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

, North avenue and Larrabee atreet. ‘the sssem- . broud of Chicago, haviug beon one of those wihio . himself with the beat men that could bo found THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY. CCTOBER 22, 1878. was heard to any, “My future and the fature of the party I8 fd your hande, [More diaturbanen in tho nnllcrfi.] 1t you do what’s right sou ean carry our ticket, {[Tere the Commiftiee ruse and started to come down-gtairs.] Your Committes fa coming, and | won't detaln you any Jonger than to anv that Tast Satunlay I asked” mv op ponent, Mr. Aldrich, to meet e in Jolnt-discu4- slon, F have not et heard from him. [ think, however, he will nceept, and we will discuss the inucs involved [n the campaign. Iwon't tam you any longer.” [Crles, **(io nn."' At this afage the Chair whispered to the son of hia father that the Commitice was retiring to another room for constiltation, Afier the nolse hal subsided, young Doolittle proceeded with his harangue. Tynes was loudly called for, and 80 war Kehoe, The former bad the pole and marched to the front. e urged his hearers to uaite for the alection of the antlre tieket, and hoped that there srould be no splittinz for_the sake of gratilying personal antimosities, The man who eoukd not bury persona. difilenltios for the suc- cess of the ticket was not a yood Demoerat, ‘This littie specch alforded the maleontents In the back part of the room TIH OPPORTUNITY they long hat sought, and for which _thefr very soule had been aching, Had Mr. Hynes burst open the privacy of a hornet's nest he'could not haye morg cffectually ratied n muss, Pat I1. 'Tlerney, of the Seventeenth, who was white with excitement and passion, mounted a chalr and hurled at the speaker a little conun- rum: “Who cut and slaughtered Quirk when ho ran for Coroner! Wasn't he siaughtered by Kern 1o elect Dietzach? And yeot you cull Kern a good Democrat, and put him it the head of the ll’ske!. And he was put thers by your fnflu- ente, This pointed question was followed by cheers and hisses, there being ahout an equal division. Tlerney continued: I say, who wos {t that wut Quirk by 10,000 votes 1" 1_\;30"1“ delexate, sotto-voce—* Avk the Doc- tor.! filled, snd picked out the men whom T think hest qualificd to fil) them, then I shall announce my apnofntments, But T go into the posision uipledged 1o Mr, Folzor to any other man.’’ “Now that 4 bavo you,” sanl the reporter, *twhat have you got io aay about thin editorial which Appenrs 10 today’s Times? What does it meani” And the reporter let Maj. Hoffman's eye gazo on the following: Thw fact that Mr. Hoftman, Republlcan candl- date for Sherltf, has taken into his mervice the most utterly and jrredecmably sfroclons gang of 1liugs that ever attempted to meddle with any po- litical quention tu America—a noclety identicas in pusnose and_principles with the **Mollle Ma- fuires, of whom a dozen, moro or les, have heen ianced In 'onneyivania within the past twelves fuonth—ahanld bo conciusive proof o the mind of ayery cltizen that Hoffman in not fit to hold any of- fice st the hands of an Aterican community. He muct be judged by his amoiations and the tnols he clooses to usc in hi4 canvass; and he cannot bo permitted to akulk behind them, Inallylng mm- self with and accepting the ald of the ** Molilo Maguires' of Chicago he places himself on their lovel and Invites tho hoatility of every voter In Chicago or Couk County who doea not_desiro that thin commnaity shall boe delivered "f bound hiand and foot, 8 prey to the redemptionices ruMans ha smplogs, It refers,” rald ,\ln‘. Hoftman, "to what s known as the Order of Ilthernians, and the ref- erenco to *Moly Mazuires' has, 1 suppose, somothing to do with tha fact that among the Penusyivanta coal-infnes some of the Hibernians we @ .onnected with the ‘‘Molly Magulree, though ¢ belleve the Hiberninns, as an order, neser had mnything to do with those lawless practices. Tho Iliterniaus here, as far [ know thom,—nnd I know & good many,~are among our most peaceable and orderly ot onr dtizens, Bome of thewn are my friends, and will vote for e, and some of thetn, of course, will voto for Mr. Kern. T don't think It 18 right in the Zimes to stigmatize a wlole organization of respecta- bleand peace-loving eitizens sinsply because soe of them aie golng to vote for me. ILisorlyone out of many organizations of Irishmen. 1 have some friends, perhags, In cach of them, aud so has Mr, Kern, 1 have never made the fact tliat he had those friends s rearon for denouncing these organizations as belng composed of Iaw- 1css thuys and murderers, ad [ am surprised not merely at the iguorance displayed by his nemln\ucr friend In making this charge against the Hibernians, but also ab the gruss political folly of such an act. It was plain, of course, to aliof us that thero ia preat dissatisfaction among tie Irish, and how It is expected to win them back by theso wholesale slanders on an cxcn!lr::'lt organization §s more thun 1 can under- atanit,’ 'I'he Daily News of sesterday bad the follow- Ing cditorinl on this subjec We reprint theabove paraaraph [from the Timee) in fall for the purpose of doing an act of tho sim- pleat, platneat, and most unquestionable Justico. ‘fhe soclety reforred fo 14 the Anclent Order of 1libernians, an assoclation of Inoifonsive Irish- men, of whom the general pahlic secn or knowa lut little, snve as they appear in procossion on Ht, 'atrick’s Day. with flying banners and glittoring alia, but of the exfstence of which neither the f peaple nor the citlzens of Chicaxo have any I n to be ashamed. It {s an nssociation of & social and beneficinl nature, vory simlar in ite alme and orzanization {0 the Freemnsons, Odd. Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Good Templars, ed Men, Draids, Suns of ‘Hermann, and B'ual IPrits, 1tn ohjectaas displayed upon 114 bannera are to bury the dead, relisve the distresscd, and care for thesick, 1t was founded by Thomns Adals Em- mel, brother of the Irlah patriot and martyr, Robert Emmet, ond once the honored Attorneye Gieneral of the Slate of Now York, and lias, we bo- lteve, o reapectable footing in all parts of this couniry, [Lhas no political character. and tho chargs that it has boen, or coulil be, sold out to Maj. Hotman or any othur candidate, is o wanton and mslicious falsetood of the very grossest na- ture, The other charse—that the Ancient Order of Tliberntans and Moilie Maguirca arc identical—is one that hss been repeated and dented sv ulflen an to render it acarcely worthy of prewent notice. It donbtless has ihis much fonndation, and no more, namely: that In the coal-fields of Penn- sylvania many of the operntives helonzed -to votn organizations, and for a iime the Mvery of an Urder haviog the highest oud hollest vurposes wus ured In the service of a most Infaious caune, Even this 18 refuted by the Hibernions, we belisvoy but, were It trua In the very lurgest sense, it ahola reflect mo adscredit upon the Bociely In Chicaro, where, a0 far 04 wu have been ablo to discern, it lins studlously confined itself to the legitimate purposes of the justitution, DEMOCRATS DOWN ON XERN. ‘The Democratic brethren licld o powivow lnst evening in llershey [lall, which, fu its dlsor- derly and pugnacisus characteristics, complotely threw in the shiade the Conventlon which nom- inuted Charley Kern for Sheriff, It was tho intention of the managera that none but the elect—tho committesmen from each precinct in tho counity—should ba present, but somchow or another, which was partlally explained during the progrees of ono of the lively scencs, quite s nunber of outsiders got §n through the aid of accommodating friends, who [furnished the nocessary wedding garinent fu the shape of an udinlssion ticket, Awong the distingulshed apostics of Democ- racy prescnt were Scuntor Robinson, Blierl Kern, W. J, Hynes, Jim Doolittle, Ward Eliis, Col. Bhirley, Johin Forayth, John C. Richberg, Mike McDonald, Judge Boyden, Gen. Cagieron, Thomas Brenan, Ilans Herthng, A, C. Btory, Joln IL MceAvoy, Tom Moran, Frank Agauw, and Austin J. Dojle. The committecmon who occupled tho scats nssigned them were miainly composed of tho lower classes, with which the party abounds, * At about 8 o'clock W. J. llynes, late of Ar- kansas, cailed the assembly to order and nom- iuated Scuator Robjuson for temporary Chalr- man, which was coneurred in with diasent, ‘The Scuntor returacd his thauks in the usual stercotyed forin, and stated that the meeting LOCAL POLITIC The Chair finaliv gat a hearing, and announced the electinn of Mr. McAvoy. Iausborough—Iie is not; you're a bullanzer. Mure confusion, mors exvitement, more rish- ing to and fro. Hansborotgh continuing to shout, Az, Chalenan,” The Chalr—(ientiemen, Mr. McAvoy, Senntor Robinson then steoped askde. McAvoy, pale an death, was completely rat- tled, ile was helplesa in hls altnation, and did not know what ta do, A friend stepped up and advited him to heat the anvil chiorus with the (nvul. which he did till he got out of breath. While the racket was going on o message had heen aent for some policemen. Three uflicers camo in and forced their way to the middie alsle, which was cruwded with the noleiest moh ever scon in Cook County. Drawlug their clubs, they proceeded to DISPENSE TIE GANG, and while doing so there was s rush In the rear of the ball, Ilalf a dozen fists were thrown out from the shoulder, 8 mass of men pulled and haulcd and yefled themscives hoarse, and it looked as If o° row on & magnificent scale were luninent, Hyunes sppoaled to IHansborough to keep qulet. Order wns gradually restored, and once more ITanshorough easaved to speak. He had no cnmity to Mr, affair had been cf ity e O Tnfpector John Hoffman Lays Down His Platform. on re twenty-seven offices with an_fncome of The recelnts of the County Surveyor ector. which are nat Inclnded, amoant 8 how many b 600 more. Now let o The * Times" Makes Another As- offices the (erman- Americins havi sauit on the Jrish. Turbulent Meoting ‘of the Dimooraoy~s Fierce Denunciotion of Kern, 0,20 Here are vz officers with $30,250. 1f the Uer- man-Americans had the share which ia numericat- l‘ulue them, they would have eicht ofiicors with .000. Of courso It wonid be nheord to ealca- Iate in any rach way s regards the filing of of- clal positionw, and we pive these Gzarce merely to #liow how unrae the above-mentioned teproachies are, The German-Americans, who, with hardly an exception, have gone Into the' fight for honest money, are gathering themaelves in b body arouna the bauner of the Republicsn party. It wonla be yery Abeurd to drive them away by tnjnst accus- tlons, or by abasdoning the head of their ticxet, — Joln'Hoftman, HEADQUARTERS. 5 ‘The campaign fs now under way, and for the next two weeks the flght will rare hot and heavy between the opposing candidates. At Republiean State headquarters there ia a large amount o work being done dally. Therels a great demand for speskers cverywhere, and all appolatments are belng carefully and judiclously fitlca. Auditor Tom B. Necdles was up from 8pringfield yesterday, He reported things as looking very bright, and be thought that suc- cesa for the Republican ticket was assured In the State. The campaign of (icn. Bates was an exceedingly weak one, since ho went ahout telling all sorts of stories and excusiug bimself’ for any service hie might have done a year ago in putting down the riots tn Fast Bt. Louis, IHis defense was cunsidered an excecdingly weak one, and show- ed lils utter political cowardive. P At the county beadquarters, Nos, 107 and 109 Lake street, the Campaign Committee held o seasion at 11 o'clock, with Norman T, Gassctte In tho chair, [t was vrdered that the Campalgn Committee meet dally, and that a ratification inecting be heldineachof the wardsatonce, ‘I'he followiug were added to the Camuvaign Com- mittee: Becond Ward, H. B, Vall and 8. Engel: Third, . Il Jenkins and J, Custer; Fifteenth, W. H. Fuller and E. A, Sittlg; Nloth, J. W, Drown and T. Belt: Eleventh, M. E, Cole and Thowas Varker, Jr.{ Heventeenth, A. 11, Robinson snd L. 1. Elleck-, non; ‘Twellth, f, L. Campbeil and M, Polacheck ; Tenth, A. C. Arcutzi Norwood Park, G. . Cnmrhell; Matne, O, W, E Palatine, F. J. Fillert: Wheelive, B, P, Tewksburys Lake Vie Yan Allen; Eighth Ward. Jubn Lus- somn Eighteonth, B, 1, Sciigmon and A, M. Vence; Fourth, F. Burnett, L. Goldhardy Hyde Park, 8, W, Wheeler. The Committes on Bupervisors reported and - were emuowered 1o act na they decmed best, It {s probable that supervisors Of election will sbe petitioned for, The Committes then adjourncd until 11 o’clock this morninus, A great deal has been sald as to Rern's efll- cleney as Bheritl ‘Thal he has In somu respects proved an averaze gond oflizial no ove can or will deny. But the Renublicans claim, and not unjustly, that John Hollman will make a still mure cfficient ones that he possesses a rare ex- cutive ability and fine buslicss tact, es, le ta pledged to reduce expenses Wherever e can retrench {f elected to the oflice. Johu Hofl- man hag made no bargaln with Conrad Folz, und his friends and the frienits of Folz emphat- fcally deny ft, and say that it 1 & campaign lie— an fuvention of the cuemy® Around the Democratic headquarters at No. 40 Clark strect it {s patnfully evidont that the breach 48 widening, and there s no hope of uniting the Detnoerats on Charley Kern or any portlon of the ticket. Innany_of the wards, necording to teports, the disaiTection 18 past cure, It {8 a Inct, sud nearly oil about the headquarters realize it. The Committee which hus thie catnpalgn 1 charge s not st all har- monfuug, 8l some queer storica aru already finding thelr way around the strect. ‘Ihe Flativts utd Socialists are living in quiet, with bopea ter thio futur . gaposnre of Kern's False Pretenses of Economy «Somo Interesting Aneedotes, glanders Against Maj. Hoffman Promptly Refuted. MMOFFMAN’Y POLICY. A rousini muss-mecting of the Republican soters of the Fifteenth ond Sixteenth Wards was held Tast evening ot Folz’s [lall, corncr of McAvoy, but be belleved the ind l{r!ud, and therefore his would nomiunate other candidate, W. J. uim. l1yucs deciined the honor, Shirley was nominated only to refuse, McAvoy—Iave you any other nama to offer? Laughter.] Ttnank thé Convention for the honar, witlch I did not scek. On motlon, the repurt of the Committee was adupted os a whole, Storey’s resolution for the appointment of three or four commlittees was taken from the tabie and voted down after a Lricf debate. 11ynea offered o resolution, which was adopt- ed, to the cifect that the Precinct Committees il ol vacancles srisiog frum the fallure of members to be present at three consecutive meetings: clect a Chairman, and send his ad- dress to the Campalzn Comiitiee, and that a thorougrh examination of the rogiatry list ho wade, with a view of registering all the Deni- ocratie yotes in the county, nod obtaly yolun- teer Heket-peddlers, A complaint was made that there was no reg- Istration In two precinets of tho Fifth Ward, be- cause the Kepublican Judges would not serve. A. C. Storey thereupon offered the following, which was adopted ¢ ‘Wnenras, Tho Repablican mafority fn the County floard have appointed thres ll'cpumlenn Judges of election Inseveral election precincte; and Witknras, ‘Tne Repnblican County Clerk hus fatlod and neglected 1o deliver fo the Serlfl the natices of appointment of judsen of election: Lterolred, ‘Ihat the Chair appoint a cowmitteo of three Nomoeratic lawyars to present tie protest of this meetinu to the eald County Doard, and to prosccutu satd County Clerk fof fullure to dis- charge hia duty, ‘The Chair apnolnted Messrs, Tules, Storey, and Hynes as the Committee, whicreupon the mectiug adjourned, ply was called to order by Mr. Henry Eogle. hardt, President of the Fifteenth Ward Repub- Jean Club, Mr. William Stewagt, of the Bix- teenth, was chosen to preside, and Mr. Peter Buschwah, of the Filtcentl, was made Sccre- tars, : ’[yha Chalrman introduced as tho first apealicr wThe next Sherif—llonest John iloffman,” who was recelved with nndoubted favor, and whose specch wan listened to with very evident appreciation by his large concourse of hearers, Ile came before them, he sald, as a candldate for Bherift of Coule County, and, g8 he hml no doubt No woull Lo elected, alung with the whole ticket, from top to bot. tom, ho proposed to tell them what he would dn. He proposed, in the first place, to surround This sally was recelved with roars of laughter, Taking advautago of a Jull in the storm, Hynes tried to parey the conundrum by statinze that ** Kern only voted once, and could not have done so unless hie voted 10,000 imee, Who gavs tuat, beeause I beat Perry I, 8mith 6,000 votes, Teut himi" [Lond cheers. ‘This was n scttler for M ired fn good order, Hynes proceeded with his anpea) for unity of purpose and action, when {lanaborough, of the Beventeenth, got In his work by remarking that duting the Perry Smith campaign it was charzed that the 8herifl’s employes were opposing hitn, Thie Sherift was called upon and promised to discharge any man who did so. But he aldn't, all the same, for ho appolnted £4 Cullerton ballifT after the Jatter bnd bascly turned traftor and sold Smith out, Thin produced a decided sensatlon ond geve Erw courage to the disaffected, who were evi- ently determined to make it as warnr as posal- bl for Kern, Hynes took the bull by the horns and declared hls ignorance of the alleged transuction, He hardly thought it was so, hevause there waan Democratle City Central Committee, and they shoutd huve Investigated it. . Lo presumped they did, and they didn't find anytiine. If they dld, and faled to report it, thoy were partlelpes criminis, ond whiere was the man who would ae- curo the Demozratic City Central Connnitteo of whitewashing a fraud! ‘It was sometimes an object with politicians to circulate discord- ant cloments. The man who would not support the entire ticket was no Demo- crat, Kern's friends worked agnl the apeaker 10 his yace for the Chalrmanahip of the County Central Commlttee, but, notwithstanding that, b woula support the ticket from head to tatl. ‘The head of the ticket must bo elected or the tafl would not. ‘The Dem tic party In Cook County bad_nothing to spore, The party hud no orggan, Democrutie candidates must be three times a8 goud as the Repubiicans, or the news- papers fwould say they were less than hall s goud, Another thing iz wanted to say, and that was, Lio was opposcd 1o the uso of money at eleetionn. 1o was vpposed to the payment of tlcket-peddlers. [Prolonged hissed, mixed with some cheerlng frum - knot of allk-stocklugs In one corner,] And, what twas more, he would ac the next Democratie Con- vention lotroduce a resolution that any candi- dagts’ agalnat whont It could be estabiished that he bougiit his nomination should be stricken from tho ticket, ‘I'his declaration acted like n quart of kerosene thrown on anu expirlug fire i w kitchon-stove, It once more atirted up TILB PRNT-UP PURY of the men who opposed Kern, Tlernoy again rose end hogrsely shounted “3Mr. Chatrman!" ‘There was Intenso cxcite- ment [ the back part of tho room, and the cries of #Orderd” ** Put bim ous " * Lot him goon " were perfectly dealening, Exvited men were lhuudng at each other and shaldug thelr fists, aud for the time Leing 1t soented ay If pande- monlum were lat loose, Ilyves picked up the gavel, and, yelling at the top of his voice, beyun pounding as it by were trylng to varn o dollar aud a balt riveting boller- plates, Tierney subsided. Jawnes Lyman ot the floor and _Ilynes’ pere missfon tohurl In o few words, e wauted to know why tho Chair sald he was not a good Democrat becauso be declined to vote for the tteket for tho reason that it was born of corrup- tion, ‘The thiur was o fraud and tho speaker waa & party to it MYNES—TIAT'S A LIR. I was not n party to auy froud, [Cheers, isscs, and cat-calls of every variety,] At the buck part of the hall there was a live- 1y racket around _tho delegates from the Seven- teenth Warg, Excited men wero jumping up and down ou chairs, slinking their ilsta at onch otlier, and loud above the din wis occaslunally heard, © You'ro a lur 1" % Uo to he—{" *Put him ou." livnes R\cked up tho gavel and poundcd the desk until his armn guve out, Wnen order bad r. Tlerney, but he ro- fu the city and county ns Deputics and Bailifls," Apolauae. | fle would give the people for Jugtity Sheritls mew who wonld pive entire sat- {sfaction to the Bar, to the courts, snd to the wublfe at Iarge. {Applatse,] And they would Le men who, while serving the public vromntly, would do It without any extra pay. All Lhat they shiould recelve woulil Lo what was allowed Dby taw, and if o man aliould happen to ask any- thing extraho would bedischarged forthwith, Dailifls ne would put Into otlice men who would pive the peoplo unnledged and unpacked juries n every court 1 the county, [Avplause.] No baliff under his admi aistration would ever be sllowed to pack a Jury, mno matter on- what side—tor the people, for the taxpaver, or for any Individuas. Fo this matter, particutarly, he proposed to pav prompt and strict attention. 'In- liis oplnfon {hla city and county hnd. for tho past fow yoars sullerci! to n great extent. i this' direction, and ifany reform was needed, It was needed right licre—in this pleking ont of jurics, The news- pspers had found frequent oicasion to complain afthls cvil, nnd it wis the greateat mistake o KERN, TIIE ‘*REFORMER.* Mr. Korn, Bheriff that 1s but Steriff that cannot be, was unwise enough to write o lotter which avpeared fn yesterday's Tmisuxe, In' which he tries to break the force of itn damag- ing disclosures as to the reekless extravamance, and the hizh salaries, and the Inellicieut e ployea that have distinguished his ndminlstra- tlou of the Bierifl's office. Tnm Tiinuxe has never questiotied the fact that he kept the Jall fo good condition, and that no prisoncrs es- taped from it That 18 the duty of a Jaller. ut it Las eaid, nml does cay, that the wages patd by hifm to his employes were moro than those employes were worth, or more than auy persons occupying such positiona should have. Quoting the table published svme days ago In Tue Twisuse, lo tries to, make a polnt in Dis. favor by calling = attention to the figures thoreln, which ashow that In 1878 the pag-roll of the ElieriM's offie was 884,562, while In 1877 it was oidakh He stops rlgt there. Ho hides the rest of the atory. ‘The number of Balliffs and other oilieers Is fixed by the Judyres, the pag by the County Board, The number of BailllTs wis cut duwn by toe Judges at (he end of 157t by t vieven mei The pay of the survivors was the County Hoand at the exiravazant ied of. Tue Hepubilean cotld to eut down the ex- us of the Sherlif's oilice. The itinz in the County Board, with tho Bheritl, did what they could to keep up expenses by refusing to lower the wages of the employes. " Instead of §130,000 the pay-roll, I ceeent cconiiny had prevailod i the administratton of the oflice, should havy smounted to about $30,000, 1 Mr. Kern had had his own way, und had been sble to uverrule 1ho wazes, the expenses would have Lecn nearer man could make to o Into the oflice of Sherlll wud pay no attention to the erying need of re- torm fn this virifeular, Al were oware of the ordinary compositionof juries, and any man who went intouny ol the courta in Chicago and saw what kind of men were about ta try an impor. ant ease In which ho was futercsted might well le disgusted at the style ol jurors who were 10 declde that case. Indecd, many of@our lawvers preferred to trust the lon of thelr cuses to the courts thomselves than to jurles, as they were now commonly made up; Furthermore, when elected, hio pro- posed to run the Sherifl’s chc cconomically, and for the best Interests_bf tho taxpayers of Cauk C . [Arpluum] He didw't propose to keep ot 'lnu][v n his cmploy for tho mere purpose of having somebody who would white- » the SherliT aud his oflice from week to . [Laughter.] On tho contrary bo pro- posed to show the people that be could bring reform into that oflice—reform in the full scnse of theword. [Avpiause.] e had nothing to offer to the Pulullc except his past record, lo had kerved the public onco or twice In the West Tuwn, but ho didn't ask any credit for that, for he had merely done his duty, os, he assured his hearers, he should do it exaln. Ho bud lyed here twenty-five years, and he proposed to llve u Cnteago several vears longer,—as lonr us ho lived, (n fact,—whether ho becamo BhenfT or not, THe did not feel ashamed to come before the people as n cundidste for Sherlfl, for he hail ‘lhurcr‘duun anything that he need be ashamed , and be never would. [Applause,] Ho was MERE MENTION. The Bccond Ward Club held o large and en- thusiastic meetlng Jast evening at No. 603 State Atreet, with Mr. M. A, Farwell tn tho chalr, Congressmnn Aldrich made o decldedly stirring speech, and was followed by Messrs. Landre snd ‘Thomae, Mr. W. R, Page made a few remarks, sliowiug that John Hoffman was & man of character and Ot to occupy the place of Sherift of Cook County; that be had proved an cflcient workmuan, soldier, and ofliclal, and bad given five and one-hall of tho bess yeara of his Mle to the service of his country, Mr. W, N. Linscott also made a happy little speech, showiug the necessity of re- electing the Hon, Wiliam Aldrich to Congress from the First District, as 8 triend of honesty aud honest money. Ho ulso showed the fallacy of the soft-money doctring, us enunclated by thie Democratic party, Healso sald & good word for Hotfman aud the cotire county ticket. Johu Hoffmau, Gen. O. L. Manu, Mr. Harrls (Carl Pretzel), Ben Wilson, and others also made speeches, after which the mecting adjourned. There {s war amonk the Democrats at head- «quarters, the result of the dissensions in the waids. Askde from the war on Kern, it devel- ouved yesterday thut Mulloy was cugeged In dirty work on Cleary, and how it camu out was, Dani Sullivan, ono of the Socfalistie candldates betped to ratse up Chicago and make it what it 1s. ~Ile was alwayswilling to lift hits hand whou- ever o good causs was 10 be advocated, just as ne was_williog, when Abraham Lincoln called for 73,000 mun, to lcave hoing, wife, und chil- dren and engage in the defense of his country. I.\u]vluu!\',] 11 ¢lected Bueritt, he conld promise ifs hearcrs aud the peoplo enerally that he never would charge the county livo weeks' board fora man who bad never been in the Jall, which he could prove had beco dong under ite present adminlstration, If elected, as he undoubtedty would be, with the restof the ticket fronr’ top to bottom, e would never go Lack on his past record, and would endeavor to eivo tho people of Cuok County full und cutire satisfaction, It clected, and” he found auny Balliff or Deputy Bneritlf appoloted by him Lay- fog muy conuectlon whatever with the inpure gung of prote: al jurors who bang around the City-Itall and uuulf‘l.lmldlul!‘ ur i1 anv Jury drawn by onoof hls suboriinates were to return such 8 shameless verdict as that brought In in the Kvans cuse, hu should dismiss that subordinato instanter, Mr. Ho fur ns the Increased carnings to which he refers In Lis letter are concerned, olilelal reports seem to show that Mr. Aencw turned over about 82,000 moroe to tho County Treasury than Mr. Kern has done, This{s cconomy in the wrong direction. A MAN OF 1S WORD, A Thirteenth Ward Repubticun writes to Tun ‘TrinvuNE to say that he knows of oue instance where Charley Kern went back on his word, It was fu the case of Mr. Dunham, au old and re- liable citlzen, who was formerly n Salliff in Judge Jameson’s Court, aud held " that poaition for “years. Iio wus ou' Kern's force, Wheun Kern went out electioneering for o re- uomination he sald © to AMr. Dunham, “Mr. Duniam, T wuntcymx to lay off a month or 50, until ater the Conventlun, I waut to llut au Iristinan (n your place n order to get lclr support. Whon I am nominated, or on the st of October, I shall bounce the Irishman, utd you ean go back to your place.” The 1st of Octobar bas comeo Mr. Dunbam does not wield his 4 gone, but stufl in the was not for the purpose of making any nomi- | been In & measure restored, ho tried to pour ofl | Court of Judgo Jowweson, but ho tarries ut | for Commissioner, was around advertiring the Kern bad, in some respccts, been an fnprove- | nations, but for acliberation, orzanization, and | on the troubled waters by Loping that there | pome, waltlug until Charley Kern wets ready o o T bin l\ 8 ment upon his predecessor. He, however, be- | woik, If tho datics which would davolve lxpou iy * o] factthat e sad niada & eomshination witit Syl would be o hard (eolln;"l. "’nw disorder which he a had ovcurred grew out of a Hetle hot biood, “Ha hed donu the falr thing at tho Convention, and ho trusted that all diferences would be buried. Will you bur);lheml A volce, * Not ™ Hyunos—Thal *no’ comes from a man who 18 no_Democrat,—{rom s man who wouid suy that Judas was a hetter Apostle than Puul, A volee—Shut up; you were imported here. Hynes—To hesr ouo Irishman say auother Irisliman wus imported comes with a bad grace, All of you gro huine, say your prayers, aud, when election day comes, voto tha stralght ticket all the way through. ilynes thercupon sat down, Therg were cries for Kelioo, Moran, und Rlcbberg. “The Chalr valnly endeavored to keep order, and threatened to bave those put out who could not keep quiet. Tum Moran cams forward, and, aftor rebuking tho nulay ones, advlsed the Preanct Comimittee, to pick out good volunteer tleket-peddiers, —men who would stick ta it all duy long, This advice was receiyed with displeasure, and one Hibernlan wanted to kuoow it the apoakor wuould peditle, to which be guve sn nflinnative answer. ‘The comuitteemun who would not supuort the entire ticket ougeht to be kicked out a8 a trajtor. [Cheers, and a fow hissca,| At this functure the Commitiee un Perma- pent Orzanization avpeared, T'ut Tiorucy once more trivd to say something, but was crusied by the pounding of the wavel, When quiet was restored, Col. Shirley, thy Chalrman of the Committee, reported as per- mauent oflivers; Prushlunt, J. H. MeAvoy Vice-President, A, U, Btory; Secretury, Josrrh Mackin ;. Asslatani Sccretaris, Emfl Hoeclster and Thomas Il Dayer. Mr. Huusboroueh, of the Seventeeuth Ward, wanted to know If thero wero two tickets, an was auswered 1o the pewative. He then woved that each ward snvounce its vote. ‘Che thiug seemed cus aud dried, the result of a packe weeting, It wasd < A JOD PUT UP AT THE TIVOLI, whero tickets could have becn had by all who would work in a certaiu interest fulfill bis pruimises, which 1a sumcthing which will never do. Charley turned Mr. Duntam out fu order Lo appoint & ihan from tha Seventconth Ward, and to catch that delceation. Mr, Dun- ham was oasured on Kerw's honor that he would bo reinstated, but it is salil the candidute for re- clection went back on that, BLOAN'S BTORY. Tt s sald that Kern has made an eiliclont 8heryl, Some two months sgo Mr. M. C. 8loau, a respectable man, o plumber in businoss ot No. 7 Clurk street, sucd o man vamed Bare hier form debt of §500, Tom Moran waa Mr. Bloaw's counsel, Mr. 8., finding that ho could not collect his debt by coaxing, had Barbler ar- rested on & ca sn writ, 10 bo placed In sl uotl be could schudulo out, Charley Keran invinted that Alr, Bjoan should pay the debtor's hoatd {n udvance, which e dld, and took the Bherit's receipt forit. About faur weeks azo Barbler was taken fnto the Sheri(T's oftice by ex- Baloon-Keeper Garrick, now Keru's Cnief Depu- ty, and wus amart ciough to make his cscape, Mr, Sloan had paid the man's board, ana had Kern's receipt, but no money wos returned to. b, Barbler loit that nlent for Phttadelpbia, aud Mr, Bloan was thus doubly cheated. ¥ Dan't let this get out in tho papers,' sakl Garrick, whon't let it get i tho papers eaid Tou Moran; *t will hurt Keru's chances for o re- clection and defeat tho Democratie ticket," Liug the whole (hhlf 12 true, and goes to show that Charley Kern fsn't quite so elliclent as somo people would like to belleve, GVIRIMAN-AMERICANR IN OFFICE. ‘The following {3 tsken from yesterday even- Ing's Freie Presse: ‘Fho Times hins recentl man-Americaus entortalu’ K 1 political llfe, —tust 1», ence tu o candidate of i dewcent under all circumstances; aud thal, nsatiate oMco-scok- orw, they Liained mouru officce than thoy are enitied to, That i Germans Americuns do_not, ‘s thua declared, give the presgrence Lo a candidata marcly bocause Le was born I Germany, was un, loy amafust Cleary, bv which bhe was to give bim Cleary’s vote In return for the Soclallatic vots ‘to which Seilbelmer, bis asdclate on the Bocilistlc tlcket, was entitled. Ile was bmu.'lnl: ubout It, und vonfident of being clected, stuce ho was satisfied that Mulloy could deliver to him the entire Jrish-Democratic vote in certaln wards. Bulll- van may have beeo indiscrees to talk as hodid, but this s the programmo: Mulloy Is to sacti- fice Cleary and Sullivan Is to sct down on Seil- belmer, How tho Boculists will m:ael?: the trudu remaius to bo seen, especiully tho Uerman members, since the combination” sratust that natlonalivy is purely Irish. On the otber hand, Col. Cleary’s trieinds may have sumething to say obout the boszal, and, alter all, tho * sell out " may not get Mulloy as many votes as he antiripates. The Fourteenth Ward Republican Club held snotber meeting last evening, this time at Bax. ter's Hall, corner of Erde and Union streets, and that the lnterest (8 fucreasing is shown by the fact that the pluce was packed, over 200 helngs present, John B Kerr preshded w. 1. Mitler acted as Svcretary. Mr, W Johnsou, candidate for Benator, led off, dwellluz upon the wants of tho warkie clasics, 3r. Mason, candidate for the Lower Hou ke at length of the intricacies of the Mechanles' Lien law, and of the great wrong donu honest workers by the convict labor svstem. (en, Mann wmade a rattling speech on finance, shawiog that the Ke- publicun party had given birth to and uourishea the greenbuck, which would soon be as good as gold. [Applause.] Juines 1% Root, Secretary of the Republican County Exceutlvo Committee, hus fssued a clr- cutur to colured Republicaus telling them in pluln ferms why they should not bols the nom- tuntion of Ben Wilion, bocausy tho wat of thelr own cholee, J, W, E. Thomas, bas been defeated ut the priworics for candidate for the Leulslu- ture. r. Noovs ‘advico la timely and upjor. tune, and should bo heeded LY the colored voters if they have their own interests at heart, Heved that, going fnto the office ‘08 ho should, untrammeled and unpledged, bio could conduct its allalrs with more economv and with more rigld adherence to the futcrests of the public thau Mr, Kern or any other 8terlff had done, As security that tlio pledees which ho tl mado would be falthfully observed, he pointed thewn to his unstained record and Lfs tonorablo services in civil and in military life, Mej. Hoftman was followed by Gen, Mann, The Coroncr, he sald, was cxpecied to follow the Bberitf [[Inuxhlnr], and ho proposed to fol- low Maj, Hoftuman, aud, togcther, get enough Votes to elect Lothof thern, (Applause.] s was told by his wifo the night after the Con- Yention that sho thought he had miado n mis- fako In sctkiug the nomination for Sucriff, and be waan't suro himselt but ho was mistaken, baviuz an idea now that ho could better sl on & man than kill him, ns thoe sherill had to, [Laughter,] Tho Republicans, ho said, ex- bected to elect thelr whole ticket, to which o kavo his carnest support, If ho were a Demo- crat now—and he never proposcd to be nuy-. :hlngut the king—bo thought, from the out- ook, he shiould be abundautly justified fu de- serting that party, (Laughter ‘and apolause, | Uen. Mann was (ollowed by Gen, J. B, Leake, who dixcussed et some leogeli the cusrency Ypeation sud the other fswues of thy campalgn, ) hie next speaker was Mr, Iliram Uarl - didate for Cougress In the Third District, who alo devoted “himaell largely to the carrency Question, and succeeded fn tnaking even that :‘ulmeuhu backneyed subject fnteresting to his carers, While spouking on tho subject of th ;llllulml debt, o Flat lunatle who had sncaked uta the room futerruptod hlin by saying, ** ut {’ou are pagfug the national debt tivie Mr. (;ulwr retorted very cleverly, * Well, my e uo - Grecubacker “will ever pay tho mational debt but ouce " [Lsuglh- u;hl hllu continued In his musterly defense H t 0 Republican party’s policy” on the “l.llr‘l;h) question, and showed conclusively that rerorst intereats of the country demanded tho turn of o Republicsn m-Jorl{ylo the next the organization were well perforied, victory would perch, ete. llo moaned and groaned over tho fnét that fn many of the Democratic precincts tho (:aum( Bomsd bad appointed Ro- publican judees, This, bie suld, was particularly the case in that well known Deémocratic strong- hold—the ¥ilth Ward, A wotlon wos offered that a committe of scven be appoldied on permanent organization. & 'Tho Chuir appoluted Messrs, Clinton, Hibbou, (iounull, Franzen, O'Malley, Parks, aud Brot- tinger, As the namos were belng read by the Scero- tary sotne of the dolegates began o ik, boe cotiae thelr wards were not represented. “To pacify them, thy Chalr consented to add twu more, aud, whilo ho was cuating about to fld the sultablo oncs, thio storin began to brew. W, J., Hiynes, who saw tho cloud, no blgger thau o man’a hand, hoped to avert auy row by suggesting that tho oflleers would b ex-ollicio members of the Couuty Central Cowmittee, but without tho right to vote. The best men were fieeded to give advics to the Central Com- mittee, Having thrown this sup with a view of placating the recalcitraut menbers, bo took bis seat, , Bhlrley, of the Second District, who had been watehlige the movements of the Char, throew the first brick. [{e objected to any cut- and-dried business. As a Domocral he repre- sonted th messes, nud not rings or rlugsters, Heo believed that each ward and diatriet shouid nominato {ts uwn man to serve onths Cminlites on Permanent Orgunization, aud offered a reso- lution to this effey Cries—Shut up; what's the use; slt down, A. C, Btory—The motlon I8 out of under, The Cliule=Tho Comantteo will retive, Bhirley—We'lt scnd anotber ufter thems, ‘This waos the signal for AN ENTIIUSIABTIC OUTOUIST O CONPUSION, t\r'cnly men at once trylog 1o cuteh the speak- er's eye, uyflu became Indignant, ond denfed that thero woa any cut-and-dricd business, und, in order to kill any movement teuding that way, ted that tho Ger- = Nothing opintons oy the prefer- Uutigress, “Ho was heara Witb aodk ) f P T A e DTl Tha colored voters of the Second Wand to the o was heara witl u tyed fn- y i irley—Naine it. Y geutleman Jeft no meaus unvsed 10 sa. T b et witel manlteatad.ftslt iy e £ BT :fg,‘,,‘fi;'},.‘f,",’,fij’.{|fic5ffi’,fi':‘;’.h that it was | By s Uapt. Farrell was peddiing tho | cure{us delcgations of o Usrinon warda Aud | numbor of sboub 200 met last nleht in Turucr Of favor. towns, ‘Tho Freie Presse oaposcd him muat strongly, and that It oxprevaed i 1te upposition tho goneral scotfoient of the Ucrman-Auericaus Iy pruven by tuw fact that the leading German wands apd county Lowns exuredsed shemselves through taeir delegations onantmously against Brenlano, xnd for the Augio-Americund, Barbee and Leake. Hall, corner of Clark aud Van Buren streets. The meetiug was uolsy sud disorderly, scries of resowutions were sdopted udorsiug Judge Bradwell, Johu Hoflman, aud the rest uf ahu‘lf:puhllum ticket were uoanlmously in- uracy tickels, aud Hynes knew that there wer vut- siders present, This declaration was decidedly poloted, snd created morac scosation thay anythlug that ad veen or done. "l‘nn Cualr . valnly endeavored to preserve tho unly Deuocratic way to do buvincss, On tha roli-call the following Counnittes was appolnted: Messrs. Mackio, Lendrickson, Shep- ard, Houtellng, Meauley, Dounovan, Crowley, Hyan, Ricuards, Crook, “Condon, McLaugbili, Hteheoek, lm:-fll Meyer, Iloe':nu./:rI Buliivan, remaluing speskers wera Gen, H. H. h :;ndl;!‘r:uc "ii:' lt« I!.e;:hlnhllxl'm ex-Ald. D « C. E. Cobur, cai : o ollica of Cousty Commismtogers " INVENTIONS OF TIHE ENEMY. O Bricn, Shirl Lotlwan, MeGury, lograbauw, er. . ‘Tuis unsulmous vota of 8l the Uerman warus and The Eighth Ward Republicans aro getting in It \was asseried yesterdoy moruiug by a | sud Uovmau, " her " | Adelegate moved talay on the table, which | toswus isthe clearcal contrudiction of the wasertioh 1 ying, and the prospects uow wre that the two thet we citlzens of Germau descent arv Gennan Koow-Notuings, We only stand topether when we aru sutagonized ou sccount of ourdescent. Thu charge (bal we uwo o wur pulspoken hunger for oftica wore public ulfices bian vur aumber culitice ux (0 16 just 8v uufounded as tho ssrortion tLat we are Kuow-Nothlnge. Hore is tie proof of the cone trary: At the laa Presidentist slection there were cant 1a the city G2, aud ju_the county 15,748, wekiug . Mure thau a uarter of theso woro cast by lierman-Auiericans. Wers the accusation of oiice-bunting—which ly bt wade szwlast certaln German-Awmertcans, but agalnet all-8 Lrug oue, wo vught 1o bave more hau a quustor of the ity and couuty offices, aud Rebomoru than & quarter of tho tutal fucowe Trut all the public ullices; bul, &8 » mattes of fact,aflter }h'fllflumuz slection the situation will be about as ollows: ‘Aldulclltu-—whll'l beecoms of the frst Com- mittec. ‘T'oe Chisir—Ub, they can consult together. Aud the gaog procesded to wu unoccupled corer of the eallery. B A, C. Btory ollered a resolution that com- mittees of seven bo_sppoiuted-on the follows fng: Registration, Precinet Organization and Works Ward do; Resolutions aud Platforia. ulfim over until alter the perwaneut organ- ation. ‘fhe Organization Committea havlug gotten tosetner 1u the gallery, uud there befug nuthing 1 e Conveation 10 do, Chairmun 'uson cated that suine spocching be luduiged fn. ‘This was tuo sigual for boarse cries and cul- calls, fu which the namcs of Hynes, Btory, u‘a]d 6 the the Ubale declared carried, amid tho wildest vonfustou. A Chule—~Any oupatltion to Mr. McAvoy! Crica—"*No,” " Yuse." ‘I'ie Chalr—1le is elected. There were cnes for o diviston, but the Chaslr was uomovable, and declined to put it e pounded the gavel right merrily, Hyues hoped the Chalr would order the di- wislon as called for, as it was ooly falr, His plea was umvullmru Hausborough walked majestically to the plat- form sdinid 4 wost st overture, and, shaking bis fst at the Chalrmasn, yelled: © 1 fusist ou iy rights aad a citizen, ['will not ve choked off. You're a bulldoser, but you can't bulldoze me. You are workiug with'the Riog local Democratic sheet that Ms). Hoffinan had fl::l: & bargaly with Conrad Folz to appolut the - ¥ Jaller in exchauge for tne vote of the Venteenth Ward Hopublican delegates in the recont Conventlon, A reporter yesterday met N:':llllnmum and safd to b ¥ a¥e you made auy agrecment, as s C.:lrued, with Courad k‘nh,‘lfywhkh be is to “lnmlnml Jaller In cass of your success?”? No,» sald Mr, Hoffnan, #I have not :;de. Dor has any one actlog for e ut any “'om::a:le.“-:y :glru:u;eus with Mr. Folz, or . )y whbich he, or sny person sug- Reated by bun, was to bu c S Jaller lu exttiango for vatos fithio Nevublionn Ciubs will be unlted durivg tho weok. Last eveolng one of the Clubs met at the corner of Harrison and Halsted streets, sod appoluted o comnlitee to walt upon tus other with u view to unltiug, aud the reports received were of the wost favorable character, ¥ At s vuthieriug of citlzens of gho Eighth Ward Saturday eyeniug, ut 535 West Thirigonth Americans, scven Geruans, and twd Boliemfsus, & vote was taken for Bheriff, with the tollowlng result: Keru, 8; Hoffinau, B3, ——— OBITUARY, #pecial Dispaich te Joe Trivuse, O1TAWA, Oct, 21.~DBetween 0 and 10 o'clock i Doolittle occaslunally were héard abuve iu Kern's iotercst. You said you wouldu's sup- & Aoy S SUovort of aoy e or (o | B oo e B e (7 THBE | Lot bt pied at s sesidoncs a g ity &, = ored order | were dead drunk. ) 7. 1oy {I‘I‘:lm:;.“ sald the reporter, * you mesn to | and quiet, but iu Vaiu. i L\\Ihun Hansburough was burljog his lovective “{:5_3 from dropsy, He bad beon in poor besltn for "llln"' .ld lflohlm und unpledyed it On tha last call for Doolittle, the son of bis | azalnst the Chair, the excliemcat, nolse, and 730 | two years, but not confived to lis bed until mon‘ W hsu't oy c\l“.‘l\f::‘lll‘x:)u:‘.‘ :Am). !unu&r; filher muuzu-d tho stage sy Decled hlmsolf of l:;;;;lll:ibl? !nmmtmu) Il:;u‘uo llml-hl’t'wu gm Ut 399 | withiu gue past two weeks, e amo to Ot 1 L aka my soup s gvercoa siblv to Liear uny thiug that was sald twenty lec A o Uik ayScaett wy bure. Tdow't fotend 1o | ° “Geotleuien,” ho began, but the nolso fa tho | away frow where thu repuricrs were. sifting. g | tawa s carly as 188, aud bas been wallery Lecune more fulerual, It scemed that ideutified with the growth aud prosperity of i““‘Almuuz TS -M Or auy prowise of ap- “‘The Chair pounded with uls wuvel, and fo the b w elected Bheril, After | cach (ndividual *member of the Comumittes | middio aisle su agry crowd was surciug buck- oot | the eity o all its stages. He was President of b= lu.lz;um o wy [lace, and tooked | wuuted to be Chairmau, or ‘Treasurer, or somo- | ward aud nuuuu,'f;'uy.uummug wlidly aud curas EU4 | the Hydraulle Company, aud & beavy stock- %) 30d eecn what places wro o Lo | thing, Dyclog a briel jull, Orstor ' Doolistle | tug furioualy. Bcurder .. wuw | Lelave datae City Sy, beslies Laviag otler street, compoded of thirty-seyen lrislnen, ulne cxtenatre inanclal fn !Q“" of nage, and le: e sts, He was shont 72 wife, sov, and dsugh- LIFE INSURANOE. AMUSEMENTS. SM'LISSY AT M'VICRKER'S, Bret Harte's pretty prose idyl offered a8 gond A& suggestion for a romantle drama as Tenny- son's **Dora’ or [rving’s legend of “Rin Vaa Winkle,” but the expansfon of a aincle fncident into a dramatlc plct-ro Is attended with untore- seen didlcuities. 1t Is not easy for the plav- maker o proserve the poctic feeling wlich was the Inspiration of the literary artist, and spread his thoughts over four acts of a melo- drams. Few have sueceeded fn such attempts, and the anthors of the plece in which Miss Mayhew appeared lart even- ing, have only achieved s partfal success in their dramatization of the story of the walf of 8mith's pocket. They bave done enough, how- ever, to fully warrant Miss Mayhew lo persever- fng witn the work until sbe csn transform ft from Its present crudo condition into = really effective and interestiog play. The first two TELE] acts cre full of racy dislogue, and begin u story OF HARTFORD, 00NN, which nromises to develop Into one of absorb- ing Interest. - The authors, howevet, appesr to HOW IN IT9 have extausted themselves in this preliminary matter, and fa the unfolding of the plot they betravs singular poverty of inven- tion. The atory of J'lise ceases to have any mgu:: significance, and 41 the two last ncta ft comes & plecn of mere commonplace melo- dramotic complications. The playwrighta— there were two of them at work upon lt—have signally failed to carry ont the original thought - sugeested, and many of the situstions are forced and unnatural.” Dut, with all itx draw- backs, the play contalns—especlaliy in the first two acts—some features which cutitle it to more than onilinars' praise as acharming picture of man and natureinthe West. The characterof 'liss 08 drawn by Miss Katlo Mashew is one of the most natural sketches the stage lss afforded for mm‘ years past, and it fs one which Is well worth ier pains to develor still more carefully and thoroughly, The audience last evening” was extremely sppreciative, and called the actress before the curtain several times. The play was handsomely mounted, cvery set belng & study of Western scenery, 'PI:}: ;‘ reflected great credit mpon the scenic artists, Had, on Jan. 1st, 1878, over 66,000 POLICIES IN FORCE, [istring $178,280,625, And ita SDRPLUS, by the most rigld standard of solvency, was $3,703,602. It chargos a rato of promium fully adequate to maintain perfoct sol- vency, and which has carried it THE NEW CIIICAGO, “ @roessenwalin ' (Egotism) s the title of & new farce by Rosen, the .celebrated author of “*Lemons,” which was brought out by Mr. Wurster's German Dramatic Company st the New Chicago Sunday night, and was repeated last evening. The new plny s not quite up to the standard of some of the former productions of this author. The language is fne, but there are too few effective scenen. The first and third acts are tedlous, the dlalogues belng too long and the uctions too fow, There were some ef- fective scenes fu the third and fourth acts, espectally the Jouking-glass scene In the latter. The acting was unusually fine, and to It may be ascribed the success of the performance achicved. Miss Hoynold showed her abllity o cupe successtully with parte outside of her line by the excellent rendition of the part of Conrad, the voung scapegrace. The same niay bo sald of Miss Claussen, who was a_splendid Jarie Von Ringhrim. Mr. Ravene as Dr, ttobert Auder showed that he is one of the best young actors that have yet played at this theatre. e s fast becoming n favorite. All the other actors who appeared_in the play did full justice to thelr parts. This eveniog and to-morrow and Wodnesday evenings. two flne opercttas, by Offeubach, will be given at Wurster's Theatre, ‘The first one ianamed § Hanni Wernt and Haus] Lacht,” and the other * Fritzelicn and Licschen.” Ia the former Misa Heynold and Messrs, Schmitz, _Bchober, and Puls will will puear, and the characters in the latter will be taken by Mesdames Ahland Claussen, who appeared fn_the rame piay with rreat suceess last week. Next week there Wil be Lrought out ot this place with great eclat and a phonomeual cast Lecoq's celerated operetta *dirotle-Ofrofln.” Some- the past five yoars in unquestioned strongth. Burplus earnings aro annually do- ducted from tho rato charged, re- ducing the promium really paid oac¢h yoar to tho actual cost of car- rying the insurance and maintain. ing the reserve. provenutility ; and oach policy pro- vidos for its conversion into paid-up insuranco upon fair terms, in oaso of lapse, ‘Within a year and a half it has sus- tainod at tho hands of a legislative commission, aided by well-known oxports, tho most protracted and searching oxamination, both as to its fingneial condition and mothods of businoss, evor mado of any olass of corporations, without reduction of nssets or tho suggestion of chango in mothod, JAQOB L. GREENE, President JOHN M. TAYLOR, feorotary. D. H. WELLS, Asat, Gecrotary, thing extraoroinary may be cxpected on this occasion, as the preparations are on the grand- est scale. The orchestra, which will comprise elghtecn first-class musicians, will be under tho leadership of Mr, Licseganys. HAVERLY'S TIHIEATRE. At Haverly's ‘Theatre the provrictor Intro- duced to n large audience his combination min- strel troups, contalning maoy of the old favor- ites of “minatrelsy, and some new perfurmers that will doubtless rival their predeccssors as clatmants for povularity. The sketchies were tbe sume old ones so fanitlisr, but all were care- tully nnd artistically pivep. A novel featurs was the doublini up of the suug and dance and end men,—there being elght of eack. Gus Willtams as tne star,and the ever-povalar Billy Rice, weroe aa {utereating and pleasiug as usual. Wist T Dy Coods T, Madison and Peoria-sts. TIE OTIHER TIEATRES, Robson and Crauc opened the second week of thelr engagement at Hoolev's fn * Our Bach- elors,” which promiscs to keep the house full- every evenlng. A poud varlety programme s riven this week at the Acatemy of Musie. aud the houss was, a3 usual, crowded to its full cavacity, MAY FISK, Special Dispalch ta The Tribune. Keokug, Ia, Oct.21.—When the May Fisk blondes undertook to perform in this city, s ahort time since, tho Mavor statfoned the police at the door and prevented them frowm showing, on account of the fudecent and lnmoml pature of the performance, May Fisk {nstituted sult for $000 damuges, and usked for an Injunction ro- straining the Mayor from Interfering with the performance when she comes hers again. The ctition for an {njunction was heard und deofed. Tuo proprietor of the Opera-House, the Hon. Patrick Glbbous, nhss now commenced sult against tLe city tor 85,000 damages for trespass, and for Injury” to the roputation of the housc, ‘The case proinlses to become a complicated and {nteresting one befure It is ended. ‘The obsceny hapd-hills which were circulated on the strects weru the ground of the Mayor's Interfercuce. E.‘ L E E{ y ° ‘We have just opened a new line of Felt, Beaver, Fur, and Wool Hats, in all the newest shapes, from 26¢ to $1.50 each. 100 Ladies’, Misses’, and Children's Trimmed Hats, in Black, Blue, Brown, Drab, and French Gray, at $2.50. $3.00, $4.00, and $6.00, A great bar- gain. ¥ Ostrich Tips in all colors, from 60c up. Fancy Wings and Pom Poms from 260 up. Flowers in the new colorings from 2560 a spray up. GARSON, PIRIE & GO TTTUNEW PUBLICATIONN, THE NEW VOILK PIRESIDE COMBANION. Story by thie suthor of **Little Goldte. BERTIIA LYNNE, 1y Mra, Numner Jinvid Wl be commenced In Nu. £73 of 8 Afie Companion, which s f TIE BLOOMINGTON SINGER. Spectal Dizoatch to The Tribune, Broowixngron, I, Oct. 2L.—Mile. Litta (Marlo Von Elsnur), pritna douns, gave s concert here to-night in her natlvo city, the audicnce cauststing of the bast peonle of the city, and being one of the largest ever scen In tho city, She surpassed tho foudest antivipations of her most sauzulne friends. "Her volce has wonder- {fully improved fu volume, tone, and elasticity siuco sbu lefy her Lowe four ‘s azo. I the “ Carnival of Venlco * she gave the most wor derful display of execution, und suowed n velous flexability awl volume. She was aw Ly thu best amateur talent of thac Normal, - e WHEELER & WILSON AT PARIS, wilo by newsdealvre. of the fallowlng songe ara given Epeciat Dispatch (o The Triduns. iy Wi e Firasldo Compantons ExrosiTioN UNivEusiLLe, P'aris, Oct, 21— ;fl ¥ RIS 10k '.\\'\‘Mnth Wheeler & Wilsou, Unton Bquare, New York, [ 13} IR are awarded, for thelr ew Bewing-Machwes, | Covi 3 - u one of tho Spectal Grand Prizes of the Fxposic | FHEREGOR MEE L AR Towrian tiun—the only Qrand Vrizo awarded for Suwlug. 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