Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-11-27

CUR CHICAGO LETTER.
CnIcAGo, Nov. 1G, IA.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1G, IA.
Chicago is to-day in the full glory
of her Indian summer. The warm,
mellow, hazy sunshine, clear, bracing
air, and absence of mud and wind,
leave us little to desire il the way OF
weather. Our citizens are not slow
in improving the time, and the grand
boulevard is ahame with bright colors
and gay epuipagcs. The gilded
coach and trappings, and liveried
servants OF would-be aristocracy, the
quietly elegant establishments Of true
gentility, the humble carriages of
people of small incomes, express
wagons; everything that can boast
Of wheels and a capability Of motion,
Is here in full force. Blooded horses
stepping proudly and bearing their
riders like kings STOPPING to do q IA
vor, family nags trotting along in
trcad-mill fashion, vicious brutes
showing a line Of white around their
fashy eyes and old, WORKOUT creatures
Just able TO drag themselves along
If variety is the spice of life, truly we
Chicagoans are a well-seasoned qeo-
pie. Hurry, hustle and drive. We
jostle on the one side the purple and
fine linen OF the favored of fashion;
on the other the tiuttering rags and
outstretched hand Of beggery and
misery. Light and shade, sunshine
and shadow, are always with us.
The coming winter gives promise
Of unwonted 9ayety and great suffer
ing. The dearth Of labor, the many
rendered homeless by the terrible
scourge Of fire, but who continue to
live in sheds and corners while warm
weather lasts, are soon to appeal to
us for substantial charities. Our be-
ncyolent institutions are organizing
under excellent management and hope
to be able to supply those who most
need assistance.
The seasons pleasures are scarcely
yet begun. Several notable weddings
arc announced. These are always III
teresting, and furnish the public with
their nine days gossip. The Grant
Ionore wedding agitated the social
world from center to circumference.
However much the parties desired
quiet, and an unostentatious affair,
they could not be gratifed, as the re-
earchcis-out Of hidden
things-were not to be bafiled, but
used every means for investigation.
The papers stated that the trosseau
was made in New Y ork and Paris
This is great mistake. Every dress
described by the reporters Including
the very elegant white satin bridal
dress, accredited to Worth, Of Paris
was designed and made at Chas.
Gossage & Co.'S, Of Chicago. We
have too much pride in our home in
stitutions to permit such statements
to 90 UncorrGctcd.
AMUSEMENTS
are plenty, and our people are making
good use Of their time. Mr.. Wybert
Reeve is drawing good houses at Nc
Nicker'S. Tile sensation Of the sea-
son is the DeNurska troupe, with its
Incompatible stars. They are draw
ing crowded houses, also, and their
uriumphs are not yet at an end. The
Star Lecture Course, Nlessrs. Carpen-
ter & sheldon, have adopted a new
plan this season, which is calculated
to give great satisfaction. This is
the use Of optional tickets, enabling
a person 10 select from the series of
twenty or more entertainments any
they may prefer, without the usual
loss arising from inability to attend
the entire course. This brings the !
price very low (about so cents per
and entities the hol-
ders Of the tickets to reserved seats,
to be selected when he knows he can
be present, and omnibus tickets to
and from the entertainments. Me
Cormicks Hall has been selected and
the public prejudice in favor Of this
fine and commodious auditorium is
well founded.
The great subject for gossip just
now appears to be the Indictment Of
Wilbur L. Storey, editor and proprle-
tor Of the Chicago Times, for libel
This has its origin in an old grudge
Of MIR. Storey's against DR.. IL. \.
Johnson, whom he charges, together
with Mr.. Fairbank, with appropriate
ING the funds Of the Relief and Aid
Society to their own use, they being
Of the executive committee
Of said society. The affair is destined |
to produce 10 little commotion in
newspaper circles.
Business in most departments is
excellent. The fine weather affords |
all needed opportunity for attending
to out-ot-door work, or shopping
Many Of our dry goods houses claim
larger sales than are usual at this sea
son. All branches of trade seem to
be in a healthy condition, and our
citizens look forward with hope to
the coming year. ARCAEA.