Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 21, 1875, Page 1

The hicago Wailp Teibmne. CHICAGO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1875.—TWELVE PAGES. .VOLUME 28, NUMBER "362. __ FINANGIAL, A R E : Mepchants', Farmers', & Mechanics' Savings Bank, 76 CLARK-ST,, CHICAGO. INVESTNENT CERTIFICATES. Perfoct Seomrity—Liberal Iterest, TABLE of Increnao of * Investment Certlfle caten,” nccured on Improved renl eatnte, benrs ing Interest, paynble In quarterly fnmtulls ments, at tho rate of 7 3-10 per cont pernn- nuw. Showing the accumuiniton of xuma lus veuted for thio benefit of Children or otherss Amount Amuunt Tavested ecumulated. ¢ Estimated upon the Lasis that interest, when due, Is ings account, and Invested {n INV. FIOATHS whonovor 3100 is thus accumu- Any holder of a Certificato hins tha privilego of examin- ing tho condition of the trast st auy time on calling at thn offica of the Trustee. Cortlficatos formarded, and interest, whon dug, reln- vested, If dosired, or remitted by draftor oxpruss toauy partof the United Statos, Addros s SYDNFY MVERS. Manager, MII:L[NEE? GOODS. “Tall Opening, 1676, AIISTRONE, CATOR & (0, 237 & 239 Baltimore-st., DALTIMORE, MARYLAND, IMPORTERS AND MANUFAGTURERS, WILL OPEN Wednesday, Aug, 25, 1875, Fronch Pattern Bonnets, Fino Fronch Flowers, Fancy and Ostrich Foathors, togother with full linos of Ribbons, Velvets, 8ilks, and all the iate Paris Novelticsa; the trado is invited. Will receivo weokly dur- ing the season all tho late styles in Millinery Furnishing Goods. Orders solicitad. FINE DRY GOODS, " SILKS, AND WILLINERY, Manufacturers of CLOAKS, SUITS, AxD LADIES” UNDERWEAR, Particular attention is callod to our largoe im- portation of PARIB and BERLIN GAR. 2 MENTS for tho Fall Trade, LARGEST STOOK AND, LOWEST PRIOES COOLING DRINKS uUsSBE Ginger Ale, Champagne Cider, Niersteiner, Hochheimer, Marcobruner, Rudeshelmer, Steinberger Cabinet, Barton & Guestler's Clarets, Sauternes and Haut i Bauternes or Nathaniel Johnston & Sons, ST HRSTEPER A Clarat Wine, imported and bottled by myself, and guaranteed equal to any Claret costing 60 per cont more monoy, C. TATUM, Wine Merchant, 116 T MADISON-NT. 10 Per Cent DISCOUNT On all ganmenta ordored of us during July and Aogust, Jais, prepared with cur AUTUMN STYLES and to exvcute orders for FALL and WINTKR €0ods as woll as for tho remaindor of summor, WEDDING OUTFITS A SPKCIALTY. EDWARD ELY & (0., IMPORTING TAILORS, ‘WABASH-AV,, CORNER MONROE-BT. 31 TED 186 PIANOB AND ORGANS. BESTHEY ORUANS Are used and rocommonded by all th sl o tha ol e o e sy, A STORY & CAMP, 211 STATE-ST, - HOTEL, - REOPENING OF THE ASTOR HOUSE, - REW JORK CITY, IY ALLEN & DAM. 'Im; Ax =rrn ‘l‘lnnn:; n‘.::‘é'& l:en entirely renovatad o opensdas » Aratciais botel o the Borarae ke about Hopt, 1, 1475, Plau bt mf: % ‘;“mmhfi;‘ .\fl.l;l&xm publio will Aud 1 the rooms being unusually large, 1 of Ot ros,” elegant passcnger’ sortory ot day and all nmh'tam-be-t vl servants will ba euiplo; sudno palns willbe spared for the comfort of s patrons, Maln eutrance on Vesoyat, Koo $1 o §1 aday, i Tho Rotuuds Lias boed alpgantly fttod m a reatat- it and will furniah all tho dullcacios o Hlo veason, 0 finest oysters fu the couyt il ba supriied with the. ehoper o SR e ALLEN %D GouvERNEDD K. LANSING, LG:I:};N S « B.—Mz. Dam will continus bia propretarship of e Unloa Hqusre. Hotol, New ¥ 4 Xkoown hfl!llg“l)-‘fl":“n. ¥ Yoek=gum et ul‘. Lt ... PRUSSING'S WHITE WINE Vi Celebrated fur Ity PURYE'Y ' PALATA fillll IE" 1N B3N, autcd fo s %0 Blickigan-av., Chicag, BRAZILIAN PEUBLE SPECTACLES. ' Buited o i’ S sieuis by taspaction as lfiuwh W, Upda, avy 0 MUSICAL, COAL, MUSIC . GO, OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO PURCHASERS-AT WHOLE- SALE AND RETAIL—OF FOREICN AND DOMESTIC SHEET MUuSIC AND MUSIC BOOKS, THEIR OWN IMPORTATION OF VIOLIN AND CGUITAR STRINGS, ACCORDEONS, CONCERTINAS, . FLUTES, CUITARS, VIOLINS, PICCOLOS CLARIONETS, HARMONICAS, DULCIMERS, ZITHERS, VIOLAS, VIOLONCELLOS, AND BRASS AND 'GERNMAN SILVER BAND INSTRU- MENTS; ALSO PIANOS AND ORGANS, OR ANY ARTICLE IN THE LINE OF MUSICAL MER- CHANDISE, ; CENERAL NORTH=- WESTERN "ACENTS FOR THE STECK PIANO AND STANDARD ORCAN. QUALITY GUARANTEED. CATALOCUES AND PRICE LISTS FURNISHED FREE. CORRESPOND- ENCE INVITED, (56 STATE ST. CHICACO. CHEHS T0 RENT IN THE TRIBUNE BUILDIAG. INQUIRE OF WILLIAM C. DOW, ROOM 10. TO RENT, Boutheast corner Bouth Water nnd Franklin. &ts, threo dosirable and woll-lighted Lofts, 54x113, connooting with storo and baseniont on Franklin-st., 17x54. Good Elovator, Low to responsiblo tonant. WAL DOW, 10 Tribune Buildin NEW PUBLICATIONS. or Singing Schools. No book can be botter fitted ta provide agrocable mu- sical entertainment wivgled with fustruction, than the SONG MONARCH ! By H, R, PALMER, sasisted by L. 0. EMERSON, PRICE, 75 CTS. 1t contafns tho Singing School Couree usual in Church Muslo Books, with abundant excrcines, etc., and_in additfon, » fine collection of choerful’ Eney Gloen for pructlec, thus roadoriug 3t quito s Iuterest- ing as 8 guod cusy Gloo Book. Muslca! Socletien will bear iu tind onr new CHORUS CIIOIN (818,00 per duz.), by Dr. Tourjee; alko, Pur- kins' Authem ook (§1,50); both flue collectious for Choral Associations sud for Chotry, FOR CEHOIRS. ‘The latest coltection of Church Muale by tho suc- ceautul compller, H, R, Palmer, ia TEIE LEADIDE Not qulte an large nor an expensivo an tkier recent Ciiirch Music Books, it still contains o great variety of Motrical Munic, Autliems, otc, ote,, In sddition ta the unual inging Behool Courae, L. U, Emerson contrib- utes a largo nutuber of tunes, Price, $1.38, or 812,00 per doz. Sold Ly all muslo doslers. " Bent, pout-free, for relasl price. LYON & HEALY, Chicago. OLIVER DITSON & €0, CHAS, H. DITSON & 00, Poston. 711 Broadway, N, Y. <o OCEAN NAVIGATION. National Line of Steamships, NEW YORK T0 QUKENSTOWN AND L SPAIN, 441 Haturday, DON DIECT, DENMARK. 4,t00 s ‘abin passage, #10and 890, curreucy. Motara ticks ots 8L Tallicod Taos. - Bioorage ekotey 850 sarmence: Deattator £l and upwardson Groal nudin g . B, LA N, *Northeast corner Olark and Randolph-aia. hherman Huuse), Chicago. ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE "Tia Genoral Transatlantio Company's Mall Btoamahy between Now York anil 11avro. - Ty splondid vorson o this tavorite routa for the Cnntinont (being uuiro sonthor. otbor), will sadl from Pior No. &, Noeth Rivar, .Su:ldly August 2L (opponilo new baturday. Sopt. 14 i "1 Uueludiy, First cabln, $3:0ami ¥110. sccordiug to Accomnmnudativa accond eab hird, 810, Hoturn tickots at reduc ratos. Bteorago 327, with suporior acoowuiudations, cluding ail necossaitos without oxtra cu tuazked thie * ) ot carry stoorae GLORGK MACKENZIE, aenngers, 86 Bruadway, N. ¥, AMERICAN LINE. REDI{?EE&ATES LIVERPOOL, QUEENSTOWN, And all ports tn Grest Britaln and tho Continent, J. 1. MILNE, Weatorn Agont, oy Baturday tn Glas, rpuoh oo, Cabin, Btooraye, 24, (nclu HENDEISUN Bit ocornor Lat Uhleago, T]ruut Western hlenmshin‘fll‘l‘i‘e? Feom Now York w iristal (Kugland) d UREAT .. . . Cabia Va ntormediaior $45; Btoorage, 8 Facurslon tickets, #1390, Apply at lion'l’ Frolwbt Depat (" Laks Hhoro & M. 8, It7 1L KO, MCUONALD, Agent. REAL ESTATE. For Sale and To Lease, ON MOST FAVORABLE TERMS, FOR COMMERCTAL PURPOSES AND HMAY- UFACTURING With Ballway Counectious, with and \’-‘ilhnnl Water Front, Wo offer tho property east of SLCIair-at., fruin Indians-at, toibe piver. It ia froe from the olutruc. tion of the bridges, sud accesaible with but littls tows sge Apply to ‘OUDEN, SIELDON & CU., 4 Roown 3 u‘;‘am Buildiug, Bouthwest coruer Lako and Clarkwts, MACHINERY, EFOT W.ATER UNEXCELLED A8 A HEATING ‘MEDIUM. APPABATUB ADAVED T0 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BUILDINGS. BUCCESS GUARANTEED, CRANE, BREED & CO., G83.713 West Kiuhtheat., Clacinunil, 0, o DENTISTRY: Iy & fow da : y Sl Pt fedint ot Mol it e , 14 3, b lence, B, i st o, o Vo hursday, Sopt. 35, at 13 noan, . ROCT &:SONS| COAL. LUMP LEHIGH! mincd Coal, direct from the mines, and can fill orders promptly. “FRANKLIN," CEHESTINUT, STOVE, EGG, GRATE, By cargo, or sereened and deliv- cred from yards, BLOSSBURG, BRIAR FILL, CANNEL, Atlowest market rates, by eargo and at retail. ROGERS & CO., 144 Market-st. BRACKEBUSH, DICKSON & (0, MINERS AND SOIPPERS OF Coaland Coke WILLOW GROVE. YOUGHIOGIIENY (Gas Coal). 1[0CKING VALLEY. BLOSSBURGIL, LACKAWANNA (all sizes). WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, Speclal IMDEEMH[S EBM_IGEEE Consumers and Dealers, MAIN OFFICE: No. 1 W. Randolph-st. RAILROAD YARD: 8. W. cor, Carroll and Morga; SHIRTS! To order, of’tho best fabrics in uso. Full lincs in stock of our own manufacturo. 'Wo are prepared to make Shirts to order in oight hours, whon necessary. 1SON BAOS, N'S FURNISHERS, 67 & 69 Washington-st., Chicago. Tike's Orera House. Cincinnati. ~ GENERAL NOTICES. cht Regattal TO COME OFF This Satnrday, Aug 21, 4l 2 dclock 7. 1, Ouo or more of Gaodrls leavo FOOT MICHIGAN- shiarp, and cruise during the i7 do-wheel Btesmers will at half.paat ) o'elock ce, Ticketa nnly 50v, TL] i, Sile Tr Gy Taws 1074 Citx CoLrecToR's OFrICK, Roox 1 CrTy lhl.!.,} Cuicaso, Auy. 17, 1435, ‘The snlo of Tande and Lots for City Taxes of 1474, will commence it a fow days, T'artics wishing to pro- tect tlelr property from sale, will come lu and pay at this office without further delay, o @ GEURGE YON II0LL] ity ¢ o POOLBALES. POOI S0L.D ON THE YACHT RACE. GHIGAGOS V8. ATHLETICS BOSTONS VS, 5. LOUIS. At Yoley & Itsan%, 143 Clarkest., at 11 olock, by CHAN, L. DUBOIS, LAKE NAVIGATION ) GOODRICH STEAMEIRN, L Bhore v cursion TR rand fivem Soskesm, Grand Hapids, o, ]2 BURARY ORI B ot eronse e For L, Joseph and fluuwn xcopiod. AL Tp. m, tunday's sxcii i don't T For Manlatos, Ludiugton, Foursdar at. by il or Faca: Lomns, Mo ‘;bn s Eomf"fl'.‘u.u.y'-ud'fl‘-’:'&‘"‘“"’ 7~ Dock fuot, Michigan. i OWLTANKS. ‘WiLsoN & EVENDEN'S olL 'I:fiNKS, MEASURING PUMP, 47 & 49 West Lako 8t OIXICAGO. ¥ Send for Catalogue, Manufactuers of WOOD.COVERED CANS. T —— Common_prudence B roquires oxamination of the Blastio Truss, B which gontly pres around the body and rotains the rupture night tll od Thursdays a nd {ntenuediato 0.7, REED, 238 Siato-st., Otllosgo. , " BPANISH_CREAM, VISH _OBFPAM, . ... Spanish Cream! TIHE GREAT SKIN PURIFIER, T warranted fsup from polson, porfsctly HARMLESS, By Bautinets “adx Saue druins for t our drugiiet for L % VRN BN GO Whololals Agent SUMMER RESORTS. The Past and Future of Geneva Lake «==An Old Town and a New Resorts Description of a Lake that Rivals Iake George in Beautg. The Cliicago People, and Their Villas, Sieamers, and Yachts. Saratoga Springs Xow and Thirly-lhree Years Ago—Mr. Stewurt's L. provemeuls, Some of the Political Lights at Macki- naw---Senators Sherman and Ferry. The Weelk's Gossip at Wiaukesha, Sparta, und Grand Haven, GENEVA LAKE. TUE BAKATOUA OF TUE Wi Special Corresvondence of 1ne Chicago Tribune. Geseva Laxy, Wis,, Aug. 19—It is atrango enough to have liad a past and still be able to look forward to s future. TLin is the excoption- al condition of the Winconsin Goneva, It 13 an old gottlemout,—that 18, old for tho Weut,—but it is new as a resort. Somo forty or fifty yoars ngo n goodly colony of enbstantial follh camo hero from Western New York ond pitched thoir tonts at the soath end of a pretty Inke they foond in their way, No wonder they remained. Thoy Lad Dbrought with them their Bnow-bull and liie buehes; w0 thoy built thom nost litde Lousos, paintod them white, sot out their bushes in the front yaid, pluuted their vises at tho baso of tho porticos, aud called their scttlo- ment Genova, It sounded, looked, and fols liko home, ‘They wero g thrifty add long-lived peo- ple. Thoy cloared sud cultivated their land, trailod tho vinow over the porchos, and led o quiet and pouceful oxistence. Dur- ing tho thirty yosra following ther et tlement thore was scarcely an arrival, except the new-born, and only one dojurture. Tho postor passed away ag poacefully as ko camo ; ne if to illustrato tho otorual fituess of thivgs, ho wont beforo to propars tho way for the flock -ho loft behind, Lut while the Woslern New Yorkers wero dozing and droaming on tho bauks of this littlo lake, o great meotropolis sprang suddonly into oxistenco on the whore of Lake Miohigau, and it was not long be- fore it roached out to Goneva for o now breath- ing place, and roussd tho drowsy folks from their Joug usp. The locomotive svorted and gronned ng it dragged out ite cargoes of city poople |, weary aud worn ; tho wsmooth sirfaco of the lake wna plowed up by pufly littlo stesmboats ; tho land ‘round about suddouly assnmed values something like tho discovery of petroloum gava to the buckwheat flelds of Ponnsylvauia; the old inn put off itssloopincss aud brightened up nnder tho pgorgoons title of “*St. Donini" a confiling wman from Chicago, unamed Waiting, put up & now and largo r hotel; the butternuts, red codar, lindens, and onks around the Jake began to givoe way in part to green lawns, rich flower-bods, and grand walks and drivos; aud tho destiny of Goueva was fizod a8 THE RARATO(A OF TIE WENT. Tor thirty yoars provious to somu four or five yoars ago, nobody was over heard to bave como to Genova; within tteso five years tho popula~ tion of tho township has incressel about 75 por ceut. Livery-stables, boat-ronting, aud boarding-Liouses kave been added to tho commerco of tho village, aud profitable gardouing to tlo occupation of tho people of thesurronnding country, Handsome villas, with large familioa snd vast retinues of serving-veople, havo added to the Yonulnuou for the summer, which is tho tiwe, 1 fancy, whon tho congus i4 taken, In fact, a staid, quict hittlo villago bas already been metamorphos- ed into o mmetropolitan rosort, which promises, before many years, to bo ono of the most boautiful snd popular watenng-placed in tho West, It will certainiy hold to Chicagn tho position that Bsratogn lLiolls to Now York, and will draw largely upon the peoplo of the West and Bouth, whaom fashiounble conaldetations have herotoforo induced to make the long, hot, and tedious railroad trip to thoe Last in the summer timo. Itcanbo rosdily reached by rail from Chicago in twa Lours, though the trip now requires three. Iu fact, the Korthwostorn Haflroad bas. indeated o wilitis- noss to pat on trajne that shall span tho dis- tanco o that time when a mow and Inrge Lotel shall bo provided, This will scarely be delayed louger than moxt year, for somo Chicago gentlemen who make thoiwr Lomes hero during tha summer havo abont determned to undertske it, and that ls oquivalent to s vigorous prosecution of tho work. The new hotel will bo located on & suitable spot fronting upon tho lako, aud at some distanco from tho village. 1t will abound in porticocs and nallways, and will boe resouant with tho babblo of children wheun 1t {a dono, TOE LARE is, of courso, tho vrovocation aund attraction of Ucuova 88 & summer-resort. It was formerly known a5 ** Big Foot Lake," and guve s lacal habilation aud a name to aline of ludiav Chiefs, But this was too literal for tho tino nunso of civ- ilization, and hienca the chango. Aw a matter of fact, tho lako has someathing the shape of 8 largo Loat, with a bay ou the cast sido for its heel, a rounded poiut diagonally opposite for tho - wtep, ita too leading down to the village, and ity leg roaching out to tho north, Thelegis 8 vomewhat ' crooked ono, it 18 truo, but wot tho Jess truo to pature, vperhaps, ou that mccount; if tho averago hallet were divested of ita. artificial sccessorive, it might not preaont & strayghter leg than this lako with all its crooks and turns. (enova Lako I8 by far tlio handsomest, as it e tho largoat I beliove, of tho cluster of Wisconan lakes. It bawa length of from 9 to 10 milen, sud a width of from 1 to21¢ miles, and is linod uow with Lluffs, now with ‘boach, snd by a suce cesulon of pointaaud baya that vary aud beau- ufy it atall Lum. It has's pobbly bottom, where Lottom cau bo scon, aud attosts tho dnft forma- tiou by tho huge bowlders that aro occasionally wiled up on ats vhorea, 1t {u very deep in places, 1 supplied from ioterasl _springs, owpties through a littlo crook into Fox River, thouce mto_the Ifhuois, and so down iuto the Gulf of Meoxico, and s 'slugulazly clear of tho rushos und reods that mar tho bLosuty of nesrly all tho other Wisconsin *lakes, Tho wator w wot too cold in wummor for bath- ing, and tho boach affords oxcellent bathing- places. Tho fishing is good iu soason, and wil xrow better instead of worse, a8 the residonts along tbo banks have determived ta kaufl it well stocked with baas, Tho cluco fiab, which run iu wwarws for about & week every scasan, will al. ways bo 8 novelty aund furmeh great sport st Juust ouce & year., Thoy cume in Juus to catch a Ay, which i8 not uulike tho sand- sly that comes upou Chicago from the lake at timos liko tho locusts of Eyypt ; they then dis- appear into tuo doep waters I‘ur andthor year, 'I'ie cisco are really & fresh-water herring, sod resomble the hnrnn‘;l caught to vomo wxtout ln the nortbors part of Lake Michigan. TUE LAKE OENEVA FoLEET includes steamorn, steam-yachly, sail-yachts, and tow-boats of every description. Tho broad ox- paune of the |ake yives amplo vcope for all kinds of boating, wiile ita usual placid surface renders sailiog & ploasuro: comparauvely fres from dapger, Iteeema{o’nio s slow dud uncertain sort of amusemant, notwithstanding the fasole nalion it haa for most pooplo. I cannot but regard it a8 perverse and unreasonalle to start for a cortain point in diroctly the opposite direction from tho proposod dostination. It in certainly the longest way around, but not always the shorteat way home. Wien ono is Lecalmed, which {s not a rarc oc- currenco, there is nothing to do but wait with tho prospect of 8 cold dinper before sou, or swiu to the ehore, or scull along with & gingle wvar, or depoud upon the friendly towing of ono of the steau-yachts, Thers aro a good many people who avidently view tho matterin a diffor- ent light, for thero cannot ba lews than a rcoto of malt-hoatn of oon kind or another, dotting the lakn Aoro and there, Thero ia an anuual regatta for the ** Sueridan Cup.” I pro- sumo it is called a cupbecatiso it in, an a matter of fact, **a painted ahip on & painted ocoan,”— that s, fn wifver. It iw 8 pratty device, and bearn the namn of Mr. Julian” 8. Rum- eey, who was the firat winner. 3r. Rumsey's wuccess last year drove Gon. Dncat, bis closcat coutestant, to New York, where Le ordered two sachte to bo built with ‘s ringlo viow to swift #ailing. The (Jeneral has his new boata in trim, one with o regulsr racing auit, and tho other rigzed for rough weather, 8o Mr. Rumsoy must Took to s Iaurels aud lus cup tho iast Baturday of this month, when the regatta takes place. 1 append the programme : f The Sheridan Regatta Prize (balng 8 midiatare wi- ver yacht) was inatitgted In honur of Gen, Bueridan, sud firs vallod for on tha lsdt Haiurday In August, 17t Thia prize s to ba competad for on the laxt Satnrday in August of cach year, if, 1n the opinion of thu Judges, the dey {a suitable, ' 1f not, they shall deatg- nate another day, The yachts coutesting must bo rloop-rigged, open boatn, belonging vn Geuava Lake, Wie, Entries for the regatta must be'made at leat forty- efght hours prior 100 o'clock tf the duy of the race. “The course to ba sraund threo stiks-boats or buaya; 1ha firat moored near the outleta of tho lake, tho o erh 80 Incated ax to miako tho distance xalled a8 near ) miles a8 way be, Each boat to carry suoh safls and ballast a8 the own- er muy desire, Metern, George T Dunlap, N. K. Fairbank, and ¢. L, Wilson constitute a Committes cmjassvrod ta niake riiles for thin regatts ; any queation which may anse shall ba decldod by ther, “Tho Committes ahall dosignate the tima of starting, 1i act a8 Judgos of W Face ; iheir decion i ball Le' final. n cano of the abacrics of any of fhe Commitice, the vacanes may be temporarily flicd Ly that patt of the Committee present, The name of the winning yacht and the name of its avner shall b eugraved on ihe prizo cack year, THE STEAMELS, Thera aro two public teamers, one larga, Kide- whol, high-pressure, lond-snorting bost, which might navigato tho Mississipps : it 18 uawed the + Lucius Newtorry,"” after it builder, and eall- ed **Luscions " for short. ‘The opposition steamer Is a lighter boat, snd of courss is ca.l- o '+ Tho Lady of the Lske,” Doih steamers make two daily tours of the lake, and are maiu- ly patronized by the transient people, who run up for a fow dave. Tho sofournra for the suti- mer seascn havo boats of their own. There aro three steam yachits,—Mr. Gaorge I.. Dunlap’s, called. the Gortio,” which is a juunty hutlo thing with leanivg smoke-stacks, such ad may be scen on tho Thames: Mr. George Bturges’, called tho ** Arrow,” long, and graceful, and white a8 o swon; and Mr. N. K. Fairbank's, called tho * Cisco," after the peculiar finh of Lako Geneva, and built for o substantial family yacht; but 1t seoms also Lo have beew gifted by its creator with A eapacity as to poed. Fortunately thero is o tacit agreomont not to race the steam- ors, and, consoquently, great saviug of lifoand anxzioty. Thoy really furnish the best enjoy- mout of summer lifo horo; the weather is nover #o threatening aa to portend dangor, and tho temperature never #o warm but a cool breezo can be croated on tho lake, With a lunch- basket, 8 wine-closet, and a box of cigar con- stantly on board. ‘and & stif breeze from over thio hills, life becomes endurablo under tho most tryiug circamstances; a high thermumeter and ai‘uw barowetor lose thewr terrors under theso utlucnces., THE CHICAGO VILLAS. Tho Blurges family ate tho pioneors of Geuova Lake s A summer-resort. Mr, Sholton Sturgis was the firat to como, about fivo years ago. He found the climate peculiarly favorable to an invalid fo his fawily, avd re- rolved to build. Fortunatoely, e noquired about 100 ncres beforo the nativea discovered lhow much tho adveutof city people iucreases the price of land. e built him a large and Laud- some rosidence on the top of » hiil on the west bauk of tho lake, and laid out s largo part of bhia grounds in terraces, Jawus, tlowoer-beds, and walks. Itssoniority aud tho devotion of its owner bave given this villa a decided advantago, in the way of cultivation, over most of tho other sum- mer residences, Ar.Sheltos Sturgos i enthusie sstic svout Geneva Lake, aud proposes to tly the Rea Crosd of Genovs, a3 omblematio of its nnunry})rupcmus. alougside of tho Stars sud Stripos, from the top of tho picturesquo wind- mill which pumps tho wators of tlo lake upon sho hill to suppiy his house and grounda. The family of Mr. Buckingham Btarges havo s cottage on Mr. Bhelton Bturges’ place, and will, \robably by next soason, build s large house & }Ilklo furthier back on the hill. Mr, George Sturges’ houso is now in the villago not far from tha Wiuting House, but Lo alsa owns a large wtrip of wood-land, fronting ou tho lake aud adfoinivg Bholton Hturges' placo, whero ho wil_ bo likoly to Dbuild. Mr, Clarles L. Wilson, of the Journal, is also ouo of tho pionoers of Geneva Lake, Iis family if hore for tho fourth summer, aud occu- pies o plessaut cottago in the villag On the opposite sido of the lako—the eastern #hore—tbe wost promivent places aro those of Alr. Julian 8. Rumsoy, ex-County Treasurer, aud Mr. George L. Duulap, tho new Citv Marshal, from whom so much retorm_ is expocted in mat- tors sadly in noed of it. Mr. ltumsey has also spont sevoral summers hero with o large family, to whom 84 woll as Limse!f the sojourn has given health and & longer lease of lifo. Alr, Dunlap built ~ a large housa for tho purporo of umung _ every summer a family of ladies esceptionslly devoted to one anothor, tho widow and dauglters of tho 1ato John B. Rico, oue of Chicago’s rocout Con- grossmen. Tho plan bas succceded admirably, sud this summer Mrs, Iico, with lor daughtors, Mra. George L. Duviap, Mrs, James W. Odell, Mrs. Willinm Bmith, aud Mrs. Orson 8mitly, and their familios, bavo lived togother an the banks of the lake. Loth tbe Dunlsp and Humsey l)lunu aro spacions and rich iu ‘cultivasion ; the houses aro sct back ou one of the hills overlook- ingz tho lake ; the grouuds are bandsomoly laid out, and the charms of tho location utilized in the bighost degree, A BORT OF ALADDIN'S PALACE, 19 found opposite the Dunlaps and Rumaoys,- and has boeu ercctod by Mr. country residonca for L fa: Arabuan Nig Goneva, because it camo =8 if by magic. Lato last fall it was one of tho littlo farms that aro fouud seatterod pbout this roglon, and had o small, dingy, woodeu houso that was scarcely an ornament, Mr, Farbsuk ioduced s retirod Methodist hor, who bad bought it a fow yoars ago for a couple of hundred dollars, to part with it for an advance of & fow thousand. An army of laborers, masons, carpouters, paiut- ery, and landucape gardeners wero immodiatoly set to work; a mull waa chartersd to tum out tho various woods roquired; a Chicago house recelved an order for the manufacture of tho furniture ; the supphes were hauled over the ico winch covered Lake Genova; the lawns sud tlower-beds wora started in tho early spring; aud, by tho oponing of summor, n place way ready for occupancy which travoled pooplo de- clara to bo the most complete country residence thoy ever waw. [ doubs whethor there 1w any- thiug on the Hudson which equals it fu the com- fort, ¢logance, and good taste of ita appoint- mouts. Iamglad to mvo the creditof ite de- viguing to Mr, Fritz Fole, the favorito baritoue singer, and of the mrchiteet firm of ‘Treat & Folz, who bLas now demonstrated thiat boYa a8 skillod 1 architocture ws ho s vocalisgl. The biouss is square in its exterior, with o largo detached kitchon, lauudry, and ser- vaust' Liaill at the roar. Tho stables, gardener's house, and conservatory, sll in tho samo wtyie of wrchitecturo. are at tho baci, on & gradually ris- ing vlope. ‘Tho Interior of the bouse is arranged i the shape of o (reek vross, made by a wido Lall, entorcd from ali sides of the houso, and formiong s octagoual-shuped room in the coutre, with open tire-places, and a luzury of lounges snd casy chatra. Most of tha woodwork of tho halé ana stairways i of = rich sud raro combivation of Georgis pine and tho buttornut indigenous to this wection of the country, aod really a_handsomer wood thaa tho black walnut, Tho dos for the carvings ou tho atalrs, waluscoting, wmantols, doors, ;uid voards, aud tables wero all made by Mr. K. Fairvant as a It 18 hko an o~ Fuolz, sid consoquently thore is s vymmetry and unity of purposs vurvadivg the outire matsiou, ‘Lo genaral siyle of finish sud oroamentation, as ‘woll as of tho furniture, is an application of Eut!lko'l'punclylushuld, it he could siwsys bo he aptly {ltustrated, his name woold deservo a lsgh ©blace in housebold srt, ‘The house is three etorles in haight, thongh ita architeotu- ral proportionn and hm pam\fr-n art bave boon such aa to 7"0 it tho apuearanco of a great two- tory mansion with a gencrous roof. Esch of tuo chamborn 18 Mifferently colored and farnishe ed. gving o dintinet individuality to overy one of them. Tho entire houna 1x beautitully froscoed, Tho work was dono by a young gentus named Atwood, formorly with Ferguaon, of Borton, hut now doing business for himaolf in Chirago, Har- mony haa beon proserved amid a groatand ploss. ing variety, aud some of tho painting 18 among th mont delicata and beautiful spacimansof freseo work I haveeveraeen. Theornamentation of tho hiouse is simplo thronghout ; the pictures connist of engravings, water-colors, anl panel-piecru; and evorythiny is tho more elezant and appro- priata bocause of its unpretontiausness. When I add that tho house has numerous bath-rooms, with hot and cold water; that both honro and grounda are nupplied with gas and fountaine ; that thore in 8 completa syatem of dramagn and sawagn; that eleciric belln communicata with tho various working-dopartmenta; and that thero sre roally more claborate arrangsments for con- venionco and comfort than most town houses havo, tha rerdor can well imagine that summer- ing 10 the country under those circtumstances is not at all n bad idoa. THE FUTURE OF OCNETA LAKE dapenda uj on the fature of Chicago, of which 1o man is ingano enough to doubt. Ishall not ho eurprined tosao withtn ten years the ontire rbore of the lako—s distanco of more than 20 miles uroun 1—lined with liandsoms villas, owned for the most part by Chicagn people. 'I'hero is not an nndesirablo kpot anywhero on the lako, though many lrcations aro of courss pleasantor than othern. ‘Tln ground in 500 feot bighor than Chicago, and the mir correspondingly cloar and pure. Tho country aronnd is rich with woods ; the roads aro hard and good ; the soil fa particu- larly fertilo for lower and vegetabls gardons ; there ara Lill« and vallern, lawna and forests, and no woyquitoes. What more ennld bo asked for & summer-rosert, which can bo reached by o two hours' pleasant railroad ride from Clucago ? 1 bavo not undertaken to catalogne all the at- tractiona and pretty vlazes of Gienova Lako, but to apeak only of the more prominent. A delighte tul place knowo as Kay's is on tho cast sida of tho lake, a few miles from the villags, whore o great maony Chicago people rpend the summer or & fow weeks. Tho houso 1s said to bo well kept. has picnic grounds, bowling slleys, otc. The Whiting House fa m the villazo and near the station, but aleo fronts on the lako ; its ca- pacity 18 to ba doubled by an addition which Ar, Whiting intends to build bofora next nossou, I #hall bo dissppoiuted if the new Lotel furthor up the lake he not etarted before next kummer, which wiil iucrease the attractions greatly. Avd, na Chicazoans can scarcely hopo for many such cool summers a3 tho preseut one, they tnay thauk their stars that thero {s 80 pleasant a re- gort an Ueneva Lake so noar aud sccessihle to them. HBUJOUKSER. —— SARATOGA SPRINGS. THE SEASON AT IT8 HLIGHT, Special Correspondence of Tha Chicano Tribune, Banatooa Seutses, N. Y., Aug. 13.—The sca- son may be considored at ita height at this favorito watering-placo. Tho town seems turnea into a vast iun, into which the populu- tion of the wholo contiguona country, in their Lest holiday atrire, and bent upon attsining the utmost possivle enjoymeut, have been gathered. Tho hotols are filled to their utmost capacity, and their guosts flow over into all the neighbor- ing dwollings, The majority of residences hero are used for this purposn. In fact, tho rush of visitors and the demand for room has induced great numbers of poaple to sottlo in the tawn aud build spacious hoaaes for tho purposo of accommodating the tide of strangers who make their aunual pilgrimago to these health-glving fountaing, Inthis way, with tho enlargement of the Lotela snd the iucreaso of their unumber, the town Las grown to respectable proportions. 1 made my fisst visit to thoso springa just TULRTY-TUREE YEARS AGO, The placo then scarcoly coutaiued 2,000 inkal- itants, and 1,000 visitors would mako a great de- wmsaad upon its power of accommodation. Some of the leading hotels wero hore then, but were emall in proportion to theic present sizo, Tho Uuite Statos oceupied tho samo site, and was a threo-story frame building, reported to have cost £100,000. 7Le building occupied the pres- ent front,—about one-lalf of the north sido of the grounds, whilo several small cottagea stood on thoe gouthern line. The sccond building was arected upon tho ground of enlarged size, and, after baving been long occupied, was Lurued a fow years eince, 'Tho presont building iv of colosual projortions, occupyiug uearly tho whole of threo sides of tho spacious lot ; is fivo atorics inbeight, substantially built of brick, and is roploto with evory couvenience, Few lotels of tho samn oizo, capacity, and oxcollenco of ac- commodatious are to Le found. Tho American is ono of the old landmarks, and used to be much resorted to by clergymen, Tho old building etill stands, but an addibon bas been erected which at least trobles ita size, It wtul retains its popularity. Congress Mall was famous in thoso days, aud roowed 200 guests. Now, its appearanco is large sud imposing, The Clarendon was thon a small house just on the outskirts of tho village. There wero & fow othor small hotels, and a very fow boarding-houses, Now, the number of both these 1s legion. Thero are scores of tho emaller bouses pow which have os many guests as the hotols used to bonst in tht duy. Pre-eminent swony tho hotels, stands THE GRAND UNION, owned by A. T\ Stewart, tho merchant prince of New York. This vies with the States in sizo sud aud elugant sccommodations. 'This busincss prodigy has beeu soizod with the desire to own and run a hotol, and make himuelf as conspicu- ous in bis vow rolo as ho is unrivaled in mercan- tilo promineuco. 1o brings into this now fleld all his characteristio business ability, and soems determined to have the bost hotol, not only in Baratoga, but also in tho world. Rumor eays he haa just purchased tho Wilbur House, Thus he owna the wholo black, excepting the amall pleco of Iand upon which the Episcopal’Church stands, “This ho bias long aosired to own.-and has made soveral overtures for Its purchase. Iiut his views of ita value bave materially di of the wardens, and hence thoy have nat as yet renchod an agreomont, Mr. Btewart Las always ostimate aw exorbitant, aud as they bnve several tunos increassd their price, ho charges them with -an attempt - to speculate upon him. Thoy, howover, presont s differont viow of tho matter, and with aomo show of rea- eon. When he firat proposed to purchiase, the wartlons oould ‘m_mhuu & wuitable pieco of ground for rebnilding at » given prico, and thoy offerad to sell thewr ground aud odifios on Wash- ington etreet, adjacent to his hotel, for $27,500. Hosconted the ides of paylug such a prico. Shortlv after, thin ground was built upon. Somo 11une after this, the wardens secured tiie offur of suathor advantagoous piece of ground, but at a gmmlrmcmuud price. As 1t seemod desirshlo to both parties that Mr, Stowars should buy thn church,' they spproached him agmin through a mutual friend, and offercd to soll 8t q35,000. He wcorned the offor os su at- lnms to extort .o largor price, Lecauso of Ins dosirs for the property, They, on tho other haud, consider that their offer was sumply mL\l alont to the former, and porfectly just. "This property lu turn bxs been buils upon. and the wardeus do not know whore thoy can ol 8 8pot to which they cau romove withous & division of soutiment among the parsionurs, snd perbaps a divislon of tho parish, wbich would be & groat wisfortuse. ey could not aecure thiy now for tho £35,000 for wiuch they offered to soll, ‘Thbev aro now propariug to im- prove their edifica. Ioport credits Mr, Htewart with the inteutiou of oztendiug Lis hotel over the whole bl and buildivg sround the church, and thus wathug it 1w, Thie will hlf."u its ap- ca, and shut off most of its light, PRRERICSY .\?Hl BARATUOA 18 POPULAK, : Tho obsorver can vasily sea why this should be populsr arosort. Tho air and variad wators are boslthy. ‘Tl adjacout country iy beautiful, and sboundd with pleasant excarsions, The pariors, piszzas, and ball-rooms-of the larger hoteld are thrown opon to the pablic. F'ho placo Is democratio. Thore iv not the wida and marked difforence betwoeu the wealthy and those of wore moderats wesns which ohufln at somo fashiousble rasorts. You may board st a wore buinble botel at $10 or 16 per week, and ot wiugle on ouhu\ny with tho gudets of :the Lisios oc the Union, There is & degree of T sociability botween the guastaof the different hotels which is pleasant, Then thera is & pleas~ ant oxcitoment attending the movement of. so many thousand gueats. Homse remain but a fow hours ; othors as many dags ; othors waokn; and nomo for the senson. ~Kar thd largo numbsrs hera, and -the constant movament among them, thare, remarkabio amount of ordar and quiot. be the verdict of every observer. MACKINAW. 5 A FOOR SEASON, Srecial Correspondance of The Chicago-Tridune. * Mackivaw, Mich.,, Aug. 18.—Pssunlarily con< ridered, tho *gesson " of 1870 at Msckiosw. hag nnt boen & success, at Jeast to the botel proprie- tars; and yet tho two leading hotels, the **Isl- and " aud ' Minsion Houss,” Lave boon fairly eucressful, whon the wasther has.bean coosid- erod, whish very naturally wonld bavo an offect on extreme Northern watering-places not folt at Eaatern and Houthorn summer-rosorts. For somo reasou Damocratic FOLITICIANS hava prodominatsd hero this #nason, though just now the preseuce of Senators fihorman, of Ohlo, and Ferry, of this Stats, and Reprosentativo Waldron, of Michigan, gives tho Republican elo- ment prepondoratco—at least in prominence. Among the Democrats hava been Reprosenta- tives Holman and Hamilton, of Indisna, and Hayler, of Ohio, who just now are not antious to be *interviswed " co cither the enrroncy ques- tion or the Ohio campaign. Tho former asserts that he has heon misropresonted not only as to his financial viows, but especially on the fight for Bpeakership—a hject just now of groater - importanco than ¢,”O%,"a currency lssae or tho Ohio] contest eo 75 /7%, -qentleman is per- sonally concerned. W.. 70 “~ite admission to (st effact could bo 277 ~m eithor Mouars. Holman or Hayler, it wa. " ’-‘-!7,’ “bosh theso gontlemen wero not at all sau,” 7 * Domocratie victory in Ohio, whilo a den. **¢ ora waa sdmittod to bo almost certain to change not only the Bpoakerahip fight, but also to play an important part in the noxt Presidential contost. Auto this, BENATOR SHERMASN, who, accompauioc! by Lisuti-Gov. Kirk, arrived al tho Island House yesterday morniog, ox- preases himsolf iu tho most confident mannor. He predicts a bandeome Republican majority in Oluo, and tho destruction of- the *‘rag-baby* party in its infancs. For the Democratic. party to go into the coming P'residential contest on » ** rag-moncy " platform wonld, the Sonator aays, Vo ss-wbeurd sod . inconsistont ag for it to ro- pudiate #ts theory of strict constraction, and put forward as a cardival princinlo the possesuion of tho broadest powers by tho General Govornment a8 apainut ita prewent . docttine of * Stale Rights.” Beyond this the Senstor is non-com= - 8i6a0e! mittal, thongh Lo i4 coufident of a Republican victory in tho Presidential race, though the cou= ditions nocensary to succoss wers not atated. SEXATOR FERBY CONVEWTED, Aud hore it may bo woll to say thst the views of Seuntor Ferry, of this Btosto, aro somewhat modified, and tuat he is not as pronounced an inflatiouiat as Lo was a yoar ago. While ho does not specifically admit this, the approval ox- pressed of. Senator Morton's recont speech, and indorsement of his position, fairly warranta this conclusion. ‘ g Senator Christiancy, who accompanied Senator Forry's party Lere, remained but o couplo of days, leaviug for Marquetto, whero b ia to join the Legislative oxcaraion, which {a now ox- pectod to return via Mackinae, going over the Orand Jtapids & Indisus Railroad to Grand Rapids, from whicl point the mombers will dlue porse. Of coursa the creation of TNE ** NATIONAL PALK " by the legislation of Congress of last winter iy oxpected to accomplish great thinga for Maokiuac in the future; aud, if aamall sppropriation is secured from tho next Congress to. improve thu present roads and lay out a fow new ones, thero noed bo 1o fear as to tho futura. Nsture has been bountiful with Mackinas, baving given her & location, an atmospuere, and a climate unox- celled anywhere fur the purposeds of = healthfnl summer resort. All thia ia too woll kuown, “doubtlers, to most of Tun Tninve readers to require enlargoment horo As time progresses and art adds to tho attrac- ttons so “lavishly bestowed by Nature upon Mackinac and the surrounding country, thero is noqnestion but that Mackinac will become tho Baratoga of tho Northweat, save oaly that 1t cau never 1ivalit ns to racing attractions, which 18 well expressod by Scoator Ferry as a ** fortunate drawback." ‘Thero is, I belicve, on the Early farm, about midway from tho fort to Britisit Landing, s natural half-mile track, but thers i3 little probability of 1ts ever being improved for racing purposes. Hut fow profossional horse- men would conaent to bringtheir stock hero sub- iucl to the discomfort of - water transportation ar two or threo days’ racing, while it i not at all nlmb-blu that it would succeed in (8 pocuniary viow. 3 PRIVATE RESIDENCES. Mr. Franke, the proprictor of the * Mission House," who, under autuority of an act of Con- groea, purchased éoms 16 acres adjoining Lis hotol gmpertv. Laa Iaid out ten lots eant of the Lotel, () fcot front each, and, with water, privilege, of~ fors thewn for salo at £1,000 cach. Two have been sold, one to Mr. Bhelly, of Detroit, and the other to 8 Chicago ~ gentloman, whose name cannot at present be aacertaine ed. is algo rumored that Hena- tor Forry ia to purchase one, and ‘thal- tho 1lon. F.B:Stockbridge, of Kalamazoo, recently ap- pointed Miniator to tho Hague, bas the refusal of avother, Doyond doubt, il of these lots will bo takon ore tha close of another seasoo. The lato L. B, Ward, of Dotroit, had arrapged for the orection of & handsoms cottago hero on lis Frupeny west of the fort, fronting cn Moran's sy, and if be had lized would this noason bave oceupied it. The Wilam Ii. Ogden property is finely locatod for hoto! aud cottage sites, aud so {1 tho land belangiug to tho estato of tho iate Gov: Fonton, as mav also bo rematked of ihe Iand ownod by Measrs. Wendell and Hubbard. Ultimately this portion of tho lsland will be« come quite desirable, for the location s equal, if indeed in somo respocta it 18 not superior, to the eastern end, or sido, of the island. Then thero 18 a small resorvation belonging to tho village, sot asido by Congross for the purpous of a vils Iaga park, winch it {s proposed to ' divida into village lots ; and, if tbis be dono, what is now Luown as "wumrrru}vxi" tho quarter oceupiwd by Indinns, balt-Ureeds, tho qaerter Cnithout authioriey, - will diesy pear, sud bost uvottages | mud- resie Honees o wubstitated. ‘The *Shauty- town” cloment in politics, by -the wav, 14 a formidable barrier to the development of the best interceta of Mackinao ; for of caurso it 1 the wm-ki elomeut, and dominates easily over the respectabls busiuess eloment of Mackiosc, A COMPLIMENTABY BECEPTION and hop waa given Bsuator Ferry at the Mission -Hlopua 1ast evening,—aud - it {s noedleas to say u,{,n was ‘sucoess. That gentleman fu hold iu Lugh estoem hers, 1ot only on sccouat of his personal chavactor, but by reseoo of Lis labors to sdvance the'luterests of Maokinae,—a very proper thing for hita to du, as this s his birthe l»uce. ‘The Mission Houvo was built ju 1823 by e American Board of Commissionsrs for For- eign Misslons, under the suporintendence of Buoustor Ferry's fatlier, tha Revi. William M, Ferry, who resided herv sud conduated tho Biv- s1on uutil 1836, Tho old church connected with -the Mission is now occupled as n theatrs by the **McKean-Qampbell Cowbination,” two perforue ances a woek bslog given, e Yesterday afturuoon sn oxcursion went to Point 8t. T3uaca to visit the old Jewuit Church, aud whera a paiutiog. said to be over 200 yours old, -1 she chlef attraction, * 'The party weut oo the famous. wrecker Leviatuan; mud was given iu compliment to Baualor Sherman, aud this afieruoon u vecoud escursion to Buoe boygsu ou the same vessal s on tho programuio, 5o only drawback your correspondout lug fouud bore is the . . - SUOCKING POSTAL VACILITIEN, A lottor or paper mailed in Cuivago oo, 18ay, the 131k, leaviug Ohjcago thet eveuivg, shouid roach hicre on the 20ih. DBut if 1t veschies'here by the 23d it is doing well. lbstead of the mail being brought acioss from FPatoskey iu tle r iu- fve: hours, ‘{4 ie-sarriad around by atage to Cheboygan, sud Shencs