Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 20, 1876, Page 8

8 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES- THE CITY. SENERAL NEWS. Miss Pheebe Cozzens, St. Louis’ female legal tight, is in the city. She will, while here, make the Gardner House her home. The remains of Kate Dougherty, a bright little girl of 6, daughter of Mr. W. Dongherty, were interred in Calvary Cemetery yesterday afternoon. The bankers failed to meet the Committee on Fqualization of the County Board yesterda. Their action was so unanimous as to suggest that it may have been by agreement. There is a young lady living on Morgan street whose taste in colors is so fastidions that she always puts a 6-cent stamp on a single letter, because a green three won't match her sta- tionery. They had a young girl in the High Sdmo! at Evanston so modest that at the last examina- tion she put the following in her paper: Q.—What was the ancient name of Switzerland? A.—H—lvetia. When a prominent resident of St. Louis was 101d of the disaster to the Mohawk his comment was: * People can’t be tookeerful about furling up their ears down in them waterswhere squalls tome up so suddent.” Coroner Dictzsch yesterday beld an inquest upa;YMrs. Mary Worden, of No. 83 Stewart av- enue. The deceased was 42 vears of age, and came to Ler death, according to the verdict of the jury, by intermittent fever. The temperature_vesterday, as observed by Manasse, ontician, Madison street (TRIBUNE Building), was, at 8 a. m., 73 degrees; 10a. m., 75; 12 m., 1; 3& m., ;S p. m., 76 Bar- ometer, 8 a. m., 28.95; § p. m., 28. Gustav Martin, 32 years of age, residing at No. 43 Kinzie strect, while walking along Kin- zie street, near Market, at noou yesterday, sud- denly fell Lo the stone pavementin an zpoplectic fit, and received a deep gash over the left eve. Dr. Leonard sewed up thie wound, restored kim to consciousness, and sent him home. John Marlensen, late foreman of the Swwdish Awmerican, has invented a velocipede, which proves to be 2 great improvement upon those jpreviously existing. It is capable of very rapid movement, and bas an _arrangement by which either of the rear wheels can be thrown out of gear in turning, which prevents tie drag hereto- fore inseparable from the turec-wheeled velod- pede. The fight between Michacl Dobbins and Will- jam Kirby, which resulted so disastrously to the former, did not take vlace, as was stated yester- day, at the boarding-house of James Ratchford, No. 40 Kinzie street, but at a point 500{cet from the house, near the Air Line Elevator. in a com- paratively unfrequented place, and Mr. Ratch- ford denies that any rows have ever occurred at his piace- A lright brunctte baby two months old, and’ blessed with a fair amount of black, kinky hat was deposited on the doorstep of the I'rot ant Urphan Asylum yesterday morning. At- tached to the litile one’s clothing was a piece of paper hearing the legend, * Take carc of Willie.” The little stranger wus taken In and Kindly cared for. Here is a chance for a childless coaple who desire to adopt a child. Freddie Stone, 9 years of age, residing with bis nts at No. 421 Canal street, was acci- dentally run over at 5:30 yesterday afternoon at the Harrison street crossing by Engiue No. 53 onthe Alton & St. Louis Railroad. fls left arm was torn off at the shoulder, and three fin- gers of the right baud torn from their sockets. e was taken to his home and attended by Dr. E. W. Lec, who has firm hopes of his recovery. Capt. Prindiville’s yacht Frolic, which will race with the Canadian yacht Ina on the 2ith for £2,000 a side, left fyeslcfll:\y morning for Racine with 2 number of members of the Chi- cago Yacht Club on board. They went topay a visit to the latter yacht, which'is at preseut in dry-dock at Rucine, where she is being put in shape for the impending contest. Severzl other Fachts will make 4 trip to Racine this morning, und return in the evening with the Frolic. Ald. Lawler, it is understood, will introduce at the next meeting of the Council a resolution calling for the investigation of Fire Marshal Petrie, who, it is alleged, caused the arge of Peter Tierney, foreman of Engine Company No. 6, without ‘sufficient cause. The Fire Mar- shals claim that the discharge was made solely for the benefit of the department at a time when reductions and discharges were the order of the day. Telezrams received from Washington yester- day afternoon announced that Mr. Storrs, who has been pleading with the Administration for the last four weeks for the pardon of the exiles over the Rhine, had dclayed his departure from the “City of Marmificent Distances™ until ‘Monday evening. He still bids his clients to be of g cheer, that all will yet cnd well. Dis- patches published in another column do not sup- ‘port this cheerful view. James Jelineck, 10 years of age, while flying a kite yesterday morning at 5:30 o'clock on ‘Wright street, near Morgan, accidentally backed into a wagon which was passing slowly along the strect, and the hind wheels passing over his chest almost instantly killed him. The driver, James Kencfick, took the dying boy to his home, No. 313 Wright street, zud then dclivered himeelf up tothe West Twelfth Street Stationto await the result of the Coroner's inguest. = A young man_from Garden Yrairic visited some city friends last week, and admired their euperb mansions, which had all the modern conveniences, including a district telegraph wire. When he went home he £aid to his coun- try friends: “I tell you, boys, Chicago’s a big place. Why, they’ve ot not onlv gus and wa- 1er, hiot and cold. and steam, but burglars and fires laid on in every room, 2nd if you want the housc broken into or sct on fire, all you have to doistotonch o litile telerraph machine and there she is.” * Only to think,” said a young Christian mat- ron the” other day at ted, *‘how those poor heathen in Tahiti and the other places of South Africa and In are superstitious. Why, if one of their children mects a cross-eyed man, the mother, with a sercam of affrisht. seizes the lit- tle one, and to prevent the influence of the evil eve—1liram Suedicor Perkins.™ she cried, sud- denly interrupting herself, “what are you do- in, holding that hlessed innocent pudgy-wuday Deiore the looking-rlass? Don’t you know that if it sees itself before it's three months old it will never haves day’s luck as long as itlives! Aud this is Friday, too3” A farewell party was given Friday cucning by Miss Fauny Mauran to Mr. Tom Shreve, of Louisville, Ky., at the residence of her father, C . Mauran, No.59 Michiganavenue. Dancing < thic order of the evening. Among those present were Misses Fannic Mauran, Tina and Lonie Watson, Libbie and Teddic Rood, Jennie feid, Minnic Leelie, Maude Morris, Kate and Parrie Strader, and Carric Tait, and Messrs. Tam Shreve, Shreve Badger, Capt. Sheridan S. Badger, C. B. Wood, W. T. Wond, C.C. Whita- cre, Will Rood, E. S. Bootay, C.S. Mauran, L. A. Calkins, F. B. Allen, and J. K. Watson. The resignation of Capt. Samuel A. Ellis was vesterday placed in the hands of Mayor Iicath. The Mayor at once sent for the disaffected of- fivial. and, after hearing his version of Supt. Hickey’s alleged harsn conduct toward him whenever it Lecame necessary to give or receive advice, the Mayor announced that he would hold the resignationin abeyance until the first of next month.” In the meantime Capt. Ellis’ friends, Toth in aud out of the Council, propose to give him some testimonizl of their fecling towards him, and thereby irduce him to withdraw his resignation. The disagreement between Hickey and himself can easily be mended by a little amiability on the part of the superior officer, and things be made torunon as smoothly ss before. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Last night the sister of the priucipal of a city schoo who had just been married, arrived in this cif on her bridal tour_with her husband, determin- ed to pay a surprise visit to her_brother. He ‘was surprised to sce & carriage draw up at the door, but turned in the police alarm, caucht up his double-barreled shot-gun and_attended by his faithful wife, who had repressed her female inclination to hysterics and scized a broomstick, harricaded the “door and prepared to rake the front sidewalk with an entilading fire. Fortun- ately, however, he recognized his sister and un- locking the door admitted his visitors and ex- plained to the police and neighbors the exsct state of affairs, whereon they withdrew much relieved, not to say disappointed. A singular case of absent-mindednes was re- ported yesterday at 3 down-town bathing-es- tablishment. One bather had just returncd from a protracted Turkish bath, when he was surprised to see another gentleman clad in his own sacred garments, calmly walking out. He raised the , and the siranger was arrested and conducted to the police-station. Hestated to the pulice Scrgeant that he was subject to fits of abstractedness, and had put on the other man’s clothes unknowingly. *‘Rather queer,” said the Sergeant, * that you should have mis- taken for your beaver hat, which is 53, a Panama which is 7%, aad that you Fad to stuff a handkerchief into the lining of to _ kee it from swallowing you_alive?” e sald it was. ‘Qucer, t00,” continued the officer, in a semi-solilo- uy, “that his pantaloons were 49 inches round &e waist and you don't measure but 28.”7 “I thonght £o0 at the time,” replied the prisoner | *Bears™ of W. meckly, *but them Turkish baths is dreadful wasting on a man, and I didn’t know but what T'dshrink.”” * Too thin,” ssid the officer: then continued: “You ain’t ruptured, are you?? “Ruptured? No.” ¢ Well, then its somewhat singular that you should have put on the truss that other man wears, wasn’t it} * Blame ne, if it wasn’t,” auswered the culprit; “and [ sorter fanded my braces were down, but I was pondering on the financial problem at the time and dido’t give the occurrence all the attention 1 might.” *Lock him up,” said the Sergeant, and they did. The openine services of & ten days’ Spiritual Holiness Convocation were held last night,at the Baptist Tabernacle, No. 400 Wahash avenue. The Rev. Joscph Pellatt conducted theexercises of the evening which consisted of the singing of hymns, remarks from persons in the gudi- ence, and earoest pm{_ers from many of the brethren and sisters. The services, which will be held three times dafly during the next ten days, will be devoted to the counsideration ana presentation, to Christian people, of the Serip- ture evidences of the necessity and attainabilit of personal holiness, and for individual testi- mony as to experience in the grace of God dis- layed in an uttermost salvation—the salvation rom sin. ‘There will be but one service to-day, from 10 to 12 o’clock. The first hour will be devoted to prayer and praise. Preaching at 11 o’clock. As a county official, the initials of whose name are E. D., was passing along Clark street yesterday, he saw three little boys standing be- [ore an apple cart and gazing wistfully at its contents. The fruit was very green, very un- ripe, and very sour. *‘Vell, my little fricndts, vot foryou loafs roundt here: " said the kind- hearted official. ‘¢ Please, mister, we want to buy some apples,” replicd onc of the urchins. “Yell, vot for you don’d puy dem, den, bein?” Coz We hain’t got no monev, mister,”. repli thespokesboy. * Ach, dot vos bad! You licls in der Gouk Gounty, in der State von Illinois¢” “Wedo.” “Den, I puys you all der abbles you wants, and you eat ’em all_und run avay home,” and that good-hearted official presented each youth with a balf & peck of the choleraic fruit, grecn enough to gripe the bowels of a tobacconist’s sivn and resuwed his stroll with a pleasant smile. CHICAGO DISTRICT CAMP-MEETING Association will hold its thirteenth annual ses- sion at Desplaines, beginning Wednesday, the 23d. Ekxtensive preparations are being ‘made for the accomnmodation df the large nuinber ex-. pected. The trees. within the inside circle of cottakes have been cut down, and a large pa- vilion 100 feet in diamcter has been erected, that the worshipers may be cool in body while their spirits warm with religious fervor neces- sary to a good old-fashioned Methodist camp- meeting, such as it is proposed this shall be. The pavilion is circular in shape, and supported by a largecentre pole 75feet in height, and fifty handsomely-turned side-posts. The wholc, surmounted, 8s it is, by a flag-staff, is not only serviceable, but ornamen It was erccted yesterday under the supervision of the n Mr. George F. Foster, who is one of the tees of the Camp-Meeting Association, and is in charge of the tent and cottage accommodations on the grounds. Mr. Joseph Kennicott, Chairman of the Grounds Committee, was also on the camp- ground yesterday superintending the large force of men, who are clearing up the grounds and rendering them attractive generally, For the accommodation of those in the city* who wish to attend the meeting Sunday, the 27th, a train will leave the Kinzie Street Depot at a quarterof 9 2. m. for the camp-ground, and return at 3 p. m. VIGILANCE OF THE SUBURBAN POLICE. ‘There is nothing like doing business in a busi- ness-like manner. For instance, THE TRIBUNE told & couple of wecks ago about the vigilunt Police Ser«eant in a northern suburban town a prisoncr arrested for burglary out into the street becense he treated him disre- EM‘!fi“lqu)- It has now to record a similar case of official cleverness displayed by anotlier third of the same force. A resident was bathing in the Jake, when a etranger came along, and, grabbing up the resident’s clothes, fied for dear life. The resident jumped out of the water, without regard to public decency,—fortanately it was dusk, and in a lonely part of the town. The might platoon had just come on duty, and was walking down the_siréet picking bis teeth, and, as the thief forced bimself on his obseryva- tion, he had no option but to arrest him. The sident wrapped his coat round his waist and accompanied the platoon and the prisoner to the station, where in awful dignity was seated the Sergeant, doorman, and property- clerk. The prisoner was duly booked and lock- cdup. * And now,” said the resident, who was beginning to shiver,and had_his icet full of splinters: “and now if yowll gimme those clothes I'll_go home.” Judge of his surprise when the Sergesnt replied: “I can’t. Them clotbes has to be given in charge of the proper- ty-clerk, to be produced when the prisoner is brought up for trial. I caw’t let them go out of my possession.” “But how in blazes am I to gdt home?” I don’t know,” responded the Official, as he it another cigar; *but keep quict, sonny. You may be thenkfull didn't arrest _you for indeeent exposure, running through the strects with nothing on you as you did, contrary to the municipal ordinance in such cases mad¢ and provided.” Finally, the Ser- geant, touched by the resident’s pitcous en- treaties, agreed to lct him have the clothes to wear Home on payment of SI0, the resident agreeing to send them back as soon as he could cirange them. He belicves that reform is the cardinal necessity of the hour. CHURCH DEDICATION. . The Rev. Father Edwards’ new church, at the corner of Paulina street and Waubansia avenue, will be dedicated by the Rt.-Rev. Thomas Foley, at. £.m. to-day. Bishop Foley will Bishop Lynch, of Toronto, Canada, shop of St."Louis, and other dignitarics of the Church from various parts, will be there. The societics will do their own part by an un- usually fine parade. The interior of this church is remarkable for beauty, grandeur of design, and splendor of ccclesiastical embellishments. ‘The_new altar is certainly a beautiful example of the Lnest work of art. The church has cost a large amount of money, which has beeu raised by the indefatigable priest who is av the head of he parish. The socicties taking part inthe procession will form as follows? The National Catholic Temperance Society will form on the south side of Union street, facing west, right resting on Milwaukee avenue; the various branches of the Emerald Benevolent Association will form on the immediate left of the National Temperance Socdety, the men facing the same way; the St. Pius T. A. and B. Socicty will form on the south side of Union street, facing_east, right resting on Milwaukee avenue; the St. Columbkill's T. A. and B. Socicty willform on theimmediateleft of St. Pius T. A’and D. Socicty. The various divisions of the A. O. H. will form on the south side of Indiana street, cast of Milwaukee ave- nue, right resting on Milwaukee avenue, men facing north. The Young Men's Sodality of §t. Pius’ Church will form on the immediate left of the A. O. II. The Young Men’s Sodality of the B. V.M. of Holy Family Church wiil form on the immediate left of the St. Pius Sodality. All the socicties desirous of parti pating ‘in_the procession will_be assigned posi- tions by Chief Marshal M. A. O'Brien. The procession will move northwest on Mil- waukee avenue to Paulina street, north on Pau- lina street to the Church of tlie Aununciation, countermarch, aud disperse. The procession will move at 9 o’clock a. m. ART NOTES. TAE EXPOSITION BUILDING. The Exposition Art Committee are progress- ing rapidly in hanging the pictures which have beea contributed to the loan collectivn by gatherers uud counoisseurs in this aud other cities of the Northwest. The Committee are ably scconded in their labors oy Messrs. French, Aiken, and Durbam, on whom devolves the usually thankless task of performing the duties of a hanging committee. The collection of the Hon J. Russell Jones, 100 in all, of which de- tailed mention was made a week ago, have been placed in position, and make an excellent dis- play of the peculiarities of the various schools of Europe. The contribution of the Hon. Thomas B. Bry- anisanotable one. Iu it are the portraits of all the Presidents from Washivgton to Lincoln, with the exception of Gen. Harrison. There are also portraits of otker disi who have left their **footprints on the sands of time? in the judicial, political, and military his- tory of thecountry. Among other treasures, the collection contains Jouvenet's ¢ Ecce Homo,” a head of Christ crowned with thorns, which has been frequently engraved; a land- scape by Corat, the great French painter recent- 1y decesased; Guido’s * Mater Dolorosa,” which iswell known from numerous chromos aad engravings on stecl; a cabinet by Ra- obacl _entitled *John, _the Baptist”; an_ Dyke’s portrait of Lord Pym, a distinguish member of Parliament. during the time of Cromwell; * The Adoration of the Magi,” by Murillo: a protrait of Raphael by J. Bugaine Irvinr; a portraitof Girard Dow, ¥ himself; +* Danicl Webster at Marshfield,? by our own bright particular star, G. P. A. Healey; a portrait of the Duchess of Parma, at- tributed by connoisseurs to both Gustermanand Velasquez; and two pictures by Cuyp, which bave not_vet been removed from their cascs. Mr. A. Munger contributes threc large can- yases, the most important being a landscape by Zimmerman. From the galleiy of Join F. Stafford are ten pictures, including Page's “Flight into Evv% »’ and the well-known . Beard. John T. Lester has loaned five German pictures, including s fine swork by Schilcich. From the collection of John G. Shortall eight pictures have been received, the most of which are from the easels of American artists. L. B. Boomer contributes a Paul Weber, a Fred Voltz, gud three other ictures. Paul Rothbert lends *The Mendivant riars,” one of the most important modern pictures in the entire collection. C. J. Blair contributes works by Basini and de Nittis. Fred E. Church’s large picture of **Santa Ysobil an!ev s lo:\ue§ by Mrs. J. Buckingham. Mr. painted by his son, who is well known in local art cireles. H. A. Elkins lends from his private collection a view of Notre Dame, by Duplessis. From the gallery of Henry Field have been taken about a dozen charming mod- ern pictures, inciudime works from the easels of Zamacois. Courle, and Weber., Mrs. M. E. Robertson lends a portrdit of Louis Napoleon, painted by RL]); Robertson, while he was studying in Paris. From the col- lection of C. H. McCormick are portraits of himself and wife, painted by Coonnel,a portrait ainter of an established European reputation. Robert, Lincoln contributes a " full-length por- trait of the martyred President, by G.P. A. Healey. There are nine pictures from the col- lection of J. M. Walker, including an Italisn interior, by Chierici. Mrs. Anna Edmunds con- Blackman contributes three ~landscapes |. tributes the portrait of La Belle Jennings, painted by Sir Peter Lely. From E. C. Larned’s colleetion are five pictures, including * The Alpine Girl,” by Durck. C. P. Kellogg loans a Pompviian interior by Coomans,and alargesheep icce by Verboeckbaven. In all, 360 prctures lave been reccived so far. The Committee de- sires THE TRIBUNE to announce to all con- tributors whose works have not yet beenre- ceived that during the coming week they will send for the pictures promised, as they are de- sirous of having ihe gallery in perfect trim three or fourdays before the opening of the Exposition. HIGHWOOD'S GALLERY. Mr. Highwood proposes to_make his gallery one of the featurcs of the Exposition season. IIe has a large invoice of paintings from the Munich and Paris schools now on the way to this country. His present collcetionis a large and interesting one, and it will well repay a visit. Among the gems now on exhibition is a land- swape with figores by Verschuur, late- Iy . deceased. - The principal object in the foreground is a large and powerful horse, from which his rider has dismounted to get a stirup cup in the neighboring inn. Tn the dis- nce is 2 group of men_and animals at a ferry ng for an opportunity toeross the neighbor- ing stream. What first strikes the visitor is the detail in which everything i3 worked up, next the fidelity to nature in treatment. The draw- ing is spirited and bold, and the efect is de- cidedly stereoscopic. An exquisite specimen of the Munich school of landscape painting is a little cabinet by Porst —a country road, lined on both sides by leamps of trees. In the distance a flock of shuep, and in the forcground a group of children picking the berries which grow by the roadside. The treatment is tender and poetical throughout. Monternezzo, a young animal-painter, who is fast achieving a reputation, is represented by a small canvas, on which is depicted a girl driv- ing a Hock of geese to market. The picturcisa photograph from mature. * Venice Ly Moon- light,” introducing the San Giorgo tower and tlie dome of the Ciiurch of St. Mark, by Meix- ner, displays thorough study of the brilliancy of moonlight, and the deep shadows which arc invariably_ contrasted” with it. Two flower- piece Lanos, of Paris, are painted with an exquisite touch. *“The Lake of the Four Can-’ scene, by Hettich, of Munich, has vorked-up foreground of hill and y, and the clear distance, which warks the highlands of the Alps. Hauptmann’s_* Olive Gatherers » is a warm, sunny picture of aview on the Mediterranean coast. The dense foliage of the olive trees, the deep translucent blue of the sea in the distance, aud tie soft, sunny sky are beautifully handled. Van Leempullen, 2 pupil of Verboeckhoven, is represented by a flock of sheep, which evinces an analytical study bf the master’s bandling. AT THE ACADEMTY, David Neal’s picturc of Mary Queen of Scots, and Volk’s statues of Douglas and Lincoln. are daily visited by 2 larze number of people. Among recent contributions are two authenti- cated of Salvator Rosa, and one of Gook- ces. They will be noticed at length RETURNING GOOD FOR EVIL. MOW AN EDITOR GOT SQUARE WITH A CLERGY- AN THAT KEPT A PARKOT. There is nothing so tguly beautiful as to seea man returning good for evil. For instance, there is an editor on Harvard street who never ets home till long after midnight, and he has a neighbor, who is a clergyman, who has a parrot, who has a voice like a planing-mill. This par- rot’s eage is hung out about daybreak, and just as the long-suffering editor is gettiug his first &leep and dreaming that he has scooped all the other papers on a big Indian Dbattle, the parrot gives a war-whoop that makes all the windows in the ward rattle, and then gocs off intoa series of shricks, whistles, and yells enough to turn the milk out in Cicero and sct the tectn of a handsaw on cdge. The performance lasts till about 9 o’clock, and whenever it shows any sigus of flagging the clergyman comes out and with an almond or a lump of sugar stim- ulates the accursed bird to new frenzies. Mean- while the cditor kicks, and puts the clothes over his head, and swears, and throws pillows round the room, but finally has to give in, and when he gets pale and haggard from loss of sleep the clereyman would point him_out to the other neirhoors as a fearful cxample of the effects of dissipation. At lcast, this is how things used to be. They are changed now. One cvening in June, when the cditor went home to dinner, his wife said: George, 1have some news for you.” « Al, my love, is it exclusive #Qur neighbors wr's going away for the sum- mer to Perry Springs.” ¢ nops they are going to take that parrot with them.” ©Xo; and what do you think? They had the impudence to come and usk if we would take care of the bird for them while they were gone. Did you ever? I'd like towring its mext for then while they are gone.’” A smile that was horrible to see illuminated the editor’s face as he hissed in a low, con- centrated voice: My dear, weshofld always try and return good for evil. T will take carc of that bird.". Next day the minister went away and the edi- tor set himself assiduously to train the parrot in the way he should #o. He had2 room padded and the walls deadened, and he hung the cage upin it. Then he went and hired two A. D. T. messengers and bought a_horse-syringe and a water-barrel, and installed the boysin charge of the parrot. “My-sons,” he said, “little parrots that shouldn’t .sing but will sing must be made not to sing. Whenever that bird lets off a chicep just syringe him with i water.” The boys carried out the structions so faithfully that’ in less inguished Americans | than a week the bird was silent as the tomb. ¢ Aha!” said the editor, *his mind is now “tabula rosa * and prepared to reccive proper in- struction. He must now be taught, aud first I shall attend to his musical cducation.” Ac- cordidgly he hired a man from a variety show on Camal strect to teach that parrot to whistle all the populaf airs of the day, such as * Yum! Yum! Yum " & Saw my leg off! ? AT going over the hill, T saw a maid milking a billy- zoat.”? Then the vocalist taught that parrot all the cries of the street-peddiers, ete., and learned | him how to swear in fine print without the use of glasses with all the fluency of a pirate orthe | lamented Horaee Greeley. “ Now,” said the cditor triumphantly, “if ] can teach him the value of time I shall be well repaid.” By dint of syringing the bird with ice-water when he offended "and comforting him with almonds, he reduced the bird to the status of a feathered alarm-cl set to go off with unerring regularity at 11:15 p. m. and 10:30 2. m., and warranted niot to run down till the whole performance had been ;f‘une through with according to programme. The parrot’s educa- tion had cost ‘him aheap of money and much trouble, but he did not revret it. Aweek ago yesterday the minister returned by the p- . train, and received his precious bird. The editor went home on the halt-past 10 car, lit Lis_cigar, opened the window, and with a calm smile of ¢xpectancy, listened. The clock had just struck half-past 11 when there came 2 yell of * Firei” that probably startled cv body in the block except the editor. * Lie my~ love,” he sail calmly to his wife, it is only the parrot. Ther¢is no danger.” The fearful cry was repeated, the editor heard sounds as if the minister and all bis fam- ily were jumping out of bed, then windows were opened on all sides and he had the pleas- ure of sceing the man who kept the key of the signal-box (and wasn't insured) tear along the street in his slippers and turn in an_alarm. A few minutes afferwards the fire-bells rang, the engines came tearing up to the house, whenee the shouts of * Fire!” were issuing, The minister had to go down and_explain, and one of the drivers remarked_audibly that he'd punch the old snoozer's head off for a nickel. Meanwhile the parrot kept on_yelling “Po- Tiee “Fire!” *‘Ripe peaches! Fifteen e peck!” “Stror!” “Appools!’ and l:l';:ngisk: till about 2 a. m. The editor, with a sweet smile, fell asleep, leaving word to call him at 10. . . . It was the blessed Sabbatb, a bright, sunny morning. The street was crowded with church-goers. A number of deacons had called to welcome their pastor home and conduct him to the church. The par- rot had been dozing on his perch in the sun, but as the church-bells one after another began to chime, hi¢ began to get excited. Presently the 10:30 bell struck its first note, and, punctual to the second, the minister, his family, and {friends arpe:u-cd ou the piazza. Punctual to the second also, the parrot above them yawned, seratched his ear, and remarked, “O Ercbus! (He said it in_English.) General atteution was at once riveted, and he continued in a honeyed tonme: “ Ilow’s Elizabeth?” then burst into & clear melodious whistle: “Yum! Yum! Yum!"” then eshorted evervbody in his hearing (calling them a set of — —— —— ) to go to —— and be .. An immense sensation was created and the police came up and suid the minister must stop the bird, and not creatc a g_ublic nuisanee, or he'd have to come along. inally the minister got the bird into the wood- shed and put 2 lot of oid carpets over Iim, but his hair had nearly turned gray, and aftera rrible day and pight he went to Tne TRIBUNE, office early on Mouday and inserted the Iol]oxy— ing: . UR SALE—A VALUABLE PARROT, SPEAKS and whistles fluently. Owner only parts with him becauseof fll-health. Urice low. Address X 599 Tri- une office. THE NEW FIRM. THE MYSTERY AT AX E Leases were signed yesterday by the agenu va the New York dry-gouds firm of A. T. Stewari & Co., for the Drake, Rothbarth, and Wilder buildings, on the corner of Wabash avenue and Washington strect. About the 1st of October this prince of American dry-goods houses will establish a branch in Chicago. The stores that have been leased will occupy a front of 15735 feet on Wabash avenuc and "162 feet on Wash- ington strect. Sabin Smith is the negotiator, and Mr. A. J. Averill, with whom _the ‘prelimi- naries have been negotiated, finished up the business yesterday, o far as renting the prop- erty is concerned, and took the leases. The buildings taken are leased as_ follows: The Drake from Jan. 1, 187, to Jan. 1, 1882; the Wilder and the Rothbarth from October, 157, to January I, 1832, The total rent per_ycaris $26,000, the finn_paying on the Drake 35,000, on the Wilder $7,000, and on the Rothbarth $6,000, and the property-holders thereabouts making up_ 37,000 per year for five years, in order to raise the rent on the Drake building tv §10,000, and to fit up the Wilder building, which will cost from $8,000 to $£10,000. The establishment will open Oct. 1 with a full line of guods, and start out as though it had been in successful operation ever since the dis- covery of the town. Mr. Averill denies that it will compete with Ficld, Leiter & Co, or John V. Farwell & Co., which abstinence from the soul of trade will attract attention, if it does not rise to the dignity of being unique. In- formation concerning the plans of the mew house is not fully given, further tham that it proposes to make & trade with its local depend- ents and bueolic tributas aud believes that there is room here for a new firm. A Trisuxe reporter called the attention of Mr. Field, of Field, Leiter & Co.,-to the project, and that gentleman denied wholly even' the possibility of such a project. He had heard nothing of it, and knew nothing of it, andwhen he had otten that far he limited the rest of his conversation to a pleasantly-toned, but general abusc of the newspapers for hearing or knowing of such things. MISSIONARY WOREK. THE UNIVERSALIST WOMEN. The Nllinois Woman’s Missionary Society held a Convention at St. Paul’s Univeralist Church Michigan avenue near Eighteenth street, yes- terday to discuss the best methods of increasing the usefulness of the organization. There was but a limited attendance of Christian workers, whicl was probably owing to the fact that many pastors are taking their vacation. Mrs. G. B. Marsh was elected President, and Miss M. A. Straub acted as Secretary. Reports were called for from the committee appointed to solicit pledges to engage in missionary labors. It was stated by several members_of the Cormittee that but few responses bad been inade to the circulars scat out. A nuinber of encouraging oliet, letters were read from Deeatur, and other towns in Illinois. The meeting was, informed by the President that Mrs. Perkins would soon come to this city Lo conduct the work of the Sozicty. The salary this lady required was from $1,200 t0 $2,000, but if she accomplished as much as Mrs. Gibb, the recent State Missionary, it was thought she would be well worth this high com- pensation. The Key. Mr. Gibb announced that ¢ would be one of twelve ministers to sub- scribe the §1,200 to securc the gervices of a competent missionary. An interesting but informal discussion on fonary-work followed, in the course of which the Rev. Mr. Straub mentioned that, out of forty-six Universalist Churche: the State, only sixteen werc in active operation. 1t was also remarked that there was room for mission- ary effort in St. Paul’s which was but indif- ferently attended to at present. The afternoon session was devoted to: informal talk on the objects of the Socicty and the arrangements for the forthcoming State Universalist Convention, which convenes in the Church of the Redeemer, corner of Washington and Sangamon_streets, on the 5th of September. The Rev. 8. F. Gibb, of Syracuse, preached a_scrmon in the evening on “The Test of Discipleship.” THE CITY-HALL. The Finance Committee will meet at 10 2. m. to-morrow in the Comptroller’s office. The city’s receipts yesterday were $2,351 from water-rents, $1,750 from license-fces, and $70,000 from County-Treasurer Huck. The ordinance granting a franchise to the Consumers’ Gas Company has been revised and remodeled so as to sufliciently guard the city’s interests, provided it is passed by the Council, to which body it will be presented to-morrow afternoon. The Law Department will move into the new quarters Monday. The new rooms need some description. They arc in the sccoud story, on the northwest corner of the building. New car- pets arc laid, and shades will be hung over the Svindows. Altogetiier, the improvement will be marked, and the new place will be fit for clean people to go into. There is some complaint that the Liccrise Committee_should have come to the conclusion which it_did in regard to the licensing of pool- tables. The Committec decided tu recommend that pool-tables upon_ which free cumes are played be allowed to have « license for 35, and those upon which paid-for games are played be assessed $10 cach. It is cl#imed that where nothing is charged for the game of pool it i expected that drinks be “sct up” for e h game, and that the drinks, usually beer, are so cheap that many young boys are induced to play, and thus taught bad habits. STREET JMPROVEMENTS, The Committee on Strects and Alleys for the South Division met yesterday afternoon, Ald. Gilbert in the_chair and Ald. Aldrich and Bal- lard present. It was devided to recommend to the Council that the paving of State street from Jackson street to Harmon court be gone ahead with. The citizeus are auxious, and J. G. Me- Bean, contractor, will do the job with pine- vement. The Committee are willing if ens ate, though it is ¢: that since an order before the Counil to the ef- s shall be used, = & there feut that nothing but cedar bl there will be some objection The paving of Calumet avenue from Twenty- ninth to Thirty-first strect was recommended upon the statement that the properts-owners want it. The protest of & man named Jones has been entered, but, as the assessment for the work has been partially collected, the improve- ment will commence immediately. An ordinance allowing the North Division Strect-Raitway Company to run their cars ns far south as Van Buren strect, was placed on file with the joking remark that the measure was to make it more convenient for some of the North Side Aldermen to attend Council wmeet- ings, &c. DR. M'VICRAR. The Special Committec on the investigation of the charges against Dr. McVickar, of whi Ald. Throop is Chairman, were to have hels meeting yesterday aiternoon to draw up a re- port of the investigation to submit to the Coun- cil to-morrow. But no meeting was held. Ald. Throop, upon whoimn the compilation of the re- port devolves, has inquired and ascertained the opinions of sll the members of the Committee, and he said yesterday thatno one member of that body believed any of the charges which Lander had made. The report will, therefore, be a full exoneration of the Doctor, who has al- ways been regarded as “straight™ in all his aealing The city officials consider that the investigation has begn thorough, notwithstand- ing the insinuations of Lander that the accused would be * whitewashed,” and are glad that nothing against Dr. McVickar's character has been shown. Not that any crookedness should remain unexposed, but the gentleman in ques- tion had always held a good position as con- cerned honest¥, and to see a reputation sullied was no small affair. Ald. Throop declined to state what his report would say, for the reason that * We do not want it known, till after the Council has heard, who our recommendations will strike.” £MOKE-BURNERS. The Committee on Smoke-Burners had an- other meeting yesterday morning. ‘Ald. Kirk said tbat Lester's machine would work in connection with marine boilers, but not | with such as were in use at the Water-Works. One of his smoke-burners was now in use at the repair-shops of the Water-Worls, and it did not consume the smoke at all. Mr. Trautman, Chicf-Engineer of the Water-Works, was called upon to explain about the eifects of the Lester machine on the boilers in the pumping-works. He said that he was only an assistant when the ‘burner was in use, but ke knew that it burned off the bolt-heads of the boiler, and there was not a proper draft when it was in use. Mr. Lester said that the bolt-heads were burned off because the coal was piled too near them. The matter of the draft had been im- proved by later inventions. T was said of the Coughlin machine that it would not burn soft coal sereenings at all. Friday Mr. Hazleton informed the Committee that bis apparatus would save 30 per cent. Yesterday he made 2_proposition to guarantce tothe city a saving of 63 per bentin its annual coal bid. ‘The Committee then made a journey around the city, and looked at thc various patents in some of the buildings and factories in town. They inepected them all, and have a pretty thorough knowledze of how they will benefit the city. No_ conclusion as to which patent, if any, will be adopted has yet been reached; and though the Aldermen probably have their minds made up, taey will not express any opinion till Monday, at 11 o'clock a. m., at which time 2 mecting will be held, and thie_proposition of Mr. Chase, representing the Diehl pateat, will be heard.” A couciusion will probably be ar- rived at. POPULAR LOANS. There werc no subscriptions to the popular loan yesterday. Those patriotic citizens who were willing nonths ago to subscribe $50,000 at the first jump have not done so in any case, Those who promised faithfully—after investinz cnough to pay their taxes—to call again have not been heard from. The many baukers who have from day to day heen on the point of in- vestinent still hold their money, and the city still holds the blank warrants. " The numerous reports of capitalists—East, North, West, and South—who would invest $40,000 or §50,000 to- morrow have all proved untrue so far. The Ialest reports arc that prominent citizens will Wtk to have the loan alt taken i Chicazo, So that the credit at the East will be good when a loan of $1,500,000 from that_guarter is request- ed; and that there is a man in Canada who has $100,000 to put in warrants, and a savings-bank President of this city who, when he returns (he Dbeing now out of the cty), will take about $100,000 of stock in the popular money-raising plan. But little reliance is placed in any reports of the above nature by those who have been fooled by them so many times, and at last it has come to be the general opinion that there is no patriotism in the heart of the average citi- zen of Chicago, but that a_few of them, to par- tially fulfill promises made long ago, advance just moncy enough to pay taxes, the warrants being receivable therefor. ~ The city authorities do not like to yicld to the conviction tbat the opular loan is a failure, but they are fast mak- ng up their minds to «wxpress some sentiment of the kind. The reasons for the unpopularity of the thing bother their minds also. That there are many {nvestments paying more than § per cent interest at present is not by any means Clear, but there are not loans as_well sctured as arc those made to the city is as sure as anything can be. ANNOUNCEMENTS. The Rev. G. O. Barnes, of Kentucky, speaks in Farwell Hall this evening. The Rev. M. M. Parkhurst will preach this morning at the Michigan Avenue M. E. Church on “ Every Man His Own Priest.” The Rev. Dr. Locke will preach at Trinity Church, Michigan avenue and Twenty-sixth street, this morning. The Rev. F. N. Luson preaches in-the evening*on * The Relation of Commeree to the Church.” All friends of Mr. Hans Balatka are invited to meet Monday evening at 8 o’clock at North Side Turner Hall to arrange for a torch-light procession and a vocal and_instrumental enter- tainment to be held at Lincoln Pavilion. St. Patrick’s Total Abstinence Bencvolent Society will hold their annual picnic Thursday, the 24th inst., at Glencoe. Dancing, ball-play- ing, and various other amuscments will be the order of the day. Thetrain will leave the North- western Depot, corner of Canal and Kinzie streets, at 9 a. m., sharp. Franklin Lodge No. 181, I. O. G. T., will hold a special mecting for initiation and other busi- ness this aftercoon at 2 p. m., sharp, at Typo- graphical Hall, 79 Dearborn street, Room No. 29, " Printers desirous of joining and members of the Order are invited to be present. The cighth annual picnic of the American Protestant Assceiation will be held at Colchour Grove Thursday, Aug. 24, Tickets are $1. ?m‘s Jeave the Michigan Southern aund Kotk Island Depot, corner Van Buren strect and Pacific avenne at 8: 30 a. m., stopping at Twenty-second street. Music by Nevin’s City Band. ralf-pasr 9 o Universalist conference and prayer-meeting will be held at the hall, corner of Indizna avenue and Thirty-first street. The Rev. A+ H. Laing, of Earlville, will conduct the regulur morning services at 11 a. m.. At3p. ., services will be hald in the Englewood pul Jic school building, the Revs. Sopnia Gibb and Florence Hollock officiating., A missionary meeting will be held at 8t. Paul’s, Michigan avenue. between Sitcenth and Eightecuth strects, at 8 p. m. Messrs. J. . Hansen, A. A. H. Laing, 8. F. Gibb, J. Straub, and others, will deliver addresses. The St. George’s Benevolent Association will hold their annual picnic Thursday. Aug. 31, at River Grove, Desplaines Station, on the Chicazo & Northwestern Railway. There will be two trains, onc at 9 and the other at 12. The Great Western Lizht Guard Band has been engaged for the oceasion. Mr. John will be the caterer, and will provide a regular dinner on the srounds. No person will be admitted unless inown to the Committee or some ot the mem- Dbers to be respectable. It is the determination of those in charge that the picnic shall—this time—give cntire satisfaction to the public, and all arrangements have been made to that end. Spiritous liquors and games of chance will be strictly torbidden. HYDE PARK. THE SEVENTII SOUTH PARK CONCERT took place yesterday at the park band-house. To the attractions of an extremely pleasant afternoon were added the charms of a well-se- lected and finely executed programme. The or- chestra was led for the last time by pleasant Hans Balatka, who Icaves in a few days for St. Louis. The cfforts of this gentleman in the South Park concerts have been crowned with success, and his departwre will leave a vacancy hard to fill. ‘The music was commenced half an hour later than formerly, and lasted till :20, whichproved adecided advantage. The attendance was by far the largzest and most fashionable of th gon, over 10,000 people being Yresent, and the drivesways were crowded for blocks about the band-ho The park-phactons brought out hundreds of pleasure-seckers, who wandered about the paetty lawns and among cool arbors. ‘Theé crowd increased more and more towards the finis, but the admirable regulations of the park guardians kept the great moving mass in perfect order. “ THE FOURTIL HOF of the season took place ut the Hyde Park House last Tuesday night. The weather was propitious, and the attendance about 600. uring the eve the_fashionable throng was addressed by Mr. Jobn M. Dandy, of the Herald, who stated that he was requested by the proprietors of the hotel to réturn thanks for the immensc patronage of the hops, and to state that,in their endeavors to please every one. they propose to throw open the new grand dining-hall, and give the future hops of the season in that room istead of in the parlors. At 7:30 an orchestra composed of twenty performers from the Great Western Light” Guard Band would give a concert until §:30, when they would retire to the dining-hull for the dancing. The band is understood to be the same one that gives the South Park concerts. The dining: hall floor is to be waxed. The entire manag ment will devolve upon Prof. A..E. Bournique. The proprietors are doing their utmost to agrec- ably accommodate the great number in attend- ance on hop nights, and a four-in-hand Concord coach, which leaves the Palmer Houseat 5 o’clock . m., will return to the abové hotel with passen- gers after the pleasures of the evening, besides going to the dummy-station at every arrival and dcparture of that conveyance. Owing to the considerable expense occasioned by the new ar- rangements, it bas been found necessary to the continnance of the hops to charge an admission fee of 50 cents cach for all persons except the resident guests of the house. ‘Tuesday will be the first trial of the new plan, which can scarcely fail of success. ALL SORT3. Prominent among the late arrivals at the Hyde Park House may be mentfoned: L. Mec- Williams and family, Chicago; J. J. Lee and wife, Ohio; B. B. Lamb, Long_ Branch: D. H. Kennedy, New Orleans; S. 8. Thomas, Louisiana, Mo.; W. C. Hately and family, Brantford, Can.; Mrs. G. B. Green, Denver; F. W. Hayne, Mrs. B. F. Jacobs and son, Mrs. F. E. Dewey, E. 8. Pike and wife, E. W. Dewey and wife Chicago; J. M. Smith snd wife, New Haven sl Gcorxe Farnsworth, Ocento, TRobert Johnston, R. B. Brown, Aty New Cordiff, Engiand Oricans; M. Walker, Port A. Lancaster and wile, Hutchinson, .J. Hutchinson, B. 5 George W. Brock and wife,” Chicago; W. B. Wilshire, San Francisco; E. Manhan and wife, Mrs. E. Oldkins, York; Miss Clara Mc- Donough, St. Lou >, Givins and wife, Mrs. Iliunphrew, Mamic Humphresw, Mrs. AL T, Dewey, Miss Auna P. Dewey, Mrs. Bar- rett, C.T. Bowen, Chicazo; Morvis Lelknap, Mis Lucy Belkuap, St. Louis; M. J. Wentworth, Miss Rosaua 3Veutworth, W. & Smith, IL M. | Kinsley, . 0. Hul Chicago; D. T. ilig- ginson, Kamschatl 3. rell, Kalama- 8¢. Louis: E. C. Hagcock. Kate Miss ; C. F. Swift, Miss Laura Ottawa; E. C. Suotton, New . T. Elliot, Sterling; W. IL Chicago; R. Thallon, Brookly: G, Alvord and wife, Cairo, IiL; A C. Wentworth and family, Mrs. Charles L. Allen, Mrs. J. A. Allen, H k, A. R. Fink, . D. F. Warnock and wife, Blooming- D. Jackson, Grand Rapids; T. E. Tiss McLowan, W. W. Kimball, Chi- St. Taul; H. H. Honore, fora, Havana, Cuba; Miss Kate Harrison, New Orleans; W. Parker, Den- ver; S. J. Medill; Miss Josie Plummer, Bostol W. H. Singer, ittstnrg; E. Leichtenhein, Alden Merriman, New York: B. Shepard, Bos- ton; James Wt Columbus, O.; and J. H. Kelloge and f: 3 - The followi ! slingers registered at the hotel this weck: Ralph I Wazwoner, Toledo Blade ; John M. Dandy, Chicago Herald ; Horace H. Stoddard, Chicago. ' A very pl nt social party gathered at the splendid residence of Mr. J. Frasher and wife, Friday evening, the eause being their twentieth anniversary e d Hyde Park is not lackine in patriots. The latet revelation in this line is u boys’ cavalry company, NOW organizing. > Mr. Georre M. Kimbark and wife are the gucsts of Mr. Paul Cornell. c A swimming match between threc ladies from Chicago took place here Tuesday afternvon *The fair bathers wore the regular” bathing cos- | twine, hut the lake was too rough for rapid i movements. A f A boy is said to have fallen from the 10 oclock picnic train Tuesday night, receiving some injuries. The sidewalk on the south side of Oak street, | ton, IIL. Rainier, cago; E. S. Comray Chicago; A. K. from Park avenue to the railroald station, has become a positive terror to pedesirians, and should be mended at once before auy accident oceurs. CRIMIN AL Louis Weber is locked up at the Armory charged with stealing $16 from his room-mate, Adolph Hidel, of No. 133 Canalport avenue. Sucak thicves yesterday morning entered the the residence of A. E. Turbush, No. 313 West Taylor street, and casried away with them about $100 worth of ladics’ jewelry. Mrs. Otis, of 472 West Randolph street, has in her possession 3 yards of carpeting which she recovered from a thief who was attempting | to secrete it about the place. The owner is wanted at the West Lake Street Station. Rudolph Christianson, residing at No. 313 Noblc street, complains that while in the vicini- ty of the Halsted street viaduct Friday evening lie was assaulted by highwaymen and robbed of an open-face gold watch valued at 40, and also 23 in cash. L. Hayden, a saloon-keeper at No. 53 West Lake strect, was _before Commissioner Hoyue csterday for an infrinzement of the Internsl | {ievcnup Jaw. He was beld in $500 bail. De- fendant swore out a counter-complaint against a rival named Hamburg, who had put the ofli- cers on his scent. Botn Hayden and Hamburg were given until Wednesday to square the matter. Last evening Mary Stewart, the occupant of aroom in the huilding No. 265 Clark street, left her home to do some shopping. When she returned, a new cashmere dress_was missing, and at once suspicion rested on Mrs. Ada Car- penter, another occupant of the same building. She reported her loss a police headquarters, and immediately thercafter Detectives McGar- gzle and Bauder visited the room of the suspect- ed woman, and there recovered the missing dress. The woman was locked up at Centra Station. Aaron Cohn was a wholesale and retail liguor- deuler at the corner of Seventcenth and State streets. Some of his creditors alleged that he committed acts in violation of the Bankrupt law, and conscquently a warrant was issued for his arrest and ~the seizure of his stock. Anticipating the former, he concealed himself in a lodging-house on State, near Thirtcenth street, where he locked himself in. Deputy-Marshal Campbell was detailed to se- cure Cohn, and after some little investigation 1eAINEQ M8 whicscabuuto. * TIC W LY LU Uko leds ing-housc and was told that his victim was in, but the Iatter refused to make his manly form visible. The officer of the law kicked in the door and took possession of the oocupant. Then there was a scenc. Several members of the Cohn family, male and female, made their ap- pearance, and set up a crying and shouting which was very annoying to the residents in the vicinity. Threats were made intimating a de- sire to punch the officer’s head, but very op portunely Deputies Bird and Buck appeared just in the nick of time, and the rebellious Colin was taken in by force of arms. He was subsequent~ 1y escorted within the sacred presence of Com- missioner Hoyne, who fixed bail for a futare ap- pearance at $1,000. —e—— THE POISON-OAK. ¥ Tv the Editor of The Tribune, Coicaco, Aug. 13.—iIs it dangerous for people to go to Lincoln Parki” Yes, if susceptible to the poisonous emana- tions or exudations from the plant Rhus Toxicodendron or poison-oak, which grows lux- uriantly in the southeast and northern central parts of the Park. Mr. Newsome, the gardener at Lincoln Park, made a statcment to your re- floncr which, if true, certainly indicates that is knowledge of the Nat. Ord., Anacardiacee (Cashew Family) is wonderfully limited. The existing diffcrence between the Cashew family and the Nat. Ord. Vitacer (Vine Family) 1s so apparent that it would seem impossible to mis- take Ampelues Quinquefolia_for Rhus Radi- cans. Mr. N. says that: *I found several Virginia creepers (Ampelop Quin.) of the five— lenved species down on the lake shore.” “And, when a younz man, I re- member to have suffered from merely inhaling thescent.”” The gentleman’s memory in this respect is impeired. _Ampelopsis Quin. is not poisonous, as it does not posscss toxi ower. He evidently refers to the Rhus dicans, or Poison ‘Ivy; this crecper or climber may inhabit the park resion,—however I personally have not noticed its growth. Certainly it is to be regretted that one of the most beautiful climoers known inthe American Flora must be rooted out through mistaken identity. Rhbus Radi s or Poison Ivy, sometimes called poison vin, is a variety of the Rhus Tox- Huon;_ E. | P. Hutchinson, | + from one, where they had been i breadstuffs and provision: | remunerative i come settled, out? Have I not askel him to buildings that i been ¢ Fhow 3p the effects and point out the ion of particles? Have I not mentioned bfiffll‘;;m that have stood long enough to have these fchtsdsl‘llcw i they exiotdd o id Mr. read the statement ma Mackin that he used steps in his build?:zb ;’u‘;fi: use for oyer od the greny twenty years, and had also w fire? If you want any farther proof of the qnality of limestone, 2o to- Sprinafield, Yagi son, Tock Island. Carlisville, and Kloomiat and ask those Commissioners Low tiey had hag the audacity to introduce limestone into such castly and magnificent buildiags, whether had not been aware that their actions had closely scanned and vigilantly wat: [!l(‘r\' lmd‘f‘!.lcfichhl:d in ereci and durable buildin; t] Were all blockbeads, T iy e what tuey were doing when they decided to use lh;fes\t{mc?yl i i M. 4 wishes to discuss the me the various stones, he can find me at mer.xo?ficu corner of Harrison and Franklin streets, oen;: ally from 7a. m. until 6 p. m., and I \rilfmg convince him of the good and bad qualitie without the aid of any” dictionary. I am gl to hear that ‘= has found the undergroung places, where to obtain books to replenish mene oryand knowiedge, but wouldrespectfully adyicg hiin to next tim¢ obtain a book on the treatise of stone, and of gentlemanly courtesy, instead of a sccond-hand dictionary. T. C. Dizxsg, —————— A CONTAGIOUS DiSEASE, Tn the Editor of The Tritune. Cu1cAGo, Aug. 19.—This panic which has gse sumed such wonderful proportions, extending as it does all over the world, i3, in my opinfon, nothing more or less thana discase like the cholera or epizoof No one Lnows where it comes from or where it will end, and, like thoss diseascs, is equally as contagious, and every one has caught it in a greater or less degrec. In the East there may have been some canss for it in_overproduction of manufuctures, bat in the West, where we produce princinally is impossible to soverproduce, as we are accessible to the mar- Kets of the world, and the world wants our prog- ucts continnally, and is and has been paying s for them. The West is :1‘:5 has beenas prosperous during the past three years as she ever was, ami is producing from the soil alone a wealth of many millions each and every ee) ched, and how eh beatifyl : year, and it is wealth that did not exist before, but is deveioped by labor into these millions of cereals and provisions that the world wants and must have. ‘This panic, as I said befare, I firmly believe to be notising more or less than a mental disease which time alone will curc. The West, and Chi- cago particularly, ought not to have it very hard, neither do they, as witness the better business West than East all through these dull times. It is a singular fact that every apparens calamity that ever occurrcd to Chicazo has afterwards proved to be a blessing in disguise, and this very panic_will, in my opinion, de no exception to the rule. We depend upon agri- culture as a basis for our prosperity, while East. they depend npon commerce aud manufactures. For this reason we shall get over the cffects of this paric from three to six months before com- merce and manufactures revive, and a tide of emigration will commence to tlow West, and capital follow, which will continue long after business has revived in the Eastern States. So the people of Chicago need not be despondent; a bright and brilliant future awaits them. The bottum has been reached, and this fall, when the crops begin to move, and money circulates more frecly, and the politics of the country be- better times will certainly pre- vail, and within another vear Chicago will be making as rapid strides waward to her future destiny as the most enthusiustic Chicagoan cver dreamed of. E. ——— A MILD GROWL. To the Editor of The Tridune. CHoIcAGo, Aug. 18.—Will not THE TRIBTSE please tell its readers how poor Mrs. Hanford’s health isi—we heine quite satisfied now that poor Mrs. Alex Sullivan will live. Eitber speak of Mrs. H. or drop the other side of the story. Yaxg-Ker, BIRTHES. DARLING—At 184 Vincennes avenue, on tha 17th inst., the wife of I. G. Darlingof a daughter. b e lecns o s e SHERMAN—COFFIY the residence of tha the bride’s parents, Crown Point, Ind 10, by the Rev. Sumucl Fallows, Daniel Sherman, of Chicago, and Miss Nillix CORWITH—HARRIS—In Sag Harbor, Lonz Isl- N. Y., at the residence of the bride's father, Aug. 7, 1876, by the Rev. J. J. Harriscn, of Christ Church, Edward G. Corwith, of Chieago, and Hea- rietta M. larris, of Sag Harbor, L, . No canls. —— e __DEAT Auz. 1S, at the resi- dence of her mother, 911 South Dearborn street, Lizzie Butler, aged 15 vears. Faneral at 10 o'clock Snnday, from St Johos - Charch by carriages to Calvary. CARPENTER—In Chicago, Aug. 18, of typhnid fever, Horaced., son of Amasa W. and Abbie S. Carpenter, aged 8 years and 6 months. NOBLE—Augz 18, of consumption, Mrs. Eliza- beth S. Noble. Friends are invited. The funeral will take place at9a.m. Sunday, 20th, at 497 North Paniina street, to be buricd at Graceland. $2Meadville (ko) and Utica (N. Y.) papers please copy. DOOLITTLE—Silas Wright, yonngest son of ex- Scnator Doolittle, at Racine, “Wis., Aug. 18, of acate spinal meningitis. Funcral ervices at his father's residence at Ra- cme, on Sunday, Aug. 20, at 3 o'clock p. m. STRINGER—On Friday at 8:30 p. m., Isabelle, youngest daughter of Richardand Mary Stringer, aged 1 year and 4 months. Faneral this morning at 10 o'clock from the resi- dence of her parcnts, 348 South Halsted strect, by carriages to Calvary. $&Montreal (Canada) and Decorah (fa.) papers please copy. MACKIE—George A. Mackie, azed 9 yvears and - 6 months, only son of Julia and late Capt. A. Mackie. Funeral wilt take place Sunday at = p. m., at the residence, 632 West Adams-st. Frients are invited to attend. Buffalo papers please copy. KING—At Martinsbarg, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1816, Willinm King, aged 76 years, father of llenry W., Charles L., and Philo K., of thi city. SMITH—Lillian V., danghter of Mr. and Mrs. 2. 3ilton Smitb, of Geneva, Kane Co., Hl., of diphtheria, Aug. 19, 1 ed 5 years and 11 months, Funeral to Rose 1iill. at 1 o'clock, from depot Wisconsin Division of Chicago & Northwest- ern Railroad, PLUNKETT—Aug, 14, Patrick, youngest son of James and the late Eliza Plunkett. Zeq 14 months. §t. Louis, Cincinnati, New York, and Dablin, Lro- 1and, papers please copy. *+Bring me flowers, all yonng and sweet, That T may spread the winding shect Where, calm, thou sleepest, baby With roscless cheeks and auburn ha : 3P MAGILL—At Aurora, IIl., Friday, Aug. 1L, 1876, Cordekia Magill. consort of the late Alex- ander W. Magill. of Ottawa, 11l., and mother of Mra. Armand D. J. Hooper, of Chicago. Funcral Ottawa, Sunday, Aug. 13 NORTON—The funeral services of the child of icodendron or Poison Oak, sometimes termed Gift Sumach. Rhus Venenata or Poison Su- mach, Poison Ash or Poison Dogwaod, is also a variety of Rhus Tox. This latter variety is much more poisonous by emanations than Poison Oak, although not any more pernicious from contact than the former. T am not certain of the present growth of this shrub in Lincoln Park; formerly it was aban- dant. The toxical effects cither from exhalations or by contact are of an crysipelatous nature, characterized by burning, ithing, reduness, and swelling of the parts aifected, sometimes caus- ing suppurating blisters. An antidote for this Ppoisoning can be found in the use of a saturated solution of hyposulphite of soda. It is grububle that most of those persons poisoned can call to remembrance a creeping shrub from 1 to 3 fect high, with long, cord-like shoots from stems that might have been erect or decumbent: these stems are of a brownish c ternate, or three-leaved, :vlindrical petioles; the leaflets are broad, oval,’or rhombodial, from 2 to & inches long, two-thirds as wide, petiolate (from its own lcaf stalk), acuminate (taper.pointed), smooth above and downy beneath, especially on the vines; flowers, greenish white, growing in the axillary or at the junction of the leaf, stem, and stalk; it flowers during July and August. The fruit is a roundish, smooth, dry berry of a pale-green color, containinz a solitary bony seed; the leaves of the Rhus Tox. resemble those of the morning-glory, although the stem is more woody. T D. W. ———— THE LAST WORD. 7o the Editor of The Tribune. CHICAGO, Aug.19.—Allow me once more the use of your columns to refute the statements of %7 3 “somebody,” who is too cowardly to make assertions in his own name, but who val- iantly slanders the reputation of others by an anonymous communication. If “*» had simply confined his slander to such expressions as ‘‘incompetent henchman and “a very imperfect knowledge,” it would not be worth mentioning, as I am too well known that his ignorant and personal attack would in the least {njure my business reputa- 1.mn;tx butln he :ssertis tEa:'} %lcd not touch his uestion, I must re istaken. i & very mocl Where elge but ina stone-yard could these ljmpurmes he speaks of be most easily_nafntes E. H. Norton will take place at his residence. Stanon “avenue, at 10 o'clock a. m. Monday, Auyg. 21 LITTLEFIELD—At the Mercy Hospital. Chi- cago, IIl.. Aug. 19. 1876, Mrs. Kate B. Little- field, only daughter of Zenoa Cobb, Esq. Funeral secvices at the Chiurch of the Epiphany, at 10:30 a.'m. Monday next. HARDACRE—On the 15th inst.. Hattie lsabel daughter of Joscph and Annie E. Hardacre, aged 4 years and 10 monthe. ¥uneralat 9 a. m. Sundey, Aug. 20, from No. 1366 South Dearborn street, by carriages to Oske Wood Cemetery. 59 Springfieid (0.) weekly papers please coBY POLITI ATTENTION ! All young men who desire to take an active part in the campaign are invited to attend at the Head- quarters of the Hannibal Zouaves, 326 Clark street. on Wednesdsy evening, Aug. 23, as the has resolved to organize Company B. First Wad Hayes and Wheeler 3arching Club. SECOND WARD. The Second Ward Republican Clab will meed Monday eveninz in the Denneit Medical Colleges 513 State street, at 8 o'clock. The mecting wi be addressed by Messrs. L. L. Jiils aud Joha C. ore. ELEVENTH WARD WARD REPUBLICAN COLOB GUARD. A select Company of Color Guards will be or- ganized at Martinc's Hall, on Ada street, Moudsy evening. The best young men of the ward are ‘FICE. 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