The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-06-25
From Our Own Correspondent
FROM CHICAGO.
A Red Hot Day-Amusements for
the Week Things in General,
CutoAuo, jbSE ls, 1865.


EDS. TRrBuSE; Although this has
been red hot day, we still live. The
thermometer stood at 9So in the
shade. Everybody aud their friends
employed themselves in trying to
fnd cool place, aud judging from
the immense number of people on
the street cars, Cottage Grove" must
have been the place, i, being situated
on the bank of the lake,
This will Le a grand gala week in
the amusement line, opening with the
circus, "Blsek Crook Base Ball, by
visiting clubs, aud last but not least
the "Saengerfest," This great ma.
tioual festival Of our German popula-
ton will beginin this city on wednes.
day the 18th instant, and like the
carnival in Rome will last for fve
days without intermission. Every
whore one goes, he hears nothing
spoken Of but the Sangerfest, aud
the Saeugcrbunds, the Maennerchors,
aud the Gesang-seotious. In fact so
much is said about these pollysylla.
bic words, that a stranger might ma
turally fancy that the entire popula-
ton Of our city spoke nothing but
German. In this festival music will
have the supreme sway. though some
Of the evenings will be devoted to
the eight fantastic tip of tho toe, -
with an occasional interlude in the
shape of gymuastic tournament by
the Turnveriu.
The concerts will, bo given at the
Wabash avenue Rink, which is being
finely decorated for the occasion. l
find the Tifin Society is to be repre-
sented at the Fest" There will be
fity-eight societies present, seven
teen Of which are frcm Ohio, (the
largest number from any one State }
1t would take too much space to 60
into the details, suffice it to say the
SaeLgerfcst will be the largest ever
held in this country. ] forgot to
mention that a delegation from the
"Fatherland" will be in attendance.
There are four match games Of
base ball to come off on the grounds
of the Excelsior" club Of this city,
commencing on Wednesday, playing
one game each day. Dexter park
also, offers inducements to sporting
circles, there being a number Of
races TO come off the present week.
Chicago has had her divorce cases,
and now We chronicle the birth Of a
oolored child in one Of the bon ion
families. The colored coachman says
it was not his fault, and 1 think he
is about right. The mother accounts
for the change Of color by saying the
horses were about to run away, and
she became scared, which oolored the
child but my opinion is that the
run away would not have cmled the
hair.
The =" Woman's Association" hos
been organized here. The question
winch will occupy the meeting next
Thursday evening; will bo "woman's
relation to woman"
A move has been made here te
erect a monument to the memory of
Colonel Mulligan.
The census man has just completed
the census here, aud finds that the
population of Chicago numbers two
hundred aud fifty thousand, which
some ofour journals think is too small
by City thousand. If the latter
amount of people cannot bO found, l
suppose the aforesaid papers will
have a new importation. There is
lots of room, and ground is worth
only one hundred dollars a foot out
side the city limits.
Time aud space admonish me that
/ must close. More anon,