The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-09
A CHICAGO LETTER.
Politics. DInHeFs-W Omen's
Christian ASS0claslOn-ImprOVe-
menlS -EuIsaRCeg-The Beef Busi-
ness.
CHICAGO, November 4.

Els. OhlCA6Ot November. 4.
Editors Journal;
My pen has been going so constant
~ in another direction, [ have been
unable to indulge my inclination to
jot down a few paragraphs for the
eyes of your readers. A pouring rain
keeps me in the house, and so
makes writing possible. If New York
is the Eastern Babylon, Chicago can
challenge the honor or shame of being
the Western, and if jargon was
only in the noise and hlbbub of its
thoroughfares, it would perplex one
less than the confusion of morals. Y on
know the State election comes off
next week. Well, if the papers are to
be believed, Cook Oounty-the coua-
ty that owns Chicago-is to be repre-
scented in Congress by some one who
is on the wrong side of the peniten
tiary walls.
Nominated by the regular Republi-
can Convention is Charley b. Farweli,
brother of the noted Christian phi.
lanthropist, identified with "Farweli
Hall, who as a tribute to the suffer
ers at the late fire gave $500, 900 to
found library for candidates for the
! Ministry. This Charley is opposed by
an independent candidate, yclept
! johannes LongiSSiDlus - christened
John Wentworth - soubriquetted
Long John. The Tribune repudiates
1 Farwell, denounoing him as an i'm
beetle, and as black-leg, fit compaR-
ion for MorTissey, If he should go to
Congress--the Times and Tribune,
extremes ia politics, meeting. Ask
| ing a gentleman how this could be,
his only answer was: "Oh we can
buy our newspapers as easily as we
can buy a bushel of wheat.
Mr.. FarWell, it seems, did not offer
enough, and 50 support goes to Long
John, who is stigmatiZed as q drunk
ard, and knaYe and fool, Mr.. Far
well is regarded generally as having
fine Judgment. bat no orator; Mr..
Wentworth is as full of words as a
seidlitz powder of froth Now put
| them together in q mortar and bray
them, and divide by two and they
would average right.
While the men are thus engaged In
politics, the ladies of tho churches are
/ AlDO 2ttL4GLAuE 4EkC4tAO4 Ny CNftLf NfcC
! dinners for the pr emotion of the gos-
pei. a month ago Plymouth Church
| got up week Unpopular dinners, and
succeeded so well. that other churches
are following suite. Two or,three are
in competition this week, and it makes
one feel queer to see IL glaTing capt.
tails, placarded upon long poles, car
ried by men and boys, DINNER -
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER' and
then the usual invitation, In smaller
type, to come and partake of viands
and confections, served up by beauti-
full hands, seasoned with beautiful
smiles. cannot get the hang of these
things. With the organ grinders and
fiddlers at the corners of the streets,
begging the charities of the Babylo-
mans, come these representatives of
the churches; but the ladies, dear
/ souls, are aiming only at good, and l
hope. they may succeed. although |
could not but wish that the men would
save them from these questionable
methods.
a noble work is now carried on By
the ladies hero. The Women's Chris
tlan Association have just reported
tor their twelve months existence.
during, which time their Employ
ment Bureau has secured Situations
for over three thousand women AK.
ing employment, and thus saved MANY
from suffering and some from shamo
They start IN their new year with two
additions to their benevolent work [.
an industrial school for girls and an
asylum OF reform. May God bless
them IN the attempt, for God ONLY
knows how much such work Is
needed here. 81 o.. :
On every side you find tokens of i'm
provement and progress going on
Scarce a square can be traversede INF
you find new buildings rising, or old
ones enlarged and beautifed Short