Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-07-28
STILL IN THE GARDEN CITY.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, July 90, 'S5.

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, July 90, 'S5.
Ed. SOUTH KENTUCKIAN:
Grant is Dead! The great drama
Of life, with all its litfu scenes of
pleasure or pain and anguish, for
him is over. The hero of many
hard fought battle sleeps in peace.
The last dream of ambition for him
is ended, flags float sadly at half mast
and the city is draped in mourning.
For many months Gen. Grant has
been before the public, "Promethe-
us chained TO the Caucasian rock"
and the press has painted each
writhe of agony, each heart throb,
nnvailing the privacy of the sick
chamber and even the sacredness Of
last moments, when surrounded by
his family, has passed as if in piano.
ramic view before us. "The focus
of all eyes," "the observed of all OBJ
servers" lie passed out. But a word
even, on this inexhaustible subject
from Olive Branch is but as a speck
on the great ocean and ofas little
Importance is soon lost, and yet as
one reads and LOOKS on, and ponders
these scenes, there somehow uprises
before us, the many countless heroes
III the humble walks of life, who in
their way have been blessing to the
world in which they lived, who have
been Just as dear to some hearts and
just as precious in the sight of Him
who waits at the head of the golden
stairs for these unwoary, but
"Delicate spirits pushed away
In the hot press of the nOwaday,"
to be forgotten by those who take
their places who in their turn will be
just as readily set aside.
But no more moralizing. Your cor
respondent is thoroughly convinced,
after spending farther time in the
big city of Chicago, that there is
really more to be seen here than in
OAK GTOUe, or even in the enterprising
and charming little city of Hopkins
vile. Those of your readers who
have visited this city are no doubt of
the same opinion.
Your lady readers who delight in
the details and minutia of shopping.
would be charmed with the large
and elegant emporium Of Marshall
Fields. Here one pays much higher
for handsome goods than elsewhere
for the same in the city, but it is
quite the thing" for the elite TO go
there. The building occupies six
floors. We take an elevator and like
the man on the flying irapeze, we
sail thro' the establishment with the
greatest of ease, and on the 9th floor
we find the dressmaking department.,
where the modest little sum of $26 is
paid for the honor and privilege of
saying the dress was made at Mar
shall Fields. Your correspondent
left no orders, feeling assured that
Mrs. E. A. Hayes, Of your city or
Madam Daugherty, 4lh, St., Louis
vile, could supply all needed wants
and at much more agreeable rates.
One noticeable feature in the dress
Of Chicago ladies is the perfect fit,
while "the firm foundation" upon
which Chicago belle stands has
always been a subject of pleasantly
for the press elsewhere. There is
surely no discount ON fine forms and
perfectly fitting robes.
The different places of amuse-
ments through the city are open.
The llaverley Minstrels at Haverley's
Theatre last week was well received.
The stake of" on the German School
of Art, also Madam Patti and other
celebrities, inimitable on the whole
The Haverley's are fine in their enter
tainment, exceedingly mirth provok-
ing and enjoyable. Last evening your
correspondent visited McVicker's
theatre, said to be the finest in the
city. The paper mache frescoing,
gliding and granting are Of the very
finest and the scintillant flashes of
electric lights irradiated the whole
with brilliancy that was within
itself a scene of e"9hantments and
indescribable. l.I .
OF course we have not Sighted the
Dime Museum, with its four floors
of curiosities and its regular stage
performances, nor the 25ct. muse
um, nor the siege of Paris, and
Battle of Gettysburg. But this letter
grows too lengthy. More anon,
OLIVE BRANCH.