Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 16, 1876, Page 8

8 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1876—SI BEN PAGES, THE CITY. THE ANCIENT CORONER. - I 18 was an ancient Coroner ‘Whose fame spread far and wide, Because he did bis bosiness well And in the same took pride, ‘When a8 he ate his morning meal He'd spread upon his knees ‘TmBuxr, 2nd would search it well For **Crimes and Casualties.” ‘The Coroner was & blithctome man w ‘And giadly wonld he talk P ‘With the yoath that scattered orange peel ” Upon the stone aidewalk. - And he would pot upon the head % The lttle girl who tried 2 o jump the rope scven hundred times e Ber conetn (who had died). 1 trow, a merry wight washe * On the fourth day of July, ‘When the patriotic youth got ont His red arti] lery. And much he loved aquatic sports, And it delighted him - 0 see the boy who didn’t know how ‘To swim go in to swim. II. - But this child-loving Coroner Bost of smuscments all m_g‘;lnaz the game, '.g:' :.;mn gamo, e deadly game, - And crery tine the Sky Blue Socks Did to their ground repsir To ploy the Pony Matuals, lo1 roner was 3 o, h: Ic'gulfl n}fic ’n{’e 1‘1‘,"" (that's Tosay the dea 8l And nm{nd the rayhc of the plucky plays the in-fiel al Afiw ‘the batsman he would-cry When be had made a hit, s Don't stop to see where it goes to, ‘But sling your bat and git1" And a merry smile wonld illuminate ‘His face’s peaceful calm When the batsman he did sling that bat £ the ampire's diap! ! And ho worid bid the catcher to X e the stimart phigerto And the stalwar er ** Put "em in hot—like that.™ - And be would cry to the good short-stop g_ ‘Who from & hot one shrunk, 8% IY you can't catch it, “oi‘.' it still— 'K‘: Mutes die bat don't funk1™ And when the players were embroiled ‘His connsel wonld be: ** Bub, Take some of that there snoozer But hit him witha clobl™ ol. It ehanced that nigh nnto the grounds ‘Where the urchina played at ball, There stood a long-dezerted house, A mansion gaunt and tall, And hardly 2 But that a {: ©ne of the good sky ‘Would land the ball on ‘Whereon the game must fain be stopped Az&ll up that Kngan 1:'12 B shinned by the water-spout A% o regained the ball. Iv. & 1t is that sncient Coroner ‘Who has lessed that mansion tall, Upon the roof whereof the boys ‘ere want to lose the ball. Round sbont the back-yard he built A lofty picket-fence, - 4nd mnx the yard with cobble-stones ess of cxpente. And by the .fi:cox‘puw ‘water-spont (Such was his desire n::Eluu) he Screwed on 8 Jot of stanchions, 50 Asto make the climbing essy. Agpd then, resolved to put his kind- ness to the final proof, The Coroner got & keg of lard And went and greased the roof1 % V. 1t is the fourth day of July, The day we colebrate, The day the two nines play for'the jmx nior championship of the State. - The players are toseing the ball about, ‘The zazers gather near, Bat one familisr face is missed— ‘That of the Coronere| He eits in that stone-paved backyard, And croons an anthem sweet: *¢From the eavespout to the ground's about One or two-and-Afty feet. And if o boy falis from that roof Upon those cobblc stones. The chances are that hie will break Hia neck as well as his bones. eighteen playcrs in those two nines that playing be, . An of those eightcen players shall "To-morrow be meat for me. ‘There are twelve jurors at a dollar each. ‘Whose fees I keep mysclf, And besides these the regular fees Shall swellimy =tore of pelf.™ a8 The Coroner ent and listened there, There camea crash. The ball Had certainly Janded on the roof Of that stately mansion tall. He heard the breathinz of a boy Who by those stanchious proof Was climbing, steadily climbing, up To that well-larded roof. Then he heard the sound of slipping heels, -And with a fearful cry A meteor, with 2 base-ball cap, Fell from the cloudless sky “Lifeless Iny something on the stones; The harvest h2d begun; B And the Coroner in hix sweetest fones He murmured: **Tally onel™ VII. They fell, the corpsce, in that yard, ‘For the next five minntes or ten, Like leaves in Vallambrosa, or Brave Custer and his men. For as cach g’ll’el’ was seen to scale And vanish on the roof Another player was dispatched S ‘To put his fate to proof., 3 At 1ast both nines exha were, 1In the stone-paved yard they lay; The bright, the beantifal, were bat Eighteen bleeding lumps of clay. ment of the office, making himself a master of life insnrance in all its branches, especially the actuary department. In this line he has { achieved quite an cxtended reputation in the Northwest. Miss Clara G., daughter of Prof. J. R. Bolse, Dean of the Faculty of the Chicego University, was married, last Tuesdsy, to fcuben Gresham Bush, of New Orleans. Dr.4&Doise performed the ceremony in the Michizan Avenue Baptist Church, using the Protestant Episcopal service. No news was received yesterday from the In- dian country, and the only item of news of any importance in army circles was the transfer of the remainder of_the Fifth Cavalry and the re- ‘mainder of the Fifth Infantry, Department of Missourl, to the farces of Gens. Crook snd Terry respectively. A man named Friederick Getzién was knocked 9 into the dirty river at 6:30 last evening, while attempting to cross Kinzie street bfidge while it _was being swung open. Officer Reichert fished him out and conveyed him to his home, No. 337 Noble street. left leg was badly bruised and fractured. * An honest milkman, whose customer had re- marked to him that, the milk he furnished secm- ed somewhat inflated, replied: * But, sir, con- sider how warm the weather is, and what an un- usual quantity of water the cows drink!” The customer, struck with the force of his argu- ment, at once resolved to take his milk from some one else. At 2 mecting of the Exccutive Committee of the Eighteentl Ward Citizens’ Club, held Friday evening, it was decided to continuc the prose- cution of the indicted judges of clection. A committee was appointcd to confer with State’s Attorney Reed, and with him make the necesso~ ry arrangements for another trial at Jolict as soon as practicable. L The driver of a Wenhaw Lake lce-cart has, during the past ten daya,énld by moncy enough for several chilly days. Every morning he used 0 let out his situation for the dayto the highest bidder, there being among the competitors some of the richest and fattest residents of the cit ‘Thus he has been enabled to earn from $1 $180 a day, beside his wages. s = Albert Brenning, 23 years of age, while at work in Earseberg’s planing-mill, on the corner of Division and Crosby strects, at noon_yester- day, was caught in the machinery and had the flesh on bis right leg terribly mangled. He was taken to his home, No. 114 Bissell “street, where e was attended by Dr. Sheppard, who thinks amputation will bs necessary. Long John Wentworth desires Tnx TRIBUNE to state that there was no truth whatever in the rt that one day last weck the mercury rose 80 high that he had to get on a step-ladder to sce how hot it was. There has hardly becn a time, he says, during the past month when by sunefiing on tip-toe he could not tell within 30 or 40 degrees what the temperature was. A St. Louis preacher recently rose in the pul- pit and sald: “‘Let us sing the two hun and forty-second hymn, on the two hundred and nincteenth pege: ‘ 0, source of uncreated heat, ‘when he was surprised to see his congregation rise and file out, fanning themsclves, leaving him to finish the service to the thermometer, ‘which indicated 109 degrees in the shade. It was announced some time ago that the Ss- ters of the Sacred Heart, who have had an educational convent of the higher order in the West Division for several ycars, proposed to erect a large building on the North Side, The scheme has been postponed, but not abandoned, and, in the meantime, the fraternity have rented the residence at the corner of Elm and North Dearborn streets, and on the 1st of September will open a day-school for young ladies. The boarding-school will continue as at present on the West Side. It will be remembered by the readers of Tne TRIBUNE that, a few days after the capture of DeGray's illiclt still_in Ayde Park last epring, the Government officials made 2 raid on the mremises of the Stude Brothers on Milwaukee avenue, where they ran a vinegar factory, in which they *fenced” the crooked product of the DeGray still. The Stude boys got wind of the impending trouble, and skipped out for Canada. They are now very anxious to return, and have authorized their attorney to fix the business if possible. Yesterday afternoon Gea. Beam, their counsel, called on Judge Bangs, and proposed that he should give them im- munity on condition that they give up the “ original Jacobs” who hacked "the illicit still- housé. The Judge promised to take the matter under advisement. HAHNEMANN MEDICAL COLLEGE. At 8 special meeting of the Board of Trustees of Hahucmann Medical College and Hospital, held yesterday aftcrnoon at the office of the Hon. Thomas Hoyne, the resignations of sev- eral members of the Faculty were accepted, and on motion‘of the Hon. J. Y. Scammon, the Fac- ulty was reorganized as follows: R. Ludlam, M. D, Professor of Diseases of Women; Ho . D., Professor of Materia Medic: hfi- e, M AL:D’, Obstetrics and Diseases of dren; G. D. Beebe, M. D., Professor of Surgery; N. F. Cooke, M. D., Professor _of_Theory and Practice; H. B. Fellows, M. D., Professor of Physiology and Diseases of the Nervous System ; H.'P. Cole, M. D., Professor of Anatomy; Dr. G. A. Marriner, Professorof Chemistry. Aux- iliary Corps—C. H. Vilas, M. D., Professor of Diséases of the Eyeand Bar; M. C. Braydon, M. D., Physiolafiiml Anatomy and Histology; W. J. Hawkes, M. D., Professor of Comparative Materia Medica. The Treasurer stated the assets of the corpo- " ration to be $63,000, and its Mabilities $23,250. All interest notes have been paid up to the present time. Thereisno toating debt on the College or Hospital, and there is money enough in the treasury to serve the private purposes of the institution until the next season opens. A new arrangement is about being entered -the window-pane. He remarked into by which the Trustees hope to place the Hospital on a better basis than it has heretofore had, as well as under a competent maunagement. After appointing a committee to investigate alleged irregularitles and misconduct on the partof the retiring members of the Faculty, with instructions to regon at a future meeting, the meeting adjourned. CHEAP POSTAGE. The Postmaster-General has sent the follaw- ing circnlar to the Postmaster of Chicago: Post-0rPICE DEPARTHENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., July 13, 18768.—Si: The following section of o law has been passed by Congress and approved by the President: The Coroner left his luriing place To count the corpses o'er; . #*X shall win (sntd he) eightcen timesmy fee; ‘Would that there were a score!" ‘But ere he finished had the words ‘Two l“rping heels sonnded clear; The ul‘flz re fell from the larded roof And killed—the Coronere} GENERAL NEWS. . Watter, briskly—*‘Soup, sir! Guest, fixing on hlm' 2 reproachful glance—**Soup? No. Iec- cream. Capt. Keith, of the “Halstead,” was on *Change yesterday, and states that he has had po ides of running away, as intimated in THE TRIBUXE. ‘Mrs. Wrizht, of No. 513 West Ohio street, was thrown from a buggy on Lake strect at poon yesterday, and reccived injuries about the right hip. 'The driver escaped uninjured. T. B. Boyd, 146 Madison strect, offers in our yeal-estate columns this morning both for sale snd exchange. Some are stated to be decided argains for parties wanting to buy or exchange real estate. Dr. Jokn P. Bond and wife, of Toronto, and the wife of the Hon. Thomas Clark, Collector of Customs of Canada, who have becen visiting friends in Chicago the past week, left for home per steamer Indis. The temperature yesterday, as observed by ‘Manasse, optician, 88 Madison street (TRIBUNE Buflding), was: At 8 2. m., 74degrees; 10 2. m., 76; 12 m., 82; 8 p. m., 80; 8 p. m., 4. Bar- ‘ometer, 8 8. m., 23.12; 1p. m., 25.14. Daring the heated spell the District Tele- ph Company added the mercury to thelr list of quotations, sud enabled pe:gle to see at a glance whether the weather ruled at par, or was £¢ a discount or a premium. 3 Men who had the dropsy bave for the past cwoev!rlee‘lru been able mm&va in the first circles of society, and nobody has beenso much courted asthe man who is given to turning the cold shoulder on his fricnds. Jobz Sam 19 reslding at No. ©25 &Luge_ Ps%m‘vgewuemwdeuuny fell from a plank on the top of the new Custom- House at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and re- celved injuries from which he died a few mo- mentslater. g An exquisite jest for mad wags about this time is to_ask the bar-keeper for a little hot Beotch. The cocktail architect does not really gfin to appreciate this witticism till about the rty-seventh or thirty-eighth time it has been repeated to him. < With the thermometer 118 degrees in the ghade—* Whois that girl?” * O, you wouldn’t care to know her. Her manners are icy and her heart is cold, and she chills every man who comes fn contact withher.” ¢ The hotweather, you say! Introduceme.” Mr. Btorris did not go to Washington last evening. He has deferred his departure until to-morrow night. The petitions for the pardon of the exiles over the Rhbine will, therefore, re- .main in the hands of their holders for signatures gntil to-morrow naon. Owing to the small number of entries for the athletic sport exhibition of the Chicago Football Club, most of the members being out of town, R hes been thought best to postpone it till some time in the carly fall, when'a full and interest- ing programme will be presented. H. 8. Vail has been recently elected Assistant. Actuary of the Natonal Life Insurance Com- pany of the United States of Amenca, with which he bas been since its o tion. He bes advanced r3] ld!éofgvm the lowest position $0 2 officer of 'the jpany and the manage- ‘<Sgc. 15, That translent newspapers and mag- azines, reguiar publications dcsigned primarily for advertising purposes, or for free circulation at nominal rates, and all printed matter of the third cluss, except unsesled circulars, shall be admitted 10 and be transmitted in the mails, 2t the rate of 1 cent for, every two ounces, or. frachonal part thereof; and 1 cent for each two additional ounces or fractional part thereof; and the sender of anyarticle of the third class of mail matter may write his or her name or address _therein. or on the ontside thereof, with_the word **From " above or oreceding the same, or may write, briefly, or print on any package, the number and names of any articles inclosed. Publishers of newspapers and periodicals may print on the wrappers of Tewspapers OF magazines sent from the oflice of publication to regular subscribers the time to which subscription therefor has been paid; and ad- dresses upon unsealed circalats may be cither written, printed, or aflixed thereto, at the option of the sender. 4iSrc. 16. Thatall acts_or parts of acts in con- fllct with tho provisions of this act are Lereby re- o On unsealed circulars, and all mailable matter of the third class, other than that designated in the foregoing section, postage will be charged as here- tofore,—1 cent for each cunce or fraction thereof. Jaxes. N. TrNER, Postmaster-General. NORTH CHICAGO ROLLING MILL. At the aunual mecting of the stockholders of the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company, held yesterday, the following officers were cizcv.cd: 0. W. Potter, President, Chicago; S. Clement, Treasurer, Wunkeg:m; R. C. fimnah, Scere- y, Chicago. Directors—S, P. Burt, New Bedford, Mass.; S. Clement, Chicago; O. W. Potter, Chicago. The report of the President to the stock- holders was very full, showing that, even with the general depression, the past year has not been without profit, ana the amount of work done compares favorably with any establish- ment of its kind. The Company will pay no dividend, adding its carnings to the surplus account which is now over $500,000, El‘he ¥mduct of the works for the year ending July , was 42,633 gross tons of steel rails, 19,151 ss tons of iron rails, or 61,792 zross tons of th kinds, and 34,389 gross tons of pig-iron. The disbursements for the year amounted to $3,747,719.12. TINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. About this time o' year the prudent -house- wife bestirs hersclf and prepares or supervises the manufacture of preserves, jelly, jam, Sid&les tomato catsup, cbc., etc. There isa evoted husbaud on West Adams street, who frequently looks on the sherry-cobbler when it is amber-colored, and whenever he gets drunk becomes abnormally affectionate towards his wife and solicitous for her comfort. It oc- curred tohim, as he was taking his thirty- seventh last drink on Friday night that it ‘would be a bully thing to mollify the old woman ?f taking her home some seasonable articles. ¢ acted on the hint and purchased a pound of coffce s 3 abox of gooseberrics, a self-seal- ing fruit jar, a nest of jelly pots, a can-opener, ond a bottle of brandy in which to soak the covers of the preservecans. On the road home he sat down on the tail- pocket in waich he carried the fruit and smashed the jelly-pots all but the smallest one. This he utilized in drinking the brandy. Arrived at the house he fell up-stairs,—, smashing the self-sealing fruit-jar with sucha crash that his wife, ng that the Missouri train robbers were upon her, caught up a revel- Yer and, taking deliberate aim at him, fired one ball over her shoulder into the ceiling and a sec- ond through the floor at her fect, and fainted dead away. The husband sprinkled_ber with sugar, and when she came to presented her with the can-opencr, saying in a voice of affectionate solicitude: * Psherves, m{ love, psherves!” whereon she called him & bald-headed border ruffian, and threw the can-opener out through Ehilosoph‘ml y :‘\Vefl, 'l be jammed !” and fell into a sweet eep. A ROMANCE OF THE STAGE, Not long ago the Shakspcare Amateur Dramatic Association of a northern suburban town undertook to present **As You Like It " to their friends and the public. The leading amateur, inasmuch as le went surety for the hall, was cast for Orlando, and thought it would be o big thing if ho could only securée some local Jem Mace to pla:vi Charles the Vrestler. Acmrdi%glg, he engagel the services of a retired prize-fighter, who had for some years kept a saloon in the suburb, and been his own best customer. All went well at the rehearsals. The eventful night came, and 80 did Charles ; but it was onlg' too evident that The Duke’s pet athlete was drunk,—drunk in the querulous and aggressive stage, and pre- pnre& to resent any imaginary insult or liberty. ‘After threatening several times to punch Or- lando in the snoot, and put a tin ear on the Duke, the smateurs gave him several more nips, and, thinking it best to haye the agony over nt once, rang up the rag. “The agony b was ‘‘over at once.” Orlando and Charles clinched, the latter getting off the following speech, which however, was not in his lincs: Cully, you're meat for me; and in about two scconds thereafter, desplte the stage directions and good wishes of Celia and Rosalind, Charles had Orlando by the roof of his pantaloons and the back of his neck and threw him into the orchestra, reducing the first violin’s instrument to match-wood aud caving in the bass-drum. Then with a mighty war- whoop be bhit the Duke where he lived and doubled him with a snap like a jackknife, piled his courtiers on top of him, kicked the prompter through a castle-wall and left Zouchstone, the melancholy Jaques, Adam, and all the other characters, wallowing in their blood. Itwasa very oxciting episode, but somehow it marred the symmetry of the play. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Stern. Paren.t—Try a Babcock extinguisher. You can reach him every time from your bed- room window and wet him through. An extin- fllzhu in a family where there are several uchters will pay for itself in a single season in the item of gate-hinges alono. Alice.~Your poem on **The¢ Locomotive E:Fb neer? is rejected, though it contains some vig- orous lines, such as, The fireman slams the furnace-doors, And wipes the sweat from his honest pores, Integrity.—A good set of skeleton keyes will cost $12; jimmies vnrg in_ price from $6 to $15, according to style of finish. Dark-lanterns can be had at any hardware store. Crape is the best thing you can use for the face. Jeannette—Carbolic acid will remove the freckles from your skin; lso, the skin, Muci- lage promotes the growth of the. hair. witt streel.—If he has not asked you to sud- scribe for the book, or if you want to insure -our life, or about your corns, you caunot legal- ly kill or even assault him. dfter he has made Lis base propositions to you any act tending to his suppression is justifiable. hesterfield.—~You are rlfihf. A true lady or gentleman will never wash her or his feot in the presence of any but intimate friends. A MAN WITH A GRIEVANCE. Joseph Bchneider, of No. 5503¢ State street, writes to ToE TRIBUNE to say that he has a grievance. In instance, he states that a short time ago he received an invoice of vases, glass- ware, etc., from Europe, and that when the goods arrived herc at the United States Appraiser’s office there was a shortage of twelve pairs of vases, fo* which' some he thinks the Appraiser ought to scttle. He also states that when he called at the office he ‘was told that his only recourse was to write to the Secretary of the Treasury. A reporter_called at the Appraiser’s office yesterday,andlearned that the goods correspond- ed exactly with the invoice, which Schnelder says he assisted in making out, and that, if any vyases are missing, Schneider must have made a mistake in checking off his goods when he unloaded them from the boxes into his store. Schngider has made three or four statements of his,case, no two of which agree. He virtually charges the Appraiser and his assistants with stealing these twelve pairs of vases, worth, at a liberal gstimate, $5. The charge is too preposterous to receive any notice. It is not unlikely that those missing vases are being cared for in Schneider’s store, THE NORMAL SCHOOL. TRYING TO ELECT A PRINCIPAL. The County Board of Education met yester- day at 173 Randolph street. All were present exvept Mr. Kearney, and Mr. Plant refused to recognize any procecdings in the absence of that gentleman. A motion was made to ad- Jjourn, which was finally given up, and then Commissioner Johnson was elected Chairman. Mr. Gardner came in later, and suggested the propricty of waiting for Mr. Kearney. The otBers objected, and, while the matter was under consideration, Mr. Kcarney entered, and on call of the roli the full Board was found present, The Clerk presented & communication from John Covert stating that, having had a pupil at. Englewood, it gave him great pleasure to com- pliment the system at that establishment. It was filed. AMr. Plant said that the majority and minority reports from the Committe¢ on” Teachers and Salaries, which were presented at the last mect- ing, were now before the Board, but no action was taken. . Mr. Harms moved to proceed to an election of a Principal of the County Normal School. rried. Mr. Harms nominated D. 8, Wentworth. Mr. Gardner nominated Mr. W. S. Phel})s, and the Secretary called the roll with the fol- lowing result: ‘Wentworth—Lewls, Harms, Johnson, Clark—4. Phelps—0'Connell, Gardner, Kearnoy, Plant—t. The Chair declare# the vote a tie. Mr. Clark said it was only an informal vote, and he moved that a formal vote be taken. Mr. Gardner sprung the point of order that another vote could not be had until some busi- dess had intervened. - Mr. Clark moved that the assistant tcachers of the Normal 8chool be elected. Lost by 6 to2. PRO AND CON. Mr. Lewis then moved that Mr?D. S. Went- worth be eclected Principal, which motion he supported with a speech in fayor of Wentworth. During the specch_he alluded to the comments of the press on.Wentworth and the Board, which he dismissed with the remark that they answered themselves. He pitched into Phelps, and said- his school in Winona, Minn., was the only failure between Massachusetts and Ne- braska. Mr. Gardner repled, saylng that he didn't Imow but what the Normal School under Went-~ worth had been pretty near o failure. Some gupm had graduated, but they were found to e not the best teachers in the county. He said the school was half full of pupils who had not passed an examination, and were only gram- mar-school scholars. He asked ~ why they were educating. 150 Englewood scholars_at the cauut{‘s expense, only to save Englewooda couple of tuu%m and 2 school-house. For a Principal, they wanted a man who was not a_politician, and_who did not spend his time running around. He concluded with a eulogy on Mr. Phelps, characterizing the letters complimentary of Wentworth as_ciforts by outside Ercssurc to induce the Board to put in 2 man who had misruled the school for four ears. - Mr. Plant spoke in behalf of Mr. Phelps, and collaterally went for Mr. Lewis, who had pre- viously abstained from _complimenting Mr. Phelps. Hethen spoke of an editorial in Tre TRIBUNE of a few days ago as worthy the atten- tion of every man in the United States, and no man but Phelps could have called it out. Lewis—Who wrotc it? Plant—That is ToE TRIBUNE'S lookout. He then continued saying the Board could not come down low cuough to find out Mr. Went- worth's position. Phelps had been sclected by the Committee as one of the best educators | in the United States, whose works were known through the country, while Wentworth was raising heaven and earth in Cook County to stay in Lis place. There had been rings in Lake and Englewood, and he knew how things were worked, and if the friends of Wentworth de- mand the facts, they would get some that might not be palatable.” He respected the Normal School, but he must say that the graduates did not command the respect of the community. There were men in the graded schools who were the superiors of Wentworth, and Went- worth knew it. These influences brought to bear by Wentworth endangered education. Mr. Plant said further that he was independent in his position, and he would never back down. Mr. Johnson—Do you mean to drive us? Mr. Lewis—You can’t do that; you have got hold of the wrong flock of sheep. Mr. Clark moved a vote of censure on Mr. Plant for trying to drive the opposition, but the matter was passed over, and Mr. Plant con- tinued upon the merits of Mr. Phelps, reviewing his labors and works briefly, and closed by say- ing he was acting on principle and the opposi- tion on personal considerations. Mr. Clark arose, and said if the principle was the elevation of the standard of education, he (the speaker) was the peer of Mr. Plant. During his speech he alluded to the school and its cons and | Angust, and that the services of the night em- ployes be dispensed with. Carried. _The salarics of the officers were then cut as follows: W. F. Poole, Librariar, from $3,600 to $3,000; William B. Wickersham, Secretary, from $1,500 to $1,350; Miss L. E. Voclimy, Assistant in cataloguc department, from to $700; nzsf;1 of employes from $500 ‘to $450 per year each. There were formerly fwo janitors employed at 8600 each per year. This number was re- ducced to one, and his selary fixed at $500. The amoynt of salarics formerly paid num is as follows: Day employes, $12,642; even- dition®when Mr. Gardner interrupted him, said it was filled with-little children. Mr. Clark—I am speaking of the Normal Do- partment. * Mr. Gardner—It is all Normal School. QUITE A CONFUSION arose, during which Mr. Clark and Mr. Gardner talked in warm, excited tones at each other, until they were called to order by the Chair. Mr. Clark finally procecded, premising the rest of his remarks with the statement that he didn’t want to he interrupted again, as he didn’t want to convert the Board-rgom er an- into a beer-garden. Then he went for Mr. 1 Phelps in [rreneml terms and on _hearsay, when | ing employes, $1,243; janitors, sl,éoo; total, he was calied to order by Mr. Plant, ‘who ob- [ $15,090. The question of the necessity of choosing an assistant janitor was referred to the Librarian with power to act, the salary being limited to $300 per year. . . The total reduction of salaries amounts to over $3,300, or 20 per cent of the $15,090 for- merly paid. The Librarian was instructed to have the Li- brary doors made more sccure against burglars. AJE. Barr was the only evening employc re- tained, e having charge of the reading-room, which will be kept open every evening as usual. The Board then adjourned. THE CITY-HALL. The Committee on Licenses Is called for Mon- day at 11 o'clock in the City Clerk’s office. ‘The Board of Public Works' recelpts during the months of May and June from the Water Department were $227,000. The Special Committce on the Court-House was to have held a miceting in Ald. Van Osdel’s office, but there was not a quorum present. The city’s receipts yesterday were $1,037 from the Water Department, $70,000 from County Treasurer Huck, $1,800 from lcenses, and jected to any abuse of any man. The Chair declded the point not well taken, and Mr. Clark wlfill:med with 2 high eulogy upon Mr. Went- ‘Wol L. » . Mr. Garduer replied that the Normal School was half-full of young ones from Englewood, and that was the” rcason there was no more room for normal scholars, As for the beer- garden, he thought Mr. Clark very conversant with such a place to throw it up &t & man in that way, Mr. Clark said he dldn’t say beer-garden; it ‘wgs bear garden, and he was sorry the gentle-* man had” not understood the ~ orthography. [Laughter.] ¢ And now,” said he, ‘‘the longer we discuss this thing, Mr. Garduer, the more we will expose our {gnorance.” ANOTIER VOTE. The roll was then called on the motion that Mr. Wentworth be declared Principal of the Normal 8chool, with the following result: Yeas—Lewis, Harms, Johnson, and Clark—4. Nays—O'Connell, Gardner, Kearney, and Plant—4, It was another tio, and the ' Chairman de- clared that there was no elcetion. Mr. Lewis moved to adjourn until Friday, and, after some discussion, the motion wis amended fixing Saturday, and it was carried. ELECTRICITY. 000 on the popular loan. 119 APPLICATION ok FIRE DEPARTMENT | (pe Attorney Tuthill yestorday prepared an ‘ opinion on city printing, which e gave to Comp- " troller Farwell, who refused to allow the docu- ment to be published. Tt is expected that the paving of Archer ave- nue from Halsted street to the river will be fin- jshed by the 1st of October. Tom Mackin, the contractor for the work, will'take his pay in city paper payable in one year, and bearing interest At the last Convention 'of the Chiefs of Fire Departments of the United States, held in New York last October, the members of the Conven- tion were shown & new apparatus, ingeniously contrived, to sound a fire-alarm, turn on the gas, hitch the horses to the engine, and open the door of the engine-house, when the horses would start off on s run. All this was dome in & very few scconds. Nevy- | 8b 7 percent. ertheless, it was a crude invention. About twenty-six saloon licenses were taken out yesterday. The number still ‘continues to be small, it_is thought from the influence of example. Persons who_saw their neighbors running last year without licenses have made bold to try the same plan this year; but it is hoped that the vizorous prosecution which has already commenced will icad manyto pay the amount of the license rather than a fine and costs, which would undoubtedly be large. Sa- loon-keepers certninlf'glll save the city much trouble and themsclves much expense by a prompt payment of ducs. The _Judiciary Committee held a meeting yesterday at ncon in Ald. Thompson’s office, and recommended to the Council the abolishing of the oftice of Fish Inspector. They' also recommendcd that the salaries in the Law De- partment be reduced, but_to what extent it could not be learned; and 2greed to recom- the passage of an ordinance preventing the hiring of boats by minors, the approval of Boiler-Inspector Murphy’s bond, and the pass- age of an_ordinance authorizing the Superin- tendent of Police to sign pnslzrs which now,_re- uire the signature of the City Marshal. The 'ommittee refused to ask for a special session izi the Legislature for the revision of the tax aws. That special Committee on Salarles, of which Ald. Cullerton is Chairman, had a meeting yes- terday, but where or at what time it wasim- possible to ascertain cither by search or from the Committecmen themselves. Nor would they give up anything that had been done. It was intimated to a reporter that the reduction roposed in the Board of Public Works by the ‘éammissionem themsclves would bo_increased. The table prepared by the Board, which showed the ‘mductignn mllnn e on \‘.hetsah u‘i cncl; employe, showed an aggregate reduction of N’:’?DOO per month, or a decrease upon old salaries of about 22 per cent. The Committec, as heretofore aunounced, intends to make the ercemnie greater—about 40 per cent—in accordance with thie recommendations of the Finance Committee, whose report has been substantially concurred in by the Salary Committee, and to facilitate this reductiona recommendation will be made that fewer men be employed. If this reduction is made, beyond that proposed by the Board, which did the {;mning to its best judgment, there iz likely to ¢ a disturbance, for the clerks do not believe with the Aldermen that they do not have enough to do, and the uomgmm.s are already numerous that when salaries have not been pald for several months it should be proposed to in- crease the work and docrosse the amount of compensation. - S The Special Committec on Paving, of which Ald. Throop is Chairman, metin the committee- room of the City Clerk’s oflice yesterday after- noon and listened to the cxplanations of a man named C. Black, who has a patent pavement which he desires te introduce to the public no- tice. The g:n'emcnt. consists of stones of vari- ous sizes based upon a bottom of clay. The gentleman explained the thing, but the Commit- fee simply decided to investigate it. Another fienucmnn named J. B. Smith, representing the linois Paving Company, which has a patent for a bituminous concrete pavent, a sample of which is laid at the intersection of Washington and Chicf Benner had an idea it could be beaten, and that the man to do it was named Barrett, for- merly chief operator under Superintendent Chandler, of the Fire Alarm Service, but now the successor of Mr. Chandler. Beuner sur- mised correctly. Shortly after his return he had a consultation with Barrett, and found that he, tou, was of the opinion that the New York ma- chine was very wellin its way, but that New York would huve to come to Chicago when it wanted & perfect machine. And tuen heset about to make one. For six months he has been working away at it, until it is now belicved to be about as near perfection as anything canwell be. Its construe- tion is on a differcnt privciple from that used in moking the New York machine, but the same results are obtained with more case, more certainty, and a smaller loss of time. The arrangement is somewhat complex, and Jjustice cannot be done it in 2 newspaper deserip- tion. Anidea of its workings will be given, and the curious can call on Supt. Barrett, or his obliging assistants, in the City-Hall, and sce the workings of the invention for themselves. ‘This device is connected with a register in the engine-house. As soon asa box ispulled, the record as it comes into the mair oftice in the City-Hall -is immediately transmitted to_the engine-nouse, saving the time that would be conisumed by the operator in setting his dials and the time which would be spent by him in striking the box. By meaus of u little mechan- ical device conncctea with the register in the engine-house, the horses are released, the doors ogwml, and the gas turned on. When an alarm of fire is transmitted to the engine-house, it can be received tiere, the horses hitched, the proper location of the box ascertained, and the engine be 100 feet away from the house before sutlicient time has elupsed to strike the first blow on the gong. The device in the engine- house i3 a small electro-mechanical machine which holds & weight in check. The moment the return is transmitted from the office in the City-Hall to the machine in the engine-nouse, this little machine releascs the weiglit which, overconiing the friction, opens a stop-cock which turns on the gus, releascs the doors, and rings the gong. Overthe door to the engine-house isa spring. When the wheels 258 over the threshola of the door the weight released, and, a8 it overcomes the spring, the gas is shut off. LYMAN VM. LYMAN., A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF. Mary E. Lyman filed a bill yesterday in the Circuit Court against her husband, Frank Lyman, to prevent him from disposing of her real estate, in which she shows that ber confi- dence in him isnot as strong as it should be. She says that her first husband was Henry C. Finney, who died April 14, 1875, leaving her the owner of the E. 3§ of Lots 31, 84, 85, 83, and 89, Block 8, in Embree’s Subdivision of the N. W, part of Block 18 of the Canal Trustees’ Sub- division of Sec. 7, 39, 14, and of some other land in Oswego, N. Y., besides other property. On the 4th of May -last, after barely a year’s widowhood, she after o short ac- | Dearborn streets, appeared to sct forth the pe- quaintance married her present hus- | culiar merits of the patent with which he is con- band, Frank Lymap. Their marital rela- | nected. He claimed for it durability, beauty, aud, in the end, economy. w There ha tionswere pleasant for a few weeks, but soon he an to show restlessness and exhibit temper, wliichi caused her considerable trouble and ap- rchension. The principal cause scened to be fiin hatred for George C. Finney, her brother-in- law and the administrator of .her husband’s estate. Finney, it seems, with & more impartial cye, had seen that - Lyman was mot a_ man likely to make a ood husband, and unwisely told his sister- in-law hisopinion of her husband. She naturally* sided with the latter, and the relations between the three grew anything butamicable. In o few wecks after the marriage Lyman, by false representations that he could manage her been a company fornied, and thachines for lay- ing it properly were to be made about Aug. 1. The stuff was valuable, not only to pave new streets with, but could be laid over old wooden or stone pavements very successfully. The rice of laying it upon a road which had never cen paved was §2.50 per square i , and _for covering old pavements to a depth of 3 inches, $1.50 a square yard. 'The pavers would guaran- tee it for any number of years, and keep it in perfect repair for 10 cents per square yard a ear. This the Committce considered fo be a large sum of money, and that the street repairs world cost more than at present. But Mr. Smith differed, and the matter was left to the .library opesn. consideration of the Aldermen. A petition from Mr. Gyles, that he be allowed to lay a sam; qle of his patent pavement on the corner of Washington and LaSalle streets, was favorably recommended, and the meeting adjourned. CLARK STREET RAILROAD TRACKS. The Comumittee on Streets and Alleys for the South Division was to have held ameeling yesterday afternoon, but, as only Ald. Gilbert and Sheridan were present, no business was transacted. The question of the removal of the tracks of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad_from Clark street was to have come up, and Judge Withrow, the attorney for the railway, was present; so were Messrs. Jencks and Johnson, representing citizens owning the property on Clark_street, affected by the rail- road. A rood deal of talk pro and con was in- dulged in. It will be remembered that the late dispute between the Council and the citizens on one side, and the Railroad Company,on the other, afose from the fntroduction of T ordi- nance in the Council providing that the city, having authority to declare what kind of power 2 railroad shall use within the corporate limits, required the use of horse-power on Clark strect. udge Withrow said yesterday that the Com- pany which e r?rcscnlcd was prepared to fight such an order, on'the ground that its intent was to force the railroad off_the street, where it had a right given it by the Legislature. The Company had some rights, and when it rave them up it was incumbeut upon the city to 0 an equally fair thing. The strect would be rid of the centre-tracks if the Council would rant that 16 feet on the west side of the street. 'he Company would build a wall guarding the street if the dt{lwon]d make the grant, the eastern line of the 16 feet to be the centre line roperty to the greatest pecuniary advantage, B‘Aduccd her to dced her homestead to him. She also authorized him to go to New York and bor- row money on her Oswego property with which to mect the houschold expenses and the costs of a suit .begun by Finney to set aside her deed to her husband, und subject her land to_the payment of her for- mer husband’s debts. Lyman’accordingly went to New York, but immediatcly began associating with gamblers and: women of bad repute, an incurring large expenses. Ile hasalso offered her land worth $5,000 for $8,000. On learning of his irregularitics, Mrs, Lyman revoked his power. of attorney, and now asks thiat the deed to him made through onc Thomas Higgins may be sct aside, and that he may be restrained from sclling or mortgaging her prop- erty. PUBLIC LIBRARY. ~ STUDYING ECONOMY. A speclal mecting of the Public Library Board was held iu its rooms in the Dickey Building yesterday afternoon at £ o’clock for the purpose of considering the question of re- ducing salaries and expenses in gcncrEalI. Tlrre v sent_Messrs. D. L. Shorey, Elliott An- rf;fy,p ;)cr. J. B. Walker, Dr. ¥. C.jl,{oiz. and A, B._Scranton. 5 President Shorey occupied the chair, The chair announced the following Standing Committeés: Buitdings and Grounds—XMessrs. Mason, Loewen- , und Anthony. th}.lwr\f:ry and lze:{ulingvllaam—rflessrs. Anthony, Totz, and Onahan. Finance—Messrs. Loewenthal, Scranton, and Walker. : of the wall. s Ainistraflon--eseme SEantan, Onahan, and | “pis proposition was looked upon more favor- ke, ably than at the last mecting of the Committee, By-Laws_and Regulations—essrs, Walker, otz, and Billings. The salaries for_the ensuing year were then considered, the Board resolving itself intoa committec of the whole. President Shorcy stated that the employes of the Board appeared to understand the straits to which the Liorary Fund was reduced, as well as the financial condition of the city, and the ne- cessity of areduction of salarics, and that the twenty-six employes were willing to submit. The Board has but $20,000 to work on to pa rent, salaries, periodicals, newspapers, back bills, ete. M~ Eliiott Anthony asked whether [t was not best to consider the closing of the circulating department in theevening. This would save about $1,000 in salaries and £500 in gas bills, or about $1,500 per year. Mr. Anthony sfated that the question was only one of necessity. The object was to save the library and ex- and Mr. Jenks safd that Tic as a citizen did not know that he should object. Mr. John- son likewise, and the two members of the said ~ Committce . did “not express any decided objection to it, although they did not say much of anything, preferring towwait till a regular meeting. So the confab, as it may be called, resulted in an adjournment, though it may pe predicted that the squabble will end by a removal of the tracks from the centre of the street, the cession of right of Way over the 16 feet to the railway, and the conSrtuction of a protecting wall. THE COUNTY BUILDING. The County Collector yesterday transmitted $70,000 to the City Treasurer. The rest of the Commissioners returned from their Louisville trip yesterday. ol The Grand Jury yesterday heard a. few, more complaints of the ordinary character, and ad- journed at an early hour until Monday. In the County Court yesterday one of E.F. ‘Thomas’ bondsmen asked to be released, and the request was gnm ted. Thomas is an jnsolv- cnt debtor, and i3 wanted at the jail. A prominent Irish politician at the County Building was asked yesterday what he thought of the attempt to enlist the Germans the night Well,” sald CNSes. b Dr. Hotz thought salaries were about at bot- tom rates, and he favored the closing of the library in the evening. Mr. Anthony stated that they were $10,000 be- hind on booiyu, and they must consider how to keep the library open at all, and not allow themsclves to run behind further. They must keep down expenses to the minimum and the A rather desultory discussion on the subject topk place. Dr. Hotz moved that the circnlating depart- ment be closed in the cvening from the 1st of | before in the interest of Tildsn, ‘¢ o he, “the movement looks like a fallure. But,” he continued, “*the Germans in Cook County don’t amount to mythltg, and Tilden can get along without them.” Comment s un- Decessary. -The petition of James Gleeson for leave to file an information in the nature of a quo war- ranto against W. S. Carver came up in the Criminal Court yestorday. The counsel for the defendant asked for a week’s time to preparean answer, which was granted. C. W. Rigdon, of Adclph! fame, is_ngain.in trouple, He was yesterday placed in } on an indictment for obiaining goods under false pre- tenses to the value of $120, by giving in pay- ment therefor acheck ona bank fo which he had no money. The charge is an old one, and the prosecutfon savors of malice. Commissioners Busse and Mulloy devoted their time yesterday to looking through the furniture " factorics of the city in quest of what 18 wanted to furnish the new County Hospital. - They failed to find just what they wanted, and to-morrow will report to the Board,, sug‘gbeumg that in their judgment, it would be better to order samples of what they wish made, and then in- vite bids for furnishing the same. If their sug- gestion is adopted it will save the county con- siderable money, and_the hospital will be far- nished as it should be, their ideas beine to purchase good, substantial, and plain farniture, ~—such as cannot be found in stock. BIGHTEENTH WARD ELECTION CASE. State’s Attorney Reed yesterdey received the following lctter, signed by several members of the juryat Jolict which tried the Twentleth ‘Ward election judges a few days ago: Jourer, July 14, 1876.—Charles H. Reed—DzAn Sin: Since being discharged from the jury in the lato trial of the election judgesin this city, and thinking over the conduct of some of the jurors in the trfal, we think wo might rclate some circum- stances and some of thelr conversation to us that might confirm and perhaps assiat yon in a call for anothe trial of the men we firmly believe to be guilty of all with which they were charged. The names of the jurors are omitted at the request of Mr. Recd. “The letter shows, how- ever, that in the minds of some_of the jurors -there exists asuspicion thatcrookedness brought about a disagreement of the jury. Mr. Reed says that he intends to try the case again, and that the prosccuting witnesses are determined to Ieave nothing undone to send the rascals to the Penitentiary, where they belong. ANNOUNCEMENTS. The Free Will Baptist 8unday-school will fio- nfe at Washington Helghts Thursday. 7The train leaves Van Buren strect depot at 8:40 a. m. * velegates from the various Irish Catholic so- cieties hold an adjourncd meeting in Maajell Hall this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The United Sons of Erin Benevolent Soclety will have o grand Centennial cclebration of the Independence of the United Btates Aug. 15, af Oak Forrest Grove. ", A public maeting of Irish nationalities will be held at 4 p. m. to-day in the Globe Hall, on Des- plaines street. Mr. Hastings, the young Irish orator, and several other good speakers will ad- dress the meeting. ‘The grallerics of the Academy of Design, cor~ ner of Monroe and State streets, will be thrown open to the public this afternoon between the hours of 1and 5. This is & boon that will be warmly appreciated by all lovers of the fine arts, who cannot during the week find an op- portunity to inspect the collection on exhibi- tion. Admission is free to all. Persons wishing Yo attend the summer classes of the Chicago Athcomum are reminded that they began last weck. Prof. Burbank’s elocu- tion class mects Monday and Thursday at 10; Prof. Woollett's in_voeal culture on the same days at 12; Prof. Von Klensie's German class Tuesday and Friday at 10. The ladies wishing to attend Mrs, Sloan’s writing class will take notice that its next meeting will be chnudg at 10. Those intending to study French wif Prof. Marchand should also be present Wednes- day at 10. Prof. Freer's Saturday art class meets at 9 a. m. The Mechanics’ Institute, through the Athenzum, gives free instruction in drawing and mathematics to indigent me- chanics and_their children on application at the office, No. 65 Washington street. DEDICATION SERVICES OF THE CIIICAGO AVEXUE CHURCH. Christians of every denomination are cordially invited to be present at the dedication services of the Chicago Avenue Church to-day at 10:45 a, m. Through the liberallty of the citizens of Chicago the balance of the debt has been paid, snd thie house Is now to be dedicated to God and His service. E\'crf seat in the house is free. Any person entering this place of worship may feel perfectly free to sclect the seat which suits him or her best, and rest assured that there will bo no eucroachrent on the rights of any one. The dedication services will be conducted by the Rev. W. J. Erdman, pastor of the church. "The sermon both ngm ng and evening will be Rre:whcd by J. H. Brooks, D. D., of 8t. Louls, fo. Maj. D. W. Whittle dnd others will als assist in the morning services. CRIMINAL. The Timoth.y Moore whose name appeared in. counnoction with James Burnett, in yesterday’s paper, 1s not the son of ex-Justice Charles E. Moore. . Frank Presby, in his scarch for knowledge, permitted his thievish fingers to get the better of his sense of good morals, and ran away with two books from the book-store of F. B. Smith, No. 117 State street. Alexander Cummings swore out s warrant before Justice Foote agalnst one Draper, who, he claims, obtained from him s wagon and har- ness under false pretenses. A “snide” watch is the “ pretenso.” John Schroeder, the forged-check man, whose antics have annoyed the police for nearly two months, was captured yesterday afternoon on Halsted street while waking the tour of Hal- sted street dry-goods stores. His case was con- tinoed until the 17th inst. by Justice Scully. James Benson, a mild, inoffensive-lookin old gentleman, who runs a_restaurant at 90S2; State street, was before Hoyne yesterday, charged with not destroying the stamps on sundry cigar boxes. The case went over till g%dny morning, the defendant giving bail in Isaac Robinson dropped In to see Phil Horne yesterday at the invitation of a revenue officer to explain some crookedness in connection with aviolation of the Internal Revenue law, con- cerning tobacco.| ‘“Ike” explained that he wasn’t ready and the case was continued in $2,000 bail. . # J. 8. Goodspeed, a subscriptfon-book-publish- er of this city, called uFon Commissioner Hoyne yesterday in scarch of information. He com- plained that a couple of Canadian pirates had tolen * Prayer, and Its Remarkable Answers,” a book written by the Rev. Dr. Patton, reprinted it and placed it on sale in Eastern cities, in vio- Iatfon of the Cogydght Taw. After an inspection of the United Statcs statutes, Mr. Goodspeed came to_the conclusion that he wonld go East and confiscate sll conjes of the pirated edition on which he might Iay his hands. Detective Rickey yesterday busicd himself in the recovery of a trunk full of theatrical cos- tumes valued at $500, which were stolen July 1 from Mrs. Fred' Kellogg, the costumer of Me- ‘Vicker’s Theatre, at No. 86 State street. After- Encking the trunk it was left standing in the -.\Il-wn{y to be called for ‘;f. an expressman,and, supposfog that he had taken it, no further at- tention was paid to the mutter until the parties towhom the trunk was consigned, at Galcsburg, 1L, sent word that Mrs. was o X cllog Iraud, inasmuch as she had spoiled :Ech- cele- bration of the Fourtht by neglecting to send the costumes. An investigation followed, and the conclusion was that thc property been stolen. The affair was reported to the police, and Detective Rickey recovered the property within twenty-four hours afterwards. CRIMINAL COURT- John Fay, for burglary, was sentenced to one yearin the Peuitent ary. John Doran, for larceny, was sentenced to one year in the Penitentiary. George Harris, for attempting to steal, was given four years in the Penitentiary. ———— CROPS. Couxci. Brures, Ia., July 15.—Extensive inquiries concerning the crop prospects in West- ern’ Jowa warrant the assertion that in the whole they were never more promising. Wheat, as compared with previous years, will afford a fair average yield. The straw is short, but the heads are large and well filled. Oats are slight- ly affected by rust, but not cnough to damage the crop. Barle(, unless injurcd by the present wet weather, will be extra good, and the same may be sald of rye. The yicld of corn will be far in excess of that of any previous year. Har- vesting is in progress. ———— FINANCIAL. Special Dispatch to The Tribuna, SprINGFIELD, I, July 15.—His creditors have filed a petition in the Bankruotey Court here against Felix of Ri ¥ | e Mills, dgway, Galatin l THE NATIONAL, A Glance at the Semi-Annng] Staty ment, Issued July 1, - e A Record that Any Life Insurance c;,',, pany Might Be Prond 0f, - 1t {s with no small degree of local Dride thy we point to the semi-annual statement of thy Natfonal Life Insurance Company, elsewhere this ssue, for it i3 a proof of what we haye claimed, and that is that a life !.nxnmm::: pany, with headquarters in Chicago, wej) tablished and ably handled, will be Jpepy, supported. It is certainly gratifying to be m’ to record that the National,” which Iy fy go as well as in name a national company, with fty principal business office Ilocated , here, by achieved a success of which any E.-.';",m' on pany might be proud. . Of the orgauization of the Natfonal under thy general act of Congress, at Washington, Withy capital of §1,000,000; of the removal of fty cipal basiness office to Chicago, and of the eleg.t tion of the present able corpsof offj % thy public is familiar, s0 we need not do more thag. refer to those events whieh are, after g} preliminary to” the brilant.’ cireer whita] ompany has started upon. Several mogyy since, Mr. Emerson W. Peet was placed in the Presidential chair; J. Adler_Ellis was ch Vice-President; John M. Batler, Spi® Samuel M. Nickerson, ~Chairman of 3 Finance and Executive _Committe tions for which, by reason’ of education ang experience, they are particularly adapted. Thy are ably supported by a Board of Directors mg posed of the most prominent business-men of Brosperity of 16 Nationa has begazaton s rosperity of the Nation: e gon a r'f:adventurz. DA ¢ For the :xacr.t standiny 'ompany we refer to the elaborate publmze% elsewhere; but we w;sfi'“{f“‘ ,."'.} especial attention to the amount of death claimy paid during the past six months—$110,982.74; to the .amount of death claims,,matared endowments, annuitics, and stirrenden paid since the organization of the Com. pany in Avgust, $2,071,058.36; and'tq theratio of assets to liabilitica—153 per ces which must be particularly pleasant for polley- ‘holders to contemplate. A?ew of the ‘pointy which espedallg recommend the Natior hastily gathered from their Iatest statem and from what we know of the Company, are ity security, low rates, certainty, liberality, non- forfeiture, and from the factthat it is a Na tional Company, chartered by special actof Con. gress, and may do business in any section of the country. Its totzl assets July 1, 1576, wery $3,800,767.11, while its liabilitics 'to policy. holders of every description were :'I:Jy $2,489,815.09, showing a surplus over, labllities of $1,319,852.02. Besides, its asscts ane excellent in quality as well as ample in quantity, The loans, sceured by first mortgage on real ssta&:, mdd :;bct'hficcremmcnt, State, and ity onds owne ¢ Company, are las in cess of ail liabilitics whatboeser, - - M, - ‘The premiums charged by the National an very low; much less than thosc_charged by th high rate mutual companics. The total premt um receipts for the eight years have been §5, 0S7,000. . The premiums for the same amount of insurance upon the mutual plan wonld havy been about $6,338,000. Thi remiums is equivalent to the payment of divi- and condition of thy ends to policy-holders amounting to n,gjn'[ 3 000, which is a much larger sum than the dends paid by any mutual company upon the same amount of premiums. . is difference in the' " v The plan of the National is simple and it contract definite. You %ez s0 much insuranc. for so much moncy. Its policies are almost sntirely taee from Jestrlcegn;h as tfi: travel, res. lence, and occupation, an cies arc forfeitable. i » i We ha outline of the history and condition of thisex cellent Company, but enough has been showy to indicate that the successful managementat %!:l::snmco companies is not confined to thy THE SECRET - of advertisingand deriving full benefit therefron. is to advertise nothing but what your customen will find correct whon they come to examine your goods. This is fally cxempliffied in the gress snccess of the closing-out sale of diamonds, watches, etc., of A. H. Miller, 61 Washingtom street, Chicago's ** Leading Jeweler,” who sdrer- tises largely, and who sells his goods as he informs the public he will at less than one-kalf the nsosl prices charged by other dealers, as his object i not to make a profit, but to turn his stock into money in order to retire from business. . ————— 'WHO IS YOUR TAILOR ? Gatzert, the merchant tailor at No. 183 Sonth. Clark street, deserves the credit of having beea the first one to make war on fancy prices. - Hit great specialty is to make to order fne pantsat$8, and handsome suits at $25 and upward, which bt caneed thousands of our citizens to patronize hit establishment; and the satisfactory manner i which they were served justifies Trz Trisoxe it recommending to all Gatzert's popular talloriof house as first-class in every respect. ————— BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. **Take care of the_pence, and the pounds Wil take care of themsélves.” Five hundred shar (of the 1,000 authorlzed) alrcady taken of the ninth serles of the capital stock of the Poaples Building and Loan Association. Payments 19% cents per week per share, dating from July 3, 1576 The largest profit with the groatest safety. Call, investigate. and subscribe for the stock, if you wish to lend, borrow, or save money. Office, No. 90 Washington street. e —— THE MECHANICS’ AND TRADERS’ SAVINGS, Loan and Building Association, No. 70 Washing- ton street, Portland Block, is now issuing thy fourth series of its sharcs, dating from July L There is no system of eavings 80 safe and so proft- - able, and none so popular when it is thoroughly known and understood. Office honrs, 12to 39 m. P. A Hoyne, Presidcat; A. W. Nosom, Stc- retary. —— INSTRUCTIONS DURING SUMMER. TInstructions can be had daring the entire sum mer in any branches that are wanted, at H.B. Bryant's Chicago Business Colleze and Englih Tralning School. New pupilaare entering dally, ‘The rooms are very large and pleasant, mnd the it struction first-class. The College is in the clegat Hale Building, corner Stite and Washingto atreota. —— CALL B and see Croft, taflor and draper, at No. 157 Sonth Clark street. The repatation of mo honse stands higher for supplying superior workmanship at the very lowest possible prices. Those who advertiss special inducements will have to go lower still be forc they can discount Croft's prices. The best goods, best work, and lowest prices, is their motta - IT IS WELL ENOUGH to advocate your own canse, yet **truth i3strange? thanfiction.” Colby & Wirts, Nos. 217 and 218 State street, are large manafacturers and deslers in every description of farnitare, and they don't Ppropose to be undersold by any party, even under pretext of closing business or bankrupt aale. ———— RAILROAD EXCURSION. Excarsion to Soathwestern Kansas, over Atchl~ son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railrond, will leave Chi~ cago over oll ronds ranning west from Chicago July 20. Round trip, $27. For particulars applytd 3. Solomon, General Agent, 57 Dearborn strceh Chicago. ———— s A FALSE RUMOR. The Government has not ordered the Pease pi- anos for the Indiana, though universally conced! that the ‘‘savage breast” which will not b *‘goothed" by this instrument descrves estermi* nation. Pelton & Pomeroy, agents, 22 and State street. ————— THE LAMENTED GEN, GEORGE A, CUSTER. . At Gentile's studlos, No. 103 State street, &8 be seen photos of the General A life-like crayot will be finished in a few days. Gentile has 0 views of the Indian country, Sitting Bull, others. i ———— GREAT REDUCTION IN HOTEL PRICES. Ocosoxowoc, Wis.—The Townsend House 18 218 Best equipped and most. popalar summer-pesort B the Northwest. Terms, $2 per day; $12 per week: Address C. Townsend, proprietor. v — ECONOMY IS WEALTH. It you want to buy a good hat of the Iatest styles cheap, go to A. P. Harris & Co., No. 116 Clsr™X street. ‘They have bought thelr goods st the bes prices, and are prepared to scll them very low. * - ————— i o Mrs. Becker, 8 Russian lady, who has been lg: ing in Newark avenue, Jersey City, in r:?’ e gent circamstances for some years, recyived Infors mation a few days 2go that she had fallen heires? £0 an estate in Russia worth $2,500,000. Shebs® Roae to Rusaia to take charge of the propestye ve attempted to give but the merest if