Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-10-05
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.
Oeath of DIR. Chas. H. Ray-Business-
John v. FHrweIl 81 Co.-Thc Life
So1t-Dramatic and Opcrattc,

CHICAGO, Sept. 81, 1s70.-The city was sur
prlseu py the announcement i'll the papers,
OF THIS morning, that DIR. Chas. Fl. Raw for.
merry one OF the projectors and chief editor.
OF the Tribune, and since December. 1867.
edlt9r-ln chief of the Evening Post, was dead
he oled OF BRAIN fever, at his residence. at a
quarter past one O'Clock this mornipp Ne
took very active part in The exciting no,i+i.
cal canvass last tall, at time when he need
ed rest, and his oyerworked brain was soized
with fever last January, since which time he
has been able to write very little for the
Evening Post.
DR.. Ray was a power in Journalism. and
was one Of the very ablest editors in the
Northwest. He had very decided convic.
tions of public policy, and expressed thom
in most forcible language. He Contributed
| very largely to the establishment of both
| the Tribune and Evening Post and pave
| them character for incisiyeness. indenend
ence and ability, which they well sustain.
| Though he never asked for any office, the
appointment of U. S. Appraiser for this
port was bestowed on him, unsolicited. by
President Grant, though his commission had
not reached him at the time of his death DIR.
Ray will be best remembered by bis personal
friends and acquaintaE ces, for his manly
qualities. He despised meanness, trickery.
and shams. His heart WAS tender as wO-
mans, his sympathies were strong and ac-
| tive, and his soul of charity largo and COM
prehensive. He will be missed and mournea
among his intimates as few public men have
| been.
BUSINESS
| Is moderately active, but the warm weather
and the progress of the Franco-Prussian
war have delayed country purchases go that
| the sales of the wholesale dealers have not
met the promise of the early opening. Coun-
| try dealers We're in haste to purchase three
| weeks ago, before the anticipated rise in
goods. But there los bee no marked ad-
vance IN prices, and the warm, pleasant
weather has kept farmers at home and di.
nnnished the sales of the country dea ers. A
change of weather will produce greater &C
tlylty. The large houses here, however
have been doing large trade.
Inc best representatives Of the irrepressi-
| ness men are the Wholesale dry goods firm of
JoHNv. FARwELL & co.
Two days. after the great fire which de-
| stroyed their magnificent store and goods
worth 81, 500 600, they wero at 72 and ID Wa
bash avenue, occupying six floors, 48 by 165
feet, to which they have added packing
room, 81 by 165 feet, and sold the first week
| 100000 worth of goods-more than their
net loss. And as they had a large Duplicate
stock warehoused, and their New York friends
| filled their orders by telegraph with unex-
| ampled promptness and forwarded them by
express at their own expense, in testimony
| OF their high business character and in SYM
| pathy for their loss-they are now prepared
| to meet the largest demands of the fall trade
The elasticity and celebrity with which they
sprung into full working order on so gigantic
| a scale, after go destructive fire, is without
parallel in the mercantile circles of the
country.
There is nothing new in tho literary line
here. There is unique, neatly printed and
lively weekly sheet published here by e. G..
Eggleston, called the
LIFE BOAT,
which has large eirculation-partly because,
without sectarianism or fanaticism, it speaks
good word tor religion and temperance, but
chiefly because it Id patronized largely by
business men. The sermons of g. Fl. Spur
geon, the famous London preacher, which it
publishes, are richly worth the subscription
price-one dollar.
DRAMATIC.
There has been quite dramatic revival
here the last Two or three weeks Edwin
Booth has drawn very largely at McVicker's
and is announced for another week in liking
Lear and sThe Fools Revenge
Aiken's Museum has been well patronized
by day and at night.
The minstrelsy of the Manning troupe fill
the Dearborn every night.
The English opera troupe under the man.
agement of G. D. Hess, open at the Opera
House, the first week in October, with the
strongest organization of eff ctive singers
ever brought together in one company. 3.