The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1873-07-04

reached the great city of st. Louis If our cal
endars had not told us it was the blessed Sab
bath day, nothing about the appearance of the
city would have Indicated it. Clothing stores,
shoe and hat stores, barrooms &C., were open
beer gardens were In full blast with crowds of
men, women, and even children, who guzzled
lager to the music of a brass band-in fact bust
ness and pleasure In st. Louis seem to recognize
no Sunday. At night the theatre and concert
room open their attractions. 1t must not be
supposed, however, that this is the universal
habit The churches were also open, and attcn
tive congregations bowed the Knee and sang
praises TO God.
st. Louis claims TO have population of 400,-
600. 1t is fine place for business, but its Sun
day habits are Objectionable to the old fl shion-
ed notions of those who We're taught in youth to
"Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy"
CHICAGO.
From st. Louis we proceeded to Chicago. A
stranger would scarcely know that it had re-
Gently been the scene of one of the greatest con
fagrations on record.
Here and there vacant lot, with pile Of
ashes or some few charred remains of n build
ing, is seen but throughout the district laid
waste by the fire are seen row after row of
large warehouses; built in the most solid man
ner of marble, iron, &c; and all models of archi-
iectural elegance in design and Workmanship.
Chicago is truly the "City of the Plains" To
the northward stretches the wide waters of
Lake Michigan, and in every other direction,
here and there, it is true, with little cabins and
SO rich, in an agricultural point of view that
the great struggle with the farmer is to keep
the weeds from choking out his crop In con
sequence of the defective drainage-remedied
greatly by underground drains-the side walks
of Chicago raised two or three feet above the
level of the street.
LARGE HOTEL.
Everything in Chicago is conducted on mann
moth scale. A new hotel called the Grand Pa
ciic, has just been opened for guests.
This house is the largest caravansary in the
world and one OF the most commodious, elegant
and costly The building rises to the altitude
| of six stories and covers an area of 525 by 1876
! feet. Alphabetically considered it blends mas
siveness with the most perfect symmetry. There
are 800 rooms IL the house for the exclusive ac-
accommodation ofguests. TheAgrand parlor on
the second story is 100 by "a feet the grand din.
ing hall l3O by 81, the ladies' ordRey 20 by 20,
and the kitchen department 40 by 90. From the
parlor to the dining hall is a promenade 100 by
30 feet The building contains $50 windows, L.
0'O doors, l3S bath tubs, $50 water closets, 2
marble drinking fountains, over miles of gas
pipe, 42G chandeliers with ,51S burners, $50
bracket lights with l, 1870 burners 1000 feet of
speaking tubes, 80 miles of WIRE 525, fire alarm
bells and annunciators containing 474 ndica-
tors. The masonry and stone cutting cost $780,
00O cut stone $4,000, carpeting $4,000 and
the entire building about 81 100000. The value
OF the ground is 5000 000 and the cost of the fur
niture between S400, 900 and $500, 600
UNION STOCK YARDS.
| Another remarkable institution, heretofore
| fully described in our columns, is the great
stock and cattle yards. These are situated about
six miles from the heart of the city, but are easily
accessible by street cars. They cover an area OF
several hundred acres, regularly laid off in Streets
lighted with gas and abundantly supplied with
water. Here are ample accommodations fol-
thousands fcattle, sheep and hogs, the various
apartments for which are comfortable and kept
cleaner than one would suppose would be the
case There is also fine hotel, q bank, an ex.
changc-eyerything, in fact, for conveniently
| carrying on an immense trade in live stock
An idea ofthc amount of business transacted
may be gathered from the fact that the sales
made by one commission house alone amount
to 100000 month. A very fine race track is on
the grounds, and abundant stabling for large
number of horses. The hotels of Chicago are cx
} eellent ard many Of them very large and fine
In busness enterprise and dash it is ahead of any
other place we have seen. Everything bears
look ofpermancnt prosperity. The past, with
its painful experiences, seems to have been for
gotten, and the citizens look to glorious future
From Chicago weare to be the guests of The
Pennsylvania Railroad to Baltimore.