The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-17

| growing affairs. But Chicago, greater
than any of them, is but of yesterday and
it raises smile to read in Ford's History
of Illinois that in his administration Nau-
VOC was much larger than this city and in
Lncoin's life that the political influence
of Vandalia was great when that Of Chi
cago was not even taken into account.
What an amazing growth that was
when the fertile Illinois imagination
actually ran out OF names for Few cities,
villages and townships and selling an an
Gent geography recklessly bestowed 200
names Of widely separated cities on new
line OF settlements. What a queer state
where man may sleep in Paris, break
fast in Moscow and dine in Cairo; may
drive in few hours from Carthage 10
Warsaw, fly rapidly to St. Petersburg and
London, take supper in Eden and sleep IN
Paradise. Plenty of good Indian names,
too, which would have given local flavor
to the nomenclature, and on various old
maps the name of this place IS speit In
seventeen different ways, the main line OF
development running down through
Eschikagou, Fchicaqu, Chikagu and Chi
cagou to its present title.
Well. in 1173 there was at least one man
here, William Murray. In 1713 there were
two or three In 1912 there was quite
settlement and in the once very popular
story entitled "Hardscrabble" the plot
turns upon the massacre OF those who
lived on an outlying farm In 1885, the
place was Incorporated and contained
4.1T0 people Soon after the Illinois Cen
trial railway was an assured success, ana
the world knows the rest. What are
Tyre. Venice and Amsterdam 10 such Il
growth az thatS In 1S47 first heard the
name Of Chicago when my fathers neigh
bors, away down in western Indiana, be
gan to haul their wheat here and To haul
back the three prime necessaries OK that
time, salt, leather and mackerel- Now
the city's limit stretches almost 10 she In
diana line and wheat is even cheaper than
it then WAS. But the farmers do not have
to haul il SO far.
Away from the immediate vicinity of
Jackson park one sees nothing in Chicago
to indicate tina, Worlds fair Is going or
unless some Of the smusefnents may be
said to do so. Libby prison is here, and
Uncle Toms Cabin and all sorts Of pano-
rarnas of battles and other historic events.
and there is an entirely rev play which
all the visitors from the rural regions
think thsv must see. IN u + Columbus
and the Indians, George Washington and
the ballet girls are mixed up with lovely
operate display and enliveni1g music.
with the usual catching songs and phrases
and the usual HAPPY disregard % historic
sequence. But the people Ike Il.
IN historical relics Of every kind Chicago |
il sinEularly peor The Indians nsde |
pretty fair clean up IN lsI2. Three great |
sres in succession took mat - The cd |
structures, and n 1877 the truly great fire |
svrer,t all the rc-st A ride out the Twelfth /
street cars viii take one 70 sa alley near /
the corner Of Jefferson AID Dekovsn |
streets AID on that alley - "a frssne stses3 /
exactly where the famous o'Lesrys b&G /
their shed IN rs7I Or Oct :. that year,
exactly a. { - ?. Il gsor ra3lrosi fasza 4
WAS noting the time Eken be sag ~ TIE /
FIRE bs:rs. through the roof e TIA. shed. !
There YVES 70 coz IL tie SHED AID n milk
Inw aosrs on and The o'Lesrys were IL 1
tsed. TIE cd lez.8d II but a legal. bat
stu the sc,o. s. historic. for theFs TIE great
frs started Near the northeast corner % 4
North CLARK street ard YzIisrron svsnus |
still s.a-ds sLe ole HHck hoEss looking i
fS:s- as !, did vtsn tbs ws-sen corere9 = 1
WITH wet esoih.ag and sase6 Il. scr a. saaAs
point tie rsos. no,fhers spark q the great
IRE was pa. cus Chicago Il. sr6se1,
ve~T rev plscs. Yerr ruth newer thxo
D-.~e- or San Fr..r.sos. Salt Lake City
or ether far western pssess- probably The
ys-T newes. rsal city - tie aor1.
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