Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1877, Page 4

| “ A, McMillan, while fraveling THE CITY. ' GENERAL NEWS. ! ,» The Christmas-night soclal gathering at the 4+ pestdence at Mr. Robert Law, No. 838 Pralric ! avehue, was not a private parfy,but a amatl club affair. The local sections of the Workingman's : party of the United Btates united Ingivinga ¢ very pleasant and well-attended entertainment and ball at the North 8ide Turncr Hall last ‘evening. Addresses in English and German ‘were made by A, R. Parsons and J, C. Pfeiffer. ! Coroner Dietzsch yesterday held inquests up- on the following: Wilile Hooker, No. 83 Thir- ty-seventh street, accldental shootingi Kate treatar, No. 14 Michigan avenue, accidental kmmlug in elevator; Mra. Marie W, Powell, No. 850 Church streat, suicide by hanging while in a 8t of temporary insanity. Ballifft Whalen, in Judge Farwell’s Court, will be formally discharged toulay for negleit, uf duty. I8 place Is to be filled by one of the present BallifTs in the Criminal Court, andg the vacancy in the latter by the appointment of Charles McDermott, formerly an attache of the imes, No more changes will be made for sev- eral days, but the ‘' second batch *? fellows have canse to take courage. Yesterday afternoon the ceremony of con- ferring & Deaconate was observed In Immanuel Reformed Episcopal Church, corner of Centre and Dayton strects. The reciplent was Prof. AL D. Church, and the finpressive service was conducted by Bishop Fallows, assisted by Bishop Cheney and the Rev. Dr, Couper, pastor of the church, 1Inthe course of the scrvice Tishop Fallows made a few appropriate remarks. There ‘was a larga attendance. + ‘The ** Toledo,” a beer hall on Madlson street, ushered fu the new year last night with the usual Bunday night row. A fellow giving the name of Charles E. Danlels, who eays he 18 travellng salesman for a shirt factory, was eject- ed from the gallery for Insulting the females who patronize that portlon of theestablishment. To bave his revenge, he gathered n crowd of sympathizers upon the sidewalk, and hurled & stone through the window, Thereupon one of the white-aproved waiters rushed out and fired off his pistol Into the alr four times, hit- ting nothing., Officer Dan Dufly caught the retugee as he was turning the corner of Madi- son and LaSalle streets, and lodged him at the Armory for maliclous mischief. Prof. W. G. Sumner, of Yale College, spoke in the Sunday Lecture Course ymmiuy ton small audience on * A Republican Form of Uoy- ernment.” The advertisement of the entertaln- ment announced that the speaker would give ‘‘a mnon-partisan review of Lis recent observa- tions Inthe South.” The non-partisan charac- ter of the speech can be inferred by the theory advanced that all that uny government could do was to protect the ballot-box beforchand and that the one thing which “we!’ never could stand was that when tho result was made known, 8 a simple inatter of arithmetic from what was {n the box, this result so found should be nltered or revised. Tho remalnder of the spcech was o compllation of varlous truisms in puliticat cconomy and a resume of the process of election in this country. At about 5 o'clack yesterday morning Officer beat on Halsted stsect, near Adams, was alarmed by cries of robbery proceeding from No, 140 Halsted street. At the samo timo he saw two men emerging from the place, and, following them closcly, gained upon them at the corner of Juckson aur Green strects, whercupon one of them turned and fired twlee: at bhim, one of the tullots taklng cffect in hls feft arm Just above the wrist. At this juncture Otticer McCabe tock up the pursuit, aud only stopped with thecapture of Wiillnm Burns, . the'manwho fired the shot, At the statfon Burns was fdevt(fied as an ofd offender, and wus recognized by Mrs, May 8mith, ot Room 9, 148 Halsted street, 88 one of the men who burglar- 1zed her room, and was about to depart with the plunder when shealarmed then. THE GEIMAN DRAMA, ‘The New Chicago Theatre was crowded last eveniug, the audience being the largest that has assembled there for some weeks, and o very en- thuslastic one, The play was & four-act farce of the average order, by W. Mannstacdt and A, Weller, with musie by "A. Mobr, ¢ Luttschlosaer " (“Alr-Unstlea ™) posscases very little literary merlt. The plot is a slmple one, there belng but o very few well-arranged invidenta,which vary thomonotony of the whole, ‘The lunguage tor the greater part is conunon- place, and most of the situations are weak, wihile the whole piay, If shortencd by u hulf, would luse nothingolits nerit, Notwithstanding these shortcomtuiza thero are u few characters h are drawn and _pletnred In 2 very credita- ble manuer, and which afford the actors some seope for the display of their talents, Among these 18 the charncier of Josephine Grillhofer, wssumed by Mrs. Claussen In o neat, pleusing, und acceptable wmanner. It w3 u part thot asulted her admirably, €0 that alie was foronce In her clement. Blig succeeded in portraying the different phoses of charucter in good style, and deserved the_ap- e}auw that her audltors lavished upan her, Miss on Staminwitz, no matter what kind of a part shc has, is always o skiltful and talented nrtist whose cleverncrs aud versatility enable her o make the most of everything, ‘The part of Pauls was entlrely out of her Nud, but nevertheless her portraiture of it was nd- mirable and refined, Mr, Kuch us Dinnebery was very good. The performance was very smootl, the actors dolug more for the play than it in reallty de- served. It was surprising that they made so much out of so Mttlo pood materinl. ‘This evening the vompany repeuts ita performance of Nells' clmmuug_[!.-omvdy. ** Henrich Helue,'t nt the North Sido “Turner-1all, and as the play is ane of the best that the company has pln{ud , this year, andas the dlrlve of admlsston Ty been materfully lowered, the house vught to be @& very large otie, NEW YEAR'S DAY. THOBE WIO RECEIVE. ‘The followng snnouncements of persons who will “receive ™ to-day were not sent {n fu thne Jor fnsertlon In yesterday's TrRIbUNE: Miss Fannle 8ollitt, assisted by Miss Minnje Rea!, No, 45 West Qulacy strect, * Mrs. Wills A. Barns and Miss Allee E. Under- hill at No, 1184 Indlans avenue. Mrs, J. B, Wood, assisted by her daughter Lizzle, Mrs. Agple Willls, and Miss Murtho Pardon, at No. 1381 Wabash avenuc, Mra. George Buck and Slss Prl Miss Bell and Miss Luff, ut No, 13 Burnett will re- sisted by Twenty- fourth street. Sfles Btewart and Nelly G, celve at 1501 Butterfield street, Mrs. L. B. Stowell, nee Hamitton, will recelve + at 893 Michigan avenue, Instead of 362 Indluna avenue. The Misses Lonigun, assisted by Miss Bophia Dally, will reccive at No. 153 South Peorla street. AMrs. T, J. Hgrkins will reeelve at No, %30 Warren avenue, 3Irs, Charles E, Leonunl and daughters, and Mrs, Ed, Schultze, usststed by Mrs, Jay Wlal, of New York, nud Miss Della \v h“"’u"“' of Ouk Park, will receive at No, 29 8t Job's Place, Mra. L. D, Con id Mrs, G W, Adams will recelve at 013 Michigan svenue, fustead of b13, us erroneously stated [n yesterday's Tiiun AMrs. Aveh, MeArthur, nasiated by Mrs. W, W, Behul d Miss Maud MeArthur will receive Monroe street, Miss Nannie Hunmond, Misa Funnlo Carson, of New York, and Misses Carelo und Allie Kelly will recelve ut Usl¢ Fulton strect, 3 Vigzers, sésisted by Musa M. F, Vie- will recesve ot No,151 West Monroestreet. J. I Hoxie will receive ut No. sy2 Michl- B3l av The Boviets wh) re the Soclety at No, 55 "Fwenty-clghth stroes nue, Prestdent of the 1llnois $t, Andrew's ave his fricuds und members of L. 3iao Jennio Hodison, with Miss Katie Hot brouk, witl recelve ut No, 1059 Michigan uvenue. OBITUARY WILLIAM A. CAMPBELL, Among the desth usnouncements in yester- day's TiBUNE was one givlug notlce of the decease of Witllam A, Campbed), ut Denver, Cul.o un the 26th ult, M, pbeil was well Luown {n this city, haviug been a reporter on all the prominent newspupers, and once vty editor of the Lgmblican, sud his death will pe slncerely resrcttod by muny fricnds. Ho was born tu Kingatun, Jumalea, fo 1945, and was the son of Willian W, Campbell, 8 dawyer of cou- slderable abllity aud reputation fu Springtleld, . 3., where be settled many years ugo. Willlam Campbeh commenced Mte as 5 page in the Leg- lstature, when he was 10 years of uge. Being o precuclous boy, remurkubly spt, sud possussed ot wn unusual miemory, he saquired store of political knowledge and ‘mustercd the detalls of purlluaientary practlce. Ho wus noted. when a iere clold, for bis skill fu declamation, < wnd oa brilliant carcer was anticlpated for . As loug uzo us 1538, then wuly 13 years of uge, s bad & recognized stauding” us 3 public apeaker, and fu the cawpalisn of Douglus and Lincolu, tu that year, and agal In 1800, was (n kreat demand ou the stump sa 8 Dewocratle spesker, Ilc luvarisbly carried bis wuditors With Lim,aud they freqaently carried * the boy- orator™ v tielr snoulders o show thelr uppre- clatlou. lu 1861 he came to Chlcago, v Was - Sonsoue e s page or guaetagt of the Judges. roncr on n newspaper, and up to 1870 held post- fonson the old Republican, morning F’ott, and Timer. In 1870 he was for a time city editor of the Omaha Herald, and was on the Democratic fi;wrnz Des Moalnes, and sibscquently on the ansas City Tines and 8t. lounis™ Times, In 1864 and 1808 he stamped Indiana in the fn- terest of the Democratic ticket, He was a good writer, well informed, and would have made an exeellent Journalist could e lave resisted the temptations of politice. ITis party being in the minority, political preferment was out of the uestion. He wasa Democratic candidate for the Leglelature from the North 8kde fn 1803, but was defeated with the rest of the ticket, In the latter part of 1874 he contracted a se- vere cold, which settled on his Tungs, and by the advice of his physician he went to Coloratdlo for the beneht of Ina health, The climate there, liowever, could ot overcome consuption, Whlle he apparently improved at first, th ease had too strong o hold to be eradicated, nud he lingered, always hopeful, until death ended hissuffering. (s body will be brought here for burial. MNtA, KOLOMON THATCUEM. There died Friday, at River I-’nreat, 111, Su- rannah Wormley, wife of Solomon Thatcher, aged 65 years, "Mrs, Thatcher sas born in Lancaster, Penn., August, 18113 was married at Hopewell, On- tario Co., N. Y., In 1820, where she was convert- ed, and nnited with the Methodist Church in &3 ‘The family removed to Iliver Forest In 1868, Her hushand and sons, Simon Solomon, Jr., the Rev. Witson, and David W, ‘Thatcher, are all well known and prominent citizens of Chi- cago and vicinity, The funeral will be_to-morrow morning from her Iate residence at River Forest. Al friends of the family are fnvited, and for whote secom- maodation « “special traln will leave the Wells street station for Kiver Forest at . m.y stopping at Oak 'ark on the way, and at the close of the services wiil convey the remains to Roschill, Rochiester (N. Y.) papers are requested to copy. ? A PRESENTATION, MR IOBART AND 1118 FORMER EMPLOYES, S8aturday afternoon a number of the condue- tors and other employes of that adivision of the Northwestern Raflroad with which Mr. Arthur A. lNobart, now Superintendent of Trains on the Chicazo, Burlington & Quincy, was so long the Ticad, met at the houseof Mr. E, 8 Wadswaorth, No. 515 Michigan avenue, and there prosented thelr former supcrior officer with a ccuple of cases filied with silver ware valued at a” thou- sand dollars, Sald the spokestnan to the surprised Mr. Ilobart: When it was annonnced n short time ngo that you had gesiimed the ofiice of Superintendent of the Wisconsin, Milwankee, Kenosha and North- western Union Divisions of the Chicago & North- western Tnilway, it catised very wencral regret to the um‘rlnyu of thore dlvislans who had lony since learned to resvect you s thele superior officer and csteem yonae a friend. You liad filled thls ofiice many years, giving con- stant attention to a)l details,” requiring great familfarity with all bennchen of the work and per- sonul acquaintance withthelarge body of employces, perforninig your very responsible dutles with vromptness, tmpartinllty, and signal abllity. Tho active intercat you have unlformly taken in the men uttached to yonr division has caneed your name to be kindly remembered by them, and they one and ull wish you unbounded happluess and auccess [n your present position, Thut thie future may bestow upon you length of days and riches and honor, 1s the wixh of all. Under theeo circumeiances it oucht not to sur- prise you to learn that from the time your reslgnn- tlon became known it hiaa been the derlre of mnn{ of your friends to present to you some visibfo token of thelr n))rmtlnllun nnd regard, ~rome- thing that will reniind you often and pleasdntly, thoy truxt, of the areotlations of the past. Withthis ubject In view, s number of the em- ployes, ulded by wowe other friends (a list of Wwhose namen will be glven yon), have united n purchasing o rltver-service, Which they present in you na o partial expression of thelr fricnd<hip and esteen, and, In asking your acceptance of thie teatimontal they all join In the hope that it may afford you for many years to come a4 much real ploasure an the part they Lavo taken [ thin pleas- unt affair s given them, Tu behalf of all these friends, absent and pres- ent, this heantiful silver-rervice $a comeyed to your keeplug, with tho compliments of the senson. To this Mr. Hobart responded s GENTLENEN: Your expression of goudswill and the very valunble present accompanying it lns nwukened no ordinary feelinge, such, in fact, os | can hordly trust myaclf to expres, With many of “you [ have been ansoctated in #ervice for nnny years anil alwayw with Fh-u-url‘. unid the recallections of the inany friendships formed, both inthe lne of duty “and rociadly, needed no such coetly token a¢ you huve presented me. Tahnll treasnre it a8 an additfonal bond between us, and oll of you, I trust, that my lnes may slwuys be in such pleasant places und attong such wurthy companions. A present of this character, coming at a time when the reciplent can bestow no favors, fs a true exponent of the kindly feelings which have existed between Mr. Hobart and Iis old subor- dinates, and has ten thues the value (& would lmuen had it been wade a year ago, In addi- {on to the employes of the Northwestern, Mr, Robert Harris and a number of other friends of Mr. Hobart were present at this happy reunfon: TIIE COURT-IIOUSE. BECOND VIOLATION OF TIlE CONTRACT. When the contruct for ent-stone on the new Court-Hougs was Iet to MeNed) & Son two Ime portant provislons were fuserted thereln—une that no money should be pald to them (Walker) untfl the finu had defivered the stone on the ground In this clty and it had been aceepted by the architect, and the other that under no clr- «itmstances should uny conviet-labor be em- ployed in entting and dresslug the material, Two wecks agu, 1t will be remembered, the first provision cited was violated by the County oard pdvancing Walker §25,000 from u dé- pleted Trewsury, not stopplng to even ask us much a8 u certitieate trom the wrchiteet, Shice the examplo hus been set by the in - violuting the ilest provisfon has about wade hiv urrangements to en by violathe the second; at t, he gone so far Inthe work us to huve etlected & lease of the labor uf several hnndred convicts at tho Penltentlary, nud if he bias sneceedid in vlngg the necessary bond, they g£o o work to- , The Jabor he Jas bired iy the same for- Iy held by Richardson, which hus been cmployed on the new State-llowre stone for several years, ‘The partienlurs of how Richarg- sun gof rid of his men, and how Walker eap- tured them, are not known, but fn the deul there i3 u loss fo the Btate, for the price that Walker {8 to pay for the labor {s understomd to be nearly one-hall less than Richandson prow- BBed to pay. i ! This movement I the Court-Housestone mut- or 1IAS NOT BEEN UNEXPECTED, but, on the contrary, \l‘ud}n-nllulv«l somme months agofn these colunmng, The onlv thinge fu the way of the chanie bele earrled out is Mr Walk- er'a ereditors, und some of the sune old mort- gtges which stared bl fn the face when e wus attemptiug to give the county o tiest nsortgage on Lilsquarey to secare hls fubtillinent of “the contruct, Ulhie County Board will not objeet, of vourse, sud 1F 1L idid the objeetfon would fall, for so much of the voptract us ribes what labor ho shall employ i el aud vold, ol the Commirsioners Kiesw 1t when they were okl s much wolse about §10 But the mortgages and executions connot be rotten urotnd, und there 18 Just o bare possihil Ly that, when he gets ready to 1ake the ston frum the quarrles ut La tet, the will be trouble, There troublo wny- how, soouer or luter. The slone is not Lils prop- crty, und, when be undertakies to ship it hither aud thither, sume one sy by claim elther Mr. Snyducker, who holds s mort about 20,0, ur somehady elses lor, wi stotie I3 out of the quarry; and off the 1 o, 40" tabie to ) ol those Liolding the unsatisicd udziments feh have stumbered i the Sher- s ollee fur oy t. L elther event THE COUUNTY WOULD BE THE LOSLI but what eare the Cothosioners, s Jong ay 1l o to Jamd promptiyd Then, sigain, while these confustonm aud trowbies are nultivlying, the stort and fudizmtion that piat gieet Walkier's cara und the cars uf the Commleafuners o wrount of thelr tad faith with the workingmen caniot be measured, ru, on the whole, Bvely times are b prospect, The only consolation Wather hus mlfl b ehared by the Conunlasianers it the progiwmme Is uot Lo serlously Interferod with, for the unileentanding 1s, doubtiess, that the untlereiics between whist he hus to pay tow and what Le §s to pay st the Penltentlary will be put where 1t will "do the wost good, WIERE 1§ HE? A NYSTERIOUS DISAPPRARANCE. About a week uro Mr. Nelson E. Swartwout, Cashier of the Chlcago branch of the Etna Life lusuranice Company, vbtalned leave of abseucy from Lls employer and left ostensibly for a boll- day vialt 10 fricuds fu the East, aud sluce biy departure nothing has been heand from him, Fearing that Le mizht bave been une of the g‘ununxeu o the truln wrecked at Ashtabula, r. T. C. Day, the ugent of thy above-numed Tusurance Cow puny, telegraphed for fufvrmuativn uud ascertalucy that no such personas Mr, Bwartwout bad Loarded the tralu, 7This in- furmution Ied to telegrams to the frieuds of the bacut one at Hartford und clgewbere, wnd they telegraphed buck thut the gentlewan fu . slae T had war b in thowe nerte her ] - THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 187"—TWELVE PAGES, - . mfi——————————-————-—_—_———._—_—_——w wern eeveral (uestions which presented themseltes to the mind of the nagent of the Etna: one was that the Cashlerwas foully dealt sith; another that he had abscunded. The Iatter question eeemed to be the easfer of solu- ton, and to golve it an examination of the bonks of the misstne Cashfer wae commenced v day. The result of the examin Dot yet completed—will probaii; known. The friends of Mr. Swartwout are very unwiling to believe that hia absence i to be ac- counted for by n sliortness In bis seeounts, as he has always deported himeelf as, and torne the reputation of, anhonest man. fle is anid by those who are connected with him o a busfness way to be a man of ateady habits and good eliar- acters and thouch his Jong continued and tin- expected absence looks rather aainst him, there are liopen that the myatery and suspleion Which surrounds his acts may be cfeared nway by his return or the recelpt of knowledae of his whereabouts. e leaves a wife, now almost distracted, and a child, both living in this city, THE WOMEN AND THEIR WORK. There recms to be no abatement on the part of the women attending the services held by the Ladles' Committee of the Moody and Sankey meetings. Probably during no week have the exercises been more intereeting and helpful, or participated in by larger numbere, than during the Jast seven days, Thursday, Mrs. Goodrich lield a testimony mecting, as it was called from the fact of most of the time belng oceupled by ladies who have received large perzong lessings during the revival. Many spoke of the way fn which they ~ hal been led to devote themselves fully to the ser- vice of Chrlst, und of the f»rrrlmls outpouring of tho llnl}' Hpirit that had swept away al doubts and Tears, und established them in life of faith. Thia was pronotneed one of th hest meeting of the sevies, and it i propoeed to lold a similar one Wednesday or Thursday of this week, in Farwell Hall. The Friday Temperance Meeting always calls out u erowd’of prople, and the ladles’ Toom is usually fiifed to overffowing at fta close. Mrs, Willinir fed the flrst meeting in which the re- questy for prayer were many, aud the petitions fervent aud earnest. In the report meceting that followed, under the care of Miss Dryer, mauy Interesting items were brought out, showing the progress of the v‘mung frum house to house throughout the clty. &’)ne «lmu, delleate Mttle tady, who moves about with no pretense or fluster, with help that she has received, has made 1,000 retigious visits, 8he has n detlghtful home that she might have made more _elaborate in- Its ornamentation by using her lefsure thne fo erocheting n dozen wiiales ™ of dlfferent patterns and many colors, or in putting o few hucdred yards of “tucking and rutliing upon her own and her haly’s wear- in upparel. ‘She has chosen, however, to go about doing goad, ke her mastes, and her home 18 all the brighter for the sunllight of the high fellowsblp ichus given. The Chafrinan of the Committee In charge of the visitlyg In one of the churches, reported the relfrlous standing of every family in that par- fsh. So many Cathollea, «0 many Jews, somany of each Evangelical denominatlon, s many none church-goers, aud eo many poor enough to need temporal help. Tt may Lo pleasant to rome comfortable Christiang, enjoying thelr New Years' festivitles, to know that the ladies of this model churel have provided, that day, un extra woud dinner for thirty poor familles, who would otherwise have had handly enough of the vcoursest foord to satlsiy thelr hunger, Al must upprove such Christly work, but whethier many will go and do likewlse §s known only to the Lord of the poor. The ludles are trying to enlist a hundred workers, who will_continue during the winter in this versonut effort to win people to the rizht way. Qulte a_large number lmve glven their naines, and athers are needed. 'Ihe reparts of the visiturs tndicate thelr bellef that it puys well to work for Christ. The Ludles' nieeting will he kept up ufter Mr, Moody Teaves the city, belng held fn Farwell Hall ut the close of thé nvon prayer meethg, During the week of praver, the sibjects given the Chirletfan world by the Evangelieal Alllance witl be taken up, and” remarks made upon each by Iadfes capable of Lringing to thelr eluclia- tfon rare und earnest thought. ————— ILLINOIS FREE SCHOOLS, The report of the State Superintendent of Publie Instructlon advises that the County School Superintendents be hereafter appoluted by the County School tourds lnstead of elected Uy the party conventions. The renors contuing the usual muss of stutlsties from which the fol- Towing ara ‘taken, from which it will be scen that more than 3(4‘1!!11000 were spent in support of the public sehools during the past year: RCHOOL CENAUR. 1873, 1874, States tn State under 31 yoars of & T THBT 780,734 TV and 3| yuat tx 1)t Ftate. Blatriets Tuving achools five ol lis 02 miare, Districts having guniia, thon fve Districtn v e fotal nuiber of teac Yumber of craded sehoo o ap oo Female " puplis in priviie Total puplls 1o e 0l o Tota) Nutaber ulen betwcen bl 1o read and Total., X ANCT alance of schoul fund YO0 OV Foeys i county’"Tunda’ i ot tuweuship el st ebel 13, ol it rice I LA B 2,001, 00 7K dna Ty o dlatriee b ul of district Bondi, “Tutal exgend!t Dalauce on hand ¥ 3 ¢ Yulue of sehual iy Yt ) wcthond ) ' il 21 daut Jan | il wa, 108 Baliding i+ H107,437 . 5,HGUTE 1,807,464 0434,933 AN ) IICHIGAN STATE TREASURY. Spectul Dispatch to The Tridune, LANsING, Mich,, Dee, 30.=The fullowing is o statement of the receipts sud disbursements at the State Treasurer's ofllce for the month end- g Dee. 50, 187 Ealance un bund Nov, 10, 1876 Recelpts for the won phich schoul purpues, $707,7208.70 108, 223, 85 Total... K5, 022, 55 Disburscicnts titein Balauce on bund Dee. 30, 1870.... 3788, 820,58 A THE ST, NICHOLAS. The wultifonia requirements of hoted archic tecture should recelve speclal study, The worfd-renowned St. Nicholas-Hutel, New York, 1s 8 notable cuse of success Iy interior hotel ar- chitecture. No editice {u the ity ta more agree- ahle ly o pauitary seuac, THE DYING YEAR. The Methodist Custom of Watch-Meet- ings Gaining Ground, Immense Gatheriug at the Tabernacle Yesterday Eveninge--Bliss and 1lIs Songs. Mr, Moody 8peaks at Length on the Sub- ject of New " Thinga." Well-Mtended Services at Centenary and Other Churches. TIE TABERNACLE. MOODY'S WATCI-MEETING. The watchi-meeting which used to be counted as n Methodist speclalty has been captured by Mr. Moody and turned to good account as 8 featura of his revival work. Like a sensible man he is always ready to learn, and 1f he finds anything which works well he takes and uscs it no mutter what its ecclesfastical listory may be. Thefannouncementof ** anold-fashioned wateh- meeting ' from 8 to 12 o'clock un the last night of the old year drew an fmmense congregation at the Tabernacle. Every seat was filled, many were standing, and more were waiting vutside. The services were opened with singing the hymn commencing, All people that on earth do dwell « Sing to the Lord with cheerfal volce, after whivh Mr. Moody fed fn prayer, Mr. Saukey sung 08 a solo one of Mr, Blisx' Intest hyinus, entitled, * Hallelujah, What a Savior!” ‘The Scripture lesson was from the third chap- ter af Joln, betn the account of the tuterview of Christ with Nicodenius; then a hymn by the congregation, *What a Friend we have in Jo- sus," ulter which Mr. Muody commenced Ws promfeed address on NEW THINOS s follows: A great many people say ou this last day of the vld year: 1 am going to turn overn new lenf to-inurrow.’” Some of you blasphemersare golz to swear off and stop uumu%. Home of of you drunkards are going tu stop drinking. You are finlng to stop sluning to-morrow. Now [ haven't any faith in_resolutlons mndo in i’ ur own strength. What you newdd §s this new birtl of which Christ is speaklns to Nicodemus, You fiud here in this chapter that If you are to inherit the Kinzdom of God you muit be born again, You moy sec other Kingdoms, but not the Kingdom of Uod; you may go across the ocean, and see the Klues of the earth, but you shull never sce the King of Kings. You may go to the Tower and sve the crown of " Victoria, but the Crown of Life you shall ucver see. You may sce Pasls, and Edinburg, and London, but there Is one city your uncireumn- vlsed eye cun never see, and thiat & the New Jerusafemn, You may aee the rivers of this world, but you shall never look upon the river of life unless you are converted by the Joly Ghost, ‘I'here are some people who when I ask them if they are Chirlstians make answer, *Not vour Kind.”" Now, my fricnds, T don't want you to te the sanie kind ofa Christian as L wish you tobe a better one; but if you thivk you are to zo into the Kingdom of God without "s new heart you are altogether mistuken, What! do You say that you kuow better than the Lord{ Ie soys, Lxéept yo be buru of water and of the Splrit” ye cannot feo the Kingdom of God, ‘There are men bere living in adultery, thore sre Llasphemers und hoters of God here, and yet they pretend to think they are all golg to be saved fomehow, Be not decetved, God s not Fulug to sweep theso great multitudes of rebels nto Hls Kingdow withouat tuclr belng con- verted, und if He did they would he miserable there, They have no taste for the songs and the worship of Heaven, and if they were to be thrust In there among thesalutaund angels lhl"v twould say, “'This {s helf, { don't want tobehere.” Settle it With yourselves, mv friends, that if you are to enter the Kinedom of Goed you must be converted to Gad, through faith in Jesus Christ, Itls Son, by tha power of the Holy Ghost. Mr. Moody abruptly closed the first hour of service, and while several hyinns were sung those who Wished to Jeave wostout o1 the south doory, aud the crowd which lnl cotlected on Monroe atreet came in to take thelre places, TIE SECOND HOUR wus commenced with prayer by Me. F. G, En- sign, sgent of the Anerfean Yunday-School Unlun. ~ Mr, Saukey aung 8 solo waltten by Mr. lm-:i entitled “There'su Light fu whe Valley h hix morning, sald Mr. Moody, we ook upa collectlon to rulse a monument o our friend the late P, P, Bliss, [ conslider Inu the most remerkable man that bus lived [y our iiwe, Tle hud three remarkuble gifts: first he wrote the hymms, then he wrote the inusie, and then he was one of the sweetest stigers 1 ever heard. 1le Ay preachon the love of God, and thy t thme I met bhn he sung me that little Dy, *1 am so glad that Jeeus loves me," At another thne he heard me preach on grace, und at the next lecture on thut wubject he BUGE the beautiful hymu enzitled ** More to Foltow," He wrote me a'tire hymn after the Chieago fire; he wrote the hyin, * Free trom the Law,O Hap- py Condition,” urd T thuuk it a hynm thut_will ust as lonirus “Rozk of Ages.' < 1ting the Bells of Heaven" tsanotherone of s compesition, Ile Bpent s week with ue lust summer and every day he brought out a livinn, music und all, H heard Mal, Whittle tell of that scene on Kene- raw Mountaln and hewent hume and wrote “Hold Fort,” o hymn thit i sung round thy world. Thunk God for such u man, Chicugo don't know what kind of o may they have lost. Another collection In behwlf of thio Bllss me- morfal wus then made, during which Mr, Moody read o dispateh which Dad Just been recerved frum the scene of the disasters Work closed for to-day. No Lope of any recov- ery. Stall rmain over (o morEu; Wirrne. ‘The congrezation hext rose und sung the Hf- teth bywin, compiencing, *Precious promlse Goxd hos given!? Durlug the collection the doors were aguln opened, und the dense crowsl was stifl further ucreased,—only & very few people leaving, My, Maady thien coniinued his uddress, taking as unother ew thing THE NEW CREATION mentioned jn L Corinthlans, v., 17, “'There- fore, Lany mun be o Christ he 1s a new creas ture, ONl things are pussed away, and oll things are become new," 8t. Peter tallis about belng * partakers of the Divine nature.” Huve you that new naturg Which comes down from Gud out ol Heaven | The dircction of the old nature s towards selfy that of the new nature fs towards God. You cun tell which nature you have by the come pany vou enjoy s if you llke the theatre und thy auciety of worldly people better thun the prayers er-meeting and the church, {6 14 o pretty sure sign you have the oll nature. A fhah cannot Hve: vut of water, and you catmnob live in the water; It Is “contrary to your naturis, So one who has the” old naturn camiat enjoy the things of Gud or wear the Yuke of G, but when he gets the new nuture, the Diviue nature, hie iinds Gad's service to by detiuhtful, 1 ean -[Luu from experience, [ Iave worn Guid's yoke for a good many years, and it fs very easy to e now, but before 1 bes came o partaker of the Divine nature 1 couldu’t bave warn it at all, 1t 1s 10 w'clock. Well, T will keep my promise, Let the doors be open, wnd the next’ hour we will speak of sutne more new things, At this announcement w furge number feft their places, which wers lunuediately Bled by HeW cutners, TINRL JOUK, After scyeral bymuns, aud prayers by ons of the vity pastors, 31r, Moody gave out the bymu commencing, 0, 1o be aver youder, in that lund of wonder,” which wus auniz us o quartette by four mule volees with pleasing effect. Mr. Muody then resumed his dfscourse, com- menelue with & discusslon of the 6wo putures of the converted man, cithng o support of bis views the wseveuth and clghtn chapters of Romans, Whet o tan {8 converted, sald Mr, Moy, hls dld nuture fs not dead, but fs covered up under the new nature, That sccounts for the remalns of the old evil which a kKood = wan somctimes finds rsing up to trouble bini, The twu natures live vn together for 8 while, but the wew nuture s strong cnough to keep the old nature down. If you find the old nature rising up, go to Christ, sud He will give you grace, that the old nature may bo mude 1o grow weaker and weaker while the new puture grows strouger and stronger, Lo not lmugine the old nature Iv dead; reckon it deud, but keep 8n eye ou ity or when you get to :)unkhurubu g really dead b will juap up sud Ky you duwa, *lu uext dwelt on the uew pame given to those who belicved unto salvatiun; thew on their new jubicritanee, sud theu onthe new way, the udsTow way of fife oa coutrasted with the fts roud way of dvath. The broad church, with flattery of man's pride and its overlooking of God's justice, was scvercly denvuuced, He then spoke of sowe of the open patbs of sin, Ob, bow 1nsuy there are golug ou that broad nyi k down aud ses sowe of the signs onpimla:t L] Lroad way: **Round the coruer to the “This way to the bar.' “Frec lugehiea'—did you gver bear of the devil mvln&nwn{, anything? e talks nbout giving, but he robs you of everything you have. *Two glasses of beer far five cents.” * Rum five cents o glass, " ‘The house of the harlot is on that broad way; the gambling dene are there, The way of death is there. Ol young man, leave that old way of death and come amd walk In the new way, the way of lite, wish I had thme to speak of the ends_ of these two wavs, but the time falls. Whichiway will you take, the old way that leads to _death and liell, or the way that feads to 1ife and heaveni Set- tle it now In these last hours of 1876, Eettle it for time and ecttle {t for cternity. It Lelng now & minutes of 11, Mr, Moody called for the hymnn beginning * Jesus Lover of my soul," and the doors were open for the last tiine, with still further additions to the vast vongregation. FOURTH HOUR, After singing “The Great Physielan now is near,” the Rev, Mr. Parkhurst offered praver, Mr. Moody then resumed: I can't help be- leving there are a good many men it this house who are preparing to turn ‘over a new leaf, There may bie some drunkards here who don't wean to drink anything during the new year; but you will fail fn apite of all vour resoluifons, unless you get o new heart and’ become partak- eraof the Divine nature. Now I amn golng to call up Ltwo withesges who cnn testify” to the ngctr of this new birth we hove been talking ut. I'wo of the men whose testimony as recon- structed and regenerated drunkards has been reported in connection with ‘the Friday tem- peranve meetings, then spoke of thelr experl- enve of grace, by which they had been brought to Christ, saved Irom drunkenncas and from the appetite for strong drink, Now, said Mr. Moody, let us have a season of rilent ‘prayer. There are bhut a few minutes more of this 0ld year, and, while the Christians pray, i uny of you want to begin the new Nfe ]un pleasé to rise, A very large numter roac ln all parts of the hall, und Mr, Moody led {u un earnest prayer in thelr behalf. At this point a dispatch was received from Mr. J. V. Farwell: ‘We teave for Chicago at midalght. Tilise and faimly probably in aeher. Mr. Sankey and_the cholr then rung * What Shiall the Harvest Bef’ after w o Mr. Moody said: W huve now fiftecn ', utes left of this old year, and T would [ike to opend (b slone with all these inquirers,—no otherd,—w.au have risen and who will meet me in the noMh _inquiry- room, We will sing: **There Is a Fountaln filled with Blood,” and Jet those who wish to close the old year and begin the new on the knees Lefore yout joln me there in the next tive mltates, A very large number of inquirers accepted the invitation, and the main bullding was left in the charge of one of the city pastors. who after an exhortation to come to Jesus now, lnvited the audienice to bow thelr leads und unite fu sileut prayer durlng the last ten minutes of 18i. Thei, 8 a proper beginning of the new year, the Doxology was sung, followed by the hymn, ** All bail the power of Jesus’ name,"'— both fo the tune of O Hundred,—after which the benediction was prouounced, and the con- grc{:uu«m broke up with many kindly grectings of * Happy New-Year! " 3 Mr, Moudy left his New-Year's greeting to the vongregation with the leader of the meet- ing, and Mr. S8ankey gave his own 0a a preface to theclosing hymn. Thusclosed the watch-mncetiny at the Tubernacle,~—u strunge, sad mixture o funercal sorrow aud Corlstfan hope and td- umph. There was a shadow of death pervading the meeting, though lighted upwiththe thought of_timmortality. It {s estinated that abont 15,000 different per- sons were_present durlug sowe portlon of the services, From the first to fast there was the most perfeet order and attentlon, and, judging by the apparent rcsults, it must have been blegsed to the awakening and conversion of very many souls, ANNOUNCEMENTS, Noonday meeting at Farw by Moudy'and Bankey ; nlso 'y day this w until Friduy. The Woroun's Chilstian Tempe- rance Unlon recelvea I frlends today at Room No, 3, No. 148 Madison steeet, at the Farwell Hall entrance. A cordial fuvitution is extended toall friends of this_goed work to pay these Chiristlan workers n New-Year's ool OTHER CIIURCIIES. CENTENANY, After an hour of exhortation, the Rev, 8. I, Adams fnvited all the penitent in the audience to come forward for prayers. There wos a full attendance, even for a watch-meeting, and the luw-vaulted suditorium In the hasement of Centenary Church gave abundant indications of thy futerest recently excited in religlous wmat- ters. Youngand old were nearly equully rep- resented. £ On this last day of the year," sald the min- ister, “ull should reflect, und malko up thelr minds to live u Letter lfe, T hope that ull such wlll comie up to the nltar durlog the singine.” About twenty people, mostly youne ladlce, responded to the invitation. Scveral pleces were sung and prayers uttered. Before each song the sinners were again appealed to. A few utore accessfous to the throug at the altar-rall were received. : * Now, we want to have an experience-meet- ing,” sald Mr. Adams.” We want just the thought that tells in the briefest words what is nearest to our hearts,” A white-hufred old gentlemnn sald; * The thought that [ have 18 whut shall we do to copture the world for Jesus, Uhis is our mfs- lon, and it lius been preying upon my mind for the post two weeks,” “lo my conrades, sce the signal,” was struck up, 1 feel the fullnees of God as I never did bes fore,” sald a gentleman, ¢ and I feel lilie Licys- tug God evers minute,” I don't know as I shall ever slug another suny from our collection, sald another F"‘"“‘" man, *without a n-cllwiz of godness, have felt Just lke weeping all d‘nlm 1 was personully aequainted with Mr, Bliss, *Ten years ago to-nlght, spoke up nuother, [ was fuvited to aceept the Lovd, and [ dld, have never had oceaslos torepeit of my resolu- Varlous other remarks and expe) lowed, ‘T intercst eraduully fnere clully when kome of the younger peopl to their In the huck part of th there were o good mau; & und girl evidently attended the mecting to buve s gool Ume amd heaps of tun, They wdulged I much pering, lsughing, snd eating of peatiuty, SCPongn an old st Fan o sew recritlt in the uriny of Chrlst,” sald one, 1t I gencrally hanl for me to facean uudlence 3 but to-night it 8 cuny, L am one of niucteen children, most of whom have gone before," More singing and prayivg, At five minutes before miduhznt Mr Aduts made a fow solein remarks suited to the hour, and culled upon any who milght desire to serve Christ to rlie. There wero severul responded. The remuluder ol the time was pasicd fn sileut proyer, wecord- {ugs to the custonr, TRINITY. Dr, Tifuny's Church wus crowded lnst even- fng at the watch-meethiyg, and continued so untll the close of the servicer. After the usual services of the evening the communion was ob- served, and the remainder of the evening was oceupled in short addiesses by Dr, ‘Fitfany, the Rev. C, (. Trusdell, and s furge number of othera, Including scveral ladies. At 12 o'clock the exerclses were suspended for s moment of silent prayer, wid the mecting was thon closed with the singing of the Doxology, NICHIGAN AVRNUR cHURCHL A watch-meeting was also leld ut the Mich ran Avenue Baptist Chureh, corner of ‘Twen third street, Legiuning at 10:80 p, m, Remar) wers wade by the pastor, Dr, Custls, aud oth- ers, und the” excrelses wers concluded with sluging, PR WILL NOT BE BULLDOZED, To ihe Kditor of The Triduna. Moving, 11, Dee. 20.—[4 sevius to me that Capt. Jumes J. Jordan, of lowa, has struck the righit key-note for the settlement of the present political ditticulty, I um for peace, but there is 1o use to ery peace 1o three-fourths of the Democratie party North, Theyare & iubserublo sct of fguorsmuses, and played the part of whining cowards durfug the last war, and any attemipt to reason with them only mnakes them worse, It is treating them with more respect thau they can bear, and they think they are scarfug somcbody, Ithink {t would Lo well enough to give thun to plainly uuderstand that they can have all the war they” want, and rigot &t Lote, too, The one-fourth—the old Unlon element—I have some respect for;but why they are in the Dewocratlc party the Lon{ oanly kuows! But if war comes uvera matter, with ug, ut best n\luenuou of doubt, they wlll Le found on the slde o Grant und Sherman, sud it would be @ good tbing to have the balauce cleaned out of the country. By the way, how duour war Democrats Like the agreemunt to take thet over to the rebels ut the beginoln Of the lust war thiy coutroversy Ls showing up YETRRAN. 7o the Bdisor of The Triduns. M. Ary, ls, Dev. 26.—1 see from some of the papers that the vld Becvsalon secret orguni- zativos of the Rebelllon timnes are now plotting to insugurate Tilden by force. Now,all I have tosgyasan old veteran of the Elghty-sixth Ttinols Ir, that {f Gen. Grant dues not hang the tirst man, and tvvr{ man, who will dare to H{t a hand againat the lawsof the land, lonpi ago estatlahed, he bimsclf shonld be hwrled from his btice. Let the old K. (. C.s attempt an outhre: nnd all Billy &herman would have to o to yuell It at once would be to call out hia oll army wito marched to the sea, ‘The Repup- leats party was to hlame for alluwing Rebels to vote.” The entire South should have been thrown intoa territorlnl condition, reorganized, ndmitted State by State, ns they guined enough loyal votes to entitle them toa rcgrc.-flmutlun. No loyal people rematned fn the South during the Rebeltion but the blacks, and no native of the South but those who actially served fn the Federal army should have been enfranchised. A Inw glioulil nuw be passed disfeanchising any one who wonld threaten, orintimidate, or in any way bindee the free nnd full exercise of the ballot, otk not till then will there be freedom In the States lutely in rebetlion, &+ 4. Fanis, To the Fditor of The Tridune. Gosney, Ind,, Dec, 80.—There appears to be an opinion among some Democrats that the Me- publicans are becomfng alarmned, and would submit to Tilden rather than have trouble, whether he Is efected rightfully or wrongfully, 1 belfeve the old soldiers, like myself, liave had n0 falth in thefr bluster; did not belleve they intended fight, but sfmoly wanted a grav at the -’mu.- and that thefr gane was all oneof “hluf.! T havesot talked 1o oue old veteran but what has_ sald If they really mean to at- tept to put Tilden In by foree, aid want arow, they will certainly lave thelr wish gratified to thu fullest extent. If the President of thic Sen- ate declarcs [lages etected, count ot the old First Brigade, Third Divislon, Fourth Army Corpa, to see and help to inaugurate him,—orat Teuat o number of its old member OxE or Tugy, ——————— THE NEW YEAR, *4Time past and time to come, ** The puet tell s, 14 nu equal s Yt the years come anu go A ucean-tides ebl aud dow, And ohi! Liow fast they fiy Av we bid them one by one good-by, And now ngaln eweep the line ‘That marks the polut of passing tme, And knil once more the bright New Year, With hopes of Joy und thoughts to cheer, One hundred pnges, full and round, Fill up the voluine, now Just bound, Dearing upon Its title- page A century of our Nation's age. Shajl we'llnd, on curetul review, A record thefe that's bold and trues brave and atrong, Ttiiht has trinmphed over Wrong ? U'we not with prido recall The scenen of Tndependence Hall, And ssith reverence speak of men Who dared oppressive yoke to read What does the record sny UF forests Ly the woodimun swept away; Of huppy bonsen dotting far aud wide, From Pacific stope to Atlantic tide; Of ey lootis aud rattiing mitls In the valleys and on the bl Markfng a \xmgreu a4 Tree as the alr, I winch all mien clatm un equal abnrs? What doer the record reveal Of hidden treunures lonye concealeds How man, with hin busy hand, Secks thew in the glittermg sand, And findw, of eliver and of gold, A source of weulth a1 yet untold? And what of thu fron rail, Stretching beyund the Indlan teatl, * Untll at Jast (t binds v one The risinz and the =etting sun? Of oll thiv and more— Does It tell of the crowded store, Of anactive braln and a husy hand, Stelving and struggling all over the land} Dut what (o we see on thls blotted page, Marked with blood of youth aud sager What doew the Of Sumter's o, It was fu April, *61, When the Rebels tired that fatal gun Four yearsof bluod and pyn Lesve o dark and frightful stalag And oh ! huw sud (0 wall As we 1L the mourninyg vell ‘That fulls to hude the wllent gra Of thousauds of our uoble braves, Exhausted at last in Vleody feay, The dogs of war are held at bay, While Grant secures Confed'rate Lee, And Sheran's marching to the sea. Once apatn In peace, we hall unew The fg we love, Ited, White, and Dine, And shont with joy ue It waves unetained Over all the States, from the Gulf to Malue, Our armites dispersed, homeward they |l{‘. Bldding thelr comrades acheering goud-by Greetings of welcome all over the Tund 1lat) the brave veterans on every hund. Amld thie joy, a clond o'ercasts the sky, “Pouching the beart and mol; ug the eye; “T'is the sad lament of o Nution's grief At the fall of her honored sud trusted Chiefy Wan it that ull shouhl know ow grent the crlme, how foul the blow, Almed at our Nation's life, Wagced by crae) hands in a croel strife? OrF was [t thit the hideous mien OF u duap'rato nsangwin might be seen? What does the record say? What of the grand sreay Where alt the Nutlons of the Barth Prevent their products, ss the birth OF wan's ingenlous thongbit and cure, At the Xativin' Philudelphia Falrr What of tue art and masterly skill? What of the purpose aud perelistent will? What of commerce and the buxy 1hrong? What of the uchilevements that belong To Peuace anil Inlustry, the real hfc of man, Givlug activity n Jite’s great plan? Man Ia the master here, and holds dt wil} The forces of Nature in wotlon or still, Fire, wuter, and the air, We vee in service everywhere; Even the Uehining he liungs on n wire, And tralng it to priut with electrical dre, Bubtle und wise, he reuds in the rocks; Beanning the sutfuce, he learny to unlock The record uf agev, —In the dim visia of time Seeking the urigin of things sublime, He ventures to teaverse llinmitable vpace, And rldes on the lfght in hls efforty (o traco ‘Tlte courre of the sturs us they whirl on thele way, Notlog with cdre If they wander astroy. Thus, In oll the yearw of (ho ceutury goue, Inall the contticis lost und won, Tn all the struzgles for Trnth und Right, ‘The record rhows we'vo waged o good fight, And now whiat shall the harvest yleld o Ve reaners of thly sbonnding teld? Shull they gather of tho fruite of Deace? Buall they In knowledze und skill ncreaset Shall they preserve with sacred care “[liw glorious country, vo free und falr, Molaliz on high its ked, White, and Hlue, Awu il to protect the Loyl and Trugy Or will they betray i truet ¥o great, And warte in atrife 8 noble estute? Qur prayer 1s, that it shall not be, Tint that Peace ahall reign on land and sca; And that the smoke uf o heated campalyn Bnall be dispelied, aud harmony relg “Trusting that s righteons God May withhold the chastening rod, We'lll, this morn the new-born Vesr, ¥ th hope, with doubts and fear; But lot us, as our Fotuers stood, . Stand by the Right- for U Goad, Aud now, ws wothink of the tmey vone by, We will promise to do, or at least we will try, Tlie beat we can to husten the duy, By woskig end wislung, —(f need be, we'll pray,~ For prosperiy wnd tines that are good, X nly sbundunce of fuod, cls and buzzing of vuws, t 1, and Hberal taws, thut pertaine to theifty ways, Pienty, good heafthi, s length of daya; Aud thien, If there 1n anyting more That we can add to your stuck or sture, 18 may be lu thla, u Tamillar cheer, As we wlal youshl u o aipy N Year. Weat Deveie, W, Jan. 1, 1877, C. A Wiseano, ——— ST. JOSEPH, MO. B7. Josery, Mo., Dee, 81.—The press of this city will to-morrow publsh their annual trade reviews of the city for 1878, From the statistics at hand the pust year has been one of murkea impuortance to the Western trade, which shows a steady and rellableIncrease over thie past year, The editiuns of the olty pancrs are very vom- ?lc!t {u their compilutlon of reports, and show hat the wholesale business of the ¢lty has been over $23,000,000, un excess over last year of about 20 per cent, and while hurd times have Leen plamly viible iu other sections of the country liere, there bas not been a single ailure In the wholesale trade, and thuse In the retall trade have been comparutively few, aud even less thun in 1575, The visible ‘cause of this i3 owlng to the rapld settlement of the country west, aud the steady fuercase of trade therewith, The Guzette's roinpllation of reports exceeds unything heretufore publisbed fu the ity aud fills t pagzes. e ————— SUGGESTIONS, To the Editor of The Tridune, Cnicaao, 1L, Dec, 81.—1 would trespass on your columnns only to the extent of making two suggestivng in connection with the late rallroad calamity, aud these suggestions are as follows: First—Require rallroad companies, Ly the strictest enforcement of law, ot ouly to have their bridyes regnlarly fuspected by corrpeteat eogiocers, but to Mave the streugth of the bridjzes tested, a3 ofted as Ls necessary, b{pflu— fug o special traln of trucls, loaded “witl rlz- frun, uver each of them of tule: the welght of any truin likely to pass over., Second—Cowpel w1l railroad companics to eltber do away With atoves or to have thewm so constructed that, fu cave of the falllng or over- turnivg of cars, the fire ta the stoves aud lawps would be Instantly put out by belng immersed In water. Tanks or reservoits, holding & sufl ficlent quantity of water to put out hre fn a stove or lamps, couldd be bullt under cach stova and lamp on the traln, with a sliding 111, so that in casc of atraln falling throngh a bridge or golng over an embankment, the “fires woull Le vut out before the final crash and’ consequent wreck ol the tratn, 1t seems to me that the frightful loss of life Inr the recent aceident was due more to the de- stritetion of the cars by fire after they wers swrecked, than to the actinl falling and wrecking of the traln, Let ua have no more avoldable railroad disastes Respeettully, V. e e — THE WEATHER, Wasmxaron, D. C, Jan. 1—1 2. m,.~—For the Upper Lake region light snow, followed by partly cloudy aud colder weather, northerly to westerly winds, and fu the nortlern portioss rising barometer. LOUAL OIIIIVATIGSI- "Mastmum fhermometer. 23t mininium, 5, 1 =Midnight, e eather: ALL OVINERS of old Wheeler & Wilson sewing-machines should call at the office, 165 State atreet. The Company are prepared to exchange with oll thelr old custom. ers on very reasonable terms, and give them a new wachiuc athil better than the old, and far in sde vance of any other, B e ol S BOSTWICK—DELMORE—Dec. 311, at 01 Doug- las-av., by the Hev. Heney T, Miller, Mr, Sprague !Cfimllo“llwlcl‘ and Miss Emma E, Delmore, gfll of cago, 3 DEATIEN, UARPER—AL the resfdence of his mather, No. A8 Thirty-seventhi-at., Dec, 21, from the accldon- ta1 discharge of a toy plstol, Arthur 8, J,, younge est von of Marearet Jackson and the late 'E. 1, Iarper, aged 14 years, Notice of funetal to-morrow, : cpq"mlumom and Cumnbridge papers plense opy. BONNELI~In Fort Madlson, Ia,, Dec. B, of diphtherin, Zols, only ddughter of Willlam H. and ‘):Iflury L. Bonnell, aged 2 yeurs 6 months ond 16 ¥8. COURTNEY—0On the morning of Dec. 31, Laura Ellzabeth, youngest daughter of Thomas and Sarab £. Courtney, Funeral on Tuesdoy, Jan. 2, at 11 n. m., from the resldence of the parents, No. 463 Carroll-av, BEARDSLEY—~On Sunduy evening, Dec. 81, Jomes Jerome, cldest fon of Jeroms 5 and Car- tie C. Beardvley, nged O years 2 montha and 26 nys, Our ** Buddio™ is #afe In the arms of Jesus, STANTON—At hin late residence, 116 Ewing- #t., on Dee, 31, Timothy, brother of Jobn and Yatrick Stunton. Funeral Wednesday, Jan, 3. from bis restdence, at 10 0., horp, by cartinges 19 Jeault Church for mues, thende cars to Calva metery. Frlends of the family fvite . 5y Sematery .. MEDICAL. Sohenck's Pulmonic Byrup, ea~Weed Tonic, and Mandrako Pills, These descrvedly celebrated and popular medicines have effected revolutlon fu the heallog set, and provdd the fallacy of seversl maxine which have for many years obstructed the progress of medical sclence, The falve suppositton that ** Consumgtion e Incurable™ deterred physicians frum attemptiog to tnd remedies for that disease, and potients atlifcted with ft recons cfled themacelves to death without making an effort to estape frum a doom which they supposed to be une avoldable, 1t ta now proved, howover, that Contump- tlun can be cured, and (hat It hasbeen'cured tua very great numberof cascs (come of them spparently den perate oncal, by Selienck's Putimonle 5yrup alone; and 1n other cases by the samo medicinein conucction with Sehenek's SeacWeed Tuule aud Mandrake Pllls, one or both, nesurdtug tu the requirements of the casc, Dr. chenek limself, who enfoyed unlnterrupted goud health fur wore than forty years, was supposed Bt one ((ne fo be a3 the Yery gate of death, his physl- «lang having pronoinced his case honeless, snd abane fat nforesatd since hls recovery, many thousatds tiave used Dr, Schedek's preparations narkabile = 3 oWy, cach, aking (t not abeo- b persotiaty aeé Ur. scheurk uiless st thowr Tunies cxemiy protessionully at his Sixen and Aveliest, wiiere all leticrs for Schenck's ediein, rigeipal office. curnet delplia, every Monduy, It be gucd TR OB GOl &760, 08 ond 70 Wabnsh-av. REGULAR TRADE SALE, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 9:30 a, m., DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, A SUPERIOR SHOWING, UOEQ. P. GORE & CO., Ancl(nn:em__ FIRST BOOT & SHOE SALE OF 1877. i Wednesday, Jan. 3, at 0:30 a, m,, A few more accounts of destrable Douts aud Shoes, of all Kinds, fur winter wear, Must be sld thls date to watfary the calle for iuney of ur consiznars, and wa Ill\‘llln‘thl e lhmlh' all Close and shrewd bLuyers 1o “xauitue for et . 00l & co., 03470 wa On THURSDAY, Jan. 4, at 10 o'clock, 40 FIRST-CLASS OUTTERS, Une sud two-seat ond Plush-Lined, Sale punl‘mned on aecount of uon-arrival, occa afoned by the storm, (. I'. GORE & C Auctrs, ~ “EXCELSIOR.” WM. A. Butters & Co,, (ENTADLISIIED JANUARY 18580). ATUTUCTIONERRS, 118 & 120 Wahash-av,, Wil bold regular Trade Sales during the year 1877 &4 folluws: lnlj an s wod Bl Hpecinl Halea, ovwy llatss Caps, ture, Carpets, Ol Clogh HG A e R ry Goady, Woal y i G ot diaclpase Closkiun Friday—Npreel malvs, urfi:yl‘ru."umn? ‘Carpets, and General Mere! i Misocellaneous Books AT AUCTION, TUES_DA ¢ Jaa. 2, 8L 2 o'clock p. m., 8% 4 by ‘II and 120 Wabash. White Granite and Yellow Ware, Table Cutlery, Glassware, Plated Ware, Carpets, &c., &e., T 4 Jan. 3, 8t 10 'clocl WEDNESDAY, ¥22 8% 19 ceoeta, mo BUTTEBRS & 008 Regular Trade Sale. THE USUAL FULL LINES OF DRY GOODS, WUO! CLOTHING, BILKS—DRESS GUODS, SILK HDKFS,, 2 EMBROIDERED SILK SCARFS CAIIDIGANS, JOSIERY, FURNISHING GOODS BOUTSH, SHOES, JATS,-ULOVES, MITTS, FURS, &0 THURSDAY Mo JAN, 4, AT9:30 O'CLUCK, AT THEIR 5ALESROOMS, COB® | XD MADISOS: By JAS. P, McNAMARA & Co., 117 Wabash-av., N. W. cor. Madison-at. 1,600 CASES BOOTS AND SHOES AT AUCTION, Tuesday Morping, Jau. 2, &t 9:30 o'clock. JA McNAMARA & Co Auctlonsers. CONFECTIONERY,. e CELEBRATED throughout Unlon- ased losll fepiepabatiiy _Aa«), e }fel B, Address at il’!(l‘.l_i.l’\' 'HER, Contes caso. e — PEMFUMERY, A 23-cent slze of the exguidie 99 hiin N sow sl BURE A%t Mkl “rasim Chicage, “MAR