Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-07
CHICAGO LETTER.
cOrrssp.ndenee Public Ledger


landscape is in the seer and yellow leaf,
with a good prospect ahead for q contlnu.
ance of the same gloomy future. As !
write it is very cold, and the adjunct Of
smiling fire is very attractive. Such
weather has never before been witnessed
by the very oldest of the old inhabitants
Byway of a more cheering theme, j
will mention that Comptroller Courtney,
of Chicago, has Just returned from a trip
to New Orleans and other points south,
He speaks in very glowing terms of his
reception by southerners, and returns
home delighted with those with whom he
came in contact, and the sights he saw.
Mr.. q. says he failed to discover any EVIL
dences of the southern outrages," so glo-
riously portrayed by the radical press
north, for the purpose Of tanning the po-
litical fires of fanatics, who can see moth
ing good southwark. Hesaid southerners
are anxious that the sectional Ratchet
should be buried deep, and never again be
resurrected in anger also, that good men
| from the north who emigrate TO that re-
gion, will meet with a hearty and
| brotherly reception. This evening
the Chicago Daily News will contain a
long interview with Mr.. Quincy. II will
be read with interest by many whe lean to
the radical pictures drawn of the south,
and will be productive of a vast amount
of good to both sections. The Daily News
is Independent republican, and its publ
cation of the comptrOller's exposition Of
his view of southern affairs will weigh
heavily in favor Of the land so prosecuted
by carpet-baggers, and mlligned by q
vensl, partisan, sectional press.
Up the golden stairs went Carl Hess
lein, of Chicago, to-day. Opium was the
agent he employed. Thirty summers had
smilel upon his head.
Nfty-one miles Of boulevS d and park
drives arc among the great attractions of
Chicago. The public parks I'm qrece $50
acres. The city's acreage il 23Ol0, or
thirty-six square miles ofierritory. Thir-
ty-two bridges cross tire river, ri various
points of its meanderings through the city
limits. The cost OF each averages abou
$25,0o0i
Two bullets were recently sent into the
anatomy Of his sister-in-law by j. H.
Hollenshode, Of Chicago. She, it appears,
was inducing his wife TO procure a di-
vorce. 1t is likely she will recover. This
little incident should deter people from
interfering with the affairs of man aud
wife.
A magnificent fraud is General G.
Whiteside, Of Chicago. His lit;le game
is to work into the good graces Of land
ladies, their daughters, and The lady
boarders, and while al tins delightful pas
time to rob them Of their valuables. The
minion of the law gobbled him up while
he was imprinting a kiss on a fir dam
sells off-ear. She was a decoY duck.
Keno received a severe blow last night.
One game was ''coppered" bv the officers,
and over eighty of the disciples Of the
fye-on-l-row game weretaken in,and con-
tributed to the city's sinking fund tdis
morning.
Peace to his memory! Colonel James
II. Bowen, of CHICAGO, is no more. Iniu-
ries received by being thrown from his
buggy Saturday caused his death. He YVES
n Of ChicagO's most substantial, ener-
getic and enterprising citizens. His loss
viii be deeply felt, and his place hard to
fill. be WAS on the side of the 'old flag
during the la.e family guardian won bis
spurs as colonel.
The "switchmen" on most of TIE rail-
roads entering Chicago are on q strike for
an advance of wages. 1t is likely they
will get what they ask.
Another southern outrage: A Chi
cago landlord yesterday turned out of
doors q tenant named Louisa Denier.
While on her way with her husband to
hunt a house she was suddenly taken sick.
She fell down and wasdelivered of a child.
Still our philanthroPistS are actively en-
gagged in sending missions to c~hristianize
the savage.
An angel is Henry w. Mead, lately
representing in Chicago a large New York
tea house. He cut his throat with a razor.
Temporary insanity. A wife and daugh-
ter mourn his loss.
The Cook county, Illinois, commissioners
are going to investigate the alleged con.
tract frauds charged against those hav-
ing the construction Of county buildings in
charge. Well the ediice is a mammoth
one. and no doubt considerable under
current work was done by the contract
rings. However, the inquiry will end in
smoke.
Ex-United States Treasurer John G.
New, was in Chicago lately, in the inter-
ests Of the "Mutual Union Telegraph
company" Of which he is a director. The
line is in operation between Washington
and Boston and it is proposed TO connecs
Chicago and cities further west.
A horrible death overlook William
Wolf of the Eastern Illinois railroad Sun
day. He fell between the cars and his
head was literally dragged from his
body.
Chicago has a population Of 503,G0l and
covers al area of % 040 acres. This is q
TO the acre. And she has 3.54 feet of Sow
ers per head Of population. This is more
sewerage per head than either of the
other seven great cities of the United
States.
The United States grand jury now sit
ting IN Chicago has found several bills
against James b. Doyle, arrested last
year, and on whose person were found
100 $1,000 United States bonds. He gels
the credit Of being the most accomplished
and scientific counterfeiter and forger in
the world.
"Alias" Charles Miller is one of tho-e
persons lately before the Chicago courts
charged with forging railroad ticket.
Charles is said to be q scion Of one of the
-noblest families Of Ohio and a member Of
the New York legal fraternity Of splendid
ability. He CONF sed his guilt, and en-
deayored TO remove the quit attaching TO
one OF his p-ls. Of course, influence
will work him out Of his dilemma.
The Chicago Daily News says that the
playing Of Uncle Toms Cabin" in the
south is an insult TO .outherners. and the
actors deserve the recent rough tre. tment
they received in Georgia. The News is an
independent republican paper. The anne
journal thinks the republican marty i
now being u-od by Rigs Of knsvcs and
thieves for their own advancement TO The
disgrace Ofthe country.
al. Reinke. lately indicted for falsify-
ing public records while in the county
cleric Office in Chicago, has been trie1.
found guilty and sentenced to two We "a
and a half in prison. He now temporarily
rests in the cell once occupied bv bis
uncle, Boss He'sing, enc of the whisky
rlng, %swlndlers, before President Grant
pardoncd HIM.
A quadruplet mother is now at the
Union stock yards, Chicago. one is FROM
Milan. Missouri, and is a fine. healthy
cow. The Offsprilgs are now four yeIfs
old and remarkably healthy. They coma