Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 29, 1874, Page 2

. THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: '""HURSDAY, JANUARY Dl 29, 1874, PRETTY WAITERS, A Saloon in Fvll Blast on the South Side. . The Attention of the Police Invited to the Concern, Where It Is Sinated and How M Is i Run, Conversations with Some of the Em- ployes. The Desire of Their Hearts Is to Wear Tights, Thelr Comments oxf Ono Another-~-What Constiintes a Genileman, Perhaps tho most Insinuating ferm of demi mondo corruption 14 that which takes tho shape of tho * pretty waiter-girl ' concert and beor enloon. 1t is decldedly nhoad of tho protly “cigar storo,” which benrs prostitution in its very nepect, and which kas becomo too low and too commou for oven the most depraved of maukind, Dut tho walter-girl sa- loon is decidedlty the moro dangorous form of vice; for tho fomalo employos nssumo + virtuo which thoy have not, snd aro ever on tho wateh for tho tuwary wight who is wenk onough Lo truet himself within their loils, This peoulinr Inatitution has taken deop root In New York and other seabonrd citios, wherotho concort-saloon is, vory often, a kind of frec-and-easy placo, clogaut- ty fitted up, whore thora ave ecoras of haudsomo Iy-dressod girls who ply sheir vocation with amaz- ingtaot and industry. Drondway and tho Bowery havo dozons of such places of rosort, and, ns s rule, thoy nro vory extonsively patronized. Lhoy re nothing more nor less than #o many assigun- tion ma ckots, for the women employed are, ol- most without excoption, of easy virtue, and are reputed by tho polico to be far more dangorous to morals, and more rapacions in principlo, than the hnbitues of regular houses o ill-fame. Thoy aro oftou oxtensivoly engagod in the * puncl game,” and sometimes arrny thom- selves in tho garb of innocence, until thoy have enmeshed somo unthinking victim, when thoy throw off the disguise and stand forth in all tho nuked Lideousness of avowed harlotry. CHICAQD PRETTY WAITER-GUILS. For some roason tho * concert-saloon,” with tho fomale waitord thrown i, Las nol been s popular affair in Chicago, The old adminstra- tivus wero hostile to tho peculiar institution, aud it was not until some time last Augnst tha u fellow named Johunio Harmon, in purtuorship with auother adventurer, started n placo of the kind in the basement at the coruor of Poorinaud Madison streets. A variety coneern on Madison, between Union sud Desblaines styects, was tronsformed _into & coucert-saloon soon afterward, In both pluces there wero employed somo balf-dozen gitls of moro moro than doubtful reputation, but the polico authoritios wero porsistently {udifforont, ‘and, vory saon, {he basement_cstnblishuionts 'bogan o enjoy an extensive patrouage, and succeeded in gatherivg within their lmils sde of the mont diareptitablo young rufflans thet the clty could furnieh. TILE SOUTI SIDE INVADED. 3 It was hoped, however, that the audacity of tho enterprising parties who mturted the b'-lyln}ss ":\'uuld confing itsoll to the West Divigion, That Lo hope of the ordor-loving commuuity in this respeet was vain, 18 pra\‘afi by tho fact that a brand-new concort-saloon, with half a dozen female wait- crs, bag beeu catohlished in the very heart of tho city, on Enst Madison streot, No. 116, just under Jumes McQarry's well-known political and socinl rendezvous, = T'he property is owued the Momigon family, and, it is al- Iéged, thoy ront the basement to the feilow Iarmon, befora montioved. Mi. Me- Garry's eurs woro agsailed Monday cvoning by 2 gound of revelry by night, and le woudered what was the mutler. Vory soon the mystery was cleared up, for ho found that his establish- ment stood right over one of the Jowest dens in Cbicago. ‘lho worlhy Jumos was, of course, couaidorably disgusted, and did ot fail to givo vent to his indignation. A Tniu- UNE reporter happoned to hear of the affair, and Inst evening paid the placo in question a pro- fossionul vislt, OUTWAID XD VISIDLE BIGNE, ‘T'he bagemont of No. 113 Mndison streot iy dis- tinguishuble by & red-coloved light, wbich ona- bles tho visitor to read, in blagk lettors on a white ground, the \)‘un]u, “J, Roacho, Langor- beer, \'Vluna, and Liquors,” THE INTERIOR, Tho saloon is reached by precipitous flight of stairs, and the floor iy Nttored deop with suw- dnst, which j8 already soddened by nicotinn ox- pectorutions, The ceiling is ** villainously low," aud the bar is decudedly wmple. Thero wro balf-n-dozen wquare twbles, and about forty common-looking chalrs. On either sido ‘of the bar, sbove the counter, w10 the pictures of two' females,—blondo and brunctte,—dwplaying more of fheir anatomy than is held decent by chureh-going people, and by many persous who never go to church at all. Thero are two malo und six femalo waiters, Har- mon, u flerce-looking fellow, about 80 years old, being the recognized “bLosd of the concorn.” When tho roportor entered, the place was almoat smpty, aud A TILE FEMALES wera kitting at thoir respective tables, looking denolato and nlmost hopeless. They rose, like lonfing barbors, from their chiniva ot tho sp- eronch of & custonser, and tho newspaperman, a4 iu duty bound, oncouraged tho mercenary sourtesy of tho bost lookiug of the lof, end called for & glww of boor. Tho gl looked ns if she expectod that the visitor would not drink slone, whero- upon the latter said, *‘Have something your- self.” The waitress disappenred with alncrity, and soon camo biok, bearing in ono hand n full glass of beer aud in tho othor a very diminutive glags of wine, #I NEVER DRINE BEER," sho_sald, by way of explanation, ag she pock- oted the qaarter which was handed to her. 1t oppesrs to be the * atiquotte™ of concert-saloony that drinks cost double what thay do auywhere clso, and thut customers must nover expect to recoivo back uny nickels ordimes that muy bo over and above the price. On what principle of logic this custom provails nobody can suy,—unless it bo that the girls think their charming society worth the fow cents paid for that ambiguous plensure, IN SEALCIL OF INFORMATION, “What do you call yoursolf, youngweoman ?" anked the reportor of his wervitor, who had vlacod horsolf in 3 chair, vis-a-vis. 0, gho answored, with a “My nemo s Dot emile that was meant to bo partioularly bewiteh- mg Any other namo ?” pursuod the visitor. ne unme's onough in my busiuess,” sho ro- vlied, :'l don't sco an that Lhave uny uso of & reennd,” ‘I'he voporier observed that his vis-n-vis wae rathor u pretty looking woman,—ovidently from lror pecntiny (niy halr and complesion, an Amor~ ican of Gorran descont. Reportor—Whero do yon come from ? TRECISELY HO. -From Milwaakee, where all the bad om, Do you call yoursolf a bad girl, ? Waitross—Woll, I don't make no pretansions to puity, and, it Tdid, nobody wonld belicve e, whilo I'm in thig business, Reporter—Doos this beer-solling pay? CERTAINLY Nor, Waitresa—Woll, wo got 20 conts on tho dollar, and no geatleman ever thiuks ot taking back tho smnll clinugo, you know, llopmtur—hpw much do you average a weok —you've beon in the West Bido unlnoug aitress—Oh, Imnde 818,25 last wook In the other placo, but business was rushing there. We haven't fi:at woll established liove, i-m yot, but we'll mako it pay—you just bet, I've got lots of friends. M00DY FOOD YOR LOVE, At Lbia paint the toto-n-teto was intorrupted by a coufoundod discord, prduced by an orches- tia, which comprised o pluno withont a pedal, and a flddle with s slack string, which wed meant for musle, This uproar cums from the remotest corner of tho suloon, In which there was o meluncholy sbadow, Vory soon half-a-dozen decidedly rough-look- ing fellows oume jn and took soats near tho stove. Thoy wore walted upon by an oxtremoly fall woman, with & red jacket aud fashing, Spanish oyes, Bho had dark, lnxuriant hair, and was o atriking objeéot to look tpon, Roportor (1o Dora)—What Is hor name? AQUANE PAPER, Waltress—Oh, they thoy call hor * Lib." Bhe plays hersolf for square papor, sho does. I don't know nothing about hor private charactor. 1 supporo sho's no sugal, Roportor—What aro your hours of wgrl: hore ? Dara—Woll, we como on about 7 o'clock and we aro ongagod uutil midnight. Wo liave all tha afternoona to onraolves, and can do then na wo pleano, Reporter—That's wn_odd-looking glrl ab that furthor {able, Sho fy ull alone and looky sorrow= ful. Who Is ghe ? DISPARAGIRG COMMENTS, . Dora—Fath I can't toll you. She's n quoor ono sure enough, Idon't ovon kunow her xmmu} but sha's too Lomely to bo of any account. I she's not honest, sho might as woll Le, for sho's too_liomely to attract ationtion, Hho's novb the kind that goow down with tho mon, Sho's too i, Tloporter—You'so not sflicted that way, ovi- dontly, Dora—No, fndead, I wolgh 146, ought to goo how 1'd pau ont in tights. yon I'd mnke you staro, and _yon Tho roportor dovontly haped that iho damsel’ would spara his modenty sud Lis opties. LOW FELLOWS, Toporter—Do you fiud this kind of businoss - time-htiling # Dora—Yoe, indeed. I lke this placo much better than ou the West 8ido, for tho mon spond moro money hote,—those thut conto,~nnd appear to bo of the botter sort, Somo of thoso [ellows that make about £6 a weol ,spend 10 conts and think they onght to have o dollnr’s worth of fun, and thoy watit back overy cout of chiango, I bato that kind. ) j "I'ho waitross looked the vory pioture of high disdain ns sho naid this, Waitrose--Lhero wasaman down horoInst night, —n nice-looling man, too, He called for boor, and asked mo to have something, Says I, “ 111 tnl‘to wine—[ don't drink beer.,” BSays ho, ' You'll drink that or nothing—I'll not be fool enongh to pay for wino for you," o was tho only skin- flint I met sinco I éama here. Roporter—Lerhaps ho thought you were try- ing to “imposo npon ” him. TIORTA. Dorn—Maybo so; but ho'll know bottor noxt time, for I gavo him a look hio wou't forget s n lwrey, Do you think thoy'll lot us worr tights bhero? T'ho roporter confossed his inability to eny. # Any way,” coutinued Dora, “I'm going to wenr short drosses, for Ihavo o mighty protly limb, and 'ti o pity to kuolp it out of sight.” Tho girl appeared to feel duoply injured as she snld this, Teporter—I guess I'lt talk to your * squaro- nnpur » Afriend, ?“Lih." for a momont. She's ontost, you suy Dors (with & toss of the hond)—Oh, tioy all say o auyway. You pny your monoy sud take your cholco, § THE TALL, OSE, - - N Tho reportor deserted tlio anntomicnlly-dis- posed Dora and did himsel? the plonsurs of o glovs of wino with “Lil" who was nothing loath, # Neportor—Lol's sece; what are you,—yon're darlk enaugh for n Bpaniard 2 “Lib "—Oh, I'm kanuck, of Beotch oxtraotion, I'm not long over the border. Reporter—Do you grow nuny women of your stature over thero? “ Lib "—Not many. I'm 6 feot 10 in my stocking-feot—tall enough for o gronadier, Toportor—How long have you beon in this business ? +¢ Lib "—Sinco summor, 13eforo that I usod to worl in the false-hair trade, Iwas at Catnp- boll's for a whilo, | . Toportor—\Why didn't you stiok to that bual- noss ? Lib "—Well, there wasa't enongh of fun in it. 1like to got around andl talk to tho boys. 1t kills timo, and isn’t monotonous. I got tired of other people' ourls. I have enough of my own, : And sho fondled tho_hoivy masses of bor lux- urinnt black hair with hor right hand. Toporter—Do you thinli; you can make money here? “Lih"—T hopo Harmon afu't fool enough to Keop tho thing agoing for postimo, By-nnd-by we'll get a good trado, and we can brighton things up a bit, Chicago ain't woll usod to con= cort saloons yet. CIICAQD VIETUE. TRoportor—That's beenuse bier poopla are com- paratively virtuous, “Lib "—Virtuous! CGood Lord! Virtuous! Well, aftor that! Why, 'tis noxt door to Sodom noy, and 'tis growing worse ovory day. As n Chicngo man, you must havo *chook" to talk of *virtuo.” Reportor—I supposo you're a model of virtue, “Lib?" “Lib"—If you're curious to know, find out. Avy way, Idon’t tuink your morals wiil suffer any by contact with me. Concoiving that tho convorsation was taking rathor o porsonal turn, and observing the ou~ tranco of n grouy of very turbulont-looking fol- lows, thie roporter loft tho elongated * Lib" to exorciso her talents upon tho uew arrivals. Poseibly, Jacob Rebm, in the innocence of his heart, may not have been aware of tho existence of Mr. Harmon's latcst venture, until onlight- ened through the columng of Tue TRIBUNE. Now that it is brought to his notico he will doubtless tale stops to at once abate & place 80 dangorous to tuo morals of the community, g i o THE LAKE PARK. To the Editor af The Chicayo Tribune: Sru: Wiy don’t those partics who aro contin- nally advisiug 2n illegsl sale of the three north Llogka of Lake Park—combining two scparate and distinct infiorests—prooure an sbstraot of ti- tle to tho seme, and placo it boforo somo first- clusa Jegal conveyancer, in order to ascortain whether the city bas suy legal rights in said Purk (o woll, before they procecd fuy further in tho ridiculous business of undertaking to confls- eato a United States {rust to the interests of the city, Iam now speaking only of the two north blocks, rocollect. And then, again, while conn- soling with snid legal advisor, they will please ask him1f an illogal agroomont on tho part of tho city officials would bind cithor the city or the railrond authoritics to tho porformance of & legal uct, nnd, therefore, If only §400,000 wis ]Imid ‘down, plonse aleo hinve him point out the law for the colleation of tho bal- ance. Would that kind of paper sell in the mar- ket? Would Mr, Scammon buy it? Now, I hokl myself, as trustee for o specitic purpose, & large amount of valuablo realty in Ohioago, Snppose I should, in violation of tho provisions of snid trust, undortake to soll out one portion of snid propoerty, and appropriste tho procceds to my own use, would the salo bo legat? I would, of course, bo indicted for obtaining money undor falses protenscs, and would be without ‘“fi shadow of lnw for my dofouso. ut, at the samo time, 1 notico that, throngh my articlo of tho 12th ., I was wholly tisune stood ; nud therofore, 1n ordor to placo myself right ~ boforo the public, I will stato that, in my opivion, the commer- cial intoropts of Chicago demand that the railrond authonties should have an abeoluto doed of conveyanco of tho three north blocks of Lake Park, free and clear of all in- oumbrance, for n railrond depot; and that, in these timos, $800,000 is all they are worth,—for, In my way of thinking, thoy have nevor boon of any particular value a8 a park ; and that said do. pot should bo immedintely bullt, and that the work sbould not be dolayed for yoars, and the raiirond companies bled to the tute of a million or & million and a half of dollare for private fu- torests, and all i:rowiug out of au unwise and llegal salo, which some one has boon fiddling away for tho past three or four yoars, trying to consummato. Rospootfully, H, Ooanas, —_— THE SPRINGFIELD GAS-MACHINE. SPIINGYIELD, Muss,, Jan, 23, 1674, © ‘Wo tako this oceusion to inform our putrons and the publio gonerally ihat tho late terrible acoldont at Bennington was not caused by a Springflold gad-machuno ; and, further, that, up ta this timoe, no accident s ovor ocenrred by which life was lost or property destroyed by their uwe. QinpenrT & Pankew M's'a Oo., BManufacturers aud Propriotors of tue Spriugilold Gas. Machiue, Squibbles. “ Bqnibbles" is u nice (Iuint littlo gamo that the Baltimors urching play. It cousists in throwing emall piccos of iron, about 3 inches in diamoter, through the stroet, with an inton- tion of hitting onch othors' playthingy, but with a resalt which is heartrending to proporty- holdors, and gratifying only to his * Satenio Majonty.” After soveral peopla have boen ine fured, and the stoops of housos aud tho side- walks moro or lows dnmnfxcd, the authoritios took the mattor in Land, aud ruuou(l{{ visited tho #chools and took from tho scholars all tho piceos of iron with which thoy played the game, Lha collection consluted of iron Lolts, nuts, piecos of gas-pipe, burnos, spigots, daor-lmnhu, washors, fllnkm, luugun, staplos, “ohisols, fragmonts of nimmers, and o groat varioty of other ariiclos, whioh all togethor wolghod over 200 pounda, T'tell |- THAT DIRECTORY, Popular Yearning for Information About It The Fullest Parliculars Given Con- cerning Compilor and Printer. The Originator of the ldea and His Objects. How tho Matter Wns Procured and the Book Sold. Tho Porsons Concorned Fall Oht and I'nels Bocomo Pablic, Tt will bo romemborod that Snndny's Tnirune containod an account of o direotory of dond- Douts which was in clroulation lu s olty, dnd which coutainod about 1,000 nnmon, many of thom of persons of conatdorablo prominetion. ‘I'ha resule of thin publioation win a genoral dia- tarbaneo of public confidones, Mondny mornfng, whon tho hounkospor wont to market to boy hiw provisions for the doy, ho looked quostioningly at Iin geovor | m, it hio snw any owdoun oxprosnion wpen the countonanco of that indivklunl, ho ul ones . Jumpod to tho conolusion thnt n nama waw on tho binclk lint. Llore was sllonvs st bondinge hougo tablog. All tho guonts looked at ong ans othior and thon at thiolandiady ; andthatandindy, unable’ to uudorstaud it, supponed they wore dissatisfod with tho quality of the foud, and looked gloomily at thom, BERNIERY FORRNOWLEDOL, Boginning Monday aflornoon, a constant orowd of pooplo has thrangod tho loonl foomm of Tue TrinuNe. CGontlemon have come up, takon tho city cditor mystoriously nside, and said to him in o whisper, * Lot mo look at thut tor a mintite,” To the quostion ns to what thoy wanted tolook at, thoy would roply, in a low volce, *‘That list” Thoy wero nuswred that i wae impossible ; that i had been returned fo its origiual owner ; but they bescechingly enld, ** Now, lut 5 follow look ac it, just forono minute,” Thoy wore aesured that it was cortain ghat their nomes did not figure in it, but thoy atill romained dis- satisfed, and, ovon if assured that thoy thom- selved wero not mentionad in it, yebt wore very mquisitivo about thewr neighbors, In order to put & stop to tho nunoyanoe, wo intend now to give the mamo, of tho gottor-up of tho dircotory, aud the namos of the priutors, that poopls who aro roally anx-~ ious ou this point mny go to boadquariors and got & copy. WUERE TO 0, The name of the publishor is Mr, Perry Yatos, mnid to livo at No, 485 Wost Lako streot, whoro copics of this publicution can doubtloss bo hud. The printors are Messrs. Inzlott & Roed, Now, 172 and 174 Bouth Clark stroot, who alo havo on haud quite & uumbor of tho last odition, and who will probably bo glad to disposo of thom at & rensonable prico. TIIE PHILANTIROTIST, It appears that, throe or four months ago, the philanthropio mind of Mr. Porry Yntes was struek with the iden that o groat doal of loss and aunoyanco could bo sparod to boarding-liouse poopie and potty etorekoopors if thoy wore in- formed of the namos and nddresses of thosa vampires who food upon thom by boarding at thoir housos or buying goods at their stores and failing Lo pay thorefor, As things woro at thab time, a man might proy upon tho Wost 8lde hoarflxni-huum gopors, and, after he had thoroughly worked up that tlold, transfor his operations to the Bouth Division, whero the innocent boarding-house koepors would know either his namo nor the peculiaritics which had made Liim sojobjectionablo on tho othor side of thio Boutls Branch, Therefore, Mr. Yates wet to worl to compilo & DIOGNAPHIOAL DICTIONABY of thedo individuals. Unablo to grapple single- lianded a work of sBo much magnitude, he em- ployed a gentloman by ihe name of Warren, agreoing to pay Lim €2 for avery forty names of firat-olnss, trustworthy dead-boats ho should re- ork.” Mr. Warren took ono Division and Mr. ates himself took anothior. When they had gotten up o sulliclent numbor of namea to- make & good-sized pamphlat, they arranged thom al- phebetically and had thom printed. HOW 10 COMPILE IT. Tho plan of operations was very simple, For fnstanca, ono of them walked down Wabash av- onuo till he eame to a boarding-house, Ife rang the bell and inquired for the landlady. Sho, thinking ho was o person intending to board with her, raceived Lim with great cordiality. Ho informed hor, not tht ho wautod board, but that he was in 8onrch of tho names of peonlo who bod **jumped " their board, Naturally, sho waa carious to kuow what hio wanted of suc! a worthless cm.nmov.lit{. Ho informed her that ho waa compiling s directory of theso peopls, with brief notos and incidonts of their career, and that it was bis intention to got up o book of referencoe, which wonld be wuseful to hor and to others plying tho samo trade. This particular boarding-house keepor, like every otlior ono in tho city was able to furnish off-hand Lnlf & dozon nnmes—the more the morrier, since tho convassor got b conts for overy ono ho turnod in, From there ho would go {0 the next bourding-house, or the noxt grocery-store, or tho next meat-market man, aud 80 on until he workod up an ontire streot. DOUNLING OVER. Of coursioin Lis peregrinations ho frequently ran across tho sumo namo fiftoen, fifty, or & hunared times, and such individuals were olessi- fled a8 **A 1 dead-beats," It is possiblo that, in 8OO cases, names were reported to the canvass- ors which should never bLave npfi:ur\rud in print. Many a market-man may have taken his revengo on & person who had loft him for another trados- man by reporting him to this cotloctor of statis- ties. HOW THEY WERE SOLD, About two monthw ago tho first odition was printod, aud Mr. Yatos made su srrangoment with Mr. Warren logmt themon the murket. Warren was to pay Yates 60 conts for each ono sold, and was to charge $1 for thom ; in other words he wus to have G0 per cent for his timo and labor. No attempt was mado to securo subscriptious for this directory ; but Wurren and Yatos went from place to plnce and peddled it. ‘Warron found, howover, that it was rathor slow work working thom off at 81 apleco. He sold ono to a livery-stable man and oue toaboarding- house keeper, aud then wont to Yatos and told hitn it wos uttorly impossibl to do business on any such basis as that, Then Yates told him to gell them for 50 cents, and he could have twenty-five. \Warren found that he could not malto a living at that eithor, 8o, finnlly, Yates sgreed to chargo lim 10 cents for overy ono ho sold, and that ho could have the remainder, This mado it more profitable for Warron, a8 he sold & good many coples nt G0 cents, somo ut 30 conts, and o Jarge number for 25 conts, tho latter being the moro usual sum obtained, Of tho lngt edi- tion he gold about 160 copiey, WAR, But the friendly rolations botwoen tho two gouttemen enguged fu this boneficont onterprisa camio to & suddon stop lust week, The accounts ‘botwoen them were not fully sottled. Warron owed Yates §1.87 on uccountof buoks old, while Yutos owed Warron 7 for names furnished, Warren wont to Hazlott & Tteed aud ordercd 100 copies of the diractory, {mymg $1thorofor and taking a roceipt. e " next day he calle for them and was informnod that ho could not have them; that Mr, Yates lnd boon thero, aud had loft striot orders that thoy [ wora not to bo given him, since ho owod Yatew somo monoy. Warren oxpostulated with Mr, Hazlott about his singular conduct, and fusisted that ho was entitled eithor to his monoy or to tho coplos, and thut his affairs with Mr, Yatos had nothing whatever to do with his transaction with tho firm of Iazlott & Roed. Mr, Hoz- lott, howover, was inoxorablo, and refused to comply with this apparontly very reasonable re- quest, and consequently Mr, Warren foimd him- molt out at both ends, having pald 24 for which ho roccived nothing, aud thero wtill boing due him from Yates about £0. EXPOBURE THREATENED, o callod upon Mr, Yatos and reqnestod him to wottle the mattar, which Yatos refused to do, Wheroupon Mr, Warron, vory naturally, Ine formed him that Lo should re- sort to logal memsures to obtuin what was duo him, and also malko publle Yatos' connoction with tho alfulr, Mr, Warron, who doos not seom to hnve boon aware of the fact that & person conncoted with such s directory mado himuolf liablo to n sult for libel, until ho learned it from tho article In tho Bunday's Trine 'UNE, oallod av $his ofico yostordny and” made a full oxpoanre of all tha taots connccted with this ! dend-bent directory,” BECIKAY DEAINED, It apponrs that Mr, Yatou hns all the timo boon anxious that his ennnection with this onterprino shiould not be known. 1lis namo ‘was nat printad on tho divectory, which stated that nll porsons wanting Information might wilto to L, B, MeK., West Sldo Post-Oliico,” Yntes told Watron, wlth considerablo gloo, how ho hnd rocoived o lottor roquesting hlm to eall at an ofice on Dearborn amnfi in order to give information nbout somo nsme or other, and Low ho walked along Dentborn stroot unfil ho camo to the bullding ; how ho went up-stairs to tho door of the room at which hio was to enll; aml how, when ho maw the aign on the door, and found it was tho ofilcc of a lnwsor, ho pullod out his own diroatory from hls pooket aud found that partic- ular lawyor's niamo In it, nnd ot onco walked rapidly down-staira and left tho nelgliborhood as quickly'as possiblo, saying that that tellow wan Jor smart enouglh to catoh him that timo, any- oW, LIDET BUIT. A lawyer whono nama was in this directory brought sit tho other day sgainat s meat-mar- kot man who had one of them, and had shown i{ to two or three porsons, Tho snit was brought not #o much for the purposo of lutrling this man as to discover, if ousll:lu, the namo of tho publishor. Now that this information hns been glvon, the flrut wult wiil prohably be dropped, nud o now ouna bronght ngn‘nflt Mz, Yates, - THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. Tv the Idifor af The Chicugo Tribtne: Hiw s Undor thiseaption, Tis 'Cuinusr of Jan, 28 han an adltorinl swhich contalns tho following s That the Unlveraity In not n finunclal auccess, aud, A comoquenicey IOL an ediestional sticeens, 14 duo 0 A rmtienl defeet whieh royguiren w zadienl romedy, TL1A A Hedinvlat Institition, Chix may be donled, bt hior a0t Fetnntiih unohisuged, and, whorsvor it in kiiown wball, ILIn kiown o - Uaptint university, ‘Lhe day af denominationsl noliools sl collegen huk gouo by, “Phoy ato n tollo of Go pasly an fn atiostod by tho wares of wineveling colleges of Ut kind seattored all ovar the country, . Whatovor mny Do sinid about tho seotarianism or tho linancinl manngemont of the Univorsily In thin alty, tho gonoral principle hore assorted happons to bo entirely unsupported by facts. Tho hintory of collogiato education in this coun- tey mukon it ovidont that, outside of Btato uni- vorpition (very fow of which Lavo boon .sucooss- tul oxporimonts), no collogs will pormancutly thrive which hns not somo 1eliglons donomina- tion to acknowledgo its patornity and glve it fou- toring coro. Until within a fow yoars, thero hinve boon no colloges foundad, excopt by some roligious donomination, A collogo fa a gront oharity, requiring liborsl contributiona of money for buildiugs avd endowments; and it is difi- cult to find any organization, outside of religious bodies, which is ablo and willing to furnish the funds out of simple regard for the publio welfare. Then, aftor it ia foundoed, thorois constantneed of incrense and enlargement to its facilition; for which local pride and gen- oral phiiauthropy may do something, but expe- rionce proves that thoso aro not enough, Thore 18 an espril du corps about religious socts which supplies tho requisito omulation and solf-danial to malutain for tho collego . pormanont sup- port. But monoy s not the ouly requisite for tho success of a collogo. Iatronage, in the shapo of studonts, Is quite as essoutisl. Many collegea aro well suppliod with funds, which aro o totul failure in this rospect. A boggarly ac- count of ompty bonches will aftor a whilo discour- ago thoe triouds and destroy tho usefulness of the beat-cudowed college. It is important, thore- foro, that somo larg and wnitod body of yooplo should Lo responsiblo for ths Bui)pnrt and pat- ronago of an iustitution, and feol o personal in- torest in ity wolfuro, in order that 1t shall bo & complote stccoss. To bo sure, soctarigniem, in its offonsive songo, is o domogo_to any iustitution, whothor collego orchurch. It is o ‘needloss coucomitant of any roligious fratornity., It comes of igno- rance and narrow-mindedness, and disappears in proportion as_ intelligonco Incronses in any denomination, It is for tho purpose of doing awny with soctarianism that most colleges woro founded ; for tho main idea originally was to educato ministers, and, the mora true oduention ministors recoivo, tho loss gcctarian thoy be- come. Sectariamism ia partizanship in Church or 8tate, and is always unworthy of men of elo- vatod minds and broud culture. A ‘*gectarinn univorsity” is a practical absurdity, 1t is a coutradiction of. terms. Au institution which haa not rison abpve party lines and porsounl fovoritism in its plans of oporation, in its stand- ard of scholarship, in s flelda of rescarch, in its choico of mon aud monns to nccomplish the best and truost rosults, {8 not & university in any proper sonso. But tho question s, whether or not a colloge 18 more likely to succeed whon under tho patron- ngo and control of somo sivgle religious denom- tuation. Facts furnish the best answer to this question. According to the last report of tho Commis- sioner of Iiducation, therc are 208 colleges in tho United States, Of those, 264, or about nine- tonths, wero founded and aro sustained by some religlous donomiuation. Of the remnining thirty-four, twenty-eight are State institutions, Only six colleges in this country have succeedod In mniotaining an oxistenco outsido of State patronage and “independent of any '‘sectarian influenco, d their succcss has not been triumphant, 'The total number of students re- ported by thom is 148, or loss than an avorage of twenty-five each. Nor hns the oxporiment of Stats institutions been altogether successful. Potitical managers sometimod are aa uvsanctified in their motives and mothods of coutrolling groat corporations a4 their soctarian brethren, Disputes do ocour aboub matters of flnance and on questions of policy, evon in tho sacrad arena of political life, which jar tho harmony of an Educational Bosrd. Tho fact is, that, of tho twenty-eight nnllofinn now «mstlug under Btate patronago, only fivo can bo called prosperous. ‘I'he_Universities of Georgln, Virginin, Michigan, Indians, and Mis- sourl aro in & flourishing condition, 'The romnin- ing twounty-throe do not_averago sixty students apicce. U'ho trouble has beon, not mere- ly that thoy lave bLeen badly managed, aubject to tho favoritiom of demagogucs and the’ evor-ahifting phases of political strife, but tlm{ havo no frionds. Tho people who edneato children in this country are, in tho main, mom- bers of somo religious” denomination, and each have collogos connectod with their seots, in which they havo confidence or cherish apeoinl intercst ; or, if mnot, thoy prefor a collego with somo rullglouu character to one which has none. Tho lesson of experience, thorefore, is, that it is bottor for o collogo to_have the patronago and support of somo religious donomination, which shall have a specisl responsibility and a moderate control of its character and manage- mont. Whether it would bo wiso for it tooxoroise this control in the way of exerting what could proporly bo calied a sectarian influencs, is quite anothor affair. As a mattor of fact, our bost denominational collogos do no such thing, There i8 no occasion for it, Thoir conrses of study afford no opportunity for sectarian teach- ing, and thoir terms of ndmission or internnl regulations imposo no sectarion restraints, Ex- perience and tho progross of tho ago have taught our beat educators of all secls that tho catholic policy is thie wisest ono for & colloge, and that o good roligious influonca can bo maintained with- out introducing any soctarian bise, To the chargo that tho University of Chicago Lis not boen sufliclently froo from Bectarinn in- fluence, tho lato Presldent of that iustitution hns made answor in & communication to Tue ‘Trinune of Jan, 28, If, as ho declares, eighteon of forty of tho presont Trustoes aro of other than Baptist proclivitios, asit is well known that- the President and Vice,President are, then it would geom that thoy are in a position to seo and corroct tho ovilif it exists, What tho publio want {8 wiso administration and thorough in- struction, If thoso are seoured, tho University of Chicago will not want for fiiends uor for pu- pils, whoover maunges and whoover lu(n}truuts. s, ——— MISOELLANEOUS. Now Haven claims & population of 60,000, All the brotheis and elutors of Eng and Chang wero twin, ‘I'ho Kentucky Sonators smoke their pipes whilo making lawe, A Brooklyn man namod Iyde has sooured a divorco on tho ground that Liy wifo noglected Lier houschold work to play tho harp, The foncos in Harlom ara still adorned with placards sayibg: * Vote for Goenet, who fuin fuvor of rapid trausit,’ e has proved fruo to his word. On Jan, 9, Oardinel Bonaparte aud his rola- tivos had 500 minsses said’ in tho prinolpal oburches of Roma for tho ropose of tho soul of Napoloon III, A potition {8 lu olreulation, and is boin) numerously sigued, for the annoxation of Mul- don to Boston. Neasly all tho eitizous of Maldon aro in favor of the anioxation. An Amorlean in Lowdon, during tho fog, hav- ing occusion to got his wifo home from dinnor Purly. baudod her {nto a carringe, and walked homo at ono hora's Lead, whilo tho coachmnn walked ab tho othor, THE BANK TAXES. \ COolleotor Oleary Is Determined to Have the Money, The Banks Aro Genorally Ready to Pay It The Mattor to Bo Finally Settled To-Day. The Collector of tho Town of Bouth Chisago hna oallod upon tho banks of tho oity movoral timon rocently for tho payment of the tax upon tholr porsonnl proporty, whichis, in grentor part, & tax upon thoir onpltnl stock. 'I'be grounds upon which they bave hithorto realsted paymont aro givon In tho finnuoinl column, but the prosent status of tho matter is such that tho Collastor's action to-doy may mako tho bauka pay or fight, In othor words, Collector Cloary Lus aignified an intontion of dlstralning the furniture, currency, nud othor property of tho banks, unless thoy como o time to-day. Tho orlgin o this onorgetio action is due to & dompnd made Tuesday upon the Collostor by Mr. Groonloat, Sevrotary of the Doard of Soutl Tark Commisslonors, for the share of porsonal tuxos holonging to that Board, amounting to nhout 103 por cont of tho whole tax. Collector Clonry bothought himsolt that Mr, J, Irving Penrco, Dresidont of tho 'Chird Nationn! Donk, woa Lrossurer of the Bouth Park Donrd, 1o thorefore informod Mr, Groon- lonl that thero was duo, from Mr, Pearco's bank, tho sum of £4,400, which was about tho amount to which tho Board was entitlod ut pros- ont, and that ho would oo Mr. Penrco on tho #ubJoot. o dld so, aud that gentloman ngroed to huve o consultation with tho othor baulors and decido upon what they should do. Tho mooting was to havo taken place yostorday, but Mr, Cleary was callod nway to attoid & funeral, and no decision was roached. , . Whilo visiting Mr. Pearco, Collcotor Oloary mot govora! other bankers, all of whom umnrmlyintn tho converantion. Mr. Poarca thun%h@ that the tax was reasonablo in nmount, and that it ought to bo paid, but Lo did not wish to bo the only ono obligod te do so. Collector Cloary waa askod what ho should do if they refused to pay, and ho roplied that ho ma\‘tl distraln the fumituro and contents of the vaulta, One gontleman then warned bim that his bondsmen would be held liablo, should such ac- tion bo found to be illegal, and that he had bot- tor bo caroful how ho acted, Mr. Oleary said that bo stould sct under good advics, and thet his boudsmen were mot only good for their bonds, but wore also entiefled with Lis course. On being asked what banlk ho should commence with, he replied that it would bo as convenientto start withtho Third National a8 any, This was the condition of affairs yestorday, it boing undorstood that tho dlstraint would bo mndo to-day should the banks fall to pay up. Colloctor Cleary iu not desirous of procoeding to sy auch oxtrome mensuros, but tho law and hig onth of oftios require him to colloct this tax, and tho banks muat either pay or obtain an injunc- tion restralning the colleotion, In ono boul, the opinion was oxpressed that any attempt to soizo the contonts of the vaulta would bo resisted tho same as an attempt at rob- bory, it being claimod thot the papors and our- roucy are the nrarmy of tho depositors, in ‘which the corporation had no right of owner- ship whatovor. ‘I'his course could not be follow- ed, nor oven sorlously thought of, howaver, as o procedent has alrondy beon established in this city by Colloctor Roemeor, somoe yoar sgo. Tho bank,” finding its funds aund furniture soizod, conoluded to pay tho tax, ns will probably Do tho cnse ‘in this ~ instance ghould ~ the matter be prossed Bo far. A tour wns mado among tho leading bankers for tho purpose of ascortnining theie intentions with reforence to tho collsotion of the tax. It proved that no combined motion was contem- plated, but_that each bankiwould act for itsolf, undor tho dircction of it nttornoys, Thero was manifostod a goneral willingness to pay tho tax, which was regarded a8 more nearly appronching & just and ronsonable levy than any tuat had recoded it, The first visit was to J. Irving Poaron, of tho Tlurd National, who eaid ho wag ‘waitiug to seco what the _others were going to do, bnt ho was disposod to pay the tax, Tho only objection he had to paying it was tho faot that a domand was mado upon the bank, instend of upon the holdors of tho shares, and it was possible that the bill might be construed so ns to cmnrol the payment twico over. He did not regard the tax sa unren- sonable, and was not inclined to go into & lnw=- suit to resist payment, He scouted tho idea, howover, that the Collector could naccomplish auything by arbitrary or forcible mensures, Alr, B. T, Allon, of tho Cook County National, knew of mo organized resistance to tho tax," and boiloved that his bank would pay it, as it was a ressonablo assess- mont, But he proposed to flfiht tho city tax, bo- caugo tho stock was aesossod at par, whilo tho Stato and county valuation was only about one- third, His only hesitation in paying tho State and cauut‘f tax arose from tho fact that tho shares hold by him wero bought after the asscss- ment was made, and ko mnui:ht tho tax ought to be paid by those who owned tho shnres at the time thoy wero aescssed. Btill, ho belioved the Cook County Nutional wonld pay. Mr, 11, F. Eames, President of tho Commer- clal National, hud’ made up his miud to pay tho tax, belioving that it was just and right that bank stock should be taxed, the snme 88 any othor proporty, and that the mon who owned it and enjoyed the profits should nob shirk their just proportion of the exponses of Btats, County, and City Governmonts, ‘Tha tax all around was much moro reasonabloe than that for pracoding years. It Lad boon suggestod that tho puymont. of thia” tax would profudico tha pondiug suits of tha Lanks whioh had rosistod tho lovy of the past two yoars, as showing a Inck of good fuith, but "ho did mnot take this view of it, = The other tnxes were fought because tho{ wore unreasonable, and tho paymont of this ove would make no dif- foronce in the suits now pending, At the’ last meating of the Dircctors of tho Commerecisl Nationnl 1t was voted to pay tho tax now due, and if the Collector came to-day he could Lave his money. Mr, J. Y. Scammon, of tho Marine Company, #ald ho had always bolleved in banks payin taxos, and had nover resisted his, He had nol yob pald the Marino Compnuy's Btato and county tnx, for the reason ~that an ‘error had been made in the nssessmont, which was originally 825,000, but a oyphor somehow t added to it in making up the tax-books, and it now stood at 250,000, Ho presumed itould bo rectified. Tho chartor of the Marino Com- pany provided that no tax should be levied upon ity ‘capital stook. When the Assossor camo around he asked Mr, Scammon what Lo thought the valuation of money in bank ought to be, and ho told him $25,000. Mo entered it ot that figure, but it had boon since changed by mis- take, ~Dr. Boammon had no fears of n forced lovy by the Collector, who cortainly couldn’t find much “money on hand; *and, as for mo,” said Mr, Ecnmmon‘ facetionsly, * Tie might levy on me, but I don’t think I should se}l for much., I think he would find mo a sort of elophant on his hands.” ——— PERSONAL, . Gon, Phil. Shoridan loat o gold watoh in Al- bnuy,tr.ha othor day, at the Lauds of a pick- pocket. POt ko King of Portugal has prosontod his wito with n gold medal, for the herole conduct Intely displayed by hor ‘in saving " their two children from drowning, —Tho cowhiding of James U, Millor, local editor of the Kendallville ([nd.? Standard, by Bonjamin Hinkloy, bas resuited In n suit by tho former ngainst the lattor for $10,000 damages. ‘—Cordon I, Cole, of Faribeult, ox-Attornoy- Gonoral of Minnosotn, has complotoly mystifiad o lut of Gorman professors and an Amorican Coasul in Germany by lus unintelligible haud- writing. One of his documornts has beon sont baok from across tho water for an English vor- sionl Tho Goneral's unrls education” in pon- manship was sadly negleotod.— Winona Republi- o ", —Ton Broook, the sporting horsc-ownor, and Dlanton Duncan, tho sporting, politician aro on- agod in a lawsnit {nvolving $150,000. Duncan SIupuLuu the validity of tho doods bfl which 'on Droaok’s wifo trausferred to her husi roporty, 5 —,-INmeyzon TBooth, of Calitornin, writes to a olt- izon of Salom, Ind., oxprossing his gratitudo to whormagever it was due, for tho 100 guns that wera firod thore in honor of his (Booth's) oleo- tion to tho United Btatos Sonnto, ‘Tho Qovorn- or writes warmly of ** tho doar old town," ~—The Ilon, Mr, MoKonzie, the now Promier of Onnnda, Was not many yoars sinco a working stone-mason, employod urnn public works in varlous parts of the provinco, aud was conaid- ored a very oxport mochanio. By nsslduous in- dustry ho amassed not Indeod a largo fortunc, but a'suug compotouoy, and sottlod in Baraia, and all hor o ih s man of atrong natlye common gonso, pos- nonsing much of that kind of soif-cdueation to bo found ohiefly among Scoteh mochanios, ~'ho Duke of Ediuburgh has beon appointod 0 Colonol in the Prussian” Army. This 1s tho firet Inatanco on rocord of an English Prince ob-, {aining » Prusslan commission, English Princos Linve boen Lionorary Colonols, but Vrinco Alfred is the first who has over roally hold a Colonol's rank in tho army, ~Tho roport having gained circulation that Qov. Tooth, of Californla, dnnlfincd to roaign lifa oftico, and, botwaon now and the timo of tnk- ing his sont in the Unitod Btates Sonate, to go about the ocountry luul.mln? to promoto hia chancen for the I‘roaldnm:( n 1870, tho Baora- monto Union is_authorized to ey that thero s no truth in it Ho will not rosign “his oftice thin yoar at any rato, if it all, and 5onu not holieve that thio way polntod out by his onomics Is tho truo way to mnko Presidonts, —G. M, D, Blous, who Las had & leading po- sition in tho aditorlal dopartment of tho Cincin— natl Znquirer for about twenty ‘yonrs, has ro- tired therofrom, and wo uudorstand that tho Zinquirer hoa treated him handsomely in tho maunor and conditions of bis rotiromont, —Tenno Farnoman, tho defaulting Treasurer of Qarroll Gounty, Ind., who was sontencod to tho Ponitentlary, i callod '* Boss Twood " at Miohi- gon Olty, “on account of his poraonal rosom- blanco to that worthy. is ocoupation {s that of wator-carriur for tho athor conviots, —Thooldest Banlc-Prosident in the United Statos i probably Eliphalot Williams, of Northampton, Muss, Ho will bo 05 rnnru of ngo in March noxt. Ho presided laat woolc in tho annual moeting of stockholders of ~ the Northampton National Bank, and was ro-oloctod to the position he hins #0 lonpi and ably filled. —I1t 18 stated that the Firat Comntrollor of tha Treasury has stoppod the poy of obort 8. Hale, of Now York, as a momber of Congross during the time Lo was atso undor pay as Cousul for the United Statos beforo the United Statos and Brat- ish Mized Olaims Comumission, which was from March last until somo time in summer. Tho do- olsion 18 mndo under tho act of 1850, which pro- bhibits tho payment of two snlarios £o ono of icor of tho Governmont, —Joseph A, Bweataor, of Now York, who left his Lomo, Madinon Squaro Hotel, Now York, last Weduesday, and_bas not yot roturned, was the father of 1lenry E. Bwoetaor, one of the found- ors of the Kound Table, T l{REELING TRAGEDY. A Fenrinl Betribution in the Criminal Courts-A Son IKills IIis Fnther's Murderers Fromk the Galvealon (Tex.) News, Jan, 25, ‘The majority of the rondors of the News aro doubtless familiar with the terrible tragedy on- ncted in_this oity on tho 6t of April, 1973, (n which Officer John Forguson, of tho clty potico forco, was fatally stabbed, and Officor Waltor Benison and soveral citizens wounded by » kmifo in tho hauds of n man named James B, Holm, of Flum County, Va. Tho flrst person assaulted by Holm on the night in question, was Mr. Goorge N. Clem- mons, who at tho timo was soated at a enffee~ stallin the market. Ifelm then loft the markot- Tiouse, and, praceeding noross Twantioth stroot, toward Moc hauic, camo wp with Mr, Dauiel Mohan, upon whom he inflicted a_stab in the bLack, o littlo below the left shoulder, about an inch duo]p and oan inch long. Holm, aftor stab~ bing Melan, ran up Mechanio meai, where ho mac au eldorly gontloman namod Thomas Burns, whom ho stabbed in tho back, bolow tho left shoulder, inlioting n sorlous wound. The mad- man thon camo back to the south aide of Me- chonia stroct, sud at Lausen's biacksmith shop, cornor of Ninetcenth stroet, whero ho stabbes Jobn Moyars, s driver of No. 2 Engiuo, tho biado af the kuife ontoring about an {ach and s half, in close meiml!y 0 tho spine, and narrowly missing the kiduoys, Aftor stabbing™ Moyors, Holm passed down Mechanic stroot, aund, arriving at the corner abovo tho cofton-press, was overtaken by Ofticor TFarguson, of the police force, Helm instantly turned, eud boforo tho officer was aware of his intontion stabbed him in the breast, Ho thon knocked him down with a blow of his fist, and while Ferguson was down stooped and stabbed him twico in tho breast., ‘I'ho cries of Ferguson brought Sorgt, Finv, Oflicer Donovan, and Mr. Bonison Lo the spot. In the struggle thut ensued Benison was soriongs ly stabbed, his life having boon placed in ox- trono 3nopnrd . Tho bloody kuifo wos at lnst wrosted from the donon’s Lands by Officer Dono- ven, who proceeded with him fo the station- louse. ‘ . In n subsoquont intorview with a reportor, the aeengsin said that he had belonged to the Lifty- fourth Virginin Regimont during the Inst six months of the war, that ho war 21 yenrs of ngo, and that lie hed nn uncle, named Jacob 8. Holm, in Collin County, Tox. o said that the polico- men had been trying to kill him for two days, aud that, if he had had o good koife, he would have lot it into sovornlmore of thom, At tho following scasion of the Criminal Districs Court Helm was arraigned for murdor; but, owing to tho abonce of Important testimony for thio do- fonse, by which it \\‘l\aJfl'opanfl to establish the inganity of the accused, tho case was continued from term to torm. v This much is vequired by way of introducing the reader to the second trni:udy of the sorics, which may bo termed s sequel to'tho firse, Yes- tordry morning the caso of the Stato v. James B, Helm was called immediately after the opesifn, of the court, Maj. I", M. Bponcer, Diatrict At- tomoy, ‘Teprosenied the Sints, and Maj. Ed. Collier appeared for tho defense, Aftor calling the witnesses, tho District Attorney announce tho State ready for trial. Tho counsel for the ncensed thon arose and asked for Bome furthor indulgence to onablo the dofenso to scoure the prosonco of & materisl witnoss, who was sup- posed to be in the city. In the monntime, "Holm, the aceused, wag neated near the north ond of tho attorneys' tablo, intently listening to what was going on. He was drossed in rathor tattored garmonts, and his face woro a haggard lool, At the snme timo, u von of the murdered policoman, John Forgu- son, about 15 or 16 yoars of age, was noticed to enter the Court-room, his faco pale and his en- tiro form quivoring with excit»mont. After re- maining & few momonts lo loft tho room, aud subsequontly returned snd hastily seated him- solf immediatoly bohind tho Erlsouor. Aftor tho conclusion of the application for dolay, on the part of the defonso, and bofore tha will of the Court could bo mado known, young Forguson drow o smal-sized pistol, and placing 1t nonr the hend of Holm, firad, the ball entoring the back of tho head. The affair, of courass, oreated intooss oxcito- ment in the court-room. Young Fergnson was promptly arrested by tho officiala of “the court and romoved to the adjncont jail, while an ex- amination of the wound of Helm, by medical men who clianced to be presont, showed that it was a fatal ane. The gonoral theory appears to bo that young Forguson was driven’ to desperation, on account of provious failures to Lring the slayor of his fathor to trial, and, anticipating snother con- tinuance of tho case, resolved to tako the law into his own hands. s a s S Dreoilyn Bronch-of-FPromise Caso. Thd Brooklyn breach-of-promise caso in which, it will bo Yemombered, Miss Hammnond sought to recovor $10,000 from Mr. Dean for blighting her affection, has torminated in » partinl triumph for each party, the jury havin roturned n verdict awarding Miss® Hummon £4,600. Tho testimony in the caso Az)pnnm to have furnishod tho jury with excellont reasons for reslsting Migs Hammond's cxorbitaut de- mands, In the first placo, the defendant made it ovident that Miss Hammond was aftor his mousy and not his heart when she ongaged to marry him. Bhe was young, handsome, and poor, while Mr. Dean was old, boorish, and wealthy. Mr, Doan liad beon given to undorstand when lie sought tho young lady's haud that sho was woalthy, and only learued that she lLad the best of reasons for admiring a man with & fortunc untilaftor the time set for tho mar- risge. Furthormore, Mr, Dean contended that he lind not yot rofused to marry the plaintiff, Mo had only asked for n postponomout of the wodding beoaueo his relatives threatoned to diu- own him if ho married Miss Hammond, and he merely wanted timo to disarm their projudicos boforo tyln{[ tho knot, Moro thau all this, Miss Hammond had boon “detected flirting with sov- eral young gontlemen soon aftor hor ongagoment, and this he took to bo conelusive ovidonco that his sffootious wera not reciprocated as they should be., All this mado the caso look vory dubjous for Misa Lammond, aud it was only ba- oauso sho had gone to the oxpenso of buying hor wedding trousseau, ordoring ihe wodding cako, cards, eto,, that tho jury wore pu:aumlnfi to award ler any dameges whatovor, - ———— A Dwmper, At & rocont wedding in New York, among tho bridul prosents was cagolossly displayed a chook for $100,000, drawn to tho order of the bride and signed by hor fathor, Ono of tho giests was the caghior of the bank on which tho check waa drawn, Ho was ono of those disagroonblo people who_can nover nl)proulntn a joke, and who always delight in tolling_ tha truth whon it is unploasant to somebody olse, This gontlo- man threw a damper on tho spirits of tho party by declaring that tho gonorous father of the bride navor had more than half §100,000 to Lis orodit In the bank siuco bis acoount was opened. ¥ | LITERATURE IN BOSTON. Removal of the Dookstore of J. R. 0sgood & Cos Their New Quarters---Reminiscenses of the Old * Corner.” Other Removals---A. Couple of Notable Books, Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, BosTow, Jan, 21, 1674, Tho dull senson in publishing is now just about ab its helght, or deptls. It sots in immo- diatoly after Clristmas, and Iasts until Febru- ary, with occnsional interruptions caused by tho nppenaranco of tardy books that were intended for 1878, but failod to come to time. The pub- lishora now rojoico in last year's gains, if luckily there woro any to rojoice in; or solace them= solvos for losaes by planning how thoy may re- triove them; and Iny out the programme for tho coming twelvemonth generally, and for tho apring-lasuon dofinitely. Whilo thoy are thus ocoupied, wo may discuss some of tho recent foots {n the book-trado. Tho most notablo fonturo of tho past fow wooks {8 tho REMOVAL OF J. R. 0RGOOD & CO. from Tromont atreot to 181 Frankliu. This firm sooms prodestined to immortalize *cornors.’ . Whon, a8 Ticknor & Tields, it occupiad tho queor, littls, old, Rovelutionary-time building at tho corner of Bchool and Washington stroots, tha *01d Corner Bookstoro " becamo widoly-famous, nd now that namo is tho trade-mark of the prosont occupants, A, Willlams & Co. Al 124 Tromont streot, thanka to Hamilton placo, was anothor oxcollent * corner,” which— a8 the hondritnrtors of Tioknor & Tields, trans« formed to Ficlds, Osgood & Co., then to Jamen R. Osgood & Co,—nttained groat colobrity, Now tho house lins & vory eligiblo *corner,' at the Junction of Franklin and Fedoral streets, which will in due timo, probably, be no loss famous than ofther of the two * corners,” withwhich tho bistory of tho hongo I8 so closely connected, Not that it is so conveviont to lounge into, or 80 nmccossible for tbe indiffor out book-buyer, but, you know, * Whero JacDonnld sits is tho hoad of the tablo” A houser that publishos tho works of Emerson, awthorno, Holmes, Lowell, Lougfellow, Whit- tlor, Aldrich, Ilowells, Ilnrto, Parton, Mrs, Stowe, Miss Pholps, Bryaut, ‘Taylor, Whipple, Higgineon, Mry, Whitnoy, and othors of like re- nown, eannot hide itsell. Wherover it goes, it must bo ab tho contro of tho bool-business for a groat many. Dub its new placo is not far from Washington stroct, tho Droadway of Loston; and, when tho waste places botweon Washingsoa aud Federal are built up, as they soon will he, THE NEW CORNER will be oasily accessible, 1t occupiod tho basement and most of twa floors of the I'ranklin Buildings, fronting on Tranklin stroot, and, on the Fedoral streot sido, is direotly opposite the Clhinnning building, which stands ont tho sito of tho old Federal Streot Oburch whoro Dr. Chauning used to preach, The baso. ment is a hivo of bins, for tho storngo and dis- tribution of tho scoros of thousauds of books coustantly on haud. The firat floor is o room, sny, G0x100, almost ns light as it out.of-doors, and conveniently are ranged for retnil-businoss, and for tho busi- ness yurfoans of the wholosalo trade. On the second floor are the various officos, all within oasy roach of ono another—a polne of vory marked supetiority over the I'remont-strect store, Indeed, overything seoms adwirably ar- ranged to faoilitato tho oporations of o publish- ing-houso,—evorything oxcopt the making of books, Most of -Osgood & Co.'s publications aro printed ot the Uiversity Pross, Cambridge, and bound in their own bindery at tho enmie place. 8o, ono who should visit their bead- quarters for tho purpose of seoing how books are manufactured would be disappointed, and vory likely surprisod. Many poople suppose, very naturally, that J)ubunlmru print the books thoy issuo, a8, indood, some do. But uo book-pub- lishor i’ Boston printa his own booka or noeds to whilo such prosses a8 the University and Riverside aro close ot hand, TUE TUEMONT-STREET HTORE, which Osgood & Co. held for more than eight yoars, is now dovoted to notions,—vascs, statu- oltes, eto. Yot it weoms, as one goes by thore, that the rooms must still be frequonted by those who usied to superintend the various brauches of the work incident to a large Iiubllslxlug house, ‘Wo should corlainly expoct to tind Mr, Osgood in consultation with Mr. Whittior or some other author about a forthcoming volume, with Mr. Howells concernivg tho managoment of tho Aé- lantio, with Prof, Honry Adams relative to the North American Review, or determining somae uestion in regard to tho timo or mode of pub- l‘}uhiugu worl, or busy on somo other of the many subjects that claimed his timo. We should oxpect to find the other mombers of the firm engaged in arranging all the detnils of man- ufncturing books; in suporintending tho issue of P'rof, Walter Smith's ** Drawing Books,” snd tho numberless mattors that musc be ordered by tho superior oflicors. We should oxpoct to seo Mr. Aldrich mukin%aolwuons for Every Salur- day, Mr, Trowbridgo roadiug proofs of Our Young Folks, and Mr. Tields visitiug the room whoro used to Lo his throne of power aa hond ot tho houso avd editor of the Atlantic. We shonld not be surprised to see Whittier como in, quictly and almost meekly, a8 if begging Hnnlun for the intruvion ; TLongfellow, with his oyos still bright, though Lo has a glory of whito bair, come to consult sbout a” frosh volume of pooms; IJnersen, to inquire about the new edition of hig works, and possibly to explain why his much-anunounced new sories of casays caupot bo published yet awhilo, And we could not fail to anticipate seeing tho cor- rospondonts eagerly hunting out one memboer of the firm afior auother to solicit or compel in- formution about forthcoming books—* L. O, 31" of the New York Tribune, blandly winning ull possible presout and future nows, to be sent onnt tho curliost date, and cause othor cor- rospondonta to guash thoir teoth. And thoss who had known the correspondents of yeurs ago would see with their memory's eye tha well-remomberod face of Goorgoe B. Wood, who wroto excellout lettors for Wne TrinuNes of Chicago aud Now York,—a mnn of rare clear- nows and evounss of mind, of groat uoblouoss of charactor, who dicd untimely. OTILER NEMOVALS, Lee & Bhopard will move to Franklin stroet in a fow wocks, and Bhopard & Gill have ul- rendy put up thoir sign boyond Voderal siract. Who knows but Frauklin mny yot bo famous as tho great book-street of Boston? ANONG TILE HOOKS which have appeared since New Years, spocial mention should be made of Lewes' ‘‘ Probluma of Lifo and Mind," republished by Osgood & Co.,—a work (rathor, tho initial volumo of a work) crowded with the fruits of sovere study into tho deopost Emblnma that confront huanu inquiry, [This boyk was reviowed in our issue of Sunday.—Ebp, TRINUNE. Roborts Brothers have signalizod the year by their rolssuo of Mrs, Somarville's life, which is 80 rich in curious and thoroughly-interesting anecdotes of the colebratod mon and womon she knew, aud withal revonls so strong a character in DMrs, Bomervillo herself,—so strong, yot 8¢ wonianly and . admirable, that tho ~ book is ono of tho most excollent lately addbd to the litoraturo of _biography, Porhaps $he bollavers in Woman's mfima could find fow, if any, ottor oxamplos of tho sbility of women to aitain ominouco in thoso studies genernlly supposed to belong to man’s domain, and this without tho sacrifice of a singlo atiribute that adds to the charm and grace of womanhood, Hauvsuine, —_— Squatter Soverecigns, From the Intit Free Presy, A family, ocoupying s houso on Croghan atreot, havo puid no rent for three mouths, and the landlord has been trying to got thom ont. 1fo took away tho front steps as a gontlo hint, but thoy Jived yight on. Then he got hold of the front-door key, but they went around to tha sldo door, 'ho Inndlord then put o nnrHonmr in tho parlor to mako ropuirs, but the family moved into the kitchon, aud woro etill happy. After «uo cousideration the Inndtord took the windows out of the parlor and bedroom, but tho family hud a good stove and plonty of wood, Yester- day, aftor lonrulng that ho lLadu't discouraged his tonants, tho owner of the houso wont in and romoved ull the doors aud windows, lenving the ])ure nir of Lieavon rushing through the old coop ike & runaway mule, 1o thinks thoy will leave ina day or two, bub it is doubiful, au pedostrie aus, who pnnami tho houso iu tho aftornoon, saw tho children playing horso i tho windows, and the fathor seated on tho bod monding a rat-trap.