The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-04-08
OUR CHICAGO LETTER.
Sc Smiled q Hearty Smile "-FaSklOEa.
BILE Churches -CrImes-Thc Shoe
makers ke-FeIocIDedes
&c. &c
From our own correspond ent.
CHICAGO April 1st 1869

Imagine my feelings this morning as a
little street arab remarked, "Here mister
you dropped letter and as the young
ster smiled a hearty smile consider how
torcibly | was reminded that this was
''Ali fools day." Two ideas took front
seats in my mind, as I left this juvenile
news yenler; one was, is there anything
but disappointment and i'll feeling engen-
dered by the sells of the lst of April ::
the other; what huge sell the greater
portion of our life is.
1t is now settled that Chicago is to be
the head quarters for the department of
the West. Phil. Sheridan has has leased
set of Offices for himself and his aides
and we are informed that they will be
occupied In about two weeks. 1t takes
some time for outsiders to discuss the real
Importance of Chicago, but they are i'm
proving. The head offices of the various
railways terminating here are gradually
coming, and now the managers of the w.
Union Telegraph Co. have decided to 10
cate their central Office in Chicago.
A most serious question for Chica go
christians to solve is; How are the poor
to hear the gospel? The sale of pews in
one OF eur fashionable churches the other
day yielded over $4,000, $2,150 was
paid fer the choice pew. I would not
condemn the present system untila better
one is devised, but some means must be
found to furnish the poor with free
churches.
The warm beautiful weather which we
had fer few days, induced all vessel
owners and masters to believe that nayi-
cation had surely opened. The ice has
gone, but the buster with which winter
quits its hold creates considerable delay
in navigation. It is generally expected
that the prices of grain will rise as
soon as the propellers make their regular
trips; railway freights are necessarily
high and an immense amount of grain
Bad as Chicago is and numerous as
crimes are, we can point to New York
and boast of our morality when compared
with theirs. Reports from that city con-
tinually assert that there is vigilance
committee now in existence. There is no
denying that the crime of this city is
prodigious, bu. no difficulty has presented
itself to the proper administration Of jus
tice. The frequent fires and the conse-
quent losses by insurance companies has
been the cause of much litigation. Every
day there are one or more such cases and
there is ne evidence of their becoming
less numerous.
For some time past the shoemakers Of
this city have been on strike. They
left work in consequence, Of some de-
mands from their Union, being refused;
since that time it has been steady trial
of strength between employers and en-
ployes. The former are SECURING work
men not members of the Union and
| there is danger that several hundred
strikers will be out of employment en-
tirely.
As spring approaches the fever for We
! locipedes increases. Hundreds have
learned to ride the animal at Miles veio-
| cipede Academy and will put in an ap-
pearance on our avenues as soon as the
weather permits. The enterprising firm
of Messrs. Loring & Keene, alive to the
interests of the great West, have seculed
the patents to, and are manufacturing
the most perfect velocipedein the country
This fact is attested to by experts who
have tried them at their school and sales
room coz. of Adams and State streets,
where machines from all the best makers
are for sale and use. Velocipedists
will even wait for long time to secure
one of these machines to ride. Mr.. Lor-
ing has just returned from New Orleans
with an order for two hundred. All who
propose purchasing should send for a
| price list and circular When your read
ers visit the city they will find sight
worth seeing at the New Zouave Hall on
State street, Tuesday, Thursday or Sat
urday evenings.