Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-03-08
A.ctfar FROM GI,i2GCOs

CHICAGO, LII, March 5, 1879. fielding ny
tent, like It's said the Eodon does, L lttcd
away frcn the Back Eye Stale Fabr1sr7 2l:h,
bound for this Garden City, via tie Pittshu!g,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad. Tho ride
from Nevada to this place was through the
level fields aud prailic5 Of Ollie, !r3ia1a aad
Illinois 60 level thai ouc grows tired OF tho
nevcr varying landscape. Oar train vas very
slow, and just ss we were pulling Gu ct Fort
Wayne the conductor droppe! Bis esp, and the
darkey porter said, "Ncbber uiiid boss, Ill
20 back for, and Git dat c!p, and keeh sou
'foah you ere at Ualnmby," and just before VIC
got to the latter place. tho porter boarded us,
and handing the conductor his cap. remarked,
| "Iyars yure cap chile, | 'spco;s | broken my
shin bone ,unDin' iuto dat hind psllls kear
Fort Wayne, Indiana, is Is very cnttrpils:ng
railroad centre, and the site c! TIC old Tort OF
| lndian days is still disceEa!b!e. /: Is !attt!'y
famous for prapd lottery s"inlic that
beats our old Montpelier OF painter Gays
hundred per cent. Further OF Fort wayne
your deponcnt smith not. We were travelling
| 10 the dusky nights, but the train velocity DIG
not prevent my getting ont and hUiidin2 o7n
| fire whenever | wished to TlcT q toWn. a. u
8. T.. We entered the depo: II Chlcagu, astsr
going through what seemed medley OF c.t!os,
canals, warehouses, steamers aud car SHOPS.
Chicago on first Vleg, that cold; sloppy cheer
of Napoleon, viz: "Grand, gloomy and pecu
|iar," Rushing swiftly and !oad;y through
motley crowd CT jehus, tuanCrs and bumneis:
with nv Garnet bag Il an Z carpet Dagger
nog) cu!chcd 10 vice like grasp, J! Tiadc 10:
| the Ogden. 4 rice your riah said he would
20 With me, as his hotel was oe2r tHoIe, thi5k,
| log he would throw sit c1cug; oa ny tail!
mean of my coat-to capture mr.. blight L
have business 10 Chicago. mightcd. blight
he know what is vas, said this I. =: @. lie
heightened, end so he run ca. let bin 60 OF.
! thinking ere long be would present me Win
! furnished brown stone, servants, carriage anu
bauk stock, for he was 50 kind. | finally tot
him was The sixteenth Child Of b!!n1 moth.
or and paralized father, albcharGCi On Glr lown
ship down in Ohio, and their solo support
when trustees 20. mulish. aUt iiat f;3n,cG 10
get place where I'd have nothing TO DO but
part my auburn locks in the c2at7e and chew
tooth picks and draw 500 per month. The
D. y. m. suddenly lost aIl interest IL nc. a9i L
thought With the poet, The saiicst ol a; L;
love grown cod.' Chiccao is Z grand clty,
sprung Pic ak like from the ashes 81 is great
fire, it is noW sec7nd to nohe n tic w2!d lGT i:5
business, wealth, naguiiieeace. 90. :he ci:ny
other attributes CT tho first. ID Describe sGcn
| a wonderful m;crccosm 10 Inc narrow lit-i:S 81 =
newspaper letter i5 simply Impossible. Oa2
might wr!k i,s broad streets aul cYaHuf5 ior
morths, ard ever Gud neg !oot t0r his qai;!.
LIS MANY gigantic bujiSi3;s strike he stranger
with amazanent. Take ipE instance !ho Times.
| Tribune, Singer and Palmer bulldogs IN the
vicinity of Madison, State, DtaJbcric aa.i
sluproe streets, cad yet taefe ar3 Thousands al
them possessing this feature different from c:,,:
New York, Philadelphia or St. LOUIS aod there
ARC between or near them no inferior structures
to mar their beauty. The Palmer House is
undoubtedly one Of the gra"Gcst cd!5;c1 u
America, yet IL general arpeaisyIa i! IL nag
niiccnt surroundings is deli md s!ir:tlcs2. f!Gn
lis samepe;s. stopped there &c get d!itk
and take it ir, ! mean tho hotel, aud clud
have enjoyed it just as much, B,ocn Tic 9Tlnk,
at tho Tivoii, fer halt tho amount. Gao caa
hardly appreciate tho vast amouHt Of husocSs
dosc herc-take pork packing, O. g. Chicago.
in raund numbers, hes - inoa legs packed
to Kansas City aud Cinclnnntll five 10 ssVcG
hundred thousand each. 1t Is also Z v,5t .-T.!O
market. Its Board of Trade, 'Fhc:l visited,
is an institution where lunoacnt Dc!chaits !:G;n
smaller places with c0uCelt bumps well ce7 lGp
ell como 10 get wrecked b c)o S%ar? ard
wicked SPECTATORS. TFn have ha" more c2po
r;cace 10 trade winds" .hpn the silly a,a0 they
dune. Millions of bushels ni w!cat nrn soii
that never were grown. Tha! your ysa2eTs niog.
not tLink | au incorporating isc.s, / Lccf
only state that Contracts there made ere held
in the courts of justice to b. Illegal and VOID,
and cauuot be enforced agaIEs; pUj!ia policy, &c.
Chicago has several fac theatres aEi cr":a
\ hon.cs. 20 Hnoiey's McVickar'S. l!avo!iy,
, Academy Of Music &a. | saw }. X, Emmett
10 tho new Fiji" al Hon!ey's. ard i!rEhcd
at, NOV vas happiness Il. n. S. p!aa
fora is raising tho price as everywhere else. L
was struck by The gigantic dry goods Gran
Of Field Letter 4 Co., which bou2h. The Sing
er building for tho cool Fum ct $3.50, 200, tie
other day. Among Chicago Interesting sightg
| is the statue Ct Stephen 4. Douclass. which IS
mastcrpitc, Of art. visited tic late expo
siou building the day pIueky, chubby nnd
foolish Mad. Anderson beguu her great walk:
1t is O grand sight 10 stand on tho shtrl aud
look off on the bosom OF Lake Mchigac. Par.
| licularly when she is swelling Under he chat
ings ct ''blizz,rd." | have dono tho great
city by day aud richt--thc latter ui col;rso "a
| Talmasc One standing on Ono Ct tho lGOl5
river bridges 10 the city st midnight, after
viewing haunts Of misery aud crnc can UadCr.
stand why Hood wrote the Bridge o.! Signs"
and if be stands long enough mey sec "oaa
more unfortunate" 90 10 ":cr death" Il is
solemn indeed 10 the shadow Of tall mass ard
sombre warehouses along The wafer st!ae'a.-
HaEstead street is the loaGcst AID s:TaGht2St
10 the city, being sixteen o'i!ea !oug. Tho bot
cvard, extending all around the city, affords
an excellent chaucs to display gour high step.
pers," if you chance to ow1 them. / saT Phil
| Sheridan at the Palmer House, ard tine deals
lightly with the little man vino redo fro:a Wiz.
chester. massacred tho Piegans and scared
the bald headed members ct the Louisiana leg
islatuTc. Gallant Phil has soft thing Ct it
entirely t. d. g. and Congress should transfer him
to Alaska, and replace hin with Col. Mot. EaI'.
or Col. J.J. NJ. since its decided JOHN mus, &C.
On Sunday last l hesri t@o excellent sermons
| By Robert Co!lyer and tho celebrated G@irg,
and whilo they might not exactly sui; the taste
of tho ''rieidiy righteous and uoco coed, they
ere powerful advocates Of God aod relislon.-
| t. Dewitt Talmagc, the present high rrieat ct
| Brooklyn. sugars the ChicasoaDs this week,
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