The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-27
CHICAGO GOT A PLUM.
Over ST. 100000 Dropped There Daily
by the Perspiring Visitors and Dele
gates.

Over ST. 100000 Dropped There Daily
by the Perspiring Visitors and Dele
gates.
From the Chicago Mail.
"The convention is a good thing for my
business" said large dry goods merchant
this morning. dose delegates comm is a
snap fur me-" remarked the newsboy This
is how the extra swarm of visitors has
affected the two samples of our business
representatives. Everybody, from the
great merchant down to the little newsboy.
has been benefited. The city can be reached
by rail at half fare on all the roads, and
each day the people come and go. Every
visitor has money, and those who remain
during the entire session spend on an aver
age of $40 day.
MY receipts for Monday" said promi-
nent State street merchant, amounted to
more than received in two weeks prior to
that time. Tuesday and Wednesday they
were still greater, and to-day am doing as
good business as l ever have done in a
day. 1t is not only the strangers who trade
with us. but the people, from the rural dis
tricts surrounding Chicago Come to us to
get value for their money"
1t is estimated that at least $1.500, 900 is
left in Chicago every day during the con-
vention by non-residenbs. AT the bar of
the Grand Pacific the net receipts since last
Sunday evening have averaged 5000 for
every twenty four hours. 81 cannot say
that l wish it would last very long," said
one of the bartenders at the hotel to-day,
because we are worked TO death. No, tie
visitors are very easily pleased. They take
anything they can get. In the rush they
are glad to drink anything"
I'VE are prohibitionists down our way
that is, we are prohibitionists in theory"
said an alternate from Florida, as he drained
off a claret punch. 1.-The weather is so hot
here that we have 10 take something cool
to keep alive.
"Oh, no, it is not hot in Florida like it is
here. We get the Atlantic and Gulf breeze,
and when it is hot the air is not SO oppressive
as it is in Chicago"
The gentleman from Florida spoke with a
decided darky accent, his final ''r" not be-
ing sounded at all. Had the gentleman been
in the dark the reporter would have wag-
cred his diamond PIN and gold repeater that
he was talking to q colored man. The
southern man is a thorough gentleman,
however, and is most affable to every one
he comes in contact with.
The visitor from North Carolina appears
to suffer the most from the summer resort
weather of the Garden city. He is always
to be found IN the coolest spot in the MOTEL
no is stopping at, and even then lie seems to
be sweltering.
ooh, this heat here is-r said a mem
Der of the republican club from North Caro-
lima. 1.-The only thing that | can find to
keep me up is Leland's artesian well water.
like the taste of il, and the bar don't make
much profit by my patronage. Our china o
down there cannot be compared with this
Why, it is never above So there There
seems to be something about the atmos-
phere of Chicago that exhausts person.
have perspired more during my short STAY
in Chicago than l ever expect to in my
state.
But the newsboy don't mind the heat.
He rather enjoys it. He sells papers from
early morning until late at night. He sees
all the parades, the great men of the day,
and all the sights there arc during the busy
convention week. He don't 20 home to
sleep-he might miss drum corps or a
visiting band. After selling the last copy
OF his 10 O'Clock p IN. extra" he wanders
around the hotels. After he has seen all
that he can he finds a bed under sidewalk,
and he IS glad that it is warm. One of
these future statesmen was found selling
copies of the Ndu at the main entrance OF
the Grand Pacific to-day. In answer TO
query as to how many copies of the Mail
he sold in a day, he said: II sell between
800 and ZOO and don't have to hustle to do
it, either. You can bet l am living high on
peaches and bananas now. am saving up
for the Fourth, and I'll have high old time
then. / wish the convention would last
month"
1t is almost needless to say that every
hotel in the city is jammed. At the Grand
Pacific alone 1865 guests are accommodated.
They all have comfortable quarters how
ever, and receive the very best attention.