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" But little that we can say will add to the knowledge possessed by the majority of our readers in regard to the career of Mr. Frank E. Aiken, whether as actor or manager: If we would praise, we have but to name one whose reputation is identical at once with excellence in a great va- riety of the most exquisite parts which the standard drama contains, and with tact, enterprise, liberality and conscientious fidelity both to matters
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of taste and of morals in theatrical management. In short the Chicago public, who have known him for five years, know all that we could pos- sibly relate of a professional career, whose previous years were those of hard study and incessant practice in an art which is indeed 'long' in comparison with the most extended life the most earnestly and. busily occupied in mastering it."
Comedy, in the Dearborn theatre, finds a fitting temple, and in the company faithful interpreters. The house is not large, but it is chastely elegant ; and while the characters are presented with a rare fidelity to nature in this season of sensation and " broad effects," the pieces are mounted in a style that manifests the taste of a student and the culture of an artist. The business manager, Mr. Mann, the stage manager, Mr. Keller, and the treasurer, Mr. Marsh will be found gentlemen by all who meet them. We commend the "Aiken's Dearborn Theatre" to the extensive patronage of a cultivated public.
In addition to those noticed' are the German theatre, the Theatre Comique, Farwell Hall, Turner Hall, Arlington Hall, Crosby's Music . Hall, and a number of other places devoted to amusement and entertain- ment.
HOTELS.
Chicago is well supplied with good hotels capable of affording accom- modation to a very large number of guests. .
THE BRIGGS HOUSE,
B. H. Skinner, proprietor, situated on the corner of Randolph and Wells streets, is a favorite first class hotel. It is in close proximity to the Court House, the Chamber of Commerce and the leading business portion of the city ; and is within convenient distance of the theatres and other places of amusement. The superintendent, G. H. French, Esq., and the clerks, are gentlemanty and courteous, the waiters obliging and attentive, and the cuisine admirable, while the tables are furnished.in a sumptuous manner. The house is large, five stories high, and can afford accommodation for about four hundred and fifty guests. Parties from the west will find this an excellent and comfortable stopping place.
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The Sherman House, corner of Clark and Randolph streets ; the Tre- mont House, corner of Lake and Dearborn ; the Matteson House, corner of Dearborn and Randolph ; St. James Hotel, on State, corner of Wash- ington ; the Revere House, on the north side, corner of North Clark and Kinzie; the Adams House, corner of Lake street and Michigan avenue; the Richmond House, corner of South Water street and Michigan. ave- nue; the Metropolitan, southwest corner of Randolph and Wells; the Barnes House, corner of Randolph and Canal; and the City Hotel, cor- ner of Lake and State, are all popular hotels and extensively patronized.
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R. HATOH. J. HOLBROOK. W. 8. KEITH. J. S. PURPLE Hatch, Holbrook & Co. DEALERS IN HARD WODD LUMBER
CONSISTING OF Ash, Oak, Hickory, Black Walnut, Cherry and White Wood LUMBER AND WACON MATERIALS, No. 265 Archer Avenue. BRANCH YARD, COR. FRIE & KINGSBURY STS., CHICAGO, ILL.
WH. WISDOM, Sup". R. H. WISDOM, See'y.
Garden City Planing Mill
AND LUMBER MANUFACTURING CO. SUCCESSORS TO WISDOM. LEE & CO. Manufacturers of
Sash, Doors, Blinds, MOULDINGS, SCROLL SAWING, TURNING, Etc. Thin Celling. Nos. 41, 43, 45, and 47 South Canal, Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. .
S. H. RANSOM & CO. STOVE -AND- Hollow Ware Founders, ALBANY, N. Y. WAREHOUSE, SAMPLE ROOMS AND OFFICE, No. 205 Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
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LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES.
The trade of Chicago is very large, and daily growing larger. The leading merchants who have made the city their home are men of enter- prise, a large per centage of them being young and with all the energy which young blood possessed when imbued with the spirit of this really " go-a-head " age. We can recommend the following firms in their sev- eral lines, as first-class houses that have the determination, and are striv- ing assiduously for it, to wrest from the eastern sea-board cities the trade of the great west.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Austin & Boal, 221 and 228 South, Water street, are a firm well known, firmly established, and doing a large and paying business. In agricultural implements, farmers' tools, stoves and hollow ware, wagon and carriage stock, etc., they are heavy manufacturers and jobbers. Buy- ers in their line of goods, visiting Chicago, will do well to pay them a visit.
ALES AND PORTERS.
On the north side of the river, and close to the Water Works, are Lill's brewery, J. Bromfield, secretary ; and that of the Sands' Ale Brew- ing Co., F. A. Wheeler, secretary. So popular are the ales manufactur- ed in these two establishments that signs announcing the fact of one or the other of them being sold inside are placed over most of the saloons in Chicago.
Lill's brewery has a frontage of about 200 feet and runs 1000 feet from front to rear, including the necessary offices, coopers' shop, etc. It is supplied with every requisite for producing the best articles of ales and porter in demand ; and has a storage capacity in its cellars for about 120,000 gallons. It enjoys a large and profitable trade, and the business is being rapidly extended westward.
The Sands' Ale Brewing Company is the first establishment that has yet shipped ales west of the Wasatch range, having filled an order last Fall for the Salt Lake City Billiard Rooms. F. A. Wheeler, Esq., the secretary of the company, is an enterprising, wide-awake gentleman, who is determined to maintain the high reputation which the brewery has gained for producing a most superior quality of ales, porter and beer. The establishment turns out an enormous quantity for the market and has a very large trade extending into the surrounding States and away to the far west.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
The firm of T. B. Weber & Co., is a leading house in the boot and shoe trade. Occupying very extensive premises, siz stories high, at No. 9 Lake street, which are filled with manufactured goods and materials;
M. CAMPBELL,
NO. 81 SOUTH CLARK STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
LEADER OF FASHIONS IN HAIR GOODS, Importer and
WIGS, CURLS, TOUPEES,
Braids, Puffs,
Switches, .Frizzes,
And every article belonging to the Hair Trade, at
WHOLESALE & RETAIL, ALSO,
WIG MAKERS' TOOLS AND MATERIALS
Tools and Gold Mountings for Hair Jewelry.
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M. Campbell's Self-Instructor in the Art of Hair Work. A book of 300 pages, with over One Thousand Illustrations, the
only book of the kind over published.
Directions for Measuring the Head for a Wig. No. 1, round the head. No. 8, freen car to car. No. 8, freen was to cas, over the crown. No. 4, from forehead to sape.
To Measure for Toupee or Scratch: Cut a
piece of paper the exact size and shape of the bald spot. Send your orders according to the above directions and we warrant & fit. I offer to the public the largest assortment of Switches, Curls, Braids, and Frizzetts to be found in any establishment in America, and defy competition in quality and price.
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they are compelled by increasing business to move in July into a still larger building and will occupy 3, 5 and 7 Lake street from that date. Keeping a large number of excellent workmen constantly employed their stock is always complete; and the amount of their sales annually reach a very high figure. That their trade is rapidly growing is simply a natural result of selling a superior and warranted quality of goods at a very low margin of profit.
The firm of M. D. Wells & Co., 38 Lake street, is also a leading house in the boot 'and shoe business, manufacturing their own goods; keeping a large and complete stock on hand; and selling at figures that present strong inducements to buyers, the secret of their success can be easily understood.
CLOCKS.
The American Clock Co., 115 Lake street, W. F. Tompkins, agent, has already done considerable business in Utah, and their trade is stead- ily increasing. They keep supplied with a most complete assortment of American clocks; and are sole agents for the E. N. Welch Manufactur- ing Co., the New Haven Clock Co., and Seth Thomas Clock Co. For quality, variety and price they occupy a first position, and are, perhaps, the most extensive dealers and jobbers in their line in the United States. They have a house in New York, at 3 Cortlandt street, and another at San Francisco, 310 Sausome street.
CLOTHS.
Charles Beardslee, Bros. & Co., 87 and 89 Michigan avenue, take rank as one of the first houses in the cloth business in Chicago. Their stock of goods is most complete, comprising the best quality of foreign and domestic manufactures.
CLOTHING.
For a line of ready made clothing we can confidently recommend the firm of Young, Brothers & Co., 98 and 100 Michigan avenue. An old established firm in New York and St. Louis, they do a thriving business, and job at the lowest possible margin of profits. Ever keeping supplied with an immense stock of goods suitable for the season, they are pre: pared to meet the trade and give figures to western buyers which will command sales. W. F. Adams, Esq., of this house, will be found by those who make his acquaintance, a gentleman who is determined to do business and secure trade for the firm.
CRACKERS.
The cracker manufactory of G. L. Woodman & Co., 250 and 288 Kinzie street, is a notable feature of Chicago. Mr. Woodman has en- joyed Aldermanio honors ; is an enterprising, spirited gentleman; and stands high in the estimation of his fellow citizens. He has the only
Great Bargains in FURNITURE!
WM. W. STRONG,
No. 208 Randolph Street,
CHICAGO, ILL.
Having restocked my store with some of the
Richest and Most Elegant Furniture
EVER OFFERED IN THE WEST,
My present facilities enable me to offer the same at
GREATLY REDUCED RATES.
Parties wishing New Furniture of the most staple, rich, modern and unique styles, will do well to call before purchasing elsewhere.
UNION HIDE AND LEATHER COMPANY, No. 207 Lake Street,
CHICAGO, - ILLINOIS.
INCORPORATED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. L. B. SIDWAY, President, W. H. TURNER, Secretary. GEO. SCHNEIDER, Vice-Pres. C. HIRSCH, Superintendent.
Manufacturers of
HARNESS, COLLAR AND UPPER LEATHER, Kip and Calf Skins, AND DEALERS IN HIDES AND SKINS. Tannery on Elston Road, South of Division Street.
THE CHICACO EVENING JOURNAL.
THE OLDEST PAPER IN THE NORTH-WEST. The Best and Most Reliable Paper in the Country. TERMS INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. DAILY JOURNAL: Per year, $12 ; six months, $6 ; three months, $8. TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL: Single copy, per year, $6; club of five copies, 827; club of ten copies, $50. WEEKLY JOURNAL. Single copy, per year, $2; club of five copies. per year, $8.75 ; club of ten copies, per year, $16; club of twenty copies, and one extra to getter up of club. $30; single copy, six months, $1 ; club of five copies, six months, $4.500 club of ton copies, six months, 88.50; club of twenty copies, six months. $16.
ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO CHARLES L. WILSON, Proprietor. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
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cracker factory of the kind in the United States ; and to give the figures of the quantity of crackers turned out in his establishment in a day would be equal to inviting discredit to the statement. On the opening of his cracker manufactory the Chicago Journal said: "Henceforth the world will know that until some other city may beat Chicago, the latter possesses the largest bakery in the world, and she throws down the gauntlet of comparison. Yesterday this gigantic establishment was formally opened by the proprietor, whose name, Charles L. Woodman, is already famed in the north, south, east and west, over this vast conti- nent." Details of the building follow ; and the opening was hailed by the Chicago press as an " event " in the annals of city enterprise. The building is extensive and adjoining the freight depot of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, where goods can be easily and readily shipped. The whole machinery of the establishment is run by steam ; and prices at which the various kinds of plain and fancy crackers are jobbed show that the business must be enormous to make them pay. The baking is done in two of Vale's rotary ovens, an ingenious invention which is worthy of elaborate description. The concern is in a most flourishing condition.
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DRY GOODS.
The name of J. V. Farwell & Co., is so closely associated with the dry goods trade in Chicago, and with the prosperity of the' city, that it has come to be viewed as a synonym for enterprise and honorable dealing. Farwell Hall is named after the senior member of the firm, and is a token of the honorable esteem in which he is held. The trade done by this house is immense and growing ; so much so that this season they design erecting a new store a short distance south of their present location, with a capacity to do a business of twenty-five millions. The premises now occupied by them are situated on Wabash avenue, Nos. 42, 44 and 46, and are owned by the firm who are thus relieved from the heavy burden which they would have to carry did they rent, and this places them in a position to give buyers the benefit of proportionately lower expenses, in a smaller margin of profit required on sales. The vast pile of goods on hand in the saleroom are but indications of what are to be found on the floors where the stock is kept in bulk ; and the regiment of employees are ever busy in business hours. Their trade is exclusively wholesale.
Bowen, Whitman & Winslow, in the same line, are situated on Ran- dolph street, Nos. 15 and 17. With an immense stock of dry goods .constantly on hand, bought in the best markets, they are in a position to make figures advantageous to the buyers ; and their trade is a healthy and growing one. George S. Bowen, Esq., of the firm, is president of the Wool Manufacturers and Wool Growers Association of the North- west, and as such is philanthropically interested in the development of the highly important branch of domestic manufactures which the society represents. The firm is a first class one, and invite inspection of their stock.
C. L. WOODMAN.
RDW'D OLCOTT. C. L. WOODMAN & CO., Wholesale Manufacturers of all varieties of
CRACKERS
230 and 232 Kinzie Street, CHICACO, ILLINOIS.
Boston, Butter, Milk, Soda, Aerated Pic-Nic, Farina Pic-Nic (small), Pic-Nic, Graham, Sugar, Lemon, Wine, Cream, Patent Cream Cracknels, Ginger Snaps, etc.
The only Manufactory of the kind in the United States.
MANUFACTURED BY STEAM POWER, WITH VALE'S ROTARY OVENS.
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DRUGS.
In drugs, Burnham & Van Schaack, 1 and 8 Randolph street, de- servedly hold a first place. Wholesale drug and paint dealers, with & full line of goods, and most extensive premises filled from basement to sixth story, they are in a position to promptly fill any invoice that may be ordered; while being heavy shippers direct from the manufacturers, they can make figures which smaller buyers could not reach down to. The house has only to extend their acquaintance to secure proportionately increased business. They also manufacture a warranted and strictly pure white lead; and have a full stock of the best selested and imported wines and liquors We commend the house to western druggists and those engaged in the trade.
FILE MANUFACTURERS.
Abbott & Howard, 21 Dearborn street, are the agents for the cele- brated files of Thomas Firth & Sons, steel and file manufacturers, Shef- field, England. The celebrity of these goods, only requires that the agents' names and business place should be known.
FURNITURE.
The completion of the line of railroad through to Utah will have a tendency to open up several branches of business which have been com- paratively unnoticed before. Among these will doubtless be the impor- tation of furniture to that region. W. W. Strong, furniture manufac- turer and dealer, 203 Randolph street, possesses excellent advantages for meeting the demand, being able to furnish furniture in every desira- ble style, of excellent quality, and at rates that will successfully meet competition.
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GROCERIES.
The largest grocery establishment in the west is that of Day, Allen & Co., 34 and 36 Randolph street. They are heavy importers of all kinds of groceries ; and where they do not import they purchase in such quantities that they have many advantages in freight and other things over smaller buyers. Their sales for 1868 were about $2,500,000; for 1869 they are expected to reach over $3,000,000. In March of 1869 they amounted to $290,000 for that month alone. Buyers will gain by calling on the firm.
HARDWOOD.
With the development of the manufacture of sleighs, wagons, carriages and furniture in the west, arises the necessity of importing hard woods, such as ash, oak, hickory, black walnut, cherry, etc. Messrs. Hatch, . Holbrook & Co., 265 Archer avenue and corner of Erie and Kingsbury streets, keep supplied with a very large stock of hard wood lumber; and with a yard covering a wide area where land is so very valuable, they have excellent facilities for seasoning. Their yard is edging the river,
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HEATH & MILLIGAN, MANUFACTURERS OF WHITE LEAD, ZINC & COLORS.
170 and 172 Randolph Street,
WHITE LEAD WORKS
HEATH&MILLIGAN
WHITE LEAD
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COLOR WORKS.
ILLINOIS.
SOLE AGENTS FOR LASALLE GLASS CO.
HOLLISTER & PHELPS, CARPET HOUSE,
114 and 116 State Street, CHICAGO, - ILLINOIS.
Importers and Dealers in Carpets, Oil Cloths, Mattings, Curtain Materials and Trimmings, Window Shades, Mattresses, Feathers, Upholster- ing, Furnishing Goods, etc.
ESTABLISHED 1847. E. SCHWEITZER & CO.,
Successors to J. D. WEBER. Importers of
TOYS & FANCY GOODS, BASKETS, ETC. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN NOTIONS, CUTLERY, BEADS, BIRD CAGES, FISHING TACKLE, CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, ETO. No. 184 Lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL.
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and a wharf where vessels can lay end to end, affords them accommoda- tion for discharging the ship loads of lumber which come to them from so many different points. The firm is a first-class one.
HATS, CAPS, ETC.
In this line of business Fitch, Williams & Co., occupy a leading po- sition. With extensive premises fronting on Lake street, Nos. 33 and 35 and having a front as well on Wabash avenue, the large and airy show rooms are excellently lighted, and the immense stock of goods can be seen to fine advantage. The latest styles and novelties in hats and caps, straw goods, and everything in that line of business, are kept in quantity to meet the requirements of a heavy jobbing trade; and the figures at which the firm do business are well calculated to divert the western trade in this branch of business from leading cities farther east. Merchants visiting Chicago and designing to make purchases in their line will do well to call on this firm.
IRON WORKS.
At Richards' Iron Works, 190 and 192 Washington street, can be found a magnificent assortment of machinery of various kinds, including some of the most valuable patents in the United States, a result of the inventive and constructive powers of Mr. Richards. Their suction and force pumps, adapted for planing mills, saw mills, grist mills, elevators, warehouses, hand fire engines, etc., etc., have been tested under the most. trying circumstances, such as in the construction of the Washington Tun- nel, under the Chicago river, and have met the most unqalified endorse- ment by those best capable of judging of their merits. Portable steam engines ; Mr. Richards' own patent of a corn sheller and cleaner; belt- ing, buckets, shafting and pulleys, iron and Burr stone mills, smut ma- chines, wheat separators, etc., are manufactured by this firm, of excellent quality and have a wide range of usefulness.
JEWELRY.
B. F. Norris & Co., 123 Lake street, up stairs, as a first-class whole- sale jewelry house, enjoy an enviable reputation. Doing an extensive businest in their line, they offer superior inducements, to buyers of jew- elry and watchs. Everything in diamonds, jewelry, watches, fine plated goods, which the wants of the western market demand, will be found at this house ; and an acquaintance with Mr. Norris will be equivalent to a certainty of purchasing from him, for he is determined to meet competition on legitimate grounds. The goods kept on hand by this firm contain so much that is beautiful and unique, that an examination would be a treat for an artistic eye and refined taste.
LIQUORS.
Morse & Co., South Water street, are exclusively wholesale dealers in liquors and imported wines ; and having a heavy stock constantly on
G. B. CARPENTER.
a. HUBBARD. GILBERT HUBBARD & CO.
D And Dealers in 1 Ship Chandlers, TWINES & CORDACE.
SAIL LOPT
CHICAGO.
205 & 207 S. Water Street,
We would call particular attention of the Trade to our stock, as we at all times have the largest and best assortment in the West, of all widths of
Cotton and Flax Duck,
DITCHING ROPES, MANILLA and TARRED ROPE, Bags, Bag- ging, Burlaps, Canvas, Oakum, Tar, Pitch, Tackle Blocks, Chains, Coal Tar, Roofing Pitch and Felting. Wire Rope, either iron or steel, for mining, heisting or ferry purposes. Tents of every kind. Tarpau- lins, Awnings, Wagon Covers of plain or Rubber-coated Duck. Flags of Silk or Bunting, as per Army Regulations, constantly on hand or made to order. .
WM. F. NOYE, 1 PRACTICAL
MILLER AND MILL FURNISHER
Manufacturer of
French Burr Mill Stones.
Dealer in all kinds of Mill Gearing, Turbine Water Wheels, SMUT MACHINES, SEPARATORS AND BRAN DUSTERS, Portable Engines and Saw Mills,
GENUINE DUTCH ANKER BOLTING CLOTH. Belting of all kinds .. 228 and 230 Washington Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
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hand in warehouse and in bond, do a large business with the trade. Their wines comprise the most esteemed brands; and their spirits are of the finest known on the continent. The drug trade who wish pure liquors and the best quality of wines will profit by an acquaintance with the house. -
MILLINERY, FANCY GOODS, ETC.
The heaviest importers of French flowers, velvets, bonnet silks and millinery in the United States, are, undoubtedly, Keith Brothers, 68 and 70 Wabash avenue. It is a rare treat, open to all interested in the trade, to pass through their extensive rooms, where masses of goods are arrang- ed with artistic skill. With two fronts to their building, the Main one Wabash avenue, and the rear facing Dearborn park, there is a flood of light in every story from the basement up. They occupy five floors, each 165 feet by 50, besides a high basement, 195 by 50-all admirably adap- ted to their business, which is exclusively wholesale. The wide avenue in front and the street in the rear afford ample room for shipping and receiving, while the open park and lake view beyond, besides rendering the outlook unusually pleasant to the visiting merchant, afford him a bet- ter light for examining stock than is usually to be had in such stores.
Possessing capital which places them above the necessity of buying " on time," they go into the first markets of the world where ready cash is the vade mecum to the best bargains, and thus they are enabled to pur- chase the choicest goods on the best imperters' terms ; and for this pur- poso they keep a buyer in the Parisian and other principal European markets. By this means, and by shipping in such bulk, they can meet any competitors in the United States markets.
Velvets from Lyons ; silks and ribbons from Basle; new styles in bonnets and dress hats from Paris ; caps from Glasgow ; laces from Not- tingham ; and other goods from the places where they are manufactured in Europe, are purchased by their European buyer, who is thoroughly conversant with the trans- Atlantic trade. Their importations independ- ent of their domestic purchases, which are proportionately large, reach in the neighborhood of half a million annually.
But their business includes, as well, straw-goods, hats, caps and furs making a heavy wholesale trade in these articles. Every desirable vari- ety of hat and cap, in style, finish and make, can be had from them ; and all so arranged in the department devoted to them, that they can be ex- amined and any selection made without disturbing the admirable arrange- ment which exists throughout, and without trouble.
NOTIONS, HOSIERY, ETC.
In this line of business unquestionably the firm of C. A. & C. H. Bar- sum & Co., have no successful competitors. The partners of the firm, Messrs. C. A. Barnum, C. H. Barnum, J. D. Mason and J. B. Staring, are young men, full of energy and enterprise, attention to business, cour- teous and gentlemanly, who are determined to do business on legitimate
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