The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-14

A PEEP AT CHICAGO.


Chicago just to see how the thing looks
took nice lower berth in the sleeping
car, middle of car, slept sound woke up in
Chicago, feeling good went to the Briggs
House great many people from this region
go there if you want to find anybody from
this part of the state, or from Iowa, go to
the Briggs nice house, just raised to the
high grade and wholly reconstructed, new
rooms, new paper, paint, &e., &C., new furni-,
ture, and every possible accommodation for
ladies and gentlemen 2; luxurious table with
every deicacy, and walters of the best kind
NICE clean, soft beds plenty of clean soft
water, and the best drinking water in the
west. The house is kept in first class style
and guests get the worth of their money
The proprietor is B. II. Skinner, ESQ.,, for
merly the popular keeper of the Metropoli-
tan, and Mr.. George H. French, who was
one of the original proprietors of the Briggs,
and has been there since it was first opened,
is the general superintendent. Everybody
knows George French-one of the most
obliging and attentive men to be found any
where. The cashier is w. F. Wentworth,
Esq, just elected city treasurer for the city
of Chicago. Mr.. Wentworth has been at the
Briggs for over nine years and is favorably
known by all its patrons. The chief clerk is
Mr.. Fred W. Burnham, whose kindly smile
and friendly ways have for nearly nine years
made the Briggs seem home to all who go
there. The democrats wanted to make Fred
an alderman, but he wouldn't consent
Mr.. Charles C. Hilton is also one of
the day clerks, and a right clever fellow
His father is employed at Rock Island Arse
nal, and he has many friends and acquain-
tances here. The principal night clerk is
Sam Skinner, son of the proprietor, and as
fine a boy as any ambitious father need de-
sire. If you arrive during the nigh, "Sam"
will do the best possible thing for you. All
persons employed at the Briggs know their
place and do their duty to the acceptance of
the public.
Connected with the house is splendid
billiard room; an excellent BARRIERS saloon,
bath house, drinking saloon, cigar store,
news stand, gents clothing store, hat store,
&C., &C., and guests need not go off the
block to find almost anything they want
We always stop at the Briggs and advise all
our friends to go there.
Sunday we attended church with Fred
Burnham-commonly called Father Dali
mems Church, but really the Jesuit's Church,
the largest church in the United States, and
a splendid edifce. Our readers will remem-
Der description of this church, published
in this paper, some weeks ago. and of the
wonderful success of Father Daimen, in his
parish in Chicago We visited his immense
school buildings, with rooms for over 5000
pupils and not room enough for all. In one
of these buildings is a hall which seats 1000
persons, used for public examinations, fairs,
festivals, &C., &c.
We also took look at Chicago generally,
from the stock yards to the extreme northern
linits-we found it immensely spread out
covering nearly all the prairie round about
enormous stores, magnificent residences
huge elevators, great factories, enormous
printing establishments, immense hotels, fine
churches, wonderful railroad depots, greatly
improved streets. and network of horse
railroads all over the city.
Chicago is a great place, greater than il
looks on the map, and with some cleaning
up at Bridgeport, and in and about the riv.
er, and an improved harbor, and a canal TIC
Rock. Island, it will be place of some
business and considerable comfort
In fact we intend to take up our resi-
dence there just as soon as somebody will
buy the ARGUS printing concern. A good
many professional and business men have
already gone there from Rock Island-that's
the reason Rock Island don't grow faster.
Among the lawyers we remember Judge
Wilkinson, Joseph Knox, Charles FL. Reed
j. j. Beardsley, R. w. Smith, c. NJ. Hardy
several physicians have also gone there, but
we now remember only DIR. VIM. A. Knox
Among the business men may be named B
Loewenthal, G. NJ. Knox, George Fl. Knox
John W. Gregg, Henry A. Porter, and
many others.
Monday evening we went to McVicker's to