Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1885 — Chicago Realty. [ARTICLE]

Chicago Realty.

An investigation made by the Times shows that within the business district proper of the city, bounded on the north and west by the river, on the east by the lake, and on the south by Van Boren street, all but forty pieces of property are owned by residents of Chicago, with mortgage incumbrances of less than 5 per cent. Ten years ago nearly one-fourth of this area was owqed by non-residents, and 90 per cent- °* the remainder was heavily mortgaged. The buildings in this district cost more than SIOO,COO, COL . In the New York Supreme Court judgment for $142,662 has been rendered against Xathanial Sands in favor of the city of New York. The suit was brought to recover moneys paid Sands during the Tweed regime as commisioner for negotiating municipal bonds. . - »• ’ ' ’ l r& v ‘ L The late Bobert Treat Paine, of Boston, bequeathed- $50,000 for the endowment of a chair of practical astronomy at Harvard College. • The bicyde is to be officially introduced into the Bavarian army. ' ‘