The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-12-19
our CHICAGO LETT Err.
CHICAGO, Dec. l4th, 1867.


at least. overtops even the glories of I'm
dine" Tits affirmed, and with apparent
good faith, that we have veritabie
ghost among US and that the invisible
nuisance has taken up permanent quar-
ters in the county Jail, where he, she, or
it whichever the thing should be called,
finds amusement all these long winter
nights III utteripg series Of the most
lugubrious howls. There are all sorts OF
theories formed about these incompre-
henslble manifestations, but somehow
none OF them have yet proven correct.
individually don t believe in ghosts and
| have a theory that those noises are made
by the wind, or by the steam- pipes, or
by some jolly fellow possessed OF a little
ventrlioqual ability who amuses hinsef
| by soaring the turkeys and prisoners out
of their wits Whichever it may be, all
attempts to f;sthom the mystery have
proved Intellectual. Night after night
hundreds Of curious people crowd about
the entrance to the Jail applying for a1
mlttance, thronging about the windows
endeayoTlng to hear the soiln.is and even
cooling their heels in the snow merely to
see the privileged happy ones who have
been inside. One evening spirituaistie
| fem .e came in. She said that she had
/ seen the spirit and conversed with it, and
furthermore promised that on Monday
night next it will reveal itself and that
the spirit world will shake Chicago
from centre to circumference and cause
the unbeleyers to tremblc..' 1t can
hardly be expected, however, from her
promises that we shall have an earth
quake. Those spiritualists are ve-y cred
ulous people | once wrote long bogus
ghost story which appeared in the Pitts
burg Chronicle A spirituaiist paper
away up in Vermont copied it bodily. 4
secular paper in the same vicinity joked
about it, said it was bogus and laughed
at the spirit paper for being taken III by
it. The spirituaiists waxed indignant.
They knew al about that case The per-
son who reported it was friend Of theirs
an a man of uniinpeachabie veracity-
(how [ larfed, and wretched soul-less
unJclevers should beware how theg
scornad the manifestations and discour-
aged their spiritual monitors In fact
they crushed the scoifers. Since tilcn
haven baen q sriTitualist laucll. Gor /
knew what a big lie the whole thing was.
Quite %; u charge, were made e
Gently in the Common Council by Aid
Z miskcy against the principal officers of
or police department. lal. little
curious about what truth was in them
aud had 5he satisfaction Of cleaning few
i.sures which go far toward supporting
tha general verdict Of our citizens against
Al. ComiSkey to the effect that our po-
Ice force has never been in a state Of
greater perfection and aei?.i>;ancy than 1T
present. Daring the eighteen months
between April lst. lSG6 and SEPT. 30tE
1851 the force made 3J,Z;0 arrests OF
which i 30 were lUg III ortult 3ences
against person or property. We have
hid IN al that time no such big robberies
as have occurred in other cities, but of
those Of minor character $3.50, ,6l. % have
been recovered and GlS criminals from
other cities have been caught here aud
seat back to the scenes of their crimes
tne fact is that criminals are getting Il
sort OF horror Of Chicago a.; u city where
they have the least possible show for
success or escape. With such officers as
Sapt. Rehn, Dep. Supt. Nelson, Capt
Kennedy and Capt Sherman the de
partnent cannot fail Of being we'll man
aged and effective and the personal spite
OF an interested politician will have little
effect in shaking confidence in them.
'Undine sill continues to prove q
grand success at the Opera House, pack
ing that immense building night after
night. 1t seems to be beyond the reach
oI ali the adverse influences which pay >
have to feel Bad weather has 10 effect
in diminishing It's audiences-counter at
fractions at other places do not have any
nercoptible effect upon its attendance
people do not get tired Of it, but go
again and again TO behold its woudrous
beauty Such a ballet has never been
seen before III this country as is here,
such scenic display has never beeu
exceiled in any country. 1t positively
renders the vast audiences enthusiastic.
An evening or two since at the conclusion
Of one OF Westmael superb dances, the
audience burst forth in cheers, scores Of
bouquets We're cast upon the stage, ladies
waved their handkerchiefs and gentle
men their hats In short, such "a furore
was never witnessed in this city. [ go
to see it almost every night Are there
not Westmael, Voianti, Schlager. Fonta-
nj and the MazGeri sisters to do the pre-
miere dancing and to back them fifty
pairs of the finest legs in Cmistendom
i Seats are engaged by mail as much us two
weeks ahead and people have come from
all parts of the North west to attend
II Uniine.
A little theatrical venture was made
here, this past week, by a small company
at the old hall of the Arlington minstrels.
They started on Tuesday night and pass
ed IL their chips on Friday night
/ Notwithstanding the fact that money
is constantly reported very close, indeed
'stingent' by some banks. and the pork
| .,,el.;..r in.araSt seams 10 he eOor)S.,l n "
about all the capital in the market, there
is no sensible dininution of che transac-
tons III real estate, rather, OF the contra
j ,,, ~, r,.,.o.,ca snni I'll n dnnds fled