Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-28
FACTS AND fASClas.

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Turkey and Servia are making u
their little misunderstanding
Provost Paradol left among his liter
AIRY remains defense of suicide.
In Mexico the rebellion against tn
Juarez government is spreading.
The murderer Dixblancs has beef
given up by the Belgian government
London has thirty-fve theaters, an'
the thirty,sixth is in course of building
The richest tin mines to be found IL
the world are those of Cornwall in Eng
land.
Colonel SCOTS salaries as President
of twenty-six roads amount to $l76,OOI
per annum.
The French National Assembly has
passed the bill constituting the court
martial for the trial of Bazaine.
1t is curious fact that poor people
are never afflicted with kleptomania,
though they are much given to steal
ing.
A Boston tobacconist has been lined
three dollars for lighting cigar within
the sacred precincts of Faneuil Hall
market.
II you can arouse curiosity by an adj
vertisement, it is great point gained.
The fair sex don't hold all the curiosity
in the world.
The Imperial army band of Germany,
by consent of the Emperor, will sail
shortly for America to take part in the
Peace Jubilee in Boston.
Two million dollars worth of ele-
plants and other insects which go to
make up a menagerie are walking
around the States this year.
The King of Denmark has offered q
prize of one thousand dollars for the
best history of the United States of
America since the civil war.
A colored brother in Hillsboro, N.
c., was turned out of his church for
telling on +" two other brethren who
had been stealing hog.
A middIe-sized boy, writing compo-
sition on Extremes" remarked that
we should endeavor to avoid extremes,
especially those of wasps and bees"
Wasps are admitted to be the oldest
paper makers-and they always use the
same material. But here comes the
rub-we can't find out what it is.
An Irishman just landed was asked
what party he belonged to. Party is
it?" he said; 81 suppose you've got
government Thin I'm agin it.
Smiggles, who is, perhaps, too critical,
says there are a good many modern
preachers who would burn quite as well
as the old maryrs-they are so dry.
Can man who, on going to bed,
blows out his gas, be fairly described
as being found senseless in the morn
ing2 He was no better off over night.
Ten cents a bushel is thought to be
high market prices for lemons and
oranges in Brazil. Native fruits are a
drug. Vegetation and pestilence thrive.
A hen in Pittsfeld, ILL.,, lays eggs
joined together by kind Of ligature or
continuation Of the shell. One part
contains the yolk and the other the white
of the egg
George Sand does not hesitate to say
that her seyenty-6ve volumes have, on
an average brought her more than $l0,-
900 apiece. This is exclusive of her
plays, which have brought her in $780,
900.
Borglan, a Maryland tailor, has
lately become over-enthusiastic in the
belief that he has discovered a new re-
hgion, leading article of the faith be-
ing the clothing of the sect in swallow
tail coats.
London has a new sensation in the
person of the new tenor, Signor Campo
mini, who is said to be the long looked
for successor of the Mario who broke
all hearts like chinaware twenty golden
years age"
A party in Pontiac, Mich. out rowing
on Sunday, was too heavy for the boat,
and one Of the number was drowned.
A local paper thereupon remarks: Re
member the Sabbath day and keep it
holy, and don't overload your boats.
Mr.. James McGrew, promising young
lawyer Of Warsaw, Indiana, desired TO
have some teeth extracted last SautuT-
day, and drank nine glasses Of whisky
to fortify himself Not being in the
habit Of drinking, the whisky killed him.
The Evansville Courier has sensa-
tional report from Southern Illinois, to
the effect that few days ago the cater
pillars near Reetorville blockaded the
railroad, stopped the train and canght
and hung the engineer, conductor and
train boy.
A Boston lawyer had horse that al
ways stopped and refused to cross GER
tain bridge leading out Of the city. No
whipping, no urging, would compel him