The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-05-23
Our Chicago Letter.
CHICAGO, MAY Goth.

CHICAGO, May Goth.
EDITORS TELEGRAPH:
Yesterday l separated from one of my an
Client landmarks of principle-I went to
church. Usually l do my own services in my
room-it saves putting on ones boots, which is
always BORE but yesterday l ventured forth.
On pleasant Sundays I never go out. Church
audiences then appear in full dress, and man
person like myself gets confused over the many
points of attraction among the various repre-
sentatiyes Of the 'fairer and better present.
But on wet Sunday one has no such trouble.
fThere is slim attendance then, as one might
say ifnot too irreverent, ga beggarly array of
empty boxes and while the droning hum of
the preachers voice is no more exciting than
the distant alarum of mosquito, and one lis
tens without annoyance to even the subdued
snore of the corpulent gentleman in the next
pew, one has leisure to look about and eXpe-
rience little Of that feminine JOY, "n citing the
fashions" don't profess to know much
about such things, but the following facts 1
viii vouch for. The ladies have introduced
a new and quite pretty style of ornamentation
of the bottoms Of their short dresses, since
hoops have gone out of fashion. 1t is a kind
of Hungarian effect, produced by either scol-
Looping deeply or cutting in points the edge of
the garment. Sometimes the effect is heightened
tby wearing two skirts, the outer one l0oped
lup ten or eight inches above the other and of
some dark color, black velvet or maroon for
instance, while the under skirt is of slate col
or and is quilted in ieather-like work down to
the edges Of the scallop. Straight sacques are
oil
mented with black beads and bugles This
bead work has in fact created a positive ma
mia. AS my knowledge of woman's gear is
CLEANED entirely-from superficial observation
| | can't positively say how far bead ornament
| alton goes, but am assured by dolorous mar
rried men that it extends much farther than
! | know or dream of. Since the chgnons were
pronounced on scientific authority mere breed
| ing-places and homes for countless microsco.
| pical "gregarines," the dear creatures (the
| chignon wearers and not the gregarines) out
of sheer obstinacy wear larger chignons than
ever. Thescomical little patches Of lace rib
bons and delicate artificial flowers which are
Imis-named bOnnets, perch up on top of the
head in front of the lofty top of the chignon
/ looking like a patch Of snow in front of q
mountain.
There! all that comes from my having gone
TO church yesterday-al that talk about nom
sense-and it was only matinee performance
too; what would it have been if | had gone
with the "liberaI Christians" to hear Hep
worth, i'll the evening, at the Opera House,
where all the fashionables 60 in full dress?
By the way NJ AK StrakoSch's season of ope.
ra begins to night at the Opera House. with
I'll TrOvatOre." II will last only this week
but he has such an excellent company, and
people are so well satisfied that he will fulfill
all his promises, that the advance sales OF
seats have been several thousand dollars great.
en- than have ever before been known in this
city.
The great public work of Chicago, next to
the lake tunnel-the tunnel under the river
at Washington street is again in statu quo
The contractors claim that they cannot get
money from ther4&Qard OF Public Works as they
arc entitled to, and in point fact have struck
Aside from the great interest the city has in
the completion of this work, it is to be hoped
that it will not be long allowed to stand still
in its present condition, as half the river il
filed up by ahuge Golfer dam, and very Sc
rious obstacle is thus placed in the way ofhdv
igation.
The eight-hour strike grows sssmall by de
grees and beautifully less. ," Aafew of the
} strikers still hold daily meetings sand almost
every day some of them are made martyrs tC
the tyranny of capital ~ or in other words are
arrested by the police for attempting by vic
: lent measures to prevent industrious mer
working ten hours. The funniest idea they
J have yet had, and one which they now seri
ously entertain is to petition the Legislature
to pass law at its extra session, making i
! felony for anybody to labor more than eigh
{ hours Il day. This they are now agitating.
The city Is very dull to-day, the newspa
+ pers not being even able TO get up bogu
sensation. Among the newspapers themselve
5 the only topic OF interest Is the fact of c. He's
sing buying out l.. BrentanO's two-thirds O
the Std0tS-Zettuflg and thus becoming sole pro
prietor. Hessing is well known as one of tn
crattiest leaders ofthe Republican party in thi
section, one who has great deal of influence
with the German population of Chicago ant
who has always been nobly consistent ant
faithful to himself. Brentano was an excel
lent writer and he owned two thirds of the pa
d per, but in algebraic expression, HessingX1
-Bretanox4 plus a The added influence theI
given by this sale will be but merely nominal
! The price paid, taking into consideration thu
TACT that this newspaper ranks third anon!
g the German newspapers of the United States
was quite moderate, being only $4,000.
Before closing with my customary dry de
: tail OF "commercial' matters (Which | hat,
to write more than all the rest of my letters
allow me to call the attention of your read
ers to generous, noble act OF true Chart,
, worthy of emulation by many OF our western
cities, yours no doubt among the number
allude to the insurance by voluntary sub
scrptIon among property owners OF the life o
every member of the fire department for thu
space of one year in the amount of 81 500 each
q Most Of these brave fellows who are almos
daily exposed to the most terrible hazards ART
: quite poor, and many Of them have familie
) to support. A provision of this kind may b;
OF almost incalculable benefit to bereaveC
family, and it is certainly an honor to Chica
go that she has originated such an idea.
mention ii now because the new subscriptions
for this year are just now being received
COMMERCIAL.
Markets rather dull to-day. Flour $1,000
1880 for winter and $11.50 "a 1875 for spring
extra Wheat dull, closing at a decline of Sc
No. at $2.6S u 270. Corn unsettled 81 Os
% l.o214 for No. |, 90 q 94115c for No. 3. RyC
dul.at 81 81 % :62 for No. L, 81 40 "a LAG fol
No. 2. Barley dull, S3c by sample. Provis
ions duh and unchanged, slight rise in lart
of Is a 1lcto 1875 q 13c. DON,