The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-01-27

doctered me when sick with bilious fever
in February 1888. On the wertern side
of the south branch, think nearly oppo-
site Lake Street, stood Hotel of capaciA
GUS size, kept by a man whose name was
Murphy. Friend Avery was stopping
there for few days, and I had occasion
to call on him, when lol and behold
""Long John" of the Chicago Democrat,
first made his appearance to my astonish7
ed vision He was really a tall specimen
of humanity Hope he did not feel above
his neighbors. Nearly all the land on
the west side of the south branch was
owned by chief of the Chicago tribe.
His name as near as can spell it, was La
Flambenoy.r It appears in the early set
Element of Chicago, the people settled on
this land as far up as the Foundry, called
one nrile from the city. We occupied the
Foundry. There were but few houses in
our neighborhood, but as you neared the
town they became more numerous, and
by the time you reached Murphy
Hotel there was as the Hoosier would
say "a right smart heap of them" The
Chief claimed and held the land, the
result was the people had to succumb to
the old Chief terms of settlement. He
demanded large prices for his land and
offered small sums for houses and improve
ments. saaaE 1o9 gerE.
3 The house we occupied was very fine
brick building for those times, with good
out buildings, and is said to ghave cost
fourteen thousand dollars. It was built
by man whose name was Steel Report
said the Chief offered him seven thousand
dollars for the property. At first Steel
declined to accept Then the Chief said
Move the building off" Mr.. Steel took
the $1,000, and vacated the. premises.
Mr. Avery rented the house and we occu-
pied it for boarding house until some
time near the first of June, 1885, Inever
saw the old Chief He went west of the
Mississippi in the summer of 1887, to
assist his tribe in settling, and did not
return till after had left, which was on the
18th OF May, 1888. Heleft his family, which
was composed ola wife, son and daughter
They occupied small story and a half
house, a little south of Murphy's Hotel.
/ had an occasion to call there to pay rent.
[ found the young man at home--paid
him aud took receipt "a He wrote his
name very poorly, but it satisfied the
law, and that was sufficient for me- The
parlor, or front room, was furnished with
a bed in one corner, covered with an In
dian blanket for spread. Two short
benches and plain pine table composed
composed the entire furniture of the
room! They appeared as well satisfied
as the white man with all his costly ma
Tbair orI, - Il i
after the Whites and composed of the
best material. Now let me say something
about Esqr. Clyrbourn, and Twill close up
this erratic narrative. Mr.. Clybourn was
an Indian tyader in an early day. He
accumulated property, it was said to the
amount of fourteen thousand dollars
His residence was situated some three
miles upon the North Branch It was
splendid for those days, and he ought to
have been satisfied with his possessions
But sometime in the heighth of specula-
tions he caught the mania and foundered
upon the rocks of misfortune He became
bankrupt. I did business with him
and always found him to act the part
of a man. Iogl YllGH5 gI -9aa al
will now return toamy arrival in
Chicago. This is the first time of my
return since left in May, 1888, being a
5,000--now, am told, a of a million
called on Jas. Howard Field, one of the
Editors of the Chicago E0ening Journal
and who, by the by, is an old acquain-
lance, being raised in our little village I
had very pleasant chat with him for an
hour. He told me that the city limits
were eight miles by twelvela Friend
Higgins and / assembled the steeple OF
the Court House and viewed that mighty
town until our astonished visions were
satisfied tried to discover some land
marks that were familiar, but all had
disappeared, save the river and its branch
es They remained unchanged in their
course, but were nearly obscured by ship
ping, closely connected warehouses, ele-
vators, docks, bridges, &c. All these
combine to confuse the memory of their
appearance in 1888! We returned to
Terra Firma and passed through some of
the principal streets on our way to the
water works We were astonishcd at the
splendor and magnitude ofpumps, engines,
and machinery After satisfying oursel-
yes, we visited all the depots and
most of the prominent places in town,
except the noted Artesian Well, which
was too far out Chicago is one of the
best towns in the Union, and if1t contin-
ues on with such mighty strides in the
future as in the past, who can estimate its
magnitude? @
Methirks hear ST. Louis say,
Turn your eyes and look this way,
And see if we are much behind
Ofany town that you can find.
do confess its nice enough, # 4E
And well located on a bluff,
And if was rich many are
l think I'D go and locate there. .I8L "a
Majestically flows the river by,
And splendid steamers briskly ply, 3oaa