Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-05-26
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENTS.
NUMBER q.

Suicide Nania-A ser,ents
Since last | wrote you, Chicago has
indulged in Il celebration, and II *
but just to add that it was i'm every
way worthy of this great and grow
ing young city. The completion Of
the Pacific Railroad, that greatest OF
mechanical achievements OF the
present, if not OF any other age. was
the event celebrated, and the una
nimity and zeal with which all clas-
ses took part in the demonstration
showed that our people are fully alive
10 The Importance of this great ma
tIonal work. y the court house hell
pealed forth the glad notes annonnc-
ing That the last rail had been laid.
ali business was suspended, and the
people began to flock to the news
centres anu the streets along which
the procession was To move bV thou
sands and tens of thousands. When
1t did start, not less than hundred
ana hfty thousand people witnessed
its march, and rent the air with oiad
huzZas as it passed along. The pro
cesSion was fully five miles in LENGTH
and was headed by q hundred yeloc-
lpedltss. Then followed the same
NUM- Der OF policemen, Vice President
Colfax, Gov. Palmer. Lieut.. Gen.
sheridan, Mayor Rice and other DIG
nltarieS, IN carriages. y fter them
came the military, fire department.
American and United States express
wagons, To the number of two hun
dred each loaded with boxes address
eel 70 prominent business men West
N pal Etrt.
Great Tycoon, L. :. mail wagons.
with letter bags similarly addressed,
private carriages, trunks. eXpress
wagons, and so on, al iaf,tifatya.-
Ihe lake In front of the city was COW
cred with gaily decked tugs, and as
the procession passed down Michi-
gan avenue, each sent up Il shrill
whistle, the combined noise of which
was heard for miles away. Mean
While, all the bells We're ringing mer-
fiiy and the artillery kept up a con-
stant but harmless cannonade. In
the evening speeches were deliv cred
at Library Hall by Messrs. CoIrax.
Palmer, Rice and others, while that
irrepressible mountback George
Francis Train held forth in another
hall to a small crowd of admirers. =
Many public and private buildings
were Illuminated, the best display
beng made at the Tribune office. 1t
was not until evening that the ioili-
ucatIon ceased, and even then there
were those who insisted that they
"wouldn't t go home till morning.
In addition to this new railroad
connection. for of coarse every one
here claims the Pacific railroad as n
Chicago enterprise the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific have this
week completed their road to Coun-
ell blufis, so we now have two great
thoroughfares leading To the Pacific.
We also have Il new air line road to
Indianapolis.
source OF pcnenI u CuIC.igo, anu y, IN
doubtless continue such, but there Is
one uhmitiSltcd nuisance-to use a
mid phrGSe-cOnnected with their
management within the city limits.
which should at once be abated-
That Is the habit of running Iocomo-
tiTes at great speed over street cross
lhSs: The other day, through the
carelessness of somebody a loco
motive ran into a crowded street car,
seriously, if not fatally, injuring sew
eral persons, and soaring the wits out
OF as many more. 1t is evident that
somebody" should be punished but
who that somebody Is. is a ques-
ton that will be settled about the
time 1t il positively known "whO
struck Billy Patterson"
The suicide mania has broken ont
again. Quite number have eased
themselves of life's burdens during
this week, but two cases ONLY are
worth mentioning. The first is that
OF young and handsome Irish nun,
who attempted self-destructiou 10y
jumping into the canal. She was
rescued at the time by one of our
noted priZe-ighters, but received in
Jurles from which she expired the fol-
lowing day. 1t appears that upon
some prctext she..was induced to visit
a woman of her acquaintance, and
while at her house and with the con-
nlvance of the woman, was outraged
by some beast in the shape CT man.
The fact so preyed upon the mind efI
the young girl, that she attempted
suicide the next day, a. above rel
lated
The other case is one which viii |
excite less sympathy, thousn 1t
shows the depths of degred~tlon To |
which young men may Gil IN lhis
wicked city. y youth 'ialned lien
man, respectfully corhected and haV-
ing a good occupation, became ena-
mOred of a worain in the town, and
lavi-hed both time and money upon !
her. But the latter gave out, after
time, and then the cyprlan turned
cold shoulder upon the amorOus
youth. So he went and bought some
F'coIi pi7eu," took to her house, |
sw9i!oWed it,and died AS he should
have done long ago. When such a
fool commits suicide, the only loss To
community is the amount OF poison
process invented by which Fe could
20 Off without this expense, 80 the
drug could lie used 10y some better
man. 1t is really pity 10 waste
good poison upon such "a worthless
creature.
Though the season is somewhat
al dvanced, and business i extremely
duh III other cities, our places OF
amusement continue To draw large
houses. The opera house manage
ment have just put on anew spectac-
ular burlesque, called "IXiOn, or
the man at the wheel - which spar
kles all over with jokes and repartee,
and is drawing large houses. AT
McNicker's Chamfran is filling the
house with his eccentric representa-
tions, ~ he always does in Chicago.
The other houses are without special
attractions.
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