Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-08
OUR CHICAGO LETTER.



Years Day." with all its joys, has
come and gone. Eighteen hundred
and seventy-nine is a thing to be
remembered, and 1880 has entered
upon its reign heralded by tie same
guns that fired out" its predecessor.
May its career have more Of joys and |
less of sorrows placed to its record
than stands against the one that has
just faded away. The ceremonies
incident to the crowning of
the New Year were of the
usual happy nature in the Garden
City, and the day was noticeable for
the absence of drunken men on the
streets. / would that the same tale
could be told every day henceforth.
Notwithstanding that it was the ad-
vent of another leap year," the
"lords Of creation" made the custom
airy calls upon the ladies, and prOfted
by the privilege to further cement
friendhip between themselves and
the fair sex. If all the "call
ers" spent as joyous time as
your correspondent, then they must
have had most happy time. He most
certainly passed the day delightfully."-,
notwithstanding the fact that only
from three to FIVE minutes were allowed
to the "caller" to express his feelings
to his friends, and to partake of the
smiles Of the ladies, and Of the wines,
CONNECTIONS, etc., etc. The day was
exceedingly fine, so much so as to dis
appoint the lovers Of sleigh riding and
skating. This amusement was knocked
into the shade by the genial beams
of "old Sol" At night all
the theaters and other places Of amuse-
ment were crowded Thus ended the
udppy OOOdolOus
Sadness and death usurped the hap
piness of two families on the West
side New Years day. The circum.
stance was romantically sad. Mis-,
Marie BischOf was the fair creature
claimed by remorseless death, and
, young gentleman named M. Auh wa
made the chief mourner. Why2 BE
cause he to have been married t
y the lady yesterday. They wer
returning from church when tn
! lady fell in a fainting fit. She wa
( removed to her boarding house, an
f and from thence to the one she was t
have occupied as a bride. In tht
she breathed her last. The body wa
n arranged in the bridal robes, and til
o six bridesmaids officiated as ball beal
f ers. The unfortunate lady was sci
by her parents from Germany to til
# United States to prevent her from en-
q tering convent, they being oppose
to the life Of a nun, and wishing he
n to marry. And such is life.
y Mayor Harrison was elegantly cane
d by the citys employees on New Year
Il day. He was so excessively surprise
d as to have delectable spread
g choice viands and old Bourbon read
!. for the Gamers.
r During the year a red skirt will /
II the terror of old bachelors. A systo,
( Of bygone days is to be intro
II duced by the ladies. It
d this: When they use the
IS prerOgative of making .love to the
choice, and he refuses, all they wi
will have to do is to slightly expose
his view the edge of their red skir
which will be a declaration, accordiu
to the aforesaid old custom, that i
will have to present her with a ne
silk dress. II the girls are seriot
about this, then woe be unto min,
tenths of the boys.
~ Rooster Caudals" is what To
~ and Jerry is now styled in Chicag
N In Arkansas it used to be "Roost,
es Narratives"
i Dr. Harlan, a dentist of this cit
81 recently transplanted a molar toot
Of from young girl to the jaw of for
as year old man, from which had bee
. extracted some old roots. TIL
transplanting is rare feat of de-
:, tistry.
Electric light is now being used
,r the Times office, the Grand Pacil
,SSO0 hotel, and the north side Union rol
lo0 ing mills in this city-but the syste
SSS is not Edison's.
S%S Parnell and Sullivan, the emine
antirent reformers Of Ireland, w
900 be in Chicago on the 10Th inst, al
SSS will speak in the exposition buildil
900 the night of the Goth. The audien
ooo will number tens Of thousands, al
600 no other hall than the expositi
600 building was considered large enouI
SSS SS to accommodate the immense co
Gee 9Ge course expected to be in attendant
900 The illustrious gentlemen will be
S SSS ceived right royalty by Chicagoans.
ooo An unknown heroine lives in Cl
0O0 cago. She is only ten years of az
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