Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-03
GENERAL GOSSIP.

The Rev. Miss Chaplin, Of Iowa City,
pastor of the Universalist church there,
has accepted tutorship in an Eastern
college, with salary OF $4,000.
Ten thousand operatives, whose pay
amounted to 100000 monthly, have
been discharged from the large print
works Of Garner & Co., Massachusetts,.
From the earnest manner in which the
New York papers implore voters to regis.
ter, we infer the register must be a sor,
of warming apparatus for the November
election.
Rev. J. Hyatt Smith, a Baptist minis.
ter Of New York, says he hopes to see
an Gown Hook Church, and when that
day came the gospel would be powerful
in the land.
Professor Hayden is happy because
he has discovered l27 different kinds of
grasshoppers in the Yellowstone eoun-
try. The tribe of grass widows is also
numerous in the territories.
George Francis Train, having figured
in almost every other platform, is now
introduced as one of the characters in
new Irish sensational drama. Erin A.
Chorra, " just brought out in New York.
The female clerks who receive 5000 or
5000 a year in the government Offices in
Washington have their pay dscked for
every days loss of time. The Presi-
dent who receives $4,000 a year. is
luckier.
Ex-Mayor Hall, Of New York, is lee
turing on Love, Marriage aud Di-
sorce." In Chicago that way of stating
the question would be considered SUI
perAuous iteration, the three words
meaning the same thing.
Several popular lecturers arc discourse
ing on woman and her work. There are
good many poor women in all our
large cities who will be glad to get work
of any sort TO do this winter, and dis
pense with the lecture.
Ex-Governor Bullock. OF Georgia, is
enjoying retirement from public life in
Albion, New York. A correspondent
says: +" On any pleasant day he may be
seen upon our streets driving team Of
handsome black horses, attached to an
elegant carriage"
An Indiana bride, at Bluff Greek, gave
practical exposition of her views of
economy as follows: The fair bride was
dressed in calico, fringed on the bottom
with the same material, bonnet du
soliel, and gloves, shoes aud stockings
Of unmistakable flesh color, that fitted
as closely as the skin. When asked if
she would take this man for better or
for worse, she replied, with touching
simplicity, You bet" No Wall street
panic can harm such woman.
Hard ale" is very popular drink IN |
Edinburgh. The health committee an
alyzed it lately, and reported that it
consists mainly of decomposed beer
mixed with water. There are, it seems,
FIVE shops for the sale of this delightful
mixture situated in different parts of the
old town ofEdinburgh.
The London Lancet thinks that the in
novators who advocate the pagan burn
ing instead of the Christian burial of the
dead, must fail in Europe on account Of
the high price of coal. In this country,
however, that difficulty is obvisted by the
use Of kerosene, which first furnishes
and then consumes the corpse.
Some western papers have peculiar
style of obituary notice, which must
touch surviving friends deeply. Here is
a sample: "a Kalamasnoozer named
Godfrey poked himself into the knuckle-
joint Of a shaft, which wound him up at
the rate of 200 revolutions per minute.
Being short man, the execution was
rapid"
A little boy about ten years of age ar
rived in Stockton, Cal, the other day,
from New York, having travelled the en-
tire distance without the aid of money.
Wen asked if he had any father, he re-
piled that he had, but added: The old
man and | couldn't agree, and | con-
cluded I'd dissolve partnership, and /
thought I'd come TO California and go il
alone"
The New York Graphic observes that
there is dearth Of these nice little din
ners that prosperous members used 10
give so frequently. There is percepti-
BILE falling of, too, in the number Of bot
ties Of vino that were formerly opened
in The course Of an evening, and even
the record Of the sale of cheaper bevcr-
ages shows that economy and temper
ance have suddenly unfolded attractions
that have hitherto been despiscd.
John Paul, Of the New York Tribune,
is disguised with the excessive sociabil-
ity Of Marsschusetts villages. His friend
was walking with a lady through Will
lismsburg. when villsgcr called eat:
/ say, Bill, you see that there fellow !
without no hinge 10 bis back, he's soin' !
Il marry that thar ga" The next
morning 30 old lady stepped 10 aud In
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