Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 9, 1875, Page 5

eee THE CHICAG@ TRIBUNE: SUNDAY: MAY 9, 1875.—SIXTEEN: PAGES. spond for newspspers in country. Whether he makes such connections or not, be intends starting from Montreal and coming back from Ban Franciaco, after an absence of three years. If he succeeds be will show himself to be pos- essed of more than sverage pluck, ingenuity, and ability. We bave an elderly Iady in Sherman who is ‘very indignant with our present laws, ag she un- deretands them, and this isthe reason, Talking with @ friend awhile ago, sho said: “My hus- band only got $10 for voting the ticket, while father got $18 for voting the ticket. ‘Wan't that too bad? They ain’t nothin’ square pornght abont sich laws! They orter be made more equal, and sumikin’ should be done 'bout & #0 they'd pay one as much for votin’ as an- other,"—Cor. New Milford Ray, ‘The following letter, dated May 4, 1961, and gdressed “To His Exoellency Jurrxnsox Davis, President C. 8. A.,” was exhumed to-day im the Post-Office Department {rom a large num- ber of letters which found their way to the dead- Vetier office in 1861: ‘As soon as you take possession of the White House I should like to ceocive the job for refurnishing tho same, which Igusrantes to dvontho most liberal terms. Yours, respectfully, Coxnap Buswsren, Up- holaterer, No. 800 Brosdway, New York.” Tho envelope is addressed “‘To His Excellency Jzur- yenson Davis, President C.S. A, Washington, D.C. Tobe kept till called for."— Washington Telegram. The London Law Journal, reviewing the ease of Jomsston against the Athenacum, says that erifics are safe enough e0 long aa they keep within the limits of criticism. The following, whether trae or false, would not be libelous: ‘This is the most vilo story it was ever our cruel fate Yoread, The plot is a jumble of plagiarized incidents, ‘The personages are not characters, but Punch and ‘3aay Puppets. The author's etsle’ is weakest slip- ro observe thst the price of this novel is £1 11s 64, but whoever pays far it a penny more than the waste-paper doaler will give for {, will aya penny But an impatation of immoral purpose would be libelous, In the Atheneum case the libel consisted in stating something which did not appear in the book iteelf, that the reputed author ‘was not really the author. ‘Mxj. Woop, of uexington, Mass., bad placed before his house during the recent celebration the English and American flags, and betwixt them a medallion, wreathed with olive-leaves, with simply 1875" in the centre. The design ‘was to show that, however wido apart were the fisgs a century ago, they were united now. Dur- ing the evening, after all his guests had depart- ed, word was brought that a party of roughs were approaching to tear down the English flag. The Major took from his hall an old “Tower musket” which had been picked up near his house 8 century ago, walked out upon bis door- steps, bis white hair bristling in the moonlight, snd. asthe mob halted before him, he ssid to them: “Fellows, I sm aware of your mission. ‘Tho first one of you who Isys » bandon that flag, or offers it the least indignity, isa dead man!” There was s pause. “Right about! march! begone!” added the grim old Major, bringing his musket to ready, and, at the click of cocking, the gang did “right about” and march “‘docble quick” down the svenue. That En- lish flag was the only one displayed during the Gro celebrations. HOTEL ARRIVATS. Palmer Howse—Thomus I. Mercem, New York; Rochester Charles T, Crocker, Sacramento e ,RE Fs = necticut ; Maj,.C. IL T. U.8. Ay HF, Lynde; Boston; James O. Pratt, Colorado; ‘Calvin Floyd, Gincinnati; BF, ‘Atkins, Boston; W. B. Booram, New York; T. 8. Spurr, Boston; Henry Warren, Poiiadelphis; ‘Williams, Mark i Irish, Madison ; Jolin A. Baton, Davenport; Philadelphia; Henry 2, Hawley, Now T, W. Lane, Dotrott ; DENTISTRY. @uceess of Dr. W. 8. McChesney’s Grent Popular Movement. Beference bas from time to time been made in fhe columns of Tax Tarsuxe to a popular move- ment inaugurated a year ago by a leading dentist of Chicago, Dr. W. B, McChesney, and prose- cuted by him in a vigorous and determined spirit till the present time, that move constituting a clean reform in the price of professional dental \sbor, which, up to the time that it be- ame @ fact, would have been rogarded as an impracticable delusion. Dr. McChesney, a8 ‘will be remembered, then avowed his ability and his determination to set bis prices at from 80 to 0 per cent of the prevailing rates of standard @entistry, to do superior professional isbor, taxing the bect materials known ‘to the profes- sion, to make a good living at these fractional prices, and to fight it out on that line if it took Devers! summers. During the lapse of one year the Doctor has beon saved from starvation by prot treatment of 5,000 dental patients; has repsired the dilapidated months a tooth to 2,500 7 has estab an persons ; at Bahed for his work a reputation for Sarepilisy, servioe and comfort £0 be stialnon gale bre Yarest fessional skill ; proven 6 srincial teoth end plate used by him are the standard material of dentistry, and to accommo- date the patronage of our citizens has had to de- ee, his offices on Randolph and Clark streats fo the largost system of dental-rooms in tho ‘United States, employing fourteen assistants in- eluding a physician to suporintend the adminis- trations of anmsthetica, The movement has heen a sucoees, Real Estate. Tbe popalar method of sales by installment dnangurated some years since by Mr. Ira Brown, the popular; suburban desler, and now applied by bim to brs subdivisions in various sections, Branston, Park Bidga Desplsines, Glencoe, ‘Thornton, and Hyde Park, is again beginning to wwaken popolar interest, and the business at Mr. Brown's office in the Otis Block is again be- ginning to take on something the aspect of such ‘Srun a6 was witnessed during the summer of year. Mr. Brown states, notwithstanding ize in tho value of property in all his subdi- he will adhore to the system of uniform and the Ira Brown method of sale,—@15 and $5 monthly payments. ————>—___—_—. . Andersen. : ‘Hans Christian Andersen’s birthdsy was eele- Beated enthusiastically at Copenhagen. Theday before, the King of Denmark, 2 a private inter- Yiow, gaye him a decoration, and the Queen and Princess Thyra losded him with bouquets of flowers. On his birthday crowds of friends visit- ” -edhim, and_he received a little illuminated ad- Gress bound in red yelvot, announcing that ‘Danish men and women of all classes had niet Sho Royal Theatre thst evening. ‘The day was stzo publicly celebrated in Odense, where the ‘Poet wes bore. : > Voracious Rats, Rew Bedford (Has) Standard, Mra. Henry Gibbs, of Agawam, Wareham, Baxing eocasion to visit one of her neighbors en Wednesday, left her youngest chitd, an infant - + of five months, asleep m a cradle in the kitchen. While returning, ebo fancied ahe heard her child Pinion hastening into the house was horri- fed at behalding two snormons rats spring from $e cradle. Upon examination of the child's Ledy % waafonnd that the flech of its left arm had bsen badly lscerated. It that kad the mother remained away am hous longer the infant would have bese PURIFYING ELECTIONS. . Judge Doolittle’s Resolutions Submitted to the Bar Association. He Favors Viva Voce Voting and Fining All Who Fail to Go to the Polls, Esch Head of a Family to Have Two * Votes; Mr. Ayer Concurs in Many ef These Suggestions. . + At a recent meeting of the Bar Association of Chicago, Judge Doolittle snbmitted the follow- ing resolution : Warazas, Within the last few years there ha arisen questions affecting the fondamental law ‘af Tepublican government in which al! patriotic citizens, ‘without distinction of party, are equally interested, by wht the bent good of Ua Blas Tons eat ets to be exercised uf ee _ i yan ‘Warnes, A united oxpreseion of the Bar would re- Ceive reepectfnl considerati a eed, That. the Standing Committee om kaseos? ment of the Law be requested to consider this subject, and toreport to this Association at its next meeting such proposed amendments to the Constitution or laws a8 in their opinion would be wise and proper. ‘The question of suffrage in large cities is s very important one, since a great portion of their population is made. up of gamblers, thieves, and losfers,—of peraons who neither Pay taxes nor contribute to the public weal, and whose gole object in life is to abeorb the sub- stance of their neighbors, Thoughtfol men have given the subject much attention, but the difficulties attending a chango and general apathy regarding elections on the part of the re- spectable portion of the community have re- Pressed nny agitation of the subject. The stop forward by Judge Doolittle, however, promises to bring the matter before the public, and, when the Committee of tho Bar Association shail have submitted their support, & remedy for existing evils may be suggested. —.—— JUDGE DOOLITTLE. ‘His PROPOSED REMEDIES, For the purpose of learning Judge Doolittle’s ‘views on the question, a reporter called on him yesterday, and bad the subjoined conversation with him: Reporter—I desire to get your views on the question of: suffrage: have you any objections to stating them ? Judge Doolittle—I do not faci at liberty to speak in advance of the sction of the Committee, It is composed of several of the ablest members of the Bar in the city, and they will doubtless in due time give the matter the eonsiderstion due to what all must feel to be the greatest question of our times,— * THE QUESTION OF SUFFRAGE,— tha manner in which and by whom it ehall be exercised. It isa question which is above and before all constitutions,—of more importance than negro slavary,—involving the broader quos- tion of freedom or slavery for all men, white as well as black, native and foreign born. Reporter—What, in your opinion, is the best mode of preventing frauds in voting and in counting the votes in large cities ? ‘Indge Dooli:tle—That ia an old queation—ss old as republican government. HOW T0 PREVENT FRAUD in the counting of votes ard preserve the purity of the ballot-pox in large cities is one-of the gravest questions that can be considered. Montesquieu, in discussing it in hia “Spirit of Laws,” says:. ‘The law which determines the mannor of giving suffrage is fundamental in o democracy. It is a question of some im- portance whether the suffrages ought to be pub- lic or secret. Cicero observes that the laws which rendered them secret, towards the close of the Republic, wore the csuse of its decline ; byrendering the suffrage secret in the Roman Republic, all was loat,” while some good comes from the secret ballots, experience inlarge cities shows that the evils of false voting and false counting of votes, when the ballot is secret, far overbalance all the good. In country towns these evils aro pot so manifest. Reparter—Whst remedy would yon suggest? Judge Doolittle—In large cities thore is only one sure method of removing the evils of tha secret ballot, and that is to ‘REMOVE ITS SECRECY. Reporter—Are not the present laws adequate to provent frauds, it enforced ? Indge Doolittle—They provide for the punish- ment of fraud, but there ig no security against fraud in a great city like the open ballot. Reporter—What would be the manner af oon- ducting an election by an open ballot? Judge Doolittle—in my opmion, the law should provide, first, that voting should be as publie as trials'in courts of justice; that every ballot, before being pee in the box, should be pubhely read in the hearing of the bystanders, 80 thst all parties might count when the votes were deposited. Second, that the name of every voter and the street and number of the house where he resides should be written upon the back of his vote. Third, that the tallot should be numbered to correspond with the name and number on the poll-lists; thatthe election dis- tricta should be reduced in territory, and the elections held in large rooms. In orner to se- the’ wit dru ‘the pooplo, “and vof thoge @ Will of ‘people, having most at stake in’ the good gov- ernment of tho city, tho law should provide {and for this purpose the Constitution should be amended) that every voter who is the head of # tamily ands householder, and who shall have resided with and maintained his family for the two years immediately proceding the tion in the district where he offers to vote, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO TWO VOTES— one to represent himself, and one to represint his household—at every election held pursuant tolaw. In ordertosocure the performance of the highest duty to the well-being of society, the law should also provide that every alector having the qualifications entitling bimtoa double vote who shall not attend and vote at every nlection held pursuant to law, unlees prevented by sick- ness Or necessary absence from the city, ar other sufficient reason, shallbe = - SUBJECT TO 4 FINE, ‘These three provisions—the public reading of every ballot, the double vote of the head of a family—one to represent himself and the other the women and children dependent uy and who have as much st stake in good govern- ment ina city, and more even than men; and the requirement that every head of a family ai 6 this sacred duty to tho State, to bim- self, and to bis wife and children, would make the Governmont of Chicago as just and pure as that of any large city can be. —_—-— B. F. AYER. WHAT HE THINKS COULD BE DOXE, The reporter next interviewed B. F. Ayer, Eaq., the President of the Bar Association: ‘Reporter—What is your opinion of the present laws regarding suffrage? , Mr. Ayer—I havo not reflected enough upon them to have 4 mature opinion. Reporter—Do you think any change ix neces- 2 or. Ayer—Well, the evils attending the sys- tem of universal suffrage in large cities are con- stantly growing to be such that ee 80ME RADICAL CHANGE will be a matter of noceasity before many years. What the nature of it will be Iam not prepared tosay. Whether relief will be sought in re- striction or modification I do not know. f—Do you consider @ change prac- ticab) 2 ‘Mr. Ayer—It would not be practicable to take away the right from any one.who now possesses: it, but 8 double yote might be given to certain classes of people. Beporter—What classes ? Mr. Ayer—Upon tax-psyers—those who cou- tribute to the support of Government under which they live. A very large portion of the Voters in large cities are men who contribute Far aey all directly eae sappatt. of the ‘anicipal Gpvernment, but they have the same Voice in the administration of affairs as those who do. Reporter—Are Ca por pee Beoassary to prevent frauds at elections . Ayer—We havo laws which are good enough, but thoy are not enforced. ‘Reporter—Who is respansible ? ‘Mr. Ayer—Well, there is very grest difficulty proving such frauds. Some have thought that the abolition of the ballot and the restoration of the viva voce Yute would be « remedy, feamogk sais would render imposeibls, or very many of the frauds which are now perpetrated. ‘Reporter—Do you think mee ‘THE VIVA VOCE SYSTEM could be successfully adopted in a city like Chicago? Mr. Ayer—I do not know why it could not, ¥ think the advantages claimed for the socret ballot are very much overestimated and ex- ageerated. Tho prineipal argument in favor of it is that, if men were obliged to vote openly, they could be more easily influenced by thoir em- ployers. There may be something in that, but not very much in my view. Reporter—Oouid 60,000 men vote viva voce in ir. Ayer—Why not? There would be some difficulty to be sure where: there were.so many candidates, but doubt not some means could be devised to obviate it.. Of course the present machinery would have to be superseded, and the Haults of the election districts materially dimin- THE BAR ASSOCIATION. Renorter—Will the Bar Association be apt to take any action regarding the matter ? Mr. Ayer—I doubt very much whether they will be inclined to take any decisive step or to make any decisive recommendation upon tha subject. Iwould be glad to see the question discussed, and tohave some suggestion mado which would receive. the approval of that por- tion of the community thet bas the good of the Btate at heart. The subject is a very important one, but it would be extremely difficult to make avy change. The process would necessarily bo a very slow one; nothing could be done until the people had been educated up to it by experience and ao realization of its absolute necessity. Thoughtfal men everywhere haye become con- vinced that the right of suffrage has been. EXTENDED TOO FAR in thiscountry. I am not prepared to ssy wheth- er it ought to be restricted as it is iu some of the Eastern States, but I do think it is practiceble to regulate it hereafter. In s Presidential election it does not make so much difference, for there is generally an expression of the popular will; but in municipal elections, which are often controlled by the very worst classes in society, 8 modifica- tion is pecessary. The evils are not felt in the country districts, although frauds are committed at every general election, but not to such an extent as to affect tho result. In large cities it is just the contrary. Tne Committee having the subject under consideration is a good one, and they will doubt- Jess consider it carefully, and make s report uponit, I spoke to the Chairman (Mr. W. C. Gondy), and he promised to give it attention. Porhaps the Association may be the meana of bringing the subject before the people, and in- ducing the newspapers to take it up. The press is the melder of public opinion, and the securing of a remedy for existing evils rest in great meas- ‘ure with the newspapers. SINGER. THE SEWER. The History of a Fayorite Ma- chine. No More Is Sung “The Song ef the Shirt,” ‘The future historian, in reviewing the progress of civilization, will make the perfection of the sewing-machine the beginning of o new ers, whose earliest days transcended long yeara of previous periods in the point of human comfort, and the case and possibilities of production. Like the great majority of labor-saving ma- chines, this one lingered in the minds of many ingenious men, and was experimented on long before the idea was put in such shape as to ronder it useful, popular, and within reach of the masses, machine was the needle, pointed at both ends and having an eye in tho centre, patented in England in the year 1755 by Charles F. Weison- thal, In 1770 Robert Alsop, and in 1804 Jobn Duncan, added improvements, and in 1807 James Winter provided a substitute for the finger and thumb of the seamstress. Newton and Archi- bold, in England, and J.J. Greenough, in Amer- ica, in 1841 end 1842, respectively, constructed ingenious machines, but it was reserved for Eliss Howe, a poor mechanic of Cambridge, AMass., to secure a patent for the first practical, ‘useful muchine. BUT ELIAS HOWR's CLADI to be the father of tho sewing-machine rests only on the fact of his procuring tho patent. In the field_of invention he had « predecessor, Walter Hunt, of Boston, and a contemporary, Isaac Singer,—another Boston mechapie,—to the former of whom Howe is indebted for the id and to the latter of whom must be accord the eredit of devising some of the most usefal features of the perfected ma- chine. Howo's first effort was 8 curious affair, totally unlike the article so familiar to everybody, in both shape and method of operation, and, bad it not been for tho im- rovements which were rapidly suggested, it ia improbable thst it would have come into gen- oral use. First and foremost smong the clear- headed and ingenions men who bridged the gaps of imperfection was the Boston mechanic, 16440 SINGER, before referred to. He added two rotary shafts, and by devising the perpendicular need!e-bar and several other ingenious contrivances, gave a wider range to its adaptation and the quality of finish to its operations; herein he actually constructed the first sowing-ma- chine as known and used to-day. . When he came to utilize hia inventions, Mr. Singer was con- fronted by the holders of the Howe patent, and a series of lawsuits were instituted, which were presently swelled by the claims of other 1m- provers, among them Grover & -Baker and Wheeler & Wilson. Tedium and expense were avoided by a final compromise, by virtue of which tho first patentee, the first maker, and the subsequent improvers ontered into joint proprietorsbip, a royalty on tho needles wanu- factured being reserved to the Howe's. Through all these chances and changes the prestige of Mr. Singer placod him, at the outcome, at the head .of all manufacturers, showing that the public is often the best judge, after all, of the mecits at rival snd conflicting interests. TUE FACTORY OF J, M. SINGER & CO.. in Boston, was small and unpretending, yot they had hardly provided themselves with more com- modions quarters in that city, whon the es- tablishment of a branch house at Now York became necessary j fa tho latter city they occupy the largo building bounded by Delancy, .Mangim, ond Gorick streota, In 1859 a branch house was established in Paria, France. Ten years later the walnut forests of Indiana woro brought to their doors by the erection of a lar; |. factory at South Bend. In 1870 they ‘again crossed tho ocean and established another En- ropean depot and branch, this time at Glasgow, Scotland. So rapidly have they extended their bounds in this country that to-day there ma not a prominent city that does not number among its prominent firms and palatial edifices one of the establishments of J. M. Singer & Co. At Elizabeth, New Jersay, they have recently completed, and now occupy, tho largest and most perfect sewing-maching factory in fhe world, capable of turning ont 10,000 ms- chines a week, or over 500,000 per year. 5 ‘THE SINGER MACHINE : has become the popular favorito in Europe and in its native land, becanse it is the best. The immense proportion of the trade which has been gained by this pre-eminence cannot be better illustrated than by an exhibit of ‘THE BUSINESS DONE by the different companies during the past two yeara,—the Secor Company having suspended operations. Except the Singer Company, it will be noted that s decrease of gales is the rule; The Singer, however, in 1874, exceeds its 1878 sales by nearly 10,000 machines. These figures are taken from sworo returns,‘aoé are, consequent- ly; reliable. They are as follows: 1874, | 1873, Co, sold... |241,679/232,444 factnring Co.| bee = «| 92,827/119,190 +} 35,000'...0066 «| 22,700, 40,114 20,495) 2,769 20,000) 36,179 ‘The Singer Manufacturing Wheeler & Wilson Manuf Sewing-Machine Go! wing-Bachine Co, sold. “| Tis ot ‘Wilson Sewing- Go, 60) 525) 21-947 u Machine Co, | 15,214] 16,431 Gold Medal 8e1 ‘Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing-Machine 710] 15, ise! Wier 6,292} 7,448, 8,660 Bemember, at Stein's Dollar Store you can find the largest ansort- ment of bracketa, chromos, glassware, cutlery, vases, toilet acta, and varlous usefal se well ss ornamental artistes, and nothing bighsr in prise than $1. Me, 106 Haaet Madina stsebly ‘Tne first loiter in the alphabet of the sewing-— | ICE. No Longer an Unpleasant Subject for Discussion. Prominent Dealers from Whom This Summer Staple Can Be Pro- cured, ; ‘Ice was little known as an article of commerce ‘until the early part of the present contury, aud, indeed, 200 years ago the luxury of ice-water was hardly enjoyed: by the inhabitants of any temperate climate.’ The first consignment of thearticle to foreign ports was slipped from Boston to Martinique’ in 1805. Since that date American ice haa been sont to far distant cities in the tropics, and many a vessel from our shores has unloaded her periahable freight at Calcutta, India. The home demand has long Since demonstrated the fact that ice in summer is a positive necessity to each city, town, and ham- Jet of our land. ‘Chicago, with hor rapid progress in every other direction, baa within her limits geveral firms in whose hands tho traffic has grown to immense proportions during the last twenty years, and the excellent facilities in this Vioulty for cutting, storing, and shipping have rade our city the prominent ice market of the oa MARK S. THOMPSON.& CO, During the season for cutting ice, or more properly during the ice harvest, the vicinity of Stone Lake, Laporte County, Indiana, is a scene of busy industry. Itis from off the watera of this beautifal lake that Messre.. Mark 8. Thompson & Co. annually store their immense stock of ice for the refreshment of Chicago and Southern: cities during the heated term. Clear as crystal, and pure as the never-failing springs which fill the lake, are the glassy blocks pacied carefully away tobe taken out in sum- mer, with scarcely a rounded edge. It was over thirteen yeara ago that Mr. Mark 8. Thompson and James H. Thompson became engaged in the business of cutting and storing ice, but it waa not until tho year 1869 that the brothers availed themselves of the splendid opportunity offered at Stone Lake, and commenced{operations in that vicinity by securing control of tho ice-fields there located. The wisdom of their choice has been fully demonstrated by the steadily in- creasing demand for their ice, and from s comparatively small beginning their business bas increased to such an extent that they havo been obliged to erect additional store~ houses at various favorable points. the princi- pal localities, besides Stone Lake, being Clear Lake, also in Laporte County, Ind., and at Lake ‘Winnebago, Wisconsin, Z The past season, as the shuddering citizens of Chicago have beon too ofton.forced to realize, has been moderately favorable for the formation of ice, and consequently the present stock of that commodity secured at Stone Lake is both large and excellent, and the firm find themselves well prepared to furnish tho finest quality of ice in quantities to suit the people. The ox- tent “of the present year's crop may be adequately judged from the fact that on the 234 -of March last the firm hsd in store abont 43,000 tons, and had stored and shipped for other par- tiesfabout 19,000 tons, making an aggrogate of 62,000 tons. Nearly all the ioe consumed in the City of Vincennes is supplied by this firm, and fey a2lso ship largely to Louisville and Evans- ville. As in formor years, the ico for their city trade will be abnpped to Chicago via the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, and upon its ar- rival here 1s switched upon their sida track and loaded into their distributing wagons. The; also have various city depots, which are situate on Twelfth street at the Lake Shore & Michi, Southern croasing, at Nos. 97 and 99 North May streot, 243 and 245 Twenty-sixth street, and at the corner of North Tranklin and .Peargon streots. It will readily be seen that these locali- ties ere most convonient for people who may wish to haul theirown ice, which market and milk men often prefer to do. To transact the firm’s city business about fifty men are employed, and during the summer months geyentecn wagons are kept constantly ranning. ‘Theso wagons aro of uniform size ‘and pattern, are furnished with platform springs, and are all made in Cincinnati, and, of courco, are the best and atropgest that can be procured. With their gayly-painted eides representing an ive-cutting econo they are familiar and welcome objects to our citizens during the heated term. The process of daily distribution of ico com- mences at about 3 o'clock in the morning, when the wagons are loaded at their depot in the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern yard at Twelfth streot, and almost tho first sound which break the silence of our summer mornings is the heavy rambling of those ponderous wagons, whose contents twelyo hours later are’ to cool the fevered heads and palates of our inhabitants during the hot noonday. “JAMES P, SMITH & CO. Ice, formerly regarded as a delicious Inxury, has now come to bo o positive necessity to metropolitsn American life, The article was delivered here in 9 primitive way as carly as 1847, at which time a one-horse wegon supplicd the North, South, and Wost Divisions of the city. In earlier days, with an inferior populs- tion and fewer stately walls to enclose hot and oftentimos dusty stroete, there was of course legs need and demand for ice in large quantities. ‘Messrs. James P. Smith & Co. have boen en- gaged in the ice trafiic for the Iast twonty years, ‘These gentlemen have left no means untried to build up and increase the business so prosperous- ly begun, and the best standard by which to jadge-of thew success is their present heavy ies and well-earned repntation. These years haye placed them among the most enterprisin; i successfal ice doalers in the Northwest, au‘ their excellent stock and fair prices must enable them to retain such 8 position. The ica sold by the firm is cut in several choice localities, among which are Lake Calumet, Calumet River, Batavia, illinois, and Fond du: Lao, Wisconsin. ‘The ice- houses owned by the gentlemen aro largo and numerous, and would, if collected, form @ respectable country village. They ato located as follows: Threa on the shores of Lake Calu- met, and an equal number on the Calumet River ; one in the Fox Rivor Valley between Geneva ant Batavia, INL, built in six sections; one im the town of Riverside; ono in the City of Fond da Lac, Wis., and six in Chicago, fiva of which are on Indiana avenue near Sixteenth street, and the other at the foot of Ellis avenue. The latter was orected during the present season, and was built expressely to accommodate the inhabitants of the most southerly portions of the city, and also residents of the Village of Hyde Park. All those houses are so located 2s to be accessible to some one of the many railroads centering in Chicago; hence the facilities of the firm for Promptly filling outside orders aro most axcel- ni : ‘The capacity of these houses is about 75,000 tons, The ice is from 20 to 28 inches thick, and all clear and solid. They employ about sixty men, and have constantly in uge during the Warm season twenty-five heavy ice wagons wait may be easily known sinceallare painted ite, ‘Tho offices of the firm are at Rooms 8, 4, and 5, 145 Monroe street, and 786 Indians ayanus. WADHAMS, WILLARD & CO. The oldest firm in the ice businesa in Chicago ia that of Wadhams, Willard & Co., whose office isin Superior Block. ‘This concern has been supplying ‘our citizens with the sparkling crya- tals ever since 1859, and understand both the im- portance of serving their customers in the early morning and how to do it, and add to this know!- edge the great advantage of delivering only a perfectly pure article. The progrosa af the art of comfort bas rendered ice no longer luxury; it is a positive neceasity, hence the importance of using unnsnal care, on the part of the cutter and dealer, that only such ice as is free from the thousand and one impurities to which water is subjected, may be kept or sold. Wadhame, Willard & Co. compass this desirable end by Drocuring their stock at points distant from the contamination of cities and sewerage, weal Panantie Plating Eres Wore, s - le, Pittsl ‘ort and Dilinois Coutral Railroads." Their dep stables aro situated at the corner of Taylor and Peach strests, a central location, most favorable to early delivery. For this ‘years demand the: have on band 75,000 tons, and employ abou! thirty teams in delivery; they sell also to small dealers for retail They employ a small army of men in the various departments of thoir pate, and aré@ prompt, reliable, and enterpris- Personal. Wo note the arrival at the Clifton House of our friend, Mr. N.C, of the enterpri’ng firma of Hinsdale, Doyle & Co, monument dealers, 658 Broadway, New York, He informs us that his firm bs eeety”soguiogd. the ght of sale of all work and Ta! 6 Westerly Quarries of The Smith Gcanite Company, Wosterly, B,1, and that this wil erable them to furnish to cur oitizens monumental or thes bos af werk 4 prions even halow Wises whic they havo heretofore charged. We commend him to our people, as no man bas done more to beautify our cemeteries with perfect monumental work tha he. ‘The Northwestern Marble and Granite Company are thelr Western agents, No. 151 Sonth Jefferson streat. ——— Genuine Art. ‘There is on exhibition at 154 Stato strest the most Deautiful and valuable collection of imported marble statuary that has boon in Chicago for many years, It 4s tho special importation of Mesara, Viti Brothers, of Philadelphia (established 1815), and consist of beauti- fal bronzes, ormuln gilt twenty-one-day clocks, mantel vases, card-recelvers, etc., besides tho superbly-ex- ecuted statues and statuettes in the finest Italian mar- Vie, Among these shon!d be seen Salsda’s exquisite “ Morning Rose,” the gem of the ‘The sculptor Tuas pletured.a fairy” Ie mataes oor arms full of flowers, and the execution and conception line of ten embiemat statues, of which the most beautiful is “+ ‘Feeding ite Pets.” Nellis “Sleeping Child,” in the window, st- ‘tracts much attention, partly because of the smow-like BES BS Tg, Aube op eee "Fhe eetioction ate aa ~ The was yosterday visited and targe numbers of the best at judges in tho city. bi be open for free ion until Wednesday morning, when tho popular auctioneers, Messrs, 3. H. Chambers & Co., will dispose of the whole collection of 186 lots at auction, beginning at 10:30 2, m. Every ad- mirer of art should enjoy the collection and attend the The Silk Question, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Cutoaso, May 7.—As the Northampton and Rock- ville manufacturers continue quarreling about tho oor old silk made years ago, Ihave taken pains to compares 100 yard spocl af each in “Letter D,” with the following result : Belding Bros,, & Co.'s, atrength, 93¢ Its., measured Beer By Ls “ Gaylord’s," made by Nonotuck Co,, strength, 10 Bhs, measared £04 yards, : “Eureka,” made by Seavey, Foster & Dowman, strength, 113 Ite., measured 102 yards. Comments aro unnecessary, pictcncitiares aes . How the Wind Did Blow Yesterday! And aa we by the wind were carried slong we were attracted by some business suits ; the prices beat any- thing wo have seen yet, Wohavo decided that there {a no use disputing facts, D, J. Lines’, 129 South Clark street, is the place to buy clothing, So7-.ad- vertise to retail at wholosale prices. Whow! “Tho fdea! Does any one nppote people can do business tornothing? No! But for all this, that D.J, Lines can beat them all, See his spring overcoat $15, and $18, and'his basinese suits 4¢ $10, $13, a, Si fornishing goods at Coxsuuer, and $20, A'foll line of that defy competition, pene Just Opened, A large stock of French chip hate and beautifol new shapes, Alsoa large stock of millinery materials un- and s superb assortment of trimmed round hatsand bonnets, from $5 up, equalin style'to any— ‘thing in New York or elsewhere.- Any in want of besu- tiful and rich goods at low prices should not fail to ox- amine our stock, During the coming week wo shall devote our large double window entirely to the display of . sh mpbtinary go fotchkin, Palmer & Co,, 137 ‘and ——-__. Save Money and Health. The reputation of the Wilson Shuttie Sewing Machine is go thoroughly established that no word in its commendation is necessary, The plan adopted by tho manufacturers of this famous machine of placing thetr prices no low as to come within the reach of the poorer classes, certainly entitles them to the gratitude of those who are really most in need of such an article, Salesroom 197 State streot, ‘This Company want a few more good agenta, ———___ Just Received per Late Steamer, three cartoons of Llama lace points and jackets, each and every one of them a great bargain, Shall offer an extremely fine point tor $20, which is vory chesp at $30, and one for $28 worth $0, Ladies contemplating Purchasing this season will find this a superior op- Portunity to get s great bargain, Hotchkin, Palmer & Co., 187 and 139 State street, rg, Musical Festival at Cincinnati. Parties desirous of attending the musical festival commencing May 11, in Cincinnati, can - procure ex- caraion tickets via Cincinnati Air Line (depot corner Clinton and Csrroll streets), or vis Kankakee Line (from Central Depot, foot of Lake street), for fifteen (25) dollars the round trip, by applying at general Office, 121 Bandolph street, or at depots, a aan Ladies, Preserve Your Furs, Ladies, preserve your furs and fur-trimmed gar- ments of every description from damage by moths or dampness through summer, by leaving your address ‘with the well-lmown hatters and far manufacturers, Mesrra, Bishop & Barnes, corner State and Monroo streots, They will send for your furs, give receipts, and charge reszonably, Elmwood Collars. An ingenious phyaician of Paris—Renandot by name more than two hundred years ago began circulating ‘8 news-theot for the amusement of lus patients. From | this beginning newspapers grew, and soon Lecame ad- Yertising mediums for ali classes of goods, including Elmwood collars, —_-+____ How to Prevent Divorces. tis well known that the trifling annoyances of tho culinary department is the ontering wedge that ends in divorce, Now, James P, Dalton’s kitchen and taun— dry goods are the best. No trouble with stoves, ranges, or anything bought at 192 or 194 State streat, —_.-___ ‘‘ Housefurnishing Row ” Stove Store. Watkins, 215 State street (saccessor to Merwin Church & Watkins), will make a special redaction on many things in bis lino during May, He deals only in firat-clasa stoves, ranges, etc. It will pay any want- ing “kitchen ontfits” to call thera, ‘We Have Just Received large etock of new designs in silver and silver-plated housekeeping goods of best manufactura, All want- ing goods of this kind will be well repaid by calling on. the old-establahed jewelry house of 8, Hyman, No, 235 ‘Wabsah avenue. The Best Photographs in This City are taken'by Gentile, tho Italian photographer, Sal- ‘ini, the great tragedian, says that Gentile ‘took tho finest photograph he ever had taken. Studios, south- east comer Btate and Washington streets, Accead by elevator. A Summer Work for the Boys. ‘Most schools haves long vacation during the sum- mer months, but the Bryant & stratton Business Col- Jogo, southeast corner State and Washington streets, ‘will continue through the entire summer, ———_>—___ Don’t Be Foolich, Now, - and throw away your moncy an papering or decorat- ing your bouse until you hsve seen Hilger, Jenkins & Faxon, 229 and 231 Stste street, Thoy offer stock ‘to select from and workmanship seldom found, Business Prospects. ‘Our local, in passing up West Madison street, ob- served that merchant tailoring was very active at Ord- way & Newland’s, No, 209 West Madison atroet, The Teason is easily told—first-clasa work and low prices, Pianos and Organs, One hundred pianos and organs to rent, also second- hand pianos for sale st grest bargains, to make room for new stock, W. W. Knmatt, State and Adams atreots, Charles L. Eastlake’s ‘‘ Hints on House- hold Taste” suggest the necoasity of s visit to Mr. John J, Mc- Grath’s poper-hanging establishment, 174 and 176 State street, eg at Chickering Pianos contain all latest improvements. Over 46,000 persons have testified to their superiority, Reed's Temple ef ‘Musie, 92 Van Buren street, —_——__-—____. Mineral Water. John A. Lomax, 14 and 16 Charles place, Chicago General Agent for Glen Flora Mineral Weter in siphon bottles, Spring Lake ‘* Magnetic” Water, by Buck & Rayner, makers of the “Mars” Cologne, —_———$—_>-—__—_ eadache, costivencss, low spirits, and no sp- tina ot Uh fadeation of bilons attack, Bijeing from a torpid fiver. Dr. Jaycee satative ‘will soon reatore the liver to action, drive all symp- ‘toms of bilicusness from the system, and sssist in bringing about a regulsr action of tho bowels, MEDICAL. SKIN DISEASES ROFULA, AND CANOEHS treated successfully by tule Woadertal Discovery of Dr. tT. PP. THORPE, Of the Philadelphia Thorpolan institute, | Dr. Thorpe te Batre Noa. Sand 10 West Bow pormancntly loco Roneaitacion and treatment -st., Chicago. N. B, freo af obarce for oua month from this Piles and Fistula QCared without NO pay catil cured. MIVORELE SUELTY Ses wes Maduasesane Ghisags, Olive haa, Diels. m, sad Sto SD me : CLOTHING. We Are Daily Adding to Our Already Enormous Stock of MEN’S AIND BOY’ NE READY-MADE CLOTHING A choice assortment of New and Elegant Goods, which we guarantes to sell at prices as low as the lowest. Our CUSTOM DEPARTMENT is REPLETE WITH THE FRESHEST AND CHOICEST PATTERNS OF THE SEASON. CHINA, ao. 1 BROOKLYN. wanewoon, (7! BORERUAY, ATCA, JE VENETIAN, BE, [neu PAR JAY RENCE a 4 OVINGTONS, 122 State-st. CHINA! Theseare our Low Prices tor China, Crockery, Glassware, &c. ‘We have tho advantage of small expenses. Selling forcaah WE MEAN WHAT WE SAY. TURNER & FAY, CHINA HALL, 224 West Madison-st, SEWING MACHINES. BuY Tet IMPROVED ELOM EE: SHUTTLE Sewing Machine. PRICH, $40. It bas no superior as a first-class LOCK-STITCH SEWING MACHINE. LARGE DISCOUNTS FOR CASH. ‘Machinos SENT Ow TRuL to suy part of the country aT OUR EXPENSE il notacceptod. Send for Istest circulars and terms to cash purchasers, or CALL and examine when in olty af JOHNSON, CLARK & CO.’S, No. 141 State-st., Chicago, Gh AGTS, A HATS. CAPS AND FUR: Bassett & Hammond Now have the Largest Store and Finest Stock of HATS, CAPS, and FURS in this city. See them at their new place, 142 & 144 State, Fourth Store south of Madtson_ CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES. To Daddies. % You can get your Baby a First-class heavy iron-tire, four- wheel Carriage now of us for $6, better than any sold else- where at $8. EDGAR A. HDL, SOLE MANUFACTURER, Bll & 2138 WABASH-AV.~, ALA. H. Andrews 4Co.'s School, Ofges, and Church Farnttare Hoare. FOR SALLE. Freazers ad Relrigeratar, Don't buy your Top Cream Freezer tll You have seen tho ito Mom HSM AN ete ated ie P.wT. CASEY, Nos. 41 and 43 Fifth-av., ‘Keep on hand tho larzest assortment im tho city of Ne tad Second: Hand Goods, furniture, Carpets, Beddisn, Ofice Desks. Counters, Shelving, Show-Casos, Rot -Btars, Ale-Boxes, and Gas-Fixtures bought and sold. CARPET CLEANING. FULLER 4 MAOALISTER, 253 Sonth Canalst., pn>- ptiotors af the Wheeler Pateat Carpet Cleanar, have cn ethics 3888 » Wish Cook & MeLein. WE OFFER AT RETAIL, Av 107 State-st, East Side (Late 270 and 272 Wabash-av,), ‘The most el it and. rtm of CHIP, LRGHORN, MEDAN ned SOS HATS, for Ladies, Misses, C) in this cil gen and Infants, ever seen TRIMMED AND UNTRIMUED. We call particular attention to two cases of ERENGH PATTEEN BONNETS, just Ta LADIES’ NECKWEAR In Ladies’ TIES and NECK WEA’ have Novelties NOT to be foune elvwhavs DL WEBSTER C0, 107 STATE-ST., Opposite Chas. Gossage & Co.'s, WEST SIDE BRANCH, | WHOLESALE (ONLY), 245 West Madison-st, | 270 & 272 Wabesh-a7. SUMMER HATS | All of the new styles in Straw, Leghorn, and Chip, Now im stock, and Retailed at Wholesale Prices, Now is the time to buy. D. A. HEWES, 156& 158 Wabash-ay., NEAR MONROE-8ST. Chip Hats AND FINE Flowers! New importationsjustreceived, all of the latest designs, Mrs. HAVENS 260 Wabash-av. MILLINERY., HIRD. SQUIER & ELY, LOS STATE-ST., ‘Have just received from New York a large stock of fine FRENOH BLOWERS AND FEATHERS, walch they are offering at very low pricos. ‘Work-Room is in charge of MRS. 8. PRIOR, whe wil be pleased to see all of her many friends, BOOTS AND SHOES. BULLOCK BROS. RETA BOOTS & SHOES, And everything in the Shoo Line. SOLE AGENTS FOR E. C. BURT’S LADIES, MISSES, AND CHLLDREW'S FINE SHOES. 1,000 pairs “BURT'S” Hand.Sewed Shoes, for Gentlemen, all Styles, $8.00. 50 & 52 Madison-st, Between State & Wabash-av. REMOVALS. AC Vanderburgh & 66, PRUGGISTS, Have removed to their New and Elegant Stora, NE. COR, STATE & ADAMS-STS, REMOVAL. H.W. ROGERS, JR, & BRO. Have removed to 48 LaSalle-st. ADVERTISING, GC. A. COOK & Go." (Suocossars to Cook, Coban & Co.) Cor. Dearborn and Washiagton-Sts,, Chicago, " Tha Oldest, Largest and Most Complete ADVERTISING ACENCY IN THE WEST.