The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-05-13
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OUR CHICAGO LETTER.
The Pacific Rail R0ad-Office Seekers
Spirit Photographer Legal
QuestiOn..ssGOOdrich Line"
RObberies--&c., &c. ,5
From our own Correspondent.
Chicago. Nav 9Th 1853.

CHICAGO, May 9th 1859.
The completion Of the Pacific railroads
WILSON be thing Of the past, and
what was once considered next to impos
si ale. will be a fact OF. history before ]
again pen you a communication. ~Infor-
nation has been received here that the
last rail will be laid on Saturday next.
A grand procession and celebration will
take place here in honor of the occasion,
on Monday or Tuesday. Business will
be generally suspended and our citizens
will give themselves up to rejoicing. Il
is fully believed that this wall be the
largest procession ever seen in Chicago,
and by all odds the most enthusiastic.
It is impossible to fully comprehend the
extent to which this road will benefit
Chicago. We will be able to report pro
gress in about year from date.
Some IDEA can be gathered of the de-
sire for Office by the rush for subordinate te
positions in the city Post Office. Oul
new Postmaster proposed making about
fifty appointments. and he.receiyed nearly
5000 applications. So great was the crowd
yesterday, scarcely could the ordinary busi
ness be proceeded with. Many of these
persons have situations, but for some
reason they hunger for an Office appoint
ment. ittff : 81 -
Spirit photography has not excited the
same amount of interest here that it has
in New York, in consequence of the
humbug being exposed quite early. The
modus operandi is something as follows;
after the usual picture is taken a person
well powdered and clothed in white, pass
es in front of the instrument leaving a
dim outline of a form. Some light head
ed individuals supposed they saw in that
form resemblance to some departed
friend. What bosh people are led to
believe.
A constitutional question of vital i'm
portance to this city, is now testing the
legalknewledge ofour lawyers The State
Legislature passed an act by which the
city of Chicago was ordered to issue bonds
to the amount Of $500, 900 for the exten-
sion of Lincoln Park. Has the Legisla
ture such right as it assumes in this
act. The Park Commissioners have de-
manded the bonds and the Mayor asks
for authority to sign them.
We have fully entered upon the season
of navigation, fact fully attested to by
the feet of boats of ali sizes and shapes
in the harbor. The most noticeable Of
the lake crafts is the magnificent new
steamer "Shebygan" for the. Goodrich
line The hull was built at Manitowoc
and she was completed at Detroit, from
which city, she arrived here ona trial trip.
While lying at the dock, she has been
visited by no small number of steamboat
men and others, all whom pronounce hel
the finest steamer on the lakes. The
'Sheboygan" and 'Nlanitowoc' llform
daily line on the West shore of the lake
from this city to Milwaukee and all the
other principal towns and cities. The
Goodrich line forms complete network
of routes, three fine steamers forming a
daily lineto the principal places across the
lake and two first class propellers making
tri-weekly trips to Green Bay.
There has been sudden and unwelcome
revival of robbberies and confidence op-
erations during the past week. A daring
thief got away with some $1,000 worth OF
diamond rings from one of the leading
jewelry houses 1t is hard when man
has to compromise with 4 thief, but this
firm offered reward of $1,000 for the
return OF the rings, stating that no CUES
tionS would be asked