Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-03
FACTS AND FANCIES.

and 1t is now proposed to sell it,
lease it, or dispose of it by lottery.
Two young men have fought a
duel in New Orleans, but the graz
ing Of one arm by a bullet was
sufficient bloodshed to satisfy them.
A correspondent of the Edin-
burgh Scotsman, writing from
Russia, says: "Nine-tenths of this
vast country produces little else
than frewood."
A new controversy is in progress
in England as to the authorship Of
"God Save the Queen" The last
research seems only to show that
the music is older than the words.
There are few of the larger cities
of the world whose streets and
avenues are so destitute of trees,
fountains, monuments, statues, or
other ornaments as those of San
Francisco.
The illness of Dr.. Won Bulow has
assumed a most threatening form.
~ \
He has gone to a bathing eStabliSh1
ment in Germany, and at last ac-
counts was in a very dangerous
condition.
On the expiration of the present
leases the city of Paris will sell
the theaters, of which the munich
pality is the proprietor. The cor
poration finds the property too
onerous for its management.
Joe Jefferson is not meeting with
his usual success in his provincial
tour through England. At the
Richmond Theater one night there
were only fifteen people in the pit
and not a dozen in the boxes.
During the French races at
; Amiens lately on Sunday, a horse
which ran for the principal prize
and started favorite at six to
+ four, at the critical point Of the
t race stopped and dropped down
J dead.
A gentleman proposes to buy the
sunken British iron-clad Vanguard
!, as sac lies at the bottom Of the sea
e off the Irish coast. He thinks he
can raise her, but will not make a
n contract with the government to
4 do SO.
In the medical department o.
the University Of Maryland there
o. is a recess of some five minutes
II and a change of room for the stu
a dents, at the end of each lecture
= and the room vacated is thel
d properly aired.
S They are making flour in Eng
+ land by crushing the grain with
} machine formed of innumerablC
r little trip hammers. A pounding
It mill of this kind, costing $1,000
will make as much -four as an OF
binary mill costing $4,000.
- Surgeon Major Colvill, of tn,
e English army, writes from Bagda(
!, to the British Medical Journal tina
{ d the true Oriental plague undoubt
u eddy prevails in that city. 1t ha
been treated with quinine, as al
experiment, but not successfully.
d The official report gives tn
y strength of the French army a
.e Asa, S66 men and 123,66S horses
IF an increase of 1909 men ant
lie 14,S77 horses over last year. Their
has also been a great increase il
a. the expenditures, but in spite Of al
,e this the last review in Paris wa
d very unsatisfactory, and it is sal
u that Marshal MacMahon is not. a
all pleased with the army,
le A maniac got possession of a Il
connective at Saratoga, and with
v knife threatened to kill anybod
= who interfered with him. A mes
a senger was sent for help, and in tn
IF meantime blocks of wood were fa'
as tened on the rails, so that, Shout
the maniac persist in his intentio
os to "ride to the moon" the locomt
es tive would be thrown off the tract
er He was finally captured after a hal
ne struggle,
{ The last words of Chariot
= 0ushman are more authentic, bl
n less heroic than last words usual
lg are. Her nephew had raised he.
and offered her a stimulating drin
~ with the words. "Come. auntie, hel