Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-17
Thsy have lately introduced Into the

They have iatety iAtFouuoeu into 'no
street lamps of London strips of looking
glass in the roof The reflection is said
to throw three times as much light as
the ordinary lamp.
They have rather singular railroad
in East Tennessee. A newspaper at
Jonesboro speaks Of that place as its
"termini." 1t is not one time in a
thousand that you find a railroad with
both ends sticking into the same town
Prisoner" said Squire Jones, in
awarding judgment, " 1t is a maxim of
the law that it is better to err on the
side of mercy The court has made up
her mind which side she will err on, and
nsthing remains but to err on that side.
A Wisconsin editor writes, just after
the election: Our worthy father was
elected police justice, our worthy brother
was elected assessor, and our worthy
self, be it known, ran for alderman in
our own ward, and was, unfortunately,
defeated" be
Five dollars reward is offered for the
reporter who can write six months about
fires, and not allude to the Fire Fiend
and the devouring element" It's bad
enough to be burned out, but to be de-
voured by the Fire Fiend is fearful.
A San Francisco paper publishes
+" communication purporting to come
from the spirit of George Washington,
denouncing the expenditure of so large
a sum as sl5,OOO,OOO for the Centennial
celebration in Philadelphia as simply
ridiculous.
A man who was presented with the
bill for his wife's spring outfit, the other
day, looked at it for awhile with dilating
eyes, and then muttered: 1t was lucky
for Adam that he had to foot the bill for
the fashions of the fall-for which he
hardly cared fg-leaf."
"What do you think is the best thing
in oil here2" said Mahlstick to friend
as they met at the lunch table after in
specting private exhibition of paint
ngs belonging to a gentleman of New
York. "Best thing in oiI2 why the
said the Intercepted, as he
made fresh attack on the edibles.
George Francis Train tells one good
story on Greeley, as follows; There was
IN old farmer, who had taken the Tri-
1une for thirty years, rode twenty miles
o hear him lecture. What do you
link of him?" asked a neighbor.
Wall, l don't think much of him as a
peaker, but he would make a damned
rood singer"
A young couple who had been holding
cosy tete-a-tete in retired alcove at
,arty in Nashville were somewhat
dashed, on emerging into the party, to
ind that around the young mans neck
1as the print of two arms in chalk and
iamond dust, on his shoulder guam
ity Of gold powder and other equally
uaccountable phenomena observable
lsewhere.
A newly married couple at Wilton,
owa, have had a tragic separation. On
heir wedding day former lover of the
ride, with the exclamation, 4" / couldn't
ct you, but can get kiss, presented
err one on the mouth. The husband
allasted himself with Bourbon, and his
orse ran away and spilled him all over
lie road, and the wife said it served him
ght, and there is going to be divorce
nit.
Two neighbors living in Winchester
Dunty had long and envenomed liti-
alton about small spring, which they
9th claimed The Judge, wearied out
III the case, at last said, What is the
Sc in making so much fuss about lit
e water2" "Your Honor will see the
Sc Of it, replied one of the lawyers,
when inform you that the parties are
9th milkmen!"
The street car tracks in London differ
ON those used in this country, and OBJ
ate some of the objections experienced
ere. The track is fiat strip OF iron,
it'll groove for the hanges to run in.
his is not sunk, but is exactly level
it'll the surface Of the pavement, thus
fording no obstacles to teams crossing
lie track. The cars are also differently
instructed, and have seats constructed