Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-04

through New England mejum.'
A Chicago German advertises o
basement to let on the third story"
An autograph letter Of Henry Clay
was sold in Terre Haute for fifty cents.
A butchers shop for the sale of horse
flesh has been opened at Geneva, Swift
erland.
Ex-senator Gwin, otherwise Duke OF
Sonora, has sold his silver mine for ST.
OOO,OOO
The California vintage Of last year has
produced, it is estimated, 100000 gal
Ions of wine.
Athens, Ga, prosperously began the
new year with surplus of one cent in
the treasury.
The young Napoleon is said to be mas
ter of one accomplishment-he is an
excellent fencer.
European diamond merchants now
look upon the United States as the best
market in the world for their gems.
A patriarchal lobster was found on the
shore at Booth Bay, Maine, recently,
which weighed nearly forty pounds.
The WOODEN mills in Massachusetts, are
reported to be stopping on account Of
the present high price of raw material.
One of the critics aptly described Bull
wer as "a man of letters among men OF
the world, and man of the world among
men Of letters"
The President and the Cashier of the
Chenango Bank, at Norwich, Conn, both
dropped dead in the building within a
few days Of each other.
The Maine people don't stop for trihes
in estimating the cold weather, but say
that the mercury fell one or two !" clap
boards" as the case may be.
Massachusetts, reports two new mon
strosities-a baby eighteen months old
who recites the Greek alphabet and a
ghost which shovels snow off the side
walks.
The newspaper press of free Germany
is forbidden to publish the Popes unfa-
vorable comments on the Teutonic Gov
eminent under pain Of immediate sup
preston.
Mrs. Fisher, Of Jacksonville, N. H.,
sings her Hush, my babe, " to her infant
son William, who measures twelve
months one way and one hundred
pounds the other.
Only Kansas editor would be guilty
of saying that Miss liant, Of Kansas, is
clerk Of the House of Representatives,
and has voice like tin pan pounded
by a rattle-box.
A Scranton editor had gold pen
given him for Christmas present. He
keeps it under glass case and says his
old scissors are good enough for the
construction of leaders.
A Chicago Alderman who had heard
of the approaching transit Of Venus"
recently moved that the Council be
adjourned for one week to permit the
city fathers to attend the show.
A bill is before the Indiana Legisla-
ture providing that transient visitors
shall not be granted divorces unless the
alleged cause Of complaint was legal
ground for divorce in the State where it
occurred.
Mary McArdle lately died at Fenghal,
ireland, at the age Of one hundred and
fifteen years. Her strong point was that
she worked with the reapers last har'
vest, and kept up with her son, friEky
youth Of seventy-seyen.
A Troy youth made his betrothed a
holiday present Of piano, paying for it
with a check which went to protest on
its presentation. The piano was re-
claimed, but the young lady makes as
much music as he wants without tt.
Collinsyille, Connecticut, has a cat
without tail, bnt who has seven toes
upon each foot, and when engaged in
battle he can throw a stream Of red FIRE
and noise out Of his mouth that sweeps
the other cats off from the roof like
= simeon.
A young man attending a Christmas
party at Southampton, England, was
sentenced" to walk down the main
street, dressed in womans clothes, as q
forfeit. He did it, and the vigilant po-
lice gave him free lodgings for several
days in the station.house.
Pennsylvania eOnfectioners are taking
to the study Of applied chemistry, and
have discovered that aniline dyes give
even richer cOlors TO sugar.plums than
arsenite Of copper, chromaie Of lead
and other substances hitherto employed.
The only trifing disadvantage is tina,
physicians haven't yet discovered any
efficient antidotes to the aniline com.
pounds