Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 25, 1874, Page 5

UV B A v Lt e e et et . et A B s AT B A DB AL Lvakmi THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1874. REAL ESTATE. What Real Estate Men Think of the President’s Veto, The Operations of the Week-—Sales, Building, and Rents, The Suffern Estate and the Uhlich Tract in the Market. what Has Been Done on the South side and West Side Parks. gaburban Property-—-The Real Estate Board. A Heavy Mortgage-The C., D. & V. The Lake Front.--Misccllancons, REAL ESTATE AND THE VETO. The President’s veto has had a really health- ful effect on the market. * Thero is an improved demand for renl estate paper, because there is sn assurance that the investments are not to be rendered valueless by a farther depreciation of | {he currency. There is not a foot of real estate in this city that has dopreciated in vaiuo because of tho puncturo of the inflation bubble, and busi- ness will now go o uninterruptedly, on a mora solid footing then it has had for & year. Tho President’s veto will have the effect of giving » permanency to commercial values, and & stability to general trade, while it will also put so end to all hopes of a reviv- al of the shallow and unsubstantial epeculations which went down last fall. Con- fdence apd stability on the one hand, and free- dom from wild speculation on the other, will rapidly restore the nstional credit, and, despite the ravings of the inflationists, the national cur- rency will eventually riso to par, and the busi- Dess of the nation will ree-h a spocie basis With- out convalsion or distress. These facts are npgn:cinted by the best of the real-cstato dealers. Even thoso who still censure the President for the action which they now be- lieve will resct injuriously on tho market may be trusted to see in time tkat their interests bave been advanced by the veto more than those of sny other class. Tho following petition was put into circulation on Saturday, and in a short time received the signatures annexed : We, the undersigned deslers and owners of resl estate, believa the voto of the inflation bill by Presi- deat Grant will advance the price of well-locsted prop- erty, and is for the best interest of the country, as it restores the confidence of capitalists, who will now Toen thelr money on real estate eecurity : JobnA. John E. Bowley, 3.1, Jennings, 3. Henry & Jacob Well, uis J. Hitz, ¥, A. Bragg & Co., W. M. Baker, Nichols & Fitch, Theudore Roese, Frank P. Hawkins, Eessler Broe., Leander Stone, Geo. G. Merriex, L. W. Stone, 3. Averell, G. A Leland, rren, Keeney 0o, B. F. Clarke & Co,, jorce, enjamin Boycs, P. A, Brows, L Wallsce, pman, W. Curhing, ‘Hulburd & Co., Win. Garnett, X. B. Bapplere, J. Esuiss Warren, 3. Boely Wal Henry G. Young, Issac M. Daggett, James H. Keoler, ML A, Frisble, ¥. 0. Kimb: Heary B. Bamuel Gehr, W. M, Willis, Wi, H. Holden, - And many others. “ ————— NEW ESTATES IN THE MARKET. Two of the mont important events of the week have been the placing of the Suffern estate and {be Uhlich estate on the market. Both of them comprise largo tracts of land, the former 160 scres, and the latter 60 acres, which have lain idle in the West and Bouth Sidos for 30 years. THE UHLICH TRACT. ‘What is kuown as the Uhlich tract lies on the Bouth Side, between Twenty-second and Twenty- fifth streets and Btate street and Wentworth svenne. It comprises 60 scres, sod, in conse- quonce of the protracted suit which was lately decided by the Bapreme Court, has been desolate and unimproved since 1815. The growth of the city has passed beyond it. Bura- side (Dearborn) stroet is occupied with fine dwellings a8 far sonth as the city limits, but nothing has been done to improve ths land. It is now to be placed npon the market. There are fifteen blocks divided into city lots, which will be valued st from £1,800 to0 86,000 & 1ot, according to the location. The ouly building now on the tract is the Uhlich Hotel, which it 18 gn:pnsedtorzphcs in time with a larger and er structure. For the present, it will 0_ren- ovated and put into pew hands. The Rock Island and Michigan Southern Railroads run throngh the Uhlich tract, and are soon to erect » commodious depot at Twenty-second street. Among the improvements that will increase the value of the property is ths widening of Twenty- second street. The proprietors of the tract have agreed to give & strip 25 feot wido slong their line on Twenty-second street if the owners on the other side will grade and pave the street, and thia it is believed will be done, Along State street lots will bo sold for etores; wo storesare alteady erected &t the corner of Twenty-fifth street, East of Clark street the land will be s0ld for the better closs of residences, to corre- #pond with those which line Dearborn and But- fertield streets to the south. Tblich & Mahlke, who have charge of the propercy. have let the contracts for placing side- throughout tho entire tract. TIE BUFFEBN ESTATE. Mr. M. D. Ogden is about to put into the market the Iarge tract of 160 acres on the West Kide known as the Suffern estate. It comprises the southwest_quarter of Bec. 6, 39, 14, and lics between Division street on the north, Chicago avenne on the south, Robey street on the east, and Western avenuo on the west. It has laio, like the Uhlich tract on the South Bide, unoccu- pied and unimproved for many years, whils the city has grown around snd beyond it Mr. Buffern, of New York, now dead, becsmo ita ' owwer in 1844, and held iteversince in ite primeval nakednees. Mr. Ogden has subdivided it into sixteen ten- acre blocks ; none of it will be gold in smaller g:\milies. The prices range from £40,000 to 0,000 & block, according to location. The value of the property will bo_greatly increased by tho improvements_contemplated on Division strect by the West Side Perk Commissioners, who are Dow awaiting the permission of the Common cil to widen, sewer, pave and light the streat, for tho purpose of making it & popular drive to the Wost Side Parks. ghisiatsionie ity THE CITY’S PROPERTY. The proposed sale of city real estate to which Weroferred in our last Sundsy isene will be brought before the Common Council a week from to-morrow evening. Tho facts are as we bave stated them. Tho Committee on Wharves and Public Gronnds will make a report in favor of advortising for salo tho three blocks of ground on the 1ake front, about which there is now so wach contention, and sleo the buildings and fround now oceupied by the City Governwment, on the corner of Adams and LaSalle streets. Appraisals of the Iatter piece of property have bten made by the City Comptroller, Board of Fublic Works, and a prominent real estate deal- ar, which foot up £271,000 for the ground, and 78,000 for the buildings, making £349,000 in Tho resolution proposes that these Elccex of property shall be aqvertised by the City Comp- troller for sale, but the bids to be merely pro- visional, that is, not to be accepted unless thoy tre eatisfactory to the City Government and to the business commaunity. If the action recommended by the Committes be adopted tho City Government must seek sther quarters. Tho Committes have come to {he conclusion that the old Custom-House can aeither be prepared in time for the nse of the lity, nor can it be made suitable for its purposes rithout the expenditare of a larger amount of money than it 18 worth while to put mponit. Ihey recommend, therefore, the reating of the anmp Block. This plan has already received be written indorsement of the business men of Ihe city in the petition they sigoed some time 'g0, and is the most feasible and most advan- Bgeous that can bo sdopted. _ THE LAKE FRONT, Ris bomnk:%htohu doubtful if there will bea Rion depot on the 1ake front, aa the railroads e grown tired of waiting, aad some of the Comipanies seem to havesbandoned the ides and are inclined to seek somo other locality. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Company are thinking of uniting with the Pittsburgh & Fort Wayme, the Northwestern, the Milwaukee & St. Panl, and tho 8t. Louis & Alton in the erection of s mammoth depot on the property fow nsed by the Fort Wayne and the Bt. Louis Roads. In at case the Michigan Central will follow the Burlington, snd the lake front will be left ont in the cold. The railrords now own the tract between Madison and Vzn Buren streets and Canal and the river with tho 'exception of 400 foct which can be purchased at about £1.000 a foot. It is believed that this will give ample room for all the roads which ex- pect to make the proposed new dopot their ter- mint. If the lake front is to be sold for depot poses tho Council will have to take immedinte action and pass a resolution authorizing its sale for tho $800,000 before offered. If not it may never be sold for railroad purposes. . With one exception, property-owners on Mich- igan svenue have relinquished all claims for ages consequent on the erection of the depot. THE WEST SIDE PARKS. By the middle of June, the West Side Park Commissioners will throw Central Park open to the public. Ever sitce the weathor permitted out door work, a large forco of men have boen busily engaged in making new drives and walks, perfecting those already under way, planting trees and shrubs, and completing the tasteful arrangements which will make this one of the most attractive resorts on the outskirts of Chi- cago. Contractors are now hauling into the park scores of large trees, which are to be plant- ed there. Until they are out of the way with their heavy tesms, the final touches cannot bs given to the drives and paths. A great variety of trees have been transplanted into the park, which three years ago was as_bare of folisgo as an old-fash- ioned prairie. White thorn, crab-apple, threo kinds of elms, linden, oak, ash, spen, birch, acacis, and wild cherry trees are now growing finely, together with s innumerable variety of shrubs and flowering plants. Sinco last Novem- ber tho Commissioners have planied 2,835 trees in Contra: Park, 798 in_Humboldt, snd 2,858 in Douglas Park.” Trwo hundred Luropesn ash, which were imported for the parks, wero killed by tha severo frost of winter before last, Ono of the features of Central Park is a Iake, a beautiful body of water, surrounded by high rassy banks, and bordered .with a graveled feaeh. It bes numerous inlets and bays, which are spanned by rustic bridges, and skirted by footpaths. Inthe winter-timo the Iake will be & skating pond. Boats have been provided, rmch will bo kept in the water in the summer- ime. A plan has been proposed to the Commission~ ers for stocking the ponds with fish, angling for which will afford sport to visitors who bave the piscatorial vice. Blood enough could be ob- tained from tho slaughter-houses to feed and fatten any number of fish, and a moderate charge in proportion to the weight of fish caught would easily keep tho sport within bounds. The Commissioners have not decided whether to accept the suggestion. The Fire Monument designed by Mr. Jenney, the shaft of which is to consist™ of iron safes rescued from the fire, is under way, and will be pushed up thirty feet this season. Having made ready eo fine a pleasure-ground 23 the Central Park, the next problem is, How are the people of the West Side to reach it? There are cortainly no worse roads in any city of its size in Christendom than thoso on the West Side beyond California avenue. They maks the approach to tho park practically 0o thoroughfare.” West Madison and Lake are in & better condition outside than inside the city limits. The former has been graded and graveled by private enterprise as far as May- wood, but’ at thé point where the juris- diction of the Board of Public Works Degins the good traveling ends. Western avenue, constantly traversed by & large and important traffic and paseage, is Almost impassable. ‘Thero is noroad by which carriages or pedestrians can approach Central Park eafely o pleasantly, 'ho money and tho pains which have been spent here will be virtually thrown away if & woll-graded, woll-paved street is not constructed from the city to the park. Nothing but the con- sent of the Common Council now stands in the way of this needed improvement. Under an sct which went into effect last July, the West Side Park Commiseioners have designated Divis~ ion street, from Milwaukee avenuo westward, as a boulevard to connect the city with that park ; Washington street from tho Northwestern Rail- road crorsing 28 o boulevard to Cencral Park ; and Twelfth street to Ogden avenue, and thence to the Douglas Park, 28 a boulevard to this last park. An ordinance is now pending boforo the Common Council authorizing the Commissioners to proceed with the necessary improvements in these streets. 1t will come up to-morzow for a vote. The costof prepsring tho streets for travel will be met by special assessments. The Commissioners will spend the fall appro- iation of 2100,000 on the parks this year. This 18 done for the benefit of the peopte, but it will be done in vain, if a mistaken or niggardly pol- icy leads the Common Council to reject or post- one the ordinanco for improving Division and Washington streets in accordance with the plans of the Park Commissioners, It is especially ndeded that Washiogton street, leadiog to Cen- tral Park, should be made fit for pudlic use. If the Council give permission, the Commissioners will do the work in thirty days. The Board have let the contract for grading the east 62 acres of Humboldt Park to be ready for the planting of next season. A. m,i; nursery and conservatory are siwusted in Humboldt Park, from which tho other parks are supplied with flowers, shrubs, and trees. ——— THE SOUTH PARKS. From the start the South Park Commissioners have had the advantage of those on the West Bide in the authority given them to construct the Grand boulevard. This drive to the park was in good order before the park was much more than an inclosure. It has been a most popular drive, and the public frequenting it bave geon tho park dovelop through every stage of its beauty. The West Side Park Commissioners base been valorously putting their time and money into a park which, though almost ready to be opened, has yet, practically, been seen by nobody. The South Parkis becoming a very beautiful, as well a8 & very convenient, pleasuro ound. 'The onginal plans for the park wero g::nfied by Meesrs. Olmstod & Vaux, but their exccution was wisely intrusted to a Chicago land- scape architect, who has made eome material changes for the botter. The results of his tasto and thorongh knowledgo of the principles f Iandscape-gardening, are particularly illustrated in the charms of Drexel boulevard, one of the most delightful carriageways in America. The boulevard is 200 feet wide and a mile and & half in length. The original plan comprised o central ornamental space 100 feet wide, arranged with paths apd grass-piots, and planted with trees and shrubbery, with s driveway on each pide. Year before last, the drive on the east side had been made, and & portion of the pro- posed ornamental ground in the centre had been Inid out according to the original design, but, liko the borders in the Grand _boulevard, it bad been improperly graded, and the attempt’ to so- cure a permanent grase-sward had _been unsuc- cessful. Notrees bad yet bLoen planted. Tho whole design bas beon rearranged. The cen- tral ornamental ground of the Drexel boulevard Las been graded, laid out in nicely-finished gravel-pathe, and planted irregularly with trocs and shrubs for its whole length : the surfaco being_covered with lawn-graes or ornamented with flowers displayed in brilhant masses. On each side of these ornamental grounds thera is to be a carringeway. * A large force of men are now at work in differ- ont parts of the park. On its westera sido, along the_contiuuation of South Park avenue, the underbrash has been cleared out, winding footpaths constructed, and an_excavation made for s little Iake. Itsarea will be about an acro of water, and its _shapo is gracoful and pictur- esque. The earth taken from this bas been nsed for enriching the soll in other places. Near the Jake stands the old Bailey House, whose quaint and picturesque architecture has been a familiar Eight for many years on the old Vincennes road. Tnis will be renovated, andis to be msedasa casino. The details of this work, and other park im- ‘provements, have been entrusted to Mr. William 8. Berry, Superintendent, who has mansged them with marked ability. Land opposite the park, on South Park ave- nue, hes recently been sold for £200 per foot. The trees on the west side of the park have been so artistically grouped and arranged that they afford glimpees of wnat is to be the special feature of this park,{ s lawn of 100 acres of smooth turf. Fifty scres have alresdy been put in grass, and the remainder has been spaded by hand, leveled, and sown with grass, which will ‘make & good 50d_before the season 18 over. . Cloveland has had s difficulty to contend with in carrying _out his plans which was not met with on the West Siae ; that is the absence of soil. On each side of the Grand boulevard is long grassy belt. This, his predecessor falled to produce, the sand obstinately refusing to sup~ The bod! ‘hich wore flat, have part 8o meea, ihiokly. orenald With clsy, then with muck,—the wlole plmr;d in, and the result i8 now seen in a8 an 5y & BV could bo desired. gy B evard o8 Burr osks were growing in the northern end of the park when the Commissioners began their work. How to preserve them has boen a serious problem, which Mr. Cleveland thinks he has solved. Hitherto when the brush around their roots was cleared away, the trees have in- variably died. This is probably due to the fact that under the shade of the brush the roots eought tho surface, and after the clearing could not endure the full heat of the son. A Inyer of earth six_inches deop has been laid, by Mr. Cleveland under the trees, and sown .with §,‘“‘ seed. In this way ho hopes to save the ces. North of Fifty-fifth street, on both sides of Bayard avenue, is s temporary nursery with a conservatory. It now comprises a collection_of 77 varieties of deciduous trees, numbering 95,586 specimens, and 15 varieties of evergreens, numbering 21,163 specimens ; together with 36 varieties of shrubs and vines, comprising 7,988 specimens. They aro tastefully amanged ' for display, and are judicionsly planted on ridges, the effect of which 18 not only to. preserve tha roots from infury from standing water, but to facilitato greatly the process of removal for re- planting. The treea mflrlmzh needed for the future ornamentation of tho park are propagated here, and the Commissioners esve the expense to which they were formerly put of purchasing them. This position is but temporary. Con- servatories and & nursery ought to be an es- tablished feature of the Beuth Park, and the evidently appropriate situstion for them is on the now opea ground at the northeastern corner of the park, just at the Drexel boulevard en- trance. The attractions.of tho park have been in- creased by a ramble intended as a place of re- sort for children and families. This has beon placed with great thoughtfulness immediatel: south of the entrance from Dréxel boulevare and sdjacent to the dummy track on Cotiaga Grova avonue, and thereforo essily accessible from thocity. The effect of intricacy and variety is Becured by means of irregular_plantations of sbrubbery, to form thickets and copses, inter- spersed with bits of open ground or broad lawn, to serve as playgrounds for children. The paths wind about among these scence, opening now views or vistas at every turn, and conveying tho impression of & much more extended area than it actnally occapies. Mr. Cloveland has noticed that groat interest was excited by the introduction and tastoful dis- play of brilliant masses of flowers on the sec- tions between Forty-fifth and Forty-seventh streets, This affords a gratifsing evidence of Eubhc tasto which ought not to pass unheedod. o featuro of the grounds attracted so much at- tention, or scomed to give such universal pleas- ure as this little flowor-garden, and a8 tho means at command from the forcing-house enablo the Commissioners this_year to increase this branch of decoration very largely, he rocommends its introduction as an ormamontal feature of the Drexel boulevard, at various points 88 exten- Bively a8 may be done consistently with the nec- essary condition of eonstsut care and super- vision. Nothing will bo done this seazon on the boule- vard to connect Lake Park wich the South Park. Fifty-firet street has been laid out 100 feet wids to Hyde Park, whence there ias good drive to the Lake Park. Work is to be begun this sea- sou on tho north end of Lake Park, The plan of Olmsted & Vaux made lagunes a characteristio feature of this park. The lana in the centre of the park, botween tho lake and the western ‘boundary of the park, is low and marsby, snd, 28 earth must be had to cover thickly the sandy suil elsewhere, the use of the rich earth dug from these lagunes would be o great el:onoms. The same principle applies asin railway build- ing. Long expenience has taught that the ma- terial for embankments is most chesply got from cuts along tho lino of the road. The cheapest way to get earth for dressing the Lako Park is {from the marshes in the park, which will thore- by be turned into attractive lakes. Otherwieo earth must bo hauled from a distance, both to £ill up tho marshes and supply soil. The whole length of the drivo for South Siders through Grand boulevard, Bayard avenue, and back by Drexel boulevard, now presenta tho appearanco of well-kept grounds, the general de- sign of which is obvious to the vieitor. Time alone is required to develop its attractive feat- ures. The evidence of its appreciation by our citizens is afforded by the manner in which they have thronged its course in_all favorablo weath- er throughont the season. During the Wednesday evenings of July and August, the namber of carmiages of overy description’ which passed a given point on the Grand boulevard, averaged fully 8,000 an bour. = D SALES OF THE WEEK. 242 ACRES ON SBOUTH SIDE. Linn & Hawkinson have sold the south 3§ of the southwest X, Sec. 30, 37, 14; the north 25 acres of the weut 3§ of tho same section, and the west 137 acres in the same section, in all, 243 acres, for the eum of §242,000. Linn & Haw- kinson acted a8 the agexts of the owner, Mr. B. F. Hinman, of Cincionati, The purchaser was Mr. 8. W. Alexander, of Troy, N. Y. Mr. Alex- ander agrees, a8 part of the bargain, to erect thirty or thirts-six houses on tho lsnd. The torms of the sale were easy, 83,500 being paid 10 cash, and the rest in notés for one, two and three years at 8 per cent. TIHE OLD PALXER ZOUSE LOT. W. D. Palmer nag sold the north 30 foet of the old Palmer House lot for 336,000, to be paid in cightoon months, Tho purchaser ia Mr. Gunther, the candy maoufacturer. The lot lies 52 feet north of the corner of Quincy strect, on State. OTHER BALES O~ SOUTH SIDE. W. D. Kerfoot & Co. have sold the large store, 24195, No. 2¢ Washingtou street, just back of Field & Licter's building on State street. ir. E. C. Cleaver was tho purchaser, for 334,000, They have slso eold a lot 24x100 on Twenty- aecond street, noar Jofferson, for $2,000. Also four lots on 4pring street, near Twenty-second, for £3,200 ; and, on Hulsted street, near Webster avenue, one lot for $900. This property all lies in tho mow subdivislon of sixacres, rocently opened, at the cornerof Jefferson and T'wenty- second streats. G. D. Beebo has sold & house aud lot, 30 feet wide, wost {ront, on Prairie avenue, gouch of Twentioth street, for $23,500, The building is an octagon stono front, and is nearly completed. Goorgo H. Hess reporta tho sale of & lot, 87x 115, on the northwest corner of Oakwood bou- loverd and Langley svenue, for $15,223. The purchaser is to erect a block or first-class brick dellings of residence sizo. E. C. Cole & Co. have sold the house and lot 235 Burnside street ; £3,200. Daniel N. Bash has soid a honze and lot on Prairio avenue, near Thirtieth stroet, for $12,000. The lot is 25x178, and the hoase s two-story and ‘basoment structure, with an octagon front. W. D. Kerfoot & Co.. have sold & lot 90x125, on tho southwest corner of Harrison and West— ern avenuo, for §5,600. A block of fine dwell- ings will be built at once on this land. They have also sold six lots on Btring street, north of Twenty-second street, for 3800 each ; and Ono lot, 24x117, on Twonty-second street, east of Jefferson, for $2,000. One lot, 24x90, on Halsted street and Westorn avonue, for $900. ‘One lot, 365100, on Nutt street, near Sixteonth, 1 1,000. o O Svmwalt & Co. have scld Lot 3 fn Block P, Morgan Park, for the sum of $5,000. ~ Also eight lots in Block 4, Bellamy's Addition to Eouth Englowood, for 3,500, The party who has bouglit the abovo i & builder, and will com- ‘mence improving at onco. ¢ ‘Emery, Randail & Co. have sold 20 acres in 8, W. 3 17, 37, 14, Morgan Park, at $1,250 an acre, §25,000 In all. ‘'WEST SIDE. The West Cbicago Land Company hbave sold one lot on Kinzie street, near Forty-third atreet, 252180, for $600, The same Company have zold Lots 17, 25, 29, 85, and 42 in Block 6, and Lots 24, 25, 26, 28, and 41'in Block 7, of the subdivision of the N. W. 3£ of the XN. V. of section. The_ ten Jots were sold for an average of 2400 each. Nino ‘buildings are now being erected npon the land, and are nearly completed. They have also sold : One lot, 253180, on Lake street, near West Forty-second street, for £1,000. It is to be im- mediately improved. Three lots, 25x150, on Lake street, north front, between Forty-second and Forty-third streets, for 800 each. Trwo lots, 25x150, south front, Lake streot, bo- tween Forry-first and Forty-second streets, for §900 ench, Campbell Brothets have sold a lot 25x120 on Campbell avenne, near Van Buren street, for 21,500, ‘Algo, lot on Monroe street, south front, west of Californis avenue, for $300. Emery, Randall & Co. have s0ld s house and lot on West Monroe street, near California avenue, for $3,000. NORTH SIDE. Mr. J. 8. Hair has eold 100 feet on Aldine street, between the Evanston rosd and the Lake Shore Drive, for $100 a foot. The buyers are non-residents, who make the purchase forin- vestment. Two hundred feet have been bought on the game street by Mr. George W. Perkins, at the ealo. "?i‘;we: Brothers have s0ld a atore and lot on Clark street, between Ohio and Ontario, 100x20, for £14,000 cash. Anotber storyis to be added to the building by the purchasers. At the corner of Piersun aud Franklin streets, a lot 40x90 kas been sold by the same firm for £108 a foot. It is to bo used by Mr. Dobson for an ice-house and business offico. LAKE VIEW. Enauer Bros. have sold two lots in Lake View, Baxter's Subdivision, for $450 each. BIDGELAND. Charles M. Hartwick reports the following sales at Ridgeland, east of Oak Park: Throe lots, ench'50x174 5-100, to Peter D. Bie- lenberg, of Chicago, for & consideration of Threo lots, each 50x1745-100, to George W. Bielenberg, Chicago, for $2,250. The buyers have contracted to erect two houses, %0 be completed within ninoty daya. Mr. M. D. Ozden has sold twenty lots to Mr. Philander Smith. The terms of the salo aro that 26,600 is to be paid for eleven of tholots. Eleven houses are to be placed ‘flm them by the pur- chasor within the year. When this is done, tho other eloven aro_ deeded to Mr. Smith withont aoy farther consideration. A contract has_boon ciosed for the sale of a block to Mr. A. J. Ball for 812,000, one of the conditions being that the purchaser shall jm- prove the proparty with six houscs this season. OAE PARK. Mablon D. Ogden has eubdivided the N. W. ¢ of the S. E. 3¢ of Scc.7, in Osk Park. This properly is to be known 2s Blackstoue's Adli- tion. 0 blocks of it, oqual to twenty acres, have been sold for £80,000 to Messrs. W. E. Blackstone, J. W. Bmitb, and W, Q. Cole. The sals of another block is in negotiation. On this land dwellings sreto be erected to the number of fifteon or twenty. Their minimam cost is fixed by the terms of tho sale at 31,50, but Messrs.” Blackstons and Smith—the lattor is about to erect some dwelling-houses on laud of his bolwn adjoining—will exceed this limit consid- erably. C. M. Hartwick reports the salo of ahouse and lot (50x112) to_ Mr. Ingrabam, of H. W. Kink & Co. The coosideratiou was 34,000, Good dwelliog-houses aro being rented in Oak Park st from $30 to $50 a month. TIOGERS PARK. The Rogers Park Land Company have sold throo lots, 50x175, for $3,800. They bave sold two housos for $6,000, making twenty-four build- ings in all now undor contract to bo finished in about sixty days. SOUTH EVANSTON. ‘Warren, Keeney & Co. bave sold, during the past week, at Sonth Evanston, 200 feot on the northeast corner of Kedzie and Wheeler avenues to B. F. Swan, for 310,000. Also, 50 feet, east front,on Chicago avenue, noar Kedzie avenue, to Jacob Hines, for $25,000. Harbert, Keeney & Co._have sold to A. M. Rouse, of Des Moines, Ia., 100 fect in Ridge Addition, South Evaoston, for $3,500, and 200 geetoion Grant Addition, Bouth Evanston, for 3,500, To R. Byorkman & Co., 100 feet in Ridge Ad- dition, Soath Evanston, for $3,000. ‘To Mr. Hall, of Evanston, 100 fect in Ridge Addition, South Evanston, for $3,000. To Frank Thurston, 200 feet in Pitner & Son's Addition, Sonth Evanston, for £6,570. To Morse Brothers, 100 fect in Pitner& BSon's Addition, South Evanston, for §3,500. —— RENTS. On the West Side D. Cole & Son report that the demand for houses renting for from $20 to 260 per month is very much greater than the supply. Here as eclsewhore many, formerly householders, are driven by strese of circum- stances to economize by betaking themselves to bonrding-houses, or to toncments cheaper than those which they are at presont occapying. This hes had the double effect of increasing the number of houses to let,and increasing the number of spplicants for chesp houses. Tho supply, on the other hand, of expensive tene- ments far outruns tho demand, and thoy are a drug in the market. But fow special facts need be mentioned in support of the general statement, the truth of which will be recognized borh by those who have been bhunting houses and by those who have been renting them. ‘Thoro has, in general, been a reduction in renta ranging from 10 to 20 per cent. Landlords make unusual concessions to good tenants in the way of repairs. Houses that easily rented for $1,200, are now gladly let go for 81,000. The. reduction in chesper rents is lous, and in many localities ou the West Side, and the North, the demand for small houses bas been so sharp a8 to uphold tho prices of last year. In the case of stores on the West Side the de- mand soems to be good, but rents have followed. tno samo course here a8 in ‘other quarters. On ‘West Madison strect all the stores have been rented. A store on West Madison, near Peoria, 25x75, rents for 31,800. In the neighborhood of Green strect, on Aadison, a corner store has rented for 32,400. Five insido stores have rent- od for $1,800 each ; same stores rented last year for $2,000. At Peor.1and Madison street a siore, 22x85, has rented for $2,400. On Madison, east of Paoria, two stores haso been lot for $3,500. Z:;.'%%S West Madison street, 34x115, was lot for $2,500. "tho largo dry goodshouse of Carson & Pirio have madea great extension of their store onthe West Side. They bave rented the whole of Madi- son Block, ut the corner of Peoria street, which is 125 foet front by 100. Al tne pactitions that now separate the different stores are to be taken down, sud tho whole thrown into ono Iargo salesroom. They will occupy this store May1, The first venture of Carson & Pirie, on the West Side, was made & year ago, where thoy took a single store, in thé locality where they now occupy since the five. Thes haso found their trade sufficient to justify themin taking theso stores for five years at an annual rent of about $8.000 a year. ) On the South Side rents exhibit the samo fluctaations a3 in the other divisions. All along tho line of Wabash avenue, with the exception of the northern end, rents, both for stores and dwellings, have fallen very largelv. South of Van Buaren streot, the avenue has been practical- Iy sbandoned for commercial purpoges. It is ardly (for several years to come) likely to re- fain the phonomooal business activity which re- gulted from the fire, whilo at the samo time tho Tocession of business leaves the streot despoiled of the attractions that it onco possessed for ro- sidences. In almost every case tho houses that had been used a8 stores are lot to boarding-house keopers. On the side-streets rents havo fallen, north of Twelfth street, 20 per cent. Around Twenty-second street, business and house rents are firmer than in any other section of the city. except the North Sido, east of Clark street. Stores as the corner of Wabash avenuo and Twenty-secoud street have been leased at the rates of last year. Property in this neighborhood will be in- creased in value by the improvement of tho Uhlich estate, and the widening of Twenty-second street, west of State, and the_erection of the new depots of the Chicago & Rock Ialand Rail- road. On the North Sido, east of Clark street, rents havorisen. Houses have brought 81,200 that last year were worth but 81,000. Thers are fow houscs in this locality, and these are eagorly ought for on account of their accessibility to business, and the pleasantness of the location. In no other part of the city have ronta risen. West of Clark street thero has been a reduction, a8 elsowhere, of 15 or 20 per cont. This is tho case oven in the neighborhood of Lincoln Park. Houses that have rented for $60 or $65 now bring but 850 or §55. There is a great call for suits of apariments and flats. ALl the houses containing flats have been rented at more remunerative rates than other tenement property. Afr. A, T Galt is building threc such houses on North Clark street. ‘The apartments are in smites of eix rooms, with closots, and are sonting for 840 to €30 & month. The main floor of an office in Parker Building, 1575, with two vaults, bas been rented for $3,000 8 year. . D. Palmer has rented the large store nnder the Palmer House, on the Wabash avenue front to Coan & Ten Brocke, and the Monroe strect store formerly occupied by Allen & Mackoy to Mr. Bradloy; the former for 2,000, the latter for 82,500 & year. A — MISCELLANEOUS. WEST BIDE BUILDING. In the neighborhood of No. 193 West Madison atreet, five stores with stone fronts, each 20x100, are building by Mr. Leberg, at & cost of £20,000 each. At the corner of Desplaines and Madison streets, a store 50x110, costing £50,000, 18 being built by Mr. Bolto. Mr. James Sutton is to_build five stone-front stores at the corper of Lincoln and Xadison streets, for 850,000, At tho head of Winchester avenue, on Madison street, five stores are to be built by AMr. New- comb, for £40,000. Five dwellings are building on Loomis street, near Jeffervon, by the O'Neal Brothers. Seven stone-front houses are building on Ban- dolph street, between Ada and Sheldon. On Centre avenue, near Adama street, three stone-front dwellings are building. HORTR SIDE BUILDING. ‘There is more acsivity Io building both stores and houses on the North Side than in any othér | to the Chica, Sonthern. and in secur- division of the city. On North Clark geroet & | ing tho agrement of the property-holders along number of stores are in erection, and by the end of the season all the unoccupied lots 2 farnorth a3 Chicago avenus will ba improved with stores. Between Clark street and the Iake s large num- ber of fino residences are building. Many of the former inhabitants of this division are returning £ it, and others aro seeking homes hers on ac- count of its nearness to business. Fiats are in great re’gitlm_st. Mr. liam is building three houees on the comer of Bchiller and Clark streets, Near the same corner Mr. Enost has mads ar- rangements to build a house twostories and a balf high, costing between $6,000 and $7,000. At the corner of Division and Clark, Mr. Schumacher will build & three-atory brick store t0 bo used in the liquor business. Dr. Frikie is building four stores on Clark street, between Goethe and Schiller, that are to be of brick. and three stories high. They will be completed during May, and will cost $30,000. Mr. Junkel, of Junkel & Roeller, wholesale distillers, is erecting a private dwelling on La~ Sallo streot, mear Schiller, at a cost of §25,000. Two fine residences. with stone fronts, are in construction on LaSalle street, between Behiller and Division. Mr. Apglawn is building a residenco at ths corner of Dearborn aud Gostho streets at a cost of 812,000, At the corner of Division and Wells streets, three residences with stores underneath are buildiog. Outside the firo limits, west of Wells street and north of Division street, a large number of wooden houses are building for tho cheaper class of tenants, Lawyer Schintz is to build a fine house on Dearborn street, near the corner of Schiller. In the eame neighborhood Mr. Shober will build three houses for tenants. On North Btate sireet, Mr. Obadiah Jackson will build five marble-front houses. Mr. Joseph Bullock, of Bullock Bros., has contracted to build a house on Dearborn street, second lot south of Division, with west front. The house will be of brown stone, and will cost $10,000. A NEW THING IX HOTELS, Lionel Haas 18 building = hotel on the North Side some features of which have never been tried in_America before. although they are familiar and snccessful in Earope, and particularly in Germany. Tho botel stands on the corner of Hammond and Menomonee stroets. Its,dimen- s1008 are 50x100 feet. Itis three storiesin height, besides a basement, which contains a restaurant, kitchens, and cellara. Therosre in it sixty rooms, which will be let, farnished, singly or en suite, to individuala or small families. Moals will be served in the restaurant, which will be for the exclusive use of the lodgers. The most novel feature of the establishment is & garden oun the roof. The roof is strongly built, femced in, hss perfect srrangements for drainage, ' etc., and carries & layer of soil in wnich flowers and plants will be grown. Tuis eky-garden will be laid out in the most tasteful atyle, with paths and garden bowers, aud, to mako its illurements as a resort for sam- mer ovenings compiate, & casino will be kept in tho gorden, where tho priviloged inmates may get whatever refreshmong they need to while away the houra. Fifty trecs aronow growing on this singular spot, and give the top of the hotel the appearance of having emerged from tho gmm: bringing up with it part of the primeval 1orest. _The cost of the hotel will be about £20,000. It will b ready for occupancy in eix weoks. The situation is s good ane, about two blocks from Luncoln Park, and the success of Mr. Haas' en- terprise is probably dependent only upon the ‘manner in which the houso is kept.” THE B. & 0. BATLBOAD. It has tranapired that the Baltimore and Obio Railroad havo secured the refussl of the valua- ble property on the Chicago River opposite the Pittsburgh and Fort Wayno Railrosd depot. A short time befure tho panic of last falf they se- cured tho refusal of this tract for 90 days; but the difliculties of that period rendered them un- ablo to como to any determination in the matter. About & mouth ngo they securcd another refusal of the same property, but not _as before, under . vwritten agrocment. Here the matter rests. ‘The exact boundaries of the land in question are Madison street on the mnorth; Van Buren on the south, Market on the ecast, snd the river on the west. Tho probable ex- planation of the negotiation is that the Company obtained a refusalin order to havea place for their entry and their depots in case their attempt to secare the right of way over the Illinois Central falled. It may now be regarded as set- tled that the Company will use the tracks of the Intter Company, and will make no nsoof their refusal of the river property. However, it is re- ported that several other raiiroasd companies are interested, and there may be more in it than yet sppears on the surfaco, LAKE-SHORE DRIVE. The Lincoln Park Commissioners, in pursu- ance of tho action of the meeting Saturday of the property-owners along the lakeshore between Lake View and Evanston, have commenced the proceedings necessay to condemn the nght of way, and levy the special assessment for the completion of the lake-shore drive. THE NORTH SHORE. The Park Commisgioners contemplate the erec- tion of a breakwater about 400 feet out from the shore from the city northward to the upper end of the park. In this way the drive Tilbe pro- tected from the inroads of the lake, and & fine basin afforded for boating. TROUBLE OVER THE BELT DATLWAY. TRobert C. Givins filed a bill in the Superior Court yesterday to obtain an injunction against the Chicago Transfer Railway and Clearing- House Company, * Givins stated that he ownsa piece of ground called the ** coutained in tho angle formed by the intersection of the Chicago, Rock Tsland & Pacific Railvay Company and the Calumet Railrond. “The Transfer Company is about to construct a railroad commencing at or near oneof theangles of the land inclosed in the “Y," thence runaing acroes complainant'a 1and to a point on the opposite side. No proceedings have been commenced to obtain the right of way, or to recompense complainant for this property. Ono H. R. Hoag made propositions to Givins to edpun:hm Dearly the same tract as thot desired by the Company, snd he agreed to purchase it for $500. Thirty-five dollars earnest money was paid, but tho contract was not carried_out, and Givins has declared s forfeiture. ‘Che Com- pany was also asked to urchase the right of way over complainant’s land, and ho has agreed to gell them what they wished at tho rate of 21,800 an acre. By the terms of the agreement the Company was to pay 8200 cah, one half the balance 1n ninety days, and the re- mainder in one year. It has not, however, per- formod the agroement, but has attempted to get ossession of the complainant's land without pay- ing for it, and has, with such end in view, sent ditferent persons to Givins to allay his suspic- ions and make falsc offers in refercnce to pur- chasing. Complainant_alleges thes Hoag is in combination with the Compaay; that the latter Das already broke ground on his premises, and is about to throw up a roadbed and construct a track across his land. To prevent this flagrant invasion of his rights, Givina asks an injunction againat the Company to prevent it from tres- pussing. ‘The request was granted, on complain- ant's filiog & boad for £500. BOUTH PARK COMMISSIONERS. The resignation of Potter Palmer 28 oze of the members of tho South Park Commission, to take effect upon the appointment of his succes- sor, bas created a vacencyin that Board. Among the gentlemen who have been favorably named f0 tiia 31y, Palier's place ata Mr. . . Cloaver. one of tho largest proprietors of real catato in Hyde Park, and Mr. George Schoeider, President of the National Bank of 1llinois. BOUTH SIDE IMPROVEMENT. The property opposite the Bngiu House, on the southeast corner of Randolph street and Fifth avoune, is about to beimproved. Respon- giblo parties are making arrangements for the erection there of & large store, to be 40x80, and four stories in height. It will be s stone front, and will cost about £45,000. THE NORTHWESTERN CAR-SHOPS, At the meeting of the Directors of the Chica- go & Northwestern Railroad in New York, last week, it waa resolved to proceed with the erec- tion of the additional shops, the foundations of which were placed last fall. Work will bo be- gunas soon asthe brickcan be procured,—that is, about the 18t of May. Thero are eix new build- ings to be erected, among them & locomotive- boiler shop. IOWA LANDS. During_the past week esers. F, L. Fake & Co. have been suthorized to put_upon tho Chi- ¢ago market 30,000 acres of choice Iows agricul- taral Iands, lying in and adjacent tothe Conuzies of Woodbury, Plymouth, Sioux, O'Brien, aod Cherokee, in the Valley of the Sioux, aod near tho line of the Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad. These lands have been steadily advancing in Salue, and are becoming well occupied. They offer a fine opportunity, either for settlement or speculation. THE C. D. & V. B. B. Two well-known contractors visited the pro- sed line of tho Chicago, Danville & Vincennes tailroad between Thornton and Chicago. on Fri- day, with a view to undertaking the construction of tho line. No final arrzogements bave yet beon made with them, but it is believed thoy will agree to do the work, The Committee appointed by the meeting, which was reported in our columns last Tuesdsy, are still &wmed in perfect- ing the arrangements for sssignment of the interests of the O. D. & V. \ the line to the plan adopted at Mondaga meet- ing. This agrcment was that the Chicago & Bouthern Railrosd Company wonld bind itself to finish tho Toad, and have regular trains running overit in four months' time, if the propercy- ovwners along the line would transfer to 1t their subscriptions, and (when mongy had been sub- scribed) would vary its payment:so thatone- fourth of the subscription should be paid when one-foarth of the road was done, anothor quarter when one-fourth more was complted, and 80 on till, the last quarter of the road _was completed, all'the money should be paid”in this way, the means necessary for the work could be ob- tained. The Assignee was to give bondsin double the amount of subscriptions. The meet- ing, with one dissenting vote, adopted this prop- oeition, and Mr. George R. Clarke, of Clarke, Layton & Co,, was chosen Trustee for both par- tios, and tho deeds and other papers will be placed in his hands. The Chicago, Danville & Vincenues now en- ters thecity on the line of the Chicago, Colnm- bus & Cincinnati Road, and has its depor at the corner of Clinton and Carroll streets. ~ If the new line is built, the depot will ba placed nearer the corner of Sixteenth street and State. % HFAVY MOBTGAGE. One of the largest incumbrances of property put on record during the past week has boen a ‘mortgage of £100,000 in favor of the Mechanics' National Baok. 1It1s exccuted by Mr. Joseph 8. Reed, son-in-law of Mr. Scammon, The con tion of the bond is, that within 60 days after de- mand_he shall repsy the bank tho moncy he owes it. The mortgage is laid on the Old Briggs House, which Mr. Reed owns subject to threa Ieases. The mortgage is dated Feb. 27, and was recorded April 23. TIE RRAL-ESTATE BEOKERS. The resl-estate denlers interested in_the for- mation of a Real-Estato Exchange in this city, perfected their organization last week by the election of officors, as follows: J. H. Roes, President; Chauncey T. Bowen, First Vice-Pres- ident ; Boldon F. Culver. Second Vice-President. Executivo Committco—William Hansbrough. T. D. 8nyder, 0. A. Bogue, G. R. Clarko. Arbitra- tion Committee—H. H. Honore, G. H. Rozet, ‘W. H. Sampson, J. P. Olinger, C. W. Weston. At a meeting of the Executive Committes on Baturday, Mr. Merrill C. Follansbee was chosen Treasurer, and Mr. William Bowers Secretary at asalaryof $800 a year. Tho Kxecutive Com- mittee accopted the proposition of the Board of Trade, offering them the Open Board for £1,500 a year. Mr. B. F. Culver was appointed to con- clude the negotiations; and Mr. George R. Clarke was instructed to prepare mombers' tickets. The Board will hold its first meeting May 1. Ita members at presont number forty- seven, as follows: G. R. Clarke, R. P. Lay- ton, P. A. brown, A. J. Cooper, J. M. Wallace, F. G Welch, J. P. ite, F. Evaus, John W. Carrington, Jr., C. C. Thayer & Co., W. O. Cole, L. M. Fleshman, W. W. Watson, Chauncey 1. Bowen, Henry H. Honore, B. Phillpot, A. Gague, C.S. Engle, Sidney V. Sea, B. M. Durham, F. A. Bragg, S. J. Shermsn, Belden F. Culver, A F. Tompkins, R. P. Blanchard, C. W. Colehour, Alex. N. Gunn, James T. Kout, E. S. Snyder, W. A. Butters, Chas, P. Silva, John P. Olinger, H.J. Good- rich. B, F. Clark, A. H. Simonton, H, Whipple, 0. A. Bogue, Chas, W. Weston, B. W, Thomas, Geo. C. odall, Isasc Tilson, A. LiElborg & Co., A. J. Ciallowsy, B. W. Slieman, 8. E. Wells, Wii. Hansbrougb. nmm_o PERMITS. The folloving building permits were issued during the past week: Monday—B. Hughes, two-story and basement_brick, 30x62, No. 815 West Madison stroet ; H. E. Sawyer, two-story and basement stone, 25x42, Ohio stroet, between Cassand State streets. Tueaday—D. Barclay, two-story and basement brick, 65x74, Nos. 756 and 753 West Lake street; Dudley Wilkinson, three-story and basement brick, 25x60, Rush street, southeast corner of Saperior. Wednes- dny—Patnick Carnaday, two-story and basement brick, 22x44, No. 92 Sholto street ; Reinhardt Nabs, two-story and basoment brick, 2x54, No. Twonty-sizth street. Thursasy—rs. . T. Rutter, five-tory and basement stone, 150x170, comer of Wabash avendo and Madison street. Fridsy—J. H. MmR_hy. wo-story brick, 40530, Nos, 153 and 154 West Congress street ; Hill, Lidece & Wat- king, two-story brick, 66x21, Nos. 29, 31. and 33 Lake avoaue ; Charles C. Fowler, two-story and basement stone, 20x40, Ellis avenuo, noar Egan. Ssturday—J. M. Baker, two-story and basoment brick, 20x46, No. 18) North Dearborn street ; Joseph Roelle, two-story and_basement stone, 38355, Ente street, near North Dearbora ; Beojamin Dolder, two-story and basement brick, 22344, No. 119 Erte street ; Edward Waller, two- story and basement stone, 29180, North Dear- born street, near Maple. —_— SATURDAY’S TRANSFERS. ‘The following instruments were filed for reo- ord on Baturday, April 25: crTx PROPERTT, Consideration, West Monroe st, 145 8-10 ft, of Wood st 0 £, 233125 {t, dated April 24.".... s 3,000 Wood st, 312 ft n of Milwaukeo v, 6 f, 25x1%) 1t, dated July 5,1873... 200 Weat Thirty-fourth st, 163 24x125X {t, dated April 25 1,325 Ashland avenue, 75 f¢ 1 of 105 £t, dated Dec. 8, 1873, . 2150 Bushnell st, 35 ft w of Portiand av, n f, 252125 £t, dated April 23...... seees 6,000 Ellia av, 155 ft n_of Thirty-ninth’ st, w f, 40x 178 8-10 ft, dated April 23 ... 1,000 Joseph st, 160 {t n w of Arch 1t, dated April 1 1,200 Thirteenth st, n w 1t, dated Aprit 1 1,600 ‘Butterfield st, 242 210 £¢ st, w £, 253100 ft, dated April 18. . 1,38 Bissell af, 247 {t n 0f Centre st, w1, 353125 ft, dsted April®....... 2,800 South Dearborn st, 233 1€ 8 of Thirty-ffth at, w £, 243123 {t, dated April 23, Millard av, 150 7t 8 of Twenty-fc X125 {t, dated April 6. 1,250 50 ‘West Lake at, 53 ft wof sl 1t, dated April 21.. 1,600 The premises No, 196 and 198 Weat dated April25....... T 48,000 John Milier to Gurdon §, Hubbard, Jr. orth Halsted at, n e corner of_Centre st, f, 290x125 8-10 ft, datod March 7, 1873. . 12,000 Mohawk st, 2432-10 ft 8 of Sophia st, e f, 5% 123 9-10 ft, dated Apri2......ceur.nnn NORTIH OF CITY LIMITS, Lot 25,in resubdivision of Block 2, of Ham- bleton, et al 815 of s @ X Sec. 20, 40, 14, dat- ed Aprii18. .o 600 Lot 24, in same, dated April 18, 500 50UTR OF CITY LIAITS, Lots1to4,and 11and 12, of Hobart's w 3 n M¥nxgsexofnwk Secll, 38 14, dated Undivided 13 of Block &, T Packer's addition, dated April 21... ... 33,333 ne') of 8.6 i Soc3, 3, 14, dated Feb, 11.7. 15,000 BUMMARY OF TRANIFERS FOL THE WE! The foliowing is the total amount of city and sub- urban property transferred during the week ending Saturday, April 252 No.of Consid~ sales, eration, City property... 626,449 North of city lim! 8 35,400 South of city limita. 170,593 West of city limits 30,500 Total $362,944 A Honeymonn (narre] A shadow swept over her sunny face. And cut of her soulfal eyes A swift light stole from thelr hazol depths Of scorn and wild surprise.. ** A bed in the parlor | how green " ahe sald, **Dear Tom, 1t will never do, An scro of bed {n a bampored room ‘That's but twelve by tweaty-two.™ *Qur rich, old sunt 1s coming, Love," Poor hapless Tom repliod, #* And wo must make & bedroom of — '+ What! tho parlor?" Fannle cried, *¢ No, never, Tom! thongh her ingota conat As the sands on tho sloping shoro." 80 Love 200n oat of the window few, Asstrifo stole 1n st the door. And the wifo's red lips wers gathered in sneers As though she'd boen eating limes, And the hasband suddealy lit bis pipe With & ploce of the Sunday Timer. As the flames sprang ap oa thistattared scrsp Heo caught, Ia thelr flinkering light, A notico that told of the ** Emplro Bed," Oa ** monthly psyments ™ slight. Bufficient to gay, swoet-pasce was rostered, For over to Madison stroet (No. 333, near the coraer of Ann) They went in new harmony sweet, Whers they parchased an ** Empiro Parlor Bed,™ That could fold ap fts downy wiogs, Lixo s tired bird, through the daylight hours, To make room for less beautifal things, Moma—This quarrel might bars been avoided bad they purchased an ‘‘Empirs Parlor Bedstead " when thay first hoaan houseXesping, at 363 Wert Madizon-st. DRY GOODS. 100000000000000000000000000000000000000a 10000000000000000000 000000000C JOHN H. DAVEY & 00, 328 West Madison-st. POSITIVELY THELAST FOURDAYS Y OF OUR GREAT SALE! Great Bargains will be given in Lace Shawls, Black Silks, Black Cash- mere, and Black Alpaca. Fancy Dress Goods reduced from 25c¢, 50¢, 80c, to 15¢c, 252, 300. Lot of Ladies’ Size 8 Balbriggan Lisle Thread and Cotton Hose at half price. 500 Pairs Corsets, odd sizes, at §0c, some of them worth $3.00 pair. Ribbons and Fringes 25¢, worth 75. Laces, Embroideries, Hdkfs., Col= lars and Cuffs at prices to close out. Remnant Table Monday Morning, LOOK OUT FOR BARGAINS! JOHN H.DAVEY & CO0. Corner of Aberdeen and Madison, 100000000000000000000000000000000000000C 000000000000006000000000000000000000000 FURNIT Fur@m‘ei GE0. GILBERT, (Liate Sampson, Gilbert & Co) = 2687 & 269 Wabash-av. Parties desirous of purchasing any kind or style of FURNITURE, should not fail to call and examine our stock and prices before making their purchases. Our stock is come Pplete end varied and offered at prices that cannot but command attention. Our goods shown with pleasure. GEO. GILBERT, 267 & 269 Wabash-av. SHERWOOD SCHOOL FURNITURE GO. Have removed their Office and Warerooms from 103 and 105 South Canal-st. to 184 & 186 STATE-ST,, (Opposite Palmer House), Where, in addition to their large stock of SOUHOOL AND OHURCH FURNITURE, they will keep a very large and full line of OFFIOE DESKS and Furniture of all kinda, FURNITURE. Save Money and Buy from the Popular and Reliable House where - you'can find the largest assortment of Chamber, Parlor, and Library Furniture at the lowest prices. A.J Neuberger&Bro, 78 & 80 Randolph-st, NEAR STATE. PIANOS. $160 We will sell a seven-ootave OHICK- ERING PIANO, in good repair and all right every way, for $160; also a brand new, 7 1-3" octave, cnrved—leg Piano for $240. ROOT & SONS, 10D State-st. UR STORAGE. MOTHS! Presccve your FURS from Motbs by sead) SRITHE 0 Recuits diven and Shavees easommbls SHITH & (0., HATTERS & FU':'RRIERS, 205 West Madison-st, _ DENTISTRY. TEETH FOR ALL! W. B, McCHESNEY has removad b room from corner Madison and ! num<:m.|i) Cl'.‘rfl-'lu!?“cnme:'fll:y dolph. For one week lotger we will insert full sets bast Ar. tincial Gum Teoth for aly S8, Hest plain, make this statement goodto the lettar quality eleewbiero 7ou art pasing $2 . Voo ask youto compare our wii'with any otbor of this elty. bty b o P AT Hoo Is not,_given. 1 Charae, Filling at redaced oy . " onodt pala froe of DR.H.R. PAILLIPS Dentisg, 166 South Olark-st,, bet Madiso. and Monree, Artificial Sots.. e’ Gold Fillings. from. 0 soe20 Silver Fillings, fron 210 58 Taoth Extractéd without pain. a5a All Work Warranted. BOSTON DENTAL ASSOCIATIw Northwest cor. Dearborn and Madison-sts. 4 O. E.SNYDER, Managex, - il Uppar or Lower Sota best Grra Testn, 83 to $12, o £ 5