Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-26
FACTS AND FANCIRs.

A lodge oil hindoo rreemasohs hA'
been established in Bombay.
At church fair in Brooklyn a maj
; paid Sis for pen-wiper.
Using profane language is to DO made
penal odense in Georgia.
The Costa Rica coffee crop this year
is estimated at 3O,OOO,OOO pounds.
NM. Gilbert w. Pell, 1.-THE original
Bones" died in England recently.
California gold miners have taken to
prospecting by the artesian method.
A boy of thirteen, convicted of muir
der, recently escaped from a Mexican
prison.
NJ. Lesseps, after years of constant
effort, has given up trying to make his
Suez canal pay.
An eminently practical Oregon earth
quake has opened up frst-class hot
spring at Weston.
A precocious youth of twelve was
pronounced common drunkard in the
New London police court
A young Afghan prince who has been
living in London some time, announces
himself as Russian spy.
Philadelphia ladies now come forward
and declare that female clerks are bum
dies of sass " and impudence.
The editor of an Ohio paper is both
undertaken and journalist. He says;
1--WE buried fiity-nine persons last year.
Lord Robert Lytton, having inherited
his fathers title, is obliged to resign his
position as secretary Of legation at Vi
emma.
Mira Malcolm Khan Nasi-Mulmuk
has registered his name in Rome, and
will make preparations for the coming of
the Shah.
An American conductor is said to be
knocking down" competence on the
new railroad which runs from Jafa to
Jerusalem.
The question of replacing brandy by
an allowance of tea is occupying the
serious attention of the Roman military
authorities.
After July few newspapers will publish
that little item commencing, I'VE are
indebted to the Hon. - for valuable
pub. docs"
Victor Emmanuel has forgiven Anna
deus for abdicating, and is preparing
fatted-veai ceremony to welcome the
prodigal home again.
Alexandria, in Egypt, has grown more
rapidly than any other city on the East
ern Continent In 1912 its population
was about 10000, and now it is nearly
100000.
A policeman in Rhode Island by the
name of Brown was such favorite with
the children that when he died, a few
days since, they purchased by subscrip-
ton flowers to deck his coffin.
Out in Hillsboro Oregon, very old
gentleman captured the postofiice, and
carried it bodily across the street, where
upon another venerable gentleman de-
clares he will recspture it.
Mr.. Z. j. Mavrogordate writes to the
London Times: The Greek newspapers
state that committee of influential and
eminent men has been formed at Athens
to erect new grand monument at Mis-
solonghi in remembrance Of Byron.
Colfax says be goes TO bed at the vir-
tuous hour of ten and rises at seven in
the morning, and sleeps the peaceful,
undisturbed sleep of childhood" How
musical must be the snoring even Of
such innocence.
What do you think of the emperor"
asked Eugene, some months ago, of
friend who had not seen Napoleon for a
year. II think he looks and appears
remarkably well, " was the reply. do
you, indeed2" answered the ex.empress.
moi je lie trouve imbecilel"
"Disraeli, how can you live with that
old woman, your wife2' brutally asked !
an NJ. p. of the ex-premier, after having |
literally dined. Because" answered |
Disraeli in his most cutting manner, 81
possess virtue Of which you are inca
pable-gratItude.'
A candidate for the civil service re-
Gently gave mp his examination in dis
gust, because he was asked how many |
bushels Of wheat could be bought for ten |
dollars if one bushel cost forty cents. |
He said he had not learned anything |
about wheat; he had always done his
SUNS in potatoes and turnips.
A gentleman who politely held lady's |
lap-dog while she was preparing to pay |
her omnibus fare has since commenced |
the study Of entomology. He says the
flea is a very small insect, with hopping
propensities, and prodigious bite, and |
that it is almost Womanly in its fondness
for men and shargv little dogs