The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-28
observations Of q Snow
Bound Traveller i'm the
Cream City.
He Tells Of Beautiful Drives
Fine Public Buildings, and
Other Attra ctions.
Some Architectural and Business
Respects in Which that City
Really Rivals Chicago.
hilWaukedns Renowned for Hospitality.

IL an event seldom calculated to raise
ones spirits, and when a reporter of
THE SUNDAY TINES happened to be
weather. bound in Milwaukee the other
Gay, he looked for anything but an agree
able day. How he was disappointed,
and how agreeably he passed the few
hours intervening between trains, those
VINO know Milwaukee thoroughly will
understand.
Even Chicago, with all her elegant
caravausaries, can boast of Do mere home
like flrst-class hotel than the Newhall
Hore ths reporter found an abiding place
durlng his short stay, and found in the
proprietors and clerks all those quail
ties that are fully appreciated by travel
ers-hospita.ity. courtesy: and every
gentlemanly quality. All the appoint
ments Of the Newhal are frst-class :
the table is unexcelled for variety and
excellence.
a look about the city is full of inter-
est. No city of it's size can boast of
more fine residences than Milwaukee.
They are mostly constructed of cream
colored pressed brick, which gives to
the city the clean and rich appearance
for which it is noted all over the world,
The business houses are commodious and
we'll arranged, and judging by appear
ances, the merchants do not lack for
patronage.
The courthouse, completed about a
year, il pretsntious structure, built of
Lake Superior sandstone, deliberately
carved and otherwise ornamented
Internally It is we'll adapted to the uses
of the city and county officers. The
postoftlce has just been thoroughly re-
modelled and enlarged, and is now the
most complete building of that character
in the west.
or theatres Milwaukee can boast OF
two-ths Grand opera-house and the
Academy of Music. Both are fitted ur
: with all the elegance and attention te
{ details that characterize the Chicago
theatres, and Milwauxee's Thespiar
resor is would net suffer by comparison
with those in more pretentious cities.
But Milwaukee's chief pride is in hel
churches Every denomination Is rep
> resented by from one to dozen temples
j of worship, many Of them elaborate il
q architectural design, rich in finish, ele
), giant in every appointment. The new
8 cathedral just com .,leted by Immanue
i Presbyterian church is probably tn,
moat costly as well as the NEST tasteful
= church In the northwest. Its peculiar
maasiveness strikes the beholder ut frs
sight, and closer inspection, both ex
ternally and internally, shows harmon
OF detail that reflect great credit upor
the architect, Mr.. D. Townsend Mix
l was so impressed with the beauty O.
this structure that asked the privilege
OF a closer inspection, It was granted
and found the sight well worth my
, trouble. The frescoing particularly
struck nay artistic fancy. The work
on the ceiling is done in Polychromatic
"a Gothic style), we'll suited to the arch
ltecture. The drawing so symmetrical
and SO sxquisitely executed, and the
harmony in colora--all show that it was
the work of one skilled in his profess
ION. Without doubt it is the most hand
somely decorated church in the north
west, and it reflects great credit on
both the trustees of the church and the
artist had seen such work in Europe
j done by an Italisn brush, and I began
20 renect that this must have been done
Dy some one imported for the purpose,
put imagine my surprise when, upon
inquiry, ascertained that it was the
WORK of our own townsman, Mr.. P. NJ.
Almlnl SO that Chicago has an especial
interest in the Emmanuel church of Mil
waukee.
Other denominations can boast Of
houses OF worship that W II compare
very iaVorably with like structures else
where, The Catholics are possessed of
some OF the most valuable church prop
efty In the city, and IN addition control
large seminary little to the south Of
Inc city st. Francis seminary a hos
p1tal on North nOint tho oo,rcn4 c q.