Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11
Personal AND POLITICAL.

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British empire enjoy hereditary titles.
Cannes mourns for the czarila, who
spent $2,5OO,0OO during her stay there.
Ohio has a school population of
l,OI3,32O, of whom 734,65T are en-
rolled scholars.
The kingdom Of Siam is ia be con
nected with the Geographic system OF
the world.
English and Scotch farmers and
capitalists are making large purchases
OF land in Minnesota.
The Illinois congressional delega-
ton is reported to stand nine for Grant
and three for Washburne.
Private" Dalzell of Ohio, is form
ing Republican clubs of young men
who never voted for president.
A seat in the New York Stock FIX
change last week sold for $l7 ,0OO-tbe
highest price paid.
DR.. Pusey lately lost his only son.
lie was 40, and had been crippled and
deaf from childhood. His father was
too infrm to attend his funeral.
Gen. Robert Patterson, of Phila-
delphia, has been forced by ill health
TO abandon his purpose of accepting
General Grants invitation to pass the
winter with him in Mexico.
Cincinnati brewers want to raise
the price Of their lager. They com
plain the price paid tor beer in Chi
cage is SEA barrel; in Milwaukee, 50;
in st. Louis, 50; in New York, $40,
and in P"hiladelphia $40, while in
Cincinnati it is only s..
According to the Leadyille. Col.
Herald, out of 1898 Colorado Repub-
licans who are the best representatives
In all parts Of the State, 1926 declare
for Blaine, 866 for Grant, 81 for Sher-
man, Z for Washburne, 3 for Conkling
and 2 for Garfield.
Cuyates seem to be much better
paid IN England than formerly. The
advertisements for them in no case
offer less than 5000, and the most from
$6OO to $3.50, whereas $500 used to be
the maximum. The fact is that there
Is a dearth Of educated, eligible mep.
For the first time since the Franco
German wal a German newspaper has
been started in Paris. 1t is to be
called the Deutsche Zeitung fur Paris,
and will be issued daily, 1t is worth
adding that there are IN the capital OF
France no fewer than $4,000 Germans,
Major Banks, superintendent of the
senate stationery department, who re
turned to Washington yesterday from
Mississippi, says that Senator Lamar
is rapidly recovering his health, and
expects to be in Washington in a few
days to attend to his senatorial duties.
Judge Green OF the Supreme Court
is still confined to his room with
rheumatism, and has not been able to
leave it since Thanksgiving Day. He.
however, Is very much better. The
report that he would be lame for life
is pronounced by his physicians to be
entirely without foundation,
The Supreme Court Of California
has decided that all bills in the legis-
latWre must be read three times at
length. In the State house of repre-
sentatiyes some two hundred and six
ty-four bills have been introduced and
referred, and only a few of them have
been read at length on the FIRST read
ing.
A canvass of the Presidential pref
erences in tie Wisconsin legislature
b 5 resulted as follows; For Blaine.
~; Grant, n; Sherman, 10; Wash
burne, 8; Garfield, 8; Edmunds, /;
Hayes, i General Sherman, /. Dem
ocrats-SeymouT, 10; Tilden, 4; Bay
ard, 3; Hancock, l. Nine members
refused to express their opinion.