The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-11
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.

CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.
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IimeIy Hoilse-Life1nsurane TraT-
eiers' Insurance COmpany-Aeeident
Insurahce=Amusem r-e
CmoAeo, Feb. 2S, 1s7O.-Ours cold weather
of last week lasted but day or two, when 1t
became mild and spring like again,- changing
on Saturday to warm and coplous Aprll show
ers from the southwest, changing toward
night to an eastcrly storm. ---
TIE BLONDES,
or the Lydia Thompson troupe, have been
the sensation of the past week. When they
were here few weeks ago the Times pulled
them. But this time, they declined TO adver-
tise IN the Times, and the Times pitched INTO
the blondes savsgely. calling them bawds and
other uncOvetab:e names, and taunting them
| and their friends for not resenting its attacks.
The agent who visited the editors Office TO
demonstrate with him on his course, Ar.
1 Storey drove from his presence by holding
a revolver at his breast.
- cowHIDINa STOREY. &
On Thursday afternoon, Miss Lydia Thomp-
son and sIiss Markham, Of tho troupe, ac-
! companied by two male friends, Mr. Hender-
son to see fair play, and MIR. Gordon 10
point out Mr.. Storey to the girls, proceeded
| in carriage to point near Mr.. Storey's res
idence and waited till he come along with Lis
wife, when Lydia sailed in and administered
some vigorous blows with cowhlde In the
face head and hack of the Editor after which
sheretreated to her carriage and returned to
her hotel The company were arrested and
taken to the armOry where they gave bail and
were released.
THE TRIAL. - -t
Saturday morning the trial took place be-
fore Justice SummeTfield, who fined Thomp-
son, Markham and Henderson 500, and Cor
don and an Eldredge SO each. They paid
their fines under protest and left the court
room. Mr.. Storey immediately procured
their
On charge of riot, which interfered with
their business 80 that they were obliged to
give up their Saturday afternoon matinee.
While there is a general repHObatiOn OF the
case of brute force in the redress of wrongs,
and of personal chastisement in this case As
brutal method of punishment, there Is a
large class who think that as between the
editor of the Times and the Lydia Thompson
troupe, the "henOrs are easy"
BUSINESS
Begins to revive little. Bat the decline in
gold and the low price Of wheat are not aus
picious Omens for those who have bought
goods before the decline. Still the low price
of gold is healthy sign. Every one is bruah-
ing up for the spring business.
.-- OUTSIDE AND INSIDE.
1t is very common in this world of pretense
and outside show, to find gorgeous exterior
belied by the furnishing within. And this is
true both in the mental and in the physical
world. On the other hand, it sometimes hap
pens that the soul of man Outgrows and
outranks his body, or that the whole man is
superior to his surroundings. The true state
of man Is "Sdnd mems an Sal1d c0TpOTe "a
sound mind in a sound body'-With sur
roundings suitable to his wants and aspira-
TONS So, in the business world the business
of the successful merchant often OutgrOWs
its accommodations, and then the reforming
and improving hand comes in to readjust the
inequality and provide rooms adequae TO the
enlarged business. The growth of the North
westis measured by the business, and the en-
largemeRt of the business houses of Chicago.
And the substantial and elegsnt architecture
of our capacious stores not only reflects the
character of our merchants, butts part OF the
heritage of Of the whole Northwest, aud IL
lustrates most strikingly the truth OF the
Scriptural apotheGm, ''The liberal soul de-
viseth liberal things, and by liberal things
shall he stand" And nowhere Is this fact
more conspicuOusly shown than in the
81 MAMMOTH MILLINERY HOUSE
of D. 3. Fisk & Co., 53 and 90 Lake street, |
which Is 80 feet front by 165 feet deep, six
stories high, thoroughly and elegantly nm |
ished and furnished, and tastefully and con-
yeniently arranged throuS Shout, and is the
largest anC most perfect store OF It's KIND IN
the world. s-F.z. Il
The house was first established in 1853, is |
the oldest Wholesale millinery hsuse in the !
west, and is the legitimate outgrOwth ofseven- !
teen wears continuous business in Chicago. |
Sagacity to anticipate the public wants, and |
prOmptness in supplying them, combined |
with industry, integrity aud fair dealing, have |
built up Tor thema trade Of over a million dOl- |
lars, extending over the great Mississippi |
valley to the Pacific.
The main hoOr of their store Is occupied |
with silks, ribbons. flowers and general ma
terials. The next floor displays ladies' finish
ing and fancy goods, straw goods, hats, bon |
nets, &c. Above this is the Pattern Bonnet |
Department where foreign patterns are copi- |
ed and made to order, large corps of the |
most skilful artists being employed for this |
purpose. The whole store. from basement |
10 the sixth story, is filed with their goods |
or occupied with their business. There Is
sense of fitness, convenience ana comfort !
about the whole establishment, which gives |
one feeling of ease, and the superb ladies |
paTlOr and toilet rooms will especially please |
their customers. They import their own |
goods and always have the largest and rich
est stock of the latest styles, and sTe the fret
in the market with everything fresh, new and
desirable at the lowest cash prices. Messrs.
ID. y. Fisk & Co., and their able assistants
each of whom takes a personal interest in
the success of the house-have managed
the business with cOnsummate skill, and
their memorial is pateut to all who visit their
house. Il is not an empty honor to have the
prestige of having built UD the largest, COM
pletest and most successful wholesale mil
iineTy house in this country.an establish
ment which reflects credit upon Chicago, and
is of essential benefit to the dealers in their (
goods throughout tue whole northwest; for
in no house OF the kind in New York, Boston
or Philadelphia can they find so complete an
assortment OF millinery goods as IN the mann,
moth store of d. B. Fisk IL Co. 1t Is enc OF
those noteworthy cases in which splendid
easketis fifty represented by the treasure
within.
LIFE INSURANCE.
The public mIRd has been startled, the past
year, by the failure Of several English life in
suranc6 companies, and fears have been ex-
pressed, by some unacqualnted with the
facts that American lie insurance companies
would meet a similar fate. 1t ID right that
those who invest money in life policies for
the benefit OF their families should scTutlnlze
the character of these companies, and assure
themselves that these policies will be paid at |
maturity. The English companies had no
governmental provision requiring them -
Keep reserve fund sufficient to keep their |
policies coed, or to make sworn yearly |
statement of their condition, and there were
no legal safeguards against squanderlng
their funds, or against general mismanage-
ment.
But the best life insurance companies of
this country not only conform to the law re-
quiring them to keep reserve fund amply |
sufficient to Teinsure al outstanding policies.
but they have, at all times, available funds |
far in excess of such requirement.. They /
are as safe as hun an foresight can make
them. 10.
The expedicncy and duty Of life insurance
to all. save the very rich or the very poor, Is
not debateable question. The only ques-
ton is: What company can give retidbte insu-
rance at the least cost? OF the two plans OF
insuTance-the stock and the mutual-the
best writer's on insurance favor the stock
Dlan because tho rates are much lower. On