The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-04-02

the strongest possible social and other in
Ruences to secure the delegates to the ap-
national convention in favor of
U. S. G.'s nomination. Speaking of Z.
S. G., by the way, Marshall has got out
an engraving of him which, in size. per-
lection of execution, and fidelity to the
original, equals his famous picture of Lin
coin, and is being disposed of here in great
numbers by the agent, Mr. j. Ii. Ammon, |
the representative here Of the publishers,
Ticknor q Fields, Boston.
U. p Harris, the famous chief of our
Chicago fire department for years past,
goes out of Office on Wednesday next on
his own resignation. He is getting old
and seeks to find some less exhaustive
and hazardous occupation for bis
later years. During his service he has
been dropped through hatchways, tumbled
down ladders and off of roofs, set fire to
and put out by steam fre-engine streams,
frozen fast in his clothes and thawed out
with boiling water, had bricks and corni-
ces dropped on his head from burning
buildings, been run over by fire engines,
and almost every other imaginable acct
dent possible about fire has befallen him,
yet the old man remains staunch aud reli-
able as ever, until it has almost become a
superstition among the fremen that it is
impossible to kill T. P. What lively
row his successor will have to hoe to get
up the same prestige. As sort of testi-
monial of the public, appreciation and feel
ing, big complimentary benefit has been
arranged for him, to come off Satu rday
evening next. 60
Since | wrote you last, society, the haute
monde of Chicago has had sensation, in
the marriage Of one of our local bellies,
Miss Mary Ludington, and Mr.. C. j.
Barnes, of New York. The ceremony
was performed at the church of the Mes
slab, and was a very "stylish" affair.
Sad as is the fact. even the best of people
seem to take half concealed pleasure IN
the frailties and misfortunes of others, pos
sibly as foils to their own goodness and
fortune, and one of the most powerful
manifestations Of this is the compacency,
nay, even the enjoyment with which public
executions and weddings are attended.
Between two and three thousand specta.
tors were in the church and at its doors
during the ceremony, yet one could not
could not find single face marked By a
trace Of sympathy for the two inoffensive
young creatures thus sacrificed on the hy-
mental altar. Among the bridal presents
were 227 pieces of solid silver ware and
many other articles of value. Touching
upon this g fashionable 3" subject reminds
me that the new. spring styles of fine dress
goods now in the hands of our leading
wholesale merchants are Of unusual ele.
gance of design and richness of fabric, are
indeed the most beautiful altogether
which have been in the market for gears.
This judgment | pronounce from view OF
the stock of Messrs. Hunt, Barbour and
Hale, Nos 8, 5, and Lake street, who
have one of the NEST magnificent assert
ments west of New York Nearly an en-
tire floor of their huge double store is de-
voted to fine dress goods, heaped in grea
piles of almost endless varieties,-for o.
these aud of linins and white goods Messrs
Ii. b. & H. make specialities. Their con
nections with the great manufactures OF
both this country and Europe enable then
to obtain their goods at the lowest price.
and. satisfied with small profits, they give
to their patrons the benefit Of the advanta
ges which they thus enjoy. No better ev
idence Of the ability With which Their
business is conducted, or the popularity
they have obtained with western mer
chants can be desired, than the fact that
in three years they have built up bust
ness Of over 81 600, 600 per annum Each
member of the firm was in the dry good.
business in Boston for from eleven to four.
teen years before they made Chicago the
field for their united energies, and they
consequently bring to their aid here thor
ough experiences and a knowledge of THEN
trade. In all lines Of dry goods THEN
present stock is very large one.
A very disastrous fire occurred on Sat
urday night, destroying entirely the great
linseed oil works of the Gould Bros in
licting loss at present estimated at $780,
600, Of which about $4,000 are covered
by insurance.
Robert Hale, the worthy superintendent
of the Chicago, Alton e. st. Louis r. r.,
who resigned OF the 1st of last January,