Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-11

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up in Washington.
A Racine man who had been arrested
for forgery got clear by agreeing to
marry the complainants daughter a
cross-eyed old maid.
The society formed by the young la
dies of San Francisco for the suppress
sion Of slang, is reported by the secre'
tary to have gone up"
Norwegian glrls, who have been doing
kitchen work in Iowa at So so week,
are hiring out to work in the harvest
fields at from 81 to So per day.
An enthusiastic professor in one OF
the German universities is said to have
recently given ball to celebrate the
2SO2d anniversary Of Platos birthday.
Henry Ward Beecher doesn't like the
Old Testament. because it is material,
and thinks the New Testament quite
immaterial. That's what's the matter.
Wisconsin has more towns with IN ?
in the name than any other State in the
Union. and some Of them are as hard to
pronounce as any Of the rivers in Maine.
1t is notable fact that the first victim
of cholera in Indianapolis was bar
tender who wore diamond pin, and had
taken other precautions against the
cholera.
Mother Gonzaga, Of the Convent OF
the Visitation, in Maysville, KY, has
offered to provide nursing for all cases
Of chslera that may occur in that city 1t
the authorities will provide hospital.
A Pennsylvania editor has just had
twins they say. She is woman, OF
course; though we presume there is
somebody who is not woman mixed up
in the business in some way Courier
Journal.
Ignatius Donnelly, ex-member OF Con-
gress from Minnesota, is trying to fool
the Western farmers into sending him
back to the House Of Representatives.
He wears a hickory shirt, blue denim
overalls and plantation shoes without
stockings.
Some American students at Bonn,
Germany, recently gave one Of the pro-
fessers surprise party. The old gen
tleman who had never heard of such an
institution, thought they had come to
plumber the house, and called loudly for
the police.
1t is fact worth knowing that gutta
percha decays rapidly and becomes
brittle and porous when dry and expos
ed to the light, but under water appears
to undergo no change whatever. Gut
ta.percha sank in the sea for twenty
years shows no signs of decay, which
must be regarded as a condition in
which nature comes to the aid Of me-
chanical and electrical science.
Mr.. Truesdell-who built the Dixon
bridge which permitted several scores Of
people to drop into eternity while wit
Messing the administering Of the saving
ordinance Of baptism-writes a letter Of
explanation and defence, in which he
says: 81 know that / never made a
better bridge than the one at Dixon, in
every particular" This is the most
serious charge that has been made
against Mr.. Truesdell.
A case, which might have been SINH
lar to that of Enoch Arden, but for the
matter Of fact arrangement Of the lady,
occurred recently in Indiana. The
lady's husband went of, aud for years
no tidings Of him reached her. After
some time she married again, on the
understanding, however, that she would
be at liberty to return to her first hus-
band, il he turned up. Lately he did
turn up, and husband number two had
to resign in his favor.
An Indian marriage in Florida is thus
described by a recent correspondent:
The company was composed Of the
whole tribe, all Of whom we're dressed in
their best 6nery. A circle was formed,
the bride moved 70 the center, holding in
her hand an ear Of corn. Then the
bridegroom advanced alongside Of her,
with deers leg in his band. A mutual
exchange comprised the whole cere-
mony. After the ceremony the whole
company danced aud feasted on bear
meat and honey for two days and nights.
Think, gentle rsaderl Of the embar-
rassment caused BY this circumstance:
A clergyman in Davenport Iowa, ex.
changed pulpits with a pastor in a not
distant city . few Sundays ago, add
meeting at the railroad crossing they had
= chat together. They carried sa,ehsls
alike, and when The csr-bell rang each
caught Up one and started for the train.
70 find on reaching their destinations
that they had exchanged satchsls and
sermons.
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