, 1873-10-12
may oxoto n difroront fooling, and thus run tho
rink Of throwing tile Government into Tho l,R,ltla
Of dangerous not Of men?


CHICAGO TH1nTY~stx YEARS AGO.
We l,avo boon lln,lsod oupy of tho Uhtengo
american of oet. II, 1887, lnrgo ai,d wcl-
printod sovon-coumn uapor. published by Will
inn Stuart Il Co., which altor>H HOMO n1oroati1g
glimpBea Of liro III Chicago thirty-sx yoars ago.
Az usunl tho advertisements toll tic larger part
of tho Btory. Glancing thom over, 1t appears
TINT Ducknor s. Morris and j. Young sca,pnou
woro ut tint timo associated In tho practice
of tito Inv; nlHo G. 4. O. beaumont
and Mark Skinner; Moaars. Spring md Grant
aoodrich md 1Haao N. Arnold mud II. D. Oglou,
all of whom aro yot living to road this para-
graph. John 8. Wright and Now1orry l. Do1o
wore doing d storage, forwarding, md commits
Sion buainoss. Walter 8. Gnrnoo WIS gencral
doalor In s"tllos, brid1es, 1arnoas, trunks, and
Talises, at tho corner Of Donrborn and Water
etroets. J. A. Smith VAS in tile fur business
then as now. Il. G. Loomfs dealt in
Wholesale groceries. Stephen r. Gale kept
4 book-storo, and Tuthill Hing was
t1ourishing In tho Now York Olothing-store,
next to tho fremont House, and had a branch
~ "oAaobs LIZ It 41QOA4o Hlp NGG4VtA4f tA tu0
Chicago Marine and Tire insurance Company, Of
which Josiah 8. Broego waa President. Tho
secrotary Of tho Doard Of Canal Commissioners
advortiscB for proposals. for work on tie cnual
from tho Summit to Dosplainos. II. Q. stono
was In tho grocery buslnBss in partnership
with Z. O. Dtaokett. News WAS slow
of dolivory then, tho proceedings Of
Congress on Sept. ~ having just come
to hand. The American was d WAig paper,
aB nlay be inferred from tho following extract:
" Tho Van Durou nomedy." "specie for tho Of
flce-11olders; Dank Rags for tho People," Tho
Secretary Of tho Treasury can find specie for
members Of Congress- ho ofozs To tho work
men employed by the Government tho CHOICE
to talso paper or quit workl!l Such is Van
Buren Democracy" Tho Common Council mot
tat their now room, Oil Clark street prcscut,
AID. Boltos, Caton (now Judge Cation, Of Ottawa),
Goodhuo, Hogan, jackson, piorcc, Pcarsons,
Sherman, md Taylor" Their most important
proceedings wero tho election. of George Davis
to fill tho vacancy il tho ofico Of tho City Cier
occasioned by tho abacnco of I. N. Arnold the
fixing Of tl.oatro licouso ut $500 per annli,l a
resolution that tho Common Council would have
nothing moro to do with tho paupers
Of tho city; and tho discussion Of n
proposition TINT Aldermen shonll perform
tho tlntios Of Street Commissioner in oaoh ward
"A proposition which Aid. Goodluo violently
opposed, as ho would not perform any work
without pay. Mossrs. Lakewood aud Nc
Kenzio announce n series of thBntricn} por-
fornances "in the Old United Statos Hotel
fitted up for tic purpose" 1u tho way
Of transportation, tho Chicago steam packet
Jameu Madison is announced for regular
trips to Buffalo; also, the paclct Pennsylvania
for Green Gay, leo pc. lifting" Lust, but not
least, Edward Il. Ruu .dycrtises q reward for
the return Of his runaway boy, aud William
Summers cautions tho community against his
runaway wifo, Susan Morris. As compared with
tho papers Of to-day, the Chicago An,erican
would not DO called O. great newspaper; but for
the yilnge Of 1887 1t was undoubtedly q great
one, aud lii. Gurnoe, for instance. sitting In the
door Of his saddle aud wllip-store Of morning.
on tho lookout for customers, probably read it
with as much interest as lie will read THE TntB-
uSE tl,a morning. Since those DAYS, nevis
papors. Chicago, Mr. Gurnee, and all tho other
advertisers of 1887 havo taken 1oug strides ahead,
but it is pleasant now aud thou to look back to
the small beginnings.