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T SDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1872 that time Edward Eiy has seen scxdptions of Messre. Palirer, Honore, Gege, McVicker, Ledloyne, and ofkere, afiord ample grareniy thot he FRojsct will be pushcd 1o complsticn with skfll ana Eomptitade. Withiax year, therefore, or some ims amusement 1974, en Opers Forlhy of the fame of tE:g brave Tittle singer, who left S i a Bk vele, 20 I o Basbed vl fho ecnquest every cx Euzope, and allied to all the great nzmes in song. 2VICEXE'S THEATRE. AcVicker' hes never boen aman wko has allowed g under bis feet, The oid theatre was ol e L the Gt of September, 185, and for fourtcen years enjoyed simost Unvarving fuc- ceasfud ecasons. " Prior to the erection of the Opesa House it hnd subserved the purposes of the Latter axd sams of the groatest operatic singers Lad been heard aponits bosnds; smong them Adslina Pat, Colsoz, Cordier, Parodi, sohanrsen, Ralter, Amadeo(the elder), Formes, Juncs, Susini, Brignoli, snd others. Ceai- jaencing with the 1t o June, 167, Mr. McVidier may Dbosald to have built o new theafrs in twoznd & kalf ‘months, for, with the exception of 2 porsion of the out- =3 e walis the entirs bubding was now, iednierioe 15 denga, e redats aten Aog. 35, snd had beca in operztion but two months when if ehared (o ccm- mon Tuin, belng oz of the last bulldings fo bam in #£0 Soath Division. But McVicker was cqual to_the gemgacy, and wa sean 02 bis Ty Eastwced, There ed'the aympathy and mmaterial acsistance of Inding S8 peoElon B prctession, who, In theaivical MIcVicker gava it his personal swvervision day and nizht, and on tho 152 of August, before the sumiver- £ oI tie fre, threw open the new theatre to aue of ‘Cont ane n Eile ot Jowst, F0r tine Bad worbed 5 won. @< in tho substitaticn €f 3 tow ond elegant thestre for the hesp of brick, fron, and siope which Dizd covered th2 spot only for= months before. It i3 Tmaccosary in this connection to prescat a detailed description of {o new thestre, Evesy one in the city is clreads familier with it. As compared with the oid theatre, it is much more ehowy snd brilliznt as to its exterior, while the interior 15 a model of convenience and comfprt, und all that could be derired in the mat- ter of an, acoustics, and sght. The oraa- mentatioa of (e exterior, in respest fo grotesare beads and statzary, presents rather an tmbarrzssment €nirance, Shakzpeass himeelf towering gbove the ticket Ofiee and casting wisifal glances at he cach dawes elow, wld.\n(;fmrl ‘: u';‘fh Phenix order sp:é:xnds its wings fram the contre of the cornice, a5 i meditating gkt Viitost even canchicning W sttt ‘voted to its eroction, the theatre 18 a mormment to the taste ud enterprise of ita indefatigable proprie 2od memager, z2d, slthongh no sizx Fhas et spene upan ew boards, the seison thus far marked by a very remunerative business, AYELN'S THEATET. 1fr, Frevk Afken, wio for many years has been hmm!hlsuh'um actor, and, for a few yeam has been in tmm thoe lessca of the Deasborn ne.—.m; ‘Weod’s Muscam, and Hoalss's Opesa House, b5 just started afrech in's Dew theaice, which bess his ovn nome. At the time of the fire, Mr. Afken, in gompea with Mr. Frank Lewlor, the ictor, bed fast himsclf in. Hooley's Opera House, then on Clark. the Couxs House, with a good deamatic compdny. The sesson bad advanced bute dew weeks when tho new thexre wes destoycd. Tho fire gavo Ir, Afken the opporturity o carty outhis lobg cherished plan of huvinga faestro of hle owa; following ths tide of busincas sonthwasd, he seloct- 20 the moriingast cocner o Wabachy Srcoms and Con- gressstrest aathe eite of what is now known as Amn'fl:hm “Tho work has been rapidly pucked Zorward, and, on Mondey evenirg last, thonew thea~ o was bpendd £ the public by 1o Theoders Thomas Orchestral Tronpe. mhnflfl.\ngisin‘-hemmumustshnf:r. chifocture. Jne main front o Wabaeh avenus is of irop, brick, and Lake Superior sandstonc, handsomely Faiztod o Zive i clegunce and mmitormify of appeas- Ence, The main entrance on Wabash avenue is fiftcen #€hem 2ve pllasters running 0 the cornics, and broken & evch sty mmng:xmxmm&nnm and coraice style with an mw.m.m‘-’fl:‘;"“ s St ms;a T vesisate, 18 ids by 0 8 spacions v l, 15 fech wide so:m ¢ lemgtty 2t cmo end, o whicl: 5 e box OBy, extremity of the vestibule broad stair. “rl,wmlhurypumgd o dark oo, Tle to ¢he second cir=ié of seats. Tho dooze, ofice, ‘sad all Sxposed wootworE, Grseirot iy momded s Sae “The walls are froscoed in enftly-snbdued colors agree. abletothaeze. Three doars, one at the centre, and ome st elther end of the vestituls, admit the visitor to dmsl:‘).-l’tlsmdmfimmnv ara seat- et with chairs of the Istest style, and eleg.u;lly uphnl— b in crimaon velvet. The upper circle oo covered with Tgeats Teny All the Eours o it Tavarioes carpetsof besutifal pattenn. Nothe Ing 1a wanting that managerial taste 2id {hougatful ez conid suggest aa likely o contribuie to the com- 'mT‘th m“anlca of the public, strel Seign. | Toe most prominent obiect 3v1 | DOV T Siveim formaens. amecii omn | BUSINESS REFERENCES. . dome, i o, and Without by & tand of eisbee /. steocil W Arcund it also, at a little grester dis- 2 fance, nre R e e st of T e “B? comaitetre. T viont Stog0 15 of s smple size aud great 3 * » great quantitr of rich conmining & of some masier of Nusic or the drams. Tno portraitures repzesent Mozart, Schu- Shalepeare, and Schiller, and are well execated. In the same relstive position, but more remote from the dome, aro four figures renresenting Mnsic in fm- st attindes, playiag severally tho vislia, the cyme buls, the tamborine, and the castanets, Tae larger d.snfme cellizg a7 in &5 biue, the smaller in Brown azd grss, centrepiece, wad heve and (here 1n_sngies, aod Dot otherwise ntilized by ines or figures, 2re seeh ar- abseques and emblers suggeetive of music and: The entlb!ztn.re that mekes the bowndary of 36 | 38 follows a glight heaviness of coler, h-vvn!ru' relisved by o Lght creancliated S Iooped with cords of gold in imiation of arape. 3. The ¥zl and under sids of 1ho balconics are laid ont uniformiy in panels of French gray witk: gile bora- er, znd hendsome centre-pieces. Un each eide of the pmm;lnsm 35 tho extremity of the gelleies s an ale- gorical painting, on Tight represarting [Lsic that on tho et Poetrs, Euchis eucioded. b5 el e to represent & window. The um contains by e!eg:u.t % helght abuve the fles, affording umusual fach itios r rpecimeuiar ' displsy, © The dresaing: 'mmmnnmmns;md placed partly boking the roesion and purtly belor the sisge. _Fachis nent- B ot A e oo nestct for Tmesat ety Hi-vo been prepered by Afr. Smith, who is a most com- ot socho Tainter, ad others will be added as occa wird. 1'e Grop curizin represents = land- sesgo ot Southeri Europe on oral, Ofer which hangs k-colored drapers. The demfl; of the ornxmentations of the mlcn:num mau Tor convenfenco cfxdmuw:yvelheflmmr{m of the theatre, and its dlfiermfil‘n:tz,!nwmpxct Ontside ares, §05130 fect, Height of thectre, 10 foef. ‘estibnle, 20350 Teez.s Hientor saitorium, 6 fost. Stage opening, 34240 fect. Sizo of £age, 3 Parguct, 34250 feet. 0OLEYS THEATEE, % 3 il '\‘jufi' Hooley’s fortunes in the amusement brsiness re peculizzly disistrous, Abonta vear before the fire T o ote, aud conv o '—!rhkh originally used as a comeert hall andlh!: Zmo of tho_famous Philbarmonic Society of blessad aymory, bad been Toade into a set of room-— *fo o thestre which tooi the zame of Hooley’s Opera »re, It was uced fo- s timo 2s 3 minstrel hall, oat, strelsy falling to be prodtalls by Leing overdone, o Jiflflnsz was, lbinzsed g and, a few wecks before the fire,vuinpwed&sa claés comedy fheatre. Tho GireEwept it oway, Socter, howerer, does ot Jctabandon n the ides of sliehing inChica; tre, yed on mmdnlph strect and lfl;aee:t to the new . ding " e e s, Sare, Dandsome | predlotions of the wiccicres it briek b:u.Lr:gpm CAICAGOS OLUEET Tryrsess wrer s bainess, The | nea Twaltth Stace S e K e e e e | who acstiaod e b b heels . I ol Wt Shermar Hote: mlrd.nda:w' ‘bat n:!nluflqyn_ly the company fness, Jhe tate = dotalled descrip = very baok depastzaent wes n s ety TA: Homics, ceston Shout 1400 peorie; oo Pt v i pacibla to replace I 3 doy gt two ihe | & guick oye, an educsted taste, o raro akill fn g e et nih e I R S o a0y i s, |3 i g ol bt et Tiuk the news department wamab onco ne establishment in the United Btstes. Heo will, about thestres. The ctaga will be Frovided with ell the mod- crn improvementr, tnd cvery ert will b made fo e cure botk: conveniCuce znd clognce. Tho testro will Eavs =n erca on =il wides of &, wlich will 2dd greatly fo e comiortof the sndinade by recuring eclent ventilation. Jtwil be opened sofe time during T Raathy it s st hidh il Ba fob Towed by & series of Eght esterizinments. MTERS' OFERA HOUSE. The Dearborn Thestro ws, during the grester part of the imo sfier It was buiif, tho howme of Hthiopizn miestrolsy, and the mass clefank Jcinsirel (Eeztro in {he couniI¥. After tho firs, en the 21th of November, ihe Doseborn Gompany, USer tho mensgement of Me: Samuel Myere, formerly associstod wilh Mr. MeVicker 3nd known 55 &0 aotor from tho esriiest das of $he Graa 53 Chisge, opened i Sico & Jackon's Hall 9B West Rando oh Where thes remained until it etson clocad Saty 8. On the S0 o% Jeme Mr. s commenced by eroction. of & mer Miostesl Eooatre, mader thenemoct Mvers Opess Honse en (0o Larger scale than ever, and thg book trade gru s o railrosds would 1bo 1811 of January, oecnpy B Supezb new siorein the Efiddgn;:x:ib%kfnu?az:n?dmn greater than o sup— ‘Dbeautifnl Ballard Block, on Wabash avenue nnd Mone Bly. Almost Hereulesn exertions wers required, and | 100 strect, sdjoining on both Potter Pulmer's Grand Inade, to meot the roquirements of their sitoution, and | Hotel. Meanwhile, his business at his parlors above- the e&mmymum.. ihemnselves with a full stock of | named is vesy large, 2nd will betransferred with a full Foods on band, thouzp they could not exbibit them in | tido to his new stand. Fich £ao quarfers 33 Retors tha fres WILLIAXN BLATR & CO. The corpany is now transacting s much larger busi- | 14 4g 116 thirty yours since the seaior partner cf the ness than ever, both In tho city 2nd country trade; the : Spidngebesgemnt kil former thowing that our city 22 very much increased | Prosent firm opene t rdwere in Chi- in population, and thst the poaple ara abundantly abls | cago among tho exrly merchants of Luke street, and £ buy beoks and ?E}:?m' u;xl?ku Msetiy currert | 1a1d the foundation of the wholesale hardware trade of wants, and payin; 05368 by the fire, 4 io ofl’onmpfhyé et limited ol accommodations of tho | s city. Nearly an mflmhgnumu nn‘ has pu::‘: estern News Company are only temporary. They | 43y since thes, and many undreds of mercart have now in process of erectlon for them, and spocially | houses have passed through the viclssitudes of trade, arranged for their trade, a fine double stare at Nos, 43 | whilo the house of Willism Blair & Co. has steadily and 24 Randoloh strcet, Witk 2 frontoge of 76 fest, and | prospersd, and even gatherad fresh_strongth, alike Hoor room of fully 40,000 equare feat. Thov w expet o | through times of Anancisl disasterand the storm of $ 3 thore b B e o e e B | oo the welldmai Hock o ‘Bt vlsel t0 Brickwér:h property on treet, diroctly in the 3 el gad thrown aLle to tryvsact business ona ecale commenurste 3 P égifl—fidfigfimmfld theold o contidanco placed in their atillty and integeity by | which they semovad from Lao efrect, :_gjaimo the Dearborn Minstrels zre ance more at home on the an ever increasing circls of yatzons, Erlgus tlouss, with s tmente Mok e toIy amzs B0, 4 co. Ami S Shonet, mgar Washingion, Where 2 a1 tho mntversally distributed dissters of the | US8 7% SOULY CRud SOt T zoom, nn& Tecxing ir0, 3 peculier sensation of sadness followed tho futo | Sy of tho fockities formerly enjoyed by them, they of Glles Bro, & Co.'s superb jewelry promises, cf Ststo | hive transacied s business much laryer than ever bo- " 3 timo they contracted for the strves dhen secenlly established 1, 046 Drontank of 25.-&‘3: B e eac bohiaing on (oo o of theie our best palsces of trade. S0 short 3 time proviously | Ereeton o & PECOINANC PEL 8 U S fohed, and & Bouth Sida, A description of thie cosy and clegant 1itile theatre has 50 recently appeared in our cokuzons that we need not repratit now. Itis ecough to soy hat burnt cork kas no such palatial surronndings else- wherain this country. THE CONSERVATORIES. The Chicsgo Academy of Jivsic, which Lefors the fire was loceted in tho Crosby Opers House, and vas e o B puidl e wodie o out s ity nmmmuman"w:;g cscnl o Ster their from familiar Lake | The new structure s eituated on Nos, an e e 116 Lake. eireet, between IaSallo stroet cod Finn street stand, o fresh wera the marvels of its sumptu- ous mm-mdr: R Titlng trensrebouss of rll more | avcuze. The bullding s dve stories bighy it & aumpmmm that mapy turned from their own | frontage of G0 feet, by s depthof 144 fest, loases to Te that somuch of richness and beeuty | 410 basement, 60 by 166 feet. The front is construct- w28 bued G thie smoking debyn, Tho frm weg 2ot Si. mfsrw od brick, witn beary brown stane Iosors to the amoust of $00000, Even o portion of | trimmin d preseats o st massive, solld, ad tho stock rescued was burned on tke Lake Patk, For Elrm-ammnnw, in m‘n& i tis chemates of months the remnants of a hack carriage Wwero potuted | ils, contents sad the marvelens ree e of cat Sy bAving bssied i Dearls 20,000 worth of rich | Lakestraol. Thelrstore o voll Konte A throughonty was tem S legtad, wih hiswfll—knmflgu:md enterprise, ot Goce remined operstions, and oS Gtferly ool datod his resouzees with those af @eo, . Hoot, 5 tohehs, 3nd b me Conenratan 1 ey Solng s 4 teschier, snd the ner 1s now doing 3 viny Cocintts ot 403 Wabach seeace, " Tt i osite od i slegeat quarters, is stocked with effi- clent feachers, snd under_the joirt management of 110 such usjcians 45 Mr. Root aad Al Zioeterdis dex- hned.u:‘phy n important part in the musizel culture oA - PO’ Splceolesleiy, An ol esteemed By | L il Gl et a eiclan, of this city, o trusty friond of the house, came fa”ci}f:‘z’fim e v ‘hos Teek“snmped st the THE GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL. o Sramg B i o Bescuod 2o oo fonsb | Tho buliiug s beon coustructod with expecial Dearbor Tias Jensed the B06 pmoperty o the steelbox of diamonds of priceless valuo. This firmhed | refcrence to the requivements of its oy, 8 i e been long in trsde on Lake sixcets and thele reputation | transaction of 2 Larg wholseais £rade gemersl fad fore the fize thewr sales account showed an Bggre: Lavalocated there crenot ita only occupants, J.W. | wasamong the foremost in thelr line in the Dnited | Ware, cutlery, tin-plate, snd thn*—:‘l’ steck s ;’; e for which he i3 n¢ 2 with eorse of the most ami- ey of eome ten oas of dollars annually, exciusively | Duaue & Co. have recently removed into the eouthern | States, ln!ha!prmg of 151 m ‘opened their au- | bolicved to be tho most extensiv on complete Dent artists of the Esst as toachers. He Las sleo WE—T&‘; Eul;m "t*h“' br L;'?n.nrln Slzuv st | whoiceale. Since xl:e“flm Lhc-lh:v: i.x_;‘lcd 3 a:euél xnir.lan u‘:‘ u:;!' block (Nos. 41 and 43 Wabash avenue), pexb ;submnmm, Nos. B5 State strect, uzed exclosively for tboss purpotes. The POy harch, sy goods of~ | Wi bl department, and sdded carpets to the st ere they hste more amplo aocol tons tham had oquals in i country, two , Hmn, ila, copper, and ofber Leavy goods, aad eor beford, and have e bhlding srrangel to meet | New” Yook esblbhsnmmu alone excopted,” They lhocreracmmgdmdnotlrp(dl;mumg bad, fortunatel; operation, o Tranch houss | s occeseille by two inélned receiving xnd shipping. e bongkt the Husical Independent of Lyom & Healy, and 2t ivhicen 2 ,xrnm.n:h: g Chiarch, naes. at Trmh'{mdanvd, where their business was car- pl-‘l_i_fi, of easy. mdes, for hand-] n—ncks,m: mw;n u'z intends mam; of it apo of the bert mwstell Ukt | 2ty o1Germmis 335:relier Cancert % g | e 6 T oeme Besehs Comant to 3iss Bl sche Tack- erat Union Pask Cangregaiosz) CBarch, Jals 1515-7Fws Convecty o e St and Lo : Sides by 1 gt i chn s o Norad) Il " =ivon atthe Normz] . .—Cmm:a’vme:‘dimu“:n TAL rociials o) Unioa Chare} five, tnder the le-.dmm of m-. .'r‘nc-h!,—l{: Balatka | Oct, 3-Tesimenial Cuscert w Lonls itk ot Daten Pack B e i ey B okl ey _Ravo thory L § recovercd, and kave 5 new hall on fho corner ef | Oct- B—Cun-—-m—-wf}‘mainm Orchestral e o it | s b ert of tho muls of (ho yesr bas fered, deingan jmmense trade in theso directions. But their wheleszlo trade hms shown a very large ine crease, both on ity ard country account. Oox leesl dealers bave mede much larger purchsses than ever, larep!.eerorhdc:mvedm‘.hefl:c,and tozmset ihe Wani3 of 3 populaion incressed by st lesst 40,600, ‘mostly adulis. In the country the demend Las B Ao Toeral foom fernes cimiomets, whils 8 grcat meny new ones have beensitracted hither by k3 + Saming ndveriisement ™ of ayeas aga. Of all The former eterlicg character of this honse, estab- | ried on without interruption until the transformation floor lished, lnflnfle:!ef.k:d. duricg Iong-rducfl:'udnfil for thelr uso of s large double marble residence, No. ‘principal eflw, ‘Tflh s thflitgh dSsrx&Lff steiesses in our midst, provious to the fire, haa ro- | 384 Wabash avemur, whero the attractions of thelf [ of sholf cutlers, and the most valuble pordon ceived additional strength: from the cool fortituda with | sales rooms, though' in diminished quarters, wads | of the stock of Kxirdwaze ; {he rocelving, ; facking, and: which they possed throvglh the fiery ordesl. That | them immediately agnin st home in the city trado, | shipping dopartments ero'in {he rear. Hoor an thelr busizess qualities and cammercial integrity are | Thoy opened at the samo time s branch stors on the | the busement havo each a fre-proof woult, The: evenmnmmdoliupp:td:mdnnwmnthmhafldent West Side. - They are now just Snishing one of the | second floor 3 reached by su-elogant staisvoy of” in the unparalicled guccess cf tho past year, which is | most elegant stores even fn our beautifal New Chicago, | black wzinut and :uhé worthy of msfifhm 2 grotifving proof of the growing commerclal | and will soon replaceat Nos. 256aud 265 Wabmsh aveni | hotel stzucture, This floor conteins one of the Aiceb: Srospesiiy of ouf i, the attractiona of their former palace of jewelry and | besutiful exmple rooms in the country. the coun! This enloon of trade is €0 by 75 feet, finished wn.bwnmd— S Condition aaevek. Tae ofher Iocien el been d our home tolent. Tho SEl L claties, candicat i s alao with which they pasced through their doubls trial, FRANKLIN MAGVEX art. The utmost tasteznd wise hrmm of outlay e e B gt ,,,m,‘éfi ma | foupes from a‘.‘roed“ Lave Hmoct intorishly | frem which they como out croager hxa over. T R S s e s T 6 GEsaEia? have been bestowed, boih o exleror and i‘:ltcnvr.lnd End s oor cornics o e, tc, and, cooata been o e modiocre = mad firm fCrels ocdy direct ona acer g befc iperb new prem- | 24 Ory VLI goods n‘m' B e o e oy o Yo i | BB of Socondfats or worm-oct - singere, WO | large secte, and 1aa tho most. perfoet arrangemencs | Dlock, with a frantago of 40 foet on Waisah aveauo | 1226 Defoe? tio Bolldays arrine thclx supert pow penan | oo Oy o alommaio dad b and 115 foet on Lske strest, forming one of the hand- beforn the fire mllxxur than any other west of mm spection by the pufil::m. nn:!:;oifl ‘lhu cg;:\;flm g{ fo=” securing coatinmors supplies from tlie leacing ‘manufacturers of both contincats. They have aiways paid particalar attextion fo sho lighting arrangements enough for Citiczgoin hat burnz- 3 Ecazon w2y 3 mis. terfield’s efi!cgéfmgfl.gmt, lavo given two per- dered o Messian during ‘addl. | Were consi 5 o, Mosical been or- | Ot conditiva. Tho adn York, and hsa been vory large the present year, Their [ other business. e e ST : it gt Lphicd Luiem placss £ 1 b, B e e e 35351 ‘Saiier | Stampod and Jipanned tinware, dnners'tools,ec. The o location s most conventent and nccessible, | g oo %r nenurad and stable permsnence to the won- | third floor is devoled to the Heavicr grades of me!.l of their placo of business, and to 3 thorough sy3tem of isplsylng their geods, €0 that buyers may Leablo to | Dei=g the ecst catraot the wholekla tridoiin beavy derfully beautifol features thay to their trade, | go0ds and duplicato stock of Rardware in m?x‘s. Too? thamedives bt the quakey of goods befers mexchandiee. | \TBO extent of their business 84 im- | Tyeir enterprise ransacks the et o s ack [ Shile the famh and Afh Goors. ata Oecup nica o s 16 puribasing. By this poiics, umformly couztsons | Fortors ao Jf_h"fi" d&‘ feaaki) geoesal ,;l;"‘fl"m for all that is Tare cnd wonderful in the jeweller's art, mch of lmwm cultural implemeats, elc. Saperiznt niace in the loafirnuna! fiela. e bavosn o eatment, ind s girict mhmefl 0 the ruls that their T Gt o e thelr e, Qur citizons wil, on tho eridence of fon yesra pst, of theso departmenta are unusm- et 2 regularly arganizid orchestze since 2r, Bt | Wachtel nfl";h:fic‘x;v;mng mba:nf‘ md“?h';.' prices sali bo clveya as low an tho lowest, they have . They saved notlang bot thelr books ang pepers, | £2Lly sauction this high but not over-strained praise, 7 L seating » most mflgfiw&z&a I='s depucture, but the want s azie which will not rc- | PerEo: Beul CEILAGH, RRO Ghde Joud D able to bulidup 3 business thowt 8. | oo time was Iost, hawever, oving—not een in ‘WILLS 4 FAULENER B B°°"° T "“"lh 3 sn eaviablo ‘Teas for becr which sppearad befor: omu:cum 10} tn its extent, namengmuxmm—pmumu oy iy nq‘- dmg;*n e £ | ivo. om0 ot the Toop fivins fa thts eligthnt e o °m'."§y:fn”fk?m =sqv:vh= s;;n&m Enfficlently elown in the fact thas they court compe- minlang wasuppNed. oomvenient sore throst Emally, afier revesa] diez fiion 20 e gentect cement of prose; feclig it a5 TIE REVIVAL OF AMCSEMESTS ‘ments of the public, comshining to hresk: contracts and §tonce grdered o mew stodk of goods to follow the | turned tonew and enlarged premises on tho aito of | well s for sn unblemished integrity in desling, Which ehipments already on the way when the S t now siford to lose; and bree their old and well Enown wholesalo grocery stand, Nos, | they cannot now Mqhmflpm&w’ E after the fire wana vexy Eolsbla festure. The pooole | et ol Se Fal FEemsturls, The fascobas norer | thay lavo cveryihing to gain, sad zothing to lose, by - Ead bt just £0 Tecover from tho shiock of 11e | heen cqualisd in the e Riatory of DI g vate) L 4 out; crected a ““shanty" into which they moved on to stunning blow whes (kestrical posters begzn tasppear | X iR Te o R Compeion of Grover. Koo | © oo omiast fhak tio most perfoct system reigns in | 300UE en days after thio Are, znd shipped out consider- | 61 20d 63 South Water strest, ‘They first ocoupled the Btock, which $s now much larges and better asaorted Tpcn the fences in the West Diviston, and also zdorned | tmes Gpors Boeie Sion in ey o 15 | eners Sk B i sble quzntities of goods to' il country ordora bofore | former butlding on its completion in 1860, Mr. Me- | 33 27 anced han before the fre ; indesd, arger taan ihe ruivs in the South. But litde, however, can be ,_‘,,“ .n,,_. ekl "The. troupe their Elaco was roofed over. Such energyax this could | Cormick has rebuilt it better than evor, thoroughly [ hns ever before been opened out in the wm. n. £aid of a favorable character of the genernlrrn of yrosed . of POt ooy g Wi singors 20t Dot mmeet wih nppropriate recognition. The old .chsaymmuummughont, and the growth of thi3 | wijely established roputation of the firm in this amusements for the vear. Under onlinary 0ccasions | poor S Aloe Orleans and Tk Fark Opera Boutfe Customers of the firm continued their patronage, and | firm’s business in the pest ten years, and in the Year | gnect>and the fact that they uniformly mm they v;;nfl have m}-nded "d%"‘ nv‘fl}?fl‘ 13e mal- | Tygones, ” The only object of intcrest was Aimee, but very many N;“;nufgu‘;u_g I__;M tho Pmm Iannwtns ):hn nxc,u;\llnwn fifl: ::fgflu- ’I;};! lowest prices fium with o fair proflt ?fimm e ageTs hevo taken it for granted that anyihing would - courage displs; trying usiness fourteen 8 e fire, ticle, has cauae em to o0 unparz] O ehe s Unakle to carry & wholoopera oo ber stoul Order poured In to st that for 3 Jug tieas ihe beat- | movg, 13, busineds fou indobtedness, and hava dOEe 8 | et ia s e T et A (e el oler da suit the people. This has been speciclly tue with ¥e- | qerg especially of Offenbach’e, which roquires fhat gaxd to the ramn, AL sorts of staff hes boen pelmed afi‘pnnu;n:wummbummmrnum off, end has been Hberully patronized, nfact, (RO Area | o, “The rosult waa tst the gosson was an operatio a3 never known 3 more prosperous year it: CResgo, | fiire Ths conseres given by the French Band of Le nees W limited culy by their ability to furnish the hrgn and solid trado in the lsst twelve-months, They required, and is. than ever, now that they | arein high favor with the conntry merchantsand the re- E once more in comfortablo quarters. Tho books of | taltradegenerally, a reputation they have earned by bo~ ing energy and tacrough business capace iy tho Gucocas of the Arm {s Largals duss 2S far oS the box-ofiice is concerned, This hag been : H, 3 WILIARTL & 3RO, firm show the rearcely paralldled fact that their ble judges ol ‘the market and and their wing 1o the facs thnt thencends of worsman have | Oarde Bepublicabae wersofa good. ot P Here | ot thin timeof the fire occurled o magnificent storo | husiness is now fally two.thida IArger than beforo the | St m‘lnm such sdvantage with thelr castora- swsrmed inio ko clty. They bsve been receiving | of (oo chmiches ih which thes playod gavozciso ucher | on Lake etect, which, when bult for Ros & Foster fire, ors. They have now onoof tho best ed stores 4 high wiges, and naturally hate cpentagoodly per- than musle sud the fo effecs of which “osk. | ffieen years 5g0, was oo of the wonders cf tio Weste | S0k resuls as {hia conld mot bo sttained, even o | for”tho Waolaeslo grocery rsde In tho 157, 38 16 | of theis busiosas 1o Taniily Iaciesciog, 18 soot. hok grtgect Mm&um!bt_"e theatres, T’fmm iems wers Espsbla, and which they mar.eea 2t e | ernwond, Tt wes Alled with ges ana gas | S8 &f;lgg that fifififisfl g0l mmm— feant by 160 decp, four stories snd mest- with | ¢hq {tie hardoraro trads cf tho West upmd:wwnxw habit o theates have compused 8 very amall - e Soa Jo Sre ata withi gea fxtures o that | elovato ppliances goods. ieecticn, Purt of the sudiences since the fire, B o e B i | giter's goods in al the lines inalavish display, towhich | repuistion 13 the proseat. The true secrat of their = piaa o man ey slarged s alondd by oo TER DRAMA oo ds, were utterly sacrificed.” In addition to | the largo business of the Lonse {tself was tho key, All wcu-?g‘l‘lralnlthurr mub:nmknownnwmdml The e of the firm of O, M. Henderson & Co, is | building, tho Srm are folly prepared to maintain the Jrma the st to rocover discll from the effects of {18 | {hip the concerin wers merred by the Lome tilent | was destrozed in the fre. Twodass letor 5L AL Wil- | AR Shele customers, o that buyers shall seo it tobo | 500 PR 06 0 S0 o0 T PR Ieading position Beid by thers in the trade for o many. fire. Colomel ¥ood, of the old Muserm ca Randeiph | which never ehculd have been allowed to apear, and | arth was selling gas Sixtures at the large doutle par- ©owa advantage {o patronize them. e fature. jam post. The firm is composed of William Blalr, stret, sorured the Globe Theatre, on Despleines strect, | Snally came the escepsdo of Stiner with a Fortion of [ o of has reciaents o MICLigin Svente snd his ok DLISA, MOORE 4 CO, commenced business in 1851 on Water street, and | . B, Nelson, and James M. Hortom. 2n old woodes: shell which had Tun through various | their funds, The comcerts of the Vimna Femala staile in the rezr wss traneformed toa gis fStter’ashop, ‘This wholegale grocery house s also located in Gro- | was the very first house in the city thst did an ‘DOGGETT, DASGETT & HILLS. ccrs' Rlock, having recently moved into the store Nos. | exclusively wholesale business in boats mfl -hm This housa w3a the pioneer of the wholesale boot After o few years of unqualified success in ’ 37 and 39 Wabash avenue, Before the fire they were = v;m: F" i mu'eed Yo No. 40 Lake m—mc, and shoe trade in Chicago, being founded by Ward & located on the commer of Michigan ovenueend South | Sno' building erected by hemselvea. Thencs | Doggett, in Juns, 1846. It is now more than s quarter From this tme the busicess of the frm knew no cesta- ton. In time of troubls it is histerical thet men have Eought refcgo in the manciuary, H. M. Wilmarth made icisgiiudes of forrune, and had eucexeded fn spootily | Orchestrs wern si:np;y contemptitle. ox w50 took hold ef i, Mz As Tho best concerta by =rtinta from lm,lumulyothe§ Company, being tk: two concerts of the Barnabee Troupe ard the Ole Bell oy together, nd o opened the Globo on the st of Oc- etz appeared to such good adre Tober, oaly thirtcen Gezs ofter the firs, with {36 phiye | these Knc Esoptel concarts, the performanc of she 3fes- of “iven 38 Tash and ¥1Vho's WHo? © the latter of | stan, as far 6 o choryees Tere conceroed, the, Gere which 2sked a very significaat Q?‘uuhon for those dsys, | rmaia and Concordia M=nnerchor concerts, sud fl:s when it was excoeding] far snyone to tell who | ‘performance of Costa’s “ElL* by {he puplis of or wast he was. The Globe, however, did not make a | Normal Instituto tnder the direcsion of Carl Teraty of Boston, wers admirabls 2 almos? every resfech. e FuTCEE. TEs theatros which were destrozed hod many ant associations connected with ther. They Wit na«dthn best efforts of such ercent actars as about ten days the firm effected 3 recoval to the “lake | Adams House, where they were bummed out by what orthwest. froat," betwicen Focs 04 Eideidge courte snd at ance | %23 {hen called the o e in Jae. Aftera et et Baoseie & Hills “flitted,” aa thoy sy i opendd out & vory Ratisfaciory buSinees, els salen he. | Sio7on Randolph streetthey catablished ihemsclvea per- Yorkabice, Englani, & yeat sgo, between turo dsy tween tho dato of the fire and thedlst of October | manently atNos, 76 and 78 Wabashavenue, where they {pronounced dedlits]. They took possession of o dwell azounting {0 s ittle more thin one-fourth of the busi. | weze at the timo'of the #grest confogration.” When | {PronowAcel de? 105 mober of (6o s, an Wateah Doswof the month recceding thelr hasty removal, and | they frst opened thelr doors for business they wers | 8, U0 0, el an nadition o it for trade purposes. in Novezmber they Wers nearsy Gp ta tho =vernga of the | glad to 6211 goods to the value of $75,000; now their On the 18th of Getober they commenced t hip to their Summer reseon. Soneal sres Sl o ilins, b they im0 o custorsers goods. 1hat. were on tho way At the o that dalo thels business steadlly Incressed, not- | carry tho largest stock west of Now York. After the | 30007 SO AR ENE N TS ntcry Tady wene withstanding tho disadvantages of the considerable tb:.-ywmhmzd for sbrief perjod in & temporary | L0 08 T8 B | 00 GO0 by Hea. J. Y. istance from ratiroeds, and the Quliculty cxperianced | bullding on Michiganaveate, neas the Tremant House, | 1110 & new bk stere; bl 2w en. 1. T 23 Sustomees in travolling through the burmed distele, | whicl, howsver, they s00n vacated for maze substan: Aot Tho o sreraion of ats o bt t0 say nethicg of the restricted quartess in which they | tial and commodions quarters on Wabash Syence BeST | on the D Site’ Dhonouthast corper of Lake strect amy wero obliged to kandle thelr goode, Since their re | Van Buren. Thelr prosent location m’rflflnnfifé Tabash arenus, They ceturmed thers on the 10 of y a thronged cent Dt Biotes Goserament Jouating 16 Poot Ofes ot n five years’ lesso Ia the Wabcsh iveaue Metaodist Church adjscent, The Churon of the Messisk, from an indtitotien to ehed hghl on the path of bumantry, was immedistely trans fcrmed into premises far cssting ght or: the homes 193 business of tumking. I3 fs made, by tho ekilful changes securcd, ike dacst show room for gas fix- luum(hawnfld, tho large rooms in the basement 3p tSwork perposes. The mew sore st \m M \"l X avenue 3 onoof the zarvels of our cliy trade, xnd werth a visit even from the curioue ob- Stk 21 Dok, Chadbtio. Gobimas, Chacies Divatn, é"ffi.’gii““gi“;“;‘;é"’“ o Srans Coazieat, CoF T enael: b s, the Bat 0, Coie <. Thofirm uco rale sgenta in this citr for Miteh- | moval to the Grucors' Dleck, an of rably adapted to their Line of businees. agtem. Sorern, aouduuk, Beott, o5 Vinoe & Con of 537 teoadwey, New Yorz, aad they are transacting o much, l:rslt?rn il (e whlx:h ‘hey at present occupy, ot the coraer of Angust, sfter an, &mg&i{,&?‘mmm. el mmc:, and others. The crimeon of the 'general represent the best and efimm- festures of | forethefre, Theyarc rrominentimporters, lin and M=dison strects, i3 wnwflenfa building has been m.mma \-:ry nmxly on the fire also shut down upon_forty. 'flsmv! Jok thorr trade. They are full of basiness, as they descrve, | of teas, which they impert direct from China and nndz\-trrwlymudlnthsbov‘mdzhonknd!‘ Itis gfing-lplnnq{;hfldd one, but- with several valuable Japan; and their izade extends over o large part of tho | 603190 feet on the ground, fiva stories kigh, and is German, =nd Evglisk, which had Sui Nerthwest, The fim belongs to that cliss who profer | thought to be the largest stofs of {ho kind in the coun- | ImFTavaInen) exception of the firsi two ar tree weelsy Fren: the enal mh‘fi-fl& g A pad ars sbout 10 commence 03 tRe extensivp orders 2 Amalls Carlotta for gas fixtures for the Grand Pacific Hotal, designed present of % Ghbehu!wlmmmflwir af dramatic smwcse- | P Adelina _Putd, Patil, & iy for the hotes under the selection of the le=- | 1o work uletiss bu in th t e ‘The busement sdda 10 its ca) .bdn Ottier xnd stronger competitars entered the | Patel, Coniier, Zuechl, Sellogz, Mianle Eaack Larinl | Sl 3itsres. Bres. & Rice, who will mecare, | Sed, thatt #etod wml{d;?t:;, o faago it verl, | Svxss, an hient. dry, nd J‘Yu e e atoges | whlch yeeo & gartial fnleeguni, (s fiemohas, Eeid imd commpelled 1t 1o Esort. £o-the, Iower Grdes cf | and Vers Leciot, Sstmy Faepa-Bos, ro. Tetioge, | firvgh tho'consact mith thia Bouse, 8 st snperd | Ealch cmpare vosally wiih fhak of sy othr Seme b | Tho otertor Sarsmesbistions o the beibng sro o 5 e e thels nelocation o tho o,“}"“"’“ stiractions, and have finally reducad it 10 abont the | Bernard, ?dda Segutn, Adel:ide %, | lie cf goods werthy of the Grand Pacific. We donot | the trade in this eity. apesior character, n.cfiuhmh-tnnudmdmd- ' hiow ab £ ‘offally 15 par cent over Ezow i€ any ran i usions o prove tho fre & benedt, Eoraw; GRATET S 00; Eome, ‘Thers reteam caratars punning o the npe: ,‘“‘“,m)’" creaso of fally 15 par he immense lotzes ci firm are not essily re- > ths varjous doparimenis arc handsomel 3 paired, bt the pluck and enterprizact FL 3 Wilzzarth | Siecn years agotock thelr plsce in tho Chicago trade, h sited, and the whole buiiding is hested by etears, | | 150 e e since fire in securing his new stané Eave set come e pent auction and commission business. The ‘wanting to facilitate business or add to the tim mdmmunmd,dnuwh!ch time their pro- ez sold Sgure a hsenomn oer st . geowth of cao Lrench of dhelr busiocae, thelr Lergo | Somiors of Miose $ngnged in carrsing i on. Abous | e aud thes ren e el e o s ata This firm, one of the oldest in the ity, whose old establishment, at No. 104 Lake street, wus known for many yearsas hesdquarters of Chicagoand the whole Northwest for the supply of toys and Zaccy goods, has recertly reopened in a coloseal establishment, at ND!. 138, 140, and 142 State strect, in 3 handsome fauz- ory bullting, erectod for thelr use by Thomas mm:, Erq. Many of our readess know that just previous to the fire 3Ir. Mackin had finished for their Sccapancy s £ne marble bullding, an the ssme site, £nd thas the firn commenced morivy into it on the 6th of anbcr, 1571—only two days before the Sre, The 4 canght {hem in the act of settling down, 2rd tade themn wait yot another year tefore el.'eding aremoval, the gxpu‘_\enrynl ‘which had oo bj Lefars Been dictated 4o thers by 3 patronage that had grown far beyond thelr for meeting, Jnsnsmnzn.yhnm men stcod bymusomha dire misfartune, %o did Vergho, Kubling & Go. znd by Lhekue-rckc:mme' and, =s if bynn act of poetic Justice, they have rroccupied jt only 2 few days before the sartverfary of” Ui night on which they 2o wmocre mwonfously vacated the premises withont giving nol that thay were golng s quit. Ths wisdom that e t5tcd their encico of ® Dew site, more than & year <go, sales of furniture, = lesding specialty of the houso 2k, s0r30 50ar3 320, eaused them to-doots themaelvos 1o | 1G0T poins b Fosaish ab gupe an SEels 48 Wi e | £OUIA have found eriployment for mazy moro if they this trado excludively, At the time of the fie, and for | fonnd in tho market, snd havo thus ostablished s ex- | DA been abls 1o, whar room (o7 a8 fnerease of Tael” several scasons previ their elegant avd choicely. | cellent reputation for hunur end fair u!in& They | Fmanufactt b Allex ome) Geem tho thog teake to be euat. £ to's zauch greater exient than the wholesals trode, salesrocmng were on State sireet, where, in the | decm h 2 i boots fl “ not being resumed till sbout the of the best certro of business, they wers widely and well | ed, by any other houso Cealing and shaes, :nt year, 2nd then cn 3 smaller fi’“"“‘em;mm nown ss an enterprining and cnergetic bouse. Im- 3LLTD 5B0S. & XEEE. ‘Thdy now manufactare fully =s much 28 & year medistely ofler the o they put up the Largest emer- | 15 1657 A. R, & G. IL. Miller commenced the genersl | igo, snd will probably soon Taterially extond thels o hers they U acpe. toanke, (1985 DAL AT | 1y wsro business on Stataetrost. Tt increased in thelr ons in this dlrection; 25 tiir, pmdnmorwmhnva Tupfed by the fire. Indeed, it is o Gict that tho ixo | banda o prominence n tho cify trade, sud asswmed Alessa bom Ceyanitee Wt buzers of men's made cew demands that his brach of city trado | euch proportions that the old stnd TaS OUGTOWT, | aeah bove beon wnietally connedod to b Loker, and Bely shared. The disturbance of s munyhomed, | and thoy opencd first-class wholeealo precaises at No, | weax beter, than those of Eastern mrke, and fnd & 5 boseing hovsen T remet the Soacaoos into hoteld | 5 iate street, in Keep Brothers’ now bullding, ceverai | ready market, not only in the far West, Bt 0 fe east Tarnitnre desler, and {his frm by oFaciiZ,of 000 | sears ago. They wero progreseivo and thorongh mer- | as the eastérm lino of OLio, which fegion waay 11 D3d, thelr fall share, | Cnants, and hsve dono much toadvacs the importance | very recently, exclusively supplied by dealess on the $0d Touad cven o grest fommrtiany Cols fall share, e T o s e ch th A mporanca | mery Tecs Litle cramping to thelr progress. All thoss issbill | ing all that romamed of five fioom Sl16d. with Rand. | - As pioncers {n ho whelesslo oot and shos trade e e e e G or b6l entering 15t0 | yure and cutlery s mixed with broken dsbris in the | this city, Moeers, Deggett, Bassatt & Hilla did much to N ook naw Daonble Storo NG5 257 | cellar. The fimn did not stand an instsat idle looking bui.ld ‘up the ropumton of Chicago 85 a cantrs of Aupe 36 block, cornpatag toh see of thegoer'e bandsome | at ghattered brick and burned fron. They were early for boot.gear fo the Grost Yost: and, from then Parsonage Th peclste Wi tab 1 2t Lome in emergency quartess in o donbls shanty, | til now, they Rave carnestly labored to preserve aud Fpe e th o e “‘fi“"’é" oo, 335 and 537 State stocet, wheze thoy took 5 Bacd | extong £ho Seputation of Chicago aa the Sheapest and A ppolnhrels, Wi t new erections in the | gy in the eatliest domands of the great rebuilding. | best point for country buyerato visit. Their goods Sl oom to o St tat il ssm M ns o ‘Thiey bad o arge all snd winter trado, sad weroforeed | aro always exactly as xeprosentad—tho best i tho zae- & d trad z busts | 40 10k abont them ear] e epring or something | ket—an 2 havo over beenmarked by Dess centre, Tho location i admirably well placod | 1s"tnetr o1 accommodations, Thes havs 66 far. e | Il(houl constAstation of 1ho Hghta and maa of thels Michigen A Blandard plisata Yery deciled pecmisry Escrifon. | Tith the Sectonctio of the théatess g e Honte, To cramped up stage 2d al<encs of B0 Decesesry | the memazies of these seascan will Tapidiy fads away, matarial for scenic and stsge effecta militated 2gzinst | but new attracticzs are opidly. £oing In totako the smceess and combined to render the sexson a failure. | placo of fhe old. Notwitkstan et i, however, 810 not prevens the Viyodhoims (rom | I a contiion to s mure o we Sheid, or give attedpting 3 masm in it Exccllent as taelr ropu- | tot tho accestories It descrves, the present seaton tation was, they faced Littlo botiar Coombe, | prounises fo be cme of the Enest Chicsgo Eas over en- Sl e S8 to relie efors ol poels were. G jored, ard will briog to mus Tacodcre firely cooptied. Sceeral minstrel troupes of thestroll- | Tuomas with ba | erchistra: Pubiustela, —the ing Kind, who are alwzys ready 1o take a rick of zay | great Slavonin piavist: Wientnicki. cns of the greate descripife, engeged (e Ball at varlews tmes wih | et of living violmisis, Mario atd Carlons Pru, sad and the minstrel rounes 3t once ceized Bpen 1t 98 3 | focks formes cekro snd beauty. " Wilh hes vast in fevormhle locality. Centrel Hall, howewer, did mot | cresse of populaiien, the constant growth of wealh, Provezny more succeasfal then Standard the | taste, and culturv, the will support the drama aad s exiertsinmente which hive paid & it being two | mugic ;b beter stsle than cror before, exd, ea in tke comcerts gven b Ole Bull (which, of course, werefare- | past, will rival the older cltes af the Exe%, both in the ll caoerte), which wero given 0o € 1he 6% sod Tih | guzishy wd quiiy of ker _stIL-uz:ma 2nd the arly sn: Zrincoly manres £ ) wil suppers them, Debinces was 130 b 108 facarin LpS. n!t!he sl = icker, opened of Rice & Jackeon's Hall, on West ol Loto ety i yes Zmbitiomly siisd tha west | e L A e _L;"“’;’:;’,‘;‘": e T R puo - B23 been amply indicated in the mew focuselng of bci- | with refevence to from =11 ceeded in getting thongh o e mzson, clovibg I selection, ard with so Nitle completences, that aimosta | 2SS s 5 e ectas, Iarts of the city, a0d | ceeded that ther have more than bettered thetr former | patrons which is certzin to command success, boeause S0 1 R a1 home Jntieowr hemviscrae Snd > | Guplcats At could be mad, e erroms and Sepested oy R the centes of Trada et the Grens Norkhe | of o ok b paca 19 ‘flfm‘m’ffi: Sotelnsrs | ETCmites 1a o elegant doulle wiore on lover Luke |if deservos . {hoatze or opess heure on, Manroe sirect, immodistaly | i 1t becams s guids to the CRy Diretorr. As 3 sty where they <l probally remain for pacy Sears | in this now boit. The Van Buren strect sailway opens | Sivea sud 205 mow o Full a0 of Bl T e e O i if thers Lo any virtus 1.n he old spkozism hab“ghm!ngneurnfl‘_u: in the same Besioualy, the recent remoral has boen effected m- dez Lopples sastices than those which stiendsd their fizet migretion trom Lake sirect. Their new cotablich- ment i3 model of elegance and conventences the o Pex roum Beasuns T2 et 1o widih by 12 in depik 250 the different foqrs aro couzected by 5 Powert Clovator, Ther slock is Fow Diger sad Tar moge come picte and varted than before {ke fire, and has ti:e ad- a prominent ne aveano to the West Division at this Font of 33 fosh, o depth of 1 paint. In every wuy this frm aro to bo_congratnlated | from oo ront of 22 foch o S,m‘.m,mmf:"d %o | Martfora" located at No, 9 LsSsllestreet went down in for thely sajmcity 1n selection f Bastore, and a glance | 1argest and best ever opeaed 1o Chicogo, They havo | the.universal wrock. Amid thedesalstion which reigne ‘Gmn s §:‘h e uw\mnn t :?if’ Imow what | oo g best appliatces for Bandling, o storing, shel7- | g op every hand on the morning after tho firs, ther businecs tho post poar fa 2 astontsulng provf that g | 108 354 dispiaying thelr stock. The bSement I3 Igh | © . oul (ks that gladdened the e50s of Managee Bler e P“;‘;‘Ew“‘ hotiabing, P§°°f ‘mv and airy, 33d filled with coarser stock. A steam-driven | 738 010 r'fm;.a%.h g:nat m‘::m. and bfl:-l: S Tutoer, ‘uls, polot, | ieTeE of o best aonstriction Sommunicates ih | *“rie masivo vaults of 5t ‘the company i which wera loors of ke o frst floor is the d putty, but that flpliln sterers h:va b«nkzmu and commodions office, cnd the Teceiving department m‘n\_l’“}fhflw Ug La:by&n'bn.dnmfm' ‘hm S il et stom s yust. ariay of | 20 tredo orders. Tho second floor s davoted to ths ( (R, WeNirm, Sated woder K manesemens mere fniact m@‘%’fi“m’d Yousies 7, and | 1e% smples from the genersl Jines of trade the ap- ith rem=siblo enterprise eracted a suistantial, i not | Pendad wL1 be found af interest, in proaf of tho ex- N db:‘,.k eas, on Helied st ntar | portences sod preecnt position of same few of oux gpesing i to the yalile, in good Ay 5 stqu Tn the 100 b Jantaey,—aoraitisich Feed Lesingss hozees) Up in % Gag, 351 in eold weather, wouiaotand | 3. A S & C5. the extenstveand popalar furrless am flnol n.flmge‘_l ‘company was cox:uposed | and hatlers, now 3t 513 and 515 Wabcsh avcoues, heve i Iawlar, P—"“;-mév-%m‘:fmfl- the hanor of belng Chicago's oldest firm., They first Yotes, Grenrine, Tieoss, pecsbzobe, | Ccmenced their basiaess on Dearborn street, between Harding, Yatee, 3 ditfonsl advantage of being entirely new, embracicg all | rich farpiture, and a varioty of stvies to meet every ool arts, The gul; by B e O s ity e, Xra. Jone| Tekoand Water, in July, 1855, then zmoved 1o thelr | ipe novcldes of e scasi Ther Eave mon Drosstly | parse. Ihonrmm:flmu{nrmm:uw&l:ld;;m, i gf,;,,l’e,m,.,m,,"g,;“;m;‘;;d G 1'%’; fara the faium of e tnstitulion was conceraed, I Rogers, Alre, gnt, and tho Misses Bailey, Edith | néw store cm Lato sirest (now No. 118), in 1538, which umhrgut.nd!mmmmhmmxm:,mmm and n positicn to give special ttention to special ar: B ore bever Lotter pinead m—lfi‘:’&m isiness | Tatericl, With this corpora 3:1'-"“" is one word that is always a governing principle—ronwann! Blind, Whitlle, o g, OS0OTIC, | g Guviroved by Chirsgo’s firet grest fire, in the fall a miliica of dotists, and are prepored to Drurs; Dougiad, ai, Febine, Denaipyind selden. | o7 1a5, whieh 2lso desirored tho ool Trewont v = e Wndnaws'did She bonor of openis, and, ster | F v’ Trey thon wath and occupicg & stors acd dorw, They desarre the ou and aro well piaced | 11,0 has grown npon them. They have naver T and well posted to socuzo its continuanco and growth. | » cholcer stock, and in 0o previous year have their sajes | _ Before 1 o'clock that dsy answ offico had been rent- Their old chanty on Lao Park is » thing of he Tash | Been so Jargo, *They ara sgents for the American Fila 43 chithia West Blds, ko atiés urmitues persated. A thelr seacon, the cvailable stus of the country have 7 TEaniscioey” o tho aathet cornet of Tore and | Snd the DAL o i B iy ot 5 and the oxperionces of the firm withih | Company: o £lled -hfu. Most of these stace, -‘“‘d‘f‘fingfl“ Clack siresiz, Il they moved beck to the (ata de~ | toy%, 35 Well a8 heavier toys for “children of larger T sy walls durivg’ lsst winter vwill livein the | Gaires wm&'&f,?m‘hfl“w‘;‘“m‘: L {tero being nome tobe bad in Chicago), and in two been m’-‘ m% found mems | BiFoyed) stare No. 118 Laks sireet, which was oxigin. " from 3 violin or a jewelry box to & cow- archivs of tho firms, to beshown and explained to | hyrdwars supply. 1y8 more the business of the managing of the offica “flnw . % 'and to employ that | SUF, built and ftted for thelr business. Inthofail of | plet> outft of druggists' sund-ies—in fact, all the | wondering visitors yests after the Lake Park s built wos proceeding as uzual. Within two Weeks the Di- 5 mflf o Fenaitions, Py T ey ool o ke comer of stato | varieties of tovs and fancy ariicles that can’ be ywo- | solidiy up from Park row morthward (o tho grest de- CAIEAGELR & CO, Teciio {elsgrashed the Mansger fo-nroeeed Witk the ding, Five abla ad- | anomalons clacs of actors with 3 siagle pisy, TTHen | ind aslingion siseets, whero they shared in the PoL cod Chicgo, wkh ket million {ababiiants has | woro very large losers fn tho destruction of thel aw | reconstruction of- thelz ofiea fox ther, ead wdipied (0 sariy drcult Soeral dostiaciion thar berek the bty portior: cf has posssta)- s chis vl ::sa‘im Ioreiodegrada Chicego, They have jast ‘completed exteniive adde the dnmsmd‘larflb" Tupel mmb et ther 3 they | Hoos 10 their hat a3d fur manufscturing department, combined. It sten fom: and will now farnish all goocs in their fine at the lows T3t =rrangements of the fiin aco much that they will always bo akue 10 supply the newest goods, the most cumpiste ssoriTaent that can be, ‘WOLCOTT, SMITH & 00. through the dissster, and have alrcady more than re- ‘The business of this house, glz4 2nd palts, 1s ono | placed thetr former business, oven in temporary quar- | roomn of e o o aais, fair and hongrable of the oldest in the city, though the firm, as at prescot | ters on Wabash avenue. Their sdvertisement was | the honor of this institation be it said that of all ita the dramatic seasons since tha fire have 20t Doen very | Lot ow Tork misee. i e 5 plendid stock of ladles’ | @sr one rcof, and ot rcasonable prices, ey MVE a bnnnn‘;‘fl;flnlh;t: given us but very Ltllethathas | fing grd nesrsryle far, seal end oiter sacques, nsques, | Tesident pariner in Europe) who i canstently making | constitated, hos eoly cxlsted sinco January List, It | fssued tho day after the fire on tho arrival of tho Eabilicy andes goliciesin {oreodn the bt dittrict in o o, B e BN | B e et e SL e et | vy e deentr e, -t |l e S8 etk o i 8 et e T U Bt SE iz hondriod HEVEE 80, B | e e e o aro Oy T | bosola out to Lewis, Page & Cop in 1857 they wers | o rojoinidg his family. Tho business of the frm | themew Haritord boldiag was doicates sud d howerer, is moro enleriaining, and Dresents some fea- tures” of extracriipary intefest. These we preface | SORGS3tpresent | e with he following ehronological statement of masical . FARWELL & co. entertainmends since the fire, whish will prove of in- | Tina s the ldest wholesale dzy gooda house in the ferest 285 fature matter of reference. 1t commences | city, having been founded in 1846, and joined in 1347 out e oy Miwoliuns THotiY by J. V. Fervell, the hoad of the Fresent fizm. Thoy Oct. m_n-igé(& B e e retn | joined 1n the genersl moving eceao on the morning of oclled by the dre. the 9th of October, carrying some $300,000 worth of Dee. 14—Concart 1t Mariiae's Hall for beaekit of St thelr goods with them o Logen's bern, in which they 3 5 Dee. 25258 f Orenh Concerts commencad st Pls- | opened out about 10 o'cloci the ame morning, thozgh ezl Church, fhey did mot zell many goods that d=y, the pecple be- nm.&s—vi:nnaarf;nmnm lo Orchestra at Durlington Hall z_:]g ::c bv.!'vpd to buy.. fnmunmemhv that the ly interruption to their business was: ¢ which per- Jaa. 15-Barasbee Concrt Troupe st Michigan Aveme | 337 4't0 {hiir customers,. Sot 0. Mhemacires, Jsa. 16-S3m8 Eocpe st Usien Park Congregational | Weromot om.gegrannzm arrival of other goods in Fob. 1-Ogmoiimeatary Concort, 2t Martiac's Hll to | iChe fis (a3 with peceias herdship upon thohouso 3 Blaahs Tacker SLL V. Farvell & Co. a8 ther bad Leca burmed out fn eb. 13-Season of Garmaaa Opers commencssat Globe | 3650, 1ad had scssodyy more. Than. seiited Feh. 13-Ctgoers, 22 Quecly Ll for the beacit of tho | Zo0ult “““mv““‘-m’v’ o 200 113 sy Charch of e oo 1 avenue, when they were fnvolved in tho gemeral o, 15~Concart oz ths bazeasof Sille. Marls D'Estap- Sismity, ot wilhont 3 memeat's hesaton they ork afler the second disaster, an Feb. la—&mn:zxuhn Eighth Prol Ghusch, et on 3 F&‘&_C“é‘h Py medml?mig:na\‘mm, 10 be Ofl!fl}:ied w%lemgrs I gfmlarns o Koo oI e Wisiesie sopainsst movet o3 Feb. 25—Concert ?‘t Centmnl Hall § for the bepefit of the f_unm Tow occuries two imn}m.sesta:u of fve o :Gm=~rj: sc:;-m.i.,::; 8% apisen i‘fi}ffi"mimg, o B oise Sf&‘fé’fié?‘} et +, erveen ftaein apmt -'—1-\4135‘ : Cliietian Doien c::::::‘uc:f e ook S tane o S R f:‘!f:xrg Apri) s—s (i 1usCoifimnf‘4sLBanchm -ees_tred.mdmfwwr“'nun. When finished, 3 Spers B from their mamuncth ware-roows. They wprd.l-v in- ¥ite the attention of close buyers in the whu)mal: = partment, while their businesa arrangements 2re sceh that in the retail trade ther are able to offcr peculiar inducements to xil who miy favor them with their pat- ronaga. GROCERS' ILOCK—S. W. DOASE 2 C€O. Thip firzs, one of the oldest znd most prominent in the whlesele grocery trade of tho clty, was most se- vercly lested by the fire of a year 3go. They wero cxrTing an Immense stock in their specious establish- ment on Michizan avenue, betwee Lake and South Water strects, Dextly the whole of which vas do- stroved, and their liabilities aggregated fuliy half a million doliars, which w28 = much greater amouxt than ikat owed by any other house in the trade ; heacs con- siderablo anxiety was feit in 'Q{.mrd 10 the couree they would pursne; ©rd the prom; mmaa:me that eucecaded by Page & Sprague, 121806 &t the Gate of | wil wmount to over £200,000 this year, Thoy have now | ed 1 ffices of th 1 tho fre Page & Spraguo wero located at Nos, 12and 14 | i ctock tho Targest askortmant in oir Has of any | 1 continach e thn oo e o pon L Tonth Dearborn, stroel, and . transacted 3 largo businees, | pogse in the West, They havo Ieased and will ocoupy | pled for four surraunding squares. s the Hartford ‘which at its higest yoiat had occeeded cromilliondol” | Do Taa S5t ags- sho fiyceroy Comeaehe Dloaty | Bled forfour su ¥ 0 Choct an Insuianos pulling 1 lars in a singlo yoar, The fizo destroyed their store, | 157 Clark streot, oppoeito the Arcade Building, Chicago, 50 her flag now foats from the nnly strcture ot m:{rga“mgj ’;fé"y G m'mmm‘;h?g fmm o 0 AULEY, YO & CO. awned by s fire co corporation o city, ately re! e latter, on a_mi scalo; ] o I 3 it e oyt 0. 40 to 54 Exle street, ihisthe | This firm wes anly established about & year befors ms’? ,f}’gg_'fi &W_ New Y'fl'k m.s "P“'-lbm Fogsent busivoss nm :ih& Arm. ises Nos, 308ang | 110N 28 Wholesals deslers in boots and shoes, but | 15711 Long may . e & Spragus 3 3 08 Wabash avénme Snbl Jan. 1 of the casentyear, | adattained toa prominent position fn the trade,and | cpyxy prommERs” MANUTACTURING CoMPANY. 2nd then zold cut their glass and paint business to | Wi8 doing a very large business just previous f0tho | This Company was not on the list of those burned Sy st businecs in-thale Speciibye ™ They | o condmsaion, Tt et o Shes o hentions. when: | out a yoar 380; but wo notics tdn ouz revlew of the iness in gl eir ot ns i > Have taken contiacts for 3 Iarge number of bulliln Iy, and resumed at cace, Befors tho firo. thiy wers | PRetyeas, 13 an instanco of the wonderfal growth of including the Chamber of Commerce, Boyco's Block, | dolng business 4580 2 62 Walasl avenuo: thes aco | our manufactories fndron. And yet it would bo bard- the new Shierman Hot e Methodist Church Black, | now permanently located at ang vabaah. | Iy fair to take their record. ‘bocar the Teke Side Tubilshlog Company's buliing, 0 Thels Erade sincs the firo h2s beca Lirgely 1o oxess of nisrddletypsasn she blen il Ini fer-Orcan Bullding, the ¥acifio Hotel, Kendalls Suid- | that of e previous year, thelz Sccount mles showing i D 4 i the zstoni Der cent. They heve | BT, evea when mossured by that of ihe o i 1 ottt | 25 et of B T | S o o e o sito formerly oceu 's are warranted in expecting 3. - ‘Temple of Music, Nos. 47 and 49 Dearborn. n;mt, ad- | ther increzse, za they have auh.l.‘xfi?i a golden repn. | , 101855, the brothers R. T. and O. 5- L‘nnn came jmnlng tho Tremont. This establishment is being fit. | tation for business probity and enterprise during the | £r9m Paterson, New Jersey, to_ Chics, d_opened “iwllhr!p!uslmmce 1o the requirements of | short time the firm has cxisted on the list of onr | & 5mall !h?g street, - 'hm» 'iY-h BJW of ixincse, and will bo filed with material, WhIG | Wholesala deaters. £7e men, o goodustion of bram :flfl'fi? bt to promty il L prdems for good EDFARD ELX. = .\ for h-aUnsbnnm:"db;h."wom. m.umg-’mmnxh ‘substanticl rebuils Chicago. 2 Perbaps, following the period of the firs, thers | knowledgo of the business, and that .i};“fl THE WESTEDS NEWS COMPANY. g:n:ldnl;zwbmnsgam of m:lot: a;d ashes, but | Which enables men to adapt themselves to new The burning cf “Bookselier's ™ destr three blew away- @ ashes, and the there was no collections n!iooks and mfim‘r sfif mfimg::a most | Eckcloth tobohad. It was wonderful how soo: Ed- Mmrg'ph?: e o n::z Thetr .udium K ] atlo of s ward Ply was ot wock in his privato parlars, No. 657 | sapptsing the West with pipe goods and Bty They valuablo of any on salo in the United States. The Wabash avenue, as mach ot homo to his custtmers os | established s mill on the corner of e Testern News Company owned ozo of these, and lost | if his handsoms ealesrooms on Washington street bad | Fuiton streets, whers they .soon manufactured lmn it; in 0ddition to which they were tho acknowledged | not been burned with thelr contents, - Twenty years' | pipe of 80 §00d a quality 155t it wis preferred to ths Béad of mews diriribution In the Norhwest, Tho | well-watched. bumncss nave’ pleen Mo Bl ey | Bibe If 80 B geofla ered In this the prospect of collecting more thatl perd0 cent was thonziit 10 bo exceodingly dubiona, Tae gomier member of ths i was in New York ‘when he fiames swept over Chicago. He Bew stock o Mondzy mornizg, widla the Are was yot burning, and sent it forward iramedistely, anhinder- ol Ty the vest Wostward rash of goetl Shds pet i o day of two Iater. This promuiitade cosblad the firm to e-commence ct once, and take the exviabls posi- tion of 3 pronecr howse in the post jguem wholosls grocery tHade of fho eify, 3q TR Sreucd in ano f the Iake front s:ores, on the 320 of October. A moro per- “Arl §-Aimed Gpers Boulto soxsu Sormences &t Acki- sguifient frontoge of 185 ‘Tsnent Iocstion wes soom. ereanged fon., M. Desas At s_ ”";’3:3 Ooocert, st Michizan Avenna or epengssten iy et be :éxmléifigl‘%;fifmne ad L fln}.xmtn small rnundauon“fli'fs?flm by Jobn E. V\u.l?hv,l:.’h: l‘:::gz:‘x]be:g e o o | Sheks s increased l" nmu’zmnadhg pes - Bagphd Gomeet at Micugan avesco | Sty Hhre e £ad eroced theseon 3 subxcentil Hod, with 170 sl | senlor momter = o the compan "; - distances, “whea Gsigor occuion Gemand th | Hehed msfi% Aanufaciuring Company, - veh, 0 house of J. V. Farwell always occu- | fremtage, vimx!m:msafL feet on the xm low, or the ruin that iest achievement e taflor’s art. He has been | whi incorparated by special act of the Legiala- A"”%‘&b“,‘%’i’“ Smpert to Bdwazd Scheltza ~ | e 70 hanorsble Foninence i the dry goots ooy Sronues el 15 feet ot Take, free "‘% 3 fiatugl o s i m_'.y“'mh securod unew | contizuocaty i trade, hers from Lia frst sppascanes | tare.. Thois Eotasrio Tocns mowr_en Jefoac Mus Ol Ganciryto B B, Wiy <o of Chicsgo, fis rogrers having teeh really wap. | wholo dosting _ nbont 00,000, Thia 1s 205 tion, on_tho Taesday morning we pposite the Tremont, . & Lils woodcn o shich | Boast, Sd 1he ek ot o Gommpany woes soatioeed = - day m First Congragational Church, « Jertul, &Vfl:iflflu!dty miw:nloumwe:m. Be- | #Grocers’ Block,” M@memmwu (the 10tb) at Nos, 90 and 101 West Budolmx mvxt Wis Temoved to where 1t nnmna.u, on Btate street, | over a lazge part of the block aince -hnmtmu.nw Lol b&ked within i, end hauled by hand to what B e haioe Byatex, Futiing . Smpioyed, Wosaw in our explomation s vast arrsy of | wamuple-room, the walls and cases gliltering with an ax. | W R0 0 emis Rosucvce of LA i b Who went under. Colonel Wood., aftar momng a comeerts, walck were ezceedingls enjoystle. 2 for o charch, not to Giry o its altar, but grand renovasion, which was only a renov=tion on. Turning ‘rom these to the home concerte, they sum- ffig“;{ whole establizkment, fi: purchased the | Wateratssei. "Ail tist they eaved that night wos about | they removed to tho gorner of Lake street and Wa- | of a century old, and retsina a lesding position, not- Per, got the larges nheber of hin old Museum [ mvn n"é'nlmm memories. Neverbeforehave Chi- | elogun: sicme ediiice of the Church cf tho Mesziah near | two truck londs of teas, a lzrge quantity of goods that | bashavenne, “di eso quartess too limited, 1o | withctanding the fact that numerous frms have sincs Hasrison etreet, Bev. Laird Collier pestor, that congre- | wero moved out to the being burned up. In | the corner of Tako and m:ugnn avenue, opposlto the | uon entered the lista o compete for the cammares of tho year 1860 Henderson & Co. cammenced the manu- b hre When by Gpioyed shovo 100 hands, 42d. - overgrowm all tite scars and losses of the great fire. ook premises an Dearbarn street, but camne handsomely | justars woro immodiately placed st work upon the yast