Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 15, 1874, Page 5

THE CIIICAGO DAILY: TRIBUNE: SUNDAY," MA;RCH:'-ls." 1374‘ ——— e REAL ESTATE. A Declded Increase of Business--More Confidence and More Cash. Gales of Valuable City and Suburban Property, § increase of Speculation in All the South~ ern Suburbs. New Railroads to Be Built in That ' Direction. : Activity at Evanston and Other Sub- arbs, ) Ve find an importsnt chango this wesk, not’ only in the fesling in regard to Teal estate but a decided increase of eales. During the two weeks previons thore had been but little done, becanse, thongh there was plenty of money offared for the purchase of zeal estate, the views of buyers 2nd sellers were very much spart. Capitalists who camo here with the infention of making Jarge purchases had assumed that many prop-. erty-owners who had mortpaged: thewr property heavily would be forced to sell in consequence of the Jow rents. - This- bas, in fact, been the case to some extent, but not so largely aa had’ been sssumed. Money is Po. plenty that it js dificalt to find employment for it in large loans at evem 9 per cent, and thengh the 1ates for small loans are still ‘maintained at 10 10 12 per cent, capitalists who want to invest large sums begin’ to think the purchase of property a botter investment. The difference, therefore, between the views of buy- ers and sellers bas been overcome by mutual concéssions, and some important salés of prop- erty have been mado this week for all cash, at prices which, though in eomsinetances below the prices acked Iast summer, arc cn the whole in- gicative of a rovival of confidence in the value of real éstate both in contral aud suburban quar- ters. o _i2 - WABASH AVENUE PROPERTY. The greatcat rteduction in the. price of any pioperty sold . recently : in soy quarter of the ' city is shown in tho eale this weel of a lot, 20 fcet front by 170 feet deep, on the east sido of Wabash svonne, between Mouroe and Adame etreets, sold by the Burnham estate to Mr. Jchn 8. Wallis' for £800 per front foot, all cash. Tbis is & reduction of about §200 per fcont foat on the price asked 8 yesr ago on the nsual terms of, eay, oue-quarter cash, and the balance in one, two. and three years. In sny kind of times the payment of all cash hus always peen considered ogual to & reduction of from 10to 15 per cent in the price at which propesty would ecll for o tho usual terms. But there has also been s epecial cause for the de- cline in the valuo of Wabash avenuo property in-the last two years., Shortly after the great fire it was believed that the changes in business locations in consequence of that event wonld make Wabash avenue the prio- cipal shopping street of tho city. Large sums were expendcd in the erection of business blocks balf & mile’ furtber eouth than businces had progreesed before the fire, and the eame endeav- ors were made to draw trade to that locality as were made fo draw it westward to Frauklin, Market, and Wells streets. Thess endeavors were only partinlly enccessful i either case, and Intely busincss has shown & tendency to concen- srato about the old localities, thus leeving mmdy of tho new storesin the new quarlers uoccfia A Shortly after the fire the prospects of making Waobash avenue the princival shopping street were 80 zood that property advanced {argely on the prices it had been valucd ac a year previoas, and property in the vicinity of that just sold nt 8500 por foot cech was Leld as. high us 1,200 por foot. Bat & year azo, When business began to gravitate back_to State, Wasbington, Dear- born, Randolph, LeSallo, and Madison streets, property on the new business streets began to dechine, and that on Wabash avenue, from Van Burén to Alonroc street, was held at an average of f1om £900 to 31,000 per foot. If, therefore, the sale of the lot above mentioned may bo zc- cepted 8s a criterion of values in that neighbor- hood, it would indicate a reduction of prices of probably 8 ‘or 10 per cent ‘on Lhe rices ol s year ago. It must borne -in mind, however, that this decline is owing to the specisl cause of the failure to draw buciness to that quarter. The same causes havo had the rame effects on the properiy on Wash- iopron, Monroe and Admns streets west of La- Balle. 'With the continued growth of the city, business will eventun!ly extend to-those quar- tets, aud the valuo of property there will in- srease from the present - hard-pan ” to which it jeems to have got down. STATE BTREET. The greater value of State strect property, as sompared with Wabash avehue, is sbown by the rale made this week, by Mesers. C. C. Thayer & Co., of alot 25 feot front on the west side of Btale street, between Jckson and Van Buren, 8t $1,000 per front foot, the terms being one- fourth cash, and bainncs in egual payments in one, two, and three years. s Among OTHER SALES this weok indicating a reliable standard of values In residenco quarters, we noto the following: Mesers. Jacobs & Barchell sold 149 fect on the west sida of South Park svanue, between Thirty- second and Thirty-third etreets, for 820,000, rash,. Thisis at the rate of £133.33 per front foot. All the lots on thowest side of South Park avente south of Tairty-first sireet, however, are only 125 feet deep, while thosc on the oppoite side’ ero all 164 feat decp. Thiseale would, therefore, Indicate & vzlue of say £150 per front foot on the west mide, and eay £200 per front foot on tho east side of South Park nvenue, for lota sold on the regular terms of i or 1 cash, 5 Mestrs. Jacobs & Burchell also sold this week » fine pieco of Tesidence property on thic south- east cornier of Drexel Boulevard and Forty-fourth street, hoving o frontage .of 300 feet on the vard, extending 600 feot along Forty-fourth etreet to Cottage Grove avenue, and bhaving s frontage of 300 fect on the latter, for £53,518. This was sold on tho usual terms of payments. Messrs. Lawrence & Moffat sold Lhis week two brick houses, Nos, 504 and 596 West Adams gtreet, for §25,000. Mesars. Gustin & Wallaco sold 94 feet corner of Concral Park avenue and Twentv-third street for €2,400 ; also 500 fcet of frontage in Dale, g&mm & Wallace's Addition to Park Ridge, for ‘THE AUCTION SALE LAST MONDAY. The auction ealo of propetty held by Messrs. Willism A, Butiers & Co., on Slonday, March 9, was a decided success, nad resulted in the sale of every pieco of property cffered, except one. 0 prices were in some cases lower than the property Lad been held at, but at least tho fact 18 proven that there is a plenty of money and Planty of buyers to take real estate, even whon forced off at anction. 'The sales wero : Lot 71x146 on the northeast comer of Western avenue and Congress streot, for $5,648. - Thres lots, each 27:¢ fect front by 115 feot deep, on_themorth mide-of VanBuren strect, between Oaklny street and Western avenue, sold for 81,732, £1,732, and £1,663, Tespectively, Thrée lots un the north side of Van Buten strect, botween Wushtenaw and California ave- Dues, each 271¢ feot front by 100 foet deep, ot et rcor by 100 feot d th e lot 82 feet front by 100 feet deep on the touth eide of Owasco streat, between‘?‘.’nhte- s ‘l;zd tcx\lifomix: avenues, aold at $20.50 per oot One 1ot 99x124,‘ou’ tho northeast corner of ackson street and Weshtenaw avenue, sold at 42 per front foot, ;5 3 One lot 99x161, on - the southeast corner of m?ixg Fufty-firet- sireots, sold at $60 per One lot 995161, on_the sofithwest corner of Wabach avenuo and Fifty-first strect, sold for #56.50 per front foot. ¢ blgge ‘:t wnalh o i}h. southeast corner of Wa~ epue a1 Ly~ l’e’;finnl e 0 y-first street, sold for §55 o egate am ‘3&,391.% gal ount of the salos was T SPECULATION SOUTHWARD, - i '8 greatest activity, both for speculation and oF ‘:‘m‘“—_‘- ecems to be in che sonthern submibs ho city, incindiog the several suburbs of oglew Hyde Park, Coruell, Washington Heizhs, aud South Chica <“-3& the latter place the 5%1.,.,,-,, Calumet Canal hm:k mpany have sold since Feb. 2, 222 Boarly 100 aifferent purchasers, st pricey. i i { i | | | i ' i { {nnging from 810 to $62.60 per front foot, ss fol- lowa : T 339 lots, 25x140 feet, at $10 per foot. ' 16 lote, 25x140 feo, at §12.50 per fook, . 12 lots, 253140 feet, at $I5 per foot, 5 \ots, 35<140 feet, at $17 per foot. =" 1lot, 25x140 feet, at $18.75 per foot, - 8 lots, 253140 feet, at $20 per foot." 1lot, 25x140 feet, at $21.25 per foot, 11 lots, 253140 fect, at $25 per faot, 3low, 25X140 feet, at §30 por foot, 5 lots, 253140 feet, at i1 25 per fook 11ot, " 251140 fee, at £15 per foot. 10 Jots, 253140 feet, at £40 per fook. . 4 lota, 25x140 fect, ot $50 per foot.- 1lot, 25x140 feet, at £62,50 per fook.'s & Changuia lot for S140, » ot for $,(00, 2 triangular Iots for mmo. All the lots above 230 per foof sre for busi- ness purposes, and some of them have large and. valuable dock fronts. The cheap lots, at from $10 to 15 per front foot, have nearly all been bought by mechanics drawn _there by the recent establishment of manufactories, - The aggregate considerations for the above lots amouuts to nearly $100,000. The Canal and Dock Company, find that it pays the. woll to offer sites to manu- facturers where they can have dock facilitios at oxtremnely small cost, in_order to draw the popu- lacion (o 1his new minufactanng sabuzb. AWhen it i8 remembered that the Company have from fifteen to twenty miles of dock tront now available, and that this can bo bought for about oue-tenth to one-fifth of what dock lots can bo bought ever on. the distant and least ecceasiblo portions’ of Chicago River, and that tho whole of this docksge _in tue Calumet River is only abont: six miles south of the compactly-built residence quarters Of thio south part of iho. eits, tho probability of a great manufacturing suburb beivg built at Soutk Chicago must be apparent. Dusing the last fiveor six years the compactly- built iines of houses have been_extended noarly threo miles southward along the Rock lsland, Pittskurgh & Fort Wayne and the Illinois Cen- tral Dailroads to Englowood and Hyda Park, | which are now practieally conuected with tho city.: The suburban trains on theso roads carry business men from the business centrs of the city to thieir homes six or eight miles distant more quickly thau the horse cars can carry them one-fourth -of that distance. Theso influ- cences will cominue to. draw . population in those directions, and with an objective poiut like iSouth Chicago thers can bo little douot that | in a few years the line of bulldings will be con- tinnouns all the way to that place. Thsse circumstances, however, scom. to be toily, apprecinted, and we find. indications of speculative activity in all that part of the suburbs gonth of the city and east of the Rock lsland Railroad. = ‘We mentioned last week thata sale of twenty acres mear the lake shoreand just morih of Seventy-first street hod been made at $1,600 per | acre, all cash. The purchaser has this week beeu offerod §2,000 per acre for the same land if he would eell o time, tho would-be, purchaser offerivg_ to . deposit 310,000 echool bonds 88 collateral * security for the payment of 10 per cent interest and tho four ‘anoual payments of $10,000 each, begin- piug oue sear hence. The price, howover, ot which the first purchass was made (31,500) was, much below what the land bas been held at, and ceu'id only have been bought au thuc price for cash. A eale of twenty acres in the N. W. ¢ of Sec. 81, T 88, R. 14, being one mile and a half sonth- cast of Coinsll, hes also. been recently made at $2.000 per acro. though thiee-fouiths of the cousideration in {his case was other prop- exty located within tho city lin#ts. - Some weeks ago Mr. B. F. Culver bought fifty acres.in the south Lalf of Sec. 1, T. 3%, R, 13, being one and a quarrer miles northwest of Lo railroad crossing at Washington Heights, tho consideration being $62,500. In this case, also, the cousideration was mawly of other propeity inwmide tho city limits, One tbing which =eems to be stimulating eneculation southward is tho prospect of an im- mediato 1ncrease in the railroad facilities in that direction. ‘Tho projectors of the SOUTH CII0800 & ISDIANA RAILROAD, extonding from Parkside Statiou alony Seventy: firet et1ect, and thence along Railroad avenue fo South Chicago, havo bought the 1ron for their track, and proposo to finikh the rosd at once. Thcy hayo an understanding with the Illinois Central Railroad by which the latter is to run its Iyde Park trains to South Chicago, but ssy that - if this arrangement does not work eatisfac- torily they will put, on a dummy ougine aud two - pasvenger cars to run back and forth between South Chicagoand Park- aide Station, where tie 1ydo Park trains of the lfinows Central now stop. As the entire ex- peuse of runng such a dummy would not ex- ceed $10 or $12 per day, inciadingthe salasics of conductor aud evgiucer, tueir altcraative secms entirely pracsicable, if they should bz obliged to resort to it. At any rate, the interests of the Inko shoro aud Scuth Chicago property owners | would justuty their expenditre in thut respect. TOE BALTLIOLE & OMIO Ttailroad Company 18 not likely to come to any tetms with the South Park Commussioners for the right of way through the yark, though the proprictors of the South Chicago & Iundiaua Rulroad, above mentioned, offer tiem the right of way free on tho whole of their track along Kailroad ayenume and Soventy-first streac, if the Daltimore & Olio people will agree to run sucurban trains a: low, rates of fare. It1s possiole, however, that as 1ho Daltimore & Obio Company canaot got through the park they may adopt some other line. ~ For tha prescat, howover, -nothing has becn eettled as to thewr route. As for 2oy route throngh the park, it is, per- baps, nell ‘enongh that no sgeement can be made. The Park Commissioners would never hesr tho end of it, and many dissatisfied persous would be ready to'say a year or two heuce that there was sowie job or “ring” i it, soma divis- ion of spoils not known to the public. . Thera aro two otker great : lines from tho East that mustsoon bo applicants for routes through the southern suburbs of the city. THE CANADA SOUTHEBN has still 160 miles to build before it reaches Caicago, and 'tbongh -these aro hard times in whichjto ssllbonds to build railroade, the Canada Southcin will - neceasarily be buwit within o couplo of years. Therd is now & city ordinanca permituns it to come in on Stewart avenue. and to get tothis it is understood it will follow the lake shore tonecar South Chucago, and run thence seross to Englewood. ¥ TUE ERIE is also now running to Cieveland, and it is s well €stablished fuct that it has recently negotiated a large loau to chianga its track to, the narrow gange. i ulso be agreattrunk live to the East that cannot do without an independeat live to Chicago, and hike all tho other Eastern lines will necesyarily come in througu the southi~ ern suburbs. - ERGLEWOOD. Lowis, Brooks & Kent report their eale to Sputford nd others, of two acres in Linden Grove Subdivision at Englewood, at the corner of Honore and Sixty-fifth streets, at $2,400 per acra. This property has been subdivided since the sale, .mf soventy feet on Clark stroet near Bixiy-sixth sticet have been disposed of at §28 a foot te Heary Wilson. - There have also been 8old at Xoglewood a sfore znd lot, 25 foot front, for $4,000, by Isnac Deake, to Birney Brok., and 65 feet on Wallace street, by E. AL Jarreit, to Spear & Martin, at £40 = foot. “ THE LINCOLN PARK COMMISSIONERS = seem to be pushing forward all their proposed improvements, ‘Che tripleavenue of. elms to skirt the entire west frontage of. the’ park on Clark street will probably all be planted by the 1st of Apul, the ground being prepared and planting alreadv commenced. The bids for the. coustruction of the Jake-shoro drive ‘south from the parl to Pinostreet are allin, and the work will be commenced a8 soon as the ico Jeaves the shore of tho lake. The owners of shore property from the park north to Evanston Live been roguested by the Commiasioners to designace the line of the drivothat thoy wonld prefer, and have, at two meetings beld this weck, located nearly balf of it, and .are unly awaiting the completion of surveys to fix the entire lino, and papers are now being prepared by tho atorneys of the pork for the necessary ssncesmonts to pay for all the Iands needed to complete the gm; aren. The vublic burning of the old pest-house. which was witneesed by a large crowd ur spectators, last Tuesday evening. was generally lookud upon as o destiuction of the laetremnant of the old order of things in that neighboihood, and a fitting in- auguration of the new age of improvements. Otber mattots on the North Side nre progress- ing favorably ; the most noticcable residence commonced Einco our last weekl: issue being that of George Rumsey, Esq., on the corner of Ttush and Horon stroets, nluch is to be ready for the roof by Mav 15, and will doubtless nval i appearance his elegaut mansion, which was one of the finest in Old Chicago. % . EVANSTO; . Warren, Keeney & Co. report the sale at RBouth Evanston of & house and 50 feot of ground, on JTudson avenue, to Mr. C.. D. Cory, for £5,000; of 2 house and two lots on Hinniza avenio, 1o Col. Payne, of Wankegan, for €11000; of 210 feet, enst front, on Congress street, for S8,000, £nd 150 foot, fronting eouth, on Biver sireat, for £6,000.. 5 .. 2E - MELBOSE. By vote of the property-owners the name of this suburb i cianged to WEST MATWOOD. 2 ‘0. E. Moore sold twenty-five acres fo W. E. Graves for $86,000 in tbe town, A good meny eales of lots have been made by D. K. Carter for 810 to 820 per front . foot, and . there is a good SATURDAY'S TRANEVELS. T Tne following instruments were filed farrec- CITY PEOPEBITY. West Polk st, bet Campbell and Western avs, n'f, 100 XI24% t, with' 5031947 £t fur same gubdivision, dated 200, 2 West Taslor st, 253 it w of Western av, £1, 50x1243¢ £¢, with 603124% 1t 1n same block, datod Mazch §; con- Fourth af, 150 {¢ o of Leavitt st, n f, Thirty-first et, between South Park av snd rairosd, nf, undivided % of 12 19-100 acres, with other prop- Asher Rossotter to Auger & Robbins, Ashiand av, 1063 ¢ 6 of Post at, w £, 24% £t run- $500. Y Gold et, 133 ft 8 of Harrison'st, w 1, 257102 £t, dated Nov. 44, 1678; consideration, $3,600. with buildings, dated March 11; considerstion, $2,000. Bedgvrick a1, 2643 1t 6 of Norih av, w £, 253304 '6-10 Washington av, 198 8-10 ¢ w of Sheldon st, n- f, 46x 115 1t, dated March 2; consideration, 35,750, with 242135 £4 »- £, on Springfleld st {n same block, dated March b copsiderstion, £3,500. sts, & £, 26 4-10x1 1y 1t, duted March 9; consideration, $2,600. ° July 21, 18737 consideratioa, §26,7a2. Olivo st, near Ashland at, 6 f, S0x148 ft, dated March 'llman sf, 8 w cornier of James av, andivided 10 of entire block, ith other lots in same addition, dated gmspecfi lo)r apriog sales. ord Saturday, March 14:- March 6} 'consideration, 10, sideration, 35,500, Alarch 16, 1872 ; consideration, $i00. Y n" e, erty, dated March 7; considsration §200,000 ; heira of ning io Post'st, dated July 31, 1673 ; consideration Franklin st, 17212 ft n of’ Elm st, o £, 18100 f5, £t, dnted March 7; cousideration, §1,550. Harding at, 200 {t s of West Horon at, w 1, 197<125, West Monroe st.. Letween Hockwell.and California “Ashiand o, 80 fts of Adats st, o f, 1055200 ft, dated 7; consideration, §1,200, March 12 consideration. £6,330, aatod March 10; consideration, $2,400, Quinn st, 125 'ft 8 of Siearns st, W 1, 25x115 £t, dated March 3 “cousideration, $700. > - Helsted st, s wcor of Centre st, o f, 503125 {t, dated March 4; consideration, £3,500. - . Stadiron st, 721t w of Honoro at, nt, 24x125 £t dated March 14 ; convideration, $4,250, Western' av, 100 £t n of kinzie st, o f, 25x126)¢ ft, dated March 14 ; consideration, §3,200, : 408x 7 Bloomiagdale' raad, n cor of Weatern av, s 1, 100 £, with 563100 £t {n same addition, dated consideration, $12,800, NORTH OF CITY LIMITS, Lot 21 of 6 3 Block 18, of o X Sec, 29, 40, 14, dated Teb, 243 consideration, 3500 s Lpts 11 aud 12 in Biek 1, und Lota 9 and 2 in Block 2, Kedzies Addition to Rivenswood, dated Jan. 27 coneideration, £4,500, = \J : SOUTH OF CITY LDOTY. Lot 76 in Block 3, Prout & Colman’s part 8 e X Sea 4,33, 14, dated Fob, 3; considoration, $1,30, Lot 62 in Block 12, Stewarvs 8 w' X 'Sec 1,38, 13, datod Mareh 43 consid zration, $300. Lot 19 in Blotk 1 of Ferrx's part Lot 7, Sec 16, 38, 14, dated Barch 25 consideration, $2,600, Lots 39 to 41 in Block 7, of 8.0 i Secd, 38, 14, dated March 13; consideration. $1,600. Lots 53 to 57 In Store's Addltion, dated Feb. 23; consideraticn, $2,509, Lot 1, in_Block I, John. Tears' w 3¢ s 3 of 6w & See 17, 43, 14, dated 'Mlarch 87 conmidieration, $IE0. Lot %, in Bi ¢ Dakerieo 3 n i s 4 0f 8 ¢ 2, of £ , 1673; coumderation, Lot 13, of Lot 9 tu'l6, in’ Johnsou's 25 8 v i of n'e & Soc 3, 38, 14, dated March 13 ; consideration, £,00, Lots 26 to 32, n Dlock 47, Univertity Subdivisfon, in Sea 7, 88, 14, d:2d Jan. 15} consideration, $1,660. SUMMARY OF TRANSFERS FOR THE WEEK, The foliowing is_the total amount of cisy and su= | burbun property transferred duriug the week ending Aturduy, March 14 : City_property—Number of sxivs, 5; coutideration, §,187,604, Norh of city limits— mumber of sales, 61 cobrideration, §15,630. South cf city Umits—Number- of _eales, 33; consideration, £210,572. Weat_of ity limits—Number of sales, 13 contideration, $300, Total sales, 180; consideration, $1,420,510, secd, N 'PROF. PROCTOR. The Last of His Astronomical Lectures. Prof. Proctor gave the last of his series of lec- tures npou astionomy yesterday efernoom. It was given with tho express inteation of accom- modating ladies and others who might have been unable to attend the eveuing loctures. The an. | dience, therefore, was smaller than any of tha preceding ones, 2ad wes largely made up of ludies. Following is & condensed synopsis of tho lecture : | Mr. Proctor made s few preliminary remarks on the subject of the [ STUDY OF ASTRIONOXNT, whidh most people cousidered a vory abstruso i | scivuce, requiring an immeuse amount of study and time. but ho said tnat it was not so. Fo had | really only studied bard about three years, tho 1 last geven months baving been devoted more to { the sonouncement of the results obtained and the popularizing of the subject than to any con- tinued study of the ecience. He then referred to ecveral illustrations of the moon which were thrown on the ecreen, to show ! telescope could obtain very enteriaining and in~ structive 1esults which might lead, in tho bands of nn enthusisst, to furiher and more important discovenes. THE SURFACE OF THE MOON presented s series of hollows, clevations, and craters, which mado it appear like the form taken by colcareous solutions when cooling and hardeuing. = He sbowed several dllnstrations of the moun, and &1s0 one of a caleareous solution made by himself, which resembled each other very closely. 3 Lut the extent of these craters was such that it was not pousible that any calcarcous matter should be able to retain its seapo w forms of such enormoussize. Ncither could thoy be the outlets of voleanic action, einco they were so large that they would, in & very short time, exhiaust all ~ the enmergy of the moom. He nccounted for (ho appesrance by supposing that the moon, when in a plastic con- diuon, way indeuted by the-fal of metevric showers, which left these impiessies on the surface, IIE PLANCT JUPITER. Tne Jecturer then went on to speak of Jupiter sud his satellitcs, which, e said, woro ve toresting objects of examination. Sometimes they might bo seen bya person of acnte eyesight with tho naked oye, but on. alinst any clear night one or two of them might be seen with a good field-glazs, Tho phenomena catsod by tho transit of theso moous of Jupiter confirmed hin opinion that the plauet itself was a bright glow- ing body liko our #un. ‘arions illustrationa were given, to show some of the conditions of Jupiter's surface, among which were enormous bands of shadow, indicat- ing the dizcction of currents of air or vapor, travoling as the incredivlo speed of 195,000,000 miles per hour. . BATULX AND ITS RING#. L Passing to Satura, the lecturer snid that this planet required a more powerful toicscope to ex- amine it than Jupiter. . Speaking of the 1ing, he said it had been considered a rigid mass of solid matter. Byt tlus theory was rejected, for tho resson that Do material could’ bo | cohesive enough to . mawtwin its. shapo m such B large mass, bat some parts would be subjected to so greata pressure as to be perfectly pladtic, Olyerva- tions of the ring showed thet oloag its céges, at times, the obsetver could ece the surface of tho plauct through the ring. Henco the theory was advanced that the lumioous ring was under- gong _processes of coauge, sud thab it was formed of -an infinitesimal numier of small eatel- lites, making & riog liken band of send. ‘Lhewo satellites were continually revolving about the planet,and Lhad many collisions among themselyes which ‘sent révetberations of thuuder tirough the whole ring, and created immense masses of vapor. Hencotle whole mase, which looked so calm and quiet, was the scens of imuense noise and energy. THE BPOTS OX THE 5TN. Mr. Proctor then brought forward illustra- tions of tho spots on tho suu., Avnd herecom- mended to any persouss who might desire to study theee spots with a emall teicscope to bo very careful not to lose their eyesigt, and to use something better. toan darkenod glass for protection, siuce the latter might suddenly melt and destroy the eyesight. He enid that Sir William Herschel put forward the startlivg taeory tbat the bright, glowing particles seen moving on the surface of the sun ‘mighs ba living beings of some peculiar constitu- tion. They presented some cuaractesistics of ani-- “mated existence and over 99-100 of the sun’s light was denived from these particles. They éeemed to be the heads or apices of small particles, it~ ing zbove the surface and conuected therewith by hgt filaments banging down. Tho spots seen would then be the cavilies where these fil- smeuts wero drawn in 33d sucied down. A number of illustrations weio thon given of the sun's suclace, and of its surroundings gurug o total eclipse. TiE CAUET OF 1861, Speaking of comets, \r. Proctor showed fllus- tratious of the comet of 1861, which he had sindied in Ireland with a 3)¢-iuch telescope. This comet was very intereshing, as it was tae one throuyb whica tho earth pesbed withont any injury or commot:on, thero _being noxbiug Lut o rather remarkablo agroral display st the tume. Leaving the oljects sLown by Lelescopic ex- amination, the lectmer passad to. tho theories which had been adsanced ou cerwin points. It wns found . that she plaucts and asteroids were . controlled by fixed and noariy similar laws, They turned mpon - Harvard st, 46 fc e of Caopbeil av, 8, 24x1243 11, berliart and Weage's n o X . Low an amateur with only a two-inch refracting | ! Jutie, and Mr. O3 their axis, their sstollites all revolved the scmo | way, and they all revolved about ths sun the same way. Now, this could not te the result of chanco. Tho chances that they should all go the same yray, were 80 very small that it was impos-- sible to atiribute to that -agency the rey system of the universe, Neither wonld it bo eatisfactory to say that it was the will of God that momuuld 0 so_regulated. This answer would shut all dpors of ingairy and research. THE THEOKY OF, LA PLACE was that the whbole universe uziw_innlg wasa great, nebulous, plastic maes revolving through space. Now tho outer limits would travel so much faster tiian the body, that there would be fragments broken off which wotld continuo in the same direction, and would, by the power of attraction, form spheres, and would also con-, tinue their own revolution. = Hence they would follow one law. . b . But this would not ant for the fact that the smaller"planets wers all nearer the sun, and that the farcher the plaiet was away, s a rule, the Jarger it was, Tlus the: lecturer accounted for by.the great showers of metcors which were continually falling upon these outer planets, and thus incrensing their dimonsions. It was by this attraction of meteoric matter to the planets that La Place strengthened his theory of the iudraw- ing of the lusinous firc-mist, the formation of thie planots, and their increase in size. Tiis theory was also contirmed by the differ- ence in the rapidity with which the meteoric showers would travel. Near the sun the rapidi- ty was 275 miles per second, while at the dis- tance . of. Jupiter, the Tate of speed Was only tyelve miles per sccond, and heteo tho planet could catch and retein thoeo aggregations of, “meteors Lo & suflicient extent to waterially to its size. . TUE FORMATION OF NERULOUS MASSES. A number of vicws wers thon drawa giving an idea of the mauner in which these nebulous masses wero attracted foward the different nu- _clei. Thess views werevery interesting, both from the variety of euapes assumed by the nebuls and the clearness with which they were D. . il Thelecturer stated that the etar depths. were ina condition of cLange, and that tho wholo universe was progressing toward a state of flual rest. § s " THE LIFE OF THE SUN. i Speaking of the hoat of the sun, the lecturer seid Lhat it whole heat waa Y:r!a:lly euormous compared with the amount which fell uyon the lagets. Ownly 1-270,000,000,000th part of the Leat feit upos thie plehets, and the reat wes wasted. Tlhe question of the supply of fuel or mate— rial in the sun was intimately connected with its future coundition. It had been supposed that the !u¥pl§ came from the meteoric masses fall- ing 1to tho san, Lut this did not secm possible, since the aun's heat had always been regular, which would not be the case had it derived its supply of fuel from tbe irregnlar me:icoric showers. But, looking -at the coudition of the sun, it seemed as if it would eventually lose its enetgy. te ihe same, but tho emergy which moved eversthing would be lackiig. Tne ! universe would be a dead, inert mass. Aud when looking forward fo the end which theso thicories pointed to, one of the most lamentable features was the great loss or mislpplica:iou of erergy. At least, looking at tuis lors with our fLuite vision and knowing ro little of the ivten- tiun of the Crostor, it was not strango that we shouid cail this loes lamontable, aud that we ghould fxl to comprehend 2l the interests in- volved. futthe human mind was incapable of taking in the. most mmpla of the vest mvaterics ot Jif3, and we could only remotely explors and learan 2t was set within the reach of our capabilities. THE TELESCOPE OF THE FUTGRE. The last view shown was that of an immenso ! telescope about the size of the LoSalle strect i tawned, which Mr. Proctor £aid eome day miglt be erccted to exploro the distant occupants of space. Yet, however Iarge might be our instru- ments, wo shorld always be cocfined witlin the luts of the Anie. ' REVIEW OF ADMUSEMENTS. THE DRAMA. M'VICKER'S THLATRE. h The admirers of Edwin Dooth will have no roason to complain of tiio quality and variety of the programme he annoznces for the closing weel: of his engugement, as it includes his beat and most succossful performences. For Monday and Friday vights, *Richard IIL,” with Miss Pateman 28 Queen Fiizabeth; Tueedar. “ Othel- Io,” with Miss Patemca as Desdemona, Mrs. Allen as Emiiia, and Jr. O'Neil as lago; Wednesday, * Richeher,” with Miss Pateman as “Brutus,” with Miss Pateman as Tar- ; Snarday matnee, * Hamlet,” with Mr. cVicker as the Grave-Digger ; Ssturdsy even- ing, *Merchant of Venice,” with Mr. McVicker 1s Tauncelot Golibo. ext week, the celebrafed drams, “The Wo- man in White,” by Wiliie Collins, will be pro- ducod, with Mr. Wybezt Reeve, s London sctor of talent end es:ablished roputation, in the char- .acter of Count Fosco. N “' ACADEMY OF MUSIC. The bill this weok at tho Academy of Musio appeals to tho almost aflectionate regard entor- tained by theatre-goers in Caicago for s gontle- man who, as sctor, manager, aad citizen, bas devoted years of conscientious effort toward maintaining the city'a credit in tho matter of le- | gitimata aud repatable amuscments. We refer t0 Jr. Fraok E. Aiken, who is {o appear for one week in & now play, cutitled ‘Maurice; or, tho MomsoTrap Rock” written cxpressly for Mr. Aiksn' by Mr. Henry Loslic, the English dramatist. The play is 5aid to Lo one of abzorbing intetest, aud tha leading role is sdmirably euited to Mr. Aiken's peculiar histrionic characteristics ; #o that thoso who bave admired him greatly herctofore will | have especial reason for wishing to see him in ! this, bis first atiempt st * starring” in Clicago. The fall strength of the Academy compiany is re- ynired to fill the cast of the piece, which. brings ! out all the old favorites to.good advantago. The heat in the universe would | hr.! | i i | | | | | | i 1 i 1 i Aiken's matinees will be on Wednesday and | Saturday. r. Muir, the Treasurer, hos his benefit Tues- d: fternoon. . Next woek, 3rs, James A. Oates, thesprightly representative of conc cpera, beging an exgage- {neal at tho Academy with Ler largeand efecirve roupe. TOOLEY'S THEATRE. For the benefit of the thonsunds who have seen and enjoyed “ Unline,” the most perfect ! ! the ** Wanderiog Heir,” prior to ber taking an | and elaborate spectacular performance ever giv- : on 1 Chicazo, as well as for those other thou- sands who Liave been unable to procure seats up to_tbis time, it 'is quite sufliciens to say that *Uudine,” and all the extrao:dinary special ac- cessorica thercto—the Kirafy baliet; .the songs of Miss Sudlow and Alr. Bishop ; the astonisbiug “equilibrian feats of Karl Lind; the beantiful aud novel musical trio of tho Ulm sisters; the two littlo Persian girls in their trapezo acte, tle fin- est ever seen 1n this cicy ; the Loudon Msdngal boys; the panorkma of Pars in Tears,” ete., ezc.,—all thi is to continao this week. Seats may now be secured for auy performance duru; this woek, and the first Lo come are first Serve s THE ADELPEI : . Mr. Grover Suds no opportunity to .aunnounce mauy naw features this week, for tho resson that the Adelphi was scarcely large enough last week to contain all tha people who wihed to sco the most successlul programme yo: presented at this remarkably ponular piace of amusement. Therofore, bo contonts himself with- saving : * We ohall continus to do it this week,” which means a reappearance of Lo-lo, in her thrillug seral flight ; the DeGlorinns, in their athletic marvels ; tho Remmelsberg sisters and Ida Idi- lie, danscures ; the famous scxtette of bur- Jesquo-dancers, Lester and Allen, “the Regynolds brothers, and Adims and Gorman; the first appearance of the Foy eisters and Ads Laurent, in burlesque and character songs snd dances ; the reappearauce of Bully Rice, after his scrious illness ; tna charming vocalists Jen- nie Morgan, Lulu Delmay, and Miss Fraokie— all this 1n addition to the kpectcnlar extravas gaoza, **The Saven Sisters,” with i's beautiful €cen painting and the saleidoscopic fountaw of tne Leon Uiothers.. Dy express roguest, ihero will be two *ladies’ nights™ thus week—Tuesday and Thursday. 2 MYERS' OFERA HOUSE. Not to be bebind in :lie race for novelties and larko patronage. the Arlington, Cottun & Kem- ble Minstrels are out with s oill of strong atirac- tions. Iu addition to the first part, witi its usu- al rariety of excellent music and laughable con- vereation, thero is Bosby Newcomb in his taste- fal scoz and” darce specialties; * Bar- unm's_ Baby Elephant,” by Arlington, Eem- ble, 3Moston, Walters, and Linden; 8 baliad by Mr. Tredericks; “Auy _Wood Walters to Saw?” by Biliy Courtwright 50 Morton in their spocialties; the Absesini Duwarf Tommy ; and, 1 conclusion, sspectocaar burlesque eutitled Undine n Black; or, the' Emight, the Naiad, xnd-the Monster ;™ introduc- 1ng, we are told, tha *fat ankle ballet trompe,” togother with a remarkable cas: of characters. bby Neweamb lias receivod &, lstter, signed by numerous well-known gentlemen who are de- &irous of testifying their regard for. him both as an artist and & gentleman, asking him to desig- nate the time and Leuefit to Lie teuds to him. He will probabl Dname an esrly dey and Myors’ Opera House, an a8 Lo bas hosts of friends and well-wishers, the benefit is suro to be a rousing one. GLODE THEATRE. | 4 The Jee Brothers and . Charles Chrisde's Pan- tomime Troupe are.to hoid the stage at the Globe Theatra during the wWesk. The combina- tion i8 not well known .in Chicago, but it comes strongly recommended, and will doubtless win its way. - The programme for this week includes the new pantomime, ‘“'Che Will o! the Wisp." JOHEN MUIR'S BENEFIT. The gentlemauly and popular Treasurer of the Academy of Music is to be the recipient of a boneft Tuesday afternoon of this week, St. Patrick's Day. Perhaps no more striking proof of Mr. Muir's popularity conld be cited .than is found in the fact that Mr. Joseph Murchy and bis entire company have volunteered for the occagion, and will como hore for thaé purpose and that'appearance only, to * Help." toward ita succees, ‘The patrons of the theatre also take n lively interest in Mr. Muir's forthcoming benefit, judging from the subjoined letter : To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: . In connection with the benefit to ba given fo Mr. John Mulr at the Academy of usic, Tuesday after- noon, it may not Le improper for me'to assert my high opinion of tho gentlemaniy Trensurer of Mr. Gardiners excellent theatre, and to Lespeak for him a benefit that will make his purse swell to the delight of jiis soni, I am credibly informed that the bill i3 to ba suverb, and 5 Fare treat will bo extended o the amusement lovers of Chicago on the occasion of his bencfit, The Atad- exy has never, during the present scason, failed to prosent great attractiont, and its reputation fn much more than focal. Mr. Muir well deserves all the favors iho public ran bestow upou hfm, for ho kas nover yot tired of being agreeabls to those who huve come contact with him, B163AD, i A}.(A‘fl:fln THEATRICALS. A highly enjoyable aod Lnlliantly snccessfnl amateur thestrical and musical entertainment was given last Wednesdsy - evoning 1n the memorial chapel of tho Charch of the Messinh Fraternity, corner .of Michi- fan avenue and Twenty-third street, for the purpoeo of raising funds to furnish tho church. ‘Tho attendauce was very large end en- thusiastic, and the resulls satisfactory in all re- spects, The performance began with the ** Two Buzzards,” which was rendercd iz an amusing ‘manner by Mr. Hovno as Buzzard, Mr. J. B. Jobosou as Glimmer, Mr. F. Burley as Smail, Miss Goro -8 Lucrelia Buzard, sud Miss Wilder ss Fanny. A musical pro- gramme, well selected . and execnted, ceme next. The features especially notable were Mies Jeasica Haskell's songs, “ Maggie's Secret” aud “ My Pretty Warbling Bird ;” and Kucken's “Bwiss Peoplo’s Song."” by Miss Hasbell, Mra. Lord, Mr. Royce, and Mr. Packer. The enter- tainment concluded with the farce, * Heads and Tails,” with Mr. J. B. Johneon 88 Wrangleworth, Mr. B. A. Dotson: as Harold Dyecaster, Mr. F. G. Toyno as Chrislopher Quatl, Miss Goro a8 Rosainond, and Miss Benton 88 Winifred. 'This was given with genuine comedy flavor, and in a ‘manner which reflected the _bigkest credit npen the histrionic resources of the Church of the Messial Fraternity. PUOF. PLPPER'S SCIESTIFIC LECTURES, Yesterday the gale of course tickets for tho Peprer lectures closed, and the resuls showed 2. degrce of interest on the part of the public | whicn 1 only to.bo explained .on the supposition that those who bave lLieard the Professor in ono of his_ brilliant’ entertainments have notified their friends of the enjovmens snd instruction to be denved from the course announced to be given next Thorsday, Fridey, and Saturday, The Pro- fessor has 80 long becn one of the institutions of London that nearly all the Americans who Lave nisited the English motropolis during tho lost ten or fifteen ycars bavo at one time or another witnessed some of tis remarkablo ox- rorimonts, aod ara eager to hear him again, That these experiments are marvelous nced bardly b stated «hen tho fact is known that nearly all the illusons snd magical optical ef- fects prodnced by Blitz, Houdin, and the other great magicians of the last ten years, wora first invented by Pepper to illustrate tho laws of | light and souud and the new theorles of Fara- | day, Tyndall, and the noted Euglish scientists. At 3 recent reception given the Professor by the united scientide faculty of Yale, Harvard, | and Cohimbia Colleges, one of the feais of .the Professror was to pluoge bis Land in - molten lesd snd lift s quantity from thie boiling vace, remarking that bo had onl¥ to steep bis hand in Hquid smmonis and | ho could perform tho great feat that s0 aston- ithed the middlo sges. Another expenment which was greatfy adniired for the brilliant cftect producedwas the revalving of eoveral diecs of vaious deeigns, illuminated by elecirical car- reuts, steady and intermittent, by which the op- tical i Jusion of the persistance of vision was ilins- eil ;2a. Do Mauprat ; Thuse-| {zatedin vanous wavs. The Profeesor bas thorep- utation of being the oldest and most original gaperimenter on tho eutject of natursl laws now | ed indorsement ho re- g, aud the unqual ! ceives both from Eoglish and American Ecient- ists makes lus claim good. Some ides of thoe scope and character of the scientific entertain- ments he promizes to givo bere this week may Le learned {rom the following briuf synopsis of Lie firat lecture: Romanco of Opties: Optical phenomena and fl- | lusions: what is light? who wero, Sir Isaac Ne und Dr, Husgens? waves versus corpuscules; the, 'hattlo won: 4 crash of intellect Lrings out the truik radiant Ught ; thedecaritatcd head ; phosplicrescence; duration of the impression of light upen the esel carfous experiments of Thomas Rose, Esq., gow: {llustrations showing the persistence’ of virion and {ta illasions ; the Ealatrope; the Penakistocora; ‘Pacto-Drome and the Dancing-Skieleton ; the Ghost, DRAMATIC NOTES. On the 13th ipet. “Led Astray” was per- formed for the one-hundredth time at the Union Squaro Theatre, New York. A ncw play, on the'story of * Rip Van Win- Kle,” was produced at Covent Garden Theatre, London, Feb, 14. Mr. Charles Rice personated Rip, tod Mirs Roso Massey the daughier. —The sixteen Dircciors of tue B.iton Theatre sat down, all. by themseives, fo 8 £500 dinner at Porker's, the other day, and devoured to the amount of $31 a head. —William Warren, for the past twents-five years the popular comedian at the Boston Blu- ¥eum, proposes to take possession of the Fal- staffian mantle. A —1t is intimnted that Tony Pastor wishes to buy Niblo's Garden, and turn it intoa varioty house. —Mrs. F. B. Conway, of the Brooklyn The- atre, contemplatcs & starring tour. 3ir. Frank Roche will accompany Ler. —M. Alexandre Dumas lately read his mew piece, the ** Jeunesse de Louis XIV.," beforo the actors of the Paris Odeon. Dearsed by them, and the author took advantsge of thair hints to retouch the piay. —Tiio scason ac the Queen's Lheatre, in Lon- | don, was expected to close o the 27th ult., and Ilrs. Joba Wood was then to take hec benefit, ' and make ber last appearance for the present onginal part in Byron's new comedy, “An Anierican Lady,” at the Criterion Theatre. —The Paris Figaro protesta sgainst the mako- upof the rezulation stage-attorney. * Why,” it axks, ““should ho be allowed to look 80 horri- Liy dingy and unkempt, and .why is he not per- mitted o wash his faco before keeping an ap- pointment with his yalaable c.ient 7" —The drataatic critic of the Chicago Times an- nounces that * Othello” will b performed. with Jir. O'Neill as Iago and Mr. McVicker in the part of the Grate-Digger. He doesn't say who will take the rarts of Julius Casar sud Major Vo= lington de Boots in the tragedy of ' Toodles-"— Pillsburgh Commercial. —The~ Philadelplia Press says : *James E. Murdoch, the veterau histrionic arsist, & native of Philagelphia, 15 on a visit 0 an old frievd nese tho city, and we are giad to gay iv fine bealth and epirits. He was tho first Claude Afel- notle ever seen in Fhiladelplia and one of the finest, and his Xoung Mirabel, in “Wine Works Wonders.” i!dslil.l regarded as & master- ieco of light comedy.” . 5 P Giitert's comedy of “ Charity,” which has boon performed in London for severa. weeks with great success, waa_produced at tho Fiftn Avenue Thestro, New York, on Tucsday Dight, nad madoa hit. The Ecening Post saye of the cast: ‘*The audience was sstomshed to sco Miss Davenport drop ber beauty and, her coquettish toilet for onco, and asaume tho Iole of o coarse and violent tramp. Her acting was 2dmirab ¢, and displayed her powersin a vew Geld toadvautage, though, we fear, to tho dis- appointment of the youths who aro beginping 0 make her the idol that Mars Taylorused to Lo 1n days gone by, and wao lovo fo see herin gorgecus array.” v —New_ York dosen’t appreciate Shakspeare, aud 50 Mauager Daly withdrew * Love'a Labor Lost,” after o run of oolv ten nights. This fact Ccmooideus the lady correspoudent of the St Louis Repubiican to wrile of Shakspeare's com- cdies : * They are all of ‘em bores—played pever 8o finely, mounted never #o grandly. The best of 'em we are o fawiliar with that somuo- Jence and Shakspeare seem syDauymons words, end with the unacted oues aquaintance and ad- miratiop stand far spart. The funin the com- ediss is not tho fun of the presont age. It is Leavy 2od far-feiched, and coosists or vulgarity that bas to be cast out, and a wordy, windy twisting of langn=ge that is. dreary to me in the extrems. Shaksporre’s like will never be seen sgaiv, snd I'm awful glad of it." —Here is on extract from whit the fittls actress Lotta ssid _to sn interviower: * They told me that Mme. Dejazet’s pieces would fuit me—eome of them, at loast, Dejazel waszome- lace for Awmfihmunnry X of Gins~ | It was being 18- . i what like me. -Not, understand me, that I have | thae sublime vanity to compare mysel? with. her, | bat in stylo aud stracture, I may say, I am repre- sented to have been like her. I studied ono of i her pieces—+ La Scandale’—and was to have | played 1t in New Orleans, but I didn’t. Tho pedple of Paris will go to a theatre, and they will wait half & night for the one poiat that has hit them. . When thst is shot of, the houss will come down like a whiriwind, and they go home contented. Take Therese. She sings her song. Good load voice, French dressing, chick by the { bushol, and cheek—ro gods, what cheok ! Pres- ently, snddenly, she gives a queer kick, & wink, or a plunge of the innfl, or an extraordinary. movement of tha body, and that's all. Thorc's b Toar og‘npphuxu, and she comes on and does it again. { _~—A compsuy of Algerinedancing-girls, four it number, are now exciting s considerable dogreo of iutercst in Paris. Mariam and Aichaare Very | young and very protty, and the other two, both ! of whom bear the name Zors, make up for the lack of & beautiful face by & certain richness of | costume and @ of gesture. The oldest Zora | wears & magnificent coronet of diamonds, and i 68id to resemble & Japanese idol. The orchestra | cousists of a violin, guitar, and 3 drum, and the dancing, to bo properly appreciated, we are told, shonld bo seen in & Emall room. Mariam: wears & bodice of blue silk embroidered in silver, whito silk trousers, & band of pur- | ple aronnd “her jet black hair, and ear. | rings, bracelets, and_spangles of gold. Each | gitl rizes and dances in turn, then two or more repeat the dance with variations. The dark skin of the ankles ia relioved by goid bracelets. Their feot are bare, and ot first glide softly over the floor without seeming to leave the surface. The body is swayed from ths Lips, and pieces of red | sillc are waved by the dancers, The contortions | become more complex and the movement more Tapid as the timo of the mueic increases. From the acvonn: one would judge that the dance is of | rather o volupiuous nature, It is termed the i Oriental Can-Can. The girla now in Paria aro {s8id to be remarkebly fond of champagne, o { singular tasto for followers of the Prophiot. — MUSIC. The musical world is once more quiet, and, until after Lent is over, it will be uselcss to ex- pect much in the way of concerts. There aro threos opera troupes in the field,—the Kollogg, Di Murska, and Atnee tronpes,—but up to this timeno engagements have been made in this city, although all three are nogotiating for time. “Tle Apollo Club is busily ot worl npon some de- cided novelties, and the Beethoven Socioty is etudying on ite next programme.” 3Ir. Pratt has bis symphonic concert under way, and Mr. Gold- beck is contomplating bringing out his ** Le- nore” music. The Licderkranz is busily re- bearsing **Masauiello.” Everything musical -thus points to the future, and the present week | will be compsratively barren. 3R, ZIEGFELD'S SOIREE. Mr. Ziegfeld's regnlar fortuightly soiree was given at the Musical Collego on Wabash aveune, Fridzy cvoning. These eutertainments are pro- ; vided for the improvement of tho pupils aad tho { gratification of their rolatives and friends. Con- | | sequently no oflicial invitatious are isaued, | though Mr. Ziegfeld is glad tobave asmany i friends of the College attend as tho house will hold. Though mauy of those present Fridsy ovening wero oblized to siand, they did eo patiently throughou the entire concert, and the various numbers of the ovening wera Teceived entbusstically, The programme was as fol- o iy, Henry ilart, 3. * Fingals Boetle” (piano and violin). . Mendelssobn sy Kate Surrous and Mr. Sicy 4. “Heaven Hath Sed 3 Tear . Mra, H. Thorcardl 5. Trio—Op. 186 (piino, violin, and cello. 3iss Edith Hibourd and Messys. Meyer 6. “Cheerfalness ™ (vocal duett),. .- i Jlitscs Kate Lurrous and Eca 7. * Athalis™ (piano and violin)., a8 Anmie Harrold and Al7. Heyer. | 8. “Waiting at the Brook Side ™. Mins Alice Wilder. 9. “ Boconciliztion 7 (vocal ducty. AMiss Carrie Lawson end | 10, “ Badieuso®, .. ... Aliss Corc Avers, Tho most notnble number of the evening was { the._iustramental trio, which_ was_played with ! spiric and precision, Liza, Thorward: Las a very | ciear soprano voice, and ang with tasteand ex- violin. Mrs. Gill siog 1 the duo with Miss Locio, taking the place- of s Burrows, who was euflerivg from a cold, and tho song was pleasantly rendered.’ In addition_to the regular programme, Mr. Diehm plsyed a faotasie on the violoncello ' exquisizely, accompanied by Mr. Zicgfeld on the piano, and Mrs. E. A. Jewett sang a favorita song of Clara Lowsa Kellogg's. cutitled “She Wandered Down the Mountain Side,” Mrs. Jewott is o new-comer, but will bo s decided scquisition to our amateur vocalism. She bos s full, rich. voice, capsblo of fluent mod- alation, and eings with great taste, appreciation, and exprecrion. Hor voice and style of singing are both well adapted to churct-singing, and her evident devotion to music will contzibute to ber steady improvement. Tho music of tho svening reflecied groat credit tpon Mossrs. Ziegteld, Bozue, Meyer. and Dichm, the instructors. After the concert, Mr. Meyer, with the violin. and Afr, William Ziegfeld, s ccusin of the Dircctor, re- cently from New York, on the piano, kindly fur- nished music for s social dauce. CHARITY CONCER: A grand concert aod_charity ball, 25 has here- tofore briefly been noticed in theto columns, is to be given on the cvening of April 7, at the McCormick Music-Hall, under the susfices of tho lady managers of tho Half-Orphan Asylum, and, of course, for the benefit of that institu- tion. Arrapgcments are bemg made on a graud ecale, and every indication seems to promiso & decided succesa. The Committee of Arrange- ments is coustituted of uch prominent citizcos es the Hon. Cnarles B. Lawreuce, the Hou. W. C. Gouds, R. 5. McCormicls, Gon. Joseph Stock- ton, F. B. Peabods, Perry H. Smith, G. L. Dunlap, snd H. W. King, which is sufficient evidence tuat the affair will be ore of no ordi- nary attraction. The concert, which will preceds | the ball, 3¢’ under the superintendenco of Jir. | Fritz Foltz, wheh fact is o ure guarautce that it will bo of the first order. '[his entertainment | of itself will be well worth the price of admus- | sion. The ball promises to be a grand ard select | sffair. The music is to be by Prof. Handa or- chestra. . { Tho price of tickets, admitting two, is fixed ! at the low figure of $3, inciuding refreshments. | We trost' that our music-lovivg and daneing | people will fill the great Music Hull to s fullst ! capacity. Tho Hall-Orphan Asylum is o O ! the Jargest snd_most deserving of par chaxtablo institations. Tho Relief Society sas af-rded it | some aid during ihe lasc winter, but thi is now | i withdrawn, and the Iadv-menpgers aw in great | need of funds Lo provido for ibe pre#ing wauts of nearly 150 babies and childres under their | | care. | THE QATES <OMIC A Qates commences an esgagemeut at the | Academy of Musje on Mondar, March 23, the re- pertoire for the week boiug rs follows: Mon- day, *“Ihe Grand Ducness ;” Tueedsy, * Flower Girl of Faxis;" Wednexday, ‘“Les Bavards;™ ThursJay, * Daustiter of the Begiment:” Fri- sy, * Bohemian Girl;” Saturday, * Fortunio.” COMPLIMENTARY GOIREES. * A movement i on fuot amoug the friends of Madame Eugenie de Roode-Rice to tander her & series of threo selcct soirees after Lent, the pro- prsmmes for which will be propared by Mrs. Rico berself. The movement 14 aiready meeting with great success, and will prove s handsome | recognition of this Jady's musical abulities. TURNER HALL. Tho programme for the Tarner Hall Concert this afternvon is 28 follows : i 4. Overture to “ Rienzi 7. 5. Thoma und variations 6. Nocturno from * Midsummier Night's Dreom * 7. Potpourri—** Mt . Potpoutri—' The Musical Ecceniric ", 9, Waitz—* Cheers to Vienna Citizens . 10. Cupid Galop..... CONCORDIA MALL. - | The following is the prograzme for Concord:a | 0 3. Potpourri— 4. Fantaisic—From * o Waltzas—* P: 8 Yotponrri—t® Musical Jokes 7. 9. Overtura—t Fidelio”.. alop— The Horse-Car ... 5T, PATRICK I The following is the progrmmme of the escred | concert to Lo give this esching at St. Patrick's Chitreh, cornos of Adams and Do~plainca uireots, | when the new orgat is to be dedicated: £rtal— Ave Maria ™ (composed for O cerasion. 3 .Mr, Otto Lob Misses 1L, M. M 'Gominers, B. Kellger, and Birthoioms, - Belacted Soprano solo. i encz solo—t AT6 MEFS". .o0vus s = M, Schullze, | hands, by _G. pression, Mr. Moyer playing the oblizato on the | @ by Mrs, James | Edilh 5 i ced by . James L Ths comi¢ opera truupe heaced by em | arTive from Asmosica in timo to sustain the part. | past forty yeare. Back | that city oo the 12th ult. The op ; Offenbac himrelf. - -3, W, Pilcher, PART Boprano solo—O Sslutaris ™ .. Miss H, ‘We are indebted to Oliver Diteon, & Co., of Bos- top, throngh the ' conrtesy aly, o city, for the follswi e, ~hich'has just beeu issned : *The }}?gfinhfiiw.’ Thousand Eyes,” a song, by F. Boott; the .+ E1 Fresco Waltz," by Mies Rate-E. Simmons: “Longing,” 8 caczonetts, for contralio voice, by Theodore J. Barker; #The Shepherd Be: an allegretto, for piao, arraagsd for four D, Wilson : *The Child's Vision,” song, by. James L. Molloy; *Les Clochettes™ o gailop brilliant, by De Groq, and * Le Zephyr,™ a morceau elegant, by Harmston, thess. two be- longing to_the well-known series “ Perles Ma- sicales,”; “Avant ls Damse,” a waliz, by Tito Mattei; *Clicquot _Galop,” by Hormann; - “Studect's Ball-Dances,” = by. Streuss; '“Memories,” 8 nocturne for pi- ano, by Ella L. 0; “The Wedding Polkia,” by Wallerstein ; Thougl Lost to Sight to Memory Dear,” song by Emerson ; “ Alone Porever,” a romance by Odoardo Bardd 3 * Cot by the Lake.” song by W. F. Wellman, Jr.: # I Avite from Dresma of Thee,” by Silaman, as suog by Ar. Varley ; Angels, Mv_Loved Ono Eoep." aranged {rom & malods of Schumann's by George Cooper; The Musicai Box Caprice, by Liebich ; Trubol and Jubel Quadrille,” by Carl Faust ; “Thou Gav'st Mo a_Flower,” nocg by Ciro Pinsulti; ** My White Euse,” song by Chant de Guerre," by Gotta- of Messrs, Lyon & Wo havereceived from 8. Brainard's Sons,. Cleveland, the following: Six songn for chit drez: and beginners, by Karl Merz ; + To Doum in D flat™ and # Gloria in Excelsla,” byS. A. Ellis ; two sketches for the piano by W. Kalfon- berger ; and “ Collezo Lifo,” theme and varia- tious for piano, by Theodore Presser. _Wo_aro indebted to Willism A. Pond & Co., Now York, throush the courtesy of Mesary. Root " & Lawis, of this city, who, by the way, have" Just removed into more convenicat and commo- dions guarters, at No. 136 State street, for the" fotlowing now music: * Mullizan Guard March,® by ‘Heory Aagiach ; Easter anthem, © Christ, Our Passover,” by H. P. Danka; **A Life Sto- v," bailad by Perthald Tours; * Bantiful Dreaws,” song 0y W. C. Lavey ; ** Through the Long Days.” batlad by Francis Korbay ; * How Oft, Alas H. P. Danks; Te Deum, in & fiat major, by George William Warren ; and ** Partivg,” song’ by Millar, PERSONAL. Clinrel’s Husical Journal, Cincinuati, savs: From most reliable suthority we nroabla to state that Mre, Edmund Dexter, our well-xnown soprano, s resolved to devote a certain portion of her time te music, professionaliy, and will' sccept engagenients for concerts, &c., in Cincinnatiand the neghtoriog clties. Tho music-loving public may well ciugratus Iate ifae'f that rs. Doxter will o lovger permit sc valuable and brilliant a gift to remaln-idle, pardica. laziy when i could be put to aach good use fo ald the arlvancing strides which music is making in our midsk, Toa voice which hus few rivalssie Drs added the Imost unceasing and carcful study, and i8 perbapm te ouly soprazo at the t time in this country whe gagels 1o eratorlo, 56 seldom givea to the pubile fox iack of arists capable of sust , with s G didiculs soto purte. HHI AUSICAL ODDITIES. A tasteful Frenchman's evening dress ia de~ ecribed as a whole symphony in ototh. —Foutteon fathors in Quincy, IlL., have signed 2 pledgo not to wllow their danghters to take mu- iic Izl:Isuona until they know naw to make good read. —A rural critic says 8 certain local singer it “a perfect cncyclopmdia of fascination and 2 musio-box of divine cl L —The Louisville Courier-Journal exprerses 1 wigh to have all the money that Strakosch will lose by his Patti contract, in order to ratite ta bis Sabiue farm and pray for Rome. —Tho intalligent com gositor has been at work on a concert programme. A German song w2a pet down as * fm Fruhling” (springtime), snd the I. C. mado it “Tom Fooling in Sprivgtime." —Alluding to the death of a citizen recently, the Danbury News remarks: * With the single cxception of twenty-three years ago, when he took a few lessons on a violm, his life haa becn blameless.” i —Hull, Mass., has heretofore been noted foz the regularity with which her eight volea baye been sunnally polled for the Republican candi- dates at Stato elections. Sho row puts forth s new claim to distinction as ti:e only town in New England which bas neither a tenor nor s soprana “*achiening great success” in some one of the operatic centres of Europe. MTBICAL NOTES. Joachim is playiug in London. —XMr. Sims Recves is slowly recovering from o severe attack of suppressed gont. —A lady violoncellist from Paris, Mdle. Emms Cisisey, i8 giving concerts in Philadelpnia. —3r. 3. W. Whitney is engagea vith Thornas’ Orchestra until May. | —Yon Bulow has “memorized” nearly 406 ‘musical compositions. —The New York World says church music in Boston costs $142,000 a year. —Lncca sang nine tifies at the Stads Tueatrs, New York, and received $8,000 in gold tiorefor, —Tamberlik is engaged 0 the eud of the present season for the Theatre de 1'Jpera at Madrid. —Herr E. Lassen has writter newmaaia for Goethie's “Faust,” a full perfomanceof which is now being rehesrsed at the Weimar Theatro. —Wagner will accept the propostion of the Khedive to write an opra for Cairo, on an Egyptian subject. 3 —Gounod bag receivedd commission to write a work for the Parls Grod Opera. —There reems to be now some uncortainty comizg to the United S:ates this about Dulsw's year. —Theo widow of .the cclebrated tenor Rabini bas just died at Milan; she wes born May 30, 1704, of Jrench ‘parents; hor.maiden name being_ Ad:lside Chaumel. She leaves a con- siderable fortane, —Ths Mannheimer Journal is in a positi-S o state, O the most trustworthy author<Ys that thesuccess of Richerd Wagner's theatrical en- teprise at Dayreuth is at length wsuted. The «Ring of tne Nibelungen " will before long be performed on the stage of the 2ew theatre. —31. Gounod hascompoget 8 LOW shortorches. fral and vocal work, calle? * The Sea of Galilee, which deals with the p-racle of tho calming of he waters, Ths susject is a tine ono, and capa~ ble of effective weatment. The work is to take about twenty winutes in performauce. —For the coming scason at the Drury. Lana opera, J.oudon, ona of the most interesting fea- turea will be she early production of Balfe's poe- thumous opera, * il Talismano,” which ¥ae uo- avoidably postpoued last year. adamo Nilsson, wio then carefully rehearsed the chamcter of ith Berenger, says the London &z, will —)Ir. Georze Endres, Iato & member of Mr Lothian’s Boston Theaire orchutml‘ndied on tbe 19k nlt. Tho deceased was 3 well-known pleyes on the French horn, and had bees atlached to tho orchiestias of the Boston theatres for the A disporch from London in the Daily Graphic sanounces that Alr. Carl Rosa has fonuded n scholarship iv the Royal Acadomy of 3lusic, in memory of bis wife. This fact having een mado pablic, we feel at liberty to mention that Mr, Rosa bas also expressed the intontion of founding, by his will, & '* Parepe-Ross Scliol- arship” in this country, theincoms of wbich ia to te axpm‘:g:{l in odacating American fomale ewngers iu Italy. i 783% his concerts at St. James' Hall, 3L Gounod s made & step in the right direction, and one that the managers of thestres andother laces of smusement might vell emuizte. No ! P oreon 18 admitted during the performasico, acd Tie requests that persons wishing to retire will do aoqeizhur before the commencement or a the tion of a piece. ; B tnal of Verona, publish glowing so- | counts of the Lenefit given to our yonry com- patrioto Violotts Colwile, at the opera house in wia * Die Sien Cule On norsh,” in the principal Tole of whica Jillobad nlresdy sppeared seversl timee. | the pightof kor benefit the huuse was crowded with tho elize f thecity, and the youry bene- ! fcisine had quite an ovation. A n sdf | handsome presents were made to ner on tho A" pumber of oceasion, inciudiog a parare of brillisute, and s lanrel crown with jeweled buds. Of foral of- : ferinzs she hind 2 perfect avalanche. —Pharis is eid to be impressed with ancw m | gpeciacls of ** Orphee aux Enfers,” which has just been brought out under the dicection of Some one remarked ta Offentach during the opening rehearsai tlist the expensie of the revival musy hnve bern very | great. “Yes,” answered Offenbuch, *‘L hava thrown my money out of the window, but I bope it will cowe back to me through tho doors ! The costumes, all of tho richeay materials, yra- ber 970 The firet sct closes with ono of tho most astonishing proceseions ever seen Tpon the Tariman stage. ~As tho proceseion files scrows the miage, tho 400 parsicipents take up their places, sod into the ticy, the coutre of a dazzliug ster of light, rises thie car_of Apollo, drawa by four whito borses, The third sct {5 chiefly re- marksble for s pallat, wherein the four principal dancers are costumed 88 dragon-flies. sacred song for soprano or tenor by -