Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 14, 1875, Page 15

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1875.—SIXTEE PAGES. ————$——— “THE SOUTH PARK. Astonishing Verdict of the Jury. Five Thousend Seven Hundred and’ Futy Dollars en Acre for _ Swamp Lands, The Testimony of Leading Real-Estate : Men Disregarded. A New Trial to Bo Asked for, After more than three weeks’ tris] the case of the South Park Commussioners ve. Dunlevy and othera was concluded, and yesterday the jury returned 2 verdict for $456,492.50. Nearly two years ago m suit was brought in the United States Circuit Court by = Mr. Clarke, a property- owner whose land the Commissioners bad saized, sgainst them to get it released. The suit pro- gressed to such a point that Judge Drum- mond issued an order on the Com- gaissioners that they shoula, within a rezsonable time, commence proceedings for the condemnation of Ciarke’s laud in accordance ‘with law,-or show cause why they should not be attached for thelr retaining possession of it. Soon after, the Commissioners, thinking dis- cretion the better part of valor, began proceed- ings in the Circnit Court against Francis Dun- levy and the other owners of the 80-scre tract bounded by Sixty-thirg street on the north, Sixty-seventh street on the south, the lake on the esst, aud the South Park ou the west, to have aasessed the value of th’s property, or, in ciher words, for tta condemzation for park pur- poses. TRE TRIAL began before Juige Rogers Feb. 16, and ended ractically with the close of the’ arguments tursday. The jary then retired, and remataed inconsulcation until Friday evening, when thoy azreed on a verdict, sbich was sealed, after being out abont twenty-seven Lours. -A larce smount of testimony was taken, fifteen wit- nesses being examined on the part of the Com- waissioners and eixteen on behalf of the defend- ania, The evidence also was, as* might heve been expected, very conflicting and contra- dictory. On the subject of é f THE LAXD, some of the witnecses thought that the low Liack losm was the better; others that the high mdge covered with eernb-oaks was preferable. ‘Pre tract was atout equally divided between igh and low, a portiou of the iatter being acarcely above the level of the lake. ‘On the subject of PRICE also another difficulty arose. Tho South Park Commissioners have 2] ways stoutly he'd that, by the passage of the act in 1369 creating « park, tho Iand was condemned, and that owners of progerty could not obtain more for their land than ite value at thet time. But about ® year. ago, in the case oof Amanoa Cook vs. the South Park Oommission- era, on appeal, the Supreme Court, though the precise question was not before them, intimated that the rule as to value was thatit sbould bo the value at the tine of the trial; that the Com- missioners acquiied no title until the land had been condemued, and that the time at which the condemnation was made, being the nearest to the time when the price asccriained would be peid, was the periud which fixed values, Tho eharze of Judge Rogera was in accordance with this ruling. Still another point of difli- calty was as to whether thero idcluded in the es- timate of valae the extra risa, caused by the lo- ation of the park, to the lands in tts visinity. ‘Tne owners bad insisted that the price shauld bo ‘based on the value of the tractif it was cut up into lots and surrounded by thepark. The Judge, however, charged the jury that (bey could not in- elude in their estimate any particular appreciation cansed to the particular cract in question by the location of tbe Soutb Pars over or acrces if, but only such general incresee in value a8 it might, ie common mith all the other lands in the vicini- ty, have enjoyed. The complainants’ witnesses, estimating the Jsad br the ncre, though: it worth from 230 to £2000 an cere, tho west bidge land being worth the latter amount, The witnesses for the Gefendanta, on the other band. incinding the defendants thefnselves, took afar higher view of the matter, aud, viewing the land as minced into lots feet, snd nine to the acre, raised the estimate to from €7.000 to 89,000. The average value of the land Per acre, as estimated by the comp'ainants’ wit- Ressea, waa about $1,050; 25 estimated by the wicoerses for the defendant $8,750, or nearly §33 a front foot, sing these two extremes of averages, and making ao average of them, and the mesa price ‘wil be found to be €4,200 per acre, or nearly $22 per front foot, The jury seem in their consid- ezation of the caso to bave given greater weight to the testimony on bebaw of the defense, for tuey tixed the value at 85,750 per sere, consider- aviy above the grand average. The following is in tabular form. THE VERDICT, , trdthe amounts paid each. There were only ume actual property-owners, the parties desig- uoted as Trustees” beinggeither Trostees or cestais que truzt, to whom the price is paid when the owner bos given s trust-deed on tho prop- erty: $111,751.25 22 = 15,3018 1828.58 7,552.2 4,591.39 455192 97,605.15 13,454.86 Ouver Diteon.. 41,287.09 ‘Taura W, Btasl snd Execntrix of J. L, Stark........ 29,613.59 ©, W. Colebour...... 36,454.04 The panic figures in this verdict in a some- whateinzular way, Ordinarily, 16 would be the ease that under condemnation proceedings brought now, the lower would be the value of the land, which Has depreciated fully 25 per sent. Bat, in the present case, it is different. The suit was begun before the panic, and the Tales are estimated as high as the muddcst speculators could have put them in 1873. ‘This lirge amonnt isto be paid for, if paid at all, by special assessment on ail prop- eny near ior benefits, real cr imaginary, seceived, or hy the issue of bonds by the South Fark Commissioners. Of course, there is con- fderable dissatisfaction with the verdict, The tounsel for the Commissioners do not hesi:ate io call it exorbitant, end w.ll make strenuous endeavors to have it set aside and a new tzial fmoted. The defendants, on the other hand, think the valas put on their property is either very moderate or too Jow,and Mr. Colebour, ‘who, it will be Been, is largely interested, 18 to be incloded in the Jatter class. Ths sther property-owners are all non-resideots, and some of them claim strongly that the location oi the park was made by interested patties eo as take their land, and leave that of ‘resident Froperty-owners of Chicago to be benefited to the full extent at their expense. So the matter buts strong effort will be made, in avy. event, to set the present verdict aside, and tost for the very plain reason that the ver- is at variance with the eviaonce. As hss already beau atated the price fixed by the ry, was higher than the average value assigned af] the witnes:es, including those immediato- Yinterested. Tne jary was a respectable ons, made up in part of Cook County farmers, who feem, however, to have extravagant ideas of the Sale of realestate. It is difficult to see how $5 could arrive at euch a» verdict when Mr. Hich offered to cell the Commissioners ridge King, just south of the. park, for €2.000 per sce,” and Mr. Emigh offered land the railroad track, far north, $2,500 acre. per Tbe complainants fummoned fifteen of the very on be best real eatato perts in Chicago, and the highest price set by pihicg of thoat for the best land, was $2,000 ~ Fully balf of this 80 acres is undrainable prop- ty, ag nas tectified by Mr. Greeley. There is a little ridge over which the waves of fhe lace dash, and (have is v0 way by which the Natercanbe gotten rid of. Tue plan of the ommnissionera was to convert this por- of the perk into a Iske, and they Lawally felt reluctant to pay €5,060 an acre for End Which would cost them €6,000 an acre to flap. It will therefore be seen that the verdict sete Jar, which seems to hava been made oo © bypothesis thet a public corporstion was fur game, vill undoubtedly be set amide. Yor its cther lands in that section the Com- ma guers paid £630, S£0), and $1,200 an acie, 8 latter price was ught ext ant Bee the difference. e ae QUARTERS FCR THE FEEBLE-MINDED. Svenal Dispatch to The Chtoago Tribune. > Quiscy, Ii, rived in Quincy this moming ins special car farnished by the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad, Company. As is sleeady known, by joint resolution of the Legislature, Senators E. Canfiold and John, 6. Leo, and Rep- resentatives Merritt, James A. Covol'y, and J. J. Herron, were appointed = committes to visit: Jacksonville, Quincy, sud Decatur for tho pur- Pose of securing a suitable location for 0 wsti- tution forthe Feeble Minded. The Committes Visited Jackeonville yesterday, and came to this city to-day in order to examine the Spacious. private residenve of ex-Gor. Wood, which bes been offered at a very reasonable sum. The Committee were accompanied by Gov. Bev- eridge, the Hor. EB. C, Hamburgher, Clerk of the Bupreme Court, the Hon. A.C. Hering, of Chicago, the Hon. John Hise, of Chicago, the Hon, B.. Warren, of -Havcock County, ‘the Hon, James Harrington, of Geneva, George Huot of Paris, W. Jenner of Hancock County, dy M. Arwedson of Chicago, G. H. Wright of Aiton, J.P.Plamb of Streator, P. Collins of Morrie,, McGrath of Kendall County, D. G. Borod, W. L. O'Hair of Paris, James W. Robinson of Fremont, L. F. Plater of Elizabethtown, W. A. Moore of Batavia, W.B. Dunnley of Tayorville, Maj. B. F. Burke of Carlinville, sod rt Brown, ef: Rueh- ville. The Committee vieited tho residence of Gov. Wood this _mfternoon and thoroughly in- svected fhe bulding and grounds, but the views of the Committes concerning -the location are of courses unkagown- ‘Ibe party will goto Decatur from here to-morrow wight. * CRUE. ‘MURDER IN ST, LOUIS. Sr. Lours, Marci 13.—As Francisco Palermo, an Italian lemon peddler, was walking along Broadway, between Bremen avenue and Anglica street, in tha northern part of tho city, about 9 O'clooz this morning, he wae fired upon by | two men behind a fence on the oppo- site side of tho street. Palormo turned and ran, when the bullets came from a lumber- yard on the same side of the street Palermo was. Ono struck him below the colar bone, and amomont or two after he dropped his. basket and feu dead on the pavement. “It appears that Palermo came here from New Orleans about = year ago. While in that city be lived with an uncle who was murdered, and that five Italian joaintances Were suspected of the murder, but it was neve> ascertained defluitely who committed the dead. About three months ego these five ac- qpaintances came to St. Louis, and have since threatened, it is alleged, to kill Palermo. ‘Turee of these mon, giving the names of Joseph Campo, James Cambessi, and Anton Compsgat | have been arrested, and the otber is known to the police, Palermo was an honoratle, indus- pious 5 young man, uod was to bo married next month, . i TWEED'S FR'ENDS PERSISTENT. _ Nsw Yous, March 18.—The Tweed habeas cor pus proceedings concluded yesterday, the Su- Preme Cont affirming the decision of the Oyer and Termmer Court dismissing. The writ in the civil sults against Tweed, on bebalf of the city, for the recovery of $14,000,000, substitat- ig the Mayor and ‘Aldermen a6 plaintiffs, in- stead of the Supervisors, was a'so held proper, and Tweed’s appeals were dismissed. Jndge Donahue, iw the Supreme Court at Chambers, bas grauted a writ of error en- abliog counsel for Wiltiam XL. Tweed to appeal from the decision of the Supreme Court, gen- eral term. affirming the judgment of the Court of Oyerand Terminer in the Tweed habsas corpus case, The matter will be arcued bafore the Court of Appeals ou the 22d instant. RAPE CASES, Srectal Dispatch to Thr Chicago Tribune, St. Papi, Minn, March 18——Seven indict- ments were found against Fredenck Hilger, so- cusod of raping young girls belonging to his Sunday-school class. Prisoner's wife declining to sign a mortgaze of his property for the’ em- ployment of counsel, Jadge Brill, of thé Com- mon Pleas, bas decliced to assign counsel till a further auteampt-was made to have her join in signing the mortgage. Sr. Pauo, Misau., March 18.—W. D. Jaynes, collecting agent for D. Mf. Osborn & Co., of Chi- cago, was found golity yesterday of committing rape on the person of Mrs. C. Wilbur, of Austin, bya jurym the District Court in that District. Doth natties were members of the church. Tho cage bas caused great excitement at Austin, THIRTEEN YEARS FOR EMOTIONAL INSANITY. Special Wispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Dosugue, Ia, March 13.—Michael Scott, the colored roastadout who stabbed and killed Heury Cotton in a drunken row last sammer, and who was found guilty of murder in the econd degies, was to-day sentenced by Indge Wilson, of the District Court, to thirteen years imprisonment in the Anamosa Penitentiary at hard favor.“ Before receiving sentence, the prieouer made a very flowery speech, and claimed that he was only a victim of emo:ional insanity. ‘ BONO ROBBERY. Crxcnmsatt, 0., March 13.—Arthur M. Pags, who, in connection with the notorious thief known as “ Murdering Jack,” robbed _ . Lowndes, at Cia:ksburg, W. Vs. in Peb- rnaty Isat, of $100,000 worth of Govero- ment bonds, sud who was arrested and brought to this city by Detective Mitchell, bas finaily divulged the whereabonts of $50,009 worth of the bonds, and that amount has been recovered. “Murdering Jack” is now iu jaitat Columbas, and a requisition from the Governor of West Virginia is expected. THE GAN-CAN IN COURT, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Qoutsor, Tll., March 13.—A lite excitement, anda good deal of amusement,-was occasioned iu tbecity bythe arrest of the Carrie Duval can-can troupe ona charge of presevang an in- decent performance. A number of prominent citizens were subpensed, anc there was a gen- eral skedaddling to avoid subpana. At midnight the case had not beea given to the jury, HOUSE-RO3BERS ARRESTED. Special Dispatch to The Chizace Tribune, Kaxsas Crry, ifo., March 13.-Two men were arrested 10 this city to-day for robbing the reai- dence of the Hon. 8. P.' Twiss, member of the Legislarure, of household goods to the amount $1,000. The goods were recovered. SHOT ONE OF HIS PURSUERS. ‘Lrrris Roc, Ark., March 13.—James Brown, the murderer.of W. J. Murphy, near Fulton, re- ported in last night's dispatch, while being pur- sued by « Sheriff's posse, shot and killed a man named Siilar, one of the posse, after which murderer escaped. : CAPITAL SENTENCE. ‘Bostor,. March 13.—James H. Oostley, con- victed of the murder of Julia A. Hawkes, has been sentenced to be hanged. PENNSYLVANIA. Disgraceful Proceedings in the Legise Jature. ‘Hanarssva, March 18.—The House continued in session till 7 chis morning, and a large number of bills were pasaed. Half of the members’ seats were vacant, and the majority of those present crowded in front of the Spesker’s deak, and, in their eagerness to attract the Speaker's attea- tion, held up their hands and hats like bidders atan suction. This conduct was continued uo- tii adjournment was carried for want of a quo- rum, RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AT BLUFFTON, IND, brecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Buvrrroy, {nd., March %8.—A great revival of religion bas been in progress here for the past ten weeks, participated in by. all of the evangelical churches. Over 400 conver- sions ‘have beea made, of which $20 were added to the Methodist, 60 to the Presby- terian, and 25 to the Baptist Churches. = ious excitement continues, and little else is thought or talked of in our midst. It seems” probable that the good work willonly cease when all of Batan’s subjects in the village hare capitulated. pen s ARMY TRANSPORTATION. F Svecial Dnepatch to The Chicaay Tribune, Sioux’ Crry, is., March -18.—The Missouri River Transportation Company, 8, Coulson, General Manager, bas been awarded the Gor- ernment contract fer carrying Spremeat to mills posts on -the Upper Sagoat River, hia freight wilt be shipped by rail via Sioux City and over the Dakots Sonthern Road to Yankton, where Coulson’s bosts will take it. Heretofore the large share of this freight bas been shipped over the Northern Pa- cific to Bismarck, 2 OCEAN STEAMSHIP ‘NEWS. ‘March 12.—A party of sbout thirty | Nzw Yous, March 18.—Arrived—Hermann, Metinguisued gentlemen from Springfield ar-, from Bremem - eer Ba BROOKE HERFORD, Arrival of the New Pastor of the Church of the Messiah, His First Impressions of New York and Chicago, His Opinions of the American Press— ~ Sketch of His Life, . Since the declining health of the Rev. Robert Laird Collier’ necessitated his resignation as Pastor of the Church of the Messiah, of this’ city, that body has been no little disturbed about finding his successor. It appears the informa- tion that the pulpit was vacant spread throughout “the country very rapidly. snd at no time since bas there been a dearth of applicanta, from Maine to California, snd even across tho Waters, all’ of - whom have present- ed their claims -with the idea that they were peculiarly adapted to the wants of the church, Acting upon. this thought, » dozen or, more fromas many States or sections of the “country have visited the congregation in the last year and preached trial sermous, butso far no One has been called. While the congregation had but little, if any, objection to any, some- how no one bas succeeded in securing 9 call. Amid all these trials and disappointments, the church has suffered very materially. The con- “gregation has strayed and divided, and in {aot tho entire society, which is one of the first in the city in wealth and intelligenco, may be said to bava been seriously retarded. r -Sensible of this condition of affairs, a few months ago the Church officials doubled their energies in search of an acceptable minister. Various parties rere highly commended for the office, and among others "TUE REY. BROOKE HERFORD, of Menchester, Eng. The reputation en- josed by Mc. Herford in England for asbil- ity snd zeal threw around the mention ot bis name as .more than ordinary interest, The Rey. Rooort Collyer wrote the officials that Mr. Herford was second ooly to Martineau in the Unitarian pulpit, and advised them if possible to secure hia services, if ouly for a visit. Acting upon his advice, snd their own impressions of his great worth, a corce- spondence was opened with that eminect geatle- man, which resulted in his agreeing to pay the charch a visit of three monthe, the inducement boing that he would bo afforded an opportunity to seo Americe for the first timo, and, besides, to meet a peoplo whose character had reached Manchester through their former pasto*, who but recenily bad been bis guest. The reverend gentleman reached New York tho first of the week Ly the stesmer Baltic, and ‘Thursday evening = ARRIVED IN THIS CITY, and by invitation accepted. the hospitality of Mr, Gaorge P. Gore, No. 951 Indians avenue. A TaRisuns reporter waited upon him yesterday for anivterview. He was received with gena- ine English courtesy, but he could not for some time comprehend the nature or import of an interview, offering as an apology that American journalism wan very differen: from what he was used to. The pro- priety of “interviews” was disenssed, acd when he fully ucderstood the fact that it was simply an American device for making cne tell everybody all he koew on avy particalar subject at one ti:ae, he beoams (he most unmill- ing of witnesses, but throughout displayad a self-possession and suavity of manner which would do credit to ope who had lived in Chicago all his hfe, had held office, and beeu interviewed every day in the weak for a score of years. ‘The following conversstion enaned. AMERICAN DIFRESSIONS. ‘Beporter—This is yoor first visit to America, ¥ believe ? Mr. H.—Yes, sir ; I arrived in New York a few days ago. Reporter—You doubtless had opportunity to nee the city? ‘Mr. H.—The weather was ‘quite unfavorable, and I could not get around a great deal. The city soemed curious and irregniar, and presented to me a peculiar picturesqueness. i Reporter—Did the city met yonr expectation in its general appearance and the characer of its buildings 4 Mr. H.—I am scarcely able to givo an opinion from what I saw, but I was prepared to associ- ate the cd with everything tras was loxurious and gran = Teporter—Since your arrival here you have, of course, had opportunity to LOOK AT CHICAGO? ‘Mr. H.—I have taken several rides, and have geen quite as much of Chicago.as of New York. Renorter—What do you observe as the moat notable distinction between the two cities? | Mr. H.—IconfessI am disappointed in Chi- cago. .I bad no ides of ite-greacness, wealth, or permanent character. In my rides the’ firet thivg that atruck me was its wonderfal reouper- ative powor, for I could not but aasociate the fire of 1871 with everything I saw, When comin: here I had an ides that temporary buildings taken the place of thaso destroyad, and t>: find euch magnificence on sli bands, I was ainazed of couree. Reporter—I suppose you hava noted the dif- ference between AMERICAN AND ENGLISH JOURNALS since your arrival, if not before? Mr. H.—On, yes. Ibave seon nothing so far in which the distinction was so marked as in your papers, They combine the elegant with the inelegant. and blend blackguardism and religion ina way that would not be tolerated in England, Reporter—Taen you do not have the very best opinion of American journaliam ? Hr. H.—I give you Americans due oredit for your enterprise snd industry in gathoring what yon cail ness. My education, however, ia, that Tauch that is published in the average American daily press is not worth the trouble, while much more is unt to be privted or read, while an- other portion can in no way be properly called news. Reporter—You may have noticed that the pub- lication of. sermons once a week is a feature in Chicago papers ? ‘Mr. H—Yes; I am so told. That is never done in England. The religions press, even, prefer other matter. : Reporter—You are connected with the English press, are you pot? Mr. H.—Yes, to my many duties I have added that of editor. { am associated with tbe Rev. ‘William Gasxell in editing the Unilarian Herald, published at Manchester. Ho is the husband of the late Mrs. Gaskell, the novelist. Reporter—You are alco connected with a col- 6 in Manchestez,.I believe? . H.—I have been a Professor in the Home Miasionary College for sixteen years. ‘Reporter—And you are PASTOR OF A OHUROH AS WELL?. ‘Mr. H.—Yea; I have o charge in Manchester —Strangeway’s Unitarian Free Church. I camo to the church some ten years ago. more as an experiment than anything else, leaving a much larger and more thrifty society. eporter—The nature of your experiment— ‘Mr. H.—I bad an ides thatthe renting of pews could be abolished, and that other means to sup- port the ministry could be adopted, the tendancy of which would be tu increase churck attendance and 4 the Gospsl. As soon asI took the church of which I'am now pastor I mado all eeats free, and depended alone upon volunteer contributions... The idea was now at the time,—in fact, bad never been: before st- tempted,—aod was regarded ag wild and speca- lative. I soon proved its success, however, and demonstrated that trice the amonat of money could be raised annually for church work with half tho trouble. Reporter—Has your example been followed by other churches? - Mr, H.—It has beén followed very largely by the Unitarian Church, which 18 to-day taiing the lead in Evgiand ia shollehing pew-rents. Beporter—Xou are aware, { suppore, that the Church of the Messiah rents its pews ? Mr. H.—Yes; I snppose it is a matter of fashion, bur Iam satisfied that the idea is not correct, either religiously or finaocially. Reporter—Your charge at Manchoster is com- posedofa : ' YERY LIBEBAI-MINDED PEOPLE, Tbolieve ? : Mr. H.—On the contrary, they aro Uniteri- ans in every sepwe of the word, andif 1 havea reputation at home of any kind it is that of be- ing firm aud uncompromising in the same faith. I was invited here as a Unitarian by the Unitari- sus, and bear with me resolutions of courtes: from my chure3 to the church here, which T ehall present in dae season, NO -TITLEs, Reporter—Well, Doctor, I suppose you will— > Mr. H.—I beg you do not cail me * Doctor,” * Professor.” or apply to me avy such title, I have been annoyed more by that one thing since Tleft home than all else. There we earn sach titles if we wear them, but it seems bere to bas custom or habit to give them unearned. On the atesmer,.for instance, ss soon ag it was known thas I wag a minister, such titles. wore barled at le; Vane, ™me in volumes, Where they are eocommon they tonst be chesp. rter—-I was about to ask you for a copy of the resolutions for publication. Mr. H.—I could not give them to the public in advance of thelr be1og presented to those to whom they are directed. The interview. was here brought to a close, and the distinguished stranger returned to the work of preparing bis first sermon in America. which will be delivered at the Oburch of tho Messiah this moroing. a SKETCH OF HI8 LIFE. Mr. Herford ‘is of medium stature, about 45 years of ago, He .was born and reared at Msochester. His boyhood davs “were spent as errand-boy snd clerx in connection with a Manchester firm. At the age of 18 ho entered Manchester New College, and became a pupil of the Rev. James Martineau, who had a, reputation second to no co-laborer in the Uni- tarian work. The Rev. Robert Collyer, in a pri- vate letter written recently, said that Mr. ford was second only to Murtinean in ministerial strength, which is uo mean compliment, Ho spent several years at colleze, and st the age of 22 entered the ministry at Tormoden. He lifted his first church to an advanced position, and then | Wont to Sheltield sod took charge of Upper Chapel, where be remained eight or nine years, not only doing his own work, but foundiog an- other church, which is now smong the most prosperous in that section of the country. Then he took his present charge at Manchester, where he bas labored incessantly for aboat ten years, He'ts possessed of high socie! qualities, is lib- erally educated, and can scaccely fail to maka- good among the people with whom he is to temporarily labor the reputation which has pre- ceded him, * SEEKING FOR A LOST ART. Tho idea of my buying anything at the sale ad- vertused by the Meser3. Vittleas, comprisiog “ Curiosities, Rare Objects, China, Glass, Arms, Furniture, Sketches, Drawings, and Picttires, tha property of the late Mr. G—, the well-kuown Painter,” was preposterous. I had besa, it is true, but once at the sale-rooms to look at the things. ‘All that I really wanted was a single old Venetian glass, which I felt certain would be sold at s price far beyond my means. Even the fact that such a sale was about to take placo had entirély escsped my mind, as, sented one evening last winter in the public library, which is ia the same building as the suction-room, I eat absorbed in resding some inveresting book. I shoold have entirely forgot- ten the late Mr. G—— and his collection, had not & door opened, and I neard the monotonous cry of the auctioneer coming from the room oppo-~ site. Ihad no trouble in gettivg a good place. Noar me sats meo poorly olad; bis thin over- coat, dripping with the rain, absoiutely steamed in the close atmosphero of the room. I wanted to give him a wide oertb, but, just then more peo- ple coming in, was forced to accept him ne'ghbor. The firat part of the sele, compzising books of no great value, had heen already sold ; then followed some tawd: stumes, of little worth. which wore rapidly disposed of. “ We will pow sall,"*said the auctioneer, *‘in one lot, this easel, these palettes, two mant-sticks, with this box of colora. Whatdo I hear?” The lot was starved at 3 fow figure, bung fire for a long time, and was finally Knocked down for a mera song. As I heard the price called, I noticed ao involuntary start on the part of my neighbor, “ Interested in Mr. G—? Did you know him? ‘Was that bis easel?” I anked. “ Never raw him in my lifo, nor any of his pic- tures. But a man’stools have slwava seemed to mo spartofhimself. Iwas thinking of the grand- est tunerall eversaw,cor at leas¢ the mostimpres- sive. It was when romanticism set men perhaps alittle wild. Agrese painter had died in‘the Frimo of his life, and bis pupils took their be~ loved master and bound body on his easel, laced his palette and crossed his brushes on Eis bosom, and bore him thus rrandly to his grave, like a hero on his war-korso.” “An aruist yourself ?”{ inquired somewhat astonished. . “ Certainly,” he replied. “ My last work was -glaas-polisbing ; I aball rise to glass engraving before long.” This was so naturally said, with such an of conviction, that I felt certain there wes no inteution on the man’s part of giving an impertnent answer to mv inquisttive- ness. ‘Would you be good enough to let ma kat your cstalogue 2" he addad. I gavo him the catalogae without # word, making up my mind to chango my quarters at the first opportunity. My neighbor, with his 1ather dirty fiogers, showing the marks of toil on them,in a cervous way turned over the loaves of the catalozas. Now, [hai mid3a pen- cil tick ats certain number, opposite to the Yenetiao zlass. He put his finger directly on it, “ Accursed lack!” said my neighbor, knitting bis brows. “Did you mark thst 7” aid,” I replied. - “Then, of conrss, you will bur it? Yon would not mind mentioning the sum you intend giving for it?” * “Not in the least,” I replied. “1 shall give $5 for it.” ‘ “Then I am wasting precious time hore,” he said, sadly. “Good night,” and be got up. “Stop,” Iasid. ‘Ido not care very much for the glass. Ioame here almost by accideut. Tam unwi-ling to deprive you of what you seem so desirons of parchasing. Tell me what you waat to give for it, aud, as { am somewhat ac- quainted with the price such thivgs bring, I rosy perhaps tell you whether you will bave it knock~ ed down to you.” ‘The man gazed at me for a moment, and satdown again. Then he fumbled in his pocket, and produced a dirty, though dis- touded pocket-book. ‘+ Here,” said he, naudiag Lis wallet to me, “count how much money thera is.” «I must decline doing that,” * said. «Why 7” he asked. “Bacause I do not feel at liberty to examine the contents of your pocket, Can’: you mention the sum 2” For a roply the pocket-book was thrast in my band, tho msn saying, ‘‘I never could find it. Myeyes are clouded to-night~the money is somewheres there.” Lopened the wallet, and found it stuffed with newspaper cuttings, in English, Freach, and German, all relating to glasa. ‘Some‘of these slips were yellow with age, and thumbed almost to fragments. At last I discovered some umail change, amounting to $2. “Two dollars," I said. “Not enough ?” be asked, in a hollow whisper. “fam afisia not. I see several amateurs coming in, who would anap the glass up at that; lam afraid you have.no chance, but I will not bid on it, if you don't want me to.” The man’s nervous, excited manner, increasod as I said this. 1 handed himjback his pocket-book, which slid through hia trembling hands and fell on the floor. His hat, an old broken silk one, was at his fest. Tetooped down, picked up the wallet, dropped it into bis hat, and stuffed s newapaper on top of it, . Gradually the number of the Venetian glass was approached. ‘Buy it for me—bid for me,” said my friend. “No, 93,” said the auctioneer; ‘a Vensties | glass; notice its delicacy. An opaque white foot, with ruvy spirals runniog througb the stem. Undoubtedly pf the. period sixteenth century. Unique of its kind, and very rare. How nach? it, if you ploass.” “Thank God,” said my neighbor, “he don’t say what ia in the glass. Bid—bid for it.” Then the glass was started on mv bid for a dollar. Instantly it went to 22, aad then ata single boand ross to $4, next sprang to 85. ‘‘ Let me ge6 it,” said some one, ‘the man in attend- ance, whose business it was to hand pictures to patrons, passed it over the heads of the people to a gentleman, who examined it, hauded it back again, and bid an additional dollar. I gazed at my companion, whose face was now One of blank despair. “It is gone forever,” he said, That Venetian glass roce to $8. The auctioneer paused a moment, and took the glass in bis hands, lifted it up, so that at sparkled inthe gaslight, and then put it down again near the edge of the counter. Somebody just then passed in, caught with an umbrella, which he was holding under his tho green serge which ‘covered the counter. There was tho alizhtest possible jerk giten to the loth, when down -onme the Venetian glass on the floor. Hardly had it falien, the sharp ring of the ginss ‘was still audible, when up sprang my curious neighbor. ‘Iwo dollara—two dollars—for the Pieces!” he cried. The auctioneer was of course aunoyed at the breakage of tne glass, and seemed deeirous of investigating the matter, when again my friend ctied: “Pwo dollars, my bid; you all hear my bid. Iwo sotaea 7 “You are crazy, 8 iving now an in-~ voluntary assertion to = ‘nprescions. “You can’t seo whether the glass is aimply broken in two or threa pieces; or fractured into fine bits, Nothing is more le than Venetian glass.” “I koow what I om about,” said tao man 'y.” “Confound the form. Wecan imitate forms, it isthe material I want, Two dollars, ‘Mr. Auctioneer, keap the people back from, treading on the pieces. I want all the frag- ments,” “ Two dollars,” cried the auctioneer, ‘for what was worth $10 but a minute sgo? Twarn you it ia aimost in t, and you take it as it ia, It is yours, John, collect the pieces, put I bave at home a miserable glass wine bottle, A. them in a paper, and give them to that person, Pass up to the desk ‘and pay forit. Accidents wil happen in tho beat of regulated families, We will now pass to the No. 84, a superb Chinese | teal Celadon—and bow much am Ibid to. atart it, and no more accidents, I trnst, gontle- men.” “By pocket-book—where is it 2” gasped out my strange companion. “ Here, in your hat,” I ssid. He clutched the Pocket-book eagerly, scattered all his nawspapor cuttings,.23 with trembling bands he found the money. He went to the desk, paid for the frag- ments of glass, and was stared and langhod at by the audience. Then the man laughed’ and 1 followed him. He went so fast that I barely caught up with him at the Cooper Institute. a Whst on earth are you going to do with yoor purchase?” Tasked. “It is nothing but trash, eee broken; gless now,—you never could re~ “Oh, is it yon? You were very kind to What Ick! Got it at my own rine Bad. night, “bat don't feet it, a 80 glad ; so'verv'giad.” “Come,” I said, . “sbare umbrella." ee you, but I ehall take the ears,” eee ied. “But,” T said, ‘ éxcuse me. Since you made me your treasurer, I am pretty certsiu your pur- chase entirely exhausted your resources, How are you foing to pay for acar-fare? Conte,” I continued, your manner has strangely iater- ested me. It is such abad night. Welking is really dangerous; you might lip and loso your package. If you wouldo’t mind accepting o triding Joan for the car-fare it is at your ser- vice.” “No, no,” he snawered, “I most walk, for my money is gone—I had forgotzen it, A walk, oven if it does sleet a little, won't burt me, It is not my'tegs which are at fauit, it is my eyes. But." here he paused, ‘with this gleam of hops -my appetite for food hascome. I am not asham- ed to say chat for the first time to-day Iam hun- gry. Imust have bad supper yesterday, I think. Yes, I am positive it nas yesterday.” “Just my idea,” Ieaid; “we will eat somo- thing together.” He tookmy arm. I could feet him tremble, and walking bat a few steps we entered gan esting-honge, where I ordered a mod- eat supper. Seated at a small table in a retired comer of the room, { had now, for the first time, a good opportunity of examining my queer companion. Tne forehead was broad, the top of the hesd unnaturally .bigh and bereft of hair, the eyes were sanken, the whole face was pre- matorely old, while tho eyes flashed from under H auaggy Draw ee the fire of youth. *Yousay,” remarked, ‘‘that your eyes are bad. Tne} hardly lock so,” ij “At times they utterly fail me. Scorchin: lares of light have impaired them; bat meutal- dt appreciate color—revel in it~like the poor ‘stone-deaf, musician wibo plored im sound.” “Beethoven,” I eaid, He made no repiy, for the sapper came on then, which he scarcely heeded, occupted as be was in examining the fragments of bis shivered glass, which he placed on the table-cloth, where they glistened in the gasligbt. Hastily Jividing the-pieces into two parts, he selected more particularly those por- tions which bad formed the base, now splintered in twain. A piece of this ho held now. beneath the table, shadiog it sith bis hand, e “Sea, look 1” becried. ‘' Don't allow your eyes to be deceived with the milky opaleacence of the color, that is nothing. Look further, deeper. Itis not visibie over a surface bigger than my thamb nail, but there it is.” Z “What is there 2” Linguired, “I know noth- ing sbout glass. This Venetiaa glasa only pleased mo when perfect, as an expression of the wonderful delicacy of man’s hand.work.” ~ Doo’t seo it?. Tam not surprised. I never saw it in modera glass but once before, and that was in one of the cabinets of the Louvre. Now, fonk-man might give 3 cents for it; but turn that bottle upsida down, and you will see at tho bottom, not biggez than a pin’s head, s little round nodule of gold, How did it come there? The sand tbe bottles were made of was awiferoug. Untold moasures of river sand were melted, ali containing particles of gold which analysis could have discovered. Finally, they were. concentrated. Accident caused’ the molten fluid to bo dipped up in one last Iadleful, aud that single, miserable bottle held in it all the gold. I. only tell you this in ordo¢ to show you that I am learned in glass. Perliaps you took me for one of those ingane ouriosity-mongers? This fragment of glass, by auclysis, must give me ali its component parts, This poor splinter of glass has exactly those metallic lustrous colors hich the Groeks kept secrat. Goto Cesnola Museum, and see how the old Phoonician glass blazes with a tropical heat, sometimes staring at that glass. The vividvess of their colois1 think bas focused fo my brain and seared 1t. I will have them,—they shall be mine,—all the halos of those glowing sunsets, those dove-colored crepuscules, tint of pearl which glimmer, glare of dismonds which blaze, bloods of rabies which fissh, with the quivering of the emerald greona, all quickening and pul- sating in those old glasses.” But eatsometuing,” I said, as I looked agbact at the man whoss monomania was visible. “Eat? go I will—but listen. At Murrano, in Venice, they have resuscitated the art of glaas- making. There alone remained come traces of that glorious art of giving true life to glass. 1n the sixteenth century, the secret of making this old Greek glass: was aimost found again. It bung on the life of a single workman. He pro- duced acup of glass which bore within itself all the glowing undescence of a rainbow. Tae ol Italian goldemiths, Banvenuto Cellini, at their head, could not brook that glasa should supplant their cunniog in guld and silver. They murdered that poor giass-blower, and he and hia works were never afterward thought of. The very glass, now on this table, all fractared, he produced, See these hands of wine, they are scorched, burned almost to the bone, toiling only with the mechanical difficutties of the subject. It is affirmed by the ignorant, and I class all archmologists in this category, that it is time alone, and its slow, moldering decay, which has given to glass its vivid colors. They are fools. They may spproximate to nebulous. pe- riods by a hundred or s thousand years or so, but what do they know sboat glass-making? Take a Pittaburg glase-worker, a craet manufacturer, if you please, or one who turos out telegraphic ingulatora by the million, and he knows by in- stinct mora than ali these tiresome philoso- Tamof French crigin; the old stock made glass in Colbert's time, and a great King ennobled an ancestor of mine who was a simple botile-maker. Ithas, this glacs, led us into many a-vagory. It was « distant relative of mine, one of the English branch—the Huguenot stock—-who, determining to solve the mysteries | of the Portiand vase, smashed it all to pieces. Ita secrets bad dazed him, and he wreaked his Yengeance on it. It devolves on me to redeem his errora, and to reatore to the world, thi bh «America, 8 Jost art, What man has done man can do again. There can be no retrogression. If materially man haa lost his Paradise, shall ho mentally be deprived of every blessing? The _priacaario hdcs which are born in glass can and will be imprisoned there some day, like a Bird of Paradise in ita cage. Fortune once I had, and I have given it all to this subject. I have followed glass through step by atep from the silica, potash, soda, lime, and alumina, and all the fluxes, from tie glaes beads of the Egyptiaa Menes, even ‘to the factory, where they made Ismp shades, in New Jersey. but yesterdey. All acte, ordinances, tariffa, legislation in rey to it, I know. “New est,"”1eaid, “and some other day you shell :ef] me more.” -Then only did he pause in hig wild narration, and cat ravenoualy as would afamisned man. The poor fellow's idiosynorasy was so painfol that I tried my beat to lead him away {rom his only topic, and at last aucceeded. Presently the supper was over ; it was 10 o'clock, and Iputhim in a car. He had given me his anlcreess somewhere in Brooklyn, and be tookmy cnr Some months ago, when the incidents concern- ing the Venetinn glass had faded trom my mind, I received a bgdly-spelled letter from some one io Brooklyn, which letter had taken several days toreach me. The note said that a man was very ill, that the peroon wanted to see me, that he was a glase-worker, and Iwas to come quickly. Ire~ membered the circumstaace of the ‘auction and the name, and went to Brooklyn, to an ad- dress near a gless-house thete. I found a sad-looking tenement house and met a woman on the steps of.the house, of whom I made inquiry, giving the name of the person I was seeking. “Ob, yes,” ssid the woman, “he was a good old man; made such pretty things for the childron—glass birds. with such nice tails, and glass ships and baskets. Among poor people there is a kind of kinship in misery. Now he might have picked up a event living s'-selli as of them glass toys, but he wouldn't do it. io nado’t mach money, but was aboru gentleman. Frend of hia, sir?” exhibited my note. ‘Yes, sir; them’s the fow lines I had my daughter write you ; ali right. I don’t want to break it to you too bard; bat he died the day before yesterday and was buried yesterday. Any ralsiive of his, sir? The crape a3 just been taken off his door. Nobody ever went into his room. Batday before yesterday, hearing him sobbing like, all et T went in. ‘The place was awful hot from a kind of farnace be always used to be .melting glass. in, which “le .never let go out. It was early. morniog when I-went into his room,. but for s winter's deine he algee bud the‘ sun Bud en Janta the night, but the sun warm aad cheerful. acon a epring day. * Mfrs. Hawkins,’ says he, kind of weak like, ‘ny syesis sort-of dim this morning—and I havé been try- ing to do my best to look at a glass ball, just on the window-sill opposive—bue I can’t make it out... Would-you be good enough to tal me what it looks like?’ .*Sakes!’ says I. ‘it’s o litile live globe of | fire, just like s red-hot coal!” ‘Is it sq? aays he, with a smile. Bat, says 1, ‘it is ao because it is red-hot, and I don’t ‘want‘to bura my fingers.’ ‘No,’ says he, ‘you 15 can handle it, it won't hurt you ;’ and I tetched it, and it was stone cold. ‘Well, savs I, ‘if it ain’s hot, it is only the sun-rise a8 it's showing ita pretty colors, them rosy clouds in the heav~_ ens, a-reflecting of themselves.’ ‘No,’ says he, “it ain't that neither; i’s the nature of tho glass, bit I can’t sea ver} well; the whole room is kind of black to me—quite shady-lixe —and Idon't know the sun is. shining. But would you, irs. Hawkins, be eucugh to ‘hold that ball most in the dark, in the chimney, and look agaio ?? AndI did so, and that glass ball it flashed even there just like s jawaler’s butk-window, all of s glory. ‘It’s wonderful pretty.” saysI. ‘It shines’ all the brighter.’ ‘aybe I held it kind of rough io my fingers. * I don't do needie-work, - sir, but goes out as 8 scrabbing-woman, which may account for my fingers beg kind of awkward—and I must have held that glass ball too hard, for it atl scranched up in my band before I knew it, and went to pieces. It was so light, was the bits, that tho draught car» ‘vied away most all of the pieces up the chimney. One little bit kind of floated in the room, and wavered and flickered tors while, and at las settled down slowly on his forehead, and he seomed to notice it. I was sorry enough to have cried on account of breaking the glass, and was going to telt him so, when he rawed himaolf upon his acm, sod he said, looking up- ward quite natura! and strong like, ‘I can soo it now above me, It is very beautiful, acd ic is found—found—st last,’ and then he moved his hand as if to grasp something, and then he gave a deep sigh, and when { went to him he was dead, and there was a heppy smile on his lips. Wat & bit, sir,” and she left me, returning a Minute after from an adjoining room; “a week ago, when he was taokbad, he besged mo, if you ever came, to give you this,” and the good woman handed me what was left of the Venetian glass, The stom and cup bad been artistically mended, but for the original base some other giass had been substituted. “ He was a strange old man. No, sir; ot crazy; no human being never was 60 kind-hearted, Had that poor old man at last found the se- cret, aud died jast at his entrance to the prom- ised land? FOREIGN. 7 GREAT SRITAIN. POLITICAL ROW IX TIPPERARY. Cong, Ireland, March 13.—Considerable disor- der prevailed in Tipporary last night, because of the refusal of some of the residents to illumin- ate their dwellings in honor of the second elec- tion of Jobu Mitchel to- Parliament.’ Several houses which were not illuminated were at- feoked by & mob and sacked. The town is quiet ——— FRANCE, - ‘THE MILITARY REORGANIZATION BILD. Panis, March 13.—The Assembly passed the Military Reorganization bill to-day. . APresident of the Assembly, in place of Buffet, will be chosen on Monday. Sage, PORTUGAL. MINISTER MORAN AT LISBON Lisson, March 18.—The Hon. Benjamin Moran, the new United States Minister to Portugal, has arrived in this city. * BAe iene CASUALTIES, | GORED TO DEATH BY A BULL, Special Disnatch to The Chicago ‘Tribune, Fort Warne, Ind., March 13.—Newa has just reached hera of s frightful accident which oc- curred two or three days ago, in Jackson Town- ship, Huntington County. The son of Frank Ackerman, aged 11 years, was seized — by a mad bull, which tossed him into the air and then stamped the life ont of bis body, which was frightfally Iacerated, the head being mashed out of shape, the left arm com- plesely torn from thé socket, and the entire iy gored and mangled. Death must have oc- curred almost instantaneously, STEAMER SUNK. New Oawzans, La., March 13,—The regulor Vicksburg aud Duncansby packet, the R. B. Hart, which left here st 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, is reported to have sunk last night, 80 miles above here, at the foot of ‘Island No. 102, caused by running against drift-wood. Hardy Hendrew, the Clerk, jemped overboard, and was arowned. Ten or fifteen negro deck- passengers are supposed to be lost. The boat and cargo are probably a total lozs. FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE. Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Joszssono, E'l., “March 13.—Extra freight trains collided on the Illinois Central, 1 mile north of Dongola, at 7 o'clock this morming. Fireman Wisher was killed, and Engineer Mo- Millan badly wounded. Conductor May was slightly wjored. FIRES. IN CHICAGO, ‘The alarm from Box 451 at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon was occasioned by a slight fire in the Reunion Presbyterian Chapel, s two-story frame building at No. 253 West Fourteenth street. The joss amonnted to $50, A defective furnace caused the fire. AT DONGOLA, ILL. Dispatch to The Chicage Tribune, Joreszono, Ill., March 18.—The flouring mill of Heibaur H. Schieigel, at Dongola, burned yesterday at 2p. m. Loss, $3,000, No insurance. THE TIMES AND INTER-OCEAN. ‘THE TIalES. Kew York Express, March 10, ‘The Chicago Times lately indulged in a sensa- tional hoax by getting up a column with glaring head-lines, giving s detailed account of the destruction of a theatre in that city, to which it added a list of the ‘ burned alive.” ‘The proposed object of the hoax was to show what would result were one of the theatres in tbat city really to, catch fire. Lhis was one of the results: A gentleman just ont of Chicago, left his home the night before, for the purpose of attending this theatre with a fnend who was visiting him. They were to stay in the city over night. The next morning at breakfast, the wife of this gentleman took up the mornibg. psper, and was greeted by the display of headlines of this infamous hosx. In horror, she turned to the list of ‘+ killed” and found the name of her husband. She shrieked and feil to the floor. The man’s mother, who tived with him, immedistely seized the paper to fiud the canse of her daughter-in- law’s distress. On finding it, she fell to the floor beside her, and expired. The wife became araving maniac. Surely, there must be some form of retributive justice that will reach the causes of calamities such a3 these.* = 2 St, Lowis Globe, The Chicago Times may soon ‘be ected to. contain one of those handsome and abject apol- ogies for which its columns have been remark- able of late, Mr. Wilbur ¥. Storey bes: been again indicted by the Grand Jury of Cook Coua- ty. Ho is, however, au independent journalist, and the art of tating things back is ons ot the highest requisites of independent journalism. TRE INTER-OCEAN. Minnexpol's Tribune, March 12. It looks to "= man up a tree,” as though the Chicago Inter-Ocean was rather ovesdomg the Black Hills gold sensation. Its Sioux City cor- respondent drags out 8 column or two of eénsa- tional reports, which read very mach asif he was interested in getting up the excitement for pecuniary reesons, If thera is ‘a job” in it, the men who are attempting to getup arash for tne “gold fields,” will have much to answar for. The Inter-Ucean was just as zealons in the cause last summer as it now is, and its * red- hot ” entbusissm yet rise to the suspicion i in a it bas am ax (0 Eresile Courier-Journat,- ‘The Chicago Inter-Ocean saya: *' Whenever 5 Southern Democratic paper aspires to become imown beyond its own limited bailiwick, the edi- tor sits down, writes what he deems an eloquent article on the political situation,and sends s mark- ed copy of the paper containing it to the Jnter- Ocean.” This is too incredible, A Southern editor who waots to conceal bis thonzhts might send his articles to the Inter-Ocean, but that he would seek to give them publicity through that alag, we never, no never, can detiberntely sit still and believe. . oo LABOR STEHS. | New Beprorp, Masa., March 13—At a meet- ing of operatives -here to-night a. delegation from Fali River was present, and a resolution passed making a levy of 2J cents per loom. ‘Brperozp, Me., March “13.—Two hundred. men employed at the Saco water machine shop were discharged ' to-day. : THE WEATHER. Wasmrratox, D. C.,. March 13.—For the lakes, the Nortbwest, and Missouri, ‘low barometer, northeast to northwest’ winds, clondy weather, and occasional snow of rain. paper, ; TOWN POLITICS. The Outlook in: North Chicago. Contest Between the Hesing and Rebm Factions, The South and West Sides, NORTH TOWN. THE GENERAL SITUATION. The contest for’ town honors in the North Town will be hardly so warm.ss in the South and West Towns. Here, it appears, there are only two considerstions, the interest of Jacob Rehm, Superintendent of Police, and the inter- est of A. C.-Hesing, of the’ Staals-Zeitung. ‘Whichever of those interests preponderates will have indorsed the succesafal ticket. Much of the result seemg to depend upon the fact whether “Bob”. Keuney will be accepted on any ticket ; his unpopularity growing stronger, it would appear, with every hour between the first mention of his name and the day of election. A-meeting was called lazt night, in his interest, itisrumored: Mr. Kenney is a protege of Mr. Hesing, who, itis possible, seeing the danger of his ticket on account of Kenney, wiil with- draw him. ? ‘The tickets in the field are these: Collector, John Mu:ppy, an incumbent; Assessor, Bartley Langan ; Supervisor, Robert Kenney, with Fish- muller and Edward Kehoe as reserves ; Town Clerk, Thomas Gavin. ‘The other ig: Collector, Ald. Lengacher; Asseasar, Aloert Patch, former incumbent; Supervisor, George Baynes; Town Clerk, James Stanton. To men acqasinted with the peculiarities ate tending the foregoing combinationsthe proba- bility of s compromise must appear strong. Here, for instance, is John Murphy, aman who owes his last discomfiture to A. C. Hesirg, heading » ticket upon which Robert Kenney, 3 boon friend of Mr. Hesing.’appears as a canci- date for Supervisor. Marphy and Kenney cn the eame ticket is amoral imposmbility. Op t:. ticket headed by Ald Leagscher, and suppo: by the Rehm interest, no such feature is discoi ible, They are all Rehm men, most noticeat:: Ald. Lengscher, whose sufferiogs at the band: of Afr, Hesing are quite fresh in political memo- ries. The ouly strict Hesing man in the whole thing, it would seem, is Bob ” Kenney. This fight will depend a great deal upon the figure he cuts in the premises. Whatever ticket opposes the Hesing desire will certainly capture the Twentieth Ward. If it does not, it will not certainly be the faut of the Corcorans, the Cal- Iaghaus, or even the Caseys. The Eighteenth is almost in the same fix; Mr. George Baynes, 5 very influential man, Meing trotted out here on the Rehm ticket for Supervisor as against Kenney on the Hesing ticket. Mr. Baynes is worth, possibly, about $80,- 000. One ramor, indnstriously sct atoat against Kenney, ‘is, it by a plaved-ont dodge, he is desperately endeavoring to honey- fugie Irish and German laborers into the belief that by procuring them amplaymont for three weeks or go, on the condition that they vote for him, they can benefit themselves materially. ‘The candidate for Collector on the first-named ticket, Jobo Murphy, is a grocer; Jobn Li for Assessor, is a sewer-builder; Kenney, for Supervisor, is well enough known; Thomas Gavin, for Town Clerk, 13 = night watch- men. Oo the second ticket, Ald. Lengacher, for Collector, is intheinsurance business; Albers Paten, for Assessor, is a Fire Warden; George Baynes, for Supervisor, is = Constable; and James Stanton, for Town Clerk, is a grocer pmemiber in good standing of the Irish Literary iety. It is asserted on good authority that a atraight Republican ticket will bo placed in the feld. Whatever ticket will appear will certait not need names for Constables. The man in the van so far aspiring to the glorious prerogative of Constableahip is Mr. Patrick Daley, st pree- a Constable, He seems to have it bis own way. A YAILUBE. An advertizement appeared in one of the Moraine papers pesterday, calling upon tho people of the North Side to meet in the evenin; at No, 105 North Clark street, for the purpone a! nominating candidates for the coming town elec tion, It was well understood that the meeting was called in the intarest of Bob Kenney, tha present Supervisor of N Chicago, who is again {acandidate for re-clection, At the ap- pointed hour the larze saloon of Mr. Garis was well filled, but — not with adherents of Mr. Kenney, but the partisaus of ex-Ald. Kehoe, who is also acandidate for Supervisor. As eoon as the few friends of Kenney became aware of the fact that they haa no show at the meeting, they wont away discomfited, Mr. Emst Hommel and his bosom friend, Charles Behm, Police Sergeant, were also prea- ent to manipulate the moves in favor of 3fr- Hummel, who wants to be elected Collector in place of Mr. George Knerr. The North Sida Glee Club was also present, and dciecoursed sweet music to soothe the breasts of the savages who had core to participate in the proceedings. Ex-Ald. ‘thomas Cannon, J. P., occupied acornerin the room to watch the intercsta of bis friend John Murphy, who would like nothing better than to be elected Collector. ‘Tho meeting was called to order at about balf- past 8 o’cloct, and Mr. J. B. Waleh was elected Chairman, and Mr. William O’Brien Secretary. ‘The Chairman stated that the meeting bad beon called through the Times, a paper which represented nobody, by some persona who for reasons best known to themselves har ..ot made their sppearance; it was therefore prop- er for the “people” present to or ganize and make arrangements for another meeting, which should be advertised in some influential paver, so that the whole people could attend and take part in the proceedings, "Mr. R, F. O'Brien moved that the meeting ap- point delegates to attend the Convention. S}Mr. Callaghan wanted the meeting adjourn- fora week. They must give the peopla a chsace to attend, or else scalawags might creep into office, which would be a great calamity for the North Side. Qn motion, the following Committee was ap- pointed to designate the day and place of next. meeting : George O’Brien, H. Callaghan, J. MeCormick, R. Colson, and Wiliiam Devine. "The Committee thea retired, and after s short absence’ returned and stated that they hed do- cided to hold another meeting to-morrow even- ing at the same plice, and at that meeting def egates be elected. e ‘The report of the Committee was sccepted.: and che meeting adjourned. ‘THE EIGHTEENTR WABD. About fifteen of the “people” of the Eigh- teenth Ward met yesterdsy afternoon at the cor- ner of Oak and Market ntreets, and recommend- ed the following candidates for the suifrages of |, the citizens of North Chicago, at the coming town electioa: George B, Rayner, Buperrisce ; Ermst Hammel, Collector ; B. gen, Assessor ; Basar! Stanton, Clerk; Patrick Daloy, Con- stable. ge WEST TOWN. A NEW MAX, Acandidate of considerable promise in the ‘West Town seems to be Jobn Fitzgerald, doing business st the corner of Indianaand Lincvin streets. He will be astrong opponent of Larry. O'Brien, from present indications, for nomina- tion in convention, if called. In the avent of a serab-race, the fight will be desperate. ‘The hardest worker yet sppeara to be Joseph” Kelly, who demres the emoluments of the Town Clerkship. It would appear that he 1s the most sanguine man in the arena. THE PIFTEENTE WARD. ‘ Anumber of the citizens of the Fifteenth Ward met _pesterdsy afternoon and nominated Mr. John PF. Brown, aliag Fish Brown, for Baper- visor of West Chicago. —o— SOUTH TOWN. LITTLE JOE ORUENEUE has decided to try his luck again and make an. othor effort to bo elected. Clerk of the South Town. His troubles with Supervisor Schank’ acd his discomfiture in the Court have notin the ieeat Giteouraged lan. He 8 confident the peo- ple will sustain him against if advarsancs, and vindicate his conduct. RATUVICATION MEETING. | _Aratification meeting in aid of the Citizens’ Union ticket for tho Town of South Chicago was held under, the ausvices of the Workiogmen’s “| Club at the Turner Hall, No. 1449 South Halsted street. The meeting waa not very largely atvend- 4, the miserablo condition of tha etzeata in tie vicinity doubtless having tho effect of reducing the naa of. those interested in’ the movement. The meeting was presided over by Mr. John Haffoy, Mr Frank Bartley acting as Secretary. The speakere of the meeting were Messra. David Dunn. Owen Conlan, T. O. Shea, and 3f. A. Vogel, who all spoke 1D favor of the Citizens’ Union candidates, and expressed 3 hope that by effort on the part of the workingmen honest town officers. could be elected this time. The. meeting 2¢- ! journed until Thureday evening, at ths comer | or Arnold ‘Thisty-tast atresia, i: and 24