The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-08-15
0URcHIcleo LETTER.
CHICAGO, August 10, Is

EDS 'sTRIBUNE' 1t has been with no
ordinary degree of sympathetic emotion
that have just listened to the mournfnl
relation of the sorrows of a young friend
of mine. In his first sober and lucid in
terval in a period of over a week, he
came to conhde to me the peculiar
/ character OF the event which had with
sorrow his young days shaded and driv-
en- him to seek consolation in Bourbon
straight, brandy punches and things
Now he Is on klssingen 'and sch' and
his word may be relied upon He mourns
the loss of a wife, not so much the actual
loss as It's manner A few days since
one anterior to his jam baree-his charm
ing little wife said to him, Clarence, [
want a hundred dollars to buy new
parasol. = He responded, my dear. the
new wheat has not come in, business IS
dull, times are hard. would mt little less
expensive one do as weli? Whereupon
she lifted up her voice, not in weeping,
but in anathema and scorn, and be went
forth to the Calumet, went fishing and
was gone all day. When he had gone,
the wife said unto herself what manner
of man is this, and why should | tarry
with him" and straightway she betook
herself to the Court House and called for
a divorce, which she got in less time and
with less trouble than one may get an
oyster-stew at Wrights. She also got
marriage license. with the place for the
gentleman name left blank. intending
to save trouble when 1t should be requir-
ed the next day. The young husband
returned and found himself wifeless
desolate creature NATURALLY, he took a
drink. Refiecting on this mournful af-
fair as | sat in my batchelor apartments
smoking my seductive corn-cob pipe and
with my metaphorical togo draped around
me. | thought with sadness of the sea
Of uncertainty into which one takes such
a dreadful plunge from the hymenial
altar. For the first time, [ fully recog-
nized the fact that So loose are matri-
monial ties in Chicago, that one knoweth
not from the rising Of the sun until the
going down of the same, whether his wife
| is his or somebody else's, at least not
without he asks her and even then she
cannot always be expected to tell the
| truth. It is no joke to say that divorces
/ have been applied for and granted in less
than two hours in our Chicago Courts.
| 1t is also true that certain members of
the legal profession advertise their ability
to procure divorces with very little tes-
! tlmony. In a recent case, Mcllrath VS..
Mcllrath, a decree Of divorce thus OBJ
| tanned was set aside after it had been
granted, on the ground Of fraud But
what use in reforming this great evil III
an isolated case like this and the accosn-
| panying threat of the judge that he will
| hereafter punish attempts at such games.
! What will not welded folks do to get rid
OF their partners? Clearly the mistake
! lies somewhere farther down than the
mere administration of the law and so
! long as the interests of society and NOR
t ality require that people w!io I've unhap-
ply with each other should be kept to-
gether as long as possible, change in
/ the law of divorce is.cicarly necessity.
The opening Of the direct railway COM
munication from Chicago out to jules
! burg via Omaha has given an immense
| impetus to our western trade and CORES
ponding!y reduced that of st. Louis
| from which point. hitherto, the terrific
ries of the far west have been in great
measure supplied. One firm here. the
old established and leading drug house
OF MesSr> j. H. Reed Co. is constant
| ly shipping goods to Fort Sedewick Den
yer City and Cenlai Cisy, for the supply
Of the mining districts. To one house
III Denver alone tneir annual shipments
amount to over $40, 900. This firm, by
the way has held the leading place
among the wholesale drug firms of the
northwest for twenty-five years Their
magnificent store on the corner of Lake
street and Wabash avenue, l5et feet in
depth, 50 feet in width, five stories and
basement in height is packed full of ev
cry species Of goods known to or sold by
the druggist or fancy dealer" which
| they offer at most advantageous rates to
dealers throughout the northwest. They
are their own importers; make their own
| fayorins and other extracts and have as
full line of patent medicines" of
known worth as any house in the coun-
try and retail dealers will find them COM
mercially and pers aally the men to deal
with in Chicago.
| On wednesday last the Bohemians of
| Chicago bent the knee to the Baal OF
base ball. Nine of them played against
nine printers. Not one of the eighteen
had ever played before most Of them
never will willingly again The Bohemi-
ans were victorious crushing their oppo-
nents by 80 runs against 80. Flushed and
elate with victory, the captain has issued
a challenge tothe 'Excelsiors' to play for
the possession of the ''Pecatonica horn.
which, it will be remembered, was be-
slowed on the 'Excelsiors' after their
recent defeat by the Nationals as the
worst beaten club that ever played" !" The
challenge has been accepted, but as none
of the Journalists nine' have yet re
covered from the effects of their first
game, the match has been put off until
the oath inst. to give them time to recu-
perate. G5o7
A cool confidence game was perpetrat-
i ed here the other day, by some unknewn
rascal who under the assumed name Of
4 Sheppard bought 81. $50 worth of alcohol
from the firm of Cotton 4 Co., took a
clerk to his hotel (Tremont) to get pay
for the stuff went up stairs for his check
book and never come down at least not
visibly A detective officer tracked up
the liquor and in some mysterious way
the fraud has been settled by the pay
ment of the full bill for the alcohol. The
swindle in its inception and execution up
to certain point was a ine one, but i'll
its later stages it failed.
Simon G, Meyers we'll known liquor
: dealer here has become defendant IN a
divorce suit. The parties are both
wealthy and a long case with rome rich
developments is expected
i A marked Improvement in the tone Of
), the markets to-day is perceptible. Bus
! mess and closing quotations on change
are reported as follows: s:-Eour, firm,
steady, Slu,54(al2,25 for White winter
81, 5O(0l0,05 for Spring Extra Whea
lc better on Spring, 81, ,05 for No l. Rec
50 00lGl1 O2 for No 2. 81 so for No 3
81 soe 1888 for No. 2 Spring: 81, ,6s(al,
651 for No. 8: Corn a9Ic better, 96td
) 81 for No. l: 9O3@9l3c for No. 2; SAC
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