Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 25, 1876, Page 5

FOREIGN. Bession of the Plenary Con- ference at Constan= tinople. gynopsis of the Projoot of Reform Submitted to the Porte, Certainty that It Will Not Accept the Propositions as They Are. The Austrian Army in Dalma- tia, Croatia, and Tran- sylvania, Russia’s Army in Marching Order Just Over the Borders of Roumania. Many Shipwrecks During the Late Storm on the British Coast. THE EAST. TUE CONFERENCE PROPER. CORSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 4,—The first sitting of the Plenary Couference waa leld yesterdoy. Bavact Pasha presided, and in an address open- Ing the Conference referred to the lberal views of the Porte. He sald the Porto was ready to grant to its subjects all the privileges which were not contrary to the dignity and integrity of the Empire. The f0rst business was & formal verification of the credentials of tho Plenipotentiarics, ‘which was completed. Durlng the sltting snlvocs of artillery were beard. Bavact Pasha explain- edthat thes satutes were fired to aunounce the promulgation of the Constitution, which would effect & complete change In the state of Turkey. Ananalysfs of the resulta of the preliminary Conference wos afterwards presented to Savact Pasha, whoasked for tine to cxamine the docu- ments. The Conference will probably meet again next Thursday, when tho question of prolonging the armistico will be discussed, 1t is thought probable that a prolongation of fftcen days will be proposed, and the Confer- ence will then adjourn until Saturdny on ac- count of Mohammedan festivals, RUSSIAN BANITARY COMMIBSION, Br. PrTERSBURG, Dec. 24.~The Red Cross 8o clety nnnounces that, the Czar having granted permission, subscriptions will be received: for the benefit of the Sanitary Service of the mobll- ired army. TIE TURKS BLOODTIHIRSTY. Loxpox, Dec. 24.—A telegram from Constan- tinople reports that Midhat Pasha dally receves addressea from Mussulmans offering to sacriflco, life and fortune for tho integrity of the Empire, A2 DAD AS EVER. The new Constitution ordains that Deputies ‘ball be elected by secret ballot, and Eenators ippoluted for fife by the Sultan, TIE RUSSIAN AnMY, ® . ~oxpoy, Dec, 25.~A dlupatch from Bucha- st eays great preparations are maklng . at Keschenefl for the march of tho Russian army. THI REFORM DUBINESS, e A Times Qispatch from Berlin soys that,.as the Berlin Government has declined the occupa- tlon proposition, the Plenipotentiarics in Con- stantinople concluded to leave the occupation “arrangements undeckded for the moment, . and notify the Porte that the guarantees would:be scttled after the programime of reforms s in- dorsed Ly the Bultan. This programme has been cominunicated to Midbat Pashn, and. il elther be fndorsed or rejected {n toto. . FROBADILITIES, i Notwithstanding alirming telegrams, it I8 ox- pected that, to gain thne, cither that tho armis. tlee will be prolonged or hostliltles will bo mere- ly nowminal, as they were during parts of the Bervian war. Few people believe that Russia wlll risk the destruction of her army by a Bulgarfan winter. Ruassia may cross the Pruth, but will hardly send any force across the Dan- ube belore epring. THE AUSTRIAN ARMY, The mobfilzation of thres Austrian army corps in Dalmatla, Croatla, and Transylvanla, would bo complete but for the excessive numn- ber of horses and vehicles required. WUAT THE PORTE I8 NOW CONSIDERING, Loxpox, Dec. 25.—A diapateh from Con- stautinople to the Daily News says the project ot roforms subnitted to tho Porte Iucluaes the disision of Bulgaria into two proviuces, popular tlection of Mayors of towns, the Goveruor- Gefieral to have complete control of the pollee force,” the organlzatlon of law courts to be left In a great mensure to an iuternational Commission, forcigners to Be cligible for legal appofntments, it the Comn- misslon finds thelr appolntinent neeessary, only 80 per cent of tha taxes to be pald to the Porte, {be mbitla wot to excced 1 per cent of the male population, The words “forelgn occupation” are - omitted from the pro- Ject,. ‘The guaranteelng force fs termed tho gendarmerio of forelgn troops, aud fs to num- ber ouly 8,000 or'4,600. Provlslon ts made for & Christiun Govermnent, sud Elective ‘Assewmbly, ale., 08 previously reported, PERYONAL, A dlspateh from Constautinoplo says Sir I G. Elllots, British Ambassador, with his family, will leave that city Thursday, it s stated, be- cause of ill-health, . THE TURKISH CONSTITUTION, CONSTANTINOPLE, Dee. 23.—1'he new Turkish Conatitutlon was solemnlyprovlatmed to-day, It tonsists in substance of the following provi: lons: Tho Empire s indivlsible, The Sultan is Caliph of the Mussulrans, and Soverelen of all tha Ottomans. - His prerogatives are those of the constitutional Soverelgus of the West, Bubjo:ts of the Empireare called Ottomans, thetr liberty s fuviolable, Islamism is the ro- Uelon of the State, but it shall not V0 any other distinction of u tbcocratic charavter. The relizious priviteges of comnunities, and the freo excrelso of public worship by all creeds are guurantced. Liberty of the press sud freedom of education are $rauted, Primary education Is compulsory, The Hght of uloclnlzm aud right of petition’to the Ciiambers are accorded. - All Individuals. aro cqual u the cyes of the law. Al aro eligible to E.ubuc otlices, rrespoctive of réliglon. axcs wre to be equally distrlbuted, Speclal luwa are ludispensable (i authorize thely Sollection, Rights ol rolpcny are guurantied, v domicile fa invioluble, “The functions ot ribunals ars defined; noono mey be deprived O his natural Judges. Legal procecdlogs ure publle, Rights of delense aro recogulzed, judgments are to be publlslied,” The Minlstry™ has wo right to futerfore in L‘z‘lkhl matters, Contlscation, servile la- . torture, - and fnquisition' are pro- Ulbited.” Miulsterial respousbility {s cstab- . Mlulstors fnpeached by tho Chamber Wil b j'udugd by the Iligh Court, consisting of tho chlel judiclal and adininletrative tunction- ries, No public ofticlul can bo dismisyed withe out legitimate grounds, Their reaponsibility is {alotuined, and they cannot bo released froin it f the fact of havlug received orders from 8 suporior, If those orders wro euulnr‘v to law. Two Chambers will tuted, @ Chamber of Deputivs and a Benate. " Tliey will receve messages from_ the ultan, and have the freedom of Vutlug and ex- Pressing oplnlous. ‘Tho system of fmperative {nunun;u is prohibited, Tho fultistive of fram- g Yaws belonge tothe Mintsters und the Cham- e Of Deputiey. Luwa submitted by the Cham- £ of Deputles and revised by the Setato re- Guire the Imperlal sanction. ~ The Benute can Telect lawy contrary to the Coustitution. Judies A4d functionuries are frremovable, A court of Secounty, which s frremoyuble except by voto of the Chamber of Deputies, wil) annually pre- Seit to tho Chamber u complets flugnctal ae- fnuum' Provindal adminlstration will b on the ‘:oldun busls of decentrulization, General and unlaipal Couucils ares to bo fornicd by eleetion. g, the Conatitution ls valy to bo by a vote of both Chambers, and th the Bultan, SAN DOMINGO. ANOTNER REVOLUTION, HaAvANA, Dec. 24.~Tlie English mail steamer from Bt, Thomas, Dec, 17, brings advicey from the City of 8an Dotningo to Dee. 10, Another revolution had taken place In 8an Domingo, Prestdent (onzalex, who was called backsto power when Prestdent Espalllat was deposed, ngain resigued his office on the Yth fnst., nnd cmbarked for Mayaguez, Porte Rico, This event was the result of 8 general ridng of the Baczlst party fu the streets of San Domingo. Fighting followed, and continued several days. When President (lonzalez heard that the worthern provinces had risen agalnst him he resigned to reveut further hloodsbed, and retired” to the nited States Cousulate, whence he took a ship for Porto Rico. Immedintely after hia res-, fgnation a provinela) government was organized ang o vessel dispatched to Curacon, where EX-IRESIDENT BARZ resiides, to convey to him the news of is restor- ation to the Presidency, It is affirmed that the principal. cause of (Honzelez’s reslenation was the treason of Gen. Villancuva, whom the President had always consddered Diis hest friend and firmest supporter. When Gonzalez licard that this Qencral bhad jolned the revolution sgainst bim be gave up the strugele. Com- teree was completely paralyzed by the events, aod money was scarce, GREAT BRITAIN. SUITWRECKS. Loxpow, Dec. 25, —Sud accoints of disasters to shipoing during the recent sterm continue to come in. Many ndditional wreeks are reported on the Beoteh const, and in several cases all hands wero lost, On Saturday two unkuown vessels, one of 1,000 tons burden, disappeared ofl Arbroath, aud are supposed to have found- ered. A schooner, name unknown, was wreck- ed in Ackervill Bay, aud seven scamen were diowned, A Gerthian bark wos lost off Loaste. mouth with fourteen lves. The brig S8ophle, of Holinestrand, aud the bark Palmatta were Wres ofl Peterhead, and all on board were drowned, Two unkuown vesscls were lost, with all bands, at the inouth of the Tay. It Is beifeved there have been seyeral wrecks of which no news wil bo obtained. 3 TAILWAY MURDLR, A colliston took place on the railway vear Hitebiny, Iertfordshive, Baturday. Five per- sons wero killed uudl';lzi‘r'ty fnjurs LS, ‘Tho Postmnster-Gencral announces the dis- continuance during January of the mail here- tofore dispatclied from London every Thursday evenlng for the United States, RUSSIA. TREASON TRIALE. VIENNA, Des. .—~A correspondent reports that o large number of Drifloucrfl of both scxes, some of whom have been In fafl seven months, will be tried at Moscow in January for particl- pation in the Soclalist conspiracy. . TREASON ITAELE, LoxnoN, Dec. 85,—The Times correspondent at 8t. Petersburg writes that news has been re- celved that o widesprend asssociation whose motto s ** Federation and Liberty,"” has been discovered at Moscow, the alm of ‘which was to make Ruesis o Federat Republic divided into five States, to depose the d{umy. to abolish the arlstocracy, and to estublish Coti- munism. There may be some cxageeration in these reports, but every one, including mnem- bera of the bovemmcn!, has been long con- ¥inced that the whole ground s deeply under~ mined by the Soclalist agltation, e ——s WASHINGTON. Discovory of Frauds In tho Patent Office Amounting to at Loast 830,000 & Yenr-. A Hobbery Iu the Trensury Dopartmente— Blds. ¥ 8pectat Dispatch to The Tridune, WaemNaton, I, C,, Dec. 24.~Tho Patent .Offics just now 13 In o great state of axcite- ment. Accordlng to current report, there were recently discovered on the rolls of that Bureau the names of o number of persons pald from the contiugent fuud who elther performed no service or drew the salary under assumed names. It is customary, a day or two before the anuual holidnys, to pay the clerks at the Depariments at Washington thelr full ealary far December, sod . lust Thursday tho employes of the Patent - OMee in the draughting and other divislons, whose salurics are providled for in the. contingent fund, wera directed to report to the disbursing-oftic s of the Department fnstead of the appointment- clerk of the Patent-Office, from whom theybad buen aecustomed to reeelve thelr salary, ‘Ihere they were all required to slign thefr real naines to the pay-roll, and to add thetr nddress in this clty, It'is reported that after this had been done tho discovery was made that Letween twenty and thirty persous whose names were on tho Toll not appeared to danand thelr pay. Tlese were the persons who ofther “drew thelr pay under assumed namus, or, if thewr real numes appeared, perforined uo service. ‘I'he result of this dis- covery very naturally caused great excitement ju the oftice, and Comm!ssioner Ducll was called upon to give an explanation. It {s understood -that he disclafined all knowledge In vegord to the matter, and his appointment clerk, Mr, J. Nottlughamn, was responsible for it. Nottin: ham has been dismissed from the Department, but it 13 belleved that the investigation wiil not stop hore, Thero §8 o current report on the strect ta-nirht that no work fora long time hns heen asaigued to any one pald from the contin. gent fund without u_written order from whe Commissloner of Patents, and that his orders in all cases ure wtill Iu existence, In some cages It §s understood the work has been given to persons known to bo Incompetent to prerforn fl, with the usderstaudiug that they showld farm it out ot reduced prives to othera ablo to do_ it but unuble to vbtwin an appoint- ment in the Department. A single instance is given in which 385 a month has been paid toa draughtswoman, who sub-let the work for 830 u montl. Secretary Chandler will probably push the uvestigntion until he obtaine the Lottom facts, und will take whatever actlon s uecessary in the premfses. One possiblo result that iy spoken of Is the oarly resiguation of the Com- uilssfuner of Patents, ‘Tho ‘Treasury bas another rohbery case on hand, A puckege of §10,000 passed from the Redemption Division through the Treasury proper to the Express Company for delivery to maqllluull Natlonal Bank ot Chicago, which de- lvered the packege as recelved, On opening by the Cashler of the buuk, it was found to cons tain- only brown paper, Tho Trexuury chalm that the money was dullvered to the Express Company, and charge the loss upon the Com- uy. Tiie proposals for the annual supply of paper for thun(ercrumnm printing wiil ‘l’m opvnedpon the 284 of January. “A new article faudded to the schedule of Lids—prepared bond paper, for rinting rolls and other documenta which have yu be handled frequently, 70 the Western Assoclated Freat, WASHINGTON, D, C., Dev. H.—In bis (nter view with the Assozinted Press Agent to-dayy the Presidont seemed pleased with the action of the Britlah Governmient in retirlng from ita position on the extiadition clausy In the treaty of 1812, by surrcudering Brent, the Loulsville forger, remarking that the maui, which was suspended, {s thus revived, and herealter ho would be rezflrudw reapond to reqguisitions from the British Government for fugitive crimi- nuls. Theentirecorrespondencs between thetwo Qovernments will bo transumitted to Congress on Wednesday. Tho Prestdent sald the treaty of 1704 with Ureat Britain provided only for the extradition of persous charged with turder or forgery, but {u the treaty of 1813 tho number of uffenscs increased so as Lo include pirucy, urson, robbery, or the utterauce of mrgul naper. The ‘number, he thought, might be IUYI further Increased, not, however, to include desertion from the ariny or navy. e ——— - THE WEATHER. Wasminaroy, D, C.,Dec. 23—1 s.10.~For the Lake region northerly to casterly winds and oc- casional snow, slowly falling barometer in the eastern and soutlicrn portions, and stationary or slight rise in wn:peruux;e.fl“ ERasL ORtRRY ‘Ciitoaao, Dos. 24, Wind. _\Rn.) We itk Time, \Bar. | Tur thi. |2 e T Slaxtimuni thermoineter, unsunaL g : THE CHICAGO TRIBU CRIMINAL NEWS. Concerning . the Prevalence Crime in the State of Kentucky. of Carsory Allusion to Five of the Recent Murdors Committed Thore. The Doy’s Kecord of Misdecds, Great and Small. FIVE MURDERS, PREQUENCY OP CRIME IN KENTUCKT, Spectul Corvespondance of The Tridune. Loutsvitre, Ky., Dee, 2,—Kentuckians who read occastonal allusions In Journals of the North to the frequency of crime fn thelr State a8 & rule recelve such with indignation and often outright anger. ' They should not do 0. Crime ia entirely too frequent within the Common. wealth of the “ dark and bloody ground.” Na- tives may not so think, but this is rather be- | cause they have grown somewhst accustomed to the oceurrence of murder than to the fact thay an alarming number of lives arc taken in vio- lence every week of the year. Of course it fs a Lird thing to say ahout one's Btate, yet there Is no way of honestly denying that perhaps more muders are commited In Kentucky fn each year than in any two lurrounr]ln;i States, Tdieness may have much to do with this unusual com- mittal of erime, and eo lins the fallure of the courts to properly punish offemders. Take them all i ally tvo years will average the time re- ulred to dispose of o Kentucky case of mu ler, except, of vours sfous WHERE JUDGE LYNCH OPFICIATES. In the average length of time taken to get through with o case of murder, publicsentiment dius out, old witiesses (die, and mayhap new witnesacs suceced them. To those whu have watched with what delay the Inw denls with murder fn Kentucky, the hurrled disposal of n recent crima in Loulsville no doubt was the causc of a bit of genuine sur. prise, This was In the case of the Common- wealth axainst J. Wash, Ferguson, a policeman of Louisville, Indicted for the munler of Pat rick Dolan less than o month agd. The clrew stances attending the kil were these: Fe neon, while on duty, was summoned to arrest ’atrick Dolan, an Irish laborer, who, under the fnfluenco of bad “whisky, hud threatencd bis fumily with violguce, Wien called by the son of Dolan to take charge of his father, Fergu- son was informed that ho had A POKLI AND PLAT-IRON, and was sltting upon bis door-step. It was then dark Feriruson, physically considered, iy verhapa the superior of any inan on the Louls. ville patrol, boing about six feet high, and made up of over 203 pounds of bard bone and muscle. A lttle strategy ULrought Into play With his great strength could casily have over- come Dolan, a man of 50, with gray lalr and worn-out limbs. Ferguson, howevcr, thought nothlug of strategy, boldly walking up to a drunken man In n dark doorway with weapons in his hand, and cxelafining “something like, *“Come on, old duffer, I want you,” and re- celving n responeo tivo blows on his head from the poleer the other held. Stunned by the ef- feets of these, Ferguson fell over for a moment, and then, recovering, DREW A PISTOL from his overcoat pocket and fired twice. He lnd placed the plstol in lils overcoat pocket in orderto get it tho casler in se of uced, snd seemed not to think of his mace at all.” The drst shiot pnsscd fnto Dolan's Lreast, and as he foll the other was tired, bLut missed its aim, Death from tho first was almost instant. Ferguson was arrested by a partuer. He showed evidence of having been drinking, and during the afternoon preceding bis erime was an active worker {n the interests of a candidate for & city oftice. Cnushlcrln¥ his preat strength, the age and infirmity of Iolau,and the fuforina- tlon glven Fergusou prior to the murder, hewas hardly justified in bis crime, yet n jury so con- sidered him, and rendered a verdict of uequittal in less than four weeks after the unfortunate Irishinan was sent to his long account. The_public lad Lut Nttle to say of the mur- der, - It was read ounc morning and forgotten the next. What is everybody’s business fs gen- erally uobody’s business, Dolan left o fainily of gix In truly destituto circumstances, Ilis friends were poor ond Jgnorant, Ferguson had KILLED ONE MAN BEVORE Dolan. . He had an extensive acqualntance of o polltical complexion, and with friends of this s,'and’ hls' experience fn dealing with law- vers, cte,, in his first criine, besldes valuable nowledeo of n similar character gained in ns- sfsting o brother from a trouble {fke his own, Fufi:uaun was enabled to bring about a speedy vrlal, which resulted fn Ms acquittal. He is now patrolling a beat tn the same plateon and the same district as before the muraer, the authori- ties haviog restored him to his position on the force, aml belng even 60 kindly aopreciative’ of his feelings as to nasign I to a different scction of ground over which to watehg than - previously gusrded by him whose cousclence might now be troubled by saunterizg dnily past & house, six inmates of which lveln the uttnost wretchedness through his hasty and unnecessary crimes ANOTUER MURDER. A few days after the murder of Ferguson, o farmer aud his son living near Loulsville, found the dead body of o man upon the ground near a raflrond track. The liead 'was crushed, and the Jugular vein‘severed. No valuables were dis- covered ot all, aud therefore the police suspect murder lind resulted from au attempt to rob, The body was brought to the city for [dentifi- cation. A negro swore {b was that of 2 man guilty of romething very naughty, In which a certaln_country Juss vecupled o prominent rt, The country lass came to town with ier parcnts, and, gazing upon the face of the dead, usserted most positively that “such a looklug man had uever been gullty of—making love to ier,” Thus a sensation n” this respect was spofled. The bady rematned well-nich week fn the cemetery awaiting dentiflcation, It came at Just, Upon the duy set upart tor burial two Irishmen, prompted by curiosity, strolled Into the cenictery, lovked at the corpse, and recognized o brother, They took chargo of end had'the romatns interred.” No one was ar- rested, and several thousands of the Conunon- wealtl's mouey saved In consequenve, A THID MURDER oceurred shortly witer this second ono, in Shel- byville, Duncan Davis, wad with Charles Adams for succceding bl os watchinan st the railroad depot fu 8helbyville, swore vungennce, and never rested untif he had ussassluated his cnemy, To do this, Adains secreted himself bee hind a tree-box at daybreak, knowing Duncan would puss him In goiite to the depot, As the other approached Duncan knocked him sense~ less with wstone, and theu cut his throat with a razor, This blood-thirsty fellow s now ju prison. those Intercsting ocea. TR POURTI CRIND Ihave fu mind was committed in Harrodsburg two days asgo. Robert Gallugberand his son James were slaln by Zach ilenry, a crip- Je. Henry naud “the elder Ginllagher nd heen © cnemdes for @ number of months, About n month sioce a difienlty oe- curred between Robert Gallagher und Mr, Ilen- ry, who is a erd rle, and requires the use of two crutches to walk, In which™ Gallagher fired ot Henry, attenipting to shoot lin through thae head,y the ball striking his left temple and only making & flesh wound, sud_tho powder badly burning his face and car, In this samo frucas Jumies Unllagher also attempted to shoot Hen- ry, but was prevented by bystande: Henry re- cszd other bruises by Delig beat over the liead aud shoulders with a platol o the bands of the elder Gallagher, This occurred at s private Tunch ‘at which were Henry and four or five other gentlemen, ono of whom, not knowing of thie {11-feeling exlating hetweon Henry and Gal- lagher, fuvited the Jatter to the supper. Eye. witnesses” stato that Gullagher wos crossing the strect, and, when about the middle, Henry stepped out of the door of his residence witha ?!‘&ublo-bnrrrlcd fun in his hand, and rosting himsclf upou hls crutches fired one barrel of & gun which sent NINE DUCKSHOT Into the body of Robert Gallagher, one enter- fug tho left’temple, one severing the jugular yoin, three others penetrating his neéck and breaking the bone, aud the uther shot entorin his loft slde, near the heart, Galtagher tell an oxplred without n ®roan or muscular move- ment, Hls son Jumes, a boy about 18, ran up toward his futher, when Henty fired the second barrel, sending cight buckshot through hia body, which knocked him down, Ho arose, however, and Henry then tired one shot from a pistal, the ball, it 13 vald, passing through his skull, Toalso sxpired within o fow minute: Another sun, Divk Gallagher, run out of a hot, toward his father, when Xenr‘y called to him to Eo back, that o dil not wish to harm him. herilt McFutridge then came up, and Henrs surrendered bimself. His examiniog trtal will take place on Tuesday next, Robert Qollagher feaves s wife and several grown children'to mourn Lls joss. Howasu turpeoter by trude, aud has been o policeman fu Harpodsburg for & number of years, und re- garded ulways as o bold, desperate, and danger- ous man when augry, or under the fntlaence of lquor, but a hutuane mar, sudone possessed of suine commendable qualltfes at other tines. Zack Henry removed from Loulsville to Har- rodsbuty a yewr or §0 840, and has been o busl- there since. e has been regarded asa qulet and peaceable cltizen, snd very attentive to his own nffalrs, as already stated. Foisn cripple, and hos aged parents” living In Fayette County, Missourf, ‘The tive casen mentioned nre the most inter- eatfigg of the December murders thus far com- mitted. Perhaps some of those to follow will excel these In uttrocity, but Jet us hope not, MISCELLANEOUS, AN UNPAITHPUL ATEWARD. #pectat Dispatch to The Tribune. BostoN, Dec. 24.~Peter B. Scott has been arrested on & beneh warrant for embezzling about $16,000 from the late Rev, Bernard Mc- Fecly, o former pistor of 8t. Josepn's Church In this city In 1803, Scott was the sexton of the church where the Rev. Mr, McFeely preached, and becnme very Intfmats with him, and in Jan- uary, 1804, the reverend gentleman intrusted I‘nlm with Government bonds to the amount of 000, 8cott, at this time, claimed that he had charge of akes Ames’ safe, fu_which were deposited $100,000 in Union Pacific bonds, It 18 now charged that Beott received thie bonds in February or March, 1808, ond on Nov. 12of the samc year fur- ther recefved three bond-books from'McFecly, representing €3,000 on deposit in the Frankiin Bavings Bank, On the same day the reverend gentlennn left Hoston by the steamer Hibernia, which foundered at sen, but he was among the saved, and proceeded to Ircland, where he sub- sequently died In May, 1871, Scott, It isal- leged, was duly Informed of the death of the Rev. Mr.” McFeely by letterand by a messenger who asked for an_account of his transactions with the deceased, to which, it is claimed, Scott never made any satisfactory an- swer. I'lc never denfed having recelvmf the money, but raid that whicn a Pmpcr represent- ative appeared e would settle with him. In June last Michael McFeely, a brother of the de- ceased, arrived here from Ireland with letters of admiufstration and power of attorney pro erly certiled, and fmmediately made {lmae 14 kuown to Scotk and demanded payment, when, itis lenrncd, Beott ncknowledged a debt of about 816,000, On the following day Scott mortgaged his house and transferred” all the mouey in the Franklin Bavings Bauk to his wile's cousin. He is said to e worth $10.000, nml‘luunc\'errccrh‘cd_u salary of over §iln week, OROORED WORK, 70 the Western Associoted Press. LoussviLLe, Dec, 4,—Yesterday a Lieufen- ant of the city. finl!cu natrol called at the United States Marine Hoapital here with o warrant of arrest for Juseph Ford, a negro patient. Dr, T. J. Griflithe, surrreon fn charge, told the officer that hie lind no right to arrest Ford by civil pro- ceae, holding that a Government hospital is no part of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, but a district exclusively within the jurisdictfon of a United Btates Court, The Lieutenant sought legal advice and was fuformed that be did have a right to arrest the mon. He returned to take charge of Furd, and, meeting the surzeon, was told that the one sought for hiad been discharred und had left for parts unknown, The affuir producesa dedied sensation here, and especlatly among the legal fraternity, = MUNRDER, Font WAYNE, Ind,, Der, 26.—Last night three notorlous desperadoes—Samuel Ward, colored, Frank 8mith, and Emanuel Fox—committed o murderous nasault at a low saloon, upon Fred- erick Horstmeyer, robblng him and leaving him for dead, He was taken to the hospital, where he now 15, He cannot survive. Ward, Smith, and Fox were arres RAILROADS. THE UNION PACITIC. ‘Wasnixaros, D. C., Dee. 24.—The Govern- ment Directors of the Unfon Pacifle Raflrond Company, In their'report for the year 1876, say: The frequency with which conflicts rolative to the construction of the Pacide Rallruad Jeglslation have aclsen, has brought the Government Directors 1o conslder whethier of not some acjustment of the whole caso can be mutually agrevd upon by tho Qoyernment and the Company which shail put sn end to all controversy between them and “settlo definitely the manner and time of the Government's relmbursement. They say it {6 not practicablo for the Company to pay the first-nortgage bonds and the 864,202,512 which woull be due to the Goy- crnment at the ond of the thirty yeara' time. 1t would, therefore, eem to ba wise for tho Govern. ment and the Company to agreo upon the cstab- Ushment of & sinklng fund which shall reduce the tatal indebtedness of the Company to the Govern- ment at the cnd of the ferm say $25,000,000, This can be done without deraugement of the Compnny's affairs, and leave suficlont carnings to provide for_reasonable dividends on the capital stock. it {does not scem to be wise to relect this element In tho case, ns property which returnd en income on ' the capital which it ‘represente I8 always better cared for than that which docs not. 1f Congress ahould au. thorlze the making of wuch un arrangement oa s liere suggested, it fa belleved the Company will concur, anl that the result will be that tho Gov- crnment will have all {ta Interest refunded durl, aterm of thirty years, und have tho principal o the debt reduced $2, 210, 512, This would leave on turity of the first and second moartgayes about €52,000,000, as the Uridge bunds wiil inve heen cither wholly pald, or auch balance of wafd bonds as may remaln unpald at tho time, and the sinking-fund bonds, can be pro- vided for by u wortgago 'on the lands, 2 the land-grant bonds will huve beon pufd S0 by the road at the m: cn: #ales of lands to provide for the 000,000 of Qrat mortgage bonds and the balance dne the Gov- crnment. - Let o new anortpuge e authorized by Congreea; let $25,000,000 of new Lrst morigago bonde bo placed with the Government a3 collateral security, 1o be redvemed as fast ns tho Compony can seif them in the market ut not less than par and accraed Interest, but not in any one year to be less than 10 percent of the amount, besides paying coupon Interest as It mutures. There I8 no ground a nable - doubh that o first miort- 20 long 5.per cent bond to the amount 0f $32, 000,000 would be an abundant, safe, und popular security, Now, when the practicability andthe cortainty of this scheme for sccurinz u rc- turn to the Govornment of every dollar whicl it Lus fnvested In the Unlon Pacltic Rallraad, n con. nection with the great advantoges and savinz tothe Post-Oflice and War Dopariments, flowing from the indirect benets which reault from the construction of the road, it moy be eafely suld that ro equal ontlay of money or credit by the United States tins ever produced o profitablo a return. INDIANATOLIS 1TEMS, Spectal Dirpatch to The Tridune, IxpIANATOLIS, Dee, 24.—fl, H. Honore, ol Chicago, has been fn Kentucky aud the south- crn part of this State for severat days negotiate ing on behalf of a Chicago company for the purchase of the Owensboro~Junction Railroad. If ke is succcssful, it I3 the intention of tho Company to push forward a schemo for the building of a line of raftroad from Chicago to Nashville, opentng up a great timber and tobaceo ]’»rufitlné’ rvglon.g The Owensboro Ttond 1a completed for a distance of thirty-five miles, and twenty miles more are graded and ready for the fron. ¢ A special newspaper-train ivill be run over the Vandalfu toud by the morning newspapers of this city, carrylig the Western malls, and ki {1 Weatern counectfons. It will leave ———————— HORTICULTURAL. To ths Editor of The Triouns, Hinsparg, L, Doc. 20.—Oneof the most prowlnent features of tho twenty-first annual mecting of tho State Hortleultural Soclety at Galesburg - was tho meeting on Thuraday evening, which was areunion of the ploncer hortleulturists of the Btate; fo which, after Hsteniug to valuablo paper, read Ly the Houn, W, C. Flagg, on tho history of orcharding in the State, tho veteran frult-growers told thelr experience, and how umi pushed on through ditticultica to success, The great servico of tho Btato Hortleultural Boclety In cncouragiug and advancing " tho interest of horticulture fn all” its departments, wus ree- ognized by all, uiore disinter estod und unsclfish set of workers for the pub- lic ;foo\l aro not found outside of this Hocloty, Of the thirty members who formied tha Stato Boclety tweénty-oue years age dead sud gone'to thelr reward; follow on, BoT‘ihh now rnn:ur?l«lfl tho next lvolnm:. of llxg clety’s report wi rove, erhaps, e mos attraclivo part of the volane, and e fs dosired to guther the experienco of other veteran or- chardists not at the meeting; and, by u vote of the Soclety, a roquest was mado that all who have been uctors in the ploncer times, write up thefr exporiencos and forward the same, for publlcation In the report, to 0, L. BAntes, inadaie, 1., Becpetury of the State Horticultues Al Soclety, one-third aro ut thelr works SUICIDE, &pecial Dispaich to The Tridune. DAvENPORT, la., Dee. $H.—A frightful case of sulcide oceurred hers this mornfvg, A gentle- man nawed Thowmas Wilkinson, 50 years of ugo, for twenty years a restdent of this place, killed himselt with a revolver, He took breakfast, as usual, with his family, then wont to his room, took a position before the mirror, placed w re- volver to his temple, sl fired. Mo died ine stautly, The decessed was one of thy most }ummnem cltizens of Davenport, lived In o hwidiome manslon, ana was ‘worth at Jeast $100,000. Thirty thousafid dollars worth of his property s located fn Louls. He )eaves awlle, 4 young sun, aud a daughter, the latter being at sihool at Vassar College. No cause is kuown for the tersible deed. MONDAY. DECEMBER 95, .tocarn their lviug, ANNIE WALBERT. Some Further Facts About the Good Samaritan Home. Moneys Collccted for the Institu- tion Appropriated by the Manager. A Continued Source of Systematic Falschood About the Concern. Qrant place fsa quict and unpretending by~ way sltusted in the polar regions 6f the North Side. Owing to the extremo cold the rcsidents remaln mostly fn<loors. Hence it is, doubtless, that so littie has been knowa Jately of the oper- atfons of the Good S8amaritan Home, an institu- tlon which fsa distinguishing tralt of Grant place. The revelations in Tre TRIBUNE yes- terday concerning the Home and the beautifal system of ita manager, Mrs, Walbert, fell ltkea thunderbolt In that lsolated community, and causcd a great fluttering among the tnhabitants thercof, Towards evening the weather, already cold, became even more disdainful. Chill blastscame skurrying from the lake, blown from the dis- tended cheeks of the somewhat-mythical fellow who is supposcd to be upto that sort of thing. About that time, when dusk was settling over the city and making great black spaces between the flickering. street-lamps, a solitary figure plunged through the snowdrifts of Grant place, carcened perilously along the uneven sidewalks, and tinally brought up at the broad fiight of steps leading Into the Good Samaritan Home, There was a light in the basement windows, and the individual, after a moment’s hesitation, de- scended the arca steps and spplied for admite tance. The door was opened, pouring ngrate- ful flood of light upon the sombre laudscape. #Wou't you come in, siri” It wasa thin-featured, middle-aged woman who spoke. The Invitation was accepted, and the visitor entered aud found bimselt In the resence of cxactly three women and one baby. he room was scantily turnished, but It was well-warnied by a grate-lire. **Mrs. Walbert is out of town, Take a chair, ‘The Matrou is up-stairs. 8hail I call heri! ‘The other two iumates stared curfously, as it to ask, * What the deuce does he want of Mrs, Waulbert?” But they held thelr peace. The fn- fant offspring wus too buslly engaged in_swal- lowing its fists to pay any attentin to the fn- truder. “Oh, you are a reporter.” This was sald quickly and accompanied by an apprehensive Flnnm: ot her companlons. “An embarrassed si- ence fell upon the group, broken only by the Iltn'{lzlnt gulplugs ot the baby swallowing ts fist. * Noj ean 't u:llgou anything more than's ’I‘.cml printed in the paper. Can you, Mrs. cwis | ‘The person adiressed was an old Jady of large size, who was warming her hands and knves at the tire-place. She shook her head solemnly, and gazed Dxcdlf' at the gleaming coats. The baby swatlowed Its fist. “Now, Mrs, Crawford, exclaimed the third fumate, who was a younger female with flowin curls, **don’t you gu to saving one word. Tel him to talk to'the Matron.” Mra. Crawford sighed. It may have been a sighof regret at huving to dispense with the luxury of gosslpln;: to the new-comer. The baby achieved anather swallow, Mrs. Crawlord, after erappling with a kero- senc lamp and enuncisting the word * Come!" led the way through a narrow aud bare hallway, up apale of stalrs, and Into another ntmos? phere, Here all was comfortable and in goo style. Boft carpels slew the ecliovs uf passing footsteps. Throwing open the door of a salon, the ploneer ushered the reporter in without an- nouncemeht of any kind. A young lady, taste- !§|ll attired iu black, rose hastily from an casy chafr, Yes," she sald, *'1 amn the Matron,” Bhe was Intelligent-looking and yet pretty, ** Oh, [ can't be fnterviewed. It is quite hn- possible.” “Iam sorry to hear you say that, ns the public would like to kinuw something more about the Home.” - 1 don't wish to be Interviewed: T suppose the ouly thing to do now is for us to break up. I don't sce how the Home can go ou any longer. - *“How long have you been connected with the fnstitution, Mtss Plate " Only about four months, ceived by Mrs., Walbert.” 4 In what purthularsi” *1n a great many, But don't Interview me, lense! 1 was givento understand when 1 came here that elo was contributing her efforts in be- half of the Hoine, Lut I have since learned that she has beey drasving n salary." *Then you acknowledge that there has been something wrong in the management i “Yes, J am_sorry to say that thers Is, Tug TRIBUNE article containd too many well-found- ed facts to be disproved. 1dldn’t kee the paper until about noun, and vou can imazine my sur- prise. I dlau't know ihat any such articlo was to be published, The reporter was hiere o few days ngo while I was out." 2 “Can_you givo me any additions! facts about tho nisappropriation of funds by M Falbert or anything clse of Interest ' ‘I'don't want tu be interviowed, Perhaps to-morrow I shnll be able to tell something. She has been running the Home to make moue for heraelf, Blie hns been fn the babit of cof- lecting moncy and not turning 1t over to the Home.” et l,l‘?w long have you known such to be the ase 1 have suspected It all alone, and that, too, without belng spoken to by anyoody, Some weeka ago T came luto possession of the books of aformer sulicitor, and I could sve at onco that we had never had anything like the sums of money there marked as pald subscriptions.’” i E}'mu. was Mra. Walbert's modo of operat- T was greatly de- o 3 She employed a lady solleltor, and she also solfeited hersolf for the Howme, and as [ keep account of the provistuns and monuy used here I can readily flzure out a large surplus for her., You can " sce this yourself when I say that the monecy recelved and accounted for by the lady solicltor was alone far fu exvess of the money recelved here,” “Did Mrd. Walbert give much personal at- tention to the Home{" *'Bho generally camo over every evening, She bonrded with her stster across the street, Of vourse I hnd churge of thoe {uside worklngs of the institution. I gencrally told he: ery evening what we wanted, whether money or provislons, und she nupp]lul thew, Slie sent an express wazon around to the people who bad contributed provisions, and collected every- }mn"lhurp. The stutf ‘was thon brought here. “Was there nobody to overlook Mrs. Wal- b"";s accounts?” Bt "ohody; she was the sole head of the con- cern, ¢ Where was the Good Bamaritan Soclety " 1 hiaye never scen or heard nn?-tmug ubout it siuco I have heen here. Wo have had no visitors in an offivial capacity, Mrs. Walbert was the un{i rood Samaritan that 1 cver met” “Jiow did she happen to bave a salary " “ Don't know, Big must have met by her- eclf and orwnized herself futo a Board of Directors, and voted herself a compensation, “What flrst called your attention to her feation of recelpts and expenses In the dally papers. [was very much surprised, knowing as 1 did that the figires were fulse,” #What have you to sny reganding the other allegutions in Tuw Tuwung article, the poor uality of the food and the harsh treatment of the Inmutes " “As 1 6ald Lefore, I do not wish to say any. thing about it. ~Sowo of it Is true, and some of it Is not, It {s not true that tho Inmates huve a poor quality of fowd. They have juet the same a8 I have, und it 1s good ciongh fur anybody," “Hut the treutment " “There, 1 must suy, {3 good ground for com- ‘unh L. When I came hero L tried to et Mra, Walbert to iz certain liours for work, hut she wouldn't. She sald the women must sll work Consequently thero has been a good deal of overwark, for which, I thiuk, sho Is responsible. You know we run u laundry hore, und as wo bave fow lumates they are kept harder to thelr tusks than 1 would 1ike to have them, “iow many inmates are there uow I the Nomel? One went _away this morning. Mrs, Walbert’s June report published in the vers, sho sald .wo bad twenty-two lumal when weonly had nine, Agaln in July she snhl"wo‘hml elxteen, and wo only had ilve or Iu slx, * Knawing theso facts, why did you remaln slleut " *You wnust remember that ! have only Leen here four wouths. I have been trylug tar some time to sceure wnothier situstion. * As 1 have to carn my lving, §diduotdare withdraw untit [ could boassured of uuotber place,” **When will Mra, Walbart returnt” X “8ho expected to return Tuesday, but she bas beeu telegrapbed, and will prvbdaly arrivy to-morrow morning. But don't intervlew me, please.” sprays, and trafling vincs are equally fashiong- e. Une's own tasio may. conn:t?u ant{ {ve lu‘:llzl # vithout transgressing tlie dictates of ¥uhhm. THE FASHIONS, Deautifal Reception Tollettes on Exhibitlon In New York---What ta Buy for Chriat- mas, Ete, Special Correrpondence af The Tribune, New Yonk, Dec. 21.—Just now eversone is exercised about reception tolettes, and 1 have — BOGARDUS AND ROBINSON. Ban Francisco, Cal., Dec. 24.—Capt, Bogar- dus and Crittenden Robfnson shot a plgeon " mateh yesterday, sixty single birds at ‘twenty- 1 one yards, and forty double at eighteen, da nfel’(luy rmlz. Donr‘:ln:gb 53 moure LoursviLex, Ky, Dec. 94.—This morning it ts enowing, and prospects for a break- riyer are glonmllzr g up of the, . T ———— BUSINESS. NOTICES, silk, the bottom edged with a deep box-pleated flounce, velvet corded top and hottom, The drapery Is very voluminous, and consists of broad sashes of dark-green brocade, with a lovaly design of fiowers and leaves done in bronze. A deep fringe of green ellk, with which are mingled a few burnlsbed threads, tin- Ishes the cdge of the drapery. The waist is very low,—slmply with shoulder-straps,—and has o berthe of white lace and dark erlmaon roses, The same adorn the lalr. Another lovely dress as the skirt of rich brown velvet, ex- ceedingly Jong, and tritumed with a puff and ruffle of tho same. The overdress s a wide scarf of plnk damassic draped across the front, one end falling over the traln. This scarf is bordered by & superb fringe of brown chenille balls and tasgels, and pink silk. The cuirass basque is V-shaped back, and 18 of both velvet and damassee. A handsomo garniture of pink roses and velvet leaves ornaments the corsagre and the drapery. A elde-pocket of velvet Is at tho left, where the scarf cannot conceal it, and is trimmed with white lace and roses, ANOTIHER PULL-DKHSS TOILETTE made n this city has theakirt of pale-blue falile, trimmed with five mrrn\rnplenl.e«r flounces,white at the back two more are added to Jengthen the traln, The overdress Is crepe de chine in the same dellcate ehade, and {s bordered by a fringe of forget-mo-nots, headed by a garniture of dark-green velvet leaves. In the back the tunic ia looped with bunches of cream-colored roscs. The walst is low, but the aboulders are covered h 1lled 51 Mngle 3 been fortunate enough to catch o glimpse of | and Robinson 60: Bogardus, doub £ some of the coming glorics, which T shall detall | fon, 27, TRt ORRle 215 Boblae %.' or your beneflt, An elegant tollette for New. o Year's has a long trained akirt of hunters’ green FOREBODING, ‘ 3 it i 1 Lol .! oland’s Aromatic Ditter Wine of Iron I1s remedy for nervous debllity, fmpo oody, ! andimpalred digestlon. Hu{ml, .j:'l";'rflmfign ] i 4 B “SANFORD'S ™ | RADICAL CURE | For CATARRH IS UNIVERSALLY RECOMMENDED, e lirve Just recelved s communication fra ! every druggint in New Engiand Ao the W en and Ty testimony [s universally in favor of SaNTono's lia bic, CURe PoR CATARIIL Ve bellove there never wat & Femsiy sopopuiar wliersver Known, ' re never was onie more deserving of Founded unon correct clentine. prseiplea and oeimee lated Ly the most sccempliahed physicians to meet the deverest forms of Catarrli, the ciircs made by It have not only been numerous, but 80 remarkable as1o exel public atteutfon and cause the asle to exceed teaf LBat of aby similar remedy ever before compouhded. . While many are aoxfoun to make public thelr teatds * « mony 1B favor of the HabicaL CCRE, others—anc : in0ng this number may be found of bur most respected cltizens—disiike 10 become publicty (dentines 4 with 30 loathisome & disease, Iience, In th fojlow iy ; gaie we kre unaule togive tie name, hut are permitte by u “collin ¥ fichu of cream-colored grenading | 10 Tefer those who miy call apon s pereaseily fo LAty sthot ! with eilver, and the short, shirrcd | Fire s At aeiescred fod,conditlon of ind etre Vet slecves are of the same, and a cluster of cream- roses rests near the left shoulder, Christmas buyers are busy just now, and the heart of the shop-keeper Tejoices once more, 8o many laments have gone over the land about. *¢ hard times," " no moncy," ete., that some of us almost feared Christmaa would of necessity be postponed, but s glance at any of the popu- lar storea removes this fear. It is true that, so far as 'fifl'“" diamonds and other jewels, there 1s an inadequate acmand, but the sellers of fan~ cy artlcles and dry goods have no cause for complaint. the gentleman occupies. bt rd H‘.‘.‘f ln!!'h\lflo:fli \\cr:' Ilrgtleptr:l spmeelnureotosr wo not for the worl rmit i used, although I have no. douhtplel vuul‘:? :’l“aelgllfi 10 many now suffeting aa i “ For two years I have taken bromide of potrssn end bromide of amwmenia every da I nover paased & alngle night withont tag up once or twice to free my throat from thematter that hud dropped fnto It durlng slcepy and finally 1 conghed during all this time, Sloce tnking the RADIUAL CURE I lmve taken no potasmsa or ammonis, have nlent soundly every night without uncasiness ordistress 3 not m particle of matter has drop= ped Inte my throat during sleep, and overy -y;uplu’;n al'l L3 flI‘nlb Lias left me.? wonderfal result truly, all will say, who know or can realize the extent an I Fentleman hus had Shgnteen sotties, CThirT s satiary - reat merit in the KAvICALs Dreparation is new and original. REAL SEAL MUPFS, silk-lined, and long boas with patent fastenings, may be bad for from 814 to 835 and real inink ects ot the same prices. In hoslery there is a most tempting display, and the prices are little short of marvelous, 'fim]hrtmi-u!, silk-clocked, and all colors, 25 centa; English striped huge, regular niade, 35 cents; fine cashmere hose, $1. I of our first-clss dry-ruods stores make o speclalty of ** ready-made suits,'’ and these can now be purchased as low as $10. Cashinere skirts, with Im(;ue and overskirt of damassce, 813.50; camel’s hair suits in two fashlonable shades for 815. The trouble In which all shop- Bcrl find themnsclves involved fs uot what to uy, but what not to buy, Dark-blue, brown, and prune are In demand to be the only proper and aever-falling “The followlng recommendations are frop DRUGCISTS, competent witacsses to the work it is dafly mont, wha doing: Eanford's Rtardical Cure has edy forrelieving CRiArThy ‘”\'v"."i‘}fi’i:i?.‘é\'\’s’? erhiil for street wear, but the sliades most In demand | 1 8m selling large quantities of yonr Sanforas Rmdtens “* iufl mtl.]l-dm“ ‘n'm mlfll(n, gray, and cream-color, | CUre: B Madetons, Me. ndeed, so universal is Sanford' It 7Y THE USE OF WINITE Just what :'nwap'fl: liave lle'eg'::'x':mfi'“ A hemmh:lg( ‘t’«‘;;lt :Lzl assemblage of young ladles ALK, rr’nx"“;i cn grande tollette sugvests”a pariy of brides, | 3 Brflans 3 ave kent Ganford's Rad Atglarge and fasllotiable ball givén last wesk | o P4Eo KSRt Sanforde e Fale are of hand since i 4 ot Delinonieo's by one of our soclety leaders, all colors, even those most In vogue, were cont upluuuusl: thelr almost total absence, Lovely fichus for diuner und evening wear are made of both Chlua crape and plush, the latter are use have been uncqualed by her . B tion within my knu‘wlmlxe. y\V.I’llu. Wi Ll{n!illlr "rlgpn" ! 1 hiave sold Sanford's Radieal Cure fur o year or more, sud it stands the teat tha be: t e R e of e very novel, und are n‘nltc clarming nad pretty. il s, Me. ¢ Of vourse they arc suitable only for wear with - -m" Zecommend no other cure, and hiave no tronble fa & heavy, rich dressea. The colors most used aro | *¢lios it R IS EVANS & L s lemon, blue, mauve, and peach-color, butone fs sliown' o rich cardinal red, The costume with which it Is to be worn {s vers handsome. Tho long-trained skirt of flucst black fallle Is trimmed with s decp-pleated fluunce, sur- mounted h{ & gather onc-half fts width, Above thls Is o broad bias band corded on cach slde with eardinalred, The overskirt, o long, round tabller, fs ornamented by the bina band, which s bordered on its lower edee by 8 deep aud rich netted frinze contaln- ing black and red fn equal Ilmpflrllunm The walst is 8 polnted basque, "’i ove-fitting," and longer in front thou bentnd. 1t is finlshed at the bottom by the corded fold and a row of fring: The sleeves are tight cont ovues, open half-way from the wristto tlic elbow, aud triimmed ot the buttomn and around the opening with a double pleating divided by n narrow red-corded fold, The ticfin fs of cardinal-red plush, edged around the upper part with ruchlngs ot white cripe lisse under o scant rutlle of black lace. The remain- ing edges of the fichu are trimmed with the fringe like the other surflmu of the tollette, Altogetlier o striking and elegant dress. TIE CHARMS OF MILLINERY arc {ndecd exhaustless, and the counters de- voted to its various trapplugs are those most patronized by boliday-glit scekere, The latest novelty ts probably chenille flowers and follage, which "are lovely beyond expressfon. Ever besuty of the flora Is successfuily counterfeites & and a few varjeties of fruits areshown. Wreaths of autumn-tinged leaves and fluwers of rich, brilliant colors are the most beautiful, us the material 18 handsomest fn bright hues; but those of more delleate tints are also extremely pretty. Isaw atrailing -nm¥ of fern leaves so dalutily made and so exquisitely colored that [ hesltated a tong time Lefore Emnuunulng them artiticial, The tlower most used fs beyond all dis- pute the ever-attractive rose; thevarietles most preferred are roses de Lemnas, roses des Indes, moss roses and buds, und sinall dwarf roses, A handsome ornament fs found In clusters of mahouia frult, which fs of & rich damson hue, aud biends pleasingly with claret, green, and yellow brown. A pretty hat of gray felt has the broad brim slightly. llruoEl(uz all around save at the left, whers It turna abraptly uj Lol held aginst the crownby a full, foosely-pleated strap of browa velvet, broad bands of which en- cirele the crown, terminating In a large bow at the loft toward the back, From this polnt start two feathers, mottled gray und brown, one curls Ing forward over the crown, the other falling over the hialr at the back. A haudsome steel buckle ornaments the steap at the bak. A beautiful bonuet s of dark navy-blue velvet, in the favorite ““capote " shape, which fits closely to the head. Rich folds of the samo are banded about the crown, and form a gruveful cluster of loups which are placed well to the side, Short tips, three in number, of the favorite *“tilleul "t tnt, with the ¢dees of & deep blue, are dis- posed over the crown, and are secured by a benu- tiful elusp of cut steel, ‘The face-trimmun Isn handsome cowmbination of white crepo fiuc, blue velvet, and pink cyprus roses. BOME VERY ATTHACTIVE BUOES are to be seen ot Broudway cstablishments, One for house wear Is kuowis 08 * Lo Muree chale.” Tt s {n moroceo, and has over the In- step a wide strup, which fs stitchied In silk, gen. crally pale yellow or white. The front of the shve comes well over the foot, and across the tocs o smttcrn i stitched fu sllk, The heels are flat aud tolerably low. For mornls Ish l“])L)m‘l of velvet are often sulec when of black velvet they ure lned with white satin, bordered with a qullling of black velvet ribbon, having on the fustep a larga rosette, In_ the cens tre of which ts @ sinall stecl buckle, When in dark shades to muatch mornlug costumes, the slippers are lined with'a lghter shode, and em- brofdered with ellk the shude of thy lluing, Evening slippers sre of kid, efther white or matchni the dress {n color, The fnstep ls or- nwmented with a largo bow, on une side a single loop, on the other two long ends, which voutin- ue around the edge of the slipper, When the dress and fta trinimings are ot different shades, thln slipper matches tho dress, the bow Its triwt mlugs. - Rudlcal cure hiam glven univeria! satisfac- ¥ custoniers, and above ali other remedier E. F, CAREY. Each packae contaln Ing Tufie, and full uireetfo Priceer,' Foraale by ail W Elatathoughout the Ui Agonts snd COLLINS VOLTAIC PLASTERS, AN Hlectro-qaivante Matters, comblned with the eeicbrted Medicated Porous Plaster, foruing the Zrand ative sgert tn tng, world of medictue, aud atte pasing all otlier Plasters heretofore In use, The et more Iy ono werk thaa the ld Disstcrs year, ‘They do ot paliate, cuax, lu- stant reller aforded n o PRIIME, they cunk, Rueumntinu, Neuralain, Paralysls, Cramps, Bt. Vitus’ Dauce, Sciatica, Hip Cemplalnts, Spinal Aflections, Nervons Palne and Irritae tlous, Epliepsy or Fits proceeding from Blacks ta the Nervous System, Ruptures and Strains, Fractures, BDrulu Contuslons, Weak Muscles and Jolnts. Nervous and Feeble Musculur Actlon, (irent Horeness aj Pain In any Part of the Body, Wenk and Painful lldneys, Great Tenderncss of the Kldoeys, and Weak and Lawme Back, caused by Chironte Inflammation of tho Kidneys, 8o confident are the proprietars fn the great val this Plaater over all other Diasters thak ity do tos Besltate 10 WAREANT [t Lo Vosscas grenter, [ar grester, curative propurties than all others cunibinbd. whils the price of wacl, Vir.1 25 conta, s wlthin e resch af every aufferer in tiic lad. Inslet, thereforo, Upoa hiay- Ing what you eall for, § devarywhere, Hent by mall, carefully wrapped 330 yarrasted: on pecelpt of prico = cents for one, 1,25 10 alx, oF 82,80 for twelve, by WELKS & POTH Elt,_Proprietors. Huston. v IGLIDAY GOOB, Hadiey Brothers&Co, 63 and 6 Waskingtonst,d ~~ Open Chtistmas Until Noon. BUY THE PRESENT YOU FORGOT SATURDAY. tyles for dressing the hairare fna stato of trausition, and ft {s hund to decide just now what the prevalent modes will be, but 1t s safy to pronounce detinitely that the halr will no longer Le heaped upon the head to such dis- gusting lelghts as formerly, This |s furtunute, as the uarruw, confined wkirts and long, stender basques maky our belles already sulliciently clougated, I otber ornamentution for the halr hus made way for flowers, clusters, und KSANKS' STANDAKD SCALES OF ALL KINDS, FAIRBANKS.MORSE & 00, 111 & 113 Lake St., Chicago. Bezarefultobuyonly the Genuine, POWDER, ROYAL BAKING BAKING - ROYAL E6WoEr. Absolutely Pure. &3 Tho Rogal Daking Pawder (s prepared npon sclentific nrinciples, trom ingred] mOdt efective und whuieswmo, Ttrecelved a spucial Contcunial Award for thon :.,..«.‘.‘.’“TT%&::'J':: cant bo bad ouly In tin cans, and1efor sale by tis best grocers £ eryuhcrs, bu Lo ca Yol cacuot ubtain 11, peud 60 coute for 11b., o 33 cents fo; b., direct to ltoyal Rl 1og Puwder Co., New York, and & Milkrecalvelt by return mall, Hecelptaud foil dirceuvus fur waklog te delicions \icous Hol, slev sent free on applicativn, eucioslog ¥ cous stamp, i .