The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-10-15
GorreSpOn0ente.
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.
A Great BOre-something TO Wear
Wholesale Clothing House-Henfy
W. IKtnR a o.-HuiIdinR.

A Great Bore-somethinE 20 Wear
Wholesale Clothing House-Henfy
W. King A. Co.-Building.
CHICAao, oct. A. 196S.-The great bore of
chicago is the Washington street tunnel.
The east half Is finished; excayationa Ore
made up 10 the river On the west side. aud
the work would have been much further adj
yanoed but for the damage lone w Il By
the bursting OF a water pipe, amounting, 1t Ia
said, to S25, 700. / think this a large estimate,
but the damage aud delay was serions. IL
should be completed next spring. II will be
a very great convenience, and do away with
much voXatiOus delay In the transit Of freight
and passengers, lifts success fulRlls expecs
pectations, in a few years there will be more
g'edtbores in Chicago than in any city In the
Union.
The approach Of winter forces MS TO con-
sidor practically the question "wherewithal
shall be clothed" The cost of suitably cloth
ing a household in winter, IN this climate, ia
no small item in family expenditures. and
everything that tends To- diminish that cost ia
a public benefaction. No machine has yet
been invented into which live sheep can be
thrown and come out we'll dressed cloth at
one end, aud we'll dressed nation at the
other. The wool on the sheep's back has to
undergo 30 many processes, and pass through
30 many hands before IL is turned over 10 The
consumer, ready-made clothing. that the
price Of the original fabric Is many times in
creased. TIL only way to insure cheap cloth
ing, and reduce Il to the minimum price. ia
TO bring the manufacturer aud consumer as
near together as possible and save the expen.
SEES and profits Of intervening parties. This
has boen done by the
wHotEsALE CLOTHING HOUSE
opposite the Adams House, composed OF
Horny w. King, long known a. the senior aud
leading partner Of the old firm of King. Kel-
lOgg n Co., and OF W. q. browning, OF W. g..
Browning < Co, who with their aasOciAtesh have
organized two houses, ono known as Brown
ming y Co, 326 Broadway, n. V, the othor AZ
HRNRY W. EiSo n co.,
Nos. 4 aud @, Lake street, Chicago. They
manufacture their W goods, employing 100
cutters and 1000 sewers at the lowest oast-
ern prices, and can sell at the lowest rates.
Their prices are the same IN both houses.
Those who buy Of thom here, not only get
manufacturer prices, but save heiphts aud
loss Of time M receiving their goods from
New lorl. Their sales Of two millions avon
equal IN their line 10 a sale Of ten millions
Of dry gOods-indicatos . the magnitude
Of thor busincss. Mr.. King establshcd tho
first wholesale clothing house in this city-in
1864 and sold Sl00, 900 the first yonr. which
Their sales are now twenty fold. their une-
qualod facilities and low prices attract cus-
toner from every northern state. II is the
leading clothing house in the Northwest.
BUuDDSo
is going on more rapidly than. ever, and a
large number Of first class buildings are APP
preaching completion. Business Is moro
active, and large numbers arc hero purchase
ing their fall aud winter s%upplies of poods.
Prices rule low, andnow II a goodtme 10 buy.