Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-15
LEIGH.
REVIEW OF CURRENT TOPICS IN
CHICAGO.
Politics. society and Basiness-The Anti
MoaepciIsts In Conventioa-odd
Notes % the Week.

Notes ofthe Week.
ersrtal Cssrresuoass- sea % The Cias4tte.
Chicago. july lD.-The Fourth Cf
JULY always brings with IL many un-
happy accompaniments ia the way Of
fites. los 81 life and limb etc. a. fe-
suit ~ overnuch patriotism. but u
should he the most generally observed
% our HOLIDAYS. Fireworks ia the
crowded portions Of cities should he
strictly prohibited. but every city
should have suitable place set apart
for a worthy and harmless display.
PromiscuoOs popping OF fire crackers
aud the thousand and enc kinds Of
small cclnbus.ibleS ought nos 10 he ia
tue city limits where heavy loss by
fire il liable To result In Chicago,
every wear ,heTe l. . weighty maui;es-
o. issued declaring the explosion Of
fireworks in the city limits 10 he IN
lawful, aud every year there j. just
as much or even nlcre iire-
works let off within the limits as IL no
such order We're issued. This Of course
is wrong for il * positively hnrtful 10
al concerned 10 have even the slight
s=sl law disoaeyed. Most emphatiCally
there should be provided suitable
places FOR the safe display OF pyrolech-
mics. liz thst event There would he
more thorough enjoyment Of the day
by every body. As ID i hundreds OF
owners Of residences and nauufac-
tories In particular, which are deserted
on holidays, and therefore more liable
To suffer. look forward 10 the natal day
OF the nation with grave fears tina;
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part Of careless patriotic celebration.
Taeie ought 10 be more legal holidays
and there also ought to he better pre-
paralton for their observance.
JOURNALISTIC LIBEL.
The Chicago Herald Is again IN hot
water. From the great number Of
scrapes of this kind into which this
paper has gotten itself one nj dis
lance might think that the freedom Of
the press OF Chicsgo is a hollow mock
cry. but, ON the contrary, il is IA fact
that there is no city in the world
where the press enjoys wider latitude.
Hence, when paper j. arraigned for
q libel, there is generally not only
something, but good deal in ii.
In the libel suit Of a PROM
inent merchant against tine.
pape. above named, the plaintiff was
given SIS .ool damages. The merchant
straightway made proposition 10 the
newspaper 10 settle the whole matter
by each, the merchant and the paper,
placing in bank the sum OF $500 to
be given 10 some worthy charity. This
was rather "a novel way of eompro-
missing as il would have cost the plain
TIT a much as the defendant In the
case, but it was a good way However
an appeal has been taken by the de-
PENDANT and the judgment may not be
sustained.
PANICEY PORK.
The provision market has been on
the downgrade at lively rate. Stcc-
u'aiion has been rampant lor some
time, and there i no attention what.
ever paid to the old laws Of supply
ana demand. Mess pork declined 81
per barre! IN day aHd on Monday
prices were Sl.S0 lower than on Men
day, while the prices Of hogs were not
more than ten or Fifteen cents lower.
This of course is AN extraordinary
state OF affairs. but the great question
now Is what viii come OF il ali? 1t Is
ssid that some of the most powerful
operators are feeling keenIy this
sudden break and il j. a fact THAT the
trade has rarely been in more unset
tied state than IL is ut present. The
great bugbear now Is the yellow fever
scare IN the South, whence gees much
ct the hog product manufactured here.
The supplies of hogs are in excess OF
general expectations, aud there exists
rather a widespread opinion that heavy
reductions must be made from cur
rent rates. Certainly the way proyis-
ions are selling ON the beard Of trade
good hogs should sell at about fifty
cents per hundred less than current
prices.
To-day mess pork declined ninety
cents per barrel again, and live hogs
declined IN prices about thirty cents
per loo POUNDS.
IL will be a glorious thing for the
country if laws can ever be PASSED.
making II misdemeanor to niauipu
late The price of food materials i'm any
way. There should be no laws 10 con-
troi The grain aud provision markets.
except those OF supply and demand.
but y can be no more than idleness 10
speculate even upon sneh e consanlYna-
-lon SO devoutly 10 be- wished.
ANII-NONoPoLY.
The anti-monopolists have rner.
Alnong other things they wanted IA
10, was 10 organize a new political
larty. Doubtless that was Que of the
'biei reasons for selecting this plac,
hleago Is pre-eminently the rlace for
tarting new wrinkles Ii amy.
hing new cannot be started in eli.
ago, then there is not much use try
ny
10 SFAgf IT.
Miss Lillian NVhf,ir,s,
y the editorial staff Of the Bosion
fafttfer ana correspondent for the
5tobe- Democrat, once ssii tl,si ..,vsy,.
::o9dy with 3 mission coine- 10 Boston
ne ely OF culcllaw vii have ~ IA.
lhe some OF that honor with the Gar
len Cty, for there SURELY cau.
'ot pe more lransssensIentei
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