Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-30

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An iron master Of Liverpool has been
sentenced to jail for six months for
stealing twenty-five tons of pig-iron.
An honest BuffaloniAn Advertises for
the owner Of female infant which he
found lying on the sidewalk the other
day.
Ten of New Ravens very incest
yoang men we're arrested the other day
for overlooking triaing canine contro-
versyin cellar.
New Haven has tried man for steal
ing an umbrella, and two-thirds of the
people there stand amazed, asking,
"Who among us is safe2"
A Pennsylvania woman has brought
breach of promise suit against former
sutton, who Tilted her some years before
she was married to her present husband.
The Danbury News says the Black
Crook will be there again in about three
months, which is long time to wait;
but, then, the street crossings are very
muddy"
Pittsburg girls 60 about seeking to
sell church tickets at quarter apiece,
and if these terms are unsatisfactory,
they throw in kiss. That brings EN-
every time.
New Jersey servant girls hire by the
month. Those who have beaux get
eight dollars and those who haven't get
twelve dollars. Only one in FIVE hun
bred gets twelve dollars.
A San Francisco boy having been
badly bitten by dog, all the theaterS
there propose to give him Sunday ben
eft. Most any one would be caught
stealing apples for benefit.
An escaped lunatic entered ballroom
in Jersey City. recently, and occasioned
quickstep by threatening 10 throw the
ladies out of the window if they didn't
engage to dance with him.
A local paper warns its fair readers
that the sidewalks of Omaha abound in
holes the size of a lady's foot" and in
another column recountS that a boy six
years old fell into one of them the other
day.
The Porto Rico slaves that were sent
to Cuba and sold in anticipation of the
emancipation decree applicable to Porto
Rico, resist their new masters, refuse to
work, and are only controlled by military
force.
The motto Of the Good Templar girls
of Salem, N. j., is; "The lips that touch
wine shall never touch mine" And isn't
it very strange that the masculine lips of
Salem are touching wine at about the
same rate that they always did,
There are three American dentists in
Madrid, and they have made handsome
fortunes by the practice of their profes-
sion. They enjoy the exclusive patro-
mage OF all the nobility. Yankee tooth
carpenters stand land CHARGE high in
Europe.
Several fashionable clergymen have
had their salaries advanced lately from
$4,000 and $1,000 to $4,000 Conse-
quently, they have more favorable
view of worldly Wickedness than they
had before. The power that pays is sell
dom vicious; and there is always hope
Of its paying more.
Thirty.seven covers are laid on the
Imperial table at the villa Of the EN-
press Of Russia in Sorrento. The Em-
press and her suite have one hundred
aud fifty waiting men and women, and
the Imperial liveries are green and gold,
and the domestics wear a long black
coat with red sash, black cap with a
gold band, and a red cocksds.
The New York Times is anxious! 10
have the remains Of the late President
Lincoln transferred to Mount Vernon TO
repOse by the side Of Washington's. II
says visitors to Mr. Lincolus tomb are
surprised and shocked to see that the
coffin is dripping with moisture and
covered with patches Of wet plaster. in
stead Of wreathes Of immorteIles." The
monument in all parts is said to be
sadly out Of repair.
The woman-Women OF Pennsylyania
are much elated ever the fact that the
Constitutional Convention Of that State
adopted an article declaring that women
who have reached the age Of twenty-ons
years shall be eligible to any Office Of
control or management under the school
laws Of the State.
A Western Journal truly says that
practically the common-school teachers
Of the United States are now women be-
tween the ages Of seventeen and thirty
eve. In the country schools they are
virtually the sole occupants Of the 6eld-
In al the Western cities thew are gradu-