Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-07
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

so she is.
The working women of London are
about to establish trade protection
societies for their own benefit.
A marriage took place recently in San
Francisco between a Chinese couple
both of whom were converts to the
Christian faith.
An artificial fly maker in Albany, after
series of experiments, finds that an
imitation of small white miller is the
best for shad fishing with fly.
Mississippi is singularly blessed in
some respects. A traveller there says
some of the land in that State is SO poor
that disturbance could not be raised
on it.
An eel recently caught at Gordon,
Conn, had hook in his mouth, with a
piece of line and switch key of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey thereto
attached.
A Pueblo Indian considerably aston
ished the inspector in San Ildefonso, N.
NJ, by replying to his inquiry as to the
crop prospects, "Ughl muchee dam good
crop, by Godl"
The lawful heirs of the Tichborne es-
tate have to pay nearly half a million
dollars costs for the famous suit brought
by the claimant" which seems high
price for luxury which they would
much rather have done without.
A Newport, R. l., spiritualist has re-
moved the body of his father from
grave where it has rested for thirty
years, in response to a communication
from the old genteman's spirit that he
had been lying in the water all these
years.
A party of Englishmen recently sue
ceeded in reaching the highest summit
of the great ice covered mountain in the
southwest of Ireland, named Vatna Jo-
kull, feat, it is said, never previously
performed. The journey occupied five
days.
A Columbia Is. c. newspaper de-
scribes new style of tumbler recently
introduced into one of the restaurants in
that city, the rim of which :" is so pre-
pared as to titillate the lips and add a
deliciously cooling and acceptable flavor
to the contents"
The Empress of Austria, during her
recent visit to England, expressed her
admiration of the horses she saw in the
hunting field. The Earl of Dudley
thereupon begged her to accept as
present his favorite hunter, which, in
consequence, has since gone to Vienna.
1t is a splendid animal, valued at 800
guineas.
Strasbourg Cathedral is now beaten.
1t no longer has the highest spire in
Europe. The new Church of St. Mich
olas, Hamburg, has just been finished,
and the great cross was placed on the
summit the week before last. The total
hight is four hundred and seventy-two
feet. This is six feet higher than Stras.
bourg.
On September 18th an official letter
from the local authorities of Westphalia
was handed to the Catholic Bishop Mar
tin of Paderborn, requiring him to re-
linquish his episcopate within ten days.
In case of noncompliance an action Of
deprivation will be instituted against
him in the Ecclesiastical Court of Ber-
lin.
The landlord of the Trinity Arms inn
at Brixton in England, died the other
day from injuries received from cricket
ball. While looking on at single
wicket match, played on Chapman Com
mon, he was violently struck on the
head by ball coming hot from the bat.
The best medical skill was of no avail
to save him.
The average salary Of certified masters
of elementary schools in England and
Wales is S5l7 per annum. More than
one-half, also, are provided with house
or live rent free. In Scotland the aver
age income is 1851, and two.thirds live
rent free. In Ireland the average is
1882, and only little over one-ffth have
their houses rent free.
Nottingham, Vt, is exercised over a
fresh outbreak of spiritual manifesto.
tons" The windows Of the Rev. n d.
Shermsn's residence are mysteriously
covered with etchings of a strange
variety, in which believers see the por-
traits Of dead friends. The windows in
the house Of bis son-in-law, near by, are
alao being covered, aud great numbers
OF people flock to see the phenomena
Ruskin avoids the necessity of posi-
bic interviewing by Publishing the
following particulars Of his family: my |
mother was a sailors daughter, so please
you; one Of my aunts was a bakers
wife, the other a tanners; aud don't
know much more about my family, ex.
cept there used to be a green grocer Of
the name in small shop near the
Crystal Palace. Something Of my early |
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