The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1868-12-12


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CHTcAGO cOltREsFG GlNDFNc,Es
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,NEitlloItsrefelelee Is Blls a5ss ,,f
time eptRiled ID witnih holhas Is
say that the obseFvanceioa Thinks
giving day cost the ueopie of C,hies
90 from one-half 10 tRree-fanr1he ~
a million dullara, and it "a equally
sale " sayI the value sf the money
was not returned 10 them, ~ tie
Old New England Thank se AZ 4, daT
where the Wapderers over tll 4 = & :.
country are brought together Al tlls
lamiiy hearth-gtone, and wheFe M IA
? day 0fFesllnion and isinfIles hqilia
enJoyment, too much cannot be sald
n praise, agide from Ella feii0ioIIe
view of the subject, which lyliFj eraI
persons view from different sfand
'oliits. g,...s my me western raaplss7
7IhankEgiyingfis Is q dlfietent,instiiir..
son. 'fhere are few family re-unions
heref the areilgIeus Observance
amounts tg littleTvtheFe being fqwaF
people at the churches than On anv.
Pleasant Sunday. ana oll ~ nm N
them actlnE Rs4ftheir th6nglfa we've
upofl their turkeys rather han their
sernI0ns7 while toa great majority n
f7 q iday, Of g0rmaRdizlng and dist
patton, AS such Ii visa 4 success. =
me rapid completion ofthe Pacific
railroads wliiehnow conveys passen-
gers i4sts miles from Chleago, and
adyettises to take them to California
~ ten days has awakened onr n,er-
chants 70 The Importance ~ sesuril,ss
the trade to Be developed therebv
a1dAmeeting was held this week to
dlfenss the subject Ls0nee fenafks
ea 20 YOU, in, speaking, az Chica0o
merchants, Char they fepafdad evefy
place thisside 0f fChiRa and Japan as
tributary 70 this city, Itnow appaars
that they look upon those counties
astdependeneies of tlIes Garden Cii
"a Z the meeting referred 70, ~ was
shown that q person could leave / ,iv-
erpo9l on London, come t6 Clsirsgo
and from hereof course 5everytlin1
begins Or ends here-take the Pacifie
railroad, tahd reach China or 1apan
IN fifteen days less time than bVtlie
lis.llfopean route now taken fr0m
those cities. Ftwas also shown that
our merchants could save sixty iays
lime BY receiving their tens. isill1s.
shawls and other Eastern goods IN
thisroute, 10 sayIiothiIlR Of The FRO
iis Of the Eastern exporters and New
York Importers.
To say is t0c Do, with Chieado men
and il need nQt astOHisH youI there
lore toiearn that already three On
four OF our leading houses have made
arrangements to-send persons to l,hi-
ma and Japan; there % make befaa-
merit arrangements f0fthe Shipment
of has tern goods 70 ChieaQo, III is
safe To say that the first Train over
the completed sPaeifie railroad VIII
bring q stock Of goods for Cllficago
merchants, imported direct from
those countries. It will be the be-
ginning Ola trade which viii rapidly
groY aud increase until it shah as
sunle imlneHse dfInensions. phe
}bi q VIZ greaty cheapen tie price
OF afticiesawhieh3 though once re-
gafded as luxuTies, have how become.
classified among. the neeessaries Of
~ While on this subject; let me sagi
thaua paper published In st. 1zanis-I
the most presumptueus though not
Abe most inportantof Chieaeois IL
vals-giyes the returns for October
ofall the manufacturers and Whole-
sale dealens in chat city ff0m IS d09
to SI90, 900 the very highest figure.
.Ilfe total number Of houses selling
Sl0e,aa0 and over is nineteen, and
their aggregate sales amouni -fe
about 81, 489, ,000--a little more fhan
the amount reported bV tw0 az ouf
firms alone. The total amount soil
by.opr firms doing over Sl00, ,00a--ona
hundredand twenty-five ia number
was more than S25;000 900. or zen
times that reported BY ali. the Sla0.-
600 arms in ST. Louis, II She viii
persist in being aai gal of Chicago.
her people shouldio more business
or less talking.
We not only do some business a
Chicago, but we pay very Iiherallv
for amusenlents, as is shown by the
fact Chat the receipts at cur diiferenf
theatres last month were $50. 22.7J -
4 But il is in business, however. that
Chicago shows 70 Die best at van.
tage, and IN no respect has she grown
more rapidly than In tlie iilsnra lce
business. She islbeeon1ing the aFt.
ford Of the West, and ii IS a matfas
E0f general Investigation ana ann.
nlendation, Cor insufaune haB cone
70 be regarded as one Of, tlleQreates
I public blessings, when properly con.
Quoted. Our home llfe and marin.
conpaniesare among The best IN e3sl
istence, but as yet we have not orig,
mated any life insurance n,
equal To those Of the East. RnffSeF
we have general agents here for IN,
very best of those Companies. anf
among them I cannot forbearfa4ler
ton tlfe Kniekerbocker. az Nou
York LOT which Richard Baxter Nos
1e6 and l6S RandolphaS Street IS IN
general agent. Everybody Knows
or ought to Know, chat New ylorl
eonlpaniesiar the best in ihe Ag6fI,i
because they have co deposif VIII
/ the State Treasurer enough money 4
keep an policy holders Secured I'M
leverg one who has examined thesslii
liect may also know that the Kniek
feFbooker is ainong The very bes
this best class. wear iiE hIe
mess showed 8 greater Increase tha1
+ that Of any company in the Unite
Il States. 1t issued over &. 600 naIicial
representing SSl, 600. 900, and tie bg.
iness will probably reach $50 600 "a
this year. The assets of the con
pany are mere than S50,000. and I
|, every respect it's SOUND. .reliahle an
prompt. Air. Baxter can give Az
information regarding Insurance I
I agencies.
i One of those occurrences while
have become so common. hera as
cease ~ be sensational. took nlai
!, yesterday morning inI 4 Randoln
+ street gambling house. Al volir
man was stabbed. shot ana kicks
into the street. His name a ii
d known, as he is not yet III 4 eond
+ tlon to talk, butt Il known that :
J Thanksgiving day be was iii II
] gambling place III question With { I
4 on three thousand dollars in his no
! session that ha gambled All dag in