Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-09
4. WHITM0RE,
Publisher and Proprietor,
FACTS AND FANClES.

The dentists eptaph-"He is filling
his last cavity"
The latest fashionable amusements at
Montreal are cat shows.
Hannibal Hamlin gives $1,000 to the
Hebron Academy, in Maine.
An Eastern man advertses for "a boy
to open oysters with reference.
Lord AbeTdare asserted at late SEES.
sion Of the British Social Science Con-
gress that crime is on the decrease in
England.
A Montreal doctor has just sued his
landlord for 500, 900 damages for illness,
caused, he alleges, by the uDhealthiness
Of the house in which he resides.
A lawsuit between Chicago minstrel
managers shows that the foremost per-
formers are paid from 800 to $3.50 a
week, besides travelling expenses.
The original hemlock log foundations,
of Long Wharf at Boston, we're unearth-
ed few days ago, and found to be as
solid as when first put down, l64 years
ago.
Wedding journeys are 70 longer the
style, written invitations are considered
once more very elegant and wedding
cards were issued at Lockport the other
day with the significant intimation,
No presents"
John Arnold Lilly, an undergraduate
of Cambridge University, England, and
the son Of clergyman, has been SEN
fenced to six months hard labor for
having stolen a gold nugget, a silver
coin, and other articles, from the Albert
Memorial Museum, in Exeter.
A young man accompanied by two po.
lice officers entered a dissecting room in
Montreal some time ago, and laid claim
to dead body, which he declared was
that of his grandmother. No resistance
was offered, and the stranger quietly re-
moved the corpse to have it reburied.
Herr Tornow, well.known Prussan
amateur of Berlin, has just died, beQuea
thing his valuable collection of works oil
art of various kinds to the Crown
Princess Of Germany and Prussia,
Victoria, daughter of the Queen of Eng
land, in recognition of her artistic
taste and skill.
indianapolis Journal; Jas. P. Voor
hees, of Terre Houte, son Of Daniel W.
is in the city. He made his debut OF
the stage as Hamlet" last Thursday
night, and the effort was pronounced q
success by the papers of Terre Haute
He iG endeayoring to make an engage
ment to appear in this city.
Mr.. Russell Gurney, n. p, has prom
ised to introduced in the British House
Of Commons bill to secure to a mar
ried womsa her own property, and to
make her as liable for Der own contracts
as if she were a single woman. Mr.
Forsythe has also pledged himself to
re-introduce the Women's Disabilities
bill that was defeated last winter.
There is o gigantic ice house in Brus
seS, Belgium. whose roof covers an area
of 1000 square meters. The walls are
double and filled in with moss and saw
dust. There are nine separate chambers
each of 1000 cubic metres capacity. The
temperature neveg exceeds 363 degrees
Fahrenheit. There are gelleries set
apart for the storing of meat in no
weather, capable of hanging 1000 quar-
ters, and having them perfectly isolated.
A million tons Of ice have been stored
in the building at one time.
A Japanese journal warns its country
men against giving too great latitude tC
women, ~ 10 tbs practice among
Europeans and AmericRns. il observes
I'm going through door the wife passel
first, the husband following her. the wife
takes the best seat, and the husband the
next best In visiting, the wife is frs
saiutsG snd first mentioned. Moreover
men are expected to be particular il
their conversation while in company
ladies, and are not permitted to- spok'
without their permission 1t is well Il
take these thiAgG into consideration, o
the power Of the sex will be beyon'