Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-13

n IN OF all, anu AieeSN
a number of the cherry lips. Of the
little l%assies, and made himself gener-
ally agreeable for ten minutes. Then
he bowed himself out.
Edison may now take a back seat.
Why? Because a Chicago man, a Mr..
A. D. Woodman, a resident of the
west division of the city, comes to the
front as the discoverer of a
process to produce brilliant
light and intensest heat from
waters. He claims that this new dis
cOvery will put coal and gas companies
out of the market, and make the
world happy as to extremely cheap
light and heat. Mr.. w. is an educated
man in letters, and is a professional
chemist.
A new hanging apparatus has
been perfected by Mr.. S~choolfeld, of
this city, a gentleman whose machin-
cry is in thousands of printing offices
and book binderiesin the country. This
laid to sherifFsp is a continuance
similar to that used by photographers
to keep the head in position, with the
addition of clamps on each side of the
head as well as the one at the back.
The support at the back of the cul-
prit's head has a sort Of lever at
tached to its base. A hole is in this
lever. Through this the rope is pass
ed after it encircles the unfortunate
victims neck. Whenthe trapis sprung
the weight of the falling body
gives sudden motion to this lever. The
head is jerked forward with tremen-
dOus force, breaking the neck instan-
taneously. Mr.. S. contends that his
sense Of humanity induced him to put
forth the invention, that death by
hanging might be relieved of the hor-
rors induced by bungliug hangmea.
In lieu of taxes, the Illinois Central
railroad pays into the Illinois treasury
z per cent, of its gross earnings.
Thus, in twenty-four years. the
road has paid the State nearly $1,000
out of its earnings of a little over
SOB, 900, 900.
A colored gentlemen of American
descent whose cognomen is William
Moore, and whose residence is Chica-
go, yesterday cut the throat of his
girl because he refused to marry him.
William is now a guest of the
State. 1t is thought Miss
French will recover. William
asserts that his coffee colored love did
the CHASTITY work herself-haying at
tempted suicide. This is considered
gauzy.
Ralph and Miss Josephine Meeker
are at the Palmer house. They are
the son and daughter of agent Meeker
whom the Ute Indians mastered.
Theyare justfromt their home in Gree
ley, Colorado, and are on their way to
the National capital, where they will
appear as witnesses in the agency's
suit against the government for money
due the agency. The young lady says
that while a prisoner with the In
dians, who killed her father, she had
to do their cooking, etc., but that she
got along pretty well. Chief Wash
ingtOn tried to get her for his squaE.
he offering her 500 and a number
of ponies TO consent. And she
says her mother and Mrs. Price
received no matrimonial overtures
from the dusky devils. She says CAL
orOn is the mightiest of the chiefs. and
Is arrogant, impudent, defiant and re-
vengeful. She has no faith in the TO-
called sorrow and contrition of the
Indians, because of the foul murder of
her father. Miss NJ. is % years of age:
complexion olive; eyes dark and bright;
face pleasing and intelligent; hair black
and luxuriant; manners reserved, but
easy; stature medium figure attractive.
Southtown property owners and the
Chicago and West Indiana Railroad
are at war. Fences and sidewalks
have been demolished or damaged by
the railroad company, in many in
stances IN pursuance Of the right Of
way, as its president claims. These
outrages have caused the people to call
upon the police for protection, and
now a large forceis stationed to protect
property owners from further outrage.
The end is not yet.
The West Side street car COMPANY
has lately endeayored to squelch the
Conductors aud Drivers Aid So.
ciety," By prescribing an "oath" fol
for their employees to take, that the,
have not and would not becom,
members Of this society. Thil
Infamous preceding the men scofed at
and it is now believed that the com.
pany will drop its most shameful an,
Z t%yranical intentions TO make whit
heads Of their already over worke,
and hudIw r.sI x--