The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-05
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.


severest snow-storm of the season began
here, and it continued with undated fury
until near daylight this morning. The
snow did not fall but seemed to settle grad
ually down, whirling in fierce gusts of wind,
which seemed to burst at one time from all
directions. Before 1T got to the earth it
lost no chance of getting into wayfarer's
eyes, down their nccks, up their trowscr
legs, into their sleeves, and forcibly enter
ing every nook and crevice about windows
and doors. Even when once down it would
not stay down, but swept in thick, cloudy
masses across and along the streets, render
ing crossings almost impossible, and COM
pletely filling up basement entrances and
all points where a Judgment could be eff
fected. To-day it is reported that the rail-
roads are seriously DISTRACTED, but the tel
egraphic lines are down to such an extent
as to render any knowledge on this matter
rather uncertain. Still the wind bowls
and the snow drifts. The street railway
companies have incn at work clearing
their tracks, and their contract
has no Immediate prospect of termination.
The influence of the storm is felt ev-
erywhere. On change everything
is exceedingly dull, and in business
houses, although the spring trade
is now fairly open, Sunday:like quiet pre-
walls. 1t is only temporary, however, for
the market season of the great emporium
of the west has begun, and the time of
prosperity is now, for the voice Of the buy
err is heard in the land.
For some time back the grain market has
been undergoing slow but steady decline
and it is believed that it will experience a
still farther fall. There arc rumors afoat
that the elevator men, some time since
flooded tife market with grain receipts, Il
sort Of mythical paper grain, and have
made an immense speculation out of this
decline; but this, Of course, is something
which nobody can prove. A big field for
operations in grain will be shortly opened
here, buying at the lowest point, buyer
the month";" and forcing present owners to
hold on for the rise which is inevitable to-
ward the opening of navigation.
| There has been considerable excitement
here of late over the mysterious disappear
ance of number Of persons, both our own
citizens and strangers. People have gone
out for a drink in the evening and never
come back. They may turn up like the
French wOman's husband, who went out
to buy cigar, and was gone eighteen
years; hut that is long time to wait.
Dark hints of murders in lonely streets,
victims showed under the ice in the river,
or dissected, etc., are afloat. But one lit
tie incident occurring a few days since,
relieves little of this gloom. a young
man holding a prominent position of re-
sponsibility and trust under the North
western railroad company disappeared one
day. His friends were agonized with fears
that he had been murdered. Pinkerton's
detective police were set to work on the
case, and found out that the young man
had not been killed, but that he had dis
sipated some $4,000 of the company's
funds and then Jumped the town." The
attractions of an intellectual diversion
named after an Egyptian king, Pharoh,
modernized to "faro," are said to have
"busted" that young man. He has not
been pursued.
Permit me to direct the attention of
your business readers to the important en-
largement and extension of facilities for
trade of the old established and popular
wholesale drug firm of J. Ii. Reed g. Co.,
located on the northeast of Lake street
and Wabash avenue. They have recent
ly made very considerable addition to
their assortment of druggists sundries and
fancy goods, Of which they now make quite
prominent feature, possessing the hrg-
est stock in the west and offering them at
rates of unexamplcd liberality. Alldrug-
gist's goods have been steadily declining
in price for four years past and are now at
their lowest figures, but Messrs Reed &
Co. offer an additional advantage to buy
ers by their system of importing their own
goods and buying from manufacturers
direct without the Intervention of eastern
jobbers. BY these means and others, such
as less rental expense, ETC., they are ena-
blod to sell goods here at as cheap rates
as they can be bought in New York, thus
saving to the purchaser expense of freight,
delay, and risk Of damage. They have
this season magnificent stock of all varie-
ties Of paints, oils and varnishes. at the
lowest prices. -
A funny little incident occurred at Nc