Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-10
FACTS AND FANCIES.

more theaters.
Fears are entertained of back hair
grab in the Women's Congress.
The new Masonic Hall in George
town, District Of Columbia, is nearly
completed.
It is estimated that the wardrobe Of a
fashionable New York poodle costs six
teen dollars.
Ear rings and necklaces of English
sovereigns are among the new fashions
in jewelry.
Twenty-one thousand hogs have been
killed in Chicago since the season COM
nenced.
The first span of the great Boonville
bridge across the Mississippi river was
successfully swung recently.
Humboldt county, Iowa, claims to
have added thirteen pairs of twins to the
population in as many years.
The plaster model for the Fitz Green
Halleck statue, to be erected in Central
Park New York, is completed.
The new style of gentlemen's collars
is said to be modelled after those worn
by end men in minstrel troups.
When travelling in Vermont, if you
meet stranger, it is safe to ask him,
Whose patent churn are you selling|
Counterfeit 50 so gold pieces, amount
ing to the nominal sum of SIS, 900, we're
captured in Chatham county, N. c.,
recently.
Speaking of new novel, an enthu
siastic Chicago critic says; The incl
dents follow each other like shovel-full
of hot Goals"
At fire at Americus, Georgia, re-
Gently the fire engine, though on the
ground, could not be used for an hour,
because somebody had let the suction
hose fall into the cistern.
The undertaken who had in charge the
recovery and interment Of the victims
of the WaEaset disaster, has just sent
ia his bill to the Potomac Ferry Com
pany at Washington. 1t amonnts to
$500.
A Western paper, in describing an
accident, recently, says, with consider
able candor, DR.. Crawford was called,
and, under bis prompt and skillful treat
meut the young man died on Wednesday
night"
A pilgrimage to the Holy Land, by
members Of the Anglican Church, is
being organized in England. The entire
cost to each pilgrim is estimated by the
promoters at not less than $l25 or more
than sl75.
Pembert9n Square, Boston, is the
special haunt of the lawyers. Near the
entrance, the city authorities have
placed a notice, Not a public way.
DangerousT As the danger is not visi-
BILE, the inference is obvious.
1t is proposed that the fund raised in
South Carolina for a memorial to Cal
houn be used to establish an asylum for
the widows and orphans OF Confederate |
soldiers at Charleston, to be known as
the Calhoun Monumental Home.
By the viii of the late Edmund E. L. |
J. Benzon, the head Of the English firm
If Naylor, Benzon & Co., the personal
.state Of the deceased was sworn under
3, 100000. The firm have branches in
New York and Boston.
In New York. recently, John o 'Keefe
was brought up on a charge Of deserving
bis wife, when he was recognized as
man against whom a warrant bad been
issued twelve months previously, eharg.
ing him With numbering companion.
a new style Of wall paper for dining
rooms has medallions Of game and birds,
real skin aud real feathers being used.
The figures are raised on a light back
ground, which is very effective. Flow
srs are also introduced Of wax aud linen
led together with bright colored ribbons.
A farmer in the vicinity Of San Diego.
California, has discovered new use FOR
he alkali springs which abound in that
Ticinity. he uses them for washing his
sheep, before shearing. the strong slkali
removing every particle Of dirt and
grease. and leaving the fleece perfectly
White.
Any man can be cheerful when In the I
midst Of prosperity. brave when there Is
no danger, and irustful when there is
no causes Cor Euspicion. True man
hood ia No, fuliy tested vaal confronted i