Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-27
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Ineendiary mice are Rochester, N
Y, institution.
A confectioner advertises broker
hearts nj six cents pound.
Maine has had six feet ten aud hal
inches OF snow this season.
A Minnesota washerwoman rejoiees ~
the ownership Of a boiling spring
Develop your colonies into nations II
Goodwin smiths advice TO England.
The Buffalo church choirs are said L
be the best counting societies IN the
State.
A ten year old colored girl of Georgia
weighs two hundred and seventeen
pounds.
California apple trees bear three crops
a year, aud yet they keep on gold dig
ging out there.
Aldermanic dinners aud hack hire
only cost Boston one thousand dollars
month last year.
Gertrude, what season Of tho year do
YOU like best?" THE opera season
Charlie, dear.
Over one hundred thousand buifaloss
were killed in the neighborhood Of Fort
Dodge last season.
The price Of coal in England recently
advanced to two dollars a ton within
twenty-four hours.
Squirrel skins are said to make an ex-
cellent fne-grained, strong leather, suit
able for gloves and similar purposes.
sSNew Jersey expects to hang two men
in April, one in May, and three in June,
besides supplying the usual quantity OF
champagne.
Wolves are very plenty in Iowa, and
the farmers can't step out Of their back
doors after dark without falling over one
of these animals.
Mr.. Bessemer is reported to have de-
clared that he can, if necessary, pro-
duce gun capable of throwing ball
weighing ten tons.
An ingenious individual with turn
Cor mathematics has found that there Is
one pig to every enc and four.tenihs
men in the United States.
A ladies club in New York offer re-
ward for the discovery Of process by
which gentlemen who smoke in the
streets may consume their smoke.
The Leavenworth papers clamor for
larger Jail. It's believed that this i'm
provement, with an addition to the poor
house, will make Leayenworth comfort
able
A woman testified at Norwich, the
other day, in a turkey case, and de-
clared that she knew those turkeys by
their walk, their countenance and their
manner Of roosting"
A retired actress has been teaching
elocution TO the children in Carson City,
and the old people declare that all the
young folks say "beeyOutfool skeey
and the nobul juke.
An exchange says that jurors at court
in Clarion come in with loaded guns,
and sit with them in their hands during
trial Death to the first lawyer who
tells liel Result: No court.
Lord Brougham, in his younger years,
practiced all day in the courts, appeared
at night as brilliant leader in the
House of Commons, and wrote after
midnight for the Edinburgh Review.
1t is said that at the annual letting Of
Mr.. II. W. Beeehers pews at Brooklyn,
el2O was paid for the best pew, and that
the aggregate sale amounted TO Gl2,0O0.
Mr.. Beecher's salary is 1000 guineas,
A ghost is reported as having made
its appearance in Muncy, Pennsylvania,
in the shape of very beautiful young
lady, who goes from house to house,
never speaking to any one, and only
murmuring: 81 cannot find it'll cannot
end it.
The New York Herald says Boston
seems to be particularly delighted with
Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack. We are
glad these great artists have succeeded
there, especially as Rubinstein failed to
come up to the boston standard Of ex-
cellence.
America is to add her contribution to
the efforts which are being made to ex-
plore the Holy Land. A month ago an
expedition sailed from New York, under
the charge of Lieutenant Steever, of the
United States army, to carefully exam
inc the region east of the Jordan.
A Cincinnati invention consists Of q
house telegraph. Every well-regulated
householder is expected to have one at
the head Of his bed to summon errand
boys, policemen and fire engines, as oc-
ossion requires.
Said tipsy husband to his wife: you
need--needn't blaine mel Twas wo-
man that first tempted man to eat for
hidden things" Woman may have
tempted man to eat forbidden things,
said the wife, but he took to drinking
Of his own accord"