Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-21
FACTS ASD FANCIES.

O1etuinS SCHOOL.
Judge Settle, Of North Carolina in.
terds to setlleat Pensacola, Fla.
Sir James Page', Bart. has been sD.
pointed sarseoa IN ordinary to Queen
Victoria.
Cat steel ornaments. such as anchors
and crosses, are largely used to brighten
somber costumes
Iisu.dsrstooi that Hayes Will hayo
the army unifofmed ia butternas coats
and blue breeches.
Tie mania increases; "bluo glass
whisky" is the a%lluring sign displayed ia
front of a New York saloon.
Sir John Ashley has purchased tbe
Due d'Aomaie's house ct Twickenham.
paJiOg therefor the SUN Of $l,lI5,OOO.
One Of the luznries Of California is
the exemption from lightning rod agents.
There is not a lightning rod in tae State.
Hereafter the drummer Of the royal
horse artillery at Woolwieh is to appear
on a black charger presented by the
British Queen.
Pretty nearly all men are b~oneyol.nt
when it don't cost much Tom Jcnes
never sees poor John Smith suffer bat e
thinks Sam Rogers ought to helD MIN.
Three of Washington'a third cousins,
the grandchildren of Warner Washing.
ton, Of Virginia, are now living, old.
poor and dependent, in Gordonsville. XIV.
A Western man, with a lively idea OF
the wants Of the agent of the period, puts
this advertisement in a morning paper:
"$25OO a year to agents, outfit and q s25
qua free"
A correspondent writes, asking for q
reFaedy for an apple tree worm
How can we prescribe uatil we know
what is the matter with the worm?'-
Exchange.
Archbishop McClossey stands thirty.
sixth on the list of cardinals. The old.
est cardinal on the list is the Archbishop
Of FernO, and the youngest Cardinal
~Bonsparte.
Mr.. Froude, the historian, has accepted
the invitation Of the Glasgow University
Independent Club to become their cand-
date for the Office of lord rector at The
next election.
Louise PomeFoy, as she alleges, lefs
her husband, Brick PomeToy, on account
of his infdelity aud cruel treatment.
Her maiden name was Rider, and che
married May 10, 1871.
The Galveston common council passed
an ordinance ordering the closing OF
saloons at midnight. Then four Of their
number went to a ealoon and drank and
played billiards until morning.
The widow of Cornelius Vanderbilt Is
only thirty-six years old. Sac was d.
vorced from her first husband, and was
supporting herself as a music teacher
when ahe first met the commodore.
His aggrieved heirs will have no dif.
Guilty in proving Vanderbilt insane. He
had q habit of saying, "No, sir" to
charitable begging ladies, for instance,
which no sane nan could have done.
A schoolmarm, addressing a school
board meeting 10 Manchester, England.
said if she could have her way every boy
in Manchester should be taught to darn
his " socks and COOK his own chops."
Joe Coburn, the amiabls beast who il
now Gagged in Sing Sing, did not relish
his ride to that resort in the least, and
when he was handed over to the prison
authorities manifested some human emo
tons.
At q recent auction in Paris tie dag.
ger worn by Henry Nv OF bis marriage,
in 1872, was knocked down at I2,O 0
francs, or nearly $1,000. The sword worn
by the king on that occasion is in the
Museum Of Artillery.
The following epitaph appears on a
tombstone in Connecticut: Here lea
the body Of Jonathan Richardson, a @ q
who never sacrificed bis reason at the
altar Of superstition god, and who never
believed that Jonah swallowed a whale
The ouack doctors Of Massachusetts,
have petitioned the Legislature to rermit
them to practice without diplomas.
C%lairvoyants are the movers n this. and
in their address they argue that their
natural gifts more than compensate
$ for lack of training.
+ The Duchess of Marlborough, wife Of
the English vicsroy in England, is anna.
bly, trying to cultivate Irish maaufac-
lures. She is about to give q ball at
which all the guests will be required TO
! wear a%rticles exclusively made in r.,
land. The ladies' dresses are to be OF
g Irish poplin.
. To modest anu refined women there is
!, no greater drawbacks usoa their pleasure
= over the election Ct their husbands 10
congress or appointment toa high official
station than the prospect of having 10