Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-09
OUR CHICAGO LETTER.

Correspondence of the Ledger.l
CHICAGO, October 4.-This city has
another sensation in high life. This
time it is General Mcdowell, superin.
tendent of the United States public
buildings being completed here. AS
might be expected, he is the leading
Romeo in the scandal, while a Miss
Annie Goe, lovely and devoted crea
ture, is the Juliet that makes the sad
back ground to the picture. 1t appears
that the general and his fair inamo-
rata became acquainted over two
years ago in Chicago, and soon fell in
love. This attachment brought grief
to sweet Annie. And now, after these
long months of illicit rapture. she
comes into court and charges The gay
and festive brigadier with seduction
and breach of promise of marriage.
The distinguished Lothario denies
these allegations, and says the affair
is trumped up for blackmailing pur-
poses. Be this as it may, one thing is
very certain, the public will be treated
to frst-class expose of the ways that
are dark in the character of the de.
fendant. The proprietors of several
hotels and boarding houses where the
general and Miss Coe "roomed" to-
gether will be put on the stand to tell
what they know about the actions OF
the parties in question while guests
at their respective places Of enter
tainment. A little Juvenile will figure
at the trial claiming the general as its
papa. And such is life.
Another sensation is granGdaugh-
ter charging her paternal ancestor with
incest. The accused is very far up in
years, and is named Nelson Seymour.
The girl is quite young, and is named
Viola Thompson, Her lawyers are
among the best criminal members of
the bar. One of them, however, got
a setback yesterday while cross-ex- :
amining a witness for the defense-a
pawnbrOker by profession, and an Is
raGlite by direct lineage. In endea-
voring to break down the jews testi-
mony, Mr.. Trude said:
" How much do you get for coming
here to swear?"
"Gets; mine Got gets to schwearl
Veil, how much you gets do blead?"
Mr. Trude named a certain sum just
to see what the witness would say.
well, responded the Israelite,
you gets yust dot much more as me,
py Got" This set the court in con-
vulsions, and Mr.. Witness was told to
step aside,
Gen. Grant will receive an ovation
on his arrival here the 18th or 18th.
The Grand Army Of the Republic or
ders, and the veterans of the last war
societies, have the matter in hand, and
everything promises we'll for the great
traveller However, it must not be
construed that the people, universally
speaking, are at all interested in this.
On the contrary, the people proper
are apathetic as to whether or no his
late excellency is received" with a
flourish of trumpets, and feted to the
best in the city, The wanderers will
be domiciled at the palatial Palmer
House, the Hon. Potter Palmer and
Col. Fred Grant, son of the General
and late President, being brothers-in-
law, having married the sisters Honore.
Uncle Sam is out a few hundred
standard dollars. VIM. Spaulding is
the boy who turned up John this
time, For months he has been time
keeper at the custom-house in this,
the Garden City" A few weeks ago
a good deal of unused material was