Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-03
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Two brothers command the opposing
forces in the Japanese rebellion.
"Ah, hal said the farmer to the corn.
"0h, hoel' said the corn to the farmer.
The most ingenious plan suggested for
the reduction Of postage ia to get mar
ried.
1t is proposed to elect a postmaster
for the town of Mercer, Pa, by popular
vote.
The Roman Catholic Cathedral On
Fifth avenue, New York. will have ne
pews.
There was not a single marriage in
Moore county, N. c.. during the year
1876.
A widow in H~azardville, Conn, has
lost FIVE husbands by powder. mill explo
sioLs.
The amber trade in Prussia is paral-
yzsd by the war, Turkey being the chief
customer.
The members Of the Atlanta (Ga.) bar
are going to establish a new bar in that
city by donating the sum of $500 for
building a fountain in City Hall Park.
Field Marshal WrAngel, who entered
the Prussian army moro than eighty
years ago, is dangerously i'll, and his
friends fear that he will not survive much
longer.
Jenny Lind should call her little
daughter Isaac = Boston Post. An old
stupid out here wants to know why. Has
it anothing to do with future Jenny.
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! Adirondack Murry's church in Boston
\ closed for the season without having
added a single member to its fold. Has
eccentricity in sermonizing ceased to be
successfully
? Among the premiums awarded at a
school examination in Lancaster, Pa,
wasa Eve dollar gold piece to Miss Grace
y Muench, "for the most skilfulI d~arnilg
, Of stockings"
This is a sample of what our CORE
g s~ponden,s cause us TO contend with:
"The correct spelling is Pittsburgh; but
q h. seems to have been turned loose
{. there of late"
:, One of the lady clerks in the interior
department being incorrectly told that
she must pronounce "Schurz" like
shirts" replied: IF he is shirts
% we clerks are understands"
er The London Athenelm c~ontradicls
lg the report that Sir William Vernon Har-
v court had undertaken to writO the life Of
.. the late John Lothrop Motley, the Amer
N lean historian, whose daughter he mar
q. ried.
. A punch bowl which once belonged to
ne Robert Burns was sold at Dumiries the
e, other day for two g%nineas. Mr.. Burns
10 wrote poetry, but be was not the author
., Of the sweet lines as to the advisability OF
it punching With care Il Rochester Demo-
,st crst.
i, 1t is so warm in some countries that
it. people are compelled to ride in wagons
*, whose axles are devoid OF grease. The
=, peculiar noise made by the wheels turn
ID ing on the dry axles makes the riders
e. blood run cold to hear it, and this is the
i'll only way they can keep cool during the
Sc hot spells.
Mt Burlington, Iowa, is trying to get rid
" Of the tramp harvester nuisance by pros
re ecuting the steamboat officers who land
"a them. 1t is said that a fine Of 5000 was
h. imposed on a steamboat company for
putting them ashore at that point, the
at county charging the company with lie.
MT gally landing paupers.
to A curious charge Of manslaugbter was
re investigated in Bristol, Eng recently. A
y, boy having thrown a stone at q shop, the
m. shopkeeper chastised him. The boys
m. mother demonstrated, and, in the con-
Ter fusion, fell down dead. Il was alleged
= that the .hOpkeeper struck her, but he
I'm denied having done so.
ire The Queen Of Holland was not en-
~ balmed, but was put into a leAden coffin
II wadded with white satin and Glled with
ay aromstics. This cofin was then depos.
tied in one Of oak, then in a mahogany
w. one enriched with silver. There were
twelve handles Of massive silver, and
3, twelve screws Of silver, in the form oil
- deaths heads
a s%uperAnuated coquetie, who wal
ar suspected Of giving rein TO her loqpacil,
of for the purpose OF displaying a very flint
set OF teeth, once asked h taciturr
~ old lady what, in her estimation, consti
,Iy tutod a good conversationalist, and tn,
ed old lady snappishingly answered, in he.
an opinion n good cGnversationalist was
Jul person who could talk without betrayinI
on. her dentist,
KS Two ways of acting: A Troy papet
s., says that a president Of one Of the city
rs banks notified the employees that il Their
we're any among them who belonged Il
be- the militia and did not respond to III
no o.u ,bov NTH, oors;d.r ,bo;. rl.oa. =.