Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-12
CHICAGO LETTER
curr,,pond.rs, PubIis Lsds,r.

thread was under ten degrees below
the nothing mark, and the entire
face Of nature presented as w~oebegone
a picture as could be imagined. How
ever, to night it has moderated con-
siderably, and the prospect is bright
that Christmas will be green. The
oldest inhabitant" accounts for the
very extreme and sudden arctic blast
by the action Of Miss Venus IN
casting her frowns on the face OF Old
Sol. II this be true, it is to be hoped
that the young damsel's visits, under
such circumstances, will be very few
and far apart.
This Noticeable weather found hun
dreds 10 Chicago lily prepared for it;
consequently the suffering is great. II
the foreign missionary" element Of
our city would turn their attention to
alternating the corporal sufferings Of
those in their midst, the reward would
be infinitely greater than that which
would result from money expended
trying to Christiauize the Chinese, etc.
The South receives q venomous
blast from the Chicago Daily News
whenever the least opportunity offers;
aud especially if an Outrage" is COM
mitted on a negro. But when it has an
opportunity to ventillste glazing acts
of outraee at home, that paper is as
silent as the tomb. The wild west
ern" shooting scrape that occurred last
Sunday, resulting in the wOunding
of an officer aud the killing Off negro
named Bill Allen, who had stove in a
mans skull and killed an officer, had
its inception in a woman's quarrel Of
a minor nature, in which ringers
were cursed generally. Of course the
colored people interested replied in
kind. Officer Wright was given a
warrant to serve on a man named
Smead, who was mixed up in the row..
The officer mistOok Bill Allen for
Smead, his half brother, and while
attempting to serve tho warrant on
him, was killed. In the hunt for the
escaping Allen another officer was
wounded and William A. filed with
bullets and turned into a corpse. 1t is
needless to say that the unfortunate
negro became the target for the verbal
volleys Of those most violent in their
d%enunciations of his horrible crimes"
etc. However, since it has t%ranspired
that Bill merely protected himself
against an illegal arrest the Daily
News has not raised its voice against
the Outrage" committed on the said
William Allen. There isalways con
siderable political capital in a South
esn outrage but a Northern piece Of
deyiItry is as valueless as a broken
bottle. Certainly such inconsistency
does not emanate from the pen Of Mr..
NJ. Z. Stone the editor. Melville is a
man Of sense; consequently some non
descript scribbler must spit out bis
venom when Mr., s. is absent. Ssme
Of these filings at the South are as full
Of sectional malice as a rattlesnake's
fangs are with deadly poison.
The feast of the immaculate con.
ception" is devoutly being observed
to-day in Chicago by the Roman Cath
olics.
Miss or Mrs. Thersa Sturla- Stiles i
still on trial for the killing Of hel
!, husband or paramour Charles Stylel
some mouths ago. The occasion is til.
great sensation in commercial circle:
|, in Chicago. 1t is more than likely
the jury will find that the girl wa
, temporarily insane when she shot Il
death the man who should have pro
tected instead Of ou%trageously abus
ing her. Any violation of law j
wrong, but it appears this pool
woman should not be punished 70
, killing the man who lived on Oh.
fruits of her sin, and cruelty NAL
treated her at his villainous purpose
The navy commission is in Chicago
1t consists Of Commodore L. B. Luce
President; G. d. Loring, Chief Engi
> neer Navy Department, and A.. B
Mullett, ex-Supervising Architect U
s. Treasury Department, Washington
G. G. Tolcott, Assistant Engineer U
s. navy, is Secretary. These gentle
men do not deny that the vessel
composing the United States nav,
should be repaired with new ones. Il
other words, that they are not wortl
a Confederate mill dam. Let us heal
from late Secretary Robson.
The Texas and Chicago Live Stool
Company, with a capital Of $224,0O
has just been incorporated by Mr.
Isaac Waixel, and others, Of Chicago
The Dewey contempt case in NeV
York attracts considerable commen
in Chicago both in and out Of Iris
circles. 1t is commended that tn,
action of the Judge was unwarranted
and in direct conflict with the law; a
Mr.. Dewey could not answer tn
t question propounded without crimi
mating himself in violating the neu
, trality laws existing between Grea
Britain, Ireland and the State
, Your correspondent thinks hi
/, honor did not do honor to himself i
the premises. 1t is more than likel
when his term expires he will be in
vited to a long seClusion by the peopl
Of New York.
The lnter-O Ocean newspaper Of Chi
.cago is about TO become the possessio
Of MI. s. G. Griggs, jr., who will max
i, Colonel Gil Pierce the managing ed
tor.
Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,
happy in the possession Of a liv
Ohicagoan. That gentleman write
that that city contains $1,000 peopl,
$500 being whites and the rest native
and Cinnamon. King Kalakaua
reported as being happy as a bake
clam, and quite gay and fascinating
/, life.
South Water street, Chicago, is Ii
: great marketing region OF the cit,
Of late the countless thiey,
have been making things uuil
lively there, and in consequent
q the merchants are in a bad hume
These, and other outrages, have il
duced Chief Of Police Austin Doy
to ask the Council forseveral hundre
: more policemen.
"A celestislly condemned liar" ",
a applied to the City Attorney, Colon
e Cameron, Of Chicago, by q prison
who he called a horse thief. III
n Colonel then struck the prisoner. az
d got hit in re urn. Then the Cou
q adjourned.