The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1868-11-28
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CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. THE
BILLIARDFIAsCo. .---GAITY AMONG
THE FAsHIoNABLEs.- ~ Holiday
PRESENTS, AND WHERE 10 GET
THEM.--A CORRECTION.
The event Of the week, especially
among men Of sporting character,
has been the failure Of the billiard
match which was to have taken place
between M. Carme, Of this city, and
M. Rudolphe, Of France. Carme Ii
considered one Of the best players in
the world, and where the push-shot
is barred, as the ablest bilIiardist In
the country, especially In the three
ball French game. He was SO con-
sidered by MeDevitt, Dion, and 9TH
ers, and was always excepted In their
challenges for games in which the
push-shOt was barred. M. Rudolphe
came to Chicago for the express pur-
pose Of making match with Carme.
AS the inventor and exponent Of fan
cy shots, Rudolphe has no equal, and
as general billiardist his reputation
is such that his friends felt confident
Of his beating Carlne. A match for
5000 was accordingly made between
these gentlemen. 1t was D have
been played on Wednesday night.
But when the crowd assembled, there
was no table upon which to play, and
the hackers of each party claimed
that the fault was with the opposing
side. 1t appears that each of the
principals was willing and anxious to
go on with the game, but their back
ers got up a squabble over the choice
of tables, and really prevented the
men from coming to an understand
ing instead Of aiding in the matter
as they should have done. Many
persons had come hundreds of miles
to see the game, and thousands OF
our own citizens had purchased tick
cts for the same purpose, and to be
thus defrauded Of their money and
the pleasure of seeing the game, by
a set of tricksters acting from mo
tives of self interest, has caused q
deep indignation, which will not add
to the reputation of our professional
billiardists OF the popularity Of the
game in Chicago. Public sympathy
is with Carme, though it is moi
doubted that Rudolphe himself was
willing to play, but he had bad
hackers.
AS the weather becomes colder the
gay and fashionable are preparing
for their winter campaign, and soei.
ETY. promises to be more brilliant
than ever before. The shrewdest
of our business men are complaining
of hard times and predicting finan-
cial disaster, but the young and
thoughtless are spending money on
every hand. There never was a time
when the stores were filled with more
costly goods, or found more ready
purchasers, especially for things Of
an ornamental character. Holiday
goods are already displayed in the
highest profusion, and merchants In.
| form me that even now their sales
are quite heavy. The more costly
and worthless the goods the more
readily they sell among the fashiona'
bles, though there are some, oi
course, who use discretion in the Sc.
lection of presents, as in other mat
tiers.
Speaking Of these things, reminds
your correspondent to call the atten.
tion of country dealers to the une.
qualled assortment Of fancy goods
suitable for holiday presents, which
are just now offered at P. Peugeetis
50 and 100 Lake street. Mr.. Peugeol
is one of our oldest and best known
dealers in staple notions and fancy
goods. He has done the largest ex.
clusiYely wholesale trade in thai
line for years, and always keeps {
| full,stock of everything in it. But
it is of his fancy goods that 1t is pro
posed to speak at this time. Tht
country dealer knows how difficult
it is to find attractive holiday good
at cheap rates, so that he can sell Low
and yet make fair profit. An ex
animation of Peugeot's stock, how
ever, will satisfy any one that it il
more complete and varied than am
ever offered in Chicago before, whilt
his prices are so low as to absolutely
startle one with their eheapness
There can be no competition between
him and other dealers this season
Both his stock and prices render i
impossible, and country merchant
have only to call and examine, Il
prove the correctness of this asser
tion. No merchant stands higher il
this community, and one can alway,
rely upon his assertions as to the val
ue and quality of goods. He was thu
first one to inaugurate importing di
rect to the West, and new has hi
buyer constantly in Europe, selecting
all the new styles, and makes an an
nual trip himself, to keep up witt
the times.
! Two weeks ago, in speaking 0
Bryant & Stratton's Business Uni
4 yersity, you make me say something
about 1.-THE excellent Republication d
this SCHOOL, 1t should be reputa
ton. In another place, in speaking
of the advantage to a young man o
taking the first initiation into bust
ness life,p in a place like Chicago
you make me say 'in8titlttion.p
your devil cuts up such tricks witt
my manuscript, he'll find there
the devil to pay" and his pay vii
not be in greenbacks, but la q shns
leather currency | have lust inver
ted for the benefit Of such imp.
Bryant q Stratton are not repudis
tionists, In any sense. They Away
! : give 1.-THE worth of the money! II
! eeived to pupils and every one els
with whom they have business.
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