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CHICAGO LETTER.
The City Greatly Moved by the
Appeals Of the Flood
Sufferers.
A Virtuous Judge Who Makes it
Warm for Evil Doors,
Mayor Carter n. Harrison HOns
oreA by the Citizens OF
Dublia,
FtOrn Off lstalts Correspondent.
CHICAGO, February l6, 1882

Ffu1n oaf asedlas Correspondent.
CHICAGO, February l6, 1882.
This city deeply sympathiEes with
Cincinnati in her present terrible sit
uation; and the same feeling goes forth
generously to all other cities
and regions of the country now under
the same dark cloud of misfortune;
and every energy will be strained to
render bouDtilul and timely assistance.
Chicago windy remembers how heaVi.
ly the hand of sorrow rested upon her
head in 1871, and the promptness with
which her sister cities rallied to her
assistance. Unfortunately Chicago is
not very well able to do much to allie.
viate the distress of others, because
the severe winter, and the many manu-
featuring failures, has caused a great
deal of hardship to her own citizens.
However, she will do all she can, and
that cheertully.
Judge Prendergras, Of the Chicago
Criminal Court, is making things live.
" for the iron clad evil doors, and
their straw bailers. To day he sent
one Of the latter class to jail. While
the court was in session two OF the
Iitigants disturbed its dignity BY en-
tering into an entertaining fist fight
The one who got the best of the row
was lawyer McCaffey; aad the court
exonorated him, because he was the
assaulted party
The Illinois Press Association has
been 10 session 10 this city for several
days. j. w. Clinton, OF the Polo
Press, was elected president. The
society is 10 healthy condition as to
membership aud finances,
The late Rerdell action in the star
route iniamy excites no particular
comment in this city. Everyone
believed, long ago, that honor would
not control the action of the thieves.
The Chicago Commercial Exchange
is in favor Of raising whisky license
from $50 to $500
Hon. Mr. Parnell has requested
Hon John +. Finerty, congressman
elect for the Second Illinois District,
and editor Of tho Citizen. of Chicago,
to present to Mayor Carter H. Harri-
son the address prepared By the
citizens of Dublin last summer in his
honor. The ceremonies will take
place before mass meeting Of Uhica-
gosBs A grand banquet will conclude
the festivities.
Two Cinnamon had a row the
other day in Chicago. One was
arrested aud fined. The otherthought
it was all diam Alwd because the
fne was not paid over to him.
A Utah giant is in Chicago. His
name il A S. Harmon, his age is %
years, his height is Z feet 2 inches, and
weight 276 pounds. He thinks he can
whip Sullivan.
"A murderer" This legend at.
taohes TO Leo Martin, late OF Mich.
gan City, Indiana, but now of Chi
cago Jail.
The warm rain laat night and to
day has done a great deal towards re.
ieving Chicago of the mountains of
ce and snow that blockaded the
.tFeets.
The young Democrat" of Chicago
want Hon. Carter II Harrison re-
elected Mayor. If being a splendid
peoples official is. a recommendation
and a qualification, His Honor, if be
wants the office, should be his own
successor.
He is dead. Yes, Jack Mccormack.
one Of the most noted sporting men Of
he country, died in Mercy Hospital
Chicago, a few days ago, aged forty
Two years. Jack was a fine fellow,
and as straight a fellow as ever raised
a cold deck or worked a ring magnifi>
er. He played at every game. from
splitting at a mark up to horse racing.
He was brilliant expert, and the in
ventOr Of the cushion carom game,
and the man who could outgeneral
him at poker has yet to be born
When the New York Clipper could
not decide q sporting question, Jack
was appealed to. He bad big heart.
and dispensed charity literally. Late
hours and rapid living made an angel
OF him.
About 1919 teachers are on the pay
roll of the Chicago public schools. The
humber Of pupils enrolled this year is
68,6l3, an increase Of 5474 over last
year. The amount Of money paid
teachers exceeded 1886, 428.
A Chicago man lately chastised his
wife because she had been scattering
her marital favors around reoklessly.
In return, the fair damsel cracked his
skull yesterday.
Some employees Of Phelps, Dodge &
Palmer, of Chicago, large manufac
turers Of booB and shoes, have been
Systematically robbiDg their employ
ers. A few weeks ago the secret
leaked out. and several arrests were
made, among them being that OF a
country merchant who had been
worked into the deviltry Of the gang.
The trial ended yesterday, aud the
bucOlio tradesman received a two.
year penitsntiary sentence, while the
main scOundrel got off free, having
turned States evidence. His name is
Henry Spsulding. He confessed to
having robbed his employers for ten
years. Judge Tuley expressed his
adherence at the circumstance OF the
scoundrels immunity from punish.
ment because he confessed a villainy
that could easily have been proved.
Some railroad men in Chicago do
not take much stock in the paper
rail" idea advanced by some scien.
fists.
Rents will be higher after May in
Chicago, notwithstanding the prog.
nostioatiOns Of some credulous people
10 the contrary.