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The Conrt might have re- e tocknicallttes, bo obecrved, but the guired It only twelvo days 1o prepare hia do e, and under these circumetances the highest degreo_of dllizence must not be reanired, The {iedicial inind revulto:l nzainst unfaie trentinent of 15 \an on trinl fat his Mife, and neither the Court ot the people of Knox Coanty coald aftord to let T'he satil that the prlsnaer did ot got a faie teial, King into conmideration the prisoner's wouni T ‘aBscnce of his witnesses, and the fact that oounscl had just coma Into the caee, the Conrt 00i that, It Bie ovorruled the motion it wonls by dectared an error by the Bupreme Court, e d1d e belleve he could goto telal in the face of tho Wlich must be presumed bona fids on As the prisoner was perfectly safe in s'of the law, the Conrt would grant the NO DEMONSTRATIONS ofany kind were mnde in coutt, but_the whole erowd rushed at once for the atreei, The prisoner was cscorted back tothe jailin snfety, sowd following, Thelr {natinct meemed gutety alone, and no threats wero made tothe man or his escort. The focling of tho citlzens is that the decialon was correct, and wliil not impede the courso of justice, A motlon for a chanze of venne was_all they fearcd, helng determined that Hande snonld never leave Knox County iive. Y ‘Mctioton, who wos shot through the luugs tho sy Belden was miardered, nays 1t 14 all right. He wanta the man to have s falr irial, though poeltive that ho onpht to hang. Loach, one of the defend- sot's counsel, agrecs that an application forn ehange of vyenuo might orecipitate matiors. Drad- shaw 1alks bopefully of his cllent's chances for es- caping the pallows, hoiding that the identity of Tande as Lo burzlar could not be proved. If this wern 80, Tit# FARMERS IIAD NO RIGNT TO PURSURE JI1Sf, and the lieaviest offenso wonld bo manstanchter. 1ie sald, airo, that Missourl, having once given up {lie ptinoner, could not get him ngain i conviction lero felled, Mr. Stubbs, who niade only a bricf addreas before the Conrt, la reticent as tothe deo- fenss, but the main rellance wili probably be.on aolleged insanity. Daring the ofternoun the at- tornevn hield a conmultation with tha prisoner, who was aleo visited by his brothers, reapectable-av- pearing men engaged {n business In lowa. Toe night the town 1s all qulet, and the farmers wwho took advantayo of the Improved roads to visit town and sco the trial have all gone homo. No tronble is anticipated. THD NUDUCTIO AD ADSURDAM, Spectnd Ivavatch to The Chicugn Tribune, gr, Locte, Dec, 11.—B, F, Clarke, one of the attorneys employed by Rande's fathor to defend the ontlaw, arrived hero from Galesburg to-dny, and, in on Interview, gave it an his opinion that the defense would bave no dificulty In establishing the insagity of tho prisoner; that he has been u ‘monomaniac for years on tho subject of killing ple and writing pootry, Drs, Hazanl, Bandny, Etevans, and Darrete. all §t. Lonia physictane: swero notifled this morning that thelr rervicos ny ezpeete will bo needed In the Handu case, to ascer- {ain the condition of the prsoner's mind and do- cide npon its sanity or | Illn"ay. They will hold themeclres in readiness (o depart at once for the aceno of tho trial when it takes place. 8 lario to WIFE-MURDEIL. 8pectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Inniaxsrouts, Ind., Dec. 11,—Ed Harvey, & black hoodlum, who hias been jeatous of his wife for some time, met her on the street this evening with a fomnle friend, Carrie Willlams, and after salnting ber Inalond manuer with tho Inqulry, 4Where yon golng, Nant" deliberatcly palled out & revolver and dlecharged six chambersat her, “threa of tho hullets lodzing in her person, It belloved that sho {3 fatally wounded. Iinrvoy I threatencd to take her life before, nnd the coolnes of the wretch to-night as he poured tho bullets in- to her was amazing, Ho was parfectly sobor. ACQUITYED. i 81, Louts, Mo,, Dee. 11, —The trial of Michacl Lydden, charged with perjury and coneplracy In connection with the now Custom-ilouss and Post- Ofico Ballding In this city, which has becn beforo the United States Distzict Court for o woek past, closed this Bvening, and the Jury brought in s dict of acquittal In less theu ten minutos, This ‘was reporded ae 8 test case, and tho other cases of ‘m?ury, as well 0% the cases of Thomae Walsh and ,\'l linm Patrick for conspiracy, which wers st for an. 7, wiil, no doubt, follow the eame course, If they n&'o not, us most likely thoy will e, nolle prossed. REMARKABLE TRAGEDY, LovisviLLe, Dec. 13, —Near Liberty, Ky., Sun day uight Inst, Thomas Mooro and Unitea Btates Speclal BaillX Georizu D. Eljis killed ono enother, Moore has been wanted by tho nuthoritler forn year past on on indictmient charging R with Wiiclt diatiliing, Eills met him' hy chanca SBunday night while riding towarda Liberty, K with a man named Dwyer. Ellls ealled render!' and Mooro nnswered by frlura bullet through Lis body, Elis returned the shot, Jloore diappearing in tho bushes, Next morning bls body wus found frdzen atlf In death, R KENTUCKY, LoutsvitLg, Ky., Dec. 11,—A dispatch from Frankfort 1o tho Assoclatod Press Agont at Louis- siily says I, I, Toylor, tho great distiller, has been nequlited of charvva brought ayalnst bim of attompting fraud. ‘Taylor, it will be remem. Lered, fatled for vomiethins 11ko $300, 0u0 lavt sin- wier, and then disappesrea, g “Cne Courer-fournut's Btandford speclal mays twenty wrmod men guard the jail, und show a quict detormination to prevent the releaso of the outlaws or any renewal of lawlessoess. « AN OUTLAW CAPTURED. Dexven, Col,, Dee. 11.~Robort Schamle, o notorions oatlaw and murderor, was brougt kero this morning Ly Abraham . Elils, of the ltocky Mountaln Dotoctive Assoclation, who capturced Schamle near the Now Mexico itno yesterday. fchamlo confesivs to the murdor of a butcher ut Georgetown, Col,, and fs 8lao accused of scrions ofienves in Central Btissourd aud elvuswhere, BURGLARIES, ConteANp, Dec. 11.—T'ho stores of More & Bhel. don and Tuttlo & Holdridgn wero both burglariz- ed last night, :Tn the former the thiaros got about $300 worth of dry roods, boats, shoel il in the latter abont £60 worth of rovolve lery. 3(r, Moro, of More & Sheldon, I trado liere for a number of ychry, and A1t time he bos been burglarized. TATALLY BTABBED, Cuprxxsr, Wy, Dec, 11.—Thomas Murray, & member of Company I, Fifih Cavalry, was futally stabled thls oventugat Fort Russell by Willlam linker, 0 clvillan, sald to beawon of tho late At- tornoy-Uenerul Baker, of lowa, Thoaalr grow out uf a quarrelnbout 50 conty. KILLED I8 BROTHER-IN-LAW, Crevetaxy, 0., Dec. 11.—A Mcadville (Pa,) tpeclal to the Cioveland Leader gives the particu. Jars of tha wneder laug cventng at Oleopolis, Pa., of B, I, Ballsbury. by kls brathereinelaw, Irs Jackson, Thy murgerer was arrested and Jodged in Jall, TIME OF EXECUTION FIXED. Haznienvng, P, Dee, 13.—The Qovernor has Exed upon the 24th uf February for the oxecution of Thomas P, Fisher, ono of tho Bolllo Magulree of Curbon County, concerncd In tho wurder of Morgan Fowell, slx years ugo? MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. A Bweeplug Victary Over ting=Iule in Bos- tonOther Elections, Spectal DusateA 1o The Chicago Tribune, Bostox, Mass., Dec, 11.—The election of Henry L. Plorco, the Mayoralty candidate of the Citizens nd Republicans, by a wsjority of 2,151, 4 due in no small degroo to the young Repablice 8ns, wino bhove zealously labured 1o preveat the consammation of the reglstration frauds, The Yole was the largest ever cast o the city—47,015— 8nlncresso uf pearly 14,000 over the Stata elec- ton, Thers was little oxcltcment. Tho large Sumber of police on duty at the poll- ing-places, snd the avowed determination of the cltizons to vigorously prosccute all cases of Iraud, had an excellent effect. ‘The wards bave Dot been hoard frum ot widnight, but It is known that the Citizeus* Ucket for Aldormen and Bchool Toard bave buen electod, Tho Alderien are cqual- Iy divided between the Hepablicans aud Democrats, and tho febool Hoard will Include Miss Peatody #iid Migs liale, two carnest workers who wers feated ot the' Democralic triutph lnat December. ‘Ihe vlctory over Ring rulo and Jobbery at the Clty. Uiall was the reunit of o united, carneat endeavor Yo parity wunicipal politics, and, to achfey Teault, ‘the Quaker vole wWos sought sfter and larsely ubialiuod. There was some focling bo- lweon' tho malive American and forelgn citlzeus whicu contilbuted o the result, and thero was $lav on sutagonistio eching suaiust Mayor Priuge thu {riends of ex-Gov. Guston, who charged iBathiy defeat for thy Governorehip last wmonth Vs due to City-Hall juflueace. Mr. Pierce to- Blgbt received congratulatory dispatches from sll Paits of the country, To the Western Luacialed Pross, Lowst, Nass., Dec. 11.—J. A. G. llichardson Dewocral) was elected Mayor ” to-day by 78 maj- ;;‘-‘x'.' the first Dewocratic Mayor Ju mlucteen MExrus, Penn,, Dec. 11.—Mayor Flippen. bas Sccepled the call of the citizens' Lctiig, and dor Butlices bimuclf a candidate for re-clection 8s an pendent, 1Susiintoy, 8. 0., Dec. 11.—The manielpal :‘gcltnn Bery to-day resulted in the cloction of W, - Fole, Muyor, and the entire Democratic ficket bya lsp, i Vi h“lih;l?‘a‘uy‘fimfl\:; an Indspendent tickes e —ea— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Puitavsiputs, Dec, 11, ~Arrived—Steamablp from Liverpool. Loxoox, Dee, 11.—Etesmsbips Devonia, Neckar, 8ad Angita. from New York, have arrived oot New Yors, Dee. 11 —Asrived—Hieamer i Liverpool, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1877, SANTA MONICA? The Long Branch of the Pacifle Coast. ““The Tribune"” Cotrespondent’s Trip to This Noted Pleasurs Resort and Banitasinm. Onl'y Beven Days Distant from Chlcago and Reached by Rail. Marvels of Engineoring in the Construc- tion of the Southern Pa~ oific Railrond, A Hasty Glance at Los Angeles. From Qur Own Correspondent. 8anta Montoa, Nov, 20.—As if to remind me anew of the frigul winter I was about escaplnig, tho morning I left Chleago the northwest wind was out ln all Lis majesty, and ho bustled furi- ously around the strect-corners bearing an oe- castonal suowflake In hils embrace, and eausing pedestrians to muflle up closer as they hurrled along. ‘Ihe sun hid himsell behind ereat banks of dull, leaden clouds, which scemed just ready to preclpitato o snowy covering upon the carth. The car-bells had a chilly tlugle; the drlvera drummed thelr feet upon the platforms to keep them warm, and the conductors blew thefr fngers lustily In the Intervals of collecting fare. Even the old familiar cry of the newsboy, that 1s supposed to withatand el climatic changes, seemed to fall fromn bis lips in frozen chunks {n recognition of the first visit of the scason from the Old Man of the North. As wo rolied out of the city in the luxurlous coaches of the Burlington route, the lake dash- ed oangrlly up ngainst the breakwater, leaving felcles suspended. Lake Park and the neat little grounds surronnding Michizan avenuc's mansfons, crstwhile so beantiful, wero stripped of thelr verdure, and the bare branches bent fn the galo and whipped the alr spitefully, asif fighting ngalust the near approach of the Jong, cold winter. 4 ‘The warmth within could not qulte dispel the chilly effect of the scdbo without, nud it was with & fecling of rellef that wo pnssed out of the great city, beyond the mors direet influences of the Jake and the myriad whecls of commerce,—out upon the broad orairics of Tilinols, where, If tho cold was no leas severe, the cffecet ou the mind wns less chicerless, for the faccof naturo was covercd with snosw. TIOW DIFPERENT THE ACENE now spread out to iy view., Thils lovely Thanksgiving-Day, whick, fn tho Eaat, Is sym- bolfe: with = > l | 24 to width as the distance separating Omaha and New York. The varled seenic marvels em- braced in this region, and visibie from the rail- way, it would be hard to enumecrate. XNot the least wonderful among them are the natural obstacles encountered in theconstruction of the d, and the marveious cass with which aclence has overcome them, Hut tho reu'llnzlpulsllc s tolerably famfliar with the scenery of thie Unfon and Central Pa- cifie Rosde, and I will not particularize. Herctofore the Eastern hcalth-secker who rought the baliny shores of Southern Callfornfa haa had to underzo PRIVATIONS, DELAYS, AKD AN OCEAX VOYAGR In gotting there, which, with many a delicato constitution, have wrought more Injury than a ear's resldence in the Bouth could repatr. The {;ouu ran nt intervals of soveral days, and the traveler who did not chance to reach 8an. Fran- clsco Lo connect had, of necessity, to remaln un- 411 the next;boat salied, To sny ona sillicted with lung "difliculties SBan Franefsco ls not tho most favorable place under the sun, Its cool, damp cilinato has @ special fondness for Easlern invalids. Lone Mountaln holds many a form in {tsiasting embrace, which it would not but for the fatsl mistake of re- malning too long in the coy, fickle climate of the bay. Even il close contiection were made, and the Invalid’ avolded a delny at *Frisco, ho not infrequently arrived at his destination en- feabled by the shaking up the ocean vuyaue gave him, and so reduced that a fatal result speedlly followed. THB COMPLETION OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC HAILWAY TO 1.OS ANGELES, and the more recent cxtension of the rame ceventeen miles) from tho last-named city to anta Monica, has removed the difficulty of reaching there, and brought it two days nearer Chicagy than it was by the okl “method. This, I am sure, will welcome news to wany who have chosen the devitallzthg climate of Florida on nccount of its being mors caslly* reached. For the convenience of this class of travel tho roflroad companics have ar- rauged eo as to rio through direct from the East, connceting closely at all puints andavold- iz the unnceesenry trip to San Francisco, The Southorn Pncific begina at Lathrop, clehty-three miles cast of San Francisco. There the passencer to.Bouthern Callfornla finds the train to 8auta Monlca waiting, and tiventy-four houra lnter, or cxactly seven days from the time of leaving Chicago, ho debarks at this charming scaside village. ‘This newly-bullt road opens up another va- riety of sconery differing from nll that hereto- fore passed, For the first 800 iles our course is uo THR GREAT BAX JOAQUIN AND TULAN VALLEYS the lormer the finost agricultural revion of Callfornfa, Just now the farmers are plowing for thelr winter's crop, and scores of steam plows are turning over the soll at the rate of 1 don’t know how many acres por day. The val- ey is na level e an Tillnols prairle. ~ 1t {s owned it laree tracts chicfly, many farms, or ranches, as Californlans delight to call them, being as largons n township n Ilnois. Elehty thou- sand acres I8 not an uncominon smount, for otg farmer to own, though from 5,000 to 10,000, T am told fs about the averaze. Whoat is tho staple product, In favorable scasons it yiekla cnormouely, Fields of 1,000 acres of wheat are common. All farming fs Jone on o Dro- portionately grand scale. ,Tho immedinte prospect 15 flat and unintercsting, cxeent as ono becomes interested in the vost ogrieultural undertakings evidenced on cvery liaud. Oneof the most noticeable features fn -connection with tho ranclivs 18 the larze number of windmills employed in rafsine blazing fire In grate, drifting spow oute slile, egu nugandoth- er warmlng com pounds that cheer and olten Inebriate, finde me goaziu throuwh [y open win- [ty dow upon a Febe prospeet (U that could not be du- |¥ licated In llinols ceven 1ng June, Twill not harrow up your feolings with anen- ) x!m; of tho s varlous rare 5 plants and j@;l‘;’},figfia& exotics 5 ST Llooming In the little plat that seporntes tho hotel from the street. which aro the te- sult only of long and {mnum. green-houso culture with yau, nor will I dwell upon the golden beauty uf tite heavilv-laden orange-trees in the grounds of my nélizhibor up th strect, 1 cannot if Twould convey to vour minds an rdequaterdenct theunsurpasiced marine viewthat Lunin from my front wiisdows, which open out upon u verauds nearly covered with lowerlog yimes, I whionly sy ncre that the bay bouds into the Jund, us” doen the Bay of Naples, with pleturus of which at least nearly everybody s familtar, and the beach Is as near LIKR THE BEACH AT LONG RRANCIT as one pua s like another. To the north and east in tho distancg tho coast mmountaing raes their round tops, which — are just recelving thelr aunual reupholster ing In green. - With you nature fs entering upon its long winter's slceps hero it 1s emerglog fnto spring, with oll the warmth, balminesd, nnd beauty tho reison con bring. 1 bave met quite a number of CHICAGO * FEOILE hore and on tha way here, which bhas been rather u surpriso thau otherwise, for Santa Moniea 18 a new waterlng place und Jittle kuown fu the East; but Chlengo beople do havo such o wecutiar way of knowiug whatis golng on all over the world, and just whiere to go to sell goods or for pleasurs nud rest, 0 flrat pnssenger over the Bouthiern Paclfic's now stretth ot 390 miles acruss thy Colorado Deeert was a Chicugo Sdrummer,” g0 they say, Ay Informant, with some exagizeration Ifear, addad that the “drume mer ™ aforesail rodo on the pilot of the cogino the way in order to pget Into Arizona befora the fireman and cngineer, and tha before the reur car lud crossed the bridgo the fellow had okl a il of goods und malled tho order for the sume. Do that as it may, Chicago has found this dellizhitful watering- Jace, where tho winds and waters are tempered Le year round to the most porfect unifurmity, And I feel puro that many ol your readers wlho, perhaps, have not hieard of this place, witl be wiad of the Intormation I shall give concernhug it, for thiere must by many mors fovallds who would liao to cseape the rigors of o Cileago winter who wiand in cyual dread of the encrs vating climate of Florida, but are jgnorant of tho tonle, curative propertica of Califurnia climate, eapeciully in winler and ot Santa Mon- few, which Is favored peculiarly by the Iny of the mountain, the contour of tho coast, nud thesea. THR BNEIGKTIC #A1LROAD BUILDER of this const hus wade Southern Collfornia easy of aee To the adyautage of its wonderful climate, the rallroad adds the p!lusure of the 1008t Dicturesquu sconery on the centinont, To uee the mildest expresston appiicabls to the vase, It strikes mo as poor taste in people, ablo to travel for vleasure, who spend thue and money fn making the tour of Europe, beforg crugsing our own country, which Las SCENCIY GRANDEI AND MORK UNIQUE than van Le fouud clyewhere on the globe, Let it be sunposcd that tie tourlst hos nover beuo west of Chivago. ‘Tho preat level praleies of Illuols and Towa, which the traveler by the Burlingten route will behold, bave no cotnter part fu Europe, and, covered with farm-houscs and cultivated as they are, tha{ give tho Eastern man a more comprebenstve 1des of the mujesty uf our vountry than be can otherwiso cbtaln, The Misstssippi and Missourl drag thetr mighty lengths ulong heneath fron bridges which fn the'ugey past would buve been consid- ered the cighth wonder of the world, And what shall be said of . THE PLAINS,~ thot vast, myaterious cxpanse, treeless, ralnless as it used to be, the home of untold thousands of wild butfsiocs of and wilder Indlans, the terror of the early ploneer, but now fast sctitiug up aud enterlig UpoLTa uew eXistenco a8 man coun- pletes the uncompleted task of Naturol As the locomutive pushes out uver this wild regton it Is aaif ft were cutering upon the buundary of & new world, as indecd it Ls i we fudge by a comparjson of Califorula with the Atlantie States. Tho one 8 tho very sutipodo of the othes . What words can convey & correct lmpreasion of the grandeur, the imueusity, of TUAT MIGUTY MOUNTALN 8YSTRM: extendiug for over 1,800 miles, from Biddey, 1n Nebrasks, to the Bacrstento Valley, whero the iron yalls are luld in many lustauces above the clouds, and are nover Jeas then 4,600 feet above the sea-level throughout the whole distauce! ‘The geozrapbies speak of the Rocky Mouutaing sud tho Slerre Nevadu range as i they comprised ull tho earth's warpiugs worth speaking of. Az 8 watter of fact, the two rubges are as wmuchu vart of one systcw as ooy of the [;rru lakes is a part of tho great cbaln of lakes. Bo. tween the poluts pamed s comprised que vast plateau runging fzum one to twa wiles o hdxhi, the more prowinent protuburauces Laviug Jocslized nawes, but combinivie cos $lgautic vxpuuse ol wounteln a8 far siretching water for stock, irrigating, and other pur- poscs, IN THE DISTANCE, many miles away, the Sierras on the left and the conet range towards the west loom up frowm their dark sldes, aud scen 1ike palisades wall- fugin the great valley. At Cullente a change suddenly coines over ' the scene, Leaviui the wreat valloy, the road tifends the courss of Tehachy Creek, makiog a raphd ascent to the wountau of that namo (whero tho Sierms uid coust range wnfte) over 4,000 feet above the level, As thoroad climbs the mountsin (which n.fio;:l at an averago grade of 110 feet 1o the il TUA MOST BTARTLING ENGINECRING ACHIEVE- MENTA > are brought to view. Here the track hangs upon the cdgo of a «HX jutting out overu gorge hall a tnile or more beneath, Anen, it leaps over o chasm upon_ a hign trestle, or susgended bndee; thon darts thirougl a tuuncl, réappearing upon the verge of another cliff, apparently determinoed to plunge headlong into the valley below. From Callente to the summit, In a distanco of twenty-five milee, there are suventeen tuunels, the lnngest belng about 1,500 fuet. But tho most astonlsh. ing teat Is - ‘1w Loor," on accomplishment In raflroad engineering never bolore attempted, swhich bas nado tho southern Pacific famous wherever it Is known, It 18 located between Girard and Koene, and is made in order to mako o raise of seventy-elght feot, being the only way in which tho ascent of the mountaiu §s practicable. The **joop® was cuncelved alier repeated attemnpts and faflures to reach tho smumit by other means, snd Is_the only {nstance,” I beleve, of a raliroad crossing {tscify or of one track cross- Ing another without the trafus having to stop. Tho ** loop ™ 1s 3,705 feot in length, In which distance seventy-eight feet rise is ctfected. The cut will ulve u tolerably clear fdea of how this remarkavle wscent is sccomplished, Lthough it dacs not by any mcans do justice to the grandeur of tho sceuery, Although THE BUNMIT OF THE MOUNTAIN fa about n milo above thelovel of the sca, the weather 18 said to bu mild throughout the year, and the graztng good. Largo flocks of sheep ves cupy the detiles of theso mouutalne, Descending towards the south we come upon thu Molave Desert, something ke thirty miles in extout, walch. 18 pretty much destitute ol vegetation, though sago-brush aud cactus abounds, The pulp of the lutter is belng utllized for the manufaetury of paper,— withgood results, it {s sald, Thoese plainaaverge sbout 2500 feet above the sea, After passiug this dreary tract the road skirts the Sau Fer- nando tnountaln ruge, windivg through varlous dellles fn vain seeking an outlet fnto thy Augeles Vull l)l. The - only resource loft tho engiueer who bad cencountered and overcome ths other obstacles above usmed was to dig out, the resuit belug ’ TR BAN YERNANDO TUNNEL, 8,007 fect long, sall to bu the third longest in Amcrica. Ewergiog from the mountaln o %Iofluul alght bursts ou the view—Los Angole ‘wley, with its nwincrous flocke, und herds snd orange groves, Tweuty milcs furthor ar lhf) =uuthl.'m Capital of California is reached. CITY OF THB ANGRLS " in this letter to spcak, I} must pass rupldly by its tropical beautles, roserviug taem for another letter. Stopping ownly lung enough to cutch 8 hasty glaucs of the city, weo' Lastyn on to this Paradiso of tho Bea, which wo reach about 5 p, m., sud betake ourselves to g‘:‘u hotel, where We are wmado cowfortable wud appy. fi? m{ next lotter [ shall speak moro particu- Jarly of Santa Monlea aud the attractions for ju- valids and ottiers which it offess. HYMENEAL. Bpecial Disoaich §o TAe Chicago Triduna, 87, Lous, Dec. 11.—John B, 8mish, of Milwan- kee, son of the Governor-elact of Wisconaln, ar- zived iu the city to-night in company with & large pasty of friends, who are guests at the Lindell Hotel. MNr. Smith will bo wasried to-morrow the dsugbterof D). K. Usrrison, and :7:4'.'21 ‘(?omn:oflom Qatrison, The Alhlrnwmba tbo woat brilliaot and fashionable wedding of the sess0n. ———————— CREMATION. - Bpecial Dispalch to The Chicaga Triduns, New Yoz, Dec. 11.—Toe Bosrd of Hicalth was informed to-day of anuthercase of cremation i this city. The particulursaro these: Dr. Nagle, Teglster of Records, recesved by mail the ccrti- ficate of & still-bisth in the fawlly of Willlam Hart, occuvant of o tenoment bouse in East Fourth stroet. Mre. Hart was sitended by Dr. Jolius Mofmaz, who scut & vroper cosildcata o the Board Canvos. * turilla the audicnco witl of Iealth, but no application to bury tho dead was Investtgntion showed that an to Mre, Nart resulted In the death of the anborn child, and, when the fietns wan expelled, it was in an sdvanced rtate of decomposition. Dr. Hoffmen advised that it be burned. A flerco fire was therefores bulit {n the cooking-rtove, and sirughtway the body was cremated. The Doclor rays hix advice was or eani- tary groonds, as It was unanfe for the tamily to re- main In the rooms with the body there, The Board of fiealth have asked him to explain his condactin the matter, AMUSEMENTS. M VICKER'S THEATRE. The first three acts of **Eidonte are little more than a series of conversations, all tendlng ta ex- hibit the unclean #ide of soclety,—falre fricnds, fatthless wives, lecherons old men, impertinent walting-men, ridicalons intruders into privato varlors (such as TAe Crushed Tragedian). And thia {8 held op an n pleture of life and manncrs, 1t in only in the ot two acts that the action of the play really beging,—and hore It will be an agreesblo duty to mention tho brighter features of the performance by referring to the setora, who did thelr duty well, Misa Laniea Don enacted tho ungratetal part of tho heroine with a reallsm which was highly creditable to hor versatility aw an actrese, If there be any merit in ropresenting mach a charactor falthfully, Miss Don Is entitled to ft In full messure, Ker Sidonle wan a vainfally true portralt, —trne in every tone, word, look, and gesture. When Fromont anprosches her with vile propusale, while the gnlle- less husbond s away, the manner in which she yietds, apparently. to his wishes was so realistic a8 to produce an’involuntary turning down of tha cyes throughout the house. This swas art, and 1t looked like ¢ nature, Mr. Wheetock's tolo—~that of Witilam Risler, the simple- hearted, unal cting husband—in enmparatively devold of dramatic possibilitica untll the final scene, when, after leaming the trnth concerning the falr flend, his wife, he facep her, denounces himaclf as the robber of the frm, tears off her wlolen jewels, and herolcally throwa himeelf be- tiween hier and the public scorn, Here Mr. Whee. lock rles to tho Imlrht of the situation, and | the fervar and passlonate force of hie acting. It ia among the Gnest situn. tlonn in the n‘n{, anil Mr, Wheelock 1s eqnsl to it, Mr, linrry Pearson as the old mifllonaire, Gardinols, nyyroves himsoll an_accomulished nrtist, in look, speech, makenp. and bearing, trne 10 tholife, The part of 7he Crushed Tranedlzn 1n & monifest buriceqno, romething after the style of Dickens' Folair, onl n 8 more ex- aggerated form, Mr, loland Read sclzed the occaslon to convey a ridiculously extravagant but very comical picture, which toudly laughed st on Sspllnded. Old Ploans, the bookceywy, af- forded Mr, McVicker very limited opportunity for the development of any eriginality or force in wtaye portralture, except in uno ucene, and alt that conld be sald of him was that he was careful, and uxhibited admirable self-repression. The only lovabic female rolo fs that of Desiree, whoso story runs likea thread of vold through the play. ‘This was taken by Miss Goraldine aye, who, with scant opportunity during the searon, hios never fafled o win @& cordinl welcome frum the public. Thia young lady poescxses fn on eminent degruc the power of reaching tho hearts of tho audfence, and 1t scetie an unconsclons power. Thero fs & aweet. sbducd pathioe in her acting that Is exceedlngly notural and winnine, The sudlence secmied to singlc her out for special marks of favor, and re- warded her with o doublarecall. Of the remaining narte, It 1n enouuh to aay that they were creditably done, and that asa wholo the company succecded Lll,l,l{klnl abad play into something sbove medi« y. THE OPERA. The **Chimes of Normandy™ waa given for tho sccond Uima lnst ovening by the Iless Troupe, and, notwithstanding the strong concert attraction olse- where, drew n very good audlence. A second hearing only confirma the favorable impression made by the-firat, and strengthens the recommend- atlon of this work to those who enjoy singlng and scting combined as one of the pleasantest and most enjoyablo operas of its class ever given In Chicago. Dramatically, the story s very Intercst- Ing, and at times even exclting, Its development s nover tlresome. Thero fsa rich voln of humor running through i, which flnds amplo expres- slon in the rula of Mignonette, s repreeented by the rprightly and wineomo littlo Melville, and that of Germalne, as glven by Mre. Scguin, who fs alwaye frenh and plquant In everytiing sho under- takew, In strong contrast to this s the refious part of Gaspard, the old miser, - who vitimntely goce insanmo, which borders almost upon the trogic, and fs rep. rescnied by Morton, It s not golng beyond the bounds of consistency to say that it s ona of the Lest pleces of action ever ecen on the lyric stago of Chicago. Although e lian | # fortatutaunt Wk to MM EINTY . actiag one, calling for Little sinzing; and his graphic and ever realistic personation of the tolser in the socond act, unmanked in his trickery and crazy over the 1oes of hin trcasures, 18 of itsclf worth a visit to the theatro to witness, The muaic of the opora fa alwaya bright nnd brililant, if not slways original, 'The work holds a place hotwoen the cpera-comique and opera-Lonle, and, nithough thers in bat one number that s an palpable copy (the trio at the opentug of the sccond act, evldently the cluinber tzlo In **F'ra Diavolo borrowed frow ), tbo componur was evidently {uwpired Ly Aubar, ' Plotow, and Offenbach in the construcifon of bts work, Ita numbure frequently suigeat **Marths," *'Fra Diavolo," und ** La Bello Melen yet the sugeestions arc by no meons plagintiewd, The music I tunefnt, and of that catchy sort that sets heads and feet in motlon to ite pleasing rhivtamy, Another charm of the perfurmaoce l"l_:l nico io part udn&lnllnn 1o the calibre of tho troupe, of Mignonetle leadmirubly sulted to Miss Molvlile, both h her brisknews and vivacily of manner, and in tlio Urightness and freshnens of Ler vocollsms that of Germuine to Mrs, Seguln, who In re- ality has the host music of sthe works and e on down to 3lr. Eeguln, who Invoty hie rolo of the doting Sheriy withsomovery quaint drollery, mud, in ono kong In tho ghost chawber, quite surpasses the’ umaclodious Mr, Scguin who has formarly Leon herg, The whole work, 1n fact. 1s given with a freedons that nover trenches upon smpnrity, and with o snapand gusto that make itn vory unh-mo evening's entertainmiont, even the chorus holpiny to add to the general efect, and the orcheatra heightening it undor Hig. Operti's care. tul leadership. I'hie opera has every efeinent in it that should give it u Jong run, and we hope Alr. Hlews will keep it on tho stage long cnough to give 3‘“ thosu who lave not heard {t an opportunity to 0 20, THE BABY-SITOW. Aperson of tho namoof J. 1. Murray writes the foltowing singular card to sn evening paper; Citoaan, Deg, 11.~Tho ** Interviow * pubitshel In this ioraing's Cila tn which lily nanle (s yeed. ls &n ontire funrication, no such cunveraatiun Uavili oce curted, it by iterly without foundaiion, as 1 ain not gonccted In suy indnner with the anaderent of thy Battonal Itavyesliow, wnd sus anahl f0 sccuunt for the extran of wit and tuvantiun on tha pust BCH ity 2 writer. Jd. B, Muxmay, ‘Wo have no knowlodge of any person of the namo of J. I, Murray, 'Tho Interview attuded to wue with Jake Murray, tha well-known theatrical manager, whoin uo ono would over suspect of lending lis'name to any fabrication. The person who Indited tho above demurrer §s moblmz sotie enemy of the forthcoming baby exbibitton at the ‘Tabernaclo, Mr. Jake Murray called on_ the writer uf the Intorview yuaterday and cordially shook hands with him three thaue, 1le oven offered bl n clyar, which way, of courso, rospectfully declined, Mr, Jacob Murrsy bs a gen- tleman in whom the pablic have the hignest contl- dence, au it v tu bo hoped that no petty )flecu ot dl 413 spito or Jéhlonvy will drive him away from hie Fcscnt purpose of holping Lo make thy baby-show aunccess, Tho followini card from the Socretury of the Natnal Buby-Show 1s evidently based on tho {des that the wrlter of tho Interviow is a bue morlst, We aevure him that such s not the cavs, Mr. Murray is 4 notorious wag, sxd it {s not onr fault if e was gulity of perpétrating a dehiberatu sell upon an unsuspecting repurter: 7o the 12ditor of The Tribune, Orpics Natiowat DantHuow, 138 LaSaus BTRKER, Culuusk, Dec, 11— W0 apiireciate thu humor dispinyed iy the Jestine dottco vf tha comiug baby-show ublished i YOUr Colauma yorteriay. Tis bALY-show bound 10 be'a great success, sml we are glad 10 Kuow i chint you aprreciste that faci, DUL the wrdlcy cuniaing Btk U Wroi lipression upon lited jersuns who counot Yorihe Informstionof sucl wo bek Lo "E 1h icd winy Lo entered fres of l:lllrknl thst ail visltors will be permisted 1u vote upon lase o oxtabition: snd 1Bat the enterprise will Lo ubact the control of geuticmen of smply Mesna AU fnsnclsl respousibitiity, who will fuldll Lo (be Jetter ull contracts, - Tuo breuntis will be batd fa full, vrecive: ¥ as mllw‘fllmd. ‘:II:“E; |lr|‘.v "il“l::f‘d:n v|l' H“t;ulflluuu of wh {ategrity, the moncy belng doposttea In advancs 10 100 ¥iree NaLcnsl BAuk: Y otre phepoctiully; * IRRIT ULAUKE, Socrutary Natlonsd Daby-5kow and Bazir, CONBERVATORY SOIRNE, A solreu muslcalo will be given by thie Chicago Conscrvatory of Mualc this ovening,” at Kimball's plano rooms, with admirable programme, Ine cluding Moscheles' ** llomwage a Jlandel,” for two planoe, by the Mivecs Dolly Atwood and Marle Hasg; Niedormoyer's ** Lo Lac,” by alr. Glil; the ‘Weber-UHcnselt Polacca, by Miss May Ilutchiuvon; Sullivan's ** Lot Me Dreamn Aguiu, " by Miss lclen L. Leonard; the andaute of Mendelssobn's C mivor ir)ln. by M| -B(.'.I\Ig on -xxd Mesure, Allen sud ceogauy; Donlzc ity Eop Ward aud M Campanalis, retly sunk, **Bwuob the Algelus wae ringiuy,” y Mlss Alico Wilder; the Grut woveiaent of ¥eha- uisug's coucerto fu A mlwlhby Mr. Leducuowaki: ond Schubert's ** Serenade.™ atranged a4 u duut, by Mewsrs, Ledyard and Gill. THE SECOND ABBOT1T CONCERT, The second and last of the concerts of the Ewws Abbott Cowbination wes given last ovening at tho ‘Neow Chicago Theatro with so sudience In attend- ance even larger than that of Monday evening, the theatre Leing crowded.. To <o over (he pro- gramme with its numerous encors numbers wosld wlmply be & tax on the general patlence, capecially after the verr detallud notice @ven to (s Grat 8 fuw o tor, ‘lnm..n. | coneert, The prozmme incladed elghteen pnan. bers, of which Miss Abbott wns down for the **Aht non credea,** and **Ah! non giunge " from **Son- nambula, " and the Mignon **RRemance, ' hesides & dnet appearance with Ferranit in & relection from “**Don Vasq unlc"‘ and the Syedish Ladies sang **Satlne'a Fong, * by Lindbied, the **Elfenreing, eomporea for fhem by Helnecka, 8 **Poessni's Dance,”” by Fordrrm:m‘ and A verrlon of the **Last Rose of Summer, ™. arranged for them by Gounod. Mme. Kinz played Taasiz's tearscrip. tion of tho fitrauas waltz, ¢ live but unc: and Liszt's *‘Bccond Ithapsody,' loth of which #he hea played here often, and fa both of which ahe I» unsnrpnssed. The otherartiats had numbers, and alded materially to ke cert a leasant one. etfecting this combination, Mr. ter cerfalnly deserves well of the munical pablle. It was ‘B hazardous venture, but the concerts haye proved Lo bo thoronzhly ratiafac. tory to the andiences and finlnel!ll‘ snccessfal, Mirn Abbott can aiso leave ns with the conaclons. nexs of having made & success, and of having extab- lished herself firmer than ever Inthe popular favor. he con- THE ADELPHT, The female ininstrels are atteacting unnsually largs honnes this week at the Adelphf, the aa. diencea being composed almost exclusively of males, That the exhibition {s an attractive one of It kind {s soficlently shown Dy this fact. 1t fs but just, however, to remark that tho nudittes, which are paopulerlyimagined to constitute the maln feature of the performance, are bt a small partof it. The femnle minstrols nre s clover aet of performere, and can sinz ond dance as cleverly #4 any male corkoman troupe on the road. Viola Clifton appears to be the favarlie, probably on ac- count of her superb figure and tho artices way sbe has of strioping hemelf vo8ato allow o compicte inspection. - Opera-glasses are In great demand ghout the time she comes on the atage. When she finally dlsappears, thore fa a unlversn] lonk-drawn ] ye 8 5 iy ects of the new Diocase. Ile then annoanced he Standing Committees of the Convention, which wha Iherflnrnn adjournedtill 100'clock ta-morrow, when it will proceed to the electlon of a Riahop, In the Convention several clergyman have been nsmed, amonyg them being Dr, Knickerhacker, of Minneanolis; Or. Falton.of Milwankeea; Dr.far- i, of Chicago; Dr. Beymour, nf New York: and three o four ofhers, * 1t ia thought that the choica wIlI fail on De. Ifarris, though the members of the Canvention are very reticent on the gubject, Soectal Dispafch ta The raiearn Tyiduns, Warrprows, Wis., Dec. 11,—Tho semi-annual meeting of tho Madison District Canventlon of the leasing | Congrezational Church, which hae teen in resnion In thin city mnco Mnndn{ sfternoon, closed 11 las Lorn thin evening with o largely-nttended minsion- ary gathering at the Congeegatlonal Chorch, which was addreased by 3Mles Van Dozee, a minnionaryat Erzeronm, in Armenia, for the past mine yenra. She wan followed by nddroeres from tne Rtev, W, E, Bverote, of Colamhus: the Rev, . A, Mincr. of Madiron; and the Rov, F. J. Montazue, of Fort Atiineon, The next meeting of tho Convention weill bo held at Colambua in June, 1878, e ——— ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN, Fourth Annual Meoting of the Tiiinnis Btate. Dalrymen's Associntion at Elgin, Ill,=lintter nnd Cheese, Special DievateA to The Cnicagn Tridune. Etaix, 11, Dec. 11,—~1he fourth annual meot- Ing of the Illinols State Dalrymen's Assoclation opened this afternoon at the Canrt-House, The attendance was not large, butan increased number fs expeeted to-morrow. The weather is delightfal, and mach enthusiasm ia manifented among the at- tondants, Elgin s eitasted in the very heart of the Northwestern dalrying region, and has, from an carly day, glven great encuuragement to thls in. #igh througliont the house, and a general wiping of duatry, apcctacles, MISS FANNY DAVESPORT. Huvecial Dispateh to The Chicadga Trivune. Dernorr, Mich., Dee, 11.—Mles Fanny Davene port's Injuries by ber fallon the etage Saturday night ars much more eevere than at firat reported, Sho has been onable to fulflll any of herengago- menta in theeState this week, and etill remains here ruffering mucl: from ewollen cyes, forehead, nose, and lips. It is doubtful if she can meet ber cneagenient for next Monday night in New York, rl!l_t'n sbe was tu play ZLosulind 'In ** As You Like ——— DRAMATIC NOTES. The Willlamsans are at Louiaville this weck, *4Btrildng O11 " 1t In to be hoped. MMr. J. K. Emmet (**Fritx") will arrive in the city to-day from San Francleco. Rice's Evangeline Combination are playing at tho Academy of Maslc, New Orleans, this weok, Mary Anlernon Ia to have a complimentary bene- 4t at tho Fitth Avenne Theatre, New York, on Friday. Lawrence Barrott i laying o euccessfal engago- ment at 8t. Louls. Ho piayed King Lear on Mon- day, and Shylock inat evening. Chatlea R, Thorne and the Unlon Square com- pany are playing ** Pink Dominoa” at Baldwin's ‘Theatre, 8an Francisco, this week, Mre. Kirkland, of this city, the anthorees of seve eral meritorous plays, hias just campleted a new local comedy entiticd ** OnrSuclety, " ‘The Minon Duclas Blondes opened at Pittsbu last aunlnficlon crowded honse, ‘Thoy sre booke: for the Globe, Chicago, on the 23d inst. Tho McKeo Ranxin party are playing 8 good en- engement in Indianapolls, ’n\ez aro booked for o two wecke' engagement In Chlcago noxt Feb- ruary. Mr. Dan Iarkiny, who opens in ** Jack Cade™ atthe Adelohi Monday, camo to town yestcrday. e will be supported by 8 picxed company ongaged for the occasion, Jack Tlaverly's two minstrel partios, the *Haverly's'* and the **New Orloans,” are ro- ported, ot latest dates, to be prosperons, Tho vinu Is traveling in Pennsylvanta and the other in Toxav, John B, Clarke's purchase of the Alhambra Thentre, Philadeiphia, makes him the largest theatre-owner in the world, tie Is the lesaee and mauager of the Ilaymarket Theatre und the sole owner of the Folly Theutre, London, and the Wal- nut Street Theatré, Philadelphia, and. now ho has entlre coutrol of the Alhambra, which cost exclu- #lve of thie land over $160, 000, Miss Alice Harrison, ono of the most talented ttle ladies on the Amcrican stage. at present s momber of the California Theatre Compaoy, at the close of kicr engagement In Mi{ next, will, in con- Junction with her brothor Luwls and 3r. Mestayor, iwo capital contedians, organizo a company to bo known as **Tho Harrlsons,” for tho purpose of producing barlesqoes, comedics, ete., which have met with general approval onthe Pacific Coxat. ————ti——— v e SPRINGFIELD, A Deflcit=Troposed Repudiation—Over- flowed Lands. Bpectal Dismatch to TAe Chicagn Tridune, SrnuxorteLy, 111, Dec. 11,—John M. Nuckolls, tho late Democratic County Treasurer, tarna out to bon defaniter, a8 tho Sfate Journal has several times charged. The nuw admittod stortage in his acconnts smounts to only about 87,000, and him- eclf and frionds will msko it up. In any event, hinbond fs good. Tho dolcit appears to be partly due tua refusal of the bank to allow {utercst on the deposits and permitting the late Treasurer to overdraw, No criminal intent {s urged agalost him, The taxpayers of Town 14, Rango D west, In Morgan County, bave obtalned aninjunction in the Morgun Circult Court restraining tho extension of o tax to pay the interest on 812,000 of honds fs- sued by the Bchiool Trustees of that town In aid of the Iliinois Farmers® Rallroad, Senator Archer's Legislativo Commisslon on Overflowed Lands contluded its lnbors to-day, filed 1ts roport 1o the noxt Lefimllnm. and ad- journcd. "The damages clatmed by tho Improve. ment of the Nitools River dam st llenry were on 17,748 acros, The damages wero $171.043, The Commisslon recommended an allowance on 11,290 acresl amounting to 834,769, The dam- ages clalmed an caused by the construation of s dnm at New laven, on the Little Wabash, wery 0t acros, and faoted up 837,610, and the i allows $13,870 0n 1, 142 acres, The nco peracro s relatively higher, as mages to mill property un the Little tio Conunission mict here Nov, 12, and have been in continuota sossfon since, ' In tholr invertigation thoy wpent swventy days on tne 1~ nols Itiver, and about twenty on fhe Wabash, ——— - REL1G10US. —— ‘The New Eplacopal Dlocese of Quincy Fully Coustituted and Roady to Elcot » Bishope Other New Special Dispateh 1o Tha CAlcaao Tribune, Quixey, 1., Dec, 11,~Tho morning sesslon of the Eplacopal ,Conveation in this city to-day was dovoted Lo roliglous cxerctacs, . The services of wmoralng prayer were conducted by the Rev, Dr. Corbyn up to tho reading of the trat lcason, which was performed by tho Rev. John Benson, of Christ Church, a1 Limecatone, in Peorla County, Then followed tho singing of tha To Deum aud the reads ing of tho socond lesson by tho Rev, T. J. Holecombe, Hector of Trinity Chuarch, Rock laland, The Itev, W, B, Morrow, Hoctor of St. Paul's Church, of Peoris. then read tho creed, prayets, etc. ‘Then followed tho ofices of tho lloly Communion, which began by the siuging of the introlt, one of tho advent bymns. Fotlow- ing this hymn the Bishoo sald the collect forpuri- ty, and then procesded to read the decalngue, the cholrresponding with thokyrie, ** Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline oar hearty to keep this law." ‘This oxerciso was followod by the sumuwary of the law and tho collocla, The Iltov. E. A, Lareaboe, the priest in charge of 8t. John's Church, then read tho eplstlo, snd the Rov, T, J. Benedict, Rector of ‘Trinity Church, Ucneseo, read tho Gospel. After the singing of auother hymuo, the sermon of the day was dolivored by the Rov. Samuel Chase, D, D., Vicc-Presidont of the Jubllee College at Rob- in's Nest. Tho Doctor 1s the oldost Prosbyter In | Lliinols, and 13 & nephow of tho fret Blshop of the lilinols Diocese. Mo i a man of bigh scholarly ottainmonts, aud his sormon was ono of unusual excellence. After the sermoo ful- lowed varlous usercises, which wera coucluded with the Communton scrvices. At 3 o'clock this afternoon tne Coavention redsyembled for the pure pose of businere ongunization, Hishou McLuren aunosuced that he had called this Primary Conven- tion for (e puepose of complotiug the ercetion of the proposed wew ldocese, in consoru with 1I¥. sction uf the Jate Gen Conventiun held In Hostow. Theu followed tho ususl prolimiuarics of vrzanizativn Dr. Curbyn belig civeen pormanent Socreiary, au I F. Newcoiab, of thls cily, Treasurer, of the divcese (0 bu forme Lop Mclaren thuu su- uouncad thut it wue competeut and necessary for tho Uonveutivn to sow adupt o nauie for 1he new Diocese, whereupou Mz Chass oitered 8 proanble aud resvlntion recitlug tho limite 6f tue biucess, aud geclaring toat 1t be kuown ms the Dlvceas of Quincy, The resolutlon wus sdopted, aud the or« yanlzatlon cumplutgd by the unautmous election i Ll Standing Comuwittee: De. Samuul gnm:“ palug Standing 4. = De B Cotbyn, apd i 3 Mesars. E. J. Parker, sod H. A, Williamsor two fint namned sro realdents of Quincy. Lloyd, io powlustiug the Committee, wuli uo had placed & majority of them uuar this city, that tbey might b easlly accassible w the Bishop. lshop McLarcn, with conalderable emotion, then sutounced that hisrelation with the new Qlocean bad ceased, but before bu bad couclude Dr, Chasu offervd o resolution, which was uuant. wmously apopted, placiug tha sew dioceve In full Chares of "tho “lston. of Uiivote, aud ros questing the Bishkop to cuntiuue his ususl nuipistration until @ Blshop for the diucesw atould bave becu elected snd cousceruted. In re- spouse, tho Blshuy :poke at sowe leogth abuut toe The venerable President of the Association, Dr. Joreph Teftt, of Elgin, after calling the meeting to order, dellvered an addross of welcome to the members of the Convention. The responts was briefly made by Dr, J. Woodworth, of Marengo. Then followed the address of the day by Prof. Frank I, }all, of tho Sugar Grove Indastrial- School, Tne aubjeet choscn war, **The Buccess- fal Agricolturiat and Dafryman," which wes lia- tened to with moch attention, teorza P, Lord, of Kigin, then gve hls paper 1n the \Uscuenlon of the topic, **If Dalry Farming In the Mest Itomunerative, How Can Wa Mako It More Su" whict was well received. A number of dairymen of expericnce Also . made pertinent re- marke npon this topic, and aleo upon the ather topic taken up, ¥iz,: ‘*\What Are the Eescntinal Itequirements of a Good Dairy Farm?™ An address was maae In (he evening by Prof, George E. Morrow—subject: ‘*The Future of Weatern Dairy Intercats,” In {he abrenco of the fon. 8. Wilcox, Prof. Frank Il Hall, of Sugar Orove, wascalled upon to flll the vacancy. lle was listencd to with™ great Intercst, after which Gen, L. B, Pereons, of Flora, 11l,, made a few Interesting remurks, followed by E. I1. {srengo, who gave's fow hinta on b Ad- Journed until 9 o'clock Wednesday, ANTI-CHINESE, Sax Fraxcisco, Dec. 11.-~The Assembly to-day adopted unanimonely the Benale concuerent reso- tutlon aeking Congress to levy a per capila tax of 8250 on Chineso Immigrants, Tho Senate adopted 8 joint resolution arking Congressto ennct the neceasary laws to provido for an international Com- misslon of the United Statea, Great Writaln, apd China to rostrict Chinese immigration. ——— | Marvelous Beyond Precedent 18 the effect of Bozodont uvon tho whole economy of the mouth, keeplng tho gums rosy and healthy, tho tecthin porfect order, givingto the breatha Lalmy fragrance. e —— From that old and well-known citizen, Geory (. Slckles, Esq., father of Maj.-Gen. Sickles, . B. A., late Minister Plenlpotentiary to the Conrt of Bpain: 1 have resided for the last seventy-five years In the Uty of New York, and daring that iime [ have reen and tried a great varlety of re: dies. Of all that I have mot, Ulles’ Linim +lodide of Atnmonla excals. Hovao not only used it myself, but o great many with whom {am ac- «uaintoed speak ro bighly of Itin headache, neurals n, toothache, rheumatism, paina in the shool- er, back, and lolus. 1t is equally servicesble in the stables, 1 therefors prunounco it the best combination I know of. Gronus G, SicxLks, No. 111 Nossau street, New York. For sale by all drugytats, Don't trifle with o sore throat, or a bad cough or cold, when a remedy s »fre, prompt, and thor- ougy os Dr. Joyne's Expectorant can be readly obiatnnd. VEUGUETINE, The - Great Reputation Which Vegeting has attamed n all parta of tuc coantryasa Great and Good Medicine, sod the large number of testimonlale which nro constantly ""'“F recelved from persons who have beencured by (ts use, are conclusive proof of it great value, It s recommended by pliysicians and apothecaries, As & Jtlood-VPuriffer and Health- Restoror 1t has no oqual. Vegetine in not prepared for a Jfancy drink made from poor llquors, which debilitates the system and tends to destroy health instead of restoring it Ara not the mauy testimonials given for the dif- ferent complaints katlsfactory 1o any reasonabla persons mullering fromn discase that they can be carod? Read the diiferent testimonisls given, ond D0 0o can donbt. In many of these casts the per- sons say that thelr pain and sufferinz cannot be ex- preancd, ns in cascs of Scrofuls, where, apparents y, the whole body was one mans of corruption. 1t Vegetino will relieve paln, cleanse, parify, and cure such disenscs, restoring tha patient to perfect bealth aftoé tryiny diforent physicians, wany rum- edlcs, safferiug for years, is it not conclusive proof, ifyou aro & auffcrer, you can be curedy Why 1n this medicine performing such great cures? It worke In the blood. in the eirculating duid. Ttcan be truly called the Greal Blood Purifler. ‘The great source of dlseaso originates in the blood; and no modicine that doce nos act directly upon it, to envl!y and, reforato, ust clatm upon public uttention, Wh mes lifelces and stagusat, either from change of weather or of climate, want of esercisy, ieregular dlet, or from any other causo, the Vegetine will renew the blood, carry off the putrid humors, clesnse tho stomach, regulate the bowels, and impart a tono of vigor to the whole budy. ‘The cuniviction is, 1o the pablic mind as well as” in_ the medical profes. sion, that tho romcedics sapplied by tho Vegetudle Aingdom are more safe, moro successful in thy cure of discase, than minersl mediclng an‘h tiuu {s composcd of roots, barks and herbs. Iiia rh.-n it to take, and v wrlc:tlg safa to give sn nfant. Do you need 1t? Donot to to try It You will nover regret it. VEGETINE CANNOT BE EXOCELLED, CUARLEATOWN. Bto Dear Sir; "tulais to cartify that I have used your +‘Ttood Preparatlon® iu iny family for several and think that for Bcrufuls or Cankerous 1u- . ca mors of ithurmatic sifections, it cannot bu excolled; und ae & blood purider und :‘Knnl medicine it the thing l\n" ovur used, and 1 bavs usod al- mioat everything. 1 can chevrfully recotniend 1t o uny ono in need of such u medicine. Yours zo- spectiully, MRS, A. A, DINBMORE, 0 Musscli-at. VEGETINE WHAT 18 NEEDED, Busrex, Peb. 13, 1871, H, N. Bravans, ¥sa.; Dear Sir: About ona year sincy I found myself f0 u feably condition from wenoral dubility, Vegos tine wus strongly recomwmeuded to v bya friend who had been nuch benefited by v uso. I proe cured the articly, and, after ustug severa) botllew, wie rovtored to health, and discontinucd its use. 1 feel quito confiluut that thorv Is nu wedlcing wa- perior to it fur thoae complaints for which 18 fu cs- pecially preparcu, snd would cheerfully rocom. wend 1t to thusw wha feel that l)lfi{ noed aviothing 10 testory them to perfect Lewlth, Mespectfully yourn, . L. PETTENGILL, ¥irm of 8, M. Pettengill & Cb., No. 10 State-st. Boatun, VEGETINE. All Have Obtained Relief. . Bouzu Dsuwick. Me., Jan, 17, 1879, . I, Sreveus, Esq.: Dear Sir: 1have bad dyspepls in its worst form for tho Jaat ten yuars, aud havo taken uundrede of dollary’ worth of miediciuv, withoutfubtslniug any roliuf, lo Beptenber inat I commenced taking tha Vegetlno, siuce which time tuy healih has ateadily imuroved, My fuod digests well, and 1 bave guiued #iteen pounds of dest, There are seweral othens 1u this piace takiug Vegetine, and all Luve obtatuod sulfel. * Yours truly, ‘THOMAB E. MOORE, Ov of Card ftoom, Portsmouth Co."s Mllis. VEGETINE Prepared by H, R, HTEVE_!@_ Boston, Muss. Vegetine is Sold by AW Druggists. PIANOS AND OIRIZANS. 7§76 BUYS AN ELEGANT PARLOR ORGAN. $176 BUYS A SPLENDID PIANOFORTE R. T. MARTIN, 154 State-ate §2"0pen eveninge till O o'clocks BILKS, “ITPAYNTO TRADE ON THE WEST SIDE.” UNUSUAL BARGAINS SILKS TAT TOE West End Dry Goods House Madison & Peoria-sts. ‘We invito the inspection of pur« chasers to the following and other remarkabl in in Silks, feelin e bargaing we arg oflcr- confidont thoy will be found all that Is hero rep- resented, Owing to the resent ruinous depression in the Silk Trade and the consequent sacri- fice of goods at Auction or Forced Bale, no such favorable opportit= nity (for the purchaser) ns this has ever AT 76 CT8.—. dar] AT $1.00—DBatter qualf before been presented. line of Colored Bilks, in ‘I shades onlv, neme quality as is now solling olsewhers at 1. and showy, anda good Trimm! than sbove, bright AT $1.25-Col’'d Gros Grains, choice, sea- AT ’L:W—It{un- Ool’'d Gros Gh and hand: and AT $1.50—-2( rich AT $1.857—Heavy Col'd sonable shados, saamd qualit: toforo sold at $1.50, and cheap ouough at that. some, in tho late; an important bargain, worth oven now $1.88. hors. ought ins, hoa ahades 0-inoh heavy Lyons GrosGralns, quality, stylish shades, and $1.85. Gros . Grains, 233 nches wid‘ now shados ; o bargain ‘worthy tho inspoction of all, Our stock of Dark Fancy Bilks is unusu. ally larze and wall asaorted. Wo believe no-- such variety of now und desirable styles can be found clsowhere at the Bovorsl largo linos of Stripe, and 8ilks, Oné. Halr.Line 8trips F' Efloos. at 760, 860, and 81 anso of atyle and rich quality, at $1, BLACK SILES. i'k and White ack and Col’d Btripo Fanoy now ntylo Dark Col’d Ground 'ancy Bilks, very choics AT 75 OT8.—30 N.i\ A}!—S(lk Black Gros rains, wort! AT Sl.Og;"z‘ cases Bl'k I AT $1.28 ros. AT $1.50—-Rlg omire AT 31.50—Italtan wary 0d 8 AT $2.00%An tioned nohes wide, brigh finish; actually sol eason, and worth to-dey £1.25. Grain. Bilk ; a groat bargat) Gros Graing oxtra’ bargain in heavy, ianl QGros Grains, t, handsome at £1.50 last —An extra heavy and showy Bi'k h and very heavy Bl'k Oache ain, 'wnd wort hoavy rich oretoforo moahn a arg last-mene make of 8ilk, extra rich, nd_larzo cord; bolieved to be wortl .78, 100 piocos *: Bellons * Oachemiro Bublima Bl'k Lyons 8llks, 12 all to $1 the reduction be(nfi richsst qualitios, ent overstookod. .Nizm ally largo in grades, at from 33c & yard loss than priccs one month agos which wo nro at pros- Bilk wo consider the monst dunbla‘nlaxnnt.uld at present prices) intrin: A ful $1.00 he cheap “cnll! s yard upwards, CARNON, t 81l orted, ling of **Guinet's” Bl'k Bilks, from * PIRIE & CO. FUILs, ANEXTRAORDINARY CIFANCE. 200 SETS RIGH EASTERN MINK ONLYX $18, $25, $30 AND $40, WELL WORTH DOUBLE THE MONEY, This Is the finest lot of Mink Goods ever shown In Chicago, and the pricea are be= low anything ever known. R. T. MARTIN, 154 State-st. 0) en ove! evening until 9 o’clock, MEDICAL. BOYER'S MELISSE CORDIAL, CARMBLITE (Eau do Mollsse des Carmes,) A SURE CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA, DISORDERS OF THE BTOMAOH AND ALL NERVOUS AFFEOTIONS, OFTTIEGENUINE. BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTE, Qenersl Depot at BOYEL'S, 89 Park-place, New York. VAN 6CHAACK, STEVENBUN & CO., ‘Wholcssio Deslers. Chicago. TO RENT. FOR RENT. DESIRABLE OFFICES IN THE TRIBUNE BUILDING: TO RENT. Applyto WM. 0, DOW, Roota 8 Tribune Building, dont gutll $9'sluc S0'sunply th quality ut cunsuin Bl A of supsytug all priyite as Lor ths berin abowy socel s L "The putlle lam) 1o, the svraing T of B sy ut i 0 ottice of Lho May p i on i 13 o C {liatn! tluu, for 8 Deriud GF fro 2y tag to iave cxcluslye Tk yryted cliy Ifl‘i‘ for pudlls sy ‘B4 Foqulrvineols a1 s xupply for I73 sirees e averase demand for private comump- 0L fuet every Lwenty-four hours. ust be kept burglug fruin wilighs LG awn of dar, 1ol tae price for mas suppliod, u:l rice for Ushuny, extivaulshiug, cleaalng., Kl Teoulr i ;fi".fih“:&‘b‘:a‘::'.“i' prrH socompanied by &l ing suttcinut the suiny of $13 (L W bu furfeiid 10 case Lhe ddisg shouid full (o enler Lobo & cuatract site? accepted by tha proper authoritics uf tia CIE a7 arty coul, ) i ol bpring 4., will i i bkl Hor Pty ife dad Frivats - e LMOROSALY, PROPOSALS FOR GAS., EALED PROPOSALS will ba by the uae | BEALED BN Tecsived by dhesa |

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