Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-10-06
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.
Death OF M. Chas- n. Ray-Busfness-
J0nn.t. arwell g. Co.--The Life Boa
Dramatic and Operatic.

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Dramatic and Operatic.
CHICAGO, Sept. "a, 1S70-Tho city was sur
pr1sed by tho announcement in the papers. eft
this morning that DIR. Chas. III. Ray, former
~ one Of the proprietors and chief editor OF
the Tribune, and since December, 1867.
editor i'm chief OF the Evening Post, was
dead. He died Of brain fever, at his resi-.
dence. at quarter past one O'Clock this
morning. He took very active part in the
exciting political CANVASS last fall, al time
when he needed rest. and his oyerworkel
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 power in journalism and
was one Of the very ablest editors i'm The
Northwest He had very decided convictions
OF public policy, and expressed them in most
forsiaie language. He contributed very large
ly to the establishment of both the Tribune
and the Evening Post, and gave them char
ae!sr Tor Iacisveness. Independence aud
ability, E..ich they well sustain. Though he
never asked for an Office, the appointment of
u. y. Appraiser for this port WAS bestowed
on him, unsolicited, by President Grant.
though his commission had not reached him
st the time of his death. DIR. Raw will be
best remembered by his prrsoual friends and
acquaintance, for hrs manly qualities. He
despised meanness, trickery, and shams. Ills
heart was tender a. a wuman's, his symps.
thies were strong and active and his soul of
charity large and comprehensive. IL will
be missed and mourned among intimates "a
lew public men have been.
BUSINESS
moderately active, but the warm weather
and the progress of the Franco Pm ssiau
war have delayed country purchases. so thai
he sales of the wholesale dealers have not mel
the promise of the early opening. Country
dealers were in haste to purchase three weeks
ago, before the anticipated rise in goods
but there has been no marked advance in
prices, and the warm, pleasant weather has
Kept farmers at home and diminished the
sales of thu country dealers. A change OF
weathe; Will produce greater sctivity. The
large houses here, however, have been DOING
large trade.
The best representatives of the iTrepressi.
bio energy and enterprise of Chicago bust
nos men are the Wholesale dry goods firm oi
JOHN v. FARwELL X 90.
Two days after the great fire which des-
troyed their magnificent store and goods
worth 81, 500 900, they were at ~ and "a
Wabash avenue, occupying six floors, IS by
l65 feet, To which they have added q plckine
room. % by 165 feet, and sold the first week
$500 900 worth of gOods-mOre than their
Ect loss. And as they bad Iage duplicate
stock warchonsed, and their New York
friends filed their orders by telegraph with
unexsmpied promptnes, aud forwarded
them by express at their own cx-
pehse, IN testimony OF their hIeh
business character and in sympathy for their
loss they are now prepared TO meet tho
largest demands of the fall trade. The elssti-
city and CELEBRITY with which they sprung into
tuil working order on 50 gigantic a scale
after go destructive fire, is without A par
sllel IN the mercantile circles of the country.
There is nothing new in the literary line
here. There IL a unique, neatly printed and
lively weekly sheet published here by Il. c..
Egglc-ton, called the
LIFE BOAT,
which has large circulation-partly because
without scctsris1Irm or fanaticisln IL speaks
good word for religion ana temperance, but
chiefly becsuse IL is patronized largely BY
busicess men. The sermons of @. H. spur
geon, the famous London preacher, which n
publishes, are richly worth the subscription
price-one dollar.
DRAMATIC.
There hiss been quite a dramatic revival
here the last two or thrae weeks. Edwin Booth
has drawn very largely at McVlcker's and il
announced for another week in liking Lear "
and The Fools Revenge"
Aisen's Museum has been well pstronizaJ
by day and at night.
The minstrelsy Of the Manning troupe fiji
the Dearborn every night.
Tho E0glish opera troupe under the man
agsment of g. ID. Hess, open az the Opers
House, the first week in October. with the
strongest organization of effective singers
ever brought together in one company. D.