Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-01
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

II LAOIO ANO ANOhDcs
Emily Faithfull's nose slopes heaven
ward.
The worst yet is mud dredge named
"Luoca." a.a
Tie your cows ears together at the
tips if she's breacby.
Silence being golden, hence the phrase
hush money"
1t costs Ohio an average of $1,000 to
send man to prison.
California is shipping considerable
wheat to England via Panama.
Colorado makes more than million
dollars in the yarb trade. \
1t takes nearly three million dollars to
buy the Kansas fruit crop this year.
Santa Clara Valley. California, will
produce an immense hop crop this sea-
son.
1t is said that panther is loose and
prowling about in Henderson county
Kentucky
A st. Paul boy has sued doctor for
$4,000 for xot mending his b, 'oken arm
in the best way.
The latest convention announced is
that of the bee keepers Of Southern Iowa,
who are to meet this month.
A square inch of cambria. with low
corder twelve inches deep, is the latest
fashion in ladies' handkerchiefs.
At Jacksonville, ILL.,, recently, man,
in sinking a well, struck vein Of copper
at depth Of ten feet below the surface.
Washington is operrun with grave
stone manufacturers, DESTROYS Of con-
tracing to supply the, national ceme-
teries.
At the DeS Moines (Iowa) State Fair,
an old lady, seventy FIVE years Of age,
was awarded the pize for water color
paintings.
At Pittsburg, Pa, on the 2lst ultimo,
Colonel Joseph L. Brown was elected
General of the Second Brigade of the
State Militia.
Boston bellies no longer have their aars
pierced for earrings but wear those ar
ticles of jewelry suspended by hook
worn behind the ear.
II costs you fifty dollars TO send
message of twenty words frear Queens
land, Australia, to London, ada lance of
only fourteen thousand mileA
Mrs. Boyce, daughter Of the Judge
of the High Court of Scotland" is in /
Jail in Chicago, charged with numbering, {
by poison, Charles Johnston. 1
A revolving breech-lsader winch the ]
Prussian Government recently adopted .
is said to have been invented ~ Colonel 8
John c. Miller, Of Danville, KY c
The old Cheever House, Known TO all Il
tourists to St. Anthosg Falls for the
last twenty-five yesps, was burned re-
Gently. The towsn fell some years ago.
So much rsin. has recently fallen int ;,
the viciSisg off 81, Adams. VT, that. ),
says the Messenger, this region Will !.
have to be. wsh,footad or drown before :,
long,
The new city hall in Louisville. KY, A,
a costly structure, the erection OF which n
S nearly completed. has settled upon .,
is sandy foundation to such an extent VI
hat it is feared the whole building may h,
umble down. n,
Mrs. 0'Ler.ry is not yet forgotten in id
)hicago, w'nere it is proposed TO give a sy
all for ler beneft-tickets one dollar SO
in CT ,nsideration of the vast improve, tn
ier its made in the city during the past in
ear through her fundamentally. vi
A family consisting of father, mother tn
md three children, living in Marion, mt
Nebraska. we're recently buried beneath ph
he roof of their house, which fell in Sa
lille they were asleep in bed. When Z
ound, 4he mother and children we're %
cad. nd the man 80 fastened in by the
.ebris as to be unable to move. az,
The Woman's Journal, in referring to wi
recent notorious case, in which da
woman was acquitted Of charge OF tn
murder, in utter disregard Of the evil lie
lence. saws: "If half the jury had been an
women. in accordance with the spirit Of do
he law, the prisoner would most proba- di'
by have been convicted" Es
George vanderpool, who had little ca
nnpleasantness with several juries in re-
relation to the taking off Of Herbert
Field, at Manistee, Michigan, has been r.
compelled to abandon his lecture pro-
gramme, composed Of the same topic, =
on account of curious dearth Of au. =
dience.
The Car has issued decree granting
full pardon to Michael CzaykoWski, the BY
Polish general, who, under the title Of Nj
Sadyl Pasha, took service in the Turk pa
ish army, and distinguished himself as DR.
commander-in-chief Of the Ottoman Cos I'M
sacks in the wars against Russia. sti
Fulmatine is the name Of new explo- mi
sive compound, said to be more Sestruc- It,
tive than niiro-glycerine. 1t is conf So
IDENTIFY recommended to families as a SO
satisfactory substitute for kerosene to as
kindle fires with, and better than "
mother-in-law for moving things lively 81
around the house. %
The Hon. Thomas Il. Nelson, United Ell
States Minister to Mexico, on leave Of
absence for sixty days from his legation, A,
has arrived in Terre Haute, Indiana, Il
with the remains Of his wife for burial. n
Before returning to Mexico, Mr.. Nelson n
bas nrou,ised 10 address the Board Of