The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-09-16
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.

The Weather-Corncr I'm Wheat Tht
Receipts OF Grain-The New Tunnel
--ShicagO River-Business-D.B Ii. Fish
~ CO.-J. w. CriswOld ~ CO-Amuse.
ments
CHICAGO. Sept. 2, 1871. We have had CO.
plous rains this week, succeeded by COO
weather. We hear OF frosts west and soutl
of u.s. but have had none here vet, though the
nights have been quite cold. The event of the
week has been the
CORNER IN WHEAT.
effected by combination of wheat gamblers
| by which No. 2 was run up to 81 80 on We'd
nesdav, but the price broke down on Thurs
day to @1.l0 owing to large Enthusiastically
100000 bushels being shipped from Milwaukee
here-the mixing of Winter and No. l with No
:, and the cleaning of No. 3 to make it No. q
and the expiration of the month. which closed
the corner. 1t is sad = the ring made S2l0,-
900 by the operation But they have injured
the grain market and the credit of the city,
and ruined many individuals. They are con
splrators against the interests of both city and
country, and the enemies of all legitimate
trade.
THE RECEIPTS OF GRAIN
were over three-fourths of million bushels
Aug. II, and charters for shipments 663, 00O
bushels There Is an increased demand for
money from the interior to move the new
crop.
THE NEW TUNNEL,
on La Sale street, under the Chicago river to
the North Side, which was formally opened the
4th OF July. was a greater success than the
Washington Street Tunnel III that it was per-
fectly free from leakage, the contractors being
able to avoid the errors of the first experiment.
The foot approaches not yet completed.
The greatest sanitary improvement ever made
here, If we except the introduction of pure
water by the Lake Tunnel, IS the change of
the flow of the
CHICAGO RIVER
into the Illinois river, by the deepening of the
Illinois and Michigan Canal, so that there is
constant flow of the waters of the lake through
the river up stream, through the canal and
down the Illinois river to the Mississippi. The
change from foul and fetid, to fresh and pure
water, is most grateful, and is worth the large
outlay 1t has cost
BUSINESS.
The season for the fall trade opens auspi-
ciously, and the first class wholesale houses,
which have given Chicago the character of
metropolitan city, by the amplest display of
the most desirable goods, begin to be thronged
with customers.
d. b. FISK AND co.
have made large preparations for the fall trade
Mr.. Fisk. the senior partner has been in
Europe during the summer, buying of the
leading manufacturers there, silks velvets, rib
bons, laces, flowers, etc. Their thorough ac-
qualntance with the wants of the Western trade
enables them to offer the most attractive as
sortment of Millinery, Straw and Fancy Goods
and Ladies' Furnishing in this country. The
Oldest largest, and most complete Millinery
House in the West, leading all competitors in
the amount of their sales by a long stride,
they propose, by upright dealing, and always
keeping the largest and choicest stock, to
maintain the pre-eminence they have so hon
orably won.
j. W. dRISwoLD AND CO., CLOAK HOUSE,
having bought their Beavers early, and i'm
ported their own Nelvets. Velveteens. Laces
and Gimp, are prepared to offer extra induce
ments to country merchants.
ADJUSTMENTS.
McVicker's new theatre was opened with
great eclGt last Tuesday evening" by strong
company in the play Of Extremes" At the
Museum, Cast upon the World" Is the
attraction The Hunchback" at Hooley's
and the Ministries have the usual bill at the
Dearborn. b.