, 1875-09-26
COURTHOUSE STONE,
The Public Officers On q Visit to the
Lemont Quarries.
Particular Devotion to the Fluids
The Places Visited.
General Satisfaction NTH the Trip.

Committee on Public Buildings and Publ
Service to make tour OF inspection of II
4ua11ies Of the TWO counties, with view
ascertain the relative merits OF the ston
Still later the Committee received IN IL
T1taGon to vlEit the quarries OF 1emol
tfom the propt1etors, and free transportation
etc., was rendered. Tho invitation wns promp
y accepted, and WAS subsequently extended
The entire Board and to the Committee On Pull
40 Buildings Of the City Council, the Boar
u Pubic Works. md sundry odica}s, contractors m
builders, and local politicians. Yesterday Was n1ed
he day for the visit and at o'clock pelaeecar.
he Alton Il ST. LoutA Depot, Was well nlled NTH
THE INVITED AND UNLIMITED,
afew Of whom were anxious to visit tho quaxres TO
he kzme reason that child delights In visiting th
70 enioy breathing spell IN the country In the
pany were Commissioners Lonerean. Hcrttng. Jones
busse, ClouRh, Comfy. johnson, and Crawford; AID
aee, oounty Treasurer Miller, Mayor col7in. 1. G
Heeing, Sheriff Agnew, Gen. Len, Architect Egan
Esate 9scndIas p1essn.ses Of tie t cit, y pr.ss
dgned to the party crowded At both ends Of the
rnyste1ious and eapsctous boxes and baskets wers
.torod in the immediate Of several Of Connmis
donct 5ones' whiteaproned constituents. few mo.
maais Of putnng on the part Of the enginef. which
vas seconded BY the occupants Of tho IN extracting
sacred and renowned precincts Of bridgeport A few
tain NJ reaching out upon the adjacent prsiries.
destined to become part and pArcel Of hs great city
xhsh Wa bei1g 5spad, lott IN the distance. and
suburban toWn-lotx- By this time
4 PECULIAR THIRST,
incident to the breathing of ps5e AiE, began to mani
fest itsa in OF the crowd and for the first time
ths Office OF the whiteaproned gentry understood,
.s well ss the contents Of The packages resting at
ltraes 70 mach ailent attention and uno1pressed
soNctude, The thirst spread until 1t became general
and al.y it appeared an tnpossibiity, and 80 it
genera1 Euah made for the nearest pumps. Some
d the party arzycd into saloons. but these we're
Carriages and wagons, which had been Kindly pro-
.lded fo1 the party by thu Lnont quarres were SUBJ
sequently taken, and
THE SEVERAL ouAnn1Es'wEnE v1H1TEp
h the following order: E1ce6ior Stone Company,
Boyer Corna&u. Singer Talcott Stone Company,
James Cash, the Illinois 6tone Company, 1nd Edwin
md vasv shown the mcdus operandi Of wrestling the
nasass bloeks from their stony beds which inter
sting especa f. such h.. = ,sx. h.d never before
Abor ol ioong severe task upon their patience,
but It endured with remarkable degree OF for
noh successive quarry Tie cloth would Be lifted from
tune well 1sdeu tAhla. and that the popping Of
huan well-tlaed bottles would add charm to the |
socaao. Thss however, scarcely served to restrain
expressions of discontinue the part Of many,
I'D dd not hsP them 70 6esz patiently the mon9ony
piles Of STONE 1Vsfdng purchaser.
TIE FIRST RE1w
br the restless IN tho vineyard Of n ]. Brown, to
rhich the psr5 weEe invited The grapes fault
hss the hospitality heartily appreciated bat the pref
Esnce Was manifested for the juco r1thsr than the
Erspe and the bottle rather than the vineyard hence
he stay short 1t not until the last quarry
had been reached that any real, sppreciAMe, |
sonschic re!ef looaed which came in tho shape
= an invitation from III: Edwin Waller to vint lis
Juarri4 xnd the city aud planted in : garden Of
lowers No time vas Lost in accepting the Invitation.
,pesite4 and tbs distance between the wells Along tho
.oute had aEgrAvsted the Original THIRST al efforts to
like which sad proved uaavai1ing. Th5
aood for the time being. The 0uwer-garden aur-
oundng the premises wss thrown open to the vritors
nd many gathered choice blossoms and decorated
hetE peTsunH. Mayor Co1yin the most fortunate |
q al17 being the recipient Of I massive bouquet |
rzansed for him BY tie sies Of the house. which he
,ose 81 tho seene With the strut peculiar to tho
The party then returned to the Depot evidently well
leaseo with ateir visit Harng some TINA to wait for
from tha common cavidans Of the party aud
stock themselves to neiehboring saloon. Col
brown, m lennont scanned the director Of the e1er-
everA bottles of Rhine vcre 70 ordered md
rznf1 md ~han the l.st chair In the itttlo
,on had bssn niled be preceded to rn.is short
'odaz than words" BE was followed by several other
,eaae1n until The outaow Of words degenssated Into
.ss:nsa esS zIeR Ss Geshi It, to po hazs
a.ns wsze thus engaged. the clear-hesdod q
It 9t~,., q tho crowd ,,, were qusstered in i
thar, vhich wss st.nding On side-sr.cI The1 !
ne by Idle, Corfs vera flying from bottles
eseEy direction. glasses we're being jostled together
health Of quaI7ymen betuK drank sandwiches =
no bang destroyed, chickens we're rent asunder | 6,
riles wars batng mssticatsd, ssrdines were being
a,iowea and genera fcastins ca the fat Of tho
At O'Clock tho regular train no=th ca1ne in xight,
soem the party was On IL
THE REIUnK TRR, +
ceptng HastnG, Rountree ARneE, Lieb and few | n
aess, who bad agreed to remain over for the next
tn mesrter party bid adieu 10 tie City Of 4
m the Chicago r Alton Railroad. What was =
'test tnebrlety in leaving Lemont intensified t
g stupd. st.gEeFing drunkenness the part Of :;
Ling out The wine appeared TO b make everybody -
un1- and the idaa readily adopted By many Of q
pstty. TO ind ons who refused to drtnk eTery =
minutes waz the exception. +
1ut q the frequent Last drinks" Wills the corks ca
70 stn flying, =
- sEEERAL REVOLUTIONS r
10 presented md adopted which sd bsen nrerarrd st
ldvsnea They were signed BY several Of the build -
aud oontr.eto1s Of the party, snd vent on to az =
IS = prsference for Leruont stone for the con- CO.
action Of the Court House, etc., which sppeared $6
, much = II they had been framed for the public Re.
ne .nat It hss A1waJB intended Notwithstanding /
resolution Of some weeks ago-that all stons over -
e.m "a Gknese must come from one quarry thus Y
ssAA@6 ~ ~ pSe1the CUHpet1lOu 4r0n Ct0eI1.
ne party reacoed the city about $50 O'Clock, and n
divided besween tha tired etck and inebriated -,
mora sober, and those entirely sober, Of which 10
Fe were select few, expressed themselves well
lsed With the visit End with the quality "
, caarae<ar m the products OF Lemont I "
ca. ,1S tbs way, a. city may be -
pared to 20 the physician who never "
ny Own medicine Stone structures are very DIR.
IN the city, surrounded though it is by such un- -
naed fcsourccA- The population IL thrifty, and VI
rfses great deAl Of wealth yet 1t Least four tor
y q the buildings aro Of wood This cannot be -
=, aoTrrer ~ IN argument against Letnont soue g.
tm 1eputxttc3 a. hutiin4 material 10 too high ri
IN g irum such cAuso. That the Courthouse will =
oo1H of It now seauas . foregone conclusion. ST
aat
Impatient for the Funeral. tbs
he singular heartlessneas OF some Of tho =: -
nese residents OF San Francisco ia forcibly &.
str4ted by / recent incident, which the str
oricle thus describes: 'sAbout 10 o'clock imE
erday morning two Chinamen visited PROM Il 4. !
It undertaking establishment in this city, and de-
spokesman, who talked very fair pigeon =
'lish, said: One Chinawoman, she muchee
We want bury her u O'clock a man was
'atched for the city physician to make an a
ection and give certificate, and also to take gig
measure OF the deceased woman. The pair f..
ded their Way to Brenha1n PLACE, and in q IL,
u room on the third door, laid out on mat, s45
the supposed corpse. The undertaken. think III