printed in cheese
press, with shoe pegs for type.
The Bible can now be read in Esqui-
naux. This, we conclude, is what SC
many people have been waiting for.
Debut" and Yours are the names
of two stations ON the new section Of
the International Colonial railway.
Herr Driesbscb, the once famsns lion
tanner, lost his money, married for love,
and settled down in Worcester, Ohio.
A French society has decided that it
prolongs the lives and increases the
happiness of dogs to make them work.
There is a project in Northampton,
Massachusetts,, to start ladies shoe
store, and have it manned" entirely by
the ladies.
Therese Yelverton is writing Of Wan
behring's in Maylaya," for the San Fran
cisco Bulletin. Her last letter is dated
at Singapore.
From 100000 to 100000 slate
pencils are annually required for arith-
metical purposes, and for the aliment of
growing girls.
A Danbury Conn man was much
surprised to hear that Froude is histo-
rian. He thought be was somebody
come over to fight Mace.
The paintings which adorn the parlor
walls of Mr.. Justice Strong's house in
Washington are the work Of the fair
hands of his four fair daughters.
For the first time in the court annals
of Maryland man has sued a woman
for refusing to marry him. he lays his
damages at three thousand dollars.
The man who invented a machine for
brushing hair is now trying to run a
patent toothbrush with wheels and belt
ing. He cut his eye-teeth with it last
week.
Chicago has a petrifed baby. 1t vas
petrifed with establishment at seeing
It's father and mother get through one
day without quarreling or threatening a
divorce.
81 wish j was in heaven, said dis
couraged Mrs. 0'Clarence, the other
SO would ]" observed her
brutal husband, if | hadn't friends
there whom value"
The Press says that Mile Roland, OF
the Aimee troupe, grows better and bet
ter, the more we see Of her" She must
have nearly reached her full growth, il
that is the standard.
A Danbury woman, called up TO at
tend the bedside Of dying friend, was
deprived Of the lsDcholy pleasure BY
the delay occasioned in borrowing a
ast-pin suitable for the occasion.
The Duke Of Bedford is very con-
sistent man. He has just dedicated a
" corn exchange, and will next erect a
f." Bunyan monument, the allegorieal
john being the inspiration Of the latter.
Pet-MammA, / want to make little
bargain with you. Msmma-Whst is il,
my dear2 Petit yoB viii give me a
paper Of sugar plums every day, ! won I
tell anybody you take your hair out Of a
drawer.
The scissors man on the Cincinnati
Enquirer pretends that since the cleo,
ton, be has seen numerous Newspaper
articles beginning with Nov that the
smoke OF battle has lifted
A young gentleman writes from Al
bany to his wife in Troy as follows
DEAR WrFE-Dolly has got It'll mean
the hippozoo. am slowly hauling the
buggy in. Home tomorrow.
The man who sat up all night weigh
ing ton of coal to see that he had re
ceived all that was due him thought that
he was few pounds ahead until be re
membered that he had not deducted th,
weight Of the pail.
The following is the most startling
compositors Zine to Gil out column
we have seen for a month: docs mol
a young mothers heart leap 9TH will
Joy when she beholds her darling babe
LIST 9th.
A Detroit politician, who was a candi
date for efhce at the late election, 4