Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1877, Page 7

1HE CHICAGO 'IRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AFhiL 15, 1b/—ulalhiEN PAGE>. -~ FIELD AND TURF. Afifaéfioh"s Arranged by the West- ern Base-Ball Managers. ' peinlts of the Practice of the Cham- B8 pions of the United States. fhe Gentlemen Tho Have Been Selected {0 Umpire, Games in the West. Exposure of Crookedness on the English Turf. e Futire of Barus—Gen. Grant aad * Bodine at Dexter Park, Where Basge-Ball Goods, Turf Out- : §ts, Bte, Can Be Found. ~ BASE-BALL. oL DATES AND GAMES. . malfadozen anxious letters sbont ‘the first cin Chicago,"and s to **How many games £hall we have before the Leazue clabs come?™ also fareferenceto **When will tbe: Indianapolis be haref™ and **Are the Stars coming?™ are at hand. Theyire mot esey to answer, as Mr. Spalding wonld tell any oneif asked. Up toa late hour Teeterdey afternoon the Indianapolis games were fndoubt, butatelegram received then fixes the gateeas menrly 8 possible 28 follows: The Chica- goswill play the Fairbanks Thursday and Saturdsy of this week on the Twenty-third street gronnds, game to be called -sbarp at 3:30. The following Satardsy. April 28, the Indisnapolis Club will play 1he Chicagos here; the Monday following they will plag the Falrbanks, and the mext day, Tuesday, Msy1, the Chicagos @ second game. The White ‘Stockings will return these games the following Gays, Wedneaday and Thursday, May 2 and 3. Negotiations have been going on between the Al- Jezheny Club of Pittsburg -and the Chicagos for dates, bat latest advices indicate that it is not like- Ir that the Pitisburgers will come to Chicago at all. They write that to Indiznapolis as well as to Chi- 0. ; %20 that Toe Trrsuss can know aboat the move- mentsof the Syracuse Stars is what it finds in the Syracase Courler, the organ of tho club. Tho dates there given are stated with apparent certain- 7. - These are all incorporated in the nseful table of datesand games printed below. 1f tye Stars Xeep thelr schedule right aronnd, they will be here Thursday, Friday, and Satirdsy, May 3, 4, and 5. Jtwill be well, however, to awalt farther an- ‘Douncement for these last three dates. Following are the annonncements of games made 1o various papers. Tuz TripusE does not vonch that the games will all take place, only that they 2 promised: Mondsy, Aprll 16-Louisville vs Indianapolls, ot Louisville. A e O ‘Wedat iy April 13—Allcgheny va. Indlanapolis, at h‘i‘mfl A‘gfil lfl—iumik\;l. ‘l%d]!‘wl-»%ou; at Ty uisyille va. ln.tfllnnéofls:nt In- Seay. April ltnf"um;u‘h“y’ et ks, at Chl- B o 21—Cl VE. a - e Loraithe ve. Indianapolls. at ludisnapolis, Vonday, April 23—Louisville vs. Buckeye. at Colum- Stars ve. Allegheny, b i e, ¥ § 24—Loulsville va. Buckeye, at Colum- SiTacuse Suars vs. AllUEeny. at PLb o 2 b, *Sianasy, April 26~Clncinnatt vs. Buckege, In Co- Juinbos; Sjrachse Stars va. Indlanapolis, in 1ndianap. ols. - Jpeil 7—Sszacuie Stars vs. Indtanspolis, in janc; ., April 28—Loulsville ve. Memphis, at Mem- i) Syracuse Stars, iclnnati vs. Syracuse at Clocinnatt; Lhiceo v, ludignapoliy at Chieago, ‘Sunday, April 29~-Loulaville va. Memphis, at Mem- plis. Mondsy, Apri 30—Cincinnat! vs. Syracuse Stars, at Clachned: Louteville vs. Stemphis, st Slemphiss T~ £L b Cllcags, & . Louis va. Syracuse Stars, at St Indianapolis, st Chicago. 2—St. Louls vs. Syrucuie Stars, at yracuse Stars va. Cbicawo, at Chi- czrv: Tud 37apolls va, Bostor. at Indianapolis. Anwisy, oy —Indlavapalis va. Bostos. ' ag Tndian- ‘apolis: SyTacuse STars vS. Muguals, at Janesville. “{‘I\\hy. May 8. yracuse Sturs ve. Milwuukee, at Somany of the above dates 28 refer 0 games by fhe Alleshery Club away from home are very haky. “ladlsnapohs announces ‘that it expects to play Lezgue clubs on its own gronnds on the following ¢uesin Moy and June: May 16. Hartford; May 13, Cincinnati; May 21, Hartford;- May 25, Chi- ea20; May 26, Boston; June 1, St. Louis; June2, st Louis; June 4, Chicago. THE WHITE STOCKINGS. The Chicago team, with the odds of the weather aainst 48, hos boen very busy for the past week cudeavoring to get-the out-door practice which it zeeds before encountering the Indianapolis and cher etrong nines. Most of the time they have Ttz forced to play on the open and rather bleak lot 0 'Thirty-ffth street, and there they met the University and Acme nines for practice. Yes- tertay, for the first time this year, they occupied the Twenty-third-street grounds and practiced ¥ith the Fairbanke. The latter were not in first- class ¢hape, but made 4 good showing in the feld, epecially at third base, where Bandel distin- fuished Limself by a couple of eplendid stops. The Falrbanks are ecrong enonsh to make the Whites Jiay a fall game, and there is 1o doubt thatthe opening contets this week will be very intrest- ing. The gronnds were yesterday in pretty fair ¢hape, and, if encouraged by a few davs of warm ‘weather, wiil do very well by the Iast of this week: ‘The reeult of the preliminary work on the men bas been very satisfactory to the friends of tne Clob. There {x no lonzer any doubt_that McVey < gatisfactorily handle Bradley's delivery, and that $mith 18 a competent change if onebe nced- & Eiier Spalding or Bradley scems to be as good as anybody*s first-baseman, and the other po- sitions are filled by graduates of the team that won the vennant. It doesn't seem as if the most ear- nen \\i:):‘-‘i\'uhuo’t ¢ mune could ask anything of a1est wl ve W] faore in advance t which will prove what it TO MANAGERS. It looks to THE TrincsE as if it onght to call the #iiention of managers of League teaus to the fact 1hatther are dmily losing excellent chances for pmngahleg.mu with Leagne Alliance-and other Clubs of that grade. The League schedule now nn- gder consideration docs not contemplate open- ing “the mpionelip season for nearly or guite three ‘Wecks yot, and that time $hould be utilized as far 25 poseible and as profita- Iy 25 possible, The advice which is at band o e 2nd which seems sound, is to encoarage such flae s, Sbe Buckeyee, Alleghenvs, Syracuse Stars, Indianspoils, ete., 1o stir sround and brush up 220inst the aspirants for the pennant. The word ;n“a?ax_-gdz Tefers, of course, to the bosincsd et s ic deal, —the divieion of gate receipts, —and Hiecemns a8 If the greatest wisdum would consiet in L A!:‘&xlzl mb‘f G:lm them such a propo-~ m{ am;!_dh:e oty ly well assure them a paying vord ehould be ndded to the other fellows: Zu?: Sagat 0 be sble to sce that if you don't make ials eac] 5:-':;‘: Fou are throwingaway 8 trick. You : Mathome.” Just -si‘ao:'flmmc S omihi 25 the championship ison opens, ther will be as busy as bees all summer, and = you could o more Bet dates than yon- could fi i ,. while now i‘ffi %:g u‘:em all at iflmz ready (oryyonr\'i.sl(. You o nd aleo that therc is 2s much taste for the by pimes of ball a5 for the first asparagus, and 1555tting wround early you will pick up an_excel- ity oermess.” In Chicago, for instance, -2 game hinbe Fairbaoks, 4 trip ' to Milwaukee, and 3 it the Chicagos on your return would 1l Lot daye as preutily as marager could wish. Gen- r ten good games in Chicago ‘\‘fl'&nADfl!?llnfl)hyfi.s i = SEMI-PROFESSIONAL. h'l;t: le'mh Club played at Evanston with the 1o Sty nine Fridsy, and defeated them by, 27 i lll '25ing a particularly strong game at the bat. clter from Winona to the St Paml Dispatch feneidat the failare to reorganize the Clipper Club Tommey foknowledged. and “that no clab. will be Thirpain Winona” The correspondent adds that Sala ¢ in disguise. : Elillwater also owns it cannot snpport a clab this year. Tt48 eaid that the St 10 agaad that the Star Club of Syracase expects f Jersey City, a8 3 B, Vioe Marah, aboutto rorign. Lo Jo¢ Stmzons hog. bee . been_made Captain of the humnfilg :};:Lge(ogothe se;;on, ‘and Tick Higham as e ke honor conferded upon bl by the " pRecietary Youny aunounces’ that the Atbletics h“::giuiid Bennett and Weaver for 1878; 8150, tust Club of Jancssille, Wik, has somd conteacte with Harey Arandel H: 3. Buehong, and 3. G. Borns. ARl S The Cincinnadl En, ! quirer thinks the Ludlow team ;‘m beas follows: Foley,. of ‘Chicago, c.; Will- A Sedos [Al‘.fi nn(} Dmb;hl! tter isene 1 ddds that Redmon, of L iate St . be late St. Louis kieds, has sieo beea cogaged. ‘;lfizu from Milwankee indicates that ball mat- ood e Procressing {avorably, the men_being in ml.ll":d‘g‘f:m and lmp::;{og'g d\'%,s!h;y.‘ Bennietl. 5 er were € ast evening, - 204 the 1eam would then be al) present, The mes- A<ement hasSited up three rooms 1n Library Bullds pril 25—Syracuse Stars s Backese. | 2b.; Brannock, | ing for tne use of Manager Andrus and th The stock of the Club Is nearly all taken, and, h nerally, matters are encouraging, To this may dded as of Chicago origin that Bennett was in Ch ga&ev(erdnrv and pluyed. with a picked-nine sguinst the ¥rapklins. The New York Times learns ‘somewhere that the Philadelphias bave reorganized with Malone, ¢. ;5 Lomas, p.: Abadie, 1 b.; Farquhar, 2 b.; Rich- grdson, 3 b. ; Dunlap, &. 8. ; Tracy, L f.; Egeler, ¢ 1. ; Bechtel, r. f. There is rather less apparent crror in this paper team than in the average of those made up in Philadelphia. To be sure, Kich- son is under contract to Binghamton and Abadie to Anburn, bat such small matters cannot make much difference in Philadelphia. A correspondent in Rochester writes that the ounds are being put in shape ‘28 rapidly as possi- le, and that the stands, etc., will be on the best plans known. The writér of the lotter dds that fannger Brackett has placed his menin entirely differcnt positions from what was oxpected, and that it ecems to good jadzes that hie has materially weakened the team’ thereby. Inasmach as the changes are not given, it is unpossible to add an opinion a3 to whether change s weakness or no. 1t 1s claimed that Sheeran, of Detroif; is to man- age anew.club_in Bufaly, and that he will take with him four of the oldCass Club of Detroit. This suggests two querics: first, why some strong club has not hired Brannock before now? e cer- tainly is one of the best young third-basemen inthe conntry. The other query is, What has become of the Essex Club of Buifalo which was represented (by proxy) at the Pittsburg Convention? Was there ever such a club, and who_knows anything about it? Has it any players, and if 50, who arc they? A correspondent who gives bis address as No. 52 Larned, Detroit, but omite his name, says that, notwithstanding” all reports to the contrary, De- troit. will be represented this year by a sirong emi-professional team. The correspondent con- tinucs: -+ All of the players, with the exception of short 6top, havo been enzaged and are in this city. The Club is nesotiating for the use of te Peninsula ericket crounds. Everythingisex- pected to be in running order by the last of next ‘It hes not been decided who will manage . We would be pleascd to Lear from nines going East or coming West who would like to ar- range a game here. Address as above.™ Inview of the factthat Tuz TrisuNt hasonce been unpleasantly complained of. because it gave certain news on the authority of 2 St. Panl Eaprr, it now premises that the following nine, said to be that of the Minneapolis Club, may or_may not be accnrate, it being tuken froman alleged neispaper pubiished in $t. Paul. If the paper be right, Min- neapolis will be represented by the following com- lination: Bohn. of Cleveland, p.; loffman, of Cleveland, ¢ ; Ihillips, of Coicago, 1 b. ; O'Day, Chicago, ' 2 ' b.; _Johnson, of Cleveland, 3 b.; Bennett, of Chicago, & 8.3 Dean, of Cincinnati, 1. and change p.: Kolley, of St. it and change c.; Gredel, of St. Lonis, nzep. Lobnand Hoffman are of last ¥ , Phillips and O'Dar from the Winona Clippers, Johnson and Benueft from the Cass of Detroit, and Kolley and Gredel from the St. Louls Eckfords. The season will hardly open. until May has weil begun, Another St Paul paper says that J. 0. Julian, short-stop of the Indianapolis Club t year, has been releasea from his contract for is vear, and will play short-stop for Minnenpolis. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. It appears from the Courier-Journal that the Lonisviile season opened with & banquet to the nine. It shonld be remembered that too mach pastry ** 18 not good for bull-players. A note from the Hon. Bob Addy gives an encour- aging account of the progress of the Cincinoati teum, with which Bob appears to be abundantly satisded 5o far. The Enquirer declares that the difference be- tween the Muthewses is that Bobby, the pitcher, ju the **Little Twister, " and Stanley, the Senator, ibe ** Big Epistler.” This is the best of the Cin- cinnati season o far. The salarics of gnod bace-ball plavers will this vear range from S20 per weck down to 3 whack under the jaw for jumping into a man's garden sfter a ball.—Detroit Free Press. One of our Western exchanges says that **base- ball reporters are stealing each other's items to an alarming_extent.” We ulways knew that the averaze baee-ball men was 4 most prolific and highly-mited ar, but this new accusation is some- hing that we were wholly prepared for.— Protidence Dispatch. The Courler-Journal calls Anson **the graceful clephant of the Chicago nine.” When those Chi- cazo elephants come South they'll tramp Louis- ville's eviph-like ball-tossers so decp into the mud that Jobnny Haldeman will have to dig ‘em out. *4Sit suill, me heart, sit sull."—Enguirer. The ** corrected list” of Leaguc plasers which is going the rounas of the papers leaves Spalding off the Chicazo team. Flease give it another “icorrection;” the Chicagos couldn't oblige you Dy leavinz out one of the best batters and surest players who ever worc knee-breeches. Maving gazed with more wonder than delizht upen the new Lomsville uniform, Tue TRIBUXE | ont Deslin's tesm with the name ** Blue Jeans, * the fitness of which will_be acknowledged as fast as the club is scen. Dut then ** Blue Jeans” won last fall. 7. L. Keck (familiarly kniown as +*Si™) was in s city a part of last week. He appears to be sxtisfied with the appearance and pctions of his team. and they will undoubtedly get along well wwith him as long 02 they pull straight. Bat at the ame time, 3r. Keck [sn't the man to stand any ~“funny work," and his team will find it out with freat suddenness the first time one of them gets over the traces. The New York Sporfsman_docs mot_appreciate the eetimation in which St. Lonis holds its team wwhen it £ays of the Indisnapolis defeats: *This jsnotvery encouraging to the backers of the Drowns who um?‘ have laid on their favorites win- ning recond position in the championrhip race." No true St. Louisan would entertain the thought of second position. The New York Spor{sman, whichleads the coun- try in l?nafic ‘matters, and manages to_have wise views of most sports, comments editorislly on the Leaguc as follows: ' **One factis very avparent: For the past two scasons the management of the regular professional base-ball orgamization was never even approached In_ previuns days. and we coneratnlate those in authority npon | ful administration of the League affa The Cincinnati Enquirer is doing its best to en- cournge Mr. keck's team and to_hold up the hands of the manazement, as well asto create and en- courage a bealthy sentiment In favor of thc sume in Porkonolis. All of which is creditable and well done; but it looks to an old-fashioned reporter as 3 it was no part of a newspaper's business to go into the private detective_line as is threatened in this paragraphi; **The Enquirer gives fair wam- ing that the first time it hears of a member of the Cincinnati Red Stocking Club_drinking liquor it means to proclaim the fact: A word to the wise1s sutiicient.” 1118 no part of the duty of a bal) club or of & newspaper to form a temperance society, or an anti-tobacco association, oran opposition-to- 1lirting leagne. At least it_keems €0 up here—per- aps it looks otherwise in Cincinnati. The annual meeting of the Collegiate Base-Ball sociation of the Northwest was liela in Evanston Friday. The following Colieges were reprecented: acine, Chicago, Lake Forest, and Evanston. 1t was decided that each club should play a serics of 1wo gemes with every club joining the Agsociation. The season opens the 5th of May and closes July1, ail clubs playing every Seturday until the serics are fnished. = kach club must furnish the names of three men one week before the gume is to be play- ed, who are competent to act as umpires, and from This lisz the clubs contesting must choose an um- pire. . All games are to be arranged Ly the Execu- live Committec. The following oflicers were elect- cd for the ensuing year: W. M. Dooth, N. President; F. K. Helm, C. U., Secretary: Lamb, L. Treasarer: Exccutive Committee W. U, K. lonore, C. U. ; _; and E.'W. Powers, L. F. A correspondent in Canton, Il., snnounces the formation of o strong local club at that place. The players are to be: J. Bricxer, ¢ 0. D. White,p. Powell, 1b. and change p. 2b. 3 Evans, 3b.; Carney, 6. 8.3 s, and chanze c.: Williaing, c f.; Galiagher, r. f.5 Nathows, eub, The correspondent adds thet the Tew club would like o hear from all good clubs. Address 0. D. White, Box 516, Canton. The fown is a brisk one, with perhaps 6,000 popula- tion. 1t appears from scyeril exchanges that Nolan of the Indianapolis Club was badly wanted by St. Louis & ehort time 2go, aud sald exchanges an- pounce that Aanager McManus offered bim Donus and S1, 500 salary i he coald geta relcase from, his present contract—which, of courze, coutdm’t. ~ Without - going info the question S8 10 whetber this story is 8 stifl, Tux Thupuxe calls attention to the fact that St’ Louis sent her manager to Columbus last fall to see No- Jan and Nichols_pitch against cach otherin the Buckeye-New Haven games, and that he went off and enthusistically cngaged Nichols, ising Nolan and all his works. \hy this chamge; was the manager's judgment no good? The second number of the St. Louis Spor{sman isathand and seems Eome improvement over its predecessor, though not by any means up to grade. Flie fngenuity manifested by the printer in making blunders, and by the proof-reader in not sceing tbem, i still wonderfu). The feature in the base- Vall department i3 an article on **The Champion- ehip in 1S77,” 1n which the chances of all the Clubs but St. Louis and Chicago are discuss weriter of the. article has the following opinions: That Schafer,» of Joston, never was a first-class player; that Morrill sod Manning wercalmoet com- Plets fatlures; that the Hartford is the only club Yhich has suffered materially by tie changes in its nine; toat Cincionati has jnproved more than any other club; and that Lonisviile 1s very decidedly 2n inknown quautity. The nmpires for all the Western cities bave been elected.under League law. ‘They are as follows: For Chicago. Mesers. Bredburg, Stambaugh, and Cone; for St. Louis, Mezsrs. Seward. Burtis, and Messrs. McDon- reporter_hastens o W3 = o Medart; for ° Louisville, ald, * Morris, and Devinney; for Cincin- mnati, Messrs. Draper, Walker, and Gifford, Of theso some are -well known and the others comparative ‘strangers to ‘the- audiences before whom they will appear. Bredourg aud Stam- Paush are well known as ball players in Chicago: Coné umpired some games last year: Seward, of St. Louis, was a_professional of good repute jast Season, and umpired a game_between Chicago and artford very weil; Mcdart is well spoken_of by St. Louis papers; Morris and Devinny, of Louis- Sille, were acceptable to most clubs for whom they served last yesr. The Cincinnati men are un- Imown here, with the. exception of Walker, of Whose capscity Tz TRIBUNE has already fally ex- pressed its opinion. . QUESTIONE ANSWERED. ! TwENTT-SECOND STREET—What effect is this Pool bill goingto have on base-ball: Ansiwer— None but good; the pool-buyers dou't patronize or support the game. They. confin thelr efforts to trying to buy players and *‘crook ™ games. But the bill has not pas=ed yel. Frass B., Chicago—(1) Where can I get scores by innings of ull the League games played Jst yoar: () Tn what ity s mest iaoney wagered on c-ball? Answer—(1) Don't think you can pur- chase them at all. The ball reportor of TiE Titn- uxE has full scores of all Leagne games played last season. You cam refer to them whencver you wish, and copy from them whatover you please; that Is probably the only way you can get what you wish._(2) lard to say; either New York or Chica- g0, witli odds in favor of tie former. L. and 1., Tndionapolis—(1) When a pitcher al- lows a strong batter to take his Lase on called halls, ought the pitcher to be charged with an error? (2) 1f not, {5 the batsman credited with 2 base bit? Ansirer—There 15 no law on the subject, as_there hould be: the only authority at hand is the ecorer of the Chicago Club, and Tit Trmuxk. Neither of theso gave an error or a base hit either. In Cin- cinnati, Jast year, they enve the batsman a base hit for taking his base on balls. Sexator Bon—Rnowing that the rair-foul hit of Jast eeason is now considered foul, I ask whether the name has been applied to a different class of hits,—those that strike foul and roll into falr ound before passing third base,—and whother e "Wite Is mot ~toff his batton” in puting the old name on another kind of hit? Answer—Therc is o such thing as a- fair-foul 1hi year unless it be in case a ball strikes, fair be- vond third base and afterwards bounds foal. What De Witt calls a fair-foul is a **foul-fair,” as you can sce by looking at his map. e had ncither au- thority nor rcason for calling the hit a fair-foul, except that it isu't anything of the kind. The nothiug in the common Jaw about it. however, and e might, therefore, call it a home run or o bander- snatch if he wanted to, but nobody would pay any attention to him, anyway. Scorrn—As the case is stated, the Clipper Is plainly wrong. If the striker *‘ might have been thrown out on the hit,” he should #ot be credited with o first base hit. It makes no difference what the ball; if the hit fairly admits,of -the fielder throwing the striker ot at the first base, hie is no more _entiticd to a *‘first base bit™. than if he gained first on apalpable mufl. Under the new YLeagne scoring rules the etriker shonld, in the case sated, receive a credit of two ** total bases, " as the actnal result of the play, but is not entitled to o ‘‘drstbasc hit" under any scoring rule in ox- fstence. 3 IxDiaxAPOUIS—The Indianapolis Club did not apply for admission to the Leagues on the con- trary, its President hay stuted that he did not deem it advisablc for his club to assume that burden for the present scason, The remark that **Denny Mack's nine was not_considered good enouzh to have membership in the League " cannot be traced Deyond some irresponsibie. mischief-maker. Tur: TrizuxE tecs no reason to change its_opinion_of your club, as cxpressed s long uzo as Feb. 28, *“that the Club named will take high rank during the coming ecason, and probably enter the Leaguc in December.™ LEAGUE ALLIANCE—You must have overlooked the circumstance that the statement is made by the Phxladel“ma Mercury. ‘The assertion that, ‘‘al- though the Athletics tried every honorable means to compromise with the Mil wankees, the latter re- fueed to listen to anything, " and that the Leagao, decided the;isennett case * ‘contrary to their rules, are utterly devoid of truth. Guesskr—1. Chicago. 2. Boston. PrrTspene—Athletic Club, 1870, Al Wright, Thompson, Cragin. _Athletic Assotiation. 1877, Cragin. Thompson, Al Wright. **You pays your money, " etc. MaxAGER—The schedule has not been formally ngreed upon as vet, bui If is doubifal if any ma- terial change will be mede in that reporied by Messrs, Hulbert and Wright, as published by Taz TRIBUNE. ‘WiLLiAxs—DBradley has not expreseed an opinion in regard to Nicholls' pitchinz. The statement at- tributed to him is simply an invention. STUDENT—The averages compiled by N. E. Young, Secretary of the Leaguc, from t{e official scores, and published in the Leagne book, will af- ford you full information. Nox-LEacrr—To zet a game with thé Chicagos in this city, you must also arrange to play with the Fairbanks, THOE TURF. THE ENGLISIH PATERS ARE ICLL OF A RECENT CASE OF TURF SWINDLING that occurred at the Wolverhampton meeting, and in connection with it the sporting men are discuss- ing the advisability of having the Jockey Club put a 5top to what sre kuown as **first’ past the post* bets. These are. that one party bets another that a certain_ horee will he the firat to pass the winning post, although the animal might be disqualified from winning the race for various ressons. In the case at the Wolverhampton meeting, sbove alinded to, the circumstances were as follows: Thomas Warren, afarmer living near Northamp- ton, visited the Birmingham meeting and puzchased a mare called Sphynx. the winner of a selling plate race, for §150. During the meeting be ran her in two races, one of which she won, the entrv in cach case, howerer, being mede in the name of Thomas Garner, althongh the latrer individual had no in- terest fu the mare. Sphynx was then takentoa Birmitighum stable, her tail partly removed, and the white hairs on her face and tail painted with caustic, in order to destroy her idgntity. She was then taken to Wolverhampton and entered in a selling race under the nume of Glance, 8 bogns pedigree having been farnished to the Secretary of the meeting along with the nomination. Antici- pating trouble, Warren backed the mare **first past the post, " all of which bets he received, as he. sed. The . Glance came in first. The second horse in the race was Chorieter, and his owner, Mr. Howett, sus- pecting something wrong, cansed an investigation to be made, which exposed the swindle, Glance be- ing disqualitied and the race given to Chorister, hut not until Warren had collected his **firat past the post ™ bets, Tue Jockey Club resolved to pros- ecute Warren and 2 man numed Lonelands, who had participated in the swindle, for conspiring to defraud the race fund': to defrand the owner of the sccond horse; and to defraud the Dbookmakers with whom the hets were made. On all of these charzes they were conv and Longlands was scntenced to s1x_months’ imprison- ment at bard labor, Warren receivingaxix months' €entence. This, however, is bat one of many disgraceful cases thut have occurred during the past year on the Englieh turf. In one instauce, the owner of a horac called Mystery, knowing that she would be disqnalifica if she won, backed ber, ‘‘first pust the post,” and then backed Ashiield to win the race, thus standing two winners fcr one race. An- other glaring case, and one which made a great noise at the time, occurred at tne Croyden mecting last fall, when the owner of Labyrinth deliberately started 'the horse some thirty or forly pounds short of weixht, thus making bis winmmug a dead certainty, and then Dbacked the borse ‘‘first past’ the post,™ although the P: animal,was of coursé disqualified on returning to welgh. The men who engineered the Glunce job gcem to have been poor devils withont friends, and were given the full benedt of the law in conse- quence, while more notable rscalsof the sume stripe dre escapiny every day. Tushows, however, thut the English lawa are par- ticularly stvere st swindles of this deacrip- tion, while in this country there is. no such protec- tion for people who have been swindled. The en- tering of horses in races under assumed names is racticed to an almosi unlimited extent. A nota- le Instance of the kind was furnished during the scason of 1875, when one William McG Tad been expelled from all tracks belonging National Association, took Small Topes, an ecx- pelled horse with a record below 2:30, and started on a tour through the couniry, cntering the horse 1n three-minute and 2:40 races, and_disguising the animal whenmever mecessary. The swindle was finally exposed at o race mear Boston, but us there was no Jaw under which Me- Guigan conld be punished he came back to his home in Michigan to enjoy his ill-gotten gains. This man gloricd in his shame, and wrote a_Dick-Turpin sort of an article o an Eastern sporting journal, re- clting with great gusto the different occasions on which he swindled honest people by enterme his Borse, Wwith a fast record and an sssumed name, in slow races. He now has the cheek to eet_himself upas a candidate for reinstatement by the National Association, and it is hizhly probable that his de- mand will be acceded to by that collection of hizh- toued frauds that has for several years been run entirely in the interest of Eastern horsemen. TUE FUTURE OF RARUS. _The recent performance in California of the trot- ting horee Rarux, when, in his race with Goldsmith aid he finished but o neck. hehind the mare in 0, has given rige to considerable talk among horsémen. and the generaliy-expresved opinion is, that by ailowing the horse to trot such a race John Spian, his driver, perpetrated what is techmically kpown as **a dead give-away.” They argue that after this exhibition of specd the horso. is_ uf infi- nitelyless value than before, as it will be difficalt 1o oblain any bets against him in the racesnext sumimer, and that any attempt to **dump ™ a raco would be promptiy met by a change of drivers. Al- though Rarus was known to possess 2 world of epeed. it was not thought hie conld trot three heats in 2:18 or better, which feat us_recent race with the Maid showed him to be capable of accomplish- n, who 0 the ing. ‘Another. theory rezarding the matter, and onc expressed by 3 prominent Chicago horseman 3 few days ago, if, that Doble and Splan have entered into an agréement to hippodrome -with the Maid and Rarus during the present seasoo, in;the same manner that Budd and Orrin’ Uickock'did some years azo ' with the Maid "and Lucy. The uphold- ers of this Lbeory say that Splun would not have made such 4 disolay of his horse's £peed in the re- cent race unless it was intended to nse the same 28 an advertisement. Some of the more enthusi-, actic advocates of this ioea go €0 far as 1o asscrt that at the close of the scason, after the 3iaid has benten Rarusin a long scrivs of races, the latter will be cus loose aud ..defeat .the - old mare, thereby filling the pockets of those -in the secret. Tt may not be amiss to say, however, thiat the ma- sority of horsemen are endowed* with_somewhat Oriental im:lgiinsuun!. and often make . extended. remarks eimply for the fun of hearinz themsclyes talk. Inspite’of all the rumors concerning Rarus, it will probably be found that he will have plenty of occapation where he- belongs.—in- the 2:19 class,—and will be kept at his best tobeat sach horses as Dodine,. Great Eastern, Albérmarle, and May Queen, 81l of whom he will mect in that race. ¢ GEN. GRANTAND BODINE.. .7 .~ There is a prospect that the second Dexter Park’ meeting next snmmer will witnese one of the most interesting races that ever took place inthis or any country. 1n:lastiSundav's TEMENE idgeaared a dieposition the fielder makes, or fails to make, of. letter from Budd Doble to Col. Mausur, pro. of Dexter Park, in the former stated Lis intentlo: with Lis stable at the Chicago meetina.” ~ Xo sooner had this letter been made public than the horsemen bezun to wag their heads in a remarkably solemn and portentous. manner, occasionally drop- ping a remark to the effect that **Pete was “laying Por b, ™ or that *+ Bodine would get all-he want- ed." At first the import of these” disjointed re- marks was not understood by those who chanced to overhear them, but it fnally transpired that they referrcd to the free-for-all race that is expected to ‘place at the Dester Park meeting. Inthisrace is probable that Doble will enter Bodine, and if he does, Peter Johnson will meet him with Gen. Grant. ond the fricnds of Peter and the Joliet horse assert with great confidence tnat when io- dineand Grantmeet the Chicago horse will be obliged to take o back seat. Gen. Grant isa horse whose real speed has mever been shown, 8¢ last year he won all luis races, and got his present record, 2:21, in & fiith heat, when he was lame. It is claimed by his admirers’ that when in good form he can trot three heats in 2:10 or better. Bodine, it will be remem- bered, was driven Inst year by Jobnsan, who also drove Grant, and_in view of this fact he should be pretty well posted as to the relative merits of the ’lnrees. At the close of the season Bodine was giv- en in charge of Doble by hisowner, Mr. 11 C. Goodrich, of this city, and this fact, of course, did not produce the most friendly feeling between Messrs. Goodrich and Johnson. The latter individ- ual 18 remarkably reticent when questioned regard- ing the proposed race, but s free to admit that he would like te. meet Bodine if Grant docs _ well = this sesson. . When the Dexter Park entries arc opencd, should tho names of Bodine and Grant be found in the froe- for-all race, it is safe to eay that the largest crowd ever assembled on a Chicago race-track will be present to see the fun. NEW ORLEANS RACES. NEw Onreans, April 14.—The fourth day of the Jockey Club races was a success. The weather was clear and plezsant, the attendance good, but the track was a little heavy. The first race, hurdle liandicap, twomiles, over eight hurdles, il ages, club purse $300, was won 1y Port Leonard, Woodland sccond, Beloxi third. J{m ‘Hinton's rider fell at the elzhth hurdle. Time, 4:11. Beloxi led from the start, Woodland sec- ond, until entering the last half, when Port Leon- ard went o0 the front, winning by two lengths. n the pools on the track, Woodland sold at $100; Leonard, $32; Beloxi, $32; Hinton, §22. The second_relling race, mile and a_quarier, Kilburn won by three lengths, Port Leonard sece ond, Maria Barnes third, beating Cora Linn and Humbng, Time, 2:23. Kilburn led from the start to'the finish, In the pools on the track, Kil- burn sold ut $30; Leonard, $4G; Barnes, 3 Linn, §22; Humbug, $12. Tn the third race, milc heats, purse $350, War- Jig had walk-over. e fourth raco, mile keats, handicap, all ages, Club purse $200, resulied as follows: 5! i} 5514 In the first heat Campbell led to the head of the stretch, when Donough went to the front. In the second heat there was a vesations delay and bad start, The Nipper in the load, In the iecond and third heats Nipper lead from the start to finisk. In the pools on_the_track, Rues Butler sold at $60; War Jig, S15: The Nipper, $38; Donough, $36: Johin Campbell, S11. . QOCCIDENT AND OAKLAND MAID. Sax Fiiaxcisco, April 14.—A ruce was trotted at the Bay District Park betwéen Occident and Onk- land Maid, to wagon, 3 in 5, purse $3,000. The weather was finc and the track in goud condition. Before the race the Maid was the favorito $100 to 73. ‘Occident drew the pole in the first heat and won i 5. Occident was now the favorite by $100 to S65. Occident won the sccond heat in 2:27%. 1 the third heat Occldent broke on the homestretch and the Maid won In 2:27%. The fonrth heat and race was won by Occident; time, 2:20. The race was well contcsted throughiont. TRACK TALK. ‘Exbibitions of speed. whether by running or trot- ting horses, for premiums given by agrcultural nssociations in Michigan, liave hitherto been illegal, but, by an cffort on the part of several rominent horzemen and breeders, a bill has been ntroduced in the Legislatare providing ** that the giving of premiums by agricultural and other so- cicties and associations, for the running and trot- ting of horses at faies oF fexulurly appointed mect- ings, shall not oc illegal or unlawful. Atice Murphy, the very speedy filly that ran second to the great two-year-old Belle of the Mead, in the Young America stakes at Nashville Jast year, s reporied to be in fine trim, and will take part in 1he coming Nashyille meeting. A brown cdlt, full brother to Blackwood, Jr., was recently fosled at Flushing. L. 1. Petrarch, the English race-horse recently pr- chased by Lord Lonsdale for $50, 000, Is eursed sith a bad temper, and is liable to 5t0p and begin buck- ing in the middle of o gallop. Suffolk and Point Breeze Parks, Philadelphia, have issued the programmes for their epring meet- ings. That of Suflolk Park occurs May 14, 15, 16, aud 17, ten purses being offered for trotters and Dacers! entrics to close May . The Point Brecze meeting Is et for May 21 to 24, inclusive; entries toclose May 11. These meetinga will be partici- ted in by local horses only, and wili be mainly trumental in allowing the Philadelphia horse {harps to maniplate the pool-box for thelr own enct The free-for-ll race at the Sacramento meeting, to be held _during the present weck, did not fill, Bodine and Rarus being the only entrics. There will be great fan if that proposed match between Gov. Spragaeand Mazomanic ever takes lace. Itwas armnged duringa discussion a few ays 6g0 between Messre, Case and Drodhiead. the owners of the horses, and according to the agree- ment. is to take place over the Milwaukee track. owners to drive. ‘The chanced are ten toonein favor of Mr. Case, as Gov. Spragueis level-headed, and seldom breaks, while Mazomauie is inchined 1o e flighty nnd sour-headed. The match between Bodine and Oakland Maid, that was arranwed for April 7, over the Lay Dis- trict track, San Francisco, bas been postponed un- til the 21st. Chicago horsemen will remember the gray mare Tackey, that wassuclia_prominent turf performer in the” 'West about ten_years ago, and that took part in the race_over Dester Park in 1867 when cxter went to Wagmer and Tackey. Bashaw, dr., and Silas Rich to barnes: ‘The old muare ix nd ke property of Alexander Davidson, of Willlams- port, Pu., anda few days azo droppedn filly foal by lappy Medinm. Unfortunateiy the colt has butone eye, and will probably be blind in that. The Philadelphia Jfem is_endeavoring to nct as peacemaker between the friends of the stallions Almont and Blue Bull. The fact ix, that Almont has been advertised in the sporting journals, while Blue Bull has been advertised by his colts 'on the track. The lntter method would appesr to be tue st one. The Philadelphia papers allade to Tong-legzed Jack Phiilips, the man that became notorious last year by his driving of the Western horse Little red at Utica, as** J. 1L Phillips, .*" because he has Jeased Juffolk Park for the present season. Philadclphia® Loreemen, like its bull-players, are ot well thought of except at home. Flora Belle, the mare that created ench a senea- tion thronghout the West a few years ago, and oby tained a record of 2:223{. is now on the breeding- farm of the 1lon. Charles Reed, Mayor of Erie, Pu. TFlora was brought out by Morrill Higbie. of Canton, 1il., the owner of Gov. Sprague and Little Fred. Aman at Reading, Pa,. offers for rale a pacing- horee that can ehow 2:19 on a half-mile track. Theae phenomenal pacers have become 0o common Iately to attract much attention. G. W. Moore, of Moore & Burgess' Minstrels, has purchased Salvini, enid to be the fastest trot- ting horse In England, for $5,000. e could have securcda better one in America for half the money. Conner's stables, New York City, aro. beginning to fill up with_trotters for the swnmer campaign. The iatest arrivals were Tanner Boy, Willium C. Derby, Castlo Boy, Prince John, and Rip Van Winkle. Longfellow, the celebrated pacer, is_now tho roperty of Mr. James Alcott, of New York, and 5 used by that gentieman as a foad-borse, Dillon & Co., of Normal, Ti., sold last Thurs- day to partics in Marion County, Kan.,an imported Norman stallion. Price, §2,500. Col. Mansur has begun the nsual spring improve- menta at Dester Park, and yesterday the inside or running track was thoroughly plowed, which wiil render it somewhat better. The trotting-track will aleo be renovated by scraping and harrowing, and Dy next week the horseman will bezin to use it for slow work, George Voorhies, the Detroit driver, will have charge of Szm Brown's trotters, Lady Turpin end Indicator, this season. The pedigree of Tanscom's Ethan - Allen, owned by P. L. Hanscom of this city. is being overhauled. A Batavia man expresses doubts as to its genui- ness. The stallion Turfman (own brother to Maczie Briegs, record - 2:271 at 3 years old) died recent- Iy at Cynthisna Park, Kentucky. He was owned by W. H. Wilson. The Pool-Selling bill now before the Canadian Tonse of Commons_provides that the bettor be- comes liable to be imprisoned in any common jafl for any term less than one year, with' or withont bard labor. G Occident has been placed in Budd Doble's hands, who will drive him in his race over the Bay District track to-day, with Oakland Maid, both to go 10 wagon. Col. McDanicls” stable of race horses arzived at Jerome Park last Monday, and will at once be pnt 10 training. The best-known animals in’ the lot werg Lhe d-year-olde Maj. Barker and ‘Princeton (the former being 1 fall brother to Ballenkeel), 4 2-year-old colt, full brotherto Harry Bassett, BIg §andy, and Sister of Mercy. PASTIME NOTES. VISIT SPALDING & BROTHER'S. This is the ecason of busy preparation in base: ball circles. . An excellent evidence of the general Interest felt everywhere in the came is gleaned by visiting the Base-Ball Emportam of Meesrs, A. G. Spalding & Brother, No. 118 Randolph street. This firm has been hard at work for the past month, ‘making uniforms for some of the foremost clubs of the country,—the Cincinnatis, Louisvilles, Chi- cagos, Stars of Syracuse, Milwaukees, and St. Pauls, 35 _well as the Acmes. Dreadnaughts, and otiier local amatenr organizationa. The firm is ne- cnliarly adupted to the furnishing of uniforms and | hate club ontfits, their goods having attamed the Gminent -repntation wherever introduced. - Pra fessionals and amateurs now understand full well the sterling inerits bf the Spaldine Leazae ball, and the various othier 2005 sold here, " Thw Thin: UNE commends this firm to the kind attention of everybody in quest of the best of sportine goods. ONE OF THE LEADING CARRIAGE-HOUSES. The_long-estabiished and -wholly trastworth; firm of Pennoyer & Co., Nos. 302 and 304 Wabas] avenue, arc carly in the field, as usaal, with the cholcest possible showing of standard family car- riages, and also have in stock o large number of their celebrated side-soring business buzgics, and are finivhing many fine top-wacons hung low on elliptic springs, for pleasure drivi unexcolled zoods handled by Mess Co. are the stylish carriagesof Harvey & Wallace, Buffalo. Theyalso handic the sterimg Concord trucks and express wagons of the Abbott Downing Company. Chicago and the cntire West has for many years Jknown that for the best of everything pertaining to carrinze mannfacture absolute reliance can placed upon the word and goods of Pennoyer & Co. The firm expects in a few days to remo 'Ei mfl‘s‘; 2 to new.and commodions building, Nos. Wabash avenue, C. 0. TEN BROEKE. This house was established in 1854, and is the only one m the Weat dealing -exclusively in goods of ‘its own manufacture. They make everything, from a trnck#wagon to n landau, and their goods are couceded to be the flaest known to the trade. They propose moviug their clegant stock of - car- riages to the corner of Aun and West Randolph streets May 1. Partics contemplatinga purchase in their line will consult their own interest by call- ingatthe present repostory, Nos. 185 and 187 Wilbash avenue, and examining their goods pre- vions to the removal, A BUPERB LIVERY-STABLE. Turf matters -msmmn‘yI suggest livery, and. in the latter connection, ®hicago has special reasons to be proud, owning, asehe does, some of the fnest livery and boarding stables in the country. Two of these are the supern establishmentsof 1. E. Morris, Nos. 77, 79, and §1 Sixteenth_street, and ar Al dine square, on Vincennes avenne, just below Thirty-ceventh street. His carriages are all ele- gant and stylish, his horses well-kept and_hand- some, his drivers skiliful and courteous. Private horses are also cared for here chezper and better than they can be L tneir own stables. About May 1anumber of mew phaetons will be added to the stock in the Aldine squarc stables. EQUESTRIAN ENJOTMENT. The season of equestrian enjoyment {snbw fairly upon us, and lovers of this noblest and most sen- sible of exercive are already calling at Chicago's admirable Ridiug Gallery, on Sixteenth street, be- tween Wabash and Michigan avenues. Mr. Clark has been succeeded in the ownership of this favor- ite and popular place by Mr. William ¥, Wright, “'he best of saddle-horacs are always to be hired here, and the rates have been adjusted at most reasonuble fizures. Caceful instruction is given in riding to all who desire, and ladies and gentlemen wishing to improve health and epints will do well to cultivate the graceful cquestrian art 53 taught at thix excelient establishment. TILE LEADING DEALERS IN TURF GOODS in Chicago are Measra. . Taylor & Co.,now at No. 71 Dearborn street, but after May 1 to be at No. — Madison street. The rond and stock harness made by this firm is of the most admirable style and quality. Asuperb track larness for the famous staliion Gov. Spragne bas just been completed vy them. They make a pecialty of horee **boots,™ and keep constantly on band a complete asaurtment of evory Kind of standard turf goods. THE BEST BILLIARD TASLES. The Zeller billiurd-tables are now conceded i every part of the United States to be among the best manufactared anywhere. Mr. Adolph Zeller, muker of these superb tables, has his establishment at Noe. 24 to 32 West Washinzton strect, and Nos. 37 to 30 South Canal etreet. 1lis salesroom is the finest. connected with any billiard Louso in_the country. We noticed gome twenty-five of these cholcest styles of tables in this apartment, hend- some samples of s work. ~ Mr. Zeller makes the well-known ** Champion ™ table, formerly mana- factured by the Brunswick Bros., Stephani, Hart Co. ; oniy the tables as produced by .Ar. Zeller have improvements and excellencics which render them better than ever. We aivise all persons con- templating the purchaso of billiard-tables and atl gooas pertaining to this trade, o leave their orders with Mr. Adolph Zeller. Hc never fails to amply satiafy all patrons. A HANDSOME PIECE OF WORK. The strikingly-attractive poster of the Chicazo Dase-Ball Club, dieplayed on the bill-boards of thc city, was printed by J."S. Thompson & Co., whose extensive cstablishment fe In the Times Duilding, No. 88 Fifth avepue. The poster represents Spalding and MeVey in the positions of batsman und cutclier. The portraits are very accurate: the fiyures spirited and life-like. 1t Is,"in all of ita de- tails, one of the most creditable pieces of lustra- tive typographical work ever execated in this coun- try. HORSE-TDMTNG WATCHES. , The most accurate_of horse-timing watches to De found anywhere in_the West, are eold by S. Hyman & Co., the well-known jéwelers, now in their new, spacions, and elegant quarters, corner of State and Madison streets, i OTHER SPORTS. YACHTING. The following notes are from the Evneing Jour- nai: The Frolic, Ins, and Mamie heve been invited to takepart in the races on Lake Winnebago, which take place July 4. Sixteen boats are said to have entered. Mr. Jucob Wilder, of this city, is havinga firat- clnss yacht bailt for his nse, which he wntends en- teringat the annual regatts of the Chicago Yacht Club. 2 The yachts Corn and Harry Burke are coming to Chicago, from Detroit, as soon as the Straits open. The Cora is¢wice as large as the Ina or the Frolic, ond is a first-class eailing yacht. - Capt. Farrow will not give up yachting. Te says that, if he sells the Cary, he will take charge of 3 fine yacht which i3 to be brought here for hm, and that he will eater for the first prize. Capt. John Prindiville has sent word to the Com- hkosh Loat Club that, if the Osh- ats will_take part in the onnual regatta of the cago Yacht Club. he will see that their ex- Ppenses to this port in tho way of tow bills, etc., will be nothing. Capt. Bruce, one of the owners of the Ina, eays that biy boat is to be scraped and the cabin beanti- fully upholstered. He also eays that he will put £500 at any time this season that the Ina can beat tre Frolic. Capt. John Prindivilie says that the Froli¢_is ready for s challenze at any time, and Capt. Bruce promises that she shall receive one be- fore fong. S THE WESTMINSTER BENCH-SHOW. The New York bench-show of dogs, under the auspices of the Westminster Kennel Clab, will be hielq May 8, 0, and 10 The catalogues shows for- ty-ive ciastes, with liberal cash prizes, a3 well as many special premiums. The New York Iorld announces that the Rev. J. Cumming Macdona, of England, one of the best authorities on lll)g:‘v has nccepied an invitation to act as one of the judges. Entries will close April 25, They should be made to C. Lincoln, P. 0. 2,832, New York. PEDESTRIANISM. The New York Lcho says that John H. Milligan, of that city, has_matched bimeelf to walk from New York to Chicago in_tairty-two consccative Qays, to etart Moy 1. The stake is said to be §2,000, and the backer of time names himself Chiristian Weyman, of Chicago. o ———— MRS. MINNIE L. CUMMINGS. To the Editor of The Tribune. Caicaco, April 14.—Since TE TRIDURE would not give me the beneft of doubts brought abont by what encmics have maliciously clamored against me, and which cansed my name to be bandied abont by nearly all of the newspapers throughout the land, insuch a way that silence and forbear- ance upon my part in the affuir will prove a moral impossibility—all this was done, supported by no more solid material than mere nssertions. Now, atter (I believe) a five instend of threc days trial of tnat casc in chancery, Payne vs. Cummings (No. 32), was decided in 1y favor by Judge Moore, and y overy ullegation against me proven false and with- . outfoundation. And, since Tiue TRIDUNE made the fullest nse of one side of that case, and dam- sged me (I may say) irretricvably, justice demands that it chould now give me the fallest benefit of the. proven - truth in - the case according to. court record and the testimony of well ~known and responsible citizens, ogainat a few drankards whose 3im scem- 4t get the advantace of a defenseless woman. On the 15th of December, 1876, there appeared in TuE TRibUNE several columne fall of matter de- nouncing me as & scheming swindler, under flam- Ing and disgraceful headings about this Payne case. T shall now expect in your Sunday's issuc a corre- sponding honorable article of clear explanations of the true facts in the case, which will set me at least g0 far right before the public. This ques- tion is_of much public interest. as well as to liundreds of personal and infiuential friends who are quictly watching the tide of justice for me. I have no desire for notoricty in the matter, 25 has been given out by Storrs and bis colleagues. 1t waa only o be saved from the obnoxious effect of motoriety that I yielded to the fatal inflnence Which was worked by Storrs and his emissaries that kept me from court to prosccute George Storrs, who bad torturcd me -Leyond power of Womanly endurance, and while in a:moment of nervons excitement, goaded me toact. upon the Infuence ana advice Of - those around me -to havo him arested. How much I was in . fauit in this affair- facts in the fatare will disclose. And when circamstances cesse Lo bo conticting elements o people’s will, fhen, perhaps. will i have cause to- feel amenable for the fearinl crime of baving Grst uncomsciously encouraged the insanc affection of my attorney's ron (seemingly nbout three years my junior), with Whom I was unavoidably and frequently brought iocontact. However, Time, that wonderful ele- Tent in life, will fully and clearly disclose the whole plot of slander agamst me.—dating back 1871, when . Gen. Thayer !gr::l:d by . Hitchcock in the Sen- atorial contest in Omaha, = Nebraska. ¥ ushand was Thayer's stanchest friend and x’:&gszh energotic chzm;y;ion. for which the winning iind opposing partics undermined him and effected his removal from office through unjust nad false allegation. And because { %rorcd my wifely duty by taking iheafidavits my husband received from a mumber of prominent citizens of Omaha to Washington and. presented them to the Hon. J. A. J. Creswell, atthat lime Postmaster-Genera! of {he United - States, hid (and his father’s, the Hon. Judge I. Cummings, Cecil County. Ad.) life-long personal friend, which resuited in. his reinstate- ment and pay from toe day of re- moval, . these - enmemies became - chagrined and - twroed , thewr most usniseshle | upon - me, - which evinced itself Dby injuring me iththelr slanderous reports. Had my husband not quiiled nnder their plottings and maintained hiy power to properly protect me, their mean cunning would have worked only their own destruction. "Butasiris, I have had to bear the loadstone. However, I onght to bear iy sorrows more bravely than I do, considering all the proofs 1 have !teuuredlarlo rotect the truth, in proper tlmei and the afidavits of the moet responsible people of Omaha, whose names were used by ene- g’!el in connection with mine. Bnt factsare stab- rn things, and the tide of all theve treacherous 8landers against me has reached that ebb where putting my accasers to the fullest proof ha become 8 question inevitable. Very truly yours, AlisNie Lo CuxstiNes. ——— ABOLISHING THE CITY SEALER. To the Editor of The Tridbune. Cricaco, April 14.—A few days ago 1 saw an ar- ticle in one of the papers to the effect that it is pro- posed to abolish the ofice of City Sealer. This action would certainly, to say the least, be unwise, and wonld be offering & premium on swindling sud rascality among dealers, -1know not, nor do I care, who holds the office 80 long as ho is honest and competent, for an honest.and competent man in that place will protectthe public againat the avarice of dishonest dealers. Possessing these qualitles, he will not be in league with the great number of unscrupalous tradesinen he may meet in the course of lis duty. Some time ago the office of Fish In- spector was abolished for some anknown reason, unless it was on behall of dealers who prefer giv- ing customers stones for fish, with lots of bad fish thrown fn. 1t opencd wide the door to frand. Weight and quality of the fish now sold are very different from what they were shen_Inspection was the rale. No sooner will it be known that there is no longer a City Sealer, and no’ one to **watch the scales,” than dishonest dealers will take advantage of the omission, with ehameful re- sults to the interests of the pablic, and to the in- terests of the poor particularly, whose limited means are already sufficiently drawn upon withont having to pay full prices for half measures and short welghts. “We are now obliged to submit to adulteration of goods; it would e’ inflicting an unnecessury hardship to take light weight besides. Are we to be deprised of the only saféguard that now exists ayainst fraudulent deuliug? Dicase lend your intluence apguinst the abolition of the office of City Sealer, and thus help proteet the commnn- ity against sharkish dealers, who are alrcady chuckling over the prospect before them. CONSUMER. ———— MILWAUKEE AVENUE, To the Editor of The Tribu ¥ Cutcaco, April 14.—We, the pedestrians wha come down-town from the northwestern portion of the clty, have found the Milwaukee avenne viaduct a great boon, shortening very materially the di tance we have to travel. This benefit i well ap- preciated, 35 any one can seo from the steady sircam which crosses morning and evening, con- sisting mainly of working men and women, going to ond returning from their work. The viaduct s a grest pudlic advantage, credita- ble, 8o far as I know, to all concerned. This being fo, will not the proper autborities make the public advantage complete? That por- tlon of Milwaukee avenue extending from Canal to Clintou streets hasno sidewalk, nor pretense of one, and the roadway is in a filthy state, altogether unfit_for walking on, being nnpaved, and com- Josed of 8 betorogeneons mixtare of clay, ashc ime, and flith, - Let there be at once a sidewalk on one sident least, and there will be decp satis- faction felt amongst 2 numerous and worthy class of pevple. Rospecitally, '10MAS COURTENAT. ——— THE ST. LOUIS FIRE. To the Edlior of The Trisine. Ciiicado, April 13.—Your article on the Iate St. Louls fire in to-day’s paper Is headed, ** All state- ments unanimous that no alarm was soanded Inthe honse.” In justice to all concerned, 1 wish to state that this s incorrect. I occupied a room on the tith floor of the Southern Hotel, and was snd- denly roused from sleep by the loud cry, **Fire! fire!” which was repeated over and over through the entry and up and down the stairs: _ After being thua aroused, I quickly dressed, and made my way down-stairs 'through the biinding, suffocatinz smoke 1o the street. On Wedneaday I conversed with several who escaped, most of whom heard the same alarm. Many who were rescuied from the windows could have escaped as I did hind they becn familiar with the mode of exit. Ishould probably have been lost had it not been for the person who ave this alarm, and who heroteally rlsked his own ife to save others. F. S. BELDEN. e et COMPLIMENTARY SERENADE. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. WrorTEwATER, Wis., April 14.—Capt. B. 3L Frees, foreman of the Kirby Carpenter Company's lumber establishment at Chicago. and his bride, nee Miss Ellie R. Adams, of Unton Grove, Wis., were tendered a reception at the hotse of N. H. Allen, Esq.. of this place, last night, which was one of the most elaborate and successtal social entertain- ments ever given in Whitewater. —_—— All nervous, exhausting, - and painful diseases speedily yleld to the curative inflnences of Pulver- macher's Electric Beits and Bands, They are sufe, simple, and effective, and can be easily aj plied by the patient himself. Book, with full pa ticalare, maled free. Adaress Pulvermacher Gal- vanic Cincinnati, O. 3 ASSIGNEE’S SALE. Foundry and Machine-Shop. Sale in bsnkruptcy. By order of the Court T offer for sale by private contract for the whole, o in_lots to suit purchascrs (subject to approval of £aid Court). the contents of Foundry and Machine Shop belonging to estate of Reddcld, Bowen & Walworth Co., bankrupt, consistinz of Engine and Eoiler, Latnes, Drills, Pipe Machines, Patterns, Flasks, ctc., etc.. in fact everythine nécessary for FURNITURE. FURMTURK! After getting prices at “Closing-Out Sales” we invite. close CASH buy- ers to examine our goods and compare prices. We have a large stock of New Styles, which will be sold at prices not to be found elsewhere in the city. folton & Hildzeth, 225 & 227 State-st, - GROCERIES, bty o P oY onkKeepHonse? Granulated Sugar, 8 . A Standard, 8 B. .. egs. 15 s fo idaita German Mottled Soap, best, 60 bars, 8 bo: B, Canary Secd, 2 Tomatocs. shnflnzd.fl;}wm Corn, Rockford full weight. Corn, Baltimore. Beans, Lina... Deans, string.. ens. . Succotash. Squash, 3’8: ind cans. Tomatoes, Oneida Commanity, quas Corn, Oncida Commanlty. .. Snccotash, Oneida Community.. Green Peds, Onelda Community... Pumplin, Onelda Community, quart:.25¢ String Beans, Oneida Commanity, gt..25¢ Peaches, 3-1 cans. 20c Apples, dried, R B, nes, Tarkish. cl Dlackberrics, 3 Peaches, 81 Plums, Pitte Cherries, Pitted. Raspberrles, 8D Alden Appics, es Zoline, 10c B bo HICKSON'’S CASH GROCERY HOUSE, 113 East Madison-st. NEW PUBLICATIONS. 5 A SPLENDID NEW BOOK FOR GIRLS. Six Little Cooks, oR ATIVT JANE' COORING CLASS. This book embodies an entirely new idens and shows, in = pleasant narrative, how six merry girls persuaded a caltivated lady of tho old school, = good housckeeper and nn necomplished cook, to giva them practical lessons in cooking. Tux Torsvse says: **We have not scen n the whole range of onr ju-. venlle literature a more useful and attraciive vol- o oven2BC Aunt Jane, whoever she may e, Is an accomplished woman, Wwith an unmsual talent for sprightly writing, and extended knowl- edze of the subtle’and skiliful ways and means in- voived in the management of an elegant culsine.” For sale by all booksellers. Malled, prepald, on re- celpt of price by the publishers, JANSEN, M'CLURG & CO, 117 & 119 State-st., Chicago. SHOES. a well-equipped mannfacturing cstablishaent, all in good running oxder and condition, the premises befng favorably situated for carrying on a larze Dusiticss, and A lease can be had on favorable terms. Also for eale, the patent right of the Hydranlic Separator.for the State of Illinois, and a lot 9 ting, including Sash-Welghts, Horse- Weig! , cte. 1r'not previously sold as above. notice Is hereby given that the above will be gold whole or in lots Dby public auction on May 1, 1877. fhe stock_and fuventory’ can be scen, and fall particulars learned, on application to the under- signed, at 116 Lake-st.; Chicazo. JOILY EVERITT, Assiznce. SEWING JLACKINES. BEST IS CHEAPEST. NEW WILLCOX & GIBBS AUT SILENT SEWING MACHINE. [ATES? INVENTION, Podicing MARVELOUS RESULSS, Tts surpassing merlt places It beyond all competition, and makes it the cheapest, notwithstanding the larse inducentents offered by sellers of nolsy, hard-runniay, troublesome, two-threéad tensinn machines. Only Machine in the World with Automatic Fea- tures, and with no Tension to Manage. WILLCOX & GIBBS S, M, CO., L) (98 Broudway, New York. C “The sitentlon of those who have not yet selected o Burial-place {3 (mvited to Graceland Cemetery Amoug fts advantages nre, {ts grent natural beaaty: an undulating surface and fine trecs; a gravelly subsoll, giving perfect underdrainage: Hving eprings of water To supply the lakes which arc to be made und which heve been begun. The Compauy owns about 200 acres of land esides that already subdivided. “The newer sections. and oll those which shall be added 1 the future, wiil be maintained on the *‘lawn plan.” Amoug its Jot-holders are a majority of the most prow- incat cltizens of Chicaco. It hias 3 large and constantly Increasing LPRROVEMENT FUND, controlled by the lot-owners, Which will insare the perpetual maln- tegance of the Cemetery. ‘Graceland can be reached by a plessant drive through Lincoln Park, or by the horse-cars, which leave the corner of Clerk and_ Mad{son-sts. once every hour, and connect with the stesm-dammy. SHIRTS. TR IR oo SO S HIRTS CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE WORLD AT C. GEO. MEGINNISS' ‘Branch, 71 Fifth-av., Chicago. Faotory, 75 West Fay- ettersc, Baltimore, 3 T ‘We maie the tnest dress-shirts to - order in the most eltgant manner. Boys' dress-shirts made to order for $2, $1.25, and $1.50. A perfect it alwaye guaranteed. *fhe followlng 1s a price-list of ready-made $0ods: E. Unfiaished shirtd. elegant. only 60 cents. 0. U finished shirts, Wamsutta muslin and 1.800 linen. on! 70¢. Our A shirt improved is the nicest thing out, un- fin{shed, only 80 cents. Boys’sizes, 11, 113§, 12, 12}, and 13, only £0 cents. * JETTINE. TUSE For Ladies’ Shoes. SCALE>S. Fadsaeas STANDARD SCALES oF ALL KINDS, FAIRBANKS.MORSE & of 111 &113 Lake St., Chicago. Bezarefultobuy only the Genuine; BURT’S GERTY' HAND-SEWED SHOES Reduced to $8.00. All otber well-known makes of Gents' Shoes, in all the latest styles, at a great redaction. LADIES Will always find a full line of best makes in Slde Lace, Button, and all styles of Low-Cat Shocs, Toilct Slippery, etc., at reduced prices. FLORSHEIM BROS, 85 East Madison-st. and 66 North Clarg. OCEAN STEAMSHIP! ALLANLINE OCEAN MAIL STEAMSHIPS, VIA QUEBEC and VIA BALTIMORE. PASSAGE all clusscy, between Jrincipat polnts tn Europe and America. Cabin and Saloon Accom-, modations unxecelled. Shortest Sea Loute, Saperior Ships. Experieaced Oficers. Disciplined Crews. Nafety. the (Govern= ing f2nie. Three Weekly Sallings esich way. Emigrant and Steernge Passnge, the very best 1n all respects, at lowest rates. Apply t0 &CO.. ALLAN Nos. 72 & 74 Lasalie-at.. Chlcago. AMERICAN LINE. PHILADELPHYA AND LIVERPOOL.. Cabin, intermediate, snd steerage passage AT LOWEST RATES. . General office, 138 La Salle-st., corner Madison. PETER WRIGHT & SONS. General Agents. INMAN STEAMSHIP LINE, Carrying the Malls between EUROPE AND AMERICA. For passageapply at Cflmbm{ Office, 32 South Clark~ st, Chicage: ERASCIS C. BROWS, Gen. West. Aga - Bratis on Great Hritain anc Iretand. < CUNARD MAIL LINE. Safling three times s week toand from British Ports. west Prices. Apply at Company’s Office, northwest corner Clark and Randolph-sts., Chi:’r'nv P. BH. DU VERNET. General Western Agent. WHITE STAR LINE, Ca the Mzfl, between NEW YORK and LIVER- g Fast Fan- doiph-st. fice, 120 Fas! Apply a8 Comoipy O LA GERGRES, General Western Agent Drafts on Great Britain and Ireland. CHIROPODIST. 209 State-st, cor, Adams. - » SPECTALTY — Disesses of the Feel, Corne. Bunolons. D FWEET 1. WILLARD, M.D., qmlllghf_‘;.x"dlc:::d 'ln‘r: few ‘minutes without paln or blood.. REFERENCES : NER., CHAS. B. FARWELL, W AL LrorT. DE. W. C. LYMAN, Office hours, 92. m. t06p. M. Sundsy, 9 &. m. K p. m. FIRM CHANGES. DISSOLUTION. arinership heretafore existing under the name of Brevh & Gelas was dissorved by mutual consent April 4, 1377, DAVID BRAUN, DOLPH GRISS. BRAUN & ABBOTT o having formed & coperiaerahip, will continue the bust- © nesa at 235 Wabash-av. (eptrance oz Jackson-st.) of - manufacturing GHt Oval Metal Picture-Frames aod . Liningx, Gt Plated Toflet Mirrors, Hat and Vonnet Stands. Also, all kinds of Wire: Workers Trim- mings. Oval and round done on_short noties at lowest rates. BRAUN, Cmicaso, April 14. 1872, WaL P.'ABBUTT.