The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-04-26
From Chicago to Burlington.

Especial Correspondence the ohumwa Courierl
should have written letter from Chica-
60, but the fact is I was "follering around
town" all the while, and did not get time,
hardly. to saw my prayers, as that war of
Henry County, my good friend BERGMAN, so
piouslv said during the last campaign.
Chicago is the finest place for the ohser-
vation of feminine ankles ever saw. think
there are at least two thousand masculineS
who make this their business The upstairs
and the downstairs pavemcntS arc admirably
calculated TO make it pay. But the day OF
these things will soon pass away forever.
more, and the buildings now below grade
will soon be up. 1t is astonishing to see
whole blocks of buildings placed on giant
stills, as it were. and raised up, bodily, five
or six feet without the displacement Of a
brick, the breaking of window, or the stop
ping of business within. By means Of the
practical application of science; a few men
can take hold Of immense buildings and lift
them as easily as a child can raise it's arm.
There is always good deal at Chicago to
Interest and amuSe gentleman from the ru-
raj districts went into McTicker's thea
ire. one evening. "Tho Rctribution" was
the piece performed, in which Mrs. Barrow
acted the principal female character. Her
name is n great msnomer, for more in1u-
bitable bore I never saw or heard. The
theatre is a fine building, however, and the
manager succeeds well as a general thing in
pleasing the theatre going Chicagonians, so
am told
OF course you will print the description
Of the great Wigwam which is being built
for the CoHvcntion, as it appeared in the
Press and Tri5unp The building will hold
ten thousand people. and. when "ram Jam
mlr' thousand or so more TSee first pg. !
But will tell about Chicago matters more
particularly when | write again When
left there, yesterday morning, the great theme
Of conversation, next to Heenan and Savers
was the Charleston Convention Many bets
were made on Douglas. IN 90 the punch
yet that he will be whipped out.
The country through which the Chicago
and Burlington railroad passes is one of the
finest in the world. The towns md villages
are all improving ranidlv. and the country,
generally is advancing rapidly in substantial
progress. The road does very large bust
ness, and must continue to do so, so long as
It is so efficiently managed as it is now
Having larger means at command. being in
all respects well equipped, and having men
Of the best business capacity as its officers,
this line must remain the best thorougfare to
the east for many years TO come The gen'l
agent here, Mr.. David Remck, is well
known all over Iowa, and has the confidence
of all our business and stock mon. as every
body knows. The conductors whom 7 have
met on the road cannot be beaten. They
are Mead, Littleiohn Eastman and Towne.
all good fellows and frStrate officers. Next
to "Kale Baldwin" Towne is the best story
teller 7 know of. Long may he and "alI of
EN-" wave.
shall be here dav or two, stopping at
the Barrett House, which. by the way, is one
Of the best in the Mississippi Valley. Mr..
Deming, sr, and his two sons know how to
keep number one house, and they always
do it. They have host of friends, among
whom always consider LISKENsAlE.
Burlington. oath April, 60