Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-17

Qneen Sallie. Siwash Princess IA
Oregon. Is late royal death.
An Ohio eourtlng couple cell usleeI
over a stove and burned 70 death
| A Minnesota washsrwomau rejolces Ia
the ownership OF a boiling spring.
We understand tha. the man who bad
a cloud upon his brow has since been
mist. .ffl g
The HiherniAn cook who strung
beans with needle and thread is look
ing for a situation. 'AH
In China wives are a legal tender for
debts, and bankrupts, Us rule do not
conceal their effects. .i'.
An Iowa newspaper proprietor has
trained a large bull-terrier for the posi-
ton Of fighting editor
A Chicago paper eulogizes the one
solitary street car conductor in thai
city who keeps his face and hands
~
clean"
A blue speeular iron ore deposit has
been discovered near Granville, Mis-
souri-probably by a man with blue
specks.
In Indiana, IL a wife can prove that
her husband has cold feet continually,
she has no difficulty in obtaining a dr.
yorce. ..ae r-a1
It limited that woman in Connect
icut, whose speech was lately restored
after twelve years silence, is making mp
for lost time. afrl '0s .,a'l
At West Levant, Maine tunnel more
than sixty feet long has been cut through
a mountainous snow drift, which OBJ
structed the post road.
''Papa, are you growing taller all the
timer" mo, my child, why de you
askg' cause the top of your head is
pekine up through your hair"
Senator Chandler is so delighted with
his grandson that he has settled fifty
thousand dollars on him, and offers the
same sum Tor all future gsandsons.
1t is said that a pistol has been in-
vented by locksmith in the Tyrol,
which can be discharged twenty-five
times a minute, aud kill somebody every |
time. f
Rheumatism Discussed " is the
theme Of Western editor. A neighbor
suggests that he drop the FIRST syllable
from the last word and so on with his
harangue. b
The English Attorney General pro-
poses to reduce the number Of jurymen
in all except capital cases to seven, and
to render valid the verdict Of a majority
of these. sos TH W
An Eastern village editor is said by
one of his rival contemporaries to have
become SO accustomed to having his
nose pulled that his memory doesn't ex-
tend beyond last weak World.
A carpenter Of indianapolis, named
Lawson, has double pupil to his eye,
which enables him to see objects at
night with almost as much ease and
facility as in the brightest daylight.
The Bangor (Me.) Wing gives an idea
of winter there as follows; IAN express
sive token ofsprings approach was seen
yesterday on one Of the upper streets-a
boy sitting on a snow-drift, twenty-five
feet high, or thereabouts, flying kite,
The following advertisement appears
in the Washington Chronicle of recent
date: IAN obscure young lady would
write for writers or authors. Modesty
prevents her mentioning why they might
prefer her writings to their own. Adj
dress, etc."
The commission charged with the
of Vendome Column had
long sitting the other day. One member
to crown the column with the
statue of France; another was for Napo-
leon in the traditional overcoat. No de-
cision was made.
I
The Louisville kentucky Medical
College turned out fifty new, fiery and
untamed doctors upon the community
last Friday. The faculty have used up
10 many sheep-skins for diplomas of late
hat they dare not look spring lamb in
he face.-St. Louis Democrat.
A Titusyille father, who sold his oil
before hard times struck the region, and
Who has quartette Of beautiful daugh-
ers, has worn out the toes Of four pairs
If boots this winter, helping the Young
men down the icy steps Of his residence,
Who had called to chat with the girls.
There are experts on all manner Of
iubjects in these days of litigation. A
woman testified at Norwich, the other
lay, in turkey case and declared that
he knew those turkeys g by their walk,
heir eountenance and their manner of
costing" She was a shrewd observer
# the ways Of poultry.
A colored maid Of all work from !
boarding house attended
he inaugural bali in a much trimmed
White tarlatan, with low corsage, and :
Eore powdered hair. She says she not
'nly danced with a white officer. but