Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-08-29
CHICAGO.

The WEhTllEE--POl.ICE CASES-DROWNINt; on
COL. GlLLMoiE--JOHN WENTWORTH BIEAKs
MS lEG-FENlAN rIc-NIc--pEACHEs--
TEsiAN wRtl.-suprLy OF WATER, &c
Mcssrs. Editors. Thinking it probable
You would like to hear from the garden citv
OF the West, ] will write you short Letter
relative TO the state of affairs in this vicinity.
The weather here, for the past three
weeks, has been as perfect as if made ia
order The evenings as beautifully light as
the days have been cool. A fine rain visited
us this morning, and no doubt has occasioned
much pleasanness of feeling among the
farmers, as the crops much needed such n
visitation.
Nothing OF very exciting nature las
TRANSFERRED here for sometime The Police
Court has scarcely anything to attend to but
cases oil drunk and disordcrly, and .spctty
larceny go
On Friday evening the 9TH inst, Robt. A.
fillmore, Postmaster of this city went out
on the Lake to test the speed of a new row
boat, which he had recently received from
New York, and was drowned. The row.
boat was found next morning broken in
pieces along the brealiwater, but the bodv
was not recovered until Wednesday the nth
and was buried on Thursday. He was a
colonel IN the army, and since his appoint-
ment to the Post-olice here, he has fulfilled
the duties with ability, and was much beloy-
cd and respected by large circle of iulluen-
tial friends.
John Wentworth, late member Of Con
gress from this district, was thrown from lis
carriage an evening or two since and had his
thigh bone broken. $50
Inc remains had pic-nic on Thursday.
me 18th instant, at Haas Park, which was
attended by nearly all of the Irish in Chica-
go, and was as dsgraceful an affair az has
taken place here for a long time. Drinking.
lighting, stabbng, shooting and gambling
were the pastimes INDUCED in during the
day.
Peaches are in the markets in abundance.
About twenty thousand boxes are sold every
DAY. Inc quality, however, is inferior to
that OF Delaware and Maryland peaches
The boxes hold considerably less than .Ier.
sey baskets. 1t is in the Southern mari of
this State and in the Southern part of Mich
igan that most of the fruit is raised which ia
brought to this MARKET
There has been some talk of making better
use OF The water flowing from the Artesan
well al the western limits of this citv than
allowing it TO flow off into the Chicago river
therefore stockholders of the well have
raised the shalt to the height of eighty feet
above the level of lake Michigan, as an ey-
hibit Of the force of the vein Showing flat
reservoirs could be filled from this source as
readily, and at much less expense than to
pump it by steam from the tunnel to the ex-
IRENE west side Of the city. The water from
the well is excellent for domestic purposes
and in all probability the project will be
carried through by the city Council Al, no dis
tant date. The tunnel works perfectly al.
though worked by the old engines The
new ones are being put up as rapidly ms ms.
sible. tower $50 feet in height il ii nst
completed, inside of which there is A slron@
wrought iron pipe extending to The IN |
height Of the tower. The water il IN 'I Ia
forced, first up into this pipe and the weigh
OF the water in the pipe, will assist rr,.,ilv
IN forcing the water into the reservnir,
throughout the city. 80
The work on Douglass Monument M,
crosses very slowly, there having been II Int
TWO tier OF stone laid since the LAYING of tbc
corner stone last fall. Isuppose ihe iiflicul-
" is want of funds" ANY lhing of interest
occurring will inform you.
~. Yours truly, nj. G.
chicago, August 10th, 1867.