Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-21

make an angel Of himself yesterday
afternoon. The speedy use of stom-
ach-pump saved him. His sweet.
ness gave him the &. b. This led
him to take the poison.
Matthew Weaver used to operate on
change in Chicago. Like many
others he lost his ventures, became
desperate, went to Montreal, Canada,
where he got a situation, and attempt
ed to regain his former position. But
he became respondent and killed him
self.
Counterfeit fves on the Paulding-
New York national bank are in circu,
lation here.
Smallpox still exists in Chicago.
New cases are daily reported. A mum.
Der Of deaths are said to have resulted
from the horrible pest.
John Kehoe, a horse trader of New
York was arrested in Chicago some
months ago on a charge ofhOrse steal
ing, preferred by Mr.. II. A. Chitten-
den, of Montclair, New Jersey, broth
er of Congressman Chittenden, of New
York. Mr.. Kehoe was proved limo
cent. Now he is suing for $4,000 dam
ages for false Imprisonment.
David Lewith, a cigar vendor, has
yictimized a number Of ~Chicagoans
out of $4,000 by means of forgeries.
| No doubt D. l.. will go to the peni-
Tertiary.
Another sensation. Mrs. Matte
Mover married her first husband
when she was 10 years old and he 40.
A separation o o followed after she
became the mother ola healthy girl
baby. Soon she met and married the
dashing Meyer. In a few years she
discovered he was a confidence fraud.
Then she commenced reforming
him. and apparently had succeeded.
Now she became anxious to see her
daughter, who was living with her IA
Their in Cincinnati. When her daugh-
ter Ella and Mr.. Meyer met, as the
sequel proved. they fell in love with
each other, The result was an elope-
ment, etc. Now, Mrs, NJ. mourns heI
sad fate, while her truant rascal and
her treacherous child, only Is years
old, claim to be married, and living
happily in Philadelphia, Such is
life.
The assassination of President Lin.
coin was remembered on the 18th
inst. at Springfield, Ills. Solemn
services we're held at the tomb. Quite
a number of distinguished clergy anC
laity we're present.
A shooting frolic took place at the
Union stock yards the other day. d
H. Hunt tried to wind up the bril-
liant career Of one j.. W. EvermoI
for alleged attempts to break into hi,
domestic happiness, The end is no
yet.
A beautiful and refined woman ono
was Bridget johnson. Now she is al
angel. She died in a negro hOvel tw
days ago.. Whisky dragged her dow
to disgrace and ruin, and she die.
drunk, and the reputed wife ofa negr
rag picker. What a terrible temper
ance lecturel
A kerosene lamp exploded in tn
house of a Mr.. Faust, on Chicag
avenue and burned to death his three
year old daughter, Mary.
The Turkish officials are seeking in
formation about the 'masheen" froI
!. the Chicago fire department.
Over 100 Bostonians passed throug
? Chicago on an excursion to the Pacif
slope Thursday.
A horrible death was hal of Henr
fC. Fredericks. Losses on the boar
of trade set him crazy, and he jumpe
out of a fifth story window and kille
himself. Poor fellow
, Another suicide. This time it W;
a wealthy young fellow named Thomi
: S. Dobbins, son of the president
the Chicago and Pacific railroad. +
blew his brains out in his father
barn, 65S Michigan avenue. Ment
alteration the cause. He was on
p years old.
. As | have nothing but "horriblei
to relate, l will draw this to a clos
with the hope that Memphis has moi
e of Chicago's gloom to cloud her ha.
/ piness. NAYR.