Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-10
FINANCE COMMITTEE:
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

| AS hentucky mas ltS D6uIDOn SOuhlJ
so has Nevada its Brandy ditto.
Knox county, Ind, fair is to have a
spelling match open to the world"
A whirlwind on a Manitoba prairie is
related to have formed hay spout.
During the present season there has
not been single case of drowning re-
ported from Cape May.
An Englishman has devised plan for
watering the streets of London by means
of pipes running along the curbing.
Cotton seed, which formerly was
waste and worthless to the producer, now
brings from nine to ten dollars per ton
to make oil.
Everybody in Racine, Wis, wants
new hotel. They say the Huggin House
is good enough" but the name is too
sugge stive.
In the Green Mountains of Vermont
there are numerous mineral springs, but
not one can be found in the White
Mountains of New Hampshire.
Mrs. General Tom Thumb, who hurt
herself by falling down stairs few days
since, has got well and drives out again
as usual in her pony phaeton.
A Danbury boy wants to know if il is
right for his folks to pay $500 for a
piano for his sister, and make him pick
berries for his circus money.-DGnbury
Neacs.
A Colorado Justice Of the Peace SEN
fenced man to be hanged for horse
stealing, and the gallows was ready be-
fore the official found that he had no
jurisdiction.
What, said teacher to pupil,
makes you feel uncomfortable after
you have done wrongY Ny papa's
big leather strap" feelingly replied the
boy!
Minnesota has mere miles of railroad
than Massachusetts, the former having
1906, and the latter 1858. In 1868
Massachusetts, had 1885, and Minnesota
only 81 miles.
The poor Chief Justice of Utah,
james R. Mexican, seems determined to
get rich, His latest move is the locating
of silver mine on one of the busiest
corners Of Salt Lake City.
A California newspaper talks about
main and side issues. In that State, as
in every other, the main issue is whether
honest men or grabbers shall prevail.
All others are side issues.
This is the season of agricultural fairs,
and the stockholders of those institutions
are anxiously waiting to get their money
back in prizes. They need not be ner-
yous, they are certain to win.
Canada boat crews seem to be losing
interest in the sport. The four-oared
professional race, when seven hundred
dollars in gold was offered as the FIRST
prize, had to be cancelled because no
entries were made.
The anchorage and unexposed parts
Of the great suspension bridge at Mag
ara have just undergone close inspec-
ton. Everything was found to be as
perfect as when laid, twenty years ago.
Eating an Indian turnip two years ago
has produced a mustache and side whis-
kers on a three year old boy in Salem,
Ind The youths of the town are now
living on little else than these vegetables.
At the recent Maine hospital fair,
lady who was examining the tripIets
was cautioned BY the nervous mother to
be careful how she handled them. Don't
be afraid" said the lady, am a twin
myself
Miss Sadie Craft, who was soalped By
a shaft in q mill at Beaver Falls, Pa, a
while ago, is getting along nicely. The
scalp has been tanned with the hair
on, that It nay be used as wig when
she RECEIVERS.
Recent geological surveys OF the new
territories Of the Far West have revealed /
the very Important fact that the knOEu /
coal deposits Of the Rocky Mountain /
region extend over an area Of upward Of
go 600 square miles. in strata varying
from Eve 70 thiriT-6ve feet in thickness.
A. B Norton. the Grant nomiHee for
superintendent Of Public destruction ID