Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-30
FACTS AND FAScIEs.

The murdered Goodrich was oe"'s'
in Davenport, Ill.,, in 1855, but too much
patronage from the demimonde made
his rooms unpopular, and he sold out
Bismarck stopped the execution OF the
Persian's chamberlain, but the Shah will
get ahead OF him when they reach 'Ie'
heran.
Rx.President Franklin Pierce always
spen, few weeks at Cape May during
the summer, attended by his faithful
servant Peter.
IL has been discovered recently that
the organ Of rational language lies in
the third convolution Of the left anteSor
lobe Of the brain.
According to the Tribune, Lord Lyt-
ton is said to be writing life OF his
father, the FIRST lord Of that name. Any
thing from the pen Of Owen Meredith
will be lively and readable.
Mrs. s. J. Van Vliet, the accomplished
Milwaukee forger has been sent to the
State prison for two years, She wanted
to become penitentiary correspondent
for one Of the Milwaukee papers
When it was known the other day in
Dubuque that certain parties were to be
married in church a rejected sutton
nailed up the doors, but he was promptly
arrested and soused into the river.
While a Philadelphia drummer was
cleaning his revolver in his rooms at a
Kansas City hotel, the thing went of
and killed the chambermaid. 1t is re-
ported that he had missed several bot
ties of hair oil
Forward and loquacious youth-"By
Jove, you know, upon my word, now7-it
| we're to see ghost. now, should be
chatteriug idiot for the rest of my life. !"
Ingenious maiden (dreamily)-" Have
you seen ghost2 "
The old Walworth mansion in Sara
toga has a deserted look, being occupied
only by Mrs. Chancellor Walworth, the
aged grandmother of Frank. She is
eighty years old. Her hair is silvered,
but she is still a fine looking woman.
1t is noted by the Washington Star as
remarkable fact that not single state
ment in the whole number of Colonel
Forney's Anecdotes Of Public Men "
has been contradicted. The Colonel,
however, is not writing up any one that
il alive and kicking.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton Of Poughkeepsie discussed the sub
iect of Obscene literature, the other
night, and one young Christian said that
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Theodore
Parker were not less pernicious in their
sphere than the immoral writer's alluded
to we're in theirs, and the other young
Christians did not dissent
The Springfield Union thinks that one
of the most amusing sights is that OF a
pretty and elegantly dressed young lady,
standing in mud. puddle in the rear of
street car, from which she has just
ahghted ans calling frantically to her
pet poodle to "come back, you awful
thing, and let that horrid yellow dog
alone and in the next breath beseech-
ing the driver to wait till she can get her
darling dog
Professor Ella says that Rubinstein,
during his late visit to London, called
upon DR.. Bulow and entreated him to
give some performance in America.
He said: There is little poetry or no.
nance among the Americans. Their
all-engroasing object in life seems to be
to make and spend money. Neverthe-
less, they are far more impressionable
than the English, the least musical peo-
pie upon the face OF the earth.
A correspondent writes Our fore
most bankers, merchants and traders
are children Of the daughters Of Judah
Read the history Of England and of
every nation on the continent. Roths-
child has more power than Bismarck or
the Car Of all the Russias. The He
brews of Europe furnish more money to
develop the resources of our country
than any other race. No children Of
any other race seem to have that devoted
attachment to their mothers and fathers
than the Hebrews have"
He parts his hair in the middle, wears
blue necktie, pearl-colored pants, and
his bewitching features are usually ar
rayed in a pensive smile. The smile
fed from his face the other day, when a
waiter in an eating house carefully de-
posted n beefsteak with trimmings, on
his shoulders, emptied a cup Of coffee
into bis lap, and deposited a tureen Of
mashed potatoes on his shirt bosom.
he jumped to bis feet and cried, Dem
it, stupid, how do ! look2' Bully" re-
piled the waiter; you look as though
dressed for the table"
The American Literary Bureau makes
the following announcements for the
coming season: Lillian s. Edgarton
is not going on the stage, although she
has been offered large sums by theatri.
cal managers. She will lecture next
season. Virginia Vaughn aud
Mary F. Eastman viii be two Of the old.
est and brightest lecture stars among