Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-08
CHICAGO LETTER.
corr.sponasnss Public Ledger.

WIN OuAOatOauo. Tue OH year
passed into eternity amid general 70.
joicing aud nov the new year is on,
aud ell business circles are deeply
occupied in the usual straightening up
and putting Of things Ia shape for
another season Of activity. As to
business, everybody seems satisfied
that he has not the red hsg floating
before his door on aooount of past
ventures, and ell are hopeful OF q
bountiful return the ensuing year.
One man at least 10 Chicago Is re-
joicing to-day. he Ia a newspaper
man at that, and a reporter on the
Daily News. His name is j. q.
Klein. An aunt of his recently died
in Holland and left him a good Dor.
ton ofa large fortune.
Chicago's new City Hall will soon
be ready to DO occupied. 1t occupies
the west half of the block on which
rests the county building. Both in.
stitutions make q magnificent archi
tectural pile-very imposing Of ex
t%eIior. and enchanting Inside.
Insurance men all over this broad
land should be proud OF the sterling
enterprise Of Colonel G. X. Rollins, OF
Is LlSklle street, Chicago, the pub
Usher OF the Argus. the oldest aud
best insurance Journal ia the country.
The colonel is never satisfied unless he
is far in advance OF his fellows 10 any
undertaking. A glance at the Argus
for November, 1882, would convince
the most skeptical he is far ahead OF
his record. The copy before me is
simply elegant as a specimen of typog-
1aphy, and reflects great credit upon
those who participated 10 its prepara-
ton, as we'll a5 upon its 90 ahead pub
Usher, Its literary and statistical de
partments are models of attractive
ness, aside from the vast amount Of
very valuable information for the
general reader they contain. A lady
friend Of mine from Boston glanced
over it to day, and became so absorbed
ia its contents that she did not lay It
down fefan hour,aud when she did she
remarked that 1T was a splendid pro.
duction in every respect, aud thatshe
would procure a copy and send il 10
her friends East. | have carefully
looked over the paper and am amazed
at the great amount of interesting
facts it contains. If there exists in
this boundless land of Ours an insur-
Ance man who does not possess it, then
| say to him that he is without the
help Of one Of the most Indispensable
aids to the successful prosecution Of
his business, aud advise him to at once
subscribe for it. Ii is only three dol
lars per year. and, consequently, with
in the reach of all. By way Of eulogy
| will merely say that the Argus is
immense in all its appointments,
and a journal Of which all insurance
men should be proud. Like its pub
Usher, Colonel Rollins. the Argus is
an honor to the honorable institution
Of insurance. Long may il live to
dispense brilliant light wherever dark
ness was wont to dwell. By it | learr
that 200 years ago what is how the
wonderful city Of Chicago was then
known as Fort C~hicagou." This is
the way it was described on a map
printed in Quebec in 1853. In 1914
Father Marquette was among the few
who inhabited the fort. The Patta
watomie Indians made things lively
around the fort in those days. One
of the first settlers of Chicago was a
negro from San Domingo, named Jea.
Baptiste Point au Sable.
The FIRE eating Herr John Most.
late Of Germany, has been makinl
delicate people very nervous 10 Chi
cago by his blood and thunder Com
nunist speeches. However, it is not
likely be will get up much Of a confa-
grafton 10 this region as there
is very little material here to keep the
blaze going He complains of how
be has been prosecuted IN Germany.
Such cannot be wondered at, if his
utterances wero half so savage as those
expressed 10 his speeches here, Such
fanatics should be put iuto q straight
jacket, or dieted on ice for a season.
he is radically insane In his radical
ism. His asrariau doctrine will not
work in this or any other country. The
man who aecumulates wealth BY his
own toll, will never consent 20 have il
divided around" among the improyi
dent and lazy Of his race. Ii is all
bOsh, this talk about the land bein,
the common inheritance" Of man
Do not the Scriptures say that man
shall earn his bread by the sweat Of
his brow? Thers is too much "reli
gion' in this Tor Herr Most and
his communist doctrine. He
breaches against aristoeracy, bui
td opportunity offered wtQd
be an aristoerat Of a~ristocrats
To reduce the whole subject TO an
easily understood problem, these com
muniats make an easy livelihood
preaching their idiotic notions 10
gullible people.
Mr.. Griffin, Of Chicago, who made a
Christmas angel Of a young hoodlum
name John Mangin, was -exoperated
BY the coroners' jury, However the
gang OF seoundrels, of which the dead
rough was a member, burned down
- old mans house the other niqht
with the intent OF destroying his life
However they failed, Tor he was stay-
ing at a friends house that night.
New Years night two Chicago
policemen came near being turned
into angels while trying to quell dis
graceful riotings. II is likely thew
will recover from their wounds.
Crime in Chicago is booming.
Mrs Langtry is not creating much
excitement in Chicago. Even the bro
tessional Washers are not ia the least
attracted. No doubt SIZE will have
good audiences at her performances.
but those attending will be actuated
By no other motive than to crafty
idle curiosity.
Miss Emily Faithful isin Chicago
She is = great champion Of Woman's
righs in 80 far as seeing that she re-.
ceives just remuneration for her scr.
vices. She isa faithful worker in this
respect, and has, and is, doing much
good.
The Chicago Times of January Lat.
consisted Of "A pages Of 8 columns to
the page; and each column rs inches
long and II inches wide. Each COL
umn contained 300 lines Of nonpareil,
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