Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-13
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


Paris exhibition.
0'Brien, the millionaire, began life as
bar tender.
The memoirs Of Prince Metternich are
to be published this month.
A son Of Gortschaksf is Russian min
ister to Switzerland.
Mrs. Senator Stsnlsy Matthews is mot
beautiful, but lovely"
Charlotte Cushman's grave is marked
only by small white stone.
Ex Senator Jones, of lava, has gone
to farming at eighty years of age.
Gilmore's band will discourse "Yan-
kee Doodle" to them Kings" in Paris,
July 4.
Cardinal Manning uses his nose to
open his letters with. 1t is as thin as a
paper knife.
Mrs. A. T. Stewart has q fine suite of
rooms fitted up in the Woman's Hotel
for her own use.
John j. Crittenden used to say that
Dan Voorhees, was the most eloquent
HhoA III thib SDAuttJs
Mr. Lawrence Barrett is a prudent
man Of business, and the possessor of a
comfortable fortune.
Samuel j. Tilden, it is reported, viii
live in Washington next winter and give
numerous brilliant entertainments.
Arkansas statesmen, who are desirous
OF running for governor, United States
senator, and the like, advertise in the
papers.
Senator Robson is going to Europe
lie should be compelled to cross over in
one Of the ships be repaired while
secretary OF the navy.
The estate of Oskes Ames will not
yield his heirs more than $4,000. At
TIE time Of his death be was estimated
to be worth nearly SIS, 100000
The Prince Of Wales received last year
from his duchy of Cornwall e69 339 net
This, with 100000 a year from parlia-
ment, makes mp mis- income.
Chicago Times: The marshal.presi.
dent Of Francois Colonel John w.
Forney, of Philadelphia, here2 He is.
Then let the exposition commence to ex.
posish.
| would interview Apollo" says
Gath, if could hold him long enough
by the hair" With Gath cliuging to bis
hair what sweet pair Of Tyres Apollo
would have
Mile Leonide Leblanc, oze of the &C
tresses in Dumas new play, wears q
white satin dress in one OF the acts
trinmed with 100000 worth of diamonds
and $4,000 of pearls.
Sir Moses Montefore, the great He.
brew philanthropist, is now ninety-fvs
years old, but still hale, vigorous, and
devoted to the great object of his life,
the restoration of Jerusalem.
Harry DusseauIt, French Canadian,
has accomplished the feat of walking on
the water at Tauston. With pair uf
tin shoes, three feet long by one wide,
in which air is confined, hs walked, or
rather skated, quarter OF a mile in six
minutes.
A Boston man named Samuel B. Hale,
who has been farming in Buenos Ayres
forty-five years, owns now 28,000 acres
of rich prairie, 5000 cattle, 500 horses,
10000 sheep and l400 hogs The
fences cost $4,000. Last year the wool
product of the farm netted 532, 600
pounds, aud there was a yield of 300, 900
pounds of tsllow, also rs, $40 sheepskins.
In Philadelphia sometimes the critic
condemns but always encourages, 10
New York he has dyspepsia of the brain.
Impressions are not made upon him by
music His pen writes out the ideas Of
disordered iutellects. He never eucour.
ages but the New York public are always
warm aud kind. They are not afraid of
the critic, and applaud or condemn with
out bis sanction. They are brave But
the Philadelphia ard Boston public are
also most delightful. In the West they
are not so pleasant or discriminating,
but sometimes more enthusiastic.-[ Max
Strakosch.