Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 3, 1875, Page 13

THE CHICAGO DALY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 8; 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE CITY. THE COUNTY JAIL. ATTEMITED ESCAPE OF 4 PEISONER. Corexcerablo excitement was created in ‘the County Jail yesierdsy morning by s prisoner ing sa apsuccessfol attempt 2t euicide, two morths sgo, it will be rememberad, Jharry Flogd and Jim Chatterson. alias Sk Jim, ith the assietaace of & 12d named Widmer, laid spian {0 rob the bsir-storo of Mr. F, Camp- b, o Madison strest, pear Btate. They were in their desigos, and the trio ar- by the detectives, and taken before Jus- tics Boyden, who beld them fo the Criminal Coart for iisl. The Grand Jury returned s in- dietment against them fcr conspiring together to pommit borglary. Last Tuesday Chattor- so and Widmer ploaded guilty to the and were remsnded. Thursday Floyd was on rial before Judge Tree, in the Criminal Qourt, Durmg tae tnal a document was pro- and resd as ovidence favorable to the soquittsl of the prisorer. That document was to the editor of Tm: Curcaco [RIBUNE, and was 8 sratement in the hand writing of Chat~ teon, alias Slim Jim, setting forth that ¥as innoceat 6f the charge upon which o was being tried. The State's Attorney made s vitness of Cuatterson, ¥Lo gavo tectiumony to ¢he fact that be bad been influenced aud intimi- ued wto_wnitiag the communication by the riands of Floya, and conradicted the statement wotsined thecein. Chatterson evidentiy ex- pecats 0 gaia favor at the Lands of the Court o santence Gay by this course. Ia undertaking 10 croste farther sympathy from Judge Tres \diem ecptence day arrivedt-which was yester- div—he came very near torminating his unbappy ce. ‘Throngh the izstrumentality of acquaintances {ba priooner obtsined a faw grains of morphine, v the intentioo of takinz it the wight before i3 shonld be arreigued for sentonce, in sach a antity only a8 would produce sickness. Friday, Jailer Hand reccived informanon from 2n out- g source, that Chatterson contemplated suielde, anl in oider to prevent any attemp: tue prisoner wight maxe upon Lis life, he was re- ,,,..& hendcuffed, and placed in a separate cell fromtbat of No. 35, which he had been occupy- ipz. Yesterday morning he was 1eturned to e ol quirters, where Lo immeaiately swallowed tbs morpbine, which was concealed the cell. Shortly thereafisr a negro wlo wes in tho same cell noticed that all was rot right with his fellow-prisoner, and, upon examivaion, discovered a small it cf paper on thofloor, bearing unmistakable evidence that it . argizall contained a powder of Eome nature. He At ones od the turnkey, Jobn Cilis, who, burrving to the cell, Chatrerson in an _ insensible sudition. Jailer Hand was sont for, and be- ixesn the two emetics wera admibirtered, and thelife of Siim Jim was saved. It was a close wmt, however, and all through the day he was wmrering from the result of his foolishoesa. late in tbe sfternoon & TRIBUNE reporter sisd atcell No. 19 ino the boys’ ward, wheie [ziterson had been placed. and found him en- pusd in 8 quiet gawme of ** higa-low-jack,” with 1 Yot urchin who has tho liberty of the id, Thatterson appeared somewaat bleached, 24 evidently was very fesble, Ho is a roupg man about 19 years of age. Ho insists bat lis attempt at guicide wag geouiue, aod in- ‘ormed the reporter that be made the attempt #ridav by cutting his wrist with a razor, hoping i sever the vein and bleed to death, and, {0 mbstantiate this, he extendod his arm, on whica shersappeareda fow freshscratchies, bni evidently mace with & dull knife. He also asserted tnat be'made aa effort to hang himself while ™ the * cell doriog Friday nizht by tearing hia drawers Into strips, but in tlus he failed, as there was not mficient strengtn in the scuines to hold bis weight. This statement is contradicted by the turnkey, who bendcuffed the prisoner when removing him from one cell to another for safo- 4y Friday night. Slim Jum_gavo as his reasons for his action that he could not live at Joliet, end wollld rather die than go thore. Inasmuch a8 ba failed in the attempt, he would not try it sgun, aod would trust the mercy of the Court in giviog lum a Jight sentence. ‘The jury who tried Floyd failed to agres, and, 85§l Jim is a wituess in his case, which will come up again on the 1lth inst., it is pot prob- sble that he will receive his sentenco until after that tuno. e S CRIMINAL. SUDOE TREE'S NEW TEAR'S COMPLIMENTS. Ths Criminal Cour: rcom was full of peo- plo yesterdsy morning, they baviog aSsem- tlsd to witness the sentenciny of prison- -ers convicted during the lsst term. Judge Tree occupied the Bench, and, mnlike his predecessor, Jodge DBooth, used no supererogatory words while awarding the fheives and murderers the punishment their crimes warranted. Among the firal arraigned for sentence was Agino Franciszo, who stabbed todeath one of his coantrymen during a fight. Ho tzd pleaded guilty to manulaughter, md his tem of imprisonment in the Penltortiary was fized at tem yeara. Sobsequently James Finnueaa, who murdered Munew Bran, 10 Bridgeport, was bronght up. He, too, bad put in s plen of manslaughter, whereby, as the Court said, he had escaped wik his lifs, for had he submitted to be tusd, the chances wers that Le would bate boen convicted of murder the - first degroe. Gen. Btiles, his attorney, sppealed tothe Court for clemency, asying that while it ¥ trge that Finnucan was top dangeroue now %o be let looss, be could be made a useful em- of society if Lo conld hope, at the expiration A cartan number of years, 0 regain his lib- A BOLD AND BEUTAL ATTACK T4 mdo on Mrs. Susan Atwater, of No. 209 Weet Washington etreet, last eveninz, with the evident intention of robbing her, The crimnal 18 a yolng man who came to Mrs. Atwater's bruse 1o board, about two woeks ago, and gave the neme of Gardner. He appeared to an %reeable young man, and represented that came here from New York, for the purposs o settling up some businoss. |1t was about 5 I, yesterday, when he called Mrs. Atwater to foom oo the second floor, aad immodiately shs entered struck her s blow % the head with a short, but heavy, ¢ob. Stunned for a moment, she at- to grapple with the ruffian, but 1o mare strokes of the bludgeon sent her Bens- o the floor. In the meantime she had s and one gentlemar in the house ran lnd" Aassistancs, but Gardnor had left the room Jouking wnotber busrders bat started oat. ;ysa met on tiw Bteps by some person, and 84ld Lo was going to got & policeman; By this “:nning subterfage he escaped, and unless ¢ polics were unusually watchful st the trains hmght. is probsbly out of resch ere_this. Atwood was badiy cut about the heard, and :vin 10 o'clock last night had not recovered her ., Bbe murmured fiequently, * My pock- k" and from this fact ic is thought that It eoaer escaped with it, though what amonnt wovaiained caanot bo learned uatil tho lady re- % ¢t from her comotosa state. The elub used htflninn was tonnd on the floor where the st~ ¥as made, ancd was sprinkled with “““i“ Mra. Atwater is & widow, Jeams old, and has the reputstion of bing & neas xnd thrifty housekeeper. Her Founds are ot dangerous, a lucky ching for Mr. Ehm"w‘ or morder aud robbery would have a1 down to his scoro, and his captare eamyy COF@ CONtSin than under preseas cir- A THIEF FATALLY WOUSDED, :rg?‘ Dotorious whief, Juck Rourke, has coms to — 223 probably his death, whnls in tho act of By PUZ after aq attempt to commit robbery. ”n:l“flmd the stors of D. F. Wilson, No. 105 Fowyersted street, between 4 xod 5 o'clock rig *a’8 morning, and aroused Mr. Wil e 2 e doing, The latter was on it 3 saw his man just b "'ll'u leaving the store over s transom. By bl Hdirected shot from his revolvor he put & in Rourse's bdomen, which will probably o toa death in & ehort time. The thief man- Keat, mlh Lis way to his home, No. 106 Miller &t sem be now lies in % dving con- boen g, rgt. O'Donnell learned that ho bad krowgy ot, but in what maoner was not nag Heinterviewed tko wounded criminal, o .:imfo_nnadmnlmpemb!y-drummn, terat Ry, for 8 chow of tobaceo, at the cor- ® foceiv I#tod street and Price Place. shot him iy, ving a refosal. Enowing Rourke's char- eant did pot beliove him, and f;:':d :- make inquiries with the ‘resalt sa Lb: ted. Tourke 19 17 years of age. and Tepustion of being & dengerons felos. At g MIRCELLANEODS, oo, “":‘ry earls hour vesterday morning the poery mnnn!um-, on the coruer of Jefferson Pyt Sixeets, was brokea into, and $15 in Digeucs audabox of r.gln stolen. Officor " ‘::gochd one John Handoft, sud yestarday . in e Norihiwes! E’fl‘nu Wn.rd oear the stroet. = T8 Willlams is an 01d fresh-wat P dia Dady, Tie Littar mat the ::r:!u:;:: ey, wdmvited hiss to by bodes Xo, 131 &3 North Bacgamon street, where with Mrs. Kate Duffy they had several hot sour mashes, which proved $00 much for William. He took a pap, and whila snoozing nicely heard voices say : 4T tell yon it is §501" * No tain't neitoer,” etc. He bad 856 when be entersd the honee, and when e heard the voices he clutehed his pockets and found taom empty. He accused Dufly and his wife of robbing him, and went for tbem in a lively manner. Thoy resisted vigorously, and Ofticers Wulfl and Demichv wers called and ar- rested thom. The money was nct found on them, but they were placed in darance to await 2 hearing. Wiltiam Whitlock opened a faro-boolk at No, 57 West Madison sireot, yesterdsy, sod Chailea Allen, of St, Louis, was lus first patron. The Jatter played until e won $210, which was rep~ resented by “chips, and when he dosired to quit aod handed in his_clups for ithe cash, Whit~ lock could pruduce only $30, which he declarad * wss tbo tiotal capital of the “bank.” Allen remonstrated to no pur- pose, 20d finaily seized the lay-out, case-counzar, and chip-rack, and weut down Btairv. The barsted banker followed him std cndeayored 1o take the <tools ™ swsy from bim. And there, on the eidomalk, at 4:30° o'clock in the efterncon. they stood, with the Liy-ont in foll view of a crowd of peo- plo, ana wrancled over tha littlo game. Oficer Branonock broke up tho tablean, and matched the disputants, to the ladison Street Station. Allen was burdened with 600 in currency, and was permitted to go on, furnishing bail for bia appearance to auswer the charge of being an iomate of a gaming-room. Whitlock was com= pelied to go to a cell, to await trial on the chargs of keeping & place for laying at cards. —— THE COAL EXCHANGE. 'PEOCEEDINGS OF YESTERDAY'S MEETING. The Coal Exchange held a meeting at their rooms in the Metropolitan Block yosterday after~ noon, Daniel Boglo in the char. The Committee appointad to sco Ald. Richard- son, in refersnce to tho ordinance regulatiog the | weighing of coal, reported that they had inter- viewed him, and were told that tho Council Com- mittee, to whom tho ,documont had been refer- red, would not report upon it fortwo or throe weeks. The Committes to whom was referred the- question of advancing the price of coal reported advorsely, since it was in their opinion inex- pacient and unwise fo change the prico at the preseat time. Con in. By request, Mr. Whitehonss explained a scheme ho had projected with 8 view of lessen- fug the numoer of docka aud decreasing the ex- pense of handling coal, which was stated to be £1 a ton. The plan was opposed by several on the gronnd that, if adopted, 1¢ would tend to disrupt the Ex- change, and was deoouncod a3 an attempt to get up a “corner.” Noaction was taken either approving or dis- approving the project. Mr. Olcott presented a resolntion calliog upon Mr, Ames, of iner ‘. Ames & Co., to explamn if lus firm had violatod & rale of the Exchanga by appointing & number of rotail grocers to act a8 agaats for the eale of coal. Mr. Duano stid an explanation was nseded, as he understood that sll the grocors on Halsted street, from Randolph to the Stock-Yards, were seiling cos! for Mr. Ames. Ar. Ames replied that he bad got the ides from Mr. Dunne, who bsd siarted sn agency closo by his (Ames") place of business, and to avoid “commismon,” called the place his (Dunoe's) oftica. Mr. Duone denied the charge; he paid the man & salary, and the office-rent. Mr, Ames claimed that he had a right to do the ssme. If any one had chorges to prefer against Lis firm, they wero ready to answer tiem. On_motion, the reeolation waa referred to the Bosrd of Directors, with instructions to report at the next meeting. After listening 3 few minutes to a little Ttalian girl's torture of a violin, the Exchange ad- Journed. — JOHN B. DRAK®. XX RESIONS AS A FIRE COMXISSIONER. Mr. John B. Drake, who was elected = member of the Board of Fire Commissioaers by the Chi- cago Board of Underwriters about two or three months azo, and whoso confirmation bas been pending ever since in the Common Council, has declined the position, and his pame will bo withdrawn at the next mesting of the Coun- cil. Mr. Drake has not taken this step on so-, count of the opposition he enconntered in tha Council, but becanse at the timo he was elected he was a man of leisare, and e would bave been abls to devote his whole time to the daties of his ofice, Since that timo he has, however, gono iuto busincss, having assumed control of the Grand Pacific Hotel, which will requiro all bis timo and attontion. . A meeting of the Board of Undrrwriters has heen called for to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock for the parposs of acting on the resignation. It is understood thac the Board will elevt a succes- sor at once, and have the name sent to the Coun- cil meeting to-morrow evaning. Mr. S. M. Moore, of the tiim of 8. M. Moore & Co,, would undonbzedly Lo the choica of the Board, but that gentleman declares that he will not aceept the position on any condition what- ever. Thero is hardiy a doubt that the choico will fall apon Mr, C. W. Drew of the firm of Miller & Drew, s leading memberof the Board of Uoderwriters. Mr. Drew ia 8 very able man, has been on the Patrol Committeo for years, snd will undoubzedly make & most ex- cellent Commissioner. He was elected to the rflifinn once before, but declined, but it is bo- ioved that, at the present critical juncture in the insurance affairs of the city, he can be pre- valled upon to accopt. He is popular with all clasres, and will undoubtedly be confirmed by tho Councl without much opposition. s ey GENERAL NEWS. Mesars. Rickard Rhodes, William Carver, and F. M. Clarke, were elected Trustees of tho First Presbyterian Church, River Park, atare- cent meeting. Among the heavier transfers recorded yealer- day s tha sale bythe Chicago Railway Lautern Company to the Adams & \7estlake Company of the property on the southwest corner of On- tario and Franklin strests for £65,000. Last night about dusk sevoral gas-lamps wers litin the southeastern part of the city. The #ad event cast a gloom over the commaunity. ‘The question of the hour—** Did you swear off till the Fourth of July, or till next Christmas ?* « Ba me sowl, but theso lamps is convaynient Jor s stranger,” said au Irishmrn, yesterdsy eveniog, 28, in the presence of one, pot imow- ing that it was lighted, he climbed to the top and lit 8 match to spell the name of the street. No traly fashionable youog lady will permit her friend, in course of conversation, to own the reception of from six to ton more New-Year's vigitors than graced her own doors. TLe tamperatura yesterdsy, as observed by L. Manasse, optician, under TRE TaIBUSE Build- ing, was at 8 & m., 8 deg, above zero; 10 a. m., 2m., 9; 3p.m., 1256 p.m., 11; and 8 p. m., Affairs at the Grand Pacfic yesterday remained unchaoged. Mr. Drake is still acung in the capacity of custodian, but the papers making & diroct transfer of tho property to himbave oot Yot been comploted. At » meeting of the Board of Mauagers of the Habnemann Hospital, held yestozdy, the fol- lowing gentleman were electdd to ofiice for the ensmung year: President of Board, Dr.J.S. Mitchell ; Superintendent of Hoapital, Dr. W. Danforth; Becretary of Board, Dr. Charles Ad- ams. . Mrs. Mary Bennett denfes that the houss No. 923 Bouth Desplaines strest was * pulled ” on the Dight of the lst. It was No. 24 that was soadealt with, Mrs. Bennati asser:s. The ignition of & quantity of waste paper from hot asnes Jeft in & coal-scuttlo on the third floor of Nos. 211 and 213 Wabash avenue, occupied by A. H. Andrews & Co., caused » small fire and trifling damage, at 10 o'clock yestarday morning. An slarm was givan from Box 2L The Coroner held sn inquest yesterdsy on the body of Wiliam C. Warner, the man who was 1atall; ijnjnre_d n’t Wlxlfinfii Station, » fow days 2go, by jumping from & Michigan Sonthern & Lake Shore Eulrnul train, and who died on the 31st ult. at the County Hospital. A verdict of sccidental death was roturned by tho jury. De- ceasod wa 94 vears old, and had lately basn em- rloyed by O. B. Greoa & Co. Ha lins a hrother in Preston, Is. Chicago's slice of the $15,000,000 paid by Grest Dritsin to Uncle Bam, in satisfaction of the Alsbama claims, has reached the United States Sub-Treasury. Commissioner Hoyne has tho whole busioess in his keeping, and wll, probsbly, commence tsking proof to-morrow. ‘Any citizen who foels that J. Dall owos himany- thing had better eso Phil. of the Board of County Commissioners on ac- count of mh;aturimm legialation in regard to the report of the Committee on Supplies. * A com- mittee from the Association wili, it is thought, look in at the next meeting of the Board.Com- mittes last named. F. Fubring, a woll-known drngwiet, who has beea in thia city sinco 1355, djed snddsaly at No. 128 Bouth Green sireet, New Years das. A post-mortem examination by, Dr Honrotin showed that death ensued frodh congestion of the brain. The Coronar’s jury, which met yos- terdas, rendered a verdict aceordingly. Deceas- ed was 4¢ yoars old, and_was well knowu amonge tho Germansof tha city. Ho was a mativo of Hanover. A Jaundry has been opened at the Shelter, No. 227 West Randolph atrest, for the benefic of the poor. None but firat-class hands are employed, and all orders will be promptly attended to at tho rate of 75 cents per dozen. Tio patronage of the chantable is fervontly invoked by Aesdaines Arnold Forbes, Colonel Grogory, aad Aillor. The Foundlings’ Home has been finaucially benofited to tho extent of $10, the proceeds of o concert givon for its benefit by Mrs. W. 8. Tobin aad populs, at the Union -Rark Congregational Cnurch, early in the week. Superintencent Bhipman has written a graceful lotzor of thanks to the charitablo lady and her friends. Poople who are inclined to be charitsbls to ike extent of saving p?xau from death by staive~ cion s0d froezing, Wil find a caso that will zp- real to their generosity by visiting Mrs. Mary Celck, No. 75 Buaker street. of work, myaterivusly disappeared three wel ago, and she is left with two children fo provide for. Bhe is unable to zet work or food, and isin d-:gur of perishing io tho midst of plenty. Sne needs immediate aitention from the charitable. A meeting of persons interested in gviog & poultry exhibition i this city this winter was held at the Grand Pacific Lotel last evening. Mr, E. L. Lemb was called to tho chaw, and C. P. Willard, of the Live-Slock Journal, was appointed Secretary. On motion, Messrs. E. L. Lamb, W. W. Corbett, Georgo Batters, A. Low, G. Smith, and )r. Belden, of Evanston, were appointed & committee to inquire into the feasibility of the move, to report at & subsequent meoting, On motion, tho mecting adjourned until Tuesday evening at the same place. Mr. Sidooy Mevers, Manager of the Mer- chants’, f'armers’ aud Mechaaics' Savings Bank having ‘receivod over twenty plans in anuwer to his circular with roference to plans, specifica- tious, and proposals for approximating fire- proof dwellivg-honses, has now appoitad a commitiee to decido which plans are entitied to the premium of $1,000. The Committee i8 com- posed as followa: AMr. Loais Wahl, from the Board of Public Works ; Dr. B. C. Miller, from the Board of Health ; iir. N. S. Bouton, on the part of the business mon ; Mr. A. Graunis, from tho Duildors’ Association, and Air. C. W. Drow, from ths Board of Uuderwriters, Trwo gentlomen residing ‘st tho villaze of Le- ‘mont bave a ciaim agunst tho estate of :he late Tsaao A. Bmith, and were notified by Alr. Youu, of the County Court. to como in on Jan. 4 to prove their claim. Yesterday, about noon, ti'e claimants put in_an appearance, and informed Mr. Young they were on hand accord- ing to his ditection, to prove up the claim. Tbat ofcisl informed them that Monday was the claim-dayv. The parties io- sistod that yesterday was-Monday, nntl Mr. Young informed them that he presumed tho good people of Lemont had observea the day befors as & holidav, and tbey hsd not fully recovered from the ellect of the exe-nogg, New-Year's Dav at Lomont must have beea o dull one whon its citizons imagined it was Suuday. ‘The regular weekly moeting of the Philozooh- icul Society was hald last evening at the Halo Building, corner of Stato aod Wsahington streets. The President of the Society, Dr. H. W. Thomas, occupied the cheir. Iu the nbsence of the Secretary, Col. A. W. Watermsn was elected Secretaiy pro tom. A re-olution was in- trodoced and ~ passed requiring tho pre- mding officar to enforco the mioutes rals in regard to debstes znd crit Tbomas thon iutroduced the spoaker of the eveung, Dr. J. D. Long, of Onnogs, who dehv- ered a very alilo ana interesting lecture, envitled “The Analysis of Faith.” An annonocement was made that the next lecturer would Le AMr. Mills, of Syracuse, but the eubject had not yet been docided upon. Tho meeting sdjourhed. - John Eckstein, alias Barthold, was the name of the man who shot bimsolf over his wifo's grave io Graceland Cemetory Now Year's Dsy. He was observed daring the day at soveral sa- Ioons, pear the cowetery, aud expresssd himself as tired of life; his wife ana children wers dead, and he wisked to dio aleo. His wfe died last August, and ho bas sines become much depressed, nud resorted to drink. Ho had beea drinking just provious to tho suicids, and between 8 and 4 o’clock was found Iving dead o088 the grave by somo boys. A revolver was found beside him. hit face was burmed by the rowder, sod a bullet had passed through his brin, 1o was 50 yearsold, and bad been lately employed 28 a ptovecutter in Keasler & Steinway's yard, cloge by the cometory. The Corcner held ap in- quest yesterdsy, and & verdict of kuicide was rendered. The attention of the public is called to the notice in our ndvetising columus relative to the branch office of the Sorrento Wood Carving Company, of Boston, Mass., which_ bas been rocently established in this city by Miss Hill, one of tha partners in the corporation. This is the ooly company in the United States that makes fancy wood-carving, aund the imporiation of loots and patterns for the same, & specialiy. It is » business that mav Le easilv Jearned, and which, ouce learned, will be an indnite sourca of amusement and profit to the pnpil, who will soon becoms a professor. Afiss Iill ongages to mako sny.intelligent ladyor gentleman quite ofticient in the art after half a dozen lessons. The caso of the Misees McCaflerty, four gis- t is rumored that ths Citizens Asaoofatl golu;. 10 inrestigate John MoCaifroy and ."rli: ters, who ware engaged in fashiounble dress- making st No, 433 West Madison strect. was one of peculinr berdship and misfortune. They wore burped out of bouse and home in the great fire of 1871, but got started aguio, aud wero get- ting siong comfortably until the fire of Dec. *17, 1874, at No. 433 West Madi- san sireet, which occurred about 3 o'clock in the morning. Tho four sisters barely escaped with their Lives, losving .bebind them even the mooey in their purses, asthey had no *time to enatch up their dresses. They saved sbsolutely nothing but their skill with the needle and their pluck and energy. With these for capital, and with the assistance of friends, they bave mhdo another start, thistime at No. 282 West Madison street, where their fricnds and patrons will find them ready for business. Sherilf Agnew has been making some new appointments in the shape of Deputics. Among his eelections are Mlr. Alicbasl Mollov, who was Chicf Marshal of the Iss: 8t. Patrick's Day_pro- cession, and who 1 very popular among tho Irish- Amaricans, and Mr. Wilham Fogarty, a thorough- bred Fenianh who rigked Lis neck in 1867 among the hills of Tipporary for the cause of Irish independence. It is true there was not much fighting then, but, had there boen, no doubt Mr. Fogarty wonld have dyed his hands in the blood of ‘‘the proud inyaders™to a very patriatic extent. His pational labors procured him a Jong term ef imprsonmen in Mountjoy Jail, Dublin, but he has never abaudoned his tirst principles, and, 25 a0 American citizen, is quite as badly disposed toward the British Empire o5 when ho was “a support of the Crewn.” His appointment by Sheril Agnew 1a a recognition of the “Irishrebel ” element in this city. Mr. Fogartyis well qualified for his new position. BOCIETY MEETINGS. The following officers of Garden City Lodge, AF. aud A. M., wers installed Wednesday eveu- ing by D.D. G. M. Walter A. Stevens: H. F. Holcomb, A ; James Jobn, S. W.; George MacWillisms, J. W.; J. D. McLean, L. L. Wadsworth, 8.; Edward Addy, C.; T. F. Tal- madgs, J. D.; B. A. Howard, S. S.; William Campbell, 7. 8.; E. D. Hansen, Tsler. At a regular meeting of Union Lodge No.9, I. 0. 0. F., held on New Year’s Eve at their hall, corner Clark and Washington streets, the the following officers were elocted: Jobha L. Baroum, P. G. N. G.; Willam R. Colwell, V. G.; F. C. Vierling, Secratary ; Jamea M. Ford, B. G, . S.; Thomss Afiller P. G., Treasurer. Trus- tees—James B. Clerk, P. G.; R. L. Leobard, P. G.; Brice A. Miller, P. G.; and Jamos War- haes, P. G. OAX THIS BE TRUE ? Polico Captain Gund reports that information was seat to Rowson street station Inst Wednes- dsy might to the effect tbat & wan named Heory Dressel had died from the effects of hydropho- bin, ceused by the bite of a rabid dog, last June, He was attended by Drs. Sauner and Lundt, and the wifa of deceased states that ths physicians wore compelled to administer poison in order to save the patient from the extreme suffering which ho was subjected to. Mis writhinga and convulsions are repressnted to have beon borrible and very violent, and it was not until every effort was exbausted to relieve ‘him that poison was given. Dccoased resided on Robey street, neer the Northwostern Railroad track, and besides a wife, leaves two childrqu, who are well provided for. The Coroner has been notified to hold an inquest. THE MECIAXICS® SATIONAL. Mr. Alfred Spink, National Bank Exsmiver, was yeeterCay angaged in examining the condi- toa 0t L Al Baak, of this oity. i Her husband. cut | labors were completed late in the afternoon, and ! fectly acceptable, and wonld preside with ability his report will be forwarded to the Comptroller in o fow days. His report of the condition of the institation will not differ materially from the report published in these columns Fndey morning. Ho believes the sssets will cover all the liabilities, if judiciously handled, and issatis- fied that the bauk's embarrassment is the result of its management & year or 80 0g0, when it appears from ontside evidence that its depoeits were taken and used by its officers for their rivate ends. The court-records show that just Befom the bank weat into voluntary Squidstion, & trust-deed was given to ono .\ W. J. Culver, to secure & loan of $45,000, made a year or morg ago to bolstar up the baok. Some regard this transaction 28 o little suspicious, but Ir. Spink, who hss thoroughly oxamived the whole affair, says_it was regular and in order. Ho further ¥ays, that ho has not baen able to dis- cover any attempt at fraud, direct or indiroct, in the management for tho Jast ye THE YORTH CHICAGO BOLLING-MILLA. AMr. O. W. Potter, mansger of the North Chi« eago Roiling-Mill Company, io an wterview with 5 TRIDUSE roporter yestorday, stated that tbe gross earnings of tho Rolliog-mills for the vear 1874 will reach the enormous fizure of ££,000,- 000—s state of thines which nobodv dated to hopo for one year ago, just following the vanic of September, 1873. Steel haviog sympathized with the great declins in iron, has bean brought down to the price which 1ron stood at cigbteen months a0, ond tho rosuls has boen that the great tronk railway lines of Chicago have dotermined upon tho use of steol raila oxclusively as heing tho most economicul, as well as tho Bafest 2nd most satisfactorv. I7r. Potter states that the con- tracts already received will keep the North Side Rolling-Mills in operation up to Nov. 1, 1875, in_tho manufacturo of steel raila alone, thus giving employmenttomoro than 1,000 men : while in all probability the demand for iron will be saflicient to koop at work the remaining 600 operstives on the Companv's rolls. Thia is a remarkubls exbibit of proaperity in {he manu- facture of steel and iron forsuch a strivgent fingucial year s that of 1874, THE_DOUGLAS MONUMENT. ThDonglas Monumont project appeara to be approachiug o favorable conclusion, The Board of ‘I'rustoss of tho Mouumental Association and thoso of tha Chicags University held & recent moeting, at which it was docided to locate tho memorial in the northeastern corner of the Uni- versity property, facing_Cottage Grove &venus, pear = University place, ~the old site being condomued a8 inehigible. The prosent tomb and substructure can bo romoved at a cost of 82,000, Unsonnd stones will be replaced by new material. If the old property can be sold for a safficient sum, tho tomb will, probably, be faced with eranite. The circnlar shaft, at leaat, will bo of that stone. The body of the dead Sen- ator rapnses in & sarcophazus_of white Vermont marble, which can be ramoved without exposing the casket. The now monument will be conatructed on the plan deciJed upon in July, 1864, which has beeu ro-drawn by the origionl designer, L. W. Volk. The architectural portion will ps 80on comploted, and tbe statze will ve placed in position a8 Foon as possiblo. The total hoight will be 100 feet, the diameter of the circular base ly 52 feet,, nad of the tomb 20 fect. Within tins is an arched chamber 10 feet sguare, where rest tho remains within the sarcophagus. Near the corners of tho tomb are four podestals, eoch of which will bs surmounted by atstues of heroic size, representing respectively, Illinois, History, Commercs, and Arts and Bcioncos. Above the tomb will be a pedestal 15 feot high, ornamented with festoons, baving near the base large, heavy bronzo plates sunk into the rock. bearing on their face bas-roliofs of sabjects vurely American® The flrst will be an sboriginat Bcene ; ths socond will represent The Pio- neor Farmers; tho third will svmbolize Trade aud Enterprise, and the fourth Education. On the prdestal will rest a column 48 feet high 2nd 514 feot in dinmeter at the base. The whole will bo surmounted by & collossal statue, 9 feet high, howing Senator Douglas in the sct of ad- dressing the United States Senate. The University authorit:es have long azo given their cousent to the location of the mona- ment in their groun is, and are wiiling to act a8 custodians, THE MILITIA LAW. A meeting of the officers of the varions mili- tary orgenization of tho city was held last even- inz in tho Sherman House, for the purpose of devising some plan_for unanimity oi action in carrying the oroposad new militia law thronzh the Stato Legislatura at its next session. Tho attendanc was not very large, and, althoueh all present seemed to bo very well savistied with the bill, thero eeemed to be a feeling among soveral sacieties, that they ought not to inter- fere with i. as it Was tho mot project of tha Firat Regiment. Dum:ing the meeting, Gen. ¥rank Sherman was called in, and advised them as to tho best plan to pursus in_presenting it to the Logislature. As Gon. Sherman thinks, tae whole subjoct owes it succasa or failure, to the person appointed Chairman of the Mlitia Committes in the vew House. ‘According to bis and_presented to s, and then if they ses it to approve the bill, it mill go throngh &3 emanating directly from that Committee, All the Cook County delegation are repoited to favor it. but it is expected tnat tho tronblesome Granger man will cppose it to the utmost. s THE CITY-HALL. The Committes on Fivance failed to meet yes- terday afternoon, owing to lack of & quorum. Tho Committes on Streets and Alleys for the ‘West Divigion will meet st 21¢ o'clock MMonday afternoon. The chief subjeot under. considera- tion is the ordinance for the proposed Indians streot borze-railway. A few days ago tho Board of Public Works, in anarwer to tho roquest of the Common Council, submitted to the Finance Committeo an estimata of the cost of continuing the work of street- cleaning until April 1, 1875, It is now ascer- taived that na such appropristion can be meds except under the emergency clause, which seems toindicate an_exclusion of any such sppropria- tion. ‘The opinior of the law department will be asked in tho matter. Ald. Tom Stout set an example to his brother Aldermen, of nolow order, when he msde ap his mind to refrain from drinking a drop of intoxi- cating liquors during the present yoar. After turning Good Bamaritan, many worse thiugs might have been expected, but he astonished his friends vesterday by joining the Temperance “‘muckera.” Mra. Speight intends to make & shining light of him by electing him 1o soma office in the new 8oclety. 2 e BOARD OF TRADE. PROSPECTS OF THE ELECTION, The contest on 'Change over the election of officers whicb is to take place to-morrow ig wax- ing warm. Tho mighty men of provisions, wheat, snd com, the experts in corners, and the chilly curb-stone brokers, are alike worked up over the spproaching strife. Put a thermom- eter in fhe pocket of suy one of them and it goes eky-rocketing up to 196 degrees. The warfare is not s mere personal one as has generally been the case, but scems to have a principle muxed up in it some~ where or other, for there are principles on chaoge, though they are rather hard to fiod. It ia claimea that the real question at Bsue is whether “uncommercial prac. ticea"—consult Judge McAllster for & definition—shall _ bo ssuctioned by _the election of N K. Fairbank, or frowned down by the choica of George Armour, while others assert, a8 will be soon below, that Alr. Fairbank is in favor of square-dealing, while Mr. Armonr is the represcntative of that grand and gloomy combination known a8 the Cnicago elevators. i WITHDRAWALS. "The battle at first was & quadrangular ome. Fairbank, Armour, How, and Wright were in the fleld for the Presidency, but the last two have dropped oat. Mr. Howe has coufined him- self to verbal statements, but Mr. Wright writes right resolucely, as.follows: To_tha Editor of The Chicago Tribune: CH10460, Jan. 2.—Your journal having announced my nomiption” as a éandidate for President of the Board of Trade, pleste allow me, with thanks for the partiality of my Iricnds, to state that I have declined £0 bocome & candidsta for any office at the_spproach- oloction. Beapoctfully, A, M, WRIGRT. ‘While on the resignation business it is in or- der to stato that Mz. George N. Culver, nomi- Dated for member of tho Committeo of Arbitra- tion on the Fairbank ticket, declines to bes eandidats. GENERAL SENTIMENT. _ It nppesrances of last evening are any indica- tion, Mr. Fairbank is slightly in tho lead. .The prevailing feeling with the gontlemen compris- ing the Board is, that it ia import- ant their President should be s mzn of undoubted nerve and- capacizy to bresido over their deliberations, and koep tHem well in hand. Whilono one doubts the cspacity of Mr. Ar- mour, still many members think that his age— heLeing a gentioman past €0—will prevent his presididg with the same determination that his younger competitor, Mr. Fairbank, woald. The provision men of the city, ® large nomber of whom are mombers, are decidedly Fuirbsok men, and will dv their utmost to-morrow to elect him, Notwithstanding the great interest manifested in tha resuls of tho slection, one and all con- ©aila tUas oither of the candudates woald bs per- and determination.” The age of Mr. Fairbank, bo_being abous 45, makes him, howaver, the favorito. AR, FAIRBANK'S POSITION. And now tojeturn to the *uncommercial trans- actions,” and the statement that Mr. Fairband is the apecial candidate of “Jack” Sturges. Tho former gentleman says thst in 1859 Julian 8. Rumsey, R. 8. McChesney, and himself pro- posed the following rule which was adopted : ‘Whenever any member of this Board shall clalm that the falfliment of s contrazt is interfered with by tho existence of a *corner,” tho President of the Board sball, upon the application of any party to such contract, appoint » commiities of three disinterested members of the Board, who shall decule as to the ez falence of a * corner,” xnd, if they find thata corner existed at the time of the maturity of the contract, #uch contract eball be settled on the basia of actual valua as compared with other property of the ssme kind, but of » diffetent grade, in this market, and with'property of the sume grade in other markets, such valuo 0 be asvertained s near as msy be, and & price to be fixed by a majority of such Committee. 1t worked woll whilo it lasted, but was finally repealed, being apparently too strict for the ma- ority. Afr. Fairbank denies emphatically that e is & representative of the cormer sef, and favors the adoption of a rule preventing the ex- acticn of exhorbitant prices. THE ARMOUR TICKET, ¥ 28 af; present made up, is a8 follows: Hrendent—George 0. Seymotr. Vice-President~D, H. Lincoln, Dircctors—E. W. Densmore, J. B. Dateh, O, H, Blickman, C. T, Wheeler, H. A. Towner. Conmitlee of Arbitration—y, J. Magil, T. T. g‘?m]o‘!. 3. T. Rawleigh, J. J. McDermid, George H. el Cummittee of Apveals—D. F. Baxter, E. B, Bald: C. M. Culbertson, Andrew Brown, A, Murison, iz g el WEDDED BLISS, THE MARRIAGES OF THE YEAT. Dauring tho fixst few days, or even wecks, for thoea who procrastinato their ‘meditations, it is well for thoee who intend to live by rule in the future to look back upen the old year and its varied productions. and study up the probabili- ties of the new. The man with a weakness for that which cheers but does not fail to intoxicate, should stndy a file of the papers to ascertsin during which montha of the yesr the decoptive beveraze acts with its’ most potent deception in order to abstain duriog theso months and preclado the ossibility of his being clagsed among thore un- fortunates who find a readv excuase for their sios under the flimsy but frequently charitably pro- feased excuse of ** whisky did it.” A similar study of & year’s files will not fail to show the exact at which hvdrophobia bites are rost prev- alent, at which tho sudden sun-stroke is ant to waft an over-hested mortal to superior or inferior ephores, accordiog to the regularity with which be Lias paid his pew-rent, or the particalar time at which tho various forms of andden death 2re rone to make their appearance smongat men. here is one thing in the world, however. which has been impartially praised snd blamed, snd which it would be well for all who have not al- ready experienced it, joyfully or sorrowfalls, to studv in all its bearings. This is matrimony. There is perhaps in this world no step in lifo which man or woman can take so fall of BOFIOW or joy a8 unitivg with aoothor in mar- riaze, and lhence 1t ehould be done cautiously and with due foresight. With a view of aiding thoee those who have ideas of ‘matrimony in viaw. THE TRIBUNE yesterday sent a reporter to the County Clers's office to fiud out how many couples had got marriod during the past vear, and what months were most favorable and un- favorable to the sudden prodnction of hymeneal bliss. To give the result of his researches in brief, it wili do to state that the total number of Marriazes in the City of Chicago during 1374 'wore 5,439, divided according to montbs as fol- follows: January. 511; February, 403; March, 845 ; April, 481 ; May, 514 : June, 484; July, 370; August, 410; Saptember, 500; October, 365: No- vember, 542; December, 444. Strange to say, the above fizures refnte. in qnite a pointed manner, the saying of the ¥n- glish poet-laureate that In the spring & young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoaghts of tover” sy Tennyson evidently had not studied up the Weeteru lover when he wrote the verse in quee- tion, ns March has the lowest naumber of mar- riages of all the months. It is true that May tries to support the poat's assertion with a total of G514; 'but this caonot compare with the 543 marriazes which were cele- bratsd in November,—a month, too, which in Eogland is generally supposed to be especially favorable to suicide. There must be something radically different in_tbe idiosin- crasies of the yonng of the Old and New World, when the coming cold wenther drives one to suictde and the other to matrimony, bat al- together, it must be confessed that the latter show by far the greatest common sense. ShakiesSon ALBERT V. AMET. . DEATH OF A GALLANT OFFICER. The following militery order, announcing the death of Chicagoan who served with distinc- tion in the volunteors and Togulars, has just been received hore: HrADQUARTERS SEVESTR TsPANTRY, FORT Bmiv, AL T., Dec. 16.—General Order No. 2),—With much regrst, tho regimental commander announces to the Heventh Infutry the death of ona of ita offcars, d Lieat. Albert V. Amet expired at this Post at 78, m. to-day of rapid consumption, Lioat. Amet served &3 s member of the Eighth Tllinols Cavalry during the first years of the Robellion, ¥nd participatéd In soveral of the important hetties of the war, and held at ita closs the Fank of First Lieu- tenant fn the Seventeonth Tliinois Cavelry. He became an officer of our regiment in 1873, and by his henest and faithful performance of duty wom the resnect and eatoxm of his brother officers, and the confidenca of hia Commandor, As 2 mark of respect to the dsceased, the msual badgs of mourning will be worn by the officers of tha regiment for (30) days, By order of Caol. John Gibbon. Lzv F. Bunsxrr, Firet Lioutenant and Adjutant Saventh Infontry. A —_— PERSONAL. Mr. J. F. Fitzpatrck, Messeager of the Lake Shore & Michigan Soutbern Railroad in this city, was preseuted with a check of 390 by the officers of the Chicago office, on New-Year's Day. Mr. M. M. Merrick, Agent of the Nonotuck Sill Company, was surprised on Now-Year's Day by receiving 2 call from the emploses of his of- fice, who presented bis wife with a beantifnl silver tea-service. The presentation was made on behalf of tha emploses by Mr. O. D. Randsll, and gracefully acknowledged by Mr. Mernick, in a fov timely remarks. Mr. Thomas J. West, of the lightniog rod firm of West & Co., corner of Gilpin place and Lytle stroet, wos masoo the recipient of & valuablo gold watch and chain, presented by his employes, on New ear's Day, Noat spoeches accompanied the ceremony, and thers was a good time gener- ally. Samuol Conkey, the well-known scalptor, whose studio 18 at 77 Major Block, has just exe~ cuted a small cabinet bust of Prof. Swing which in atiracting great attention among connois- seurs, Mr. Conkey hitherto has made s wide reputation by his besutifal medallion of * Julet,” ‘ng by numerous busts both in clay and marblo, as well as small medal- lions of <prominent citizens, and _ his latest work will give him tull more fame 28 o conscientions and skilful artist. bust, of Prof. Swing is more than photographic in ita accuracy, a8 it not only presents a faithfal por~ trait repopuction of the Professor's well-known featnres, Eut itconveys the familiar expression which the photograph Bo _ often dls- torts. Itis in every woy an _artistio_littls work, and it ia a pleasure to know it is heving a very wido circulation. Copies of it can be procured st Jarsen & McClurg's. HOTEL ARRIVALS, Palmer House—VW, D, Gamble, Baltimore; Gen. Merritt, U, S. A, ; . Gould, Boston ¢ J. B. Wharton, Terre Hsuta; C. D. Bullard, New York; . W. Pratt, Red Wing; Eugene O. Roe, Flushing; R.C. Bell, Eoit Wayne; 8. C. Wells, Ripon: Dr. H. Bright, Giica; L 0. Brown, Nowfork; C.J. Cunds, Sew Y .. . Grand Pucy o w1 s rom i Clirke, St Paul; 'W. B. Hallls, Detroit; ; R. S, Far, Boaton ; John s §2%} Midovilie, Sudsom, N, ¥. Jsmes I, Bearda: Lafays ce 3 nk B, Sherman House—F. V. Ban- I. G. Whitney, Bombay; H. Omsba; Edmund Luff, U. S, A.; 0. To ron, Cleveland ; Walter Ciark, Baitls Creek; 3. Mansfield, Salt Lake City ; V. Y. Chamberlain, Yelow Valley.....Tremont Moute—Chatles R. DiGanno, Texas ; s, C. D, Sholdon, Loug Island’; J. Bimons, Cononesut; 1L J. Dillon, Bpring- Seld ; Joseph Mills, St, Louis ; A. Aliller, Jersey City; 0. H. Alien, 5t. Louis ; S. B, Iunsss, Pars Horun. e ANNSUNCEMENTS. The Rev. -Dr. Eohler will loctare on ** Rabbi Akibs, the Jewish hero,” to-dsy, and doliver his announced English lecturo on *‘Jesus of Naz- areth,” Sunday, Jaonary 10. A free school for the education of desf-mutes will be opened at Nos. 24 and 20 East Van Baren stroet, Mondny, at 9 o'clock. -All desf-mutes between the ages 6 and 21 years, who are actual residents of tha city, will bo admitted. v meetiog of the Board of ot e Hossttal® for Women. sad Cluldren, will bo betd ac tho residence of Mra. I, N. Camp, No. 540 West Monroo street, 882 o'clock to-morzow altarnoon. 4o be a dirty, HOUSE-HUNTING. The Experience of Oue Couple Ont of * Many. Everybody’s Advice About Nobody’s Business, A Story Without a Sequel. It would take the pen of & Dickens "to delin- eate the emotions of a man who has bosrded for G!:e last ten or twelve years of nis life, y ever sinco he was & youth of 19,~when his wifo of & year climbs into his lap and shatters his after- dinner tranquility with the - TOMBSHELL DECLARATION that she wanfs to go to honsekeeping. He has koown that she has beon on the board-hunting rampage for weeks, aud he has held himself in readiness at any timo to sling bis traps into his trunk,—hslf an hour’s work,—and order zn ex- Ppress-wagon, whenever his wife could decice ‘Where she wanted to go, north, soutb, esst, nr ‘west,—over bridges, throngh tunneis, by strect- cars or dummies,—anywhere, 8o that the partner of his bosom would be content in her new quar- ters. And now, for the first time, ho learns that anew crotchet has entered her head, and he mugt trim his sails to a new breeze. Bat any sensible hasband of a year knows enoagh not to be astonished at saything his wife wants. “I thought you were on the economical dodge,” be insinuates. ““And so I am. Here we are just throwing away 35 a month. Why, & cottage rents for $12a month. We can get a furnished one for §25. Then there is §12 & month for s servant. (It costs less to hire a girl by the week than & woman to come in and wash, 1ron, and scrub, £wo or three days.) That's $35. | (**Thirty-seven.” mutters the husband behind his meerschanra.) * Then the grocer’s bill ought | not to be more than $25. That's—let me see Thinyderau and 10 is 47, and 10 is 57, and 5 is— is—" (Sixty-two suggests the bass voice). * Six- ty-two,” echoes the wife, who has sucretly been counting her fingers; ** and the butcher, 10 mors is 72" (“You kmow the table of 10s, don't you?") “Then the gas, and the coal, ana the othar thinga—iell, I know they wouldn't como to as much as it costs us now to live. The very idea of its costing two people $35 & month to live! Don't tellme! * I'm not telling you any- thing,” answers the husband, placidly. He Graws a few prolonged whifis at his pipe. “Juet Fougo ahead. I'm agreeable to anything. You now my income. Spend it all, if you can only be comfortable.” A few more whiffs; then, wil & slow smils, pregpant with hidden mesning: “@Got a cottage if you waot one; but, in six weeks, you'll be sicker of that than ever you wera of boarding.” Then he knocks the ashes ot of his pipe, and the conferouce is ended. Now, any husband who manages his wife in the long run knows that Le gawed his supreme- oy simply by letting his wife have her own. way 1n the beginmng, till shoe found her own way brought her into a bog from which her Lhusband’s strong arms must extricate her. Thero i3 no such sure mothod of convincing people that ‘they are abont to make fools of themselves as just to let them go ahead 2nd play the fool. THE CAMPAIGN OPENS 5 bv a consultation of tae column of Tue SuNpar ‘Toipuwe hoaded * To t—Houses,” The busband, according to request, riea his pencil down the lion, and’ 1na:ka those **ads” which Lavo some clstm to elimbicaens. Yet, tarough it all, his mauner is emhatweally that of one who washes his hangs of tho resconsibility. Night after night, in the wesks that follow, he comes home to find his wifo laid out on a louuge, in an exbausced _con- dition, and ha Listens pariciilv to & narrative of hercnleau exertions aad iinal disappoiatment. At first be i3 given £3 understand that nothing bat s furnished Louee wiii uo; and the pro- gramme is, that, Yacu e of tho requisite gize, in the desired localy 15 found, they wiil give their landtadr u joyons warning, pack their trunks, and walk over to the new domicil, where tho gas will b d, the tires burniog, the supper waiting, servant oxpecting them, He has his doub.s abous the eupper and the servant,—ve:, even abont the house itself,— but he smokes plecidly and Silently, and the do- mesiic barmony is unbiokan. A diacy of the wife's house-huuting would run sometding like tnis : " TFIRST WEEK. 4 aronday.—Started out early and alone, with balf:a-dozen different places pasted on momo- randam. No — Dirmiogham avenue came firat. Rode toTwenty-fifth etreor,and walked one, tao, threc, four blocss, over liitle. parrow board-sidewalks, in sireats where there wera on lamp-posts, and the unsewered stroets were enlivened only by gaping children and sedately- strolling hens. Came to & r: crossing. A niehtly walk of five blocks of ualighted, poorly- paved streots, with a chance of being run over by the.cara, i1s more than any wife has a right to expect of a husband, So much for advertisa- ment No, 1. Second on the list, No. — Hanoock avenuno. Walked six blocks, and found a two- story tenement-house. Gato off, paint shabby. Next on list, — Hanccck avenue. Two blocky more of wallnng, sud the street ends in a little house of a story and a half, with & great gawsy girl on the step, tending a dirty baby in a piok calico dress. It seems that, betwean Twenty- eighth and Thirtieth strects, Hancock avenue is not cat through. Foilow & goose-path across 2 greon; pick a wey through somebody's back yacd, whore what isn’t cow’s feed or pig’s litcer is _ dish-water drai more common and more goose-trs pue is struck sgain. More walhing, No, —— proves to be only the upper half of a house, tae basement being occapied by a dairy, whose oblong sis stands ocon- spicuons 1n the front yard. A little farther up the strect i8 house to reut. Enocked and rang invsin. Went round to back door, and founa woman at wash-tub. She inquires with some asperity how she could hear s bell when she wasn't in the house. Only the upper part is for rent,—five rooms. ** Did ye want it for a bourd- ing-house ? Peopls as wants more nor_five rooms ginerally waats ’em for boarders. Is it eas-fixin’s ye esy? No, there iso’t none. My husband built the hosse: ho owns it. He wonldn't bave gas-fixin's pat in. [Here the voica geta louder and louder.] Down the euest a bit there’'s three housos, and they was all ready for gas, and tha folks 88 went in wouldnt pay for the meter. {Louder.] Do ye s'pose folks is going to put gas in » housa where other folks a8 comes 1n hika =8 not won't pay for the meter 2" Think of living in o honse with that fog-whistle-voiced swoman belos, “Tyesday.—First comea ‘an eight-room cottage, just finished : gas, water. Apply at — Woodland avenue.’ A walk of ten blocks, aad No. — proves to ba b very desirable cottage; baut, unfortu- nately, thero is & musical conservatory connected with ‘it in the rear, and every month Prof. Sfoagands’s pupila give a coacert, an: "dsy long, lrom .four to ten isgos are ~undergoing torture, Next, 0. near corner of Marble avenue and Twenty-pinth stceet. More walking, whick I suppoee is on AMarble avenus, but which ends on the corner of Wabash and Tweaty-vinth. After a stody of lamp-posts, I turn, a8 sap| , on Trwenty-inth street, and walk to Marble avenue. Come to a halt. Stody IAmp-post: corner Wa- bash and Eighteenth. Turn oa Eighteeth, walk back to Marblo avenue. and never move off it till Twenty-nioth is reached. No, — proves . Bhabby place, which immediately suggests that the 1ast family had the small-pox. " WWednesday.—* Mont desirable six-rvom cot~ tage; gas; rent, §25. No. — Hancock ave- Apply at No. Fortieth strest. nue, Baider, Dath & Co’ A loog, cold nde to Fortieth street. Only small boy in charge of ofce. The key to the cottage cacnot be found, but I waik over to the bouss. Look 1n the windows. A group of children across the streat keep gemnyz, ‘No coe lives there.! A ‘womaa next door sticks her head oat of the win- dow, and yells, * The folks has movod away from thore.” Walk back to State strect. Wind blovs my hat off, and I haven’s enough hair-pins loft in hair to fasten it. “ Used up for that week. BECOND WEER. “Monday.—Start down town to ses Horcules & _Co., roal-estato deslers. Office as full of pikeou-holes as 3 swallow-bank, and adorned bv men stowed away behind glass partitions. No chairs, and I am kept etandiog till I make an ja- digoant start for the door,&hen Hercales him- self appears, aud, after a short conference, gives mea great brasa door-key with 8 hugo label at- tached, and I siart for No, — Ham!et-wood ave. oue, tormentad all the way with the fear lest my ot be picked of its cumbrous burden. The hioass proves to have ton rooms, and to be about 8 milas from the Coart-Housa. ' At any rate it is 0 far thial tho car s lterly dasarted lng bafors I get there. Everydsy Ihaveto rideami cr 80 to get & key to s house ; then walk s nuiii ¢t the houso ; & mile back to the ofice with kej ; aod a mile home. ** Tuesday—A house on s streét which eaoor t be found, and s cottage partly occupied by o \ete ennary surgeon whose sign adorns tae guteway. - I tart &t 4 p.m., with s Ley real-estate agent, to see ‘the moat charmiog lit- tle cottage cn the West Side.’ It 1s alizbtly misting, but wo get into the cars. In ten min- utes it sprickles, in twentyit pours, Bhe isvery sorry it 1s raining, because she had znotherer- rund two blocks west of where we are tottcps However, +h=t turns oat ail right, becange 1t0 maxes 3 m:siske, and we ride two blocks fartl cre Istand in the rain whils she does the erranc, and thex we walk and walk, and presently I die~ cover that the house” would te =t least cight blocks from the stract-cery, aad we couldn't seo inside of it 1 we got there. So we tun aroond rrd come back, and I pay the double fsre bota viva, 2nd she doesn't make sny mistake in my fy1ez id to whera she alights, but gets off four blocls 1e- {fore I do, tasing the umbrells with ker,11d leaving me alone in & car fall of men. The ie. Jow pext to me proves to be druni, and ineirta that I bave lost my monav, and that I must 1o cont the emoty eavelope which be has pickei 1 p Of thoiloor. I get out and run all tho ¢+ | home, wet and disgusted, and hava s cold v th [ mbich Tdon't soon part. Giva & up for tht week. 7\ But. amid all this perplexity, the mogt pere plexing il thing is THE ADVICE OF FRIENDS. “ Going tu boari], eh?” evervbody says to the newly-married_couple. * Weil, you goon rez sick of that. Yon'll never know what trus oco~ fort is till you have a home of your owr.” But | just lot tiio newly-marmed conple get sick of : boarding, and chenish a hope of housekeepirg, | and gea what their frionds wi.l sav. They ehrle their experienced heads wisely. ' “You'll £xd i twice a3 expensive,” savé ome. ‘‘Youcanicmd cheapar than you can live otherwise,” says (ke second. “It'is the servan:-gurl question (las makes it impossible to keep hoase,” remmiks tho third. “:fake my word for it, you'll 1« sick enough of it, aud be glad to go keck | to boarding, warns the fourth. Why do thay slt { keep "housc thomselvea? **Well, thers is so much comfort in it, they admit, ** that izis worth ; the expense.” On the wnole, it sometimes seemsa 28 if o person’s friends toox pleasure in al | advising bim contrary to his inclinations. More- over, no matter what the wifa discoversd the av- ereea rents of cottages to be, every adviser »as shocked at the idea of such high ratea. * Thers are plenty of cottages,” they alwavs remarked, “for ha't that sum, — good cottager, with and water, ate.”” Coud they mention one? . No, mot just now, but they saw Lundreds last spring. They hea d of them all the time now, and saw 'em adver= tised avery dsv.” Would they be so kind as to make 2 note of any nice cottsgea they heard «r resdof at much low prices? * Certainly they wonld " ; and that was the end of that. At this point, the husband is urged by s resl- estato speculator to buy. *Just advertise. F- change some of your subarban lots for a home in the city. Never was such a chanco to boy Le= fore, and never will be again. Plenty of pect.e who have got houses on which paymenta are cues sud they can't afford to hold them. Yoa'll te foolish not to make au exchange now.” 8o they adverlise, and find that overybody is anxious ig bay low, but nobody wants to Bell that way. Every man waois to play angler, but nob cares to play fish. One man has a house on lerton aveoue, and another at the Stock-Yards. These. with ono or two epent-shot seekinge by the wife of a house to be rented for $25 till May 1, and a Becond place whero the owner wished board for part rent, exhaust their devices. The SITUATION OF AFFAIRS grows daily more critical ; and yet what remains to them but to reat on their cars? Every week ronders more intolersble the landlady’s purre, with its ineatiable maw, which engulfs the big- gest bill shown it, snd yot never, by any charce, contains any chaoge. Every week the laundry reduces the number of handkerchiefs still left its unfortunate patrons. It is painful—inex- pressibly painfal—for ma to leave this poor but honest couple, of whom I have wriiten, thus suspended between homey and bash-houses. I suppose there is a seqael to this story, s to ev- erything else,—but somebody else must write 1t, somebody who has actually crossed the Rubicon and gone to “ keaping house.” ‘Wrrcr-HAZEL. LONDON GOSSIP. The Mordaunt Divorce-Case—Relige ious Disputes—The Proposed Clul for Both Men and Women. $ London Corresvondence of the New York Times. . THE MORDAUNT DIVORCE-CASE. ‘The Mordsunt divorce case is, happily, to be disposed of in silence. Sir F. Moncrieff, 88 rep~ Tesentiog bis daughter, Lady Mordsuat, will nos defend the suit, and, tberefore, Sir Charles Mor- daunt will obtain his divorco npon making, through his counsel, a general statement of his case. Inthe first suit thers were five co-re~ spondents, and throo of them—one being the Prince of Wales—wont into the box and swors that, 28 far as they wers concernod, the allega~ tiona of adultery wers untrne. Perhaps this did not carry conviction to many minds, on sccount of the peculiar obligations which honmor is sopposed to imposa in such a case, but, on the other hand, the fact that two of the co-respondents were afraid fo subject themselves to the ordeal of examira= tion, seemed tolerably conclusive. -It was, per~ baps, unfortunato for Sir 0. Mordannt that be could nof cast his net without tinding in it big- ger fish than wero wanted. In the presen: sait tho number of co-respondents haa been reduced to one, Lord Cole, who has lately been marrier, aud who, it 18 understood, has resolately refn: . d to appear in court. Under these circumstanc. f, Lady Mordaunt's advisets had no alternativet t to allow the case to go by defaalt. This alao i“nn them the opportunity of faying tbat, =8 ady Mordaunt is mad, s is incapable of sup~ plying the matarials for her defense. Fi A TIMELY $TOBY. The Duke of Somorset, who is noted for s quaint and _candid humors, has just roviveo & gaod story in connection with the Papal dozc ce. When Bishop Burnet was at Rome he nct Christins, Queen of Sweden, who, though born s Protestant, had become & Romso Catholic, tnd asked her what sho thought of the Pope's infale libility. Shereplied that she did not know mnch alont his infallibility, but-tbat she bad a firm faith in tho Pope's being under supernatural gnidance, becsuse she had hersslf known fora of them, and they were ail such consummate ools that if they had not had Divine assistance, n:&.‘d not 6 ea how they could ever have got ot faL THE PROPOSED FEW CLUB. In Punch's Pocketbook for the usw vesr thery is an amusing pictare of a supposed eceoe in the drawing-room of & club frequented by bott sexes. This is the joke, of corirse, but its realiation in actual life” seems to be imminent. The pro- moters of the movemeni for having & club equally open to men and women have got = large number of members or candidates enrollnd, and bave even got €0 far as to takas house ia the neiguborhood of Grosvenor Square. | Ona difiscalty is to fiud & pame for , thit novel iostitution. The Cock snd tHen Club, the Bi-sexnal, snd the Middlosex have been proposed, but nooe have been deemed Batisfactory. A young lady who was ssked\ to join indicated the real perplexities of the affair by 2aking, “Is it thesort of place to which <ino can take one's mother ?” And then, of counle, there 18 the mora Serious question of mother-tn= Iaw. It has been decided, I believe, that a bos- baod may not introduce hus wife, a friend, uF vics versa, Each mast subscribe and be balw loted for on his or her own szcouot. Buot, of course, thare will bo no objection ta s hustand or a wife introducing any ooe of less relation- ebip. The whole project only shows how Lttle humao nature is understood by some people, even afler all these centuries duwring which b b2s baen going on. CRITIQUES ON CATTLE. The ?rizo cattle-shows have givenrise to anew kind of artistic criticiam, of which we have just had some besutiful samples in connection with the exhibition of fat stock by the S8mithficld Clgb. Here are a fsw svecimens from tha Times: *“Wo read of s *feast of ample-sized ievel forms, but somewhat weak in rib and rump;’ aud of & priza ox, i who, *from Lis fino muzzle, rare nock-vein, front of the vhoal- der filled up like an egg. and full bosom, to his d hindquarter, thick ronnds and twist, thers iB scarcely s wesk point, and who is in that stats of complete ripeness, without undue weight of fleah or fat snywhere, which msXes it & Balisfac~ tion tohandlebim’ Ledy Maud’s rumps are smd to be overloaded. thongh ber rounda of beef o grand. *Neciarine Bud,’ we are assursd. is perfection in shape, with *bosom, neck, shoule der, and flank superb. but porbnps a tride ahard, wanting & litile in gurth.’ * —_— Pianos for Rent. Fine new 7-octave rosewood plance, Remt men®y deducted if purchased, Prices, $300 to $700; wabe ranted five years. Deed's Temple of Muxls, Ba &9 Van Baren siret, Bottled Mineral Waters for Famfles b7 Buck & Ragade, Makers of Lup * Maca Calogan®