Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 4, 1877, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1877—SIXTEEN ~ PASTIMES. 1 { League Alliance Phn and Its Advantages ; Considered. i The i sional Reminiscences of tha Yational Association of Ten Years Ago. : Profits of the Game in Phil- e = adelphia Shown Up. 4 Budget of Notes for the ‘Semi-Professionals. pacing Record of 1876-- List of Winning Sires. ) by the Septilateral Stewards will Meet the Board of Arbitrators. g3 Propesed Tllinois Game Law, and the Changes 1t Will Work. (ollected Xotes from Wresiling, Row- ing, Billiards, and Other Sports. BASE-BALL. . 1P LEAGUE ALLIANCE TLAN, womopzed by A G. Spalding, hasnow been be- fate the public several weeks, and has received e sention of nearly all the clubs which are br their plap and organization prepared to ooy it or eome other plan to gmin the ends stichit promises. Further than a general sug- pation that the idea seemed a zood one, TRE JRIBCNE has mOL pasted on the plan, or dis- esecd it, and it Seems proper JUst now to offer 4 fex thouehts sbout it under its name of Yearee Alliznce. It isuot, of course, necessary 1pmeotivn that the dlass of clubs which stand petween the Leazue and the purely amateur or- ginstions need some * protection from each Sfber. Admitting that, an association to take in ol spplicets was proposed, but the moment st fies came down from the region of gen- anlities to the bardpan of practicability it s seen to be uppleasantly defective In several resects, nd, tough it bas never yet progrese- o farenoagh to admit of criticfsm as to detail, et theniter failure to arrange those details so 1etobe free from objection is in itself a confes- siopof fnherent weakmess. The agreement for the Leasue Alliance comes to the clubs in full prowtb, and promises them some advantages which they could not get clsewhere. Not the Jesst of these is the fact that it permits each dob member perfect freedom to conduct its business matters on the best business prin- dples. It separstes entirely the businees aspect from soy allegiance 10 other clubs, other than that which it owes under jts contract. Then it becomes 2 matter of poliev—of the best busi- pess polley—for each ctub to make itself 50 at- tractive by streneth and popularity thatit shall bessofien as possible solicdted to play,as being desirable sntagonist. Such a reputation is momey tothe cub thst owns it, but it cannot poseibly be gained in 8 mixed and miscellaneous ganizstion, for there the best and strongest tute sre by thefr membership in an asiociation obliged, to a certain extent, to carry alone and belster up the weak and ill-man- wed brothers. A perfect association would be onewhere all the clubs were of the same exact streagik, but, since that is clearly impossible, thepext best thing is one where all the pro- visionis which tend 1o tie the stronz man down totbe weax are removed, and each pushes on to dothe best he can, with the surety that what he does far Limeelf will not be unjustly shared by mother. As a natural consequence of this idea, ftappears that the possibllity of antagonism is wvoided, 2nd there will not and cannot be any struggling and pushing for the possession of the * power to govern another and make him do mv&hin_g for you without recompense. The thing which Tae TaIBUNE believes will 2esult in more good than any other to the mem- berzof the Allisnce is that their.very member- #hip will resalt in freeing them from the danger of poverament by demagogues. It is mota Plesssot thing 1o ssy of the national fame, but it iz true, that it was & one time roled by as arrant a setof quacks and pretenders as ever invaded soy pursmit. Many of those men passed away whenthe Leagae bezan to govern the mime, ‘but their worthy successors are plenty, and are gm: then anxions to gei a coustituency. l2rdly enything could hurt the game of base- ball mere than to have the, growing clubs and promisiog plavers under any but wise sad Poper goverment. It may be said that this iind of euperintendence can be had in an Asso- d:flon% 2lmost a5 well as in the Alliance, but Ismdenfly_m error; the base-ball man- ifi&nn}fauun on every strect-corner, and if ® Assoxdation were formed as proposed and :mm the hands of the best men in its ranks t:’mfldbefllc work of years to weed out the dnbmthe good. There is not a successful bl country that Lias not passed through e hands of @iflerent. men before the rieht one ummdled.‘ Men with crude _theories and un- ¢ positions are always tried first. In op- Nmm tn})t}s the Alliance offers the combined e 2nd Sriendship of the best and most sac- T Men in the history of the game. L e-e Is ove thing which has been necdlessly w)::l{;;;nlngflb’ szainst the Alliance— a ‘“close corporation,” 2 1tat onlra clocen few clubs were 0. be fo- HS ‘Tais is groundless, and every club of tharcter to niced the Alliance fas been anw ¥ made welcome if it chose to join. The Ealgoer outof the fact that when Mr. B hfirx& pat his plan in shape he suomit- 41t Lor enseestions of amendment to_certain ‘”-Nmmm& ¥ith whom he was personaily ac- e *32 was by one of them prematurely i ped, end thus rame the idea Of exslusion, by finunm of the plan. It is sufficient L D0 exclusion was or is intended. g"m:ml ides of 1be League has been often m‘;fiunh in the way of elevating the mm g e Lighest plage of vropriety and de- Ty o Lokies wo wore than half 3 glance to 8} the whole afforts of the League will be e to helping the Alliance to assume ibe wd 10 Sh.ErOUD, 10 deserve the sauie sApDOTt, Caty mand the same respect apd reeomition. fmpoare e 4 doubt thac these are advantages M?vmb'c to be gained outside the Leasue Tae succe. i # ss of the movement is assured, and el Lefcre the season opens, be signed by W of the clubs who old hiza rank m”?""!w e temi-professional class. To show wfimsm:;l ‘the best mavagers 2nd club av- e of ink of the plan, extracts from 2 bl Jetters are submuited. The first is I vb of the ctrongest clubs outside . the Qur club recognizes i enizes the fact that all its games Toha 0¢ Plaved codet and fn eccordance with the be expyited by the Lesgne. which they believe to foot. Ther esire that there shoald bea hy 5o g S disputes between clubs, and will r“‘!:o ‘b that enconrages revolving. jleace we 23 wpeod Fedsan to prevent us (row co-operat- Syl Lezgn, Lion in these three im- Pradenoltens. Quz position i that'of sn, nde- g o Orcaai -ations. dib:m-_y xohpmmobe the highest Lmfi',:f“ the pubiic and to add 1o i o 223cany as possible s much mones 13 S expen: o) —{n do this it o dc:l] xmlrl.v , Leagne or non- e. It hae Tef € menharehy b the burde s, Teip could 1t obtain tue privilese, fin’g:."‘"" wili not_enter into 2 combpination 1hag 120%€ ¥hO geem to have no objecs ahead other 0 maxe warfare on the League. c. : “-m;fl;r duby which has had e successful ex- i:‘f L eeseral vears, is vhus represented by 27e carefu]l; en Iy read your plan for the fovern- Sontol fuch cluisay Gurs, and. aleo submitied 15 fuad scociates, znd we e all satisded that it Is oAt we want, and 1 ehall beartily ume it Cipg 51 published n the Clipper a3 ope of the U nee of 2nti-Lezgue echeme. I would our name is wholly uusuthorized. . 2y that | As far as we arc con 4 e concerned, we look upun the Lezgoe s our +“big brother. from whowm we can oy to play bl aud who will i timeof need Beside the zbore lettere, e, Which show glearls whit their anthors fniend to P Leagle clubshave this weck received notice that the Indimapolis and Milwaukec Clubs hare ni‘sfie ixu s h_un:mce azreement. The Secretary’s Tt e case of the Indianapolis Club is as ke Indianapolis Base-Ball Clab has signed gicement known as the Leme Miiagce, 1o Tides ibagrecs to play under the Leazue playlng Phas ot ko eacontage rovalsing by hiringaway® s ';abx; &.n&re fr“v‘! " parties to the azrcement, iR BonfE o oo e e At the same time the Indianapol] w mapolls Club sends : 1:5 ex;:}wnncemcnzu of the contracts -of its BOME MORE REMINISCEXOES. \éi’sig“"d" Tag TRIBUNE published what it cen;:i\- to be, fn a general way, the facts con- ing the National Aesoclation of 1867. The fentleman who was chiefly _referred u} the artide makes the followin, gy. which s, of course, given. It ngin :fi some critfcista, which, however, would s ect the truth of the assertions made. mese are subject to such review as may be )nirepvi‘rpcrcuw:'. Apart from its character as % PIV; some parts of the letter are interesting as givingan idea of the * associations’ of a dec- ade ago. .;:ollnwlng is the letter: the Bditor of The Tribune. ; incu-:n:cm]o. Teb. 3.—In your isse of last Sunday, In the columu, dovoted to base-ball newe, I find ], hame ueel 1o point & moral snd adorn & __Rminmuclgg? with the following so-called 1l fm)oesfble for the ball- SRR o o 0 bperen of e St or theold hews may remember e scheme of *hen & man In KookTou, 1. uds hloielf Into a Con sentlon. He wrote all Gier the. State, SRl Rt e, of SHE themm & doiar from cars oo Armed wit! Armed wich the docume 2§ w asking_proxies thas year. £ach club o ety Eafinnes 5 exrentes. ats (and = Selegate (o mame SEebate More. bton Grips L ol B o B3 way E 3 e Jofica Torces with :T’ mg;. o 16a ocn me’ tu" Otro. Proxtes ot The Fwo. forsd”an miiamee. snd proceeded onward to the place Whert they fousd, sav, thirly fo Bis asheenmes - Oa counting noses It was found that ‘sbour 400 clubd were gbn‘jfll an at ckford and Clevelznd had 8 glear maority of sil present {n thelr Urkeches pockets e sest of the crowd might talk. but they voted. ‘Well, to shorten the story, Gricgs, of e President of the Associstion, and Gliier oficen a3 far 35 Phey WOUIA o) SEscTaIng o Bl gelf the trifiing advantage of printing the book of rules. That was the milk {n the nut, and out of bis shrewd operatfon Griges is £aid 10 hove nerted s pretty sum. veles from which ia UieE en sntotiuiony. © buadie of Now, Tdo not know who this Waite s, baven't the faintest idea what iniquity he é;;yml:% contemplating, from tho perpetration of which you scek to direnude bim by bolding me upas an *‘aw- fal example"': bnt 1 cannot consent fo eerve even in_this uefn] capacily under lalee pretenses, and a duc regard o the trath of history compels me to prononnce the abose guoted ** Remniscences,” alrmoet without exceptlon, purely fictitions. Let me specify: (1) 1t id not true that in 1867 or '6S (or in any other vesr)l made myself into 8 convea- tion. (2) It Is not true that T wrote o, or received a proxy from, sny base-ball clob in this State to reprecent such club in convention. (3) The ‘whole number of clubs represented in the Tilinols State Convention of 1838 Dby which the delegates to the National Couvention were selected was not **200 or 80, bat Afiy-five exactly. (4) Itis not true that I received a dollar from ‘any club ‘‘to defrsy expenses.” My ex- Denses as a delegate to the National Convention at Fhiladelphis mere borne bt myeelf, and the only funds collected from the clubs belonging {0 the Btate Ascociation were those required by the con- entution of the National Association, to be paid in a8 annual does, smonnting to 52 for each club. (3) 1did not pass throngh Cleveland on my way to the Convention, snd there was no Cleveland man in thelatter bod¥. (6) 1t is nota fact that **Rock- ford and- Clevelsnd, ™ or Ohio and Illirols com- bined, had & msjority of the votes in Conventlon. (7) Ttisnottruethat 1 ‘‘made the man from Cleveland President of the Association,” ete. The proposition_ta give that_ofticetos Western man originated with the New York City. delegates, and thegentleman elected, 1n addition to the votes of Wisconsin, Illinois, snd Indiana, received a hearty support from the Eastern delégutes and was chosen by a large majority. (8) 1t lsnot troe that 1 reserved for myeelf the printing of the rules, eic. The Committee op Printing, composed most- Iy of Eastern men. invited proposals for the printing, apd I1bid for the same in competition with 2 namber of others ana received the work be- cause my bid was the lowest. It istrae that the “ignm netted " was ¢ pretty "—small. Somuch by way of negation. And nmow, Mr. Editor. if you will indulze me, T will give, in as ‘moderate compass as possible. some of my **rem- 1miscences™ of the Northwestern and Illinois Base-Ball Associations and their relations with the National Association in 1867-', the palmy days of the nationsl game, when *‘the moise of the cap- caing and the shoating " were heard in every ham- fet, throvghout the country. “Prior 16 1867, a3 vou will recollect, the *‘Na- tiona] Associstion of Base-Ball Piayers * was com- osed almost exclusisely of representatives of tern clubs, not more than four or_five Weetern orranizations, 1 think, being includea in the mem- bership at any one time. _The constitution rocog- nized nono bt club_represcniation, £nd made Do provision for proxies. This effectaally debarred Our Western clubs from any participation in_the conventious, for very few of thewm could afford to Dear the expense of ending deleates to New York oz Philadelphia, where the” sessions wers nsuslly o To remedy this state of affairsand advance the interests of the game by promoting unity of action among its friends in_the West. the Northwestern Bake-Ball Association was orranized in 1860. Jn it were included clubs from_Ohio, Michigan, Indi- ana, Dilinofs, Miesonri, Towa. Wisconsin, and Midnesota. _Tts constitution was modeled after that of the X. A, B.-B. P., and the rules for play- ing were the same. At the sccond Convention of the Northwestern Association. held in this city in November, 1807, it was decideddo ask for representation in fhe Na- tional Aseociation. and Mr. B. K. Chambers and myself were selecied as delegates Lo that_body. We nttended the sessions of the Convention in Neéw York. and althongh, owlng to the constitational provision above spofien of, we were not allowed a Volce in its deliberations, ire were 7ery conrteous- 15 received and treated. and the constitution of the Arcociation was so amended a3 to provide for rep- Fesentation by State organ zations thereater, each State Asgociation to be represented in the Conven- tion by two delegates, who were catitled to caxt two votes for each club in the membership of their ‘Aueociation which shoald have peid itsunnual dues of 52 to the National As<oclati ‘This action superseded the Northwestern Asso- ciation and Jed to_the organization of ecparate State Asvociations ip its steud, and m 1SS the Tifinote State Base-Ball Association held itsiirst Couvention at the Brizgs House in thie city. Tn thut Gonvention ifty-five clubswere repreeenied. Their names I conld give here, but the records, whi are in my poseession, arc not at tliis moment ncc sible. The delezates sppoin 10 represcnt the State At Convention at Philadelphia wer me. of the Escelsior Club of Chicago. \riter, then of the Forest City Clab of “Rockford. For some reason Mr. Gillespic did ot attend, and 1 was the sole reresentative of Illinoi in the Con- Tertion,and duly sathorized ander the constitation of theN. A. tocast_the 110 votes to which the State was cntitled. Wisconsin, indiana, and Ohlo were represented In ‘mupner, Messre. Tread- way. Barber, and Sancs being te respective dele- fgates from those States. We were ndumitted to the fail pnvileges of meinberehip withoat a word of objection, althoush ft_was known that tbe four States named hud 4 clear majority of the Conven- tion Sands.was elected President of the As- sociation, and. o far as 1 am_ awarc, dlled the Ofice creditably. The wanuer in which the print- of the rules was awarded I havo fiready ex- plained. . Althouzh the Commitiee couid mot in Yuastice, have done atbenwize than they did. their action Fave riee to some direstiefaction. esnecially ‘Chadwick, with whose -plans it ma- Serialls interfered, and in a less degzet with a few oihere whose pride of locality was “distarbed and ho looked upen a Western imprint on the book of Tales 53 an unweicome ianovAtion. - "That the delegates controlling the Convention were legally apd fairly elected by bodies recormized Ty the National Association capnot be Eenied That they exercised their legitimately-scquired ower in & rpirit of fairness aud moderation to- Bard all cections will be conceded, X think, by all who are familiar with tae procecdings of the Con Vantion and the changes mede by it In the rules for ihe succeeding season. E. H. Grioes. THE PROFITS OF THE GAME I~ Hlfl--\'qlib!’l!u. The one thing which has given the advocates of the Athletic Club more satisfaction than any- Thing else in the world is tbe fact that Phila- Uelphia is the best ball city in the country, and that, in cxpelling the Athletics, the League cut much Jtent, aud the Mercury has repeatedly gloated ou;’t’he fact and held it up: and the precions pair have dauced around it. and Jaughed atit, D24 tickled over it, 2nd they would have pub- Jished cuts of it if it bud been easily suscertible of Sllgerration. It has formed the staple of article after article, until it scems almost & pity fo advance a few hard, dinty facts 1o distarb the dreams of Fitzy .and the wonderful SWright. The arithmetica) sabstance is that the Chicazo Club plaved the Athletics, in Philadel- hia, in 1674, and took -an ‘averace of $123 per Eame, which was the smallest average paid by Any club In the country. ‘The other four clubs Ihan in the East paid 2t the rate of $100 per game for games on their own grounds. In 1875 e Athictic Clab received the Chbicagos in Philadelphia, and azaio ‘paid ‘the smaliest aivi- dend of any club ip the country, ¥IZ. $70 per o a5 azainst §120 per game {rom every otaer fium club. In h:{fi ;h& C‘aii‘moc:s vfifi"& :].\ tronger and better-known ; n}l:ln:fl :weng‘t games in the East- The five Ath- otic games yielded ap average of $113_per mame (the “figures were exactly 3150, £1%75, S154.47 4§75, and _SITi5), and the other fifteen games gave $5,600, or ge of sfi7 per came. Does this Took a5 if it would be jmpossible to live swithont playing in Philadelpbla—the citv which Mives less than ome-third the retums of any e e oho country! Lest it shonld bosaid that {his does not cover enough ground, it 1s essy to o g up the fizures for the last tbree years, when will be seen tbat the Athletic Club has shelled out an average of only §103 per game for all that time, as against au average of $219 by the other cities in :: East. Perhaps it may be pos- sible for persons not absolutely blind to sec from these figures (which are in every case offi- cial) that it is time the Athletic Club took to itself the wings-of the mormng, and flew away to the nttermost parts of the earth. It has lost the respect, thezsupport, and even the pity, of the friends of {fie game In_Philadelphia, and shonld %Vc way to some honest organization backed by reputable men. : S THE ARITHMBTICAL PROSPECT. ‘The Cincinnati Enquirer man has cast a horo- scope for the future, and prophesied the stand- ing of the nines in 1877 a5 sccurately as it could Y{asslbl ¥ be done from the material at haod. e has taken the batting and fieldme averages af the players engaged, and from them figured up the probable eifoctiveness of the nines.” The result is the following table: ——BATTING— —FIELDING— Percentage of Percentage of base-hits per chances ac- Clubs. timés at_bat. cepted. Chicigo 24 : Boston.. “780 St. Lont 882 Cincinn: 778 Tartford. 28 Louisville’ 815 Without wishing to cast discredit on the table, it is proper to remember that Mr. Chase made up the ssme kind of a table last year, and the campaign didn’t carry it out worth a straw. TWO FOR THE RIGHT. The Philadelphia Mercury, in order toget a chance to blackguard a gentieman, introduces o paragraph with these words: * Bechtel was not only not expelled from the Lesgue, but, more- over, did not play with cither the Mutuals or Athleticslast eeason,so that it was not the cause of their expalsion.” The facts about the Becl- tel matter are so well known that the above is aboutequivalent totelling every ball-playerinthe country that he dow’t know Wwhat lie i3 talking about.” Bechtel was dropped from the Louis- ville Club under circumstances of so suspicious a character that he could not get a *clean bill.” He afterward eo implored ond begged of the Louisville management that they gave hine a dismissal. Armed with that, he pfayed s while in Jackson, Mich., and then went to New York, where he cntered into the service of the Mutual Club and played two games with them azaiust the Athletics, Aug. 17_and 19, 1876. A1 Wright, the author of the above quoted paragraph, cao- not be igmorant of thesc games, because they ere played in Phitadélpbia under his ese. The publiccan therefore farm thelr own judgment of his honesty, especially When they are chroni- cled in full in the Clipper, of which paper hels the Philadelphia correspondent. Al Wright comments as follows on the condi- tion of base-ball in Phflnde]rhh: “The powers that have heldsway in the Athletics in thelast few years have lowered the Club’s name and reduced it to bankruptey. That there is something rot- ten in the state of affairs needs not the wisdom of n phtlosopher to_discover.” Very truel A righteous judgment! But when the inquirer pushes his restless luvestization into the nature of the “powers * who have bursied the Athletic Club, he finds in the front row Al Wright him- self, of whom an officer of the Club said to the writer: Ob, we bave to kecp him, and wemake bim Secretary of the Cluo o us to have an ex- case to pay him $300 a year, and that keeps his paper on the right side.” Does sny one doubt where the “samethingrotten was?" From what was seen of Thompson last year, it is proper to say that he was far above thie former heads of the Club. It was not Thompson but the ele- ment represented by Wright that caved in the Athletic Club. NEWS FROM THE SEMI-FBOFESSIONALS. Dave Pearson, of iast_year’s Circinnatis, will play with the St. Louis Red Sox next year. Tusbidy, shortstop for the Rhode Islands last year, has received a call 1o join the Stars of Syracuse. Mutrle, of last year's Fall River Cluo, bas been icvited to select a team to bear the same ‘pame in 1577, Tt is thought that the Live Oaks of not join any association of clubs, referring rathr to act independently.—Boston Herala. The Live Oaks and Lowells areslow in gather- ing nines for the approaching campaign. ~There is some goodl material left yet, however, but msy not be loong. It turns out that the assertion that West was to play with the Bostons was merely Chad- wickian. He is now booked for the Alleghe- neys, of Pittsburg. It is sald thay Clack of last year’s Cincinnatis would like to play with Arthur Cummings in Lynn. Clack is a fine fielder, and plays second fairy, but is not very strong at the bat- Harry Dean, who umpired many of the es pleyed here last year, was often unjustly cen- sured by the spectators for not doing justice to the home club, as they thouzht, but Mr. Dean is 2 splondid player aud_nnderstands the game thoroughly, and his decisions in most cases were just. He shoald bein the umpire’s posi- tion often this season.—/ndlanapolis Sentinel. The “Tecumschs, of London, Can., are cred- jted with a strong nine, an jmprovement even on last year's good team. Goldsmith will piteh and Puwers catch, with Bradley, of last Bcason's Bostons, at first base; Somervitle, of the Louisvilles, at second; Doescher, of the Buckeyes, at third; and Knodell, of the New Havens, short stop. The Chicago Fidld has a letter from Rochester giving the names of the foilowing players who Will, it is said, comprise the vine from ta ity for the coming season: Tipper, . f., from Live Oaks and Stars; Batler, p., from Fall River; Parroy, 5. 5., Stars and’ Auburzis; Pond, from Rochester; Simmops, 1st b., Buckeyes; Brady, 54 br, from Rhode Jsluna; Madden, 31 b., from Stars; LufL, ¢ L., from New Havens: Shattuck, T. 1., Live Oaks; Ceskin, c., Live Oaks and du- burns. The above team will, it is said, be uu- der the management of G. W. Brackett, who claims to futend to_enter the League. —ToE TiBUSE doesn’t mind saing that it doubts the schemes it has no fuith iu Brackett. A correspondent in Guelph, Canada, sends o list of the nime which tle Maple Leaf Club of that city will put in the ficld the coming season, and which, he says, will be backed byagoud stock cowpany. The team will be: Scott Hastings, of the Lauistilles, ¢ 5 Sullivan, of the Detroit Atnas, p.; Lapham and ° Gillespie, Chicago eraduates, 1b. and 2 b.; Dixon, of last year's Faunton (Mase,) Club, 3D.; Welsh, of last vear’s nine, & 65 T.Suwith, of the fiions, L£.5 W. Smith, o Lynn will , of last year's nige, ¢ I.and chauge E Hotaling, of thé fiions, 1. £. and change c. This will be s strung team, and will render more even the' brisk contests between the Maple Leafs and Tecumsehs 1for the champlonship of Canada. Last season the Tecumsehs won the emblem, but were closely followed by the Maple L "This year the Guelph Club stand a good Cuance to win, i they can gret, the hang of Gold- smith's curves. They have done a wise thing in Jeayine ol Keerl, who is, cunously enouzh, oue of the best players n the business in practice, But somehiow cannot hold his gnp in a close and exciting game. The Maple Leaf mansgeent @il o wice thing when they tried to enzatre Quini, of this city, for_catchier, and they would have been fer off with him thau with Hastings, the latter being somewhat shaky in fhrowing to bases. TE SCRAP-TEAP. Charley Gould has bren engaged by Jr. Keck as financial manager and club-scorer of the Cjo- cinuatis. Chadwick s comiog arouna Learue-wass. It is rough on the old nian, but he tinds it best to be on the right side.—St. Louis Hepublican. A game on the ice was talked about a few days awo, but the Chicago Clab management foroade any of its players taking part, aud that broke up the plan. Peters has_contributed to the art-gallery of the Chicazo Cinb s photozraph of a round-faced baby with & look of wisdom far beyond bis years. He'is a striking picture of ‘nis god- tather. «Bon™ wants to know “how lively the ball for next year is to be.” It will be almost ex- actly the same as the one furnished by the Chi- cazd Club tor. all its games on the Chicago grounds. A “Fielder” asks, “How maspy games of [ base-ball did the Boston Red Stocking Clab wiu from the Chicazo Club in 15761 _duswer—One, the last of the series, played in Chieago, Sept. 23; score, 100 9. The Ciipper is of the opinion that the Chelseas of Brookiyn are stronz enouzh tocnter the Leazue yice the Mutuals. They will have ainong their nine Clare, Rule, Hayes, Cassidy, and Hourigan,—hardly sirong enough to enter the League with. The Cincinnati and Louisville papers are pok- ing jokes at the Times, of the former city, be- cause it nomounced Helivar as one of tlie Red Stocking team. No doubt this nickname was invented for the purpose of getting a fling at Hallinan because be is a Chicago boy. An impression has somelow gone ont that the leace of the White Stocking grounds to the Fairbanks Club will vacnt their being played on by other amateur clubs of the city. This the Fairbanks wish cenied. The grounds will be open 1o all clubs who wish to use them on the same terms tuey were Jast year. Cherokce™ Fisher wishes to go on record as atterly denving that he sold the game between the Detroit/Etnas_and Milwaukee West Ends, as has been alleged on the anthority of the Mil- ‘waukee fig::glflg Fisher claims that he was playing firsi e fn that game, and that, al- though he made errors, he did not miss a single «hance until the other side had made ten runs. Tle also desires to deny that he ever acknowl- edged any steal. It §s pretty well settled that Fulmer will play 1vith the Louisvilles azain next year. He signed with them, then_received his release, and mow will very sro\mbly take another contract. The only wonder is tlint the club didn’t play him at tialrd base last season. With a little practice he is one of the best men in the countryin that position, He has becn credited with’ an inten- _tion toplayin Rochester, but that Is improbable. The Clipper says: *‘George Hall is fn Brook- 1{: “Ho gays the Athletics owe bim 81,200, and hat the Boston Club is the only one that ever Daid him his salary in full. Unless he can get his terms from a Leazuc nine, he will play with a semi-professional at half rates.”” Tn the name of all that is merciful tell, ob, tell us what those terms are. May be two or three clubs like the Chicago and St. Louis could club together and make up the sum and secure the services of Mr. Hall—to tend the new patent turnstiles. Those Eastern journals who shake their fists and make up faces because * THR Cmicaco TRIBUNE has beep selected o5 the organ of the League,” are respectfully desired to put their hanus again on toe shears and resume a placid coantenance. The League doesn't want an or- gan, and couldn’t sceure THE TRIBUNE if it did.” This psper publishes all the ball news it can grer, if of Eeneml interest—and it manages to get a good deal. What it thinksabout * Meas- urcs aud men? cannot_bo dictated by the League—nor yet by Mr. Waite. The official announcements of engagement recefved since last Sunday are of AL C. Dorgan and A. F. Croft with St. Louis, and G. W. Latham and George Shaffer with Louisville. Concerning Dorgan, one word of explanation: The Globe-Democrat ussnils this column by name and title, because it dared to say that Dorzan was not going to St. Louls. The only thing to e explafned is that TuE TRIBUNE tried to fol- low the fortunes of Dorgzu by Erinllng the variousstatements abous him until they came too thick. The St. Louis Club could at any time have séttled the guastion of doubt by sending on the notice of the player’s enoazement to the Seeretary. Now that the official annonncement has been made, the waiting world sinks again to pesceful rest. The outiook is in the West for more and bet~ ter clubs than ever before. The strupgle for the championship of different sections will be a lively one, and nowhere is there more interest and rivalr%han among the amateur clubs of Chicago. The Amateur Association was quite successful last season, thongh it did not play sl its games. The comln&i year it will probably consist of fally as mang ubs as last year, and me should result. Tk strength v lies mainly between the Fairbanks, the Franklins, and the Acmes. Tast year there was a curious depletion of the best strength of the amateurs to help clubs through- out the West who wanted one ortwo hired players in their teams. All through the season Quinn was busy shipping players, and might have been called u supply aent without much exsggeration. If the samc demand does not break up the teams this year some excellent games will take place. The annual mcezin§ of the Amateur Association will take place April THE TURF. REVIEW OF THE TURF IN 1876. Spectal Correspondence of The Tridune. Nrw Yors, Feb. 1.—*Erik,” the sporttog editor of the New York World, will next week issue in book form a condensed history and sum- mary of the American turf during 1876, giving the Winning borses, stables, and sires. From advanced sheets the correspondent of THE SN~ DAY TRIBUNE Is enabled tolay before its readers the most intercsting facts contained in the pub- Meation. There were run lsst year 777 races, in- cinding 71 steeple-chases aud hurdle-races, a5 compared with 931 the year previous, and 1,037 in 1574, the falling-off being due to the reduc- tion in the number of running contests at fairs and rural meet{ngs. Notwithstanding this, the total amount of money given was very little less than it was in previous years, ,the figures being $155,509 85 compared with $190,610 In 1675 end 2196722 fo 1874 The number of horses running was 670, of which 60, the get of 123 stallions, won first, second, or third money; the remaining sixty-one, the offspring of thirty-six sires, coutributing nothing to their owners’ revenues. There also ran, principally at rural meeting and short distances, 251 horses withous pedigrees, 109 of them winning money. With- out a doubt many of these figure o the liat of Thorses whose breeding is known, their identity having been concealed for fraudulent parpos There were very few frauds committed o the turf last year, if we except the Washinzton meeting, aod those over the Richmond, Pef: boro’, and Norfolk tracks. Two expulsions were chronicled, Barton, of the racing firm of Barton & Meainger, by the Savannah Club, and Ira Platnet, of the Chester Association of Cin- cinnatl. Ope prominent turfman died, Col. Thomas G. Bacon, of South Carolina. The dead hero, Lexington, displaces the im- ported Leamington at the head of the list of winning sires, his earnings exceeding $90,000, and beine almost. cqual to the combined earn- ings of the next three. A great number of his sous also figure in the list of sires, such as War- Dance, Asteroid; Norfolk, Kestucky, Vauxball, Pat Malloy, and Jack Melone, and any number of thie mares from which winners were bred were Lesington's. At a distance the Lexingtons swept the board; indeed, it is curious that none of tiem won at less thun a mile. Among them should not be omitted Foster, %ho, at the ageof 9, and after spending a couple of seasons at the stud, Capt. Moore vatched up so that he could win the great four-mile-heat race ‘at San Francisco. Virgll, a good horse, but much npeglected by breeders, comes sccond, thanks to the victories of Vigil, though his excellence is approved by the fact “tnat he had only seven representatives on tl track, five of them being Vigil, Vagrant, Vi ginins, Harry Hill, and Fair Play, who won twenty races, All the Virgils show remarkable meness. Leamington cotnes third on the list, bis -year olds not having been as successful Jast scason gs in previous years. The Austra- lians did not do as well as iy other seasons, and $5,500 of the $30,000 winnings was_obtained through the running second in the California four-mile-heat ra.es of Rutherford and Mattie A. The 2-year-olds of 1576 give no promise ol ‘another Springbok or Joe Damiels. Planet drops off a trifle, and Phaeton, who ion $250 in 1S and $12,700 in 157, advances azain to $16,050, the excellence of his sons, Ten Broeck, King Faro, and St Martin, making this fne” horst’s death, and the meglect of American breeders to patronize him, literally a calamity to the turl. Hisson Ten Broeck is probably entitled to be called the crack of the year, his reducing of the four-milo record from 7:193¢ to 7:15%, thongh he carried The light Western weight of 104 pounds, bei the sensation of the scason. War-Dance, ‘sixi n 1574 and 1575, is now seventh, his best repre- sentative beicg Clemmie G., Mr. A. Kceene Ricb- ards very good 3year-old, while Redman, in the same stable, also performed very creditably. Imported Bonuie Scotland, a most excellent sire, who only earned $4,000 in 1574 and $3,990 in 1873, advances to over $11,000, a number of excellent borses of his get ranning successiully, espocially the S-year-olds, Belle Meade, Bowm- bast, Battegate, Lelle Isle, etc. The first smu” o mile ot Louisville in 1uy, sad another in 1:Y two days later, Carrying 97 ponnds. OId Spindrift, as in 1574 and 1873, ieaded, tbe lst of aged horses win- Ring. Asteroid s the lastof the five-figure win- ners, his most distinzuished representative beisg the 'stout S-year-old Crecdmoor, who, in hi seven races, was first four times and secoad three. Of horses accredited with less than $10,000, Longfellow Is 5 new sire, and if_ he has many Sl sons g5 Leonard he will be as distinguished 3t the stud as hewas on the turf, Leonard. though suffering while on his Eastern tour, Wit~ ning three out of eight races, and beiog second twice. Monaay comes to the front witl Mollie McCarthy, a splendid S-year-old. who #ou evers. race she ran for, including four-mile heats in 7:83%, 7: . Vandal drops about 50 per cent, and Pat Mailoy falls from £10,9% to 26.800, owing to the death of Osage, the temporary retirement of Gen. Harney, and the breaking down of Ozark. Glenelg is_apotber new sirej bis 2-year-olds, espedially Tdalia and Eva Shir- Icy, being a promisinz lot. Mr. Belmont's im- ported filly Patience gives the English stallion Parmesan a good rank, and the Texan horse Rebel aguin_shows well. The last on the st is Endorser with 15, cootributea by —, a half- brother of the renowned Lonefellow! The following table gives thc_sires whose zet {ron $5,000 or Gver as compared with thelr win- nings in 1875+ 1675 82,245 8275 Imp. 64,518 Jmp. Australian. 41,218 Flanet.... 21,320 Tmp, Phacton 12700 yar Dance.. 37,881 Imp. Bonnie Scotl 3,900 Asteroid..... .- 16,895 Imp. 9,310 6,065 Statlion. 1876. 1873, orfolk 8,945 8,265 Eentuck: 6 . 120 onday. 8,300 675 Longfeil 8,430 mo colts Revolver. 8,152 10,320 Vandal . 7,610 15,800 Vauxhali. 0,945 5,625 Pat Matloy 6,800 10,995 Narragan: 6,650 1,825 Enquirer. 8,290 4,535 Tmp. Glenelz... .. 6,070 1o colts Parmesan (England) 5,850 ,200 Mclbourne, Jr. 5,750 815 Concord 3 6,850 Teebel. 6,52 Jack Malone. .. UL biato 5,690 Of the mmor winners are West Roxbury, with @iflSOL lssll;s_c__fls}!er, S}\;Tl:;x', t,B‘ el\ati,v 8625 Pl;:- genet, $275; imp. Billet, $350; Wagram, $185; Helmbold, $50; Phster, $30% and Pilgeim 850, The winnings of horses by unknown sires amounted to $11,430. Dickens leaps from $200 to $4,735; Dr. Lindsay from $35 to $4,630; Gil- roy drops from $10,265 to $2,115; Daniel Boone from s;,x?g_ to $1,235; and Tipperasy from 315, to $1,175. ‘The following table gives the stables wioning amounts of $5,000 or over: August Belmont.. 800 1. A, Grinstead.... S N6 S Domaie.” 728 Geo. L. Loriliard... 23,934 T W. Doswe &Co 8625 Dwyer Brothery. ., 21560 (o, Longat 6,483 . P> MeGrat Williams & Owiogs. A- Reene Ticliards. 1 . ATgng othe\i‘ ‘%?;ns; S0 s st down with §3,805 (2,255 with Lady Aman- da, $700 with - Hockhocking, and SJ'BO with Double Crose). SponT. A DYING COSCERN. 7o the Editor of The Tridune. CricaGo, Feb. 3.—I noticed in the last num- ber of The Spirit of the Times a paragraph stat- Ing that Mr. M. P. Bush, of %nmflfl‘ Acting Chairman of the Septilateral Board of Stewards, requested the Stewards of the Associations at. Cleveland, Buflalo, Rochester, Utica, Pough- keepsie, Fleetwood Park, Hartford, and Spring- ficld to meet during the session of the Board of Appeals for the Atfantic District, which fa to be hold Feb. 14, at the New York Hotel, in New York Cit;- This request of Mr. Bush is a modest and proper looking one, but to those who have kept track of matters counected with the National Board of Appeals during the past year it has a peculiar significance. 1t {s o well-knovn fact that tnis Board of Appeals was originally fn- tended as a Court of Arbitratiop, in which the disputes which so frequently arise between horsemen and the manngers of trotting-tracks could be heard and decided. Everything went smoothly until nearly all the associations in the country had been roped in, and heavily assessed for entrance-fees and yearly dues. When this bad been _accomplished, the Western members of the concern began to get the worst of it, and mat- ters have Dbeen going from bad to worse, until it Js a serious question with some of the best-known track managers in the West whether it would not be better to lose whet they have paid and look after their own interests, ratber than submit to the cxactions of a coterie of Eastern men who have no sympathy with any tracks except in the East (Cleveland except- ed), and who have apparently determined to run the Board eutirely in the interest of the eight tracks bzfiinm‘ng at Cleveland and ending at Springfield. With these facts in mind, the significance of Mr. Bush’s polite invitation will be understood. 1t means that the Stewards of the Septilateral tracks are expected to meet with the Atlan- tic Board of Appeals, cat & good dinner, woshed down with costly wines (all pro- vided at the expense of the tracks), and then, while under these genial influences, * fix things," o that, whatever may befall others, the Septuateral tracks will have smooth sailing mext summer. 1t means also that the Board of Appeals has departed very far from its legitimate business when it permits Mr. Bush to issue any such invitation and does not rebuke the action. This Board is sustained by several hundred tracks all over the country, and, when_acting in_their official capacity, the members should not for an _instant think of ex- pressing a preierence for any track or circnit much less, allow a joint meeting of the Board and the Stewards of the Septilateral, or any other tracks. The whole ailair completely robs the Boara of what little respect the Borsemen of the country had for it aiter, the experiences of last summer, and will do much tobhasten thedissolution of an orgahization whose sole work consists of eating good dinners at the cxpense of somebody €lse, and taking care that the Eastern tracks shall have the best of every- thing. HORSEMLS. TIOME AND FOREIGN. Mr. Robert Bonner has at present in his home- stable the famouz Dexter, Molsey, Music, Tay- Tor, Mamie B., and his lacest purchase, the Ken- tucky colt Eric. Joseph Cairn Simpson A Moline, TiL., puper says that Parker Wine- man_ will remove to that city in the spring, and assume charge of the- track which AMr. S. W. Wheelock intends laying out on bis farm. ‘The London Fidd comments on the fact that the trotting stallion Gen. Sprague bas becn sold for a high price, **aithough his” sverage time is wtore that 2 mijn. 10 see. per mile.”? Consider- able more! George B. Hayes, of Sterling, T, has sold his trotiing mare Ledv H. to Mr. George Wendt, of this city. Lady H. is Sterling’s favorite, and her new owner declares sho will go to the frons in the coming ecason. Thetrotting stallion Rock River has been pur- chased by Jomes Magee, Tiskilwa, Ill., the_con- siderstion being $1,000. He was sired by Victor Hugo (son of Groew's Bashaw) out of Nelly Wecks (record of 2:36) by a son of Bertrand. James W. Wadsworth, of Geneseo, IlL., lost three well-bred and valuable colts last week. ‘Their death was caused from licking up the salt on a stone boat on woich had been skinned a steer that dicd from a malignant disease. One of the colts was 4 ycars old, and valued ab $4,000. The American horses In England have been entered in the following spring stakes: Mate inthe City and Suburban, about 1%{ “miles; in the Newmarket Handicap, 13§ miles; io the Newmarket International Handicap, 13 miles; fn the Derby Trial Handicap, 1 s and tag Chester Cap, 2 miles. Bay Eagle s entered in the Newmarket Spring -Handicap, aud Bay Final in the Chester Cup and Derby Trial Handi- caps. The Post of this citv enters a vizorous pro- test-against the partisanship of the Spirit, which Senores Clicago, and pushes forward a sclieme for a Buckeye Circuit shaped to shut out Chica- o altogetlier. 1t scems as if the Post man was Dot quitc as clear as usual on this matter. I hewil step over and inquire, be will find that Col. Mansur didn’t ¢ grease ” the Spirit and the managers of the other affir did. Itis noten- mity that moves the Eastern sporting paper,— it is mostly grecd. A . Messrs. Richardson and Ross, of Syracuse, N. ., made a novel match Jast Monday, the terms belng as follows: Each party was to’ drive his Dorse around “ the belt ? in the Fifth Ward, cach horse to be timed separately. If Roff lost, e was to pay Richardson 215 "for his horse. If Ricnardson fost he was to make Richardson 3 present of his animal. The Roff horse won, and Richardson turned .over bLis trotter, but the next day he © kicked,” and took possession of the animal again. If the Derby of this year is mot won by & horse of foreign breeding it will not be because there is a lack of candidates, as of the 217 pom - inated no fewer than thirty-four, or uearly a seventh of the whole, were bred out of En- jand. Mr. Sanford, the American sportsman, s eutered Exotist and Brown Prinee, two colts which bave never yet run; while Germany and Austria are represcnted by six animals, be- Jonging to Count Henckel, the Countess Repard, o 1. Shortland.” France has twenty-eight nominations.—Pa4 Mall Gazelte. Last Wednesday Sam Crooks, the well-known driver, shipped to the nome of her vwner, Mr. AP Moore, of -Waakegan, 1ll,, a 5-year-old that is oncof the best bred young- ] mare o athe Wost, belng by Backman's Idol, out e Star marc. $he was purchased st a,large . e when n yearline at_Stovy Ford Farm, snd gm. ‘broken until a year azo. She has been fo Mr. Crool’s hands since last summer, and can trotin :40. Shouldno accident befall her, great things arc looked for, as her breeding 1s unex- ceptionable—~Post. el " dispatch from London, dated Jan. 27, says that Eng'lish racing circles ore much exercised over the proposed resolutior submitted by Lord Falmouth. excluding foreizn bred foals, year- lings, and 2-year-olds from weight for lace Taces, unless such_ horses are bred in countries which aamit British borses on equal terms. Hitherto English r]ncingtm l;een cnn&mflir‘l ‘;m {free-trade principles,—! 5, Open s tional:ties. P;‘ranzh ‘bred horses have frequently carried off the choicest prizes of the British turf. Notwithstandh thls,_lbe}‘ren:h Jockey Club has persisted in debarring ‘English horse's from similar privileces. Lord Falmouth's ‘eaolution, it carried, excludes France from fo- ture avengements of Waterloo on Ersnm Downs. rd Falmonth has written a fotter laying the case before the public and praising A Uaited States aa the sole exception to the rule of exclusiveness. THE TRIGGER. THE NEW GAME LAW. . The Chicago Fidd of this week publishes the new game law which bas Just been prepared for ‘submisston to- the Legislature. Following are | the main provisions: The close season for decr, turkey, and prairie-hens is left at Jao. 1 fo Auz. 15, but that for partridge, pheasant, and wood- cock is changed to Jan.1to Oct. 1. The other close seasons are g5 follows: Quail, Feb.1to Nov.1; waterfowl, Apri115 to Sept. 1; olover, May 1 to Aug. 15; hares, March 1 to Sept. 1. The penalty is raised from $10to $25' for each offense, and the provision is added that the of- fender shall forfeit his gun, dogs, or other cquipments. Possession in the close season is punished in the same way as killing. The pe- alty for trapping is raised from §15 to $100. The pecutiar feature of the bill fs that it pro- vides for the appointment of a Game Constable for each county with power to seize and arrest without warrsnt. Another section pro- hibits the shooting of any other birds than pigeons from traps under penalty of imprison- ment in the County Jail- and a fine of $190 for each bird shot at. There is no doubt that the Game laws of the State asav_present on the books area grand hu.mbng, ‘ne close season for quail is Jan. 1 to Oct. 1, but every little coffee house almost ex- poses them and cooks them every day. and have done so right along. The partridge {s also com- m&:ll on the bill of farc and around the poultry er's. Concerning this subject the Aundubon Ciub has issued the following proclamation: To whom it may concern: ANl gome deslers, restaurant snd hotel kecpers, are notifed that the time atlowed by law for the dlsposal of game on hand at the time of the commencement of the close season has expircd, and that all persons violating the Game law will be prosecated. By order of the Board of Directors. GEORGE BAINAED, Secretary Audubon Club. ANNOUNCEMENTS. rtsmen’s Clab (the Calumet Duck- Sherman The 8 Hunters) will hold a_meeting at the House Tuesday evening of this week. The Audubon Club will hold their regular shoot for the diamond badee st Dexter Park next Saturday at 1 o’clock. Mr. E. B. Rambo, nt of the Amerlcan Powder Company, and 3r. C. D. Peacock have each donated a prize to be shot for in the sume match. ROWING. THE BARGE CLUB. i The apnual me:ting of the Chieago Barge Club will be held in the Tremont House club- rooms to-morrow evening. At this meeting the Treasurer, Captain, and Board of Managers will make their annual reports, officers will be elect- ed, and the standing committees appointed for the ensulng year. The Secretary presents in his call the following: 1 would Jike to urge upon & majority of the mem- bers of this Club the necessity of s more active in- terest in jts affuire. ‘The records show that aboct 30 per cent of its members have never taken a seat in ‘any of its bosts, orattended any of ifs meet- ings; and there sre many more who pat {n an ap- Pearance bat very seldom. The next rowing sea- on will 500n be at hand, and it is now time for us to beain to ‘‘enthuec ™ a little on the eubject; to resolve toattend its mectingy. and visit the boat- house during the rowing senson 2s often as pos- sible, and thas «how that we have some interest in the Clab's welfare. We now have ooating facilities for the accom- ‘modstion_of th irty-six members at one ume, ex- Clnsive of passengers; we owe nota dollar, and bove money in the treasury: but e are liable at any time to be obliged to move from our present Tocation, by the closing of the passage from the Dboat-house to the lake. When such &n event occurs weshall have to baild 8 new boat-house, and we should build one com- mensurate with tic quality of the Club, and the proportiops which it is Jikely to zttain. ' We wast ‘a honse that will be a credit to our Club and to our city. There is no reason why we should not build the finest and tho most perfect boat-bouse in the West; a honse with furnished clnb-room. lor, baths, cymnasium, ete. Had we such a house, there would not be mauifested the indifference in club matters that there now is, and not a memtber sbauld cease to use his eulray and influence uatil such a résult ie accomplishes CRADS. The mile straight-away course for the national regattaat Detroit next summer Was staked out last week. Hanlan, the Toronto oarsman, intends lesving that city and taking up his abode in. 1he United States, owing to the lack of financial encouraze- ment. 5 The New Englaund Colleges will row at New London this year, and no steps have been taken biuthcr {nstitations exceps Yale and Harvard, who will row an eight-oared race at Sprinfigeld. — e ———— ' DESOLATION. A ploomy silence o'er the world is thrown; Night covers this fair Earth a3 with & pally Soft-floating hither comes a dreamy call, That dies at Jast in one wild, anzuished moan Tpon the fitfal breeze. Tamalone, And et with spirit-senses keen to hear The beatinz of all happy hearts that near Each other draw, too fall of joy for tone Of speech. O God! what coantless thousands bear Companionship of love as sweet as Heaven! While I, who onc# bave known too well the balm. Of precions fricnds unto my full beart given, Sit, for that tender love forever riven, In utter desolation, stony, calm. Thon, Father! Whose strong yes and nay shall keep Back from Thy children what they may not know, Except with heart-break and the fever-glow Of hot, dry eyes that would, yet cannot weep, The fatal blow is struck 5o sure and deepy Right thronzh the heastand brain! Up unto Thee 1 look from the abyas of agons, Full conscious of na strength fo overlesp The bonds that bid the dear reality Of huien love forever more depart, And strive, with mute lips eet by paia to stone, To call for tears in baliny dropa to start. To caim the aching anguish of my beart— Batonly cry: *- Ty will, O Lord, be done!” FULTON STREE’ BeLLs Beacm. —————— A Noted Forger. Ctica Herald. The most clever forzeries which had been ever known, up to the time of their occurrence, were those of Monroe Edwards. This man really possessed commervial gentus. and had be devoted himsclf to legitimate business he would have become a merchant prince. He preferred fraud. however, and bore the consequences. It i5 thirty-fonr vears since Monroe Edwards was convicted. William M. Evarts was then a young lawyer, and was retalned i the defense.” It is said that he got bis pay in a forged check. Ed- sards pad great personal clezance and grace of manners. He went to England with forged let- ters from Dauniel Webster, traveling as John P. Caldwell. The aristocracy welcomed him to their festal halls, and he actmally borrowed 21,000 to return with. In this city be forzed $35.000 on Brown Brothers & Co.., and by three clever forgeries in Philadelphis e raised 266,000 more. His trial In this city was the oc- casion of James Watson Webb’s duel with Tom Marshall. The latter was one of ghe connsei for the defense, and msde severe reflections on Webb, who challcnzed kim and got a bullet in Lislee. Edwards was scoteuced to Sing Sing for five years, and died before the expiration of the sentence. OME NOW AND LET US REASON TO- GETHER Why do peopleso frequently say to Dr. Pierce, «f suppose your Golden Medical Discovery cures eversthing”? Becauseit basbecn the -practice of knavish charlntans to manafactare worthless nostrums ana attempt to dupe the ignorant and credulons by recommending toem to cure every form of disease. To guch an ex- tent has this beer practiced that it is no ‘wonder that many bare acquired prejudices azainst all advertised remedies. But Dr. Pierce does not advertise his standard preparations as “care- alls,” does mot claim tnat they will perform ‘miracles, but simply publishes the fact that they have becn Qevelopedas specifics for certain forms of diseases for which he recommends them, after having tosted thelr efficacy in many hundred cases with the most gratifyfng success. Tt is a fact kuown to evéry well-informed physi- clap that many single remedies possess several different properiles. Quinine, for iostance, has a tonic quality, which suzgesis its use in cases of debility; an anti-periodic, by which i is effi- cacious in aguc; and a feorifuge property, which renders it efficacions in cases of fever. The re- salt of its admimstration will also vary with the quantity given ond the circumstances under | which it is employed. 8o, likewise. the Golden Medical Discovery possesses both pectoral and alterative, or blood-cleansing properties of the higbest order. By reason of these two promi- nent properties it cares two classes of diseases, Tirst, those of the respiratory organs, as throat, bronchial, and lung affections, chronic coughs, and asthms, and sccond, diseases of the blood and glandular system, In which affections all skillful physicians employ alteratives, as in cases of blotches, eruptions, nicers, swellings, tumurs, abscesses, aud in torpor of the liver or «hilionsness.” While its use is, by its combi- nation of properties, suggested in cases of pul- monary consumption, yet you need not take it expecting it will care you if your lungs are balf consuimed, tor becanse it {s recommended 28 & blood medicine would its proprictor advise you to take it expecting itto curc cancer. It will pot perform miracles, but it wi' cure many -grave forms of disease. = i SECRET SOCIETIES. MASONRY. PROGRESS OF THE ORDER- London Standard. It would seem that, financially, matters are most flourishing _with the Freemasons, for to say _nmhlng of the provincial charities aud the deeds of benevolence done by individual lodges throughout the kinedom to their members and families when in need of assistaunce, the three great central charities, the Boys’ School, the Girls' School, and the Benevolent Institution, received during the twelve months ending the last day of last year the largest totals ever reached, the aggregate being over £35,000, and exceeding that of the vear before by £7,000. This financial prosperity -of the Masonfe char- ities is an index of the Increasing popularity and rapid_extension of Freemasonry in this country. But even without this guide it must have been patent to all observers that, during the last few vears, the development of ‘‘the craft™ has been most marked. It has made great progress all over the civilized, and even what we call the uncivilized, world. It shows increased vieor in India, in Chins, and Japan, and even in Africa; while in the United States, io Canada, and all our colonfes, it has grown during the last quarter of 2 century, and porticolarty within thelast decade. Batin ro country has the progress of the {raternity been so marked 88 in our own, from which what may be called ““ modern ™ Masonry has spread into all other countries, or from which, at least, they have received very grest assistance in their dc- velopment of it. ~ The Grand Lodee of England was established in 1717, and in 1813 existing dif- fercnces among English Masons as Lo certain points of order and ceremonial were settled by the acknowledgment of the one common juris- diction of the” United Grand Lodze of masons’ Hall. From this latter year tne 't proaress of modern Masoury may be dated, but its greatest advancement i3 ratiier of the lust ten or even five years. The Enelish monarchs and Princess from the reizn of King Athelstane (A. D. 926) down to_the present erz have from time to timegiven encourngement, ta theeraftor become actual members of it. The greatest im- petus of all imparted toit was the installation of the Prince of Wales as Grand Master of En- glish Masons in the spring of 1575, when the ceremony in the Albert Hall presented a most striking spectacle. The number of lodges under the English Constitution alone is now little short of 1,600, comprising well-nizh 509,000 members, to say motbing of Masons ** unat- tached,” while fn Scotfand and freland ncarly 1,000 regrularly constituted lodzes are reckoned, and hardly a weelk passes withiout a new onc be- ing consecrated jn_some part of the Coited Kingdom. During the last two years the desire ccome a Mason has amounted to 2 positive (ania, and at toe present moment it has been ‘computed that nearly one out of cvery four ar fve men of the upper and middie classes is a Masonr . . . . ‘fhat Masonry will continue to make: progress among us for a long time to come may be taken as assured, for in addition to atiractions, mys- tical, sentimental, and sodal, and apart from the less worthy matives which gain it adherents, it presents a special field for charity which many persons of ‘“‘cosmopolitan ¥ views are ust ready to embrace, and the substantial xood it is known to do is a great attraction in {tscll. t1s a rule of Masonry that its members should never i tout ”” for converts or adherents by oroclaim- ing its virtues. Still its good deeds " caunot re- maio under a bushel. They beome, 25 it were, public property, and an_advertisement in ther selves, The more Masoary there is in the world the better. Though some” few suspleions Mon- " archs have discountenanced and even persecated it and thoush a jealous Church. bus excom municated it, the wiser amoug maakind have recognized iu it a powertul jnsirument for the advancement of peace and good-will among men. i ; msczw;.\izgus. ol e anniversary partyjof Butier er, Nou 36, 0. E. S., will be given at Cashman Fain, core ner o‘fL Robey and Mudison strects, Wednesday evenine. Van Repsselaer Lodge of Perfection, 149 8, R, elected the following officers Thursdzy evea- ing: Jobn O'Neill, T. P. G.3L; Amos Pettl- bone, Deputy G. M.; George R._MeClellan, ne F. DeLuce, Ja- Senior Grand Warden; Eug nior Grand Warden; George H. Beal, Grand Orator; Eungene B. Myers, Grand Treasurers Edward Goodale, Grand Secretary; William K. Morris, Grand Master of Ceremouies; O. H. DeLuce, Grand Captain of the Guare Willium, Smith, Grand Hospitaler; Moses N. Fuller, Grand Tyler. Tt was cariosity which led the Hon. Mrs. Ala- worth to secrete herself in a Masonic lodite and discover the secrets of the craft; the story of the “1ady in the clock-case ” beths by pomeacs lPocryphrfl, aseven the penerality of Masons theméelves are inclined to treat jt. 1t is simply an historical fact that the lady mentioned ¢id so secrete herself, and further, that when discov- ered she wasut once “made s dMason.” She continued to take an active Interest in the Orcer throughount her life; she founded the Dublin Benevolent Institution for Urg;h:: Danghters of Masons, and her portrait still hangs in a princi- pal lodge-room in Cork, and uder it. in 2 giass case, thi¢ Masonic sprou and jewel she used to Wear.— n Standard. OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. ODDFELLOWSHIP. The figures in the last report of Grand Secre. tary Ridgely, G. C. and R. S. of the Grand Lodga of the United States (454,659), give the number of membhers of the Order, sccording to the juris- dictional reports for the vear ending Dec. 31, fa which Germany and Austrulia are not fncluded. They had at same date 5,725 members, which gives a grand total of 460,414, The nct ain in 1875 was ot as large as nsuul, owing to the ex- traordinarily large number of suspensions for non-payment of dues; still, the net galn was 16,000. It is no exaggemtion to put the membership at the present time at 450,00). Number of lodges (includinz Austrolia and Germany), 6,471; incremse of lodges lnst yeur, 422: at szme percentage of in- crease, present number of lodzes, 6,321. - Total revente in 187, $4,714.241.70, ap increase on 1874 of $202,576:21; at sawne pro rata of {ncrease the revenue for the curreut fiscul year will reach U ymenLazors. About seveuty-ive Chicuouns attended the recent session of Grand Lodge No. 6, L. 0. B. B., held at Detroit. , A correspondent inquires for the cause of the division fn the Order of Good Templars. A ‘well-posted member can tell him, if sodfsposed. District Grand Lodge No. 4, K. 8. B., com- mences its annual session this morning in the Knights of Pythias Hall, corner of La alle and Adams streets. The outside delegates all ar- rived last evening and®are stopping at the Hotel Frankfurt. The following officers of Jonathan Lodge, No. 130, 1. O. B. B., were recently installed by Grand-Master Herman Felseuthal: P., Casl Steiner; v. P., Edw. Brown; R.S., Louis Brede: F. H. Lowenthal: T., B. Brede; %{"‘f?d Ascher; 8. W., ML Meistger; 0. W., Ha olf. ———— HEARTLESS. = ‘Why, O false heart! do you seem to thrillapd tremble Neath the many eves that look soft love o thee? Why must you and I fore‘er dissemble. Feigping what for us is ne‘et aguin to be? ‘Why answerest thon, false eyes! those fond, sweet ®lances, Yielding all thy very soul to charm and win, — Tenderest lights, whose gleam beguiles, entrarces, Shining from the countless fickle loves within? Why, O falee hand! does esch lingering carcss, Thst throngh thy blue velns scems 0 thrill asd barn, B Where tender lips leave oft thelr warm impress, Reprove, but leave thee powerless to spurn? Men well may call me heartlese. false, I know! False to all the vast, wide, thronging world, but one, And be—well, he was false to me, long, long ago, And I regret fot what I do, or what I'vé done. Ensa ———— TNamination from an ON-Well. _ Brodfyrd(Pn.) New Era. The immense vein of gas was struck on the night of Oct. 4 at a depta of 810 feet, and wa3 £ etrong as to render further drilling Impossi- ble. The well is about two miles from Brad- ford, on the Bruce Rodzers msm. Runohg from the well are two two-nch pipes,ttached tc ‘which sre tbree gas jets of the same size, the gas belching forth from these pépes with such 8 terrific rush and noise as to render conversation, pitched in the ordinary tone, naudible for Inly one-fonrth of a mile away, and the roar can be Deard five or six miles away. The blaze from each of the three pipes -is sent by the force of the gas to a height of from twenty-five to forty feet, the heat being so intense 83 to melt the soaw entirely away for a distance of at leaat 100 feet, and also keeping the ground so warm dur- iog all the cold weather of the winter thas grass, strawberry vipes, and other plants may geow, o monv places where the of ightseers have worn the groand, fx is very ddsty. The light is 8o strong that a newspa~ per may be half a mile away. Ounvery k nights the ilumioation is The light has frequently been scen in an, Sala- | maocs, ‘and otber towns twenty miles awaf.