The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-06-27
OUR CHICAGO LETTER,
CHICAGo June % 1887

CHtCAGO, y uno 70, 1901.
EDS TRIBUNE
| The most generally interesting event of
| the past week has been the state Billiard
Tournament which is as yet only about
two thirds completed. IF one may jndge
at all from the number of Spectators con-
/ stantiy present at the matches. from the
great amount of space accorded to the
subject in all the morning papers and the
general prevalence of interest In the pub
| lie mind concerning the cham pionship,
one must believe that we as people have
a peculiar enthusiasm for the game to
even a greater degree than for what is
denominated our national game" of
base And we would, especially in
weather such as this, when the mercury
mounts to go In the shade. 1t does
seem an absurdity to rush around sun
burned fields after the balls, to Jump
high in air to catch balls, to make appai-
ling blows with club to set balls in mo-
tlon, IN such a temperature sensible is
he who prefers a cool room, the very
moderate exercise of the billiard table
The chances for the champion cue are
almost even between Yer Meulen, Rhines
and Honahan. Yer Meulen is a very
little ahead. The match game will prob
ably continue three days more.
| Our Board of Public Works opened
yesterday, eighteen bids for the compile
ton Of the Washington street tunnel
ranging from 1885, ,00G to 600, 900 but
! have as yet made no award. The one
most favored appeared to be for the con
struction of a huge iron tube twenty-five
feet iii width by nineteen in height, ac-
cerding 10 the proposals of a firm from
Allegheny. Pa. This it is calculated will
cost $30o0 600. 1t really seems to be the
most practical mode and most secure
against accident which could be devised.
As this is Sunday [ suppose it would
be the proper thing for me to give vou a
modicum of religious news. Masonry
and Christianity have in reality never
had any dividing line between them
worthy OF notice, bnt the imaginary line
even that drawn by few sects or indi-
viduals is rapidly melting away. AS an
evidence of this progress, | have to re-
cord the fact that it has been arranged
| that the corner stone of new church,
which is to grace our city, will be laid in
a short time with Masonic &c. e.eilonies,
in due and ancient form. The Church
thus to be honored is to be erected by the
First Unitarian Society, of which Rev.
Robt. Cnilyer is pastor, and will be locat-
ed on the corner OF North Dearborn and
Whitney Streets 1t Is intended that it
shall be one of the handsomest in the
city. a new Presbyterian Church and
Chapel at the Stock Yards are being de-
dicated to-day. The Sunday evening
services by the Liberal Christian League
have been removed fron. the Opera
House TO Library formerly Metropolitan
Hall. Arlington Minstrel Hall is made
| the theatre now for two Sunday perform
ances by Mr. Wilson. spiritualist
seer and delineator' Billy Arlington
calls himself a 'delineator' and thereby
somewhat confused my ideas of what the
gay Wilson intends to mean
A funny incident occurred here yester-
day in the arrest OF chap from Ohio, on
charge of bigamy preferred by his first
wife who lives here He was enticed
here by a story that she had. by inheri-
tance, become possessed of a fortune
which he might Share, and no sooner did
he land in Chicago, than he was clutched
and put in jail. 1t seems strange that
men will be so foolish as to perpetrate
SO easy of attainment and can only attri-
butte 1t to desire to get the best of the
lawyers, which of course the courts will
punish severely. 1
There is talk about town of the es-
tablishment of a new hotel, much grand
| er than any we now have, in the south
ern portion of the city and the talk comes
| from such quarter which satisfies me
that the project is no joke. Such an es-
| tabllshment, run on eastern system would
doubtless be in the highest degree sue
cessful. We pay now more money for
less accommodation at our leading hotels
than is demanded in any other city of the
Union.
Edwin Booth with this coming week
will conclude his engagement aud finish.
The season at McVickers theatre. On
the Sth prox the place will be re-opened
with the grand attractions. of the BLACK
Crook. Woods Museum is running
along or small business and will soon
terminate its season. The new season
here will also open about the Sth prox.
with a new comedy, adapted from the
French especially for this occasion.