Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-11
FACTS n FAECIEs.

a female justice Of the peace in
Wyoming recently 6ned her husband icr
drunkenness.
Richmond, Va, is to gain a permanent
resident in the person of General Jos.
L. Johnston.
M. Parodi, the author of Rome Vain,
cue, it at work on a new piece for th
Theater Francois.
From Munich the death is announce
Of the celebrated marine painter, Patl
Ven Tiesenhausen.
1t costs the Vicerey of Egypt $3OO,OOl
per annum to maintain his theater and
opera house at Caire.
Allegheny, Penn, objects to paying
1890 for removing the bodies of dog,
and cats from her streets.
GnstaVe Dore has brought out a vo'-
ume of Michaud's Crusades," the illus
trationS of which are highly praised by
French critics.
1t is rather unkind to present a maiden
lady with a copy Of Paradise Lost"
The title is too suggestive now that leap
year has glided away.
Scarlet underwear will be more worn
by ladies the present winter than any
previous season. 10 this they copy their
transatlantic sisters.
Colonel Nathan Huntoon, of Unity,
N. H., is reported to be the Oldest Mason
in this country. He has been one sey.
enty years, aud his age is ninety.fge.
Said a mar in a street car yesterday:
Don't forget the baby; give my love to
him." Said the other man, evidently d.
Londoner: "E amt a i'm, 'e's a 'er."
The family of the late NJ. Petersen, tho
interpreter to the Arctic expedition, who
died during the explorations ia the
North, will receive = pension from the
British government.
Captain Boynton recently accom-.
plished the task Of swimming down the
river Pc from Turin to Ferrara, a dis
lance Of 800 miles, in ninety.six hours,
without a single stoppage.
Marshal Mcmahon had a splendid
C~hristmas.tree at the Elysee on the Oath
ultimo, at which a general distribution
Of gifts took place to the little ones Of
the families Of his friends.
The wife of NJ. Waddiugton, the Min
lister Of Public Instruction in Franco,
was Miss May King, once of New York.
They have taken the handsome house in
Paris Of Faure, the singer.
Auber's has at last been
completed. 1t is a pyramid OF black
marble bearing his name and the dates
of birth and death and the titles to forty.
eight Of his principal works.
The dogs of the Dartmouth College
students have become so regular in their
attendance at chapel prayers that the
President has announced that either they
OF their owners must leave college.
A Newport man stopped a runaway
horse by dashing a pail Of water in its
face, and a woman in the carriage, in
stead of thanking him for saving her
life, grumbled because her dress was
spattered.
M. Chaix.d'Est Ange's funeral was not
officially attended by the Bar Associa-
ton Of Paris; reason why, he was in
arrears for dues amounting to some
francs, and so not entitled to the honors
Of a member.
The meteor which recently passed over
the NOrthwe stern States is regarded by
the Second Adventis.s as a sure sign that
the beginning of the end has begun
but they hold their corner lots at the
same old prices.
Cur friend Jones determined thai this
year be would keep a diary and keep it
up, too, regularly. His entries so far
have been: January lst-Bougbt a
diary" January 2d-Guess l will give
up keeping a diary"
The swamps in Louisiana are said to
be dryer than they have been for thirty
five gears. A man may ride on horse
back or a wagon may be driven through
tracts Of land heretofore impassabls
within the memory of man.
In Knoxville, ILL.,, in 1865, Mr.. Baker
and Miss ~Spaulding were married. In
1866 they we're divorced. In 1861 they
married again. In 1873 they we're again
divorced, and in 1874 again married.
In 1876, agaiu. they were divorced.
The Ohio river is frozen so hard a.
Cincinnati that 1t is used very largely by
foot passengers bound to Covington and
, Newport. Midway between the banks
an enterprising liquor dealer has erected
a booth and sells his goods to all corners.
A number of fashionable ladies ia
New York have organized a sewing 90
ciety 10 make garments for ths Brooklyn
sufferers. A well-known dry goods house
: donated flannel and muslin, and other
e acceptable contributions have been re-
ceived.
Ben Buffers plan is to have a new
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