Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-06-19
CHICAGO Correspondence

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dreJ and TweRty-Iizl,t Tons Received
in a Week. So:ed i;asca! Taken from
Oificers in a Court rovua-The " ooI Crou
SHERMAN, HalIat y l,Tand-Lay n Deiesa-
tions among the Observation-Disclosures
lion, incomes, &c., &c, &c.
Spring event back on usn this
year, and overcoats, uuderclothes
and fires We're necessary until SUM
mer ''shied his castor in the ring 'on
the first of June. He came in all his
strength and glory, and We have had
to peel" repeatedly in order 10 bear
his warm embraces. The Georgia
costume,-a broad-brimmed hat and
spurs,-is the only one in which TO
give him a fair fight, but fashion for
bids it, and we must struggle along
as best we can.
One of the first evidences of SUM
mer>s advent. is the immense guam
titles of luscious straw erries offer
ed in the markets, at very reasonable
figures. The best qualities whole
sale at from ten to fifteen cents per
quart, and afford good profits 10 the
farmers at these rates. The trade has
become q large one here and increases
yearly. The books of the Illinois
Central shows that 22S tons. or 9I3O
bushels, have been received over
that railroad alone, in the last seven
days, and this is but the beginning
of the season. That road also ships
very largely from the places where
they are grown direct to New York
in refrigerator cars. Most of these
berries are from the farms of
Southern Illinois, and they also
supply many of the cities and towns
of the Northwest. 1t is estimated
that at present prices the farmers
net profit is from one dollar and a
quarter to two dollars per bushel,
and that forty bushels TO the acre
are raised.
l have frequently spoken of the
lawlessHess and rascality prevalent
in this city, and the disinclination
or inability of the authorities to
suppress them. a case in point oc-
CURED yesterday, in the very halls
ofjustice. y notorious thief and
pickpocket named Mike Garrity was
arrested upon requisition from the
Governor OF Iowa, to answer for
some crime committed in that State.
He was brought before Judge GRAY
on a writ of habCaS corpus, and bv
that officer remanded to prison.
When the officers were taking him
down stairs, while within two feet of
the Mayors office, they We're set upon
by gang of his associates, knocked
down and beaten, the head of one of
them cut open with a slun@ shot.
and the prisoner carried Oft. Such
high-handed outrage would not
have been perpectrated. almost with
III the precincts of the Court, if the
officers and Courts had heretofore
hunted out and punished these Grim
inals as it was their duty to do. But
while some of them are the churns, if
not actual accomplices Of thieves,
plmps and abandoned women, we
must expect such outrages. EN-
boldened by their success in corrupt
ing and intimidating officials III New
\ ork, the roughS of that city have
recently appeared III the Courts in
such force and with such threaten
ing aspect as to compel adjourn
ments, and it looks as if Chicago
was fast Verging to the same depIor-
able condition.
The time for dispOsing of the wool
crop is fast approaching, and next to
putting it in the best possible 81 .pe
for market, the duty of farmers and
shippers is to select responsible and
intelligent factors. Men who under
stand the trade, have capital, busi-
ness capacity and standing, can al
ways obtain better prices than those
who are ignorant and irresponsible,
even if they are as honest as the first
class mentioned, which is not gener-
ally the case. Therefore, / can hard
ly do greater service to those of your
readers engaged in this trade, than
to commend them TO q firm which |
know 10 be " y No. - in every re-
spect, and such a house is that of
Sherman, Hall < Lybrand, 10 and AZ
Michigan avenue, corner of South
Water street. Occupying the whole
of five-stOry building, with gteam
apparatus for hosting, and two i'm
mense lofts, 30 by $50 feet each, devo-
ted exclusively to wool, they have
the best facilities for handling and
storing cOnSlguments, upon which
their capitaE> enables them to make
liberal advances, while their business
skill and familiarity with the trade
render it certain they will always
obtain the very highest market pri-
ces. 1t is not necessary to speak of
their standing in Chica 90, where they
are universally known and respected
but to strangers it may be said. they
stand in the front rank of our busi-
ness men, and last year did a trade
OF over two million dollars. They
do general commission business. are
always prompt and reliable, and /
feel assured that any of your citizens
sending them consignments, either
Of wool or general produce, will new
er have occasion to regret it.
The Methodists have been voting.
this week, on the question of Law del
egations, the result showing an af-
firmative vote Of nearly fifty to one.
Many of the ladies embraced this oc-
casion to cast their first votes. They
were "electioneeredn considerably by
their male friends, just for the fun Of
the thing, and generally acknowl-
edged that they didn't know or care
much about the matter, but wanted
to vote because the men did Won't
there be ''fun alive at the polls when
the girls get the elective franchise?
One would suppose there was no
one ia America so ignorant as to
blow out gas instead of turning il off,
when going TO bed, but several
deaths have occurred in Chicago
from this cause, and last night an
other was added to the list, at the
Briggs House. The victim was a
young and well dressed man apparent
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