Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-30
MILWAUKEE LETTER.

Especial Correspondence Daily Globe.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 26.-This city is en-
joying its inter holiday season of activity
There has been more hustle and noisy evil
denee of business in the streets during the
past week than had been apparent for
months before. Writer had delayed its
coming too long for the good Of the trade.
The weather from the close of summer IN
| til about ten days ago was q continuation
of early fall meteorological experience,
with just enough of cool suggestion
thrown in To keep people on the qui rire
for the reality, which was over
slow in coming. Just when retailers COM
menced to drop their jaws in hopelessness,
e slight fall CT snow, the forerunner of
the succession of furries that has ensur-
ed the present excellent slelghirg, came
like harbinger of hope; and the hope it
herelded has ended in satisfactory frui-
ton. Dealers report
GOOD Holiday TRADE
all around. The purchase of the extreme
" elegant and costly articles in jewelry
and other lines of adjournment, have
been somewhat smaller this
year than last, but the trade,
on the whole, has been
genuine and satisfactory. There is cause
for graduation in this, As there have been
too many ruInors of coming embarrass-
ment of late for tbs good of business. It
has been said that after the holidays
crashes will be heard, and one of the city
papers has sovn suspicion broadcast by
intimsting thst certain extensive retail
house is staggering on tbs brink. While
it is true that times have frightened in
great measure, the elements OF & panic are
wanting, aud if too much suspicion is not
hurled over the walls of confidence, bust
ness, fairly well managed will pull through
with colors flying. While oyer production
may stagnate manufacturers the retail bust
ness OF the country needs OILY regular
seasonable weather 10 preserve q he.lthy
tone. This seasonable consumption has
been wanting during the past year. Last
winter was so extremely cold that the sun
failed TO tone up the atmosphere for
genuine summer until dealers and pur-
chasers commenced te think of fall wear
again; then the fall was like unto summer
and the winter like unto autumn, until
about ten days since. These unreasonable
SESSIONS are what play the mischief with
retail trade, aud, in the writer's opinion,
have had more to do with the slowneas OF
trade in general than over production,
which can only affect the big manufactur-
ing concsrns.
wINTER sPoRTs
are in full sway. The din Of sleigh bells
is incessant, especially On Grand
avenue, M!lwaukee's favorite place
for the display of equine
loveliness and agility. Christmas after
noon the avenue was literally packed to
the discontinue of owners of flyers
Every owner Of horse. from the butchers
plug to the sinewY flyer before paper-sheIl
cutter, felt in duty bound to show him on
the ''av." and the result was a regular
funeral procession on the up trip, changed
to exciting confusion by accelerated speed
on the way down. Upper Grand avenue
has undergone much alteration of late.
The roadway has been narrowed and the
sides of the avenue bouievarded from
Eighth street to Fifteenth, and the broad
portion of the avenue, which is suddenly
narrowed at Eleventh street has been
divided into two Streets from Ninth street,
Alexander Mitchell's corner to Eleventh,
by a broad grass plat properly curbsd
and lighted with gas. The street railway
tracks hug this Nid-street park on either
side, leaving the rest OF the roadway IN
obstruc.sd. Although there YVES quite a
howl by horsemen when this improvement
was first proposed, the adverse feeling has
given way to satisfaction because of the
seae in locating the railway t.scks, which
are no more in the open street, menace
TO drivers. The procession now comes
down the avenue on the fly, rounds the
street park and returns to the upper
avenue by the north passage. A number
of Ailwaskeeans have lately purchased
fast horses and phenomenal speeding is
expected if the sleighing holds good.
TIE EXPOSITION BUILDING,
by strange ordination of fate, is now
doing service as skating rink. The build
ing stands on ths site of MilVaukee's first
rink, which after seversl seasons of pay
ing activity degenerated into a second
rate green's market, and finally wes pnlled
down to make wsy for the present e1posi-
ton building. The rink ROW in active
operation, has magnificent sheet of ice,
one of the largest, it is said, in the coun-
try, snd il seemingly doing good bust
ness. This much cannot be said of the
closing SEASONS exposition. Through
apathy, OR what is more apparent, poor
management, the show pulled through
with I. bare margin of profit, and it has
lately been limited that the Immense build
ing will not be opened next season. Lead
ing merchants repudiate this statement,
and it is more than probable that 1884
will ind the building applied to tho use
for which it was designated. Milwaukee
| needs few lessons in harmonious boom
ing. There has been so much crosking at
old failures that success is likely to reward
the unprejudiced outsider. This phase of
the situation is illustrated by the dime
museum lately opened by Chicago
parties. It is having great run
and is making money rapidly.
Some of these days an outsider will come
in and show the city how to successfully
manage the exposition, by injecting ener-
gy into it. However, Chioago's big show
has pslsd somewhat on her hands, and it il
limited thai the thing may be dropped on
the ground, that e1positions are just nov
out of style.
SENATOR cARPENTER's MONUMENT.