Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1872, Page 9

B e S e T S RAILROAD HORRORS. & . The Disaster on the Buffalo, Corry G Pittsburgh Road, Nineteen Persons Killed, and Over Twenty Injured. Terrible Cr Scenes --- uman Beings hed and Borned Alives The Accident on the Indianapelis, Peru & Chiczgo Road. Tyveaty-five to Thirly Persons Injured- Several Chicago People Among the Number, The Catastrophe on the Buffalo, Cor= tshurgh Boad. <lo Couricr, Dec. istmas eve was rudely broken e news flashed over the telegraphic wires, of an nccident atended with horrible suf- fering and loss of life, on the Buffalo, Corry & Pittsburgh Peilroad. On this rosd there was no natural road bed, and the route had to bo laid up hill and dowa dsle, necessitating deep cuts, steep embankmonts, lofty trellises, ond heasy gredes. Tlhore aro numarous places along tho Tine well coleulated to sppall the heart of the timid travellor. The Cross-Cut Road was built to relieve the necessitios of the oil producers. It Goes not sppesr to have been o successful enter- priso, for a shork time ago it was forced into bankrupiey, aud beingsold by order of the Court, was bid in for tho boxdiolders for the sum of £600,060. By the fisst train Wednesduy morning s Te- Porter of the Courier wes despaiched to the scene. Arriving et Brocton sbout 9 o'clock, he found a {rain on (he Cross-Cut in waiting, being thio fret thal had been put in readiness t0 go up the rond since the accident_oceurred. Brocton, which is the rest station beyond Duakirk, i sbout fift; miles from DufTalo, and it is at that point that tho Crozs-Cat ad Legins. Prog- Pect S.acion, the vieiniry wiicrs tho d:xastor took place, is eight miles from Eroctun. | PHOSPECT. f From Brocton the road continually and rapid- 1y ascends, toiling its way up the Chsntanqua Hills. Prospect is nothing but a stopping place —a little staiion house wherethere s & telograph office, and not far away two or three farm bouses. The station takes its namo hecause of the broad downward survey of landscape which the site_commands. About sisty rods beyond the station is s great gully or ravine, with stee and rugged xides, and in’ warm weather & smal creek coursing through it. This guily is crossed by a high trellis several hundred feet long, vary- ing in Leight from fiftcen to twenty-five to thirty feet. In winter time it is o bleak cold place, and much drifted enow accumulates in tho bottom. Here was the sceuo of what was one of the most dreadful accidents that can be found in the rec- ord of railroad catastrophes, and passengers hereafter as they pess over that fatal trellis must shudder at the remembrance. TIE DOOMED TRAIN. The mail train, bound for Broctoa, left Corry 8t 1:20 p. m., Tucsday, in charge of Conductor Fay Flanders and Engincer Joseph Haire. It con- sisted of tho locomotive * X yron P. Bemus,” & baggage-car, and one prsnenger-gar. The latter was 3 strong and nearly new coach, and to this, perhaps, those who escayed anuihilation owe their lives. Tho working employes consisted of the couduclor, ongincer, fireman, baggage- master,and two brakemen. The coach contained, as far e can be calculated, avout forty-ive mssengous ab the moment of the catustrophe, ho train proceeded cm ifs way In tbe usual manner, stopping 4t tho accustomed stations, Te~ ceiving aud discharging pessengers, baggage, end mauls, INTO THE GULF. The train sped on, wendiug its course_down the elopes of the now-covercd ills. It ap- reached the high trellis near Proxpect e Jtion. Rioue dreamed of danger, of wist. that tLe apzel of dezth swwept over the route with them. Thou- gends of traius Lnd crossed the same trollis, and over even more dangerous places on tho lino of the road, and no sceilent of uncommon propor- tions Licd ever taken place. The grade at this Toeality it from eighty-two to cighty-five feot to the milo. S;eed hied heon reducod, proparatory to stopping at tho etation. In regard to this dieaster, the common charge of ruuning at & recklees apced cannot be made. Tho train moved 8% 8 rate not possibly exceeding eight miles an bour—moved comparatively slow atong, a8 if ad- sancing delilerately to its fate. Had tho speed been faster, perbaps the dengerous gulf might havo been safely pasecd, and tho catastrophe averted. accidont at Prospect was caused by the breaing off of a portion of the flange of one of the rear wheels of tho tender. Railroad travel- fers can meditato how a little thickness of iron, which may be of posr quality and badly cast. ¥ Lo affected by sitler Licat or cold, is tho Gcfencer tlat stauds between them and death, A picce only about the size of & man's hand Lroke o, but this was cnough to cause tho train to leave the track. ‘The truck becamo de- tached from tle tend-r, and, dragging the tank over the tics, the ongine kept to the rails and in another moment w23 beyond dangor. The bag- gago-cer and passcager coach, with _scarcely the Warning of a second, were hurled from the tres- tlo into the bottom of the gully. The height of tho trestlo at this immediate point is 17 feot. The distance tho cars fell in their slanting course was about 25 feet. The drifted Enow in all probabilicy broke tLe force of the fall somo- what, yet tl:o shock must Lisve been tremendous. We Lisve heard of 1o pereon who chanced to be £0 situated as to witness the descent of the cars, but the sight may be readily imagiued as ono most thrilling and fearful. THE WRECK OX FIRE. . Of itzelf, the precipitation of the full freighted assenger car into the bottom of the abyss. a8 enrongl to effcet a fearful havoe of human life. The coach struck top down, and re- mained with the trucks appermost, the roof &nd sides being crushed in aud upon the hapless victime. Some, lot us hope tho many, of those list of the dead, wero Bat tlie Lorrors of overturied stove. Tho fames spread with lightning celerity, aud tho Lapless victims who were yot alive found themeelves imprisoned in & fiery tomb. Their shricks rent the air, and 5 people from the neighborhood burried to tho scene the horrible smell of burning flesh met their nostrils, The train was due at Prospect &t 3:20, aud that was about the timo of tho dis- ter. , ®Tha peoplo of the vicinity—residents of tho Zarm houses, track laborers, etc.—rushed to the pot 2s soon as the fact becamo known, and o heroic fight with the lames to savo human be- ings frou torturo and awful death by fire was begun. It was sn uncqual Contest. Tho beat was B0 infcusc that to remsin_near the burnmg . cars was almost impossible. No water was to e had, and tho only thing that could be done was to ezt tho flamies with snow. Jack-screws wera brought aud applied, and levers used to force the parts of the coach apart so that access to tho crushed and burning inmates could be had. Some were eblo to crawl out when the way ‘tses opened for them, while others was 5o badly ‘hurt thas they could do nothing for themselves, snd had to be dragged out. A_nd there were thers, more hapless, £o wedged i by tha wreck hat no strength was suflicient to pull them 101'“1, and, in sight of thoso who could ut witnéss their agony and hear their besrt-rending shrieks and prayers for help, hcy ~wero caten by ‘tho flames. Noble work was done by the wrockers. Thay piled the snow with unceasing vigor, mado every effort to reud the wreck apart so that thoso et alive might be saved, and did not cease their il while ciere was mora work to be done. Tho $wvo cars ~ere almost entirely consumed. j Al tho baggage was burned, and ell tha mail bags, except oue containing Tegistered lstiers. Thia desd, as tliey were taken out, wero laid upon the snow, Tho wounded wero trausported to the Reighboring farm-housce. P ieming imeidonta of the catas Many soul-sickening incidents of the catas- !'mphcy and burnng of tho wreck, might be de- geribed, but thero is nono more Lornbls to relate Puaw thie fato which befel Mark Haight, & promi- pent and much esteemed citizen of Brocton. He, in company with J. A. Dunbam, of Pleasant- ¥ille, wau eitting at the forward end of the car. 3 hil)nnhun oseaped with but & slight injury to Whit the car Ianded bottom wp Mr, Haight “THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUND DECEMBER 29, 1872. was crusbied under the stove. Thero ho lay, the flames giaving bis limbs, whils tho upper halt of Lis body was in plain view. Herculean efforts wero mado to save him, but tho weight which grasped and held him was too greet, Nnow was piled about him and shoved under him, but a1l to no avail, and for more than an hour--an are of the most. indescribatle torment—le was hold t wcw with his liobs buvied in o furnaes fre. le wero his screxma and eatreatios, bt Lumau aid coal} not reach him 1 time, Whoa the vice-like grip of the bonds which held Lim was st lnat released, and ho was dragged ont apon the snow, one of his logs wes found to 1vo been burned o almost to tha hip, and the othier Lo the kneo, Being still alive, ho was con- voyed £o Mayville, and %0 great wab Lis vitality that he survived some time alter being takon to the Cheutauqua House. TIE CONDTCTOR. Fay Flanders has been in tho omploy of the Cross-Cut for some years, and is ouo of tho most popular conductors on tho road. Ho be- longs at Corry. When tho car went down he s caught in nearly the samo manner s was Haight. ~Tho fire began to burn lus feet, and it Eoon became ovident that unless Lo was in fome manner spoodily released he would bo buraed to death. The wreck could not be remeved from him. At length, by his own direction, & chain way passed sround his body, and, by tho united strengthof hulf a dozea men, ho was dragged out. “This was rough heaaling, but the chanices 1ad to bo taken or Lio bo siandoned to Lix fato, His feet wore badly Luraed, and so grest was tie ehock be received that his ‘condition is commid- eved vory critical. At ti:e timo of our reporter's visit he tas a3 tho Louse of Air. A. Darnes. Couductor Tlanders givea vory little socount of tho disacior, It ocourred witliout auy waru- ing to speak of, and whon e recovered from the momontary ghock, ho found bimself wedged in Dy the wreck, as before d Frank Taslor and Claule Hanson wers the brakemen. Tho last mentioned is tho only per- £0n who was on tho car who escaped injury, ex- cept two little children, whose cscapowould seem to have been through Divino intervention. The instant ho felt the jolt, Hanson told his com- ponion, who was with him on the platform, to jump, Taylor eaid he would not, and, remaining athis post, went down with tho car, aud re- ceived injuries from which he soon died. Han- 5on jumped into the ravine on the opposite side, and ywas saved. Ho seysthatafter the cars struck st tho bottom, there was for fall two minutes dead silence. s aud shricks &roso, aud ho saw that the car had taen fire. DEAD AND WOUNDED. Tnformetion of_the di-aster was speedily tele- gropled to the Superintendcut of tha road, H. . Potter, at_Corry, and to points from whence medical isistance could bo obtined. A num- ber of phyicians soon arrived, and did all that could be done for the wounded. A cpecial train was ran down from Mayville, and returned with the dead bodies of Edwin Bell, Heman Ryan, end W. E. Osborn, and with tho badly wounded men Haight, Douglas, Cook, and Cowdry._ These were all taken to tho Chautauqua House, where, by direction of tho estimablo proprictor, Mr. Horace Fox, the kind- est care was given both the living and tho dead. The train mado a eecond trip, returning with fourteen more corpses whick were laid out npon ‘the floor of the buggage-room at Mayville, The wounded,apar: from thos just mentioned, were taken to the farm houses of Mr, A. Barnes ‘and Mr. W. H. Arnold, where ihey reccived the tenderest treatment af the hands of the familics and peighbore. Soveral wero not badly hurt, and were soon able to procced to_their various estinations. Othersare badly injured, and still remain where they were first taken. At tho houso of Mr. Barnes cre tho two little children who experienced tho disaater nnbarmed. Tho one is a little 2 year old girl, whose name, a3 was escertained from a locket bung about her necl, i8 Lavinia McCartin. Hor mother, who is at Mr. Arnold's house badly injured internally and about the head, knows where her child is, but does not know that her husband, Jas. McCar- tin, of Titusville, is among the unrecognizable dead. The other child is a little boy, about & enr and o balf old, whom nobody claims. His father or motbor aro probsbly along tho nameless_dead—perhaps both. He is moatly attire] with red dress, and cloak of the same material, A great many end episodes might be noted if o hiad the space at our command. One melan- choly incident wos the death of young Edwin Bell, of Sherman. Edwin aod his brother Ed- ward were twins, 80 nearly alike that their own mother could scarceiy distinguish one from the other. One was killed outright, and the surviv- ing brother, himsolf somowhat injured, took the body bome. Heman Ryan, of Farnham, who was prebabls Lilled at once, was on tho road, in comnany v bis brother, to visit o sick sistor, Tl bro: was slightly burt, AT MATVILLE. After inspecting the place of the accident and its surroundings, our reporter boarded a tr: for Mayvitle. The train_composed onu ger cozch and & small caboose. 1n the lat the d=ad Lody ef the Lrakemau Tayior. Mayville tho grestoat excitement provailed, such as the town bed ncver bofore known. Witkin that part of the depot used =s & baggage room, an indescribably terriblo spectaclo’ was pre- scnted, namely, thet of fourteen dead bodies arranged in two Tows across tho floor. Among these wero the remains of the trackmester, Cou, Maloney ; 8 man who was known to have dono wood-chopping mear Mayville ; “and another, identified by papera fouod about his person s that of John White, of Lancaster. Subsequent to the visit of our roporter, another body was recognized as that of Charles Metz, of Titusvills ; snotner as thet of A. Cardot, of Arkwright, N. ¥ Nearly all tho bodics in tho baggage room wero burned to chatred masses, aud somo of them can never bo identificd. Tho sight beg- gared doscription, It was indescribably sicken- ing. S body of o young woman, with the lower | limbs Lurzed off st the knees, was attired with |, a black dress and a black sack trimmed with fur. A towol, marked with tho scarcely legiblo nume “R. J. Garduer,” was found upon her. One body of 8 man had tho legs and one arm completoly burned off; another had both legs burned off; the body of & woman swas without arms or Limbs, and another wos an unrecogniza~ blo thing burned to & crisp, the Lead, arms, aud Limbs, all gone, and the_rossted Leart protrud- ing from tho broast, All this was sufiiciemt to daunt tho firmest, and strong men turned away unable to look upon the poor remains; yet & throng of the curious, men, and oven women and cuildren, hung about the charnol house. TUE VICTLMS, Tho following is list of the Lilled whoso bodics have been identitied : . Mark Haight, of Brocton, N. Y. Hetnan Ryaa, of Farnhsm, N. Y. W, svorno, of Westiiold, K. Y. auk Laylor, of Corry, Pa. win Bell, of Sherman, N. Y. Con. Maloney, of Brocton, JoLn White, of Lencaster, N, ¥ Charles Motz, of Titusvilio, Ia. A. Cardo, of Arkwright, N. 7en bodies remain nameless. Among these are doubtless James AoCartin, William K. Rice and wife, and others who are reported missing and supposed to have bocn on the train. Rumor speaks of soveral children being in the wreck, and their bodies compictely cousumed, but probably such was not tho case. The following is s record of the wounded: Nirs. Jumes McCartin, Miller's Station ; sovere Iy injured internally, and about the head. Mivs Maggie Curtin, Dunkirk; slightly about the head. i - . Henry Miller, Titusville, Pa.; slightly injur- i1, H. Mark, Titusville, Pa.; slightly sbout head aud ghoulder. 2 Goorgo Miller, Fredonis; slightly injured. W. lf.x.ee, Corry, Pa.; slightly sbout the head. Barnoy Cook, Lancastor, N. Y. ; severo inter- nal injuries. Will Erobably dio. John Douglas, bome at Dundas, Canada; breast-bone fraciured. Dangerous. W. . Ticknor, Titusville, Ps.; right arm badly fracturcd. Wil probably require amputa- tion. Lovi Driggs, Angola, N. T.; intornal injuries. Not dangerous. { Jacob Butline, Irving, N. T.; slightly abont head, shouldor, and bip. J. J. Batos, TWitusville, Pa.; slightly sbout shoulder and hip. Jobn A. Hilton, Rochester; shoulder dislo- cated. Tay Flanders, Corry, Pa.; foot burned, rib broken, and severo siock. Critical. i J. A.'Dunham, Pleasantvillo, Pa.; Lip slightly ; slightlyabout iss Eliza Socloy, Ripley, N liead and shoulders, . Farl Bacon, mail-agont, Brocton; slightly in- jured in tho backand hip.” Erroncously reported by telegraph as killed. ‘John Cowdrs, Corry, Pa. ; head wounded, and dangerous internal injuries. 3 Tiwo or thrae othors received slight hurta, not sufiiviently serions to prevent tho immediate continuance of their journeys. WEDDED AXD DEAD. About three wecks ago Walter I. Rice, son of James Rice, of Titusville, Pa., was martied to & young lady of Rochester, this State. ‘hey oc- cupied s fortnight with ‘their bridal tour, and then sojourned a week as the house of the hus- band's father, The visit ended, thoy startcd for {heir BocLster bome, embarkiug on the doomed meil trein. Wednesloy night, relatives who Tere in an azony of grief, sought them emon; the dead. They could not be distinguishe among the charred romnanis of mortality. In the debris of tho burned car wns found s silver thimble, upon vhi young wifu's name. 4 Cora." THE ESGL nversed with 5 w8 in char; Ir. Toseph Maira, of the locomo- i Daniel Sul- livas was the fireman. Mr. H ated that the rate of speed was not oyer six oz eoveu miles anhour. Tho first intimation that ho bhad of ensthing wrong was when the hind truck left tho track and parted from tho tender. Then the cars disappeared over tho brink of the trestle. Ho stopped the engina a3 quickly as poasiblo, threw tho jack ecrows down to the wreck, and then did all ho could to assist in the rescue of tho sufferers, The wheels were all tested bo- {oro leaving Corry, and wero believed to Lo per- fectly sound. Tiiengineeris of the opinion that the brealing of tho flango was occasioned by the intense cold. THE INQUEST, Coroner J.H. Minton, of Westfield, Chau- tauqua County, took chargo of the dead bodies, andon Wodnosday made the preliminary ar- Tangements for au inquest. A jury was empan- elled, who viewed the bodios and then examined the sceno of tho disaster. Au_adjonrumont of the investigation was made until yesterdaz. Our renorter the o The Disaster on the Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago Railroxd. : diane: Chi- cago Reilway which left Alichigan City at 11 p. m. Monday, for this city, mot with a_succcssion of delays aud sccidents, culminating at £:10 TaesCay evening st o point between Noblesvillo and New Brtton, In an accident which threw ~tho hind car from the track, utterly wrecking it and injuring to & greater or less degroe twonty-six or twenty- £oven persons, fortunatoly none of them fatally. According to & statement of conductor Coming- ore, after leaving Michigen City the train was greatly hindorod by the snow drifts on tho track, and finally waa blockaded 2t Horso Shoe Lake, sbous throe miles from Laporte, where it was farced to lio all night. By dint of hand work tito track was cleated, and tho train arrived at Laporte at 10 o'clock on Tucsday morning. Hore orders were received from tha train-des- atcher's headquarters, directing that the train o broken up end merged with train No. 2, of which John Alexander was conductor. ‘This trein left Laporte at 12 o'clock, and on arriving 8 2oru left four conches theto and procceded on the way to this city with two passenger coaches end a baggage car. The coaches were filled with passengers and tho train progressed 8t on ordinary rate of speed, resching Nobles- ville sbout 7:45 p. m. When about two miles from New Britton tho engine brokes railin passing over, but, with the oxception of the forward wheels of the rear coach, the wheels all took the track sgain. These dragged over tho tics untila culvert was reached, when the coupling broke and the car was_thrown down an eight-fool embankment, furning complotely over ia its descont, and land" ing at nearly right angles with the track. Parties sitting in the forward cozch palled the bell-ropo, and a8 soun as could be the train backed up to tho scene of ths accident, and the wounded wero cared for as best could be dono under the cir- cumstances. MIr. Comingoro, after putting out the fires to prevent the carfrom burning, walked to Noblosville and telegraplied to the ofiicors of the road of_tho accident, and returned agein to tho wreck in company with & physician, but in the absence of lights not muchcould be done for tho injured oncs. Charley Morris, of this city, and a brakesman, Nowton Smock, voluntecred {6 walk shead of the train and flag the express train, which was ex- pected overy minute, \which thoy did until Jamas’ switch was reached, and thero the train was pasced. The run to tho city wes then made Rithout further detention, tho train arriving about midaight. Tho oficers of tho road, npon receiving. the newsof thoe dissster, at onco procured medieal assistance and carriages, which Were in waitin when the train arrived. 'Tho wounded who Live in the city, or had friends here, wore at onco conveyed to their residences, and theotherawera taken to the Naticnal House, where their wants were attended to at tho expense of the Com- peny. The following is a list of tho wounded, with their residenc.s and naturo of hurts so far 85 czn be ascertained s H. H. Walker, city, State agent Home Tnsur- ance Company, injured sbout head, and some internal bruises. Mark Haynes, of Peru, travelling man for Hibben, Kennedy & Co., cut his bead, two riba broken, snd hip sprained as if by fall. Lils 'James, Kekomo, sistel-in-law of 1fr. Walker, cut in head. Wm. Norris and wife, of Chicago. Mr. N. has & shoulder blade brolioh. Ed. A. Mann, Ciicago, lightly injered. Reddy, Chicago, stightly injured. o four last mentioned are members of tne Deuin company, and it was because of their in- Juries that the éngesoment was broken.] Wm. Brown, of Pliladelphia, Kancosk County, bruisod badly and Knee-pan sprang. oL Morioz, Aseedis, brakesman, - shoulder rolien, Mrs. Boyd, Plymouth, Ind., on her way to Columbus, Gliio, i chetge of ber two nicees, named Nye, from tho same placo. Mea, Boyd's injurios aro ouite serious, consisting of & broken shoulder-blade, two fractured ribs, and internal injurics. Shaisstil in tho Nationsl Houso, unable to bo mov oung ladies, besides recciving elight injuries, wore not Lurt. A, W. Smith, city, slightly icjurcd. S. C. Doattio, Byron, Olio, siight fiesh wounds and o broken rib. Tho last two named gentio- men askod to ba taken to tho Surgical Insitute aud wero driven thére, but for some reason they could not gain_admittance, and were isken to the Sponder Iouse, whero 3r. Beattie is still contine 11, D. McLenore, A. Mulberry, Mr, Cyras, of Now Britton; W. D. and Miss Jiachael Sievord, Miss Manley Zimmer, Jobn McLenore, Gilbert M. Drown, Birdio Dall, an infant, Miss Sarah Lynch, Frouk Lvans, Noblesville, and M. (. Hart, of Chicago, wero all injured slightly. Thoss whose residences are not given left the National Hotel on tho early trains Wednesday, boforo their places of residéuco could bo sscer: nined. 3liss Orn Walker, Kokomo, slightly injured. r. S. C. Vanee, city, suffered a Scalp wound an inch or more in length, and bis under lip was badly cat. s iujurics weradressed Weduesday at the Surgical Institute. Ar. Walkor and Miss James are Iing ot Lis residenca ou Broalway street, aud, although badly Injured, their plygician, Dr. L. D. Walar- mau, does not fear falal results. Ar. Haynes was taken to the residenco of Dr. Valker, his brother-in-law, on Penneylvania street, whore he now lies. 1lis condition s improving. The engiucer, Thomas Lrooks, who kad chargo of No. 27, is certsin tho engino broko the rail, ns ho felt no jolting whew patsing over it. Alr. Coflin, in his statemzut in tho Serilinel, is ittlo wild. % i The coach was coupled to the for- ward car, and not chained, as Mr. C. asserts, nor was it fitt:en years old, having been built in the fall of 187 AMr. Cotiin's statement ‘that Con- ductor Comingora was remiss in his duty toward tho passongers because the sight of blood made him sick, is denied by Comingore. The lattor gentleman was almost used up by his experience of Mounday night, during which time e had no sleep, and had frozen both feot badly. Theroad bed has but lately been put in excollent ropair, and the rail that was brokion was alwost new. —_——— Too Late. Taving received three pioces of Lyons' cloak velvot, tao lato to soll at a profit, we shall offer tho same at prices lower than wo over offered velvets for before. Tadies desiring velvets for cloake, or polinaiscs, will consult their own fnterest by examining our stock bo- fors purchasing. Al ready-mado veivot cloaks ot less thon cost. Great bargains in cloth cloaks and Paisley shawle, ot Hotchkin, Palmer & Co.'s, No. 953 State street, —_— ‘‘ A Happy New Year.” Many 8 heart will bo mado joyous and bappy when the hundreds of prosents have been distributed, pur- chased within a few days at the vers popular jewelry honso of Mssrs, Goodrich & Rirby, No. 203 West Mdison street. Silverware, rich' bronzes, fino Fatehies, snd olhix fuley go0ls Lo numerous {6 men- o, i S A ‘ Furs at Cost. By referring to our advertising colums, it will be seen that Brewster, furrler, No. 88 West Madison street, opposite the Sherman House, is offering his large and clegant stock of ladies’ dvess-furs, including a2 niagnificent stock of genuine royal ermine, at sctual cost.. As o relinblo aud reputable dealor, Browster stands second to none in his line, —_— Tho Bryant & Stratton Business College. This institutionis in full operation in clegant new 100:n8 at the southiesst corner of State and Wushington strects, Thoso who cannot attend the day sessions can ba accommodated in the evonlng. There is no va- cation botween the holidays. Now 18 tho time t0 pro- paro for the coming business activity. —_————— What tho Artists Use. An artists’ club, like the Lotos, would of course nse tho best piano made. They have cliosen o Knabo to adorn taeir grand perior, Give tho favorite a trialat Noz. 500 to 90 Wabash aveaus, J. Bauar & Co., sole agenls, ‘@ “GUY RANNERING” AT McViCK! To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Bir: The sudiences at McVicker's lsst week wero modorately lnrge,—as full perhaps r . could havo been expected; in view of tho unpleasant weather, and the fact that many of thosa who intend going to sco Miss Cushiman prefer to listen tohor in somo other play than Guy Manuering,"—in some,plar which Liaj its ovn intrinsic merits, mdepbndant of Miss Cush- men's acting. The first act of “Guy Mannering "is ox~ planstory and stupid. Ii serves to introduce most of the characters of the pley, and to enable the sudionco to become scquainted with tho amiable Zucy, tho giddy Julia, the gallant Mannering, the devotod Beriram, etc. Dut it answers yot another purpose, which possibly was not- intended. The mneutral tints of the first act render more distinct tho vivid colora of those which follow, The audience, lulled by the dull declamation of the young ladies, by Afannering's stilted airs, 2ud DBertram’s unimpassioned wooing, aro star- tled from their Janguor, 9 by o trumpet’s blast, when Aeg Merrilics appears upon tho scene. A moment before, and people were staring rather stupidly st Meesrs. Power and O'Neill, and trying torealize the fact that they were purporting to be Dertram sod Dandic Dinmont, and thenlo! o woman flashes upon the stage, end showa how the unresl can become rezl. It is surely Afeg Merrilics that they see, and not Miss Cneliman; it is no actress clad in shreds and patches and with manifest false hair, but itis the gipsey crone, withered and bent by age, Ler gray locks hanging over Ler face. The echoes of the voico of her nursling, of the child that had tuged at her breast, had fallen upon Ler ear, and, rushing from hor den among tho rocks, sho secs him, and stands potrified in one awful stare. There she remains,with all her being centered in her eyes, whilo some of the sudienco aro laughing at Dandig Dinmont's efforts to attract Dertram's attention by kicking his shins under the table, and at Bertram’s well-bred indifference to the kicking in question. Finally, Bertram turns around, and then for the first timo sho speaks. Sho draws nigher and nigher to Bertram, and in those few following minutes her voice sweeps through & score of changes, from the tender, passionste, amazed accents in which she accosts him, to the close,when she repeate hor proph hyme, not declaiming or singing it, but speak- ing it like the woman who knew it to be true. Bho loves to touch him, to feel his clothes, his hand. While sho reads the lines upon his palm, sho holds fondly to hishand; and,if ehe dared, ghe would press him to her heart. Sho is, by turns, the doting foster-mother, the ruler of her clan, and the prophetess of the future. There are no inequalities in her acting; sho does not soar here end droop there ; sho is not good by fits and bad by starts, and she Las o little to do, as ono thinks regretfally when it is all over, that it scems impossible to pick ont this or that thing, and say, Hero was shochief- Iy excellent.” Bhe haslenrned what generations of actors go to their graves without sccom- plishing,—to be ablo to do well mora than one thing. Now sho thunders out from the summit of the rock to hor Rommany chals not to lay & fingor on Bertram, and she docs it right royally, —n Queen in rags, but every inch a Queen : now sho croons, in quovering tones, the lullaby sho had eung over young Harry, not with trills end flourishes, as & poorer actress would havo done, but just 08 many & man has heard his grandmothor mng as Eho rocked back and forth by the fire; snd now she bresks out into & enad, which sets no one to lsughing any moro than would tho menacing growl of & dog. What infin- ite varioty there is in her tones, when she meets Zucy and Julia, snd rejects their proffered ‘bounty—** I want not your tresh! I am not mad. I have been ecourged for med,” etc. Sho expresses, with equal ease, tho most differing emotions, whether she is threatening Halleraick with the certain revongo for the blood he has spilt, and which will never dry up, or whether &ho waila oubhor ‘“never, eny, any more.” 1t would be well if the actors and actresses at McVicker's could learn just onelesson from Miss Cushman, end that is concerning the useof their voices. Let thom learn first to imitata that distinct pronunciation, clear and sharp-cus, whether hor voice rises to thunder tones orsinks to a whisper, whether tenderness overcomes bor, or anger thrills. Then lst them understand that the Luinan voice, as Nature made it, is fully com- peteat, without need of any distortion or perver- sion, to fully embody and express all tho chang- ing passions of the goul. No musical instru- méut bas such compnss; nothing can sur- pass_ its infinite modulztions; it can tako in the faltoring accents of proyer and tho ravings of maduess. It is suilicisnt for all the purpotes of clergyman and actor, and it is un- necossary for the one to forgo & devotioual voice or for the other to invent & variety of voices to express_love, angor, revenge, or remorse, all as artificial and unnatucal as tho masks of actors on the classical staga. With Miss Cushman, o3 with Janauschek, the voice is 80 rich, and decp, and strong, that merely to hearthat is a pleasuro for which one would pay well. Tijen, at tho clogs, wiien sho hasreceived what sho knows is a fatal wound, sho concentrates all hor iron encrgies to fight off death nntil hor E::r 0is sccomplished, ayd Derlram is sc- owiedged heir. Tis oer the dylng Larap, tha unsteady Game Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falis sgain, as loth 5 quit its hold,’ Strong through her dotermination, she strug- gles to Lier feet, first calls on the bystanders to ogniza Beriram, and them, hor work done, gives herself up to her,tonderness, and fondles aud caresses tho fico which Ler glazing cyes can no longer see. Hers is no ordinary stage death, with its long-drawn ahs and ohs, and the convul- sive rollings across the stage, ruch ns ensues When the Jed Pivate is Killed by Tarold, and the former dies with many a groan. ‘There is a hush in tlo theatre, ond, though it is tha closing scono, tho audience keep their soats and forget to put on rubbors and overcoats until all is done, Aud bo swo it is not every setress that can thus charm Chicago into propriety. Thero aro thoso who object to her rushing back nud forth, to the changing of her stick from Land to hand, to hor inarticulato expros- 8ions of anger, aad to tho brandishing of bher skiuny arm. Nome of them aro particularly pleasing to tho lovers of tho boautiful, but they ore by no means Miss Cushman's private invention, and thoy can bo seen nearly every day by thoao who tako the tromblo to look for them. A couploe of old Irish women engaged in a jawing match, or a couple of Indian hags in an snimated_argument, need not dread com- parison with Meg Merrilizs on tho scoro of gestic- ulation. Miss Cushmnn is unpleasantly true in all hor wild motious aud her Aorce jacala- ons, Tt is aittlo singuler that tho sdmiroblo mct- ing of Miss Cushman should not serve to incite hor colloagues, and awaken in them the desire to mitate her excellenco, 50 far ss in them. *Emulation is the spur of noble minds.” but apparently not of the stock actors at McVicker's. ith one oxception, thoy appear to bo of the opinion that Miss Cushman 18 the only attrac- tion, and that, therofore, nothing is expected of thom, oxcept fo ey their words ; that if they do vtliing good it will not bo noticed ; if thoy aro it will pass unheeded. So they becomo more like puppets than men and women. But this idea is one which they have no business to adopt. To those who go, not merely to sco Miss Cuslunan, but to sco thie play, it is eatisfactory in proportion as sl the lending characters, not ono alone, approach excellence. ey Morrilies may be good, but if Bertram is poor, then to .that extent the play is spoiled for thom. A well-acted play is & harmonious sssem- blago of many parts, perfect in sccord. If one is defectivo and out of proportion, the symmetry of the whole is, to & great extent, destroyed. Tho marked wenknoss of Miss Cushman's support hurts hor and hurts the recoipts. About tho only exception to this indifferenco is Mr. Lanagan, who 1s detailed todo dutyas Dominie Sampson. Mr. L. does not walk through his part ; he has studied it laboriously, and hae striven to make something out of it. Ho has earnostly toiled to bo, in dress and talk, the veritablo Dominie, tho educated, gentle- hearted, really courteous, for ho L:ad epent years with gentlomen, but absent-minded Scotchman at whoso foibles sud blunders ono laughs, Lul almost with tears in onc's eyes, s one laughs, balf-aghamed, at tho follies and mishaps of Don Quixote. Mr. Lanagsn was rowarded for his efforts by tho lsughter of tho sudionco, faint &t tho beginning whon they were not quito certain whethor they might laugh, but increasing gradually, as thoy Dbecame convinced that it would be the right thing to do, When' he first said, ‘*Prarw- digious,” and held up his arms 80 84 to be & big all moving smoothly and” letter ¥, no one smiled, but gradually thoy wattened up to 2 sense of tho humor of this ut- terauce. 'The Dominie sppeared armed with an immenso staff, and as ho was not equal to the Nleo conduct of a clouded cane, it came in play only when he braadished it at Mvg, or tried to baiance a purse on it. Hia clothes were mot morely darned; thioy were cxtravagantly patched, and bis black Lit was plasterod down upon his cheoks. So s00n as the Dominie begau talking, at least ono person felt that he had beard him bofore, but in some other form, and under different cironm- stancgm He hunted high cod' low, ond at last cfbsed Lig cyes,in order thet he might judge Dy the voice alone,uninfluenced by tho trappings, of tho othor mman. Then it wes not long bofore Lo remembored when ho had last seen the Dominie. It was not in Scotland, but in Eng- 1nnd; not in Colonel Mannering's home, but in tho elder Weller's tap-room, and he was_then called Brother Stiggins. Yes, tho Dominie was found out ; it was the deputy ehepherd, with an oceasional slight flavor of the Rev. Mr. Chad- bard; snd it was o very fair deputy shepherd: be delivered himself of “his sentiments a3 cont- ing, hypocritice], dissenting ministors svo sup- posed to do, and stood thoro as if ready at any moment to mount into & pulpit and qo through an hour-glass, from * dearly beloved” to “amen.” So the wealeminded in the audienco naturally tittered at this burleaque, and agreed to look upon tho Dominic 8s a clown, whoso Lusiness it was to divert them after tho tragic acting of Meg Merrilies. Tt is the misfortuno of Mr. Lanagan that ho sots out to play one thing, and inevitably plays romaething clse. Tell him to go to the South Polo, and Lio turne up st the North. It would be intoresting if Mr. Lanagan would writo down the mental processes through which ha went in constructing his_idea’ of Dominie Sampson. Of course lie studied the matter; he ressoned it out within bimsolf; and he is able to tell why it is that he bas mado the Dominie when con- fronted by Aleg Mlerrilics 5 being 8o much the rey to abject terror, or like ifr. Stigging when Bowas pumped upou. It would bo an interest- ing study in morbid physiology, where does he ot his suthority for the paali-singing tones of ho Dominie? Why doos he make him speak in the accents of those who ‘ blasphomo custard {brough tho nose ?” These bo questions which he has probably answered to his_own satisfac- tion ; but it ia doubtful if he oan do 50 to that of othera. Mr. Lanagan's intentions are all right. Ho is 2n honest and & conscientious ctor. . He is do- sirous of giving the public an_equivalent for their monoy, but how could ho be 8o devoid of tact as to fall into tho terriblo blunder ho has done? How can ho sc burlesquo and caricatura tho odd, affectionato old scholar? How can he reconcile it with his good taste, to make him talk as Mothodist elders aro_mado to do at the minstrels? Ono thinks what Mr. Jefforson would havo made out of the Dominie, and tramblos at the fato of Pangloss in the hands of Lavagan. Mr. Barron will never mske his reputation 2s Guy Mannering. Hois ono of thoee who fan- cies that Miss Cushman is all in all, and that his only fanction is to kill time, wiulo she is off the stago; bo conceives that he owes nothing to the audicnce, aud that they will be eatisfled if ho merely ssunters through his part. Ho i8 6o indifferent to tha propristios, hat troughont the entire play while gt thoinn, snd whilein his own drawing- To0m, ho persistently sppears in boots, and is also very much 1n tho habit of keeping on bis Dat beforo ladics, & practice which is not to bo looked for in o person who hsd beon a Colonel in the British army, and who had had many op- ortunities of assosisting with ladies and gon- lemen. Theso things offend one, far more an inappropriate costume, since wo all know that they aro offoncos sgainst good broeding, and ergue that the actor does not know the.ru- diments of politeness. How csn ho play the gentleman, if he does not know how & gentle~ man bebaves ? Tho conversational powers of Mr, Barron have not been cultivatod, and their display does not havo an exhilarating effect on the sudienco. When Zucy males her first appearance, and he tells her what ho is—¢ Hear mo then briefly, I camo with my widowed mother,” etc., it is after the fashion of Young Nortal ‘telling the tcle about his carly life on the Grampian Hills, with which wo aro so familisr. _There is_another gem, whoro ho introduces Lucy to his sister, snd contrives to_turn it into ono of the mos solemn and lifoless performances imaginablo ; and yob snother, whon ho bids his sister and iss Bertram good-night, not in the light way io which that coremony is ordinarily gono through with, but in 88 serious s manner as if o ware intending to saddle his trusty war-horso, bucklo on his sword, aud dopart to do singulat and most dosperate battle with eome puissant foe. His manner of speaking to Dominie Sampson, ‘hen he finds the latter in his sister's room, if excossively offonsive and ungentlomanly. & Ib may bo tho way to talk to a nows-boy, but not to ha Dominic. The vbicf aupports of Uolonet Mannering sro his hat and whiskers, without Which he would not be such o terrible being af- terall. Bat since Mr. Bsrron has no whiskers of his own, it is & matter of questionable pro- priety whether he ought, as Colonel Mannering, to o to the trouble of putting on false oncs, Not only was shaving the fashion in tho army in tho Colonel's day, but it was contrary to rogula- tions for him to linvo a8 much hair on his faco 8s Mr. Barron gives him. Btill, 28 a bashful young man fecls more at case when ho Las Bomething in his hands, 80 Mr. Barron may owo the cold-blooded indifference he psys his part to his rolianco on thoso whiskers. Mra. Myere, a8 Zucy, does not remain behind Mr. Barron, so far as failing to throw any life into her part is concerned, or elso mhe fancios that Lucy is o solomn young lady who ought to bo as gloomy as her mourning dress, or a de- sortod Ariadno. Bhois soliotons to speak hor words correctly, but she sometimos utters_thom without regard to their meaning, and as if she knew them parrot-ashion, ss when she re- ‘markis—*Oy father's last his only friend,” in- stead of ““my father's last—his only—friend.” So, when &he i8 roplying to Glosson's_proposi- tions, sho docs it in o most artificial and unsatis- factory manner ; and ehe uiters hor ‘*loathing and contempt,” and flounces across the stago aftor it, in tho usual, but untruthful, foshion. 1t in a pity sho should do-thus, for sho can do g0 much Dotter. finds out who Bertram is, sho can cjaculate “My brother! my long lost brother,” & litte more feelingly than sho has hitherto ‘one; and bo- have as if sbe had found & brother, and mot & long lost ear-ring. I£ it wero not for that sceno with Julia Man- nering , Mr. Poswer, who takes the part of Heury Zertram, tho unknown heir, would get along tairly cnough. Ho would imply have to roam about with Dandie Dinmont, and to listen, liso o sonsoless stono, to tho wild words and en- dearments of Meg Merrilies. But, unfortunately, he is supposed to bo tho romantic suitor of tho romontic Julia. Ho i the srdent lover who announces his coming with an air on tho flue, and who males bis appesrance through an open window. Ar. Power shya on the flute and Jjumps through tho window, and thero tho like- noss to the impessioned lover stopa. Ho malies some remark in s business-like way, about her fulfilling tho hopes she once gave, a8 if gho had promised him s Maltese kitton whon tho_cat littered; and the whole conversation is about o9 lover-like 23 ono botween s bachelor of 60 and an old maid of 40, on the subject of Infant Baptism. But it is dlearly imposeible for Mr. Power ever to ach tho lover. *His vemns are fillod with ice-broth " and not blood. But it is singular that he doos not displsy some anima- tion, in mannor s loast, when with Afeg. What maz, oxoept Mr. Power, could fal fobs moved byber? Buthostands beforo her as in tho presonco of some importunato strest beggar, who wants 10 cents, which he, waiting & favors- blo opportunity to break awsy from_her, does not intend to give. The unbappy Mr. Power has never folt a sensation. He is Like the young man in the fairy tale who could not _tell how it “felt to bo atraid. Hejs as unmovod with Miss Cashman as with Miss Coombs. Thero secms no reason why Mrs. Allon, as Julia Mannering, conld not be a little 1618 modi- acro than sheis. Thorepresentation of the gay, impulsive Julia is somothing apparently boyond hor powers, and_her nearest approach to it con- sista in a 80rt of pondorous levity, which risos to its extremo whon she tries todivert tho Domi- nic’s attention by piling his arms full of books, which 60 greatly amused ono of the sudienco that horomarked, Goin, lemons,” which showed that ono person, at least, appreciated the porfor- masce. She makes as poora* lovoress” a8 Power does a Tover, which is inoxcusablo in o marriod woman. 8ho is stiff and constrained with Lucy and with Colonel Mannering; but then it may bs s2id, in mitigation, that it is hard to associate witli two such ico blocks without becoming a lit- tlo frozen. Mr. O'Noill is sadly out of place as Dandic Dinmont. It seems to be generally agroed that ho has done wisely in not attempting what is callod the Scottish dialect, not merely becauss it might bo difficult for him to_adhers rigidly to it, but betause it would make it 80 hard to ander- stand what ho wassaying, It is pleasant enough to be conversing with an individual who is using any dislect, but it is a differont matter whon an actor, who 18 not always as distinct as ho shonld bo, is the person who doos tho talking. Dut while Mr. O'Neill does not attempt to make Dandie talk like o Scotchman, still he does not allow him to tzlk like & plain’ Englichman. He mabes him talk sometimes as if he wore on tic vergo of lapsing iuto Scoticism, aad kept from 1 doing it by constant elfort, and sgmetimos Surely, at the cloze, when sho | he slides into & sort of rural English stage dia- leot. In Lis nttompt to represent the effect which his carousals had bad upon Dinmont, hois unfortunate, That gentloman was mot Ho wasnae fou, but just had plenty, and, evon had ho_been drunk, Mr. O'Neill's representztion would have been'n very spiritless and tame performavco. Still it appears to_ indi- eato that JIr. O'Neill {8 ot in the Liabit of con- sorting with revellers, and that he Las c.ase- quently never had s chance to sco how men sct when they are upset by liquor. It would proba- bly have been better if Mr. O'Neill had taken the Part of Colonel Mannering. There is a large and respectablo Scotch element, in our city, and it is wrong to harrow their foclings by present- ing to them euch specimens of their countrymen 25 O'Ncill's Dinmont, or Lanagan's Domtinie. As Mr. Lunagun gives . Siggins instead of Dominie Sampson, 8o Mr. Pendieton does not givo Dirk Halleraick, tho brawny, tanued, griz- zled, weather-beaten’ smuggler, but o sort of fresli-water Jack, with nothing 0f the desperado sbout him . except & cutlass. While to thoyouth of Chicago Mr. Pendleton may have seemed the realization of their idea of Captain Morgan, and other buccancering gentlemen who sailed the Spanish Maio, and the combat with Bcriram, ith its thrusts s2d purrios and dashing orms, & master-pieco of valor, yet, to the experienced obearver, it looked sbout a4 if some woinan bad on whiekers, and put on the clothes of & sallor, and tried to mimic the blushing accents and tho ewag- feriog walkof tho smuggler, So Dirk rushed ither and thither, snd Lrandished Lis hanger, stamped and said hia, ha,” but it was manifest: Iy & woman in disguise, and much afcaid of being stected by the police, There is ono fine poiat, whero Meg denounces Hattergick in the cave, whers he drows on her and sho throws Lim off. The brutal, nncon- trolled passions which filled tho beart of the coarse and ruffanly sailor are 8o far toned dovn by Mr. Pendleton, that, as he looks at Aleg, it i with the expression of the little boy who sces his Rurso approaching with a cup fall of castor ol of which he knows he is to be the recipient; and g0 he looks at Meg, asif ho were about o ob- servo, “I utterly refuse to allow my stomach to be mado s drug ahop.” Mra. Post, otherwieo Afrs. M¢Candlish, is not precisoly what sheshould be. She too, abjures the Scottish brogue, but, unlike Mr. O'Neill, she does not substitute some hermaphrodite lingo in its placo. It would pleaso the audionce botter ‘were she to spoak s little more distinctly, for at present it is difficult to hesr her. 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ExericyTIon o BETEREncr Manxa.—t Saturday ex eoptad. + Sungay excepied. ¢ Moa tod. 0% Slinday 31 8505 Dl eeepted: 1 CHICAGD & ALTON RAILROAD. ton” & St. Louis Through Line, and Loviriana to Kenics Cit iz ahor route from Chicay - Union e o, e Sadmonlt. e Y Teave, | drrive. St. Tonis & Springhield K\-xsu.i&un‘% :fi;‘ o P — anias Gy Fis Jcaanmil, 1, a0 X 2 0. .. i Wonous, L o g pross (Wostera Division. ). Joliot & Accomo'dation, Bt Loais & Boringteld Ligntainy ress, also) ¥ia dacksonsille Divisfon. ‘Cliy Exprows, via asuville, 1., & Loat: " OB ity Py ans, Mo. {2 m . m. [ 2:10p. [ 908, ml Peoria, Kookuk & Burl’ =Datly, iz Mata Lins, aud rdoy, Facksonriil Divisons % Behi S, SFEPY Savusdar, i excapt Monday, via Jacksonvill? Division, CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD. Zake. —Fo D epots—Foot of Lakests, Indiana-ar., and Sizteenthest,, and Canal and Siteendi-sts. Ticket dfice 1n Briggs Houie rove Accommodatio Downer's Grore Accommodation] ILLINGIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. Depot foct af Lakest, and fool of Tie 2. ogice, T5 Conial-sh,, corner of Madi Leare St. Louis Express. S¢. Xonts Fast Li *¥On Saturdags this traln CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS & CINCI: LINE, VIA KANKAKEE R Iraing arriceant de rom the Great Cen road Depoty oot Laieat, For Girosgh Geiom and ey ot berile ity i Tidket oce, 15 é{;flaldk-. Corner i son; ington-at.: Tre ) Congress- ¥ dnd Hichigantas.; alro ook af Tueniy-second st Leava Chicago. S 80a. m. Krrive st Indianaj l* Arrive at Cincinnati .. |* 9:30 . m. Trains arrivo at Chicago at 7:00 8. m. and 9:15 p. Ouly line running Satarday night (Esin to Clciraat. The ontire train Fons throagh to Ciacianstl: pers on night trains. CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD, Ticket offics, 31 West Hadison-st. P S| 3P (630 . 5: m. nE 2o 300 e . wm B 0210 a7 a0 . p. . Pom. Do g 708 a e Green Bay Express. 1710200 a. m.| e T roan Bay Exprois 19700 p. .1 6230 . CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD. Depot, comer of Harrivn and Skermanats. Ticket 83 West adison-st. Leave, 10:00 8. m. * 5:00p. m. p.m. Omahs, Loavenw'th& Atchison Ex| Poru Atcommedation, Night Express. + 7008 m LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD. Depot, corner Harrison and Sherman.ste. Ticket afice, southiweat corner Madison and Canal-ats, Teave, Arrice. *920p. m. |* 8:00p. m.. m.| 80 a.m. Mai), vis Alr Line and Main L Bpocial Now York Expross, “Air Lin alm; 30 p. m. <1'10:10 2. o CHICAGD, DANVILLE & VINCENNES RAILROAD. Passenger Depot at C. & St. Lauie Depot, w:{ Cas mal and Kinzie-sts, ut:rreight ofice, corner of Ada and inzie-sts, ln—{rfl'yhl ojice at P., C. & 8, L. Depot, %, ner Halsit and Clrvoliie, “Fyolphi and Ticket ofice, 18 o iraking olfect Dec. 1, 197, Lea Mail, Evauavifio & Térrs Byt E o . 0 p. m. CHICAGO RAILROAD. Leare, PITTSBURGH, FORT WAYNE & Arrive. RICHIGAN CENTRAL & GREAT t Depot, Jont o Lak: P Ficket aficer T 19:10p. m. HENRY 0. WENTWORTH, Ganeral Passengor Agont. OCEAN NAVIGATION. FOR EUROPE. TNMAN LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, “Will #ail from New York as follows: CITY OF MONTREAL. . CITY OF BRUSSELS. .Satarday, Dec._ 4, CITY OF ANTW ERP. 5 CITY OF PARIS. acday, Dec, And ench suceeoding SATURDAY and THI trom Flor No, 43 North Riser, RATES OF PASSAGE. To or from British Ports. ‘o or from German Po; Y or from Bromen or Scandinavian Botis SIGHT DRAFTS for salo at low rates. FRANCIS C. BROWN, General Westorn Ageat, 86 South Market-st., Chicago. NATIONAL LINE, Sailing from New Y ork for Queens- town and Liverpool every Wednes- day, and for London direct every fortnight. CABIN PRSSAGE, $65 AND §75. Btee: to and from British pofats. Steerago to or from German polnts. Bteorage to or from Bremen or Seandi “poiats. . . 87 currency. Tho Stasmahips of this lino 87 tho Lirgest in tha trada. A, & FOR EUROPE. CUNARD MAWL LINE. Established, 1840. Now York every Wodaceday. From Boston evory sy rbig pRstaso S8 and SI0 gold Ea- ‘cursion tickets at reduced rates. Stoorage to sad from British points, Stearago to or from Gorman pu.at Stoerage to or from Bremen or Scandizati- an polats... 88.00 currency. Dratts on Great Britain, Irelsnd and the Continent. Through bills of lading for merchandise to and from Ea- ropo. P, 1. Da VERNET, General We:torn Agont. 33 Mark FRACTICNAL CURRENCY. $5 Packages oOF FRACTIONAL CURRENGY FOR SALE AT TRIBUNE OFFICE.