Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 12, 1876, Page 5

blican party B and Georgdn, or_the Rife-Clubs of sgroling, Louislaun, and Missbssippl, The g,n‘::-u(,:;lm for “TiLuex and Reform" al- e oamau, They,too, *wanted a change.” posh ¢ broad seupe of general education In Lon- and the rapid strides 1t has made, have by prought out by the contllet pending in En- m:d ‘potween the advocates of Denominational e oued Scliools, AL @ ineeting hold re- o lj in that city, 3t was shown that' the ay- un' sttendance of children i efficlent cle- entary schools has within the past five B o from 175,000 to 500,000, and that ’fltnl this number no fewer than 40,000 have W,,, prought fnto these schuols at the expense ‘-!-u-n Hoanls ard by atul of School Messengers. & Sfutare condtion of these 40,000 waits wil Lasu closuent testimontal to the value of com- oy cducatlon, which has picked them out of e guttets, and giventhem o hopo and ambition for sometbing better and ligher than the life of fhe etreetd. The 8%, Paul Press, referring to the non-re- sstant conduct of the negroes in the bulldozed say8: E:‘n‘:’l’nlu’ks s+ ntrack back "' on one occasion In goplh Caroling, and tho result was an immediate allof tbe whites for wllitary protection, That's 20, and if the blacks hod struck back Laurens and Edgefleld Countics, it would pare declsively settted nll question ns to the pusalt In South Carollua, A —— Amrmfiundent at Wiuchester, Beatt County, Iinols, asks for tho tatal vote of the State for {lorernor at the recent clection, which was as The Eening Journal says: ** In the language o a8coteh Irlend of ours [GROR(E ANDERSON wGzonus ARMOUR, perhaps], ¢Uen. DANKY QauznoN fs making a littie nss of hissgel’,! And #docs't require any offort on his part to do it e 2 ————— PERSONAL. ¥r, Stoddard eays 1hiat ono of thto rldiculons re- ninof o Nile crulsc is that one guts to acorn any- tiing a8 modern ne lome, An sudnclons ticket-broker 4n Philndelphia antes himeclf to be advertised as **an intimate prsonal friend of Tom Seott. ™ The doath {a unnounced of Miss Lydia Priccilla gllon, whoe namo Is well known us that of the fownder of Sisterhoods in the Enplish Church, Jtlenow about thirty years slnco she undertook e work, “rho bead of Napoleon IIT., by Metssonicr, tn the pliery of the Luzumbourg, las buen dofaced by xme vandal, who seized o moment while tho pllery wan désertod (o gratify hisepite againsta penon by a cruel wrong to art. . B Adlapute hna arlsen ne to the proper location of (ke proposcd monument to Licblg. I heCommitice of Gleseen cinims the atatute on the ground that from their Univorsity Licbig's fame first fxsued to the world, while that of Munich nssorts that the (apital was latterly the scenc of hia labors, The mysterfoua Saxe Iolm, whuso delfghtful Horfes ate supposed by some to be the jolnt prod- et of geveral heada, his written a 1w one, enti- fid * Farmer Hasscti's Romance,** for Sertbuer's Honthly. It will run through several numbers of ke magazine, 0f Mr. Gledstane's justification of himeelf in larper's Maaatine, the London Z1massays: **Mr, Glsdetone cleara hilmeelf, yet wo canuot but feel 1ast there 18 a ittle too much eagerness to bo Jus- tifed, and that a certnin lack of dignity may be dis- «resed In the defense, C. . Thorne, Jr., was to act Armand to tho Camille of Miws Charlotte Thompton at the Wal- rat Strect ‘Pheatre, Philadelphia, yesterday after- noon for the beneofit of the Bruoklyn sufferers. Wednesday afternoon hets toact In ** Led Astzay ™ with Mea, Drew ot tho Arch Stroet Theatro for Ihe ramo object. TheNew York Herald nolices the preparation by s, Alexnnder Mitchell, of Milwaukee. of n book ntaining selectlons from tho writings of Dryunt, Longfellow, and Mrs. Stowe, The proceeds of tbe salo of the worlk will be devoted to tho hospital fot consumptives at Jackvonyille, Fla. Tho ilius. tatlons will bo by, Thomas Moran and others. A'Texas desperado named Lynchdieda shorttime 10 from the effects of morphiue, which ho began iske In 1864 03 an anodyne while seffering from tteeffectsof a wound. He geadually Incrensed the dotes untl ho was able to consumnic an enormous quotily without immediate Infury, Dut {n the terse of time ho became deaf anid o paralytic, and Msakin becamo very dark, almost black. Hissald that tho Snc character of Parson Dor- nuce in tho anonymous novel known as **Afercy Pilbriek’s Cholce™ had for an origival the late Prol. Albort Hopkins, Professor of Astronomy in Williame College. Yrof. Hopkins was n most de- vout Christian and un carnest preccher, s well ny mastronemer, The alumni of Williama College for the forty years preceding 1872 held him In the freateat reverence, ns one of the purest and wisest of men. The statement of the Detrolt Poaf that Mr. Chap- man, manager of Haverly's Theatro fn this city, bt fallen heir to nn catato of $1,760,U00, has been topled Inta the Nuw York Z'ribune. But ns the gentleman roforred to still retalns his position,and bas manlfested no recent accessiun of pride, it s to befeared that the report was n silly Joke, Mr, Cupman bas that which is worth more (inthe 1otta) than $1, 760, 000, —a good nawe, and the es. teem of his fellow-men. L Two newspaper men~of tho New York Sun and the Phliallelphla Times—formedan foul conepiracy to Yarn the laron de Palm's body in Dr. Le Moyne's famace at 1 o'clock In the moming, Lefore thy “her pectators could bo warned, They offercd 1he fireman nt first $100, and afterwards a gold ¥akch and a diamond ring In addition, to stare up the furnaca; but he was Incorruptible und the plot filthrough, Tho object of tho conspleatora was, of course, to chtain nn vxcluslve report of tha brocess af cremation, Tho 8¢, Louls Glole- Democrat dleposcsof o ques- ton that has causcd wise men anxlous thought ¥l thts rough asucrtion: **'The plain reason why tbe habltual presence of decent women 14 objeeted 10by college bays anduthers ts bocanse It interferes with the profanity, foul language, and indecent toplce of conversation which beguile the leisure boors and aweeten tho dally nterconrse of youthe fil magculimty,” Tho reckless miarcpresentation ot this gentenca only proves that.the writer of it b seen a good doal of bad company, the habits of ‘shich b atill retatns, Nr. R. 1, Shepherd fa bringing out In London a oligeiion of the earller puama of Mre. Browning. Thla action {a taken without the consent of her uband and contrary to her own cxpressed wishes, Sbe Liad withdrawu thess worka from publication ns lamaturg and unworthy of hior fame, and sho was Uthe paine to ruwrlte entirely her translation of te Prometheus of AZuchiylus, **in oxpiation of the Maof her youth," The present dragging forth of 180 works which deserve to bo forgotten ls, thero- fore, an offense againet tho dead such a3 no honor,, - 4ble man could be gullty of. D¢, J, Huvsel} Roynolds writes as followe to the odon TWmes; **In tho present state of the fub- Ue health I think that 1t fa of the utmost impor- B¢0 to correct & mlsapprohension, vory wlidely "WW-‘« Of & seutence taken from a lotter wrlttod 7 Mlr, Qladstone with regard to vaccination; and, :‘mlm. I am glad fo bo able to say, with bis ‘ln:uun, that he no more questions tho use of ‘lttlnl((nn. which s practiced and repeated fn Uls nully, than by questions other well-establfshed Bedical doctrines and practices,’” Small-pox ap- P2 {0 Lo on the Iucreaso not only la Loudon but in Manchester, F . HUTEL ARRIVALS. ofl:flnnnt House—Tho llon, W, A, Grean, Calroj b '--. Manning, Boston; Henry Woodbury, Now Or%; A. Drltlan, Plttaburgs the lon. 3. M. Scott, Jotala; the Tev, M, Mcdillan, Cinclnnati; the u:::' George Arnold, Nabraska; Col. John colaritt, Bt Louls; Joseph Lowe, Detroit; "nn"l Urigga, Ssn Francisco....8herman ":'~Thn Bulsbury ‘Troubadours; Johu 1. “n v, New York; D, 8, Davis, Albany; Jo W, Phg'lk ind ¥, G, lladley, Now Yorki 8. W, oo8e Indiuna.... Grund ' Pucifie—~Tho Hou, . £ejg; sl Pearla; John W, Bunn, Hpring. ndi N B itollurou, Louls: J, 1. Maore for, "Ep = Lon- J. Van Wiley ' Oatarvo: € 1 3 Al W o T 08, Bloomin'yton; Y Sagle; Soruiugtony A, V., I, Car Toskees W. k. Lnrlock, New Yurk, Hewts=Fawnel Darr, Bbaton Plerre V Wisoner®4 O J. lehab, Jlachue; houigy Wilson, u3; A Mebh. Youhg wnd Hdward Wall, 31 ¢34, C. Macy und W. 8. Veruon, Des- ey T Metoand, U . A. ; Gevrge Alus: + D, ¥lich, and (, Do Lang, Loulsville, l{lllllrdt. l‘\:;lfll Jumes Douller, Miwaukoui FIRE AND FEAR. . Evidence Developed by the Inves~ tigation Now in Progress. Ante-Mortem Statement of an Upper-8cene Shifter in the 'Theatre, The Stage-Kindlings Burned Four Min- utes Before the Audionce Stirrod. Many Other Public Edifices Built by the Architects of the Grent Pyre. The Bapreme Horror of the Holocaust Fad- ing from Men's Minds, ARCHITECTURATL. THE PIRE MARSUAL. Spectat Dispateh to The Tridune. NEW YORE, Dec. 11.—The Fire Marshal's in- vestigation bas obtafned much testimony In re- gard to the precautions taken inthe theatre agalnst tire. 1t wos gencrally msserled that these had not been thorough recently, Excava- tlott to-dny tn the rulna of the buftding only dis- closed a considerable portion of a Lody, with mauy small fragments. New Yorlk oflleials are takiugsteps to prevent the possibility of uslmtlar disastor fu this clty, Several theatres have been fnspected by the Department of Buildings, and the Board of Health has ealled o meeting of the hends of several Departments to consider their respousibllity and the advieabllity of nnited actfon, At the fnvestigation yesterday by Fire- Marshial Keady, William C. Kingsley testifled {u part as follows: .*Tam ONE OF THE OWNENS of the Braoklyn Theatre, It was bulit by the Brauklyn Duftding Association in 1870 and 1871, Thomas . Jackson was very highly recom- mended to us as a man of great ability and ex- perience in Lis profession, who, we believed at that thne, had more expericnce In bufiding theatres and large public bulldings than any other architeet in the viduity, We knew that e had been the architeet of Wallack's, the Al- bany Theatre, the present Academy of Musle in New York, Tammany Hall, aud wany other large bulldings, We told him we wished .the theatroe flrst-closs in all vespects. The work was. dlone under the personal attention of Col. Kee- ey, who gve his whole thne to ft, cmploy- ing skilled mechanies and paying them by the day, wd not by vontract. THE VALUE 3 of the ground was $i0,000. The bujlding, cx- clusive of the land, cost $137,800.83. 'The archi-y tect repeatedly told us that it was one of the most substantfally-built, complete, comfortable, and safe theatres thut he knew of. The ineans of ingress and oxit were thought to be ample, superlor to those of most theatres, churelics, or publie buildings, in proportion to its capavity, ON THE 8TAGE, near the large double-doors, was a 2%-tuch water-pipe and fire-hydrant. Wo purchosed hose uud had it attached to this hydraut, order- ing it to be constantly kept there, and when Mrs, Conwny took possession we turned it over toher. Auother hydrant, with & smaller water- pipe attaclied, was on the etage. The Intterwas located over thescenery inthescenle-room. These afforded facilities for obtaining gn abundant supply of water on the stage.” : INBPECTIONS, Heury J. Dudley, Doputy Superintendent of the Department of Bulldings in this city, made o thorough inspection of the Unlon Bquare, Btadt, and Bowery Theatres, to sce what accom- modations they have for rapid exit of the audience, snd to compel the proprie- tors to make such Improvemcnts ns may be deemed necessary to eecure the safety of the public. The proprictors lave evidenced ndesire to coperate; heartlly with the Depart- ment. Of the three theatres Inspected, the best means of exit were found at the Bowery Theatre, nnd the poorest at the BStadt Theatre, direstly opposite, The inspection was begun at the Unlon Square Theatre. On the first floor s on entrance over- ten feet wide, extending to the lubby. Windows fn the parquette lead to the alley-ways. The haleony I8 reached by o stalrway five fect wide, ‘This terminates ot u small landing where o turn ataright auglo leads to o corridor running nlong the back of the sceats, The Enllery 18 reathed by two stalrways, ench five feet - in wldth, Lesides an exit by the maln gate. From the lobby there Is & door leading fnto the Unfon Bquare Hotel. The alsles were fonnd TOO NARROW FOR BAVETY. The Dcpul{-supumlwndent s to recommend that four dlrect exits be provided from the gal- lery, two toward Broudway and two toward Fourth avenue. A new dour has aiready been cut from the famlly-cirele entrance to the par- quette. — TIIE FLY-MAN’S STORY, HUYDRANTS, BUT NO HO3B, New Yo, Dee. 1L—John Commneraon, the wfly-man* in the Brooklyn Theatre, who was injured in the disaster, died yesterday In the Long Island College Hospital, He was taken there on the nighit of the fire, Ou Saturday the Fire-Marshal obtained from him the following statement: 1 had charge of the flies,! 1 saw the five break out. Tt commenced In the contre of the bullding, in the rigglue-loft, among the bordevs, or drop-curtalns, I think the dralt brought the borders in contact with the light. I'hiere were wire coverings over the lights, but not ulways. ‘The wires were close enough, we thought, to prevent the borders from touchiug the Hghts, The borders did not get out of or- der fu any way. They went up right enough, but when I came “to let them down they drapged. 1 tried to put the green cure tyin down, and It broke. Nothiug broke before the fire. ‘This was the commencement of the trouble, I wus usfastening the grooves, when one of the men went out to put out the fire with a pole, but could not doft, We had no tre-hose, attachied or otherwise. I saw flre- hydrauts fn the bufldlug, underand on the stage, but no hose, We had had two othier fires in the theatre shortly before this last one. One wasin the box-oftice, aud the otheron the stuge, I think the doors leading to Johnson etrect were oll clear, On the stage the alarm was glven to the pollce pretty soon after the fire was discov- ered, The audiouce were not notified of it for thige or four minutes, I kept the curtain down aslbog as I could,. Ingoing down, I found I had stayed ‘longer than I should bave done, aml could mot get out. In the landing I met Murdocl, aud he went right up to his room. Isaw him drop from the heat and smoke. I jumped out of & window on Flood's alley, leading from the first lauding, Murdoch snd Burroughs tiret weut down on the stage to get out, and when they found the hieat too great they went up-stairs ngain. Other siage hunds got out of the door un Johnson street, We were on tho othor side and could not reach that door, I do mot think Murdock and Bur- roughs tried to yet out through the suditorlum, If 1'hind had & fire-hose und water on the stage, or In the *fles,' I could have put out the fire before it- gained such headway. It bluzed up rapidly, Bill Layton saw it first, and sald: I }Inlllxk that is a lire,’ This was the tvst 1 suw of t, INCIDENTALS AT THE RUIN3, RELIEY. Special Dispatch to The Tridune. Naw Yonx, Dev, 11.—The work of relleving the suffering caused by the Brooklyn calamity 13 fu active progress, and subscriptions In Brook- lynalone have reached nearly $7,000, -Mayor Sechfoeder has lsaved an address to the public on Lhe necessity of promptoess fu the wattor, . v the Western Associaled Press. Naw'Youk, Dec. 11.—This morving there were only small groups of spectators in the nejghborhood of the burved theatre, the near approaches to which #ero guanded by the police. ‘The walls feft stsudiug were cousldered un- safe, Btreet-cars have resumed thelr trips TUESDAY., DECEMBER 12, 1876 through Washingto )| Vidden through that part of Juhnson strect next ta the theatre, amd the officers permit no one to upproach the ruine, Labore working on the flte of the stage and the vestibule mel s geldiborhood, ome pleces of charred fesh were toeovered this morning, but the polive do not regard this os the discovery of a new hudy, A reporter's fire badge, fsaucd by the New York Fire Department, ant numbered 16, was found near the middle of the vestihule. This wag undonhtedly the hudge of Stewart C, Tland, the reporter of the Cggnmercial Advertiser, Who perished in the fire, A ring set with n dark stone, or stones, and part of a lady’s gold wateh were alsu recovered this morning. There ure sume young men yeb tnlssing whose waties have not Lieen reparted, 5 The Tribune ins o carcfully prepared lst of the names ot ail persons absolutely known lo huse been lust, This Mst givesn total of 271 Of these theremaink of 217 have been ientified, Danlel O'Rourke, the driver of acnrriage at the publle funeral on Saturday, fell from his scat, recelving injuries from which be died to- dny. The office, No. 253 Fulton street, where the articles found u the ruius Swere deposited for fdentification on Friday, has been closed, und all the things not recognized are now in charge of the propeity clerk ot the police headquartera, . AN IMPOSTOR. Mary J, Casshiy, the glrl who on Friday galn- ed adimnlsalon to the Morgue on the pretense of seeking the remalns of 2 brother, and then pre- tended to fdentify one of ‘the budies, but who proved to hayve been merely playing o heartless trick, which ‘she considered o good foke, was arrested this morning by urder of Coroner Btmms. 8he was taken to the District-Attor- ney's offtee. MORE VICTINS, Danfel T. Colllus, of 10t President street, poristied in the fire, and the suspense which afflicted his family until the finding of bis body wrought 8o Injutlously on the condition of Wiltiamn M. Colling, who was 111, that braiu-fever resulted, and he died on Friday. Mrs, M. Collins, of 334 Quincy street, Brovk- 1Iyn, said yesterday that Robert Still, a brother of Daniel Still, uncof those who perishied inthe theatre, wus ulso misalng, but had not been pre- vivusly reported lost, Last evenlnr Mr. Warner, of 438 Atlantic av. enue, Bropklvn, gave inforination that his son, John W, Warner, nged 33 years, had been mfss- fne eiuce Toesday evening, It §s belfuved that b was kitled fn the Useatre, *TIE NUMDER OF THE LOST, Of the 205 persuns who perlsked in the five, and of whom 1 have been [dentitied, afl but forty-two were males, Elever of the vietlms were from New York Clty, Filty-three were between 15 amd 20 years “of se fifty-one be- tween 20 and 25 yeavs; twenty between 25 and 80 years; fifteen between 30 and 35 years; aud twelve were over 50 years of uge, TUT INQUEST. Persons In the umlnluy of the Coroner are busily engaged in gatherlne information which will ald oy In the “examiuation of witnesses i the lnquest. They have obtained proof, i is nl- Jeged, that some of the theatre doors which were sold (o have been unlocked from the in- side were veally forced open from without by the pollee, The emblems of mourning remain or the City- Hall, the Court-louse, the Post-Ofllee, nud oth- er bufldings fn Brooklyn, while muny flags are yut ot half-inast. TALMAGE'S TANENNACLE, ‘The Trustees of Talmage’s Tabernacle vester- day resolved that liereafier no camp-stools shall heused in the lsles, and that when all the su?llln firc oceupled no more persona shall be ad- mitted. THE PUBLIC MANIFESTATI of excitement fn regard to the Brookl ity appears to lavi yn calam- e generally ended with memo- rial services yesterdny, and the solemn ass ond requium which wi celefrated to-tay In a a number of the Catholle churchies, Moat of these ehurches ave sudly stricken, one losing as many as thirteen young men, and others from one to four memnbers, MURDOCH'S PUNERAL. Pumaniuruma, Pa., Dee. 18L—The remains of L 8. Murdoch, who perighed st the Brooklyn Theatre fire, were interred here this afteruoon, BAN FIANCISCO. SanN Fnaxcisco, Dee, 1L.—The theatrieal fra- ternity fo this city ure making 1n-uvarucluns to ¢ive o benefit for the sutferers by ‘the calamity at Brooklyn, N. Y. John McCullough, man- ager of the Callfornla Iheatre, will give the totul_teceipts of his house the same night the Brooktyn and New York theatres de- yote that purpose. Mrv. Thomus Magulre, lesseo of Baldwln's Theatre, Mu- uire’s New Theatre, ond Magulre's bpcru- Louse, are making amrangements for a benefit atall thess cstablshmnents, Tlie manazer of Wade's Opera-House will probably do the same. Cumilln Urso oflers the entire proceeds of her first convert to-morrow evening. T. LOUIS. 8r. Louis, Mo., Dec. 11.—In view of the late horrible cutuazwplm n Brooklyn, the Board of Fire Engineers of the City Couieil, nreompanied by thy Assistant-Engineer of the Fire Depart- ment awd Engineer of the Buard of Under- writers, visited the different theatres of this city this ufternvon, nud made a thorouch examination of the means of egruss from those buldings, aud what measitres are_provided to muect sudden emengencies, such ns fire, panie, ete, They will also examine all the public butliings, kall3, cte., and report 1:) the Clty Councll the result of thelr fuvestiya- tlous. TITTSIURG, Prrrsnona, Pa., Dec, 11,—The first benedlt for the sutferers oy the Brooklyn disaster was given by Magele Mitchetland Matazer Gothold at the peractouse to-nignt, Thero wus o full ate tendance. . v CORRESPPONDENCL, Y TIE DROOKLYN CALANITY." 7o the Editor of The Tritune. Cnicago, Dec. 11.—As almost every humane person in tho country Is commenting on the lute fire in the grooklyn Theatre, attemled by such awlul results in the destruction of so many 1ives, £ would like to make a few remarks onthe different methods sugested by persons (o let- ters to Tuz TmsuNe for the prevention of a 1lKke oceurrence In future, Oune writer says if our theatres had cach a wire sereen to drop down belore the curtun when five caught o the stave, it wonld to a grent extent arrest the progress of the tmnes and allow 4 punle-stricken audience more thne to make thelr exit than ut presont, That, T be- lieve, most people witd belicys lsnuuaulmpru'vw meut. A sl better suggestion s, that each theu- tre hiave one or two lremen stationed {u sight of the frout of the eture (of course they need not be seen by the sudienee), whose duty it shall be to Jook out tor fire, and tre only, “That &3 whnt we require, as well as whis exits, doors wpenlng outwards, and a sereen on the stage. + Would it not be well to hiaye wll Hizhit stavionary work sdornling a stage made of metal nstend of thin woodwork{ 1t could be freseoed, und mude ta Jouk us well, and would not be Iluble to spou- tancous combustion, us wood and convas ure when covered with palnt and ofl, Auother person suys we nay lough at Euro- pean laws concerning public buldings, but sooner or fater we shatl have to comu o them, 1 contend that, until we adopt more of their laws, wo shall not be anything Mkesufe in places of wmusement. Alr, Dion Buucjcault, in his letter to the New York paper, us published o your yesterdoy's cdlitlon, says burrlers would azsist in ulu\'m‘g the sueh of prople tryfng to get out of o huliding durlng a panie, Most will, Ithink, sgree with . It {s ail very well to writo about these things atter 00 or miore people have perdshed in the futnes of u burnine theatre, hut the question s, Will tho Amerfcan people 10t go to 4 theatre until it §s nltered in such a manner us to allow then sufe euresal Augother more important (b\lelflon is, Should the Nationul, State, or City Governments mako Juws Lo comped theatre-owhiers to provide for the safety of thelr uudiences, will those laws Le strictly and righlly enforcedd Thei, aid 1ot "t then, shall we stand o shudow of a chianceof making our exit fu sufety trom o BuuNise TueaTu, TUR BROOKLYN HOLOOAUST AND TIlE NBW CII~ CAGO THERATHE. ? 0 the Kditor of The Tribune. Citicago, Dee, 11.—Iu Monday's edition of your paper you make sore remarks about the Now Chicago Theatre, fu which you seck to con- vinco your peaders that this place of amusement 18 safo und free from danger, You say: “There ia vertaluly no roason why people should be afrald to go to the Now Chlcago, for 1f there Is asafo theatre i tho city 1t s this one. Itis small, and hus but one gallery, Besides the main entrance on the right side of thi house, thers 18 an exit on the left side, which leads tu the alley. The dours are all wide, and statrways well bullt, and, in caso of necessity, ths howse «an be eraptied of a crowded sudience in three or four minutes.” I think your remarks aro hased on scrious ervorsy which, for the sake of publle safety, onght to be ret Heht, When the bouse ts full It tukes at lenst twelve to fitteen minutes for the nudience to get out; how much longer it soulil tuke I ctse of a'panle cannot be aald, ‘The Jiadl has procticaily but one outlet, namely, the cutrance on Clark trect, and that is not'n ture one. The exit Into the alley is n amall dunr, usnally ehut, on the west side of the theatre, It would probably Le fmpossible for any one connected with the theatre to approach undl open this small slde<door in caseof dan. E“‘ e peonls from the gallery have to go hrough the same ovutlet ns those on the first floor. ~The colttinn coming dowa from the gal- Iery meets the throng from the lower floor at right angles near the door, and, in case of i panic, few would be oble to get ont. I'tie people have to go through a lunfrnrrldnr beforc they reach the street. 1 don't like those theatres that are In a cluster of other huildings ur In the iniddle or rear of a large building used for other purpases beside a theatre. A theatre ought to be i a separate bullding, standing alone, easily accessible from all sides, aml “having outlets on afl sides, In addl tion to the varfous other safeguards and precau- tlons heretofore recummended in your paper. Now, Iu view of all thess fucts, it Fs certalnly u mifstake to suy that i there Is a safa theatro fn the city it 'Ia this one. If you had sald that MeVicker's was comparatively eafe, you would have been nesrer tha truthj but McVicker's Theatre §s_nrranged very differently — from the New Chicapo, Mr. Wauriter las a very excellent compans, worthy of patronnge, but that dovs not alter the fuct that the hall ih whick thelr perforinances take place §s unsafe, Linuke these remarks to prevent an erroncous hinpression, 1 pm)ulu decline to frequent a place of amusement because fu Is unsafe, those nterested Inthe building or theatre will be compelled to muke them safe, 1 am glad that 8o much has been ratd in your pu‘wr ahout this dasger, but the effect of that will he Just If a reaction {3 mllowed to set ing every theatre manager will strive to convince the public that his theatre {8 safe: people will lorget o roolklyn aceldent, und things will go on as before until’ another aceldent. li'uun re- spectlully, Josgru PFRIKsuING. I¥ THERE HAD BERN. Th the Editor nf The Tridune. Caicago, Dee. 11.—3Vith regard to the Brook- Iyn calamity, the testittony of the architect of the theatre and the statement of Steridan Shook ehiow that the bullding was provided with more than common facilities for extin- guishing fires, Including fron stand-pipe and lurge hose attached to It. No testimony yet taken fudieates that there was even an attempt nade to Uring these appllances into use, Al- though this Is not what would he expected to happen, It Is what usaally does oceur in- similar circumstatices. Hut hul there been on the stage two experfenced tiremen of proved skill and bravery, with proper npplianve, costing but 200 or §il00, there s every reason to believe that this tire would have been put out Mwost Instantly, and before the audi- eace kuew there was n five. The vital features of the French system are the tralied tiremen who kuow preclsely what to do and huw to do It, and the gt and “portable appuaratus with which they ure Turnish Your editorial on this subject, Dee, 10, represents ex- actly the views of the principal officers of the Chicnzo Fire Department, and 1t s to be hoped the City Council will act in the matter before ;vn have a repetition of the Brooklyn horror here, Iu this connection, If your space admits of it, perinit me to make a suzeestion of devided Ini- portance to many merchonts and real-estate owners. The Fire ordinance ofiJune, 1875, with great anuculm ity (Sees, 27 nud 23), prescribes that all hatehways and elevator openings shall have trap-doors”on every floor, or clsé o fires proof shaft, with fron_doors, and these trap- doors to be Kept closed durlng ull hours when business is suspended. Most insurance policies now written contain this clause, or one equiva- lent ta lt, viz.: Iy enso of any neglect of or doslation from es- tablished Jaws, “vilge or city ordinancee, or police rewulations made to prevent acctdents stom tires, then, und n any such care, this policy shall be void, There Is little doubt that if these trap-tloors. are not. anvmml. oud are not kept closed during hours when business §y suspended, no party sus- talning a Joss cuuld recover from tie tinder- writer, Hence, it 18 tmportant that parties [n- terested should cither procure a wilver of this clause {o thelr pollvies, or else be certain that the requivoments of the Fire ordinanee are com- plied with, Respecttully yours, R.W.HL TIE NROOKLYN NORROR. T the Edltor of The Tribune, Cnrcaao, Dec. 11,—It scems to me that the sermons of the Rev. C, L. Thompson and the Rev. Gatusha Anderson, s published in brief in your paper this morning, will mect the entire approval of all senslble men, elther in the Church or out of ft. But what shail be said of the tirade promulgated by the Rev. John At- kinsou of Grace Methodist Church? That he should take advantage of thepresent occurrence to administer rebuké to theatre-goers {s inde-"| fensibles but that. he, n person clalming to teaeh in the nameof the Savlor of the world, shoutd so utterly fistale the spirit of the Gus- pely us TiE TRIBUNE'S synopsis of that gentle- man’s sermon ghows that he hus, is outrageous, and brings sorrow sud indignation to my heart because of the wound that "1 know his course will inflict upon relirfon, In view of the badt bload ereated by the un- vearranted attuck of the Rev, Mr. Paikhurst, in the Sulltvau-linuford case, would it not be well it the Rev. Mr. Jutkivs, P, would apply to the Eplscopate of the M. E. Chureh for decreo restraining his clerey in this city from discussine publie mattera without ‘proper church permiasion A Dinte-Cuass TACRER, A GOOD IDEA. 70 the Editor af The Tridune. utcAGo, Dee, 11.—0f what avall are numer- ous and widn exlts in our theatres and publie Lutldings If (as §s usually tho case) they nre kept locked and baveed? It is stated, on what seems good autharity, that the door opening on Flood’s alley from the Brooklyn Theatre was fastened, and had to be broken open with axes from thoe outelde. Had that door been unfus- tened, and thrown open when the first alarm was given, the dress-clrcle could have been emptied In one-half the time it really was, and thus the main exit would have been relieved from tho surging erowd, and cuabled many more of the people in the galieries to escapé, Large sirna should atzo be placed at each do so that strangzers would know where to g Perhaps, also, the location of the various doors and means of escabe might be printed on the programmes, a8 well us words of caution to pro- vent fright und panfe. TRAUTS. DROOKLYN THEATHE AND GRACE METIODIST CHURCIL 7o the Kditor af The Tribune, Cincago, Dee, 11—The Rov. John Atkinson says, Theatres did not burn down and destroy 400 people or more without God haviug some- thing to do with it. He certalnly had sametbing to do with such a loss of 1lfo a3 this. Would it DLe saki that a graclous Providencs had nothlng to do with the fact that Tulinage's church was burned just an hiour before the morning service, venting great destruction of Jtet Wil Joln Atkinson please fnform the writer why the same Providency did not - pone the fire n the Roman Catholle church at meu:u and thus save nearly 100 liyest Howaup, PR S THE WEATHER, Waantnaroy, 1. C,, Dee, 121 A m,.—For the Lake Rtegion arcas of snow, soutberly to westerly winds, a slizht rise of temperature, and a falliug varometer cast of Mighigun, followed by rising barometer, 87, Louis, Mo, Dec, 11.—The harbor is sol- §ily blocked with fee from here to the ore-dump ut Bouth Bt, Louls, Pedestriaus have crossed on the fce to day, and, ualess the weather turns very wartn, teains will cross {n a day or two, ‘The temperature has been much milder this afternoon, but there are fudlcations to-nght of the mereury falling agaln, LOUAL GUIKUYATIONS, LCudauo, Dec. 1. Tone, | Bar. Tar Hu.__Wind, ather Gihdu. i, H.L I8 53 K, geotle. Cloudy, T sl 2 kg £, anuW @ 3 84 0 udy. FOREIL Serious Results Apprehended from the French Cabinet Crisis, MaoMahon Will Not Accede to the Ultra Demands of the Republicans, Yeace Now Conflently Expected to Re- sult from tho Enstern Confereices Roview of the English and Continental Breadstuffs Trade, FRANCE. DUPAURE RESIONS, PAnts, Dec, 11,.—~The Journal Des Debats says: “Dafsaure hins sbandoned further efforts to re- organize the Cabinet, and fnslsts upon Lis resig- natton definitely.” THE REPUBLICAN PROGRAMSIE. VznsaLns, Dee. 11.—~The I'residents of the vatjous groups of the Left have urged the Pres- dents of the Senate aud Chamber of Deputies to endeavor to Induce President MacMshion to hasten the solution of the crisis in_accordance with the views of the majority. Deputfes of the Left have resolved not to vote the budget until a Republican Cabinet is fored, Loxnox, Dee, 12—5 0. m.—A P'aris dispatch (0 the Zimes saya the Left, who have evidently been driven further than they Intended, have entered upon u ))\m.'l revolutionary putl. They lave nominated delegates who are instructed to refuse Ly anticipation suppart of the majority to any Cabinet whichis not in complete conformity “with the scttled programne of the Lelt, The Left ulso fnsist upon selecting the Ministers of War, Interior, and Justice. Tn this connection it {s noticeable thut President MacMahon, at Saturday’s Cabi- net Councll, sald: 1 will never consent to part with the War Minister. I will not give up the army and its organization, which are the vuri’ security of the country, to the hazards of politics, which might at any moment overturn what has Just been done, and compromise the country’s recovery forever,” The plan for reorganlzing the Minlstry by ad- mitting M. Bimon, broke down because he de- clared bimself unable to command a majority in the Chamber unless the portfolios of War and_ Justice ulsa passed to fresh hunds. This would have obliged M, Dutaure to retire and leave the Presidency of the Cabinet to M. Slmon, which was more than Prestdent MacMahon wished; thereupon M. Dufaure wrote a letter detinitely dmzlflnlug to form u Cabinet. In view of the dead-lock amd menncing attitude of the Left, it is possible that the Prestident will take s Cabinet of the so-culled Internul Defense, which swould engage in a contliet with the Chamber of Deputivs, re- Iying on the majority tn the Senate. In'the Chamber yesterday evening, M. Bour- don charged the Left with striving to overturn MacMabou and the Senate, GREA'T BRITAIN. CHALLENGE DECLINED, LoxpoN, Dec. 11.—The Oxford University Rowine Club has deelined the challenges of the Yale and Curnctl Clubs to a four-vared race on the Thumes next August, TIHE BREADSTUPF'S TRADE. Loxwvoy, Dee, 1L.~The Muark Lane Erpres suys the commencement of the weel bas been marked by violent gales, which It Is feared dam- ared the young cercal crops on the highlands. However, appearances continue promising, In Scotland agricultural operatfons have been much retarded by rainy weather. Probably o large acreagre of wheat hus Leen sown through- out the United Kingdom this year, owing to the fuvorable seed time. Dampness has much futerfered with threshing, and much of the home-growa is again offercd n poor condition, Cut English wheat, both in London und country markets, has advanced nearly 2 shillings per quarter, Forelrn has also et with large fn- quiry ut the same fmprovement. The fact that snpplies are really short is foreing itseil upou the mings of buyers, “who linve been deceived Dbeeause there are two million yuarters on the passage, not thinking it will not all come for five or six monthe, Actly- ity in trade has Leen cousiderably due to the wiarked fulllug-off fn the nports of American wheat, arrivals being Ieas than 3,00 quarters, and the stoppage of 8t. Petersburyr supplies, and it was on_these descriptlons the demand chielly fell. It appears llkely that increased activity und_ even excitement will be felt i trade before this vear closes. An fnereased demand for Russlan sorts wilt dvrubnbly speedily follow the present de- mand for red Amerfenn, beeause no further shipments cau take place from St. Petersburis, and a marked dhninution in shipments from Odessu {s expected. Malze has advanced from 6d to 9, aud there 18 u probabflity of higher prices, owing to the Increased Continental de- mand, dininished shipmeuts, aud higher prices n Ameriea. GERMANY, DAN HTATEMENT. Brntax, Dee. 11.—The weekly statement of the Imperial Bank of Germany shows an fncrense of 7,212,000 marks., MINE EXI'LOSION. Dursory, Dec. 11.—Twenty-five miners were kitled last nlght by an explosion fu a colllery at Windberg. THI EAST. FEACE. . Lownoy, Dec. 12—5a. m,—A correspondent of the Standard at Constantinople telegraphs the followlng: “ 1 learn from undoubted au- thoritv that tho Conference will certainly result in peace, o mode of sutlsfying all just de- mands and providing sufficient guarautees hay- ing been found," SPAIN. THE BASQUE PIOVINCES, 8AN BenastiaN, Dec, 11.—Gen. Quesada has ordered the Basque Provinces to pay 18,500,000 reals for the maintenance of the army of ocen- atlon. The deputations rc{;fi; alleging the nability of the people to the awount. Urcat excitement prevalls, RUSSIA. THE EXODUS OF MENNONITES, Loxpox, Dec. 125 8. m.—The Fost says it {s reported that there is to be a fresh exedus from Russia of Mennonites, 50,000 of wiomn deslre to settle either in Brazil or the United States, ' CASUALTIES. BURSTING GRINDSTONE, Daxron, 0., Dew. 11—\ grindstone five feet in dlameterand welghiug 4,000 pounds burst this mornfug at the machine knife-factory of A, A, Slmonds, A man al work ut the stone escaped uninjured, but the flying pleces burst through the roof, windows, aud “walla of the bullding, doing couaiderable damage, The accldent wus the result of the recent cold weather, frost hay- fng cracked the stou HURNFED TO DEATI, Bpectul Digpaich to The Triduna, EAsT Baginaw, Miel., Doc, 11.—"The resfdence of Obadlah Lloyd, two wmiles south of Sears station, on the Flint & Pero Marquette Rall- road, northwest of this, took fire Iast nicht, and burncd to the ‘.'muml. Mr. Lloyd was badly burned In trying to rescus a -ycar-old 501 Who purished lu the Hames. PROZEN TO DEATH, Barzivong, Md,, Dee, 11,—=Tho gale on the Chesapeake, Baturday, wus the most severo for yuars, Beverul oyster-boats were driven ashore, nnd the Captaln snd two bien of ono wers frozen to deatl, UOthers of the crew were so badly frozen thut they hed to be takeu to the hospltul. : A TUVER-WRECK. 8r. Lous, Dee, 11.—~Tho report of the sloking of the Leopard proves to be uutruc. 8he f{sin Rush Tower Bend badiy careencd, and will prob- ably bo & total wreck. ; e — SUICIDE, Special Dispatch to The Tribuns. EAsT 8A01NAW, Mleb,, Dec, 11,—Last Thurs- doy & man stopped at tho Lafayette louse, Baginaw City, und registercd ws Thowus Hook, ‘Yesterday, while {n bed, ho placed a revolver at the back of lis head and pulled the trigger. ‘The charge cotered just back of Nis carand came out of his eye o the same side, indleting a dungerous but nut necessavily fatul wound. Hewsuld hls pune wos Thowas A, Colling, aud that he had & wife living at No. 234 Fulton strcet, Chicago. Ile said he came here with the Intention of finding work or shooting him- eelf. ITe was removed to the Poor-Tlouee, Spectal Dispateh to The Tridune. KroRUK, Ia, Dec. 11,—~A inan named James Wright, who Lived at Hamilton, I, opposite this city, was found hanginig to o tree about o qnarter of a mlle from his house at 10 o'clock, e lett home about midnight, and was not seen agaly until the lour in questlon; hut, from tracka In the snow, It was aacertained that ha went to the atable, procured & ro?fl, proceeded to the n‘mt, and, after kneellng as If o prayer, attached one end of the rops tothelimbof a trec, the other around hls neck, and swung off. IHis neck was broken by the fall, He was about 5O years of age, nnd leaves o large family, The verdiet of the Cor- onicr's jury was to the cffect that the rash act was prompted by domestic difficultics and pe- cunlary enmibarrassment, . Speclat Dispateh to The Trivure, JACRSONVILLE, Jil,, Dec, 11.—A yotung man named Charles Cullimore, aclerk In Durfce’s dry-goods sture, committed suicide this after- noun by shooting himeell In the liead with a pistol.” He had been nddicted to the use of Intoxicating liquors, from which bad habit he was striving to free himself. lle was probably discouraged by his poor success, and in 2 fit_of despondence went Lo astore, zot a pistol, had it loaded, and, nutting It immediately to his head, shot bimself.’ He died in about two hours, He was respectably connected. LouisviiLe, Dee. 11L—T, J. Fitzgerald, ex- editor of tho Catholic Advocate, and late Auditor of the Louisville, Paducali & Bouthwestern Rallway, committed sulcide this evenlng with strychniue. Cause, no work, FIRES. AT CLEVELAND, CLRVELAND, O,, Dec. 11.—8ix fires bave oc- curred since Saturday noon, The Intense cold weather prevented the engines from working favorubly, The most destructlve was in the Eighteenth Ward, at 1 o'clock this morning, causing a loss of $25,000. It was discovered in the undertaking establishment of Charles Thores, and quickly communicated to the Clevetand & Newburg Raltway Company's stables, which were totally deatroyed, From thence it suread to the ndjoining property, The insurance is about $12,000, in various C nies. Scveral saloons were destroyed. The losses of Charles Thomas and Owen Quigley, of the Catarnct Building, are the largest, belng about one-half of the whole Joss. The insurance on the fire in the Eighteenth Ward, as far as ascertained, s as follows: Thomus, $320 iu the Pnomix aud Phenix Mu- tual; Quigles, $2,000, in tue Hibernfa, of leveland. AT JOLTET. Special Dispaich to The Tribune. Jotagr, I, Dec. 1L.—A firc which occurred about 1 o'clock this morniog burned to the ground & frame bullding on Jefferson street, adjacent to Cagwin's City Bank, owned by H. K. Stevens and W, B, Hawlcy, and occupled by John Ilixesn as a frult and news depot. Hix- son's Joss on stock is $050, on which therc s an jusyrance of $500. The bullding {tself was a dilapidated old structure of little’ value, and its reinoval ix no actual Toss, A frame dwelling-house near Jollet Mound, owned by C, H. Bush, was burned to-day, with loss of '$1,200. Insurcd fu the Hartford In- surauce Company for $350. AT LAFAYETTE, IND, Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. Larayerrs, Iud, Dec. 11.~The dwelling- liouse of James Bryant, near Romney, in the sonth part of this county, was catirely de- stroyed by fire, together with the contents, on Saturday afternoon, the farlly making a narrow eseape, Luss 35,0003 unun.-tr tor §3,000 in the Coutinental of New York. IN IOWA. Special Dispaich o The Tribune, McGnzgor, Ia., Dec. 11,—Saturday night, the building in which the McGregor News is located was damaged by fire. Loss, $500; {nsured in the Mcchanfes! and Tradera' of New York. By the herofe efforts of the firemen a grrest amount of pruperty adjolning was saved, At Laonsing, Ia., to-day, the American House Lurned. Luss, $1,500; fusuraoce, §1,000. AT FARIBAULT, MINN. 87, Paur, Minn., Dee. 11.—A fire at Faribault, Miou., Suturday night, destroyed Bean Bros. & Tennant’s flouring-mill, Loss, $27,00; insur- ance, 84,000, The Iirst Nstlonal Bank bullding at Ferpus Falls, Minn,, burned last night. Loss, $12,000. e —— A REVIVAL INCIDENT, Those of our readers who have constant. ly attended the Moody meetings at the Tabernacle Wil remember the recital by the great revivalist; of the story of a wman who had robbed his employer of some $8,000 and fledto this city. Through the mysterfous workings of Providence the man strolled into the Tuberuacle, where he be- came fasclnated with My, Moody's description of the willingness of Christ’ to save the wost hardened sinuer. At the conclualon of the scrvice he remained rooted, as it were, to hix seat. Onc of the ushers, think- ing that he was under conviction, bade him to the luquiry-room, where ho was taken fn hand by Mr, Moody, to whom be confessed his crime and the clrcumstanves which led to its commission. Mr, Moody talked with him, prayed with him, sud begged him to return - mand restore wlat he had left of hls cm|>lozer’n property, His appeal to the man's better fustincta was not without effect. He promised to return thenext duy. t o subsequent meeting Mr. Moody f{nformed the congregation that ho ‘had recelved o letter from the wretched man, in which he stated thot he felt satisfled thut Christ had perdoned him, snd hienceforward he should lead an exemplary e, A Jetter recelved hero - yester- day from Akrou, O., briugs the iutellizence that the man, whjose name {s San Jose Brauizer, had returned to ‘that town aud confessed his crimei that he luad placed $3,000 n the hands of a lawyer to be returned to the de- frauded cwployer; that he had been sectenced to @ brief imprisonment, and that ju- fluential friends were working to obtain hils {mrdon. ‘The Akron papers inalte quite n senau. ion of the affair, und acknowledge that t one in- stance, ut lewst, the Moody revival bus been productive of good results. BUSINESS NOTICES, Tinroett's Coconlne for the halr hins stond the test of time and camln:uuun‘ It hss estab- lished a reputation for purity and cfiscy in every quarter of the world, Miltluns of bottles Lave been rold durlnfi the last twenty years, and the public bave rendered the verdict that it ta the cheap. estand best hair dressiug fu the world. —— DMrs, Wi w's Roothing Syl'ng!. for el dren tecthing, woftens the gums, reduces Infla; watlon, aliay ‘all paln. Saru to regulate the bo ala. e — Coughs nnit colils ure often averlnoked, A continusnce for suy length of tine causes izritation 8 or vonie chronio throat dusease, Hronchial ‘froches™ are an clectual congh remedy, remedy for nervous debility, impoveriehed biood, andimpaired digestion. Dopot, & Clark street, M00DY AND SANKEY BY MR, MOODY, PnEAuELNBCI’NGINQ B{" MR, BANKEY, OCK: AT 8 Tuesday NIght=To Pareuta. Wedaerauy Nign Foung Men, Treuching §inirsday and Friday Nights. Bibin leading by Mr. Moudy at Farwell Hall at3o'cl'k: Loy ducob. Two Aduis, Ada \lm.-lhuf daily at Farwell ITall. the Tubernuel it NIRA'T Wholcsalo aud Retall From$1 1o 84 per palr. Dealera suppliod at manufacturers’ prices, AL G, BPALDING & BRO., 18 Raodolphi-st, oNmawrs, Keep's Oustom Bhirts, Jompa~ - O THE WEST SIDE. DECIDED BARGAINS DRESS GOODS, AB DISPLAYED ON THE COUNTERS OF THE West Bud DFY Goods House, Madison and Peoria-sts. Large Assorted Lots of Dress Goods on tho Cheap Tablas at 90, 26, and 30 ota yard, somo of them worth 85¢. AT 45 CTS8~French All-Wool Camel's Hair ‘Vigognes, worth 88a. AT 30 CTB—Navy Blus French Beges, henvy and fine, original prics, 650 AT 50 OTB—French Stripe Knickerbookers, very stylish and choap. AT 52 CT8~Fronch Berges, heavy and fine, all wool, regular 750 quality, AT 85 OTS—~Elegant French Batines, flne all-wool, new cloth shagdes, really ‘worth 850, AT 50 OT8-—-English Oashmeres, 40-inch,, dark shades. AT 30 OTB—Colored Berges, would be cheap st 30 cts; and heavy Win~ ceys reduced from 400. AT 30 CT8—Al1l-Wool Camel’s Hair Oloths, AT 35 CT8—Cortossa Basket Cloths, very chesp. AT 25 CTS—Ona oaso Sergos, choicoshades, All-Wool Fronch Merinos, 50c yard and up~ wards, All-Wool French Cashmeros, now shades,. 860 yard, o very cheap quality. Elegant. Fa. Disgonals, choico cloth shades,, 5C. New Btyles 6-4 Plaids, for Oiroulars, All most elegant and dosirablo Novoltiefy: loss than South Bide prices. 3 Tycoon Rops for Wrappers, 15c yard, BLACK GOODS. BI'k Fr, Cashmere Serges, all wool, 50 ota, Bl'k All-Wool French Cashmeres, 85 ata. Bl'k All-Wool Fronch Cashmorss, wider and better, 80 ots yard, a very choap quality. 40-inch Blaock Fr. Cashmore, 85¢ yard. 40-inch Black Fr. Cashmore, $1.00 yard, the best value in the city for the moneoy. BI'k Alpacas, a special bargain, st 25 and 36 yard. Bl'k Empross, all wool, 46¢, & bargain, GARSON, PIRIE & 0. “It Pays to Trade on the West Side.” HOLIDAY GOODS. Chas. Gossage § Co. Christmas Gifts ! Elegant, Useful, and Appropriate. Rich Black Sills, in qualities meriting recommandation, from §2 dp, Velvet Brocades, Myrtle, Wine, Plum, and Blaok, elegant goods, Plain Bilks and Velvets corresponding, Silk Brocades, for Dinner . and Evening ‘Wear, in choios shades, Pelvet Striped Cecelienes, for Polons aige and Overdresses, Cloaliing Velvets, " Pongons,” ' Peerless,” unequaled for richness and durability, Silk and ool Arabesques, the most elogant goods shown thisseason, Trim- mings to correapond, Pique de Lyjon, Bilk Striped Ottomans, Fmbossed Oamel's Hair Qloths, Black and COolored Matelasse (64 goods at $1.60, a rare bargain), Alligator Matelasse, Ele gant Embroidered Effects in Oashmere Qloths, Matelnageand Orepo Oloth Stripes, Bagdad Olofhs, Brocaded Grenadines, and Tissues, in choicest Evening Shades. Thoso seeking goods of special elegance for a Holiday Gift should give thorioh gooda in this department an earlyinspeotion, The recent reductions and offer~ ings in our Dress Goods Department are espectallyworthy of note, tnclid- ing fresh. desirable goods at merely nominal prices, with bargains in llgher grades that will be appre~ clated. ' +Chas. Gossage & Co, ERIE & CHICAGO LINE, TRANSFER OF THE Erib&ChicapoLing To Another and Better Route, Commencing Sundsy, Dec. 3, 1820, the calebrated Pullman Hotel Coaches of this oe (running heretofare via Daltimore Cleveland, Atlantio estorn, NEW 1 Chicago to ield (0 Sals u.n\’l: Atl alamanca Viakrle I [RRA o iy 440, 5118 B Ly, By v RRtE Ly ki 730 bt LY. Hasaeli s ** 430 awm| . 6:08 am|Lv. lax 10 w Ar.nmlehl« 230 po 3 i Ar.Fort Wi 8:13 pm| Ar,Elfillfl.. Ar.Kiniira 140 po | ax %‘a‘e“.‘."\'-‘&‘}fi““ G0 am Aeats without leaviui trais. Baggage checkedthrough. New York 'Iickets,[Boston via New York, Bpecial, 813,00, Spocial, $15.00. at the above reduced rates can be ety Yol %&fixwh‘fr"n:lrnll.flr unrmfllmu-u.x snd sl Do ok for thew vis ERIE & CHICAGO LINE, 3 ted G v ured &t Lerths o Nnewnmuml ":,'Em::“".fl’ :wsficwu“ sy of the sbove oiices, C. 3, Clark, Agent W!fll}fl n.z:smzly. “BT. AUGUSTINE HOTEL, Beventh season opena Dec. 1. This Ilotel 1e now the largest aud bes npxfi)‘knle? IRFIWN‘L DIII'IA » 400, Gas, Electric Aunuuciator, Bathe Mado to ineasure. The very best, O for #9. Not the [ FUOL wcals 4 ! SR Y 1 Giiy o o narpr | roquiy, Telegraph Onice, ele,, etc. Address, for ORI WIS NEO R A | roos; E. £ VALLL, Proy