The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-22
CORRESPONDENCE.
OUR EASTERN LETTER.
BRooKLrS. y. Y. June II, 1882

| BRooKLTS. y. Y. June II, 1882
DEAR CmEf:-It is long time since We wrote IL
you. and we are ashamed of ourself for ncgleeting
ono that comes to greet every Monday morning.
| This season has been the most backward known
for years. To-day the wind is from the north east
and is blowing with sneh Arctic like force that it i.
uncomfortable to sit by open window. There
have been no hot days, this year. and the result is
that every kind Of business IN dull 1t is especially
hard the farmers and hatters-the farmers being
very much behind with their crops. and the latter
having goods on hand which they don't know how
to dispose OF, for straws not be seen upon the
streets. and ovsrcoats still being worn.
The strawberry season here is long oue begin
ming in March and lasting till July; though prop
erly speaking it begins in the first part of Nav and
continues till July. For the past two weeks, We
have had excellent berries from Maryland and Della
ware. and next week they will be sent into market
from New Jersey and the interior of New York State
Provisions of all kinds high. anil the speeula-
tors are taking advantage of the people in a way
that causes much dissatisfaction. There is great
commotion, especially among the laboring classes,
and unless a change takes place very soon, it is
feared that theru will be strikes among the meehan-
les of all trades. Beef is so highprced that many
have dispensed with it altogether, and resorted to
fruits and vegetables. For awhile eggs proved a
good substitute for meat but the price has risen
three cents apiece their has been practically
abandoned, and are now considered luxuries.
The Jewish refugees from Russia are coming in SO
rapidly that it has become serious question as to
what disposition should be made Of them. Most of
them, so far have been provided with work or sent
West, but there seems to he end to their num-
bers. the Board Of Emigration is considerably exer
eised, and the various Hebrew societies have lost
almost all their patience. Some of the exiles arc
hard set Of people, and the Americans are not par
ticulariy pleased with them.
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., has purchased farm near
Babylon. L. l., and has fixed it up in superb style
The ex- President and Mr. and Mrs SartOris visited
him Mt his home, last week, and were very
much pleased with the farm itself, and all the
roundings
The Greenbackers have been causing somewhat of
sensation in this city. gentleman from Indiana,
not long ago, spoke upon the subject of finance in
Music Hail. and elected great enthusiasm. Last
night, Samuel Cary. of Ohio, greeted with an
overcrowtled hall. He took for his subject 'Monop
olies and succeeded in making many friends by his
logical treatment of his theme, and his easy, self
possessed manner.
The prominent theatres here have closed for the
summer, and the watering places beginning to
show signs of activity. Several new cottages and
hotels in of construction ut Coney Island
At Long Branch there not yet many signs Of
business; but summer fairly swOops down
upon us, that favorite resort will be well patron
lied ever. The room in the Francklyn cottage
in which Garfield died. will be heavily drapod with
Grape, and left unoccupied
We surprised to learn of the lynching Of the
three negroes at Lawrence, but the people here
not. The majority of persons here think that Kan
is a semicivilized State, running wild with all
kinds of animals ruifians, and Indians. We told
with whom eonversins, day, that
there was not Us much crime committed in week
in the whole State of Kansas, there was in New
York City in one day, and that the men and boys
carrying concealed weapons here would outnumber
those in the West 100 to TO- The New York Herald
gave about threc-quarters of column Of double
loaded nonpareil to the Lawrence lynchins affair;
the San devoted about half column. ami the other
papers merely noticed it in the elegraphc columns
1t is very gratifying to hear such good reports of
the growing prosperity of our State. Il would be
hard to refer to Kansas simply Of the West
ern States. for lived there long, and so many
happy ASSOCIATIONS connected with our old home
there, that We feel n prids because of her great
achievements, and interest in her future welfare.
CARLns NoGGs.