Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-09
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Eighty thousand dollars is the latest
estimate Of President Grants wealth.
Thirty-niDe years have elapsed since
Qaeen Victoria frst assembled the throne,
Near SumEit, Miss. a mar jumped of
a train to get bis hat, aud did not get it
because he broke his neck.
aud in the meantime bustles have de-
yeloped SO prodigiously that she now has
to sit on the extreme edge of it, or stand.
Brooklyn Argus.
1t is now proposed to cree. at Creed
moor an elegant club house for riAemen.
The necessary steps have been taken,
aud most of the needed funds subscribed
Dsseriers assert that when changing
their camping ground the Turks burnt
their tents The Servians believe this is
in consequence of the appearance Ct the
plague.
While the widow Pitcairn, aged eighty
years, was being married again in Jer.
sey, the other day, she was struck with
paralysis, from which she is not likely
to recover.
Mother-"N Now, Gerry, be a good girl,
and give Aunt Julia a kiss, and saw good
night Gerry" No, mol If l kiss her
she'll box my ears. like she did pspa's
last night"
Tilton's friends deny that he saw any.
body in that berth, aud dispute that
vhen he boarded the train be was softly
whistling: Tommy, Make Room for
Your Uncle."
d new'style trow5ers for boys has been
invented in Boston. The articles have a
copper seat, sheet-iron knees, riyeted
seams and waterproof pockets to hold
broken eggs.
A naval auction extraordinary is to be
held Of the Irish coast. The sunken
iron-clad Vanguard, toe top. Of whose
masts only visible, will be sold to the
highest bidder soon.
His rely: Would you take ne for
twenty2" said a young lady, who looked
much younger, Bless you, my child, "
said an aduiriDg bachelor, II would
take you for life
Milk is slow stuff to steal when it has
to be taken from the COW. Adam Grei
mer, Of Kentucky, got shot in the leg
the other night while doing it. Adam
undertook too much.
At Professor Huxley last lecture a
young lady remarked to her escort, a
dry goods clerk: 81 with DR. Deemtb
I'D auther the Profether; Huxthley' th
too thilIyl'- Graphic
Assistant Postmaster Vose, Of Free
dom, Ne, has gone to prison for three
years for stealing q letter. lie signs for
bis Freedom, but bis Freedom doesn't
sigh for him. he would come out for
Hayes, but the Maine majority makes it
unnecessary.
A party Of Turkish brigands, who en-.
tered a village to plumber one night
recently, we're surprised and one Of their
number shot dead, but before taking to
fight the rest Of tho band cut of the
dead mans head and carried Il away, 90
that it should not be a means Of identi-
flying him.
How nicely they might shoot Ia.
dams says the Rochester Democrat,
referring 10 the rife teams, "if they
chosel' But the difficulty is the sense.
less abotigines won't stand still while a
talented marksmau measures of exactly
oVV yafla Il winds bis legs around a
%gun-barrel.
In a pond at Morristown, N. j., a few
days ago, there we're caught twenty cells,
of which one weighed eight pounds, and
the rest averaged Eve pounds each. But
We shall not 20 there to yea them. As
Hamlet observes, we would rather bear
those eels we have, than fly TO others that
we know not off,
Why doesn't General Crook advertise
for Sitting Bull1 He'd be sure to find
him then. Permit US to recommend Eve
insertions in our wanted column; GOV.
eminent can have It's money back if the
ad. doesn't draw on answer or in some
other way reveal the recumbent bovine's
present address, Hawkeye.