Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-10-11


reverse of fortune and, retiring from
fashionable life, devoted herself to liter
AZURE under the assumed title and name
Of the Comtesse Dash.
A couple of Cincinnati girls who had
been to see the Black Crook appeared
in the streets of that city the other day
with so little clothing that blushing
constable took them into custody. The
Judge said 70 the officer: Let them go
for the present. Go to all the public
places of amusement in this city where
the women are more exposed than these
two girls, and arrest them"
There was an amusing case in the mu-
nicipal court, Boston, the other day. A
man was brought to the front of the
dock, charged with assaulting his wife,
but when the woman was called upon to
testify she wasn't positive in regard to
his identity She had been married six
years. but couldn't swear that this man
was or was not her husband. He declared
that he never saw her before, and was,
therefore, discharged.
Commissioner Douglass, in answer to
inquiries from Baltimore, decides that
any deeds, ETC., issued or delivered before
October LIST, requiring stamps in order to
be valid, it would not be legal to record
after that date if not stamped. fla pro-
bate OF will is not taken out before this
date, it requires no government stamp,
even if the devisor died previously. An
instrument requires a stamp when issued,
but not before.
The Bombay india Gazette states
that the causes which are sending up
the prices of coal to such fabulous rates
at home will prove a good thing for In
dia. The Nizam's coal fields, which
have been worked rather sluggishly of
late, should be brought into activity, and
so also should other coal fields. The
Peninsular and Oriental Company have
made an experimental purchase OF 800
tons of country coal for trial in their
ships.
Mrs. Fair temperance in the court
room was welcome sight to the sensation
levers. At her last attendance she was
dressed in deep black throughout-dress,
hat, veil and gloves-in strange contrast
to the marble wilderness of her face and
the golden curls which aoated down /
through her somber habiliments. She |
looked sad and depressed, and kept her
face behind the folds of her veil, and
averted from the gaze of the curious
crowd. Only once did she smile, and
then it was but a mournful flicker that
soon died away. Sitting near her was
an older lady, also looking grief-laden
and detected. This was the mother OF
Mrs. Fair. She had come into court
before her daughter. When the latter
entered she did not notice her. Neither
spoke to the other, and both sat apart
silent and alone.
The Japanese girl students in Wash
ington have been studying too hard, and
one has been so persistent in her appli-
cation as to contract serious disease OF
the eye, which threatens her with total
blindness Indeed, the difficulty is so
serious that the Japanese Minister has
the unfortunate child that she
will have to return to Japan, and another
student be sent in her place. The name
of the sufferer is Rio Yoshenias, and she
is not only the eldest of the party but
particularly bright in intellect, and
noted for her many amiable qualities.
When the final decision was made known .
to her that she must return to Japan, she I
acquiesced without word Of complaint,
but her companions we're greatly dis !
tressed, and manifested their sorrow in (
the most touching manner.