Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 4, 1876, Page 3

¥ PASTIMES. ' THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JUNE 4, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. 3 ordinary Success of the White Stockings at Boston. Twenty-five Thousand Peo- ple Witness Their Games. They Scored Their Third Victory Over Boston Yesterday Afternoon. The Hartford, Louisville, and St. Louis Clubs Also Capture Games. [he Forthooming Running Races at Dexter Park---The Jerome Park Meeting. Begord of the Lightning Train Between Chicago and Omaha---Rifle Shooting, Etc. BASE BALL. WIITE STOCKINGS V3. BOSTON. Special Dispaich to The Tribure. Bostox, Mass., June 3.—The Chicagos played their eighteenth championship game with the Bostons to-day, and scored their fifteenth vie- tors, 8 lesd which, coupled with the positions of the other clubs, almost justifies the ballists of Chicago in naming them ‘the coming champi- s If the Whites get away from New York someward with the loss of only one more game, ‘he name can pretty safely be-applied to them. To-day's contest was witnessed by about 4,000 ite, and was umpired by the Governor of Yow York, or atleast anamesake. TheBostons vent at the business with.a will, scoring two os in the first funing on safe hits by” Wright, Lconard, and Murnan, alded by Anson’s muil 5f Manning’s hot hit. After taking three shitewashies, the home nine put fn an carned run in the fifth inning on a fine hit by Borden, sho was sent to second and third on outs, and pome on O'Rourke's clean hit, The Boston run o the lost inning was given by White’s error on Mauning?s third strike, coupled witha pair of dbits. The Chicagos could not score until the fourth inning, when Barnes hit well for a Dasc, and Iiines, getting Lirly on the ball with all his might, drove it desr to the lower fence, and scored a clean homerun. It was one of the hardest hits ever made on a field, and @eserved the applause it received. Glenn opened the fifth inning with a aufebit, and Biclzski followed by taking his base on called balls. Borden began to lose his bead, und when Barnes sent the ball to the right-feld fence for two bases he was clean gone. Hines kept up his record by a fine liner. toleft, on which Barnes scored the third run of the inning, and it looked Hke a dozen more when Anson followed with a safe hit, and no one was out. McVey spoiled mattersby getting & double play on a hit to Leonard, and Spalding made the third out. Barnes opened the seventh inning with a hit to Schafer, which was muffed, £nd then the batting scason opened sgain with vigor, and the phenomenal Borden did little sise then wateh the ficlders hunt leather. Hines, Auson, McVey, and Peters hit long and safe ones, while Spalding and White also drove forg liners, but they werc taken in, and the inning ended for three runs by Peters getting canglt off second. The minutiz fof the game mey be learned from THE SCORE: Cicago. R B P A 3 2| 2 al 32 2l 1 2410y White, Petors, . Glenn, 1. 1. Bieluski, r. f. TOHaYicos asessons Boston. Wright, 2. 5. Leonard, 2 0O'Rourke, ¢. Numan, o oua |wlinocowrrn bl omeim i b i B | b aioosone | w | Hoorooork ol HHosoow!: | wreHRHooD @ cocroouce | i En Bl murousoke_o! onoowouow ! 3 otnonokman S womme 3b f d (| 127 I oy svfl.vlg:ni 56 89 Ianings— 2 Chicego. 0023030 08 Boston. . 000100014 EARNED, 002202006 000100002 1 e 3, o —ines, B e on Wi Chicago, 195 Tostan, 8. Finet base on errors—Chicago, 2; Boston, 3. Left on bases—Chicago, 87 Boswnhfi. Bases on calicd balls—Chicago, 3; Boston, 1, Paesed balls—orrill, 2. Wild pitcises—DBorden, 25 Manning, 1. Time of game—Tivo hours, Tmpire—Samuel J. Tilden. REMARKES. Asmay casily be scen from the score, the White Stocking ficlding game was one of their best this year. It wesmarked by a2 splendid catch by Glenn off Schafer's bat fn the sixth inning, when the fielder bad to run up against the fence to reach the ball at all. Incidentally It may beof interest to mention that durivg the past weck not Iess than 25,000 persons have witnessed the six es of the White Stock- Ings—s record mever before E%I;.’Iled in the East, and never surpassed in the history of ath- Ietic sports in America. ‘The result of the three st games of the Chicago-Boston scries of 157, with o total of 22 runs to 8 in favor of the Whites, will have the cffect to disabuse the minds of Boston people of the idea that a man- ager can win cs by mere management and without the strongest nine. ~These games should also convince the Bostonians that Borden is nothing more -class player in the than a third- ‘P};chu’s sition. 1f they don’t believe it now, ey within two weeks. There was %em: excltement here to-day over the first Yale-Har- vard game of the year. It was played at*Cam- mmmemoou, and resulted in a victory by4to3. 5 L?a(;isp:mmfnvs'm ribun Spect to The Tridune. g New York, June 3.—About 1,000 people wit- Dessed the third championship game between the Louisville and Mutual Clubs on the Union Grounds to-day. The Jday was favorable, and the pools gold before the game 3100 to $70 and 10 $35 in the home club’s favor. The Louis- ville Club had an easy victory, out-batting and out-playing their opponents at every point, and #on the game by the following THE BCORE: i® | ol oo woorwrse ol cororromel Lsvomeamms ] b = >} | corcroroo Rlwkounmoon &l o|%| onwecono 00% i | wororonow H|ooccoros T w0l R| curnpioor N oowioamalbml Ir 1210 irst base on errors—Mutuals, Runs earned—Loulsville, 3. Tmpire—Mr. Danlels, of Hartford. Time of game—Ons hour and forty-five minutes. cicl Dispaich 16 The une. Harreogh. Conae June S—The. Hartfords «nd Cincinnatis played to-day, only 200 persons g present. Il"h-: Hartfords played a sharp Bame, and until the cighth inning not a Cincin- nati man regched first base. Gould did in the Sighth, but was left at frst, cod in the ninth a It by Clrek, 2 passed hall by Allisor;, and amufl by Mills of Burdock” visitors tzromna. ‘The t‘gfiém"’ il THE SCORE: Hartford. Burdock, 2 b. ] cnln P | b 1 Siwowoom 1| 1 [ 1 Mills, 1D, Allison, ¢! Total.. Cincinn Kessler, r. Booth, s. Gonld, 1b, Jones, c. Snyder, 1. f Pearson, C... Foley, S b Clack, 2 Fisher, p. ™ R 2| 1 0] 0| 1 [ 1 0f 2 7 =3 S or®l B wieionebum & Bl wiorrconwwr ©lrrooccocol b Blusurovins Bl cosmues Ca|1s| Huooocaso #Ap | orocoomao i °© —N¢ y Total base-hits—Hdrtford, 10; Cincinuati, 2. First base by errors—Hartford, 5; Cincinuati, 1. Left on bases—Nartford, 5; Cinclnnati, 2. gmk o;x:—l_l;l‘ruord. }1; ?Incimlufl. 4. e plays—Jon k,1; nn&}‘o]:;‘/‘, 1y esand Clack, 1; Jones, Keseler, me of game—One hour, and fifty minutes. Umpire—G. T. Soward, New Hayens. e ST. LOUIS V8. ATHLETICS. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. - PHILADELPHIA, June 8.—About 800 persons were present to-day. The Athleties earned two runs in second and three in cigiith inning. St. xl;lchié eurned five in ninth inning. The follow- THE SCORE: Athletic. Force, 8. 8 Fisler, 1b. 4 3+ Bl rocorcsco BlncHosrnon Kuight, zm\eln.pc. Bl pheuercrol B l cicoworue [ - T Bl T3l o El B | erniistine ook it ¥ oBornowa Blrooetbons ack, 5. 3. Total... 49]10118] [ Tnningi— ¢ 1-2 34 5 6 7 8 St. Louls 10022220 710 Athletie. 220010006 0-11 Runs earncd—Athietic, 5; St. Louls, 5. Bases on errors—Athletic, 8; St. Louis. 7. TUmpire—Warren White, Time of game—Two hours and twenty-five minutes. THE CANADIAN CHAMPIONSIIP. The Tecumseh Club, of London, has beaten the Maple Leaf nmz‘! of Guelph, in a ten-in- ning eame, for the championship, by a score of Sto7. The game has some Interest to Chi- eagoans, as on the Guelph nine were three players well-known in this city,—Keerl, once with the White Stockings, W. Lapham, and Mike Brannock. The following was tho score: Maple Leaf. (& B P\ A THE CHAMPIONSHIP. The week just closed has placed Chicago still farther in the lead, and St. Louis is now y(rcss- ing Hartford for the second place. The West has won 14 and lost 10 of the games played in the East. The present week will transfer the Chicagos to Philadelphis, St. Louis to Boston, Louisville to Hartford, and_Cincinnati to New York. The following is the standing of the clubs to date: NEEEREERRE ERRHRRENE HNHHEREE AN RIS R Sig|z Si=ISE SIRIE:FE TR 5 5 £ =8 12 - it mrses 1} 2l aj ks, ll . EESTE) 9]11}11{12]14| 70 the number of The following table shows iamcs lost and won by the several clubs of the eague up to last evening: Clubs. . on. Lost. Chicago. 15 3 Hartfo 12 4 St. Loni 12 I3 Boston [ 9 Loui: 7 1 Mutual 6 11 thletic. 5 2 Cincinnati. . se 18 The following table shows the result of the Eastern tour of the Western clubs: Clubs. Won. Zoat. Chicago. =<3 St. Louls. .. 5 1 Cincinpati. iy (B Louisville, 3 3 Tatals... 14 10 The following table shows the number of runs scored by the White Stockings and their oppo- nents at the East during the last two weeks: Chicago vs. Bartford. .Gt ¢ Chicago ve. Tartford. 1t 2 Chicago ve, Hartford 81t 1 Chicago va. Boston 5 to 1 Chicago vs. Loston. 9 t0 3 Chicago ve. Boston. 8 to % Total runs.... a7 A7 14 THE TURF. DEXTER PARK RUNNING MEETING. The following are the cntrics for the stakes to be run over Dester Park during the meetiog commencing Junc 80. The entries closed Thurs- day, Juue 1: Russixe Prexuoy, No. 3—-§300—Stake race for 3 year-olds; S50 entrance, pay or play; added. One mile and repeat. ~Second horse to re- ceive $100. P. l[.b \I‘;lcst,t_cinclnnnfi. 0., enters ch. c. Preston ancf S. H. Jinza. Springdield, Il enters b. c. Spring- fleld by Mammon. B MS. . Jones, Springfield, 1L, enters ch. f. by arion. 3 S. Powers, Decatar, Ill., enters b. f. Bonnie Belle by imp. Billet. e oY ' finnon, Newark; O., enters ch. f. Maggie by Woodstock. ¢ S °Hankins, Chicago, TIL., entersd. ¢. The Nip- per by imp, Phacton. George Hakes, Minonk, enters ch. ¢. Uncle Tom by Uncle Vic. F. M. Lilly, Dallas, Phaeton. Tex., enters b. f. by imp. Toxama Prexivy, No. 7—$150—Stake racc, dash of threc-fourths'of a mile, for 2-year-olds; $25 entrance, pug.,gr play; §150 added. to receive $90. Do wers, Decatur, TL., enters b. f. Princess, imp. Billet. Dy P wers, Decatar, Tl entersb. f. Fawn, by . Billet. i ""$. O'Bennon, Newark, O., enters b. f. Berta ock. Woodst M B o res Minonk, TIL., enters ch. ¢. John Secon it George Hakes, bell, by Joe Stone. Cnlinup,\'x'l l}:lltslm)\‘, No.11—3300—Stake race for - ol 3 cntrance, pay or play; $300 add- e Ol O omles. Socond Horse fo receive $1003 West, Cincinnati, O., enters ch. . Pres- , Planet. mglf.nb’e‘s \Vhlcuen. Wilmington, IlL., coters ch. 1. , by Lord Lyon. Mglduljyg:n“{ Sprlngicld. 1., enters b.c. Spring- by 3ammon. fieé?'m’.}nnen, Springfield, 111, enters ch. f. by n. : m%‘?:s. ‘0‘_'Bnnnon)."2¥ewflk, 0., énters ch. {. Mag- Y 0dsto - g’%. s’ O‘nBu:no;. "Newark, O..enters b, f. Lolah, N ¢ Jand. by Nonbumberladd, 0 T ey A. linnléln;.l (}Jhiuga, Maleom Plus, Chicago, TIL, enters b. c. The Nip- A. Hankins, Chicago, pc(;'cobréiz n?es{'?fi:&nk, T, enters ch. . Uncle e c. T‘i"?‘fi.’ Lilly, Dailas, Tex., entersb. f. by Phae- msn: Powers, Decatur, Ill., enters b. f. Bonnie Belle, by imp. Billet, i The following Is a list of horses that arrived st Dexter Park from the South last weck: Han- Xins has The Nipper, Lady 3alcom, Crockford, Paul Fry, and Aramus. Ira Plattner has Ozark, Lottie Moon, Larry Hart, Council Bluffs, and Preston. 8. H. Jones has Larkin, afilly by Bonnie Scotland, s filly by Uncle Vic, and the b. ©. Springfield, and the'ch. £ by Marion. Mchul Welch %gs Capt. Hutchinson, Verdigris, and Brakesman. The two latter are the two finest looking horses on the turf y. William Bellnn% has a 4-year-old b. h. by Red Eye, which he is training to jump the hurdles for the com- ing hurdle-race. There will arri 1z week betwoon forty snd fifty more. s elening JEROME PARK RACES. New Yony, June 8.—The American Jockey rCJ;lé ng'ré;xm-;lg?spntv dr:xcctmg to-day at Je- ark. he atten C 3 c, tm’fl; ifi fl“}e e ice was-large, and the ¢ first race was for a purse of $400, distance three-uarters of a mile, x”’l_'hz: Tace was won by the favorite, Mad, Leander second, Csril suird, !I{g_ifityflny ourth, Lord Betland fifth. s L:754. The second race was the Fordham handicap, })}itml;;fl“e:a fx!x,]fl was n\;{Am by Lizzie R. l')I a neck, apermy se%al::d\ Ilnce. Pt er making a dead heat for 0 Withers stakes for S-year-olds, $100 en- trance, I £. with §1.000 addes, second’ hotso to receive $200 out of ihe stakes, 1 mile, was the next race. The horses starting were Belmont's Fiddlestick and Bertram, Lorillard’s Merciless, Longstaff’s Frecbooter, O’Donnell’s Bister to Kildare, Carr & Co.’s Viceroy, McGrath's Dail- gasiun, McDaniel's Brother ‘to Bassett, Don- shoe’s Waco, Doswell’s Alrerme. The zvc last mentioned formed_the “feld® in the pools, whilst the others sold in the order named. The race was won by Fiddlestick by a length, Brother to Harry Bassett sceond, Freebooter third. The result was never in doubt after the first half mile. Time, 1:463¢. The fourth race was for a purse of $600, maid- ens allowed, one mile and a Lalf. 3ladge, Adelaide, Oreknob, Rappahannock, and Surge started. The three last named sold-as the field at $200to $215 for Adelaide, and §1,000 for Madge. The race was won by Orcknob, Rappahaunock sccond, Madge third. hie {ifth race was a sclling race, one mile and a qxlx!nrtclx‘-. 3 Splndrma wnfi the favorite, and won easily; Lelaps sccons urango third, and Me- Diulels' colt Jast, Time, 310, " % Special Dispatch to Tue Tribune. New YORK, June 3.—The socond at Jerome Purk takes place on Tuesda; programme includes & _mule race, with maiden allowance, for $500; a dash of 18{ miles,weights 110 pounds and no allowances, for $600; a hand- feap steeple-chase for $600 and the Maryland stakes aud Westchester Cup. The Maryland stakes, for three-year old nfiles one_mile, has 44 nominations, the best of which are Perd, Ad- claide, Dauntless, Patience, Sultana, and Cy- clone. Pera won twice at Baltimore two weeks azo with much case, and Is not likely to be beaten by anything unless it is the best of Bel- mont’s string, Adelaide or Sultana, as the case may be. Forthe Westchester Cup, 21 miles, the following arc the cntries, ages, and weights to be carried, excluding Damon and King Al- fonso, who have broken down: IHorse. |4ge. “Vely;'ll.l 2lorse. |Age.|Weight. 5 | 124 [Retriover.| 4 | 118 5| 124 [BigSondyl| 4 | 118 4 121 |Joe Cerns.| 4 us 4| 121 |Sengara,..| + | 118 4 17 St. Martin.| 4 1ns 4 | 118 |Mattle A.l| & | 113 4| 118 [[eniter. ] 3| 99 Readers of THE TRIBUNE should remember that Kildare was last_vear Milner, one of the dead-heaters for the Kcuner stakes at Saratoga, and should not lay any money on him till it fs known how much weight he will bave to carry. He and Ozark divided the Kenner, worth $4,- 400. The language of the rule about penalties is doubtful. 1f [t isto be construed. as mean- ing that cach of the dead-heaters who divide shall be penalized as winner of the race, then Kildnrc":}&enally rill have to be reckoned on $4,400, he will have to carry 128 pounds, in- stead of 121, his weight if”it is reckoned as half the stakes, "$2,200, -and this 7 pounds would sbout put him out of the race. Of the sbove horses Viator is clearly the best on public form. He wen 2-mile heats at Baltimore easily in 3:41-3:43, and the 10 ounds more weight he will have to carry can’t hurt him. He beat.Joe Cerns so easily and Mattie A’s form is so poor that Co?. Me- Daniel’s_only chance i3 with Big Sandy. This lorse did poorly last year, but Tus TRIBUNE correspondent hiears from the best of sources that he has much improved end will run a hot race. St. Martin is a dark horse, which his as- tute trainer, Pryor, believes caunot lose. He ran onee last'year and was cut down when goin, g0 strong thut he secmed sure to win, and his chances of winning on Tuesday are very good. In fact, if Toe TRIBUNE correspondent had to plckL?'nc horse, its selection ‘wowld be *the Sainf POLO. AN EXHIBITION GAME AT DEXTER PARK. Dexter Park was yesterday the theatre of an exhibition of skill in horsemanship almost un- paralleled, and exéiting in the extreme. The oceasion was a practice zame of the California Polo Club, whereof Mr. Morgan is the chief and tho fattest member. The audience (invited) consisted largely of & TRIBUNE reporter, and to a slight exteat of Fred Erby, W. H. Crane, Mr. Walter Williams, of the Young Men’s Christian Association, Ald. White, Mr. Fred Adams, now studying for the Evangelical mission, two Times reporters, .and a very thin youth whose chief attractions were a ‘button-hole bouquet and credentials from the Tinter-Ocean. The party started from Joe Mackin’s at noon ‘in_carriages, and arrived on the grounds 2t 1:30. Eight mustangs were in readiness, and the members of the tlub, cight in number, were soon in readiness for the fray, which came off on the quarter-stretelr, TUE MEXICAN MUSTANG is a fearfal and wonderful beest. By nature he isas ugli' as the typical mother-in-laty, yet he is susceptible of a degree of tralning, and pos- sesses a degree of endurance, bcyon& all human understanding. The horses of the Club are mn§< nificent brutes, clean-limbed, smooth-coated, fiery-eyed, swift in action, graceful in motion, and while utterly unmanageable in the hand of the civilized citizen, are per- fectly under the control of their masters. ‘As they came upou the track their perfect con- dition and their fire prophesied plenty of fun, and the prophecy was well fulfilled. 54 The pm;,:nmme opened with an cexhibition of horsemanship by Nell Movwry, who, in Califor- nia, wou o 300-mile race in a little over fourteen hours, losing 17 pounds of flesh in the endeavor. His effort yesterday was confined to changing horses while at full speed. Any human bein; who has been to a circus remembers the thril of pride that stirred his soul as he saw fellow man LEAP UPON THE BACK OF A TIORSH at o gentle gallop. But the man who thinks that is the best that can be done is lamentably ignorant of equestrian_possibilities. While at o tearing gallop, Mr. Mowry leaped from the Dack of his cxhausted steed to that of a fresh horse, without losing a second of time or break- ing the pace. Itisa remarkable performance, and oue that bids fair to win for Mr. Mowry al the races now laid out for him. In changing, he touches one foot to the ground, and in the nest second the cast-off horse is far behind. Following Mr. Mowry's effort, was a display of fancy riding by members of the cub under the direction of ¥Mr. Morgen. Eight horsemen at fall gallop toro down the stretel, lying on the their horses With oue hand plowing the ground. The object was to show the manner of picking up articles without dismounting. The display was the finest ever known in Chicago, and ranks the participants as perfect in their Tine. E ‘Among the mustangs is a_sleepy-looking horse, fich Fark Twala once deseribed 8 .68 * MEXICAN PLUG,” andof o} she vicious brutes that ever stole cherries”.< is the champion. No amount of moral ersussion, aided by 8 masterl{_ applica- tion of Tawhide, can tame him. His chie{* char- acteristic is “bucking,” and the announcement that o man would ride him sct the combined ress on the qui vive for a corpsc ftem. he beast was Dblinded, and Mowry mounted without saddle or stirrup. The horse espread himself, and, jumping three feet into the air came down with all four hoofs together. Again and again he sprang. With a dozen bounds he went up the track. From side to side, crouching sometimes, and again leaping into the air, he_ twisted and turned, try- ing to throw Lis rider. But 3owry straddled hita well, and sat unmoved by the horse’s ef- forts until the animal was exhausted and quict- ed down. s Then came the feature of the day in THE POLO EXERCISE. Polo is nothing more nor less than “ghinny ™ or “hockey,” with the players on horseback. The weapons are oaken sticks, hooked at the end, and the object is & soft leathern ball. The goals are about yards .apart, and ~ the e l:l to£ dfi;lve the i ;J;st i 0t 3 e opposing. g There. 'v".'ere four on a side. Morgan led g@eccfid Carrillo, and Figaro; und;Mowr,z' was sl_llppnn by Ballard, Jourdan, and Hamilton. 'he ball was placed midway between tho goals, and the contending factions stood back awaiting the sirnal, Atatap of the bell, the two leaders Gsehed at the ball followed by thelr supporters. The track was a clond of dust. The ball dashed this way and that. The eL&}n horses were strug- ling within & space less than 10 feet square. e fore legs of the animals were protected st the sticks by “ boots,” but the blows of the implements and the hoofs of the horses sounded high eboye the Spanish of the Bgexicsns and the cheers of the Californjans. Now and then the ball would roll outside THE SCRIMMAGE, A horseman would dash at and over it, and apin the little sphere was surronnded by the horses’ legs. A rider with a yellow cap was pe- culiarly adroit. Reaching under his horze he drove the ball, following it up, untila rush of the rest knocked his horse from under him. Falling fat on his face, he bounded from the ground to his saddle and struck the ball before sides of the rest could reach it, the finest display of ac9) tivity and coolness of the day. ~As the'ball was driven nesr the goal, the exdtement was in- tense. Catching a spur in the saddle and reach- ing overuntil he could see under his horse’s belly, & rider hooked his sticlk iu the bail, and drew it towards him. Seven horses as much interest- ed in the game as the spectators bore down on him. Striking the ball he whirled it between his horse’s hoofs, and then turning the animal on his hind legs, he dashed ahead of the crowd, driving the bail 'the length of the streteh, past the goal, between the two flags and wipning the game. i :xonam:]s ;[ABH won the first game au owry’s the secon 2nd then.the horses were :\llo“:{-{l arest. Rced«'i did some very fine shorb—stogfling and whecling, bringing his horse up at a full gallop withina space of ten feet. Refreshments bad been provided in the mar- quee, and afterwards a game of base-ball wus introduced, in order that Fred Erby and Billy Crane might demonstrate the benuties of the national game to the astonished Californians. It is unnecessary to' deseribe the game, which for a display of science beggars every effort of the best professionals. It was played accordin to the new rules of the Londou Prize-Riny, and, 28 2 manifestation of skill, put the polo busi- ness to shame. Mr. Erby is entitled to credit for onc home run. Catching the ball as it was pitched to Lis bat, he put it in his pocket and made the bases in tho unprecedented time of 37 minutes and seven-cighths. TIIE FOLLOWING SCORE will give some idea of the sefence: una. | Ouls. | Brrors. STRIFED STOCKINGS. 2,720| 1,694 227,654 3 1| T3zl 4wl 127,610 Iinntley, 1B 87,007| 0,000 0,000 fowry, 23151, 61211, 247, 300 % 113,246,16, 2544, 213,769 Crane, c... 4,526.9,673,124 Whelan, g 964,708 ngle, 1b., 479,032 Willlams, £ 469,474 Aforgan, 3 b. 67,211 ¥ 1?m Dits—Striped Stockings, 0. No Stockings, At 5:30 the carriages were ordered up, and at 6:3!0 the party were safe back in town. THE RAIL. NEW YORK TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN TWEN- TY-FOUR HOURS. ° The following aualysis of the time made by the famous trans-continental fast truin over the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, between Chicago and Omaha, plainly indicates that the general average time made by this train, from its starting-point, suffered no shrinkage at the hands of the management of the popular North- western; and it must be gratifying to every true Chicagoan to find that they possess in the above road = Western line over which equally as fast time can be safely made es any of the bousted fast time hitherto claimed by the Eastern lines as an incident to the superiority of their rogds over Western lines. Timne was™ when this claim could have been al- lowed, but now that the Chicago & Northwestern Raiiway, with its: well-ballasted - roadbeds, equipped with steel rails, and all modern ap- pliances, can be compared favorably with any model road in the t, there is mo longer any reason for the Eastern lines claiming a mo- nopoly in fast running. The condensed time given below shows the leaving and arriving time of this fast train at terminal stations, the speed r hour between stations, and the speed per hour for the distance run, over the Chicago & Northwestern Railway: |Speed per Distance fiour%t- Stations. from |Learing and ar-| tween Chicago.| ricingtime. stations Afiles. Hiles. Chicago, Iv. 10:30 p. m. wss Pro:;gect Pk 10.5715. m. ) Junction....| 04 61 Rochelle.... 56 Clinton.... . 62 London......| 49 CedarRapids| 43 Boone.. 40 Omaha. 52 “Average specd from Chicago to Clinton (includ- ing stops),- 53 miles per hour. ‘Averige speed from Chicagoto Clinton (deduct- ing for stops), 58 miles per hour. veraze speed {rom Chicago to Omaha (inclnd- ing stops), 45 miles per hour. ‘Average speed from Chicago to Omaha (deduct- 53; miles per hour. ork to Mississippl River ing stops), Time from New (Clinton), 24 hours. “Averagé apeed from New York to Clinton (in- cludiny stops), 431 miles per hour, Time {rom New York to Onahs, 32 hoursand 27 minutes. Average epeed from New York to Omaha (includ- ing stops), 42 miles per hour. : OTHER SPORTS. THE POST-OFFICE RIFLE TEAM. The Post-Office Rifle Team practiced at their Lake-View range yesterday afternoon. The fol- at 500 lowing was the score out of a possible 50, yards: H Squiers, C. S. 45556435635 Walsh, Win. 55555453 White, 3. E 15555355 Colhonr, ‘Jas 545555583 cGrth, M. i35 45505 4. Gregg, JobhW...8 3 5 + £+ 5533 ! STLTE SHOOTING TOTRNAMENT. : A State shooting tournament for $3,600 in casls prizes will be'held at Dexter Park under the auspicds of the Illinois Spagtsmen’s Associ- atlon, commencing June 21, and closing on the 24¢h.” . H. Tarrell, of this city, will have the general mjuagement of the tournament. There will be trap-shooting at Dexter Park Tuesday, When the fiual club shoot of the old Gun Club ill take place, and Wednesday, when several prifate matcehes and sweepstakes will be shot. PAINE V8. PATION. Loxpox, June 3,—A pigcon-shooting match between I¢a C. Paine, of New York, and_Capt. Patton, of} London, winner of the Grand Prix ‘du Cnsino,iat Monaco, Jast Januery, took place today on the grounds of the” ‘Gun Club, the conditions being §250 = side, hulf forfeit, thirty birds cach, and twenty-seven yards rise. The contest_resulted ina tie, each sportsman killing 21 birds out of 30. -The next contest been set down for Wednesday. N BILLIARDS. : The following dm.llcn};e from Cyrille Dion ap- pears in the New York Merald of the 2d inst.: 1 hereby challenge any billiard player inthe world (Sexton preferred) to play me a match at Dilliards of 2,000 pointe, French carom_game, on & Grifith & Co."s_standard table, fitted with the Delancy wire cushions; 500 points to be plaed each evening for four evenings; the game to be played in thls city within two weeks from_dates stakes to be $1,000 a side. 1 have deposited $250 with M. Delaney as forfeit. - A match will be made with the first player covering that amount. THE SARATOGA REGATTA. HanovER, N. IL, June 3.—Dartmouth, find- ing it inpossible to raise funds to pay the ex- genscn, bas concluded mot to send a crew to aratoga. TO BIRDIE. Blithe ljttle birdic, perched high in yon tree, Chirping gaily, tell of what do yoa eing. Are your notes and your music destined for me? 1f & message you have, what news do_you bring? Whisper, dear birdic; I oin anxious to hear If over the seg, when wamlerinz s0 long, You saw the fair face of & maid thiat wos dear, Or stole from Lier volce the soft notes of your song! In the strains thot you sing, there's music, I'ween; They enter my heart 08 no masic before E'cr did, but the voice of my beautifal queen 1 left years ago on an Esstern shore. O fair little songster! come fly to my bowers, Leave your hume in the woods, and nestle with me; Tl worship your lyrics, I'll wreathe yon with flow- ers, For the sake of the maiden that's over the sea. JAMES LAVALLIN, He Got There. Detroit Free Press. A manwho had been long bombarded by hard times entered a yard on Lafayette avenuc yesterdny and stretched out in the shade of o irce. The encr came out and asked him wh:ht gmsiness he had there, and the stranger replied: ‘Y seck solitude and rest. Iwantto be far from the madding crowd.” “You'll have to git,” said the gardener. 1 ghall stay here till I have solved the great problem of lite,” was the quiet answer. A policeman was brought around there to sce it he would, and he scized the old vag's coat- collar and inquired: “Will you walk into my parlor?” «T am looking for- solitude!” shouted the stranger, kicking with eil his mu{gr_ Tt took three oflicers to get him out, tie him and load the body on a wagon, but he got just where the solitude was thick enough to beeat lengthways with an old jack-knife. - —————— Miss Corbitt, an_American artiste, said to be possessed of o voice of remarkabie power and culture, and whose dramatic abilities are also very highly spoken of, will make her debut at the New York Acsdemy of Musicin English opera on June 5, “Norma " being the iuftial work of the scason. GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES. Adventures with a Rat==-Confes- sion of Faults. Shoes and Stockings Representing the Seasons. A Mother’s Sacred Love---Miscellaneous Feminine Notes. HERO-WORSHIP. Alittle maiden read her books, ‘And only loved the more Sir Philip Sidney every day ‘Than even the day before. And, when her suitors camo to woo, She mutchied them in her mind With Phllip Sidney, one and all, But fur they fell bohind. For this one lacked the courtliness, And this the perfect grace, And this the learning rare and wide, And this the handsome face. Aud 80 she sent them all-away, But only loved the more Sir Philip Sidney every day Than she did the day before. O maiden of the fancy bright, 11 it conld only be Sir Philip skou)d himself o'crleap For you the centurics three, And come upon his donghty steed A-riding to your gute, “ind for your favor crave and sue, And for your angwer wait, 1 ween you'd look him through and through, Tut never bid him stay; 1In favor of hia fancied self You'd send himself away. —Seribnerjor Juns. —~— A RAT. ’ Yesterday morning (says the Burlington Iavkeye) a lady who lives out in West 11ill was moved, by reading the * city lyric’ on the sub- ject, to go down into the cellar and sec how the moistare was. Shé did not go down, however, for the water was there before her, and had been there all night, and had driven the rats out to higher ground, like the pucr people in Happy Hollow. She had not more than opencd the door when & great rat spring between her dregs and pet—oh—ur—oh—skirt, and scram- bled up to an knessy resting-place. The next instant the lady had him in ber nervous grasp, liolding dress, skirt, and rat with a des- perate grip, despite the wriggling and squirming of the rodent. And back into the kitchen she went, and the matinee opened. The ladyisa good church-member, and hes never takena lesson in dancing in her life, but she waltzed across the kitchen, and galloped through the sit- ting-room; and polkacd down the hall, und schot- tisched back to the dining-reom, ond reeled back into the Kkitchen, where she jizzed, and shufiled, and pirouctted, never missing a step, and furnishing her own music all the time, while her sister and three children ranafter her, shricking and wailing for help, under the in- pression thiat she biad gone mad, and besceching Der to tell what was the matter. She told them at last, when the orchestra was out of breath, and, when she told them, they all shrieked in chorus aud ran out of the room, but returned, climbed up on the table, and begged her to turn the rat loose. Perish the thougit, she sald. In all her wild dance, While striv- fng to _ quiet Ther merves, ehe had clung to that rat. It had caused Ler too much fright to escapenow. She held on to him, and wasn't going to let go of him till the headsman was ready. A council of war detcrmined that the best way to kill a rat was to put him in a bag and pound ordrown him. ~Thelady ordered thé galleries cleared, and then, with many shrleEs, and trewbling but determined hands, She omptied the rat into the bag that bLer sister had_ given her, and called in the family. When the house wos again in session, the rat was chased into a corner of the bag, the lady who had captured it put her foot on the begf to keep him in his place,and her sister, polsing the heavy poker over the rat, took good aim, raised the poker bigh zbove Lier head, sbut her eyes und averted her head so that she might not sce the carnage, and then, summoning ail her streugth, struck the deadly blow.. A loud, plercing scredm, that curdled tize blood with the intensityof its agony, followed the blow, and as the executioner opened her eyes, she beheld the unfortunate rat-catcher at the other end of the room, seat- ed on the floor, swaying to and fro, nursing her bruised and beaten foot, while the rat, greatly frightened by the nolse, ran out of the bag, jumnped on the baby’s head and scared it into couvulsions, leaped from the baby on to the ta- ble, flopped into & crock of butter, scrambled through a pan of milk, jumped off the table on to the window-3ill, andran under the house to conceal its emotion. " CONFESSING THEIR FAULTS. Ashort time ago (says the Philadelphia Bul- letin) Mr. Grimes and his wife were sitting to- gether, one evening, and they got to talking about their marricd life and past troubles, until both of them grew quite sympathetic and affec- tionate. At last, Mrs. Grimes suggested that it might help to kindle afresh the fire of love in their hearts if they would frecly confess their faults to each other, and promise to amend them. Mr. Grimes said it struck him asagoodides. For his part, he was willing to make a clean breast of it, but he suggested that perhaps his wife had better begin. She thought for o moment, and then this conversation cnsued: Mrs. Grimes—*Well, then, William, I.am willing to acknowlcdge that I am the worst- tempered Woman in the world.” G. (turning and qukmF at her)—¢ Louisiana, that's about_the only time you ever told the uare-toed truth in your Jife!” Mrs. G., indignantly—*Mr. Grimes, that’s perfeetly outrageous.” Youought to be asham- cd of yourself.” G.—Well, you know it's so._ You have got the worst temper of any woman I ever saw.” Mrs. G.—**No, I haven’t either. I'm just as good-tempered as you are.” L—**That’s not so. You'rc s cross as a béar. If you were married toz graven image, you'd quarrel with it.” Mrs. G.—*That’s an outrageous fulseliood. There isn't any woman about this neighborhood that puts up With as much as I do without get- ting angry. You're a perfeet brute.” &—“ s you that is the brute.” Mrs. G.—* No it isn’t, G.—%Yes, itis. You're as snappish as amad dog. It's few men that could stand the like of oa ¥ Mrs. G.—¢ If you say that sgain, 'l scratch your eyes out!” G.—*1 dare you to lay your hands on me, you vixen.” Mrs. G.—“You do, ch?_ Well, take that! and that! (cu!fin him on the head). G—"You let go of my hair, or I'll murdar ou.” 7 AMrs. G.—“I will, and DIl leave this housc this very night. I won't live any longer with such o monster.” G.—* Well, guit, get out—the sooner the bet- ter. Good riddance to bad rubbish, and take your duds with you.” Mrs. G—"I'n _sorry I ever married you. Youain’t it to be yoked with any decent - wornan.,” G.—“Well, you ain’t balf as sorry as I am. Good-bye. Don't come back séon.” Then Mrs. Grimes put on her bonnet, and went around -to Ler mother’s. Mr. Grimes hasw't yet confessed what bis principal fail- ing is. ? ARTISTIC SHOE-MAKING. Some weeks ago (says a Washington corre- spondent of the Detroit Free Press) allusion was made to the notice given by the shoemaker in Brussels to & customer in Washington that he intended to make four pairs of shoes on herlast, No. 12%, for the Exhibition; and each pair should represent one of the four scasons. How he proposed to do this was a mystery until the shoes arrived, and now I must give the reeders of the Free Pres an idea of the poetry it is pos- sible for an artist to put into shoes and stock- ings. Such stockings as those about to be de- scribed, one can imasine, might say to the stripcd’ hose of Iutn?mun agbu. s;;rln is represented by shoes embroidered with tiny spring flowers; the straps across the low shoes have knots of pleated Swiss muslin. The white silk stockings acmuapanylng these are embroi- dered with wild and garden flowers. Summer is denoted by shoes on which are squares wrought in straw on a blue ground, bordered with ears of corn and field flowers skilifully em- broidered. The stockings are silk of a hueof the skies in summer, embroidered with flowers to match the shoes. For nutumn the shoes are of dark stuff, embrofdered with dead lcaves, and garnisked with kuots of a peculiar shide of feaves In process of decay. The stokinzs of brown silk are_embroldered with gerlands of dead leaves. Winter js sugyested by shoes caclt of which is made of the wivle skinof a Tittle ermine, the fur of the animal out:i3e, of courses the head is placed on top of the sij the toes, in such wise as to appear to be resting there naturally, thus giving a material signitica~" tion to the oft quoted lines of the poet: Her feet beneat!. her petticeat, Like little mice crept in and vet, The stocking above the winter shoeis of dark- ‘brown silk, artistically embroidered, with a lit- tle tree destitute of “leaves, the branches of which are covered with 'snow, and this tree is surronnded with other trees with leafless branches. The artist who concelved these Juminous ideas for the adornment of the dainty extremities of woman thus writes of his work. He safs: “7 do not need to express the difficul- ty which was presented by the exccution of this group of shoes; it was nceessary to be original without discarding thé rules of good tastc; to characterize each season sufficiently \fltiant falling into eccentricity, without overc! the fect with an accumulation of symbols.™ g A MOTHER'S SACRED LOVE. The neighborhood of Ninth and L strects (says the Washington Sunday Herald) was thrown into a state of excitement yesterday morning' by an Infuriated middle-aged female clothed in black, with short red hair, and armed with an interesting-looking cowbide, with which, with fiendish delight, she cut the air right and | left, as she bowled along at ten-kmot speed. Halting in front of a respectable-looking house, she attracted the attention of the inmates by throwing a brick against the Coor. Half a dozen heads were thrust out of 2s mauy wisdows, among them that of a well known young gen- tleman recently married. The excifed woman observed this, secreted her cowhide, and with a saintly smile said: “Tom, come down here; I would speak with you a moment.” Thomas complied with the request, and, ac- coms:mmfl by his blushing voung bride, opened the door and confronted” bis visitor. ‘That an- cient institution cleared the front steps in one bound, caught Tommy’s left carin a firm grip, ond began to belabor him unmercifally, saying as she did so: & - “You young wretch! You puppy! You un- grateful ‘whelp! (Whack!) Got married, did you! Run ull irom your motker, and marries ot gal there, do you? (Winck! whack! whack?) Now, sir, jést git yer things ready (whack) 2nd come Liome? LIl let yer lnow thut until yer are 21 (whack!) yer ain’t going ter git out of my clutches!” (whack!) Tom’s wifc rushed to his assistance at this juncture, suying: i ‘;Tum, my darling, slap her good, and come . . Bat Tom tearfully replicd, as an extra sharp cut Janded on his neck: “Y can’t, my (ouch) darling; mother says I musn’t.” Meckly he descended the steps, und was led off by his mamme, followed by u mrfic crowd. The newly-made bride went into_ the ‘house, slammed the door, and quiet reigned. cr, near PUNISHMENT ENOUGH. In the Police Court yesterday (says the De- troit Fyee Press) was o witness who bad refused o obey o subpans, and who was accordingly brought to térms with theaid of an attachment. When the Police Justlceasked him what excuse he bad to offer for his contempt of court, he replied that at the time they wanted him in court he was standing at the ultar “gittin’ married.” “ May it glense your Honor,” hurriedly inter- posed a bachelor lawyer who had overheard,the apology, “ Irespectiully suggest that the man is already sufficiently punished, and I beg the Court to deal with Him mercifully in view ofhis recent aflliction.” < Al," replied his Honor, * so it strikes me. Youcango. You are discharged, sir, and may Heaven have mercy on you!” X FEMININE ITEMS. ¢ Dears-talking »” parties: Young ladies’ con- versaziones.—New York Commercial. +Young Mistress: “It’s yoar ‘Sunday out’ next week, Jame; ien’t it? Jane. “Lor’ Mum! Why you've forgottcn. It's yours!” Trate wife (whose husband has returned home late): “Now, I'll just give you a piece of my mind.” .Husband: % Don’t my dear; you can’t spare it.”” Will the persecution of women never cease? Here the Legslature of Kansas has. gone and passed law taxing lady-dogs $2 per bead, while it taxes gentleman-dogs only $1 per head. Tt was a New Jersey wife who said, * My dear, if you caw’t really drink bad coffec without abusing me, how is it that you can always drink bad whisky without abusini the barkeeper?” At 2 medical examination a young aspirant for o physician’s diploma was_asked, ©When does mortification eusue?”’ **When you propose and are rejected,” was the reply that greeted the questioner. ne ‘Whea Brigham Young finds that the biscnit are burned and: the meat is overdoue, he puts on his hat and goes out and brings home a new wife. This course is calculated to make his wives careful. Intelligent housemaid: “Oh there was a voung gentleman call was out. He didwt leave no card, miss, but I can show you who he is, 'cause there's three of bis photographs in your album.” A lady felt such charity for a poor family that she took off her false bair aud sold it for their benefit. Theu she weut home and knocked the chairs about until her husband purchased her o switch costing twice as much. John," said a fond little wife, enthusiastic- ally, pointing out to her husband & little shop i a fashionable street, * when you die, I'm go- ing to take the life-insurance money: and Luy thiat little place, and set up as milliner.” Darwinsays the “coming man® will be bald- headed. This will be sad news to the coming woman. Instead of snatching ber husband by the halr, in a family discussion, she will Le obliged to pour scaluing water down his buck. It is often said that a womnan has no talent for business; but, when a man goes home and finds that his wife has swapped oif his Sunday panta- loons for a patent tack-laminer and achina ornament for the mant & e, he is_compelled to wonder at the genius that succeeded in get- ting the hammer thrown in.—Norwich Bulletin. Snid a Brooklyn wifc to her husband, the other day, “If you fail to produce me the money for anew spring hat in three davs, you will be the most astonished man that ever lived in this werld” When he awole the next morn- ing; he found his wife in_the dressing-rogm ex- ercising with dumb-bells. The monc} was “prodiuced ” that night. They tell of a Burlington woman who, when her husband came home drunk, waited till he went to sleep, then took his only pair of pants from him, azd made them over intoa for their 12-year-old_boy, working nearly all night to fnish them. The husband awoke about the middle of the forenoon, reudfl to eat breakfast and start out for_anofher k; but when last seen was wrapped in an old skirt, and bad prom- ised to join the Reformed Men’s Clab. Happy Swain (she has “named the day"): « And now, dearest Edith, that is all setiled. With regard to jewclry, my love; would you like u set in plain gold, or — Edith (econom- jcal and courngeous, and who suffers good deal from toothache): *Oh, Augustus, now you ask mo—do you know—I—realiy—but—Mr. Clinch told me yesterday that he could extract all T have, and put in a beantifal new sct for only fifteen guineas! 1"—Punch. A McGregor (Towa) mau consulted one Mme. Ludovico, “a veiled prophetess and inspired sceress,” for information where he could find bis affinity, what she would look like, and how he would know her when he met her. She de- seribed a ravishingly-beautiful and delightfally- rich young lady, and the gratefal man paid her double her fee. And then the veiled prophetess rémoved ber veil, und he kuew his mother-in- law. He rose to bis feet withja cold, hollow 1sugh, and went out fnto the strect & raving m: plesse, miss, LAl S THE FORGOTTEN GRAVE. Out from the city’s giant roar, You wandered through the open door; Paused at 2 little pail and epade Across a tiny hillock laid; Then noted on your dexter gide Some moneyed magnate's **Jove or pride;” And £o, beyond a hawthorn-tree, Showering its rain of rosy bloom Alike on low and lofty tomb, Yon came upon it—suddenly. ‘How strange! The very grasscs’ growth I med forioraand Tothe” The very Ivy seemed to torn Askance that wreathed the neighbor nm. Sunk was the elab; the head declined; . And left the rails a wreck behind. Noname; you traceda **6,”a *'7," Partof ‘‘afliction’ and of ** Heaven;” And then—O irony anstere!— You read In letters sharp and clear: ““Thounh lost Lo sight, o memory dear.” —Austin Dobson in Good-Words. casant from the wilds of New En- A simple ighting froto the cars at the Wash- land wos gton depot, in company with a friend, when the latter polnted out the first distingiished- luoking person he en) Geargé! there g micn Dt this coun the simple peasant. stolent —Brookiyn Argus. LUNCHERS, BEWARE. Cases of Poisoring from Eating Pressed Corned Besf. A Certain Smith Seems to Be the Put ter-Up of the Obnoxious Article. Devastation Wrought in Board- ing-House and Laundry. Corned beet_1s considered a good article o dafly diet. Scrved up with cabbage, or cold, for lunch, or in the historic hash, its claims to respect cannot be ignored. Lately this sub stantial article of food has been boiled ané pressed by packers, and in this manner being ready prepared for immediate table use, i% hat become very popular when cold meats arc need- - ed, especially in summer. The manner of put ting up this article has varied with the packers. Some of the... wrapped the packages forawhilefn simple tin-foil, which polsoned the meat, and produced sad cffects upon the consumers. TWhen this was discovered o cloth was used for first wrapper and tin-foil rolled over that. Recently, however, in the East a large num- ber of people have been suddenly rendered seri. ously {ll from cating this pressed corned beef, and in New York and Boston LARGE LOTS OF IT WERE SEIZED beeanse it wes considered unwholesome. TUn. scrupulous dealers fn meat have found in the popularity of the pressed eorncd beef agrandop Eonunn.y to rid themselves of tainted stuff,ané ave thos aided materially in furnishin; ness for enterprising physicians. ¥ pressed meat has produced an uvhezlthy com- motion in this city. - It yesterday came to the ears of a TRIBUNE reporter thet several familics on the West Side had been made very {ll from eating pressed corned beef. He started out iv uest of information on the subject, und gleaned the following facts: Friday morning the family of 3. C. R. Hast ings, residing at_No. 630 West Madison strect. B: d & small plece of pressed comed ef from the . storc of Messrs. Buchan- an Bros, No. i) West DMadirus street, Mrs. Hustin put up a port.uz ofit for her husband’s luuch. At noon the femily, consisting of Mrs Hostings, Mrs. Burne, of Lacon, a lady on a visit to Mrs. ‘Hastings. two daughters of Alr. William Longhurst, and two gentlemen named French and Lewis, sat down to lunch. They all partook of the corne beef, as did the hired girl. Inabout two hours MRS, BURNS AND MRS IIASTINGS WERE TAKTY ' 5 SUDDENLY ILL, with something very much resembling cholers ed when you, }, violent attack of vomiting and pm‘}'rt{yg ) morbus, the vomiting being very violent. The & vired two young ladics and the girl werc alse taken down, and pgeneral dismay en- tered the household.” Mr. French, whe i clerk bad eaten but is a drug little of the meat, and he too was taken with vomiting, but managed to kecp on his fect. Mr. Hastings was telegraphed to by his family, and Dr. Damon was sent for, and Le at ouce suid the sickness had been caused by euting the pressed corned beef. The cause he assigned for the illness was becanse the meat was pressud and covered while steaming hot, which pro- duced & gos that spoiled the meat and made it unfit for food. The store of MESSRS. BUCHANAN BROS. was visiled- m?v Thad sold the meat innocently, and, consequently no blame could pessibly be attached to them, and they felt very blue over the matter. A portion of the roll from which the poisoned meat had beeu cut and eaten was examined by Tne TRIBUNE eage. It looked healthy and natural. The smell'was fresh, bat looking closely in the cubtre, the reporter noticed that there was o streak of a grayish, greenish black, much the color of verdisris roduced by boiling in a copper kettle. ‘Fhe fessrs. Buchanan stated that they Lad puw- chased the meat from a local drumier naincd E. J. Egbert, who represents a mem- ber of the Smith family, whose Christian name &3 George e packer, wio hasa place at Nu. 1072 West o sireet. He is careful not to pat is name on his corned- beef es, for fear, perhape, that his dark tricks would §ev. hinm: inte trouble in that way. Itis #aid of Sinith (but no credence can be ut- tached to the story) that Le has recently . BOUGHT DISEASED CATTLE because they arc cheap, and that Lie has killed them and corned the beef, and placeditin pressed packages. Certain it s that Smith hos caused much sickness, and his packing deserves to be condemaed. The Pcapla at thehouse of Mr Hastings_are all doing fairly, except Mrs. Burne. She was very ill yesterday, but her sgupwms are notof a daugerous’ character. Mrs. Hastirgs was quit. weak, but able to be ubo:x.t, as were the young ladics and the ser- vani There were other parties who partook of this corned beef, incuding the famiiy of s MR. SHIPMAY, who live on Waren avenuc. They wereall mude sick, but none of them seriously. A printer pamed Duncan was made very {ll by par- taking of this food, but recovered the same day. The symptoms of all were alike, buing a ve: At Vincent's St. Elmo Laun No. 104 South Desplaines street, are amg oyed three sisters,—Delin, Enu and Saruh Shaughnusey, —who reside at No. 367 Tweaty-fourth street. Thursday last they went to a grocery-store near by and nEsm-c ased some of this pressed corned-beef, also obtained from George Washe Ington Smith’s establishment. The three girls, ‘having worked hard, b ATE nxzz:fi or 1T Sicta at noon. Sarab, especis ate ve: C: of the poisonous stuff. If:‘x‘t an hm‘;{ later thg three girls were seriously fll, and soon after ward Sarah was considered to be ina dangerous condition. Dr. William W. Bradley, of No. 133 South Halsted street, was hastily sumimoned, and he pronounced the illness produced by verdigris pof ng. Sarah’s condition was con- sidered precarious for o time, but towards cvening ~ she had recovered sufficiently to be removed to her home in a can riage, the other girls being also thus cared for. Delia and Enima were able to be about yesten day, but last évening Sarah’s condition was con- sldercd seriot’s, and it i3 probable that she may die from the effects of the poison. Pcople who use this En::’scd corned-beef should notice by whom it {8 packed, so that the parties canbe held respounsible for the zoods they sell. Meat that pressed while hot” is liable in this hot weather to soon become de- comgosctl Cold-pressed beef, if ked in afr-tight cs, will not chi ,m;’scuil is healthy when put up, no bad results will fol- low from eating it. The publle shouid be warned n%uinsl using beef put ng 13' Smith, ay it certafuly has proved a very unhealthy article, thougdh it "is generally a gavory-looking coms pound. 2 RESPONSIBLE PACKERS. The following communication has been re. ceived from the well-known meat-packers, Libby, McNeill & Libby, whodo a very large business in hermetically sealed can meats: To the Editor of Ths Tritune. Cmicaco, June 3.—The statement in the Chi- cago Times ‘‘that certain persons in this city have been injured by eating pressed corned beef,” has been found, after careful investiga- tion of the facts, to refer to beel put up in rolls, and wrapped in cloth, and not at all sim- ilar to meats put up by Libby, 3cNeill & Libby, in hermetically-scaled cans, which have an cstablished reputatfon all over the country. Prof. Horsford, of Cambridge, the well-known chemist, has made a thorcugh and careful analysis of these meats, and from his report. thereon we quote the fnlfuwlng extracts: On opening the can the aromaof cooked corned pec P i e, S o gratefa! nse of smell. The a; nce o ,the meat may be described .as hfl!m‘::fi. 18nd it ‘perfectly sweet, moat acceptable to the palate, and unsarpassed by euch plain corned beef aa I am able to obtain in the market. The practical tests werc entirely satlsfactory. 1 have nu heeitation, fore, in pronouncing the sample perfectly sound; and as I am f with the process of prej tion pursued by the parties, I may sdd that I know of o reason w.y, in the ordinary work of their es- tablishment, every sample of meat pat up by them i should not Be Invariably wholly sound and health- fal. The above testimony s simply unimpeachable, coming, as it does, from one n[ the highest an- thoritfes on the subject of wholesome food in the country. We shall continue the high standard 80 justly attained by our meats, confidently expect the continued favor of the pablic. Liosy, McNEWL & LIBBY. A Paristan Poodle. ueer things (writes Lucy Hooper) are oceas niaqnally to hfleen in Paris, buta quzeru-l ht than that which I witnessed this morning on the Ruc de 1s Paix it has rarely, if ever, been my lot to behold. In tuking mfi' momlnf—wun,- 1 met alarge white poodfe, shaved and clippe¢ lion-fashion, who wore a round black-velvel cap ucr.dshly placed on the side. of his curly be: In his mouth he a ,basket, to the handle of which a mall ecra silk parssol ad been odroitly attached in sach 3 mauner that, in the basket, the doz held the parasol over head, and s0 shade himsel? from the rays of the sun. It s lmpos- sible to describe the gravity aad aplomb of his dogship, or the immense amusement of the street-poye A2l the pessers-by at this movel