Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 9, 1878, Page 11

B BB R4 - B% o R R THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JUNE 9, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES 4 n . qrects, 8t118. m. 400 8 p. m. Communton at §21 v Geosze C. Street will oficiate at Fope Mission, 1141 Milwaukee avenuc, ot 7:30 p. = BAPTIET. e, . F. Raviln will_preach this mornin; T e ein the D'ree Church, Madison atrees avenve. Evening subjects . ¢+ The ar and How to Meet Them, " Goodspeed will preach in the corner of Monroe and Morgan 0 8. m. and 0 p. m. Everts, D. D., will preach coruer of South Parkave- Thirty-Geet strect, in the morning, and ibson in the evening. pee 8D ey, Dr. ‘”i—;’-;}'nw R._De Baotiete will preach morning Pening in Ohivet Church, Fourth avenue. 0 er. A. A. Owen.' D. D.. will preach aingand evening at University Place Church, DO £ of Doaglas place and Rbodes avenue, o e Rew. J. A. Henry will preach morning and coeping in Dearborn Church, on Thirty-sixth gareel. e e Tev. E. B. Hulbert will - preach morning end :fpnsnz in the Fourth Church, Washington and hia stre . Parii v C. Perren will preach fn Western Avenne Churehi Tornig and evening. "€ he Jtev. C. E. Hewitt will preach morning and ereaing at Centeamiel Chureh, Lincoln and dack- o sireets. ; o fer. R. . Alltson will preach morning snq evening in North Star Church, Division and Sedzmick gtreets. S *CThe Rev. J. W. Custis will preach at 10:30 a. . o the Michigan Avenue Chureh, - near Trenty- E. K, Cresey will preach at 10:30 a. 7:30p. m. In_ the Coventry Street Church, 0. Taslor will preach morning 0 Orcliatastreet. . J. Kermort will preach morning 308 evening in Halsted Street Church. ° fhe Rev. Lewis Rsymond will preach in the somb Church. corner of Locke snd Bonaparte rects, a110:30 3. m. and 7:30 p. m, PHESLYTERIAN. ¢ Rev. J. 11 Walker will preach morning and e n e Reanlou Church, Fourteenth asar s J. A. Montgomery will conduct a pel meeting in the Railtoad Chapel, State and Thiveenth streets. this morning, and tho Rev. Anthur Mitchell will preach in the evening, “The Rev. W. T. Meloy will nreach morning sod evening in the First United Church, corner of Jonroe ana Puulina sircets. ZThe Rev. Arthur Matchell will preach In the Firet Claurch, corner of Indiana avenue und Twen ¢-frst street, ut 10:30 2, m. —The Iev. J. Mouro Gibson will preach in the Second Church. corner of Michigan avenue and Twepticthetreet, 41 10:45 0 m. 00d 7:45 p. m., ZThe Rev. A, E. Kittredge will presch o the Third Church, corner of Ashland and Ogden cvennes, 210330 2. 1. and 7:45 p. m. Morning Eubject:, **Tte Value of Christiznity o the Nation fnd the Individual. ™ Evening: **Daniel, or True Heroism. ™ —~The Rev. John Abbott French will preach in the Fourth Cburch, corner of Kush and Superior 19:45 3. w. a0d 7:45 p. m. Evenlng sabject: **Syria. " —The Rev. C. L. ’l‘hom]\snn will preach in the Fifth Church, corner of Indiana_avenue and Thirticth strect. at 10:30 0. m. and § . . Even- ing. slxth lectare on *“The Gospel in Daniel.” “The Rev. Henry T. Miller will preach in the sixth Church, corner of Vincennes and Oak ave- nucs, at 20:0 3. m. andS p. m. Morning sub- et “~How 10 Treat Strangers *'; evening, Bidle reading. 5 ~Prof. F. L. Patton will preach in the Jefierson Perk Charch, corner of Throop and Adams streets, 2£10:30 . m, and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. James Maclanghlan will presch in the Scotch Charch. corner of Adams and Sangamon Eroets, morning and evenin; The Rev.J. AL Worrall will preach fn the Fichth Charch, corner of Washfugion and Robey etreets. at_10:30a, m. and S p. m. Evening ject: **Elements of Success for Tourg Men Barrett will preach in West- mmeter Church, comer of Peoria and Jackson etreets, ot 10:30 o. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning savject: ** Principle versus Sentiment '} evening: +*Messiah's Kingdom. ~The Rev. W. T. Meloy will preach morning. end ecvening 1n the First Uniteq Presbyterian Church, Mouroe and Paulina strcets, REFORMED EPISCOPAL. The Rev. M. D. Church wiil ofiiciate thie morn- 4ng atd evening in St. John's Church, Ellis avenue, zear Thirty-seventh street. ~—The Rev. F. W. Adame will preach in Immen- el Church, corner of Centre and Dayton strcets, 2 the morning, and the Rev. Dr. Ellott in tad evenins. —The Rev. P. B. Morgan will officiate this ormine and evening in St.Panl’s Church, corner of Washington and_Carpenter etrects. Evening eabject: - What We Want the Cbutch For, of the Rizht and Wrong Gses of the Sanctuar, —The Rev. R. 1L hosworth wiil préach this foming In Tilloteon's Hatl, Englewood. —The Rt.-Rtev. Dishop Cheney will preach in Christ Church, Michigan avenne and Thirts-fourih sireet, thie morning and evening. Morning sub- foett '+ ltogal Seal. ™ Evenisg: +*1dle i the furket Place. ™ —r. R. 1I. Burke will preach in Grace Charch, comer of [oyne and Le Moyne stree 10:45 0, . a2d 745, m. Eveningsubject: **True and False Service.” METHODIST. The Rev. Dr. Thomas will preach this morning snd evening in the Centenary Charch, Monroe, near Norgan etreet. Children's Day serviees intne norming. —The Rev. Dr. E. M. Borine will preach this moming nd evening in the State Street Courch. —Children's Doy at Park Avenue Church. Floral decomations, bapisem of children, sdmission to membership. The Rey. S, t10:50 2. m. and —rs. J. F. Willing w of Emmanuei Church this mornin West arrison and Paulina stree #choo! concert in the evenine. —The Rev. M. M. Parkburst will preach in the First Church, corner of Washington ana Clark freets. Morning subject: ** Hold Cn;" evening: **Little Fose: —Children's-Day celebration in Trinity Charch 8 10:45 3. m. _Addreesce by the Rev, W. F. Crafts and the C. G. Trosdell. _Music by the children, £nd floral decorations. The Rev. \V. F. Crafts will preach in the evenme, —The Rev. Dr. Williamson _will Nichigan Avenue Cburch, near strect, ot 10:30 8. m. ond’ 7:45 enbjedt: ** Caristian Perfection; pianstions of Revelations.™ ~Cozrles 3. Morton will preach in Chicago Ave- nme Church (Mfr. Moody's) this morning. In the evenivs George Muller, of Bristol, England, will preach, and Grace Methodist, New England Con- sreeational, sud Fourth Presbyterian Churches, will probably unite in his honor. ~Celebration of Children’s Day in Grant Place Church in the momning. The Rev. T. P Marsh will preach in the evenine. —Tre Rev. 5. H. Adams will preach in the Western Avenue Church, corner of Monroe street, morning and evenine, —Cluldren’s Day will be celebrated in the Wa- baeh Avenue Church at 112, m. The church will be decorated with flowers and_ singing-birds, and music will be given and nddresscs read to the claldren. The Rev. A. W. Potter will preach nt 5 p. m. —The Itev. C. B. Ebby will preach in the Free Ehnr‘ch, Morgan street near Lake, morning and vening. —Weather permitting, there will bo open-sir ;cmcu corner of West Uhto and Noble streetsat P m. McChesney will preach m. 1 preach to the children corner of Sunday- resch in the hirty-second p. m. Morning evening, ** Ex- CONGREGATIONAL, The Rev. E. F. Williams wiil preach in the ]l;ngrly-!c\'nnlh Street Church at10:45 this morn- —The Rev. G. H. Peeke will preach In the Lesvity Street Church, Morning eubject: **The Gorpel “adopted to Human Want;" evening: *Tne Troe Method of Reform. ™ =The Res, Charles Hall Everest will preach this moming and evening in Plymouth Church. Michi sansvenne, between Twenty-ifth and Twenty- §ixth strects. The Sunday-school will be present &t moming services. Evenipg subject: '+ A Wise Woman, "™~ ~The Rev. Georzer Miller, of Bristol, England, will preach this morning in the First Church, cor- Ber Of Ann und - Washington street, at 10:30 velock. —ite ltes. D. N. Vapderveer will preach this moraing and evening in the Union Park Church. INDEPENDENT. 0. Georse Boxhead will preach in Burr Mission Chapel, No. 389 Tiird avenue, at11a. m,, and Ar, George Quinan in ihe evenfog. —Deacongtillard will conduct the eervices in Calon Chapel, No. 97 South Desplaines strect, . m. ~Jobn E. Yorrie will preach in the Berean bis- tlon Chapel, corner of Fulton and May strects, moraing andeventng. CIRISTIAN, ~—Elder M. W. Lord will preach this morning in the Second Church, Campbell Hall, Von Buren wreet and Campbell avenue. ~The Hev. A, J. White will preach the West- #r Avenue Cuurch, corner of Congress street, t5is Worning and evening. —The Rev. &, nner will preach this morn- Iog 30d evenine in the First Church, comer of Ia- D avenue and Twenty-Hfth street. TNITARIAN. The Rev. Brooke ilerford will preach this siorning in the Charch of the Meesish, corner of Bichizan avenne and Twenty -third sire 3 —The Rev. G. E. Gordon, of Milwazkee, will presch in the Fourth Church. corner of Pral Evennc snd Trartieth etreet, st 11 3. m. —The Kev. Brovke flerford will preach at Keeley Hall, comer of Archer avenue and Keeiey strect, . m, —The Rev. Robert Collyer wili preach {n Unity Choreh, corner of Dearborn avenue and Walton strect, in the morning. No evening service. —The Rev. T. B. Forbusk-will preach in the ‘Third Church, corner of Monroe and Ladla streets, 24p.m. Subject: ‘> Seeking God.™ i VERSALIST. St Paul's Church, Michigan avenue, neat Eight- eenth street. Anniversary exerciecs of the Sun- gay-£choo} in place of tne regular morning service. he Rev. Dr. Ryder will preach in the evening. —Church of the Redcemer, corner Washington and Sangumon strects. Tbe Rev. Sumner Ellis, Dastor. Flower Sunday and baptiem will be ob- Served this morning, Acdress to the sunday- sekool by the pastor. LUTITERAN. The Rev. Edmund Leifour will preach thismora- Inz acd evening in the £uelish Chuzch of the foly Trinity, cormer of Desrborn avenne and Etie streets, 2 NEW JERUSALEM. s ‘The Rev. O, L. Darber will preachin the New marks of sutfering and wo. son. his portrait,—but the most nat ‘portrait on the wall. Church Hall, Eighteenth s ie ave- nue, at11 o‘el[:‘zcl; this mo:x{ir;;f £ Justelaene ~The Rev. L. P. Mercer, in ompli zeguest of 3. Tutey. G G Goaney med mpe il repeat nis Jieconrsc on ¢ The Common Good nstitnte sorved, " v Hall e mntad. and Conserved," at Hershey FRIENDS. o Friends wil mestus uausl on Twenty-sixth g :303. m. “Nathan and Esther 71 om Indiss, will be in atienamneo. . AISCELLANEOUS, : Tie Rev. §. M. Conuer will presch in the Wash- ngtonian Tome Chapel at 3 o'clock this afternoon, e ls iatbevson mil preach moroing and evon: t nt Christians in Green S - ol Yo, 01 South Green trert. Srseg Sset Chap riends’ meeting will be held at 10:30 this morning in Room 1 Athenum Bullding, Dearbora street, batween Rendolph and Lake. —Tho Rev. 3. D. Church will preach at the Gos- el temperance service at 4 p. m. at Union Tem- perance Hall, No. 789 Cottage Grove avenue. Carhe Frosressive Lyceum meels 5 the THird urch, corner of i streets, at 12 o'clock to-dag, oo 204 Laiin yg-ihe First Socicty of Spiritualists will meet at :450. mand 7:45 . m., in the church at the corner of Monroe and Lafin strects, Mrs, Corn L, Y. Richwond, trance-speaker. Morainz subject: Scintillations from the Sphere of Kobert Dals Qwen." In the eveninz the epiritof the Rev. Taeodore Parker will control and discoree o ihe religions of the nations of Western Asia_und the Hellenic Period.” Jules G. Lumbard will sing. Services close with'sn impromptu poom. - Sezis —The Rev. G. E. Gordon, of Milwaukee, will reach for the *‘Christian Union™ at Tilloteon's all, Englewood, at 3 p. m. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. June 9~Whit-Sunday. June 10-Monday in Whitsun-Week. June 11—Tuceday in Wintsnn-Week; St. Batnabas. June 12—Fast—Ember-Day. June 1i—Faei—Ember-Day. June 15—Fast—Ember-Day. . June 9—Pentepost CLIOLIC. une 9—Pentecost, or W hit-Sunday. Jane 10T hit-Nondaye L oundeY: Jene 11— Whit-Tuesda une 12—0f the Octave; Ember-Day~Fast; S5. Basilides and Comp. , MM June 1301 the Octave s 20K unc 14—0f the Octave; Ember-Day—F: Junc 15-0f the Octave; Fmber Day—iact; SS. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, MM, siSsees oo i o) AN INCIDENT OF DECORATION-DAY, To the Editor of The Tridune. CALDWELL, O., June 3.~ happened to know Capt. Barclay McCollum, who fell ot Cedar Creck in the moment of Sheridan’s great vie- tory there. He was at the time a staf-oflicer, with the ronk of Assistant-Adjutant-General. ‘The old ofticers of Sheridan's Armyof thc Shen- andosh will remember him well. When I wasa college-noy he was a classmate of mine at Wash- ington College, and I boarded at his mother’s house. We were fast friends, and entered the army together as privates; but he rose rapidly above me from rank to rank, by reason of his superior merit.: Hewas a grand-looking fellow, and as brave a man as ever carrfed a sword or :‘xi)&l‘u in front of s charging colummn, as he often The last time I saw him in life was just be- fore the great day of Cedar Creek, mounted on a magnifcent_white horse,~himself s largo man, scarcely 21 years of age. He had then been in the army mearly three years. Ashe dashed up tbe old road from Winchester thut early sutumn morning, io his brizht army-blue uniform, he happened to look around and see me tradging sloug on foat, cormying g faithful old musket. He halted suddenly, as the great- hearted fellow always did when we chanced to meet, and ke sprang lightly from his borse, aud in amoment I'was at his side, with my hand firmly rasped i his. It was an hobor to Luulch that hand. I felt it sothen. Ifeel it so etill. We exchanged but a few words, and he was on his horse again, zalloping away after Wrizht or Lergett, flayes or Teters, I forget which now,—the finest-looking officer of them all “\Vhat a target for Rebel bullets!” I mentally exclaimed as be dizappeared around the turn of theroad. Itwas the last time we were ever to meet in this world, But aday or two after- wards be was killed in the linc of his duty as a soldier, dying with his face to the foc, in the front line of battle, and with the cheer of vic- tory ot bis lips, a5 the brave choose to die. And so, when, on Decoration-Day, almost fourtcen years after bis death, I found myself at MeConnelsville, where Tknew his aged and widowed mother now lives, was it any wone der that I souzht her bouse and stood at her doorway? ‘[he poor widow was st home, aud came to the door, and with a sad smile invited me in. She is now quite old, and her face bears the He was an only Her hears bas been in Barclay Mc- grave these fourteen long and Cullum’s sbndowy years. _As] éntered the room, and took the sent she 56 kindiy pointed out for meto take, 1 glanced at some vaintings oo the wall, and there before me st00d, larze as life, and 13 patural, Barclay McColiumi. & almost cxpected him to speak and reach out the old hand of welcome. ‘The illusior lasted but a moment; ft W;\i‘anly and ex- pressive one I eves saw. The great, dark eves, the smooth, raven halr losely_cut, the majestic port, the clear-cut, classical lineaments of countenance, the olive complexion andstalwart frame, theperfection of physical maohood,—tlere wes before meina What takes me minutes totell you was the work of o glauce aod a mo- ment’s burried thought. A mist came between meand the picture, and throughit floated in ewift panoramic view the sad procession of thouwhts which 1 must not undertake to relate now for fear of proving too tedious. Any soldier can upderstand me. Aug one who has had a dear comrade fal! beside “him in battle can under- stand what is feft unwritten bere. 4 Where did you get that portrait—so accurate —of Barclas " iuquired. T did it myself,” quictly replied the widow, as her eves rested lovingly on it. 1 eaw the tears were beginning to fill those eyes that were o like the eyes of Barclay Mc ollam. The scene was becoming painful. A mouwent’s silence, broken only by an dudible eigh followed, when I ventured to again tu- uire s W “ Haa you a zood photograph to copy from?"” «Yes,’? the widow answered, “a very zood one as photographs zo. But it was wanting in expression, You know, us nearly ail photo- graphs are. What was lacking I had to supply from memory.” “F¥rom memors!” I repeated, scarcely stop- ping to think upon what sacred ground I was treading,— from memory! Why, Barclay Las been gone these fourteen years.”” “Gone! O no! He has never left me for a moment. Waking or sleeping, he is always be- side me, young and beautiful us be was the day be eplisted. He sat before me all the time was at worlk, all these long years, and I never missed him from my side one moment.” 1 got up, waiked about the room for a few minutes, tried to talk, aud to get ber to talk, of something eise. The drums were beating, the flags fiving, and all the town out on s gala ex- cursion towards the soldiers’ graves, for it was Decoration-Day. p > When 1 rose to leave, she accompanied me to the door, and, as she passed out of the room, though but for & moment, she turned halt round to look again at the picture,—the loving work of her own devoted, motherly hauds.— and, s she looked, she scemed to say to the portrait on the wall, * Barclay, son, excuse me; 1will be back in 2 moment.” 1 bade ber zood-bye, and followed the people to the soldier’ graves with a pew sense and o deeper aufrcci:\lmn thas I ever had before of a mother’s love for an only son who fe!l in battle for his country. PRIVATE DALZELL, | My LITTLE WIFE Of ali the bonnie little buds, Ay little wife's the farrest; Tiove ber very dearly, and Her love is of the farest. Yon never saw my little wife— You've never scen her walkiagy She's just as sweet as she can be, But sweeter far when talking. Her voice Is ke the lute's soft swel So gentle and 50 tender: And everything she does 5o well tuet highly fecommend her, Ter sylpl-likie form is Besuty's own, So fairy-like each motion; Ter love s like the doep, deep eea— The grear and mighty ocess. Afy little wife and T are seen *Mos: agy doy tozether: She doesn't secm 15 care a bit Uow stormy i3 the weather. tles elose beslde my heart— 5. more. she fives within 1t; void af cvery kind of art— She never could begin it. & She leads me up the nill of Life— She bids me spurn its pleasures; She crowns me with as pure a love— Yea, pure as vircin meacures. Tm bappy with my liitle wife; 1 know I'm not deserving, But ou ! Without her what {s life? A gift scarce worth preserving. Now. who ls she, my little one, Whom I do love so dearly? Her name 1 novw will tell to yon, And tell it most sincerely. She's known fo almost every one, No matter in what station; The high, the low, the rich, the poor, AMust know her—Xleditation. Josse D. TUBNET. REAL ESTATE. The Dangers of Not Investing in Real Estate. A Moderate Number of Sazles=-» Loans of the Week. Building Permits---Unimproved Prop- erty in New York. Sonth Side Assessments---The Whole Matfer in a Nutshell, Tho Streets of Chicago and Paris---Le- mont Limestone. TAHE MARKET. I1TS GENERAL ASPECT. The general aspect of the real-cstate market is described elsewhere. In the absence of a rushing busiuess, some real-estate dealers have beentallang over two incidents that camne to the surface last weels, and which they fosist point & useful moral to those who have small sums of money to take carc of, and are in doubt whether to put It into real estate ornot. A man owned 2 house and lot nesr Brighton. The place was worth §3,000. Rents were cheap, and as the proprictor belieyed that he could ‘zet his dwell- ing-room cheaper by remting amother man’s house than by occupying his own he sold his house. The purchase-money he put on deposit. in Sydney Myers' Bee-Hive, where iv still re- mains. Another man, a squatter on some land Just outside the thickly-populated part. of the West Side, had §575 in greenbacks, which he bad aceumulated as the _result of many years' penurious savings. He was too shrewd to invest it in real estate or trust it to. o savinzs bank. After wmuch deliberation this careful man nailed bis greenbacks to the underside of one of the boards of the flooring of his humble home. When he went to look for it last week all that was left was the corners protected by the Leads of the uails from the rats’ teeth. The real-estate dealers argue that 3f these unlucky individuals, and the cluss to which they belol had put their money into real estate and kept {t there, they would in the tirst place have an ab- solutely secure investment, and in the second vlace would in the long run reap from it the average profit of capitai tn setive use. There is much foree in this view, proviged the investor keeps out of debt. LOANS. In the real estate loan market there was a slight improvement in business the past week, bat not of such a decided character g5 to war- rant the statement that the tide bas turned. Many of the trust-deeds figuring jn the weekly report are renewals, of to secure some pressing indebteduess. Loan agents are doing less than ouc-half of last year’s business, and less than one-third of that done {n 1876. Tue rates for money coutinue unchanged. The supply of fuunds fsin excess ot the demand. although many capitalists have witharawu altozether. Pay- ments continue in the same satisfactory condi- tion noted for some wecks past. The followint were the principai transactions: Indiana street, southwest coroer of Green street, 60x116 fect, 39,000, five years, at 8 per W Lake street, 50x123 foet, Nos. 636 and 683, south frout, $15,009, dve years,at 7 per cent. Four blocks in Hyde Park were pledeed to se- cure an indebteduess of $15,000, due in three ‘years, 8 per cent jnterest. A demand note, giveo to the American Insur- ance Company for $11,000, with 7 per 't in- terest, was secured by five lots in the Village ot Hyde Park. ‘Forty-four lots in the block sltuated between Western and Campbell avenues, and between Fifteenth and Rebecea streets, 12,000, one year, at 8 per cent: Indiana street, 50 feet west of Cass street, south front, 30x100 fect, $10,000, five years, nt per cent. COMPARATIVE STATENEST FOR TUE WEER ENDINO JUSE 8. IM!rumml:[ 441,677 pec 3 512,653 Trost-deeds Morigages.. Aggregate. Beleases. .. SALES. The actual transactions In this line the past week were quite encourazing. The mopey value was not. large, but the number showed o brisk market. Many parcels of uity property changed hands at prices rangice from $10,000 10 $2)~ 009, according to circumstances. Suburban lots also came in 1or a share of the favorable breeze, and several sales.were consummated at fair The week's business was quite satisfac- The following were the important trans- Alanson Watson sold to Isaac A. Watson lot on Warren avenue, between Leavitt and Hoyne streets, south front, 31 8-10x133 feet; also, Jot on Boston aveuue, 300 feet cast of Halsted strect, north front, 505821 fect, for $12,000. George D. Roscngarten sold to larvey, M Thompson Jot on West Lalke street, 50x s S‘;md[ngs known as Nos. 636 and 835, for §$18,000. John W. Hersey sold to Theodore Stone lot on North LaSalle street, north of and near Chi- cago avenue, west frout, 43 4-10x101 feet, with building, for §18,000, Reinnard Hugeman sold to Herman Niether Jot on Clybourn avenue, 59%x100 feet, iwith buildings Nos. 60, 62, and_64, for $10,000; also, lot on Archer avenue, 25 feet front to Twent, sccond street, with bullding No. 118, for $10,000. Martin Andrews soldto E.Swartz lot on TPark avenue, between Ashiand avenue and Pau- lina strect, south front, 20x145 7-10 feet, im- proved, for $5,000. Lot on Calitornia avenue, north of Forty-sixth street, comprising 33 acres, cold for $6,500; six- teen lots in Hinman's Addition to Evanston sold for £15,000; four lots in Hilliard & Dabbins’ First Addition to Washingion Heights, $1,200; two lots in East Washington Helghts, $400; two Jots in North Evanston, $1,000; four lots in Ironworkers' Addition to Seuth’ Chicago, $700. Peterson & Bay sold to Stark Bros., for John R. Carlii, Nos. 304 and 306 West Indianastreet, double frame house, and lot 33575, for 5,200, Also No. 345 Division street, to Otto Jiastar, for Prof. N. P. Dearson, two-story frame house, cottage in rear, and lot 22x150, for $4,000. W. L. Picrce' & Co. have sold u lot, 25x130, on West Madison street, near Lafiin, for $3,500. J. Henry & Jacodb Weil & Co., have sold a lot, 255130, on Milwaukee avenue, nesr North avenue, for $1,500, W. L. Pierce & Co. bave leased No. 47 State street, first floor and basemeut, to James Brown for a restaurant, at a rent of $2.000 a year. SATURDAY’S TRANSFERS, The following instruments were tiled for record Saturday, June S: €I7Y rROPERTY. Yorktown et, & e corner of Thirty-fourtn 8t, w f, 360x125 ft, dated June 7, Western'av, 190 Jt n of Polk s, w I, 24x 125% ft, dated May 28.. ...\, .. L. Lowe av, 258 ft 8 of Thirty-ffth 41, o f, 243123 6-10 11, dated June B.ove. ..o Robey st, 305 ft'n of Wabansia av, W I, 243197 (1. dated June § Thirty-Grst st, 23 1t 35 of Vermont av, n 1, 25%125 {6, dated May 23, % Wentworth a¥, 108{ts of Scventeentn €t. ¢ £, 245100 ft, with building No. 916, 7,041 1,200 17 530 800 dated May 31. . 2,500 Dekalb i, 312 1t of F oum0<al1 ow . 243100 ft, with building No. 32, dated June 7 .. 3,500 Wentworth av, 108 {1 8 of Seventeenth st, ¢ f, 24xi00 ft, with building No. 916, dafed June 7 ... 2,500 S0UTI 07 CITY LINIT: A WADIUS OF SZVEN Madison av, 150 fts of Fifty-third T, 40x192'1t, improved, dated Moy 1 Hoyne st, 216 fL n of Forty-ninth &t, w f, 48x12314 ft, dated May 2 SUMMARY FOR TIE WEEE. The following is the total amount of city sad suburbsn transfers within o radius of seven miles of the Court-House filed for record during the week ending Saturday, June S: City sales, 59: consideration. $209,333 north of city limits, sales, 23 consideration, $1,035; soutn of city limits, sales, 10; consideration, $25,633. Total sales, 71; totul consideration, $230,494. BUILD! Building permits were issued last weck to the number of sixty-three, thirty-five of which will cost $133,000. Some of the more important are: Willism Grongsharv, dwelling at No.38 Hastings street, to cost 52,000 J. B. Calhoun, three threc-story dwellings on Pine strect, nesr Huron, to cost $4,000 each. ¢ Henry Burmeister, three-story store and dwell- ing on Larrabee etrect, corner of Blackbawk, to 0 523 Wastes. ndaition to bnat s resley. addition to building on Super gebary sircets, to cost §2, 000, L PeOF $ 5,100 500 quence. some years ago, stoue, sand, or gravel), First, one inch dry, coarse sand; next, eight to gravel, fooded with hot bitumen und ground stone until the spaces are filled_quite full (the broken stones being graduated from the size ot a quart-measure to the size of a marble or less), making a pyramidical mass from apex to base, evenness there may be. G. D. Gremroarson, two three-story stone-front stores, corner of Indinn2 and Green streets, to cost. 810,000, . Jongs, two three-story stone-front dwell- {ings at Nos. 1080 and 1082 Indiana avenue, to cost §5, 500 each. J. Nonin, two-story dwelling on the morthwast ggn&a\“, of Indisps and Llncu!n. streets, to cost’ A. Eckhart. three-story dwelling at No. 499 Weet Montoe street, 1o cost £3,500. Seorge Watson, six three-sloty dwellings corne: ot Wells and Indlana streets, to cost 830,500, A. Guthman, three-story store ana diwelling at 118 North' Clark etreet, to cost $9,000. Board of Education, three-story scnool, to cost 000, situnted on Sedewick and Diviaton streets, . Meyer, two two-siory ouildings at Nos. 805 and 897 West lake erreet, t0 cost $5,000. UNIMPROVED REAL ESTATE IN NEW YORK. Too real-estate sales in New York and Brook- lyn have recently piven the test of hard cash to the value of ubimproved property in those cities. On May 15, 534 lots belonging to the Brevoort-Lefferts estute, aod situated in a rapid- 1y improviag part of Brooklyn, were offered for sale at auction. Some seventy lots were dis- posed of at prices averaging about 50 or 60 per cent less than the same property broght in De- cember, 1872, But there the bidding stopped, ana uo efforts of the auctioneer could dispose of tho rest of the property. The results of the sate are believed to show that there is at present no demand for unimproved Brookiyn' property. The sale of the Carman estate, near Mount Washington, in New York, was still less suc- cessful. The bidding was confined to less than Laif a dozen persons. A lot at the corper of Eighth avenue und Onejfiundred and Fifty-third street sold for §350, 8ix 1nside lots on Eighth avenue went for $310 each, sud the corner lot on One Hundred and Fiity-fourth street for §630. Strect lots brought from $175 to $195. The Riverside Ilouse, a handsome botel-bulld- ing containing 125 rooms, with_half an ncre of land, and a Hudson River Railroad station In front of the house, sold for 22,000. In 1873 thie same property was bid in at a partition sale for $85,( ‘The sale was postponed indefinite~ 1y. ’ BUILDING IN NEW TORK. The New York Zimnes gives the following table, compiled from the records of the Build- ing Depertwent, of new buildings planned and completed: 1678 1§77 PN quarter. April, quarter. dprit, B i R et =3 - s 18 T TR 17 18l The estimuated cost of the 325 buildings, for which plans and specifications were filed in the first quarter of 1377, was $2,704,830. April swelled this amount; for the 176 buildings pro- jected §a that month cost 1,934,450, theamount of mougy estinated to be necessary tu compiete the entdre_number of 501 buildinirs beiug 34,- 709,250; Broadway is to be improved by the construction at different pofuts of larze, sub- stantial, and ornamentat buildings. Of the 27 buildings projected durinz the winter, ten are to be crected on the main thoronghfare at a cost of ubout $1,000,000. CORRESPONDENCE. S0CTO SIDE ASSESSMENTS—THE WHOLE MATTER IN A NUT-SHELL. To the Editor of The Tridune. Cuicaco, June 8.—Is it right that the real estate of this division should be assessed and taxed at from two Lo four times higher than the Test of the State? If not, what Is the remedy? I befeve a perfectly simple and constitutional method similar to that adonted by the State of Pennsylvania can be adonted in this State for ratsinz the comparatively small umount re- auired for State revenue,~being less than oue- half of what is required to run the City of Chicago,—without any taxation of either real or persopal property for State purposes. This would dispense iwith the tats Board of Equalization snd leave every county independent of ali the others. But we canoot wait for so radica! 4 chanze. What, then, can bo done fn the present emergency! OUnly two things are proposed. One is to bring ud the assessments n atl the countics and towns of the State to a full cash value, and the other is to assess the South Town of Chicago at a valuation somewhere near the known averaoe of the rest of the State. 'I'ne former is as much out of our power as it would be to assess aud collect taxes on property in the moon at 2 fuil cash yatue. What will be the effect of an attempt to tax this division at from three to ten times as high as other parts ot the State? Simply to couvert thie very best and most fruitful tax-paying por- tion of the dli' Inzo s solid phslanx of tax- fighters, and thus cut off_almost one-half of the revenues of the city. Is this for the futer- est of the whoie cfty? Wil it eohance the value of cur seripé The property of the South Town, real and persoval, should be assessed. as mearly as possible on an_exact par_ with the rest of the State until a cbange is made throughout the whole State, and theowners of this propesty would be very glad 10 b let off by paying con- siderable more thao thefr just proportion, be- cause, owing to the prominence of this property in the city and State, {t is lnpossible that it should be passed over as lightly as property {o more obsctire locations. But when it is pro- posed to tax this property from two to four times higher than the rest of tne State, the tax cannot be collected, and an immensc failure of revenuo must he the unayoidable conse- J. H. KepziE. TUE STREETS OF CHICAGO AND PARIS—ADVANT- AGES OF ASPHALTUM OVER STONE OR WOOD EN BLOCKS. To the Editor of The Tribuns. UmioaGo, June 8.—The unusual amount of wet weather we are having this summer, aud the condition of our principal streets and drive- ‘ways to the parks, scem to be interesting the public mind generally. There Isa growing ne- cessity for laying and maintaining more durable pavements in our city, already the most beauti- 1ul in architecture (since rebuilt) in the world. Que thing, however, is lackiag to complete its grandeur, and that is {ts streets and walks, which should be Iaid with the cleanest and most durable of pavements, When in Paris, 1bad an_opportunity of sceins several streets [aid with the so-called asphaltum pavement, and, as we have never had angthing of the kind laid fn Chicago (atl of the so-called asphalt pavement fafd bere being simply coal tar or bitumen mixed with ground or broken it vou will allow will tersely describe. me space I twelve or'mors inches broken stone and coarse Which must of necessity sink uniformly, if at all,—~covering this mass with tine gravel and coarse saud, being first saturated with hot bitu- meo and spread thick enough to fill up any un- It is then rolled down with o ponderous iron roller, when it is ready for the wearing-surface, which is formed of coarse, silicious sand and ground caleareous stoue, well heated and mixed with pure asphalt- um, which, while hot, is spread to the depth of two or more inches upon the foundation above Cuseribed, and agein rolled down solid. ‘'the mixture being elastic, and yielding under tratlic, g a good hold to the shoo of stock, and im- Tervious' to water, s 4 nou-con- ductor of hest and cold. Consequently the road-bed beneath being frec from mofsture neyer freezes, nor is it thrown up irom the per- culations of water through it as in the case, of pavements where the fibers or 80:“ contain more or less agueous matter. Wooden' pave- mcuts of all kiuds have beeu tried sod found wanting where Isfd on theprincipal trafiic streets; and stone, cobble, and\¢ranite on, the other hand, are objectionable for the reason of noisc; wear and teor of rolling-stock (also nerves), and unevenness of surface veing gen- erally avoided (Lasalle street, west of the Court- House for instancey driving the track and other heavy teaming on to the lighter aud more even surface streets. A correct and houest solutiou of the problem how to aintain a durable, clean, clegant, aud pleasant driveway is one of vast importance 1o our citizxns generally, and the much-abused Michigan avenue shouid receive attention among the first, as it seems to be the only good driseway to the South Side parks, aod it i5 Ladly cut up already, although but recently recovered with Joliet gravel. MiCHIGAK AVENUE. THE USE AND ABUSE OF THE LEMONT LIME- STONAE. : é To the Editor of The Tribune. ¥ CHICAGO, June 8.—S0 muchhas recently been Dublished concerning the so-called disintegra- tion and the scaling of the surface of the Cook County or Lemount limestone that a very exag- gerated fmpressfon is likely to obtain, especially among those but little acquainted with the stome. We may expect, as during the excite- ment concerning dry-rot, to read in the Eastern papers “that the fine bufldings erccted at so much cost in Chicago after the dire are now all crumbling to pieces.” The truth is, that the Lemont limestone is an excellent building stone. _Although the rules for its best use are often altogether neglected, still I am not aware a sipgi¢ instance where the atmospheric in- Juries amount to anything more serious than a ht unsightliness thut can in a measure be-re- moved by s thorough cleaniog and a coating of silicate. * There are, however, certaln conditions that must be satisied if a beautiful and endur- ing cut-stono front is desired. 1. The stone must be selected. There are even in the best quarriesa large quantity of poor stone. Nature does not work uniformly, and the stratfiications: show periods of change, when, instend of material for compact limestone, clay and other foreign watters are deposited, These impurities do not always exist only as seams between strata, but often In chalk like lummps and veins that sppearin the. freshly dressed stone 8s whitespots. They soon turn dark colored and often drop out. . The stonemust be Iaid upon its quarry bed. A stratified stons is somewhat like a book; it will support more welght without injnry if laid fiat than if stood ob end. If one of the leaves isrubbed it will soou look ragged, while the same amount of rubbiug on the cdges, if the book is firmiy closed, would searcely produce a visible effeet. Al practical difficulties to using the thin Lemont stone on - its quarry bed can be obviated by the skill of the archituct, esves cially in Gothic work, and the advantages are usually well worth the trouble. 3. The stone should never be cleaned with strouz acid. [t bas been the almost universal custom in Chicago to clean down the 1ronts of bulldings with muriatic acid. This is particu- lerly injurious to the stone, for it is readfly a- tacked Dy the acid, which, to a certaln extent, is. absorbed by the stone, und fs only partially re- moved by the washing with water and by the raine. ‘The geid continues to act for a consider: abie period. “In a pure atmosphere, Do other treatment than washing with soap and water is necessary; but inacity like Chicago, where wuch bitumninous coal is burned, the sulphur in the coal forms dilute sulphuric acid on the surface of the stone when wet, which slowly eats into the stone. The most approved treatment is to _thoroughly clean the stone with a rubbing-stons, sand, and water, and tben, ms a protection against the atmosoheric action, cover the ex- posed surface of the stome with a solution of silicate of sodn, or Jiquid glass as It i5 often called. The advantages of this treacment can be seen ‘by compariug the buildings on the northeast and the southwest corners of Frank- lin and Monroe streets in Chicago, which were treated ‘as above, described with silicate_and without strong acid, with the store-work of the Tabernacle, on the south side of Monroe street, ond butlding fram the corner of Frauklin, which was treated as usual with acid. The stove of the Tabernaclo shows o slight scaling of tue surface over o conslderable area, particu- Tarly fa the upper courses, while nothing of the kind is seen in the buildings coated with the stticate. It is also worthy of remark that the buildings treated with silicate keep cleaner than those wasbed with strong acid. Nothiug of all this is new. These rales for the use of limestone were long ago recommend- ed in Loudon, and haye been often repeated in other large aties. Still they are not gencrally known, nor do they receive, even from archi- tects, the consideration they merit. The mosh rational building material i3 the one nearest at. band thae will eerve the purpose. The best buildicg-stone for Chicazo should be Co County limestone. ‘The best designs for Chic: go buildings are those best adapted to the use of this stone. A warw, iight-colored stone adds much to the cheerfulness of a city, and it is not too much to say that, had uo othier stone than our own lime- stoue Leen used in the rebuilding of Chicago, thie beauty of the city wonld have been materi- ully enbanced, and in that respectwe could have claimed a resemblance to the Capital of France. Tarisis almost entirely built of a limestone that, exeept it §s not 85 hard, very closely resembles Lemont stous W. L. B. Jzsxcy. ARMY NEWS. TOEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMYV. WastiNoto, D. C.—Speclal Orders No. 117.~ n of the Sccretary of War, the following changes in the ststions and duties of ofiizsrs of the Corps of Enetneers are made: Capt. L. C. Overmann is relieved from duty under Capt. W. R. King, £od will report 1o the Commanding General Division of the Pacidc for daty on his stafi. Capt. B. D. Green is relieved from duty at Wilits Point, New York Harbor, and will repost to Capt. W. R. King at Chattavoozs, Temn., for duty under his orders. Firs-Lleut. J. C. Mallery 1s relieved from duty on the stad of the Commanuing General Military Division of the Pacigc, and on the completion of uls pre sent duties will report to commanding officer Wilists Point, New York, for duty with the Battalion of Engineers By direction of the Secretary of War, the follow- inz-nuned oficers will feport without delay to the Hoard of Ordnance officers, now in seesion ot Frankford Arsena), Pennssivanis, for ozamination for transfer to Ordnance Debartment: First-Licut. C. C. Morrison, Sixth Cavales: Second-Licut. Ire MeNutt, Third Artillery: Sccond-Licut. Orin B. itcham, Fourth Artiflcry. The following transters 1 the Third Casalry are announced: Capt. George E. Ford, from Company Capt._John B. Jobuson, from Compan: mpany B, Specia?_Orders No. 118.—Col. Jonn Gidban, Seventh Infantry, Will praceed_to Chicago, I nad report in_person to the Licutenant-General Commanding Military Division of the Missouri, uecial Urders No. 110.—Tle resignation of Second-Lieut, A. C. Tyler, Fourta Cavalry, has been accepted by the President, to take ofect Jaly 1, 1875. By ‘direction of the President, the following trausfers npoa the mutual application of the ofti- cers concerned are anmounced, Lo date from May 2 1378: Maj. T. 'T. Thornbufgh, Pay Departme to the Fourth Infantey. Maj. Ii. G. Thomss, from tho Fourth Iufantry to the Pay Deparment. ' Maj. Thorburgh will report to the Commandiug Genersl Department of the Platte for assignment to duty. Maj. Thomas will report by letter tothe Pay- muster General, Spectal Orders No. 120.~On the recommenda- tion of the Regimental Commander, the following transfors in the Fourth Cavalry arc announced to tako effect from May 17, 1875: First-Licut. H. 1 Crews, from_Compuny E to Company K; First- Liout. . M. Walton, from Company X to Campany A Board of Survey, to consist of Capt. W, H. McLaughlin, Eigbtecnth Infantry; Assistant Sur- eon John Brooke. and First-Licat. C. B. Hinton, Eighteenth lnfantry, will assemble af the recruit* ing rendezvous of Capt. W. N, Tisdall, First In- fantry, in_ Cincinnati, 0., on the 1ith of June, 1878, to maquire into and 'fix the responsibility for the loss of certain articles of clothinz reporced os stolen, and for which Capt. Tisdall i3 responsible. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MIS- SOURIL ‘HEADQUARTERS, Cmicaco, IIL.—Spécial Orders No. 45.—Licut.-Col. Frederick D. Grant, Aide- desCamp, will proceed to FortTiall, Idaho, Fort Ellis, Fort Benton, and the camp at the crossing of the Marias River, Montana, eod the posts on the Yellowstone River, under instrctions given him by tho Licutensut-General Commonding the Di- vision. Havinz completed shis duty, Licut.-Col. Grant will return to these headquarters. Special_Orders No. 46.—Col. John Gibbon, Seventh Infantry, having reported at these he: guarters, will proceed to St. Paul, Min. port in person to the Commarding Gene: ment of Dakoza. Col, Delos B. Sacket, Tnspector-General of the Dislsion, will proceed to Milwaukee, Wis., for the purpose of inspecting the accounts of disbursing officers at that place. Upon the completion of this duty he will return to these hoadguarters, i Depsl DEPARTMENT OF THE PLATTE. TI5ADQUARTERS, OxaAma, Neb.—Special Orders No.45.~A Genorsl Conrt-artial is hereby appoint- ed to convenc ut Fort Fred Stecle, WWyo., on 1be ik @ay of June, 1873, for the trial of such prisoners a8 may be brought before it. Detail for the Court: Capta. Calvin, Dewitt, Assistont-Surzeon G. L. Luha, First-Lieut. Horace Neide, Second-Lients. Tenry E. Robinson, A, B. Crittenden. all of the Fourth Infantry, and Second-Lient. W. Gerlach, Third Infantry. Judee-Advocate. A General Court-Martial s appointed to meetat Omohs Barracks, Nevraska, on the uth day of Jupe, 1878, for the trinl of suca prisoners as ma ‘be hrought before it. Detail for toe Court: Maj. Charles Page, Surscon United States Army; T. H. Stantoa, Paymaster United States Army; Copt. John D, Deyin, First.Licuts. Aifred Mofton and §¥. L. Carpenter, Ninth [nfantry; Second-Licats. Lewié Merriam. Fourth Infantry; and Jamas McB. Stemosl, Ninth Infantry, Judge-Advocate. MISCELLANEOTS. LEAVES OF ABSENCE have been granted Capts. D. . Vance, Sixteenth Infantzy; E. A. Torry snd B. I, Rogers, Thir- teenth fn/antry; W. A. Eldersin, Subslstence De- partment; Surgeons C. B. White and C. K. Winpe: Chaplain John Woart; ¥irst-Lieuts. F. 3L 1. Kendrick. Seventh Infantrs (extended); J. B. ¥ fantry; A. D. 2, Third Thisteenth Infantey; A D. G s andSecond-Lieut. Eieventh Infantry. —_———— Rich Women. . According to the Ssn Francisco Exchange, Mrs, Coleman nid Mrs. McDonougb, by the will of v, O'Bricn, are made the richest women on the Pacific coast. Their sharc of the estate irom the Nevada Bank alone is valued at nearly $3,000,000, and from the remainder of the estate it s sald will be at least $10,000,000 more. Mrs. McDonough’s three infant_chifaren m‘hent each 3300,000 more. Says the Exchange: *Mrs. Me- Doough is the wife of Thomas McDonough; a wood and cool merchant on Market street. Young Coleman, who is one of the executors and o $300.000 fegatee, is a quiet and gentle- Tanly young man, on¢ upon whom his mew bonors "and wealth will sit easily. _He has been employed inone of the oflices in Nevada Block, and stands well among bis_associates. His Sisters are charming young Jadies, and one of them will soon marry Mir. Fred May, of Welis, Fargo & Co.’s express.”” NEW YORK. ! Partial Solution of the Rapid- Transit Problem. Public Opening of the Metros politan Elevated Road, Past Plans and Present Achievements, | with a Chicagoan In at the Finish, The Indeterminate Condition of Things Politi- cale-An Andience that Would Not Cheer Coukling. B From Qur Own Cerrespondent. NEW Yors, June 6.—Dating from yesterday, rapid transit in the metropolis is an actuality. Plans lookiug to this result began to be made in the youth of the present generation. Ten years 220 there were ten different projects, but as late as two years agoonly one of these had been carrfed out,—that ope the Greenwich Ele- vated Line, with its single track snd meagre facilities. The underground road, from Forty- sccond strect to City-Hall, never got beyond paper and the granting of a charter by the Leg- fslature. Yet there are many who hold that this enterprise muss sume time be put through, since it offers the final and most satisfactory solution of trausit both rapid and cheap. Per- haps Mr. Vanderbilt is waitiog until he sces what is accomplished by the present movement. The movable sidewalk, ingenious as the ides unquestionably was, seemed too fngenious to take tho fancy of the capitalist. To havea sec- oud-story Broadway, propelied by an endiess chain apparatus, with the regular staid Broadway underneath, was thoroughly fanciful and im- practicable, and made a mostattractive picture. 1t retained ail the charming features of the boule- vard promenade, whilc at the same time it swept men to cud from their business at the rate ot four miles an bour, allowing them to double the speed by their own pedestrian movement at the sume rate. If I remember rightly, this scheme was too much for the brain of its originator, and’ both man and plan went to- gether fnto the waste-basket, as it were. The tunnel uader the North River s still talked about, and a charter is said to be in existence comewhere. The millions necessary to com- plose such a work seem to be the lacking quan- iiy. Inapticipation of the completion of the Bruoklyn briage, Brooklyn caitalists are wide awake on the question of transit, und are dig- ging fdumerous holes all over the City of Churches as an earnest of their inteution not to have residents drawn from Lonz Island by Teason of the quick transport Inducements now offercd on Manbattan. RAPID CONSTRUCTION. . It was tn October last that round was broken for the Gilbert elevated road, as it was then named. Yesterday morning trains began torun rerutarly from the terminas at_Rector street, nenr the Battery, to Central Park. 1his state- ment does not, however, properly inaicate the rapidity of construction. The iron-work was in piace and the rails were laid more than a wonath ago. Thetime since bas been spent in carelully testing every portion, in laying double suard Leams the entire distance, in getting the roll- ing-stock in place, and in putting eversthivg in thorough readiness. Toere need be no hesit ticn in saying that this is the best-builtand most handsomely-equipped eleveted railroad in the world; any more than there need be in say- ing that the people sre heartily enthusiastic over the opening, ot last, of chirming means of conveyance—iree from bad smells, dust, aad dirt, fre¢ from street blockades and crowding, free as any method of travel can be from those inconyeniences and annoyances which have made Now Yorkers groan and_threaten to emizrate into New Jerscy or Brooklyn_ever siace Canal street beeame classificd as * down-town.” A CHICAGO MAN DID IT. 1 bave more than once heerd it remarked that the chances of getting rapid transit were very poor uatil they got a live Western man, and nothing less than a Chicago mau, down here. ‘When Mr., George H. Pullman took hold of the work, In his usual energetic and busivess-like style, immediately there Wos confidence that the 12 would go tlirough, und be the best of its ind, The bapquet tendered Mr. Puliman by his assaciates in the vompany shows their ap- preciation of_him. The public appreciates bis gervice for New York not less, and especially that portion of the public which now riacs daily in the handsomest passenger coaches of the class yet made, conches that seem the perfec- tion of artisti¢ workmauship. Bya_pleasant coincidence, Mr. Pullmau sailed for Europe on the day when the road to which he bas given so much study was put in active operation. He was borne to thepierof hissteamer, the Scythia, or within short distance of ' it, by a special traln on the new road, and was able, before his departure, to see train after tran speeding along the fron road-bed in the afr. Al day the cars were thronged, thousands satisfy- ing their cnriosity by a first trip. The distance from Rector street” to tne Park was covered, wWith stoppages at all of the twelve stations, in about twenty-three minutes. A trial trip was made on Tuesday, without any stops, in eleven aud & quarter minutes for the fonr and a quar- ter miles. The street-car time from City-Hall to the park is a few minutes less than an hour. Aside from the saving of time and the comfort of an clezant coach, this is a very takwg trip. You go rushing along, in an independent sort of a way, mght over the head of busincss. You are in an upper world, and for a few minutes wet away from the other and wearlsome ivorld down stairs. You are off the level of the day’s doings, and your spirits become like the road you travei—elerated. The mass is Dot up here, because the mass caonot pay 10 cents fare. Your feet rest on Persian rugs; vour seat is made of Russia leatner; your eye is pleased by the simple Eastlake design of wall and roof and curtaiu-banging. TIIS 1IN GOING HOME from the dry desk’s drudgery io a style that suits you; this is case, clezance. Then Wht a picturesque line the avenue presents from this height o? view. Youdid pot koow Sixth Ave- nue was so wide and five. You never noticed before what an artistic tower sets off an actistic building at Jefferson Market. Critics to the contrary, having this splendid Court-House— swhich cost, it is true, a fabulous sum—in prom- inent perspective, you see that it isth first piece of architecture of which the city can properly boast. Here i= the pure Gothic, with bas relieves of unusual merit for an Americ: building, and with a clock and bell-tower whi recall the picturesque stractures of the quaint old citics of the Continent. ‘The elevated road-bed on the avenue, where the side railings extend, bresents a compact sud solid appearance which goes far to allay apprehensions of ladies. On Canal street, however, with twenty feet of space between the tracks, and no appearance of securty, the timld experience @ flutter of excitement. This, like the lively fright of the strect-car Torses, will soon'wear off. As cverythine in the way of opposition has been alleged aganst the horse line, it was charged that they put on pew and untrained steeds to create a prejudice against the clovated road. 1t would bea singu- Iar revenge to drive peopie from their own cars, as such fright of horses must. There was one Jively team that ran away with car and all, and ended by dashingthe car azainst ove of the iron pillars, breaking the driver’s boues, and shock- ing a dozen passengers. A MORE GURIOUS ACCIDENT is renorted to have happened on Tuesdas, when trial-trips were made, and’ the cars were opened toall free. Hundreds of small_bos- toak ad- vantaze of this chance, beace the accident. A young 1ady in a Sixth-avenue car was xmdden‘ljy {rightened well-nigh out of her wits by theland- ine of a dirty urchin upon ber lap. He came unceremoniously down through the roof of the car, picked himself up,- and scampered away unhart, leaving a holein the roof 23 proof of his size and weigbt. It seems he bad beea crowded off the rear olatform of an elevated train, fell between the rails, and, as luck had it fo save his life, strack upo & Lorse-car passing underneath~—with the result given. The story is youched for by & man who ssw the younz ladv. 1f the doubtful are pot satisBed, let them look through the hole in the car-rooL. The success of the elevated roads—that is, their permanent and large success—will depena upon the final Axing of the fare. At 10 cents it is belfeved they will not prove a paying invest- ment on the immense capital involved. At tive cents they would compete with the way-passen- ger trade of the horse-cars, whereas now they must depend on the moruing snd night rush, with little pusiness during the day. The large majority of the workiog population cannot af- ford 20 cents o day passage money, aud will be shut out from chezp homes in lem or Bloomiogdaie untll there shail be a general reduction. Two hours moruing and mnizht are to be set apart .for fivecent rides, but this fs- mot coough. The New York Company’s east side line i3 a long way {rom completion yet. When that is opened, and balf 3 year's experience has been gained, itcan thenbe told whether the Metropolitan and New York clevated roadscan both pay their stockholders with the present schedule of rates. Meanwhbile, the opening of the strong and splendid Sixth Avenue Air-Line marks s new erain the history of the metropolis. _Now, truly, the English traveler who was here with s note-book in 1519, and who drove up into the country, where Ninth street at present is situate, would not recognize the island or the city which he then attempted to deseribe. The new modes of quick tramsportation leave no room in this line except for the underground project and the man with the successful flying- machine, who is expected to follow Edison. THE GREAT INVENTOR. Mr. Edison, by the way, is. calfed from his work a ood deal Istterly by almost imperative requests to explain and “exhibit his inventions. His latest, the'ear trumpet, is not_ouly one of the most wonderful but ome of the most practically useful. as well, of his pro- ductions. If the deaf can have their hearing restored by this artilicial means. they have indeed 1ound 3 benefactor. Mr. Edisow’s life at Munlo Park is in oue sense ar almost continuous reception, though he keeps at work and lets his visitors mostly take care of them- selves. Haopily, such a man is not turned by flattery and suceess. His head is full of inven- tious, and from his peculidr turn of mind he cannot eseape the ruch of fdeas and plans and Bew coutrivances, it he would. He must bo the most wretched of men if he were comielled to spend the rest of his davs in idleness, to be shown off for what he had done. The very nature of the great fnventor preserves bim for great Inventions, agaiust all the allurements that other great men do not ro wuch to their detriment. B FPOLITICAL AFFAIRS in New York are considerably mized- and inde~ terminate at this time. There is a good deal of something going oo, but it is slow to shape self. The municipal clections this fall are important, thouzh moreso localiy than because of any influcnce they will ~exert at Albany or clsewhere. The etection of a Mayor wifl juvolve John Kelly’s position as Comptroller. A new Board of Aldermen is also important to Tammany, and the offices of Cit Judge and District-Atiorney are to be filled. It is probable that Keily will try to makea trade with the Republicans, giving them the City Judge in exchange for the District-Attorney’s place. In this eveat District-Attorney Phelps must suceeed to the Judgeship. e is the man ‘Tammany is afraid of, zs he is perhaps the only Republican in the eity wio con run and met elected without fail. The Tilden-O’Bricn inter- ot is held in the background just now, but that i3 In accordance with the old-time policy of the chief. WOULDN'T CREER CONKLING. It straws show, then the amusing scene In Brooklyn recently points fhe same way with many other iudications. The Rev. Dr. Justin Fulton, in an oration delivered at a public cele- bration, endeavored to create some enthusiasm for Conkiing. *Roscoe Conkling,” Mr. Ful- ton exclaimed, in his cloquent manner, *is to President Hayes what Bismarcx is to Emperor William "—possibly a slight mistake as to posi- tion, it may be sagzgested. *In’ e pation’s darkest and storm hours he was among America’s best friends, and his gepiusis still @evoted by him to the interests of bis country. Such great and noble-hearted men as Conkling snould be encourazed, and should have the re- spect and admiration of the whole pation. Give bim three cheers, Hip, bip—" ‘Then the amusing part of it came in. There were 3,000 or 4,000 ladies aad gentlemen gath- ered about the orator, but dead slience reigned. Not one cheer for the man whose desotion to bis country bas taken such sinrular forms. When the position was ab 1ts highest embarrass ment for Mr. Fuiton, balf a dozen Sund: school girls claoped their hands, and the speaker bowed his thasks; but ®o further response came, the train of his rewarks was broken com+ pletely, and iter o brief peroration the orator made his escape. This is hardly the section of the State in which to thus call upon an audicuce, unless it bas been picked, and the orator is sure of his man. GEANT'S SECRETARY OF STATE. Nobody cun be sure of Mr. Couklicg at thi day. He understands thoroughly the politics machinery of this State, and knows better thag anyone else what his chances for re-eiection sre. The spoken opinfon is gencrally azainst him, but be is like Tilden, in that you cannot tell what power he bolds in reserve. The only thing that may be counted on with certainty, sc fur in advance, is that if*Roscoe Conkling can succeed himscif in the Semnte, by any means kuown to one of the shrewdest politicians of hig day, he will do it. 'The latest remark I have Deard on the subject came from o Kepublicaz ‘who bas made up his mind that Graot will have 2 third term; “and then,” be said, ** Roscoe Conkling will be his Secretary of State. o zarding bota of this gentleman’s conclusions; there is a “perhaps.” H.G. ————— : PGETRY. Entranced I watched the riing sun Deacending slowily ere e rose, While martial Mars geaboed heif a ton Of comets” tals, and wiped bis nosc. The gentle pigs bsgan to croon, And stars were winking at the moon, And pale-faced goats 1n apple-trees Were chanting sweoteet meiodics. The bright-eyed frogs on fences cres, And Jfinbising browsed o Irish stev. On' "twas a sight to make joy's thrill Rush turough one like a d A rare, & soul-Inspiring six Twvas blending of the That last line is a clincher; it cost me five conts for beer, and an hour and a baif of invatable time, to bring it to i1s present state of perfection. L in- tend baving that particular line framea and bung up in tue woodshed. When a man tokes an iutel- Iectnal emelic, it is wonderful whit beaucifal thoughts be can throw up. Bat let us proceed: Lo! yonder, in the blushing West, The Whisky-Star bas gone to rest? . In couch of rose-hued cloads be lie While Venus cooks him matton-pies. The wind 15 s0«-sow-west, she says, While round her Joar-ealis pluys. Ah! Whisky-Star, I envy thee: It Venus thus should wait on me, Tswear by all things, farge and small, I conld not, would not, reet at all— When guzing at her watching cyes, Dd never dream of mution-pies. The Whisky-Star s a discovery of my owa. As. cending the Shot-Tower one Scorching summes- day, when the mercury was boiled dowa to forty degrees below zero, aid_Gsing a section of stove- pipe a3 a telescope, I beheld his Reverence gotnz 10 bed as described. ~ 1 christened it Jake Rebm, — 4 name that wiil be easy to Pezam-ember. 1 am quite & ss-tronomer. Butlst a3 €0 0n with the music: Ahme! ahmel the wild goose cries, As Northward toward the South he tiss; From Hlinois I'm forced to wander—~ 1 want to be a Michi-yander. What cruel carse pursues my race! T'm zlways on sowe wild-goose chase: T'm fouwl-ly dealt with, night sud day, and T must ly away ! away Tosume lone spot I'll swiftly fiy, ‘Where Tabbits lauxh and gophers cry— From haunts of men £l swiftly flec, For even my featlers are down on me. After wandering throngh the claziic mad-hols of Michizan, he perched himself on a telegraph- pole, ana, gazinz tenderly on that sweet moon from which the poets draw s much inspiration, waroled sweetiy that bezutifal_song in Dante's Ins ferno, **Down, down, down, erry down,” until st last he fell down, and, with his feet pointed to- wards the stars he foved so well, cxpized in a fiood of melody. . Rosgur Tuavar. ———— DROWNED.* * ¢+ They say he's in the 1k Q woman, well we know Those words conceal thy wo. While waves still come and go § Or on the peboies brea The sing & durge whilo sorcaws surgs, But bring no aid while thy hopes fade. **They say he's in the Inke " Cries she unto the woves Tuat roll o’er many graves? ti3 10 God who aases. +¥0h't will he never wake?” Poor stricken mate, sne still dott: wais Alopg the shore. '~ No more? No moret™ They eay he's in the lake, Sweet babes within the nest, £ He too haa gone to rest! O God, may these be blest, We ask for Jesns' sake. - Mother bereft, with you he left Two jewels here. 60 dear, 80 d Ther say he's in the lake, X0, n0—not there—not theral The Sorm he used to wear, ‘The casket, that is there: Docs this thy food heart break? But /e no more on earthly shore Can fold his loves. Meet him above, 0O thon relentless decp, When wilt zive up thy dead? For scores have made their bed Where sinks the fathom-lead— Sleep their Jast lung sleep! There mothers' joys, sweet, darling boys, Go oze by one, each Summer's saa. Le?. me 20 Iive at home, o act with God and right, So walk in truth and figng, That 1 may keep in sight, Orhere or there 1 roam, Awake, aslcep, on iand or deep, T hat other Clime, outlasting Time, Kexwoon, June 6, 1873, E. N. Axprxws, {ter the sad death by drowniaz of Mr. W. C. Bare e, off Keawood, 00 Tho 1% 1aat.. the strlcken wifs D00 MOther w3 been dsy after day watching alons dhg bulll; for !h‘fl ID:!H(;:&‘E;C‘;‘EJ?‘; 10 thiug be would somengw retura, emark wak 1 Say he's tn the lake. A LRy