Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-26
CHICAGO LETTER.
sp,cil COMPROMISING Ledger.

Weathrr was Sumcdliufi. hOOt ouu bnAn
continued up 10 the middle Of the
night. when suddenly the glitter Of
the stars was obscurel by ominous
clouds, the thunder began 70 roll the
wind to blow, the lightning TO flash
luridly and rain to fall like a flood.
The crashing and roaring thunder and
vivid lightning reminded me more OF
some of the dreadful artillery deeds Of
horrid war, than a battle Of the ele-
ments; while the connection lasted fear
sgitated many a heart in this region.
However, if the scare was bad, the
result will be beneficial 10 health and
the crops.
The Chicago clearinghouse reports
over Sal. 000, 900 transactions during
the past business week. This shows a
falling off of 16 per cent as compared
with the same week OF 1881.
Chicago has a population Of 3O8,259
persons under q years of age. Nun
Der enrolled in public schools, 93,563;
in private ones, 36,332.
A gallant street car conductor is d.
Upton, Of Chicago. The other day he
taught a passenger a good lesson be-
cause he would not cease smoking
while ladies we're in the car.
A. s. Trude is Chicago's greatest
criminal lawyer, and has for many
years, prevented justice from falling TO
the lot OF countless evil doors. In
spite Of all this. an attempt vas made
to rob bis residence the other evening
However, this was frustrated by five
shots being fired at the intruder by
Mr.. Trude None of them took effect,
but the robber was captured while at
tempting to fly from the law.
A poor peddler named Henry Gil.
bert was murdered in Chicago yester
day, By one Carl Schultz. to whUm he
was endeavorinQ to sell his wares.
Mr. j. j. Flynn, United States
Consul to Chemnilz, was formerly a
writer on the Chicago Daily News, and
now keeps his pen from resting by
contributing very attractive letters to
his old love.
A jewelry a~uctiOneer Of Chicago is
in the habit OF having several cap
pers''' or mock bidders, on the floor
during auction hours. To these he
furnishes money to make sham pur
chases. The other day it was a clear
case of misplaced confidence, for one
of his strikers went back on him for
$40. Mr.. Peter Funk had the delin
quent arrested for embezzlement, but
the Court gave him no satisfaction,
considering it a mere difficulty among
law breakers.
John Brown, the renegade and
leader Of cut threats, who was hung
at Harper's Ferry for his insane at
tempt to defy the laws Of the country
and murder her citizens, is to be
remembered here in Chicago in a few
days at a demonstration to raise funds
to erect a monument to his memory.
In speaking of the affair the press of
this city style him a martyr" Good
heavens, what a mockery To style a
freebooter, an organizer of assassins, a
leader of murderers, a defiant law
breaker, a martyr" If John Brown
is q martyr, then every assassin, muir
derer, and vile defer of the laws which
protect society a martyr, aud the laws
that rid society of their vile presence
are horribly barbarous. Many promi-
nent men OF Chicago are mentioned as
favoring this martyr monument
scheme. If such report is correct,
they, most certainly, have placed
themselves on record in a very un-
savory light; and especially as they
are among those who are most
interested in having the law
of the land respected and its breakers
promptly punished. II this demon
stration was i%naugurated for the ben
eft Of the widow of John Brown
your correspondent would tender his
mite for her relief, but when the Cd
ject is to perpetuate the memory Of a
felon, then be can only feel shocked
that reputable people have been led
into a trap d~isgraceful in every fea-
ture. More anon.
The tables are being turned in Chi
cago. The latest exhibition of do.
nestle infelicity occurred yesterday,
when a lady tied up her drunken
spouse and sobered him to the tune Of
a hard hitting whip
In selt-defense, q newsboy of Chi.
cage, named William Zinck, sent a
bullet into the anatomy Of Herman
Berning and let out his life. How
ever, the court held the prisoner for
manslaughter. trre
The first ball ia Chicago was given
in 1884 OF the managers of the fes.
tivities three are liviDg-Hon. John
Dean Cation, l.. d.. Harrison and NJ. 3
Beanbien.
The prehistoric races we're yenti.
lated last Sunday in Chicago By Rev.
Robert West. He inclines to the
belief that God made of one blood all
the nations Of the earth, and that nc
matter where mar is found, he is O
the original Asiatic origin. This i.
proven wherein so called new coun.
tries are discovered by the fact thai
evidences Of architecture. mechanical
implements, etc. exist, pointing east.
ward. That venturesome marines
and perverse tides have done tn,
makers will in scattering to the foul
winds the seed sown in Eden. Tn,
speakers argument appears YER,
plausible.
Bishop Harris, of Michigan, consid
ers that Jesus Of Nazareth was tn,
greatest OF all prophets.
In ls43 chicago had a population
Of 1850. OF this 773 were 0
Irish nativity, 8l6 Germans and Nor
weglans, and 667 OF other foreigl
countries. Even in those early day
of the history Of the prospectiv
metropolis Of the West, the sons o
Erin did not forget to remember goo
st. Patrick by the usual parade an,