, 1876-01-10
OUR NElGHBORS.
nockfora sh ows Up Well Financially
and Commercially.
Inst Weeks Events Mt Aurora
and T1lercnbouts.
A Couple Of Cnustic Letters from Kala.
n,rzoo, Mich.
ROCKFORD.
fuR NEW YEAR FROM A COMMERCIAL POINT OF
riEW.

ROCKFORD.
sun NEW YEAR FROM COMMERCIAL POINT or
VIEW.
Special Correspondence Of 7hs Chftdoo Tribune.
nocKronp ILL.,. Jan. 8.--The new 5chr opens
In Rockford Nillt fair promEso OF commercial
and fuencnl a,,ccnhs. Tic year 1uat closed llaa
been a worry important ono to this cits. NeTer
has Rockford tskon such step in ndvanco In 70
short timc as IN 1878. Over si,000.ooo baro
actually been spont in internal improvements,
thecarrying on Of enterprises sofco.sidorablo MAP
pitude. In Eas. Rockford alone. Tho progrean
during tbs year Inns been In ADVANCE Of any,
thug ever known horo before. largo farm.
owned BY Gilbert Woodruff, ono Of
our woa1tLost bankers, has been converted
Into lourishlng viilaeo cont&iulng nearly
100 excallsnt daolling- g-housos, n furniture
factory, plow factory, and soWlng-lnacllino fac
tory, employing over 100 nen. Also storo.
lumbor.rprd etc. 4 very hno depot. after tho
model Of that of Oak Park. Inns boon erected.
and Woodrun'a Addition now plays quito
prominent part In our municipal aflaIra Tho
etatempuis OF out four National Dauks, pub
liAhaa ibEs wook, lso vorY hoaIthr-1ooking docu-
p1cnka, aud show that wa hnvo inii1soa dollars
OIL deposit In tho bauks to commence tho new
year with. Iu cloelug my observations about tue
past year, may not oxprosa holo that all tue
readers Of THE Tn1nuNE may enjoy happy aua
prosperous Now-Yoar.
AN EXCELLENT rosT-orf1cE Ex1irHiT'
It ia astonishing how tho poet-Orico bnslncss
tncrcases horo. The quarter ending Doc. 3l'
1875, wnH tho largest tt tho amount Of buenesB
dono OF any quarter in tho history OF tho
office, Tic sales Of stamps aud envelopes
reached e57BC47, about s'3.5o0 Of
which wns turned over to tho Govern.
hrS ffttftntp fftin
quarter has also hceu worry large, exceeding any
o,l,or quartor 1911 orders, The amount Of
mouoy handled IN thts Post Olico Ia throe
months was s50.000. Tho Kuciforl Post-Onico
pnrs more money to tho Government than my
rnHE A1syEn1ls{No DoEs NOT FAY.
Secretary Il. T.. Kimoall, who Invited Jen
Davis 10 our Fair, has discovered Gro this that ns
Al advertising uodgo + DID nos pay: The R an. a.,
9q seo st lat sons rsG1a, a ey sso'
money for five dnys was oycr 81 600 less ir 1872
tuan Il was for four iaya In 1a74. subtoinod
are tho figures: In 1874. total receipts as gnto'
$6,a79. In 1875, total rocosI's st Eate. so.9Gs.
&761 wns takeu in Ut rho gate. FREQ ndTertiatn8
does not always par.
ruEArAs: ruEAcn1s1. --..-.
Until about year ngo 10 had lioora! pfoaes- !,
amazingly. Dut in The COURSE Of time tho ardent
n,ombofs discovered that largo proportion who
ihrong theatre service 20 as dcaJhrads. Tnc
movement soou died, aud uow tue pn7tng meu,-
besB OF DR.. KerrA church occupy nice little
building ard pay pow rent. Tho Icy. Frank +.
Woodbury., of tta city, atatoa Inst week In tho pull
pit TINT, TWISTING Cincinnati low days B!nce ~
ittended mor7,tng service at tiIoatre. heard a
tong se1nlon aud aon,e rather poor singing. lu
the ovensug tho worthy dominic started Tor sh9
Samo place agniu, aud, Eneing it Lighted, stepped
to lhe door on the SUPERSTITION that 4 religious
sssyeo VT soa1s ou Tet 1n tonaa tnss Msa 'ou o
tLc bcnrds with all tho usual accnia an1 costume
accessories, Ito thinks That tho only Sign ot
permanently In the SwinE-ticQlcier Increment
is tho fact that le has rentea tho eeata. inyine
tor what you hAyo Huits the American nAnA.
4 PLEASANT REUNION.
The members Of tho East Rockford High
School Alumni held their annual banquet IN tbt
rsflors VI the Tirss Congregational Church l4s|
ThuIHday. Ihcro wcre about l0O prcaeut. II<
tuaHt-
Tho man that hath net music in lila SOUL
Aud II not moved " concord of sweet sounas
In fl for stratagoIn sud spu'la- -.
was responded 10 by 5Iarcns 8. parmelo (G9)
Ceehicr OF tic Rockford National Bank. "The
American EagIe--May he sail n3osio1sly On his
second Centennial by Kate shaw; "Aro no
tho nntdens many and falr--why dokt thou llh
Rar ?" by Mr. ChArlaA A. Works ('68). Alto
eothes, ihoao who attended eu1oyod It Yer.
much. -.. ...........
rEnsoNXl4 AND oTHEnwisE.
The ministers have been holding week o
prayer. no 6poclsI mAHlieathtloua nhFd ucea
bbstryed.
The Rpirltualist Convention conveues her
next week.
Tho Rov. Mr. counsryruau. of Dubuque. III II
preach in tho Unitarian Church OF 1tockfor
next Sunday.
J.p. Sargent Inns sold out his 6rocory htor
this wcok to couple Of Now York gentlemen
who will be hepoeforth known al tho firm q
Griffin i Co. . -..
ecnstor Early ID still confined to his hous
with npTere illncas.
Jan. g wns so mild that pooplo wcro on IL
Rock River with boatB taking pleasure rllcs.