Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-10
Is. WHITHOHE,
Publisher and Proprieto
FACTS AND FAEClES.

The English forces have settled the
hash Of the Molaccss.
Mcmahon estimates Buffet at a higher
figure than Broglie as Prime Minister.
Heavy strata Of anthracite coal have
been discovered in the Apprentices, near
Genoa.
One Of those remarkable fashion jour.
mails says: Dog collars in onyx are
stylish for lsdics in mourning"
Garibsldi keeps as busy as bee, not
witbstaudiug his old age pains. with Her.
zegovins aud Tiber on tho brain.
The sovereigns of Europe salute the
Centennial with 90 much grace as the
gingerlyness of the occasion admits.
Ex.Minister Sela is in Vienna nego-
tiating with that Cabinet for the transfer
OF Austrian stock in the Lombardo.
Venetian railways
Sir James Anderson, Of London, has
more cabling to do than any other man
in the world. he has hand in every
submarine company
Charles Algernon Swinburne has
joined the Church of England, having
been converted from Romauism, in
which faith be wss born.
Pride is a good thing, but when it is
duly prOpped up in ignorance it is per
feet" Voltsire bequSathed this general
maxim to his countrymen.
The Governor Of New Jersey took the
entire Legislature to the lunatic asylum
at Morristown tho other day, and. what
is queer about it, brought them back
a. 'Ssia.
An eminent divine from St. Louis,
nravip. in Louisville church the other
day. made little lapsus linGue, and
prayed for tn Nwicked people Of st. Louis,
but few Of his h >arers seemed to think he
had said anything ~roag'
Professor Max Mu. 'ler is gOiug to re-
sign the chair OF Comps 'Stive Pathology
at Oxford. which he has orcupled Tor
seven years. He begins to feel tne need
of rest, and wishes to devote all MS at
tention to the ancient languages a.Se
OF India.
A man in Pekin by the name Of Cho-
Cho was last month brought to trial for
stealing tea out Of the imperial teapots
and pouring il down a rat hole to seald
rats with, The Emperor ordered his
head to be cut off at once, and stood by
to see it doue. china needs the tele-
graph so7ely.
We think it was Carnot, in the Reign Of
Terror, that lavished catesses on bis dog
while he sent hundreds Of human victims
to tho slaugbter.-[ London Saturday
Reciep. Very likely it was; and he
showed his humanity in promptly killing
of his neighbers Instead of worrying
them to death with the noise and eccen-
tricitieS Of his pet,
Herbert Spencer, who, since the death
Of Mr.. Mill, has been accorded the posi-
tion of leading English philosopher by
menlike Huxley, Tyndall and Balm, is in
very poor health. He has had his auto
graph printed for the qualification Of
Fostering curiosity,seekers. He is 6fty-
Eve years cid, and has never been mar
ried. Those who think be is sscetic are
mistaken; he delightsio children's sports
and likes arssring farce.
They had a merry Christmas ball at
Nashville. The following glance at the
festivities will satisfy most readers:
TON Wormsck shct 81 bis pistol, The
ball glanced off Crocaer's cheek and en-
tered his wifes lower jaw. lodging under
the skin in the lower part Of th,N mouth
Az this Crockers brother stabbed Wor-
mack ih the abdomen. Croclsy struck
AZ Wormack with chair, missed his aim
and broke itOver the head Of Miss Kate
Mercer. She became enrAged at this
and said that her head vas cbsir-proot,
tia. it would take a icur.foot stick Of
wood to knock her down, and that she
was the best man in the house. She
then salkvd into the crowd and pitched
) hAH-ioEsO Good.sised men out the door,
finally quietiug the disturbbDes by her
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