Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 23, 1877, Page 8

THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS. Wes. W. W. Belkmap, wifeof the ex.SBecretary . f War, with her two children, are stopplng at the Palmer Honse. Company E, of the Second Regiment, 1a reqneat- ¥d to meet at the headquarters this evening for the " souederation of important Lnsiness, Essapn will ho rend by membern of the Trish Litcrary Assaciation this eveningat the hatl, sonth- west comnet of Lake and LaSaile strcets, - * Coroner Dietzach yesterday held an Inquest upon Fames Lynch, A 8 of age, who died snddenly 3f heart diseasc Sa ny evening at his restdence, No. 187 West Harrison street, A prominent Journalist of thle city, being nsked by an nnleltered acquaintance what' acate pneu- monia waa, replied that it occurred when anything went wrong with one's pneumatic tabes, Tho Elders' Assoclation of tho Presbytery of Chicago will hoid ita regniar weckly meeting this fiay In the Presbyterian Room, McCormicl Block, a4 pom. ElderC. J. Merritt will_open the dis sneelon on ** Amusements, ANl Elders ars In- vited. The annaal meeting of the Woman'a Union Mis- vion Socloty wil bo held at 455 Michigan aventics Rartwcat domer af Faricenth dreety on Moy . m. at 2:00 o'clock, Mra, Mary Prayn, the well- Enown missionary from dapan, weill addreas tho meeting. Louls Feinberg, aged 13, while hitching upon a Clinton street car on Jeflereon atrect, between Wilson and Maxwell strecta, at 5:45 last crening, wan ordered off by the conductor, and, falling nn: dor the hind track, had hiszight foot badly crushed below the (nstep, ' Te was taken to the home of hls parcots, No. 84 Liborty street. Early yesterday morning Ofcer Frank O'Neill, while attempting to_arest noveral dinordorly men aL the corner of lark and Tweltth ateects, was as- sgulted and ronghly handled by seven ruffans. To defend himaclf he draw his rovolver and fired thireo whota fnto the crowd. ife thinks only ono touk effect, and that in the hand of the leadorof the attack. A meeting of bricklayers wan licld at Nohemian ‘Turner Tall,on Weet Taylor street, yeaterday aftor- noon, for tho pirpose of l:nmrlnlln arranzementsa for the formation of a **liricklayers’ Union," which 1s to comprise the Lricklaycrs of all natlou- slities in tho city, As only about a dozen persons mado thelr appearance, an adjournment,was had without transacting any business. Tha Ellaworth Zonaves will meetat the Sherman Tlouse Club-Roums Weaneaday evening at 8 o’clack for the parpose of orzanlzing a zouarc battallon of two companles, It {a tho Intention that this battal. fonshall be so well dieciplined as to merit the name it has adopted. From present indications * and enthuslasm manifested by those airesdy inter- estcd In it, this battalion Is destined to grow rapid- 1y and become thoraughly organized and disclptine ed in 8 very snort time, ~ One hundred stand of . srms are now on the way, The teat of one of the Weat Divislon pumping- engines was concluded Saturday nizht, and was more than eatlsfactory, liftingabove the 0, 000, 000 pounds to 100 pounda of coal reguired, ‘The test af the other enging was continucd ycsterday, and will be cancluded to-duy, Mz, Gearga W, Quin- tard, who is now fn the'clty, thinks thot tho uther engine will show an equal power, If the atmos- pheric condilions are favorable to making steam, Ihe experts make computatians as they go olong, and will probably render their report tu-morraw. The Orthodox Friends have establlshied a down. town meeting, and hereafier whl hold regular w vicen every firat day in Room 4, No. 71 East Rlan- dolph stecet, 'The place 1s smell, having nccomo- dationa for about aixty, but is lnrfe enough for the prescnt needs of thosa intereated In the enterprive, The room s plainly furnlshed, but vory comfort- able and homellke, The first mecting was held at Fo'clock yesterday afternvon, nnd was attonsded by about” forty ‘pereons. Uenjamin Franklin, Superintendent of the Bethel Home, s the preaclier. 1t in the Intention to founi & library in & short tima for the purposs of supply Friends® ‘booka to those sceking information, A Chlcazo engincer recently went to St, Lonia to see about getting a contract for & new steam-cn pine. They arked hln how many foot-lons it could be worked up to with a certain expenditnre of fuel and fo many pounds of steam, **Well," said he, contemnlatively, **1shonid say ita power ‘wiil be abopt 000 -tone.” ‘¢ Pooh!" rald the President of the Company, contemptuously, **that'll mever do. Why, it wouldn't’ begin to apawer the requirements. Didn't yuu read the specifications?™ *Of conrse, of courne,” sald IKIS engineer, affably, *‘but 1 reduced it to your Jacal measure. A 5t Louls foot-ton iw equal to 40 Chicago foot-tons, beeause your feet nro forty times as big o4 ours." ‘I'he Doard woanimous) resolved not to give him the contract, though hfs tender was the lowest by $1i}, 260, The last fatal weok of 11fo fn the O1d House hax been entered upon, and will bo mora prolife of ex- cilement than the tnst day's scraron of a moribund Congrems. he injunctiun oealust tho chiliren wrlting on tho walls with pencils, polling oft the paper. or kicking the doore, fs dissolved, Locauso triendly relations aro no onger to be maintained with the landtord, and It inakes no aifforenco what damnge s dona to the honse, —he can't any Tohger e uncomforsable, or threaton not to repalr that looee iour In the bath-roum, or to raise the rant another ycar, The regular dfes irr on which the weckly Thouse-cleaninz should taka place will b omitiod thin weck, because what earthly uso wentd there be in elenning up the place for wi incoming tenant, and sha & Thing that perafated in comingto sce the, house al nnscaronable hours when the work v@rn't half done ap?! The long agony of packinghns been begun. The inindsof men and matronaare racked with horrld doubts aa to the punsible disloyalty of the expressninn ‘already retained or bia ohlivicuaness of thne, ~ Altosether 1t fea very blne week, and tho husbarid who fa wiso 111 take hin meals dawn-town, and have businces éeuln him unti] very Iate every evenfug on the hhlm‘u that his wifo will be asléep when he gets ome, A guest overslept himnell very much at a city thotel €uturday, and though they pounded on tho door, snd ahoiited **llollo, mister!® and ** Wake up, in thero 1™ and almilsr encouraging expressions through the keyhole, . they couldn't rouss him, while they werv unable to make eut by peepluz throuch the fan-lighit whether ho wes dead or anl, 'I“NHT In this dilemmn they called up the clerl to ask 1f they snonld barst {n the door, or what, and the clerk eatl \lll{ ehould they? "**1f," he arfued, **hie has committed sutcide and Is Iying In & puol of bloed with hia throat cut from ear to car—{lere & ‘timld chambermaid turned pnle and scuttled nwar, for fear of the sizlit of goro marterlng even her con. suming curo=ity~It he has done 50, tho house wiil bo out enoueri for damage to the' carpets, cic., without liaveng to wpoll a lock, No: lo 1ore rtional hods il o hin cizar fra nd i mouthfula rough tfie keyhole, In precisely cleven scconds they hieard a yell, and tho gueel, With s talr on end, and_ his nokednes ouly covered tn parts by o nigitzown, a bed-quilt, and & towel, bouudea “ont 1t the! corrido) and asked where the stairs were, ‘The clerk, satisfod 1rith the success of hin Innocent stratagens, put his clgar into hls mou with mich dhanity, walked (o the drst puwrage, and then skipped hurs rledly for the ecrvants’ stalrway, leaving the nor. ter, two chambarmalds, and f1vo beli-buys to are Tange mattera with the gucet. PRECAUTIONS POIL PIRE AT A 1OTEL, A zentleman frow the remoto wilds af Wisconsin rezlatered himscll **and lady " at a city hotel yes- terday, and anuounced to the gentlemanly clerk his prepurednes to dicker for o room, At frat he wanted toget one on the ground-foor, and that 1eing found ta be {mpoesible, ho nuT}:ulnd making n upa cobch for himeelf and wite of ‘tie drawing-roums near the head of the prand stafee caco. This proponition being rejected as unten- able, he soid he wantedn ruomn with a firu-enca) from the outslde winduw to the eldewatk, and .K: clerk, suppeeastug a yawn, satd that thoy just had the only room ko providediaken up, **See, here, minter, dnally wmd (e guest, what'n thnnder 'm 1 to'do? 1 got matried fve days ago and get out on my wedding tower, Of course my wilo's sorter ecary abunt firen wince the blsze at bt. Louls, and we cirey tope-ladder and & knotted cord in my trunk, soas 10 be provided for in curo thero should bo a horror, or & holocaust, or soipethlng. Hut that wouldn't du, because sho I r}w never could have cundacnee’ 1o go duwn one of them cobwebn ulone; besldes, sho mighin't have tlme to wet dreased completely, and 1o think of appearing before a lat of stranzora with her hatr down, and, s l{ko as not, her go-to-meeting teeth forgoi, —why, It mado her Uluwh, * Tho firat threa nlzhits we were on our (ower sha Just laid down with her stiawl over her and I sat up In & chalr and went oat every hour and prowled round thy pazsages to ece it [ could wmell stnoke, When wo stopued lo Milwaukee = the clork was very pollte und first ugrecd Lo have ua called early in case there was o fire, and then tled a pleco of wine 10 my oo and fastened the othor end ou to 1he des ing 1o ba & v ha by fullowing the u tho catacoin! 'k us kno cord, liko the Christisn narty wao could work our paassgo ont w the olice. teok it very kind of hlm and alept sort of secarely, tlough satie une who didn't kuuw tho usa of thal cord yanked it threo or fuur ti well-nigh spraincd my toe, beaides making iy almout tuen gray cvery tuie. | complained at tho office and the géntlerunly clerk vald ho would sce it ixed all vigut: if it was » bell-boy, bo should be Killed d- it woealdw't cost mo 8 cent; i11¢ was 8 gucst, they'd give him o weat in & draft and wreuch sll the buttons off'n Llw abiet {uthelsundry, Now, mlster, how cun you Azt 1 Theclerk considered a moment and vald thera weto risks [n all buviness: perhaps the bt thfsg bie could da would bu to Lake a room low down,— true, it would cost more, but they wouldn't have sofartojump, and, besldes, the guests in the beat rooms always got tho firet ulurme. Then. whon the gentleiuan frows Wisconsin oblected to thocoat, **1tell you what " aid the clerk, ** Juat Jou step Into the ticket-ofice across the rotunda there, and buy an acctdeot-insurance ticket for each of you, * Jt'llonly bu 20 centd, and then ou'se safe.” ‘'hy gucet thouzht that this would satisfuctory aud economical as well, and fol. luwed hisadvice, Ho thought he was cheated oy the terms of the Gcket, but the clerk assured him that tby Supreuse'Court_had decided that when a wan fuwped out of a window 0 eacapc & Brc bo was & traveler, for be was travel- £z, 1t it way throuzl theafr} then he id the algbt clerk to have No. 1307 called early in case ‘lieru wie & Lorror, and contractod with the porter 2 it bls mouumcntal truak un top of tho bagkavo 40 {hat it could be anaked out essily in the eveut of a slmilar contingency; thenat 12, widnight, be went out and took & O2al emiff in the rotunda basaresll was weil, snd asa last precaution ® " Nsut oalsldo and promiscd & boliceman o quaster 1f, when_ the alarm waa given, ho wonld have the aerial Iadder holsted ta an Indicated window first; then retired and dreamed all night that he was ina sea of flame and his accident-insurance ticket wonldn't fit the 8kinner fire-eacape. and o on. And the clerk preserved his unramed serenlity thronghont the whole tryinz urdeal, thongh ho waA, in pulnt of fact, only sastained by anun- feltering trust that the eashier would work.off & bad V. when the gentleman fram Wisconsin came to settle hisdtil, ANOTIER EXPORT FROM CRICAGO, A kindly but determined gentleman was passing down Lake strect on Saturday afternoon when hs attention was attracted by the alght of an Jalinn argan-grinder, somewha! dlscouraged in appear- anca. The gentleman had teaveled much, and n‘mlm fiuently the Ktalian lanyuage, 80 Iin accosted the hlrl!ls cxtle, and, giving him a connterfeit half- dollar, asked him thu caunse of his woe. Then he led the organ-grinder into a beer-saloon and fliled him half-way np with beer, and asked him what made him come to aach a4 one-horee town ss Chicago, $2\Why,” said he, *you havo (o pay $500 for license, Aame &2 If you 'were a theatre, of 8 circas, and you have to give complimentary tickets, 3 or thelr equivalents, to all the city officinir, fou moust play all the tunce In your urgan whenever the City Clerk, or the Mayor, or any of the Aldermen ask yon to, and ou ca't pass round the hat then unlers you Yu{ Tnie the coltection into tho Clty Treasnry, 1 beft youl the 1aw In mighty stringent, and the ponaltics Jra'very sovere—Bivo day fine, -half 1o tho in- former, your organ confiacated, and yourself sent to make brick, for 103 days for each day'a neglcct to take out a license, * Why dou't yoa go to Detrolt? Detroit is the paradise of organ-grinders, ‘They want an organ+grinderto acttlo there and grow np with the city, a man of genlus and enter- prise like you, No tages. Eve: householder mast let you piay before his door not glve yon leas thad A niekol (encoras if he refuses, you can have Potlce-dustico jnext day. Bosrd free atthe hest hotel in lhuclliy. and whenever you o into nsa- loon call for wiiat you like and It doesn't cost you a cent, and the barkeeper turns his back while you aro mensuring out your drink." The exile’s eyes brightened, but ki3 prow grew aai u mowment after a8 he asked In the llquid nccents of the Sunny Sonth how he waa to get there. **Tha train leaves a day, and foll rates)s fin up hefore the . THE CHICAGO TRIBUNL MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1877, hngn banket as fast anshe could hand them ont, and ererybody was happy. TThe crirtaln was rung up after a long delay, dar- ing which the erchesten had had time to slauehter sdozen or more ‘waltzes, and the play began, Everything was in the Hohemian langnage. Three waiting-women, acrvanta of Pontlus Pllate, iere dincovered sealed in Tarkish fashion in an apart. ment of the palace. Pilate hinisel! (Josef Cermak) ot o8 whiln hoy were ainging o tong, dreged n A gorgeous scarlot tunic anid & long gown, e was followed hy Cniphas (Vaclsy Tenoch), the high prieat, wha'took a drink with him, and then can- versed about the actions of Jesus, o noted preacher amang the poor people, Itwas decided that the impostor should e put to desth, ana Calphas thereupon withdrew, Somchow Mary Magdalene (Ant, Cermakova) hlpr(:nefl along just then, And leaded for the life of the condemned esnn, She would have obtained. the favor had it not been for Clandia, Plinte's wite ’!\lnlc Koyakova), who Interposed objections, ‘The nct was quite long and full of tedions conver. eatian, As the cortaln went down, the audicnce =hrzw ol!dreulnlnl. snd & Babel of talk and laugh- er ensued, The next act opencd with o market rcene in Je- rusalem, Centurions, and pricsts, and vegetable dealera wera to be secn. A bliind man waa led in, Jemeat lhl!gfilnl made his first appenrance. e (Frant, Hol, Zdrubek) was drersed 1n a Jong while tobe with a red scarf, and ho had on 8 vast blonde wig, which was scveral shades lighter than his bearl, e mado nome gencral remarks, and ths acene closed with his restoring alght to the blind man. In tha nextact Jesns and hisdisciples held a merting on Monnt Ollvet, Peter, James, and Judas taking the principal part tn tho conversation, and d|lu,l.nn ng him from macrificing himacif to his encmion, 1t 18 not necessary to detall the plsy, which was enmbersome and on{-dmwn-unl. t closed, of course, with the crucifxion, Jesne belng disclosed n the final scene nailed ton small-slzed croes, and it must be anid that he cut a rather awkward figure, notwithstanding the calcium lights, It was mid- night before the performance closca. ANOTHER SUICIDE. A POOR GINL BLOWS HER DIAINS OUT. i“m‘“’"cl: ;alrtthn'l, lud”nll amn-fflndcrlmlmvol The den of Spiritnalists at No. 127 .Foorth ree, 1 replied the gentleman. *tComowith me. | avenne was yesterday afternoon the scene of ‘We haven't a minnte to lose, When the conductor comes round, tell hiin you_ nre poingte i) an | BROther shooting afftay, but this time, intead of a aperatlc engacement at Detroft, and il | Plke~Tonca murder, it was a snicide. Only a be all right. " He may expect you to playafow | slmple-minded yonng woman who had tunes for the amuscment of the passenyers, but | found Ler adopted mother without a that's all,** Thus saaying and withunt hecding or wppenring to regard the curlaus plances of the gathering thrung, aatonished at seeing him In anch n)nflllnr company, the kind gentieman led the pooe Halian down to the depot, put him on the Atiantic express, and left him with o (rlcudly salutation. And the traln moved away with thst organ-yrinder 4n a dream of delight, whiich wasn't dissipated till he had reached Twenty-recond street ond been given the grand bounce by an unsppreciative brake- m D. DISCOURAGING AN INVENTOR, Itin estimated that gvery male resident of tho Western and Northwestern States is prepared with 8 ruggestiun, o law, or s patent contrivance for xtmn{:»nl of a hotel in case it shonld be on fire. yhifanthropist anlicted by thishallucination sy pened Into x Tursune oflice on Saturday, and explained hig errand to the editor. 1o wanted n rope-ladder in cvery room, (o be fastencd to the wall, or bed, or something, **and then, " sald he, with a pardonable ulow of pride, **all yon have to do 1 tu heave out yonr rupe-ladder and walk off on Jour ear, aklpping down the Iader llke & bird or gazelle.” The editor argued with him., and asked him how strong hu proposcd making his iadder, **0, atrong cnough to boar the avernge- man* $4Tut, " mald tho editor, with a pltying smile; **my frlend, you nre lamentably ignorant of uynamicd ond ti¢ laws of gravitatlou. The weight of adescending body fncreases as the squate of the distance, thus, If a transiont gneat (or, I Jon prefer it, a boarder—it doesn't altor the argu- ment) weighs 160 pounds when he gets on the tad- der out of thio sixtu-stary window, when ho fsat tho fonrth story ho will welgh Zonr times a8 much, or $40 ponindas at tho third, nine timos na much, or 1,410 pounds; at the second, sixteen ti much, or 2,500 pounds, nnd 8o vn. You seo: inventor w *10, that can't be, for whenthay are going a house, or vome other blg load, the; tha end of a ropu ever so long, not at ¢l pair uf tmces. ‘lhe louger the rope the less ** Pshawi"gald the cdltor, contemptn- hey don't do that to make Uhe horse , but 80 08 to muke (he horse weizh ‘mora —to give ‘Wim more truction power, Gesides, '8 lota of othor contlngencles to Yo gunrded Bupposo Barmum's fat woman, welghing ponniy, is In one of the rooms, and yonr ladder doesn't prove equal to her welghit—damagna by any j,!lry in tho universs, Sunpose a: gueat welghing 250 pounds wauts to taka his wife, who' hefta neatly as much, out on hig hack, she being crip- pled, orwick, or in & falnt, or something, then whore!ll your jadder be? Tho faltest transient uest In the countey has rights that o hotel-kecper s bound to respact, *withont regurd to age, color, or previous condition of obesity, says the law, and the hotel-keeper could bo prosecuted undor tho Ciril Rightabill 1f ho didn't give him no cuual show with thoe Living 8keleton.” “The inventor thankad the editor for his paticnt hoaring, and sald the jn- ventlon at first scemed to bim preity plausible, but lie was now satisfied that thera wers n_good many difMieuities In the way, and wilkdrew somawhat sadiy, and after the manner of o maa the pet fila- slon'of whose lifc kins been destroyed, 110TEL ARRIVALS. Julimer fiousa~dosssl A, Dave, b H Dturle]:hé: single symptom of humanity within her scarlct bosom, finally succeeded tn ehuMing of a llfe that was debasingin the extrome. Her name ls Mary Ann Dutle r,allas Short, which latter name sean to have been selected by her on account of ber low statare. Uer adopted mother for the last threa and a- half years Is noncother than the notorlous Mrs. Robinson, who figured so deeply in the Plke-Jones ecandal and mordor. Her pre- vions 1ife s o mystery, at least 0 long as the woman Robinson rcfuses fo give It up. As to the girl's own bellof, perhaps she knew who her.parents were, or, mare robable atil), slic thonght she never was horn, but ust grow up ltke T»im.-y. and never found ont dif- ferent nntil aho was lod ‘aside from paths of virtue in the Itobinson family. That thin was dono thern 18 but little doubt In the minda of thuse who know the Jones crowd of Spiritunlists best, and the pimp in.the affuir is enld to be Mrs, 1tobinson's own son. Itscoms ga If nothing could be written that Is too Yilo to be applled to the crowd occupylngthe building No. 127 Fonrth avenue, and as yet only 2 small proportion of the trath Appears to have been reached, Mrs. Robinson, the mistross of the establishment, owna several furnished honsen in tae vicinity, which arc rented ont tofthe dem!. monde. A» 1o hor gon, nerhaps it is well to let him paas without any comparison, 1lo I8 known to every bawd In the nelghborhood, and bears & char- acter that in o young nian of respectable bringing. up wonld denominate bim a **pimp, ™' Surrounded |. by such a crowd, Mary Butler found no relief save indeath, Three fatife attempts were made from timo to time, bat each occasion she saved, ouly 1o loose her senscs throngh a reslization of her” condition. The third attempt was mmado abont six weeks ago, by taking a doseof morgnlnu. but she was noticed in timo. Since that rhe has doue but little olse than mope and think sbout a ‘more_ cerlaln and speed: of death. She frequently 1r Jones suffered ln{ pain_ from fatal bullet, ond recently Harry Roblnson's revolver, which had been miasing for some time, was founa n her room. = Yesterday the lohinsons went ont riding, and It Is wald Mary saw her lover, Harry, pass by with a frall creature fa a buggy, where- upon slio went to the Juoking-gians and’ popped herself one under the right ear, i penetrat- Ing the bse of the oraln and ecausing almust In- ntantancos death, ‘The report was heard by some [wmmn upon the upper floor, who at oance ruahed 0 the rescrc, but (oo late to haof any service, The Robinsons returncd home soon after, and, closing up the honse, refused to amlit any one, or 10 say anything about tho end affuir, save s sneer- ing remark that the girl was crazy. Deccased was 8 comely young weman of about 20 ycars of age (18 years only, tha Robinsona ay), and was quite A rmart, lnlnl\:fl!nt girl. Two years azoshe had a child, supposedly by yonng lobinson, but she was ohlized tosend it totho Ht. Joseph Asylum for suatenance, At the lnrlnell which the Cotoner will hold to. day, ke will do well lD?n deoply into the causes which led the poor girl to take har awn life, Tho Rubinsons are a close corporation, and every effort ton lor, Nuw York: 1 "HiMpe, JE., PIEta shonld bo made to fatho: of th . Fienchy” Y !k«,::ul-':':\'&"'."n, l%x,ldlp‘ uf s '":'.‘x fles: e tho Gepth ohSholr auil A . i o1 e flan. % nlares igaskler, Fniteluighis) ¥ am. Crane NELSON TUTTLE, ] the' iton. hodes, Bt I ew_ York: A Oram teckewiy Ve . 2. man, an 'TaL:Isco] Yitation, PiabGIEY e Hon fivaiel 133 L tircene, Boston; 1. Ketiyun, mer, Milwaukee: Charlea Ttin, TR Guebes Joni Sanh, New Vo ;‘ i R igctow, New Mexleot A. W, Goodale, art auna, Clevelandy the 11on. Johin J. iltehell, Kt.LouIN. .. Treinond ffonce—Lorenzo Flotch: e, Pittehurzs the flon, €, ¥. ‘MeMackin, Cincinyatis Edwary 1tyan, Haneock, 3iich.; Capt, J. TaCrusees” Col. L. ML, Lyford, Hurion] o7, Xuw York; ‘tho fion. Juhn W. Fuliem, Jatics ria it . ¥ Moraes Cleveinmty W Harding, - Ransas Glty, Tion. U, it, Sherman, State Aus Y Odenciriey thiidelp Kmith, New York Ghymen Housathe ditor, Mes Malues, 13,8 1, K. Clatknor, fowa Stils Teeaisaer, Déa Wolneas Bath Parker 9t Hun, Gebrze Buckliam, New Yokt arics 1L fulbard, Weetfiold New York. e Cominers forutay L, V. Wilde ew Yorky o, Dridans A, A Ilampton, AMUSEMENTS, THE GERMAN TIHEATIE. Mr. Jullus Rosen's latcat productiun, ** O Diesa Maenner! " (O, These Men!), was produced by Mr. Alexanddor Warster's German dramatic company ¢ the Now Chleago Theatro last evening. Tho fact of bringing out o novelty by the noted suthor of ¢! Lemons* and other well-known comedics, to- gother with thie reappearance of Mr. Carl Helmer, & groat favorite with tho theatre-going Germans hure, Was tho cause of the Louse being better filled than il bas been foc some time past, Thonew play 1s, 1ike ** Lentous, " more uf a farce than a come. dy. 1t haa no partlentar plot, but In well written, full of eparkilng wit aud e vo acenes, and the characters are well drawn and very comical and mirth-provoking, It {s but (air to say that full Justico “was done to tho play last ovening by Mr. Wurster's company, nnd it i{baroly possitle if it hias been brought vut 1o better ndyantaga on uny of the mora protentious theatres of the German capitals, Itwas byall-means the most rounded and best performance given us by this company this scason, and again showed how woll it s ndapted Iorrl-yl ol this kind. Thu best druwn o Citys v D, Alred, o Creaky o, b st one of Chicago's earlicst scttlers, and known fn farmer years as ono of hermoat cocractic husl- ueea non, died on ¥nturday sifght about 11 o'clock fram apoplexy, Mr, Tuitle waa DLorn In Onclda County, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1814, and was therefore in hia $3d° year. 1lls experience In this city dated from 1837, and ble earliest connectlon with Chicago was an manager of a stage-line running from this city to Dotrult, Iis nextvon. ture was In_dry goods and general morchandiso, amd for s {equ or sohe wan a member of the frm of N, & F. "Tuttle,afterwards N, & L. (1, Tuttle,and 000 of the largest Lusluess-houses of tho time. Somu timo near 1854 Mr. Tuttlo turned bis atten- tlon to hardware, and tho firin of 'Tuttle, 1lihbard & Co, did business on the cornee of Btato and Lako sircots for many yea: In 1800 Mr. Tuttle retired from active buslness. e losvesn wifs and six children, and his brothers Frederick, L dwin are all well known businoss-mon. funernl will tako placy to-morrow noon from No. Michigan aventie, . SUBURBAN. HYDE PARK, Yestorday morning the Finance Committes of tha Preabyterinn Church reported on tho sltuation financisily of the church, The total indebtedness of tho church Ia $26, 580,08, with sasots of $13,- 04102, Bince the last report the debt has hoen deceeased $5,733,77. Tho expouses for tho present quarter will be $1,008,08. The sormon wad preached by Dr, Blackburn, who chose for his text: hhnv ’c'.'#.-':‘::}fi'fln?.,’d':fi.' Christ aud mewmbers particu. He spoke of the organization of the church, how 1t 1s kept slive, and the duty of each member of the congregation. 'The Commitiecs of the Young People's Assocla- “tion will meet on Mouday evening in the Presby. terian Church, ‘s hotel fs Axing up‘1ts gronnde, and the house in now 1 vxcellent working order, The park op- Dosita the hotel has been Axod up, amd wru be or- vamented with flowors and trees,, Among thoss who have taken up thelr realdenco for the summer, charscter of the play s that of Moreland, alien- | are Joseph W, Whaling and family, J, M. Miller and pecked husband, whoso wife, howover, laafter- | wife, Charlea 1. Lane’ and family, Gen. Ledllo wanly persuaded by u friend, Dr, Sauber, to lct ns anil family, ¥, it Mollingaworth and family, ¥, A, on lum. 'The changed condition of adfaira induced | Heverns and famiiy, Adams Binith and famify, Mre, Wm to make it !urk‘lr us It ho lad uiways | D, Dale, and family, Fhil Wordaworth and family, boen mnstor or the sltuation, which leade | Mr.and'Srs. Geny Sinith, 8. N, Wilcox and faml- 10 several comical Incidents.” This charuc. | ly, Jobn Tyrrell aud family, J. I, Pendorgast and ter ,was imost excellentl, porirayed b Wife, d. B, llewes and wife, Willlam J. Tewkes. My, Koch, who wmy Justly clahn thfe | bury and family, J, B, O. (iross and family, bost achlovements Liiia season, qually well drawn and comical {s the character of Mrs. Schraube, an uld widow with a short neck, whicn, however, doea not troable Ler enaugh to fmpedu thio suavity of her Ianguaye, ‘'he eccentric auit gosalpy old Jaidy was never f‘“ tter, 1f sy weil, thai was donte by Mrw. llorn lsst ovening, Bho sustsined hor ditleult purst throughout the play In o very pratseworthy suauner, and aguin proved that In parts of_thls kind eho has no superior in this conintry. Mr. Carl Heluer, who has just ro- tuened from 8t. Louls, sustained tho part of Cart iFalker with hiw usual wkill and care. llv was warmly weicamed whan he firat appeared upon the sccie, Mies Woll, as Jelonrs, was betier than sbe Liza been since hor reappearanca In thiscity, This 1ady apuears to much botter advantage i comedics than In tragedy, thougli she preferato play In tho Iny Mra, Claussen as Ulga, Miss Lindoman ae Francleca, Mr, Bonald sa Botlman, Mr. Brock- wan a4 druno, Mr, Moyer us duberlano, and Mr. Franzwiller as Dr, Sauer, were all very guod. It fact, all of the largs cast played well and did theit best tu miake the picce the sucteas which it achfoved last evenlog. = MIRACLE-PLAYING, A DOUBMIAN HEFRESENTATION OF TIE CRUOI- CIFIXION, Brawny young Nonemian mechsnics, dreased up In thelr holldsy ottirc, and looking awke ward and happy, as they etolo now and then a sly glance at.thelr buxom companions, wors a featuro of the sudicnce, The older ones, rule. sat bolt upright andkept a diyniged the drop-curtain. Chlldren, any quantity o 'l and of all sizes, clambered over tho seats nnd on. geged In pepetusl squabbles for the best vantage. ground for secing the show, Walters with clean white aprons wero burrylog to sud fro and supply- Ing the impatlcnt sudience with beer, It wass gals night, For wceke tho Dohemien population of the city bad been impatlently wait- lug . for this occasion, when notbing less than a genuloe miracle-play was to bo produced at the Taylor Strect Turner Hall by a Bohomian dramatic cowpany. Jesus Christ and His cruciixion wete to e portrayed by livlug charactors with l})l tho stage wil sccesoried, and religtous ferv curlusity to briog oot an immeusoaudicuce, E inch of auac in The large hall was occuple: mass of strugeling bumaalty filca tho bai snd gallery, Beer, to use an ordinary yet o3, slve ‘phrase, fowed ko walcr, and tho man who bad not a ve-centcigar in Lis mouth was & pittable object, An old womian peddicd preszols from a combined ] = - o 35 “ il Ly i it b i ilindat i Ll L N N A S e A e e mO>! = = 35 ania and wife, J. C. Holenbeck and Aorrill snd famity, J, K, Cooper . Arme, and Kdward Everitt. The election el op fatardng for i e clection held on Naturday for two members of the Buard of Education for Distrlct No, 3 resul'ed b the cholce of Frederick Kimmoy and Irus Coy.. About BOO votes were polfed, Tho Uresbyterian Hoclety clegted tho following Moard of Frustces for the ensulng year at’ thy snuual mecting beld on Wedneaday svening last: Waruer, A, M, Voeder, A. I3, G. 1L Tluily D.J, 1ISubard, Stfilman, ticorge W, fawify, 11, 1 aud wite, B30 noch Wood Tapker and B following artia Mr. Thonius Goowil evoplugs Mra. Emma Thuralou, iss Jew Marflett, Bir. A, J, Creswold, Mr, 'N. Ledochos aky: e Julea Jordan, W. ‘N, Smith, and the Grlantal Quarteite, composed’of Mossre, U, N, Smith, Brat tenori C. C. Phillips, second tenor: Yidward llalo, 53t bies; Frank 'Tilden, secon Lass, = ‘o Benigr Club glve a masquerale LA one week ullwm ibls evenlngin lhe.fl-w hail {n Tulu‘L son's Block, s The Trinity Reformed Episcopsl Boclety hold thelr nest soclable on Friday uvening at th roals dence of Mrs, George 8. Middicton, on_the corner of Wrizht and Maple strects. A cordial inviation 1 extonded to all. Work upen thu Parkway paviilon improvemont commenced in earnest un Saturday mornlog, A large gang of men and teaws niade nd:cld:& fm- dresslon ou the tract extending (rom State street o thoe rafirvad, BANKRUPTCY, Osama, Neb, Aprit 22.—Andrew Loveland, an old atizen, flled o voluntary petition in baukruptey In the Unlted Btates District Coust yesterday.” —— PIANOS TO RENT, Al Lyon & licaly's, Ststoand Monros streets, y9u can always remta good uurght or square plano, ata low rate, ——— The demaud of the day is for cln!‘p cheap only Lo price, ot in quality, 7This demand, howsver axacting, {s fully inat §n the departments of faalion snd socletly by Andreus' Basar. To be well fzforwed In theso regurds la not only please ing but requisite for a lady.” Through no medium caii & ladyhocome st oace 40 agreeably, 80 sccu: rutely, and ¢o cheaply Informed as through the Ha:ar. Eample copics sout by W, K. Andrews, Cinclunati, on receipt of 10 conts. things, bat INSURANC Approaching Meetifig of the National Board. Large Losses in . 1877---Demoralization at Home and Abroad. How tho New York Depariment Gobhlefi $100,000 of Chicago Moneys Sharp Practice on » Merohant-—A Tel- $ egraph Insurance Company, From Our Special Correspongent. New Yonk, April 10.—~Next week the pnnual meeting of the Natfonal Noard will be held in this city. 1tisoxpected the Hoard will quietly smile at the aitnation. reance §1a own working expenscs, and adjourn, allowlng the Execative Committee to perform the real work of the organization, as herotofore, Thero Is a notlceablo differcnce in the feclings of the companics now and those they exe pressed & year ago, ' There is not onty a wiillng- neess, but a deslre, to absolve the TNoard from all responsibllity for rates, and permit lacal Boards to declde snch qaestions in thelr own way. The salaties will ba redaced Ifrgely, and the number of employes cut down, without doubt, The ques- tion of expense has become an important one, for, independont. of tho local charges, from every qnarter tho asscssments borne for the Natlonni Board expenses directly anounted to upwards of $100,000 por annum. The prescnt sltuation is ona of rerene satlafaction with referenee to tho now Board compelition, and disgust for the low rates prevalling, Tho lvcal Tloards hare gen- crally met the new Doard -competitfon by conceselons {n rates, and thero is less gowling among ngenta about losing businesa on that ac- connt; but the rieks sccured by this plan aro being carried at A fearfal discount, It {s not ruppasable that the situation as it affecta the conntry at large will be materfaliy changed by the National Board meeting, ® LARGE LOSSES OF THE TRAR, The opening months of the year 1877 have not been propitious for proft to tho fire-lnsurance companles engaged in an agency business, nor for thosc of this locality engaged in a stelctly city busi- ness. Tho agency companics enjoy the experlence of wiping s whole year's profits in some places in einglofire. Thnsin St. Louls the large firesin March, and latterly tho Southern Hotel fire, have extingulehed all the profits of certaln large com. panies made in that ety In two years, Tha same experience 18 possiblo In othor clties, oven in the absence of o wholesale conflagration. An sgency company even of mammoth elze will rarcly reccive over $20,000 In any city (Chicago, DBoston, and New York excepted), ond, when two 810,000 Josres are’ made, the profit of tho ycar s gone forover. Just thin thifig has occurred In three or four other places beslde St. Louls, and thero 1s the customar; weeping and walllng nccardingly, Tho New Yor! CM{ companies, in the Bond strect fire and othors which preceded and followed ity 1ost o haif-year' recelpts, and arc not In doubt asto (! profita, * They know tha resuit will be d! unleas a lucky turn In the wheel occurs, DEMORALIZATION IN CITY RATES, When the ex-Presldent of the Natlonal Board, Henry A, Oakley, who had heen uniformly a atickler for bindlng rates of the I|lBheul grade, rore In his plnace in the Now York City Board and moved. that rates be advisory, he Iafd on the camel's back tha feather trhich broke It, Proviously the eifort to malntain the (nriff was a ludicrons farco. Rince then iL hns been cast to the winds, The offect has been malnly to depress rates, which recently rmged from 00 centa t0 &1, Theeo have tumbled to 46 up o 45: although sume rich atorles are told in the brokers' ofticesabout Knglish companleswriting pol- iclua for three years for the same premlum charged twvolve monthe'ago for one year. = One anthentie cated caso in that of a bullding ueed by n ship- chandler, wlthgflvlhn of mlnnluv:kurlnx{ rated Jast year'at 81,05, written in an English_odice iast week st L percent for three -years. The choup warehouscs, an they oro called, which are_rated at 30 up to 60, Lave llnnl{y beenaflected by tho bresking of tha tanfl. Everybody: sgreed they ‘wera cheap enough Eefore, Tha ecranible for bns- Incas now [s disgraceful, considering the real con- dition of the nlnh.‘ndlms companles, but 8 closo obscrver can detect, nnder the sarface. the old struggle betwecn the largo and small companles. &reat companies, with thetr millions, are pos- ased of the iden—which is shared by the English officen—that & year of this low-rate sirife will kill ofl many ot tho amaller conccrns, snd then they will havo matters thicir own way, ‘This Is a stranga deluslon, but thero {8 no doubl It ia the motive which induces sume of the large campanics to solicit business away from theiramaller nelghbora, DEMONALIZATION EXTENDING.- All well-posted undorwriters realizo the fact that New York maken the raten for the wholo conntry, Itiska nra placed hero covery dsy on pmfinny in cvery Stato and Terrltory In the Unlon, The rates evervwhero follow the muotion of rates here. When they advance 1n Now York they advance claowhere, and vico-versa, The argnment nscd by agenta everywhere Ia, that thelr own towns or eltles rhoild bo favared, because & rodnction has been made hete. Un_thia point an extract from a lotier wtitton by a leading agent of Chicago to_his com- pany here may sorvo as an illustration, Ho says: *“How can wo malutain rates in the teeth of ‘the non-Hoard companics, when in addition to thele policles our morchants are able to send to New Xork und get, policiea below our ral 1 recelved Information that Charles Uos had placed in New York City companies nearly $30,000 at 1 per cent, whorean onr rate s 1,55, ‘The Gosaaxe risk Is onc of the heavieat insurod in Chicago, and, whon such a * cut® aa thia Is made by companies of undoubted character, wo can hardly argua our_customers (nto the bellef arc just and cquitable,” - The writer might have that oar ralcs ddod {he nnme of almost every other large dry-goods firm In Chicago to that of G go & Co, ‘he{ all iny n vr city coin- vanies, and, whenever lhey can, at less than tari rites. RIBKS ON TRAVELERS' TRUNES, A new kind of venture has heen atarted here, or rather has been in operatlon fora fow manths, 1t wasutarted by (be Arctic Iusurance Company, anit has been adopted by other companies, - It ia he Insurmuceof travelingsslcsmen's trunks againat 1ass gither In transit by rall, watcr, or In hotels or nhiic placrs, The chief patrons of this class of naurance aro tha whalcealo jowelers, who aend out trunks contaluing often proporty worth 820,000 Ono of them was burnt In the Sonthern Ifotel In St. Louls Insured for 85,000, and it proved s total loss to the company. “Thres of the Kuglish com- panies bisvo kone info the sama 1iue of busincas, and, tomake It efoctivo, have cach entored fnto speclal contracts with one only from this firm, In the exclusive nacency, the agonts agree that they will lhnmu‘flll} canvass the Jowelry hosiness for policies. 'The old lieads of the underwriting profession scout the iden of thore heing any money In this busk roclalum that the moral hazant involved fs fuc able, because an agent, no matter how caroful cautlous, can never control his surrountinge. WILY TIIX PRENCII CORPORATION DRFAKTED, Doubtlos there haa boen mach surprivo in the West auwell anin the East caused by the sudden and anexpecred ruvocation of the authority hers- tofare given to tho ** La Canvro U§nnrnlu dea Agri- coles, " commanly called the ** French Cotpuras tion, * to do businens in this clty, ‘The $200, 00 dupasit of 118 Company {s sthil in'the biauda of the Department, although a vigoroits effort in hoing made to cancel all mqullc en ed In this histy In order ta roleasothe deponit. Cunsidering all the dificulty and expenee to whichgthe Company wae subjected Inorder to obfin oMl cn- rance fo New York, thero ls sowething ow and cunning fu thus treating when all the facts in disuuto wers known Jang since. Tho plea of the Diepartment s that (he Company's capltal s finpaired G0 per cent at the homo utilce, 70 prove thiu, the Departmont rolccts an ltem calied **discounted cominiestons,” wbich wonld bo perfectly proper, provided the ltem wera callcd by lta rlatit name. ‘It scemn, however, that in France there iwa system by which policics ure fasued for ten years, und the commiteslons or drayw- backs are paid In sdvance, coupled, however, with u contract making the amounts reclalmable on cer- talo conditlons, The sums thus held ure legisl- mate demandy, an paybe enforced In law, ai i 1a understood thut the French Corpuration’ wi dispose of ils clafma under this irangcment & banidsonie premiums; but pur Departmont falled to B0c it in that light, and by ita rojection figured the Impairment. A CIIUAGO INVESTMENT IX ALUANY, 1tappears, furthermore, upon a sequest for in. formatlon ss (0 the causcs of sunimary sction of tho Departicnt towund tha French Corporation, that tuero waa dissatlsfaction with the munner which the deposlt wmoney now in A ralsed. “1tsocms that $100, ount deposited by the Company, le, or wa [rovrty of Messte, Mclorinick Lirothers & 3y, of Chicagu, who had put up the money ss iu"“m of ihe fal:bful performance of their uty os American munagers of the Compauy. Tho New York Depactwent at first (afled (o sco how thls mousy could oe Juancd (o tha Company with- out creating @ hiablfity 1 an cqual amount, Thie Iot_was ecitled b{llhc exccution of o release roin McCormick Hrothers & Findlay to the uffect that they held no lien on tho Couspauy' ut looked only to the Compan; n France for thelr own relmburscient. T torney-General of tho state advised the lute Supe intendeot that this reicasy was valid, and ho cou- ated to adwit American he popular wuspleiou ‘rench Corporation recelvea In placing its deposit fn Albauy, 1o fact, 8 propo- sition was made by arepresentative of the Company 1o & gentleman of this city last summes to take the American agency on similar terms, and & very lib- eral contract promiscd, There was oo undercur. reot of yumor all last fall that if the Freach Core poration camo out s to X some auch process as that which, in the bistory of its expulelon, has been brousht to I'ght. OTHER COMPANIXS RUNNING TS UAUNTLET. Some thme 285, Shere were rumors Aflecting ths continuance of tho Noyal Canadiau in tils Brace. fumors which, 1n thels travels weatward, wero 1 rapidls twlsted Into storles of the actoal expuiston of the (fom]nmf from New York. The story had ite fonndation In this: that the Royat Canadian capital was naminally Impatred, but, by ita rednc- tlom, The Tabiiitien were lessencd and ho fmpatr- ment wiped ont. Then the Paterson was talked about, and ita elrl{ retirement predicted, but thus far the Company fias atood fire, and re- maina, Hut the Patersun s known hers and elsc- where ge 8 Tree underwriter, and {ta managers have lacked experience, Preminms flowea n very fast at first ond no losses, but when the tide tarned and loescs commenced, ita agaeta werd reduced. lence the Paterson han had a close - abave, The Ilangor, srhich was anather reckless nnderwriter. lias gono into liquidation, and ita ritka have hoen reinsired n the Commercial Unlon of Kngland, The Os. frego & Onondagn haa wieo retired from bosinean. ‘Theso ovents aro regarded hy the fraternity as only Ihe diatant rolling of the _thunder which precedcs the stormn, and they predict that more companies will yet be thrown outof New York before the summer s over. AN ENOLISII JOKE ON A LBADING MERCITATT. Some time ago the head of a well known mercan- Hlle irm (whore Insnrances have alwaya been well cared for by a junfor partnes) took a notion in his hend that he would Increase the irm's insnrance by nereonally interviewing somo of the companies. Among ofhcrs he called npon the managers of an English compony, which readily ~consentod to Increass 'thelr pollcy from ~ $20,000 (Lo nt preferred do take up (helr old policy, which liad run abont five montha and opena new one for the increased amount. The scnlor sared to thie and orderend tho ol pol Ics turned for cancellation, The manager gflre the increased preminn on the old policy at ahort rates fur five monthe and inarked the retitrn doe on the volicy iteell. Then, making out the now pollcy **In consldaration of the cancellation of No, — and an edditional prominm of $—," mannged to zecelve for one year and fivo monthy insnrance on 20, 000, —n rate enual to oneyenr and nine montha pro tata) and full rate on the othor $20.000. The unior partner saw the teick and tried to explaln it to hia menlor, but tho latter, ueually very long-headed nbout anything connected with saving money, utterly falicd toroe the point. BTARTING A NEW COMPANT. 1t scems Incredible that anybody, in these peril- ous times for fire-insurance ulllll shonid think of starting a new company, bnt it is even so. comonny has been projected to be ealled the ' Telegraph Insurance Comoany," snd it dorives its aignifvance from the fact that among its pro- moters are certain of tho Weelern Unlon Telegraph Company Rmp]e. They hiave thus_far about one hunured thonsand dollara snbacribed, but thero llmr stick, It lasomewhst remackable that sev- eral other pronosals for. tarting new companies have reached abont the same point and then been ebandoned, Thereis popular officlal In this who hns a book in _ his pocket the subscriptfon of abont 100 gentlomen, averaging $1, 000 ench, to orgenize anew company, but he cannot Increane it mnfliciently to carry hia point, Bame of the Iatter organizations In” this clty have been ealled into 1ifo to give parles managing them oficial positions, and the plan has been for tvo partiesto get each ono-half of the necessury alock laken to organize the company, BEINNING TIE COMPANIES, Nearly all the leading companies have up-town agents who recelve 25 per cent In conelderation of devoting their encrgics to safd company. Down- town the latter pay brokera only 16 per cent, but Iatlerly the companiea havo fonnd brokers ;:uln5 to thelr np-town oflices whero they can obtain 2 per coent from tho same company. This lssharp practice. Neso, ——— LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. STREET CLEANING. To the Edllor of The Tridune. Cittcaao, April 20.—~1t has been o matter of enr- prise to mo fora_long time that the peopla of the South and West Divisiona (the Sonth particularly) of this clty should le down supinely and let thisves and thievish contractors run over thom as they certainly have done for the last five years in the matter of rtrect repalrs and sireet-cleaning. ‘Thero fe not now and has not been for the past threo years or more a decent thoronghfara on the Bouth Blde between the river and Thirty-ffth streel. Thero fs not o strect that woald notbe o disgrace to o country ftown or & town corporation, much more to a city of the and Importance of Chicago, Now it f8 & mnotorlous fact that money enongh, and probably threa timen as much as necossary, has been appropristed and paid to somebody to put the strects in good condition, snd keep them ao, during the time sbove referred to, The question, and one which Intercats every taxpayeras well an who drive upon and usctlie strests, is, What bas hoen done twith this maney, and i3 thera any re idress for this sort of thing?” 1 hope that this may lead otliers to express their minds, and that wa may liave a genoral_atireing up of the public mind on thia mnbject. If 1had tho money and timo [ wonld frecly spend both to see this problem worked ont to its natural and just concluslon. Yours truly, Ciantzs GAuDNEH, TIE COUNTT BOARD, . Cnicago, April 20.—79 J, V. Farwell & Co., Fleld, Leller & Co., F. W. Kingd& Co., and many other Aeary taxpayers of Chicago—Quxtin. wex: Do yon gentlomen stand {dly by and see thonsands of dollars—yea, hundreds of Yionsande— voled away by tho present County Board of Com- miesloners, and still make po more to have the Bobinson bill pass to Icgislate them out of offico? Can't you sea thut they have already pald out more money to the Ilinadale Granfte Company and (o McNell & Son than thoy pald poor old Farmor Harma for all of his work, Including over 1,000, - 0U0 brick, 4,000 luadsof stone, and 6,000 yards concrete? Something must be done, and that qulckly, or your Court-Tlouso whil coat 85,000, 000, You niust have lost all thought of the city's wel- {arc tu mako 110 move to check the nannerof ex- Pcndmn the peu}-le'nnonuy. ‘To you we look, and f you taks nostepa to reatraln ateallng and tho tnmwlngwu of tho "mnzfln'u munez. what aro we to do? Do yon know that already they have pald vut more monoy ta Hinadalo snd McNell than the whale cost of thia forndation, and Harme' bill is kept alive to cover up the Ring's ateals? D, If. Cavr, No, 318 Fulton street, Chicago, —————— AGRICULTURAL NOTES, CiNcINRATY, April 21.—Tho Commercial has adylces as to the crop prospects frop elghty-aix polats In Ohlo, as follows: Wheat, elght re- porta fale crop; forty-nine, good; twenty-nlne, unusually good, As to peaches, tiftcen reporta fair crop; thirty-five, good ; five,unusually good; thirty-one, a fuilure, From seventy-onc points {n Indlans, as to wheat, slx report tho prospect for o falr crop; thirty-seven, good: twenty-elght, unusually good, As o peaches, cleven, tair ¢rop; nino- teen, good crop; five, unususlly good; thirty- slx, falluro or Furllnl failure, From sixty-four points In Kentucky, as to wheat, twenty report prospects of a fair crop; thirty-four, grood; scven, unusunlly cood: two, fallure or purtial fallurc; one,” none sown, Teaches, four, falr crop; five, good; Afty-throe, futlure; two, not ralsed. From ninety-ono puints in Illinols, mostly the middle and southeri portions of tho State, sev- en report wheat & !Hr prospect ; fifty-ive, good; twenty-one, unususlly zood; oue, failure; sev- en, o wheat sown, FPeachics, ton, falr; twenty- seven, good; thirty-nine, la]luu; fllteen, none ralsed. Bpecinl Diwatch to The Tribune. BLOOMINGFUN, Lil., April 3l,—Not for muux ears hns u tnore favorabls crop been presentes o the farmers of MeLean County than Is now bofore them. Tho winter was reinarkably flue for stuck, of which a good deal was fed for the Jate winter and early spring market, and which has reachied Chlcago in excollent coudition and commanding good prices, What fall whoeat was sown—McLean County not belng in the wheat Lelt sows but littlo of this cereal—was well pro- tected by snows, and is vow in ‘Prlmo order, The ’Srlug was unsually carly, and farmers are well ulong with their work,” not having been serlously retanlded by ralns, Good roads hays made cotnmunleation with the towns generally easy, to the_mutuul benefit of both city and country. The prospect Is that the acreage of vorn will be greater thun ever in McLean Coun- ty. 'The unusually heavy Inyestment by farm- ers inlmproved farm machinery indicato a dis- pusition to do tLo best work, and alsu an fabune danve of working capital and confidence,” Cen- trul llinols never had a more cheerful outlook than to-day. 4 re.- H. : d May Pennell Barber, aged 4 montha and 26 Ays. ‘woeral 'rne-&y. at10 s, m., from B Langley avenue, to Oskwood Cemotery, OARLEY--At Clarence, .erucaunly. N.OY. on s, Ene Batarday, June 21, "Angiatos Onkle: mother of H. D. Oskie o thiacity UA Dr. Schenck’s Standard Remedies, The standard remedies for il diseasesof tholungs are Schenck's Pulmonlc Byrup, Behenck's Bes Weed Tonle, and Schenek’s Mandrake Pilis, and 1€ takca be- fore tha langs are destroyed, 8 spcedy care s effected, ‘To these three medicines Dr. J. H. Bchenek, of Thil- adelphts, owes his untivaled auccess In the treatment of pultonary disesscs, : ‘Tha Pulmonte Byrup ripens the marbid matter fn the Tangss nataro thrawa It off by an easy expectoration, for when the phlegm or matter i ripe a alight courh ‘will throw [t off, the patfent haa rest, and the lungs be- #in 1o heal, » To enable the Palmonic Syrap {odo this, Schencks Mandrako Pilla and Schenek’s Sea Weed Tonfo mast be frecly used to cleanre the stomach and liver, Bchenck's Mandrako Plila act on the liver, removing all obstrus- tlons, relax the gall bladder, the bila starts freely, and tho liver (8 soon rellsved. ) Behenck's Sea Weed Tonle 14 & gentle stimalant and slteratives the alkall of which It s composed mizes Wwith tne food and preventasonring. Tt assiste the di seatton by foning up the stomach to - heaithy condl tlon, so that the food and the Pulmoniec Byrup will make kood bloody then the lungs heal, and the patfent will aurely get well It care lataken to prevent freshcold. Al who wish to consult Dr, Behenck, either persone aliy or by letter, can da #o st his principal ofee, corner ofSixth and Arch- hiladelphis, every Mondsy. ehenck's medicines are sold by all drugglste throoghe Out the conntry. DABBITT'S TOILETSOAP, BABBITTS TOILET SOAP. Unrivaled for the gl Totler snd th vover ¥ common and deta- B terious ingredl. ents, After years Aof clentific” ex- andnow offera to tha P in tho Habiitca Tlest Sap hax per able Ofis ured in ita ected, ‘-nhllu The FINEN ()"l Vorld. Onty the purest Vegi manyjacture. For Use in the Nursery it Has No Equal Worth ten times lta cost to every mother and family in Christendom, - 8ample box, containing 3 cakes of 6 ounces eacti, sént frce to any address on recelptof 75 cents, Address B.T.BABBITT, New York City, FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. A PERFECT TOILET SOAP. First among the requisites of the toflet fa & good artfcio of Soap, but to procure 1t fs not always an essy matter. Many of the most exoensivo Soapa In Lha mar- ket are made from coarse and deletorlous matorials, and thetr dellcats coloring and fragrant perfumo toa oftcn conceat the most repulatye Impuritfos. The dlaclosures secently made public regarding this subject ara poat- tivelv stariling, and deserve scrious comsderation. Bcented Soaps aro now kaown to be extremely objegs tlonable, cspecially If applied to ihe head: Injaring tho halr, irritatiog the scalp, Inducing severs hesd. achies. The character of the ingredients may be Inferved from the statement of a gentleman who makes the scenting of Bosps his business: he recently declarod that mons engaged in this employment wers shurtlivedy rom seven 1o ten years being the longeat period during which the uecapation could ba followed. . ’I‘Pe dimculty of procuring & Ptr!ully pure article of Talet Soap ls at Iast abriated, liowarer, thanka 10 tho Serprise and chemical sk1ILof Mr. B.'T, MARDITT, o Naw Yorl o world-renowned Soap Manufactui wliosa imisicnss establishment (8 by far the largest of Xind in the United Btates. renown of Mr. aAnn 3 4 luctions has for many yilrl been wiiely df seminated, but this lateet succesd Is the appropriats crown 1o the numerous victorlos aiready achieved. After years of patient Jab { and scientife sxperiment, Mr. DannitT haasuccceded In perfecting the composl tlon of the finest tollet 5oap ever Introduced. Tha pris cipal ingredients are the pureat vegetable ollay the mans ufacturing processes are entiroly naw and orlginal, aud ihe result 8 simply unparailed in this department of ine uatry, 411, T, BANRITI'S TOILET S0AR" 18 tho trade-mark Dy which this elegau$ toliet lnxury s destxnated, and tor aupifcation 10 the delicate sktn of (afasts, children and Iudfes, 1118 alfogether uncqualed in 1ts emoliion properites. Tho foap i8 not par/umed, th Ing: of siich abielnte purity a4 ta req th!m“lrr(ndlliflllfl tnforiar materials, Tha most ree kT era the absenco of arilficlal berfuma {ne pertection o ameetnas, and the peciller character: stie of I, T. Babbitt's Tollut Bosp renders it tho most lieaitntal'aad agrceable aritcts of the kiad ever mana- artured. “Thaugh spectally deatrable for the uss of ladies and «lifldran this saap 18 oqually appropriate for genlo- men'a tolter, and aait makea s heavy Iather It (s also one of the fincst'soapa for barhers' uso. It hoing placed upan thg marker, butihe demand come geacral.—New York Tridune, B, T. BABBITT, New York City. By WM. A, BUTTELRS & GO, Aauctioneers, 118 & 120 Wabnahay, CHATTEL MORTGAGE SALE, ENTIRE FURNITURE Of Dwelling 1073 West Adams-st., MONDAY MORNING, Aprll 23, at 10 o'elock, UTTERS & CO., Auctloneers, WM. BANKRUPT SALE. ENTIRE 8TOCK OF BOOKSU, STATIONERY, MAPS, &o. I 1. W. Goodspeed, Bankrupt, At Btore 103 South OClarkest., MONDAY Morning, April 23, at 10 o'clock. T aslaconlpests et aminent oMotk Uhnite, Chromow, " ¥ueravings, sbout 880, o orrel ens, Penclla and I ., Bewing nholders, Dadxes, &8 tachine. fron Bafe, Church. Bell, Leitsr Diess thros ©Omca Desks, Btove, Store Fixturel, &c., &c., of which will bs sold withane TOBENT E: JENKINS, Anlgce. Wil A, DUTTENS A 0L AUstionters, A2iE PEREMPTORY SALB GOLD AND SILVER WATOHES, Diamond Jewelry, Fins Qold Suts, Chains, &, MONDAY MORNING, April 0 o'clock, Balcvme;m A o s A e byt 10 o'clack, at our W 0,4_Auctioneers. M. A. BUTTEN GENTEEL FURNITURE, Brussels Carpets, Etc,, At Dwelling 510 . Wabash-av,, AT AUCTION, ‘TUESDAY Morning, April 24, at 10 o'elock, ‘We shall sell the entire turniture of dwelling 310 Wa- bashear., cumhflln of Parlor,. Chamber, Dining- roam, axid Kltchen Furnitare, Loddiog, Hrisscls Car- pets, afc., ete. WAL A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctloncors. TRADE SALRB. WHITE GRANITE AXD YELLOWWANE IN PACK. AUES OPEN LOTH, Z 100 CASES ASSORTED GLASSWARE, TADLE CU’ EIY, W, Fy PETS, e iy ACBUTTERS & CO.T8 Ancion: Roota 6 Piano-Fortes, . 2 Parlor Orsans, AT ATUOTION, AR T Q'L‘i ¥ ndolockat O A A BT iy & 60 Auctionsers. DEATILS, “COVSE—April 22, died of consamption, at 152 8.m.,at her residence, It Bouth Dearboru street, Coyue, beloved wifo of Andraw Kehor 1nonths and 20 days. Jrldye nged 4 uncral Yaosday, S4th, by cartiages from re dence at 10 o'clock o $t.Jamee Church,and thence 1o Northwestern depot, an‘l thence by cars lo Cal vary Cametery. All the friends of the family & intlted 1o attend, Yoronto, Montreal, snd Dubuque papors ploasa copy. McBEAN—In this city Sunday, April 22, at No. 851 Muliawk strcet, George Mcliean, in the 41st year of uls l(we. Notice of funcral Lereafter. §27"Detroit sud Bulfalo papers please copy. PUTTLE~-AL his reeldence, Saturday crening, t1le, aged 63, i his residonce, 880 Michl- ) April 24, 8t 13" . COLBERT—O0n Sunday tho 22ud, Mre, Margarct Coibart, beloved wits of David Cofbert. 3 Funeral fromn the reaidence, 430 Larabee strect, on ‘lucedny, 2ith jnst., 84 11'0’clock 8, m., lo the Church of ‘the lmmaculate Conception. thenco to Culvary by carria; ‘The friends of the deccased 810 reapeeitully Iaviied 10 aitsud §~ Washlagton, D. C., papors please copy. EASTMAN—At her roaldence, 333 Gouth Park svenue, April22, Uldrico Charlotie, wile of L. . Evstman. Funeral on Tuesdsy, at 10 o'clock p.m., Friends of the fowlly ara fnvited, HULL—On Sunday morning, the 22nd inst., ot ber resldenco 1608 South Deatborn straat, Sara'E., beloved wife of Perry A. Hull. Funeral from ber lute residence to Oakwood Cenmetery Oy carriages, BARBEK-April 21, Willle, infant son of A. FINE FURNITURE, VELVET AND BYDY BRUSSELS CARPETS Rich Lace Curtaius and Satin LAMBREQUINS, At the Dwelling forimerly occupled by L. B. BOOMEH, R i T A AT LA Wednesdsy Morning, April £3, at 10 o'clock. We ahall scll the eatire Furniture, consiating of Par- Tor, Buits, Bandsomg & el Mk ieda, Niedding, | Mirtora| Leainat. & Chalie Kx. T e, very, clsborate § with Iron Bafe lnclosed (cost §400), fiall Treea, Hlillard Tabl complste, Togelnor with & latwe EHoit of bousehol Lmerous cularize. SRR BOFES &' C0L, Auctioncess. MORTGAGE SALE, yiiacumien, fraRagsiy drps e sasion llllfldli“lm 900K AY ORY I, A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctioneers THURSDAY TRADE BALY. DRY GOODS, WOOLENS, CLOTHING, Boots and $hoes, Straw Goods and Woal Hats, Morolng, Aprit 24, st 0:30 o'clock, s Auction Hooms, second floor. .fl?':.'i:f" ‘will slways 8nd full ies Wil A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctlonsers. or i uloos AUCTION BALES. A Amsana i By ELISON, POMEROY & Co., Auctloneers, 84 and 84 fandoiph-st. ATTRACTIVE SALE At the Douhle 4-Story Restdencey 1002 &1004 Wabash-av., NORDAY MORNING, Aptt 3, at 10 0IGK, MARBLE-TOP OHAMBER SETS, PARLOR SUITS, Easy Ohairs, One Plano, ** Ohioke ering,” Brusscls Carpots throughe out tho houses. Tho entire Gas Fixtures, Dining-Room Furniture, Beds, Kitchen Outfit, Ete,, Eto. E ELISON, POMEROY & CO., —___Auclonecis PEREMPTORY SALE. Eotire Household Fumituro, Pior Mir 1o, Eto,, at Privato Residence, No. 646 North Wood-st. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, AT 10 0'CLOCK, e wiil housekecping. inclu 0?&110!. Chamber, Dining-Room, and Kiichn Faraiture, n lend(d Pler Sirror, ete. etc., ete. Take Miiwaue Kkeo-av, cars. BLIBON, FONERQT & Ciny ™ Auctioneets, For Tnenday, April 24, at 0:30 0'Clock, Atour stores. W al a atiract A ':cr:h_m“uu Inrge and attractive sale. FURNITURE, Carpets, Stoves, aud General Honsehold Goods, General Merchandlse. ELISON, POMEROY & CO.. Auctloneers. AT NO. 1186 WABASH-AV, Tuesday Morning, April 24, at 10 O'clock, e poll tho Entira HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Parlor 8uits, Chamber and Dinlng-Ttoom Furnitas Drussols and Wool Carpets, Ritchen Outft, eice ele One *'Fearlera™ Cook Stove, neatly mew, Every 0 ' F thing for llousckeeping fn pood order. 5 FLISON, POMETOY & Co. ‘Auctloneers. P. GORE & CO,, 08 and 70 Wabash-ay. 634 WEST ADAMS-ST. Exocutor’s Salo of the Personal Property of the Late L. P, Sanger, Esq. Elegant Housghold Furnitere of 16 Rooms, On Taesday, April 24, at 10 o'clock Prompt. Tho Entire Furniture, Carpets, and Piano, and Gas-Fixturos, Jlcaant Turkish Darlor set) Chamber seta. with Deeta- nr Cates, Teancisea Narble-Top Side-boad, Wafauc custead and Ruresns, French Piate Tier Mlrrar with Marble Top ilase, clegant fambrer Erench Clock, Liurary Devk and Chais, lici {:I"Ur and_Cook Hlo'tlbllrdfl In) atere: ixtonslon Table, Ear-Chalrs, ady Tirusel, and Thres-Fly Carpeis, 1:oublo itarneds, Cte tory and 54:.‘:3._,;. gant Gay-Flxiures, French Chilas. Tho antire Furniture was made to order by Tobey Furniture Compan A, BANGER, Faq., 3 ‘Take Mad!son-st. né:‘anrr{"el.‘q. Eatei G, P, GURE & CO., Anctloneer REGULAR TRADE SALE By G DRY GOODS, Tuesday, April 24, 0:30 a. m, BPEOJALTIES IN STRAW GOODS. GEO. P, GORE & CX TOR OUR AUQTION SALE OF ‘Wednesday, April 25, ‘Wo shall offer tha Moat Varied and Best assortment of . Boots, Shoes, and Slippers that has been displayd this sesson, Men's Fine Wear, Misses’ and Child- ren’s Colored Goods, in large variety, ‘are in Oatalogue (naddi.- tion to usuazl variety. B GEO. P. GORE & CO., 08 and 70 Wa! SPECIAL SALES Turkish Rugs, Mosaic Embroideries, Fersian Tapestries, ETC,, ETH FRIDAY and BATURDAY, April 37 and 28, 2 o’clook p. m, h-ov. Descriptive Catalogucs at Ilotels. Dookatorss, Music Btores, and at our offico after Tueaday. [} ORE & CO,, Anet'rs, 68 and 70 Wabssheav. _ By HIRAM BRUSH., - Manufacturer's Bale of Buperior SILVER PLATED WARE To boe sold this dsy AT AUOTION At Store No. 152 State-st. Closing:onnd= Special Sale i am s 10 8 e, 3 1 B 404, 130 B o of ant Aitee Focrands, Cei F O Gl RS BN T Tad ek Preacheation Uooda, 10 cioac the Estaka of tho TAUNTON BILVER PLATE CO,. By pdey Ggtarsseo to-mopro BT RYALY, Trens By HIRAM BRUSIL, ELKINS’ ART SALE Continugd Monday Night, 8 p. m, §¥" Water Colors to be offered this week. HIGEWOOD GALLERY By HIRAM BRUSH, Auctivneer, 108 Fifth-av, Elegant Furniture at Auction, at private residencs corner of Camphell-ay, and Van lLinren-at., Mandsy, Arrilas, at10a. m. Wil he seld Ono Supciior Pariof ult, Otie Largo French I'late Mirrar, Lace Cartaint, Marble:Toji~ Centres fables, Hail Tree, Marble:’ Dresaing-Caso ‘and Du Cham! oddiny - Qyardroben, ad Bt Dlafng Moot Furn1igt. Cook RIaVe As eta, Dinlog-Ro aok Btove, &e, otk P Toom TGRSO, Aucitoneer. By BRIRAM IZRUSH, 108 Piftheav. 510 West 3adison-st., 9:00 8 1l sell entiro and Chamber Furniture. 1, ather [l apeior Beddlog ad, Fesies rg, e o e Bl DT B walupat ihlaeilo, - HIRA 1), may b BRUSIT. Adcilogeer. By HIRAM BRUSH, 08 Fifih-a 1 v : $ First-class Furnlture at Auctioa at private realdences Wedne: at B sil Parlor an Mattresse; tny, Dinlag- L3 Livod Cook Btove, if, Auct : p e RADDIN & CLAPP, 83 & 83 Wabash-av. BOOTS AND SHOES > AT ATOTION. Tuesday. April 24, at 10 c'clock, wa will offer 1.000 ghies Boote aad Gbes, comprisiiy o (ull smsorimea jrcet (rom the best Baster, Phliadeiphia, and X York wnauufacturers, Fambpia cases to bosold wit ‘TUESDAY, Aprl w., Tarlor, Dining-room, Of & 40} 3f I3 Tescrve 10 the higlcst bluder, a4 Lhess gouds must b cloacd, RADD CLAFP. .« Ehicago. CONPECTIONERY. A A e e e P CELEDRATED throaghoah the Ualon.-cxprosecd 10 sil paria. 1 and upward st ..5a«'. 60 per B, Address orderdQUNTITER, Confes tioner. Chicazo. e HOlIOF, Cbicaza oy STOUKHOLDENR MEETINGS: Orrice Cu10auo, Rock 1sLAND & Pacirig RAXL'; BOAD CoNPaNY, April 24, I8TT. cepir fnaus Mestige of ths Stocklolersot the, O flc‘éfiflfl of Direiwn.runmm ta and (be (ranssc- lavw, t10a of puch other buslness a8 may come befors the the ofice uf the Compaoy 13 tha city ot 111 be bl at tho Cale Wedneaday, tho dth dsy of ‘Juue nest, 8% 1L Selocka 7 G BLSDIE bredGasi. ¥ 1 TOWS, Becreiary, tollat above Jesidence the entire outdt tor i o Auct'rs,