nun, CIRTER & to. 
 
 DEALERS IN 
 
 HOSIERY, 
 
 WHITE GOODS, 
 
 SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, HOOP SKIRTS, 
 
 CORSETS, NOTIONS, &C., 
 
 No. 22 LAKE ST., 
 
 THOMAS H. SEYMOUB,) (JAMES TWAMLEY, 
 
 THOMAS 13. CARTER, 1 THOMAS H. DOANE.
 
 BELDING BROTHERS & CO., 
 
 MANUFACTURERS & JOBBERS OF 
 
 SEWIHF6 SILKS, 
 
 MACHINE TWIST, fee., 
 
 No. 5 Z,ake Street, CHICAGO. 
 
 323 Broadway, New York; 95 & 97 Pearl St., Cincinnati, 
 MILLS, Willimantic, Conn, 
 
 M. M. BELDING, Orders will meet with prompt A. N. BELDING; 
 
 H. H. BELDING, attention, ^W. A. STANTON. 
 
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 FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC DISEASES, LOCAL AND 
 GENERAL WEAKNESS, AND SPINAL DEFORMITIES. 
 
 The Movement Cure is a system of medical practice, by 
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 Prominent among the cases treated are Spinal Curva- 
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 perfect Circulation, all Nervovis Affections, and all Weak- 
 nesses of Women and Children. 
 
 For Spinal Curvatures, it is the only rational treatment. 
 
 For Nervous Diseases, it is the most effectual remedy. 
 
 For enlarging the Chest and st lengthening weak Lungs, 
 it is the only means. 
 
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 Our rooms are large and pleasant, and apparatus perfect 
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 Drs. J. G. & T. H. TRINE, Physicians and Proprietors, 
 
 Major Block, Cor. Madison and jMsalle Sts., 
 
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 3
 
 Novelty Carnage Works 
 
 44= Adams Street, Chicago, 
 
 THOMAS H. BROWN, AGENT, 
 
 Keeps constantly on hand a fine assortment of 
 
 These works have received all the first Premiums for work exhib- 
 ited at the Illinois State Fairs for the last three years. 
 
 Special attention given to the manufacture of 
 
 Sulkies, Skeleton Wagons, and Light Work of all descriptions. 
 
 All of the best and thoroughly seasoned timber, newest styles, and 
 superior workmanship. 
 
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 (See Cut) by which the Top can be taken off and put on in one mo- 
 ment, and be as secure as if riveted 10 the seat. Shop Rights for the 
 same can be had for the State of Illinois, nt 44 Adams Street. 
 
 DR. J. PHILLIPS, 
 
 PKACTICAL OPTICIAN AND OCULIST, 
 168 S. Clark Street, Chicago. 
 
 Spectacles suited by Inspection of the Eye. 
 
 "There's no such word as fail." This saying is verified, and every 
 person can call and see the proof, that DR. JOHN PHIILIPS will suit 
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 ' We take pleasure in recommending DR. JOHN PHILLIPS as a su- 
 perior Optician and a safe practical Oculist. 
 
 " President ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 
 "Governor RICHARD YATES."
 
 HOTJSIE. 
 
 HORACE MEECH, 
 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN 
 
 Tea, Coffee, Spices, Cream Tartar, 
 Broma, Chocolate, Mustard, &c. 
 
 81 & 83 Monroe, and 171 Dearborn Sts., 
 
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 Liquors, Ac., <fec., &c Being an entirely New Edition, 
 carefully revised and re-written by a Corps of Experts. 
 Date of present issue, January 1, 1868, with Addition of 
 Special Articles upon Bees, their Management; Farming 
 Implements ; the Rinderpest and Trichinae. 
 It is unquestionably the BEST BOOK OF THE KIND EVER 
 
 PUBLISHED. Every care has been taken in the compilation ; 
 
 the receipts have been critically examined by a scientific 
 
 and practical corps of Editors and Authors. 
 
 Over forty persons have been employed upon this book ; 
 
 the list embraces some of the most distinguished scientific 
 
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 For Circulars containing a full description, address, 
 
 T. ELLWOOD ZELL & CO , Publishers, 
 
 17 4- 19 S. Sixth Street, Philadelphia. 
 
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 the Cities, Counties, and Townships of the Union. 
 
 To be had of the Agents only.
 
 BEAN, BROWNSON & CO., 
 
 MANUFACTURERS OF 
 
 HOOP SKIRTS AND CORSETS, 
 
 58 MICHIGAN AVE., CHICAGO, 
 
 HAVE THE 
 
 LARGEST STOCK f EST OF NEW TOE CITY, 
 
 AND SELL THEM AT THE 
 
 LOWEST PRICES. 
 
 MRS, A. B. SMITH, 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 illtnerj & Strata (600bs, 
 
 SILKS, RIBBONS, VELVETS, 
 CRAPES, LACES, &c., &c., 
 
 CHICAGO. 
 
 SIMEON W. KING, 
 
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 And the only duly authorized 
 
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 H

 
 A SUCCESS 
 
 WILLCOX & GIBBS' 
 
 SILENT FAMILY SEWITO MACHINE. 
 
 The ChanipionH of 136 first pre- 
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 Its seam is^P^stronger and 
 less liable to rip than the Lock Stitch." 
 "Junes' Report of the Grand Trial.' 1 ' 
 
 Send for the ''Report," and Samples of 
 
 work, containing both kinds of stitches on 
 
 the same piece of goods. Agents wanted. 
 
 L. CORNELL & CO., Gen'l Agents,' 
 
 138 Lake St., Chicago. 
 
 !
 
 The Business of Chicago, 
 
 So large and so important, reaching in monopoly 
 over a territory larger than the entire New England 
 States, and largely connected with the trade and com- 
 merce of every known country in the world, has no 
 success more complete or emphatic in its history than 
 that of 
 
 WILLCOX & GIBBS' 
 
 SILENT SEWING MACHINE. 
 
 The Proprietors, L. COKNELL & CO., have for 
 years stood among the most prudent, careful, and suc- 
 cessful of our leading business men, and their posi- 
 tion and enterprise, together with the greatest favor 
 with which their famous Sewing Machine is every- 
 where received, identify them largely with the pros- 
 perity, history, and growth of Chicago. The name 
 of their machine is a household word in every civilized 
 part of the world, and no machine or firm is probably 
 more favorably and widely known throughout the en- 
 tire West, than the Willcox & Gibbs' Sewing Ma- 
 chine and L. Cornell & Co., whose success is mainly 
 due to the great merit of their goods and the high po- 
 sition won by uniform courtesy, integrity, candor, 
 and honor, which characterize so many of our prom- 
 inent business men. 
 8
 
 GUIDE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 CITY OF CHICAGO: 
 
 ITS 
 
 PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PLACES OF AMUSE 
 MENT, COMMERCIAL, BENEVOLENT, 
 AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS; 
 CHURCHES, HOTELS, RAIL- 
 ROADS, ETC., ETC. 
 
 MAP OF THE CITY, 
 
 Numerous Illustrations of the Principal Buildings. 
 
 CHICAGO: 
 T. ELLWOOD ZELL & CO. 
 
 117 SOUTH CLARK STREET. 
 1868.
 
 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by 
 T. ELLWOOD ZELL & CO., 
 
 to the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the 
 Northern District of Illinois. 

 
 
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 :,^3 
 
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 Publisher, 
 
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 THE BEAUTIFUL CHKOMO 
 
 "LITTLE RED RIDINGHOOD 
 
 AND OTHER 
 
 MAGNIFICENT PREMIUMS 
 
 ARE GIVEN FOR CLPBS. 
 
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 Publisher of THB LITTLE CORPORAL, 
 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 In every County and Town in the United States, to Canvass for 
 the sale of the Finest and most Popular Oil-Print ever ottered 
 for sale in this Country. 
 
 A BEAUTIFUL CHROMO OF 
 
 BEARD'S GREAT PAINTING OF 
 
 AND THE WOLF." 
 
 Large Profits can ~be made. 
 
 Price of Picture, $8 to $10, according to style of mounting, 
 
 For particulars, address 
 
 ALFRED L. SEWELL, Publisher, 
 Office, 138 Lake Street. CHICAGO. 
 
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 INSURANCE COMPANY 
 
 OF CHICAQO, If^L. 
 
 DEARBORN STREET, (Masonic Building,) 
 
 CAPITAL $1,000,000. 
 
 CHARTER PERPETUAL. 
 LIFE INSUKANCE 
 
 AND 
 
 INSURANCE AGAINST ACCIDENTS, 
 
 Resident, IRA Y. MUNN. 
 Secretary 
 
 Vice Pres. H. B. SARGENT. 
 C. HOLLAND. 
 
 G. F.HARDING, Attorneyat Law SAMUEL HALE, 
 
 T. B. BLACKSTONE, (if Hale & Ayer, Iron Merch's. 
 
 Pres't Chic. & St. Louis R.R.Co. H. E. SARGENT, 
 JOHA T. LINDSAY, Gen'l Agent Michigan Cent. R.R. 
 
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 IRA V. MUNN, Commiss. Merc't. W. H.HAN D,Chicago Tribune Co. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 DANIEL THOMPSON, 
 
 Commission Merchant, and 
 Sup't City Railway. 
 
 C. HOLLAND, 
 WM H. FERRY. 
 
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 F. H.WINSTON, Attorney at Law. 
 
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 12
 
 A WOED TO THE READER 
 
 THE want of a Guide Book, such as the 
 one here presented to the public, has been 
 so long felt and so generally acknowledged, 
 that an apology for the present work is quite 
 unnecessary. The design of this work is 
 not only to furnish the immense number of 
 strangers who visit this metropolis of the 
 Northwest with a complete Guide to the 
 public institutions and objects of interest, 
 for which this young city has already become 
 so famous, but at the same time contains a 
 vast amount of matter, useful and valuable, 
 that recommends it to the citizen as well as 
 stranger. A glance at the Table of Contents 
 will say more in its favor than can be said 
 by the recommendation of the publisher. 
 2 13
 
 A WORD TO THE READER. 
 
 We have also thought it proper to incor- 
 porate in this Strangers' Hand-Book the 
 names of a few of onr first-class houses in the 
 various lines of trade, thereby rendering it a 
 complete guide in this respect. The location 
 of the stores may readily be found by con- 
 sulting the Business Index. 
 U
 
 THE WESTERN RURAL, 
 
 An Illustrated, Double-Quarto, Agricultural, Horticultural, and 
 Family Weekly, 
 
 H. N. F. I.EWIS, 
 
 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 
 WITH AN EFFICIENT CORPS OF ASSISTANTS AND CONTRIBUTORS, 
 
 84 AND 86 DEARBORN STREET, 
 Between Randolph and Washington Streets. 
 
 The Sixth Volume of this excellent and most successful 
 Weekly commenced January 1, 1868. It has met a remark- 
 able success, but not more than its real merits deserve. It 
 is devoted mainly to Rural affairs, but gives also a great 
 variety of Family Reading, choice original and selected 
 Stories, and has a "Children's Corner" full of nice things 
 for the little ones, a valuable department for the Ladies, etc. 
 The market reports are a leading feature. 
 
 Its suc-cess is a striking example of Western growth and 
 the result of well-directed enterprise. By liberally adver- 
 tising its merits, and by remarkably generous gifts of pre- 
 miums to those who raise clubs of subscribers, the Pub- 
 lisher has already secured for it a circulation more than twice 
 att large as any other Journal of its class west of New York ! 
 During the year 1867 he gave away over $12,000 worth of 
 Sewing Machines alone. The Premium List embraces not 
 only Sewing-Machines, the Wheeler A Wilson, Wilcox & 
 Gibbs, and Howe, but a large variety of other highly desirable 
 premiums for clubs of various sizes. 
 
 Residents and Visitors are invited to call at the Business 
 Office, and Editorial and Printing Rooms, at 84 and 86 Dear- 
 born Street, and make themselves known and receive speci- 
 men copies (free) for their own use, or to send to friends 
 East or West. 
 
 The terms of subscription are $2.50 per year, and only 
 $^.00 in clubs of four or more. 
 
 15
 
 H. MILLER, 
 
 8. E. CORNER OF RANDOLPH AND CLARK STREETS, 
 
 And 182 Broadway, New York. 
 
 Manufacturer and Importer of 
 
 Watches, 
 Diamonds, 
 Gold Jewelry, 
 Silver Ware, 
 Plated Ware 
 Table Cutlery, 
 Marble Clocks, 
 Bronze Statuary, 
 Opera Glasses, 
 ' Fans, Canes, 
 Masonic Jewelry, 
 Writing Desks, 
 Travelers' Cases, 
 
 Musical Boxes, 
 
 And Presentation Goods of Every Description. 
 AGENT FOR T II K CELEBRAT-ED WATCHES OP 
 
 PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENEVA. 
 
 "Diamonds, Precious Gnus, and nil kinds of Jewelry 
 
 mounted mid tiiadr to ord**r in tny own 
 
 Factory over the Store. 
 
 j&g'-Particiilar attention given to the regulating and repairing of 
 Fine Watches and Jewelry. 
 
 As this is one of the most beautiful stores in the country, I cordially Inrite 
 strangers, as well as residents in the city, to inspect the goods on both the first 
 and seonuil Hours of the bouse, assuring them that a visit will not incur the least 
 obligation to purchase. A. H. MILLER. 
 
 16
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 ARTESIAN WELLS . . . . gg 
 
 Academy of Sciences . . . -88 
 
 Athens Marble . . . . 72 
 
 Arlington Hall . . . . 125 
 
 Banks . . . v . . . J28 
 Boards ...... 128 
 
 Chamber of Commerce 80 
 Cemeteries ...... 552 
 
 Catholic Asylum for Boys . . . JQI 
 
 Court House . . . . .83 
 
 Churches ..... ]Q 
 
 Crosby Opera House . . . .121 
 
 Cook County Hospital .... 1Q7 
 
 Christ an Association Library . . .112 
 
 Chicago ^ ..... 31 
 
 Chicago Orphan Asylum . , . -98 
 
 " Historical Society ... 91 
 
 " Medical College . ( . . .104 
 
 " Law Library .... 112 
 
 " Theological Seminary . . .85 
 
 " Eye and Ear Infirmary . . 102 
 2* It
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 PAG* 
 
 Dearborn Observatory . . .85 
 
 " Park .... 119 
 
 Dispensaries . . . 111 
 
 Douglas Monument . 79 
 
 Erring Woman's Refuge . . . .96 
 
 Fire Department . . . 127 
 German Theatre ..... 125 
 
 Hacks and Carriages .... 177 
 Half Orphan Asylum .... -101 
 
 Hotels 132 
 
 Home for the Friendless . . . .95 
 
 Hospitals . . . . . 107 
 Jewish Hospital ..... 108 
 
 Jefferson Park . , . . . 120 
 
 Lake Tunnel . . . . .62 
 
 " Hospital . . . . . 108 
 
 " Park ..... 120 
 
 Libraries and Reading-Rooms . . Ill 
 
 Lincoln Park . . . . .119 
 
 Magdalen Asylum .... 96 
 
 Mercy Hospital . . . .107 
 
 McVicker's Theatre . . . . 122 
 Newspapers ..... 141 
 
 Nicholson Pavement .... 75 
 
 Old Ladies' Home . . . 97 
 
 Places of Entertainment . . . 121 
 
 Presbyterian Theological Seminary . . 86 
 
 Police Department ' .a^ ' . . . 128 
 
 Post-Office . . 126 
 18
 
 M. 
 
 Practical and Scientific 
 
 45 South Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 The largest and most select assortment of Optical Goods of every 
 description in the Northwest. 
 
 Orders from the Country, either in Wholesale or Eetail, 
 promptly filled, 
 
 VALUABLE SCHOOL BOOKS, 
 
 BLAIR'S RHETORIC & BELLE LETTRES. 
 LOCKE ON THE UNDERSTANDING 
 
 COLLOT'S FRENCH SERIES 
 
 CONSISTING OP 
 
 Collot's French Pronouncing Reader, 
 Collot's French Anecdotes and Questions, 
 Collot's French Dialogues and Phrases, 
 Collot's Interlinear French Reader, 
 Collot's Levizac's French Grammar. 
 Collot's Key to do. do. 
 
 Published by 
 
 T. ELLWOOD ZELL & CO., 
 
 17 & 19 S. Sixth St Phila. 
 19
 
 THUS 
 
 AS SUCCESSOR TO 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN STANDARD 
 
 AND 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN EXPOSITOR, 
 
 IS OUT IN 
 
 ENLARGED QUARTO FORM 
 
 AND NEW DRESS. 
 
 >9 
 
 It will enter on its Eleventh Volume, in its present enlarged form, 
 as an eight-page paper of the largest class, embracing, along with its 
 RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT, one of AGRICULTURE; one of the fullest and 
 most reliable MONETARY, COMMERCIAL, and MARKET RECORDS; RE- 
 VIEWS OF TUB WEEK and of NEW PUBLICATIONS; able current EDITO- 
 RIALS, on both the Religious and Miscellaneous pages; with a broad 
 range of choice selected matter; articles from first-class contrib- 
 utors and correspondents in all parts of the world, including a live 
 weekly letter from Washington. In breadth and completeness, the 
 
 NORTHWESTERN PRESBYTERIAN 
 
 is believed to be unsurpassed in American Journalism. Its pro- 
 gramme for 1868 includes more enterprise, more comprehensiveness, 
 and larger outlays, every way, than ever before. 
 
 $2.50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. 
 
 To clubs of five, $2.flO each. Send for a specimen number. 
 
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 NORTHWESTERN PRESBYTERIAN, 
 
 Chicago, Illinois. 
 20
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 PAOB 
 
 Public Halls ..... 125 
 
 " Parks . . . . .114 
 
 " Schools ..... 113 
 
 Railroads . ... . . 152 
 
 (Street) . . . . 173 
 
 " Distances ... 181 
 
 Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums . . 102 
 
 Reform School . . . . .102 
 
 Rush Medical College .... 103 
 
 Savings Banks . . . . . 131 
 
 Steamboats ..... 152 
 
 Soldiers' Home . . . . .92 
 
 Societies 112 
 
 Streets . . . . . .61 
 
 St. Luke's Hospital .... 107 
 
 Stock Yards 69 
 
 Theatres . . . . . 121 
 
 Telegraph Offices . . . . .132 
 
 To Travellers . . . . . 184 
 
 University of Chicago . . . .84 
 Union Park . . . . .120 
 Vernon Park ..... 120 
 
 Washingtonian Home .... 95 
 
 Washington Park . . . . .121 
 
 Watering-places . . . . 182 
 
 Wood's Museum . . ' . . . 122 
 
 Young Men's Library . . . . Ill 
 
 " " Christian Association . . 86 
 
 21
 
 GREAT EASTERN TEA COMPANY. 
 
 COFFEES, 
 
 SPICES. 
 
 CHICAGO DEPOT: 
 77 West Madison St. 
 
 Constantly on 
 I band, a full stock of 
 pure new crop of Teas, 
 Coffees, and Spices, 
 which are offered to 
 the Country Trade, 
 Hotel - Keepers, and 
 Housekeepers gener- 
 jally, throughout the 
 Northwest at New York prices, with freight only added. 
 
 Orders from the country filled at wholesale rates. 
 
 Do not send to New York for these goods when 
 they can be had from Chicago for LESS MONEY, in 
 Less Time, and with Less Trouble, Risk, and Expense. 
 
 Special 
 
 All goods warranted to give satisfaction, 
 attention to Country Club orders. Address 
 
 Great Eastern Tea Company, 
 
 77 West Madison St., Chicago, I1L 
 
 22
 
 BUSINESS INDEX. 
 
 APOTHECAKIES AND PHARMACEUTISTS. PAGI 
 GEORGE BUCK . . . . . . .53 
 
 BLISS & SHARP . . . . .35 
 
 BANKERS. 
 
 TYLER, ULLMAN & Co 129 
 
 BAG MANUFACTURERS. 
 
 HART, ASTEN & Co. 73 
 
 BAKING POWDERS. 
 
 RANEY'S PEERLESS 50 
 
 ROYAL BAKING POWDER .... 77 
 
 BOOTS AND SHOES (Wholesale). 
 
 PHELPS, DODGE & Co. ..... 60 
 
 WHITNEY, BROS. & Co 162 
 
 BOOTS AND SHOES (Retail). 
 L. MANNHEIMER . . . . . .67 
 
 WISWALL & Co 73 
 
 PETER KELLER 68 
 
 HERMERDINGER & Co. ..... 106 
 
 S. & P. FLORSHEIM 139 
 
 BOOKSELLERS. 
 
 CHURCH & GOODMAN ..... 89 
 
 ELDREDGE & BROTHER 189 
 
 POE & HITCHCOCK . . . . . 144 
 
 STREET, MOORE & Co 195 
 
 T. ELLWOOD ZELL ... 5, 19, 42, 186, 192 
 
 23
 
 Business Index. 
 
 CAEPETS. PAGB 
 
 ALLEN & MACKEY 1C9 
 
 JOSEPH WEST 37 
 
 CARD ENGRAVERS. 
 JOHN B. WIGGINS 117 
 
 CARRIAGES AND SLEIGHS. 
 DANIEL BRAINARD ...... 45 
 
 THOMAS H. BROWN 4 
 
 COACH AND SADDLERY HARDWARE 
 BRIGHAM, GOODYEAR & HAYES ... 58 
 
 CONFECTIONS (Manufacturer). 
 P. L. GARRITY 78 
 
 CONCRETE PAVEMENT. 
 CHICAGO CONCRETE PAVING COMPANY . . 74 
 
 CLOTHING. 
 H. H. HUSTED 64 
 
 COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS. 
 SIMEON W. KING 6 
 
 CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. 
 
 DERRICK & SALT ...... 74 
 
 MERRILL & HOPKINS 109 
 
 JOHN D. ZERNITZ 139 
 
 DRY GOODS (Wholesale). 
 
 J. V. FARWELL & Co 102 
 
 BOWEN, WHITMAN & WINSLOW . ; . 148 
 
 S. D. HASKELL & Co 41 
 
 DRY GOODS (Wholesale and Retail). 
 
 GUSHING & SOUDER 54 
 
 FIELD, LEITER & Co. . . . . .169 
 
 SHOENFELD BROS 186 
 
 24
 
 Business Index. 
 
 DRUGGISTS AND CHEMISTS. PAOB 
 
 BLISS & SHARP . . . . . .35 
 
 GEORGE BUCK 53 
 
 DYE WORKS. 
 AUGUST SCHWARZ 77 
 
 ELASTIC SPONGE. 
 WESTERN ELASTIC SPONGE COMPANY . . 190 
 
 FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS 
 F. NEWHALL & BROTHER .... 68 
 H. C. CHAMPION & Co. . . . . - 109 
 
 FOREIGN & DOMESTIC LIQUORS. 
 A. RANNEY 124 
 
 FIRE INSURANCE. 
 GIRARD FIRE INS. Co 191 
 
 FIRE-PROOF SAFES. 
 
 MAYNARD BROTHERS 170 
 
 HALL'S SAFE & LUCK COMPANY . . . . 136 
 
 4 FURNITURE. 
 
 JOHNSON & COBB 59 
 
 STEUER & ROBINSON 57 
 
 HARDWARE. 
 
 MILLER BROTHERS & KEEP .... 32 
 
 T. B. & II. M. SEAVEY . . . ... 123 
 
 J. K. TYLER . . . . . .134 
 
 HATTERS AND FURRIERS. 
 
 KLOKKE & HAND 139 
 
 HAT MANUFACTURERS. 
 LAMBERSON & BROTHER 82 
 
 HOSIERY AND GLOVES. 
 
 SEYMOUR, CARTER & Co. .... 2 
 3 25
 
 Business Index. 
 
 HORTICULTURAL AND SEED WAREHOUSE. PAOI 
 HOVEY & NICHOLS 86 
 
 HOOP SKIRTS. 
 BEAN, BROWNSON & Co. . . . . .6 
 
 IVORY GOODS. 
 
 G. G. THOMAS . . . ... 37 
 
 JEWELRY AND SILVER WARE. 
 
 A. H. MILLER 16 
 
 W. H. C. MILLER 93 
 
 GILES BROTHER & Co. 105 
 
 LANDS. 
 ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R. LAND DEP. 
 
 . 30 
 
 LAUNDRY. 
 
 STATE STREET LAUNDRY 
 
 . 123 
 
 LAMPS AND GLASSWARE. 
 E. F. SLOCUM 
 
 . 100 
 
 LIFE INSURANCE. 
 NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY . 
 ATLANTIC 
 ECONOMICAL 
 EXCELSIOF 
 PROVIDENT 
 UNION 
 UNIVERSAL 
 UNITED STATES ' 
 
 140 
 . 180 
 . 90 
 . 124 
 . 12 
 . 109 
 . 185 
 . 42 
 
 MILLINERY GOODS (Wholesale). 
 D. B. FISK & Co 
 
 158 
 
 MILLINERS. 
 MRS. A. B. SMITH 
 
 6 
 
 MACHINERY. 
 R. M. PEARE 
 
 77
 
 Business Index. 
 
 MOWERS AND REAPERS. PAGB 
 
 E. BALL & Co 130 
 
 < MOVEMENT CURE. 
 
 DRS. J. G. & T. H. TRINE .... 3 
 
 MUSIC PUBLISHERS. 
 
 DE MOTTE BROTHERS ..... 63 
 
 ROOT & CADY 150 
 
 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 BOOT & CADY 150 
 
 DE MOTTE BROTHERS ..... 63 
 
 NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 N. W. PRESBYTERIAN 20 
 
 THE ADVANCE 143 
 
 NEW REPUBLIC ...... 194 
 
 N. W. CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE .... 144 
 
 IRISH REPUBLIC ...... 46 
 
 NEW COVENANT 153 
 
 CHICAGO TIMES 179 
 
 WESTERN RURAL 15 
 
 LITTLE CORPORAL . . . . . .11 
 
 PHILADELPHIA PRESS , 100 
 
 OPTICIANS. 
 
 M. POLACHEK 19 
 
 DR. J. PHILLIPS 4 
 
 PAPER MANUFACTURERS. 
 
 CHARLES MAGARGE & Co 193 
 
 PAINTS AND OILS. 
 
 HOOKERS & Co 45 
 
 PRINTERS. 
 
 CHURCH, GOODMAN & DONNELLY ... 89 
 
 SHERMAN & Co 192 
 
 27
 
 Business Index. 
 
 PRODUCE COMMISSION MEECHANTS. PAGB 
 
 SMITH & DEXTER 82 
 
 CAVEN & PERLEY . . . . f . 186 
 
 CHARLES LEEDS & Co. ..... 110 
 
 PRESERVED FRUITS. 
 NUMSEN, CARROLL & Co. .... 99 
 
 PHOTOGRAPHERS. 
 S. M. FASSETT 81 
 
 RESTAURANTS. 
 J. WRIGHT (Opera House) . . . .116 
 
 RAILROADS. 
 
 ILLINOIS CENTRAL 94 
 
 MICHIGAN SOUTHERN & NOR. IND. . . 154 
 
 READY-MADE HOUSES. 
 LYMAN BRIDGES ...... 106 
 
 SAVINGS BANKS. 
 THE MERCHANTS, FARMERS & MECHANICS' . 120 
 
 SCALES. 
 FAIRBANKS, GREENLEAF & Co. ... 70 
 
 SCHOOL FURNITURE. 
 H. M. SX-ERWOOD 117 
 
 SEWING MACHINES. 
 
 GROVER & BAKER S. M. Co 36 
 
 WHEELER & WILSON . . .76 
 
 WILCOX & GIBBS 7, 8 
 
 EMPIRE 115 
 
 SEWING-SILKS (Jobbers). 
 BELDING BROTHERS & Co 3 
 
 SHIP CHANDLERS. 
 GILBERT HDBBARD & Co 174 
 
 28
 
 Business Index. 
 
 SHOW-CASES. PAGB 
 
 D. BARCLAY 106 
 
 VREDENJJURGH BROTHERS .... 67 
 
 SILVER WARE. 
 N. W. SILVER WARE COMPANY . 49 
 
 SMOKED MEATS. 
 
 STILES, GOLDY & McMAHAN .... 38 
 L. M. PRENTISS & Co. x 118 
 
 SPRING BEDS. 
 EMPIRE SPRING BED COMPANY . . . 189 
 
 STEREOTYPE FOUNDERS. 
 JOHN FAGAN & SON 191 
 
 STOVES AND TINNERS' GOODS. 
 SEAVEY & Co. 38 
 
 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. 
 BLISS & SHARP 35 
 
 TEAS, COFFEES, SPICES. 
 
 GREAT EASTERN I'EA COMPANY ... 22 
 AMERICAN TEA HOUSE 5 
 
 TELEGRAPH COLLEGE. 
 PORTER'S COLLEGE ...... 133 
 
 TOILET GOODS. 
 
 BLISS & SHARP 35 
 
 GEORGE BUCK 53 
 
 TURKISH BATHS. 
 DR. JOHN WINGKAVE 110 
 
 WOOD ENGRAVERS. 
 
 MAAS & MANZ 118 
 
 \V. D. BAKER 110 
 
 A. MARKS .* 130 
 
 3* 29
 
 EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES OP 
 
 FAEMING AND FRUIT LANDS 
 
 fur Sale by the Illinois Central Railroad Company. 
 
 A considerable 
 portion of these 
 lands lie on the 
 Chicago Branch 
 of the Illinois 
 Cential Railroad, 
 south from Chi- 
 cago from 60 
 j to 149 miles, in 
 the centre of the 
 corn belt and 
 most favored 
 climate, where 
 the range for 
 grazing is ex- 
 tensive, and 
 healthful water 
 from artesian 
 wells readily ob- 
 tained at a small 
 expense, and di- 
 rect railroad 
 communication 
 with the great 
 markets of Chi- 
 cago and Cairo, 
 lor Grain of 
 all kinds, and 
 stock raising, 
 these lands are 
 I unsurpassed 
 I Sheep thrive 
 well, requiring 
 fodder but a 
 short season, 
 
 and cheese factories are being successfully established along the 
 
 entire line. 
 
 FRUIT GROWINO 
 
 In Southern Illinois, is very profitable. A crop here seldom if ever fails. The 
 early ripening of fruit enables the grower to command the high prices of the first 
 of the season in all the Northern country. A Special Fruit Express Train 
 runs to Chicago during the Fruit Season, and over 1.000.000 boxes of peaches, be- 
 sides large quantities of berries and other fruits, were shipped to the Northern 
 markets from the gardens and orchards of Egypt in 1867. 
 
 The lands of the Company are now offered at from $7 to $12 dollars per acre, 
 with some few tracts at higher figures, rated according to quality and nearness to 
 stations, and are sold on credit or for cash. A deduction of 10 per cent, from 
 the credit price is made to those who purchase for cash. 
 
 fry 3 All Station Agents on the line are provided with plats, showing the lands 
 for pale in their vicinity. Persons coming throug' " 
 in the Land Department building, 58 Michigan A 
 tral Depot, where prices and full information upon all poi' 
 together with maps showing the exact locality of all the lands, or address, by let- 
 ter, in any language, for the snino. to 
 
 JOHN B. CALHOUN, Land Commissioner, 
 Illinois Central Uaiiroad Co., CHICAGO, ILL. 
 
 line are provmea witn piats. snowing me lanns 
 
 s coming through Chicago can call at the office 
 
 ;, 58 Michigan Avenue, opposite the Great Cen- 
 
 information upon all points will be furnished. 
 
 30
 
 O-TJIIDIE] 
 
 TO THE 
 
 CITY OF CHICAGO. 
 
 CHICAGO. 
 
 CHICAGO is the largest and most important 
 city in the Northwest, and, in its rapid 
 growth, the most remarkable in the Union. 
 
 It is said that when Professor Groldwin 
 Smith was preparing for his voyage to the 
 United States, Mr. Eichard Cobden said to 
 him : " See two things in the United States, 
 if nothing else, Niagara and Chicago." The 
 Professor acted upon this advice, and, while 
 visiting this city, acknowledged that the two 
 objects named by his friend were truly the 
 greatest wonders of North America. Accord- 
 ing to geologists, the cataract has been about 
 four thousand years in becoriing what it is; 
 but the city has come to its present growth 
 in thirty-four years. 
 
 On a certain morning in the fall of the 
 31
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 year 1834, word was brought to the people 
 of Chicago that a large black bear had been 
 seen in a piece of woods a short distance out 
 of town. The population capable of bearing 
 arms, seized their guns and made for the. 
 forest, where the bear was soon shot. After 
 so cheering an exploit, the hunters, disinclined 
 to resume their ordinary labors, resolved to 
 make a day of it, and have a dash at the 
 wolves which then prowled nightly in every 
 part of Chicago. Before night closed in, 
 they had killed over forty wolves, all on the 
 site of the present metropolis of the North- 
 west! The wolves did not take the hint, for 
 we learn that, as late as 1838, the bowlings 
 of these pests of the prairies have been heard 
 far within the present city limits. 
 
 In 1830, Chicago was what it had been for 
 a quarter of a century, a military post and 
 fur station, consisting of twelve habitations. 
 There was a log fort, with its garrison of 
 two companies of United States troops; 
 there was the fur agency; there were three 
 taverns, so called, much visited by idle, 
 drunken Indians, who brought in furs, and 
 remained to drink up the proceeds ; there 
 were two stores, a blacksmith's shop, a house 
 for the interpreter of the station, and one oc- 
 cupied by Indian chiefs. In 1831, there were 
 32
 
 M ILLERBROS.& KEEP, 
 
 .-; Axn.rwF,EKS or 
 
 HARDWARE & C UTLERY. 
 
 WHEEZ-IING XAILH, 
 
 A.fiirM- Stork fit JU<tiinJ<n-tiin-r.\ 
 
 < O L C SALE ' 
 H ARDWARE 
 
 >l-lt I /'"in //<->/ /.'injh'.fli Sti^'l fir &[*// < -urn/ Hodmen r>/f 
 fiirrtinJt'il.. 
 STATK ST, _
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 twelve families ; and when winter came on, 
 the troops having been withdrawn, the whole 
 population moved into the fort, and had a 
 pleasant time of it, with their debating soci- 
 ety and balls. In 1832, the taxes amounted 
 to one hundred and fifty dollars, twelve of 
 which were expended in the erection of Chi- 
 cago's first public building, a pound for 
 stray cattle. 
 
 But in 1833 the rush began. Before that 
 year closed, there were fifty families in Chi- 
 cago. When the forty wolves were slain, in 
 
 1834, there were, as it appears, nearly two 
 thousand inhabitants in the town; and in 
 
 1835, more than three thousand. 
 Chicago, for fifteen years after it began its 
 
 rapid increase, was perhaps of all prairie 
 towns the most repulsive to every human 
 sense. The place was in vile odor even 
 among the Indians, since the name they gave 
 it, She-kaw-go, if it does not mean skunk, 
 as some aver, signifies nothing of sweeter 
 odor than wild onion. 
 
 The prairie, on that part of the shore 
 of Lake Michigan where the city stands, 
 appears to the eye as flat as the lake itself, 
 and its average height above the lake is about 
 six feet. A gentleman who arrive'd at Chi- 
 cago in 1833, reports that he waded the last 
 33
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 eight miles of his journey in water from one 
 to three feet deep, a sheet of water extend- 
 ing as far as the eye could reach, over what 
 is now the fashionable portion of the city. 
 Another traveller remarked about the same 
 time, that he " would not give sixpence an 
 acre'' for what is now the business portion 
 of the city; some of which corner of Clark 
 and Lake" streets has recently been sold for 
 three thousand dollars per foot. 
 
 Why settle such a spot, when better sites 
 upon the same shore might have been se- 
 lected ? It was only because the Chicago 
 Eiver furnished the possibility of a harbor 
 on the coast of the stormiest of lakes. 
 
 This Chicago River may not properly 
 be termed a river, as the lake at this point 
 cut into the soft prairie two hundred and 
 fifty feet wide for a quarter of a mile, and 
 then divided into two forks, one running 
 south, the other north, both parallel with the 
 lake-shore. There is no tide or flow to this 
 curious inlet, except such as caused by the 
 winds blowing the waters of the lake into it, 
 which flows out when the wind changes or 
 subsides. Originally this river was twenty 
 feet deep, and being obstructed at its mouth 
 by a sand-bar, it only admitted vessels of 
 thirty or forty tons. But by dredging it has 
 34
 
 TOILET GOODS. 
 
 TRAVELERS in need of anything 
 
 in the line of FINE TOILET 
 
 GOODS, will find a large and 
 
 complete assortment of 
 
 the VERY BEST 
 
 GOODS at 
 
 & SHARP'S, 
 
 DRUGGISTS AND CHEMISTS, 
 
 144 LAKE STREET, 
 
 (Between CLARK and LASALLE,) 
 CHICAGO. 
 
 Hair, Nail and Tooth Brushes ; Shell, Ivory 
 and Buffalo Combs; Colognes, Perfumery, 
 Fine Soaps, Pomades, Cosmetics, Sponges, 
 Hair Washes, Hand Mirrors, Rodgers' Cut- 
 lery and Scissors, Fine Purses of Russia 
 Leather, Bath Brushes, Towels, Flasks, 
 &c., &c. 
 
 BLISS & SHARP ARE AGENTS 
 
 for the sale of 
 GEO. TIEMANN & GO'S CELEBRATED 
 
 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, 
 
 and keep constantly on hand a full assortment. 
 
 35
 
 SEWING MACHINES 
 
 AT THE 
 
 PARIS EXPOSITION. 
 
 " There seems to be considerable contradiction among the success- 
 ful exhibitors as to the awards made in this department. The re- 
 cipients of the two gold medals severally advertise that theirs is tho 
 only gold medal, thus contradicting each other, while all the other 
 prize-holders concur that no gold medal was awarded to any sewing 
 machine whatever. Happily, it is not our duty to decide this knotty 
 question ; but, be it as it may, the Grover and Baker Sewing Machines 
 have received the very highest prize above all medals their rep- 
 resentative in Paris having been decorated by the Emperor with the 
 Cross of the Legion of Honor." 
 
 It is gratifying to find that the Grover and Baker Machine, which 
 stands so high at home, should also receive the highest honor abroad. 
 When it is remembered that one thousand gold medals were awarded 
 at the Exposition, and only 150 decorations, it will be seen that the 
 Cross of the Legion of Honor was considered by the judges as a 
 much higher award of merit than the gold medal. No other sewing 
 machine at the Exposition received this distinction, showing that, 
 in the opinion of his Imperial Majesty, and the judges, no other was 
 equally deserving. This award places the Grover & Baker Machine 
 first in order on the official catalogue of the Exposition, as it is first 
 in the estimation of the public on both sides of the Atlantic. 
 
 New York Express. 
 
 This is the only Company who make both Double Lock Elastic 
 Stitch, and the Shuttle or Lock Stitch Machines; thus enabling parties 
 to make selection and fair and impartial comparison. This Company 
 make machines of both stitches, for all purposes of manufacturing 
 and family use. 
 
 Their Machines have taken first-highest premiums throughout the 
 world. 
 
 GENERAL NORTHWESTERN AGENCY, 
 
 1O4 & 106 Washington Street, Chicago, III. 
 
 AGENTS WANTED. Liberal inducements offered to competent 
 and responsible parties. Every one is invited to examine and test 
 the Machines, nnd examine the great variety of work which these 
 Machines are daily doing at the sales-room of the Company. 
 
 jR. Wheeler, Agent. 
 
 36

 
 JOSEPH WEST, 
 
 70 Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois) 
 
 IMPORTER AND DEALER IN 
 < 
 
 CARPETING, 
 
 Matting, Oil Cloths, Druggets, 
 Rugs, Mats, Curtain Goods, &c. 
 
 PRIME FEATHERS. 
 
 TURNER AND DEALER IN IVORY, 
 
 63 Clark St., Chicago, (opposite Sherman House.') 
 
 BILLIARD, BAGATELLE & POOL BALLS, 
 
 Ten-Pin Balls and Pins ; Faro, Poker, and Eating- 
 House Checks of all Patterns. 
 
 IVORY y jEWELRY 3^*1^ 
 
 in great variety fjjjjj CUE LEATHERS, 
 
 All kinds of /l3HPi Improved 
 
 IVORY GOODS. CAN 15 yi25lWi & rnv rTTTTT?T?Q 
 
 TRIMMING , of all fflJji^L* * 
 patterns, constantly on ^^W"^^^^^^ 
 
 hand, or made to order. ^^*#(&-**i*^ PRESSES, 
 
 0cht^ t gruj&ltf^ dement & ^taiw t 
 
 WITH FULL DIRECTIONS FOR USE. 
 
 Jtej^ Balls He-turned and Stained. 
 
 4 37
 
 STILES, GOLDY, & McMAHAN, 
 COMMISSION MERCHANTS 
 
 235 S. Water St., Chicago, 111. 
 
 JOSIAH STILES, OLIVER McMAHAN, 
 
 Pi.RLbY G. STILES. ISAIAH GOLDY. 
 
 Special attention given to tlie purchase and sale 
 of provisions. 
 
 A large Stock of Beef and Pork Products constantly 
 on hand. 
 
 E. D. 8EAVEY. D. H. 8EAVEY. 
 
 SEA.VEY & CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of and Dealers in 
 
 TINNERS' 
 
 a-oo JDS, 
 
 FRENCH ENAMELLED 
 
 Tin Plates, Sheet Iron, Coal Hods, Shovels, &c. 
 
 COOKING AND PARLOR STOVES, 
 
 HOT-AIR FURNACES. 
 
 ^ ITo. 195 Lake St., Chicago. 
 
 38
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 been made capable of receiving the largest 
 vessels that sail the lakes, and given to the 
 city over thirty miles of wharves. Consider- 
 ing the peculiar destiny of Chicago, as the 
 great distributer of commodities, no engineer 
 could have contrived a more convenient har- 
 bor; for, go where you will in the city, you 
 cannot get far from it, and every mill, ware- 
 house, elevator, and factory, can have its 
 branch, or basin, and receive or send away 
 merchandise at its door. The drawbridges 
 are a very serious obstacle at present; but 
 there is a good prospect of overcoming this 
 by tunnelling the river at various points. A 
 tunnel is now in course of construction at 
 Washington Street, at a cost of about one 
 million dollars. In a very short time, these 
 various draw-bridges will be superseded by 
 as many tunnels. 
 
 Into this forked inlet, called a river, all the 
 drainage of the city is poured, and there is 
 no current to carry it away into the lake. 
 Despite incessant dredging, these streams of 
 impurity fill the channel, and converts the 
 water into a filthy state. This great evil 
 is being overcome. The Board of Public 
 Works are now expending three millions of 
 dollars in changing this pool of abominations 
 into a pure and running stream. The canal 
 39
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 which connects Lake Michigan with the 
 Illinois River, begins at one of the branches 
 of the Chicago River, the water of which is 
 now pumped up into the canal by steam. 
 This canal is being deepened, so that the 
 water of the river will flow into it, and run 
 down through all its length to the Illinois, 
 and so carry away the impurities of the city 
 to the Mississippi. Thus, by one operation, 
 the pumping is obviated, the canal is im- 
 proved, the river is purified, and the city is 
 rendered more healthy. The Chicago River, 
 therefore, will at length become a river, only 
 it will run backwards. 
 
 The growth of Chicago, since 1833, strikes 
 every mind with wonder and astonishment. 
 The mystery, however, may in a measure 
 be solved in considering the location of the 
 city. Standing as it does at the southern 
 end of Lake Michigan, gives it necessarily a 
 leading share of the commerce of all the 
 lakes, and easy access by land, round the 
 southern shore of Lake Michigan, to all the 
 East and Southeast. Chicago might have 
 continued as it was previous to 1833, if the 
 region behind it had remained unpeopled. 
 The city has grown with the development 
 of the region round about, and has become its 
 grand depot, exchange, counting-house, and 
 metropolis. 40
 
 S. D. HASKELL & Co. 
 
 DRY .GOODS 
 
 COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 
 
 23 & 25 Randolph St., Chicago. 
 
 AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF 
 Fletcher Manufacturing Go's Shoe Laces, Crochet Braids, 
 
 Wicks, Ac. 
 
 Dexter & Brothers' Superior Knitting Cotton. 
 D. Goff & Son's Crown Alpaca and Dress Braids. 
 Spicket Falls Braid Works' Alpaca Braids. 
 Greene Brothers' Welting Cord and Skein Cotton. 
 Stuart's " Standard" Shoe Thread. 
 Union Elastic Goods Go's Suspenders, &c. 
 
 C. & W's Shirts and Drawers, Wool Socks, Box and Pound 
 
 Yarns. 
 
 Star Knitting Go's Shirts and Drawers (all kinds). 
 Syracuse Hosiery Go's Hosiery (Ladies & Gents). 
 
 D. & S's Fancy Worsted Goods, Hoods, Nubias, <fcc., &c. 
 New Hampshire Celebrated Horse Blankets. 
 Manchester 9-4, 10-4, and 11-4 Counterpanes. 
 Arkwright, Harris' and other Bleached Cottons, Sheetings, 
 
 Corset Jeans, Apron Checks, Gingham Prints, and other 
 Domestic Cotton Goods, all of which we offer, to the 
 Jobbing Trade only/at New York Agents' lowest cash 
 Prices. Guaranteed subject to the addition of freight 
 to Chicago. Also agents for 
 
 J. Scholfield's( Constantino, Mich.) " Red Line" Cassimeres, 
 Flannels and Blankets. 
 
 J3- We desire an acquaintance with WESTERN MANUFAC- 
 TURES, 
 4* 41
 
 THE 
 
 UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE 
 COMPANY 
 
 OF NEW YORK. 
 Organized A. D. 185O. 
 
 Cash Assets, $2,400,000. 
 
 Branch Office: 
 
 Boom 8, Mercantile Block, 116 La Salle Street, 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 JAS. F. BRADLEY, General Agent, 
 FRED. S. POND, Special Agent 
 
 for Northern Illinois and Wisconsin. 
 
 POPULAR POETS. 
 
 Published by 
 
 T. ELL WOOD ZELL & Co., 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Wordsworth Royal 8vo. 
 Hart's Spencer's Faerie Queene. 
 Milton's Paradise Lost. 
 
 POCKET EDITION OP 
 
 Pollock's Course of Time. 
 Young's Night Thoughts. 
 Tomson's Seasons. 
 
 Apply as above. 
 42
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 The crowds of idle and dissolute Indiana 
 were the first obstacle to the growth of Chi- 
 cago, with which the early settlers had to 
 contend. In 1833, seven thousand of then- 
 gathered at this point to meet the Commis- 
 sioners of the United States for the purpose 
 of selling their lands in Illinois and Wiscon- 
 sin. The chiefs signed a treaty which ceded 
 to the United States twenty million acres of 
 the Northwest, and agreed to remove twenty 
 days' journey west of the Mississippi River. 
 A year later, four thousand of these dusky 
 faces assembled in Chicago to receive their 
 first annuity. The goods to be distributed 
 were piled up. on the prairie, und some of the 
 red-skins becoming dissatisfied with the 
 method of distribution, rushed upon the heap 
 and attempted to seize something from it. 
 So severe was the scramble, that a general 
 fight was the result, in which several Indians 
 were killed and many wounded. Night 
 closed in on a wild debauch, and next morn- 
 ing few of the Indians were the better off for 
 the thirty thousand dollars' worth of goods 
 which had been given to them. Similar 
 scenes, with similar bloody results, were 
 enacted in the fall of 1835 ; but that was the 
 last Indian payment Chicago witnessed. In 
 September, 1835, a long train of fifty wagons, 
 43
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 drawn by oxen, conveyed away, across the 
 prairies, the Indians and their effects. In 
 twenty days they crossed the Mississippi, 
 and for twenty days longer continued their 
 westward march, and Chicago was troubled 
 with them no more. Walking in the im- 
 posing streets of the city of Chicago to-day, 
 how difficult it is to realize that thirty-three 
 years have not elapsed since the red men 
 were dispossessed of the very site on which 
 the city stands, and that it required forty 
 days to carry them to a point now reached 
 in fifteen hours. 
 
 In 1836, the population of the city was 
 four thousand. Then there was a check to 
 its prosperity, as to that of Illinois and the 
 United States, and the population scarcely 
 increased for five years. But it was in those 
 very years of depression and despair .that 
 Chicago entered upon a new career. A little 
 beef had been salted and sent across the lake ; 
 but in 1839 the business began to assume 
 promising proportions; 3000 cattle were 
 driven in from the prairie, cut, packed, and 
 exported. Since that time the packing busi- 
 ness has continued to increase with the 
 growth of the city, and the development of 
 the great West. The following figures, show- 
 ing the number of cattle packed in the city 
 44
 
 D. 
 
 DEALER IN FIRST CLASS 
 
 Carriages, Light Buggies and Sleighs, 
 
 REPOSITORY, 187 STATE STREET, 
 
 CHICAGO, ILL. 
 
 We have all the Intest styles of top and open Buggies, 
 Family Carriages, such as the English Park Phaetons. Rock- 
 aways, Cabriolefs.Victorias, and Slide Seats. Also, Hearses. 
 
 HOOKERS & CO., 
 
 127 SOUTH WATEE STEEET, 
 
 Wholesale Dealers in 
 
 BRUSHES, &c. 
 
 FAYETTE HOOKER. HENRY M. HOOKER. JOHN F. WEARB. 
 
 45
 
 THE IRISH REPUBLIC; 
 
 A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO 
 
 Liberty, Literature, and Social Progress. 
 
 It will be " Independent in all things ; Neutral in nothing." 
 
 THE want of such an organ of truly liberal principles has 
 been widely and deeply felt, especially among Irishmen of 
 advanced opinions, and among the real friends of Irish 
 national independence and of universal liberty. By the 
 corrupt, or incompetent, organs of parties and sects, the 
 Irish people of this country have, up to a very late period, 
 been at once misrepresented and misled. It is time that this 
 was at an end; and that the true advocates of liberty to 
 Ireland, and to all men, should come forward as the real 
 representatives of their race and nation, and make the truth 
 manifest to the entire intelligent world, that, while we de- 
 mand justice for ourselves, we are ready and anxious to 
 extend it to all others. 
 
 Kates of Subscription for the Irish Republic. 
 
 Single copies for one year, $5 00 
 
 Single copies for six months, 250 
 
 Clubs. 
 
 Five copies to one address, one year, 22 50 
 
 Ten copies to one address, one year, 40 00 
 
 Twenty copies to one address, one year, .... 70 00 
 
 Thirty copies to one address, one year, 90 00 
 
 It is thus evident that a club of 30 members can have the 
 paper at the rate of $3 a year for each member. 
 
 The mo.-t liberal allowances made to Agents, who can find 
 profitable employment, but who must give the most un- 
 doubted reference as to ability, integrity, and business qual- 
 ifications. The indorsement of any Circle, or its officers in 
 good standing, will be sufficient. 
 
 Office of the IRISH REPUBLIC, 
 
 84 Washington Street, 
 P. 0. Drawer 5900. Chicago. III. 
 
 46
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 during the last seventeen years, will give a 
 correct idea of the growth of the trade : , 
 
 1851 .. .. 21,900 %< 1859 .. . 52,340 
 
 1852 25,400 
 
 1853 24,820 
 
 1854 ......... 23,987 
 
 1855 27,729 
 
 1856 25,870 
 
 1857 35,400 
 
 1858 44,700 
 
 1860 33,976 
 
 1861 54,629 
 
 1862 60,428 
 
 1863 72,120 
 
 1864 93,724 
 
 1865 99,864 
 
 1866 .. .. 121,320 
 
 1867 127,210 ' 
 
 The first shipment of grain from Chicago, 
 of which there is any record, was made in 
 1838, when a rather venturesome trader sent 
 off seventy-eight bushels of wheat. The fol- 
 lowing year over four thousand bushels were 
 exported, in 1848 over three millions, and in 
 1867 thirteen million bushels. During 1867 
 there were shipped from Chicago 27,000,000 
 bushels corn, 18,000,000 bushels oats, 2,200,000 
 bushels rye, and 1,700,000 bushels barley. 
 Thus it may be seen what a gigantic business 
 the grain trade has become. The ease, the 
 celerity, and quietness with which this im- 
 mense quantity of grain is handled, although 
 hands never touch it, is one of the wonders 
 of Chicago. Whether it arrives by boat or 
 railroad, it comes in bulk, that is, loose, with- 
 out bags or barrels. The car or boat stops 
 at the side of one of the twenty-two elevators 
 47
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 within the city, by which the grain is pumped 
 into enormous bins, and poured out into other 
 cars or vessels on the other side of the build- 
 ing, the double operation being performed 
 by steam in a few minutes. When Chicago 
 exported a few thousand bushels a year, the 
 business blocked the streets and filled the 
 place with commotion ; but now that it ex- 
 ports fifty million bushels, a person might 
 live a year in the city without being aware 
 that anything was doing in grain. 
 
 The business of pork -packing has also 
 attained enormous proportions in Chicago, 
 surpassing entirely Cincinnati, where it orig- 
 inated. In one season of three months, Chi- 
 cago converted over one million hogs into 
 pork; which was one-third of all the hogs 
 slaughtered in the Western country during 
 the year. 
 
 During the last few years the number of 
 cattle received in Chicago from the prairies, 
 and sent away in various forms to the East, 
 has averaged about one thousand per day. 
 Nevertheless a stranger in Chicago might 
 never suspect that any business was done in 
 cattle never see a drove, never- hear the 
 bellow of an ox. All the business is done at 
 the great Stock Yards, a description of which 
 will be found ir this work. 
 48 

 
 N, W, Silver Ware Manufacturing Co, 
 
 oiH:xa-A.a-O- 
 
 FACTOET, COE. STATE STEEET AND ELDEIDGE COTJET. 
 
 Manufacturers of all kinds pf 
 
 tter 
 
 AND GOLD AND SILVER WATCH CASES. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 P. H. WILLART), . . . President. I T. P. HART, Secretary. 
 
 A. D. TITSWORTH, . Vicf-Pres. | L. J. GAGE, Treasurer. 
 
 Manager and Sup't, JAMES H. HOES, formerly of Matson & Hoes. 
 
 Gold and Silver Plating and Re-Plating Dime on Short Notice, 
 P. 0. Box 1954. 
 
 5 49
 
 PEERLESS 
 
 A. Raney & Co. 
 
 THIS POWDER 
 
 HAS NEVER BBEN EQUALLED AND CANNOT BE EXCELLED. 
 
 Wholesale dealers will find it to their interest 
 to give us an order. 
 
 50
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 Chicago also stands foremost in the 
 business. Like the grain and cattle trade, 
 it has developed itself into startling propor- 
 tions. From thirty-three millions of feet 
 received in Chicago, in 1847, it has increased 
 until it reached, in 1867, the amount of 
 seven hundred and ninety-five millions of feet. 
 Miles upon miles of lumber-yards extend 
 along the south fork of the river. The 
 prairies, to which Nature has been so vari- 
 ously bountiful, lack this great necessity of 
 the settler, and it is Chicago that sends up 
 the lake for it, and supplies it to the prairies. 
 To economize transportation, we are now 
 beginning to dispatch timber in the form of 
 ready-made houses. There is a firm in this 
 city who are ready to furnish cottages, stores, 
 churches, hotels, or towns, wholesale and 
 retail, and to forward them securely packed 
 to any part of the country. 
 
 Until within the last ten or twelve years, 
 Chicago was little more than what it has 
 been termed, the great Northwestern Ex- 
 change. It was a buyer and seller on a grand 
 scale ; but it made scarcely anything, depend- 
 ing upon the Eastern States for supplies of 
 manufactured merchandise. At the present 
 time, almost every article of much bulk used 
 upon railroads, in farming, in warming houses, 
 51 
 
 UNIVERSITY Of; 
 
 ILLINOIS LIBRARY 
 
 W URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 in building houses, or in cooking, is made in 
 Chicago, Four thousand persons are engaged 
 in manufacturing boots and shoes. The prai- 
 ries are now mowed by machines made in 
 this city. A short distance from the city 
 stands the Chicago Clock Factory, capable 
 of manufacturing one hundred and fifty 
 thousand clocks a year. Still farther back 
 on the prairies is the National Watch Com- 
 pany, which soon expects to produce fifty 
 watches a day. Pianos and melodeons are 
 also made on a great scale in the city. 
 
 Chicago, already a handsome town, is 
 going to be one of the most beautiful cities 
 on the continent. It is no longer a quag- 
 mire. The mud and water for a long period 
 were the despair of the people, since water 
 will only run down-hill, and part of the town 
 was below the level of the lake. Planking 
 was a poor expedient, though unavoidable 
 for a time. Open ditches were tried for a 
 while, which in wet seasons only aggravated 
 the difficulty. It became clear, at length, 
 that nothing would suffice short of raising 
 the whole town; and accordingly a higher 
 grade was established, to which all new build- 
 ings were required to conform. It soon 
 appeared that this grade was not high 
 enough, jnd one still higher was ordered. 
 52
 
 BUCK, 
 
 SUCCESSOR TO BUCK & RAYNER, 
 
 and tawimtttet. 
 
 PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES, 
 
 Selected and prepared expressly for our 
 
 SPECIAL PRESCRIPTION TRADE. 
 
 We devote attention chiefly to the preparation of Medicines 
 
 and Physicians' Prescriptions, and keep constantly 
 
 a large stock of the most reliable 
 
 MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, APPAKATUS AND 
 
 PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS, 
 
 of American and Foreign Manufacture. 
 
 CHOICE WINES AND LIQUORS, 
 
 AND 
 
 DELICACIES FOR INVALIDS, PURE COOKING 
 ARTICLES, &c- &C. 
 
 We also have always on hand an extensive assortment of the 
 
 CONSISTING OF 
 
 Brushes, Combs, Perfumery, Pomades, Oils and 
 Cosmetics of every description. 
 
 OUR SPLENDID MARBLE SODA FOUNTAIN 
 
 is in full operation between May 1st and October 1st 
 of each year. 
 
 Open after the close of Public Amusements. 
 
 CENTRAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG STORE, 
 93 S. Clark St., (Larmon Block,) 
 CHICAGO. 
 
 5* 53
 
 CUSHING & SOUDER, 
 
 WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALERS IN 
 
 Dry Goods & Notions. 
 
 Received Daily and sold at the 
 
 LOWEST CASH AUCTION PRICES, 
 
 AT THE 
 
 OLD ST^ND, 
 
 No. 73 Lake Street, 
 
 s: 
 
 C ZHZO-A-GhO, 
 ILLINOIS. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CH10AGO. 
 
 Even this proved inadequate ; and the present 
 grade was adopted, which lifts the city about 
 twelve feet above the level of the prairie. All 
 the new houses are built upon the new grade, 
 and some old buildings have been raised to 
 the proper level ; but many houses are yet 
 upon the grades previously established, and 
 a large number are down upon the original 
 prairie. The consequence is, that in some 
 sections of the city the plank sidewalks are 
 a series of stairs. 
 
 The principal streets are paved with that 
 ne plus ultra of comfort for horse and rider, 
 the Nicholson pavement, a description of 
 which will be found among the following 
 
 pages. 
 
 Chicago is still a forming city. It stretches 
 
 along the lake about eight miles, but does 
 
 not ?each back into the prairie more than 
 
 three. Along the lake, south of the river, 
 
 for two or three miles extend the beautiful 
 
 avenues, which change insensibly into those 
 
 streets of cottages and gardens which have 
 
 given Chicago the name of the Garden 
 
 City. This is a pleasant quarter, where 
 
 glimpses are caught of the blue lake that 
 
 stretches away to the east for sixty miles. 
 
 On this shore is rising the monument to 
 
 Douglas, and near by in shady retreats btands 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 the Soldiers' Home, and Chicago University, 
 a description of each of which we have de- 
 voted separate articles in the succeeding 
 pages of this work. 
 
 It is always interesting to a stranger to 
 notice the names .of the streets of a city 
 which he visits for the first time. We will 
 therefore give a few of the quaint ones. 
 
 The city boasts of a Goethe street, a Schil- 
 ler, a Greeley, a Poe, a Kane, a Kossuth, a 
 Wentworth, and a Long John street. Local 
 history is commemorated in Astor, Kinsie, 
 Fur, Blackhawk, Calumet, and Wahpanseh; 
 general history, in Blucher, Bonaparte, Mace- 
 donia, Garibaldi, Kansas, Mayflower, Fabius, 
 and Sigel. There is also a Kosebud street, 
 a Selah street, a Queer Place, and a Grub 
 street. 
 
 The natural advantagesof Chicago, together 
 with the energy and perseverance of her 
 citizens, have been the cause of the city's 
 growth. The following table will show at a 
 glance its rapid strides since it was only an 
 outpost of civilization. 
 
 Population of Chicago from 1829 to 1867. 
 
 1829 35 
 
 1830 49 
 
 1831 73 
 
 1832 .. .428 
 
 1833 370 
 
 1834 1,720 
 
 1835 3,440 
 
 1836 :. 4,100 
 
 56
 
 CHARLES STEUER. W. tEACH ROBINSO*. 
 
 Steuer and Robinson, 
 
 Manufacturers aud Dealers in 
 
 FINE AND MEDIUM 
 
 ROSEWOOD, BLACK WALNUT, &, MAHOGANY 
 
 FA.ELOR SUITES 
 
 In Reps, Haircloth, and Silk. 
 
 ROSEWOOD, WALNUT, CHESTNUT, & PAINTED 
 
 CHAMBER SETS. 
 
 A LARGE VARIETY OF FURNITURE 
 
 FOR EVERY ROOM IS THE HOUSE, 
 
 We make a specialty of manufacturing to order, 
 
 Fine Draperies, Parlor fy Library 
 Suites, $-c. 
 
 STEUER & ROBINSON, 
 
 No. 190 Lake Street, 
 
 CHICAGO. 
 57
 
 BRIGHAM, GOODYEAR & HAYES, 
 
 181 LAKE STREET, 
 Wholesale Dealers in 
 
 COACH AND SADDLERY 
 
 Patent, Enameled, and Harness 
 
 HUBS, SPOKES, BENT FELLOES, 
 
 And all other articles of Bent Carriage Work. 
 SPRINGS, AXLES, BOLTS, AND MALLEABLE IRON 
 
 Rewards Axle Clips, Philadelphia Bolts, 
 Broad-cloths, Damask, Enameled Cloths, 
 Muslin, Drill and Duck, Coach Laces of all 
 kinds, Carpeting, Drugget, Moquette. Plush, 
 Corduroy, and all kinds of Sleigh Trim- 
 mings, Curled Hair, Moss and Tow, Saddles 
 and Collars, Horse Blankets, Lap Robes, 
 Afghans, Fancy Work Mats, Leather and 
 Linen Fly-Nets, Linen Horse- /Sheets, c. $c. 
 
 G- F. BRIGHAM, 
 
 C. B. GOODYEAR. 
 
 58 
 
 J. B. HAYES.

 
 JOHNSON & COBB, 
 
 Manufacturers and Wholesale and Eelail Dealers in 
 
 152 ST.ATE STREET, 
 
 Between Madison and Monroe. 
 
 CHAMBER SETS 
 
 Of all kinds on hand, and for sale at the very lowest figures. 
 
 A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF 
 
 JZlarikets, Feather Pillows, and 
 
 Holsters, Counterpanes, Sheets, 
 
 Pillow Slips, &c. 
 
 ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED 
 
 Our MATTRESSES made full and of good size. 
 
 JOHNSON & COBB, 
 
 CHICAGO. 
 
 59
 
 PHELPS, DODGE & CO., 
 
 MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF 
 
 Lake Street, 
 
 Would call the attention of purchasers to their 
 large and complete stock of goods, embracing 
 every style and quality required in the retail 
 trade. 
 
 We wish particularly to mention our CELE- 
 BRATED P. D. & Co. WORK. Every shoe war- 
 ranted. It has stood a four years' test, and 
 pronounced by all, the best in style and mate- 
 rial that can be found in the market. 
 
 OUR OWN MAKE CHICAGO BOOTS 
 
 Have borne the palm of superiority from all 
 competitors, and we confidently claim for them 
 
 THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE NORTHWEST. 
 
 Our terms of warrantee are the most LIBERAL 
 and comprehensive imaginable. In all cases 
 when our boots have been sold, and a defect 
 discovered by the purchaser, we instruct the 
 dealer to furnish him a NEW PAIR, in place of 
 the defective ones, and will consider it a favor 
 to have them returned to us at our expense. 
 
 We cordially invite all CASH and prompt- 
 paying purchasers to call and investigate the 
 subject, believing it to be to their interest. 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 1838 
 
 . 4220 
 
 1853 
 
 58,754 
 
 1839 
 
 4440 
 
 1854 
 
 ... 66361 
 
 1840 
 
 4370 
 
 1855 
 
 79 440 
 
 1841 
 
 . 5 650 
 
 1856 
 
 87,390 
 
 1842 
 
 6 800 
 
 1857 
 
 95 600 
 
 1843 
 
 . 7,950 
 
 1858 
 
 84,584 
 
 1844 
 
 . 8 300 
 
 1859 
 
 .... 93 260 
 
 1845 
 
 19 210 
 
 1860 
 
 108 247 
 
 1846 
 
 . 14,756 
 
 1861 
 
 122 740 
 
 1847 
 
 16 420 
 
 1862 
 
 . 139 320 
 
 1848 
 
 . 21 200 
 
 1863 
 
 .., 154710 
 
 1849 
 
 . 23 628 
 
 1864 
 
 171 356 
 
 1850 
 
 9 g 347 
 
 1865 
 
 177 621 
 
 1851 
 
 . 35 200 
 
 1866 
 
 221000 
 
 1867.. 
 
 
 
 255.000. 
 
 STREETS. 
 
 The Lake is situate on the east side of the 
 city. Michigan Avenue PUDS north and south, 
 parallel with and along the lake-shore ; next 
 west of it is Wabash Avenue ; then State, Dear- 
 born, Clark, La Salle, Wells, Franklin, and 
 Market Streets ; west of Market Street and 
 parallel with it is the south branch of the Chi- 
 cago River. Running east and west along the 
 south side of the main Chicago River, is South 
 Water Street ; next south of it is Lake Street, 
 then Randolph, Washington, Madison, Mon- 
 roe, Adams, Quincy, Jackson, Yan Buren, 
 Harrison, Polk, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and so 
 6 61
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 on. These streets continue on the west side 
 of the river, and are called West Kandolph, 
 West Washington, etc. 
 
 The West Division comprises all of the 
 city west of both branches of the river, and 
 those streets running north and south are 
 divided by West Eandolph Street. The 
 North Division comprises that portion of the 
 city north of the main river, and between 
 the lake on the east, and the north-west 
 branch. Those streets continued from the 
 south side are called North Dearborn, North 
 Clark, North La Salle, and so on. 
 
 By reference to the map, accompanying 
 this work, the location of the streets may 
 easily be found. 
 
 LAKE TUNNEL. 
 
 The Tunnel begins a short distance from 
 Chicago Avenue, on the lake-shore, and^ex- 
 tends two miles out under the lake in a 
 straight line, at right angles to the general 
 direction of the shore. The tunnel is very 
 near circular in form, and has an interior 
 width of five feet and a height of five feet 
 two inches, enclosed in brick masonry eight 
 inches thick. The depth of the shore-shaft, 
 which is eight feet in diameter, circular in 
 62
 
 De Motte Brothers, 
 
 SUCCESSORS TO H. M. HIGGINS, 
 
 WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALERS IN 
 
 ALL KINDS OF 
 
 SHEET MUSIC BOOKS 
 
 AND 
 
 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 Sole Agents for the 
 "WEIBIEIR," &s " O-TJILID " 
 
 Pianofortes. , 
 
 Liberal Discounts made to Dealers and 
 Teachers. 
 
 De MOTTE BROS., 
 91 Washington St., 
 
 CHICAGO. 
 
 63
 
 139 & 141 RANDOLPH ST., 
 
 SHERMAN HOUSE BUILDING, 
 Chicago, III. 
 
 At Wliolesale & Hetail. 
 H. H. HUSTED 
 
 has a large and well selected stock of 
 
 CLOTHING & GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS. 
 
 The Goods have all been bought and manufac- 
 tured since the large decline in WOOLLENS, 
 and patrons may depend upon getting goods 
 at the 
 
 LOWEST LIVING PRICES. 
 
 Merchants purchasing to sell again will always 
 
 find some job lots that can be bought 
 
 at very low prices. 
 
 ALSO 
 
 \ YOUTHS' AN|MCHJLD|EN'S CLOTHING. 
 
 In the 
 
 CUSTOM DEPARTMENT 
 
 Will be found a choice stock of Cloths, Cassi meres, and Vestings, 
 which will be made to order at short notice. 
 
 H. H. HUSTED, 
 139 & 141 Randolph St. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 form, and of brick masonry, at the bottom 
 of which the tunnel commences its direction 
 out under the lake, is sixty-seven feet; and the 
 depth of the lake-shaft, which is of cast iron, 
 of the same dimensions as the shore-shaft, 
 below the surface of the lake, sixty-foq^eet. 
 This latter shaft is provided with gates to 
 let on and shut off the water at pleasure. 
 
 To protect the lake-shaft from the fury 
 of the gales that sweep from the prairies 
 over the lake, a five-sided crib, (the location 
 of which may be seen by reference to the 
 map,) fort3 T -five feet high and fifty-eight feet 
 in width, was constructed, and placed in its 
 present position in July, 1865. The depth of 
 the lake at the crib is thirty-five feet, thus 
 leaving the top of the crib ten feet above the 
 ordinary surface of the lake. This crib, which 
 is built o/ twelve-inch timber, consists of an 
 outvie, centre, and inside wall, each wall 
 .connected by cross timbers running entirely 
 through from outside to inside, all securely 
 fastened with square bolts. It is kept in its 
 proper position by being filled with about 
 twelve thousand tons of stone. There are 
 three openings in the sides of the crib, by 
 which the water is let in or shut off. Each 
 of these flukes are five feet square. The first 
 one 'is..about 'five feet from the bottom of the 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 lake ; another ten feet ; and the last fifteen 
 feet, or thirty feet below the top of the crib, 
 thus insuring the purest of water. 
 
 The work upon this gigantic enterprise 
 was commenced in March, 1864, and com- 
 pleted in July, 1867. The contract price 
 was $315,000, but through various causes it 
 has cost about $800,000. It is a work that 
 Chicago may be proud of, not especially for 
 its magnitude, but for the simplicity, origi- 
 nality, and boldness of the idea. 
 
 Buildings of more than usual architectural 
 beauty for the pumping-works have recently 
 been erected on the corner of Chicago Avenue 
 and Pine Street. These structures, together 
 with their surrounding grounds, are pleasing 
 in their appearance, and ornaments to the 
 city. 
 
 THE ARTESIAN 
 
 No stranger will fail to visit these objects 
 of peculiar interest. They are located at the 
 corner of Western and Chicago avenues, and 
 may readily be reached by the Kandolph- 
 Streetcars. There are two wells, one about 
 seven hundred and the other about one 
 thousand feet deep. These wells were first 
 bored by some oil speculators, who were led 
 66
 
 77 LAKE ST., 77 LAKE ST., 
 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 L. MAMHEIMER, 
 
 BOOTS & SHOES. 
 
 A LARGE STOCK OF THE BEST GOODS CON- 
 STANTLY KEPT ON HAND. 
 
 DEPOT FOR E. C. BURT'S 
 
 BOOTS- 
 
 Having made tfyese goods a specialty, I am enabled to sell 
 them cheaper than any other house in the city. 
 
 VBEDENBURGH BHOS. 
 
 SHOWCASE WARE ROOMS, 
 
 151 & 153 Randolph St., (opposite Court House,) Chicago. 
 
 Show-Cases of every description and material, Silver, White Metal, 
 and Wood shipped to all parts of the United States. Parties will 
 do well to call and examine our Metal Work, which is on an im- 
 proved plan, and something new in style. 
 
 6T
 
 P. NEWHALL & BRO., 
 
 WHOLESALE DEALERS IN 
 FQEEIGN AND DOMESTIC GREEN, DEIED, AND CANNED 
 
 FRUITS, 
 
 NUTS AND FANCY GROCERIES, 
 
 6 DEARBORN STREET, 
 
 CHICAGO, ILL. 
 
 PACKERS AND JOBBERS OP 
 
 NEW YORK AND MICHIGAN APPLES. 
 
 CIDER BY THE BARREL. 
 
 PETER KELLER, 
 
 PREMIUM 
 
 Boot Maker, 
 
 41 LA SALLE ST., 
 
 Between Lake and Randolph, 
 
 Gentlemen's BOOTS and 
 SHOES made to order. Particular 
 attention given to the manufacture 
 of Ladies' Boots of every descrip- 
 tion. 
 
 full as- 
 sortment of every 
 kind of Ladies' and 
 Gentlemen's BOOTS 
 always on hand and 
 cheap for cash.
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 to the spot by a spiritual medium, who as- 
 serted that petroleum would be found in 
 great quantities beneath the surface. But 
 instead of oil, a very little of which appeared, 
 water began to flow, and has continued to 
 come forth at the rate of a million gallons a 
 day. The two wells are very near together, 
 and have bores of from five to six inches in 
 diameter. 
 
 STOCK YARDS. 
 
 Out on the prairie, four miles south of the 
 city, and two feet below the level of the 
 river, may be seen the famous Stock Yards. 
 Two millions of dollars have been expended 
 there in the construction of a cattle-market. 
 The company owning it have nearly a square 
 mile of land, 355 acres of which are enclosed 
 with cattle-pens, 150 of these acres being 
 floored with plank. There is at the present 
 time pen-room for 25,000 cattle, 80,000 hogs, 
 and 25,000 sheep, the sheep and hogs being 
 provided with sheds; and no Thursday has 
 passed since the yards were opened, when 
 they Avere not full, Thursday being the 
 full day, and the best time to visit the 
 yards. This bovine city of the world, like 
 mos/ prairie cities, is laid out in streets and 
 69
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 alleys crossing at right angles. The prin- 
 cipal street is named Broadway. It is a 
 mile long and seventy-five feet wide, and is 
 divided by a light fence into three paths, so 
 that herds of cattle can pass one another 
 without mingling, and leave an unobstructed 
 road for the drovers. Nine railroads have 
 constructed branches to the yards, and there 
 is also a canal connecting it with the Chicago 
 Kiver 
 
 Nothing is more simple and easy than the 
 working of these stock yards. A cattle 
 train stops along a street of pens; the side 
 of each car is removed; a gently declining 
 bridge wooes the living freight down into a 
 clean, planked enclosure, where on one side 
 is a long trough, which the turn of a faucet 
 fills with water; and on another side is a 
 manger, which can be immediately filled 
 with hay. While the tired and hungry 
 animals are enjoying this respite from the 
 torture of their ride, their owner or his 
 agent finds comfort in the Hough House, a 
 handsome hotel of yellow stone, built solely 
 for the accommodation of the cattle-men, 
 and capable of entertaining two hundred of 
 them at once. A few steps from the hotel 
 is the Cattle Exchange, another spacious 
 and elegant edifice, wherein there is a great 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 room for the chaffering or preliminary " gas- 
 ing" of buyers and sellers; also a Bank, 
 solely for cattle-men's use, with a daily 
 business of from one hundred thousand to 
 half a million dollars; also a telegraph office, 
 which reports, from time to time, the price 
 of beef, pork, and mutton in two hemi- 
 spheres, and sends back to the cattle-mar- 
 kets of mankind the condition of affairs in 
 this, the great bovine city of the world. The 
 preliminaries being over, the cattle-men 
 leave the Exchange, and go forth to view 
 the cattle. The purchase completed, the 
 cattle are driven along, through opening 
 pens and broad streets, to the yards adjoin- 
 ing the railroad by which they are to resume 
 their journey. On the way to those yards 
 they are weighed at the rate of thirty cattle 
 a minute, by merely pausing in the weighing- 
 pen as they pass. The men return to the 
 Exchange, where the money is paid, all 
 the cattle business being done for cash ; after 
 which they conclude the affair by dining 
 
 >ther at the hotel. 
 
 [n the elegant Exchange two classes of 
 ;tle-men are met, those who collect the 
 cattle from the prairie States, Texas, Mis- 
 souri, Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 Illinois, and those who distribute the cattle 
 among the Eastern cities. 
 
 The design of the directors of these yards 
 is to keep the rent of these pens at such rates 
 as to exactly pay the cost of cleaning and 
 preserving them, and to get the requisite 
 profit only from the sale of hay and corn. 
 One hundred tons of hay are frequently used 
 in the yards in one day. If these yards were 
 in any of the Eastern States, the sale of the 
 manure would be an important part of the 
 business; but the fertile prairies not needing 
 anything of the kind, they are glad to sell 
 it at ten cents a wagon-load, which is less 
 than the cost of shovelling it up. 
 
 These yards may be reached by the Archer 
 Avenue line of street-cars, and the Pittsburg, 
 Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad. As we 
 have said before, Thursday is the day to visit 
 the yards and see the pens full. 
 
 ATHENS MARBLE. 
 
 While the canal was being constructs 
 A-thens, a point about sixteen miles from 
 city, a deposit of soft, cream-colored stone 
 was discovered, which proved to be an inex- 
 haustible quarry. For some time this stono 
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 A Place ALL should Visit ! 
 
 75 Lake Street, or 35 Clark Street 
 
 Persons visiting the city should not fail to call at one of the 
 Stores of 
 
 & CO., 
 
 DEALERS IN 
 
 FINE BOOTS AND SHOES 
 
 OP EVERY VARIETY. 
 
 Their stock is one of the largest and most complete of any 
 in the city, and for durability and excellence cannot be 
 surpassed. 
 
 We make a specialty of BURT'S GOODS for Ladies, 
 Misses, and Children's wear. 
 
 Also, a full line of White Kid, Satin and Jean Gaiters and 
 Slippers can be found here. Remember our numbers, 
 
 75 LAKE, or 35 CLARK STREET, 
 
 HART, ASTEN & CO., 
 
 MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN 
 
 FLOUR 
 
 Seamless 
 
 , ^GUNNY 
 
 SACKS, 
 
 BAGS, 
 
 BAGS, 
 
 every description.
 
 SOMKTHTNQ NEW! 
 CHICAGO CONCRETE PAVING CO. 
 
 For Pavements, Carriage-Ways, Walks, Docks, etc. 
 
 THE BURLEW AND FISK PATENTS 
 
 For Walks, Flagging, Pavement, and like purposes, have now been 
 so thoroughly tested, that the proprietors confidently recommend 
 them as without a superior in this country. 
 
 About two years ago a specimen was laid down in DRUID HILL 
 PARK, Baltimore, Md., which has proved perfectly satisfactory; and 
 a very large number has been laid in the Central Park and City Hall 
 Park, in the City of New York, Prospect Hill Park, Brooklyn and 
 vicinity; and Side Walks can now be seen in front of J. H. Taylor's 
 residence, No. 749 Wabash Avenue; Dr. Bigelow, and others, in the 
 immediate vicinity, in this city. Street Pavements will soon follow, 
 and will produce a complete revolution in the Paving and Walks of 
 this Emporium of the West. 
 
 Private Walks, Carriage- Ways, Docks, Street Pavements, Cel- 
 lar Bottoms, Stable Floors, Vault Covers, &c,, all attest to its supe- 
 rior qualities, and a thorough examination will show why it is pre- 
 ferable to any other material for these purposes. Its durability is 
 equal to that of stone. 
 
 For further information in relation to the business, or for the lay- 
 ing of this kind of work, or for the purchase of Town, County, or State 
 Rights, in the Northwestern States, apply to 
 
 A. RANNEY & CO., Proprietors, 
 
 At the principal Office, of the Company, 
 No. 185 Kinzie Street, Revere House Block, 
 All Communications to lie addressed to 
 
 FRA Mv W. CHAPPEE, Chicago, 111. 
 
 Secretary and General Business Manager, at the above address. 
 
 "DERRICK ~&~SALTT 
 
 IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS IN 
 
 CROCKERY, 
 
 GLASS AMO CHXMA, 
 
 Looking-Grlasses, 
 Britannia and Silver Plated Ware, 
 
 Cutlery, &c. 
 166 RANDOLPH STREET, 
 
 CHICAGO, ILL. 
 Packages for Country Trade always on hand. 
 
 M. B. DERRICK. 74 SAMUEL SALT.
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 was supposed to be useless, and t was re- 
 garded only as an obstruction to the exca- 
 vation of the canal. It was discovered a 
 year or two after that fragments of the stone 
 which had been exposed to the air for a few 
 months had become harder. It was, how- 
 ever, with much difficulty that builders were 
 induced to give a trial to what is now regarded 
 as the very best and most elegant building- 
 material in the country. Soft to the chisel, 
 it is hard in the finished wall ; and devoid of 
 the glare of white marble, it possesses that 
 hue of the Parthenon which, Dr. Wordsworth 
 says, looks as though it had been " quarried 
 out of the golden light of an Athenian sun- 
 , set." 
 
 THE NICHOLSON PAVEMENT. 
 
 As Chicago was the first city to adopt this 
 style of street pavement, it may be proper 
 to give a brief description of it. It is con- 
 sidered far superior and more durable and 
 economical than stone, which is so popular 
 fj| other cities. 
 
 In laying down this pavement, the ground 
 : s first levelled or rounded off, so as to con- 
 form with the grade, then covered evenly 
 with a coating of sand. Next comes the sub- 
 75
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 structure, which is a flooring of pine boards 
 an inch thick, laid close together in courses 
 lengthwise of the street. The flooring is 
 well tarred on both sides with hot tar and 
 pitch. Upon this substructure the upper 
 stratum of blocks is placed. They are of 
 pine, sawed three inches thick, six inches 
 long, and from six to ten inches wide, and, 
 after being dipped in coal-tar, are set up on 
 end across the street from curb to curb, with 
 their broad faces fronting up and down the 
 street. The first line of blocks being thus 
 set, a line of pickets or strips of board, three 
 inches wide, are placed on edge between the 
 rows, every row being nailed through the 
 picket into the blocks and penetrating the 
 board below, thus making the whole- close 
 and tight. Then another row of blocks 
 dipped in hot coal-tar as before is set up 
 against the strip, and so on alternately until 
 completed. There is left between each two 
 consecutive rows of blocks a continuous 
 groove or cell, seven-eighths of an inch wide 
 and three inches deep, extending from curb 
 to curb. The filling of these grooves is the 
 next operation, and this is done with the 
 use of screened gravel and hot coal-tar. 
 The gravel is heated hot and then filled into 
 thtf cells level with the surface ; the coal-tar, 
 76
 
 A friend and necessity in every family. 
 
 MANUFACTURED AT 
 
 209 & 211 Washington St., Chicago. 
 
 sale by all Grocers. 
 
 AUGUST SCHWARZ S 
 BOSTON FANCY STEAM DYE-HOUSE. 
 
 158 Illinois St., 2d door westof N. Clark St., Chicago, 111, 
 
 Every description of Silks, Velvets, Woollen Goods, Crape 
 Shawls, etc., colored to any desirable shade, with the finest 
 lustre and finishing. Particular attention given to the 
 cleaning of Silk Dresses, Broche Shawls, etc.; also to the 
 cleaning and re-bleaching of Crape Shawls, Lace Collars, 
 and Lace Curtains. All kinds of Carpets cleaned. Plumes 
 cleaned, dyed, or curled. Kid Gloves cleaned and dyed. 
 Gentlemen's Coats, Pants, and Vests cleaned, dyed, and re- 
 paired in the best style. Merchants' Goods dyed. 
 
 Branch Offices 107 8. Clark St., & 193 W. Lake St. 
 
 MANUFACTURERS' AGENT & DEALER IN 
 
 IRON & WOOD WORKING 
 
 MAGH1M1HY, 
 
 Northwestern Manufacturers' Supply Depot, 
 
 5o SOUTH WELLS St., 
 
 Chicago, III. 
 
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 after being heated, is poured upon the hot 
 gravel until the cells are filled. The com- 
 position thus formed is compactly rammed 
 down. The whole surface is then thoroughly 
 covered with hot coal-tar mixed with pitch, 
 and immediately covered with fine gravel 
 and common sand, mixed in about equal pro- 
 portions, three-quarters of an inch thick. 
 When this is done, the pavement is complete 
 and ready for use. 
 
 THE DOUGLAS MONUMENT. 
 
 The grave of Illinois' honored son will 
 ever remain an attractive spot. At Cottage 
 Grove, four miles from the Court House, 
 upon a beautiful plateau, is to be found the 
 grave and monument of that illustrious states- 
 man, Stephen Arnold Douglas. 
 
 The monument, which is rapidly approach- 
 ing completion, maybe described as follows: 
 A circular platform base, fifty-two feet in 
 diameter, and two and a half feet from the 
 ground ; another base, with steps, 'rising 
 three feet above the circular base, upon 
 which is constructed the sepulchre, with 
 projecting pedestals, at four corners, eleven 
 feet high, with surrounding Willis five feet 
 thick; within is a chamber ten feet square. 
 In the centre of the chamber is a sarcophagus, 
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 to be seen by the visitor through an open- 
 work iron door. Upon the sepulchre is a 
 pedestal twenty-two feet high, and a compo- 
 site column, forty-four in height, rests upon 
 that } a base, resting on the column six feet 
 high, for the reception of a statue of the 
 Senator, twelve feet high, making the height 
 of the entire monument about one hundred 
 feet. 
 
 The monument is embellished with many 
 devices and symbolical figures, very beauti 
 fully wrought in marble. 
 
 The grounds, upon which are the grave and 
 monument, formerly belonged to the Douglas 
 estate, and was purchased from Mrs. Douglas 
 for $30,000. The cost of the monument will 
 be about $80,000. 
 
 The place may be reached by the Cottage 
 Grove line of cars, which start from the 
 corner of Lake and State streets. 
 
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING 
 Is situated on the corner of Washington 
 and La Salle streets. It is a handsome 
 structure, ninety-two feet front by one hun- 
 dred and eighty feet in depth, built of Athena 
 marble, and costing about $400,000 in its 
 erection. The meeting-room, where daily 
 transacVons of millions of dollars take place, 
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 NORTHWESTERN PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, 
 
 No. 114 S. Clark St., 
 
 CHICAGO, ILL. 
 
 S. M. FASSETT, PROPRIETOR. 
 
 This Gallery is fitted up in a style 
 of elegance second to none in the coun- 
 try, and furnished with every requisite 
 for the production of first-class work 
 in every variety of style. 
 
 The Specimens of Art on exhibition 
 in the parlors attract hundreds of vis- 
 itors weekly. 
 
 The new size CABINET PORTRAITS, a 
 specialty. 
 
 Stereoscopic Illustrations of 
 the City on view and for sale at the 
 Gallery. 
 
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 SMITH & DEXTER, 
 
 wiluc* Commission 
 
 No. 10 Dearborn Street, 
 CHICAGO, ILL. 
 
 We srive particular attention to both buying and selling 
 GRAIN, SHEDS, BKEF, PORK, TALLOW, HIDES, 
 WOOL, BROOM CORN, and DRIED FRUITS. 
 
 We have constantly under our personal supervision am- 
 ple Warehouse room, essential for storing and the success- 
 ful sale of most kinds of the produce mentioned) 
 
 Parties wishing to learn ot our character and responsi- 
 bility, we have permission to refer to 
 
 Hon. I. N. ARNOLD, Chicago. 
 
 Messrs. WHITAKER, HARMON & CO., Chicago. 
 
 J. W. DOANE & CO., 
 
 " DAY, ALLEN & CO., " 
 
 GREY, PHELPS & CO., 
 C. H, BECKWITH, ESQ., 
 
 THE CITY NATIONAL BANK, 
 
 Office and Warehouse, No. 10 Dearborn Street. 
 
 D, W. LAMBERSON & BROTHER, 
 
 Silk & Cassimere Hat 
 
 TsTo. 74 State Street, 
 CHICAGO. 
 
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 is on the second floor, a spacious and lofty 
 apartment, one hundred and forty-three feet 
 in length by eighty-seven in width, and forty- 
 five feet in height, decorated with beautiful 
 fresco paintings in the highest style of art. 
 There are about 1500 members, representing 
 all classes of business. The average daily 
 attendance on 'Change is about 1200 members, 
 engaged principally in the flour, grain, lum- 
 ber, provision, and whisky trade. At about 
 half-past twelve o'clock each day, the Secre- 
 tary of the Board appears in the gallery and 
 announces the reports of the Eastern mar- 
 kets. The gallery is always open to visitors. 
 
 THE COURT HOUSE 
 
 Is located in the centre of the square 
 bounded by Clark, Randolph, La Salle, and 
 Washington streets. It is constructed of 
 stone brought from Lockport, New York, 
 and was erected in 1848. 
 
 The building is occupied by the various 
 city and county courts, and also by the city 
 government. The basement is used as the 
 County Jail. A splendid view of the city 
 and surrounding country may be obtained 
 from the cupola, to which the visitor has 
 access at any hour of the day. The erection 
 
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 of a City Hall is in contemplation for the 
 exclusive use of the city offices. 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 
 Is located at Cottage Grove, about four 
 miles from the Court House. It is built of 
 Athens marble, in the Norman or Romanesque 
 style of architecture. The extreme length 
 of the building is three hundred and thirty- 
 six feet, with a depth of one hundred and 
 seventy-two feet, with wings on the north 
 and south. The height of the main tower is 
 one hundred and fifty-six feet. The north 
 wing is not yet completed. Its external 
 appearance is very much like" that of the 
 Smithsonian Institute at Washington, with 
 its lofty towers and minarets. 
 
 The University was first opened for instruc- 
 tion in 1858, and then occupied what is now 
 the south wing. The Hon. Stephen A. Doug- 
 las was the founder of the institution, and 
 donated the land, ten acres, upon which the 
 structure stands. 
 
 The University is always accessible to 
 visitors, and ma}^ be reached by the Cottage 
 Grove line of cars from State Street. Another 
 interesting object connected with the Ujii- 
 ve-sity is the 
 
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 Dearborn Observatory. 
 
 Situated west of the main building of the 
 University. It consists of a hollow cone, 
 twenty-seven feet in diameter at the base, 
 and eighty-two feet high, to the floor of the 
 astronomer's room; erected at 'a cost of 
 twenty-five thousand dollars; and contains 
 the great Alvan Clark telescope, the largest 
 refractor in the world, having an object 
 glass of eighteen and a half inches aperture, 
 and a focal length of twenty-three feet, and 
 weighing six tons. 
 
 Visitors are privileged to examine this 
 immense instrument by application to the 
 person in charge. 
 
 The Chicago Theological Seminary 
 Is situated on the west side of Union Park, 
 on the corner of Warren and Reuben streets. 
 
 The building is of brick, sixty-five by fifty 
 feet, four stories high, and contains six lec- 
 ture and reading rooms, and other rooms for 
 about one hundred and fifty students. Cost 
 of building about $100,000. 
 
 The institution was established by the 
 Congregational denomination in 1855. It 
 receives, however, students from all denom- 
 inations. The Seminary may be reached by 
 Madison Street cars. 
 
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 Presbyterian Theological Seminary. 
 This institution was founded in 1859 by 
 the Old School branch of the Presbyterian 
 Church. The building, situated on the cor- 
 ner of Fullerton Avenue and Halsted Street, 
 is constructed of pressed brick and stone, 
 five stories high, and presents a very hand- 
 some appearance. The Seminary library 
 consists of about seven thousand volumes. 
 
 The Young Men's Christian Association, 
 
 Now in the twelfth year of its existence, 
 presents a record of prosperity and success 
 scarcely equalled by any similar institution 
 in this country. At the time of its organiza- 
 tion it numbered about one hundred and 
 fifty members ; at the present time it has 
 enrolled upon its books over two thousand 
 names. 
 
 During the last nine years, daily, noon 
 prayer-meetings have been held at its rooms. 
 Its library and reading-room, stocked with 
 religious books, and papers, and periodicals, 
 from all parts of the world, invite the atten- 
 tion of those whose leisure and inclination 
 will permit a visit there. Within the past 
 two years the field of its operations have in- 
 creased to such an extent that it became 
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 apparent that new quarters must te pro- 
 vided, if the Association should continue ita 
 work of usefulness. An appeal was made to 
 the generous Christian public of Chicago to 
 enable the Association to erect a building, 
 the leading object of which should be to ac- 
 commodate the laborers of the organization. 
 The appeal was nobly responded to. Land 
 was purchased on Madison Street, between 
 Clark and La Salle, and in September, 1867, 
 the largest structure of the kind in the world 
 was dedicated to the interests of the Chicago 
 Young Men's Christian Association. 
 
 The main building fronts on Broadway 
 Place, and has a depth of one hundred and 
 twenty feet, with a width of eighty-one feet, 
 four stories high, with a mansard roof. The 
 main entrance to th.e hall is through the 
 Madison Street front. This room, which has 
 been named Farwell Hall, in honor of John 
 V. Farwell, the largest contributor to the 
 enterprise, occupies the whole space within 
 the four walls of the building, and is of the 
 dimensions of one hundred and twenty-one 
 feet by eighty-five feet, and forty-five feet 
 from floor to ceiling. The interior is plainly 
 but neatly finished, and the ceilings are very 
 tastefully frescoed with scriptural SLbjects. 
 The galleries, of which there are two, ex- 
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 tending round three sides of the hall, are so 
 arranged that all the seats have a good view 
 of the speaker's platform. The main floor of 
 the hall is level, with movable chairs. The 
 seats in the gallery are stationary. The 
 entire hall is lighted from the ceiling by 
 double reflectors. This is the largest hall in 
 the West, and capable of comfortably seating 
 three thousand five hundred persons. The 
 ground floor of the building is occupied with 
 stores, while on the . second floor are the 
 library, reading-room, lecture-room, and 
 other office rooms for the use of the Associa- 
 tion. On the floor above the hall are forty- 
 five dormitories, intended for the use of 
 young men who cannot afford more ample 
 accommodations. The building is painted and 
 grained throughout in imitation of oak and 
 black walnut. The cost of the structure, 
 which is built of marble, was over $200,000.* 
 
 Academy of Natural Sciences. 
 This noble institution, which was organ- 
 ized in 1857, have recently erected a plain, 
 substantial building, entirely fire-proof, upon 
 a lot in the rear of 261 Wabash Avenue. The 
 object of the association is for the increase 
 and diffusion of scientific knowledge, by a 
 Museum, by reading and publication of 
 * Destroyed by fire, January 7th, 1868. 
 
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 PUBLISHERS, 
 
 110 Dearborn Street, 
 
 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 
 
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 We invite attention to our fine stock of 
 
 IBOOIKIS, 
 
 which we furnish on the best terms. 
 
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 WILLIAM Y. POTTER, 
 
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 c. G. MCKNIGHT, 
 
 Vice-President. 
 Hon. ELIZUR WRIGHT, 
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 A. H. OKIE, M.D., and F. H. PECKHAM, M.D., 
 
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 Hon. HENRY B. ANTHONY U. S. Senator from R. I. 
 
 MOSES B. LOCKWOOD A. D. Lockwood & Co. 
 
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 Hon. JAMES M. PENDLETON Westerly, R. I. 
 
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 W. T. SHUFELDT, 
 
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 No, \WA LaSalle Street, (Mercantile Building,) 
 
 CHICAGO, ILL,. 
 
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 original papers, by a library of works on 
 science, and such other methods as from time 
 to time may be adopted. 
 
 The Museum is divided into four cabinets: 
 Zoology, Botany, Geology, and Mineralogy. 
 In all there are about fifty thousand speci- 
 mens. Open to visitors from 10 A. M. till 5 p. M 
 
 The Chicago Historical Society, 
 Which has been organized about twelve 
 years, have recently erected a noble building 
 on Ontario Street, between North Clark and 
 Dearborn streets. It is an elegant fire-proof 
 structure, built of brick and stone, forty-two 
 feet front, ninety feet in depth, and three 
 stories high ; forming only one wing of the. 
 main building, which, it is presumed, will be 
 needed before many years. The object of 
 the organization is to prosecute historical 
 collections for the State of Illinois and the 
 Northwest, and for the foundation of a public 
 library of a comprehensive character. Its 
 collections, thus far amounting to about 
 90,000, consist of rare and valuable books 
 and pamphlets pertaining to the history and 
 antiquities of the country. Also medals, 
 coins, maps, &c. 
 
 Its rooms are open every day, Sunday 
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 excepted, for members ; and its library priv. 
 ileges to strangers and visitors from 10 
 o'clock A. M. to 4 o'clock p. M. 
 
 The Soldiers' Home. 
 
 This noble enterprise, founded in 1863, is 
 located at Cottage Grove, about four miles 
 from the city. It is built of brick r four 
 Btories high, and is very admirably arranged 
 throughout for the comfort and convenience 
 of its occupants. The cost of the building 
 was about $47,000. The value of the Home, 
 together with the land upon which it stands, 
 is now esl^mated at $100,000. 
 
 This worthy institution is maintained by 
 private and public contributions, together 
 with a fund realized from the great North- 
 western Fair, and gives a home and shelter 
 to all honorably discharged Illinois soldiers 
 or sailors who are unable, by reason of 
 rounds or other disability, to support them- 
 selves. The average number of inmates is 
 about one hundred. The building will ac- 
 commodate nearly two hundred. Visitors 
 always welcome. 
 
 Cottage Grove cars from State Street run 
 to the Home. 
 
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 English, AMERICAN, & Swiss 
 
 WATCHES, 
 
 Fine Silver & Plated Ware, Table 
 Cutlery, Cloclts, Spectacles, etc. 
 
 Smith & Nixon's Building, Southwest cor. Washington, 
 
 108 $ 110 Clark St., Chicago. 
 
 W. H. C. Miller & Co. are an old established House, and 
 manufacture their own goods, and sell at WHOLESALE 
 PRICES. 
 
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 EXPRESS TRAINS LEAVE CHICAGO DAILY 
 
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 From the Great Central Depot, foot of Lake St 
 
 Only One Change of Cars from Chicago to 
 Memphis, New Orleans, or Mobile. 
 
 ELEGANT SLEEPING CARS ON ALL NIGHT TRAINS. 
 
 For Through Tickets and Baggage Checks, apply at the 
 Great Central Depot. 
 
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 Home for the Friendless. 
 
 This noble charity is located at 911 Wabash 
 Avenue. The average number of inmates is 
 about one hundred. Since its establishment 
 in 1858, it has received and provided with 
 homes in city and country, about two thou- 
 sand women and children. Poor women, as 
 well as children, are given a temporary home 
 until they can find employment. In our visit 
 to the institution, we were much gratified 
 with the general appearance of the entire 
 establishment. It is a model in point of 
 cleanliness, order, judicious management, 
 and practical benevolence 
 
 The institution is sustained entirely by 
 Toluntary contributions, and we would com- 
 mend it to the consideration of the benevo- 
 lent. Yisitors kindly welcome at any time. 
 
 The WasMngtonian Home 
 Was incorporated in 1867. It occupies a 
 large three-story frame structure, No. 568 to 
 572 Madison Street, near Union Park. It 
 has accommodations for about sixty persons, 
 and is maintained principally by private con- 
 tributions, although a small charge is made 
 to those who are able to pay. It is a reform- 
 atory establishment for unfortunate inebri- 
 ates* hundreds of whom can testify to its 
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 benefits. Through its kindly influence, many 
 fathers, or husbands, or sons, have been re- 
 stored to their families, and caused multi- 
 tudes to rejoice. 
 
 Madison-Street cars pass the Home. 
 
 The Magdalen Asylum. 
 
 Chicago, like every other large city, has 
 its class of outcasts from society, who must 
 be rescued and reformed, or must inevitably 
 infect the moral atmosphere with the taint 
 of vice, and prepare a never-failing supply 
 of inmates for its prisons, hospitals, and 
 almshouses. The above-named institution 
 has been established for the reclamation of 
 the fallen women, with which this city so 
 fearfully abounds. It was founded in 1858, 
 and is under the care and management of 
 the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. 
 
 The Asylum is located on the corner of 
 North Market and Hill streets, in the North 
 Division of the city. Visitors not admitted. 
 
 The Erring Woman's Refuge. 
 This praiseworthy institution is situated 
 on Indiana Avenue, corner of Thirty-fi^st 
 Street. The above-named Refuge is intended 
 as a home, not as a place of confinement, a 
 home where may be found kind looks, affec- 
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 tionate words, earnest entreaty, and whole- 
 some advice, a home, whose inmates, shel- 
 tered by good influences, and withdrawn 
 entirely from the whirlpool of dissipation, 
 may carry out their feeble resolves, to forsake, 
 with Divine assistance, the allurements of 
 sin, and prove by their future lives the sin- 
 cerity of their efforts. The Refuge was 
 purchased for $10,500. It is a neat commodi- 
 ous building, surrounded with trees, and *is 
 capable of sheltering about forty persons. 
 Visitors not admitted, except for the purpose 
 of imparting religious counsel and instruction 
 to its inmates. 
 
 Old Ladies' Home. 
 
 The object of this Institution is to pro- 
 vide a home for indigent old ladies over sixty 
 years of age. One hundred dollars is charged 
 as an entrance fee; then they are provided 
 for duri ng life without any additional expense. 
 The Home, a three-story frame building, is 
 located on Indiana Avenue, between Twenty- 
 sixth and Twenty-seventh streets. In this 
 establishment many old ladies find a home, 
 who otherwise would have to look to the 
 cold world for support. 
 
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 The Chicago Orphan Asylum 
 Was incorporated in 1849 and organized 
 in 1853, its object being to take in, care for, 
 and provide homes for poor orphan children, 
 and recently an additional feature has been 
 added to its objects, namely : to care for the 
 children of deceased Union soldiers. 
 
 This Institution has a large four-story 
 brick building for the accommodation of its 
 inmates. Its capacity is sufficient for between 
 four and five hundred children. The Asylum 
 is located on Michigan Avenue, between 
 Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets, on 
 a lot two hundred by three hundred feet in 
 extent, tastefully ornamented with trees, 
 shrubbery, &c., and having a children's play- 
 ground. 
 
 The Asylum is ably sustained by the con- 
 tributions and yearly subscriptions of the 
 benevolent and charitable people of Chicago, 
 through whose noble liberality it was estab- 
 lished, and thus far successfully maintained. 
 The amount of good that has been accom- 
 plished by this institution to unfortunate, 
 friendless, and homeless children, cannot be 
 estimated. Hundreds of little ones have 
 been rescued from wretchedness, kindly 
 cared for, and when arriving at a proper age, 
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 of humanity appeals to the public to fester 
 and amply support an institution that is so 
 beneficent in its purpose. Visitors are 
 admitted from 10 A. M. to 5 p. M. 
 
 The Half Orphan Asylum 
 
 Occupies a spacious building well arranged 
 for the purpose to which it is adapted, on 
 the corner of Wells and Wisconsin streets. 
 It is under the management of ladies of 
 various religious denominations. A large 
 number of the children are those whose 
 fathers fell in the recent war. The benevo- 
 lence of the Christian appears truly in a work 
 like this. What friend of his country, of 
 humanity, does not wish well to such a noble 
 institution ! Strangers admitted from 10 
 o'clock A. M. to 4 p. M. 
 
 The Catholic Asylum for Boys 
 
 Is under the care of the Christian Brothers. 
 It is the legal guardian of all children who 
 may be committed to it by the voluntary act 
 of parents or by the order of a police magis- 
 trate. The children are taught various trades, 
 and instructed in all the branches of a com- 
 mon-school education. 
 
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 Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums. 
 
 These Asylums are located at 265 and 267 
 
 Wabash Avenue. The St. Joseph's Asylum 
 
 for boys, and the St. Mary's for girls, are 
 
 both under the care of the Sisters of Mercy. 
 
 The Reform School. 
 
 The objects of the institution are, to rescue 
 from the ills and the temptations of poverty 
 and neglect those who have been left without 
 a parent's care ; to reclaim from moral expos- 
 ure those who are treading the paths of dan- 
 ger ; and to oifer to those whose only train- 
 ing would otherwise have been in the walks 
 of vice, if not of crime, the blessings of edu- 
 cation and industry. 
 
 The school is under the management of a 
 Board of Guardians selected by the Common 
 Council. It is situated about six miles from 
 the city, on the road to Hyde Park. Be- 
 longing to the institution are about forty 
 acres of land, which is kept under cultivation 
 by the boys in the school. The institution 
 may be reached by the Illinois Central Rail- 
 road. 
 
 Chicago Eye and Eaj Infirmary. 
 This commodious hospital is located on 
 Pearson Street west of State. It is open for 
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 the gratuitous treatment of the poor who are 
 afflicted with diseases of the eye and ear. 
 Persons applying for gratuitous admission 
 are expected to bring satisfactory evidence 
 of respectable character and indigent cir- 
 cumstances. Pay patients are also admitted, 
 and the managers are thus enabled to diffuse 
 its advantages more widely among the poor 
 than they otherwise could do. 
 
 State Street cars lead to the Institution. 
 
 THE RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE 
 
 Was founded in 1837. The present building 
 was erected in 1867, at a cost of $75,000. It 
 stands on the corner of North Dearborn and 
 Indiana streets, fronting on the latter. It 
 is built of brick with stone dressings, sixty 
 feet front and seventy-two feet in depth, 
 four stories high, and has fine accommoda- 
 tions for about seven hundred students. The 
 lecture-rooms are commodious, and that part 
 appropriated to dissection is admirably 
 adapted to the purpose, being large, well 
 ventilated, and supplied with all the con- 
 veniences necessary for the comfort of those 
 engaged in the study of Practical Anatomy. 
 The Museum contains ample materials for 
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 study, in wax models, anatomical prepara. 
 tions, morbid and healthy specimens, both 
 dry and wet, and a large collection of ana- 
 tomical, surgical, and obstetrical plates, of 
 the size of life. A cabinet of minerals, speci- 
 mens of the materia medica, and philosophi- 
 cal instruments, &c. The Museum is acces- 
 sible to visitors. 
 
 CHICAGO MEDICAL COLLEGE. 
 
 This institution was founded in 1858, and 
 is now in a very prosperous condition. For 
 nine years past this has been the only Medi- 
 cal College in the United States whose cur- 
 riculum embraced the whole series of Medi- 
 cal Sciences, a full corps of thirteen Profess- 
 orships, a long College Term, and a successive 
 order of study, with Hospital Clinical instruc- 
 tion, as an essential part of the Senior course, 
 and one of the conditions for graduation. 
 
 The College building, located at 1015 State 
 Street above Twenty -second Street, is a plain 
 brick structure, and contains a lecture-room, 
 museum, dissecting room, laboratory, profess- 
 ors' and students' rooms, &c. The Museum, 
 considering its age, is amply supplied. We 
 would rerommend our readers to avail them- 
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 WATCHES, 
 
 JEWELRY, 
 
 We have spared no pains to keep, and introduce into this 
 market, the VERY BEST class of Watches, and our con- 
 nection with the Geneva and New York Houses enables us 
 to sell them in most elegant cases, (of our own workman- 
 ship,) as low as a cheaper class of Watches have usually been 
 sold here. 
 
 Solid Gold Jewelry, Full Pearl Bridal Sets, 
 
 Diamond, Emerald, Hyacinth, Sapphire, and Mosaic, full and half 
 sets ; Bracelets, Finger and Handkerchief Rings, <c., <c. 
 
 ELEGANT SILVER AND SILVER-PLATED GOODS. 
 
 Exclusive Manufacturers of the superb Tiffany styles of 
 MASKED AND GRECIAN SPOONS AND FORKS. 
 
 GORHAM & CO.'S NORTHWESTERN SILVER WARE CO'S GOODS. 
 
 Richly- Chased Tea and Tete-a-Tete Sets, Cups, Goblets, 
 
 Urns, Ladles, Napkin Rint/s, &c.; Preserve, 
 
 Jelly, Ice- Cream, and Sugar Spoons, 
 
 Knives, Forks, &c. 
 
 A very large assortment of 
 
 CLOCKS, 
 
 OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE, CONSTANTLY ON HAND. 
 
 OILES, BRO. & CO., 
 
 142 ... . LAKE STREET 142 
 
 CHICAGO, ILL. 
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 LYMAN BRIDGES, 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 BUILDINGS MATERIALS 
 
 AND 
 
 READY-MADE HOUSES, 
 
 70 WASHINGTON STREET (Cor. Dearborn), 
 
 CHICAGO, ILL. 
 
 Warehouses : 226 to 246 Carroll Street. 85 to 101 Morgan Street. 
 84 to 98 Sangamon Street. Connecting with all Railways in the City. 
 
 HEIMERDINGER & CO., 
 
 GREAT WESTERN 
 
 115 South Clark Street, 
 
 (Methodist Church Block,) 
 
 CHICAGO. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 selves of the opportunity to examine thia 
 Museum. 
 
 Open to visitors during the sessions from 
 October to March. 
 
 State Street cars pass the College. 
 
 Cook County Hospital 
 
 Occupies a brick building on Arnold Street 
 between Eighteenth and Nineteenth Streets. 
 It was erected in 1856 by the city at a cost 
 of $75,000. A four-story brick structure, 
 capable of accommodating about three hun- 
 dred patients. 
 
 St. Luke's Hospital, 
 
 Situated at 669 State Street, was founded in 
 1864, and is under the control of the Epis- 
 copal denomination. It is open, however, to 
 persons of any color, creed, or country. It 
 has accommodation for about one hundred 
 patients. 
 
 Mercy Hospital. 
 
 This Institution, under the charge of the 
 religious order of the Sisters of Mercy, is 
 situated on Calumet Avenue between Twen- 
 ty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets. The ac- 
 commodation for patients, which is limited, 
 is excellent in every respect. It is a recep- 
 tacle in cases of sudden accidents. It is not 
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 altogether gratuitous; but to such as are 
 able to pay, it offers most important advan- 
 tages. 
 
 Lake Hospital. 
 
 A spacious structure, consisting of a main 
 building two stories in height, with two 
 wings, one story each, built of wood, and 
 cost about $14,000. Located on the corner 
 of North State Street and North Avenue. 
 This is not an asylum for the support of the 
 destitute, but an hospital for their cure when 
 sick. A limited number of pay patients are 
 received, which is but an extension, of its 
 charity j for whatever profits are derived 
 from this source, go to increase the ability 
 of the institution to relieve the poor. 
 
 The Jewish Hospital 
 
 Is situated on North La Salle Street between 
 Goethe and Schiller streets. It is built of 
 red brick, eighty feet by forty, two and a 
 half stories high, ai^d costs about $40,000. 
 
 The building, although it presents a hand- 
 some exterior, is constructed with an eye to 
 durability and comfort. Corner-stone laid 
 September 2, 1S67. 
 
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 ini0ii utual Sift Jns. 
 
 ASSETS OVER $3,QQO,000. 
 
 4" Annual Dividends to the Insured. "=& 
 
 BABCOCK, CLARK & Co., 
 
 GENERAL AGENTS FOR ILLINOIS AND IOWA. 
 
 OFFICES: 
 
 Northwest corner of Brady and Second Streets, Davenport, Iowa. 
 128 LA SALLE STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. 
 
 F. BABCOOK. D. D. BABCOCK. L. C. CLARK. 
 
 '? 
 
 AGENTS FOR THE MANUFACTURERS OF 
 
 SILVER-PLATED WARE, BRITANNIA WARE, 
 ROCK & YELLOW WARE, Etc. Etc. 
 
 Assorted and Original Packages constantly on hand. 
 
 Office, 20 Lake St., Chicago, 111. 
 H. C. CHAMPION & Co., 
 
 COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 
 JOBBERS IN 
 
 FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS, 
 
 FANCY GROCERIES, 
 
 Factory, Hamburg, and Western Eeserve 
 
 OYSTERS, FIRE WORKS, Etc. 
 
 No. 9 Clark St., Chicago. 
 
 10 109
 
 CHAS. LEEDS & Co., 
 
 GENERAL 
 
 COMMISSION & FORWARDING MERCHANTS, 
 
 DEALERS IN 
 
 FLOUR, GRAIN, & PRODUCE, 
 
 ALSO- 
 
 HARD WOOD, LUMBER, & COOPERAGE. 
 160 South Water St., 
 
 CHICAGO, III. 
 
 TURKISH &, ELECTRO-THERMAL BATHS, 
 
 WITH 
 
 MEDICAL MANIPULATION &, HYGIENIC TREATMENT, 
 
 All Diseases that are curable are cured. DRUGS are NOT used. City 
 References given. 
 Advice by mail for home treatment, $10. 
 
 Rooms, 5, 7, and 9 Major Block, 
 
 corner La Salle & Madison Sts., 
 
 CHICAGO, III. 
 JOHN WINGRAVE, 
 
 Hygienic Physician. 
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 Dispensaries. 
 
 CHICAGO CITY DISPENSARY, State St. near 2d St. 
 CHARITY DISPENSARY, Rush Medical College. 
 HAHNEMANN DISPENSARY, 168 South Clark Street. 
 EYE AND EAR DISPENSARY, 16 East Pearson Street. 
 
 LIBRARIES AND READING-ROOMS. 
 
 Historical Society Library. 
 Situated on Ontario Street between North 
 Clark and Dearborn. Contains about eight 
 thousand volumes and sixty thousand pam- 
 phlets, together with many interesting and 
 valuable maps, coins, charts, &c. Open from 
 10 A. M. to 4 p. M. 
 
 Young Men's Library. 
 This is the oldest and largest regular li- 
 brary in the city, established in 1841, 
 and contains twenty thousand volumes. 
 They have recently received a very valuable 
 contribution from the English Government, 
 a complete set of the Patent Reports of the 
 English Government from the beginning, 
 numbering about two thousand five hundred 
 volumes, about the size of Webster's Una- 
 bridged Dictionary. There are but four sets 
 of this collection in the United States : one 
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 in the Patent Office, one in the Astor Library, 
 one in New York State Library at Albany, 
 one in Boston Public Library. This one here 
 is the only one in the Northwest. The 
 Library is located in Library Hall Building, 
 corner of La Salle and Eandolph streets. 
 Open from 9 A. M. to 10 p. M. 
 
 The Chicago Law Library 
 
 Numbers about five thousand volumes. 
 Eooms at the Law Institute in the Court 
 House. Open daily. 
 
 Christian Association Library. 
 The Library belonging to this Association 
 is not very large, numbering only about 
 seven thousand volumes, mostly of a religious 
 character. The reading-room connected with 
 it is well supplied with the papeis and peri- 
 odicals of this and foreign countries. Rooms 
 in the Association building, No. 148 Madison 
 Street. All are welcome. Open from 9 A. M. 
 till 10 p. M. of each week-day. 
 
 SOCIETIES. 
 
 AMERICAN BAPTIST HOME Miss., 51 La Salle Street. 
 AMERICAN MISSIONARY UNION, 51 La Salle Street. 
 AMER. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 51 La Salle Street. 
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 AMERICAN HOME Miss. SOCIETY, 51 La Salle Street. 
 AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION* Lombard Block. 
 AMER. SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION, 109 Dearborn Street. 
 AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY, 7 Custom House Place. 
 AMER. TRACT SOCIETY (Boston), 51 La Salle Street. 
 AUDUBON CLUB, 77 Dearborn Street. 
 BIBLE SOCIETY, 170 Clark Street. 
 BOHEMIAN CLUB, McVickers' Theatre Building. 
 CALEDONIAN CLUB, 101 Washington Street. 
 CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Ontario near Clark St. 
 CHESS CLUB, Dearborn and Washington Streets. 
 FREEDMEN'S ASSOCIATION, 109 Monroe Street. 
 HEBREW RELIEF ASSOCIATION, Metropolitan Build'g. 
 IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY, 97 Kinzie Street. 
 IRVING LITERARY ASSOCIATION, Morrison's Block. 
 MENDELSSOHN SOCIETY, 81 Wabash Avenue. 
 MUSICAL UNION, Clark and Washington Streets. 
 MERCANTILE ASSOCIATION, 36 Dearborn Street. 
 ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY, 226 Clark Street. 
 SVEA SOCIETY, 111 Kinzie Street. 
 SONS OF ERIN, 82 Randolph Street. 
 TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY, 78 Dearborn Street. 
 YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN Assoc., 148 Madison St. 
 
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
 
 The public schools of the city are among 
 the very best in the United States. The 
 buildings are large, handsome, and conven- 
 ient; much care is taken with regard to 
 the ventilation of the rooms and the exercise 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 of the pupils; the salaries of the teachers 
 range from four hundred to twenty-four 
 hundred dollars a year. In the High School, 
 as well as in the common schools, colored 
 children mingle with the other pupils. No 
 little child is allowed to pass more than half 
 an hour without exercise. In the higher 
 classes, the physical exercises occur about 
 once an hour; the windows are thrown 
 open, the pupils rise, and all the class imitate 
 the motions of the teacher for five minutes. 
 The boys in the High School have a lesson 
 daily in out-door gymnastics. The girls 
 have a variety of exercises which combine 
 work and play in an agreeable manner. 
 Thus it will be observed the parents of Chi- 
 cago are not unmindful of the physical as 
 well as mental training of their children. 
 
 Twenty-eight years ago there was not a 
 single school-house in the city; at present 
 there are some twenty-five, with over forty 
 thousand children instructed therein. 
 
 PUBLIC PARKS. 
 
 Although Chicago is a city of a quarter 
 of a million inhabitants, it is not so com- 
 pactly bu'lt as to need parks, as breathing 
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 EMPIRE 
 
 (rattle f fining 
 
 Received the first premium as the best Family and Man- 
 ufacturing Machine at the Grand Exhibition of the Amer- 
 ican Institute, October 26th, 1867: it being subjected to the 
 severest tests by sewing-machine experts, in competition 
 with all the first-class machines. 
 
 It has a straight needle, perpendicular action, makes the 
 Lock or Shuttle Stitch, which will neither rip nor ravel, and 
 is alike on both sides. It is the MOST NOISELESS of all the 
 shuttle machines. 
 
 It Hems, Fella, Binds, Braids, TucJcs, Quilts, Plaits, and 
 Gather*. Either as a family or Manufacturing Machine it 
 has NO SUPERIOR. 
 
 Machine Silks, Thread, Needles, and Oil, finest qualities, 
 and at lowest market prices, wholesale and retail. 
 
 HILDER & THOMPSON. 
 
 General Agents for the NortJitvettt, 
 161 LAKE St., CHICAGO, 
 
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 J. WRIGHT'S 
 
 65 Washington Street, 
 
 (Crosby's Opera House,) 
 
 Is decidedly the best appointed, finest, most 
 extensive and stylish place of the kind in 
 the city. He always buys the best in the 
 market, and has it cooked and served in 
 a style that cannot fail to please the most 
 fastidious. 
 
 itf atttt fhwate 
 
 Supplied on reasonable terms, at short notice. 
 
 HIS BRANCH DINING-ROOM 
 
 AT THE MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DEPOT 
 
 is unsurpassed by any place of the kind in the United States. 
 
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 JOHN B . WIGGINS, 
 
 FASHIONABLE 
 
 CARD ENGRAVER. 
 
 OF THE LATEST STYLES 
 
 NOTARIAL, LODGE, AND BANKERS' SEALS 
 
 Manufacturer of the Celebrated 
 
 White Metal Door-Plates, Church, Hotel, and House 
 
 Numbers, Door-Knobs, Blind and Sash- 
 
 Fastenings, &c., &c. 
 
 No. 6 SOUTH CLARK STREET 
 
 CHICAGO. 
 
 New School Desks, with Folding Seats. 
 
 Patented, September 10, 1867. 
 
 HENRY M. SHERWOOD, 
 
 Manufacturer and Dealer in 
 
 GENERAL SCHOOL MERCHANDISE, 
 Has the latest and most desirable styles, and Best School Desks 
 
 and Seats to be found in the Nortli west. Castings sold separately 
 if desired. SHERWOOD'S P .TENT INK-WELL FOR 
 SCHOOLS, OUTLINE MAP?, GLOBES, SCHOOL APPA- 
 RATUS, LIQUID SLATING FOR BLACKBOARDS, &c., &c. 
 
 J93=*Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. 
 
 HENRY M. SHERWOOD, 107 Monroe St., 
 
 First Door West of the Post-Office. CHICAGO, Iii. 
 
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 LARMON BLOCK 
 
 .CLARKrWASHW6 
 
 CHICAGO. 
 
 L. M. PRENTISS & CO., 
 
 WHOLESALE DEALERS IN 
 
 Beef, Fork, Lard, Hams, 
 
 AND ALL 
 
 SMOKED MEATS. 
 
 AND 
 
 COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 
 
 152 SOUTH WATER STREET, 
 
 CHICAGO. 
 
 BRYANT & STRATTON'S 
 
 CORNER OF 
 
 Clark and Washington Streets, 
 
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 places, like many Eastern cities ; yet we are 
 happy to witness the opening and ornament- 
 ing of these public places, for we regard 
 them among the most beautiful and salutary 
 of our public improvements. 
 
 Dearborn Park. 
 
 Upon this spot was situated the Sanitary 
 Fair Building in 1865. The Park contains 
 about one and a half acres, and is enclosed 
 with an iron railing. It occupies the space 
 bounded by Eandolph and Washington 
 streets, and Michigan Avenue and Dearborn 
 Place. It formerly belonged to the General 
 Government,, and was ceded to the city to 
 be used exclusively as a public park. 
 
 Lincoln Park 
 
 Is located near the city cemetery, command- 
 ing a beautiful view of the lake. It contains 
 some sixty acres, with a variety of fine 
 trees, handsome walks and carriage-ways, 
 and will in time possess all the essentials of 
 a picturesque park pond, stream, hill, rock, 
 plain, and slope. The attractions are greater 
 than that of any other, and it may properly 
 be called the park of Chicago. 
 
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 Lake Park, 
 
 So called,' will in time be worthy of the 
 above name. The Board of Public Works 
 have decided to fill up what is now the 
 Basin, on the east side of Michigan Avenue, 
 and ornament it with trees, shrubbery, 
 flowers, and fountains, rendering it the 
 finest promenade in the city. 
 
 Union Park 
 
 Is situated in the West Division and contains 
 sixteen acres. It is bounded on the north by 
 Lake Street, south by Warren, west by Reu- 
 ben Street, and on the east by Byron Place. 
 It is only partially improved, the design being 
 to ornament it with artificial hills, rocks, and 
 ponds. This Park is located in the vicinity 
 of what may be termed the West End of 
 Chicago. 
 
 Jefferson Park 
 
 Is a smaller one, situated only two blocks 
 south of Union Park. It contains about five 
 acres, covering one square. 
 
 Vernon Park 
 
 Lies about half a mile south of Union Park, 
 on Polk Street. It is scarcely worthy the 
 name of a park, being so small. 
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 Washington Park 
 
 Contains about three acres, with but little 
 ornamentation or anything to make it at- 
 tractive. It occupies the square bounded 
 by Chestnut, Clark, and Dearborn streets. 
 
 PLACES OP ENTERTAINMENT. 
 The Crosby Opera House, 
 
 Which gained so much notoriety in con- 
 nection with the "Great Gift Enterprise," is 
 located on Washington Street, between State 
 and Dearborn. It bas a front of one hun- 
 dred and forty feet, with a depth of one hun- 
 dred and seventy-nine feet, and four stories 
 high, with an extensive mansard roof. It is 
 built of Athens marble, somewhat in the 
 Corinthian style of architecture. It is said 
 to be the largest and most elegant edifice of 
 the kind on this continent. The audito- 
 rium, which is approached by a broad and 
 spacious stairway, is eighty-six feet wide, 
 one hundred and fifty-five feet in depth, and 
 sixty feet from floor to ceiling; it is scarcely 
 equalled in its decorations and arrangements, 
 and is divided into five parts, the orchestra 
 circle, the parquet, the parquet circle, tha 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 dress circle or first gallery, the second or 
 family circle, all of which is fitted up in 
 magnificent style. 
 
 The entire cost of this splendid building 
 was about $500,000. It was completed and 
 opened to the public in May, 1865. 
 
 McVicker's Theatre. 
 
 This spacious edifice stands on Madison 
 Street, between State and Dearborn. It was 
 erected at a cost of about $80,000, and is 
 capable of accommodating 2000 people. The 
 interior is admirably arranged, and the seats, 
 which are easy and comfortable, give a fine 
 view of the immense stage, which is eighty 
 feet deep and forty-eight feet wide. This 
 Theatre is usually successful in its enter- 
 tainments. 
 
 Col. Wood's Museum 
 
 Is located on Eandolph Street, between Clark 
 and Dearborn. It contains several large halls 
 filled with a variety of curiosities; besides 
 numerous paintings and statuary, an exten- 
 sive mineralogical and ornithological collec- 
 tion, together with other objects of interest 
 and wonder. 
 
 Dramatic entertainments are given in the 
 Lecture Room eve~y evening by a stock 
 company. 
 
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 STATE STREET LAUNDRY, 
 
 215 STATE STREET, 
 
 The Quickest, Cheapest, and Best. 
 
 LADIES' LINEN Fluted and Finished equal 
 to any in the City. 
 
 PARCELS called for and delivered free 
 of charge. 
 
 Orders by Post promptly attended to. 
 
 Wholesale and Retail 
 BUILDERS' HARDWARE. 
 
 Wringers, ^CJBP* Baskets, 
 
 WATER-COOLERS AND REFRIGERATORS. 
 
 Our stock of Light, Fancy, and Housekeeping Hard- 
 ware is very large. 
 
 We are Sole Agents for the EAGLE GAS COOKING 
 AND HEATING STOVES. 
 
 Plain TIN WARE, TOILET WARE, LANTERNS, &c. 
 T. B. & H. M. SEAVEY, 
 
 82 Randolph Street, 
 
 CHICAGO. 
 123
 
 RECTIFIER AND WHOLESALE DEALER IN 
 
 WISHES 
 
 AND 
 
 AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS, 
 
 Manufacturer of the celebrated Copper Distilled 
 
 " Mount Vernon Whiskey." 
 
 MOUNT VERNON BITTERS, &c. 
 
 185 K1NZIE STREET, 
 
 (Revere House Block,) 
 
 CHICAGO, ILL. 
 
 N. B. Persons wishing anything in the Liquor line, 
 either in City or Country, can always depend on getting what 
 they order, promptly, and of the best quality, for the money 
 paid. Liberal terms of payment will be given to respon- 
 sible parties. 
 
 A. RANNEY. 
 
 THE 
 
 EXCELSIOR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 
 
 OP 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 Its perfect organization ensures security 
 and profit to policy holders. Faithfulness to 
 the Trust imposed characterizes its manage- 
 ment. It is equal to any and excelled by 
 none. 
 
 GEORGE FARR, 
 
 General Agent, 
 
 Major Block, corner Madison and La Salle Sts. 
 
 CHICAGO 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 German Theatre. 
 
 The above theatre, patronized chiefly by 
 our German fellow -citizens, is situated on 
 North Wells Street, corner of Indiana. The 
 performances are given exclusively in the 
 German language. 
 
 Arlington Hall. 
 
 This is about the only place in the city 
 where burnt cork performances are given- 
 It is a good place to " while away an hour." 
 Situated on Washington Street, between 
 Dearborn and Clark, opposite the Court 
 House. 
 
 Public Halls. 
 
 ARLINGTON HALL, Washington Street, near Clark. 
 APOLLO HALL, Lake and South Water Streets. 
 AURORA HALL, Milwaukee and Second Streets. 
 BRYAN HALL, Clark Street. 
 BLANEY HALL, Randolph and La Salle Streets. 
 BURLINGTON HALL, State and Seventeenth Streets. 
 CITY HALL, Court House. 
 CROSBY Music HALL, 88 State Street. 
 DEMOCRATIC HALL, Clark and Monroe Streets. 
 DRUIDS HALL, South Water, near Wells Street. 
 FARWELL HALL, Young Men's Ch. A. Building. 
 FENIAN HALL, Randolph and Wells Streets. 
 GERMAN TURN HALL, Clark and Chicago Avenue. 
 HARMONY HALL, 48 Clark Street. 
 HORNER'S HALL, 82 West Randolph Street. 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 JACKSON HALL, 55 La Salle Street. 
 KINZIE HALL, Kinzie, near Clark Street. 
 LIBRARY HALL, Randolph and La Salle Streets. 
 LIGHT GUARD HALL, State and Randolph Streets. 
 LINCOLN HALL, Lake and Franklin Streets. 
 MASONIC HALL, Dearborn, near Washington Streets. 
 MASONIC HALL, La Salle, near Madison Street. 
 METROPOLITAN HALL, Randolph and La Salle Sts. 
 NIPPE'S HALL, Vedder and Pleasant Streets. 
 ODD FELLOWS' HALL, 48 Clark Street. 
 PEOPLE'S HALL, Taylor and Morgan Streets. 
 ST. GEORGE'S HALL, 226 Clark Street. 
 SMITH & NIXON'S HALL, Washington and Clark Sts. 
 TEUTONIA HALL, 235 Randolph Street. 
 WARNER'S HALL, 124 Randolph Street. 
 WORKINGMEN'S HALL, Twelfth and Walter Streets. 
 WITKOWSKY, Clark and Monroe Streets. 
 
 POST-OFFICE. 
 
 This elegant and imposing building, situ- 
 ated on the corner of Dearborn and Monroe 
 streets, was erected by the General Govern- 
 ment in 1859. It is constructed of marble 
 and iron, and is probably one of the most 
 expensive public buildings in the city. 
 
 The building was erected by the Govern- 
 ment as a Custom House, and the upper 
 portions of it arc occupied as such in con- 
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 Offices of Internal Revenue, and United 
 States Marshal. 
 
 The Post-Office is open during the follow- 
 ing hours: from April 1st to November 1st, 
 7 A. M. till 7 P. M. ; from November 1st to 
 April 1st, 8 A.M. till 7? P.M.; on Sundays, 
 from 8.30 A. M. till 10.15 A. M. 
 
 A large number of street letter-boxes are 
 stationed throughout the city, from which 
 collections are made five times daily. 
 
 FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 This most efficient department consists of 
 twelve Steamers, two Hand-Engines, two 
 Hook-and-Ladder Trucks, and thirteen Hose 
 Carts, operated by about three hundred men, 
 half the number of whom are paid, and half 
 volunteers. There are one hundred and 
 seventy-one fire-alarm boxes in various parts 
 of the city, each connected by telegraph 
 with the central office, in the tower of the 
 Court House. The Commissioner's and Fire 
 Marshal's offices are at 140 Madison Street, 
 in the Young Men's Christian Association 
 Building. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
 The Police are under the control of three 
 Commissioners elected by the people, and a 
 Superintendent and Deputy appointed by 
 said Commissioners. The Headquarters, or 
 Central Station, is located at 140 Madison 
 Street. Two hundred and fifty men com- 
 pose the entire force. The following are the 
 stations : 
 
 CITY ARMORY, corner Franklin and Adams Streets. 
 FIRST PRECINCT, corner Archer and 22d Streets. 
 SECOND PRECINCT, 14 North Union Street. 
 SUB STATION, corner West Lake and Paulina Streets. 
 THIRD PRECINCT, Michigan Av., near Dearborn St. 
 SUB STATION, cor. North Avenue and Larrabee St. 
 
 BOARDS. 
 
 BOARD OP PUBLIC WORKS, 17 Wells Street. 
 BOARD OF HEALTH, 140 Madison Street. 
 BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS, 140 Maduon St. 
 BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS, 140 Madison Street. 
 
 BANKS. 
 
 The Banks of Chicago may with propriety 
 be numbered among the public buildings, 
 128
 
 TYLER, ULLMANN & CO., 
 
 Bankers and Dealers 
 
 IN 
 
 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, 
 
 COLO, 
 
 DUST, 
 
 We are members of the " NEW YORK 
 STOCK EXCHANGE" and GOLD 
 BOARD, and all orders for STOCKS and 
 GOLD executed with promptness and 
 dispatch. 
 
 Office, cor. Lake $ Dearborn Sts. 
 CHICAGO. 
 
 Agricultural College Scrip and Land 
 Warrants a Specialty, 
 
 TYLER, WRENN & CO., 
 
 18 Wall Street, 
 
 NEW YORK CITY. 
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 47 Clark Street. Chicago 
 
 E. BALL & Co., 
 
 MANUFACTURERS OF 
 
 THE 
 
 OHIO REAPER & MOWER, 
 
 AND 
 
 TORNADO THRESHER. 
 Canton, Ohio. 
 
 Western Oflace, 186 & 188 Washington St., 
 
 CHICAGO. 
 
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 and, taken as a whole, are certainly very 
 beautiful as specimens of architecture. 
 
 There are sixteen National Banks, with a 
 capital of over $6,000,000, located as follows : 
 
 FIRST NATIONAL, S. W. corner Lake and Clark Sts. 
 SECOND NATIONAL, N. W. corner Lake and Clark Sts. 
 THIRD NATIONAL, corner Dearborn and Randolph. 
 FOURTH NATIONAL, cor. Monroe & Custom House PI 
 FIFTH NATIONAL. 50 La Salle Street. 
 COMMERCIAL, 55 Dearborn Street. 
 MANUFACTURERS', 154 Lake Street. 
 MECHANICS', 156 Lake Street. 
 MERCHANTS', 36 Clark Street. 
 NORTH WESTERN, Chamber Commerce Building. 
 CITY, Chamber Commerce Building. 
 TRADERS', 40 South Clark Street. 
 UNION,, corner Lake and La Salle Streets. 
 TREASURY, 66 Washington Street. 
 MARINE, Lake and La Salle Streets. 
 BANK OF MONTREAL, 48 La Salle Street. 
 
 Savings Banks. 
 
 The first Savings Bank in Chicago was 
 established in 1857 : since then the following 
 have been organized : 
 
 MERCHANTS' SAVINGS LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, 
 
 corner Lake and Dearborn Streets 
 MERCHANTS', FARMERS', AND MECHANICS', 
 
 13 Clark Street. 
 
 STATE SAVINGS INSTITUTION, 82 La Salle Street. 
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 TELEGRAPH OFFICES. 
 
 WESTERN UNION, S. E. cor. of Lake and Clark Sts. 
 
 TELEGRAPH COLLEGES. 
 
 PORTER'S COLLEGE, Washington St., cor. La Salle. 
 
 HOTELS. 
 
 The Hotels of Chicago excel in the elegance, 
 comfort, and convenience of their interior 
 arrangements and accommodations. To the 
 leading ones of the city would we especially 
 call attention. 
 
 The Sherman House, 
 
 Situated on the corner of Clark and Ran- 
 dolph streets, is built of Athens marble, six 
 stories in height. The building was erected 
 in 1860, at a cost of $428,000. It has a front 
 on Clark Street of one hundred and eighty 
 feet, and that on Randolph Street of two 
 hundred feet. It is furnished throughout 
 in the most splendid and costly style, having 
 all the accommodations and conveniences 
 that the most luxurious taste could desire. 
 All the rooms, beside being well furnished, 
 lighted, and ventilated, have means of access 
 by a perpendicular railway, intersecting each 
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 PORTER'S 
 
 TELEGRAPH COLLEGE, 
 
 Washington St., corner Tia Salic St., 
 
 CHICAGO, ILL. 
 SAM'L PORTER, Pres't. E. PAYSON PORTER, Principal. 
 
 As a means of pERMAXENf SUPPORT, Telegraphing competes with 
 any other salaried business, either for gentlemen or ladies; and in 
 addition, it never loses its novelty. Strangers are cordially invited 
 to visit the Institution and witness its operation. 
 
 INTERIOR OP PORTER'S TELEGRAPH COLLEGE. 
 
 12 133
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 J. K. 
 
 D 
 
 HARDWARE, 
 
 SASH, WEIGHTS, 
 
 AND 
 
 WHEELING NAILS. 
 
 AMERICAN, RUSSIAN, AND ITALIAN 
 
 HEMP SA.SH CORD; 
 
 Russell & Erwin's, and Davenport & Mallory's 
 
 LOCKS. 
 
 BLAKE'S JAPANNED AND SILVERED 
 
 The attention of Merchants and Builders is 
 invited to my stock of Builders' Hardware, 
 which is made a specialty,comprising the finer 
 class of goods not generally kept by Wholesale 
 Houses. 
 
 41 STATE St., 
 
 (City Hotel Buildings), 
 
 134
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 story, in addition to the broad and capacious 
 corridors and stairways, independent of the 
 ordinary approaches from floor to floor. 
 Accommodations for about 700 guests. Gage 
 & Bice, proprietors. x 
 
 Tremont House. 
 
 This is another elegant establishment, 
 located on the corner of Lake and Dearborn 
 streets. It is constructed of brick, six stories 
 high, and contains about three hundred rooms. 
 It is furnished throughout with an elegance 
 and sumptuousness unequalled by any hotel 
 in the city, and all its internal appointments 
 and conveniences are unsurpassed. It is 
 well located in the very heart of the city. 
 Messrs. Gage & Drake are its gentlemanly 
 proprietors. 
 
 The Matteson House, 
 
 Under the management of Mr. Robert Hill, 
 is situated corner of Dearborn and Randolph 
 streets, convenient to the principal business 
 routes, public buildings, railroad offices, places 
 of amusement, &c. It is a neat and plain 
 red brick structure, four stories high, with 
 the modern improvements, and* capable of 
 accommodating about four hundred guests. 
 It J>as been opened about sixteen years, and 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 has well sustained its reputation as a first- 
 class house. 
 
 t St. James' Hotel. 
 
 This fine establishment, which was par- 
 tially burnt in July, 1867, has been rebuilt 
 and reopened, newly finished and fitted up 
 in a magnificent manner, and has again taken 
 its place among our first-class hotels. It has 
 a capacity for about four hundred guests, 
 with superior accommodations. Its situa- 
 tion, on Dearborn Street, corner of Washing- 
 ton, adjoining the Crosby Opera House, is in 
 a delightful part of the city, and is a most 
 eligible and convenient stopping-place for 
 travellers. 
 
 The Briggs House 
 
 Is one of our most popular first-class hotels. 
 It is five stories high, with fine accommoda- 
 tions for about four hundred and fifty guests. 
 The location of this house, corner of Wells, 
 and Randolph streets, is convenient of access 
 to the business portion of the city, and near 
 the Court House and Chamber of Commerce. 
 Tne traveller is here provided with every 
 possible comfort, and its table is spread with 
 all the delicacies of <he season. B. H. Skin- 
 ner, proprietor. 
 
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 MANUFACTURERS OF 
 
 HALLS PATENT CONCRETE 
 FIREAND BURGLAR-PROOF 
 
 ~^~8 JL F E S ^ 
 
 VADCE$,YAUL.T FROXT S . 
 
 X), I LI.. 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 Richmond House, 
 
 Located corner of South Water Strec t and 
 Michigan Avenue, has recently been reno- 
 vated and refurnished throughout in splendid 
 style, and is supplied with all the comforts 
 and conveniences of a first-class house. The 
 Prince of Wales selected this house as his 
 place of sojourn during his stay in Chicago. 
 Its location near the Great Central Depot, 
 together with the beautiful avenue upon 
 which it is situated, render it a most con- 
 venient and delightful stopping -place for 
 travellers. Kichard Somers, proprietor. 
 
 Adams House. 
 
 The above house, situated on the corner 
 of Lake Street and Michigan Avenue, is 
 another among the many popular hotels 
 with which our city is favored. It is built 
 of Milwaukee brick, five stories high, and 
 cost about $250,000. It has accommodations 
 for some three hundred guests. The house 
 was opened in 1856. It contains all the 
 modern improvements throughout and is 
 one of the few hotels where it is a pleasure 
 to stop. Pearce & Benjamin are its pro- 
 prietors. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 Metropolitan Hotel. 
 
 This popular house has recently been 
 altered and greatly improved in all its in- 
 ternal arrangements. It has about two hun 
 dred and fifty rooms, fitted up with a view to 
 comfort as well as elegance. The traveller 
 who may be so fortunate as to select this 
 house during his stay in the city will find 
 its kind and courteous proprietor, Mr. C. W. 
 Baldwin, ever ready and anxious to contrib- 
 ute to the comfort of his guests. The Me- 
 tropolitan is situated on the southwest corner 
 of Eandolph and Wells streets, near the busi- 
 ness centre of the city. 
 
 Revere House 
 
 Is situated on the north side, at the corner 
 of North Clark and Kinzie streets. It is a 
 first-class house, replete in all its departments 
 with modern conveniences. Can accommo- 
 date about two hundred and fifty guests. 
 Gilbert Dutcher, proprietor. 
 
 Barnes House. 
 
 This is an elegant hotel, located in the 
 
 central part of the city, corner of Eandolph 
 
 and Canal streets, and convenient to the 
 
 Northwestern, St. Louis, and Pittsburg, and 
 
 138
 
 KLOKKE & HAND, 
 
 PRACTICAL 
 
 Hatters and Furriers, 
 
 31 NORTH CLARK STREET, 
 
 (Uhlich's Block,) 
 
 Hats, Caps, Furs, Gloves, Canes, Umbrellas, &c. 
 
 A large and Fashionable stock constantly on hand. 
 
 JOHIST D. ZERNITZ, 
 
 IMPORTER OF 
 
 LAVA, PARIAN, SILVER-PLATED WARE, TABLE CUTLERY, ETC. 
 
 No. 55 North Clark Street, 
 
 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 
 
 S. & P. FLORSHEIM, 
 
 DEALERS IN 
 
 46 NOBTH CLARK STREET, 
 
 CHIC^OO. 
 
 (Under the Revere House.) 
 A large assortment of Burt's Fine Shoes. 
 
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 NEW YORK 
 
 LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 
 
 HOME OFFICE, 112 & 114 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, 
 Established 1845 Assets, $10,000,000. 
 
 WM. H. SEEKS, Actuary. MORRIS FRANKLIN, Pres't, 
 North- Western Branch Office, 126 WASHINGTON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 
 
 0, P, CURRAN, Gen. Agent, 
 
 During the twenty-three years of its existence, it has issued 
 policies upon the lives of more than Fifty Thousand persons, and has 
 paid to the Widows and Orphans of its members over Four Millions 
 of Dollars, and to them (the insured) while living, over Three and 
 One Half Millions of Dollars, as return Premiums or Dividends. 
 
 Being a purely Mutual Company, no part of its funds are diverted 
 from its Members to pay Stockholders for use of'Capital, Ac. The 
 security it offers is an amount of Assets reaching Ten Millions of 
 Dollars. Its Trustees are men of undoubted standing chosen from 
 its Members, and its Funds are invested with strict regard to 
 security. Its Annual Dividends are 50 per cent. Suicide does not 
 canse a forfeiture of the Policy, that being considered an evidence 
 of insanity, and insanity the result of disease. 
 
 This Company originated and introduced the New Feature known 
 as The Non-Forfeiture Plan, which is rapidly superseding the life- 
 long payments, and has revolutionized the system of Life Insurance 
 in the United ?tai js, and which has since been adopted by all Life 
 Companies; thus attesting the force of public opinion in favor of a 
 system so favorable to policy holders as that established by the New 
 York Life for the benefit of its Members. It has received the 
 unqualified approval of the best business men of the land, large 
 numbers of whom have taken out policies under it, simply as an 
 investment. 
 
 It has also just originated a New Feature which will eclipse any- 
 thing heretofore known, that will repay those contemplating insur- 
 ance, for a visit to my office, directly opposite the South Door of the 
 Courtrllouse. 
 
 0. P. CURRAN, 
 
 General Agent. 
 140
 
 A GUIDE TO vDHICAGO. 
 
 Fort Wayne Depots. Mr. E. B. Barnes is 
 the worthy iiost of the establishment. 
 
 Garden City House. 
 
 Located corner of Madison and Market 
 streets. This house is also situate near the 
 Chicago and- St. Louis, and Pittsburg and 
 Fort Wayne Depots, and contains all the 
 comforts of a first-class hotel. W. Merritt, 
 proprietor. 
 
 NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 The oldest newspaper in Chicago is the 
 " Evening Journal," which was founded in 
 1843. The "Tribune" comes second in age, 
 tyit stands at the head of the city dailies, 
 with a circulation nearly equal to the aggre- 
 gate of those of the other dailies. The 
 " Times" is the only Democratic daily issued 
 in the city. The " Eepublican," first issued 
 in 1865, is rapidly gaining its way into public 
 favor. 
 
 We herewith append a list of all the papers 
 and periodicals published in the city 
 
 Morning Dailies. 
 
 TRIBUNE, 51 South Clark Street. 
 TIMES, 118 Dearborn Street. 
 141
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 REPUBLICAN, 93 Washington Street. 
 STAATS-ZEITUNG, (German,) 55 La Salle Street. 
 UNION, (German,) 233 Randolph Street. 
 
 Evening Dailies. 
 
 JOURNAL, 46 Dearborn Street. 
 POST, 157 Dearborn Street. 
 
 Tri-Weeklies. 
 
 JOURNAL, 46 Dearborn Street. 
 REPUBLICAN, 93 Washington Street. 
 TIMES, 118 Dearborn Street. 
 TRIBUNE, 51 South Clark Street. 
 
 Sunday Papers. 
 
 TRIBUNE, 51 South Clark Street 
 TIMES, .118 Dearborn Street. 
 REPUBLICAN, 93 Washington Street. 
 UNION, (German,) 233 Randolph Street. 
 STAATS-ZEITUNG, (German,) 55 La Salle Street. 
 
 Weeklies. 
 
 ART JOURNAL, 122 Dearborn Street. 
 ADVANCE, 25 Lombard's Block. 
 CATHOLIC WEEKLY, 47 La Salle Street. 
 CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, 66 Washington Street. 
 CHRISTIAN FREEMAN, 110 Dearborn Street. 
 CHRISTIAN TIMES, 110 Dearborn Street. 
 JOURNAL OF COMMERCE, 71 State Street. 
 NEW COVENANT, 132 Clark Street. 
 PRESBYTERIAN, Clark and North Water Streets. 
 142
 
 THE ADVANCE 
 
 A FIRST-CLASS 
 
 RELIGIOUS NEWSPAPER 
 
 OF NATIONAL CIRCULATION. 
 REV. WM. W. PATTON, D.D., EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. 
 
 Among its regular contributors are many 
 of the best religious and literary writers in 
 the country. It especially aims to furnish 
 
 Choice Reading 
 
 For Home and Sunday, 
 
 while its Commercial Department will have 
 Special Value to Business Men, 
 
 as, for 
 
 Able FINANCIAL and BUSINESS EDITORIALS, 
 Careful REVIEW of the MARKETS, 
 
 Latest Corrected PRICES CURRENT, 
 it excels every other paper of its class in the 
 country. 
 
 SPLENDID PREMIUMS!! 
 
 to those who get up clubs. Specimen copies 
 always sent free. 
 
 Terms, $2. -50 a year. 
 
 Address 
 
 THE ADVANCE COMPANY, 
 
 25 LOMBARD BLOCK, 
 143
 
 POE & HITCHCOCK, 
 
 PUBLISHERS & BOOKSELLERS, 
 
 Keep the Largest Assortment of 
 
 Sunday School Books 
 
 ** AND 
 
 REQUISITES 
 
 IN THE WEST. 
 
 ALSO A GREAT VARIETY OF 
 
 THEOLOGICAL & MISCELLANEOUS 
 
 Liberal Discount given to all Ministers, and Students preparing 
 for the Ministry, and to the Trade. 
 
 IMPORTANT T^ADVERTISERS. 
 
 P. & II. also publish the following 
 
 PA.PERS, 
 
 all of which have a large circulation. 
 
 WEEKLY. 
 
 The Western Christian Advocate, at Cincinnati. 
 The Northwestern Christian Advocate, at Chicago. 
 The Central Christian Advocate, at St. Louis. 
 The Christian Apologist (in German), at Cincinnati. 
 The Sandebudet (in Swedish), at Chicago. 
 
 MONTHLY. 
 
 The Ladies' Repository A First-Class Family Magazine, 
 each number containing two elegant Steel Engravings. 
 
 SEMI-MONTHLY. 
 The Sunday School Advocate A beautifully Illustrated 
 
 Child's Paper. 
 
 The Sontag-Schul Glocke An Illustrated Child's Paper, 
 in German. 
 
 Address the Publishers at 
 
 S. W. cor. Main & 8th Sts., Cincinnati. 
 6(i Washington St., Chicago. 
 413 Locust St., St. Lvuis. 
 144
 
 A GUIQJE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 PRAIRIE FARMER, 164 Clark Street. 
 SAVENSKA AMERIKANAREN, 157 Randolph Street.'' 
 SAENDEBUDET, 66 Washington Street. 
 POST, 151 Dearborn Street. 
 UNION, 233 Randolph Street. 
 REPUBLICAN, 93 Washington Street. 
 TRIBUNE, 57 Clark Street. 
 TIMES, 118 Dearborn Street. 
 EVENING JOURNAL, 46 Dearborn Street. 
 SPIRITUAL REPUBLIC, 84 Dearborn Street. 
 WESTERN RURAL, 84 Dearborn Street. 
 CHURCHMAN, 101 Washington Street. 
 COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE, 188 South Water Street. 
 MERCHANT, 140 South Water Street. 
 RAILROAD GAZETTE, 101 Washington Street. 
 TEMPER ANCE ADVOCATE, 109 Monroe Street. 
 PRICE CURRENT, 164 Clark Street. 
 WORKINGMEN'S ANTI-MONOPOLY, 155 Clark Street 
 IRISH REPUBLIC, Randolph and Dearborn Streets. 
 NEW REPUBLIC, 170 Clark Street. 
 TEMPLARS' OFFERING, 168 Clark Street. 
 GERMAN REFORM, 101 Washington Street. 
 STAATS-ZEITUNG, 55 La Salle Street. 
 RELIGIO-PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL, 88 Dearborn St. 
 
 Semi-Monthlies. 
 
 HOME VISITOR, 110 Dearborn Street. 
 RELIGIONS-HAUSFREUND, (German,) 38 La Salle St. 
 
 Monthlies. 
 
 AMERICAN PULPIT, 148 Lake Street. 
 WESTERN PULPIT, 110 Dearborn Street. 
 13 145
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 OLIYE WREATH, Reynolds' Block. 
 
 HOME PAPERS, 147 Clark Street. 
 
 HOME VISITOR, 110 Dearborn Street. 
 
 LITTLE BOUQUET, 88 Dearborn Street. 
 
 THE GREAT WEST, Reynolds Block. 
 
 LITTLE CORPORAL, 138 Lake Street. 
 
 JOLLY JOKER, Opera House. 
 
 MEDICAL JOURNAL, 91 Dearborn Street. 
 
 MEDICAL EXAMINER, State and Monroe Streets. 
 
 INVESTIGATOR, 147 Clark Street. 
 
 LADIES' REPOSITORY, 66 Washington Street. 
 
 MANFORD'S MAGAZINE, Madison and Dearborn St. 
 
 MYSTIC STAR, 110 Dearborn Street. 
 
 SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, 155 Randolph Street. 
 
 RATTA HEMLANDET, 192 Superior. 
 
 MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL, 147 Clark Street. 
 
 VOICE OF MASONRY, 164 Clark Street. 
 
 MISSIONARY ADVOCATE, 66 Washington Street. 
 
 Quarterlies. 
 
 AMERICAN LAW MANUAL, 80 La Salle Street 
 MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL, 147 Clark St. 
 
 CHURCHES. 
 
 There are about one hundred and forty 
 churches in the city of Chicago, very many 
 of which are distinguished for their elegance 
 and architectural beauty. They are always 
 to be found open on the Sabbath-day, and 
 Btrangers are invited to attend. They will 
 146
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 find a welcome to the House of the Lord, 
 and a seat at the table of the Master with 
 their brethren. Services commence at 10 
 o'clock A. M. ; 3 and 7? P. M. We annex a 
 full list of all the churches in the city. 
 
 Baptist. 
 
 First Wabash Av. & Hubbard. 
 
 Second Monroe and Morgan Sts. 
 
 Wabash Avenue Wabash Av. cor. 18th St. 
 
 Union Park Wabash Av. c. Paulina. 
 
 Fifth Harrison & Sangamon Sts. 
 
 North .. Superior cor. N. Dearborn 
 
 Indiana Avenue Indiana Av. cor. 30th St. 
 
 First German.... Indiana Av. cor. Wood St. 
 
 First Danish Indiana Av. cor. Union St. 
 
 Second German Curtis cor. Third St. 
 
 First Swedish Reuben Street 
 
 Olivet, (colored,) Fourth Avenue n. Polk St. 
 
 Free Will Peoria cor. Jackson St. 
 
 Congregational 
 
 Plymouth Wabash Av.c. EldridgeCt. 
 
 Union Park Reuben c. W.Washington. 
 
 New England N. Dearborn c. S. White. 
 
 Tabernacle c. Morgan & W*. Indiana. 
 
 First Green c. W. Washington. 
 
 South 26th St. and Calumet Av. 
 
 Salem Oakland Av. cor. Lake St. 
 
 Church of God. 
 
 First Warren cor. Robey Street. 
 
 147
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 Christian. 
 
 First * Cass near Michigan Av. 
 
 Second Centralia and Front Sts. 
 
 Episcopal. 
 
 Cathedral W. Washington c. Peoria. 
 
 St. James' Cass and Huron Sts 
 
 St. John's Lake St. c. St. John's PL 
 
 St. Mark's! Cottage Grove Avenue. 
 
 St. Stephen's Forquer n. Blue Is'nd Av. 
 
 St. Luke's Wabash Av. cor. 16th St. 
 
 St. Ansgarius Indiana cor. Franklin St. 
 
 Trinity Wabash Av. and Jackson. 
 
 Grace Wabash Av. and Peck Ct. 
 
 Holy Communion Wabash Av. & Randolph. 
 
 Ascension La Salle and Maple Sts. 
 
 Christ Michigan Av. & 24th St. 
 
 Atonement Madison and Robey Sts. 
 
 Friends. 
 
 First Society Room 15, Methodist Block. 
 
 German Evangelical. 
 
 Erste Evangelische Polk cor. Third Avenue. 
 
 Zweite Chicago Av. cor. Wells St. 
 
 Evangelic Association Twelfth cor. Union Sts. 
 
 Hebrew. 
 
 Sinai.. Van Buren cor. Third St. 
 
 Kehilath Wells and Adams Sts. 
 
 KehiloBenay Shalem Harrison and Fourth Av. 
 
 Zion Desplainesn. Madison St. 
 
 148
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 Independent. 
 
 First . Illinois, near Wells St. 
 
 Lutheran. 
 
 First Norwegian N. Franklin and Erie Sts. 
 
 Second Norwegian W. Indiana & Peoria Sts. 
 
 Swedish Superior, near Wells St. 
 
 VorFraelsers Third, cor. May St. 
 
 Salem 21st, near Archer Ave. 
 
 Zion tTnion, cor. Mitchel St. 
 
 Emanuel Brown and W. Taylor Sts. 
 
 Trinity Harrison, cor. Kossuth St. 
 
 St. John's ..Chicago Av. cor. Noble St. 
 
 St. Paul's Ohio, cor. N. La Salle St. 
 
 St. Paulus' Superior, cor. Franklin St. 
 
 Methodist. 
 
 First., Clark and Washington Sts. 
 
 First Scandinavian Illinois, n. Nth. Market St. 
 
 Second Scandinavian Fourth & Sangamon Sts. 
 
 Maxwell Newbury & Maxwell Sts. 
 
 Wesley Sedgwick & Black Hawk. 
 
 Park Avenue cor. Robey and Park Ave. 
 
 Bridgeport Bonfield Street. 
 
 Trinity Indiana Av. and 21st St. 
 
 Centenary Monroe, n. Morgan Sts. 
 
 Grace . La Salle, cor. Chicago Av. 
 
 Wabash Avenue W abash, cor. Harrison St. 
 
 West Indiana Indiana and Sangamon. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 Methodist, (German.) 
 
 Van Buren Van Buren, n. Clark St. 
 
 Maxwell Maxwell, n. Johnson St. 
 
 Clybourne Clybourne Av., Division. 
 
 . Methodist, (African.) 
 
 Quinn's Chapel Jackson, cor. Fourth Av. 
 
 Bethel Chapel Griswold, n. Harrison St. 
 
 Presbyterian, (New School.) 
 
 First ?.. Wabash Av. n. Congress. 
 
 Second " cor. Washington. 
 
 Third Washington & Carpenter. 
 
 Seventh cor. Halsted and Harrison. 
 
 Eighth Washington, cor. Robey. 
 
 Ninth Ellis Av. nr. Wahpanseh. 
 
 Westminster Dearborn, cor. Ontario. 
 
 Calvary Indiana Ave., cor. 22d St. 
 
 Olivet Wabash Av., cor. 14th St. 
 
 Hyde Park Hyde Park. 
 
 Presbyterian, (Old School.) 
 
 First Scotch 226 Clark Street. 
 
 No'rth Indiana Ave., cor. Cass. 
 
 South Wabash Ave. & Congress. 
 
 Central Cass, near Illinois Street. 
 
 Jefferson Park Jackson, cor. Peoria. 
 
 Reformed Fulton, near Clinton. 
 
 Fullerton Avenue Fullerton Av., near Clark. 
 
 Presbyterian, (United.) 
 
 First W. Green, near Madison. 
 
 Third Superior & N. Franklin. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 Reformed Dutch. 
 
 First Foster, near Polk. 
 
 Second Monroe & Sangainon. 
 
 Roman Catholic. 
 
 Cathedral State, cor. Superior. 
 
 Notre Dame Tyler and Halsted Sts. 
 
 Holy Family West 12th, cor. May St. 
 
 Immaculate Conception. ..N. Franklin, nr. Schiller. 
 
 St. Mary's Wabash Ave. & Madison. 
 
 St. Patrick's Desplains, cor. Adams. 
 
 St. Louis' Sherman, near Polk. 
 
 St. Columbia's Paulina, cor. Indiana St. 
 
 St. John's Clark, cor. 18th St. 
 
 St. James' Prairie Ave., cor. 27th St. 
 
 St. Boniface's cor. Cornell and Noble. 
 
 St. Bridget's Bridgeport. 
 
 St. Joseph's Chicago Ave., cor. Cass. 
 
 St. Michael's cor. North Av. & Church. 
 
 St. Francis' Clinton and Mather. 
 
 St. Wenceslaus'.: Desplains and Dekoven. 
 
 Spiritualists. 
 
 First Society Crosby Music Hall. 
 
 Independent Washington Hall. 
 
 Swedenborgians. 
 
 New Jerusalem Adams, nr. Michigan Av. 
 
 German ^, Reuben, nr. Chicago Ave. 
 
 Mission cor. 33d & Kankakee Av. 
 
 Unitarians. 
 
 Messiah.. Wabash Av.&HubbardCt. 
 
 Unity. Chicago Av. & Dearborn. 
 
 151
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 Universalists. 
 
 Redeemer Wash'gton & Sangumon. 
 
 St. Paul's Wabash Av. & Van Buren, 
 
 United Brethren in Christ. 
 
 First Clinton, cor. Wilson St. 
 
 CEMETERIES. 
 
 Graceland Green Bay Road. 
 
 German Catholic Green Bay Road. 
 
 Anshe Mayrew Green Bay Road. 
 
 Old City Green Bay Road. 
 
 Rose Hill Green Bay Road. 
 
 Oakwood Cottage Grove. 
 
 STEAMBOATS. 
 
 For Buffalo and Cleveland, foot of N. Dearborn St. 
 For Two Rivers, from Rush Street Bridge. 
 For Lake Superior, from Rush Street Bridge. 
 For Sarnia and Lake Superior, from foot of La Salle. 
 For Milwaukee and Green Bay, fr. Rush St. Bridge. 
 For Grand Haven and Muskegon, fr. Rush St. Bridge. 
 
 RAILROADS. 
 
 It was in April, 1849, that the whistle of 
 the locomotive was first heard on the prairies 
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 THE NEW COVENANT ; 
 
 A WEEKLY UNIVERSALIST PAPER, 
 CHICAGO, 111. 
 
 EDITED BY D. P. & M. A. LlVERMOBB. 
 
 This is one of the largest and best Universalist papers in the 
 denomination. Price $2.50 per year. Address 
 
 Rev. J>. f. LIVERMORE, 
 
 Chicago, III 
 
 A large assortment of Universalist and Sunday School Books, con- 
 stantly on hand at the New Covenant Office. 
 
 TEXTS 
 
 ENDLESS PUNISHMENT 
 
 EXPLAINED. 
 
 384: Pages. 
 
 BY REV. D. P. LIVEEMORE. 
 
 This Book contains a careful examination of all the Texts quoted 
 to prove the Doctrine of Endless Punishment; such as: "The 
 wicked shall be turned into hell ; " " In hell he lifted up his eyes, 
 being in torment;" " These shall go away into everlasting punish- 
 ment;" "Our God is a consuming fire," etc. Price $1.25. Postage 
 20 cts. Address 
 
 Rev. D. P. LIVERMORE, 
 
 " New Covenant," Chicago, III. 
 
 153
 
 FAVORITE ROUTE EAST. 
 
 MICHIGAN SOUTHERN 
 RAILROAD^ LINE. 
 
 FOUR Express Trains leave daily from New 
 Depot, corner Van Buren and Sherman Sts., 
 Chicago, for all points EAST. Drawing-Room 
 Compartment Cars on Morning Express Trains 
 through to 
 
 C L, E V 3 L ^L 1ST ID 
 
 WITHOUT CHANGE. 
 
 Luxurious and most comfortable 
 
 ST TS^'PIZSTWP P K % <S 
 (J^ J2^ Xb, JP' tL tLY, (^S? lL^<&&;"\<u) 
 
 on Night Trains. Only two Changes between 
 CHICAGO AND NEW YORK. 
 
 is the only line running the Draw- 
 ing- Room Cars out of Chicago. 
 
 For Tickets and all information, apply at 
 General Office, 56 Clark St. (under Sherman 
 House), or at the Depot. 
 
 SAMUEL C. HOUGH, 
 
 General Passenger Agent. 
 154
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 west of Chicago. The railroad system, of 
 which this city is now the centre, embraces 
 over five thousand miles of track. A passen- 
 ger train reaches or leaves the city every 
 fifteen minutes of the twenty-four hours. 
 Not less than two hundred trains arrive or 
 depart in a day and night. There are six- 
 teen points on the Mississippi Hiver which 
 have railroad communication with Chicago. 
 It is but fifteen years since this city first 
 had railroad connection with the cities on 
 the Atlantic coast; and the traveller now 
 has his choice of three main lines, which 
 branch out to every important intermediate 
 point. 
 
 The depots are immense in extent, and 
 admirably convenient. There are two for 
 passengers only, the Central, foot of Lake 
 Street, and the Michigan Southern, on Van 
 Buren Street, each of which have under 
 cover three-quarters of a mile of track, from 
 which three trains can start at the same 
 moment without the least danger of inter- 
 ference, and wherein no person has to cross 
 a track in changing cars. 
 
 The following are the locations of the de- 
 pots of the various lines diverging from Chi- 
 cago, together with a list of the towns and 
 distances on the several routes 
 155
 
 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 For arrival and departure of trains the 
 daily papers must be consulted; the changes 
 with the seasons being so frequent as to 
 preclude the possibility of affixing a perma- 
 nent table here. 
 
 Omnibuses run to and from the hotels and 
 depots on the arrival and departure of all 
 trains. Fare fifty cents. 
 
 Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana 
 Railway. 
 
 This road runs from Chicago to Toledo, 
 Ohio, and Detroit, Michigan. It makes con- 
 nections at White Pigeon with the branch 
 to Three Eivers ; at Adrian, with the branch 
 for Jackson ; and also with branch for Mon- 
 roe and Detroit. 
 
 The entire length of the road, with 
 branches, is about 550 miles. Depot, corner 
 of Sherman and Van Buren streets. State- 
 Street cars run the nearest to the depot of 
 any line. 
 
 JHstances and Stations from Chicago to Toledo 
 (via Adrian). 
 
 STATIONS. MILES. 
 
 Holmosville 50 
 
 Laporte 59 
 
 Rolling Prairie 66 
 
 Carlisle 72 
 
 Terre Coupee 74 
 
 STATIONS. MILES. 
 
 Chicago to 
 
 Chicago Junction 6 
 
 Ainsworth 12 
 
 Pine Station 22 
 
 Miller's 30 
 
 Calumet 41 
 
 S'>uth Bend 
 
 N. A. and S. Crossing... 49|Mishawaka 90 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 STATIONS. MILES. STATIONS. MILE9. 
 
 Elkhart 101 Osseo 183 
 
 Bristol 109 
 
 Middlebury 114 
 
 White Pigeon 120 
 
 Sturgis 131 
 
 Burr Oak 138 
 
 Bronson 144 
 
 Coldwater 155 
 
 Quincy 161 Sylvania 232 
 
 Allen's 168] Air Line Junction 241 
 
 Jonesville 173;Toledo 244 
 
 Hillsdale 178 1 
 
 instances and Stations from Chicago to Toledo 
 (via Air Line). 
 
 Pittsford 187 
 
 Hudson 193 
 
 Clayton 200 
 
 Adrian 211 
 
 Palmyra 216 
 
 Blissfield.... 22ft 
 
 Knight's 222 
 
 Sylvania 232 
 
 ' 
 
 STATIONS. MILES. 
 
 Chicago to 
 
 Chicago Junction 6 
 
 Ainsworth 11 
 
 Pine Station 22 
 
 Miller's 29 
 
 Calumet 41 
 
 N. A. and S. Crossing ... 49 
 
 Homesville 50 
 
 Laporte 58 
 
 Boiling Prairie 65 
 
 Carlisle 72 
 
 Terre Coupee 73 
 
 South Bend 85 
 
 Mishawaka 89 
 
 Elkhart 101 
 
 Goshen Ill 
 
 Millersburg 119 
 
 Sigonier 126 
 
 STATIONS. MILES. 
 
 Wawaka 130 
 
 Brimfield 136 
 
 Kendalville 143 
 
 Corunna 149 
 
 Lawrence 151 
 
 Waterloo 155 
 
 Jarvis 163 
 
 Edgert.on 170 
 
 Bryan 1 180 
 
 Styker 186 
 
 Archibald 192 
 
 Pettisville 197 
 
 Waseon 202 
 
 Delta 210 
 
 Centerville 214 
 
 Springfield 224 
 
 Air Line Junction 241 
 
 Toledo..... .. 244 
 
 Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway. 
 
 This may be termed an "air line" route, 
 
 as it is the most direct one to Pittsburg, 
 
 Philadelphia, and New York. It is composed 
 
 of several roads, which were consolidated in 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 1858. Tbe entire distance 'from Chicago to 
 Pittsburg is 468 miles. 
 
 The following are the connections made 
 with other roads. At Wanatah, with the 
 Louisville and New Albany Eoad; at Ply- 
 mouth, with the Cincinnati, Peru, and Chi- 
 cago Eoad ; at Fort Wayne, with Toledo and 
 W abash ; at Lima, with the Dayton and 
 Michigan ; at Forest, with Sandusky, Day- 
 ton, and Cincinnati Eoad; at Crestline, with 
 the Cleveland and Columbus Eoad ; at Mans- 
 field, with Sandusky, Mansfield, and Newark 
 Eoad; at Orville, with the Cleveland, Zanes- 
 ville, and Cincinnati Eoad ; at Alliance, with 
 Cleveland and Pittsburg Eoad; at Home- 
 wood, with New Castle and Beaver Valley 
 Eoad; and at Pittsburg, with the Pennsyl- 
 vania Central and boats on the Ohio Eiver. 
 
 Depot corner Madison and Canal streets, 
 which may be reached by Madison-Street 
 line of cars. 
 
 Stations and instances from Chicago to Pittsburg. 
 
 STATIONS. MILES. 
 
 Chicago to 
 
 Rock Island Junction.... 7 
 
 Ainsworth 12 
 
 Clarke 24 
 
 Hobart... . 33 
 
 STATIONS. MILI8. 
 
 Hanna 59 
 
 Grovertown 74 
 
 Plymouth 84 
 
 Inwood 90 
 
 Bourbon ... 94 
 
 Wheeler 37lWarsaw 108 
 
 Valparaiso 44lPierceton 117 
 
 Wanatah 53|Huntsville 121 
 
 Morgan 56]Columbia 129 
 
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 STATIONS. MILES. 
 
 Arcola 139 
 
 Fort Wayne 148 
 
 Naples 158 
 
 Dixon 167 
 
 Van Wert 180 
 
 Middlepoint 187 
 
 Delphos 193 
 
 Lima 207 
 
 Lafayette 215 
 
 Johnstown 222 
 
 Washington 229 
 
 Dunkirk 231 
 
 Forest 238 
 
 Upper Sandusky 250 
 
 Nevada 258 
 
 Bueyrus 267 
 
 Robinson 273 
 
 Crestline 279 
 
 Richland 284 
 
 Mansfield 292 
 
 Lucas 299 
 
 Perrysville 307 
 
 Loudonville 311 
 
 Lakeville 317 
 
 STATIONS. MLEa 
 
 Shreve 323 
 
 Wooster 333 
 
 Orville 344 
 
 Lawrence 351 
 
 Massillon 358 
 
 Canton 366 
 
 Louisville 373 
 
 Strasburg 378 
 
 Alliance 384 
 
 Damascus 392 
 
 Salem 398 
 
 Franklin 401 
 
 Columbiana 408 
 
 Palestine 418 
 
 Enon 422 
 
 New Galilee 427 
 
 Homewood 433 
 
 New Brighton 439 
 
 Rochester 442 
 
 Leetsdale 453 
 
 Sewickley 455 
 
 Haysville 457 
 
 Allegheny 467 
 
 Pittsburg 468 
 
 Chicago and Great Eastern Railway. 
 This road runs from Chicago to Cincinnati, 
 a distance of 294 miles, and connects Chicago 
 with the South and Southwestern States. It 
 makes connections at Kokomo with the Peru 
 and Indianapolis Eoad, forming a direct route 
 to Louisville, Nashville, and Lexington, Ky.; 
 at Anderson, with the Bellefontaine Eailway ; 
 at Logan sport, with the Toledo, Logan sport, 
 and Burlington Eoad, and Toledo, Wabash, 
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 Dayton, and Western Eoad, and the Colum- 
 bus and Indianapolis Eoad. 
 
 The depot of this road is corner of Canal 
 and Kinzie streets, on the north side. 
 
 Distances and Stations from Chicago to Cincinnati. 
 
 STATIONS. MILES. 
 
 Chicago to 
 
 N. W. Junction 4 
 
 C. B. and Q. Crossing.... 5 
 
 St. Louis Crossing 7 
 
 R. I. Crossing 15 
 
 III. Cent. Crossing 20 
 
 Dolton 21 
 
 Liinsing 27 
 
 Joliet Crossing 32 
 
 Crown Point 41 
 
 Hebron 51 
 
 Kouts 61 
 
 .N. A. nnd S. Crossing.... 68 
 
 NorthJudson 77 
 
 Sh;ikapee 81 
 
 Winatnac 92 
 
 Star City 98 
 
 Rosedale 101 
 
 Royal Centre 106 
 
 Gebhard 112 
 
 Logansport 117 
 
 Anoka... .. 122 
 
 Florida 171 
 
 Anderson 177 
 
 Middletown 184 
 
 Honey Creek 187 
 
 Sulphur Springs 190 
 
 New Castle 197 
 
 Ashland 200 
 
 Millville 203 
 
 Hagarstown 208 
 
 Washington 215 
 
 CentervillePike 218 
 
 Richmond 224 
 
 Florence 234 
 
 Eaton 241 
 
 Barnet's 248 
 
 Cnmden 250 
 
 Somerville 255 
 
 Collinsville 258 
 
 Seven Mile 262 
 
 Hamilton 269 
 
 Schenck's 272 
 
 J-.nes ,.. 275 
 
 Walton 126jElliston 277 
 
 Lincoln 130 ! Glendale 279 
 
 Galveston 133 Lockland 282 
 
 Kokomo 139 
 
 Tampico 145 
 
 Nevada 149'Ludlo 
 
 Windfall 152|Brighton 
 
 Carthage 284 
 
 Spring Grove 287 
 
 ... 289 
 292 
 
 Curtisville., 158 
 
 Quincy 161 
 
 Frark'ton.... 166 
 
 0. and M. Junction 293 
 
 Cincinnati.... .. 294 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAaO. 
 
 Chicago, Alton, and St. Louis Railway. 
 
 Trains for St. Louis and intermediate sta- 
 tions leave the depot corner of Madison and 
 Canal streets. Passengers may take the 
 Madison-Street line of cars for the depot. 
 
 This road forms an air line route to St. 
 Louis, making connections as follows: At 
 Joliet, with Rock Island Road; at Chenoa, 
 with Toledo, Peoria, and Warsaw Road ; at 
 Normal, with Illinois Central; at Blooming- 
 ton, with St. Louis and Jacksonville Road ; 
 at Springfield, with Toledo, Wabash, and 
 Western Railway; at Monticello, with St. 
 Louis and Jacksonville Road ; at Alton, with 
 Terre Haute and Alton Road ; and at St. 
 Louis, with the Pacific and North Missouri 
 Railways, and Mississippi steamers for points 
 West and South. 
 
 instances and Stations from Chicago to St. Louis. 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Chicago to 
 
 MILES. 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Dwio-ht ... 
 
 MILES. 
 
 . 74 
 
 Fort Wayne Junction 
 
 2 
 
 Odell 
 
 82 
 
 Bridgeport 
 
 4 
 .... 12 
 
 Cayuga 
 Pontiac 
 
 87 
 92 
 
 
 
 
 98 
 
 
 26 
 
 
 103 
 
 Lockport 
 
 . .. 33 
 
 Lexington 
 
 Ill 
 
 Joliet 
 
 38 
 
 
 119 
 
 Elwood 
 
 .... 46 
 
 Normal 
 
 124 
 
 Hampton .. 
 
 49 
 
 
 J26 
 
 Wilmington 
 
 .... 53 
 
 
 133 
 
 Stewart's Grove.... 
 
 , 58 
 
 Funk's Grove 
 
 .. 137 
 
 MeLean 141 
 
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 RTATION8. 
 
 Atlanta 
 
 MILES. (STATIONS. 
 146 Nilwnnd 
 
 MILES. 
 
 214 
 
 Lawn Dalt 
 
 150 
 
 
 223 
 
 
 157 
 
 
 2 SO 
 
 Bnmdwell.. 
 
 164 
 
 
 234 
 
 Elkhart 
 
 168 
 
 Shipman 
 
 238 
 
 Williamsville 
 Sherman 
 
 174 
 
 Miles 
 
 243 
 
 178 
 
 Brighton 
 
 245 
 
 Springfield 
 
 185 
 
 
 252 
 
 T. W. and W. 
 Wood Side 
 
 Junction.. 187 
 191 
 
 Alton 
 
 257 
 
 Milton 
 
 261 
 
 Chatham .... . 
 
 .. 194 
 
 Mitchell 
 
 ... 269 
 
 
 200 
 
 Kinder 
 
 274 
 
 Virden 
 
 .. 206 
 
 
 276 
 
 Qirard ... 
 
 .. 210 
 
 St. Louis.... 
 
 .. 280 
 
 Illinois Central Railroad. 
 
 This road, extending from Chicago to 
 Cairo, a distance of 365 miles, was completed 
 in 1856. 
 
 In its passage through the State it makes 
 the following connections: At Matteson, 
 with Joliet and Northern Indiana Road; at 
 Gilman, with Toledo, Peoria, and Warsaw, and 
 Toledo, Logan 3port, and Burlington Eoads; 
 at Tolono, with Toledo, Wabash, and Western 
 Road ; at Mattoon, with Terre Haute, Alton, 
 and St. Louis Road ; at Odin, with the Ohio 
 and Mississippi Road; at Centralia,with the 
 Dunleith branch of the Illinois Central; and 
 ut Cairo, with the Mobile and Ohio Road; 
 also with boats on the Ohio and Mississippi 
 Rivers. Depot, foot of Lake Street. 
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 Distances and Stations from Chicago to Cairo. 
 
 STATIONS. MILES. 
 
 Neoga 185 
 
 Effingham 199 
 
 Watson 206 
 
 Mason 212 
 
 Edgewood 215 
 
 Farina 223 
 
 Kinmundary 229 
 
 Tonti 239 
 
 Odin 244 
 
 Centralia" 253 
 
 Richview 263 
 
 Ashley 266 
 
 Coloma 274 
 
 Tamoroa 280 
 
 Du Quoin 289 
 
 De Soto 302 
 
 arbondale 30& 
 
 Makanda 317 
 
 Cobden.... 323 
 
 Jonesboro 329 
 
 Wetang 341 
 
 Ullin 345 
 
 Pulaski 349 
 
 Villa Ridge 353 
 
 Mounds ; 357 
 
 Cairo.... .. 365 
 
 STATION 8. 
 
 Chicago to 
 
 Calumet 14 
 
 Thornton 24 
 
 Matteson 28 
 
 Richton 29 
 
 Monee 34 
 
 Peotone 40 
 
 Manteno 47 
 
 Kankukee 56 
 
 Chebanse... 64 
 
 Clifton 69 
 
 Ashkum 73 
 
 Gilman 81 
 
 Onarga ! 85 
 
 Spring Creek 88 
 
 Loda 99 
 
 Paxton 103 
 
 Pera.... 109 
 
 Rantoul 114 
 
 Champaign 128 
 
 Tolono 137 
 
 Pesotum 142 
 
 Tuscola 150 
 
 Oka.w 158 
 
 Milton 164 
 
 Mattoon.... .. 173 
 
 Michigan Central Railroad. 
 
 This is the direct route to Canada via 
 Detroit. The road was completed in 1852. 
 
 It makes connections at Michigan City 
 with the Louisville, New Albany, and Chi- 
 cago Railway; at Jackson, with the Amboy, 
 and Lansing Road; also with the Jackson 
 Branch of the Michigan Southern to Adrian; 
 and at Detroit, with the Grand Trunk and 
 Great Western Roads of Canada. 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 Cars leave the Great Central Depot, foot 
 of Lake Street. 
 
 instances and 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Chicago to 
 Stock Yards 
 
 Stations 
 
 MILES. 
 
 5 
 
 from Chicago to Detroi 
 
 STATIONS. . Id 
 
 Kulainazoo 
 
 t. 
 
 ILES, 
 
 141 
 150 
 164 
 177 
 188 
 198 
 208 
 219 
 230 
 237 
 247 
 255 
 267 
 274 
 281 
 284 
 
 
 Calumet 
 
 15 
 
 Battle Creek 
 
 
 24 
 
 Marshall 
 
 Lake Station 
 
 36 
 
 Albion 
 
 Porter 
 
 44 
 
 
 Michigan City 
 
 ... 56 
 
 Jackson 
 
 New Buffalo 
 
 66 
 
 Grass Lake 
 
 Avery's 
 
 75 
 
 Chelsea 
 
 
 83 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Buchanan 
 
 . ... 87 
 
 Ann Arbor.. 
 
 Niles 
 
 93 
 
 Ypsilanti 
 
 Dowagaic 
 
 106 
 
 Wayne 
 
 
 117 
 
 Dearborn 
 
 Lawton 
 
 .. .. 125 
 
 Grand Trunk Junction... 
 Detroit 
 
 Mattawan 
 
 129 
 
 Ostemo.... 
 
 .. 135 
 
 
 Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad. 
 
 This road leads from Chicago to Galesburg, 
 from which place it extends to two different 
 points on the Mississippi River one to 
 Quincy, Illinois, and the other to Burlington, 
 Iowa. 
 
 In its route it forms connections with the 
 Illinois Central Road at Mendota ; Galesburg, 
 Peoria, and Lewiston Road, at Galesburg ; 
 Burlington and Missouri River Road, at 
 Burlington ; Quincy and Toledo Road, at 
 Camp Point; Quincy and Palmyra Road, at 
 Quincy. At the latter place it connects with 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 the Hannil al and St. Joseph Road. The cars 
 leave from, 'the Central Depot, foot of Lake 
 Street. 
 
 Distances and Stations from Chicago to Quincy. 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Chicago to 
 
 MILES. 
 
 STATIONS. MILES 
 
 St. Augustine 181 
 
 Lyons 
 
 , 13 
 
 Avon 185 
 
 
 23 
 
 Prairie City 188 
 
 Napierville 
 
 30 
 
 Bushnell 194 
 
 
 .. 40 
 
 Bardolph .. 198 
 
 
 41 
 
 Macomb 206 
 
 O^wego 
 
 . ... 45 
 
 Colchester.... 212 
 
 Bristol 
 
 48 
 
 Tennessee 214 
 
 Piano 
 
 54 
 
 Colmar 220 
 
 
 58 
 
 Plymouth 224 
 
 Somanauk 
 
 62 
 
 Augusta 228 
 
 Leland .. . 
 
 ... 68 
 
 La Prairie 235 
 
 Earle 
 
 75 
 
 Keokuk Junction 238 
 
 Mendota 
 
 85 
 
 Camp Point.. 243 
 
 
 94 
 
 Coats hurg 248 
 
 Maiden 
 
 101 
 
 Paloma 251 
 
 Princeton 
 
 107 
 113 
 
 Fowler 254 
 Cliola 256 
 
 Buda 
 
 119 
 
 Quincy 265 
 
 
 125 
 
 
 Kewanee 
 
 133 
 
 The Road from Galesburg 
 
 Galva 
 
 142 
 
 to Burlington 45 miles 
 
 Altona 
 
 ... 149 
 
 passes through the towns of 
 
 Oneida 
 
 153 
 
 Cameron, Moninouth, Young 
 
 
 . 157 
 
 
 Galesburg 
 
 165 
 
 tion. 
 
 
 ... 175 
 
 
 Chicago and Rock Island Railroad. 
 
 This line is composed of the Chicago and 
 
 Rock Island, Peoria and Bureau Valley, and 
 
 Mississippi and Missouri Railroads. It leada 
 
 from Chicago to Council Bluffs and Omaha 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 City on the Missouri River. It is finished 
 thus far to Kellogg, 315 miles from Chicago. 
 
 At Bureau it connects with the Valley 
 Road to Peoria, 47 miles ; at Wilton, with the 
 branch to Muscatine and Washington. 
 
 The depot is located corner of Sherman and 
 Yan Buren streets. 
 
 Distances and Stations from Chicago to Kellogg. 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Chicago to 
 
 MILES. 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Atkinson 
 
 MILES. 
 
 152 
 
 
 7 
 
 Genesee 
 
 159 
 
 Blue Island 
 
 16 
 
 Colona 
 
 170 
 
 Bremen 
 
 23 
 
 
 179 
 
 Mokena 
 
 . . . 30 
 
 Rock Island . 
 
 182 
 
 Joliet 
 
 40 
 
 Davenport 
 
 184 
 
 Minouka . . 
 
 . 51 
 
 Walcott.. .. 
 
 196 
 
 Morris 
 
 62 
 
 Fulton 
 
 201 
 
 Seneca. ... 
 
 72 
 
 Durant... 
 
 203 
 
 
 77 
 
 Wilton 
 
 209 
 
 Ottawa 
 
 ... 84 
 
 Moscow.. 
 
 212 
 
 Utica 
 
 94 
 
 Atalissa 
 
 217 
 
 Lasalle 
 
 99 
 
 Wet Liberty 
 
 222 
 
 Peru 
 
 100 
 
 Iowa City 
 
 238 
 
 Trenton . . 
 
 110 
 
 Oxford . 
 
 253 
 
 Bureau 
 
 114 
 
 Marengo 
 
 269 
 
 Tiskilwa 
 
 . .. . 122 
 
 Victor 
 
 281 
 
 Pond Creek 
 
 129 
 
 Brooklyn 
 
 289 
 
 Sheffield 
 
 . 137 
 
 
 304 
 
 Annawan... 
 
 .. 146 
 
 Kelloee..., 
 
 .. 315 
 
 Chicago and North-Western Railway. 
 This road embraces the original North- 
 western line which runs from Chicago to 
 Fort Howard and Green Bay, Wisconsin, 
 and also the Galena and Chicago Uni >n, with 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 its many branches. Since the consolidation 
 it is one of the most important roads running 
 from Chicago. Depot, corner of Canal and 
 Kinzie streets. 
 
 Wisconsin Division. 
 
 Making connections at Harvard Junction, 
 with the Branch to Eoekford, also to Beloit 
 and Madison ; at Clinton Junction, with the 
 Western Union Eoad ; at Watertown with 
 the Milwaukee and St. Paul Eoad ; at Bur- 
 nett, with the Horicon Eoad ; at Oshkosh, 
 with the steamers on Lake Winnebago and 
 Wolf and Fox rivers ; and at Fort Howard, 
 with steamers on Green Bay to Escanaba, 
 and there connecting with the Peninsular 
 Eoad for Marquette on Lake Superior. 
 
 JHstances and Stations from Chicago to Green Say. 
 
 STATIONS. BOLES. STATIONS. MILES. 
 
 Chicago to |Wjitertown 130 
 
 Des Plaines 17!Junenu 145 
 
 Dunton 22 Minnesota Junction 148 
 
 Palatine 26 Burnett 152 
 
 Barrington 32 Chester 160 
 
 Crystal Lake 43 Oakfield 168 
 
 Woodstock 51 Fon Du Lac 177 
 
 Harvard Junction 63 Oshkoeb 194 
 
 Lawrence 65 Neenah 207 
 
 Clinton Junction 78 Appleton 214 
 
 Janesville 91 Wrightstown 226 
 
 Milton Junction 99 De Pere 236 
 
 Fort Atkii son Ill Fort Howard 2^2 
 
 Jefferson 117 Green Bay 244 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICABO. 
 
 Chicago and Northwestern Railway. 
 
 (Galena Division.) 
 
 Making connections at the Junction with 
 the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Road; 
 at Elgin, with the Fox River Yalley Road ; 
 at Belvidere, with the Madison Branch; and 
 at Freeport, with the Illinois Central for 
 Dunleith and Dubuque on the Mississippi 
 River. Depot, corner of North Wells and 
 North Water streets. 
 
 Stations and IHstances from Chicago to Freeport. 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Chicago to 
 
 MILES. 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 MILES. 
 
 55 
 
 
 9 
 
 Union 
 
 62 
 
 Cottage Hill 
 
 ... 16 
 
 Marengo 
 
 66 
 
 Babcock's Grove 
 
 ... 20 
 
 Garden Prairie 
 
 72 
 
 Dan by 
 
 ... 23 
 
 Belvidere 
 
 .. . 78 
 
 Wheaton . 
 
 25 
 
 Cherry Valley 
 
 84 
 
 Winfield 
 
 ... 28 
 
 Rockford 
 
 . 92 
 
 
 30 
 
 
 99 
 
 Wayne 
 
 ... 35 
 
 Pecatonica 
 
 106 
 
 Clintonvillc .. 
 
 39 
 
 Ridolt 
 
 114 
 
 Elgin 
 
 ... 42 
 
 Freeport 
 
 121 
 
 Gilbert's.... 
 
 , 50 
 
 
 
 Chicago and Northwestern Railway. 
 
 (Madison (Wis.) Division.) 
 
 Making connections at Harvard with the 
 Rockford Division. Depot, corner Ncrtb Wa- 
 ter and North Wells streets. 
 
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 LAKE STREET, 
 
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 CHICAGO. 
 
 OIL-CLOTH, MATTINGS, 
 
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 CURTAIN MATERIALS AND TRIMMINGS, 
 
 UPHOLSTERY AND FURNISHING GOODS, 
 
 BEDDING AND FEATHERS, 
 
 THE LARGEST STOCK IN CHICAGO, 
 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 
 At prices that will compete successfully for any trade 
 
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 against the Eastern Markets. 
 
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 FIRE AND BURGLAR-PROOF 
 
 Doors, &c. 
 
 Safes, 
 
 Yale's Bank and Small Locks, 
 
 84 WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO, 
 
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 Stations and Distances from Chicago to Madison. 
 
 STATIONS. MILES. 
 
 Chicago to 
 
 DesPlaines 17 
 
 Dunton 22 
 
 Palatine 26 
 
 Barrington 32 
 
 Crystal Lnke 43 
 
 Woodstock 51 
 
 Harvard t 63 
 
 Caledonia 78 
 
 STATIONS. MILES. 
 
 Roscoe ........................ 84 
 
 Beloit 
 
 90 
 
 Afton 98 
 
 Hanover 103 
 
 Footville 106 
 
 Magnolia 110 
 
 Evansville 115 
 
 Oregon 127 
 
 Madison ... .. 138 
 
 Chicago and Northwestern Railway. 
 
 (Fox River Valley Division.) 
 Making connections at Elgin with the 
 Galena Division ; at Crystal Lake, with the 
 Wisconsin Division ; and at Genoa, with the 
 Rockford Branch. 
 
 Stations and instances from Chicago to Genoa X,ake. 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Chicago to 
 
 Harlem- 9 
 
 Cottage Hill 16 
 
 Babcock's Grove 20 
 
 Danby 23 
 
 Wheaton.... . 25 
 
 Winfield 28 
 
 Junction 30 
 
 Elgin 42 
 
 Dundee 47 
 
 MILES. STATIONS. MILES. 
 
 Algonquin 52 
 
 Crystal Lake 56 
 
 C. and N.W. Crossing.... 57 
 
 Nunda 60 
 
 McHenry 65 
 
 Ringwood. 
 
 Richmond 75 
 
 Genoa 77 
 
 Geneva Lake.... . 85 
 
 Chicago and Northwestern Railway. 
 
 (Iowa Division.) 
 
 Making connections at the Junction with the 
 
 Galena Division, and Fox River Yalley Line ; 
 
 at Dixon, wit/i the Illinois Central; at Ful- 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 ton, with steamers on the Mississippi River 
 Depot, corner of North Wells and North 
 Water streets. 
 
 Stations and instances from Chicago to Omaha. 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Chicago to 
 Harlem 
 
 MILES. 
 
 9 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Lovvdon 
 
 MILES, 
 
 ... 178 
 
 
 195 
 
 Cottage Hill 
 
 .. 16 
 
 Mount Vernon 
 
 203 
 
 
 20 
 
 Cedar Rapids 
 
 219 
 
 Danby 
 
 .... 23 
 .... 25 
 
 Blairstown . 
 
 . .. 244 
 
 Wheaton 
 
 Tama 
 
 270 
 
 Winfield .. . . 
 
 .. 28 
 
 Marshal 
 
 .. 289 
 
 Galena Junction 
 
 30 
 
 State Centre 
 
 303 
 
 Geneva 
 
 ... . 36 
 
 Nevada ... 
 
 .. .. 318 
 
 LaF.-x '.. 
 
 .... 41 
 
 
 340 
 
 Blackberry 
 
 44 
 
 Moin^ona 
 
 . ... 346 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 349 
 
 Corthind 
 
 55 
 
 Qcrden 
 
 352 
 
 D e Kalb 
 
 58 
 
 
 357 
 
 Malta 
 
 64 
 
 Hager 
 
 364 
 
 
 70 
 
 
 370 
 
 Rochelle . . 
 
 75 
 
 
 379 
 
 
 83 
 
 Glidden 
 
 389 
 
 Franklin 
 
 88 
 
 Carroll 
 
 396 
 
 Nachusa 
 
 .... 93 
 
 Tip Top ... 
 
 406 
 
 Dixon .... 
 
 98 
 
 Vail 
 
 415 
 
 Nelson . 
 
 .... 104 
 
 
 ....... 424 
 
 Sterlin" 
 
 110 
 
 Elkton 
 
 432 
 
 Gait 
 
 .... 113 
 
 
 441 
 
 Hound Grove . 
 
 119 
 
 Woodbine 
 
 451 
 
 Morrison 
 
 .... 124 
 
 St. John's 
 
 461 
 
 Fulton 
 
 136 
 
 Honey Creek 
 
 476 
 
 Clinton 
 
 138 
 
 
 481 
 
 LOW Moor ... 
 
 .. 148 Council Bluffs 
 
 490 
 
 Dewit... 
 
 .. 157 Oiiiaba... 
 
 .. 493 
 
 Chicago and Milwaukee Railway. 
 This road was opened in 1855. It now 
 belongs to the consolidated line of the Chi- 
 cago and Northwestern Railroad. The dis- 
 tance from Chicago to Milwaukee is 85 miles. 
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 A.t Kenosha it connects with the llockford 
 Division ; at Racine, with the Western Union 
 Road. 
 
 Depot, corner of Canal and Kinzie streets. 
 
 Stations and Distances from Chicago to Milwaukee. 
 
 STATIONS. MILES. 
 
 Chicago to 
 Rosehill 8 
 
 Evanston.... , 12 
 
 Wjinkegan 35 
 
 State Line 45 
 
 Kenosha 52 
 
 Winnetka 16|Raeine Junction 60 
 
 Glencoe 19 
 
 Highland Park 23 
 
 Lake Forest 28 
 
 Rockland.... . 30 
 
 Racine 62 
 
 County Line 71 
 
 Oak Creek 76 
 
 Milwaukee... . 85 
 
 CITY RAILWAYS. 
 
 The "Chicago City Railway Company" 
 run their cars in the "South Division," upon 
 the following routes: 
 
 State Street Line. 
 
 Starting from the corner of State and Lake 
 streets j run up State Street to Thirty-First 
 Street. Return same route. 
 
 Cottage Grove Line. 
 
 From State and Lake streets, up State 
 Street to Twenty-Second Street, out Twenty- 
 Second to Cottage Grove Avenue, and thence 
 to Douglas Place, where are the S( Idiers' 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 Home and the Douglas Monument. The 
 Chicago University is in the immediate 
 vicinity. Cars return same route. 
 
 Indiana Avenue Line. 
 
 From State and Lake up State to Twenty- 
 Second, out Twenty-Second to Indiana Ave- 
 nue, and thence to Thirty-First Street, where 
 is the Race-Course. The cars return by 
 Indiana Avenue to Eighteenth Street, and 
 thence out to State Street, and down State 
 to Lake. This route passes the Orphan 
 Asylum, Old Ladies' Home, and Erring 
 Woman's Refuge. 
 
 Archer Avenue Line. 
 
 From State and Lake streets, up State to 
 Nineteenth Street and Archer Avenue; up 
 Archer Avenue to Halsted Street. Return 
 same way. This route terminates at Bridge- 
 port and in the immediate vicinity of the 
 Great Stock Yards. 
 
 The " West Division Railway Company" run 
 their cars upon the following streets : 
 
 Randolph Street Line. 
 
 From State and Randolph streets, running 
 west on Randolph Street to Bryan Place, and 
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 thence out Lake Street to Western Avenue 
 or city limits. .Return same route. This is 
 the nearest line to the Artesian Wells. 
 
 Madison Street Lina 
 
 Starting from State and Lake streets, up 
 State to Madison, and thence to Western 
 Avenue. Return same route. 
 
 Milwaukee Avenue Line. 
 From Randolph and State streets, out 
 Randolph to Halsted, through Halsted to 
 Milwaukee Avenue, and thence to Western 
 Avenue. Return the same way. 
 
 Blue Island Avenue Line. 
 Starting from Randolph and State streets, 
 through Randolph, Halsted, and Blue Island 
 Avenue, to Twenty-second Street. Some of 
 the cars of this line run out Madison Street, 
 and thence out Blue Island Avenue. 
 
 Clinton Street Line. 
 
 From Randolph and State streets, through 
 Randolph and Clinton, to Meagher Street. 
 Return same route. 
 
 The different routes of the "North Division 
 Railway" are as follows: 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 North Clark Street Line. 
 Starting from State and Lake streets, pass 
 across the river, up North State Street, to 
 Michigan Street; through Michigan Street 
 to North Clark, and thence to Fullerton 
 Avenue or city limits. These cars pass the 
 City Cemetery and Lincoln Park. Passen- 
 gers can take the dummy cars at city limits 
 for Lake View or Graceland Cemetery. 
 
 Chicago Avenue Line. 
 
 From State and Lake streets, out North 
 State Street to Chicago Avenue, and thence 
 to north branch of Chicago .River. Return 
 the same way. 
 
 Sedgwick Street Line. 
 
 From State and Lake streets, through 
 North State, North Clark, Division and 
 Sedgwick streets, to North Avenue. 
 
 Clybourne Avenue Line. 
 
 From North Clark Street Bridge, through 
 Clark, Division, and Clybourne Avenue, to 
 Fullerton Avenue or city limits. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 Larabee Street Line. 
 
 From North Clark Street Bridge, through 
 Clark, Chicago Avenue, and Larabee Street, 
 to city limits. 
 
 Fare, six cents on any of the city railroads. 
 Ten fares, indicated on one card, are sold for 
 fifty cents. 
 
 HACKS AND CARRIAGES. 
 
 For the benefit of strangers and others, we 
 give the rates of fare in the city of Chicago, 
 to be taken by or paid to the owner or driver 
 of any licensed hack or carriage. We trust 
 it will serve as a safeguard to strangers 
 against the impositions frequently practised 
 upon them by the drivers of these convey- 
 ances. 
 
 The Hack-Stands are on the streets around 
 the Court House. 
 
 For conveying a passenger, not exceeding one mile, 50 Cts. 
 For every additional passenger of the same party, . 25 cts. 
 
 For conveying a passenger any distance over a mile, and 
 not more than two miles, $1.00 
 
 For each additional passenger of the same party, . 25 cts. 
 
 For carrying a passenger any distance exceeding two 
 miles, $1.50 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 For each additional passenger of the same party, when the 
 distance is over two miles, 50 cts. 
 
 For conveying children between five and fourteen years of 
 age, half of the above prices may be charged for like dis- 
 tances; but for children under five years of age, no 
 charges shall be made: Provided, that the distance from 
 any railway depot, steamboat landing, or hotel, to any 
 other steamboat landing, railroad depot, or hotel, shall in 
 all cases be estimated as not exceeding one mile. 
 
 For the use, by the day, of any hackney-coach or other 
 vehicle drawn by two horses or other animals, with one 
 or more passengers, . . . . . . $6.00 
 
 For the use of any such carriage or vehicle by the hour, with 
 one or more passengers, with the privilege of going from 
 place to place, and stopping as often as may be required, 
 as follows : For the first hour, $1.50 : for the second hour, 
 75 cents; for each succeeding hour, 50 cents. 
 
 Every passenger shall be allowed to have conveyed upon 
 such vehicle, without charge, his ordinary travelling bag- 
 gage ; not exceeding, in any case, one trunk and twenty-five 
 pounds of other baggage. For every additional package, 
 where the whole weight or baggage is over one hundred 
 pounds, if conveyed to any place within the city limits, 
 the owner or driver may collect 15 cents. 
 
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 Life Insurance Co. 
 
 OF 
 ALBANY, NEW YORK, 
 
 Issues Policies on all the popular plans of 
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 Ten Per Cent. Deduction from 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 RAILROAD DISTANCES. 
 
 For the convenience of travellers, we 
 append a table of distances from Chicago to 
 the principal cities in the United States. 
 
 CHICAGO TO 
 Albany, N. Y 
 
 MILES. 
 
 ... 810 
 
 CHICAGO TO MILES. 
 Memphis Tenn 679 
 
 Augusta Ga .. 
 
 1 602 
 
 Montreal Canada 824 
 
 Atlanta Ga 
 
 . 1 814 
 
 New Haven Ct . . 1054 
 
 Baltimore, Md <. 
 
 .... 826 
 
 New York 899 
 
 Boston Mass.... 
 
 ...1,010 
 
 New Orleans, La .. 2518 
 
 Buffalo N. Y 
 
 .... 539 
 
 Pittsburg, Pa 468 
 
 Burlin o-ton, Vt.... 
 
 .... 915 
 
 Portland, Me 1,130 
 
 Cleveland, Ohio.. 
 
 .... 356 
 
 Providence, R. 1 960 
 
 Columbus, Ohio.. 
 
 .... 271 
 
 Petersburg, Va 1,040 
 
 Concord, N. H.... 
 
 .... 930 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa 823 
 
 Cincinnati, Ohio.. 
 Canandaigua, N. 
 
 .... 294 
 Y.. 629 
 
 Quebec, Canada 1,002 
 Reading, Pa 771 
 
 Charleston, S. C.. 
 Detroit Mich 
 
 ....1,430 
 
 284 
 
 Richmond,. Va 1,144 
 Rochester N Y 599 
 
 Elmira, N. Y 
 
 .... 675 
 
 Savannah, Ga 1 579 
 
 Harrisburg, Pa.. 
 Hartford Ct 
 
 .... 717 
 948 
 
 Springfield, Mass.... 906 
 St Paul Minn 389 
 
 Indianapolis Ind 
 
 .... 210 
 
 St Louis, Mo 280 
 
 Louisville, Ky ... 
 
 .... 321 
 
 Toledo, Ohio 240 
 
 Lynchburg, Va... 
 Milwaukee, Wis:. 
 Macon, Ga... 
 Mobile, Ala.... 
 
 ....1,240 
 .... 85 
 ....1,810 
 ...2,400 
 
 Wilmington, Del 820 
 Wilmington, N.C... 1,310 
 Washington, D. C.... 998 
 Worcester, Mass 966 
 
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 A GUIDE Tp CHICAGO. 
 
 WATERING-PLACES, &c. 
 
 For reference by the tourist and pleasure- 
 seeker, ^ve give a list of the more prominent 
 Watering-Places, Springs, and fashionable 
 resorts. 
 
 CHICAGO TO MMfc 
 
 Avon Springs, N. Y * 1,070 
 
 Atlantic City, N. J 904 
 
 Bedford Springs, Pa 760 
 
 Brandywine Springs, Del 956 
 
 Blue Lick Springs, Ky 374 
 
 Cape May, N. J 890 
 
 Cape Ann, Mass 1,040 
 
 Carlisle Springs, Pa 738 
 
 Catskill Mountains, N. Y 960 
 
 Columbia Springs, N. Y 907 
 
 Clarendon Springs, N. Y 940 
 
 Delaware Water Gap. Pa 806 
 
 Drennon Springs, Ky 340 
 
 Falls of Montmorenci, Canada 1,012 
 
 " " St. Anthony, Minn 406 
 
 Greenwood Lake, N. Y 868 
 
 Harrodsburg Springs, Ky 383 
 
 Lebanon Springs, N. Y 870 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 CHICAGO TO 
 
 Lake George, N. Y 840 
 
 " Champlain, N. Y 876 
 
 " Mabopac, N. Y 900 
 
 " Memphremagog, Vt 1,114 
 
 Long Branch, N. J 900 
 
 Lake Winnipiseogee, N. H 1,033 
 
 Mount Vernon, Va 1,019 
 
 Mount Holyoke, Mass 970 
 
 Mammoth Cave, Ky 406 
 
 Nahant, Mass 1,022 
 
 Niagara Falls, N. Y 579 
 
 Newport, R. 1 1,030 
 
 Natural Bridge, Va 1,188 
 
 Richfield Springs, N. Y 715 
 
 Rockaway Beach, L. 1 920 
 
 Saratoga Springs, N. Y 831 
 
 Sharon Springs, N. Y 740 
 
 Shannondale Springs, Va 1,040 
 
 Schooley's Mountains, N. J 842 
 
 Trenton Falls, N. J 739 
 
 White Mountains, N. H ;1,106 
 
 West Point, N. Y 887 
 
 Weir's Cave, Va 1,121 
 
 Willoughby Lake, Vt 1,098 
 
 Warm Springs, N. C 1,436 
 
 White Sulphur Springs, Va 1,104 
 
 Yellow Springs, Pa 860 
 
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 A GUIDE TO CHICAGO. 
 
 TO TRAVELLERS. 
 
 1. Purchase your ticket previous to enter- 
 ing the cars, thus saving yourself trouble 
 and a dime. 
 
 2. Check your baggage, thereby avoiding 
 any anxiety or vexation. 
 
 3. Have regard for the rights of your fel- 
 low-travellers, thereby teaching them by 
 example to respect yours. 
 
 4. The fact of any article being deposited 
 in a seat is evidence of the seat having been 
 taken. 
 
 5. Always show your ticket (without get- 
 ting in a bad humor) whenever the con- 
 ductor asks for it. Observe this rule, and it 
 will pay. 
 
 6. Look out for your valise, carpet-bags, 
 &c., (as professional thieves are always 
 around,) especially when the cars stop at a 
 dining station. 
 
 7. A gentleman or lady should not occupy 
 more than one seat at a time. 
 
 8. Ladies without escort in travelling 
 should be very particular with whom they 
 become acquainted. 
 
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 9. "If your lips would save from slips, 
 Five things observe with care: 
 Of whom you speak, to whom you spoak, 
 And how, and when, and where." 
 
 10. Whenever you see a fellow over- 
 anxious for your comfort, and pushing him- 
 self forward, saying, "Are you travelling 
 alone?" "Allow me to/'&c., &c., just say 
 to him, " Thank you, sir. I require no assist- 
 ance." By observing this rule, ladies will 
 often save themselves and others trouble. 
 
 11. Never sit in a seat, in warm weather, 
 with a man weighing 244 pounds. 
 
 12. Never give information without being 
 asked, then you will not be contradicted. 
 
 13. Never let your valise, bag, coat, or 
 any other article, occupy a seat when there 
 is a rack for them. It looks bad for you to 
 occupy a whole seat when there are passen- 
 gers standing without seats. 
 
 14. Never sit on the end of another per- 
 son's seat with your back turned, talking to 
 an opposite party; it is disagreeable to the 
 one whose seat you are thus obtruding your- 
 self on. 
 
 15. Never sit beside a person who is hard 
 of hearing, and has never travelled any; get 
 away; thero are too many questions to be 
 
 answered. 
 
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 16. Never make love in a railroad car; 
 being too affectionate, people will talk. 
 
 17. All railroad tickets are GOOD UNTIL 
 USED ; the condition " good for this day only" 
 being of no value, according to judicial 
 decisions. 
 
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