Nebraska advertiser., 1869-05-27
OUR CHICAGO LETTER
CHICAGO. Nav %. 1857

From our special Correspondent
CHICAGO, May %, 1855.
The Irresistible desire Of men 70
stand g the head Of their business,
has resulted ia the matches without
number. for the championship. y
With the ordinary run Of such con-
tests, We are familiar; but q novel o16
took. place in this city last Saturdays
"A silver belt With clasp Of gold,
worth some SEQ, was offered @ the
man who could XIII and dress a bulg
/ lock in the shortest time. "A large
number Of contestants came here. bat
only five made the trial. The success
ful man was only nineteen years old
and a resident Of this city. He did his
work IN four minutes and forty-fiFs
seconds.
At the time this novel match was in
progress, another equally dem6nstra-
tive Of skill was transpfring. It was
no less than an effort 90 shoot 800 birds
in 645. consecutive minutes. Heavy
bets were made that il could not Be
done, but The champion sportsman,
BOgardus, accomplished it with time
to spare. The feat was accomplished
in eight hours and fOrty-eight minutes
only los shots being missed. The
birds we're started from traps 21 yards
distant, and 50 yards boundery beng
allowed.
The American Billiard Tournaments
is over at New York, and our biIliard-
lists have returned, somewhat .crests
fallen. Chicago has been sadly dis
appointed IN not obtaining the cham
piOn cue, and the betting men feel
sad over the loss of their money stal<ed
on the Chicago faV0rites
Another of these murder trials for
which Chicago is becoming famous
was concluded last week. "A boiler
manufacturer got into q dispute with
one Of bis employees, blows followed
words, and finally the employer drew
pistol and shot his employee dead.
1t has become almost impossible to
find a Chicago jury who viii convict
man Of murder. This man Wns aeS
quilted.
The storm that visited US during
three days of last week, did hrgS
amount Of damage to the lake ship
ping. The shore in front of the 6i6V
was strewn with floating pieces Of
vessels and cargOes, besides three
schOOners shat went ashOre close to
the city. The river being our only
harbOr, and the enterance to ft being
so difficult in q storm, q heavy gale
makes sorry work of the unfortunate
schOOners.
always like the pleasure Of flrnfsh-
ing any information that will be Of
service. Following that idea, I wish
to introduce to your readers the large
and popular JeWelry House Of Messrs.
Morse, Roddin q Hamilton. The rem
utation of this House for fair dealing
and first class goods, is as extensive as
that Of any in the West. Only keeping
goods of the best material and work
manship, they offer special induce
ments to those who wish to secure
choice articles for keep-sakes or pres
ents. The stock Of watches and chains
/ is unsurpassed for variety and quality.
and the fine gold jewelry, solid and
| plated silver ware, Is equally worthy
Of attention. The special feature Of
| this House Is, that the goods are lust
what they are represented to BE-
| Should any Of your readers wish t6
purchase extensively, they should call
at Morse, Roddin & HamiltOn's, I26
Lake street.
A novel ceremony was witnessed in
this city recently, by q limited num-
Der. 1t was the ceremony Of dedieas
ting an Episcopal Church to the ser
vices of the Jewish religion. The
building was purchased BY a Hebrew
congregation, and they Immediately
took steps to turn il into a synagogue.
i Another of those events Usually de-
denOminated fashionable weddings, -
came off last week. As the parties
were wealthy, the affair was heralded
in the city papers,