Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 9, 1877, Page 3

THE CHICAGO 'TRIBUNE: SUNDAY.. DECEMBER 9, 1877=SIXTEEN PAGES; PARIS. Recent Theatrical and Musical Doings in the French Capital. Pierre Berten’s Idea of * Hamlet,” and How He Played It. uj,mcriu:\ Debutante at the Haliens. Berlioz uud Rubiustein, . Ferival of Victor Hugo's “ Hernaui at, the Francais, oreial Corvespondence of The Tribune., pums, 43.~-The indifference of French people to the doings of their neighbors is proverbisl, Look into their uewspapers, and oo find two of the usual four badiy-printed Jases flled with French political news and coru- Bat. Thethird pge iS almest monovolized by racy cuttings from the police-reports, with ctorics of interesting sulcides or bigamies, and oads and cods of social scandal. The last is given up to Tre advertisements and dramatic rossip- Astothe forci intellivence. which i Bitish or Awerican journals occupfes so important 3 place, it i all crammed into the measre svace of about three-quarters of a (olumn, sometimes less. ' Tois inditference extends no only to politics and the war in the East,—questionsabout wlich the mass of prople here are densely ignoraut,—- bat even to artistic matters. You wmight im- soige thay so artistic a pation would wish to Lo iow it stood in the race with the rest of 1pe world; yet till three years ago nobody liere ud ever heard of Hiadel's * Messiali.” Stk speare 13 almost. 2 sealed book here,—found, jndeed, on the librarysbelves of a few Yery: well-informed persons, but rarcly opened, still more rarely understood or ap- preciated. 3. Lammourcux, of the Socicte des Concerts, managed, at last, ater immense difli- calties of sll sorts, to introduce Paris to ora- torio; and now 2 fuir and courngeous emulator, Agle. Marie Dumas, kas taken in hand the srduous but nobie task of popularizing Shal speare. Mlle. Dumas—who is the sister of the witty novelist and Academician —bas just open- 3 her second scason of “ Matinces Caracter- idtiques™ at the Theatre Lyrique, by an inte esting revival of Alexandre Dumas pere avd ‘Panl Meurice's ADATTION OF “mawmLTr.’? AFrench Hamiet ! One emites instinetively st the very thoucht of such 2 anomaly, al- fhough many living can recollect Kouviere, whom all Paris ran to see some twenty years sg, whea he played the part at the old Theatre Lyrique on the Boulevard. But Rouriere stands simost glope. In late times M. Faure has given 15 a0 operatic reading of the charaster. Fech- ter's impersonation—*‘too, too solid flesh,” Wonde wig, and ali—bas not yet faded from the memories of Londoners; but these are, 1 believe, the only French Lamtefs who Lave made any mark. The list is small, Nor is this o be wondercd at. The poor, mad (%) Prince of Denmark. the man of love aud dreams, of ‘morbid weditations, doubts, and speculatious,— Hamict in his whole inuer lite,—is too far from the common cxperience of Frenchmen to be ever comprehensible to them. deed understood him. Heetor Berlioz did, and doubtless the two Hugos, Victor and Fraucois; but these are exceptivns; if I know anything of ‘the matter, there is at this present moment no actor ontheParis stage (unless, perbaps, Tuillade) whocould do even moderate justice to the There are, as we kuow, some things in which mediocrity is intolerable. M.isic i 2 Shakspearcau trazedy another. No actor need sttempt to play Hamlet If any do at- tempt, becan be cxcused by potbing short of agreat success. The Hamlet introduced to us at the Matinces Carscteristiques the other day was, of i men in _the world, M. Pierre Berton.. He is a. capital actor of light comedy, has scored several trinmphs . the Theatre Francais, and is now a valuable member of the Vaudeville Company; but about 15 competent to nlay Shakepeare as—well, as Mr. Montague, or anyother pretty-faced young gentieman you may chance to number-amonsst your scquaintance, Ibhave secha good many Hamlets, but such a one as that presented to ts by M. Berton never before came under my zotice, and, to be honest, L hope ISHALL NEVER SCE SUCH ANOTIER. The audicnce at the Lyrique was im a larwe measure American and Enelish. What may Dave been the suin of Apglo-Saxon agony en- dured during the two-hours’ performance, 1 should not dare to say. Judging from my own sufering, M. Bertow's recording angel ‘must have chalked up 2 zoodly seore aguinst him! The worst of the affair wis, too, that tic Gallic {olk in the theatre were clearly unconscious of the enormitics ruthlessly committed under their very moses. I recollect havicg once been asked w exvlain the plop of that wicked but smusing ** Timbale d’Argent™ fo an ionocent young English lady, imperfectly acqualnted with the French tonemio in whose society 1 found myself at the Boufles €ome years aso. Needless to say, on some spe- cious pretext I managed to evade the task. 1 watched the fair Briton, bowever, and tound, Dot s Jittle to my reliel, that she iuvariably Iaughed in the wrong places. The people at the Lyrique did_something avalagous. Whenever M. Bertou did especial violence to_ poor Shuk- speare, be was sure to be applauded; and, as he did especial vjolence all the time, his triumph (measurcd by the appluuse be got) was im- meuse. n.fM' Berton, I must mention, is the very type A PARIS BOCLEVARDIER, and rjoiess in the possession of a dainty moustache which might make even Capoul Jealous, if Caporel could be jealous. He has Dice, silky whiskers, worn in ‘the fashiou, and pretty short brown bair, uveatly combed, and parted down the middle. Al these, which on the Boulovard des Italiens or in the Rue de ls Yurig are charming, hardly fit in. with the com- moaly-received notions of Hamief ; and I think ou the whole, it would have been perhaps as well if . Berton—bowever painful the sacrifice— bad consented to wear a wig, and shaye his whiskers, at ieast! It would bave been more Tespectful to Shakspeare. This is a mere detail, but the rest of the impersonation was of a piece. Jt was plain from the beginning that the actor bad not. the faintest idez of his part. Hamiet was a Prince, if be was a mad man. M. Berton Jooked like a septimental undertaker, sud, when e did not rant, fawned. When ho handed Oplelia the Jovedetter. but for the words that accompavied the act you would l’:':l\;e fancied him o tavern-waiter bringing in the i t, perhaps the most solemn joke of all was M. Berton’s attempt at madness. Ile shook his grcuy brown locks,—a rather difficult thing to o, owing to their parti clutched frantically at the ai huy wouldn't rol); swelled his voice into wild imitation of thunder; and, baving done tbis, imagined he had gone mad, when inreality, he had oniy lost his hcad, and was looking Yery hot and anory. Certainly, if Jamict %8s mad, it was not after this fashion. Try as be woald, M. Berton could not efface the dap- Efl' actor of the Vaundeville fron our minds. nder all hig false frenzy, there he persisted, And by no effort, of the will could we think of him a5 otner than M. Berton,—a healthy, brill- t, and agreeable Parisian, very much at homeat the Vaudeville, BUT ALL ABEOAD i the palace and on the ghostly battlements of Elsfuore. Of the psyenolagical side of Hamlet, of course we rot Scarcely an idex. His solilo- Quies were changed to tirades. and bis philo- Sophic mieditations to. ranting declamation. Wel), well! The jnzention was good. I sup- e, and, though his offense was grievous, M. rton shall be forgiven,—~on condition that he Yows golemnly never to repeat it. t is_harder to be lenient to. tne adnpt[- o, Dumas and Paul Meurice. wes sssured the other day by a frend of Paul Meurice that Dumas, sbare {a the collaboration did not extend be- Yond the lending of his name to the title-pages: ac I strongly snspect that noge but the autaor of the - Tiree Musketcers” and ** Monte Christo™ would have dared to take such un- blushing libertics with Shakspeare s those oc- Curring in the last act of this French * Hamlew? ‘The horror in the original was not piled up hich enough for those facetious —gentlemen, -z';flaim The Kéng, the Queen, Hamlet, and rles are on the point of death. ‘Thbe excitement of ‘the audicnce is at its Light; another minute ami the victins will be dead. O innocents thay we are! Alexandre Dumas has not done with Lis characters yet. He rings op v THE GHOST AGAIN! Yer, as 1 live, the Glost, whom we had ITost Hzht of through two, acts. Enter Ghos. He Yiiros to each of the expiring persondges, and makes three deliberafe” speeches, nicely” appro- A few have in- priate to the different cases of the King; Quen jod o Lerter, e King i3 finggu;‘l the two others obtain plenar absolution. They die. Now ’tis Iramm?nunf He bans upon his father's words, confidently expecting the same fate as the rest. Ile draws a last breath, and steels himself to meet the coming speech, which is to be his passport to tbe other world. Tmagine his stupefaction when the pitiless shade, turning. towsrds Lim, excfaims: “ Ty vieras " Thou' shalt Jive! 1 Dumas felt e could not possibly beat that, and down comes the curtain. We have had geveral debuts at the Italiens ;};Eull‘l,%s:lgnugwr:t season i6 5o little advanced. 3 ireportant is that of & y ert- cau s0prauo, Mile, TG Sy AARIA LITTA (Miss Elsener), who has made a decided hit in the role of Lucia, aud bids fuir, i the absence. of Patui and Aibans, to takerank as a “star » of the first mamnitude. Her voice is not particn- larly powerful, but it is carefally managed, and itis evident Mile. Litta has studicd in o good school. The debutante fuforms me that she is A pupil under* Mme. Viardot and Mme. Lagrange. She £ang three times last year, under another nameé, in London, where, however, shc had no success. She has appeared eo far only in Lucfa, but next week— on Thursday, probubly—she will essay. the lead- ing part in anew opera entitled *Zilia,” from the pen of a little-known Italian COMPoser. Mile. Litta is not pretty, in the usual accepta- tiou of the term, but she has a most. frank and engaging appearance, pleasant eyes, indica- tive of pood temper and kindiiness; and, to judee from what 1 saw iu thie course of a short futerview with her at her apartments. in the Rue de Clichy, is sitmple, and kncws how to dress. She has the good fortune to sing with Tamberlik, both in’ “Lucia® and in “ Zilia,” Tamberlik, by the by, sang tenor yesterday at St. Eustache, in Cherubini’s grapd” Mass in A, which was exccuted with great state by the Assodation des Artistes Musicicns, under the able direction of M. Deldevez, conductor of the Opera awd Conservatoire Bands. The: im- mense old church - wug crowded, ns you - may suppose, and the charity in aid of which the mass was given must bave realized a handsome profit. ‘There sceins no end to the good things we are baving here in the way.of music. M. Colonus save another performanceof Berlioz's * Fantas. tic Svmpliouy” un the Lith inst., and promiscs uea silort gle‘n:rle‘l“l.z Captive” (words of ctor llugo), from the pen of the composer,for Sunday. Wheo will - © Bosgrifo BERLOIZ Dbe appreciated at his proper worth, I wonder? The greatest of sll French musicians is ouly now beginning to be anderstood by his countrymen, and in~ Londou he is almost unknown. McManus biots, nevertheless, at the possible production ot the flarold ¥ semphony at Lhe Creatal Palace, this season. After vainly re- peaied efforts in other directions, § bave reason 1o believe that the writer lussucceeded i co- listing the active sympathies of the rival Alex- andraPalace in favor of the neslected” genias., 1t s within the bounds of probability that early next year, the “ Fauntastic Symphony,” or “ The Dumaation of Faust™ (two masterpieces, if ever there were masterpicces), muy | be made kuown to the present geueration of Londuwers. Mr. Theodore ~ Thom: might do worse than follow suit. It is incom- prelensiole that Berlioz should still be treated as bejs. But patience! Reparation is at band. Alas! it comes too late for Berlioz. Auton Rubivstein arrived In Paris this week, He has taken up Lis quarters, as usual, at the “ Helder,” and on Sunday is to conduct the ex- ecution of his_own iamniticent * Qcean ' Sym- phany 8t the Cirque. This reminds me that we 1nay also bear his lung-promised *“ Nero™ at the ltaliens shortly. It is highly spoken of by the erities. The revival of Victor Hugo's romantic drama, HERNANILY has been the great event of the year, as well as of the week, at the Francsis. It is now just upon cleven years since it was last played. ‘The revival is entirely successful. I shall not soon forget thebrilliant appearance the * House of Molicre™ prescnted on the first might, Wednesday. Every seat Was taken, from floor to ceilinz, and not even standing- room to be got anywhere. but in the amphitheatre. Victor Huzo dropped in during the evening, and congratulated the actors on the admirable manner in which they interpreted his work. The great poct affeets, I miay re- mark, a somewhat ostcutatious simplicity in bis attire. They tell a story of his havine gone down to the Academy oné grand reveption-day in an old straw hat. Oun Wedh Le appeared at the Francais a cheap silver chain conspicuously dangling from bis waistcoat Pouket. Is tuis “the pride which apes humility,” or does Victor ‘Huso, I wonder, really think {hat a silver chain suits 8 gentleman better than a gold oned Leaving this problem to be settied according to the faney of your readers, I echo the poet's raise of the actors who played in * Hernani. Nothing could be finer than® Sarah Bernhardt’s rendering of Dona Sol, than Warms as Don Car- {os, and Maubant as the Duke Rulz de Silva. I canuot, however. speak so highly of M. Mounet Sully, who plaved Hernanii Iie ranted most, terribly, and several times spoilt situations by his intolerable exaggeration. The play is eplendidly put upon the stage. The scene of the Crypt is a wonderful piece of theatrical art. It ie s pity that M. Perrin_could not bave in- duced the six heralds who figure in_the scene to tune their trumpets before coming on. On Wednesday every oue of the six was playing in adifferent key. ~The effect may be better im- agined than deseribed. HARRY St. MicneL. ON THE RAMPAGE. Another Levying Party was held Friduy at No. 191 Blue Island averne, Dbt it fa gratifying 10 be able to state that no gore was spilled, 25 was the case the day before mpon Rush street. The asssiled party eased his mind, it is alleged, by recourse to the vocabulary of pro- fanity, and epoke daggors, pistols, and bowie- nives, though he used nome, It all came about in this way, according to the etatement of Mr.E. D.Wilder: Some time azo that gentleman, Western agent for Wright, Gillies & Bro., New says he rold one William Ferguy, a tea- dealer at the aforesaid number on Blu: Jsland avenue, €149 worlh of teas. After 2 suficient time bad elapsed. Mr. Wilder intimated to Mr. Ferguy that_ne would fike 10 bave b Jittle bill paid. Mr. Ferzuy's delay in proceeding 10 act on the snggestion subjected him 10 further duns from his creditor, who at Jast, despatring of gzetting bis mouey without reconrse 10 the law, sued Lis customer and gota juGzment for the amount. No evoner bad he gotfen his judgment, nowever. than Ferguy coolly told him that it would dono 700d; that he had awsizued all Dis property in trust for his wifeand chiid. But Wilder was not 1o be put down, and, eummoning the aid of George liartman and an able-bodied ex- pressman, he procceded to Ferguy's stoce, sat him down therein. and made formal demand for the cach. Ferguy snid be bad nothing. but at last offered the ssealliog party $25. That wasn't enouzh for Wilder, who insisted on the dehvery of £y good dollars, Ferguy wonldu't have it. and the chief asanilant throsiéned to levy on bis 200ds in case the moncy was not forthcoming, Ferguy relented 50 far as {0 go out with (e intention of getting the money, 1f posethle. During his absence his mother came into the stare, and, noticing the absence of ber son and the presence of these Strauge men, expressed a desire 1o be informed what it all meant. \hen tiiey told ‘her, £he was horrified and scandalized at the thought that her son wasin_the power of the Philiatines, and putup _the money to get him ontof their clutches. = Ferzuy returned about this time, beard wwhat bis mother had done, and. with the example of Mies Allie McKee before Liis eyes, became, so Wilder says, very angry, and threatened to Kll Wilder in 150 ways, including the ap- proved fashionof biowing out his brains with a crucl pistol. Somehow or other Wilder got away without losa of blood, but he has a vizoroue recol- Jection of Ferzuy's parting words, which were to the effect that he (Ferguy) would follow him (Wilder) to the death, and be of material as- eistance in the consummation of his (Wilder's) taking-off. Interruption of a Wedding, Bestiehen (Pa.) Times., A few days aro a voung couple in a one-horse conveyance drove up in front of the residence of one of our clerzsmen to be spliced for life. The horse was tied with a rope halter to a post, so as to secare the animal while the ceremonies ‘were goinz on within. The clerzyman bad got his books and papers in readiness, and had gone through with the. usual formalities, ~the question 85 to age and lezal objections had been satislactorily answered, the groom had_ been congratulated upon thic choice be had made, and the ceremony as just to be begun, when the clerical gentle- man chaneed to look out of the window and no- ticed that the vehicle in which the couple had arnved was in danger ot destruction. The borse_bad thrown himself, and was choking himself with the halter. The bridegroom und clerzyman both. hurried out, aud by the time they bad reached the vavement the horse had badly entangled himself, in the harness, and partly upset the conveyance. ‘Then commenced the tug of war, Neither the bridegroom nor clereyman could open the balter, and yet the Torse was choking. Just then another clergyman came to the assistance of the nonplussed clerzy- man and bridegroom. and opeoed the gordian kuot_ by cutting iv with his pucketekoile. The horse soon rezained the horizoxtal position. the bride, who had also come out to assist at the work. the groom, and_the cierzyman returned to the parlor, where the ceremeny was happily concluded. 1t is hoped that the Krot is tied so that no neighborine clerryman’s pocket-Knife may sever it. The happy couple left, the groom rejoicing that he had, first, his horse, and, sec- o'fi‘fl, Ms’helpmeec, all'safe, 2 HELLIGOTT. There Is Now No Hope of His Recovery. What Miss McKee Had to Say When She Heard a Report of His- Death, More Atout Those Previons Troubles—-What Her Furniture Sold For--A Shamelesy Bill of Costs, The recent North Side shooting afiray fs still A subject of couversatjon throughout . the. city, and the formor troubfes of.the sisters have pro- voked much sympathy for Miss McKee, not a few betug of opinion that she did rizht fn pro- tecting the balf-a-dozen pieces of furniture still remaining in her hoine, assummg, of course, that she shot McElligott intentionally. There are many rumors in circulation regarding the two women. Some people have au impression that No. 86 Rush street was mnot altogether straight, aud the *“boys” ou "Change wink wheu the liouse is mentioned, but so far #s can be ascertaiued the {mpression is il- founded. The closing of eye-lids is doubtless the result of a desire to have it understood that theowners of said eye-lids are sly fellows, # BINGES. The nume of Mr. John Brigns, the.seed man, having buen drazged into the case by a uews- paper becanse bie had signed the lease as surety of Miss MckKee, a reporter called on him yester- day, and asked'him what he kuesw about her. “'Why," said he, “1 know nothing about ber business. 1 became acquainted with her about a year and 2 half ugo, and signed the use as an act of charity. They were yery poor.” “Did pou ever pay ber hioust rént 12 Exline, the lawyer, told me that you came to him with $10 once and said you would pay thereut, but he refused 6 make the reduction from $70." +0Oh yes, T remember that, She zave me the $40, and asked me to go Lo him and’ try to get the rent reduced. There was nothing wrong in that.” “Didn’t you vpay her lawser’s fees in the fir st suit? P “No. [ wenk toalawyer's office with her, at her request, to et him to draw a mortgage. 1 went as au act of kindness.” ou become acquainted with her?? “My wife aud I had a room at tbe bouse on Cass strect, But suy, 1 don’t waut 1o be draged into this. - I hava's done anything. Al Ldid was out of sympathy for them.” one attributes a Wrong motive o you. Thie ladies were respectable? 4 Certainly, 5o far as L know. I never heard anything ugainst thew. This affair was 2 great surprise to me. I didn’t hear of it until noon Triday. But what is the use of aragging me intoit? I know vothing abdut the case.” And Mr. Briggs repeated the same story tiwo or three times, the reporter promising to sck Liitn rizht before the public. Auothier one hicretofore mentioned, but who had not been ivterviewed, w: ATTORNRY EXLINE. A reporter saw him, and asked ~What do you know abuut Col. Ray’s con- nection with the suits agaiust Miss MeKee?” “1 kuow that be bad no counection with them:™ aud Mr. Exline then went ou to tetl how Mr. Chadwick had obtained a aistress- Taut on which the first seizure of furuiture wa made by Mcluerny, who acted at the request of Constable McEllizott. The rent of the Cass street house, except $2, had been paid up to Aur. L and the warraut was isued pecause Aiss McKeed lad a lease until May 1, 1873, Tbe goods were taken on the 5th or 6th of August, just after she had moved to Rush street. "After the sciz- ure Chadwick got judgment for $3%, costs n- cluded, and then he sold the goods. After tak- ing out cxpenses, Miss McKee was credited with 16.70. ¥ © How much did the articles bring1* « About $40.” Then it cost $24 to collect $161 " “Yes. 1 considered the vosts too high, and asked Justice Haines to tax them, but he smd e had no power to do it.” “ Ay whose instimation was the second scizura ) made! © Chadwick’s. 'That was done against my ad- vice. Irefusedtogive him a blank distress- warrant, and he went somewhere else and got one. Thercturn was made to Justice Flem- ming ut the Stock-Yards.” ‘< Have the goods been sold}?” +T understand not.” “1What do you kuow about Col. Ray’s mort- e for $4003" “Well, 1 heard . Miss McKee swear that she got the money, and paida part to her sister, and paid some bills, and the remainder she had. 1 also beard her swear at the second trial that she mever got 3 caut of 1.7 “D)id Ray try to settle the matter with you?? “Yes; and we hadabout arranged that the goods were to be returned, he to pay $60 or $73, and Mr. Chadwick to release NSas McKee from furgher liability under the lease, when Le got a pote from her savinz to do nothing, as some. Tetter plan had been thought of. After that [ refused to have anything to do with the matter when Chadwick cafled on m: +Did Ray know Chadwick 4 Chadwick had never spoken to him - before the second distress-warrant was issued, and for 2 lonz time afterwards, though Ray had secn him once or twice ju ny office. Ray hut noth- jug whatever to do with the distrainta, or with the excention under whicn McEligott attempted to levy. 1 kmew the execution twas our, and told him about it. Ialso told Chadwick that Ray had put bis mortzage into the hauds of an officer to foreclose, and that the party who got the goods first was the best.maw.? “Was Miss McKee served in the first suiti” “ No, but she entered_an appearauce before Hajnes and testificd, aud the casewas continued at her request.” ““\as she notified to appear the. second time? " “No; the judgment was against the goods, the same as fu the case of an attachment where the defendant is not served.” “Was there no notice whatever? “Yes; one was posted In the vicinity of the Justice’s oflice.” *You say the goods last scized have not been soldi ™ “ Yes." “ Will they satisly what Is due on the jude- ment 7 “T don't think so. From what I can learn they ot the furniture of one room, and I am afraid there will be a bill of costs over and above the zoods.” The reporter subsequently called at Justice Daioe’s oflice to learn TIOW THOSE COSTS WERE PILED GP, and, having sccured the papers in the case of Chadwick vs. McKee, he dug out these facts: The seizure was made by Melnerny, who 15 not an ufficer, as the azent of Chadwick, and the articles secured were 3 picees of carpet, 1 bedstead, 2 chairs, 3 marble-top tables, aud 2 marble-top bureaus. They were sold, it is said, at an auction-shop on the West Sid prices obtained were as follows, 8§ returned: 2 coairs. 1 burea 1 tadle. 1stand.. .. 2 pieces of et, 3 1 picce of carpet, 34 yds. as 15¢. 1 stair-carpet, 39 ys, at 9c. 1 red carpet, 33 yds, at 26c. 1 bedstead......... Total ...ivunen eneen $40.95 How Mclnerny succceded in making more than $37.95 out of the tigures is unkoown, un- less he has invented a new svstem of addition. Perhaps he was aided bra Constable, those officers, a3 a rule, knowing nothing of mathe- matics exeept i The costs were: Clerk at sale.... Advertising property’ Commissions. Serving retarn. ts clharged were only $24.95—another mistake in_addition, Subtracting the latter from the $40.95, left $16.70 to the credit of M MeKee on the judzment for $53, she being 35 abead by the error in calculation. Such a thing doesn’t often occur. ““ Why Qid you refuse to tax these costs¥? said the reporter to Justice Haines. T couldv't do it,” said, hei ‘Checause Me- Inerny s mot an officer. and { had no control over him. Men who serve distress warrants can make out such a bill as_ they choose, and the Justice can do nothing. My fees in the case are Dot excessive. If McElligott had made the re- turp, 1 might have been ahle to do something.!” " MIS MKEE. A reporter called at the Jail last evening with the intetion of learning what Mfss McKee had 10 #ay, it having been reported at the time that McElhgoty was dead. The turnkey weut to her cell, -aund returned with_a declination, she suytng that her physiclans, Dr. Jewell and De- |"she finally counsented to .go. Laskie Miller had advised her- to receive no further calls for the preset. [t seems that she had caten nothing all day; and had drank only PArt of a cup of-coflee, having a high fever, and this continued in the evealna.” Alarge number of friends who knew her when her pareais were wealthy called to see her and express thefr sym- pathy, many briging with themn articles which would contribute-to her comfort. She was told of McERigott’s reported death by her atterney, Siduey Thomas, angd, as he says, “stared vacantly for 2 moment, aud then ‘with quivering lips aud fliing cyes safd, ¢Iwish Iwas in his place. He IS now at vest, and 1 have not known wht rest was for the last two yoars. . Mr. Thomas spent four hours in conversation with her during the day, and obtained from her a full statement of the circumstances of the shootiug and of her grievances. fle refused last evening to let a renorier [00K at it, saying that it was roughly_ written, bat that when it was in proper shape it might be made public. He, however, related scveral incidents which are of interest. She said to him: % Mr. Thomas, you will not necd an ipjunction to protect me here, - will you?” and, looking toward the grated windows, Bhe addea: . * No custodisn can get through there, and if it wasn't_for this terrible, terrible nervoudness 1 believe I would sleep better here than I ever did on Rush street.!” In answer to s question whetner ter sister had been to see her shesaid: “ No. HRebecdea is ufraid to leave the house u momeut until you get the injunction.” When told that no one would be base eriough her, sbe replied: “ You 6 of that wan Ray. There is nothing he is not capable of.™ Then she weot on to relate a dream she had had fast night. ¢ dreamed,” said she, * thiat Rebeeca aud I were sitting in the back room in the evening, with a clicerful fire in the grate, Tooking over the album at old family picturcs. 1 heard 2 noise at the window looking into-[lii- nois street, and who do yoi suppose [ saw thered Gus Ray trying to get into the window, IUs laughable, isn’¢ itd? “Did he gretind " “[woke up fust then,” she answered, and, growing a little animated, “ DIl bet if 1 had finishied that dream it would bave turned out that he eot. down frow thut window in a hurry.)? giler father ealled to sce her in the afternoon. Heisd very old man, und while ascending the flight of sleps leadivg to bis daughter’s cell trembled o that he would have falicu back had ot Mr. Thomas caught him. When thes met he saidy “ My poor little Allie. is it here you aret’) Both sobbed for several minutcs. Before he bld her good-by, he asked if she needed any money or assistance. She answered, * Father, you Raow you have | nothing to help soursell With, and I shall take nothing from you.” Onyes, I have,” rejoined the father; 1 ave two lots in Graceland, and they are worth S100 apicee, and we sball need coly one of them.” Miss McReo fnterrupted Lfm, and told him not tospeak to her azain of property, saying that it didn't require much money to defen the innocent. M'ELLIGOTT. A TRIBUNE reporter visited the home ot Con- stable McElligott, at the Union Stock-Yards, last night, and found him inasinking condition, with a bare possibility of surviving until tins morning, Dr. Baxter, who had been in attend- ance on him during the day. gave up all hope of bis_recovery. Last evening Dr. Milton day visited him, and informed the reporter that he was past recovery, and would probsbly not Jive louger than wmomning, though it was possible he mizht linger on for some time longer. Everything was done, and being done, to allevidte the sufferine of the wounded man. _Ilis condition _during the day was suvh as dispelled all hope of his re- covery. He sank ilm\'(l’) until night, when ne breathed with greater difliculty, and gave indi- cations of approaching diseciution. He main- tuined perfcet consuousness, and, until the dottors gave instructions to the coutrary, con- versed {reely with those who were permitted to sechim. His wife, s tidy and comely young woman, has been in_constam. atteiidauce upon him, and many friends have called gt the house to proffer and render ussistance. Mrs. McElligott avd u number of the relatives and friends of her husband feel agericved at a paragraph which appeared in Suturdsy’s FRIBUNE regarding the residence uf the former, and desire to have_ {t understood that the reporter was io error. McEllizott is well to do, they say, aud provided his family with all the comforts necessary for 8 pleasant existence, He was fond of books, and i his library Las all tiie standard law worls, Yolumes of ~history, pocrs, apd fiction. 'The roows are amply and ntatly furpished, and the hand of the frugal and industrious wite is plainly visible over the household in the shape of pictures, and paint- ings, and ornaments which are found in bomes of asimilar kind. The sad blow caused by the fatal shot of a woran falls particularly severe on the young wife and mother, who bas one child of nearly 4 years and au infaut of but 6 weeks old. 0 ALICE! Henrl Laurent, Tenor of the Oates Com- pany, Sued for Divorce~Singular Allega- tions. New York Dramatic Netes, Dec, 8. On Tuesday of this week, Mrs, Henri Laurent. filed a complaint in a bill of divorce against her busband, Heuri Laurent, tenor of the Alice Oates Comic Opera Company, whose real name 18 alleged to be Henry Gisting. Tuis cascis likely to be one of the nt causes celebres, owing mainly to the peculiarity of the allega- tions, and to _the celebrity of the co-respondent in the case, Mrs. James A. Oates, now trayeling under hier maiden name of Alice. An order was granted in the Supreme Court of tbis city, on Tuesday, 4th December, and will be served on the defendant in the codrse of the present week. The complaint states that the plaintiff, Eliza- ‘beth Melntsre, was married to toe defendaut, Henry Gisling, now known as Laurent, about four years ago in London, England, She was the daughter of the Rev. Duncan Mclutire, minister of the Scoten Baptist Church in the City of Glasgow, Scotland. ‘They came to this country, he as tenor, and she as chorus singer, iu 1874, with the Soldene Opera Buouffe Company. Shie had been on the stage T Eugiand sud, whea both were poor, had given Ler husband instruction in the first rudiments ot the business he now follows. to the scason. of 1876-77, Mrs. Gisling (Laurent) allewres that her husbaud joined the Alice Oates Opera Bouffe company, then under the management of Sumuel Colville and R. E. J. Miles, ~He wasemployed us seeond tewor at a'salury of-$50 2 weck. She accompanied him for a time, being known to the company and others as his legitimate wife, She also became acquainted with the suid Alice Uates, and con- sidered ber in the lizht of a good friend and protector. But she now knows that at that time Alice Oates was pretenting friendship to her, she was insidiously underminizg the love of ber husband for her. " Mrs. Oates, she alleges, was constantly in the habit of saying jocularly to her, and iu the hear- ing of her busbaud, that she (Mrs. Laureut) was no wife for Heuri Luaurent, aud that_she (Alfce Qats) should have been his wife. Still she sus- peeted nothing, and though she found out that her busband was in the habit of wightly accom- panging Mrs. Oates home, under the excuse of secing the reporters and “getting bis nae up,” she still believed that it was only & passing o~ fatuation, us her busband treated her lovingly, aud excased. his conduct by saying it was policy on hia part. 1In the spring of last year she was offercd a short engagement as ¢horus stager in the Sol- dene company, which her husband urged her to accedpt, and she did so. From that time for- ward she heard constant reports of the growing fricndship Letween her husband and Mrs. Oates, but she was loth to believe anything azainst one who nad been so good a husband to ber, and she dismissed these “suspecions [rom her mind. When she refused to acconipany the Soldenc company to San Fraucisco, because this was wmaude concitional on her going to Australia, and lcudv.hem in Cincinnati, she rejoined her hus- band. She then remarked a little closer intimacy be- tween her busband and Mrs. Oates. Shortly aiterward heurged upon ler the necessity of going back to her parents in Scotland, where, he said, the expense of ber living would be much less. She strenuously resisted this, as she felt she was losing the love of her husband, and that another woman was invading her rights. Mrs, Qates, however, treated her so kindly, and showed her the matter in so plausible a light that, united with the prayers of ber husband, Many circum- stances that then took place, but to which she nx;zshed no importance, now came back to her mind. §#)Mrs. Laurent alleges that, after she left, her husband and Mrs. Outes hardly putany restraint on {helr alleged culpable laison, and she has now Iearned that, while traveling, ke would often remain in her room, all witnesses being excluded, until 3 o’clock in the morning. She returned tolive with her father, the Rev. Dun- can Melntyre, in Glasgow; ber passaze being paid by her husband, and 4 promise given that e would rejoin her soou, in the meantime send- ing £5 a week for her support. ul %‘his he did for a few weeks, and then he grad- ually fell off, giviog as an excuse that his salary had becn reduced, but $tilI wrlting the imost ed- dearinz aud. promising letters. -Por: the time Being she. was partially content. Then came the summer, when she knew her husband was out of employment, and she waited anxiously for bis arrival. But he did’ not come, and grad- ually the letters ceased altogether. 'This save her great trouble, which was facreased by learn- ing that her husband tad actually come over to Eogland and visited France, seat over there s agent by K. E.J. Miles.and though remaining sev- eral weeks in England and two in France, where Lie had visited his mother, he had never goug to Scottand where she resided, nor given any idea of bis presence in England. In fact, all the time he was thore she supposed him in.Amer- lea. In tho same way he returned to New Yok, and she was unaware of it all until she learned by letters from friends of these cireamstances. Shie has sinee had positive knowledze of his criminal and adulterous intimacy with ths said Alive Outes during the tour of her compuny, after sbe hud left for Seotiand, and In the Gity n]( New York when the ceason had come to & close. This news gave her great trouble, s sl sincerely loved her husband, and wished htf:sgllli him back from the course he hal pursued. Aud she thereupon resolved to refofa him in America, hoping by her presence to influence him to better cends. 1€ was with difficulty that shc induced Ber father, who is m receipt of a simall salary, to lend ber the necessary money Lo retum. Sie succeeded In gettinz it, however, and arrived in New York in October. - Learning that ber hns: band would be iu Provideace on 2 certain night with the Outes compauy, where he was reen. gaged as lirst tenor at asalary of $115-a week, she toolc the train on there. Wheo she arrived, she went to the botel where the ompany was stopplngr, and had some difficulty in belng shows to her busband’s - rooms (he being ot the theatrc). She, how- ever, waited patiently his arrival. = When shie heard them coming in she went to the hea of the stairs 16 grect him, and obsérved kLim coming up with Alice Outes, she calling bim by fawiliar names. Thicy parted a floor below the one she was ofi, Aliee’ Oates saring, * Don’t he lant," und b came slowly up. When ho ar- rived near the top step she ran tawards bim Joyfully, but when he saw her, his face express- cd amazément and nnger. He caught bold of ber roughly, pushed her into one of the rooms, and then sefzing her by the breast, threw hir violeutly to the end of the room and against the wall. “She only said “O Henrpi™ apy he poured outa torrent of abuse, saving that if hirpresence were known he would lose his situation. ~After soms harsh words he calmed down, and suid she must retury imniediately to Scotland. This she rofused to do, and he azain went into an escess of rage, called her abusive Bames, and insfsted sbe should lcave the hotel that very night. She answered as calmly as she could that a wife's place was by the sidé of her husband. He tnen promised 10 support her handsomely if she would divorce him, but this she refused to do,and he repeated ‘that she would ruiu him if she let her presence be known, After some time L tof fier o wait, the left her sittini'on a chair and went down-stairs to the room of Mrs. Outes, where he remained until 2 o'clock iu the morniug, and then returned and remained sitting opposite hier on a chair for the remuinder of the night. In this time bhe said uever one kind word, nor even offered to Kiss her. ?hc was in need af rest, o3 sle had Jjust come from s fatiguing voysge acress the Ocean and had beca very sick, All this had no effeet upon him, and she felt that his heart was turned against her.© At7 the next morning he took her down to breakfast, but during the meal be never addressed one word to ner, so_that she felt she was held in contempt and derision as some bad woman by the waiters and others about her. Hetben forced her to Ieave for New York again by the morning train, and she has not seen him since, nor received one word fron him. During the night referred to she observed in his possession a, gold watch and chain (somie- thing he had not possessed the season before), and “saw ap inscription upon it as follows: * ilenri, from your own fond Alice.” She now, thércfore, sues for divoree and alf- mony on the scveral grounds of adultery, deser- tion, and cruclty, and she accnses her husband of criminal cobabitation with the said Atice Oates in seveial divers places, namely the Union Place Hotel, during the months of June and July, 1877 (they hiaving, asshe states, Jived there together publicly and openly). Lone Branch, Providence, and various hotels in cities and towns of New Englsnd and the west, At least one party to this suit is well known. Mrs. James A. Oates is an actress whose pro- fesslonal career is weil known. She originally was married to James A. Oates, who put her on the staze. He died in this city in 184S Some years after she married Tracy W, Titus, {rom whom she_provured a divorce in the sum: mer oL 187. Since then she hasbeen single. Of the other two parties to the suit. the ca- reer Is described in tne above. Mr. Laurent isa fair artist of zood presence; and Mrs. Luurcnt is a cowely little lady, not fnore than' 24 sears of aze. Thie afidavit of the wife is accompanicd by another in suhstantiation, which gives details of scenes, and times, and places wherein the acts alleged took vlace; but this document is not of sach a nature as we care to print. Lockwood & Post are the attorneys for Mrs. Laurest. DENIALS BY MRS, OATES AND MR. LAURENT, Spectal Dispatches (o Cincinnati Enguirer. CuiLicotas, O., Dec. 6.—A spevial telegram from New York, published in your last issue, accuses me of a terrible erime. * Please state in your colamns that {-am’ entirely fanocent of Buch base acusdtions; that I will prove it in open court to be the spite-work of oue man, who is mean_enough for anything, aud who has vowed to ruin me. Those who know me best will certainly indorse my statement. Let the public, then, suspend their judgment until the villifier is brought to justice. ALICE OATEs. Cmuicotns, 0., Dec. 6.—Please contradict the statement respecting the application of di- vorce in which the ame of Mrs. Oates_appears in connection with Heuri Laurent, as it is alto- gether preposterous to mix the lady’s name in a matter in Wwhich she is perfectly mnocent. The suit was, no doubt, brought at the instigation of the man with whom she bad her trouble Jast season, and who made his brags that he wonld ruin her. The man, being mean enough to de- scend to anythiug, has concluded to attack her character a5 a last resort. When In open court, I will ghow that I, the undersigned, should be the applicant for divorce, aud not Mrs. Laurent. HENRI LAUREST. — THE HON. WILLIAM F, COOLBAUGH. To the Editor of The Tribune. * BripaxrorT, Conn., Dec. 5.—The late Hon. William ¥. Coolbaugh had remarkable gilts and qualitis which are rarely united fn such ample measure in a single individual. It is not in the transactions of a business routine tbat yon come to see all that there is in such & man, or that you get at his best self. For this you must be with him o his most unruarded- hours, in moments when the heart is most dis- rosed ‘to “confidences, and he acts from im- pulses the -most artless and spontaneous. A very precious friendship gave me these oppor- tunities, in his own home and in mine, in our drlves in the country, ‘in long cvenings to- gether in the cars, in a secluded cottage and hotel, fn slecping in the same room with him, fishing in the same skiff, resting under the same noonday shade, and wandering together through great libraries and zallerics of art. What any one who dealt with Mr. Coolbauch would note was his perfect fairness s uprightness in business. His conduct impressed itself as honorable upon all who had any relations with btm. But witha closer intfinacy it was seen that this character- istic, which men call boncsty, was not some- thing that was Dracticed simply from policy, for commescial and mercenary ends. It was an element of his fecling, of his thinking;his deepest nature. In times of bis least rescrve, when his inner spirit and motive came to the surface, this feature of his character Wwas conspicuous. e 05ed juttico. In his heart of hearts it was sacred. 1t was ingrained in his beivg. Todo an unfair, or unjust, or_treacherous thing was for him simply impossible. So when the telearaph brought me the aneuishing news of his tragic death. { had no misgiving whatever concerning hisunsullied reputation for inteerity in his deaiings. T s e toanzh had . fntenso sympathy with the great world of thoughtand life. It was a 1natter of wonder with those few who knew bim best, that one who scemed o cngrossed with Jarge financial concerns even to minute details, whoaras loaded with material responsibilitigs, should have at_the same time such an accurate acqualntance with, and such a lively interest in, the various- questions that pertain to the do- main of politics, benevolence, schiolarship, cul- ture, and religfon. Yet this was the case. He knew the status apd calibre of representative men. He was alive to the intellectual activitics of the times, and marked with a critical eve the the tone and drift of sentiment aud opinion in their significant ohases in all directions. Though _he did not pretend to b; a scholar, he bad, somehow, the scholar's motive and judicial spirit, saw the vital thing involved in a controversy, and appreciated the’ aims and aoplications of learningz. He had, in B"”“;,(' pent degree, the rare faculty of grasping the gist of subjocts of the most opposite character aud belonging to quite differentspheres of in- ferest and fmportance; and so from all availa- ble sotrces he dres to his mind the thought of the day, and was remarkably conversant witlt the intellectual and moral phenomena of the world at large. Persons of education zud cul- ture were attached to him. His conversation showed the hospitalty of his understanding to Hleas, his stesling sease, his keen mental in- sizht, s sympathy with prdctieal philanthropy and statésmansbip, his veneration for reat character, aud his enjoyment of the hignest. iu- tellectual pleasures. His ingrained integrity made him hate all sorts of shaw and _pretense, While b was un expert in his special Geld: Lis plzions on very many topics of practical utili were highly vauable. T L P T His _spirit was in a true sense religious. He was in deep sympathy with the seriousness that underlies all “that is carnest in aspiration and life. Heloved to ronverse on sacred subjects, loved to hear and read vital sermons, loved the society of those who were in closest communion with spiritual verities. His instincts 1n this particular were keen and alort, and few saw with clearer vision the essentials of the Chris- tian religion or placed their utility higher in the couduct of humau life. One bit of domestic history will fllustrate’ his fine spisitual sensi- bility. Almost ever since his youngest children, two little mirls, could lisp~ words, they were tanaht to sing liymins and brief gelections of church music. and isbecame a practice after dinner for them to cnrave in this beautiful scrvice: Manya time have L heard their bird- Jikie voices, in their inpocence and artlessacss, giving utterance to the deepest truths of Reve- fation; and s responsiveness to thefr splrit and denight in it all, was alwars very affecting tome. His heart touched the child-heart, and was refreshed and strengticned by its trusts. 1 supoosé comparatively few'aver thougnt how E(mm—xuuy Christian principle was working in im. ‘T'here was nothing in Mr. Coolbaugh’s nature that the niass of peoble, Who knew Lim only as banker and statesmau, would have been more surprised to flad than his Kceno westhetic tastes and sensibilitics. This man of iron will, this dealer in the hard facts of finance, thid counselor in tne poticies of political administration, had a s heart. With his clear Lead for bubiness, j ! tnind, Lis positivencss of charucter, was joined an emotional nature of extra- ordinary relinement, a dellcicy of taste as ex- quisite us it was correct, o sunny bumor, astrony Imagination, and a relish for the beautiful, which'was almost & passion. His love of tlowers was intense. He did not cuitivate them for ruruu:cs of osteutation, but because he reveled n their churms, There was generally a basket of them o his table at the bank. °I have known him, io our recreations in _the country, to wear in his buttonhole the humblest blossom, even acammon weed, when nothing prettier could he fonud. In poetry he was well read, snd he enjoyed the besi. To sympathetio ears he would - quote, from the heart. verses that throb with the joy and suguisa of souls. I ‘have heard him improvise in a way that showed a rare fellcity of speech and rhythmicpower. He was fond of natural scenery, and never seemed. in better epirits or more at home than in the open country or on Some some secluded lake. is disposition was remarkably affectionate, and his domestic tastes fine and strong. In. his home hie was gentle, considerate, loving, and deyoted as a husbaud and father. Ha wes a generous man, and his charities were liberal when he thonzht them deserved. On his brilliant abilities aud his great capacity for alfairs I need not dwell. Every description of his character emphasizes his remarkable tal- ents and his business achievements. There are, however, two events in his history that have been either misunderstood or misstated. Of these 1 wi b to give a correct version. But, of course, where his word or mine is doabted, what I aftirm will go for nmothing. A good deal has been safd ix severe terms sbout bis succombing to the pressure during the pavic of 1§73, and it has been asserted that he acknowledged ‘that ho made a mistake in closing his bankat that time. The fact is, he insisted always that his plan of closing was, under the circumstances, the only right and proper one. “My mistake,” he said, and I regretfully confess it, was in allowing the bank to be opened for that one day, when it should have been kept shut. I ylelded, azaiust my judgment, to the urrent solicitations of others.” The other event belongsto the history of the Great Fire. It has been flung at him | with a sucer that he opposed to the last. the ‘proposition that the banks on openine should pay ondemand. Beforcthe Comptroller of Cur- rency, the Hon. H. R. Hurlbut, reached Chicazo in response to a summons from Mr. Coolbaugh, the latter bad made up his mind that the banks ongbt to open simultaneously and pay in full. This Mr. Coolbaugh asserted to the Comptroller, and he wrote with his ownhandsthe orderto this effect which was presented by Mr. Hurlbut to the weeting of bank officers held Monday, Oct. 16, 1571, and the same day issued as authorita- tive, and telegraphed throughout the land. ‘The conduct of the banks was in the highest de- ee tranqunillizing and salutary.- Mr. Cool- E;ugh’s ‘position and influence in the affair de- serve erateful recognition, and to rob him of the honor of hisservice here is grossly unjust. ‘Thus much my heart dictates me to say in the delineation of the character of one whose life was inexpressible dear to me, and whose friend- ship 1 hoped would be protracted for many happy years. N. PowERs. LOCAL MISCELLAXNY. THE CAUCUS. FISING UP THE SLATE. The eight Republicans who are supposed to be 1hegoverning majorityof the County Board beld another canvass for the purpose of azreeing upon candidates, if possible, for the several offices in teic gift, at the Transic Hoose, fn the Town of Lake. It was aot expected by the genticmen cor- poeing the meeting that any reporters wonld again dare to invade their sacred precincts, but it had been ecided that if they sbould appear, then there should be war declared upon them at once. Of course, # TRIBUNE reporter turned up in the Town of Lake jnst at the time he was not desired by the Connty Commissioners, and he had the an- dacity to enter the room wherein the caucus was Deing held. The meeting was organized by selectnz Com- ‘missioner Tabor ns Chairman and Commlssioner Spofford Secretary. Then came the fire tug of war. Tabor called for action upon the question of who wasto b COUNTY AGENT. He had a large list of papers, some of which were indorsements of bie man, George Muirhead, testi- fring 28 to his competence and characier. Of course, this openea the breach again. Mr. Tahor would accept no other man for the position than his choicc, He kept tho point in view that he was master of the eituation, and if they didnt like s man ' then they could get along withont him or his vote. Ballots innumerable were taken. Mr. Burling suddenly became convinced that all that had bewn #aid derogatory of Mr. Muirhead was falsc in every particalar; that the papers had lied about him; in fact, that the ex-Asscssor of the Town of Lake ‘was free from guile, and but littie removed from the angelic hosts. Commissioner Boese saw in Muirhead a coming George Washington. Commis- &ioner Meyer made an etfective trade, as the facts given below will show. Commissioner Spofford stuck to Capt. McGrath, whom he regarded s a most excellent man for the position, qualified in every particolar, and who was pledged to economy and reform. Dallo after ballot was taken amid considerable wrangling and_side talk, and finally Mnirhead got & majorty of the votes, which tickled Tabor, and s truce was declared for the time being, The'next thing to do was to eclect an Assistant County Agent. This wis a matter of nosmall moment. Commissioner Meyer hd a man for the place in the person of Nick Eckbardt, ex-Alder- msn. Every member had a candidate, but Meyer brought out the lucky man. Next came the selection of A WARDEN forthe County Fospital. A. M. Ferrler wasa promincat candidate, but he faiied to bring ‘down the coveted prize, 3r. Ayars broughta man in Iis pocket, from Evanston, whose nanie Is Georre W. Reynolde. The gentleman was connected with the Sanitary Commis:lon durine the War, and was recommended asa most excellent man. He was Warden during 1872 He was_tne favonite in this raceand acceptable to all. Following this came another tug of war. The position of Warden of the Poor-House and Insane Asylum was to be given away. ‘The dzht on this was ahmost as hot 28 0n the County Agent. Tabor aguin was the man at the wheel, His desire seemed to be to at- tain the position as boss of Cook County. He was for Peters, the present Ring incumbent, now and forever. He would not badge an inch'upon this uestion, and the resmit was another squahble. fter o long, rambling, and unnecessary debate, the whole matter was dropped until the new mem- bers had madea visit and {nspection of the Poor- House . apd Jnsane Asylom. The selection of thé names ongreed upon for . the several positions, including thoso reported iu Friday's Trisuxe, will probably not take place wmo’now, 83 there is a desire to confirm all the nominations towether, and make onc job of it There is just a likelihood that finsily the whole thing may be knocked In the head. Some of the ‘members are not desirous of looking bsck Into the oid records at all, while others are. ~ There seems 10 be a desire on the part of some to cover up ail the Bord has done. Two or three of the mew Commissioners are anxious to go into a thoroush investigation of some of the frauds practiced by the old Bosrd, and there are certain parties who are willing to make some very startling disclosures, provided ihey con be protected and given s falr show. It is for this purpose that several of the new mempers are anXious (o0 have g new deal ail aronnd. and to put fo good men. They 3y that if this were done that there is no doudt whatever that eome men would be sent to Jollet. THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS held 4 caucas Friday evening in Commiesioner Lenzen's asloon, on Michizan streot, Wwhere a 8ite was partisily made out, in case the Lepublican czugus nominationg fell turouzh. In s Jot are Ttonntree and nearly all toe ofd emploges, and, 1f all should go well with the gunz, they will cndear- Or o perpetuate the Ring anotler year. THE COUNTY BUILDING. The Coanty Court willbé in sesston Monday, and every day thereafter, for the hesring of such cases 33 may come up. Since the probate busineds has been taken from that Court there is no imme- diate prospect of Judge Loomis befng overworked. ° The December Grand Jury will be called to- morrow. One of the regularly drawn members of the body 13 gaid. fl) be dn Ex-convier. The Sheriff transferred scventeeri of his boarders to Joliet yesterday, sixteen of whom were State prisoners aud one a United States prisoner. 1 The new Commissioners will visit the several county institutions Taesday and Wodnesday, and Tilt_ probably clect county otlicery oremployes L prota) The evidence and_arguments in tae Osborne- - Ruske murder case were completed at late hour Yesterday aftornoon in the Criminal Coart. and the * Case was siven to the jury, who Lrought in o ver- « dict finding him guilty of manslaughter, and fixing his sentence at years in the Pepitentiary. A new capias was issued yesterday by orderof ' Judge McAllister for the atrest of John Garrity. He was indicted by the late Grand Jury for assanit- inz John Dowling, and was arrested and released onbail. The capias for his rearrest was ordered Decanve the Court became satisfied that the bail e gave was insatlicient. An officer was looking fot im up to a late hourlast evening. County-Clerk Klokke yesterday completed the ¢xamination of Lieb's tax-redemption report, and the books are said to show that in the aettlément Licb withhctd over $600 that he onmght to have tarned over, Lieb was seot for, and his attention was called o the apparent deficit, which he ex- plained by statinz that there was' 3 mistake some- where, cithee in the hooks or in_Klokke's fgures. The matter is to be gome over again, and after awhile the facts will crop out. Lien hus not yet made a final settlement with Klokke, nor has “he pad or satisfied his late cmploges. ' He has paid 2ome of thew, however, with county orders, in tha Iast few days, which he has bouzht up at & dis~ count, and which they must again discount to get cashied. They are not happy, nor is he. CRIMINATL. Officers John De Groot and Oscar W. Taylor, of the West Madison Strect Statlon, were yosterday boanced, they having been caught by Lieut. Blett- . ner asleepina depot on the Northwestern Road at an hoar when both ought to have been travel- ing beat. Willlam Dittmaz, 53 years of age, residing at No: 58 Alexander street, last evoning attemnted to* commit suicide while in a fit of temporary In- samty, by cutting his throat and both wrists with | a razor. Dr. E. C. Moore, who was eslled to at- tend bim, eays he witl recover. inor arrcats: Heory Smith, larceny of & box of raisins from N. McGuinness; Thomas Larkin, larceny of notions from the Boston Store: Peler Conaerton, maliciously sssaulting Malvina \Veuzer m a North Ciark strect restanrant; Blanche May. nard. shopliftiug at P. Boldenweck's store, No, 220 ialated street. Justice Morrigon held William Gosslin in §1,000 to the Criminal Court for the larceny of clothing from the White family, and the Invter, congisting of George, Emma, and Lizzfe, residing at No. 33 Emmu street, were held in S800 each for shop- lifting a quantity of cashmere from the store of 3. Blumenfeid, No. 169 North Clark street. Coroner Dietzsch yestereay held an fuqueston James Jdameson, o Dune, 40 years of age, wha committed soicide by haneing in a barn attached to the County Poor-House. He had made two simifar_attempts at his_life upon previous occa- ¢ sions, and once sneaked into the bospits! baild- ing and jumped from a second-story window. . Atnoon vesterday James McCarthy, residing at No. 926 Washington street, went to the saloos of Thomas Williams, No. 1023 West Madison street, in an intoxicated condition. Re asked for moro drink and was refused, whereupon he went out and began smashing the windows. Insa doing he * cat an artery in his arm, and probably woaid have bled to deaih had not medical attendance beenm - summoned at ouce. : Early last evening Officer George Samonsky, of the West Tweifth Street Station, cate upon Oscar Larson, & kuown thicf, anda companion who was loaded down witha fiué huffalo-robe, . This was on Gurley strect Letween May and Aberdeen. He gave chase, and fired one shot at the nnknown fel- low, recovered the robe. and arrested IHanson, The officer thinks he stiuck the refugec, as he cavo acryof pain and jumped when the shot was fired, * Stephen Heywood, George aud Charles Enwood, * newsboge, Charles Carew, u bartender, and Johi Finnezan, javitor of the City National Benk build- « ing, No. 156 Wasblngton trect, the persoms ar- reaied by Pinkerton's detective force, were yeater- Aay before Justice Summerield. The boy Hey- woud saya he hd been hired to break in show win. dows and steal goods for Finnepan, but as he Was ot very positive in his testimony, nnd as Finnezn showed a good character, he was “discharged. The others were | held in $600 2ach to the Criminel Conrt. Abant S50 worth of £oods were recovered, portions of which Weraenatched from the show-windows of Francis Dodd, No. 169 Madison strcet; G. R. Prench, No. 135 Madieon street; Harry Herrick, No. 115 Mad- ison gtreet; H. L. fatch, No. 136 Madison strect; and Easterly & Spafford, "No. 157 Clark street. R. B. Morrle, & young man rooming in the Kene tucky Block. Was sesterday neld by Justice Sum- mertield in $1,000" bonds io_the Criminal Court, charged with eeducing a Miss 1da Kerns, of Joliet. Tae evidence showed that Morris had met the gicl at.a Catboiic fair at Joliet. 2nd succeeded in bringing bher to this city by promiscs of obtaining employment for her. The girl fs but 14 yeacs old. ‘The arrangements were that Katie Devine, 3 com-~ panion, was to come with her, bat she failed to come. and Ida came on alone.” She was mst at the depot by Morris and a man named C. S. Rogers,and was taken first to rooms on the corner of Madlson and LaSaile streets, ond thence to the Albion Touse. corner of Clinton and Madison streets, where shie remained all night n the company of - orria. . Lock-up Keeper Henry Ulrich was sesterday sns: pénded from duty pending charges of disoboying | orders, and ulding and cbetting a thief. Stein, the redoubtable squcaler, was nnder Ulrich's care at . the Armory, and claiming that he had_been ' illy “peed, e savcals and says that Meory furnished ' bim three bottles ' of whisky ; while in confinement, paid for the sama, ) v out of his own pocket, and encouraged him (Stein not to saueal on Georire Eager and the fest of the gang. Remarks deromatory to the police manages ‘ment are also sald to have been made. It is bare- Iy possible that Stein's squeal in this direction is ot 80 honett as he tris to make it appear, but there ha been so much crookedncss at the Armory that Superiatendent Hickey says s little inteutiz tion and xeveral summary removals would be o materisl bencdt. SUBURBAN. HYDE PARE. - A continual struggle for offices is going on emonz. the residents of Hyde Park. The office of Villago Attorney bas long been coveted by sundry attor- neys. The present oceupant, Consider H. Willett, © stands a fair chance of being elected Connty-At- - tomey. and of course will be expected to resign the Village-Attorneyship. In case Mr. Willete should do #o, there are at present five able-bodied * aspirants for the position. “They arc Leander Con- . dee, o man who fgured prominently in the Kepublican _Campaizn Committee, and who * is 'raid to be a good lawyer, Thomas Leonard, * Chaclie Pope, Henry Freeman, and a young utfor- , ney numed Needham. Of the’ eandidates named, the two former siand the best show. William Hopkins, at one time a promizent mem- Der of the Chicago Bar. died at his residence on Madison avenue and Fifty-second street on Frigay nivht at 12 o'clock of typhoid fever, aged 45, Ho will be buried Monday at Oukiwoods. z —— | An Incident of the Revolution. B New faren Palladium. ! ‘The history of Enficld, Conn., issued by the i Town Centennial Committee, has brought to the editors a letter from Mayor J. J. R. Pease, of Janesville. Wis., who _relates, in the words of ! his graodfather, the iucident at the old First | Church which followed the reception of the news of the fizht at Lexinaran at the beghning of the Revolution: * Qo the Sunday after that fizht a message to Capt. Thomas Abbe, giving a0 account o iz was bronght to him while he was at church. Capt. Abbe was Lhe best known: ‘man-of-war’ in the town; he bad scen service in the old French War, and withal was an ac--: complished player of the drum. He left the.; church very quictly, went to his house not far - away, and forthwith returned as far as the steps 2 or entrance to the church, and commenced play- fug on his drum, ana played on till all the peo— ; plé came out of the church, leaving the parson | alone. Capt. Abbe theo told the people of the | fight at Lexinaton, ‘made them a rousing ‘war speech,’ closing with the announcement that he, | Shouid march for Boston the next day, and in.. - vited all who had a mind to’ march with him to - fall into hinc as he stepped ofl. He then began to play upon the drum and march around the church until 147 men had yolunteered to go with Bim ————— Terrlled Gentlemen. San Fraaciseo Call’s London Letter. The terribie disgrace which bas befallen Col. Baker has brought about adetermined resist- ance or the part of gentlemen travelers to bein* left alone with alady ina railway-carriage. I* am not_joking mows: tnis is sover truth. Lfen of position, esoccially if they have money, fael that they.are running the risk of a bl 1 suit i[ ‘they consent to truvel alone with 'a strapee lady, Indeed, a most, painful affalr of this kind did occur only the other day to a gen-. tleman who often visits America snd’ has been twice to California. His fellow-traveler was a'+ 1ady by birth and treeding, but, fortunately for the insulted gentleman, she had fallen into that fearful babit of drinking which so'many English- women are afflicted with. Her own ' relatives tdok her away and apologrized to the gentleman., for mer misconduct in cbarging him with be- bavior unbecomingz a gentleman. No one be- lieved it for a moment; bat lady travelers alone have been given a wide berth by gentlemen since thep. Pretty soon the wintry winds will blow, the spow will cover the ground, the sleet will fall, the sidewalks will have & surface of mirror-like smoothness, and the mind of the paragraphing man will be perturbed by the lurid glare re- %xcd from striped stockings.— HWorcester ess.