The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-11-28
OUH CHICAGO LETTER.
CHIcAGo, Nov. u. 1867.

EDS TRIBUNE -
Iregret to say that to-day I have very
little to communicate and my letter shall
be an unusually short one. The princi-
pal event of the week past has been the
Busy and Duffy prize fight, the particu-
lars and result of which have of course
been flashed, by this time, to all parts OF
the country by the wires. The papers of
Chicago, for weeks before the fight. made
continual references to it, advertising IL
in the most conspicuous manner possible,
and thanks in great measure to their well
directed assistance, some two thousand
spectators were present. After it was
all over, the same papers denounced it as
sbeastly brutal, . Disgusting "a dis
grace to the nineteenth century," ETC.,
lamented that it had not been stopped
and grieved over the 'debased tastes Of
their readers TO crafty which they had
each given several columns of minute
particulars of the fight. Truly ''conss-
tency is a jewel. y
A most revolving scandal is at present
before our courts and people, nothing
less than wife sueing for divorce from
her husband on the ground OF his adultry
with her own mother. Unhesltalngly
and with disgusting carefuiness Of detail
she III her petition sets forth the chain Of
events on which she bases her claim and
with nice precision Of dates and places
publishes her mothers shame. Mr. Ben
jamln +. Quimby, real estate and stock
broker here is the defendant. The wifes
name is Gertrude 4. Quimby; that OF
the alleged adulterons mother Mrs b.
Reynolds. However facts might be as
she alleges, one cannot but view with
aUhorrence the spectacle of daughter
deliberately branding her mother as an
aduteT9sS, IN order 10 gain divorce and
aiimony from her husband
George Francis Train, Mrs E, G.
Stanton ana Miss Anthony, deectabe
trio, had a big audience at the Opera
House few nights since, when they all
made speeches, (tlfaa by T.ain aionel
Oh The woman rights, tariff, Pacific
railroad, modern education. reconstruc
ton aud other easy questions fcI their
discussion and settlement
The Opera House is, by the way, un-
dergoing some important improvements
TO fit it for the production Of the grand
spectacle cf 'tUndine,' with which MIR.
Hess proposes to fill here dramatic sea-
The entire stage has been remoddled, a
vast amount Of scenery and mechanical
effects prepared and nothing spared
which can condnce to making this the
grandest spectacle ever presented Oh this
continent, even excelling the famous glo-
ries OF tie BLACK Crook III its palniest
days at Niblo' or the fresher triumphs
Of the Devil Auction at Banvard' 5.
This 'Unaine" has never before been
done in this country, simply bccaI sc ~
manager could be found who would risk
the enormous outlay which it requires,
not only in preparation here bat III peo-
pie dresses, mechanical effects, etc. :,
which must be brought from Europe es-
peciaity for it. There are no less than
ffty-two ballet girls selected for their
grace AMI beanty, from milan, Paris and
Berlin, and the entire ballet viii number
sixty four TO seventy With these there
is to be a magnificent dramatic company
an an unusually large orchestra. The
production Of such Il piece as this in
Chicago for the first time iii America,
marks an era in our dramatic history and
is looked forward to. with th. greatest
antici pt5iol, Dy our people. Don.