, 1877-09-16
MILWAUKEE,
Crime and Education---A Sab.
bath-Day HomilY.
The Mitchell Divorce Case and
Some Other Interesting
Ones,
Which Are Of Use to Point Moral and
Adorn Tale,
.Sp.111 Correspondence Of The Tribune

dQUIu b 1al6p
Srsci~9 Correspondence Of The Tribune
MILWAUKEE. Wis, Sept. 14.-Thou art q
most excellent preacher, Oh TRIBUNE, at all
times and under all circumstances, but more
especially through the well-tilIed columns OF the
Sunday edition; SO turn to thee, then, to find
means to promulgatc short sermon, not on the
goodness OF God. but on the badncsG Of the
Devil. The lass-named parsonage has had rather
lively time OF it in our beautiful city duriu:.
| Lie last twelve months, SO much SO that many
good people begin to believe that the town was:
| pre-emntcd By his Satanic Majesty long beforc
Solomon Juneau ever tuIf fned the PROV Of his
blrch-taEk canoe towards these innocent
/ shores, and that now he intends to
prove up and take possession OF his claim.
ln the matter OF divorces, hur.laries, thetts,
murders, and other lesser crimes in the calcn-
dar, We have had less in number, probably, than
| most other cities OF tue size Of Milwa,.kee,-
thanks to our active police, and to the st1pcfy-
III: effects Of our lager beer,-but 1t m,lst be
| confessed that we have had enough, and fur
| n'sled the police records with some notable cx-
| amples that are hard to improve upon. The
| tc'egraphic columns Of TUE TRIBUNE have al
| ready blushed with tho proceedings Of divorce
suitcom1ncnced By Mrs John L. Mitchell against
her husband, and with the charges and counter
charges of infdelity anu much worse on each
side Happily for both parties and foz
all concerned how many are included in
is all coucerped,s this dcpoocnt suyeth not at
.h, +ha ,,t+.- has mar, ,,;th,r.,., 49,,
t.t' 10. - -1e'1
the courts anu sct1lea III satisfactory manner
Is Mr.. Mitchell is the only surviving heir Of the
richest man in tue Northwest, and State
co,,+or +ba c,.a ,++-,c+a3 m ,,,,,,s,,ol ao.r-.,
sena.o', .ue ."I "' ~ aasu. .h
" attcAIlon' a''u '''a4s st'co o@ III e"e eoAa1
circles Of upper-fendom as was never before
Witnessed indeed, when It looked rs II the
whole unpleasant business was 10 undergo the
searching anu lnqulslsoFal lnVest1Snt'on OF tne'
courts, large number Of so-called respectable
people bcgalI to ftlgct uncasiy In their seats, y
and to express the most intense and eager
Interest in its settlement ! 10 not know. nor
can 1maglne, why 1t was that so many men anu
women IN tue sct tnat associatsd Win the Young
er Mitchell anu his wife should lose so much
sleep on their account and have their nerves
stretched to such IN undue tension whenever
the indelicate subject was mentioned. But Ger.
tain it is that there never was similar case IN
this city that, elected such profound soc1tuae7
nor one where there was sueh rush OF medta-
tors, friends, and arbitators, who declared that,
theY would = give almost anything to have tho Z.
matter hushed up" This deep anxiety On the
part III Johns nelghbors, male and fcmalo,
WAS the induhitable proof OF . Christian spirit
to do good to people IN distress, anu to share
the sorrows OF the afflicted. Not that anybody: !:
expected to be smircl1el by the revelations IN
the courts II the case was 1nliy hatened anu &c.
ycloped by the unmerclful and aiEseaEch1nss.
lawyers, nor were the domestic relations OF any
body supposed to Be IN danger OF violent dis
turbancc,-that might have been probable In
Brooklyn Or Chicago, put not here, frtuons
and unsophlstteatea TRIBUNE! nor mere , wheFc
are typical of the peace and purity that dwell
inside.
But tue case itself IS > sal and painful one N
the extreme, aud one that ought to set every
moral'St, pnllanthropist' anu Gnr1snah TO tal.,h,
lEg. loo much money used TO Abad purpose
and too many champagne suppcEs arc not good
for either body or soul, aud the oody cannot or
ruined without involving the SOU in the disaster
also. Social h1Sh lie ID TINS anu al othcr
cities Is not only exceedingly expensive from
the financial stand dpolilt, but it Ii most fatally
so from the moral outlook. 4 paper ON the
woTtlIlcssness OF money as fastor In the DO
mestic happiness OF married people, us com,
eorrelatcs, will be most opportune: At the next
meeting of the Social Science Association
CRIME AND EDUCATION.
Turning from the sentimental subject OF di-
sofees tn9 sei , o. %1,t oien he,e, te
and women as to delT all psychoiogicsu dlscoV-
cry as well as satisfactory ANALYSIS, We come to
consider the moral aspe:ts OF TWO OF tnrce COO
splcuouS cr1tnlnal cases tnat nave recently US
tAibS@ wv ~. ~ 'G '"N-H'
1nunity- and as this quiet SUNDAY Is proyot7i.
tire OF such thoushts, TINS pious lGad-penci oi
mine naturally suggests 10 our ednea'ors anu
political economists s'lsht mo1lncatlon o.
ther theories IN rcSaru 70 tne relaI'on IN "n,en
Grim" anu eoucation stahd 10 eatl nthet. AL
writers on PRISON reform are eenera1ly cnareeo
10 Inc mnzNe Win statlss.rS a.I IT, 10 pfo.s
now oense4y EnoEant seEy 1nee LA
Iorty OF tue eons1S1s are SO Iaf
as tne orainary olanenes ol y so,l'!nolr
sehool edncation arc concernea, ana Incn ' ctaw
Inc un"fse coneusloa Ina. pUoa-!E1lta ~ mug
Is an a!Gst M tn,aoae nasfa tGt c1ha inr ssenca
ai1let Us III .1't. iespees. !,., ~ .>e
nus "1ltten !'ttle more sens'ol5 uiun .nls sho
Ject tnan nost VI us eont @ a's. llas
aohe somethns 10 Gossest .nG pop1'ar -. s.fors
IL III aae "rerent;.o =, or;,na A'm3,
cail education az tng ptescht!le " ets' .a Anu
the point 70 ne maae Jnst ne'e ~. ahas .aesc .;c
stat1stlcaa"s Hno palaue pe!ole uu' Ies sae:
large Pereehtase ol Tue Sons.css ~ tne ts,u
tentaf1es VINO cannot feau OF "lste, uu noI Iahc
into the account me oesIec Oh su'le anu !us
enormlty o. tne crimes ior "asSn
they Me suffering me penalty o. tne
laws Let me make mY T1ea q
little palmer oy an nlustrat1on: - enter s
twenty OF the 6rE[ cells l come 10 III AIF SL1tG