The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-12

ments-A Gathering OF the "StrOng o
MInded'' 10 be inflicted upon this A
wicked cliy-Luxurles or the Sea-
son - Excursion Parties TO san u
Francisco and Kansas City-Na- !;
liOnal Land Company - NeWSpa'
Ders-The first honor ever confer I
red upon Abraham Lincoln By his
Constituents, &c. )
CHICAGO, July 5, 1869. /
Chicago no longer claims to be the a
metropolis Of the Great West. Dis [
tancing all competitors for the honor,
the novelty soon wore of; when some
enterprising person discovered that,
reckoning from ocean to ocean the ]
distance, Chicago is an eastern city.
At this. the ambitious town lifted her
head. aud now processes a rivalry with
New York, entirely ignoring the ex-
istence Of either Philadelphia or Bal
timore, one Of which is three times its
own size, and the other nearly double.
Since our arrival here one week
ago. we have had exceedingly dIsa-
greeable weather -Oppressiveiy sultTy
one day; raw and cold, with a slow
cherries rain the next. The streets,
so beautiful IN dry weather, are
swimming In mud half the time, rem
dering locom0tiou in some localities
exceedingly difficult.
Near one OF the depots In West /
End Saturday, we saw a powerful |
horse, attached to a light express |
wagon, sink to his body In the mlre, |
and actually had to be dug out, after
everything else had failed to iiberate
him. We merely mention this cir
cumstance to give an idea of the dis
advantages ChicagO is compelled to
contend with in improvements OF this
kind. Millions upon millions OF dol
lars have been expended upOn these
streets, aud il will take as many more
dollars as have already been paid out
to make them perfect. The citizens,
however, fully realize the necessity,
and do not shirk from performing
what they are convinced ought to be
done.
The city is we'll supplied with
amusements, when we take into con-
sideration the season Of the year in
connection with the tightness Of the
money market. We know that amuse-
ments are languishiug all over the
country, and New York alone in the
United States supports more places at
the present time than Chicago. Col.
Woods Museum and Theater is prob
ably the most profitable establishment
the former department being open
to the public day aud night, and at
the theater matinees are held twice a
week-Wednesday and Saturday af-
ternoons The structure is situated
In the very center OF fashion, on Lake
street; is large and we'll arranged, and
its several floors and apartments are
filed with curiosities of assort-
ed piquancy. and containing a
neat little tbeater, upon whose
stage is produced the leading
plays of Shakespeare, etc., by a
strong stock company, composed of the
first talent OF the country. 1t is con
Quoted after the q" Wallaekian princi
pie that is, no travelling stars
are ever engaged. In conjunction
with this place, Aiken's Dearborn
Theatre, McVicker's Madison Thea
tire and Crosby's Opera House, form
the leading places and all make fail
returns. Aiken is the best In tht
city, reigning ns the legitimate es
tablishment. When you go to hear
play there, you find it carefully anC
truthfully produced. At McVicker' 8
Robinson CrusOe and his man Fri
day is having a fine Tun. 1t i
of the comic uOnsensical-se nsationa
sort, Astounding in startling climax
transformations and laughable antic,
of we'll versed stage clowns" Thu
play is principally made up of scenes
from Humpty Dumpty," the panto
mime which had run of nearly TIVE
years at the Olympic, in New
York, and which has create,
su6h a turore whenever produced
This style of performance is becom
rIoY rF lofa 4 H. g.
to rule the stage entirely after a time
and il probably produces its good a
we'll as its bad effects upon commu
nifty, as people, ladies in particular
who were wont to attend the perform
ances of such as Shakspeare's sub
lime creations have turned thei
attention to other and more health
TecreatiOns, such as gymnastics. Gro
quet, &c. The result Is, we have tn
woman OF to day robust, we'll -rounded
deep-chested, and of excellent color
where, almost within a decade, W
had the spiritual, fragile, and IN
healthy. By the way, speaking c
women reminds me that Chicago
on tip-toe OF excitement in antici
patton of another gathering of tn
strong minded" Just when tn
event will take place has not ye
TRANSFERRED, and, as a natural conse
quence, the female portion Of th
community are kept in killing sus
pense.
The luxuries Of the season, such q
strawberries, cherries, apples, ne
potatoes, &c, are abundant. In til
four weeks commencing May 25tl
one hundred and fifty six ear load
or one and q half milton pounds {
strawberries were brought TO. thi
market. An enterprising Chicag
firm is negotiating for CONSIGNMENT
Of grapes from Napa Valley. CaIifo1
MIA. Thus it will be seen that m
cago at least will be cared for. an
have the delicacies of the world fres
from their soil and climates durin
the entire year.
The past week has been taken U
blythe public schools in class exam
nations and commencement exercise
which generally have been interes
ing
It is the intention Of the Typ
graphical Union No. Is to observe L
day publicly as a national holiday.
A large number of excursions har
left here for the far West, since Il
completion OF the Pacific Road, an
others, we learn, are in cOntempl
ton. On Friday last two parties lie
for Kansas City, to be present at Il
opening of the great bridge over Il
Missouri River at that point. III
imposing ceremony took place yeste