Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-21

them GDUl lately. Uullhg luc l4Sagul
match the victors lost twenty-nln,
and won fifty five games. Providence
comes second.
Declarations and embezzlements ar,
the order ia Chicago. Scarcely a day
passes without some confidential
employe grossly violating trust in the
most outrageous manner IL is useless
to give the names Of these offenders.
The ex Rev. Mr.. George Q. Min
will appear as a drAmatist in Chicago
next week. His role viii be tragedy,
No doubt his debut will attract an
immense audience, as his friends and
acquaintance in this city are
legion. AS a learned and log
ical divine he was a success;
and as his ambition leads him to the
temple Of Thesris, it is more than
likely he will prove a success. Your
correspondent feels satisfied that Mr..
| Min is too smart a man to attempt
ANYTHING that he has not subjected to
the closest inspection OF the best dra-
matte critics.
Experts say that the people of Cook
county, Illinois, only pay one per
cent taxes on the full value Of prop
erty. In other words, that where the
tax at present is five per cent the prop
erty is only assessed az less than one
fifth its true value. This low figure
ranks all the large cities of this coun-
try.
The gay and festive Chicago police
man occasionally finds a little rest
from his wearisome wanderings along
the highways and byways of this
wicked city to pose as a masher Of
female hearts. He is Il seductive bird
when he strikes an attitude Of don't
care a d-nativeness, tenderly
touches his waxed moustache,
rolls his cerulean OF midnight cOlored
orbs in the direction of his helpless
victim. Like the soon that sees the
gun pointed in its direction, she willis
No names.
The new theory as TO hell" lately
addressed by Prot. Franz Deiitscb, of,
New York, is in strict accord with
thousands of thinking men in Chicago.
1t is this: that those who damn them
selves on earth are everlastingly
damned in the hereafter. Take heed
people. Don't damn yourself, if you
do others
Superintendent Rowland, of the
Chicago public schools, says that
memory only repeats, but cannot
give wisdom. He recently instructed
teachers to never give pupils tiresome
or improbable subjects to memoriZe,
on the contrary, short, pleasant and
profitable themes. He cautioned
them to have the pupil fix in his mind
the facts" ofthe case, rather than
the "entire text" Good idea.
A divine's reputation does not
amount to much with a jury in
one Of Chioaro's suburbs, The other
day a preacher brought suit against an
editor for $4,000 damages for Sian
der. The jury awarded one cent.
The question is whether the divine's
character was only worth one cent Or
the ability Of the editor to pay any
more for the supposed damage done.
Fifty-tWO railroads that run in
Illinois are assessed at $56'727, $50.
The Illinois Central pays TIVE per cent
on its gross earnings, and is not in
cluded 10 the figures just stated. The
miles Of road in this State reach
1888, exclusive Of the Illinois Central
road.
Dat Of a three story window tum-
bled John Gossenholtz, Of Chicago.
De had DO bones broken. 1t is be.
heTed that be heavy load Of spirits
saved him. This Is q question for pro-
hibih0nists TO handle.
The Chicago street car conductors
and drivers Of the North Division
struck the other day against the SUI
perintendent, and he was told 10 take
a stroll. Nov the telegraph messen-
ger boys are on a kick against their
superintendent. II Is likely he will
have 70 march also.
Young gentleman just out OF college
had better give Chicago a wide berth.
That is, unless they expect to work
for nothing and board themselves.
In the'Oriminal Court, Chicago, the
other day, Judge Moran fined a man
for maltreating a person who had took
a job he had lett. In imposing the
fine, His Honor said he was in favor
of the laboriDg classes getting good
wages, but as that was a matter of
competition, he was opposed to the
law being violated by persons interior
ing with the rights Of those working
for wages that suited them.
Gratitude is seldom met with. How
ever, it was recently fully demon
strated in Kings county, Ireland.
About sixty years ago a Mr.. Peter
Burke, Of that county, did a good act
in placing a young boy on the high
road to prosperity. His name vas
William Kililag. A few days ago he
died childless and left considerable
property. In his will be hand. omely
remembered two daughters Of
his long since dead benefactor,
one Of whom is Mrs. Eliza
Duane, mother Of the noted Cuban
martyr, General w. A. q. Ryan, now
a resident Of Chicago.
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Typhoid lever has a pretty good hold
on Chicago.
Wheat is booming in Chicago
at one dollar and ten cents per bushel
DR.. james Adair. the originator Of
the Greenbaek party in 1867, died
recently in Mondator, I'll. His loss
is much mourned By thousands 10
Chicago. He WIS a man Of sterling
qualities Of brain and heart.
"The Cleyerdale Mystery; or, The
Machine and Its Wheels" by w. A.
Wilkins, editor Of the Whitehall
New York, Times, is a satire on pol
tics that has just reached Chicago.
1t is a book which should
be read by everybody. It shows
politics aud politicians up in
their true colors, and proves
cOnelusiyely that unless tht
reputable and responsible voters get
c%outrol Of the ~"caucuses," the bun,
mer element will run the country.
The author has struck a vein tha.
should be worked thoroughly. 1t Il
high time that those who have mos
at stakein seeing the country respecta
bly, ofhcered should step TO the from.
aud cast the hummer to the rear
: Purify the caucus and the main stel
will h AnLnn L. L. - nl