Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-10-24
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

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Martin Luther beat Utzel at late
New Hampshire horse-race.
Iron ore has been found in large guam
titles in Northern Aroostook, Me
Candidates who were scratched should
apply simple cerate on the place, Phil
adelphia Star.
Iron found eight miles from Barlow,
Ga. is pronounced as good as any in
Sweden.
An alum spring has been discovered
about two miles from Orkney Springs,
Shenandoah, Va. .'n
Leslie, the Democratic Governor Of
Kentucky. is superintendent Of a Bap
list Sunday school.
A subscription is said to have been
started in Bombay for the erection Of a
temple to Vishnu in London.
A German missionary is giving the
Chinese Instructions in horticulture.
His FIRST lecture was on Buddhism.
During the past year It is estimated
that the postal railway service has been
increased By about 5000 miles.
A niece of Daniel Webster is running
a Boston lodging house, and her hus-
band sehs fish. She once married for
money, aos sam aaa
1t is intinatei that there are at least
fifty thousand young men employed as
commercial travellers in the United
States. = - 'N '-2a8i
Mrs. Fair, being recognized in a
crowded street car in San Francisco, was
compelled to stand up and be jostled
with the rest.
Everybody in St, Louis expects to kiss
Lucca when she visits that city, because
the Sioux chief, Big Feet, did SO unre-
buked in NeF York.
A Dalbury stove dealer has engaged
a man to put up stoves who can swear in
FIVE different languages, and is getting a
monopoly Of the bAsiness. .s ool
Hoosac tunnel will be finished in
course of time. 1t progressed $40 feet in
making the distance bored
20, 300 feet, and 1926 feet yet 10 90.
The railroad car built in England in
1897, and placed on the Veazie railroad
rom Bangor to 0ldtown, Maine, was
partially burned on Tuesday evening.
A Careless drug clerk in Marinette,
compounded a prescription
Tor A. Robinson, Of that place, putting
IN, by mistake, twenty grains Of NOR
phine, which proved almost instantly
fatal.
1t is stated that the King Of Hanover
s in treaty for the purchase Of coa-
siderable estate in England, where he
will probably reside henceforth. He is
4 full cousin of Queen Victoria and be-
-editary Duke Of Cumberland.
The Chicago Times has received an
original poem on THE Burnt District
It Midnight" The one hundred and
econd verse reads: The derrick stands
till 'gainst the half finished wall. The
,riek piles are quiet; the stones are at
est. Tomorrow they'll rise, nine or
en- stories tall, in huge, massive struc-
ures-the worst in the West"
A grocer in Quebec advertlses the
peculiar delicaeies Of the faroF Ind, and
be finely favored and humanizing leaf
f the still further Cathay; the more ex-
iting though not so delicious berry Of (
3razil, and the spices, sugars and lus-
ious fruits Of the Antilles; the sugared
condiments and the blood-enriching
zines OF the Mediterranean. and the
altcured aud brain-reneWing fsh Of our
wn stormy gulf" Whist be means 10
ay is that be sells tea, coffee aEd cod
sb, cheap for cash.
As Rev. W. T. Eustis, IT,, pastor Of the !
Iemorial church, Springfield, Mass, was I
sturning in the New Haven train, Thurs
AZ evening. from the meeting Of the
american board, a PickpOcket attempted
o rob hin. Mr.. Eus,is was toe quick
or him, however. and, turning suddenly.
eal, the fellow q blOs. the effects Of
lbich he Will carry for some days, Il not
,eeks Il vas one Of the bealthiest pos
he e1snplifcatiOns Of muscular
,sr;s.;spiiy." spd viii, no doubt be Of
lore morsl benefit TO the piokPocket
ban several hours Of preaching.
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