Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 9, 1874, Page 13

¢ teeutly furnisbed, and, st firetg.ance, resem- NO. 89 at the Interior of TE'S Es- nce LBl tablishment, n Wio Run It and the Givision of ke Ll Profits. Catching a Sucker. tically inclined resders of Time xz who, last Fridsy morning, were thrilicd e touchog lines commemorative of the by e o4 misfortunee of “Jones of Kalnma- fer Jll remember that the disreputanle w,” welly 0. 89 DEARBORN STREET, mentioned 28 being the theatro of the ma‘enz Farmer's” troubles. This place has ‘Sourishing uuder the rubi 1 d noses of our v’”pom, authoritics ever since the inangura- ds P he new regime, and is tho notorious 830 arters of the rascals who practico **thirce- "3 Epecies of pastebosrd thimble- | B st tho oxpenso of country and othor r{,'mm' known ia police pa:lance as e - Chicago hss long been afficted with the gam- seve, but, in old times. her vices were peher of the high-toned order, such as rouge et F and faro. Thiogs bave clanged, however, B Washbur's head rolled into Mayor Col- e official butcher-basket, and to-day the city qu.(kud by some of the cluicest scamps that curced 8 Metropolis. The old **confi- Gnce™ dodges bave grown a litde too rusty to Jepucticed with genoral success, even on tho b, aud, therefure, some otlier meaus bad 2 Le adopted lo secure for the harpies who By by their wits a livelhood. For this pur- P*® 4 «rmrer-canp MoNTE” the thing. The bageage required to carry Bl gamo is by no meuns cunlersome, and oo Le eately etowed away in an ordinary prexches or 80Y otber pocket,—namely, a pack of s 1he wethod of ‘‘roping in” is very Fayle, but, 8t the same time, very effective. peris and **runners” bave an excellent izg Pl e Jn R;:::?And:ng and havo no ditliculty 1n pluck- jeg suy unbisppy bigeon that may happen or be Ldinto their tuils. g TOE ‘‘ BOPERS-IN 2 geveraliy fellows of tho pinchbeck order,— ten up With aoy smouut of Beavy jew- ¢, eporting coats, and fancy wearables guenly, Three of four of thom some- together snd “lay” for & 20, 3 mnz".‘h} frhe tatter animal ia chlefly farnizhe eily trains from the country districts. If an iividusl having an air of greenuess about him taad eligh from the cars, and be observed by tre human beasts of prey, the latter immedi- wdly Iy plans for bis fuancisl destruction. One ¢ the cumber will approach the new armrival and exlim: Why, balloo, Mr. Brown, how are thev all io Lago.to 7 The new-comer will, por- Iage, start wich surprise und say: * You have e sdvantage, sir, my pame is Johnson, aud I came from Loganeport.” Tais is THE FIRST PART OF THE FROGRAMME. The unsaspecting Granger walks ahead, while the * roper " goea back to his **chums ™ and ex- plaing ngm uss taken place. Oa the next cor- Der o fresh scquamtance is _encountered by another of the gaxg, whie, baving learned the proper uame, suproacies the traveler familiarly, sod says: * Halloo, Mr. Johnson, why, howura all “bie folks in Loganeport 7" ir. Jonnson is quite taken aback, and ineists that the familier yonug man must be in error, Yt the familiar Younz man is not going to boe quointhat kind of s way. He gives his 13me 8¢ Biack, perhaps, insists that HE ENOWS ALL ABODT MRB. JON prthat he has been settled in Chicago for a lagume, and was anxious Lo see sume ons {1 Logansport to tell bim 21l the news there- o, sbich tne imple Grauger does unbesitating- Ir Tben tue friendly -“Black” suggeis 8 aitk, which is accepted, and the spider and the Zr o fozeiher mto the former’s web,—a low alon, wlhete things are convenient for a game d*tiree-cmd-monte " or some such deviltry. Tbe Gravger, considerably excited bv bad Egzor, s led 10to the play. He sees the myste- fivs ehufilings of tho dealer, and is resdy to le;on his card, which, when turned, turns out bethe very last card be thought about being Ditbe desler’s kand, and he tinds that be tas 1t Lis money. So be bets again, avd keers letting, winning oceasionally by cornivance, for i sake of leading bim intc Leavier stakes, Fally the unbappy * Granger” finds bimself | ** DEAD BROKE," w:dis then turned 1nto the streets, violently or | diermse, 88 may suit the bunior ¢f the robbers. Tuis is culy one of the meny pieces of stiategy eplosed by the “ropems” to eecure a good, | frsh Ygucker.,” Sometimes they encounter u 2t who has read the papers, nnd find them- islves bisten by being “takew'in,” and brought Jreminently before the public eye in the police- tmrts ; but, a8 a rule, they succeed, and, under G sdmmistiation of Mayor Colvin, appear to ta5e a good, easy time of it, end to be on per- Ly ea ¥ ierms with the City Government and Ls employee of the kamo. But 1o return. : NO. 89 DEARBORN STREET 2rm by a couple of fa.loxs known as Snell and Wiligme. It 1s & low frame-building, with a st front, which is shaded by an immense awn- 2g. 'The grouud tloor is devoted to saloon and wmbling purpo«ce. In front is the bar, and, in itear apartment, partitioned by a screen, are | #ieral emsyl tables, supplied with tho customary saount of chaue. The room is plainly but Lesa lager-beer saloon of the ordinary type. the visitor. if he calls for a glsss of beer or ieqr, and seats himsell cerelessly at one of | eliles, will soon observe that he is in A DAD MURAL ATMOSPHERE. Taloon quickly fills with men of decidedly Ylinous as; eet, ulthough well-dressed for the aprt, and packs of cards are freely used iaoy he different groups in the apartment. 1tk vistor appears to be s st1anger, or is un- 71 Sotle pious fraternity around him, he wilt Wtelorgleft alone, Some obliging *gentle- Z" will “approach ™ him in the usual insinus- 2 war, and iovite him to s gume &t it Then, if Lo be & green young Dildlesged, or old man, he is lost. If he be 2ot verdant, and ho 1 a good citizen, he can 8o e maiters n to make it bot for the monte £, even under the present lax municipal gov- fuaent. The “ropers " employed in such laces e therr eyes wide open, Lowever, and can tell (tiective, reporter, or any man ** about town " ! glance. Thus when a TRIBUNE reporter, s 10 exposs the workings of the “*monte E"!)\mas Deerborn streot, yesterday siepped b that saioon and proceeded to make some et investigution, ha found thut he was L repy (ALNOST ISKTANTLY GPOTTED. g oY nOTOrIons person, who bas been in the n.i'fi'm"" several mes, rose from oue of the poid vent into the kaloon. Immediately - ard-business was suepended, and the fellows I o rear apartment devoted tLemselves sim- 140 beer or bad whisky. One by one they roso ey ¥ent out, end very soon the reporter was 5 {0 etudy the mysteries of * three-card xia” by umself. 8 *CANADA BILL,” o ented dealer of the concern, who ‘Mufle & pack of cards with more el . Certsinty than ~ any man in e Yide world around,” did not exkibit any of - fessional tricks, but _devoted himeelf to l:c:euble pastime of sucking a seedy looking it Tbe bar-tender Jooked sskance at the re- ctsend the Iatter considered it _advieable to o gt Place without much waste of time. 88 ran on Eel] ypg (T3F JOINT STOCK PRINCIPLE. e 2 Williams receive 10 per cent of the Q-;" craped from the pockets of “ evekers,” et Per receives 50 per cent, the dealer 20 per ,m,,'fld there is 10 per cent for o **protection Tu;, 28 & Teservo for other purposes. u.fl:g be taken as a type of all such places, <3 there are very many in Chicazo. The gy gon 217 that aliost every waloon on Stato tingy 27 UD; South Clark street, and Randolph fgnere tables or room are provided,is used g threecard monte " game. They Liave [y Mme show of pulling a few of vy i0d. were ghamea info pursuing f"’ Champlin, - who kept & motorious M\efln Mozroe street, near LaSalle, until his e tevolied, Thay heve also broken up Romy i'hwvm Ode!l ard his gang, but it is well- f.,:m. ere are many morz ylaces—in the imme- K‘f‘mls of the seat of the City Government, g8 Deeds immedinto Jooking after. Thé lm,“;.a! such places and srch pructices 5 a 8 diegrace to the City of Clicago. s?r Schlicmann at Athens. ;Mw‘l'gmann Vrites to the Academy that he Sten, 1o 21 cbtamed irom the Greek Gov- Termission to demolish, i bir van € b6 great i it squate tower in the Acropolis, h,e’;é:‘ntfa‘\eyezm Tower, which scems to iy cmlt in the fourteenth century, Io 1,600 aquare fest of the Propyls, aud THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 1874 13 ccnsists of large slats of marble or co mon stone from varions ancient mouuments of the Acropolis and tie thea're of Hetodes Atticus; it measures 80 feet in beight. and its walls ure 5 feer thick. By the demolition of ths tower, which cost him £465, Dr. Schliemann renders a great service to ecience, for he brings to light the most interesting parts of the Propylea and is certain to find & vast pumber of interexting iuscriptions, of which bo has for thres years tho Tight of publication. he work began on the #d inst,, to the great delight of the Athenisns. but to the gricf of the thousatds of owls by which tu(‘:itwl\\'créu hilnmbiied. “But it is impossible,” acds 12, Schliemann, *to please ev b pl every ouein e u— ELECUION RIOT: Account of the Desperate Fizht at So:ervilie, Tenu.—One Man Ree cewves Thirtecn Bullets tn ilis Body and Yet Lives, * Mexewrs, Tenn., Aug. 8.—From Capt. Harvey Matherw, editor of the Evening Ledger of this city, who returned from Somerville this afier- noow, the following accouut of the riot. or rather what threatened to become a tiot, at Somerville vesterdav, is obtaned: ‘I'ho election of the day bofore had bLeen hotly contes ed, and many negroes had attended the polls durie the day Leavily ared, and s-ie nd opeuly threatened to burn the town during the dav. A pronuuent negro politician named Cash Wairen bad cursed aud abusea a young brother of Mayor Iiendon, and yesterday encountering Mavor Hendon on the street bevan to abuse bim. and finaily BNAFPED A PISTOL TWICE IN TUE MAYOR'S FACE, who then diew a pistol and shot him dead. most timulianecusly two or threeshots were fired at the nsgro by tiiends of the Mayor, who bad eollected there, among whom was a man named Oscar Buifon, noted for being an ex- cellent shot and brave. He was cuarged with firing at Warren when le mot bis ueath. Tho nesrves, who had bLecowe very much iue censed at tho death of Warren, THREATFNED TO EILL bou i1 o'ciock, appeared on the streets simed wiih o gouble-bane led shot-gun and pietols. Judre J. G. Reeves, Albert Reeves, tno Shenfi-elect, and another bruther named Faul, attemptcd Lo arrect and disarm Bution, but' owing to s report that o bedy of nearoes were marching on the town, Burton re- fused 1o be arrested and tley of ened fire on him, wounding bim severely in four differeut pluces. Boreturned fire with tho shot-guu AMOBTALLY WOUNDING PAUL AND ALRERT, and then fe.d himself, but, raising himeelf on his elbow, drew his pis:ol and shot J. G. Reeves in the shoulder, inflictivg s dargerous but not necesearily fatal wound. The party of nogrces who bad congregated then oreced fue on Bir- ton, shuotng bim ins numbercf ylaces, aud one, ruslueg up, put a pictol to bis back and fired. 1In 2li, ke received thirteen wounds, and if uov prove fatal, which tho doctors doubt, it will be the one last mentionea. TUE EXCITEMENT that followed was intenze. Leports spread that negro runners bad been sent to the counuy to stir up the various colored socicties, and Aem- Flus was telegraplied to for aid. Muny pegroca ofc towD, a4 was supposed o preeuro remn- forcemeuts, amor:g whom was Wilrmmrun. who, in o speech during the canvaes, had said if the Civil-R:ehts bill wss not passed he would ride in blood up to his bridie-bits. He was captured at Moscow last night, but escaped afterward. ON THE ABRRIVAL OF THE MILITALY from Memphus, they found the citizens io arms and the town under stiict patrol. Their arr was buled mith great joy by the white citizens, aad ot the earnest request of the citizens Capt. Duresn’s Chickasaw Guards agreed to rewmain i‘xntil Monday, while the remmnder returned ome. Barton, who, L — THE LABOL QUESTION. Desperate Fight Letween Union and Non-tUnion Men in Brooklym. New Yomx, Ang. 8.—A murder occurred last night in the Easteru District ¢f Brooklyn, grow- ing out of the contlicts which exist between the wembers of the Plasterers’ Union snd nop-so- ciety men. A building is in the couise of erec- tion at North Seveuth and Tourth streets, and the owner hired rome non-eociety men a thort time ago to do the plastering, 88 they agreed to work ten hours a day instead of eight. Numerous threats Lave been made agawst thom by the society men duiing tho past tbree dave, nnd especially by a number of masons who are working eizht liours on some building near at band. Last might. three of tho latter, James Kilduff, Thomas McLacghlin and John Kingston quit work, as usual, at 5 o'clack, and started for the building where the non- society men were at work, determined, a8 they stated, to ‘‘teach them a lerson that would prevent their actiog in opposition to the wishes of the Union.” Arriviug at the boure, thes Legan an assault upon the men at work. Kijduf led the atlack and struck one of themen, while McLangl- lin Lkuocked theotnerdown. Kildufr, in the fight, was cjected from e building and was about to strike with a stone tho person whom be had first asemled when Frank Stuck, the watclmun of tho premiscs, whe bad been thus far s spectator of the fisht, seized s plasterer's hammer, and, striking Kildoff ‘upon the Lead, killed bim - stantls. Al the persons at work 1n the build- ing were arrested, and Stuck was arrested £oon afterwards. Laterip ibe evemng MecLaughlin and Kingeton, who jommed Kilduff in the ae- sanlt, wero locked up. An_excited crowd of socicty men collected around the staticn last night, and bad to be dispersed by the police. Trial of the New Gatling. From the Indianapols Sen‘inel. Quite s large number of gentlenics and ladies | were_attracted to tue Expoeition grouncs last evening to witness the trinl of one of the pew Gatling guns. Among tho spectators weie Sen- stor Morton, Gen. Carringtou, Gen. Scott Brown, of Kentucky, and Geu.'l. A. Morne. A target of wood, 10feat square, with a Lluckened spot in the ceatre of 1 foot in diumeter, was placed 1w a gulley 125 vards from the gun. The eize uged was that which shoots the regulation-size u6 handled directly Ly Gailing. A singular coinci- denco was noticed by teversl uf t'e »pectaiors, inasmuch as tbe two rentlemen named were the same ones who havdled the first of these guns esibited in public, which was just tnelve years ago, at the corner of Georgia avd Ienn- sylvania strects, ip this city. Since then, Lowever, the gun bss been contibually im- proved upon, 28 has been recorded the world over, until it mnow 1anks about the best in nse, The firer firing was of 10 rounds, or three cascs of cartridges. Seventy of this number went through the marked-out target of o foot in diameter, nud the remainder passed through the boards, averaging 15 inches trom this mark. The bullets were considerably flattened, but tore up the dirt back of the target, until the earth looked a8 though just Larrowed. The second and third rounds were of 1C0 shots eacb. Atthe close of the second and third rounds the marked target was comple:ely ebot away and the neighboring planks badly riddled. The touth round was for a rial of speed. Five cascs or two cartridges were used, and fired in twenty- five seconds. It required but little imapination to conceive a continued roar as though of wus- ketry, one’s ears fairly rnging witheound. The pun’ remains perfectly steady while shooting. and does not Leat up io the least. although tue muzzle seemed to be ehooting out a continual stream of fire while the crank was being turned. 1t requires but » moment’s time to place a full cae of cartridges over the gun in_their 1equired position, sud thereby but hitle time is lost, so Jittle, in fact, that it is pot poticeable. Gen. love eaid that the target slould be about 1,200 sards away to give a full range. The Oldest Members of Congress. o the Editor of the Nev York Etenina Post : ‘Samuel Thatcher, of Bangor, Me., was s mem- ber of Congress tor Massachusetts from 1802 to 1505. He was born July 2, 1776, two days betore the siguing of the Declaration of Independence. e is pow living, in the 99tk year of Lus age. Enos T. Throop, of Auburn, X. ¥., who was 90 vears old on the 21st of tlus mcoth, was a mem- ber of Congress in 1814-181G. He was Governor of New York from 1529 to1833. He was born Aug. 21, 1784, ] X Torade Binney, of Philadelphia, was in Con- fross n 1535-1895, He 16 pow in his 95th year, Daving been born Jsu. 4, 1750, The above were oll members of the House of Representatives. Lio oldest members of the United States Sen- ate still living. are: ~ Peleg Sprague, of Boston, Mase,, who was = Senztor from Maine from 1829 to 1835. He was born in 1792, aud is therefore §2 years of age. Ether Suepley. of Portlaud, Me., now &5 rears of age—baving been born in 1759—was @ Senz- tor from that State from 1833 t0 1837. Jobn P. Ring, of Augnsts, Ga., born in 1799, was a Senator from that State from 1833 to 1838. Charles E. A. Gayarre, of New Orleans, La., now in his 70th year, was a Seoator iu"1835. Alexander Mouton, of Vermilionville, La., was a Senator in 1837-1841. Heis now 71 years cld. Horace Bintey and Samuel Thatcher are, Ibe- linve, the oldest livivyg graduates of Harvard Col- lege, tie furmer having been graduated in 1797 aud tise Jatzer 1w 1783, Jeln Tiuples, who succeeded Peleg in the United States Senate. from 1835 to 1¥4l, died at his home in Thomsston, ble., sgea bd years, ahout thiee weeks sy, J. No NEW Youx, July 25, 1bid, Spragre Al-t GUR NORTHWESTERN SUBURBS | News I'ems Frem Milwaukee, Racine, Evanston, and Glher Points. Furnished Exclusively for The Sunday Tribune. MIL.WAUKEE. CAMPAIGN FUN "pln.mm—n, Aug. 8.—Outride cf the City of Milwauiee, the different cardidates for United Btates Senator are “ moving heaven and earth” to further their interests. In Milwaukee, every- thing has becn tolerably quiet. Advices from most paita ot the State indicate that Matt Cac- penter is more warmly suprorted to-day than ever 1o was before, and, ar the same time, that there is a florcor opzosition to Matt Carpenter thao ever was ‘anticipated. It is simyly anin- teneifving of the cxisteut elements, The most indefatigable anti-Carpenter man who has so far made s epj carance publicly is Dr. Wight, so prowincntly identifiedsi htle Reform movemenrt. In connection with the Doetor ought to be men- tioued an smusing incident of the campaign. Some thiee months ago, several of the most ue- tive Young Republicans did a good stroke of pol- ieyin occupying acertain hotel, much frequeuted by Hebrews, Germans, and young wholesale and retuil dealers of ali sorts, exciuxively of foreign nationalities,—men who Liave considerable power, from the number of people with whom theyLave busmess dealings, aud the diversity of their trade-convcetions. The Young Republicans got 8 strong feoting here, and had’ become, ay it were, regular Labitues of the place, playivg their httle games of draw-poker, pin-pool, and €0 forth, asking *the boyn™ up to driuk, and loring their monay with imperturbable good- uatwe. Wheo Wight came Leme from bis lust trip, Le beard of this, s1d iumedintelyret to work towive tie woiks of tleeneny. Cnlingycung Wicks, of the Zin.cs, tc bis aid, they too Lipanto vinit the | otel ; und the two [aIties now face cech otlicr every mipht, cut-lidci: g, out-talking, cut- Isugling, ‘our-dnuking, out-piaxing, ard cut- DLlowiLg cach otLer, wiihi a vigor thut is rehrhed Ly the efiressid ** boys.,” Lut will be deuth to sCmeLody or uiLer betore long. TUEL LISIRICT ATIORMEY AND THE FUPERVIFORS, Ahcee who bure waickiu cur japers for rev- ersl morths jast vall Lave cleerved that iho Distiict Attorney eome time ago jublicly ap- penicd Lefore the Board of County Supervisore, and rave ss Lis Lesy advico that the Board elould not pay certain accounts for alaries, which Lie wa- quite ciear could not bo legally al- lowed sud the Loard had no authcrity to | ay. Scmo of thoe chses, even, were still punding in court. Tle claime were all paid. Jhe District Autoruey alo ecarpestly advieed the Beard Lot to destroy the eunuty vonchers,— pointiug out tLat the keoying of them could do L:arm to no horest man, whilst the destroying of them would firever cover up villainy, if such £hould bave Leen nccomplished, I sdvice wus dieregarded, aud the vouckers were destroyed. Luer, a tescluicn was passed, with™ ecme rather Unnecessary remarks, directing (he Dis- trict Attciney 0 give an account of the suils pendirg 101 and eguinet ibe e onty. To tiis resclut (v no att ntion was paid, and, at'tle mcetig of (ke Bon.d lust Tuceduy, 8 sco- oud was parscd, dnectag compliance with tho furmer resolution, in upequivoeal terms. To this, Up Lo date, no answer Las been 1écerved. Yewtcrday afterucos 1nE TRISTNE correrpond- ent et tko District Attorvey, £rd arked bim alout this busiiess. A woid or pereonal de- scription will not Le thrown away. Mr. Reit- Lrock is & man of fine prerence; Las an im- nicuee chest, powerful neck and loulders, and 2 clear, Leeliby eye and faco. lie wears o jcng. Verdyke Leard, which pives £nmetry to bis fea- tures. Iieie quick ut mekivg up bis mind, and, when fully decided. datbes at bis cljcct with ail the force at s commund, lie will raieo bis voice 82 the sligbest provceation, ard stitke you instantly to lus feet, 50 to efeak, a prey to rhetoric. There is not a bLetter epeaker ina cr.mival prosecution, when be hus his mivd made up that be wants to convict, in the State of Wikcousin. Iie rarely tries n_long-suctaived flight, Lut will dait {1om point to point with sivgular rapity, precision, and force; aund you ‘cannot listen to him a mcment witbout being couvinced tlLat, in scme re- #vects which are Lot arrarent ou the surface, zud veed yet rome cccasion to Le fully drawn cut, ke is a nap of vrecnmon paste, with o re- serve of power which muct, however unwillingly, enfcice uitenticn. it wes et to e thought of that snch n man ehould allow Limeell to Le browesten by tle Sapervisors in ke mauuer relaied; o the writer wos vot surprieed 10 leain f1cm his onn lips that he cousiders be is euflicicut!y resporei- Lle tor the law-matters of the couniy, witkort taking directions from tbe Dowrd 8 1o tle ccn- Guct of cotey iutiuetcd to Lis charge. He sy is very much overnorked, aud uoing far more tha ibo cfice is worib,—duties Lavivg sccr mulated, avd tecome verv omercus; Lut Le is deternified to put evervthing through in the Lest siy'e be Luows, votwithrlondig the ap- rarent iarcor of tle Homd ; although, Ly Going £0, Lie runs » certain amouut of risk a8 to his re- elecun. haviuyg o tinie to devote to the csm- veeg, whichis Dow beirg viecrcurls canied on by bis active ana vigilant adveitrv, Martin, late District Attcrney, bLis only o] ponent for the oftice. A PRESENTATION, AND IT§ MISTORY. The lccal apers have bsd a good Geal to say, the past week, slout a prescutaticn of an Cil painting of tbe lete Siduey L. Rocd to the ‘oung Men's Association. It hes now Leen srravged that the presenta- tiou eLull be made Morday night, and tera or Carpenter, who was warted upen and inv.ieo jor the putfote, Las consented to make tke | reseu- tation epeech ; o that the rocms may be ex- pected to Lo crowded ; aud the Artocintion will doubtlere derive eome cclat, of which, if eclat be tko cquivalcnt of greculacks, it is tadly in need. 3. Rood was a verscn much admiled in Lis time as a successful citizen of Clnstiar: cher- acier. He was a sincere, Emcucnl, £ood mun, who had ure affccuon, for bis fellow-creatures, ard was always roudering how Lo could Lenetit somebody or other. He fell a victim to tho tatal focility soe gocd men are iempted with, of befriending that Jaes of ingtitu'icne which ecerm cieated prmanly to get iuto debt, and, eecordlv, to be rrinted with their titlen ab- bieviated, —the Y. M. A.%s end Y. 2. C. A’ As 8 goud Y. M., wiih tears in bis eyer, said to Yous ccrresyordent this mormwg: * He suved us from ehipweck, sir” So, several of the young men thoupht it necetsary, nhen Mr. Rocd acsed to bus eternal Test, to fresent his rort.sit to the Argociation, 28 f one who bad eaved it frcm sLipwreck, for tLe encoursgen.ent of others nko migt fecl an itchivg that way,—tbe Aeeacialion Leing in a position to be g0 eaved eeveral tmes a year. THE ESCAVATED-EARTH TROUELE. Most of our priveipal streets, up to to-day, have presented 8 most sivgular appearance, with a1idge in the centre a couple of feet Ligh, runming to ecme inlersecting point, where it runs into a sumilar ridge. These ridges have Leen caused by the unectiled enrth of the mew sewcr-cxcavations. The rewer pipe, etc.,-will bave fiiled an average of from one foot to two feet the wholo lecgth of the trenches, and tko loose earth, without damping by water, bas of course tobped over the surface. Even 18 it is, thore have becn many caitloads of carth carted away. If the whole of the earth tbrown ont of the excavations Lad been sufiered to remain, we should have Liad continuous lines of earthworke, surrounding the inner part of the city, scme three feet high. The rains of the middle of the week settled the stuff slightly, but on Friday tle Doard of Pullic Works eent o ccmmunica- tion to tbe Board of Water Cor:missioners, and the Jatter allowed bese to Le attached to the hy- drants, and_ encugh water taken to eettle the carth. This morniog the work of wetung was gcne about In @ eyetematic menuer, and, at the time of telegraphing, the proepects are that we ehall soon need all the earth that has becn carted away to fill up the lizes tiat are being formed by this new pecking process. 1In Chica- go. when the new drains were being laid, it was the custom to wet the earth as it was thrown 1p- to the trenches again, which made the very best Xkind of packing that could be desired for such operations. PERSONAL AND 5OCIAL. Harrison Ludicgton, Esq., Mayor, has gone for o trip East. Willinm B. Brown, Esg., bas gone for a voyage down tbe lakes. Mr. Brown is the esteemed Secretary of the Board of Fire Underwriters. The Lev. E. B. Ward, Episcopal, has re- covered, and is abont in his usual heslth and irits. !p'rlxa Rev. Myron Reed has-returned from s week's camp-life above Menasha, looking well. The first party given by Miss —— only 18 years of age, of the East Side, wes given oo her atteining that age, a fow nights ago.” The party waa a splendidly gotten-up affair, and consisted Alraost wholly of young belles and beaux. The oldest gentleman present was the nephew of & banker, himself a financier and an Alderman. A magnificent garden party was given in the grounds of Retert Elliott, Eq., Thureday night. TLe clite of the ciry were piesent, and the b ag- nitceu fete 1s tle theme of all wWho were for- tunete ercugh to be pretent. Mrs. Frackelton, wife cf & promivent citizen, is oxe of the Iadies actively interected in the pet~ t1g up of awsteur theatricals at ke Cpera- Iicure. which Hairy Devkin Las coffered for the rurpore. Blis. Alexarder Mitchell is crecited Wwith an inlention to belp tho afiair to a puccere- ful termnation, and the urdertaking is one of the priveial tcpics of discuetion in drawing- 1cons. The Eveming Times, which ecems to be well infoimed from bheadquaiters, Las the tol- Jewirg (v the sulject : *-A aramatic treat of novel and surpaseirg mer. it will rboatly be rrecented. Tbis time, bowey— e, 1t i 00 sruveling ccmrany who are to show to ue, but only local amateur talent of renl excel- leuce will” Le allowed to tread the stage. Niil- waunhee’s Art Calleiy is not 1o be permitted to die without a lsudeble effort Leing nade to 1a- puir 1ts dronping ncoces.—j ay off 1ia indevted- nees, and place it upon a fim.er and mere dura- Lle baris. Iv fortherance of this scheme a cotopany cf .adics s1d pentlemen projoce to | pive au :mateur drsmatic eitertaimment < | the 25ih ivst., at 1le O e1s Honne, 1he Liouss beiog indly tlered by Mr. Deskin without cbaipe. 10 our excellent citizen. Mr. Alexander 3 ! Mitchell, snd to his amialle wife, conriderable n.etit 15 due for the icception and carrying out oi thts meritorious echemes. 1he whore aftuir is to be one of great brillisnce, a1.d we prophesy forit, a1d wieh forit, tle mcal atundant stc- cese. ' TLo pr.coistobe &1 toail parts of . tho bouse, and this sirangement will give general satiefaction. Intide and outside the Opera- House 1o_efforts to sdure aud fascinate :ll coneers will Le eyarcd. Rich carvets will adorn tLe stuire aud jserapes, be exhibited in proforion, ar.d ra'vers of Eau de Colcgne in which lzaies may dip their bancker- chiefs, ore premised. These ariapgements will Lereefter Le alluced to when more mstured, bat we may finisk Ly apain ccmmending the prase- vordiy undertakivg, and eaying that Mrs, Mitckell s aleo oripinatirg othcr reLemes that will texd to jernavent's add to the welfare of cur much-veglceted Art-Galler: FCLITICAL GOLSIP, It is not pesrille, to-cay, to name the political cavdidutes for tho Legislatue.—excert to mie- Irad,—as theis is Lo Ward in the city res et g which matters sre definvitely kncan ; tut at thorame tize tcme Inicrmation can Le pre- €cuted that may prove interesting st the brak- {uet-talle. In tLe First Ward, three or four Democrats are talhed of, J. W. Cary, Bulicitor of the St. Yaul Road, Le'ng the mutt | reminent. 1f be poes lortl'e rcution, 1he 1ailread will spend a geod deal f mcney to gend bim in, as there will e detcrmined (Wort at the vext geteiqn to rej cal the Poiter act. The Republicars will makea Lalt for Cuwpenter, and as 1. W. Van Schaick, Ccl. Geedwip, and James M. Whaling (of 1'earce & Whalrg) aie Corpenter ; men their names are in everylody's mcuth. The ward is the most coimopolitan in the city, and contains almest every nationality represented in the Nurthwest. In tle uccertawty that prevails, it is tou poseible to eay what slape things may take in a few Gayg, but a_Carpenter man will be protty sure of electicn in tle Firt Ward, if iliere be 2 candidate Ly the name of Van Schaick. In the Eccond Ward the voters are for the most part Germars. A Demcerat will certainly be seut {o to the Legislature, snd not a sivgle Carpenter candidate 12, ko far, epoken of. The Thitd Ward_ccutsins alarge majority of Irish votes. WLilst, of the cardidates talked alont, all are, eo fe1, Democrats, there s pretty sure to be o Rejullican launched Lefore long, aud, whoever b is, » majority of voters will hold up beth hands £o loog as e 18 a sore card for Matt Curpenter, who is mere popular in this ward, perlaps, than in any ward in the city. The Fowth Ward is altogetler Democratic. A cortan an (not_the Prirce, Lut the Prince’s brother Lovis) who inverted $100,600 in » Clicago Natioval Lauk, tho other day, may buve scme nkling of o bew revelation in that direction. Every one else who has the sLadew of a tkade cf askow. is anti-Carj enter, £o far 8 heard from. A coujle of Republicans are tallied of, but they bave declared they will uct Lave their pames meuticned. In this ward the American_ard Iueh vctes arg very Jarge and The theps of the St. Paul Road are m this ward, ard tle railroad interest is stiong. TLe 1fth and Twelfth Waid are one district. This ward is hopelestly Democrstic and anti- Carrenter, unless kcme side 1ssue can be raised. In the Fifth Ward, Norwegians, Irieh, and Bo- Len:iaos are the moet numerous. IntbeTwelith tLe Polith predomicate, and after them come the Germen, The Sixth and Thirteenth Wards form anotber dittrict. The culy cundidates heard of are anti- Carpenter. The Germans will p.ullseven-eighths of tke vetein tle Sixib. The Thirteenth con- tains the St. 1aul round heue ard is paitiya railrcad watd, occupied mawly Ly Lirh, sud railrcad lalorers. I'ne Seventh Ward cffers chances for a Car- renter man, Lot the Repullicans are badly s lit up. If a gocd man were Lo offer, he would walk over the Leads of every rolizician yet named. The Liglth and Eleventh Waios are barreo of Catpenter men. The omy names given are of refGimcrs v o are Leyord everyching anti-Car- perter. Thoitsue may Le cn ile question cf taxation of chuiches, and the nou-taxeticn men willridein every time. Atibesome time, there isa ick-nc1ks 1o the vard. nren wlich very many vo:ers dej erd for thesr daily Lread. 1tis whis- pered that this yerd may tuin out & pasticular biick stamped Cun enter. 1f to, lots of money will Lo tert i the infereet cf the brick. ‘1he Niuth aod Tenth waids, cue district, are Demceralic, and slmost whelly peoyled by Ger- mans atd Hollanceis. The ti xetion of churcles Wi le tLe itenc in (bis d.st.ictjard tle exite ence of C.1pealter is ygmored. Ot conaicates for the Seocte, in the Norfhern District, there 18 not a smgie Rejublican yet beaid fiom. Half-a-Cozen Dermocratic remes a1 mentioned, of which, Joseph Humiltcn may Le couriderea pretty certain to run, TIE FGOR-LOUKE £CANLAL. The Comuittee ajfoin'ed by the Bcard of Suj exvirors to iuvistipate the clerges bicught Ly tke ladice cf iLe Siate Chaiitalle Virtng Con.mitices met this meroing ac the Coiat- Hcuse, Mr. Weiss, President of the Courty Beard, in the cLair.” Suyervisor Lawlor wes ap- Poinzed Secretery. Av itformal discuseion tock Flace a8 to tie Lest method of yrocedure, the 11nce of meetigs, (Lo examinaticn of Witnesses, 8Lg 0 forth, Sujenviecr Wittip moved that the names of the ladies nho eigned 1he j etiticn arking &n in- veetigaticn be acded to the hiet of witnesses tLat wss to be prepared. Carried. Ibe repcriers of the city papers were request- ed to suppress reports of the natuie o1 (he cLarges. Nepe of the 1cpoiters respondiog, it way moved by the Chairmao, and carned, tiat a thaat-Lana rej oreer be procured to take dowu the testimony of witncsses. Also, that 1if the ladies «mploy counrel the Tisrict Attorvey Le requested to attend the git- tings 10 1€present the Board. The mesting then adjcurned until Thuraday uexl,)lo meet at the Court-Bouse (County Court- Toum). TLé charges were brought early in the ycar, The lsdies rtate, in brief, {rom information and Lelief, tbat deaths have cccurred through the vi- olenee of the Surerintendent and Matron of the Peor-Houso (iutare depariment); that there is no regular miedical attendance, the physician living ¢ milcs away and making only occasional visits ; that burin!s in the Potter's Fieid are with- it tho autho:iiy of certificates of death, medi- cal exsnination, or anything else except the opinicn of the Superictendent and Matron aforesaid ; and thet the whele iustitution wants overhauling. The ladics that make these charges are the wives of our most nealtby and promineat busi- nees men; such a8 the wives of Jonn Nazro, the princely wholesale iron merchant, whoee name is the synonym of wealth and integnty through- cut the Northweet; of tle Hon. C. D. Holton, the temperance Presicent of the Doard of Lake Underwriters, Manager of the Northwestern National Fire and Marine Insurance Comjany; of Willam Pitt Lyvde, the preminest lawyer; of J. H. Van Dyke, President cf the Northwestern Mutual Lite-Tnsurance Cecmpany ; of W. H. Wright, cap- itaiist, and & well-known citizen; of A.J. Aikens, the well-known publisher; of J. Magie, the propi- inent clothing merchant : of Edwaid Senderson, ex-Preeident of the Boaird of Trade, a8 wealthy end foremest citizen; of Angus Smith, the ** boss " elevator man ; of J. A. Dutcher, the great tes desler ; of William H, Wolf, the well- Enown Alderman ; of Chailes Schley, n well- koown rea.-estato desler; of W. H. Metealf, the enterprieing boot and ehoe desler; of H. ML Finch, an influentiol Iawyer ; ot Daniel Newhall, the citizen who built the Newhail Houee : and cf Jcbn F. Cramer, a proprietor of the Wiscon- sin. Theso are only & few names mentioned at random and in heste from memory, that will £crve to show what 8 power of wealth, brains, education, refinement, and co-operation the Supervisors are undertaking to buek sgzinst, PUBLIC WORKS EXPENDITGRES TO DATE. Inquiry st the pubiic cfiices, this morning, elicited the following particulars as to the vari- ous public works in progress : The Water-Works are #o far completed that in three weeks the engines will be pumping water {rom the lake, and the pumpicg of river water will be discontinned. The expendisure, when this has been effected, will have amounted to about 3,000,000, ‘The main supply from the lake is obtained, cstly flowers are 10 : TEteea of Ly a turrel, by iicn tubes of eimiar cajacity to the liick tunnel of the Cbicago Woikr, and lsid in the bettom of the lake to tle distacce cf ove balfa mile ficm elicre. Tho tules are protccted by a subrtantial deck, which stretcher out frem the ehere like a long Lazber rier, snd will rerve that pupcee clro. Ihe | vmrivg copives are LU0 borre-power each. TLe ttand-iie iz of cut etone, acd it is claimed that the Lui.dings are the finest, most cottly, and moet eutetant.al frecimens of archi- teeture of the kind in the United S.ates. The tewernge works are now so far completed that 9 m.lcs up to this n.creing are fronounced in working order. Llcven miee are Leing buiit this year, st & coct (stimnted at £.70,000, The work is of & permanent sud eubsiannal charace ter. The deyth of the ewers average 1135 feet. Ibe meu who rectivea yay.to day oo thete werks numbered npwards of 1,800. The eetinoted ccst of Lcure-drains and water-kervice [1rcs beicg Fot in by owners of yroperty is £80,000, pivirg cmployment to a swall army of plunters ard aain-Luilders, in addition to thcse enun.ersted. Tle borded indet tedners cf the city is limited to5rer cent on the total appraired valuo of proveity (which is kept at a lower etarcard, 1 rckably, than any eity of eimilar properticts 1o tLe United States). The 5 per cert hmit has Leen rencled; Lerce. sll these immeree pullic notky are being raid fcr in casl raired a8 ne go slouz. The delt is only $2,400,00, ard we nre thercfore on a mokt eatitfactory money baris. Ouly alout 1 mi'e of strect paving is teing done this year. “Ihis bianch of ubhe improve- meut is delaved on sccount of the contirual dicturbance of the Burface cf streets by excava- tiors. Abcut 4 miles of new yaving are planned tor laying down next vesr, to te folloned each year with additioral work, including the relay- icg of ola paving, in four years we expeet to Lave 15 to £0 miles of paved sirects in perfect order. Beth wooden sud macadamized pave- ments will Le lnid, atd prcbably eome of toe old wcoden pavenents ou_heavily-traveled busimets streets wall Lereplaced ty etone, as tle Pomd of Fublic Werks 16 in daily receit of con munica- ticny that leave tLem without doubt tiat tl:e Luriness men j 2efer to pay Leavily for durability thau LgLtly for the Joxary, -hir}: Iarts orly a tew yeme eud then becemes sn apprava.ed mireiy nnder the bwden of beavy Lieipht treflic. Our macadamized pavements are to be ccn- etrveted after the west approved models, large pritmoidal st nes being laid as a Lace, curved fo the c1cwn of the rtreet, and covered with Jayers of sn.all stene and clip to the depth cf 18 iuches, eolidly ccmpacted with Leavy rollers. The mejonty (f cur streets aro graveled, with gutters rolid’y paved with rectangular stone, even far cut into the Lew wards where the honses are fcw erd far between. Abcunt 48 milea are thus mupicved. The coet of strect werk in progress in this marper, for the curient year, is ectimated at about $£295,(60, which is exclitive of private 1mjrovenients, sidewclks, etc., aLd the ccst of the erection and alteration of public buildings, such as scliool-houzes, etc., the latter itemn alone foots up more than $78,000. The ccet of land condenned aud Leing taken for the opening and extend.ng of strects, entire- lyin the ouikkirts of the city, is arpraied Ly city cfiicers ut £85,000. Deviaen these compul- 801y street exteneicns, alout 10 miles of new streets aro being ylatied and donated by the owners ¢f land thus couveited into building ots. All this is being done as cheaply as tbough each teparais Litof work was performed fer piivate individuals. Thedollursare leoi ed atter with a jealous eye. Tte peopletiom top to Lot- tcm ae thiifty. and where the steals are to ccme in it is impossible to imagine. Tl is & blessing for which we buvo to thank the large number of Germans in cflice, who are exceedingly jeslous abcut the pub.ic mcneys, always exact tie most carcful and_rulkstantial work, and are, like the vaet majority of cur cilizeus, penetrated with a €pirit of frogiess and imirovement. Most of tLe contracturs are indvsirious mechavics, who are conteot witk doing their own work, or tu- renntending peroialiy the Iskor of those they emplcy. Tlese facts are worth thiuking of in otber cities, REAL ESIATE SUMMARY FOK THE WEFK. A great chaupe is coticealle this year in reel estato tiancactiovs from that of last. Last year wanufuciorics were in Euccessfal oreration all over the oity. The rolling-mills were running to tbeir fullest caraaity, ardthe Iatoring men were reaping & bacvest from tho activity 1o all guch persuits, Instead of hoardng their mepey in the tan they sought to place it in 8 hcmestead. Hu: dreds of cheap Icts were thus sold, and the one- stery bouses of that claes extended the suburbs of tLe city ard added thoutands to its peima- nent pcpulation. The Germavs avd Polandess of this city are noted for Laviug their own bLcmesteads. “Tho firt year they are bete they Legin to look for & jermsuent Jecation, and the first munc{ earncd, if culy €25, is planted 10 tuat way. They buy ou loug tire, paviug emall sums yearly, and take atond fora ceed. Scme of our prowinent real estate cwrers and dealers thus sell hundreds of Icte, an accourt of which do not go npon the records until throe yems after the sile, when the deed 18 giveu. ‘ILe smovat of Fuch sales can be approximated by tke frequent additicns Jaid out Ly reul-e: tate ouners, atd adopted by tLe Common Council ; & lnige Lumber of which bave thus | sered wihin the pest fcur moctbs, They plainly ehow that fo.wer additict 8 bave been nearly exbausted. Avotber proof of this 18 in riding over the city, in tne Eighth, Eleventh, aud Twelfth Warde, that cluss of Louses will at coce arrest :Lus nttenticn of any peron passing through €. ‘This year, however, that classof eales has been almort surpended. Wheu tbe menufacturing interest became par- alvzcd by the ranic, it patulyzed alro the hopes of tk:6 v oikirg man to gain & Lomestead, aud (he very cause which fcreed them to quit Luyn g Las Jorced anohor claes to yuichare. When noney cculd Le uted 10 cocd aovaniage in manufactur- ing, then the rick mien refured to bui'd; now they cainot {Lus ure iLer mcney, aud more beautiful Louses aie Leing centrzcied for, snd thete is more inquiry for, and «ales of, desirablo 1o & {or bulding pury oses mn toe Lesc localties tha for years b fore. 1t is a rcmarkal le 1act that ecarcely a desirablo lot can tow Le ) wchiecd in the Seventh Ward. The best in the First Ward are & lling rapidly, and tle tiful eiles cn Spiing etiet aio Gaily taken up. sud mew 1eeidences aie being erccied every week. The puree-etings of the rich are being opened, and real estate will hereafter advance, jarticu- larly choice locations for dwellng fpurpcses. Gor €0lid men bave never spect the money in suck luxviious homesteads and grounds that can be wittcsscd in Closelsnd, Tretroit, and Laf- falo; but the movemert is now ecitirg in that way, auo scme of the most beautiful homesteads alorg the lakes will, in the next five years, Le erccted in Milwaunkee. ‘Ihe rexl estate transfers sctually recorded— thetis to gay, where deeds have bLeen given— will aveiage $10,600 a Eay for the past week, leavirg out all the large contracts, of wbich no particalate are obtainable yet. 1be actual tracs- 1ers for the week, including contiacts for larpe and emall lots, and actual deeds, aro estimated to aggregate £510,000. TLE ATLANTIC 4 PACIFIC FAILURE HEREZ. An unesey feeling was created hers by the in- telligence of the failute of the Atlantic & Pacific C.mpany of Cbicao, a8 o large number of emall 1psureis, who can leset of all afford to run risk, bad ineured with that Ccmpany. Inquiry st the oftices of Myers Bios., the agents, eLcited the information “that without solicitaticn they had already transferred every riek thoy could reach, up to date of ioquiry, to undcubtedly strung companies. AN AWFUL MYSTERY. A ecene of exciteaent Lias been witnessed at the boarding-hcuce ot Mr. Giddings, near the Wisconein Leather Company's tangery, South Side, the whole of the day, which throws every recent experience 1nto the shade. About 9 oclock this morning Mrs. Giddings was in the kitchen, when & trap door not 6 feet distant bogan to 1isc and foll. She went below, but’ there was no living creaturc there. ‘The only other living creaturo in the room wes the belp, & girl aged 14. Then thestove and dishes began to move. A pie Alrs. Giddings_was makiog fell down of ita own ac- cord: & dish of beans was spilled; eggs camo flying out of a pantry which was open to view with nobody concealed, and dishes slid along the floor. Tho girl, who appeared greatly frightered, called Mrs. Mead, who lives dext door, and Mre. Rowland, who cemo and eat with them, Mary then pared potatoes with the tin in ber lap, and whilst she was epeaking the knife in ber band and & potato 1o the dish fled, with- out movement on ber part. sgainst Mrs. Bow- lsod. Inetantly aftér a dish on the kitchen-ta- Dlo cracked in two before their eyes. They were all sitzing circle-wigo around, end nobody was near enough to touch 1t without being scen. One-balf the dish slid to the floor. After that Alrs. Mead went home, feeling uncomfortable, and 28 ehe stood on her own side of the fence o heavy stick of wood was burled at ber. She had s full view of the yard ; there was nobody there but Msry, aod ehie was at the oppoeite end of tke sard and could not bave done much more than lifted the stick anyway. Pails of water weie also lifted over the fence and back aguin. and not more then one pail in four was spilled. A variety of vimilar occurrences took pl that would fill a column. Dr. Mescham, Dr. 4. Gray. the Mesars, Allen, proprietors of tho leather works, were prerent, and saw several of tke manifestaions. Tkey affirm, scveral of them cf thcir own knowledge, 1o have horpeved withcut Luman avercy. Di. Meacham stced in the kitclen facicg the pantry ducr, which was rartly open, lcckig at Mary, who was sweeping the floer. Suddenly a b cemo elidirg cut Lorizentally. TlLeie nge ro hunau agency, for the Toctor had Lis eyes on the wloie {Ling, atd the place was 28 ofen as auylight. TLete focts are cot tales at sectnd hand.” Your correrncndent went to the epot, rrd questioned morL of these jresent arart from each otter, ard “bere could te ro colivsion. In rome cases it secme as thougL Mary might bave ewey t lings down if ebie likea, Lut in 3 majonty of the in- stances the evicence of urimy eacl:able witifestes was conclotive tlat no Lrman ngency was porsi- ble. Tbe girl is 8 balf-wi.ted Pole, sutject to strcng emotions, very nersous and inexy rcs- eionatle, and s fomnambuhiet, who has given preat trouLle to Ler fnends. She wiil be watched afl pipht. The manifestatiors only teke place when ebe is locking on, Lut sl the tertimovy Rces to prove the gives no material assistauce. RELIGICUS ANPOUNCEMEMNTY, Albany Methodist Episco al Chn ch. The Rev. A. Hcrking will preach in the moruing at 103, and n the evening at 71§ cclock, TLe subject intle evening wil Le, *“'lhe Pamson Abiond; Hin Duties acd Frivileqes.” Hanover Sticet Congrepatioral _ Church. Treachirg morring aad eveniug by the Rev. Kerr C. And ron. Innauuel Presbrterinn Chuich. Preaching mermir e ard evenwg by the Rev. T. G. Wateon, of Watkesha. Bervices at the Cathedral, corner of Marehall and Divivicn_etreets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:20 p. m. The Rev. El Spanlding, the Dean, will preach in {he mumin,[;. Sunday-tchool at' 2:30. All eeats free, 1here will be an early celebiation of the Holy Fucharixt at 6:30 8. m. Sexvices at Christ Church, 553 Fourth street, at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30 . Services i the moruirg by tke Rev, Dr. Huson. Services i evenng be tke Ltev. E. R. Ward. Sulject Love of Ged Invclves a Hatred of Lvil.! day-tchoo. at 2:30 p. m. All eeats frce. Tlymouth (Congregational) Chcreh. No p:eaching Evicay. Salbstb-rebcol aad Blble- clatees ax neual. At the Monday evenmg piayer- meetimg, the leseon will be the Lwelith chapter of Hebiens. Ohvet Church. Closed during the pastor's va- cation. No rervic Summeifield M. E. Church. No services, the pestor Leing_alsent. Sundas-tchool &t 2 p. m. Yociul mectings 88 weual. Prayer meclings, Tuesday, Wednceday, srd Friday. RELIGIOTS ITENS, The Evangolical Association of the Salem Methodist Episcoral Church are building s 1 ew church on the northiwest corner of Washington and Scott streets. Tle fcundation is of stone. and the remainder of buck, Tho cost will Le aboat £4,700 when compleled. On account of sickness in the reighborhood, tho kell of the Episcopal catbedral is tolled only to call wereLipens to service, three or four times & day, instead of constantly as before. The Firet Baptist Church picnic to Waulkesha in connecticn with the Bundav-school, was a Fecuniary success ; over 850§ eople were present, The pator 1eferted to in {Le following para- graph is cfficiating * on tiial” ac the Hanover Street Congregational Church: We lentn that the Rev, Kerr C. Anderson, who Das many friends in this viciLity, bas gove to take up his residence in the West. Mr.' Anderscn, since bis gradustion at Middiebury Cellege with _the highist Lonore, hes won for Lima:lt, Loth at the Yzle Divinity School atd fu his ministerial Islcrs in this State, an enviable reputation «s o man of uncommon promice. While we ate rorry 1o eee our yourg mcn lcaving us for the Lrcader fic'ds of uscfulness wlhich perbags the West s flords, and recret their lors to our State, we can sicerely congratulute any ehurch, Esstcr Wort, that en.is:s the heart :od train of Afr,'Anderson in 1t -Rutlund (Vt.) Herad. BREVITIES. Bognall's canal is beiny extensively docked. Ti:e workmen have reached the sccond story of the New I'meifth Ward school. The fun and noselty of the late summer night'a festival of Veteran Post No. 8, G. A. K., in the prounds of tho Naticnal Soldiers’ Home, wete ruch s soccess thut the feto will be repeated on the night of tke lith. TrLese maimed warricrs have o kecn Terecption of the beautiful, ard are excellent catercrs. Kern's new flour null ngs reached jts full height, and presevts a fice front. The cornice is pow being put cn. TLird street 1 Leing cut down, between Wal- put and Cherry streets, to the same grade as the other strcets have teen cutdown to. Walnut street sewer is finished as far as Seventh strcet. ard they are now laring it be- tween Beventh and Eighth streets. Angus Smith's new elovator is fast approach- ing completion. The entue framework is up, aud the emckestack is completed. Work 18 pregres: ing rzpidly cn the Fema'e College, and the brich-work bas reached its full beight. A third story is now bemg put on the Loarding-house of the coliege. There is an immenze quantity of building geing on in the South Side wards. The questicn of the sewer-pipe fight eum- marized in lust Surday's TrisvsE has Leen temporarily setiled by the Mayor's veto Lemg surtsined Ly 26 to 5 in tke Commen Conncil. It is necdless to 1ecpen the discussion. The vota dispoges of the trouble pretty effectuaily, and the focts are all within the knowledge of readors ot there columue. A qiivate lefter received bere to-day says Fa:mer Smith, of the ILi: ois State Farmers' As- eociation, and Gov. Taglor, of this State, will surely orate at Monroe on the 2Jh inst. A pron:inent official war:s Tae TRIZONE cor- repondent not to bace calcalations oo populs- tico onthe new directory 1ativ, which would give vs 110.0(0. The eckocl census is now Leing teken with great care and accuracy, and the de- yartn.ent Laving it in chaige say it is certain we Lave 95,000 people, Lut they will not vouch for more. Jenking is bappy to inform bis friendn that Seratcr Cary enter has prerented Lix anuable and much-etteemed wife with & new Muwaukee-built carriage. Scveral barglaries bave been reported dur- ing the week, aud Clicago is anatl:en.atized. Picasuie rattice are the rule at our principal hctels. Several wero registered at the Planhin- ton m d NewLall Houses to-day. Carl Mutcat, frcm the Conecrvatoire of Leip- wic.ajuril of liof. David, bLaw joincd tle in- comparable etring-band of our incomparalle Baci. Tue yacht Iler, frem Chicago, was yesterday in the bay, ard was remarved mscne of thy hand-omest idlers we Lave ever been favored with frcm the metropoiis. Five lines of propellers croea the lake daily, neacly all of them carryiog larpe numbers of pas:engere, Quite 8 stieam of tourixts 13 find- ing its way by the NortLern Transportation Line down the lakes. > The earnings of the Milwaukee & St. Peul for the tourth week in July woie £237.400; samo week of 1873, §252.700; decrease, £48,L00. Fred Feiguer, a boy of 11, iving on Eighth street, went to play thiy afternoon with two otber boys at a ear:d hank in the neigbtorhood, and commenced digging under tho raud bank, when it fell upou them, knocking Fied down and filling his noetrils, ‘ears, and mouth. lie was rescued almost immediateiy, Lut Life was extinct. —_— RACINE. Bpectal Dispatch ta The Chicago Tridun. BUSINESS PROSPERITY. Racryg, TIl., Aug. 8.—If in no other way, Ra~ cine imitates Chicago in modesty, preferring rather that ber ments should speak for rather than be given to vain boasting a sclf-glonfication. And yet Racine cap lay claims to superiority over any other city in the State with tho same jus:ice that Chicago does over St. Louis and otLer rural villages, It is in ber vast manufacturing estab- lishments that her greatoess lieg, the products of these hives of industry finding ready sale in all parts of the world. This_will not Le consi ezed an exaggeration when it is known tuata largo quantity of her agricultural implements have been sent to Siam, and that jarties in Aus- tralio are seeking to open a trade with her. While other places have been cull acd dead, Racine has teen prosperous in a degreo nuperalleled in Ler birtory. Hundreds cf buidings bave been erccted in all quarters, Tuere is nota sacant houte or etore in the place, aud work has been commenced ¢n & new Lont-Ofice. BEAL FSTATE has advanced at a wouce:tul rate,—over 100 per cont wince the Asccesars bave finished thetr la- bors. A lot that the onner put ic at £500 could past not to-day be bought for £1,200. During the monththe value of rcal estate transters amcunted to but $20,000, but the insignificance of the sum is rather due to the fact thzt whena mankasa good thing be likes to ceep it. MANCFACTURING INTERESTS. Since my last letter a cordage and twine facto- 1y Lias been organized, with s capital of £50,000, 2ud tho Racine Mavufacturing Company 18 al- most ready to begin operations. The last-named institation will furnish employment to about 200 hands. ABSCONDED. The principal topic of interest wes the ab- sconding of a man ramed Burdick—n man who fur veara bas Leew iving ou his wife's - dustry, siie Lewg a miliner in the city. He in- cuced ber toeell Ler eture, and, getting pos- sessicn of the motey, he ranawsy. She went co Chicago in scurch of him, sud while there talled o these ske had derlt vith, and, to the Lobor of Chicago merchauts be it said, they told ber that what poods ehe wanted in tracato otder. and tLey wonld send on to ber. R JRCN PYRITES, Chicago is the pisce to rell aaything. no mst- ter what, Eveu ircn ryrites that is fovnd oo she beach, and Las always been covsidered wortlies, £nd8 3 valve (Leie, aod vome of our fain.ers livicg s tew miles eouth of the citv are making s bardscme thing by collecting and 80IFp.ng it. Qley get $L.20 a ten for it &t tha depol. It is used’ inthe mauulacture of sul- pharic acid. CASE OF RIGANT. Hane Jeoren ik 1 trculle. He 18 also in jail. Faps was married in Deumark in 1306, 0z.0,8° 1 rceanitg there lorg enotgh to be saronuded Iy claniorous ycung Jens Hansens (tbat's tho . be ¢ reinded to c.me to sud geta bome. Ke came. bnt, fa.the less mrn, Le forpot Lis wife aud brood there, 2nd last fall tock to wife CLnstive Oson. I den't know whetlier Mrs. Hawren number ono ever read Grifiith Cauat or not, but she found cut about Haws' deivgs, and lase Thureday ber big Lrother arrived in the city and had tum ar- rcsted, and ho now will have a chance to do State somo rervice at V.anpun, wstead of being £eLt to Congress, a8 le probably would Lave teen hnd Le ene further west and landed in Biigham's don.nivs. Such is the congisiency of our Loasted wstitutions. % . THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE is bepnning to gew bot, tho Gcrmans being ar~ rested for selling liquor on Sunuay. The indica- tions are that, as roon a8 the cold wea:ber cets in, the crusaders will vet everybody by the eais, and mako things uncomfortatle all around. BOBSE-FLISI. The fiuest horses iu tha West aro owaed in this city, yet, stiavge to eay. we Lave no 1aces, or o mile tiack. That's a pecularity of Racivo. A large number of our flyers Liuvs left for Towa. They. wil bLijodrcme until they strike the devastated grasthopjer port of unusppy Tona. Speaking of fart horses, Pudd Doble had JLila C. alt pun.mer. and would Lave trotted in the Chicago races but he ssid soa was weak across the loins. Her owner brought ber home, when it sas discovered that ali Lot mled Ler was ubomivable shoeing. Bucd Las yet to learn. ¥ CASTALTIES, Quite pumber cf accidents happened las: werk, moet cf them sgerious Lut not fatal. A oy nawed Guth was Licked in the Lead by a mule, and almert instantly killed. Another boy, named Cuzuer, feil irom the bridge between J.1. Cate & Co.'s factory ard the paint-louse, re- cewving injurics from which be will probably LOYer recover. BOCTALLY the town is dull. Tuere aro no parties, and thete has been a dearth of amusexents of any fnd this summer. To dixpel the ennwi that a8 consuming them, the ladies, assisted by a few gentlemen, enovgh 0 do the work, o1oa- ized what thev calla *Rural Club,” and bave Led a delightful time, wadiwg about in damp and muddy places cultivating ferns, Their dis coveries have been of the most startling nature. They have fouud that within a distance not to excced 5 miles from the very centre of the city the Phegopteris I'olypodicries wases its grace- fcl form, ard that the Comlvsorus-rhizophyllus is indigenious to the soil. One oldest whabitant eaid *‘that, but for the respectiwility of the Eurllea waking the sssertion, he never would ave beleived it in the world.” Religicn flouriebes in a quiet sort cf a way, most of the clergymen taking a vacation to re- cuperate themselves for their winter work, when 1t is their intention to wrestle with the evil oue in 2 manner that will astomsh bim, During the month of July there were thirty- three burials in the cemetery, a large proportion Leing children. ‘MISCELLANEOTUS. * Jobn Resor isa’t the nicest young man in town. Lart Friday he was arrested for breuking itto Uathetine BuecLiner’s Louse mith inteut to commit & rape. S0 Catberine 2id in her com- taint. Joku will have bis Learing next week. The Christian religion is not ail crushed out bv the Beecker ecandul. The Lutherars are Inying the foundation for a large church on the West Side. . While St. Patnick’s Chiurch has re~ ceived many improvemenis that add materially to the beautyof the structure. ‘The credit of this work belongs mainly to Father Matkaws, who, ever since Lie took pastoral charge of the cbureb, bas labored assiducusiv for its advance- meut. Last Tuesdav morning 8 numger of can- didates took the Lakit at the nunuery. il b s EVANSTOXN. A literary eociety 18 now in process of organi- zation by thie intellectual department cf the Cit- izens’ Bage-Ball Club, familiarly known es the “Btiffs.” The constitution will probably be comyp:leted this week, when the organization will be effected. and officere elec.ed, Thefprimeiple of coeducation will not be practically tested by this sccietr, which will coasirt of goutlemen only. They will soon le preparod to reccive proposals for questions for debate. Sociel affairs bave apain Leen active during the rast week, and several enjovuble enter- tunments bave occurred. Thurrday evening Alr. Josern M. Lycus celebrated his Dirthday in u manner very eaticfactory to the company which orsembled at bus residence. Among these wers Mr. and Mre. C. T. Gilbert, Mr. aud Mrs. J. H. Eedzie, Mr. and Js. Georre Wateon, Mr. and 3lre. J. J. Richards, Mr. aud Mrs. W. Lzke, Mr. and Nre. J. S. Bent: Jr. and Mrs. P. F. 8. Slarmaker, Mr. and Mre. G. G. Wiicos, rs. H. B. Hurd; Mesers. Williom Blanchard, Ciarles Ccmstoek, R. 8. King, G. E. Farmer; Misses Foes, Bennett, Kive, Lake, I'anl, Comstock, and others. Several other parties have rendered the week one of ei.jovment to the vounger people of the village. In other respects the week has been devoid of incicents of note. The two-etory brick Luilding to be occapied by {he Post-Ofiice 1s nearly comp leted, aiid will soon be accupied. What Las become of the Bmpm'ed meonlieht premenade corcert on the Uriversity Camnns 2 Are its ongwators waiting for movulight, or money ? It hns been decided by the members of the Methodiet Church to purchase a $6,000 organ, clthourh the rum fubrerited for the parpoxe did not reach more tharn balf that amouont. It ia eaid that the cyran can Le placed in the chuich, ready for service, within ninety days. i nl, EENOSHA. Srecial Dispat. b tw Tle Chicano Tribune. Kexosna, Au. §.—1le body of Anguet Kam was found this morning about three miles nys:l o¢ thecity, Famp was one of the eight fisher- men Icst off this chore laet Apnil. The features of tle fzco were completely obliterated, and identity was ouly estatlishod Ly the clothing. [ \WCCDHULL AND CLAFLIN ARRESTED. New YoBg, Aug. 8.—Victoria C. WocdLull and Tenrie C. Clatlin were arrerted to-dny on_ a chsrge of not paving Achiab M. Truman, on de- mai d, the rmall sum which she depositod with them for investment in 1871, Tennie aod her mutlier were about to sail for Europe. ERUGRART VESSEL MISSING. HALIFAX. Aue. 8.—Somo_anxiety is felt at the non arnval of the vessel wkich left Nornay July 2 with 160 families from Iceland to Lalifaz. A Fouzh Story. From the Plucer (Cil.) Herald. In the uprer part of }lacer Counts, Cal., in a varow val.ey, some distance from Lako Tahoe, and g0 out of the waythat its existunce 18 searcely know, ives a Norwegian family named Gumoun, who immigrated to tins Stace from tbeir Scandinavian _hcme eome ten or twelva yeas ago. ‘Their oldest won, at the time of their artival 3 man nearls 30 yenrs of aze, wasa dwarf, having received an 1njury in eatly life that ar- restea his growth. To look at himone wouid suppose that be was a child of not more than 10 or 12 years, excep: for ti:e mature loox on kiy face and bis ur usual smartoess and intellizence. Little Dols and nis parcata bad long eince prven up the bope that Lie would ever attain the stature of & man, but the bov or man could uot heipfeel- irg keenly disappoiuted, snd fiequently re- marked that if bo could not be like other peo- 1:le biodid not want to live. Nothirg wasthought of it, however, and no one ruspeced that he wonld endeavor to make away with bimeell. Early last fall Dols_dirappearco, and after much search Lo was given up for lost. Nothing was heard of lim for soma two months, and the faml: bad atont settled down to the Lelief that he h: wenderad anay among tke mountains and been lost, cr that a grizzly Lad made a meal of biaw Inrthe latter part of Noveraler a party of pres- pectors, in fcllcwing up = small canycn on tho beadwaters of the south fork of the American River to the easiern parc of El Dorado County, diecovered a email cavern, and in exploring it4 receseen found the wasied form of a child. who was to nearly dead when found that be could give no account of bimself, but Eefors long re- covered sufiiciently to tell who he was, though he was still nuable to tell anything about Low ue czmo to be there, all recallection of the precer- diog two or threo months Laviog faded fzom bia mind. And now comes the strange part or the etery. Taken to his bome sna tenderly cared for, ie rapidly recovered, aod at once beean to grow with great rapidity. When our informant +aw him it was only six months after the rescue, and he had alreads aitain=d the stature of a fuli- rown man. A thick beard, uearly two inchean ength, covered his bitherto smooth face, and his voice, whieh had always retamed the pipug tretde of childinod, liad chatged to a deep. gonorans Lare. Altoeether, Dols thinks be hing boen the guiuer Ly bis wysterious disappearance,