Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-11
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.

The Observation-Disclosures. ". Farwen g.
Ce.-D. b. Fisk & Cow. w. KimbalI-
Tragedies, &c.-P. A. LeORard-Death of
G.. b. Armstrong. sf 81 20. F-
CHICAGO, May 8, 1871-The last half of
April was moist, chilly, and. unpleasant, and
the first few days of May wet and cold but
it cleared up with q bright sunshine on the
9th inst, with a promise of good planting
weather for the future. Still, notwithstand-
ing it has been so wet over large portions of
the country as to make travelling by COM
nor roads difficult, vegetation is generally
more forward than usual, and in this city,
1 have peas a foot high, grown in the open
air, on wettish soil.
The wet, cold backward weather retard-
ing the springs work, and rendering locomo-
ton unpleasant, has had a d~ampening effect
upon the ~
of this city, and for the past two weeks,
trade has generally been dull. There was a
larger trade in March and the first part of
April han ever before,f and some houses
have SO exceeded their former sales, that,
should there be no revival till early autumn,
they would still be ahead of all former sea-
sons, and up with all competitors in their
line. The dry goods house of
J. ". FARwELLs& iCo.,l g.GIFsg
since occupying the new, mammoth store,
has done the largest business this season
ever transacted by any house in the North
west-a testimonial to the character of the
firm, and to their method of doing business
both substantial and complimentary.
d. B. FISK & CO.,
whose reputation is cosmopolitan, have sold
half a million of millinery goods this spring,
and yet their stock is as fresh, complete and
inviting as at the opening of the season.
They are the headquarters of fashion for
the millinery trade of the Northwest.
W. W. KIMBALL,
The Piano King of Chicago, last year, sold
$500, 00G of pianos and organs-more than
anu oV,cS InoIar IN fho TT-1taI GFofao
Which shows the great popularity of Hallet,
Davis & Co.'s Pianos, and Smiths American
Organs. Purchasers will promote their in
terests by preserving this statement. s.
TRAGEDIES, ETC. -
Last Friday morning, a Mrs. Dora Kars-
tens, twenty-five years old, threw herself on
the railway track, in front of a ocomotiv
on Kinzie street, and was SO injured by the
cow-catcher that she lived but three hours.
Cause, a graceless husband, who had desert
ed her. te=. r.r ....... rrIIy
P. A. LEONARD,
who shot and killed his br~other-in-law, DIR.
Scanland, while he was driving him into
the sidewalk from his own house, was ac-
quilted and discharged by order of the
Grand Jury, last week, and has gone back
to his old place as clerk in the Post Office.
very much to the disgust of the press, and
other advocates of law and order, who insist
that he ought to have first been tried by a
petit jury. Scanland had threatened to kill
Leonard, and had treated his wife, Leon
ards sister, shamefully. Very few men
would allow themselves to be turned out OF
their own houses peaceably, by a man who
had threatened to kill them. 'i@H
THE DEATH OF g. B.. ARMSTRONG,
who originated the system of mail distribu-
ton on the cars, and was rewarded therefor
by being made superintendent of the Rail
way Mail Service of the United States, oc-
Cured at his residence in this city, last Fri
day morning. B..