Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1875, Page 2

i0, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES, Tae Hilwoukee Newspaper-Senaio- .. rial-Legal -Muddle, Some Very Funny Incidents in . the Progress of the . - Case. i Creams City Sociely lems—.Religious Matters---Real Eslate Dealings. Reavenswood Did in ths Build- : ing Tine in 1874, Giher and ’!fagious Interesting Suburban . ¢ Iems. + MILWAUKEE. Oorrespondence of The Chicago Tribure. THE FIGHT 'FOR AN ORGAN. MILwAGEEE, Jan. 9.—The paper3 this weok Eave found o eweet morsel in the legel combat tetween Mr. Thomsan, late editer of the Senti- nzl, and the present Licard of Directors and offi- c2ra. Tho place of trial of the pending cause has n changed from the Circuit to the County Court on the affidavit of prejudice aga the dofendants by JudgoSmall, of ko forme: 3¢ Mann iso Democrab 8 well as Judze E£ma1l; but outaders wonder what there can be in: that ¢o infinonce a just judge.- The fact is, Mr. Rfurphey, President of the Senfincl, hes already n fined by Judge Bmall for contempt, &nd it is far better for the Judgehimsell thathe shonid e relicved from trzing a csse in which such in- tareats eve involved. No such relations embar- 3 Judge Macn, and the faot that Lo is & cczat is not likaly to tie him downso tgntly ps to prevent justice being done; akhoogh it is a.lamentabls fact, of which we oo often see sorrowfal proofs, thet when Democrats aro arrsycd “the ‘right side of the 320 and Bepublicans the loft, all the rosst boof £ad plam pudding gees to the right, and the Licks and corszs theleft. This, however, doss 105 apply o tho courts, whers the goddess is aiways blnded with a perfamed and saowy Zerchief. The last pheso of the fight is the €l irg of papars fo . forecloss the mort- gige of €30,000 hold by Horace Bright~ reca on the Senfinel establishment ; the money o pay which, howevcr, the defendants have al- ~2y8 becn pirepared to band over when desired. The suit comnes to trial Mondsy, Should Mr. Thomsen bo declared entitled to what ha clairs, it is eupposed tha-late election will ba set nsids,| j and & uow olection ordered, &% wWhick a new Board will be elected, Mr. Thomson reinstated a8 elitor, and the Adcerliser corps subetituted for present editorial acd reporforial staff. Whiclever way the thing goes, it seems that in- juetico uust be done to somebody or other. HENATOR CARPCNTEK, . jting about_{he Senfinel, naturally bringa to think of Senator Carpenter and the com- £obt in ihe Legislature. Partof the Bil- 2o detegation left for Madison to-day. Mr. Dotiin, editorof tho Senfincl leaves for the Lutlsfield Monday morning, and Col. Calkins, of “Acirs, will probably be found on board tho o train. At thispoint one ia unable toforman o, inicn of tha Sensfor's chances for re-glection. Your Lisdison correspondent will shed fitting toams over bis funeral, or shout pealms of great jor over his trizmph, as may be raquired by cir- cumaiences over whi r hzth no con- trol. Here everybody eitzer Liates or loves Matt, e Tederal patronago is limited, the haters -y likely proponderate. 3 THET TERRIBLE PILL IX EQUITY. , Tho damaging allegations contzined in the bill of complaint filed in tho United States Circait Coust, yesterday, an outling of which was ex- ciusively telegraphed lest night to TaE TRIBUNE, Bavo consed & distressing sensation among thoss who have bezn at work so long trying to cover wp tho facts which now threaten to coms out re- epocting the defendant railroad and construction companies. The bill was filed too late, and w28 too volumiuous, to permit of yovr cor- re-pondent forwarding more thas a very tricf sommary, last night. Some points omitled in tho dispstch may bo supplied pow. First, the bill wasa billof discovery. The complainants relsto only ths genersl defaults com- mitted by the defendants, but sre in ignorance s to tho details, and ack the usual orders for 4nterrogatorics to discover the inside facta. They particalarly want to know how the Phillips & Colby Construction Company hes obtained rusmssiou 2nd control of the Northern Railroad, t:0 only Jease or trausfer known to the Trustecs hoing of the Wisconsin Central. The story is most singulsr, as told by the compleinants, who aro.the Trustecs under the first-mortgage bonds. The railroed issued all the bonds it was empawered to issue to the complainants, ss such %rasteee, and they paid them over fo the Mil- . weokoe Constroction Company, who built and cquipped the rozd, who disposed of them to in- vestors. ‘The interest on these bonds zmounts ©£86.200 every halz_year, 15t Juns and Decem- Ler. The morfgege-deed creating the trust as- ;emed the road and 2!l the etock, depots, right, 3o, nnd interest in tho corporation, fran- cuisos, and so for'h_to these compleinants, to gecure payment of snid interest and ths priaci- al, with tho ‘usual foreclosuro clums. The {?.ortb:m made o lease of a!l this property for £22 yoars to the Wisconsin Central, the latter to et monibly stetments of tha gross earnings, sad pay 55 nor eont of euch _gross esmings into {ie Wiscensin Marine and - Tire fnsuranco Com- pec¥'s Pank overy month, tocreste 8 fund to meot tue hall-yearly interest. If these pay- ricn‘s wers insuiscient, the Central was to junko goud the deficfercy and repay itself when- T thers £Eon'd be a surplus of ezrnings after provisicn had besn made for jnterest. Thesa monthly statements md'fil!,\'men!o wero 1adc reguler!y fill Joue sud July last, when the Contra) offered, instead of money, & correspond- jrz eractetin Northern interest courons, dae 115 15t of June, whick had been talen up, Witk ile fands already provided. the Trustces paid crest, aud now bavo 332,665 over, 2wl to pav the Docember interest, rounting to 66,200, Finding themseives £o wudh shori, they applicd id the Central i> mpks gmoud its obligations by sup- tiny tho Geficiency, and. then the ‘Central a ont it could not psy the interest on itsonn . amounring_ fo sovesal millions of dolare. 5 tho coupooe for Lzst December hzve gone to cat, and tho etock is depreciatea. Com- inaute charge, siwo, ths the Central snd Uorstruction Compenies are both embamassed, &nd emyloy £o few mon thet tho resd-bed and ck are rapidly depreciating in vslue. of which ressova they pray that = Lis- sviver bo appoimted; that the deferdsnis pay nver oYl carninge of the Northern not alresdy thei tuoy be authorized to distribute the 3¢5 pro rate among {he bondholders, ead that 1iral ba compelled to finish the fencing of e Northerr, a8 by its contract it is bound to do. SJUCHESG OUR POCKEIS—PEOGEAMNY OF STREET IMPROVENENTS FOR 1875. eosscu of feasting hes departed and thet of payiugtaxes sirived, The payment of faxes is an intoresting study in every city; it js the Ley to tho fnausizl status here; we fied the Tosg st the Trossurer’s office to copsist chisdy th:e poorer classes, who zre always the first to rnxions to clear thoir littls s of ducs Tho gross receipts zre lase cportionptely (his year thsn heretofore up i0 ihs time'of wriling. The sggregste per- zstage of tzx is about ode-quester more than t vosr, being as high 2s S per cont on the 2p- sed veluation of real-eatste and persoorl perty in some of the wards. The reason of lcrse incroasa ie, first, interost on bonds a o conetrnes water-works, Esid works be- 100 recently completed to produce much aue ; the deficiency this yesr hoing sbont 150,600, The liquidation of a portion of the oaq cantested Beioit & Superior Railroed bonde, d tha axtraordinary expsndifures ifor pewers 4 other pobiic improvements, swell the tox to its present proportions. Troperiy-owners ars chiefly responsible for ike pae we zregoing. Already they are clamor- irz for pablic improvements nsxt epring in e cashed. s oo torth are bul irerdy | curl and 8o forth, ere oo, (ho Beard of Pubiie Works are called npon .16 cziry ot milar works on the new streets ond. This is perticvlarly frue of the north- ra pot -of the First Ward, where 4 or 5. s of utrects =il be made the coming epring mmer end ocenpied with residenes huild- cf s enpoicr cheracter. It is ex: t Prospect ctrect. from Brady str i ecd, F 1 eireet fx depeis Lo i gireet, Cay i ¥ zacet their just obligations, aud most it homesteads 08 g e e 1 e ¥ H = B bridge avenne from Brady street slong the river LinfTs to tho eastern_end of tho_new aqacducte | 'bridge, 2nd nearly all the intervening and inter- socting 2 stroots, will be entirely close of the pext season. It is understood that & majority of proportr- owners on the West Side are ready to pstition finished by the for the paving of Spring street from tho river ' to the city-limits. 1t is In bad enongh condition to warrant - that expenditare. In the first lace,” however, the sewerage works- mmust e ‘- finished, Ninth strest, fram Bprin; to- Chestnut stzeet, is - to be paved, Wells strect, from Sixteenth street to the city limits, will be finished.” This street will soon be only second to Spring etreet in the beauty and number of its mansions and lawas. Several streets inthe western and northern part of this district, and ecveral of the commercial strects ranning north and eouth are {o be improved. In the rorthern wards, the most important feature is the prospective oponing of Center strect, frora Third streot to Fond du Lao avente. Tnis street is Jocated balf n milo south of and parallel to the northern city limits, just fringing the continuouely built up avenues cf that soc- tion, and forming the frontior line of thie green ficlds and market gardena, On the South Bide, two important avenuos are to be graded =2od veled or macadamizod, pamely Fighth and Windlako savenues, for their entire length to the city limits, These thorongh- farcs are in a district whero the pounlation is in- creasing more rapidly than in soy other part of the city. Where the Ponitentisry stands,—a solitary and forbidding object agaiust the South- ern sky,—clnsters of a1l houses have sprung upin advenca of the greding of the streets. In two yeara st furthest a horse-railway will have penetrated into this populous district. Probably 6 or 7 miles of stroets in all will bs improved on tho south side of tho Menominee River mext year, where thero is great ardor for improve- ments of all kinds. Altogother, it appears that the rage for epending money on ward improve- monts next year will be limited only by the ca- pacities of the ward funds, : BIDDING FOR THE HOXOR AXD GLORY OF GOD. “he cheerful voice of the auctionecr rang from the [mlpit of the pew Immanuel Chi last nigi: ;, Tonning up the bids for choice of pows. Ed Wall_wiclded the hammer. Charley Bay started off the bidding, offering §200 for choico of family stali No. 8, tho rent of . which is £160. Gearge W. Allen gavo 8100 for choico of No. 13, and 850 for No. 11, samo zents. Gilbert Col- i took -pew No. 81, rent 8112, in the centro ‘of the ~middle row, and gave £250 for choice, the bizgesi bid of the evening, President 0. J, Bale, Chamber of Commerce, took No. 112, near the laat, samo rent, and gavo £100 for choico, but seaing the bidding going slowly later in the evening, got up, and, by way of encouragement, mado tho bid $150. ~ Chester Steele, for No. 150, the pew immediately left of Hale's, rent 2120, bid €150 for choioce early in tho evening, but followed the example of the worthy chief of bulls &nd bears, and mads tho amount £175. Only seventy pews - were disposed of. Tho' weather was ferociously bad, it being nearcely posaible to stand outside with- oat freezing on the spot; and ths sitendanco was consequently’ smaller than expected, Finally the sslo was postponed until some day to be mamed. A large proportion of the bids were merely nominal, the *bidders haviog given already very largely io the church,” One gentla- man, whoso modest bid of $20looked almost mean standing -in contrast with thoso of his neighbore, bad donated over 33,500 to the build- ing fued. If &lying liberally for a comfortable _seat to tho Throne will insuro a pleasant ourney there, most of Immanuel congregation wil stfend the lovoo in good order and condi- tiop. © MOMNEXrS GNATOHED FROM CALE. s, 8. S. Merrill, Spring street, gave a brll- jant children's party Wednesday evening. = Mra. Fd Sanderson gave & second young folks’ party at tho family residence, No.577 Van Buren strest, in mesor.of her littlo dsughtor Tassio, Wednesday evening. Like 2l the parties given by this Jady, this was & rechercke affair. Conroy officiated., : Dr. Porkins, No. 235 Ninth street, also-gave & children's party Thursdsy evomng. It7mas a eplendid affair. - . Mrs. RobertElliott gsve a birthday party Fri- day evening, at the family residence, No. 515 street. Mrs, C. D. Nash gave Friday night, at tho i Astor street. ue Mrs. J. O. Smith, No. 2223 Biddle atreet, ‘gave 8 dinper perty to & largs company of friends, this noom. .- Mrs. O. L. Pierco, No. 8 Waverly place, gavean elegant enterfainment this evening to a large assemblege of friecds.. Tho event was, ag usual at the Pierce mansion, very olegant and pleas- sat. Jennie, the accomplished and besutiful daugh- ter of our estsemed County Court Judge Mann, was on Wedneadsy united in the holy bonds of wedlock to Paul Biersack, of ths firm of Tuchelt & Co., St. Paul. Tho ceremony was parformed at the reaidencs of thabride's parents. A splen- did spread was Iaid oui in the dining-ball, under the superintondence of Conroy. The young couple left with the hearty good wishes of all who know them, forall who know have loarned to love them. a unfigpeap!e‘s party, [y reaidence, No. 505 BELIGIOUS. The past weeke has been ono of prayer snd sancuification in all the churches. The gervices have been well attended, notwithstanding the severity of the weathor. A paper warfare has boen rnging ail tho weck, 88 to the privileges of Roman Catholic priests in State institutions. The Rev. Alr. Fagan, who writes on behelf of the priesta, eays he wantsno gresater facilities than are given to tho Protest- ant. clergy. In reply, it i8 asscried that the Protestants have no privileges not possessed by the Catholics, but the latter are always working for *‘more.” < The Rev. E. R.-Ward will presch in tho Bt. Edmond’s Mission, Roundhouse, at 4 p. m. Sun- day-school at 3 o'cloclt. 'n the Sccond Baptist Church, the Tastor, the Rev. A. B. Modbery, will preach, a8 usuzl, in the moring and in tne ovening. The subject of the evening discoursa will be *‘The Dangers of Mera Sincarity in Religion.” Sarvices will be Leld at the Cathedral, "corner of Marshal and Division etreets, at the usual chorch hour. Holy Eucbarist at 7 a.m. The Hovs. Erastus Bpalding and J.- A. Mallory will officiate. Mr. and Mra. Charles Bolton, of Cleveland, O., will speak on temperance in Plymouth Church in the eyering. . Services willbo held in Christ Church fore- noon and ovening, and there will be an early colobration of the Holy Eucharist at 7:30 2. m. Tho Rev. E. R. Ward will officiate throughont marterly meeting of Summerfield Church for this year will be beld on Susday next in connection with the usual scrvices. In the ovening the Rev. O. N. Stowers will preach on That Strange Paradox.” e, In the Sommerfield. -Church, Iset evening, rayers wero offered for the conyersion of tho ewa ; for the deliverance of nations from super- stition ; aad for tho coaversion of the world to Christ, This (Saturdey) evening ‘thers will bo prayers for $ho churches throughout the "world, for their increass In zeal, spirituality, 2od doyot- edness, end for & clearer witness foriho truth Tho Rev. W, Yzhey, of 3ladison, will deliver 2 Jecture in St. Johu's Cathedral af 7:30 o'clock this syaping. Bubject, % Sgienco and Raveated Beligion.” After the lecture & chllection will be taken up for ckaritable purpesca. . SULWAUKEL STARPSHOOTEDS, Tho Committeo on the **Shooting Kings'” al- leged maipraciices havo reportad favorably, Tho Society owes 5172, and owns property woith £20,- 000. Yellowitg ars the ofticers for the ensuing ¥e cesigent—Iobn Meusicr, Viee-Prexident—George Poppart. Correcponding Secretary—Favlag Herbst, Récording Sceretary—Berman Wesle, 4yeasurer—John Hinkel, f Kirst Shooting-diaster—Frits Herman, Scrond Skooting-Mester—Heary Weldner, Trutiees—Georgs Gruendler snd L. A, Schupddtner. ARSMEN. of the Mitchell Following are the ofiicers ejoct Rowing Clab : Presideat—C, Simonds, Tlce-President—A, C. Jobes, Eecretary—T. Burke, gmmrzry—g. T. i “nancial Sccretary—E. Knight, Commodors—E. Oliver, ¥'ire-Conmodore—James Neil. . Directors—A. Hooley, L. J. Lipps, and G. D, Bel- owz. . REAL ESTATE. Tae following transfers in each ward ‘for the past week are reported for Tux TRIBUNE by Well & Farnum, reel estato brokers, 88 Mi Michigan Although the aggregato amount from-sal tho past weck bhzs been much less than for the eding week, tho actusl number of trapsfers rprer than for auy weelk: sines last November. largest salo reparied i vicel 20, Tor & lotom (L pordheast o Spring and Thirteonth stroots, In the Fourth Ward. . =5 “BGBCELLAS B, Bishop Welles officiated at v_iriqng}-lplseppn!' churches this week. - -* The County-Iressury i3 as emply a3 8 £02D~ i Alexander Root and George W, Blanchard baye been strested for driving off larg. numbers of ‘hogs from the raifroads selling them on own ac- count. Navigation 18 interrupted by tho sovaze weath- er. 1t was 26 below zero at 7 this morning, . The Twelfth Ward School was formally opened Wednesdsy eveniog. =~ - g == Carl Boeck stepped ‘ovor the belt of the fly- wheel in Heller's distillery to oil somo machinery, and was mangled boyond Tocognition before it was known where to look for tho pieces. ‘Tho curling-metch for the President’s medal ‘was woa by the Dryden Rink. Edward Nngent "had ne fands, and could got no work. He lived upon frao lunches, and crept to ius garrot when tho,saloons ehut up for the nigat and thero was warmth nowhare else to ba bad. Thursday nis:at, In tottering to the lfm‘- ret, ho fell down tho staira two stories. Hois batter off now, no matter where he is. s —_— : KENOSHA.. . Srecial Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. Kevosna, Jan. 9.—The first of the *week of prayer” services was hold in tho Congregational Church last Sunday evening. After tho usual introductory service, & sermon by the Rev. Mr. Thayer, Methodist, was givon. He gave a brief history of tho retarn of 50,000 of the Hcbrows from the Babylonish captivity, who began to re- build the temple, but were hindared by those who raised the objection that the time had not yet come for the rebuilding—thoy eaid ** not yet.” That God's cause suffered more from God’s own friends than from God's foes; bo- cause of the cry * not yet." Thatthe grestest obstacles to the success of Christ's roligion is in tho churches. If the churohes would work together, tho world could be convorted in & ehort time. The only resl thing we lLave here is tho soul; the body will be swopt awny by the breath of God. Not so the gonl—that is immortal. The young zre given to this procrastination, They all oxpect to serve God eome day, but **not yet.”- He e2id he had lived in Milwaukee, where tho szloons were very plenty; but ho had eéon mors drunken men hera in Eenoshs, than in : any othar nlace he had ever lived. | He compared ths ‘successful Christisn” to' & tros growing, at -the top of s mountain, whoso roota are rnu deoply into every crovice of the "rocks, - and: on thi ‘mounntain-top is enabled to withetand the fiercast blasts. Coveteonsnees' i3 tho pgreat drawback of the Clristian, ho Church goes. begging at the rich man's door. Wo ore always ready to bow down to any gc]dun oalf, but nover rezdy to serve the Lord. ~There is always time enough for everything _but religion. Weallin- tond to got religion, bat ** not yot.” ‘The * weok of proyer” has baen observed by ‘preyer-meetings at ths Baptist’ Courch Monday and Tuesday evenings; at the Methodist Church Wodnesdsy and Thursday; and will bo to-night. at the Congregational Chureh, P Mra. Fick, fachionable milliner and dresa- ‘maker, is putting up & new bulding for her own use, opposite Market Bqusre, whero sho hopea to have more roem and convenience. . Sheriff Tetard has just given way to his suc- ceseor, John Lucas ; the latter taking charge of the jail and its uoforlunate or wicked inmates Wednesdsy last. B . The locture sesson is'to be opemed hers by Mz, A, 5. Edwards nexc Mondsy evening ; sub- f‘ect, “The Mark of Interrogation”; to be fol-' owed by the humorist, Dr. J. Villers, on the 20th inst. . . - : ‘The Union, one of our enterpriging (?):local papers, says this week: ‘ We shail it il furpish. our readers with foll reports this year of all criminal prosecutions. Lot those who don’t de- aire to get into the papers obey the laws” Pity the Unionhad not adopted this plan provious to the jewelry robbery of Nov. 15 last. It might thon have rendorod some service to tha com- muoity. N R. M. 4. I RAVENSWOOD. J ‘While reviewing the events of the paat year in Chicago, it seems appropriate to notice the im- provements which have taken place in the sub- arbs, particalarly in those which are contignous to the city on either side. Ravenswood is but 23 miles from the morthern limit, and will, without doubt, be annexed to the city ina fow yoars, if Chicago continues to mako such rapid strides as it has during the last decade. There sre many persops now in the City of Chicago who can well romember when Madison &troet, now its leading avenue, formed the boundary line on the south. Who among those who have boen in the city for tho past ten years, and wit~ neseed its growth, wonld have any hesitation in predicting that the city would, during the next ten, extend to and embraco Ravenswood ? . Daring the past yesr there has been much ac- tivityin bailding in this pleasant subarb, and the principal edifices eracted will be found enu- merated below: On the corner of Bunnysids avenue ond Perry street, Washington Van Horn bas erected & large two-story framo houss, with stone basement, of the Ienaissance style of architocturs, with a tower on the northeast'cor- ner 50 feet high, from which o splendid view of the shipping on the lake may be obtained. The building i 88x58 foet, with a south -and east front, and is situated on_a lot with a frontage of 250 fect. Tho grounds have been’ laid. out with cere, and althongh but recently arranged, pre- sont o very croditable sppearance. Elr. g’:m Horn's improvements have cost botwoen 12,000 and §13,000. - On tho opposite corner, with an east and north front, Mr. Rudolph Gronow has built an attrac- tive two-story and basement Gothic house of ten rooms, with closets, eto. The lot on which this housa stands s 100 by 165 fect, and itsappearance indicates tho tzsto and industry of Mr: Gronow. :é'éh\;"gost of this building and tho barn was 3ir. 0. @. Cliandlor, of Cragin Brothers & Cbandler, has built a ‘home on the corner of Pauling street and Wilson avenne ; his buildin, is two stories, with brick basement, 28 by foet, on & lot 100 by 1G5 foet. ' This houso was com%le'.e}i 80lato in tho fall that Mr. Chandler bad but little time toimprove his grounds, but; during the: prescnt year, iie intends to devote considerablo time to accomplish that resuit. The cost wa3 about $4,000. % A short distance gouth of Sunuvyside svenue, on Paolina street, F. 0. Bishop has eracted s neat two-story cottage, on’ & lot 100x165 foet. This building, like the preceding, was finishod 80 lato in tho fall that buat little opportunity was offered Mr. Bishop to besutify hi -ounds. The cost was §L8)0. On Commercial strect, ncar Wilson avenue, is- the houso of Aibert Gal- lowny, 'This building is a one-and-a-half story cottage, witly basemont, placed on alot 50x165 feeh.. Tho cost wgs $1,600. Adjoining the aboye, on tho south, is the residoncs of Edgar Galloway. This house isan exact duplicato of bis brother's, sad _coet the samo amount. ‘The two last-mentioned Jots are a portion of the once senowned Wood Nursery, which formerly had not its . squal in the vicinily of Chicago; on this pecount, though the buildings wore ‘comploted- Iate in the seasonm, the lots prasent’ o very - pleasant appesranco. On tho same strest, north of Wilson avenue, is . the residence of Mr. M. Phelpa; thisis a two- story frame bailding of very peculiar constrne- tion, there pot Leipg a right anglo of the walls in any of the romas, they beivg supplantod by ourves. Thelot hasa mn!.a%gé)i 109 feer, and the cost of the building is $3,000. £ _ Arthur Hooper has erected o coftage on Pau- liv gtxeet, near Cosgrove gvenuo, at au oxpense of suout $1,200. The handscme two-story cot- tr;g‘;, with abrick basement, on ths corner of Suizer avenus and Ravensweod Park, belongs to C. W. Obandler; it is locstéd in the middleof & begntiful grove, and much labor has bes peadad during the yoar to meke the grounds trictive. The cost was &2,600. ward F. An, has erscted & largo two-story frame hnifimg on "Ravenswood Park, oppozilp tho depot, 'The lower part is nsed gs a meat mar- ket, and ths upper floor is désignéd for g public hall, and, whes finished, will mect n want lopg telf. Tho eize is 22x50 feet; cost $3,000. Just | ence of Jecob | ther proposition, and it wgg 2t onco sccepted. Rir. sonth of the above is the reai Frankfuller, which is & tasty coltags o a 50-foot Iot. Iccoat 81,800, John W. Hooper has built two two-story brick dwellings on Palmer strest, between Wilton and Leland avenunes, These houses have & solid ap- pearance, sud add to ths ‘attractiveness of thia portion of the village. They cost ¥8,000. school building hes been finished during the year at an expense of &3,500 to accommodate the in- creasing demand for school facilities. To sddition to ‘the sbova there bave heen many alierations and improverents made of &' minor natare, promincht among’ which are the changes of J. N. Hills, the Rov, W. A. Tloyd, J. Tishleigh, Mr. Pirung,jand others. A. A.Wiswell has commenced & very fine Swiss cottage on the corner of Sunnyside end Ashland avenues, which will ecst, whep completed, £5,500. A uew build- ing for Jobn &, Cele, oa the coruer of Comyer- * will manipulta tho orgav, assiste Iying west of tho ‘tion'that tlio Committco praparo and _hovo signed the !officors _were elocted - for tho - ensuing yeer ‘John. . B. ;perintendenta ; Prof. 1 i, Potter, Socretary ; F. F. Carsedny, Librariau; 4 M :J. C. Hoag and Eiwood Leadbetter, -Assistant The- cial stroot and Cosgrove avenue, has tho ba _ walls now finished and Mr. Colo_expects to Lavs | it ready for cecupancy by May I It will'edst £2,600." Davi@ Browufutonds building a two-story frame hbnse dnWolcoty street, north of Sunnyside avenue-lo-eost $2,500. It i8-also expeciad -that-. a block of four bricic buildings will ba commenc- ed early in the spring, ox tho block on whick the echool-house is locate . 4 Sulzer avenuo is boing improved from Westorn avonno castwsrd, and when finished will conect with the Lake Shore Drive, thus affording the residents’ of this town one ofthe pleasantest avo- nues in the vicinity of Chicago, for reanhinithu city by private conveyance. Other roads V0 bosn improved; dreins .opencd, - sidewalks 1aid, sie. 3 PR~ L i ‘EVAMSTON. 53 A Events from which the music-loving people of Evanston havé been ablicipating considera- blo pleasure aroe the organ-concerts which are to oceur to-morrow and Tueeday evenings. The organ which is to be dedicated on these oceasions has just beon put up in'the First Methodist Church, by 8, 8. Hamill, of Cam- bridge, Mass., at an expenso to the Church of somethitig over §5,000. It is 22 feet wide, 84 feot high, and 10 feet from front to rear. It has two maspuals, with a compass from CC to A8, with fifty-sight keys to each manual, The compass of tho pedal is from [o]s]¢] to D, having twenty-seven koys,” The small or- gan has a doublo set of shatters. Many of the stops are duplicates of thoso in the famous ar- gan in Boston Music Hall. 'The total number of pipes is 1,018, Tor gomo time past the loader of the Mothod. ist choir, Mr. O. H. Merwin, has been making extenpivo proparations for those concerts, hav- ing engaged the groater part of Evanston's mu- ical taleut for tho choruses, and haviog had thoso ' who take part under thorough drill for poveral wecks. M. I. V. Flagler, of this city, d by Mr. H, A. Cooper, tho re, organiat of the church. "Iu tho quartotte, irs, 0 L. Fox takes charge of the soprano; Miss Mapgio Perry, contralto; Mr, Q. H. Merwin, tenor; 0. G, Ayare, bass. These couoerta will form ao episodo in Evans- ton, and aro of eucha nature ihat they will not bo missed by many'in that place. In fact, a sufil- cient number of reserved - soate ere already sold to eccuro crowded houses for both nights. - - LAND NUNGER. Bouth ; Evanston is already contemplating ad- gifion.s' tolier territory. Tho following resoln- ion was adopted at tha last meoting of its Town Repolved, That 1t is considerod expedient by'tho Board thst the territoryof the Towuof Evanston, present limita of tho village, bo an- | pered to tho villsge, and that it boTeferred totha’l Committeo onStresa and - Subdivisions to make fn- quiryof tho Togal Yotora and properts-owners of that reitory 28 to (heir wishew in the matter of annexa- tion, and that if such voters and owuers favor annexo- Froper petition to accomplizh such annexation. | At a recent meeting of the Sunday-school i tozchors of thoe Methodlst Church. tho. following Buperintendent; W. ' W.ii r. Yaymond, ‘Assistaut Bu- ‘| H. I'. Fisk, Treasuror ; E.} Miller, ‘Wyckoff and Mrs, Librarinzs, - President C. H. Fowler commences this even- ing » series of lectures. on -the charecter and work of Jesus Christ. These lectures will be de- ‘ livered in the Methodist Church cvery evening until tho sories is completed. 5 3 - The Huntoon Block, just west of the railroad, has been fitted upas a hotel, and opened .to the public, with tho owner of tho block as proprie- tor. . - SOCIETY GOBSIP. The week of prayer has as usual been very fif“mn’ observed in Evanston, thus rendering s weels barren ns regards socicty goseip. Ib ‘has not paszed, howover, without one wedding, the contracting parties sa2ing no reason why the week of prayer was not as good as otbor weeks for matrimonial alliances. The groom on this- occasion was Mr.Abrabam Shumad, brother of Androw Shumaz, of the Epening Jowrnal, and ha led to the hymenial altar Aiss Lens Huuatoon. The wedding was quiet and unostentatious, only the relatives and a fow invited friends being present. Mr. Bhuman was formerly Principal of tho South Evanston public school. ‘When & man who 18 still unmarried at 85 buys a house and lot and begins to furnish tho house throughont, putting ina fall stock of cooking utousils, people st onoe begin to ask when the wedding is to bo and who she is. Mr. Roynolds, of Wightman & Reynolds, is asked a great many such questions now deily. The Social Club postooned their mesting last weck until Thurs {nwming of this week, on sccount of- the weok of prayer, many of tho members désiring to attond tho various churches. Among other things in preparation for next Thursday ovening, Mra, Ravenbill will read sev- eral seloctions. = The ladies of 8t. Mark’s Episcopal Church will give 8 Lady Washington tea party at Lyon's Hall Friday cvenng. Admission, including supper, 50 centa. ero was o very pleasant little gathering at Miss Carrie Titcomb’s Wednesdey evening. Mesers. C.R. and J. R. Paal, prominent in Bml:iia! circles, are spending the w‘nmr in Spring- | ol S —— HIGHLAND PARK. The past week has beon a comparatively quiet one here. It being the week of prayer, the Presbyterian and Beptist churchos bave been bolding union meetings, which were very inter- esting and well attended. , Tho only excitement during the week was a stubborn Iaw-suit before Justico Streeter, which has been given to the jary twico, and they have agrecd to disagreo both times. The poin§ on which they ars having.so much trouble is a very olear one; but as one of the parties in the suit is 8 laboring man, and part of the jury are of tho same claas, thoy are bound to decide against the other party, even in the fazs of the law. There has been considerable indignation that trial by Lnry should not bave.moro justico in 1t than has een displayed in this case, 1t is reported that the.new hotel has been rent- ed by some Eastern perties for a school. It is .hoped the rumor is & falso one,.as o good . hotel 18 needed much moro than & young ladice’ school, ‘and the formar would be tho best, inyestment. Evanaton, Winnotks, Lake Forest, and Konosha will farnish all the educationel privileges that aro neoded 1n this vicinity for some years.: The Rev. G. L. Wrenn, whoso arm was brolen by a runaway horso a few weoks.ago, i8 gatting along very picely, the fracturc not being so seri- ions as at first supposed. Iis -herd. of Jergey cattle are wintoring finely and are_well worth a visit from any lover of fine stock. ¥ Tho Rov. Mr. Osborne, of the Episcopel Chureh, will exchange palpits with the Rev. 3fr. Abbott, of Evanston, to-day. - - Persons living beyond Evanston werg quite as- tounded last Tuesday evening by an Evanston man getting off of one of the- accommodation trains nod shutting the door afier bim. As no gimilar case could be romemberad by the oldest inhabitaat, he hes beeg looked for with copsid- erabla intercst by-the daily paesongers on the trains. As nothing has been seen of lum gince it is foarod thst he bas bean dealt foully with by the Evanstonians for breaking = rule thas they so 10ligiously keop. = HYDE PARK. The authorities, baving been troubled by the porsistency of tho youthin skating along the porders of tho lake, & thing dangereus and con- trary to the law, have ordered certain unoccupied blocks in various portions of the village to be flooded snd tranaformed intoskating parks. This decrep delights the Inds and lacses morp than any other thing tha Board has done, not excepi~ ing ita'position oo the temperaace quastion. fi‘he weok of prayer was observed in the churches, and the meetings have beon well aty tended and of much interest. ° 5 & Shakspearean [Zeader. A village 10 miles from Covington, Ky., has iterary gapirgtions which teke ibie form of a de- ‘society. “THi orgdnization received o letter from Clarence Stanley oifering fo give readings from Bhakspears, the pasmiont 0 bo siupy expenges from Covingten aod his board 6 there. This seemed a gencrous ) «® Btunlsy came. -Ho wag futellggtual of face, but ragged of clothing. Would thej loay bim s suit of clothen? A public-spirited willagor siid hi wou'd, and bis begt broadcloth was soon upon 3Mr, Stanley. An adnussion fee of 25 cents was charged, and long before 8 o'cloek on_ the night ap] n%n!.ed for the reading the hall waa full. When Mr. Btmleg arrived, be asked onoof the committeo to leod him & watch to use in fimins his entortsinment, 4nd* gt it. Then he slipped | down to the_ticket-office and told the seller to give him the receipts. The youcg maa spp- | pored it was_all night, end_counted out tie monoy that had beca taken, Mr. Stanley put it in ono of hia borrowed pockots, glanced caazally at the borrowed watch, and sauntered off. He may be esuntering yet for all that tho Iyccum knows about ik ‘{ that ho had heard nothing of the affair, and that EUROPEAN GOSSIP. | The Affront Offered by. Mme. Roths- child to Count Arnim, Science Enbarrassed by Red Tape-— An Unlucky Number, The New Ladies’ Club in London---A Novel Association. The Czar and His Love-Afinirg..- Bir. and NMrs, Alexis. " PARIS. A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT. The Paris correspondent of ‘the New . York Times gives the following account of an sffair which tigured in the correspondence brought éut on the Arpim trial: *“A dinner was - given at the Ainiatry of Foroign Affairs, and Mme.: Gus- tave do Rothschild’a card was on the plate beside Count Arnim, This Iady is an Alsatian by birth, When dinuer wss announced, Mme. de Roths- child suddenly foft tho room, and, when arrang- ing the table, another lady had to bo put in her place. * Whon'all waro,seated, Mmg. de Roths- chuld camo batk: and tapk the vacant place at the ond of the'tsble. Now, when'a lidy goes out suddenly before.sitting down to a long official dinner, no one:thinks of asking her whero she ig going; or why ‘ehe goes.} Tho lady who was pashed into the place besido!Count Amim - cer- tainlyZgave him a7 polite] cold shoulder,— turned herjhack on him,:he ,ea;a,—nnd when Sl pohig i hegropios 0t o B3 po. Ganis onaly politg.iu ‘roplica. 19 . no dosiro tg tryli:t n»nin.._\ It tnen ocomrred o him. that 3lme. do_Rothichild had gons out .for tho pur- me of ‘avoiding‘his presence, I should-mob ikke to gwear that, this'wus nov tho case, bug even if i were, s} gilllantdman ghounldznob haye noticed it ustil thrintention had been dvowed— 08 before ramar] there are sounanyyays- to cxplain s momentasy abzepco fof this sort, Count “Arnim immediately x complained - of the affront, ; snd- mado s § detailed -xepors to his Government. . Princo - Bismarck - ad- viged him to have the‘lady cxclided from .tho official snloons. DByt meanwile tho Ambasssdor bad found that notming was to be gained buf ridicule. The-Duo. Decazes replied o his note, saying that he koow nol and hoped the Count was mistaken,; Rothschild dendad the charge, and ndded ther, that Cognt Arnim tiad no right fo question ber motives, orto take as,an affront a tempora- ry absenco_of the kind;'Al. de Bothschild said hia wife had not:told him anything sbout 1t; the ladies called wpon a8 witneases, snid the same thing, and, rofused to be used 3s witmesses; ahon told Count Arnim that ho could find no.proof of his allegation, and that_ncither he nor his Mimsters could find any excuso for. ex- cluding Mme. de Rothschild from. thoir saloons. Count Arnim wrote all this to tho Federal Ohan- eellor, and told. him'that, on the whole, it was better to lat the matter drop and ebgent himself from the oflicial dinners because Mme. dg Roths- child was sdmittad.” L » RED TAPE AND SCIENCE. : The Paris Gaulois tells the most singulax story about French official routino. Last spring'3f. Bischoffsheim heard that tho French Observa- tory had no great telescope comparable to those Ot other countries, and he asked how jouch it would cost to brild one. Ho was told 26,000 francs at the outside. The next day he wrote s very pretty note to Leverrier, Director of the Observatory, inclosing & check for.the above sum. Leverrier sent the check back; saying that he conld not accept it, and that it must be for- warded to the Minister of Public Instruction. Ho is the Grand Master of the University and of all arts and sciences. Bischoffsheim wrote & sec- ond note to M. De Cumout. The reply was that the check could not be taken, and thai the sum had to be- deposited 'in- ‘gold. The rich banker scnt the monoy by a- mes- songer; but on arriving it was refused, on the ground that it _could Ionly be re- ceived by the Ministor of Finauce. Another note waa written, and the money sgain forward- ed to the Troasury. Thero it was rofused once more. Before it could be taken it must be pre- sented with & notarial act, properly signed and gealed, ‘setting forth the nature and objoot of the donation. -The money -was taken back and deposited by Biachoffsheim in his own bank, and ho then l.pfllied toa notary for the requisito papers. ‘Lhroe months passed bofcre he was od upon to sign the formidable-looking doo- ument presented to him, and another month was taken in sending this round for_the proper sig- natures, approvals stamps, and seals. It was accompapied by s hill for stamps amounting to s Iarge sum, 2nd by a bill of charges for tho ser- vice of the notary. But 25,000 franca clear yet remained, was received atthe 'I‘tesanr{, and Bischoffscheim_ went to Leverrier, to tell him that he could order his teleecope. But & week olapsed befors he ‘got “ithe reg- ular notification of ihe " deposit aud donation. Seven months had passed since tho drawing of the first chock. Leverrier bargained for his telescope, snd a sum was agreed upon as ita price, to bo delivered within a cortnin period, But the manufocturer declared that ho could not undertake a work of such a magnitude with- out an advance, for here no one i8 quite sure what may bo the Government of to-morrow, or what may come to upaet.present plans. .. Lever- rier found the demand reasonable, and wrote an order, after the contract was sigoed, for a cor- tain advance. This was presented ai the Treasuary Mondsy morning, and the sum was refused. The Government only pay for work completed, and could not think of such & thing as an advance upon & contract, There the mat- ter rests at present, and I think that Bischoff- sheim will finally be forced to advance more money to build the telescope, and then he will have the samo round of difficulties to gey back the money given as » donation to tho Observa- tory. G TOE NUMBEB THIRTEEN, People who cherish superatitions, espacially such ag bolieve that it is unlucky to scat thirteen ‘persons at & dinner, will rejoice to find o verifica- tion of their whims in a8 “recent occurrence in Paris. Somo people of questionable reputation sat down to a splendid meal at & little hostelrio. Chief in tho company, and the ‘only female pres- ent, was a demoigclle, Ln Reine Alie, ¢s her as- gociates insisted on calling her., Bhc was as foll of appetite and mirth es the hungrest and jolli- est of tho party until sho discovered that they numbered thirteen. Then sho ceased filling her- gelt with chsmpagno ooly to become fullof ap- prehension. Her compapions noted and remarked upon her changed manner, sod, in reply, she Yoiutedtome 1ll ombp, and predicted dissater. Pregently the compeny fell to g ing, and, taking to bis heels, the cautious host infommi thae police. ‘Thoy came down, took a look af the luckless thirtcen, discovercd that they wero a baker's dozen whom thoy ware'desirous of gath- ering i, and 1mmedately procoeded to so gath- erthem. They wero & gang of extensivo dealers in lucifer matches, who bad long " ancceeded -in 0iding tho payment of income tax. It was discovgred that La Reine's rooms wére a doposi- tory for stolon goods. Altogetlier, the harvest was rich, but her majesty Alinois gure that it would still ba uncat avd flou g if iy weren't for that unhappy praadial gathering. % LGNDON. THE NEW LADIES' CLUB, A London letter ssys: **A club for ladies and gentlemen, atarted o year or two ago, came to a natural end at the closg of last summer. It was a picnio club, and every Satarday throughout the fine weather the members mgt by agrocment fof 2 day in the country. They etlast got tired of ‘oug goother, and-the ‘whole affair tarminatéd gently In'a gart of spontzneons dissolation. So at least it oeimed. ~ Jaf now from the ashes of tho defanct inatitution a mightier dno is sbout to ariso; nd this time these i8 no” question of pie- nics and parties down the river, but of a regular ‘club, with a fized habitation and a name, suchas men have Jlong ~idown, and, ' with their usonl selfishness, kept to theéealves. Tho ladfes, who ere the prime movers in the affinir, will not treat men as these Ist- ter have been tco'long in the habit of treat- ing women. They will admit gentlemen on equal terms ; and two-Committees have slready becn formed,—one of geotlemen, the other of 1adies,—by whom will bo_exercised the duty of electing oit members. The system of elzcti will be remarkzbly sescre. The principlo P ed is that of the Enciish inrv. or rather of the Polish Diet, in which absolute unanimity was re- mired, and one veto stopped sil procecdings. @ Tegnlt will ‘probably be that no one will- be- elacted at nll, juet as in Poland, during the worst daya of the Reprblic, no King could bo choson, .no,omniuuppoiuiaf. no Iaws passed. At other clubs the election of naw members, whothior by~ the whole body of sctual members or by the Committeo; ia effested secretly by ballot; and one .black ball in ten, ome in eight, or ome in.fiye oxcludes. The potion of requiring the concurrens approval of the entire Committes of eighteen members beforo the claims of a candidate can bé admitted is almost absard; and thers is scarcely a lady living, I fancy, who could hope to find eighteen other 1adies of whom not ons wouald have a word to gay sgainst her. It is somewhat remarkable, too, that wherens at men's clubs the work of re- jection is dono timidly, in such a manner that Do ono knows' who, individually, is answerable for tho exclusion of thia or that candidate, st the new men and_women's Clob tho merits and demerits of candidateg are to ba boldly dis- cnseed, and thoir fate decided by open voting. Beveral pames havo beon snggested for this very novel association, but there iano truth in g.w ll;relfior that it is to be called the ‘Afiddlozex’ lab.,’ 5 ST, PETERSBURG.- THE CZAE AND HIS LOVE-AFFAIRS. A letter from 8t. Petarsburg to the New York Worldsays: ““It is s matter of gossip that the Emperor and Empress do not lead lives of hap- pinessand peaco. The causeof these rows is Tike the cause of similar irregularities in humbler lite—~jealousy. If Alexsnder sccs a pretty face he falls in love with it &t once, and embraces the first opportunity to- embraco its .owner. Tho Empresa has frequently objected to this tenden- cyof His Majesty. *Last winter tho Countess ——, one of the Emprees' Ladies of Honor, happened to attract the attontion of the Emperor at one of the Qonrt coremonies. Etiquette for- bids an Emperor going about afterward to make calls at tho lodgings of young'ladies. So be.in- timated to his confidential friend that he wounld like to see the Countess at the palacs, and forth- with she was brought to his private apartments. History doee not record tho manner in which he declared his passion, He was not loved in return, aud the Countess grow indignant, and - threatened to toll his wife. Thers werp tears .and hot words between ruler and eubject, and thertho-Countess went and told the Empress, as eho had -threatened to.do. The Empress wad very indignant, and gave her husband s lecture, compared to which the best efforts of 3rs. Caudls wers of little account. An | endeayor was made to hush the matter np, but jt conldn’t be doue.- - Tho story ol abroad, sod peopls talk about it in s quist way, Itdidn't ot into the papers, *for tho reason that tho ed- tors here do not consider” it judicious to publish Tmperial scandals and to go to Siberis the next day. The Countess was interviewed by an offi~ ¢eér of tho Imperial stafl, and the interview re- gulted in the payment of a sufficient number of roubles to cover the expense of a year's sbiencs from tho Capifal. She went nbroad, end has been enjoying herself in Italy, Switzerland, apd Paris_over since. Bhe may roturn this winter, but I am inclined to the opinion that sho- wil] stay away_for some time. Possibly she may marry an Itelian Count and settlo in Roms or B e poprilarity 6t the E the | - The popularity o Emperor among the peasants is_well kuown, his ukase sbolishing serfdom and his efforts to improve the condition of the lower classes bave cudeared him to the populace, and whenever he appears in public he 1s loudly and heartily cheercd. Not unfrequontiy a pensant will kiss the ground over which the Emperor has walked, and by many of tho poople he 18 regarded as more than half a divinity. ‘Alexander’s devotion to his subjects is exhibited in special 88 well as in geperal ways. In seyeral instancos when he has seen a pretty peasant girl and admired her face, hs asks her name and ex- pressos a desire to talk with her. Sheis sought and told of the honors that await her, and, before hor surprise is over, she is brought to the palace and ushered into the Imperialfprosence. In his mild, paternal way the Emperor greets her, and soon convinces her ihat sho has nothing to fear from her augnst soversign. From time to time in the moments that he can enatch from the per- loxities of official duty he talks with her and enrns how his humbler subjects live.” When he wearies of her face he sends for her brother, and eays : ‘Your sister haa attracted my attention, and I take o desp interest in her welfare. I learn that she is sabout to be married; I hope she will have a - husband, and I should like to be informed of the day of the wedding, so thatI can send ther & handsome present.’” The brother goes away delighted, and breaks the welcome news to Mary Joane. As_soon as the Emparor's pro- posal is known, she has plenty of offers from desirable bachelors who wish to indulgs in mat- rimony. A candidate is selected from tho crowds of suitors, the woading fixed at an early date, and the Emperor is dulyinformed. On the happy day the bride receives a liberal dowry from her sovereign, accompanied by his bless- ing, and an injunction to love, honor, and cher- ish her husband, and be a good and faithful wife; and the money that he thus uses in mak- ing these deserving girls happy and enabling thom to marry well, comes, not from the tress— ury of the couniry, but from tho Emperor's pri- vate purse. In this way he ia copstantly using his personal funds for the advancement of his subjects, and seems to be never weary of doing good." - < * THE MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND-DUKE ALEXTS. The sams correspondence contains the follow- ing story about tho Grand-Duke Alexis: *“Among the demoiselles d'honpeur of Her Xfzjesty the ; Emprosa there was a pretty and attractive girl, the daughter of s high official who was a mem- ber of the Council of Empire. - Sho was attachod to the Imperial hotisehold and Jive ii tha place ; Alexia -fell in love with her—fell in love over head and ears, which was very wrong for 8 Grand Duke. He declared his paesion and found it reciprocated, and with the headstrong impru- dence of youth, he proposed to elope with her and be married. She, poor girl, did not weigh the cousequences, nnd probably was not aware what o mess she would maka by accepting his offer. One day while the Court was at Moscow the twnin met- by appointment, sought & priest, and were united. Tho marriage was kept secret for two or threo months, but marriage, like mur- der, will out, and this case proved no exception to-the rule, Wheu- it became known there wae 8 scene’ such as does nob often happen. Tho Emperor swore, and the Empress cried, and the whole Imperial family was in a- funk. Alexis was talked to in s very plin, old-fash- ioned way. It was dotermined to send him on & long journoy in the hope of curing him of hie love, and go Lo waa started on tho voyago that brought him to-America, and took bim home by wiy of Japan and Siberib, 1Mrs. Alexia wassent out of the Empire by 8 special train, and tho eye of the police waa not taken from her until she was safo over the frontier. The_pries} who per- formod the ceremony was packed off to Stberia in spita of his protest that he didn’t know the parties, and that he married them just as he would have marricd any other couple. They didn’t lot on who they were, bt only gave their namen 8 la Rosse 28 Aloxia Alexandrovitch and Marie Pauloyns, which are about as traceable or suspiclons in this country as John Smith and Mary Jones would boin Rew York. - "Alexig cgme back after an sbeenea of three years, and Hois now commander of oneof the crack ehips of the Raussian Navy, It is intended, when the Grand Duke Constantine, prescnt Grand Admiral, has passed away, to make Aloxis his successor, and 80 his yoyago round the world cannot fail to do him good. “The wifo ard the pricst srostillin E'xl\;;a._ the fornier i §itzerland and tho Iaiter in iberis. et R . “*Alexis has repented of his folly 2nd the fam- ily l}uml has been putim{ smoothed over. ‘The laws of Russia very stupidly do not permit s divorce, and when you marry hore you have no hope of. releaso from trouble, except by the in- tervention of ths old gentlemgy with the honr- glaas and mowing-machine. Inncase ko thig you can get around it by an imperial decres, but @ven thas cannot be done ‘without the disappear- ance and supposod death of ono of the partics, Last winter they tried to fi up the businges, and the undertaking was mads by nc lesa a personago than Count Shouvaloff. ‘ The Count has the rep- utation of nevor failing in any difficult dnd deli- cate piece of diplomaoy ‘that ho takes in hand, znd in the preacnt inatance ho wes confident of success. He went and he retnmed, sud sinco his return he hes not been in favor a8 he was, *¢Mrs. Aloxis was stopping 2t one of the ho- tels on the Quat du Mont Bfanc in Geneva, and one day & cxrd pegring the name cf a Russian nobleman- whom she<id not lknoy was sent to her room, In order to preserve ar fucognito tha Count traveled urder one of his inferior titles, and it was with this name that hs presonted him- solf. She descended to the parlor to ses the stranger, and at oncs recognized the rodoubtable Count, having become familiar with his face and its huge mustache at Court. After’tho usnidl commonplaces the Count proceaded to business, and managed it with all the skill of which he was possessad. “Jt wns proposed that ehe should reaounce all claim tc the band of Alexie, should change her name aud diss ar, and let tho places tiad Liad knowa her knoiw ber £o more forever. In return for this trifling and "perfectly foasihs gorvice she would receive g?oou,oo% rnnhl; dowr; and an-snnuity -of~76:000 roables, which would ba continued to bor childin cage the It tor survived her, snd.it was dovoutly hoped hy .wauld_not. About: this time tho “child way ‘brought the room, and tho Count obaerreg; doubtless with sorrow in. his heart, that it wag in vigorous health, and there was no reasonshis gpna that the'gods would love it and enabls it to ie young. E “The Count used all-the argmments athig command, and there were plenty of them, but tg no purpose. The woman was obstinate, and epurned the offer with anair of indignation worthy of ‘s tragic actress. ‘But remember,! said tho Count, ¢ you ean never see Alexis again, ou will not be allowed to return to ia, and his movements will be 8o arranged that & mect. ing will be impossible. You bave learned by thiy time that even were the marriago acknowledged by the Emperor you could never appear at or recoive the Imperial recognition. If you love Aloxis, release him (from the conasqusnces ¢ his youthful paseion, and ensblo iim'ta £l the position which belongs to him. | vis ele miere s pensez da sa mere, et finissez celle folis de l eunesse. **But she would do nothing of the sos oven when she was told that n%s could m{:’a t?: financial terms and receivo the monsy when and- where sho wished. Bbe loved Alexis and haj married him, and would remsin his wife mnt death should.do tho . graceful for one of them, Possibly the Count hoped that the pale warrice would begin on her at an early date, butif kg thought 8o he didn't Bay B0. The interview last. ed & couple of hours, and was unsuccessful ag tho most earnest zdmirer of pig-hoaded cone stancy in love conld desire. Next day the diplos matiss called again, but sho would not ses him, and after trying the intorcession of & Russiag lady of high position who happened there in Geneva, ho gave up the effort and took the train for Paris. ‘Rum things is women,’ said the older Weller when Sammy told him of the capers of the old women, ‘Rum things ia women' mauttered Count Shouvalof® as he shook the dust of Geneva from his delicate boots and setiled into the cornor of tha first-Class_compariment wwhich his aid-de-camip bad secured on tho train, ‘And so0 the matter standa," 2 —_— Nilsson. The London Afhenzum gives the following facts aa authoritative touching the engagemens of Nilsson to perform at tho Grand Opers in Paris, which, as has been announced by tele- graph, openod last Monday evening : In the month of Juno last, M, Halinzler Zondon to propose to Madams Nilsson, - Vhongen 3 to open the now Grand Opers-House,—{he number of her performances {0 be twelve, and the operas the should play in to be “Hamlet" and *Faust e “Hambi? to De given on the insuguration night, Then came tho question of payments, M. Halanzis g:sgu‘. m“q:m;e:;fl’zson 2ot toincroass iho terms sk zeceived when formerly en, considerafion. that f wa et pational estesmed, and one whoso work, “ Hamlet,” 1ad the moans of enhancing her celobrity as an mh?:,m Fad that if he paid her more than she had already ro- ceived, ha yould dastroy some of the traditional cus- {oms of the Grand Opera, which hehad pledzed him. self oot to do, To scoept Mr. Halazier's offer, Mad- &mo- Nilison had to refuse an engagement forths wholo geason in Rusals, 2nd sccept for only half the term, losing 125,000 francs. As tho money value of M, Halanzier’s offer was 18,000 francs, thers was s 1oes af 107,000 francs. With the consent and desiro gt her husband, 3. Rouzesud, she docided on Paris, with the loes of 107,000 francs, a further loa of cone certs and opers represeniztions offered her for Eue giand and the Continent during the month of September, She incurred the latter loss, - becauss sho decided to remain at Faris for some time to study the two parts, as sho hed not sung in French during he last six yasrs,” Nothing further was heard of ths affair until about three weeks sgo, when Madams Nilsson recelved a communication, unofiicial,.to the effect that thero would bs no Objection to giving ¢ Hamlet” on the opening night; that thero were varfons interesta to bo consulted ; that she would be asked to play two acts of “ Faust ” and two acts of “ Hamlet,” which would form part of a repreaentatfon .ooupee. To that Madame Nilsaan replied that she vt ready to play the part either of Ophelia or Marguerits, but either opera must be produced in i entirety ; that. ahe had refused upon principis during ‘some time to fake part in such an rangements, and would not consent now. About ten days ago, ML Halsnzior gave signa of lifa. He telegraphed to beg Madame Nilsson o play in two scts of ** Hamlet,” saying that there wers objections to the opera, and that hie could not give * Faust” becanse b was not ready with tho scenery. Again Madams Nile son replied thot ans would Dot take part in any such programma ; that if ho could not give either of tag operss ho Niad engsged her to sing in_shs woald not embarrass him in any way, and shonld ask that the contract be annulled pur el simple. Our correspondent makes no comments on thaabors statement of facts, but adds that letters and telegramg ‘will be sent, if necessary, to confirm his narrative, Since the above waa in type, our Aoscow carre- 3 5 0] ers e of French Government. - Opecny rogut Caution=Forgery. ‘Forgeries of Chicago & Alton Ralirosd tickets reage ing over that road and its connections are on sale at scalping, pawnbrokers’, and other offices in this cify, Orders have been ired to conductars of all roads oo to accept such tickets fos passage. 7 Tho public are consequently cautioned sgainst puv chasing any tickota of Chicago & Alton Railroad issue, ar any tickets resging over Ohicago & Alton Railrosd st Chicago; 8t. Louis, or any point on the line of the Toad, except at the rogular ticket offices -of the Come pany. ; In Chicago the regular ticket ofices are at 122 Ran- dolph stroot, and at corner Michigan avenuo and Laks strect, and at the depot, corner streets, & _— Illinois Central Railroad--Special Notice. 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