The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-03-26
Correspondence
CnICAaO CORRESpoNpENcE.

ity in Hardware TrRde-Hall,- Kim
John v. Farwen a. Co.,-NotIons-
Ltterary-"Piokle."
CnfcAoo, March IS, 1856 9.-There was a are
Saturday night on Lake Street, near state.
which destroyed one five story brick build
ing, aud damaged another, 90 the ruin of HeY-
cral millinery and fancy goods stocks. Loss
about S30,00n; principally covered by insur-
ance.
FIRE F-xriNGUIsuEu.
I went last week to ace an experiment Of
| putting ont fires with Babcecks Patent Ere
~Extinguishcr, IN tho Lake Park. II II q cyl
inder, sorpo twenty iuchos long aud smaller
Than y water bucket. filled with watcr highly
charged with carbonic acid gas. It is futnisli-
Cd with straps tu fasten over the shoulders.
and with 0 abort piece Of small-sized hose at
tachod, which tho operator takes in his baud
and Directs as he chooses. i should
judge the eNtinguisher held abuut six
nine tar barrels piled horizontally and partial
~ filed with cravings wero fred, and WHEN
completely envelOped in flames tho operation
discharged tho fuid upon thou, and, in just
fourteen seconds, completely exhnguished
the hre. They wore set on fro again. and
allowed 20 burn tin tho slaves we're well
charrcd and some Of Thorn burned through.
and the iro was again put ont ia fourteen
seconds, a pile of dry goods boxes were OK
perimentod on, with the same result. tn
/ Win WIS hlNMlilk "a gaze ~ inc liIlles hllns
In a store or dwelling where alone they are
designed to be usCd-whcrc the gas wuuld
not DO blown away i'm Tic air, but be confined
moro closely TO the fire, this apparatus would
be still more efficient. They will be chiefly
useful at the breaking out Of o fro, before il
has attained much Roadway, and as they can
be kept ready, like buckets of water, and be
applied In a minutes time, their use may
prevent many disastrous frea. I saw them
standing-like red coated sentinels-in John
u IAwaa.l 4 ~. .. -. - 80. -..-
their use, John V. invited me to witness a
public trial of them, just then to take place,
three blocks distant.
EvANGTLtCAL ADyERTIsINo.
I find circulars distributed throughout tho
city giving notice That an association has
been formed IN New York, with, Of course,
auxiliaries IN the chief towns, called The
Evangelical Advertising Association, the OBJ
iect " which ia TO employ the secular prcss
to preach through, by publishing IA advcr-
stmcnte, shoit %tracte, texts Of Scriptures
carefully selected and arranged. This Is an
excellent plan, aud | suggest to tho officers
OF this Association that for a moderate sum
| can publish their glad tidings' 10 a million
OF readers. Tho press IA becoming moro aud
more the medium for ciyilizing humanity
aud christianizing mankind, and wide awake
christians are beginning to appreciate this
fact.
REAL ESTATE
has been the subject of much speculation
and excitement, for a few weeks past. The
proposition 10 lay out extensive parks in each
nt the three Divisions Of tho city North,
West and Southland connect thum all by a
grand boulevard - ioot wide, has increased
the prices asked for outside property iabu
lously. Tho excitement has subsidod somo.
what and purchasers now seem disposed TO
wait the result OF tho vote OF the people, TO
be aiken In a fow dave, whether We shall
have any parks. lhavo no doubt some have
sailed d0irn money in roal estate, that will
keep without interest for many years.
AMUsEMESTs
have run low for some time past, parlaking
Of the general dullnoas OF the season. Tho
weather seems to have tho Same effect upon
thoat8rs as upon trade. 10 IL not quito cold
enough for mid winter nor noar warm on5ngh
for spring, aud the compromise between tho
two u unsatisfactory to everybody.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
There was an Ecclesiastical trial here re
Gently, feaultitg in the expulsion Of Row. G.
L.. Baloh from Uniyorsalist ministerial fol-
lowship, for not keeping strictly within the
enclosure at tho Universaliet pastoric
grounds. He IL now attempting to gather q
tree and iudcpcndont society here, to minis
fluent, enthusiastic, and utterly iudiftnr-
ent to ecclesiastical ccnsurc, 70 much, that
no made no defense at his tIial.
SUBDIVISION or TRADE.
Ono Of the marked features at a Metropol-
itau city h. thD subdivision of trade. In tho
early history OF the Wcst, the merchants Of
Chicago Kept 10 miscellaneous assortment
a. many country merchants stiil dO-of dry
goods, groceries. boots aud shoes, drugs.
hardware, ctc. But now, not only arc there
separate warehouses; for each class Of these
goods, but, IN some Of them-hardwarc for
instance there has boon % subd,yisiun iutO
nt least three branches. And though each
| Inn pak haa a,Yaa nVffaIEa la nNutNtaNn wei. VI.
others, vet the bulk Of its trade IL different.
Ono branch deals IN railway HupplioA, auoth-
er in shelf hardware, and the third in heavy
hardwaro-irOn, steel and nails-nnd IN wag-
ON aud wood stock.
SIGNS OF ACTIVITY IL HARDWARE RAD
Activity in these branches Of trade is the
bcst indication of general prosperity, for
they are intimately connected Will agricul-
ture, manufactures, internal commerce, the
construction Of railways, and the building mp
Of towns, villages and cities. Trade in these
departments, therefore, implies activity
among farmers mechanics, artisans, mer-
chants, and In all Industrial pur-
suits. Tho business OF tho country
cannot be going 10 tho bad, M long M the
trade in iron, aud the materials into which IL
largely cntcra, Is brisk and remuneratiyo.-
And this is the most hopeful signin the trade
of Chicago to-day, An individual may at
tempt TO build a house without first counting
or providing for tho cost; but large classes
of men, over wide regions of country, do not
enter upon the work of building stores,
dwellings, barns and outhonsea without pc.
cuniary means. And the trade which supplies
the materials for developing tho resources OF
the West-for delying in it's mines, dottng
its broad surface with villages, factories,
stores, meehauics' shops, farm-houses and
cultivated farms was never more liyely. at
Chicago, Mt this season of tho year, than
now. And the men whose capital, skill and
foresight provide the means for distributing
these materials from An accessible point,
near al hand, at the lowest cost, 10 the great
industrial human hive now swaIming in the
Northwest, arc doing a most benefiCent
work. They are tho roal founders of empire,
preaching the gospel Of good will, teaching,
by their own example, obedience to the Di-
vino command, ''Whatsoevor thy hand find
eth to do, do it with thy might, " and making
1t easier, through the inventions and skill OF
genius, for others to obey It.
Aud chief among those, in the valley Of the
great West, who have contributed largely to
mako the Wilderness bur and blossom like
a fruitful garden, is tho firm OF
HALL, KnDARK q CO.,
importers and Wholesale dealers In iron.
steel, nails, heavy hardware and wagon
wood stock, at 80, 81 and 81, Michigan Ave-
nue., Chicago. Their store, OF six stories, 90
by $50 feet, filled throughout with the beet
assorted stock, is a type Of the gigantic
growth of Chicago and tho West. A personal
examination OF their stock enlarges ones
views of tho capacities and requirements Of
western trade. In the basement are nails,
h~orse-shoes, plow-steel, wagon-skeins, nail
iron, chains aud shafting irons. On the first
floor above the basement are their bar iron
and steel. On the second and third floors,
heavy hardware, consisting OF miners and
blaoksmiths' tools and stock of all kinds,
snoh a. picks, anyils, yises, FORCES, bellows,
hammers, sledges, ~tiro'shrinkerH and
Blenders, files, horso-nails, wronches,
scrapers. &c. The fourth and fifth stories
are II led with wagonwoOd stoeF, such AZ
hubs, spokos, f%elloes, wheels, seats, bod
les, and gearing. Also wheclbarroWs, han.
dlaa of ali kinds &c NIL nj tho hnat ntoltv