Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-28

counsel. has attached the property Of
Nathaniel Appleton. at Newport, Rhode
Isla md, to the amount Of $4,000. for the
loss of Sl2, 500 which she deposited with
Boyles Bros, just before their failure.
A Chattan ooga lady recently claimed
thelbody Of an unknowu dead man as
herIsou, and took il from the charge Of
thelciiy authorities. The son has since
returned alive and we'll, aud the lady pre-
sents a bill to the city for funeral ex'
penses.
An oyster.opener. who writes sonnets
on The half-shell, compares the teeth of
his loved and lovely one to the inner
side Of the oyster shell--a comparison
that does not seem 10 have struck any
of the poets who were so busy looking
for pearls thereyd n'.'f ~
A bill Is before the Indiana Legisla-
ture providing that transient visitors
from other States shall not be granted
divorces unless the alleged cause Of
complaint was legal ground for d.
vorce in the State where it occurred.
Nothing makes Minnesota husband
so mad as TO fill his boots with buckwheat
cakes in the raw, and then laugh at him
when he pulls them on. Mrs. Smith, Of
Winona, will indorse this statement as
soon as the swelling in her nose subsidies
sufficiently to enable her to read.
An old lady in a town of Worcester
county, Mass, recently refused the gift
Of load Of wood from tree which had
been struck by lightning. through fear
that some Of the fluid " might remain
in the wood and cause disaster TO her
kitchen stove.
Chinese bird fanciers tie tin whistles to
the tails Of their feathered pets to pro-
tect them from vultures. AS the bird
flies the whistle shrieks, and the vulture
ia scared, and flies away. But he isn't
any worse scared than the small bird,
nor does he fly away any faster.
From the Hartford Courant: The
farce is ended, and Charles Louis Napo-
leon sleeps. not with his fathers, for no
one could say with certainty who they
were --but in the great cathedral at Can
terbury, near the ashes of Bishop Au-
gustin and Thomas Beckett"
The Shreveport Times says; A young
lady, name unknown, has sentu through
the mail what she is pleased to call some
poetry. AS it makes reference to a
young man who has torn the seat Of his
pantaloons, we consider it unfit for pub
LEGATION in these columns. This is a
family journal.
The members OF the Missouri Legis'
lature allow their spinal column to imi-
tate the curvature of cats back when
in battle, because they received ninety
day instead of annual passes over the
Missouri Pacific railroad. They say
they prefer to walk. anyhow until hot
weather comes, and SO returned the
passes, and now want 0 chance to vote
for some measure that will benefit the
road that thus cOmplimented them. st.
Louis Democrat. .a
The old seal Of the commonwealth Of
Virginia adopted in l779, was lost or
mislaid at the time Of the capture of
Richmond in 1865, and new one was
adopted similar in all respects to the
old, except that the words Liberty and
Union" vera substituted for the historic
motto, sic Semper TyFaHnis." But
the old seal mas since been restored to
the secretary of the commonwealth, and
the question IS to which was legal was
submitted to the Legislature, WHICH has
decided in favor of the old seal. But,
as it is much defaced and worn, new
seal, similar in all respects to the old
one, has been ordered, and, until it is
finished, the seal adopted in 1865 will
be used temporarily.
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