Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1872, Page 7

e ————— THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1872. 7 " THE PULPIT. g ons Pitiainary to the Approach- E. Ely on “Christmas Eve . ong Ago Dscourse o The Angels’ Chorus ” \i byt John Woods. (TRISS: EVE LONG 46O, Serrdn DrTicd Yesterdny RBefore’ théfiunm!a(inn of Grace Presby= terdn Cpjch, by the Hev. (3. E. Se Eny . TheRev. ByS. Ely, pastorof Grice Pros- bytenn Chur gChicsgo University), § esterday forepon pre: §d on * Christmas E ve Long Agl” Tie s, pdance wes moderatoly large, anl the diseffe much cnjoyed. Afler: tho usslprelimiidy services, tho reverend gentle- #: 35088 asfollows: THE SERMON. vAndtheso were in tho samo country shopherds bidi g in the Seld, keeping watch over tifeir Hlock by migitt. An 1o, thio angel of tus Lord cams upon them, aud thp glon” ot the Lord shown ronud aboat tacm; and they wure sore and the angel said unto them Toar not, for “brani you good tidings of grest joy, which shall bo o all eopies For unto vou s born this day, in the City of Da- P13 a Savior, waicn is Ghrist tho Lozd. And thisshall be 1 sign unto yous; yoshall ind tho babs wrapt in swaddling tlothes, lsing in & muager. And suddenly there was with 1 dtitads oz the hoavenly bos's praising God 10d mnging, **G:ors w0 God in 140 biznost, and on earth peace, good will to 1en."—Luke 41, 8 to 14, » Bines £“The dim old atsles of tho greenwood rang * To tio sathems of tho iree, ™" Thanksgiving hus_beon “the grost feast day uf New Fngland. Tue stern old Puritans thought that Carist~ o8 smacked too sivongly of the Papacy of thieir ex- itnce with Episcopacy was not calculated to teach _ Pt to revere the 25ih of December for its Pro testant- fem. Views tre more liberal now, Thanksgiving L3 becomea national festival, and even the children of tie Puritans and Qazkcrs hang up their stockings (the 1argest they cin find) and pluck quaint fruit from Tichly ladened wees, 1xughing os heartilyas sy mer- ~y-jester ot the antique attire and strange gambols of Did Nick, tho children’s friend, Even soms of our Fewizh brathrer do not scruple io cat roast turkeyand mince pies with their Gentile neighbors. - Though thera may be doubt os to whther the 25th - pf December is the exact period of our Savior's birtl, it has becomea world-wide festival. To the aged it - s endcared by 3 thousand tender memories of *Auld Laog S;e.” On its annual return, grandms, i her sose-Aiting_e3p, looks lovingly “over her spec- facles ot the merry faces around tho —**ingle- side,” and turus to emile st the gray-baired sire at her Hde, 28 (ough about to sing, “John Anderson My To,” whilst the cyes of mamma and papn aTe moisten- @ with fhe texrs of plessure u8 they minister to tho Innocent mnuszment of thaix loved ones, To tho chil- = iren, dsspite tne snowa of winter, Christmas I8 o fairy itle in 8 summer ocezn—a sunny 6pot fn the gar- Zen'of their lives—s joyous anticipation snd a present 2 behald lossing. Though often abused by the carcless and. S Sfans. Chrisigaas has its moral and spiritual bene- Sictions, eukindling kindly sympathies, cultivating be- nevolence, tearhing that it is Dlessed to receive, and §ét more Dblessed “to give It Pnnobles the maternity of every Christiun mother, ‘eminding her of her eisterhood to Mary. It soothes Bnd sanctfies bereavement, Turping from the vacaut Erib, the emipty cradle, to tho manger of Betblchers, the parent seet the lost one's Savior. ‘Though we cuonot admit that Chri-mss has any su- {horitative sandity derived from the Word of God, or - decision of Chuih councils, itis surrnunded with holy memorics 20d enbalmed in pious dsvotions. Esery Christion heart Doy hail its annusl return with hearty thanks, rejoicing in ihe fact that whers once heathepish darkress spread its gloomy pall, myrinds of lLghs nmow are glewning on the iree of lfe. Obristmas shovid bo & feast of nnocent mirth and trae pleasure Liended with heart- Telt devotion—3 dby estoemed, mot £o much _for its pensuz! grotificatins as for the subline fact it com- memorstes, Every ploasnre enjoyed, every gift re- ceived, suould feed the firs and fin the fame of grate- fallove. Itiss tixein whica afiection seeks expres- ion, 0xd nds Tespouse in giving aad roceiving. O et thosewho are tho recipients of Divine love’s un- speakablogift may return man’s orly gift to God, ‘3 Joving and contrite heartl” If in the pleacures and engogewents of the present week we re- member that the centrl thought 2ad lkifo of Chrigmos js Cuusst, our joys will ba hallowed, and (e Redeemer giorified. Rafrnit from anything of yuich He, whoso_if: dewands your gretitude, woud not approve. Do not exyage in sny amusement upoh which you cebno:ask Ged’s biessing, Jealously Bv0f that which would grieve s spirit Or wean you fron the Saviour, Above all eeck to know that Christ 15 bdn within Tour heart, o that when the Ciiristmas chimet proclaii the nalivity you may joyously. ex- clzim Unto e, 3 cbild is born, o Savior given, Frax these refetions op the present, let us turn to 107 % tlrough tlé vieta of ninetcen centuries o & Chyisteaa’ £ve of“ Jong 2g0.” : Star-crowned 1ght &its entbron®d upon Judex's ilis, hier dusky mintle faliing o'er the plaiz,—pendant from her zza_a lright gem in the Esst trembles on er brow; befittig_cmblem, ehe, of the shadowy ‘Past, amid which priest and prephet, promise and 2ype, ehown in thelicht of & &un not yet Tisen on the earth, Eilence rdgis eupreme. The hum of the city 48 Duhed ; the volces of the hemict ore still ; honest indusiry bae soagitt repose; the watching mother, Dondicy over tie cradle of ber infant, hears the #hrobliag of ber own heact, end Hstens to the gentle breailitg of her bghe, Clildnood then, 83 DOW, is reatzig of gils, aud lessures, nd happy grectingsy 8t the norn, All cave the conscence siricken, the guil- £y inoarch of prey, the sorowfut and gick, or the £3i0t3 swtcher wre wiipred i the slience of repoee. ey 0tzll! Yonder on the plain o band of thep~ = (hicir dock, Phat they are Bumitle, faiti- Sy WS, their vimple pastoral lifosnd viligence atfirm, How %2z tacugats sie occupied we hi=vo 7 means of Totowiy @, _judging from tho usuzl edects of suchn pon_dc7out painds the result of tell~ “(nep aud the expectation that prevailed g we may readily infer that they wero :‘:fi"‘:}‘ 2nd meditation. O, s we gsze upon T'weps in their silent majesty Bow it Tifteth afl wals to God =nd msketh the uni- 3 Niy giory, How often, when fhys ',;:“.vfi“,:“l,:,;&‘;nq meditation, we besr sgaintho ingel musage of 8 Siv.a born! T do not doubt that 2k, it com:\on With. fhe foithful of their Aay, wero waiciig for the CORIng Meesich ; that g hey raised their cyes totiie * biue deptlis shove,” their Jouls wero Jifted unto God, zud with the “ shepherd POt ™ tuer couid sing: “ Tne hesyens decl;r- Tl::'s, lory and the Srnsment ehoweh Thy hand-work, Bouttices as thos by gazed avd wondered, fhey songed and praved for the advent of Him whota & going forth shouid be zs the morning,” little suspect: ing wet to such lowly men as they ‘edvent skonld first be known, Wby amid thé silence of the mightshould an ambasendor from the King of Kings visit simple Lerdsmen on their midniglit vatchy coming asthe silent dew that ghstens inthe starlighi Eo gem tho earth st morn? Lutlo] A sudden bril- liancy Larsts on their nstoniched vision | They E‘L'smi 2gnast] What means thatstrangs ethereal light? * Has some vild meteor of immortal birth risen in Heaven 1o et on earth 27 or is it that the pearly gates sudden- iy flang wide upon ihalr golden hinges havo let Wose a lgutiug flash of inper glory ~athwart the gloom of nigat _ mantling those fowly pastors with the glow of ~Heaven? Wiaat wonder they are gore afraid, for lot in thelr nidat om agel stands? Who shail describe the shin- ing besnty of yonder meesenger of God—his spotlees robes and. snowy pinions leved in the crystsl waters f the Celostizd City snd bleached in hesven’s light, searing the habilipents and frradiating an effulgence Defitting on inhabilaut.of that country of whose glories W E5o hiath not scen, nor ear heard ; neither hath it en- ‘ercd into the mind of man o conceive?” O, if the untutored red man foil jupcn his face before the European stranger who ¥isited the westorn shore, worshipping him as & child of the sun, well might the ehepherds of Eethlehem be £oré afraid when from tho depths of space o heavenly «strenger stood revealel before them, Men often fear the presence of their best friend, and irembloat that which proves their greatest good, In tho plan of sal- -sution, fear and conviction precedes {he Tevelation of .8 Sevior and Redopmer, Sorrow and doubt come be- fore faith and joy. Thus God prepares ihe sinaer to ippreciato the glad tidings of grest joy, Ohl if real- 1zing the frailty and pollution of our nstural state, wo $and abashed before s aingle and gubordinate visitant ~~=.m Heavén, conscious of_our unworthiness to hold Sunion ' with o child of light, in view of b sucl, and unfitnessfor_the abode of ‘rence of 3 Holy God before whom they vell fes, how deepiy should we feel the need of Him Slood cleanseth from all sin,—whose holy spirit e8,—wlhoso perfect Tobo of righteousmens ea- ,—£0 that 2 sinner eaved Uy grace may stand * com- 2 in Him” without s blush of ehamo or pang of ¢ before the Father’s face claiming kindred with tho siite-robed and redeemed, ~Ob, then, child of God, hearken to tho angel's message and rejolce. ¢ Fear mot; for behold I bring you glad tidingsof great o which shall be to il people, For unto you born _ this day in_ the city of David Savior which is Carist the Lord. And this shall boa xign unto you; ye shall find the babe wrapped in swad- dling clothes Iying in s manger. And suddenly thers was with the angels multitude of the heavenly hosts, praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in tlie high- est, tnd on earth peace acd good Will to man,” Thrice o Holy Writ we read of the oratorios of angels, First, when the morning stars sang together, nd all the sons of God shouted for joy 8t & mew crestion, Again, at the birth of our Savior, and, lsstly, atthe marriage supper of tho Lemb yetto come, ot which the reve- stor heard the voics of a great multitudc, saying, “Hallelujch, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. et us be glad and rejoice, and give honor o Him, for ‘he marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife Bath mado beyself ready.” 2 Itis s joyous thought that eelestial spirits are deepls terested in the aifairs of earth, that our Heavenly ather employs these Ligh messengers to communi- “cate good news and minister to our wants—to reflect thst He hus given His angels charge concerning us, 2nd that they encamp abou: our dwvellings, Avgela earried Lazerus to Father Abrabam’s bosom. ~They srait ot the threshold of life to liss. the saints as they siep out and lead them on to glory, The other day I eaw s little one Iying 50 cold, calm, and besuti- ful in death, amid the flowers, that T longed to_stoop £nd steal cway the riss an angel scemed to bave Lift npon her brow, Ths may be but a pleasant fancy, yet this T know: *They are angels, to alwsys beboid the Isce of my Fathor which {s in Heaven,” But all such thoughts s these are mingled in the angelic enunciation of the text—* Unto you i3 borp this day s Ravier who 4 eternity, 18 Christ the Lord.” This messsge to men andangels is & story without an end, whose fullness vwill All all Well then May we join in tho song of the angelic choir: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will to men.” The Angel Doxology—This §ong Was no ummeaning horas in whick words, sense, and Eentiment wexe sae- sificed to musical efect. It was nota Latin Mase, no ian Opers, (o be ddrndred by sndieaces, one haif of whom were Jgmorant of its meuning, simply because it was fashionuble, Itwes the inteiligiole exprezsion from celestial spirits of iheir appreciation as manifest- ed in msn's Tedemption—in aacriptipn Of ' praise called forth by, the most wonderful display of the Divine’ nifributes: revealiig {he lova and _ sympa of sngels for _men, the Divinity and _excellenco _of . Him ' whose birth was celebrsted. It indicated also the offices and occupation of the sugelic hoste. Glory to God in the highest, This gloris moy be divided into three parts: Glory to God—Peacs on earth—Good will to men. The two lnst sre tho . csuse and occasion Of the first. Though God is infinitely glorious in Himself independently of His_creatures, His glory is manifested and declared by the works of His bands, and tho operations of . Lis® power. Hence, i David'a sublime doxology, he calls npon all creatures juu a1l places of his dominion to praiso the Lord, What tongue con descrivo the swelling grandeur of that lcfy anthem in which tho voices of 5 univarse combine? And yet, on wonderful o tell, God, in the porson of His Son, B R PuTRa ks works batdono, Io the incarnation ‘Sea how from the utmost height of exhaltation Diving love stoops to the Towest depths of bumiliation. Look at the throne and. | then st the manger, Hesrken to the angel message; then seek the infant Jesus, In the son of mau, the ShiRF tho virgin, the eed of the woman, behold the fulfilment of prophesy snd the budding of the Divino promise, unfoiding “ peace on earth, good will to men.” Peaceon earth, - The inspiration of the angel song wms the plan of salvation—man's redemption through Him that was “made of o Wwoman, mado un- Qer the Inw that he might redeem those that wero un- Qer the law.” Bethlehem snd Calvary, the manger and the cross, the pativity and the atonement, are in- separsble, Christ was born that He mightdie. Tho Deace and reconciliation of which the angels sang must be purchased by s Savior's blood. It issaid thata Beaveller, resting on the spot where, 2 few months be- Tovz, the'red tide of battlo rolled, 8w a modest, sno%- Iito flower blooming sweetly {rom the broken helmet of 5 dallen warrior, shedding its pesceful fragrancs over a scene amid which fierce armies mot in deadly strife, The litlo . emblem of pesco owed ita ~ fnoffensive lifo to soil enriched Dy the fallen soldier’s blood. Ob, whats sweet me- ‘norial 0 the bereaved who wept their loved _ono's ab- Eence | .There i8 s flower whose seed Was waftod by Thio spiril’s breath fronf Eden’s bowers growing on o Silder and more deadly field of strife, A flower plant~ 2 i the earthy mould, tho helmet of & fallen human- ity, whoss rich perfume breathcs peace to man. - Tho Eoke of Sharon, the Lily of tho Valley, watered by tho blood of Calvery, gemmed with the dews of grace. A flower, whose swest smelling savor ascending before 1he throne on high, makes reconciliation between God and map, Whoss bresth briugs rest to fho weary, yeace to tho. troubled concience, salvation to'the soul! O, in the birth of the Lily of the msnger, tho budding of the Rose of Sharcd, There 18 peace on earth and good will to man, Letus ‘thiat flower upon our bosoms, pross. it to our Tieart of hearts, aud with heart snd lp unite in the ‘angel choras of that Christmas Eve Rineteen hundred years ogo. Good will to men, - Bear with men few moments and I have done. Christmas eve is a time of giving and recaiving, be- canse on that eve God 3id His uuspeakable giftin the ‘manger ns a token of His good Will. A gift is the most unselfish _evidence of affection. Words snd smiles cost but Little; rewards are but a_considerstion for ervices rendered; that which is given for a purpose or in expectation of 4 return springs from selfishness; but a freo gift is the truest expression of bezovolenco and love, God’s good will to s 15 the pracuring causo of our good will to Him. Though freely given, His gift demands 5 return, When our affection for our loved ones finds expresaion on the coming Christmas eve shall God bo forgotten ? Wil yonder caroless and impenitent one deny Him a contrite beart and conse- crated life 7 Will yonder money-loving professor sliut up the bowels of his compassion tothe poor? Will the unforgiving still retain their camity? God’s good will to man demands good will among men—love to God spd love to man, that seeks, expression in a broken spirit end a _contrite heart in scts of kindness and decds of chavit Nothing Bo fills the souls of ssints and sngels with gratitude snd pralseas sn_exhibition of redseming grace, seen_inacisof kindness and deeds of love, ehining forth in the lives and characters of those onca Christless, It is like beholding the return and recon- ciliation of the prodigal. I bavo seen tho evergreen andall the children of tha forest wocp tears of joy as the fond caresses of spring soften the Leart of winter. I have seen the melting suow reveal thu hidden flower Dbeneath. Ihaveseen the molten rock sweat drops of gold that ktood. in ghining beads upon. its bard sud Tugged face, but whatare such sights cs these when compared With tears of penitence, Aowers of grace, and meltings of the heart, fiuzed in the beat of Tedeeming Tove, Glors to God in the highest, peace o sarth and good will among men. S, THE ANGELS’ CHORUS. A Sermion Preached by the Rev, John Woods, in the Ninth Presbyterian Church.Yesterdny Evening. Rev. John Woods, recently called to take charge of-the Ninth Presbyterian Church, Ellis syenue, near Thirty-seventh street, preached last evening sbont “The Angels’ Chorus.” At the conclusion of the usual exercises of singing and prayer, the preacher sddressed his congre- gation as follows : o Goa i the high don earth Luke2: 1, —"* Glory to God iu the est, and on e péace, good will toward men." 1t ia fmpossible to read the story of our Savior's na- tivity withont st once feeling that we are in the region of the marvellous, the supernatural, All heaven seems 1o be intentupon’ the scens, Thereis mystery upon mystery. The chariot of God comes down_more fre- ‘Qquent than in sl tho ages past, It is eaid that angels’ Sisits sre raro; but when the Lord of sngels came down toearth it was iting thathis way showld Lo prepared, snd his coming horalded by the attendants of bis throne. No earthly pomp encircled his cradle, but heaven plerced tho disguise of lowliness, and e in thebabe of Bethlohem the Lord of Glory, Christ is the mystic lndder, whoso foot rests o the earth, whose top reaches to the throno of God, and on which angels pass and repass in their holy min- istries, Gabriel, the sngel of the presence, comes announelng to Zachsrizs the birth of John, snd to Mary {he birth of Jesus, Celestlal viritanis hover around, and though 44 Cold on bis cradlo the dow.drops are shining," the brightest of Heaven's throng disdzmn not o stand 2 guard of honor there, Even Nature hergelf is moved $0 witnews for her Lord, Eastorn sages. have always studicd the stars ith peculiar devotion, They wera “astrologers,” ever gazing intently upward into the silent heavens, watching' for tokens of earthly events, meeking to unravel the mystery of {be _universe, ond seeming to find 1n those Gublime objects of contemplation soma secret influenco upon human character and destiny. - Them a star led to the cradle of Jesus ; snd they came, bring- ing royal gifts, such as the Queen of Sheba broughtto Bolomon, gold'and frankincense snd myrrh, Tho Persian magii were guided by 8 star. To the Qalilean shepherds & clearer token was given, The 2ngel of the Lord sppeared to them, s they watched their fiocks by night. His form was ope of heavenly radisnce, snd they.trembled with apprehension, as though the Judgment_were sbout to be set &ud 1o books opencd, But his mesiage was full of reassurance and joy. Glad tidings ho brought to their ears, * Unto'yon is born this day;in the City of David, a Savior, which is Christ the Lord” The messenger had carcely ceased, when all the air wWas filed with_light and melody. Innumerable sweot Yoices blended in harmony. Never since the mornin, stars sang together, snd ali the sons of God shout Tor joy nt the dswn of creation, had there beén such & throng of beaven’s inhabitants hovering in thess lower sides. . And pever bad human esrs heard 60 rapturous » burst of heavenly praiso aa that which the shepherds heard floating on the midnight, air, over the sleeping village, It was the chorus of the angels, the song of & Dew and grander creation, the cradle-hymn to the in- fant Savior. It seema fo mo ftting that wo should takeup the celestial antherm, and echo back to the heavens the pong of thankegiving snd joy. At this season of the year our thoughts are turned to the Adventand tho Kativity. e are reminded of the infinite love of God in fhegift of His 6on; of the lifeand immortality ‘Dbrought to us in Christ; and are invited to the,con- templation of the holy child Jesus, in His heavenly innocence snd disine humility. Would that it might kindle fn our hearta such s firo of lovo and gratitude, thet the same doxology should ‘yrst from our lips, a “ Gloris in Excelsis ” that would rise to heaven, sud mingle with tha Dotes of heavon's Choir] Itjs « hymn worthy of the angels, oxpressing the grestest and mosi Dblessed traths. —We scarcely know how to unfold the wealth of meaning that lies contaiged in the chant that Lroke in 1ull chorus from tho heayenly host : Glory to God in the highest, and on earth pesce, good will foward men.” TFirst, and-chief of all, glory to_God, the Author of redemption, in whoso 10ve this gift of 'a Divine Savior B its ourte snd inspiration, whoso characteras & God oflove and pity is Tovesled in'it, snd whoso wisdom and power shine iz it in ull thoir manifoldness and infinity, God s glorified fn Jesus Christ, Wis glory is mads manifest, In Him tha jvisible is imaged. The bo- Joved disciple testifies: We sy His glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father, In Jesus the infinlts puts on the form snd messuro of the finite, that wo with our finite minds may com- mune with God. Tho problem of all thealogy, and of a1l philosophy, foo, is to find the pointof contact bo- tween God snd the universe—between the Infinite Spirit and the buman soul. Some csnnot find this point in which tha Creator touches His creation, and they removo God far sway, They bauish Him from thie world and from il concern i its affaira, Becsuse they cannotsee the hand that movesall things, they £35’the universe is s mighty clock that movea jtself. Ithas always been, and the swing of its great pendn- lum shall pever cease. This is materiglism. Then there aro otliers yrho havea deep sense of the Divino presence. God iseverywhere, not simply interpene- trating all things, and upholding all, but 58 being all. The phepomena of the uziverso sre but modes of tha Divine existence, In tholanguage of Pantheism, God is the boundless, fathomless ocesn of being, We, and all creatures that W 66s around us, some greater, and somp more insignificant than ux, arb but thewaves and - the bubles cast upon the surface of this restless sea; falling back into it again, and lost in ita immensity, But Christ is a revelstion o tho world of a present God, He comes to tell us of the Futher,whose children we all axe, and_of His love toward us, He tells us how God 18 o spirit, and yet the hearer of prayer; how Heis to be spproached with spiritual worship and with lncérity of heart ; how Ho ia 50 pure, so holy, s0 00d, that 1o ps 58 our Father in Heaven is o be per- fict and o b 1o fellowabip with Him is infnite blacs. edness, Isnot God glorifed tionus this? It is indeed the brightest and follest ‘manifestation of the Great Supreme ever made to His creatures o earth or in heaven, Jesus tells us, “ Il that hath seen Me hath seen my Futher.” Ho eays, Yo belicve in God, in fhe great Greaior, Ruler, sadl Judga of all-believe also in me. In Jesus cll contradictions are reconciled. In Him, ultimatdy, =2 problams will Do resufved. Tho point whers God touches the untverac —when hie touckies the soul of man—is the incarnation, ‘The divine aud buman meet in Jesus, Ho i8 very God and.very man, As tho infinits God he knows all our need, and as man ho can_ Lo touched with the fecling, of our own infirmities. The thoughts, the affections, the suaceptibiiities of the human heart are in him, nunited with infinite’ power to_help and succor. In Christ God comes to 5 man as & Savior. Thus sgain the angelic hymn is not only an sscrip- tion of praiso and glory to God, it 18 a proclamation 2lso of peace on earth. Itannotnces poace between heaven ond exrth, and invokes peace between man and his fellows. In the gospel God is reconciling the world unto himself, Reconciliation is peace, And the same infiucnces which bring the soul into harmony with God, bring i, into harmony with iiself ana_the world. -Christ removes all enmity, all dis- cords, Perfect subjection to the great law of love which ho preaches, would ba the Yeign of universal peace, The » is no fraternity liko that which springs from Christian faith and love; none £0 closo, 0 ten- der, 6o unselish, or so enduring. In one sense, ft is trué, Christ camo nob to bring peace, but a sword; to set & man at variance with father and mother, brofher at verinuce with brother, and neighbor with zeighbor, But theso ere mot confiicts of a kingdom divided 2gainst iteelf; but they arogeontlicts between Christa Kingdom and tho world, Whenall the agencies of evil in tho world shall be destroyed furover,or converted into agencies of good ; and when the ovil passions and bit- tér prejudices of 'men shall be subdued by the power of Ghrist's gospel, and s genuine Christianity shall pre— vail over all thoearth, thon will be fulfilled the proph- cey that men shall béat their swords into plowshares, nd their spears into pruning-hooks, and learn war nd more. Ol what a sad thing, brethrén, 15 strifel How istressing and humiliating 1t is to sce’contentions be— tween individuals —families—churches—Statos—Em- pires. Well might tho heavenly host rejoico to pro— Claim peacoon earth, It is the Tichest heritoge that Christlanity confers upon the nations, And among {he memorable evenis of the year Dow draw- ing to s close, thia il stand foremost, and will Al every Christian ‘heart with rejolcing, that two nations, the mast belligerent in temper, perhaps, of any on the faco of tho carth, should have foun way {0 settle their disputes by peaceful conferenco, and Iriendly arbitration, Jesus is the Princo of Poace, His gospel Proclaims peaca on earth. — When He comes to Inen it 18 not with tho battle of the warrior and with confused nofac, snd_garments rolled in blood, but in great quietness, when the temple of Janus is shut, and th din of war ceased, Christ calms tho tumult of 'pas- sion in the breast, as Ho stilled the waves of tho'éea, When Ho comes fo reign tho angel shall goup and down through tho earth, and report it sitting still snd at rest, and mo tumult. of war or sound of battlo shall be heard at all Moy this Christmas-tide be to us an era of peace and Teconciliation and forgiveness, Let tho alienations of {ho year bo healed. If webavo offended a brother, if we have given pain to s friend, if hateh words huve ‘Deen spoken, let them Do recalléd and ropented. - - That divino prayer, in which we sk forgivences, teaches us to Tender it to others,—to forgive 38 wo would bo for- given, He that was born in Bethlehem swas tho Prince of Peace, and_camo to_reconciio God with man, and man with his brother; and to make, by tho syestncss of his example and the influence of fis ungolfish love, such Lappy * atonements,” a5 old Jeremy Taylor calls them, between diacordant natures, as that tho wolf and the lamb should lie down together, and a littlo child should lead them, “Again we listen o the angels’ song, and 1t is fraught with “ good-will toward men,” Tpero is somothing suggestivo and beautiful‘in that strong old Sazon word, good-vill. It is 4 word that scems to go right to the hesrt, Tho celestial host proclaim God’s good-will toward tho world. 1t comprehends the bencvolent at- tributes of Godin all their infinitude—His love, His grace, His piety, Hia compassion for our weakness, His ' sympathy for our _ suflerings, His Jonging that wo may bo pure and blessed as He Hi self is. If wo can only beassured that, notwithstanding all the sorrows snd_mysteriea of life, Divine love is over all, and o higher wisdom than man's controlling our destiny—if we can surely know that God is good, and that His thoughts tovards us aro gracious ond idud, it will lhelp us to endure and wait, Now, all this finds its attestation in Christ, It is not by looking abroad tarough the earth that we discover proofs that satisfly us that God is good, for although t1s flowers bloom, the thorns and thistles aro scattercd with them. Thoe grand argu~ ment §s this : That God soloved tho world as to give Hia Son for its redomption, und Christ,who is God in- carnate, 2o loved the world as to die for it, _ This fact itself proclaims good-will to men, _ Clrist Jesunis the Bon of God, tho holiness of God, the sympathy of God for man, sll embodied in the form of & fellow-being, 2nd thus inviting and encouraging us to come to him, and to speak to him of our spiritual need, of our mne, »ud our sorrows, _God is love, and Jesus'is tho incar Dation of love. Heinvites us to trust in Him,not simply - because He is belter snd wwisor ihan' wo, ‘Dut bacause he is i thorongh sympathy vith us, and bas entered into ths experienco of the very weakest aud most tompted of us all, His plea is, Come and learn of me, for I am meck and lowly in Beart, Tried in all points s we are, ho can.be touched with the feel- ingof our infirmities. In the world, God reveals hini- Belf to usin His wisdom znd power, a8 the architect and builder of tho great universe, In the human con- sclence he reveals himeelf {0 s 3 the moral governor and judge of men, the holy and righteous one, In Christ thissame almighty and Intinitely just God re- voals himself {ous 39 a Savior, His incarnation is at once the proof and the pledge of His love—it ia itself the most transcendent expression of good will to men, ‘The good-will of God toward men i not a mere sen- timent; itis snactive principle—s love that is com- ‘ensurate with His own infinite nature. Tho strength &nd depth of buman affection is not _determined fo zmuch by the being that 1s loved, a8 it 1s by the belng that loves, It is not a question solely of what there is {0 love, but o question also of what there is to lovo with. 'And 80 God’s love finds its_messure only in tho Dreadth of His divine hature, 1t is an all-comprehend- ing benevolence—good-will to men, None zre too high to bereached by it, and none are o0 low. 1t is & good- will that i all-comprohensive, eelf-sacrificing, and en- during. Let s learn, hen, from the angels bymn ot tho nativity, how fo regard the birth of Christ, the advent of the Tedeemer. It revesls tous the wide Teach of that wonderful event, tho magnificenco of that re- demption which angels desiro to look iuto, and which they contemplate with adoring wonder us the brightest Taanifestation of the Lord Jehovah. They counted it lad tidings of great joy when they mnnounced the vior's birth ; they broke for(a in songs of praise, and exulted in view of it, a5 glorifying to God in the highest, a8 proclaiming peace on carth, and o5 the clearest decleration of good-will toward men, Into fhat peace with God sccured to usin Christ let us ha:\rtfiy enter, In that good-will of God toward us let heartily believe. And let us learn how, in the salva- tion wronght by Christ, God is glorified; and strive earnestly to be made partakers of His grace, 50 that wo shall beglorifiod with Him in the oges to ccme!l THE LAW COURTS. GENERAL NOTES. Jane R. Btow has procured four sxecutions against Joseph M. Hirsh, but is unablo to obtain execntion, as no property known to belong to him can be found. He is alleged to be a mem- bor of J. M. Hirsh & Co., and a8 such partner to have money deposited in & bank, and the plain- tift prays that an account be taken of defend- ant’s business for the purposs of the execations being realized on. Thomss Goodman has commenced suit in the United States District Court for the set-off of & policy against a note due by him to the Lumber- man's Insurance Company. Motions for mew trialsin the United States Circuit Court will be heard before Judge Blodgett to-day. Judge Hopkins will continue the hearing of causes in the District Court. Mesers. Porter & Fuller yesterday commenced suit againat the Mechanics' and Traders’ Insur- ance Company of New York, in assumpsit, 15,000, George Krick has filed a precipm in nssumpsit against_ the Riverside Improvement Company for $4,500, and the ery is still they come. ATTORNEYS’ RECORD. CALT, TO-DAY, Mfotions for new trial in the United States Circuit Qourt will be resumed to-day. Causes in the District Court will be continued before Judge Hopkins, Before Judge Booth, the motion for Dew trial in Fahrenkrug' v. Eclectic fe Insurance Company will be heard on Thuredsy, snd 757, Larkins v, tho Oif, s et for tho JUDOMENTS AND TRIALS., USTIED SraTEs Crmourr Courr—Hopking, JJ—-137 —Doolittle v. McGraw; parties como ngain by attor- neys, and hearing resnmed ; trial not concluded, 'UxTrED STATES D1sTRICT CoUnT—(Drummond, J.) 660—Great Western Insurance Company v, Hanse ‘brough ; vesdict, $11,979.92. - Ciacorr Count—(Booth, J.)—0, & N.W, B. Y. Co. v. Gray ; sealed verdict; motion by petitioner for new trial,” 2,208—Williams v, Hulbert ; leavo to file Narr struck off files. 2,209—Landy v. Ssmoj same, 2,931 —Drake v. Edwards » additional security to be filed in ten days. 91—Russ v, Weckler ; $18,98. 471—Rink v. City ; time to file bill of oxceptions extended thirty days. 2,459—Garden City v. Commercial Insurance Co,t leave to file Narr in assumpsit. (Zree,J.)— flu—mfl ¥, Sorawar; dismissed by procedendo. en v, Childs ; $1,639,39, 362—James et al, v, Erie & Western Transportation Company; jury find for plaintiffs damages $700 ; motion for new trial. 1,409 “Evidenco heard and judgment $195.72. Fatf V. O’Brien ; judgment on verdict ; 30 days for bill of ex- ceptions’ ; immediate execution, 342 — Amick V.. Young; judgment on verdict ; appeal, bond, and bill in 30 days, (Williams, J.)—702—International Bank v, City of Chicago; demurrer overruled and 20 daya to pnswer, _703—Bame v. Tappan, collector; same, 777—Fannie v, Mathew Lavallett; de- foults set for Friday, G. N, 5,288—Additional ‘bond to be filed ; cause’ set for Tuesday, B. R. 16— Cowan v, McFarland; aliss summons ordered, B, . 20—Dunham v, 8mith et al; service, appearance for defendants and default, (Farwell, J,)—191—Holihan v, Fuller ; caso sot for first Tuesday of March term. SUTERIOB COURT—(Porter, J.)—3,016—Bretz v, Wal- ter; new_appeal to be fled’ i 10 days, and leave to change of plaintiffs’ names, 3,825—Rothschild v, Ul- man ; new bond to be filed in 10 days, 3,038—Mullor v. Enickerbocker Insurance Company ; leava fo amend narr, in 10 days; to plead thereto in 10 doys. 2,683— Hotéhkiss 7. Enterprise Insurance ~Company; 5,275, 2,92%6—Pitkin v, Commercial Insurance Company; $3,610.60. 2,08—Taslor v, C. & N. W. R. W, Compauy; oppeal withdrawn, 2,5223atusl Life = fosurnce Company V. Commercial Insurance Gwm! uny; action changed to assumpsit, 2,941—Beckwith v, Bamo; $5,275, 2,942J. ¥, Scammon for use of F. Q. Ball'y. Bame; 2,665, 2,0i3—Same for use of Jas. E. Afunroe v. such 8 rovels- | Same; $5.275. 2,94—Same for use of B, J, Fisherv, Game; $5,275. 2,945—~S8amo for Tse of Thos, 8. Mc- Cleland; $5,275. 2,946—Same for mse of Wm. J. Campbell; '$5,275, %,939—Mechanics’ National Bank for use of Isaac P, Coates ame; $5,275. 2,947— John Woodbridgev. SamesT, 2,910—F, J, McHalo for use of Thos, W, Halo; §3,640, 8,253—Charles Reitz etal, v, Ciarles Strong et sl; demurrer over- ruled, and leave to snswer in 50 days. 2,940— John Forsyth for use of Wia, C, Goudy v. Commercial Insurance Company; 35,200, 3,148—McClelland v. Seliwoizor ; time to fils bond and bill oxtended 10 daye. 8,024—)Mrs, Andres Katz for use of George C. Smith v. Iliinois Mutual Fire Insurance Company ; demurrer to plea in sbatement sustained, and leave to plead over in 20 daye. (Gary, J.)—L,018-Best v, Best ; dismiss- ed. 1,148—Lebin v. Cohen et al.; sppointment of & Receiver denfed. 722—Abbott v. Porter ; decree estab- lishing title. 1,012—Pratt v, Pratt; decree of divorce, 524—~Perry v. Parry ; roference to Msgruder. 4033— Hatehkiss v. Green; order torestore papers in liew, etc, 1,0080—Blake v. Blake; decree for defendant sppeal by complainmnt ; bond 38,000 in 20 days and bil of exception in 60 days, 967—Grifin v, Parker; decres of sale. 777—Roberts v, Bailey et al. ; dismissed, . couxTY Coum. Lorenzo Eldridge ; administrators to distribute bal- ance of cstato to heirs, Mary Louise Walker, minor ; report of sale by guardian approved; objections by 23d. James McGrath ; inventory, ete., approved, Elizabsth Wilder ; citation to sdministrator to restore files. Hy, ‘Parker files restored. (nsanity,)—Sarah McLaughlin ; ~verdict insane, Ann Webb; application for trial dis ‘missed by County Attorney. ORIMINAL coUBT. 440—City v. Oalwell; dismisged. 441—Same v, Mor- on; same. 502—Green v, Enright; found guilty and under age ; motion for mew trial, 557—Rainforth ; motion to quash indictment. 292—Same ; sent to tho Hoaus n‘; Carrection for 60 days, and to pay 350 fine and costs, : NEW sUTTS, Txrrep SeaTrs Cmovrr Covnr,—Thos, Goodmal v. Lumborman’s Insurance Compeny ; petition for sétoll, Samuel A, Honry, Thos, H. Lee, James F. Somes, and Wm. Dobbins v. Stephen @, Hooker, J. T. Geltmther, and Geo, D. Lincoln ; case, $5,000. CmoUTT CoURT.—F,285—Jnmes O'Keefoet ol v. . Corrigan, Ldm. W, Pendloton, Jos. W. Barchiy, L. C. Paino Fréer, Poter Shimp, Henry Spears, C. P, Jus- ‘tees, Henry Schroeder, Nicholns Mueller, @, Foreman, Fredlerick E. Bradley, snd Jobanna Corrigan, adminie: tratrix of the estate of Robert Corrigan, deceased ; bill to take account of the gales of land bought of Pendle- ton & Barclay o John_O'ecfe, now doceased, and to cnjoin_interference with it 'pending _procéeding 5,256—Sanford Johnson and John W. Smith v. Jol Smith ; potition for mechanics’ lien on lot 67, Gage and_ofhers’ subdivision of Block 17, Sampson & Green’s_Addition to Chicsgo, 5,287—S. Curnins & Sons v. Thomas Dougall ; roplevin. SUPERIOR COURT—A1,T50—Pickering, Spear & Co. v.T. P, Cagwin & Oo.; dssumpsit, $500, 41,751—F. 0. Noili v. Michael Dalton ; confestion of Judgment or notes of §169. 41,T2—Yorter & Fuller v, Mechanics & Traders’ Insurance Company of New York; as- sumpert, $15,000. 41,753—Jane R. Stow v. Joseph M, Hirsh ; bill to take agcount of thedefendant’s business for tho purpose of lovying exccutions where they éan realize. 41,754—George Krick v. Riverside Im- provement Company ; assumpeit $4,600, 41,755—Me- Namara v. Ely ; appeal. 41,756—~Charles A’ Lamb v. Martha Lamb ; divorce on_fho ground of desertion. 41,757~T, B. fieccher v, Harms et AL; potition to s tablish titlé to roal estate in Laframbols Resorvation. 41,758—Jane C. v. John Rourke; divorce. 41,750— Louisa Flolschman v, Benedict Schiubert ; potition for artition. 41,760—Lindman v. Bowles et al.; oppeal, prais o s bl HYDE PARK. Deeting of the ¥illage Trustees—Transaction of 2 Smail Amount of Unimportant Business. A rogular meeting of the Trustees of the Vil- lage of Hydo Park was held at their hall on Sat~ urdey efternoon. Present, President Cady and Trustees Barney, Bradsier, Hale, and Waldron. BILLS ORDERED PAID. The following bills were reported back sp- proved, and wera ordered to be paid: E. B. Myers, 200 village charters.......... 60.00 Danicl Healey, two months’ salary a3 Super- intendent...... 800.00 C A George Hannab, lumber for Sectio Timoand pay-foll, ropairing ontlats, oto, A, Kiser, Chicago & Thornton Road. James Nevi, repairs a Eenwood Stal Pay-rolls, on ditches, culverts, and crossings 120,00 D, Healoy, for manuro vs, frost 175 Charles Fitzsimmons, Daiton bridge. 5,00 Nortawestern Gas Pipe Company, K 2 well... 1,560.00 Charles 8, Waito, Tow: 3 '250.00 Nelson & Benson, Hyde Park avenis, 6,204.37 Nelron & Bonson, Stony Island avenuo. 5,500.00 ot Bower. Beatty & Barker, Fifty-firat st Dobson & Rhodes, Surveyors. Total...... - TEMPORART LOAX The resolution passed at the last meeting to authorize the borrowing of $30,000, was re- scinded. i UNION WATER WORKS. A preamblo and resolution was adopted to no- tify citizens of the Town of Lake that Hyde “Park is willing to co-operato with them in fur- nishing & supply of lake water to both corpora- tions. CONCITNICATIONS were received from Charles Fitzsimmons, in re- lation to Dalton bridge; from C. Knowlton, about hig claim for interest on warrants ; from William 3lorse, for licenso to build sewers ; and . sundry small bills, all of which were referred. TREASUBEB AND COLLECTOR. 1t was resolved that the Collector and Treas- urer furnish writton reports of amount of taxes collected ; amount of disbursements, and the separate balances on hand to each fund up to the 1ot of January next. = It was resorved that the salary of Village Col- lector be 81,000 for the collection of zll taxes and specis] assessments up to April, 1878. James H. Ely, Collector, presented hia bond, with Lwo sureties in the sum of $601,408.82, which was approved. LAST CALLOX LICENCES. President Cady sunounced that he will attend at the Village Hall on Tuesday afternoon next at 2 o'clock p. m., to issue licenses. Adjourned to Saturday, Dec. 28. —_— PERSONAL. General Bingleton, of Quincy, is at the Gard- ner. Colonel 0. N. Huff, of Montans, is at the Tremont. Hon. F. N. McNaughton, of Alabams, ig at the Sherman. ~ Major F. M, Combs, United States Army, is at the Gardner. General John Craig, of Missouri, is Tremont. ‘hc; tain J. W. Thayer; of Mackinac City, is at 8 Hon, John W. Miller, of New Jersey, was st the Briggs, yesterdsy. John L. Sayors, Esq,, of Manchester, England, is at the Sherman. Licutenant Ssm F. Winslow, United States Navy, was at the Briggs, yesterday. The following were at the Gardner yesterday: H, W. Lamb, Quincy, 1ll.; C. T. Hobart, Brain- ard, Minn.; C. E. Finch, B¢, Paul; J. K. Dor- ‘man, Burlington; J. C. Conklin; Davenport, Ia.; ¥. M. Brown, fsn Erancisco; J. W. Morton, Bacramento; 'James Gardner, Holly Springs, Miss.; J. B. Scranton, Scranton, Pa. The followiny John L. Ross, Kansas City, Mo.; Boston; J. W. Fogle, Mansfield, Ohio; Thomas F. S‘?}iraa, Topeks, Kan.; J. T, Culver, Pontiac, Til.; Marshall Hoplins, Lexington, Ky.; George V. Hamilton, Mont Clair, N. J; J. W. Gordon, Naugatuck, Conn. The following were smong the_arrivals st the Tremont yesterday : John Ross, Hanover, Ont,; €. 31. Haiscock, Lockport, N. ¥ C. ¥, Weston, Scranton, Pa.; J. Wattles, Nerwich, Conn.; F. R. Foster, Hartford, Conn.; J. H. Hoffman, P. Richardson, Quincy; Miss Lucie Mitchell, St. ZLonis; W. F. Schweppe, Alton. B The following were among the arrivals at the Bherman yesterday: John Foster, Mendan, Conn, ; Jsmes Maxwell, London, England Frank R. Taylor, Parkersburg, W, Va.; J. N. Kuntz, Montana ; P. R. Patterson, Wheeling; T, B. Bryan, Ogdensbarg, N. Y. ; J. S. Laugh ton, Orange, N. J. ;' J. 8, Forbes, Mobile ; T. L Cuyler, Fond du Lac, W, at the Donakiue, Guard Against the Ravages of Small-Pox. BaDEN BapEN, Bond Co,, TIL, Dec. 10, 1672,—Mzssgs, TroEy & Co.—GENTLEMEYN : Having fairly, square- 1y, and impartially tried your new deodorizer and dis- infectant, Bromo-Chloralum, in two casea of amall- Pox in my own household with 60 much satisfaction, T Teel it an unguestionsble duty to recommend it to each and every one of'my professional brethren of all schools, as tho pest and most reliable disinfectant and deodarizer ever placed within our resch, My experi- ence as surgeon in dlfferent hokpitals during the lato TDnited Blates war, when the then rocognized disin. fectants were used, coupled with my personal obgerva- tion of t"9 effects’ of Bromo-Chloralum in {uis dis- ease, w. ' the lsst few woeks, establishes boyond doult ita .aperiority a8 an_effective disinfectant in small-pox.” Yours respectfully, L.B. Syary, M. D, e L . Stanton. The huge advertisement of Stanton, the family grocer, on the fifth pags of to-day's Tamuxe, will attract attention everywhere, Stanton does mothing in o small way, His business is simply immense, and e advestises his goods on the samo scalo, SEA s S —Mrs. Beott-Siddons’ New York agent seemed not to be an adept in gaography. Ho arranged her Western appointments in this wise: One night at Davenport, the next at Clinton, the next at Minnespolis, the noxt st Omaha, the next at Des Moines, the next at Chicago. The agent was evidently determined that Mra. Scoit- Exdfl:fia should have an opportunity to spread were_at the Bfigg&( yosterday: | STREATOR. The Headquarters of the Vermilion €oal Ficlds, Wonderful Growth and Prosperity of the Town. Sixteen Hundred Tons of Coal Mined Per Day. Streator, Il., 100 miles from Chicago, at the south end of the.Fox River Branch of the Chi- eago, Burlington & Quinoy Railroad, isone of the ‘principal points from whence this city receives its supply of that very needful article, bitamin- ous cosl. The words, “Vermilion coal,” are familiar to many residents of Chicago, and have doubtless, often excited the inquiry, as to whera and what character of place it comes from. Thia fact will, perhaps, make an article on Streator not uninteresting, and Swhile deriving comfort from the fuel received from there, one can gaze into the burning cosls and meditate upon the wonderful growth of the town from whence they came. Bix years ago the town existed only on paper, _and the ground now occupied by its plensant Btreets, and attractive cottages, produced the grain :vhich sustained a dozen or more familios of worthy farmers. Now, it contains 4,000 peo- ple, more or lees, and is fast developing intoa city of no mesn proportions, This sronderful development has been solely due to the discov- ery and working of vast coel-fields underlying the town and its vicinity, fora radiusof 20 miles, the coal of which is shipped in every direction thronghout the West and South. Tor 15 years previous to 1866, it wag known to n few old settlers of that section, that coal of » good quality existed on the Vermilion River, 16 miles south of Ottawa ; but it was regarded as a mers surface vein, which would be exhausted by a month's mining. 0ld Descon Nat- tinger, of Ottaws, was. however. of s differont opinion, and, persusded that the fieldwas one of great value, held his eyo steadily on the spot, .and began quietly to acquire a little property there, snd even made somoe effort to attract the attention of capitalists to the spot. He prophecied that, at no distant day, & large mannfacturing city would be buil there, and confident in this belief, erected a {fewhonsos, and ran streets between them, giving to the collection, the euphonious title of Hard- serabble. But -Hardscrabble did not go on ; money was wanting, or, rather, the people were wanting money; and in a few mont crabble was B bt ipt corporation. After much exertion, Deacon Nottinger finally sttracted the attention of & eout:gsny of Cleve- land capitalists to bis town in the tanglewood, and, in 1865, it was visited by Colonel Ralph Plumb and the Hon. W. 8. Btreator, as represent- atives of the Company. After athorongh ex- amination, they were convinced that underlying Hardscrabble were inexhaustiblecoal fields of great richness, and at once determined to invest for their company, with the intention of devel- oping the valuable resources of the place. 'Accordingly, Colonel Plumb removed to the ‘Hardscrabble tanglewood & few weeks after this visit, and _thus became the pioneor settler of Streator. Not admiringithe title of Hardscrabble for his akopted home, Colonel Plumb consulted with himsolf, and gave it the name of Btreator, in honor of the gentleman who visited the place with him. Soon after his arrival in the town, he origi- nated the idea of a line of railway from Streator to Wenons, on the Ilinois Central Railroad, and, suiting the action to the thought, it was built and completed early in 1866. In 1867, the firat coal shaft was completed, and the work be- gan in renl earnest. In 1869 another railroad was built to Dwight, on the Chicago & Alton Railway, thus giving the town East and West connections, and easy communicetion with_the outer world. In 1870 the Fox River Branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road, running from Streator to Geneva, was completed, and, in 1871, the Fairbury Branch was built, originally known 88 the Fairbury, Pontiac & Northwestern Road, and now & portion_of the new Chicago & Paducsh Railwsy. The Chicago, Pekin & South- .western Road, just completed, is one of the omost _important lines run- ning from Streafor, and ives thefown a railway system made up of five Lines. To theso will be added, in & few months, the ‘!;_lfimouflx, EKankakee & Pacific Railroad, which connect Streator with the Pittsburgh & Fort Wayne Road, at Plymouth, Indiana, and the Rock Island & Pacific Road at Bureau Junction. ‘These railroads make Streator accessible from all dirsctions by rail, and, in themselves, would build and sustain acity of prominence and im- ortence, Tho rapidity with which, they Lave en built is largaly due to the industry and Ia- bors of Colonel Ralph Plumb, in whose head they were firat mapped ont, and whose voice per- suaded capital to invest in them. In fact, all of Bireator,—its railways, mannfacturers, coal shafts, and every other interest the town ossesses, began with Colonel Plumb, who hes en the head and nmaster-spirit of, the place. The coal shafts at Streator are principally owned by the Chicago, Wilmington and Ver- million Coal Company. This company bonght up over 5,000 scres of” coal land in Streator and the vicinity soon atier Colonel Plumb went there. The investment has proved a good one, productive of reasonsble profits, and promising rich returns in the future. Zueyhave one shaft on_the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road, which haa & capacity of 800 tons per day. An- other on the Dwight Branch yields 300 tons per day. A third, on the Chicago, Pekin & South~ western Road, yields 200 tons per day. Besides these, there are in the vicinity of Btreafor sev~ eral private shafts, with & united capacity of 300 tons per day; making & total capacityof 1,600 tons per dsy. : . ‘The average smount of coal shipped to the company per day, from Streator, is 1,200 tons. The ahafts average 80 feot in depth, thus afford ing ensy access to the coal, which is found in veins ranging in thickness fromé to 9 féet. Each shaft is provided with an escape shaft, around ‘which run ladders, to be used by the miners in caso of accident. The company ~have about 400 men employed in the mines, most of whom own their homes, and are industrious and frugal, They work ten bours s day, and receive liberal wages. The conl is mined entirely by blasting, andis drawn to the bottom of the shafis by mules. Ineach mine there are eight mules. The shafts avo provided with stables, so that these animals have never seen the sun, or felt tho changeful irs of the seasons, since they firat descended into the pit. They have been buried alivo, as it were. During the prevalenco of the epizootic, these mules wore unaflected by it._ Not so, however, with tho Company's mulés af Braidwood. There the stables ero right at the foot of the shafts, and in & few days after the epizootic came into the vicinity; the hacking coughs of the buried mules echoed through the ‘Tines, and there was no work done. It is statod that theso mules gea as well in the darkness as in therlight, and that they cannot be lost in the mines, even though all the lamps go out, The Company own_sbout 200 cars, and trans- port ol their coal. The coal is mainly marksted along the line of the Chicago, Butlington & Quincy Road, or South over the_Pelin & Sonth- weatern. ,About 300 tons a day are shipped. to Chicago. "The coal is superior for manufactur- ing purposes and blsst fornaces, and Strestor msy yet become one of the Pittsburghs of the est. . ————— PERSONAL, 1t is sunounced that Wendell Phillips will visit Towa in January. —Tweed has decided not to take his soat.in the New York Senate this year. He hasnot been to Albany since his elaction. —General Croxton, recently appointed Minis- ter to Bolivis, cast one of the two votes polled in Paris, Ky,, for Lincoln in 1860. —Arthor Haliburton, son of the late Sam Blick, has received 5 Government appointment in Inflia at & sours ealacy of 10,000, —Ssm Fifield, in the Ashland Press, lsys @own his prescriptive title to the ofico of Ser- geant-at-Arms of the Wisconsin Assembly, and supports Colonel Bigsel, of Fond dn Lao. —Marquerite Bellanger, who played a con- spicuons part in the well-known. scandal con- nected with the second Empiro of France undor the Third Napoleon, is announced to have de- pertad to that bourne," etc, —Goneral E, F. Winalow, one of the contrac- tora of the Cairo & Vincennes Railroad, hasbeen sppointed General Manager of the road, and has sppointed John Lee, Jr., of Carmi, 11l Superin- tendent, and Charles O, Wood, of Caird, Assist- ant Superintendent. —“Ben Wade's handsome daughter is bomnd tomarry & poor carpantor,” isn ltem cireulating it, i614ill be news to Mr, Wade to learn that he has s danghtor. . —The Fairfield (Tows) Zedger contradicts the item which has bean going through the press for ten days crediting the Hon. James F. Wilson with three brokon ribs, the result of a fall. Mr. Wilson is just home from the East, and in the best of health and the best of repair. —Adolph E. Kroeger, the former City Tress- urer of St. Louis, sentenced to five years' im- prisonment for bis alloged complicity in the Su- sisky swindles, has been pardoned ; and while in the Penitentiary, it is 5aid he devoted all his spare time to literary labors, and has earned, especially by his translations from the German, a nice competence. He has duo him on his re- cont publications some $6,000, which will givo him & good start in life. — e “Threg-card monte™ has not herefofore been regarded as & moral agent, but the experience of a gentleman who recently emigrated from Mis- souri to Kansas promises to add it to the ethical Torces, slready kmown. . Having experimented with the game in the fall-blown innocence of bis Missouri antecedents, be loat $300 at it. Ho then repented, and, aftor haying had the gam- blers arrested, he was formally immersed, With- ont_regard to the temperature of the water at this time of year, and reeeived into tho bosom of the Baptist Church. CITY REAL ESTATE. OR SALE—AT A BARGAIN—LOTS ON WESTERN- av., Polk; Taslor, and Campboll-sv., oa terms to suit topartics wishing to bulld. Inquiro on premiscs of GEO. CADWELL, or at 135 South Clarksst., fa bank. TOR SALE_8i0; ONLY §30 DOWN—WE HAVE the bost bargains in lots for pereons of moderato imeans; don't go out of tho city to buy a lot: we can sell Sou ong convenient fo stroct-cars and busisioss for S100. 4. G. STOREY &SON, 145 South Clark-st., Room 8. OR BALE_ON MONTHLY PAYMENTS HOUSES ot 8and 13 roors op, Norch and West Sies rangto Trom 82,50 to 85,50, WHIFPLE & MoWHORTER, 6 Soath Desplaincsst. OB SALE-CHEAP-GURESTORY BUILDING, %0 40, ultsblo for livory siable or maanizcturiag bue os; two and a half soars' .+ GHAT BERANE, & South doliorsontat, o OR SALE_AT A BARGAIN—NORTHEAST GOR- g WANTED~-MALE HELP. Bookkeepers, Clerks, &o. ANTED — GERMAN DRUG CLERK. MUST h. Apply, stating ago snd salars, i3, VWANTED—X SHORT-HAND WRITER DESIRING A pormanent engagomont {n a flaw office_may sead addreas, stating tarms, with reforences, {0 P. S Bex %6, Chicago, 1il. Miscollaneoas. VWANIED-6m CHOPPERS, lo HEWERS, TO make cross-tles. Good contracts{o lot. Keyser & Baguell contrastors, Apply fo SHAW & WILSON, 5 West Madison. VW ANIED - CARVASSERS TOR ~OHAMBERS' Book of Days, a miscellany of popular sntiquitiss in connection with the calondar, Includiog ancedots, biog: raphy, history, curiositios of literaturo, and oddities of bumah Life #ad character. Also, Chambers' Encyelo- pedis aud other ‘Address publications by J. B. Lippiacott & Ce: C. 8. BURROWS, 5% Wentworth-av., Chi~ cago, 1l 2 ANTED-—TRAVELLING AGENTS FOR SEWING maching attatchments. Call st 610 State-st. ANTED-ENERGETIO MEN OUT OF EMPLOY- ment to call and seq inducemonts offered at 174 West Washington:st. Smith & Whithorn Mafg. Go.. VWANIED-MEN AND WOMEN 1IN CITY OR country, are offerod tha beat chance to make monoy on xmall capltal, by A. RAY, 25 Weat Lake-st., Chicago. ANTED_% MORE MEN FOR GHOPPING IN Michigan sud Indisna. High wagos and winter's york. 4 form Rands and 10 soal mingrs for Tlipols: s 5 or Tafiroa 4 ] ots to all polats South 25 WWost Lako-re.. Roam sy - ANTED_MEN -THAT WANT EMPLOYMENT Y calllon PHILLIPS'E CO., Exchango Block, 11§ Wash- ingtorrst.; Room 65. ~ Busingsa legitimate; tip-top pay. VYV ANTED —% GOOD MEN 70 WORK ON ICE. Cail ¢ rning at dians-a: : oVl sty Monday. g at 786 In¢ v. JAS! VW ANIED-% TABORERSTO GHOP CORD-WOOD: from 83 ta 35 per. daycan bemades fars and_fees, §5.30. Apoly to a. ANDERSON & CO., 35" Wear Wash” "ANTED_% WOODCHOFPERS TO GO OUT THIS . V¥ “evening with tho foreman; wages, SL30 per cords boazd, §{ por weok; ala0 0 stono-masous; work for ong oy Sallearly, at3 West Madsonat. SHAW & WiL- 0N, Agents. . ANTFD—ALL SEWING MAGHINE CANVASS 8073 to call on ALBERT STONE, Li0 State-at., who will offor batter terms than any ona elso in the clty. Ofics hours8to10a. m., 10 to2 gt ‘WANTED--FEMALE HELP. T seret Jofzruon snd Deioventa, ot 10563 paz. | Domentios, os wiahiog fo fmprovs: Nomonoyroquired Gowa: - 1a- | voaxmen_a orasmarsdes. ot 13> South Clarkcst, abank, ok, Apply ot 15 West Adament - DOUSE COUNTRY REALESTATE. OR SALE OR EXCHNGE-A FARM FOR CITY proporty: X willsell o exchango my farm, located on the lino of the . & N. W. R. R., 53 miles from Chicago, 74 roiles from Woodstock, and 2 miles west from Kismoke Etation, McHenry County, Tl. Bald farm contains 160 acres, dividod into 10, 20, 80, aud 40 acre lota: 60 acres un- der cultivation, 40 acres firit-class meadow, balance N 1 pasture, with an abundance of timber and 8 nover ceas- ing, novor freezing sprin houso, good barn, good archard. Titlo porfoct. Tho sbove farm will be soid cleap, ota good trado givon on dosirablo city prop- gty For turthor information, addross or apply to BER, &4 West Lake-st., Chicago. OR SALE—A GOOD MICHIGAN WINTER WHEAT and stock farm, worth $10,000, for $9,500; sields 2,000 per year profit, ‘Torms ot salé, S1,500 cadh, Balanco on'long timo. Would exchango for Sity properts; ownor &0l 1o Europo; & rars bargaln. Address R 54, ‘Tribuno Gffico. SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE. OR SALE-SOUTH PARK BOULEVARD AND othor choico Hyde Park Proporty, CHACE & ABELL, 184 Dearborn.st., Hotore Block. REAL ESTATE WANTED. W ASTED_AT A BARGATY, CHEAP TOR OASH, ‘ouso and ot on Burnaldo-st., south_of Twenty-Bith and north of T -seventh-sta., not to cost over #3,000; 10 commission paid; state numberand price. = Address 41, Tribane offico. VWARTED-COTTAGE AND TOT BETWEEN Twenty-sccond-st, and Egan-av,, and State-st, and tho lako, not to execod §3,000in prics, for whioh I will pag all chsh., Address, with numbor of Street and price. P 79, Tribune ofiice. PARTNERS WANTED. PARINER = WANTED 70 FILL VACANCY caused by {ll health, in profitable cash business; caah requlred, $1,200, witki reference. - 650 State-st., Tes store. ARTNER WANTED_WITH 1,00, TO TRAVEL and ostablish agents for tho salo of au article thiat has gaid ovor 815,000 in tho last B yosrs, Room 9, il East WV Aot in Gonetal homsawore Avhty Detvensd and 134, m. a¢ No. 9 South Grosn.st. W e domman to whahs Como ool S oty 5 wosk, 6173 Wost Adams-at. * Miscellaneous. "ANTED_FOUR INTELLIGENT YOUNG LADIES %o_soliclt for a new and.popular book. FExpenses paid._J. A, OWENS. Star Hotel. 97 West Madison.st.. - SITUATIONS WANTED--MALE. * Bookkeepers, Clerks, &o. QUITATION WANTED_AS SALESMAN LV SOME hardware houso; or will travel for some stovo firm._ Can give good reference and socarity. Addreas D 20, Tribune office, TGS, TR T o caman S oo oo reforenes. Sadrese'C b, Trowas san? 2 TTUATION WANTED—TN A WHOLESALE HOUSE by an oxperienced bookkesper, who refers to pros~ ‘ent employers. Address P. O. Box 125. e e e e SITUATIONS WANTED--FEMALE Miscellaneous. ITUATIONS WANTED—ANY ONE WISHING FOR D help apply at £ Shorman-st. German, Bohomiag, Norwegian, or auy natlon by tha orders promptly sup- ed. lied TO RENT--ROOMS. O T E g A bt SV OB, 10 IaTaans bl and Madison'ste. Apply at Room dar o malsted 0, RENT_PLEASANT FURNISHED ROOMS, it modorn. convenlonces, With or without board: 229 Wabash-av, 183 Dsarboradt, by M. 9. 1. JOBNSON. o o and 0 RENT—ROONS, SECOND FLOD} ONFURNISH- d, and wi ‘board, pleasant 00d i e ythony P t and in good order. PARTNER WANTED-IN & GENERAL NURSERY business: at Lincoln, Neb. Businoss already estab- lished. 83,000 reanired.’ Address, for one month, J. J. GOSPER, Batavis, Il PETNER IVANTED GITHER, IOTIVE O SI- lont, it £5,000. Buainess manufactaring and o mo- opoly: o . 'c‘:xg’.%mmfi'}nmu.’gm“ Brd A= AN T 0 offco, -gstrate if offere through tho papers just mow. Alss, for the rarity of news ! Though, come to think about ARTNER WANTED_WITH SLO0TO $5,000, TO PAerisond 1a 20 i oeh gl ed Chioago: good reforences. X, H. ", Bonton Har- bor, Mich. ARTNER WANTED_WITH 810, IN A GENTEEL cash busines 3ying several hundred dollars month- 1y, 116 East Washiogton-st., Room 33. SEWING MACHINES. LEES NOISELESS, LINK-MOTION, SHUTTLE machines; theso celobratod and nneqnaled sowing machines aro now permanontly,_established in tholr elo- gant new store, 255 State-st. J. H. LEROW & CO. " (AROVER & BAEFR'S SEWING MACHINES. GEN- G o e o office, 973 Wabash- &v. Persons baving old Grover & Baker sewing mzchines are invited to call and seothonew improvements and hoar eomothing to their advantage. S e e a 5 5 203 S30th Halbted-stes Opon ovenings. @ o o.c stan STNGER SEWING SAGHINES SOLD ON NONTIL aymonts, aud » splondld chromo R e St o chmmogiven topach pur- g B L R T W ew tmpraved sold or reated. on I payments. BURNHAM & NEARNERY Oly hentbly imaio office 338 West Madison.st AGENTS WANTED. _AGENTS WANTED — PROFITABLE EMPLOY. ment. Wo wish to omploy atlomen and Iadies to solicit ordars for tho cllabflhxf:lpmvud Buckeyo_Shut- o Sewing Sachine, . Sttch alike o both sides. Tt mifl stitch, hem, fell, tuck, cord, bind, braid, gather, and i st Teathar R fas s ok t0 bearer vory ind'Tonthor: * Ror farther o3, ‘addron Efi‘;xilsmnsmox &00., Clovoiand, ORlo, or St AGENT& WANTED-810 TO $13 A DAY—AGENTS aro making it with my goods; they are a necessit; N, 93 West. 3onroe-st., Cl :m:a o Agouts, ~branct %0 Wabishay 0 RENT-TWO LARGE R gus, sultatls fot housskospiags 07 Cotiags Gorant, 7O RENT_FURNISHED ROOMNS_ONE SOITE OF fooms 3o rontlow, B1l Wabashan Cowols: also single e oot ooems i ales mopats et o Bat ooping. JORN M. WAITE, 15 Hubbard-conrt, - 0 RENT-TWO WARD PIN South State-st., near Fourteonth, TR ot et shespr ot T Sia st somuar o Thirty-ninth. Tho hoteo cars Tan out there. 7Q RENT ROONS SUITABLE FOR HOUSE a5 s::?hé(mwn-:'n' or, pantry, and closet. Apply at TO RENT--HOUSES. 0 RENT-TEN ROOM A . 8 T Booth omganat. ol vel oo Geathod a5~ Dly on premises. - T'Q, BENT-OR ESCHANGE_7 BRIOK DWELL- ings (new) southoast Rush “Tlinols- 00 Bt eiors Batory snd basemens (how), 0sis st Tent upper story, store.room, or basement ssj itely. Apply o WM. 5. JOHNSTON, Roo i ehangs B2 oL 8 OINRON, oo T e S8 stgs e Clarkand Wesinglansts: -~ 0 RENT—A NICE COTTAGE, IN GOOD ORDER, Teaseatly] 5 x S i Jjeasentiylocated: & Ruckor-st. GEO. P. BAY, TO RENT--STORES, OFFICES, &o. RENT_OUR STORE, CORNER MONROEST, GENTS WANTED-LADIES OR GENTLEME ié, B R “&i”f"‘:‘" n artiolo {ha 3 AriidoiS tho market. Call cad seo ite. Ae KNOWEES, ACENTS WANIED SUALE AND FENALE, N ity or country, can seo it ing and Emfiubrn artiolo ia the city, 8t Rooia 11, No. 55 West o, and Aichigan-av., I {gatotage of hises Eootse o B BECRBTE £ aB s ECARDING AND LODGING. R Sootinhiut belrrbiaSovut iy West Sido. 173 S e ST O30D, DA BOARD, L2, 51 por ok 4 cofep a speolalty; nics WEST WASHINGTON-ST,— X PR e DR and wife or two gentlemen. 4.3 EUBBARD. co%n‘v}rtllvévivd; 0 x N 0ARDING HOUSE ; frat-class board, 3 3 S st class bosed, it roum, 35 to 85 per weok, ik WABASH-AV.—A 506 ot RE sthuls o gt e or two gentlemon. Also, a single room, with board. Refarence required. () WABASH.AV._TWO VERY 799 e A A R0, VER DESTRABLY suite, suitablo for families or gontlemen. Table boarders «caa be accommodated.. 0 LOST AND FOUND. OST—ON THE 21ST. A BOY 8 YEARS OLD, dressed in bluo clothes, with b 2aan drbhat,” Plosso inform Grrotasa 1551 Nomh Caz. Sater. st : 1191 SIATEST., SOUTH SIDE HOUSE, NEAR Twenty-fourth—Furnis] Tooms, good biard 5135 Por weoks e s LINTON COURT, 159 SOUTH DEARTORN (BURN: GO ot ey SR DEAREORN (BURS- with excellent board, for le 2nd warried people; Yery reasonable; eyery comfort of hotae, With fredaen ob OST-SATURDAY GUSNING, DEC. 25 & PATR £33, ono Loy an Q Trom 123 Park-av. Taformation Joft at 150 East Morrao.ats ‘will bo suitably rewarded, JOHN MARDER. OST—_OR STOLEN_PACKAGE, SIARKED, W, H, R A YN B rotaraing th smmo to OTTO MOOR, 7 Market-st., $30 will be paid, d no questions zeked. T OST-OR BROKE HER MOORINGS, THEC] L bosrstorssodSusges™ Aoy poon biing b o a5 to bar whoresbants wi Gromsing W, B: HTARKIS & COL, Room o, 81" Tasall . Chicago. ~Lake port papers pibas copy. [AKEN UP-A WHITE COW, WHICH THE OWN. T can have ¥ and Lin- goln'ste st HERATAN W ILKETG o 2 sute FINANCIAL., OMMEROIAL AND REAL EST. APER PUR- O Lo R R, BRSNS son-st. -, 3 0 0. v 15 Bonroe-st., Room 1, Kont's Block. o E WILL PURCHASE A LIMITED ASOUNT OF 56 Eptorpriza Tusyrages Co,'s pollelea st iho bk Soom. S A S, Hoom 3, Stonova buildiag, 16 Madison-ate " o VWV ANIED_TOSECURE BY FEB.1, SLW0TO S0 3to5 years on a No. I Towa roal estato socurity, = Ad- dross, stating terms, Z 41, Tribuno affico, 5 lo- ‘hotel combined.’_Singlo rooms $6. BOARD WANTED. OARD-BY A SINGLE GENTLEMAN, A COM- Botne gingle room, with broakfast R Bors: 3 privato, Episcopd (umily”proforced. Adds seas, stating torms, Z 18, Tribano office. HORSES AND CARRIAGES, AUCTIUN TO-MORROW AT 10 O'OLOCE. TWO oot m?;gae& teams, hflb’ioqufimg“‘hb:xm &c. Bring in T 8t you swant it sold. No c to i not _sold, at 3w brick b: 243 We -1 o gowbrici brto, 91 West Twalstivat. 1. A. NUSSELE FORSALE GHEAPERTHA FLETCHER, LAZRAR S LE[GH%QSI;EIGBS! >0 jowa. CaENES. 55 Sheat SLEICHS SIEIGRS HATHAWAY'S, 30, ALSO, 600 State.st, i= tho placo to buy tho best and 3 yarioty for the ldaat mosior, ‘Gio oF two ocondasd for "VANT)ZD—A PAIR OF FINE MATCHED ROAD. Bad B Brov (one By Blavo, o GRoman ko \geck, will call “thoy willsalt. W, A. RUSSELY, 343 'ANTED—TO BUY A QUANTITY OF HEAVY work horses. Inquire nqt Laurio's Eumin’unB%tlc’l gr,of Roberta & Hal, Lumbor Exchsnga. D. A J0() SEARES OF MANUFACTURING COMPA- 2y stogk for salo st gxoat Bareain will bo stpar ac- ithin a yiaes 500 por dent brodts on tha Fared: - Want mots. monoy 1o extend the pasnese: A dross 79, Tribuna ofic PERSONAL, ERSONAT, — INFORMATION W, £, Eduacd dones, son of Edmard Jones lfll‘g{!}’)lwmof ine Comnty, Wis. When < plag with Francls ¥ oS08 North Laveoat, 5. u ‘ormas, No. 403 Lonls, Mo. Any infommatlon soncorning bim il e enally roosive: Fonis Atdiss EDWARD JORES, daro of Vavgtan & Wiliains, Recioe, Wik, NFORMATION WANTED OF R. J. ALEXANDER, youug man sbont 29 or 30 years of age. When last board from was in Kansas City, Mo. Any information concerning him that can be given will bo kindls racelved. Address No. 29 Michigan.av., Chicago, M. B. WE FOR SALE. JFOR SALE_THE PATENT RIGHTS TOR SIX st U e o e e e Bedste U am st 5 B RrR A GRS tench Binemr i imviti. iOF SATE_RAILROAD TICKET, FROM GHE. Toro, 255 P lhantts ol B HOR ST W B aeiiar 3%, - Iaguirs o 3 sion Merohants, 117 Wesh Take-st- ] CLAIRVOYANTS. MACHINERY. JOR, SALE-TWO ENGINES, 11, RIGHT AND ‘ot loft hand; 1222 left band: 16x26 rlght hand. Two llors, 18 feet long, 4finches dismeter, 3 16-inch flncs: 1, 13 foot long, 48 inches diameter, 2 17-Inch flacs; oot tons, B Tachordenciametery 3 1-lpoh, Sues; 1, 14 bl Cig: 53 2%-ing tobes. Al now inches dismeter, ch . Address J. O. BOWSER & CO.. Fort Wagne, 'OR SALE—CHEAP—A 12 HORSE - OR SALE_STEAM ENGINFS—1 18453, 1 10KI5, Bine' dogt: "Cilons, M FinpisCyRiager plaae 2 o i Fng S cornor Frankiin and Michigan-ste, Chisago: BUSINESS CHANCES. SRSt T e T s T ARDWARE TUSINESS, AT QUINGY, TLL, FOT sale. Tho continued increasing demand tor cur Patent Automr.tic Steam Governor fl?nidn: our fndivig« ual time zontion to the prosccation of “its manuface tare, we hercby offor for sale our eatire atock of b; togathar with le: fixtures, and fmd will, 1ness was founded = s present location in 184}, by L. & C. H. Bull, now prominent bankors in this cit, a: s slnco boen siccosstally carried on by Lhemscives And Buccessors, in both wholesale and retall branches. Pazies desiring a 3afe and permancnt basincss i3 a growiag and yrosperous locality, will find this an oxcellent oppoet B s et s S e S such wo Insite a thorough avestigation. Address GARL: NER & ROBERTSON. Qaincy, 1L, i southonss 2 KNOCK-DOWN ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF Spiritoalism, by tho celebratod THDRS‘E BOROTH- ERS, Medinms,’ at the Roligio-Philosophical Seanca Rooms, corner Fifth-av. and Adams-st., 0very ovesing, commencing Monday, Dec, 23, 81,000 i gold 1o any 050 b will detect any {raad {n thesa conviaeing maniiosta- INSTRUCTION. ST IR T el bebela i v AP T LY TTUATION WAN )—AS GOVERNESS~BY A S B D (VAR ES S BT ok fiion accupations, drawiog, Jacey mock, do. Address § Telbuns ofiosr DIVORCES. J)IVORCES LEGALLY OBTAINED. TRE AT 2 crec; rcat ivol Y prac I courts of Uhlcagn. | Address B O, Bor oo 0 12 12 NG, DIVORCE-NO FEE-DIVORCES OBTALNT D for canso upon equitable terms. Som 847 Sonth Clarkeste, o SBhEv dtg BIUSICAL, OR SALE—AT A BARGALN, oo 2otato planoforia; can b saca'at No. 4 FIRST-CLASI 135 West Much