Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 23, 1875, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGE ‘house, as costly furniture, as dashing horses “and esrrisges, as brilliant diamonds, and gen- erally a5 expensive tastes and habits, as any other American man or womar. We will not discuss the national wisdom or national folly of this; we merely state the fact as it exists, that we may deduce therefrom the conclu- sion that, whether this wholesale traveling in Europe and expenditure of money abroad is a 1os3 to the ocountry or not, it is destined to go on; and the waste of substance, if such it really be, will continue just aswill go on the assumed waste of money for wine and spirits, for cigars, for operas and theatres, for musio end medicine, for preaching and printing, and the other countless objects for which we spend sums of money, tho msgnitnde of which would have startled our immediate an- Gestors. # Tt i tho jury and mot the Judge whose folly crowns a suit for breach of promise with heavy damages for the plaintiff in En- gland, as illustrated in the recent esse of Miss NiouTiNGAL® sgainst Capt. Presy of the Royal Navy. They met in 1870, were not introduced, and did not speak. 1M Nionr- wraaLx, however, was immodest enough to ‘write to the Captain, and an affectionate cor- respondence was worked up, culminating in & matrimonial engagement between two per- sons who had met but once, but never ex- changed words. In April, 1878, owing to some money misunderstanding, the engage- ment ‘was broken, and the gallant Captain married 8 woman rich in nstural graces, but poor 8s the fraditional church-mouse. An sction was brougb# by the NiomTivaare, and the jury allowed her £500,—equal o Capt.’ Pmznr’s pay for one year. Baron Bram- wxLL, before whom the esse was tried, pub- Niely asserts that he would not hsve given the plaintiff & farthing, but no remedy exists. This i & elear case of law without justica. ———y QEITUABY, DR, BAMUEL TRBGELITS. Dr. Saxvrn Teeorrrizs, who died st Ply- mouth, England, a few weoks ago, was one of the ablest of the English Biblical critics, and ‘was one of the compsny of revisers of the suthorized vession of the New Testament ap- pointed & few years age by Convoczéion. He was also one of the early members of asect vow known 2s Plymouth Brethren, but left it some time 2g0, and, at the time of bis death, waa a Christian nnattached, though he always rotained his evangelical opinions. IEREMIAN . HANILTOX. A day or two eince the telegraph bronght the Intelligence of the death of Jxrraram G. Hax- mron in Now York, who Was probably the ‘wealthiest colored man in the United Statea. He ‘was born in Porto Rico in 1811, and came to New York in 1829, and engaged in the coasting com- mercial busivezs, his vessels ruoning from Now York to Savannah, Charleston, and to Havans and other West Indis ports. Prospering in this business, he finally invested his money in Wail strest ventures in 1834, and af the time of his death waa, with one exceptien, the cldest Wall street speculator in that eity. The New York Herald says of him: 4 Mr, HoTrToN was not & buyer or ssller on commis- for 5 few large firms, who trusted to his dgment to transact their business, but speca- entirely on his own account. inttmately copnected with Mr, VAXDEREILT in the XNicaragua Steamabip Line, and by his ehrewd man- mflt he made the investment & paying one. Mr. .7ox ala0 owned the Union Dock at_Pouy stesmers which plied between this and fhat &ity, the steamers coming to him sa the forfeiture of & mort- W € fgom Mr. V. CaxramLr, Althongh adt ntrusive, " HAMILTON was Tespected by all with whom be eame in contact, and his advies was rogarded by soms men aa strest 38 exceps o the most sul tonally sound. - THE REV. XXWIN EOUSE. The Rev. Exwrx Hovsx, Assistant Rditor of e Western Christian Advocate, who dropped dead in Cincinmati & fow days 2o, Was » man of upusual energy sod ability. He hss doue the greater portion of the editorial work on the Ad- ‘vocate, and, in sddition, has found time for much ouwits work. The Oommercial of that city ssys: * Thoughts for tha Young,” whichbss reveral editions, followed “The Homilist,® - Cabinet,” ~“Pan-Pictures,” *Sunday. Beh * and others. In the later period of kis life, he devoted most of his time, outside of ed= itorial work, to fhe subject of Sunday-school instrno- tiop. He atiended the recent Sunday-School Conven- tion in Baltimore, x8d wrote & report of it for the eur- rent number of Ad copverted, an« fciaed the Methodist Ghurch fa bis bevhiood, and was icensed to soon. connection with the Book Concern. In 1865 be was ths Bati Canference, At the recant banqueé of the Bitk-Manu- facturers’ Association in New York, wise and ‘witly sentiments were deliversd in some abund- ance. Protsction came in, of course, for & Iarge share of notice, and the poor boneficiarics of the oocasion groaned and sighed in the usual unctuons styls. These manufscturers never feel 80 poor and forsaken as when they have their Jegs benecath DrimoNios's mabogany and expensive wines in their glassee. The specches fter this particnlar banguet were in the old strain with one ezeeption. The President of the dsy eslled for mare independence smong the eilk manufscturers. He would have them spurn Ttalisn products, not enly in fact bat in npame. Hs especially objected to the use of foreign terms and imperill aud rogs crowns on American Iabels. There s, in truth, mnuch ground for the objurgation, as the New York Nation very well points ont: *The village of Florencs, in Massachusetis, recaived its name in order that ity silk company might shave the fruth more closely in announcing thas ita sewing- «ilk was manufactured in Florencs, the name of the plsos being fallowpd by the abbrevistion {*Masa.’ in almost undistinguishable latters, and ‘the lsbel being printed in Italisn.” Thus it ap~ pears that the peopls of Amaries have not yeb sdvanced far enough to sccepé Protection as an undisguised blessing. They sre still deceived ond chested twios over,—first by being-eom- pelied to pay double prices, and next by having @ spurions articie thrust npom tham at last, ‘When the average Canadisn Emigration Agent Presents the claims of his adopted country in tha old hame, and trya to exhidit its numercus sdvantages in the best light, he never furgotsto asy that the frue Briton who shall decids to em- fgrate to Canads will cary the bleessd British diag ‘along with him. Opeof these eloquant gentlemen lsiely sddressad s farewell mesting, eld on board an emigrant vesael ¢hat was fust nbout losving Liverpool. In the verymidet of ks fervid invooation of the pational emblem, one of the sturdy emigrants broke forth violent~ 15, a0d exelaimed: “Bother the Eritish fiag; §t's nover done cow’t for me. I'wani o get trom undec it.” The flow of eloquence sudden- hmmm'm@mthm detoctad by souie simplo saut, a 3 EAA Willsan, _Winona; N. Geus: " M. Pegleston, New York; \E" Bt Louis; Charl 5 a. Jo Ouior, B 7. "sug Frvtiosy ;W B Bat, B LG Loot# ; 0. O, Gudnlin, Detrond; Jokm otr;'0, D, Baes, Doston; L B Yark; ¥, Murison, Grand Ray Hotuss= L. Riwsll, Odlarto; J, e Ty iy W, arnreer, R, W, Skaptrign, Botton. of the'mals population be doctored in this man- ner, and there will be no safety in the domestic eircle for the man who is accustomed to frequent “the atore " and ** the clab,” and ‘whom the in- sidious oyster periodicslly stiacks. When the suspicious matron can detect the -presence of: tax-paid liquors by the spplication cf » simpio tost, it will become tho interest of many able- ‘bodied men to defraud the revenue. *Crooked” citizons, we imagine, would be & national evil more wide-spread and dangerous than crooked whisky in the abatract. 2 PERBONAL. Mra. Yosmipa, wife of the Japanese Mlinister, will not learn English. X A gon of Chief-Jostics MirsmAry is a cler] in the Pension-Office at Washington. k& “Hanpx's folly ” is what the high-toned Kan- 8sn calls the grasshopper proclamation. Baryrst has conquered snobbery and is now s member of the exclusive Athenmum' Club. - A French atatisheiannow shows that branettes are more likely to be married than blondes. * B. Broax, President of the Chamber of Com- merce, Havans, Cuba, is at the Palmer House. " . The sum of $77,000 was realized at the sale ef pewsin Dr. HAww's million-dollar church in Now York. Mr. I Couc, Jr., is hadk in the city from, his European tour, snd stopping at the Tremont House. . . “ Vico-President Wrrsox doesn’t think. much of the Bt. Louis bridge. Ho says it is tos high v fish from.™ : ‘ Juru Wazo Hows says all married women want is arest. Juru, take all you want, please, aud give us one. Crurrxs Brrrox, of Pennsylvania, was be- coming aelave to dyspepsia and shot himself. BRITTONS never, never, never will be slaves, The heary magazine-writers like FRrris com- plain of the flippancy of the newspaper paragra- phista. Thin is & direct thrust at the Journal Max MuLLsr's iravels through Italy sre for his health, but bs bas to exercise the utmost caution to escape an ovation wherever he goes. Gen. PorTER regurds Brssis TURNER as]s young woman of the utmest purity, which is perhaps why she failed in the dollar-ators busi- ness. The Christian Thion thinks it as well fo make men laugh in church as to put them to ateap. Why not put Humpty Dumply into the pulpit, then ? Ar. Bomxer 0. Waiam?, Jr., of the firm of ‘Warcer & TymreLL, leaves for New York to- night, and will sail for Earope hy the Bussia cn ‘Wednesday. B ‘The exodus to Europe of the pressnt season will earry with it 3Mr. H. 8. Branz, the well- known short-hand reporter. He will stact at the closs of the present month. Jomx Quzary was one ef the signers of the Mocklenburg declsration of independencs, bui his name does not sppear on the published list. QuUEABY : What has beoome of it ? The Rav. Dr. Mnoxx has been proving fo the ‘world that clergymen’s sons are not the worst in the warld. Bus there are so many definitions of badness that the Doctor’s lsbors ars almost thrown away. It is tho sagacions remark of & keen obssrver that you can generslly toll s newly-married cou- ple at the dinner tabls by the indignation of the groom when a fiy alights on the hride's butter.— Brooklyn Argus. “Jru” MoRRIsSEY, of DALY's Theatrs, has the firat of the ““Big Bonanza" silver bricks which the manager is going to prasent to his company. Bricks to MoRmIasEY sre en the. principls of “swoeta to the aweet.” The engagement s announced of A. Prazrn Borrm, of the Traders’ Nationa! Bank, and Miss Craza Suary, dsughter of E. A, Bxavy, of this city. The wadding is to take place abous the middle of next month. Jesse Jaxss, the outlaw snd murderer, wooed bis bride in the disguise of » sewing-machine agent. Imagine her delight, affer their mar- ringe, in discovering that he was not quite as bad a4 he had led her to supposs. ALZTANDER Vax Browrs, of Schenectady, N- Y., cnt hisfinger, and it began to heal. A friand told bim it wonld mortify, sad, despits every assurance to the contrary msde by the doctors, the young man died of fright. Dr. Borws, a German traveler, claims to have discovered in the centre of Africa s race of white-akinned people, fairer ia fsce and form than Earopesns. Have STasizy and Lavixo- #ToNE been improving their time ? 4 Brrrone BuLn ™ raceived o sovers castigation from his comrades the other day for saying that “‘the whites wouid have the country anyhow,” and, 85 a consaquencs, has been obliged to go ‘back on ths firs part of hia name over sinca, * Capt. Drxas, the latest English balloonatic, 'was go éonfident that his sailing spparatus wonld ecabls him to tack in. mig-air that, sfter four attempta to get started, he guoceeded in coming down with a run, and nearly breaking his neck. Nzix. Dow hss been breakfasted by the *United Eingdom Alliance for the Suppression of the Liguor Trafic” of England. Hs should devoutly Nxar. Dow-x and giva thaoks that no wociety with 80 long & name lives in his"own na- tive land. Jorx W. Gazzerr, Prasident; Wrmrraw Kxy- sxE, First Vics-President; W. Q. Qumvoy, Gen- oral Boperintendent ; and Ropezr Gamarrr, J. L. Wisox, Epwarnp Porr, snd D. Lxz, all of the Baltimore & Ohio Bailroad, are stopping at ths Palmer House. The *Ladies’ Circls ™ of the Berlin Court is trying to induce Wirttax to withhold his migna- ture from the Cloisters and Beligious Congrogs- tions bill .But for the ladies, religion wonld stand but & poor ehsace of recognition in Ger- many nowsdsys. ) The spirit of James Fisx, Jr., is supposed to hover over the footlights in New York, whers the “Twelve Temptations " have been revived. Jrx imows betler than that. If he's anywhers about the theatre, he's not near tha footlights, you msy be guite certain. ‘A Denver (CoL) medium was found hanging in the cabinet. The spirita had tied & regular hapgmsn's knot. Ths audience faled to ses that the Sheriff was marely remedying an over- sight omitted in the fleah, and out him down. There's po telling what folly s Bpiritualistio sadienos will not commit. EOTXL AREIVALS. Palmer Bouss—~Anson Low, Hatans ; Owen Jenlot, Rew York; E. Frank Cos, Brooklyn ; D. L. Randoiph, Baltimore ; T. C, Cheston, W. B, Levick, Philadelplia; ‘W, A, Cowles, Now Haven ; Jos A tres, New York ; G. O, Gantley, St. Louis; W. H, Strong, Hartford ; B, N, Drake, 64, Paul; James ¥, Mahoney, Ialand; A, B, Bads, Geo, Gecil, &, H. Loring, T Bickerton, Now York; W. . Lezington ; J, Warren Faxon, Boston ; John G. Nichols, Bouth Caro- Hnoa ; J. Bmith, Topaka i gfi!‘fl'fi ”‘if’“i ow Yirk 2, I Haraaahusetta P S Rty e THE BUSY SEASON. - The T'wo Great Retail Thorough. fares of the City. - A General Roview of the Sitvation on State Street. Adéitional Notes on West Madison Street and the West Division. Interesting Items Touching All Depart- ments of Trade, Dry Goods, Notions, Boots and Shoes, French Millinery, Etc., Elc., Ete, . i WEST MADISON STREET. . The article which appeared in Tue TRIBUNE of last Snuday, touching Weat Madison streat as a vormanent base of retail traffic, was necessari- ly incomplete, and additional iterms of trade are given belaw : . , £X TMPORTANT FEATURE of the commerce of West Madison street is the General Westera Office and wholesale and retail headquartars of the somewbat renowned * Vio- tor ™ Bewing Machine, 381 Weat rladisup. The nationsl popularity of tho “ Victor,” incident to certain elements of superiority—including the Jargest rango of work, the self-sotting nesdle, & perfoct tension and an improved shuttle—has created s demand that renders the offics one of the busy centros of the oity. The capaocity of this ma- chine for dellcate work is extraordinary,—the specimena of embroidery on exhibition equaling the precision, regularity, and jeffect;of the most olabarate hand-stiching. . A MODEL TEA HOUSE. iy A Our old meighbor, A. H. Blackall, No. 49 South Clark street, has been .in the tes and coffes trade Eince Chicago was a village,—over a quartérof a esntury,—and has a worldwide reputation for carefal judgmont in the selectjon of these luxurics, slways giving the highest satisfaction to his army of oid patrons. It will be interestiap to West Biders to know that hs bas removed his West Side store from 289 to 186 West Madison streot, soathwest corner of Hal- sted, where he he bas an elegant stors, ready to supply the whole Woat Division. His storo opposits the Sherman Housa it a model tea housa, deccrated with genuine goda from the Buddhist temples in China, the only genuine ones 1n America; pictares of every-day lifs smorig that curioua peopls, and a host of ofher Oriental curiosities. ~ Lovers of pure tez and cof- foe will appreciate this special West Side sccom- MABDWARE - modation. GENERAL In the department of hardwars, pocket and table cutlery, stovesand house-farnishiog goods, tinware, etc.,. the established end permanent centra of tho traffic of the Western Division of tha city, including not only & local neighbor- hood trafiic, bt » business exteading to & very large areas of population, is the establishment of John Buckley, 308 West Madison street. The Tange of merchandiss ncluded in the stock ia very wide and geoeral, from wares in catlery, ete., to & larga variety of modern cook- ing and beatiog stovas in full equipment, full Lines of house-furnisbing goods, etc. : BOSTON STEAM DYE-HOUSE, Among the local convenionces of West Madi- son strest, and of tho wholo ares of population and business _incloded in the West Division, is the Boston Fancy Steam Dye-Houss, August Schwarz, proprietor,; No. 265 Weat Madison (algo No. 158 Illmoin and No. 150 South Clark strest), which enjoys the prestige and advantige of boing the oldost dye-honve in the city. The eatablighmont, in its soveral branches, enjoys sa old and permanent patronage and a steadily fn- creasing businiess, the equipment ‘and faciliities for first-class work in all departments and'de- tails of dyeing and cloaning being unsurpassed _ 34nTs, Among the special festures of the commerce of West Madison street is McArts',—the ahirt factory of the West Side, and an establishment that Lias attained celebrity as the headquarters for the wholesale and retail traflic in perhaps the most popular home-made shirt that has 6u far com- manded any considersble attention among the home manufacturers of Chucsgo. The estsb- lishment, befors the fire, was located opposite Tux Tomoxe Building, enjoying & very large un of fashionable custom. which Las besn de- veloped at the West Side depot, 53 West Aladi- son, to a very considerablo whelésels traffie. ‘The MoeArts shirt is, without doubt, the moat popular ever manufactured in Chioago, ¥. COGEWELL'S FURNITURE WAREROOMS, No. 378 West Madison street, represent perhaps the leading business of the street in the depart- tment of furniture. His stook of farniture, mat- treages, etc., i8 very large and varied, and com- prehensive snm:gh for all classes of buyers, at ‘prices guarsnteed 25 per cent below prevailing figures,—oxcellent bed-room sets selling st $30, and fine mubls—wr sets at $55, with & fine varje- ty of parlor sets at very low figures, - & GROCERIES. - . In the line of choice family groceries, the best rades of teas and coffess, foreign and domestio gmu. etc., thepopnlation of the western dis~ tricts adjacent o West Madison strest find & convenionce and an accommodation at the whole- sole and retail eatablishment of Dorant & Cant- per, 640 West Madison, The firm make s faatura of Boston crackers, which they import iargely in convenient packages for family use. THE WEST SIDE TRUNE STORR. The headquartersof ali WestSiders for trunks, valises, and traveling-bsgs, in all modern styles s0d improvements, are at Edward Bemple's, 306 ‘Weat 'Madison, for twelve years past a suocessfal manufactarer, and up to all the demands of the B THE PEOYLE'S BAKERY. Another of the inetitntions of the West Side, snd one that represents ndt only a very large re- tail traffio,—the development of years of pleasant business interconrsa between the proprietor and the general publio,—but which shares, also, in 1arge messurs, the wholeralo traffic finefll department of commerce, is the People's Bakery, D. ©. Merriam proprietor, 195, 187, and 199 South Desplaines sireot. This populsr. estab- lishment hes been for a mumber of years a gen- eral basa of expply for retail stores sud for fam- ilies of the fifty different styles and forms of cakes for which it has become fsmous. The building is one of large dimensiops, and em- ploys a large foros to lnpf]y the iopnfn demand for the choicast cakes in tho market. A special- ia made by Mr. Merriam of supplying wed- and parties at very short notics. s bamnid STATE STREET. YRESCH JMILLINERY. Among the moat attractive eatablishments of the city fs that of Squier & Ely, Fronch millin- nery, No. 109 Stata stzeet. In the general play of hats and flowers snd fine French milli- nery, the atare is regarded ag by far the most at- tractive ever cpened in our city, and haa already beootus tho centre and headquarters of anim- ‘monse sslect patronags, The work-room is de- signed to furnish all the new styles, squal to ths fineat Perisian manufacture. ' WISWALL & SREENE, In the very interesting depariment of boots and shoos of the finer grades, the establishment of Messrs, Wiswall & Greene, 76 State (and 181 Twenty-secand strest), represents practically the ocentre . of e, being the permanent head- quarters of a large saloot custom, in addition to an immense poj and traosient I?monugm The proprietors (A. A, Wiswall, J. E. Greene) are both young men, and have come to identify themselvas thus promjvently with & leading de- partment of our retail traffic by the judicious policy of dealing only inthe vary best guality of goods in their Line. - A SPZCIAL INBTITUTION. of Stata strest aud of the South Division, and one that is proving s spacial sccommodation to honeskeepers_throughaut the eity, is' the v ocentral establishment of Messrs. French Bmith, wholesale and retail deslers in stoves and ranges and house-furnishing’ Nos. 272 sod 274 State street. The firm have rendered lo rangs, ¢ ] B bton beandy of fort with fmmw sign, nee utility, adaj to all forms of fuel, largs, well- m‘udpww. sod & sure, quick, and even AT I vy for fhe weak-syo ote-¢ sloment of the community, s with AL, Polactiak, tho optician, No. 70 Btato siresk, the mals depot of tho Northwest for spectacies sdjustal glasees, and all improvementa in optical goods : A BPRCIAL - The establahmant of ¥ G A AL T A=A S streat—has long constituled one of the wpecial attractions of State atreet, being the main re- sort of the Northwest for masquerade costumes, {; and the ceotre of & Iargo trads in fine millinery. The uew store is ornsmenied by ona of the moat ‘magaificent show windows in the city. g FINE MARBLE WOLK. Alarge proportion of ‘the business of State street, in tho line of marble mantels, monu- monts, wash-bssin slabs, otc., is represented at the factory and warerooms of Robert 8mith, No. 763 State. Mr. Smith began tho business in 1865 on a moderate soale, and by placing befors the community & very superior_cless of marbls work at reasonable prices has developed a yory Iarge and valusble trade. A \THE BANKRUPT STORE, centrally located st Lhe corner of Twenty-seo- ond and State, i an_institution of & very popu- 1ar character fn tho menersl dspartment of ary goods, notions, and fancy goods, snd one that has proven not only joint _accommodation to the locsl communities of Twenty-second street and of State street, butto all adjacent neighbor- hoods. My 5. Shirek, the proprietor, laid the foundations of his . popular’ enterprise but ons; year and s-half ago, snd tho development, in’ thas very brief period, of the present énormons business can only be attributod t & rigid_adher- ence to his. policy of selling vast quentities of goods at'low and fractional prices, basing an ag- grerate profit only on immonse sales. Tho ex- hibition of all varieties of merchandise m dry Roods, notions, fancy goods, carpets, oil-cloths, etc., is among the largest and finest in the city. _POTTGIESER'S BLOOK. i One of the finest blocks that have been erected on the State street line of the July fire is that of Mr. J. Pottgieser, gropmtar of the great lager ‘beer hall, 869 and 371 State street, & popalar res- ident of that old neighborhood, and an oceuprat of the sams site for'over a quarter of s century. The beer hall is one of the largest. and finest in’ the city, splondid parlor masic being & featare of the entertainment provided. ' Mr. Pottgieser's wines and liquors, of whbich his capscious cellars are the depot, are all of his own special imports- tion. < 4 WOODEN WARES. The Udell Ladder and Wooden-Ware Compa- ny, mapnfacturera and dealers in step, exten- sion, fruit, universal, and common ladders, inters’ trestles, stages, window-jecks, and. ouse-furnishing = wooden-ware,—main factory North Indianapolis; factories and salearooms in New York, Philadelphis, Cincinnati, aod 8t. Louis,—Chicago office and salesroom, 663 snd 665 Btate - sireet, Campball, Apent snd remident Becretary, represents a fair proportion of the commerce of the city in all lines and devartmonts of wooden merc! dise, for eommaercial, household, and mdustiial purposes. The varions wares of the Company bave beep before the nation for years, and en- oy a pational reputation for thorough reliability inmsnufscture snd material. - The Udell patent excalsior stop-lsdder, invented by C. G. Udell, Piesidont of the - Company, the most snccesstal 2od most ;opnlu- in use, 18 favorably known ia every market of the country. i LEMONT STONE. Short Description of Mr. Edwin Walker’s Quarries and - Xards, A Little Talk About the Stone Used in the Chioaga Custom-House. Edwin Walker, one of the principal owners in the Lemont District, and probably the largest owner of valoable stone-land, has his office and yord at the corner of Harrison sud Frankln streats. He is the owner of about 1,600 acres of quatry-land in One tract in the Lemont District. Mr. Walker is emphatically a self-made mao. Ho commenced iife nsa stone-cutter’s’ sppren- tico at the age of 13 years, and has had 4 large and varied experioncoin the stons business, bav- ing worked on all the principsl stones in Earope; Mr. Walker does not hesitate to- ssy that the Lemont stone i the bost for tho purpose in the known world, and his opinion is entitled to soma weight. ‘He says the stono is kind, very pliable, and is generally sought after by stone-cutters and builders, and ' probably has besn the most profitable to the manufacturer. Mr. Walker has not muoh to leara in rogard to the stone buai- ness, sod does not pretend to know soything else, - He is the only practical msn in the busi- nosa in Chicazo, and bas been engsged in that line here for the past tweuty-oné years. Of courde ha can tell what a stove is st a glance, this being of ivcalcnlable benefit to s man doing his immense business. 3 THR THICKNESS OF STONX in Mr. Walker's quarries rans from 10 to 25 feet. ‘The merchantable stone runs from 14 1o 22 foat in thickness, the layers being composed of -dif- ferent thicknesses, nr’indg from 41§ feol 8 inches. Like the other dealers, Mr. Walker owas his caoal-bosts acd hig machioes whoraver it will facilitate mattars, overything bsiog of the best and most improved pattern. - AMONG OTHER PEOMINENT RUILDINGS the stone for which was furnished by Mr. Walker may be mentioned the Bloomington Court- House, the Macoupin County Court-House, at Carlinville, Tl; tbe Ilinois State-House, at Springfield ; the Four Courta, 8¢ St Louis; the Wisconsin State Capitol, st Madison, Wis.; the Mitwaakee Fire and Marine Insurancs Company, at Milwankee ; tho Crimioal Court Building, -in Chicago ; also, the Fullerton Block. northiwest corner of Dearborn and Washington: Field, Leiter & Co.'s retail store, corner of Btato aod Washingion; the First Na- tional Bank, the large block of H. H. Honore, and numerous others, besides &n immenze num- ber of private residences. ¥ Mr. Walker'a quarries can farnish . stone for any building that hsa ever been built on_ this continent, with perhaps the exception of the Tressory building st Washington, the columna of which are too large. Bat that is the only exception. - In the course of a conversation with Mr. Walker, the writer learnod several facts of in- torest in regard to SRS i “THE NEW CUSTOM-EOUSE in Chicago.- Mr. Walker said he would prefer tako the plans and specifications ss they were ; in fact the specifications and details were such that they conld not bave been made in a better ehape to suit his quarries, Ho was s bidder on thit work, end of course was_somewhat gur- to'know that his bid wss not' con- mdered. - He . conld not tell the’ resson, but supposed that Afr. Mlullett was coming on his contomplated toar of inspeotion to the quar- rios, but faed to putin sn appesrance in this stone ' district. The first intimation that Mr. Walker had was through the Inier-Ocean, thet Mr. Mullatt was in town on buslnoss in connac- tion with the stone for the new Government building sbout to be erectsd. Enongh was learned from the lsaguage to eatiafy the peo- ple that the stono to be seleated for the now structare wounld be the besutifal dark gray {fracstons from tho Buena Vists quarries on tha Ohio River above Cincinnati, similar to the stono used in the Chamber of Commercs. 8o far a8 the price was concerned. Mr. Walker does not consider it in aoy way exorbitant. The price, on its faco, peems excessive; but, taling 1nto connideration the expenss of preparation for a work of ench magvitude, thoge practically engaged in tbat branch conld eea the immenss outlay in retting ready. The machines nocessa- 1y to be nsed in ths construction of such & build- ing must be such as o warrant the lifting of enormous weights,- and, while thers are not so many very Iarga stone, the expense of rigging lifting-machinery might anawer for fifty such buildiogs, wheress thoy, msy only be reguired once in a lifetime; hauce the encrmons ex- pense. Mir. Mueller's exponse at Twelfth strest conld not have been less than $€0,000 to £70,000, and af the quarries conld_not have been loss than here, booause stone in the rough rognires heav- jer and costlier machinery. Mr. Walker runs six caval-boats, snd employs sbout 800 mon. He has stesm saw-mills at the quazrles to propare the stona for markel, with other modern appliances used in the quarry- ing and p:egmflm ot gione. Mr. Walker sup- plies stome for aix of the Northwestern States, arvision, and the sdvantages o hoving s practical and exporienced msn El ths helm cannot be overestimated. —— The Spring Trade in Furnitures ‘Wholsasle furnituredeslers reprosent trade s sotive.. A. L. Hala'& Brother, the largest rep- resentstives of. the intersst, repori the countcy demand as & grest improvement on precoding sessons. The buildiog ocogupied by this firm, 200 to 206 Randolph, is regarded as the first of the kind inthe ecuntry, with sn exhibition of x(x‘ummun 13 allits ld-nfll of “fi“:u nding mag- ude and completeness, lompany con- frul large factaries, and osg 88 mtl-;‘cgy'iempatma’n. e s ] Wit R doen b ulhq.lin hbopi 1874. $33,698,355.90 Paid to Savings-Banks Depositors Daring That Year. $670,767,118 Deposited in Eastern In. stitutions of This Class, i To the earsful observer who contemplziés the daily sxpenditures of the peopla inhsbiting onx large citiea, s serions donbt may arise 2s to the .| value of ‘the thoussnd sud: one ‘maxims snd troisms which have been given to the world re= parding the proper. use of money.. All up and down tho stately streets of our cities stsnd the splendid pslaces of trade, the comfortable shops of the retailer, or the petty booths of the hnck- ster, erected and stocked.with » view to reap s benefit -from the ftlying dollars of the spendthrifs, the, seemingly nocessary expends iture of the householder, or the scauty pence of tha poor man. £ i These establishments are, rightly considersd, legitimate and.necessary, becausa tkey snpply articles which sre egsential for the propar main- tenance of human life. Yet the spectlstive per- s0n, sooner”or later, becomes convinoed of the facf that the money yestly -expended among those legitimate branchea. of trade far exceeds the amount actually required for purposes of. domestiac economy, and even a liberal approxi- mate to the. sctual yearly meeds of a thou-, sand : persons; taken . indiscriminately from all elasses of society, wounld in every caso show that esch individual had ex- ganded (in .a legitimate manner, remember) ouble, or it may be treble, the amount de- mazrded for a fair preservation of his social and porsonal state. ~1f, then, braoches of trade recognized as legitimate derive one-half or two-thirds of their profits from reckloas or at least improvident expanditures, what are we to gay. of the countless undergroond chsunels whioh rua to irrigate the soddea fieldso? luxury and'vice ? What of those who swell the tide by pouring in with wicked wasta the accuumnlstions of: their own, or oftener of other people's, wealth? How much would these contributions do foward supporting the wants ef socioty if rightly expended, or how much toward preparing for useful maohood, cheeriog' in sicknaess, or ‘propping up in old sge ? ‘The economist ia forced to exelaim, with Ham- lef, “The ‘times aro out of joint.” He can, howavar, -comfort himself with the retlaction that thore never was s sorrow without its pan- 2063, ROF An evil withont its remedy. Standing on the corners of our strests, oftentimes over- topping the eatablishments .supported by earn- ings thus lsvishiy spent, are the institotions :ndm- thoy sxe studionsly saved. The saloon THE SAVINGS BANK,— an evfl and. & care,—standing side by side, the one offering no valid or sensible inducement for the outiay of money; the other presenting mesns whereby even & poor man can start for himself & fund to keep him_in s day of sickness or misfortune, or to aid his famuly when he is gone; or, ab all events, $o ensblo him tolay a cerner-atone for a fortane, a3 it has maay of our prominent, wealthy, and respected citizens. Thus 8 good gavings bank might almost be considered a philanthropic institation ; in fact, the ides when first broached in England was thought to be of so beneficial » naturs 58 to merit tho attention of Jeremy Beotham snd othrer gentlemen who did 5o much toward smel- iocating tha condition of’ the middie and lower clasees io Eorope. : TIE PIRST BANKS for axvings were those of Hambarg, founded in 1778, and Berne, in 1787, intended for and re- stricted to servants, mechanics, and persons of the lower classes, . A nearer approach. to our modern savings banks was made by Mra. Pris- cilis Wakefiold, of Toitenham, Afiddlesex. . De- ‘posits of 20 shillings ead upwards wera recoived, . 2nd, 1f the tunda remained for a year, interest st 5 per cent was allowed. This bank, aod oth- ers founded upon the sawe plao, met with: de- sorved success, and wero rightfully Jookod upon s bonevolent institutions. In the United States a bank wag estaplished at Philadelpbia, in No- vember, 1816, though Frankhn had suggestsd somsathing of the lind fifty years eatlier. The second was organized in Boston, and the third in New York. Since that time they bave greatly incrossed, until tleiro ia bardly a city of say im- portance in the lsud which does not possess one or mora substantial institutiona. In fact, they have increased 5o grestly that the genoral Teader is scarcely able 1o form an ade- quate 1dea of the important position they hold in Telation to the good of the Commonwealth snd to the commuuity in which they ars estab- lished ; and, in order to do 8o, it is necessary to explain by referning to FAOTS AND FIGURES. It would, withous doubt, cresto no liftle aston- ishment 'were we to say that, in New York Stata alone, there are in good finaocis! rating ninety- six savinga banks, and thas the number of do- positors 1n 1874 wss 839,472, and that tho wum total deposited amonnted to 235,286,621, % depoait greater than in any other Stats inthe Upion. In the six Esstern Statos, incinding Now York tato, there are 432savings bauks, aad ths number of depositors was 1,973,484, while the grand total f.deposits daring that yesr was 8670,767,118. The increase of depositors for the past four years was 591,238 the increass of de- posite for the same time was $211,640,025. This is the showing for the six Eassiern. with ous of the Migdle Btates.- no available report from other Btates, it would at present be impossiblo to arrive at correct statements, Henco it will be necsssary to defer further interesting exbibits until the opportunity presents itself for obtaining infor- ‘mation relating theroto. TEE AMOUNT DEPOSITED IN CHIGAGO is comparatively small, but for a new nod grow- ing city which has not the Wealth of older marts sho has oamx:ly » good showing, sincs the amouut on devosit foots up between 310,000,000 and $13,000.000. S Chicago has 5 good representation of firmt-clasn concorpa of .this description, both zs. to -their plan of oparatioas and tho irreproachable, char- acter “of their officets.” Among thesa institn- tiovs, THE FIDELITY SAVINGS BARK and Bafe Dopository, noted ali over the Woat for its mammoth fire and burglar proof vaults and ‘metal safcs, E:ahmy best exemplifies tho sav- ings system in tis region of the country. In this promoter of wealth deposits of any amoans are received, and interest at 6 per cent-is com- pated semi-annaslly ond added to tho principal, to again draw interest for tho depositor. Thus the savings department of this metitution offers every facility consistont with mound business managemens to persons of limited means to save and at the same timo invest their mooey. THE “ COMING PHOTOGRAPH.” Xt Blas Arrived, and Xs Now on Ex. hibition nt Brand’s Stuadlos, 556 Wa- bash Aveoumo. In connection with the above, it may be'well o meotion that thoyare firnisning ths most elaborately finished ‘and expensivg card photo- graphs for 83 per dozen. They impork all their fine photographio goods direct from Paris thern- selves, and permit no- picture to leave their sta- dio that will not bear the atrictest criticism of & connalsaenr. . Y., Wall-Caper.: Our oity is not lying dormant. She is alive to the neceasities. and ‘advancements of the times, sod the question is being ofton and anxionsly asked by many of our citizons: ‘‘How shall I decorste 'my. home? . What will 2dd to its’ {otsriar besuiy ?. How combine the prac- tical wita the wethetio?”’ It maybo diffienlt, butit is by no means impoasible.- There are business houses in this city that makearts study, and sucéeed in producing beautiful effecta even to the surprise of thona who hava travoled axtensivaly over Europe. - Designs are resumrrecs- od of rare besuty and a$ s cost far helow that which is expended evary yosrin uazeless furni- tare and ugly ornameniation. .We forget that our homes have walls - snd ceilings and leava them in & cold, barren conditicn. The past developed artists who did not hesitato to spend the best part of their livea {n decorating those walls acd ceilings. Wo spend thousanas of dotlars on somo of the prodactions of our land~ ecapo painters, and in adorning tho exterior of our homes, when our dwellings 1nternally wre loft entiraly neglected, .or we may engage promiscucas houss tars, and papar-hangors who do just whst they plesse, with no ides of the fitness of things, and no kuowledgs of the h:mnn{ of coloring or the correctnoss of design. ‘Then when we take possession. of our homes nothiog is fn sympathy, sud our money i worss than wasted. 3 = ‘gs " from this chfotio must erploy - artists in wall-pspor . decorstions, those . who study . folsgs -whicl that study donos stop with the designs of the artists of the present dsy. Wherover in the Old World Some mural decoration of Isre beanty i3 to be found no pains are spared to reproduce it in = such rfection 28 {0 surprise and satisty the most critical. We cannot reslize in this conntry to what extent wall-paper is need abroad. In. Germany and Franca it has. passed into one of the fine arta. At the late Vienns Exposition M. Balin, & Frenchmaan, exhibited so splendid s collection of wall-papers- that he recerved a gold medal, E’tt;vru 180 awarded the Cross of the Legicn of - Our readers will be glad to learn that thers is 4 business-house in this city which apares Do money or time in prodacing the most tio a‘n'!cu\ and ac one-half the cost of the originals. £xact eopies of the best English, German, and French "oartists can thers be found, and they csn make their own salection of ~ color. By consultation, the colors can be- in sympathy with the carpets and draperies of & room, and the most desirable effects produced. By thus elevating the standing and mural decorations i Chicago, aad affording new opportauities for making our bomes beanti- fal, Mr. 7. J. McGrath, who is one of our best known and most respected businesa men, shoald reccive, as ho richly deservea, the patronags of nl{ those who are interested in the progress of ‘When your liver is out of order, use Dr. Jayne's Banative Pills, and you will bring back this orgas to bealthy condition, and get rid of many distressing symptoms. GROCERIES. GROCERIES! Buy your S;pph'.es at SLACK’S MAMMOTEL CROCERY HOUSE 109 Fast Madison-st. SAVE 10 T0 30 PER OFNT AND GET STANDARD GOODS, Choica St. Lonis White Winter Wheat Flour, * Western Queen,” per brl....$8.25 Choice St. Louis Whits Winter Wheat Flour, “ Sunbeam,” per ba}.. 8.00 Minnesota Spring............. 6.00 Kingsford's Silver Gloss Starch, 6-Ib box- [ .15 [ A ORI | Fox's Diamond Gloss Starch, 6-1b boxes, 2 S P | Kirk's 8avon Imperial, 60-Ib boxes, per LA NP Ny - 1 | ‘s Mottled German, 60-1b boxes, per box..... BOREA s 4.35 Granulated Sugar, per Ib. 1 New Turkey Pranes, per 1 9 New Zante Currants, per Ib.cecevcane. 8 New Valencia Raisius, per 1b. 123 Royal Baking Powder, 1-Ibcans, percan 43 Royal Baking Powder, 5-1b cans, per can 2.00 RBoyal Baking Powder, in bulk, perIb.. 35 Price’s Baking Powder, 1-1b cans,perean 43 Kensett's Peaches. 2-Ib cans. per doz... 240 Milter Dros.’ Peaches, 3-1b cans, per doz 3.50 Elgin Corn, 2-1b cang, per doz......... 2.00 MeMurray's Corn, 2-1b, per doz. 210 ‘Winslory Jones' Portland Corn, 2-1b cans, 1y T SECR—— 1| ] Elgin Tomatoes, 2-Ib cans, per doz...... 1.35 Kensett's Tomatoes, 3-1b cans, per doz.. 1.00 C. H. SLACK. rr WILL 10 trade with ma. Harlng receired s & : ot lne%hXE';rvr::d fax the T3ty tade, caa scronuly Tocomm Ehbeine mennerius rticie, n VERY BEST—_Obampion and Belle s alulandgl&fi:’. Dfiu Slflflfi' H'itbj")‘lhlghfl- 23. Fiag, $4.95, Dellvary fras. Ordac by ja 620, GOLVIS: Quiney Mlls, co, 78 Wast Van Barenst. g o N. B.—Very attractive prioos to the t-ade in lots of 5 to. 100 barrels. LADIES GOODS. READ THIS! ‘We invite close buyers, and those that Xknow when bargaina are offered, to examine our goods and prices before buying. 500 pes. Diagwnal Mohairs, worth dle, - 2 300 yos. Cainel's Hair Plaids, worth 506, - - - 25 350 yes. Japaness Silks, checked & striped, 0, 25, 35, 40 1,000 pes. Striped Grenadinss, - - - 131-3,1518 50 Jron Frams Grenadinss, 3 ¥ds wids, worth §3, $1.50 150 BIk. Cashmers, 42-inch wide, - 65,75, 85,90 50 BIK, Coshmere, 48:ineh wids, womth $L50, - $1 300 Briliamize Lustres, wurh §f, - - - - £0 50 BIK. Blacie Sliks, - - - - - 657585 - 500 Lyoas &res Grail m‘% $1, $112 1-3, .25, Cheney Bros', Americen Silks, worth 88, - - $1.50 150 Ladies’ Grass-Cloth Salls, warth $3.50, - $150 350 Ladiey Lirea Sts, - - $5.50, $5, $6, $8, 810 1,000 Lizma Lace Shavls and,Sacks, $3.50, 85, &6, $10 New York -Store, 284 4 286 W. Madison-st. MERCHANT TAILORING. WML 1. HUSTED, MERCHANT TAILOR, who suc- cegds the old house of H, H, Husted & Co., would announce his_contin- uance of this branch of_the busi- ness one door south of the old stand, s. w. cor. Clark and Monroe- sts. Our expenses have been less- ened by HALF, s saving sll will ADVERTISING. C. A.COOK & CC,,! 2, (Buccessors to Caak, Coburn & Co.) A Car. Dearbom and Washingtoo-Sts., Chicage. BF™ The Oldest, Zargest and Mos Complais ADVERTISIRG AGENCY IN THE WEST. SEIRTS. A Good Shirt, §1.50 A Good Bhirt, #1.756 A Good Shirt, $2.00 2 MILLINZRY, &e. ELEGANT NEW THINGS JUST 0UT I¥ '_T._a Amd Ladies’ NECKWEAR, nevor be- fore offered in Chicago. In FINE- FEENCH FLOWERS, ‘Wreaths, and Monteurs, our prea ent display has never besn egualed on this Continent., 4 Our Rednced Priges Shade Hats, - - - - 50to75¢ Pedal and Milan Straws, 75 to $1.25 Beal Fr, Chips, - $2.50 to $3.50 D.WEBSTER & CO. 107 State-st;, East Side, Oppesite Chas. Gossage & Co.’s. e wla WEST SIDE BRANCH, l ‘WHOLESALR (ONLY), 245 West Madisongt,! 270 & 272 Thompsan'sBlock. | WABASHAAY., N. B.--Our only numbars are a3 above. —— AMUSEMENTS. ADELPHI THEATRE. ~ Wesk cor M 3May -Grestest Variety Theairo 1r oo Womt T Tas Grosk Vevy Tamwtrm of o ol e ¢ B o, Tonsiay Ladies’ Nights tiis w, ¥ew Campaby Tiis Week! Twelve New Strs! Everythizg Entirely New} SHED L CLATR, in his elevintsing Zade Jiarerato, sosclading vith & Bouble Somianiie Opearina i Chlen s STEW AR EIS PRI, StAttta 80d Aliderin their kit tul Daacos, Songs, Duets, etc. o ot Faabia g it appears o T e T ROMERS, Minats and Billy, 3ppoacancs of TOE HOMERS, : 1n thels Charming Claracier NEotche” - o irst appearance of BEN Gl O Sononracr ot L BMEOR WIELLAMS, the Wi Y y dagtal lll:ulénl;!fin}. . e Fant woulk ‘of ihe rare Bihiopian Comedian, RILLY COUBTRIGHT, wep excallant ong:sad-Danc Astiss, MESTAYER & s Ceceatyte Delizontor, BOBIY DATLY. esrance of tho sigring Dramacio WHITE, ¥. D HcCALL, LOUIS MAT- THEWS, LIZZ1E GALF, who, vith the eutiza Dramtie Company, appear in ths Romantio Drams, thi COURIER OF LYbN S! 0Oz TEE ATTACE UPON THE MATIS| Twa honrs and & quartar of Glorions Olia proced: short, thrillow, bewntifuly UWusirateds a3d shost 6ot fapti7 acied Dra ‘Matinocs tor ¥ ma. g23atinees for Familles, adies, and Chuldrea. Wednes- 7. Remember, Two Ladies’ Nigh i Thestsy BRd Thutsaaye o oo thix wuake HOOLEY’S THEATRE. THOS. MAGUIRE....... DSONDAY, MAY 24, s e A ST 8 ey e ACKNOWLEDGED fi{'?l:x ORTHR WORLD, Fmerson's- Mingtrals! In an Enttrs Now Bill for the Last Wk, THE RIGEAIES ‘Bex Corton, ) Ififin‘" o B St AT Licle Moot FEESRS e ’3“:""“"7 poraiy j LAS o8 Noresoas, . Sarcides, Zom. VERED™ s co Bobioiisrvmmten, ‘FE._E_E\ THURSDAY, May 77, Facewel Beuelt of BILL EMERSON, VinIDAT day By Tavonait Densts ot MONDAY, May IMMR. JORKI THOMPAON aad hie selebrated Dramauc Campany foe aSEort Ssason BANDOLPH-ST, OPERA HOURE, Car. Wost Randolph and JoKeron-sts- IDA CERITO S TADY MINSTRELS vary Evening and Tassday and Fridsy Matiacos, comw L cing My, My 31 "Fhe Greal seoravepuntar Female Bathers! OR, BATHING AT LONG BEANCH. And the newsat and mout attractive festure of the amumse mend warld, Foreigners in Paris, - M MASQUR.” Admission, 8¢, Toa, 31.00. HoVICKER'S THEA LAST WEEK OF Mr. CHAS. POPE, Moaday and Tuseday Evenings, LA CEETE! MACHETH.......coroero ... CHARLES POPR Wednasday a4 Thursday, TEIE RO BEIRGS Next Wook—Boberta' Jack cad Jili Paatomimo Tzoupm ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Sunday Night Lecture. PROF. PEPPER. Subject: *SCIENCE OF LIGHT.” ADMISSION............58 AKD 15 OT8, ACADEMY OF MUSIO. MONDAY, May 8 first appesranoe of the emivaai Americaz actar, J. A. STEVENS, by CARLOTTA, J. W. BLAISDELL. and Efim:n&caxmmummmumfi ‘ROBERT OF WOODLEIGH! M'CORMICK HALTL. Yhe Woman's Polrtechnic Society. Sundsy Lestive Gourse, 3MISS ANNA E. DICKINSON, ens of the lir 22d Socsatloral of American will doliver bee New and Brilliant Lectare sntitied ** oma's Opinion of It,” 8t MoCormick's Mall, this at- Lecturo, as its recens dalivery . Y. sttractod an bumanse audlenos, ctaring encominms of the THE TOLEDO. KALTENBACH BROS. FROPRIXTORY. SACRED CONCERT, SUNDAY. fleraoon ma LaRgsT oS ‘_”rfi%fihfixfl STANDARD HALL. ST R el T g westorn Conse , 20 Wabah-3v. > MRY. . L CUMMIXOS, Princival. HAIR G00ODS. NEW OPENING OF HAIR STORE. 205 WEST MADISON-8T. mx.fin ths publio s assortmant of Halr Gooth Eugs made o Tia an suase a2 ndas Tor ouraaid. ooy I 3, HIREC Coal. Coal. Coal. : P o Just Laskswesod | R u"sl*