The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-07-04
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CHICAGO, J une 20, 1867.
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The week has been quite an excitins
one for the young people of this vicinity
1t having been the season of commence
ment In half dozen educational insti
tutops. The Chicago University, the
Northwestern Female Seminery and sew
eral Others wound up their 'sdoins'' In
thesearly part of fhe week, but the Chi
cago Law School ard the High Schoo
were bound to see it out and have been
| the last to crv''enough. / believe that at
some period in my more youthful days,
did la ke some faint degree of interest in
a commencement" but now they seem
to me the most dismaliy stupid things
which ever sadden the heart of repor-
ter. In the ratio of dulness. ten filner-
ais equal one cricket match and twenty
cricket matches equal one commencement
beyond which there is nothing.
Chicago is in no small degree interested
In the trlnmphs achieved by her repre-
sentatlves in the great Paris Exposition
and | take pleasure in noting some of the
awards which will be made on July lst,
IN which our state and city are Interested
They have been announced in advance by
the cable telegraph and are official The
State Of Illinois has been awarded the
highest prize, silver medal, for her dis
p'ay OF cereals. The Board of Public
" ork., Of Chicago have been also award
ed a silver medal for their plans and mo-
dels OF the Great Lake Tunnel Messrs.
Chaplin & Wells take similar prize by
their mode. of Swing Bridge. c. H.
Mccormick Moving Machine takes a
gold medal, and c. Dufield' ''Westpha-
liza Hams have been thought worthy of
a silver medal. It is not at all improb-
able that there may be many additions to
the list before the time specified and it is
very certain that still more would have
gone to our branch of che American De-
partnlent, if the American Commission
had not been an obstinate ass who seemed
to oppose every effort for good on the
part OF the State Commissioners.
j. r. Hosmer Esq, formerly on the
commercial staff Of the Chicago Tribune,
has just assumed control of the destinies
of the Lake Superior Minang Journal,
published at Marquette. He is an able
editor, rare good fellow and has the
best wishes for sncce S of all who knew
him. This fast city Of ours is rapidly
making its influence felt over the world
in new ways and most unexpected chan
nels and our latest triumph is in the rep
utation reflected on us by the fame and
fortune won in the musical world by one
OF our great representative firms, that
of MessFs Root & Ca ", No 81 Washing
ton St. Crosby Opera House. They
have been widely known as the publishers
of nearly all the relly good war music
but are now gainins reputation on still
another by their Issue Of the best book
'of instruction on plan, playing, vocal
music and harmony which has yet been
offered to the public Tl,is valuable work
is the ''.atsical tn rtcale1a By Geo. +.
Root. 1t has received the hi5 hest en-
dorsements from professional people all
over the world AMI has already attained
an almost unpreee lented popularity iii
land, IN competition with ali the
o'dei, works with viii the English mar
ket is filed. Their "ChopeE Ge1sS for
Sunday schools AMI Forest Choir for
Day schools have also been accepted by
the people everywh re, as the best books
Of their kind ever Issued. DoS.