Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-03

by the severe weather of the past win
ter.
The fifth annual exhibition OF the
Southern Illinois Fair will commence on
Monday, September 2sih, and continue
Ave days.
Prize packages Of every sort are
to be banished from the railroad cars OF
Illinois BY act Of the Legislature
A Buffalo miser died las; week in the
most abjecs sqsalOr, and has since been
found to have lsit Aa estate worth $50
600.
A Virginia joaraal gives aoiiee that
if any Of its patrols fail ss gsa the paper
they should cal al tie cSce and sab
scribe.
The eassrpiIlArs are Playing havoc
with Posey county lIHdiAnal orchards.
In some parts OF the county total loss
Of fruit is anticipated
The Paxton (IlIuOis) Record tells that
Mr.. SuIlivAut has completed his husking
Of 1000 bushels Of corn, and paid his
men $1,000 for the job.
The Grand Temple Of Honor of the
State Of Illinois viii hold its annual ses-
sion in Bloomington, commencing on the
second Tuesday in June.
A new kind of bird hitherto unknown
in Texas, resembling sparrow, has ap-
peared in that State, and is doing exeSu-
ton among the grasshoppers.
Women have found fast and inhuen-
tial friend in Agassiz, whe desires to adj
NIT woman into all of the educational
institutions under his control.
The largest fleece of wool reported
this season is one of twenty-five pounds,
clipped in Michigan from three-year-
old sheep of the Hammond breed.
The first petition presented in the
Ohio Constitutional Convention was one
praying for the abolition of capital pun
ishment. 1t was laid on the table.
East Saginaw, Michigan, is drinking
cheap whisky on license of $50. Ann
Arbor charges 800; Grand Rapids,
$50; Big Rapies, $500; jackson, $500.
The work of sinking artesian wells by
Toledo Ohio has not been profitable of
late, several having been sunk to the
depth of one hundred feet only to be
abandoned.
Matthew Chesebro and family made
the trip from Nebraska to their old home
in Carey, Wyandot county, Ohio, re-
Gently, in wagons. They were some
thing over Eve weeks on the road.
The Harrisburg PENN Telegraph
states that number of capitalists from
other places have lately been in that
city, selecting sites for new iron fur
naces, a number of which they propose
to erect.
General Jackson's Bible, which was
given to him during his presidency by
Washington lady, and after his death
was presented to the Hermitage Church
in Tennessee, was stolen from that place
recently.
A tin wedding was lately observed
after a rather unusual manner. The
wife elOped with young fellow, taking
with her all the tin" she had saved in
ten years. The discovery of her absence
closed the festivities.
A New Hampshire school-marm has
the following certificate from one Of the
trustees of a school where she formerly
taught: This is to certify that Famer
Moves stands on a medium with other
girls Of her age and sex, and for what /
know is as good as folks in general"
At a funeral which took place in
Cleveland a few days ago, there were
present six gentlemen whose aggregate
ages amount 70 FIVE hundred and five
years. Their names and ages are: B.
P. Beers, Sc; DIR. Aiken, 81; A. Young,
IS; A. Sherwin, 50; E. Cozad, SO; r.
Martin, s..
The men at the Indian Ridge Colliery,
in Schuylkill county, Penn, have re-
fused to comply with the demand Of the
Reading Coal and Iron Company for
increase Of the hours Of labor. and in
consequence are on q strike. The men
at the KohInoor Colliery have also
turned out. They demand an increase
Of wages.
A London correspondent Of the Bos-
ton Globe says: "Only yesterday I was
talking with a gentleman, fair repre-
sentative Of an educated Englishmsn,
who asked me from what city came.
Boston I replied. Hah. said be,
the Quaker City. believe. No I
answered. you are in error; you mean
Philadelphia To be sure. said be,
but isn't Boston in Philadelphia "