The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-21
CORRESPONDENCE.
CHICAGO, Ill,
Sent. 18th. 1871.

approaching, Out tnoy can SEQ ~
in Chicago. Never before have !
seen this city more active and her
people SO thoroughly alive to every |
means which inuro to her prosperity. |
1t seoms as if "every man was doing !
his level best" to keep it tired hot |
And can it be otherwise when nearly |
,very car load Of whoat that comes |
into tho city changes hands half q
dozen times a day, and every time,
somebody makes golden strike, or
heaves sigh. A piece Of property
that was sold six months ago, is for
tunate if it has not a halt a dozen
owners since, and every time some
body smiles on one side Of the face or
the other, but "you know how it is
yourself" As we were approaching
the union depot, neighbor in the
car, give me q gentle dig in the side,
and says, "do you believe in the fu.
ture of Chicago p l looked at him
and saw that he was terribly in
earnest, and replied, Il DOTH" ITO
show you how she is looming up"
said he, "look down that street, and
notice that lot on Wabash avenue,
with "a little church round the cor
ner." "Well, about fourteen years
ago that lot was bought for church
purposes tor five. thousand dollars, it
was recently sold for $16l 900 cash,
CHOW is that tor high p That is
high enough" Needy replied
"Whon Adam was baby" the river
Ut this point entered into the lake, it
continued to do so Tor a good many
thousand years, but it entered into
the heart of this people to reverse
the order of nature, and now the
waters of the Lake fill the stream
and run unreservedly down to the
Gulf. No city in the world has 30
many railroad facilities, yet, she has
not a railroad bond in existence
There is scarcely State from Maine
to Texas, that is not moving for
new air lines, or u new route to Chi
cago, in several instances 30 express
cd by name. New lines Of communi.
cation arc striking deep into the vast
interior, that four years ago was, q,
best, only woodlands wilderness
The G. B. q G. r. r., the very per
lection of roads, is doing n great work
in realizing through routes,i it is bring
ing detached links into lines and sinu
GUS lines into straight ones, helping
forward the traveller, speeding to mar
ket the produce of the west, unit
her business, and that Of the B. h NJ
has become immense, and one woult
think, Judging from the cargoes Q
teas passing through Ottumwa tina
W. B. Strong and his faithful adju
tant, June Wentz, are us popular il
China as they are in this country
who knows but Ching Chang and Flu
Chow in that far off land, swing thei
pig tails, and cry aloud, 60 east b.
the Burlington route. it you woul
avoid ''dust and detention" We ar
unmoved by what formerly wonl
have struck us as marvellous, vas
quantities of silks and the rich me,
chandise of tho Indies are pourin;
down the Union Pacific, throug
Southern Iowa, to Chicago, and fron
here to the great cities of the world
all these excite no more curiosit'
than au Elgin milk train. -Four year
ago China was almost sealed coun
tr, to US; now the opening of stor
exclusively for the sale OF Crienta
handiwork, from Yokohama, OF
Clark street, draws not half so wei
as the "four-headed calf" ] had tn
pleasure of meeting, in the city, Hon
J. FL. Merrill, wearing that inevitabl
slouched hat; it looked like he hat
sit on it all the way from Ottumwa
How careless our great men arc be
coming of their head gear 1t j
said the British Premier goes abou
in q hat that looks like some one hat
"shied" it into the gutter. And sine
Horace Greeley is in the city, | an
4 afraid his appearance will confirm
our distinguished fellow-citizen 10 BIZ
habits. tremble for future politica
aspirants, in Ottumwa, since Hon. P
G. Ballingall has taken tho reins OF
tho street sprinkler. No one neet
hope for political favor, unless h
goes up and down the street with I
saw and buck on his shoulders, seek
ing to "devour" somebody's wood
but / can assure you that MIR. Mer
rill is constitutionally opposed Il
such "bealthy" mode OF election
eoring. But want to put on recort
my conviction, that SO good . Re
publican as Mr.. Merrill is, should ge1
the unanimous vote OF Wapellt
county.
Reader, when you come TO Chicago
and want to see an old lowan, yot
can find him ut that elegant ant
centrally located hotel, the Clittol
House, on Wabash Avenue, on
block from tho leading WHOLESALE
and Retail Dry Goods stores. Regis
ter your name, take seat in thu
spacious dining room, and IT he ha
ever seen you before, Mr.. Jenkins
the gentlemanly proprietor, will mos
likely pass your way, and greet 20,
with "from Iowa, l believe" o
course you gladly acknowledge thai
you live in SO grand q Republican
State, and when you answer, l do
sir. you at once become cherished
guest. 1t is much better Gf thai
could be) than when Tom collars
took crowd OF country people
there, . few weeks ago. Tom as
sured US we could not seat out the
Clifton" We done our level best, bal
the task was too much. 1t would
have made dyspeptic man go lnad
to see Major Hamilton at the Clifton
table, hearty smile passed over bis
face. and you was assured that he
was "master OF the situation" Toms
portly franc lowered above all, and
he said no was "monarch of all he
surveyed" }. q. NJ,
The old settlers Of Polk County
had a jolly reunion at their Fair