Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-07

position.
Cinnamon cannot become American
citizens in Chicago. So says Judge
Moran, of the criminal court. The
court concluded hat the celestial il
not a white man, but a black one, and
not being of American birth, cannot
become a citizen under the present
laws. If the law exists, as stated by
his honor, the quicker it is changed
the better it will be for the credit Of
this great land Of liberty" Surely
the door Of citizenship is open to peo.
pie far inferior to the Chinese in
intelligence and industry.
Found dead in bed was Lazarus
Stern, a Chicago jew, the other morn
ing. Strange to say, he was AL tied
up" a la cadet Whitaker, the culled
pusson who is attracting SO much at
tention before the court-martial in
New York. The mystery remains un-
solved at this writing.
A good showing. During 1880 the
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and South
ern railroad operated 6S5 miles of road,
and earned $40, 5,226. After
deducting expenses, the net receipts
amounted to s2,19O,37l
Keene, the celebrated actor, has
wound up his brilliant eason in Chi
cago. His two weeks stay was very
profitable to him financially and other
wise.
Chicago has packed over 2,688,0O 0
hogs during the past four months.
Chicago is to have an elevated rail-
road at no very far distant day.
The sanitary establishment of
Chicago has determined to stamp out
smallpox by making vaccination COM
pulsory and universal.
Too much arsenic made an angel of
Morris Miller, the other night, at the
Albion hotel, Chicago. No reason
assigned for the rash act, other than
that he wa crazy on perpetual mo-
ton" miller" was only assumed.
His name was Cohen, and he has a
brother a practicing physician in Chi
cago.
A curious story comes to Chicago
from Montreal, Canada. The extern
sive hardware establishment of Fran
co.'s E. Letourneau is charged with
being nothing less than a firm OF bur
glars and receivers of stolen goods.
Francois E. L. has been traced to
Chicago, were he is living with his
girl" They pronounce the reports
from Montreal as false, and account
for their presence in Chicago from the
fact hat the girl did not want her
interesting" condition to be known
in Montreal.
Attacked by two footpads, recently,
was Mr.. MILFORD Pepper, of Chicago.
But they walked up the wrong passen-
ger. He grabbed the revolver they
thrust into his face and shot both of
them, and was marching them to the
station, when he became exhausted
from his struggle with them and had
to let them go, ~bystanders refusing to
assist him.
A Gfteen-year old girl in the small
pox pesthouse of Chicago recently
gave birth to "a child which shortly
after died. At last accounts the young
mother, Mary Monahan, was doing
well.
Died recently in Chicago did Jacob
0ferle. The executor, of his Will
missed 1910 said to be in existence.
All efforts failed to find the missing
treasure. Finally it was determined
to raise the corpse" and examine it.
This was done, and the money was
sewed up in the vest of the
This is another evidence of
enterprise.
The police patrol train of Chicago
can make a mile in a little over four
minutes from time the "call alarm" IS
This is getting it down fine on
law breakers,
1t is showing hard and blowing a
cold gale as | finish this; and the sky
is luridly ;llumined by the light of a
big fire that has been raging on Lake
street, near Chicago river, for over an
hour. All the engines are out trying
to get it under control NAYR.
No family hal has any regard for
domestic safety and comfort can afford
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