Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-04-21
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENTS

by tsGrand Jamboree''-Rusiness Ac-
nvity-w. III. Butler & Co.-Rise In
Real Estate - The Temperance Move
ment.
How much does it cost to kill a
man in your town? The price here,
according to the last market quota
tions, is from one to twenty thousand
dollars. Things are generally cheap
er in the country, and ifyou can only
discount us on murder, as you do on
eggs and potatoes, know of several
parties, who have little shooting af-
fairs on hand, who would gladly be
removed, together with the oppo-
nents for whom they have prepared
leaden pills, to The rural districts.
But things e1e always cheapest at
the base O. supply, and as crime gen.
crates and hourishes amidst the mo-
raj miasmas of the city, SO does hon
esty and virtue develop and expand
in the pure air of what we sometimes
facetiously, sometimes sneeringly,
term "the bucolic regions" Perhaps,
then, it were better I did not send
any belicese friends to you. AS the
Irish song has 1T, "You can't be hung
for murther" here, but in the coun-
try there is danger of fellow "pull-
ing hemp" where he deliberately
kills a brother man.
The other day poor Scotch me-
chanic named McVey, dependent
upon his labor for the support Of him
self and an aged father living in the
old land, was discharged from the
boiler mandatory of the Devine
Brothers. Being discharged, he went
to the office for his money, and was
told to call the next day. He called,
and was offered an amount much less
than that due him. Naturally in
censed at such treatment, he remon-
strated; hard words ensued between
him and one of the proprietors; per-
sonal conflict followed, and, by the
Intervention CT workmen, the par
ties were separated, and McVey left
the office and was walking out of the
building. Then Devine rushed back
into the office, seized a pistol, and
fired at the departing mechanic, and
killed him. The mechanic was poor
and unknown, the employer rich and
influential, so the Intelligent jury"
summoned to by the Coroner said
Devine had committed "manslaugh-
ter in the heat of passion" Yester-
day, one of our immaculate Judges
admitted him to bail in the sum of
twenty thousand dollars, and in all
probability he will soon be clear of
all his troubles, save those which a
guilty conscience forces upon one
who knows his own guilt. The work
ingmen of the city are raising funds
to prosecute the case of McVey, and
employ the best legal talent, but De-
vine and friends have the most mo-
| ney, and / will bet you dollar to a
cent, and loan you the cent, that De
vine wins.
Chicago is soon To have another
| "grand jamboree, ," which, translated
| into English from the original Choe-
taw, means "a big drunk The Pa
| cific railroad is soon to be completed,
and Chicago Is going to celebrate the
| event. There may be those among
your rural readers who think that
Chicago is not one of the ternsini of
the Pacific railroad.-but they are
| mistaken. Everything commences
| or ends at Chicago. At least, so the
"oldest inhabitant" and a majority
of the younger inhabitants tell me.
/ am compelled to believe them, for
! live in Chicago; and treason to
Chicago is social, financial, and po-
litical death. Therefore, Chicago be-
ing the eastern terminus Of this
great thoroughfsre, the center of civ
iliZation, the greatest grain and meat
market in the world, &c, &C., ad Ii
6ituna, it is proper that her Common
Scoundrels, II beg your pardon,
Council" should have said), and
the Board of Thieves, ("Trade"
mean), should inaugurate measures
to commemorate the opening Of this
great "Chicago enterprises They
have done so, and / am told that at
least a hundred thousand dollars will
be expended in the celebration. AL
ready invitations have been extend
ed to the Governors and leading dig
nitaries OF the Pacific States and
Territories, of the Western and East
ern States, the President of the Uni
ted States, &c, and 1 am specially
requested by the committee ON invi-
tations to ask you to join Us. Hotel
and wine bills free, provided you
give Chicago "good puff" when
you get home). Come up and see
US on this "auspicious occasion, ;"
There will be "a high old time" and
perhaps you may "get an ADJ from
some OF our merchant princes, If you
only talk sweet about the Garden
City.
Seriously speaking, the opening of
the Pacific Railroad will be celebrat-
ed in Chicago with a magnificence
far surprising any other demonstra-
ton ever given in this city. The
prospective benefits of the road are
already being felt here, and are Civ
ing an impetus to trade which to-
gether with the usual spring sales
now commencing, give promise of
lively business season. All our mer-
chants expect to do as much as they
did last year, while many are MAX
ing preparations to greatly increase
their business.
Foremost among the latter class Is
the house of w. A. Buffers & Co.,
Nos. >, Z, 8 and ii Randolph street.
1t is the largest auction and COM
mission house West of New York.
occupying an entire building of s6
feet front by Sc feet deep, five stories
high, with basement, and the firm
sells more goods each year than all
Others in the trade combined. They |
have regular trade sales every week,
and Fridays,-which, |
since 1865, have been attended by |
the shrewdest merchants and closest |
buyers in the Northwest, and last |
year the total Of their sales in this
amounted to more than |
two million dollars. Recently, they |
have added another department, In |
which cotton and wooden goods, |
boots and shops &c aro sold of pr;