Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-02
FACTS AND FAScIRs.

II
county, Missouri, formerly strongly he
publican.
chihuahua is getting ripe for annexa
ton. Samaniego. who was elected Gov
ernor by a large majority, has beef
counted out.
The son Of the British poet'laureAie u
10 be made a baronet, Mr.. Tennysol
having himself refused all titular DIS
tinction from the crown.
A late novelty in feminine dress is Q
ribbon two inches wide crossed on the
back like gentleman's suspenders and
having the ends cut short and hanging
1t is said that glyeerine mixed with
the water in steam engine boiler0 pre-
vents the deposition Of lime salts, and
consequently protects the boilers from
incrustation.
Scene in Court: Judge-Have you
anything to offer to the Court before
sentence is passed on your Prisoner
No, Judge; | had ten dollars, but my
lawyers took that.
In view of the fact that there are
2O9 9O6 persons engaged in farming in
Iowa to Ill, 2l3 in all other pursuits, the
farmers ticket would seem TO stand a
good chance Of success.
In the most central business locations
land in London is worth Sl35 per square
foot, $ll3 per square foot in New York,
$50 67 per square ioSt in Chicago, and
1872 per square foot in San Francisco.
The Poughkeepsie Eagle states that it
has been resolved to return to the old
methods Of furnishing refractory prison
ers in Sing Sing, by tying them up by
the thumbs or placing them in a dark
cell.
The Comptroller Of Florida says that
the State owes $l,57s,635 CO, a large
debt for an impoverished commonwealth
with less than 100000 people. But the
true figures are believed to be much
higher.
Here is the inscription on a tomb
stone in Pennsylvania: I'm memory OF
beloved wife Of Joseph
Wright, Thomas Andrews, Eben Hal
sted, Edward Murray, and Charles Dean,
by her devoted husband, Cyrus Morgan"
At a picnic of railroad employees at
Hartford, lately, the men had three
legged race. The contestants entered
in couples, and had their two adjoining
legs tied together, so that the pair had
one double leG and two single legs to
run with.
Colored men of Bourbon county, KY,
the Democratic ticket at the
ate election. are prosecuted and NAL
.reated. Their houses have been forci-
bly, entered, and their dishes, stoves, and
otAer furniture broken and made useless.
some Of them have been stoned at night
md mobbed in the day.
Sir John Lubbock states that the
stresiptera or parasites found on bees
md wasps pass through all their trans
in the bodies Of these insects.
The males and females are very dissimi-
ar; the former are active, minute and
while the females are bottle
hsped, never leave the body of the in
ect, and, except that they occasionally
hrust the head Of the bottle out between
he abdominal rings, they appear to be
Utmost moiionless.
Theodore Tilton says: What is the
Use of fighting the battles Of the war
,ver again2 General HaWlsy lately
aid in a speech, It shall never be out
# place to honor q rebel soldiers
rave After making the speech, he
vrote to the newspapers saying that he
meant Union soldiers graves But
he slip Of his tongue was better than
lis sober second thought; for we see no
eeson why tie graves of both armies
Ihould not receive respect. Let US bury
,ur hatreds in theirs, and have peace
throughout the land.
While an old hen and chickens were
scratching vigorously on pier at Rich
nond, Va, recently, rat steathily ap-
,roached from the wharf, and Selling
me of the brood by the leg. attempted
0 drag it to its retreat. In an instant
be old hen pouneed upon the back Of
be invader, trampling him ferociously,
While another hen Joined her, and with
wo successive strokes Of the besk, ez-
piled, succeeded in cutting
he rats throat as clearly as if it had
,een done with knife.
The people Of Brsinerd, Minnesota,
believe that pastors are hu-
nan, and are therefore not inclined to
REV their peccadilloes too sternly. The
Rev. A. d. Williams, Baptist clergy
man Of that frontier town. bet his gold
watch against 500 on three card monte,
and lost. On learning his misfortune
bis hoek at once started & subscription
paper, and $40 was given him TO buy a
new timepiece. The monte men, finding
that they had sWindled a minister. re-
turned the 500, and Mr.. Williams is a
gamer Of $40 by the transaction. he
is probably the FIRST minister that ever
o,,,.o ot..d IN thraa oord rnoufa