Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-06-25
Correspondents.
THECRE1M CITY.


The Antics d, tlasS wheat AHarket--The
Lithographing---rhe Editorial Com
venti6n--Gcrrnan saengerfest---Ma- A.
sOnle Convention, eee.
MILWAUKEE, june lUtn 1.-THE most notable
events Of the week, to ohtsiders as well as
citizens, have been, the excitement in the
wheat marketia and the 50, Paul Railroad cleo
ton. WheatmaY well be called 'featurep
Of the west, aiidWe look to the market for
the realization Of our dearest wishes. II
wheat is wheat, why, everything else is all
right. If wheat, as the real "scalper" would
say, ''goes back on u.s." it never fails to Gre
ate an excitement, The farmer who raises
the cereal and looks to il as the great source
of his supplies, watches the market with
scarcely moro interest than does the man
about town.
Well, wheat has been cutting up some
curious actics during the past week. The re-
ceipts were steady from $4,000 TO 5O, 900 BUSH
els a day. These were considered fair for the
season, and tho market was steady. or
sudden one day, without apparent cause, the
market jumped. Not two or three cents,
which ia enough to make some men look
PLEASANT and some look gloomy, but fifteen
cents, and up-twenty cents, and still up to
TWENTY-FIVE in one day, What blow it was to
short sellers, who sell what they have, not
got and never expect to have for the matter OF
that On change was an excitable place.
Some men smiled, but many looked very sad,
as they saw their money slipping out OF their
fingers SO rapidly they scarce could count IL.
This wheat business y trying to ones tenn
still holds up, but the corner is broken
and the foundation is evidently not
the most substantial. Receipts are
fair, Those who took advantage OF the
rise, or who have wheat ito get to market this
month may well smile over the fluctuations
OF the market. iN 'iiii}ly iHl ~ ne
The election of the new board Of directors
for the ST. Paul road, has taken place. The
old board was re-elected without opposition,
and have gone off to look after their road.
Railroad men have had very good time the
last year, and naturally feel pretty well. !
do not know Just what is in the wind, but 1t
looks to me as though the railroad policy for
the coming season would be good one for
the Northwest certainly hope 20.
There is a degree Of pleasure experienced
in looking at these railroad men. / do not
mean the firemen, the brnkemen and the en-
gineers, but The railroad kinds. Did you ever
SEQ one Of them that did not look "jolly." |
mean, of course, where his stock was paying
him, They are always good, stout men, with
Jolly fat sides and round good-naturod faces.
How they shake their sides wen they laugh,
and how often they do laugh. ! have often
thought 1t required something OF fitting by
nature to make o railroad man.
OF this class the city has been full for sew
cral days. get bewildered when ! think Of
tho amount Of capital, in round dollars, they
represent 1t is among the millions though.
And only think, not solitary ono Of them,
but many Of them, who have hundreds Of
thousands in stock, were only few years ago
friendess boys, who worked for a plttance,
and who had 10 meet daily the kicks and cuffs
of the world. On this account have q good |
deal of sympathy for railroad kings.
Through typos eye have been looking
to-day al some photographic work. What a
progress this style of printing has made. 1t
has played its part in the match with printing
WE'LL and 1t has come up with engraving as
chromos have kept pace with painting. The
specimens saw SO pleased s:sa me M. that went went
and although a denizen of Milwaukee for
years, I was surprised. Within two years
these two young but energetic men have built
up an establishment that do not believe is |
excelled by any in the West They run thirty |
presses and keep eight and ten engravers hard |
ut work. Their styles are original andoneat.
They get up views Of churches and public |
buildings; they do the state work; they make
land maps, and charts, they do, in fact every
bnlnb tilhI nlLpBFApnfIb eau uOjauu tneg w u
cheaply. It seems as though they we're doing
work for half the towns and counties in the
west, and for business houses, public Offices,
etc., without number. No public institution |
should fail to send to them for specimens Of
their work Banking houses, railroad Offices,
societies, and business houses have onlyato
send to s. & L. what they want, and the work |
win be designed and Autographed for them at
low rates, and at once "''.''
In q few days the Wisconsin Editorial Con-
vention holds its annual session in this city.
1t is believed that the press Of Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois, will be well rep
resented. I know that preparations will be
made to give them kindly greeting, and no \
editor who can steal away from his desk
should neglect to come. The convention,
excursion will no doubt be most agreeable
affair. y
Immediately following the Editorial Conyen-
ton comes the German Saengerfest, for
which great preparations are being made.
The Grand Lodge Of the Masonic order is
now in session, but its business has not yet
transpired. .ia "f' FAxoN