Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 10, 1877, Page 3

v THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES, 3 TIHE WORLD. - goclety Events of the Past Week ===Weddlngs, RReceptions, and Partles, Elnborate Ornamentation for Hats and Bonnets--~-New York Styles. Charming Morning Dresses Qnlic the Rage for the Summer Came palgn. Parisian @ayety Largely Superfioial Owing to Political Complications, Brilliant Costumes Attending the Sa- lon Exhibition of Paintings. SOCIETY EVENTS. A MERRY WEEK. Notwithstanding the appronch: of warm weatlier, the post weelk has been a busy one in soclely circlea in Chicago avd vicinity, Witha talf dozen or more prominent weddings, somo large receptions given by representative citi- reus to the members of the American Medfeal Assoclatlon, asscmbled In convention here, and the usual garnishing of less pretentlous, though perhaps equally cnjoyable, soclal aflairs, the fact’ia rovealed that soclety s not yet dead in Chicago, although some of the principal wor- sipers at 1ts shrine are absent. WARE—LAW. . 'The most noted social svent of the past week was the marriage of Miss Lizzle A, Law, daugh- ter of Robert Law, Esq., of this city, to Dr. Ly~ man Warc, a rising young physiclan, which occurred ot tho Becond Presbyterlan Church lust Thursday cvening at holf-past 0 o'cloclk, followed iy n rocoption worthy of tha affairat the resldenco of the bride’s father, No. 838 Praj- tle avenue, fram 8 to 10 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J, Monroe Gibson, D, D., assisted by Dishop Cheney, There were fn attendance six ushers and six bridesmatds, The groom wasunattended, The cereniony was yperformed fn part after the old English custom. The presents were right royal, including, amony almost countless other articles of use and ornn- ment, o check for $10,000 to the bride from her fatlicr, also & chest of solid silver table-ware, & nouse and lot on Michigan aveuue frowm the groom, a $100 bank-note from the mother of tho brlde, on elegant floral monument, preparcd ‘bv Flovey, by the ushers, ete. A full report of the wedding appeared in Tng Trise 4 of lnst Friday morning. MILNURY—STILES. On the sama cvening, at the residence of Mr, and Mrs. E. O, Scymour, No, 813 Calumet av- cuue, the nuptialsof Miss Emma 8tiles, slster of Mrs. Sexmonr and Gen, T. N, Stiles, and Mr, Arthur W. Milbury, the New York buyer of the fiem of I, V. Farwell& Co., were colebrated, The wedding was aguiet affair, only the rel- atives and immad!ate fricnds of the couple be- ing vresent. Prof, David 8wing ofllclated. The mc'\‘l'fibw”i‘ ':Iu;n and uumr.-x;ous.m:\l;;‘n:;l Mea, Milbury loft the samo eventn, - xg:;'derl r.uu-‘;'n tour, to end at. Ncwg York, thelr future bome. SHERMAN—CAMP, Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock Miss Balla A, Canp, daughter of A, 8, Camp, Eaq.y and Mr. Willis M. Sherman, with tho wholesale grocery . firm of Gray Brothers, were marricd at the res- fdence of tho bride's parcats, No, 837 West Harpison stroet. Only & few pucste were present, and the affalr waa of an extremely quict nature. The newly- married couple sfarted upon the 6 o'clock traln for 8t. Paul, whero they remaln for o few daye, and returning will take up thelr abode at thit above pumber. The ltevs Mr. Morrlson, of the Church of the Lplphany, performed tho ceremony. BIDNEY—ALLEN, At tholomentend of Mr. Ridney Atlen, Al- ton's Grove, WIis, last Wedneaday, at noan, Misn M, featiclla Allen was ried to Mr. T.owls T. Cornell, both of this ¢ The_affair was atrlctty private, owlog to receut deaths in Vot famiiics, and tho only guests in attendance wore relutives and near friends of thopartics. The <eremony was Iwrformcd by the ]lcv.‘". M. Cune, pustor of theFieat Cun‘.'mgnumml Church of the nboveanentioned place, The parlora wore tastolully and coplously decorated with flowers, The bresenta were all that heart could winbe Mr. and Mrs, Cornell will resido In the future at No. 4 Thirteenth atreet, whero they Will bo pleased ta raceivs thelr many telends. * AOLDBMITI-TRIMMINGHAM Thursday_cvening, at the residenco of the bride, No, 103 Centre avenue, Mr, A. L, Gold- amith and Miss Lou Trlmmlul!'hnm were quietly warried in the presouce of the relativea and most lutimate fricade, Tho allulr was private. fetly THOMPBON—DARNOWA, Thursday cvening, at the Leavitt Street Con- v)(;\tlmn\{(lhurch, ot half-past 8 o'clack, the tev, (leorge 1L, Penke pronounced the martiage Leremony of Mias Mary E. Barrows, of Olluton, N, Y., and Mr. J. Edwin'Thompson, of this city. A'recoption followed, 8t the residence of ex- CouunPuhumr J. K. Thompson, Na. 480 Warren avenue, where the bride and groom will be * at Tomo" to thelr fricnds this week, M'CURDY—RIIODES. Tho Cleveland /luin-Dealer deyotes a column ta the chronicifug of o brilliant socal ovent which buppened fu thut ¢ty on tho evenluz of June 0, namely: the morriageof Mr. W. I McCurdy to Mlss Fannle Rhodes. daughter of the {stu D. thodes, Esq., of that city, fhe wedding took place at Bt. John's Church, and was distingulshed by the attendauce of the best soclety of that arlstocratic Western city, Au srch of flowees, sixteen foct in height, spunnedd the chancel, and tho wlole edlfice was decorated with paraliel profuslon, ‘A reception foltowed at the residence of tho bride’s mather, where the bappy couple met thelr fricnds, standing under ‘a gorgeous mar- riage bell composed of raru exotics, A eanopy counceted the houso with tha realdenca of the rike's brother-in-luw, whero the guests woro entertained with supper. The bride ang groom departed on the evening train for the East, to enjoya protracted tour.” The affalr s regarded 28 on of the most notable soclety ovents which has happened fn Cleveland for a long time. WINDOUNE~WEIDNKIL, Mr. C. A Winboroe, one of the proprictors ot the Cllcago Ild:ull-'erlluU?. was on Thurs- day evening last marrled to Miss Emma Weid- uer, of Oslikosh, at the residence uf her cousin, the" Hon, E. A. Bittiz. A large company ns- sembled, and 8 ‘Ylflfllflul evening was enjoyed by all preseut, ui thy vompany scparated with e Lest wishes for the nowly-married couple, PROSPECTIVE LIRS, The marriage of Miss Fannle Bere, daughter o ifenry Bery, Bsq.with Mr. Emunuel Kramer,of the tirm o (fmbel, Flocraheln & Co., will by celobrated this aftemoon at 4 o'clock at the 8luas Congregatfon, Tha reception will fullow e cereuiony at Martine’s Bouth-Bldo Academy. It s yopoited that Miss Lottio Sharp {s soon o be mnrr{:&:ug{r. Fred Clask, o young civil- engiveer of 8 city. daughtor of R.If. Mayer, Esq,, fatobe marded oy tho 28th inst. at No. 408 Wabash avenue. Alsu, on the same evening, Allss Lowls, of Enyiowood. Wednesday cunln§ next, Mr, John L. Bkel- ton, Becretary of the Fii Bnnv. will be™ united in marriago to Miss Elvira . Danfortl, at thezesidenco of her brother, Dry Dauforth, No, 340 West Adama atrect. Itfs sunounced that the marrlage of M, L. W. Neelands and Misa Lillle Swan will take place about the middio of next wmonth, 3r, E. I, Buchanan, & member of Company A, First Regiment, 18 reported to bo engaged to Asoviety balle of the Bouth 8ide. Ou ‘Tuesday ovening, June 12, at Oak Park, Mliss Minnie June and Mr. William R Owens will be united fu_marriage at the residence of ALe bride's father, Frank T. June, Esq. Thursday, Juao 21, at the residence of the bride pareite, No. 31 Bt. Johu's place, Miss 1da 3. Curtis will be united in marriage to AMr. W. F. McWhinney. The marrisgs of Miss fattie Blugham with Mr. Charles’ E. Woodrufl will be celebrated hursday evening next. A recention will follow be coremouy at the residence of the bride’s pa- wnu“_h'o 061 Wesp Mouroo street, On Tuesday, Juua 19. Miss Minnle L. Throop will be married to Mr, Edward Mason. TIH M. D, KEOEFTIONS farmed an fmportaut feature of Chicago mdct\y‘ list wook. Thers wero niue fn all, distribute: '\mflly aniong the threo divieions of the clty, as {lows: On the North Eide, Tuesday eveatug, 8t the residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. HL. Winston, No. 349 Superfor strects Dr. aud Mre. Jt. N} Lshagy, No, 321 Dearboru ‘wvenue; and Mr. and Mrs, B i4, Peabody, No. 426 Dearborn avenue. ‘edoesdsy cvening the receptious were cons ucd at tha resideoce of De, sud Mra J, curner of Washington and Ada streot w0 S S N 27 Wl v B rs, A, E. opy No. 2 (3 Alas sirpct, 4n the latter place Mr, sud "Mes, Dishop were assiated by thelr dsoghter and her husband, Me, and Mra. I, 8, Harvey, both honses being thrown open ta the cucsta, The receptions conclustod on Thursday cven- Ing at the residences of M: M. Pullman, corner of Prairla avenuic and Fighteenth street; Mr. and Mrs. Mirt 1 No.B03 Prafrie avenue; and D: F. Roler, No. 1044 Indiana ayenuc. The mem- biers of the Medical Assoctation stood the try- ing ordeal with remarkable fortitude, evinced unrivaled *staying™ qualitics, TR BUTTRRPLIRA, The arrangements for the Butterflles’ Ballare It will be_given at McVicker's noxt Friday sfternoon at 8 o'clock, T the argamentt.Tho queen of the hutterfiies, In honor of the natal dayof many of her subjects, eivos a ball sumnoning her guesta from alr, sea, and forcst, including tnany carth children who love nature and delight in falry rovels. Butterflies emerging from thefr chrysaiids Join the puests in dancing the beautiful Insect appear o add their E. Dalnty) tells the tale of the * Culprit Fay,” whose sin, punishment, and redemption aro fiustrated in pantomime by fajrics, sviphs, ana nalads. cltles with tho beautiful and unlquo butterlly 150 children, decorated to ecies of buttorfiles, ble gronnd upon whizh to drill secured by the exertlons of Col. 8. B. Bherar. NEW YORK. RATS AND BONNEYS. Bpactal Coryupendence nf The Tribune. New Yonk, June 8.—Thers is great varlety {n the ornamentatlon of hats and bonnets, and one's Individusl taste Is about the most rigorous Eulde we have mt present, so groat fa the lati- tude. Ifats with deep rolling brims are becom- ngly faced with black velvet, a siyle much In vogue. Indeed, black velvet playa s prominent part {n snmmer millinery, and even entire hats of it are still seen. Adorned with scarlet pop- ples, buttercups, marigolds, ete., they are pret- ty and fresh. For traveling, tips and wings are largely used, and so aro buckles of steel, or mother-of-pearl and sflver. Indeed, buckles and clasps are found on the majority of bonneta and hals, Very dressy hats are excessively trimmed, Tho most used materiaisars Yight #llkn of soft beautiful tints, gauzes, nets, and hrocaded rihbons of colors seen fn Indlashawls and richoriental tints, Netted meshes aremuch admired and sre pretty. Feathera are mucn worn, the chief being dellcate hiued aigrettes and marabout feathers tipped wih etraw or flecked with some billiant eolor, are more emnployed than any other sort of orna- Homne bonnets ara formed entirely of them, and a bonnot witliout them is a rarity. A novelty In trimmiog is summer plush, one side a soft, mossy pluah, the other presenting an appearanco of gauze. Anolher varlety of this sliows stripea of now coniplete, ueen. Titanfa an The whole con- represent the different o willbo introduced on the staze with all tho scenfc effcct of McVicker's. At the close tho children form the figure of a butterfly, making a tablean of exquisito beauty.* whdem th?dcmlld{en, emlm‘z]u fium "Qf] lcl;,ry;nglvd: and unfold thelr butter ngs 8 novel The |nlflinn for tho West Sido wlll bo under the charge of Mes, Iir. Woodard, Mrs, lln"lmsn‘{, n:l‘.l‘; l‘) i ()I:‘lbl.“’rh;l-g!fna,lhu South Sido childron under Mrs, Fake, Mra, o ‘Frank Blake, and Mrs. The dancing will be under the sote charge of Prof. Martine, who has gratult- ously devoted much timo and falthful iabor to insure the success which the rehearsals tee. Membersof the Ladica’ Board of the Cen- tral Homeopathle Fres Dispensary, for which g yen, can obtain tlckets to sell al r. 00 Washington ‘The public ean procure tickets at_Jansen & Mo Clurg's, Cobh's Library, Hadle; and attractive, and of open-net A handsome 8atin ribbon s In greatde- mand. It is reversible, ono slds being a dark- other sppearing llke burnished ggnhL Tlack chip hats and rich yellow Leghoras are showily trimmed with ecrii and cardinal of short ecrn ostrich tips, apotte This combiuation Is sulted only to brunettes, who sometimes venture to mid & fow dark roses. Elaborate facings sro entirely discarded in wmany of tho handsomest bonneta, and for them arg substituted delicate ruches of crepe, lisse, or {llusion, or often raveled ruches of silk, plnked ones of satin, or one of these latter often combined with lisse or jllusion. handsome bonnet of whita chip is tritnmed with tilleul satln and alovely shade of **camco® pink, which blend most agrecably. The llowers pale pink azaleas and wreath, ‘Black hata and honnets, hoth of chip and straw, are mare worn than for many saasons past. A very stylish hot of black chip las the brim even rollcs consists of folds of black satin nround tii crown, while at the left eide n cluster of red roses resta at the base of s handsome wing of green and gold. Around the edge is a very nar- row plping of cardinal. ' Bonnets are worn as oung ladles as by matrons, and there children Lalf price. Ie- e &:ocnnr‘ed w(ttlm)]gt %un charze at MceVicker’s box-oflice afier Tuesday. e number of ticketa have alread: d thie atfalr promises tobeinall respects a brilliant success, For full programme sco ther portion ot this paper. YDk PARK HOPS, These cnjoyablo ontertalnments will be renewed on Tucsday night, Jine 19, continue weekly througli the scason, The popularity and reputation which they gained last summer will render unneccessary aov alditional cxplanation ns to thelr chinracter. Prof. A. . Bournique will oficlato a1 master ot ceremonles, aud the ball-room will be under his Tho stricteat precaution will be taken to render the hops sclect, and, in onler to better sccomplish the purpose, invi- tatlons will be necessary to procure tickets to the ball-room. The prico of tickets admitiing gantleman and Jady will be $1, and can bo rocured at tha oflice at the presentation of tha The fllumination of the grounds, and the grand concert by Hand & Frelbure's orchestra will commence at 8 o'clock, and the dancing {n the large dinlug-room at O “Traine will loavo Contral er_ gallory, 60 cents rerved |c|"t's can be ld\‘urtlflument:’ on both sides. The trimmiuge direct superyision. Nothing helongs oxelusively to demolselies this scason, for ona s constantly secing delicato rose, bright cardinal, orange and yeilow dresses buttoned up the back, aud’ other” girllsh tricks and fushjons, usurped by ladlcs sbady side of life. dy's summor wardrobs [s complote without s tair allowance of cambric dresacs and becoming morning costumes, For thy bevelit of the unknowing or Incredulous, I think T may assert whad I havo recelved from good authority —that the summer camnpaign may be conlucte with full as much vigor end success ina bee witeling morulug dress and dainty breakfast cap as {n the inoregorgeous paraphiernalia of the Gentlemen don't ex) behold thelr divinitics “1n_ sil perhaps they do hope Lo have them for & vis-a- vis durluz many vears in breakfast dressand cap. Pardon nio this digression and 1'l1 tell you CITARMING MORNING DRESSES. Very handsomne oncs arc made of dotted or figured Bwiss over & Princess of pink or blue batiste, Trimmlogs of fine Bmyrna lace and rihbon rows in color like the undersli them beautifolly, A most tasteful onoto bo worn at Newport has the slip of sca-green, per- nd deeper “than ‘tho epot_at 525, 6:10, stopplog at Van Buren, Weldon, Twenty-seventh, an ‘alrview, Oaklaud, Forty-third Arrangcments havo also Dbeen perfected by which 'huses will teave tho Palmer lHouseal 7:15 p. m., and will call for ing orders, at residencea southeast at_tho following placea: Palmer House carrlage office, A. B, Russ & No, 976 Wabash nvenue, Ransoin's livery stable, cornor State and Cottsge Grove avenue. 25 cents cach way. FLEABANT ENTCOTAINMRNT, hopter, O. E. 8. (Cashinan Lodec), corner nf Madison and Robey strects, was tho aceno of a very pleasant entcrtalnment Wednes- The lall was well fllled with « hiighly appreciative audlence, The chair was who fullilled his ‘The programme em- ems of musical and liter- ter being clilofly of a humor- Mrs. Tuckingston and Mlss Carrlo Whittler were much admlred fu thew voenl renditious, and the readings of Misa Lilla Fairbairn, Green, and I W. Marshall wero well vecelved. ‘The comnpany were liberal of Btate strect, and dny evening last. y Mr. Gregoric, dutles In a1 able mauncer, braced many cholcy ary merit, tho lud ous debeription. t londer feru-leaf, of course in whito. =} a decp Spanlsh floinee. hottom by arow of two-luch-wide ‘Ths alceves, rather I larly trimmod, s I 0 at the wrlst, arc siml- 0 the ncek. Down tho front ure long loups of sca-zreen ribhou, forin- Ing o dainty finlsh. Other tasteful tollettea for murning have s skirt edged with one or more fiounces, and a long sacquie, Carrfo Marshatl ly scrved with re- rovided by the Committee, and scparated alter enjoying a very pleasant and rofitablo ovening. FRIVATE PATTY. Friday evening a_largo party mot at the rest- dence of Mr, A. D. Hayward, No, 25 very enjoyable affalr, “The music was excellent, aud 80" was tho supper roviled by the ladles, Among the gucsts wero rize V. Lockey, Mr, hifltting at tho Valenclonnes and 8myrna lace are appropri- Qne or two cambric dresses aro erfection of surface, Buch delicate blendings of color, has the cambric or percala beon broughi, that they aro selected not unly for homeand house wear, but forshop- morning promenades, and informal visita. imported suita richly ombroldered are very styllsh; but others, home mado and trimmed with handsome Hamburg edging, are equally attractive. Smyrna laco and Valoncionncs ara alao used on the nost highly-tinished porcales, ‘Lhe Bcuteh ginghams are very d find many purchasers. They make up very rettily, and are well adapted Tor sca-side wear. 'otton drcsscs are not to ba desplsed, for they =re lizht, cool, and pleasing, sn stylishly made, - ortant ltem just now s a traveling great many ladles do not think it purchase an entire naw one, but active service some retired half-worn silk akirt, and then there is only the overdress There 1s a great varfoty to sclect ono will he ablg to'find s are many abd pleasing, and (an important consideration) they arechen) cven the best. For 85 cents can be badl in dar! brown, gray, or navy-blue a camel’s-halr cloth of Mxht texture, soft and flne, and as cool as barege, ‘Then thero aro stylish wool and mohalr sultingas, in stripes, checks, and plalds, ity which may be solceted for & portlon of n traveling costume s *“albatross cloth," comes In brown, dark tiny checks, navy-blue, brown, black and white, others. Btripes may also bo procured A suitable trimmling fs-plain alloon, though many of the mowt - mported auits have only three or flve rows of Wooden or composition ate trimmings, el Col. and Mrs. (eor and Mrs, John F, Reld, Mr.and Mrs. dames Launder, Mr, and Mra. Albert N, Griggs, Mra. F, Campbell, Mrs, J. L. Tayward, Mr, and ' Mellle MeCarty, Jen- Lottle 8wift, Alice Ewma Muttie Vall, elding, Messrs. John nwright, Cheney, E. W. French, Charles Freneh, Lalng, Buckmaster, G, R. Doy, Master Harry C. Grigizs, Mr. Jordon, Mr, Smith, Mr, eardsley, Dr, Y. N, Iglchart, A, Nayward, B, Hayward, and C. Ll THE BARACEN CLUD, at the Isst mecting of the senson, Thursday night, held at tho restdence of Mrs, 1L M. 8hedd, pussed resolutlans of respect to the ry of thn lato Mra. ten, Stiles, who was 1 highly-valued member of the Cluband one of the Exccutive Committee, MINOIt MENTION, Miss Minnlo 8mith, of No, 210 Peoria entertained nbout forty of er young frieuds Jast. Wednesday evenlnie, refreshments, provided by Eckardt, enabled the oung peoplo to enjoy themselves unti & lats ny sud Tempy [aywanl, ¥ronch, Mamla J. Gi from, and almost eve camel's-ale good Muslc, dunclug, vud £ ' T u.\ulm Louta Wahl's lawn party, which was to ay, cte., and also i{n have ocenrred lust Baturday cvenlng, was postponed, on account of the weather, until to- morrow nfeht, Luost Moutay evening the IT, D, Comblnation enacted tho three-act drnma, **How Ife Loved Her,” st Enclewood High 8chool. The play was written esneclally for the occasion by Mr, who also performed - with marked succeas tho triple rols lu the caste. An lce_cream ”und strawberry festival was giveu in Flood's Ilall, lydo Purk, last Thurs- rh;y evening by the I The eading summer resorts of the North- weat will Lo apeu within the next two weeks. Thureday evening, in Indianapolis, the marriaze of oneof the fafreat daughtors of that eity to Mr, Cbarles Putnam, of Stettauer Brow', dry-goods house, in this city, was cclebrated. A surpride party was tendered Mr. Mart Fled- ler lust Wednesday evenlng at his resideuce, North LoSalle strect, it belug the oceas sfon of his 2lat anniversary. 430! Mlas Joan Pinkerton Is machine stitching, buttons hava tho prefercace. ote,, may be loft largely 0~ m stylo of culls, cte., Is of cheviot Hnen“n soft, bluishegray tints. Theso by many ure more ad- mirod than white. A very pleasing et has tha estive of much comfort rolling back from thy throat, This collar ls tached to 8n anderhandkerchlef and the cuffs to buttons are required, thelr placo belng supplied by lacings. A narrow block velvet {s most used, mutch the drcas 1a no longer oxacted by fsshlon, hut many ladies prefer having the sult entire. anot trimmed with dark 0 additional ornament ot a buckle, tip, or wing, Lisle thread and siik gloves are oftener sciected than kid for travel- fng. These are now very beautifully mad, heluz woven, and having from ono’to elgh lea of tho Methodist collar of a shapa suy A hat trimmed to For thoza Who do not, silk or rihbon, with Ul INAL. expected home from tha East, whero sho hias been spending scveral months, this week, Misa Gertie Qardner, of Warrenavenue, who liaa been absent for sotme tima in tho East, ro- turned last week. Miss Addie Simonds, of Jollct, has heen visit- {ng ber fricnds g&r: during the past week, Bhio Miss Anma J. aumper, with fricads at Miss Funnle Fleeman, of Brookland, N, Y., is ‘on o short visit to Judgo A, R. M. Wallace, f the Saturday Evenlig Lils wite laft last Tucsday formshort Arip o New Mexico, udire and Mrs. Bardwell left this week to at~ tend the Convention of the Illinols State Press Association at East 8t, Louis, and will go tho and is often accou) g ot aneo nied by a little cabe known s o) which "1 bollave I havo be- foro ',l.f‘“f"’“'l to yuu, This reminds me to say '8y which are 8o nseful, cven essential, at the sea- I8 the black grenadine shawl, Bome are all bLlack, others hava a bol brilliant colors wuven in Oricntal: desivns or A handsomo one has o bonver six Inclies deep ot scarlet gerantums and rian shawis and those of ‘olors are atso popular, Lace sacqucs will bo much woran, as they should aro always pretty aud bccoming, bo longer than hith- of cashmere, slik, e 4l Thoy _ should with side pleatings of French or thread lace, or tablo are the handsoma stlll haudsomer galoons. Cloth repudlated, and, it man s spending the ‘ond du Lagf\vh. pretty flower patterns, purple asters. {ine Bhetland woul rcwan’s Insurance Com- Rocky Mouutains with the press axcurslon. Frank O. Binith, Esq., leaves next weck for Salt Lake City, where he wlll locate pormanent- 1y, taking charge of Franklin MacVesgh & Co.'s ity, llynll, of 8t, Caroline’a Court for Connecticut, nd the summer, fiitorests in that ¢! Mrs. Ueorgo C. Hotel, will leave to-night whera sha will s Mrs. M, F. Tuley ltas to spend the summier at Plue Lake, Miss Mattlo Jones {8 yislting friends in Inde- Q. L. Rowe, of the irm of Tamilton, Rowe & Co., salls for Europe next Saturdsy. ANNOUNCEMENTS, The Ivanhoe and Vesta Hoclal Clubs whil pla; a match gamo of base-ball next Thursda noon st 3o'clock, on tho Tweuty-third strect grounds, which will no doubt attrect a host of next Mr, and Mrs. E, D, Rand widl give a briltiaut reception at thelr ele- gant residence in Burlington, Jows, ‘The anuual reception atthy Foundlings® Home enn Tuesday vvening, June 12, coutinu- TRefreauments will bo Ladics’ Unlon Add Soudety, The occasfon” will also be enliveued by inuale snd reparstions for which os and friends. All in the work of the “lome'" are luvited toattend and exwnino the fustitue tion. Tho First Regiment 1llnots State Guard will give a dress parade nest Saturduy afternoon, betweon 5 and 7 o'clock, oo the lake-shore drive, in honor of the gramiug to the battalion by the Lincoln Park Cumtnlisiouery of & eulta- Juckets have been utter) Yot would not ave Damo Fashlon mocking at d also your loosa sacque your best frlend, meet- uurecoguized, you may kuaw ta what source to attribute her’ coolness. The coming we welcomed some time ago, driven the suo umbrella futo the sbade, They increase lu beauty conatantly,and,unfortunately belng tmited to'one,are in You. lay sside your: with largo sleoves. {ng you in tither ol = poor womeu who can ave uone, 1 mnust couless Lo an earocs! thy, ¢ Ali parasols uro lued, the woat belng white, pink, blue, and lavender. Tho lining and cover aro ual depth, and the edges of both frayed out. A very handsome parasol of black arwure slik is fnished around tho edge with fringe and on the top with a bow bou. ‘Lhe cover fs embroldered with & wresth of bright colored fowers, and two long drooping sprays. .The handle Is of plain Malacca wood. Avolber very elezant parasol ls of wyrtie-green silk, with bandfe. The lujug ot ecru slik'is ebrofdered with white flosa. The canopy-parasol is much affectod, snd sowe beautiful rlage ouly gro of brocaded ceru sitk, The ma- Josity of "bleck paresals sre lined with white, though Jigbt-tinted colurs are often used. favor te trimmings are several rows of ridbon s, Wednesday oven'n colors 1or Ml othor entertalnment, have been wade by the who are lutcrestu chly-carved sruber ones for the rar- loolps of unequal depth, fringes, and full raffles ol lace, For seanlde and country tee, are nayy- hlue parasols, edied with foops of Cardinal rli bon, and ecru ones simllarly trimmend with myr- tle green. These baing désigned for ure and comfort mora than ctfect, are generons in i and have plain handies of poliahied wood, in everything olse, there ks infinite variety | parasols, and some are an reasunable that no one hias an excuse for exposing hersel! ton sun- stroke, For those who cannot afford handsome slik Aun-ahades, there ara pretty and stylish onea of slik-finlehed scrze and linen, and, in fact, as a dealet told me the otherday,® There's a ‘show for all." Marriz 8, TARIS. LARGELY BUPRRFICIAL GATETT. - Spectal Correspondence Qf The Trisune. Panis, May 20.—The overflowing theatres, the crowded Balon-de-Pelnterse, gay promenades, the races, and brilllant tollettes, all serve to put Parts en fete} yot the convictlon that we are In the presence of events whose results may prove disastrous renders this gayety superficfal fn o great degree. Thoe display of elegant tolleties at the Balon excceas that ol any other occasion where street costumes arc required, and very fow are seen without the cape or scarf mantle, {n lta varfous charming forms. Some hats re- taln a wonderful profusion of flowers, Lut it is cvident this superfluous style of trimming s de- clining in favor among the prlnclm leaders of faskfon, and ostrich tips and the beautiful mara- Lout feathers, from Calcuits, are much mora l(er&uenfly seen. The former are mingled with solid-cotored ribbon and tho latter with em- Dbroldered gauzo or Iace scarfs, A Freuch hat, Lowever, varics 80 [requently, that in many lu- stances jt Is no sooncr described than it disap- }%em. r under another rulsc loses its fdentity. ‘his may sppear cxtravagant to tboss who de- pend entirely on modistess but aninherent senso of the fitnss of all things s o peculiar ehra- terlstic of the French woman, and with natural taste and tact she arranges her tollette to soit every oceasion much tora cffectively and with Jean” expense than others. Tho pretly little Countess de V., so celebrated for her charming toflettes, and who prides herself on her ability of producing artistic effects AT TIUPLING COST OF TINR andmoney, lsalwaysattired [n strictest conforini- ty tosurroundings, A coolmorning will perhaps bring forth s Leghorn capote with velvet trimn- ming, varled according to clouds or sunshine, it laclc gmtricl Uips, w1t brigl plumage of some Drazllian bird; and flowers, leht scarfe, ribhons sombre or bright, appear with all the exactitude demanded of chauges in the weather. A duscription of tollettes amidst such a world of art as {s yw presented in the ¥ Palals de 1"Industric’ may scen trivial, but, in truth, the liviag beautics fn thelr charming new tal- lettes perlously dlstract atiention from those hanging on the walla. Among the latter fs o Uridal company fn magniticent uttire, surrotnile ed by the gorgeous acceesorics of wealih, but there is not a beanty therc who can rival hun- dreds of those who gaze almost spell-bound on the pleture. The Gobelln carpet, richly-pancled walls, mirrors, plctures, a fair bride and the bridegroom In gold and white, together with bridesinalds wearlng costumes contrarting fu color with the conventiupal white of the bride, all serve to make up &t least a eensationnl piet- ure, of whose merits you can form an opinfon when judrments become cool awl impartlal, and able crities shall have compared and claasi- fled tho works. ‘There are the USUAL NUMAER OP PAINTINGS whose success depends whcllfi o wonderful ex- ecution, independent of all conceptiona of benuwn!n the subject. Consplcuous amongs this class {s 80 Orlental pleture, representing an ex- ulting beauty wnvhlmr'n Turk cut off the head of a supposed rival in his affections, Thie color- ing s superb,~not course and (;raz. like that wffm.u pardoned even fn soma of Kubens' gor- geous works, but _delicately brillfant, with the rich colors of the Orient so sutxducd by the soft light playing on them that the wholo sceins o reality, This pleture 3 by M. Garnier, aud, although possessing artistic merite, It Is a mar- vel how a subject so repulsive In all its sucges- tlunas could have galned wlhuigsion to the Bulon, Many that bave hoen rojected would have filled 1ts place more acceptably, and it {s to bo regret- ted that hosty judgment has serfously injured a number of teritorious works by excluding them from the Balon, One of thése has been purchased for a trifling suwn by A connolsseur, and {t now hongs promincntly among bis art- gems. . It represeuts & soung girl pleading with the proprietor of a pawn-shop for i token of af- fectfon she hind placed hopefully in his hands o fow mouths befors, and which sho was unable to redeemn. The man {8 polnting to gifts of love and friendship all around, and we can almost hiear his mocking tones oxplnining to her that these were brought here by the pressure of that erty which, like her own, woa too poor not po feel ts wants, and too proud to ber, and wo watch, with emotlons of pitv and scorn, the bright<colored web of hoye, Interwoven in tho wretched warp of poverty, all fadeout. Itis a pletura appealing forclbly to the heart, THRATIICAL AND MUBIOAL. There {8 little now to chronlele regarding the- atrical matters, repetitlons belug generally the order of theday. Among announcemeuts for tho future, M. Gounod informns that {mportant wlditions will bo made to the opera of ¢ Cin Mars,’' on the occasion of ita annmnm. tho bperm(:umln e on Nov.d, The *Roi de Lahore " Is stili the seneation of tha day, The wmagnlficence of this opera has been heralded fur ond near, but the lezend on which it is founded is little known. An Eastern Princs loved a younir Himalalenne, but wos obliged to walt until the explration of nwar whicli lasted ten are before he could marry her, The time at ength arrived, and as lic was proceeding to cladia his bride e was killed by o stroke of Heht- ning and obliged to descend to purgatory. After suffering tho necessary tormcents to Inaure eternal feliclty fn Heaven, bo took his flight thither and thus addressed the angel who wos awalting his arrival: i ¢ Can' I return for an hour to tho world to see one [ Jove so much} " “Thou canst, fuithful heart, but that hour will cost thee 10,64 years of tormcnt such as thion hast just endured.” Without hesitating he descended to the carth and soon_found his way to one of the shady vales of Cashunere, The young girl was there, hut whhperlnsc vaws of ‘cternal lovo to another, the ramo she had ouce mada to him. On re- turning to purgatory he was commanded to go stralght to Heaven by the angel who thus ad- dressed him: & " \\;la‘l"hl,nou linst Just lrlcn s n&nru !rlhi!h"u; han years of weoplog and_gnashing of teeth”” AMaruiLne, THE WEATHER, WasnmvaToN, D, G,y June 10—1 a. m,—For the Upper Lake Reglon, nearly stationary, followed by falling barometer, winda mostly from weat, statlonary or higher tomperature, aud ralp arcas, followod by cleariug weather, LUCAL OTSERYATION, Cilloago, June A, Wind.__| fresh.| 02LL raln, Lk ra) I & hssss e Clody: Mastiauim thermometar, 68 min{mum, S0 VENERAL OBSERVATIONY, Cuigaao, Juiie D=Midnight, “Hations. {Ear. | Tar. 3 SUICIDE, New York, Juno 0.~0, D, Camp, cotton- broker, liviug on Columbla street, Brooklyn, committed suicide Lo-day, Busincss embarruss- eats are the supposed cause. Epecial Dispatch 1o The Tridune. Burrar.o, N. Y., dune Y.—A sad case is that of Julia Suppuch, whose budy wus found in the river near Mich street this moruing, Evl- dently & case of sulckle. Bho liaa been missing since & week 350 last Buudoy morning. 1t 1 stated that Ler father chastised her severely Baturday evening, she having too great intimacy Wwith a yo Miss Buppuch was quite an interesting young lady, of about years. Publle feedng s strong agafust the father,a leading boss paluter of the city, lHis chastiso- meat of her was 80 violent that ono of his aruis was dislocated. Frank Schenlder, & widower 54 years of ace, way found. this worning hanging dead fn s barn on Syracuse street. Lunatics ure cvideutly ou the Increase In Buffale, 5 ——eC—— LIBEL SUIT. Special Dispatch 40 Tha Tridune. New Youx, Juus 9.—A sult for libel was broughbt to-day by Alonzo Belly Asslataut Sucre- tary of the Iuterior, agatust the Sus, with datn- sges put at $100,000. Tho comvlalut {3 that tho Sun charged Bell wity swindling tho Govern- ment, obtujulng money nuder falso pretenscs, belug discharged for ‘fscoupeteacy, ete, the articles havlog appeared In April aid May, 1 that Prench painters whi PARIS. A Walk Through the Salon for Pictures-~-Dore’s “Jesus Condemned,” The Portraits, Historical Paintings, Landscapes, Ete,, Eto. American ‘Art at the Pxhibitiones-The Expecled Prize-\Winner. Bpecial Correspondence of The Tribune, Pamis, France, May 21 —Politicsl events hurry on with startling rapidity towsrds the Unknown, ond threaten 1o becoms o painfally interesting that, nnless T sefze this opporianity of desitng with the £alon, I may find myself anwillingly obliged to shelve it altogether, Kathor than leave it nomen- tfoned, I will glve yon what must necemsarily be an incomplete roview of the Exhibition,—contepting myeelf with s few general observatione, and a bricf notice of the most remarkable palptiogs snd One of tho fentures Lhat strikes visitors to this de I'Industrle in the EXCESSIVE NUMDER OF PORTRAITS Historical and landscape art have been tively slighted, and the preference given to the easler and mora remunerativs paintlog of The walls are lined with 44 Madamo XXX's " and ** Mademoleelle —'a" in every costome, decent and Indecent, that could In too many instances theso pottralte ars evidently mere commercial t1ons, —works, like the razars In the poem, toncll." Most of the Indles whose faces look ont. upon one from thelt canvas-prisons ate in evenlng or ball dress, highly year's show In the ambitions nonantities, well be imazined, fo tne attitudes; and—a thing extromely strango at the first Lluah, for wo are accustomed to credit the French with taste fn such matters~the eye Is con= rantly shocked by the most flagrant violations of Boveral clever poriraits are en- mpalll by thelr hackgrounds, in pasted (the only appropriste word T can find for it) on brillfant screens of nitramarine. glare from the midst of faming yellows., Thero is any amotnt of good dmwing, but it I altied to an. In the portraita of member of the sterner mex, far bettcr results bave been s **M, Thiers"* (No. 247) the lawa of color. amount of bad color, attafned, T.eon Donn! is n great contre of aitraction, The fa veteran statesman has been limned in & hapny moment. Without loting the resemblance to his subject, M, Donnat has contrived to invest the portralt with somethlog of the idesl (herolc s hardly applicable tasach a bourgeols old geatle- Melsaonler, sbandoning his oldlers for awhile, sende # capltal like~ ness of Wa friend, '* Alexander Dumas, fila." Mr. G, P, Healy, of Toston, U. B, contributes a portralt of the coming men, M. GAMBETTA (No, 1,040), which s, on tho whole, a decidedly The Repablican leader i represents 18 one remaining eye ts, of course, on the sido of the face visiule, Deard are grayer than they slionld be (but perhaps they are Intentlonally aged In view of the next nd to eoncilfate voters, who, as & rule, dlstrust yonng men); the cheoks and noso are slcek and ros man as M. Thiers), The hale and Preeldential election, onveying tho im- Nl o m & plentifal clewta tho characterof the man counterfeited. ( tho pame of M, Gambetts weré not piainly rinted In the catalarne under that of icture, 1 might very easily have re- of y Moshesh Meditating 8 Mlle. Jacquemart, spcctable lobrew: in " wonld have done. i M. Thiera™ was Ir:‘mllchlr?a?lu A alon a fow yeara ago. sends a gy ortrall of *Cen, Anr’cllefl fle‘ Y'llndlne"p( lv he ratlier sluzeieh heso of one of the thinly.sprinkled French victorles of the ‘1870 campalen, Another en. C— de M——, dlininys hides—his diminlsbed This painting §s distingnished ofcer, O —or, to be more ozac form behing & monstrons by M, Baudry, the decorstor of the (nes S much fur the portralts v th turn to another branch: Na, 2,091 A “ISTCHE PORIA by M. Victor Thirlon, & puph of Gle; Bougueresn, s amonest the worka whicl {he wisltor on ra, Exhibition. To the great room at Payche," bocauso it has 0 Tn the same room le s ree kable ** Virgin and Four Rafnta," fn the pro- aelite atylo. Mary Is enthroned, and h the Infant Chrff tn h and salnted porsonages reuder her homage, faces are oil singnlarly real and modern. Virrin looks'modeat and holy, withont having the natpld vacancy of mant s vannted Madonos that 2! M. Thirlon to call i€ so, while four devout aristion on an oft-| a odalisane loanges in the foreground, at the feet of her lard and master, while a eanuch enters, bearing 1o his hand the bhes Tho stony hotror of the dead fave repuleve fdelity. Littlo farther on, by M Bamaritap " (e, 74! much for Its effective gronping as for its sober and A ** Ruth and Nsoml, " by an Anicrican lady whose nawme 1 cannot for the moment remember, 18" worthy of .mentlon, If only for its quict and unrensationsl subject, R eat ot T SHIE Food dent & i of thie year—aa I think s good deal too mach, fn- deed—ia M, Gervex's B ¥COMMUNION AT TAM CIIURCH OF THN TRINITY, appropriate color, been mont tatked the palnting of the stained-glass win- @ grecn-martile columns which embels Iish this heautiful church, ls cxtremely clever, the figures of two fashionshly ling agal Tainter haw drawn them with Jife. You can slmost read the thonghtsof the two lad| rest thelr knecling for azaluet the barrier that reoms to cnt them off from the ignorauco or Innocenca of,the llitle commani- canty, you can seo that they are busy atleastas temporal ss spiritual, wture,—*‘willing 10 kneel, and yoi_ afraid o spall "—tho handsome new dresrcs. the altered quotation:) Allthis is well enoagh jo {te way, but it {u impossible to take the mudidy and blureed bundle of whitey-jees tinetly before tho itar as tiuna of the younj ua leave this anbject, on which [ sdmitT am ai at majority, and pass onto M, **'arlsicnno s Cancale, *' o abfe plctare of a bright.eyed, dark-cls: en, gazing out 1o vea, m be found two of the best warks in the Exhibitio GUSTAYN DORE'S JXAUS CONDEMNED ! Tha ereat miter baa limited his cane rilons this yesr,—a circum- o dlsconcert & good many will ns lIh‘lMllml of o Trom the way the that kneels fndie- Not very far fro No. 7 s to reasonsble proy etance that bae sered by, by Gualave Dore, of the |mulnl¢:ln of ne: derful work, this **, quarrel with tho Instgnific hat should be the central aud cry out against an srehitectural deal hers o false proportion there: hug much nore romal the forcground sre scen woldiery clearing il way for the coping processlon”of death, O rrior urges on hia t. place resarved figure of the picture, Behing him, to the Jeft, an. other of Lis felluws drives back bratally the fn- lony processlon & bl In the widdle.uf the Gefeu throng of ani secusers, the white-robed focus of for apposrs, beating the crose. The sky lowera and threatens, 10 barpony with the graad World-Trazedy tbat {6 boginning. The frightful Lush and gloom In the strects, — sllence that will soon be followed by the hum: derof exeerating multitudes, and the mo Thunder of the beavens, Tue archiieciure ba correct, but I wondered to mysel ‘thie Guthic arch on the right got 1Dto Jerusas M, LAURENS' HISTORICAL PAINTING of “*The Austriso Btai Msjor before the Body of Marceau ** (No. 1,227 ls the other work to which I 1a stretched vut io stals uvon He Is dressed 1o full segimentals, haw clutches 8 naked sword. 1iis Iu that of s vallant soldicf fallen 1 the wevplug crowd of oficers, — **that ‘old sud res culion of his du! suonget (he, Bre opinion has apparently singlod out 1he prize-wlnner of tha falon this year. av0 Lo decide thu Disttar to-day, b A basty mentton of M. Roll's ** Toulouse™ (No. 1,822) lesll 1 can devote 10 1t. The design b powerful, sud the fozw of the wowasn 1a the centre 0f thy cauras elfective, bow ' not bhe modest when there je 1o call for immodesty, A five picture bns heen marred by nn indecent actall which need not be specificd. M, Cabanel sends in A& portrait No, 374) andn **Loerecia and Eexina Tarqule- o3 ' (No, 353), which has bern bought by Mr. llawk, of New York. Amongat the scasational $31,42.44 to make good the obligations known st the Comptrofler's offiee to exists TAR SBCARTARY'S RAPORT for the year ending M b wundn’pted: o Mag: 31, 1977, "t tollows, ; pictarea jawhat M, Haenner wishen ug (o take for | Amonnt on hand June 1, 1876, $ ™7 4 “*iiead of John the liaptist." but which T st t 08 © £ Trant most Gecline' 1o tako for anythmg huts | Ronkelovr " rom Library Fuod....... e clever painting of onc of M. Henner'e acqnaint- | Fines 270 % ances, dished np on the charger Indlepensable, Tegr | John ihe limptiat naver contd nve har the venaial, 3. ¢ though Intelligent, featares of the nerson repte. is: sented, \With a rapid glance at M. Prere’s beanti- e foi *'Evenlna In Upper Fgyph'—sn effective $27,508 gronpof men on“camels, with 4 foregronnd of i ropic paims, and & teniler background of olive- $11,078 snd-purple sky, —I coma to 2,504 THE LANDSCAPES AND BEABCAPES, 1,495 - M, Emile liteton caniribules & pleasant **Bum= 3,814 mer-Morning" (No. 101). M, Daubigny has sent 27 - 8 ‘' Moonrire" (No. 513}, and & '“View of | Farnitaresnd fiztares [ Dieppo™ (No. r;n )i Thers I the aual Inavitable, | Etationery and printing.. 833 i we '« Number of jewn taken eating am . in Ube inexbaustible Forest of FPontains. nng blesn, —the moat pictnresqna wood In the worid, say msuy, Conaplennoa amid reveral other works of the ssino_sort I on Tiehet's *YRonte dea Artieten " (No, 1,700). M. Tiichet {n one of Disz's best pupliia, and han mnch of the regretted master's manner. Mr, H. mr nolds Dloomer, of New York, ha¢ twa pictares In tho 8alon—No, 21, **After the Storm," and No, 231, & elever *‘Landscape,” as it 19 modestly styled. This i Mr. Tioomer's frat appearance 8t the Fatis Exhibitlon, but we hone it will not be the lsst. M. Degallalz contribates 8 view of u striking part of U Forart of Pontalnebleau, ~known, maybs, to some of your readers, — 'V 'no'ltocher-irale," There Is hardly a more beantifal spot fn the wood, o Rother-firule s & great; ragped mesn of rotk which |Dlpt ity plant fellows of the (iorge d° Apre- mont. It liea cune tn the gate of the litgle Artist- settlement of Garbi-on,” Plessant Barblzonl ‘What happy memorles the name calis up In my £27, The Lihearfan, Mr. Pools, read his annusire- lmu. The curtailment of fands and servico in he Lih was referred toand the parchase of duplicats hooka and the niring of more attends ants recommended, In order to obviate delay, More books wero elven out_over the counters . daily than at anyother singie libraryin_the country, and yet, with additional booka and ate tendas tivice a1 many volumes counld be is- sued ow, nd ‘The prescot number of volumes fn the Library 1 ahcutd like 10 sey momet . | 1861,403; number last year, 40,034 The acces. * siaa e sreaty et ang of 1 0o Iand: | aions of tho year have been' A8R volumes, of . ‘which 953 have been given and 2,441 parchased The number worn oat snd condemned wat 1:015, of which 411 were novels, 466 javenile books, and 103 of viher claases. Tho net increass of the Library, therefore, had heon 2,334 vole umes. pamphlets, 283 haa been sdided, of which 263 have been given and foar teen bought. The purchases, with ths exce| :inn“?n re{v vnln‘r;l'u. had been nuldo wul in the puat month, on terms ve Avorabl 0 ethe s sear 038 volamgs 4 mopun-“ et uring the year 039 volames and < phiets have hee{ flen. The Japanese Governs ment, through its Commtssioner at tho Centene nial, had enfed A set of Japancsa educa= tional pul tions, conaisting of forty-two vol- umes and thirly-two charts. Donations from . the Venczueian, Canadlan, and British Govern- ments are acknowiedzed fn the report, as well 88 those from the Federal Government and the Smfimm Institute, and privato and publia he present number of k-borrowers was. 40,050, of which 25,820 sro males and 14,239 females. The increase of registration had heen 4,540 malcs and 2.802 females, making s totad'- of 8,82 new book-borrowers, Under the new . registration role, Library cards amounting to 4,000 would Le aanccled, Daring the coming year 83.137 cards will be ealled in for a new regw istration, and new certificates would be fssued. The Library had been open 304 days and 124 Etag® (lprlrullly o Wie urva @ o licendo prine clple), but T have unfortunately mivlald my notes. For the me rezson | am nuable to do more than apeth **Sew-View," goen in the sarly with & foreground of capltally-painted sand and rock, ‘vn may have remarked that I have so far not spoken of & single battlo-piece. Thero ara very few (n the Salon this year,—a fact 1, In common wits many, feel dnly gratetul for. The only plet. wre of this ferociond class that nced he tunchied onls M. de Neuville's ** Paascrelle de 1a Gars do Eiynng}‘.' (No. 1,601), an incidentin the Rattlo of Forvach. The coloring of thia picture In ohjected ru;d hy good judges, on acconat of iis monotonous. ne. ‘Altogether, the aalon of 1877 In perhaps A TRIFLE DELOW THE AVERAGE. There nre seversl sbaenlces, too, who ean with difiicalty be spared,—notally (eroma. I have confined my comments hithérto to the pood pict- urea. A word ar two About the bad ones before 1 finieh, Of course you won't expect me to linger Jong on such an unplcasant snbject, nor will I, though, tabe sure, wers | ¢ (nclined. snd hal you space tothrow away, **I could a (ale nnfold whosc Jlghtest word, " ete, TThe great weakness of the French patnters thie year 1 thelr color, As you look at the anearthl d unhieavenly tints they put upon some of thefr nvases. you are ofien stupefiod. Can they e It-decelved, Of are - they merely attempting to one for poverty of talent by daring novelty of colort Leavingihe task of explaining the ralion d'etre af all’ the pea-green graes and {m- posnible’” ll{ uh| the exhibitfon to per- ol sons more iated in the mysteries of “the i Tarls atadlo than nigeclf, T entreat yon t Imagine | 07€0Ings during the year, aod the number of* W A books taken out for homs uss was 808, or M et ot 31, Touis Kt 50 | an average of 1,301 volumes dafly. The tenden- near the stalrca o concelve a cadaveroms | €Y of ehange in the character of circulation WOman gazingata mng\cq-n\em projection meant | Which had been mentioned in previous roports bad continued up to the present time. The percantages were fully given fn the report. The Reference Department had been uaed by D stouts kept on flo { ¢ scrials kept on filo_In tha reading-roo had been reduced from 88310 811, m‘nlizo( u:': number 220 were nerjodicals and ninety-ano newspapers. Thirtcen dallies and twenty-two woeklies wore donated by the publishers. ” The number of visitors to the reading-room had been 100,700; the averago number on Bundays was 206. Therobwl been a slight falling-off as . compared with last yesr. Twenty-threo persous were employed tn the ;‘é‘;m and reading-rvom, threc lcas than last i ‘The neceasity of a complete printed cata~ logue waa spoken of, and tho Bosrd recom- mended to obtain it ‘The number_of vol d 5 cont of £h0f.05, 0 umes bound was G575, at Mr. Poale ateo spoke of the inail £ th rooms and 1helrpo“1?r mylhlll‘:.r. queEy ok e mflmfi?n was approved, and ‘tho Board then ’ ——— LOCAL CRIMINAL ITEMS, ‘The West Division gamblers thought to open a lttle faro-bank last night, but no sooner had they done =0 than a squad of police pounced down upon them in Barney Campbell’s rooms at No. 73 Halsted strect. Only two fnmntes were eaptured, several eacaping by a rear psa- sogeway, © ° Arrests: Chnrles Jolinson, mallclonsly firlng two shots through the windowa of Curtls Rob- Inson's house, No. 7 Clark sireet; Barclay McGce, larceny of tablesvare from the Palmer House; John Hudson, colored, by Officer Moo- ney, who suspects Wim of belng implicated in the burglary of State-strect pawn-shop. Justico Summerflcll yesterday held the fol- lowing: John Garrity and Adison Snell, charg- . cd with rohbing Georzo Duval, a companion, of £300 {n Elliott's saloon, at the corner of Har- rison street and Fourth avenue, $000 eachi to tha Criminal Court; Juhn Yoe, burglary of a gun from Ed Miller, of No, 104 Desplaines strect, £300 ditto; John Wilson, burglary and mssunlé upon Qeorze Northrup, of No. 48 Adams sirect, §300 on cach chargs ditto; Willlam H. DBucklev, endeavoriog to swindle a visitor from Tlebron, O. out of two $20 okl pleces, §100 fine o throo months rn"lhu i 10 reprenent the head of Christ: snd throw in a comic Angel with blue snd green wings, forcibly sag- gestive Of the scale of a mackerel after many daya’ exposurs in the fshmonger's window, ure oulam not exaggerating, ' M. Toudonze's ** Lot's Wite' (No., £,041) ia smother example, T could ‘multiply such carss If 1 would. This sort of palnt- ing i» qaite adinirable in & bonse-decorator's ahup, ‘but I an at a lons to accoant for fLa chll!anl ap- pearance on the walls of the Paria Salon, Tsha(l hardly be abla to say much abaut the eculpture. Itin of no great copaequence. hows ever. The dieplay {s parilcnlarly poo Dbo- yond s fine atstne of **8t,Bernard, s ial- 2a¢,"" aud one or two Yenuses, contstns lttle to admire, and a good deal to reeret. Hanny Sr. Micnan, THE LIBRARY. Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of the Chicago Public Library beld thelr annual mectig yesterday afternoonin that fustitution. There were pres- ent Messrs, Shorey (President), Loewenthal, Mason, Onahsn, Berantos, and Walker, and Becretary Wickersham, The Committee on Bufidings and Grounds recommended that the fusurance be increased from $40,000 to $50,000, snd the DBoard cone curred, The Librarian stated that the Library was worth $50,000, and thero was an {nsurance of 240,000 npon it. Mr. Onahan, frop the Library Committec, re- ported several bills, agpregatiug £303,71, and they wereordered to ba pald. From a special comittee, Mr. Scrauton re- ported in favor of the appointment of an asslyt- ant janitor at $20 per mooth, aud the Board concurred, The President read the fifth annual report of the Doard of Directors, which s for presenta- tion to the City Counci), as required by law. Ths oxpenses of the Library for the past year were $25,050.44 Expended for books, $2,504.17, and for newspapcrs and periodicals, $1,496.14. ‘The number of books now belonging to the L hrary {8 51,408, These have been added to the Library, durlog the year, B,3% volumes, of which 858 were donations. The number of pooks lost or miasing will be given before the report i printed In pawphlet form, the assist- auts being now engaged in lookiug up the num- ber, There were now on the registry the numes of 40,030 book-borrowers, The number of vis- ftors_attending the Library and Reading Room was 750,000, f The Library had' now been in full operation a)ittlo more than three years. ‘Tho report ssys that under the most favora- hle clrcumstances it roquircs a lons tlme to bufld up a great lbrary, and. considering the shiort poriod sluce the fnstitutlon was agenod. an excellent begloning had been made. 1t has a seloction of buoka probably not surpassed in qmll:y by any library of ita” magnitude in the country. Anu’-erpnmung on tha beneflts arlsing to tho community froim the establishment of the Library,the report saye that the general circuls- tion of hooks among the people was maintained at thehizh average reached last gur. and could bu doubled {f books could be obtalued as they ary called for, Much remained to be done} nevertheless, it was but just to say that slresd the whaly standard of culture in_ihe communis ty had obyiously been rafsed by the influence of the Library, There had been” from the first a general unanimity of opinion in favor of sup- porting the Library by tuzation, ‘The Teport arcuvs at sune length in favor of the support uf libraries by taxation, on the gwum{‘thu they form apart of the system of vommon education adanted in thiscountry stnee Colonial times, Iu support of his argument, Mr. Bhorcy quoted Mill, Fawcett, and Amas Walker. That ‘mmm\ of the report Mr, Un han tuok exception to, for the evident reasvn that bo is opposcd to the support of education- =) institutions by the Btate. In concluding, the report lon prevalls that, as soot as the endowment for the Newberey Library becomes avallable, there will no longer be need of the present bile Livrary. Avcording to expericnce fo slmilar cases, It wonld be more, rather thau less, need- ed when the preat Newberry Librasy ahall bave beon established. There was, however, great uncertajuty us to the tino when the Trustees under tho Newberry will would have the suthor- ity to establish that Library, But, when it should be cstablished, there would ba an amplo field i this metropalitan city for the aperation of both Mbrarles. Each would help and supple- went the other, TUR ADREVEL THEATHY, Reference is made to thy fact that the old Post-Oltice bulldig was exchanged for the old Bridewell lot by the Government for the pur- pse of providing & peraneut .}flm for tha Public Livrary, sul the memorlial sent to the Secretary ul the Treasury by the Mayor aud Councl, Board of Education, and Public Library Board, was attachied to the report us & reminder of_the pledge made to the people. “Tha lack of facilities to supply the public da- mand {s nlerm; 0. it yeur ouly $4504L17 wege expended for bouks,~bol enough W keep up & good village tlibrary, and not suflicient to repalr the wear of & greai public Nurary. In the coming year the Diroctors would be able to make larger purchuses, but not enough to meet the reusonable demands of the people. The fuud avallable for the purchase of books vught ucver to {ull below $20,000 8 year. The Inception of the Librury snd the generous douations of books by tae English seople wera referred to, sud the Council ssked iu rive o uniform suppurt ta the fustitation. . kll the tembers of the Board but Mr, Onahan coneurred fu the report aod sigued it, That gentlewan preferred to consider more fully that portion of the document which he thousht nlght compromise him if be signed it without tirst placing hlwsell upou record by musking it kuown that b concurred only fu that which re- Tated to tho Library and fte utility. Accompanyiug the repogt (s a detailed o ment of $hy Publle Librury Fund, (rom which it apoears that, barring tho Uage defalation, it will require & collection of tAxes smountng to ' Pt : e e R S §iouse. of Carrection Ruby Toli Loura Madden, 8500 to the 11th; i Meoaiitng Sire. Ttk $90010 tha inms, assaw Nrs. Criminal, Court., Jgatics Morridon hald. dve lottery dealcrs In §500 each tothe Criminal Court} Cordella Falrbeck, $20 or six months; S)\:rlel"llr;lrkr'l(efi. Joseph s'cmflln and Joba Fiint, ot on John Kilcoyne's compl 6200 exch to fie Critual Coutt. " SENATOR FERRY, Epecial Dispaich to The Qrawp HavEN, June 9.—Dr, Hollister, of Chicago, and Dr. Drodie, of Detrolt, arrived last mnight and pronounced Benstor Ferry as probably emt of danger. Ile is casler this morning, and recoznizes fricnds, and converses somewhst. Dr. Brodle and Dr, Mirriam (of Muskegon) returned this morning. The sriuous public duties of the Senator for the last $wo years, together witn his late anxies tyssto his brother's Niness, with the added cares Incident to the masagement of large busi- ness [ntarests, have combined to bring on this suddon and dangerous attack. The immediate rauso was the heat of Chicazo, Where ho was the latter part of lust week, returalog Sunday, when lio was taken with congestive chflls aud then with congeatton of the braln. B NEW ORLEANS CUSTOM-HOUSE, New Onurans, June 0.—Twenty-nine em- ployes wore to<day alsmissed from the Cus- tom-House, ineluding elght clerks, one messen~ ger, nino laborers, ono foreman, ons earpenter, / four day and fivo night fnspectors. Collector King addressed a letter to the Chamber of Cota- erce saying: “ It bas been reported ta the T'reasury Department at Washiugton that the business of the New Orleans Custom-Honse bas been orgsuized on an extravazant scale, and. that lu some respects It Is oppressive to iwport, erw.” The Collector says so far no complaiy Lias been male by Importing werchaats of thia m{. and Invites surzestions of changes in ex» sting regulations for the jmprovemcut of the servive, and {nformation of {rregularitics if sag are known. e Tt PR lates that an opin- e et— TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. OrTawa, Onk., June 9.1t 13 understood thay the Bishups have recelved & letter from the Vaticsa, prolibiting criticism by ecclesiastics of thy decialuns of the dyil courts of Canada, NEw Youk, June 0.—Four steamers sailsd for Europe todsy, fully laden with fresh meat, in, provisions, etc. Among the cargoes wers 63,000 bushels grain, 7,900 boxes butter, and 12,800 hoxes cheese, Npectal Disvaich tv The Tribuse, New York, Juus Y.—The Yridune yeported that Henry Ward Beechor recelved fromn the Boston Lecture Association an vifer of $:5,000 to speud his yacation in Callfoinis. e ——— THE ATLANTIC MUTUAL. Avrpaxy, Juns 9.—Judge Westbrook to-day . decided that, in accondance with Suverintendent Bmythe's report to the Attorney-General, stock- Thiolders of the Atlaatl Mutaal Life Iusurance Company sbould wmake good its deposits to $118,000 with ths Hops Baakiog Company. Thoy were gtven uptll June 24 1o comply with this requircment. ‘The Scere! ol the Atlan- tle Lify read a statement that there ia no ques- tlup 85 to the Cowpauy's sulveucy as regardod fts polley holders, and 1t will bu auply shis ta weet i gbligations as thoy wature,