The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-08-22
OR CHICAGO LETTER.

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, once week for a half hours gossip witt
; you and your readers when I have any
thing to say or any news to inlpart, bu
somehow, everything is SO duh to-day
that like the school boy, under peculiarly
trying circumstances, Il haint got moth
itE to say. If were farmer I sup
pose that | should enjoy this weather, bu;
thank heaven m rot, and as / have nc
other harvest to get in than one promised
me by colporteur the other day in the
tcheertul quotation those who SOW the
wind shall reap the whirlwlnd, / don {
need SO hot sun to get IN my CROP
News from the country console me how
ever Kural persons say that the pro
spects for crops are positively Immense
and one may we'll imagine them to be SO
from the amounts of grain already receiv-
ed. On Friday last 1854 bushels of
wheat were received, a cheering fact
when compared with the IA, COS bushels
received on the corresponding day OF last
year. All the banks here have been
drained Of their currency for country use
and there is every indication that when
the business rush does commence this
fall we will have q season OF unparalleled
0Itlylty. That constlnlmatlon decoutly
to be wished is still, however, in future
and there seems to s'e general stagna-
ton Of almost every department Of com
merclal life, for the time being.
Base Ball has made another conquest.
Our Aldermen have bowed down before
him. Yesterday they played multi:
game-awfuliy muffin. Unhappy crca-
lures, some of their number didn't come
to time aud they tilledin with outsiders
who knew more about the game than
they did, the result of which was that
they were kept constantly quilting about
the field after balls doing precious
little batting and very poor what there
was of it. 1t was very funny for
the lockers on bat rough Oh the Alder
men. BY the way, viii it be no deroga-
ton from the dignity and character oi the
repotorial and editorial nine, who pro-
pose to play with the Excesiols on Sat
urday next for the possession of the
''Pecatonica horn, to indulge in this
game after it has been adopted by the
Aldermen | raise this question of dig
nifty and character, because after Charley
Randolphs attempt the other day to eS-
tab!ish as "a fact his assumption that our
Board Of Trade had character | regard
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of Bohemians. Randolph on the ocea
sion of the boardresolying- to fight the
law against gambling in grain, snatched
| the opportunity for making a speech, and
protested loudly and earnestly against
| the members Of the Board being denon-
mated ''scaipers and ;'grubbers" and
press speaking of their operations of
1 Il,
/ i:Hg and was Indignant at the phrase
applied to Sauisri.rrtt h.at he had pass
| ed in his chip and quiz tic saiut 81
these things, he thought dettacted from
/ The dignity and character of the Board
and prevented its being sufficiently re-
| Spected. This may all sound TO you Ike
a joke but ! assure yoa it Is earnest and
the Board rather likes the idea vi being
! respected.
The new. contractors for the Washing
ton street tunnel are pushing the work
| forward with d yigor and system which
angur well for its completion in much less
| than the stipulated time Commencing
a, the beginning. they have lowered the
grade from Franklin street to the mouth
of the tunnel and walled it up dis fast aS
the excavation has been made, intending
30 complete itas they 90. At Market
street the bottom Of their cut is twenty
| feet below the street level. tn very
short time they will reach the debris Of
the Old works, which iaIl in some months
sinac and after clearing that away will
commence going through the river bed.
| \ great Improvement has, by the way,
been affected IN the condition OF the riv
er. 1t is no longer such Il horrible niass
I I Ill = r y
pumping experiment but there Is still
room for further Improvement. Our
lstreets, alleys and back -yartis also have
undergone materia! change for the bet
ter, thanks to the indefatigabe effects OF
our new Boafd Of Health and their com
petent sanitary Inspectors. Even the
Armory has been improved i'll its condl-
ton and strong Imagination mighty
comparison with the paSt-fancy Wells
street blooming as the rose. The sea
son thus far has been one of remarAatle
freedom from epidemic diseases. We
had one little brush with the smallpox
and it has not even yet been wholly eraG-
! icatt.d Thirty iiiue cases were reported tins
past week. but it has never attained even
portion of the magnitude OF the choio.
fera ravages last yeaT. The number OF
deaths last week was nlnety-eight less
than in the corresponding week OF last
year. 80.
/ Not a divorce case was on IN any OF the
Chicago courts Oh Friday OF this week.
An extension of the Sherman House,
covering two lots, Is being com pieted.
| It Is stated III morning paper that less
| than twenty years ago these lots were
sold for 81 900 each in trade, now they
have been bought back for the purpose
of this erection for the handsome sum OF
$50, 900. s.sasuf te
The continual progress OF western
manufactures and the encouragemeht
/ given to new enterprises have developed
in this city large establishment tor the
carrying on of a peculiar line OF business
which it has hitherto been deeemed al
most impossible to conduct successfully
except in Europe or the east, allude to
| the great chemical works of A. II. Gran
ger, & Co, at Nos. 206, POS AND 30
| Illinois street, where are manufactured
almost all chemicals and drugs except
| fluid extracts together with vast quah,
titles of perfumes OF, such delicate and
delicious odors that they are already the
f.vorites with our fashionables IN prefer
ence to the imported goods which have
hitherto been in chiefest demand. The
firm determined to build up their busi-
ness upon a solid basis, take the utmost
care in all their preparations, so that
their goods are for strength and purity,
even superior to those of Eastern make
and fully equal to the best of French and
/ English manufacture One of their great
features, Of sufficient Importance almost
to be deemed a specially, is their list OF
Aavorng essences, oils and extracts. A
trial of their goods viii be found their
best recommendation. 'n
1t is rumored in financial circles that a
new bank is about to be started here
very shortly. I have not yet Jeen able
Ito learn who are the .nroiec.nrs and In