Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-16
CHICAGO LETTER.
Correspondence Public 1edser.I

OAohN oSAAS hOtOAs NhAOo6Oi Ohan
legend came under our notice will
liam Window, William Window !"
we queried, "Who is William. Surely
not the secretary of the United States
treasury Nevertheless, i~nvesiga-
tons proved such to be the case.
Yes, the honorable, the "reducer" Of
the nations liabilities has been here,
in the great metropolis of the west,
and seen the sights quite extensively,
and received countless, polite and
we'll deserved attentions. Yesterday
he was given an informal reception on
board the u. S. revenue cutter An
drew johnson" The number OF IN
vited guests was large, and embraced
the highest officials Of the city, and
of the United States civil,
naval local staff, besides prom
inent military and newspa-
per men, and other distinguished la
dies and gentlemen. After the honor
able secretary was introduced to the
assembled guests on board the
cutter, fifteen guns were fired to give
grand eclat to the occasion. The sec.
rotary, when introduced on the board
of trade" expressed himself strongly
in favor Of connecting the Mississippi
river by means of canals with all the
leading sections of the country so that
a check by means of competition would
be placed on railroad monopelies to
prevent them charging exorbitant
prices on freight, etc.
"a gunpowder plot it evidently
was, but its discovery prevented a dis
astrous explosion and the lives of two
moulders named L. A. Fleure and +.
A. Sessions, employees OF the Chicago
stove works, and many other persons,
1t appears that this foundry is a rat
establishment. The surmise is that
some Of the old employees that went
out on q strike surreptitiously entered
the foundry and "%dOctored" the
moulds with several pounds of pow
der. OF course as soon as the large
ladels of molten iron had been poured
into the moulds destruction would
have been scattered abroad. But the
fortunate discovery Of the diabOlical
scheme prevented an awful calamity.
The celebrated scout and Indian
fighter, Ed H. Allison, is in Chicago
and Just from the home of the noble
red man. 10 speaking Of Sitting Bull,
the noted aboriginee who had the lit
tie trouble with the lamented General
Custer, Allison reports that S. BIS
warriors ~stigmatize him as a coward.
Allison is not the picture of the ideal
f~rontiersman that figures so extern
sively in cheap literature, but an or
binary looking old veteran. He served
under General Fitzpatrick during our
late national difficulty. Since that
eventful period he has done good SER
vice for tue country in Indian matters.
Mr.. Allison speaks very compliment
airy of Mr.. Indian.
He is dead Yes, Timothy Kirk, a
board Of trade operator and one of Chi
cago's best citizens, is no more. Sat
urday evening he fell down the eleva.
tor shaft of the Times building, and
was found at the bottom dead. He
was only As years old.
One year each in the Illinois peni-
Tertiary. This the judgment recently
awarded Charles Aldrich and Pawn
broker Isaacs, Of Chicago, for being
engaged in what is known as the
Morrow trunk jewelry robbery"
committed last year. Aldrich is a
private detective. When the rob-
berry took place he "dropt" on the
crooks, and when a big reward was
offered for the recovery of tho goods,
he stood in" with the boys and made
arrangements with Morrow to have
the goods returned. By this time the
regular cops" tumbled to the little
game, and took in" Aldrich and
Isaacs, the fence pawnbroker, just
the plant was being turned over.
The regulars" did not intend having
their strawberry patch invaded by an
outsider.
Chicago's many parks, boulevards
and drives are nov g~loriously attract
i've in their beautiful floral attires;
and the forests of shade trees, radiant
in their emerald robes afford the weary
denizen of our city luxurious retreats
to dream away the exciting cares that
business crowds upon his tried brain.
A new candidate for literary honors
is A. Mabel B. Fitch, ofChicago. The
work is in blank verse, and entitled
Madeline" The romance is 50 fresh
in coloring as to give an idea that it is
the authors first effort. Of course
this is an attraction, and critics have
passed fayorably upon her merits as a
writer. The plot opens west of this
city, but is soon transferred to Chiea-
go. The subject matter is love, ingrat.
itude, desertion bankruptcy. dark
clouds, penury and want, deyotion,
hard work, struggles through eover-
ty, ETC., etc., with the usual bright
winding up. 1t is not hard for the Chi
cago reader to discover that the work
is based on financial panic
in Chicago, in 1877 when
so much misery was in
1icted upon our people by the many
bank failures. The Villains Of the
book were high bank officials, and the
angels" those who suffered by the
crash.
Another dodge is being played by
Chicago scoundrels, or scoundrels in
Chicago. Michael Humphrey played
it once too often, and now will 90 down
to Joliet for a term. This is the Bay
it is done. A very presentable fellow
will visit the most fashionable locali-
ties OF the pretext Of taking items for
a fashionable biography of leading
ladies" By this means he discovers
names, friendship, etc. Then he pro-
cures delicate paper and envelopes, and
addresses notes from one lady to an
other asking for a stated loan fora few
days-lmitating as near as possible
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