Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 10, 1876, Page 8

. THE CHIiCAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1876—SIXTEEN GES. called * Good Night* and * Good Momning.” One represents a swect-faced child while going | to bed, and the other while awakening. Those pictures can be obtained only from Maj. Mun- roe. Ile will canvass the business part of the city with them, and all purchasers may be assured that they will not only obtain things which are vaiuable in themselves, but will aid’a veteran soldier disabled by wounds and exposure from obtaining sn honest liviug. This pictures will make :?larmln‘g Christmis presents, and will doubtless be gladly bought by many for that reason. . He was a fiend who infests private houses in the guise of an amateur actor. At 2 dres‘s re- hearsal the other night he said to a friend: “Do you think I look all right ¢! Stunning ! said his friend, who expected in consequence to be fuvited to take something on the way home; but that’s a new wig, ain’t it?” ‘0, no,” re- plied the amateur actor, *I wore that wig last season when I made such a bit in ¢ Favonio, the _fadman of Kalamazoo ;’ dou’t youremember?? % Well,".answered the frierd, #I’d bet money on it that the bair's longer than it was then.” g can'trbe”” “Itell you it is, and (witha sudden fiash of Inspiration) I know how it is now. That wig has sprouted!” *Sorout yoir grandmother,’ sarcastically remarked the ama- teur actor; “how in thunder can a wig sprout!” “I don't know snything about the geography of it, but do know it has sprouted. Didn’t you cver hear of the hair and beards of people growing after they were dead, eh ¥ e amateur actor was hoth silenced and coovinced, and replying “That's 8 fact; I pever thought of that; 1 guess it's as you say,” took his wig down to the nearest coiffeur’s and had about an inch trimmed off it all round. When be had gone out the barber uttered a long, low whistle and significantly tapped his forchead, thereby ex- ressing his intense admiration of the massive ym,euec: of the gentleman who had just taken his leave. ¥ The sale of seats in the Central Church to holders of sittings this year bus proceeded quite lively the past week. _Seats representing £5,000 have been taken for the ensuing year, and it i3 expected that the amount will be increased to +$18,000 this week, during which the remain. THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS. Senstor McMaster, of Toronto, Can., is visit- Ing Clicago for a few days. - [Edward Stewart, an 18-vear old inmate, died at the House of Correction Jast evening alter a short filness. The Coroner will hold an inquest to-day. The fair in bebalf of the Laborers’ Academy was opened yesterdsy evening at Nos. 106 and 108 Milwankee svepue, and will doubtless be quite a suceess. A stout German in the beer indusiry to' an soprofitable customer: ** Here, now, you took Rose doors und walk owet mid your ears, eh?” {He doesn’t.) * Heln, you don'd got oust Vell, you waits a minateund Igets a mandot vill Signor Carrozzl intends sbortly, with the aid of his pupils and some of theleading musicians of this city, to give a musical entertainment for the benefit of the sufferers by the Brooklyn tatamity. The time and place will be duly ad- vertised. Friday evening Thomas Warren, residing st No. 2% Chstham street, fell from the top of 3 Clark strect ’bus near the corner t;;ullwmfl ; n some_gevere rnal in- "\lxfi:;.' ‘?J‘i fiz’a‘;fifi vr?m attended him, thinks i will recover. sty ate James Car' uflfé“"{?&’é’ i“}.le::éet}e" founary at Troy a rhime of ten bells, which it Is theit intention to gire to St. James Church. 'Ihcly ‘were ehipped Ta this city last week, aud will, it is cxpected,; be in prace by Christmas eve. P reth his Lorse and vehicle lfl’x}lxlefl ~§"‘:1\'°c“§.'{’3rv'§1 calls when the first snow Rics, Lut the foolish letteth it Zo on tll after Uliristmas, when he payeth a quarter’s salar) for the vhurter of a condemncd ben-roost an: 2 horse that cannot show 40:02 00 a p‘!;nk‘roadd.’ '1,'" Wil be sold “'fi zeneral fpub;:k v lc of weeks or £0, and thousan: ‘The rental paid by purchasers so far has np?:g’{l:)xsdg gr young men will be swearing [ ranged from $60 1 Among the romicent buyers were: N. K. Furbank, Henry Strong, Wirt Dexter, J.-M. Durand, John Wentworth, A, M. Peace, Eugeune Carey, Gen. R. C. Drum, W. S. Henderson, C. Billings, John W. Buckingham, W. W. Ktnball, Dr. Ithaw, Luther Lafin, J. G. Hamiiton, Edward Noyes, Henry W. Wilmarth, €. W. Andrews, Bl H. -Hale, George Sturgis, W. 8. Hinckley, John G. Shortall, O. M. Potter, 8. B. Sherer, R. 8. Mc- Cormick, F. M. Barrett, F. W. Peck, V. C. Tur- ner,"H. H. Hardy, C. C. Webster, H. 3. Carter, and W, H. Hoyt. Mr. G. A. Randall, aningenious printerin Tne ‘TrisUNE office, has devised a new arrangement of cases which is calculated to leasen the com- positor’s labor, and to enable him to set consid- crable more type in the same time than with the old arrangement. Mr. Randall lessens the size of each box in the lowcr-case about u tenth, and thus gains room to put on the right hand side two rows of boxes amply Jarge cnough to Thold the fractions und other signsusedin *“com- oif for a year, vowing to abstain from . drinks and 1obacco, and swearing. and things. And about two weeks thereafter the infernal regions will rejoicc in & compietely renovated pave- nicut. i A pentleman rushed wildly into the office of the Milwaukee Sentined yesterday, and said: Where is the editor! I have an important picce of news for hin.” “What is it? Here 1 am. [amall ears,” replied the editor; “that 15, almost all ears,” he said, correcting bimself, « for sume of me is feet.” The Philosophical Sodicty was highly edified Jast evening byp a lecture by Mre. Ataria Shorey, of this city, the subject being * The Relation of Dogmatic Theology to Moruls.” The attend- auce was large, and the lecture nbounded in depth of thought and condse reasoning. The next lecture will be delivered by the Rey. Dr. Powell, subject, * Five Hundred Years Before the Christizn Era.*” - One of our oldest fuhabitants has just died | mercial,” - such as §, @, ®, and the on West Harrison street. During.a life extend- | ik e also. gains spsce euongh ing over nearly three-quarters of a century his | for three “lcader’ boxes. ly taking cotiduct was blameless, except that at uight, | the fractions and. signs out of the uppercase he diminishes that oue-haif and es it small cnough to be attached to the Jower-case so as to be Mffted with it. In practice Mr. Randall claims that a compositor can set 11,000 ems out of the new case as easily as 10,000 out of theold. If such asaving can be effected, the average printer will be duly gratelul. The nesr approach of the holiday season is marked by the increased interest displayed in their spiritnal affairs by those of tender years. The Sunday-schools are filling up onevery hand, and it i3 gratifying and edifving to observe the boy who is avery Bogardus at cats (twenty yards rise, backyard boundary, and fiveanda Dalf ounces brick), and is eternally vigilant in utilizing stray dogs as a motive power for con- demned oyster-cans, bellowing, ¢ Il away, 'l away to the Sabbath-school.” " Indeed, there is only oue church which does not report beavy gains over 1573, and in that one it wasannounced last week that the money usually squandered upon_oranges, cakes, and Christmas presents would thisyear be applied towards the purchase of Ulsters and range coal for the poor little heathen children. The scholars of that partic- ular school appear to have been bulidozed, or intimidated, or something, for they have ab- sented themselves from their classes. Adjoin- ing churches, however, show large juvenile LS. when it was time to light up, he made a, reinl:u' habit of-sayving, “Let us have some light on the subject,” and always expected those present 10 greet this utterance with applause. How- cver, none of us are without our failings. At about 8 o'clock yesterday morning, car No. 164, of the Indiana street line, rau away from the driver ou the Halsted street viaduct, upd, going down grade, run into an express wagon owned by Larson & Munson, almost vompletely demolishing it. Then, ss _the ve- bicle was about to plunge over the railing fnto the space below, the horses suddenly became detached, thereby avols a castrophe. There Were no passengers at the time. Do not let us refoice prematurely over the meeting of the Electoral Colleges. "It is true 1hat you are no longer stopped on the street by the highwarman thirsting 1or your news, who says: * Well, what do vou think they are Zoing to'do In Florida, eh!” but instead has arisen another monster who lics fu wait for citizens, d demands fiereely, ¢ Well, what do you think about what they did in Florids, anyway, eh{” Dr. D. 8. Smith, of this city, the first home- opathic physician who Jocated in the West, and who has scen this school of medicine rise from its begrinping to its present position, Enve his reminiscences in this direction last ‘Thursday cventnp. His lecture was given in the Social Lecture Course of the Hahneman Medicsl Col- Jege, and was a very interesting account of the ri~c_and growth in the West of this branch of mudical science. The montlly report of the Hospital for Woumen and Children, corner of Adams and Paulina streets, shows that the number of pa- zients treated in the Hospital during the month THE PUBLIC LIDRART. ‘The Public Library Board held their resular !onnxs;m_v meeting vesterday evening, Presi- dent Shorey in the chair. The other members present. were Messrs. Walker, Loewenthal, Hotz, and Seranton. 3 The Library Committee, to whom was sub- mitted the question of retrenchment inthe matter of periodicals, recommended that the ontside daily papers, withthe exception of those of November was 37; dispensary, 52; outside ages. 33 total, 92, The donations received were | of New York, should be stopped and their places h Mrs. D. A. Gage, from D. B. Fisk & | supplied by the weckly editions. Adopted. 93: H. H. Shufeldt & Co., #35; F. B. Pea- | 7Tne Finance Committee submitted their bud- get for the ensuing year. The total amount rg- quired was $37,500. Mr. Loewenthal sald the Committee bad con- . sidered the advisability, in view of the tactics of the Council hitherto in allowing lebs than was asked far, of asking for a larger apuropriation than was absolutely necessary, but they ulti- mately decided to preserit the lowest amount that was necessary to run the Library efficient- 1y. Every item bad been reduced to the lowest possible poiat, the Committee in preparing their report having taken into consideration the de- pressed condition of the city’s finances. During the present year they had not purchased a single book, except those that were previously con- tracted for, and the Library had suffered in con- sequence. Unless the amount of $10,000, the sum asked under the heading of books, was granted. the usefulness of the Library would be naterialty endangered. The President remarked that the number of certain classes of works was_eutirely dispropor- tionate to the demand for them. Unless extra copies of sach works were provided, and the tax upon the attendants thereby lessened, bup- dreds upon hurdreds of citizens_ would ceasetouse the library altogether. For the last two years the library bad utterly failed to meet popular requirements. ‘The report was adopted and the Committee instructed to hand it to the proper branch of the City Government. e Committee on Administration, who have hadunder covsideration the resolution of Dr. ‘Walker to open the Library two nizhts daring the week, recommended that the Library should remain open until 9 p. m. on Tuesday and Fri- day evenings, and that a sufficient number of " persons be employed to perform the extra work, giving preference to those of the present assistants who might desire to work over-hours. 1t was estimated that the total extra expeunse would be sbout $6 per night. The report wus nd_lt:ELed. ¢ Librarian reported s gift of books from the Government of Veneznela, and was - 3nesu\im return thanks and ackuowledge the lonation. ‘The Board then adjourned. TIOW TO REPEL A SUKTRISE PARTY. An amlicted correspondent writes lo Taz TRIBUNE to ask how she and her busband can manave to repel the pirates who at this season of the year orgauize cxpeditions to prey upon their bapless neighbors, and call their forays “surprisc parties.” It is not easy to advise her. Somepeople bave foundit effectual to keep a bull- dog ot satisfactory ferocity; grease on the front steps is good: some stubborn ¢ have yielded 1o the application of a powerful electric battery to the oell-wire, and a fumentation of a fuw pails of water is not without its effect. A small-pox placard will somctimes work a cure where other remedies have been exhibited vain- Jy. A gentleman on West Adams strect has in- vented a heroic method of treatment which was tried Jast Thursday ip the presence of a large surprise_party, and proved successful bevond the fondest exvectations of the infamous in- ventor. He unhitched the bell-wire from the pull, which he riveted on the inside of the post; then he got & chiscl and screwdriver and re- moved ail the fastenings of the door-post, so that while it tooked liké a solid doorway, with a securely-fastened bell-handle -in it, it was in reality nothing but a thin veneer of moldin; with a bell-pull iu it, ready to yield to the touc! of an infant’s hand. These arrangements com- pleted, he aud his wife turued down the gas and watched at the blinds till their uhsuspecting victims entered the ambusb—the front yard, that is. The forlorn hope was headed “bya jovial old mau whose boast it is that he is as younz in heart as his grandchildren. He weighs about 265 pounds.” This devoted man marshaled his forces and advanced nimbly up the steps. Immemorial custom has prescribed as an sbsolute rule that when 2 house is attacked by a surprise party, the pirate at the head of the besiegers shall pull the a5 vehemently as if the residence were that of a doctor and the stormer the prospective father of a first baby. Accord- ingly the old gentleman gave the bell a fearful tug, throwing himself back so 2s to get the luxury of a full purchase. To his surprise he seemed to pull the whole front out of the house, and with a wild whoop of astonishment and terror be (accompanied oy the door-post) threw a back somersault down thesteps into the midst of the festal parts. He fell on the hireli musician; tha hireling musician e; the doorpost knocked a couple ;‘»{od s si‘m“m“;-ir,h Alrs.\m- I: Smn%l émn;\‘ Mr. cury 8 ng] 3 Mrs. Strong, $10. From Alrs. F. B. Williams, $10. A moyement is on foot to organize in thiscity a battalion of Zouaves similar to the celebrated United_States Zouave Cadets of 1860, com- ‘manded by the lamented Ellsworth. The work of organizing- this corps is in the hands of Col. K. B. Knox, one of the “oririnals,” and all young men between the ages of 20 and 35 who desire to ioin the ongnmflon should make im- mediate applicaticn in writing, giving age, place and nature of business, and plave of residence. fipblé\;-\fions should be dirceted to Post-Office ox B¢, A pumber*of property-owners of Hyde Park, representing &Mcet, bave presented a re- monstrance to the Board of Trustees of that town nst the construction of a sewer on Forty-tirst street, believing any “ expensive im- provement at the present time to unwise, uncalled for, and premature.” Amonz the siymers are 'A. J. Averell, Nathan Corwith, Wachington Smith, L.D. Foss & Co.. L.S. Ruckinghsm, George W. Shaw, Wing & Farlin, Dodge estate by A. J. Brown, Van H. Higgins, Engene 3. Pike, 2ud W. F. Storcy. It is announced that the Hahnemann Hospital {of thiscity) School for Nurses will soonopen. The object of this school is to train nurses practically for the sick-room under the guidance of ex- perienced physicians, and all the resources of this hospital will be made available in this di~ rection. An opportunity will also be afforded to such Gther ladies as may desire to become fa- miliar with the most practical and scientific de- tails of the care of invalids. While the instruc- 2jop will be by the physicians and surgeons at~ tending this jostitution, the whole subject- matter will be under the imm advice and patronage of the hospital committees, com- posed of a number of most influential ladies. Last month 8 prominent - citizen had occasion to visit Yurrup, and the partner of his bosom asked him to Jook round the dazzling halls of royalty and if Lie saw any fair Princes or Dukes that would be a good match for their eldest daughter, Matilds, to let her know. .The otner day he wrote that he bad met inone of themost aristocratic ealoons (“‘He meaus ealong, ma,” interjected the aaughter,) two cligible parties > Lartis, of course,’ said Matilda); one wasa dark Marquis of about 70, looking like a mon- keéy, but of very noble birth: the other, 2 blonde ung Count of 2, handsome and accomplished, uzh poor. He desirdd his wifc to cable himn her decision. After consultation with her daughter she welegraphea in repiy: **Let us have the fair, Count.™ A truly cconomical voung man on Aberdeen street has beeu thinking of getting married, and bas speot several weeks in caleulating which would be the cheaper and better plan—to narry, or have a bottle of hot water for his feet cvery might. If he had the botide he would have to buy 3 gas-stove, and 2 saucepan to heat thi water in, and a bottle couldn’t sew buttons o his shirts. On the other hand, he wonldn't have to take the boitle to the theatre, and it would never stop st a milliner’s window to ad- mire “ducks of bonmets. Finally a happy thought struck the young man—he would have 2 compromise; and so he went down-stairs and told the lady who kept the boarding-house that anless she put more blankets on Ris bed ho would bave to look -out for accommodation zisewhere. After all, the Presidential election has not beon without its sweet . compensatious. Frin- tance, wnen an unfeeling acguaintance asks yon why on earth you are wearing your old hat or a linen duster, you can reply: % O, Imade a bet that if Tilden was eclected I'd wear it till next Fourth of July—that's why.” Or if the adured of your soul ests that you should 1ake her to the theatre while financial depres- ston is prevalent in your g)orke\‘rbook, you can gayx, E‘Du kmow Henry Smith, don’t you! No? ell, be and I madea bet on the election—if cn wasn’t clected 1 was to sbstain from going to the theatres till after the 1st of May, Tousee.” The victim may reply: Bat you can get the tickets aud Il go with some one e:se.” But this thrust can usgally be av L a deep sizh and saying mournfally: * Then, orence, you do not Jove me?” “Maj. N. Munroe, a soldier during the Iste Var, who was wounded eight times, captured at Ball’s Bluff, confined in Libby Prison four nstant sufferer from paralysis, | fell onbis i :::%??n‘fis.dut'v, where be will remain for a | of guests over the bs;lw ¥ ng:::l igjm u;: TOse- couple of months. He is the designer and pub- | bushes, and the whol £flr aockd each ather lisher of two charming cravon dhotogravhs | down like arow of bricks or & ouse, amid ] a pertect pandemonium o shricks, smashing of diskes and ottles, and the like. The surprise- parly _made good their retreat, carrying their wounded with tbem withont molestation by the triumphant garrison. The ingenious fu- ventor thinks that e hias only omitted one de- tatl—he should bhave tried it first with his mother-{o-law to sec that it was I perfect working order. ¥ ANOTRER HABEAS CORPTS. . Applications for writs of habeas corpus are quite popular just now, and the good old writ which caused so wuch trouble a few hundred years ago is chiefly used at the present time in Turthering the designs of claimants of ill mate children, of husbands or wives, of cunning scoundrels arrested unexpeciedly by telegrams, who waat to 2o home Lefore the warrant for their arrest arrives, or of murderers who want to get loose entirely because they have escaped conviction on a technicality. Yesterday, however, this ancient writ was employed honorably aud effectively in a worthy cause.” Mrs. Phebe J. Kirby, formerly Mrs. Phebe J. DeWitt, filed a petition for a habeas eorpus to recover possession of her danghter, Emma_L. DelVitt, a child about 8 years old. Mrs. Kirby says that she procured a divorce from her husband, Orris DeWitt, fn Michigan, in Aungust, 1374, when the carc of their two children was given to J. N. DeWitt, her father- in-law. Io December, 1875, the decrce was modifieeso ss to givethe childrentoher. About a_month Rrevlmm to this, however, J. N. De- Witt, the thew guardian, sent the children to this city, and they were brought here without the mother’s knowledge, and one of them, Emmu, was placed in the control of J. P. Farrar. Mrs, Kirby has just ascertained her whereabouts, and immediately sought to get her. The writ was issued, and Farrarmade a written return_that he held Emma by agreement with J. N. DeWitt, and surrendered her. Judge Farwell directed that she be given to her mother to be taken back to Michigan. The whercabouts of the other girl, Edna, have not beeu discovered. BRUSH AND EASEL. THAT SO-CALLRD CORREGGIO. Several daysago Tue TRIDuNE received the following communication from Cel. Borgella, an experfenced porurait painter, now resident in this city:- To_the Editar of The Tribune. Ctricaco, Dec. 2.—Two or thiee days ago Tas published a long article on the 1have just read the article, and I thank the wri- ter forthe pleasure I found in its perusal. But al) the talent of the writer, all the knowl- edge which he displays in his ingenjous arzuments, have not #aved him from some capital ervors, ~ He saye, for example, that this ** Ecce Homo ™ cannot be a Correzgio, becguse it has not an exalted rehig- ious sentiment. If the writer had for a moment refiected on this afirmation, hie would not have hozarded it, for he would have recalled that the great Correggio was a painter of that voluptuous renniseance which was the father of a sensualism the most powerful which history has ever recorded. Much more than Titian, than Veronese, than Giorgione, than all the colorists of Venice and of Florence, was Correggio, the poet of glowing womanhood doted upon with love. And in steiking proof of this ook uEflu his magniicent Dianae, his **Antiope™ of the Louvre, s Vir- rins, and his Madonnas, which are nothinz but sutifal women, whose transplendent flesh dis- plays with the_golden rays of a divine lignt the Nm]‘l‘mc immodesty of the most unbridied sen- suality, The second reason which gives to your criticism doubts on the authenticity of the Correggio at O’Brian's is, that the history of the master men- tions oniy two or three ‘~Ecce Homo.™ In re- ply. there is mothing better than the reading of Charles Blunc's ** Life of Correggio."" It will be thus ceen that he painted towards the end of his career a great number of religious picces —Madonuas and Christs. And every day new ones lne b&jng discovered, which have never been cata- ogued. The hands do not appeartoyonr critic to be those of Correggio. That i trae, but only in part. A portion of the hands—the fingers—was repainted abont sixty years ago. The texture of the impasto, the difference of tone, of intensity, of color, leave no doubt in this rezard. There are few chef d'envres which have come down to the present without retonching. recall the rapidity with which Napoleon 1. plw dered the mucenms of Italy, and we will und stand how many paintings were injured in the hu ied packing and unpacking. There is, therefore, in these unfortunate re- touches not the least proof against the authenticity of this magnificent picture, which is a gennige Corregzio, and one of the most beantifal which this King of color and light cver created. ; anon,!&(r. lgdilo;i :hm&bsm;;‘(u?n‘ a little ong, perhaps, but this grand Correggio is 80 bean- \1{ and 1 have always loved his worke, that in speaking of him at somuch_length 1 abuse, per- haps, your kind hospitality. Iremain yours, etc., - P. L A F. BorugLLA. THEB TRIBUNE has carcfully considered Mr. Borgella’s communication, and is unable to change the conclusions to which it came in the article alluded to. Corrregio’s want of an ex- alted relizious sentiment was not assizned asa reason for doubting the authenticity of the pleture under criticisin. © TAE TRIBONE, in commenting on the ‘“Ecce Homo on exhibi- tion at O'Bricu’s, did state that the expros- sion and attitude of the Savior were not of a Divine character, but_ admirably portrayed the weakness and suffering of poor human nature. It 1s conceded by all the art writers of Eu- rope, who have made a close and_scarching analysis of the works of Corregprio, that be was totally deficient fu that quality of mind which is susceptible toadeep relizions enthusiasm. TaE TRIBGNE accepts this judrment, which has ‘become historical, and, therefore, does not dis- E:xe llln that particular the remarks of Mr. reella, 2 ¥ ’l‘Ez Trmose further remarked that the “Eece Homo” pow in the Royal Gallery in London, concerning the authenticity of which there arc serjous doubts, exhivits the same want, of religious feeling as is observed in the picture under consideration. _This ncither proves nor disproves that the ‘*Ecce Homo? at Q'Bricn’s is 8 genuine; though in the light of historical rescarch it may be regarded as cumulative cir- cumstantial testimony that the latterisnota genuine Correggio. Admittiug the correctness of Charles Blane’s opiujon that in the later years of the great mas- ter he produced many Christs, vet it does not follow that he painted several distinct paintings to which he gave the name of ** Ecce Homo.™ Such practice is not and has not been usual among artists, though at times they have made replicas. The “Ecce Homo” in Lundon is not a n:{;)im of the plcture at O'Brien’s, being en- tirely different in composition. - Tue Trisuse diflers from Mr. Borgella con- cerning the alleged retouching of the hands of Pilate. - The head of the Roman Governor is irom the sawe easel as are the hands; there is Lh]e same sharpness of drawing and harduess of color. ‘I'uk TRIBUNE previously remarked that the beads of thescourgers were painted in adifferent school from that of Correggio, and attributed them to some artist who had been brought up among the coarse scenes of the Dutch burgers. The picture does not give any inherent evi- denceof either having been injured or retouch- ed. It fs quite possible” that the artist who painted the ' figure’ of Christ did pot finish the picture; indeed the internal evi- dences of the work strongly point to sucha con- clusfon. But even this docs not prove that the figure of the Savior was tie creation of Cor- reggio. E‘i‘ ree great Itaiian artists, the brothers Car- raced, Hannibal, and Ludovico, and Cesar Are- tusl, made frequent copies of the works of the great master of foreshortening, and in their work evinced a genius that is suclosely allied to A;ru:_iuumy 48 tu have been frequentdy taken or it. The researches of Correggio’s historians, and the art_writers of the past hundred years, no- where describe as one of his works the picture under consideration, and, until its suthenticity sball buve been proven beyond the shadow of a doubt, there is no reason why it should not be decraed an exceedingly-questionalile Correegio, . du the woows of the law the burden of proof B"ll“l: t.l‘x;e art of the afliant. ¢ Baltimnore dmerican commenting on the O'Brien * Boco Homo, eases E ‘The copy of the original **Ecce Homo” made by Lodovico Caracci is now in the National Gallery in London, althongh many critics have held that it is genuine and displays the master's tonch. It was slways conceded that there were two copics in ex- istence, and for the bencfit of Tuz TRIBUNE we may state that about fifteen years ago a picture ciaiming to bea replicate of ihe **Ecce Homo™ was exhibited in London and attracted much at- tention. The same defect mentioned as existing in the picture now in Chicazo was observable in it, and its authenticity was generally callea in ques- tion. As Americs a8 well as Europe has been tiooded with fictitious **old masters,™ it is more than probable this Chicago pictare is the same one formerly exhibited in London, This charming galery a fon is charming: ery a few days ago received from Munich a choice specimen of the rococo schiool. It is from the easel of Carl Herpfer, 2nd bears the attractive title “Fond of Roses.’? 1t depicts a richly fitted salon, in which a yonng nobleman; dressed in the height of the fashion then prevailing, is endeavoring to place & rose on the bosom of a beautiful gonng girl, of dess e is evidently en- noble bi snd with whom amored. She struggles to release herself from his arm and prevent "him from placing the blushing ornament where it would 2dd to the beauty of the wearer. In the en- deavor to escape she has more than half opercd the door to the picture gallery, where the young nobleman’s” mother stands—the exponent of stiff propriety—shocked at the rude familiarity of her son. A little pet dog looks furionsiv over the noise created in the scaffle. The drawing is beautiful, and the !undllngkof the color superb. One of the most strikipg effects is the maaner ' Lake, in which the crose-lights of different intensity are depicted. i Picture buyers and connofsseurs will regret to Iearn tuet Mr. Highwood has determined to atandon t efd. in which e has done so much for the povularizing of a correct art taste. This he docs greatly against his inclipation, but the searcity of money, the dullness of business, and the unwillingness of the public to indulge In works of Juxury, are reasons which he could combat with success were be pos- sessed of the resources of a Rotbschild. These, unfortunately for the cause of art in Chicago and the Northwest, he does not own. He has therefore concluded to offer at public sale all the pictures in his_collection, in which are in- cluded works by Escosura, Verschuur, Donant, Dela Hoese, Delamain, Voltz, Ortlieb, Heinisch, Muelicr, Heilmeyer, Kuwnsseg, Hettish, Plu- mot, Mencia, Toussaint, Moormans, DeVos, Regnier, Kamolen, Braun, Hetz, and other equally well known Brusscls, Paris, and Munich artists. The sale will commence on the even- ing of the 20th inst. TIF ACADEMY. The Ym_flmme for the approaching recep- tion and entertainment is nearly compléted. It will inclade music, readings, au essay on an art tople by Prof. Swing, and » grand promensde ‘through the #flllcry and adjoining studios. The local artists have responded with great” liberal- ity. and will be represented by about sixty new pletures, The affair promiscs to be one of the soclety events of the year. . . ICE. WHAT COLD WEATHER 18 GOOD FOB. While the cold weather has brought many attendant pleasures tothe rich, warm, and well- dressed, and s many miseries to the poor and needy, it has not forgotten the jcc-man. His thoughtful spirit began to show ilself as early as Thauksgiving Day, has grown more and more intense ever since, and this morning he is proba- bly sending forth pmans of praise over the demise of summer and the birth of winter, the inventor of thermomcters, and the good pros- peet ahead of fully satisfying the depraved American taste tor ice-water next summer. He has long had everything in readiness for gath- ering in the gelid crop when it was ready to be garnercd, aud now the time -of fruition is near at hand. Naturally he rejolces. Rarely has the sezson set in so early; seldom has he aathered the rich harvest until after Christmas, or evey after the 1st of January. Now it s all different. Ina few dars he will have his scores of en at work cutting, sawing, dragging, pull- ing, hotsting, and storing the s frozen material fn- s¢ store-houses where, with the biz cakes sandwiched in with pleutifal supplics of sawdust, the erop will keep util_he is ready to cut again nest winter. Knowing that the jubi- lant ive-man would be anxious to communicate his plans and, as it were, take a partoer into his present happy state of mind, a TRIBUNE report- er called on sume of the representative men in the business yesterday afternoon, and lays be- fore the public this morning what those cheery individuals had to say: : AT 3. P. SMITH & CO.’S there was rubbingz of hands and great glee. They were cutting icein the lake at Calumet cight and ten inches thick, and delivering some of it to their customers, and had been fiulng so for three days. They had never before begun to cut ice so early in the season and were withal somewhat disposed to exult at their being the first firm here to deliver new ive to the market. If the cold weatner only held out a reasonable tength of time, they felt confident of an unusu- ally large and fine crop. The quality of the fce was first-class. It bad all frozen clear and solid, and nothing of what is known as *‘ snow- fce '’ had mado its appearance. SWETT & CROUCH had not commenced cutting at Witlow Springs or Calumct River, and should not start in untif ‘ the ice was ten inches thick, which would ve probably be the case by Monday or Tuesday, the weather contfnued as cold as it was yester- day. If they began then, itwould be three weeks earlier than usual. But they were just o little inclined to think the winter would bea short one, although they had no doubt it wounld bé cold enough to cnable them to cut all the ice they stould want. For the present the pros- cts were decidedly good. Their capacity at Willow Springs Is about 20,000 tons, and they usually employ, in good ice-weather, a foree of ubout 150 men. . MARK 8. THOMP3ON & CO. Lulmraehn(l yesterday to their foreman at Stone aporte County; Ind., to be in ness to commence work Sfonday morning. They never began to cut so early except in the winter of 1871-2, just after the Fire. Their capacity at Stone Lake is about 50,000 tons, and they em- ploy from 150 to 200 men, forty horses, and store their ice in this mammoth storehouses by the by the aid of two'elevators, one run by a sixty- horse power, and the other by a twenty- horse power engine, the elevators bein of the same kind as__ those use on the Hudson River. They consider the prospects for the coming winter very favor- able fodeed. The ice bas frozen very rapidly, and s free from the specks which are usually found in it, and which come from the dust and dirt of the yrairies. cither, but everythiog is as clear as crystal. by any possibliity, their expectations should not be fully realized here, and _they have no doubt on this matter, they can fall back on another ice-ficld on Fox River, and still another on Lake Winacbago, the capacity of their storehouse at the latter place being nearly 50,000 toms. At Stone Lake, in'good cutting-westher, they claim that they can la¥ away 6,000 tons a day. From the above it wilt be seen that the weath- er has given the icc-mengood cause to be thank- ful. If, amidst their rejoicing, it would only enter their hearts to do the fair thing by the consumers ncxt suminer, there wouid no doubt be cause for fully as much_thankfulness among the latter community. But alas! ice-men are but mortal. DRINKING WITH THE DEAD. A SINGULAR BOMANCE SEEN IX A CLAERK STRELT SALOON. Yesterday as a TRIBUNE reporter dropoed in at a saloon to leave some tracts on the evils of intemperance. the barkeeper nudged him and eaid, * See here, Captain; just you hold on about,a minute and you’ll see something worth putting a picce about fu the papers.” * Is thay 80" said the reporter. “ You bet,” replied the Darkeeper. * Every morning just at five minutes past 11 to the second, an old cuss comes in here—he’s becn doing it reg- ularly since last May—and hasme set out two tumblers. He puts some Angostova bitters and whisky in each, and then he drinks off one whisky, taking off his hat and saying, ‘ Here's to you, Tom, my boy, and then he slings him- sclf outside the other,’ and says, ‘I'm looking towards you, Billy, old pard.” Then he pays bhis bili and walks” off, without ever saying an- other word, and be comes back at twenty min- utes to 5at night, reguler as clockwork, and does the same thing. Here he comes.” " The old man entcred and went through the process exactly as the barkeeper bad said. “Animated by a desire to ascertain the motive of this sin- gular promndinfi, the reporter of THE TRIBUNE followed the old gentleman to the street and accosted him, when the following conversation took place: Reporter—Pray excuse my interruptfon, but T noticed your singular procecdings a moment ago, and would fike. il it is not intruding on personal subjects, to know their cause. Stranger— Y on would, eh? R.—Yes. [ have thought that you observe this custom in remembrunce of some dear. de- parted friend, some faithful brother or com- pavion of your youth who has climbed the golden stair and gone to meet hie grand- wmother. Gone, but not forgotten. - 8.—There, voung feller, you're wrongz. I drink that way because I aiways drink alone. and a single drink doesn’t satisfy me. took two drinks separately they would cost me 15 cents each, but by taking them tozether they come 10 a guarter, and 6o I save five cents. You see? R.—Ido. Good morning, sir. §.—Good morning. JOHN WENTWORTH. HIS YIRST ARRIVAL IN SOUTH CHICAGO. The Hyde Park Sun of last week has the fol- lowing letter from John Wentworth: A few months ago I noticed in your paper an ac- count of my arrival at Calumet (now South Chica~ Fn 1330, There were some errors in it, which had not then time to correct. “1 thought I wonld write an article correcting them, and await for its vublication until the anuiversary of my arrival, the 24th of October. But the cxcitement attend- ing the election withdrew my attention from the subject. Inthe year 1857 there was 3 monthly pe- riodical published in Chicago by Jobn Gager & Co., ‘which contained many valuable articles concerning the early seitlers in Chicago. The numbers of that work are now very much sought after for historical purposes, and can rarely be obtained. From the ‘August number 1 make an_extract which gives the fall particulars of my journey to Chicago. The Chicago Magazine for 1857 contains the anmvlng 2nd biography of the late Judson Gurley, brother of the late Hon. John A- Gurley, member of Con- ess from Cincinpati, O.. who built and kept the rst hotel at Calamet. The Wagasine says: *+In July, 1836, Mr. Gurley removed to Caln- met, und invested what money ke bad in a_hotel andlands. ]t was then quile generally believed that Calumet, fnstesd of,Chicago, would be select- ed for 2 harbor, and become the greatplace of busi- ness. His hotel was bt and, in 1837\ he came t0 Chicazo and kept the Mansion House." In my researches for the early history of Chicago, when it was a portion of Peoria County, 1 fonnd There is no “snow-(cei}’ 1 ) the order for the first ferry licenseat imink. It was given to a Methodist ciergyman and the fis! clergyman of any denomination to perform the marriaze csremony at Chicago, [ cannot, however, tell what Father Marguotte did in this line ¥ears ago, as tuere were then no pablic records in ihe Northwest. ‘The Rev. Willism Sce lived upon the West Side, near the forksof theriver. He was father-in-law of James inzie. Mr. Sce moved to Racine, Wis., and died there, as did also Mr. Kin- zie. Now let your reporter uscertain where this forey was established, and whether Mr. Sco at- tended to it in person or farmed it out. If b ever resided at Sonth Chicago ho must have preached there, and so \vn‘e nndunhkcd}i its. l;rsr éfigy:m;“ Among_the tnirty-two voters in g 1830, gl 6nd_thé name of John Mann. The Peoria rccords show that he as married on the 3d of August, 1830, by the Rev. William oo (who parchased the fercy licenco), to Arkash Sambli, an Indian gir) bronght np in the family of Antoine Wilmette (for whom the Town of Wil- mette, in this county, was numed), and always treated as onc of his children, The tradition i8 that this John Mann took charge of the fist ferry- boat at South Chicago, and that some of his chil- dren or grandchildren are in the vicinity of South Chicagonow. \Who knows anything of this Mann family? The reporter of the Sua should interview ny such. 'here were several gentlemen who walked with me from Michizan Cl!‘y and slept with me on the floor_of Gurley's Hall, on the night of the 24th of October, 1836, and ] had scen nonc of them be- fore. One of them was Archimedes B. Wyncoop, who was appointed by Judze John Pearson, 25th of July, 1837, the first Clerk of the Circuit Court of McHenry County, in this State, now living at Stockton, Cal. Another was Robert Patterson, recently _deceased, of Painted Post, Steuben County, N. Y., whose son 1 recently met at the Sherman Houso in Chicago. JouN WENTWORTH. Here is the extract from the Chicago Mugazine and the copy of the license from the Peorin records alluded fo: ' Col. Wentworth retarned to Detroit azain on Monday night, the 17th of Octover, 1836, being just two wecke from the time he left his moantain ‘home in New Hampshire. 5 Oliver Newberry, Esq.. the widely-known ship- owner and forwarding merchant of Detroit. and then a partner of Georze W. Dole. Edq.. of this city, find Suat built 3 now briz,—the Mdnhattan, Capt. Joln Stewart, —which wus abont to make its first trip to Chicago. Afier his return from the country, Col. Wentworth placed hie trank abosrd tne brig, afior having made p his nind that Chi- cago was the best place for him' to settlc.at. At that time there was but one stage, and that 1o bet- ter than an 0pen mud-cart, runiiinz between Detrolt | and Chicago, and passensers had to whait several days for their turnsby this conveyauce, as such a ] thing 28 an extra wus ot then known. After rid- | ing doy aud night ever had roads ata very slow pace, his feet having nearlv recovered, Col. Went- “worth left the atazo ot Michlgan City on the after- noon of the 22d o October. On the morning of the 23 he trailed around the head of the lake, through the sand, and remained that night at 4 shanty, built on the shore of the Jake, which was Jmown In those days as the **Beach House,™ and which, althongh nut large enough to accommodate half a'lozen people, was mever known to be fall, no_matter how many came along. On the 24th Col. Wentworth footed jtagain over the sond and through the mud to Caluwet, where our liberal and distingoished fellow-citizen, Jason Gurley, Eeq., then kept 4 very good botel, as Mr. G, al ways kept, whercver he was, and’which sabs quently burnt down. Culumet was then, as now a very fashionable place of resort for the gentle men of leizure from Chicago. as the prairie and river abonnaed with game of all kinds. and which was always cooked at Mr. Gurley's in o manner which gave hie house the preference over any hGuse within_ thut distance of Chicagn. The Chicago Democrat not many mouths afterwards describes Col. Wentworth as being led past a room where there were several good beds toa hall where the beds were made on the floor. He wiehed to know why he could not have one of the good beds. The clerk replied that they were not _for travelers, bat were **kept cxpresuly for the gentlemen who came out from Chicago.” The Democrat says tbat this was the first and_last time that its editor wa ever homesick, for the Chic&%zgpnflemen came_in, in due time, with an abundance of gume. and must have cooked it thatnight. Meanwhile they opened their baskets of champagne and commerced drink- ing and singing. There werc some very g£ood sinzers in_the company, snd when they sang ** Home, Sweet Home,” and Col. Wentworth lay there thonsands of miles from his home, without an acquaintance, he fully appreciatea the senti- ment of the rong, which addressed itself most forcibly to his feelings. ‘These gentlemen were then esteemed as among the wealthiest in the city, but their riches long since took wings. Many of them died very poor, while others are yet living, feellng the need of the money and the time which they expended in kceplni awuke the weary travelerst Calumet. On the forenvon_ of Tneaday. the 25th day of Qctober, 1836, Col. Wentworth reached this city on foot. The firet man he met was an old school- mate of his from New Hampshire, named Matthew S, Malopey, of the then firm of Wilde, Maloney & Co., and brother of the Hon. Richard S. Maloney, of Belvidere, Iate member of Congress from this district. Col. Wentworth went into the law office of Henry Moore, Eeg., ‘ecince deceased, and at that time one of the leading men in the city, with the determination to pae his time to the best advan- tage nntil his trank should come around the lakes. Meanwhile, he was consnlted as to the probability of procuring his services as editor of the Chicago | Democrat, e had with him letters from promi- nent politiciana in the State of New Hamoshire. At the time Col. Wentworth arrived in this city Mr. Daniel Brainard was the editor of the Chicago Democrat, and he wishing to retire, the services of Col. Wentworth were engaged as editor merely,” and he was to continue as a student in Mr. Moore's ofiice, and do the writing there. Accordingly. the vaper appeared with his nama as editor on the 2:d. of November, less than one ionth from the date of his arrival in the city. 3feanwhile, the proprie- torstup of the paper had been changed, but the last purchaser failing tomeet his paper, Col. Went- worth was induced to undertake to purchase the Demacral establishment, and thereby become sole proprietor. % County Commissioners' Conrt of Peoria County, June term, 1830: e Ordered, That William See [Rev.] be allowed to keep a ferry across the ** Callimink " [now Sonth Chicago], st the head of Lake Michigan, pay & tax of $2, and charge the following rates: Each foot. passenger. 3 12 . % Each wagon or cart drawn by two HOFses of . oxen . . 5 Each four-horse wagon 1.00 Each one-horse carringe of wagon.......... 87% Pasecd on the 7th day of June, 1830. THE FOUNDLINGS’ HOME. GOD’S DEALINGS WITH IT. The following cxtracts from Faith's Record tell but too plainly the need and suffering at the Foundlings' Home: Thursday, Nor. 2.—Wo commenced the day with 10 cents, flour-barrel empty, and necessities reesing. After breakfast, a baker scutus 105 oaves of . bread. Tiwenty-five cents were given this afternoon. Friday, Nor. 3.—Half a ton of coal, and thirty- one loaves of bread, bave been given to-day, also $1. "We have three new babies. ‘Our needs have seemed very urgent to-day, but there has been & plenty of bread, and we nave not suffered. Saturday, Nov. 4.—A dark day financially. The bread still'lasts, and we have Tice. and $2 were ven by & lady this afternoon, which we spent for ntter and tea. _Still later, 83 'were received, with gn‘i‘?n we procared further necessities for the Sab- ath. Tuesday, Nov. 7.—The flrst money recelved this weels, came about noon, from two little children, 40 cents, which were given for milk. A little more was received this afternoon. A lady sent us a nice turkey this morning. Thursday, Nov. $.—We bad a visit, this morn- ing, from Mrs. Khes, from Persia, accompanied by a clergyman from Tennessce, whoseemed much interested in the babies. The money afterward taken from the .contribation-box provided the dinper. **Three little sisters™ sent ns a dollar by mail. A baby, ten daysuld, came. with the story that the mother had run away and Jeft it. Saturday, Nov.1l.~We are still greatly tried. When onr dinner of mush and milk was nearly ready, 50 cents were given, with which we bought bread: About this time. 3 quarter of beef came. So we had the mush and milk for lanch, and a nice dinner to-night. ~ A hittle money camo this after- noon. And thus has ended another week. durinz which there has been almost nothing left from one meal for the next, and yet we have been fed three times every day. Aonday, Nor. 13.—0 Tuesday, Noc. 1y 45 cents to-dsy. There was so little this early_forty people that we were ivide it, giving each her portion that it . Even the crumb-pan bad to be cmptied to make enough. We were searcely through the meal when a ring at the door an- nounced onr friend, Mre. T.. who, in reply fo onr remark that she_was conrageons to venture out in the storm, said it wasa matter of necessity, She wanted a few articles from onr show-case, Ah! thought we, she little knew how much ber coming was a matter of necessity to us. nor does she know to-night, that, with the <exception of 50 conts, piven by a eentleman, she has almost fed our lJarge household to-day, while the articles she bought have gone to comfort the heart of a poor womaun. Her visit was to ns ay an angel of deliverance from the Lord, for which our hearts have praised Him sil the day long. Another friend sent rome meat and vegetables, which will help make our dinner to-morrow. Weduesday, Noc. 15. —No money to-day. Some provisions sent in, helped out the snpply. A barre} of lxpl:u given. Thureday, Nov. 16.—A voung man sent us §10 this morning. This gift has brought us great re- lief in this hour of extreme need. One of the for- mer mmates of the Home called to say a friend had sent her a barrel of apples from the country, and she bad directed the exgressmlm to bring them here, as she only cared to have s basket of them. A quantity of provisions were sent in for our sap. per. LOOK OTT. A DECEITFUL OCULIST. People will do well to beware of the insidious approaches of one R. C. Willard, who comes in the guise of a physican to give sight to the blind, and who fails to make a second visit after having received & fee of $9. This philanthropic ‘ individual represents himself as the agent of the State Board of Pablic Char- ities, and states that an .ast has been passed by the Legislature for the relief of the blind, which guarantees them the very best of treatment, and, in csse the treatment proves unavailable, they are entitled to 2 pension of ( - in - this evenin $12 per month. He lays before them the fact, however, that if they acvept the generous ofier on the part of the State they will be under the necessity of paying their fare to Sprinefleld and their expenses while there, but he takes the trouble to cntiou, at the same time, that if they put themselves under his care and pay him sg' down, they .can have the same Kind of treatment that they would get at Springfield. savc the cxpenses of the trip, aud be at home in the hosom of.their families while undergoing treatment. The sufferer catches at the bait, especially when this artful eye-opener ives him a receipt for his $9 and telis him that, f case bis sight is restored, his $9 will gotoa {fund for the relief of the blind, and if his sighe {s not restored, and he is found to be fncurable, that this $9 will be refunded. He is at particu- lar pains to rcpresent that hehas no pecuniary interest whatever in the matter; that he is sim- ply po agent forthe 8. B, P. C.. ta whom he looks lorgis pay, etc., ete. Then the.patient comces down with the 9. . The phyvsician looks at his eye, cuts around it a little, tells- him tirt clec- tricity will bring him around, rives him an elec- tric band, which he passes around his head over the oyes, cautions him sbout the use thereof, and goes _away, promising to call again. He never comes back. In such & way was Mr. E. W. Trent, of No. 20 Armour strect, taken in. A Mr. Brow, living on Fulton strect,near Ashland avenne,wassimilarly victimized. .No such 1aw was ever passed by the Legislature, and the State Board has no execu- tive power whatever, but merely inspects public institutions for the blind. The polie have been notified of his grnnks. and furnished with a description of this wily individual, who is represented to be a gentlemanly-looking per- son, about five feet seven inches in height, dark brown hair, and Burnside whiskérs, and the possessor, among other articles of goodly ap- parel, of asilk hat and a fine overcoat. * ANNOUNCEMENTS. Mrs. Aona Shock will give a temperance lec- ture at No. 560 Wabash avenue Tuesday even ing. The regular meetine of the Soclety of Physi- cians and Surgeons will be held at the Grand Pacific to-morrow evening. Prof. Freer will re- port a case of cerebral hemorrhage, with speci- men. ¥ Notwithstanding any aud all advertisements to the contrary, Mrs. Leonowens will speak on “Firc Worshipers and their Domestic Life,” at the Third Unitarian Church this evening at 8 o'clock. Mme. Leonowens will, by request, deliver be- fore the Sunday Lecture Society, this. atternoon at McCormick Hall, *The Theology of Egvpt,” an entirely new lccture. Admission, 10 cents. Doors open at 2 o'clock. The annual meeting of the Yale Alumui As- sociation of Chicago will be held at balf-past 7 Friday evening, Dec. 22, at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Forfurther informatfon inqure of Louis L. Palmer,No. 8¢ Washington strect. The Chicazo Atheneum begins its day school for children and adults Dec. 11. It will’ open 3 business colleze Jan. 1. Prof. Marchand will begin evening classes in French for both begin- ners and advanced Tuesday. The present Athenreum classes close this week. The winter term begins Jan. 1. ‘The Rev. A. A. Lambert will deliver a lecture {n the Church of the Sacred Heart, corner of Halsted and Nineteenth streets, under the auspices of the St. Vincent de Panl Society. ‘Thesubject of the lecturew’ll be * The Doctrine of Evolution and the CatholicChurch.” The pro- cecds go towards the benefit of the poor of the purish. The Centennial Church of the Evangelical Association, corner Hoyne ayenue and Harrison street, will be dedicated to-day. Bishop Dubs, from Cleveland, O.,will officiate; services at 2:30 and 7:45p.m. The momlnEennd "e"i"g ser- vices willbe conducted in German. and the a.i(‘t'e;-noon in the English language. All are in- vite The Chicago City Cadets, who organized last September, and now number about forty roung men, who have met for military drifl and di: cipline every Tuesday evening at their armory, Nos. 912 and 914 West Madison street, have de- cided to discontinue further operations till spring opens and warmer weather sets in. Notice of the next meeting will be published hereafter. The forty hours’ devotion was begun Friday— the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin—in St. Mary’s Church, Wabash avenue, and is conducted by the Rev. Father Coouey, of Notre Dame, Ind. There will be solemn high mass this morning at 10:30 o’clock, and sermon by Father Cooney; subject, “Chris- tian Priesthood and Sacrifice”” The subject in the evening is * Christian Charity.” SOCIAL RECNION OF BAPTISTS. The Theological Union has occasionally called the Baptists of Chicago together in former years for a social reunion. They bave always responded to the invitation in large numbers. A new call is issued for a gathering of the Bap- tists of the city und vicinity at the Grand Pa- cific Hotel Thursday evening, Dec. 31. There will, be a supper, brief addresses, and an g%portumw for extendinF acquaintance. e principal object of all former gather- ings has becen the raising of money. It has drawn the liberal people together like a maznet. It is anderstood that this attraction will be wanting in the coming remnion. It is hoped, however, that all will come together in larger numbers than ever. There will be some new features to compensate for the absence of appeals for subseriptions. The new pastors will be introduced, and expected to speak. Matters of general interest to all Baptists will be con- sidered. A Hmited number of tickets will be apportioned to each congregation, and those who purpose to be present will do well to soply for them early. They can be obtained at the Baptist Publication Society rooms, No.61 Wash- ington street, or at the office of the Standard. The price will be $1 cach. A PHILADELPHIA SENSATION, PHILADELPAIA, Pa., Dec. 9.—Capt. R. Au- freye, a member of the French Legation at ‘Washington, bas been arrested at Philadelphis on a warrant obtained by Arther L. Smith, for- merly a goard at the Centennial Exhibition, who accuses the Captain of having slandered him by accusing him of the theft of Centenunial goods in the French Department of the Exhibi- tion. The Captain was released ou bail. Late last night, the Charge d’Affaires of the French Legation at Washington arrived in this city, and instructed Capt. Aufreye not to ap- ear in court in answer to the legal summons. ecretary Fish requested the United States Dis~ trict Attorney to sce that the immunitiesto which the Captain is entitled under the treaty and by diplomatic usages are respected, and in the court to-day, the prosecutor’s attorney hav- ing explained that the writ of arrest had been applied for without the knowlodge of Capt. Au- freye’s office and position, the writ was quashed. ———— e e EDUCATIONAL. KEMPER HALL, KENOSHA, WIS. A COLLEGIATE SCHOOL FOR Girls and Young Ladies, Between Chicago and Miiwsukee onthe N.W.IL 1. ‘The buildings are very large and compicte. e grounds (cight acres) afe unequaled. The ** modes ™ of instruction of the latest and most thoronsh kind. Livrary, 1,400 ncw and care fully.selected sulumes. Ap: aratus. Cliemical and PhlTo sophival. conseantly Incréas: ng. Eight new pisnos for pupil: . Faculty, four %’:fi?i{ld fl‘\il'“';‘l‘d! Tmhtn. Yocal l!fld {um’n- utal Music and ) lern wuages speclalties, wit) Professors at the head. . D 51 Grace L2t by & supegjor master, for which there {s no extra charge. 2 ehool will reopen after the Christmas recess, Jan: S:the Lalf-yearterm begins Feb. 1. For particulars 2pply for Uatalozue to L0 M. EVERTART, D. D. WATER-PROOF BLACKI— Ge Preserve Your Boots By using Chicago Water-Proot Blacking. i Blacking will S\oine overit. Rk SOl COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE. COPARTNERSHIP, ‘We, the undersigned, h: o Feiership nader the v o of b RGP BE EIMEL & CO., for the plirpoee of carrving on the o ‘wholesale woolen ana clof 5 Fibasaar, Chicags. ©*tHIPE DY Pl Cuicaco, Dec. 1. 1 MISCELLANEQUS. Badger State Manufacturing Go. of Two Rivers, Wis. Manufacturers of Doo Blinds, Moldinlgs, &c.~ Cheaper (han 895 oiher meso: facturers in the Unized States. Bullders snd contractors Tilido el to eall and get our prices before ordering elee: 3 y m Office, 92 “‘uhlngu’m .‘an:_p&y Wienen. TEETH ! TEETH FOR $7. Dr. Cain’s $25 and P “mm% $25 and 30 Teeth for $7. Gold filling Extracting, 30c. W. H. H.C. 112 Desrborn- P.»ll’l‘l.\' MADE SHIRTS. GREAT REDUCTIONS| S00SETS MINK Muffs and Boas, which we will sell at $15.00 per set, splendid goods, same qualities never sold lesy thm; $25.00 to $30.00. We bought the above goods and raid cash for them, which enables us to sell at th; prices we are offering them at: all made from GOOD PRIME SKINS and EXCELLENT TRIMMINGS, 100 SEAL SETS Muffs and Boas, good qualities, ex- cellent trimmings, prices from $15.00 to $30.00 per seat. SEAL SACQUES $65. $73, $100, 3125, $150, $175. SLEIGH ROBES, A large assortment 20 to 25 per cent less than last season. ERBY & PERIOLAT, No. 87 Madison-st. SALESMED J. M. LOOMIS, JNO. G. IVERS, CHAS. B. SMITH, Late firm J. A. Smith & Co. &7~ Highest cash prices paid for raw furs. PRESENTS FOR EOLIDAYS. ANNOUNCENEAT! Being unable to occupy our new store as early as expected, we have delayed opening those new imported ‘goods until the present week. On Tuesday and Wednes- day we shall open at our new loca. tion, (22 State~st., a fine lot of French Fancy Furniture, Novelties in GenevaWood Ornaments, Swiss Carvings, Japanese and Chinese Furniture. Also a fine selection of Easels, Cabinets, Foot-Rests, Brackets, Pedestals, &c., &c., of Domestic and Foreign Manufac- ture. Many of the above goods were imported expressly for our Holiday Trade, and in consequence of the lateness of the season, we shall mark them at I5 per cent dis« count. To our many friends who have been awaiting this announcement, we would advise an early inspece tion, as we promise an exhibit of a class of goods seldom, if ever be- fore, seen in Chicago, and marked at prices which will guarantes quick sales, Remember our new location. L.G.Fairbagk & (o, REMOVED TO 122 STATE-ST. HOUSEHOLD GOODS, 5175 DUYS A MARBLE-TOP GHAMBER S2T. ${0 BUTYS s Haadsome Parfor Suft. &510 BUYS an Eiegant Marble-top Table. 4. BUYS an Elegant Camp-Chatr. $1() BUYS 2 Handsome Easy Crair. !512 BUTS an Elegant Easy Chatr. ] 2 BUTS 240-b Halr Mastress. i §] 9 BUTS sa Elegant French Lounge. B() BUTS the celebrated ** Empress Lomge." $35 BUTS therenowned **Empire Bedstead.” &7 () BUYS a selt-teed Pastor stove. (3 BUTS » Good Heating Stove. 5]_ PER TARD buys an Elegant Carpet. 50 CENTS per yard buys a Good Carpet. $3() BUTS s Elggunt sideboard. P §2() BOTS » Marble-top Buresn. $3() BUTS an Elegunt Dresslog-Case. §] 2 BUYS a Haudsome Parlor Desx. 395 BUYS a Handsome Bookcase. &) BUTS & Cand's Rocker. R 3 BUTS an Elegant Blacking:Case. &.{ BUTS aa Elegant Foot-Rest. Houses furn'shed throughout. Al on Instaltments oF for cash as derired. - Ajeo complere. siock of CBIpeth Bedding, Crockers.and Stoves. Easy terma a0d )qeare” Qealing.” Non-residents take noice. EMPIRE PARLOR BEDSTEAD CO. 393 West Msdisan-s. _COLLARS. . : Keep’s Collars. ‘E ;:'mt szyfig. Eln,en Quality. S1.. T dozea; sz for MANCFACTURING CO.. 173 East Madiron-st. EUPE R EUPEON. Is the most woncerful remedy for Rueamsttsmand Seuralgla. It nover fails: and foy Beadache. (oatkscde: Plics, felona, cutk, sprains, bruises. hurms, etc.. ¥ aflurd (nstant relf=f, as thoussnds can Lestify- Foraale by all Druigists H. A HURLBUT & (0., 75 and 37 Randolph-tte Chicago General Wholesale Agonts. BEUPHRON. TRists 10 cestify that on the sth of November [¥ss attacked with blesding plles. from exposure, Whicd provedassvere cue. Iiried Ceversl {emeegegl;"fi ouiht 1 would try ** Eupeol 2dniit that | had ao falth 0 It a¢ the time, bat 110l fowed the directions. srictly, sndln foine ‘applications [ w3s wholly relfeved, agd | cheerfally recommend 13 inpone aiicted in’ like manner a trial of it, sod theF willsarely be constaced of fts eficacr. S PRDFESSIO&LW.. A e P I L E S AND FISTULA_positirely ured, or NO PAY. wiihoud HAIR GOODS. .~ & r N L e PAIN, or the use of knlfe Complece stock, beat goadte g1 lowes pelcss Whotcuaie and rewails Goods #e2sC- 000 10 a0y partof ihe C. 5. Bead Bt FTICY L’imhs,maézm e o i Soui 6o Bogle's losion Powder. E" Burkbam, 233 W dadiren St CUEAES, — = atare, or canstic. Eve Sy srarteed. Dr.d. 1PS, 167 Madison-si-, Chici&>- SHIR'TS. PN oo i Keep’s Patent Partly-Made ress-Shirts. The very best, 6 for $6; can bc Sznithed 5 easily a2 sewd | # - R R T T B Madteon, Keep’s Custom Shirts, 3fade to measare. The very best, 8 for 39. ¥otthe aightest obligation to take any shirts ordered unless XT- Tedtly satiataciory. RELD MVE.C0: 173 Eaat Xadiioda/