Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1872, Page 8

T{IE CIITCAGO DAILY TRIGUNE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1872. FOREIGN. CGerman Catholic Journals to | Be Confiscated by the Government. Further Political Troubles Anticipated in Spain. The Alpkon:ists Making Preparations for, An Uprising. AFRICA, New York Herald Special. ‘Zaxzraas, Dec. 18, via Loxpox, Dec. 80.—The Vnited Statesstesmer Yautic arrived on the10th. Ssptain Wilson, with the United States Con- gul, John F. Webb, and officers of the ship, vis- ited the Sultan on the 1iih. They wore re- ceived by the trocps and met by the Sultan in front of his palace. Captain Wilson represented to the Sultan the sentiments of the American people in regard to elavery, and re- quested tho abrogation of a clause of the truaty with Englacd. ‘The Bultan’s reply was received on the 17th. irty yeers sgo. I was forbidden by my Pacer, S:3-Caid, Lo cxjort slaves to Muscal. The slavee now ied there are stolen by Arabs il tbo Persian Gulf. I will make the future to prevent kid- 2 glaves. I will make overy ef- stroeg off napping of fort.” The Englieh corvette Briton arrived here on the 12th and waits for Sir Bartle e. The Yantic also waits, Two other En; vessels are expected here. P T GERMANY Berery, Dec. 80.—The journals of Konigsberg and Posea bave been threstened with immediate conflsoation, if they publish the insulting rofer- ences to Germany in the recent Papal allocu- ton. The Charge d Affaires of the German Legation at ihe Vatican will probebly be instructed not to atiend the reception of tho diplomatic body by the Pepe on the 1st of January, on account of the allocution. —_— ITALY. Rox, Dec. 80.—The German Charge & 4ffaires informed Cardinal Antonelli last week that ho | had been insiructed to take unlimited leave of | absecce. He has since closed the legation, and quit Rome far Borlin. . RUSSIA, S1. PETERSBURG, Dec. 80.—The Czarovitch elept six hours lact night. The fever has dimin~ | ished. —— i SPAIN. Maorm, Dec. 30, tia. Loxpoy, Dac. 31—6 a. m.—A rising of thé Alphonists is expested. The Government i prepared to_suppress it. Citi- zens of Madrid are opposed £o Amadeus, who is greatly excited. LS. FRANC! Pan1s, Dec. 30.—A theneend franes were col- lected in the churches of Iioscllo, yesterday, for the relief of the rescued crew of the stezmship Germany, g CREAT ERITAIN, New Yong, Dcc. 80.—A London despatch states *hat tvo more failures aro announced there an ths Stock Exchange. MEMPHIS. The River Rising--A Flatboat and Seven Lives Lost Near andolphe Binking of a Ferry-1Ze: Mearas, Dec. 80,—A steady the night, which has eoftencd the ico, cousing largo quentities to slough off and sink. The danger to the boats in port bas greatlr lescened. 1t is now probable that theice in the bend above them will all g0 at omce. The river is risiag steadily, and :he flonting ice divinishing rap- idly. The Legal Tender, from ew Orleans, arrived last night, and the Delle Lee this morn- ing. The officors of the lattar report having peesed tho following steamers, which were in safe quartera: Check, at Helena, Phil Allsn, at Ieland 69, Dismarck =zt Paper Landing, and_the Jennio Howell, at Ashley's. The Iatter and_the Dismarck were preparing to come on up. Tao Belle Loo met a large num: ‘ber of Brown & Jones’ coalboats comparatively uninjured; also, rescued one Harvey, his wifo | and child from a dredge boat at the mouth of the St. Frances River, where it had drifted from this city. Larer—The ferry boat Excelsior has sprung & leak, is sinking rapidly, and will prove. a total losz. She was valued at §7,500; belongs to Pat~ terson & Co., and is uninsured. Parties who Yeft Randolph sesterdsy morning. say the ico forged thero is thirts feot Ligh, and that 3 fai- 2f, with seven porsons on board, was drawn underit. Alllost. This news causes great ox- citement here among steamboatmen. The river 15 rising rapidly. s, Dec. $.—About § o'clock & larro portion uf the ice ahovo JefTerson streot broke awey, carrving off the cabin of the Belle Pike and st the foot of Mouroo strect it struck tho P W. Btrader, causing her to list 8o bedly that it was feared she would capeize, but the ice soon assed, and ebe rigited again. Sle has 250 bales of cotton on” hoard. ‘At 11 to-night, | the weather is clear and soft, with a stiff breozo from the southeast, and but little ice running. TOLEDO. Extension of City Limits—Necw Water Works. Toreno, Dec. 30.—The County Commissioners to-day approved and adopted the application of the City Council for extending the limits of To- ledo, b5 including within the ssme new territory from each eide of (ho provious bonndariss. The Water Works Trustecs, to-dny, submitted %0 the City Council a plan of water works adopt- ed by the Board,—the estimatcA cost of which is £595,987. ';‘hc eystem adoj-ted is thet known as the stand pipe plan, aud provides for soventeen miles of pipo. A SAD END. The Widow of Ten Musbands Burned to Death. Special Despatelh to The Chicago Tribine. LasSsire, T, Dee. Su. - Tasp Saturday evon- @g, a shanty in the nort) ~rt of this town- Ehip, in which an sid wor.::. %nown as Chris- tina Mack, lived alone, burv.e .own, and the body of the cld woman was afterwards found 2mong the ruins. She wag ¢ pauper, 73 years of sge, and tho survivor of ten Lusbands. Tho origin of the fire is unkuown. Trageay. Special Despatck: to The Chizagn Tribune, Cortamos, 0., Dec. 30.—At Meckanicsburg, Ohio, last night, & colored named Bowson, ina itof rags or imsavity, cut tho throat of her child and then performed a simi- lar operation upon berself. Tho injurics were not deemed fatal at first, but at a lafo hour this evening your corresnordent was informed that both mother and child will die. Cruelty on the part of her husband is tho cause of the woman's territle act. § Gcean Steamship News. Loxvoy, Dee. 30.—Tio steamshirs Spain, Minnesota, Indis, and Westpbelia Lave amivod Nr: Yo, Dec. 3 . ved—Tho steamship Grecce, from Liverpeol, and Victoria, from Glasgo. and Rhicin, irom Bremen, LIFAX, Deo. 50,The steamer Franklin left {or Now York on Saturday, aud returned to sdchor off York redoubt. i eailed again this morming, memseig L A Fffurderer @unt on i Suceinl Ly teh to Tie « Dasto and Catl: lezsed on ehooting with inteat ta Lill swelling, and l:o has gre: He will probably die. lungs, and is rapi tuing. as shot in the growing worse. —— cted of Murder by e Wad. L Dec. 14, all Wouds, and man. ia fell during in the i ek cumals of criminal trials, and the evidonco, though _conclusive. wos entirely circumstan- tial.” Bon, McKeeyer, the murdered man, was ghot from his horso at night - near tho residenco of the Shelbys, his throat cut, sud hi:body carried on horseback three miles, and tbrown into a cave in the prairio, 150 feot deep. A largo rock was placed on tho Lloody spot where Jiis throat was cut, and, ap- parently, overy precaution was taken to avold detection, appearance of the rock indi- cated to the '-.6n oyo of the frontiersman that it bad been recentiy placed thero. Close by it was paper wadding that bad boen fired from a sholgun. On examining tho gun of Bon, Shelby, raper wadding was found init, and snother piece of paper that bad evidently been fired from a shotgun was found under Shelby's doorstep. In his houso was found the Chimney Corner periodical, &nd it was ascertained by compasi: sou that the three pieces of gun wadding had Dboon torn from that paper. £ Gmall fragment of McKeever's coat, of peculiar texturo, found at the bloody spot, revesled tho fact that the murder had beon committed there. There wero many other circumstances pointing to the ac- cused persons as the murderers, but one deserves especial mention, On carcfully placing the pa- per found whore the blood had been covered by tho rock, and comparing it with the wadding found in Ben. Shelly's gun, the following enig- ma could bo read from one paper to another : With plece of paper, o a slate, Sit round tue e, Lol Iargd and small; Aletter make, 3 And now you sce v vers all, —_— A SERIOUS DISTURBANCE. Two Gambdlers Refuse to Leave the Curs when Ordered Out--A Conflict and the Result, i From the Qmaha Herald, Dec. 28, Some time ago, the Union Pacifc Railroad and the Omaha Dridgo Trausfer Company doter- mined to make an carnest and practical effort to brevent gambling in their cars. They issued orders to ull condctors to put gamblers off from all their_trains, and if they had ouy question as to the legal aspects of ile matter they deter- mined o take their chances. Last evening when {he time came for the 5 o'clock transfer train to leave the Union Pacific depot, the conductor, Mr. John Staloy, discov- ored two well known gamblors reated in a car. They are known horo by the nemos of Big Matt and John Sullivan. Theconductor told them they must quit the train, and they assured him that they wero passengors and that they must cross the river in that train. They would nob leave, and they did not belicve they counld bo_put out. TLe conductor called on Captain Paine, the depot policeman, for assistance, and they two, accompanied by other railroad employes, enter~ ed the car again, Captain Paine advanced to Big Matt to arrest or removo him, and took hold of his shoulder. At this Matt strucks blow wiith & revolver which ho hold in his hand, aud cuta ! deep and ugly gash over Ceptain Paine's right eyo. The gamblers then cocked their pistols and backed into a corner, from whick they could not be removed without blodshed. The railroad men tien went to the depot for weapons, and to await orders to suit the emorgency, which, a8 : will be scen, hed now come to be Serious.” It then looked 18 if blood must bo ahed, or the com pany back down from its order. A telegram was sext to Superintendent Shelby kine 1oatreotions. He ordered the conductor acu .cient forco of employes, arm them, and eject tho gamblers from the car.” The clerks at the depot oflice were then provided with Joaded pistols, and_accompanied tho condactor and Captain Paine back to the car. Meantime tho gamblors bad left, and the train, well guard- i ed with the armed clorks, crossed the river withoat them. Wo Lavo since learned that Big Matt and his companion ciossed the river on the ice. . Marshal Kimball repaired to the bridge on the first intimation which he received of the trouble there. It is scarcely neces: that he will preservo the pezco, aud that ho aliays has a i commetent forca under Lis command to do €o. If Big Matt or Sullivan return to Nebraska they i will bo arrestcd. SR ¥n Peril from a Drunicen Engincer. Froue the Altoona (Pa.) Tribune. iglits eince the locomotive of a train nneylvenia Railrond was run petween 4 and Altooza by an engineer who had, unknowingly to the conductor, become consids - erably intoicated in the former city. At times, at tho most dangerous places, tho man put the engino to its utmost test—forty-five and fifty © miies an hour, Dub whenover ho saw a red light ! hie reversed the locomolive, operation the patent air-brake. Tho stoppages from Pittsburgh to Altoons on this account were very d the trein was several ving ot tho Jatter placo. Tke peculiar movements of the irain great- Iy excited tue passengers and filled them with painful amazement. The conductor had become { informed of the ongineer's coniiition, but ho + could find no oue to whou he could enirust the reeponsibility of runming the train, He studi- : ously kept Lis secret from the passengora, lest its divulgement would fill them with terror. | Notwithstending_the dangerous hands in which probably & hundred lives had been placed, the train reached the end of the engiueor's run with safely. It is needless to add that the | drunken employe of the company was promptly discherged. He had previously been considered | one of the best and most reliablo engineors—as he was one of tho oldest—on the road. O day of the accides ufortunately, ho with a party of , sad drank 20 inordinate quantify of liquor. & 9 E @ E g ° 5 B g | Catholics and Protestants in Ireland. Tt seems thore hes been some misconcoption somewhere, but especially in_England, a8 to the relative numbers of Roman Catholics and Prot- cstents in Treland. The following is according | to tho consus of 1871: There woro then re- turned as Protestent Epfscopalians, 683,205 ; £s | Presbyterians, 555,235 : e other Protostants of | iffcrent eccts, 19,035, giving as tho wholo pum- ber of Protestants, 1.260,363. Thore were re- turned as Toman Catholics, 4,141.933. Tho Roman Catholics aro therefore tothe Protestants 284,141,933 to 1,260,588, or cbout 3}¢ to 1. et Railrond News. oscatryE, Towa, Dec. 80.—Our citizons take cat interest in the now Chicago & Muscaline f(l:'xi.lmnd. The route proposed will save forty miles between thete two citics. Jacob Butlor, | S. E. Whicker, 8. G, Stein, L, H. Welshbum { and other prominent railroad men bera, may | there will bo s hearty co-oporation from thie point. S e The New Orlcans ¢ Times,” New Onreass, Dec. 80.—A compromise has been efected in tho case of Aickoo versus Weed, by which Weed and others relinquish tho ontirg establishment of tho New Orloans Times to the heirs of H. W. C. King, its former pro- prietor. Publication will be resumod cn Jan. 1, with 1. F. Digoey, cditor, and Henry Qeeen, business manzger, a3 Leretofore. Pt For the Sandwich Islands. Sax Fraversco, Dec. 80.—(ienerals Schofield | and Alexander sailed for Honolulu on the | steamer Californin. Tho preciso nature of the 1 ;nim:iou is not made kuown, though supposed to X ‘o conncction with tho present critical con- D of affairs in the islands. A New York City Politics. NEw Yors, Dec. 59.—A number of now echemes for reorganizing tho City Government aro ox- pected with tho opening of the Legislature. It is undersfood that tuc Committee of Seventy and the Liepublican General Committeo will each havo one. [ ST Fatal Shipwreclc IIavtrax, Dec. 50.—Tho schooner Lord of tho Tules of aud for Halifax from St. Martine, West Indics, struck on Iron Bound Island last night, and bocame a total wreck. Tho Captain and four of ber crow were drowned, and tho mate diod from exposuro after reaching shore. il Ensurances Hanrrorp, Ct., Dec. 30.—The stockholders of the Atna Tiro Insurauco Company, to-dav, unanimously voted o roduc the capital stock from 3,000,000 to £2,000,000, and sfterwards voted to increase to tho_original amount, and assees the stocikholders 331¢ per ceut. i Nrw Yons, Dec. 30.—Tho Louisians Commit- teo, in & long lotter, deny the statements of Sen- ator Kellogy, and Genersl Heron, in anotler letter, statcs that the rocrot of the whole diffi- i culty lies in tho political disappointment of | Warmoth., e i Murdercd by Apach | SaNFm Dec, 80.—A privato lottor { fzom Arizona pays that tho Lew family, circns | performers, eicht porsons woli known in thia ! State, wero all murdered by Apaches whilo on 7 to Mexico througlt Arizona. e gt Dincd and Wined. =, Dee. 30.—Senator Carpenter was et the Plakinton Houen, to- ) nig and brought inte | by the Youns Moxn's Republican Club of | | move tho balance of the ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN CANAL. Present Stage and Cost of Im- provcments., The Superintendent’s Report for the Season of 1872, A fow extracts from the Roport of the Canal Commissioners just issued will be of interest : THE OANAL COMMISSIONERS REPORT that the business for the resson has boen ‘much less than it will probably be on an average hereafter, as the Ilincis River has beon unusu- ally low during the whole sesson of navigation. The people along the line of the canal and Iili- nois River have & deep interest in the furthor improvement of the river. The locl at Homry, which hes been inuso for one scason, fully domonstrates the foasibility of the improvement of the whole river below Henry, with four moro locks and dams betweon Henry and the mouth of the river, at & cost of not exceeding §1,500,000. The navigation of the river will be good from LaSalle to its mouth, a distance of 230 miles, for the largest class of steamers, and this at & cost of $12,000 & mile, including what the United States Government shall expend in dredging, say $440,000. The lock at Honry will pass twelve canalboais at one lockage. When tho river is improved as above ind¥uated, steam- ors of 1,200 or 1,500 tons burden can navigato it, end run directly through from LaSalle to New Orleans st certain seasons of the year. Light draught boats can run to and irom LaSalle to all points on tho Ohio and Missouri and Upper Mississippi Rivers. Caralboats, load- od to tho full capacity of the canal, catrying 6,000 bushels of grain, or 100,000 feet of lumber, can be towed. by suitable tugs, in squads of cight or ten each, nnd all pasa tho locks at once. The navigation of the Ilinois ceedingly uncertain. Tha oddi ture of $1,800,000 would make if certain for from eight to eight and one-half months in the ear. ws it will be seen that tho cost of the improvement of tho entire river (230 milss), be- ing only about 12,000 per mile, will bo the least expensive work of its capacily ever con- structod in this or any other comnt, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REFORT. To the Honorable Doard of Canal Commissioners : GENTLEMEN: In complianco with the direc- tions of your Board, I herewith submit the fol- Towing réport relative to the repairs and mein- tonance of tho Iltinois and Michigan Caual dur- ing the yeer ending Dec. 1, 1872: On tho 6th duy of November, 1871, Thad the honor of receiving the AYpDintmont of General Buperintendent of the Illinois and Michigan Ca- nal, by your Board, which resolution went into operation Dec. 1, 1971; but, at the request of my predecessor, I assimed the charge Noy, 20, and entered upon its duties, which consisicd first, in brenking ice and closing the canal for ths season, and 1n making the usual yearly in- voice of all property, . tools, teams, boats, dredges, cranes, houses, barns, sheds, etc., ia your posgession, or belonging to the late trust, now tho State. Ifound the towing path from Lemont to Bridgeport in & very unsafe con- dition, being obstructed with large piles of rock and earth, old derricks and cranes, en- gine-houscs and mackinery of various kinds. In mu;y}:‘.nces clumps or holes had slid in the face of the bank, 60 a8 to make the bank so marrow that it was hardly possible for two teams to u}msfl. Thoe channcl was obstructed with boulders of all sizes, from the Summit to the Sag, some of thom go large there was only four fees of water over them when tho lake was low, and at Summit bridge the channel bad never ‘beon excavated but forty feet wide at the surface of tho wator, and less than thirty on the bottom, and in the contre of the channel at Bridgeport, where tho old lock formerly stood, there was o deposit of earth from a dump-boat, that re- duced the depth of water to less than four feot. Loeks Nos. 1, 2, and 6, below Lockport, had been exposed to tlio frost 80 that they had crumbled away in such o manner that they wero no longer safo for navigation, and the dredgo and steam crane, ropair boais, flats, carts, tools, and canal roperty were ecatterod from Dridgeport to 2Salle, and much ont of repair, ‘That part of tho Illinois and Michigan Canal Enown a8 the *“deep cut,” or Summit lovel, had but four months before been turned over to you from the hands nf the Board of Public Works of the City of Chicago, in the condition above stated, with no provision made for shutting off the water of tho lake, that flowed unobstructed to Lockport. And bero allow me to remark that under the arrangement for the summit lavel of the canal, when firet constructed, the summit drainage of the country south and eastof the canal, aud fonr miles north of Lockport, and the canal itsclf, wasted ell its surplus water into the South Branch at Bridgeport, and thus, by the use of summit level, the summit between Lake Micki- gan and the Illinois River was only two anda half miles north of Lockport; while under the arrangements of the deep cut, the summit, so {ar as draioage is concerned, is many miles north of & 1 south shore of Lake Michigan, which makes it too plain for u doubt tha:i in times of high wator somctbing wwould bs needed to .shut off tho lake, and protect the ' lives and property ~of the citi- zens of Lockport and Joliet, and tho towns down tho river, £o say nothing of the in- terest of canal navigation. After making somo gmpura!iuns, I commenced a dam at Bridgeport, cc. 11, and completed it Dec. 15, and_had the water out of the summit lavel. Wo then com- menced removing boulders from the bottom, as woll as from thoe slope of the canal helow water line, and widening the channel under Summit bridge, and Jan. 3, 1872, commenced the gusrd lock at the Summit, having in_the intervening vime submitted plana and specifications to your Board, which received your approval, and an or- der for its construction, of the following di~ mensions: Length bebween gates, 122 feot; width, 26 feet; depth of water on miter sills, 8 feet at low water of leke; belance of chan- nel 26 feet, spanned with sliding gates, mek- ing a drainage capacity equal to the full 8izo of tho canal—and on Feb, 12 had so far com- pleted tho wholo undertaking as to bo able to cut the dam at Bridgeport, and allow the channel to fill, and on Fefiu 15 Norton & Co.’s mills com- menced operations at Lockport. Locks1, 2, and 6 hiaving cramblod away, 50 as fo bo unsafe for navigation, required to be faced with timbor, All being completed, we were ready for tho opening of navigation on March 1, but on account of the weather that event was delared until April 1. Getting the dredgo from Henry, the steam crano from the Sag, and tools from™ Bridgeport, La- Salle, and other points, was noxt in order. Robuilding boats for fitting out tiho dredge and_gelting it in working order next occupied our time, In thointervening timo somo large and troublorome enrth-slides had émm into the channel of the canal, between ummit and Bridgeport, the removiag of which, together with the deposit in the mouth of tho caual at Bridgeport, hus occupied the most of the season with the dredgo. ‘lhe repairs proper of cancl have been dono by the four repair boats, and about the usual numboer of mechanics. Navi- gation has been obstructed two dsys on the twenty-Ltwo mile level at Marseilles, by & break in the bank, of small dimensions, but ufficiont to require tho water to bo drawn off, the breach being reprired in the afternoon sud night fol- lowing, snd ono day by the breaking of threo trunk braces of tho Vermilion Aqueduct. ‘Althongh tho season has been uncommonly dry, oad fhe river mever lower, we have been abls to keep a full canal through its whole length, oxcept on two or three occesions, when the wind was high and strong from the south- weat, tho Summit level hasbeenreduced tosoven fect on the floor of the old lock at Bridgeport, and on such occasions boats could not pass from Lemont to Bridgeport drawing four feetsixinch- 08, whicli clearly demonstrates that the deep cut was not cut decp cnough., March 19, 1872, received orders from your Board to removo Calumot Dam, at Bluo Island. Commenced the removal March 20, bat was re- strained by order of the Court, but, pending the action, by mutusl arrangement, I Temoved four feet of tho top of the dam, in which situation matters stood until July 12, when I received orders from your Board again to proceed and re- am, and July 16 com- menced operations, end July 18 was sgain en- joiued, and thus matters now stand. INACCURACY IN VOTE-COURTING. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribuns : Smm: Your articlo in this morning's issue, call- ing attontion to tho genoral inaccursey of tho count made by tho Election Judges thronghoat tho country, is doubtless well-timed. Perhaps the stingy provision generally made for thoir sy hes something to do with this. The Election Judgos of this city, for the last election, wore obliged to take thoir places at 8 olock a. m., and receive votes till 7 o'clock p. m,, without intermission for refreshments; and then, withont adjournment, to count the votes, which counting took tho most experienced till 4 o'clock tho noxt mornivg to complete, and many did not get through ill late tho followln ds ay. Now, what componsation for thia worvios you supposo has bean allowod? ‘The sum uf three doliars to ench Judgo!l 1 dou't thinl tho pooyl of Chiloago, after gal- ting tho servicos of tho Judgos for thut s, ought to compinin muh (¢ thoir vates wara ol counled any bettor thun the vote in Boston. Cuicaao, Dec. 80, 187 Larny. AMUSEMENTS. MWVIOKER'S THEATRE. A largo and fashionable sudionce grooted (- lotte Cushman last ovening st MaVickor'n ‘Theatre on the accasfon of her uppearance an Lady Macbeth. Much has been oxpocted of hor in this character, and she must have boon smne- thing more then humen to have furnished o realization of all that was looked for. Fitling representatives of this role are so rare in this ago and genoration that it is not vmusl to find any cloarly dofincd idea s to the bost approved manner of treating this extraordinary oharactor creation. Theroforo it may be prosumed that Miss Cushman was oxpected not only to-present » more mastorly plotura than any who have preceded her, but slso to bring forward & . concoption and Intorprotation of tho role almost wholly new. In this there was loft but slight occasion for disappointmont. Miss Cushman’s Zady Macbeth is peouliarly and distinctively her own, differing widely from all othors. It is essentially o maatorpioco of light and shade, bestowed and arranged by tho gonius of n great artist—here = fierco, fearless nature urging on the vacillakng coward to a bloody deed, and thore the fendor, worshipful wifo, soothing her lord with all a woman's softness ; now exerting her utmoet power to instil into his nerveless will somewhat of her own mighty courage, and again relxpsinfi intouttor weakmess and prostration at the knowledge of the terrible ravages remorso is making upon him. It is not until thesleep-walking scene that she reaches the extremest heights of dramatic power. In all that procedes tho efect is not wholly perfoct. The voice and faco and hair (for she wears no wig) show age boyond that which we have been ac- customed to associate with Lady AMacbeth, the disparity being mor_ojzarent that Macbell, is mado to appear & man in the prime of life; but in the elecp-walking sceno all theso peculiarities seem to it tho occasion with singular exactness, and, allied to tho wonderful art of the_actross, serve to complete a portraiture of thrilling in- tensity. Misa Cushman was warmly applaaded {rom beginning to end, a:? was twice called be- foro the curtain. Her support was, in the main, otxcelleut, and the piece was fincly put upon the stage. —_——— YESTERDAY'S FIRES. OX WEST MADISON STREET. At half-past 8 o’clock lest evoning, a fire broke out suddenly on the first floar of the two-story framo building No. 171 West Madison street, near Halsted. Jacobs & Co., dealers in hats, caps, and furs, occupied that portion of the structure, and ono membor of the firm and a clerk had closed tho establishment and gome to & neighboring restavrant to get something to est. Ten minutes after they left, smoke was observed issuing from the front door, and an alarm was given from Box No. 814. While the firemen were on the way to the scene, the police removed all the goods they conld. They were obliged, however, to desist after carrying out about §300 worth of the stock, the flames progressing 50 rapidly as to force them fo make their exit. The fire soon made its appearance on the sccond floor, and the reflection became quite brilliant. The nf,vm attrac.ed thonsands of peoplo, who nearly blocked Madison strect, many doubtless oxpact- ing &n extenrive conflagration. The adjaceut Luildings on either tide of No. 171, and nearly the ontire number on the block, are frame shells, and had there been s favorable wind probably evory one would have been reduced to ashos. The Fre Department, by flooding the burnin structare, regardlesa of its contents, precludos the spread of the flames. The adjotning build- ing on tho cact was_somewhat damaged by fire, a8 was ihe ono on the west. Nos. 169 and 171 are owned by Joseph Beuchol, who ocenpied the sccond floor of both asa dwelling, and the basemeat of the former as a store-room for sasher, blinds, and doors. His loss on the buildings will not exceed 400, on farniture 3100, and on stock 3150, Ho has poli- cies which will partially cover the damage. The first floor of No. 169 was occupied by Henry §, Haas, pawobroker. ITis stock was cov- ercd up by the Fire Insurancs Patrol, and was not damaged materially, The first Hoor of No. 171 was, a8 stated, occu- piod by Jacobs & Co. Their stock, which was almost totally destroyed, was worst about 34,000, and is insurad for between §2,000 and $8,000 in the Atoa and North Missouri. No. 173, owned by A. M. Truesdale, was dsm- aged to the extont of 825 ; insured for $1,500 in the Browers'. “The origin of the fire is & mystery, but was generelly aitributed to an overheated stove. ON EAST MADISON STREET. The Fire Insurance Patrol extinguished a fire in tho basement of & bwlding on Fast Madison street, near Franklin, about 10 o’clock l2st even- ing. Bome one bad thrown a lighted mfia of shavings. No dnmage resulted. ON SOUTH DESFLAINES STLEET. A young lady who boards on the corner of Desplaines and Monroo streets, dropped o lightnd kerosene lamp on the fioor of her room about 8 o'clock Jast evening. The oil escaped from the lamp, and, igniting, set fire to the car- ot. Tho flames were put out after the carpet 5d beon slightly damaged. ON SOUTI CANAL STREET. Box No. 817 was turned in at twenty minutos after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, for a fire at No. 60 South Canal strect. The contents of tho office of Carter, Baker & Dale, attornoys, wero damaged to the extent of $100. An overheated stove was the causc. » O S0UTH WATER STREET. The alarm from Box No. 4, at a quartor after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, was oceasioned by » fire in the basement of the four-story bric building, No. 133 South Wator street. The structure is occupied by Lyon & King, dealersin produce. Tho gas meter was out of order, and whilo & man was ndjusting it, s pile of straw near by was nccidentally ignited. Very littlo damage was done. The straw covered 2 pile of potatoes, having been distributed over ther to shicld them from the cold atmosphere. S THE OX EXPRESS. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Bin: It has beon a query with mo for some time what had become of the ox-teams that ware of lato 50 numerous about the city; but Christ- ‘mas has made it plain to me at last. I hada Christmas present gent me from Eankakeo, and another from Cleveland, O., and received the first in just soven days, and the other in six. Havo another on the way from LaCrosse, Wis., which I shall confidently oxpect within ‘a few days if no snow-blockado enstes. Now, it is clear to me that such speed conld not be made, especially in thase short Gays, by any other means of locomotion but oxen. STy subject of wonder how our good, honest anceators lived without an Ox-Express to jerk their Christmas $hings through for them in Little or no time; but 8o it was only a fow short years GEE Broap. ago. Citzoaco, Dec. 29, 1872, S e FIRE ON RAILROAD-TRAINS. o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sm: Allow me to suggest a plan to prevent the cerrible loss of life by fire on railroad-trnins. A tank of water could be placed above and be- low the stoves in the cars, 8o constructed that, in case of accident, the fires would be extinguish- od at once. Respectlully yours, A Ly, Crcago, Dec. 29, 1872, e A Gentleman Robber, Corsican brigandago hs beon attracting some Littlo attention in Earope lately. Judging from tho following letter, penned by tho notorious brigand, Suzzoni, fud sddressed to the French sournal, Temps, tho profosaion of a robber is not incompatiblo with o certain degree of culture. It is quito refreshing to road such a lettor nowa- dsys. Dating us lotter from *Bastia, Nov. 29, Sir,” writes 3. Suzzuni to the editor, “you have been good enough _to speak of us ina rocent issue, and I thank you for having done so. Though the bandit puts the highest price upon his frcedom, ho has a weakness for glory; but Le aspires to glory without any reflection upon it, nnd you have somewhat misroprosented the nature of s transzction in which 1 played what wns, a1 flatter myxelf, & very honmorablo part. Your version of it would induca peopls tosuppose that I stopped a noble candidato for the Assem- bly upon the Cervione road merely with a view to depriving him of his coat. I ask you, Bir, ‘what couldfihn‘e done with such an “articlo ? 1 wan rimply desirous to oblain tho pleasuro af w ehork comversetlon with ono of our gran- soon, anid to plow bie that In Corsice n Buz- wont ik higher than any Connt or Duke. I iy eanorl i 19 L ight o frioud, ak i€ 1 pro- fund Al hes whonld oxdhango his cont ngainst iy pHown, 1L waa bt s Joke, Justifled by tho conlint yulire of vur dutorviow. I would mnke w et b filend, were L in position Lo do ity bk nlyoybt pover deanin of asking ono. A Cugbinny bndth 18 s men of honor, and T do wnl sl D by giilataleen for s Grael or b Noi- P et feenn, B far from my having oxor- el wuy i geble dnflnencs upon M, do s Mg et o, 1 havo reason to ho- Db Ll it el ptitude during onr in- tarvioss g bnnd g g wolog, Yourd, oto,, Houzzons" - SCANDAL IN LNGLISI HIGH LIFE, o ¢ of Lndy Towushond A bord Bdwnrd Fhynne, Londan (e, 1) Corssapumlsuen of fhe Krio Fork [ for b, You aroy Lunppon, wepinintod ylth (o It wewndnl i high 1o, muoinge it an Trinh pagor Bis gebven f doad boiggno, 1 mean Ui alopomont of Lady Townutond with Lopd Edward Viynan, You hava honrd of i puesuibof Ui purtin, sl the diseovoery of Ui bn I'nein, aned of - that strango *no Enghinh® seano b Wi hiotel ~Lord Muedufr pommaolling Lord Thyouo, aml bls gillle doinng tho samo for half adozon Franch waltors who came to the woducor's ald. Furthoe Informn- tion thruws some light. on the affulr, 4'ho July wos very young when who hocumo a wifo--a #ehool-girl of 17—and sho In now but 24, Her hinebaud was devoted to hor, hut ho was no lowy devoted to_tho philanthroplo lubors with which his namo is assoclated. In thowe labors tho Indy Loro no sharo. Bho wa# not wanting in heart, but shoe could not make the care of the poor tho absorbing interost of herlife. And #bo had no great womanly smbilion of any other kind. Ier loisure was o tor- meat to bor, and 80 sho tried to make an occu- pation of amusement. Bho _entered with an acquired zost into all tho clo- gent dissipations of Eogheh fashion, and, unfortunately, without a husband for her com- panion. The Marquis was too weakly indulgont of her tastes. Ho was always kind, but he conld not bo sympathetic. His impulses carried him to the haunts of the poor; his wife’s carried hor to the fetes of the rich. From the ouisot of their marriage fate had decreed their separation in heart and mind,—a divorce inflnitely moro conuplete then those kindred judgments of the law, which affect only the body and the estate. The husband went one way, the wife' another; the one needed no other compenionship than that of his own high thoughts ; the other had no such inner resource against golitude, and she found & Lord Thynne. Of this nobleman it is perhaps not too much to say that he is one of those men who are mas- ters of all the arts of mislesding, yet they are at the same time 80 completely the elaves of their faculty that in default of a_better subject they will deceive themselves. They do not alone tempt women from the path of honor, but. mon from the path of duty. Their activities alter- nate between amorous intrigues and the gaming- tzble, and they are forever moving in a vicious circle of debauchery. This type is not at all un- common among the younger sons of the British aristocracy—men cursed with the fortano of & peasant and the tastes of & peer. There is a dull uniformity of mischance in their lives. They live on tgm bounty of their rich rclations at home until that is exhausted; they got into debt and are obliged to ily abroad, where they seok the means of supg:rt in the business of preying on their kind. As it takesa thief to caicha thief, so it takes a icinflemm to male & fool of a gentleman. They have the true bawkor's eye for a fat quarry of their class. Young English- men with pockets full of money and minds ns rich in inoxperienco may always be had for the seeking in Germeny and in Fraoce, snd the aristocretic sportsman who hunts in boil countries may live comfortably on the spoil. Insolvency had driven Lord Thynne from England, snd he went to Paris as naturally as a_consumptive patient seeks the air of the South. He subsisted on & elender al- lowance of some £300 a_year, provided mainly by the bounty of his sister, and on some re- maing of his wifo's property. Such, st least, were his known sources of income, and for the rest it is naturally not within our province to at- tempt to estimate them in detail. He was ac- companied in exile by his wife, and her unspot- ted name was & passport for both to the most brilliant society of the French capital. His tall, elender form was & familiar sight at Musard's and at the skating club, and although he was verging on 6 . ho was distingnished by his ercct bearing aad Lis dsudyieh air among tha men who attended the Imperial receptions. He wes one of those born Lotharios wl& cannot cexse to dazzle until they ccage to live, His hair was of silvery whiteness, but if it had been black as night he could not have trimmed it with a more cm&uettiab air. Ho was tho idol of many ladics, and he counted among his conquests not oaly tho daughter of au English noglemen, but the. wife. Tach received his visits to the family on her own account, and both wero the sport of the acquaintances to whom they revealed their secref in turn, But the mother 2t lzst surren- dered her supposed interest in him by eloping yith snothor man, tho Captain Gordon whoss finnl oxploi$ was the assassination of an Italian lady and of himsolf at Naples the othor day. Such was the foreign society of Paris in 1866. But Lord Thynne's oxile came to an end, His relatives made a compromise with his creditors, and be returned to Londcn some short time be- fore the outbreak of the war. Thua whitewash~ cd ho was once more enabled to figure in gaod company in his own country,and Lady Townshend. came in his way. He offored a porfect contrast to her husband. His mind was free from tho preoccupation of fixed principles, unloss the de~ termination to mako oneself agrecablo atall hazatds msy Fe placed in that category of honor. Ho never fmled in his attentions to the woman ‘whose qnde had hitherto taught her that she was noglected for a dexrer object of regard. In fact, Lady Towhshend foll deoply in Tove with Lord Thynns, and all the world was_aware of it but the person chiefiy concerned, Lady Towns- hend's lord. It was talked of in society. While his Lord- ship was absent on his_philaathropic missions, his wife took her daily turn in the Row, and the new friend of the family was alwaya by hor side. Tt was talked of at the clubs, for her old sdmirer ot last grow 50 unguarded in his citentions that it was impossible for oven men to shut their oyes. Women had long been in the sacret, and when tho outraged wife of Lord Thynne pub- licly upbraided Lady Townshend at o ball, the scandal at least renched tho husband's cars. But his trustful affection readily scceptod tho ex- plapation that was offered, and his_confidence was 80 firmly re-established that he did not even suspoct tho cause of her flight until threa days after she had left bis house. There is every reason to believe that the elopement, though duo to o deeply lnid design on Lord Thynne's part, was prompted by a sud- den impulse on that of his victim. Her admirer had disposed of his house in London for ready money, and he had soveral times seemed to be urging her to some course which sho resolutely declined. On tho day of ber flight she was dressed for & round o visits in town, and totally unprovided with the simplest necessaries of the toilet for & voyage. Her costume attracted at- tention at Dover, and when she was discoverod her mid had to be despatched to Paria with her jowels and clothes. WINNING THE WRCNG WOMAN. A Striking Xllustration of the Dane gors of Epistolary Courtship, and of ihe Difficultics Caused by Similar Names, From the Pittsburgh (Pa.) Commerciat, A novel breach of promise of marriago was brought to light in this city o short time sinco, and is now pending bofore arbitrators. Eigh- | teon years ago, near the City of Bolfust, an im- pressible young Irishman_fell deeply in love with a blushing, rosy-chookod lass of his own neighborhiood, 8 & frolic” given st the house of & friond. The young man hed never been in love, and he was so smitten by tho charms ' of the fair one that he could not rest until he hud mado n proposal of marriage. Vith the characteristic boldness of a rollicking young Irishman, ho porped tho question, bul was somowhat cooled in his ardor on finding that tho object of his adoration did not receive the proposition with that favor which ho had anticipated. Howover, Like many apother suitor, ho_was compolled to acceps the decrees of fate. Time wore on, and the young man, having determined to seck his fortine In Ameorice, bade adieu to friends at home, and no farowell was so sorrowful as that ntterod in tho hearing of “iho gl he left behind him.” Hs located boro in Pittsbnrgh, and obtained employment in a rolingmill on tho South Side. Seventoen yesrs hud passed, and tio_impressi Ule young man, who had Leen so smitten with tho rosey-cheeliod Jass, had changod matorially ia appearance, in feeling, and in seatiment, but Do still nursed an aflection for his first lovo. Indeed, Lo had novor loved enothor, 50 she ro- mained not ouly his firsi, but only love. He had lost all traco of har, however, for many years, and did mot kuow whothor ehe 'was married or _single, living or dead, A “friond from Ircland ” hoppemod to call upon him, and the recollections of * auld lang » wore rovived. How patural it was for N to ‘inquirc about his love-lass, With dooponing interest be leained that sho was still alive, and that she was doing_ well, and better thau all, that sho wes unmsrried. 0 old lamo wan soon roldndled. Thinking thnt timo, and, porhops, want of bottor opporturity, might have changed the foelings of tho rosy-choeked lass, lie detormined torenew tho offer of seventeon years bofore. Ho had learned in that time to look upon matrimony with somewhat of a_business oyo, end he found sn additional incentivs in the faof that themaiden had become an accomplished noamstress, aud carriod on 8 profitable es- tablishment on her own acconnt. Then Mr.——had sbility to earn a handsomoe com- wotenco, and realizing how pleasant it would Loito Join their fortuns hero in the Smoky City, hio poisneswed himself of the proper address, aud, in tho glowing language of au ardont nafure,, R o e wtory of his years of patient waiting, his unconsing sfoction, and all that sortof thing. Then ho camo right down to business, rropowing to send her money to pay her pessagoe I Pitlshurgh, avd to make ber his wife imme- dintoty on hor arrtval bere. Tho leiter was ro- cnivod, and the rosponse was favorable. Several tonder opintlon pasised Lotween tho parties; bub n romarkablo “fact was developed—n fact that woemod ominons of evil to BIr.—, namoly : That Mies could ot rocall the *“frollo” or ucventeon years before. It wnm nncountsblo to him that she could have nltogothor forgotton that night, and the con- «quent sho achloved in winning his heart. Not- withatanding this tronblesomo _ocircumstance, tho delails wore srranged =and the contract finally ontored into. Tho prasage money was for- warded, tho voreel selected, and it was under- tood that on the arrival af tho Union dopot in thin city she would display & white handkerchief from a car window on the loft-hand side, #o that Mr.—could find Ler without dificulty. The happy day _ came, 'y ——— W08 in waiting, and the traln was ano- mentarily oxpected. On his arrival he scanned the wiudows on the left side of the train, but #nw 1o signal. Tho pacsengors had noarly left the platform, and howas about giving nup in do- spair, when he was appronched by an elderl, and not over propossessing lady, who said : ¢ take you for & countryman of mine, and as I am a stranger Liero, L with to ssk you if you know Mr. —, who works in Z—s mill?” “I am the very man,” answered Mr. —, ‘‘and I came Tere to meot Miss —.” ‘I am Migs —, sir;” repliod the lady, Ar.—— gazed at the woman in uttor astonishment, and failed to recognize in her the ‘‘rosy-cheeked lass” who had so captivated him seventeon years beforo. A~ fearful mistake had ~ been made, and Mr. —— was compelled to.inform Xiss —— that she was not-the lady who had won his love, and for whom he had so long cherished an affection. It is not necessary to detail the ox- planations which followed. It is enough to =ay that Mr. —— refused to marry her because she was not the person he loved, and the person he supposed he had courted by lotter. An oxamina- tion doveloped the startling fact that she was a second cousin of the rosy-cheeked lass,” that sho bore the same name precisely, lived in the same locality, and was the dsughter of & man whose nameo was identical with that of the father of the maiden with the rosy cheeks. The * friend from Ireland” had caused all the mis- chief in mistsking one lady for another. Mr. ,, acting on this false information, hed courted the wrong person; and worse than all, he had made n solemn promise of marriage in writing, which eontract tho ledy beld in her pos- gession. She was some eight years oldur &:m the *rosy-checked lass,” which placed her on the wrong sido of fifty, and this wes an addi- tional barrier to the consummation of the con- tract on_the part of Mr. . Bt the lady, who had come so far to wed, stood upon her confract, and whon tears and persuasions foiled, she sought logal ndvice. Mr. held that he was not liable undr the promise, Dbut, on advice of his counsel, agread to refer the whole matter to arbitrators, whose decision is to be final. The erbitrators chosen wre thres mem bers of the Bar, who are now engaged in peru- sing tho correspondenco and hearing evidence, to enablo them to arxive at a just conclusion, TE in understood that Mr. —— egrees to pay A ‘——'s passage back to Ireland; but the lady in- sists tiat she is entitled to damages for breach of promise. The lawyers think there is a nice question of law involved, and the case wpuld Lave gone beforo the Court had it not baen that Doth parties wish to avoid the publicity which & public trial would involve. AR PREVENTION OF FIRES. Letter from Powers, the Sculptors To the Editors of the New York Erening Poat: Tho terrible disasters at Chicago and Boston have not surprised me, for I have exptectcd these things to happen whenever & certain com- bination of circumstances should occur. We havo built houses with stone, bricks, and other materials, apparently fire-proof, and have filled them with combustible materials from top to bottom. Yea, we have put a_ wick at top,.a Mangard roof, to set thom in a blaze the moment ;\ng;her similar building on fire affords the torch o them. Not to multiply words, wo havo made fur- naces of our buildings—perfect for smelting gm—?ases if the outer wells would only stand the ro! But they also tumble down, and 8o the fire 85reads to othor similar stradkares. Rwem the strects in Chicago took fire. They wWere poaved with pitch! Thus pitch at bottem and carefully driod boards smeared with pitch at top | Does it require tho voice of a prophet to foretell the fate, sooner or later, of & city 80 built up ? 1 have the highest respect for the ability and skill of my countrymen. Indeed they surpass, in the main, all other nations in this regard. But nevertheless we have a few things to learn, and among thom is how to make, not a house, but & whole city, fire-proof, forno fire-proof house can be made in the midst of highly com- bustiblo buildings. Indeed there is no safe that will withstand the heat of a furnace, The very ‘wells will melt or crumblo into duat, if not from inner firos, ot loast from outer flames, Therefore, to be fire-proof in our own build- ings, our neighbors’ houses must algo be fire- Proof; and this calls for municipal laws, regu- ating the moterial and the construction of buildings, and what should be required. First—The abandonment of all wood floors. Second—Tho floors to be made of bricks, thus sealing down all ventilation in case of 0. Third—The stairs to be metallio, or of stons. Fourth—Tho rattors of the roof, like the joists of the floors, to ko all bricked over before Putting on the slates or tilos. Bub (it may be asked) will not joists and rafters take fire ? Yeos they will, and often do take fire here in’ Florence.” But with a floor of bricks laid with mortar upon them the Fire Department need not hurry to such s firo; hours, indeed, might elapse before they reached it. 1 have known an instance of nearly twodays burning of the end of & joist, just under a fire-place, and yot the Dbeam not burnt o, only deeply charrad. The firo connot get through tho bricks, bat 1t would soon find its way through a wood floor, and then with ventilation it would soon reach the garret. In short the whole building wonld be in flames within half an hour. Brick floors do not pre- vent fires, but they prevent conflagrations. No city can be burnt “with brick floors, nor has a house been burnt within the city of Florence during my residenco hers of thirty-five years. Hinax POWEBS. TFLOBEXNCE, Nov. 27, 1872, *You mey lay a floor of wood on bricks, SRS PR i Anccdotes of Edwin Forreats From the Philadeclphia Press. Ono night we visitod the circus, and ho was in raptures with the riders, one in particular, a fine youthful athlete. *Now, that boy, with all his youth and muscle,” ssid Forrast, ‘“‘gives far more pleasuro to this _audionco than I could in Othello or Machoth. How I envy tho kandsome rageal !” E T Liave bofore related our call on Henry Clay, in 165), when ho was stopping at tho Amsricin Hotel, Chestnut street, afior tho Compromiso Measures, which Clay advocated, and the fa- mou Pierro Soulo, of Louisians, " violontly op- posod. I pruized Boule's sbilities, which Mr. Clay at once denicd, ending with the exclzma- tion: “ He is nothing but an actor, eir,” when, suddenly rocolleciing that the great tragedian was prescnt, ho added quickly: I mean a French actor, Mr. Forrest.” As we passeddown stairs nftor tho interviow Forrest lnugled very heartily as hoseid : **And I think tho best actor of the £wo was tho old man himeelf.” Onco afow of uswero asked to dine with a man abont . town, and when we reached tho Tooms, at the eppointed time, we fonnd onr Lost Thad forgotten ©:is invitation. Ve did not remind bii of Ris neglect, but soaght onr homss, wiver and hungrier men. Forreat proferred to eat hix dinoor ot Guy's, on Seventh strect, where 1 found him an hour later, with a large broled chicken befcre him, and = bottleof clmpague at his side. As I deani his health, ho exclaimed, plunging his fork into the Inecious foul, ‘* Ahl old follow,” kolding it out at arm's longth, “a Dbird in tho hand is worth two in the bush.” At my roome, in Waehington, on s certain oc- casion, & Scnator, deeply in Lis cnps, insisted upon ronguly bandling tho_tragedien, who was then enffering from gout. Forrest boro it for a long time, while the guests wore greatly an- noved. At lsst, unable to bear tho goiny b said: “D-n it. sir, unband me, or I will recito 980 of pour spccckes, and then eversbody wid He had o furd of anecdote sbout Generr? Jackson, whom ho had known in his boyhood Naschyille, but was nob much impreesed by Ge: eral Lafayetie, whomhe halmet at Richmor in1825. Ho wns among the smectators of tho reception, and liked o teil how thp Fren h ynmot questioned everyboly that paluted him = * Are you married ?” he would ask, and 1f the reply was, ** Yes, General,” the JMarquis would 85, 1 H&ppy mman !” and if the nest one answer- ed ““No " to tho same interrogatory, tho * illqs. trious guest” would also exclum, “ Happy man!” 3 When he prosecated our Sunday Dispatch tc~ libel, on account of tho severe criticisms of 1 finegt of dramatic reviewers, Sohn D. Stockton, I called on bim, and, teliing how kind Captain Hincken, one of the proprietors, had been to me when I etarted the Press, he quickly rejoin~d. A man who id that for yon in your days (- trisl, my friend, must be 5 good man. Telerrap: Dougherty to stop proceedings on the conditio: of the proper reiraction to be writian by your eelf.” And it vias done. residance of th c's fa: her, by Mr. James £ Carter o e 5 LEWIS_Monday, u ®on of Ann h “WRIGHT-At the residenco of bis parents, fn this city, No. 67 Jaddate, Dec.. 29, o cnmnmpiion. Banerd 2 only son of S.S.and A.,S. Wright, aged 18 years, L monchs, and. 11 d; i EGAN—Op Sunday, Dee, 29, Mrs. Sarah Egan, aged B4 years and 10 months. noeal feom tho residence of her sister, Irs. L. Chat- teston, 191 Warren.av,, Tucsday, et 105 o'clock. 5 Now York papers copy. PARK—In this city, on tho29th Inst., Willlo Enge youngost ohild of Andrew Js and Jozais A. Patk, S6d 3 e id f hi its, TWost 3or cnco of his pareats, Tost on Wednesday, a2 11 6'clock. pers ploaso copy. BIANSELL-Mondas, Deo. X, 1652 at ber récidenca, 18 South Hal-ted-st., Chicago, Tll., Mrs. C. A. Mensein in tho 5ith yoar of her. Iz?!. Fancral servicos at St. Paal's Af. E. Church, co orvbares.av,and Aaxwell-st., Wodnesday, Jan. 1, 841033, m. Friends of tho £3mily 2r0 lavited to sttend. Carring. 3 to Rosohill Cometery. Watortown (N. Y.) and Cznads papers please roe zad Califorofaa Utica (. €op5. AUCTION SALES. By ELISOX & FOSTER. $20,0001 The Grand Central PAWNBROKERS SALE! WE WILL SELL AT PPublic Auctior® At our Store, Nos, 85 and 87 Markat-st., MONDAY and TUESDAY, Dec. 30 and at 10 o'clock a. m. and 2 o’clock p. *3- $20,000 WORTE OF E Diamond Sets, Rings, and Pin - (Gold and Silver Watches, Beautiful Gold Jewelry. Vest and Opera Chains, Pins, Rings, Lockets, Clocks, Opera Glasses, Ladies' Furs, &, &o. Also a splendid line of Fancy Goods, 8« positive and without raserve. ELISON & FOSTER, Auctioneers. ' DRY 00DS, FURS, NOTIONS, & - ‘THIS MORNING, at 9% o'clock. V: 1: Lin Furs, which aro\0'bo ciored rogardless af oot —La: assortment of other goods. HARRIS0N & Co.,_Anctiongers, &'Sonth Canal-st. SPROIAT SATE OF Household Furniturc BY AUCTION, On TUESDAY MORNING, Dec. 31, ef 1o o’clock, at 446 Stats-st. Lok out for be gains, as the property will positively be sold- ELISON & FOSTER, Auctioneers. By WM. A. BUTTERS & CO. 55 and 57 South Cenal-at. AT AUCTION, 0n romosux arornminG, Des. & 2t 9:30 o'clock, at 55 and 57 South Caral-st. WAL A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctionesrs. Horses, Brggies, Cutters and Harnes On WEDNESDAY, Jau. 1, at 10 ¢'clor’, at 25, 27, 25 and 31 West Washington-st. WM. 4. BUTTERS & C).. Aucticazors DRY GOODS, On TEURSDAY, Ju WHL A, BUTT, By GEN. P. GORE & CO. Custon-ats Clotiing AT AUCTION, ON TOESDAT, DEC. 31, AT 9 12 A These goods, in style and quelity, are I surpassed in Chicago. We shall offer in & dition to the above, Fino All ool Unde.- wear, Caps and Turbans, Enit Goods, Gloves, Fine Plated Ware and Cutlory, Fino F = Sets, &c. GEO.P.GORI &CO, 23, 24 and 38 Tandolph-st. LAST AUCTION SALE GF Boots and Shoe: FOER 1872, ON TOESDAY, DEG. 31, AT 9 L2A™ Advanced prices will ruia in:1873, andbu ers should not forget that this is tho LAS. CHANCE to get goods at THEIR OV. PRICES. GEO. P. CORE & Gp., 22, 24 and 26 Randolpa-st. l By W.0. HOFFMAN, Auctioneers | AT ATUCITION. IMPORTANT SALES OF TEAS. L. M. HOFFAA® SON & CO. will sell on 'WEDNESDAY, Jan, § 1873, at 11 o'clock, At Roberts’ Salesroom, Nos. 97 and * “Water-3t., New York, By ordor of the fmporter, 13,600 packsges cholea X Sanson Teas, comonisins iavolocs of Groen Teas, Ootons - Scuchongn, aud Japams: Catalogues and sA:n‘pXo: il be ready at tha oflicoof ¢ . suctioneer on and ai the 24 of Jannary, and at saleszooz: tivo days pravious to salo. Pawnbroker's Sale THE BALANCE OF THR PORFEITED PLEDGE Of A GOLDSIID, Pawnbroker, 43 State-st., will b: f soid oz, ouaers, Caaul-it. AUCTION SALE. BY ORDER OF TEE U. S. COURT. Iwillsclt a8 PUBLIC AUCTION, at fho offico of £, bank, Doe. 3, 1812, at 13 oleol: s, for. cash, ail ] sturo oo Seaadioarizn Niliond) Baul tons sk . Ohatre, Iaticr press, POy HARY AT RS { BOOTS AND SHOE ;s . [ ¢ 2