Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-28
FACTS AND FASCIEs.

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Booths Hamlet--his charming cottag
at Long Branch.
Raphael Semmss is candidate 10
Mayor OF Mobile.
Kateff, editor Of the Moscow Gazette
admits an income Of two millions.
Governor Hendricks thinks We ar
good enough for Cuba, il she is willing
LitolE, the French composer is ovel
fifty; he has just married his fifth wife
This is the time for sentimental girl
to gather autumn leaves and hornets
nests. tr
The duke Of Edinburgh and bride vii
spend their honeymoon at Yssrkoe Selo
Persia.
Some poor but pretty girls attrsn
lovers by the face; some plain rich one
by the figure.
A minister in the Disciples Church re
Gently immersed one hundred and forty
three persons in the Mississippi river h
less than one hour.
The Lawrence (Kansas) Tribune, ed
tied by an ex. Boston clergyman, calls
brother Of the Leavenworth Times 6
hoary-headed old hook-nosed devil.
A fellow coming from the top Of thu
Allegbenies to New York in winter, wal
asked whether it was as cold there as IL
the city. He had probably been at som'
march ofintellect school, for he glanced
at the thermometer. Horrible cold,
/ said he, for they have no thermome
ters there, and Of course it's just al
cold as it pleases."
The famous estate at Undertook, the
residence of ex-President Martin Var
Buren,, has been purchased by JamesVar
Aistyne and John Van Buren, IA name
sake of the late Hon. John Van Buren,
son of the President) for the sum o.
$50, 900. The farm adjoining the man
sion comprises about 325 acres.
An absent-minded man entered q
Troy shoe store the other day and
wanted his boy measured for pair Of
shoes. But where's the boy2" asked
the dealer. Thunderl said the man.
1--WE left the boy at homer III 60 and
get him." and of las starte4 for his
house, six blocks away.
A couple at Glidden, Iowa, lately mar
s;sd themselves in the presence Of church
and congregation, simply announcing
their intentions ana kissing each other.
A Unitarian paper inimates that the
reason Why p Unitarian minister is not
needed in NilVaqt4e is that the Congre-
gskOaslists are using the psg viEe Of
advanced religious thopgbt.
A Piqus (ohio) MAI drew sp pro-
gramme for a cbtldren's concert, ia
which he says: These concerts, by
these children, can be attended by per-
sons of the most fictitious tastes.
The interesting coBtrssirGy between
Alexander Campbell, the founder Ct
Canpbellism, and DR.. HI. Rice, as TO
whether tbs Greek word bapto can be
strained into "spnpkle. is again up in
the West.
Joaquin Miller. 10 bis book a6out the
Modocs, relates that an old fellow wLo
had been on the war.psth brought to him
. leather bag. While be tapped it gently
With his koEie-knife, the blood oozed
through the scans. Looking at Joaquin,
old AOdOc said; "fheW's eeslPsP
In a number Of che towns 10 Rhode
Island, Sunday comes twice g week
The Seventh Day Baptists observe Sat
urdss IS the Day of Rest, and work on
the Christian ssbbsth, which is relig-
iously kept by ell the sikeF denomins-
tioGs. q this little State there are no
less than seFan divisions Of the Baptists.
The ladies Of Nebraska City, while
they do not hesitsts 10 raise money for
charitable purposes by gambling. unlike
their Eastern sisters. do not hesitate 10
call what they do BY It's right name.
They have Published the following card
The indignant ladies Of the Hone Re.
lief politely request the Reys. Lemon
Green, Taylor, Kerr and Warren 10
cease interfering with their Affairs as a
society. Two Of the gentlemen afors-
said having already accepted silver got
ten the same way Is that We wished 70
gamble Of, it would have looked better
for thea, 81 least, 70 have kept stu
The Free ksligionists Of Chicago
ksYe formed ap Associs;isn, Professor