Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 19, 1875, Page 16

16 THE CHICAGO THIBUNE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, V87% —SIXTEEN PAGES. with a Christmas-tree m the foreground. Con- tributions of food, ete., are requested to be sent in as early a3 Monday, Dec. 27, and on the 28th friends are invited to come and witness the plessure they have given. The County Agent, with a delicacy too rare in THE CITY. YTHE RURAL CONTEMPOHAR\’) B, TEE DEMOCEATIC EDITOR'S RETURN FEOM ASHINGTON. ! R such oficials, aod ' desiro to. miniater to tho esthetic aa well as the material needs nf the suf- n;r:‘m“m it fering poor, bas provided pothiog but colored A1 save the night editor from their desks striped stockings for distribution among mndi- w;x"o their bappy :-dm:; had i, gent women this winter. en there enter Tooma lang leen msn «Talk of enthusiasm in your profession,” With » linen duster on. said » young doctor the other day, ** you never 1w saw old Prof. Whazziznsme, of Milwaokeo— 0 AT] hafl, all hail, thou lean stranger why, when he was in his prime, he married a jow welcome mote thou be, woman old enough to be his mother, and a8 ugly ‘Bringest thon u:me- hfléb suicide good sa gin, just to study a cancer in her leg. There or '-"'m!““gd r was professional devotion for you.” ive rich shall be thy fee.” The inquest on the body of Charles Nofts, which has been in progress for several days, st o loug Josm man be beaved s sigh No. 448 Panling: strect, was concluded ~ yos- terdsy. The verdict reached was. that the de- gmflm&%mm ceased came to his death from & fracture of the ‘He drew forth no note-book skull, but by whom the blow was inflictea was Bat » huge sea-biscuit, from the which ot known. & aimetzoon s o beoks The Ghicago Bar Association will give ita sec- ™. ond annual dinner at the Grand Pacific Hotel Then he spaks to that night-editors Thursday - evening, Dec. S0. Chief-Justice + Fear not to look ca me, Vaite, Judges Davis and Swayne of the United xmm from u;:; :-;Abtir and ses-biscutt Ststes Suprame Court, ml? the %l}iul-.lusncl:a of gihin it : the Supreme Courts of Ilinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Lo piroapen mthesmraiamis 1 Michigan, a0 Indians, and the Federal Judges = i of the same States, are expected to be present. Xe The Coroper held an inguest yesterday on the "o Itooam o :éipwlz ’t«fl. i bodgjof Aramilds Reiley, a¢ the Casnzybnospzrzfil, can, . | who was sbot on Third avenue in October. 8 T O * | evidence showed that the deceased had been a man named John Cero, and the verdict shot b; / with the facta. The Coroner Of Bungtown, lilanoy, ‘Which it is the borrid tyrant’s dresd Y And the honest patriot's joy. ‘was in accordance mld lik;iiwr)' ;um:h rt::eo & nhn"ge;;;: a8 ho L. something of importance to say im. T e Sl e Thereis hopo for Bridgeport! _About & month The leader on the cent + { ago a few of the young men residents of that lo- tist Church on Lock { ing tendencies of theday; cality met at the South Ba) Axnd the pufls of the mammoth eggs that my .. street, and organized the in Literary So- Subscribers' hens dolay.” 2 | ciety. The venture, though undertaken with I some miagivznfg, g::' with nnexpec!::g‘ encour- - welcome, estoemed agement, a0 8 iety nOw numi a very Nfid mm? g respectable membership, and ita succeas is as- Put up thy feet on yonder deak, sured. Mr. Weeden is President, Dr. Higging “Th;‘:"?_fihmhl; Vice-President, and 8. L. Richards Becretary. y 19 thy long, < z 5 countenance 80 wearss 1* A meeting of Justices was held in Justice Sal- b sojpecel isbury's ofice, corner of Madison snd Union YO streets, to take into consideration the question # Wearily bave I hither fared of fees. There were present five stall-fed butch- From tarewsy Washingion, ers of the statates, who talked and talked on 1 EaveatEeplool sn e their pet subject for s great length of time. or even here I very much fesr “They did not, however, want the public to know 1s my pam?ul journey done.™ the resnlt of their deliberations, thinking that g their views about fees can best be expounded & = * when they have the chance to enforce them. =t bt il . The choir of Bt Mary's Church, Wabash ‘What news of Carter Harrison ; ¢| avenue, have in preparation for Christmas-day And the mighty Barney Caul- Gounod's celebrated ‘* Missa Solenne,” ,with $4117 And how fare his many amend- -7 | orchestxal and choral sccompsniments. The ‘megts Consututional 2 choir at present is composed of the following : N z ml‘w Mchknirafi wpnn?a ; Mra llkhml?:n' B‘cegx» ® Nothing Xnow gentlemen. tralto 5 . Hussgen, fenor; r. Bergstein, !01 dmlhfi:;&;%; basso ; Mr. Bescler, organist. The ladies and Motking care I for amendments, votes, gentlemen engaged for the orchestral and choral Blls, eke, accompanimeits are solected from amongst the Fanght are public affairs to the privats cares, .- .4 best talent in the city. “Thas prey on my damaged cheak. % The day nflerd Christmas you m(;y rafirnaththst X you {orgot to do your part towax making bappy & Sir, aa the individml * I TS ehildren in ¢, Joseph's Orphan Asy- o sditoetal e, lum on Thirty-fifth street, whose Christmas, if va beses ans of C08 Wi Dave ! they ba t Do contributed b Of the Democracie, 1. y have _one, maos conf ¢ y And both in season snd out, ers. Donations msy be left, with the “To the beck of my partie. donors name, at Mr. W. F. McLaughlin's, Lake and State streets, or at Gillespie’s, on Twenty- second street. ‘‘Blessed is the hand that # 80 when last yeur cama s tidsl wave 4 givetn pleasure to a child, for thera is no know- O e Lot wo depart ing when or where it will bloom forth,” eays For 1 have seen the hour t§{ Douglas Jerrold. ‘When the spalls of office shall be i1 Two friends who had rot seen each other for (Or. speaking, “our.’) N years met yesterday on the outward-going Oma~ T = b “pfi in the azokéu -car. Each ;lvpemg - our devil “in charge, Y somew] confuse ¢ Bless my_ soul,” sai an{)‘ffific e 'xnm: o ons ; * what are you doing on board this train 2" ¥ ent out origiral matter enough * Hush! Hush!™ eaid hisfriend ; **Iknow I ‘To last him through the seesion, . can rely upon you. The fact is I had no wife of And fared away to the Capital gay, ¢ Jmyowneo I am ruoning sway with another Liks many of my profession. man's.” *Thunder!” replied the first speaker, $ xrv. 1 | * what an idiot you must be. The fact is Ihad 'ru:ssmwmmgmu'uum : | a wife of my owD, and I am running away from nr’_l'a_r mm:nbl:flo’n: i} her.” . ; Suiing that, to "} The meeting of the Ghicago Typographical &mml;ba foocs i { Union, announced in yestorday’s TRIBUNE, Was And guard ths outer doar, 1 °held at the rooms of the Associstion, 77 and 79 earborn street, yesterday. The Union refused = to e 10 the luction on weekly w1 o acced he reductis k! but o:;;wm' 'WEM Ifl’m'b;.pl’m Y 'pmd ut:: mdfi;fi&z on p{gee work. h‘: rho- 1 i) A of this ia tl people who are paid by %n r.u.m;b& be.'yl;g, PonER, the week will gtill receive the usaal amounts, T oo clape b Bandls, bt the rates for prece work will come down to And run on his meseage. -45 cants for everything from pica to agate, to 50 cents for pesr], and to 52 oents for diamond. ' The jury inthe Sanger oase, which has been oo trial the last month beforo Judge Booth, 3 brought in their verdict yesterday morning, findipg in favor of the defendant, the city. XVL 3 @Bt alaa? Ciough the bacvest 012 was white, "Tha laborers warammany : ATl the spofis went o the-ex-Confed. crew ‘From Texss and Virgenny. Though I gheaned like Buth, T may my in truth, ., | This action was brought to recover an alleged Of sheaves I found not any. £} balance af abont $140,000 from the city, for work done in excavating for the Illinois & Michigan Canal, through tb e at Lemont. Thers - have been thres trials, oocupsing about a month at each time. The first verdict wasin favor of the city, on the second trial the jury. disagreed, and yesterdsy, on the third trial, snother ver- dict was given for the city. It is yumored that that the plaintiffs Judge Booth s of the opinion xvi 1. ot beva £z e good Tam Seotty \Who gave s pazs 2 gne v erinbed at Washington, Guilied, famisbed and wearie: Bo nover a bizst will the Bugle Call sound - Against the Texas P. _-m,,?mm?é}m‘ fres tonch, ;! hvolguodcm:y,mdwfllgxm:nmwkiu. Where u A dentist on West Madison strest advertised 4w xmzu disd in Chicago streets, yesterday for a boy, and the advertisement was A i voaia naw bowmy jourmal Baly & Jewered by a pala boy with straight bair who Inmy i ¥ wanted to support his widowed mother. But when the dentist informed him that he wanted tim for an experiment-boy, to see which kinds of snesthetica were least fatal,’and what tooth- s pice and brevier; { drawing instruments were too psinfol in their ‘m anxiodsand use to be ganerally adopted, and bow many teeth ns could be drawn at once witbout endangering the e oae. atient's life, the pale boy got still paler, a0d = Phis straight bair stood up on end, and he de- XX clived the position. remarking: *‘Not much, * Ho, geod 1a my ¥ 2 Mary Aone; I don’t train in no such First Regi- ment, even if mam has got to go and peddle ¢ Lives of Calebrated Women."” “All right,” said yonnEwnmun ‘whose au- burn hair curled closs to her scalp in frizaly locks, addressing a mild-eyed and timid young ‘| man who sat on the same 80fs, but much farther away from_her than he need have done had he On sabjects that be safe; o € ‘Bow st Cuban and Hi poagessed tho spiric of aman; ‘“allright. Some ‘His mighty soul doth chafe ! plé ™ (here she looked at him with such in- Ink doth 4o sling at the Whisky-Ring ‘T'tensity that he fairly heard her eyos snap) And Babcock b a - thafe. | *‘baven't been as forward as they might have ‘been ; but it ain't more'n two weeks till 1ta Leap Year, and then it's my turn. 1 koow the man incrude; ;} Tli ask,-and if he don't eay *Yes' pretty prompt My Jfi*‘-“:’fi‘.‘x‘.‘fia g; n:xz appeal 'L and pleasant Il know why.” Ind now that For potatoes and for wood ; d ‘miserable young man wonders how it wonld go And amme reader will ay before Christmas-Day - | easiest,—to take Paris green, or hang himself, On our table a turkey good. | or get in front of a locomotive, or take & square meal for 15 cents, or how ? Yesterday morning, at about 11 o'clock, some ‘boys, skating on a pond at the foot of Robey street, in the Gad's Hill district, found sn old brown hat Iyiog on the ico near a hole whnere some new ice bad formed. One of the boys, named Denis Donahue, brought the bat XXIL my pantry i foll with the dried appal xxur # Then why should I roam from my quiet homa To the fevered Capital 3 Thad rather dwall in Bungtown's tent Than kecp door in Congress' ball— . Ayurfrumnuwmmwflba,ltmw. ¥ Oifices enongh for all. ; to the station, and reported that last Tueeday morning workmen in a neighboring brick- yard hbeard lond cries for help, but not seeing any person, and being unable_to locale the sound, they took no notice of it. From the circumstances, it wonld seem that some poor uofortunate had ventured upon the ice, and fallen through and drowned before assistance could reach him. The nsme of the unknown can only be ascertained oo the identification of tbe body, for which search is being to-day. When s man on Leavitt strest got home Wednesday night he found the house 1 confu- ston and his wife absent, His mother was there, - h_owe\';:r, ?hdl in solamnhuhlzg v{itb d“ rslxg{‘u- gion of mingles sympathy, grief, and e: ion GENERAL NEWS. on her cmmumn?%e. ““Why, mother,” eaid he, = . “ what's up ¢ ‘O, my 8on, my £0n, My POOr, E. Alliger, Eeq, Mousger for the United | miserable, deceived son—but I nover liked her, States, of the Commercial Union Assurance | and I always said so, but you would—come to Company of London, is as the Palmer. the l'm;eam ]tlhn bore? ,_yn?—yox::d;i’fe h;:mn i & away!!" *‘Runaway?” ejacnla 0 nn The argumenta in the Eightoonth Ward eleo- A gs in & parosyery of grisf he flung his o tion judges' case were concluded yesterday, and | qp to the ceiling snd burst into a peal of fren- the case submitted to the jury, which at balf- ziedv%_:lnbzel!'mer; “g:é tgllf wgo 'Lll:h?" *With t 9 reported it could not agree, and was dis- | Mr- er,” replied the fond mother. *‘Hoo~ Lo e it BOEARFOS; ray! boorsy 1" ehrioked the injured husband g & : e broke into 3 ce; ‘‘that'sbully. I The South and West Sido Republican Alder- | never liked Whoeler, and now I'm aquare ywim men mot separately yesterday for the purposs of | him. Hooray b talking over the new division into wards. There Duriog the past ten days there has been a ‘was a general interchange of views, and nothing | marked change in the treatment that the ox- more. e-flend has received at ‘(e TRIBUNE office. Formerly, when the exchange-fiend cameinto ask The temperaturs yesterdsy, ss obsorved by | for the Bungtown Findicalor or the Dog Ranche Manasse, optician, 83 Madison strest (TRIBUNE | Weekly Howl, he was not received with mnch Building), was at 8 . m. 6 degress above zero; | courtesy. The editor, no matter when he called, 10s m.,12 above; 12m., 37; 3p.m., 20; 8 p. would assure him that ‘it came by the nmext m, 15 x mail,” or eay that ** the only paper in Chicago which sxchsoged with it was the Infer-Ocean.” A truly pious man who thinks a great desl of | Of late, bowever, there has been a material Mr. Moodyand his melodious associate, thinks | changein this. A emall, secluded room, fur- that Chnstisn parents could ot better perpetu- | Bished with' pumpuous. comfort, mith. eass. ste the name and fame of the latter than by re- christening a certain sprite well-fnown and .Cnl::.:',l’ expected about thus time as * Sankey X1V, & Farewell, farewell, good night-editor, ‘Tue walkdng it is good ; ¥ull 10 cents are left to e $0 1 ahall not lack for food— ‘Would that the Western railroads all Free passes still insnod § 7 xxV. . . . Helefttheroom; be turned his stops © Towards Bungtown's groves remote. Shriliy the night-winds whistled through, Chiily the moonbeam smote The yellow surface of bis lin- en summer overcoa t, o smmuwmmwwmdummm vided for the friend's especial deleciation, whers obeequions servants anticipate his mry noed win};‘ h;,eui’uflnsd bpereecisinu _— romptness. OWever, n ob- en'f.'éie Christmas festivities to ba given to the srved “pu.z somevwhat curious fact, that while $ ren of the Chicago Protestant Orphan Asy- | lots of exchange-fiends entered this boudoir, ::;‘ 789 Michigan avenue, will take place at the | none were ever sean to issus therefrom, but by lnm day week. The friends of the in- | » somewhat singular coincidence. just as many p dmnm&m invited to contribute. A dinner full | barrels consigned to doctors in Iowa were taken 'Inmm eer will be furnished the children, and | from TEx TRIBUNE office to_the express office £ G"tflml they are to have what must seem | each evening as exchange-fiends bad entered it {40 somae of them like glimpees into fairy-land, | during the day. Gentlemen deairing to consult chairs and chewing-fobacco, bas been pro-- should .not regard these bot calt st TRE TRIBUNE Wilder, the exchange country exchanges things as suspicions, ofice aud ask for Dr. editor. For the benefit of the twilight sheet, which in- ginnates that Holt, Duon, and Hines are under « protection ™" of Supt. Hickey, it is stated that the contrary i believed to be the case. Itis understood that raids on these pisces have been in contemplation for some days past. ‘The proper tizne will soon come, and it is more than likely that these places will be pounced upon by the olico this week, Confidenco is _felt Bupt. Hickey, and it b_ehevad he is entirely independent of the ambling fra- ternity in this city, and will no doubt remain 9 as long 38 _he holds thi portant position of Chief of Police, and will "endeavor to do his duty, However, for his benefit it is stated that all the gambling-houses are in full biagt in the city, and Bupt. Hickey should instruct bis assist- ants to do their whole duty in the premises, es- pecially his South Side C tain, and have them forthwith report the gambling-hells now i oper- ation in Chicago, in order thai theymay be broken up at once. Abont 7 o'clock 1ast evening two unknown clt- izens brought s mau into the Chicago Avenue Btation, stating that they had found him wan- dering 10 a_drunken stupor on Wells street, north of Chicago ayenne. On examination, hig head was fonnd to be cut open to the depth of ao inch, apparently by the wheel of some vebi- clo. He had upon his person $27 in curremcy and a check, which soems to prove that he conld not bavo been knockea down for rob- bery. The County Physician was sent for, but refused to come, snd the mao wes locked upin the station. Dr. Storck waa called to attend him, and gavoe it a8 his opinion that the man could not eurvive. He also was of the opinion that tho man had been run down by some vehicle. Between 11 and 12 o'clock yes- terday forencon a man came to the station to in- quire for his father, who, he said, had been missiog since the previous evening. Un_being taken to tho cell, he at once recognized the in- jured man s his father, and had him conveyed to his home, No. 198 Oalk street. At last ac- counts he was quite low, with but lLittle life left. NORTH SIDE STREET-CARS. 5 Beginoing Monday night, the Nortb Bide Street-Railway Compsvy will run all-night cars on Clybourn avenue, Lincoln avepue, and Larra- bee siroet. The first car will leaye the corner of Meadison and Clark streets at 12:37, and the trips will be made at intervals of twenty-six minutes thereafter until the regular day cars re- sume. It mustnot be understood that a car will leave every twenty-six minntes on each of the sbove-nsmed lines, but that s car on some one of them will leave at the tima gpecified. Three cara, one ranniog on each of these routes, will be used for might service, This action on the part of the North Side Bail- way Company has been looked forward for anxionsly by the residents of the North Side, who believe that it would benefit their division of the city. and, although tho new cars may not pay at first, yet the Company will, in & compara- tively short time, reap the benefits of its ac- commodating spirit. TBOUBLE OVER THE PACIFIC BLOCE. * A lengthy bill was filed yesterday by Bezalesl W. Phillips and Jacob Weil against’ James E. Tyler, H. M. Shepherd, M. V. Fuller, M. B. Clancy, apd tho unkuown holders of certain notes made by complainants, in which they give an sccount of a real estato specalation m which they were interested, snd 1ta anfortunats termination. It appears from the allegations of the bill that in June, 1872, Phillipa and Weil leased from Mark B. Claney for 2 term of ninety- nine years, Lots 1 and 6, ia Block 123 of the School-Soction Addition, the aonusl rental being $8,000. Soon after the making of the lease James E. Tyler bought s one-third interest in the lease, and it was then agreed that complain- ants’ were to contribute $20,000, and Tyler $25,- 000 towsrd building on the land, each person to have a one-third interest in the ownership of the leass and building and in the profits to be derived from it. A building was thereupon erected on the land, being on the southeast cor- ner of Van Buren and Clark streets, costing $90,000, and called the Pacific Block. In March 1873, the complainants,—Tyler and one William Moseback,—procured & loan of $35.- 000, giving as security thirty-five notes for 81,000, each with intarest at 10 per cent, and maturing in five years, nnd also a trast-deed on the Pacific Block aud some other property. In October, 1873, an arrangement was made whereby Tyler agreed to purchase the complain- ants’ intorest in the Pacitic Block, paying there- for in land, and agreeing to have certain specified proparty releasod from the lien of the trusti-deed, other property for the land of Phillips and Weil, and was to give s bond of indemnity to them for the faithful performance of his promise. He wag also to sssnme the mortgsgs and about £7,500 taxes and back rent. ‘Cho complainants now allege that Tyler has not kept his agreement at all, and that, on ao- count of the non-payment of the interest on the trust-deed, the Trustec, Shepherd, advertised to sell the leaschoid, interest, and building yester- dsy morning at the north doorof the Court- House. The complainants tberefore asked in their bill to haye that sale en- joined, sod that an sccounting might be had of the amounts due Shepherd and Clancy ; also that Tyler may be prevented from collecting the rents of the block, and that a proper person may be appointed to take charge of the block, collect rents, and psy taxes until the present snit is decided. The motion was heard before Judge Williams, and an injunction granted as asked, sod Adolph Heib appointed Receiver un- der a bond for £5,000. it PERSONAL TAXES. . WHY THEY ARE INFLATLD. The tax-payers of South Chicago are now re- ceiving their annual notification from Collector Evans, which comes, however, this year in dopli~ cate and in more portentous form than ever be- 2ore. He has sent out notices to all the persons assessed for porsonal property requiring them to call in and pay the city tax thereon. Since the property-holders in question find from his circalar that their city tax is abomt twice what it was last year, they are thrown into great perplexity, especially a8 the State. county, town, and park taxes assessessea on the same valustion will have to be paid in a short time. Owing to the fact that Evana receives 2 per centon all the money collected Ly him, he has been especially conscientious about sending out these notices, and the probability is that overy person whose pame figures on the Collector's books has re- ceived and pondered one of these little appeals. On a rough average, the city’s personal-property tax is about twice what it was last year. Itis gigia on the hundred, while last year it was THE INCBEASE 18 DUE TO TWO CAUSES, the chief one being the fact that the valuation of real estate is only about balf what it was last year for city taxation, while the assossment of personal property remains the samo ; that is to say, the City of Chicago wants for cily purposes $5,124,000 levied on the State sssessment of 242,000,000 of personal property and $125,000,000 of real estate. Now, tha lasi city assessment was about $45,000,000 of personal property and £258,000,000 of rcal estate. This reduc- tion of s hundred millions in the assess- ment of real estato necessarily throws a heavier burden upon those who are unfortunate enough to pOBSeEs personalty. This singular variation is principally due to D, EDWARD PHILLIPS, Assassor for Bouth Chicago. Of the £42,000,000 of ‘persopal property with whicn Chicago is credited, the South Town has about $30,000,000. In the origival assessment South Chicago was get down for $19,000,000 of personsl property, West Chicago for $6,000,000, and North Chicazo for $2,000,000. To these figures 52 per cent was added by the State Board of Equalization. Now, for some resson,—either gross incompetency or something else,—DBIr. Phillips’ assessment of personal property was out of all reason, as com- ‘pared with that offreal estate. He seemed to take & pleasure in piling on the personal-property as- sessment beyond all conceivable measure. Thero are cases where the assessment of personsl property was increased 15 per cent beyond what it was in 1874, althongh during the year there had been no additions made to it, and the prop- erty_was less valuable than in 1874 by rea- son of a year's wear and tear. Some persons, in some way or other, found their assessment reduced below {he lowest le- gitimate limit, while others, who might have in- curred the ill-will of the Assessor or of his Devnties, found their assessment put up beyond the city assesament even, which always approxi- mated s cash valuation. THE RESULT J of all this is that the burden of taxation for this year bas been, to a great extent, removed from real estate, and put upon personal property. It has been removed from the iand. a tax on which is always collectable, and put upon per- sonal property, which is often beyond the reach of the Collector. The tax has been re- moved from the 1and and put upon trade, upon the stocks of merchants and other dealera. Of coursea large part of the personal-property tax will never ba collected, in spite of the Collector’s utmost exertions, and bence there will be anoth- er deficit.in the city’s revenues. The tax on real estate which can be collected with comparative ease, isless than it was last year, for while the rateis $2.94 on the hundred instead of $1.80, the valastion is only balf what it then was. | tho 8100 is s follows: City, $2.94: Btate, cents ; counsy, 65 cent own, 3.9 conts ; park, 25 conts. The West Side is the same, excopt for town tax being 18 cents, the last named items, its sark tax 26.7 cents, and park and bounlevard tax cents. ——— THE WOES OF EDWIN. HE PAINTS HIS FEONT FENCE WITH ECONOMICAL WIITEWASH, Edwin, who, as the readers of THE TmBONE are aware, recently met with an_sccident while endeavoring to make his cow Rosalind give fi_va quarts of milk to the gallon, though his faith was somewhat shaken in the triple sheet of the Saturday Inler-Ocean by that event, did not altogethor lose confidence in the 8ago who con- ducts that paper, and a8 soon 88 he could walk' about on crniches, snd An- gelina told him that the picket- fence of the door-yard was & perfect disgrace and ought tobo whitewashed, nnless he wunhe.d to be a subject for convereation to every one in in Rogers Park, he ventured upon another modest lotter to tho Infer-Ocean- 1n the Inter- Ocean of Saturday weelk the following answer appeared in due course : Epwiy, Rogers Park.—A S Ty Hiberaly ring o rally m! portions of lime anc \rllu'n-x Apply with a stift brush. . Saturday evening Edwin mixed 60 cents’ worth of the brilliant whitewash at an expense of 316 worth of paotaloons, sud Monday applied it co- piously to the front fence, the sidewalk, and the surrounding scenery. ‘I'he job was quite satis- factory ; the fence glittered in the setting sun like & palisade of alabaster, and Edwin and An- eliua rotired to sleep, perchance to dream. n that sleep what dresms did come? About 9:45 Angelina awoke Edwin and Baid: i 8ch, Edwin, dear. there's somebody walking slong' the sidewalk with awful heavy boots. Perhaps its & burglar.” 0, no d-mmi. 1 ees not ; see, it's stopped now.” replied hor E‘ , as he turned over on the othor sido. At 10:05 Angelins roused him again: “E’dwm, 1 hesrd something moo just now : don’t you think Bosalind is looze ?” ** O, don’t bother me, love,” replied Edwin. drowsily, and in snother instant was auurinf the soore of the righteous. At 11:50 Aogelins could stand the noise, which had gradually grown louder 2ud more diversified,no longer, and, sitting up in bed said, with & tomoh of her mother's epirit, the firet she had shown in a wedded life of soven months: ¢ Edwin, ARE you going to see what that noise is, or must I get up and go my- gelf.” Edwin sccordingly rose snd drew aside the front blind, when wfitt o sight met his gaze. There was Bosalind, bis cow, and George Ladue's strawberry cow, and Mr. Biggs’ one-horned cow, anda cow from over the ridge, witha big bell round her neck, and s little black cow that used to fur- nish & parpetual target throngh the summer for all the boys up to Rosehill Cemetery, and a dis- sipated-looking cow all the way from Evauston, who was constantly tripping over the helter tha she had brought with her.—in fact. all the she- cattle upon & thousand hills had congregated be- fore Ldwin's front door-yard fooce. There are few greater delicaciea in the cui- sine of the cow than ealt or lime, and the union of the two dainties makes a mess that is positively ravishing, All theso cows, with one sccowed, in different places, were licking Edwin's fenco which was already denuaded of its brilliant whiteness and brown a8 a berry, while the cows were throwing band- zpringu over each other, and punching esch other's gides with their horns, and swiiching their tails in each other's eyes, and mooing Like demons, Edwin secured & stout club and ex- Borted the cows to retarn home with a vigor that would have kborrified Mr. Bergh. and finslly drove them off, 50 londly Iamenting and expressing. thefr reluctance that in ten minutes lights were peen in every house. All night long those per- severing cows, with others to whom they had communicated their good fortune, roturned sin- glo spies or in batallions, Next morning Edwin went out and inspected his fence. . . . d ever since that there has been trouble in his household. Pcople think that for a man who has good salary it is rather mean to lure his cheap, brilliant, and for winter-use, can Le neichbor's cows to his premises to milk them dry, evem if his own cow has gove dry throngh . his own cussed foolishuess ; and the Trustees of the village have warned him that if he intends got- ting up a swill-milk dietillery they’ll get out an 1junction nfizlinal bim; snd all the old farmers up on the Ridge think thathois the pound- keeper and coma down to seek tidings of their long-lost cows, and swear that they'll be blamed if ever thoy vote again for & public officer who is nover at home, and leaves his business in charge of a woman who won't answer s decent question civilly without slamming the aoor, and people who don’t know anything aboant the cir- cumstances shake their heads and say: *Look a6 that fonce. I allers knew that Angelina was a shif’less piece, but I thought Edwin had more neatness about it.” Meanwhile Edwin does not allow tho name of the Inter-Ocean to be men- tioned in the house, and swears that, though ho is s good Repnublican, if they nominate Logan orISam for a third term he'll be darn if he don't bol e —_— NEWSPAPERS. THE * COURIER." The announcement a few daya ago that M. M. Pomeroy was about to begin the publication of & Democratic paper in this city has caused a con- siderable stir among the politicians who train in the eame ranky with this specimen’ * Brick.” Some ill-fecling has also been aroused on the part of a few men who are friendly to the Courier. They claim that the Iatter paper znobly fills the bill a8 organ of the Democracy, and that to stait another would destroy both. For several weeks past parties have been can- vassing the leading Democratic politicisng and requesting them to come forward with their financial support, or tbe paper must stop. It was proposed to raise s fund of $10,000 with which to carry the Courier through the next Presidential campaign, and although the plan is not recaived with great favor by the men ap- pealed to, who are nct anxious to make a losing investment, still it is gusaible that enough money will be raised to enable the pnper to continue a while looger. The coming of Pomeroy, how- over, has rendered the task somewhat more em- barrassing than before. THE “NEWS," The latest curioeity in the newspaper line is announced to make its appearance to-morrow in the shape of a penny evening paper. It is to ba called the News, not as in any way indicating the quality of its contents, but for the more general reason that newspapers, no matter how indofinite themselves, are supposed to possess names. Messrs. Stone and Daugherty are to furnish the journalistic infant with brain fodder, while another man gives it financial support while his funds hold out. ————— THE DISGUSTED DRUMMER. EXJOYING THE HOSPITALITIES OF DUBUQUE UNDER FALSE PRETENSES. A fat, grizzled, and elderly traveler for a wholesale boot and shoe house on Wabash ave- nue came home Friday from a long trip in Iowa. Said he to a friend, in the course of conversa- tion: “I never saw such & hospitable place as Dubugque is for strangers, or one where the rep- resentative of & great commercial house became 80 speedily and generally known, or attracted so much respectful attention. Why, when I got there, the landlord camo up to me first thing, and asked me how I was, and when I'd left New York, and told me to take a good, square old Tammany nip, and sit down in the bar while he went and sent off & telegram that he'd forgotten sbout, and then he came pack and shook handa with me, and said he wouldn't have missed seeing me for $10,000; and asked me to come out for a drive with him, “and said he couldn't let me go ont of his sight. The rate of tazation in the Bouth Town on | cago. £o mins host of And while we were out_driving everybody would ‘turn round and look after us, and sny, * That's him! That's the Boss!' Itell you it was pret- ty flattering for a chap that hnd never been over that road before, and represented a compara- tively small houso, to be reccgnized at his first visit and 8o generally as the boss drummer of the sountry. When we got home to the hotel there wasalot of fellows at the hotel door, and one fellow yells out: *The answer's come from New York,'and the hotel-kesper jumps out and says to another one : * Hold the horne tight,’ and he says tome : ‘ Don't atir for » minnte ; I want that mao to hold the horse for fear he'd run "‘Ifi,’ and then read the telegram andsaid, ‘O, wel (tl;ouqh I never say the word with so much emphasis), "t ain’t him.’ And after that they were very polite, but they didn't tag around after me 80 closely.” His friend, with- out aword, banded him Tuz TrisUNe of that morning, which contained the following dis- pateh @ Soecial Dispatch o The Chicacs Fivens icago 3 Duroquz, s, Dec. 16.—Soms excitemefit was cauzed bere this afternoon by a report that BDoss ‘Tweed, the fugitive chief of the Tammany Ring, had ‘been discovered at one of the hotels in this city under the disy of a commercial traveler. Dispatches were prompily exchanged with the suthorities st New York, but it was discovered later that the gent in gues- tion was Mr, Blank, a drummer for the boot and shos ‘house of Chi- & Wabash 0 B Siaa's mocks Bla 30 | $10,000. Tho resembance between Mr. Blank and Tweed, though not remarkable, way still sufficiently close to deoeive many of our citizens. When the drunmmer had_resd this he put tho paver down, and with » long in-drawn breatn remarked, with a good deal of emphasis on the Wl “ 0, well.” —_— LOCAL LETTERS, A BEAUTIFUL POLICE OFFICER. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribuna : Cm10AGO, Dec. 18.—Mlichael Acker, a police- man who travels the beat past No. 681 Clark street, was arrested in the month of November, 1874, for an assault upon one James Kenney, and taken befora Justice Haines and fined $12 and costs, and afterwards was presonted before the Board of Police Commissioners for abuse of a citizen, and fined by the Board ten days’ pay, or one-third of & month's pay. The said Acker, on the ovening of the 6th of the present month, was busy traveting his beat by drinking beer ina saloon on South Clark street, and Michael Eenrns, o resident of that locality, who was o witness ageinst Acker on his previous irials, came into the saloon where Acker was drinkiog and told him he (Eearns) would report him to the Superintendent on the noxt day. Acker went out of tho saloon, and as soon as Eearns left the saloon Acker mndertook to arrest bim, knocked him down, kicked, bruised, and beat him, and by the aid of another policeman took him to the station and had him takon before the magistrate for resistin, an ottficer. This man was arrested, and knocl down nnd most shamefully sbused, for no other reason than that he was called upon to_testfy against this brutal officer in favor of Kenney. He had committed no crime against the laws of the Btate, nor against the ordinances of the city, but becanse ho had ths audacity to tell the officer_that he would report him he was thus treated. It is high time that the people of this city arm themselves and go prepared to defend themselves againgy the attacks of such midnight ansasams, who, under the garb of police officers, go about the city and wreak their ‘malicious and revengefnl feelings upon any one who hasat m{ time in any manner been so unfortunato as to be called upon to tell the truth in regard to their attacks upon innocent and unoffending citizens. MicpaAEL KEAnNs. —_——— . THE CITY-HALL Water-renta yesterday were £2,808.95 and real and personal property taxes $2,933.89. The school-marms of the night-schools drew their pay yesterday. Tom Brenan wishes that all his work was as pleasant. Inspector Bailey has notified the owner of Myers' Building to have the walls fixed to pre- vent any accident that might ocenr. The Board of Pubhic Works are very mnch ploased with the verdict in the Sanger suit, and in fact all the city employes seam to regard it as & good piece of fortuce. A potition from persons representing some 600 fest of river property near the Fullerton avenne bridge was sent to the Board of Public Works yesterday. The desirs is to have that bridge made a “draw.” Yesterdsy was the Mayor's birthday, and he is 61 yonrs old. Somebody made him a preacnt of &0 elegant pair of seal-skin gloves and a tippet of the same materisl. The name of the donor was withheld, at least from reporters. Monday night the Mayer will prosent the namo of Mr. R. Prindinille for Commissioner of the Board of Public Works. That the Council will confirm the nomination is not doubted, and it would certainly be a bitter disappointment to the * Captain’s ” many friends if another were placed in the position that he bas held so long and in a manner most creditable to himself. The Board of Pablic Works oponed bids for work on the pumping-works v y. Forthe masonry and plastering, B. F. Goble was found o be the lowest bidder at $14,397 ; for carpen- ter-work, McKeechan & Townes at $1,894 ; for painting and glazing, George W. Manning at 21,000 ; nnd for terra-cotta work, tho Chicago Terra-Cotta Company at £6,800. The lowest bidder for work on the dam across the Ogden and Wentworth ditch was Cones & Carkio. The Committes on Judiciary met yesterday af- ternoon in tho City Clerk’s office, and agreed toreport favorably to the Council on ordar directing the Board of Public Works, by snd wish the advice of the Corporation Counsel, to tako immediote measures for the removal of all obstrnctions from the centre of Canalpurt ave- nue and Eighteenth street, at their intersection with Canal strees. Tho obstruction mentioned is a small cabin or hovel which has been at that point for some time past, and which has proved an eyesore to the Aldermen of that ward. For somo years past the property of the Cli- cago University and the Woman's Home, on TWost Jackson street, have been exempted from taxation. Believing this to be illegal, Comptrol- ler Hayes receatly asked an opinion on the mat- ter from the Law Department, and yesterday he received bis reply to the effect that all such prop- erty was no more exempt from taxation than that of any private citizen. Numerous opinions and authorities were cited in support of this viaw of the case, and thers is reason to believe that suits will ba at once begun against each of the delinquents. The opinion wWas given by Francis Adams. THE PUBLIC LIGRARY. A meeting of the Public Library Board was held yesterday afternoon, President Shorey in the chair. There wero present Meesrs. Anthony, Hotz, Loewentbal, Mason, Onaban. and Queal. The Chairman announced the fo llowing aa the new standing committees : Buiidings and Grounds—Messra, Mason, Loewen- thal, and Biliings. Library and Reading-Room—2lessrs. Anthony, Hotz, and Opahan, Finance—Mesars, Onahan, Loswenthal, and Walker. _Administration—essrs. Queal, Mason, and Hotz. Dy-Lawsand Regulations—Messrs, Walker, Anthony, and Queal. The Library Committee reported in favor of an appropriation of $1,000 for the purchase of books to be selected by the Librarian and the Committee. Carried. Ar, Onahan moved that the Library Commit- toe be instructed to submit to the Board a list of. periodicals and newspapers to be subsaribed for during the ensuing year. Cnrried. On motion of Mr. Queal, it was ordered that the three vacancies in the Library staff be filled by a committes consisting of the Chairmen of the standing committees, Tbe question of sal- ary and sex of the appointees was left to the Committee, subject to the sanction of the Board at the next meeting. ‘The Board then aajourned to Saturday, Jan. 8. THE MAYOR'S TENURE OF OFFICE. Aayor Colvin says that unless he is entitled to the office he holds he does not want it; that he does not ask for anything the law does not give him ; aud that if anybody supposes that he pro- poses to interpose any obstacles in the way of a speedy solution of the question, be is mis~ taken. On the contrary, ho expresses his per- foct willingoess that a case may be taken to the Supreme Court at the January term at Spriogfleld, and states that ho will instruct his counsel in_such case to inter- pose no obstacles, but rather to facilitate the procuring of an early decision. He says that an opinion of Mr. Isham bas been published in the papers to the effect that there 18 a yacancy in the office of Mavor, and that, being desirous of knowing what the law really isupon the ques- tion, and not desirous of being placed in a falee position, he has requested a review of Mr. Isham’s opinion with & view to ascertaining whether it is_correct or not. Thereupon the Hon. James Root, having read Mr. Isham's opinion with s great deal of care, has come to contrary conclusions, which he submitted to bis Honor Friday. ——— ANNOUNCEMENTS. William 8. Andrews' lecture in the Btar Course i8 postponed nntil after the holidays. The Hon. Joha O'Connor Povwer, M. P., lec- tures to-night at Hooley's Opera-House on Home Rule.” The Rev. Dr. Fallows, formerly President of the Wesleyan University at Bloomington, will preach, at 3 p.m., at the Chapet of the Wash- ingtonian Home. Dr. H. W. Thomas will lectare in the First Methodist Episcopnl Church, corner Clark and Washington streots, Taesdsy evening, on **The Bnccessful Life.” The first annual Christmas party of the St. George's Benevolent Association will be held Monday evening, Dec. 27, at Caledonian Hall, No. 167 Washington street. Misa 8. 8. Crocker will open s night school Monday, Dec. 27, at 143 West Madison street. Terms, §6 per week ; reference, Superintendent of Public Schoola. Prof. Swing's firat regular Central Church ser- vice will be held next Bunday. The Treasurer has already deposited funds from the rental of seata sufficient for the year's expenses. Florence McCarthy will insagurate the West Chicago Dime Locture Course this afternoon st 8 o'clock, at Grow’s Opera-Hall, 517. West Madi- son streer, with his lecture on ‘* Witcheraft,” _which he has been working on for some time past. H.G. Bpafford, who has just returned from the scenes of the great revival in Philadelphis, will spealk in Farwell Hall this evening, and give some interesting incidents connected with the meeting. The skating park in the Exposition Building is to be opened to-morrow night. The place has been elaborately fitted up, and Jack Frost per- mitting, merry carnival will be held there the entire winter. The Sunday lecture this afternoon will be do- livered by Miss Phawbe W. Conzins, the lady lawyer of St. Louis, Hersubject will bs ** Portia ai the Bar.” The doors of McCormick Hall open at 2, close at 3. Admission 10 cents. The eleventh grand ball of the Enterprise Ploasure Club takea place Doc. 32 at Central Hall, which should not be confounded with the one to be givea Deac. 21 by some former mem- Ig;rnl; under the name of the Enierprise Boiree ub. Tuesdsy evening, Dec. 21, John Woollett will give s concert and lecture at the Tabernacle, corner of Indiana and Morgaa streets. . The ob- ject of the evening's entertainment will be & satisfactory demonstration of the tonio sol-fa system of reading masic. The ladies of the First Congregational Church will give a fair and oyater supper 1 the parlors of the church, corner Ann and Washington streets, Tuesday evening. At the fancy iables will be found a great variety of attractive and useful articles especially designed for Christmas gifts. A special invitation is extended to those who have at any time been connected with the church and society. Supper will be served from 6 to 9 o’cloalk. There will be given Monday evening, at the Church of the Redeemer, corner of Sangamon and Washington streets, a fine concert by the following well-known parties, viz.: the Second Prosbyterian Church choir, Mr.and Mrs. Louis Falk, the Oriental Lodge male quartette, and Prot. Joseph Singer, violinist. Doors open at 73 o'clock. Concert commenceaat 83{. No re- served seats. _Mr. H. W. 8. Cleveland, & geotleman of this city, who kas achieved considerabla fame by his artistic designs in landscapo gardemmng for the South Park and the Drexel Boulevard, wiil Jecture Thursday evening, at Farwell Hail, on ** Landscape Gardening ns sn Art.” This is one of the series of lectures known as the Popular Lecture Courso, conducted by tha Y. M. . and thefact that the gentleman wields o ready gen and has already been received with favor efore the Philosophical Sosicty and other liter- ary bodies, will probably insure him aa intelli- gent and interested audience. A holiday ball will ba given by the Irish Lite- rary Association in Greenebaum’s Hall, on Filth avenue, Wednesday evening, Dee. 29. Pound’s orchestra has been engaged for the oc- oasion, which will be entirely devoted to dancing—speech-making being reserved for the national anniversary on the evening of St. Patrick's Day. This announcement will. no Goubt, ba gratifying to the vounger portion of the patrops of the Association, whe, however patriotic, infinitely prefer **ihe light fantastio™ to oratarical pyrotechnics. The following tloor managers have been sppointed: 2asj. Charles E. Moore, P.B. Condon, P. B. O'Hara, P. D. Collins, Dr. W. P. Dunne, Timothy J. Darcy. M. . Du ‘Fre, Capt. Jobn Lanigsn. Robert E. Afor- rison. and L. F. Dunce. The ball, although se- lect, will be entirely mformal. e, THE COUNTY BUILDING. The Grand Jury held another session yestar- day, but, contrary to expectation, did not wind up its business. Notbing of importance was transacted. An sdjournment and discharge is anticipated to-morrow. The Finance Committes held another session yesterday, and again had the matter of manng a loan for the benefit of the General Fund under consideration. After a more thorough discussion of the question, it waa agreod to recommend to the Board the borrowing of $100,000 at once. Another loan will have to be made for the same purpose in a short time. : Judge Dickey had an extended conference yesterday m the Criminal Clerks office with Austin Doyle and Judge Wallace in reference to the election of Judge McAllister’s successor. The conference resulted in the namiog of parties to distribute tickets for Alr. Dickey at the polls in certain sections of the city and county. Alr. Dickey says ho expectsto tako a seat in the Su- prema Cotrt by the consent of a large majority of tha voters of the district. In Septomber, J. M. W. Joces filed a petition in the Criminal Court, asking leave to file an in- formation m the nature of a _quo warraato to compel the North Chicago Railway Company to show by what suthority they operated a road in the Town of Lake View. An order was entered yesterday by Judge Farwell denying she right to file the pefition. DMr. Jones at once gave no- tice that he would take an appeal, and filed the necessary pond. The trial of the judgesof election of the Twentieth Ward is set for Tuesday. A grest deal of intercst is felt in this case, not only be- cause the indictment is more serious than against any of the other judges, but bocause the parties indicted are the ones against whom so much damagingevidence accumuiated in the Le Moyne- Farwell contest. While the resalt of the trial ‘may tend to change the result of the Iate elec- tion, it may also have a bearing upon the Le Moyne-Farwell contest. COUNTY AGENT'S BEROBT. The County Agent is busy maliug out his an- nual report, which will mot be completed for meveral days. It will show, among other things, that 516.passes have been igsued, 142 of which were to Americans and 164 to Irish ; the number of permits granted to go to the Hospital, 1,008 ; number of persons sent to the County Farm, 936 ; number of burials, 406 ; number of persons recoiving medical atiend- anca at their homes, 1,190; number reported insane; 213 ; number adjudged insave, 145, who wera gont to the County Insane Asylum. The report of the names of those who are receiving aid from the County Agent’s oftice, ealled for by the County Board, will not be ready before Jan. 1. Tt will present food for reflecticn to the tax- payers. 3 i CRIMINAL. Maggie Butler insulted P. 0. Feeney by calling him ‘s Methodist and a Freemason.” She likewise abused him roundly in other and harsher words, for which Justice Haines fined her $5 and costs. Thaodors Clemens was arrested yesterday afternoon on complaint of Simon Detheim, who resides at No. 159 Canalport avenue, and who asserts that Theodore yestordsy tried to pass a 85 counterfeit bill on him. The case will be tried before Commissioner Hoyne to-morrow. Yesterday afternoon George D. Cole, the young Pennaylvania bigamist, was to bave had & hearing before Justice Haines, but, aa the prose- cntion was not quite ready, and a requisition for him had been taken to the Governor, ths ex- amination was postponed until to-morrow after- noon at 2 o'cls James Morris was capsured by the Armory po- lice last eveping just as he was in the act of stealing a blanket and robs from a buggy stand- ing in front of the Tivoli. His assertion that the buggy was his own was too gauzy, for just as he said 80 the rightful owner appeared and claimed the property. Detective Macauley went to Milwaukes yester- day morning, and arrested John Corrigan, who is charged with passing forged orders on several jewelry stores about town. Like all other tricks f the kind, it waa ansuccessful, and Johi suc- ceeded in obtainwmg only about $30 worth of goods on his forged orders. Tollie Whitney, better known ns the *Irish Giant,” was arrested [ast evening on complaint of A. Vogel, who rents a bsrn m the rear of Lollie’s house of ill-fame on Fourth avenue. They had some row about the rent of the barn, during which Lollie got the best of Vogel with- her sharp Irish tongus, aud to be revenged Vogel caused the pulling of the house. Jennie Hall and J. C. Eager were a8 inmates There has recently been a noticeable increase of thieving in the sonthern partof the city. Merchants and grocers have reported numeroas depredations of small articles. 1t has lately be- coms frequent for thieves to personate the ser- vants of families living oo the avenues sod botdly purchase goods in their sapposed mast- ers’ name. A Twenty-seconc-street shoe-dealer a few days ago lost in this way sbout 330 worth of goods. 1t wouldbo well for dealers every- where to be on their guard against such frauds and not tolet goods out of their stores unless they know beyond all peradventure that the ap- plicanta are what they claun to be. ‘Thrae legal gentlemen of this city are now in trouble. It happened that abonta yearagos Mrs. Mary Murphy, & widow liviog on the Boath herlittla pile. But a fo, 1twaa this: Why par o gnxa it pay (:7;‘l ailowing unwary totall: Tza plan was no |’ooner it was put in practical cperation. ing tho services of two legal luminazi g;l aman named Callaghan, whaes..a, ?m _colleague 1o conducting the o in possible, to a succeastul issus. Bmfl"' it of $800 for the widow. The ety penr™ich tives tatked of appealing it, when ons gon called at the Comptroller’s office, T4 per. an order from Mre. Murphy “Wmfi signed with her X-mark. Abogt. GuuE bl to the bearar of tha order, and in 3 TUAH $ho Compiroller mas visited by thy w1 gelf, accompanied by Callagnag, de ber. the money. The officials asked Mra, yrriel sho had not put her X-mark to an ool part of the money, uat she infiguanty X! that sho had sot, and could do ug.,. good writing when necessi| Toquired. tha city or Mrs. Murphy bm:y lost onght thet scczr, icy ndewalyy 1% °"'1!!w,, i ] {:5'“ lgewtm‘:n; is tackling the progdte oTin) el g to hunt up the man wko “'fi THE GAME OF CHEgy Cmicao Caxss CLTp—Nos, 63 an d 65 Wy, street; open from 9 a. m. to10 p, m, ey Chess plasers mest daly t tho Tremont Gy, change) and at the Sherman House Communications with games, pro ahould be sddressed to the Ci!rw\qu'.: TNE. Good problems or games will be TO CORRESPONDEXTS, “C, N, H.”and “ W."—Problem No, 2 il gy LT rect. If Black 1..EttoR4or Q4, wunuu. B, and mates next move. “C.S.P."—The gentleman you Jmown in chess crrcles thronghont cisms always walcome, “G, C."—A dime chess-ins found at any bookstorv, way you suggest. The solution Temmemof Dec.5. i @, E. P."—Aznell's “ Book of Chess® ably best srited 16 your wanta. Adfrs. Ifl:,‘lgr.i’-bubflqfl!. Iowa. e vy o country, ‘g, tructar can Probady by G, W. EL"—Problem No. 1 cannot bewimiy LR Litae —Problems tatended for pobeuyy should be diagrammed, snd Intion. The one sent has two Whits Correct solutions received to Problem Henschel, E. J. Amory, J. H. Campbell. PROBLEM NO, 5.—BY MR. H. EICHSTADE, wanTE. ‘White o play and mste in three mor, SOLUTION TO PROBELEM X0. & ‘White. 1..KttoB8 2..QtoQ4ch 3..Et mates. o34 & 3..Qmatss ¥ 4 .-Q CHES3 IN CHICAGO. Plsyed at the Chicago Chess Ciub hab wak 1, ‘Hosmor giving the 0dds of the K&, [Remoce White's Quecn's Endoht] ALLGAIXE- White—)a. HosMER, .PtoE4 1. PwEB4 2 KEttoB3 8. ilons Liaens b..! BoB4 | & P01 .Ptakes P | 7..BwQ3 PloQ4 8. PloBS Ptakes P 9. P oKt 6(1) '3"% 5 {1 PwER3 QtoE2 1. l‘ BtoQ2 1 PlogEL 13.P takes P lm s ogueTT BghEa -Qto 16..Kto B2 18 RoR2 17.RtoKsq | 17..qt0 QB2 13..Qto Kt G (1) 18..B takes Kt 19.B takes Pch 19, Rio K32 ‘Whits mates in two moves, correct move is Kt toR 4, ke, {a) The (b) This, in connection with the st move of wope, (¢) This certaiuly strengthens ‘Whits's sttack, w7 B8 occurs in ome variations of the Allgaier not in the Kieseritzky. (d) The deciding move, Whataver Black Whits must win. #CHESS BRILLIANT.® 18 19.Bto QEt3 3 'EtoQKteq 21.Ktto K5 21 Ett0Q3 23..Es takes B (a) The last move of White was Tery e fiting Bisck 1o form this sdmirable ‘which placos victory in his (b) Thosacrifics of the Queen Was threatened B to @ Kt 5 ¢b, & fozood, 18 B8R accompanisd wih gy Yo.3tumy, by s NOT! 3r. Bird, the celebrated rifi slayes, sl B New York lest week, Mr. Alberon, of New York, omawoc, Wis., V8. Fannin,’ Osk Young, Toronto; J. Nash, tons J. W. Neish, Kirgston; C. J T. D. S. Moore, London; J: Va., va. W. F. Mackay, | wig 4 GCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Rocm's Porst, Ireland, Dec. 18~ ship I’Ameriqus. ontering the hacbor of Quesnsiov I the steamer Ville ds Brest. Astweee, beo. 18.—The -nnumnnil’ alo, wull szt of Bufl ik T v ) at 6 oclock this €T85% Side, slipped on the icy sidewalk and broke her | g g e e kol book had provioals been not | Saiod to sy sight Opers et XATEG0TE, over-full, and her consequent sickness, inability | Lantaras, & &0 E3 Oriciag, #1 work, and docton! made inroads upon |