Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 9, 1872, Page 3

s o s e g -«wAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1872 -4 B} TEH JOURNAL CONTEMPT CASE of Justice Dissenting Opinion Scott. Fining of the Respondents. On Wednesdsy last, the case of The People vs. Charles L. Wilson and Andrew Shuman being being under advisement, in the Supreme Court, at Ottaws, the argument of the Attorney Gen- eral was read, and the opinion of the Court de- livered by Chief Justice Lawrence. Scparate opinions were delivered by Judges McAllister and Thomtcn, concurring in_the judgment of the Chief Justice. Judge Walker coucurred ithout filing any opipion. Judgo Scott read & dissenting opinion. Judges Sbeldon and Dreese dissented. We publish the opinion of the Court, g;%efim: with the dissenting opinion of Judge OPINION BY LAWRENCE, C. J. The respondents, Charles L. Wilson and An- drew Shuman, have been placed under a rule to show cause why an atiachment should not _issue soainat thom for contempt, The information ed by the Attorsey General, upon which the rale was mads, st forth that one of the respond- ents is the proprietor, and the other the chief eltor, of a nevspaper published in the City of Chicago, called the Chicago Evening Journal; sand presented, 88 & gronnd for tlis proceeding, 0 editorial rticle published in that paper on the 16th dey of October. ‘The article was set out st length in the information. It is entitled ¢ The Case of Rafferty.” Raffe) bad recent- Iy been tried for nurder in Cook County, found ilty, sud_setenced to death. A writ of error, staying fhe execution of the sentence until the fartherorder of this Court, hod been granted, and this writ of error was pending and andetermined before us st the date of the pub- licstion. Thesrticle published is as follows: TEE CASE OF RAFFERTY. At the time a writ of supersedeas was granted in the ot of tha Burderer Clirts: Rafferty, the public was Dblandly assured it the matter would be examined into by the Supraue Court and decided at once; that Posaibly the hanging of this notorious human batcher ¥rould not be deayedfor a single dsy. Time speeds away, however, 1nd ve heer of nothing detinite being o e ey denniy I suevess, Tug Til 1 qvident 3 - ?:fln?r:: g:n:.ydlnu;wc‘ fanxteay: hundred dollars to de- onstrate that ¢ hatging is plsyed out " may nQw cone e themselves on the success of their game. hieir money ix operating splendidly. We huve no hes- tancy in proplesing clear through to the end Just “what will be_ loné with Bsferty. He will be | grznted a new trial. He will be tried somewbers with- 0 8 year or two. He will ba sentenced o imprison- ment for life, Evertually he will be pardoned out, And thisin spite of l our public meetings, resolutions, Ccommittees, virtuous indignation, aud what not, And why?_Because the aum of $1,400is enough, nowadass, £o ensble s man to purchaso {mmunity from the con- u of ny crive, ”%I :‘fi?wm:n‘rgn sesion of the Legislature does not heérmetically seal up every chink aud loophole through which murderers now escape, it will deserve the bitter censure of evers horest man in Illinois. We must ! simplify our inode o procedure in murder trials. The | criminal should bs tried atonce, and, when fourd ty, should be banged at once,and the quicker mged the better, The Courts are now completely in | the control of corrnpt and mercenary ehysters,—the JSackals of the legal profession, who feast and futten on human blood spilled by _the hands of otlier men. All this must be remedied. There can be foud & yemedy, sni it must be found. To the rule granted mpon the motion of the Attorney General, the respondents haye several- Iy enswered under oath. They bave declined to argue the case, either orally or in writing, though opportunity has been allowed for that purpose. e respondent Wilson, admits, in his &nswer, that he is the proprietor of the uawsps- per, but denies all knowledge of the article prior to its publication. While this fact should influ- Guse s degree of the punishment to which | he may be liable, it does not exonerate him from | responsibility. The respondent Shuman ad- mits he is the editor-in-chief. He denies the suthorship of the article, but says he read it be- fora its publication, and permitted it to be pub- lished. Both respondents disavow any inten- tionzl disrespect to the Court, or sny design to embarrass the administration of justice, and in- | gist that they have the right to examine the pro- | ceedings of every department of the Govern ment of thisState, and that they are not respon- sible, in & proceeding of this character, for the truch of their publications, or for the motives ith which they may bemade, “‘save when such publications impede, mbarrass, or obstruct the administsation of justice.” They state, under the solemnities of an oath, as & fact within their personal knowledge, that *Such has been the established law of this State for over thirty years past ; and that said Court has no judicial power to change the same.” Such a sworn statement 83 to the law of contempt, applicable to news- aper publications, is somewhat remarkable. If §agivt to the saving clause in their answers, the | Interpretetion which it was possibly desired to beer, the statement may be accepted, not merely nsa troth, but as & troiem. The only ground Zor pronouncing any act_or publication & con- tempt of -Court is, that it tends, in its Snal resulis, to ¢ impede, embarrass, or obstruct the administration of justice.” 1f, on the other Land, the respondents designed to say, or to be understood as ssying, that toeyare privileged to make any publication concerning proceedings in court, bowever false, to aset the integrity o! the Court, or to endeavor to in- fleme popular passion concerning cases pending beforé it, end not be lisble to attachment for contempt, unles it appears that the publication complained of really bas the actual and visible effect of impeding, embarrassing, orobstructing the administration of justice, in & manper sus- ceptible of proof as an accomplished fact; if the answers areto be understood in this sense, it is to be regreited that the respondents were not better advised a8 to the Iaw before swearing what the law is, 5 ¢ The Bevised Code of 1845, in speaking of the Supreme Court, contains the following pro- vision: “The gaid Court shall have powver to punish_contempts offered by any person to it Fhilesittng.” This sct has never been re- esled o) modified. In the case of Stuarto. Bhe Peosle, $ Seam., 405, decided in 1812, a gimilar provision in the etatute of 1829, in re~ gard to Grenit Courts, came before this Conrt for construction. The Court, after saying that the statute might, with grest propriety, be re- ed as s limitation upon the powers of the urt to punish for any other contempts than those committed in ite_presence, dd thafollow- ing most significant and important qualification ; "fnufis power would neceesarily be included all ects calculafed to impede, emUArTass, or ob- siruct the Court in the administration of jus- tice. Buch set would be considered as done in the preeence of the Court.” 3 "The respondent's evidently had this case bo- fore them when their answer was drawn. They use its language, with the exception of & most material word, which changes the meaning of the entire sentence. The respondents say the ruleis, that publications are & contempt only whea they impede, embarrass, or obstruct tLe sduinistration of justice, The rule laid -down by tais Court wss, that they sre = contempt when they are calculated to” have that effect. Thedifference ia radical, and marks precisely the lifference between the guilt or innocence of of the respondents in this case. They Ewear toa rolewhich would require us fo eay that we bave sotually been impeded, . emberrassed, or obstructed the sdministration of justice, be- forewe can pold the respondents guilty of con- tempt. The true test is, not whether the Court has been 6. or bese enough to be actually in- fuerced by & publication, but whether it was the object an dueq such an effect. Ttneed hardly be eaid that we cannot acce) 28 § reason for discharging the rule, the lainer, in the snswers, of any intentionsl dis- respect, or any, design to embarrass the adminis- grston of justice. The mesning and intent of the respondent raust be determined by a fair Inteipretation of the language they have msed. They cannot now eccape the responsibility by tendency of the publication to pro- i his work on Criminal Law, Scction 216. He uses the following langusge: = ** According Co%he gi‘:xnex‘ul doctrine, any pub- lication, whether by parties or strnngenzi ‘which comcony a case pending i Court. and Lasa DYSIN cries, the jurors, the , may bo visited as a sich Te proceedings, or on the witnesses, or the counsel contempt.” r {‘Vfi?zfler tested by this common law definition, or by the rule laid down by this Court in the case of Stuart, already cited, there is no_.room | for doubt that the article in question must be held & contempt of flagrant character. It re- lated toacase in_Court, involving, in -its final issnes, a human life. The answers of tho re- spondents state that, at the time of the ublication, * There was an intense excitement in the community, and particularly in the City of Chicago, on account of frequent murders, and the escape of the perpetrators thereof.” This is no doubt true, aud this article seems to lLave been_studiously written with s view to direct opulor ciamor agaist this Court, and compel it either to adirm the jndgment sending Raifer- ty_to execution, or iucar the imputstion of bribery, and the clamor of au angry city, to be echoed throughout the State by a portion of the Chicago press. The demand was, not that'we should calmly examine the racord of Rafferty's trial, to see whether his conviction had been legal, but.that we should give him over to exe- cationbecanse there was such impunityfor crime in the City of Chicago, that it was necessary some man should be immediately hung. We have since examined the record of this man's conviction, andreversed the judgment,—all the members of the Court holding that a plain pro- ai_s:fn of the statute had been violated on” his rial, Let us say here, and so ghinly that our posi- tion can be miarepresented ounly Ly malice or gross stupidity, that we do not deprecate, nor should we claim the right to furnish, suy criti- cism the press may chése to publish upon our decisions, opinions, or official conduct, iu regard to cases that have passed from our jurisdiction, 80 long as our action is correctly stated, and our ofiicial integrity is notimpeached. Therespond- enta are correct in saying, in their answers, that they have a right to examine the proceedings of any and every department of the Government. Farbe it fromus to deny that right. Such freedom of the press is indispensable to the fir& servation of the freedom of the people. But, certainly, neither these respondents, nor any in-. telligent person connected with the press, and having s just ides of its respousibilities, as well a8 its powers, will claim thatit may seek to con- trol the administration of justice, or influence the decision of pending causes. 3 A Court will, of course, endesvor to remain wholly uninfiuenced by publications like thai under consideration; but will the community believe that it is able to doso? Can it even be certain in regard to itself 7 Can men always be sure of this mental poise? A timid man might be influencad to yield, while a combative man would be driven in the opposite direction, ‘Whether the actual influence i3 on one side or the othex, 80 far as it is felt at all, it becomes dangerous _to the administration 'of justice. Even if a Court is happily composed of Judges of such firm and e temper that they remain whollyuninflnenee%in cither direction, never- theless, a disturbing element has been thrown i into the council-chamber, which it is the wise policy of the law to exclude. Regard it in whatever light we may, we can- not but consider the article in question as calcu~ lated to embarrass the administration of justice, whether it has, in fact, doune 8o or not, and, therefore, as falling directly within the defini- tion of punishable contempts announced by thix Court in the case of Stuart v. The People. Itis a contempt because, in a pending case of the | gravest magnitude, it reflects upon the action of the Court, impeaches its integrity, and'sceks to intimidate it by tho threat of popular clamor. 1t may be said that, solong as the Court was conscious it had not been frightened from its propriety by the article in question, the wiser course would have been to pass it by in silence. Bo far as we are personally concerned, weo should bave preferred to do so. We_desire no controversy with the press. But =8 majority of the Court were of opinion that this publication could not be disregarded without in- fidelity to our duty. By our relations to the Bar, to the snitors in our Court, to the entire Ju- diciary of the State, and to the Stato iteclf, wo felt constrained to call the persons responsiblo for this publication to account. 1t may further be said that this articlo conld d0 no permauent injury to a Court strong in the conscioueness of its own integrity, and in the confidence reposed init by the people, and, therefore, the publication was unworthy of notice. Itis quite time that a solitary para- ph, under ordinary circumstunces, would ve probably been innocuons. It is to be ob- | Borved, however, that the snswers of the re- spondents speak of the existing cxcitement in Chicsgo in regard to unpunished crime, and, in that state of the public mind, there wWas great i probability that this article would ~win a ready credence if permitted to go unchalleng- ed. Public meetings had been held. Commit- tees had been Ap;minted to aid in the suppres- sion of crime. 'The papersof Chicago, circu- lating throughout the State and the Northwest, had called attention to this subject. It was made s frequent topic of discussion in the public prints ; I when, finally, this article appeared, in a paper of noted sobriety and respectability, contamning charges and imputations against this Court, which were simply infamous, the majority of this Court felt that it was necessary for the good name of the State, within and with- ont its borders, and necessary in order to pre- serve the confidence of the people wholly un- ghaken in this Court, to request the Attorney General to move for & rule against the respond- ents. The majority of the Court still think they heve ncied wisely. We have been controlled by no feeling of personal malignity, and do not propose to inflict a severs punish- ment. We wish to call the attention of the press to the limita which circumseribe their com- ments on_judicial proceedings, and to remind them of the obligations imposed upon them b the great power which they confessedly wiel Especially do we desire to keep the judicial repu- tation of the State free from the appesranco_ of dishonor, and to prevent the growth of that dis- trust, in the minds of our own people, that would certeinly follow the circulation of ar- ticles like the one under consideration, if per- mitted to go unrebuked. The loss of public confidence in our integrity would be & calamity little less than the loss of official integrity it- gelf. The pomp and circumstance which in England aid to cloth, the Courts and the law with dignity and power are not in consonance with our Republican forms of government. In this country, the power of the Jndiciary rests upon the faith of the people in its integrity and intelligence. Take away this faith, and the moral influence of the Courts is gone, and_the popular respect for low impaired. Law, with us, is an abstraction. It is personified in the Courts a8 its ministers; but its efficacy depends upon the moral convic- tions of the people. When confidence in the Courts is gone, respect, for the law itself will speedily disappear, and society will become the proy of fraud, violence, and crime. The one element in Government and society which the American people desire, over all things else, to keep freefrom the taint of ems- picion, is the administration of justice in the Courts. So long as this is kept pure, 2 commu- nity may undergo extreme misgovernment, and ufili prosper. But, when these tribunals have ‘become corrupt, and public confidence in them is destroyed, the last calamity has come upon & peoplé, and the object of its social or- anization has failed. The protection of life, iberty.and property is the final aim of all gov- ernfent. This is accomplished by an honest ad- | ministration of just laws. The peopls, by their representatives, may bo rolied upon to pass such laws ; but, unless they are honestly administer- ed, neithér life, liberty, nor prosperity enjoys tho security which it is tho object of govern- ment snd society to give, If the time shall un- happily ever come when the Judiciary of this is bought and sold, the loss of its moral and material well-being will as certainly follow a8 the night follows dzy. ; ‘We are glad to say that, for more than half & | century, the Judiciary of this State has notonly enjoged the confidence of the people, bub alio has received the support of the press. clsining that their words did not mean what any reader musf bave understood them 23 mesning. No csndid men can deny that the article in uesiion was well calenlated to make upon 2he public: mind the impression thet the case, was intluenced by money in its judicial action, znd that it could beeo in‘fuencefl in other cases. Neithercan it ‘e denied thet thearticia sseks to intimidate the Court astothe_judgment to ba pronounced in 2 cose then pending, and involving the life or desth of & buman being. The article declares that the money raised for Rafferty ** is operating spendidly;” predicts that he will be granted a new trial: and avers that ¢ The sum of fourteen ‘hundred dollars is enough nowadays to enzble a man ty purchase immunity from the conse- quences of apy crime;” and that “The Courts aré now sompletely in the control of corrapt and mercehury ehysters,—the jeckuls of the legal rofeseidn.” it ixng\xgg; will bear but one terg:]el\ahon. 4 % T shall nof stop to cite and discuss the author- tiies bearing on the isw of contempt, ns that Izbor has been performed by another member of the Court. I merely quote the rule 6 1aid down by Diehop, 88 American vriter, in Court, in & pendin | Never before, 80 far as the membera of this | Court are aware, has the integrity of this tribu- | pal been assailed by & public journal, Tho re- ! spectability of the paper in which the article in i question has appesred, aud the circumstances i Burrounding its publication, have given it a gray- | ity which a casusl article of like import would i not possess, We have personally folt great re- | luctance to taking notice of the publication, but i our consciousness of the mischief that may be done 10 embarrassing the administration of jus- i tice, and impairing- the moral authority of the Judiciary throughout the State, if this article ia | to stand s an unpunished precedent, hus come pelled us to issue the rulo, and now compels ns to_order an attachment. It is the judgment of the majority of the Court that an attachment issue against Charles L. Wilson and Androw Shuman, returnable forthwith. DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE SCOTT. Having been opposed, in the first instance, to issuing the rule to show cause, Iam of opinion, State has become hopelessly corrupt, and justica | Whatever may be the true construction of the article set outin the information, the respon- dents have both denied, under oath, any pur- pose, in its publication, to obstruct or infiuence the administration of the law, or any intention upou the integrity of any memher of | aud this, it seema to me, is wll that they oughi to Le required o do. No public goud can possibly result from pressing the matter lturther, Independently of the diaclaimer on the part of the respondents, I am unable to perceive how the article 1n question could, in any manner, affect, hinder, or obstruct the administration of the 18w in this Court. The newspaper in which the stant from the one whera this Court is now holding its sessions, and it was not-thrust upon the sttention of the Court by the réspondents or any one else. It is unlike the objectionable ar- ticlein the vare of Stusrt vs. The People, 8 Scam., 397, which was published in the city Where an important trial was pending before a jury, and which, with some propriety, could be Eaid to be & constructive contempt, ‘committed in the preseuce of the Court. If itis anything more then rimply su wnjust . criticem , on the Const, in refereuce to a cause then pending, the most unfavorable view that can be taken is, that it is & constrnctive contempt, aud, ss such, it could not, directly or indiractly, affect the ad- Iinistration of justice in en Appellate Court, 1 should be very unwilling to admit that it could have any such effect. It Eeems to me that the majority of the Court have attached an undue importance to 8 mere newspaper paragraph. From an early period in the history of our ju- risprudence, the power haa been conceded to all Courts of general jurisdiction to punieh, in a summary menner, contempts committed in their presence. The right rests on the necessity that was found to exist, to enable Courts to adminis- ter the law without interruption or improper in- terference, and to maintsin their own dignity. 8o indispensable is this power that its just exer- cise, 8o far as it may be necesssry for the due firmcgnan of the Court, has never been ques- oned, The Legislature has provided that the Su- preme and- Circuit Courts may punish parties for contempts committed against them while sit- ting; and it ia a very grave question whether it was not the intention, by implication at least, to limit the power of Courts to punish for con- tempts to such as shonld be committed in their ‘Ppresence. Iam mnot, however, unmindful that Courts of the highest authorify, in this country and in Englend, have assumed juriadiction_to punish, in asummary manner, and on their own mo- tion, what are termed constructive contempts,— such an one as is sought to be set forth in the information filed. The exercise of this extraordinary power by 8 Court of final jurisdiction has ever been re- fiudsd as of questionable authority, and one able to grest abuse, and which might become dangerous to the liberty of the citizen. Its exercise by the Courts in this country has been tolerated, rather than conceded by constitu- tutional provisions or legislative enactments. The objection proceeds on the grouud thatthe Court “ought “to sssume to be the judge of ‘the offence against itself, and of the mode and messure of redress, when the law has provided, and when, in the very nature of things, there cap be no mode of reviewing the action of the Court in’ the premi- ses. There hag always existed = jealousy against the exercise of arbitrary power, by any tribunal, supposed to be derived from common law sources, and not expressly granted by Leg- islative Assemblies. It must be conceded that public journals have the right to criticise threats of all public officers —Exacutive, Legislative, and Judicial. It is a constitutional gxivilege that even the Legisla- ture cannot abridge. Such ecriticism should always be just, and with a view to promote the public good. In caso tho conductof any public officer 18 wilfully corrupt, no measure of con- demnation can be too severe; but, when the misconduct is simply an honest error of judgment, the condemnstion ought to be mingled with charity. The public have a profound interest in the good name and fame of their Courts of % tice, especially of the Courts of last resort. Evorything that affoots the well- being of organized society, the rights of prop- erty, and tlie liberty of the citizen, is submitted to their final decision. Tho confidence of the publicin_Courts should not be wantonly im- paired. It is all-important to the due and efll- cient administration of justice that the Courts of last resort should have, in a full messure, the entire confidence of the paople whose laws they administer. All good citizens will admit that he who wilfully and wantonly assails the Courts by groundless accusatious, and thereby weakens the public confidence in them, commits a great wrong, not alone against the Courts, but against tho people of the Commonwealth. Dut who shall furnish the remedy? Skall the Court that is assailed? or, shall the Legislative power of the State? In my judzment, there are many, and politic, reasons why the Legislative power alone should provide the remedy, if ny shall be found to be necessary. It is far better that the Judges of the Courts should endure un- just criticiem, and even slandorous sccusations, then to interfere, of their own motion, to redress the offence against themselves, when the offence complained of was not committed in their imme- diate presence. i) . It is a matter of public history that it has been the Solicy of the press, in this country, to uphold snd maintain_the suthority and dignity of the Courts. If a contrary policy shiould ever be inaugurated in this Stato, to such an extent as to_seriously affect the reputation, or impair the efficiency of our Courts in the ad- ministration of the law, I have no doubt that legislation will afford an appropriate remedy. It was 8aid by the Court, in the case of Stuart v. The People, supra, that * Respect to Courta cannot be compelled; it is the voluntary tribute of the public to worth, virtue, and intelligence; and, whilst they are found on the judgment-geat, 50 long, snd no longer; will they retain the pub lic confidence.” FINING OF THE RESPONDENTS. Special_Despatch to The Chicago Tritane. Orrawa, 1L, Nov. 7, 187i%—In the Sapreme Court, this forenoon, the Chief Jusi.ce asked: & Are the respondents in the case of Tho People vs. Wilson and Shuman in Court?” The Sheriff. ‘‘They are, your Honor." Messrs. Wilson and Shuman then stood up be- fore the Court, and the Chief Justice then said : “You, Charles L. Wilson and Andrew Shuman, are before this Court under an attachment for contempt, in consequence of un, articlo relating t0 & causé pending in this Court, and_publishe in anewspaper of which you Chsrles L. Wilson, are the proprietor, and you, drew Shuman, are the chief editor, In the opinions delivered by tho majority of this Court, when passing Tpon your return to the rule to show cause why an attachment shonld ot bo iseued against you, we have said all that ‘we desire to say in regard to the character of the publication, and the injury which such pabli- cations tend to cause to the administration of Jjustice. It was then held that your answer showed no rezson why an attachment shonld not issue. -t now only remains to impose upon you a penalty for this offence, It is in the power of e Court, in cases of this character, to Y\"mi!h by both fine and imprisonment. e~ have, however, -no losire __ to inflict a severe penalty. Our object will be sccomplished if we show to the press that it cannot be permitted to attempt to influence the decision of cases pending in the Courts. We are not unmindfal of the fact that neither of you wrote the objectionsble article, and that you, Charles L. Wilson, did not see it before its publication. We shall impose upon you only & moderate fine, as we cannot believe you sre likely to commit similar offences in the fature. You, Charles L. Wilson, are adjudged to pay & fine of 100, and you, Andrew Shuman, are adjudged to pay a fine of %200, to the Tremsury of this State.- You are also adjudged to pay the costs of this pro- ceeding. Tho fine will be paid to the Clerk of this Court, who is directed to remit the same immediately to the State Treasurer, and pro- care his receipt therefor, to be filed among the papers of this case. The Sheriff will hold the respondente in his custody until the ine and costs are_paid to the Clerk.” ‘Whea the business of the Court was throngh, Messra. Wilson and Shuman went to the Cle\i‘s ?lrlncs, and paid the fines and costs imposed upon om. 1 Suite Augusta, Me. (Noo 2),Jc‘nrru)lwndznu of the Boston fou An important action against the Western . Union Telegraph Company has been on trial since yesterdsy in the Supreme Judicial Court. The plaintiffs, Messre. John C. Bartlett & Co.. TP R ey Important Telegraphi after, more mature reflestion, that the rule should not be ade absolute. of Gardiner, brought the siit for damages tothe amount of $900 on account of an error in & mes- sago they sent to Chicago ordering 10,000 bushels. of corn. The message when received rend 1,000 bushols. Before the error was cor- rected, corn had advanced 10 cents per bushel, so that the plaintiffa aver at they met with & loss of $900, the smonnt they seek to recover. To-day, after the testi- mony was all in, Judge Danforth intimated that he should instruct the jury that the telegraph company would be liable, notwithstanding the terms of the contract between the parties nsu- sfiflflgflph was printed was published in a city ally found set forth in the printed blanks of the company ; wherenpon the counsel on both sides mutually azreed to withdraw the case, and refer it to the law court for_their decigion, not oumly upon question of 1aw, but on the assessment of | damages, if any wero allowablo. LONG JOHN'S - DIPLOMACY. Tlow e Bridged the Chasm Tetween Himself and the Hon, J, Y, Scammon, ‘A Twenty-Four Year’s “Unpleas- antness” Amicably Adjusted. Mr. Scammon’s Great Success as an Editor Flatteringly Acknowledged. At the beginning of the late campaign, the Liberal candidate for President called attention to the bloody chasm wrought by years of civil war, and proposed that both sections should shiake hands gcross it. During the long contest which followed, the numerous other chasms which exist in this country, and even in Chicago, were lost sight of. For it is 8 mounrnful fact thet the fleld of life is intersected in all direc- tions by these chasms, and it is very rarely that there is any hand-shaking across them. Still, it is a pleasure to report the fact thatone of them, at least, has been filled up to grade, one which for years has separated two of our most prominent citizens. For twenty-four years thero hes been a chasm between the Hon. John Wentworth and the Hon. J. Y. Scammon. Of course, in s physical point of view, there is a chasm between the head of the former and that of the Hon. Ar. Beammon, but that ia not the one referred to. The commencement of this chasm, or gulch, or gully, dates far back. In 1848 John Wentworth was the Democratic and J. Y. Scammon the ‘Whig candidate for Congress in the Fourth Dis- trict, which then included McLean, LaSalle, 2nd a number of other counties besides Cook. The unprejudiced freemen of that district gave Long John 11,857 votes, and Mr. Scammon 8,312, Cook County gave the former 2,183 and the latter 1,921. It wasa rout for the latter, who carried but iwo counties, and those by small majorities. This result was quite unsatisfactory to Mr. Scammon, and naturally did not add to his affection for his competitor. As the time ap- proached for the following election, Long John, then at Washington, wrote home a letter, where- in he stated, probably on acconnt of his easy victory, that he did not intend to return bome to canvass tho district with Mr. Scammon, snd he wouldlet that gentleman have the field all to himself, and ses what he could do. This unfortunate letter came to Mr. Scammon’s knowledge. Even in those days, he was &n ora- tor, having learned the art in & Maine school house, where the pupils were drilled in reciting Casabianca and Hobenlinden. So he resented the insinuation that his parts of speech counld not win him the victory, even ‘when Wentworth was not there toreply. Then Mr. Scammon, being unable to beat Wentworth, took his re- venge by catting him. He would mot speak to the aforesaid Wentworth, He would not stretch up his arm to skake hands with him. He would not give Long John the benefit of his financial experience ; he would not discount his notes at the Marine Bank; he would neither eat, drink, nor sleep with him. And thus has it been for nesrly & quarter of & century. In view of this atate of affairs, it will surprise the citizens of Chicago to learn that these two distinguished gentlemen have shaken hands over the chasm of s long war, and are at peace. Ordinarily, the fact that two men have shaken bands is their own affair, hardly fitted for notice in s newspaper. Dutthis is no common matter; it is an event; it is like the reconcil- istion of Csar and Pompey, whereat Rome marvelled. When such distinguished men de- termine to forgst the dead issues of the past, why cannot the lesser ones imitate them, and & general era of good feeling begin ? A week ago Mr. Wentworth, whose sonl hank- ers after peace, and who is probably willing to forgive eversbody, except Mr. Farwell, hap- ened to be in the Tremont House. As he looked toward the door he saw Mr. Scammon Just coming in. He determined to hold out the Olive branch, indirectly, but yet decidedly. Ho would appeal to the most_decided points of Mr. Scammon's character. There is in Mr. Went- worth much of the diplomatical. - He would have shono in a foreign mission. Affecting entire ignorance of Mr. Scammon's presence, Mr. Wentworth, in that clear, distinct yoice of his, called to a colored boy who was near B eaid s “Boy, hereis a dime; go and buy me a copy of the Infer-Ocean. I never read any other now. It 18 the best paper ever published in Chicago, except the Democrat. Don't you know it, boy ?" The boy, being aware of the fact that the Infer- Ocean supported John Jones, and being unwill- ing to contradict as tall a man as Mr. Wentworth, replied it was. *Very well,” continued Long John; “go and §nt me & copy at once. Never mind the change. ou can keep that."” Mr. -Bcammon heard all this. It is nseless to attempt to paint his feelings. As the serpent follows the serpent-charmer, 80 he drew nearer and nearer to Mr. Wentworth, who persisted in not seeing him. The boy returned with the paper,—Mr. Went- vorth opened it, looked at the oditorial page, read n little, nodded bis head, and said, 80 thab all might hear: “Damned smart paper. Some ability here. This man Scammon is pretty hard about some things; Ihad to fight in the School Board, but he knows how to.get up a paper. He misse his ‘bujuuaesa. fflamwxs made foran editor. T am s judge of these things, for I know tho frade, * Political viows all Wrong, but they are stated devilish well. -Smartest paper in Chicago.” Then he returned to its pernsal. Mr. Scam- mon went back to his office, hnfl)_v, but agitated, like & girl after her first proposal. - Fle found no fault with any of his employes that day, This fact has been ascertained i o by inguiry. ‘The next morning Mr. W’;nt\vnrth found at his door a copy of the Infer-Ocean, with a card pinned to it—*’ Compliments of J. Y. Scammon.” b'?fitr' Wentworth was satisfied—the fish had itten, Thai afternoon he was in the hall of the hotel, | and Mr. Bcammon camein. The latter walked up to him and said, holding out his hand : “ How do you do, Mr. Wentworth ?” They shook hands. John Drake happened to see it, and refused to believe his eyes. He still doubts it. Now, in order that Mr. Wentworth msy be right on the record, it is proper to add what he said when asked by somo one whether he really rend the Inter-Ocean : ¥ “Read the damned thing! No, never opened it but once.” Then his ears became parentheses ners of his mouth, the Sammit smile Now when Mr. Scammon reads this, the chasm will probably reopen. Still, one must tell the truth. s gt o b MR. KELLEY'S CONGRATULATIONS. o the Editor of The Chicago Tribunes Bm: Please insert the enclosed congratnla- tory notice to law and order people on the result of the elections in Chicago. I have many in- quirie3 in relation thereto, and this will answer one and all, and oblige yours, very truly; at the cor- . M. C. Keriey. Caicaco, Nov. 8, 1672, Or¥iCE OF msc TEMPERANCR nwmzm,} micAGo, Nov, 2, o Law and Order People : HiE We hereby congratulate yon on the result of the election; there is & majority of eight in the Common Gouncil 'favorable to law, order, and s Christian Sab- bath, The executive suthorities have now no excuse for not enforcing the laws, In the Legislature, thero aro four Senators In favor of the protectlye laws, o two againat them ; the Represcntatives are sbout neatly divided in numbers, but in moral weight and {nfii. ence those favorable to temperance ars vastly supe. rior. The country members generally throughont the State will stand by the law. A gallant fight was made on the North 8ide; it was a forlorn hope, yat & more perfect orgauization wonld have secured adoress. The queation of United Slates Senator prevealod many o votng as they desired on this issne, We are also obliged to confess that there are whale wards in the city_ where very few law and_order votos were cast, Tney sadly need temperacs énlightenment, and moral regeneyation. Topermit them to remain in their prosent condition, will bo a deep disgrace to the civilization of Chicago. ' Provide missionarics. Wo are engaged in o contest. between Cliristian principles and seifish in tereats ; between knowledge aud ignorance ;- between virtuo dnd crizme ; between churches snd saloons ; the Iast claim a3 the only compromise, the right to open “their places of business on_Sunday afternoons, a8 most profitable season of the wholo week ; tharefor ‘We recommend thiat all the churches, of every deuome " the officials trusted with the revision of all the ination, ehould hold an afternoon service, with free seats, exclusively for working men and women, in every-day clothing, and that connected with the churches, orin_close proximity {o all the centres of population, libraries snd resding-rooms should be astablished, frea to_all, At present the churches are fo0_respectible, snd_expensive ; they oyershoot the mark ; common peopie dare Mot euter their portale, Remerber, there are twelve saloons to every church in Chicago, in constant blast, night and day, appeal- ing to the grossest sensual appetites. To save tho peo- ple from their demoralizing influences, the churches, and every Christian msn, must bo wide-awake o fur. nish mental and spiritual £ mk‘ in place of spirituons drinks. Attempts to restrain the degrading infiuences of tho saloons will bo futile, unlees corresponding offorts aro mado to inspire thelz patrons with higher aims, and more refined appetites, This plan has been successfolly tried in Eastern and European cities, 1f the moral and religions citizens of Chicago will unite, as one during the coming year, n a grand attack on vice, crime; and intemperance, the city’s moral power snd inflaence will fitly sccompany its architec- elegance, oud material prosperity, and its churches become the recipient o God's_choicest bless- ings, aud its people, temples for tho indwelling of His Holy Bpirit, On behalf of the Committee, . C. KeLrey, Mansger, STEAM VS. HORSES. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Bz : The present situation in Chicago brings up a question which has been quietly considered by many for some years: Which has the best, firat right to the use of our streets : the dummy or the horse ? Would the public interest be best served by yielding that right to the dammy or thehorse ? Can we better decline rapid transit by steam, or have all horses used in cities edu- cated to regard a dummy as they do any other moving sight. Any horse-man will tell us that, give him a space between State strest and the Michigan Southern Railroad, and he will guarantee that 90 out of 100 of all horses passing through such quarantine before gale for city use shall be dum- my and locomotive proof. 'or fact bearing upon the case, eimply con- sider the difference between now and & few ears since, in the number of horses that can e entirely trusted in close proximity to a loco- motive. Ar, Editor, I don't own one dollar interest, di- rect or indirect, in any street railroad ; I do own and drive horses ; and my personal conviction is, that the simple solution of the great question for all cities is, that it is impossible to do_with- out steam-transit through the streets, and it is possible to educate all needed horses to en- counter them without fright. Tf the City of Chicago will step forward and admit the dummy fally thronghout herstreets,— accompanying such radical change by & parallel ordinance providing against the nse of uneduca- tedhorses, by proper provision for their inspec- tion and training, at o minimum fee,—she will, 23 sho does 50 often, move ina lead which will be followed by the world. Bhe answers the great question of city transit, and mankind will wonder why the egg was never placed on end before, H Ca1ca6o, Nov. 8, 1872, antaa e S — EVANSTON. A CASE OF LARCENY. Mr. 8. A, Matteson, proprietor of the Matte- son Honse, procured the errest of his clerk, a young man but lately in his emplcy, on the cherge of larcony. Some article of personal property had been missed, a Watch among other things, and suspicion was attached to this young man, whose nameit is thonght best to suppress. He is said to have acknowledged his guilt, and returned the watch. THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY of the Garrett Biblical Institute met Thursdey night, pursuant to notice. The exercises wers af an’ interesting and impressive mnature, and held the audience to the close. An essay was read by C, P. Tindell, and addresses.made by Reys, Lewis P. Davis and Chas, Wm. Pearson, and others. THE EIGHLAND PARE Musical and Literary Society meets next Tues- day evening at the residence of V. E. Roscoe, Edq. The officers elect are: Preident, Anna Willard; Vice President, Edward Beebe, Becre- tary and Treasurer, Carrie Hall; Editor, Charles Grant. FPROF. A. P. BURDANK, the elocutionist, spent & very lonely “Evening with Dickens” in Lyon's Hall, Thuraday. Whether it was not generally known that the public were invited, or they did not desire to in- trude upon the great novelist, has not been re- vealed. —_— HYMENIAL. DOGGETT-CORWITH. On Wednesday evening last, at the residence of the bride's parenta, No. 406 Michigan avenue, by Rev. Arthur Mitchell, Mr. Frank L. Doggett, son of J. B. Doggett, to Miss Lizzie Maria Cor- with, dsughter of Nathan Corwith, ail of this city. The parents of both the high contracting parties are among our oldest and most respected citizens, and, notwithstand- ing the present embargo on transit by carriages, a party of about two hundred persons, fairly representing the wealth and elife of our city, were present. As tokens of their good wishes they brought a large number of expensive pres- 3\1:1! to the aggregate value of several thousand ollars. LOOMIS-REED. % . The Rev. E. J. Goodspeed on Thursday even- ing united in holy matrimony, 2t the residence of the bride's parents, on West Adams street, Mr. John E. Loomis, of.the Pittsburgh, Cincin- nati & St. Louis Railroad, and Miss Mary E. Reed, second daughter of Captain Fred. Reed, of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. The bride was the recipient of numerous gifts of silverware, and every single article was well adapted to housckeeping. The happy couple left the same evening on & bridal tour through the Eastern cities, with the good wishes of all their admiring friends. e e Von NMoltke’s Snuif. The Berlin corregpondent of the London Daily Telegraph recounts a plessant story, illustrative of Prussian Administrative thriftiness,which hasg Jjust gone the round of the French and German papers. According to the narrator—the corres- pondent of s_well-known Belgium jonrnal— | Count von Moltke, temporarily resident at | Versailles during the winter of 1870-71, one day ran short of enuff, and failing to find any *‘sneeshin’ " of the brand he especially affects in | the dureaux de {abac, instructed one of his : snbordinates at tho \ar Office in Berlin to | forward to him s packet of his “‘own particular” rappes without delay. The. sauff was bought, paid for, and sent off to Versailles with militery promptitude, snd was_duly | charged to the account of the nation. When, ! ponce having been concluded, the time came for examining the books of all the different dopartments that had been spending money with Lorrible prodigality for nearly thres-quar- ters of a year—whon the indemnity began to @rop in by small installments of $20,000,000 apiecs or 80, which wero at once appropriated to the defrayal of the actual war expenses—one of petty cash transactions of the War office, came, one day, upon the following startling and noch- nichidagewesenes item: **For one pound of extra fino, with Tonquin-bean-perfume-highly- impregnated snuff, by His Excellency the Count Yon Moltke commanded, throe soven and a half silbergroschen.” The rigid conacience of tho acconntant did notallow of his ¢ passing ” this irregular, unprecedented item ; 80 he made a memorandum of the entry, and referred it up to his imediate official superior, with an _explanatory essay, learned, parenthet- ical, and exhaustive, going miood deal into the origing of things, and logically demonstrating that snuff could not be held to be a material or munition of war—ergo, that outlays incurred for | its purchased could not in equity be sad- dled upon the nationsl e-chequer, or defrayed from the incoming property | of ‘the State purchesed by the lives of Germany's sons—and go forth. The demurrer thus raised was submitted by one authority to another, enriched with annotations and * opin- ions,"” the official mavipulation of the question Iasting some sixteen montbs. Eventually the crown lawyers having considered the whole case, and pronounced the snuff-claim to be one that the State could not admit, Von Moltke was ofiicin.lgy Ldtdhmssed fl&nn thfic nn_bjec:, and :e— uested, with peremp! politeness, to pay for e uffon domand with which ho_ 8t ence complied. iv From the Ottawa (Can.) Cilizen, For some time past the work of removing the remains of the departed from the old Roman Catholic burying ground to the new cemetery has be q‘\;.\eny going on, and nothing more than might be expected under the circumstances occurred until the other day. The sacred ashes have been reverently taken from their narrow beds and removed by the hands of the loving friends to the new city of the dead. Affecting incidents have nat ly occarred, snd some scenes bordering on the revolting have been wit- nessed in the old cemetery, cently buried bodies have been uncoffined that fond eyes thalers ;| G | Pagsonger Dopot at P., G, & St. L. Depat, corner of such incident, of & startiing nature, occurred last Tueaday. A gentleman who w18 engaged in removing the remains of some of his deceased relatives, was asked by an acquaintance, who was similarly enzaged. to assist bim in lifting a coffin from & grave. He did so, and the lid was taken off. To the horror of the small body of spectators who gathered around it, they discov- ered that the body (which was that of an nncle of the gentloman who was removing it) had been disturbed in the coffin. It was terribl. contorted, as if the decessed had die in great agony. The face ‘' wore an ex- pression of intense pain and horror, the arms were drawn up as far as the coffin would admit, and the head was twisted round to the shoulders, from which the flesh had apparently been syved by the struggling man. Sickened by the orrid sight, the spectators drew back from the coffin, and looked speechlessly into each other's eyes. Not a word was spoken, but there was not & man present who did not feel that the deceased had been- buried alive—probably while in a trance—and had awskened only to perish in his living tomb. The coffin was closed azain and taken to the new cemetery whére it was decently interrad. Arborescent Crystalization. . From Galignani's Messenger, ‘Wo noticed some time ago that Al Chevreul, having accidentally taken up a forgotten dish it which there was s harden saline substance, found, to his surprise, that the surface was in- terrupted by what appeared to be a sort of vege- tation. The Little moisture contsined in the sslt in the viscous state at the bottom had filtored through, partly melting theadjacent parts, which had led fo their forming protruding crystals; these, by capillary attraction, had drawn up more moisture, followed by a simifar effect, go that in course of time asort of shrub, composed of crystals, had grown up. At a late sitting of the French Academy, the learned gentlemen re- turned to the subject, and produced a watch- Elus, on which anew aborescent matter has een formed on a mass of vitreous appearance, and of the thickness of only one or two milli- metres, while the ‘shrub” which had | grown’ out of itwas mearly two centimetres in altitude, and of an” average thickness of one centimetre, but, instead of being traus- parent, it was opaque. All round there were on the surface nine small ‘‘pimples,” which were likewise without transparency. another | watch-glass thero was a vitreous substance which only diaplayed these pimples; and ina third there wes o similar substance which had assumed the appearance of eatin by the forma- tion of minute crystals on ita surface. Reason- ing on this matter, M. Chevrenl admitfed that the vitreous substance contained some moisture in the first two specimens, but added that the third, which presented &_superficial crystal- ization, must have had much less. At all events, this was 8 new proof of ihe molecular motion which could take place even in solid matter. And to the same cause must be attributed the change of color which is observed in stained glass when it is exposed for many years to the action of the sun. Might not this explain the mellowness of tint we admire in old stained E‘ms:, and which our artists are unable to imi- te? B e e An Ancient Corpse. A Prince Edward Island correspondent gives what purports to be the particulars of the find- ing of & corpse, supposed to be thatof Sam Belding, & sailor, who died s hundred years ago, and of whom there are traditions afloat on the Island. A man was plowing in his field, when suddenly his team was brought to a stand-atill by some hard substance. A neighbor happened t0 be in the field at the time, and the two men, with pick and shovel, , soon unearthed what had the afipeaunca of & human form, wrapped in some dark kind of matted stuff, and Lberally covered with pitch. The two men opened tha awfal looking package, and found it to contain the remains of "an ancient mariner, with clothes in s good state of preservation. There wasa striped vest or shirt, buff breeches, or & skirt of 8 curious kind of materiel; a red woollen cap; on the feet was s pair of jack boots; around his waist was a belt with ancient daggers and pis- tols. Upon examination it was found that the material which enveloped the body was com- posed of birch bark and coal tar, which rendered the package hermetical. In a littleiron box, en- closed with the body, were some silver coins of the reign of Queen Anne. RAILROAD TIME TABLE. ARRIVAL, AND DEPRRTURE OF TRATRS. ‘Winter Arrangement, Cbicago, Burlington & Quincy Rallroad. Dopots—Foot of Lakeuat., Indiana-av., and Sixteenth- st., and Canal and Sirteontn-sts. ' Ticket otfice in Briggs House and at Dapota. e Ma and Express... Dubuque and Siouz Gity Exp. Pacinc Fast Lino.. : Inland Ex Dovner’s Grove Accom'n. ... *6:15 p. m. 2 Mondays excepted. * Sundays excepted. days excepted. £ Chicazo & Alton Railroad. Union Dépot, West Sido, near 8t. Lonis & Springnield Express, viz Main Lize.......... . %9152 m. Eznsas Cley Fast Express Jacksonville, IlL,, and Lo *8:0p. m. *8:00p. m. ning Express, via Main and also via Jacksonvillo DE: vision.. W m, . {Ex. ifonday. : Line and Ay estons Savandiy, via Jacksayitla Division. "(Datly o ¥ Main Line, and dally, Gcopt Monday, via Jacksearilio Divisions " 4 lipois Central Kailroad, Depot foot of Lako-st. and foot o ‘Twency-sscond- P Hoker alioe, 15 Canaivsty parnar of Mo ™t ‘Dubuquo & Sioux City Ex.. . **Gilman Passenger. Hydo Bark and Oak Hydo Park and Oak Woods. Hyde Pari and Oak Wouds. Hyde Park and Oak Woods. Hydo Berk and Oak Wood: Hjydo Pack and Osk Woods. .. *6:10p. m, *Sundays excoptod. tsatardays excopted. c'h‘;.‘n Saturdays this train will be run 1o Champaign. cago, indiannpolis & Cincinnatt Through ~'Line, vin hankakee 1toate® i Trains arrive and depart from the Great Contral Railrosd ‘Depot, fuot of Lake-st. _For through tickuts and aleep- Inged bertha apply af Tickot obics, 75 Canal-at., cor- et Madison: 130 Washingron-st. ; Tromont Houss, cors Ber of Congro: 0, 100t of Twonty-secon p. m. 1oh: m: m Arrive at Cincinn: it Trains armve at a. m. a0d 9:15 p. m, Only line ranaing Saturday uight train to Cincinnatl. Tho eotire train tans torouga o Cincinnati, Pullman aloopers on nignt trains Chicugo & Northwestern Railrond. ‘Ticket office, 31 West Afadison-st. 110530 &, m. Pactfio Fast Lio. ... 134 ‘Pacitic Night Expross, b Freeport & Dubuque Expros 12! oport & Dabugue Kx 1 ilwankeo Afail.. 10310 2. m. a Green Hay Express 11021001 1930 p. m. Baem oo unday excopted. {SitEiday eacapted. $Mouday ox- Clicago, Rack Island & Pacific Railrond. Depot, carnor of Harrison and Shorman-sts, Ticket of- fice 33 West Aadison-st. r Qumaha sad Leavenworth Ex_.>10:00 Peru Accommodation.. Night Express. .. Leavenworth Kxpres. Take Shore Depot corner ot Harrison ana Sherman. southwest corner of Madison and Matl... Speciai N Vork A‘{lnnur, Emrnsrs Hits Night Expross.. Soith Chicago A . Elkbart Accommodation, 0p. m. | *0:i0a. m, * Sundays excopled. ¥ ¥afurdays do. 3 Moudays do. Chicago, Danville & Vincenues Railrond. and Kinzie-sts.. Out freicht office, corner of Ada and Kinzie-sts. Tn frolght o ., C. L. depot, cornor Halsted and Lserotlogter © 7 O % S5 3. o Evensvi 335 BX, . o, PN Frotgur and Ticlket Dities, 19 Wasaiagionst > Danville Accommodation. s, b3 p. ;i 9:40p. m. Pittsburgly, Fort Wayne & Cllcago Railrond. 19:000. m. i m. 5 5530 &, m. Va, 13 308 m: F80imay oxoupied % fatsipten. “F U *Saturdays and sL\?ndus nxc‘;‘:fl%‘.fl el L Miculgan Central and Great Western Raile ronds, Depot, foot of Lake-st., and foot of Twenty-Second-s Kot oiica, 75 Chaal- i Bail (712 isia and mie hom) o, 1 S ior e At ccom’dat’s ‘tiantie Expross (aaisy Pron Night Exj p. m. §i6:w0am. *5:002. m. AMUSEMENTS. STAR LECTURE COURSE. SALE OF SEATS FOR THE THREE GRAND PATTI-MARIO STAR CONCERTS ‘Will begin Monday, Novempoer 11, ; 's 853 Wabash.-: SOUTH ind Statests., ‘West Side Library, 9 West Madison- SOk est Side -, 9 West Mac st 3 Horton's Library, 517 West Lakest. FOR THE WEST SIDE. As 80 many have signiied thelr intention of coming to thic depots early, in order that the gathering of tuo great & crowd may bo prevented, the sale of seats will begia at 3. m., sharp. = Tue FIRST CONCERT and the GRAND MATINEE ill bo given in tho MICHIGAN AVENDE Bapr1sT CHURCR on Michigan Avenuo, near Twenty-third-st, on the evea- g ot THD) V. 13, and on the aftermoan of SXTURDAY, ‘Tne SECOND CONCERT will be given in the UNION Panx CONGREGATIONAL Ci Madison-it, FRIDAY EVENING, NOV. I5. The folluiing aro the members' cf this exi ERREOIRL BT RPN A RESA CARRENO, SIGNOR MARIO, EMILE 'S, CHURCE on Ashland-av, nsar cort = TE AU~ RET, SIGNOR MARZO, accompanst. HE SCALE Single Reserved Seazs....... el gmm& 83.00 Seats for Lady and Geniia 5.0 R THE GRAN the mansgoment have concluded to make the Dalar chnt all Who desirs 10 Best the.distingulined are. od art. ts of this troupe may have an opportunity to. do 80, and. hized the prtca fora’ they have, thorefore, RESERVED SEAT.. ST 18] ‘WOOD & sm‘GxLOBE T Leisces and Mansgers, Family Matinee To-Day at 2 o’clock. GRAND DOTUBLE BILL This Afternoon and Evening. The great Gymnastic Sensations, THE ROMELLIS. T%;OE&"FSLV“ Song and Dance Artists, WALTERS and The charming Character Vocalist, Miss MINNIE GRAY. The artistic Ethiopian Delineator, BILLY BARRY. The favorlte Promiero Dauscuss, Miss BETTIE REM- Miss SOPHIE RE! Bl o s E MMELSBERG, and the STAR COM- Th Barl e new Batlesquo Drams, produced for the st time HE WOULD BE A MASON, OR, MASONRY EXPUSED. STAR LECTURE COURSE, (SOUTH SIDE). EIEAIR? Nasy'S PATHETIC TALE, “Eanmnah JFane,” NEXTMONDAY NIGHT, ‘Michigan-av. Baptist Church, near Twenty-third-st Admission, 50 cents; reserved seats, 73 cents. For sale at Cnmmiur & Sheldon's Bookstore, %8 Wa- bash.av., and B cr's Drag Store, bashav,, and Huok & Rayn rug Store, cormer Stats ATKEN'S THEATRE, ‘Wabash-av. and Congress-s.. This Ereniog, also WEDNESDAY' AND SATURD. "enioh HXTINEES, THE ONLY - TURDAY GEO. L. FOX, AND HIS OELEBRATED Humpty - Dumpty PANTOMINME TROUPE. McVICKER'S THEATRE, Madison-st., betweon State and Dearborn, MAGGIE MITCHELL! In her renowned personation of FANCEIOIN. NEW SCENERY AND NEW COSTUMES, EZ Thisisthe only legitimate and ologant entertatn. ‘ment in the city. Saturday—MAGGIE MITCHELL MATINEE. HOQLEY'S OPERA-HOUSE. Randolpn-st., between Clark and Mond ¥ UIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTATNMENT. onday oveping, Nov. 4, 187 “the week. 7 " 2BBoTTS NEW EDITION OF ° Humpty Dumpty. eI AL aEtE ot S S She AR SO B g Yem York- ) LD TABLEAUX B. T, Family Matinee Saturday. Admission, 50 and 35 centa. STAR LECTURE COURSE, (WEST SIDE). sed 700 times PIS Emily Faithfull, THE ELOQUENT “H=3 boew secured o 7l th dato latt cpen at the begin. ning of the Course, and will make her debut. ek ent NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT, UNION PARK CONGR'L CEURCH. Admission, 5) centa; reserved seats, 75 cents. For sale at West Sida Lib Aadison- Hortors Library, &3 Weat Eakio-aty ™" i ACADEMY OF MUSIC. EVERY EVENING, AND WEDNE: 3 After carefal pmn‘ugnxfi fifi%&:fixz tHie gorgeous spectacular drams, entitled the G BLACEK CROOK. The most,_colossal spectacla the worl WELES BETTY AND BMILY RO, 2o IS5, and s thousand Gthies atisactiogs. 0 5 O - L NIXON'S, TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS! GEORGIA MINSTRELS SIAUVE TROUXrE. HOUSES DENSELY CROWDED! EVERY ACT ENCORED! GRAND MATINEE SATURDAY. PRICES AS USUAL. MYERS' OPERA HOUSE, Monroe-st., between Dearborn and Stato-sts. Arfingtan, Cofton, @d Remble's Minstrels First week of the Langhable Burlesque, with new Scen~ Wiy S o wonds MYSTIO GHANGER: Boven disiinct chages wihot losring tho b, Geot and Charl sy 2aTad S BepRley A G asTaRE: ' SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE. OLIVE LOGAIN Caanot be engazed ths h Lect, arear ‘her el et e S ke er 80! No.. NI -8t., 2 A S M i MUSICAL. DITSON & CO°S GEMS OF STRAUSS!t Continne in great d s Holiday Fresont. " bus Remember t, buyone for & Price, §2..0 boards: §3.00 cloth. THE STANDARD! Rans, and will rank among the very hat Chuzch 3 Booxs. Price, 31,50, Specimen sent t present, for 3125 Clarke's New Motuod for Reed Orgen Pleases everybody by Ms thorough course of instructiom, 30 mosk Plesaing music. Price, $3.60. ‘EFasy Cantatas For Mgslcal Soclaties and Clubs Classes, Cholrs, Seminaries an@ B0 Oritorios and s, , that fear o attac Classical Canta EsoEEE 89 Aailod, post-paid, on recoipt of price. might gaze upon their features for a last time, before covering them with the sod again, One | OLIVER DITSON & CO0., Boston. O. H. DITSON & CO., New York. X LXON & HEALY, Chicago,