Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 14, 1872, Page 8

8 THE -CHICAGO - DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1872. | BOARDING AND LODGING, Where and How the Han of Hoderate In- come Gets His Soggy Bisenit and Huddy Coffce. Interior View of Houses Where “ Board- - ing by the Day or Week” Is Obtained. | Effect of the Great Fire TUpon Cheap Boarding and Lodg- ing Places. How the Keepers Balance Their Profit and Loss Acecount. . There aremany of the streets of Chicago ‘which, like the image that the. great King Ne- ‘buchednezzar saw in his dream, are gold at one extremity, and clay at the other, or, to reduce this to a simpler form, fashionable people live at one end, and unfashionsble ones at the 'othier. To welk along one of these streets is to Yun over the whole social scale, and to pass, by transitions esometimes abrupt, sometimes gradual, from wealth to comfort, and from com- ¥ort to poverty. To mansions with marble ¥ronts succeed roomy, pleasant frame build~ ings, standing back from the footway, #heded with trees, and with lawns whose only vegetation is croquot ‘Boops and rizkes. These give place fo cottages, all varying in style, and whose tiny front yards thave flowers and almost invariably & bit of rock- work, the result of the yearning of the soul after some change from the monotony of ‘Ohiicago scenery. Then the sidewalk becomes ¥nore uneven; now and then there are rickety steps to be ascended or descended ; the houses, Qiminishing in size, sometimes faco the street, eometimes stand at an angle to it; the yards “have neither croquet-hoops nor rockwork; if there are flowers, they are apt to be sun- flowers; what ground there is to spars is gi ven up to cabbages; the drying clothes, elsewhere ‘banished to the backyard, are here flaunted in front ; the washtub is an honored article of - furniture, often displayed on the doorsteps. Thers are pools of water in the gutters, and geese dispute theroad with a passer-by. On summer Sundays men sit on'the steps, or lean +igainst the fence in their shirt sleeves, eud semoke. Through the open doors, one can see clean gitting rooms, and the women of the house in their best attire. During week-days, unless <there is a strike, the men are invisible, but the women appear in the front yards and discuss *the affairs of the neighborhood in voices pitched 0 high that one begins to hear the dialogue be- fore the talkers are fairly in sight. At the other end of the street, summer is spent in darkened yooms. Here it i8 passed in the open air. The feeding and the correction of children ; the preparation of the deily meal and its consump- tion, are all open to the eye. Further on, the 'bme:lgruw rarer. There &re breaks 'in the 3 - midewalk, badly m§pnefl by an occasional board, “The occasional diwellings sometimes _ stand on stilts, and sometimes, _unfinished n front, show signs of life onlyin the rear. fTheir inhsbitants are the advaunce guard of the d army of laborers and mechanics who have en possession of this end of the street, and ‘who live comfortably, though sometimes a little ¥oughly, under their own roof-trees. Thera are 'entire neighborhoods where none live who do w0t earn their bread by the toil of their hands, with the exception of tho saloon-keepers on the corners of the streets. Hera live the majority of the workingmen of the _city, those who have families. Their houses and the lives of the ‘Inhabitants are open to inspection, but there are others, whose numbers have increased since the +fire, who either are unmarried, or who have left ‘their families in other places, and lave come here for the harvest-time of iflgh wages. For them thersisno domestic felicity. No crying children come their knees to share. No wife, with the frankness characteristic of such, ex- presses her views on the iniquity of beer-drink- Ing. Nolandlord, armed with a writ, demands Tert or & distrain. They are driven {0 the ten- der mercies of a boarding-house for food and othing is ever said concerning the boarding houses of the poor. There is no limit to_the sober jests concerning those of more aristo- cratic pretensions. That is 2 dull paper which ‘has not thres items on the subject in its column of “Wit and Humor;" that is an uneventful week which does not havea scandal in & fashion- able Bouth Bide boarding house. The only refer- ence ever made to those of the baser sort, is in the novel, whose heroine, stripped by a forged will, or & designing villain, of the opulence to which she is entitled, takes to eewing, and _tolerstes existence in & third-class ‘boardin, honse. Unable to pay her rent, and turned out to starve, her trunk held to cover her debts, ehe happily meets the blonde young man who stops her as she is _hurrying to the river which is crossed by the Bridge of Sighs. The rest of the story is known. This class of dwellings has not been gently dealt with by the novelists. It is the popular impression that the coffee thers is always muddy, and that the forks are never of silver. There are persons who have gone as far a3 Western evenue, that yemote precinct, where the sun sets, and the West Side street car horses are stabled, and who, while waiting at noon for a return ear, have seen the conductors take from tin_ pails hunks of ‘bresd or soggy biscuit and gobs of meat 2nd wedges of pie stowed awsy in & higgledy—pifgledy feshion in tin pails, and have formed_unfavorable impressions of the houses where these gentlemen boarded. Occasionally, 28" we are roaming along the sireets, there comes Bteaming up from some basement, 2 luke- warm smell, with a certainty of onion, end nearly & certainty of bad lard about it, and we ;lmdder 8nd hurry on, knowing it is 2 boarding- ouse. Houses, like men, have their fates, and not . unfrequently dafienmza from high beginnings. As straight-out Democrats are left higlr and an onward current of events which they are impotent to check, and unwilling to encourage, so houses, once in the vicinity of fashionable tricts, find their surroundings changed by the advance of business, and unwilling to become re- spectable stores,—useful members of society,— turn into boarding houses. They ]gmw dingy ; = blind which falls off is never replaced ; if re- painted, it is always yellow orbrown ; and, as " if their appearance did not sufliciently indicate * what they were, they break out in emall tin 5! lettered, ‘‘ Boarding by the Day or 'eek.” The person who keeps one of these establishments, if a woman, is called .the board- ing-mistress; &he calls the boarders her men, and not her gentlemen ; her idea of heavenisa place where all pay in advance, and to her, “the world, the flesh, and the devil,” which the catechism bids = us remounce, are her . landlord, an expensive butcher, and ber delinquent boarder. ~The table, . which has generally a rough profusion of meats, . isnpt infrequently withontnapkins. But, since - men must wipe their mouths, the edges of the .-cloth occasionally come to .bear greasy etains. Often there areno casters, but vinegar cruets and pepper boxes supply their place. The prac- - tice of changing plates between courses isnot _customary._ It takes timp and crockery, and the boarder i8 of .the opinion that a bit of bread cleans'a plate as effectually as arinsing in %t:easy water, and a wiping with a ffivraney towel. There 38 no talking during meals, but much use of the knife and fork, especially of the former. ;. The opening, of one of those second-rate i houses in & neighborhood is inevitably followed by that of others, and yet others, until the whole territory is given up to them. As the first - valture which descends upon its reyis followed by scores; as the miner who gmt strikes some productive gulch has it to himeelf but a few days, so the first sign of “ Boarding by the Day or Weels,” is the foreran- ner of & dozen others. Thus they occupy cer- tain ions of Kinzie sireet, of Washington and Halsted,for instance, the houses are so alike in color; in signs and in dilapidation,that if is al- most a8 perplexing for & tipsy. boarder to find his own dwelling at night, a5 for a bewilder- ed man to Teturn to his berih in a sleeping car. Notwithatanding this tendency to concentration, the boarding_ mistress is essentially an unsocial creature, and never mixes with those who follow the same businees. There is 1o union between them. It is each one for herself. Life is spent in scolding the servant in the Litchen, and dun- n'ng the boarder in the sitting-room. "Sunday is diabm}gli.&hei from the other six days of the “week, by thefact that breakfast and dinner are somewhat later. Sometimee, rememberipg instructions of her yoith, she forbids her men to play cards ¢r that day. But beaides these there are many others, of which frequently, the starting point wes n sa- loon. The ealoon-keeper, Laving rooms to £pare, hit upon the idea of renting them, and then afs afterwards of feeding bislodgers. To have men about the house was to ensure him constant custom, £nd it was o good thing for the boarder who could have all he wanted under the same roof. OF these pleces, some are quite respect~ able, others detestable. The best are kept by the Germans. The poorest are the temporary homes of extreme poverty, and of crime. The cooking at the German ones is national, {hat is, detestable to Americane. The cabbage supplants the potato. Whers we use sugar, they use vinegar, and wvice versa. They ore given to grense and gravy, and meat fried in bread-crumbs. The poorer ones are'execrable. To describe their cookery is impossible. Thero wes once o reslaurant on the corner of Clark and Monroe etrects, where about noon they had frec soup. The smell of that soup, which scented the air for a block, can be easily repro- duced in these erloon-beurding houses. At the time of the fire last year, there were in this city over eight hundred boarding and lodg- ing places, leaving out of consideration persons who simply let single rooms in their houacs, and thero were also as many saloons whicl were par- tially boarding or lodging houses. These eight hundred boarding placea wero of all classes, but there were enough third and fourth rate ones, talien in connecticn with the saloons, to accom- modate about fifteen thousand people, & figure which seems lerge in_ proportion ~to the number of liouses, but cesily explain- able by the way in _ which people are packed in them. Of workingmen, very few room in one place and eat in another. That is left to persons of higher stending, generally clerks, who have rooms and breakfast in a part of the city at o distance from bueiness centres, and dine down town, or who room in the busi~ ness blocks and get all their meals at restau- rants or boarding-houses. ~Shop-girls, too, are much given to Liring rooms in_common, and to doing their cooking there in whole or in part. 1t is often more coonomical, and, at sl events, more independent, for a girl in s boarding- house is subjected to an amount of snubbing which - no " men would endure. As for these lodgiug-rooms, the supply of them is inexhaustible, as the ~ sadvertising columns of Tie ‘ToisusE prove. When any family feels s, little Lard-up, and its members can be 8o packed together a8 to leave avacant bedroom, that isrented, The prices asked vary— the Jodger being generally aslked as much as iti§ thought Le will give. If he jews, he will gotit for comparatively little, for, whatever Lie docs pay, is generally clear gain, ‘The rooms in busi- ness blocks have not yet been fully replaced. Those now rented bring prices rather higher than before the fire, which is but natural, sinco the rooms are new and clean, and the bmidmgs ‘more expensive than before. When the fire swept across the South Division, it dealt no more tenderly with boarding-houses than with hotels. Being no respector of per- sons, it ejected the Gages as unceremoniously as it did the Widow Smith and Saloonkeeper Schmidt. At the time of that memorable calam- ity, the Burnt District contained & great num- ber of cheap lodging-honses, They abounded on Market streetand on Fifth. avenue. The rooms above the numerous saloons on the last- named thoroughfare were generally rented, often to disreputable individuale. Adams and Jackson streets had their second and third~ rate boarding houses, and the rooms on the up- per floors of the business blocks were generally rented out. The North Side Lad but few board- ing houses of the poorer class, and they were chiefly on Kinzie street and North Market. It BO hap&:aned that while nearly all the hotels were blotted out, the boarding-houses suffered but slightly in comparison. They had never been concentrated on the SouthSide. The high rents there, had a tendency to drive them across the South Branch. Besides, what is more universal than a boarding-house ? They existed on West Randolph, Lake, Washington, Adams, and Monroe streets, on Halsted, Sangamon, Ca- nal, Jefferson, and Clinton streets, and Milwou- kee, Blue Island, and Archor avenues. It is easier to state where they wers not, than where they were. So, sfter the firo, those who had been burnt out_on the South or North Sides, crossed to West Side lodging or boarding-houses, end found accommodsation the for so many left the city et first as to dimini: h the pressure ‘upon the remaining housea. In the course of a month, however, the num- ‘bers who had left the city were more than re- placed by the 2rmyof workmen who began to pour in, and of whom &s few as possble brought their families, when-they had them, owing to the high rents which began to_prevail hero. This created an enormous demand for boarding- house facilities, which twas very promptly met. Nothing is established more eaily than a board- ing-house. It requires only credit for & little furniture, and asign. To start a hotel requires alarge preliminary outlay in carpsis, in cur- tains, in bedding, In table linen and china, Numerous servants have to be kepf, and meny are men, who will leave if not promptly paid. So all who lad a spare room rented if, and every person who could get a house, & few cheap bedsteads, some plates, and a much-enduring servant, went to work to keep boerders. Requiring eo little capital, numbers have goneinto it, 80 many that the business would be rather overstocked, were it not for the occasional failures, generally among the women, who slip behind in their houge rent, are turne out, and compelled to try their luck at something olgs. Since the fire, numbers of the boarding- honses in the Second Ward have been restored, and what population there is there is to & great extent houeed in them. ‘When it comes to speaking of the cost of boerd and lodging, it is almost as difficult to give correct figures as it is for the price of & piece of corned beef. At one ehop it is G cents, at another 8, at another 10. It varies according to the whim of the seller. A prescription put up at one place costs so much ; “at another place tho price is decidedly different; there is no fixed rule. There Lias rever been any harmony among these furnishers of food and shelter as to o scale of prices. They have as yot formed no unions. Some of them did once iry to get up an Anti- Non-Paying Boarder's Association, & echeme for a registry of dead-beats, but it never came into practical operation. ~So the re- sult is, that prices, within certain limits, are as inconstant as the fancy of a pretly woman. They have been affected by the fire, not 80 much owing to the greater number to be ‘lodged, as to fhe increase in vents, which has o be distributed over those who are fed, as well as thoee who are merely bedded, sll.hontgh provisions have not one up. If the bosrding-house kesper's rent 18 doubled, she does not therefore double the charge for ench room. She increases it, and at the ramo time, where it is possible, puts more into & room, and thus makes up the deficiency. The lowest rates ever asked in this city were discovered some years ago, during s murder trial. The defendant, an Italian, bad, <for_the sum of thirty cents & week, allowed a fellow Ttalian, whom he subsequently killed with a roll- ing-pin, tosleep in one corner of his room, to stow his chest there, and to cook his musl, or polents, by his fire. Thisis an_exceptional in- stance, even among a frugal people, but it serves to show how little 2 mun canlive on, if he so plenses. In all these boarding-houses, nothing is as valuable as space. A proprietor has so many square feet of room; the question is, to make them hold 88 meny people as possible. Since a room ~is intended for sleeping purposes merely, and not for loung- ing, it is but scantily farnished. no stove; there are bed-clothes to keep one warm. 1t has no wardrobe, for the boarders, if respec- table, have chests or trunks. It hasa looking- glnss, which hangs from a nail in the wall, and & wash-stand. It also generally contains two cheap bed-steads in wood which is stained black, and the heads of which may be seen throughthe window, which they commonly touch. Frequent- 1y in golng along a streot which has been raised to grade, while the houses have remeined whera they were, it is possible to get interesting interior views. The white cotton cur- tains are ed up, and tho contents of the room are plainly revealed. Where thera is but one bed it is almost invariably double, and it is underatood that two people must o::cugy it. To have a room entirely to one's self, is to be an aristocrat. It shows the possession of much money, or of a feeling of superiority. Theresults of this crowding are frequently unpleasant, and lead to Police Court complications. There are two people in & room. One s given to the vice of waling early Looking across the room, ho sees his mate, who is sleeping soundly, has cast 2 re- markably fine pair of pantaloons across the foot of the bed. The devil, who is also an early riser, tempts him. He gets up, puts on those panta~ loons, and possibly & superior pair of boots, and then walks off gently, 50 gently, in order not to disturb his companion. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, the desire of the keepers to make all {hey can out of their rooms is seconded by the desire_of boarders to be housed as cheaply as possible. The Englishmen who visited this country years ago invariably complained of the doublo-badded rooms of even tho best taverns— 8 practice which they were surpriced to find Americans did not except to. That which was univereal then hes now come to be reatricted to the eons of toil, who are not squeamish about meking their brief tollet in the presenca of others. A new arrival sets out on s hunt for o board- ing-place. If heis & foreigner he is very apt to the J prefer & sflaon boardingz-house. He zoes info the bar-room and has a glass of beer, and a talk with the proprietor. If thers is room for ‘him, he = getties down in an am chair =t once and is at home. 11 ho goes to a boarding-house proper, he is {a- ken into_the sitting-room, with its horse-hair gofa, or its cheap lounge, end its bard-bottom- ed chairs, and is questioned as to whence he comes, who he is, and what his means are. At dinner a sweeping introduction makes him kunown to the company, and then he is lefi fo work out his own salvation. The rates for full board, which almost in- variably means two in a bed, or at least twoin & room, run all the way from S¢ to S7 a week, the higher figure being the_exception, and £5 ‘being nearer the average. If o nflemon hos room to himeel, he must generally expect to an over the higher figure. At some boarding- ouses of the lowest kind, a person can get fed for about $2.50 a weelk, and the prices run from thet up lo £5, depending entirely upon the loce~ tion aud the class of house. In ‘many cnses boerders eat only two meels at the houde, and take with them dinpers which do not cost ihe boarding-house leepers quite as much 8s a regular meal. When aman is making 34a dxf, he can pay the higher prices and yet be able to save cousiderable. Tho chiof difficult; is with the workwoman, who often gets but $ or £6 a weel. Low as the lower rates for board moy seem, they vet afford s feir margin of profit. Ments and the commoner vegetables are the staple articles of subsistence, and Rio coffee is cheap and rank. There is no reason to expect, this winter, any lack of nccommodations for workingmen, many of whom will probably leave when the building season is over. Nor will the winter be apt to Dring with it any advance in prices, for it brings with it scarcely any increase In expenses to the ‘boarding-house keepers, whose lodgers neither burn gas nor coal in their rooms ; and are com- pelled to gather around the stove in the sitting- room. THE CHURCHES. Solemn Dedication of the New Al- tar of St. Patrick’s Cath- olic Church. Departure of Missionaries----Services at Mc- Vicker’s Theatre and Church of the Messiah. The new and elaborate altar ot St. Patrick’s Church, Desplaines street, was solemnly dedi- cated yesterday forenoon, by the Rt. Rev. Bish+ op Foley. The Church was closely packed. The consecration services began at 10:30, after which a grand high maes was celebrated. The music was superb. The solos were grandly cxecuted. The orchestral sccompaniment was full, filling the building with the melody of the grand old music. The choir, largely recruited for the oc- casion, was led by Professor Hall. The sormon, which was an alor‘%nent one, was preached by Rey. Dr. Edward Terry, upon the invincibility and trinmphs of the Church. The newaltarisa Dhandsome specimen of church architecture. The grand altar and two side altars are of white and gold, tastefully elaborated with appropriate carv- ings and statues. They must be seen tobe appre- ciated. The church building has been otherwisa greatly improved and embellished. To accom- modate the thousands of children belonging to the parish, the basement has been fitted up as s chapel, where service for the little people will hereafter be regulfi.r? held. The nltandlr)mcu at this church on Sundsy, exclusive of children, numbers about 8,000 persons, FAREWELL TO MISSIONARIES. The farewell service commemorative of the departure of Professor John Packer and wife as missionaries to the Karen College, in Rangoon, Burmah; and of Miss Eastman and Mies Rankin, from the Woman's Missionary Society, the former to Toungoo, in Burmal, and the lntter to Assam, iwere Leld ' yesterdny _ afternoon in @ the Tivst Baptist Church. The Rev. George W. Gardner, D, D., Corresponding Secretary of the Missionary Union, designated their micsion, and delivered to them the instructions of the Execu~ tive Commwitiee of the Union. The farewell ad- dress was mede by the Rev. Mr. Gardner,to which Prof. Packer responded on bebalf of the miesionaries. [URCH OF THE X cr . The Church of the Me: , the Rev. Laird Collier pastor, sinco the sale of their charch on abash avente, have continued to worship in the old Calvary Presbyterian Church, on the cor- ner of Indiana avenne and Twenty-second streot, for morning service only. It is in discussion to errange for & regular Sundey evening service structive discourses of the pastor will be re- sumed. Yesterday was his Lot pesrance in bis pulpit since his late domestic afiliction. REV. MR. SWING'S CONGREGATION, at McVicker's Theatre, on Sundsy morning, taxes the full capacity of the house. = Yesterday there were no vacant seats. The discourse had an anniversary character, and was eloquent and impressive. The new stone church of this eon- gregation on the North Side is making good progress, and will be, when finished for occu- pancy, early next season, one of the finest church edifices in the ci o e SUBURBAN LEGISLATION. Mecting of the'Hyde Park Bonrd of Trustees--- Improvesuents Ordered—Bills Audited---Fif- ty-first Strect Sewer Aguln Under Counsider= ation. An adjourned meeting of the Trustees of Hyde Park was held at their hell on Saturday after- noon, for the avowed purpose of revising the village ordinauces. The report on the subject has been ready for a month, but the sickness of some of the members, and the absence of others at the East, hes prevented action. Itis agreed now to make the r%wrl: the speciel order atthe next meeting. A.D. Waldron, Esq., was elected Chairman pro tem. The minutes were read and approved. IMPROVEMENTS ORDERED. R. §. Thompson, attorney, was instructed to prepere an ordinance for s special assessment to complete the Chicago & Thornton Road. e Superintendent of Public Works was ordered to clean out the ditch on South Chicago avenue, from the wool factory to the Calumet River; also, to improve the outlet to Section 36 on Seventy-ninth street drain, and to extend the crib 50 feet into the lake. Messra, Dobson and Rhodes, engineers, were inatructed to make & new servey of the line of the Tifty-first street sewor. PETITIONS WERE PRESENTED— From residents on Washington avenue for a sewer from Tifty-ninth street to the main sewer. From residents of Cornell for an ordinznce under the new law to compel residents to keep their ditches clean, 50 that drainage shall be maintained. From Neleon & Benson for per- mission to laya tramway for conveyance of broken stone to the streets covered by their con- tracts, g0 they can complete the same in time. Also, from the same, for permission to finish the grading of Hyde Park and, South Chicago avenues before the frost comes, and in advance of the broken stone, from which course they are prohibited by their contract. BILLS WERE ORDERED PAID to Charles Creighton, grading South Chicago av- enue, £1,066.01; to Charles Creighton, ling Forty-thurd street, 376; Nelson & Benson, paving Hyde Park avenue, 6,132.92 ; Beatty & Barker, Fifty-firat street sewer, $2,659.78 ; pay rolls and sundry small bills, $1,041.24; total, $10,975.90. FIFTY-FIRST STREET SEWER. . Much time was consumed in consideration of the Fifty-first street sewer. The contractors find so much variation from the former en- gineer’s profile of the cuttings, that it is impos- sible to work by them. At one place the cut- ting was 8.42 foet deeper than shown on the plan ; hence the necessity for a new survey. Other difficulties grow out of the failure of in- terested erties to pay their assesements as was promiged when the work began. They may ex- pect to be waited on personally to-day. Adjourned to Saturday, Oct. 19. SR AN JInteresting Discoveries. The Mosbite Expedition. according to a re- Eort recently read before the British Aesociation, a8 discovered on the borders of the desert east- southeast from Heshbon, the ruins of a magnifi- cent palace in an excellent state of preservation. A %naflnngnlnr wall of freestone, 515 feet on each side, encloses a brick palace. On the oth- erside of the only entrance is an srchitectural front of carved work 180 foet Jong, 2nd 17 feet high. This ornamental front displays animals, birds, flowers, and men, chigelled with great del- icacy, and_eight chambers with vanlted roofs still remain. This palace is believed to have been erected about the end of the sixth century. The basin of the Dead Ses was also explored, and it was discovered that while the western side i a desert of marl, destitute of vegotation, the eastern side is well supplied with water, and is covercd with small plants and trces. Palm trees grow luxuriantly towards the northern extreny- 1y of the Desd Sea. ;" ™~ ~ L3 at Aiken’s Theatre, when the popular and in-+ THE ABSTRAGT RECORDS. Some Additional Facts in Re- lation to the Matter. A Statement of ihe Grievances Com- plained of by the Owners of the Abstract Books, Limited epaco in Sunday's TRIBUNE necessi- {ated the omiesion of many important and inter- esting fentures of the latest aspect of the sub- ject of the abstract books, and the results of Beveral interviews with different mombers of the sbstract firms are herawith given. We have the authority of probably the best posted of these ‘members for the statement that the chief object the new incorporation, of which Van H. Higgins, R. C. Wright, S. J. Walker, and J. Irving Pearce are the incorporators, is that the stockholders in the latter may enjoy the benefit of exclusive access to the records, end not, &8 & moring pa- per incorrectly affirms, that they may organize a corner on the, abstracte. As, for instance, the incorporators named are each and all either capitalists, bankers, or heavy real estate owners, dealers or brokers, These parties, 2ll men of great wealth, have conceived the idea that they Can well afford to puy 800,000 for the abstract books, in order that they may thus monopolize the business of losning moneéy upon, and the sale and brokerage of resl estate ; because, in the event of acquiring control -of the records, they will then be in & position to facilitate their business by the promp} furnishing of absiracts of title to parties interested, while those outside of the incorporation will have to weit weeks, and perhaps months, longer for the abstracts with which to entisfy the money-loaners that the property at issue is =@ safe security. In addition to tlus immense adventage, the inside operators can rendily sell to abatract makers the privilege of access to the booke for a sum itself sufficient to ny o large return on the investment of 3800,- 300, 1 “fact, this plan in a part of the main scheme, and ib is known that the sum of $100,- 000 & yar will be paid for the privilege. This, it is conceded, can be done, and yet leave & mar- for enormous profits. Even then the chief Incorporators will still retain & controlling pow- er amplo to protect their interests and secure their ends, while the public will be accommo- dated as fully as mey be under the circumstan- ces. The prospect of the success of this immense scheme will doubtless be regarded with dis- may and apprehension by the people of Cook County, and its agitation at this time will | doubtless have the effect of spurring up the County Commissioners and Judges of the Courts to o speedy conclusion of the long-pending negotiations with the ab- stract men. The latter openly declare that if the county does not hurry up &nd bring matters to head, they stand ready to scll the sbstract records to the incorporation. They assert that they have been mads the victims of & malicious persetution, at the hands of the State Legisla- ture, egged on by land eharks and buyers of tax- titles here, under ihe provieions of the Burnt Records' Lay, the design of which, they believe, as to compel them to gell their property to the connty, for whatever price it chose to offer. Among the various disabilitios imposed upon them by the law, they specify the gection which limits “to $1.50 the amount which they mey exact for each separate conveyance set apart in any abstract, and which subjects them to indictment as extortionists, and a fine of £1,000in case a larger sum is exncted. Thoy claim that they cannot furnish abstracts at this rate, as it leaves them no compensation for the numerous other matters which must be in- cluded, such as judgments, liens, and court proceedings in genorsl. The section of law ‘which constitutes as forgery the salteration of the abstract books or the furnishing of inten- tionally false abstracts, they regard as equiva~ lent tocharging thatthe men who, for many years_past, have dovoted their time dnd capital to furnishing correct and - reliuble ~ ab- stracts of titles to the people of Cook County, now _stand rendy 1o take advantage of o public calamity and rescrt to a series of outrageous frauds. They elso take oxception to the provision of the statute prohibiting the introduction, as evidence in court, of the abetracts made since the Jaw went into effect, but which allows A, B, or C_to_pro- duce in court the sbstract which he had pre- viously obtained. In point of fact, the ‘abstract men are completely disgusted with tho present position of affairs, and are evidently determined upon forcing, immediately, & definite eettlement of the vexed question. AMUSEMENT REVIEW. MusiC. CLOSE OF THE THOMAS SEASOX. The Thomas seeson closed on Saturday even- ing. At the matinee the house was crowded to overflowing, although the programme wos a very light one. The evening -concert was not quito 80 well attended, but the programme was & very attractive one, and had for its novelties the over- ture to Berlioz’s “*King Lear,” edisjointed pieco of work, over which we do not wonder the Frenchmen howled whenit was firat broughtout; the ballet music to “Faust,” which has never before been done in this city; and Liszt's Sym- phonio Poem, “Die Hunnenschlacht,” which, with the exception of some fearfully-monotonous and tedious second violin passsges, is & very graphic piece of descriptive writing. The poem Dattle between Paganism and Christianity. The organ represents the Christians, and Dr. Fuchs, of this city, who presided atit, ployed his part of the fight very artistically. Although the work hos some superb instrumental effects in 1t, we doubt whether it will ever bo popular, The purpose is not clearly defined enough and the second violin pussages slone, of which we have spoken, are enough to content any listener with one hearing of it. The Andante Cantabile from Beethoven, taken from the Ghost Trio, was one of the most enjoyable features of the evening. Mr. Osgood gang Schumann’s “Devo- tion” and Frenz's gong “While Larks with Little Wing,” both boautiful compositions but too brief for the concert-room. The troupe left the city yesterday by special train for St. Louis. Thence they. go fo Louis- ville, Cincinnati, snd Pittsburgh, arriving in Now York ' in time for the Sfi;flhuny 8oason. The Symphony soirees es place at Steinway Hall, Nov. 9, Dec. 28, Jen, 11, Feb, 1, March 29, and April 2. In Februery, Mr. Thomas will come again to this cit{unnd give his second season of concerts, upon which occasion he will devote one evening entirely to Wagner's masic. Apropos of the pleasant season which has just closed, Mr. Thomae’ birthday anniversary was celebrated on Wednesday evening last, after the concert, at the Chicago Conservatory of music, Mr, Florence Ziogfeld being the host of the oc- casion. As there is some curiosity to know Mr. Thomas' age, wemay state that it is between 25 and 50. e occasion was a very pleasant one, and all present joined in hearty congratulations, and in bespeaking for him a hundred full years of labor for music, and honors without stint. THE HOME OPERA. 2 s The second performance by the Farini Opera Troupe™ was given on Saturday afternoon, at McVicker's Theatre, the opera being a kind of cold lanch on * Puriteni,” preceded by & miscel- Ianeous concert, which was principally 1emarka- ble for its change of numbers. The cast for the opera included Miss Blenche Tucker as Elvira, Mr. Hale a8 Ricardo, and Mr. Tilden as Georgio. Miss Tucker is o young singer,whohas a good natural voice, end all the world before her. Her role was a very trying one, vocally and dramatically, and she is entitled to a gront deal of credit for_the manner in which she got through with it. Like many other amateur light sopranos, she hasa very sweet and moderately flexible voice, out of which something can bé made by determined study under good teachers. At present she has nothing more. She has yet to gain some well- defined and correct style of singing, to avoid her rother frequent tendency to sing falsely, and to acquire some idens of dramatic requirements. To do so, however, she should give up the grand opers business entirely, and go into systematic vocal training ‘st once. Mr. ale and Mr. Tilden have each excel- lent bass voiees, the latter's being especially sonorous and profound, but, like most heavy bass voices, not often true. On the whole, © Puritani” was less marked by the in- evitable amatenr crudeness than ‘‘Trovatore,” but it would be better in future for music teach- ers, giving all the credit to the pupils they de- gerve, to omit forcing their students into grand opera. Both the teacher and the pupils must in- evitably suffer, and it affords no entertainment to ihe public, who waut to see such works dono \ well or not dopeat all; There erelisht opgras and to be gained by the parchese of tho abstractsby | is based upon Kaulbach’s famous picture of the" cantatns énoiigh for such purposes. It is unjust to the pupils’ musical proficiency, and is mora 52t toTuln their faturd prospects then to aid em. THE PATTI-SARIO TROTPE. Arrangements heve bean effected by Mr. Levy, the agent of Max Strakosch, with the managers of the Star Lectura Course, by which tho troups, comprising A'lle. Catlotta Patti, Signor Mario, Annie Louniso Cary, the contralts who ssng hero with Nilsson, A'ile. Toress Carveno, the young Spanish, pianiste, and Mons. Emile Sauret, the violinist will appear at the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church, Nov. 14, ot the Union Park Congregational Church, Nov. 15, and in & matinee at the first Ramed church on the 16th. THE FOURTH KXOPFEL CONCERT. The fourth of Mr. Knopfel's Pleasant; series of concerts is now announced for Taesday, Oct. 23, at the Michigan Avenue Beaptist Church. A special fenture of this concert will bo the ap- pearance of many noveltiesin the programme, more particularly in the way of arrangements. The programma to whicly we shall allude more in detail hereafter is 23 follows : 1. Overture to Rienzi, Orgen, violin, and pieno. 4. Ballad—“Dare I tell 2".. = Francis, 5, Solo for trombone, with_organ obligato:.... —— Mr. Braun: | PAKT 1L 6. Ballad—* The Flowor Girl”, Afiss Lens Hasi 7. Targo from Sonate, op, 7. Organ, violin, ) 8, “Ave Maria”.. L ..Owen {¥or solo, eoprano and double quartette, with £nll orchestrs and organ.) 9, Rhapsodie Hongroise. .- Mr, N. Ledochowsk: 10, March and chorus from Tannhsuser......Wagner Orchestra, organ, and pisno, - MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT. A concert both vocal and instrumental, under the auspices of the Ivanhoe Lodge, K. P., and under the musical direction of Mr. Geary, will be given at the Union Park Congregational Church on Thursdsy evening, Oct. 17. The singers who will appear are Mr. Geary, Mr. Bischof, Mr, Goodwillie and Mrs. Francis, and the instrumentalists, Mr.Rudolph Meyer (violin) and Mr. Falk (orgen and piano). The most notable feature of the programme, which in- cludes sixteen numbers, aro the fantasie on Meyerbeer and the “ Midsummer Night's Dream” overture by Mr. Falkfi. the Beethoven Romance in Faz Mr. ]\I{ly;r, the “ Adelaide” by Bischoff, balleds by AMrs. Francis, Russells #Man theé Life Boat” by Goodywillie, and several Irish melodies by Mr. Geary. THE GOLDBECK CONSERVATORY, Mr. Goldbeck’s Conservatory, which will be removed on Thursday ekt to the elegant quar- tere, No. 938 Indiana avenue, has now been fully oiganized by the appointment of the following instructors, compnsing the Facalty of the Con- servatory: Mrs. Eugenie de Roode Rice, and .Messrs. N. Ledochowsky, Adolph Banumbach, Robert Goldbeck, Gustave C. Enopfel, Heman ‘Allen, V. 8. B. Matthews, and Homer N. Bart- lett, 'the latter an excellent pisnist and com- poser, from New York. NEW AUSIC. The following lists embrace the principal is- sues of new music and reprints of old during the past weok : Messre. Lyon & Healy have re- ceived the following vocal and instrumental icces, bearing the imprint of Oliver Ditson & ‘0., Boston: The “First Flirtation,” and “T.ovely Vienna,” waltzes; the “ New Annen,” and *Pizzicato,” polkss, and the ‘Cir- cassian March,” by Johaun Streuss, ~which need no _introduction; the * Academic,” waliz, by Edouard Strauss end |- the */Merrisge Dells ” waltz, by Josef Strauss— a very neat group of their always popular dince music. In thehigherclass of balleds, *Once Again," by Arthur Sullivans, Tennyson's Trou- badour; *The Army and Navy,” a etirring duo for bass and temor, by T. Cooke; *Bweet Thoughts of Thes,” by Rosabel, adapted to & very neat Italion inelody; Dream, Baby, Dréam,” a pretty littlo berceuse by Virginia Ga- Driel ; and “-All'are at Rest, ons of Abt's most effective quartettes. Four political pieces, of the cheapest sort of music, are also snnounced: “The Chieftain Brave” by A.P. Howard, “Gen- eral Grant's Galop” by Price, “Grealey Galop™ by Keler Bela, and “ Greeley Grand March” by’ Krummacher. Among tho rather harmless bal- lads aro_ “Hope ~Beyond the Clouds, by 6. M. Barnett; _“The Groduale's Farewell,” by F. V. Streeter; *The Kiss and Goor -Night,” by_Gustavus Geary; “The Song of the Sea,” by F. Eoott; “Papa’s- Come,” by Gustavus Geary ; *Kiss Me in fhy Dreams,” by A. T. Gorbam ; “Rose of the Val- ley,” by Emma Baxter; and “Coma Hither, Gently Rowing,” by J. L. BMurmray. Among choice inetrumental pieces for the piano are the # Alexis,” by Krug, op.78; *Amaryllis," the %\minb little Louis XLIL nir, instrumeated by hys, which was on the Thomas programmo last weok ; “ Among the Roses,” & charming romanco for piano, by Krug ; Glener’s Polka.” by Jules Eghard ; and the *‘Heart's Desire Mazurka,” by Julius Zehoayi. Two sacred compositions of more than ordinary merit are, * From the Cross Uplifted High,” =n anthem with soprano ond ‘bass solos, soprano and tenor duet, with chorus, by Agnes Boyd; end “Ho! Every One that g’hhs%t.hs,“ an opening sontence for four voices, y S.B. S. . Russell & Co., of Boston, have issued during the week four songs composed by iIr. Gaorge L. 08g00d, of tho Thomas concert troupe : “Lullaby,” the music edapted to Tennyson's cradle-song, “Somebody,” *Kiss me Softly,” sad “The Orplan Boy;" also, * Ask me pot how much I Love Thee,” & song written for Mr. Os- good by Franz Abt; “Our Country Firmly tands,” bg ‘Whitney, the well-known bass sing- er; and “Boon wo-Bhall Meot,” by Reyloff, as sung by Miss Comille Daboig, of the Lydin ‘Thompson troupe. The brilliant Te Deum in B flat, written by Mr. G. 8. Knopfel, of this city, and sung at his concert last April, has just been published. "It is very effectivo for choir purposes. . Wimmerstedt THE DRAMA. ACVICRER’S TECATRE—COMEDY. Aftor 3 run of almost two weeks, which is un- precedented in the case of a home play of limit- ed merits “and many defects, *‘he Rogue's March " gives way tosterli icomcdy. Thke hights. have twinklod from the rocks of Stony Guich for the last time, and Major Gideon, with his natches of drunken msloéy, and his nunreal pa- rental affection, have retired into the past. This week we are to have two plays by Buckstone,. “Teap Year” and ‘ Married Life.” The first +will be plzyed untill Wednesdsy night, the_sec- ond for the remairder of the week. “Leap Year ” is founded upon an old English law en- titled ¢ An act to amend the laws of courtship and marriage,” which runs 28 follows: “¢ Albeit it 18 now become part of the common Inw, in regard to the social relations of lifc, that 08 often a8 every-Bissestile year doth return, the ladyes heve the sole privilege of meking love unfo the men, which they doo either by words or Jooks a8 unto them seemeth proper; and no man will be entitled to the benefit of clergy, who doth refuse to accept the offer of a lady, or who doth in anywise trest her proposal with neglect or contumely.” It will be given with the following H. McVickar .J. O'Neil In “Married Life ” the characters will be dis- tributed as follows: Mr. Dovo. «J, H. McVicker e, Dove Clara Stoneall Mr. Younghusband.. .J. O'Neil Mis, Younghusband. Mary Myers Both plays, it will be observed, present Mr. McVicker, and the best members of the com- pany. Sara-toga” will bo revived next week, after which there will be a continued succes- sion of new stars, commencing with Maggio Mitchell. ACADENY OF MUSIC. Tony Denier, having presented pantomimo very badly for two weelts past at the Academg, and introduced into it more vulgerity and ob- scenity than is often seen outside of subterran- ean variety halls, has betaken himself clscwhere. We regrot our inability to %ve him & kind word in parfing, for, although he has succeeded in making pantomime thoroughly contemptible, ho isnot destitute of the abilify that commands success when properly managed. This week promises s most agreeablo change. isg Ads ray, & lady of some reputaiion, theatrically, will present o_succession of emotional pleys, which cannot fail to_be accoptable to a lnrga circle of people who desire to be amused. On Mondsy and Tuesday evenings wo are to have * Frou-Frou,” which is nmot wun- familiar to patrons of the drama.in this city. For the remesinder of the week, until Saturday night, she will act in a new p'hxg, writ- ten for her by B California lawyer, and called “Whose Wifey;, We presume the action tumms » *| tained, upon adultery a8 its pivotal point, but are not D nformed.. On Safarday mpght iss Gray will exhibit her shrewish powers in the sensational play, “ Jezabel,” with which performance horen- gagoment closes. The afterpiece on Saturday evening will be ¢ Magic Toys, mtradqcmsé Miss Alexander, a young lsdy from_the Pacific Iowd who is said to have some skill in asong an dance. Messrs, Blaisdell, Padget, and Maynard, ond Miss Annie Weite will reng{ ear in the vari- ous performances of the week,and Miss Kate Fletcher, from the Globe Theatre, Boston, will make her debul_as a member of the stock com- {mny. The orchestra has been strengthened by he addition of Mr. Gerald Fitzgerald, who is heralded as askilful performer on the cornet. Mrs. Chanfrau comes next week. ) MYERS' OPERA HOUSE. Mr. Myers has added to his_company, for the entertainments of this wecl, the brothers Georga end Cxarlss Reynolds, and offers, as ususl, a now and novel programme. Tha quartette has reached a state of tino discipline, and the con- cert, which includes soveral preity and some kumorous ballads, will be very pleasini. 0 managers, Messrs. Arlington, Cotton, and Kem- blo, will have the customary.prominence, with tholr infinite jest and humor. 'Ihe acts will com- prise_¢‘ The School Boys,” *The Stolen Banjo,” *“Dodging for & Wife,” and will end with “A Trip to the Moon,” which has been played for ihe past weel or two, to the graat acceptance of the public. There will be the usual matinees on ‘Wednesday and Satarday afternoons. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE. A full description of Mr. Hocley’s handsome new theaire wag given in our columns yester- day morning. In speaking of the opening night o slight mistake was made in )'ugamrctu the pro- gromme. The bill will b the *Three Hunch- backs " instead of “}Inmtgty Dumpty, " and will introduce to the public- the Abbott Pantomimo Troupe, Mr. Abbott being the clown, an £2000880Ty the arts being sustsined by the Company. The Kiralfys. in their unique dances, are wcll Lknown to the public. Besides the features mentioned, there will appear the Gratz Family, Tyrolean singers, who vill give the #Cat Duett,” among other eclec- tions; ¢ The Jeo Brothers” in & special enter- tainment which has gained considerable ap- glamze, and 2 well-trained ballet of twanti par- ormers. 'The pantomime will be given by the combined troupes, which number in all forty performers. ‘Chursday ovening, the occasion of tho opening night, will bo smaited with imp- tience by tho numerous friends of Mr. Hooley who used to pass many pleasant hours in the old Opera House on Clerk street. ————e THE LOCAL CAMPAIGN. Grand Rally This Evening, at 454 Wabash Avenue—Governcr Koerner to Address His' TFellow-Citizens—General Announcements. There will be a rally of Liberals at South Side Heddquarters, No. 45+ Wabash avenue, this (Monday) evening. Hon. Thomes Hoyne, Hon. Melville W: Fuller, Hon. 8. &, Fuoller, and B. F. Ager, Esq., will address the meeting. Let every man who favors Reform and Reconcilistion, end a change in National, State, and County Admin- istrations, sttond, - Hon. J. R. Doolittlo will address the pecple of Chicago, at thé Twelfth Street Turner Hall, within a few days. The time and day will be an~ nounced definitely to-morrow. Governor Koerner will eddress his fellow citi- zens this evening, Aurora Turner, No. 118 Mil- weaukee avenue. Leb there be a rousing turn out. . The Le Moyne Guards, of the Seventeenth ‘Ward Greeley and Brown Club, are requested to meet 2t their hall, No. 191 Division street, at 7 o'clock this evening, for street parade. Tho dficm corps will Teport at the same time and 0. B e citizens of the Tenth Ward aro raquested to nttend a Liberal meeting at headquarters, No. 85 Canal street, this evening, at 8. Speakers end music are engaged. The merbers of the club will meet at 7 o’clock in uniform. A fall attendance is expected. To THE LIDERAL CANDIDATES: - At o maeting of the Liberal County Central Committee, held on Seiurday, it was ordered that the respective candidates of the Liberal party, be notified to meet the nmew County Centrsl Committes, at headquarters, corner of Coual and Washington streets, at 2 p. m., Mon-- day, Oct. 14th, Teacy D. Hury, Sec’y. THIRD DISTRICT MEETINGS. 4 JohnV. Le oyne, Esq., General Cameron, Colonel Knoblesdorf nnd other able speskers, will addrezs the people of the Taird Congr: sional Diatrict as follow: At Jefferson, Tuesday, O eon Hotel, = of Now Trier, Oct. 15, 7:30 p. At Groes? Point, town m,, ak Pazl Herter's Hotcl, Dutchman’s Point, town of Niles Hatel, Niles Centre, town of Niles, Oct. 17, 7:30 p. 1., at Blamenser's Hotel. Maine, Des Plaines Station, Oct. 18, 7:30 p. m.; at Charles Wicker's Hotel. ¢ Northfield, ieturday, Oct. 19, 3 p. m., at Squire Holman's Hotel. East_Wheeling, Saturdag, Oct., 19, 7:20 .p. m., a% Jacob Hunzinger's Unfon Houze, — e RECHANICS’ BUILDING CORMPARY. Niies, Oc. 17, 4 p. m.,2t A Caancc for Indusirions and Fru 2l Mechon- ics to Eecome Properiy-Owners. There was organized ia this city, on the 27ih of June last, a eociety, wiich hes for its’ object the providing of cheap homes for the working classes. It is a stock company, chartared by tha Legislature, and the stockhelders are cerpeaters, bricklayers, painters, machinists, and other creftsmen. The par valus of tho shares is 8160, but 2 payment of $10 down secures one share, the remainder being paid in by weekly instel- mentsof §3. As 80on a3 sufficient funds are ob- land is porckased, and the erection of 'dwellings commerced, the stcckholders being employed to do the work, receivicg their pay from the capital siock. When the baildings are complet- ed they are sold or renied, and the funds deriv- ed from eithsr source are applied to the erection of similar structures, the money being always kept in circulation. The society will assist small owners of land in constructing buiidings, teking 2 mortgage on theland as secirity. The object of Lhe azsociation is certainly commenda- able, as it leads those who become intercsted in it to industry and frugality, and will preveni strikes. If a stockholder will put wp 2 building for him, allowing him to pay for it at his convenience. The offico of the Company, the name of which is ihe Mechanics’ Building Company, is at No. 41 West Washington sireet. Thoe officers are James Donnen, President; Charles C. Crail, Sacrotary ; J. C. Hitines, Treasurer ; James Fowler, M. D. Richardson, and L. Chadwick, Directors. All of these officers aro well known in the commurity as honorable and circamspect men, and none of the money paid in will bo squandered in expori- ments, Ten lots hove already been purchasod on Oakloy street, near the corncr of Polk, and a 10w of cottages on them aro rapidly approzching completion. The afieirs of the Company are in a prosperous condition, and no better oppor- tunity hos becn or can be aforded to working- men’ to becomo independent Of ayaricious landlords, who will squceze 2 lemon and eat the pulp, and snarl because there is no juics in the | rind. o« The Gettysburg Water Cures. Ths attcation of our rexders is called-to an adver- tisement which eppears in another colomn, relating to the Gettysburg Katalysene Water. Tor years past, the Ezstern papers bavo teemed-with accounts of {te wonderfal Getiysburg Spring, whilo all the medical Journals have reported its marvellous cures, It has een deemed worthy of the attenticn of the Pennsyl- vania State, and tke National, Goveraments, as will bs scen by reference to the advertisoment, A million of persons are computed to have visitzd the £pring since ' its discovery, while the Geltysburg Spring Company claim that 0ot less than _ome hundred thotisand bave Deen restored to health and Life through the_ gency of its bottle waters, Indeed tho Getlysburg Spring has attracted, and promises to attract, almost as muach at- tention a3 the Getiysburg battle. ATUCTION SALES: By HARRISON & CO. 2350 CANARY BIRDS, ALL SINGERS, JUST mPDR:X‘ED, At Auction, Tuesdsy Moraing,Oct, 15 10 o'clock. Bis ibition Monday, Lith, At1oo'clock. Birds on exbidition Monday, Lith, | Auctiongers, 63 Sonth Cazal“st. 5, 7:30 p. m., a Jeder- 23 & few hundred | dollars, or enough to purchase a lot, the socicty . AUCTION SALES, By ELISON & FOSTER. t‘ GREAT SAIL " OF ba: ; It: LAKE STRE: tos PROPER m long At Auction, /- On MONDAY APTERROCN, Oet % ook, o the premises, & ¢ Being Subdivision of part ¢ WW. 1-2 of the S. W. 14 of Se Town 39, North of Range 13 lying north and fronting on i st., and west .of and fronti Central Park; the Homes Joha Davlin, Esq., and kno H the “Four-Ilile House Proy In this Subdivision thereare 30 Residence Lots, fronting eest on CE PAEK, with a depth of 175 feet, ar fronting on Linke and Davlin-ste. l two minutes’ walk frora Central Pars Of gll the choice property fronting the of Ohicago, nons is more accessible or sble, or has a greater prospeotive value this. Terms of ssle, 1-5 cash, balance in equal annual peyments, with interest at cent per annum, paysble semi-annuaily The Houses and Barns will be sold se rafely. Térms, 1-3 cesh, balance in eq; payments of 3 end 8 months, with approw security. YW . A Special Train of Cars will start !‘tm‘ ‘Wells-st. Depot at 1 o’clock p. m., 5t0p] et Halsted-st. and Park Station, and ref £64:30 p. m., for the conveniencs of all p sons who would like to attend the sale/ take aride to Central Park. All are invite ELISON & FOSTER, Auctioneers, Randolph-st, cars go within one mile of § proverty. ¥ 148 MICHIGAN-AYV. FRAME BUILDIN At Aviction, For Account of Whom it May Concern, . We will sell at 2uction, on Momgg mo) ing, Oct. 14, at 11 0°cl’k, on the premises, tH Frame Building situafe 148 Michigan'a between Monroe end Adams-sts., g%ntaining About 45,000 Feet of Luml o purty buying said building at lsst having failed to complete the pfixghua. & - BILISON & FOSTER, Auctioneers T0 BOOT AND SHOE DEALER Great and positive sale atauction of over 500 cases Boots and Shoes BALMORALS, GAITERS, and SLIPPERS, on Tt day moraicg, Oct. 15, at9:30 o'cleck. -at our 85 and 87 IMarket-st. Wi~ pecil aloat Anclioy HESSRS. B. GIOVATDIGNT & 0.5 Largs importation of BEAUTIPUL FREN Bronzes, ELEGANT BRONZE CLOCKS, Florsatine Mosaie blos, clegant largo Vases and Columes, superb € Ifazbls Figuras; fine Alabister and Verde Antiqus St etios, Groups, Vases, and Uras; rich French Bronz- © resand Groups, 31-day Clocks, ctc., ete., i At Store No. 188 Twenty-second- . , hear ‘Wabash-av. i Commencing on THURSDAY EVENING, Oct. 17, ll o'clock, and conticuing until all azo sold. In olcganca of da d_beauty of fi 1 i A A Lefors beca offer3d to the citizans of Chicago; solo ) Gi 00, end comprisin, Az dles ars will ba provid: Fospoctials testted toattend the sale. § ~" ELISON & FOSTER, Ancticn Our Regular Auction Sal Of Dry Goods, Piece Goods, Wo; lens, Dress Goods, Shirts, an Drazwyers, Ladies’ Corsets, Hoisery, Ii‘:fltt-ions, Ete., Zte, Vil iske placo on TYEDNESDAY, MORNING, 16, at 33 o'clockc. - Also “ths entiro Bankmpt Stos” Messr$h BAROUN & €C., coasisting of Cigars, - P FSatcorate.” BLISON EFOSTRR, Antiipreets Ie and &1 Markot: AXOTHER GREAT AUCTION SALE 0 CUSTOM MADE CLOTHT In Overesats, Siits, Coats, Pants, and Vasts, . On THURSDAY MORSING 3-. 7, at 950" Alzo, at tho sams timo, s spload lino of -Piscs Gc Shirta'and Drawers, Nations, de. ELISON & FOSTER, A ; 15 and 91 et v e By GEO. P. GORE & CO., 22, 24 ind 25 East Randolph-st. Regular Tuesday’s Sale of DRY GOODE CLOTHING, EATS & CAPS Army Overcoats, Dress Coats and Ja Alzo a Lina of E.uflkunhlsla Sus&eéxg%s. Not 5 e GEY. B s €O, i I, 54 and 2 Randolph 800 Cases BOOTS AND SHOL AT AUCTION, BY CATALOGUE, ON Wednesday, Oct.16,at91-2a. All grades and stylesof goods will be offered, fncla’, Several invoices of Men’s, Bo;i and Youths’ Bocts, that | must be closed. H Also a line of Men’s Alaska a Beaver. Boots, and Fur- Lined Goods GEO. P. GORE & GO., 5 22, 2iand 25 Randolpt™ ATCTION SALE OF @enteel Furnitureand Carpets, On Tuesday Doruing, Oct. 15, 1872, at 10 o’clocli. Parlor Sets, Chamber Sets, Chairs, Crockery, Chromos, Plated Ware, TLace Curtains, &c., &c. HATRISOS & C0.. Auglonesty, | SPECIAL SALE ATAUCTIO 02 Tharsday, Get. 17, &t 922 m, Of a large and well assored stock ! FANCY CHINA WAR], DOLL$ ORNAMENTS, VASES and FANCY GOOD;. Ratsilerg pro fayited to oxamine. atai e GEO. P.G(RE & CO., ) 5 9 md S Randolphee | H H