. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. with an ebonyor cherry-wood stem, and an andjcr mouthpiece,the bowl being of baked clay. Chica, a fermented intoxicating beverage madein South America, usually from maize steeped inwarm water; that most prized is, however, firstchewed and then mashed in hot water; sometimesit is made from other vegetable substances. — Also,the red coloring-matter deposited by a decoction ofthe leaves of Bi(/iioiiia chica in cooling It is usedby some of the North American Indian tribes tostain their skins. Chicago, a city and po
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. with an ebonyor cherry-wood stem, and an andjcr mouthpiece,the bowl being of baked clay. Chica, a fermented intoxicating beverage madein South America, usually from maize steeped inwarm water; that most prized is, however, firstchewed and then mashed in hot water; sometimesit is made from other vegetable substances. — Also,the red coloring-matter deposited by a decoction ofthe leaves of Bi(/iioiiia chica in cooling It is usedby some of the North American Indian tribes tostain their skins. Chicago, a city and port of entry of the Stateto Illinois, in Cook Co., and one of the most im-portant cities of the U. States. It is situated onthe W. shore of Lake Michigan, 9G0 m. by railfrom New York ; lat. 41° .50 1 N., Ion. 87° Hi 8W. The city is at an elevation of nearly 000 feet CHICAGO ? I „i i„it niilv U feet above the lake, above f-^-^.^^*^ ,, ?;, e Chicago Kiver «hichThere »JJj;^ .^ Ihv a n ile west, then sepa- II ,1 ?, the liKlian Thor. or tluiiulor pod) ssmmm in i: u ii ?? TilAIE liClLBISG. The growth of C. in PoP^?°™Xn«nwe» Ih is without a parallel in history. The the city, ascertained at different dates since Usfoundation, is as follows : — _ •*rt , isfyi 178,900 ^^30 jU 1 l^W ooQ n-7 4,8M 1870 . 29,963 1871 . 60,627 1872 . , 112,172 11879 .(bcfon ,dicfirc) 334,270 364,377 . (estimated). • ? 125,000 The valuation of real estate and P;°^\ P-^P; crtv for of tV^?^; n > in 1800 hadLff tlie actual value),from .?,!..J12 in ISbU, liati ^^chedS-U,981,4Win 1*^8. H-«;--^ «--of the city are in a very favorable 1 ^ ,„„,, ,floating debt, which amounted to < ^^; STO^has been since «l-f^J;;^-^ ^ (and the bonded debt was reduced in » f ;^;^fm and this under an abatement ot over *1,.jOO,»)()0Kuarcity taxes. Municipal axafon, «« ^Ktober 8 and 9, 1871. wliich destroyed almost all . „f /•• illnsiratcd t
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