Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1878, Page 5

THIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 92, 1878, oftcer Mahoney, in turning qulekly, wan Tt In the My, hin hat Ansline b dintanen of about fiteen feet and alizhting n & ditch fifed with water. 1le was formally seraped nnd wehed, i then the party giraceeded airectly to the Jotel, saloon, ete., of Mre.—and Mr.--Cooney. “Fhe hoshand, it scems, 1a alwage feft ‘out in peaking of the Cooney eatnte, nnd the writer very soon had the pleasute of Anding out the reason. Tpon cntering the saloon, ' No, 217, thres pereonn wero noticed, aftting aboat the Toom.—n grag-hatred, fnll-bearded minm, near the door, smoking 4 Wouden pipe, a geay-halred, thin-faced man near the counter, with A noncha- lent exvresston, mnoking Iny pive, and a tal), raw-toncd, gaunt, dirty, sluvcnly, siip-shod old tae, near the stove, snioking no pipe ot that par. ylnr moment., e rerorier ihonght lie had seldom seen o moro cheerloas, unuviting place, but 1t was shortly found oot that tho worst ad not teen razed upon yet. A bar, & few bolties, mu~nr oinpty,n bhroken Ditcher, two boxea haif flied with dirty old candy, and & [Emou or kwo comprined the #tock In trade; four rickety chulrs, & dilapidatea beer table, a cracked And broken slove, and A thisky- barrel, the farnfture, ond n ltllo oht clock, with the turiets broken off at unequal lengthe, and a palr of Imitation decr heads, cach with'a horn, an <ye. and on car missing, tho ornamentstion of thia wretched apariment, Tha visifora nddrcssed themnclves to the gray- haired man near the door, —afterward known as Mr, Cooney,—and plied him with questions re- garding their Jate boanler, Mr, Bherry. The old ‘man recmed disponcd Lo toll the teath at frst, but lis amiable wife wasnot satisficd, so she pre- sented herzell, with armi wrdered her better-half fo **shut - ceeded to do the talking for the family lersclf, She sald that o better young man than Sherty nover liveds that lio was a Imrd-wolklnr. Andudtrlous, honeat fellow, and sho dwelt Tovingly Tipon the fuct of his having patd her {n full for his l)clnflm Baturday morainy, Saturday afternoon, sho sald, vp, " and pro AICARY WENT DOWN i town with Connoly to buy a new pair of pants, hIA ;lmor—md Lo Lring tho pants home with m ‘fhiemalo momber of the Cooney family—~Yes, Jbio brought them home with— **+hut un, will you? Itold you 1'd do this tatk- dng,*" was tho loving Interruption of Mrs, Coonoy. :**No, he dldn’t briny a divil of 8 pants hum with *um, and you mind your eyc, " to hor husband, The old mun shook in his lioots, ae well he might, «and maintained a rigld and i)tcll!ll eilenco thoreafter, Tho bay swent on o plle up o after lie nbout Sherry, but abont points which mho fancied tho ofticets knew she was woofully Ignor- -ant. Khe did not know what time Sherfy yot in Suturday nigat, for she attended o wake thal nieht. :Sho came home In tue uur!nnf and found Sheery aslcep in file bed. She nad Al had been to two ‘waked since Satarday night—onc overn ** kid that ‘was drowned, and the other an 1diot, "—the fatter, :according to llle(:oml Indy’s statement, wae not dead upon her arzival, ‘Fho reporter usked her if sho “waa msappolnted, and sho sald sho was, Oicer Mahoney got some more mud acraped off from himself, ant “then the party adjuurned to Mre. Covney's next aoor nelghtor's, ** llumpy" Iioyce. Atthe frontdoorof o tiva-stary brown cot- tuge tbe catlers were Infoened that the Boyce famil, resided upstaiey, wherttpon the four mei stampe up the Lare and dirry rteps with their mudey ooty and eno of the party kuocked upon tho door at the Jandivg, A cracked volce Inside calied out, **\Who'athere?™ nnd was answered (hat it was ‘tme, " by the knocker. A hult was arawn, the dloor \was purhed open, and the tntruders crowded into 'm ‘toum amcout ften by twelve feet. An old ehest stood upon one stde, and a plle of yery dirty clothee, or rage, with tho corner of n butinlo robe protruaing irom the midst,—all of which was afterward dignitied by tha appollation of ‘‘a beil,"~left only o nwreow passage-way by which to enter the “adjoining roum. A broken <chalr, upon which waa piled about sfzty poundas mure of rags, etoud In a cornor, ana namerouy ~other articies, such as a wash-basin, n fino-tooth cowmb, an old brurh, eic., were reattered about in the utinost cunt«l1l0u. ‘F'here was not an articlo in the ruom that was not broken, everylhing was flihy to tho utmost strotch of the” tmagina- Hon, snd one was posscescd with | the ydea that there had just been o fire intho dowmieile. Tho stench was almost over- powering. Anold crone had Just opencd the door, And she vtood before her uninvited guests with a most nninviting aspect, Threo swmall childeen “with dirty fucew clung to her akirts, and o respect- le-looking womsn of middle-uge, o visitor, merged [rom the front raom, ‘The old lady was -questioned, nnd sho talked Incossantly, with a wixture of . PURE IRISI AND BIOKEN ENGLISI, which it was linpossible tor the writer to ' under- -stand, One of tho ollicers, however, was familiar “with the Irfah tongue, and he Interpreted what the geribo fulled to comprehend, Shu stated that “Mre, Toyco had gouo over fo the church dor n few minutes, and that Mr, loyce hitd been taken to the station by tho other ofiiccrs, *Then sho told a story nbunt Connolly, She ap- peared to bu down on lim. Sha waid her son Ilnmpy " had tuned him out Sunday morning, -an 1 had pitehed his clothes uown-stairs after him, ‘This” was after her son hearit that Connolly and Sherey had gono to 8 saloun on Laleted streot Sat. uirday mznt witn b knifo in thelr posscaslon, vhich they” had atuck in tue counter, and had tuld the proprictor, Pete Hickey, that fhey had had *-a i—1 of n row down, nd liad ent omebody, Sho 2aid sho had scen no kuife In Connoliy's ponees- #lon. She rattled along in thin stylo unti} adiotirad &t company out, and she wan left, still talking, The onlcers wero nersunded that tho knifo was romewhere about Cooney's promises, tnd accards Incly Loy retraced thelr steps to this mansion, Thuy went throngh o alde p to tho shanty wiiora the boya had Lean arrosted ' the morning, and_commenced search for the wenpon, Mrs, Councy neaisted, EHero affaies weare found tn oven -a wordo cundition thun any visled Lefore, and it would be absolutely imponsible to describa tho remises, the confusion, tho rquallor, the recks nz fith which predominated, to an: person Wiho hion never “rcen vaythlog of the Kind, tu that they conid vumprehend wation, This® shanty was Slled with beds, tnl # smnll room in tha rear was devoted to cooking purporcs, A %oal-whed was behind, lnto s the reniorter ady anced, unil was met half way by a o builwoz, *shich emerged from o kennel, mul: :r| h:nry chn;ln '.nnwnlcld luu« "1" m‘%lki: 'A'hnl r:- porter alepped reepertiully back until beyend the Titiita of e clnin: il thon suececued th asctiue n Enll)s‘.ilml!fl Witk the Lrnte, the latter, In the cantiy lunguage, utreeing not o bite provided the formee dtd vot tneult hiw, make any unwarranted dawunstrationa, ur sien tpon anythi that boe lonzey 80 hamn persunudly. Tho writer was paind ;‘ wround with” the dog by ecratehing Wds Threat when the old boldain entered vAwy 8 mop-handle, and in 8 yolco uf thunder informed him taat thero would ba anotuer ruan killed If he attempted 1o shoot her doe, * st drove the animal Into hin bux oud closed U th akntrance. Thon o futfle eearch was mady oF P2 tnw rooms, tho woman fn the moantima do- WV-arivig herelf of romarks Jiko theso: *+Gind, In W saven, how will tho Cooloy Huuso b disgracod ' *3'vo 'neon tho Iikea of (i Lefore, 1 have, and many times too." 2+ Yex might ue woll hunt fora neudlo in o steaw-pilo &8 for that knife in bore,” +'I'ic poor byes wauld er ha' brought thiat “ar knlfo hum wid ‘vm, to be sure; they'd be too #harp for that, they would, even If thoy did mur- Ateru uan, " **Holy Mary, ha' morcy on us, " etc, < TIE UAG TOLD TR TRUTI, I\olmd‘y conld tid anythingsmaticr than a horso ‘In that shanty, and after tho “aearchiers loft & mon informod them thut thero wasan **up-stafra® to tbat shanty, With aperunents entered by doors iy Anw papored walle, woich Hover coult bo Qiucovored by o strungor, and {but **a thief could atay thers sivon yoars, 1 ho hisd wenso onough to keew gaiol, withoit vetig found, " fho salounof Pete Ilickoy, No. 1507 alsted atrect, win nest visited, I proprietar corrubo. Tuted the statement mido by lioyce's mother abuut tho sticking of thu butcher-knifo {nto his couter, ‘buthe denled toat uuything bad been sald, il did nut notica the boys particularly, but by saw that tho kuifc was about nalf worn out, It wasan urdmnr{ butcher-knife, about clzhy or ten luches Jong. Ha uld not notles any bioad on tha knife, by dld nutice blood vn one of thu boys' kands, 1lia descriptiun loft no doubt thas Sherry nnd Con- nolly were the same pattics, for ho know them by ight, ad know where they boaraed, Connoll; Tt hiand bore a cut ncac thy foreilnger, un w wbserved at tho station, wentlon of which wi omnitted In las description, Frow Hickey's suloon the oficers and the Teparts ‘er atarted norin on Halsted strect, and un the way anet ** fwnpy ** ogeo juel returning frow the ‘statlon, Ly paviong” been releascd upon telling his story g0 Lieul. lluod, He stated that While he was at tho station, Hherr{ had made ut. Itood, and had told him i dtie tabne al Mrw, Cooley's hunco with the previously-ex: Drossd oplnion of tho Feporter, that (6 ol Wi «ui bad dono the secretivg of thy Snifo berself, but the otlicers sald little confidence could bo placed fn *Humpy's" statements: they would nut Lelleve bim unucr oath, Ho said he was fore- AR OL the **Gnt Departuent ™ ‘ut Hutchinson's, d was ordered tu discharge everybady but biue t Baturduy, which hio did. [l story wus vie- tually the raine 08 that told by his wolber. lie axsuineid tog herole, Lruvado styls fu hiw delivery, bud was pasticularly ofteusive in Lits languagy, The oflicers thought that the young man who did fiot actually comnit the murdér would eventually be peraunded to **wqueal,'" sod nut uptll thei would tho kulfe be found, ‘The uamo of the youuy lady In tho case fs Roso McConvlllu. Sho ls 16 yearsof age, and bs ropra- mented 38 bemy quite woud-lookiug. She went @ver to tha North Side yesterduy and speat the 103y, bug wue exuected homo laet eveulng. She waid ahe thought sho could identily the ona who -steuck her in the faco, Alr. McConville, the murdered man, s waid to Lave bean a nativo pf the North of Irelind, a strong Catholic, sud a very feapectablo citlxeh in bix Beiguborhood, Everybody in that wectlon was alling sxcitediy about lyncling, cic., yeaterday, v - THE GENUINE BULLDOZE, Bvectal Diggutch £0°The Lhicau Triduns, Lixcouy, Neb., Jan, 21.—A man named Johu- %0 ardved here Friday with s woman who passed as his wife, aud vut upat a hotel a5 such. Yesterday s man named Kinson arrived 1ad clauned tho woman 2s bis wite, He had acr arrested and put o fell. It soews that Kin- son aud wite were on thelr war to' Caliiornia. Holelt ber at Omaha, while he went clsewhere fora fow days. When be returued Lo tound bis Wile pone a3 above, Upon berarrest the woman dewauded to b taken Lo ber husbaud, nud, upon coming juto bis presence, struck him ree Kv:llcdly i the face. ‘fhu wuinan was brouglt elore the Cousty Judew and discharged, hin- tub fuilivi to uppear ucatust her. The woman Telused to g ed b tu..“...x.-op.fi?.;““h bitw, und bired hersell out 4w adindusion to Ahat thoknlto was | This was In cu 1 roperty for Loy cier of January he woa {afuriicd, and u) cor COUNTY AFFAIRS. Lieb Declines to Give Up the County Newspaper Files. And Also Refuses to Swoar to the Cor- rectness of His Last Report. A Row Among {he Medieal Attendants at tho Insano Asylum. Buit to Bo Entored Against Ex-Treasurer Huck and His Bnndnmen.‘ The regular weekly meeting or the Connty Roatd was held yesterday afternoon, all the members preaent excopt Messrs, Tabor and Mnlloy. A communication was read from the Ineane Asylnm st Elgin, calling attentfon to the fact that that Institution was eaerylng n connty order, npon which the monoy could not be realized, and anking the Board ta take the neceasary ateps fn the mat- ter. Roferred to the Finance Committee, Tho following cammunication was read, which explains itself: In pursuance of youp tnstructions, 1 have made de- mi Vls nn"llumln’l? [l!". iste County Clerk, for the for aundr} Jongtaz in 1 [py:rolis of thio Cotnty Gierk's offico for the montiis betoner and Novemer, 1877, and newayapers o hi sensin 0] same he di £ the hay.rolis, whiclyare naw in my bosacssion, Thie Nlcaof newapapers hoatlll holds, uid he refuses 16 surrendee them, From information tecelved from persons formerly emiloyed in the County Clerk's ufiice | eather tiiat they conatat of fles of Titk Tmanvw, e Zeit- g Tumes, inter-Ocean, w Uninn for the yrara 1874, Rnd 1873, 1 wonld also_ call your attentiun {ho fact that Lhero AP0 nUW miseing from the County Clerk's_oflico Amensor's buok, bersonal properey. North Chicneo, IW71; two Anse hooks, Town of Evanston, 731 vol, 10, Assesor's hoaks. Hydo 14751 Assemor's baok, Town of Miremen, (8701 & seor's buok. North Chicaco, 1877, ~all of Which were misingat tiotime 1 asaunied control of the ofilce, Though dllicent senrch haa beci miade for them they cannut be found, ) esprctfully ok that your Doard sive thes matters early autentioa, Kespeciful 2 P Fs U eonxe, County Clerk, Tiie communication was referred to the Finance Commitiee, A communication waa reand from the County Clerk ankinz the Buard to fx the ralaries for exiri help allowed bim by the Circult Court Judges, Tteferred, < A communication was read from the Sher!f noti- fying the Beard that his employes had refused to nccept the reduced nlulniwnml asking thnt the matter of rednclug salarics be reconnidered. MORL OF LIEN'S STUMIDITT, The following, whicts cxpiains itaclf, was read ansd referred: titfoner reanoctfully represents, that hie was or for Lhe Town of New Trier for e year 0o thio Atneastment Of renl And personnl town and yeturned the aume to the required by taws that on thy 15th found 1t 1o ba tre vords. i persons Mving uutafde of “the viilages, and has not fectly transferred the assessment w miade by your petitioner, Whetoby injustice in liahle to b flono t thote persons wiiuso property has been tneluded in warrant, od that they are subject 1o 1nore (han o propershare of tazation by reason of mad omiss{o wherefare your petiticner prays that you will take aich action [ the promises aa Lo your honorable hody may seem Justand the exigency of thio ease demands, MICHAEL GORNLEY, Arncteor New Tricr, A commumcation wan read from If, L. Prentice, of lyde Park, ealling attention to thy fact that Licb had not paid him for working in hie uflice, aid wonld nat, and asking the Lioard to pay i, cle, Referred. DECLINES TO 8WEAR, A communication wan read_from Qen, Lieb in anawer tn the ncty tho Boanl in demanding that b swear to his Inte report. Tho document was lengthy, and concluded by raying that it was almoat 1mpossible for him 1o How swear (o the re- port.and he could nat unlese the report and vouch- ors wore returncd to him. " He wan satisfied that hls lute report wan correct, however, and his fail. ure lo swear to fintthy tine wa< an umlission entlrely unintentional. It was referred to tho Flonuce Commlttee, : TIE INGANE ABTLUM, The following communication was read from Dr. 15\'"'?" Medieal * Buperintendent of the Iusans wylim: Inaamuch es some refircitons were cast upan tnyself fmd br. A W, Hagenbacl a1 Your last meotlug. [ et t praner to give you my reasous for recommenting Wis a ment, _pon taking chiargs of tifs inailintion, 1 Jound thint for tho past tx@ yearm hn servea the county Inithfuily ina weil, 1o holug ity far tha best sequaluiea lio detalls of the manageinent of the ineue, ant ardain the hoaplial &t the Foor-louss i thathe had been dilizent it stfentive ta b there, Diestiles, Srutn the 17eh af February, 187 th of Februry, 1477, lio was the uniy regular grad= uute In medicine conneeied w1tk the inedfval siaf ot this place, In Uictober, 1970, Janes Lawicss, une of {he medical mnistania commeince tiend lectures at h Medical Cotioge, ana conthined to du so until S0, 1837, ' when he recelyed - his 6, leaving Wil this time a double task for Dr. enoach to perform, whloh 1 understand he i out complaint, 14 $hould 1o remenibered that tils mberof the medical staify whilin attend.ug lectures and compieling hts mualcal’ educat Tacular pay of 830 per hirac at the county’s exp 1 only record of eams treated tn this | past two years hat been kept by Dr. Jagenbach we full s i thie would allowy and, besldes, bis medieal education and natursl auwiitica sre suci as well it ilw fur th place, Now that mending b i tention to ¢ hiave seen fit to A Mz, MeCielian, per attended to. _Flo having heen cunnected with e {nstie totfon for a loiie time as s niedical atudent. soun .- o ma to understand thst he kuew a kreat dewd about. the luce, and tiat he fotended_to erforn dnties where fihd when ho pleased, regardieas of whero I asdlgned Upun {aking charge, Jau. 1 meinuer of the modicl sl o 1 mado 8 ruls that no nonld feavo by uutics and frec inaking knuwn _to e knared It (r 1 1 Wiut he stylos an attempt i Bus unon saverat uveavone o0 ty Ll it ML day, | ot knowing his wlhiercabou 8o nformed e Lpon marn 1haa one u-caston 1l had puthing more 10 do with serinly Lituga pe 1§ 10 thn Minnazermont of g foetitution than b e volunieers i Hon that | never 1 twu weeks ago, 0 aud tnental dlscsses RUBEr Feapect Lot I 82 ain_ tho rapansible hup Fintendent of t 1 broposs to exerclse what authority | tiay fhnllBot wlow any L8110 suuiue iy place, e, bow learned ha ma; ond aa nt, Mr, McClelinn, L 03pecting L Fecelvo hia s His Intorie me thut the ** woul cal ali oy ETCG somu LG 11 Lhe future, inedical men wlio {aiiorsed hilin fur The notluak atme, a apcct for his professional attalifiionta, bt ubjoct (0 his Auiilug control uf e oon arter hla appoluts ment i Tyaseciaully ouke_wlat your huurable Dy I estiatatiia conition of “the wedical staft of snte Hospital.” Very reapectfully, J. U Binay, Medtes) Superinteadent, Br. Fitzzterald sald ha could aco from the tone of thu lettor that Ur, Bpray was ‘whipping over the backs of two or three gentlemen, fact, ho did not think as much of Dr, he did & week a0, Mr, Ilurllnlg moved to refer the communication to the Commiliice on Charities. Carsled, The usual nurniber of Litte were then read and re- ferredy smoni which wers the Sheris pay-roll for Jatluary, amouuting to 84,089, 21, EX-THEASUREI JIUOK, ‘The Commitice on Financo reporied In favor of commencing suit avalust ox-County Treasurer Huck and bls bondemen to recover the amunut of money be aweil the county, Ar, Kitzgoruld said ho had talked with Mz, Huck wt::umnnrl‘mrl ll:mdlmen. and llh“ ;nd promised pay & part of the woney uver in a fuw days, but }u:“;lzl not think it ulc’ 1o delay action 1o the mattcr, Mr. Wheeler Ihnughl the Hoard wan inclined to unroasonabiy push 3ir, luck, contidoring the clrs cuwstances. The Comptlroller st Weshington liad alrvady wrdered the paymeut of $45,000 of the amount of which Lo would pay overin & faw days, aud ho oughit 1o havo ut leass tiue covugh to re caive the money, Mr, Cleary was in Isvor of -Ilnwlmlllr. Huck snother week fu which topay over, 1t would be crucl 1o brand bime av a defsulter under the cir- cuislancos. Tha report was inally adopted, Mestrs, Bradloy, Cleary, sud Wheeler votipg in the ucgative, BXAMINING ACCOUNTS, ETC, ‘The samo Commlittee reporied I favor of om- ploying sn expert accountant (o make an examing. Lioil of the accounts of tho suveral county ofiices, Wwitlch had not been made, ul\|'l‘|uul'.'):1 tequired by Adopied, The Committes on Public Chatities renorted in favor of sllowinug bills o the mnount of $),453, 60, sud 10 fevor of the suveral inshioutions vendiog In uu_inventory of mPPh“ on hand at thu vad of esch mouth, Adopled, The Cowmliteo vu Jeil and Jall Accounte re- orted i fayor of payiog Lills aggregating 1.010.70, Adopted. 'The Committee un Printing reported in favor of pI‘I‘I“ bllls smounting to 82,772,564, Adosted. he Committee on Fublic' Sorvice reparted in favorof bilis mu(rnlillln% 31,641 42 Awmong the bllis ware the {lems of ftting up thoe ofiice uf the ‘tobate Cours, Mr. Fitzgerald objected to tho manner in which tho Probatu Coutt work bad beou let, and said it ousht Lo bave been lot by cumpetitivu. T, Aynrssaid tho Commitive bud not had time 10 invite competitio d that Mr. Fitagerald was mimply trylng to make some cheap capltal. Laab ‘y:;r‘ :u ‘-‘anbu uPn‘l..":lll’h by‘ -u-lmuvl ant tet ‘I‘n far ; s out competition, and he thought that if the work had been done by cortatn verrons Fit2 would not Lave boen cowmplawiug. ‘Flie revort was adoptva, Mr. Burlug scot up & resolutlon calllug on Architect Exau 1o examine the ditfurent kinds of Dusscnzer elevators, both for steaus and Lydtaulic yowsr, wiiiable ta U used i e wew Court-tiguse, aud report Lack bhlv recommendstions and thy vl ta alfsecut k:nl‘. ’ e oo ‘The reavintion leato & lengthy dispute, 1o w the sewers fur the «'uun:uw{- uzn ducmfelzh e repurt wus Soaily adopted. MISSING DOCUNENTS. M. Meyer scut up the followiug: dizaniced. ‘JLai wil veisvns ot tuen Cowmimioners law. for & number of years, tion teenfore . Mr. fpofford hoped the resolntion wonld bo adapted. All of the papera belonging 1o the Come- mbtteen were In the room, and {t wae only last week that b requisition, which had not been pasaed on, was tnken from one of the hozes and filied without the knawledge of the Commitiee. A member asked who e contractor war, and Mr, Spoffard replied that it was the one who had clothing to the Insanc Arylum, For ona he waa anposed 1o the county paying lor the supplies ro delivered. Mr, Cleary aaw no nec: aity for the adontion of the resolution nnlees somn of the Vomniisstoners had something to do that they were astinmed that the public rhonid know. ‘I be redofation was a re+ flectfon an the Comaiitten Clerk or the Clerk o the Tloard, becanse the tomminstoners all had keys to tho piace tn which the papers were knpt. and no one conld reach them oitslde of the Board except throngh the Clerks, 1L also proposed to cut off the jiresenco of reporters, which he was not in favor o, Althonzh some of thei bl delighted in distorting hia langnage at timee, they were not a bad tot of feliows, anid for one, what- ever wan done, he wanted them present, Mr. fluriing thought the resolution was too aweoping, ‘Tne Committee meetinug had not been conducted an they should be, but wihatover was dono in Committee he wanted done openly. ‘The resolution was finai); opted by a'vote of 7 to U, Mr. Cleary changing iiis vote before the vote wasnnnounced in order to nove a reconsideration. ‘Thors preferring Hght to darkness were Mesars, Ayars, Nurling, Cleary, Bpotford, Wheeler, and Senne, Mr. Fitzgerald said [t tvan stranga on the pact of Mr, Iflp::flunl 10 vote as he had afier seconding the reeolntion. Mr. Clenry replied that Mr, Fitzgerald onght not 1o open his mouth, for the reason that ho was the bons *‘flopper,™ amd had cuanced front n the lionrd oftener thanany other member, which cx- clted bolaterous langhier, v Mr. Fitzgerald responded by moving to recon. -:]:lor' l';m vote by which the rorolution had been adapted. Mr, Conly moved o table the motion fo recon- sidor, which was lost, ‘Fhe motion to reconsider was thon put and pre- vn:lcd. and toe reeotution wan Jald over under the rules, WALKER'S CONTHACT, Nr. Ayars calted up the matter of Walker's amended conteact allowing him 1o b palil quarey eatimates, and callel for the reading of the con« teact, that it might be seen who had signed it us sureties. The contract was pradnced. and an examination dirc.oned the fact that thy contract had been sign- ed by C, €, I’ Holden an Chatrman of the Hoard, and that no bond had beon required. Upon thess facts helng brought ont, Mr. Ayara mosed that Walker bo instrucicd to rive the nece essary bfind atonce, and the Board adjourncd for one week, AMUSEMENTS. “OUR BACITLORS? AT HOOLEYS, Kobson and Cranv have attained such wide popularity here that any productlon with which thelr names are connected may beaure tocommand attenl . It is nn cetablished fact that Chi. cago andiencos are prone to stay away from the firat nlght of a new plece, —they lke to conmmit the expert« first, before comnmitting theineelves to the enjoyment of a fresh Joy,—und there. fora wo oro bonnd to wsttribute to the pereonal magnetlam of the *‘glue brothers™ tho prescnce Jast evening of the very large and brilliant andfence whteh welcomed the first repro- sentation In this city of **Our Dachelors." Tie houso was fatl, and 1t swaa fall of intelligent and cheerful people, who took pleasurs in honor. ing the comedlons with o most cordinl greete ing on thelr appearance, and n summoning them befors the curtaln frequiently to receive repeated teatimontals of approval. Such a demon- stratlon Illl;(lll have happencd In any ovent,—in tho event of Itobson and Crane coming here with avery puor play. But, hapmily for all concerned, they came with onexcellent comedy, one whick, in tespect of natlve wil. drollery, nud ingenulty of construetion, may bo conmidercil as at ieast a pars ualtulfitiment of theadvent of the much nrapherted Amcrican drama, Jtincertalniya vant improvement npon the burleques which have for some tino past been nccepted ad picturenof modern Hfe and man- nem, cutiveying to the spuctator a really plaasivle delineation” of contemporancuns cxistence, and producing merriniont out of common experiences without the nid of the valvanic bLattery, **Our Itncheluen " {1 tita work of Mr. Joseplh lirndford, un accomplished lioston_Journalist, who I & 1ifer~ ary arilet, 1 man of tho world, 8 man of common ronse, fs may be seen by his earefil avolitance of the grotesquicrics which comediansof the perld Instst on having injected Into almost all the roceut butfooncrics which pase muster unier tho neime of comnedy. o has had the eagacity to mow tnat there is abundant foud for langhter in ol our dally do. ingn, when {N‘l’wnfl.‘d in'an artietically exavgerated shape, and toat thore Ie, afterall, no need of mero tom-foolery, such as only the **barren spectator® cun appreciate. In thin comedy Mr, Bradford han rather walked In the footsteps of the old mastors,at Ly rame thne combining with thclr wiver mothod arich, quaint humor in dislogue and vortraliure which {s thoroughly original, and which atammps the work an the product of an Ametlean. lere, thelh, we inve arrivennt an Amesican comedy, Tho Intercet of the play Is matnly contered in the experiences of two odd characters, /ugn Bangte (Robson) ant Judge Joseph' Joreler (Crane)—tho bachelors, Manale: In & frisky ~ fellow of middlo nge, with # queralous consclousness of having' a bald - head, conteacted in a fitof wickucss, and with a strong dinwosition toward matelmony eluce he catno Into posscarion of o handsowme fortusio, Jorrler hns n Whimsleal avoralon to the marricd rtate, and to all who are liko to vravitato thitherward, and it ln hin anisfortune to bo haunted by onlo who are all - bent un matrimeny, tnc Il(llml his reapected Ianalady, whio has an eye on hiwm and 8 purpose to capture him. ‘Then thero in a pretty love cptsudu which conios naturatly iuto the werios af events, und fu the couras of it there arises & compifcat:on which plac the uncle nnd nephew I a canu:nllr unp) ant predica. mient, and farniales & highly-amusing epteode, The wituationa aro divertiny, without dextoneraiing into furce, —save {u one instunce, wihich is needs Teas, though ireestatibly funny, —and the dinlosun is®rimful of wit and quaint Bumor, At inds hour it would be ont uf tho auestlon to convey more than o luety record of fmpresatons, oud fhe mont vivid of - theso are the infmis Gible fuu of Mr. Crane's impersonation of the eccentrie old anth-matrimomulist, who ts fnal- Iy jed into the trap he has been warnlng ail his Tolotin 1y svoI, 1L Tho vADATI W s ure by Rtobwon of the nan with paternal fnstincts Wao i seeking after truw happlnees, The cast was in soma respects not as good pa we wero entitled to expect, but 1t contalned M Lettle Allen, and Mr. Gra who acted well, ') e appluuso last night was tituous, and the pluy I8 destayed to hisve o great success in Chieago, M'VICKER'S TITEATRE In producing original plays and in wmaintalning a0 unusually good suck .company Mr, McVicker Lian shown & managerisl audscity that ja worthy of pralse, Perhiaps ho gots less of pralse than of wondor from the Chicazo publie, which Isa fickle publicand hard to plense, But the oxporiment being s1ill fn progrcss, It in unsatoto venture any predictions upon the result. If yueatorday ovene ing's performance ho taken os an average, both In regard to the merit of tho play and the slzu of tho andlence, one ight, perlaps, indulge in a forccast that would be too favorable, Fora *¢firet night,* thoughnot an entira muccesy, it wenta long way towarda \hat theatrlcal goal, and was de- cldedly oncouraging. Thu uudience was not largo, but was good-humared, and that le slways an fm. portant polat, - It was not until the frat act way finlshed that the peopla—perhaps becanso they wero ton deeply lnterested and tou heartily amused to caro for particulars—begun to inqileo for the meaning aud appticatlon of 1ho titlo of Mz, W, D, Laton's plece, '+ All the Hage.," The only clow atlorded by the play was the fact that an irkscivla old gentleman had been caperi in a superiuous sgony of race—: watical porversion (hat could | handly’ be lur- doned even by fhe juust depraved scl of puusters. This ludividual, Dr, Juines Gutlon, an cccentric physician, aud 4 caudidate for Cune grese frum o dietrict of New York Clty, was the central yury of tho pleco, ond Mis unfortunate wimper wus the proundwork of all thecfoctlve witu. A criticios of his candidacy in a nows. paner called the Z'ribund drove hie fuio s frenay, Ioward [ogees, Min And at tho beglnnlug of the second act ho starte for Long Bruach, arwed Hterally with a dozen 9 in purswit of the editor., The versoh, It bappened, was not ouly & weller of pulitleal _ editorh but ales the author uf a bou%, **The Urushed Life, " which bad become famous, and had ifted bl Into the ccetatic suelal condiilon described in the title of the play. On the staye this vditor aud Sutbur prescnted an cxirumely wishy-washy ap. prarance, althoueh evidently ol sa ‘intended by Ir, Eaton. Perlaps, however, this i was & fortunate thing afier @ L served 1o tune down tho. eubsequent ticoncelvable the difierent -mrlduy of enaracters {n not discovering hls identlty, The unilerlying rrluclmu Of all farce srcime - Lo’ conaist 1u seitiug A lot of people to blundering ana wixing their personalitivs, 501t was here. Taer was a chirupodist whose nawe was the sameas that of the young sud decidediy uninteresting autbor, Ind he, hcln’ Ar. Jotin Dillon, epecdily won the sp- plduso of tha sudicace vy Tis cavitel churacterisa: tlup. When theso three participants (n the pla arv mentioned, acarcely anything woro uevd be wa 1o convey an ides of the plot. 1 coursu there wora yousy and vld ludies, 0no uf the furuice being 8 vleco of the Congresslonal candilate, and the Aribune editor uvaccountably feil ju love with hor, glthougn jor what dramatic reason it bs difi- cult 1o relale. ‘Thun there was 8 nophew of ibe same bad-temperod old pervon, woo vecmed to have Leen brouglit intu the vivco In order Lo wive Mr. McVicker 8 chance to show his abllity as a stutterer. Another superfiucos cbaracier was bir. Jioraiso Bruney, whoss pari of a llon- Lunter and toady was more than well acted by Mr, Hurry Fearson. 1u Tact, throuxhout the plece the uncomfortadle fuprepaion could byt tu escaped tiat it lacked voity, Tho diticulty with It, artutically cousid. ered, waw 1bat, while it contained thu clemeats of 3 Urat-class facce, It had been over-exnanded fa the effort tu muke [t 81} vut the cvenlug ss a regular comedy. It was doubtless with & vivid appreciation of this fuct that Mr. Eaton called it a farcc-comedy. Neveriboleas, there wes & groat deal of gennine wit &s well as theen were many elever situations in ** Al the Race," ana seidom has an ariginal plece in Chicamn elicited such warm applause on [ts firat presentation. THFE RIVE-KING CONCERT. The lastof the Rive-King concerts in atd of the Foundlings’ Home was given last evening at Her- #hey Iall, with the largest andience of the rerles innttendance. The programme, s & whale, was alao the hest, and really merited the appella- tlan of al." Mra. King'n nombern Includ. ed the **Sonata Pathctique™ of Heethoven., the Imprompta In ¢ sharp minor, the Waltz In 1) fat, and the Scherzo in I§ Aat minne of Chopin, and o field noclurne, the **Tann. hansce ** March, which was to hava closed the pro- veamine, having been omitted, Mer. Kine. ‘pvn her appearance, and indeed sll through the ovening, reccived with & degreo of enthusmanm which wan sumething mure tnan the merely conventional mueical recognition. It was n itio nature of & kindly and " aymipathetic personal = welcome, Althoueh, 8 we arc inforined, Mre, King wan not well, Itdid not aliow 1 hur‘pl ying, for she han never done heiter work than §n the "Chopin music or tha well-worn Beethoven sunata, ~ Mine Whin- nery ean flandel's aris, ** Angels ever hright and fair,™ with exquiste putity and chaetenca. and Eckert's familiar @°* 8wisa ‘Song,' that hubby- harse of sil sopranos, and won deserved encores for each. .MMra, Ktacy mang Mozatt's ** Dove Sono " with admirable efect. and Roeckel's pretty Nitle ** Hrlde ells, ' Mr. Tyrrell sang the ** Pleta Signore " and Nchatert's ** Wanderer,” and Mr. Eddy gare the nudience a pretty severe doso in the A milsior fugie of Biach and the' A flat yariations of Thicle, the latter ot which came very near being i—a well.deserved the market value of the shares is now only 220,000,000, —a deprectation of 20 ver cent helow par, while a very few sears sgn the shares of st of them were considerably abose par. In ‘st are several companles whose capital han increasedd In valua nearly 8 nillion sterling; the remainder are coal and fron companies, and nnmn{ these the depreclation has reached £2,500,000, This depre:fation, startiing though it fic, [s fuly meeounted for when the fact s noted that the urice of steel 18 now onty one-third ol whatt was {n 1873, and that the fall in the .vnlmwx biz-lron has been in the same propor- on, When the fron industry §s thua prosteate, the conditiun of the voal trade cannut be prosper- ous, The vroduction of cual (s now so lnmen: that jts ‘;mm s mainly regulated by the de- mandg of the fron manufcture, Accordingly, a8 wu have scen i the case of South Stafori- #hirc, coal-taines in many parts of the country can no longer be kept vpen.. Prices have been steadily falling, as in the case of frun, since the summer ol 1873, hut the consumption, far from being stimulated, bas contnued to de- crease, unil it no lunger pays to work tic mines. Accordingly we flnd scvero dis- tress among the colliere. When nothing has gecurred to waste thelr savings, the mining population are able to draw upin the capital put by in more prosverous times, and ronse- quently hove not hecorne chargeable on the rates, But when the colllers have exhausted their funds i contests with thelr empluyers, lh.nf are cxperiencing resl bardabip. In Soutn Wales, for cxamnple, there was & very protracted aud extenelve strIXe two yeara alro; the work- people consequently bave no hoard to fall buck upon when udversity bas overtaken the trade which gave them employment; and as the Welch coal is chiefly in demand for the iron mauufacture, coal-minlng thera has come alinost to & staodstiil, The colliers of South Wales arc, theretore, suffering. At Cardiff the Workhouse, we are told, is crowdeds and, aithough a contradiction has been given to the statement that s stoné-yard had been opened, it mppears to be be; doulbit that the cust of rehef s pssuming serious proportions, At Merthyr soup-kitchens have been et up, and fu other places meetings have been called to af- ford aid, In shiort, It is aflirmed that such ex- tensive distress did not exiat at the worst period of the great strike, In the Rhondda Valicy, the moet productive coal-fleld in ull Wales, we are told that the collieries are Kept open only o couple of days a week, aluce every ton sold ut preaent prices Involves an actual loss of slx- pence oF ninepence. At the Cardif Docks there are sald to be miles of laden coal-waguns for which there is 1o sale. For the past biue tnonths the export of coul bas fatlen off ones third gt Carditf, und there has been o simuita- neous - decrense at Swansen aud Newport, In the Forest of Dean also the scarcity of euiployment is so_serfoius that road-making and utlicr publie works have been st on foot, And tn Staffordshire the Jacts cited above suf- ficlently shiow what the condition of the worke ing classus tuust be. In his speceh at Wolver- hampton, Col. Thomyerott stated that, to ro-- vide the work-people about to be uischaryed with a Christmasdinner, he bad semt some 1ron ANNUAL CLEARING BALE, Golden Opportnify Anmual Clearing Sale West Bind Dry Goods Houss, Madison and Peorin-sts. In addition to attractions previ- ously advertised the tollow= ing bargaing in HOUSEKEEPING GOODS e nrc offering at prices never hefore hieard of in Chicago: Hanvy Loom Dige Table Linsn, 80 jnchos wide, 35a: formor price 500, Very heavy soft fintah Loom Damnsk, G0 in. wide, 500 ; former price 760, Ex}‘r!- heavy Barnsley Loom Damask 64 in. wide, 750, Widest and best qualities Barnslay and ggoflzgn Loom Damask, $1; former prico, Bleached Table Damasks, 60 In. wide, 35 and 400; former price 60 and 80c. Hoavy Bleached Damask, 82 {n, wide,500; lormer prigs Bbc. Very hravy Bleachod Damasks, 64 in. wido, 760; former price £1, Extra Heavy Lleached Damask, sott finish, 64 in. wide, $11 tormer price $1.36. 5-8 Damask Nnpkins per doz, $15 former prico, $1.765. Full size heavy qulm{ Damask Napkins, £1.36; former price, §3, TDonutiful Damask Napkins §%, $3.50 and &3 former prics $3, $3.60 and $4. Better qualitios reduced in same proportion, l%m. wide Twilled Crash bo; former price 0. Heavy Twilled Crash 7!ic; former price100 Russia Crash 10 and 13%0: former price 12!5 and 16c. 20 10, wido All-Linon Bleached and Brown QOrash 12}303 formor price 17c. encu cognition of Mr, Eddy's masterly exerutlon, King'a next cons cert will be given at Cleveland norrow evening, #pan which oceasion sne will be ansleted by Mrs, Stacy sud aume local ainvers of that city, TIHFE ADELPHI, Mr. F. B, Chanfrau opened at the Adelphi lant ovening to a fine audlence In bis favorite play of ** Kit, the Arkansan Traveler," which was pro- duced fn a nandsome manner. an far as the acealc effccta were concerned. Of Mr. Chanfran's per- ronltestion of A It is unnec ry to may more tuan that he gave his audience 3 performance rs earnest and vigorons as he han done in years vnat, and that it mot with an equally helflg recops nitlon, There will bo no chango in tho bill tols weok, THE MUSICAL-COLLEGE CONCERT. ‘Tho annual concert of the Chicago Muajcal Col- Tege wan given lant evenling at McCormlick's Hall 1o an fmmenso nudience, and passed off with the suc. coes that has always charactarized tho concertn of thin excellent tnstitution, Wa rescrve & detalled notlce until another occasion, HARD TIMES IN ENGLAN The Iron nud Coal Tradon, Landnn Saturday Rettew, Jan. 5. For a long ncrlvs of years such intense de- pression has not prevalied in the fron trade as is experienced at the present moment. From every district where that teade s carrled on the reports uro to the same effect, though | fhto town to be sold 1or whatever it would foteh, Heavy Loom Damask Toweling, 12%0; the diflerent branches of the fndustry | thougn the lose was l;‘!"!h’lf]"‘éh»l Laatly, wu n{am:rdvfl?‘}ugi s EaindhisE R nav mention that in Northumbervland a greut lcached an nblencho uckabu - ore ot equally offocted. Indeed, it f iciie'ls matutainat ab this momet i e | Do 0o by S T eaohed Huokabuck Tow. appears to Le not & mere depresslon, | istauco to o demand of the employers for a pe- | 300 ductivn of 124§ per, ceut in wuges, Thus the Unhlénched. Damask Towels, 30 by 33 in., earnnzs of tnu colliers are very often fusuf- | _160; former prico 20 and 260. fitient to maiotain a famlly; and where, as fn Luga size Bloached and Unbleached Dam- South Wales, they have no savings Lo draw ank and Muckabuok Plain lnfll Xflg“&g lluulls. t'hey are sullering du‘:’rcu.( lll‘ll ralil, in- E“;.l’nnd ‘fowols, 46c; former price 40 an; dued, that at o great nwnber of collleries the 7 1. 1n: cr man do ved 11y Better qualities reduced in same proportion. l'fi".‘i,fifnfi?. =y Bor Exieed oot 1154‘ lfl!sx‘:)c:‘yaomh Bedspreads, 7605 former The prinary cause of this lamentable collapse | . Prict 2 of two vast u{dusmcu Is the sudden mmlrn.lg 11-4 Heavy Bedquilts, 85¢; former price $1. with which raflwny enterprise was smitten in | 11-4 Extra Hoavy Bedquilts, $1.35; former but an actual revolution, which the trado 18 un- dergoing, The production of the raw materinl is scemingly belng transferred from its old scats to centres cconomically more favored, and the manufacture is passing through a trans- formatlon, on their ability to adapt themselves promptly to the exizencles of which depends the future prosperily of our ironmasters, The de- pression is felt far more severcly in the flnlshed than in the crude trade. The demand for piz | the summer of 158, For the past half-cenvury | . Price 5175, {run has nndoubtediy fallen off, and the outynt | the civilized world has ‘oeen busily providing it- 11-4 Marsoilies Quilts, §2; former price has been considerably diminished, but not at all | felf with steam communication. Wo bave wude | S2.50. 16,000 miles of line, the United States four tunes a8 much, and cther couutries in provor- tion to thelr means and their requirements. At the samo thne, frun haston Ix:flgc extent taken the placo of wood in ship-buflding, and has slso become the main {ustrument of all modery in- dustry. The nocessury consequence of so un- puralieled a domwnd was an extravrdinary stin- uus to the production of fron, Every coun- try, however thinly populated, and fowever bickward in . development, cagerly sought to shure in u trade so profitabte, The iron mannfucture, therefore, was fostered by wvery concelvable means, Av length the more advanced nations hud practically completed thelr railway network, but the warning was not taken, ‘fnoless advanced countries obtained loans in the London markee, and continued the work more recklesslv than before. The end, however, could ot be lung postponed, and with the discredit of furelgn loaus rallway cou- atruction wns brought to a stundstill. Tiio pay- meut of the French lndemmity, which in effect wus_tho trausler of unimwmense caplial trom productive to .unproductive cmployment, and 114 Heavy Marseliles Quilts, fast baok, 3.60 ; former price $3.50, Bleront Marasilles guélu for $3.50, $4 snd rd. §06; reduced one-t| Nottingham Lace Curtains at lower prices than 1mportor’s coat. Elogant Nottingham Curtain Nets in beau- ;fl“elrns“ns‘dvefi Y‘igo.savflhl double l;::r. '\ POT Yar! 03 fo 40.&“;“7 Rl 3 lormer prica A fow cases 13-4 Fino California Blankots 2t $4.50 pair; the lowest price t! h bsen noltrsr. horetoforo fa §8, 98 thoy iwve Grn’; bargains in other Blankots and Flane CARSON, PIRIE & (0, NTER DILEMNS GOODS, to the extent of the decreaso in the manuface tured article, In Scotland the number of fure naces now in blast 18 thirty-two fewer than tho averagze of tho past thirty years,—n re- markublo evidence of adversity, in splte of the fact that the blast furnace of the prescnt day s of enorinous cavaclty compared with that of n quarter of a century ago,. Agaln, we find that the output of pl fron Inat year decreased hy 121,000 tons. And as in Scotland. so also in Luncashire and Staffordshire, in Derbyshire, Lincoinshire, and South Yorksbire, there has been a falllng off. On the other hand, how- ever, there hua been n consfderable fnerease fn the Cleveland district. During the flrst nino months of the pass year tho liucrease was maried, nnd, oithough there (s an esttmated decline in the laat quarter, for tho wholo year the auzmentation Is suppoged to be not “less than forty or fifty thousand tons, The Increase Dere, it will bo scen, {s not at all equal to the decreaso elsewhere; neverthiless it Is a_ signlil- gunt fact, Cleveland exvorted to Scotland mo | {157 kless expeuditare by the German Govers Toa. chat, TR ting.ob, vz lrg‘l;mnl; Inent sggravated tioerlfs, Tlic fnflated prices AR iy L a0t In tho of 1871-" suddenly dropped, and ucoression foll upon the fron and conl trades, changes fn naval construction inade necessary by theopeninzof the Sucz Canal mitigated the crisis by keeplog up o cousiderable demand for iron tor shipbullding purpuses, But tue transtorma. tion {s now nearly elfected, and tho wppretien- sfons excited by the state of Europe have itro- duced u hew element of d!szururnw. Lastly, the substitution of steel sulla for’ fron lus completed the disorganization of the fron Industry, The works had bLeen ftted up to manufacture dron, amd belure they can . bo sdapted 15 turn out steel they must pe completely transtormed. Happily, thero is evidenco that our fronatasters are alive to the necessities of the situation, uud nre resoe lutely prepuring fur the requisite sacrifice - of capitul. ‘this country, beimz foremost fu the Judustry, has been thie first Lo teed the effects of tho revoiution it is underiroing, just as she first felt the rovoiution in naval copstruction, 1f sho ncts as promptly as on that occasion, shy will bave no need to fear the result. For'a whilu the GREAT GLOSING SALE! Winter Dress Goods! Fheld, Leiter & Co. other districts. Along with the dimninution of demand there would apnear, therefore, to be in aperation s transfer of the plg-iron trade ta the Cleveland district from districts economically Icss favorably situated. It sdvantages nre sich that it scems to bo gradually driving its competitors out of the market, 1 £bis were ali, tho result would be finally benefleial, As fn all creat chunges of the kind, there would be de- plurnble sulerivg on the part. of the workpeo- ple enzaved elsewhere, and there would be o great waste of the capital that gives thew em- vloytnent beforg It could he reluvested more prolitably, bu in the lone run thecountry would obtain its fron tnore cheaply, Uufortunately, however, thls da not w full statement of the fucts. ‘Tho Clevelaud district s oxporting largely to the Continent, and especial- Iy to Germany, as well as to the home dis- triots, und it tn the cridde metal which it §s ing ubrond, - Continental manufacturers have ot Jast learnt that they can buy plg fron ot Mid- 3 s ey eat e 1o-at thete s e EXPOSITION BUILDING, and_cheap and docilo lavor, with skilifyl and BILLIARDS. Tave made still greater reductions in their Dress Goods Department to close eut the following lots ; 200 pes All-Wool Basket Cloth ut 30, marked down from G0¢ 150 pes extra _quality Winey at 15, marked down rom 30¢, 100 pes All-Wool Broeade at 40¢, marked down from 90c, 150 pes English Matelasse af thrifty management, cnuble them in many cases to re-oxpurt it to England when manufaitured, and to undersell our own mukers, “Fhus we are not only Bmmg with the reserve wealth of the country, but we are Josing the profits and wages carned fu working 1t up Ly ireumasters, coul- awnors, and workveople, Unleas, therefore, em- ployers atd trade-unionlsts alike awaken tothe danger with which they are. menaced, England appeara to be slowly losing her ore-eminence nA the great fron manufucturer of the world, whichunly nfew ycars ayosecmed assured to bier, und to be sinking down to the posttion of a mere producer of the raw material—a material, too, be it remembered, which never can be ro- nlaced when once exoorted, and which fa the In- dispensably instrument of ull modern industry, Tho billiara match last night at Branswick's be- tween Sayler and Rhunes resulted in the defeat of Ruines,—hls first defesl in the totirnament, The ganio was & good one; that fs, 1t was closely coa- tested and evidently {nteresting to tho lurge nume ber of spectutors who applauded esch goud play. At about tha last quarter of the conteat Sayler bad tho Jead by 00 points, Bhines by nervy play roducea the lead to 3 poluts, by which number hu was defeated. TUE BUMSARY, Curoago, Jan. 21.-Eieveuth i) in the tourna. ment for the champlonship of Chicago. played at Drunswicics 1Tall, Letween Kayier aud [iincs 6310 lirunswick & lalke tabie, 2is bulls; Abe laufor Bayler wing [0 77 Tholnges averayn, 3. litdncw seure, 2073 averite, e score: It s, however, In the finished trade that the | Pestruns, o 31, Xiie sco on )= sdn Ay qx seal dverity of th dopremion el Tudfaand | o BEGINTEANE LG B SQ AT L 2a¢, marked down from 45e, ustralia have taken a larie: 0 ratls | R N way fron than In the preceding \gunr; and Russla e 1,59, 100 pes Ellgllflll BflSI\et_ Clotl at ligd kept up her demand; but the United Sta; 30,0, 3,3, 0.2, G 4, 9 c. marked down from 40¢, lately “our princlpal customer, have alm £ & Al 7.:‘ 221 L ; '’ feuscd to buy from ue and other eoun- | &8 8 &AM E LR RAELNY 100 pes All-Wool Matelnsso trics have diminlshed ~ tocir vurchases, | 7! .4 & & In fact, as we romarked above, W | Thocame to-nightwill bobetween Monstanand | MiXtures at 50c. marked havo, for - the moment st any rate, | m lost our old munufacturing pre-eminence. In conscquence milla have heen closed all uver the country, or buve been workiug short time, and stucke” have been m:umululln% ut the mt- touthis, Even lu tho favored Cleveland Ui triet the quantity of fintshed work turned ou has decry: Elgewhere the reduction ia Im- mense, Tho condition of the Industry n Stuf- fordshire s strikingly shown in tho adaress de- Iivered by Col. Thornyeroft the Saturday before Christias-Duy to bis workmen at Wolverhamp- ton, The Colonel was u memuer of vne uf thos greatest tin In the trade, and they had founid themselves compelled to dispose Of thelr busi- e Tu lils partlng address Col. ‘Thornycroft stated that the works, which nad becn carried on for gure than half & century, could no lunger be kept gonggz ut o protfit, 'The fanic was largely attributable to the workpeople, who had refused 1o subinit to the reduction of woges necessary to enable thelr employers to hold on, ainl tho result was u stoppage of the works and ulso of the rollicries altached. Otber em- ployers had adopted the same course, and 50 beavy was the cust of puping the water (out of the clused inines) thut owners were driven to stop thelr pumps, und South Stallurdshire was bemy stewdily * drowned out” Respecting the stats of the judustry n South Yorkshir sonic startlicy stutistics bave Leen compile by Messrs. Puwson aug Brallsfond, of Shetfiewd, From tnese it appears that of ty-niue local companies establisaed between 13% and 1570, and having en sgeregute capital of £7,5£3,000, down {rom 75¢. 125 Pcs All-Wool Camel’s Hair Mixtures at GOe, marked down from 90c. d 100 pes 6-4 Alaska Stripes at The,marked down from $1.25 150 pes All-Wool Bourettes, cloth shades at 65¢, marked down from $1.25, . 500 pes Cotton and Silk Mix- tures at 12 1-2c, marked down from 25e. 500 pes Fancy Mixtures at 10c, marked down from 20¢, Speclal altention called to our stock of I'ine Dress Goods in Paris and Lyons Novelties Wihich will be closcd out at 50 per cent less than forwmer prices, Customers will find it to their ad- vantage to attend this sale,commenc- tng Monday, Jan, 21, 1878, N. B,~Freo Stages between Exposition Bullding end §tate sud Randoiph.ats, overy five minutes, for use of our patrons. New Ontraxs, Jan. 21, —Daly snd Dion played of ties fur tha fourth prize ot tho billiard tourna- Laly, 6003 Dion, 441 ; largest rune—Daly, ull"t\O' B3, 70, aud 64; averages— 01 OVERTASKING THE ENERGIES, It 18 nat advisable for any of us to overtask our energles, corporeal or mental, but In tho eager pursult of wealth, or fame, vr kuowledge how sy trauegress thle alutary eule. It mpst be o nutler of ;Lm:l. mportance 1o all who ‘do s to kuuw how thev can rezalu the vigor so recklessly expended. ‘Tho remedy {s ncitlier costly or dani- cult to ubtain, Hosterter's Stomach Bitters {s pro- curvly in every eity, town, ond setticownt in Amcrica, and it combensates for a dratn of bodily or wel cnergy moro effectually than any jovig- orant ever prescribed ar savertised, Lalorin, wen, athletes, studvnts, journaliats, (awy clergymen, plysicluns, all bear teatimony jto i1 wondrously renovatipg powers. It fncreascs the capabliliies for undergoing fatigue, wnd counter- acts the upon the systein of ex- owure, sadentary babits, untiealtny’ or wearylug avocations. or wn lusalubrious climate, aud s & vrime slterative, aluretic, blood dupureut. BUSINESS NOTICES, Use ' 3rs. Winslow's Noothiog Syrup” for children waile tecthing. It cures dysentery snd diarrhrs, wind collc, and regulatve tiy bowale. Pluckney, Jackson & Co.'s Flue Spleos. Uy BAKING POWDER IS TIIE ONLY POWDER Indorsed by Eminent Chemists and Physi- e — ciang for its PERFECT PURITY and e HEALTHFULNESS, and USED IN THEIR OWN FAMILIES. FAIRBANKS, MORSE & 00, 111 & 112 Lake St., Chicugo. 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