Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-19
CHICAGO LETTER.
Correspondence Public Ledger.

CHICAGO, July l6, 1889.
Chicago, as a summer resort, has
been a grand success this season. At
no time has the thermometer reached
80 in the shade. On the contrary. the
generality OF the weather has been the
extreme Of what is usually experienced
here i'll the summer. Your cores
pondeat has slept between blankets for
The past six weeks; and if the rest of
the summer is as cool as to day woeleu
coverings will still be in vogue with
him.
=Colonel Macdonald, of Her Brit
tanic Majesty's military service in the
East Indies, is in Chicago. the guest
Of his brother, Godfrey Macdonald
Esq In speaking of the Egyptian war.
the Colonel expresses the belief that
England has undertaken a lob
that may take an indefinite
time to complete; and when
finished will show little, if any, profit
in favor of the contractor. The
Colonel seems to think that power"
looks very nice on paper; that boast
ing is one thing and fighting in the
onemy's country another.
Alfred H. Peace, the celebrated
pianist, who lately dropped dead in
st. Louis, was very we'll known and
his talents highly appreciated by
Chicagoans. His untimely end is
much deplored here. Forty five years
ago he first saw the light of this world
in Buffalo. His parents were wealthy,
and gave him every opportunity TO
develop his talents for music and
painting. He was to have accom-
panied Nilsson on her American tour
the coming season.
In the coming Denver Mining and
Industrial Exposition Chicago will be
well represented. The object of the
exposition is to collect statistics of
the mineral and industrial wealth of
what is Known as the northwestern
mining district of the United States.
This information is to be published
for the benefit Of all interested.
The Pullmans are about to estab.
lish residence town between Pull.
man and the southern section of
Chicago. Money will not be spared
to make the place a paradise in all its
appointments Whatever George NJ.
Pullman undertakes is certain to he
accomplished, and to be fully up to
the picture painted by pressman. 1t
is a great pity there are so few such
enterprising spirits in the country.
The Chicago First National Bank
yesterday sold its site, corner Wash
ington and State streets, to l.. G..
Fisher for $685. eco. In 1896 this
property was bought for 5000. The
building is one of the few monuments
Of the great fire of 1871. Its walls
stood the test Of the terrible ordeal OF
the flames.
The Democratic ranks of Chicago.
have been recently reinforced by a
very large number OF Germans who.
have lost faith in the Republican
party, which they denounce as an ele
ment mainly covered by the significant
a%ppellation fraud" Time works
wonders. However, when a Teuton
becomes convinced, "Meine Got elm
himmel" he is convinced all over.
Chicago is to have another new
railroad depot in the southern dis.
trict.
Tired Of life was Julius Freeman,
of Chicago. A rope ended his
troubles. He was a timber surgeon,
age 81.
If R. A. Pickett, a tea merchant,
happens to open upa house in Mem
plus for the sale of package tea and
coffee, each parcel Of which contains
prizes as high as one hundred dollar
diamonds, let it be remembered that
he is under the ban of Chicago's law,
charged with swindling, etc.
The DR.. Prescott murder is still one
of Uhicago's hidden mystery.
George Maxwell, the Cincinnati
fraud, lately succeeded in getting into
a Chicago prison. Such s~coundrels,
VINO make THEIR wives lead o lite OF
hOrrid shame to supply them with
money, should be- treated as Colonel
Bob Crockett prescribed for Guiteau,
have their infamous heads poked into
hi and their feet struck by a bolt of
lightning" Added to his crimes ofl
forgery aud embezzlement, this Max.
we'll attempted to shoot his poor child
wife, before the Chicago authorities
took him in charge.
The long lost recently found in
Chicago, through the courtesy of a
street car passenger. Nora McCaskry.
a lady Of about thirty summers. cot
into q crowded car, and was given his
seat by a gentleman. In a few seconds
she was attracted by the face of
gentleman in her front. Tableau,
The person proved to be her brother
Dap, for whom she has been search.
ing America for twelve years, and who
ran away from Ireland eighteen wears
ago. Joy" is no name for the hap.
piness expressed bv them both ~ To