The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-26
GHICAGOry CORRESPONDENCE.
e CHICAGO, March 2%d, 1868.

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& CHICAGO, March 2%d, 1868 4
Ed. DEAoCRAT.-ln the swiftly varying
war Of winter and summer, which this
spring has thus far known, summer is again
ahead, in this locality at Friday
and Saturday were damp cold and raw,
but to-day the sua. is bright. the air warm,
and all nature speaks of the merry, mer-
~ spring-time." incidentally I may men
ton that experienced at a very early age,
probably in my first season, all the sYmp-
toms of "spring fever,-which some i'll ma
tured people say is only another phrase
| for spure lazinesss" BY this time &c Is
chronic, but such days as this aggravate i!
greatly, so you will get but short letter
from me to-day. Happily there is little or
nothing going on here just at present
worthy of more than paragraph, 50 you
will not be loser by the curtailment.
The spring trade does not, thus far, re-
alize the anticipations Of wholesale dealers
The buyers in town are comparatively few
and purchases are not as large as they
should be.
Col. Evans is here from Denver, placing
Denver bonds among our citizens for the
purpose OF aiding in raising enough money
to build line of railroad from Denver to
the Pacific road There can be no doubt
OF the speedy success Of his mission, as our
merchants are very anxious to secure fer
Chicago the first benefits Of direct railway
communication with the great mining cen
ire, Denver City. Our trade with that
territory is already immense, but bears no
proportion to that which must spring up
as soon as railway traffic from here to Den
yer is commenced.
A topic of great interest to Chicago at
present is the proposition of the county su-
pervisor to build huge wing on the Clark
street side of the court house, if the city
will build similar wing for the purposes
OF city officers, on the opposite, or LaSalle
stree. side, and will pay fifty thousand dol
lars for half of the county's right in the
public square. The necessity for new
fire-proof building in which to secure the
county records, is felt by every one and
must speedily produce action. The pres
ent court house is a mere shell of a thing
which would burn down like candle box
if it once got on fire, and with it would be
destroyed invaluable evidence to the trans
fers and ownership of nearly, if not quite,
every foot of ground in Chicago.
The catholics Of Chicago are organ Yin Q
movement to get up library anu read
ing room. at present they have nothing
ofthe kind in this city.
1t is definitely settled now that Judge
Van Buren,, who has fJr many years been
the war-horse and champion of the democ-
racy OF Cook county, will not be candi
date at the next election for the office of
recorder, which he has held for a half doz-
EN- years, and could very probably get il
he would run again. He has many friends
in both parties, and is regarded as an up
right and able judge, and, except in the
cases of cow-stealers, knows how to duly
temper Justice with mercy, but he is grow
ing old and prefers retirement to the great
regret of his partisans.
The Riching's opera troupe closed a
fortnight engagement at the opera house
on Saturday night, with the prod1c ton,
for the second time, Of g Martha" Du-
ring all their stay, they enjoyed the most
unqualified success, except upon two
nights when Castle, their chief tenor, was
sick
Forrest, who at the age of sixty, pos
sessed of about a million of dollars, and
with great failing powers, still persists in
playing, appears at the opera house this
week and next e..