Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-13
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.

The yVeather-Corner in w neat -The
Receints of Grain-The New Tunnel
-f,I,icaoo Rjyer-Business-D.B u. Fisk
& Co-.f. w. Griswold ~ Co-Amuse-
ments.
Cu,cAco Sent. 9. 1871. We have had CO.
Mons rains This week, succeeded by cool
weather. We hear of frosts west and south
of ms br7t have had none here yet, though the
nights have been quite cold. The event of the
week has been the
CORNER IN WHEAT,
effected by combination of wheat gamblers,
bv which No. 2was run up to Sl.32 on We'd
nesday, but the price broke down on Thurs
dav to 81. 10, owing to large enthusiastically
1O6 OOO bushels being shipped from Milwaukee
bere-tbe mixing of Winter and No. 1 with No
2. and the cleaning of No. to make it No. 2
and the evniration of the month, which closed
tba corner TT is said " the ring made 1910
600 bv the operation But they have injured
the grain market and the credit of the city.
and ruined many individuals. They are con-
snira tors AGAINST the interests of both city and
country, and the enemies of all legitimate
trade.
THE RECEIPTS OF GRAIN
we're over three-fourths of million bushels,
Auo 81 and charters for shipments 663 ,00C
bushels. There is an increased demand fol-
money from the interior to move the new
crop.
THE NEW TUNNEL,
on La Sale street, under the Chicago river tc
the North Side, which was formally opened the
4th of July. was a greater success than the
Washington Street Tunnel, in that it was per
fectly free from leakage, the contractors being
able to avoid the errors of the first experiment.
The foot approaches are 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 a
constant flow of the waters OF the lake through
the river I'D stream, through the canal ana
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 it 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 q
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 il
Europe during the summer, buying of the
leading manufacturers there, silks velvets, rib
bons, laces, flowers, etc. Their thorough &C
quaintance 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 Thu
Oldest largest, and most complete Milliner,
House in the West, leading all competitors il
the amount of their sales by long stride
they propose, by upright dealing, and Away
keeping the largest and choicest stock, t.
maintain the pre-eminence they have SO hon
orably won.
j. W. GR1swoLD AND CO., CLOAK HOUSE,
having bought their Beavers early, and i'm
ported their own Velvets, Velveteens, Lace
and Gimp are prepared to offer extra induce
ments to country merchants.
| ADJUSTMENTS.
| McVicker's new theatre was opened wit
great eclat last Tuesday evening, by stron
company, in the play of :" Extremes" At tn
Museum, +" Cast upon the World" is th
attraction 1.-The Hunchback" at Hooleyl
and the Ministries have the usual bill at tn
! Dearborn. B.