The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-07-20

Chicago has had a marvellous growth.
Fifteen years since, on our first visit to
this city, its population was 6S,000.-
Now it is set down at 100000, That it
is "famous only for its tunnel, its divorce
suits and murder trials" We pronounce a
slanderous accusation as the following
extraordinary case Of matrimonial felicity
indicates:
In the west divisionlives a woman with
two husbands, to each of whom she has
been married in legal form. At the time
the war broke out, this woman was living
with her first husband, by whom she had
three children. Soon after the breaking
out of the rebellion, her husband enlisted |
and went off in the role Of ''brave SOL
der boy" A year or two after, his wife |
heard that he was killed in battle. She
heard nothing from him personally, the |
war closed and he failed to write, or report |
to his former "head quarters at Chicago
His wife considered herself a widow, be-
yond all doubt, and in course of time mar
ried again,
But, few months ago, to her amaze
ment, husband No. /, whom she had
mourned as dead, returned to his long de-
serted domicile, but, like Enoch Arden,
only to find his wife the spouse of another
man. But, ml&e Enoch of Arden, he
failed to die of broken heart. A coun.
Gil Of war was held by the three heads of
the family, and the difficulty amicably
adjusted. What to some men and women
thus situated, would have resulted in pis-
tolls, blood and litigation, was settled
readily and satisfactorily by the amiable
trio, 1t was mutually agreed that both
husbands should continue to be illegal
lords" Of the woman, on equal TERMS and
she should be the wife Of both husbands.
Soon after the soldier husbands return
home, the wife presented him, and the
world, another child, the offspring of hus-
band No. 2, but this little circumsta nce
did not seem to disturb the equilibrium oil
of No. l, nor the peace of the household,
And there dwells that "happy family
one wife-two husbands and four children
, in small cottage, as quietly and con-
, tentedly, to all appearances, as if nothing
, | UNUSUAL ndu ever happened,
Verify, this is an age of marve's, an'
| Chicago contributes to swell the list.
: In company with James Pratt, Esq.
2 IF this city, we visited the Union Stool
4 Yards, which are situated Just outside tn
8 city limits. This property, belonging t
o the Union Stock Yard and Transit Com
n pany, in the advantages it offers to west
e ern drovers and feeders, is PROBABLY I'm
lequalled, and certainly not surpassed, i
any market, either in the old or ne,
world.
!, The following table gives the size
u :, number OF pens, &C., belonging to hi
y market -
ACRE
e Quantity Of land owned by the L. s.
T Ira nsit Co 345
Number of acres in pens, 120
,r | Number of acres uUed in hotel and orher
n buildings, a.
Number of acres reserved for new pens, 17S
Stock CAPACrTY.-The Yards will contain col
veniently, at one and the same time the folio,
l. ing numbers of stock
ID Sheer Sheep; BUF,SS5R5
re 0' iioiseS, $50
RI Total Capacity, IA 950
> For the thorough drainage OF the ward
. there are 80 miles of under drains, TIL
~ streets and allies occupy 10 miles ,
length. There are 2OOO open stock nen
or yards, for cattle; 1000 covered per
= for hogs and sheep, and 200 gates. Tn
e pens, whether open or covered, are all we
1t fitted with troughs and hydrants. the lat
II ter connected with the water tanks.
e For the information of the curious W
n may state that the corn trougbs, if place
= close together, would occupy a line fly
e miles in length, and the feed troughs,
II placed in the same position, would IN *
P line 10 miles in length, These yard,
connect, by special tracts with all RAJ
e roads centering in Chicago. The raj
s roads constructed by the u. SY. & T
, Co., are about q miles in length.
10 adequately supply all the yards witt
water, two artesan wells have been sunk
e One has total depth of 1882 feet. an,
S Yields 60, 600 gallons of pure water, daily
a The other has depth of 1870 feet. an,
Yields the unprecedented quantity Of
: ooo'ooO gallons of water, per day. TIL,
, Two wells till three tanks that rest side b,
: side, Each tank is elevated as feet from
the ground, and has capacity of holdine
ia, 600 gallons.
AS living revelations of the laws of sci.
ence, as proved exempifcations of the en-,
ergy and will of that people, these well,
command the interest and attention of ey.
cry believer in Chicago and her institu.
lions.
The number of hogs received in this
market, during single week, ending De.
cember 18th, was l22, 71S head. IF said
hogs had, in style of "Hanlon Brothers. -"
have stood one on the the ether thew
would have made column 46 miles il,
height If We take the whole number Of
hogs received through the year, they
would make a procession that would ex.
tend 1902 miles, or from Chicago some
distance beyond Sacramento, California.
or nearly to SAP Francisco. The |. 997.
506 live hogs received and sold in this
market during the las. twelve months
plays an important part in supplying the
wants of mankind. The annual supplv of
solid meat derived from this source alone.
is ESTIMATING each hog at 100 lbs. of flesh
80, ia tons This mass converted into
sausages would make a chain sufficiently
long to encirce all the earth six times, or