Nebraska advertiser., 1869-05-20

CHICAGO, May 10. 1859.
After Orations without du En-, long
waiting and great expectations. the
Pacific roads are Joined and re reo-
pie Of Chicago are wild with iov. ro-
day business has been at q decided
discount, and al residents 0f the faf3
den city, without regard to ace. o6lg
or sex, have Joined In the grand re-
iOiciEg. Although d limited tine
was given for preparations. tie fifg
gest procession ever seen ia Chiear6
marched through our streets.
Early in the afternoon the various
lines began 70 form, and IS soon -
the last spike was driven home. kh8
whole grand army Of manufaef1rerSs
merchants, .labOrer8 ant reDresenfas
tives Of all classes Of business rof IN
motion. Volley afteR v6llev 81 afffl5
lery thundered the glad news. ard =
hundred steam whistles answero1
back the success Of science and ptfse-
verence. =
It would be almost Is easy 70 rive
an account Of whist was not fn fkA
procession as to detail the Different m
terests represented. The nrfneiDal
portion was composed Of the Fire De.
pRrtmeut, Police Office empTotees.
Express Companies and leading fassfz
ness houses. Vice President EoIHrI
and Phil. Sheridan hOnored the affair
with their presence.
Some idea may be gathered Of tha
length Of this mammoth procession
when / inform you that &c was Over
two nouns IN passing giVet lofls
Ihis evening We are @ have nluflis
nations and a continuation af reiofe-
1ngs, accompanied By speeches frot1
Vice Prssident Colfaz and C'se. p.l..|s
eT.
The benefit 10 accrue to CHICAGO
nom this, the greatest achievement
OF the age, cannot be overestinnateds
Considering this, it Is not 20 Be Wons
dered at, that our citizens shOuld de-
vote the day 10 rejoicing.
All that wish can hear Of the liberTs
ton or Ireland In 1872 or rather
that Geo. Francis Train thinks it VIII
be- This phenomenon fs announced
for Q spread eagle speech tO-nirht.
and our Irish fellow citizens are AZ
most Wild with excitement.
There Is q varied opportunity Tor
committing suicide, as we have had
several cases within q few daYs. Pow
erty and want, or disappointed love
are the usual causes for this reckless
step, but the sudden ACQUISITION Of
ofwealth is now the prevailing reasOul
When men grow suddenly rich, leave
their humble houses for marble frOnts.
appear to move in society that ex-
eludes them, and grow discOhientsd,
they are IS thoroughly miserable as
mOrtais well can be.
The finest acquisition t6 the lake
steamers ever seen in this part, "a the
steamer ''Sheboygan, p which arrived
mere few days since as an 8fdition
TO the Goodrich line. The crowds
Of steamboat men who have visited
this steamer, pronounce her the finest
boat on the lakes. The "GOodrichi3
lines now form a complete network Of
routes over the entire lake. The she
bOygann and 'ManitoWaen fOrfn 4
daily line to Milwaukee and the briu-
cipal ports on the West shore bf the
lake. The @Alpenau and "Crionii
cross to MuskegOn, Grand HaveF, etc.
The Comet runs to st. Joseph dsily.
and the 'Truesdell" and st. Jesephs
form tri-Weekly lire to Green Bay.
Our billiardists are much disapbin-
ted that the champion cue did not
come to this city. NOtWithstahdinR
the exertiOns Of our experts, 6hey
failed to get anything more than the
second prize