New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-31
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"a elevated into an upper story, and empt'ea no ors
OF the twelve weighing bins whence the gram "a
drawn through trougbs into such bins a. may De d.
reoted. The weighing floor has twelve OF thess
weighing bins and is Of itref great curiosity The
extent of the facilities Tor handling grain may be IN,
ferres from the fact that at one of these house,
Summer they unloaded in one day two hunaneS o anu
Thirty xix car loads Of grain, making some oO'Vo
90 0O0 bushels II said that by using tnreo sols VI
hands eight hours each, each of these houses Nl'i
unload 10000 bushels in day, and, II Necessary
~ put that amount in vessels iGr iso al ,ua;,Had
and when il il loaded into vessels the elevators again
raise il into the weighing birs whence conducted
into the vessels at the wharf on su1 Iu'sie
can ha oh,sined in th iutermnably fla country. The
lake wiz Of course is alwsys dne, and not unfrequent-
Iy f,om so 10 100 vessels in sight at tins.
Wben the atmosphere s clear, by the phenomenon Of
,oir.gs Won can see Michigan City, 20 miles distant.
The value Of property have the Cocsgo money.
oisssse, you ses-iD the immediate vicinity Of tue
warehouses of Mr.. Sturaes is immense. North there
open space bordering the lake and belonging
TO Mr.. VIM IL. Ogden which ia valued at more than
million Of dollars ssy with Chicago largeness
Of spe@ch) two millions. That piece of land, with
ago could have been bought for $40 an acre This is
30 advance which cannot be exceeded 10 any city in
the world.
Another piece of wharf property few years ago
$50. He offered go, and finally they agreed to toss
up copper whether they should split the difference
or the man retain his property The lot decided that
the should retsin his eighty dollar marsh which
be has sold not long since for some $40 900 $50 900
The fremont House stands in the very heart Of the
city sm told that Mr.. Crouch, TO whose heirs the
property now belongs, was an unfortunate tailor to
whom some gentleman presented plat of ground
on which the fremont House now stands. That wa
not over twenty years ago, but that very land
worth 81 800 a foot, and the unfortunate tailor re
Gently died leaving estate which brings in in
come If from $50 900 to $50, 900 year am told
that when Mr. Crouch put up the fremont House, h
was regarded as crazy, because it thought tina
no amount Of travel could be expected which woul
sustain such house. The event showed that Mr.
C.s judgment better than that of his nsighbors.
Before his death he wished 10 tear away the presen
building ard put up another that should vie with tbs
great hotels Of Newiork. In order to do this, it wa
tecssaTy buy the lease he had made 10 the present
proprietors ard he offered for it the of $1,000
which refused. merely state the fact 70 show
bow things have pushed along in this place.
While passing around the city with gentleman who
is intimately acquainted with it, he called my atten-
tcn to magnificent block OF buildings which for.
merly were in charge Of lawyer who was pronounced
by Heary Clay to be the most promising young man
of the North West. His habits irregular, aud
not three years ago 10 one of these fits he leased lot
of land OF 100 front by $50 10 depth, and corner
lot that. He leased for 999 years. renewable for
ever, for 81 200 year and the taxes That land Is
now worth 81 200 foot, if not more, or $l2OO The
lessees Of that property sold 1t tor bonus OF 1000.
Last Fail Of the eight stores in that block was
held at rent Of 49, OOO but the hard times iuced it
TO tie more moderate sum oil SJ,UUU. III Is singular
fact ard magnificent lecture the benefits OF tenn
peraDce rather the perls OF ntemperance, even to
men Of the brightest gifts.
II is not five years since gentleman passed through
this city, who stated the fact that he was offered one
hundred of land in the heart of the city, for
the horse saddle and bride which constituted his
travelling outfit, less than thirty years ago That
property ia now worth millions of d9lsrs
The General Assembly voted this morning to accept
the invitation Of the Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany to make excursion Saturday next as far as
Crbans. The distance is about 100 miles. The re-
msiring part of the morning session consumed in
hearing remarks from the members OF Assembly on
the Iowa divorce case The general drift is against
the principal parties implicated. The main difficulty
seems TO be in what is deemed the defective point in
the evidence on the strength Of which the woman
gained the divorce. The alleged ntemperance and
brutality Of her husband took place in Massachusetts
which State she left for Iowa. where the divorce was
obtsiped. Even then the only evidence of mstreat-
ment from her husband her own affidavit. 10
comply with the forms of the Iowa law, two persons
who knew nothing of the case but what she told Them
xass afdsvits that they believed the facts to BE- as
she represented them. On this very insufficient evil
dence the Court decreed the divorce.
Perhaps the doctors may throw more hight on the
subject but things nov look toward Il condemnation
of the minister who married the woman thus divorced.
The Rev. Dr. Jacob Little of Granville, ONO,
preached the Home Missionary this afternoon.
1t WAS a very characteristic and delightful sermon,
and was received with great satisfaction by his aud
iepce.
After this service the Assembly resumed the con-
alteration Of the divorce case from Iowa.
TIE Communion is TO be administered this evening
in the First Presbyterian Church.