Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 4, 1875, Page 13

. SETTLING ACGCOUNTS:. Cheerfal Mesting of the West Town N Board. A Paring Down of Bills ANl Aroundl. Hen Are Required to Collect $135,000, How Many The Other Boards. WEST CHICAGO. MEETING OF THE BOARD. The Board of Avditors of the Town of West Chicago met yesterdsy afternoon & the wwn offices on the southwest corner of Desplaines and Washington “stroets. Present—Supervisor Paker, in the Chair; Justices Scully, Van't Wood, Blortevant, and Walsh, and Town Clerk Fitzger- ald. The minutes of the preceding meeting was resd, snd Justice Walsh raised some questions 4 10 their sccuracy, at the game time making some strictures upum the manner in which the minutes were kept. They wero passed over ‘witbout approval. A communication was received from Ir. G. W. Btanford, Fresidunt of the West Chicago Park Commission, settng forth that NO MONEYS FAD VER DEEN RECEIVED by the Commission, out of a levy of $20,000 made in 1873, for the retirement of certain obli- gations. On motion, Justioss Sturtevant, Walah, and Van't Wond were. appointed to investigate the accountsof the Park Commiszion and Buper- isor, to trace up the amount, w ‘While this bnsinesa was being transacted, the room had become crowded with town employes and creditors waiting for their money with buogry looks. Bupervisor Baker suggested that something should bs done about the compensation of TIE DEPUTY-COLLECTORS. . The men bad dona their work snd needed their Y. B Cown Clerk Fitzzerald presented a list of ihe Collector’s cmployes as follows: Threo reel estate clerks, throo perwonul property clotks, four copyists, fiftecn collectors, cme eniry- clerk, and one Ass:stant collector and cashier— twenty-seven 1n all. s * Justico Van't Wond inquired the pumber em- plored Jast sear wnd their componsscion. The lown Clerk, whose psj werv in an awinl mevs, had great difficulty in finding out, but at lest said thirty were then employed, and their zompenration amoanted to §9,480.75. % Jusuce Walsh ssxed if the verified Iist then presented wus at haod. . TIS TOWN CLERK DIDN'T XNCW ANTTEING about it, and Justice Walah sharply reminded him that all the documents of hia ofiice should be kept in such order thatif any citizen should make o demand for any psper ib might be sub- mizted to lus inspection. Mr. Glassbrook, thé Assistant Collsctor, searched’ through hus books, the Board mean- winle waiting m-uonuy, and foand that ouly eigliteen meo been employed last year, and tho collections zmonnted to $170,000 ; this year with twonty-seven the colloctions were $135,000. The discreancy set the Board to thinking, and fhere was & cossation of business until Stuper- visor Baker snggested that time wason the wing. Justice Waish spoke up sharpls, and said fhe Board wuas wating for some data. They wanted to koow for how long these men _ hid been employed.—gometiing that they conld act upon. The Town Clerk smd that be hadn’t auvthing of the kind. ustice Walsh then read for his information Bec. 1 of Art. 12 of the code, as follows *The Town Cierk sball have tho custody of au records, hooks, aud pay) of the town, and he shal da'y file certificates or oaths and others papers roquired by la be filed in this ofice™ The Justice eaid ho did not kmow they would be abis to pet along unless thers was some way of nunishing oficials for gross dereliction of duty. ‘own Clerk Fitzgerald wiped tho perspiration from his brow, aud asid that be could tell the nsmés of the man, but not how long they worked. ‘Wiile he was fumbling over his papers, Jus- tice Walsh asked Lim if he had filed bis certifi- 2220 of elect:on with him as required by law . . The lown Clerk didf't know, and a broeze epraag up, Justice Walsh demandiog that the docnment should be produced. If Collector O'Brieo had not filed this affidzvit with the Town Clerk, as required by law, ho was not properiy quaiified, and no right to employ & single man, 2nd he would not vote a cent untl be found out. Collector O'Brien and Town-Clerk Titzgerald both eloguently protested tbatthoy had acted 1air 2od square, but ware st a loss io know what £ do to show they had. Finally the discussion, which waa a protracted oue, was terminated at 7 o,clock by a motion to take a recess ustil 8, to allow the Clerk time to hunt up his records. Before the time of the recess had expired, Town-Clerk Fitzergald was on hand with A ¥nzaT 2ASS OF DOCTMENTS, wiping the perspiration from his forehead with the air of 8 man who bad struck a ponsuza in the line of official records. Ho whispered in the ear of the reporter, **I've gos 'em,” at the same timo trinmphuntly displaying the required =ffi- davits. Judging from ihe sppearence of the records, the wethod in uwse for preserv- icg the officinl documenta of West Chicago is simpls in the extreme. Coupous were kept in paper bags, the mouths of which were tied up. The other documenta were in loose bundles tied up with string. The Board convened at half-past 8, Justice Btutevant being sbsent. Justice Austin, Who was absent in the afternoom, wos present. Justico Walsh renewed hia demand for the afiidavits. which wero produced and found in dus form. The subject of fixiug the (COMPENSATION OF THE COLLECTOR'S EMPLOYES . was again taken up, £0d the own Clerk was then able to furmish the length of time for which they had respectivaly been oniployed. Justice Walsh then inquired whether these elzims were properly vesified_ by afidavit, sa re- quired by a resolntion adopted by the Board. ‘Town-Clerk Fitzgerzld aaid that all the men were around there, and thdy would be wiling to make oath— Justice Walsh (eharply)—That should Have been done before. For instance, the bond of tha Collector is dated Jan. 2, just three monthe 2go yesterday, aud yet I notico that three and & half months’ time is charged by geme. Collector O'Brisn_ explsined that he began work before his bond was approved. Justice Scully then suggestod that the men #hould mako their adidavits, 50 that their claims might bo audited. The crowd thea trooped off o make out'their afidevits. ° BOLE MISCELLANEOUS ACOOURTS ‘were thon taken up. A bill of 811.75 for ice was allowod. Abill of $15 from P. N. Kelly for services a5 judge of election a year ago, for two days and one night, was then presented. On motion of Justice Beully, 810 wes ailowed. The next bill waa thet of C. B. Bartlett for $40, for sarvices as Moderator of the Town Aleeting for five'days and three nights., Some surprise W expresued at the length of time, and Dart- Jott was required to make affidavit a3 to its cor- rectness. On motion of Justice Scuily, $27 was allowed, the compensation 28 in the former case being reckoned at $3 per day, and 84 per Dight. The next bill was one from James , for scrubbing, amounting to $42.80. to be paid. A bull for $10.40 from Jo- Seph Hogan, plumber, made last year, waa Jad on the table until Honday, so that examination night be made to discover whether it might not have been previously allowed. i At this stage of the proceedings Oollector O'Beisn's force returned with their sccounts made out and affidavits afixed. Their phraseol- ©OFY was found to be irregular, 80 that they were Sent back for & new sot,Justices Scally and Van's Woud going with them into the nexs room, where the macter was 1 FINALLY SBT RIGET. Collector O'Brien now bccsme unessy, and ©bjected to the statement of the aflidavits that the bills were just «nd Lud nos been paid, a8 ho bad mads partial payments. Justico Avstin calmed him by assoring him that his advancos 'm.not&:_vmenu by the Tonn Board. Collsctor O'Brien thought that his clerks sbould recoive from $140 to $150. per month. Justice Austin remarked that he psid his clerk $40 a month, and he thonght he was better than any of them. Justice Van't Woud movad that $125a month be allowed 10 the roal-tstate clorks. &uhc- Walsh s2id ho felt obliged to oppose dated Payment of all these bills. Some of them from before the dste of the approval of the bond of ‘the Collector, and when he had no - euthaty to employ thess assistants. 1t was the druyql“ {he_Callector : moneavar ko appoint his Y = ) B0t becn done. g Jostice Scally maid thad ' Justics Walsh W3 correct, sod ¢hat O foture Colloct- b ghould oonform srictly to tua M e however, thad ihe THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. strong equity of ths claims should cure the tech- D |§au¢ z:thetn. and that he would ¥oto for Ppaying them. K Justice Austin expressed the same views. while severely condemuing tie loose administra- tion of the town officors. He thought agreat deal of the fault Iay upon fhe people for not electing better officers. k Justico Waleh said that it was a painfol duty for him to perfol and he was sorry for the individual sufferers, but that he should abide by the law. As a matter of fact, theso men wero not legallytown officars, and there was no suthqrity conferred on the Bozrd to make appropristions for their psyment. He also a.:gmud his opin- i5m that even if the Board voted suoh appropria- tions, the Buperviser woald pay the orders at his own risk, and he had no doubt that the Citizens' Association would pursue the matier if the Board should pass the claims from motives of sympathy. Supervisor Baker thonght some provision onght to be made for them, as they had por- formed the work. Collector O'Brien thought that if he wsa =o zealous s to begin work beforo he was propotly qualified, the Town Board oxght not to bo nis~ gflf abontit. There was no trouble of the d fast year, Justico Van't Wond renewed his motion, and it was carried. Justices Scully, Vau't Woud, sud Austin, Bupervisor Baker snd Town Clerk Fitzgerald in the afirmative ; Justice Walsh in the negative, Justico Scally said that they conld not allow time Lack of the date at wiich the Collector qualified, and mede a motion to that effect, which was carried without audiblo diksent. The Board gof into a squabblo over the com- pensation of THE BEMAINING, EMPLOYES. Town-Clerx Fitzgerald got up ou his ear, and said that if the Doard did not allow fair com- pensation, they wonld all pat in bills for eXtra time. He smd that last year tho deputies did not,give boand. Justice Van't Woud corrocted him, snd said thay did, a8 Le had gons on somo of the bonds. * Justice Scully said that as faithfal custodians of the publio funds, they shoald not allow more than thev would have done in their private af- tairs. With tho general depressioa of lnst win- ter. $75 a month would be ample for clerk-hire, There waa a good deal of miscellznocus talk over the subject of compensation, and two of tho Collector's men mado spicy spoeclies, protestin againet receiving anything less than the amoun owed to tho 1enl-ostate clerks. Capt. Gleeson fired a shot at Justico Walsh, by suying that calling in suck_men a3 him to collect taxes was themeanest and mostdegrading work a young man could do. The raves were finally fixed as fcllows: Personal proporty clerks, $100 a month ; copying élerks, 858 day; colicction clerks and oue en- try-clerk, €100 a month. Thore was some trouble in gotting at the compensation of Mr. Thomas H. Glassbrook, his sssist- ant. Towa-Clerk Fitzgereld wantsd to give him $1,503 jo 8 lump. Justion Austia moved $23) a mooth . for his three months’ services. Justico Van't Woud was willing to give him $259 a month. Coltector O'Briou 8aid that 8 man in ihe County OClords ofice got $6,000 a year for the samo services. He said that if Mr, Glassbrook was not paid sulbcient componsation to keop him in the office, he'd lock up Lis books and would pot make a settlement. The compensa- tion was finally fixed at §250 a month, Justices Austin and Walsh voting against that amount. The total amount voted to the Coliector's force wag about §5,200. On motior of Justico Aus- tin, the Collector's compecsation was fixed at the rate of §1,500 per annum. Justice Scally statea that he did not think it » sulicient ealary, bat it was the limit of the iaw. THE AUDITING OF MISCELLANEOUS BILLS was resumed. A bill of 3i0, from Haath & Milli- gan, for putting in window-glass, was objected to on the ground that the persons breakiog the gluss should pay for it. Supervisor Bakor stai- ed that he had cootracted the bill in hia oflicial capacity, and tho bill was, after some discussion, ordered to be paid. Bilis for 50 and §04 from tho Union znd 50 from tho Times were pre- sented and orderad to bo paid, it appeariug from tho bilis that the same advertisement costs more in ths Union than in the Times. A number of Dbills for sorvices aa officers of clection were aliowed at the rate previonsly fixed. Billa for advertising from tho Post and Mail, $6, and_Slaals-Zeilung, $5, wers ordered paid, sud mikcellaneous accounts to the amount of $269.19 were also audited. At mid- night the Board adjourned to Monday evening 3t7 o'clock. The amount votad during the day ‘was aboat $G,000. —— THE OTHERS. THE BOUTE TOWN SOARD* ‘wers to have held meeting yesterdsy after- noon, but did .not, owing to the want of “a quo- rum, only *‘Liitle Joe,” the Clerk, and Snper- visar Schank being prosent. The former *2d- journed " until Monday. It is probable that there will not be snother meeting of tho present Board, sinos it is underatood that Justices De Wolf, Haines,and Hinsdale,ara in favor of letting things remain as they are. All of them are opposed to reauditing the officers’ exorbitant allowances; and, 22 there is no money to pay their ealaries, even if the Justices assented, Collector Evaos staadfastly .efusing to deliver to the Supervizor th 818,000 he has, attaching their signatures to the bills would do no good. Besides, the matter will soon come before the courts for settlement, and they think, on the whole, if is bust 10 pay no more attention to town business. THE NOBTH TOWN. A committee of the Town Board of North Chi- .cago was to have met yesterday to examine the accounts of the Supervisor, but nonme of the members exca:g Hammiil sad Rolle put- in an sppearance. The Supervisor promised sovoral days ago to leave bis books with the Committee, but did npot do it At the last meeting of the Board he szid hia books were in rcadiness, but resterday is re- ported to hayo told 8 member of tha Committes that they wore not. Pautting these stztements together, and the fact that the Committee bad - ugt been sbown the books, & suspicion has gob afloat that they have not beou posted up. e THE OUTWARD FLOW. Afloat, ws drift upon the tide 0Of silent. consiant, ebbing Time Though Lelpless on ik ocoan wids, St is our deatiny sablime, Like hillows on the briny dirsast Of swelling 8835, tossed to and fre, Like them, wo strugglo in unrest, And strive against the outward flow, The winning straing that Passlon xighs, And a1l the plessures that wo know, Beguiling sound, snd tempting riso, B0 mata e dresd the Satwisd fiow, Bt dixmal notes of Sorrow's mown, And blighting care, and wails of woa, And wrocks of friendship overthrown, ‘Eadear the kindly outward flow, Clvcinrati Commerelel. Bir John Crossley, during a political canvass in Halifax, publicly referred to tho fact that his mother was o sorvant-girl on small wages. The story, as told to me, is that this girl was receiv- ing £6 & yoer, but thal, being vory thrifty, ehes had menaged $o save up & little fortune, amonnt~ ing o al to Z40. Mr. v, who married her, bad nothing st all On the £40 they set up & shop in which various uscful things were £ald, the business being entitely condacted by tho wife. Having zained more money by this .oeans, the business was gradually enlarged, until inally they re- solved to restrict it to a special article—carpets. Next followed the project of a single loom; ths one loom multiplied itself to a small room full. Then they bought the patent of the American Bigelow Joom, snd this secms to have their business $o ewlarge very rapidly. The first poor littlebuilding with which they’ began—s picture of it is kept in & frame—expanded like a wagical troo, and now their establishments have spread into a town of their own, the buildings being connected by high bridges, passing sbove tho streots. Thoy ermploy 5.000 bands, and thair wmachinery is turced by seven stesm oungines, xep;amg an sggregato powar of thrae thou- sany —_— A Eat with Reagon, A etory is told by s farmer 2t Bloomfield, Pa., which seem to indicate reasoning power-and & bit of tho beroio elemeut in a common rat. Two rats, an oid gray matron of the corn-crib and her offspring, had been canght together in s common box-trep. 'Through a erack the psir could be seon together within, loving enough, till the farm dog waa brought to the mouth of the trap. 4s soon as the ciother rat sconted the dog e seemel immediately to divine the approaching fate, a0d, giving & torrible squonl, 840 chught tho listle rat by the neck and bit him abarply, cans- ing slmost instant death. Tne trap was oponed an fostant after, sod the old rat, which had thus iilled bar offspring raiher than have it murdered oy the deg, quistly 0 harfate, THE PLANTATION MINSTRELS. A Visit to a Genuine Dar Show. s fio Interior of Mr. Lew Johmson's Establishment, : A Wearisome and Unprofitable Show~-- | The Wine Room, Bouth Olark strect, below Van Duren, is s quarier whoss population is of heterogeneous composition and diverse pursuits. ‘[ts greatest development of life and activity is nfter night- fall. Children swarm from doorways, and troop along the sidewalks ; loungers throng the drink- ing saloons ; the family of *‘my nncle” sit on the doorstep under the symbolical golden balls; music-halls emit sirains of mangled and disjointed harmonies; dzmsels whose taste in dress seems to run to startling contrasta of color, and whose complexions vary from the most brilliant white and red, throngh all shades of tap color and brown to opaquost black, pass - blithely along scattering alluring glances abont them, or, standing at doorways, salute the passer- by with words of conxing invitation ; colored bucks swagger along or hang n\bnnnho dogrways of billiard-saloons ; and what with noise, glare, and bustle tho stroos loses its daylight look of dirty untbrift, and sssunes o gals appearauca. 1t is in this loculity that LEW JOHXSON'S PLARTATION MINSTRELS, composed entirely of nogroes, bavo their pldice of entertainment. At No. 328 thera is a saloon and bitlinrd-hatl, with the nsnge ** H. Smith " on the sigo. This is a grest resort for colored bucks of sporting tastes, and is thronged night- ly: Above the stairway leading to the collar be- npesth tnis establishmeant is s transparency an- nouncing that the location of the famous min- " sirols is below. . Last Wedoesday evening a reporter of THE Troxg, chancing to pass through that local- ity. bothought himself of taltng o closé view of the ammeenionts of our negro population, and so made his descent into the susterrancan theatre of tho Plantation Minstrels. He found himself in a drinliog-saloon, in_which balf-a-dozen ne- groes wero loungjng. The room was an or- dinary coliar with'd boerded floor. THOE UNSIGHTLINESS OF THE WALLS was reliaved by hage thoatrical posterd pasted upon them, BSam Dovere, a star of the variety stage, smiled at the spectator from nis fuli- length portrait in. the charactor of Hans Van Snickleboun, sud exhibited the cavernous open- ing to his £geutms apparatus in another fall- length picture of his character of Josephus Orange-blossom. Trapoze-performers, batlad- gingars, clog-dancers, sud other Inminaries of 1he varioty stage also appeaed in all the pictori- ‘al grace of outline, and wealth of color that one secs hanging on the outer wails in going throngh tho town. There wero also some small-siced yellow posters stuck about, giving the roll of talent comprising tho Plzatation Mivstrels, but inquiry for s programmo of the night's perform- ance discovered the fact that tbe pstrons of the Minstrala wore 8o appreciative and generons as to make such adventitious helps quita unnec- essary. r. Law Jobnson was, at the time of the re- porter’s visit, Bebind the scenes, but his brother, who i ono of the performens, did TIE HONORS OF THE PLACE to Tre TomuNE representative. I'rom bis state- ments it appesrs that Lew Johoson began the business about the close of the War, and has been in it_ever sinco. He made his sturt in Chicago, vphying in a place on Sherman stroet between Van Buren and Harrison. The preseut compauy was gotten together last December, and gave their first perforruance on Christmas night, on whick occasion $442 worth of tickets were 80ld. As the whole cellar is not over 60 Ly 25 feet, nnd the portion partitioned off for & ssloon lsaves only about 45 feot romaining for zn suditorium, the assemblage must have been hospod several desp aud siowed down into & viscid mees. The cherge for admission is only 15 centa, to al parts of the house, 8o that oven with cxowded housos tho salaries of the performers can hardly bo on A munificent scale, aithough in thega pac- ticulars the reporter's informape was reticent. He admitted, howerver, that a'very considerable portion of the profits of the place wes denved from tho gale of liquors. Entering tho portion partitioned off for THE AUDITORIUM, the roporter found himself in a place witha rather damp floor, and with decorations of the same pictorial churacter as in the saloon. About tivo dozen wooden chairs ard five rows of beuches afforded seating capacity for about eighty per- sons, but not half that pumber were proseat. Although Wednasday evening had been an- nounced as & grand farewell performance pro- ‘puraiory to a provicial tour, the sadience was much below the usual number. Somo red- breeciod negro soldiers were holding & military reception of some sort ‘in the ball aboe, aud the counter attraction diminished the attendance on the minstrel show. Tho ticket agent was of the opinion, however, that they would drop in befors * eleben.” 'Tho performance begsn a litffe before 9 o'clock with about threo dozen 1u the audience, bl ne- groes with the exception of one Irish youth who sat in amicable proximity to his colored compan- ions on the front row, sod the reporter, who sat epart, and whose presence ssemad to b2 asource of puzzlement to the sudience. THE STAGE ‘was about 12 feet long and as Jnmy deap, with hardly 8fcot clear botwoen its floorand the joista above. The properties were very simple in thesr character, tho sides boing blue-washzd boards,und the rear a pioco of canvas representing buildings of the eccontrio architecture, characteriatic of the average scone-puinter. ‘The width of e atage was not safficient’to accommodate all the performers in & row, £0 that to tho number of fourteen they occupied all three sides, leaving only & small 8pace in frout as the theatre for the caperings of the end men, Mr Law Johnson, a mulstto wbo sits in the middle; and who is what is tochnically styled the * interloentor,” im- proves on the usual arrangement by having four end men, 80 to speak. Two, at one end, eirogglo with the clashing bonce, while at tho other end, about thres feet distant, the tambourine men carry on their {renzied panto- miwe. Ono clurionet, one flute, two violing, and & bass viol completed the musical apparatus, and they were all haudled with 2 fair amount of sidll. The porformers were dgessed in binck, the end-men having oo red stripéd shirts, with the enormous projecting collsrs which have obtained conventional recognition 88 being funny. To put bamt cork on a negro would scem to be *wasteful and ridiculous excess,” bat, to the reporter’s surprise, the end-men wore REGULANLY COBKED UP AND BEWIGGID in regular miostrel style, and their natural am- plitado of lip was erhanced by the uso of red pigment, ontil their moutbs looked liko broad clefts in Taw liver. The gencral effect of the stage was ludicronsly incongruous, owing to the fact that the scene in the rear was ont of all pro~ portion with the small spaco. When Mr. John- son lesnod back he dented in a chimney, and the elbow of tho bass-viol player every now and then punched in 2 roof. Tho csovas wos unequally stretched, so that on ome side the buildinga canted over, #s if toppling to their downfall, which, acccrding to the perspective of tho scene, would have dropped a thousand of brick into the amplo mouth of the bzas-salaist seated negr Mr. Johnson. Miustrol performances sre & yery ploas- Pt species of enterwainment. Their droil- erisa aud mirthful incongraities, served up briedly, while il fresh and effervescent, zre agreeable and exhilarating. ‘Che tap is not & sirong opA, nor energetic in its effects, but is excollent to enablo omo to drive dull cero away, and, for a time, banish ~the ache of self-conscioneness. But when flat nnd stale, nothing is so devoid of relish and ssvor, and chiefly of this eort, it must be admitted, waro tho performances of the Piantation Minstrols. P THZ PROCRAMD was arranged like the ordinary minstrel enter- tainment, the firat part consioting of songs and interlades, and the second of variely perform- ances. Tho songs wers Eenbimental or humorous, sung with s spirib and thast disregarded the fetlers of metrs, aud the orchestrs went a good desl on its own hcok. The i[okes and conundrums thap made up the interludes wero either the etale ro- fuse of the regular minairel stage, or were irane and pointless buffoonery. '?:: Tilton-Beecher trial supplied » good denl of material to these negro wits, referances to it being frequent, 20d of such claractor ss to indicate that these funny men oonsidared humor to be synonymous with vulgarity. f T'he essential characteristic of nggro jollity is its spontapeity. The volntile spirits shai rose Dbuoyant above tho Lard condition of slavery, and were mabifested in the boisterous gice of plan- tation merry-making, may adait of caricaturs by the professional mimic, but cannot ba manu- factured to order for business purposes. The ennkling cheaks and uncsuous guifaw whoae pro- ] longed sgitations set tha whole frame in comma- tiod were poarlyimitated in the wooden grins and mechani innation of the nogroes compos- Ing the Plantation Minstrels. Tho sssumption of mirth was, moreover, sharply confined to the man whose turn to be funny had come, and, while Bones would be telling & story, one of tho tambourine-men would lean bis head against the scene, and rezign bimself to drowsiness. The audience geemed'dull and impaseive. They would have langhed till they were hoarse at the antica and buffoonery of the players if they bad teken place at one of the ~old-time merry-mak- ings, bat Dow the ciroumstances woro different. They were not participants, but critics. ‘They had pail 15 conts apieca for amusement, and were not going to cheapen themselves by being easy to plense. Hslf the programme had been gona through beforo thpra was a laugh or &n encore, and then it was the zanyism of a conple of really clever ¢log-dancers that moved them to sppiaud. The hearticst laugh of the evening was at the expense of THE TrIBUNE representative. A cold draught of sir tbrew him intoa fit of sneezing, and, while suf- fering from the facial spasms incidental to the affection, one of the tambourine-men accompa~ nied bim with exaggerated mimicry, productive of prodigiouns smusement to the crowd. As it grew lato, ANOTHER PEATURE OF ! waa developed. Alongsi 8 StRCe Was'n doorway, cled *“ Wins-room, cdmission 25 ceuts.” A little" after 10, in wsailed a trio of strapping girls. black enough to spit ink, who marclisd iato this wino-rcom, The ef- fect of rouge upon eboay is peculiar, and, com- binsd with such mixtures of color as greeo, Dblack, and pink, set off by fluttering ribbons and Kinky bair arracged in & mode of fashionable dishevelment, is rather startiing. This wine- room, 58 seefned from glimpses caught by the reporter when the door oponed, was separated {rom the dusai:x%-room by a cortain,—a prox- imity that euabled the occupants of the wine-room ample opportunity to study the 1method of mako-up adopted by tho artists of the stage, Tho wine-room with its gallatries. the dressing-room with tbe stage-wardrobes of the negro actors #asttered about, and the perform- ers wrigzling izto their clothos, must have pre- sented o sceqo whose coarse humor and vul- garity it wouid :ake the pencil of a Hogarth to glretch, or the ren of & Swift to describe. In a littls while longer iu came another wine- room belle of resplendent appearaoce. She was tall yellow girl, with & handsome faco, wearing 2 pert and self-satisfiad oxpreasion. Her cheeks were rouged, sad Lier haip hung down her back, a whito straw kat trimmed with bluo ribbons ornamentiog tho back of her head. She was erect endygrageful in carriage,-and was dressed iu blaclk sitk, ith ribbon sdornments, and with he wide-spresd exuption of Lu‘tous that hee of lato beon tho gsense of dress. Her gorgeous presencs filled :ho room ard suspended tho show until she vanisied into the wine-rovm. The finale tothe first, part of the programmo ‘was evidoully: & THE FINB:QONCEPTION OF NEGRO GENTUS, A performer ip female sisiro came on the stage, and was bailedas Auut Ubloe, and introduced'to the performéra, ‘Lhen came anotber performor, mAy»uemsd negro, who was unt Chloo was prevailed upon to darce, and, excited by her exzmple, Uncle Jeff triea to dahce algo, but the task was too much for his old limbs, and hegank exhaust- ed to tho grcand. Aunt Chlooknelt boside nm 50 a3 to form ateblesn, and tho rost of the per- formers gathered aronzd and sang * Way Down on the Swanes River ” in a minor key which the orchestza vainly endeavored to strike. The curtain; fall on this . pathetic pict- ure. Of ‘he rest cf the porformance,— of what etarding humoristic eccts are pro- duced by thef attempt of negro.performers to give Dutch inpetsonations, and tha fearful and wondorful dalect they use, of the rejuvenes- conce frequestly accomplishica during acts by the wiping awdy ! the flour that simulsted the gray bair of age, of the drollerias of plays where the climax of -humor consisted in throw- ing flour in one another's” faces, or slashing abow with o stuffed club,—the reador may drsw such picture 88 may suit his fancy. Tho reporter had enough at ebout 11, and took his leave jusias the fun waos becoming fast and furious. ‘This performance was the last priortoa trip to Aurors sol:Batavia, ‘Next week the compeny goes to Joliet ‘and other places. Later in fhe sonson it willatart on a tour -through the South lasting until October. Tuasmuch as the regular minstrel froupea ere expected to desert the TIE ENTERTAINMENT de uft‘zx Southern cit on acoount of the Civil-Rights law, the PlsnBtion Mingtrals anticipste an im- msenso busineas, — THE BLACK HILLS QUESTION. To the Editor of The Chiccge Tribune Ricwxoxp {¥a., March 29.—Bofora azdopting extreme mesmsures to prevent the hardy pioneers of the West ‘rom getting a foothold in the Black Hiils, exactly in the ssme manner as every inch of ground ofthat immenso territory has been re- covered to ciilization, it wonld be well to look" &t the questbn in & sensiblo and ratiénal spirit, and undersand what it really implics if tho threats of facible repulsion are actusily cacried ont. We aretold that the Government haa ceded this territoy to a band of Indisns in such s manner that it is eotirely unapproach- able by ez, bacd or bands of white or black citizps. Bupposo somo of those citics mos immediately interested - in this questios—such as Council Bluffs, Sioux City, Cheyeme, aad others—should club togeth- er to test the question in the highest Courf of this Union,~and the cost of such s step would bear no projortion whatever to the losses, di- ract and indrect, which would be caused by the forced resur: of ono eingle expedition ; and, as for the Govenment, the cost would te but a small {fractic of the expenditure of supporting oue single refiment’in those regions,—suppose the questionds to the constitutionality of such an exclasivedouation or taansfer of territory, with the confitions appertaviog to tho samb, was submittd to thoproper Court! The tersitary of this Unioi does not belong io any Govera- ‘ment, any solof officers, to bedisposed of at their pleaaure. it jolongs to the people of this Union. And it is alnost preposterous to imagino thaf any part or pprtion of the same could be ceded to any bodybf men in such & way that this ter- ritory conld become so disconnected from the rect 88 fo ®Bmamn o scparate, unapproachable part of thoimme. The Mormons wished noth- ing botter tin this; thoy wanted to be left alone,—to bl 8 wheel within a wheel, bat eatiro- ly disconneced with ic. Would it not be the plaineet viastion of the Constftution if oor Goyernment here and there, could catout larger and smaller tlicea of the national territory, and, instead of surrounding it by a Chinese well, prevent owry kind of mvasion by maa- +datos basoi: on treaties snd contraots, be- hind whicl: might bo dimly seen a line of glittericz bagonets and tho mouths ol cannon? -following out this doctrine, thess Lndiazswould forcenturies sun themselves in s lazy »xisience within their impenetrable bonudarieaon their sacred eoil,- while a denss popalation crowded them on all sides; aed small, indmendont kingdoms of ignorant sav- 2ges, owin alleginnca to notods, exompt from every dut sud obligation imposed on thritty citizens, vould oxist within our territory, 1o da~ fisnce of !l justice and aquity. o Wo knor 1t has been customery, i treating with theIndians, to romove them from one gplace to amother as the whito man pressed vowards ho setiing sun; and, a8 long &8 the im- mensity{ the territory, 28 1t wore, wee Jost to our vision, this policy was perhaps cor- rect md proper: Dot East and Weat bave 20w met. We havo no more indefinie boundaries. Wo have no domimcus to give iway. The whole Union is now a public domain, sud our laws strictly prescribe how it can bo aeqnired, aud the couditions for its set- tlement. ‘These rights are guaranteed to us by the Consitution. 1f Indiana are in the way, let them bejaid off ; or, if they chogse to remain, les themdo g0 on the sams terma as any other settlers.i They have no more titls or ownersiup in the grund than the bulaloes, prairie-dogs, or mouxnain-shesp. If thoy were'real settlers of the couniry, the gquestion would® presont no diffimlties.” Bat. roving o8 they ars, thoy oW1 any portions of the Rocky Moun- taing os much ss they own any portion of Mexico ; and their ovnership follows them with their bdlies snd ponies. It is sbyurd to think that o fewthousand such nomads should not oply hold the Black Hills; but, 1f we aro con- sistent, tiyy will gracuslly'grow up to ba an in- dependeniKingdom or Hepublic within ours. Tbis anornly might juat as well be settled now as later; cnd meanwhile much treasure and blood willoe saved. 1f they ‘have a valid claim to tiese Hlls, let its value be estimated in dol- Iaza aud Gate, in xifies‘or powdsr; and let them go and erjoy our tibute wherever they find room. Bit, if znything is unconstitutional, it cortainlys to stake off & ** terra incognits” m our mids| nod forbid the American citizen to go there tolill the ground, explore the mountsirs, £ish the rvers, or do any of those iLinga thet bave maw® this country whatizis. F.8 W. GCEAN STEANISHIP NEWS. Yavenrors, April 8.—Stoamahips Abysaionis, Oity of Mctreal,jand Herder bavo asrived out. Niw Yaw, April 3. —Armived—Steamehip Biate of Lonisiun, Glaagow. £ MORTON VS. SMITH. De}eudanu in the Answer of the : Sait. Mr. Freer Explains His Coznection with the, Matter. . The Charges of Fraud Apparently Dis« proved, Frear’s Oontract with Smith, About gix weeks ago, Tz TRIBUSE contained an sbetract of s bill filed by J. Sterling Morton and wife against James P. Smith, Jr., and wife, L. C. P. Freer, and others, which made some serious charges of fraud. It was alleged that Bmitb, Jr., had in effuct taken advantage of the illness snd mental weskness of Hiram Joy, to gat from him a large amount of property, part located on Arcade court and Monroe street, and part on Indinpa avenoe and Twenty-sixth street, valued, at the present time, at several hundred thousund dollars. The answers of the principal defendants were filed o fow days ago, and, 28 the complainants were given & large\space, it is but just that the defandants shonld also have a fair showing. The defendants deny, fully and spe- cifically, 211 churges of fraud made against them, and put AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PUASE ON THE MATTER The answers are quite voluminous, covering nearly 200 pages of logal cap, and give & detailed history of the “means sud manner by which the title of Joy to the property in controversy was divested, and by which John V. Farwell, the ¥, M. 0. A., and Jemos P. Smith, Jr., alterwords became owners of portions of Lots 6 and 7, Block 118, School Seciion Addition, on Arcads court and Monroe street. i TIE BILL CHARGES in substance that overything donein regard to the roal estate formerly owsed_by Joy was for his excluaive benafit, and that efery conveyance made, whether by Joy & Frisbie in executing trust-deeds,{to secure their indebtednes, or sales and conveyances thereunder, or quit-claims by Tus assigace, or conveyaaces by Freer, who pur- chaaed at ‘Trustee’s sale of portiocs of the prop- orty,—in short, everzthing from beginning to ond was infondoded in some mode to createa trast for the banefit of Joy, znd for that pur- pose only. All this the auswers deny, zud on tho contrary allege that all the property in ques- tion was covered by trost-deeds given to_sacure to Freer $6,100 lozued by lim to Joy & Frisbie, and & mortgage to Gorham of $4.003, pridr to the trust-doeds which :Mr. Freer* wzs compelled. to tske up in order, to pro- tect the incumbrances 1m his favor, and that February 18, 1861, there was actually due dr. Freer on theso incumbrances over $10,000. : = IT 18 EXPLICITLY DENIED by the answers that tho trust-deeds were with- ont consideration, or were in any respect unlaw- ful, and also denied that Joy furnished suy por- tion of the $4,000 to buy in the Goiham mort- gago asithe bill charges, Joy & Frisbie, the do- fendants state, as partuers, Déo. 8, 1860, made s general assignfont to Honry Fuller for the benefit of creditors, in which their indebted- ness to Freer is expressly stated. Two days’ Jater Joy made an individual nssignment to James P, Smith, 8r., his brother-in-jaw, hoping thereby to sscure him _sgainst about $i2,000 of lisbility Smith Sr., had incurred, a8 indorser of Joy & Frisbie's paper. Between tho 6th of December_18(0, end the 8th of Fobruery 1861, various c.editors of Joy & Frisvie zecovered judzments againss them in this coanty amount- ing to about $40,000. 'The notes of Joy & Frisbie, thus held by Freer, secured by the trust-deeds, bad fallen due m November and December 1880, and remained unpaid. Freer hsd taken an assigoment of the Gorham mortgage to protect bimaelf, no steps were being taken by Joy & Frishie or either ol them to reduce the claims of Freer mor to re= deom from the trust-deeds or the mortgagef’ ly exar- axid the prospect of s civil war materiall -cisod a depressing influence on values ma Chi- cago. Real estate had dropped far below the standard of values twenty months bofore, and was constantly depreciating, 80 that proposty re- ga:ded as'good secarity for’the monays loancd Joy &aFrisbie in August, 1859, had 1w February, 1861, becoms insufficient, and, by reason of -the general want of confidenco causod by tho uncer- tainty of public affairs, it was growing constact- ly worse, whilst the debt was increasing by the accumulation of interest. Joy & Frisbie, it is also claimed,” wera hopelessly involved, their lisbilitiosréaching to nearly 160,000, In this con- dition of things, ) FREER PROCURED A SALE to be made of the mortgaged property under tha power contained in the trust-deeds, which took piace Feb. 18, 1601, indue form, after previous notice had been given as the trusi- aceds required. Mr. Freer was compelled to, and did, purchase tho propercy st this sale for 25,500, whichis cluimed to be all it was worth at that time, and no other person would bid that much. This still left o portion of Freer’s claim upsatisfied. The Trustee, Ingals, executed to Alr. Freer the usual Trustee’s deed of tho prop- erty, and thereupon Freer became the owner ~$hercof 1n fee, the equity of redemption havings ‘boen cat off by the ealo to bim uoder tho deads of trust® Mr, Freer very positively afirms that thors was No AGREEMENT OR UNDELSTANDING between himaeif and Mr. Joy, or aay other per- son, that this purchage was for the benefit of Joy, but that he parchased the proparty at s reg- alar salo for hig own benefit, MMr. Freer and Mr. Joy were on quite intimate end friendly terms, and Joy_wes zlso strongly atiached to bis nephew, James P. Smith, Jr. : Young Smith, as he allegea in his soswer, had come West some years before at the solicitation of his uncle; had Inborod tobuildap the ice busincss of Joy & Yrisbeo ; had suffered largoly by their misfortunes in business, the firm owing him some $5,600 when they broke up. In addition theroto, he had also_ indorsed their paper for several thousswd dollars. Business, it is- claimed, was flat. Smith, Jr., was occupying the Bouse on Lot 6, under a leasg from Joy, which bad soyeral vears to run, af’s monthly reatal. Joy had. it is admitted, decded in 1859 & partion of the Indiana avenue lotto Smith's two chil- dren,—Cors and Bell,—but the decd, it is slleged, was rendered valueless to them by reaton of a neglect to record it until after the $wo trust- deeds were exacuted and recorded, thus makiog them & lien, These circumstances, Br. Treer di & also in his answer, when coneidered by him, soon after the Trusteqls eale to him, in duced him to make a volontery sgreement with Smith Jr., by which he, after stating that ho did not wigh to make any profit out of the forced sale, agreed to bold the land for four years, charging complainant intorest on what be haa paid for it ($10,634.54), selling part at certain epecified prices, and ot tne end of that time bo offered to convey . the . remainder to Smith, Jr., o3 trustco for, ‘hia dsughters, on payment of the amount then remaining due, Any pavmenis made by Smith, Jr., or amonnts recerved from salos, worsto be credited, aud draw compound intereat.” Freer exprassly stated_in the contract, if ik can bo called a con- wact, it being withoat considoration and volun- tary, that this agreement was mnda for the sole purposo of N ENABLISO A RELATIVE OF JOX'S to receive cuy profits that might arise from s salo of the land. Froer aluo, #oon after the salo to him, indneod Smith, * Jr., who occupied a part of , the land, to attorn to him, s8 landimd, Smith, bowover, wes reloctant to underzke what then saemed impcasible of accomplishweat, but, having soms Zuith in tho prospefity of i eago, bo on rafiection concldded to accopt Iir. Freer's preposition, and therenpon Mr. Frocr roduced tho samo to writing—a copy of which is set out in biw answer—and presented it to Smith, and Smitnt ook & new leasofrom Fre.er, Tha War esme on, groentocks were issuad, ‘money becams plenty, and real ectato advaaced 80 that sales wersin Zew yesss made of the Twenty-fourth street and Incinnasveaue property of o suficient saount, inclading the rents paid by Smith, Jr., for tho bouse on llonros street, o reimburse Mr. Froer for all that tho property had eost him, includiog intorest and taxes, aod yet leave the property on Jonros atroat and Ar- cade eourt unsold. In conformily with the propasition, ani on direction of Smith, Jr., Mr. TFreer, £5 ke chiarges, on Feb. 21, 1855, by deed, conveyed tho nusald periious to Laars A Smith, wife of Smith, Jr. Dy subsoquent con- veyances the title bas vested in Smith, Jr. Ttis explicitiy deaied by the defendaot that any of theso tiansactions were, or ward intonded 10 be, for ths use ar banafit of Hiram Joy. Thoy clsim that tiers wes N0 TLUST, EXPRESS OR EECRET, o established in faver of Jov, and nous intended- Air, Freez kad become tho abxclato owner of the property, and conld and did do aa he pl withit, e choss 10 giva the fawmily of Jamco P. Bmith, Jr., the benefit of any profis that mjght bo made oat af s property, for reasous poraonal to them. and suficient in hin e wnnd. Elmmdnua;ug;fiamwhy. and he in no mannsr made or intended to make him abeneficlary. And even if he’ hiad dsaired to do 8o it would have been impossible, as the defendants. state, a3 an express trust in favor of Joy would have prooavly inured to his croditors, acd s secret trust in his favor would have been a frand on them. The alle- gations of the bill as to the su; iofluence and control of Smith, Jr., over his uncle and his property, and the allegations as to his imbecility, are all specifically denied, and, on the contrary, it is claimed that Joy was a man of Vigor physi- cally and mentally until within a very sbort time of bis death, which did not occur potil August, 1868. 41t is denied that he had softening of the brain or any serions mental disoase. The de- fendants contradict the statement that Smith, Jr., was instrumentabix causing the insolvency of Joy & Frisbie, or the lstter’s withdrawal from the firm. Joy, they say, was fully aware of all that had faken place concerning the property, and often exprsssed gratification at what Mr. Freer had done for Smitk, Jr., and family, but never intimated or supposed that he had any trust interest in the land. ~ Mr. Freer states in his answer that the fact of Mra. ‘Mor- ton being the dsughter of Joy could hava made no change in the disposition he made of the property. > It is alsostated in the answer of Smith, Jr., and wife that, for very many years Mrs. Mortan REYUSED TO RECOGNIZE HER PATIER, and went by snother name, until she learned of his prospenty, when she and her husband sought bim out, and by large drafta on his generosity contributed materisily to his embar- ragsment and ultimats finaccial rain, Joy loft Do eatats at his death, and no administration was had for that reagon. Smith, Sr., aleo denies ever having received a i Joy’s estate was'swallowod up in the shipwreck of the business of Jay & Frishie. Lastlyit is - sisted that the lapse of time and the laches of the complainants onght to preclode them from instituting thia litigation, The statute of limit~ ations and also the statute of frauds is invoked in bar of the relief asked. and the defendants therefore ask that the bill may be dismissod. GROCERIES. ESTABLISIHED 18685. WHOLESALE AND RETATL TEAS, COFFEES, SPICES, AND GROCERIES, Hong Kong TEA CO,, 1 and 3 North Clark-st. Branch, 14 and 16.S. Halsted-st. Having the largest stock of Teas in the West, mostly oucowu importation, wo ara £lla to oil at pricas that wrisl gavu the consamér 20 to 40 geata on b B ezt o0 1.00 1.00 3¢ gie; €0c, 8Uc, ‘Wo bave our own St jscs, with tho moat perfect machincry laventad- Now faskor Promes: For b, Paaciics, best, 310 chan, A0s, per i Tomatods, Konasott’s best, -1b caus, por doz. Corn, Elgin, per doz. Fon) hakine Bomr Vil BT “Royal Bakiog Powdar, Lb {ins, Dr. Prioc's Baking Pawder, 11D tins, r. Price’s Bakin c Proctor & Gamble’s Suap, Der BOX.. . ...... §1.05 St. Louly Whito'Wathe Whoet Fiour, wmiv.&s Spring Wheat Flour, per brl...... e RGeS b ars et wholesalo market Drices. ik ers bymail from c rom) Betlversd frbu o chavge cousty promptly HONG HONG TEA CO. 1 &3 North Olark-st. _Branch, 14 & 16 S. Halstod-st GROCERIES! BUY YOUR EAMTLY SUPPLIES AT SLACK’S HAWHMOTH GROGERY HOUSE 109 East Madison.st., Botween Clark and Dearborn-sta. ave fram 10 to 30 Per Centand Gt Standad Goods. Fresh Arrival of Fine Flavored New Chop . TEAS! At the following LOW PRICE:! Qolong 5 ui(:flfi: Hyson Engliah Dreakfast Standard A Coffoe Sugar, . Granunlated Stgar, DG;‘A: kel Now Turkey Prages, per . Cligice St. Louls &Vaite Winter Wheat, Fiour, ueen” per brl. Western Chioce St. Lonis White Cholce dMinnesota Spring. b5.50 ‘Tomatoes, 3 Ib. cans, per Case of 2 doz..83.50 Mounnisio Sugar Corm, per Case of 2doz 4.50 Price’s Baking Powder, 1 1b. cans........ 43¢ Hoyal Bakiog Powder, 1 ib. cans, fall EREE e o 43¢ BomlesiE EERr e, 3o o ambies Aloriie s S0t 60 bars fall welilit, per box.wor.-S§4.10 STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES doscription, at pricos that defy compatition. Of eve: Goods delivered to tof the city {ree of chargs. Corniey orders caefully £ha prompiy aciended ton C. . ST ACIK, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER, 109 East Madison-st. FURNITURE. Furniture! “We invite close buyers to examine our goods and compare prices. We are selling from a large and com- plete stock, AT LOWER PRICES than any house in the West. C. C. BOLTON & CO. 295 & 297 State-st. DISSCLUTIOR KOTICES, DISSOLYUTION. The copartaership heretofors existing between the rabacribers, under tho frm name of Bliss & Torrey, 16 this day dissalved by mutusl consent. E S. 8. BLISS, T. F. TORREY. Tho mndorsigned having this day formed » copartaor- ip uhdez tho firm mame of TOPREY & BRADLEY, wilt sottle and continae tho buciness trerstofare carried oathy Bliss & Toszsy. T. P.-TORREY, » W. HARRISON BRADLEY. Chieagn, ApHl3, 167 - DISSOLUTION. £ Kcstuaheil & Heindi is thiy day dissolyod by e Crasmte Al oAt sgainst the ez will be Pty Aloert estocarll mbo & cidionacd o colloc ‘rucaipt for all moneys duo the Sz.c. ALBLIT KRATOCHVIL, Chiosyo, Apxil L, 1E75. AR R OLD PAPERS. OLD PAPERS FOR SAaAl s At 75 cents per 1?)0, Ia the Counting-Room of tb.isv Office. |.~] DRY GOODS, &o. . ' TYLES, bought cheap for CASH, wa are U Dry Goods and Boots and Shoea st prices never.before known in Chicago. 'I‘xia following low pricos speak for-theme lves: KID GLOVES (l-butm), i GLOVES (Z-hnthm), i) BALBRIGGAN HOSE (T,adiss"), 4 TABLE LINEH (Futk f00), - - 30 TABLE DAMASK (orth $1), - - HAMB, EMB, (wurth 106), - IRISH POP, (warth $2), FR. POPLINS (warth $1.26), - BONNET BIE, STLK (worth $3.50), GUINET SIK (worth $2.40), - JAPANESE STLES (rorth 4c), - CASSTHIERES (warth §1), - - DRESS G00DS (warth 20g), - -~ BLK. CASHMIERE (wurth 1), - HOHATR ALPACAS (worth 81), | CEILDRERS SHOES (yart $1), LADES R, KD (Furih $7), - $400 New York Store 284 & 288 WEST MADISON-ST. . B.—Loadies at a distsnos supplied wit] samples on application. Gaoda.lé’:!‘c. (;fin‘f ——— e PATTERNS. Mrs. I P. Wyant Tspleasad to sunounes to her Patrans that she bea jusi Toturned trom New York, whore slie hua parfocros an Tangcicats to reociva from the best pattera Bouscs 1 e couutry, all the sewost and most flws!:hl- stylos of Imported French Tissue and Prain Patterns. Athy fonnd Al timon, tho 1iees Sisios tmporsod by o= > E 8. T. Taylor, Smith, Duvall. and othors, Mrs. WYANT'S abm will 1o axbIbIE o pariieaiss dmportations but ambor the chofcast of each. A eo voa piatical el ing and teachingz ek, S. T. Taylor's System mr-.a.emaynm Botter satisfaction than any 8. T. Taylor's System FOR SALE, AND SYSTEM TAUG! YIS NOT NEGESSARY TO NATH m;«.“:%u;s . ut partics desiring, can commsnce at znz tims. fitting of dreascs, and tho enttingof Patteras, Stitng of drense nt Potteras, by mess S T. Taylor's System Ismade a Specialty. Information given and Patterns shown with pleasure at B QA8 _flabash—ava " PARLQOZ BEDSTEAD. MY EMPIRE PARLOR BEDSTEAD. Some nations fn the olden timo, *ts eald, Loft barely spaca wheretn to place thsir bed Thelr eubicutssa was so clrcumscribad Further sccommodatian was dep! Nor even & corner to 80t & chair, Not standing-room to robe and dross the hatz, ‘Had'st thou, my Parlor Bedstesd, then been kzews, What marvelous convenience thea had'st shown— Thy preise would taen have beon oh every tongus— Poeta thy words in classio strains hsd sang~— Tn regal palzoos thou would'st hat® been A housohold gem of many 3 Kiog and Queens But such » lozury was thon resorved And kept for modernpations to bo erved, And L not claiming % bo soversign.. Ezcapt s much wher tha peopls govern, Am bloasdd beyond thoso mighty ozes of eld, Evan in their parilions of gold, Lixe har who {n that gorreons barge swopt dowa The stroam of Cydnas, zivar of renows, With **oars of allver,” which thelr tims did mask By music soft within the royai barqua, And **purplesalls™ that such swoet parfame esst **The winds wers lovo-sick with them™ as they ‘They, from tholr ravels and thoir banqusts rosa And soaght within thelr narzow calls reposas ‘While I, more favorod on esch comisg night, Urfold my Empire Bod all right, And thers enjoy 3 slumber which but faw It any of thoso Monsrchs overkuow. . . + RMPIRE PARLOR BEDSTEAD COMPANY, R3 West Madison-st., Chicsge. . —Send for Mestratod catalogue. e e— POLITICAL. TO THE PUBLIC. Tn tho ro-called ** Palitical Convention™ of tha Poa- ple's Party, held April 3, my name vas nred af & €330(- duro for Supseriior of Sonth Ohissgo. My (rlench wora Gosirous of using my TAmG, EUPISSZ 2t the Uie thi th Gonvaatian was not - hzodow 1 am Bow & Jade pondont candidate for 1sid offica, and dedm my frends > coming elect o s ol lon. Resnect?: b ) THOB. NELSON. TO TEHBR PUBLIC. In the sowalled ** Palitical Consention ™ of thn Peoyte® oy of Apald my zame wat propesed a3 4 cililize o thooizceot Ualleciorot Tasca or tha Syt Tomn of 3 or the paross of implicating m rald Coriyontion without my icnewledys oF contont. ' 1am G, and have boen for the past ten aays, & ceadilate fox said ofice. % cord o ' ‘cuarantoe for 2od my N.B it re a ctent disohacr: uhlic datics hoor aadtaithfally, ‘n’d’fln thess grounds L rupunllnllf sohicll the sailrages of my fallow-citizons at the coming electiun, = VANS. 70 THE GITIZENS OF THE WEST DIVISION. rvrimurs: Damors have fn some fmlatod cases p‘i‘rwd groand to the efeot that I hzd witodraam 24 o m?ull{g‘lll tho cnfl:{n%clsfl:u&, ‘This ‘.lnaol 0. 'l EL e Sraws Calleciors & a oo, “DAVID HATLANTR. Clicazo, A 3, 1878, MISCELLANEDYS. Dividend Notice. The Directors of the TRADERS’ INSURANCE COMPANY have do- clared a dividend of three (3) %mr cent on the capital siock for tho first guarter of the year 1875, pay- able at the Office of the Company on and after the tenth (10th) inst, R. J. SMITH, Secrotary. MOUNTAIN SUGAR-CORN. INJUNCTION DISSOLTED As toall persons selling McMarray's Corn. Poople’s te- ‘tarest protectad. . NO 2 OENTS PER CAN ROYALTY To ths Maino Ring Combination. Bfc .34;%‘ e, 63 e osoe, 1 Lot of bevaie e Cooa LOUIS A’MURRAY, Fredorick 7, B3 Wrtrnax foop, Agvat, @ Seata wmstffin & OFFIUE, 120 LA SALLE-ST, J. W. BT ARBACE, Agent for tha sale of Common Erick: AD Prassod end Brisk il pamatsctarerprices. BT sV Lt o D sl & i, M. Piles and Pi:gatula,. ; Ourad without Paln. NO pay natl cus MITCHELL & SEELY, 26 Voast Madisonat., Chicags, Ufice Plala th and 3 to bpsme o O Hugre F0 CONTRACTORS--WANTED, Mwfih‘orhnfl&b&whfi of Ourls Wall en’ Xorty C. B VAITL, @ MoCaesisk Elooh,