Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1869-11-11
OUR CHICAGO LETTER.
From our Special Correspondent.
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CHICAGO, November, 1st, 1862,
We are in more than ordinarily
good spirits this morning-generally,
because the future Is inviting, and
particularly, because the cold, dis
greeable weather of the past few Wy;Sks
has given place to the balmy Uaiah
summer. The clerk Of the @eatnet
appears to have had a grUsSe agalHsO
us ever since last spriag' FROM aP-
pearance this mOTpihgi however ~,
| erything is amicably seJtIed anu al
/ things are lovely.
our citIZens, but 70 -Lh1ies 4p16htnpGY 70
/ ally. For several weeks past the
newspapers have contained very little
besides announcements for, and re-
ports of, election meetings, cOnversa-
tiOns in the hotels, offices, private
residences and on the streets ars all
concerning the elections Of tomorrow.
| We are heartily sick Of so large q dose
of election and will be glad when the
necessity for it is past.
All through the month of Octobe
the fires in the city were very hume
Gus and destructive. I understan,
that one Insurance Company, which
has heretofore been very cautious, has
lost 80 per cent. of premiums received
in October. What are denOminated
"mOral hazards" have been very
plenty of late, Notwithstanding the
precautions taken against them.
The latest news in Insurance circles.
is the attempt to form a Board Of I'm
derwriters. The one that existed
here for a long time, was virtually dis
solved several months ago, Since
that Sirrao nor,.rov,Soa ,rrr -
their own rates and acting indepen-
IDENTIFY of each other. The principal
reason for the formation Of another
Board, is on account Of the pressure
brought to bear on agents of Eastern
companies, by the managers of those
companies. They feel safefif the bus
iness is regulated by an organization
of Underwriters.
There is q ring Of the genuine met
al about a really successful business
man that cannot be mistaken. One
of the most noticeable examples In
Chicago, Of this class Of men, Is Ira
Holmes, Esq, Vice President Of the
Manufacturers National Bank. Mr..
Holmes, az cashier of the Third Ma
tiOnal, organized it IN 1863, and left it
second to but to one bank In the city,
when he assumed the management OF
the Manufacturers in January last.
As an evidence Of unprecedented sue
cess, / will give a few figures from
published statements: On the 4th Of
January last the Banks surplus was
$4,000 individual deposits, S24T, ,S51:
accounts Of the banks, bankers. ETC..
nothing; and total resources Sz59, ,475.
Now the surplus has reached Sz5, 900;
individual deposits, 500, ,683 accounts
of the banks and bankers. S8l .536
and Of National banks, SIS, ,6s8 and
the total resources, 81 ,579, ,463. This
speaks volumes for the gentlemanlv
bearing, life and spirit in the nm
agement. Correspondents sh oDTls
learn the Manufacturers terms. b.,
bankers.
The Jurisdiction Of the Chi earn POST
Office has recently been ex tended rVy.
er the territory brought into the eitv
by the Park bills, last spring. TIE
people residing in the outskirts Of the
city are now supplied with their mail
by mounted carriers. There are ten
OF these officials who make their
rounds on horseback, deliyeriuO -
ters along their route, once each 49,
The number Of criminals an 49,
Gus crimes has not been "a Isrge y,
Usual, slilce Isls.s penned You a conn
il-'llll ,ll.lnleAbioh. On such occasions our
nopts el redeeming this city from
.lll'c9 .llucn " he error and crime, rise in
PIopo. eion to the apparent success
Z LLAlss, however, they are soon found to
J e sinking and often 90 below their
accustomed level. i venture TO as
sert that, Notwithstanding the really
deplOrable condition Of morals in this
city, there Is no large city in the
Union where christian men and wo-
men work harder to elevate the neg
lected and vicious, and labor more
practically than they do in Chicago.