Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-17

and who are as Irish as Irish can be
And | also know genuine Jews who
are nearly Irish in their looks and
manners.
Severe weather is predicted this
winter Tor this region. Upon inquir-
ing into the matter, | have been in
formed that Chicago is better fortified |
to stand hard siege from General /
Jack Frost this winter than ever be.
lore during the twelve years since
Mrs. o Learys COW kicked over the .
oil lamp and set the city in a blaze |
that will always be remembered as
the greatest conhsgration that ever
desolsted a city up TO that memorable |
and heart rending event Work is
very good, few people are idle, and
money is easy
The Pinkertons, Of detective fame,
have a burial place attached to the
family lot in Greenland Cemetery,
Chicago, one Of the most lovely homes
OF the dead in the city, in which is
deposited the remains of manyof these
fearless hunters OF criminals. Among
them repose the bones OF Timothy
Webster, who was executed in
Richmond, Va, in 1862, as a Union
spy. We was very eminent detective
and valuable spy for the enemy. Up
to the time OF his death he had been
/ playing the part Of loyal and i'm
plicitly trusted Confederate, and was
very often intrusted with very i'm
portant missions, such as going into
the enemy's lines and communicating
with Confederate sympathizers there
of course this double part was most
villainous acting. However, two of
( his assistant spies we're unmasked in
Richmond and sentenced to be hanged.
One Of them, it is claimed, confessed
to a Confederate, in the disguise of a
priest, that Webster was traitor to
the Conlederacy. This led to his
arrest, conviction, execution, etc. But
it is strange fact that his two assist,
ants were soon released by the Con.
iederates. One Of them is now in Chi |
cago. His name is John Scully. And |
he is the one that evidently betrayed 4
his superior. The disguised priest I
yarn is too transparent for sensible /
belief lit we're so, even that would .
not have warranted the Confederate |
Authorities 10 releasing Scully and his /
comrade, Price Lewis. Most certainly I
the strange circumstance Of the release .
Of his assistants. goes to induce the
belief that poor, If infamous Webster's
life was bsriered away. Webster was
brought from New York 70 Richmond I
By direction Of Confsderateautho
the paper on which the first Confed. I
crate notes we're printed Mrs. Green I
how, Washington ladg aud Southern I
sympathiEer, and who had been ban
ished 10 Richmond. was the lady who
detected Price Lewis and John Soul 1
", in Richmond, as being Union de. f.
teciives, and caused their arrest. / .
have not yet interviewed 5euly.
IL is proposed 10 hot air the street
cirs Of Chicago this winter. The diff
heulty presented is a proper method
My idea would be 70 have a metal
box arranged under the drivers aud
conductors platforms This box 10
contain certain number Of heating
lamps. The heat from these lamps 10
be driven through pipes running along
the backs Of the seats The heat 10
be disseminated By aid Of a current
Q air slowly driven across a cylinder
Of iron against which the blaze
from the lamps would be directed.
I VI course this is only suggestion. /
have often thought why this idea
could not be made practicable when /
would notice the halt frozen conduc
tors and drivers stamping their feet
TO keep up the circulation.
Three years 10 the penitentiary
This is all a Chicago jury gave man
Tor killing the father Of girl he had
seduced.
About ninety one years ago it took
SIX cents to carry letter thirty miles
IN this country, by the I. S. mails
The chicago Commercial Club ia
now enjoying the Inequalities Of the
/, commercial people Of Cincinnati Such
G clyllities should DO more freduent.
Congressman w. NJ. Springer Of
Illinois, has Recently strengthened
his household His attractive daugb,
; Ter, Miss Minnie, has become the vita
r OF Mr.. "a M. kinman, Of Morgan
S county III. young gentleman OF dis.
unguished learning. He member
OF the Illinois Legislature. Maytbeirr
7 lives be very happy.
c Mr.. Jacob Wheeler will be Collec,
: TOT OF the Eighth Internal Revenue
District Of Illinois; and Senator Tan.
ner will be Marshal Of the Southern
J Judicial District. These gentlemen
J, owe their position 70 Senator'S Logan
9 and Cullom. -'' ''H
/, Killed By whisky. Thisis the fate
! 9; + chicago child AGED FIVE wears
. The little boys mother rented fooms
70 woman. This woman, the other
night aud male companion. qot on a
z spree and gaye The child 30 much
/, whisky that q died from us effects.
a young Cincinnati man has made
about $4,000 90 the Chicago Board
s q Trade bearing" or forcing down
] The prise Of pork. lie had better re.
/, ire from the speculative field Wbiie
luck Is on bis side, or be may have 10
borrow money 70 take him home
There are about 100000 bushels a
: wheat In the Armour, Dale & Co. ele.
vators, Chicago.
, Buffalo BID and DR. Carver, the osl
] ebrated rife shit, are in Chicago. ana
next Wednesday will give a display ol
their ekill as marksmen and eones
TRANS at the Driving Park.
Sergeant Bates. who carried the
Union aag from Yicksburg 10 Wash.
ngton, "unmolested by The rebels .
immediately after the war. wal In
Chicago last week, together with
his son. He is on Tho
same kind ofapedeslrian tour south
ward. Some Chicago papers ridioule
the Sergeant. IL is to be hoped his
] treatfnant hv Soufhornoto mill "a -,