Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-22
FACTS AND EASClEs.

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The King Of Bavaria has prize for
the best kerosene burning drawing-room
lamp.
Which is the entrance Cut2' asked
an Irishmsn at railway station, the
other day. fel
The present population of the United
States is estimated at 43 100000. Good
many of o. S,-AIta California.
n Nov, General Washington, you jes'
cum an put on your shoes dis mint. De
idea OF you bein outdoors barefoot on
de Lords dsy"
The recently deceased Thomas Liver
sidge, Of Dorchester, Mass, lett $40O,
900 to found an institution for the edu-
cation of poor boys.
A bottle of maple syrup, which had
been kept sixteen years, was opened at
franklin, VT, recently, and was found
to be as good as when FIRST bottled.
Four gluttonous lions in Paris have
cone to an ignominious end. In eatit &
a stuffed horse, they were poisoned by
the $rsenic which had been used by the
taxidermist.
Frost, the Petersham murderer, lately
complained to his jsiler thst the occu.
pant OF the adjoining cell disturbed his
sleep by "untimely and obstreperous' de
votional exercises. sRr
A Lowell salooEkeeper recently SdTer-
tised free lunch, and lady took q
number Of hungry children to his coun.
ter, and demanded and obtained free
meal for all of them. lT az
A citizen of Orange, Mass, nearly
seventy years old, and worth $500 re.
fused to pay $2.62 taxes. A few hours
in the county Jail however, caused the
old gentleman to shell out +"
The kangaroo is said to have been in,
troduced .rto several large estates in
France, and is nov hunted there like
other game. The flesh is sold in the
market, and is considered great dainty.
Suppose l should locate myself on
this clsim1'' said = stranger to COM
papy of Nevada miners, Well, the
chances are, one Of the miners grimly
replied that you would soon end your
self dislocsted"
"Lor sakes, grosned an old lady in
green spectacles, IS she hobbted out Of
the Plymouth meeting last night, "how
much wear and worrie we might have
been spared il our dear PASTOR had been
born o womanl"-B BrOoklyS Argus
Brignoliis the father of twins, and has
had other trials danoe bis long career,
but he never knew what real trouhle was
until be picked up New York paper,
the ot5sT morning, and found himself
referred 20 as ths -'sllyernosed tenor
Paul Haupt, of DeayeE, weat through
the war without scathe, snd when the
regiment was sent to Arizons, eDCoun
tsrs& Eve ApacheS single handed, kill
| ins tbEes u their number, Last week
he was srVshed se death between tNo
blocks of ice id ap ice.hOuse
A man seventy-three years Of age, WbS
died the other day Of Raleigh. n, c., re-
qucsted on his dying bed that be should
b. burisd in the shoes hs wore every
day, hat on. and his walking cane to be
placed in his cofin. He also requested
that the lid Of his coffin should not be
screwed on tight All was done as he
wished eesrg ~, r., e,-y,
Mr., ToIlemache, al Eugksh minister
ofthe gospel has shot one Of Lord Ions
d lies hounds, and will no longer psrmiI
ox.hunters 10 trespass upon the Tolle'
nache property, tho hunters being u fal
greater nuisance than tho foxes. Much
excitement has been the result and Tol
lsnache may yet become. martyr
worthy Of Fox's book.
Samuel L. Avery won $4,000 by bet
ting on an election in Louisville. The
Law Of Kentucky provides that money
thus obtained may be sued for by the
District Attorney, and divided bst=ser
the State treasury cad the school fund,
An action has been commenced, and
similar proceedings are to be brought