Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-24
A winter Trip 10 the Northwest.
MILwAUKEE, WIS, February IS, 1873.


Dear SdT:-At last we are safely housed in
the Cream city. win not dwell on our trip
from home, the very remembrance of the
miserable weather, snowy and windy, in
fiiciing numerous delays, thrustS out all
desire 10 relate it. 1t was showing likewise
when at noon We rolled into the great wheat
mart of the West. Emerging from the warm
cars we were greeted with temperature of
about ten degrees below zero. At that time
we were not yet hardened to the cold blasts
our tender Washington skin, so exceedingly
delicate, causing us much diSQuiet. Tue
evening found US at the PllnkintOn, which
In its appointments and general mana Ie-
meht compares very favorably with eastern
hotels. Next day the weather moderated
considerably and we sailed forth. sightseeing.
emerging on Spring street, the principal
thoroughfare of the city. we passed TO the
opposite side of the Milwaukee river. when
IL changes its name to Wisconsin street and
on which some of the finest business houses
are situated The dry goods house OF T. a.
chapman & Co, far-famed as the leading
merchants in their line in the west
is on the south side of this street. their daily
receipts sometimes, / have been told, ranging
as high as $4,000. Other houses of lesser
note are on both sides OF the street DiagO-
nally opposite Chapmans is the custom
mouse, which has just been opened 10 the
public, after undergoing an entire removal
ton. The Post Office ON the lower floor, is
very elegantly fittedup, and it is with Just
PRIDE that MllwaukeeanS boast of their new
Office. The custom office on the upper floors.
are unique, the separate rooms each appor-
TONED To distinct purpose, being richly
carpeted and wainScoted with walnut. The
building of the Northwestern Mutual Life
insurance company at the corner of WiScon-
SIN ana Broadway streets, is a chef a louvre
OF architectural skill. 1t is of Michigan gran
ite, and the facngS are of Tennessee marble.
two pillars of the latter support an arching
poTtlco at the main entrance. We were very
pOlltely shown around i'm those portions OF
the insurance rooms open to the public
On the ''South Side" the most noticeable
features are three immense steam grain
TnRO hnf sF,x9g n
ceeding 100000 bushels of grain This
Is, however, the manufacturing dis
trict, andwe pass to the more north
erly portion of the city. The Presby-
terians of Milwaukee rejoice i'm new and
imposing eiifice, erected at a cost of above
SZCU,OOO. The style is Gothic, and the church
possesses in addition many internal adorn-
ments. The organ is likewise of great
volume and power, whilst the choir com
pTlses some of the best vocal talent Of the
northwest. The city, the houses of which are
principally built with brick of a peculiar,
cIeany yellow color, presents a quaint.
characteristic appearance, yet the effect is
not dlspleaS1ng. The greater portion of the
inhabitants are TeutOnS, although, it is eS-
sentially a cosmopolitan town, even Chinese
are to be found, to wit: "Chan Wung, Chinese
Laundry"
We attended. that is the sterner norton of
us, the speech of Senator Carpenter in the
Academy of Music, last week, and il was
like hearing an old friend speak, TO listen to
MN. we had listened with pleasure in the
Senate chamber; we did so here, to his yindi-
cation, and with it of his party. 1t was a
well-dlrected appeal to the working ng-classes-
III was appreciated and applauded. j heard
numbers say: Carpenter is to-day more
popular man than he ever was in his life"
Inc house was densely packed, numbers
turned hOmeward, a little too late-not an
auditor willing TO lose perhaps the last
chance of hearing the great Senator"
Since we have been here we have noticed
one pecunliar trait OF the inhabitants-in
lair weather they stay at home; let il snow,
and the fair sex are in numbers on the streets.
warmly wrapped, but regardless OF weather
Q 1rather they seem TO delight in Drawing the
flakes.
Balls and parties are very numerous.
and we, having good chaperonage, Were
lucky enough TO obtain entrance to some of
them. But L must really close and beg OF
you TO permit me to retain the description of
our social escapades until our next.
Yours, E X.