Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1881-11-12
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. ., 1881.

u visit of months. Kansas City is blessed
with that particular piece of good luck
expressed in modern parlance rs II
boom" st. Louis. though eayclopes!
in a cloud of smoke indicative of activi-
ty, seems in ncet, of BOOM" but
Chicago appears the Father Of Booms.
Nowhere in the cast do expect to
fEd a city like this; in matter of Popu-
lation it can be excelled. but in great
activity, never This afternoon drove
out To South Park which, even at this
data, is always as fresh rs spring. The
streets and avenues leading to the park
are most excellent, and as | sat behind
my beautiful chestnut horse, and drew
the lines tightly to keep within the
bounds of speed prescribed, l though! of
my ride from Custer to Deadwood with
your fellow townsman Pat Mcllugh.
PAT and ! made an average of seven
miles al hour, hut we had TO pound
them on the back" | passed Il most
e-joyabe week in Kansas City visiting
old fri nds 1t is rlrel, we find more
| hospitab'e community than il here en-
countered. There is not that exclusive
ness which you will meet with in larger
cities. Kansas City claims 10000 iu'
hab!ants and is still growing ut Il
wonderful rate, men have made inn
meuse fortunes in real estate there since
| - and the building boom j. somthing
| tremendous. The class of buildings are
| most excellent, many truly beautiful
residences are being added to the al
ready numerous array.
passed Sunday in St Louis. The
morning was very proiitably and pleas
antly wi!cd away at the geological
Garden, where the lion roared and the
! Whangdoodie mourneth for his first born
! The Monkeys are always peculiarly
| interesting study TO me, they appear
truly human in many of their actions,
especially in their treatment of the
young. There is one baby monkey in
the collection. it is in an apartment With
It's mother and father, and the family
appear truly ailectiona,e toward one
another.
In the afternoon | walked down the
icyee and viewed the big bridge"
next purchased "A walking interest in
he bridge for a nirk'e, s:roiled out to
the central arch and took comprc-
hensive view of the surroundings. ]
saw good many things but my attcn-
ton was mostly absorbed by the Father
of Waters" rolling beneath me. The
viewer is unusually high, and as it
rusheS roaring and sccthng along, one
is impressed with its grandeur and
power; yet while | contemplate nature
in one of its grandest phases l do not
shrink before its presence, and feel as
some, of nay ''infinitcsimal littiencss."
but rather do | think upon the wonder
FIJI superiority of man. Seeing this
gigantic piece of masonry leaping as it
were, from shore to shore it is the
work of man, and rises superior to all
else. See those magnificent steamers
dash boldly against the mad torrent,
rending it as,lnder in utter disregard of
its opposition. God is God, and man is
next.
The water tower i'm the north OF ST.
Louis is a stately structure, and upon its
summit we have an excellent view, no
one should pass by, but can tell You
now that it is very fatiguing journey
from the earth to the spot in space
| known RS it summit.
Night before last saw "The World"
at McNickers theatre, a modern play in
trodncing an internal machine" on a
homeward bound ship sailing from
Australia to London. The machine
goes of according to preconserted ar
rangements and the ship is lost
Through the gallantry and bravery OF
the hero, the lady passengers, among
whom is the heroine, gain the life boat
and are eventually saved. The hero and
three others are set adrift on raft and
are subjected to the usual horrors OF
shipwreck finally after the. last drop
is spilled in Il general scramble amo, 8
the survivors, they sight a sail. the ship
il seen to move along the distant horison
and is almost lost to view when il flasl,
is seen and the raftcrs faint in ecstacy
The scenery i'm this act is truly grand
the raft is real and the men bear the
haggered aspect the. water scene is ex'
cellent in effect and when the curtain i,
raised in response TO the deafening en-
core, the ship has rounded to and i,
clearly seen approaching the furnishing
men. You don't want to hear it all
they got married Of course, after few
tragedies and lived in peace and died il
London.
At Haverly's last night ! saw
Strategy" most laughable play, il
which "A scape' grace son personates hi
own father and also his sweetheart
, ather, to the great inconvenience OF man,
friends and amusement of himself ant