, 1875-02-28
Some Transactions of Interest During
the Past Week.
Potter Palmer Sells Some More Stats
Street Lots Cheap.
a Very Dull Showing in the
Loan Market.
Rentz In Chicago and New York'.-An
Indianapolis Speculation.
SALES OF THE WEEK.
WITTY TYJrQ

these tie condition Of the rea1-estate market re-
mains what it hiss been. Tbs sales reported
lntelv have exhibited tho disposition Of heasy
capitalists with surplus means to invest part o1
1t in real estate. The opportunity to get good
bzrgains ID this claas OF property WIS nerer bet
ter, III has been sufficiently Bhown by the
xec3nt trrnsactionB On State street thai
have attracted SO much attention. o.
erations OF t.lie eoft will occur frequently
Whether they will come 80 thick aud fast ~ to
cauRe genuine and general re7iFa1 Of real e.
tate depends largely upon tho success Of trade
this year.
leading banker, who has just returned from
Kew York, reports that the capitalists Of this
city regard investments in real estate With mora
favor than any others. Their experience With
bonds and corpornte Investments has been
unfortunate and they turn to land for return
that will be sure, If sometimes small. The same
disposition prevails in the West, and has sen-
sible foundation in the fact that money placed in
land cannot be stolen OF Mobilerized BY Direct
ors aud Trustees, Is frequently happens 10 in
7estmco.s in railroads and other corporations
L. j. Averel sold on account Of Potter Palmer,
10 Henry Cormilh, the store No. l80 State
street, Is fest front by 120 feet deep also, the
northwest corner of State and Quincy streets,
31z feet fronting On State by rs feet on Quincy,
for es1, ,oN cash.
Reynolds Brown havo sold tuo-storr house
and 100 feet st Eluhurst for II, 500; 50 feet at
Chicago Heights for $3.50; Is feet on West Tay-
lo1 street, near Aberdeen. for 81 500.
George T. BAY has sold two lots ut Delton,
60x100. for $3.50 each, to Carl and Wilhelm
Dillner,
Charles B. Holmes l. Co. hsve sold Nos. 81 and
sc Frankin street, fout-ssorJ &ud basement
stone front store, lot 4o180, for S55, 1000; Lot 4
In Keuger's Subdivision OF tbs northeast Il Of
80, 81, H. containing % aS-l0o acres, for $21,-
$50 the east Il Of Lot 2 in Block II, in William
Robbins Park Addition to Hlnsdals, with brick
house, for 50 500.
J. Eaaiaa Warren hss sold 50 feet on WabasI,
ayenuo, between Fortv-si1th and Forty ty-seventh
streets, 1t the rate Of $40 per foot~ The corner
OF this block MAS sold by the Same dealer fort
night ago for $50 foot cash. for improvement
i. Thomas has sold for P. Olsen hopse and
two lots, southwest co1aer Of Erie and Elizabeth
Streets for 50, 500.
Robert Commons has sold, in Evanston, to
Peter Olsen, $50 feet On Evanston avenue, be-
tween Washington street and Gibbs avenue for
IS. 500, On which he is to erect residence; in
Nimctte, to c. A Hamilton, $50 feet On Forest
nyenne for s. Goo; Also, 50 feet to Sam Hur-
On IaEe avenue to J. b. Adams, for $500.
Dawson l. Walch have so1d 100 feet On the
xorner Of Indiana avenue .and Thirtieth street,
for go, 600, to Joseph l. Pealc; 127 feet on
Ne86 daIflSon 8ll6et, pelNeen k910lto anu ADeE-
deem streets, fo- 912,700; both tho ahove for
Immediate Improvement they also sold 150
Acrea u tho II. u OF Secs. and 4, 50, 13;> at
$500 per acre; also, twenty-six lots on Ashland
¥ue, between Nfneteonth street aud the c.,
3. Q. r. R-,for $26, ,oo}k also 13s1cet On State
street, between si1telkh and Seventeenth
ytrcets, for $53, 200.
Bash d Potter have sold house and lot on
Langley avenue. south OF Thi1sy-eighth street,
for s9, 900, to Q. ". Mitchell; also, 100 feet at
South Evanston, corner OF Hinman and keeney
avenues, for $1,000, to o. +. Erouse; also, 24 |
lets 1t South Eng1ewood, fo9 $7,200, to z. Work
ct al. I
4 &. F. Clarke i Co. hsve sold Lots S. II, II, 70,
End q, Block 43, Norwood Park, $50 feet in all, |
for 81, 500.
Martin Andrews has sold to George H. For ct
FL 100 feet corner Of Chicago avenue and Dear |
born street for $500
N. E. Falrbank has bought two lots on In
124. 600.
r. II. Wadswozth has sold to Mark Skinner, Is
feet On South Water street, 30 feet east Of La-
EAIIe street. for S23, 900.
Joseph E. Lockwood has sold No. 949 Indiana
avenue for 413. 900 No. 1040 Wabash avenue for |
e12, COO; and lot on Park avenue, east OF West
ern avenue, for e., 500.
Il. II. Taylor has sold 500 feet on Tomkina |
street, north OF Taylor, With thirty other lots in
Same block, for se8, 500.
CORNELL.
Danie1 Il. Horne has sold this week for Paul |
Cornell to Ehsha Seymour, OF Clinton. a.. the |
buildings lately occupied by the Cornell Watch |
FACTORY, at Cornell, with other property adiQn-
EE1nG, for tho sum Of 100000.
MI. Seymour haa ordered now machinery and |
shafting. and expects to build up ]arge chair
factory, and will employ 800 to 500 hands. He |
IN under contract to turn ont work within xlxty
days.