Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-16
LEDGER
Thursday Evening, March Ie. Issa
CHICAGO LETTER.
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getting the nenelt OF tue law WlVnVu
regard 10 race, color or previous char
acter: those selling liquors to minor
or habitual drunkards are being fine
and confined and sued for damages
lawyers and others fosnd tamperinI
with Jurors, and jurors who are within
to be fixed, are having a rough roa'
to travel for their infractions of til,
law. The only thing lacking to max
our city morally healthy is a few goot
understandings, in old-fashioneC
Judge Lynch style. The city is in
tested by some of the worst miscreanil
unhung, and as the authorities seen
unable to suppress their la8less acts
public indignation should arouse
itself, as it did some years age
in Vicksburg, and stamp out
of existence these hideous leper'
who are visiting our community with
so much devilish hardships.
A move is on foot in Chicago to take
down the dis6guring telegraph poles
and to put the wires in tubes under
ground. This is a good idea, for the
poles and wires frequently interfere
with the movement of the fire depart.
ment during confagratiOns.
Damages for libel are being asked
for through the courts by r. W
Buchanan, of the Chicago Herald
Company" Of which General +. W.
Palmer. postmaster, Is the head and
foot. Richard wants only $4,000.
He will be like the character in the
Willow Copse," who on returning to
England, on a ticket of leave from
prison, commenced searching for a
missing will. Addressing an old pal
in crime he said, bill, L want that
will, "Vell, you will vaunt it.
John B. Cough, the great whisky
drinking reformer, lectured in Chi
cago last night. He is a
hale and hearty picture
Of the good cause he advocates, and
his appearance fully demonstrates that
where there is a viii there lisa way;
that a person addicted to the imnod-
crate use Of alcohol can quit it if he
tries. John used to take his fluid
regularly, but when he found that the.
demon was getting the best of him, he
turned over a new leaf, and thereby
preserved his sell -respect and health.
The world would be infinitely better
if Mr.. Cough example we're followed
by the hundreds, aye millions, of hu-
manity who, by over indulgence, make
real bells Of Hhatt should be happy.
homes. Control the appetite for in
toxicating drink, aud this earth would
soon be a paradise; stop the manuIan-
ture of liquor, and Immediately all the
misery that curses humanity will dis
appear forever.
Dead, is Charles G.. Cooley Of Chi
cago. He was one of the best known
men on the Board of Trade, and uni
versally popular. and was considered
one of the shrewdest fDanciers in the
country. He was only AZ years OF age.
The Roseneranz Garfield unpleas.
antness creates considerable comment
in ex military circles in Chicago, the
outcome OF which is that "old Rosy
was not deserving Of the i'll treatment
he received during the rebellion at
the hands ofthe administration. Your
correspondent can truthfully testify
that as a fighter, at least on enc coca
sion, General Roseneranz was a de.
cided success That little episode oc
Cured at Corinth. Miss. October A,
1852. On that (the seeOnd) day Of the
fight, il either army was not we'll 10
hand, after the desperate struggle was
over, it certainly was not theone com.
manded By General R~osencrauz. That
We, the Confederates, were genteely
aud sqaarely whipped no man engaged
in those frightful charges will deny.
1t would be more charitable to think
that it was the influence Of enyious
politicians, and not the report of
General Garfield, that placed General
Roseneranz 10 the black book Of the
administration. But it matters little
now who or what retarded the upward
career Of the brave soldier. When
the history Of those bloody times is
truthfully written the wrong done the
gallant hero will be exposed and Jus
tice will crown his name and memory
with a halo of hard earned glory.
A fallen woman reformer." is Mrs
n. ii. Hardy, of Toronto, Canada.
She is lecturing in Chicago for the
benefit Of her mission. This city is a
spler1i1 fGld in which to operate.
Nine years did Miss Ella Cooper. of
CHICAGO, labor as mental in the family
Of her uncle, A. j. Cooper. At last
she realized her condition, and an
pealed to the law for redress, by suing
Tor $500 for services rendered. She
received a verdict to-day for 500.
A Chicago whisky seller got wor-
ried in court to day. Mrs. johanna
Sullivan warned him against selling
her drunken husband liquor, as he
needed mother admonition she brought
suit for damages, and to-day received
q verdict for $500. A few thousand
such verdiets would do a world Of good
for as many families thstare now made
miserable by whisky.
Lawyer George Scoville is back in
Chicago. He believes Guiteau
will be granted a new trial, be-.
cause Of errors of the court.
and unfairpess generally. Mr.. SEQ
vile must be a little touched" him.
self it he eutertains such opinions.
Certainly NJ confessed criminal ever
before was treated with such consid.
Grafton, or allowed to intrude his viii
famous blackguardism before a re-
spectacle Court. Mr.. Scoville will
make no friends among decent people
by delivering himself Of such senseless
opinions verbally, or 10 his contem-
plated book.
Damages Of $4,000 in favor Of Z. w.
Bates, Of Chicago, in the United States
Court, to-day, against the Michigan
Central railroad. Mr.. B. lost a hand