, 1859-01-04
Chicago for 1883.

commercial community u individuals aud ss
whole have Any desire to convince the business
circles Of other ciies, the capitalists at the east
and touth, th t the terms "bubble," !" mush-
room" "v.por," have no application to the
sure and generous springs Of cur prosperity, or
to the thriving city to which those springs hare
in less than quarter Of ceutusrY giTenr rise, let
them send to their friends and scatter broad
cast through all infected localities the sure anti
dote furnished in our annual Commercial Rtr'sto
for 1855, the most complete and perfect exhibit
Of the commerce and growth Of our city that
has eyer been published in Chicago. We have
struck Of large extra edition and are ready to
ill all orders nj our counting room single or BY
the hundred. in wrappers ready for mailing.
A Day 1t LAKE, FoREsr.-We love to ranb!e
Ia the woods. 4 day amid The grand old oaEs
wakes up thousand pleasant associations Boy
hoods enthusiasm and n1anhood's sober reflection
find there much to interest and instruct. Prompt
cd by this lore Of the woods We left the gay scenes
o. tue new year in tbs city and spent saturday at
Lake Forest. This name still appropriate to this
romantic spot will ere long be appropriate no
more. What the classic Irving calls ''the ruthless
band of modern improvement is making sad hav-
oc with t1e venevah1r o1a forest. and aI,eadY tue
beautiful winding streets begin to show themselves
and tastful dwellings, peer out among lhe trees.
Within the scar good hotel has been finished
WHARF the pleasure seeker will find comfortable
quarters, Since the fist or September much bus
been done. The new academy is flushed and
make. beautiful appearance. It was TO be open
I'd Yesterday. Tie design was by Carter and
Draucr, and the builder YIN. McLoughln, Eeq.
Messrs. Wells L. Brother are building fine
residence for our fellow citizen Dr. c. II. Quin-
Ian Sylrestes Lind, Esq, has residence near
" finished: ", Mclaughlin has fine cottage
residence nearly done. Residences are also I'm.
ished or in process Of erection for Miss Jones,
Geo Batchelder, Il. Samue's and E. Bailg,
Etqrs Mr. Hickey and Mr. Clark are about 10
contract for dwellings, and store is soon to be
pat up. 4 new depot is to be commenced this
week, ind everything nov seems to indicate
that the friends Of Lake Forest really in ear
nest. il expected tnat many more Of our sub
stautiul cit;zens will improve their lots during
the coming summer. The "hard times" have
forced Luke Forest. as everything slss to wait
few months, but With returning prosperity its
progress towards the realization Of the wisely
directed beoeyo1ence in which it originated, can
scarcely fail to be rapid aud most encouraging.
Anoloeiee and excuses are somettmes
imperative, if they are odious. Several
Of cur friends when they saw us, gun
in hapd 1elyiur upou our well known gene
rosi,y. promised themselves q nice venisop
roast On our return. No doub, their excellent
ladies' had their spits all ready aud were waiting
long and sn1iouslY. Now the venison did not
appear, and here urs the REASONS In the first
place tue deer in awe of the foreshado wing dig
nifty Of the grave Doctors Of Divinity, the pru-
dent parsons, the substantial deacons, and the
veter. n saees aud savunts who are soon to re-
pug su'ook 'NeAe 4'4o' M
'e'lreo 10 Tue sa''eJ u .Ne 4 'a'ne' ~ ep'a"
tpe'F 1o5ous ho1'oA,A' wv Sns.e oee' "Ae ~
oe 1oano on ala Luz 'el'''oss " AsAo 'o.ee"
onr SECOND reason 10 'oa1 "e ola no' "'on ~
suojec1 our 1f'eoas - 'ne p"'ns Aua pena'i'se
OF Inc game la"'' 'of "n'' a. 10 W 'Aa. ,e.'
cons'sseos 10" ps1'e19 4esA' .'' 10 . 49,. ~.
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"s hope oof 'f'enoe "1'A app e~3~'o W. Nv
very coReh' reasons LUZ nut eonp5tus "1'u
..e 49, ,,...:.o. ~oa,t,
| Yut here comes up another excuse It was
long AGO settled BY the strictest rules Of logic
aud the principles of science that " q body" VI
| supDoae that meaos an editor, cannot be iu twe
| n,acea At the e,me time and hnnce ve missed
81, ~. ,alt. ~ o,,- todv fr;enda m Nav Year,
d,r o,d 1o,. tbs+ for rs hot rore ara the hrs
| amandav ia -, u,ts an from thu HIGHEST s:umr
| =, rr.;ra.a;t. ,.,I ,w;th hat in hand ond he.
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! DEs7Rcc71Ex FIRE on Souru CLARK 5TRKf7-
Loss $4,000. - About five o'clock festerda.
morning. 4 ire broke out in a row of "oode'
buildings on South Clark, near Polk street. l
was brst discovered at No. 46s. the bakery Q
Jacob Lehman, and hr;sk wind prevailing e1
1enaed me eonna9fsslon rapidly 10 1oe oai'o
1ngs ADJOINING. including touf o. INC" III VI
destruction. Ihe moln building burned "aa
large ah'ee.story frame structure, NO. ALL, oeeT
pied by Becker Dean u stove stofe, WHICH "s
entirely DESTROYED with it's contents. The stot
l o1rznl NJ road I'M nhn nrf d