Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-19
FROM CHICAGO.
OOrrespOndenee Of the Ledeer.l

attacked by the yellow scourge but
now that no epidemic is probable, all
rejoice that your sorely afflicted COM
munity is to be spared a repetition of
the horrors of last year; and that
with the few sporadic cases that have
proven fatal will cause you future
immunity from ghastly Yellow Jack.
Chicagoans have deep sympathy for
those in misfortune. This lesson was
indelibly impressed upon them by the
horrors of the great fire of 1871, when
the blazing 6end swept over their
proud city and laid it in blackened
ruins. Your correspondent tenders
his heartfelt sYmpathies to the family
and friends of the late Judge Ray,
whom he had the honor of knowing
personally. He was fine type of the
old school gentleman, and the eulogies
passed upon his character by the LED
GER are but just tributes to noble
nature. His loss will be keenly felt
by Memphians, as well as by his
stricken family. The grass will grow
green and fresh, and the flowers bloom
more bright upon his grave, while the
memory of his good works will never
die in the hearts of those who knew
him.
There is great anxiety felt in Chi
cago for the health of the city, and a
seourge of some kind. say cholera.
The sanitary condition is the very
best in some portions, and the press is
agitating a general cleaning up of back
alleys, etc. The Times is particularly
active in this matter. The Chicago
river which penetrates to the center OF
the city westward, and then forks
north and south, is in a villainous
condition. This pest-breeding artery,
together with over crowded and filthy
tenement houses, makes the situation
one of serious moment.
There is great deal of misery in
this city, some cases being extremely
horrifying. A case in point came be-
fore my notice yesterday Passing
along North Carpenter street, my at
tention was attracted by a commotion
in frant of tenement house ! fol-
lowed a policeman as he hurried in
and up stairs. A shocking sight met
our gaze. Lying on the floor of a
poverty-stricken ; room was the
| dead body of woman of middle age,
while little child was playing around
the corpse, laughing and cooling, and
calling on his mamma to wake up. By
a rickety stove stood boy over whose
head had passed only ten summers
i He was crying bitterly. The woman
had been dead several hours, and evi
IDENTIFY the cause was starvation, as
sisted by the filth and squalor of hel
, surroundings. 1t is a sad commentary
on the charity of the human family
that such heart-rending spectacles are
to be met with in every section of thi,
mammoth city.
, The squabble between the mayor
and fire marshal Benner has collapsed
After his dismissal by Mayor Harri
son Mr.. Benners friends appealed tC
the city council to reinstate him. Thu
they did by over two-thirds majority
Benner renewed his bonds and wen
on as usual. But yesterday he sur
prised his friends by sending in hi
resignation to the mayor, which wal
promptly accepted. No doubt rest
on the mind of any citizen but tha
the malcontents of both politica
parties in the council made tool o
Mr. Benner to create a disturbanc,
between himself and the city's chic
executive. Mr.. Harrison is determ
: ined to be the mayor of the people a
! large, and of no political faction, anC
no threats of politicians will caus,
him to swerye one inch from thi
course.
Strikes of all dimensions are goinl
! on in Chicago. Members OF tn
CoOpers, Trunkmakers', Billiard ia
BILE makers, Shoemakers, Cabinet
makers and other unions, ore on tn
rampage. Let this fact not induce i'd
> mon South to come to Chica
go, for there is not half work for thos
idle here.
= LEDGER readers are familiar wit
the name Of the Chicago Times. Tn
! Times is power as Il newspaper. Blu
= it is not likely that many know the an
teoedants Of its great head and from
. Wilbur +. Storey, For the benefit q
! the uninformed, | will say that Nh
. Storey, prior to his advent into Chica
q go in 1861, was a candle-maker an
= merchant in jackson, Mich. Yes,
: tallow candle maker This did no
suit him, so he migrated to the Gar
= den City, where he struck it rich
by embarking under tho Times flag
Since then his course has been on
J, ward and upward, until now no pilot
! the best newspaper in the world Tn
: Times has an Objectionable feature
that OF being sensational, and call
Ing things by their proper names
Butts ell tsrprisois beyond bounds, an
= its energies unconquerable. Nj
e Storeys success has been equal t
y that of the late James Gordon Ber
o nett, of the New York Herald. II
T. has struggled hard for the horns b
y has won, aud long may he wear then
d Miss Mauds L. RtaiRerd, of Ne
y York, who done the brain work fc
is the libertine and general scoundro
player. CAPTAIN Glaziers books, Bat
Ties for the Union, HEROES of Thre
Wars, ETC., is out il long card I
IF the Daily News, Of Chicago, pnyeilin
|, spme of the hideOus acts of the lechel
r GUS captain. She handles him withol
rs gloves, and challenges him 70 force ht
le to tell all she knows. According |
le her statement Miss Herrick, the beai
l. gfgl girl from Boston, whom /
or seduced Sga deserted, was only one
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