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7Eis was the f1tt Introduction OF the rai,-
road system into Chicago. How it has
spread, spd Whit it has done for Chicago, is
Known 10 all.
On ths: a1st ot August. eleven daya after,
The TRIBUNE published congratulaso1y
article, also, If We recoliect Alright, written
by Mr., Ogden, stating that the corporation
had met with success beyond their anttcl.
Iat,one, In tee 6mou1t Of subscriptions
whicc Eao been reccletd to the ca1 1itsl stock.
CONTINENT
On ite 2Sa Of Au:ust+ 8 BEAUTIFUL top-sail
scheontr OF 1so toHs, "as launched fran tie
slips ard of Cnpt.iu Allen. and she was
c},isfersd s. TRIBUNE" She was owusl ty
G. T. Fnster, J. n. Davidson, G. II. uisgin-
SOL and CAPT Reed, her comm1 1ndcr- This
Vae intended as complimentary t'lonte to
the cha. .acter Of the TRIBUNE.
MERCHANTS EXCHANGE
Or the It" of s. September, the subject Ct q
Merchants Exchange or Ro:rd Of Trade Was
! first discussed in the TRIBUNE, the writer
| believing that tie hnsiness Of the city would
! iuttity the 1ornatiun OF such IN organiz at!on
| or iI 6titutior.
AN -N-IDExT
| At The period Of y htcL we arc writing, ,oue.
snd prtmincnr s:urce Of intelligence from
tic outside world, was St Louis. The most
attrscstve fsld ct news was Mexico, as the
var With that disturbed and unhappy coun-
try Us then H. tnll blast The latest intel
ligencc from that field Of operations almost
/ invariably csme mp the Mississippi to ST.
! LcEis, and thence up the Illinois river to L..
; ss]le, and thence to Chicago By st2ge, the
! Illinois aid Michigan Canal not haviug yet
been completed. As bearing si.ntfcaut
relation to tho ADORE facts, IN incident has
! Lex. relascd to Us BY an old citiztu, which
will certainly be regarded By all
Who know the parties Us charac.
! tcristic if nul trua It. trarsp;red
aeou. the time Ct the fret apIeiaucc cf the
CHICAGO TE:Du1IE- ALFRED DurCu uuu
JoHN WENTWORTH, Published rival daily
papsrs-Ch.ca9o Democrat and CAiea5o Con-
! stte;dl 4aGrc7tf>,T. These rival editors els.
! 11a.ed what as regarded then, as ren3rka-
| bic spirit end activity IL their humbic way
!; in ubtaint: e the latest Intelligence FROM the
war, Which was a1HRYs fmu 3iateiy given to
fbe rtadtrs IN e24ras 4 gentleman who
caDe rp from st LOUIS one daJ, by river
atc staec, brought with lin paaet from
that city, containiEg z late a.d Important
usg from the scat Of VIII. This gc1tlenan
vas the friend Of Mr. DC1cu, and determin.
ed to make him the exclusive recipient Of
tic meas. His house, however, was Tot In
the direction OF Mr. DGTcn's Office, and he
bsILed the St. Louis paper TO a friend, *ho
waR to pass TINT way, to. give Into Mr..
DUTCu'5 hand, This friend had no pcrsoual
Acquaintance with Tie rival editors. AT the
hotel be r. ct Mr.. NrS7woRTH aud tue litter
euspectlng be waE a passenger from ST.
Lonis, asked II sueh was not tue fsct, and if
he had a late St. Louis paper. The gentle
nsn responded thst he Has from that city,
and han 1aFe paper; and then asked him If
Re was Mr. Durcu The Colonel @smelt
MICE" and replied that he Was that came
map. The valuable newspaper was handed
him and an extra Democrat soon made its
s,pca1ance, which sold like hot cakes.
GEM OF TIE PRAIRIE.
From The commencement Of the DAILY
TElurSE, the Gan ef the Psz:rie was made
up from it. and wss recognized as the weekly
iseue. 1t was then printed in folio form,
same rs the DA11T TRIBUNE, but ON the Ilth
of December. it 1" made up' in quarto shape,
and so cont;upcd until the WEEKLY TR1pCSE
Il ok its .lacr, of which more hereafter.
n,c c1,cu.sr or WHEAT
Tne n4rrr Tn1nrsr. of Friday n,or1fne.
o,r,+o,,hnr a. -rcc-de tbe nnrc1,ea t,f A..
~ s'I,.,.7 a.,, ,;-<< 2,t-7,~<7 },nzhe,s ~ -ho,t
.:,t<. - .,,-,,ot ~, I'm waa-nsd,r
,.,n:,e ~ .hs h,'1sa of H.,>,oxn T:Inr. g.
60 a. 4 char 1cterixes 1t as the largest pur-
cbsee Ever made By tipnle houRe in ono day
in Chicago. Tic price ranged from CD to 90
celts- Most OF 1t was shipped The same day
for the East.
noEsE nAc1SG'
Or the Stu Of OCTOBER an advertisement
Wis sert 70 Tie TRIBUNE, WITH Inc money
toIay Tor !! enclosed, esang notice OF
horse race to take pace, oa wager: Fhe
editor ackno"Ieoges luz fecslpt el Tue
money, aba aoFei.'7ela,u.' "us fesu'o. 'ne'n
10 the fenatr' 81, lnE% snA' ao1se 1sc1ns Oh
the whe le, Is a Dad cus'ness7-tnae II neither
sane 1t ana aceonpasuts ans sooo eoa;
while 1e- e'ns WINCH a''eau II a'e ssre'' anu
nat itest' .
PROGRESS
Ja1'unrg ], 1915, the editors OF tue if1buSk
congratulated their friends that although tne
TH1puSr, little over e'1 montns previous,
had been conmenc:o na1uH "4sa eat1at
Of Industry and Hope "'tn occas.oua'
mtegi7;nes as to the result, aoa an holoine
eepee Of the disproportton between onr o"a
capacities and the lnnense aud neseE-ena-
lug work hrfore ue' and althouga me oa'ue
Lad hut just begun, we nave acasesea anea
uessure Of SUCCESS as to Keep aS IN work
Ing condition"
FIRST TELEGRAPH
Tic fret magnetic telegraph line estab.
l,ehed IL Chicsgo was the Erie and Michigan.
Il commenced working between Chicago
ara Milwaukee on tie 18th Of January, 1913.
The following e is the first dfspstch sent over
the line, It came from Milwaukee,:
s.btr Cp4xEn send, his ccr iiai greeting to
H.. 1,,.,,,en of the rress of Chicago. aud
W. 1r,7,-a1,ta,, .,,5 f,hir,rn ara