Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-17

that pure society of Chicago has
nobler aims than the persecution Of a
talented woman.
Hon. John Kelly, late boss Of
Tammany, New York, has been here.
He lectured in Central Music hall for
the benefit Of st. Joeseph's Orphan
Asylum, Chicago. The attendance
was quite complimentary. Mr.. Kelly
lacks considerable of what one expects
from an orator. However, his COM
mand Of language and perfect ease on
the stage makes up for his want Of
elocution. Mr.. Kelly is a very fine
specimen Of a man, and has the man
ners always found in the courteous
gentleman. In referring to politics he
charged MIR. s. j. Tilden with defeat
ing Hancock; giving as a reason that
the sections of New York, where Mr..
Tilden had greatest influence, did not
poll any thing near their full vote. He
also said, referring to the appointment
of his successor as comptroller of New
York city, that Mr.. Campbell, Mayor
Cooper's appointee, was inaugurqted
through fraud and bribery.
Smallpox is operating in. Chicago.
Diphtheria ditto. The city is consid-
erably alarmed.
Damages, to the amount Of $1,000,
was awarded by the court to-day in
favor of Timothy Cooper, a "colored
gentleman" and against the ". |. P"
omnibus line of Chicago, because of
having refused to allow plaintiff to
ride in one of their vehicles.
In a most horrible manner, it is
said, is the way the Chicago smallpox
hospital is conducted. The matter is
being investigated.
Thomas NJ. Halpin will be remem-
bered by most Memphians as a resident
of their city for some time Immediately
before and after the war. He is now
editor in chief of the Irish Tribune,
one Of the best journals in Chicago.
He is a gentleman well fitted by edu-
cation and experience for the position
he occupies, and his big heart
and whole-souled, gentlemanly quail
tiles are calculated to reflect
much enviable credit upon any
enterprise with which he may be
associated. Mr.. Halpin always has a
kind word for Memphians, and for the
south generally. 1t is needless to
mention that he is a staunch Irish
man, and a patriot who weeps for the
prosecutions heaped upon his native
land. His elevation to thetripod oft e
Irish Tribune is very opportune az
this hour of Ireland's turning destiny,
when it requires bold hearts, clear
heads, and fearless advocates to aid
the cause for which Parnell and his
compatriots are now being yindictive-
ly arraigned.
Quit eating pork and let vaccina-
ton alone, says a C~hicagoan in the
Times, and the rising generation will
be free from nearly all the ills that
curse the present one"
Hon. Leonard Sweet is one Of Chi
cago's greatest legal luminaries. Sun
day evening he delivered an address
before one of the Irish land league
clubs. 1t was a mastery expose of
the horrible treatment the Irish peo-
pie have received at the hands of the
British government ever since the
18th century.
Campbell, the Gentle delegate from
Utah to congress, tarried in Chicago
last Sunday, while on his way to
Washington. He is down on polygamy,
and will use every effort to have the
aeoursed institution legislated cut of
existence by congress. He favors dis
DISTINGUISHING every one living in
%pOlygamy.
George Eliot the late deceased
literary light, was greatly eulogized,
Sunday, by DR.. h. G.. Hirsch, of the
Sinai congregation, Chicago. The
discourse was George Eliot's Con-
ception of Judaism" The audience
was very large, and the divine was
very happy in the pictures he drew Of
the great author.
The distance from Chicago to San
Francisco via Omaha and the Union
Pacific route, is 1889 miles, or 547
miles shorter than by the Kansas and
southern route. NAYR.
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