Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-07
PERSONAL AND COSBY.

Senator Ferry, Of Michigan, is visit
ing Utah.
Justice Stephen j. Field is collect
ing data for a history Of California.
Senator Wade Hampton will be a
visitor at the North Carolina State
Fair.
Boston's veteran drummer, Dan
Simpson, has just celebrated his
ninety-frst birthday.
Senator Don Cameron's daughter,
Mrs. Bradley, has made the Senator a
grandfather. Her son is now a week
old.
In keeping awayfrom the New York
Convention, Mr.. Oonkling is again
suspected Of having made his greatest
effort.
Intimate friends Of Mrs. Marshall
o. Roberts, of New York, deny that
she will be married to President
Arthur.
The Hartford Courant calls atten-
ton to the fact that General Arthur
is the first Yankee-born President
since Franklin Pierce.
1t is said that thirty-fVe families of
the Oneida Community have pur-
chased a tract of land in California
and will soon remove to it,
Herbert Spencer, il is rumored, is
about to marry an American heiress.
No doubt he does this simply as a
speculation in the concrete.
Colonel M. D. Ball, who has recent
ly been elected Delegate to Congress
from Alaska, was for several years edi-
tor OF the Sentinel at Alexandra,
Va.
The skeptic of the Washington
Critic says: "They talk of making
Uncle David Davis presiding officer Of
the Senate. We fear that Uncle
David could not fill the chair"
Jules Verne, the French author, is
yachting in the Zuyder Zee, and the
Dutchman are delighted with the
hope that he is planning a story deal
ing with their fast disappearing lake,
which they are reclaiming.
A mere crony cabinet, selected on
the Grant principle of liking for
the men, would send a spasm OF dis
gust and disney throughout the oun
try. Which shall it be-statesmen or
placement?-[Boston Herald.
Prince Napoleon, with his suite,
arrived in Athens, September II, on
his way to Constantinople. He visit
ed the Acropolis, which the Prefex of
Police had ordered to be lighted up
with Bengal lights in his homer.
Governor Boutwell, has not hitherto
been regarded among possible candi-
dates for a judgeship in bis own State,
but that would not affect General
Grants views of his fitness for the
United States Supreme Bench. II BOs
tor Transcript (Rep.)
A practical use has been found for
the photograph. Mr.. LoroDzO, chief
officer at st. Michael's, the northern
most British settlement in America,
has sent for a photograph to record
the peculiar music Of the the Esqui-
maux, which is unlike anything heard
in other parts Of the world.
Another of the sons of Guinness,
the great stout brewer, has married
into the peerage. Captain Guinness,
having married a daughter of the late
Earl Of Howth. They were joined
at HOwth, where her family have re-
sided 700 years without intermission,
and in its direct succession. Her
brother is thirtieth Baron.
"De baDjo-yuml If you want my
dog, my boss, my house an lot, play
me de banjo and keep time wild yer
flt. l spect the music OF angelic
harps am sweet an soft, an dreamy,
but if they want to keep US Guild
folks satisfied up dar' a little mo ban
10 and a little less harp am de fust
prescription. Brother Gardner.
A gentleman who has faEiliarly
known Secretary Blaine for years met
him while in this city this week aud
declares all the reports to the effect
that he has the appearance Of a worn
out and feeble mar are false and abb
surd. He is weary from the events
of the past three months, but there is
no evidence that his splendid constl-
tuition is in tho least impaired ,-Bos-
ton journal, October l..