Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-03
FACTS AND RAsClEs.

the inhabitants could appreciate his lee.
lures on Iceland and swear to everything
he said.
A st. Louisian got his board free at a
Cincinnati hotel, as the landlord made
$40 by exhibiting the mans feet at
twenty-five cents a look.
You couldn't get "a Columbus woman
to pare her finger nails on Monday. She
knows some of the family would die be-
fore Saturday if she did.
A husband in Wyoming Territory rode
twenty.eight miles to get his wife q
hustle, and yet Susan B. Anthony yeowls
around about mans tyranny.
1t was bad enough to have bogus grass
hopper sufferers collecting subscriptions,
bat it is worse still to have fraudulent
Centennial" agents asking contribu.
tons.
The latest discovery at Parma, Italy,
is in the shape of q "witch's cave"
wherein have been found skulls, cal
drons, vases and a tripod exquisitely
,carved.
That report about the world being
precipitated into the sun and burned up
in lao years from now turns out to be a
Democratic lie, got up to influence the
next election in New ersey;-O Ohio
State Journal.
Little Joe Carney, of Savannah, told
his mother that he would drown himself
It She insisted on combing his hair, and
she was just obstinate enough to insist,
aud he was just determined enough to
DO as he threatened. .
The young King Alfonso is reported
to have asked a distinguished politician,
as he was leaving Paris for Spain, if he
had any advice to give him. And the
politician said: Eyes. Bewere of
pithy phrases" "Of what sort?" said
Alfonso. well, such as The Empire
is peace, and Italy shall be free from
the Apennines to the Adriatic, and Not
a stone Of our forts nor an inch of our
territory etc. For if you give out any
Of these you will try to adhere to what
they express or you won't. If you try
to adhere, you will fall into error after
error, from a foolish fancy of consis-
tency, and if you don't you will be writ
ten down as a charlstan aud a hypo.
critic"
An engaged couple in England recent
y went through a curious experience.
They had accumulated, in the way of a
beginning toward housekeeping, two
pitchers, a sofa, a glass globe, and an
ACCORDION. All these beautiful and
comfortable articles were deposited by
the young man, in a frantic fit Of conf
dence, in the house Of his mother.in.law-
to-be, to remain in that sacred domicile
until the marriage should take place.
Unfortunately the young lady changed
her mind aud wrote q letter to the youth
to say so, ending melodiously thus: so
farewell. ard a long farewell to you for.
ever. So fhrewell for usboth." But not
a word did she say concerning the furni.
ture. Remi nders were in vain; SO the
Young man tried a magistrate; where.
upon he got the articles, with the excep.
ton of the &C cordeon, the judge ruling
! hat the defendant must have it, as she
alone could play it. Which was so
curious a decision that it well deserves
the respectful mention hereby given.
The Paris correspondent Of the Lon.
don Times writes: The body Of Emily
Maraune, elev en- years of age, and the
daughter Of a. fumiste in the Rue de
Fouarre, who J eft home on the 18th ult.
with 900 francs belonging to her father,
has been found in the Seine. 1t has
been ascertaiDed that a youth of bad
character, mar aed Eugene Henry, with
whom she had formed an acquaintance
induced her to- steal the money. She
gave it to him, with the exception Of a
few silver pieces. Being afraid to return
home she pass Cd the night in the streets.
The next evening, meeting him near the
river, she told him she could not remain
in Paris, but intended going to a dis
lance, and asked him to return the
money. he shook some coins outof his
handkerchief, and on her stopping to pick
them up he slipped a moose round her
neck, stranged her and threw the body
into the river On being arrested be at.
tempted suicide. He has since confessed
to the murder.
A few days since a convict resorted to
a bold plan to regain his liberty. Just
before the prisoners marched from their
shops at the ciose ofthe day, one of their
number, then temporarily employed
about the yard. managed to steal a coat
and hat belonging to one of the in.
structors at the prison. He also 10
some unaccountable manner became
possessed Of q watch. Putting on the
coat over his prison grab and substi.
tuting the hat for the uniform cap, he
walked boldly UP to the door leading to
the octagon and raped on it loudly.
Officer Darling who has had charge OF
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