Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-07
FACTS AND FANCIEs.


The female shoe operatives 10 Lynn,
Mass, have organized protective asso.
citation called the Daughters Of St.
Crispin."
Edgar PemberLon has compiled and
published in London catalogue of the
streets and houses in that city, described
or mentioned by Charles Dickens in his
various novels. 1t is called Dickens
London.
II don't miss my church so much as
you suppose, said q lady to her preacher,
who had called upon her during her i'll
ness, "ior | make Betsy sit at the window
as soon as the bells begin to chime, aud
tell me who are going to church, and
whether they have got anything new on. "
The Women's Dress Association Of
England are turning their attention to
the customs Of servants, whose prevail.
ing love Of finery is to be taken in hand,
and awards Of money are to be offered as
encouragement to female servants to
dress more suitably to their station in
life.
A company is about starting great
farming enterprise 10 the foot hills be-
tween Marysville and Smartsville, Cal,
where they have 10 body 100 acres Of
land. Orchards Of orange trees, Eaglish
walnuts, almonds and pecans will be laid
out, and much gro0nd devoted to wheat,
clover, alfalfa and sheep raising.
"Tll fix him this time" said Spilkins,
after handing an apple, spread with rat
poison, to voracious billy goat that had
devoured lis garden plants. Judge,
however, Of Spilkin's dismsy when, on
returning home that afternoon, his goat
ship came gamboiliug friskily to meet
him, evidently, like Oliver Twist, anxious
for more.
A poor ballet girl recently met with a
terrible death at Alexander Opera House,
Sheffield, in the presence Of thronged
house. She represented some fairie
queene,' and was suspended in basket
Of flowers, which caught FIRE through the
stage lights, ignited her highly cOmbus-
tible drapery, and mortally injured her
before the psnic-stricken and distracted
audience.
| An intoxicated man was recently snor-
ing in the recess of bridge in Paris
when respectable man stopped, wrote
something on the fly leaf Of his pocket
book, pinned it to the mans coat, and
jumping into the river drowned himself.
The note was a polite request that the
sleeper, when be awakened, would inform
tue writer's family Of his fate.
The jury Of French litteratsurs 10 the
Michaelis competition for plays on the
subject Of the American revolution
! awarded no first prize, fearing that the
! public would not ratify their decision.
The two pieces to which the second prizt
) was awarded the jury agree in pronounc
ing remarkable works, possessing grear
merit. That entitled "a Great Citizen
is the joint production OF NM. Armant
Artois and Lafaille, the latter being til,
pseudonym of the we'll known poe
: Francois Coppee. The play. "The New
World" is by Villiers LisIe Adam, ant
Free America" by Adolphe Michel
A fourth production entitled Thl
Patriots, is written by an American VIII
takes the name of Fernando Almond
The certificate Of baptism Of Madam
Adeliua Patti has lately been discovered
. and has been published by the SPANS
papers. ILis dated Sth April, lS43, an
l esrtiGes that On that day Don Jos
: Losade, vicar Of the parish Of Sain
Louis, Madrid, splemnly baptized chil
: ostn in FuenesyrsI street, in that sam
y civ, at four clock is the afternoon
p- the 10th February, lsl3 daughter Of Va
vatori Patti, professor Of music, nativet
Caiania, in Sicily, and Of Caterina Pstt
y nee Chiesa, nStsse Of Rome. Th
childs god-parents gave hsg the name
Adele Jeanne Marie Query Adslip
Maria Clorinda7) TIE family settled
:. New York whom she yss shout Sei
:, old, which gave rise TO the 5siiei on
" general, that she is psiive oi Ne
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