Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 11, 1876, Page 8

AT At e LTI ¢ A e S Bk &5 £ L ea g 8 THE CITY. EWS. GENLERAT Eugene Desmond, for the larceny of a fur cap from Gustave Angel, ot No. 1521 Dearhorn street, 18 locked up at the Arinory. Tle Fifth-Avewio Theatre Company, of New Yok, will arrive from the Enst thls morning, and go to Milwaukee, via the Chilcago & North- western Rafl -y, Mesers, W, & Strong, F. H.Stotty E. B. Irwin, W. H. Grlswold, and tleir families, of New York, go to 8t. Paul this n‘lomlnn na ]nm-rlnl car, via the Chleago & Northwestern way. Anote frum Mr. Chiarles M. Morton, State e retary of the Yonng Mew’s Christinn Asso- cintiun, says Tue Trinuss revival reports are highly spoken of and cagerly looked for all over the State. » B. F. Bmith, contractor, and Mary Reflly coneubine, are tocked up ut the Tweltth Street Statfon charged with_ndultery by Simith's wife, who resides it No, 8 North Ialaied street, Tha gullty paie were arrested vut of No. 5L Union strect. (Giov, Latla and aerive from the Euw: party, of Californta, will this mormbng and go weat on the Chicagro & Northwestern Hallway, fn the palace hotel-var ** President,” that was it expressly for exhibition at the Centennial, and auld to be the finest car ever hulit, There will he o gencral meeting of the Au- clent Order of Tiibernians ot Wall’s Hall, corner of Adams aud Halsted strcets, at 8 o'clock to- nieht sharp, to take action on the death of the * Genernl President, Mr. Cornellus Howard, who was kliled on Saturday near DeKalb, Til A Triovxr reporter saw the Rev. Dr. O. H. Tiffany yesterday worniug, and learned from nint that he had indeed recelved & cull Ly Sty Tani's Methodist Episcopal Church of New York, the leading. Methodist-Episcopal Chureh of that tity, but that he had not had time to hink about. it, and did_not. know whether he should conslder it or not, Sfome mprineipled scamp veaterday hired Norse and alelgh from 8. J, Ruseell, veryman at Now 70 Canal strect, and _after driving the animal half to de atandoned I, ~Tu thin conlitfon it was picked up, and was last evening found iy the possesston of some Biler avenue demirepe. When questioned they divuiged the name of the party Irom whom they had recelyed 1ha rigg, and sovn after Detective Ryan arrested Wi ut_nden, No. 144 Paclile avenue, ‘The robo anl whip, valued at 370, are missing. ‘The Chieago Veterun Club, vomposed of Re- publican solalers and saflors, which was to have met in Judge Rogers' court-ropm yesterday, will meet Weidnesday cvening at 8 o'clock in tho Grand Pacific THotel club-rootn., when the con. stitution ond hy-lawa will be adopted and oflicers for n permanent organization elected. "The objects of the gsswciution ara to keep up 1he reminiscences of the War, und to fonin an jndependent_ orzanization of n renst-military characier, to aid «dlstressed veterans, and to Iuey its members in ease of death. During Saturday night the weather moderated dJown to sumething bearable. The wind sub- slded, and the thermometer went up. Yester- day morning there was an cfort ub u snow- storm, awd the flakes fell steadily for some time. Towards the afternoon the snow stopped. Teaving Just cnough on the ground to hother raflway traflic, but not enough to renew the slefphing. On the Weat Side, the Opden ave- e line stopped entirely for u fow Hours, nnd the Madison street cars doubled up teams. Be- yond this therg was Jittle or no - Interruption. Laat evening the weather toned oven a little maore, and the sky was full of clouds, threaten- iy another nttempt to snow, A partor concert will ho wiven this evening at 4B Oaklapd avenue for the benefit of “the Foundlimg's Home, An udmlrable prozramme bas been prepared, In which the following vol- anteers will take purt: Messrs, H. L, Cleveland N. Olitey, Churles Dew, Charles 'TI, Smith, and Henry . Hart, and Mlsses Lottle Crutk- shunk, Joslyn, Stridiron, Hancox, and Wishard, A typographienl error fna ||urn{:rnpl| I yes- terday’s ‘TrintNe concerning Mal. Monroe’s two charming chromoe, “Good Night and “~tiood Mornbig,” stated that thoee wlio pur- clinso from him whi ald o veteran soldier *tdis- abled by wounds from obtalninghan honest lv- iz 1t should bave read, “inobtatuing,” ote, The female sectlon of the Chicago Working- men's Assoclation (Communlsts) gave an after- noann entertabnment at Globo Hally on Deaplulnes stroer, yestendny afternoon, Consfderine the badd stute of the weather, the alidience was a falr one, about eyunlly divided between the geses, After an introductory overture on the pitno by udady, Mr. Simmen sung o song. Mes, E. Lysur, of Milwaukee, then made o speecl, veferring to the duties of the women in the cause of goclallam, und how they could ald fn ¢ these prineiples, Alter this there miale, singing, declanutions, and § attendunce umloubt- 3 wurthy as the adinfa- 4 bl 10 conts. Otlicer John 8ttt thought he had found a sengatlon yesterday morning, when at o mid- night hour he saw u light wagon, with a cofiin wid o pine box, drive up to the residence No. ety oreupied by Mrs. W, T, Mc- Coon fnquiry hie learned that the were for the body of Mury McCarthy, nt grl who had dled during tne previons « evening from burns sceldentally recelveid on the 21st of November. But the Board of Tealth bouks falled to show u permit for the burlal, and Dr. Hunt, of No, 71 Chieago avenue wunap"vllml ton regard to the cause of this nesdect, Phe cuse was then trans- Tevved to the Coroner, Thie eare appears to bea bonn tide oue, the undue luste laving been caused by a dexive to send the hody v the girl? parents e Wankegan, which was dono yeaters day morntug, The law will be complied with, 1t 1% auld, to-duy. Detectlves Sinunons und Scott were out on the war-path last nlght, In the first placethey went. up luto the West Twellth atrect distelet, and, utded by the vallant Seigst, O'Dunnell, suceced- cd fn eapturing three notorlons rowsd who have done most of the * holdive up® {n that diwislon of theclty, Thelr names are for the present withneld for pollve purposes, — Coming down-town, they ospled upon o Madison strect car three well-Known thieves, who, hnmediate- Iy upon eatching w pllmpse of them, ran du o wlt dfrections, Slumons ran aronnd one way to Wushington street, while Seutt ran the other wa; lmrlng in this muanner to hiead them off. Tliey sighted thelr mew on Fitth avenue. near the Pimei building, It were ugain beaten by the ectnesa of thelr mne. In tue chase Seotl scared up i green Fouus wan, ¥ho, suspeetlng that the officers were foot-puds aftor him, gave lez-bull as fust as he vould, shouting * Murder!” and * Pollee!" ut the top of hils volee, Percelving thelr mistuke, the ofli vers allowed hlm to go unmolested. Aftgr have g o good laugh ut o the chasey they went over to the New Chleago Theatre we o the usudlence was commgout, und these for a third thne they espied the idou- tieal three men working the crowd, They col- lured twa of thein, but while on the way to the statlon Detective Simmons ullpl’):nl upou the puvoment and spralued his leg badly, thua al- uwlng his mun to nke o good “escupe. When taken to the statiun, Seott's man proved to bo the cunniug and adrolt »dip," Billy Burke. BUNDAY LECTURES. MER, LEONOWENS AT MCORMICK HALL, Lennowens lectured 1o rather a ce ut McCormick's Hall yesterday afternoon slight ntiendance wasuttelbuted by the ushers to the depressing intfuenco of the Brooklyn fire, and up to the arrlval of Madame Owens upon the stuge the sulience discussed cuuttagrations fn zencral wil the provabilitics ol escape If the hald shoudd take five, But the snutugement had made every proviston agulist dunye The were il out, winl hod the thumes rtul they woulil Tave been froren to nh-.ull before uccomplishing u dime's worth of damuge, Mudume Leonowens cxplained that Ly o mistuke fu the udvertisement she wus com pelled tu deliver her lecture ou the Theolugy of Egy Pte Lhis lecture sho had conmenced when she was 18 yeurs of age, aud hald spent twenty-five nupon 1, and bud not ver succeeded fin; it To thoroughly uiidemtand the theator [ Egyt, she suld 1t was uecessary to kiiow some thiing of the geography of the nutlon, aml she entered upon u glowing deacription of the laud ot yeltow corn, “ Following the River Nile trom ita “source up its valleys between the burning dlrserts, sho held 1t out'ua the l- mul goud of the Egyotiun, standing betory all otoer gods; a ous gl that not fnfrequently overllow A filled the other gods I\ oL water. Theds wertlows the heathen of bt wseribed Lo the Turls of the an Who were suppored cupty mitlions of buckels of water per ik into e etresm, overflowing the lumd sl fertitlaing the country, though soimctimien inconvenient to the inbobitunts, And yet this river and jta vaguries were the fouudition of the Theology of Egypt. When its waters were low, then caine the sorrowful prayers, und when they were high, hyms of pratse, And su thoy calicd the river (lod, and’ worshiped it Tho fulsbitants of the waters became sacred, even o the crocodiles thereof.: Thelr rellgion wus euftaud tender, wserthing the highest virtues to women, thele name for God, sfenifying waterual love. ‘Tle otrongest and the Juwliest 1HE UHIVAGU LRIBULE: religlon was there, 8he desribed the method of burinl and the bural trinl before Interment In conscerated ground, Upon her Inat visit to Egypt «ho had been mueh teoubled by the donkey-boys, each of whot elafmed that his donkey‘was the better, but linatly ehe solved the problem by walking. From the doukes-bovs she went to sce the howling, dervishes, of wl VWALONO arranged themaelves o a sean-n conlition, and shouted, Then came o autn on o white Yurse, und the horse walled uvyer roe of the 100,000 prostrate dervishies, and a good miny of them died, Then shic went to a churel, and heard a man preach from the text: Nebnehadnezzar, the King of the Jowe, Tut on his stockings and put on his shocs, le took this up in all scrionancss, and lakd down the propnsition that the man who eould :Iph'i longest on one toe would go to leaven ral ‘The Egyptians also called tho heetle by the name of he Delty, hecauso b mado a bail of titd with jts hind ‘legs and deposlted its cggs thereln. ‘The lecture closed with flinatrations of the Aymbols used and a deseription of the cata- combs, _ Mrs., Leonowens lectured lost evening at the ‘Third Unitarlan Church on *The Fire-Worship- ers and Their Doctrines,” 8he began by telling the meaning of the Zend Avesta, whicli” was 1t~ crally un “explanation of the muer fire,” and the whole principle of the relizion was contain- ed fn the word “purity,” which waa derlved from the Greek wond signifying fire. The fire- worshipers had remalned stearlfust Lo thelr most ancient form of worahip, while ull other beliels had changed or died away. ‘They still wore shiped fire s they did~ centurles bcfore thu bullding uof Solomon's temple. Zorvaster, the greatest of the fire-pricats, lved 2,000 years ‘Tefore Chrlat, and the lecturer thuuzh thiat he was the Melchesedeck of the Beripiurca—the igh-Pricst of God. This theorywould explain romu of the sceming inconsistencies of the Old ‘Testament. ‘There were In it iany references to fire. God uinde his np}mnrnm'u on carth In a flaming bush: he led the Israclitea by means of 1 pillar of fire. The latter part of the lecture was devoted to a deseription of the Parsees of Tndia, thelr fun- ¢ral and inarriage customs, and thelr manner of living, which she had an exeellent opportunity of learnfng during a_long resldence in Bombay. The lecture was extremely interesting and In- structive, and was thoroughly enjogcd by the audlence. AMUSEMENTS, NLW CHICAGO THEATNE. Not alnce the advent of Mr, Alexander War- ster's German dramatie company at the New Chlcago Theatre did the house present such vast emptiness as last evening. Theauditorium hordly contalned more than 200 people, and everythingscened strange and cold, especlally as heretofore the house had always been crowded, The main canse of the fulling off in the attendauce must principaliy be atiributed to the Brooklyn holncaust. Most people will rather forego the pleasure of witnessing o fine performanee than risk thelr lives ina fire- trup. But not oll theatres ave dire-traps, anel some diserimination ought Lo be used, There is certainly no reason whe peaple should he ufrald 1o wa to the New Chleago, for i there In a rafe theatre in the elry, it is this ane, Itds ainnll, and has but one gatlery. o the main entrance on the vight slde of the house, there 13 un exit on the 11t side which Teuds to the ailey, The doorsure all wide and staleways well bailt, and o cse of necessity the howse om b um}lflml a” crowded oudfence fn Iiree or four minutes, Stli it will take some time before all the theatre-loving ;wml‘lu are reassured, and attend again as fore merly, 1t was really # pity that the house was not hetter llled lust eveifig for the play sas one of the best ‘mulucflunw of Roderlelt Benedix. ‘The titls of the play i3 “Eine Zacrttiche Fami- lo" (A Loving Fambly). The samo play was pro- duceil ut thiz house” Iast season, and proved quite o ruceess at that tiwe. There were Aone misgivings that It would not prove Auch a “sueecas on this occuslon, as the two leading gentleinen, Measrs. Donalu and Koth, are hoth on the siek-list. But those pres- ont were most azreeably surprised, for the act- ingwas In pome fustunces Uetcer thau when [:In,\'n:«l last year. All the actors were well up i fhelr parts, and plaved with as mnch cava and aplzlt na if the house fiad been crowded to sut- focation. The beat nsting was done by Mes, Tlorn,who played the flirting old mald, Jentgard, with such humor and paturalness a< to arouse the admiration of all. Siss Ellzaheth von Stammwitz gave Thwanelde, the houseked er, far btter than ft was glven last yenr, Shie made all of the part that could posalbly be mude of It. Mrs, Clnsren was ex- cellent” as the learned old mnid Gleike. Mr. Brockman us Dr, Genbnry uppeared to great advantage und played ex-cllontly well. Misa e of the lively youuy 4 F plese of wethug amd aave good utlsfaction, Mr. Franemiller us Oseald Barnan was as good as Mr. Donuld was Inst season, but consldering that it was out of his line, nud that he took the part at short notice, ho deserves, certninly, favorable nen- tlor, 'Mr. and Mre Meyer nlso plaved thelr amall roles to the satisfaction ot all. Asna whole, the performance was one of the hest given ut this house this scason, and eversbody went away well pleased, Mr. Donala tohes his benelit next Bunday, on which oceasion will bu purformed Mr. Brachor- gel's celehrated drama * Narcisse,” with the Deneflctary i the title role_and_ Miss Vou Stammwilz us Vompadour. Mr. Domald de- serves n crowded bonse und an ovation. JACCURSED POVERTY. THE ¥, 8 M, G0 U, K 8. Tt was annonpeed that yestenlay morning Prof. ‘I. 8. A, Pope wonld organize the ¢ Fiest Splritualteticand Materialistic Cotiegn or Chureh of Sclentific Secturfanlym ™ i this city at Globe Hall, und to see this man of 5o much name, and to hienr him expound his long-drawn fufth, and to vount his followers, a rior was promptly on hand at 10:39 o’clovk, The hall was found locked, and Inquiry showed that mo ono hndl been wround to open it The iaaltor was there, however, aml he amused the seribe with an explanation of the situation, and the woes to which lie was too often subjected. Sald he, ¢ The Professor was here yesterday, and we nmdo a bargain by whilel ho was to huve the Tall two hours in the forenoon and two hours [n the evenlug, heated and lghted, for 8175, He thonght hie ought to get it for tess money, but T was tivin,"” “Phen the bargoln was senled yesterduy £ S Well, when we hud agreed” on the price there was unother ditference,—I wanted the cnsh fn ndvanee, und he wanted to hand me the money after the mceting." #You wers still firm, of coursel” “ Certalnly, for {waw through his Sclentifle. Collegs business, Hu wanted to get w crowd togethier, tulk to them, and tben tuke up o col- loctlon t xu‘ cxpenses, If he got a crowd, and suw in colleeting anything, T might lave wot my money, and qht not—! wos to take all the risks ut’any rate,” ‘F'he conversution here futerrupted by an fnquirar after the Professor of much vame, W was tuld the suime story, md this s all that was tdone toward nlzing the Flest Spiritualistle mid Matorialf Collegs or Chureh of Belen- thie Sectarlanlsm,” and probably all that ever will bo done. e DEDICATION, Y THE CENTENNIAL EVANGELICAL CHURCH, on the voruer of Hoyno avenus and West Har- rison street, was formally dedicated to the wors shipof (od yesterday afternoon, the exerclses Velng condueted by Bishop Dube, of Cleveland, The churelt §s o very handsome atruct wre of red brick, trimwed with cut Tmestone, It messures 4250, and has u seating capuclty of 500 or 600, ‘Fhe Jot, which {8 K0x100, cost 83,200, aud the huilding about $8,000. Tho Suclety fs composed mostly of German Protestants, who are minfstered tu by the Rev. A. Knobel, At the close of each servico collections wers taken up to pay off the indebteducss, and o generous suinwas obtalned. ‘BUBURDBAN, ' LAKE At tho meeting of the Town Board Saturday afteruoon, Trustes Cory wus chosen Chulrman pro tew, President Mufrheud belng absent, Supervisor Condit reported, on the petition of the Chivaga & South Mtlautic Rallway Company for vlght of way, that action be deferred until the Company preecnt leeds from the property- owners and the same are properly recordeds A lengthy ondbuuee wan presentod, selting forth the refusal of the City of Chivugo to bear a portlon of the expense of cludering and keep- fne I vepulr Hatsted und Forty-third streets, cfore requiriog all owoers of omnle carriages, druys, teams, or uther which ~ shal for hire convey puseengers oF merchandise, to take out ¥ IR a Meenseo Omoibuses, carilages, sml other passenger-velleles to pay ¥3 and the deiver thereot K2 for a Heewee, which shall be fu torce tor one yeur. Donble-teanie, druys, ele, $10: {fuur-horse vebleles, $13. The erdiuance furihee MUIDA DL Mouan 11, Lodo. provides for the proper mambering and lettering of each velicle A numbier of antoon Heaases wers transferred and a number of new ones granted. A mumiber: of bills were audited, to be patd when thera was money enowsh in the treasury. to meet them, There 18 duo to the town over £50,000 In baclc taxes, and all expenditures ure ;nn;hep\;,llh the provieo * when the money s col- eeten. Ruddotph Brister, the efticlent Town Clerk, Teaves this week for a fow weeks® vacation, He will go to New Orleans, YT PARK. A mecting of Christians s to he held in the Treabyterian Clutreh this evening, he fall of suow yesterday T tmproved the ronuls very mueh, “The proprdetors of the lotel, Mensra, Pearey and ncn}mn n, expect to enter- 1ot a party of 200 one evening this weok. Sov. eral slefehlonds of voung fulks will Jeave Hyde Park this week for an evening’s ride and daniee, and will cither go to Englewoud or South Chi- cago, The Hyde Park mail closes ns followa at the *Hydn Park Post-Oflico: For Chineago, 8:45 a. iy 3346 oo for the South, Sid% a. 0 arrlve from Chicago at 9 a. m, aid b rom the South, 4 p, mi. The Post-Oflee feom 7o, m. until 10 p. m. ThéSmu boxes fn the offlee, Including lock-boxes The man. Waitehead, who pounded on Friday, took chanra of venue {rom Home Sutundny, aml wos trled by JJustics Ford and llm‘;l §8and coats, from which he made an ap- eul, i A little exeltement was eaused by the running away of uboy i the ploy of Dr, Jolnson, who made a prrtdal confessui beforo ho Teft as ta the fact that he knew who hnd a Tund in rob- bing some of the houees in Hyde Park, aud that s knew who hnd set fire to tho Seminary bulld- fug, The boy, Ollver Olescn, Is very pleasant in lis appearance and well caleulated to make fricnds. A boy named Stevens also loft town with B, On Thursday evening. at Grand Crossing, the course of leetires in tial place will b Inaug. uraterd by a lecture by Blshop Fallows on Idols, or the Pecullarities of Man and Men.” Bu: Itfuucs will be delivered In the Methodist Shureh. The Hose Company No. 4 hall at Grand Cross- fngg will have the following committees: Floor, N. L Ditt, W, L Cogawell, Charles MeDowell Exceutive, W, Il Cogawell, Churles MeDowell, N.JL DIty Thouas Hart, vester Bracken: Honorary, W, Q. Wilson, (. T, Williamson, W. 1, v, . B wiehy, G, 8. Darling, The Ladies’ Foreign Misslon Suclety will hold a meeting on Wednesday afternoon at tite resl- dence uf Mrs. Bogue, Iiyde Park avenue and Fifty-third streot. CASUGALTIES. ANOTITER SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Speclal Dispaich to T Tribune. Burrano, N, Y., Dee. 10.—~The 8t. Louls Ix- press, bound cast, on the New York Central Road, ran”into a freighit-train suow-stalled at Wende Station, sixteen miles from this city, ahout 12 o'clock Jast night. Several cars wero pited {n 4 heap and burnal up, including ous lo- comotlve, the Amencan Express cur, and ono other, and their contents, Benjamin Woodrufl, the txpress Messenger, was burned with the curs, the tower portion of the body belug en- Hrely consumed: [l leavea a wife In this eity. ‘The epgineer sud another recetved infurles, b, nothing serlous, — No pussamgers were gared, ‘I'ne contents of the expresseur were heavy std valuable, embracing mntter from Chiengo, St. Louls, snd the West, The loss 1s estimated ut F1L,000,000, i.h:rm\l.n. N. Y, Dec. 10.—Sa y evenlng’s St. Louls Express on the New York Central Rallroad, due to leave here at 8:40 p.m., was detalned by the storm and the lateness of Lake Shoré tealns il 11:50 p.an. When near Looueyville, sixtecn miles from this clty, it run fnto u trelght-trun ‘hich wus ~ stuck in the BUOW, The two engines drawlog the express and the freight engine, were wreeked, und two express cars, the through Chiemzo sufe und contents, and the Buffajo snfo and contents burned, Benjamin Woudworth, of JUtlea, N. Y., expruss messen- gery was birned to death. He leaves a wite and _ehlld, Geo. W, Douglass, engineer, and James Vaughan, fireman, on the st engine of thu passenger tralfy, were serlousiy, but not futally, Injured. ‘The former wus badly bruised, A switehman wus sent forwnrd to flag the com- ing traln, but, taking refuge: from the severs sturm £ 0 caboose Iying on n side-track, vl- Towed the tralu to piss by him. Nons of tho pussengers were injurad. —— RKILLED DY I'ITE CARS. Spectal Dinpalch o Tie Tribuns. Derrorr, Dee. 0.—M. F. Howlond, of Flint, was killed by the carsof the Dayton & Michl- gan Rallroad ot Durand today. 1o was23 yeurs old und unmurried. Spectat Dispateh to The Tribune. Gangsuigo, UL, Dee, §—Swan P, Engerall, for several years x switchmun futho employ of the Chlcarro, Burlington & Quiney Railroad in thia city, was fustantly Killed ut noon to-lay, “Three cara passed over'hia body, cutting it com- pletety fn twa, Speclal Dispateh to The Trioune. 81, Louts, Dus th==Lows Mentzel, an old resident of 8t. Joseph, Mo, was run over_and kitled In that elty to-duy by a train on the Kan- eas City, St, Joseph & Cotnell Blufts Railrond, No one witnessed the oveurrence, and when found the body wus Iying between the rails with the head acvered, It Is uncertain whether it la a cuse of acetdent or aulejde. Deceased leaves five daughters and four sous, nalla NITRO-GLYCERINE, Pirmenuka, Dee. 10.—~A specksl from Petrolla to the Ansoctated Press of this clty snys that this alternoon about & o'clock n wagon-lond of glycerine, contafolug some (0 pounds of the tlutd, expluded with terrible force about three- quarters of a wile from here, tearing wagon und horses o sbreds, Instantly Iillhgs Duntel Garth, Superintendent of Roverts' Torpedo Company, und Humphreys, of that place. Tho bodles w bluwa to itoms, uud, with the excoption of o portion of ane foot and sumo picees of charred ilesh, have not yet been found. The men were unloadnyg the wagon, and {t I supposed that one of them slipped awl dropped o ean. The magazine, located twenty-five yards from the seene of the disaster, and contafulng upwards of 5,000 pounds, escaped fnjury, e BURNED TO DEATIL St Louis, Dec, 0. —Xarly yesterday morning a small frume building ot the mouth of a coal- shaft. near Calhoun, Henry County, this State, burned, and, on examination of the ruins, the Budles of three were found burned nearly to o cinder. Subsequently It was discovered that three miners went Into the bulldiog after mid- night, bullt o fire, snd went to sleep on the floor, It fs supposed the fire from & stove coin- municated to sume vlla stored in the house, and sulfocated the men before thev could escape. ‘The numies of the men aro nnknown, Ipectal Dispatch to Tha Tribune, MILWAUKER, Wis., Doce, 10.—The dress of a servant-girl named Finma Hehert caught fire while she wus employed ubout 4 cook-stove at Mru, [olstefa'’s, on Wells street, and, hefore the Numes conkd be extinguished, she was 5o torrl- bly burned that she (ied o 4 fow hours. Cupt. Shiermansof Kenosl, happened to ba on the strect when the glel ran out all aflame, and threw his coat over her. o TROZEN TO 1) ~ &pecial Dispaleh to The Tribuna. Bawmstone, Md,, Dee. 10.~The polar ware and hurrleane weoiught great disaster here aud In Chesupeake Bay, Houses wers unroofed, wooden structures blown down, and trees up- rooted In the city, On the water, suiall vessels dragged auclior, others wers dismantled, and A traltic etcamers suffored damage and delay, | Capt. John Oliver and two seamen of the ogster pungy Ann Ellza were frozen to deathi before duybrealk of Saturday, The ves: wus driven uslioro o mile from lamd und all night long the water dashed over the decks, freczing us it fell. Three deck-hands were res- cued from the wreek to-day, Lut only two of themure expected Lo survive, TRAIN BURNED. Artica, N, Y, Dee, 9.—The englue of the train goiug onwwswitch before duylight this maoruing st Dale Station, vu tne Erlo Rallroad, ot off the track, und the truln was run into by the one fullowlug, turlous gule, with snow, preventing the slgnals 1 haiggue, snoRing Duried, Ono man, wunte unknows, went buck o the car for sume 1orzotien artlele, wel burned o death, rom helg seen. ‘The and ono car caught tiee and Wus The traln was westwards boumd, and was un the Attics beaneh, The whole trsm wins burned, ‘Flie track hus beeie eleared, aud trulis uro ruuning us regularly as the storm will permit. d ——— DALE STATION. * Fpeclal Dipaleh (o The Tribune. Drresvo, Yuy bee, W0=Tne charred res mufus of the unknown mun burned ot tho accle dent on the Erle Road Saturday, at Dalo Sta- tlon, weve brought to this clty last evenlog, A bacsenger who bad talked " with bim learncd that his homo fs near Port Huron, M De has reskded thirty years. The o thick-set, not tall, ahoitt 50 years old, and had on a red flannel shirt. . DROWNED, LovisvitLe, Ky., Dee. 8.—A special to the FEeentng News says three voung Indles,—two Miases Cainphell, a Miss Choate,~und ong mnan, Jumes Giregory, were drowned in s mitl-pond ten miles from Olmstead, Ky., Friday night, A party of fifteen were gologe 'to a dance, ten fn one eanoo and five In another. As tho parly of ten approached the bank, nbout seventy-five yunis dlstant, the canve began to dip water, nnd finally sunk, fivo of the men und one lady awam to the bank, the other four were convey- ol to n watery grave, STEAMER WRECKED, Eurauta, Ala,y Dee. 10.—The steamer Dig Foot, owned by tho Central Raflrond of Georgia, was snageed and sunk ten miles above hero last night. The crew and passengers were snved. The lower deck {s under water, About 200 bales of cotton are floating off. 1t is unknown whetlier the cotton on Lhe stenmer was Insured, ‘Fhe steamer will be » total loss, CRUSIIED 10 DEA'LIL Assteuvay, N, i, Dee, f-—Durlng the gale this afternoon M. Manfon und ehild wero killed while attempting to escape from their aouse, tha roof of winich was blown off, and Mre, Aanfon was seriously fujured. « 3 ROILER EXPLOSION, SALmy, Mass., Do, V.—A now boller fn the busement of Winslow & Rogera’ shoe manufac- ‘!’nrlyl burst while being tested, and its fuventor, . Mills, was killed. Winslow and Rogors were seriously injured. BLOWN DOWN. NEw Yong, Der. 0.—The clearing portion of the grain elevator at the fool of Sixtieth street was demolished during tho gale this morning, and Edward Looncy a watehman, was Killed, " CRIML. A LIVELY CHASE. Spectal Corvespondziice of The Tribune, DEes Moixes, Tu., Dee. h—Sherlfl Ticthering- ton, of Mahaska County, avrived here yesterday, cn route from Nebraskn, whither hie had been iw'ecarch of Henry Wiltlams, the Inst of the gaug who roblied the Marlon County Treasury sufe. As Willams {s a convicted murderer, un- der sentenes of twenty years {in the Penitentfary, there 18 n general desire to effect his capture. Willlams, it witl be recollected, escaped on the night of tho robbery. e was traced to Hast- Inge, Neb,, where he had changed bis name to Thorne, and, with the cash in posscsston, he did & lively busincss In reat estate, tickling tho eazer Nebrasklans with the new, erlsp, and fas- cinating notes of the Knoxville Bunk. 1o hud burchased o furnt, sbunt twenty miles from lustiugs, and houses and lota fu Instings. On the furm ho bad taken up bis vesldence. On arrlving st the farm, Jt was found thae Willlams bad ‘gouc to Lincoln, and that the oftivers world mcet him returniug to Hustings, To Hastlugs they weut, where they fottenl” s team was at a lvery-stable, - On goliiz to the stable, as the oflicers entered one door Williams rodo mpldly out_another, 1o L was ordered to lialty but ho did not, when o reg. ular volloy of hullots wis seut after him, one of which tovk effect ubout the hiead, and he sank for un instunt down in the suddle, but soon re- covered, I{s horse was wonnded In one leg, but he was » runner, of blooded stock. Pursuit was nude, und the race wus made from Hast- Inizs to Willlams® furm, twenty miles, in nincty imjnutes; but the blood of the racer told, und, when the oflieers arrlved, the horse was Tound louse ou the premises, bleeding from his wound; while Witlluins had mounted’another and fied. Purault was made for several miles, but tinally abandoned, A farmier sald that Willlams had Rmcd his placy, with his faco coveced with lood, aml Fulng like the wind, Witllums" witc was then intervlowed, who was non-committal, and knew nothing about the transactlon; bue, by means of o little de- tective tacties, sie “aquealed,” and showed tho oflleers where $1,000 of the swag was burled, which was raphily raked mto the ofllefal not,— all new Knoxvillo Bauk notes, Buried with tho treasurs were papers which wil let a little doylight Iuto other ruscalities not hitherto sus- peeted. The man who sold Willlams the farm was uext luterviewed, o denfed having re- ceived any money, but, on befug informud ‘that the **lay” was plped,” he also “openwd,” wnd roduced tho $500 he hnd recelved. At this juncture 8t. Louls detectives turned up, and, when they tound the swag had been recovered, thuy concocted u scheme to got pussession of “it, and brought u clurge pgoinst +fetherington of robuery in toking the money from the furmer who sold Willlams the iarm. On this cbarge lletherington and i companions wero tuken to Junlata and lodeed {n juil, whero they wers Kept without tlre or food twenty-fonr hours; und they only crcaped by hirhiz i workmun who wos ropatrings the ;nll to notlly the District Court, which wye in sesslon, when they were at vnee brought be- fore it, and they were released on buil. ™ Thelr next muve was to attach the scveral liouses nud lots in Hustinge, and 100 acres of land held by Willlams, ‘Ulhls done, and satistled with $he haul, Hotherington returned, aud yesterday lafd the matter of his treatmont by Nebraska and 8t. Louis offlcials before Goy. ‘Kirkwood, who will inform the Governor of Nebraska thercof, I'bfs last capture secures nearly all tho monoy stolen, 80 that the loss to thy county will be sall. 'The escape of Williamna I8 to by regrot- ted, us, liko tho James boys, hc is a towgh cus- tuincr und gullty of uearly every erime in the calendar, matale A IIORRID BULCIIERY. Slous Cily (1a. ) Jormal, Oue of the most {nhuman ond desperate crimes that cver stained the pages of histary was committed a few days since near Calamus, i Valley County, Neb, A farmer named E. F¥. Carr, blotted from cxistence his entire fawnily and then hung blmscll. The discovery was first minde by o boy who was sent by his mother on an crrand to Carr's residence, Ar- riving ho found the house closed and the win. dows Dbilnded. On looking toward the stables, # shurt distunce away, the Loy saw, us he supposcd, o muu standing under n cow- shed fulls n\ghwlnthcu. The lad ran home and sproad the slarm. An oflleer and one or two others atonce started for the pluce and - found Core’s body suspended bly tho neck from the root of the shed, — They then went to the Touse, whire horelble secno met thelr ayes, Upon a bed lay the murdered wite aud mother, her whols forehead crushed in by hluws from o sledse-hatinner, ud her blood aud brains hang- g In great clots from the wall, er throat was aiso eut, Passing into an adjolning room, the purtics found the two little boys, victims of the snne brutulity which befell thelr mother, with the exception that the throat of the young- est wus not cut. Ou a tablo fn o third room was found a pleco of brown paper, on which was written, In the steady hand of the murderer, the following: T cannot lve always, und am not willing to leave my family to sutfer. Bury us ull together on tha top of some high bIGE” This was algned ¢ Ed,'" an ablroviatlun of the murderer's naine, ‘The body of the suiclde was taken down andt earrlerd to the houso, and an-nquest held, Some of the vitlzens hellove thut Carr comunit- ted the terriblo butehery througn jealousy of his wife. Hpecial Disyatch to The Tribune. MAROA, Mi, Dee, Jh—Edward I Coer, while u resldent of this place ubout threo years ngzo, married Miss Hughes, of Mavou, und soon after chauged bis vosidence to Calumis, where he restded some thue. o then to the North Loupe, Valluy County, telegrim reeelved yesterday Irom tho uf Valloy County says a horrihle traged heen perputrated by Case, Alter murd crln;li his wite and two sinall children, hio committi suteldo by hanging himsclf, The affuir croates tho greatest excitenent here, ", 'IICKE TV ES. Special Disyatch o Tha Tribune, 81. Louts, Dee. 10.—Frederick G, 8troude, for somo timu past ticket-clork fu the employ of the 8t. Louls & Southeastern Rallroad, and Stockton Curmack and Eugene Wells, two young nen about town, lave been ure rested durlng the past week for stesls ing thirty-sevon raliroad tickets from Ev- ansville, Ind,, to San Frandsco, valued at #1400 Btroude wus wrrested in Nonsus Clty, Carnuek i Ouwaby, and Wells in St. Lonfs, Eironds coafesses Lo the thelt, but claims that the fob wus put up by Carmack and Wells, Others ars nplicated, "hut thelr names have not been made public, s o2 IANG HIM, BY ACCIDEN Special Dispalch (o The Tribune. CINCINNATI, Dee, 10.—~Thure was o fatal accl- dental shootiug this afteruoonat 1d'clock at No. 815 West 8ixth atrect, tho victln belng s youvg sud handsome workivg-girl named Jane Murguet, aud the perpetrator, by gross cure- lesancss, one of her beaux, Al Stauffer, son of a furmer pollceman. Ho aud the girl aud au- other of hier admirers, C. W. W. Fuller, wera drinking constderable beer fn her room,— enough to make them hilarlons and carelesa, They Tl pickad 1y amd wers playlog with nn old rusty revolver, whish was ‘losded, —of course, ' They poluted It at onu another, taking turns at thal interesting mnusement. Finally Stauffer lct (L off ut thy gslrlv The ball plereed her brafn through the forchend, and shio soon dled, without cven recovering consclovs- ness, Stawifer went up to the Ninth Strect Po- lice Station and surrendered himself, FORGERY. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune, BarTivore, Md., Dee, 10.—A dispatch re- celved hero this mornfng from 1L 1L Etlls, Chlof of Pollce In San Francleco, nnounces the arrcet of Marx Erlanger, an Israclite, charged Wwith forging notes Lo the extent of £23,000 on Baltimore merchants and hankers, and obiain- ing #MB00 on them from John Dowell, with whom, ag & hroker, he lind denlings, Er- Tanger {nsplred Dowell with confidence by nego. tinting fiouumu notes before ofl wln% thy forzed ones, ~ Erlanger Is well eonne: n this city the Weat, e disappeared Irom liers ) Just hefore the firal nots camo due, A deteetive leaves tanfzht for San_Franclseo, pro- vided with o requisith Gov, Trvin. A LA JOIIN MORUGAN. Couumnus, 0., Dee. 10,—Jolin Donahue, sent from Lucas County for one yedr, aud Theodoro Costello, sent from Montgomery County for three yoars, eseaped from the Penftentlary last nigity and aro still at large. The men oveupled adjoining celle, and munuged to secrete o saw, wvith which tho bolts of tho cells wero suwed off The men then went (nto the workshop, where a rope and wire hook were secured, and with thiy tho men sealed the outer walls. - A reward of $400 18 offered for thelr return. BORIK, Burraro, Dee. 10.—~The lute City Treasurer, Joseph Bork, under whose administration the clty suffered loss Lo the smonnt of nearly half n milliun dollars, has seeured the ety in full to the amount of $400,000. Tfe has also proved, ns Assigneo of the firms of Lyon, Bork & Co. and Lyon & Co., that 2504,000 of reported fudebted- ness wis no indebtedness at ally snd lins satis- fed clafma agitinst Lhens to tho amount of &,- O, Teaving §45,000 of therr debts still uupald. There 1s now in the Recelver's hands $50,000 with which to poy this Inst amount. JEWELS STOLEN. CiNcisNar, Dee. 10 st eventug at about latf-past 5 o'clock the vesidente ot Col. N. L, Anderson, No. 120 East Fourth street, wha en- tered by o thief and robbed of $2,000 worth of Jewelry, Including several diamond rings and o cross contatning a dozen diamonds; also a lot of very old jewelry, helrlooms in the fanilies of tho Longworths and Kllgours, the grandparents of Col. Anderson and his wife. The thief galned aveess to tho front second story roum In which these artieles were Kept by elimbing up o plilar of the front haleony, . o THE WEATHER. Wasnmxaroy, D. C, Dee, 11—=1 a. m,—~For the Jake veulon, slowly ristnz temperature, south and cast to west winds, generally elowdy wenthier, and snow, with falling barometer cast of Lake Michignn. Spectat Dispateh to The Tribune. Burraro, Dee. 10—\ storm of more than nsual severlty struck thls vicinity at 1 o'clock Saturdny morning, continuing throush the day, the gele reaching thirty-five to torty miles an hourat times. Iigh water In the harbor was the result, flooding baseents on the canals, but dolng no serlous ‘humgm LUUAL UBSERVATIONS. Ciigsao, Dee. 10. 21 mint VAT mum, zero, 0 VL anow. Lt miow, i Fair. it snowe, OBITUARY, Spectal Correspondence of The Tribune. Laxstyg, Miceh, Dece, §—=David M. Bagley dled Dec. 1 In Grand Traverso County. s He waa an eayly ploncer in Michigan, aud ouo of the firat Autl-Slavery ndvocates In this State. o sottled in Hillsdale, and published a campalen Free-8oll paper, called the Hillsdale Zanner, Its motto was: * Freo Soll, Freo Bpecch, and Freo Men.” At dackson he was omployed s o priuter in the oflies of the Juckeon Sentinel (n Whig paper, o coutinuation of which is the now Jckon Citlzen), Threo Anti-Slavery men, e cluding himself, started the American Freeman | but the bultdozing seuthment of the Democracy was Just us suvage as in Loulslana to-day aod the paper was removed to Anu Arbor, whero abetter splrit prevailed, Mr, Bagloy was long a resfdent: of this elty, where ha left many fricuds. N..J. Loop, d ploncer of Owosso, dicd Dee. 81 aud Z, . Crossman, un old restdent of oweli, died Due, 2, Cuanvestoy, 8. C, Dev, 10,~The Hon, Gevrge A. Trenholm, an eminent merchant of Chavleston, und Scevetary of the Treasury of the Confederato Uovernment v the time of fts collnpae, died to-duy, aeed 70. Thu colors ol shipping of all natfonalitivs fn port are halt- masted. New York, Dee, 10.—Rreyet-Col. Thomas B. Welr, 01 the Seventh United States Cavalry, better kuown as Gen, Custer's reglmont, dicd siddenly yesterday morning at his home in this vity of cofygestion of the bran. e et — MORTUARY, Speciat Dispateh to The Tribune. Miwaugzg, Doee. 10—~The obsequles of Judgo Hubbell were largely attended ot All Saints’ Cathedral this ufternoon, Menmbers of the Milwaukee Do and representatives of every professlon sttended, Bishup Welles and the Rev, Drs, Fulton and Keen conducted the services, with the ussistance of a tull boy- chorus und the cholr of Emanuel Church, Tho remaing wers escorted to Forest Homo by o long cortege, and lufd to rest, LIGHTS QUT! Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune, Ewg, 'a,, Dev. 10.~The crew of the Presquo Isle life-saving-station have been discharged, and all the beacon lights on the const have been extinguished, Tho United Btates stonmers Porry and Michigan have lald up, and every- thing Is dull und-dreary, There is un active moyement of coal to the West on the railroads, ‘The sehooner Jdames C, Harrison has been sold to Cleveland part! ———— e COMMERCE AT GRAND HAVEN, Special Corvespondence of Tha Tridune, Graxp Havex, Mich, Dee. $.—On the 4th the Minncapotis brought from Milwaukee 20,000 Tushols, and the R J, Havckett 30,000 bushels of graiy—the first caroes of the seasbn, There hus heen nlxlps)ml tu date from this port to Milwankes, 81,555 barrols of upples, which, with uver 25,000 barrald to Chicago, makes the Targest amonnt sent i aty veor from this point, ‘Tiu winount of frelht Nndled at the Detroit & Mllwaukeo depot diurliz November fs about 13,000 tons, belng over 2,05" tous more than wes Lundled durmg November lart year, e FINANCIAL, pectal Dispatch to The Tribne. MixnzavoLss, Minn, Dee. 10.~Tho North Btar Woolen Mills were sold ut auetion yeaterday to satisty 1 mortguzs of $50,000 hield by Samuct ‘Tyler, father uf one of the proprictors, who was the purchaser for 857,000, (hson & former uwiiers, were throwa into hunkruptey's Habititles, JUS0,100 ; ussets very sl S r—— i An Odd Legal Quostlon, Ono of tho oddest of legul questions has fnst heen decided in Fasghand. ™ 1t was whether ‘une man can hold o weoting, The cirenmstunees were theser A mectlng was daly ealled of the sharehiolders I cortain busivesas company, Ou thio duy and hour set one sturcholder only ut- tendod. o voted himpel? futo the chalr, wid r;mud several resolutluns, Including one levy- g an assesstuent of 4x, 8. on cach share, and, alter & yote of thanks to the Chalirmun, ho ad- Journed, The assessment way contested, and anoction was brought agulnst the punctual sharcholder fortheamount. Three Judges con- curred I the opinlon that, us there wus na pro- vision fntho by-laws vespecting u quurum, the resolutions were vathl, The cusu was earrled up on appeal, and the decislm of the lower court bus beel reversed on the ground that vue meet. The Court required the ¢l for tho defense to ndinit that thera woukl avo been no_mecting {t nobody had nt- The Lall Mall Qazelle remarka thnt i, thle for une man Lo form o © giorum, he dould nmot form more than w In Imfix. At leat, “eujus.” TIIE RAILROADS. T'HE LACROSSE BRIDGE, Tho Chieago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Raflroad s completed ita new bridge over the Missls- sipnl at LaCrosse. ‘Tho structura s described In the LaCrosse fepulilean as follows: The total lenuth of the eirncture from the enst- ery hank of the Dlack Rivor to the Minnesotashore n 1.8 miles, and thut_of the bridge proper, over tho channels of tha Missterippt, 1,085 feet, with (160 feet of trestieework ncrovs (s‘umrlll‘n'! Island, "The whole of the suporsteuctore of the bridge ts of ron, and wos tnened out by the Anerican Beldge Company,—n_large portfon’ of tho maivelal nsed Tielnz the prodiel"of Wisconein, —ond canniata of flve spans of 150 feet each over thu east channel of tho river: ncroes thio west elinninel arc Lwo spons of 1(H fect ench, one of 260 feot, und the draw-span of 800 feet, Thero ix nothing particnlurly rhowy ahont the entiro fahrie, but everything is eonstruct- ed {u a haadmome and substantbil manuer that doe eredit nut only to the Company but 1o the contract- urs who have %o falthfnlly performed thee work, The draw of the hrhh’\' wis wwung bnta place on Naturdny ovening and founid (o fit perfectly. am yesterduy dfternuon (e fruek was takl connecting e ronda on the {wo shores, .\ tost was given to the steacture Inter fu the day by She paswae of forty Theavily Taden freleht caes, nnd the result was most gratliving 10 all tha oficlals of the Company who witnessetl the trisl, 4 o i The contruct test of the hrld[fc wna mado this afternoon by a double-loaded frefght train, anid the rirain wan fonnd to be remarkably sustained by evory portion, thongh It neurly fipproached the factarof ten, on which the hridey was lmiit, 'l through nassenger and fecight tralus are now running rogulurly over the beidge. 1t 18 also to bo wsed by the trains of the Chlcago, Dubuque & Minnesotn Rond. 1(s cost 1a stated to be about $500,000. —— MINORR ITEMS, B Gen, Frank Meyers, the General Passenger and Ticket Agent of the Pittshurg, Fort Wayne & Chleago Rallroad, left for the Last yesterday to sttend aecting of railroad man- wgers, Thix eonference i4 for the purpose of Alscttraingg the advisability of nereasdng he Pussengzes rates to ond fron the seabioard cites, “Fhe wstrilkio on the Caro & 8t. Louls Raflrond i over, and trufus ara smain running regularly. Theru {3 still n bud feeling, howaver, amd some of the new englne-men hove been assauited by tho discharged stilicers, with whom most of tho other trali-men are salil to sympathize, ‘The earpluzs of the Clieago, Milwauliee & 8t. Taul Ruitfond for the monthof Novomber wers Mr. (. (. Cook, Northwestern Passencer Azent of the Chicago, Milwaukee' & St Paul Ttuliroad ot 8t Paul, was n this city Saturday to tratigict some business apvertaiiing to his department. General-Superintendent E, 1T Waldron, of the Olio_ & Mixsdssippi_ Railroad, has reslgned, My, 1% 1L Graves is In charge of the voad i General Superintendent, The stockliolders of the Chicago, Burlinzton & Quiney Raflvond will hold o mecting this morninz ut 11 o'vlock ut the oftice of the Cown- pany for the purposs of ratifying the setlon o€ the mutmzers of=the road fn purchasing the Ruckford, Rock Isiaml & St. Louis Railroad, ‘Fhis netion has to be taken in order to muke the purchaso legal, A dividend of 234 per cent has been declared on the preferred stock of tho Chivago & Northw.astern Ruilroml Company, Knvnhlu at the ofilee of the Compiny in New York City, Duc, 22, 1870, SINK-IIOLES ON A RAILROAD. Bpectat Correspondence of The Tridune. LANst§o, Mich,, Dee. 9.—The slnk-holes on theline of the Chicazo & Northeastern Ruil- road are in the Town of Meridian, Ingham Coun- ty, and are giving mueh trouble. One, on the Renner farm, §s 120 feet long and 70 feet deey ond auother 10 rods long and 248 Ieet deep, and another 800 fect long and 80 feet deep. A largo amouunt of timber s used for piling and cause- way, . TOLENO, WABASI & WESTERN. Special Dispateh to The Tribtne. Daxvitrg, 1L, Dee. %.—Tne Recelver of the Toledo, Wabash & Western Rulirond, J. D, Cox, has flled his bill in equity in the Clreult Court of this county, nsking that tho sald road may he relessed from the payment of the tax ussesred fn 1878, The bl fets forth that thy capital stock of the Company wans nsecsaed ut 00 cents on the dollar, when in peality it was not worth 10, e ———— How to Settle the Presidentint Problem, Bosten Journal, Everybody fn Boston knows our much es- teemed fellow cltizen, Mr, Socratos Dabol. Ho bna suggested mors plans for overcoming dlflicultivs, regardicss of thelr nature, than any mun who pay» taxes In Boston, Hoe proposed at ong thne Lo pay off tha ity dobt by "convert- jug all the Swute Prison birds futo fishormen, and with the product of their labor his proposcs to wipe out our little indebtedness. The plan was rejosted by tho Aldermen, Hls schewo for making the Eastern Kallvoud o (Hrlxleud-lmyhng concern was alsu good, but he couldn't induce thoe lawycrs to aceept it. 1€ wu remember cor- ractly, e wanted the stockholders to pay In o hundred dollors on every share they owaed, on condition that the bondholders would take 50 cents on a dollar for thelr indebtedness, puyablo at the rutoof 1 per cent per aunum, without interest, tor fifty years, Mr. Dabol ealiud In at our offlee on Snl.un!n, and signifted to a reporter thut ** ho had got at.” s Got what i querted the reporter, taking out his note-book, for he knew that Mr. Dabol never fntruded exeept to impart himportant in. formation, * Well, you just write, and T will tell vou what I havegot, ~ Are you ready ! 4o on," suld the reporter, cycing Dabol suspiclously, *Commenee with the heading,!! continued Dabol, *An_Admirable Adjustinent of the Presiaential Imbrogllo—A Lenceable Solution of the Problem.” “Dyve got it all down, Mr, Dabol,” safd tho reportor, * continue” Davor wiped the pere spiration from bis massive brow, and, looking to- ward the celling, safd: A well-nformed politivian, who liss read with interest the varlous m‘némsltluna by which trouble arlsing frow the counting of the Eleetoral vota may be avolded, hag, aites due considern- tion, concluded that hic lus chiminuted & vom- promisy from the diftieultics ot the situation which s sure to he indorsed by the American lmoplc' Tle proposes that the vote of Louls- ann ahall . bo given to Tilden und Heudricks, und that they chiall be Innugurated. “That Thur mon of Ohiu shall veslen s place In the Sonate torzliwith, and that R, B, Hayes sholl be clected und chosen Prestdent of that body. Mr, Hend- ricksshull immediately be eont Minister to the Court of St. James, Which puys better than belng Viea Pras{dent, Mr, Hayes will thus be. come Vica President, end at the explration of two years sident Tilden sbull resign and Senator Hoyes will suceced him us Prestdent for the balunee of the term.? “8u (ar so guod, interrupted the rcrurlur; “hut what {a to become of Mr, Wheeler M Ol I've arranged for Tthn," ll")"l:\l Dabol. M You shouldn't have fnterrupted.” “ B pardon, sir; fro ont! “Phe pha,* contiuned Dabol, “would be fncomplete unless Mr, Wheeler was asslned an honorable pogition, 1t 14 therefore suggested that Senutor Conkifug be requested to resiom and aceept the Freneh nmilssion, und that Mr. Wheeler be elected to 11 thie vacaney, und then clected Preshlent of the Sengte, atter Mr, 1luyes | becomes Uresident, My, Tliwman shall *he Secretary of Stute under Tilden, aud Mr, Hendricks, on s retwre from the English misslon, shull bo elected ta the Senate, to ill the next vaeaney fu Iudiunu, What do you think ot the plan't'* A *Well,)" gatd the reporter, “I think I will write it out sud tclrfimphll to the New York Sun, for 1t 1s too britllunt for the columns of & provinelal paper,’* ! *Please o 80, sald Dabol, as he rushed from the ottico and jumpud {nto aduuth Boston horse- car * ————— A Prolonged Euchre Contest, " Nattimore Amerienn, No gamoof cards, uside from the exel F.\mhllul! gamesy played fur money, sud h gunbling house, s so popular in Any euehre, Not so complexs or preasing I fts nunds upon tho attention of the pluyers ns whist, sl yet affording conshicrable Jatitude for tho oxerelse of judgment und skill, tn many thousanids of homes it aifords a staple resource of evening umusement, Not mauy {nstances of 80 prolonged a conteat ab the gang cai, nw- cver, probubly ho given ws b3 fatunced 1 the experiencs of four gentlemen of this ity In 1570, seven years ngo, they mudo sn agreement to urgunlze & eachrs party, pluying one night weeli ut thelr alternute houses. * The ugresiment hus beon kept up almost without a break, ouly | the most presshug engagement or Anavoldable causcs boln allowed to Tuterfore with 4 euchro nights.” The mectings commencs each year in the fall, ond are contibued through tho winter mouthr, Bince 1870 they bave leld 117 of these mectings, and huve played 9,010 guues. The satne two ure always opponents, und the score, which Iy neeurately kept, now stauds A an partner 1,459 gamed; B and partney 1,430 gumnes. . : e Tho contest In stil) continue, as tho pnrtfii“!‘}lm ity 1 not more, now than nf straggie, It should ala pe Is played only for the Ttonos :gn;u;‘umcnl 'I]i the eame, s sver been propnsed, vonseananil !]‘}‘:L’u‘;fi?(‘!‘ no disagreements l)u‘i"i‘i‘i‘ul"!;li‘fl 18 a8 Lo the hest mde of nluylulg e e e —————— oy THE OREGON FRAUD, e {:. the Edltor nf. The Trivuns, s ‘x:x AnK, Dee, D.~You sy that nrima '.‘ ¢ tho vote of Oregon Is certitied 28 Lo fo ln)cs and one for Tilden, It 8CEIMS (0 1ne 11y, : tho returns of the Republican Electors wi ye. ;[ll:l lrc ;:;;l‘l:llwg to |m:'ku ‘Lhcm perfeetly nul.llcmlv: . oxeent the Goveriior's ceriificate thnt the tivo undismded Electors reveten o, pualerily of voosenst, o it only to Bicctors ey vertainly can tll) th by the ahsenco of the uther mu?. el o, the Governor's cortitle: v to will bo fowml antong. Jfl"‘rflffir"r‘.m\fi'flfi"q‘l aud s contedoraton, and the Tesilons Grh0 Hemate can, out of hoth sets of returne, fl 0 wnplo esidnce of Hi' Yot of Grsyeen’ (1) il ln!.luzll'm gantleman who constritetod lh“ witlels on Chinese Metaphynies lyy exaining 1 “ Topudly wder: tha” fefter G g e er MM and Heombining Wy lefurmnlluu.’: mentoned g P b s heLbiins inall yeo | e DEATEN, THOTTNSGN=Tho funoral of onfninin 11, fopie: fon il pnce .t‘l_)-dny..Mondn‘)]'?“l‘r:’»‘n{l'lllllnml’y(‘; . “'r.y. ivans av. lyde Park (o Oake SWARTWOLT—0n the ith [nst, il Phile St s et fofer 3 Add L B Vi 13¢ 0 ot AL adw ’9‘. Swartwout, nged 5’ years v—Currle Dell Day, 24 dayw, at tho rosid on Buren st. aged § years 2 ence of lier uamnm.“."(gs 5% o, U8 and 50 Wahash-ay, REGULAR TRADE SALE DRY GOODS, * A MAMMOTH SCHEDILE CLOTHING Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 9:30 a, m, $20,000 W ORTEL Of Clathing constned b ¥ A A A A AL ST b L and C s J ‘Tie entlre stock of & Suburban Dealer. 1T O'CLOJIC 1. M, Sinerlor Dauble . Diots iper 54 iia trs ftug. & Cl KRUPTCY, A special eonstenment_nt T RiRiitorn aRd (0w piares = i ol Tn nddition to a very Large Lino of Boots, Shioas & Alaskag THAT WE SHALL SELL AT A UCTION, On Wednesduy, Dee. 13, theve will I 125 JOB LOTS FROM A Dankvupt Retailer’s Stosk fo he Sold, G P, (I0RE & CO.. 68 & 70 Wabash.ny, 0 Thnwstiy, Dec. 15, a §, 12 0tlek, HOLIDAY GOODS! o the trado and conawnera: We wliall poll aves large stack of Umported Fancy Goods, Toya, an Plated Ware, firstoclass ¢oods, and a' genetal as- Bortment, Alno Honseholil Furntire of every deserlntlon, to cine to pay wlvances, Parlor und Chanher Furniture, Bedstends and Burcaus, Extenaic Mashle-tub Tahles, Wardrobes, fLounze rara, Eaxy Chalre, Carpots, Stoves, Parlor and Ofico Dosks, Sliow-cases, Giook-cases, &e. G, P GORE & COL, Anctivneers, By WM. A, BUTTERS & CO. Auctioneers, 118aad 120 Wabasheav, ABE LIPMAN, Pawnbrokor, WILL SELL AT AUCTION, Monday Morning, Dec. 11, nt 10 a'olock, AT WM. A BUTTERS '3 Anction Iooms, mal 130 AL rexpad 00 GOLD AND I, BIANO! + Attetlongere, AT 00 AT HOLIDAY GOODE, TADLE OUTLERY, UROCKERY, CROCKERYy Asswantr, CARPETS, ; D OI1-CLOTIIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING DEC, 13, t s o'clock, at BUTTELS & CO.'S Room, 118 and 120 Wahasly DUTTERB & 00’8 Tegular Trade Balo, THE ISU FULL LINES OF DRY GOUDS3, WOOLEYN. iyf ConNER BT, %, BOAR, AND SACQURS, MINK MUFFE BOAS "ANT BACQUES, MUNK SRR, i 2 i Nidla: DEC, 13, at (.o N. IA; N MADIN BOTTERS & Rogular Saturday Bate, FURNITURE, HOU PING GOODS, E1C BATURDAY, N, F._CORNER WAL By ELISON, POMEROY & €Oy Anctloneers, B4 and 80 ttandoiph-st. RETAIL BALE LADIES’ FINE FURS, AT OUR STORES, Monday, Deo, 11, at 10 8. m. 3 !, Fino feal, Mink, Axteaknan, Fitch. Alarka Sealy und other Pure, ELISON, POMEROY & L0 " Great Auction Sale UNREDEEMED PLEDGES, From Mr. A, Goldsm!d's Loan-Oflce, AT OUR STORES, Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec, 12 and 13, at 104, m. and 2:30 p. W Tho Largeat and Most Varied Stock o HOLIDAY GOODS ever offered fn thls Clty. N, D Y & G,/ Auctioneers, ELISON, IUMZKU\!\‘ CO. ,/Anel et .\I(llll‘ ‘N(:.' DEC, 16, AMTAV, ASD MADISON-ST, By JAS, 1, McNAMA. 117 Wabash-av,, N. W. cor. BOOTS. AND SHOES AT AUCTION CTUESDAY MORNING, Dee, 12, ata:u o'clack: Nice fresh lino of seusunablo Buots and Ehuth A& Madison-ste Tabhers, Silppors, 4 A £ €O Anctloneert; AUGTION SALE OF BUFFALQ ROBES, Notlce v horeby glvgn that E i 10tk iy 0f Becombir. 17, ut 10, 0'clock b By f sl dy, ot tho store of I I \'mr” Market-e1.. Clucago, 1 shall el ut publ T 10 the highest bidder for cash, betwech & 750 tloned. Y ehicayo, Dec. 0, 1878, EUTIONLRY CHLEDINTED fironghout i -expressed (0 o Uty -exprentel 1050 & Co.. e sucilon . LEIGHTON: e . Address WiTéit, Conteo Toner, CHER g PARTLY MA l)lulf‘ll “Keep's Patent }?(m;fily—l:dnndlgm m he vory e ur an bo fin) of the g ekl s.id.-"so.lfiroxxun- N, Droyeists. Chca; COLEARS onnn T Keep's ars. 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