, 1876-03-26
Remarks upon a Contemplated
church-Raff|e Intended to
Hit If It's a Beer,
The Kenosha Corn-Festival, and Mystic
Reference to an Enisode
hpropos.
Regular Potpourri Of Items from
Outlying Suburbs OF
Chicago.
WISCONSIN,.


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MIL WAuKEE.
so<~tal Co,rssr~n1s,ee Of ihe Chicago Tribune.
MILWAUKEE, March 25.-The long although
Gpguarly mild winter is beginning to tell, and
rsople are impatient for the advent Of spring.
6:orekeepers especially, arc tired OF leadcn
DAYS that bring no customers. The opening Of
hke navigation is the sure sign Of immediate
sc.isity IN all branches Of industry, in this city
eren more than i'll Chicago. Our Eeafaring
population il By far the largest class The ST.
rial Of the first propeller is the signal for the
expenditure Of hoasded moneys. Very soon
Commerce is in full ewing, sreenbacks get into
s:tiye circulation, and the parsimony of
The tedious winter is succeeded, like
= rapid. pleasant vision. By spend
th-if! e1.avaeancca OF joyous summer.
Signs OF the near approach Of the open season
sbound Docks are being clearcd. Ships show
eydences OF life. SailmaEers aud ship-stores
ass cleared for action. nepair5 in propellers
txke up the echoes Painting and paperinG con-
tracts are let. We hcar OF churches and ediGces
that ara to be commenced Loads Of stone,
hsek, sand, and lumber, are dumped daily in the
middle OF the most ropulous thoroughfares.
Grrng oyercoa:s are worn frequently without a
body coat beneath People buy breeding cages,
md the chirIup Of newborn sonGstegs is heard
in tho houses. There are fewer compositions
xlth creditors. Small tradesmcn besiu to carry
stiff upper lip, and boarders curl up their noses
Ut cold dishes. Landlords resume the hauEhtY
stride Of May and October. and jaded men and
women with humble spirits and contr1te hearts
drag their weary limbs through the slush IN
search Of more comfortable homes. The elec-
tons are at land and tho worst kind of salooc-
toafers swag9er at tho strect-corne1s as though
tie fate OF nations was locked up in their tobac-
sopoucLes. Such are the ei:us Of spring.
p-BLlc LIFE
kmore active There are plenty Of meetings,
eresy night, social, business. anI political The
societies are waking uu; dances ara on their
last legs and going to oblivion in blaze Of
koener enjoyment, woald-be leaders Of the peo-
pie are laundering at saloon ward meetings in
favor of thousand wild catcA-peony projects;
tnd. amid it ALL tho Board OF Public Works is
Ezmly pursuing the even tenor Of its way, pre-
pairing and perfectins magnificent schemes for
tue e1penditure of vast sums of public and pri-
rate moneys, aud Honorable Charley Dyer,
Trc!e Sans chief magistrate, holds, uphanGlng
by siugle hair, tbs swift Keen sword OF justice
aTer the outstretched neeks OF sworn officers
ttcleaut to theic trust, aud wealthy citizens
shose riches were acquired BY thieving from the
Commonwealth, and humble bauh1upts who hava
gone through their creditors AMI lined their own
pockets, and all the other poor devils who are OF
LIE calendar Tncre are more signs OF the COM
mg Season. The Chamber Of Commerce will ill.,
Iease its admission fec, and meu of business
ire buying memberships at the ratio Of tens and
eeo,es day, and CORNERS are in eTerEbodys
mouths. and there Is q question whether the
Last Side or the West Side has the largest dele
Yation,-for the heaviest battalions will carry
si.h them victory ca tie selection-of-the-uew-
s::e subject, and wheat has gone UP ever 60
many cents bushel, and bulls and bears are bo-
coming slightly mixed as to whom and which
they are, and some fellows seem inclined to lay
down. aud some to t.ger up and below" and
alexander Mitchell, who carries the fate OF halt
ot them under his capacious stoTe-plpe, ID quietly
making up his mind, probably, III the
corner of a railroad car III the East
Is to the price OF wheat, and tho fate of pork, |
mud the new Chamber Of Commerce building,
but IS to the Mayorany, and the programme OF !
cur aut1greeuback clubs, and the next President |
Of the United States, and the condition OF the
crops and tue state OF the money market, and |
the weather for the next twenty-four hours, aud |
Afew other tritles OF like easy character popu- |
A1ly supposed to be equally within the great |
n.ns power. And again, signs. Our poor, den-
cate flowers, that bloom for fragrance and sun
shine, are winging their way home from Florida,
ind Madeira, and the Sandwich islands, and /
other eott-skicd places too numerous to men, I
ton. And with them come the sweet breath Of
neighborlv gossip, and gentle sIanders, and lady
IKE stahs in the dark. and lots Of such little
things, without which life would be as parlor |
r:ore without firing or white petticoat without
EtArch.
FRTAER WRESTLING WITH THE EDuCTTyE
METHOD
ln sympathy With the ~akeninE throbs Of the
pulse OF tho season, city life for the past week
hAs been active. Merchants have been carrying |
On brisk drummer campaign. and the ware
aouses are hives of industry John Nazro has
put his house in order for renewed lease Of &C
l!lts and prosperity by protesting his notes and
1ioElng tue creditors to make clean sweep; |
Angus Smith and Ed Sandersou have been lead
rg the way in the bold path Of speculative COM
ns1ce, which they know go we'll how to tread:
ne 1ass-baby men have held an organizing meet
ns and adopted whereas with long tail;
sereral miscrables have f1oated OF to the deglFs
1onlnious by means of the friendly rope, OF Sc
esucs1ve arsenic or crystal stream Col Calslns
gus returned from Madison, and it ls announced !
Mst ~. be has resumed charge. Of the Chicago
commercial Times has not yet succeeded IN
bringing the Whisky Investigating Com
nttee here get, but will probably do
- - ere long; several horrible stories
y lover strata OF society," are fouling the lips OF
oaf men aud women, and boys and girls :: q
teope's party threaten to take the election into
L.elr y own hands, and will succeed if they set
soout the task in the right way, which there ap-
pta!s no probability Of their doing; tue ladies-
Pag 1t the dry goods houses with ; and four
female pedestrians have been vindicatlnE
!. .1.oman's rights and woman's physical powers in
~ way Of walking matches. the greater part Of
hs LOT big village. Even our factories have
.peen unusually wide-aweke. The Aiilwaulea |
4 tton :, WorAs-so called because not located in 9
enuTaukee but Esy View.-has overy depart {