Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-16
CHICAGO LETTER.
Correspondence Public Ledger.l
CHICAGO, September u, 1881.

should be the fate of the assassin. lie
Mason's bullet had produced fatal
results the country would have been
spared endless trouble and immense
expense. l do not advocate Judge
Lynch as a panacea for great evils,
hut in Guiteau's case | believe such a
court would be the proper one. He
has already been tried and found
guilty by a jury Of 100000 people,
and nothing remains but to execute
the death sentence passed upon him.
1t is sheer nonsense to moralze on the
matter. The cowardly scoundrel
coolly and calmly set the law at de.
fance when he attempted to murder
the nations chief officer. Oonse-
quently no one should evince the least
tender feeling to see him punished by
a like tribunal that he convened TO
condemn and execute the President.
Again, it is to be sincerely regretted
that Sergeant Mason failed in his
laudable enterprise. However, it is
in order to exclaim: III at first you
don't succeed, try, try again" Some
other of the boys can do the country .
service that will be highly appreciated
by making a center shot Of the target
aimed at by Mason.
A frightful steamboat accident oc-
Cured last Saturday, near Frankfort,
Michigan. The Columbia, Of the New
England Transportation Company,
went down and is a total loss. Several
of the crew and passengers were
drowned. But meager particulars
have yet reached Chicago, and a good
deal of excitement prevails. Mr..
William Shannon and Miss Fanny
Fitzgerald, Of Chicago, are among the
dead.
The Michigan great FIRE" sufferers
will receive substantial aid from Chi
cago. Chicagoans have a very vivid
recollection Of their own terrible stu
alton in 1871.
Mary Bajens, of Chicago, is dead,
and DR.. Upton is under arrest on sus
picion Of having a hand in the "mys-
terry" 1t is believed another abortion
affair.
The cheap passenger tariff to New
York and Boston, from Chicago, is
affording tired out people an oppor
tunity to enjoythe country air of those
Eastern villages. Aud a great mum
Der Of the denizens of those rural
regions are venturing a peep at our
magnificent Western metropolis. They
can easily be distinguished by their
timid manners.
DR.. Thomas, a Methodist divine Of
Chicago, has been found guilty oil
"heresy, and suspended until further
orders. The doctor has not enough Of
the hell fire and everlasting damna-
ton" doctrine in his composition and
teachings to suit the ministerial breth-
rem. 1t is a great pity the various
churches have SO few DIR. ThOmas's
in them.
A gentleman and an artist is Tong
Tong, Of Chicago, late Of China. A
Mrs. Faulkner, another artist, has
been prosecuting him for some time;
but the Celestial has so far o%utgener-
aled her as to gain the patronage Of
Chicago's honored Democratic mayor,
General Carter H. Harrison, of whom
he has just completed a fine oil paint
ing, for which he will receive $500.
Where is Dennis Kearney?
The great Chicago fair opened to.
day at the driving park grounds, stu
ated on the extreme Western city
limits, facing Madison street. The
attendance was very large and the
programme very attractive.
Hayerly's new theater was opened
tonight. 1t is one Of the grandest
dramatic temples in the world. and
must be seen to be fully appreciated.
1t is to be regretted that the pros
pect is very good that Illinois will not
be represented by her military at the
coming Yorktown Centennial celebra-
ton. 1t is too bad, for she has a corps
OF military equal to any in this or any
other country.
IS. c." an Atlanta, Ca, corre
spondent Of the Chicago Times, gives
Director General H. 1. Kimball, of
the coming great cotton exposition.
particular goss because Of his yenal
management Of the affairs of the great
project entrusted to him. If half.
what the correspondent says is true
X. should be given the grand
bounce instanter, and, the fact be i'm
mediately proclaimed to the country
at large.
In less than ten years Chicago will
equal New York as a business center.
Last week her "clearances'i ranked
next to Gotham. Over 100, 900, 900 Of
pounds of freight went eastward last
week over SIX railroad lines, and the
previous week lO7 600, 600 Of pounds.
The Michigan sufferers were re-
membered by the Chicago Board of
to the tune of nearly $1,000.
The Pullman Palace Car Company
IS going to increase its capital stock
% per cent. This is to help out new
improvements in and about the town
Of Pullman, and the company's works
in that delightful and very new town.
ten miles south Of Chicago. The
erection Of 200 new brick cottages will
be one Of the first steps taken. In
consequence real estate in that section
Is booming.
Dora CASTILLO, a free and easy girl
Of Chicago, has gone up the golden
Morphine.
Inc chicago detectives get a grand
plast IN this evenings Daily News.
IRON Thos. Woodson. He charges
that theydo not want to catch thieves.
and ne intends illustrating his posi.
slon by writ ng q play entitled "How
Not to Catcha Thief"
Smallpox still makes things I'M.
pleasant in some regions Of Chicago
The hot wheat excitement has
and Chicago's sports are
The market to-day iuctuated
between 1244 and 1891.
Night schools arc in full blast in
lineage. About 33A scholars are en-.
Males, 2S08; females, 536.
The Pullman Palace Car Company
armed nearly three millions Of dollars
lst year. and expended over two nil
.ons. Their assets reach over sixteen
billions, and liabilities about eleven