Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-12

! Correspondence Of the Register
CHICAGO. November II.
Political matters in this city have
ctferyesced with the usual noise and
vigor, and the accustomed partisan Bit
terncSS, judging blythe epithets indulged
in by the adherents OF the opposing eau
didate>, i no less manifest. A stranger
reading the papers OF all parties would
naturally suppose that nobody but ras-
Gals had run for the various offices. But
these are characteristics of most local
campaigns, and have subsided like 4
| glass of neglected soda water since the
| votes have been counted.
/ Yes, the election is over. The tur-
/ moil Of party ambition is ended. The
/ votes are cast, and rest follows political
emotion. Chicago and Cook counties are
/ not always Republican, but to-day such
is the complexion of the result, that
/ party having elected three Congressman
, in the First. Second and Third districts
nearly all their candidates for the Lcgis-
! lature, and the county ticket The day
was fair, but only light vote was cast.
/ The majority won. Let us be thankful
/ that il was no worse.
The new court house and pOStOihCc
| begin to have solid and grand appear
ancr, and after the hard rumor sctatioat
and threats exchanged by both en-.
ploycrs and employed, and the frequent
/ changes made during the first days OF
| their erection, these giants in archi-
| lecture maintain stcadyan substantial
growth. The ravagcS made by the great
/ lire. are gradually disappearing, and
! even now all that remains Of the smoking
! debris Of Il dcSparinS city are a few tot
/ tcring walls here and there, standing
sentinel over waste lots, whose owners
are either too poor or unentcrprisinG ("
! build upon them.
Jack irost made us All unwelc"me
visit last week, and his ravaycs are man
/ iicst on every side. To avoid his un-
Sttiahlc appetite the summer flowers Of
! the parks and boulwards have been sac
riiiced to the parlor windows and hot
houses. and by this time all the beauti-
iul summer resorts are robbed OF their
yernal beauty.
The death OF the flowers sadly effects
our boast that no rarthcn city can rival
us in floral display. The laurel, | be-
! licvc, is ours.
\ fortnight since came snow Ia mock
our dreams Of golden autum, and
few days ago mother earth WAS arraycd
in a pure and spotlces mantle.
The Exposition closed on the 29th OF
September, and the artists, connOiSseurs
and general observers have all, with a
few exceptions. departed with their
accOutremcnts. and the tide Oi life here
is gradually ebbing back again 70 its
usual level. The merchants and manu-
iaCturcrs have deserted us, and nothing
could be more desOlate than the great
show bnilding, as compared IN the din
and life which filled il q month since.
4 few artists lnger here yet iOr
rest or observation, hut the majority
Oi visitors have left. Miss Ed
mOnia Lewis, the COlored sculptOreSs,
is sojOurning with friends for brief
season, to recruit her oycrtasked encr-
gics after weeks OF most arduous labor.
"The Death Of Cleopatra, her latest !
work, which she came over from Rome
TO exhibit, met with high encomiums
from both press and people, and compe-
tent judges pronounce il 4 master effort.
This statue alone would win renOwn for
the gifted woman, who has struggled
against about every species OF mlsiOr-
tune to attain To it. In short time,
Miss Lewis returns t0 the land Of her
adoption. The old Tabernacle which has
Witnessed 80 many rousing revivals. and
within whose walls have been haerd 50
often the voices OF the sweetest singers
0i our day, has been perverted. and be
fore another season, instead Of the grand
songs and earnest celebrations once
heard. there will be- the command ol the
merchant and the hum and hurry OF
business lllc.
Mr.. Moody, the evangelist, gave usa
visit two weeks ago, which, however,
was an unexpected and flying one. Dur
inc his brief stay religiuos enthusiasm,
which iOr lack Of proper interest on the
part of Somebody, was COnsldcra-
hlv on the wanc, received fresh
impetus, and general in
tcr,St has been awakened again. As
usual, with that incOmprehensiblc
energy of his, Mr.. Moody managed 20
infusc entirely new lille into the spirit Of
the good cause,
There seems to be an unprecedented
amount OF crime here, as elsewhere, and
il is continually on the increase. II
must be more than mere human pas
siOns that can 50 influence the hearts Of
the people. Tor one has but 10 pick up
the daily papers Ia find that for reasons
OF the least Importance the most cruel
lawlcssncss j. provoked. What can W.
attribute il 70, and where j. the remedy?
During season OF unwonted
crime in Rome. q couple of CEN
turic~ ago, Wis" man
taught that il WAS temporary
alteration oi the mind CAUSED by the
transit OF the planets, which then, a. in
these DAYS, frequently occurred. The
atmosphere distributed by certain
movement of the spheres, may be the
thing, after all, TO blame for ~ much
dissOlutcncss and sin. This conclusion,
however. does not satisfy the upright
Judges and the honest citizen who has
been robbed or had his own flesh and
blood shot down bv som" reckless ~
sassin. does not put human frailties and
occult reasons in the balance against
justice.
Kennedy, the wiic-murdcrrr, vho va.
indicted by the grand jury ot COOk
County and sentenced 10 bc hanged.
committed suicide at the jail day before
YESTERDAY
When ihe autopsy oi the body takes
place scientific examination j. :" be
made ni his skull a. find out whether
or not hc was insane. 1t Is h. b. mat
ter OF considerable Importance and IL
looked upon with interest by .-cientitic
people. But more anon. J.. {.
! PITTSBURGH.
/ The Messiah Musical Festival.