Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-08
FACTS N FANCIES.

Oakley Halls library brought only
$1,000.
An upper.attic voice is above all he
registers.
Dry goods are very low now; muslin is
dog cheap.
Mr.. Hayes will catch trout in July.
Old Wings preferred.
A lonely Keokuk bachelor wants to
adopt a girl baby, not less than eighteen
years old.
The Philadelphia Bulletin man would
not be a census taker in Russia unless
he could be paid by the day.
Hereafter, when we want to run our
horses against time, we will have to shoot
them out of Krupp cannon.
Cavalry find it impossible to cross the
Danube above Widdin, Can't take the
Orsova, you see.-lGraphic.
This 10 the season of the year when
the bell of the scissors-gfinder tinkles
unsteady along the highway.
Robert Fulton was the inventor of the
anchored and projected submarine tor
pedoes now so prominent in naval war.
fare.
The pay Of the Turkish soldier is only
three cents a day, so from motives of
delicacy the paymaster never comes
found.
Beauregard's plan would be to starve
the Russians. We doubt if he has opcs
thought of the stock of tallow in the
country.
l want to see the Turkish government
overturned and ground to powder, and
the power Of Russia increased
Beecher.
Lady: "And put just a tint of car.
mine on the cheeks-but not too much.
you know" Photographer: Exactly.
madam, / perfectly understand; about
as much as you have on now Judy.
Twelve years ago a woman asked an
official ia Portland, Me-, to inform her if
her husband sold a certain piece of real
estate. Two weeks ago the officer told
her that the sale had Just been reported.
According to returns obtained BY the
Royal Irish co~nstabulary and the Dublin
police, 1851 persons emig. ated from
Ireland in 1876. Yet the population
appears to have increased lO,3 5 in that
year.
Jefferson Davis is writing his meu1oirs
ct Be-uvoir, Miss, the residence of Mrs.
Sarah A. Dorsey, on the Gulf coast be-
tween Mobile and New Orleans. The
memoirs will soon be published by the
Appletons.
George Francis Train says he finds
Boston, "corroded with The midnight
livery of uuutterable gloom" a condi-
ton we have ourselves noted, but omit.
I'd to mention, having relatives there
LDanbury News.
The legislature Of Minnesota passed
%grasshopper bounty law, but Governor
Pillsbury says that the taxation conse-
quent upon its execution would be a
greater burden than the grasshoppers to
the ravaged counties.
The Sultan recently had the toothachs
and sent for his dentist. Then he or.
dered eight slaves to have a tooth pulled
in his presence in order to nerve himself
for the operation. Finally he concluded
to let the old tooth ache If it wanted to.
An Irish woman asked and received
charity in Pottsville, Penn, a day or two
ago. Investigation afterward showed
that she was, as she claimed, the wife of
a cripple, but that he was the owner Of
three buildings-all occupied BY good
tenants.
Thorough Economy -First topper
" Why do come to Higbgate2 Because
| get my drink a penny a glass eheanerw
Second ditto" Yes. but it costs you the
bus fare to get herel' First topper
" True, man, but once here l drink till
make profit. funny Folks.
The New York Times says Of John
Morrisssy in the New York legislature;
DE has shown a degree Of robust com-
mon sense and Of clear political insight
in dealing with delicate and important
questions, which have hardly been
equaled on either side Of the Senate"