Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 25, 1874, Page 1

VOLUME 28, hicage Dailp Teibune, CHICAGO, FRIDAY; DECEMBER 25, 1874, . NUMBER 125. COAY. THE EUREKA GOAL £0,, Havo established o dopot for the storago and salo of thoir Coal, at 81 WEST TWELFTH-ST, Tho Coal will bo vory ocarofully mined; is coarso and clonn, ontirely froe from slate, and is in every qual- ity desirable either in stenm or do- mostio Coal, equal to the best mined in the Wilmington flelds. Rotnil ordors promptly and care- fully fllled. TLiborel discounts to doslers and manufacturors. HORATIO PRATT, Agent, 81 West Twelfth-st. T TnsunaNn, MARINE & FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Assetis, over 51,200,000 g, 8 TIFFAKY & (0, GENERAL AGENTS, Office, 156 and 158 LaSallesst, 32,8, TIFINT. | CHICA . | 3.W, 5 cuLToN, Policien issuod in this storling and relinble Company, on desirable ‘property, at equitablo rates. Lossos promptly adjusted and poid at l‘:lxis_ago_t_:gy. ___ SEWING MACHINES. BEAUTIFUL AND USEFUL, -2 Postable family Scwing [aehine ths most desimablo of any—will not got out of urds Ingle or Double Thread. The only maching cun ho usod withous fjury 1o the health, vortable trendic netu t can bo had at an_additonal oxponsu of only. ‘which con bo warkod with 1ess oxartlon, by ona font, 1) Zny atliee machin can by the g af two: the, movemont o treadlo hcing oniy (wo inclies—four 1o stx bolng ordi- Barhly required, o “Dinfmni avanlod Nevembor, 187; ATedal avarded oyemben 1630 by tho Americhn Fustitute. Don'y buy a niachine until you have seu it, BECOEWITH 8. M, 00, KEW YORK: 82 BROADWAY, Chiengo: 231 Wrbash-av. ~ Tums, = No. BAB DMichiganenv, Buy a Usefil Christmas Preseat! GREAT BARGAINS IX FINE FURS, SPLENDID SKTS OF * Hlink, Seal, Lynx, French Seal, Marten, Astrachan, Veory Attraotive Prices---§5, 67, $10, §12, §15, $20, $25, $30, or $40 a Sot. TILEY MUST B SOLD AT OKCE, Al worranted firat.class, having beon mado up ex- prozely for tho ratnil sales of a New York Fur Houso, FRENCH SEAL SAOQUES only %26, £~ Upen oveuings durlng this week. Tiivate Resitencs, 545 Michizan-av., north of Sixtenth-st 10E TOOLS, W. B BANES & 00, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN CAST-STEEL ICE TOOLS, Plows, Chleols, Sawe, Tongs, Azes, &c. Tardware Speclalties aud Farm Machiners. OFFIGE AND WAREIOUSE: 84 & 38 South Canal-st., Chicago. GENZRAL NOTICES. A CARD. Allmy friends end patrons are horowith oordially invited to attend the Grand Opon- Ing of my now place, 442 Btate-at., opposito Peck Court (Nationnl Hall), SATURDAY, Dec. 20, 1874, on which oceasion & FINRE LUNCH will be sorved. Yours very truly, B, A, BAUNM, 449 Btate-st., oppouito Pock Court. Stockholders' Meeting. Tho National Bauk of Iinofs. Cuicaco, Dee, M, 1874, The annnal mooting f tho locklioldors of 'ho No. Honel Bank of Iliinois, " for tha purpoeo of eleeting DI Emmn {or 1ho onsuing year, will boheld at their Banking uasa 0n Tuesday, tho 1%th day of Jauuary noat, bu- twact: tha hours of 105, T, sud. By NASH, Cashie: . = BUS! }‘IESS CARDS, THE U, VERNJIENT “TIFICIAL LIMB AND DEFORMITY Apparatus Manufuctory, Tooms 26, 27, and 28 Dora's Rlock, northwest sdrur Staio sl Madlson A Rr b AN U 3. or. St adin nioago, 1l ‘Entranco to ftcam Tawenger Blavator, 7 Madison-st, St Sun T TNE & DAY, 1 46 Wallast,, New York, Lo tamed | pinrIsiliD 184, “Wo roceiva uonosita suhicot to check at elght, and allaw ;"'"0" ou balan 0 buy ana el on_commission itaflrond Stocks, Hands, fivld, ete., efther for cash or on tmo, Wamnkg advantor G our' custumiors, OF carty 100kn on In™ 178 10r {0l or LKL Bt GUNTHER'S CANDIES Telgbratod throughout the Unlon. Expressod 1o all parts ents o pound (1 pound and ‘upwe , et 2t 0 conia @ puuipd, (L Habu! aid uiencdn), | Addcess SCALES, e FEAIRBANKS' STANDAKD SCALES OF ALL KINDS, FAIRBANKSO.NMORBE & 00, 1118 113 Lake 5t., Chicago, Re sareflultobuyonl; "'I‘finmmlvnvs: AND BLEGANT | $675 Piancforte, FOR BALE AT £260, Rosldenco, 516 Michigan-av, e e ——— o CHRISTMAS. Quaint Superstitions Conneot- ed with the Day. The Origin of the Highly Valued Mince-Pie. Scandinavian Yule Observances -Tho Wassail Bowl, How tho Day Will Be Obsexved in Chieago, The Church Services, and the Theatres. An Appropriate Story for the Season. The Miser and the Newsboy. CHRISTMAS CAROLS, TIR BRIGIT, GOLDEN LIGRT. Yo watehers who weep T Inger g colily— All yo who, liko slicep), Ao astray 1o tho cold,— Come to-niglt, In the bright, Golden light % OF tho ages so old, Yo wiso mcn of earlls, With teachings 8o 5ol ‘¥omen of low birth, Wit trao wortlh unlold,— E ‘Cone to-ufghit, i 1n the bright, ¢ Golden light Of tho ages 50 old, O sitvory star, Your power unfold, And i from nfar O'er the City of Gold, Shifne tenight, In tho bright, Goldon ight Of thio ages 0 old, ENGLEWO0OD, Fpavx D, Drasm, MERRY OHRISTMAB, “ 3erry Chrfstuns " _Gladeome grecling, Thrliling o'er the wreeks of tino, Chnngolees still, amid the fleetin Shifting scents of overy cifmo, Tt carries back (o momory, Lringing Obeo sgain the mornity ehen eaven's expanse throughout was ringing The Joyful song, # Good will to men 1 * 4 Good will tomen!” Toone another Lt us pasa tho watclhiword on ; “Durcelfish lovo to sister, brother, Unltipg all our hearts as one,— ! .3 Tovo that knows no chango nor fading, Thinks no evil, apeaks 1o guile,—~ '} Love thot, nil our lives pervading, Teaves no roow for whut is vilo, * Ghrirtmos comen but onco a year,” And torris but a epace dlirini; But 3u our hearis lel's over bear { _ Tho cliarity thot lives eternal, .+ That, every {lme Old Christmas comes,. 5~ Ho'll fud usalways glad to great htu, Toving kopt dis Syirit i our Lomes Sinco lnst wo sallied forth to mect him, *Cimcatio, E. W, Latron, e THE DAY WE CELEBRATE, ‘The imo draws near (ho bivth of Clirlst— Tho maon is Ind 3 tho night In still ¢ e Chiristruas betls from hill to bitl, Auswor cach othier in the mist, But tiiey my {roubled eptrit rule, or tlioy controlled 1o srhen & Loy 3 ‘Fuoy briug me sorrow tauched with joy, The nierry, incrry Lells of Yule. o eings tha sweotest of all living poots, in that wondorful memorinl poem, wiich is no less a worthy tribute to o manly friendship that hon- ored both sharers in it, than n forciblo teslimony to tho cousolations of tho Curistian religion. 'I'o tho heart that bos learned to trust ag well as 1o love, tho eaddest memorics but bring o * vor- row tonched with joy,” o joy that no earthly blessing gives, and which uo carthly loss can take awny. To most, especinlly thoso who have passed the hoyday timo of their youth, all anniversaries briug with them o breatls of sadness ; marking, as they do, special eras in life, thoy remind us anow of the changeful nuturo of all things that nurronnd us, and of ourselves algo, As we pauso at ench milestono, wo nota tho gaps {n tha cirele of {riends, that some vanishod one has left since tho Inat meeting, and in perished hopos, friends, dolights, nud days, wo find tho record to which wo always wish tocloso our oyes,—that of our own {udividual mortelity! A truce to sentimont! Littlo plnce has it in tho merry-making of this Loliday-time, and littlo appropriateness to the record of o fow ald eu- poratitions and customs gathiered from musty old tomes and mustior traditions. THE OURERVANCE O ONRISTIAS at tho datoand for the renson now mssigned, viz.: to commomorate the birth of Chriat, had its origin’in tho sccond century, TFor somo timo provious commomorativo services hiad boen held in tho various churches, but o uncertain was the date of tho ovent whicl thoy colobrated thae thoy were hold ab various times within a period extending from the Calondsof Juvuary to tho Ides of May. Whon, bowover, the matter was taken in houd by the churches, and the records of the Romon Coneula exnmined, the £5th of De- comber was fixed upon; aud we may judgo that tho rensons for the ohoico had o fair shoro of probnbility, for the date was, sub- sequontly, univerually nccopted. Tho name of tho day was plaiuly Christ-mass originally, masy being tho name then used for all raliglous sor- vices. But, turning from tho primitive Chureh 28 1t oxisted in tho Greok and Roman provivees, wo find that, in Northern Enrope, also, this day was observed. ‘Thero, howover, it was HNOWN Ad YULE, OR YULETIDE, OF this word thoro nre mnny etymologios given, as different ns thoy aro numerous, Lenrned men have disputed much about it, some deriving it from a Danish word signifying a wheel, othora from o similar dislectio name of tho sun, and still others from Juling Cmsar, Dut tho most probablo nssertion is that it s derivod from tho Baxon * gool,” moeaniug a fentivity, Howover thig may be, it Is certmn that it is rightly applied to tho season of Christmas, snd also that it waa used to denoto o time of festivity very auciently, and boforo the introduction of Clristionity smong tho nortliern nations, To this day, it {8 eaid, the Icelanders dato the Le- ginning of their year from the timoe of Yule, in accordance with a very anclont custom which tho laws of their country obligo them to rotain, A porson's ago thoy often reckom, anlso, by tho number of ¥unlos ho has lived. TIn the Latin Church Curistmas was also callad tho Feast of Lights. Bomo havo suppcsed that this had referenco lo tho Scripture, which eally onr Saviour tho True TLight, and from that olso dorlved tho wko of Chrlstums candles and Christmns fires, It is more probable, how. ever, that tho Jutter dute thoir origin back to Pogan customs, Chylstmag, in tho primitive Chiureh, wis observed lilio tho Sabbath Day, a, liko it, was preceded by o vighl, Lor Wi pur: Dode, candles wero necosiary, and it is probable, Hine ndles wore hardly procurablo by all, os- pecially the poor, that fiveu woro nsed ' in thelr etead, "But fn Northorn Luropo, where Yule-tido was observed far morn universally, and with far mnaro #portand jollity, than in tho South, the Yule-log ana lighted Christmas tree wero bor- rowed from traditfon and un!lnml dating far brels duto tho domluion of tho of Tho 4 god Tnor, DUNNING OF THE YULT-LOG, or Ynle-clog, an [t was moro gencrally eallod, wan provalent fu all parts of Northern Europe, and Is atill obrerved fn tho Seandinavian proviucos and fn Bugland, On the night hofove Chidet- mas, n huga block or l"fi of wood iy rolled into the open fire-place, Thils {8 gonerally too lergo to bo entircly bumed that night, nnd on tho morrow tho charred block ramnining is enrofuily put nsido to bo ured in kinding the Yule-log on the following Christrans Iive, This wns supposed to insure good luck to the family through the autire year, Tho Practico of singing Christmas_carola sns common to Northern and Southern Eutope. In thae oarly Latin Churcl, : canoLs wore nlwnrs sung on Chtistmay Day, The word is gonerally derlved from canfare, {0 sing, and 7ol nn intorjection of joy. Undoubtodly, thly Iind of ploux rong i3 of ‘most ancient dato, and specimens of it aro found in overy lnguago of Europe. Somo of thom nars vory beautilully comaomorativo of tha story of tho Savior's na- tivity, othior aro simply xiotous songs, in_ whiol the custom of the time avo gloritied, or aro oyen more doggorel. puorlio, and sinplo to tho last Qeproo. From n miecollancous collectton of fooma ‘and sonnota by Gnorgo Witlier, a poot of ho covontconth century, ono stanza of ® Cluistmas carol is extractod, n fair samplo of what was not by any moans tho poorest. clags of theeo songo : 101 now Is come our Joytul'st feast | et overy man bo Joily ; Each room with yvie lvaves bo drest, “Aud overy post with holly, Nowr all out nefaibors' chinneya rimoko, And Ghrlsnian blocks ave burnlng, et oveno tliey with Daked meats choke, Aud nll thelr spits uro turniing, Witheut tho door tet rovsow: tle 3 A it o cold, it lap o diey Wen'lo Lurs't in b Clivlstmas pye, And evermors ba merry. Tho cngtom of singing Christmns carols from Tivuso 1o houss i an old one, both in England and Germany, mud i sbl kopb up in both_thoso countrics. At midnight, on Christmas Ive, o company of siipors pass from door to door of tho dwellings of tho rieh, chanting anthems aud carolt, For this thoy gonevally ro- catyo the ever-oxpocted Tee, snd ava ofton 1wvited indoors, whero theit chilly souls are warmed by o tumblor of hot punch from tho wassnil-bowl, At all times and in ol countrics, a very import~ ant part of the merry-making of this season of thg yeor lma consistod I EATING MUCH, and sgomotimes drinking more. Mumc-\wle, plam- Puiding, ronst beef, and tho wassml-bosit of punch form vory importaut frems fu the history of Yule-tido customs, In the feudal tumes, it wos thie custom for tha lords of the soll to furnish their rotainers and gorfy with a plentitul din- ner, pid it i3 porsiblo thas whatever tho sorf thowght of it, the mastor way grateful thut *Chyistmna comos but ones o yoar.” A boat's Toad was aucontly the fimt courso at Christmns dinnove, In the west of Lnglnd to-day an Importunt pert of overy Christwan dinnor i a young pig roasted wholo, und placad upon the tnblo” with n fémon in its wonth. Auciont Togonds wpeakk of & goose-pya a8 o popular dish ; fo-day the gooso i8 roasted to ombellish tho bosd with~the poreiue, Tho plum-pmdding of to-dny was anciently a kind of porridgo, or goup, filled with plumé and cealied plum-portidge. T old _hooks rofor- ouco 15 made to tho Yulc-dough, o Bable-Cake. This was o Beandinaviau custom. A littlo imaggo of pasto wan mado by tha bakers, and_givon to_ their varions cuctomers, In the nnciont calondars of the Romisk Chnreh, n simi- lar enstom i recorded in Romo, whora *“litilo imaged wore soid in all tho confeationors' shops.” Thig was doubtless intomdod to have roforence to the infant Christ, hat the cunlom hoo quito disappenred now. Lut onoof the miost anciont dishes of Yule-tido was tho DUGH-BELOVED MINCE-PIE, which has boen o patt of Chuistnna good thingo, in England, at least, from timo ua far bacl ns oy 1ceord §s made of Yulo-tido customs, ifor- metly it was called whyed-pyo, powsibly bo- cnuso it wag accounted a *ihing of shreds aud patches,” also, minched-pye. It wan of n\\l ay now, to quoto ke texlimony of a tyavoler, *n wost lenrued misture of meats, tougues, chickens, egre, sugav, raisiny, lomon and orango-peal, #nd yurions kinds of spicery.” Whenes its comporition it is {mpossible to tell, A fanciful writer hns suggested that it had at firnt roforence to tho offering of the Wiso Men, who camo bringing epices, ote., but thigin puroly sontimeutal suggedtion, rick to bo takon in_sobor earnest, More probably it owes its origin (6 & very eomman prietics Knong grocars, balkers, etew, of sendig to cach of thair customs ers o small postion of frait, wwoetments, spive, ond the ke, Tossibly some caroful hotsewifo wasg ingpired at ono tino with the idea of muking n compound of tho various contuibutions rrom butchor, baker, and _tho rest, and the yeault iwnnugnrated & mew era in tho culinary wrt, It i3 o cuvious fact that the Puritans, in protesting nzeinss tho oxtravagant jollities of tho Christn ma in England, included tho “mince-pyo™ iu thoir annthemn, 78 B volic of Popory | DECORATIONS. Tho favorita custom of decking Douses and chuvrches with overgreous ab Christmas lime, which many enthusisslic Christizng linvo sup- posed to hiavo liad #omo reforenco to tho ozpres- sions of tho prophots relnfive to Chiist as tho Liznuch of Righteouunoks, or the propheey, **Iho plowy of Lobanow sbail come tu thes, the fie- troe, tho pine-treo, aud the Lox togothor,"” is, without doubt, o rolic of Paganism. in lieathen Greeco and Romo Lhio bay nnd laurel woro used to decorato the temples of tho gods ab bascln nalian fostivalas and, ab the imoof tiro Druidy in Tritain, tho housos wero deckod with overgroons in Deeembor, 1 order, 50 snith tho clironiclo, “*tha sylvan spirits might repair to them, and remain unnipped with frost and cold winds, il & milder soason hnd renowed tho_ Tolinge of their daring ubodes.” The use of the Christ- mnk-treo is & Clorman custom, o, also, is the cnstom of having the gifts dispensod from tho tree by n little child who symbolizes {ho Christ. child,” This is probably n last romaining relic of tho inirncle-plays of tho Middle Ages, which wero wont to bo” perrormod with especiul zest at Chulstnms-time, $t. Nicholas, Banta Claus, o Kriss Kringle,~for one personage masquor- ades undor all theeo numes,—is doubtloss o Scandinovian divinity, The practico of Chrigtmas "gifts is_often thougnt 1o havo orig- innted in tho symbolizing of the Grent Gift of tho Crentor to hmmanity, in sending thom tho Savior, hut it probably was the old custom among ho Jtomans of giving prosents to onounother on the Colendrs of Juuuary, transferrad to the early Chureh. Nothing is moro ditlienlt for tho Imman mind than o wrench iteolf ontirely freo from all former tenditions, and thoss who haud adupted an entiro now ercod in morala yet conld not brouk all links that couuceted tho “old lifo with the now. AMONG TUE VARIAUS SUPERSTITIONS of tho pust, 18 ono which is aull current nmong the peasantry of Contral Enropo, Heroit is bo- Siovod thet nt 18 o'clock nt night on Christmns Evo, the oxon in their stails fali upon their knoes in au attitudo of dovotion, An old print of tho Nativity, in which tho oxen i tha stable, near tho Virgin and Child, aro ropresented on thejr knoos, 3 supposnd to Lo responsible for this abwurd boliof. Another iden, onca very provalont, wan that the cook orow Ml night be- foro Christmas Day, Wo bave tho suthority of Shalspoare upon this poiut ; Somo gy, that evor 'gainat that seanon comes, Wierelu our Savlors birth ds colebrated, T'ho bird of duwning slugeth all night long; Aud e, they suy, no spirlt daros nlirabroad ; "ho néghls wro wholosonto s then na plannts strike, No fulry takes, nor wiioh hath power to churin, o hullowed o 80 graclous 1 tho e, 1t slould ba said, in oxtonuntion of the bilter n?noumnu of tho Puritans to tho obsorvanco of Chiristwas-Day, that many customs in vogue had been eurriod to uch excess that thoy deserved unqualified condemnation, Tho practico of Y aroanatNG bad bocome very common; this consialod in the ohauging of clothes botweon mon sud womon, whto, thil disguised, would go to one anothor's lonsos to drink, sport, and mako morry, . Lhore 1 no question that this wan an_initation of tho nrncticos of tho anciont Baturuals, in_Ilomo, Polydore Vergil divoctly nesorts; **Tho disguis- ing and mumming thab is usod in Clilytmas timo In tho north parts eamoe out of the fonsty of Pallas, that wero done with vizors wnd pamted visages, tho Quinguatrin of the Romana,” Theso mummerios wore praoticed 1n England, movo or ost, us lnle na tho close of wsixteenth contary, 1t i senreoly uuknown nt tha prosonut day in tho wost counties, Another practico of stmilar churactor was tha appointing of n Lord of Misrulo, who, with bis rotainors, was nllowed licenwo for riots of tho most dis- graceful sort, In Scotland this samo charucter was culled tho Abbot of Unreason, This prac- tico was universal ot tho collogos, and was she canse, po might bo supposed, of whamoful do. moralization among tho atudonts, Drunkonnoas, disordor, practical jokos of tho lowest grado, and evon open {mmorallty, were winked at nnder the mlmlu{;lrnnnn of tho Lord of Misrulo, who, nan writer of tho timo enid, ‘was ijuvested with that title for no other ond than to countonance the Dacchnnalinn rites and prepostorous digordora ot his com- panions.” o custom wns abolished in the col- ozo by tho Commonealth, and, naturally, soon disappearod from gonaral prectice clsoivhoro, Blnco tho Puritans accomplished this vory do- sirable ond, wo ean slinost forgive thom for thate mony philippics againgt our innocont minco- o8, Cortain philogophle writors hiave dlscovored an orlgin for the obsorvance of Yule-tido that par- takes nomowhat of tho naturo of the mnelh- quoted Arlan myth. They supposs that this winfor-foast wns nrlulnnllfl Instituted ab tho timo of tho wintor solstice to slow tha joy of man that the sun had returned to tho northorn quar~ tor of tho henveny, This conjecturpmay or mny not bon true one, It recolves somio plaustbility from tho fact that o similar fonut is observed in Groonland, which scoms to bavono comncction with tho Christian featival, ot t ANNOUNCEMENTS, TUE THEATNES, Spocial Christmas porformancoes aro nnnounced at all the theatros and plncos of amusement as followa : Hooloy's Thontre — Aftornoon and evoning, Grand Opera Houss — Kelly & Loon’s Minatrels, “Lo Potit Foust,” and o minstrel programme. Chicago Musoum—Lhros performenoes, nt 11 2, m,, 8, m,, and 8 p. m. Tho Blatdoll Comody Company, with Johw Dillon ia popular roles, “The Serlous Family,” with Mr. Crano as Aminidab Sleek, and iho burlesquo of tho fifth act af “ Richard TIL" MeVicker's Thoatro—DMatinzo at 2 o'clocls, LdwiuBooth in “ThoBtrauger,” and * Katherino and Potruchio Mr. MeVicher ns Pefer nud Grumio. Evoning performanco, dnin Booth in “Richolion.” . OFHER NNTENTATRMENTS. The Young Men's Christlan Association an- nounco thot both of their ronding-rooms, nt No. 148 Madison etreot ond in Michigan Sonthorn Dopot, will bo open sll day to-morrow, and youn mon having a holiday, with no pacticular ‘Place Lo go, nro cordially invited to spond thoir timo at tho rooms, where thoy will find over 200 Adifforont papers and mngazines, and o library of 2,600 volumes, which is freo to tho public, A grand Chyistmas pasty will bs given by the Ladices' Promennds, Danclng, and Euchro Club, this evening, at Wood's Music-Iall, southwest corner Washington and Groon streots, Drosents given to alt prosout, Too hall Is cno of tho best in the city, and with good music, polito attention and good choer, the ladies join in wishing all n Movry Chrintmag, ‘The Gun Club has n grand shoot to-day at it grounds near thoe Powalt House, 000 birda having been seenrod for tho occasion, Tho shoot will commence ot 9 o'clocic sharp, and, in case of stornt or seyero cold, such nrrangementa have been mado as will thoroughly protoect the shoot- ors, Arrangomonts have also been mado by which members of the Ciub can bo carriod diroct tfl the grounds by the Milwaukee avenus omni- UECS. Wo aro in recnlrt of an_elogantly-printed invi- tatlop to nttond the grand Garistinas-dinner to be given at tho Sherman Ifouso -to-day 1o the gue-ts of the hotel by Meaers, Marsh and Went- worth. T'lo monu is » marvel of culinmy taste and gkill, nnd tho dinver will be 2 fine affdir. CIBISTMAS IN TilE CHURGL The announcegents of Christinag tho variows chusclyes aro an follows : LEISCOPAL Catliedral of 48, Peler il Paul, corner of Washing- son o om by atr Full rervles st 1020 0. m, —Alf Saints’ Church, comer of Cagienter nud Fourlts chre servicts b 11 o'clock®y tho Rov, Teury G, b Cammunion, Detweon Four-~ Clrisiniea eervicos and Sernan by tho Ttev, Dr, Locke; wntbemns and cazoln by tho cholr, Tho Chireh a baen tastefully dorned for thio occaslon, —5t, Johts Clinirchi, on_ Ashiand aveauo xouth ‘uf DMadison sireet, Services nt 10:30, Simon by the 1oy, Dr. Toword, ~St, James’ Church, corner of Cass nnd Unron Tloly Communlon nt 9:503 morning service ab 10:45; wermon by tho iector,” thy Rov, Avthur i —Chi vices in 4 of the Epluhany, on Tiroop etroot; ho- twoen Monron nud Adams, Servico ab 10:80, by the ey, Dr, Stockiug, Cirlstung-tren Haturday- ovening at 7 o'elick, —Churel of the Ascensfon, corner of LaSallo nmil Bl streols, Lerly celobration of Huly Communion at n,m, Morofbg prayer, 00 a,m, Holy Com- nunfon Tall choral, a¢ 11w, hm, whon Badlieal’s Cout- ‘munfon eervico in 7 vill b given for tho frst tme, —~Churel of tho Atonement, corner West Washing- fou sl Robey escts, the Ry, ¥, Maastleld, Rector, Choral kervicy ut 10:90 2w, Tho musical service will e as follows : Opening authern—'* Siug unto the Lord Paann 55, 83, and 110, Mo Dualter, Toulle Helee L.Novallo lns fn 1 in ¥, Jaynby in B o fishy Frsant in ¥, sud Hinmphres’s Graud Ohant 1n T Dauin In Jsenodictus Offertory (Gantiquo do el 0 Tio night the vtars are rightly sutniug, s0lo and ehvrus dolphio Adam Communion Iy, $6-4 Shopherd of couls ¥, Dyken —The follawinig 14 the musleal progranimo at Trinity Ohurh (Cplscopal), cornes Tiwenty-stath stroot wnd AMichigan wvenns, thls morniug s Opening Anthem™+ Siug, O lcaven: Venite, Glotia, To Denma n G Vm, Jucheon vl s 1Terald Angels 8iig ymu—*Shout tho tlnd ‘Tidings (urga aind harp secompauiment), Offortory—tAnd Thero Wera Urisglon and Sauetus, CATHOLIC. 8t. Mary’s Ghurol, Wabash uvonuo. The first masn, aL 6" o'eluei, whil bu'n solemn high mans, Massen will also be at G, 7, B:00 und 10:30. Tho 20:30 muss will be o solemu_yontsiiclal high anss, Tho Rt. Rov, Jishop Toley Wil oMclate, " und ut’ thio eloro whi confer tho Papal besediction, 'ho germou will he delivered by n distingnished Jeanit Fathor, Tho -chuir, ouo of tho beat du the vity, will give Haydn's slxtectith mass, —To Holy amily eholr of kevonty voices will give eolemn Wgh mass’ at 10:00 8. un—Genevul's mash in G, Vespors ot b p, 1, Dillotso ; # Dixit Dy, Asdoli 3 Liw,? Haydn s % tuenileatys Limbilloito: Alua Rtedelnptotls Tuntun) Ergn,” by Rossini, —At thy Fronch Chureh, corner of lalked and Congeress streetr, o now mnss, compozed by Irof, 0, Gy 8t Glair, will boktng, At §t, Jolin's Catfiolic Chureh, corner of Olark and Elghitvonthi wtreste, €, M, Vou Wober's Graud Muss n G will boperformtd, Tho solos will by sung by AMen, Freemun, koprano; Mrs. Jardee, altoj Mr, Sehator, tenor { Mr, T, B, 'Graves, Lnas, "he mtiie for Chriviman ut {ho Quuch of tho Ioly Namo will bo as followu ¢ 1, DMass in D, 2, Vont Oreator Sy (Written A, D, 3. Offertory, 4 Bilvos fao nos Domilo®, < Lor wolo and quartette, 4. TAtior tho Elovation} 0 Houo Jes chorus, 5. [After mass) “ Adesta Fidoles " o cholr, uider tho chargo of A, tho,well-iuiowa violinist, hun rocentiy Uil and cularged, nad sofas S0 e vected, Zimmers been reorgan 0 wmay bo ox~ LUTHEBAY, English Ohureh of tho Loly ‘I'rinity, corner North Dearharn andt Xrla wtreots, Tho Rev, Edmund Bel- four, pastor. Survico nt 11 a, m, SIETIODIST, Tho oficers, feachiers, seholars of the Freo Methodist Ohirch Bunduy-school will have a Obrlst— s gathering ut tho Chureh, No, 49 North Morgau wtreot, ut 230 o'clock {his wfteruvon, with appropriate oxercisea, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND AOKNOWLEDOMEKTS. ‘Tho Rov, Arthur Mitchell, pastor of tho Firat Presbytorien Church, will proach the third normoy in tho Kunday afternoon conrso to the publio in Farwell Hull, noxt Sundsy at 8 p. ., Gen, Modrthur nnnounces that on Christmes and New-Yenr's days the Post-Olicound Stations will closo nb 10 n, n, for thoday. “Thoaftornoon und ovoning mnils will closo at 10 a. m. Thore will bo ona dolivery and ouo colloction of mnil by tho earriors, ‘The Custom-Hougo, courts, Oity-1Iall, publio ofilees, Honrd of T'rado, tho oftica of the Chiaf (irnin Tuspoctor, tho hanks, aud husiness honses 3! all kinds, will bo cloged throughout tho entivo v, A8 rogulsrly ns Christmns Lve, comos to Tir: ‘TrinuNe ofiée a pltcher of deliclous OKE-nogls with the complimonts of Tom Voloy, of Ioloy' biltiard-hall, ~ Last night wgfl no oxcoption, and tho bovorago was up to thosusual standerd of richnese. Thirtoon of the married employes of Frasier's Morcantlle Collection Agotcy desire ty lfinuk‘ Mendolusohn ' . money while I'm alive. Nobody doey that, Mr, Fraslor for thirtoon fino turkoys, given as Christmas prosonts, and at tho samo iime to wish him & morry Christmas and mavy of tho m —_— PENDULUM PUCKER. From the loston Times, GHAPTER I. ’ Aceording to my yourly custom, I Beroby fur- nish tho public with n Chrlstmas story, tho lead- ing faots of which aro strictly truo, tho narrative being ombollished with n few flights of fancy, and shaded hero and chore with tints of light aud dark comploxion torelievethe gonoral monotony. Horo it fa: 0ld Pendulnm Packor was & misor of {ho firat wator, Disappointed fu love, in ecarly lifo, be chuso 1o wao too mean to furnish his afanced, Miss Marln Morso, with n hair-switeh, which sho broadly hiuted sho’d Iiko to Lavo for o Chrisimng present, ho all at once becamo a changod man, 1Is algo chianged bis business, Whilom o success- ful vondor of lobsters, lio launchod out into the hnzarduus and undefined flold, or rather praivio, of curb-stonobrokerage. Hiswenkness wasproditco, and one moraing Btato stroct awolko to tho fact that all tho onions, cabbages, and parenips, and olkier necogsaries of life, in tho markot, lind been bought up., *Thero'sa corner in cabbages!® a8 tho startlod ery of tho bankeclerks, ns thoy firat melt tho air of tho oxchango; * Onions ond parsnips s riz!" koowingly whispered tho businesg-men, 08 thoy greeted cach othor at tha froe-lunch countors, “But wo will pursuo this ag- ricultural anbject no further, Tendulmn Pucker made his correspondents sottlo, amd reslized a hendgome fortuue, which ho invosted in teno- wont houses, whoro cabbagea furuieh such an wmportant articlo of diet. \When o went round to colloct hiig rents his nosa always reminded Lhim of the foundation of his richies, CIAPTER 1, Ono cold, blustering Christmas morning, ton ?'cnre nfter tho lncidonts rolatod in tho proceed- ng chapter, Pondulum Pucker, now grown hoary, uod sharp-visaged, aud_ beld-hended, stood in front of tho old State-Houso, wisbing 10 iutorcopt tho firat load of potatoes thes ac- tived fu town, for hig wintor storo, as he could purchiso them cheaper of tho peddling country- mon than bo could at the market, Aw Do stood {hero shivoring in the wintor's blust, » bolt-clad pewsboy spproached, humbly and demutely, and with pitcouy plea besought lum to purclinge a papor. “'Get theo gono! thou minnte vonder of ley and falroboods!” was tho bratal reply,—from whtoh it may bo inforred Mr, Pucker was not an admirer of the daily pross of Boston. Ife wos partinl only to tho Sunday papors. Instantly tho gemin's mauner sad visage chenged. ~Jumping Away, out of reach of old Pucker’s_cano, lo exocuted ono of theso gyrat- ing wovementy with his thumb avd fingar placed at his nose, for which his kind iy fawous, and Quneing backwerd, had it wll his own way untit in hoots struck tho covbstone, whon, with his um‘clk in trade, Lo landed prostrate on the side- walli, Looking un ho saw tho ugly cane of Pendalum Puckar rainod over bim in « throntening naonor. Looking down, Peudulum Pucker saw in thoso glaring, dofiant, whito-blue oves the intropid soat of Maria Mordo | LIy yonr name Morso?” querled tho misos. Tb;m rolleeting, ho anwwered himself, ** of conred not.” Dut tho youth retorted: “* Don’l you wish yon conld find out ?” ‘Iaking bim gently by tho oar, P. Puckor rafsed tho gamin to his fect, whilo hio stroked tho othoy oar with the {lat of his hand. 2 Iinve you nmother?” again domanded tho v flereely, In comvso £ hev.” # 30 shio o huabnud 2 ¢« In conrse.” “ Ang bis namo fs—" “nydor!” “Alm! I seoitall now! Youars theeon of Maria Morso and tho detostod William Nnyder— no, Dill Suydor—my d vival! And yet 1 would not herm theel™ said tho mi mere tendexly, * You ore respousible uoithor for your Tooks nor your nume, Give mo n Zerald,—md horo ds B conts to pay for it,—ono cont more than tho prico asked. Dow's spond it foolishly 30w, for thentro-tickets or. eandy,” said Pug] noftly Elnt‘ 0 latter g down, thinb his benvfactor miglt not obtierve tha aeucy and Lelligerent loolk which ovoraprend his face, ! CNATEER 11T, It was Chrigtmas livo—and thoro was o genor- ul colebration of the oceaslon overywhero, 1t is ncedieny to o inlo pariiculars, The cold wind whisrled through the forests, and also fn all ex- posed placos whero it could penvtrate, OF courso thara wore places whera it could not whistie, and onn of theso waa in the diney apartmont of en- dulum Pueler, the miser, Nothing ever whistlod thare, Ho loy thero onhis eouc, thinking of his catly days, his lovo for Marin Horze, the hoir nwite, his dweppointment, lis eotnor in cnbe hages, liis wealth, vad lastly of old and young Buydor, What ndw feeling wan this whicli cameo over him? Why did lie yoarn go htrangely toward tho young gamin_ who hnd # guyed " him in tho morning 7 Was it o lingoring affection for Mariu Morse Suyder, or wasit awing wholly to tho Inflnenco of Christmns 2 Whilo debating this questiou ha fell into a troublod wlagp, in which ho dreamed biu 1ifo over again, and awoko with n start, us ho junped to elateh tho ragged newsboy, whose fico was s cabbage-hond, sl who snt on the foutboard of his bed, grinmng and making facen at him, 1o then got up, resolvod to roform aud laad o batter life. “Iaking o slicet of paper, ho mado o will, in shich ho gavo hus property to charity,~nll ox- cept enough fo sot young Boyder up In businews; and 311 willed to 3(rs. Buyder to purchase o switch,—nud thug atono for the fully of his vouth. Atter a fow moments of profonnd refloction, Lowever, ho concluded that Suyder would get hald of the mouey nad spond it for rum. +* Bo- sides,” bio mused, *“ I ari not dead yet, and, of courso, it's against tho law {o give awny %y this is & woltish world] Wonld I could help Mavin and ber boy, for sho must be poor! ™ Thon ho stopped short, as it startled. “But why,” he aeked, * why thoso tender thoughts— Atrangers to mo thoso many yoars 2 Is it the old lovo, ot {8 1t Chiristmns that” has conie to sofion my hardoned honrd 2 As bo askod himaelf this Inat question, n eold porspiration overspread his countonance, hLis chooks blonched, ks eyoballs glitterod—for, Jooking toward his maliogany wardrobe, lie saw tho doors slowly opew, and the materialized ghost of Katio Kingstepped forth inzo the apart- wnent. 1o recogunized the likeness at onco, from Tobort Dala Owon'a dexcription, Thinking £ho had como from the other world to borruw money, tho sensations of Puckor wore of horror unuponkable, Gradually tho cold, olammy tonib-lko sweat cozed out of his pores, andt o set thero panting and broathloss, fookng a8t onoh drop wore & good-sized Duxbiiry elany, dug of & winter's morn and placed upon his opidermio, .;:]n lagt o mustorod courago to epeak, and sald Good ovening.” Sho smiled, but spoko not, 4 Wi-what would you like ?—su-suthin' warm- lng?” ho nndlir como to toll to rocoive,” *Thon, Madame,” eald ho, *givo mo £5. I'm poor and needy, sud s you don't have to spond anything for vittnls und clothoy, you must have somothlng laid by.” Aguin #ho shook her Load sadly, almost mougnfully, aud with the words, “ Do somothing for Murinrl" sho praduully dissolyed, fading away from n materialized body, and becoming so thin thab through hior Lo saw bis pantaloons hanging fu tho Wardrobo ; finally ho disappenr- e ummfih o butionhale, loaviug nothing but trousors betwoou him and un unsolvable mystery, The Duxbnr{ clams still occupled his porsoi, nnd, when fully restored to consclonsness, g fl;‘a{hmlucr-llko ingtinot way to wuko a broakfast of them, R i shook hor head, androplied: “X you it is more blessod to give than GHAPTER 1v. Tho roader will pleaso excuso me, at tlus point, if 1 rigo to o personal oxplanntion. Whito I wan wiiting tho proceding, the most unearthly din had boon kepb up around me, by hoth my own childron aud o amall hord of tho ueighe bors', who had come in to pass (ha nf- tornoon, I would like to usk how, in Heaven’s namn, any ono ean writo succenss fully abont ghosts with such matortal intly ences around himy I will give you an illustra- tian: Just as I had pennod tho parageaph whoro Katio King apnesrs, which incident was £o ba tho climax'of the story, ono of tho outside brats hit my youngost over tho hoead with s bootfack, be- eauo ha would not give up the wholo of an *oala with which Lo mothor bad provided him. 2 tha boy's uokemps, liead, which tho - It took full fiftdon minutos for mo to dlseipling tho forclgn enomy aud pacify my own nn‘quarhm: and thas much of the thrillng offact of that scono was lost. You cannot write vividly ull"m auoh a mattor fn the intorvals of spanking chil- dron aud mouding broken hends. And thon thero aro other things which hiave tonded (o disturb and agitato my miud, I had tho plot of this ntory ail written out, but mny wifo, who thinks I ouglt to hinvo boon n clergy- man, and opposos my writing novels, burat it up, Ofcourso I conld eny nothng, bub sab- mitted, IDbnd renlly got things fixed go that, through o influonca of Kutio Jiing, Pendulum Pucker had ot only become a bendvolent man, giving wwoy millions annually, but so subtle way my plot, and 0 powortul the argumont, that tha 1dentity of Ratio Kiug horself waa entablished an a renl bonn fida ghost, Owen's card to the con- teary notwithstanding. Of coursa now thero in nothing loft but for ma to finish mr ntory in tho ploinest sort of way, bad everytiiing fixod ro that Bnydor wonld rlide from tho reono nnturally, leaving only throo chaz- selora—Dendulum Pucker, Muvin floreo Snydor, aud young Snyder, tho nownboy—to bo dluposed of. "That schamne, howevor, got knocked out of my head with thoe rest. h by Probably the reader in not sufficlently attachod to tho memory of Snyder to underpgo n shock whon bio learns that bo Is dend, though hn might griovo at the indiscriminato slaughter of the rost of my ehnractors,—nlil oxcept Katie ing, of course, Iinving (bus gonily brokon tho ics, 1 witl procoed o concludo witl CHAPTER Y, Ten years aro sunponed to bavo olapsed.. It s Chnstmas Eve ngatn, wiich, tho roader will ob- gorve, 1t apponis 1o be most of tho timo in thin utory. Around n plensant conl-fire, fn un aristo- cratio part, of Lioston, st n bappy family. They aro old friends of ours, ‘Thero is Iendulum Puckor, now a rotired merchant, rending n enpy of tho Sunday T'imes. Near bimn js DMys, Mavin Marso Suyder Pucker, and aver tho lett {s youny Snyder, the nowshoy, to whont has heon aneded the highest piizo for proficiency in sparting, in the seientific dopattaont of nrvard College, But who ara thoes two Htlle strangera, a hoy and o pirl2 They are childron of Jr. and Mru. Puckor. Tho hoy, Pendulumn Snvdor Puoker, s lyis father's massivo brow nnd apon pus fova him, and the girl, Marla Morea I talkn playfatly with him a8 sho playas with hey mothor's now switeh on the floor befora Lor., , It in indeed u happy family, But you asl, ** What has become of Snyder?” o which wo make suuwer, **Alas, he's dend, and Pucker mavried the widaw.” Katio King, to whom tho family aro indobted for their existonco, ealls froquoutly and ests apples aud drinks cider with thom, 7 8ho is now nesisting in materializing old Sny- dor's ghost, nod ho will call with her soon and spend o fow lours of macial fntorcourso with Pucker nad Mrs. Snyder and tha childron, though Katio sayn ho throatons to punch Puckor's houd 08 ooon 08 Lo gets Pucker material ouough, JMORAL. Cartainly, every Christmna story ought to Louc) own moral, but I got mixed up so mach in thin that 1 feel to mako an_explanation, My leadiug intention was to teach Xludnees to tho voor through a liberal componsation of news- boya, Ad for tho othor lossous to bo inught, of conreo. 1 must loave something o the reador’s imagination, BrLrasy BrowNsous. ——— CHRISTMAS CURIOSITIES, THE WONDERS OF PAIS INVENTION, Tuucy 1, Hoopor writes from Pavis Lo tho Phil- adolphia Preas: *I'ho shops aro alvendy making now displaya in preparation for the'npproaching holiday sea- son. Amougs tho marvels dieplayed in tho jow- elry windows on the Itue do la Paix, I noticed, ho other day, an immenee pemd oyster sholi, Tinod with mothor of pearl of the most exquisite s#moothnass and purity, and with two lorgo spot- less, lustrons pearls adbicring to ita purfaco, Llho argor of the Ewo wes about the sizo of a emall ‘marble, but slightly clongated in form; the other won of somevhat emaller dimonsions; 34,500 wan tho price afilsed to this beautital work of sature, A smelling bottle, formed entiroly of masged pearly, with aue largs ona in the ceutro of the side, sud with ook avd chaly to corre- spon, looked likie » tastefnl gift for » mithonairo to - offer “his lady-love ; it was valued ut £1,200. “Then thare wue w lacket riprevonting a Lorioiun, tho bnot of the aninml boing formad of & tinglo lurgo turquoise, whilo tho head, fest, and teil 1 wns shown a of liliea of tho valley, ot 5 to ti:o young daughter of on ominent Laristan banke Nothin lovely, mare attistic, or mora givliebly puro and uimplo, with sl its magnificonce, can be do- uigned. The fiowors woro forned of o singlo pearl cneh, tho broad loaven beiuys composed 0f small dismonds, and cousidorsble art had hoen shown in overcoming tho naturally atill loolk of tholeaf, Who rat comprincd oar-Fings, hrooch~ Fflndmlt. o Juacslot, 2nd o spray for tho hair, The hrucolet was pavlicniarly clmrming, boing liter- ally o small wreath of the jeweled flowern. * Jlut of all tho novellies of tho seasun, come meond me to the dolly in their winter atire, Thoy aro now in ail tho splendor of their now toilettes, aod vory stunning and solf-conscions do tho lit- tlo ladien look in their traing nud sleovolesy Jack- oty and lace-trimimed bennels, Thoyareof overy styla nnd condition of lifo; dissipated dolis, =it Yoros, and ribhons, aud Jace, and fall nttire; so- ciablo dollis, who are going onb visiting in" tho most clegant of promienado caktumes, and earey- ing tho most (:urlljueulsll of carrfage-clozke, aud tho most bewitchiug littlo card-cases 1 muternal qulle, who aro superintending the toilotto or promenade of 1 vory-much-gotten-up baby in the nrms of & very-much-gotton-up nuree; invalid dolle, who aro recaiving sympnthatiocalla in mua- lin, or cnshwero peignolts, or tiny lice eaps, and reclining on the rofu in an aititude, whilo the gorvant maid Dbrings in n cup of toa; ostenyugant dolls, who wear vepl Indin phawld (s fact, upon my honor!), nud real Bragsels Incs 5 plons dolla, who aro aayiny their priyors and kingeling on a most dainty Jittle prie Diou with much displny of pl'n{er‘baak; Dasl- Tiess-women dolls, diuplayiug various wares, such i tho Intest utyle of corsols, or the nowost thing in bustlos, and g0 on; ad ofinitam, Thon thera in the opistolary doll, who is writing o lotéer at tho loveliest hittlo ecevetary in cha world 3 and tho traveling doll, who is going forth to tho world with o water-proof dono upin o shawl strap, aud her wmbrelln stung ab her sido ; and tho musical doll, who is_always seated ab w par- ticulurly silent pinno, with n sheet of music ox- actly adaptod to lior wizo bofore hor, Some of tho windows display scones, or rutlier tableau, whorein theso smmil performers fguto with good effeet, Tor instanco, on tho Ruo:du Quatro Heptombro thore s quito o touching lttle srqup (0 bo eeem, & lovely bloude, v wood nud porcoloin, and ., wenring tho most bowiteblng moruing droes of - pale- bluo en: 0, king just received pomo heart- .ronding tidings, and has fullon fainting irito tho arms of hor lady-mamme, wltlo the lotter thut brought tho sed news fw still clasped in her drooping hand. A Jady friend hutries forward, with outstretchied bunds, in an atiitudo of din- may, whilo tho mnid Is bringiug o glags of water. 1 hiave alvandy spoken of tho intoresting invallds who niro recoiving visits in their dreayinggowns, and thon there are wedding-partios, and recup- tlons, and christoning purtics lnnumfimble. Ono of tlio protiicst noveles of tho souson ia tho Ciroflo-Girofhu doll, wearing the bine costume of Qirofle, which, by taking out & pin and untying & string or two, ¢nn bo atlivod in the piuk attire of Girofln. ~Another new toy lu n tmechunical ulnlylmm, with fointed legs and floxiblo trnul, which walls and twists its teank, when wound up, io tho most natural manner possible—a souvenir of the elephant gcona in tho * "Lour du Monde." “And, appropos of tho ¢Tour du Monde,’ n story i told about the serpent seono whioh may baar repeattug. ‘I'he moehumo who was intrusted with tho task” of manutacturing tho sunkes for that seono mado one boforehand s n specimen, and started to take it to tho Porto Bt, Murta for inspuction. 1a proceeded to tho ommnibun ata- tiony, doposited his muntio (noutly eotlod up, pucked in a pureol, and coverad with pajor) ou g seat in the ollies, whilo ha wont to go{ Din ticket, One of Lis follow-passeugers, & wown of thioy= inli propontities, was attvactod by the appenr- unco of tho pnclmun. took ponsession of 15, and slipped out of the door to vpen It. Sho untied the string, sud out poppod & huge greon sorpont with rod ovos, 1 o rowarkubly lively condition from the longz compression of the stoel spring {n his body, The unfortunate fomale uttorod n piorcing” shricls, and stealalitway wout inta hys. tories, 80 the ownor of tho nake seon regalied possession of his property, and tho would-be thief wus marched off to tho stution-housn.” s i ‘Tho Blslm‘l of Lincolu finds roliglon throat- enod on il pides, Cremation, he discovored, would abolish tho resurrection ; and now Lo finas;that Colonso cndungers salvation, THAT JOB. My 8y B, Cobb Telis What o Kiows / + of the Ordinanee. i ‘E‘,ct'd No Money, and Does Not Know That Any Ono Did, He £a Jo 4 = 5 alled with Aldermon, Lut Hado Fo S/ Seductive Observations. LN mi“indignant Property-Owner Protests Against the Ordinance. Myr. Ellery Explnins. S, B, COBB, WRAT KT RNOWS ADOUT TIE PASEAGE OF THAT ONDINANCE, MMr, 8. B. Cobb, Prosidont of tho Chicago City Tnilrond, was oalled upon yesterday by & Tnin- uzn reporter to give hig voraion of the facts con- neeted with thu passago of the recent Wabash aveno ordinauco, sud interviowed to the follow- ing effcot: - Renorter—\What wera the proliminary stops you took to obtain this franotuso ? Ar, Cobb—In the firat place, thero was o com- pany organized by tho namo of tho Wabnsh Av- cuaa Reilrond Company, somo ten woeks 0go. Thoy wont among the property-owners on {ho aventio to obtain the right of way. R.—Who weto tho Company ? Mr. C—J. D. Jouniugs, Mr. Btevons, Ir Follansboe, Mr, Plerce, and Howard Priestly. ‘They wero the origtnal incorporators, TURIR FINST BTET. R.—What di thls Compauy do? M. Q,—After thoy had abtainod the right of way from the proporty-owners, they camo to mo and eaid thas they hnd been looking over thin miatter, and {hat /they hnd two-tbirds of the property-ownors, ‘Choy had beon round to get stoclk takon, and ns times were Gull it wns protty Iard worl, for when it camo to tho seratch thoy woro rathor wonk-kneed, and tho stock wannot takon as rcadily #y thoy expected. They ox- plalucd that uuder any circumslancos thoy could only got the right of way ns far ns Twenty geeond ntroet, which would bo of no uso to them. "Tho City Rnilroad Company could mako uso of tLis portion of Wabash svenue, by feedors on Cottage Grovo and Indinns avonues, which'thoy could not, ‘They did not want to build tho road thint short distance. I mado the proposition ta thie Bonrd of Diractors to TARE THE RIOUT OF WAY, and thoy opposed it I told thom wo should make botter time, and thoy finnlly sgroed to take it by & vote of 4 to 8, The Wabash Avenug Railroad Company woro satifled with our ar- Tangement and got more names. Thoordinance glviug tho franchiss was drawn up ond placed with s Council Committeo whoro it romained for about six months. It was similar to the others presonted. ‘I'vo roports woro sent in by the Committeo, R.—What about THE OTHER COMPANT ? Ar. 0.—I never licard of tho othor Company, consisting of Potler Palmier, Fargo, LaClia, and tho others, till the socond or third meeting be- forn the Jnst ono of tho old Council. It.—What did this company call jtaelf? Ar. 0.~Tho Wabagh Avenuo Lailroad Coms WY, v n?—wm Dad they to do with tho Steam Raile road Company ? 3ir, O.—Nothing st all. Tholr fronchise nalkoed for a tmek fromi Lake street bridge and om Wabash avontie to the city limits. They bad not asked the consent of a single properky-owuer, R.—Did you uso ATY INFLUENCE WITH ALDERMEN to obtain tho passuge of the ordinauco? Mr. C.—Ye#, nir; I stated to them tho point ol law by whicl we olnimed wo bad right of way. 3.—You called upon theni eoparutoly ¥ C.—I waw soveral Aldormen soparately; e, 81 7 :.—1Voro you approached by any Aldorman IN TUR WAY OF A JRUIE? Mr. C.—~No Aldormau ever insinuated or intie matod any such thing. 1.—Did you, directly or indirectly, offor any Alderman any menoy to vote for the paseago of the ordinance? Mr. C.—No, sir. R.—Did any smber of your Company ? DMr. C.—No, rir; not 8o far s I know. R.—Could they hove paid anythivg to any Adermen without your ltnowledgo? Mr. ¢.—I do not know. R.—hen, 80 far a8 yout know, it was A TERFECTLY MONEST VOTE? Mr. O.—Yes, It.—~Ald, Richardson eays that you and AMayor Colvin urged him to presout tha potition to tho Common Council. TIn thab trus? DIr. C.—Yes, or nearly so, I thourht it would b proper to havo somo Alderman of tho South Divigion predent tho pelition. 1 loft my offico and met Colvin aud asked him What do yon think of u railwuy on Wabasll avenue? Ilero is o potition, sigued by moro than Lwo-thirds of the property ownors on that street, asking for sueh rallwa; Colvin _#aid if tho property- ownors wanted & horso-railrond ho was i favor of it, I told him I bad tho polition. Richavdson: camo upund, Colvin agked him to prosont it 1t.—You disclaim all kuowledge of auy monoy boing pmd ? Mr, O.—I have nob tho slightest lmowledge that thora wau, % LAYING [THI. TRAOK. R—~When do you proxao to ny this track ? B, C.—As noon oy tho avenua is in condition, Ttis paved sa far an Congress street, and we #ball commenco upon it at vuca to that polut. Ru—1y tho way—woro you closotod with ALD, CARPUELL anv longth of timo ? Mr, C.—No, sir ; tho statomont that I was is alse, I.—What amonnt of the street do you pro- pouo to keep in repair ¥ Z Mr, C.—Tho ordinaneo provides that wo lay gouit ond Tioep in ropair the space botwoen our tracke. Tt.—Doca this Includo tho whole Apace bécweon tho onse nnd west raily, or dees it exeept tho middlo of the sireut? Ar. C,—I must study up the ordihenco boforo Teun tell you. Ny 1t.—1s thoutatoment mado by Ald, Richardson that you would koep TIE BOBTAIL CARS on until thoy wove out correct ? Ar. C,—The vrdinaneo provides for two-mon cars, and so shall live up o the torms of tho or- dinanco. l(.TJJu you intond to buy any more ono-horse cars Mr, O.—No, plr, Wo shall put_two-horso enrs ou Wabnsl s¥oug, and wo shall pus somo of (fi“ Indinna und Cottago Grove avonuo oars on horo, R.~Then you_intend to incronse {am’ ntock ? Mr. C,—Yes, DBy placing sote on Wabush ave- ne, wo shull be ublo to mako botter time. N.—It iu noarly time you thought of thiat. The timo you mako now is shametnl, 3, —Thet will ha attonded to, Havo you saou MAYOR COLVIN 0 the psaage of the ordinance? T Coe Yo 1R.—{ng ho signod it thon ? B Mr, Ci—(hesitatingly) U suw him, lot mo think —Leulled on o matter of business, s I did not allude ¢o the ordiunnes, T dunot know whother bo bl siggned 1t ov nat, I'hin was tho vonversntion botweon Mr, Cobh ond "Tue Tros roporter, strippod of wuwh Itoration and vorbi Me, Gobb not only af- fiv it, but offors, If uecessary, to swoar to itn trads, Bo far, 5o F‘md. 1t fenves ono hittlo 1o way. Tut tha littlo iy significant, nud tax-payoru and lovers of hovest governnieut will pleaso re- membor it, Av tho lasb Grand-Jury investigation of the GCommou Councll, when halt o dozon Aldermen wera convioted of bribo-taking, and fmprisoned forit, Alr, Gobb was au important withess, 1re #inee A