Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-04
FACTS AND FANCIRs.

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The Utica milliners advertise Modo'
hats and Boston Charley bonnets.
Kendall county, Ill.,, is contributing
its mites for the establishment oil a co
operative cheese factory.
Potatoes are to be raised at the iron
tier army posts to give a-mealier'ratior
to the soldiers fare.
The shad in the Connecticut river
like sensible fish as they are, prudentl>
refuse to pass under anything that look'
like a railway bridge.
The Scandinavian settlers at Eau
Claire. Wis, recently turned out in full
force to celebrate the anniversary oil
Norwegian independence.
Louisville casts in Boston's handsome
teeth the imputation that they're usually
false ones, whereto Boston retorts that
Louisville has a false tongue.
The committee of the North Iowa
State Fair offer premium Of ten dollars
for the best minee pie, and large at
tendance of physicians is expected.
A boa constructor, one of Barnums
largest, died at Boston Thursday, and
the body was presented to the Society OF
Natural History. where the skin will be
stuffed and preserved.
Here is the latest Yankee trick:
Property holder at Niagara and others
interested are making spacious park
on the American side of the falls, so
that nobody can get a view of them un-
til he has paid certain fee for admis-
sion to the Enclosure"
After the coffin had been placed in
the hearse, Troy undertaken climbed
in to put a pail over it. The driver not
noticing the undertaker's position, closed
the door. As it could not be opened
from the inside, the unfortunate dealer
in collins was obliged to remain on the
celiin until the arrival at the burial
ground.
The Imperial Pavilion at the Vienna
Exhibition has specially engaged the at
tention of correspondents of the London
press. 1t consists of a vestibu!e and
four salons. In the Empress boudoir
the celebrated Viennese upholsterers
have excelled themselves. The carpets
are blue, woven in gold; the ceilings,
doors and panels are in white and gold,
aud nothing can be lighter and prettier
than the effect.
The Empress of Russia has become
exceedingly popular with all classes of
people in Italy. Rich gifts were distrib-
uted by the Empress recently among
those who danced or sang at fete given
in her honor, two ladies of Sorrento re-
ceiving magnificent diamond brooches,
with rubies or pearls, and the ballerine
who formed part of the corps de ballet
in Naples receiving each gold watch
and chain.
The Imperial pavilion at the Vienna
Exhibition has specially engaged the at
tention of correspondents of the London
press. 1t consists of vestibule and
four salons. In the Emperor's boudoir
the celebrated Viennese upholsterers
have excelled themselves. The carpets
are blue, woven in gold; the ceilings,
doors and panels are in white and gold,
and nothing can be lighter and prettier
than the effect.
Mile Nelly de Malamarre de Treby |
has just taken the veil. This young
lady was at her father residence during
the war, when it was occupied by the
Prussians, and an officer having put his
arm round her waist she seized knife
and plunged it into his breast. A re-
port of the affair was sent to Prince
Frederick Charles, who ordered that no
notice should be taken Of the matter.
A Vermont man caught the smallpox
our years ago, and before the nature Of
he disease was known, several persons
ook it from exposure. They have since
brought a suit against him for damages
IN the ground that he must have known
What was the matter when he was taken
lick, and that it was through his care
essness that they caught the disease
The case has been tried once, but the
ury failed to agree, and it is now trying
. second time.
A military writer points out that
france during the war lost 100000,
While of the 100000 Paris National
iuard only 22l we're killed; these men
ell at Montretout which NJ. Saint
ienest calls the Austerlitz of Paris.
according to this writer, the National
iuards received $500 crosses, and what
nth the Commune, etc., have cost the
ountry two milliards, making for each
'arisian slain about dozen crosses and
{, 100000 francs.
Considerable interest has been excited
q Northern Europe by the sale of the
objection of antiquities, paintings, ETC.,
t Ulrykslal, near Stockholm, the sum
ner residence Of the late King Charles
AV, lof Sweden. Charles XIV was not
only poet and a musician, but also a
painter, and be collected during his life
lime great number of art treasures,