Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 20, 1874, Page 8

THE CRUSADE. The Effect upon .Wholosule Liquor Establishments. A Mouse Tas Its Sates Fall OF Thirty Per Cont, ; And Another Reports a Decided CGlain, While Another Increases Its Sales for Private Consumpticn. All Hopeful for the Future. A Trnowe roporter made a number of visits yestorday afternoon to differont wholcsalo dis- tilling and jobbing liquor-houscs, in order to find out to what oxtont, if any, the womon's crasndo had Affectod tho liquor business. The first place cnllod at was the wholosale liquor ostablishmont of DoHaven & Wales, where an Interviow was had with . MR, TARDY LINDEN, This gontloman at onco acknowledged tho fact that the orusnde had bnd the offoct of “glowing" business to tho extont of 80 or 40 per cont of what it was Prlm‘ to tho commoncoment of the movemont. Thoro was no doubt that tho sotion of the cru- sndors had bad tho offect of frightoning the soloon-keopors in tho country, and many of thom had closed inconssquence. Iu the intorior of llinois tho saloon-keopers ara espocially afraid of tho effect of tho working of the women on the Boards of Trustoes of the differeut towns. Tt waa with theso_ that the granting of tho Jicenscs restod; and tho Illinois crueadora hava mnde up their minds that to gain over tho Trustoes to thelr causo was moro worthy of effort than tho closing up of enloons. What - notion tho Trusteos might tako in tho mattor was not known, buttho saloon-keepers foared that 1t would bo adverse to their interosts, and that tho spring would sco them all without liconses, Undor the ecircumstauces thoy wero ontly depressod, and showod an uttor doterm- nation not to incroaso stooks until the decision of tho Trustecs was ascertainod, In the mean- timo the conntry ealoon-keepers were mixing tho rustio cocktail and reducing stocks as much as posible, in ordor that, if the Trustoes' decided ta iseuo no more liconses, they might bo fonnd with ns smalt o quantity of unsalable liquid on hand as possible. TIE CHICAGO CRUSADERS, Mr. Lindon has heard ong thing about the crusadors of Chicago which, if truio, shows that thoy aro using ingonuity as woll as enorgy in the lecufl\;g of “their lm.i-!h}um‘ trafllo potitions. On good suthority he hiad loarned that they wore seouring fiom Germaa womon and others unablo to rend tho apti-liquor petition, their signature theroto, stating that 1t was dircotod againat tho social-evil quostion, Tho ealoon-keopers in most places had come to tho conclusion that the crusade had lnated abont loug enough, and had began to assume so serious an sspect that many of thom aro not looking npon the movemont with the apathy that they did at its commencemont, A, J. LOUIS, SALOON-KEEPER, had written him that ho had recoived a notifica- tion that his place was to bo visited, but bo had writton his intonding viettors that, whilo ho would give thom s polite reception, he could not answer for tho conduct of tho thioves, pimps, aud gamblers whom ho intended to invite on the acension, 'I'ho consoquence was that his placo was loft ontirely anmolestod. . ONLY TEMPORARY. Mr. Plow, of Roolle, Jenker & Co., ono of the Iargest distilling firms in the oity, stated that ho did not think tho injury wonld be more than temporary. is customers wrote that they were oot doing 80 much trado, ‘owing to tho * praying business,” but that, in_theit opinion, there ‘would bo a8 good a trade done during the “first ‘six-months of this yosr sa in any similar poriod rovious. The aotion of the orvsnde upon tho liquor trado was much tho same ag that of tho snuiu upon goneral busiuess last fall, The calers did not know bow it was going to eud, aud, 88 o precoutiousry measure, they proth gonorally decided not to incronse stocks until gome delinite information ou tho subjoct was hod. 1o said that the country saloon-kecpers, a8 1 class, wora notorious for thelr readinoss in framing excuses for STAVING OFF PAYMENTS, At one timo thetaxcs hnd to bo paid; at another liconses had to bo taken out; again tho zonds woro bad, and tho furmera wore not able 1o bring fu their unimproved zrain, and, with tho proceeds of its salo, tako in o aupPIy of tho im- proved articlo in thd shape of whisky. Ou the proseut oceasion tho oxcuso of tho crusade was “being plcm(ml!lly used, and one good effect tho moyement would have upon trado, would bo the finding out of who smong the saloon-keepors waie tho rendiost to mako use of it a8 au excuse for not paying their indebtedness. The whole~ salo liquor-dealors wero about to organize & ‘WHOLESALE LIQUOR-DEALENS' ASSOCIATION, whoso object wonld be the protection of the trado againat evils of all kind, The wholesnle liquor-dealers, as was generally true_of the re- tailers, did not like drunknrds, sud but a very small portion of thoir profits’ came from thnt source, but they thought that it was unfair that o business of wich sizo aud importance us thirs, and which contributed 8o enorinoualy to tho sup= port of tho Govorument, should be nitacked and cramped simply becausa thora wa in overy town or city a fow men who mado” boasts of “them- selves, ITe would like, too, to lnow what the farmers would do with thoir grain if tho distil- lericu ware closed for a yoar. > ACTUALLY A GAIN. At the establishment of O. Schwab & Co, the senior partnor had s difforont story-to toll. He Tind found, be said, that, sinco the_crusaido be- gan, tho business of his firm had increased sven In ihe orusading districta. Within the past month their tiade bad augmonted considerably, and ho hoped that tho movement would con- tinue, ns ho was sure it would be to his benetit, ‘What the peculiar causos woro that singled out Dis establishmont from o number of othors, and mado it dorivo bonofit from & confessedly com- mon disastor, Mr. Schwab could not suy, 8o that the good-luck of his firm must bo Jooked upon as something wonderful and utterly unox- plainable. TRIVATE DESIIONNS, Tho next flrm virited was that of Bwain, Bar- pard & Co., on Stato street, whoio the reporter hnd & convorsation with *Doa™ Bwain, the sonior momber. That gentloman stated that ho did not find that the crusado had bad much effoct in the city, but that in the country its offect upon the liquor business was marked. Ono_ line of business Lnd incrensed largely of late in the crusadiog districts, This was tho orders from private partics, who would like a_ fow allong pul up in » box inarked *Iickles,” or * Grooeries,” aud sont by oxpress. WUhe ronsons of this wore various. In some casos the pnrties wero ashamed to buy openly; in othors, the country doaler hnd run ghort of thoe brand which was their peculiar vanity, and would not roplonish stocks until tho aspect of tha drink-markot was moro encouraging. * Doo” Bwain thought that n good temperunce reform would Lo the rasing tho licenso jax, by which moans the numbor of ealoons in’ Chicago would probably bo reduced “from 2,700 to 2,000, and their quality raised In n greater proportion, There wa# not & wholeealo lignor-dealer who would not liko to seo this accomplished. WUAT TiE COLLEOTON'S BOOKS SHOW, After calling upon several other cstablish- ‘monts whore the opinfons of parties previously intorviowed wore lull{ indorsed, the reporter called upon Mr. L F. lloyt, Assistant Colleotor of Interual Rovonue, and asked him how the rovenue from taxes on distillod epirits dnving tho present mouth compared with that of Fobruary, Mr. Moyt = at onco looked up his® books of Treference, and _showed thot intho twenty-four days on which liquid taxes wero collected in Tebrnary the sum of $870,403,80 was vecelved, while for the sixteen days of this month it amounted to 8258888, which is n lurgor daily average than that of lnst month. 8o thut it is appurent that tho distillers at lonst are confldent that the women's move- meut is spasmodio, =nd will before long bo a thing of the past. Ono fact asserted by all the liquor-doalers wap tho stendinoss of prices, which tonds to show that thoy, like tho distil- Tors, bave profouud fuith in the ‘finai victory of mN‘A'n bibulous tendencles over womau's “de- vution, —— LOCAL ITEMS, Charles T, Bmith, the hoad-cook of the Palmer flouso, has been mlsping siuce Tucsday, and as be bnd some vory valuable proporty with hLim when be loft the house on that evening, friends sre apprehensiye of foul plav. . - Geosge Buhns 'tnd Honry Plinker lved Iu Elkhart, and thought it would bo plessant to visit the Motropolis of the Wost, but baving no funds they concluded to atoal & ride, #o tho, passcd thomsolvos along in an ompty oar, an arrivod In tho olty safoly last ovoning. fi‘hoy made a mistake in gotting out of tho car Lo stop into tho watchman’s arms, for ho looked thom in tho Armory. On complaint of O, J, Oborg, Justico Boydon insued a warrant yostordny aftornoon for tho ar- rost of ono Timothy W, Fuller, charged with obtaining from Oborg tho sum of 8306 undor faluo protonses, Tho warrant was placod in tho bonds of Doteotive James Chapin, who arrosted Fullor ot No. 140 LaSallo stroot, and confinod Imm in tho lock-up. This man Fullor is tho porgon who lately adver- tisod: **A pattner wanted in n luorative busi- noss. Apply at Room 20, No. 140 LaSalle street.” Mr. Fullor will havoan opportunity Lo advertiso his *'lucrativo business” to-morrow morning at the old Armory Police Court. ront doal of excitemont was causod last evoniug In tho neighborliood of Wabash avenuo and Thirtioth straat by tha ' announ\>ment that s band and pare of anarm of an adult pérson Iind boen found, carofully tied up in & shoot, by eome boya in an adjoining slley, Itwea immo- dlutnl{ surmisod that thora had boon foul play, as all tho experts who mndo an examination declared that this unploasant pieco of surgery lind not boon performed tweonty-four hours ho- foro tho torriblo discovory waa mado, But 88 uo morao of tho supposed victim could be found, and cortaln facts loaked out, it bocame vory cloar thnt it was a practical joko playod by some medioal student, ZElizaboth Good, roniding at No. 127 North Mar- kot stroot, displayed a persoverance yostorday in trying to commit” sulcido that is desorving of o bettor causo. 8ho took a pair of dull ecissora and went into her room, stood bofors the mirror, and’ tried to cut her throat. Sho did _ manage to_ slit hor windpipe, butim did nut die =8s sooh as sho wished, 80 she bound up her neck, washed away all tracoas of blood, and went down to_the lako, near tho water-works, and jumped in. Tho enginoor of the now tunnol, A, Willlam MoGue, enyw hor commit tho rash deed and roscuod hor, when, to his horror, ho found her throat was cut, Bho was takon to tho Twelfth Procinct Station, and Dr. Bon Miller called, who attonded to hor. FIRE AT THE NONTI SIDE ROLLING-MILLS, At midnight Inat ovening, tho onpola of tho Btool mill of tho North Side Rolling-Mills was discovorod to bo on fire, Tho firo was caused by tho roof the “lantern” eatching fire from tha heat in tho “spiogol " furnace, Thiszroof is slate without and wood undorneath, 8o that whon it catchos firo it {6 hard to oxtinguish, it the firo gots woll under way, When the flames wero first seen, tho hose kopt at the mill was at once gotten out, but the doplorablo fact wns discovered that the tanks woro umELy. TInstoad of tho fire bomg at onco extinguishied, as it would have been had tho tanks been fufl, it was nocessary to wait till tho fizo ongines camo, At one timo it soomod as if {he wholo mill must go, but the woll-directed efforts of Mar- #hwl Potrio and the Firo Departmont soon got control of the fire and put it ou. When it looked doubtful as to whethor the firomon or the flames would conquer, it was an intoresting and, at the somo fimo, sad aight to sce the anxioty dopicted on the faces of tho hundrods of spectators, many of whoso brend dopended on.tho resutt. Thoy woro a happy !nt of poople when they saw the flames ut ook, 4 P ir. Barkos, tho gontlomianly Suporintondont of tho mill, stated to the roportor that ho did not knovw as to the insurance, but thought that the loss would be nboui Sfi,bflfl. It 'will undoubt- edly be moro, although it was very bard to form & correot ostimato. TIHE “PULLMAN SYSTEM? OF RAIL- WAY CARS./ Trial Trip on the Midiand Railway . (England)s From the Raslway-Servica Gazette (Léndon), Feb, 28, Last Saturday, tho 2lat inst., at 2:30 p, m,, two of Mr. Pullman’s famous palaco-cars, namod reapectively “Midland” snd “Leo,” loft Bt. Panoras Station, Midland Railway, on & speoial exoursion to Bedford, for the purpose of allow- ing railway Dircotors and other peraons directly interestod in railway matters to judge of the gront improvements in traveling effectod by tho systom, which haslong been in vogua in Amorica. A seloct party of about tivonty accopted the invi- tations {esucd by the Pullman Palace-Car Com- psoy. Amongst the viaitors (for whom a cham- pagno luncheon had beon providedin the * sloop- ing oar ™) wero gontlemen intorosted in tho Rus- sian and other foreign railways, a8 wall as tho conduotors and representatives of the radlway press, including tlie editor of this journal. Sir nniel Goooh and Mr. Forbes woro also prosont. ‘An early opportunity will soon be afforded for the reprogentatives of tho genoral press to make public the resulta of a second trip, whon ‘more carsa will Lo provided. ‘Tho two cars which wero usedon Satwrday woro examples of the.day Bystem as woll o8 of tho * sleaping cara " ntendod to bo omployed on tho Midiaud lisilway. For travollng by~ day, tho saloon-carringos, **parlor-cars,” a8 they aro termed, will be mged. For night-traveling, or for o long continuous journoy, tha slesping cars afford every facility for comfortable travel- iog by day as woll as by night. Tables are provided, on which rofrestimonts can bo sorved, or on whien ca«ds, choss, or othor games way bo pinyed. These at night are removed, and the soats, with tho nddition of an oxtra oushion, form a vory oxcollent bed. Above those, by turuing agcrow i the sido of tho carriago, commodions bods aro let down, 8o that tho whole carriazo forms. s largo aloeping apartment, For families and privale partics thoro are two or threo soparato divisions fiited up on the samo principlo, in which perfoct privacy can bo on- Joyod. Lavatorios ‘and other comforts aro uap- ‘plied, and every caro hns been taken to turn overy inch of spaco to advantage, ‘Tho card are beautifully furnished, whilo the decorations and Langing lomps aro most gracoful 10 stylo and of ‘most ndmirablo - workmaoship. Wo cannot help congratulatin, railway-trave olors on the fact that tho * Pullman™ systom is at last boing adoplod in England. It was devised to incronsa zailway-travelivg, by supplying tho obvious want of more luxurious cars; to#ave timo by allowing night-travoling and long continious journoys in all scasous without fatiguo aud loss of sloop; to avoid thio dolay, inconvenience, and uxlumu« of changing cars, without the objectional alternative to the roilway companies of. letting their ‘cars go off thoir own lines ; to reatrict tho society of pas- sengors to & moro solect class, and to oncourage the taking of flist-class tickets; to provide re- spousible ngents to whom may be intrusted the chargo of lndies, children, and invalids, from tho Doginuing to tho eud of & journey; to incronso the protection of human life by providing cars fnpnblu of registing the usual oifocts of collis- on, ota. That theso oxpeotations woro ronlized is bast illustrated by thesuccoss of tho ** Putlman Palaco- Car Company,” Roginning in 1667 with but 87 cars, it ins now in succdsaful operation about 700, of which 110 wero added last year, Thoso cars traverse all tho principal lines of railway in Amorics, sud the Compuny's contracts cover o mileaga of upwards of 80,000 miles, Upon thoso linos travellng has Infgoly inoronsed, and Journoys of business-men are almcst cutirely confiuod to tho night, thus avoiding the tediunm of oft-ropeatod journoys, saving valuable timo, ond expensc of hotels, Much of the busiuess heratofors dono by correspoundenco is now more sntisfactorily aud quickly accomplishied in por~ son, Plonsuro-iraveling on tho part of faaulies has thoro bocome a prominent fostute of rail- way-businca. "Thio following is & summary of the * Pullman contract," a8 mndo with thé princlpal railway companios in Armerica, and with the Midlaud Ruiiway Company of England: Tho Pullman Company furmshes, at its own exponse, the cars complote, two embloyos to cach (a conductor and o sorvant), koops in gond order and ropair, and renews and improves, the carpets, up- holstery, snd bodding, and receivos as ita oniy componsation th extn prigs voluntarlly pald by the travelor for tho privilego of riding in them, Thoe lailway Company transports the cars, lights, warms, and keeps them in ordor aud ropair, oxcopt as sbove mentionod (boing ouly o part of that whioh tho Company must in any caso do with its own carringos), and receives from tho traveler tho whole of tho usual first-class fare, In o word, tho railway com- pany pays nothing to the Puliman Company for tho uso of its large capital, many valuable ntonts, and grent expertonce, It pays nothun; for the Hino, Jatior, and expeusa of tho trial, It in saved the cost and interost of tho onrrlagos which it must otherwise have for carrying its possengors, whilo its trafio aud revenuo are inevitably incrensod through the greater comforts_afforded Ly the Pullmau Compuny. Aftor all thls, if tho railway compauy find it hos given a contract of value, suy time within & year, when the risk would bo asyod, and the value detormined, it mny pustoss tuolf 6f Lolf the futuro bouofits by cuaply P ing the Pullman Company for haif the cost of tho cars at that time 1u operation under the con- tract, Wo must admit that it would bo diloult to do- }','.';?,‘ Lauls more favorablo to tho railway come THE CUICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1874. e LECTURES. The Mysteries of a Convent Life. ’ The Wonderful Experionces of Miss Edith 0*Gorman, Theorlos of Light and Optical Delusfons. Interesting Experiments by Prof. Pepper. Gen, Gibbon on the Yellowstone, MISS EDITH 0'GORMAN. A Lecture to Indies on the Myaterles of Cons vent Life. In order to gratify the masouline portion of tho community who were ourious to know what Miss O'Gormnn oould havo to say to *ladies only,” McCormick's Hall was fillod with a largo crowd of tho fair sex, sont hithor by thaelr hus bands, who woll know that {t would not be in the powor of tho wivos of their bosoms to keop Laclk tho mysteries which wero to be rovealed to thom. Bo thoy came in companica and brigades, not becauso thoy cared anything about it, but to roport it to the supposably incurious sox, Woman in some inatances proved her right to ‘bo wrong by holding tho seat for which sho had no chocls, upon tho legal principlo of posscasion bolng nine polnts, ete., and evidently. enjoyod tho situation. , Miss O'Gorman, not being quite on time, was callod for by her audionce in the approved way. 8ho apologized for being lato by atiributing it to Poppor and bis ghosts,—sdding, that thoy wero oll about, and, a8 thoy wanted no male hearers, sho had boon obliged to walt until the const was clear, Bho thon wont on to stato that sho'had been & nun pix yoars. Sho was mnot forced to entor, but did so_bocauso sho felt it to be her duty. Whydid she oscapo, snd from what? Dishonor, from ‘which every woman should es- cnpo. It was her groat duty to do so, whatover hor position in life, She thanked God that she was cducated in Protestant schools. Brought up in Rbodo Islund, a graduate of the Iast Greenwich Beminary in that State, oy and _romantic, sho ontered Bocoty, but found no leasure in tho giddy whirl, Dissatisfied with boiug a buttorfly, and_ growing weary of the dissipations of Nowport, sbe felt & nocessity for a more serious oxistence,* She had boon brought up by & Catholio mother, aud, as all Catliolics bolioved overy ono outsido of tho palo of the Church would assuredly bo damnod, why hor only resonroco was confossion, and to seek in that o solaco for her onnui, A man might commit murder and recoive absohution, but to doubt an articlo of falth was to insure ex- communication and damnation, Bho accordingly went to confession to a.young pricst at Newpdrt, named Father Hughes, who assurod hor thas sho was born for batter, bfgher, noblor aims than to be a more buttorily of fash- jon. Ho drow such a picture of bliseful purity that Miss Edith decided to entor a convent, It took & year to gain her parcnts’ consout, for thoy folt sho would no longer be tholr child, and they could hold no freo communication with hor, Bishop McFarland wont to hor paronts, and told thom thoy woro agents of tho devil fo rostrain her, and threatened them with cxcommunication, until thoy yielded. Tho object wae to got hor monoy. On Oct. 2, 1862, sho entored a convent in Mad- ison, N. J. 'Hero eho describod tue differont or- dors, and mentioned dining with iho Sistors ot tho Poor ok Jersoy City, who, being very austere, only took onomeal a day, the chiof dish bemg composed of soup mado almost ontirely of lager boer, which, it was alloged, Was necoesary Lo Toop up their strongth, Thoy wouldn't sign auy tomporauce plodge, 6ho was mure. TRoturning to hor own individusl experienco, sho said that whon sho onterod the convent ovarything was delightful, aud every ono o kind, but thut tho first quostion tho Suporior askod was for Ler oheck for $26,000, Tho lay sisters had to pay in tiat convent $500 for tha privilego of entoring, and then thoy worked like alaves—worao than “'fi’ other drudgery, Next hor trunks wero sskod for, ns everything iu the war of undor- olothing was roquired to bo furnished by tho dozen, These wero not quite ready, and wero to o sont after hor, and sho aftcrwards learned that Mother Xavier surreptitiously sent to hor paronts for all her worldly attiro. 'Thoso wore made over for such children as should bo placed thore 08 boarding pupils. by paronts at & distance, with orders to furnish thom overy- thing, Tho old clothos that cost nothing would bo refashioned for them, nnd charged iu the bill at tho rato of now ones. Then sho became a-candidato, which lasted cleven woeks, During this time tho charactor was studied, and if thoy aro not perfootly sub- missive, if they had much mouey they were sent to _anothor Order, but .if poor wero told - they had no_vocation, and returned to thoir fricuds and tho world. Bhe was treated with un- fuiling couttesy whilo s candidate, but a8 soon a8 she_assumed tho novice's garb ali this changed. She was no longoer '* My denr girl,” or "My sweot child,” but on tho mornivg fol- lowing hor assumption of that garb, was ordered in the harsliest manuor to go the kitchen and sco what thoro was for her to do. Sho obeyod, and was 8ot to'scouring pans. #¥8he did this for thres doys, and then, without any pride, but from o simple love of cleanliness, bewnled hor be- grimed bands. A sister encorod at her prido, und told hor sho would show her ho to cleen them, 8he took ber to anothor room where gome lime had just been slacked for whitewnsh- ing, and forced her to pug them.into the boiling compound. Horrorsqn hiorrors accumulated, She was sent from thence to the laundry to wring clothes with hor hands goro and bleeding. She did not mind the physical pain so much aa tho unkind words, Next came n harrowing desorip- tion of tho cell with the bluo and whito sproad, no carpet, emall washstand, and nairow limits, where she might not even shed o tear for her mother without confessing it s o sin, Bho aesorted that Romaniem was losing ite force in Eumgu and gaining ground hore, 1t was moro to be deplored than intomperanco, bocause it was hypocritical, and uphold intdhnp- erance, whila .tho iuiquity of it was conconlod. Miss O'Gorman kney Dishop Foloy whom sho conversed with an hour in Bishop Spalding's palaco_in Baitimoro, and 8o Jknow o great doal about lum ; and she said that neithor ho nor any priost would_take the temporance plodge, be- caugo they oll loved wino, and though Biskop Purcell sssorted that holind boen a total ab- stinence man for tho last ten yoars, still ho must take wino at mess, which heing overa glass full was a vory good tod for a moruing, When sho became & wvovico sho had her hair, which was a yard long, cut off ; hair which sho had been proud of and she was forced to trample guit. [Sighs of sympathy from tho sudieuco. ‘Whon slio stated that theso Jocks were sold aug conveitod,into obignons. [Less sympathy aftor this fact was stated.] Chignons and falso curls being a necosrity of theso women of the world, they must have them oven at such o coat. At Patorson, where sho was sout, sho broke somo pino steps and took them. to tho Sister Buperior and kueit to ask a penance for hor erimo, Bhe was thus addressod: * You groas wallowing, floundering flat-fish, go and put your lazy back to work and make n pair ’xwr 1iko thom." Obedionce boing a necossity sho wont to tho chapel aud besought Bt. Joseph, the Fos- tor-Fathor of Jesus to come down from Ieaven and help her make them, Ilo did uot artivo, nud Lior success withont this miraculous intorposi- tion not bolng very groat, sho wes sont to beg the monoy to roplace them from the citizons. Hor sister visted hor at Poterson, Bhe was only sllowed to seo her sistor ten minutes, and could offor her no rofreshments, Bho wans obligad to sny sho was liapoy whila every night and morping slio prayed for death. She hadn't hoard a word of love Trom any one for six years, when sha recoived that assuiance from o youug pricst nnmed Father Walsh, Thua was whilo sho waa teachlug o class of large girls, The narra- tion _ was f,;ven very _ effectivoly and molodramatioally. 8ho told him be must ask the DBishop, Bailey, to remove him, o would not do_#o. ‘Then shio appoaled lorsolf to the Mothor Buperlor of her Ordor,—first by lottor and aftogward in porson. Bho aneered at hor audtold her ghe muat be very couoelted to fancy such a nifo youug priest was in love with her, "and that o knew best. Then this priost, attor mnoh love-making, wished her to loave thie convent and be marriod to him, but her roligion saved her, . becauso | sho had " beon tmught to bolievo that no marriage outsido of the Church was a mar- ringo at all, yhile the prieat, hiad she consented, could tiave Bvad with Lor while La liked, and thon hiave gouo ba¥k, whon ke tired of her, to his priestly duttes again, She made anothor ap- peuP to the Buperlor, but she was douled tho rivilogo of leaving, Thon she told sll hor | omptations and hor bravo zeslsiages, uatil at Inst Falhor Walsh, under protonse of glving hor a cough-mixture, attomptod to diug and violate hor in the sanotiiary of tho ohurch, whoro tho Iampa wore lightod and the doora opon, Bho o8- oapad, but was aftorwards dorangod for a timo, but when sho rocovored she rau away from tho convent. - L ‘Thon followed an appeal to womon in rogard to respecting. thomselves, somo oxcollont nd- vico to girls as to how and why thoy should protoot themsolves. Blo scomed to know sl about it avo quits & dramatioiropresontation of the flirtations of the dny with bandkorehict and parasol, ! for hadn't, glio omuglt them (tha girs) istig with hor own {ll:lnblgl ) and if sho did, wouldu't sho b after om ?” Bho then nrged the womon to protest ngainst tho proposed license Inw which Dr. Miller and tho Board of Health aro sgitating, begging hor audtonco to usoall their intluence ngainst It Bho ran away from the convent on & cold day In January, and, having $6 in hor pocket, d#ho got Intothecnrs without knowing whoro thoy would talo hor, Blie arrived in Pliladeiphin, and went to tho ‘Continental Hotol with 51.25' oud hor nun's garb, Not knowing what to do, eho sout for Bishop Wood. Io condemnod hor, snid tho priest was not ro- sponaiblo for his actions, and tried to got hor to go back ; or if not, into somo of his convouts ; nt whon sho would not, this Bishop sont o Oatholic girl to fit hor out in » sult of mowmning, and said slio mnust pass o8 o widow, Bho ssid sho could uot do tunt bocauso sho had nover boon tho spouso of any one_but God, and sho did not boliovo Ho was doad, Thon ho enid sho must bo an or{}hun. but on mno account ever to tell any one sho hiad ovar boen & nun, for scaudal must bo anvad tho church. : Noxt csme o vivid dosoription of hor fast appronch to infidelity. but sho wns con- vorted, even liko 8t. DPaul. BSuo ro- coived o changed hoart, '‘tho peaco that {mssuth undorstauding, but is boyond descrip- ion,” sottled upon bor, Noxt sbie wont to Jer- wan put it m holo in the box until {t touched tho box, and a guitar was placed over tho other ond of tho rod. Immedistoly tho vibrations within woro iranamittod to the air ontsldo, and the tuno was dlstinotly heard, Tho othor which oxisted in space aud everywhoro olso wos to tha light what tho 10d was to tho sound. Tha monns’ of tranemitting tho vibra- tions, and the facts as discovored hitherto all olntod to tho correctnioss of this theory of tho fimnmlnlon of lght—that {s, by vibrations of othor, ‘Tha noxt oxporiment was tho talking Load, whioh was a vory ghastly and strikiug optical de- luslon. A tablo'stood in the centro of tho stapo, in front and bobind which were curteins. On drawing tho curlains in front a human hoad was s00n lylig on tho tablo, with & towol around the toroat, ft- apponrance was ghastly In the ox- romo, snd when, on being spoken to, It roised itsolf ercct on the nock, and spoke in s sopulchral volee, the docoption was porfect. Anothor vor striling illuatration of the y that aceing {8 not always ‘wns -given by the_oxhibition of #wo larga cards, upon each of which was placod @ Indy's neole-tie, Tho only light 10 the hall was o largo flarlng flambeon, in which sodium wag one of tho prircipal ingredionts. . Tho fight gave a most ghastly look to all faces i Its vicinity, nud the mauve and magenta- colored cards apponred to bo of difforont ehades of atono gray, ko yollow and groon ribbons on the cards showoed white and black, so thnt it seomed impoasiblo thoy #hould have any othor colar. Dy turning upon thom, however, a ray from tho oxyhydrogon l(th, tholr true colors woro vory distinctly rovenlod. ‘Tho noxt oxperiment was made with an instru- ment with an unpronounceablo namo, which might bo.catlod tho phenogisiscopo or aomulhlnE olso, Tho {nstrument consisted of n stand wit o diek, sud gearing which onabled the disk to turn at tho rato of 800 rovolutions per minute; the atrong oxyhydrogon lamp was also used to throw just the proper amount of light on the 8oy Qity and ** boatdod the liou in hiu don,” and without monoy got the ball, and tho sccommo- dating nowspapors advertlacd her without pre- paymont. HBoon no church would hold hor audiencos. Sho was persocuted, Then gho wont back to Madison to leciure in a Mothodist church, Horo sho was wns shot at by the Catholica. [Applaugo.] Sl had boon sfaudered, Rcruuutcfl, sud i San Francisco tho priests irod mon to_ sweor sho wad not tho porson sho protossod to be, but was. with hor Lusband, a criminnl from Australin, Sho found school- matos Lo testify for ber, aud was relonsed, while the perjurors wore flued §16,000 osch, Again sho beggad bor audiouce to go on in their cru- 8ado ngainst intemperance, to buy hor book and learn what sbe hnd not tima to toll, and to pray that _she might go on and succoed in awakoning ‘pooplo to the truth of her rovelations. ——— PROF, PEPPER. The Theory and Fractico of Ontlcs. Tt must bo evidont to tho most oasunl observer that while tho standard drams is appareutly growing loss and loss populur iu Obicago, and, in fact, throughout tho United Statos, it is not bocause thero is a Iack of audiences who demand something higher than more spestacle snd blood and thunder. Without atopping to discuss tho reasons which affect unfavorably the attendance at tho best dramatic porformances, it is worth noticing that scientiflo subjects aro very **tak- ing" in the lecture-tield, and tbmt the oudiences aro composed of tho most cultivated poople in tho country. Thie hasbeon vory noticeable in tho East, whero Huxloy, Tyn- dall, Poppor, and Proctor. have drawn orowded houses for meveral succossive nights, but it was fearod that the West would haxdly patromize the exponents of the abstract scioncos so well. Prof, Proctor, in n great mensure, dispelled this idos, and Prof. Pepper has entirely dissipated it by drawing one of tho Iargest lociuro sudiences- evor soen bore. As some of the principal at- tractions of tho lecturo coneisted of illustra- tions which could not bo woll acen from the ox- ticmo edgos of the nall, it was not to be expect- od that such.n Jargo auditorium as tuat of tho MeCornuck Musio Hall should bo entirely tillod, but the ompty seats wore few, aud ouly on the ovutsiue of tho hall. % Prof. Pepper began bia locturo at a fow min- utes past § o'cloos, apologizing for tho dolay by calling astontion to te numbors of lato arrivals, who nere then walking about; making so much nore as to proveut tue locwurer from being heard u aul pares of tho ha.l, ‘L'ne locturs may be'sa.d to have consisted of two dni)nrtmbnu,—lheumflcn.\ oxpostidous and practical Lilustrations, Wule tuo latter wore Provauty tho most intercsting to the gencral ob- Berver, thero was enou;zh isstruction 1u tho pure~ ly theurotical park of tho locturs +to ho very ate uactive to the soientitic student. Lrof. Popper vognn by sayiug that 1t had quite surprisod hun o seo wuas largo audiences had assembled in every placo in tlis country to lts- ten to lectuses upon purely scientilly subjeots. Aftor turthor complimenting tho Awoerican peo plo, he went oa to speak of the varticular broneh lf! tho soientitio resvarch in which ho wus ongaged. “In tho first placo, tho quostion reourred: What was hght# We kuow that there wore three sources of light : firet the light of the suu and other inherently-luminous hoaveuly bodies, which might Lo callod_cosmical light ; sacond, tho light producad by tho_combustion of matter on the earth, known” as Yerrostrial light; and, third, roflectod or diffused hgit, without which tho sun would appear liko a bright elecerio light in o dark chasm, ‘Chore woula bo one brilliaut, burniug glow in tho dircction of tho sua, or any othor Juminous budy, and everywhore elso would bo dorkuess, The great astronomers could toll us o groat deal about the sun, but thoy could not tell ng whenco it dorived 1:s heat. Noue of tho theorica would stand all tests. All that wo could learn of the constituents of the groat mnss was taught Dby onnlysis of its rays. The speotrum showed ub tho “clinracter of tho ilames; whether they were composodt of hydrogen or otlier motals, and what the metnls were, but the real supply of fual and consequont caas0 of lient could uok bo de- termwed, With rogard to tao light of the sun, bawever, something more was known. ‘The locturar then went on to oxpluin the de- volopment of tuo thearies of light from the corpuscle theory of Nowton to tho prosent ac- copted ome of tho " vibrations of particles of athior, which is supposed to penotratoand oxist in overything, In tho illustration of tho charactor of light, Prof. V'epper performed throp vory intoresting experimouts, ~ First, tho buil having been com- plotely darkencd, to fllustrato tha light of tho sun, which was caused by the combustion of metals, the flamo of un oxy-hydrogen bluw-plim was turned upon & small mnss of soft iron, In 8 phort time tho iron wasin a molten stato, andby forcing tho flamo down iuto tho seothing mass, 1t was eaused to boil over, or rather lurge globulos in their incandescout condition wore thrown into the airand a vory brilliant pyrotechnical fl(z:])lny wag the result, similar to tha: produced in making & cascing whon the metal is run into tho mould. i Noxt he showed how torrestrial light was pro- duced h{ lighting o torch of somo carbouncoous material which he vaid was a type ofall torrosrinl flames, As long as the firo could cbtain only so much oxygen from the air, it would be dull and dim, showing largor flamos and brightor light as tho' oxygen wns admittod or forced into tho flame in groater quantities. As an il- Tustration, tho nesigtant waved the toroh quiole- ly, mokug immonko flamas, similar to thoso made by thie Kiralfys in their domon danco. Tho third exporiment was one of the most bonutiful of tho ovening. It showed how light could bo mado to diffuse itsolf through auy medium which would permit n vibratian of. tho light through its particles. Mo firat pnescd a Ty from the oxybydrogen light through water into tho ball. It simply shono out through the small aporture, illumineting everything in its track. Tha glues stoppor Was thon romoved and a stream of water about an inch in dismeter shiot oul somoe ten or twelve feot into a tub in the mnin aisle, Immodiately the light, which had previously stroumed out into straight rays, scemed to bend into tho eurve formed by the wator und Lo Jot througl: it whols longtl ap- poared to ba n bright stronm of moiten glass, Dy slipplug differont colored #hudes in frout of tho lignt, the huo of tho wator was changed to blue, red,and groon in o most beautiful manner. Lack of spaco forbids a more extonded roport of tho leoturo itself, but tho exporiments per- formed weroas follows : ‘A glass tray of water with s light beneath was placed undor dn in- clinod sercon of white cloth and: tho surfaco of tho water was thon tapped with a rod. The waves oreated in tho wator were fustantly ro- {leoted upon the scroen in alternate light and shadow, - On _removiug the soreon, the same offect was produced on the coiling, only upon an_ enlarged and more wonderful scale, %nvlm: thug shown the menner of vibration of %ater, the lecturor aompared it with the vibratians of Miu:r %\y which tho sonsation of Light wus trans- witted, Tt to provo that this other was omnipresent, tho eage of au_steotrio light shining in o'vaouum was noticed. Ilere thero was no aly to nropagnln tho wavos ot ight, yot tho light could be pluinly boon,ow, thow, covid It bo tranamitiod? Lo fllusirate thla point » swall musio-box was mado to play ‘*Auld Lane Byno," sud which was thon losed, atill playing, in & hoavy b hiols :::gwni'l lhop yloil'mm A ylm:l‘l“r:d disk. The light was arranged with n rovolving screon ovor ita face, through which wera out two narrow slits. DBv rovolving tho former, the arma of tho disl and tho figures placad on tho disk ol ran tognthor, and nothl u‘F could bo dis- tigulshod. As the disk in front of the lamp wns also rovolved, s most complicatod motion was given to the figures on the disk, and finally, when the two disks weroe rovolving at the® amo 8pood, tho figures beeame apparontly mo- tionloss, Boveral vory amuring cards wore put ou tho disk, and the one containing six or eight enormous Uenda waa partioularly ridioulous, Tho Inst experiment, bofore the renowned *Ghost,"” was the Dancing Bkeleton, which wng omo of .tho most grotosquely-absurd things over prosonted to a Chicago su- dienco. Imagine & very sober, respectablo skoloton breal an iuto an uproarious break- down, which would make aven a flat-boat darkey turn groon with envy, and, in_conclusion, taking bis hond in ono hand, while ko mado 'cortaln Masonio sign by Elndng thd Jittlo fingor upon the placo whore the noso ought to be and ex- tonding tho otber fingore. In conclusion, Prof. Peppor requasted all por- 8008 not in front of the siage to movo around to o botter point of ‘observation. Ho then showed the gront Pepper Ghost, which fa reallly o boautiful optical delusion. The ghost, to bo sure, was not as awful-looking am it might havo boen, but probably this offect was not in- tonded. It is cortainly dificult to imagine o de- ception which could be more thorough in evory part than Peppor's Ghost. Only ono ar two things are necoseary for the grand enccess of this course of leotures, First, tho lectnro must be commonced in_good scason 3 and accond, pnnshs must ba there in time, 80 88 not to cronte & disturbancp after tho leoture hag commonced. ———s GEN, GIB3ON, The Wanders of the Yellowsatone. Gen. Gibbon, U. 8, A., delivered a locture in Ringsbury Music-Hall, yestorday evoniug, upon the sconery and tho beautiens of thie Yollowstone. ‘The audionce was not a8 Iargoe as either the sub- ject or tho locturer's trentmont of it deserved, but it made up in apprecistion what it lacked in sizo. Tho lecturer openod by stating that, four yeara ago, tho Togion of tho Yellowstono was a8 un-, known as18 Contral Africa to-day. Rumors of the magnificonce of its sconory and tho natoind- ing oharacter of its many wondors oreated ad Intorest In tho rogion which eaused, in 1870, tho organizaion of an oxpedition, ‘Tho lec turer oxplained briefly tho topography of tho region, which is watered by three rivers named by Capts. Lewis and Clark, tho early explorers, the Madison, tho Gallaten, and the Missourl. Tho flrst gront landmark of inlorest reached in the voyage to tho Goyser region nnd the falls of tho Yellow- stono,was Mount Cinnabar, which rocoived its namo from the mistaken iden that it containod deposits of that mineral. It was oo this moun- tain that Dovit's Blide was found. Above this mountain was discovered o valley four miles in length, full of beautiful formations, among tho most wondorful of which was a vast illar, thicty feot in _ height, which, rom' ita pecnliar shapo, had Tocolved the namo of tho Cop of Liberty. This strange pil- lar had been formed by the bubbling up for ages of n stroam of wntor, which deposited . grad unlly-sccumulating sodiment. -Thore was no proapect of its attnining further height, as the stream had burst through tho sideryoars ago, and found a fresh exit. At tho head of tho valloy was found a spring of bright, clonr water, so warm that the sug- geation arises that it must como from an uncom- monly bot place, It wus not woll to try the tom- peraturo of ihe wator with tho band, as in most coses tho oxporienco woutd bo' found to bo anything but a plensant one. Thore was s path-house established there, which, though of primitive stylo, would doubt- loss _in time give way to ns_elogant bothing resorts - as wore to be found in large citics. The baths woro throo in number, and numbered according to_tlio temporatura of tho water. The lecturer docidod that he would mnoither bo parboiled iv bath Ne. 1, nor have bis onticlo romoved by No. 2, 80 bo tried No. 3, and the result of his exporionce was tho dotormina- tion that ho would never again be party to the process by which lobster was mado odible. At 1us plnco ho spw & man sitting at ono of tho pools drinking the water. Ho mnde the expori- ment, and mado up his mind that thereafler ho would stiek to tho time-honored custom of taking Lhils drinks iced. Tho lcoturer described the hardship of the gnnruov from this spring, which was tho flist of o systom of goysers in a valloy four miles in length and two and-a half miles in broadth, to a plateau above, whero another sys- tom of hot sorings was discovered. Ono of the most basutiful objects which rowarded thoir fur- ther rosearch was *‘ White Mountain,” which was govered with the most beautiful formations the lecturer hiad met with, sud in such abundauco that in climbing the mountaiu they wore crushod to pleces by tho thousand. Thesa wero tho potrified” watorfalls- which abounded overywhero, and were to bo found Lot complete and in process of formation. Tn tho latter caso thoir appearance was most heautiful, tbo clear water, running over tho white stono doposited, gleaming with o play of color that was mosb wonderful to bohold. © "Lho lecturor's description of whore the Yollow- atone River comes from tho canon, of the canon itaolf, of tho lowor and upper falls, and of Lako Muditon, proved a plunnlnfi nroludo to the most interostivg portion of thoe lecture, which do- destribod the Up{:_or Goysor rogion. Thiy, the looturer stated, foirly bristled with thoso phe- nomenn, Wherever the eye fell they were to be found. Most uunuf-lcumm of all waro the threo known respoctively by tho names Ginntess, Castlo, and Old Faithful. The last-nnmed was christened from the regularity with which ics eruptions took placo. The Castlo Goysor ra- colved its name from tho peouliar formation of tho rock around it, which at somo little distanco rmnun!ed tho appearanco of a cnatlo somo welvo or fitteon foct in height, Tho Glantesy was found to possces tho peculiaritics of her sox, nud as long o8 tho party wero anxlously waiting for o display of her Kowam sho lny in‘idleness, and it was not until thoy had given up eariy 80g her a[ja‘om that sho gave an oxhibition ot hor ability, Explorers led given this goyser tho _ ocrodit of the ability to ‘throw s 250-foob Jot of water into tho air, but tho lecturor did not think the boight of tho fountain which it got up for his benelit was moro than 70 feet. Tho lecturcr stated in con- clusion that a pleco of land, fifty milos square and comprising all that had'yot been desoribed of tho uatural wondors of tho Yollowstone re- fon, hnd heen set apart by the Government s ho natural park of the United States. Ho would say that thoro was vory little foar of molestation from Iudiaps, o8 they held the comntry in superstitious draad, “Tho rogion was ~one which ‘gave Americans the right, if oven they hed mo other — reason, to indulge 1 a boastful apirit, asit was uue doubtedly more prolifio of phenomens! wondeis than any other roglon In the world, 'The leature was illustrated throughont with the aid of » magic-lautorn, many of the piotures sharing with thie lecturer tho applause of the audienco, among whom wore Gon. Bhoridan and other fuutlomnn whoso conncction with . milie ary affairs made the locture & poouliarly Inters eating ono, 2 WASHINGTON. (Continued from the First Page.) disnbled soldiors now on the Capitol police ahall bo rotained, and then tho amendment was re- Jocted by n Vote of 20 to 114, The item of #180,000 for mileage of membora of tho House having boen reachod, Mr, BMITI (Pa.) offcred an amondmont confining the al- Towanco for mileago to netual l.rnvnlln?ux onaos. Mr. PARKER (Mo,)mado s point of ordorthat the amoudment was not In ordor, as belug in conflict with the oxinting Inw, nnd the polrt was sustainod by tho OHATIMAN, Mr. IGIILT offored n slmilar smondmont, :::]I:;x was also rulod out on a like point of An npooal waa takon, but tho declsion - tainod by B voin of 10 to g0 S Mr. SMITH (Pn.) thon moved to roauce the amount to $20,000, nnd sont to the Clork's desk statomonts from tho Beorotary of the Troasury shiowling that the smount of mileago paid mom bora of tho Forty-sccond Congrass was $196,567, and the amount paid at tho prosent sesslon, when only aotual trnvnlmg ©Xponsss wore al- lowed, was ouly $28,470. Thore was an uppore tunity for tho roformors to save $160,000 for Congroes iu t] at singlo itom. Mr. SMITH'S smendment waa rojected—b4 to Mr, MELLISH {hen movod to strike out the item for miloago, and tomarked that it was timo that this great Amerfcan swindlo was abolishod. . OLYMER sustaiued tho amendmont, Mr. TREMAIN submitted that thoy wero trifling with tho valunble time of the House, and country, and bo therofore hoped the amend- ‘mont would not bo adopted. r. RANDALL advocatod the amendmont. Ho propased to fight the approprintions in this bill, Ting b{llno. - Mr. MELLISH romarked that bo would at- tompt at every opportunity to stop this stenling of_§180,000 from tho ‘[ronsury. Mr, PARKER (Mo.) nslicd Mr. Mollish whoher ho undertook o say that the mombors of the Houso wore cugagod in stealing $130,000, Mr, MELLISH ropontod what ho had alroady snid, that the miloage was tho groat American swindlo, He didnot boliovo there was. such & nwin;lla perpetratod undor any ouher Govern- ment, Mr. PARKER ropeatod his_question amid s go0d deal of noiso and confaslo, but the OHAIR- MAN stated that the question in'the form put did not soom finrllnmunllry. d Mr. PARKER asked the opinion of tho Chair a8 to whether Mr. Mellish’s remarka were parlia- mnmn%. . Mr. ARI"]'ELD—-‘mnnflost(ng impationce). # Lot us havo a voto," Mr. NIBLACK moved to roduce the amount one-balf, and expressed the opinion that10 cents & milo wns a just and fair moraure of compénss- tion for traveling exponses. Mr. MELLISH said ho would modify his lan- ngo, and call the miloage construotive stoal- ng, or lugal alo:ling, but bie would not withdraw 3‘5185 ression that It nas the Great Amorican windle, Mr. POTTER opposed Mr. Niblack's amend- mont, boeauso it did not reduce the appropria~ tion enough. Mr. COX snid thoy would never have an end 1o this discussion uuless they stopped the cash, and ho hoped tho Houee wotld do that to-day. The discussion, which had beon very noldy and oxcited, horo closed, and the Committeo pro- cocdod to vote on Mr. Niblack's amendment, which was rejected—58 to 59, 4 = Mr. HOLMAN supgeated, as s messure of ponce, an amondmeont ropealing the law allowing miloaga; but a point of order was raised by Mr, I’%RIK}EB (do.), and tho amendment was not re- coived. The Committes thon rose, atter having got through with o":{ two pagea of the bill, and the Houso adjourne THE TRANSALLEGHENY CA- NAL. Convention in Pittsburzh to Forward the Intoercsts of This Monstrous Prow * 3ect—825,000,000 Asked For, Spectal Lnavateh to The Chicago Tribune, Prrrsnorei, Pa., March 19.—Tho Convention in favor of the Transalleghony Canal met this afternoon in Lafayotto Hall at 2 o'clock, The meoting was called to ordor. The Hon. John H, Ritchio was choson to preside. Ho made an ad- dresn favoring tho project, and stated that the people needed it. It was not intended os a moasure of hostility to railrond onterprises, but bocauso such & canal was necded across tho mountain, W. D. Mooro, of this city, made an address of ‘welcome, which was responded to by the Hon. H. H, Hofman. A committeo of nino to_draft rosolutions were appointed. A largo number of delogates from Maryland nod Virginia aro here. The eveninfi session of the Convention was taken up by hearing thie roport of Col. Sedgwick, who has mado the survoy of the proposed route over the mountain, Ho showed that the plan was fairly feasiblo, and that a systom of inclines would bo used to carry tho boats to certain ele- vations, watead of locks; and that they would rove a great saving in cost of transportation. is ropott was very long. Tho Commuttce on Resolutions roported in a proambole urgiog upon Congross the necessity of appropriating the £25,000,600 nécessary for this object, and stating that the Line is complete, all but ninoty miles, of water communication with tho seaboard. ' The West is asied to co- onerato with the projootors in the mattor as ouo which concorns them ag much 88 itdoes tho pao- plo of Maryland or Pennsylvanin, - An additional ccmmitiee of ning, to confer with tho Committoe o Transportation, was ap- pointod. Aftor some routino busincss, the Convention adjourned to meot in Washington, D. C., April 23, RAILROAD NEWS, Railroad Moctings in Indiunapelis, Specias Dwatch to Jhe Chicaao Troune, TnpiaNarons, Ind., March 10,.—At & meoting of the gtockholders of the Indianapolis & 8t, Louis Roilrond Compauy this aftornoon the fol- lowing Board of Dircctora and officers wore clectod : Directors—~Thomas A. Ssott, Thomas D. Mosslor, J. W. McCullongh, J. H. Dovereus, H, B. Hurlbut, aud E, B. Woodburn, "Oflicors— E. W. Woodward, President; Edward King, Scerotary and Trensurer; A.J. McDowell, Au- ditor; Daniel Woodward, Goneral Superintend- ont. '"Tho first throo of tho Doard of Dircotors aro roprosentatives of the Pan-Handle interest ; tho last threo of tho Boo-Lina intorest. The roports of tho oflicers wero submitted and approvod. TIP INDIANAFOLIS DELT-RATLWAY MANAGERS also met to-day and resolved to push the work of congéruction immediately. CASUALTIES, Tatal Fall of a Trapeze Performers New Yonk, March 10.—This evening, James Sylvestor, a {rapoze poaformer at Berry's Opora Hougo while porforaing, missed tho safoty ropo and foll, striling bia hoad on & box, Ho died & short timo afterward, THE WEATHER. ‘Wasnmatoy, D, C:; March 10,—For the Northwest aud upper lakes, falling barometer, southerly winds, and partly cloudy woather. GENERAL ODSENVATION! 01110400, Ma Wand, [Hain) 20—18,m. Weuther. Stution, ,Bar.|Thr| 120,77 0,13 DoI 4 190,03 Pembina,.. 20.11 alm,... o Fulr, mlw-um.]w.nal N, W, fresih, . Marquotto.. 20.03) 101Calm LaGrosso, .. [30.03 Leavenwith, m.m' fhi . SUICIDE, Specfal Disnateh to T'he Chicago Tribune. Minwaukee, Wis, March 19.—An inqueat on Elizabeth Staub, an insane woman who drownod hereolf in tho hospital cistorn, developed the faot that sho had twico before attompted to commit suicido, and that sho was drivon to the sct by & foar of poverty. BAN Franossco, March 19.—During the v(yuyngu of the Groat Republic from Houg Kong to Yoko- nams, Licut, G. Ela, of tho Unitad States navy, commltted suicide by jnnq:(lug overboard, Tho onuso for tha suloide {8 unknawn, t, Lous, March 19,.—N. H, Gillett, Sooretary of thogindell Hotel Company, diod lost night from an overdose of bydrate of chloral, e hiag ‘boon suffering {utonsely from mnorvous disonse, osud, it is belioved, took chloral to end his oxist- enco, 88 hig physiclan bad spocially forbidden the use of that preparation. Derror, Mich,, Maroh 10,.—Last night, Anna t, » young marriad woman of this clty, took e ——] morphine, with nuicldal Intont, and dled At 3 o'clock this momlnfl‘ No cattes is asnignod, ex- oopt thnt slo told hor husband that she watted *2 good long elogp.” : 81, Onantes, Iil, March 10.—An old, well known, and lmn.hr citizon of 8t. Chuilos, namod W. T, Vay, lnung bimsolf in hin barn yosterday. Ilis childion found him about 4:20 o'olock In(l{u afteinoon, and his wifo ont lum _down, but life waa extinot, IIe hnd boen much Heprossed for s fow days on account of financlal difoultien, but no ono had tho lenst suspicion that ho meditated any attompt on his iifo. * Thoro waa found, howa evor, on his person, somo arscuio, onough to have killod him had ho taken it. Mr, Way has been a hl?lllv-lbflpufilm\ oltizon of 8t. Clarles for soveral yeats. —_— AQUATIC. New Yonx, March 10,—The reproscntatives of oarsmon Brown, of Halfax, and Coultor, of Pittaburgh, cannol agree. Brown ts willing to row for §2,000 at any placo v tho United Biatos outside of Now York 8tato, or $1,000 in Nova Beotin, whilo Coultor wanta to row for $1,000 ab Haratoga or Toronto. —— OCEAN STEAHSHIP NEWS, " Paraperria, March 19.—Arrived, stoamehip Indiaua, from L{vurpnol. . Livenroor, March 19,—Stenmahips Elysia, 8t. Lauront,”and Hnmboldt, from Now York, ‘and Caspian, from Baltimore, havo arrived ont. Arrived, stonmehip 8t, Olaf, from London, New Yomr, Mavoh 10.—Arrived — Stosmer Canads from Livorpool, NAVIGATION. Arnany, March 19,—The river is oper for navigaion. i i Boots and Shoos, spring guode, sbould mot foil to vislt {ho wholesals house of G, B, Richardson & Co,, Nos, 138 and 130 Franklin stroet, aa this 1z one of $ho boat places in tha clty for buying boots and shoos, Thelr gaods ara of such quallty, and thelr prices 80 low, thut nono who patronize them cen fall to be pleased. -— Bank Removal, Proaton, Kean & Co, havo removed their South Side Dauk to No, 100 Washington, just east of tho Methos dist Oburch Block, whero thele largo and incressiog. business will be botter accommodated, it sl —Love mo, love my dog! A Gorman woman rocently walked to Windom, Min., ton miles, aftor n gtiny dog. On her roturn sbo died from oxhaustion, and was found with tho dog in her arms. MARRIAGES. WARWIOK_FARTIS-On th 3, noiits Watwiok and Mies Busto Herein allaf thin e BWARTOUT-- ATKINS—In this city, on tha 19 b In y Prof. Bwing, Mr. U. K. Bwartout and oliss Katlo M, Ak‘gl:‘. ail of thi s clty. “Yiotroit and Niles (Mich.) papars plosas copy DEATHS, GOODING—0a Wadnosday, tha 18th tnst., of typhold pnoutmonts, Ainato M., wifo of D, W, 0, Gaoding, atter aa Hinoss of thrso wanks, < Funoral sortican at No, 370 Onlum t3p. 1. oz yetdsy, Maxoh 30, Kemains wil bo' a2l o Lubkiior ., (o brrinl on S ‘mor aln on Ohlcigo 8t Louia ltafivond. ¥ COMMONS-On the evoning of tho 18th fost., Jamed Commons, in tho §2d 18 ur of nis ago, Funoral worvicea will b0 ticld at bis late residonce, Noy 128 North Dorgaa-at., At 11:30 olock, Leiday, tas 2uth inst, 'riondsof iho family and snomBors of tie L, O, O, ¥, ara nvited to atiend. ELondon (Ont.) pavers ploase copy. THACKERAX—-On Thursday, at1a. m., of consampe o tlon, Jobn 1. ‘lhackoray, age nrs Ehinaral Nundsy from tosidunc, 91 Ewing-at., ta Rose Kitk, boloved i) UUmuIQrL:. KU AL Englomod, Maveh 18, 2t ifo of James Jick, of chudbir, agod 1 yoars and1 ‘Fuuoral fe 14 u: st sipen s, Englorond on saurta ob B2 Laioostor (Lng.) papors picase copy. o late Prof. LaGsndra tho sosidence, cornox romatns will be takon 16 will take place to- of Groon and Madis: Itose Hill on the noon trafa, o~ AUCTIONSaLES. _____ By ELISON, POMEROY & CO. REGULAR FRIDAY'S SALE, Friday Morning, March 20, at 9 1-2 o'olook, NEW AND SECOND-HAND FURNITURE, Patlor and Chambor Sots, Bodatoads, Wardrobos, \ln$fl! Lurcaus, &c., &c., 100 rolly Cacpots, Brussels and Wooh, by the roll of cat fo sult; Grookoty, Glnawaro, Plated Wate, &c. Alsa large assortwunt of Chrowmos, Clocks, ar lonsral Morohnndlso, BLION, FONRROVE CO., 8 and 98 Randolphist. | THE REMAINDER OF THE FINGE COLLBOTION or 01 PAINTINGS! At Store 185 State-st, Undor Palmer Hanso, wi'l bo anld TO-DAY at PRIVATH AL, and at pricos whioh vl Insaro. tho ssle.of aa Blatica. Rmouibor ot thoymust o sold, and £10-DAL) &2 e giva up tho Sloro o 10K, POMEROY & oo., By WM. A. BUITERS & CO., AUCTIONEERS NO.- 108 MADISdN'ST., (Howwoon Uearborn and Jlark.) REGULAR SATURDAY SALE. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, AND GENERAYL MERCIIANDISE, SATURDAY, at 9% o'clook, at 108 Madisou-at. PEREMPTORY SALE Tmpioved and Unimproved Property, Mondny, March 23, at 10 1-2 o'clock, AT BUTTERS' AUCTION ROOM, 108 MADISON-ST. 51 RESIDENCE LOTS, Wi Holghts, two B e e atagen Hoek 1o & Pavine. Batl Toad, “Terums at salo. TWO I.OTS, Fronting sonh on Kossuth-st., cornor Purtland, betag Lata 42 ad 43, Biock 3. TVWO LoOoTS, Erlcn":l?l north on Kossuth-st,, betng Lots 80 and 81, ock 17 Ly 1n Soa, 58, Town 19, bo'weon Twon« il e ety aTkiaiary Woniworih ‘and Stawsrte b t 1l d Lot, 161 Walnntat, tory syd Snaament Hasan and Lot 0t Waluuto By BRUSH, SON & CO., 4L Souths Canulust, Chattel Mortsflu‘vso)s;lale -class_Furnitueo, at stora 207 Wost Madlson-st., O reon: FIIDAY, blaroh 80,0016 ame. Will bosald thia stook of a Itotatl Doalor, Tarlor Suits, finisuod un whil Marblo-top and Plujo Chambor Hots, Bud- us, Bofas, Lutlnxul. Liasy Gurirs, Cana Beat: Q0. Hall Troce, Drackets, Micrors, Iiys, Matiressos, Hpeings, Carpots,&o. Guods to bo paid_forand remuvod thio day b enlo .+ Av STULL, Mortgageo, 'BRUSH, BON & CO., Auctionoors. FURNITURE AND CARPETS At Auotion, SATURDAY, Maroh 3L, at 108, m. Parlor Sults, Otambor dv., Botad, Louagor, Zasy Otinirs, Fode K Huroaus, ‘Springe, Ogar iroand Ext, Tablos, Dinin a0, Also, over 1,000 yacds Krusels a BRUSI, SON i i room Furaltiire, Stoves, nd Woulou Carpots, & CO., Auetlune: 41'South Canal By GEO. P, GORE & CO,, 68 & 70 Wabash-av. AT ATUCTIOIN. Regular South Sldo Auotion Sale of HOUSEHOLD GOODS! Notwithstanding tho largo slook of Housoliold Furnk ture, we havo smplo uom for tho customora to cxamin) the atack, loz and Chamber Suits, Bofas, Launges, Wardrobor Valnut Buroaus an Par Marblo-top Tables, Kockors, Hinck dl'Jné;w?-’,’ xi‘;g‘v‘v',’n%é, g‘l‘fl‘ufl 'Dosks, Maticosae, B g, Htoves, Oaairs, Chryatn. MO ARG OlEATTEL MORTGAGY SALR OF HOUSKHOLD GOODS: . 10 Gratos Knglish W, G; Oruokory, b Caska Rockingham and Yellow Ware, 76 Case® Giasawaro. At 11 o'olook—Buguios and llarnoss, ON BATURDAY, March 21, at 9} o'olook, GRO, P. GORE & UO., Austionsors. By N. P. HARRISON. ON SATURDAY. MARCIE 21, AT 9 1-2 0'CLOCK, 204 AND 200 EAST MADISON-ST, Lnrgo aud Attractive Auctlon Salo of HOUSEHOLD GOODS, ow and sscond-hand, sonslating of Parlor and Chame ber Furaiture, Dining-room Furnituro, Marblo-top Tablos, Book-casos and Doaks, Obairs, Bods and Dodding, Oare pets, Crockory, eta, Atllclalovk, 50 Chiromos and Eogravings, At 120'clock, 12,000 1ba, Wiita Lead, (o closo lot. N, P. HARRISO) S04 and 500 By 0SGOOD & WILLIAMS, < Auotion and Oowmlssion Houso, &3 South Caal: Olostiog Auotion Sal o PRl e ek, NEDNESDAY o4 ooy dporln oy fnclud b Marolais Onambr o, B FLih Al i s Pl Merchants who aro about coming fo Chlesgo for