Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-15
OUR CHiCAGOLETTER.

OF all topics the weather is at pres
ent the most used up one; eveTybody's
list of adjectives applicable TO the sub
iect is about exhausted, and yet Dame
Nature keeps on in the same old way
smiling benignly one day and frown
ing and weeping the next. But moth
which we are accordingly grateful.
Your correspondent greedily deyonr-
ed every scrap of news pertaining to
the late Minnesota rise. knowing that
if was quite possible that the old farm
house which afford. shelter io her
better half. had become a floating
wreck | am assured however that
said house just escaped that fate
With he dawnine of the MAY day,
cold. wet ard cherries, every avail
able dray, truck and express wagon
was loaded with the household gods
and goods of hapless renters, who
were leaving the evils they knew of
in the old quarters, perhaps 10 en-
counter and endure worse i'll the new.
Nav never have 10 share the niseries
| witnessed on that day was out
in spite OF the aqueous condition Of the
atmosphere. \ mere ''lOokrron in
Venice" could find plenty of amuse-
mcns in watching the professions of
movers. \ promenade down State
street is good way to spend few
hours, but if one starts out in spring
wraps, be The weather never so fine.
without carrying an extra shawl, the
lack of fUrcthoughi is sure TO be la
mcnied. Let an east wind spring up
laden with cold from the ice in the
straits and Il seal skin cloak is none
TOO warm
Business seems la he Cooking up"
and all the great establishments on
the broadway" of his city are daily
ihrongcd. IL is hard sometimes to
elbow ones way through, but have
made tour or two on State street be-
fore, and became Initiated. The dry
goods houses never made so brilliant a
display. and millinery establishments
are not one whit behind In the win
dows OF a large furniture store, no
ticcd a novelty. Brass frames for fur
niture of all kinds. Rosewood and
mahogany are TO be super
ceded bv metal. and il
is very elegant. One party visited the
japanese curio establishment, known
As Nee Ban" which in English is
Number Two" the store number one
being in san Francisco. \ handsome
young Jap, dressed "allc samee Mei;-
can man." accompanied US through
the different departments, and seemed
very much pleased with the admira-
ton bestowed upon the specimens of
Japanese art. Then we went up into
a long gallery, where we took a Gun
of tea made by the Chinese method.
and served in the daintiest of china
cups Nee Ban" is certainly very
nice place To pass an hour in. Among
the museum attractions lately DIR.
Mary Walker figures conSpicuously.
Her name has been before the public
SO long that the museum proprietors
considered if would be good card"
and so it proved. DIR. Mary wears
full suit of male attire. is a good
speaker and gives good, common
sense lectures Her voice lacks
strength. and her face is a un-manish
rs any ordinary woman's. If DR..
Mary would but wear the habiliments
of her sex, | would admire her.
but her "strong-minded" style is too
much for me. There is 4 vast deal of
building in progress and street i'm
provements. besides much remodeling
Of OLD buildings. On the 2Sth ult., the
old chamber of commerce was vacated
with appropriate ceremony and in the
evening Of the same day there was
grand opening" of the new board of
trade building. 1t is an imposing /.
structure. not as high as the Mon
tauk," but finished more elegantly. |
All the business tenants are now set
tied in their respective offices, and |
trade goes bravcly on. y most de-
structive fire reigned twenty-four |
hours among the lumber wards in the
south part of the city last week. re-
sul;ing in heavy loss to the owners
thereof. 1t viii have a tendency TO 1
raise prices for time Al things /
considered. home on the Kansas
prairie, far enough from river bank
to avoid a rush of high wafer, is more
TO my liking than residence in 4 large
city where the air is sitting, and peo-
pie ''dwel! in the midst Of alarms