, 1874-03-22
An, Idea Of the Hotels, Lawyers, ETC.,
of That Primitive Day.
co,nn1aints About Bnd Streets
Appeal to the Aldermen.
crac;mens Of Election Rcturns.-.B Of
the New York Tribune.


local bearing. The mutablity OF human AFFAIRS
-tle uncertainty Of human life-the endless
partiugs, SORROWS, joys, disappontments' ano
fortunes OF mans life are never 40 powerfully
as in consulting the files Of news
paper belonging to past generation. IL Is sau
to contomplato the havoc time has 1naae
with the editor who wrote the 1ahoreu a1'o' 10 W
Of to-day, severely indiges:ible articles OF 1o3u.
It is also sed to remember that the local
roets. whose ''tiue frenzy" relieved the
mon otopy of Chicago pioneer life, haTo |
1nouldorcd into dust, that ''the golden bowl
Ut their youthful promise has been rnoelY
broken aud that the cypress. dark upon their
araycs, usurps the place OF the coveted myfue
man their bro5cB And the politicians Of those
times. where are they ''Tippecanoe and Tyler
TIM " have been laid to rest long, long ago, ana
their very names seena moro distant from ILLS
day than those Of tho Fathers Of the Repu bic
Martin Van Buren, and Richard 1t. johnson arc
almoet IS thoroughly forgotten as II tue .nau
never had an existence. except that the name OF
the former is perpetuatcd among our many
Presidents and that it eulbelishes the lamp
,,osts commemorative Of tho father OF wild
nI,riucc John,", in some Of our larger cities.
Since tho wear 1840, not alone has the face OF
Chicago changed, but tho face Of tue world has
caneea,--the map Of Europe has been revar-
nirned aud rehashed, and the Rio Grande has
hecome our frontier line in the direction OF the
halis of the Montczun1as. Kingdoms and Empires
hsya passed away, and from their graves Repub-
lies hsy, arisen. Tho Prussian eagle has spread
its mighty wings over nearly every German
State while those OF the French war-bird, whose
plpions boro it for giddy moment over the
heights of Mont Cenis to the glories Of
Marenta and Solferino. have been sadly clipped
m, our own soil torrents Of blood have been
shed aud more than 1,0o9,0 900 Of our young men
most of them born about the year 1s4o-sleep
in soldicrs' graves, above which the national BAN
ner waves with mingled triumph and 6aoness.
The ETHIOPIAN has become cltlzen--the siase-
ocracy has been destroyed, and "forty millions
bless not alone ''the sire aud sword OF bunker
HILL" but also the patriotism OF Llncola' anu
TIC gigantic ability Of Seward Us statesman, OF
Sherman, aud Sheridan, and Thomas as soldiers,
and of all the brave who struggled or died tor
the Union.
But enough Of retrospection for this time
the business OF this article Ii to chronicle tae
existence OF the =.
FIRST CHICAGO TRIECSE.-
The first newspaper Of TINT name, 60 lar aa
record can show ever established. THIS pre-
cursor Of The TRIBUNE OF tc-day was lssueq,
al q weekly, on the 4th day of April. lslU. ~ u
hoisted Democratic colors OF the 'hard she1 PAL
tern. and nailed them, so to Bpeak, TO tne
mast.-itB Presidential nominee being Martin
Van burou, and its Presidential, f12iiard =:
johnson.
WHERE PRINTED.
The baby Journal waa printed by Holcomo q
Co.. who occupied tho third floor Of the - Sa-
loon Buildings" corner Of Lake and CiatK :,
Streets tClnrE street WIS spelled with 3 hna1 "
in those dAys) the site OF the present ONCE OF
MI Scamulou's newspaper 1Ae 1e5ponslpio
editor was Mr.: f. G. nyan,-thcn = young. noi'
and taleatet1 Democrat; now an cid, still a1no-
tious, but somewhat faded, lawyer, IN tha nelEh.
boring City of Milwaukee,. Mr. Ryan did not
change his principles when tho War cane,- and
his course dunng that cycntful struggle ula not
materially add to his. fame or to hls 1orsone.
:: TIE e4IUTATonT.
THE editor commenced business with a very
lengthy - Chapter on Names, IN which ne as
eerLed that all other names having grown more
or less hackneyed, that Of ''lHE Ia11uSE nao
been decided upon. After reterrlEG IN true
gophonorical stvge to the "Etereotypcd passages
OF Roman history, the editor thus rises to OK
plain:
Various were the .ites that occurred to ourselves
[the contradictory yourself " wcs then u!6no"n]
eurious and many those suggested oy a r. nstat.;
Eilepce until accused OF beng IN lose aio
lo our raCer and It's Maine are Gciore me pnohc, ~
anr eMo,u ,, Ir!tJ.an i'rt,1;,, u "'A71f
Then follows several paragraphs. extractod
from EolIiu or from GibboD, after which came
tpe p'tn u TUE Aiti!'' ~ ..1ta '.1p =. ~.
ILe larisan5 were 70 SonInIe N ta t eo5 lad
u on, Gem Of ter rants snd tbeir in
tere.:s sn ~ era constituted in tie Commonwealth
te adyaers and organs Of the peopc,-to Keep watch
over those who had shown the disposition snd tht
r,~sr to Cypress them to warn them Of the coming n
70 counsel them in ne present, oanGesanh h +us ~
Ms gnardan OF taear noefiss er - strc T,ih,,nes
S''Ssss "as ei'e1 'ue A-Ds ,,,ar
TIE LOCAL Ausa .,,o r-;,,;r1a<
HaEng thus laily announce rne 1,11'1rt,
wlreh It proposed to adhe.e IT, n g., n,nd;te,
went to work. and hshtn6 aeans' .ne sat,,n ,,o
o. those times, turned Out very a4aoa ~, ~
pec, oesotns however nd mdeu t,o ~ ,ac,, a m,se
Among the chief contnbutors 10 !n9 1 !as.oa o. -
Lls,e smith the genlai ana e.,teI at;1ams
veil remembered BY onr yetelun et.11' s3;a ~ ~, ~,
wrote under the nom de pune " nesne 30 o4t ~