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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



AUGUST 17. 1899. 



CHICAGO. 



Bowling. 



The Omaha bowlers reached Chicago 

 early enough to have a warm match 

 with the Chicagoans before proceeding 

 to the convention city. Three games 

 were played at Anson's new alleys, 

 and the great ex-captain of the Chi- 

 cago ball team was there to personally 

 greet each of the visitors. The home 

 team put up a strong game and won 

 the match by 430 pins. Chicago getting 

 a total of 2,825, while Omaha rolled up 

 2,395. Chicago's grand average for 

 each man was 157, which was not so 

 bad. and John Degnan raised his rec- 

 ord to 233. 



Messrs. Wilcox and Chapin of the 

 Omahas were, however, hardly in 

 shape to do themselves justice, one 

 having a thumb and the other a finger 

 to nurse preparatory to the work at 

 Detroit. 



Following are the scores: 



CHICAGO. 



P. J. Hauswlrth 151 137 117 



Jno. Degnan 233 175 12S 



F. Stollery 153 158 179 



G. Stollery 141 176 156 



Ed. Winterson 156 163 190 



W. Kreitling 140 110 162 



Totals 974 919 932—2825 



OMAHA. 



J. F. Wilcox 155 162 161 



L. C. Chapin 142 132 138 



J. Harlkinson 117 150 153 



L. Henderson 116 110 82 



G. Swoboda 145 150 117 



P- Floth 141 S3 135 



Totals 816 793 786—2395 



At the practice games last Friday 

 night some very fair scores were made. 

 Messrs. Wilcox, of Council Bluffs, and 

 Chapin, of Lincoln, Neb., were on 

 hand and seemed to enjoy the advance 

 brush with the Chicagoans. Following 

 are the scores: 



Av 

 P. J. Hauswirth....l43 176 200 163 170 



E. Winterson 122 153 149 171 164 174 155 



L. C. Chapm 155 lis 17s 131 156 176 152 



J no - Degnan 1SS 155 120 126 131 145 144 



J. F. Wilcox 137 110 133 181127 152 140 



G. L Grant Is:: liu i-; i;,] 163 U5 i 40 



Jno. Zeeh 138 101 156 165 14n 



W. Kreitlinsr nil 1n7 lis i:j„ 164 161 134 



Chas. Balluff 143 14n 109 .... 130 



Cnas. Hunt 151 144 101 no 126 



Various Items. 



Poehlmann Bros.' place of business 

 has had an overhauling and in its new 

 dress looks refreshing. A little soap, 

 water, paint and kalsomine judicious- 

 ly applied work wonders. 



All agree that Edgar Sanders was 

 the youngest member of the Chicago- 

 Detroit party. 



A. Claus, of Springfield, 111., is in the 

 city on his way home from Mackinac 

 Island, where he has been for the past 

 few weeks. 



Owing to illness Mr. E. C. Amling 

 was unable to attend the convention 

 as intended. He expects to report for 

 duty some time during the week. 



E. R. Tauch, formerly with ('. T. Sie- 

 bert, Pittsburg, Pa., is now foreman 

 for Albert Fuchs, 2073 No. Halsted 

 street. 



The car occupied by the Chicago con- 

 tingent was profusely decorated with 

 flowers furnished by the various whole- 

 sale houses. 



The Market. 



There was no material change in 

 the market up to Monday. The cool 

 wave by that time had affected stocks 

 of all sorts and the first shortage of 

 the summer soon developed. This con- 

 tinues at present. Roses are really 

 scarce; good ones at a premium and 

 even inferior stock is eagerly sought 

 for. Carnations much the same. Out- 

 door stock has felt the effect and has 

 gone off clean each day at fair prices. 

 Asters are plentiful and some really 

 fine Semple strain are now coming in. 

 They bring $1.50 per 100. The market 

 will in all probability remain firm for 

 some time. There has been a large 

 call for white flowers used principally 

 for funeral work. 



It is rumored that a change is about 

 to be made in the firm of one of the 

 largest growing concerns shipping to 

 this market. 



NEW YORK. 



In the menagerie department of Cen- 

 tral Park there is a little section 

 fenced 'round with stone and wire 

 netting; 'tis a dry, sandy spot, of 

 much interest to visitors; the place is 

 full of holes, and if one has the time 

 and patience to linger long enough he 

 will notice that small animals pop 

 their heads out of these holes, bark, 

 and immediately disappear again. A 

 sign at one end of this cage tells you 

 they are "prairie dogs." They are 

 harmless little animals, and, my 

 friend, don't mistake our motive 

 when we compare them with some 

 people. We are informed that a sim- 

 ilar pet burrows itself in the office 

 of our esteemed contemporary in New 

 York and the editor calls it "Snooper" 

 — what a pretty little name for such a 

 pretty little thing. Well, recently it 

 has barked about "Ivera," wanted to 

 know if we were male or female, and 

 took exception to our writing about 

 "America" and "Liberty" — it's awful- 

 ly funny how some things crawl into 

 this country. Our friend O'Mara 

 should not have thrashed the poor 

 thing so badly for sneering at our 

 Boston friends, and we thought John 

 May had more sense than to bother 

 with it. The poor creature! We would 

 never have suggested depriving it of 

 a chaperon had we suspected it want- 

 ed to go to Detroit. No, never! never! ! 

 never!!! As to our identity, we re- 

 fer it to the special editions of that 

 paper and its manager, and, by the 

 way, just a few others. There are 

 many things seen, heard and read 

 that excites our pity. 



Convention Talk. 



News of interest from New York 

 this week centers on convention mat- 

 ters. We have sent a delegation any 

 city in the world may well be proud of. 

 Here's the list: J. N. May, Jas. Dean, 

 Patrick O'Mara. David Mellis, Samuel 



Henshaw, James Withers, A. T. De La 

 Mare, John Lager, John G. Esler, Will 

 Taplin, Louis Schmutz, Alf. Zeller, 

 Alex. Wallace, Paul and Henry Daille- 

 douze, William Plumb, William 

 Krick, A. H. Langjhar. A. Wolmer, 

 Robert Leach, E. Leuly, H. M. Krauss, 

 J. Begbia, Alex. Burns, William Sie- 

 brecht and son, C. J. Marc, Arthur 

 Boddington, Frank Traendly, C. W. 

 Ward, O. Boehler, Mac Cutchison, 

 Kretchmar Bros, and their wives. 



This party left Jersey City at noon 

 yesterday (the 14th) on a special car 

 attached to the Black Diamond. They 

 we're a jolly crowd, confident of suc- 

 cess in many ways, and there will be 

 much disappointment at home if they 

 don't get all they have gone for. As 

 to bowling — well, teams have gone 

 representing Flatbush and New York, 

 and Mellis and O'Mara are responsi- 

 ble for results. 'Tis true many of the 

 best men are left behind; still, they 

 should remember where they come 

 from. Charlie Weathered and several 

 others hve gone by different routes, 

 and it is expected that the New York 

 delegation at Detroit will number 

 over fifty. It was amusing to notice 

 the care taken of several packages 

 marked "This side up," and Cleary 

 and Prosser — ah, well, never mind; 

 the escort did their duty. 



Notes. 



There was just a trio at the bowl- 

 ing alleys last night, merely to keep 

 them warm; old scores were not tam- 

 pered with. 



Trade? What's that to New York 

 just now; it's What will they do at 

 Detroit? That's the burning question 

 of the day. 



In addition to wanting the conven- 

 tion here, we would like to have a 

 New York president, just to make 

 next year's affair thoroughly Manhat- 

 tanestic. Give us a man conversant 

 with the requirements of the occa- 

 sion; a useful man, not a mere orna- 

 ment. 



City Gardeners' Outing. 



The city gardeners of New York 

 gave their first annual outing at 

 Noll's park, 170th street and Boston 

 road, Saturday afternoon and evening. 

 August 12. Over 300 people attended 

 and a most enjoyable time was given 

 to all. It was like a big family party. 

 There was dancing and bowling, sing- 

 ing and swinging, and an abundance 

 of good feeling, and the promoters 

 and committees deserve the greatest 

 credit for it. Tickets were only one 

 dollar. This admitted man, wife and 

 family, and provided refreshments 

 free. Prizes were offered for highest 

 scores by ladies and gentlemen howl- 

 ers, the chances for which were sold 

 at two tickets for 25 cents. This 

 proved a great success and the society 

 has an enlarged bank account as a re- 

 sult, which will be devoted to assist- 

 ing members in distress. 



The officers of the society are: Jas. 

 Coyle, president; Frank Hamilton, 

 vice-president; F. Wieck, treasurer; 



