Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 16, 1873, Page 3

Gsiioies) i€ e s e pissohe s e Y e i s MAY 16, 1873 o Tt ovorsthing that ls neodod to malte thom THE . GRAND PACIFIC | - Ohioago’s. Last - and - Greatest Hotel Enterprise, - | «¥ho-Grand Pacifc Almost Ready %0 Recoive Guests, - i j ‘ i - In About & Week Tts Doors Will B .Thrown Open. . Pesoription of Its Internal Ar | 1 rangements. b -{{ts ' Incorporators, Builders, and Furnishers, ot -, Ablast,;after conquoring ‘all the bloments of “oppositlon, s groat fire, and tho dead wolght bf publio-incredulity ns to the foasibillty of. tho ehd *“terprige, tho Grand Paciflo has 'become an ac- “complishiod fact, And whilo ovor a wodk will “ +elapso beforo 1t {8 throwa opon to the publis, yet -+t 18 viok impropor to mntlcipato n little, and fo -+dosoribe tho hotel as it will be in a fortnight, do ‘that thosd who expoct tobo in Chicago, about “that timo may know where thoy oan bost find food d shelter, Buoh a *coming ovont" s tho opon+' g of tho Paclfic may naturally cast a vory do- *qlded shndow bofore. 7 Of the oxtornal architectural appoaranco of tho “hotel it i3 unnecessary hore to eponk. = It hds {beon minutely desoribed before, and it hns boon igazod at, from turret to foundation-stone, by ‘thousands of restdonts and of visitors, Desides hat, the objoct of the presont articlo s to de- .-goribe the comforts. and convonienoos within, ’rathor than the beautlos without, THE TOTEL COVERS THE ULOOR “bounded by Clatk, LuSallo, Jackson, and Quinoy. mtreots, 825 foot from east to west, 180 from morth to south, or 60,450 square feot. On tho ground-floor this {8 all ocoupied. Above that,. *Rhero has to bo deducted the spaca taken up by a'couplo of courts, tho wostorn one, 100 fect by .60, tho oastorn one 70 by 70; Eachof tho upper floors, theraforo, cover 49,560 squaro feet. Fronting upon four stroots, threo of thom im- portant ones, the hotel haa naturally & groat ad- vantage in tho maltor of . oxits and entrances. But while local situation has dono so much in. this roapect, the practical common Bensg of tho, plannors has done moro, and they have hit upon anidon which has noverjboen carriod out, even in the hotels whera it is practicablo.- Every ono’ ‘who has over been in or near tho entranco toa hotel is familiar with tho constant annoyaunce ‘which nccompanies the arrival and- departure of! *busos, tho crowds of poople, pushing up stairs, and the trunks whioh are hustled along without zegard to tho comfort of bystanders. At tho Pacific, by & vory simplo arrangoment, all this is avoided. Ono of tho main ontrancca’ runs di- rectly from Juckson strect to tho main offics, and all incoming and outgoing guosts uso that alono. Tho gentlomen congregatod around tlio COlark and LaSullo streot entrances, or in tho epacious halls, would be undisturbed’ by the.cn- trance of o thousand guests and all thelc bage 8880, Just facing this entranco, when one Touches tha esstorn hall, is < THE OFFICE, to the left of it a privata p:{rlnr whero ladies <on git until raoms havo bocn asslgnod to thom, One of the olovators ia within o fow stops, and dakes thom ab oncoto tholr apartmonts, This Invnh parlor, or roception-room, connogting as t does 80 closely with' the olovator, is also used by ladies who may desire to call upon friends at ‘tho hotol in a plain dross, and do not care about making their appearance in tho grand patlors. They cuu go there, sond up word to tho person :luaz dguuu to seo, and sho can come down, un- otice .. Inoddition to this entrance, and those in the centre “of “ tho" building on Olark and La Sallo etroats, thero are four others, s lady's private entrance on Jackson sfroet, ]uei west of the one alroady mentioned, another still further weat on Jackson, loading 0 tho wostorn muain-hall, and two on Quincy streot, which, owing to the unim- sia;tuncu"of that thnroughfuo are of a subor- ate nature. - BTORES AND OFTICES, It may bo eaid incidentally, that on tho ground floor on Clark stroet thore are eight stores, of fine size, admirably finished and almost on a lino ‘with the sidowslk, Olark strect ds givon up to rotail ‘trade, and therefore tho room which tho hotel had .at its dmg?all on that side was devotod to stores, while on LaSalle it has only oftices for xont, ton up- etairs, and o dozen in the lightand airy base- mont, which was made on this side of the bulld- | dng. Thera can be found no finer offices in Chi- <ago than theeo, and their proximity to the great Tailrond dopot, as well as to tho ‘groal Govorn: ament building of the futuro, makes them of spo- woinl value. * : : TIE GRAND HALL. Entering from Olark streot, and passing alon; :the brond corridor, ono reschos t[’m first gran -hall, in the northwestern cornor of which is tho +offico, elogantly finished in dark wood, Pass- ing up a short flight of stnirs, made nocessary by the LoSallo stroot basemont, and still goins westward, tho second and larger hall is reachied, the grand centro for tho deni- zons of the ho(a_]. t forms an immenso roo: 100.foet by 60, lit from & skylight by day, an innumorable rfiumbumeru by night. " Rows of- columns at & distanco of ten foot from the. wall oxtend around the room. On its norihern side, are the billiard and bar-rooms, both eloganily fitted up, and-opening upon dulnuy atroot, as woll a8 into ¢ oll within this room, and on. the northormrMdo of it, occupying a_space' of over 200 foot, it to bo the telegraph offico, which will be the finest and most comprehonsive in any hotol in this or any othor country, It will havd & connection wl{h ‘sll tho r:{lmnd wires,' 80 a8 to bulletin every tr with the city telograph, and with tho fire alarm tolegraph, €0 that & person who {8 ot tho hotel, but who' liyes in o distant part of the city, can bo inform- ed aa to the precise whereabouts of a conflagra- tion. On the south side of this room, and front Ing upon Jackson streat, aro railroad and steam- boat offices, whore iravelors can obtain all the. tiokots and information thoy desire; a wash- room with twenty-two basins, g0 large a numbor that it will be imposeible for a man to bave to walt in order to porform hia ablutions, and* just in front of it and facing Jackson atroet, the barbor's shep,: which s to bo kopt by Petillon, ainame familiar to the smooth-shaven youth of .Ohicago, Of - tho water-closets, and other similar appurion-] ances, it {s unnecessary to speak, nxcop% merely 10 say that they aro all that such things should/} be. 0 mein stairway, lending from tho east- orn to the westorn hall, is on tho left hand of tho office. On the right-hand sido Is & narrowor- fight, leading up lo o privatg oflce of tho lesseo's, Immediately adjoining this, and facing| Quinoy street, is n good-sized room, which wil beused by the clorke of tho Lotol'ns & dining- zoom, nnd ' whioh is nlso sorvicenblo forv| emall moetings of citizons, aserving the same useful purpose that Parlor No, 1 usufi to do &t the Tremont, Noxt to this is tho sorvants’, dining-room, the food being lowered by an ole-' vator from tho kitchon above. Thoro aro threa ‘yaults, one in the oflico, wheroe the valuabley of transient guests aro placed; anotherin the pri-+| vato oflice, for storing the papers, oto., of the proprietors, and another on the floof above, whero tho valurblos of permanent gueats arede-, posited. 4 THE ORAND PROMENADE, i From tho wostern hall the main stairway leads ' to the wocond floor. Of tho mauy tlights‘of stairs in this building, it may be_said "that they ® all have the merlt of bolng woll lighted, There wre none of thom, except the sorvants' flight, which aro not so ;fiwed 24 to confront a window. At tho heud of a double stnlrcase le what ls/ called- tho Grand Promonnde, 100 feot lonfilby, 80 wide, ita greatest longth being from north to south, and a row of iron columns running nearly through its centre. No such promenade is to bo found in any Amorican hotel. At tho southom pxtromity are tho parlors, fronting upon Jackson stroet, 100 foot in longth and 24 in width, For convenienco sake, they aro dividod into threo rooms, 'with In\dlngfi doora _between them tho- middlo. one bolng about fifty fdob long; - the two others twonty-five - each. In each’ of : thewo end parlors 38 - a boputifully, carved white marble m:nm-rlouu. The collings of theso rooms ere . ornntely frea- ooed, ‘80 a8 to correspond with the carpet, which has centro pioces of fruits, flowors, cto, o THE DINING-ROO3, ¢ tho offloa fs the head of a hotel, the dining- soom nnd kitchen sro the ‘stomach thoroof, aud 1t {a the fallure to recognize the Iatler fact that, has made 86 many Amorican_hotels moroly fora- lngdmnuu for dyspopsla, One may: pardon in- difforont rooms, nogligont oall-boys, and carolesd ohnmbmnlldn,,\)ut Ky yud].y cooked . or.. soryed moal ‘is a . 'thing to . which no_ poraon, can, bo'. reconolled. .If " Lo over.does - bo-' come g0, ho has. morally degonoratad, DBut; from prahns appoarancos, ahd from tho Tpast| roputation of Mr, Rico and the. Gngos, thero nood bo no foar that tho Paclflo Hotol will bo run| for tho ohlof bonofit of the doctors and npotha-i caried, * Thio dining-room is in tho northiweatorn! cornor of the scoond floor, opening out upon the, Grand Promonado, It {a 135 feot by 60; mnkinis| it the lu‘gut dining hall in the country.® By day, it ts lighted by .twenty-throo windows looking. out upon LnBallo aud Quincy attoots and ono o “ tho courts, and by night by soven bronze ohande- tiers" and vby " an infinite! ‘nbmbor “\‘or! smaller gas fota: nlong tho ' walls. -Thu‘ floor.is paved with blsok and white'marblo, nnd | the colling is delloately froscood, - The room hag & frontage of about sfxty feot on tho court, and | 1t Ia Intended in a short ime to mako a consory- atary extonding. that diatance, coning down to: nbout tho mld«fie of tho windows,and about| thirly feot In width, Bummer and winter this, will bo filled with floworing . plants, and those dollento. tnstes which have horotofors. been | eeantily ministored to by occasional flowers upon tho table will find here all - tho, nutriment thoy can ‘possibly desire, But, large as-this room is, it doos not furnish all_tho. nccommodation thal is desired. Consoquontly, & room sovonty. foet “by soventy, on the corner of Clark and Quinc, sirects is sot apart as & ladies’ ordinnry, and thore are also a couplo of smaller rooms, ong fronting on LaSalle stroot, and connacting with the maii dining-hall, which may be used for pri- vato parties, club dinners, ote., and ono ‘on thd onatorn sido of tho building where menls may bd obialnod at all hours, and “wlero those may.bo fed who have beon so unfortunnto as to bo away ot tho regular time. .., . .. . - NEXT CONE THE KITCHENS, . | covering a spaoo of about 140 feot by 60, and 'frqnun% on Quinoy stroot, l{lng botween tho rand* dining-room ' and Tndlos” ordinary, ‘and mmodiately above tho sarvants’ oating-room, with which'it ia connooted, as has been sald, Dby arf clovator. It is unncoogsary.to'go intd a minato dosoription of the furnitura of n kitchen, _sinco it would give to but n few exports an iden of tho camplotoness with which this part of tho hotel is "equipped. . There is & rango with a trontngo, 80 to speak, of thirty-one foet.” Therm, aro soup kottles largor thon tha cnyk»‘por caldrons In which Moden bolled down, tho fathor of Jason, Thoro are Immonse ovens for thio solo ugo of tho -Enalry cook, mn%ol .for waflles and onkes, oilors for vegotables, and a hundred utensila unknown in tho ordinary fitchon. In ndjoin- -ing rooms are tho' refrigorators, tho dishes, ete. It. dwarfs = our lnri;eat orookor; storea to look at tho pilos of plates, cups, an saucors, otc,, hoaped upon thoso sholves. Their. R.\m:hnsns sro mado in no picayyne fashion, 'hioy order plates by the hundred’dozon, and thio firm that doos tha ‘furnlshing for this hotol does woll oven if it has no othor Imalncss for tho year. " Thoro aro nlso rooms for disl-washing, ote,, but these neod no epecial montion. b THE SLEXPING-ROOMS, In the southwestern part of this floor are o -numbor of bed-rooms, those fronting on the strost belng high-priced, and thoso looking out on the court being much, less exponsive. Ono 3&%“ diffioulty with lotols hes been .that their yooms .aro. of = but two.. kinds, the very good and expensive, .and tho pooi and ohcep. Tho old and infirm, who wanted rooms noar _the ground, liave beon com- ollod to“m{‘mundly for them, or (o go without. Lo Paclfio has for tho first timo, obviated that trouble, and it has provided chenp and conveni- ont rooms for. porsons belonging to the above named catogory. : On tho third floor, thero aro_only slecping- rooms, and no grand dinlng-halls to hinder the Inying out of the spaca in a symmetrical man- ‘ner, Two grand corridors atrotch tho whole length of tho building from enat £o weat, whils four run ncroes it from north to south. At ench ond of thoso long hall-ways Is a double window. Whorever ono ‘Eooa, thero_{s Hfht, and a pros- ‘pact out upon tha street. . The fourth, fift, and eixth floors are Iaid out upon the same plan. 3 . THERE ARE IN ALL 2 four hundred and sixty rooms; somo single and somo double-bodded, some in suites of two,.oth- ora of threo, and some of five. Ono hundred and fitty rooms havo ‘baths, wator-closots, and closot- room for trunks. All Laye marblo mantels and grates, One hundred and twenty-fivo of those which are lighted from tho ceiling, have chande- Hors whioh aro fltted with patent drop-lights, whicl can b ansily drawn down, and which cant not be casily put out of ordor. Of course, tho rooms vary groatly in size and in _convenionces, but oven the poorer ones aro good. In some ro- Bpoots, tho l\vunt{-lnur corner rooms aro the bost in the building, owing to their com- ploto’ isolation, They bLave corridors upon both sides of thom, and arc consequontly without adjoining rooms, and the annoyances which sometimos rosult thorefrom. Tho Mau- surd 1 carried up so high that no #lopo can_bo gotccxvurlln tho ceilings of the rooms on that loor. Ordinarily, thesa rooms, which look out upon intorior courts, aro exceedingly inferior ones, bocanso tho courts are 8o emall” that tho rooms looking upon them aro deprived of light and air. Butintho ocnse of the Pacific Hotel, those courts aro, 80 largo that no such incon- venience rosults. No matter how low downthoso rooms - are, it is possiblo to sco a liberal siretch. of sky from -thom. Tho -windows in ol the rooms are largo, with doap eoats, and are provided with Futeut window stops, sliding in grooves, prevent| ng all rattling or entranca.of dust. Each one has ite boll, but in order to avold the inconvenience of a mulii-, plicity of calls at tho offloe, and the bothor of sending mossongors from thoe ground floor, o moro. convenient systom has boon' adopted., There is an _annunciator_on each floor.with & mossengdr to anawer.it. Whon a porson touches hig bell, ho at the samo moment indicates his room on thio nununciator, and the number of his floor at_the ;office. ~If .the waiter dood not ationd to bis duty, the number of tho, floor romaing uncovered on tho office indicator, and then the offico calls up to that floor té inquire why the boll has not been answerod. - ¥ THE FURNITURE for the bedrooms, parlors, otc., was muade by Theyer & Toboy, after pattorna specially pro- urod_ by them, Whilo thoro is no oxtravagance in upholstoring, yet everything is rich and sub- stantial, tho chnirs and sofas in tho sleoping- rooms being covered with crimeon, red, scarlet, or green plush, the color always boing chosen with reforence to the {prodoml'nn.flug huoin the . carpot. Tho {:uuma or tho furniture’ are not " known to the trade, and cannot bo found sny- +where elso injtho country, though their ole- gauco and convenionos will malke them popular the momont thoy .are known. The carpets, ~which were spocially imported for the hotel, ane aro of alfilon ‘which hiayo not yet been séon har are very beautiful, and many men in the carpe trade bave vigited in tho hotel, since thoy could 1earn most conveniently what the htna{ Euro- pesn patterns wore. ‘The amount of carpoting required may be partially arrived at by consider« ing that there are 6,000 runrping foot of corrl- dors, 10 feat wido, » FRECADTIONS AGAINST FIRE. Tho procautions against fire soem to bo thor- ough. - Bix pipes, ommlwnnfh\\'ith tho atreot-hy- drants, run to the top of the,building, Hoso can bo attached to them on every floor, and tho. building flooded in & fow minutes; On tho up- or floor are large tanks, not open, as usual, and led from the top, but boilor-tanks, filled from bolow, and taking tho samo prossuro’ as the en- Eluu, 80 that tho pressure all aver.tho houss will 0 regulated ab tho boller, It iaa new mothod, and an Ap&llullion of the Holly system. In ad dition to this, the floors are all flfind, and brick aro put betwoen the floor-joists, dividing the house into sections, so that the fire cannot Tun alonF them. Thero is also a brick filling 18 B! inches high, rising above tho base-boards, The kitohon, one of the inflammable parcs of the house, also mado thoroughly fire-proof. It thora {8 any alarm of fire, there are seven stair- ways leading down from the u por floor, 8o that there would be no trouble about emptying the hotel in a fow minutes. Theso ‘stairs, too, are 8o arranged thal thoy do not servo as shafts to carry the flames from floor to floor, aud tho " eloyator-waya~ aro 'made fire-proof, 80 that . thero oan Lo mno troubls thore, Desirous of usin modern ove invention for the discovery of fire, anro bulb, or firo aununciator, kas been placod in overy room in the building, 'Chis alm!flo nnd - offoctive idos, which I findln‘g 1ts way into all hotols, consists of & btilb near uy filled " with meroury, which I fixed in the ceillng of & room gonerally, . This bulb ia entored by two metallic wires, ono at the bottom, toucliing the moroury, the ofhor at tho top, and not touching 1, As'the temperaturo of tho room risos, tho meroury expands, as in o thermometer, and whon tho hoat roaches cor- tain polut, it expands o muoh as to in eontact with the upper wire, the circuit ia comploto and tho littlo alarm-bell in the offico sets up a furions ringing which does not stop till the Fumperutm‘n is lowered, and the morcury falls. Tho degreo ,of beat at which tbe boll shall ring depends up- ‘on the amount of meroury In tho bulb, which oan be graduated as required. + THE VAULTS, That park of: tho basement which is not rented for officos, and the other undergrouud rooms, aro used as wine vaults, store-rooms, engine- rooms, eto,; aud for doing tho laundry-work of the ostablishmont. It s enough to sy that they aro commodioua.very well arrauged, and provided porfoot: ! _(OF WIAT 1718 COMPOSED, el ! . In ordor td glve a “botter Idon of tho dimeni slonsof thls immonso bullding than can bo ob< ‘tained from the forogoing dosciiption, and to en« blo tho roador ta feol [ts bignoas, Hho foftor ng: figures aro filvonx Thero wont into the Prolflo Hotol 7,006,000 briolk ; 12,000 cublo foot of limestono ¢ and 40,000 0f sbndatone, Tu'cons neotlon with thoso, 10,000 barrels of Jimo, and 8,000 yarda of sand, wore usod, Ovor 500 tons of ongt aud , wronght-fron, b the shapoof boams, -oto. § : 2,025,600 equaro foot of * Tumbor, iwore ' unod :ln Jolsts, raftors, ' beams, eto, - 237,000 in- insldo 'blinds shd shuitora s 87,000 Jinioal foot, or 18 milos In baso bonrls, aed 78,000'in door and windolr enslugs, and ah,nou ‘Bquare foot of walnut and maplo flooring, and 66,000 of walnut and nah cullh)g‘novoring Jointl twoand throo quartor ncres. Thoro were 031 windows, 1,070 doors and looks, and 10,413 pairy of butta and lilnges. The prico of all -this care roner{ work was 320,000, -In connestion with hio plumbing worlt, thero wore used o mile and, throo quarters of Iron-soil pipo, and nonrly ad muoh of brass. hot wator pipe, 00,087 pounds’ of " lend pipo,: 6,000 pounds of golder, - Thoro" wont .into the ! hulldlnfi ovor olght milos of gas-pipe, and thero wero 42t ‘chandoliors with 1,618 burnors, and 850 brackets with 1,180 burnors, making 2,808 in all,” " Thore wore two-fifths of a milo of speaking-tubes, and thirty-olght miles of. wird: ioro “-wort put, in" of - all kinds, 82,188 ‘Isquare foot of glnas, 'boing nnrlr four-fifths ‘of o1 soro. OF- slato ond marblo tiling thoro i moro than half an acro, Thoro are also 820 mats blo mantols and.grates. Tho contract! prico: of the bullding was £878,380.94. Adding to-that tho valuo of briok, - marblo, iote;, -‘obi talned from tho - old building, ' -amount- ing to ' B122,618, tho total “cost "of oxolusive of furnlshing, of conrse, was £1,000,2 857.04, - The magon an # stona rott{ng ost 81985 000, tho limo and sandstono $160,000, tho paint= Ing'and glazing 863,000, and fhe plastoring 805, TOSTER, e = Paoific Hotol Company of Ghicago. -(Chartord ad by épocisl act of Illinois Legislature, 1800.) President—L, B, Otin, ' * Bk Becrotary—Honry M, Bmith, o > Dircotor—Jobhn ' ¥, Tracy, Albert Keop, Hugh 8, Riddle, L. B, Otls, Harold 8, Peck. i Architoct—W. W, Doylngton. 2 ' Mortimer & Tapper, matonry. q Doldenyvick & Fanning, stonecuttors. Uufon Foundry Co,; Iron work, T, C, Doylngton, A, Moody, and G. E. Church, car- peaering Heatl & Miligon, patnting and docoratiog, Crano Bros, Manutacturing Co,, stesm heating, E. Daggot}, gae-fittor, Woolcott 8mith & Coy, plate-glose, Wlite & Tliomae & Thos, Whits, plastering. Hugh Watt, plumbing, - E L Bluger & Talooth stone, f . Philadalphia Architootutol Iron Jo., ormamental fron work, W, A, Do, sowars, . . Beburamnn k Hand, marblo Hilng, Gowen Marblo Co., bairs, otc, Chicago Marblo 03,, mantels, 3 - Hall Bofo nnd Leck Oompany, yault work, Brown Bros,, prismatio lights,’ - Yowoll, Getchell & Qo., rooflug. . Western Eleotric Mantifacturing o,, sununciator, Chicago Paving Compauy. £ Ot utta & Cor (Boston, olovator. s Thayor & Toboy Manufacturing Company, cablnoh ‘waro, ola. - W, & G, Bloanc, Now York, oarpots, Alien & Mackoy, Ohleago, carpels. Flold, Lelter & Ov, linous, Waolon mills, Pory, Ind., blankets, etc, Burloy & Tytroll, French chinn, ofo, . Jomos McDufY & Co,, Boston, glass and.c 1 Blireve, Stanwood & Co., Doston, sllve ne, . wate snd cutlory. - Monsuso & Duparquot, ranges aud kichen furnt- ro, . H. M, Wilmarth & Bro,, gus fixtuses, i, b Iitehieock & Walker, wringera, u Henry B, Morrls, Philpdolphis, lsundry machine Fesses-~orgo V. Gage, David A, Gage, Jobn A] Ttice, T, 5. Gavkill, manager. d THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Soveral Membors of the Force Disw missed for Misconduct, Tho Bonrd of Polico hold & regular semi- woekly mooting yostordby afternoon, President Mason in tho chair. Presont, Commissionors Wright and S8heridan. The session was devoted to matters periaining to tho Firo Dopari~ mont.’ Tho resignations of Michnael Seimor, assistant foreman of No. 9, and of Herman Btonhl, of No. 8, woro racoived and adopted. ' Petor H, Kannor, pipeman of No. 11, was ap- pointed a member of the rogular department, _ Oliarlos Pratt, drivor of No. 12, was discharged for injuring tho city's property, and having beon m:ommf 5 i XKnud L. Boyeon, pipoman of No. 6, wag ‘ac~ cused of disorderly conduct, and, tho evidonce sh'uwixg him to have been guilty, ho was dis- missed. Androw Londmm, pipvman of No, 6, wos dis- chargod for neglecting his duty. Edward ‘Barrott, drivor of Hose No. 18, and Willism Quigloy, driver of Engine No. 18, woro provon guiltr of having Leen disordorly, and wore ‘¢ verbally throshed " by the Prosidont. Tho charge of being absont Zrown duty withont leave, proforred against Donnis J. Bwocnio; fore- man of Engino Company No. 14, by the Sccond Assistant Fire Marshal,” woa lsmissod attor, o long diecuesion. 5 p Ieaiah Washington, colored ongineor of Com- pany No. 21, was discharged :from tho servico Tfor inefliciency and .incompetoncy. Ilis offense congisted of allowing the flucs of his engine to ‘burn out whilo pdmping out the bascment. of. the Government building, and theroby narrowly eecaping an oxplosion. The regignations of Gonzalo E.- Tarbpx and Thomus A, Burnhardt wore accepted. . - Commussioner Mason rend a paper of his own, in' which he set forth rongons for forming a fa~- yorable impression of the Colo- engine, which wasgivon a trisl on the 18th, The document was ordored to bo spread on the record of pro- ceodings. > £ ‘Tho rulos woro suspondoed In order to pormit of the acceptance of tho resignation of Officor’ Charles Gartnor, of tho Ninth Procinct, againat ‘whom chargoes had boen informally made. ‘The Board then adjourned. . . Attontion. p = ‘We are dlscontinuing the jobbing trado for want of more xoom for our rapldly incressing retsil busl. ness, snd ‘offer the following goods at much loss than markot Taten: Thirty crates nssorted W, G, dinner and tea ware, Edward Clark’s firsts; 6 crates assorted V. @, waro, Wood & Olark's firsts ; 6 canks assorted rock snd yollow waro, Iamps, chimnoys, burncrs, wick, glasa sots, mirrors, flasks, 0.3, Lists and priced furnishod to country déajors upon spplication, Beott & Oviuglon Drothiers, No, 219 Weat Madison street, C hicago. b ool s e ‘Meeting with Universal Approval, “'The rapld sud oxtraordinartly Jargo salos that have sttended tho introduction of iho Elmwood and War: #ick collars avo a fokon of tho unlvorsal approval ‘which thoy bave mot with the consumers, Theao truo critles can appreclato & good article which they Liave found in theso goo: K ¢ —_—— The Gront Forepaugh Shows willmarch in grand procession this morning to the corner of State and Twanty-second atreots, Where por- formance will bo glven this afternoon and svening: To-morrow (Snturdsy), throo grand porformancea wi bo glven—morning, afterncon, and avening, et 4 Postal-Oards, Stamps, Etc. . Those who are in soarch of postal-cards, revenuo- stamps, check-stamps, and propristary stampe, can al= Sraya B thorm fOr salo ot ) %‘:lc-;{s ‘Bavings Inett- tutlon, on tho northwest corner of Doarborn and Mad~ inon-sta, . ——— A Fine Oarringe, Ons of the fingst carrisgea in Chicogo, and soveral otlior styles of carriages, will bo sold st the Boston Carringo Mart, No, 223 West Washington strcel, this morning, by W, A, Dutters & Co,, Auctioneers, et i ool ey Insanity ns o Dofonse. From the Detroit Post, May10, ‘Tho firat casg under a law passod at the recent sesslon of the Loglslature oame up in the Wayne Olrcult Court yostordsy. Tho law roferred to rovidos that whonoverany porson shall be tried 'or murdor, ansault with {ntont to kill, or arson, and shail ot up oithor by himselt or by counsel iusanity as a dofonso, it shall be the duty of tho Jury to find_ epocially whothor such defendant was or was not insene, and, in caso he shall be acquitted on tho ground-of insanity, shall be committed to the insune hospltal connected with the State Prison. A calorod man, giving his nama a8 King Solomon, was arrosted Inat March for committing a griovous assault upon ono Goorge Tobingon, in" the Townuhl{;l of Brownstown, Complalnt was made against him forassault with intont to kill, and he was tried in the Wayno Olr< owit Oourt yestorday, Thero was no doubt about Lis insanify. Mo 'did not interpose that plen hiweolf, but Lis counsol did #o for him. When called upon to make his etatoment before tho Jury, ho went off in a rambling discouse about almost nvorythlug undor tho sun, exgept tho maltor in hand, The Court was finally com- pellod to stop Lim, Under the abovo law the ury wero required to flud upnullll,v whiother or not tho dofendant way inwane. They had no troublo in arriving at that conclusion, and re- turned a verdict of “not gullty by reasonof in. aanity.” 'Tho prisoner was thérefore. Tremandoed }){Mk l‘ta ail to bovent to tho Blate Prison Inunna 08p! A FINE DAINTING, Anothor.Excollotit Dkfort by n Ohlers . g0 Artist==]Mx, I« €, Ford’s Amoricnn’ JForost Sconcs .. . $. i Though Jittle™ individual mention’ hins beon nndo of tho work of'ouf Chioago actists rocont~ fy 1n'the columns of the dnlly papors, it fs not; thorofore, to bo concluded: that they hinvo booi doing nothing for tho paat mix months,. Lls kins' groat. ploturo of ‘Hhaata - Dutto™ has one fo. tho ILxposition at Vienna, and tlmt‘ ovont wad the Inst notleed in 'ific ' pa’ pors, “The noxt {5 thé complotion by Mr H. O. Ford of & largo palnting, showing tho in« torior of an American forest duriog the early. sutumn, Ile bas,found no namo for. it which shiall Justly charnclorizo ik ;. butit tolls lts own talo of n mild hazy aflornoon in Octobor In Westorn Nai York or Pannsylvauls, a clinractor- istio'blt 6f Américhn forest sconery. This sub- joot is one which. has: been attompted by vory many artiats, :both horo tnd clsewhore, snd oo- cnslonally, with a cortaln mensure of succoss. Tho contrary, howoyar, bag bgen goncrally thg taao, for tho simplo ronson that lho. subjeot Lns Hoon boyoud tho artist's oxecution, 'Tha group- ing may bo good, and tho coloring ofther tamo of Loxnggoratod ; the dotails trivial and:the light so diffuscd as to deatroythe charactor of tho pioturo; nny onoof whichdofostamaybo obsorved in many of tho paintings of this subjegt by our local Timnors.” Mo’ epoak ponorally “of ' Mb, Ford'd paintiug; ho has avoldod thbso tomptations. Tho coloring 18 strong and-positive, but not. nxafigm‘—. atod; flm light effoct id concentrated without bolng unanlfimal; tho'dotails carofully studled without any shade of premphaellsm ; “and the, diatonco, oven to tho spootator’ who socs the plo- turd undor tho _unfavorablo conditions Incidont to glaring white walls. and ‘s small oflico, nd- mrably prosoryed. - .. The aize of tho canvas, 78x58 inchos, bas glven the artist amplo scopo. It Lns also mecossitatod tho presontation of the objects in the foro- gronnd close to the point of “vislon, sud henco the dotils of tho objoata aro minutely and onfe-* fully studled. An aftornoon sun throws a palo Jight upon tho dark trunk of alindon troo, round w%iuh are twined & Virginla creopor, its leaves slready changed to ecarlet. The ray of light brightons a pntch of Eroen moes upoh tho -point’ of & rook and on the bark of the tree, brlnr(lnfi tho verduro into strongor. contrast with the dar brown of tho stom, Tho light just touches the surfaco of & small brook, snd falls full upona Emnt rod onk, . the’, monarch .of tho glon. A oach offors nn-..«Lulalm contrast to.the sombro Lo of the lofty oak, rolioving thapicture admir- ably. ' A bacoh is alwaya a tompting “object to a ralnlnr. and here it scomn to have been droppod n'just where it was wanted, the uppear part of the trink hiddon. bohind tha Jarger tros in front of it. Tho bright gray of ita bark nhas boon faithful- 1y roproduced by "the ariist, and this is relieved by turn by a solitary wood-pocker whose gursfi:—. ous plumage blends in entire harmony with tho bues of autuman overhead, A hickory of tho phell-bark _ varfoly stands in tho shadow of tho fofdet -beyond tho lindon, while othor- troes '+ have' ‘been worked ‘in with con- sidorable. j:c'ekill . in . the . back-gronnd. While the interest of the pioture must nocossari- 1y bo concentrated upon those nearer abjects, & cortnin'amount of, valoty is’demanded In thom, and honce-the a¥:!s’, has chosen to place fowr different varietie:s /¢'donizons in closo proxim- ity. This nndor othor cirountstances would look liko podantry, but from the nearness of tho viow tho fact is lost sight of in tho goneral harmony of tho picturo: and the .ekill. oxbibited in tho grouping, which uttorly nogatives the suggestion 55 a botanioal oxposition. . This, 00, 18 helped by tho evidont aim of tho nrtlst to sustain tho lutorest in othor polnts of the plcture. A willow, whero foliage alone {8 10 bo seon, appropriatoly stands over tho brook, and the lightor shiades of, its autumnal tinte blend with tho ruddior loaves of tholargar trees in perfoct harmony. Through, {he rooflng of foliags overhoad, can Lo seen hero and thoro occasional glimpsos of the bluo sky. above, and- horo -agaln tho artist has exhibite :he alotm following of nature which coustitutos ruo ort, Tho distancos aro maintained throughout with good }udgmunt and offoct, and tho trees atand out with sterooscopic roundness. Ono can seo down the ravine through which the brook trickles for half a miio or more, and it looks cool, colm, and excoedingly pleasnnt, . - Tho only ovidences .of life aro s squirrol perched on the stump of o broken bough, tho woodpeekor seannlng thobegch barlk for his din- ner, & group of_rabbits partially concoaled by a houlder, and a bluc-jay tlying ncross *the ravino just within sight. Iverything is very atill and tranquil. Four or five loaves have fallen nto tho atronm and are floating slowly down it, toward one, and tho illusion that thoy are grad- unlly npproaching doos not fado through along stus yolp tho picturo. Thore aro but two ovi- dencos of, human interforonce in tho scong, one being tho suggostion of a pathway down tho ra- vino, and tho otlier an old mark on thie onk whero wmg travelor hag ‘biazoed his woy through tho wood. . - This is Mr, Ford's first psinting for exhibition sinco the firo, and represents a yor's occasional labor. . It doos great credit to him, and may bo ronounced the host piclure of this character hat he hps yot produced, and cortainly one of the bost. that has over beon produced “by a Chi- ongo artist, It hasatood the criticism of man of the paintor'a brothor nrtiats, and meots wit! warm commendations from the fow who havo boen privilcfid to'inspoct It, It is to be on ox- hibition ab Mr, Aitkon's Art Instituto, .and is worth studyiog carofully. i o i TIIE CITY HALL PLANS, Somo of the Morits nnd Defects of Ine ternal Arrangoment Pointod Out, Bince tho considoration of the Conrt-House plans began, noarly all tho criticism has been devoted to external appearances, and vory little of it to internal fitness, excopt in somo cnses ‘wharo the faults of gonstruction wera so gross o8 to chullenge notico. . But, now that tho num- bor of plans has boen cut down from forty odd to half n dozon, it moy .mot bo amiss to .look af -some of tho morits and defects of' inoternal mrrangemont, for,. aftor all, tho Court-Houso s to live in, not to ho looked at. The mechanism of a watch {s of more importance than' tho oases, and the brain than the face. It matters vory littlo if tho ‘building is an arohitéctural monstrosity,fso long a8 tho offioss it contalns aro conveniently ar- ranged, woll lighted und ventilated, and of oasy aocosd, Randall, in-his plan, has provided for four oourts, & foaturc which s objectionablo, among other rensons, beeauas it consumes n good doal of apaco. Even with thom, however, ho has & groat deal of unappropriated room, which'can bo used In futurs contingencies, 8o that tho amount of epaco taken up in courts ie not 8o hurtful o= tor all, while. it' has tho sdvantago of on- abling -him ‘to . light all his inside rooms dircctly, and mot resort to doing it through othor rooms, or aoross cor- ridora. Tho arrangomont of tho rooma in re- gard to one another fa very conveniocut, and he soems to havo studied more closely than his competitors the requiremonts of tho difforont boards and officors, - Thoro are two xooms in the City Hall with which especial care should bo takon, since they sre 8o much frequentod—tho Colloctor’s and “the Water Ronts, Mr. Randall haa made thom spacious, of ensy acoess, and ex- collontly lighted, The Paymastor's offico, which {s alao crowded soveral timosa yoar, is furnished with two approaclics, one for entrance and ono for oxit. In the courf-room tho Judgos aro, with ono oxception, placod with thoir backs to binule walls, 80 the sun mny not fall into tho faces of tho lawyers, Tho vaults are car- ried dircotly up from tho bottom, and thero aro none whioh sre su| Fcrtn«l upon posts, to fall with the first fire, {‘ is unfortunato that some of thecorridors end nowhore,—run against blank walls, Of exits and entrancos thero are a plon- ty. Thia arohitoct has conformed very closely to tho specifications of tho Doard of Publio Works, from which some othora hnve widely dnsurlcd. ixon & Hamilton have ono central, court, 100 foot square, aud, elnoo thoy use up lows ground in that wa{ than Randalldoes, have oven more sparo room than he, Their (fi\lm diffors from most of tho othors in having a sub-base- ment,whore the eugines, oto., are looated, and with ‘oxcollont arraugomonts’ for_tho recolving snd moving of fuol, Gonorally, the rooms nro woll né\d conveniently plsced, and this and tho preceding plan goom to be the bost of the lot, ko far, of courso, as internal arrangemonts are con- cernod. Ono dlmou|k¥ with Dixon & Hamilton is that eomoe of their rooms will be too dark, Some, of subordinate importance, like tho Harbor Dastor's, —get o poor light. from the . corndor, Tho Wator Docartment and Collogtor™s office get light only from & fow windows at ono eud of the room, and wjlk not, theroforo, be fully satisfac- tory, A fow ulimxl changen would remedy moat of tho defects in this plan. 3 Ar, Gay sooms to have room onough, but ha too hiss fallod to furnish auilloiont Jight for all af hig rooma., - Bomg of tho Jurverammuara hnlan. and the Collector's room is {oo dark. * Bome :of his groups of ofticon aro not_as compact na in other plans, tho Board of Educatlon, 'for in- | ntanco, niraggling o liitlo too much, Htill, 1t ia & difieult problom to #o arrango theso rooms a8 to Aetinfy evory one, Tho arrangomont of his vaults is vory good, and so I8 that of the win- dovs, but on the whole, ho [s not oqual to tho others who hnvo hoon mentionad. Mokt Whooloclk ' & Thomaa leve & very showy Ieont, n llne-looking ouo, and its admlrers say it wiinake an admirablo ‘placo for publio, tions of a cuirt-houso, - But Inside {t Las cortaln radical dofacts.; not only waulls, but also some of tha interior wally, are supported by poste. Thogo walls aro yot carrled ol the way up from the foundation, bt heglu .on tho upper floore, To nflmnt the bluxdors 6f the Custom-Ionwo would bo folly, It vn fault, though n loss sorl- oua oue, that tha Cowty Olerk's ofMfico s too small for tho amount ot business which hes to bo transactod in it. Karle' has bad Iigiht, 806 s badly out up, Oth- ors, which aoom to bo now teporod of, aro also badly lighted, dofoctivoly aranged, and put the Judges on the wrong slde of tac rooms, ko thnat thoy huve tho light at tholr backs, Tilly diare- gordod the epccificatlons, and doss 1ot havo raom enough, evon l.haufih he s, 4t moveral points, oncroached upon tho stroots, - Tho best thing for the Committos to ds, n or- dor to unite comfort and beauty, is probmly to tako tho outside from one plan, and tho ifuide from anothor, and noo if thoy cannot thus artive at o hnrmonious and satisfactory whole. sl MILWAUKEE AVENUE EXTENSION, Conterence flotwoon Proporty Owners and City OfficinlsesTho Improves ment of the Stroot Domanded, * Anumbor of property ownors waited on the Board of Public Works, yosterdny aftornoon, for | the purpose of securing the oxtouslou of Mil- waukoe avonuo from tho cornor of Kinzio and Desplainos siroots to tho corner of Lake and ' Oanal streots. Mayor Modill and Corporation Counsol Tuley wore prosent. Commigsioner Onrtor Aald that in 1808 nn as- sossmont - had boon lovied for making the im- provemont. Tlio original asscssmont was $114,- 612; amount uncollacted, $41,80247; total col- Toctlons, §72,809,68 ; smount paid for land, $20,- i076; for bulldings, §26,405; for lonachold, 82,550 ; for cout” of proccedings, $600; total, §66,621, loaving onfhand, £16,288,62. Amounts unpaid : Land, 851,476 ; buildings, 97,160 ; to- 'tal, £58,620, A membor of tho delogation asked why,thoro had beon so much dolay in_making the improve- moit. 1Io and othors hiad paid their portions of tho assossment four yoars ago, and bad hoard nothing of tho oxteusion sinco, Anothor mombor wanted to kmow why the Chi- cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rallrond luoa. baen allowed to construct their tracks g0 as to inter- sect tho proposed extension without being- com- polled to sign a contrast to build a vinductin tho evont of the improvement boing made., Ald. Kohoo enld ho had paid £1,200 on tho ag- wossment, and hod novor heard nu{thin from it ninco. He wantod to know why tha oity could nok compol, thootlor property-heldors o pay un. Commissioner Prindwille said tho dolay” had boon oceasionod by the rofusal of certaln per- sons to m{ the nssestment. | Corporation Counsel Tuloy snid it was doubt- ful if the property-owners could be compolled to ' pay the nsossmont. Hoknow all about the au- sessment, g ho was on tho side of the contest- ants whon it was mado {n 183, 1t camio. bofora tho .Courts in tho aprlnfi of 1809, and'it way shown in ovidenco that the nssessment roll had boen mede erroneously, it having beon talon from the City Olork's oilfce nftor bustness hours, aud :hu figuroa chavgod iu some important re- spects. pfiommlssionnr Cartor eaid tho roll was ot i‘almn from the City Olerk's oftico after business ours. * Corporation Connsel Tuloy continued. Tha Oourt hold from tho evidenco that tho nemoss- mont was invalidated for that rencon. " tor wng bronght before the Suprome Court, and tho judgment of tho lowor court was sustnined. The same assosemont was still pundlng. 1 tho artios who had thélr property condemned at 1o accopt the amount allowed them for damagos, tho Oty Tronsury would be_compelled to pay thom, and if the partics who had not paid their aguossmonta were willing Lo do 8o, the improve- mont could bo onrried out. If thoy rofured to oy, the only recourso tor tho clty was to pa nck tho nuiessmonts that lind boon pald, an ;\-un,m o ney assosemont bofore making the ox- onsion, A delogate askod it intorest would ho sllowod on_tho mouoy paid o, snd was informed by Commissioner Prindeville thnt the city did ot allow intercst in such caucs. Ald. 8woot ¢aid that ho would pay his nescsa- ment if the majority of tho property-owners favored tho oxtension, Jo belioved, lowover, that o majorily of Liom wero not in_favor of the so-called improvomont, and thoso that had paid theirnesossments would be willingtorecoive them back aud sy uothing about the oxtension. Tho Denofits that would bo derived from it would .bo | amall in comparieon with tho oxpense, A vin- duct of 1,600 feot would e necossery, and prop- erly would; o greatly dmnna'ed theroby. 1d. Xehioo said that the delay wns unjust. Ho lmow thnt sovoral peoplo had borrowod intorost on it. ey n anawer to Ald. 8weet, Commissioner Prin- divillo snid that tho Northwestorn Railroad Com- pany could be compellod to pay its shara of the cost of conatructing a viaduct over Milwaukoo avenuo, G Ald. Bweot enid thnt, if such was tho -caso,ho would withdraw bis opposhion., Ilo doubted it Liowever. o did not feol that it would Lo just to compel property-ownora to pay from $125,000 to 816l ,Uflg’lnr o viuduct. e bolioved that the Pitisburgh, Bt, Louis & Cincinnati Railroad could bo made to pay itsshare of vinduct ox~ penso, and, thorefore, littlo expenso.would do- volve on tho city. | Corporation Counael Tuloy suggostod that a pa- peor ba ciroulated among tho property-ownors in order to ascortain who would Fny tho assessment in caso of assurancos from the city that the ox- tonsion would bo mado immediatoly. Mr. Richborg eaid that ho kuow that tho prop- erty-ownors would willlngly poy up if the city ' promised to mako tho improvomont without un- necessary delay. ‘Commissionor Cartor said it was nn opon ques- tion whothor a vinduet would bo noeded at Des- plaines strect, Ho thought that it was not nee- ousary. Cm{lmlmlonor Prindiville seid that the diffor- onco in cost hotween the construction of o via- duct at Dosplainos street and one at Milwau- keo avonuc would mnot bs over §650,000, Ho bolioved that it wonld' now cost loss to tho city to push tho improvemont than to stop it, Tho Commissionor nsked how mauy of the dologntes prosont would talo back their assess- monts and allow the oxtension to drop. Tho rosponses were unanimously in favor of tho spoody completion of tho improvemont. ‘AL, Biveot and Kolioo and Commissionor Prindivillo statod thiat property-ownors would bo willing to give up thoir laud to the city at tho tho assossod valuation of 1808. It had not in- oroased in valuo sinco. It wasdacided to oiroulato papors among tho proporty-ownors, in accordanco with tho Bugs geation of Corporation Counsel Tutey. I'he meeting then adjourned. THE DANGERS OF CAR-COUPLING. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune; [** Bin: The papers announco the orushing of William Baker whilo coupling cars, near tho cor- nor of Wells and North Wator sireats, in this city. When it is remombored that overy railrond contro crushos or eripples ono man per month, tho aggrogate yoarly would mako up alist of killed and wounded equal to the ofiicial report of agrand battle. Bomo blamo ehould suraly at- tach to our woll-educated and intelligont railrond- managers, who aro judifforent on the subject of arrangoments for coupling freight-cars, and put forth thelr groat powers only to increase the oarnings and dividends of thelr ronds, Only & man killed, and mauy othors waiting to fill his ylace, {8 nothing to reriously sunoy the stock- iny holderu; bul, to the muu who slops oyor the Dbody of auother to take his placo botwoen freight-cars, tho feoling {8 difforont. o accopts tho placo be- causa necossity compels him,—uomo dear oncs dopouding on him for a living; and, while ac- coprting thio company’s money, Lio fools that u'u‘u-u i mo bond of affaction Latween them. Tho company doou not oure for him, aud ho fools tho samo toward it, 1t ia_obvious that mon in sym- pathy with their employers would, at timos, iavo wany hundreds of :Iollnru of compuny proporty, wleich {5 now lot go to destruction beeauso tho are not res m.m‘fn for and it is not thoir busi- ness to look atior it. $ Ax the dangers of hnnrllln%urs incroaso with acoumulating busiucss, tho best men got killed arcrippled. They aro always anxions to got thplx yark dano i timo, aud tako all chaucov to mnel(nyn, Wough that is hardly ono of the func-" ‘Tl nuat- | lio £imo of thic original assossmont waro willing |* money to pay their asscssmonts, and were pay-- ncoomplish & coupling, - rathior than delsy the engine by having it baok up » second timo, . Tho timo will como whon only dosporato and rookloss mon will handlo cars to. couplp thom, Tho stookholdors will then per- colva that the losses will lnoroago, and thoy and thoir oustomors will euffor.. (Joupllng enrs wlill becomo disreputable, becatteo caroful -and ateady men will. gradually .withdraw; from situ- ntlond of such dangor, and from the contact of tho dosporadoos who will como to'tako a' job to luw’ly hio means Lo go on anothier spree. Ia it 0t bottor to rotaln and oncourago tho good and somo concorn In tho mattor of coupling-devices Evnrg ono of the umplolyua of auch company will Tind bl bronat filing srith. plonaant. fodlings for: his omploysrs, and overy family in tho Inud will! ool bottor towarde that road, for thore ja nono but 18 linbls to liave somo ono In "whom it is in-; torented in this porilounponition. g Ty i Lot us_hopo that-some, ono, of . the. many coupling-dovices which are now offoring dally to mllmnd% whI bo ndopted. -Yours trily, Joux WuITEFORD. OtoAao, May 15, 1873, , — BURGLARIES AT MORRIS, ILL. i . .. .. Monnis, TIL, May 14, 1873, ‘ Zo the Editor of The Chicago Tyibune: - 8mn: Eight: burglarics have;.boon committod in this plago during .tho last threo days, .Tho burglara scem to bo porfoctly famfliar with tha Iocation of the rooms and closots in sach house, hopt,.and holping thomsolves .with ‘impunity, Thay havo carried oft monoy, silver, cudery, ontlry gultis of clothes, and othor articlos, Last night, {n ono house, thoy dropped s newly thiarponad dirk-knito aod o sheath, Three por-: 80nE wore arrosted to-day on suapiolon, but sub- #oquontly rolonsed, ny no proof could bo brought to convict them, yot ‘the burglars aro nt' liborty, but overy offort” is betug made to forrit- out. tho guilty pactios. * Bhouly thoy continuo tholr oporations, * they will undoubtedly meat with a warm reception somewhere, ne thé ontira city Is alarned aud on the look-out for thom. —_—— MISS KATIE STERLING. . © . ‘" Dol M, May 14, 1870, - To the Editor af The Chicago Tribune : " 81n : In your jssue of May 6 I find soma orrora rospecting ono of thoso killed by the falling of tho bridgo horo. Wil you ploase correotthe fol- lowing statomont ? ¢ Miss XatioStorling was only 15 yenra of ngo, worked fn tho factory, and sspisted in uufumrung hor .nothor,” ' I'am & noighbor of Mr. Bterling, and our beloved and heautiful Katio bad a fathor and mother, who dooply mourn tho loss of their child, Katie nevor worked in the factory, Sho was roared fondly and corossingly. 8ho wastho favorite of har schoolmatos, aud won every heart with hor gentloness, I am very reapectfuily yours, ., i Mns. B. T, Bong, s STATE & iWfiEl‘llY-SEGOND—ST. ‘Forepanel's World of Wonders | FIVE GREAT SHOWS UNDER ¥ Five Vast Tents! " PERFORMANCES EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, EXTRA SATURDAY PERFORMANCH--- Morning at 10 o'clock. © Ator lossing Oblcago, this GREAT SHOW will viat. all principal_towns {n tho STATE OI° MICTIIGAN. ATKEN'S THEATRE, TO NIGHT, TO-MORROW AFTERNOON AND EVE- NING, LAST THREL PERTORMANCES OF BIRCH, WARNBOLD' & BACKUY ORIGINAL AND ONLY San Francisco MINSTRALS.. Eutiro Chango Bach Performance. % ‘ NewActs,Bongs, and Dancos. Admesian to Matjuoe; 25 and &0 conta, Monday, May 19, . SUCCESS entitied, e qm!A:n;gx- FRISKS.” FOUSES CROWDED, TILUNDERS OF APPLAUSE! SOENERY-—T, 5 Thontngy Vit fiiiaarog ! Duslusn Cottago! e? Matinoo. urday—La; Brilllant Comedy, THE wday, May 19, Toin Tayio IR With o povertul oaste McVIOKER'S THEATRE, BEREFIT OF THE POPULAR ACTOR MR. BDWIN ADAMS. Who will apnoar for tha first timo in'th BIRABLE! IS M sparkiing someds ot O NG THE INCONSTANT , Or, WINE WORKS WONDERS, Bupported by full strength of tho Company. | Saturday—EDWIN ADAMS MATINEE. Noxt wosk—~KNOOH ARDEN. AMPHITHEATRE, - (Formerly Nizon's.) Tuis and Evory Frening WONDERFUL SUCCESS of the GREAT DECAPITATOR, VANEEK. Saturday—MATINEE FOR LADIRS, Sunday Kvoning-SACRED CONOERT. TLaoturo fn Gorman and Engllsh, with illustrations of the Holy Land, by VANEK, ACADEMY OF MUSIOC. Enthuslastio Rocoption of the . Theatre Comigue Combinatio " Y¥row 514 Brondway, Now York. 16 Btar Porformers in the Organ{zation. Houses Orowdod to Repletion, Bocura Your Sents Harly. _Matineos Wedneaday and Saturday, WITLINERY | WEBSTER’S, 241 West Madison-st. CHOICE STYLES, CLOSE PRICES, PROMPT ATTENTION, ,JUST OPENED---A LARGE LINE OF ELEGANT, Tmported Flowers. LEGAL, i BB i Insolvent Act of 1869. Provl Ontarlo, O [ Wantworth: O ey Ciers o tha Uotny ot Wantwarttr o1 4 tor of Thamas Thol tradiug under the ad frw of Phoma omson & Uo., an ine ol On tho sistoenth day of June noxt, tho undorsignud will apply to the Judge of the said Court for a discharge under the sald aot, hit Datod st ha cliy of Hamilton, 1n o Gounty of Woats yurth, this fesb day of o ay, Ii the yoar of our Lord one uBdrod and soventy:throe Hainth e IO AN THOMSON, “l Illrrz & Malonu, his attornoyssd Hitom, EUSINESS CARDS. 0. H LAWRENCE & GO0, PROVISION AND PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, NEW ORLEANS, LA, n bravo mon whom thoy have now, by -shdwing ond y 18, Paura Keono snd hor Comtody Gombl- HOOLEY'S THEATRE, # BUST COMPANY IN AMERIOA., - it Tty Sty Stk bASE going to draworsand boxes in which monoyls | . RAILROAD TIME TABLE. RRLVAL AND DEPARTURR 0F TRATHG, Spring Arrangoment, copted. ~ * Bunday oxcoptcd Five Buudag 8¢ 8300 % e TMICHIGAN CENTRAL & GREAT WESTERN RAILROADS Depoty _fant of Lak d ool of Tieent-aecond-ob ; TXPLANATION OF REFENENCE MARES,— | Baturds b 5. % Manday axcaptods fgfi\i fake 3t . and fo i Ticket affice, T8 Canal-at,, corner af Arvice, Trave, Tnsleaon Ace 15 fliaaiis Behron Bili p: . i Exproue. 2900 p. iy »fix{um'mm e Night 1oy Hem 19p. Ao GIAND A Morning {expro Night iixpross. HENTV O, WENTW N CHICARO & ALTON RAILROAD. ! Wt An & 8. Touls Throunh Ting, v rouliana i) neto short vanie from Chicagsla Ksias Giig. St oot e mea Statsonias, Sridgers e Ution Arrir Louls Maly +hinflngheld Liprom, Lino, o] * 0:l3a. m. " 8:10p. m, a0 My L [* Bi10p 3O 10p. m. Ak & Digie Acce 105 me, ; oot DIt 99:00 p, . (447,80 p. 1. T Knnune Clly Voxroas, wik dgdic| o 00 B e 147180 1 Yelfil:'u'll,ul“.; t Loulalana, M iz;:% A M - gellersa proe. . . m, aoria Kook & Bl It i g .| South G K0! i}nmn Passongor acitlo Night Lxpros Doswnor's Urove Ace 100 A m. )3 6ibap. m. Downer's Urove Avcommudation|® 6:15 p, m.[* 7:18 3, m, .- Dapot foot af Lakeat. and foot af Oniro M ey 12O, .. Hydo Farl .'..'5"3&'%04 d 11745 Park and Ook W H7do Park and 1135 Park aut Hydo Parkand Oak Hyda Py d 5 l;:in nrk an Pacific Tast Lino. + _corner Canul gnit Madlron-ats, < SiDaily, via M i 3 Jnnnu"uflfu|¥'|‘-'|'n'é‘;"!x""'l A T S Tl Dall Rsonvilo 1 iy . CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & Sf. PAUL RAILWAY. Unfon Depol, rorner Jadiion and Canalesta,; g '07 Weat Stactizansty and at Doy Leave, oxcopt Monday, via Ticket Offce = Arvive, Milwaukes, B¢, Paul & Minnoap- olis Day fixpros: Milwaukoo & Pri Mall and Kxpre: Milwaukoo, £, P oliaNight Expros 7208, m. > m -119:00 b m.|* 6:00p. m.* * CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & OUINGY RAILROAD. Diepoti_toot of Lakett.y Indlanagy, and Sistesntiot,, - - ' Canal an niate, T r Houey Nor 13 Glarkeatey aind st dopgtey. 0t 0 Driggh Leave, ubuguo & Sloux Ol ILLINGIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. e Tucentyaeconduts I¥ekel nfhee, 75 Canalesi,, corner af Afadison, ~Arrive - ¢ Bt in T2 £t Jrouta Tixpros ula ffaat Lis. de Parkand Onk Woo o Park Wood ‘aods, Woods, ‘Wouds. 3k Woous, o Park and Ouk Woods. 5 **0n Baturdass (his train vill bo ran to Ohampalza: . CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN -RAILROAD. Tichel afice, S IVeut Hadteonar, 11 Teave, bubunuo Night K. 1ruaport & Dubuquo Expros: Froosort & Dubnqae Kxpross. Milwatkes Mail.. CHICAGD, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC. RAILROAD. Depot, corner Hurrison and Sherman-ats, o 7 R s, Bk affon Omaba, Loavemw'th Atchison I Pern Aggommadation, £ Night Iixpross...... Leavenworth & Atohi LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD. Depol, corner Harrisan and Sherman-ats, - Sicket afices, northeert comer Clark and Randolpliaie,, and southweit Arvive, ETHN Mafl, vin Atr Lino and Maln Lingl Bpoclal Now York Lxpross, vin| i Dross, Vi it 10 Bifinast Scoonmodat D A CHICAGD, DANVILLE & VINCENNES RAILROAD. Pasienger Depotat P,y C. & St. Louls Depot, corner o Oas i Kivtecnes, " ¢ Freiyht anil Tickel afca 163 Whahirig-fonuet, Millicierridritosniosin siize Tvausvillo & Térve Wante lix PITTSBURGH, FOR1 WAYNE & Diy Expre Padiio & ¥ast Lin Mail....: Valp + CHICAGD & PACIFIC RAILROAD. i ;. (OXZN TO ROBELLE.) Depot corner Halitad and Xorih Srancl-ets. General e TRosollo Accommodation... Rivor Park Accommodation. River Park Accommodation,. CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS & CINCINNATI THROUGH LINE, VIA KANKAKEE ROUTE. et s stehingscor besins sty ot heer 7 Banatats, cornar Madisons 120 Weashingian-sh aliv Joot of Twer cond-st. An'l!: :t Cinciunati ... «of® 9330 p. . |§ Bil5 8. m. Only lino running Saturday night train to Cinclanati, Pillman slasporson night trains. LAWN MOWER. Trcelsior Lawn Mower For Hand or Horse Power. Toalmple sud durablo. It will not clog or easily got out of ropair. It has racelvod ths highest commondation from every one who has used them in tha past, and taken tho FIRST PREMIUM In evory Instancowhere sliown st tho yarlous Tairs in 1870, '7), and ‘72, LAWN AND BIELD ROLLERS, of all sizos, oon stently onliand, Sond for descriptive clroulars, or call and examine me. chlno, at 'W. H. BANKS & CO.’S Soed and Implement Warehouse, 46 and 48 West Liake-st., Chicago. SCALES. ; FAIRBANK® STANDARD SCALES A OF ALL SIZKS, #) ' ATRBANKS, MORSH & CO i 111 AND 113 LAKE-8T. DIVIDEND NOTICE. Diideid Mo, 2, Tontonin Tuswrauce Co. OLEVEEAND, O, April 26, 1673, Nattcols horoby glven that, by order of tho Probat Court, ndixidend of Aive (5) per cont, payable on and aftor May 8, 183, at tho Nattonal City Hank of Olovolaud, has boun daclavad (o the oroditors of the Toutonia Insur. anco Company of Oleveland, who havo praved thetr clalms according to law, Dividond orders can be had on application to. JOLN F. WITITRLAW, Asslguoo Toutonia Insuranco Oo. CHROMO. Another Now Cliromo, THE MORNING CALL. - hosk and e T S et ol YT B hoer Qarden kiven to oach custoraor by The Great Atlantlo and Paclfio Tor - 18 Weat Washinatou-at, and 183 Wwontys