Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 3, 1876, Page 8

THE CHICAGO THIBUNE: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1870—SIXTEEN PAGEN. little to do with it, preferring that Mr. Van well Hall Monday morning, Dec. 4, to consg]p THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS. « Qugr Carter" started for Washington Friday evening, taking with him his eagle. He would have taken a satchel with him had not some ‘kind friend relieved him of it at the depot. The temperature yesterday, as observed by Manasse, optician, 85 Madison street (TRIBUNE Building), was a5 follows: 8a.m., 14510 a m., 18512 m., 2133 p. Moy 24; 8 p. m. 20. Barometer at § 2. m., 50.21;1p. - 30.27. The Chicago City Rifles (colored) met at their armory, 3% Clark street, on Friday, and elected the following officers: Captain, Alex Brown; First Licutenant, C. L. Wells; Second Lieuten- ant, R. Mitchel. Coroner Dietzsch yesterday held an inquest upon Sarah Trae, of No. 175 Painter street, who died suddenly yesterday of heart disease, and ‘upon James Dundon, 2 boy who was run over Dy the cars 2 few days ago at Brighton Station. The following North Carolinians are st the Palmer House: R- R. Bridges, President, Judee Howard and F. Phillips, of the Wilmington & TWeldon Railroad; T. R.” Scott, President, and 1. Shaw, General Superintendent of the Rich- mond & Petersburg Railroad. On Thanksziving eve, at Ford's new hall, cornerof Capal and Van Buren streets, took place, one of the pleasantest social partiesof !h_e season given by the employes of Libby, MeNeil & Libby, packers. Mr. Apdrew O’Brien and Lis manazers creditably ‘conducted the party. i Ward_Club wascalled tomeet 1&“&3&3"3‘)&@5 Hall for the purpose of accounts of the Club with the Sivers persons who owed or_were bemg owed any mopey. Only 3 few members gr:scm.ed Y olves at the hall, and they agreed to Jeave :E:nvl:lfq;a Inatter to the Executive Committee. ‘Undle Tim Chandler, the efficient agent of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad in this city, <cclebrated his 46th irthday vesterday. During the day he was made ‘the recipient of number- Joss telegrams from Milwankee and elsewhere, rongr:n.ulnflnzhim uponthe auspicious event. He also received a large number of valuable presents. The case of the old lady at 147 South Hai- sted street, who was snldyto ‘have been so badly icked and injured by 2 man named Buler on 1he Uth of Norember, seems to have been an ex- aggeration. The Grand Jury heard the state- honts of 2 number of witnesses rclative to the assault on vesterday, and ignored the bill against Buler, who is now at liberty. At the annual assembly of the Chicago Coun- cil, No. 4, R and 8. M., the following officers ere elected and_installed by T. J. Grand Mas- Ter James 11. Miles: C, C. Plillips, T. J. G M.3 ' D. Bastom, Deputy G. M.; W. Rerr, P. C. of W.: T. E. Miller, Treasurer; J. O. Dickerson, Rocorder; 4. B. Overmeyer, C. of G.; A.E. Brayper, Conductor; J. Woodman, Steward; S. 1. Richardson, Sentizel. Maj. Cole, a lay-worker well known in Chi- cazo, sailed from England the carly part of this ek en route for Chicaro, where he will aseits in further conducting the work here. ‘Maj. Cole \was very successful an his work abroad. At a number of points hie followed Messrs. Moody and San and had large and interesting meet- jogs. In Liverpool for weeks he drew immense zudicnces, and a marked work of srrace followed s efforts in that city. A mecting of the new Zouave Com; my which Thas lately been started on the South Bide was heid last evening in Central Hall, corner of Wa- Lask: avenue and Twenty-sccond street. After adopting s constitution jor the government of the Comipaay, the mecting adjonrned. Another meeting will be held at the same plave ‘Wednes- Qay evching for the purpose of electing oflicers. ;I‘hn: Cowmpany now bas a list. of fiity-iive mem- hers. . A man named Jobn Howison, while in a elightly intoxicated condition, Jast evening fell into the basement of the Mendel Building, cor- ner of Pacific avenue and Van Buren street, and received & severc wound upon ine_crown of the head, which rendered him * insensible for gcveral hours. He was removed by Otficer McCormick to Judson's drug store, No. 281 Clark strect, where he was. attendes by Dr. M. Phillips. e will probably recover. The Philosophic Society met last night at their rooms, corner State and Washington streets, and listened to a lecture on *“The Theory of the Unconscious Intelligence as Op- posed to Tueism,” by Prof. G. S. Morris, of Michigan University. “The lecture was an ¢labo- Tate snd carcful criticism of Hartman's theory, Which, in substance, is that the universe is tue Tesult of the operations of an unconscious in- telliscne, rathier than the consummation of a de- fined plan by an juiclligent beine. Mr. Morris differs from the distingaished Germun philoso- pher, and he endeavored to show that reason 2ind cominon sense were_arrayed on the side of a Supreme Intellizent Being. An interesting discussion exsued at the end of the lecture. A correspondent writes from IIvde Park on the sewer question, which has become of more than ordinary importance to that town.' He says it has been ascertained that a sewer on Forty-first street, from the lake to State strect, 3 distance of & mile and 2-haif, can be Luilt for £30,000 an expense of 25 cents per front foot to the property benedtted. The Trustees are in favor of the scheme, and the residents clamor for it, but some of the property-owners who are non-residents remonstrate against the con- struction, because of the additions it would make to the taxes. The correspondent hits the opposing memorialists some hard licks inreturn 1or the statement that the houses in Hyde Park are all mortgaged and the inhabitants dead- beats, and concludes with grapaic picture of the malarial horrors of the place and the abso- lute necessity of a sewer. A CASE FOR DIVORCE.” The controversy over the play known as “ A Case for Divorce,” now running at the Musenm, has at last gotiuto the courts, and bids fair to run the sanic course 25 *The Orphans™ did eightecn months ago. Dion Boucicault, the well-known dramatist, began a suit Saturday in the United States Circuit_Court against J.” 0. Kaler. the owner of the play, and the managers of Wood's Museum, R. L. Marsh, William Van Fleet, and W. N. Griflith. to recover $2.000dam- uges. Mr. Boucicault savs that in September 1ast_he was the owner of a play called ¢ Forbid- den Frait,” which he bad ‘“designed and adapt- ed 1 for public representation, and on which he had obtained a copyrizht. Neverthcless, the de- fendant Kaler has in violation of his rights plagiarized the play, making it substantially jdentical with * Forbidden Fruit * and ¢ simu- Jating, copying and following the same in plot, dramatic effects, incidents, sequence of inc- dents, language, and dislogue ” in violation of his rights and profits. Mr. Boucicault states he bas never allowed the play to be printed or sold &0 that any one could use it except him- &clf, and that he has made large profits by it in New York during the past Jew months. He thinks it is d orbidden fruit that Mr. Kaler is enjoying it nsing such a close imi- 1ation, and asks for $2,000 damages. Messrs. Clarkson and Van Schaack appear as attorneys €or the plaintiff. BRUSH AND EASEL. WHAT IS GOING ON IN LOCAL ART. The principal topic of intercst in art circles is the approaching complimentary reccption ten- dered by a large number of ourlocal art lovers to the Academy of Design. The date has not yet been named, though those who bave the af- fair in charge state that it will come off .on or sbout the 19th inst. Itis proposed to make a new departure in this reception,—one that its originstors claim will be more pleasing to those who attend, and at the same time will sccure ‘more substantial results o the Academy. Prof. Swing has consented to prepare a sbort éssay on, the “Mission of Art,” which he wiil deliver on’ the occasion; a musical clubof prominence ‘Thias promised to contribute from its resources; a popularreader will be engaged, and itisin con- 1emplation to close the fe: ties with a hop in the Jarze hall under the main gallery, now used as the School of Design. Ncarly all the local limpers have promised to contribute to the suc- cess of the evening, and the most of their con- tributions will be donated to meet the temporal needs of the Academy. On the evenings of the Second and third @ays following there will be a public sale of all ihe pictires donated. The programinc for the occasion is in the hands of 2 committee composed of lcading artists and art patrons, and will be ready for publication in the course of the coming weck. EARE ENGRAVINGS. There is now on exhibition st tne bookstore of Jansen, McClurg & Co. one of the finest col- Jections of rare engravings ever scen in the West. They are the importation of Mr. Fred Keppel, of New York, who for years has made a profession of collecting the works of tlic old masters in the usc of the burin and graver. The eullcetion comprises some of 1be rarest works ot atciv Baldini, in¢luding his ¢ Prophet Armos,’ isa beautiful specimen of the art of cvgraving in its infancy; Albrecht Duerer’s famous airtoon of “Melancholy and two forgerics thereof—this picture, like ‘the Schleswig-Holstein matter, has for been a favorite subject of investigation ant st:ddv, and 1t is stated that at least one distinguished Ger- man went crazy in endeavoring to give a tran- scription of it in the cold and lifeless form of type; ¢ The Last Supper,” after Raphael, and +i8t. Lawrence Broiling on the Girdiron,” after Baceio Baldini, both engraved by Mare Antonio Raimondi.whoensraved all theworks of Rapbael s y himself ot various . four portraits of Rembrandt, ¢ How to Exam- ages; the “*Good Samaritan, ine an Engravin ,” and “The Annunciation t0 - the Shepherds,” by the same artist; a m: onifi- cent_engraving of ““Moses and the Ten Corm- mandments,” by Edelinck and Nanteuil; an ex- ?)llfish,e pure line of Adrienne Lacouvreur by revet; a gorgeous portrait of )[:msnrd.’ archi- tect to Louis XIV.., by Edelinck; Sharp’s por- trait of Dr. John_ Hunter, the celebrated En- lish surgeon and physician, after Sir Joshua eynolds, which has been pronounced the finest picce of engraving cver accomplished ; - phael’s “ Madonna and Child,” first, sccond, and final proof; Desnoyer's « Belisarius ”” .m;x; Gerard, an artist’s prool of the ** Last Supper’ after Leonardo da Vinci, by Rapbacl Morghen, and otlicrs, representative of the highest excel- o ain the Germau, French, Italian, Dutch, and English schools of pureling engraviog. The collection is one that will rivet for hours the Closest attention of the connoisseur. The prices range all the way from $5 to $580, the latter being asked for a portrait of Coppenol, by Rem- ‘brandt. THE DRURY COLLECTION, now on exhibition at the Associated Artists’ Gallery, contains fifty canvases from the eascl of one of our best known and_most painstaking artists. Mr. Drury is an enthusiastic student of nature, and-in landscape and out-door scenes, 1n which he introduces animal life, he is much more successful thanin the painting of in- teriors. He fairly revels in pastoral life. His scenes of farm life are transcriptions of out- door life in its most bappy phascs. The collec- tion will be sold at auction on Thursday even- e STUDIO NOTES. A. H. Elkins is busily engaged on his mam- moth landsmgxe‘—thc mountain scenery of Colo- rado,—which e calls the “ Thirty-cighth Star.” L. C. Karle bas %\Isb finished an execllent gem,—“Dog and_Bird,"—aud three or four Swater-color studies of ducks, quails, and prai- rie chickens. In this department of still life he is cqually at home both in water and ofl. - Hi drawing is bold, and his treatment of color in depicting plumage exhibits a delicacy of touch that is not often et with. Miss Gracie Earle has put the concluding touches to a couple of heads in crayon. That of a little boy is marked by a delieacy of han- dling in the flesh tints that promises well for the future. There is less confidence in her crayon in the treatmentof rough masculine heads, and they do not possess eitber the boldness of draw- ing or the granulation of flesh texture that mark ber portraits of children. SEXTON’S CONTRACT." MR. WOODBRIDGE CONCLUDES. Judge Williams was down in good time yes- terday morning to hear the closing argument of Mr. Woodbridge in the Sexton injunction case. The audience was small, consisting only of Sid Smith, three or four other lawyers, and three re- porters. Mr. Woodbridge, after going over the main points in his Friday’s argument, contended that the proper construction to be puton the County Board’s reserved right to reject anyand all bids was, that if their judgments disproved the bid because of the lack of fitness in the bidder in any respect, then they might reject it. . It might also have meant that they' might reject bids without assigning = reasom, but it did mnot mean that they could decide that any particular bidder was the best bidder becausc he was the lowest responsible, compctent bidder, and then have the option of rejecting him. If anything else was meant by this reservation it was simnply perpetrating a fraud upon the publicand the bidders. The complainant_being the lowest bidder, and the Board kmowing it, the public had a right to say that the bid should be awarded to complainant, and the latter had a correlstive right to say he should receive the compensation. 1f this right of the gublic and the bidder attached. it at- tached before the awarding of the contract to Sexton. It was too late for the Board to excreise any right of discretion. They had made a proposition, and it had been accepted. Mr. Woodbridge cited the case of the Staats- Zeitung in connection with the city printivg, where its contract was revoked by the Court, and a new coutract made. It Was not necessary to show that the Sexton contract involved moral turpitude, although that could be shown. It was simply necessary to see that the thing was THE OBIECTION TO TS BID was that the Union Foundry Works and other peopte were {nvited to bid, and Sexton putina bid that could not be foreseen by them, that they could mot provide . ugaiust in aoy v,—against the —terms of the ad- Yeftisenient, against the spirit of the specifications, and sgainst the whole current of things. 1f the County Board could go on and 1uake 4 public letting in the manner indicated, and then depart from it whoily without notive to anybody, and adopt a nev rule in favor of a particular class of bidders, was it not true that all responsible bidders who did not understand the tricks of the trade would be driven from competition? This practice simply deterred Tionest bidding, and public morality and safety required that such proccedings should cease. Mr. Woodbridge then took up the other branch of the casé,—the right to insist on an in- junction because of frouds etrated in the letting of the contract in such a,way as to in- crease the burden of taxation, ana willfully, deliberately, without reason, and without au- thority. The County Board had conceded that the lower bidder was just as good as the higher bidder in this case, and they had thereby con- | cents ceded all their authority in this case. There were some members of the County Board in whom he confided. The guilty were probubly few, but the others participated in the act, and it was a fraud. Some were probably bought, some were persuaded. When such bias as those of complainant, and the Chatfield bid, and othicrs, were sct aside, it was time fora little quict investigation. The Board bad pre- viously decided in favor of separate bids, but wien all the bids were in they decided that “ the previous policy of the Board had all been wrong,” and that joint bids were the proper thing. From il the circumstances, it was clear- 1y evident that Sexton was the prearranged fa- vorite bidder. The suspicious committee-mect- ing. where the policy of the Board was changed the hastc of some of the unsuccessful biddersto sigzn the bonds of the successful ones; all this and other things went to show that Sexton was lave the bid, notwithstanding Architect Eagan’s wonderful atlidavit ‘to tlie contrary. This document Mr. Woodbridge commented on at some length. All things slowed that the de- parture of the County Board was prearranged fn 1avor of Sexton, who was to have the contract, it would seem, at all evente. 1t would not do for a court to tolerate such a thing as this. There was no doubt that this was the true state of the case. The public bid- ding was simply a faree, a dumb show, where the puppets went through their parts, and the honest bidders were crowded out to make room for Sexton, the favorite of the Board, and the Board bad urged false reasons for the conduct of its members. Common decency required that the Board shamld exumine the other bids. It was a case of coustructive and actual fraud, and public morality and safety requircd the Court to interfere with an injunction to put an end to this corruot bargain and to destroy its infinence upon the lettine of contracts in subse- quent matters of publie-importance. ‘Here Mr. Woodbridge concluded, and Judge Williams announced that he would be ready to decide the case in the course of 3 week or so. THE COMMERCIAL LOAN. 'REPORT OF THL CREDITORS' COMMITTEE. The committee of creditors of the Commer- cial Loan Company, recently appointed to con- fer with the Assinee, J. D. Harvey, as to the value of the remaining assets in his hands and the prospect of further dividends,made their re- port yesterday, from which it appears: First—That the asscts consist almost entirely of real estate, or notes past dueand sccured upon real estate. These assets include a lot on North Clark street, near the bridge, sixty fcet front, which is held as security for the pay- ment of & note for £20,000 and interest at 10 per cent for nearly two years; lot on Frederick street, between Orchard and Clark, 200 feet front by 175 fect deep, and held as se- curity for the payment of $5,000 and interest for one )‘wi’ note, with security, title to which is disputed, but which the bank claims is good, for $2,000; proceeds of sule of lots corner of Cottage Grove avenue and Fifty-first street, held as sccurity for $5,000 and interest, now considered to ‘be worth $3,000; bank builain; corner of Archer avenue and Twenty-secon street; original cost, $25,000; interest in dock roperty oo south branch} oririnal cost, besides interest and taxes, ~$3,000; _fifty lots on West Twelfth street, corner of Robej, which the bank claims to be worth 17,5005 note of May & Coffman, past due, and amounting, with interest, to $25,000, and sccured upon lot and building on Madison, near La Salle street, claim on which is believed to be good. 1f not furced to make an immediate sale, the Committee be- lieve that the above-mentioned property would realize the sum of $89,000,—sufficient, according %o their estimates, to pay a further dividend to the creditors_ of not less than 25 per in addition . to the 564 Der cent already paid. Besides these assets, there are several m’;ull notes and ciaims due the late Sombern, which are more than sufficient to pay the expenses of closing up the estate. Second—As to future dividends, the Commit- tee say that noue need be expected until some of the real estate can be sold, or the May & Coffman note collected. A favoruble decis- fon is hoped for in_the suit enjoining payment of said note in January, in which case 8 divi- dend could be paid in February. A forced sale at present the Committee deem to be un- wise, as the property would probably not bring more tnan one-fourth its value, and such a_sale of the assets now would not pay the creditors 10 cents on the dollar, iu_addition to the pre: Tious dividends. Proccedings have been com- menced againgt the stockbolders to test the question of their liability to the creditors forthe amount of their stock, and a decision is expect- ed some thnc this month. If favorable fo the creditors, the amount that can he collecied from the solvent stockholders, cstioiated at. about $35,000, will go to tingrease the amount of final dividends. If any of the creditors are desirous of clubbing together and making up an amount of clains against the bank sufficient to purchasc any of the above-named property, thev are requested tocallon sny of the following-named gentle- men of the Committee: Charles “Reifsnider, Kinzie street, between Wells and LaSaile; An- ‘ton Friederich, 188 Madison street; Fred Walter Huxinann, 145 North Clark street; William Meester, 144 Michigan street. A HIT. THB “POST" BADLY CAUGHT. There is a custom among evening papers of stealing each other’s dispatches and other news, —a practice which can hardly be reconciled with strict morality, though perhaps based on good business principles. The evening News, a sprightly and lively little paper of this city, feeling aggricved that the Post should have taken its American Press Association dispatches without 5o much as saying “By your leave,” putupa job on its neighbor, and yesterday printed the following bogus telegram inits columns: ¥ SAD STORY OF DISTRESS IN SERVIA. Loxpox, Dec.2.—A correspondent of the Times, writing from Servia, where he hus spent many weeks, says that the country presents agloomy picture to'the traveler. The land is devastated and the people are starving. ‘Everywhere he found men and women crying for food. He could secin any large village hundreds of young women in a state of semi-nudity. It has been a hurd matter for the priests to keep the pop- niace under their control. ~ Children are starving by thousands thronghout the country. The men, young and old, go through the strects shonting for bread, cursing the rich for not coming to their aid. A ferw days ago the Mayor of the pro- vincial town of Sovik issued a proclamation ending with the ominous words: r us siht 1a Etsll 1ws Tel lum cmeht” (the municipality cannot aid). Upon reading this, the people, led by the women of the town, organized a riot, in the course of which a dozenhouseswere pillaged and over twenty persons were bratally murdered. The Post swallowed the bait and stole the dispatch whole. After it lmd printed it in its first cdition some one explained the mutter, and it was suddenly withdrawn. The joke may be appreclated by reading backward the o parently {foreign lan, ¢ in the next to the last para- eraph. The McMullens referred to are of course the proprietors of the Post. THE BAR ASSOCIATION. NOTHING STARTLING. The regular fortnightly mecting of the Bar Association was held ycsterday afternoon at their rooms in Farwell Hall building. TheHon. E. B. McCagg presided, and Mr. Ullmao acted a5 Secretary. There was a Jarge attendanco of members. Mr. B. F. Ayer, of the Board of Managers, re- ported that the members who hadnot paid their dues for the present year had been notified again of their delinquency. Since the service of those notices fifteen or sixteen gentlemen had paid up, leaving seventy-seven members still in arrears. Of these, twenty-three or twenty-four had been in default two years. If the duesare not paid within thirty days the delinquents are expelled under the constitution, without action by the Association. The ‘Treasurer’s report showed a balance ca hand of $1,553.5¢. Placed on file. Mr. William Lar, Jr., was elected member of the Association. The following communication was resd and received with applause: 3 To the Chicugo Bar Association—GBNTLEMEN: Iam abont to enter npon my duties as Sheriff of Cook County, and a8 am desirons to give, if pos- sible, complete eatisfaction to the peoyle at large, as well as to the members of the bar, I would re- spectfully request you to suggest to me auy change in the practical administration of my office which our experience may deem necessary, and which, n your opinion, muy facilitate the prompt dispatch of business. With that view I address your hon- orable body this communication, assuring you that 1 will most cheerfally reccive and take into consid- eration any practical euggestions which you may deem proper to submit. 1 am, gentlemen, very truly yours, CriARLES KERY, Sherifi-elect of Cook County. The following committee were appointed to confer with Mr. Kern and make such sugges- tions as_seem proper: Messrs. Ullman, Hor- ton, and Lackner. . Gen. Stiles anxiously inquired if any steps ‘were being taken towards providing the annual lunch of the Soclety. . E ‘Tbe President said a committee had the mat- ter in charge and were busy with the arrange- .ments. The affair would come off some time between Christmas and New Year's. Mr. E. B. Sherman moved that the Associa- tion indorse the suggestion, published in the Legal News, in regard to the formation of a State Bar Association at Springticld during January of the coming year. Mr. Sherman thought such an institution would have great weiFut. in reforms of dpnwfice and jurisprudence. Mr. Bennett moved as an mincndment that those members of the Association who belong to the Legislature and House who may be in Springfield at the time represent the Assocla- tion at the meeting. The amendment was voted down. Mr. B. . Ayer remarked that there was no need for the association to moye in this matter, as the call for the meeting addressed itself to individual members of the Bar. ‘The motion, on being put to a vote, resulted inatie. The President voted in the negative, and it was therefore lost. = Mr. Hardy offered the following, which, on motion of Mr. King, was referred to the special ui)m{muec appointed to confer with the Sheriff elcet: Resolred, That the Sheriff-elect be, and he is hereby, rcqfim!ted to furnish for the accommoda- tion of the Bar/a clerk or depnty, whose oftice shall De at the Court-house, at the corner of Adams and LaSalle streets, and whose duty shall be to receive and attend to the service and return of process. The Association then adjourned. RAISING THE ROOF. POTTER PALMER’S LAST MOVE. An enterprisc of considerable magnitude, and in which & great deal of intcrest is manifested, is just now going on inthe Palmer House, under the personal supervision of Mr. Potter Palmer. It isa well-known fact that Mr. Pal- mer is a man of get-up and vim. but no one cver imagined that he would raisc the roof of his mammoth hotel. Such, in fact, he is actually doing ‘The im mense iron roof of the Palmer House is being raised thirty inches, in order to make the upper rooms more lofty and attractive. A per- sou who has not seen the work zoing on can haerdly have any idea of its magnitude. Yester- day afternoon Mr. Palmer invited a TRIBUNE reporter and a number of friends to witness the operation of the raising, as it is going on. TO GIVE SOME IDEA OF THE WORK, the following figures, furnished by Mr. C. P. Paliner, the arclitect, are given: _ The total superticial area covered by the roof is 95,800 squure feet. The weight to cach square foot s eighty pounds, or atotal of 7,644, 000 pounds, equal to 3,532 tone. This_ mani- motl collection of irun, concrete, and brick was divided into five scctious, three of| which have already been raised to the required height, and the walls_bricked up. The present section under which serews are set, covers 14,300 square feet. Th ght is 1,148,300 pounds, equal to a little over 574 tonsof 2,000 pounds. This immense mass is upheld by over 200 hy- draulic jack-screws. It takes sixty-live men to manage them. The work requircs much nicety and precision, and all have to turn the levers at once, and at a givenrsignal. Huge timbers up- hold the great roof after it is raised, and every five inches of the timbers is tested, in order that there may be no flaw and cousequently no accident resulting therefrom. The levers must all move together. The movement of the roof is almost imperceptible. At every balf-inchja stop is made and measurement testeq, in or- der that there may be a perfect level all the time. One cannot conceive of a more in- tricate yet simple work than this matter of roof- ruising. The business goes ob steadily, as if by ciock-work, and about fram eiglitcen to twenty- six inches of 2 section are raiscd in a day. There is no excitement, but every man is at his post, and the business of thie house gocs on just the same. The ralsing which is now going on on the State street front, and wil give the rooms a twelve to thirte and will be 28 handsome and attractive as any in the house. Besldes this improvement, Mr. Palmer is also haying erccted A HANDSOME CONSERVATORT. This is over the dining-room, ou the roof, andIs entered from a special passage-way, now-beinz built, on the fifth floor of the house. This mine iature flower-garden will be covered by_iron and %lnss, and will be 45 by 78 fect and 17 fect o eiglit, with a double glass roof, and will be heated by steam. For this special featuro Mr. Palmer has purchased the rarest and most beau- tiful plants and exotics obtainable, which will soon be placed in position. . HICKEY. THAT COMMITTEE. Last Mondsy afternoon a committee, consist- ing of Mr. Henry W. Kiog, Mr. L. Z. Leiter, Mr. William Blair, Mr. George C. Prussing, Mr. Jesse Spalding, and Mr. Robert Lincoln, called at the Mayor's office and exhibited to his Honor a petition, divided into sections, which, it was understeod, had been signed by agreat many of the prominent men around town, who desired the removal of Supt. Hickey from the office of Chief of Police and the appointment of Elmer Washburn. The Committee did not .leave the petitions, but preferred to keep them ostensibly for the purpose of collecting the several sections there- of, and probably to obtain more signatures. Since that day the petition has not been seen, though the gentleman having it in charge said at the time that it would be presented the next day—Tuesday. s Yesterday aiternoon Judge Beckwith called at the Mayor’s oftice and said that the petition had beer laid before him for s signature, and that_the person presenting it had given him, the Judqc. to understund that the Mayor de- sired to have the paper signed by asmany prom- incat citizens as could be found, for he reall wanted to remove Superintendent Hickey, an thought that if his action was indorsed by a Jarge number of the class of men mentioned above, it would be reccived with more favor by the public at large, would cnd the lock between the Council and the Mavor, and lead to a happy result. These amendments Judge Beck- with doubted, end so had ‘called upon the Mayor to 4 ASCERTAIN THE TRUE SITUATION OF AFFAIRS. The Mayor absolutely and forcibly denies that he ever said or even hinted that he wanted Hickey removed. because he does not want him removed. If he did, Mr. Hickey would be the first one to know it. He had authorized no one to make any representations like those that had been made, and was surprised that any falsity and trickery had been used to get Mr. Hickey ot of office, especially since the movement ap- peared to have been gotten up by men like those who had called upon him. He had re- ceived several letters from gentlemen who had signed the petition, and who stated that they attached their names upon the representations above cited. Those tofwhom the facts were known yester- day were at & loss to think who could be at the bottom of . the scheme of obtaining signatures under false pretenses. Surcly not the gentle- men of the Committee. It was conjectured that the work of soliciting names had been given to some employe or clerk who had taken it upon himself to facilitate his work by lying. Mayor Heath is much incensed to. think "that anybody should go sbout among the most in- fluential men of the city and say: * Here, the Mayor wants you to siga this thing. Ile wants to ‘bounce Hickey, but wants a backing from some prominent men. All these things he has said to the newspaper reporters—that he did not want to remove Hickey, ete.—are lies.” A reporter called on Mr. Henry King yester- day atternoon, and asked when™ the petition would be presented. Mr. King said: time early nexe week.” He did not know just when, nor why the Committee had deferred the presentation beyond the day when they suid it would take place. The Committee had not met since last Monday, and Mr. Leiter nad had pos- session of the papers. The counter-petition asking that Mr. Hickey be kept where he is has not yet been presented, but is probably being beld back for peculiar rea- sons. Mr. Thomas Stout (ex-Alderman) sald yesterday that in the ward in which he lived— the Fiftcenth—there were 2,700 voters, and 2,200 of them signed for hickey. He also seid that other portions of the city were equally favorable to the present Chicf of Police, and when it came to an issue of fact, majorities ruled. DARK DOINGS. THE COUNTY BOARD ON SALARIES. The action of the County Board yesterday in increasing the salary of County-Attorney Roun- tree from $6,000 to $7,000, and abolishing the office of Assistant State’s Attorney, was the subject of general remark. It met the approval of no one, unless it was Rountree himself, the ouly party benefited by the action. So far as he is concerned, however, the action is easy of explanation, for his services 2s assistant clerk to the Committees for two years, as the writer of all resolutions to be laid before the Board, and as the private attorney of the Commission- ers and the adviser for the coalition, entailed more Jabor than he had calculated upon when entering the office, and all he had to do was to complain, which he has dome. His former complaint of a year ago bronght him an increasc of salary of $1,000; and bis subscquent complaints upto a recent date have kept him a clerk at a salary of $4 per day and given him other aseistance when he wanted it. His complaint yesterday zave him an increase of anotuer $1,000, making his salary equal to that of Statc’s Attorney, Sheriff, and all the Judges of the Courts. The facts are, fixes everything clse he wants to in thic Board, and nothing but his innate modesty has kept the fizures as low as they are. At least, all the salaries were fixed in his office in private, and in his presence, aund if he did notf. make some suggestions or deliver some “opinions,” he is not in private wiat he las the reputation of being in public. Thie action in abolishing the office of Assistant State's Attorney is believed to be founded on several reasons. A, year ago, it will be remem- bered, the snme County Board felt the necessity of such an officer 50 sensibly as_to_increase the Mr. Rountree_fixed his own salary, as he’ preme Court, he would fix as early a day as pos- sible for the hearing. An order was tlien made striking out the pleas, giving a week to file an auSWeR, and settling the hearing of the case for Dec. 14. WENTWORTH AND HIS PAT. Mr. George P. Plant, County Superintendent of Schools, and the other members of the anti- Wentworth quartette, are not likety to_stand idly by and see. Mr. Wentworth draw his salary as Principal of the Normal School. A reporter of TiE TRIBUNE saw Mr. Plant yesterdsy and, that gentleman, while as mild-mannered and amiable as usual, had not wavered any in his opinfon of Mr. Wentworth. When asked what probably go to County Treasurer Huck and Jay before him the law and the facts im the case, snd protest against the payment of any money to the said Went- worth. Should this protest prove of none ef- feet, Mr. Plant said he thought it would be his duty to again appceal to the courts. He main- tains that there is no contract with the teachers; that, according, to Judge Williams, the County Board has no authority to employ teachers snd pay salarics, and has simply tue authority to keep up the school in the interest of education, and for the preservation of the school building and property, until such time as the County Board of Education shall come to‘terms; that the latter Board have sole right in the matter of 'cmrloying teaclfers and fixing salaries; that they have %ot employed Mr. Wentworth, four ol their number favoring him and four objecting to him; and, finally, that Mr. Wentworth bas raised his salary to the criginal $300 a month, from which it was re- duced last year to 3250 a month, as a measurce. of neeessary cconomy. He considers that this is & great wrong, and that nobody can apply the rumedfl but the quartette of which he is a mem- ber. ilence his decision, as above stated, to secc Mr. lMuck and lay the facts beforc him, failing in which he will seck redress in the courts. It is possi- ble, however, that this plan may receive some modification, as there is to be a meeting of the antl-Wentworth men Monday. MT. HOLYOKE. MEETING OF THE ALUMSZ. The Northwestern orgenization of the Alum- na of Mount Holyoke Scmioary met at the Grand Pacific Hotel yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock. There were present Mrs. H. F. Waite, Miss C. H. Merrick, Mrs. O. F. Avery, Mrs. W. ¥. Woodworth, Mrs. L. C. Puringion, Miss E. G. Iyes, Mrs. J. IL. Skeele, Mrs. S. J. Rhea, Mrs. S. L. Stevens, Mrs. Kate Steele, Mrs. W. A. Nichols, Mrs. E. H. Babbitt, Mrs. 5. H. Adams, Mrs. B.S. Bryan, Mrs. Marchant, Miss Sophie Durham, Miss Georgie Freeman, Miss C. Ray- nor, Miss L. E. F. Kimball, Mrs. H. Mead, Miss Johnson. Mrs. Waite presided, and the meet- ing was begun with devotional exerciscs. The usual reports_were read and adopted, and the election of officers for the ensuing year result- ed: President, Mrs. H:F. Wail Vice-Presi- dents, Mrs. 8. 1. Adame, Mrs. Jocl Grant, Mrs. George Herbert, of Chicagos Mrs. E. E. Ma- goun, of Jowa; Miss Helen Peabody and Miss Mary Evans, of Olio: Mrs. S. J. Rhea, Lake Forest; Mrs. A. H. Smith, Towa; Miss M. Hathaway, Tilinots; Misses Helen Morton and Charlotté Smith, of Michizan; Mrs. Kate Steele, of Kenwood; Recording Secretary, Miss E. G. Ives; Corresponding Secrctary, Mrs. L. C. Pu- Tington; Treasurer, Migs L. E. F. Kimball. Letters were read by the Corresponding Sec- retary, Mrs. Purington. Miss Edwards, of the Seminary, wrote thiat the new Art Building had been recently completed angd dedicated. The entire cost—3$60,000—had bden paid, but much remained to be done by the friends of the insti- tution in furnishings for its halls and cabinets. Desirable specimens were needed in the Natural History Department, as were also wgrks of art. Aset of * Ward Casts” had been procured through the personal exertions of Miss Ed- wards, at 8 cost of $2,100. “The desire and cort of the Alumnal] Associa- tion of the Northwest to serve their Alma Ma- ter were gratefully mentioned by the writer, and results were Liopefully awaited. Miss Margaret Foley’ of Rome, in reply to in- quiries about a proposed bust of Mary Lyon, wrote expressing her great iuterest in the ui dertaking, but on aceount of prolonged sick- ness was unable to execute such a work. Miss Sessions, Acting-Principal of the Michi- gan Seminary at Kalamazoo, which is one of Hotyoke's daughters, wrote mentioning a dona- tion to the art gallery of that institution of Bierstadt’s painting of the Hetch Hetchie Can- on. The picture is valued at $4,000. . Other equally intercsting letters were read. The money in the Treasury—several iundreds of dollars—as intrusted to the care of the Fxccutive Committec for investment in a bust of Mary Lyon, the work to be done by a woman artist. The business meeting was followed by re- ‘marks from Mrs. Rhea, of Persiz, Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Waite, and others. The ladies dwelt upon the peculiar influences exerted by Holyoke in the formation of noble traits of character. Mrs. Converse gave reminiscences of Mary Lyon, which were deeply intercsting to nine of the la- dies present who had been her pupils. * The ladies present yesterday are very anxious to increase the amount of money to be'spent for & bust of Mary Lyon, and respectfully ask all who can to aid them. Contributlons will be re- ceived and acknowledged by the Treasurer at No. 644 West Monroe strect, and by the Secre- tary, whose address is No. 25 University place. OBITUARY. ANOTEER OLD SETTLER GONE. Although more than a generation has passed since the foundations of our city were laid, many of the early scttlers still remain. Among those who have lately passed aiay is Henry G. Wells, who died at his residence, No. 584 Wabash ave- nue, yesterdny. He was born in Putney, Conn., March 4, 1811, and removed to Chicago in_1836. He soon after opened o storc on South Water street, near the present Lake street bridge. He was married in 1839 in the old Tremont House. Mr. James Couch, wife of the present proprietor, is his sister. He was for a considerable time en- salary $500. The minority in the Board fought i n the proposition to_ipcrease, but to no avail, for aged in the hardware business, and later in the they were met'with the argument that the of- |- ost-Office. For more than thirty years he was, fiocins a luborions one, -and no one fitted for | & member of the Second Baptist Church. He its dutics would accept it without an increase of salary. But the opinion of the majority has since undergone a radical change, it appears. Why? Canit be that the Assistant State’s As- torney has been found to be in the ‘way of the Board in the Grand-Jury room, a discov- ery made since the indictment of sev- eral of jts _memberst Or is it that the Board desires to be seeni The latter is the most likely theory, and is pretty well substantiated. It was told, to are- porter yesterday that the Board knew full well that it could not deny the State’s Attorney an assistant, and that it did not expect or desire to, but that they wanted to give Mr. Mills an early Thint to come,see, and labor with them, and make ‘a demand upon them for a favor. Beforcgrant- ing him an assistant they would demand of him a favor, and thus make the obligation and_con- cession’ mutual. Just what tavor the Board wants other than the gunshiu ments against some of fts must for the present be a conjecture. consideratioa of the action is of course only a matter of time, for the new Board will doubtless cause the wrong to be corrected. THE STREET-CAR WAR. THR METROPOLITAN CITY RAILWAY VERSUS THE WEST DIVISION COMPARY. Judge Rogers yesterday rendered a decisfon on the motion to strike out the pleas of the de- fendantin the case of the Metropolitan City Rail- way Company vs. The Chicago West Division Railway Company. The Metropolitan Railway some months ago filed a petition in the Circuit Court, in accordance With the intimation of Judge Drummond, to condemn the interest of the West Division Railway in any franchise it might have to lay 8 track on Canal street. The plaintiff subscquently dismissed its petition on account rof a_technical irregularity in a bond filed in the County Court, and, having cor- rected its mistake, the petition was immediately filed. ~The defendant hen filed thirteen pleas, objecting to the juris- diction, to-the existence of the plaintiff’s corpo- ration, to the form of action, aund everything lse t which objection could be made. A mo- tion was made, and argued last Wednesday, to strike these pleas from the files, on the ground that it was not the practice to file so many, the only issue being the compensation to be” paid for damages. Judge Rogers said the question was whether any pleas were needed, and, if s0, whether pleas on questions of fact could be presented. He had mo doubt the Metropolitan Railway Com- pany would be required to prove all the material allegations of its petition. But there was no proceeding in which a judgment or decree was sought where some kind of written pleas were not requited. Only bysuch means could the issues be determineéd lairly.and clearly. And written objections to the pleas were perfectly allowable. He would, however, order the pres- ent pleas to be stricken out and allow the de- fendant an opportunity to filc an answer, §0 as.| to present the issues of fact for 8 jury. That was the usnal praotice. As, however, the par- en - completed ithey will be frescoed and corniced, | ties were desirous of taking the case to the Bu- leaves surviving him his widow and six sons and daughters, among whom are Mrs. Charles A. Dupee, Mrs. Jolm Muir, and Mrs. George A. Blackwell. His manners were modest and un- ohurusive, but withiu the circle of his acquaint- ance his kindness of heart and bis sterling in- togrity commanded affection and respect. MARTIN KEITH. At sbout 3 o'clock yesterdey afternoon, an old gentleman 76 years of age, named Mastin Keith, residing at*No. 851 Tiidiava avenue, got aboard of a Coua?e Grove avenue car at the corner of Twentieth and State streets, and af- ter riding a short distaucc fell suddenly dead in the car. He was carried into a drug-storc at 472 State street, and attended by Dr. Kishlein, but he was already past all medical skill. Heart discase is the supposcd cause. Deccased was the father of the Keith brothers doing business in this city. THE COUNTY BUILDING. The Grand and Petit juries for December will be impaneled to-motrow. 1t is generally conceded that C. C. P. Holden will be elected Chairman of the County Board to-morrow. * The Hon. Cairo D. Trimble, Clerk of the Su- preme Court at Ottawa, was among the callers at the building yesterday. . The County Clerk yesterdayissued certificates of clection to all of the Commissioners chosen at the late clection. Nicholas Staaden, the North-Side fire-bug, will be tried at Waukegan Monday. Br. Ree will conduct the prosecution. The proceedings of the County Board for the past year were yesterday placed in the hands of the binder to bé put into book form. The Grand Jury yesterday made its final re- ‘turn and was discharged, The indictments were all of a petty nature, and forty-one in number. Coroner Dietzsch filed his bond with the County Clerk yesterday 1is bondsmen arc Heary Lampartoer and Theo- dore Schuitz. 1t is announced by gentlemen who claim tobe posted in ““ Ring ” matters that_Ed. Phillips is 10 be the new Warden of the Insane Asylum, and ex-Commissioner Johuson the new Count; Agent. The statement is givon for what it is worth. George Eager and Danlel Webster, both of the professional bailer fraternity, were called to account yesterday for a few forfeited bonds. The former compromised his troubles by paying 350, and the latter was_fortunate ecnough to escape unharmed. - It is to be hoped that these ;-lmnwtcrs will be aealt with more rigidly in the future. ; State’s Attorney Reed practically turned over his office yesterday to Luther L. Mills. Early in the forcnoon he removed his library, and in the afternoon he nad the office put to rights. Mr. Mills will move in to-morrow and take charge. The first case to claim his attention will be the much-tried Turner forgery, but he will have he should do, he replied that he should very’ in the suin of §10,000. | ‘Armat, who has been assisting’ 'Mr. Reed, shall sondueh 1t to the eud, he being thoroughly ac- quainted with the case in ali its details. The new State’s Attorner, Luther Laflin Mills, vesterday appointed Edwal P. Weber, his partner, as his_assistant. Mr. Weber is 8 gentleman highly indorsed by the members of the Bar, and ~possesscs fine attainments. He has bcennrmfllem of the county but & few ears, and came here from Wisconsin, where he inu been twice clected State’s Attorney. appointment is regarded as judicious. The County Board paid itself yesterday just before adjnugnln sine die. In addition tot! eir per diem, with the exception of Messrs. Busse and Tabor, cach member voted themselves an ttexpense’? account ranging from $1 to $27. This nse” account used to be general. i Avaricious to the end ” might be inscribed on the monument to their memory. 5 The Committee on Public Bervice of the Coun- ty Board yesterday acknowledged the receipt of the official returns of the late clection frqm the County Clerk, and recommended that the same be printed, and the recommendation was con- curred in. This unnecessary and unus ex- cnse is understood to have been prompted by ‘the County Attorney for his personal eratifica- tion. The expenditure certainly cannot inure to the public benefit. The Turner casc in the Criminal Court gave way yesterday to the sentence of those convict- ed during the past month. The following sen- tences were pronounced: Willism Snooks, lar- ceny, one year Penitcntiary; James Maleu, driv- ing away a horse, three months House of Cor- rection;. Thomas Carrizan, Jarceny, six months House of Correction; Joseph Hober, larceny, one year Penitentiary Lizic St. Clair, larceny, two~ years Peniteniiary; Gilbert Addy and George Wright, robbery, seven years each in the Penitentiary; James H. Burgess, larceny, one year Penitentiury; Thomas Kelly, larceny, three onths House of Correction; Joseph Tutke and John Scott, larceny, three years cach Reform School; John McMahon, larceny, sixty days ‘House of Correction; George Rogers, larceny, thrce days County Jail; John Hickey, larceny. one year Penitentfary. KERN'S FIRST BATCH. A week ago, in speaking of Sheriff Kern, it was said that hisappointments would be divided into three batches, etc. Yesterday he announc- ed his first batch, as far as completed, as fol- lows: Deputies—John_Garrick, Chief Deputy; Homer Galpin, Joseph Lawler, William Fogarty, Emil llioechxstcr. Walter McDonald, and Joseph Schoe- ninger. Clerks—Frank_Cunningham, Chief Clerk; Ed- ward Rumimel, Execution Clerk; and W. A. Hert- ing, Pracess Clerk. fail—Thomas Carrier, Jailer; Peter A. Schu- macher, Assistant Jailer; and Francis Rodman, Clerk. Bailifs—William Whalen, Henry ‘Watkins, Will: iam H. Scharenberg, Joseph Schoileld, C. F. Bl ings, Matt Warner, James Dooley, Isaac Abra- homs, G. A, Dunham, John Sweeney, J. W. Céun- nett, J. T. Moran, Joseph Sauta, William Mariga, Jounc Hatch, Henry McGurn, James S. Price, Har- vey M. Merrill, Horace Conkey. Charles B. iiefter, Anton Arck, James Bonfleld, John H. Rea, George Couper, and Charles Andreanx. The first batch, it will be noticed, is prett well divided among the nationalities, and, wit few exceptions, the appointecs are rei ed a5 reasonably good. - Among the deputies are five of Agnew’s men, and among the clerks an ex- Secrctary of State, latterly a candidate for Cir- cuit Clerk «on the Democratic ticket. Among the jail_appointees is also_an ex-Secretary of State, Francis Rodmau, of Missour, who has been known recently as a political blister. He will certainly reflect no credit upon. Mr. Kern or the place to which he has becn appointed. To the selection of bailiffs_no objection has been heard except from a few who thought they ought to have place. 5 ‘he appointments yet to be madeé to complete the first batch are one City Deputy, all ot the country deputies, and the watchmen for the jail. The successful applicants will be announced to- morrow. The second batch, to take the plce ot a part of the first, will not_be announced for some wecks, although several have already been appointed. THE CITY-HALL. There were 2,162 arrests made by the police force in November. . The Committee on Markets is called to meet in the City Clerk’s office Monday at 8 o’clock. Every strect-lamp in the city will be.fur- niched with a three-foot burner by Wednesday night. x The City Treasurer yesterday received 38,531 from the Water Department and $80,000 from County-Treasurer Huck. Marsha! Benner was sick yesterday, and una- ble to attend to his duties. A severe cold’ con- tracted at the fire of Thursday night is his com- plaint. _ J. E. Otis yesterday took out a permit to build a onestory store 50x90 feet, corner of Fourth avenue and Jackson street. The struct- ‘ure is to be used as a carriage repository. Some of the variety-show proprietors whose licenses were revoked Friday called upon the Mayor yesterday to request the privilege of giv- ine * just one more performance to closc up the [-week,” but bis Honor turncd a deaf ear to their entreaties, and they went away cursing. The number of deaths resulting from scarlet fever is larger for the week just past than it was for the preceding week, but the Commis- sioner of Health thinks that the discase is rapidly disappearing, because the number of new cases reported by the pbysicians is daily growing smaller. 1t is quite probable that the difficulties at- tending the opening of Harrison street to the river will prevent the public from using the bridge improvement till some time next year, and only then if the city has money enough to pay for the land which™it will be necessary to condemn and pay for. The members of the Fite Department are very thankful to_Philip Diedrich, who keeps the Merchants' Exchange, . 12 South Water | street, for his gencrosity in supplyiog them gratuitously with hot coffee during the mizht of the, late fire. They also thank Ald. hirk for paying for the breakfast of all those of the De- planmcut. who chose to take it at Mr. Dicdrich’s place. The city authorities desire to notify the local managers of the forcign insurance companies that u failure to pay up their tax—2 per cent of their pet. receir'.s—wm subject them to indict- ment as the law provides; the public at that they can save 10 per cent on th rents by paying before next Saturday night; the Justices of the Peace that a settling of their ac- counts with the city would be most pleasing. The municipality is anxious to colicct all the revenues, amicably if it can; otherwise by legal procedure. The Committee on Streets and Alleys of the South Division met in the City Clerk)“s office yesterday afternoon to consider the opening of Calumet avenue. The Council passed_an ordi- nance to have the street opened. Petitions have been presented to have the strect remain as it is and others to bave the opening made. The case was argued yesterday, Mr. Gray ap- peariog for those.who want the improvement and Messrs. Barber and Christian for those who do not want it. After listcning toadcal of talk, the Committee almost decided to report to the Council that both of the petitivns be placed on file, thus leaving the subject as it at present is. A report will be mnade Monday. The Mayor yesterday reccived a_letter® from Morris O'Leary, now residing In Brooklyn, ask- ing assistance_in finding his two daughters, Mary Ann and Margarst Ellen O’Leary. ~ From Mr. O’Leary’s letter it appears that the mother. of the two girls died in Chicago in 1866 while the father was at sca. Mary Ann was taken b, a Mrs. Davis, who lived on the corner of Nortl Clark and Superior streets, and the other by Mrs. Kearns, a tailoress, who lived on Green Bay street. Mr. O’Leary was on board of the steamship Oneida, which was lost st sca during the War, and at that time received injuries from which he will never recover. Any information ‘which will lead to the restoratfon of the girls to :Bclr r:giler, f{{m!x;e wltil(.vm fi}wfi have s0 long been cparated, wi ankfully re at AiEYor's offesin this dty. selel s i ANNOUNCEMENTS. The first regular meeting of the Marine En- glneers’ Association will be hel on Tuesday evening, Dec. 5, at Odd-Fellows’ Hall, corner of Desplaines and Washington streets. The Chicago Mechanics’ Tnstitute will hold its régular monthly mecting Tuesday next at 8 p-m. All membersare requested to be pres- ent. Directors’ meeting Monday at 8 p. m. Any having in their possession any private 'J. M. LOOMIS, papers of the late U. R. Hawley will confer a great !'nvor by gl\’lng'mrogmtion' of the fact to 3rs. U. R. Hawley, No. 271 Warren avenue. The regular monthly meeting of the Board 14 Councillors of the Hospital for Women nno(l g::lil]d;in )(]ct:sner" o!hAdnms and Paulioa streets) cld at the resids Medill, 10 Park row, Tuesa:'y'i:ne‘ p?‘;.'l' Joseply Ameeting of the pastors of the Executive ommltt;:g and ngon:ncgyclonrgnmi fiu of the meeting conducted by Messrs. 0ody and Sankey will be held in er Fat- with Mr. Moody and Mr. Sankey | continuing the work in_Chicago a;d‘;igfig't west after Messrs. Moody and Sankey by gone. ve The Hon. L. L. Mills, E. A. Storrs, ai fam A. Clark, of Muscatine, Towa, Toha, gk und Mr. 4. W, E. Thomas, will speak on Toes, day evening at Union Hall on thesEmancipatioy " Proclamafion of President Lincoln. i ! The United Fellows’ Soctety will tm the evening of the 5th of Dev.-ember.?tvl\:":ign Hall, to take part in celebrating the Emancj > gon‘ Pr:.'lnmnllon of Il’n:.lsidem. Lincoln. Society has been organized nearly twel and is composed of the most pmiflncnl“w‘m men in the city. The Centenygial Church of the Evangel, soclation, corner of Hoyne avenue and k}m street, will be dedicated next Sunday, Dec. 10. Bishop Dubs, of Cleveland, O., vr{ll officiate, Services at 10:30 2. m. and 2:30 and 7:45 p. The morning and evening servites will be cop- ducted in the German and the afternoon in the English language. Al are cordially invited, A fair and concert will open on Monday even. infr in the newly-erected Synagozue of the Bnaj Sholom_congregation, on” Michigan avenue, be- tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets 'and will be k%pt open every evening during the weey (cxcept Friday). An’ extensive stock of orng. mental and useful goods will be displayed, sng sold at considerably reduced prices. Interesting excreises may he expected e e sl mOetIng O the THy Woman Suffrage Association, to occur at thy First Methodist Church on Tuesday, Dec. 5, ‘An historical sketch of the Illinois Associati by Mrs. Fernando Jones; Miss Frances E. Wi lird’s address before the Woman's Congress; orations by Capt. W. P. Black, Mrs. H. MY, Cutler, and others. The Chicago Athenzum, 65 Washington street, will open an ungraded day school for both class_and individual study on Monday, Dec.11. Both children and adults will be ads mitted. Prof. Marchand begina an advanced class in French eonversation Saturdayat 3 p. m.; Shakspeare class Tuesday at 8 p. m. The first sociable of the season will take place on TWednesday, 6th Inst., at 8 p. m. The sale of seats in Prof. Swing’s church be- ging to-morrow morning at Jansen, McClurg & Co.’s. In order that there shall be no confu- sion, it will be well to remember that onlythe holders of seats during the past year will ba able to secure sittings during the coming week, and they wilt have the entire week to do it, thus avoiding the necessity of anyrushasat the sale Jast year. The plan of sclling is as fol. lows: Those who hold_tickets for sittings will take them to Jansen, McClurg & Co., Where, upon paying the price fixed upon, new ticketa will be issued sceuring the seats for the coming vear. . No nlew scats will be sold to any one un- il ond week from to-morrow, when all the seats not taken by those who have had sittings dur ing the past year will be thrown open te ths general public. MARRIAGES. CROW—SUMMERS—Thanksgiving, Nov. 30, by the Rev, G. Anderson, pastor Second Baptist Church, John C. Crow and Miss Katie N. Summers, both of this city. REID—FRENCH—Xov. 30, at the residence of the bride's parents, 355 Vernon avenue, by the Rev. E. K. Chandler, of Rockford, IlL.. Mr. Joha F. Reid and Miss Hannah M. Fren Chicago. P DEATHS. B vy g WELLS—Dec. 2, Henry G. Wells, aged 68yen Funeral from his residence NO.‘ggi “’lh‘rl‘h avenue, Monday, Dec. 4, at11 a. m. GILDERSLEEVE—The funeral services of 3lra. F. P. Gildersleeve will be held at Park avenne . E. Church, corner of Park avenue and Robey strcet, at 10:30 a. m. to-day. - KILLICK—At the residence of his ner of Sonthport avence and Clyl Arthur Wellsley, sonof J. E. nd S. A. aged 24 years. KEITH—In this city Dec. 2, suddenly of heart disease, Martin Keith (father of Keith Brothers), Ag}ed 76 years and 9 months. Funeral from 981 Indiana avenue on Monday, Dec. 4, at 4 o'clock p. m. Friendsare invited. Vermont papers please copy. DREW—Friday morning, Dec, 1, of heart dis- ense, Mrs. Sarah Drew, wife of Edisin Drew, of Southampton, England, aged 41 years, Funera) from residence, No. 200 Aberdeen sizeet, at1:30 p. m., by carriages to Graceland. Rela- tives and friehds are invited. . New York papers please copy. arents, core urn_Place, Killick; FURS. FURS. SEAL and M Sacques. Furs of every description. The largest and finest steck in the city. "ROBES. Large Assortment. CHILDREN'S FURS Great Varieties. Fur Trimmings. GREAT REDUCTIONS. All éoods from 20 to 25 per cent less than last season. FRBY & PRRIOLAT 87 Madison-st. ‘ SALESMEN: JOHN 6. IVERS, CITAS. B, SHITH, Iate J. A Smi@ HMOUSEKEEPING GOOGDS. Ma:g'ims a Marble-top Chamber Set. 4.() BUYS s Handsome Paslor Suit 1 Q) BUYS an Elegant Marble-top Table. 1Q BUYS an Elegant Easy Chair. . $ 1 9 BUYS 2 40-D Halr Mattress. $ 19 BUYS an Elegant French Lounge. B2 BUYSthe celebrated *Empress Loange.” $ 35 BUTS therenowned **Empire Bedstead.” $ 1/ BUYS Selt-foed Parlor Stove. 1 PER YARD buys an Elegant Carpet- 5/ CTs. per yard buys s Good Carpet- $ 3 BUYS an Elegant Sideboard. $30 BUYS an Klegant Dressing-Case. $12 BUYS 2 Handsome Paslor Desk. $25 BUYS 2 Handsome Bookease. $ 1 BUYSa Cnila's Rocker. * Houses turnished throughont. All on installments of for cath as deslred. Also complete stock of Carpet®: Bedding, Crockery,and Stoves. Easy terms sad square; deating. Come end cxamine. i EMPIRE PARLOR BEDSTEAD CO- > 1133 West Madison:st PERFUMERY. 13 M ABS 33 A twenty-five cent size of the exqu;aiu é_‘uiln" ca{:x!w is 10w ssnec T sizes, $2,and $3.30. Bbrgéfl & RAY. NER, Drugzists. Chicasn