, 1877-07-21

seA AfAAulf+ luis tlH1lslIL WIN HllFGHHll1
snuscd OIL 10 Harrison street near Wabasl1 ave-
nse, anu was used as tenement house fur
many rcars lclnE onc Of The Md landmarks de-
sttroych In the fire OF July u, 1871.
happening to drop in nj the Magistrates Of
tlec on Dearborn street. where c.,urt was hetng
held by JuAticc {t,ow the Hon. i. D.) Calon, Mr..
Stone met an Engllshman named blanchard,
Who offered hinl
LOT ON CLINTON STREET ron $50.
He he:itatcA a day Or two, and blanchard al,
vanecd his price stU per day until he reached
*U. at thls hR'irc Mr.. Stone bera'nc the pat-
s,n't, i, nns n. hi. tta,aetn eit h With only
Tns chopptnR timber for use on the tsove rnmcnt
p!ers. which was procured un the North Branch.
about thirteen mItcs up. For this work he rc-
tlnucd al Il mill March iii. ncst adventure
was Journey tu Milwaukee by wagon. III COM
pany with t1lan natnci .1ohn Rn9crs. They
hired halt.brced ln'iian as guide, and took
three months provfeions along, rs they tntcn,1-
cd IN To into The timber and locatc
laf1tf claims. Milwaukee was reached In thrce
days, and wns founI tu coilssst Of two houses.
one trailing post, where they Ind 10 sleep un
From the keeper Of the post, whose name ras
Juneau they purchased two Indian ponies, m
which they hacked their materials aud urovts-
Ions, and started for the tntcriur, accompanied
by an 1nttan guide. The first day they nade
about two fest of snow, wrapped themselves IN
their blankets. md slept soslndly until morning.
Wien they woke up thGlf ppnfte we're Euue, and
incy wcrs s.,,;. only aoc TO recover nnc Of them,
The lMliah deserted. and they hsl to rc.
trace their stcps. The nrxt morning they
struck nortl, again, reached sheboyEan, and
made claim at The mouth Of the river, wllcsu
". Store found work In \ mill, owned by
ho
RETURNED TO CHICAGO
nn.l attended the frat great land sale made In
this city BY the Government, June 1911. At
this ,alc he sl!:pose ot his Clinton street lot by
Next hc started a grocery and provision storo
on North Water direct, buytnG his first hill
uf goods III New York In tune, 1887. III the mean.
at Green Day, nnl he attended i. a
and Others, aud oil ihe elisib1o land, il.
cluatng Sir. ssonc's claim, was bought up by
termed "n horseback through tle deep
snow. anil was tedious and Try.
ing pnc. The little company consisted Of
Mr. Stone, William Smith (dcrcascd}. George
tdcScase.l), Alcx Fullerton. Alonzo Hunting
ton, an1 man from Chcnango Forks, N. T.,
s,alnc unknown.
This experience practically ended Mr.. sioue's
continued In trade, During tho first ten ycars
no kcp. country store, anu bought Craiu from
The FARMERS. wt1o hausc,t II In wngons froln ali
parts Of Northern illinois anl Indiana TO tho
rs'Oh - NV ~ t@i HNtiA AAE ot4|tNCA
tho first load Of whc,t ever sent cast
from Chicago, consisting Of $50 bushels.
It was stipred in bags by G. N. Reeds steamer
Missouri. md was sold by the clerk of the boat
nt buIfala, sfr. stone realizing 10 ccnio per
buahel for It. After the year 1878 Sir. Btot,o
bcgan to tAko all, active interest In the real.
estate business, and made several Subdivisions,
so'nc OF which arc well known. Ha lost heavily
by tho fire Ut 1871. but was une Ut the first tU
hcEtn the work nf rcconatrlictlon, With un-
shaken faith In tho future Of the city.
In politics Mr. Stone was at first i Whig, but
joined tho Republican party when It wns
hrst formed, and kept tho fath until
hts death. In carly life ho was connected
With the Presbyterian Church, but afterwards
affiliated With tho Episcopal commun.on liz
was three times married, ,trst to Miss Lowry, as
previously stntcd, then to Miss Frances u.
Pearcc, WHO died II, 1855, and lastly to Miss
Elizabeth A. iagcr, by whom he Ind tiYc chill
drcn, four sons mud one daughter. Mrs. Stone
and threc Of the iamly survive to mourn their
loss. Al tho time Of Ills dcnth Mr.. s.une was
ono of thu Trustees Of the Douglas University,
and always took great interest tn tho educa-
tIonal anii charitable Institutions Of tho city.
The 1nMtly n,onutncnt.-an elaborate and
costly structurc,-waa once tho most noticeable
feature In the old City Cemetery, but Ia now a.
Roschill, where 1t wns removed wien the city
began to improve the cemetery grounds which
had been Incorporated In Lincoln Park.