Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-11

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May next and the Australians hope to
see a good show OF American machinery.
A newspaper correspondent, who saw
Uncle Samuel a few days ago, writes that
the old governors step is firm and
elastic, and tina. be has gained in flesh
and vigor within the year.
Now that poor Frances Thompson
(see Congressional reports on Southern
outraEes) is in his grave, an u%ngrateful
Republican journal speaks of her as an
impostor, and spells the "imp9stor'
with an "e."
A Michigan editor, on discovering a
fire, rushed out into the street, shouting,
"ConasgralioDl conAsgration ! conaa.
grafton ! ! Approximate hither with
the implements of deluge and extinguish
this combustion"
An English Baronet has been fined
SIPS aud costs for sssaulting bis cook.
She brushed against him with a fish.
kettle" and he struck her three blows in
the mouth, breaking her jaw and knock.
ing out four Of her teeth.
Two Waltbam Mass men have q
novel bet on the election. The loser is
to 60 to Boston, hire a hand organ, bring
it back with him and play It on the
streets a certain number Of times, while
the winner passes round a hat and
pockets the pennies.
With the exception Of the pyramid Of
CheOps, the spire Of the Strasburg Cattle.
dral. AGA feet in hight. has hitherto been
the most elevated building in the world.
1t has now been exceeded by the lately
completed spire Of the Rouen Cathedral,
which is 400 feet high.
The bones of a skeleton in a sitting
position was recently ezhumed by work
men neat Salem, Massachusetts. The
skull was Of immense proportions. The
relics we're delivered over to professors,
and now probably they are puzzling their
wise old heads oVer them.
According to information published
by the Statistical Department at Chris.
~tianis, the late census shows that on the
lst Of January this year the total popu.
%lation Of the kingdom of Norway was
1877 ,237 souls. The total population Of
the towns in Norway was 1872, 938, the
remaindsr living in the country.
Pittsburg looks like the tail-end Of an
earthquake. The curtain Of smoke that
hangs over the city is thicker than a
London fog and the CRIME upon the
faces Of some Of the inhabitants amounts
almost to bark, as Mark Twain said Of
The dirt on some Of the noble Arabs OF
the Holy snd.-IndianapoH Herald
Or. Allen Thompson, at the recent
meeting Of the Dritish Association, ex.
hibied and described two skulls from
the Audansn Isles, and referred to the
custom the natives had Of preserving
portions Of their friends skeletons and
wearing them as ornsasats. The skulls
Of their husbands wefe actually worn
Upon the shoulders Of widows.
The cravn PRINCE Of Germany has
recently distinguished himself in the
world Of letters by a we'll written little
narrative tf bis trip to Egypt to attend
The opening Of the Saez Canal The
book Is entitled MY Journey to the
4 lnd Of tho East, and only forty copies
have been printed and dlsrlbuted
among those psrsons who we're The
Crown Princes travelling companions or
the occasion.
The Cologne Gazette observes this
Bulgaria has on several occasions figured
10 history as the scene Of " atrocities >
90 lass horrible than those lately com
mitiel BY lbe pashtBazouks. Tn,
Greek Emperor Bezillius ii was nick
named I" BnresroAtonoa because b,
ordefei Is 900 Bulgaria. prisoners e
have their eyes put out, q few only beinl
left with one eye in order that they
might guide their f.llow prisoners bacl
to their homes.
The congregation at ST. Pauls Church
Koighisbridgs, England, we're recently
much astonishcd OF the officiating min
lister before commencing his sermon en-
noabcing that be had to express his ex
IRENE horror and sorrow eta lamentablt
dissertation Of the sacred building. On
inquiry it was discovered that the desc
Grafton" was the marriage Of a divorced
man, Mr.. Adrian L. Hope, to Mist
Scott, daughter Of the late Sir Francis
and Lady Scott; and, although, as il
generally admitted, be was more sinned
against than shining in the lamentabl,
circumstances which led to the proceed
ines in the Divorce Court, the Higl
Church party bold in horror the remar
rage Of ono who has been put asundeI
from bis wife By mans decree.