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via the lakes. Capt. Bigalow, of the o. 8
. steamer Michigan, Invited them to TAXI
apleasHre trip in his steamer, thus, as the
TRIBUNE Ea;d, leaving the commercial ma
flne Of the lake without that assistance
: which the steamer was intended to afford. II
In consequence of the strIeturcs upou Can't.
b'selow's conduct in the TRIBUNE, that zen,
aeman became very Wroth, and finally dis.
patched bis Lieutenant (Crosaman) with q
! challenge to the editor {Mt. stewart), to
J meet him In deadly strife, or In the Ian.
; gusge Of the code dueUo, "to demand such
satisfaction Is was recognized by
; gentleman of honor,' s'that he was read7
to fight as We might prescribe, and that Il
VIC desired to esade such an issue. bv n1eed
ing the illegality of It, he was ready to pro.
ceed to any other State, or Canada, At anv
time; that should ne refuse to settle the
affair In That manner, he would attack us IN
the street, or elsewhere, aud infllct sues
punishment as he deemed our otfeuse do.
served" The editor replied to Lieutenant
C1ossnan, that "the proposition to shoot
Captain bsgelo", Or to be ehot By him. ac-
cordirg to the rules governing gentlemen.
Was modestiy a2d respectfully declined. ii
aud that he "eou1d adopt the alternative of
attacking us On the street, or elsewhere. if
be desired to do go; that VIC would neither
seek to meet nor ayoId him; and that we
had never been whipped, and never ernectea
to be-" The editor gave the captain n 40.
we're skinning, and then dropped him and
that VAS the end Of it,
| AR. FOWLER RET1REs.
Mr. Fowler had only been nomtpaIlr con.
nected with the TRIBUNE for more than n
year previous to July Is, 1854, bis hea1tb
preventing his attendance upon the dutjes
!. Of his Iosltion- On that dey hls name waa
taken from the head Of the paper as publish-
er, and 7. L. Stewards substituted therefor
and the firm was styled "T. A. Stewart =
Co., Publishers"
ASSOCIATE PRESS DISPATCHES.
IN the I'd Of November, 1854, On arranpe-
ment was entered into BY the Press of th,.
elty with the Associate Press Of the East
efn cities, under which arrangement all the
telegEapmc dispatches which appeared In TIM
papers Of the Eastern cities, would annear
me same morning in orr city papers, and
thus the Associate Press system Of dIa.
patches were inaugurated In this civ and
mas been maintained up to this tiue,
ENLARGED.
january, 1856, the then bsoal dImena,ona
OF the DA1LT TRIBUNE were extended hr
adding column to each page and lenptbcn.
Ing the columns. The dsncoaIone IF tha
shect when enlarged were 81 BY so inches
being equal in eize to the iorge.s
1nu1nala 10, Of tho great metropolis
Ine enlargement became neccssorv
IN order that Justice might be done both to
advertisers and readers. In maktnr tbts 1,,-
pfo7emcnt, the editor gives briet retrosocc
Tive history Of the enterprise: s'The Tg1nuvr
was projected 10 April, 1871, aud the nros.
pectus WAS written md printed br +ha
present ecnior proprietor and editor. WIN
was at that time Publisher aud editor or +hs
Gem q TIE PfafTit, +" a weekly pauer nnh.
lssheu In thts city. The first puo1bar of tha
1AlnCSE Wss Issued June 10, 1847. and m4t
Win great favor. It was tndepenlent md
oatspoken on all political subjects. esneci,l.
i against 1ntcmperance, Slavery and Lana
Monopoly, and was intended to meet tho
wants OF large portion OF the cltIzons or
the place, whose opinions on tl.sa snbtpcta
were well defined, It continued to ocsn,v
that position until June, 1857, when the pro-
pr,etofshlr was changed, the p.pcr ereat1y
en4atee"' ana IT became supporter of tnc
electloh CT Ten Scott. The conservative
and negative tone which It, assumed. In
lts new position, on all subjects exe.n.
such as related directly to party, was cy,.
oently not Satisfactory to the public. for a
very large portion Of Its readers became
ahenaseo, and the subscription list was a1-
most entirely changed within the year, In
july leos, the publisher and proprietor was
compelled to leave the city on account Of Ill
labor. mental and rhvs,o,1 .-S,- 'onate
compelled to perform Tha naner than ~ -.."os no"
to the presen: propristors ond ~ oaea e.a
sumcd q more posltiye characto- W:.,:.
three months, It's subscrintion 1;st Ind r,.a,.
II changed, having lost several ,rns.aa
loon and Catholic eunscr,hors s.a ss,atI, e
4 rreater number ~ a 1n" a,', "ua uo'a,peo
acter Exn+r;enc. uss''aois Guar
wh,le Il IA mnch oo,;a. =. ol' proved taat
croaue the ,,nuhe. ~ ~ 4osoen tnaa ~ in'
~ . ,,ano. sa ~ ~ leaaefa aud supporters
~. ~" puoAs Will properly apprcci-
a'e anu snstaln journal that is Independent |
In tone, and bold ar mn advooato - uh,...-
and conservator Of puplis moral;t,
Since the change now lesa thor a,,h+oo,, |
mopthe. thc cIrcr,at1o. - ~, @A Te W"
rncrc,aas ,..o- .. - tn' AHtstSk mas
Ita ~nt,,a a,..''t., HUNDRED coples' aud
vuo,-s.>,r ,..- on"5s 20 ~" t"o
ron,<s ara " no"pAAo AND F1FTf'r*o
NV o,,,a- .,- eI Iaeins more rapidly than at {
O' LUG elnee II was established
n. re."' tAA1a PROM CAIRO.
As, oaaaaF} y, 1876. the 6rst train r
=, sass '.on ea'ro' va Illinois Central and =
.,',I! ~ NJ nasosa ~ Railroads, reached :
t..ss ms. .'. aue s'ae consumed in the trip was
W., 49, ~ ~, Auo UNI hours> cspt. G Cald- :
WA ~ 'ne eoaouctor.
IT.. 1sftAoSfAL-
as 11.neSE' from tbc start, was an ad.
- 49, VI 4en1fe1aace' no less SO to-day than :
~ tteslous nouf Of its history. On the |
reofoatS' loao, several temperance
:. a'lope 49, IN tnls city met and passed
,,-... enootstng Ill: course Of the TR1-
e. ~ earnest supporter OF their cause. =
eve the follo"lng IS specimen Of the =
- eosuaons" II was passed unanimously bY
~ oa1aen City OiV1s1on, NO. IL, Sons Of y
peaance:
nbir<4 81 Inat nc soo!e sl9na takon upon the
be cH1c4ao Ta1uxz. II fuch Is meets the bs:rtx
fb' =, and wsEmsss sJmo1thy Of he msmbe1s .,
fnse Of he 9ioAn Vii command onr " nn;ssd Fess
fooat1on and support -
xsw FIRM. :
on tho 18th Of June, 1855. Mr. TIMOTHY =.
RiaHT, who had been q Silent partner In - -
ae pforristorship OF the TRIBUNE. essuned r.
general partnership; and hR, JOSEPH ME-. =
Ill OF Cleveland, Ohio, also purchased IN