The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-10-07
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.
Of Mr.. ChAs. a. Ray-Business-
JOHNNY ERrwell& Co-TheL Life Boa
Dramatic and OperatIo.

Death of Mr. Chas. a. Ray-Bnsiness-
JOHN ". FRrweIl& Gothic Life Boat
Dramatic and operate.
CHICAGO, Sept. 81, 1S7O.-The city was sur
prised by the announcement in the pap0rs, of
this morning that DIR. Chas.'H. Ray, former
ly one Of the proprietors and chief editor of
the Tribune, and since December, 1867,
editor in chief OF the Evening Post, was
dead. He died OF brain fever, st his resi-
dence, at 3 quarter past one O'Clock this
morning. He took q very active part in the
exciting political canvass last fall, at a time
brain was seized with fever last January,
since which time he has been able TO write
very little for the Evening Post.
DIR. Ray was a power in journalism, and
was one of the very ablest editors in the
Northwest. He had very decided convictions
OF public policy, and expressed them in most
forcible language. He contributed very large
ly to the establishment of both the Tribune
lRnd the Evening Post, and gave them a char
acter for incisiVenehs, Independence and
ability, which they well sustain. Though he
never asked for an 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. DR.. Ray will be
best remembered by his personal friends and
a-oqUsintances, for his manly qualities. He
despised meanness, trickery, and shams. His
heart was tender as \ wOmau's, his sympa-
thies were strong and active, and his soul of
charity large and comprehensive. He will
be missed and mourDed among intimates as
few public men have been.
BUSINESS
8 moderately active, but the warm weather
and the progress of the Franco-Prussiau
war have delayed country purchases, so thai
the sales of the wholesale dealers have not me-
the promise OF the early opening. Country
Il .g.aI.ra r.r a., I..fa 20 .mrr.Iaaa 49,. uaaI.
ago, before the anticipated rise in goods
But there has been no marked advance il
prices, and the warm, pleasant weather has
kept farmers at home and diminished TIA,
Gales of the country dealers. A change o.
weather will produce greater activity. The
large houses here, however, have been doing
q large trade.
The best representatives of the irreprossi
bic energy and enterprise of Chicago bust
ness men are the wholesale dry goods firm o.
JOHN v. ARwEL 4 90.
Two days after the great fire which des
troyed their ms grificent store and goods
worth 81, 500, 600, they were at " and n
Wabash avenue, occupying six floors, IS by
165 feet, to which they have added a packing
room. so by 165 feet, and sold the first week
$500, 600 worth of gOOds-more than their
not loss. And as they had a lage duplicate
stock warehoused, and their New York
friends filed their orders by telegraph with
eAA1 - AA A@N
them by express at their own ex'
pence, III testimony of their high
business character and in sympathy for their
loss-they are now prepared TO meet the
largest demands of the fall trade. The elasti-
city and eeleriiJ with which they sprung into
Fnll working order on so gigantic a scale,
al ter so destructive a fire, is without a par
allel in the mercantile circles of the country.
There is nothing new in the literary line
here. There is Il unique. neatly printed and
lively weekly sheet published here by L. c.
Eggleston, called the
LIFE
which has a large circulation-partly because,
without sectarianism or tanaticism. it spesks
a good word for religion and temperance, but
chiefly because it is patronized largely by
business men. Tn rmOns of c.. 2. Spur.
geon. the famous London preacher, which n
publishes, ara richly worth the subscription
price-one dollar.
DRAMATIC.
There has been quite a dramatic reviyal
here the last two or throe weeks. Edwin Booth
has drawn very largely at McVieker's and is
announced for another week in "KiDg Lear
and The Fools Revenge"
Aiken's Museum has been well patronized
by DAY and at night.
The minstrelsy of the MsnniDg troupe fill
the Dearborn every night.
The English oPers troupe under the man.
agement of G. ID. Hess, open at the Opera
House, the fret week in October, with the
strongest organization of effective singer.
ever brought together in one company u