Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-06

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Some of the arbitrary gentlemen
! should be treated as Colonel Bob
Crockett, of the Arkansaw Cleaner,
would treat Guiteau-have their heads
poked into hell and their feet struck
BY heavy lightning. To be mild Of
expression, these party bigots and
mercenary zealots care not for justice
or decency, so they accomplish their
own venal ends. 1t is a disgrace that
a respectable and honorable nation
should be ruled by such a mob of law
~ignorers, and it is no matter Of wonder
that Republicans proper blush that
under the guise of the Republican
banner such outrageous wrongs should
be committed as have been lately
placed to the account of that party in
Congress. Keifer's villainous "rul-
ings" may prove a very destructive
boomerang at no distant day.
From the pulpit to the stage has
been the latest stride Of Rev. G.. G.
Min, of Chicago. This move sur
prised quite a number of his friends
who were not very deep in his conf
dence. When next his late reverence
appears in public, it will be in the role
Of IagO, Hamlet, Richelieu, etc. Of
course the REV" will be laid aside,
and it will be in order for the "profes-
sion" and Others to say, George, old
man, lets go over to the store and in
dulge our appetites." The store" is
Mike McDonald's famous sporting
house. AS a Bible orator, Mr.. Min
was q success; in the histrionic line he
may also astonish skeptics. 1t is his
prerogative to crafty his ambition in
his own way, and a gentleman of
splendid literary attainments, as he is,
does not often fall short of a matured
1t would be out of place to crit
icise him in advance Of his appearance
his new calling.
Morphine was the agency MIR. A. NJ.
a Chicago Spectator, employed
to lately present himself before St.
Peter.
True love-" etc. Frank Scott, of
Chicago, loves Johanna Cahill, and
she reciprocates. Her mother and
relatives hate Frank, and spirited his
sugar plum away. To recover her he
issued a writ of habeas corpus. The
court has not yet acted in the case.
The Duke Of Manchester, and 9TH
ers, it is believed, intend to pur-
chase the 25,000,0 900 ACRES of land
granted the Canadian Pacific railroad.
The Duke. who is Lord Elphinstone,
and the Vice President of the rail.
road, and other prominent Canadians,
had a consultation meeting in Chica-
90 yesterday.
In luck. Mr.. Geo. B. Armstrong,
ate city editor of the Chicago Inter-
has been appointed register of
lands for Dakota Territory.
George is a splendid fellow and quail
led for the position.
Decoration Day was generally OBJ
jerved in Chicago. When the floral
jokens of love and respect were being
on the graves of the mourned
lead who fell gloriously fighting for
What they believed right under the
Itarry banner, the last resting places
# 5000 gallant souls Who wore the
ray of the Confederacy were feel
ngly remembered by Whittier Post,
1rand Army Republic, brave fellows
Who know the respect due the re-
mains Of a brave foe by his gallant
IurviYor and conqueror. |,
The Chicago Mercantile Club is
,nly two years old and has $40 mem
,ers. 1t is composed of some of the
merchants of the city. Its
Ooms are palatial, and its hospitality
Freight trains now go from Chicago
o Denver in eighty-eight hours. /
The byciclists are in national con-
in Chicago, and number $50.
Chicago people who do not or can
lot pay their rent get Immediately
bounced, not "evicted'-that's too
IRISH.
At the grand banquet given by the
Jhicago Commercial Club to the com
delegations for St. Louis and
Jincinnati, those present represented
bout sl5O,OOO,OOO capital.
NAYR.