Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-16

would sweat the juror 60 accomplish
the feat. Nevertheless, it was Mr.
Forest who worked JohRny Lamb GU
of the Police Officer Race murde,
business, when nearly everybody els
felt sure he would climb the colder
stairs after having been found guilt,
of the murder. That feat was a stand
ing advertisement for that legal lumi
nary.
Chicago detectives are in search o,
D.. Soule, a Canadian teleerarher
who lately deserted his young wife
She is sorrow stricken because of his
cruel desertion, and would like te
learn his whereabouts.
An agnOstic is Rev. Geo. G. Min,
late of Unity church, Chicago. He
was too liberal in his views for the
directors of his church, and now be is
out of q Job. He does not believe ID
the hell of the Bible, nor in the
existence of a God who could create
a human being for the pleasure of
seeing him cursed on earth and damned
after death. A little less of this be-
lief, and more Of the he'll FIRE doctrine,
was what was expected from his rev,
erence. But George would rather be
right, from his lights, than be pres
preacher Of Unity church.
A short time ago a jury gave Mary
Louisa Honey 5000 damages against
the City Of Chicago, because Of in
juries caused by a defective sidewalk.
The city took an appeal to Judge Me-
Allister's court, where the verdict was
overruled and the case remanded, on
the grounds that the plaintiff did not
show what damages she sustained BY
loss Of time, nurse fees aud physicians
charges. The court also held that the
physicians who attended her could not
collect their fees, because they bad not
complied With the law requiring all
physicians who were not in practice
in the State Cen years prior to 1877 to
be examined before a Medical Board
and licensed. But all this red tape
business should not deprive the poor
injured woman Of proper compensa-
Chicago's Sheriff recently had a
claim to collect for over $I0,5O0. He
made the levy and gathered in the
shekels. For this he presented a bill
of cost fees for over $3,049, This the
court allowed, but the defendant de-
INJURED and appealed. Judge Wilson
bas decided the costs to be
"exorbitant, and sent the Ease back
to the lower court to have the costs
Justly assessed. Among the items of
cost were FIVE dollars a day for custo-
dians' fees, and $3.50 per month for
storage.
The lumber dealers of Chicago are
d big organization. and handle much
wealth. During the year 1881, the
receipts Of lumber at this port were
1906, 900 leet; 500, 1850 shingles;
l04,499 900 lath; 2,846 $40 posts;
i,2O5, 800 railroad ties; 33,055 cords Of
wood 1892 telegraph poles; $500
piles, etc.
General Phil. Sheridan was 81 years
Did on the 9th inst. and his Union
friends of Chicago gave him a
banquet in honor Of the event.
md a right royal time was the result.
GhicagO clergymen are opposed to
sunday theatricals. This wont stop
the smusements however.
The Serman House Chicago. has
been leased to j. Irving Pearce.
for five years, at forty,6ve thousand
dollars per snnum, and Mr.. Alvin
Hubbard, the late lessee, will have to
.ook elsewhere for an edifce for a
hosiery.
A transportation company is suing
Chicago for damages for obstruoting,
bridge ordinances, the river, claim
ng the river as a public highway. If
I be such, then Chicago made it one,
y using its private money to make
stream nayigable. The suit will
md ia smoke.
1t blew a hurricane, showed like a
loud, rained like a food, and iraze
lard yesterday 10 this vicinity. But
.o-day is milder. NAYR.