, 1875-01-24
Pen~Picsure Of a sleighing Carnival
on the Spring Street Drive.
Business, Social, and Religious jottings
from the Cream City.
The Liquor Dealers Champion
or, a Tale Of Joliet.
Items from Our Nearby Suburbs.


MILWAUKEE
Erata: Correspondence Of The cnteaes 1s3ttnss.
HoRsu1EsH md HUMAN
MILWAUKEE Jan. 23.-Our population Is 50
largely one of wealth and leisure, our clitnate il
Of "a peculiar character, Cur streets 80 broad
end open, that = love OF eleighing and fast
hotres sceu,s to have boan engrafted iuto Mil
wuokoe character. 4 perfectly Indifferent
stranger becomes fatally infatuated after the ex-
pcr1erce Of ooo season, with fast going
whether oYer the snow or the mud.
j George n. Alien enjoys en- airing with paiz
Of hays; Matt Caspenter's Vermont mares take
gentle exercise daily q beautiful pair Of chest
nuts driven by West Side lady" is greatly
admued-as much owing to tue e1pertness
os the driver rs the speed OF the
brutcs. nan Brigham brings out his bay mare
zor people TO envy. Antisdel would be out If his
tzy gelding hadn't thrown him George CIason
exhibits the fne points OF Buckakin. Vosburg
xlorics in Prince. Charley Cottrill glidea behind
Lady Dex:eF. Landauer sports turnout OF
exceeding maguihceace. These nEo the every
6ay habtues Ct our fashionable drives. We
alaye fast ho1ees that are shown morc spatiug1y.
.Jo1.,; Antiedel cwns Katie Lewis and pair Of
gcIaiuss; 3. 3. Hopkins paiz OF cbestauts that
trot in 2:50; L. T. Hodges nair Of sorrcls that
xnate three 1nlnutes; David Ferguson q pair Of
mares TIA. cover mile ia ESQ; Z. c. Hihhard
thrce-minutes' pair Of bayB. Ed saacefson
Fu;i.h black and hay; J. NJ. Whaling pail Of
bays, with w,:se feet. lofty etePpe1s. Dr.. Marks
HIS bay team that are considered Vcry fast; D.
W. Eaton \ Highlands bay. fine mover.
Aiken, Of the NiscoHst', has probably the Inst
est snow horse in the city, u brown gelding,
David Vance owns and dnvea 3 chestnut gcldlng
th.t is lively breaker; Charley Cottnl chest
nut marc, white teet and face, silver mane and
tail, no doubt the prettiest 10 the city: George
h1 Tibbclts drives tidy bit OF horsedesh; 4: E
tzot in 2.37; G.. C. Houshton, banker,
has nice pair Of blacks !; J. b.
l,ia,t;n q nice pair OF bays Alexander
Mitchell has good bay team, but nothing Like
what he ought to hare; Mark Tysons White
Etocsings can trot In 2:sG; Charley Bradloy's
l'uts IN minutes: Pelcg Burnham's bay mare
in 2:3o Senator Jacobs Patsy PAGES very fast;
J. L. Wheeling Fred Payne has paced in o:29,
Hnd .hn Rolling Mill mare in 2:37. HawleT Cole
is always behind goer. Frank Doyd'e Lew
ntc.a's Ned Forrest trots in the fortiea. John
Hathaway has nice mare. Hubert Wolcott
drivee good chestnut geldlns. J. Z. patton's
1air aze promising we'll The Hon. John Mitchell
has pair of 5-vear-old grays Of wonderful pedi-
ercs. S. s: Merrill owns Kate Lsrkln. that can
trot in the forties. City Treasurer. Brandt has
=yer. There are numbers OF others, but the
above are those ohieiy worthy OF notice.
Spring street is our Brighton road our amateur
Epson Downs. spnng street is lined from the
business quarter beyond the city limits with
mansions standing on their own grounds. It is
the fashionable plomenade- From the limits to
the city it is down grade Travelling from
Twentieth to Eighth streets sleigh f0irly start
ei would attain high speed by its own nomen-
tum- Spring street is. consequently, patrouized
br e1erybody owning sleighs and fast cattla-
Accidents are frequent; but the crowd never
di1ninishes. a tine afternoon insures the
TIC line on the right moves SLOWLY, the trotters
'' blowing out /" on the up grade. On the left
slo flyers do the speeding. snddenly the crowd
Will eh11uk to each sido and the cry" "Taere
they cou'c!" will be excited!y raised Every
body undcretanda that the racers are On them.
The Jingle Of the bells becomes =
s,e4dy hum; hardly word is heard,
auc Aiken. with hiA brown eelding, is found |
bard pushed BY Joe Oliver, with his |
eo1el mare; Spenear looking for gsp; and
htolle steady and veil in hand and Droadhead
quiet,oe his mare for the fiat. Past Fourteenth |
Gtreet, the avenue widens, and Steele pushes to |
tie front. Tbs cattle shake out reef or two, ]
Nellie walks forward like streas, and Mollie |
MAKES ont the open country in front. Then |
Oliver gives the sor1el hia nose, and the gelding
swallows dust aud in that order the |
r>cac fadea Ike dream Then come the pole |
teams; Flint, with pair of mouse-colored |
r:sres, evidently holding their wind for brush;
= ~ ~ h1orrn pe1din0s and HawIev t:o1e viz
PR ~ nao%u hay ret T torethey ao aoa Nv WI
tscir understanding, are 81 IKE tha Wind. The
ea.n;r,t;n,, ~ Tha % b1oEns hava tha hest ~ Il
.nI Flint comes nert. Haw1cv oTorhan1;nr tl,en3
[,a ~ Ivnr tand 1t The 1;nsb Hawiev sone1,or
e. ~ cre,,f ~ The front and ieads - fr,n7nnhant
'1,nner Snch ;s the scene on Snrinf, street erery
en- afternoon
vnI-rn prar7v Avn ,ov
Cant n,HnurLc formerly or th;a citv now
-asi,;er ~ fhe nret National Kank f1atts.
r,ontb Eeh waa nnitad in marnaro IN N;sa
,.,,;e u G;i,noro a;sfer ~ fhe 1nn.,cst gantfao
nm ~ that na,ne At St John's, W,afhot;c
atredrsl 9uesoav sfternoon. Mr' J. c. Keefe
,.se nrr1omsn,an s1d M;ss Narv 11roc,n h-;deao
',s;5 Tne nawlT.maT1;ed conn1e Want Fsst hv
10 4.oclocL frnin tn snend the honegn,non and
'r,ar n frief yisit to Milwaulee. in tha near IN.
ara viii nToc.ed to Nebraska.
11r Charlie. Durr yax married On "Wednesday
,;rit n M;ss Ma1y E. Miller danphter of the
ate John Miller. Esd. at ths residence Of the
,,73t,s mother. the cercmopv beitie performed
r. ihe Rev. ar. Haskina of 1sbury Netbodist
;n,scon.1 church.. There was q largo catherinr
I 10th faniIcs and their frieuds. a1d rn.
hrrche rc,,ast was euioyed. The presents to
IN hr;do wcro nu,,,nrona nnd yalnahIo- Nr
)rr was afterwa,dg presoutcd with q s100
hcck ty Jcha Nero. ESQ, With whose cst.b-
l