Nebraska advertiser., 1869-08-05
OUR CHIOAGO LETTER
From our Special Correspondent

CHICAGO, July 81, 1859.
In these days Of free thought, Bish~
Op Whitehouse, OF the Episcopal
Church, finds himself IN close quar-
ters. He arraigned Mr.. Cheney before
an Ecclesiastical Court, for non-cOm-
pliance with the forms Of service, bu6
by an injunction from the Supreme
C0urt, proceedings were stopped, as
least for the present Next comes the
case Of DR.. Cummins, Of Kentucky.
He was formerly Rector Of Trinity
Church, and in the abseRee Of fthepfes-
ent Rector, was invited to preach.
Bishop WhitehOuse ordered Him not
to come, but the order was unheaded,
and DIR. Cummins preached yesterday
morning and evening q his former
congregation.
Reports from st. Louis give no en-
eOuragement whatever for the recov-
cry of Bishop Duggan, Of the Catholic
Church. This unfortunate gentleman
manifested unmistakable signs Of in
sanity before leaving his diocese, and
will probably never recover. "A num-
ber Of the dignitaFies Of the Church,
recently visited the city to examine
the condition Of the Church, before
starting for Rome.
We are constantly receiving reports
from the rural districts that WOrkmen
are very scarce. is WOULD be q great
relief to our citizens IL q few hundred
Of our idle men were taken 60 the hHr-
vest fields. We would have no troubl5
in furnishing fifty thOuaG2d Gbl5
bodied men without drawing upon
the supply necessary for home In
dustIy.
BY almost universal consent the
newspaper fraternity have decided to
drop the weather as q standard topic.
the clerk appears to have beeo1ne such
a changeable fellow, that all pfOheeles
are useless. AS no reporter can be
found who knows the clerk Of the
weather, the subject is considered 3
dangerous one.
AS an evidence of the rate at which
the California trade Is building up, I
will quote one item. The overland
mails were always comparatively
large, but for the past few weeks an
addition Of three bags q week vas
found OecessaFy. This increase s.
still going on, and will probably oOns
tinue for some months. Such q vol
ume Of mail is scarcely relished By our
already OVerworked PostofIice officials.
This Office is now second only 70 that
of New York in volume Of business.
I have made some effort to keep
track of the trOtting matches, base
n
pie-nics, etc, but they eORge 80 thick
and fast IL has been impossible.
The theatres are dragging out q
sickly existence, in ministrelsy, pam
tOminie, ETC., There aDpears EC be 3
siOns, and they alone compose the aus
diences.
Almost everybody has heard of flls
recent heavy robbery Of the Ocean
Bank, New York. it Is asserted that
after the robbery, the President en-
gagged an expert to pick the locks Of
the safes and vault. = 10 has also BEEN
asserted that this expert can pick any
combination bank lock in three quar-
ters Of an hour Now, as Chicago can
never stand a challenge, and as the
peace Of mind Of those using HaI's
Safes is concerned, Halls Safe & Lock
Company have issued the following
challenge: ''They will place from
$1,000 to- 5000 behind their Victor
Combination Lock, or their ChrO-
nOmeter lock, aud any person who
will place an equal amount, they can
have it all il he picks the lock in 3
EeasOHabls time. The Company will
take It however, If he fails. If this
challenge Is not accepted, ell using
Halls Safes should be satisfied. It's
offered to all eOmers, at SO Dearborn
street.