Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 7, 1876, Page 1

hicage Daily Trib mmge J VOLUME 29. - REMOVALS. ““REMOVAL. 1 J. LEWIS, FIRE AND MARINE [ISURANCE AGENCY, BEMOVED TO No. 185 LaSalle-st., ¥. B. corner Madison-st. [NSURANGE COMPANY, JTLAS HARTFOED, CONN. DUFFALO GERMAN INS. €O, BUFFALO, N. ¥. CARPETS, &c: CARPETINGS E. A, LANCASTER & (9, 2338 State-st., Are offering new styles Moquette, ‘Wilton, Velvet, Body Brussels, Tap- estry Brussels, Three-Ply, and In- grain Carpeting at much less price than can be found elsewhere in this market. We will make it for the in- terest of parties requiring Carpet- ings to meke their purchases of us. ‘We invite special attention to our Bedding Department, which is larger and more complete than ever before. We offor BARGAINS in all kinds of Mattresses, Spring Beds, Comforters, Quilts, and a general line of Linen Goods, including Table Linens, Napkins, Towels, &c. Paper Hangings and Upholstery Goods without regard to cost. ETROITFIRE & MARINE INS.C0- DETROIT, MICH. T REMOVAL. 0015 & SHORS, FLORSHEIM BROS. - Have removed from 224 State-st. to 160 STATE-ST., near Monroe, Whers 1 open MONDAY, May 8, 235‘2‘211-2‘!0:10& stock of : BOOTS & SHOES. REMOVAL. BEAVEY & CO., dealers in SToves, Raxors, Fon- juczs, and 'HOUSEFUBNISHING GOODS, to No. 49 Buate-st. MADAME VAN BUREN as remove o 15 Eldridge-court, zad is now propared 1o recetved orders from her old customera and ladies #=nl g otest Modes. E.A.LANCASTER &CO., Buocessers to ALLEN, MACEEY & CO. 2383 STATE-ST. PLANOS. ALARGE ASSORTHENT OF THE FAVORITE BAUER At ressonableprices and easy terms, | Every instrument fully warranted for five years. JULIUS BAUER & (00, Cor. State and Monroe-sts, (Palmer Houss). FINANCIAL. 105 CLARKS?, Weliolst Cimeh Bl Becelves Savings Depostts upon interest, subject to {he ules, and negotiates mortgageJoans for others., GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK OF CEICAGO. Office, 172 East Wasbington-st. BRANCE OFFICE, No, 59 NORTH-CLARE-ST. JUSTUS KILIAN, President. T BAT LA, Gastier. 7 Per Cent. We offer $100,000 in from one to four loans at SEVEN cent. Cash on hand for seversl small loans, from 000 to $3,000, 8 9. SCUDDER & MASON, 107-109 Desrborn-st. MONEY R low rotes on Mortgages, Bonds, Warehouss Es- 2sipta and Rents, by ¥ LAZARUS SILVERMAN, Banker, Chamber of Commerce. 83,000 TO $3.000 To invest in any good business that will bear investi- [ation, Address F 47, Tribuns office. SUMMER RESORTS. HYDE PARK HOUSE. New Open for Sammer Boarders, sith All the lodern Comforta and Luxuries. This arge, modern-built botel, situsted in an elegant pack upon the lake shors at Hydo Park, i only 25 min- Ttes' ride by steam cars from tho centre of the ity and ia reached by the Boulevard and drivewsys in 45 minutes. The new wing, which will bo ready for oo- capancy June 1, commznds eno of the fuest views anywners about Chicsgo, and the whola hotel fs un- surpasaed for coolness snd convemience. The sur- rounding park affords & charming resort, sad the lake 2nd bamn give ample opportunities for bathing, row- ing, and The hotal is provided with a' first- cizss clovator; gus and water sre in every part. The dining-room is unexcelled in this country, snd the tablo ix all that conld bo asked by the most fastidious. In 3ddition to the fine sccommodstions for familles the proprictors have Arranged 3 portion of the hotel for the especial convenience of single gentlemen— Prices moderate, Thers is ample stabling room for the borses of permanent or transient guests, and parties 1rom the city wiil find no_place Mmoro sttractive 28 & tarminus of & delightfal drive. PEARCE & BESJAMIN, Propriotors. ‘The Pleasantest Seaside Resort i3 New England 15 BOARSHEADHOTEL Hampton Beach, §. EL, 40 Miles beyond Boston. £Bo hotel 8 on & hgh, grassy bloff of several acres e e AT AR i Isle of Shoals, Music da; ninz"{: th:p:ulorn- tfor mati; Edwi ‘Wells, Eeq., Quincy; the Hi Bors 820 Capt. J: G- Beesset Ghizaeoe . B Lawrsncs, -» 23 Reapor Block, who with his family spent last sea- son at this houss, and will the eoming ssason, will cheer- re_any information, ote. 8. H. DUMAS, Prop'r. COMBMISSIONER OF DEEDS. SIMEON W. KING, Tbe ONLY Commissioner of Deeds in Ohicago having ® separate official seal of office (including ** Coat ef Arzos,) for each State and Tarritory, as required by biw. Mr. Eing s also United Stafes Court Commis- sloner for the Northern District of Iilinois; Coun~ felopat-Law; Commissioner U, 8 Court of Clalms, at Washington. D. C.; Passport Officer at Chicago an: Notary Public, Deeds, etc., drawn; acknowledg- ments, depositions, and afidavits taken to be used in a8y State or Territory. Office in Methodist Church Block, 3, corner Clark and Washington-sts., Chicago, T BUSINESS CARDS. ULRICH & BARNES, % Dstate and Loan Office, ggn&:‘ 5:5“':' fi:xmxh;;;,t e :lu.n et ffi g » fine income, at decided bargains. 1arge list of improved and unimproved property 1n the city, and in the suburbs south Ef llmlh? FINE WATCH BEPAIBING ASPECIALTY. THE BEST WOREMEN. E. R. P. SHURLY, 85 South Ciark-st., opposite Sherman House. LAWN TOWERS Ground and repaived in the best stylo and put in per- foct order, CHAS, H. PATCHEL, 6 Calhoun-place, ,’,’Ifr Dearborn-st., bssament, rear of Adams E:m?eu office. WIRE SCREENS, For WINDOWS and DOORS, the ohespest and best, at CHICAGO WIRE WORKS, 90.State-st., opposite Field, Leiter & Co,'s. (Order esrly before the rush) DYEING AND CLEANING. GENTLEMEN'S Oieiing clsaned, dyed, and Topaired. UG, SCEWARZ, 90 Bouih Clark, 153 Fikimads, 8od 35 ¥, Madismaats, PEAN 100 S sEnt. Splendid Upright, 8quare, and Grand Pianos 0 rent, and rent deducted if purchased. LYON & HEALY, Stats and Monroe-sts., Chicago. General Agents for Steinway's Pranos, SECOND-HAND PIANOS. 1 7-Octave Ewmerson, Carved Case. 1 6-Octave Lemuel Gilbert. The sbove Pianos will be zold low, belng taken by us Chicayro Piano Dealers’ Association, in excoange for EC NLXON, Presiden R e —— TO RENT. . Desirable Ofices TO RENT IN THE TRIBUNE BUILAINE. INQUIRE OF ‘WILLIAM C. DOW, Room 10, Tribune Building. To Rent Furnished. A first-class house, handsomely furnished, in ono of the most desir- able localities in the city (South Side), is offered for rent till Novem- ber, 1876. Apply on the premises, 33 Twenty-fifth-st. TO RENT. and Basement No. 109 State.st., m‘Bt?rglavswr. Will n:nHt 1'8ts4|1'000 if ap- plied for 84 0000 ¢ ur.Gison-st., Roorh . DOCK TO RENT! 150 feet front on South Braneh, near Polk-st. bridgs. Applyto G, H. & G, C. WALKER, 13 Chamber of Com- m ~ FOR RENT. Tafts on 24, 34, and 4th floors, of Nos. 139, 201, and 203 Randolph-st, Esch 54x110 feet, wall lighted. Will d to sult tenant. Also, Btore No. 973 Wabash-av., under Atherten House, 25x00. 1. F. BONFIELD, Times Building. FOR RENT, At Lafogetts, Ind., & boarding-house on & large scale and firet class in every respect ; has ample room, ex- tansive grounds, in thorough repair, and is built above tho lavel of te street. Wonld rent as s private hotel. Ymmediate possession given. Address P.O.Bax 1435, Tafayette, Ind. TO RENT! Stores 202 snd 204 Jackson-st., near Fifth-av., with or withont power; $50 per month. C. H. & G.C. WALKER, 13 Chamber of Commerce. TO RENTI Five lots on the corner of Besch and Mather-sts., with gide-track, suitable for lumber, coal, or wood- Jard. O. H.& G. O.WALKER, 13 Chambar of Com- ““DOCK TO RENT. 150 feot front on South Side, near Twenty-second-st, ‘bridgs, with good rallroad connections. Apply to WILLIAM C. DO, 8 Tribune Building. DOCK TO RENT. The dock and cosl-yard northesst carner of Chica- go-ar. bridge and river; 235 fest front. Apply to WILLIAM O. DOV, 8 Tribune Building, TO REINT. Threo-story and basement etone-front dwellings with ‘rick barns, on Michigan.av, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth’sts., with all improvements and in com- Dlete order, by BAIRD & BRADLEY, 30 Lasalle-st. TO REINT. The store and large floors lately occupted by Strong Furniture Company, 266 snd 208 Watash-av., well dapted for any business requiring larse amount of e Pbly 1o WAL C. DOW, 8 Tribune Bullding. TO RENT. The S-etory tnd_tasement marble-{ront house, 31 Towenty-fihst, House in perfect repairs -has all Tmoderh improvements, {urnacs, etc.: rent $60 per month, C. H. &. G. C. WALEER, 13 Chamber af Cammerte.r T EREaN s Firat-ficor and basement on South Water-st,, near e aponsible party, Address A 48, Tribuso effice. = CHICAGO, SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1876~SIXTEEN PAGES. ‘ NUMBER 255, FURKITURE. - 36 Fpst cUSS PRizp MEB? HONE B VIENNA, AUSTRIA, MANUFACTURERS OF THE AUSTRIAN BENTWOOD FURNITURE. Furniture of all kinda for Parlors, Bed and Dining-roomy, Eibrarios, Billiard and Smok ing-rooms. Restaurants, Cafes, Concert Halls, O™ _~=. stc. The AUTTRIAN CENTWOOD FURNI. TURE is wor'd-renowued forits unsurpassed solidity and (Iszance of form, combined with superior lightness and elasticity. BRANCH HOUSE at 179 STATE-ST., Palmer House POPULAR FURNITURE HODSE! SPIEGEL & CAHN, 251 & 253 Wabash-av. We have now in stock an assort- ment of Furniture not surpassed in the city, and we can satisfy all who favor us with a call THAT OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST., We SOLICIT AN INSPECTION. WAKEFIELD RATTAN SOFAS, EASY, ROCKING, and SEWING CHAIRS, at MANUFACTURERS’ PRICES. GIVE US A CALL! 251 & 253 Wabash-av. GENERAL NOTXICES. Changs of Depo We have this day appointed Messrs Van Schaack, Stevenson & Reid, Wholesale Druggists, agents for our GELATINE-COATED PILLS, ‘Who will carry a full line. McEESSON & ROBBINS. ITY TAX DISCOUNTS. THE SAFEST INVESTMENT FOR YOUR MONEY IS IN YOUR OWN TAX- S, especially when you csn, get a HAND- SOME: DISCOUNT. The City of Chicago will, at any time before May 30, 1876, bor- Tow from persona owing City Real Bstate Taxes for the year 1875, the amount of such iaxes, allowing two (3) per cent disconnt, and il issuo vouchers therofor which may be wused at once, or held until the owner is pre- pared to pay his other taxes. By order of the Mayor and Finance Com- mittee. ApDLY to 8. 8. HAYES, Comptroller, Koom 3, Gity Hall. Water Rents In FHyde Parls Arenow due. Consumersare notified to pay the same before 10th May and avoid 10 per cent Jpana.lty. . B. LEWIS, Cashier, at Village Hall, PASSPORTS OBTAINED. PERSONS GOING ABROAD can now securs thetr Passports by calling a¢ my oflics, Methodist Church Block, Boom 3, cormer Clark and Washington-sta,, Ctucago, 1ll., or by addressing mo through the mail, 4 SIMEON W. KING. ‘United States Paesport Officer at Chicago, Il NOTICE. ‘Will the Parties who entered my House st Oak Park be kind enough to return to 80 TLake-st. my Private Memorandum Book, obliging A. C. TERRY. DENTISTRY. DR. M. H, ASPINWALL, DENTIST, REMOVED from First National Bank Building to 56 Woshington-st.,, over Gossage's, Baving secured great reduction in rent, pro- Toses to make great reduction in prices. Special atten- {ion to filling and preserving tho natural teeth. WATER CURE. EENOSHA WATER CURE, HKENOSHA, Wis. Recently enlarged and improved. Fine lake view, and good boating. Summers re- markably cool, and climato delightful. _Chronic Dis- eases; Diseases of Nervous System. For circulars, terms, ctc,, addresa N. A. PENNOYER, 31. D., Physi- clan, or E. PENNOYER, Proprietor. JETTINE. GIVES LADIES’ SHOES the Ap- %aannce of New. oes not Rub Off or Crack the > Leather. Its Superiority over all other dressings ts shown on one trial. Sold by Druggists and Boot and Shos Stores. FIRD CHANGES. PESSIIEETS DISSOLUTION. tate copartnesship hitherto existing up- de?é:”;:;c 4% Siotrs & Wars i3 this day dingolved by mutual consent. D. W. BTO! ‘Cricaco, May 1, 1676, E.C. WARE. D. W, Storrs will continue the businessat the oid place, No. 94 Washington-st., Boom 15, maring & Specilty of loans and appraisals. GROCERIES, HI'KS EI : HAS REMOVED T0 113 East Madison-s, Just East of Clark-st. GROCERIES Retails for cost at the following pric Cut Loaf Sugar, per Standard “A” Sugar, Cirele a **A” Sugar, per Ib. SH B Sugar, per Ib. £ New Orleans Sngar, per bb. 8 Table *Sirup, 5-gallon kegs fo Rice, best umf’::l, 15 s for.. German Mottied Soap, 60 bars, per Kirk's Plain German_Soap, 60 bars, per Eingaford's Silver Gloss Starch, 6-i box. Kingaford's Oswego Corn Btarch, per pKg. Mackerel, 15-I kits for. Whitefisk, 15- kits fo Cheese, New York Dairy, per 1. erriy n, Pie Peaches, Yellow, 3-Ib cans, Chiow-Chow, Crosse & Blackwell's, mixed. Salsd Dressing, Durkes's, per bottle..... FLOUR. ‘Minnesota Spring, Best, par barrel ‘Whits Winter Wheat, per barrel. Patent Minnasota, Best, per barrel, THAS. Gunpowder, 35, 50, €0, 75, Standazd. Young Hyson, 40, 50, 0, 6, Standar Japan, 25, 60, 0, Standard. Oolong, 35, 60, 60, Standard English Breskfast, 60, 60, Standard, All goods full weight, quality and gatisfaction guaranteed. Goods de- livered in all parts of the city daily. Orders by meil will receive prompt attention. ART SALE. Art Sale OF CAREFULLY FINISIED AKD ORIGINAL PAINTINGS GEIGAGO ASSOCIATED ARTISTS, ‘Which will be scld withous reserve on Thursday and Friday Evenings, Msy 11 and 12, The following Artists ars represented : WALTER SHIRLAW, A. J. PICKERING, J. F. GOOKINS, 3. R. SLUAYN, H. F. SPREAD, H. A. ELEINS, ¥. B. GREEN, CYRENIUS HALL, DOUGLAS VOLE, ENOCH ROOT, J. H. DRURY, D. F, BIGELOW, Free Exhibition Tuesdsy and Wednesday, ARTISTS' GALLERY, 212 WABASH-AV., B, BCOTT, Jr., Art Auctioneer,will conduokthe sslo* ‘WM. A, BUTTERS & CO., Avctioneers. PEW RENTALS. ANNUAL FEW RENTAL Trinity M. E. Clred, Tnfitna-av, near Twenty-fori-st, REV.0. H TIFFANY, D. D, PASTOR, TUESDAY EVENING, MAX ©. Organ Recital at 73; Pow Pental at 8 o'clock, THE PEWS OF THE Onion Park Congregational Chure Will be reated for the ensuing year, MONDAY EVEN- ing, May 8, at 8 o'clock. By order of the Trustees. JOHN MABDER, Chairman, BOOKS. CLOSING: THEM 00T AT ANY PRICE. 25,000 Copies of bocks, d sh, o1l kinds, new and fresh, snd 15 wo are going out of the book trade tomake more room for new sdaitional atocks of Jewelry and Whtches, we are closing them ont at LESS THAN HALF PRICE ‘Books for 3, 10, 25,49, 60,75, and 40 cents, worth §1 to $5. P, 5.—Great Bargains in Bibles snd Prayor Books, Family Bibles, fine and large, for $1.50. 243 State-st,, ear. Jackson, WALL PAPER. AT TEHE SHEPHERD ‘Wall Paper Store You Can Buy at FACTORY PRICES, 8,10, 15 cents per Roll. 18,18, 20 cents per RolL Golds......:..30, 35, 50 cents per Roll. Paper hung by Careful Workmen. 320 State-st., opposite Congress. —_— FURNISHING GOODS. EXTRA INDUCEMENTS Offered in GENTS! FURNISHING GOODS and SHIRTS at A, EATON'S POPULAR STORE. Shirta to order low—VERY LOW. 106 our stock befcro buying elsewhere. 202 STATE-ST., corner Adams. YOR SALE. MarbleSoda Apparatus Boveral handsome ones, nsed but one scsson, Will el at about half price. “BIGELOW FOUNTATN COMPANY, 131 Lakest. BOOKS PROFESSIONAL. P]EES AND FISTULA positively cured ‘withont patn or the use of knife, ligature, or csustic. A BURE CURE OB NO %A& !ganmusfivn * Dr. J. B. 3 O 17 2160 Madlison £, Chicago. REAL ESTATE. “ GREAT GUNS.” That's the Way a Kansas Zephyr Blew Over Chi- cago Yesterday. It Made Its Appearance Late in the Afternoon, Accom- panied by a Minia- ture Deluge. CARD. In starting my Centennial cam- paign against high-priced and unhealthy tenement houses in the city, and in favor of cheap and comfortable homes in the sub- urbs, I think it proper to address a few words to my many thousand patrons, the clerks, mechanics, teachers, people of small means, laboring men and women--thank- The Cook County Hospital Stripped of Its Roof and its Inmates Left Without Shelter. ing them for their cordial co-oper- ation with me in my efforts to raise the deserving poor to posi- tions of independence. It is their assured sympathy and support that has persuagcd me to perse- vere in this work and encouraged me to renewed efforts in their be- half, This year, realizing the strin- gency of the times, and desiring to make the very choicest of sub- urban attractions contribute to my enterprise, I shall offer for sale my tract in the village ot Glencoe, the handsomest suburb about Chi- cago, on the Lake shore, 14 miles from the city limits, reached in 30 minutes by the C. & N. W. Ry., and by the charming Lake Shore Drive. My customers of this Cen- tennial year will not have to pay extra for these greater advan- tages; for, notwithstanding their higher cost to me, I shall offer beautiful lots in this delightful suburb at my long-established, time-honored rate of $100 each, --$15 down, and $5 monthly. I cannot hope ever to offer anything better or cheaper than this, and I am sure the pride I feel in Glen- coe, and in my suburban home enterprise, will be shared in by all whe may visit.that beautiful vil- lage and see its natural advan- tages of hills, forests, and lake. No charge for showing property, and free transportation for all who wish to go. I remain, taithfully, TRA BROWN. "~ $100 LOTS! $0by 132 feet st Downez’s Grove, on C., B, & Q. B, R., high, rolling Isnd, near depot, 1,600 inbabitants, Churches, Schools, &c. TEN-CENT TEAINS. Treea set ont, walks being laid, &c. Only $10 cash, §5 monthly, NO INTEKEST. - Liberal terms for all cash. Go and $68 property, frec, znd choose lots. STREET & BRADFORD, 74 East Washington-st. 115 PER CENT, We offer for sale a-solid businsss building, rentsd unttl Septomber, 1877, at terms that will pay over 11 peroent en the investment. Abont $10,000 cash re- quired;_balance on four years’ tme. SCUDDER & MASON, 107-109 Dearborn-st. FOR SALE. A fine dwelling, No. 286 Onio-st. T. C. BOYD, Plumber, 147 State-st, FOR SALE. Nowh Destborn-st. lot, cheap, 25x150 feet, factng east, Just north of Chicazo-v., at $200 per foot, W. D. KERFOOT & CO., 90 East Washington-st, Pt b ke CARPET CLEANING. OLD RELIABIE EXOELSIOR CARPET-CLEANING AND RENOVAT- ING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, Having established their works in Chicago, ars now prepared to_cleanse and renovata all gualities of Car- Deta, removing all spots, stains, and insects of every description. Carpets thoroughi¥ cleaned WITHOUT REMOVING THEM FROM THE FLOOR, if desired, and withous raising dust or dirt. Carpets sent for and debvered free. Special rates given on large amounts of carpets. Our process and machinery not in use by any other Company in existence. We hold ourselves perfectly responsidls for any injury dono to carpets by our process. Wo use no ley or acids, Feathers also steamed and cleaned. Orders left at our ofiics. or by mail, wiil be promptly attended to, ELSIOR CARPET C. AND R. COMPANY, Basement 142 LaSalle-st, near Madison. Caxrpet Cleaning AND BRENOVATING WORKS, #3 Wabash-av., near Twenty-first-at. Established 1871, Fitting and relsy- ing » speciaity. Foathers and hair renovsted. PHILLIP Solo owners of Wheeler's Patent Machine, Car- 8, ROTHCHILD & CO., Propristors, Office and Works, 44aad 46 West AdmNL} Chucago. $300)per 1,000 at the Nursery; also Deciduous Trees, Flowering Shrubs, and Vines at corresponding low ices. A CLEANING. == CARPET CLEANING! TrrEiel | Evnoas #2d 80 Dearborn.st.y Boston Steam Carpet-Cleaning Works. 30,000 Evergreen Trees, from 2 to 7 feet high, £50 to S & GARNETT. Dets cleaned, made, ang Branch Office, 103 Twenty-second-st. . Aliwell-grown nursery stock in first-rat6 con- Call and exem- | gition to transplant with safety. The same kind of stock from my Nursery can be found at my sales ground, 257 South State-st., at very low prices, Call and examine the sume. LEWIS ELLSWORTH, Proprietar_of Dupags County Nurseries. ZOLINE, A QUESTION For Housekeepers. Not what kind of Btarch you use, but “ Do you use ZOLINE?" Get a bottle, and after_learning its many virtues you ;m not do without it. For sale by groass and Tearful Fall of the Michigan Southern Freight De- pot--Scenes at the Ruins, Five Workmen Serionsly Injured by the Disaster---Some of Them Will Die. A Child Killed by the Blowing Over of a House on Blue Island Avenue and Twenty- second Street. Four Girls Injured by the Falling-In of a Chim- ney on Frank- lin Street. Grace Episcopal Church Loses Its Spire and Sustains Consid- erable Damage. Miscellaneous Destruction ‘of Property---A Total Loss of $250,000 in the City. CHICAGO. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR. YESTERDAY'S STORM. A magnified, concentrated Prof. Tice struck Chicago at 5 o'clock yesterdsy afternoom. It was the offapring of two colliding clonds, and came up from the sonthwest. It has boen demonstrated that these tornadoes are cylinders of wind, whiling rapidly sronnd s vacoum. Within ‘ten years the. Western couniry has 4-\veen full of them. A fow yoarssgo a mostde- structive one twisted East St. Lounia out of shape, and for soma time neswa has come of periodical visitations in Missouri. But natil Iately thess terrific plagues bave very seldom found their way no far north as Chicago and its paraliel, A couple of months ago such s dis- aater visited Hazel Green, a small village over the Wisconsin border, and 2} miles from Ga- lena. Several were kiiled, and the town almost wiped ont. Nor was the assault of yesterdsy less powerful thaa that from which Hazel Green suffered. A more compact and stronger resistance met it and broke ita force. In a small village the cyi- 1nder with its groove in the centre would have wrought terrible sorrow and ruin. As mesr as can be ascertained, the damage done ia nearly if not quits a guarter of a milion dollars. Of course thers was more or less in- jury that never will be reported, and which would swell the amount. The storm came at a most inopportune time, when the stroets were filled with people and conveyances. Bat the Ics of life is comparatively sligt, and it mught be well for Chicago to remember in it prayers to-day to thank God that the storm did not take adirect sweep from south to north, or from west £ east. During the day the wind had been aqually, and the rain had alternately pourad and arizzled down. Atabout4 o'clock the sky was sombre. The rain bad ceased. Now and then thore was a faint flash of lightning, more the reflex or the photograph of a fiash than tne flash itself. Thers was no thunder. AtS5 the clouds rolled ap from the west in great bellying masses. The edgos were tipped with a ragged leaden-gray color. They came up as if born of a volcano, and as they separated and closed sgain tho tor- nado descended, and, after it had passcd, the rain came down in sheets and torrents. The whole attack aid not last more than three min-- utes, and then came the booming of thunder, as if to aignal that all aanger had passed. e WABASH AVENUE. AX ILL-FATED THOROUGHPARE, The track of the hurricans on Wabash avenue extended from Jackson to Twenty-second street, and the mighty rush of wind was experienced by the inmates of every house on the avenus _between the points named. Only the most available positions, thoss which by reason of pituation and surroundings wers moat lizely to be taken in and done for, were made the ob- joct of the storm-king's aitacks, and bravely did he do his work of devastation. Across the av- enne inalmest an easterly direction lay the course of the uncontrollable zepbyr, and for about ons minute it blew a good déal more than what the old sailors term *‘great guns.” A FLY-AWAY SIBEWALK. On the southwest corner of Van Buren sirest and Wabash avenue thers is s vacant lot. On the avenue front was a plaok sidewalk support- od on trostles, which had their bass in the area beneath. The first puff from the Zolian cave barss the walk from the trestls beneath; and the second lifted it in sections of 12 or ‘14 feet ic length and wafted them clear across tho rail- way-track to the curbstons on the opposite side. A moment previously a weli-ladon strcet-car going north passed along, and narrowly es- Eaped being reduced to kindling-wood. Harri- son’a pictare-gallery, oo the poutheast corner of Wabash and Van Buren, was; the objective point of some of the loose planks, which danced feathor-liko in the breeze. Two or thrce of these waltzed through the large plate-glasa windows, Which were summarily reduced to vitroous hash and uttor worthlessness, inflict~ ing ea absoluta loss of about §250. 0 blow danced merrily around the houses in the" neighborhood, roaring like tbat Scriptural lion which was hungry and seeking sometbing to devoar, bat did no damage until 1t resched 458 WABASH AVENUE. Here it discovered a laundry, and having an amisble predilection for washing, made = rush throngh the windowa, which it scattered as Long John did the inhabitants of the *‘Sands” sev- eral yezrs ago.” *‘Clean biled shirts™ went flying through the sir, only to be reecued in condition far from pleasiug eituer to the owners or the laundry people. 'The damage 1uflicted hers aggregatad about $50. In front of the Gregg mansion, which was lately occupied by the Chicago Club, stand three or four large trees. ~One of these the storm Ring altscked as a little byplay, evidently an- noyed at being unable to find something more Aworthy of bia power. This tree was knocked off ita legs, 80 to speak, and when the typhoon badg adien to it, an angle of 45 dogrecs desaribed it¢ ;g:n:énca. viawed from a geomoirical stande Diagonally opposits is St. Mary's Church. One of the large chimneys on the rear end of thy building made a fecble resistance, but the pres. sure was too great, and it went down bodily on to the roof of 16 Eldridge-conrt, crushing through the roof, and allowing an entrance for 8 section of the flood which accompanied tha etorm. The building fortunately was upoccua pied. Itis owned by Dr. Eldriage. AT 511 Wamas® AVENUE, is & two-story house, tne first story of which fa ocoupied aa & retail grocery, and the upper floor 38 » boarding-houze. Two chimneys of emalf size were flopped over on the roof, making the rafters ring, and incliniog the cccapants to bee lieve that a small-sized section of the last day bad nnexpectedly arrived. Thres chimneys at No. 539 Wabash avenue, a two-story and basement house, were diamantled and danced & jig on the roof to the consternax tion of the occupants. Boyond shakiog thiogs up pretty lively, and causing the fair memberg of the household to indulgs in soms musical }wuu above the high C, no inconvenience wag ait. The tornado ruibed with terrible fury over th marble-front block Nos. 541, 543, awp 545. 1t found a snag in the shape of a heavy mass oi tin cornice and roofing. This it ripped up, rolled together as a leather-desler does a bundls of calfsking, and deposited it on the opposite sid¢ of the street, where it now reposes hike a cole 1apsed boiler of a stern-wheeler wracked on the DMississippi. The reporter witnessed nothing further of moment except & few looss bricks, and an occa~- sional ehingle, until he reached the southesst corner of Thirteenth atreet, whers a larga shade-tree was torn up by the roots and knocked prostrate on the gidewalk. On the oppoaite sida of the street another tres hod succecded in measure ia withstanding the force of the blow, but it will take considerablo muscular power ta feutarn it to its normal condition of pergendicu~ arity. TEX METHODIST CHUBCE. One of the pinvacles of the Wabash Avenua Methodiat Cburch .was lifted from its anchor- age and toppled over om_to the roof of Pareons’ drug-store at No. G04 Wabash avenue. The frail timbers supporting the roof were unable to withstaod the crushing weight of brick, stone, and mortar, and the result waa a pronoanced crash. The debrts came piling into the store beneath, closcly foliowed by a heavy rush of falhinz water. Tarpaulins were hurriedly obtained aud taken to the roof; the hole was temporarily closed, and the drug clerks organized a convention in which they congratu- Iated each other on his narrow escape from what might have been instant death. ] Dot the work of destrnction was not yet done, There was richer.fruit in ators for it to feed on, and the storm hurried on in search of GRACE EPISCOPAL CHUBCH, one of the most handsome religions edifices tx the city. Here it hovered for s moment, long enough to mass its forces for a grand charge on tho tall slender epire which surmoucied tha tower at_the southern end of the front. With an ear-piercing shriek it leaped headlong upon its prey. The spire swayed to and fro for an instant; tho tower rocked, tho earth quivered 28 if in Iabor, -and mith a cranch, like that pro- .duced by the rending of a beef bone by a lion, tha ol monitor, which pomtod the heaven- ward wey to the almost countless. eincers wha daily vassed. fell to the ground beneath, 3 dige tance of fully 75 feet. The felling of ths Ven- dome Colamn in Paris during .the Communist troubles produced a not dissis wreck. Im« mense saticka of timber, big as the piles used by Farmer Harms in the new Court-Houses, wera shiverced and eplintered. Huge masses of stong, soms of thom weghing fally a ton, wers do- tached from the beds, in which it was expected they wonld sleep undisturbed for ages, snd chipped - and cracked, lks & granits coffee-cup, ~ that _had failem from the breakfast-tabls. A portion of tho fall~ ing mass struck a section of the roof 13 or 15 .feet sguare, and lot - daylight sud a plentiful -baptism into the sacred edifice, carrying with it a conglomerata mslange- of wood, stone, iron, .and slate. - The great bulkof ths spire, how- aver. fell into tha open lot between the church and the frame houss immediately south, render- ing tho same inpaseatle except to raporters axd Alpine climbers. Strangs to say the frama house sustained no damage beyond two or threa broken lights of glass and the scratching of the paint on the .sde wall on . the morth, The occupants, mistress, maid, aod chile dren, were subjected to such a scare a8 they never befors experienced. and they ‘won't pray for 1ts repetition. A larg: ‘portion of tho brick wall which marked the boundary of -the church lot was also destroved, and lics buried under the ruins of the spire. There will be o seryices in tho charch to-day. The mem- bers and congregztion are invited to attend worship at, Trinitv Episcopal Church, corner of Afichigan avenue and Twenty-8ixth street. The fary of the storm abated 80 far as Wabash avenue was concerned after the dismantling of Grace Church spiro, and noother dsmage of any moment was _perpetrated uatil “the zephyr rescied the Woodruff House. A couple of chimney-stacks were here spitled over the roof and down on a shedin the rear. The destruo- tion was inconsiderzble. The Athcrton Houso, at the cornerof Twenty-sacond street, expern- enced a similar cotilion. South of Tweoty- second street the storm did not putin any ap- pearance, and all was serene. THE COUNTY HOSPITAL. PLEASANT FOR THE SICK. It struck the old County Hospital on the west side. A heavy unnecessary wooden cor- nice erstwhile decorated that establishment, and the wind, with better taste than the archi« tect, secured & purchase under it end lifted it There i8 a cupola on the roof of the higher o main building. It is slated, uke s belfry and open, and to-dsy stands monumertal, Being open for the free circulation of air, the aix circulated freely and did no damage. From the westorn wall to the southorn edge of the cupola and across to the eastern wall the roof was ripped up and splintered ruthlessly. Be- tween the attic floor and the roof waa a spaca of 20 feet. In this attic was situated s water- tank. Tearing over the top of ths weatern wall, and lifting the cornice for a purchase, the wind rised the roof (in sections of greater or emaller dimensions) 80 fest inta the air and disseminated the particles. From the east to the weat wall is estimated st from 135 to 135 feet. From. the south froot of tho cupola to the sonth edge of the higher build~ ing is 50 feet. The roof of this space wasshaved off clean. A chimney on the south was blown over, and the debris fell on the long wing soath of the main part. Under tho roof wers twa tanks, one for hot and one for cold water. The falling bricks dropped quietly on the roof and mashed it in, 50 that the timbers and scantlinga lis endwise on the floor underneath. Tke tin on the north and west sides was ralled up lika sheeta of music. Tho tio on the south and eazk sides was carried with attendant rubbish 508 feet and landed on the railroad-track. Of roof torn up and distributed thero wers abous 7,500 square fest, or about five cords of wood. Thora waa not & vestige left, except the cornice, whick was found 8 fest from where it belonged, pushed back under where the roof stood. FROX THE WESTERN SIDE, looking east, the scens is dull and unintersst. ing. The capolastands on the brink of the ru- in. Below is a barren waste, the floor of an at« tic. Along the ledge below the cupols is & rage ged, abrupt termination of what is left. Them comes a fall of 20 fees to the floor, scatiered with chips and ehavings, o3 though the carpens ter had gono to luncp. Minute bits of tin and amall, inconsequentisl pieces of boards and lath, mixea in with a suspicion of plaster and a couple of Window-frames, arc all that testify ta tho formar existence of & roof. A long roil of tin roofing rans transversely from the scuttle ta the cornice, bat that was left a snare to the feot of the unwary. It wasa cleanshavo. ~Thora was a buge building. Part was four stories high and part three. lost of the roof of the three- story building dezerted to join the atorm, and 2 sturdy old ehimpey that wouldn't go was tom- bled over ou the lower roof. It lssted but a1 minate, but 1o that time, to this buoilding alons, it did from $6,000 fo 38,000 damage. THE HOSPITAL WAS FULL OF PATIENTS. Every ward was filled wheo the stormcame ; the aouble doors at the west were half open. . Fire men tried to shut them, aud it took thelr come bined weight and suength. The howlig of the wind and the whistls of iviog bricss and debrig were horrible. The rsin poared down through the walls, drenchung the wards. As the tin wag torn up, it roared and rattled like thunder, ol shuddered out dismal groans &3 it 7hime