Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-06

A girl baby in Macon county, Tenn,
has a double teagaeS but We doa't know
that that's news
A Spanish uemaa's mAa,illA is held
sacred by the laws q Spain. aud eanno.
be said Cor aeAG
A converted jockey has Nsea speak.
ing q the receipts Al church festival
aoos as gate money,
A peep heAsal he ssssASa- Mother,
iasAt ee, ne nAa eow, Harry Is Gem.
ing aaa I Shall u al aasA,"
AaaRA natoAaAa wAs &ags through
bis eASss gvAveS ss~seaees As she latest
nasSol Atlr&e6ea is nArs&
A aasesy SAYS ~AA asa are naas Of
slaSs ana IKE neesseAaaA Npss are
mere valuable whea AgAG Seae~e1
GnGan&ti hiss a policeman HA@ea
Kidney and when he rVsxas AAsas his
salary the Commissioners sSs& aPea Il
as the Kidney compliant
Some os TIE nS,ss papers Gate Assg
Monday issues nposasy in erSee sAss
c9uaty Subscribers nay JAiak sAey ~
ccive Il TIE aSy Il IS srsp5ea
What stsSoa % sss caa Assg said
s n&n. As he cSsslea cat e he 2es-ss
d a T2iEoas smash NJ ~Dsrastsssoa.
replied the rsSaas soaaaeisr,
The nan who never gsfs any letters
may be seen On The Steps Of the post
o5os srssy noraiag before the post.
master gsts his clean shit On.
A hundred Eagisa swelis are coming
70 this coaAty in the sp-isg 10 hunt
baEAlo. They VIZ have = brass baud
and Buffalo Bill TO assist in the exercise.
Mrs Ryner, the actress, who failed
disnAlly to cowhide = Rochester critic,
has apolOgiEed, and been taken back to
the theatre on promise Of decent beha-
vicr.
A little girl who had just recovered
from a severe attack Of Group, on being
asked by her Sunday. school teacher what
she should do to be saved" replied, II
should take syrup aud alum"
Pretty bad under foot to-day said
n citizen to another, as they met in
the street. "Yes, but it's fine overhead, =
responded the other. True enough, /
said the first, "but then very few are going
that way"
1t is to be hoped that Benjamin West
painted better than he spelled when he
wrote Mr.. Hopkinson from London that
he was painting a picture for King
George of young Haneble swaring at
the alter" and signed it "Adue with
asteem."
An old conundrum explains hat a
miller wears a white hat 10 keep his
head warm; but it can never be said that
alady at the present time wears a hat
for the same reason. Many Of them wear
a hat to hide a bunch Of bought hair
which is worn as far of the head as hair
pins will permit.
A little boy was recently presented
with a toy trumpet, to which he became
greatly attached. One night when he
was about to be put in his little bed"
and was ready to say prayers, he handed
the trumpet to his grandmother, saying:
Here, grandma, you blow while l pray"
The Philadelphia Ledger begins to feel
the effects Of competition. A Manches.
ter paper is getting up a superior article
Of obituary poetry. This is the Man.
chester papers style:
We heard no evil whisper,
We sat no door ajar,
And yet a dear one left us
80 near and now so far.
Walking the streets of Cleveland the
other day, a young lady met q gentlem en-
whose offer Of msrriage she had some tint
previously rejected. She had repented
her decision, and informed him of the
fact in this shrewd style: 'You have nc
tact in matters Of love. You should
have asked me again.
A cabman named Mullen was charged
at the Police Court in Dublin, the otheI
day, with having on the previous nigh.
driven into the canal and nearly drowned
FIVE females whom he was carrying
When a constable went to his assistance
he coolly told him to save the mare
but don't mind the womeR"
A Mormon paper at Salt Lake place.
the number Of poIygamists in the Terri
tory at 1000 men, 5000 women, aud 5000
children, and the cost and loss by lega
punishment Of all, at 1900, 900, anC
thinks that the courts would have arount
them 5000 crying women and 5000 cry
ing children. This is probably a prett.
accurate computation. One Of th'
beauties Of the polygamous system ]
shown by Q statement that within
stones throw Of a prominent church il
Salt Lake is the residence Of an age'
Mormon who is the husband Of a womal
and her two daughters. Thus his frs
wife is his mother-in law, his step-daugh
ters are his wives, bis sol by his frs
wife is halfbrother to his other wlves
and a sort Of uncle to his other chi
dren, and-you can study il out furthe
IL you want to.