Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-06-09
FROM THE GARDEN CITY.
A Tweed Ring IN Chlcago-Ho,
Weather-A New Departure for the
Express 0mpanies,

Express Companies.
Correspondence NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
CHICAGO, June 6, 1877.
And Chicago must build great court
house wherewith to be as grand as her
sister cities. You have probably read all
about it by this time, and are aware of
the fact that We have not exactly Tweed.
bnt second edition Of this noted man.
They have got ring" here in Chicago
"a County Ring" it is called. They
had quarrelled somewhat of late. This
quarrel had become so serious that: the
..ring-leader''. of this county ring "squeal-
ed" (that is the word used here). This
came to the ears of the grand jury, and
the result Is that tive are to haYe one of
the greatest disclosures that has ever
fallen to the lot OF the taxpayers of Chi
cago to witness. Thousands of dollars
have been paid but the court house does
not assume much of All appearance yet.
We expect the whole story, and it i'm
wolves ssme grand disclosures that. no
doubt, will compare well with the old
time disclosures in the Tweed steal. At
present everybody is anxiously awaiting
Developments, and this is the theme for
talk both in public and private.
Oh, what hot weather! No comfort to
be taken here now. How the dust flies
and insinuates itself into your hair, your
eyes, your nose, and how uncomfortable
You feel You of Cheboygan, 1t seems to
me, had ought to be- happy with your
nice, cool, clean breeze coming from of
Huron to keep. .you so comfortably cool
1t is hot. dry tand parched to-day. A
| week ago il was 50 cold that great dis
comfort prevailed unless We had a fire tC
keep us warm. What contrast! I dc
rot like the climate of Chicago. 1t is moi
mice at all. In winter seem to be frozt
Ito death almost, and in summer almost
roasted. IE spring so wet and cold too
! And in autumn, the mosquitoes oh, but
they are nuisance In the finest of wealth
er-and SO am not pleased with the eli
mate of Chicago. I.like the business
ways Of this famous city, though which
in q measure, makes mp for deal of un
quiet and discomfort.
Unjust not forget to tell you Of tn,
great decrease in the price of coal. New
er before has coal been so cheap i'm Chi
cago. This has brought down the price
of wood, so that it IS TO be hoped tina
poor people will have little bette
lchance to keep warm next winter.
I Provisions are high, aud all on acc0un
of the eastern war--so they say. 1t doe
not make any difference what yOu arr
buying, whether paper of pins or til
ldipper, If you happen to remark that
is singular how everything is going up
> the shOpman will tell you that it is al
on account of the war. The other day
lady in meat market happened to re
mark that it was strange how tough th
} beef was I'm these days, and the reply wa
that 1t was all on account of the wal
She did not seem to notice SO strange
reply-it is presumed because she ha
become so used 10 that reply that sh
rather expected 1t.
: The principal express companies of tn
United States have just started off Oai
i new departure BY running an OppOsitiO
5 to the United States mail. They adve,
tise to carry small, light packages undt
certain restrictions for one cent per ounc
prepaid i'm every case. The restrictioE
= are that no package is be carrie
for less than ten cents; that the linn
to weight of package is four pounds
that the limit to size of packages is to l
about six inches square, There is ais
q limit in the kind of merchandis
though for that matter, they carry abor
everything except perhaps liquors an
valuable articles. The package must ~
be valued at more than one dollar. an
the particular company that takes tt
parcel and gives no receipt for the SAN
must be able to carry it from the poiI
where it is received to its destination, fl
it. can only be carried by the compan
that received it. This will be quite a
advantage to manufacturers, seedsme
and merchants who wish to send sample
r for many articles sent in the mails neY,
reach their destination, or if they do, al
in such damaged state as to be wortl
less. The u. s. mail is not responsib
! for such go0ds-the express compar
- is, which IS quite an item in the tran
:. pOrtation of small wares and mercha
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